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Wba me oar toast! «'• the Holbrook* neats his «tpn aad jtaiHd. sad a* were os tbr best ■4 terms hi' there* oa* this: ar mat »e* »•*» :n* boata I've pot to pv srrl ie’r-a. doa't yoa lee * I t* to: to ■le (at* of her whatever tnars* Hot ym m i lab* can- of her (j ■ar*. He's bopeira* ” < canid ptae hm this atari my -e.I -saida t IT I caa do it. aad I n 'he; that amald be a aide It oaaid 8» like pi nap whisky ta a inaka.'f Hoary has bora at tbr bot <oa of a£ Ibis tnaUc' Cd**!-* threw ap his baads with a 1 ~ ; J hM aferml n lead, after oar scrap >4k 'hr dapa. there were two people gfe> aaemad ta be T-orpaoriy pot ■*r hrwif is tbe ami way so we -ouida t see him. ta HHa't ream dMt that Bedew caald he theta—hi He rlcarfy wished to be assated. j T saw them, it coaMs't have beea hr/* It was merely a liaiMf of hc-ur- 1 «*»>• me rsk W-c fare «- a* Ven blr> they w-r» Port Afr Bawdr ic cwtiapecO i >l< vdkt no fcjtsvHY he repin'd rrReped I- did not seem re ssg i >« tell him o1 Rosalind at i - Gate. u: was s,y sec-;*, and I »a» an: **S r> -*d» to share it. "Tw 04 •« talk :» s-onw Isidy. and • wan* « :*-a yo>; same thing. Itomovan • care d-ay i :.at there arc times wl> a Hrtra doesW* seem—well ail that I ha* - though' her at other times. Surer in.< > "--hi- seems selfish an;] hard, ant all ifca* And I knew she hasn't tit a".-- jl.-s Pat right, it isn't square :*■: be: •« iur Miss Pa* S<ount> and •he* work against heT. But I make allowance..- Donovan ” • if taurs ” I mtqui -seed, wishing >* <»>•- r Lis ■ So do I. She has ter hard |« in tt.is business And a man s lote eai. t always be at tar—or a wom an > .'.her' The only thins a teat o*-«fct to • nar t (4 the woman he mar lies is that she put up a cheerful • re„fcfe. - ,a*.ie. Nothing else count *• ' much. Start the day right, hand bur his gloves and a kind word at the front dour as he sallies forth to the day - hat e. and coo-ancy a.id devo ' on w .11 t«- her reward. 1 have spok-n words of wisdom. Harken. O Chief Bn:tun-R: ker of the World!" Good humor mastered him again, and be *. ;.ned his d> i.gi’ful boyish Sriw • U <*ti what 1 11 do for you. my ■ad ' i said. "Ill arrange for you to see Helen uenigfet! Vou shall meet and talk and dance with her at Port iwnancai- casino. in the inns' con'. •!> 'MMiai way in the world, with me for cfikje ion. Hi reason of being Mr. Gsmarm's ru--st here, I'm . \ officio a mewaber of the club. I ll manage everything. Mis- Put shall know noth •nr—all on one condition only." Well name .our price." Ti.a' vtm not mention family affairs to her at ail" fJod knot s i shall be delighted to ‘•■eat*' • le-ts" " His eyes brightened iwd b* clapped his lands together T owe her a jiair of gloves on an old • « r I have them in the tillage and w..| bring them over to-night." he said; *’U’ de eptioa was not an easy game for him I grinned and he colored. *f s not money. Lionovan." he said, a- hurt as a mi.-judged child. “1 won't ** joa I was to meet her at St. Agatha s pier to-night to give her the glove*." “You shall have your opportunity, but there meetings on piers won't do. I will hand her over to you at the casino at nine o'clock. I sup]<ose I may hate a dano or two?" I sujijose so,” he said, so grudging ly that I laughed aloud. Remember the compact; try to have a good time and don't talk of tnrjut-le ' 1 enjoined, as are parted. CHAPTER XXI. A Blue Cloak and a Scarlet. Miss Pat asked me to dine at St. Agatha * that night. The message came unexpectedly—a line on one of thaar quaint visiting-cards of hers, brought by the gardener, and when I had penned my acceptance I at once seat the follow ing message by Ijima to ’he boat maker a house at Bed Gate: "To R<naUnd at Red Gat*: It la im portant for jrvu to appesr with me at the Port A '.nonds» •-asmo to-night, and to meet Reginald Gillespie there He la P.edged rrfer in bo way to family af fair* If he ahould attempt to. you need only rem nd Irft* of his pecuniar. He will -.-r-aglne ihot you me* tome one else, ao ; • or bo ireful not to tax hi* Imagina tion too far There is much at stake which 1 will explain later leu are to re fuse nulling that he may offer you. I eoune into the creek with the launch and call for you at Red Gate. THE IRISHMAN AT GLEXARl The cahni dance* are very Informal. A plain white goin and a few nbbona But don't omit your emerald." 1 wax not sure where this project would lead me. but I committed myself to R wrh a fair conscience. 1 reached St- Agaiha's just as dinner was an nounced ah' we went out at once to the small d; .mg room used by the sis 1 A-? TV-** «f Stnf C.\'ON If Mtft* ter :* charge daring vaeat*or where 1 'ae-i-d \!;n- l'a; w ith HeVv, or one hand and S>:- Margaret or. IV oth Tlx \ were all s» good humor, oven b’> "- Mate. i-ro-.’.Rg loss austere JSian a - aal and it is not too much so say shat we were a merry party. Holer, led «.• wish a particular inters sort so talk o: Irish . ffairs. and avowed her ow-r wMkf in the capacity of she insh for se!fgrover»*ne»u. “Now, Helen! " admonished Miss Pas. as our debate waxed warm. "Oh. do not snare me’ J could not ***- shot to pieces in a better cause!" "The trouble with you people." de clared Helen with finality, "is that you have no staying qualities. The smashing of a few heads occasionally satisfies your islanders, then down go thf necks beneath the yoke. You are incapable of prolonged war. Now. even the Cubans did better: you must admit that. Mr. Donovan’" She met my eyes with a challenge. There was no question as to the ani mus of the discussion: she wished me to understand that there was war be tween us. and that with no great faith in my wit or powers of endurance she was setting herself confidently to the business of defeating my purpose. And 1 must confess that l liked it in her! "If we had you for an advocate our flag would undoubtedly rule the seas. Miss Holbrook!" "I dip my colors." she replied, "only to the long-enduring, not to the vaiiant alone!” “A lady of high renown." I mused aloud, while Miss Pat poured the cof feet. “ a lady of your own name, was once more or less responsible for a lit tle affair that lasted ten years about the walls of a six-gated city.” 1 wasn't named for her! No sugar to-night, please. Aunt Pat!” I stood with her presently by an open window of the parlor, looking out upon the night. Sister Margaret bad vanished about her household duties; Miss Pat had taken up a book with the rather obvious intention of leaving us to ourselves. 1 expected to start at eight for my rendezvous at Red Gate, and my ear was alert to the chiming of the chapel clock. The gardener had t»egun his evening rounds, and paused in the walk beneath us. "Don't you think.” asked Helen, that the guard is rather ridiculous?” \es. but it pleases my medieval in stincts to imagine that you need de fenders. In the absence of a moat the gardener combines in himself all the apparatus of defense. Ijima is his Asiatic ally." • And you. I suppose, the grand strat egist and field marshal.” "At least that!" r , "After this morning I never ex- ] peeled to ask a favor of you; but if. in my humblest tone—" “Certainly. Anything within reason.'* *'! want you to take me to the j casino to-night to the dance. I'm tired of being cooped up here. I want to : hear music and set* new faces." "Do pardon me for not having , thought of it before! They dance over j there every Wednesday and Saturday night. I'm sorry that to-night 1 have j an engagement, but won't you allow me on Saturday "* She was resting her arms op thu high sill, gazing out upon the laic. 1 stood near, watching her. and as shu sighed deeply mj heart ached for her; but in a moment she turned her head swiftly with mischief laughing in her eyes. "You have really refused! You have positively declined! You plead anoth er engagement! This is a place where j one's engagements are burdensome." j "This one happens to be important " She turned round with her hack to 1 the window "We are eternal foes: we are tight- j ing it out to a tinish; and it is better that way Hut, Mr Donovan. I haveu't played all my cards yet." "I look upon yon as a resourceful person and 1 shall be prepared for the worst Shall we say Saturday u.gfct for the dance T" "No* she exclaimed, tossing hoc ' head And let me h«V" the satisfac tion of telling yon that | could not have gone w;th you to night, any how tonal by " 1 fowad Isinta with the fetwnch at tth'nam t or **d. after a >w,ft "“ich1 hx the T'p|>eea«v'e kgoekvM at the (kw of R'Sf t*ate Vtfhttr )kxk btwk admitted am, «ad bsl the way to th» room a here, as ht* eapftw, I had a~st talked with him V\ e haw met heftwv." he said, $wik ir.c "I thot:gAr 'o»t were an eeetay at that time. Now- 1 believe I may eoeat you a friend." “Yes, 1 should tike to prove myself your Triend. Mr. Holbrook ' "Thank yon. he sari, simply, and we shook hands. "You haw taken an imerein nx affairs, so m> daughter toils me She is very dear to me— she is all l have left; yon ear under stand that i wish to avoid involving her in these family difficulties.' 'i would out off my right hand be fore I would risk injuring yen or her. Mi. Holbrook.” I replied, earnestly, "You have a right io know why l wish her to visit the casino with me to night. 1 know what she does not know, what only two other people know; I know why yon are here.” "I am very sorry: 1 regret it very much.” he said, without surprise but with deep fwlinc. He would have said more, but I interrupted him. "As far as I am concerned no one else shall ever know. The persons 1 who know the truth about yon are your brother and yourself. Strangely j enough. Reginald Gillespie does not know. Your sister has not the slight est idea of it. Your daughter. I as sume. has no notion of it—" “No’ no!” he exclaimed, eagerly ! "She has not known; she has believed what I have told her: and now she must never know how stnpid. how mad. 1 have been." “To-night." I said, "your daughter and 1 will gain possession of the forged notes. Gillespie will give them to her: and 1 should like to hold them for 3 day or two." He was pacing the floor and at this wheeled upon me with doubt and sus- j pieion clearly written on his face. , "But I don't see how you can man age it?” “Mr Gillespie is infatuated with your , niece." "With Helen, who is with my sister ; at St. Agatha's." "I have promised Gillespie that he shall see her to-night at the casinc ilance. Your sister is very bitter against him and ho is mortally afraid of her." “His father really acted very de i eently. when you know the truth. But 1 don't see how this is to be managed. I should like to possess myself of those papers, hut not at too great a cost. More for Rosalind's sake than j my own now. 1 should have them." “You may not know that yourdaugh ! ter and her cousin are as like as twe ! human beings can be. I am rather put to it myself to tell them apart." (TO BE CONTINUED.) i Treated as a Good Friend - 1 Intimate Association Between the Arab and His Horse. It Is most interesting to note the war the Arab treats his faithful frk'ndi So Inured, indeed. Is the Arab pony by long usage and descent to the manner or life in the desert that even my own pony positively im proved on the treatment and I never saw him so fit as when be came back from the trip. If the Arab and hia horse are by legend closely allied, they are In point of fact even more intimately connected. Hia mount is his first thought, and at all times by far the most interesting topic of conversation. He is ungroomed, unclipped, unhal 'ere<i. for the Arab prefers to shackle him by means of two ropes, a short cord connecting the fore and hind fet locks and a long line tethering him above the hind fetlock to a peg in the ground. Thus he can move about or tell at leisure, and should there be ; any rough herbage at hand can for i I «?•; for it. Perhaps one of the princi ‘ f pa- reasons why the Arab so excels at long journeys is that the never worries himself nor does- he ever distress his mount unless there is real cause to do so. He simply continues a steady walk all day and hardly ever gallops j In the wild way In which one so often : sees them depicted by artists. At the Turn of the Road. In the perspective from the turn of the road we may now see how many times the paralysing hand of procras tination touched the good deeds we meant to do. the golden dreams we longed to transform into actualities. We wished to do. and we wanted to do. but we did not will to do. The fault was not in conditions, but in us. We were not equal to opportunities. It is a false philosophy that teaches that opportunity calls only once at any man's house. It comes with the persistency of an importunate cred itor, always in a new guise, and clam ors for admission, but we may be too , busy to answer the bell.—Circle Mag- j azine. SAVE MJvH LABOR PRACTICAL IDEAS CONCERNING THE HOUSEWIFE. Ways by Which General Cleaning Time May Be Made Less Strenu ous—Rugs to Replace Carpets —Cleaning the Piano. The woman who lives in an old house Is the best witness to tell of *he hard work necessary to keep it in order. says a writer in the Woman's National Daily. The hardest task comes with the house-cleaning season and its attendant moving of furniture and lifting of carpets. Discard car ets which must be tacked. Paint the floor, stain and v-rnish the edges and cover the center with rugs. Old floors may be treated with "fillers" before naint and varnish are applied. The process is somewhat expensive, but economical in the long run. It saves labor in years to come. Women know how difficult It is to thoroughly sweep a large carpet. This tedious task is eliminated to a great extent in the cities, but many town and coun try houses have floors covered with velvet or wool carpets. These cannot be cleaned with a broom. A renovator recently removed seven pounds of dirt from a Wilton velvet carpet which had uot been taken up for many years because it was too heavy to lift. The crusade against dirt and dust will never lie successful until the old floors are displaced by modern ones. It is work which members of the household may do at odd times. Wash marks front the piauo with soap and w ater, the saute as from any other piece of furniture. Rub it dry with a soft cotton cloth and dress with furniture polish. Apply the polish sparingly and rub thoroughly. Clean only a part of the surface at a time and be sure to do the work thorough ly Otherwise the wood will show strvahs. Rnubessed leather may be cleaned wi:h turpentine and polished with soft ck.v see loth Crease rubbed on the cork of a mu cilage bottle will prevent it stieking Take evt the bottom drawer «t a bntean to cVaa wader it. Cn* Fast-ie-ed Cc ed O'-wer, Ihwure an aitchbone or brisket of on v o.t beef; pat irto the pt oxer a brisk fire with enough eetd water to ceoer it; let it coate to a Ml in »*e half an hour, then remove the scant, set the pvt back on the fire and boil slowly until tender. About three-quar tvts of aa hour before dishing, skim the liquor free front tat; put a portivvn of it into another kettle with one cabbage cleaned and cut is four quar ters. one-half doren peeled white turnips of medium sire, out in halves, and four scraped carrots and the same number of scraped parsnips each cut in four pieces; boil till tender. Into the kettle containing the meat, one half hour before serving, pour more boiling water and put in medium sixed peeled potatoes. Ferre all to gether. meal and vegetables, from one dish. Roiled beets. cooked separately, sliced hot. with vinegar over them, should also be served as a side dish. Cooking the cabbage in another dish prevents the meat from tasting of this vegetable when cold. Baked Fish. I use the same dressing for baked fish as I do for chicken or turkey. After fish is washed and dried, place dressing in it. sew sides of fish with needle and thread or place toothpick and lace with twine from one to the other. Have two strips of cotton cloth about two or three inches wide and long enough to cross the pan widthwise and leave ends to hold in taking fish out. This helps you to take the fish from pan and place on plate without breaking it. Put strips of salt pork on the cloth and on the fish. It can be garnished with slices of lemon and parsley. It requires a hot oven or it will be mushy, allow ing about half an hour time for a pound.—Boston Herald. Ironed Clothes. Stretch a wire line across your clothes closets and across your kitchen; purchase a lot of coat hang ers. On ironing day put the baby's freshly ironed petticoats on a coat hanger and a dress the same length over it and hang on the wire. In ironing grown folks' clothes do the same way. and p*sh them along the wire out of your way. When through ironing remove and hang In your closets on the wire, which is a space saver and prevents rumpling, and yet you have a complete suit without hunt ing out the two garments. It also saves many handlings of the clothes. St. James Pudding. One cup molasses, one cup milk, one-quarter cup butter, three cups flour, three level teaspoons baking powder, one-half teaspoon each of cloves, allspice and nutmeg, three quarter pound dates cut in pieces. Melt the butter, add to milk and molasses. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, spices and add the dates. Turn into a buttered mold and steam two and one-half hours. Serve with any favorite sauce. California Marmalade. This is easily made and Is delicious. Divide and quarter as many choice oranges as desired. Slice pulp and skin together and add to each pound of the sliced orange one lemon allccd thin and one quart of cold water. Let all stand for 2U hours, then cook until the rind is tender. To each pound of this boiled pulp allow a pound and a quarter of cube sugar and cook until of a jelly-like consistency. Potato Omelst. One cup of mashed potatoes, three eggs, yolks and whites beaten separ ately. a scant teaspoonful of salt, a dash of white pepper, one-half cupful of sweet milk, a heaping teaspoonful of flour. Heat and grease a large saucepan or frying pan. and pour the mixture into it. Keep on top of stove at moderate heat till set and browned on under side, and then set on the rack in the oven to brown on top. Testing Nutmeg. To test nutmeg prick them with a pin. and if they are good the oil will instantly spread around the puncture. Sham Popularity By CLAUDINE SISSON Deuctr paused a moment ta her rapid writing. She had finished a de scription of the Olds' r.msieale which, considering the fact that she had not been there at all and had only had an account of it from Addle HIM. who had helped out," sounded very well. Indeed. Hugh would certainly be im pressed. Xow. what next? Oh, there was Mrs. Claus' lawn party. She had net been to that, either, but she had passed by while it was in progress and the glimpse she had had of the gowns and doings generally should enable her to finish her letter In a brilliant manner worthy of her Im agination and enthusiasm. "I wore my Brussels net." she wrote. Well, she had worn It. though on the opposite side of the street, for she had been to call on Hath Moyer ! Hugh didn't know Brussels net from dimity. It sounded well, anyhow. Dencle drew a long breath and let her pen and her thoughts fly. She, finished her letter with a flourish, dl reeted and sealed It and sat back In her chair thinking It over. If Sap phire was the greatest female liar of ancient days, she certainly was the greatest of modern days, and the worst of it was she was constantly be coming more proficient in the dia graceful art. Each letter was easier to reel off thau the preceding one While she was writing she felt buoy ant with the success of her task, mad ly reckless even, but as soon as the letter was sealed into Its envelope she collapsed like a pricked balloon be fore the consciousness of her sin. her color faded, her eyes lost their light, she was near to tears She had Med gloriously, but after all she was just a mean little sinner who** conscience rebelled against her crime. Yet how could she be? Hugh, way up there fci the big, b»\int-ful happy IrtttT'i; -yz\~ <?cvme-jLS/cwr. city, know that while ho was going to parties and the theater she was ‘just staying at home, keeping house for her hard-working father and never going anywhere, unless, indeed, it was to an occasional social? How could she let him know that the Brussels net had been her mother’s before her and was mended in so many places that it was better entitled to the name of "darned net" than the one it went by? It was her passionate, girlish de sire .to have Hugh think well of her. to believe that even if she wasn't the prettiest girl she was at least as well dressed aud popular as any. She ' hated herself for lying and pitied her- ] self for having to lie. If only some i one would ask her somewhere! The ! town was gay that summer with all the young college folks home and so | many city boarders and visitors; I there was plenty going on. but be-! cause she lived in a small house and was poor and had no nice clothes and knew more about housework than music or literature *ne was left out j when the invitation list was made up. j She had met Hugh by the merest, chance the winter before vaen she was visiting her Aunt Sue In the city, and they had fallen in love with each other at sight. Th«jugh there was no eugageuient yet. Dencie knetr that Hugh meant to ask her Just as soon as he got the raise la his salary that he was expecting. Of course, neither knew when that would be. But it was everything for Dencie to feel that he loved her, though sometimes see be came a little Jealous of all hia good times. She did not blame Hugh for participating In the pleasures pre.tfer ed him; she glowed over the accounts he wrote her of people and places, but It hurt her cruelly to to think that she had nothing to tell la return. So she had fallen a victim to temptation and bad allowed her Imagination to facture some good times for herself. Poor Dencie! Her gleeful mood had changed now to one of repentance and ahe felt wicked and sad and cor rupt aa she sat fingering her letter, longing yet dreading to maU It SOU., since ahe had committed the crime of' writing, ahe might aa well commit the small additional crime of sending it to Its destination. There was Just time to run to the postoffice before she must start supper She pinned on her hat In baste and set forth, the guilty letter In her hand, a pathetic little figure, yet one distinctly graceful and refined, for Dencle's mother had been of good family and Dencie herself bore the hallmark of gentle birth “Dencie! Dencie Sherrll!" a sweet voice called her name She was pass ing before the largest and most Im posing house in that part of the town ami over the froth'd railing H*ned an elderly woman, smiling down upon her. It was Miss Markham—the Miss Markham! Surprised. IVttc'e ra» across the thick sward of the bcaiSi ful lawn and lifted her face I® Miss Markham's. “My dear.** Miss Markham said, "I see that you aw in a hurry and won t detain you. but l .lust wanted to say to you that l am giving a little party to-uight to some young people—* wry informal affair with musk—and l want you hi come. Will you*" Deueie did not know that Miss Markham was acting from a amiden strong impulse, created by the sight of her wistful young face and some past knowledge of her loneliness and dutifulness. She knew only that she had been asked to a real party by one of the finest and richest women in the town.—oh. a much greater lady than either Mrs. Ord or Mrs. Claus! The happy color rushed to her face and lit It as a eandle light* a delWate vase which contains It. She tried to stammer out her thanks, failed and came almost to tears, but Miss Mark ham understood. “Never mind my dear* she said "Only be sure to come and look your prettiest. At eight, you know. That's all. Good-by “ Perot* started oa in a da** or joy Then she re uieu> bored her letter. Why, it could watt as well as set. And to-morrow she would have •Mae thing true to write. A party at Miss Markka ;uV t>h» Rothteg so lovely had ever happened tv* her before JSfce turned about and hurried hosae. and the letter west toward kiadlie* the fire that was presently tperrlly cooking the supper Whea her lather eutuvy IViH-ie tvv'd kink aud he wa* alakbst as phrased as she was It was uet his fault that she did uet have good tisses. While IVueh* was <fioe*teg the obi ' Brussels net her lathe* b*v>agkt up te her a great spr-a* of peak roses, which M;v> Markham had just seat tv* bet by a sucsscRgvr This put the b'uSsV sag touch to IVuoveis joy, aad she seat to the party, young radiancy reason :$ok tf anybody was surprised to see her there nobody iudkatsd * by so much as a lock; she was treated with the swvet. s; coasiee-atioa, sad when it came time to go home she •eft under the escort of a ts.au wte had come for his daughter. With hair rufSed ard eyes shiaing. her cheeks aflame and her tips smi ling. IVnele burst te tape**, her father i eager to tell him all about it. Hat she fell bach when she saw that her [ father was rot a lose. A tall ye r.g I ruati was with hint—a very expectant, eager young man. who havi risen and stood waiting for her welcome, "Hugh!" she gasped. "When — how—" And then she stopped; her as tonishment and delight at seeing him were almost too much for her. "1 came just after you left for the party." he said, getting bold of her hands and looking at her as if he could never look enough. "Your fa ther wanted to have you coate home but I wouldn't let him. My. what a I good time you must have had! Yottt eyes are like stars." He scree red her bands hard and Denote suddenly be came conscious that her father had obligingly slipped from the room. "Oh. I did have a good time, the first—" and then before she knew it Dencie's confession had ruslvd to her lips, and within two minutes Hugh knew the whole story of her letters and her transgression. When she had finished he began to smile, and the smile grew into a little laugh of re lief. "That's your confession. Denote.” he ssid. "Now. listen, while 1 make mine. 1 lied. too. and for the same reason—I wanted to appear well in yovr eyes. I haven't been going tc any parties or dinners, but my churn did. and he told me about them. And 1 only went to the theater twice last winter. I've been saving my money because—oh. Denote, we've been a pair c-f fools, but I'm glad we've got down to the truth of things at last l felt guilty every time 1 wrote ona of those whoppers to you. but 1 didn't want you to think I Just had to bone along by myself without ever getting asked anywhere. And now I want to teli you how I come to be here so un expectedly. I've got that raise and —But come out in the moonlight and let me tell you all about it. dear." Power of Agreeableness. Agreeable people are born with the qualities which make them beloved by all. Some unhappy men are so or ganired that it is only with difficulty they can even force the appearance of politeness. Without Intending it, their manner is repellant. and if they have a lair share of combativeness, antagonistic to such an extent as to make their society unsought and dis agreeable. They receive favors un graciously. and grant them In such a manner, a-s makes the recipient re gret having asked them. But the nat urally agreeable person both accepts and confers a favor in a manner de lightful to witness The Art of Seeing Things. The art of seeing things is ret something that may be conveyed la rules and precepts; It Is a matter vital In the eye and ear. yea. ta the mind and soul, of which these are the or gana I have as Uttle hope of being able to tell the reader bow to see things as I would have In trying to t»n him bow to fall in love or to enjoy bla dinner. Either he does or be doe* not. and that is abou. all there Is of it.— John Burroughs The Old Story. "Why wouldn't you let me kiss you at first?" "Sir. I was a lady!" "But I did it.” "1 couldn't help It.” “You liked it" “Well, I knew you'J do it. whether I protested or notCleveland Leader.