STRIKING A MATCH. .
“Well, Min* Ilildeburn, I inns* *nv
I’m real sorry you and Mr. Hunglter
have fallen out like that.”
“Oh. Mr*. Collin*, indeed you are
mistaken. There liu* l**en no‘falling
out’ between Mr. Hangster and ray
aelf. Indeed, I am not on sufficiently
sociable term* wit ii any of your gentle
men boarder* to have a quarrel.”
Haying which Mi** Ilildeburn, a
slight, delicate-featured girl of 1H,
walked out of the room with even
more thnn her wonted dignity of
manner and carriage.
“Nevertheless, notwithstanding,”
pursued Mrs. Collin*, resuming her
ironing, “I do tielieve there* been a
mlsunderstandin’ led ween tho*e two;
and a real pity it i*. for lie did ad
mire her nmu/.in'ly. Ileeoiildn't con
ceal it. Only they seldom know*
whut i« good for 'em, ond she's n
let tin’ her pride stand in the way of
her happiness now.”
“Pride, indeed!” sneered Miss June
Humphries, Mrs. Collins' niece mid
assistant,, a tall, led-haired, stylishly
drcHsed damsel of It ve-and-t liirt y.” I d
like to know what right a girl who
earn* her livin'bygfvin' musk*lessons
at 50 cents an hour has to he proud;
and ns for Mr. Hangster, I don't be
lieve lie ever had a serious thought
about her.”
“La, Jane, I don't know whore
your eyes kin tie, if you didn't see
how fairly wrapped up in her he was
V about, two weeks ago. He's a snlen
* did young man, anyhow,and I'll see
if I can’t mead matters bet ween ’em,
“You’d bet ter he mindin' your own
hiiHmcsH. I think. Aunt Martha,”
HU id MlHM JIIlie, wit 11 M HJlifefljl hltlgll.
"Never you mind, June," pemlntcd
the warm-hearted Mm. Collin#; "I'll
manage ji Home way. Von way nhe'#
afraioof ghontn, prior la ml)!”
The following evening the kind
hearted landlady tap|/ed ut the door
of t lie Hcantily furninhed loarl h-nfory
room occupied by Lacy Hildebum,
and from which now proceeded a
melancholy nt ruin.
"Studying your piano at night*
again?” ipieried Air*. Collin* re
proachfully, when the young girl
opened the door.
"I am very bn*y just now, and
miiat put all the time I can Into
Htudv.”
"Well, Imt .von mant n't forget what
the doctor told you about overwork
in’your brain,” naid Mm, Collin*.
"However,” nhe added, "I won't,
detain you longer’n I ken help. I'm
come to uek a favor. I’m goin’ to
thetheaterthinevenlng.’ So i* Jane,
So'h everybody in the houne, I b'licve;
and the girl ha* gone to bed with a
toothache, So I’m goin’ to ask you
to give an eye to the furnace. I’ve
jiiHt put on frenli coal and opened the
lower doom; but w ill you plen*e go
down at, H o’clock and clone the
doom?”
“Cortainly,” unnented Lucy, upon
which Mm. Collin# produced a lan
tern, Haying:
“Jant take thin down with you.
The cellar’* all dark, you know.”
Lucy look the lantern, cloned t he
room door and returned toherpiano,
while Mm. Colliim walked away,
chuckling to hemelf.
“That lantern ’ll go out jant five
minute# after nhe nctn it down, and
nhc’il find hemelf all in the dark. And
nhe’# afraid of ghontn, poor lamb!
itut what if nomebody who ain't a
ghost, nhould happen to be goin’
down then* about the name time, and
In- obliged tonlrikea match to culm
her fear#?”
' I'll M HU' IIIMIIIfalll fm. Ill » »llf>
pleading rcfiwtion, Mm. t'ollin*
tupped at n door on t hoHccond floor.
Iler HinniiioriM wiih responded to liy
n plnnHiint-looking young man, who
junt now, however, wore a very de
jected countenance,
"l<ul Mr. SniigMter, I didn't expect
to liiul you at home thin evening.’’
*• I didn’t fee) like going out to
night," replied the young man in a
weary tone.
••Well, Mince, you nre going to he at
home," euid Mm.t'olliiiM, "would you
heeo kind an to look after the,fur
mice? I’ve h*(t the lower doom o|H*n
y luit I'll lie very much obliged if you
go down ut about H o'clock and
• low ’em. And you needn't take a
ligtif. There'll lm one down there,"
Mr. Sangnter retuliljr prtuiiM to
comply with the reipient, and Mm.
t'olliiiM went away, hoping for what
idle coiieltlered "the right reenltM."
Meanwhile, poor l.ucy llihlehtim,
Hitting at her piano, continued to
< I raw tort It Hitch melancholy HtraittH
that thetcum rolled down her check*.
"I imt-t go awa.v lr<aa here," hIic
said, halt aloud. "I can't tu-urit much
longer, indeed I can't, M<eiug him
day atlec day, loving him an I do,
and knowing that luuttcfHcioi never
Ih< idj'inlcd Iwdaecn ller» tt«
proud im I—hut, oh dear! what am I
thinking of? It » aittH jtiwt two min
tile* to N 1 llilIMt go dowu a ml clone
the furnace doom
Themtituar nhc lighted the lantern
trial trrttrewtkwl down Htaim.
t gh! Wlwt u t hill di.tuglit wire
Mowing in through one of the grat
ing*!
a And litem wcm strung* miwai nil
around
l.te >‘altenrt t It ititt |mm t »o rioh nt l>
>h* was temptm| to turn ami run op
•tutm again
Mat goodie**' Th* flirt"" • w«a
dieadfuUy, dangvrutwdi hot
l.ucy summoned up all her m»olu
tioa*, and, attwipiitg dowu, liianl
th* ikwn
TWy swung to with n hung, and
when alia nut ml I<| tt|M>l.> tie'll
again ahe found the effort beyond
her atrength.
What waa to be done in the cnee
of the Are needing mote draught.
Hhe might, after a. while, find It
neceaaary to not on more coni, and
that it would la- weH to put on more
draught.
Hut while ahe waa debating with
lieraclfa more aerioua iniahap oc
curred, lor the candle inaide the lan
tern auddenly achieved the moat in
explicable aomeraault and ahe waa
left in lit ter dnrkneaa.
Moreover, to complicate the mia
eriea of her ail nation, ahe now heard
atealthy footatepa deacending ilie
cellar ataira.
Poor Lucy atond quite at ill, while
hei hnnda ciaaped together over her
hea rt. <
Thiawaaa burglar, undoubtedly,
lie laid acen nil the male inmate* <»f
the hntiae going out and the liglda
lowered, ami had lima choaeti hi*
opportunity to come in and conceal
liimaelf in t lie cellar.
The Aral idea that auggeatod ftaelfto
lx r waa to creep under 1 lie alc|»* and
remain iIktc until Mm. I'ollina re
turn.
Kre ahe bad time to do thi*. bow
ever, a man'a form become viaible in
the dim. acini lm(light that waa abed
from the kit' Ik ii door above,
Llicy, with n desperate inatinct of
aelf-preaervatimi, put up both hnnda,
exclaiming:
"Have pity on me! oh, have pity
and apal'e my life!'’
I ponlhia the burglar drew buck,
very much anrprixed.
"Mi** Hildebarn!” lie exclaimed, na
he at rack a match. "What ore you
doing here, and howcunlacrveyou?
Now poor Lucy, completely un
nerved mid dreadfully aaharned of
herai If, aat down on a reaerved coal
aciittle and burnt into n At of weep
[tUt
Then Mr. Sntignter knelt, down be
nide her, mid u eonfiMM'd interchange
of exphinnt ion* of vurloun Kind* ca
nned.
Tim I'ewilt wan that ill (lie expire
lion of a half-hour Mr. Hangul er look
l.ney in Id* ana* and ki**ing I lie
tenr-nf allied lin e, murmured:
“(lod bier* you for lid* promlne,
my own darling!'*
W hen Mr*, i olliim came home two
bourn later I lie lioune wan very quiet,
the furnace in good order, and
neither Mr, Katignter nor Minn Hilde
bum vinibh*. Hut the following day
Utley confided to her a *eerei, and
Mr. Hungnler altnented hiinnclf myn
ferionnly for about three week*,
After that, Minn Uildebttnt alno din
nppenred.
•■flone to vinit her aunt at Swalh
more,” Mrn, Collin* explained to the
of her bourdern.
Hut a fortnight later the carrier
brought nome wedding card* to the
honne.
•'ll wan nil brought about through
the furnnee, " wild Mr*. Collin*, with
a gleeful ehlli kle.
lint Minn June wan hi finitely din
glinted.
The lliimtaigef Free Mblpx,
The I’lovideiue Journal roll tribute*
it* quota of mininforumtion to a
debate t hut ban been going on for
nevernl yearn, and which never fail*
to bring out a liberal nupply of in
eptitude*:
“A few yearn ago and the United
Staten wan the mont formidable rival
Unit (Ireat, Hritaiii laid for the cotn
morce of the world, and now the
American flag in practically haninlicd
from the* high nen*. W*hut did it?
An abnurd law prohibiting the pur
chane of nliijm in a free market.”
Aral mighty lucky it in for Ameri
can capitnlint* that- they are no
longer owner* mat navigator* of
nhipnonthe high wan. Uor many
yearn, tinder high-prennure comiieti
tion. Britinh.tc iiinu, mid Scandina
vian, mid wit h t he pauper wage* of
theme romi! ncM, iin* ihihiiichh niih
lni*n carried on at a conHtunt Iohh.
Kxcept t lie Cun a rd Company, which
paid one email dividend in 1*N7,
lament the jrreat Kti(rli*h IIiich of
HteamerH lain paid a dividend for
yearn, and none in likely to pay a.
dividend.
It.v heavy wuljwldht* the Clovern*
meat of derm any, like i hat of France,
inaintuiiiH thewe linen with a view to
ultinmte military pur now*: and it. in
impimwible that out niih* nhip owner*
whouhl eomiH'te with them. If our
nuvi(ptUou law* were altered ho that
we eouhi Iniy In whut the Journal
cnllw a free market all the nhi.m we
eouhi undertake to run, ue nliouhl
only lone money by the o|iemMon.
In tact if Mhip» were (riven un, we
eouhi mit run them at a profit, llll
le** the count ot repair* ItIMI the
rate* of for eullorw, wtokerw
uial luliorerN were lifottffht down
with tiw to tia lowewt limit of Klijf
Inint, (leriiinny or Sweden
\\« ure u (tivut deni ln*Mer off for
In I UK out of th.it I'll- Hen-* than we
Would lie li' We Were in it Meanwhile,
thunk* to our wi»e old l.iw*, our
Atuerkwn eountiUk trade i* ftdrl.t
pmiiiuMi uiul lutrue, iliuu ever I**
foie. \o I nyh*h lenwl apply V t.
Hun.
I title 1 king* "III frl*«
Hii went to »|» ini a day In the
country, ami had tt titr tout of fHetl
rht<ken for dinner I tea we tiuik a
walk with ifoldmi. wliohd iin* way
to (lie ilik Un i imp
' til oar beet > t a kei • are duol,
mill one of the rtiihhi'M. nudly.
tk li t W tail k lik'd I It* ill '
"I'upa did but tl» i mo ifiuM# I*.
•Im any way, '<i >»* Out Had the
pip
1 li llut I* i elite of Ihem ‘ I I lit*
with a heavy luart ai d *«pte*»mmh
•towtm h. |
"ttf liml Vm (dr iliniwr, itNvwwl
thu i hihl, worrowhtlb
The National Pie Eater*.
We have been called a nation of pie
enters. From the humblest Ameri
can citizen to the President of t he
United States pie occupies a promin
ent, place in the household larder.
Who invented pie is not yet known,
nor exactly how the name orignnted
It is generally supposed Unit t he
word pie line itsorigin with the print
ers. but Just bow is lost in obscurity*
Talking about the consumption o*
pies, a good many of them are con*
slimed nt the capitol by our able law'
mu kern.
Just off from the rotunda isaluin-h
stand presided over by a soldier's
widow. Hln* is familiarly knowti as
Jennie, Jennie is well known by nil
the metiils*™ and Senators, and
every dav the stroll from their seats
ill the halls of legislation and visit
the little stand to satisfy tin* inner
man.
On (la* stand, displayed in a tempt
ing manner will Is* found a variety of
cakes, apples, punches, bananas,
sandwiches beef and longue— milk
and" lie.
Tie* last na med article has a strong
hold on the appetite of lie* solons,
and they'll eat pie in preference to
anything else.
The <Title reporter slopped at the
stand the other day to partake of a
little repast, when hi* attention was
attracted by the usual large number
of Congressmen w ho rely on Jennie
to prepare them a small lunch.
As a rale t in* member* go to the
House restaurant when hungry, but
it fre<|tientj,v happens that they can
not spare the time, so they run over
to Jennie s lunch counter.
‘’Jennie,'' ntfked tie* reporter, "what
kind of pie do I la* members eat?"
“What kind of pie? Why, any
thing, so it's oh*. These are grand
pies; they never give you dyspepsia,
nor l lie like. Itut don’t you ask me
any more questions, because I won’t,
answer them; you reporters nrc so In
quisitive, always tlmlingout things.”
“ItOcsCongrcHHmnn \ mice eat pie?”
“Ves. nearly all t he members eat
pie. It they don't, out pie they cut
something,'’
While the reporter was asking
questions lion. Arnos .1, Cummings
came along and said: “Wlmt kind
of pie to-duy Jennie?”
•'Apple, plum, pitmen pple, block
I terry, canon nut, pencil mid custard.
I keep custard pie for Mr. Vance,”
“Well, give me u slice of peach and
a glues of milk,”
Mr. Cummings took the pie in his
right hand anil grneefully put It out
of sigh*. He doesn't lose much time
in masticating tt slice of pie.
M. O'Donnell of Michigan docs not
sl ick to one kind of pic; he changes
off, One day hc'JI prefer apple, the
next eocottfiut or blackberry, and so
on. lie cuts his pie wit h a fork.
Very seldom does the Hon. Joe
Cannon cat pie, but occasionally lie
stops by for a piece of apple pie.
Mr. ifuehanan of New Jersey is one
of <1,0 House pie enters. He gener
ally lunches on 1 he grape pie. When
tie* crust is rather firm he cuts the
pie into little squares mid washes
them down with a swallow of milk.
Mr. Fitcli and Amos Cummings are
very fond of the German dishZwinwil
Kuelmn, and Jennie keeps it for their
special benefit.
Chairman Mills of the Ways and
Means Committee now mid then
patronizes Jennie to t he extent of u
naif of a lemon pie. He uses a fork
wit li las pie.
Mr. Guenther, Vice-President of
the 1*. F. O. N. Organization, is an
other one pussionntely fond of pic.
He eats ids pie about two o’clock in
the day.
“Gif me some |>ic milk,” lie’ll say,
“I don't cure, so it 'e pie.”
Mr. Doothman of Ohio, like all l lie
Western members, is fond of the
w i in* l i v" |»iniry. ii* ii jin'iii t#>
on tlio outside of two slices of piao
npole pic.
Mr. Funston of Kansas. who n-p
resentsiii! ugricult urnl const it uency,
like hueklels*rry pie mid Jennie always
lias a slico*piit hy for him.
Mr. Murrows of Michigan cats his
pie a) lie would apiece of cuke.
Judge Ha rites of Georgia is also a
slave to pie.
Tita Cnmpliell eats his pie with a
knife. He is very partial to mince
pie a lien in seiisou.
Hansel t'o\ sms ii mini's digestive
organs are out of repair when lie
can't enjoy pie
Mr. Baker o! New York always uses
a spoon a lien lie tackles U slice of
ellslurd pie.
The New litighiiul memls*rs as a
rule w ill eat no oilier kind of pie tliatt
apple.
Ilig Tom Heed usually eats pie in
the llollserestaurant
New \ urieties of pie are constniitly
making their nppeainme. The oth
er day Major Nl»* lummy of North
t'u roll tut wantisl sonic orange pie,
whih< Major Marlin imputed for
grn|s>,
"t Inn la Mason ol lllliiotf is know n
ill the llmlse as tile great t'llh agO
pie eater lie cals notliiiig tail us
owuiit pie. ami generally Is coin
■nines a naif oie* for hutch. lie say s
that any man who doesn't like pm is
«onr than a liar
J I pis h tlhl I jell III! griser s U»J 1
»-Y our store, Uiv. terms to Is* of/
full of Hies I tin Yea m. I gUe*« it's
that hit ol Hi |M|er the Imsm jest
bought that draws cm ill here lh>
you Want solus of It,*
Tie* l<h*«» Mrs |.01 i i.dk Ho Ms.
Gray ttpphs oath**sly4 l*i«*r Mrs
lirsi' SY ell sell evert lutally has •
skelrl | lose! Tim Ikctel •
How tin fctr the si suing 1 \Vehaiea‘l
Mi papa keeps hh> In tin* oHt ■ down
town,
I UNDERCHURCH EAVES
Htirria Holbrook. college grwd tint«
of a week. proapnrting uroiind in
hui'iitn Heiinirn faahion to work off
Home cxiile-riiut wiw of freedom, did
not count upon mi ndventure when
he uarended tin* roof oft lie old hrowu
church where tie* workmen were chip
ping and hammering and jnbla-rlng.
He had elimhetl up for a view of the
taiildInga of the city, and '’(lie glory
of them.”
lie w'jim a good-look ing, com pint Iv
iatilt fellow, in a cool linen unit. im he
Imluiieed Jiimarlf up on the Hinging,
indolently, a ltd exchanged civil word* i
with the workmen, ilia eyes i ,ime
I nick from Trinity and the “New
Month” to liiM immediate aiirroimd
inga. A park and two tall l.imil.v
hotefc lioilllded throe aidea of the
elittrcli, Directly below liim were t lie
roofa of dwellinga, with blooming
back ynrda. The at aging extended
up to the hrowu cnat wing, which
folded llarll ngniiiat the body of the
church. From ilia point of view, he
could look into the buck third atory j
window* of t he wlriga w hich find he n
converted into a home-like hoarding
hollar. He had a fleeting glimpxeof
airy tnualiit drataTira, which l»
tokened n feminine oceiipaut. Ilia
eiirioaity waa excited sit once, lie
could ace pictuc* a limiglow agalna! a
delicate wall paper, a well-filled book
cnar, and a pale green ami aalmon
carpel, A writing deck littered with
papi’ra atood near the farther will
ow.
lie waa weaving a hit of romaice
iiroilihI i im <M inj,iiiii wiii'ii ii snapeiy |
arm mill shoulder ammand in tin* I
window next liiui, and a, slim wliit**
liuiid which In) roiild Iniv** almost !
tinii'lii'd, drew down the curtain |
quickly.
heeling iim if his eiirio ity had been j
rebuked. In* turned nnd walked along ;
the staging slowly to flu* rear of the ■
eiiiireli. As lie ret rai n I bis steps he
had allot her glimpse of the firm and
shoulder clot lied in cool In vcrulrr at
t he desk, writing, hut lie could see
nothing of the fnee except tic tip of
n pink ear, nnd brown frizzes stirring
in the breeze over her temples. II*'
frit something of tlm student reck
lessness of his Hopliomore period,
urging him to vault into the room
his per* h, nnd apologize afterward
for tie* intrusion, lie had been in
vitin' ruble to the smiles of‘‘sweet
girl graduates,” but in* was possessed
to make tin* iieifiiaiiitaiii'e of this
denizen of the wing under t In* chimb
saves, who kept out of his range of
vision, und gave him no chance for a
hit of sly flirtation. Him hud mi at
mosphere. lie felt its influence in
widening circles around him. Ih*
half believed she was not pretty.
Tretty women were not apt to have
this magnetic, fur-mu hing atmos
phere. lie could see t he arm moving
us she wrote. Was she novelist, or
poet, or copyist, lie wondered.
He directed Ids glass over the city
mid watched thewindow,alternately.
Presently he could see the |M»n laid
down, impatiently it seemed. Then
1 he should’TS ami frizzes disappear
from the desk, and soon he fell sure
lie heard the door open und shut.
She had gone out.
"If it wasn't for the eyes of tlmse
workingmen I'd climb into flu* room
and leave a note on her desk, or a
couplet to Imr shoulder and frizzes,”
he thought daringly.
■lust, then a paper sailed put
through the window, whirling und
turning somersaults an if mad with
delight in its mission, it circled
round t he chimney on a roof below,
peeped into a skylight, dipjicd down
like a bird upon a vine creeping
over u trellis In the yard, flew back
to the open window as if to return
home, changed its mind and gyrated
tv i 1 11 in imi f mi» i if 1 I tik I in/m mlm it it - n
with a nm all sing “c;,t<-ii-ii!*—ii-•.mi
•an” ••x|»ri‘Nai<ni, At Ilia rUk of
IokIim liin Imlmice, in* i iiptm. il 1 ho
iilllf of note, with won In upon
if, ami wan debating whether to
tend or not to rend, lent. In* ehould
••iiwjiu'Ii upon u private matter,
when lie ! . itme uw'Hn thill it vvu*
merely a pI'lMllic receipt for noltle
nioiiey pai'l to iirovMi »v t o., Iiiriii
tnn. tlenler.M. by Klite (ionsecim *c
lioomlm-.*! ye i>ni]itt The luim
wiielike il ilttnil of ice Water. fotlld
It belong I.) t lit* t*'l'aeellll ai'lll 1111(1
I'hoithl. r nml > riniplinir brow n hair?
'boiil.l lie make t lie pn|ter an exeiinr
or ealllutf to return it? Hut lie
• Hilda I make up hi* mm.I to u»k
lor MU* iioaM« liune. The romance
lean uni to Ih< UKllillK out of I,U little
nil relit lire IVrltnp* it didn l heiottjj
to her. 11 Mctacil to lie all itnaill In
the Hiamliler an.I pink ear tip to
i(titp|c (hem with •urhft name.
Hn.l.l.ni l In tvllielili .|vd t hit I l,e
■fa** to meat hineoiinin llertlia at I In*
>(.nl nil the II. .'Id I min. There
♦a» Uo line* to *|mt. kle »
|>>‘ |u.|«'i ini.i li>* In, n v a p.M'kei,
Ilal hunted litmii lo (tie nireel. In
let «\( itenielll that fotlow t) |! I till »
Arrival, an I III.- iMvm io«| Uinletr
f < nraiol... In la- plaeatnl tie felgot
4mm IIihiw. ||,ib Inal the fo'ded te
ri(it, which Imh'il it* lime tpnetlv,
|l I Ih' UltttMlI file a V''.1 |hm k**l UUtil
Carr I* Kiel the l*»! of lie* ll.ihi.ek ,
j imlh not lu«. k m Mi*|iletiilw*! In mi
j pit mihiihci mmann ai lie'll "ad
j ¥ji* lie' WM
I hr vei l lll«l kiylli he not bn il til
tm • II V la* .ite.iunl h** wao •tmi.liiif
#i the pik urn. ami mliu.iii aup'i
j 41h** |aeii ( "m.ii Mi.h r ihe I'bnrt h
* jam trUlijI to >i.lllpOH1 ,1 pain III
P* lao ieh ir •lr.i(*",l dlvlinl v of i *>a
»*«•** ami tin kam hr* tn.oti to Had a
had • ha I ». .add tio are urucefUtl.t
fill IllMiae luao lb'iiH.de With a 1
i Mm** that ifii* t'v or indirei th. hi# 1
I pMlli WI4W to II ! Will V*' 'H itllllt
A week passed. Harris’ chamber
rt.ii to Is* newly furnished, and he
•et out one morning commissioned
to select something that would suit
his rather fastidious taste. As hi*
walked up the large furniture rooms
of Itrown & t'o. lie caught sijdit of a
roll of carpet ing. the identical pat
tern of that in the chamber of the
hrown wing. Deciding nt once that
it would suit, his chniulsT also, he
passed along looking at furniture
and balancing the comparative mer
its of ouk and walnut.
lie stood Iwforeu pretty dressing
i•use, that, took his fancy, testing the
t rut iifulucss of t la* oval mirror, as it
reflected his embrowned face and
clear blue eyes, when lie heard voices
on the right near him, the owners be
ing hidden by a lull cabinet.
"Mr. brown. I am positive I paid
that instalment,'’ a clear, decided
lemiaie voice was saying.
"Durell says be knows nothing
nhoatit. He keeps the books, you
know," returned un unpleasant mas
culine voice. "It is strange you can
not show the receipt, if you hud
Olie."
"I did haven receipt,” ref timed the
first voice, slightly tremulous, yet
with a touch of defiance, "I went
out thill morning I paid it, feeling
nnnoyed with the noise of workmen
repairing I he church, and carelessly
left the window open near the desk
where I lie receipt was lying. It must
have blown out, for I never saw it
afterwards.
"Von must produce the receipt,
Miss (looscchasc, if you expect us to
believe you returned the denier inso
lently.
The mime muds nsstirntice doubly
sure to Harris. He wheeled round
from the mirror, as he saw the two
figures, who Ini (I stepped from behind
ill' ' iMMir i , i * ' ■ • •• •>•••••
ll<* overlooked i lii- mnii mid huw(inly
n titII, slight graceful young Indy with
a ivfliu’d, interesting face, which had
n IIiimIi ofsomething like indignation
ii|mus il nl present.
•Miss llooHcidiiiMe?” lie ijnestioned,
lifting Ids hat mid ignoring t he wiry
iiirnittire denier eon|ilet.<*ly,
"Yes,” hIui returned in some siir
jirise,
"1 ls*g pardon. I have overheard
... versa) ion. I wasonthe roof
with the workmen that morning.
I euiight the reeejpt I Iml lijew out
the window, mid must apologize for
not ret liming It to you m onee. Il
slipped my memory afterwards.
You sliall have il now without any
delay.
The dealer eyed Harris w ith a hnlf
heateii, linlt-inereduloas look, and t he
bright, sweet smile with which Miss
(looseefuise thanked him banished
Ins dislike of the name forever.
He ascertained t hut she still occu*
jiied the same room, mid rode up
town, in some excitement. He rushed
to his room and bundled out the
linen suit with fear and trembling
lest the receipt should not Ikj forth
coming. He waltzed across the room
with an imaginary partner, when he
found it folded away in t iiesmull vest
pocket. It. seemed to wink at him
Knowingly ns lie unfolded it. The
suit had not hen worn on account
of Home misfit .since that morning on
the ehiirch roof.
He would not trust to the mail,
ami within an hour lia delivered the
paper to her in tin pleasant, parlor
ol'ilie brown whig of the old ehurch.
"I was jniying for my room furni
ture on installments,” she remarked
v ith a smile. "I thought the firm
v.os fair and M|imro in its dealings,
but it seems there is something
wrong. I cannot thank you sufh
i lently for tiding me over this un
pleasantness.”
Harris found her atmosphere so
rare and magnetic upon a nearer
view that he went out from her with
his head turned eompletely.
Sim smiled a little when his note
i nine asking permission to call up
till her
So it f iinn* about, at length, that
llarris wan admitted into the pretty
room w ho*-** owner imd ko tantalized
him that dua** morning and found it
jiermeated witli her graeious atmos
phere, just, as lie ha<l < xpeetul. They
iieeame fast friends. She eoatided to
him her liferary ambitions, sueeesses
and defeats, and lie told her how In*
was huckUiig oil his laisiiiesH armor j
in liis fiitlii'r'seountingrooiii.
Miss Hooseeliase lilts lately prom
ised io marry Harris, although she
deelnres nrehly she is only helmed
to do so by tin* opportunity to
elitmge the nitiiie that laol Iss-u her
eross from ehildhixMl. Harris, for a
lanti, seems strangely satisfied with
the sitmilionI'ittslairg t hroniele
Telegraph.
\\ • .lent t reed(■ is.
The editor of a Weateni |Ht|s*r has |
litis to say: "Tie* dead gemniuu»- j
leaf eared spotiet, whom late lias |
Willed shall witter and hilght tie* I
Week|y ilivailhd around tie* eoriier, j
refers to th*- editor ofthis Nourishing i
atidiiillmuithd jotirimi asa pmte.ilh*i
Ioni an list ami a *an t get-tle*r«*dude,
tie also gtss on to sat that as a
i„ ws|mi|s r to ak we are probuhly the
lilieel Sist ilia *1 ol the kind ever tap- I
lured alive. Mretheeti of tha pma>, J
litis )• ali wrong let as Is* courteous i
lo one another lit this wotk a day
tarM of tutrw I lien* is m> mllueme mi
•ooihatg ami idtuiiig a* that sour*
I MO I'iie soft low spoken Wool, the j
l*(ut* sttilie. the kindly lelerettea
ilu* has not Mt tla tr l*alm, Is* a
over st|»* neigh pirns ill tile «
Mtltmoy la their Is-ntdlentl >fle* I *
Itivi Iwt a id lto* p««Ms again we way
et as 1st rtmilMiu* to oia> awother,
•ml let iIs* me*rots pull t>>* numtsr
to* tuit deep down over his *>»•* and
e»mh*r upon ll # ads. Mitk! '«*» |
fid lilts.
I
rHE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON II. APRIL 12—PARABLE
OF THE OREAT SUPPER.
Holden Text: Toim, Tor All Thins* Arw
Mow Ready.” Luke xl*. 17 (iml'*
Welcome* mid Man'* Refusal* Christ *
Teachings.
HR LSMON for (h:s
Hundar Include* Luke,
lit, I& 24. The varioua
Incident* of (he chip
ter give* u* • gen-ral
Impression of the char
after of Cbri-t'a work
at thla period: hla
readlrieaa to go any
where even lo a ITiar
laoa'a hottaa. If he tan
do good there; Me
faithful and poinfnrt
tl at hing, hla uoa of Il
lustration* and para
bles, hi* presentation of difficult dutlea.
Finer In the life of f'hrlst Juxt before the
middle of (hr "creati ministry. At Hie atOOO nt
the third year of IiIb publb mln'atry, A. D.
Xi, nr early In the fourth.
Time Frotibly In December. A. D. 7®. or
January. A. ft. 80.
Flare In a Fharlaee'a house In Ferea, no
the way lo Jerusalem by Ihe forda of Uto
Jordan near Jericho.
The full (ext of the lesxon lx a* follow*
If,. And when one of them that cat at meat,
with him heard it’ere thing*, he said onto him,
Fleered Is t o lhal ehall eat bread It* the king
dnm nf (tod.
1.1. Then anld he unto him A rer'alit man
made n great supper and bade many
17. And -ent hlx aervent a' simper time to
any t. then, that were hidden. F ine; for all
things ere now ready.
Ik. And they ell wlllt one consent began to
mile egeure. The flrst aald unto him I ba*«
h'Ughl a tdere of ground nnd I nut*' oeeda
go and aee It; I pray thee hevo me #*rip<cd,
til And another raid, I have bought five
yoke of ..sen and I go to prove them I pray
tljee have m<- esflj-'d
2(1. And another l aid, t have married a wife,
r,m! therefore I <nnnot come.
21. So lhal servant eonje and xhewed Me
|..rd these thlnge. Then the master of thn
hoove t,e:na onirrv. said to h!» servant I...
out quirk!* into the street* and lane* of tho
H»y nr A bring Iri hither th* poor, and the
maimed and the halt, and the blind
2?. And tbe servant aald, X*ord. If 1* done
cr fhou boat commanded, and y«t there la
rootn.
22, And the lord aald unto ♦he servant On
out into the hlrhwav* and hedge* and coronet
them to erme In. that my house may be filled.
24, For 1 *ny unto von, Thai none of the**
men which were bidden shall fast* of my
cupper.
Tit* or ojf, eat Ion* to some of the passage*
above follow;
If*. "One rt than that **f at meat with
him M redlining on couches around the table.
*»* war fbe custom. "Heard tb*«" thing*."
about ibe bleMving* of those who Invited the
' onr *nd nesrtacted to tbstr feast*. "H»l4 unto
him." moved by tho delightful feast thev were
of suggesting the nobler feast and bv the
Me*.slug Jrsuf bad Just uttered, perhaps be
felt asstirad that himself and the other .T^w*
were mre of the blea*lng of him "that shall
eat breed," ra*take of a fe**t, "In the king
dom of Ood." either In the future after death
or the Messianic kingdom.
Id. "Then said he unto him " to show him
that while hi* thought, wa* right, yet that
he and other* were unconsciously refusing to
Join In the feast : If by any mean* eotn* might,
be persuaded to accept the Invitation. "A
certain man." Corresponding to the king *n
the parable of the wedding feast (Matt, xxlJ. 21
"Made a great supper." corn**; oyding to tho
wedding feast of Matthew axil. where tbo
best of everything Is provided In abundance.
17. "And sent his servant." It Is still cus
tomary In the Fast, not only to glee an Invi
tation some time beforehand, hut to sent?
round servants at the proper time to Inform
the Invited guests that *11 thing* are ready.
"At suopor time." At the appointed hour for
flu feast, Tbl» undoubtedly represents tho
"fullness of time" fOal. Iv. 41, when tho
Messiah came. -Riddle, "gay to thorn that
were hidden." Who had been previously In
vited to the feast, and had had abundant op
portunity to be ready. "Come, for n'l Ituovn
arc now ready." Historically. Hie fitting Hroa
had come for the appearance of the Messiah.
M. "They all with ope consent." They
agreed In spirit and motive, while they dlf
f« i«d In the form of excuse. "Began to m*k#r
excuse." The fireek word 1* the exact equiv
alent of our "to beg off."—Cambridge Bible.
Sot to give the rial reason* for their con
duct, hut to render the most plausible ex
cuses they could find. "1 hive bought ft
piece of ground" (a farm), "and tnu*t need*
go" tout) "and «ee It," not to look It over, b *♦
v*<» to Its cultivation. He lived a* do alt ;.«
thef country. In a village, and had to g » out
Into the country to roach his farm. Ho wa*
a man of property, of capital.
1ft. "1 fu*'#. bought five yoke of oxen." etc.
Ills rxen could have waited, but he made
his plans so as to have an excuse.
20, “I have married a wife and therefore
T cannot come." He is no positive because
he tb‘nl«B he ha* a good excuse. "He relies
doubt lee* on the principle of the exemption
from war. granted to newly married bride
irroema In Deuteronomy xvlv. 6," for a year.—
f’ambrtdiee Hilda.
n. "The master . . . bolnu «wy."
Not oosafon. hut the Indlanitlon wbirfi «<■<•
e*«#rllr iirlitd In every holy beln* ssun't.
ulr uraliiet those inuntra of lortdu t wh1
ars brlnclnr ruin uihib men. "flu Utllehlv"
Tb'-re was «eed for haatr for the 1*4*1 wen
waiting. "fat •«•*!*." the brooder street* and
squares. '•Itrln* hither Ihe feior, and the
nut.mod " 'The Idrlnre ta one lmp"S*ible for
ur to realise In our land. In the Kite, M'’h
'n l e**sr« opulent In Mleery without
hotiaea, i r hospitals. or other or«.ii.: 1 touna
of arias for and lesitenln* muter* an'I wHh
law* arid aortal organism multiflyln* It. su' h
a thr* ns a* ta her* draerlbed tmv be ‘ilteu
seen tn the rlty street* or squares Abb'll',
S. "And yet there I* n»>m.'' N« on# wdl
r*.. l». shut out of tha kl**ditu of beaten f >r
want of t'*• to. The atonement I* l*r*e enoush
It r all the toys of Clod I* meat aueUble ties
lltt.iailon l* Hmltleae If an 1 •»** •<*»* awa
It will lat (Imply and alone hmaaae he •tli
not t« ms.
It "Uti out leto Ihe hl*Uw t>« and !t«d**‘ “
Thaa* *f» wllh«UI tha rlty walk snd '+f
t, the allma »l I leal Ilea The h<hwa»a am
tha brood watt tn»«hl«n way* of the wot* I "
when sts Ik* walls* awd MiM*h#Md aianof*.
"And nmpel Harm to «wu»* la.' *•■<<>>
Iocs hi p#r*#ralien. Uhl* h I* > >»>(%it to ><**
Wkt is spirit of th* *e*p*l hut o atuutnrbie.
Py itrsaaalu* hr ihe furs* at tore *ed en
treaty. That my he*** mar h» hllail.
I lee sen will not sl**4 empty bmtsueo am*
refuse to sate#
,s. Nun*' el Ik tats* ska refused th* »«n
tai . *1 shnlt »#*<* at my tap**# *
NAM'S HUhhi.
No fa *«t ***r ■«( MHNUh I vUf lea lh
hi* fa**i4 to satis* .h« 4*«it «• tM«r a
WMMtMMt
Th* Man Who haa th* «m<«i rlaito
«!«.. tea. I* uMea th* •#* «• h*»* ih*
Waal ttalM ujysn.
Th* frlthd* of th* 4*«U *f* ‘h* llrud
In •*! Mad »h*» Ih* gsmpol <• Mtag
preoihasl tlfhl
Tw • fa*rlab an uttfsir*l*l»d mil’ll. U 'o
MilfM to *W *U lb* ft) l« UM MM
with ChnM,