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THE RED CliODD CHIEF.
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INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.
uiiAiTin: .wwn . i cos-n. m km
I in know Hint lit that li')ti' Murjo.lc
xfiulil Ihj from home, uuinleilrg In tin
Melds, perhaps, with her l.it'e boj. or
(siting Homo of hor old vlllaj,f friend
o'collni; strong lu this hope, he hurried
)it toward thn Castle.
Ho found Mls IIulliMrlnr.ton alone.
5ho was Rind to sec him, but rated him
) roundly on what alio termed his nog-
lect.
il "It Ih not for me to control yo If ye
W IInim wish to conic, Johnnie Stithcr
ljtnnd," slid said. "You're your own
vjmalster, and jc can gang 1'our ow
iUalt, hut It's tcarmly fair to Marjorlc.
; Sho's lonesome, poor lupsle, and she
takes It 111 that yo come ho seldom.
"MIbh Hotherlngton," returned Suth
erland, "I stayed away not because I
wished, but because I took too much
pleasure In coming. I love Mnrjorle.
Xye loved her ever slnco 1 was a lad,
LVXL I shall lovo her till I die,
a "Ti't. como before, knowing she hud
lL--iManl: lint IL'h for volt to say HOW
fiether I may como In or not."
"For mo? What do you mean, .lonn-
rilo Sutherland?"
For answer, ho put both the letter
ind paper in her hand, and bade her
read. She did read; eagerly ut first,
but as Bho proceeded her hand trem
ble.!;' tho tears streamed from her eyes
and the paper fell from her grasp.
"God forgive me!" she cried; "It's
an ovll thing to rejoice at the, death
of a fcllow-crcaturc, yet I canna but
rejoice. Ho broke the heart of my poor
bairn, and ho tried to crush down mo,
hut Heaven be praised! we arc both
freo now. Johnnie Sutherland, you say
that you lovo her? Wool, I'm glad.
Vou'ro a good lad. Comfort her if you
can, and may God bless yo both."
That very night Marjorlc learned the
news from Miss Hetherlngton. The old
lady told It with a ring of Joy In her
volco, but Mnrjorle listened with a
shudder. After all, the man was her
huBband. Despite his cruelty, she had
onco almost loved him; and, though she
eould not mourn him as a widow
nhl . hIi (i lrliil tn resnoct tlin dend.
J3ut It was only for a while; then tho
wmuu mica, aim sue utmost manned
ld that alio was free,
yr Sutherland now became a constant
visitor at tho Castle, and sometimes It
ornou to lilm and to Marjorlo niso
'M tholr early days had returned; tho
Sam yet not tho same, for tho old
Caatlo looked bright and genial now,
and it was, moreover, presided over by
a bright, gonial mistress.
Things could not last thus forever.
Marjorlo know It; and one evening shu
was awakened from her strango dream.
8he had been out during the afternoon
with her littlo boy, and as they were
walking back toward tho Castlo they
wero Joined by Sutherland. For a time
tho threo remained walking together,
littlo Leon clinging on to Sutherland's
hand; but after n while tho child ran
on to pluck somo flowers, and left tho
two together.
"How ho loves you!" said Marjorlc,
noting tho child's backwnrd glanco; "I
don't think ho will over forget tho rldo
you gave him on the roundabouts at
tho Champs Elysccs you wore very
kind to him; you wore very kind to us
both."
Sho paused, but ho said nothing;
presently nho raised her eyes, and sho
eaw thnt ho was looking fixedly at her.
Sho blushed and turned her head aside,
but ho gained possession of her hand.
"Marjorlo," ho said, "you know why
I was kind to you, do you not? It was
becauso I loved you, Mnrjorle. I lovo
you nowI shall always love yo'i; tell
me, win you somo nay no my wire;
f Tho word was spoken, either for good
'or ovll, nnd ho stood like a man await
ing his death sentence. For n tlir.o sho
did not nnswer; when sho turned her
faco toward him It wns quito calm.
"Have you thought well?" she said.
"I am not what I wns. I am almost
nn old woman now, nnd thero Is my
7 yLot him bo my boy, Marjorlo; do not
i.uy is ui
r Sho turned toward him and put both
hor hands In his.
"I say 'Yes,' " sho answered, "with
all my heart, hut not yet not yet!"
Later on that evening, when littlo
Loon lay peacefully sleeping In his cot,
and MIbs Hetherlngton was dozing in
bor easy-chair, Mnrjorle, crooplng from
tho bouao, walked in the Castlo grounds
to think ovor her now-found happiness
alono. "Was it all real, sho asked her
self, or only a dream? Could it bo true
that eho, after all her troubles, would
find bo much pcaco? It scorned strango,
yet It must bo true. Yes, sho was freo
At last
CHAPTER XXXV.
FTEJl tho confes
sion of hor lovn for
Sutherland, and the
promlso his lovo
had wrung from
her trembling lips,
Marjorlo was not a
IlLi In iJsiiililnil
T$r$Tv Arnln and again
yu, i sho ro p r o a o o d
. ( 7LM iinrRnir for want of
Jk MT fidelity to CnussI-
!p
implanted in the heart ut a loving wo
man, nnd now that Caussidlero hml
gone to 'lis last luc.iunt, a deep and
sacred pity took possession of hit vic
tim's heart.
Sutherland saw the signs of c.hango
with sonic anxiety, but had suulolent
uMdom to wait until time should com
plete ItH work ami efface the French
man' memory from Mnrjorlo'a mind.
When they met he npoko littlo to her
of love, or of the tender hope, which
bound them together; his talk wns
rather of the old childish days, when
the were all In all to one another;
of old friends ami old recollections,
sued as sweeten life. He waa very
gentle and respectful to her; only show
ing In his eyes tho constancy of IiIb
tender devotion, never harshly ex
pressing It In papslonntc words.
Hut If Sutherland was patient and
self-contained, It was far different with
I the Impulsive lady of the Castle. No
sooner wan mio made aware of the true
state of affairs than sho was anxious
thai the marriage should take place
at once.
"I'm an old woman now, Marjorlc,"
she cried, "and tho days of my llfo arc
numbered, llcfore I gang awn' let mo
seo you a happy brldo let mo he sure
you have n friend and protector whllo
I'm asleep among the niools."
Sho was sitting In her boudoir In
her great arm-chair, looking huggnrd
and old Indeed. The tire In her black
eyes had faded away, giving place to a
dreamy and wistful pity; but now and
again, as on the present occasion, It
Hashed up like the gleam upon the
blackening brand.
Marjorlc, who was seated sewing by
her mother's side, badly thook hor
head.
"I cannot think of It yet." she re
plied, "I feel It would be sacrilege"
"Sacrilege, say you?" returned .Miss
Hetherlngton. "The sacrilege was wT
yon Frenchman, when ho beguiled you
awn', and poisoned your young life,
my bairn. You owed him no duty liv
ing, and you owe him none dead. Ho
was an ill Hmmer, anil thank God he's
In his grave!"
"Ah, do not speak ill of him now.
If he has sinned he has been punished.
To die so young."
And Marjorlc's gentle eyes tilled with
tears.
"If lie wasna ripe, do' you think ho
would bo gathered?" exclaimed Miss
Hetherlngton, with something of her
old fierceness of mnnncr. "My ccrtle,
he was ripe nnd rotten; Lord forgive
mo for miscalling the dead! Hut, Mar
jorlc, my bairn, you're o'er , tender
hearted. Forget tho past! Forget ev
erything but tho hnppy future that Ilea
before you! Think you're just a young
lass marrying for tho first time, and
marrying as good a lad as over wore
shoon north o' the Tweed."
Marjorlu roso from her scat, and
walking to the window, looked dream
ily down at tho Castlo garden, still
tangled as a maze and overgrown with
weeds. As sho did so, alio heard a
child's voice, calling In French:
"Maman! Maman!"
It was littlo Leon, playing In the old
garden, attended by a Scottish serving
maid, who had been taken on as nurse.
Ho saw Marjorlo looking down, nnd
looking up with a face bright ns sun
shine, waved his hands to her In de
light. "How can I think as you say," sho
said, glancing round at hor mother,
"when I havo my boy to remind me
thnt I nm a widow? After all, he's my
husband's child a gift thnt makes
amends for all my sorrow."
As sho spoke she klsacd her hand
fondly to the child, and looked down at
him through streaming tears of lovo.
"Weel, wool," said tho old lady,
soothingly; "I'm no saying but that It's
wool to forget and forgl'e. Only your
llfo must not bo wasted, Mnrjorle! I
must see you settled down before 1
gang."
You will not leavo me, dear moth-
tho old man In the garden, looking nn
usually bright and hale; but hi talk
wn still confused; ho mingled tho
present with tho imst, and continued
to speak of Mnrjorle, and to nddro?i
her, ns If hbo were still a child. I
Tho sun was petting when they Mt
hlin, turning their steps toward An
nnudale Civile. They lingered slowly
ulong tho road, talking of Indifferent
things, and sweetly happy In each
other's society, till It was growing
dark.
Then Marjorlc held out her hand.
"Let mo go with you to tho Cantte
gate," said Sutherland eagerly.
"Not to-night," answered Marjorlo.
"Pray, let me walk alone, with only lit
tle Lcoti."
Very unwillingly he aoipileflced, and
suffered her to depart. He matched Her
sadly till her tig tiro dlsappcatcd In the
darkness, moving toward the lonely
brldj;., across thn Annan.
Having wished Sutherland good
night, Marjorlo took tho child by tho
hand and walked back across thn mead
ows toward tho Castle. It was a peace
ful gloaming; tho stars were shining
brightly, the air was balmy; so aho
sauntett'd along, thinking dreamily of
the past.
She walked up by tho bre, and
lookcl down at Annan Water, flowing
peacefully onward.
As she looked she mused. Hor llfo
had begun with trouble, but surely all
that was over now. Her days In Paris
seemed to bo fading rapidly Into the
dimness of the pnst; there was a broken
link In her chain of experience, that
was all. Yes, sho would forget it, and
remember only the days which sho hud
passed at Annnndale.
And yet how could she do so? Thero
wns tho child, littlo Leon, who looked
at her w Ith her father's eyes, and spoke
his childish prattle in tones so like
those of the dead man, that they some
times made her shudder. She lifted tho
boy In her arms.
"Leon." sho said, "do you remember
Paris, my child do you remember
your futhcr?"
The child looked at her, and half
shrunk back In fear. How changed sho
had become! Her cheeks were burning
foverlshly, her eyes sparkling.
"Mamma," said tho boy, half draw
ing from her, "what Is tho mattor?"
"Nothing, darling," she said.
Sho pressed him fondly to her, nnd
?et him again upon tho ground. Thoy
walked on a few steps farther, when
sho paused again, sat down upou tho
grass, and took the boy upon hor
knee.
"Leon," she said, patting his cheek
and soothing back his hair. "You lovo
Annnndale, do you not?"
"Yes, mamma, and grandmamma,
and Mr. Sutherland."
"And and you would bo ablo to for
got tho dreadful time we spent In
Parle?" - '
"And papa?"
"My darling, your father is dead."
She pressed the child to her again)
raised her eyes and looked straight ln
to the faco of her husband.
Caussidlero!
It wns Indeed ho, or his spirit, stand
ing there In tho starlight, with his palo
face turned toward her, hla eyes look'
Ing straight into hers. For a moment
they looked upon ono another ho mado
a movement toward her, when, with a
wild cry, Marjorlo clasped her child
still closer to her. and sank back
swooning upon tho ground.
When she recovered her senses sho
wns still lying where sho had fallen;
tho child wns kneeling besldo her, cry
ing bitterly, and Caussidlero. the man,
and not his spirit, was bonding nbovo
hor. When sho opened her eyes, ho
smiled, nnd took her hand.
"It Ib I. little one." ho said. "Do not
bo afraid."
With a shudder sho wlthdrow hor
hand, nnd roso to her feet nnd faeod
him.
(to no coxTisonn.)
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FOinVOMAN AND HOME
ITEMS OF INTIXRUST TO MAIDO
AND MATHONS.
Soiii .Nnu 1 liltiK tur I.hIm I ,l I mill
Hllltrr Wrr MiicsrttlniK for llrillilt.l
Contr;int mi Old IIiiuik lli-lii.lnto
Ultllll'Mt.
Illiir, lliin :ml Mriiiot;,
!KA!tt n gentle
iimliliii. In tlio
ft'tltiK,
Hi t her sweet mIkIi-
M imiMc. mill
Hum kIiik:
"Fly Miroiiffh thn
wi rid, anil t will
follow thee,
only for look Unit
may tm ii ruck
to me.
inily for roi" Unit
our ctiui.ue, nmy
throw
Though wltliof'd-l will wviir Until on my
brow,
To bo u thoughtful fi;irutici H t"'
lirnlii;
Wnrm'il with Mieli .ole, th.it they will
bloom Hfftiln.
Thy love before tliee. 1 unlit tread be
html. KlisUni; thy footprints, tlionli to me un
kind; Hut trust not nil 1tm tnmliia', UioukIi It
seem,
Lost thy truu !ovi -!iouM rwit on u full""
Ure.'ini.
Iter fnco In kii-.U'mk, anil her olee In
sweet;
Hut miiIIch tiotr.i). unit niiHio hIhhs de
ceit; And words npiuk ?Mh yet. If they wel
romo prove,
I'll bo their echo, and repeat their love.
Only If wnken'd to x.id truth, lit Inst,
Tho blttcrncxn to route, mid HWeotiiesn
past;
When thou art vrxt, then, turn nitntn,
and floe
Thou host loved Mope, but Memory loved
thee." Thomas Hood.
satisfactory, sne tosses him nsldo?
It Is to ho noticed that nn morhtf
novel bus been written by any woman
of I he I nlted States. Neither Is
serious criticism to he found In hor
woik, for thee women are rarely
mm bid and bitter; never, it might he
UM'erted, iinloMS they me unhealthy
or ery young. They act rather than
tall, when It comes to crises. The
pnMt. when disposed of has no further
concern for them. The present Is
theirs, the future a condition to ho
molded by their imperial will. It may
be asserted broadly that thero Is no
prejudice agalnct divorce among tho
upper classes dwelling In tho large
cities of the United States, provided
no scandal has preceded the suit."
Who! Homm Am lloliiK.
Charges of ballot box stulllng are
being made against ten "co-eds" at
Chicago university and there are ru
mors of expulsions in consequence.
At the beginning of fneh quarter's
work It appears that the graduates
meet to elect "counselors" who act ns
mediators between the faculty and tho
student body. At tho meeting In divis
ion No. 1 of the Junior college it Is
claimed that eluen false votes wero
given for the woman candidate and
circumstantial evidence points to the
doen young women who wore among
tho voters.
It is olllclally stated that there am
lu Germany three women employed
as chimney sweeps, thlrty-flve as slat
ers, hoven as gunsmiths, nineteen ns
brass and bell founders, fifty as pav
lors, 117 as coppersmiths, U79 as far
Hero and nailers, aO'J (including girls)
as masons, eight a stonecutters and
2,000 In marble stone and slate quar
ries. Kvon in sowers and playing
houses women are employed.
Tho London Dally News mentions
that Dutch women aro getting restless,
and that the men are beginning to re-
HARSH ENVIRONMENT.
Mora
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dlere'H memory,
cr!" answered Marjorlo, returning to
her sldo and bending over her. "No,
no; you are well and strong."
"What's that tho nuld sang snys?"
returned Miss Hetherlngton, smooth
ing tho girl's hair with her wrinkled
hand, as she ropcated thoughtfully;
'I hear a voice you cannot hear,
Thnt snyB I must not stay;
I bco n hand you cannot see,
That beckous me away.'
That't, It Marjorlo! I'm nn old woman
now old beforo my timo. God has
boon kind to mo, far kinder than I de
serve; but tho grass will soon bo green
on my grave In tho klrkynrd. Let mo
Bleep in pence! Marry Johnnlo Suth
erland wl' my blessing, and I shall ken
you will never want a. friond."
Such tender reasoning had Its weight
with Marjorlc, but it failed to conquer
hor scruples altogether. Sho still re
mained in the shadow of hor former
Buvrow, fearful and ashamed to pass,
as .sho could havo dono at ono step,
Into tho full sunshine of tho newer and
brlghtor llfo.
So tho dnyB passed on, till nt Inst
thero orcirrcd nn ovont bo Btraitfln, so
unexpected, and spirit compelling, that
it threatened for a timo to drlvo our he
roine Into mndncfis ant! despair.
Ono Btimmer nftornoon Marjorlo, ac
companied by littlo Leon, met Suther
land In tho village, and walked with
hearted, and could not readily forget
.i.t thn man had once been to her.
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Inflnito la the capamy ror lorgivcuess mui w ouiumvuo wuivusc iucj- wuuu
T'.iimo IVoptu Arc Stunted by It
Surely Tlinn by llormllty.
Iii Limousin there is a bnrrcn rango
of low hills which lies nlong tho divid
ing lino between tho departments of
Dordogne, Correzo nnd Hautc-Vlcnne,
about half way botween Perlguoux nnd
Limoges, says Popular Sclonco Month'
ly. Tho wntor courses show tho 1okv
tlon of these uplands. They extend
over an area about seventy-five miles
long and half an wide, wherein average
human misery Is most profound. Donso
Ignorance prevails. Thero 1b more Il
literacy than in nny other part of
Franco. The contrast tn Btature.even
with the low uvcrago of all tho sur
rounding region, is clearly marked by
tho dark tint. Thero are sporadic bits
of equal dlmlnutlvouess elsewhere to
tho south and west, but nono aro bo
extended or bo extreme. Two-thlrda
of tho men aro bolow fivo feet threo
Inches in height, in some of the com
munes, and tho women aro threo or
nioro Inches shorter oven than this.
Ono man In ten ! bolow four feot
cloven Inches In .aturo. This la not
duo to raco, for "veral racial types
nro equally stunted u this way within
tho Ramo area. It .a primarily duo to
generations of subjection to a harsh
climate, to a soil which is worthless
for agriculture, to a steady dlot of
boiled chestnuts and stagnant wator,
and to unsanitary dwellings In tho
deep, narrow and dnmp valloyB. Still
further proof may bo found to Bhow
that theso pcoplo aro not stunted by
uny hereditary Influence, for It has
been shown that children born hero,
hut who migrnto and grow up oluo
wloro, nro normal In height; whllo
thooo born elsewhere, but who aro sub
ject to this environment during tho
growing porlod of youth, are propor
tionately dwarfed
longer woru; neither Is tho hodloa
clopcfl on tho left sldo. Fine, length
wipe tucks, however, still hold their
own and are really ton delicate nnd
pretty to be dUennlcd easily. Thorn
of lawa woin during the summer arai
nifW replaced h.s oiheis of silk even
more dalut.v.
The crossed sllihtl) blouaed ImhIIco
promises to be a general favorite, nnd
is suitable for both maid and matron.
A charming example for a youthful
matron is of a light lolef, slightly
speckled cloth. The bodice has a
braided vest, crossed with a low
blouse and finished around the wnlitt
with a belt of deep violet satin. Hands
of tho same adorn IkmJIco and skirt.
The neck Is finished with a Glad
stone collar and a Jabot of black lac.o
lu front, Tho very nowest neck trim.
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tuiiig, however, is scant around tho
front and back and falls In a full Jabot
on tho left side, with a numbor of
small bows crossing tho shoulder.
Skirts grow senator as tho season
progresses, nnd uverythlng presages
n season of tall, sllm-looklng women,
Tho Latest.
Women Wlin Kept u Hnoret.
That women can keep n secret has
been proven In a enso In court nt Lath
rop, KaH. Somo years ago a body of
women destroyed a saloon, and n
chargo of malicious destruction of
property was lodged against them. An
exchange notes that as many ns thirty
wero arrested; everybody present at
tho time of the damngo wna summon
ed to court. Tho prosecuting attorney
of the county Btrovo for two years to
procure n conviction of somebody; re
porters In numbers besieged ovcrybody
concerned, but not ono of tho women
weakened or betrayed tho aocrot.
Twelve know who was guilty of break
ing tho first window of tho saloon, but
thoy covenanted with ono nnothor to
kcrp tho knowledge a secret nnd they
have kept to their word.
Noted Women.
Mrs. Itichard Mllllken, of Now Or
leans, has presented tho Charity Hos
pital of that city with $7G,000 to found
a children's building, which will in
cludo a kindergarten and other Im
provements, The Baroness Burdott-Coutta has tho
absolute disposal of her property, with
tho exception of her shnro In Coutta'
banking house. This largo sllco of her
fortune will ultimately pass to hor
nephew, Mr. Money.
Miss Clnra Nell Flynn, seventeen
years old, Is a successful mnll-carrlcr.
She makes tho round, trip from Park
ersburg to Elizabeth, W. Va., dally,
Sundays excepted, delivering and re
ceiving mail from nine ofllccs each
way, and handling about fifteen sacks
on ench trip. Sho drives a pretty pair
of Mexican ponies attached to a light
spring wngon.
Ilrnld Trlmmlnu-
Much more Important than tlio gown
itself is tlio trimming thoroof. One
girl who has a gown of Inst season
improved its nppcaranco in tho fol
lowing manner:
Tho bodice was black and had a
short yoke of pale yellow silk. To
conceal its shabbluess sho covered the
cntlro bodice with n diagonal lattice
work of Inch-wldo velvet ribbon. Tho
diamonds formed nro four Inches
acrowfl nnd tho effect Is remarkably
stunning.
Whlto braid on black In very fetch
ing. A novel gown from ltcdfcrn Is
trimmed with black braid, which, In
turn, has a narrow piping of whlto
satin under each edgo.
Another a dnrk bluo gown has a
gold and black braid garniture, whllo
a third gown again a black Is worn
with a short, loose Jackot of bright'
red, lined with whlto and trlmmei
with gold braid.
Slis'ii "fllentnl AiisrchUt."
According to an English writer "tho
typical woman of the United States
today is a mental anarchist." The
reasons for this aro several. Sho is a
composite of all the races of earth, It
not In blood In points of view. She
1b a product of experimental democ
racy, and, like hor country, blindly
but florccly striving for un Ideal. Sha
has been thrown largely on her own
resources; unlike tho women of tho
old world, sho has dono hor own think
ing. She lives in an electrical at
mosphere; sho Is a spoiled child; sho
finds horbelf a component part of a
llfo that Is ovor changing, and changes
with It; she has como to regard hcr
Belf as by far the mo3t Important o'o
ment In that life; sho Is a child of tho
hour, of tho mlnuto; she docs npt
strlko root. Her independonco has be
Kot an abnormal amount of individual
ity. Is it a matter for wondor, that,
finding tho man she has married un-
sent their intrusion Into masculine
preserves.
The fourteenth confereuco of tho
International hoard of Womon's and
Young Women's Christian associations
Is now In session at Montreal and
will continue until tho 22d Inst. This
board represents over seventy associa
tions, formed for tho specific work of
helpljig women, especially women dc
pendent on their own oxertlons for
support. Tho first ono was organized
lu 1853; slnco that tlmo associations
havo been formed in many of the
states, south, cast and west, as woll as
In Canada and tho British provinces
These associations havo many fine
buildings and do a largo and Impor
tant work.
Up-to-Unln llmllcM.
The nuwost importations from Par
Is would Indicato that tho horizontal
bar will fast disappear from tho win
tcr's bodice. Horizontal tucks are no
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a ".ny cloth costume, with tho entire
skirt cucl c cd by folds of black vel
vet, put on at tureo-lnch Intervals.
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