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aw & r THE TIED CLOUD CHIEF. FRIDAY. .U'XE 5, 1 !)(. K I h ? A LITTLE IRISH GIRL, it) "fii, :)m:ip." CllAPTKK U-Uoniimtu "TI'o"o' out' lit whom you -luke i' OftOII UtlOtlgll, SUVS till' old WUitl 111 II'- liroiii'lif.illy. 'Timp ini io ,vo don't do It once too often." "Would the consequences" (satKily) "bo SO ditllbltOUA then'.'" "Ah! now, ino dear! ye know loithi r uljuut Unit tliini I could tc.l ye!" 'Who con, il lull uioif.viiu o.ildii't''' purpost'ly ini-utidorstundlng her. "And do I shako my li-t ul you. Urldgot? And when I do it once too often, whut" (mis hlovoiHly) "will you do to mo then. oh?" Ah. you will have your joke, nliiuuii! I know that, whnllvcr comes o It. Hut don't go too fur wid KiHSiiiph. miss; tic dire ful. I'm tellin' ye. ' Ho'- nono o yep soft .sort. lie" "Oh. bother Sic linlnh!" avs the girl turning with u little polul'ini ge ttiro mid walking nvvuv. chaiti:!: III. 'When li mini Isold And the vvvaiiior blows culd Well 1'iire ii tiro mid ii turned go'vne; Hut when le is joutig Ami Ills liloii.l inuV sprung, Missvvcoiiiciirl is worth imlf the tow tic It is a month later, and close to Christmas. now very Soft wreaths of snow hang ipon every bough. Naturo has spread lii'i'solf a mantle so white, so chill. t lint seurco 0110 duros to ilruiim of life beneath it. In the old home, if notii liij else I- plentiful, tires are. To The Mcltarmol warmth is gold and -o much :olil he grants him-clf if in other ways ho is compelled 10 stuciy strict economy. Something in the brilliant, glare of the lingo pine log lying on the inn ive lumps of glow ing coal remind him in u mea-tire of the days gone by, when In; could hold up hi-bend with the best, unci keou open house for all his friends A whole mouth! Thirty full days, and still tho yo.inj man who had been brought In fainting to tho old castle of tho MoPciinots is the McDopiiiots' guest. The doctor, summoned in l.-r I....1 i.t.,,,. i,l 1 1.. .. 1.11.1.. ,.-.. IIUU . 11111111111,1-11 llllll IH II JllUI , fevopi-h state, and unlit for removal. no iiiiti iirok-cn tils urm out shootlm?. in -ome imaccoiiutablu fashion; und the walking for miles afterward, try ing iu Mini to find a -burl out to llally beg, the residence of Lord Beginore, with whom be was staying, and the subsequent immersion "in the cnstlo bog. and his exertions to escape from it, all had combined to render him as weak a creature a- nature ever Kept life In. To remove him had been im possible. The McDermot. to who-e sins in hospltality certainly never could bo laid, had maile hi- truest as wolcomo as possible. Lord liogmoro. too, whose freest tho youii;.' man wa.-. had heun assiduous iu hi, attentions, falling every other day at lir-t. und to the present iiioiiuuil -ending Mowers, fpi.it aud game. Those last wero u god (end to l!ridgot and Dulcinea. who, with tho short pur-o they held for housekeeping epciise-. would hardly have known how to keep their guos't in tlio little dclicicie- needful for an luv.ilid without this help. And after ill lie ha- not proved an artist. He has never "wniuHim-ii" In tin son-e Hridu'ct ha 1 suggested; and certainly he has always had a .frauil father and a roof over his head. In oilect, lie i- a young man of family, and next, heir toa titlo. hi- father bit ing dead, and lie an only sou, and bis grandfather hord Hrm-combc. So there certainly i- no doubt about the grandfather. Ill- naiiiu is hncieii Kyro. and hi appeupauce bc.uiwl argument. A better featured man it would be per haps dinieult to llnd. Mi-, .MeDer mot ciino to this conclusion cacly in his stay wltii her: ami even now. when he is mending, and 0110 need not feel so allogethep seiitimoutal about him a- when ho lay si retched upon hl. bed. hovering between beautiful life and hldeou- death, sho sees no .cau-e to alter her decision. As a fact, he i distineily hand-omo of tho dark Italian typo one sometimes .-oc- in F.ugll-h people. And ut all events his free laughing mouth, and the tall muscular llgiire he po eo.s arc o enllally hiigli-h. Yesterday ho wa- well enough to bo moved down to one of the lower rooms- a rather giiiint, impossible room, that hud oncu lieeu a school room to judge by tho genepul break up of the furniture. MIs4 MeDepmot had wished him to bo brought to the drawlng-poom. the one decently If poorly kept up room lu the hou-e; but ho hud begged to bo taken to -omo other place, where tho advent of visitor.- need not disturb him. So tlm old schoolroom had been requisitioned, and a comfortable chair put into it nuxl to a roaring lire. "Well, how do you fool?" asued Dulclneu, coming Into tho room like a young spring brceo, all life and freshness. "Tired oh?" She used to bo afraid of him at llr-t, when she leiipiiud ho was so neap to a titlo afraid of tho poverty of her own siiiToiinding.s. that mif-i he foil by him so long as ho was her father's guost; but lie had proved mi bright and so gay, and so grateful for c on tho smallest mciclcs, that herheirt hud gone out to him. I.veii the dull- cult Kridgot had been couqueivd -iu a measure. Slio has stepp d Into tho light of the jovial lire, mid Is louklng down at Idm with a little Hinllc. He, from the. depths of tho aneioiit iiPiu-chulp, nmilos.baok at, hur. "I'm a swiudlu!" says he "I fool Jii. w.ell.iiB Uny follow, only" -Only' what?" "Only 1 don't want to go,'' s.iys ho, in a low tone, but boldly. "How good of you that Is" a - she. slipping Intfi; n chair at tho other jsido. of Ih'o "Viewing hearth, and .Hp'rondlug out, her pretty white lingers ''to tho blaze, "dust, protending, to please me, that we havo inudo you comfortable. Well," with a sigh, "vvo'vo ilono our best, father and I; but It hasn't been much. 1 know that." The firelight has fallen on her face; sho Is leaning Inward it. and the ray-, entuhins her bluo o.vos. Unlit them nn until tney gleam like sapphlios. "I am not protending," buj.stho. young man, leaning toward hop. 1 'And," he p msjd, "have you und r stood me.'" Ilin!" savs she, Usui j the light, soft questioning sound th it belongs to her. and that has often struck him as beinir so delightful. '-.No, you have not understood," sa.s ho, now. "Diiloic. don't vou know why I don't want to leave0 -why I would rather be nil Invalid for ever than leave:' Don't you don't ,ou know:1" "No." .-ays -ne. slirinltlii1.' from him a little, and growing pale b'lieath the llrclighi. "Oil. on must know!" -a, he. ve hemently. "For a whole week I have believed you knew, halt Monday, ' when you brought me tbo-e Christinas i ro-es . . . and I took them . . 1 . ami you . . . ou blushed; , . . un.l. Dulcie" - I He breaks oil suddenly, and rl-luj to his (oet. coiiie- over to her. " Dul cie, 1 love you." "Oh, no! Oh. no!" cries she , sharply, rising in turn and drawing ' back from him. "You must not. You cannot. Don't you know about mc'J" . "Know about you?" "i ', .No man mu.t low me, suvs the girl, putting out both her hand-, as if iu renunciation of a!l nllectiotis. I "Hut. why? Darling, why?" "Hoo.iu-n I'm engaged to be mar ! pled." return- .-he. with terrible solemnity. llcing a vonng linn of the world, this declaration might, on another oc I easlon, have given him food for ' mirth; belli?, however, a young man of the world for once honestly In love. I it only gives him food for o'oiistorna 1 tion. 'I'.iiL'aged!" Is all he can say. "Ye-! yea! Indeed!" hanging hep iiead. I There i- so little joy iu her an ' nounceineiit-so little of nuythtii" but ' grief in tlin hanging of her dainty 1 little head, that grand courage comes to him. I "An engagement! What Is that?" I cries he, eagerly. "An engagement ' can bo broken. Hles-ed thought! Now, if you had been married though i even so well; but an engagement!" i "Ah! you don't know." says she, I "This one can't bo broken." Why not? And-who -? Oh. it. l'nicio. I think you might have told mc, before, somethliiL' about it." "It didn't occur tome." says Dulcie. opening her lingers in her explanatory way. "Never! not for a moment." "What didn't?" In a piuled tone, "your engagement? Hut really you must have thought about that some times, any way; and besides -" "That! Non-on-e." says she. "What didn't occur to me was, that you wore were " sho glanced at him shyly and -liamefaccdly. "well -were -you know." "Dulciu"' cries he. "Oh. no!" cries she. Don't touch inc. It is so absurd. You couldn't be in love witli me in a mouth, could you?" "Couldn't I!" cried he. "Well, oven if you could." suvs -he. shaking her head dismally, "it isn't of any use. Father has miido up his mind I urn to marry him." "Who?" -.sir Itulph Ankctcll." "AiiUett'll?"' "Ye.-." "Why. he's twice your age." "Oil. no. lie isn't!" savs Ml-.- ' MoDormot, quickly He Is thirty- four. "hook- more like ninety-four I iu my opinion, and in ugly a- Mil." 1 "I have read it -oiuowliero that sin is always beautiful," says she soiiten i liou-ly. "Then Ankotell Is as ugly a ,-omc-' tiling else, lie," gazing at her , anxiously, "is ugly, i-n't he?" "I don't think ho i- so ugly as you , think him." says she evasively. , "I believe vou are in love with 1 him." says l!yiv, somewn it sulkily. , Mlence. "Well, aro you In love with him?" demands tho young man presently, I with open ire. "I'm in love witli nobody." retorts she, with crushing meaning; "but father thinks it would bo a good ' thing for nits to marry Sir Kulph." I 'Ami he -Sir Itulph- does ho know , you are being coerced into a marriage with him?" "1 don't know what lie know.-." "If he doe- he must be a mea.i hound!" erics Kyro, with passionate contempt. "ilu is not a moan hound," say- tho girl quickly. "I may not want to marry him; I may have been per suaded to engage myself to him; I may not care for him lu the very lca-l; but ho I- not moan, and ho is one of tlio kindest, beat men 1 ever met." "Well, novov mind what I have said," puts In Kyro quickly. Her sudden defence of the man whom she so ulaluly doe- not lovo has struck him a- a touch of nobility iu liorcharacter. He can aiuuiro it tlm more a- it scums to prove to him that love has no pari lu her defence. "The thing 1 do want to know Is- Dulcie! look at mo! Tell me If on will try to love mo." "Why should I try to lovo you?" .-ny- she, tears rising iu her eyes. "Why should I try to lovo any one? I toll you I am bound to marry Mr Kulph, and I must fulfil m, promise." surely not, u you yourself object t "" l'o vvhnt?' "To tlio promise." A pause. "You do object to it?" I don't see that I have any right to oiijoct. mo pronu-u onue given, .-ays she restlessly. "Hut I do for all thai. It was father's doliiL'. lie thinks Mr Kulph perfection." Sho i idirugs hor sliouldup.s, then ,sitddeuly him: "F.inev!" says sho ve turns to hemently "Fancy a girl being told she must marry u man whether site likes him or not!' "I can fancy a girl being told to do it. I can't fancy u girl doing it," re turns ho slowly. "You mean" -hotly. "Novor mind what I ineiia just now. You toll mo it was your fathur'a doing?" "Yes." "That Is enough for me. Hut Anke- tollr "Ho knows nothing. Ilu proposed to mo through my father. I hated 'lowest Kstabvihcd Pirin in WMhimtoii, d;c. i r-,vv . thai" rebollioiis'y 'Why coildu't he havo come to me tin cot J" I "Why Indeed '" "Ho said he w s a'ruid, when I J asked linn," s.iv - the girl, with a frov ning brow, and so -akitiL' as if nudres-in;! hur-slf only. "Hut -afraid!" "He must be a foo'."siys Kyro. with conviction; r.uil might have said more perhaps, f the dark blue cyus hud not suddenly rai-cd themselves witli a rather men. icing exnresslon In them, ha-tllx 'Didn't h" gue.s?" asks ho "What? -that I didn't love him? No. Theie was nothing to guess about." "You didn't tell him?" "I told Iiiiti I had no love to give him," -ays Dulcinea. " ell?" "He u-ked mo then If I loveil any one " "Well?" '- "Well -I -aid I didn't" "Then?" signllicaiiU.v, "When bo heard I didn't love any one he -corned quite contented." "Hut did It never occur to him that iu tho future you cr- you might lovo -omo one? Kli?" "There- is so seldom 'some one' here." return she. with a sigh. At this motuutil the ilior is thrown open -Mi- Dulcinea" says Mrs. Drls coll. appearing on the Hire-hold in her best bib ami tucker and her worst temper. "Mr Ilalph wants to -oe ye. He's juU rl Ulcii over fioni Tho Towers.." Heliind her appear- Sir lialuh. "Well -here I am." says Dulcinea coldly. She ri-cs with perfect calm, but iu spite of hcr-elf u hot blush siu'ing.s to her cheeks, .she walks w th a touch of deliauce to the door. "You want me. Sir ltulnh?'' "Not hero not now.' letiiriisho, his tone ten times colder than her own. "If you will givo mo llvo mlnutos by-and-by In tho drawing room, it will do. Pray don't let mo take you away from your guest now!" Ho pauses, and looking toward Kyro compels himself to be civil. "Very glad to tee you looking so much better." says he, with a ghott of a smile. (They have, of course, mot during tlic past mouth.) to HP. I HNIISlf.l). VARIOUS KINDS OK TIME. Wh.v Hie WmIi-Ii of ii Timw'Iit CiiIiik Writ serin in 1 1 l'im. Turning upon Its als iu tlio pariod which wo d'.vido into twenty. four hours, the sun appears to cross tho meridian of each placo on tho globe once in that interval. The moment at which It crosses tho meridian of any ldtico Is termed "local apparent noon" at that place. This would all be very well If tho earth and sun ro inuiiiod llxed In their relative position-: or if the earth, completing as it does an aniiual revolution about tho sun, did so uniformlv in a perfect cir cle and that circle were in tlio satno piano witli the motion of daily rota tion. Then the successive intervals between the meridian passages of the sun at (iroeuwii'h would all ho equal and a perfect jhronomctor .'el at J-' hour?, 0 minutes, 0 seconds, whoii the sun passes the meridian today, would indicate preei-ely the same instant for apparent neon" every day. Hut the earth's path around tho sun is not a perfect circle, it is an ellipse and the motion in one portion of tho ellipse is more rapid than in another, utilising a slight variation iu tho in tervals between the solar passages. Again, the plans of the earth's path around the: elliptic, is inclined Ji'l degrees to tho piano of tho equa tor, in which the daily rotation takes placo and cunseqiieutly twice a year the intervals of "apparent noon'' are each about Ivvjnty seconds greater and twice a year about twenty seconds less than twenty-four hours.' To ex plain just why this result would ro quire more of mi investigation into a-trouoinlcal principles than is hero contemplated, but It Is so neverthe less, und any text book will elucidate the reason-. A combination of tho two cllects ciiu-cs tho sun apparently to slow fourteen minutes iu Novem ber. Hut iu tho course of a year tho average is preserved, and therefore u mean solar day'' oT exactly twenty four hours Is adopted iu the almanacs and is used for ail purposes. This accounts for tlio dtlTorenees b itweon menu time and sun time. A regulator keeps tho former; a sun dial Indicates tho latter. A few years ago every largo city In thol'iiited Stulos had its own local time, says tho Smi Fraue'sco Kxain iuur. and this vvus for each place tho true mean solar tltuo obtained as above indicated. ( onse picntl v, a man traveling westward from Washington would tlnd his watch fast as follows: At Chicago IS minutes; ut Omaha. 1 hour. Hi minutes: at Denver, I hour. .'2 minute; at Salt hake CItv.S hours, '-'D minutes, and linallyut San Francis', co. it hours, l' minutes It will readily bo recalled how much annoyance both to trainmen and tr.ivolers was occa sioned by all these various corrections. Within the last docado a great reform wa-, inaugurated. To-day a traveler going wo-tward finds his watch fust from timo tjtlme. but only tho hour hand is in error. Tho hour Is changed for each llfteen dei'reos of liinrrii,,,!.. Wiishingt.in tlmoih live hours blow of Oroenwlchi Cliicuiro six hours; Deu- vor, seven hours, and San .v.-im.i..,., eight hours. All tho interinoiJmto oIUl'b and towns aro run oi ono sys- I torn or tho otlior, according to their location in latitude the standard be ing Kastorn. Central, mountain nn.l J'uclllc time. All tho timepieces on ' tho coast aro set by Tamllo standard lime, which Is eight hours slow of (irooiivvloh moan time. Therefore u ' watch which is sot nl San Frauoisco I solar time by numiis of a corrected sun dial Is still '.i minutes p.' seconds slower than a I'aellie standard tlmo. bocauso wo aro that much In longltudo west of tho U'Oth meridian, which forms tho eastern boundary of North ern California, und on which only Is 1 the raclllo tlmo" coincident with "local mean time." PUCIierB USStOriS. GORDON'S nAl'iiiiTEIJ. T' I w.is a hot day In July when Walter Ains-.vorth left the dust J, IIOIS.V clt.v for a '"w weeks' si.iv at an old lioin.'nt' ad In the hmlit. nuts. Si.ircc lv li.nl he arrived at the hospitable count r.v home mid exchanged uteet Ings with Mr. West and hi.- Kindly wife when the children ben.in to tell him of Miss Co'-dou. their lnuriler. who had been sent Into the coiint'v fur the i clie nt of her health. "Theie she conies now!" ccl,iliucd little Hubert West. and. lneklnK toward the woodl.inil Mr. Alnsv.orth saw ap proach im; a sdUht. d.irk-i'.veil maiden, slmiilv anil eil lu a blue serge skirt with a pink .otton vv.ilst. while a broad hi limned hat of cn.ir.se .it raw was tied under In-r chin with white muslin strings. As lie muled himself at the bountiful supper table, Miss (Sordini quietly en tered, and. as an Introduction was givcn.sllpped lino the chair beside him. Mr. Alnswoiih hatted merrily with Hohcrt. planniui; llslilng evursdnns aim long trumps over the hills, now and then addressing a remark to Miss (Sor dini, who listened with sympathetic attention. When he looked at the girl ish, Innocent fice beside him. Walter AltiHworth i callI'd that a new and charming clement had etiteied Into his annual vacation at the old farmhouse on the hill. Happy were the summer days as they Hew by! Often as Mr. Aiiiswoith and Hohcrt came home at nlht. carrying their llsiilng rods over their shoulders. tt nil u u,isii:i I In ft full and Giopon and lit with a basket of fish that was some sometimes empty. Miss tile Molile West would titme over the hills to meet inciii. ami enliven the long walk with Jests and laughter. .Sometimes the whole family would crowd into the big soring wagon and ride avv.iv for a picnic at some picturesque point in the neighborhood Sometime when rainy weather kept them Indoors Miss (Sordini would en tertain the children with games and stories. One evening after the little ones were put to bod and Mr. Alnsworth was sit ting on the moonlit porch talking to Miss Gordon, he complimented her on her never-falling fund of amusements with which she beguiled the children. "Well, ou see, I teach In a kinder garten in the city during the winter," she said, half apologetically. "That is where I learned to love children." "Where do you teach.'" he asked, with Interest. She mentioned the name of one of the free kindergartens of th city. "It Is a noble work," :Mld he, en thusiastically, "and for a young woman who wants to earn her own living I should think it would be a pleasant Dcciipation." A look of surprise crossed her fare and then nhc turned away with a quiet ?mlle. Finally came tho end of all these Ireainlng Rummer days. The golden sun was Jint sinking be hind the western hills, touching the roof of the old home with a niello. v light and Investing the landscape with new beauty, when Waller Alns worth stood in the donrwa.v looking anxiously about for Miss (Sordini. Ills eye caught a gleam of pink In the dis- 1V M t A- :-. 1 1 m YOL' SKR I HAVK NOT CHANC.KD!" lance and he could fainMy discern her form half-hidden by the foliage of the tices. lie walked quickly down the orchard path and found her leaning upon the rustic fence as she watched the last rays of the dying sun fade from out the sky. "I have Just finished the preparation.! for my depnrtuio early to-morrow morning," said he, as sue turned to greet him with her usual flunk smile. 'To-moriow I will ho line); In the busy, bustling city and hard at work again." He paused a niotiu nt and then apok" In a lower tone; "1 wonder If you will miss me?" Tho girl dropped her (;.cs and tlngercil the strings of the hat tha uvimg earolessly on her arm. "Of course 1 shall ml is you," she said, tremulously. "Tals ha3 been the happlfvtt summer I havo spout at the old farmhouse," eald he. "I wish I might dam to hope It ha.1 been as much to you as It has been to mo." Still tho brown eyes were overcast and the Ilttlo fingers tw'sted the hat strings, vvVfllo a light tlu.-h empt Into the rounded chocks. Something in her attitude and man ner emboldened him to protend: "You know, I am only a poor struggling law yer. Yet, as 1 havo hoins ut the future, my doaron wish shall he to win your regard." "You know bo little of me," she said nt last, raising her eyo3 foi an instant and then dropping them again as sho saw the anient gaze lie ?ni upon her. "I havo learned to kno.v you well," ho said, "Wo might havo known each othnr a year lu ordinary social inter d by Druggist, 7rio,w ii '! ti ' v 1 iffWJi f i B TSMVA I ,i Ml JJIl .-.v."w "il i ., U I .. 1, u flffl.ici i ii 1 1 if v&M course and jot not be as well a. qu.ilnlcd an we arc after ihiec weeks in tills unco.ivcntiiiiial attuoqihcre." Ho took her hand with ,i strong pro tecting grasp. "I shall not ask for i dellnlte answer now. hot inc come to see ,vom at your homo lu the cltv. hot me have a tall, with your father. Wheie cm I si'c lilm " A smile dimpled In r In el.s said- "I will vw i:o and Inform soon as I return to the city. ns sue vou as Father Is away Just now. but when lie conies back I will ask him to lotmuiinlcate with you " The children ciino romping and laughing down the pathway, urging Miss Ootdoii to conic III and sing fur them, so Walter Alnsworth was forced to be content with a formal leave-taking in tlic presence of the family. Two w cells had passed since his re turn to the city, und Waller Alnsworth was becoming somewhat impatient at the enforced sepaiatlou, when one morning the mall brought him a dainti ly penned missive ftoin Alice Gordon, stating that she was at home and would be glad to see him lu the even ing As lie laid down the letter, after half a doon readings, ho mechanically opened anothei, which ho noticed bore the printed heading of one of the Inmost business ilrmu In the city. It was troiu Alice's father and contnincd a brief but cordial Invitation to call at his olllcc at an iippnintcd hour lu the afternoon. It was signed with the name of Sllus Gordon, mid ns ho glanced nt the bold signature Walter Alnsworth sprung from his chair lu as tonishment. It was the name of the head of the tlrni, a millionaire, and one of the most lutliiciitlal men iu tho city. "Impossible!" said he. ami harllly lurnod to the city dltcctory to see If there could bo two persons by that name. The name of Silas Gordon oc curred but once, and the house ad dress corresponded with that given by his daughter In her little note. Walter Alnsworth paced lapldly back and forth across the mom. as he ic- vlewed his acquaintance with Alice. Her simple dress, her natiiial, unatVect ed manner, and, above all, her state ment that she was a klndeigaitcn teacher, had given him the liniircssion that her family were lu only ordinary clrciiinstanccs. Suddenly ho recalled the fact that a number of wealthy girls In the city had Instituted the tree kindergarten system, and a few had even donated their services as teach ers. 'What an Idiot I have been!" he ejaculated. "What must they think of :e!" ami the painful thought crossed his mind that perhaps Mr. Gordon's re quest to call at his olllce veiled an in tention to give dismissal to the auda cious lover. Summoning all his resolution, how ever, at the appointed hour he entered the olllccs of Mr. Gordon and sent lu Ills name. He was Immediately ushered Into a handsomely furnished private room and a illgnlllcd, gray-haired gen tleman rose to meet him. Without wall Ins tor Mr, Gordon to Introduce the subject, ho began to rpeak of his acquaintance with Miss Gordon. "I could not help but love her," he said, "but I would never havo addressed her had 1 known that she was our daugh ter." lie then spoke of his own pros pects and said In conclusion: "I trust you will iindcrsiand that I now icallze the difference between hot situation ami my own and while 1 shall never forgot her kindness 1 will withdraw tho words I have spoken to her." The elder man heaid him thiough In i biJcnce and then turned to him with a kindly smile. "What you have said, Mr. Alnsworth, only conlirms the re port I have lecelved from my daughter anil increases my respect for jou. 1 was a poor young man myself .-tonic years ago and It has always been my desire that my daughters should bo chosen for themselves ami not for their wealth or worldly advantages. My wife and I have been spending the sum mer in Germany with my eldest daugh ter, who married a German count." He pained a moment and his countenance fell. "I suppose she Is hanny enough. hut I would much prefer that sho had an Americiui husband." As If to terminate the interview, he rose to his feet. "Supposo you come up to our home this evening? I'crlupn Alice can settle this question." As W'nlier Alnsworth appioaehed a handsome tone house, situated on an aristocratic avenue, he saw an elegant can Inge drive up ami Alice herself nllgltt and walk rapidly up the stops. Could thin stately young woman, dressed In a handsome costume of silk and velvet, be his girlish companion of tlio summer? Ills heart sunk within him. He was shown Into an exquisite Ilttlo rorept Ion-room, richly furnished In white and gold. Five, ten, llftcon min utes passed and still Miss Gordon did not appear. Suddenly he hoard a faint instlo and turned quickly toward tho doorway. The curtains parted tuul theVe stood a slight, dark-eyed girl, simply dtessod In I.U old blue fierge skirt, with u pink-cotton waist, while a battered nt raw hat s.vuug on her arm. A merry yet tender smile lighted up her face. "You see I havo not changed. Have you'.'" she paid, "Say no more, dearest," ho wills perfd, as ho took her In his longing arms. "Tho gifts of tho go.ls aro not '.o lie denied." Wt-nltti. Spltltiial riches, the riches of etern ity, are open to all, whether rich or poor lu thin world's goods, and tlioy will ho given to those who seek them In the proper spirit. If we can't havo both, there Is but one choice. Givo us the riches of God In prefermue to tho wealth of man. for the former Insures eternal happiness. Kldur C. W. Pen rote, London's common council has appli cations from 1,81)2 cricket clubs for the ttb'c of the 227 grounds at its dlspsaal. p- ,vvds pir HihetAwfdr ' UFPtiCT OP A SERMON. Cimfcxlnii ' Ii ii )Mv sn mi tiiiiiirrnl Vl-iii from Mm lltillliitliiii. All estrioidlu.ir.v i barge of perjury has oreup!eil seven iluvs at Illom as .sizes, suvs a I'.irls l-tter lo the London Tltue.4. lu Augiisi. iv.i i mill named hauls Canvln was cmivliti'd of the murder if Mine. Moiiiet, i itch widow living :u ir Marseilles, chiellj on the evldeuie of her maid f.'rv ml, Marie Michel, It" years of ago. who stated that she unstated In the crime and who had previously been tried as an accomplice and acquitted. Canvln 'A.is sentenced to hard labor for life. In March, 18!:, Mario Michel went before the Marseilles iu.igl.Ur.ito and stated (hat -die alone had commuted the murder and that Can via was Innocent. Her confession was scarcely credited, for some of the details appeared liiconsls'ent with the facts, hut she persisted in It and at the Instance of Cauvln's family she was put on trial. According to her own account, some I, oaten sermons tilled her with remorse, and she first loiifessod to a priest, who advised her to go to the magistrates. At the trial the Judg''s showed skepticism as to her story, urging that the scratches found on the face of tho victim could not have been made bv a girl, but she main tained the contrary, and explained tho tardiness of her confession by saying that she had hoped that Cauvln's In nocence would be discovered without her Intervention. Canvln was, of com so, brought up from prison, and on hlsappcaiance Maile Michel, with sobs, Implored his pin Ion. He was a travel ing oil dealer ami had called at Mine. Mould's house. His version was that an hour afterward he girl went to his house and told htm that she had heard her mistress scream, whereupon alio was frightened and had run to Inform him. lie wont hack with her ami found that Mine. Mould had bcou murdered. He denied the girl's former allegation that he had promised her money if she would help iu the crime. Mine. Moutet had told him that she had made a will in his favor ami had desired him at her death to take possession of tho bonds at once, so as to avoid paying legacy duty, lie accordingly, lludlng her dead, took the bonds, which wero found lu ills possession, ami this, of course, was regarded as confirmation of Ills guilt. Medical evidence wns given as to hysteria ami much ir relevant matter was Introduced, but eventually the prisoner was convicted and sentenced to live yean' imprison ment. She expressed delight that Cauvln's Innocence had thus been re cognized. The Jury at once signed a petition In her favor. Canvln, being Informed by his counsel of the result, snld:"I owe my life to ynu.hut who will restore to me my poor wife?" His wife died heartbroken when lie was sen tenced. He will now bo tried over again. AlijiillliiRljr .Nr:ir. "" ' Our fair city came appallingly near lying iu ruins last night. A lire hroko out iu an ash barrel In the rear or the residence of our fellow-townsman, Mr. Haliiam I). Hluiis, und had It not been for the fact that there was no wind blowing ami It was raining, and had not Mr. Ilinns discovered the lire and put It out lit lis Inclplency;, It might have been our sad duty to record a frightful conllagrallon such as the city has nev er known and such as we pray heaven It may never know. Urn 1'iKlt srvfii .lluntln. i Farmer Keusch, near St. John's, Mich., accidentally covered n sitting hen as he was filling his barn last fall. A few days ago In removing tho hay he was surprised to find the hen sllll alive, after seven months without food or water. It would make a stilt better story to tekite that the eggs all hatched and that the old hen was surrounded by big spring chickens, hut that Isn't so; the eggs dried up. rmi't Soli ut Any l'rlcp. Farmers lu New York stato are aoll Ing potatoes Tor 8 cents u bushel or burning their crops because they can not ticll at any price. "SCRAPS." The spas of Padorowski'a hand takes In eleven J:ey. Jerusalem la fi.irKi miles east of our national capital. Doctors alllrm that spirits harden tho tone of the voice. China was the f.rst country to manu facture hariuonlums. The silk moth emerges rrnm Its co coon In from llftcon to sixteen days ac cording to tho tcniperatiite. The Turkish government has strict ly forbidden the cutting of timber In tho forests near Jerusalem. The robin and tho wrn are the only birds that sing all the year. All tho othc birds havo periodical Ills of si lence. Tto big rattlesnake at Greenwood garden. Peak's Island, Mc. has just completed an unbroken fast whUh laded a year. I'.trlH has sovonty-llve foreigners to the ono thousand, London has twp'jty t.vo, St. Petersburg twenty-four, Vienna twenty-two and llerlln cloven. Fifty bicycles wore Impounded on ono day In Paris iccontly because they had no plates bearing the owner's namo and residence soldered to thum ns tho now law requires. Magistrate (sovoroly, t.i prisoner) Lust time you vvete here I let you off with a caution. Pnsonor (coolly) Yus, that's why I'm 'ero ag'n; it sort of on couraged mc! Fun. Tho origin of tho term "Guinea" dates back from tho reign of Charles II., when gold dust was brought from tho coast of Guinea, and tho coin receives" its nu mo from that country. itt BlUcs-Remedies Restore" UcalUr"" ' Hi I !- I Si i ii Vi 1 ; varriz ' 'l 4,-winja MjJWM '."...,, ,n,rs