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otiiuist to play. It
was tin- fate of
lloster Main waring
to work always,
nml of Frank
Thornton, tin- man
she loved, to play,
sitting at Hip
In her small
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writing
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table
study in R street; alio balanced a
pen between her lingers while she 1 Is -tuned
to Frank, who walked Impatient
ly, up and down the room. He was a
well-built man of the flashy type one
bo often sees worshiped by women.
"It Is not an atom of good my stay
ing In England, Hester; we cannot pos
sibly marry, even with the help of the
two or three hundred a year you make
by your work. 1 shall exchange, ami
go to India, and in a few years you will
have put by a certain amount, and I
shall then be able to come home and
marry you."
Ho paused and looked down at her.
She laid aside her pen, anil clasped
her hands on her lap; the corners of
her mouth twitched.
"If you think It better. Frank If It
will In any way advance you In your
profession, go, but" and then the
woman In her came uppermost "It Is
ho very, very far away."
He laughed and touched her hair
lightly.
"Of course It Is, hut (hero are the
malls very week and one tan get
home easily enough nowadays."
"Very well, dear, then you must go.
nml I shall write pages every mall and
expect you to do the same."
She smiled Into his eyes bravely
his face brightened.
"I thought you would see It. Hester,
when I put It clearly before you. You
always do regard things In a sensible
light, and It gives a man a feeling of
reliance. Well, 1 shall go to the war
olllco now," he continued, seizing Ills
hat. "I will look lu this evening again.
No, I can't, by the way, I am dining
out but to-morrow morning."
He kissed her quickly, and then the
door banged. The woman leant up
against the chlnineypkco. and laid her
head on her hands. She worshiped
him so: she had know aud loved him
all her life; she had worked and
slaved for him: she knew all ills weak,
nil his strong points now lie was go
ing from her to a strange land-nnd--and
he would slip out of her life,
perhaps.
The door opened and a girl entered
the room.
"Hester why, what's the matter?"
Hester lifted her head Irom tin; chlm
ney'pleco, her face was white and
anil drawn, and iter line gray eyes had
.wjyl
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deep black lines round them. The other
laid her hand on her shoulder.
"Frank Is at the bottom of this, I
suppose?" She said the name with a
touch of scorn.
"He Is going to India."
"0!" and the girl gave a long, low
whistle. "Look here, Hester, I have
never spoken before, because I did not
want to hurt you, but It Is Just this
you are throwing away all your
chance of happiness lu life for Frank
Thornton. Men of his type do not
marry women like you or me; they
depend on them, they accept their love,
but they do not choose them for their
wives; it is already live years slnco you
were first engaged to him; bo wise
and break It off before he goes away
whllo you have the opportunity."
Hester laughed, but It wuh a laugh
of Intense pain.
"Do you remember, Madge, you told
me a few days ago that you had never
loveil It yon had, you would know that
what you uok of mo is impossible.
Frank is my world tno very meatn or
my life. I have worked for him, lived
for him. 1 never have a thought In
which ho does not play sonio part
when one loves a man like that one
cannot give him tip-do you realize at
all what It means?"
The younger woman was heating the
floor with her foot; sho was very clov
er, very modern, and sho did not be
lieve In love.
"No I don't understand; I do not
think I ever shall." Then she fumbled
In the pocket of her coat. "If you can
spare the time. Hester. I want you to
run over this article before I send It
In."
More than a year had passed since
Frank Thornton sailed for India.
Spring had come, with Its snowdrops
and crocuses and soft bnlmy days. In
R street Hestor sat In her tiny study
waiting and watching for tho malls.
There was a great want of tenderness
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Madge canio In: she shook her lic.ul
when alio saw Hester's face.
"Fnsatlsfaetory letter, I understand,
my dear. Listen. Hester, wo an; itolng
abroad for a month or so. ami yon must
come, too- now, no excuses; you will
he our guest, and the change will work
wonders and blow away all the cob
webs." Hester was very tired, so she said.
"Yes."
A fortnight later she had left It all
behind -the smoke, and the noise, and
the work; she was reveling lu contin
uous sunshine, lu azure skies, In dis
tant snow-tipped peaks, in a vast ex
panse of mm with rock-hound shores.
The tired look left her eyes and the
color came and staid In her check
She met him dining at a friend's
the tall, strong man, with the keen
gray eyes. He sat next her at dinner,
and they dlscoveied that they had
many Interests lu common; they were
both workers, they had both fought
In the struggle for life, which is In It
self a bond of union.
They met again the next day. and for
ninny days after. Friendship with him
was Invigorating: his grasp of a sub
ject was so clear, he saw points that
other people often missed.
Then came the lut vltable end of r.iuii
friendships. It was during a walk that
the man told her he loved her. He said
it very simply, no passionate declara
tion of devotion, hut she knew that this
man loved as no other had ever done.
Sho grew white, and her heart beat In
great bounds against her side. She tried
to stop him, but he went on quite
calmly to the end. She leant up
against a rock that jutted into the path
-her lips trembled.
"I did not know that you teally cared
for me, otherwise I should have told
you." and then she told him tin his
tory of her life, of Frank Thornton,
whom she had loved so long.
He stood and faced her, drawing cir
cles on the pathway with his stick
When she had finished speaking, he
took a deep breath aud straightened
his shoulders.
"Are you sure that this man loves
you as you love him?" he said slowly.
The color crept Into her face, and
she clasped her lingers tightly togeth
er. "1 pray Clod that he does."
The other man set his teeth anil dug
his stick Into the ground. There was
a pause for a few moments; presently
he said quietly:
"I wish you to remember that if this
man whom you love ever falls you I
shall ho there, waiting."
His voice broke at the end, and some
how a mist seemed to rise aud shut out
the stream, the railway, and the glaut
boulders ft mil them both. When it
had cleared they were walking side by
side down the path by which they had
come.
'
It was a typical Indian night, with a
warm, moist atmosphere, and not a
breath of air to stir the leaves of the
palm trees that nourished in the com
pound. Two people passed out Into thp
veranda to discover if such a thing as
a breath of air were to lie found. One
was a woman in a soft while gown, the
other a man in evenliu dress. The
woman sank into a chair with a sigh,
wliilu her bauds lested languidly on its
arms. The man s.it down beside her.
ami they remained without speaking
for some moments. Then he drew
nenrer. and very gently laid his hand
on hers.
"Dear, I think you must know that I
care for you more than for anything on
earth. I tried to tell you a week ago,
hut yon wouldn't let me. I will tell you
now that I love you with my whole
heart and soul."
"Hut the woman In Kngland. The
woman who has loved you all her life?'
"I will write to-morrow and tell
her," he whispered.
And the girl in the soft white gown
murmured. "Yes."
It was a cruel, thoughtless letter. He
loved and was going to marry another
woman she, the woman in Knglnnd,
would quite understand. She had al
ways been much too clever for h'.m, he
could never live up to her Ideals, but
he would not like to lose the friendship
of so many years, and he hoped that
when he came to Kngland he might
bring his wife to see her.
Hofore dinner .Madge came Into her
room, and Hester handed her a letter
she had Just written, which said:
Do you remember telling me once
that If I ever wanted you you would be
"there waiting?" I want you now.
Will you come? Yours
HKSTKR MAINWAR1NC..
"I am awfully glad, Hester," was
Madge's reply as she gave It her back.
Something In the tone of her voice
struck Hester, but Madge had her back
turned, so she never saw thut her lips
quivered. Homo Notes.
CIiiiiiko of Teiiipi'rutnre.
Scientists and all observing persons
aro Interested In the statement that
tho climate of France Is quite rapidly
growing colder. For some time this
was disputed, but a careful examina
tion of the condition of vegetation ap
pears to confirm the Idea beyond the
shadow of a doubt. Certain trees
nnd shrubs that a few years ago flour
ished luxuriantly are gradually dying
out, and In some localities have disap
peared altogether. Lemons formerly
flourished in Iinguedoe and orangea
In Housslllou, hut these have altogeth
er disappeared, aa havo many Indige
nous plants that at one tlmo grow In
the more northerly districts.
An I'aMtern l'llni;.
A Chicago debating club Is about to
wrestle with the question: "Which Is
the happiest day of a man's life tho
day ho Is married or the day he Is
divorced?" Yonkera Statesman,
SEVEN WONDERS OF WORLD.
Klrtt I munition or Their i:Mcncr About
llnil of Second ( I'liltirjr.
We have no Indication of the exist
ence of a cycle of seven wonders until
about the end of the second century II.
C. Then appears, In an epigram of
Autlpater of Sldon. an enumeration of
seven great wotks. which prove to be
the very ones later appiariug as the
seven wonders, says the I'eutury, They
are: il) the walls of llabylon; (12) the
statue of .ens at Olympla; (It) the
Hanging Gardens of Semlramis at lla
bylon: (I) the Colossus of Rhodes; (ft)
the Pyramids of Memphis; (0) the
.Mausoleum of llallcarnassus; (7) the
Temple of Diana ( Utenils) at Kphesus.
Within the next centur Varro, by his
leisurely allusion to the septem opera.
betrays that the saying has already J
assumed current proverbial form; Dl
dorus, In the second half of the same
century (tlrst R. ('.), speaks too, of
"the so-called seven works." and Stra
bo a little later uses the very phrase
"the seven wonders." From this time
on, at Irast, the septem miraeula have
an assuted place lu all the common lore
of Home. Tin- little (Jreek treatise,
"On the Seven Wonders," which has
come down to us In Incomplete form
and under the name of Philo or lly
zantiitm. an engineer of the second
century I J. C. Is really, as its style aud
artlllclal purisms amply show, the
work of some rhetorician of the llfth
or sixth century after Christ and In
nowise chargeable against tho other
wise blameless record of the excellent
man of facts and machines. The list
it gives Is the same as that found In
Antlpaler's epigram.
WHITE AND HLACK PEPPER.
'Hit') llure Dune .Much In MuMni; HMorj
from Iteinolc Time.
Superintendent Miller had heard
that there was a pepper plant In the
collection lu Horticultural hall In Fair
mount park aud llnally found it hid
den from view by a group of cacti,
says the Philadelphia Ledger. "This,"
he said, 'is the piper nigrum, which
furnishes us with that culinary requi
site - the ordinary black and white pep
per. Few of those who now purchaso
it for a few cents per pound realize the
enormous value that was formerly set
upon it and the very great inlluince
which the deshe for regular nnd plen
tiful supplies of it exerted on the his
tory of mankind." Neither Mower nor
fruit is to lie seen on the shrub In the
conservatory, nor does It appear to be
in good condition. "At home," Dr. Mil
ler continued. "It bears broadly ovate
live to seven nerved stalked leaves. In
its native forests of Travancore and
Malabar, in India. It Is a perennial
climbing shrub, glowing to a height of
twenty or thirty feet. Iloth black and
white pepper are produced by the same
plant, the former being the unripe lier
ryllke fruit ami the latter the fully ma
tured berries when freed from the dark
outer layer of pericarp. "Tho word
pepper is derived from the Sanskrit
name for one variety of it, pippall. the
change or T Into 'r' having been made
by the Persians, whose undent alpha
bet contained no i,"
PRESIDENT IS GUARDED.
Mr. McKlnley It Wurneil In Tiilm V.xirt
rrrrllllllniH.
A metropolitan detective from police
headquarters has been detailed to at
teiu'. all public receptions at the white
house. It Is said this detail will con
tinue while the Spanish war fever re
mains lu an acute stage. At the re
ception given by President McKlnley
recently a rather handsome young man,
attired neatly lu a black suit and wear
ing glossy patent leather shoos, stooJ
a short distance from the executive In
the reception parlor and closely scan
ned the faces aud manners or those
who approached Mr. McKlnley. The
watcher was ono or the shrewdest de
tfctlves on Inspector Mattlngly's head
quarters staff. He had been detailed
for this work, It is said, by the presi
dent's special request, and will be sim
ilarly detailed at future receptions.
It is hinted that Mr. McKlnley has
been warned by rrlends that some rn
natie. goaded by sympathy for the
starving Cubans, might attempt to do
lilm bodily harm, and every precaution
is being taken to prevent such an out
come. It Is known that threatening
letters have been written, and It Is
feared sonio fellow may tnke It Into
his head to have a forcible personal ln
terview with tho president in roferonu
to the war wit,h Spain.
Woioiin Hallway SiiMTliitenilrnt.
Miss Anna Mltchener Is probably the
only female railroad superintendent In
the world. Major C. 13. Mltchener, the
builder and owner of tho electric road
between Canal Dover and Crlchsvillo
thirteen miles long, is now in tho West
in tho Interest of his mines, leaving
the entire management of the road
with his daughter. Miss Mltchener has
met every emergency with promptness
aud practicability, and tho employe
have the greatest respect for her and
for her judgment, which has been wel
tried. Success.
DlHi'iiiirucIni;,
Some people aro born to Ill-luck. An
old woman, who has pasted nearly C,-
000 medical recipes In a book during
tho last forty years, has never been 111
a day In the wholo course of her life,
and slio is growing discouraged. Pick
Mo-Up.
Driven to It.
"Her father aaya positively that I
can't marry her." "What aro you go
ing to do? I'horo'H nothing left now
but to aak tho girl." London Graph
ic. A covetous heart Is like Pharaoh's
lean klne, it devours all.
TQ A I OVN1? ON 1 1 nnll1 ""'' mouth, and now and asaln
lb A W hKW IIUKMto,,,,,, llIllnml(, ,,, lrwilwl l0 a I)(irrcot
WlLHi:i M OF GERMANY FOND
OF BLOODED EQUINES.
Tlirr' Nothing (irrnmny'i i:niimr
l.mri More Ktutiiiriito nml Cuirfnl
1'rnltilni; of the AnlnmM fion Willi h
IIU MuJrM) TruiU 1IU I'ojal I'lirnon
The young (!ertuan emperor may he
erratic in many things, but he Is a
thoroughly sane man In one at least
he loves u horse and Is never happier
(ban when making a round or his sta
bles at Potsdam aud lleiiln, where his
stud runs Into hundreds. About two
bundled are carriage horses; the rest
are used for the saddle.
The mews are principally supplied
from (he Imperial breeding stiids.Aboul
forty remounts are required every
year. In the spring tho master of the
horse aud the two departmental direc
tors travel around to the various studs
and make a selection from the foiir-
ear-olds not required for breeding
purposes. Horses for heavy work are
obtained elsewhere. Saddle animals
for weight are selected from among
F.ngllsh or Irish hunters, ami swift
carriage horses are purchased in Hun
gary or Itussla.
At the head of the llerlln mews Is a
master of the horse, the clerical work
being In charge of a privy councilor.
The walls are ornamented wrtli pic
tures of former occupants or the Im
perial mews, biped and quadruped, ami
there Is an admirable library of books
connected with the horse. The per
sonnel consists mainly of active olll
ccrs, tlie remainder are so-called volun
teers, who, however, must act as re
serve olllcers. The undress Is a
1,1, , I
frock coat with short skirts, cap.
white trousers, and Jackboots. On pa
rade days the cap is changed for n
cocked bat ami a red tunic, with heavv
cavalry sword. The assistants are
mostly uou-cotnmlssioueil olllcers with
a clean sheet.
The grooms and stable boys are also
selected from the cavalry and enjoy
ninuy advantages, such as free lodging
and medical attendance. Their work
lug Jacket Is red. hut outside the mews
they wear black. Willi white trousers
ami tiding boots, with the usual "chim
ney pot. ' Whenever the kaiser uses his
low dog cart the groom changes his
llvrry for a brown one. the "Adler"
pattern on the hatband being in e,L
The kaiser's favorite color for c.ir-
WILHHI.M AND HIS
rlage horses Is dapple gray, and these
he drives at nothing less than a kill
ing pace, whether In sledge or victoria.
Popular tumor says that most of the
splendid dapple grays that he received
as a present from a European monarch
were rendered useless by the imperii)
driver withlc u couple of seasons. Ills
Hungarian croys, known as ".Inciter,"
are used mostly as "four-ln-hunds,"
aud are under the superintendence of a
Hungarian trainer. There are in all
twenty of these, so that the kaiser can
always rely on having a team lu per
fect condition.
The impe-lal saddle horses are se
lected with special care. The qualities
required of an animal to which Will
lam II. trusts himself arc speed, stay
ing power, perfect security In action,
steadiness under fire aud amid popu
lar demonstration, quick obedience, a
soft mouth, nnd noble appearance. It
is put through a dally exercise lu order
to maintain It at the same perfect
standard. An nnlmnl that cannot come
out of the ordeal of training without u
mark against its nnme Is rejected with
out scruple, whatever bo the othur
qualities it possesses.
The method or training Is no child's
play, but involves the uso of a good
deal or apparatus and Is must scientific
in Its character.
Tho animal Is nttached by the sur
.ingle between two uprights, and kept
going on the same spot, In order to
strengthen the leg muscles and lend
pliability to them. For horses that
show any signs of sluggishness, the
method called the I.onge Is employed,
which puts a livelier action Into them.
lMoro trusting them between tho
shafts they aro ridden with saddle and
traces, and a number of the stable
boys hold on to theso latter, regulating
tho resistance according to the require
ments of the animal.
A by no means Inconsiderable part
uf tho animals' education Is takcu up
with accustoming them to tho sights
which, when the kaiser Is on tholr
back, will be Included In tholr future
equine career the march of soldiers,
the crowded, noisy streets, tho music
of bands, the crack of musketry nnd
tho roar of artillery. On tho exercise
ground they are walked beside drum
mers, and ridden literally up to the
, ''-rTi". J
tmuilpnionlimi nf noise
The riders also come in for a train
ing a capital Idea being that of the
ball game on horseback. The ball Is
attached to the groom, who continually
throws it into the air and catchei; It
again. Hy this means he Is compelled
to give his attention to the ball and
to guide and conltol the horse with his
legs by altering the center of gravi
tation of the body, lie thus secures
for himself a free and easy seat lu the
saddle, Instead of anxiously following
every movement of the animal.
The usual method of harnessing is
In pairs, which are driven fioni the
box. Driving four-in-hand from the
box Is only resorted to lu the case of
the dapple grays, or when the kaiser
pursues the chase, lu the mews the
four-in-hand method Is the so-called
a la Daiiuiont namely, with postilion.
For the six In hand there Is only one
postilion.
On state occasions, when the kaiser
appears drawn by eight horses, the two
shaft animals are driven from the box.
the rest are led hy grooms. The horses
are plumed, but the trappings are by
no means gorgeous. Postilions precede
the carriage, and lu bet ween them and
the leaders tides the master of the
horse or some other high olllclal.
The kaiser very seldom drives single
harness, but the royal pi luces can of
ten bo seen at Potsdam lu their pony
phaeton, which they themselves drive,
accompanied by their Instructor lu
pince-nez aud silk hat. To every pair
or horses Is a groom, and ther are
three "vets," who also have charge or
the smithy. There is an auction ut the
stud twice a year, and the purchaser
has the advantage of knowing exactly
the kind of cieatuie he Is buying, In
asmuch as every defect is conscien
tiously committed to paper, and "fak
ing" Is unknown. At such auctions,
says the (Jolilen Penny, theie Is a reg
ular scramble to get hold of a "kais
ei's horse," for It Is easy to ride, and
answers as readily to the piessure of
the knee as to the rein- In fact the
kaiser does much more with bis leg
than with his hand, nnd the horses have
lo undergo a special and laborious
training to adapt them for use by their
imperial rider.
N;liole:lM III I't'llT'H Itl'll.
Peter the Oreat hated Moscow, nnd
above all, that stronghold of oriental
Intrigue ami moral darkness, the Krem
lin if 1 remember right he never ln-
FAVOHITi: II01LSI2.
habited the palace within Its walls af
ter he wan a child. The old palace Is
a network or Incredibly small, low, Ill
ventilated rooms, some little bigger
than closets, painted in greens, blues
ami reds, after the Swedish fashion;
rooms which seem, even to-day, to reek
of plots. Intrigue aud murder. Napol
eon, always a trifle theatrical, Insisted
on sleeping lu tho bed of 1'Ker the.
(.rent when ho occupied the Kremlin
lu 181U. The bed of tho hoy Peter
fitted the hero of Austcrlltz to a nice
ty. It Is a very abbreviated couch. In
the very heart of this orlcutr palace,
with no window which gives on the
outer day aud the open nlr, is tho ter
em, or women's quarters. The terem
was, to all Intents and purposes, a
harem. The ladles, oven the tsatitza
and the sisters of the tsar, were only
permitted to look down Into the hall
of coronation through a carved wood
en lattice, Just as ladles do In overy
harem in the east. They received no
men except their husbands nnd broth
ers, and when they went out it was In
a curtained litter. When Peter mount
ed the throno of the tsars, tho women
of Russia wero orientals, imprisoned
far more rigorously than the ladles of
Constantinople to-day. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Tho CieMlm Tin.
London Star: Tho very newest tlo,
or course to bo shared hy tho menfolk,
Is tho (lelsha tlo. Scraps of tho willow
plate with Japanese figures form a se
ries of pictures on a white or cream
ground. Tho pictures aro In roae pink,
blue or green, and a few othor shades
that take less prominent positions. The
ties look very smart and up-to-date,
ami If well chosen will set off many n
crisply starched shirt blouse that has
been many times to the laundry.
Observation.
Lord St. Aguant "I Bay, old man,
deuced queer people In this country."
Lord Nozoo "Yes; neveh let y' know
when they're going to tell a Joke, y'
kuow." Judge.
(iullantry remoulded.
She "Now, can you guosa my nge,
major?" Gallant Major "No, I can't,
but you don't look It," Punch,
"PININ1 FOR A SWEET KISS."
Itnimrkulilo O-uMiliitnr.y (luitin I'lujrod Ii
North Ciirollnu Monnlnlin.
Hack in the North Carolina moun
tains the student or customs may still
llnd material for research. Tho most
remarkable are the kissing games,
which still cling to the soil, A lot
of blg-llinbed, powerful young men and
npple-eheeked, buxom girls gather, and
select one of their number as mastor
of ceremonies. He takes his station
In the center of the room, while tho
rest pair on and parade around him.
Suddenly one young woman will throw
up her hands and say: "I'm a-pln-ln'."
The master or ceremonies takes
It up, nnd the following dialogue, and
Interlocution tnkes place1 "Miss Ara
bella Jane Apthorp says she's u-plnln.
What Is Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp
a-pluln' rur?" "I'm n-plnlti turn sweet
kiss." "Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp
says she's a-plnln' rur a sweet klBS.
Who from?" "From Mr. Hugh Wad
dle." (Hliishes. convulsive giggles and
confusion on the part of Miss Ara
bella Jane Apthorp at this forced con
fession.) Mr. Hugh Waddle walks up
manfully. At one of these entertain
ments It was tho narrator's fortune to
attend, there was a remarkably beau
tiful young woman who had been mar
ried about a mouth. Her husband wan
present, a huge, beetle-browed, black
eyed young mountalner, with a list llko
ii ham. The boys fought shy of tho
bride for rear of Incurring tho nngor
or her hulking spouse. The game wont
on Tor some time, when symptoms of
Irritation developed In the giant. Strid
ing to the middle of the room lie said:
" 'My wife 07. pooty, 'n ez nice 'n sweet
ez any gyuii hyar. You una has known
her all her life. This game lie, beon
a-golu' on half an hour an' nobody
has pined fur her oncet. 15 f somoono
doesn't pine rur her pooty soon thar
will be trouble." She was the hello
or the ball after that. Kverybody pined
for her.
WHEN CREEK
MEETS CREEK.
Ttvu Men
Client lit (.'iiriU
nml Until
Hold 1'uiir At.
"Talk about cheating," said a veter
an poker player, "1 remember a time
when two famous 'aces of spades' were
guilty of tlie worst breach of pokct
etiquette on record. I was out at Car
son City lu those days looking for thi
elusive metal In the neighboring nioun
talus. I took a hand once In a whlb
myself, but on this occasion I tbanl
heaven I was not a participant. Thort
wero six hands originally In tho sit
ting, but four had fallen by the way
side, and the two most renowned play1
ers lu that famous mining town wcr
left to light it out. The sums put u
were something enormous even b
theso spendthrifts, lu live minutes th
pot contained $r,000, and when one llr
ally called the other, twice that ainout
was ready to change hands. 'I've gt
four aces,' said Pete Oravoahavv I b
lleve that was his name. 'Four acei
Why, so have 1,' thundered the otho
I'nder ordinary circumstances I bellev
that either would have cut the other
throat, but both seemed utterly abas
ed at their conducL They had tucki
the dummy cards up their sleeves
somewhere else and by u strango c
Incidence had struck tlie same thin)
You would have expected the mine
to deal summarily wit li these chea
but strango to nay everybody thought
a good Joke. After the money was i
vided up as It belonged to the dlffi
cut hands In the game the two crook
players bought many' drinks, I sa
was glad I did not participate In t
game, because I think J would ha
sworn off after that and would ho
missed the fun I have had since."
SCHOOL MA'AMS' WHEEL TOI
llronklyn Teacher Wilt Vlnlt Knc'i
anil I'rance TliU Smellier.
Something novel In bicycle tours
being planned hy Mrs. I3mmn F. F
tcnglll, a member of the Urook
hoard or education. Among Hrookl
2,000 schoolteachers aro many expo
and It occurred to Mrs. Pettenglll t
a wheeling tour through Kngland i,
France would prove to these a wolcc
physical aud mental vacation to
As the party Is to be limited to lift
competition to be among tho cho
few Is keen. Tho party will start J
2 and will be absent sixty-three d
Southern Kngland will be visited ll
Twenty-eight miles Is to be the llraf
a day's run, leaving plenty of tlmo
sightseeing nnd ror rest. Aug. 9
party will start for Paris. After
days In Paris the party will w
through northern Franco. Retun
to Umdou, the party will sail Au(
and reach home in time to resume t
labors In September. "The party k
bo chaperoned by mo over Its et 'j
route, -Mrs. reiiengiti annout
"and I will bo assisted liv n L'entle
le Ja
conductor, not n commonplaco cot 1-
perfectly acquainted with his d J
and routes. This will ho my )
wheeling tour In Kngland, thong 1 t
have visited that country and tho
tlnent. For tho last two summi
havo made long tours through
I1
Hampshire and other New En&
W
stntes. 'I Ills party has been pla
solely for recreation and without )
idea of profit whatever. All ch l
havo beon made on tho ec-oper
plan and the coat for the sixty
days tour is only ?300." t
Tho Logic of tho Situation. j
May "Do you suppose Hollo wl pC
that bonuot sho was spoaklng i f
about?' HIanche "I guoss so; '.
cald sho couldn't nfford It." Puc
A Poor Opinion.
Fosdlck Tompkins isn't muci
fellow, Is ho? Keedlck No, ho
Tompkins Is small plngrees an
in the hill. Truth. '
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