GUILTY INNOCENT ? By AMY BRAZIER , y xtx > tx vtx > tx > tx > tx > tx vtx vtx- CHAPTER I. Mrs. Saville of the Court Is not a pleasant woman. People are general ly rather afraid of her , and , like many unpleasant people , she usually gets her own way. Her present Idea is to mar ry her only son , Sebastian , to her niece , Barbara Saville , an arrangement perfectly agreeable to every one ex cept Barbara herself Barbara , with her rare , witching Irish beauty , the beauty of a fair skin and blue eyes , \vith very dark lashes and dark hair , a face at once charming and provok ing. ing.But But Barbara's sweet-cut mouth is a little bit too firm for her aunt , and Se bastian has felt his cold blood grow warm beneath the disdainful smile of his cousin. Sebastian is not a pleasant looking man tall and dark , with a heavy , cynical face and eyes that look cruel. In the whole of Leinster there is not such a pretty girl as Barbara Saville. She lives at the Court with her aunt , and has done so for several years. Lat terly Mrs. Saville has put on the screw a little , for Barbara is twenty , and it is time Sebastian married and settled down ; but Barbara tip-tilts her pretty chin and tosses her dusky head , and says that to live at the Court all her life would kill her. It is , indeed , a gloomy spot , falling into decay , surrounded by dark , neg lected woods , and a dark , sullen river running through the park. Mrs Saville's husband has lived hard in his day , driven a coach with eight horses , and generally made havoc of his patrimony. Card playing ended what his eight horses had begun , and his only son , Sebastian , is a poor man. Barbara is an only child , too. Her father has an appointment in Tasma nia , and Barbara is supposed to have a fortune. Mr. Saville had sent her home to be educated in England , and then to live at the Court , where the charming family arrangement of a marriage between the cousins was an open secret. The time is November , when all day long the trees drip moisture , and the fields are soaking and sodden , while the long struggling street of Portraven is one sea of mud. It is worse than usual today , for a cattle fair is going on , and the fair takes place in the street. The foot paths are crowded with cattle , and droves of panting , terrified sheep are huddled into groups. Young horses led by halters are being paraded up and down , and the footpaths being un available , pedestrians are forced to fight their way in the middle of the street , ankle deep in mud , amidst the confusion of carts and horses , and animals of all sorts and kinds. Y alking briskly through the crowd with an air of being thoroughly used to it , comes Barbara Saville , dressed in a short skirt of Donegal tweed , with a Norfolk jacket and a tweed cap on her dark hair. She carries a walking stick , and her bright face wears a half- amused , half-contemptuous expression as she looks at the hurrying crowd. .She has reached the market square , and here the fair is at its height , and bargains are going on briskly. Bar bara looks pityingly at the scared , tim id cattle driven to and fro with such roughness. And strange contrast , just beside the drove of cattle , heedless of the turmoil around , stand a little group , a preacher , with uncovered head , preaching the Gospel of Christ to the heedless multitude. It is a strange scene , and Barbara's face grows thoughtful. The rough faces of toil-hardened men and women , the pa tient cattle standing by , and those most humble creatures the subdued donkeys , more used to blows than kindness. Then through the crowd comes a young man , and he is head and shoul ders over every one. His hair is gold real gold and waves in short , crisp waves. His fair moustache covers a sweet , firm mouth , and the eyes that look at Barbara's are purple as pansies - sies , and full of light now as they meet the sudden , glad recognition in hers. "Barbara , " says the young giant , "what are you doing in this crowd ? " Barbara's face is a study of pleased surprise. "I only walked in from the Court to post my letter to father , " she re plies. And her dark eyes smile bright ly as she holds out her hand to him. "I'll take care of you , " returns George Bouverie ; "these fellows are so rough you might get hurt. " And Barbara has no objection. Her eyes dance. What does it mat ter that the November sky is heavy and gray ? There is sunshine in the two glad young hearts , and they laugh and they talk together , and make fun over their little adventures in the fair , like the pair of children they are. They leave the town and walk to gether along the country road. Sod den leaves , brown and decaying , lie in little heaps. It is a day calculated to make any one depressed ; but Bar bara's cheeks are softly flushed ; her eyes are like stars. "Barbara , when may I speak to your aunt ? " George Bouverie's tone has grown Mrious suddenly , his face takes a ten der expression. Hers flushes crimson. "Wait till I hear from father , George , " she whispers. "You < 2on't know Aunt Julia she would freeze me with a look ; but if father says yes , then she can't say anything. " "But , my darling , how can I wait ? " urges the young man. Barbara sighs. "Aunt Julia would write out horrid things to father , " she says. And her fingers just touch the rough tweed sleeve beside her. He laughs. "Oh , yes ; she could say a lot against me , I know. I am in debt , and of course that's against a fellow ; and I did run a couple of horses at the Cur- ragh , and lost a lot , too ; and my dear old mother will go about pouring out her woes to Mrs. Saville , and making me out to be a black sheep ; but I'm not that , Barbara. I've you to work for now , and I'll chuck the whole thing up. I'll have one more plunge , and then , if I win , and the luck's bound to come my way now , I'll pay up all round and marry you , my darling , with a clean page. " So hopefully he speaks , who could doubt him ? Certainly not Barbara. "You are my good angel , sweet heart , " goes on the man , bending his fair head. "I know I've made a mess of my life ; but it will be all different now. You won't mind being a poor man's life , will you , darling ? " "I shouldn't mind anything with you , George , " she whispers , her beau tiful face aglow with feeling. "That's my brave little woman ! I've not got much , you know , Barbara. The Grange comes to me at the mother's death , and she allows me two hundred a year. I wish now I had got a pro fession" a wistful expression of re gret softening his eyes as he speaks. The only son of his mother , and she was a widow. Ah , what a story those simple words contain ! George Bouverie is his moth er's idol , and sorely she moans over her darling's shortcomings. Her views are not his views , and she regards with horror his increasing infatuation for horse racing , a taste that is a crime in the eyes of Mrs. Bouverie. To please her , George sold his race horse , but took to betting , a fact that need not be known to any one but himself. Only to Barbara he has poured out his remorse and regrets over himself and his backslidiugs. To please her he will give up everything , and Barbara is content. "I wish I could ask you in to lunch , " she says naively , as they reach the gloomy entrance gates of the Court , heavily shadowed with giant cypress trees , and dank moss grows on the pillars and the stone griffins sur mounting them. George smiles. "Aunt Julia wouldn't be pleased to see me , I fancy , " he says , looking down at her. "I know she wants that sour Sebastian to marry you she told my mother so. " Their hands meet in a lingering pressure when Sebastian himself ap pears upon the scene , his face dark as night , his eyes furious. "Morning , Bouverie , " he begins , with a curt nod ; and turns to Bar bara. "My mother is looking for you , Barbara. Have you forgotten we have an engagement this afternoon ? " Barbara lifts her lovely eyes with unconcealed scorn. "My dear Sebastian , you know I told your mother I could not stand a 10- mile drive to drink tepid tea at Lady Barry's. Not even your company , Se bastian , could compensate for such an infliction. " Sebastian Saville may and does hate young Bouverie ; but the instincts of hospitality cannot be ignored. "Won't you come in and have a bit of lunch , Bouverie ? " he says. And George , who realizes that it means an other hour of Barbara's society , ac cepts. ' .together the three walk up the long avenue , where gnarled oaks meet over head , and in the woods at either side the moss grows deep and soft. George swings along with his springy step , and Sebastian looks with envy at the young man's splendid fig ure. He is tall himself , too , but awk ward , and his face is forbidding. Barbara walks between the two men , and Sebastian notices the height ened color in her cheeks , the radiant light in her eyes. She does not know that he can read her secret in her face , and the knowledge fills him with ang er. Barbara is to be his wife ; no idle flirtation must come between them ; she is to be all his. Her beauty pleases him , and he knows what Barbara is ignorant of that she will be an heiress. Barbara's father wished her to be brought up simply , with no knowledge of the world's goods to fall to her lot. So whatever George Bouverie may pos sess in the way of faults , he is no for tune hunter he loves Barbara for her own self. CHAPTER II. Mrs. Saville is a peculiar looking woman. She is seated in the long drawing room when Barbara enters with her two cavaliers , and she greets George rather coldly , turning immedi ately to Barbara. "You are late , dear. You must dress immediately after luncheon ; It is such a long drive to Barrystown. " ' "Need I go ? " asks Barbara , looking bored. bored.Iy , Iy dear , I wish it , " Mrs. Savillo says decidedly , and turns to George. "How Is your dear mother ? She looked but poorly , latterly. " "I think she is all right , " George re plies , standing on the faded hearthrug in his careless grace. Altogether the Court and its in mates are gloomy all except Barbara , whose clear young voice rings through the rooms. Luncheon is announced , and Mrs. Sa ville rises and puts her jewelled hand on the arm of George Bouverie. "You and I will lead the way , " she says , with a slow , unpleasant smile. "Those two young people like to take care of each other. " As they pass across the great vault ed stone hall Mrs Saville looks up at the golden-haired young man at her side and whispers : "You must not covet forbidden fruit , Mr. Bouverie ; and I think , for your own sake , it would be well not to come too often to the Court. Your mother knows my wishes for Bar bara. " The blood surges to the very roots of his hair. "I understand you , Mrs. Saville , " he says , in a very low voice ; "but has not Barbara a right to choose ? " There is a passionate pride in the whispered words. "Barbara must be kept out of temp tation , " Mrs. Saville rejoins as they enter the dining room. But George Bouverie's eyes arc full of triumph , for has not Barbara made her choice already ? He flashes a glance at her as they take their places , and Barbara's shy , lovely eyes meet his for a brief second. Everything at the Court is damp and mouldy. The great dining room has the atmosphere of a vault. A very small fire burns in the grate , and a seedy-looking butler shambles round the table with his satellite , a beardless youth imported from the stables , breathing hard and walking round on tiptoe with awful and elaborate care fulness. The dining table is large ; but thece is very little on it an alarming ex panse of tablecloth and not much else. Sebastian , fixing his eyeglass firmly , gravely carves a minute portion off a joint , so small it will hardly go round. The butler very carefully pours out a very minute portion of sherry into George Bouverie's glass , while the scared lad from the stables travels la boriously round with vegetables. George does not care about luncheon , so the scantiness of the repast does not affect him. Barbara is sitting oppo site , and he can feast his eyes on the beauty of her face ; while Sebastian's unfriendly expression affects him not at all. Luncheon over , Mrs. Saville makes an apology for deserting her guest , for the carriage has been ordered early , the drive to Barrystown is long. "It will only be au revoir , " George says gaily , "I promised my mother to take her to the Barry's affair this af ternoon. A chrysanthemum show , I believe. " It is distinctly annoying , for this very handsome young man will com pletely monopolize Barbara. "You will be rather late , Mr. Bou verie , " responds Mrs. Saville icily. "Oh , not at all , " George says pleas antly ; while , with a nod and smile , Barbara runs off to dress for the party. "I'll just hop across country and be at the Grange in half an hour , " George says gaily. "I wouldn't disappoint the mother for the world. " ( To be continued. ) A Third Eye. In ancient times a short-sighted sol dier or hunter was almost an impos sibility ; today a whole nation is af flicted with defective vision. It is al most certain that man once possessed a third eye , by means of which he was enabled to see above his head. The human eyes formerly regarded the world from the two sides of the head. They are even now gradually shifting to a more forward position. In .he dim past the ear flap was of great service in ascertaining the direction of sounds , and operated largely in the play of the features. But the muscles of the ear have fallen into disuse , for the fear of surprise by enemies no longer exists. Again , our sense of smell is markedly inferior to that of savages. That it is still decreasing is evidenced by observations of the olfactory organs. But the nose still indicates a tendency to become mors prominent. All a Mistake. "Prisoner , " said a Maryland justice , " 'you have been found guilty of steal ing a pig belonging to Col. Childers. Have you anything to say before I pass sentence ? " "I has , sah , " answer ed the prisoner , as he rose up. "It's all a mistake , jedge all a mistake. I didn't dun reckon to steal from Kur- nel Childers. What I was arter was a hawg belongin' to Majah Dawson , an' how dem two animals got mixed up and de constable found de meat in my cabin am gwine to bodder me till I come out o' jail an' lick de ole wo man fer not keepin' better watch at de doah ! " New York Tribune. VTant Favored Stations. Army officers stationed in this coun try are all anxious to receive details to the military schools in the different states. Several of these details have been recently made. As they are all under the control of the president , it generally takes some little influence to obtain one. Solomon was the wisest man. Who was the wisest woman ? FOE BOYS AND GIKLS . SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR READERS. The Earlr Birds of Sprlnc A Spoiling Test Parents Should Lead Children in Their Rending An AivaUoued Con science Child's Charity. An Awakened Conscience. Merry little urchins , full of fun and noise , Not a care or trouble. Happy little boys ! Through my open window , summer breezes straying , Brings the shouts of school boys with their marbles playing. Watch the little fellow ; hear ' -'m gaily jest , He is very lucky , winning from the rest. I hear a girl's voice saying : "Tom , you must not play And keep the marbles that you win. What will mamma say ? " "Oh , " replies young Tommy , with a happy smile. As he adds more marbles to his grow ing pile , "Nobody's a-cheatia' , we're all a-play- in' fair , And I'm almost certain mamma would n't care. " So the game continues. Tommy still is winning. And he never questions whether he is sinning. Tommy's luck is changing , and tlia happy smile Leaves his face as quickly as the mar bles leave his pile. Now the game is ended , and he counts the cost : Crockeries , bibs and agates , all , oh , all are lost ! "Give me back my marbles ! " Tommy wildly weeps. "Mamma says it's wicked when you play for keeps. " The Karly Birds. After a long winter many of us are too impatient for spring to wait for the swelling of the buds , the opening of the early flowers , and the springing of the grass. Several weeks lie between the end of winter and the truly genial spring days , and during this interval we look for something to herald the settled spring season. And the thing which gives us that for which we are unconsciously looking , more than all other signs , is the arrival of the birds. Almost any warm day in early March we may hear a thin , clear "tsssss" in a high piping key , and on looking up , see from one to five black birds , about the size of orioles , flying in a strange undu lating manner some up and some down , with the wings held close to their sides during the "drop" in their flight. They are cow-birds. The flock may swirl into the top of a tree and sit close together. If this happens within eyeshot , stop and watch them for a moment. One or two of the males are almost certain to utter the ridiculous song of the species , which , like that of their relatives , the grackles , is accom plished by the most grotesque of ac tions. The bird spreads its wings to their utmost , spreads and elevates the tail , stretches its neck upward and forward , and then , quivering and tot tering , nearly falls forward off the perch. The mellow flute notes of the meadow-lark float to us from the mid dle of some large , open field , and are among the most beautiful bits of bird music we ever hear. They are not to be represented by notes , and can only be most inadequately described. There is great variation in the sequence of notes , but all are beautifully clear and ringing , and have a decided tinge of what would be sadness if it were not so sweet. The bird flies in a very char acteristic manner , never raising the wings above the plane of the back , and when seen below the horizon line always shows the white feathers in the tail. His saffron breast and black breastmark seldom show on the living birds , and the mottled brown back is a wonderful safeguard against his many overhead enemies. Along the banks of some lake or stream , sitting idly on a telegraph pole or wire , rising and set tling , elevating and depressing his long , parted topknot , a patriarchal old kingfisher may be seen silently await ing the gleam of a shiner in the water below. Or perhaps , you may first see him flying like a big woodpecker , screaming his chattering cry , high in the air , or scaling perilously close to the water under the fringing hemlock branches that overhang the stream. His large size , slate-blue back , loud notes and characteristic flight make him"a hard bird to mistake. Louis Agassiz Feurtes in Cornell Nature Leaflet. Parents Help Your Children. Long ago , when the first child was small , juvenile books were few in the home , but a child's paper was sub scribed for and its pages read to the little ones long before they could read themselves. Its weekly coming was looked forward to with a pleasure equal to that with which a new book in daintiest binding is welcomed now , and we believe that the taste now evinced by the grown up children oE this family dates from the days when their mother interpreted the mysteri ous printed pages to their childish minds. When these children could read a monthly paper and an occasion al book provided their much-prized reading material , we believe that the very scarcity of such matter made it more highly appreciated. Now their collection of books is larger , but the younger ones are encouraged to read by the interest the older ones display , by some member fading aloud , and by being made the possessor of some much discussed book. But the whole matter summed up is that if wo wish to make the greatest possible use o literature in the work of education , we must begin where most good things do begin away back in childhood at home. A Spelling Test. If you can spell every word correctly in the fol'owing rhymes all legitim ate expressions you may consider yourself qualified to enter a spelling bee : Stand up , ye spellers , now and spell Spell phenakistoscope and knell ; Or take some simple work as chilly , Or gauger or the garden lily , To spell such words as syllogism , And larchrymose and synchronism , And Pentateuch and saccharine , Apocrypha and celadine , Jepnine and homeopathy , Paralysis and chloroform , Rhinoceros and pachyderm , Metempsychosis , gherkins , basque , Is certainly no easy task. Kaleidoscope and Tennessee , Kamchatka and erysipelas , And etiquette and sassafras , Infallible and ptyalism , Allopathy and rheumatism , And cataclysm and beleaguer , Twelfth , eighteenth , rendezvous , in triguer , And hosts of other words all found On English and on classic ground , Thus , Behring Straits and Michaelmas , Thermopylae , jalap , Havana , Cinquefoll and ipecacuanha And Rappahannock , Shenaudoah , And Schuylkill and a thousand more , Are words some prime good spellers miss In dictionary land like this. Nor need one think himself a scroyle , If some of these his efforts foil. Nor deem himself undone forever , To miss the name of either river. The Dneiper , Seine or Guadalquivir. St. Aufjnstlne , Florida. "Dear Friends : Here is something about a Florida city : The houses in St. Augustine are built of coquina. There is an island called Anastasia , which has a lighthouse on it. It is called Ponce de Leon's barber pole. It is striped red and white. They call it that because a Spaniard by that name hunted there for a fountain that the Indians told him about. They said there was a magic fountain , and that if any man would drink out of it he would become well and strong forever. In the middle of the city there is a building called the old stone market , where they used to sell slaves. There are three principal hotels. One of them is named the Ponce de Leon. It has 375 rooms in it. The next is the Cordova , and the next is the Alcazar. They are each built around a court. There are beautiful palm trees by the hotels. There are flowers and trop ical fruits there also. There is a man in St. Augustine who has a lot of tame birds. He has taught a crane to dance. Sometimes if he feels in the humor for it he will dance for com pany. "Josephine Hello way (8 ( years old ) . "Kirkland School , Chicago. " A Child's Charitable Idea. A little girl in Dublin has thought of a bright plan for doing good. She has suggested that every child in the United Kingdom by the name of Doro thy , which is her own pretty name , of course , shall contribute one shilling to ward the establishment of a child's bed in a certain hospital. This sug gestion has already met with enthu siasm by many children , and the "Dorothy fund" will probably be more than enough for the purpose intended. The proposal of this little girl has awakened interest In other children al so , and "Mary" and "Marjorie" collec tions have also been started , with in dications of future success. This is a good thought and worthy of attention , and the little girl who first proposed it has doubtless started a plan that will be far reaching in its results. Youthful Diplomacy. The grocery man on the corner re lates that a couple of days ago a little girl entered his emporium and timidly laying down a dime asked for 10 cents' worth of candy. "It's for papa , " she said. "I want to 'sprise him when he comes home. " The grocery man proceeded to dig out some of his stock , when the little girl interposed. "Don't give me that kind. Give me caramels. I just love caramels. " "But I thought these were for papa , " the grocery man remarked. "I know , " explained the little girl , "but when I give them to papa he'll just kiss me and say that 'cause I'm such a generous little girl he'll give them all back to me. So you'd better give me caramels. " Memphis Scimi tar. The Honey Bee. Awake , little mortals , No harvest for those Who waste their best hours In slothful repose. Come out , come out , to the morning All bright things belong And listen a while , and listen a while To the honey bee's song ; Merrily singing , busily winging , Industry ever its own reward bringing. Barry Cornwall. Mary's Good Ulemory. One day the teacher told little Mary that when she was reading and saw two "o's" or two "e's" or two "f's" to gether , or any two letters , she should call them double o , double e , double f and the like. Mary has a very good memory , so the next day when she saw the line "up , up , high flies the bird. " she read it. "Double up flies the "oird. " Pounds "DEAR MRS * PINKHAM- I was very thin and tny Mentis thought I was ia consumption "Had continual head" aches , backache and fall" ing of uterusf and my eyes were affected "Every one noticed how f poorly I looked and I was advised to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound "One bottle relieved me , and after taking eight bottles am now a healthy woman ? have gained in weight from 95 pounds to MOf everyone asks what makes me so stout * " MRS * A * TQILE 1946 Hil ton Stf Philadelphia , Pa * Mrs * Pinkham has fifty thousand such letters front gratefuS women * 1117 ! 5 For your family'a comfort s and your own. 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