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THE I wlk4 with one wkoe child had lately died. We passed th- little folk 1' the street .at play. When soddeoly clear voice "Farber? cned; The maa wr.i.-d quick sod glad; sighed; moved away. I spoke not, bur 't givea m to disi-ern Tne love thai wjii-het through tb' eternal years; God surety so ui.st surt and quirk!; turn Whene'er tin- cry of "Fatherr strikes hia ears. Good Words. MyOD refuse to marry her. ex W claimed Btr Charles Waldegrave, topping in hit walk to face hia sskbedlou ion. "What do you want? Bra Grantholm ia beautiful. Her face ad figure are porfen. That she ia wealthy should be no disadvantage In Vhe eyea of your father' ton. Egad. Harvey." he added aomewhat more sal Idly, "when you have come to my years, the age of discretion for a Wal eegrave, you will understand that a substantial bank balance is not the lea at asset In many a fair lady's claim to beauty. "Not in my eye," reterted Harvey Waldegrave. "When I choose a wife I aliall certainly not consult her bank er before I allow my heart to throb far her." Sir Charles curled bis lips super i!iU8!y, but his voice betrayed bla naxiety as he replied: "Am I to un derstand from your remark that your .heart la already in the throbbing slate; thai the lady is already found? If so, I warn you that in thig matter 1 have atade my stand. Either you marry Ka or I need not put tlie threat in wo nli. I have no wish to quarrel with you, Harvey," he added somewhat sad Jay, "but I love the home that I was ttoro In and it has pleased me to see my sentiments shared by you. It would kill me to see the place In traogers' bands, to know that you would not be its master. That is what your refusal means to me to yu. That my- extravagances have fsreught our fortunes te this pass does not help to make the matter less bitter to me." Harvey's handsome face softened. "The very reason yau have given, dad, is tbe ow? which liuix-ls me to pursue the course which 1 have ebo ees. Practically pennileaa, possessed f nothing but an honorable name, I hall not stoop to sully it by bartering It for money. With regard to your tiler question, although I do not think you put It seriously, bo far I have seen no girl with whom I would whh to afe a re that name." Hia words appeared to afford bis lather satisfaction, for laying his band wpon bis sou's arm he said pleasantly: "Until then tbe threat I made just now is held In reservation, and per haps before that time the discretion I poke of may have come." "You condemn me to a long course f celibacy, dad." laughed Harvey, "If I have to wait till your age." "My age! You speak as if I were a rival to Methuselah. I was 49 last March, and do not feel a day older than when I was tbe age you will be next month. Egad, boy, If you dare to tease me about my age I may enter myself for the matrimonial stakes gainst you and back myself to carry ft the prize." "So far as I am concerned," retort ed Harvey, his eyes twinkling with merriment, "you would have no cause both to run, who knows what the lady might have to say? Ilr feelings would have to be consulted. Beauty end money, tbe combination, as you ay, is peerless. She may know her value and not let herself be won." Sir Charles gazed amusedly at his handsome son. "Upon my word, Harvey, were I to close tuy eyes I might wonder if you were my son. When I was your age very girl waa to be won." "I challenge you to win her," an swered Harvey smiling. He believed that Sir Charles was Jesting, and was well pleased to And the conversation which had begun so ominously brought to an end so pleasantly. "At my age undoubtedly it will be a eacriflce, but with as nndutiful son who absolutely refuses to aid me I hall hare to make It and pursue the matter to an end. What that end say be thirty daya will prjve; but come, Harvey, It la time to ess for dinner. Tbe thought of what I have embarked upon will make it a pleasure to me. Old as I am, I will let yon ee that I have not forgotten bow to woo. The lesson may be useful to yon." The dinner gong had sounded. Im patiently Sir Charles fretted about the room, for young as be considered him self be bad reached an age when din ner becomes an Important event in the tally round of life. "See If Miss Grantholm Is coming, Mary," be began querulously, when the door waa thrown open and Eva mi ushered In. His sentence ended .abruptly in a scarcely restrained ex clamation of admiration. "t am afraid I am late," she said with a smile to Sir Charles, which In , ataatly caused any recollection of bla late latpatlrnea to disappear, "but If " ij farsrtve aaa I shall maka IprzSMj fatwre." ' f Craw' bar ana tbtwagb hia, and 1 r rtti Ovil with Ma sister be ' J.O Ci3t Cl fcar C4LL evidently It pleased her, for she laugh ed merrily, but pleasant as tbe laugh was it Jarred on Harvey. Somewhat discontentedly be took bis place opposite her at tbe square table, but sullenness was not a natur al attribute of bis. and throwing it off he endeavored to talk on topics likely to interest her; but although Eva an swered frankly, she made no effort to pursue the subjects, but turned at once to Sir Charles and listened with sparkling eyes to his discursive stories of the days when he was In the guards. A quite unusual frown marred Har vey's face as dinner ended. Sir Charles, with old fashioned gallantry, opened the dour for .Miss C rant holm, and laying his band on his heart t (ow ed deeply as be did so. Sir Charles' face was beaming as he resumed bis chair. Filling bis glass be held it in the air. "Miss Grantholm, Harvey. A l'ou trauce, my Imy," he added merrily, as be placed the empty glass upou the table. "A l'outrance," cried Harvey mock ingly. "You mean to enter for the prize." cried Sir Charles, but bis voice showed no enthusiasm. "I did not say so," retorted Harvey coldly, though bis pulse was running at twenty over norma) rate. "In the meantime you have the advantage, and " "I mean to keep It," said Sir Charles dryly, as. tbe sound of music reaching them, he left the room. Harvey lingered over his wine. "The mere fact that I am practic ally penniless debars me from wooing her," he muttered gloomily. Sir Charles had left the door ajar and the pure rich tones of a rich con tralto voice were borne Into the room. An ardent lover of music, Harvey list ened entranced; then, unable to keep away, be In his turn en'ered the draw ing room to find bis father hanging over Miss Grantholm and urging her to sing again. Day after day passed and Sir Charles was constantly at Eva's side, while Harvey studiously tried to avoid her company, but without avail. Her laugh In the garden, her voice In the ball, irresistibly drew blin to her side. He knew he loved her, that no other woman could occupy the place she had taken in his affections, but be feared his love was hopeless and steeled him self to regard her as his future step mother. Tbe thought made bis blood curdle, but a word, a smile, from her was sufficient to make hope rise within him, and for the time being be would forget his father's more successful wooing. With such a word and smile she greeted him one afternoon when he found her seated In the garden. She made room for htm by her side. In i r somehow conversation seemed to fail them. "1 hope you have enjoyed your visit," be said lamely, for she was leaving on the morrow. "We shall miss you." "I am glad of that," she answered hesitatingly, "for your father has ask ed me to" She paused abruptly and a dainty blush rose to her cheeks; but Harvey's face bad suddenly be come white and strained. "Has asked you to ?" be repeat ed, his voice trembling. "To come back again," sbe said, with a little nervous laugh, "and I have promised to come; that Is, if you and Mary will be glad to have me." Her eyes were faatened on the ground, but sbe stole a hasty glance at him and saw tbe misery upon his face. "My father has asked you to re turn; does that mean" he hesitated to ask the question wblcb was life or death to him 'that some one here has gained your love?" It was not tbe question she bad ex pected him to ask, and her face was almost as pale as bis as sbe forced ber lips to answer. Tbe word came faintly, feebly, but Harvey heard it and it was "Yes." He bad been holding his stick with both hands across his bent knee, and although tbe strong wood broke In half bis face showed no sign of the pain wblcb cut big heart "It is far too cold for sitting out of doors," sounded Sir Charles' voice from twenty yards away. Before Kva could stop him Harvey had leaped to his feet and joined bis father. "So yon have gained the prize," be said hoarsely. "Allow me to congratu late yon. Beauty and money, youth and love, a prize worth winning." Sir Charles stared at him with un disguised astonishment "What does this pleasantry meanf he whispered angrily, looking to where Bra aat Then, placing bla arm through Harvey's he led bia eat f "Too conceal your joy admirably," j continued Harvey sueertngly. w bat Joy 7 asked Sir Charles, rear ing his sun reasou had U-en sudden ly affected. "You need not conceal It; Mis Gran tholm ha just told me that she has accepted you." "Tbe deuce she has"" exclaimed Sir ' Charles, blushing under the tan of ac- tlve service. "An hour ago she told j me no. decidedly." j "She refused you!" died Harvey, ' hardly believing that he heard aright, j "yet she Is coming back." "Mis Grantholm has tbe good sense not to allow my mistimed proposal to stand between her and your sister's friendship; she knows I am a gentle man and will not presume again." "But sbesald that you that some one here had won her lore," summer ed Harvey. "Are you sure yon have not misunderstood her?" Sir Charlea smiled grimly. "She made it very clear." Then bis lips relaxed into a well plesed smile. "You love her, Harvey. Love makes one cowardly, but were I in your shoes I should require no incentive from my father to send me to the woman who has confessed ber Vove for me." Without a word Harvey left his fa ther's side, and ten seconds later be bad found Eva still seated where be had left her. "My father baa sent me back to you, he said gently, anu as he spoke be took ber band in his. She made no effort to withdraw It, and bis courage rose. "You told me some one bad won your heart, tbe heart which I would give my life to win. My fears told me that all hupe of happiness for me was dead, but now I have come back to ask you if you spoke tbe truth to t-11 you that I love you. Darling, I have loved you from the moment 1 saw you." "Yet you said you would not stoop to woo a;c, that jour name should u"t be sullied by shnring It with me." she said, but there was no anger In her tone. "What nonsense Is this, Eva? Who has dared to credit me with such an insult to you?" She laughed merrily. "It is useless to deny It. I beard you and your father talking; I berd you say the words you now so indig nantly deny." In an instant It came back to him. "I forgot" he unid sadly, "but if you heard you know iny reason. My love has made rne forget lack of fortune. I had no right to speak." "It Is no lack In my eyes." she w his pered tenderly. j rorgettlng all else save that Mie loved him his arm passed round her ; and be pressed his lips to hers. "I meant to t ach you both n lesson." she whispered ten minutes later, "but you have taught tbe teacher what It Is to love." The Tattler. BUDDHIST HOUSE OF WORSHIP. Temple Erected at tbe University of l"txnjl vunia. The Sornmerville Buddhist temple In the University of Pennsylvania mu seum comprises the most complete and elaborate representation of a Buddhist house of worship ever set up outside of the countries where Buddhism la the prevailing religion, says the Booklov ers' Magazine. Buddhists frequently visit the tf.mple nnd spend hour there. Three Images in the temple, those of Fudo. Kongara and Seitaka, were pro cured by Prof. Sonimerville from the famous Koyasau temple in Kishu, Japan. The most artistic piece in the tMuple Is a vase of bronze flowers, which came from a temple at Kioto and is nearly four centuries old. In this curious temple Japanese resi dents in Philadelphia, and chance pil grims In the city, gather at times to pray for victory for the arms of the Mikmln hey nnd tuemsolvea In an atmosphere so like that of tbe land of the lotus that they can easily Im agine themselves transported to their island home, worshiping at the famil iar shrine of eurller days. Not a single article necessary to sup port this Illusion Is missing. Buddhaa of various sizes smile benevolently and eternally at the visitors to the temple; lotus plants, symbolical of tbe life that sjiriiigs from a lowly beginning to a splendid flowering, give color to the scene around the altar; gods little and big. and of various stations In tbe hierarchy of Japanese deities, rest on their pedestals within the rail and smile or threaten according to their mission. At the outer gateway of the temple are seen two life-size figures of semi mendicant fruit sellers, constructed with the wonderful fidelity to nature for which Japanese artists are noted. At tbe inner gates two gigantic statue stand, with great musculsr arms up lifted in an attitude suggestive of ven geance should any visitor misbehave. These are the Goda of Silence found at the entrance to Buddhist temples. Their threatening attitude Is to com mand all Intending worshipers to leave levity behind when they cross the;Bto four tribes, known, respectively, Within the gates Is a ,. iwiches. or "eastern people" the sacred portals. cistern and towel rack, where the wor shlpers pause to cieanse tneir net and te; the Ftcuntencbcs. picun mean bands and rinse out tbe mouth, while.- ng north; the Pecbtenches, or "peo behlnd'this Is to be found the temple j ,ie 0f tbe pine," pecbten meaning proper. dne trees, and the Uanqueles, or those The World' l-rgest Orchard. '" dw'" wB lh Ult beds, America claims thi.t the largest or- j ' ranqucl, a thistle. Though not chard in tbe world is in Missouri. It so degraded ns-their southern is the great W I nans orchard, uear j "-others, pet baps because farther re M.rshneld. in Webster Countv. There noved from civilization, they are are 88,000 apple trees, 10,000 peach reacherou. cowardly and quarrelsome trees, and 10,000 pear trees. Just at 0 8 degree. But they are not beggars, proper bearing age. The acreage cov-, wrterlng all to unscrupulous white ered is 1,240, and It la estimated that "ders for rum and trinkets, the orchard la now worth $408,000. Then there are the Chenna Tata There are to-day In tbe county 1.000,-, fn. wb lnha,,lt lD blh,,r U 000 bearlna- trees. odes, and who differ both In language . way floa i loose naug peoyw get mp ' Science vention A highly fluislnsi "Min chariot." lato- v found III a unr :eeiaiiu ui i"-u- nark is thought to I at least Urn bousand years old. , The uift.t prized of the singing ln ts of Japan Is a black beetle called usumushi," or "Insect bell." Its iluging resemble tbe dainty sound of , i aweet-toned silver bell. During the ast year it has beu i l!B.xTered that the chalk pits at Cbl- j lburst, England, are ancient BrtUsn avdweillngii, dating back some .- knf fyr rer tbe J0 years. Tbe inhabltanta evidently j Qf anJ iroU)(1 xhe bwl et themselves down through um l tor, ,jj,Jng ,.. Tb' hafts, some of which are 85 feet dWp. m circumstance obtained the p V labyrinth of passages and chambers j tj h whlrn , Tiit territory snd ilsig. and In the midst of them is a urge circular iartmeiit supposed to lave been a dnildlcul temple. In the celling of one of the passages the leg f a huge Ichthyosaurus is to be seen, jartly uncovered. The body of the liouster I embedded In tbe chalk rock. Mariners have teen' unable to deter mine latitude and longitude when the lorizon was hidden, even though sun, tnion or stars might tie shining. Coiu nander Campbell Hepworth, C. B., h;tx now made it easy to obtain the altl .Tide of any heavenly body without teeing the natural horizon. He at actics to the sextant an artificial hori jon, which conlts essentially of a jontact maker operated by a plummet Hid so adjusted that the circuit will lie ;losed and a Iwll rung when a slit of ;he horizon glass is in alignment with '.be observer's eye lind the sensible Jortzon. Excrim'nts are under way at the iri',j,.tiir:i!-!M:Iter!'l,gi' s! station :ii ieiip.a, An-tria. to Increase the quan tity of iron iiirriiHl in certain plants. Viith a view id the effect on the human fj-tetu when those plants are used as food. Artill.'iitlly prepared foods con- jiniiii'i iron do not always produce the desired cffe. t. because the iron Is not completely assimilated. This difiitul ty. It Is thought, mny be avoided by riiUMiig plants to tiike up an Increased Quantity f iron during their natural Crowili. P.y adding hydrate of Iron to he soil In which it was growing, the f xperimcntj-rs have succeeded In pro- hi. ing vplnnch containing n pcrcent dgo of Iron seven times as great as liiiit found In ordinary spinach, it Is (cUeved Unit tie process will prove ti;ccesful wilh other ferruginous la tits. A clear statement of the relation of -ave length to the production of eiec Tic, heat, light and photographic ef- Vcts Is made by Prof. A. A. Atkinson tt the Ohio University. Klectrotuag jetic waves, comparable in magnitude jvith the ulr waves that cause sound, ire usexl In wireless telegraphy. When 'hey are much shorter, approaching In v-ngtn the Infra-red waves of the solar peotruin, they Iiegln to produce heat. The shorter they become the greater 'heir heating effect, until they enter he region of the visible spectrum, and hen they produce light As they con 1nue to shorten, the color of the light uns through red. orange, yellow, ;reeti, blue and Indigo to violet The icat effect decreases, nnd the actinic, ir photographic, effect increases, nnd sben the waves pass out into the lu Islble ultraviolet region the chemical ffect reaches Its minimum. Yet more "hortetiing, and the waves begin to ex libit the properties of the X-rnys. THE PATAGONIANS. Sot of the Lofty Stuture that Was As cribed to Them of Old. Concerning tbe reputed giant rucc if Tb-rra del Fucgo, a writer In the jeseret News says: U should be remembered that there ire several distinct nations of l'ata ;otiiaus, not including tbe Araucaniaus m the north, nor the Fuegoans on the imith, and that each nation has distin guishing characteristic. The Indians .bat we see slouching about Puuta Arenas and the country between there tnd Santa Cruz are the southern Te buelecbes. The "giants," if there ever were any Patagoulans deserving the lame, were found among ibis tribe, s-bo are much taller and more slender ban any of their neighbors, and have t different complexion, being red, like he North American Iudlans, rather han muddy brown, like the South kmericans. They are excessively llrty, lazy and treacherous, fond of lersoual adornment made out of bones, .bells, beads and silver (gold, strange y enough, they do not like), and they ire ready at any time to barter all their larthly possessions wives, horses, iven the few garments that cover their jakedness for a little 'firewater." The Larnpas Patgones, so called be muse they Inhabit the vast pampas, r nlnins. to tbe north, are subdivided - ;word pUel meaning east and che peo- ,nd pbyalral aspect from tbe other . rtbes, are Ism May and erratic. They ire aosaatifw called fctaaaeneroa. be- co their headquarters are at a place rs!l-d La Mauttaiiss tbs appeal, here tbe Jesuits formerly bad a mis sion and planted a g"-t many apple trees. Tbe Indians own sheep, tattle and h .rses in the sheltered vs.Ujs of the Cordilleraa and make very g.ssl cid-r from tbe fruit of the tree that the old friars planted. (If course the rw Patagonia" I . . .. .. fh IfnilantL entirely unsuou u ... '" " " The r tru name. coi!cm-.j dividually. is Is"ne.-s. sni uy u . tbe tribes call themselves. The word psU gones. meaulng "duck footed men." refers to their pocuiisr foot- J gear. I lie lower ' - boots without soles, or long gaiter, made of guauaco skins, with the beau tiful yellowish fur turned outward. . . . ,.r(.d gl roUnd from be- all the people w ho Inhabit it are snown to the civilised wor d The "upper," or gaiters, extending loosely across the top of tbe feet, exaggerated In breadth by the long hslr on tbe edge, give tbe wearer the appearau.-e of having paws or "patss." When Magellan's men first saw these Indians they were unable to account for the peculiar appearance of their feet, and the bright yellow fur upon their legs, and called them "du.-k footed." CULTIVATE THE VOICE Ilrlllicrate and f.enlte Speech I Wo man's I hirf ( harm. "Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low an es.s-llent thing in woman," so writes Sbakspenre, Hi.d yet how few women realize Unit In a voice there Is more power perhaps than in any beau tj of feature' A strident voice Is enough to soil any woman, and yet this is a fault which can perhaps be; - l...f, aov other human defect. Of course it may be Impossible to render a voice absolutely perfect, but even the harshest accent can be improved by a little care on the part of the unfortunate possessor. The American woman is renowned In Kurope for her nasal twang And rot o:i!y this, but there Is another fault to be overcome. Whether It Is a reu't of the everlasting burr)- that the mod cm wo nan s ms to ! ilooiu.d to en dure, or from some can-.,, unknown to science, the average woman tao.s as rapidly as she does oilier tilings. 11-r words are apt to fali out each : ' -r 111 their eMKcTlios to convey uiiat die wishes to express, iimil it is a v-mi'-r that the listener is able to litider-tan.i their Import. If women could only be brought to understand how milch import is gained by deliberate, quKI sp.-ech ---by thin is not mount a besi'ating. hailing deliv ery; but a quiet, geiife vojet h words well chosen, the aeceitu clear but soft. Tbe possessor of HU' li h gift will ko.p a whole roomful of people banging on her accents, whereas a busty speaker, whose conversation loses Its good points hy jumble of indistinct sentences, will s-ton tire the most good-natured listener. Watch next time you attend some entertainment when the guests gath.T In groups. It is not the greatest talker or the loudest who is the object of at tention. Yonder in one corner will be a group of young jieople who, with oc casional ttutbursts of laughter and a murmur of general conversation, are doing whuff leathered about the smallest, most insignificant girl of the lot, who, in a soft, droll, little vnico. is retailing some tale or bit of gossip. Then again a group of women are listening to a dignified matron who In a deliberate but (if the two terms could be synonymous) concise manner Is de tailing a plan for some charitable or ganization. Fviiry now and then an imiiorunt little woman with a loud. f ist utterance attempts an Interrup tion, but Is Invariably silenced by a "Wait; let us bear what Mrs. X. Is saying." And so it is. Watch gro' nig chil dren; do not let them shout and scream at each other; do not allow tliein all to talk at ouce.Bch one thinking by dint of noise to drown what the others arc saying, and, above all, do not let them pour out their words at railroad speed. As Tor older women, let them re member that senteneiv of Holmes; "She may not have youth or beauty, or even manners, hut she must have something In ber voice or expression which makes you feel bettor disposed toward your race to look at or listen to." Sneak Thieves in Churches. An old sexton was discussing the amount of steullng that Is done In churches. "Scarcely a day passes," ,e said, "when the cburcb ia open, with out some distracted woman coming to me, bowed down with grief because somebody bas stolen her purse. There are certain contemptible thieves who prey on unsuspecting women wbo pray so hard that they forget to look after their pocket books. The thief watches until the woman is deep n prayer and then leans over, grasps the purse and sneaks out." -Philadelphia Record. At the llarirain Counter. "Miss Ixmg, at the lace counter, snys she's only 'i'l," remarked the first salsclridy. "Well," replied the other, "every thing's been marked down at that counter, you know." -Philadelphia Itec ord. 1 he Mupreme Test.' Willis A fellow never knows what be can do until nh er- Wallace Until whatT "Until be tries to undo something be bas already done." Town Topics. Am good Pbrtol as ever killed a boy can now be had at tha hardware itorw te two dollars. "Make swais cbo-sjlste aod some eresiij toiiiato soup. I think that will be enough, with th apple sauce we bad left fro:n y.-rer1sy and thorn nice bakery r:; Ui4t csme this morning." said Ileicn lUctwi k Ut the cook, who had eouie to the sjtuiig room door to see what the -young leddies'' wished for luuchesja. And Mol!v." cal-ed Heien, as the good naturvd Irish girl wa leaving the room, "bo sure to put a little imwu the soup. It's perfectly fist without if "Sure. Mis Helen," answered Molly. Laura Nostwlck. who was visiting her cousin Helen while their mothers were In the South together, looked up ss If shout to speak, and then suddenly changing her mind, closed her Hps. An hour later the girl left tr fsncv work and sat down at the lunch eon table. Molly brought in tbe steam ing soup, and Helen began eating u with apparent satisfaction, while Iura DUt ber spoon Into her dish ver gingerly and took the merest taste. "I'm so fond of cream tomato sif, with just a tom b of onion In It," said Helen. In a few minute "Why, I-aura, you have eaten scarcely aoy of yaurs. Why didn't you tell me that you didn't like It We could Just as well have had something else." "I do like it, usually." replied Iaura, who never found it easy to disseuibie. "Isn't It made the way you like It? I was quite particular to tell Molly how I wanted It." "Yi. 1 kuow you were." Ijiura ws making s brave effort Ui force a spoon ful of it down. "It's very nice, I'm sure, but you see, Helen, I uev.v eat anything flavored with onion. 1 wish 1 could cultivate a taste for onions, It's bq iuccM.tvenicfit not to like them. Hut I seem absolutely unable to e.U them In any shape or manner." "Well, they have such a pronounced flavor that I suppose if you do dislike them, you must dislike tbern very much indeed. I'll have Molly cook an egg for you." "Uh, no please don't. I hate to have anything exira don" for me. I can make a fine moul on these good roll and this delirious apple sail-'e." "Well, I ttt wish that you had spok en when I ws tellJng Molly to put in tliC O.'iiOll." I was going to and then I knew from whit )oii said that If It m male to suit my lasie it would be s'Mniiil for you. Il's a small mutter, anyway. Mother sjys most of us give too much IniisiriJiiice to what we eat. and I'm sure she Is right. Let's talk about something else." As often happens when a chan of siihj's-t Is desired, tJ') one could think for s moment of any thing to say. lie fore either girl had made a re-nark Molly entered tbe dining room. "I Just wanted to say. Miss Helen, that I hope you won't think I forgot your orders about the onion in tb soup. I'd have put some In. like you said, but I never noticed till the soup was most dune and 'twas too la'e to send for uny that there wasn't a tih of an onion In the bouse." "Very well," said Helen As Molly disappeared tiie cousins I.ioked at erh other in chagrin for an instant, nnd then bunt Into laughter. Youth Companion. Is (iuent of Pick pockets. A curious story Is told In the 1oudoa Chronicle about a dabbler in literature uo liai been studying the criminal classes ui first hand, snd suceeedi-d In obtaining an Introduction to "a select circle of clever pickpockets." with a regular meeting plc of their own. The first time be shared one of the "social eveulngs" of this group be car ried nothing In his pockets ave the money necessary to take blin boiue. On the next occasion be took so.ne gold with him, and on leaving the house, early In the morning, found that It was still in his possession, but, on tbe other hand, he mlsse-i notnethlng "of no val ue to anyone but the owner." a botila of morphia tnd a hypodermic syringe. "He hastened back to tbe bouse and begged the member of the club with whom be was best acquainted to get the uilHslng treasures restored. But he was too late; he was shown the fragmentsof the bottle and the ayringe. The men liked bim, and, knowing hia weakness, hid deputed one of their number to prevent blin from gratifying bis morbid desire, at any rate for that one night" Vast Travel In Umlom. There are 8,000 miles of railway la greater London, and it I estimated that something like 000,000,000 sep arate Journey are made by passengers annually. The number of Journeys on an average week day 1 over 1,500. 000. An Idea of the vehicular traffic In the streets may be gathered from the statement that lu twelve bourn 10,054 vehicles of all kinds passed a particular spot Id Piccadilly, and a full service of WW busses pass the Bank of England every hour. The number of passenger carried by the Ixmdon trams In a year Is over WSO.ouO.OOO., A census taken of the number of pedes trians who crossed over tho London bridge on a certain day showed that they totaled llO.lXH, and In nineteen and a half hours during a day In April last year 248,015 people crossed tbe roadways at the bank. A man cannot understand wby an other should elope with a woman, and take ber children with them, and a woman can't understand bow a woman can leave ber children behind. BswUuraaU and botcher shops loaa a good deal f their attnctlreasaa la