That
Mysterious
Major...
...BY...
ETHEL A. SOUTDAM
t CHAPTER III.—(Continued.)
*‘01i, dear, yes!” assented Falkland
readily. "It was the talk of London.
Well, what have they discovered?”
"Why, that a man who answers to
the description of a suspicious-looking
person who disappeared from England
In rather peculiar circumstances at the
time of all those forgeries Is supposed
to have left New York on the steamer
City of Chicago on the 12th of this
month; and, should this really be so,
he ought to have arrived in Liverpool
at the beginning of the week. Just as
you were speaking of this Brown of
London it struck me--"
"That lie might be the forger him
self? Ah, perhaps he Is." exclaimed
Evelyn, with a gleam <of amusement
in her eyes. "Let us all keep a careful
watch upon him, and do our best to
gala the reward which somebody ha*
offered for him."
"Very well, Miss Eve; you may de
pend upon me to help you in your in
vestigations. My services are at your
disposal whenever you may require
them," was Falkland’s rpply; but,
though the words were uttered lightly,
there was a sort of resolution lying
latent beneath his apparent careless
neBS. “Only do not forget to take care
of your own cheque-lKioks, or In the
meanwhile you may find he has been
dipping pretty heavily Into your ex
chequers as well. But goodby for the
present. 1 shall be coming again to
see for which night you will like tick
ets for the theater, and then I will
telephone down." i
As the door closed behind the tall,
rather gaunt, but at the same time
prepossessing form of Gilbert Falk
land, Lady Howard sank hack in her
chair with a sign of supreme satisfac
tion.
"Gear me. what should we do with
out that man? He is really too good
I his words had carried more weight
! than he had had the satisfaction of
I imagining.
At the time It had never struck her
! as peculiar that a man who was an
absolute stranger to her should have
been able to single out from the num
ber of letters one in particular for her.
thus showing that he knew her address
perfectly. It puzzled her though, con
siderably now, especially as the Idea
flashed through her mind, as it had
done before even as she stood In the
hall that that letter was not lying
among the others when she had first
looked over the table. It had neemed
a trifling matter at the time; she
would never have troubled to think
anything more about It if Mr. Falkland
had not declared that this man must
have known something of her name
and had taken the crllcat opportunity
lit trying to m ike her acquaintance.
lint now, since lie had told her what
really villainous characters were con
stantly to he found at such quiet sea
side hotels ns the "Royal George," she
began to realize that, if this Mr.
Hrown were one of the number, he
would be capable of unythlng, and,
seeing her coming, had probably bid
den her letter In order to obtain the
necessary excuse for addressing her.
"Well, at any rate, he shall not
speak to me again!" mentally resolved
Miss I.uttrrll, as she stirred her coffee
and buttered a piece of toast. "Mr.
Hrown of London Is mistaken if lie
Imagines that Aunt Lydia and I are
two helpless Individuals whom he can
take in and Impose upon as he likes.
He had better try—that is all!"
CHAPTER IV'.
Evelyn, however, had reckoned with
out her host. Later In the morning
she was hurrying upstairs with a mes
sage to her aunt's maid, when, as she
“OH, YES—IT— IT—IS MINE!”
in troubling himself so much about us
and our concerns."
Lady Howard spoke feelingly. No
body could have ever taken the reins
of government more unwillingly into
her own hands than her ladyship had
done u|K»n the death of her husband
three years before, when she had been
left a rich but somewhat helpless
widow, with a large estate and three
growing children. In the years of her
married life everything had devolved
upon Sir Wilfred; and, though, as time
wore on, she became more accustomed
to her sense of perfect Independence,
and had actually consented to nn addi
tional care In the shape of the guard
iauship of her niece, her brother's
child, she was still only too thankful
If uuy one would relieve her a little of
the weight of thi responsibilities which
I'ting so heavily upon her shoulders.
t 'iiitscquciitly Hilbert Falkland
whom they hud chanted to meat upon
the continent fur the tlrst time only
a mouth before, hut who had Intro
dined himself ns one of the late Hit
Wilfred's oldest filetid*, had found hi"
nUeUlh'lts thoroughly nrerptahle tuth
widow, ami. an It hupp tied that hi
had been going by the ante route a
latdy Howard and her niece, he ha
couAtiiutid himself i miner and snide
and had taken upon It s own shoulde*
all the troubles and worries lose pa
ral t«> front contmental traveling
>11 home In Kngland otue more, fnr
tune had thrown Hr. Falkland a* ro*
lit* ir |wiih again and laily Howard
was only i.mi pleased If h* would still
du anything for hst, even if it »*r
merely lo arrange a drive or decide
which of the p i es at the ih« atm as*
teslly worth seeing
Hut kStelya •cart * ly heard the sigh
of lonieatmeut wnkh bad followed
Mr >’a*hlnnd a deprtlure M»r thought
wars running In guile another direr
lion; for In spit* of the nonchalant*'
with which aha had Hughed sway fill
hart FalkUads edatetvsImuh upon ih«
•wruunier with lha PM in the hall.
--
was somewhat breathlessly mounting
the last flight, a tali figure, which she j
recognized at a glance as Major i
Brown's, suddenly appeared at the top
of the stuircasp, which he was Just
about to descend.
Summoning all her dignity to her
aid and with her head set proudly
back, Miss l.uttrell had prepared to
pass on quickly without deigning him
more than a coldly regal how. when
to her amazement, ns his eyes met hers,
he Immediately paused before her.
'1 Iwg your pardon. Miss Luttrell.
but I believe J have found sonic lost
i properly of yours laid you not drop
a handkerchief in the dining room but
evening?"
It was a trifling question, certainly,
still It sent the color flaming luto tin
girl's cheeks.
V handkerchief’ she repeated
Mo; I mil mire I did not" with u d*
elded shake of her head.
"Are you quite sure, though, heenus*
I I feel certain it is yours at least it
| has your Initials on It?" he retained.
I producing the article lu question and
| holding up Ike ioitier where the creti
of the l.trtreli* Wftl t‘ {lit If** Stiff in I »iv**f
j tlif Initial* “K T I. l |» |t | *
I It mil jrotiit**
Kvetyn looked at tt sstonuhed It
I a«« Impossible to deny th« ownership
oh y * * it it is mine’
1 Tile admission • i< made with su< h
I rein* tafcce that il ijei Itrowu w vs eon
I m toils of a ItrliM I hit in delivering
j up the handkerchief to Us rightful
I owner he wat rather under an ohiigt
lion to her for deigning to accept It
• han that she owed ikdkim to him
He was I here! irv quit* oiukitket a*
l the polite bat <iaU(t thank you
zrhbh rewarded his effort* and
for Mime HMSUitM but ill e*>ht*mpls
(hut of the alight gro< vfol ggars s* it
rvtr**Ml gown a long rorridur
"II I* is go. I am afraid Ihi* time
He muttered halt aloud 'darnha*
oiitroM kit scented n;i« hid a ready
1.*, uitduooiedly hi* scheme ha I
failed. She had not been so blind as ts
believe that !n both eases hla effort to
apeak to her was merely chance; and
the major realized with a sense of the
keenest disappointment that, as mat
ters stood, it was practically useless
hoping to make the slightest progress
toward a more Intimate acquaintance.
There was nothing for it therefore
but to let things take their own
course for a day or two, in the mean
while preserving such a strict silence,
when chancing to encounter Miss Lul
trell, as to disarm her of all suspic
ions, and then to trust to fate to
throw her in some way across his
path. At any rate, he was prepared
to remain an occupant of No. 40, on
the second floor of the "Royal George,"
even if he had to remain until dooms
day for that auspicious moment to ar
rive.
Until doomsday! Yet, when only
one hot sultry afternoon, one cool
dewey evening, and one sunshiny
morning hud passed. Major Grown was
thoroughly impatient.
It was the afternoon of the second
day after his decision, and he was
standing at the open window of the
smoking room with a most dejected
expression upon his face. It seemed
such a hopeless case to imagine that
by keeping aloof from her in this way
he was making the slightest progress
towards the stage of friendship at
which he \va» resolved sooner or later
to arrive. What should he do with
himself? Go for a stroll In the town?
Yes; anything would he better than
dawdling away ills time as he had
been doing all tile morning. He was
on the point of withdrawing when foot
steps beneath the window and voices
in Blight but decided altercation ar
rested his attention
"No; it Is of tier use—you are not
to come?! I want to have a quiet af
ternoon under the trees, so that I can
read my book without any chance of
an interruption. I have Just reached
a most exciting point, and I am dying
to see liow it all ends."
"Gut how can my presence affect
your peace and comfort If I promise not
to speak? Surely, if I bring plenty
of literature of my own in which I
am ecpially interested, you cannot ob- I
jeet-•'
"Yes; but f do. I know so well {
v hat would happen. Just at the most
pathetic part, when the hero and he- I
rolne were plunged in the depths of
despair, you would look calmly up
from one, of Reuter's most matter-of
fact. telegrams, to discover me with
tears streaming down my cheeks. No,
Mr. Falkland—go Into SaltclifTe, as
you had arranged, buy a new tlower
for your coat and-’’
Hut at that point the voices and
footsteps passed out of hearing.
The Major shrugged his shoulders
and knocked the ashes somewhat Im
patiently off his cigur as he suddenly
found himself lost in a vague mental
speculation as to how far those en
tieaties would fail or succeed. All the
same, there was a slight frown upon
his forehead as he turned away from
the window; and, apparently forget
ting his resolution to take a walk
round the town, he threw himself Into
a low chair, to puff away at his cigar
with renewed energy.
The hour of three had struck in
loud measured tones before he roused
himself again; and then, as though by
Instinct, he returned to his post at
the window just in time to catch a
glimpse of Miss i.uttrell and a large
white parasol disappearing across the
lawn in the direction of an inviting
clump of trees.
So the fellow had failed, after all!
Involuntarily a smile rose to the Ma
jor’s fate, a particularly unsympathet
ic smile.
‘Tool beggar!” he ejaculated.
(To be continued.)
A nr Ini t ( ’#*<1 «1 i>»jc Ilmmi'N.
In olden times certain towns and vil
lages in England used to possess a
wedding house, where poor couples, af
ter they had iieru wedded at church,
could entertain their friends at small
cost, the only outlay being the pur
chase of such provisions for th< ir
guests as they brought with them, the
house for tin* day being given free of
payment. At Ilraughiug (or ilrat h
inges), in Hertfordshire, there wa.-> a
wedding house of tills kind, which had
u large kitt le n with a cauldron, large
spits anti dripping pun; a large room
for merriment, and a lodging-room,
with good linen. At (Ireat Ycldham, in
Essex, there was another such hour-* j
width was listtl by the poorer folk foi |
dining in after they returned from the I
church. A tin- practice her a oh- oh*o- '
i let* the w ilding house was turned into i
I a school In l loti huger I horn ton
- granted to the mayor unit community j
of N» weastlc-upon Tyne, the u»e of i
hall a ini kitchen belonging to Thorn
ton'* hospital, for the use of y< ng
louplt*. whm they were married to
I make th« ir wedding illnner in, mat ,-*
i reive the cfTiilng* and glfi» of i ,.r
j fneeds.
on* i Hvfdtur lltr | •«* | f .i|*«y
l*9?plr unr iht tmt^rUI Lh*
I i 'iiiAf of tU t'lMirmotia (a i nil*) rarity.
; I hr «*nI> |Mii|ilv t.Ho* ir to th«" an I *
| am thf 1 vptMtt * til* h * nb*
] tdlAVtl in titituib t|*Mttittit 4 «*vitv fiutt)
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turn!* 4)*,il nith 1»run yuryki I
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THE KLEPTOMANIACS.
i “ '
HOW THEY OPERATE IN SELECT
SOCIETY.
Purloin Article* of Vnlnr from the
Homes of the Wealthy—Peculiar Con
ditions Noted In Oltt<C:il Circles at the
Natlonul Capital.
One of the leading Jewelers of the
rapitul was somewhat taken aback the
other day by receiving from the wife of
a high official an order for half a dozen
gold nails with a jewel in the head of
each and a dozen small gold chains.
He inquired the uses to which the nails
were to be put, when his patron said:
"You see, I have a number of very
valuable objects of art, which, although
they are very expensive, are very small
and easily handled. - As the wife of an
official of the government I am obliged
to open my house during the season to
the constituents of my husband and
the Washington curiosity seeking pub
lic in general. On niy reception day,
therefore, my house Ib crowded with
all sorts of people, and last winter I
suffered the loss of several of my most
valuable treasures, t have long been
trying to devise some plan by which I
can keep my objects of art outside of
>ny cabinets and yet not have them
uolen, for that is the only word I can
use In regard to the loss of my treas
ures. I have concluded that I must
either nail down some of the brlc-a
brac or chain It securely to the table,
and hence I am going to try this rem
edy. That is why I want these nails
and chains." This woman's predic
ament is not an unusual one in Wash
ington official circles. The klepto
maniacs who commit the most aggra
vating depredations are for the most
part well known leaders In society. Last
winter social circles in Washington
were greatly bewildered and shocked
by tjie doings of one of the best-known
women in official circles. A number
of hostesses began to miss valuable
doilies from their dinner tables after
(hey had given lunches or dinners, and
finally several of them got together
and compared notes, and suspicion fell
upon one of the women who had been
the guest at luncheons given by those
gathered at the conference. Finally
the wife of a prominent diplomat de
termined to stop the raid upon the
doilies, and at the next luncheon che
seated the suspected kleptomaniac next
to her. When the doilies were brought
on she watched her guest anil dis* o»
ered that the latter laic ie' dolly oa
the table, and, careleisljf cropping her
handkercbhV over it, picked up both.
The hostess, in a most charming man
ner, turned to her guest and said:
“Pardon me, my dear Mrs.-, but I
am afraid you have my most exquisite
dolly In your handkerchief. It is so
fine I am afraid It will be crushed, and
therefore call your attention to your
inadvertence in taking it up with your
handkerchief.” The guest was not In
..he least abashed, and, with a laugh,
sh't shook out her handkerchief, and
the dolly fell back on the table, where
upon she exclaimed: “Why, dear me, so
I have! How very careless of me!”
There were significant glances all
around the table, but no more doilies
were lost during that season.
TREE GROWS HOARY.
Strung* K fleet of Ci«t<*rf»iIlarH on a
Horne ( h«*»tnut Tree.
London Standard: Much Interest has
been caused lately by the appearance
of a horse chestnut tree in the Thier
garten, Berlin. The numerous branches
round the lower part of the trunk
have a pure white foliage such as Is
seen on trees growing in dark places,
where no chlorophyll can develop on
account of want of light. The same
whiteness of the leaves is noticeable in
a few of the neighboring branched
through the crown to the top. The
singular appearance of the tree has
been noticed regularly for some years.
This particular tree, it seems, had
been at tracked by a swarm of cater
pillars and other creatures of the same
species, and the foliage has already
been destroyed: but still masses of ca
terpillars continued to crawl up and
down the trunk, and finally clung
there In < lumps. To preserve the beau
tiful tree after other means had been
tried In vain n solution of add was
used, and the ground all round was
watered with it. as well as the trunk
and the brain he*, w hich were specially
drenched The treatment proved suc
cessful. The tree gradually recovered
and stand* in its full strength and
freshness, but ha* ever since shown
the already described whiteness In it*
leave*, w huh pri'suit* a h> no means
unpleasant < ontrast to the otherwise
dark green foliage
M irn tun I u«t«*Ni«.
Northern India and the Island of
|tan<|uertv can >ertainl> «.aim to have
the mo*t peculiar marriage rites of any
land. In northern India a row and a
calf ar> invariably required at the
marriage. The animal* arc driven into
a narrow running tirv*in, the priests
and the hetrothfd couple also stand
ing I n the <*4**i The man uni the
• oman each cat* h hold of the ruw'a
tall, and the pn. »s p >sir»> water out of
a ila*> vessel up *n the ) >ln«’,| hands
while all present repeal prater*. The
young people are then declared man
and wife and th» pru-rt etnim* the row
and ea‘>f s* hi* fee In the bland of
|tan*i>t' t ” v the t*W, laitng priest laka*
• ska , - f -t*> l with it .make* a
small Iht (•!<>• la the right leg **f the
br»>le and hr «t*gr**»iii, fr «l each In
gtalon he gathers • be dtop* ui blood
and transfers them is lb* other one,»
teg The operating, together with a
short religion * formula, «*»nstnut»s t he
• lode of the u** *l»j*' ereouvn*
l
1URNING MOUNTAIN
to CC •ratio That lla« l»een on Fire One
Hundred Year*.
Newcastle, Colo., Special to Kansas
City World: A irnuntain, which has
been on Are for ntvre than 100 years Is
situated Just west of here. So close Is
It that Its shadow envelopes the town
at 5 p. m., at this time of the year, anil
yet the people hereabouts think no
more of it than the beautiful Grand
river which washes the feet of the huge
pile wlu re the fire has burned so long.
To the tenderfoot, however, the glit
tering patches of deep red Are, where
It breaks out on the side of the moun
tain. and is exposed to view, there Is
nothing in all this state quite its equal.
The Are Is fed by a ldg veiu of coal
which the mountain contains. Just
how the coal became Ignited 1b not
known. The oldest resident says it
was on Are when he came here, and the
Ute Indians, who once lived in this sec
tion, say it was burning many years
before the Arst white man crossed the
continental divide. The supposition is
that the coal was ignited by a forest
Are at an early date in the present cen
tury, It has smouldered and steadily
burned until this day. At night when
the moon Is dark Is the best time to see
the Are. Then it is that it resembles
the regions of inferno as given us in
the word-painting of Dante. The earth
covering the coal is loosened by the
heat and falls away, exposing the sheet
of Are. The escaping gas probably as
sists In stripping off the rocks and dirt,
and wherever the vein of coal ap
proaches the surface the Are can be
seen. The Arst Are I saw was fully SO
feet square. It had a peculiar red tint,
while the burning gas coming up at the
base of the coal vein, added a bright
blue coloring to the scene. In many
places the surface of the mountain has
sunken, showing where the Are has
burned out Its course. Efforts have
been made to extinguish the Are. Some
time ago a company which owns a
large amount of coal land here, con
structed a ditch from a point several
miles above the mountain Into which
it succeeded in turning the water
whim goes to form Elk creek. Previ
ously a shaft fcad been sunk In the
mountain, and into this shaft the water
was permitted to Aow. The shaft was
soon Ailed, hilt the Are was above the
level of the water, and the effort was
a failure.
EDUCATION IN EGYPT.
Tlic Kuril It Ir* unil I’ll pi In Art* I niri'llllng
Kuril Ywr.
Education has made gratifying prog
ress, ‘.hough the principle pursued has
for its present end a few youths well
educated for the public service rather
than a wider distribution of primary
Instruction. Still each year sees the
number of pupils Increased, and an
advance along the line of modern edu
cation from the middle age program
of learning prevalent in all Moslem
schools. The people themselves have
shown a remarkable Interest, and de
mand more modern methods. Schools
supported by native subscription have
been opened for both boys and girls,
European teachers engaged, and gov
ernment inspection solicited. What
may be taken as more indicative still
of the new spirit abroad Is the fact
that the great El Azhar university at
Cairo, the famous center of all of
Islam's scholastic theology, has ap
plied for government teachers to teach
secular subjects. The seed of reform
has indeed spread, for it was among
the followers of this great school that
the most hitter opposition to the in
novations of Infidel foreigners used to
be found. Even now the government
can only afford a school fund of about
$500,000 annually, and spends this for
the education of only about 11,000 fu
ture civil servants. Outside of this
200,000 children attend the village
schools, supported by local contribu
tions and small grauts made by the
government to such of them as submit
to government inspection, and teach
a small amount of modern reading,
writing, and arithmetic in addition to
the old lessons In the Koran and sa
cred history. The result of this work
Is seen in the requirement that all ap
plicants for positions in the govern
ment service shall have passed cer
tain examinations in the schools. The
work of securing the best of public
servants has thus been begun.—Har
per's Magazine.
I.itrauriliiiury Cihp <,f IIIixmI I'olaonliit;
An extraordinary rase of blood-poi
soning is reported by a Vienna Jour
nal The victim was a young girl
named Schwartz, aged 22. Some days
ago she went for a walk wearing a
gri-cti silk blouse. She became ovef
heated, and the dye of the material
ran. rnhuppily she had sustained
some trilling accidental wound under
the arm. ami the pigment got Into the
blood I'poti returning hutue she ioiti
! plulned of luiln, hut would not con
i tent to a nodical examination. The
l injured spot became greatly Inflam
ed, . nualng intense milTcrlng, and ou
I the following day the physician ills
| i-urtM Ho- * alive. It- Mo dlcs were
immediately applied, bat It cm too
I late, and after a brief lllnem* the girl
j died.
K<ulvt< lllM|l|N<srt*|.
1'ti‘Cr ii tx rank«-rc*‘ are disappear
ing ftont the Hrttiah army la the
1 (uxrtrrx years f.oin lol to ivet runi
[ in »*l»n * were granted to H1 mm from
I the rank* TH- 'a-s*'»i n.itot-r xo
! || In lkv< k*ur the gret four years
I they averaged over in, for the next
j Mtu year* about £'*, la IM there
| were Id, the m< xj year i. sad lent Mir
1 tl The percentage of commiivtana
' given to "»anh»r»' cm four for the
I It yeyra. but oaly I 3 in 1**1. an-l I »
la tit#. They are partly chut »n by
the 4itt-4)IIM put in Ihetr Way hut
malty m*r eeeh military «n I 'pilt-t,"
■-mplayateat la the <n'*i«p»
HOW I SPENT MY VACATION.
Juat a brief description of now I
spent my vacation this year, with
little more expense than the salary
earned during my trip, may not be
amiss. It was a most delightful change
from the hated and dusty pavements to
roll over the boundless prairies and
view from the car windows of a Mis
souri Pacific train the magnificent
scope of country between here and
Pueblo. There is no coolness like
that which comes with the shades of
night on these vast plains, filled then
with waving corn and ripening wheat.
There Is no more bracing air than
that with which one refreshes his
lungs In the early morning when tha
mountains of Colorado are just com
ing into view, the mighty Pike's Peak
reaching the vision long before its
lowlier neighbors. When taken com
fortably, there is no pleasanter ride
than over this same garden spot of the
Western world which in our geogra
phies was laid down as the Great
American Desert. So we rode into
! Pueblo and thence by the Denver and
ltio Grande road to Denver, a fair city
with ail the comforts and handsome
buildings of her older sisters of the
East and lying in an altitude far above
the air we breathe in our homes, a
gem in an emerald setting of never
yielding mountain heights. Continu
ing our journey over the Denver and
Rio Grande and the Rio Gran.le West
ern roads we started for Salt l.ake
City, the capitol of the new state,
which has been aptly termed the
“Mountain Walled Treisury of the
Gods.’ And thus we are permitted to
pass through the most varied and en
trancing scenery of the Rocky Moun
tains and to witness the wonders of
the Royal Gorge, where the tunning
of man has overcome the difficulties
presented by Nature in her efforts at
the grotesque and the sublime. These
chained out attention and drww
breathless expressions, especially when
crossing some chasm on an almost Im
possible bridge structure with a roar
ing brawling stream beneath us. It
is inspiring and grand every foot of
the way to Salida and from there many
other decided attractions wo visited.
Perhaps that which will must interest
a large number of my fellow carriers
is Marshall’s Pass, that marvelous
testimonial to American engineering
skill. As the altitude grows greater
the view becomes less obstructed. Miles
of cone-shaped summits are in view.
We are in and above the home of the
nouns, vve see me snow covered
spires of the Sangre de Christo range.
To our right Is the Are scarred front
of old Ouray. We reach the summit
at an altitude of 10,852 feet. From
this point a magnificent view can be
had of the Sangre de Christo range.
The pass is a scenic and scientific won
der; grades of 211 feet to the mile are
frequent The streams from the sum
mit flow eastward into the Atlantic
and westward into the Pacific. We
are impressed with the feeling that
we are on the pinnacle of tty; world.
It would require much space to tell
of all the beauties of this trip aud of
the pleasures of our stay in the City
of the Prophets. There are many
points of interest and among those
that claimed our attention were, nat
urally, the Mormon Temple and Tab
ernacle; Fort Douglas, United States
Military Post, three miles; White Sul
phur Springs, one mile; Beck's Hot
Springs, three miles; Liberty Park,
one mile; Calder’s Park, three miles;
together with other attractions and
drives too numerous to mention. Thir
teen miles from the city is located the
magnificent bathing resort, Saltair
Beach, on Great Salt I^ake, the finest
salt water bathing resort in the world.
Let me urge upon my friends to try
this trip during some vacation, it will
well repay the expense In the restora
tion of health, the broadening of the
mind and the addition it will give to
each one’s general information, tend
ing thus to raise his standard of citi
zenship and to hjlp himself and hi*
brothers thereby.
F. P. BAKER.
*‘I> »vl«l Aram.”
"We often receive orders that puzzle
us a good deal,” said a bookseller
quoted in the New Orleans Times
Democrat. "A lady who lays claim to
considerable culture came into the
store last evening and asked whethoi
we had a copy of ‘Eugene Aram.’ ’Not
; alone,’ I replied. ‘But we can give you
a complete set of Hulwer at a reason
able price.’ ‘Hulwer!’ she exclaimed.
Why, Hulwer is not the author of
"Eugene Aram!" ’ 'He certainly wrote
n novel by that title.' I said mildly,
'but perhaps you are thinking of “The
Dream of Eugene Aram." by Hood’’
‘No, no.' sin* answered,’I mean a novel.
You certainly must have h»ard of it.
It's quite recent and all the talk
‘What Is it about?' I ventured to ask.
’Why, It’s a story of country life.’ she
replied, 'and there ts a very amusing
chapter In it about a horse trade.
Then a light broke in on me, but she
bed been so positive that I thought I
, would take her down u peg or two.
'Pardon the suggestion.' I said, ‘but of
courts’ it la not possible tht.t you arc
I con fusing "David llarum" with “Ru
| gene Aram"?' 'Yes, that’s It!* she
I cried brightly. ‘I said Eugene Instead
I of David. fJIve me a copy if "David
Vrnnt." * I wilted. It served me right
' for iM’lug a prig. Hv the way, the
common way of pronouncing the title
is David * Harem
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levy by the president of the Hatted
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