TlHwfti!SP1SS0iBsi3HSlrtP fm&&& mmv vmmism y m -- H' - i "it&w niimny ' i i f iif 4..-ii i -.a... r. T2.JciSKjy'. "r - - J ."'' . ' " rr" r M"MaOTWMMHMBBMIMMaiMMaNWHiiMN p)iKriM'im'ivwn TTnn Vi I M"kon 0110,111,1 a jiQOii.ojoin.Hoiioi THAT GIRL q zy JEAft K.ATE LWDLXM. Author i",lt .1 CiW'i Htm." Etc. Untrred Aei-onllnc to Act of Concre o. 'In the Oftiee of the Librarian of I atiirrmnniiiiMnnjin CHAPTER XXI Continued. Dolores' heart wns to sick, every thing was bo tlnru for tlio moment she could not hco or think elenrly, but rlie remembered with stinging distinct ness. "What shall I do?" sho cried, "what shall I do? If ho Hhotild die If ho should dlo before I havo naked him to forglvo mo I cannot live I could not live, I tell you, and lot him die believ ing that." "Wo will bo In time, dear," ho said, qulotly, and she did not question it, scarcely heard the more kindly name, though tho horror somehow fell away from her heart and n silence nnd full despair mingled with an lndclinlto hopo rested upon her. Not another word was uttered until thoy wore standing nt the door of the hospltnl. Dolores nsked brokenly as sho clung to his arm, unable to stand alono for tho moment: "You aro sure suro wo arc in time?" "Yes," said tho young man gravely, nnd with steady assurance in his voice. "Yes, Dolores. Ho brave as you al ways arc, and all will bo well." And as Dr. Dunwiddlo held her hand for a moment, putting new strength Into her fingers from his steady clasp, ho said, cheerily: "I am glad jou aro here, Miss John son. Wo will need you in the morn ing, but you can do nothing now ami would only tiro yourself to no use. Wo will call you when it is neces sary." "Hut I cannot sleep I cannot rest until I bavo soon my father. Dr. Dun widdlo. May I not at least speak to him?" "No. I must say no, Miss .Tohunon. Your father is quiet and In a half dozo; Bhould you boo him now he would bo too weak to talk to you, and it would bo worse than useless." Dolores did not think of resting or sleeping with tho great weight of her injustice to her father upon her mind, but tho woman who entered with them nt tho orders of tno doctor to seo that tho girl should rest quietly, removed her things and induced her to Ho down for a moment any way, and sho slept until n light tapping on her door awoko her. Sho answered tho rap, a tremor in her voice, her thoughts confused -.ml unablo at first to comprehend where sho was or why who was there, until tho voice on tho other side of tho door told her to go to room 37 as soon as sho was ready, and sho realized what had come. When sho entered No. 37. Dr. Dun widdlo turned to her, ns sho approach ed with n quiet greeting. "Wo think ho wishes to see you, Miss Johnson," ho said. "Speak to him, please." Sho leaned over tho bod with won derful self-control; tho hollow faco among tho pillows was pallid with tho dews of death upon it; tho coarse, scant hair, strayed on tho pillow. In stinctively sho touched it half timidly with her fingers, speaking faintly to him. "Father," sho said. "Father!" IIo muttered something unlntellig- Mw00 "Father! Father!" Jblo without opening his eyes, her volco scorning to reach him oven in hin stupor. Thon suddenly ho started up and opened wido his eyes brilliant thoy were with n swift, talso light uud looked pnst the girl ami those at tho bedside, to where young Green was standing near the window away from tho others, "Ded yo got titer wnter?" ho whis pered, hoarsely. "Were thor gal thnr?" Thon he sank back muttering: "D'lores D'lores? Why, aho's Jest D'lores that's all." Thon, his volco rising above tho i, hoarno, wenk whisper, ho called clear ly with a new tone In it tho namo Do lores hud never hoforo hoard from him tho name of hor mother. "I'm a rough olo feller, Mary," tho weak, broken voice muttered faintly. "I dedn't menn ter mako yo cry. I told yo I warn't good 'nough fer yo." Dr. Dunwiddlo was standlug besido "oloro8, and unconsciously his oyes at:era fastoned upon hor fnco, spoil Ground, as wero tho tender eyes of her friend at tho window as wero tho eyos of every ono for the time in tho room. "Et's a gal!" ho muttered, weakly, his volco falling. "I sed most likely et'd bo a gal. Jest my luck. Eft bed Jaoon a boy, now. But cf over tbet m JOHNSON'S In the Year 1SX) l.y Street & Smith, Concreji. nt Wajlilnston, 1) C ww'wkm'wwx itmftmw Xiung feller kerns around hynr u-put-tin' notions inter hor head yes, bIio's purty 'nough, Mary, an' 1 don't blame ye, so don't cry, only et's my cursed luck thet she wn'n't ti boy" Tho muttering ceased; tho weak voice sank into silence; a faint gasp stirred tho whlto lips, and the hollow e03 opened for nn Instant, nil tho light gone from them, and rested on the faco nhovo him; then n strange, hnlf-llvid pallor spread over his fnco and Dr. Dunwiddlo drew tho girl gently from the bedside over to tho open window. He poured out somo wino from n glass on a stand near, and pressed It to her lips. "Drink It." ho said sternly, and sho obeyed him mechanically. Young Green enmo nnd stood at tho hack of her chair, ns though to shield her from nny more of llfo's strain, any more of tho sadness that hnd followed her, nny, even to death. His frloud, seeing tho expression of his faco, laid his hand gently on his nrm in sudden comforting. Hut Dolores' hands lay In her lap like two hands of ice. She herself seemod turning Into Ico with no power of feeling or thought or wish. Sho seemed to herself in n strange half sense to hnvo died when her father died. CHAPTER XXII. But Life Went On. Hor father was dead; sho knew It; she accepted it in silenco after tho first wild return to tho realization of what had como upon hor. Only once, when she was nlono with young Green, while thoy wero mnking preparations to convey tho body home, did she show any sign of emotion. Sho was standing at tho littlo window in their parlor looking out upon tho busy street. Dora, who hnd como to her upon receiving tho telegram of hor uhclo's death, was int tho inner room with Mrs. Allen and tho doctors and ono or two of the attendants. , Her father was dead dead. Never boforo had sho Been death.- Sho knew absolutely nothing about any other life, nbout anything beyond tho days that passod much alike to her or had passed much aliko to Iter until these friends canto into her life. Heaven was where tho stars wero; her astro nomy told hor of God, an Infinite' Be ing, all powerful, all merciful; tho Creator of nil things, but" farther than tltut sho kuow nothing. Thought crowded upon thought, yet with a distinctness mingled with, thoso strango half Intclllgiblo words of tho past, that was Intenso suffering to her. Sho was In a half stupor, with her brnln so actlvo that It was wearing away her very life. Dr. Dun widdlo snld that sho must bo aroused; she must bo brought out of this stnto; she must bo moved to tears, or to somo utterance of her grief. Sho could not go on llko this. For a year now she had been in this strained state of feeling. Ho turned to Dora in this time of need. Sho was not tho palo girl who arrived at tho mountain n year before; her faco had filled out; her cheeks no longer boro tho hectic flush, but held the soft color of ad vancing health, whllo her eyes had lost their strained look of suffering. Dr. Dunwiddlo called her over to him by tho window thnt morning and sho went to him obediently. "Something must bo dono for your cousin," ho said, gravely. "Sho is in such a state of half consciousness, her senses dulled by too much strain upon them that sho Is In danger of losing her mind. Go to her. You aro a wom an, and will know what to do." "Hut I don't know what to do," sho said as gravely us ho had spoken. "Dr. Dunwiddlo, Lorlo Is so different trom other girls, 1 don't'know what to say whon sho Is llko that." "It sounds cruel," ho said. "Miss Dora, but it is tho only thing that can bo done, and Is truo kindness. ''You aro always kind," sho said softly, aul tho soft eyes lifted to his woro womanly eyes, and tho tender, drfK)plng faco was a sweet faco to him. "Wo will take her away from hero as soon as all Is over. Wo return to Now York next week. Dr. Dunwiddlo. Thoro Is so much thoro to tako her mind from thoso things; tho chango will bo good better than anything else, will It not?' "You aro going so soon?" ho said, and tho grave volco proved tho Inward control of tho tumult In his henrt. "Dora Dora, will you leavo mo with no promise, no wonl of kindness, no hopo that I may seo you again, havo you love you? You nro very kind to ovory one, Dora Johnson, out of tlto pure sweetness of your neart bo kind to mo nnd tell mo of somo kindly thought." They hnd forgotten for tho moment tho girl In tho other room. Dora's hands wero close In his, Dora's tender fnco wns lifted up to his with a half shy sweetness niton It, Dora'B lips woro whlsporlng something, ho scarce ly know what, only know thnt Dora was giving to him tho tender, sweet, womanly henrt with its purity nnd truth giving this Into his keeping to bo held, thunk God, through all their lives ns tho sacred thing it was a woman's tondor heart. Then, by and by only a minuto it might bo, yet with n life's chango to thorn Dora drow away Iter soft, warm hands, nnd a now oxprcsslon was on tho swcot fnco, lifted with its tearful eyes to tho faco above hor, ooooolKOloXliSilOOoWMUnmoi "I I must go to Lorlo Harry," she whispered, and thoro wns n tremor In her low voice born of her great happl noss. "I must not forget lxtrlo even oven now." "Always my thoughtful, tender girl," ho snld, nnd tho low spoken words brought tho deeper color to tho smooth cheeks nnd it gleam of hnppj light In tho lifted gray eyes. Sho drew away from him and croq ed tho room to tho door of tho iniur room, her henrt bentlng rapturously In spito of tho sadness that would como nt thought of tho sadness of tho nobler girl In thnt still, empty room beyond. But in tho doorway sho pnttsed nnd every thought left her every thought snvo of tho girl sho hnd como to comfort, tho bravo, noble, truo girl who had suffered so much nnd so long atone. Young Green hnd just entered1 tho room from tho hnll. Thcro hnd been something in his manner lntcly thnt won Dora'B deepest respect. Tho lightness thnt had mndo him such n "How can ho know?" Jolly comrado had given plnco to a quiet humor thnt mndo him a charm ing companion. Sho hnd guessed, watching him, interested in him, lov ing Dolores ns Bho loved hor sho guessed of tho thought he had for Iter, and sho honored him loving such a girl ns this grave cousin of hers, this girl so slightingly spoken of among her own neighbors becauso of hor utter height nbovo them, this girl whom hqr father bad hated with his narrow ha'tredf this girl tho personifi cation of womanliness nnd truth nnd purity. Dolores turned from tho window nt his approach, nnd a sudden sharp senso of everything that had gone, everything that must como in tho futuro, Btruck her llko n knife. Sho turned to him witli a bitter cry, hold ing out her hands as though for help: "IIo is dead!" sho cried, nnd tho watching girl in tho doorway folt tho hot tears rush to hor eyes at sound ot tho agonizing volco and the ngaony on tho lifted pallid faco. "IIo is dead, and ho docs not know I am sorry ho can never know now." Ho took her hands in his, nnd held them closo and wnrm in his strong clasp; his eyes woro only full of a great, tenderness and lovo and longing to comfort Iter; nls voico was tender as a woman's when ho spoke. "I think ho does know, Dolores. I bcliovo ho does know. 'To whom much Is given much shall bo required.' Therefore, to whom less Is given loss shall bo required. I bellovo ho docs know nnd hns forgiven you nnd mo." "How enn ho know?" sho cried, and Dora's hnml went out to tho strong hand near her for strength, watching tho lifted Icy fnco beforo Iter, never thinking of her eavesdropping, forget ting everything but tho agony of tho girl. "How can ho know whon ho is dead? When ho died beforo I could toll him beforo ho could forglvo mo? Don't you know that my father is doad?" (To bo continued.) The Kaiser and Art. Tho Kaiser's latest rolo is thnt of champion of tho painters whoso pic tures havo been rejected by tho man agement of tho annual Gorman art ex hibition. Out of 3,Uuu pictures offored only COO havo been accepted, and it is alleged that tho selections aro duo to favoritism and improper influences. It Is stated that tbo modern impression ist school is favored at tho oxpenso of tho other styles. Tho painters of the 2,400 rejected pictures laid their grievances beforo tho Emperor, nnd it nppenrs thnt their protest hns been successful. A high official In tho Ministry of Education, Privy Councilor Mueller, who is chlofly responsible for tho manngomont of tho art exhibition, has quilted his post. It Is understood tho chango Is duo di rectly to tho Emperor's initiative. It is probablo that next year tho Em peror intends to artlclpato personally In tho selection of pictures, whon tho Impressionists, whom ho abhors, will secure less prominence She Could Have Her Way. James Lano Allen tells tho story ot nn old bachelor living in Kontucky, who, having determined to got mar ried, sought tho ndvico of a married friend on this serious stop. Ho spoke of his farm nnd money and tho ma terial advantages of a union with tho lady of his cholco, but sontlment soomod to havo no placa In his con sideration. After listening carefully to what ho had to say on tho subjoct, tho married friend asked: "What if your tastes differed great ly? Supposo, .for instance-, that sho liked Tennyson, and you didn't?" "Well," respondod tho bacholor, "un der thoso circumstances, I suppose tho could go there" Now York I Times. WEH ME CMEQ1MH 4lMj tMs&WI fVfcwiJuLw at ia. W.Wbn. -TslX-. fTtS-B. v . tf-f'-vrifijhti Bito.t ft iMtJiin claw thur p At nitht In htppr tiwok-r, "AMiWf, plow, "icM)fM mo. On.n um" kiniw I.Kh ngaiWll " W.1I bo," ihty ur, " l ood ii loU," So ruM tho owl portiioiion, Ciilietifiiloliloid Ihll'll kCll H M OlIiO. II. tint, "rt Bffln t t!m"r um Unieoowooofcorin II Tho HllH roull Mill (urn ft wif An4 IMifc IKfrt't nothing In U nn ut, toworr nn hi pM, CiU hoft ff itoif aMtii , It , In cftrtUo hftttf , fofgo It till eU fluiM U iuiIm III. Ou ttwy then, frntufttMsir tell How io tho 1'iiiimiwtitrJ rot itl kit! to hirak IM tMll At utl iho tnomont UU4 1 A htinditl tin hit loilif r iw4, Ooo4 I. mil ikhlnf lu4 hn, Anotno, kinf,kni HUH !U fiMlMt 1-riiKt hu louM In. IV. An4 now It't llmt to tir " flout nloiit t-aindraoitnox coi'mmi In Jilimllr.4 hooJi tm motmni IiiM 1 hn'll Mk (m Ion onnniHt i Mr t-l'r I'lu inoir onhi itimj, I .no)van4 tunny UiMir, And mil lhli Monro olMa tn4 Wilb"llfoj t,u ftitoit" Mm FitfeO ia 7T1 it J r:.m ' ft aw .c..w Hfe "r MEAN JOKE ON MILKMAN. Was More Than an Insinuation as to His Honesty. Of tho chlldboofi of G. Oliver Iselln thoy toll mnny stories In Now Koch olio, where Mr. Iselln has his country house, All View. According to ono of thoso stories, tho boy nnd half a dozen other boys took a walking trip through flio stato of Now York a number of years ago. Ono night, rather late, they pnssed n farm whoso gatepost bore thu sign, "Milk for Sale." Young Iselln said: "Wo'll havo somo fun with tho milkman," and ho en tered tho ynrd, busied himself mys teriously for a moment, nnd then pounded on tho door. A ftguro in whlto appeared at nn upstairs window, nnd a bass voice cald. "What's the mnttor down there?" "Tho matter is," piped tho boy, "that your best cow is choking. You hud better como down to her." Tho milkman dressed nnd hurriedly descended, but of his informant ho could find no trace Neither could ho find any trace of a choking cow. There was, howover, n turnip stuck In his pump spout. With nn oath ho drew I: out and returned to bed. SCHEME WAS A DEEP ONE. How Irishman Planned to Save Part of Reward. Gen.A It. Chaffeo, who commanded In tho wnr gnmo off Maine, wns talk ing ono nftcrnoon to somo reporters In Portland. Tho hypothetical loss of tho fleet had been discussed, nnd this sub ject reminded Gen. Chnffeo of n story. IIo said: "Speaking of losses, thcro wns nn Ohio Irishman ouco who lost n gold watch. IIo told ono of his friends about It. "'It's a flno Swiss watch,' ho snld, full Jowolcd, adjusted to three posi tions, and to heat and cold. It's worth $325.' " 'Well,' says his friend, 'I hopo you get it buck.' " 'Oh, I'm llkoly to get It back,' said ho Irishman, ' for I've udvcrtlscd It in tho 'lost nnd found' columns of cloven papers.' "'What reward hnvo you offered?' " 'Four dollars.' "'Four dollars! Why man, that's not a fnlr rownrd for a gold watch worth ?32G,' tho friend exclaimed. 'Whisht,' said tho Irishman, 'that's whero I'm foolln' them. I'm ndvortis In' it as a silver watch.' " Not Contrary to Fact. Gcorgo Ado attended recently n dinner of theatrical people in Boston, Tito stago folks sang songs and told stories, but Mr. Ado, who Is very quiet and retiring, would neither alng nor speak. Ho was, ho said, no good at anything of thnt kind. Flnnlly, though, tho cnlls for Mr. Ado beenmo too vehement. Tho young mnn hnd to yield. Ho roso nnd said: "I will tell yoji of nn excellent trick In parlor magic. You tako a tumbler and fill it two-thirds full of flltored water. Then you Insort in tho wator a lump of sugar and a spoon, antl you begin to Btir. In n fow minutes tho sugar will become In visible" His Title to Fame. "What have you over dono to de serve tho confidence of your fellow cltlzons?" asked tho man of sovoro ideals. "Not much, I'm afraid," said Sena tor Sorghum, romorsofully. "Aren't you afraid of being dis placed?" "No. Thoy sent a man to this po sition somo tlmo ngo who fniled to glvo satisfaction. Thon thoy sont nn other who wna worse 1 nen thoy sent mo, nnd thoy nay I'm still worBo, but thoy nro afraid to tnko nny moio chances." 43P USE OF LIQUOR AND TOBACCO. Physician Denies That They Are Com panion Vices. "Tho prevalent idea thnt drinking nnd smoking are companion vices is altogether wrong," Bnld n physician, who hns mntlo n special study of dipso mania. "I find, on tho contrary, thnt the hubitunl tlruuknrd Is not abnormal ly addicted to the uso ot tobacco. IIo may uso tho weed as a lesser Btlmu lnnt when not strongly under tho In fluence of alcohol, but when tho drink gets firmly Intrenched In his system ho carcH nothing for tobacco, for then It has lost Its force nnd Its Inflpenco upon tho nerves. Of courso I mean In extreme enses. ' "On tho other hnnd, it Is n rather curious fact that In tho caso of tho modernto drinker, who nlso smokes, the cutting off of his supply ot tobac co will increase his nppetlto for al coholic beverages, nnd whilo at first tho liquor will not nffect him nearly st) much as when ho Is smoking in tho end It will do him up. Consequently, It is snfe to nsstimo thnt tho man who always used liquor and tobacco in mod eration will, if ho gives up tobacco tako more strongly to liquor. In fact, this is no assumption; it has been demonstrated on numerous occasions." Hickory Supply Ntarly Exhausted. An increasing quantity of hickory, ono of our most vnlttablo woods, is be ing used every year In tho manufac ture of buggies and all kinds of Imple ment handles, for which no other tim ber ucoiub so well suited, and tho sup ply U becoming rapidly exhaustod. During tho last seven months tho price of hickory products wa3 nil vanceu 100 per cent, and it ts Intimat ed that thcro will bo a furthor ad vance. Under tho circumstances it would seem a wlso move for tho farm ere to set out groves ot young hickory tor futuro marketing. SMILED AT FORTUNE'S BUFFETS. Thought That Drought Comfort to Robert Louis Stevenson. When tho lato William Ernest Hon ley wns itilltlng "Uitulon," ho hnd no ono on his stnff of writers whom ho valitcd so highly ns tho young Scot, then unknown and poor, who wroto for "London," the brllllnnt series of stories thnt nro now called "Tho Now Arabian Nights." Mr. Henley used to llko to tnlk ot "Loudon" nnd of his friend Hohert IOuIh Htovensen. IIo used to llko to quoto Stevenson's whlmslcnl sayings. Ho hnnl ono day: "Lewis anil I (ho nhvnys called Sto vonson Lewis) snt down ono night to pin." the Amerlcnn gnmo of poker. Tho luck from tho stmt wns with me. I won pot nftcr pot. Lowls wns lucky if In any deal he got a pair of treys. "Disgusted, at Inst, with tho turn thu enrdn hud tnkeit, ho threw up his nrmn nnd niHtstrophlzcd fortuno In this qunlnt way: " Fortuno, you fickle worh, It 1? truo that you enn mako me losoj but you can never mnku mo pay!'" LOVE 13 THE MAIN8PRINQ. The Potent Force That Nerves the Workers of the World. Political economists havo told us that self-interest Is tho mainspring o( Industry. It Is not truo. l.ovo is tho mainspring of Industry. It In lovo for tho homo and tho wlfo antl tho children that keeps nil tho busy wheels of Industry revolving, thnt cnlls tho factory hands early to tho mill, thnt nerves tho arm of tho blacksmith working nt his forgo, that Inspires tho farmer nt his plow nnd tho mer chant nt his desk, thnt gives courage to tho soldier nnd pntlonco to tho teacher. Ersklnn was asked how ho dnrod, ns nn unknown barrister, fnco a hostllo court nml Insist on his right to bo hoard. "I folt my children," ho ro pllod, "tugging nt my robo nnd say ing, hero Is your chnnco, father, to got us bread." It is this vision ot tho children dependent on tin that inspires us all In tho hnttlo ot life Uov. Ly man Abbott in thu September Atlantic. Domestic Engineering. Domestic engineering is tho art ol household management nccordlng to sclontlflc principles. A school ol technology confers tho degroo ol "bachelor of scienco In domestic en gineering" after a four-yoars' cotjrflo In sanitary science public hygiene, boating, ventilation, cookery, diotctlcs, Bowing, embroidery, toxtlles, launder Ing, homo' economics and othor sub jects pertaining to tho modorn homo tho most complicated institution ot to day. Tho question' is: How many women will feel Inclined to work for this de gree, fllnco no ono asks thorn to show a diploma beforo taking charga of a homo? Quite So. "Was that new-fangled safety razoi all right?" "Well, It was safe enough for tho rnzor," replied tho youth with foui scurs on his face Hit Absent Mlndedness. "You talk about pooplo being absent minded!" oxclalmed Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondego, "I do think ray husband Is tho limit. Ho went out tho othor day to mail a lotter, and ns tho wenthor wns flno ho put tho baby in her car rlago' and took hor ttlong. IIo didn't como bade as soon as I thought ho ought to, and I sent tho girl out to seo what wns tho matter. Aud what do you think sho found him doing? As suro ns I'm sitting hero ho had laid the letter cnrotully in tho peram bulator antl was trying to stuff tha baby in tho lotter boxl" V. "?-' &?? & oJjr. A.. ., J, , n !"tl r -i- v "-"Ufa. m aAfcr .JT J -JMuw....V'V-,Vciir