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CHVPTKK XXIX (CoiiMiuel
For a long tlini' Lord Avttner sat !.s'
u angry thought. So this was the
moaning of Dick's siuliln stit render. !
his iluiil'iil noquio.cnco wl.li hl mi-'
vlf'.i wishes. Tin re hud been no break- i
lug of his chains when he sM sail fnr '
the Knst. ni) burning of his boats lie-
lilnl him. Not a lilt of It! No; tin- ,
young gentleman hail quietly -ay. anil i
very cleverly made the best of what
to lilm was a very had mid very ills-
tasteful business, and Intended to car
ry on the Palace Mansions arrange- (
mont in Madras just as he liad done
in London.
Hut somebody else had to bo dealt
with, tho old lord's grim thoughts ran
- somebody else with a brain a good
deal shrewder than Dick's, and a will
bke cold steel. Lord Aylmer would
h.iv something to do and say In the
matter of Mrs. Harris' Intended voy
age to India, and he had no notion
whatever of allowlim his nephew,
whom he cordially detested, to carry
out all his arrangements In triumph,
and in spite of him.
He roused himself presently, and
vent to the table, where writing ma
terials were lying. Then he forcd him
self to write an ordinary letter to Olds,
tolling hltn h was in town for a few
days, but was off to Aylmei's Field to
morrow; that my lady was better and
he trusted nic'. would bear In mind
that ho had to reinstate himself in his
un'le's good graces, that he might got
over the disappointment caused by hl
refusal to marry Mary Annuiidalo, and
therefore he trusted he would spaie no
pains to make himself indisponsab'"
to his old friend. Marry Hoynton. And
at the end of this mcuulimlcss and
ouunnnplaee letter Lord Aylmer made
an addition, which, like the scorpion's
Mi
contained the sting
. S. Hy-tliL'-bye, jou will be In
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WROTH A COMMONPLACK LKTTKR.
terested to hear that your little friend.
Mrs. Harris, has consoled herself for
your absence, without loss of time. 1
saw her yesterday, with a gentleman,
in an uncommonly well turned out
open carriage splendid horses, smart
servants. In whltellverlt'S.cnckades.and
nil tho rest of It. After a long and Inti
mate acquaintance with the world 1
have come to the conclusion that soft
ycil little women of that type have
marvelous wisdom they forget the
past, give no thought to the future,
take, the hour as It comes and make
the best of It. Sensible creatures!"
And this most dangerous of all lies,
tho lie which was half a truth, Lord
Aylmer dropped Into the post-box. nnd
In due time It went speeding over sea
and land In plaro of Ksther Brand's
"lucrum, "Hoy both well."
CHAPTER XXX.
WHOLKmonth had
gone by and still
no word had come
from Dick to the
anxious heart so
fondly waiting for
news In Palac
Mansions. Or stay,
that is not quite
correct, for a long
letter from Mick
K 13
l"" ",'""M had comu by each
tnall, hut they had never reached Doro
thy, each one of them having fallen in
Lord Aylmer's possession.
"I can't niado out why your husband
1ms never written, why he never an
swered the telegram, 1 think I shall go
into the post-olllco nnd find out if It
really went."
"Amelia said It wont," Dorothy re
plied. She, poor child, had never ad
mitted as much to her cousin, but e
was prepared for the worst that could
possibly happen. Dick's long alienee
was beginning to tell upon her, ami
sho was not recovering as quickly as
might bo desired; Indeed, her doctor
nnd her cousin, too, were for the most
part thoroughly uneasy about her. And
yet, she had now been nearly six weeks
without a lino from Dick Dick, who
had left her with tich fond words of
lovo on his lips ay, and In his eyes;
Dick, who know tint now, of all times,
letters would be of greater value than
ever thoy hnd been, when she was left
alono In hor hour of trial. Yet ho had
not written, there was no answer to the
telegram announcing tho hoy's birth,
there had comu no word nor sign out
of tho dark blankucss of hope and fear,
doubt and despair, which was gradually
creeping over her.
And after all, alio told herself. It was
not to ho wondered at If Dick had got
o. llttlo tired of her a stupid llttlo
thing llko her, as Ignorant as a child.
What was thero In hor lp keop such a
man ns Dick faithful nrtd tmo when
tho width of half tho world vts
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stretched between them" And then
her ies fell upon the bangle, which J
sho always wore upon her left wrist, i
i with its bright beacon of hope ami
' trust. Dirk's last message to her -"Din- !
i na Forgot." No. nothing should make '
1 her doubt him he was ovorworkul. Ill
I something had happened to keep him
Irom writing.
"Don't worr about It. dear K.Uher."
she said bravely. "Dick would not leave
me without a letter without some good
leason for It. Please don't doubt hltn;
ou don't know how good and kind
and thoughtful he Is. you don't. Indeed,
Esther."
"No. 1 don't." said Ksther. drly;
then with an outburst of tenderness
very rate In one of her seiene and com
posed nature, she cried; "Oh, don't
look at me In that reproachful way.
darling. 1 want to believe this Dick of
yours perfect I do. dear. Mat when we
go on day after day. week after week,
and 1 see your anxious eyes, see your
faie getting whiter and whiter why.
1 em't help feeling angry at times, and
suspicious, and- and as if I should like
to kill somebody." she ended passion
ately. Dorothy did not speak for a long
time, but sat tracing the words on her
bangle with a very thin and fragile
looking linger.
"I know what you must think." she
said at last. "And I know what Dick's
silence must seem to you: but 1 prom
ised to trust him whatever happens, and
I always will. He gave me this the
very last of all." she cried, holding out
her wrist -oh! so much too small lor
the pietty bangle now towards her
cousin, "and he gave It as a token be
tween us: 'Dlnna Forget.' I know It
will all be light liy-and-by. Ksther. I
know it will; but wait a little longer,
before you condemn him, JuM a little
longer."
The piteous appeal went straight to
Ksther's heart. "Well. I won't men
tion him again, Dorothy, dear, not for
another month. We will talk about oth
er things. Are you going for a drive to
day? The carriage will be hen; at .".
o'clock."
".lust as you please, dear," Dorothy
answered llstle.-sly.
"I think you ought to go. It Is good
for you. and good for the boy. too, and
ot com so you won't have a carriage
at least, not such a carriage always."
"No." said Dorothy.
Ksther was busy making a wonderful
bonnet for the wonderful boy, and she
pinned In several folds of lace and
tried several effects before she spoke
again. "Isn't It odd," she remarked at
last, "that Lord Aylmer has left his
carriage and horses and servants In
town all this time, when he Is away.
"O'1'erhaps he never takes them out of
town," suggested Dorothy.
"Perhaps not. Anyway, It Is very
pleasant for us as It Is," Ksther replied.
"Well, 1 shall go and get ready," and,
gathering up her bonnet and materials,
she went out ot the room, leaving Dor
othy alone.
Almost Immediately Amelia Harris
came In, bringing a bag filled with llt
tlo vases of fresh llowers. "Oh!" said
Dorothy, "those are lovely. Is It a
pretty place, Amelia? I suppose you
ha.'c ottui. been there."
"Yts, madam; 1 have been there once
or twice," Amelia replied.
"It Is a fine place, Is It not?" Dorothy
asked.
"A very grand plr.ee, madam," said
Amelia, apparently giving all her at
tention to the (lower vases.
"And Lady Aylmer what Is she
like?" Is sho nice handsome?"
"My lady Is very handsome, madam,"
said Amelia, putting the last vase In
its place, and coming to put a fold of
tho window curtain straight. "Very
haughty and hard-like, but very 'hand
some for all that."
"Ah!"
Dorothy sat In silence for a minute
or two. Amelia Harris began to tidy
Jl'ST AS YOlT PLKASK. DKAH.
the little table between the window
and the fireplace.
"It seems such n pity that" Dorothy
began, intending to say, "such a pity
that Lord and Lady Aylmer did not
get on well together." Then sho broke
off short, suddenly remembering that
It would not do to hpeak of Lord Ayl
nier's prlvato affairs to hla valet's wife,
and also that sho was not supposed to
know more of them than Lord Aylmer
himself would bo likely to tell so now
an acquaintance ns she was. Amelia
was looking at her with an expectant
expression, and Dorothy made hasto to
finish her sentence.
'it seems such a pity that Lord Ayl
mer has no holr," sho said c mfusedly.
Amelia Harris not unnaturally per
haps misunderstood her.
PSJpf v
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"Lord V Imer hns an heir, madam,"
she said quickly, thinking that Mrs. '
Harris was giving a keen eye to trw
future. "His nephew. Mr. Ulehard A1
mer. Is the heir he Is In India."
"Ah' yes, ieally." said Dorothy. Sh
felt very sick and faint as she leaned
buck among the cushions. Amelia Har
ris thought she was disappointed,
whereas. In truth. Dorothy was only
nervous and upset at the sudden men
tion of her husband's name.
"Mr. Aylmer." Amelia continued, "Is
in the army In the loth Dragoons. A
handsome young gentleman, but wild
- very wild."
Dorothy got up. "Yes. I dare say.
hut I ought not to talk about him." she
said, her voice trembling, and her eye.i
mi'-t.v with ti'.us. "I must go and diess
f r mil drive "
(MIAPTKR XXXI.
HK was sobbing
passlonatel.v by the
time she got Into
her own mom.
"Dick. Dick." she
cried passionately,
"it Is hard to deny
you like this, for It
was denying you.
though I said noth
ing. Why are you
leaving me to light
my way through all these iiiinciiuies
alone? I won't believe that you are
false to me not until you tell me so;
but If It Is so. you ought to tell me!"
She was sobbing passionately, and
the scalding tears ran down her poor,
pale face ami over her little cold hands.
They recalled her to herself. "No. I
will be brave, I won't doubt you. my
darling. There Is something I don't
understand. I will wait a little longer."
She unlinked a drawer in her ward
robe, and took out the large picture of
Dick which she had hidden out of Lord
Aylnier's way. "My love, my dear love,
I will trust you and believe .vou." she
murmured fondly. "I will not give way
again I will be brave."
She heard the carriage draw up with
the usual Jlugle and dash, and hastily
locked the portrait away again. Then
she bathed her face in cold water, and I
tried to remove the, alas! iiiunlstak- j
able signs of tears from her eyes. Not '
very successfully, though she went out I
Immediately afterwards, walked into
the diawing room and found theie
Lord liner.
"Lord Aylmer!" she cried, then went t
quickly across the room to him. "Oh!
1 am so very glad to see you, "she cried.
"I did not know you were In town." ,
"I came up last night, dear lady," hi')
cald. taking both her hands in his and ;
speaking In a very soft and tenilei
voice. "Hut .vou are 111, you are not
recovered, you are unhappy about
fcomething."
"I?" murmured Dorothy, evasively.
"Oh! I am not so very well but "
"Hut you have been crying," said
Lord Aylmer, still keeping her hands In
his.
"Perhaps," Dorothy admitted.
"Perhaps! I am sine of It," he re
turned. "Hut what Is the matter? If
there Is anything that I can do, you
know that you have only to command
me."
He laid stress on the words "you
know," which In any other circum
stances would have been enough to put
Dorothy on her guard. Now, however,
with her thoughts filled with Dick t.nd
his strange and Inexplicable silence,
she did not notice the unusual tone.
"Oh!" she cried Impulsively, "there Is
something you could do for me If you
would."
"What'.'" he said eagerly. "Tell me."
Hut Dorothy did not tell him. She
wanted to say, "I am Dick's wife, I am
so wretched and so unhappy at his ab
sence. Let htm come home, and I will
love and reverence you forever."
That was what she wanted to say;
but when she was face to face with tho
opportunity, hor courage failed her, anj
she was afraid.
(To bo Continued.)
CORONETS AT AUCTION.
Anil Hi"
lllilillni; Wim Not lit All
llrUk.
Some queer commodities find their
way Into the auction room, but It Is
not every day that a coronet, may be
picked up at a bargain In a salesroom, dense shadow was a sand barge, hear
says the London Chronicle. This was lly loaded and being piopollcd forward
what happened yesterday, when a mar- by tho larger craft.
quls' coronet was put up and knocked
down by a Conduit Mroet auctioneer.
It Is odd enough that such nn adorn
ment should find its way into the vul
var atmosnhero of furniture dealers
and brokers' men, but that anybody
should want to buy a second-hand cor-
onet Is odder still. The biddings, It Is
true, were not keen. Thev hoirnn it n
couple of guineas and went up to 5, at
which the coronet went Into the posses
slim of some apparently plebeian per
soncertainly not a marquis. Hut
then the article was no longer "prac
ticable," as they say on the stage. The
original owner, or possibly "an holr or
an assignee," had so llttlo use for It
that he had cut It In two and mounted
It as a pair of wall brackets. It Is
commonly supposed that peers' coro
nets, like royal diadems, are of gold.
That Is not so. They are or sliver,
"richly gilt," as In tho case of yester
day's bauble. This particular ono bore
tho hnll mark or 18;il, which suggests
that It may have been made for the
coronation of William IV. That them
should bo so llttlo competition for coro
nets In their material form is ex
plained by tho rarity with which thoy
are worn. There are probably not half
a dozen peers living who havo ever had
one. They ate worn only nt corona
tion, and then, at the moment when the
archbishop of Canterbury places tho
ctown on tho sovereign's head, tho as-
srmbled pcs and peeresses slmulta -
neously put on their silver circlets with
tholr crimson velvet caps. Indeed, it
may bo shrewdly suspected that most
peers do not oven possess this tangibles
badge of tfeftlr rank.
A MOONLKiltT SAIL.-
This story was i -'..tied b a
friend whose nariow escape
lad
fioin
own
Irovviilng 1 give below In her
words Several veais ago In
mouth of .lime, while on a visit
the
to a
Kng-
friend's house, situated In a New
laud village, 1 met with an accident,
from the effects of which my nerves
have tfvor fully lecoveied.
Thl" village overlooked a large nav
igable ilver. vviifte crafts of illncrcut
kinds plyed dm lug the day, and some
times tar into the evening. I often set
foi hours on the cool bread vetamhi.
watching them pass and icpass, admir
ing t In graceful elms on Its banks,
whose groin foliage w.u tolh'etfd in the
depths below.
One particular d.i the weather 'i.ul
been wanner than usual, and the h.iuis
had been passed Indoors away from the
glare of the sun: but the evening ciiue
In cooler, with a brce.e off the water,
and tlie bright ladiauce of a full moon
transforming the scene into fairy laud.
My husband came hastil.v up ft urn
tlie wharf with the proposal of a sail
by moonlight, for which purpose he
had piociired u boat Our hostess was
engaged, but Miss Mattln and Mr. Rim
sell (also visitors) were only too happy
ami consented with pbasme. I was
delighted, but wished to wait long
enough to change my thin muslin waist
for a thicker one, but my husband ob
jected to the delay and begged me to
come Just as I was. so catching up a
shawl fiom the veianda chaii. I hastily
thiew It over my shouldeis ami declar
ed my. -elf icady.
We were soon hastening down the
road to the whaif. a merry party of
four. In a few moments we had board
ed the boat and shoved it out Into the
stream.
I don t think I ever nivv a more per
fect night. In the In till i tit light or
the moon everything looked dlltereut
from the ciimmon light of dav, and we
lauglu'd and Joked, and thought our
teives both fortunate and happy to be
the participants of s-o much pleasure.
The boat Just moved fast enough to
create a pleasant motion as we glided
gracefully along, the white sail set to
tho refreshing brce.e. The coast seem
ed comparatively dear, and with noth
ing to hinder our piogicis, we Milled
on and out over an enchanted mm.
We had giown strangely quiet, inch
seeming to icallze that though "sp-ech
wan silver, silence was golden," and
each one seemed busy with his, or her.
own thoughts. For my pait I was
thinking of home and friends faraway.
Many of them had passed over the mys
tic bridge that spans this world and
the next, but somehow (hey seemed
strangely near me on this night. The
very air seemed people with spirits
bright and beautiful fiom out the dear
dead past.
I was awakened from my reverie by
a daik object coming unexpectedly In
to view as we toiiuded the liver bond.
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A HAND APPKAHKD.
ft was only a small steamer pulling
tlong. but coming nearer to us with
every stroke of the paddles that churn
ed tho water with a rushing sound.
Irom the first I felt that there was dan
I ger, but Clifford bade nie not to worry
we would soon pass It In safety.
1 drew my shawl closer at omul my
shoulders and waited, for what
( We were drawing rapidly nearer,
j when I thought the steamer cast an
extremely dark shadow before It, and
I think the souse of danger oecuned
to us all at the same time. The
Our little boat, under full sail, was
too close before- we discovered It, to
change her course, and my husband,
peeing tho peril we were In fiom a col
lision, called out for each one to Jump
(l l0 tl10 lm"B ns slie struck,
I u was " ov'r ' minute. Tho
""' Inndcil safely on the sand, and
tried to assist the women, but 1 8nw
Mlsri Ml'ltl inilko tln Jump and full
back before air. Hussell could assist
her. As for myself I tripped over the
iuat and went down between tho boats.
s I struck the water I had presence
it mind enough to force n corner or
'he shawl Into my mouth, and press my
hand firmly ngalnst it to keep out tho
water, and then I went down, down to
the bottom of the river, but Kcemeil pro
P"lled on, and on, by somo force, which
I found out afterwards to bo tlie mo
tion or tho steamer's wheel under which
I must have passed, and which kept
me In motion,
After floating some distance nway 1
roso to the surface for u moment, but
no boat was in sight, nothing but the
silvery waves shimmering in the re
splendent moonlight, and once moro I
ilowly sank down.
My whole life now seemed to pass
icforo mo In a few brief seconds, and
.ho singing In my ears seemed like the
mermaid's lullaby, and I fancied 1 was
floating on a silvery sea. Then reason
once moro asserted her sway, and I
teemed to hear my father's volco.
When qulto a child I had asked hltn
how It was possible to swim, nnd ho
'md nnswered me, pointing to Carlo;
i "Watch the dog swimming, Sco how
he paddles with hlri forepaws."
I With ono hand I still clutched the
j rltavi a4alusl my mouth, but with t'e
I oilier I began to paddle fee'.ilv, and !o
liny hiupi'bo, began to rise. Then '.
I paddled qulckei, and I soon knew l,v
1 (he cool air that my baud and aim vreie
ibove the water, and I waved my hand
wildly, and tried to call out, but no
sound coming fiom my tips, and as
the waters cloi-ed over me once tnoie
I lost all consciousness.
Afterwards mv husband told me that ;
the steamer was stopped as soon as
the accident oecuned. and every ellort
made to tltnl MKs Mai tin and mvsHl'.
but all to no purpose, when the cap- j
tain, who was scanning the water fiom i
the deck of his vessel, noticed at sonic
distance a hand raised above tlie sur
face, and then disappear, lie at once
threw himself oveiiinaid (calling up
on the boat to follow), and swain to
the spot, and dived to the bottom of
the liver, but lose without success, but
at the second diving, after being under
tlie waiter Mime moments, teappeareil
dragging what seemed to be a bundle
of del lies to the sutfaco. Luckily the
boat was near and took us both in, as
the captain was then In an exhausted
condition. As for invself, they thought
It was my body only the weie bear
ing to the steamer, and to all Intents
and purposes I appealed dead, but the
usual lestoratlves weie applied, and
life was discovered to be not quite ex
tinct. My half frantic husband began char
ing my hands, and hot blankets, hot
baths and every means were used to
resuscitate tne and I slowly regained
consciousness. Hut, oh, the agony of
returning life. I begged of theiu to lei
me die In peace, but It was not to be.
Very feebly, life came back to me, and
It took weeks of inn sing before I win
able to leave my bed.
My llle hail been saved, they told
me. by my pieseticc of mind III keeping
the shawl piessed against my mouth,
which prevented the water fiom hiiioiIi
cling me.
Poor Miss M.iitlu was less rortunnto.
Her body was not lecovered till the
next morning, when it was laid In a
casket and foiwaidcd to her friends
In New llrutiswick, accompanied lv
Mr. Hus.soll. whose Hamec she was.
The poor trail was almost henrtbtoken.
And now I never t-cc the moonlight
shining on the water without a shud
der, when I think of the golden sheen
of the river on that memorable night
Mlgnou.
HOW ULOKI-ll ECONOMIZED.
t'liilvi'lniil, lii ll)i Kiister i:m;s uml
Omii- lii (irlef.
After llloker had looked through his
bills for the mouth he went home with
blood In his eye.
"Mrs. llloker," he began, ns soon as
the evening meal was over, "this fam
ily's got to put on the hold-back straps.
It Is just possible that you may agree
with me when I say that It Is really
dllllcult for a man to lay up money
when he's required to spend moie than
he makes. Judging from precedent.
you Intend buying a lot of dye stall's
to color Kastor eggs for the children.
You'll do no such thing. Having had
an economical mother, I know Just
how to prepare the eggs. Have the
rag bag brought down, give me a nee
die and thread ami then let me have
the kitchen to myself. I'll show the
children some Knstor eggs that will
make their eyes stick out."
After there was time for Hloker to
awkwardly sew a dozen eggs Into calico
bags and give them a good boiling,
there came a yell and a crash from the
kitchen. The family rushed out to find
him darning about on one foot, while
he was trying to get the other under
the cold water tap In the sink. The
water that scalded htm was running
over the floor, nnd the varied colors of
the family calico were running with
It. There was not a whole egg In
sight, and the kitchen was hotter than
a caucus In a river precinct. Mrs.
Hloker hustled the children upstairs
that they might not hear what "pupa"
was saying. An hour later he was
bellied to bed with his Injured foot
wrapped up like a case ot gout. Next
morning he sought to diplomatically
close the Incident by ordering u half
bushel of eggs of all colors and very
possible combination of colors. T!'e
bigger the bill the easier he will feel.
Kxchanse.
True Story of Ollii'lln.
Home A diary kept In 1.1 1 "J by the
representative In ('.nulla of the icpiih
lie of Venice bus Just been discovered
In a Venetian convent. It Is stated
that the document eoniiilus the whole
history of Othello and completely con
tradicts the version given by Shakes
peare. The writer describes Othello's
arrival In Venlee.hls marriage and nub
sequent caieer and death, the latter
event occurring while Disilenionla was
still alive. It may he, therefore, that
the palace III Venbe pointed out to the
tout 1st as that oicitp.ed by D.sdenionla
Is actually the one. Still, there Is a
doubt about It. Pall Mall (lazette.
nle.erti' Mix Dt'lli'iite I'l.iltery.
Woman of the House-"I don't know
much about politics, but I don't think
any the more or you, my poor man,
for boasting of being a free sllvorlte."
Tramp (with his mouth full) "I ain't
hoastln' of It, ma'am. I said I hap
pened to be born that way. We was
natthelly a free silver fam'ly. They
was sixteen of us and one gal." Chi
cago Tribune.
311-1111)11.
Tod "What made you tell Dolly you
would give mi drinking during Ler.l?"
Ned "Hccauso every time I call to too
her sho kisses me to find out If I have
been doing so." Now York World.
A Volil.
He "Such a thing never entered my
brad." . Sho "Probably It couldn't
shuid solitude." Now York World.
MIL VIST'S DUAL IN ECOS.
funk I III Ohm .if ".solid .lli'iitit" to tht
ilium llroiiRliI Murk Mll.n'-M,
Nt.niy even man who has come oil.
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".v.on outing mo nisi iwu mum--..
or more mis nail someimng i" ""
of the "frozen-egg man " They met Mm
at various points between the Chllkuol
I summit and the Yukon river trudging
along with one companion and four
g vvitn inn
dogs, pulling a cargo or frozen eggy
hound ro! the Klondike, says the Seal
tie Post-ltitelllgencer.
Kggs at Dawson are worth $1 ot
more each and this high price ptoved
such an incentive to a Portland man
that he tesohed to fieee a lot of tlicln
and take them In
The egg man Is In Seattle, lie has
sold his eggs and returned with r, sack
which uiau.v a IClotullker might well
env. His mm- Is Charles Vest.
Vest left Portland last October on
the steatnei Klder. Ilefore leaving he
obtained I.TK! do.en eggs, He broke
and packed them In tin cans holding
one gallon null or six dozen. The cans
were sealed, fiozen and put on let.
The.v weighed li,U".ri pounds ill cold
storage.
With one man to lnip him ami lis
dogs Vest hurried tlie eggs up to
Sheep camp and burled them In the
snow. He put four cans In a sack
and tied the sack over Hie dogs' backs
Kach dog carried twenty-eight pounds
In this way. Once over (he summit
the cans were piled on sleds, pulled
by the dogH, and tlie Journey run
tinned. Dec. HI they stopped al a cabin ami'
bought supper and lodging. In the
morning one tan of the iggs, now ho
coming mote and more precious was
gone. Vest had his surplclnus but had
no evidence Theie wept others camp
ing at the caliiti and from these two
oi tlnce dajs lut i r Vest obtained coi-
lobotatlve evidence as to the guilt cf
the suspect.
The thief had gone toward the roaM
but Vest followed him and took hltn
heroic the police. Confronted with
the evidence or his crime I he fello'A
confessed. The police decreed that tho
man should he punished by giving up
his outfit to the man he had wronged.
This was done and Vest got $IS5 per
doen for Hie can of eggs, or $1,110
In all.
Vest n ached the Hlg Salmon, where
Major Walsh was camping nnd bought
Vest's oggH at $11 per dozen. The eggs
yielded J.VJ1I. which, added to tho
$1,110. amounted to $ii,;iHI, as the to.
lal product of Vest's undertaking
THEY TOOK
HIM OACI
Mini In. I'niri'HNiir Turin-it
Tulili's tin
the .liilii-rs.
A story Is told or the bend or a col
lege who was the possessor of a very
clumsy, old-fashioned vehicle, to which
be was very partial, and which he con
slantl.v used In tiding through the
streets of the town, to the disgust of
most of tho students.
A plan was formed among some of
the boys that on a certain night they
would remove this offensive vehicle
from the coachhouse to a wood about
hair a mile from the college. Their in
tention was to run the carriage Into'",
the thickest of the woods and uniler
biush and leave It there.
Hut the principal by some means
learned or suspected their Intention.
Accordingly, In the evening, he
quietly went out to tho coachhouse,
and. well wrapped up, crouched In a
corner of the carriage and waited.
Soon the boys came, very stealthily,
and, without looking Into tho vehicle,
began their operations very quietly;
and In whispers, and with many a
"Hush," and "Take cure." and "Look
out," they succeeded In getting it out
of the house and yard and Into the
road.
There they were all right, but they
were puzzled to find the tiling so heavy
to haul; and, amid grumblings nnd puf
fings and pautlugs, varied occasionally
with a strong expression of dlsgtiRt,
they succeeded in reaching the woods,
the principal listening to their com
plaints ami rather enjoying the situa
tion. Having with some illfllculty backed
the carriage Into the brush, they began
to congratulate each other on the suc
ce.i of their maneuver. The old gon
t lemur., letting down tho window, to
their utter surprise nnd nlntni, very
quietly said:
"Now, young gentlemen, Just take
me back very careMlly, ir you pleaaC
Spuro Moments.
OiiMlmrpoiilne u Hliurprr.
Mr. Hardacro (proudly) "Say, Rube'
I was deown In teown ylstlddy, an' I
done one o' them bunco-steerer follows
out'ti $.ri0." Kcuhcn (In admiration)
"Yeou did?" Mr. Hardacro "Yes, I
had n hundred dolIniB In my clothes,
nnd he only got fifty of It." Puck.
CONCERNING EATING.
Gratings of dry cheese, kopt In well
corked bottles, will bo found useful tor
omelettes, macaroni, etc.
When making an omoletto never let
It cook long enough to bo hard Inside.
An omelette to be good should "run"
whett jut open.
Tl t) dinner hour abroad: In London
stcioty It Is 8 to 9 p. m.; England
guieral. 1 to 2 p. in.; France, C t,
p. in.; Germany, 1 to '2 p. m.; Austi
1:20 to 3 p. in.; Switzerland. 1 tc
p. m.j Italy, C to 8 p. m.
A pretty dish Is mndo by peeling po
tatoes, aucr mo outer paring la ro-i
mo veil, In long ribbons, says What To?
Kat. Lay thorn In cold water and dry.
them with a soft cloth, thon try Wi
boiling fat. Pllu the ribbons high ii'n
n dish, dust salt over them, and atfcV
tufts of parsley about them.
Don't forget that when you
In a married woman you nro prabably
couuuiug in nor uuanami also.
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