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But, stranger still, from housekeeper to scullery boy. the ser vants were disposed to look upon their service as. passing in Paradise with a few more clothes, of course, and a ser pent the less. They talked and laughed gayly, stop ping, only long enough to discuss a cer tain sweetmeat frozen at the cafe, and' which all united id. declaring exquisite. "But you are not eating, Auguste; are you not hungry?" demanded the maitre d'hote!, noticing that' one of the valets de chambre. a handsome fellow, tall, well made, hadleft his friandise in tact upon his plate. Unaoubtedly," responded the ques tioned, "and I have" A mocking cough and a voice inter rupted him, the voice of a woman: "Dined badly," said she; "and shall I tell- you -why!"- she -continued, with a slightly malicious smile, turning to ad dress her neighbor. "Certainly, Hose, why is itT ."Mile. Albertine is detained by madame to coif her for the concert. She is not down,- you see voila toutP "Ah, love's no crime. Auguste has taste," replied the maitre d'hote! "We were in love with the little one ourselves, "Well, only" repealed Auguste. "She puts us in our place again with a little .slap not too hard, vou Know, but etill.a slap and a flash of her big eves that made us comprehend we' were los ing time?" "Thenrrshe is honest" "Honest, or ambitions, who knows? At any rate she finds us too low for her. But Auguste is such a handsome fellow' ne may be luckier than the others." Aad the saucy chambermaid shut up her lips with an air that told you plainly enough everything she thought about u at least. s .'Acompliment to the others," cried the coachman, joining the discussion, "but no matter, Bose, Auguste's a good soullfiieisa new comer; well pardon you for his sake. Besides, if he does please Mile. Albertine she'll not come to him with empty hands. It's two years now since Mine, la Comtesse brought her fromher home in Switzerland. She thinks the world of her and will be gen erous at the last, as she has been with all of us." "True, truer chorused the table, though Auguste shook his. head. with a disdainful movement as if to say: "Bah! who cares for a dotf and which clearly showed how seriously he was touched. In the boudoir above stairs, a saarvel of luxury and taste, Mue. Albertine put the. last, hand to a .coiffure that would have rendered even an ugly woman charming, and the very pretty Comtesse d'Aloys, with her blonde hair which she did not tint, her complexion without a blemish, her eyes wiwout'pencfling, her figure supple and sustained, but not im prisoned, in a light corset scarcely drawn, her lace robe sowed with jewels above gleaming satin, was one of the loveliest women in Paris. So Paris said, and Paris should know, and also that she jus tified no, a hundred times justified the love that the husband evinced for his amiable wife. Think of it for yourselves a woman beautiful without being f oolish, spirit uelle without being wicked. Paris was right. "Leave it alone, my.good Albertine," saidishe presently; "the puff will do as it te:jyou will be late for your dinner." 'Madame need not worry I have fin ished," -was the calm response. She who occupied the heart of the handsome Auguste was a very pleasing personage. Twenty-five years of age, perhaps, and perhaps a trifle too slender In her dark woolen dress, but with feat- ure&rteax cut and well shaped, beautiful teeth', smooth skin and great black eyes, at times lively, at times soft, at times firm and. resolute. The hair chestnut and half, concealed under the little na tional coif or square that Albertine had never been willing to leave off, parted in the middle and combed back in black shining bands. A skill of. hands truly marvelous, an extraordinary dexterity about all her duties, a step so discreet they7 seldom ever, heard a sound in. her apartment, a conduct eo regular that in her two years' service she has never been known to take one hour's outing such were the qualities that had already at tached the comtesse to this incomparable handmaiden. 'Good, very good indeed! Tell Jean to harness up immediately. My bonnet aad gloves 111 put on for myself ; go to your dinner at once, mygoou girl, and the mistress, throwing off the light dress ing wrap that protected her toilet, stepped forth like a gorgeous butterfly from its chrysalis. "As you please, madame," and Al bertine left the room. She had scarcely gone' when M. d!Akys put his head tnrougn the nail opened door. "I can enter?" he demanded. MOf course, Henri; come in." He obeyed and pushing to the door be hind him stepped to the side of his wife. "Have you found it? he questioned half tragically. "No, it'sjone." . -juiu wuai, oo you wins: oc k, my merV crtiii ho demnestT' raid be. Til rawsT 5 it, indeed, Not much for the value the trinket, great as it is, but that cross of opals you gave me on mybirth dey you remember r &Aad also the thanks I received." "Always a lover," she answered smfl iag. "brt kchagrkmme, Hemri, to have it go like this from say own house taken by whom?" "Ah, I know not, and -it is the second ae m three months: tout ok bracelet first, and bow the ovals!" "And all my servants were with my wno rngm dux fXhaaew valet de chamhre" the at Etretat had it i'd have sacrificed -Yes, at once: aU'the o Jaot Mfee her. Bheav awed, there a mrtBemm. aSuUSBlUMiaBBaUS'S 'True, aid this tiaseJtwasatwo days' ahssneeatahwhouss of yourhrothsr -"With Auguste aad Albertine"- saaasliisiiilthehasritaUn UnjaitaiD 7es.- m HsariT cried the -rn'mi In. .' preachfal tone; "you have aarer bean assf t attae that poor fid." yoaJsay, yos raimilii imlMtalianl. aMSBBAaaMsi ot vv . a ....- .. ,.., , . .syyaajunsnaswraamg asm. TSaar mat saTdii amjrscs. ? iw"" .,rtaMBasjBswausn tasre was aaotasr "KTfZL -.-- -! ""1 tlnaaiBM, blade saauamry wish laagssaYaad -BsnmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaL.SBBanar sbbs anssaaaisBrmansrar."' Brmmsaanmasi wvanausn asBkaaSHsBAXa . m mi the band, proud aad fond of his wife, breuhed in the aught fragrance that came from the cneveiure as u the aroma of a flower. Suaami her head with aa air of "No," said she, y cur flatteries cannot make me forget your exactions." "Exactions, Snsanne?" "I repeat it. exactions that forbid my employing a femmede chambre for oh, wefi, a thousand and one cares of the toilet Neither Albertine nor Rose, through your caprice, can enter myd mts even wnea x am more thanforabalL Do you realise, . what a crowd of thins vou fbrcemetodoiormyseuT" 1 do not wish that others should see you; I have particular ideas, very par ticular ideas, upon the subject; but see, dearest, are you not readyr "Yes, but we must decide sonvthlng regarding this ugly affair. To go on ssapecting everything and everybody in this way is abominable," "Then the only thing to do is this: To morrow I will goto the prefectof police, state the case to him, and have him send some one to watch our people." "Our people? Here in our bouse? Impossible! They would perceive it!" "No, my child, in a thousand ways it could be done a footman more, say. He would send us an agent disguised. "A la the Vaudeville, the Varieties and the comic f euilletons! Such things are done, Henri, only in romances." "And in life, too, dearest; but come, we are late; the carriage awaits us." "Put the papers there, M.Megre,on the desk, and leave us. And now, mon sieur," said the prefectof police, courte ously addressing M. d'Aloys, who had followed his card closely, "what can I do for you?" "This, M.lo Prefect," and he went on to lay the facte before him. "Our hotel," he concluded, "is in the BueMonceau, aad somewhat large; our train of ser- -vantBaswelL It is three months, Ithink, during a two days' absence from home, since the first trinket disappeared from mywif e's casket" The prefect turned over the papers the employe had laid upon Ids desk.1 "Hum m yes; and those two days were passed at Etretat; the trinket a bracelet with brilliants and an emerald clasp."- The comte started. "Ah! you know that?" The prefect smiled. "Anything else, monsieur? Was that allT "Unhappily, no. Once again, and dur ing an absence of forty-eight hours a visit to a relative we lost a cross valued by the comtesse very highly." "A second theft!" and the official's tone was less of surprise than satisfac tion. '"Describe it, monsieur." "A gold cross the cross of Bussia; twenty-four brilliants at the top; at the sides opals in clusters; in the center an other opal as large again as the eight others.' "Was it part of a necklace?" "Formerly, yes." "And you suspect no one, M. d'Aloys?" "No one. Our domesticswere all in the employ of thecomteese'smother"- - "Nearly all, not alL" "Eh! How!" cried the comte, con founded. "I said nearly all, not aD." "True; but those who have entered our household at a more recent date accom panied us in these trips. Naturally, it was neither of them." M. d'Aloys "naturally" obtained no response. The prefect was rummaging his papers. Presently he laid them aside. Ana you suggestr sata ne, question- ingly. "Thati an agent be introduced into my house." "The idea is excellent" "Ah, then" "So excellent that we have one there already. Your thief has been under surveillance for two months past, mon sieur." "Two months past! In my house?" cried the comte, bewildered. "Ask me no mere." said the prefect, seriously; "the affair is graver than you suspect Do not mention even to Mme. d'Aloys what you have learned here to day; and another sssaaHal recommenda tion I would make to yon, monsieur; let there be no change in your manner to those who serve you, neither with those who are pleasing to you nor with those who are less agreable. Remain" and the prefect looked his visitor full in the face, why d'Aloys could not have told you, but as the piercing eyes met his own the chestnut bandeaux under their velvet coif and the big black eyes of Mile. Albertine seemed to focus oefore him "remain, I my, as benevolent as ever to all your people, and also Mme. d'Aloys, who, as you have said, exacts little service from her femmes de cham bre, I have the honor, monsieur, to salute you." "little servicer' murmured d'Aloys aloud, in the street again, hat in hand and still dumfounded, 'Little service! femmes de chambre! aslssidrbutlssid nothing at all nothing whatever to that devilish man!" "Then lam to understand watfvou have nothing to say to this marriage you decline it utterly?" demanded the comtesse, seated in the boudoir where we have seen her the night before, beside her the inevitable Albertine. putting in order the drawer of a chiffonier in which laces and ribbons were somewhat con fused. "Madame is very kind," responded the young woman, "but marriage isnot.to my taste." "You win, however, sooner or later, my good Albertine, be compelled to make a choice. Young girls Use you are not intended for old maids." A singular smfie that Mme. d'Aloys, who had turned aside, did not see crossed Albertine's thin lips. "Auguste is not only a handsome boy, but has banked his savings, and I myself should do something for you," pursued the comtesse. "Madame is benevolence itself." "Not at all, but content with your service sure of your probity, thai is a great deal," and Mme. d'Aloys recalled that among all her domestics Auguste and Albertine were the only ones she had been unable to suspect "Reflect and reflect well before you say no.1 "I have reflected, madame." . "Droll girl! But tell me; you have a lover, perhaps, or a fiance, over therein your own country. Do you desire to return to it?" The singular smile again crossed the cameristes lips. . "Neither lover nor fiance, As for a return to my country, I am able to as sure madame that nothing would be less agreeable." And Albertine closed the drawer'- with a brusquenem so different from her usual habit that her mistress wheeled quickly. "We will speak of it no more," said she, a trifle coldly. "You are free; put the bracelets in place again, and ah, it isyou,fienrir as the door opened and her husband entered the room. "Yes I-Sumaaeina bad humor." "You, Henri?" "Yes, and with reason; that con founded Auguste aad his notion for Boarrying" A start of anger, quickly bat none the less vkJentTei placid Albertine. escaped the "He's stubborn as a donkey, that fel low; he won't give up, and what do you tluak? persists in demsadmg. to talk to Albertine in our presence, He says he casnpersuade her' . & useless, Henri. Albertine wfll not hear of it, aad, frankly, I myself have heard enough of it" too, dearest; but you see I've prom ked, aad he's waiting outside there. Au guste, Auguste, I aayr The door opened; two crim resounded aanttaaeoasTyOBefrom the comteam at her husband seised her by the was and dragged her to the end of the room; the other from Albertine, gasped by the Etror arms of two achats of the police, who bad entered at we heala of theam- valet de casmbre. Yells. apartaw cfethed r.-tte caMstsss lying in the the maid." coif Mac ia the comer, and i seDe the maid." with the queerest look ing poll shaven Hke a convict and .cov ered with a short black down, on way tnrougn the crowd of ma about the doorwartotaei was wanes iot aer at taei at Meanwhile hat in head, had returned to make his soon as Mme. d'Aloys had hat re coverearromwesbocfc. "I beg that Madame will us," said he, "We have disturbed you great ly, but it was unavoHshle there was no other way to avert suspicion and secure your jewels at the same tune. Yourreal jewels," he added, smiling a little as his eyecaughtthesparkleof the gems in the Jewel case that Albertine had not had time to close aad put in place again. "They are false," he re sponded to the look of astonished in-, quiry thrown upon him by the comte jmdoomptesse; "the two years' work of the shrewdest rascal, counterfeiter, forger and murderer who ever for three yean long escaped the hands of justice. But do not be alarmed, madame la com- , tease," Auguste continued, 'in "the handle of the knife we took from his bosom, M. Albert's, or Albertine's. as you know him better, the jewels wfll be j found intact The delay In relieving you was occasioned by the necessity of ; locating the booty. The jewels and th i commissaire are here if madame la co- i teas is ready to identify them, Monsie.. i la comte, madame la comtesse. I beg to salute you." Translated from the French of Georges Grand, by E. C. Waggoner, for the New York Mercury. The surroundings and environs of Edin burgh areas full of interest and beauty as the town itself. Boslin Chapel is situated about seven miles from Edin burgh on the north bank of the Esk, and is one of the loveliest of spots. The Gothic chapel was founded in 1448 by William St Clair, Earl of Arbury and Lord of Roslin, The pillars and arches display a profusion of ornament, executed in a most artistic manner. Beneath the chapel lie the barons of Roslin, all of whom, up to the time of James VII, were buried in complete suits of armor. It was believed t liat the night before the death of any of the barons of Roslin the chapel appeared as if in flames, and this is the legend to which Sir Walter Scott alludes in his beautiful ballad of "Rosabelle." Hawtbornden, onco the habitation of the poet Drummond, ia well worthy of a visit He was the friend of BenJonson and Shakespeare. The former walked from London to visit Drummond, and lived for many weeks as 'his guesc at Hawtbornden. Under the mansion are some caves, hewn out of the solid rock with great labor, and communicating with each other by means of long pas sages. Doubtless these were used as places of refuge in troublous times, when ordinary habitations were unsafe. At a short distance from' Hawtbornden is a cottage where Sir Walter Scott spent some of the happiest days of his life. Weeks may lie pleasantly and profita bly spent in exploring Edinburgh and its neighborhood. Few towns are so full of memories of the past Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. iTcsldeats' Names. It is a singular coincidence that there is only one exception to the rule that candidates for president whose names end in N are elected. Tilden is the only exception. There have been a surprising number of presidents with the N on the termination of their names Washing ton, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Buchanan, Lincoln and Harrison. The Republicans had a double chance, because both of their candidates' names end with N, while the Democratic candidate for vice president, Thurman, could not overcome such heavy odds. The presidents elected without an N at the termination of their names were not pitted against the unconquerable N. The president-elect, according to superstitious traditions, was lucky to have only one given name. This recalls the fact that fifteen of -our presidents, and, Harrison will make the sixteenth, have liad only one given name. Cincinnati Enquirer. That Ended It. Some of the greatest orators the world ever produced have shone their briehtest when some incident or impertinent ques- j feon drew tbem out The eloquent and erratic Tom Marshall, of Kentucky, was once delivering an address in Buffalo, N. Y. As was usual, he began in a low tone of voice. Someone in the rear of the hall yelled "Louder, louder," several times. Marshall stood the interruption some time, then advancing to the front of the platform, he raised his impressive voice to a tone that everybody could hear, and said: "When the last great day comes and the angel Gabriel blows his trump to waken the quick and the dead, then, I suppose, some d d cuss from Buffalo will yell louder, louder." That ended further interruption. St Louis Globe-Democrat Beaaty off AaMrieaa Veaa'i Feet. American women have made Paris then-second home for so long that there is little to be said about their demeanor here. They are great favorites with dressmakers, and esneciaUV admired for their little feet The French shoemakers ' my that they shave down the lasts of j even the Spanish women to fit the beau- j tiful American foot A well arched foot j looks better in a boot than in a shoe, and it is sad to see a foot crumpled up in a tight slipper and a too high heel, a per-! Americans justice, they do not have to squeeze their feet to make them look small, and the only advice to give them is to go to England for their walking shoes and to learn to walk more. Paris Guide de Ia Mode. Men's Dress Deat Salt Her. The Anglo-Indian official swelters in scarlet cloth under a tropic sun; the Jap anese wears a tall hat under his tulip trees; the farmer of Dlinois cuts his wheat in a rusty surtout; the Italian peasant perspires in a cheap ulster; the English statesman snores under a black chimney pot; they are all as ill clad and as thoroughly uncomfortable as men can be. Who will teach them the supreme truth that the man alone is well dressed who is dressed in keepine with his sta tion and his occupation, and that while male, dress, is as senseless,. as .ugly and useless as it at present is, it is absurd to prate of the taste or to boast of the wis dom of civilization? Ouida. AKnI UvaZtda. In San Diego there is a man who is supposed to be a full blooded Zulu and who goes by the name of Stephens be cause no one can pronounce his Zulu name, He says he was a member of Cetewayo's body guard during the Zulu war, and was in the skirmish in which Prince Napoleon was killed. He shows numerous scars and relics in proof of his assertion and talks a hideous jargon that may be Zulu or Choctaw for all any one here can telL San Diego Bee. There is a legend told ma great York shire town to the effect that, after sev eral couples had been simultaneously married at the parish church, one bride found her bridegroom walking away with another lady on his arm. The curate, summoned to her strated with the defaulter and him to take his nrooer nartner. "Nav. said he. "aw was married to this ua, and Iioike her f bast" There is no reason why this should -ant be sober truth. The Corahni Msgarine ...It has bean said that "at all the great ? ngvrea wno nave joomea Lord Tenn: "ST. for. ' in soerriedlifa." In 1810 he oc a uvea for tae first two yearn at ;butml8n haahS earn s3K HVMC the cat ! Wheatberataswa Oto AMp is the 1 There's bo aw eryaw AbaKloafto ?ZIul Aad prida ahrsja seata THE GREEK CINDERELLA. t The atotyor xaadaraaV to varjoUaadsaa taroagbauayrotaa, Bataaaaaaay ee to kaow that the Greeks taU tato atory totkefrcBJIdreBBaaqyceBtariMaia. Bare to tea Greek vomica. There were once three sisters spinning flax, and they said, "Whosever spindle falls, let us kill her and eat her." The mother's spindle fell, and they let her alone. Again they sat down to spin, and again the mother's spindle fell, and acsin. and yet again. "Ah, well!" said they, "let i us eat her now!" "Nor said the youngest, "do not eat her; eat me, if flesh you will have."- ' But they would not; and two of them killed their mother and cooked her for eating. When they had sat down to make a meal of her, they said to the. youngest, "Come and eat, too!" But alio refused and sat down on a saddle which the fowls were covering with filth and wept Thentile-jyasaial, whom they called UttleSaddfisut gathered all the bones and buried them, and smoked them every day with incense for forty days, and after-the forty days were out she went to take them away and put them in another place. And when she lifted up the stone she was astonished at the rays of light which it sent forth, and raiment was found there like unto the heavens and the stars, the spring with its flowers, the sea with its waves, and many coins of every kind. On Sunday her fosters went to 'church; then she, too. arose; she washed and at tired herself, putting on the garment that was as the heavens with the stars, and went to church, taking with her a few gold pieces in her purse. When she went into the church all the people, were amazed and could not gaze upon her by reason of the brightness of her garments. When she left the church the people fol lowed her to see whither she went Then she filled her hand with money from her bag and cast it in the way. Then the crowd scrambled for the coins, and left , her alone. And straightway she went j into the house and changed her clothes. : and put on her old things, and sat down upon the saddle. Her sistera came home from church and said to her: "Where are ycu, wretch? Come and let us tell you how there came into the church a maiden more glorious than the sun, who had such garments on as you could not look on, so brightly did they gleam and shine, and she strewed money on the way. Look, 6ee what a lot we have picked up! Why did you not come, too? worse luck to you!" v Next Sunday they went to church again, and 6lte did the same. Then they went another Sunday, and just as she was flinging the money she Cist her shoe among the crowd and left it be hind her. Now the king's son was following her, but coula not catch her, and only found her shoe. Then said he to himself: "Whose ever foot this shoe exactly fits, without being either too large or too small, I will take her for my wife." And he went to all the women he knew and tried it on, but could not manage to fit it Then her sisters came to her and said: "You go and try it on; perhaps it wfll fit you." "Do not make fun of me," she said. However, she went down, and when the prince saw her he knew the shoe was hers, and said to her: "I will take you to wife." V-s "Do not make fun of me." she an swered, "so may your youth be happy!" "Nay, but I will marry you," sakThe, &Q put on her fairesk ,05. "When i,hi u5a aa !, i.a. , . ana ne took ner ana maae ner ms wire. came to see it And when she was help less and alone they put her into a chest and carried her off and threw her into a river, and the river cast her forth upon a desert There was a half witted old woman there, and when she saw the chest she thought to cut it up (for firewood) and took it away for that purpose. And when she had broken It up and saw some one alive in it she got up and made off. So the princess was left alone, and heard the wolves howling, and the swine and the lions, and she sat and wept 'and prayed to God, "Oh, God, give me a little hole in the ground that I may hide my head in it and not hear .the wild beasts," and he gave her one. Again she said, "Oh, God, give me one a little larger, that I may get in up to my waist" And he gave her one. And she besought him acain a third time. and he gave her a cabin with all that she wanted in it; and there she dwelt and whatever she said, her bidding .was done forthwith. For instance, when she smiTtran rr aet oTnA saw vuma :"?" .t ?." "?w " j? i table, with all that is wanted! Come, food! Come, spoons and forks, and all things needful," and straightway they all got ready, and when she finished she I would ass, "Are you aUtherer and they would answer, "We are." One day the prince came into the wil derness to hunt, and seeing the cabin he went to find out who was inside; and when he got there he knocked at the door. And she saw him and knew him from afar, and said, "Who is knocking at the door?" "It is I, let me in," said he. "Open, doors!" said she, and in a twink ling the doors opened and he entered. He went up stairs and found her seated on a chair. "Good day to you," said he. "Welcome!" said she, ana straightway all that was in the room cried out, "Wet come!" "Come, chair!" she cried, and one came at once. "Sit down." she said to him. and down he sat Ana when she asked him the reason of bis coming, she bade him stay and dine. He agreed, and straightway she gave her orders: "Come, table, with all the covers," and forthwith they pnsJested themselves, and he was sore amxised. "Come, basin," she :ied. "Come, jug, pour water for us to ash! Come, food, In ten courses!" and immedJatelyall that she ordered made its appearance. After wards, when the meal was ended, the prince tried to hide a spoon, and put it Into his shoe: and when thev m frw tabte, shessid, "Table, hare you allyoiBTi covers?" ' "Yes, I have." "Spoons, sre you autfeenr "AIL" they said, except oae said. "I am in the prince's shoe." Then she cried again, as taoagh she nad not heard', "Are youaUthare, spoons and forks?" And as soon as the prince heard her be got rid of it on the sbr and blushed. And she said to him. "Why did you blush? Dont be afraid. I am your wife." Then she told him bow and bow she fared. And ther and kissed each other, aad she the house to move sad it did move. And when they came near the town all the world came out to see them. Then the prince gave orders for his wife's sisters to be Drought before him, and they brought them and he hewed them in pieces. And so thenceforward they lived aappfly, and may we live more happily UTE BEL'S PARTNER. Half war up the shadows Cheyenne canyon k a rude log cabin of only two rooms. Juay years ago, wnea reports of the or goia arewmea man every the Union, there aapaared in bat danlate caavoa a man by the name of Bivers-Staaley Rtvers, as mid who at nana nmn lwt to.ezect OLD 8AW8 m I ithocatiaam nvav aMsaiaaat. mia1swefauBs7 T4gswBi aaaamst ism ssfsssam amm wmframanssasa em aaamsw The packer goat cA to tae wm Man teaka. ByicaftMBfimranaeaaMaaaaam . WaoeverassiaeaHmBsCesSMshBa, ! Al work aad ao slay wS awha Jeakasal j AtkawtfiaaoarMaalrtoaferaJajr. kaptwellwithmiBi E hk claim aad weal about as readily as aa old auaer. . The little towa of Colorado Sprhats, fourmisdistsawmormvhateTsy the miners when ihey had acuuaiulaaid little dust, but Brven had although they had often urged to do so. A man in a mining camp who does aot drink to considered, as a funeral thing, beneath the notice of the average miner, but it was not so in this case. Here he had the confidence aad respect of the rough seen gathered around hun, and, by nhi gentle ways, boyish face and ptoadmg bine eyes, had won every man over to his side. They no bnger urged him to go with them; they went, and respected him. There was aot a man in all the camps around who would not have taken the part of the "tenderfoot," as ther jocu Uriy called him. And not onb that, he knew it His past was a blank, and be mildly resented aH efforts to reveal ft. On one occasion Uto Bill had pressed him too closely on the subject, and he reproved him by saying: "Bill, I think you are a friend of mine, but I would rather have you throw me down that shaft of yours than ask me to tell you my past life. It is too painful" If the boys could have seen Bfll then; if they could have looked upon him as be stood sbashed before this slender, pale looking young man; he, who had killed his man; this "Indian chewer," . who had come out ahead in a hand to hand fight with a bear; this same Ute BUI, who figured as a desperado in the country round for a hundred miles, they would have wondered if he had suddenly taken leave of his senses. But they were alone, and in an hum ble voice he said: "Beg yer pardon, Mister Rivers, I didnt mean to hurt yer feelin's. I bev t kinder taken a liken to ye, a sort of fatherly interest, and if ye my the word we'll be parts." xne word was sata, ana great was the surprise in camp when the new partner ship was announced the next day. What had come over Bill? Was he going to reform? It was a seven days' wonder, but gradually died away until it was no longer an attraction to see Bill's six feet of muscle and brawn towering head and shoulders above his delicate looking "pard" as they prospected the country. One day in their wanderings they found they had nearly reached the sum mit of the grand old peek at whose base flowed the waters of the San Juan creek, when Bill suddenly uttered an exclama tion of amazement "Look here, pard,weve struck it this time; chunks of it!"- Rivers, who had been patiently clip ping specimens off the ledges which jut ted out hero and there, hastened to his side and looked. BUI had a piece of dark looking rock' in his hand, and was turning it excitedly over and over, his eyes glowing like stars in his Intense ex citement The news spread like wildfire through the camp. All the miners were half crazy over the find, and deserted then old claims to search for new ones. There was no doubt of the vast wealth that lay in the mine which Bill and Rivers had opened.' It was a settled fact that the men had more money than they could ever realize beaming down on them as the mining ore should be turned out As the two men were lying on their rough beds hi the little cottage they talked of the future and its grand pros pects. Bill was full of enthusiasm, and pictured in glowing terms his highest ambitions, to ne realized when be should count his thousands. He would be a mngrumMn, What thrilling speeches -he would make. He would have every word of them printed in the newspapers. He would own a fast horse, and the "boys" should have all the drinks they wanted; they should not go dry while he was on top of sod. And he stopped suddenly and looked at his companion. "What's yer lead, olepard? Wfll yer hang onto yer dust, or spend it like yer gotit?" For a moment Rivers was silent "I dare not-think what disposition I shall make of it I wfll probably go back east My plans are not definitely set tled," he finally answered. So the sub ject was dropped. Bill knew the quiet retiring man at his side well enough to know all mquiries 10 do iruiuess. Boneturnea over, ana, after a few more words about the work of the morrow, he fell asleep. .When the morning dawned Bfll was up and stirring. Rivers slept late, and at hut Bill thought he had better awaken hun. As be shook him in his rough way he noticed the bright spots on Rivers cheeks and hisshort, irregular breathing. "It is all right now, Lillian," mur mured the sick man, tossing uneasily; "if s all right now. I've got the money to keep you where you should be." 80 tenderly, pathetically came the words that the rough miner brushed away the tears as he listened to the hidden story of Ids "pard's" past life, He told it all in his delirium, and seemed to live the long years over; how he had loved tins deli cate girl, reared in luxury and esse, and when he lost the fortune be had so slowly accumulated he dared not tell her of lus love. He would not ask her to share his poverty and hardships. He had come away and staked his life and love in the search for gold, and found it Yes, now he could clasp her slender hand in his and give her all the riches he possessed in return. Over and over again he called her name. Bill softly stroked the brown hair from his forehead, and as he did so Riv ers said: "It to so soft her little band it rests me to feel it on my head." And he lapsed again into a restless sleep. "Dura that big pawl" said Bill, look ing at ms rougn, orawny nana, and then at the white forehead onlthe pillow. "And ther ain't a woman's nand in the camp to fix things easy for him. I'd give the hull bizness if he was only out of thb muss." But before two hours had elapsed there was a doctor from Colorado Springs bending over the sick man. aad by the bedside sat a pale, slender girt, watching with intense interest every motion and word of the patient and soothing him with her little hands holding his. She came with the doctor.. Bill stood irmidi the door, and looked like a bashful .schoolboy mtlM presence of this stran ger, who seemed to be taking his place and caring for Rivers when he ought" to oeaomgBo. ens ne ssxea no qnesnono, and waited for the doctor's answer. "Just keep the camp quiet, Bfll. and Miss Tanraster wfllfive the medicine and see to the rest He Is worn out with excitement, and little quiet, with good nursing, wul make things right If the fever to no better in six hours let me know." And that was sll the explana tion Bfll got from the doctor. Was she 4 professional nurse? Bfll guessed so. And he thought bow nice it would be if he could be sick when Rivers got well. The camp was still Bfll had ordered it so and every man asked how the 'tenderfoot" was, and about the "gaL" "Dunno,"wasall the answer theygot to the latter question, and Bfll told alfhe knew when he said that Rivers wss in a serious condition, and before the six hours were up a horseman dashed out of camp and after a doctor. It was Ute BOX He could not stand by snd see him toss back and forth in bed. Itwastoomuch. He waant used to i t The doctor had to make another trip Bill said Rivers was worse. When the doctor bad made an exami nation of his patient be declared the worst was passed, and left Rivers sleeping quietly under a gentle narcotic. AH this time the girl had not released her watch by the bedside, and she seemed to Uscitiung away the delirium of the fever hi gentry passing her hands over the sick man's temples. Hereyesnever left off their watch of every movement of the tenderfoot's" face, sad Bill stood by woaderingry, casting a furtive glance as we oencaieiyzeaturea xace over atopard's pillow, and tryiagto solve thojresfmi ia aaVmiad. Houn passed, aadaaaQy. with a loner aad looked orerthefootof Mm i I i il ill MKfcfa Isa wlhwhA M"tn oaths envious face by his side. Tama ao ajma cry or lecofjajtloar-st was) a of sJa'araai Iom was mi 1 i a of ha great love entlrwhto drew her face to his. onhto long years of him and the which she had oauy received before. She bad left everything, and gone to 1 wiW west, she knew aot where, but ahe had found him. And Bffl had disap peared. A few days afterward oae of the puds" gave up his claim to the bctla caotn, and the minister said the moay wmch linked two world of their own. Many and hearty were the gratulations. Thateveaiag the gathered at the little home to my a word of welcome tothe beautiful youag bride. Even if it were spoken by a bg?rowdy miner like BDL feere was ageaame ring of manliness about tt, aad made her feel quite at home in the wild, pictur eeque spot so far from every saga of civilization. As the men filed outslowly Rivers conducted hk sriri wifst to tk porcn-or the rude cabin, and, close by his side, she sang one "Home. Sweet Home." The sympathetic voice.fell on the still night au- wiu a wouoenui awakened many old ia the hearts of the rough. miners gatnereu were. Heads were uncovered and there were tears wiped hastily away as Bill led them to the saloon. Was there rough talking and coarse jests now? No. As each man raked his glass a solemn hfh fell upon the group, broken at last by uwnuiTOKti u was caoced and natural. "Boys," he said. "I never bed but pard, but I give him upto the best pard a man ever got And 111 never her an other till I get one like his." BUI set his glees down aad walked away abruptly. It was not long until the saloon was deserted and the camp hushed in the repose of night After that Bfll did not aeem like hi old self. He was quiet and solemn. He knew what was the matter, but did not care to let the boys know where the sun shine had fallen on his rough heart and then so suddenly been swept away. The next spring came, and the doctor made another trip to the little cabin. When Ute Bfll went up the next day Rivers led him into the dainty bedroom and gave him a peep at the tiny baby girl that had come that night The big rough hand closed tightly over .the one of a more delicate mold that was laid in his, and the two men understood each other. There were tears in Bill's eyes and an ache in his heart which no one but Rivers should ever know as he turned Buently away. The miners gathered again hi the sa loon to drink to the health of the mother and child, and hear Bill, now glowing with animation, tell about the baby and its queer ways until they all wanted to see the youngster. A vote was taken, and the camp was to be christened after the baby, and Bill had -forgotten to ask her name. Away he went and soon re turned. He looked sheepish and finally came forward and said: "Boys, yergot tne this time. They've called her 'Utellar as near my name as they could get and ifs my layout Whafll ye hev?" The classes clinked merrily, and Mr. Bill beamed with happiness. Not a day passed that Bill did not visit the cottage, and as the wee babe stow to a toddling, lisping girl. Bill was her chief sympathizer, and the bovs in camp at use cauea nun "Uncle Bill." "There's no harm in me lovin' her." he said one day as ho stroked the curly brown head nestled against his breast; "the other wasn't for me." And Rivers S need up quickly at Bfll, and then to wife, who was sitting by the door way with her dainty fingers busy in mending a little frock. "It was before I knew" and Bill swal lowed the big lump rising in his throat and tried to go on, but his voice broke and he trembled in the vain effort to sup press his emotion. Rising suddenly be left the cabin. That was years ago. The mining camp haadUmppeared and only tbeionely cot tage marks the spot where it once stood. Stanley Rivers fives with bis wife aad dark eyed girl in an eastern city and en joys the wealth he made in the pictur esque spot which now bears the name of Cheyenne canyon. Bfll never married; he loved the beautiful eirl who sat bv the bedside of his sick "pard;" he loved the tiny babe who played upon his knees and laid her soft cheek against Ids own. And when he died they found a little faded shoe which contained a slip of paper. It only said: "Give all my dust to my part's baby." And Ute BflLthe roughest miner hi the camp, was buried near the little cottage m Cheyenne can yon. New York Star. For some time past the ti tendency has been largely in the direc tion of a conscious, not to my willfuL thinness of narrative material. The old merits of fullness and "body" virtues apparently hereditary hi that lineage of robust minds which can be traced Deck ward without a break from George Eliot to Fielding have been growing rarer and rarer. In their place the art of making a very little go a very long way has been carefully cultivated by undoubt edly dexterous hands. Fiction has almost reached the point of sheer bravado hi somedevelopmentsof the "society" novel, notably a species grown in American soil, or rather in New York conservato ries and forcing beds, and distinguished by an elaborate triviality' winch no amount of cleverness? can render other than vapid. Such a fashion can never in the nature of things be long lived. Those miracles of inexhaustible nothingness; in which the tiniest rivulet of incident just trickles across a continent of dia logue, cannot long be interesting, even as miracles, in an age to which the mi raculous aoes not make a permanently successful appeal. Fortnightly Review. Don't put your initials or your name over everything you possess, so that peo ple who pick up a fork or look at a pil low sham will read. "John Brown, my property." It's all right to mark things of use in some such a way, but aot things of beauty, and if you must so mark them make the letters small and put them on the back of the objects, not -the front The woman who wears her initials in diamonds on a brooch is vul gar. The man wno prints hto monogram on his china doss a useless thing, for no body is going to run away with his dishes. Dont be too showy and com plex. Dont make your napkin rings too emphatic and obtrusive. Put flowers oa the table, but place tbem loosely or to glass, for if you put them in china or any other opaque substance you conceal half their beauty namely, their stems. Dont entirely cover your wall with pict ures, and when you have a picture dont let the shop keeper kill it with a big gold frame. Try bronze or something that wfll relate to the picture on the wall, and not make it stand out like a big, shiny spot of color and gilt giagerbread. Decorator and Furnisher. An Atlanta man had a very thrilling experience the other day. He had oc casion to go a snort distance up we Georgia Pacific road, and was thfiddac of the late accident of NKaajeckcreek, as be looked out of tbewtodow on the trees aad boshes flitting past Sadden, just ahead aad coming rapidly toward tne tram on wmen ae was. we r train a curve mm road. Be and started for the door. back and caught the coat from the back of the seat "Look oat for a cofisaonT I aB1 taa'aarriaaa fmfm fwrfcla aiA TVam - - mamea heyeUed. sshestartod toward thsdoor. Eiorjbody jumped from their seats aad maueawfldnA for the door. As the excited aw bad ab hand on the ueor-kmdbibMmwaMtmmi9nmcimi aewsssefT. .auafc IV ' . - . " MIONMHTf M& ! AeStoa SMssa? SBSsme tamwansan, ra- ..iFAMILY : JOURNAL "aasjsssssamn esse ess as t 1 yaaamjSarswelsuaief ytosBsvsses f l Tkae e' famag mmammj TsaBmsfVsVssVSsaBsawsrr w"a"sye easssssa) RaTaaasl amssmtsT mananmesaa sssulsl aaaaavaas! 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There to the same fascinating facility ia 'picturesque, phrasing, the- same love of dainty argument and fine spun analysis in quaint lines of thought Socially. Nym Crinkle is gentle: hie cruelty is all hi his pen. Wit, poet and cynical phi losopher, be ia anything in appearance but a journalist Instead of growing thinner, his writing gets broader and better as he gets older. Current Litera ture. As it is so fashionable for both chil dren and grown folks to wear blnck stockings, it is well to know how to. wash them so they will not fade. Both cotton and woolen should always be washed .before they are worn. Lay them all night to soak in cokl water. Wash them next day by themselves in two waters, warm, but not hot, the soap being pre viously rubbed into the water so as to form a lather before, the stockings are put in. end mixing with the first water a tablespoonf ul of galL Then rinse them, first in lukewarm water, until the dye ceases to come out and the last water is colorless. 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