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JyOTTHJC A. LMJEKCSAMTZ.
Copyryriit. lsrtl. by A.
CHAPTER XVI.
. J The Gift cf. the Elves- I
". "It was the edae of a forest pool, and
:"t -slender, dark-haired zirl bending
'rr.zn tie brink to see herself -n the '
:;-"." water Looking, she smiled and
xnzTu wenaer
. ow her. framed in green rushes.
". -""s -ae reflection of a high-born na'd
': t'n -Pressed arcording to her rank.
"':. Hold' "was in the embroidery that stif-
. ffaed. her trailiaz -kirts; sold was
, sewn into ner gloves, and golden j
' -bains twined in .her lustrous hair .
-5det' to the spirited poise of her head I
" . -i toch of stateliness. No wonder that I
..!.-? mocth curved into a smile as she J
"ia-ee.
A sweet voice sounded up the bank, I
csrlm. "Randalin! Randalin'"
Picking up the brancnful of scarlet
b-rrirs which she had dropped. Frotfe s
saushter movrd toward the voice. '
-Are they about to go. Dearwyn?" she (
asked th- little sentlewoman who
came toward her around a hawthorn
trash, lifting her silken skirts daintily
Darwyn shook her head. My lady
wishes to try on you the wreath she
aas made. She thinks your dark locks
"rl! set it off better than our light i
;ces.
"I was on my way thither. Rand a- i
ha said, qu.cfcenins' her steps.
Along th- bank of a pebbly stream,
bttw-en pickets of mounted guards.
rhe troop of holiday-rolk was strung
in scattered groups. And where the
-na lay warm on a leafy glade, the
King's beautiful -Danish wife" took
her nooning amid her following of
zaids and of pases, of ribboned
wencheg and baggasb-Iadcc slaves.
Gazing at her Randalin s admira-
non mounted to wilfulness. -Were I ,
Tike that. I should b srzr of his feel
ing toward me she signed.
It was easy ro understand why the
King's wife had been named- -the gt
ot the elves. Every lovely thing in
nature had b-n robbed to make her.
and only fairy nnrs could have
woven the suns gold nto succ tresses
r made sach yes irom a crap of
Jcne sky and a spark of opal nre
From the crown of her jeweled hair
to the toe of hr Utt red shoe, there
was not one line misplarec. one curve
fcrotten. while ner motions ere as
rracefnl as blowing willows.
When tlie pair came toward her
ever the carpet ( !eath-ir- hued leaves
sfce put out a h:r band in beckon-nr.
""Come her m Vaikjra. and let me
tr f I can mak1 . u iok -t.I more
I.t.p a gay b !.'" m r tn East
Sa
A swest vt
ics scuDdeC u;
"Yen have made
uJndid bird lad?
me Iouk a
very I
" Randalin said
rratefullv as she knl to receive the
wtvniland crown
Elfgiva pattt-d the brown cheeks in
acknowledgment, and also in delight
at the effect of her handiwork. "You
are an honor to my art. A hundred
plans are m my mind azamst the time
that this peace shall be over, and we
i-o nhh.a to return to that loathful
. ,-- ... 1
yyL ' )"t ' jBWRHHi'i
Z,ro v --rw- . mwmmn w
house where we saner so mucn witn degree anxious to please him than me.
"uHness that the quarrels of my little though it is a whole year that I have
brats are tne only excitement we pmed awa day and nignt. in the ut
have." ' most loneliness. Why have vou trou
Still kneelin for the white fingers
to pat and pull at her head-dress. Ran
dalin looked up woudenuzly. "Is it
T.iur belier that Kmc Canute will not
"carry out his intention. lady, that ycu
say when th- peace is over? I know
for certain that :t 1- erp.;-cted to last
forever."
"Forever"" The lady's voice was an
cho of sweet mocke"? "Take hair a '
Amrdom when a whole lies almost
within his reach" Now I will not
ueny that the Kins :s sometime boy
ish of mcod. but rarely that foolish."
She seemed to tcss the idea from her
with the leaves she shook from her
robe as she rose and moved back a step j nianded.
ts see the wreath from a new point. 1 And behold, she tad already forgot
"Tum your head this way. child. Yes. j tea tie matter to catch at the huge
there is sail one thing wanting oh , arm-ring which was slipping up and
tt side: beme if I have them, or down his sleeve, so loose a fit was it.
nrasses if I have not here are more -What GrendeTs neck did you take it
"berries-" Oh. yes. I declare that I ' from? If it had but an opening, I
expect to be very merry through your t could use it fcr a belt.
spirits: You shall have the rule over Smiling, the King looked down on
n.' pages and devise games and ;un- , hi: monster bracelet- "That." he said,
tetings without end. ' ( -does not altogether do me credit, for
Humming'gaylTr. she fcecan to weave it shows the. difference in girth be-in-
the bnsht semes ; anc it struck ' tween me and Edmund Ironside.
Randalin that here was a good oppor
tunity tec make th- plea she had in
her mind. She said cravely. I shall
be thankful if you are able to man
aze it, lady, so that I may go back
ith you."
Pausing m her work. Elfmva looked
down'in surprise. "New what should
pctves""" she asked.
The girl colored a little as she an-
sTrexed. "It was in the King's mind
.. -oiiCe. lady, that a geed way to dispose
. . cf R-iscalin. Frode's daughter, would
!" "be te marry her to the son of Lod-
' " rdk." he should still keep that opin-
r'ion I would preter to die!" she elided
;, ahmacly."
1 3at tie King's wife laughed her rip-
iy4irrg Insghter that had in it all the
. ,nmSK: of failing waters. "Shed no
' T zszTS ever that. ladybird' Wocld I he
.pc to let such an odious bear as
tpnrhssr Lodbroksson rob me of my
" "5e-west plaything'" There Now- my
,fc could not be improved upon."
i4i he mcved back; her beautiful
rad'tSteiI
ra-
in. birdiSe examination.
Tjandalrniacse slowly and stood be
fore her "vrith wideeing eyes.
But it was-
not long tlmt'tfce Lady
of Xcrthampton had for her cr
iei
wreath. Bending; she peered enn-
King Canute
Dasisk CmaqacsL
arttr f The Thr af Liaf the Ladr..
C ilcCLCSG CO-
J ouslv under the branches I wonder i
I if it has happened that the Sin? has
I sent someone to meet M5m" she ex- i
claimed.
"I see a ileam cf scarlet. lady." the
maiden of the nverbauk came to tell
her eagerly.
But even as Elfgiva was turning to
dispatch a paire for news, the throng
cf moving azures parted, and from it
two horsemen, emerged and rode to
ward them. One was the mighty son
ot Lodbrok. clad in the scarlet mantle
and gilded mail of the King's guard.
The other, who wore no armor at all.
only feasting-clothes of purple velvet,
was the King himself.
The whole troop of butterny pages
rushed forward to take possession of
tht horses, aad Elfgiva. laughing in
sweetest mockery, swept back her
f rosy robes in a lowly reverence.
"Hail, lord of -half a kingdom but of
the whole of my heart! she greeted
him.
Canute seemed to dns'i in her fair
ness like wme. his face was boyish
n its radiance as he leaped from his
ho"e before her -What The first
-Bicrd a gibe?" he cried, then cauzht
her in his arms and stilled her silvery
L-ugater with his lips.
It was ic charminz a picture that
Randalin smiled in sympathy., where
sh. tood a little way oehmd the
young wife, awaitmz the moment
when the King should have leisure to
discover her. Sh was still smiling.
hen at last he raisd his head and
looked at her over FJfgiva's shoulder.
Then alas, the smile died murdered
on her lips.
Turning. Canute backoned to the
son of Lodbrok. "Foster brother, how
comes it that you do not follow my
example and embrace the bride that I
have given you"
As ice breaks and reveals sullen
waters underneath, so stolidity broke
in Rothzar a face. With a harsh laugh
he strode forward.
Before she knew how she got there.
Randalin was at Elfgiva's side, clutch
ing at her mantle.
-Lady You promised me " she
cried
And for all her cnimin laughter.
Elfmva's siiKn arm was stretched out
hkf j. bar "No further irood Giant"
i he saw gajly "The K:nr gave what
j was not his. for this roy has become j
mm ifle tumeu to Laame .na a
little play of smilinz pouts, very he
c'lrcnms on such lips "Fie. my lord!
B plea.-eu to cal". your wolves oC my
.ambs
Plain j- Ca-ut- frwn wa unable
to withstand such Sitrhenes. "Now
i
3,1 ' t TI"ft"l!
the bank, calling. -Randalin' Randalin!"
h tv-TI nor roo jou
jf the nrl. my
shinmz One Once he has wedded j
her iou may k-ep her until you tire.
It was only because "
But there h- stopped, for ill at once
a mist had come over the heavenly
eyes, and the smilimr lips had drawn
themselv mto a trembimz bunch.
The sweet voice, too. was subtly trem
ulous. j "It is because you are to a srreater
ble.! fo send for me. if you hold my
happiness so lightly that you will
not comply w 4th me in so small a mat
ter?" 3ridlinz softly she was turning
away, when the younz Kins threw up
his hands in good-humored surrender
"To this I wtH quickly reply that
my shield does not secure me against
tear If it .s not to vour wish we
rill not -peak of u. Giv back.
roster
brother and choose two of the others
to be your drinkinc companions. Look
up. my fair one. and admit that I am
the most obedient of your thralls.
Have I ever wounded you mon deep
ly than a trinket would cure'" he ce-
When we set the peace between us.
we exchanged ornaments and weapons.
Think if we had followed the custom
in every respect and exchangee gar
ments likewise' "
Elf-nr-s were in Elfgiva's bine eyes
when she raised them to his. "Rule
ycur worcs so that no one else hears
you say that, bright Lord of the
Danes." she murmured "lest they
-b.nk vuu man by it that th& English
crawn. wouio nt you as loosely, anc
forget that ycu are a bay who win
grow."
The King's mouth sobered. "Nay. a
man. who has got his growth."
Her littie hand spumed the ring
that the instant before it hnd car
essed. "Net a man. but a Ktng!.she
reminded him. and drew- herself up
proudly before him. a queen of beau
ty, crowned with, the sun's gold-
Els eyes devoured hert his breath.
seemed to come faster as he- Icoked.
AH nt ence he caught her hand and
crushed them ngainst ng lips. "Neith
er man nor king." he criec. "but the
lover who has adored you since he
'came to Binder bet stayed to wco!
D. ytnr Taov that when I came upon
you to-day. my heart burst into fiower
as a tree blooms in the spring time
' Had. I a harp is. ny hard, my lins
wcu'J. atossuni mic suns. Ciie me
one from your minstrels, aad I will
sing to you as -we ride, and we will
f forget that a day has passed sinee-
the tine when urst we rovei together
f through the Northampton, meadows."
1 Forgetful of all the world beside, he
led her away toward the horses.
(To be continued.)
BARRETT WANTED TO tNOW
Diplomat Was Interested in Size of
Mr. Cromwell's Fee.
John Barrett. United. States Minis
ter to Panama, was introduced to Wil
"iam NeLrou Cromwell, the lesal reDre-
.-entative of the French Panama Canal?
1
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Barrett-
llr. Cromwell, as you are probably
aware. are staying at the same
hotel in Washington. A few day
azo I Tns standing ar the hotel office
when you arrived and registered. As
you turned away tie clerk blotted the
signature with one hand and tossed
my sleeve with the other
"Do you see that man? he whis
pered. "He is Mr. Cromwell and he is
to get z million dollars for selling the
Panama canaL I went down stairs
c get my shoes polished. Ycu passed
by and the negro stopped his brushing
ind rugged my trouser leg.
- "That" the man
-et a million dollars
down in Panama.
who is goin' tc
fo" buildin canal
he whispered!
hoarsely
"Not having a million dollars my
self I felt rather bad and walked inta
the bar to get a drink, and as I stood
there you passed again. The bartend
er turned around and, pointing to
you. conflded. 'That's a Xev York
lawyer named Cromwell an" he gets a
million out o Panama.'
-Now Mr. Cromwell, I am very
atfad to meet you. but I wast to know,
do you get it?
Mr Cromwell's answer was evasive,
snd Mr. Barrett is wondering yet.
Su fared.
Admiral Dewey nodded toward a
tall man with a military carriage.
"That gentleman," he said, -fought
valiantly in Cuba against the Span
iards. But it is about his eating, not
his fighting, that I am going to tell
you. c
"He was quartered in a certain Cu
ban village, and at mess he complain
ed bitterly every day about the Cuban
cooking.
- Sagar.' he would exclaim, 'they
sugar everything. I can't stand this
constant suzar diet.'
"Finally he said: '111 eat nothing
but boiled eggs hereafter, x hey can't
uzar them." ,
"But a younff oScer came in tr
jiess atr the next meal very early and
taking the salt ant of the other's sal
rruet. he niled :t up with sugar
"When the older man arrived he or ,
dered. sure enough, bailed eggs. He
opened them with gloomy compfacen
cy and sprinkled over then plenty cl
the doctored salt.
"At the first moutiifa he turned'
purple.
""Sugared, susared!" he exclaimed.
j and rushed from the table "
Effect cf Missionary's Talk.
Rev. A. B. Simpson, president of the
f"T ?ncrn Tl 1 v3 Titrrnm I IIn.A
. imi. jio.uiii.- .-utaw. ce -
-enuv eni.erui.ceu a missionary rrom
Burmah,
I addressed a boy' school last
montn. the missionary said. "I told'
the boys everything interesting and
pplifting that I could think of about
h Burmese. They were appreciative
and attentive-
" 'Perhaps. I said at the end. "there
f ar- some things I have not made
clear. Are tnere any questions you
-ouId like to ask?'
"No one interrogated mo then, bu
after the meeting was over an mtelli
ent-Iooking boy approached timidly
as I was leaving the plarform-.
' "I I would like ' he began, and
"hen hesitated.
"'Go on my lad. said L "Ther is
cone question you would like to ask '
I suppose?'
" 'Yes. sir.' said the boy. I want tt '
know if you have any foreign stamp
that you could give a fellow?' "
The Minor Pcet.
"Minor poets " said Howard Cfaand
Ier Christy, the illustrator, "are api
to be jealous of one another and
treat one another rudely and spite
fslly
"At a literary dinner the other dav
I heard two minor poets in conversa
tion.
'I saw your villanelle in the Blan".
magazine." said the first.
" "Did you?' said the other.
- "Yes. aad I heard a neat compil-! tet "o 00 a"" left ana as she timor
ment passed on it. tco. by a young ' ccsly drew near to the terrace of
jade.' " " small houses where Mr. Roper lodged.
"""What did she say?" Lucy's voice trembled a3 a short.
"The first minor coet Iaushed. I stout, red-faced wonxai: opened the
-Why.' he answered, 'she wanted
to know if I had written it."
Hard on the Aborigine.
"The Australian aborigine." said a
traveler, "is the most fearsome sav
age that there is in the world. Scien
tists say he is lower than a good
many kinds of monkeys, and this
can readily believe.
"It would be necessary for you to
have seen one cf these Australian sav
aires in order to appreciate the per
feet innocence and good faith of the
consolatory remark that a Scottish
servant made to his employer, a re
cent immisrant.
"CoL Sir George Clark of the Vic
toria, government, told me about this
remark. He said the immigrant had
Killed an aborigine by accident, and
was grieving a good deal at
taken a human life.
havms.
"His -servant, a day or two after the
affair, zoz hold of some information
that, he thought, would cure hlz em '
ployer's grief completely. !
" "Mac he said, "ye needna fret ony
rnair about the creature you killed
for I have been credibly informed by
trustworthy eyewitnesses that there's
hundreds mair cf them in. the in
terior. "
Lske Sai'2l WL-elsss-.
Advices from St. Petersburg tII of
a service of wireless teiegraplry at
Lake Baikal, which is almost com
plete, and will be in working order
scon. It will censist Gf three sra
tions. one c hlch vn3 be on beard
the ice breaker, which, wifi be ensiled
to CGinmnircate with toth shores dur
ing its na-is across the lake.
nysvesan as .-:isjjcfixr. - (
Dr. W. 3. Scranton cf East Hart-
ford. Conn,, win return soon as a
nnssionary to Korea, where he has al-'
ready scent twenty-three years, serv-'
ing fcr the mesr purr as a physician.
i
Home Missionary Scdsty.
Last, year over liFMiO new members ,
trere added to the Woacaa's Eks r
Missionary society. Tie growth in
young people's circles and children's I
hands has also been unuscaL t
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At
lazulsz
a Jcne night noon nu?s high.
Tie parkttn:?
5 blnrreti.
-V wina ;nt runuins-
- And the silvtird
Ami I through the city 5tro- aloce .
Co tiuiapinc bftwea the windbw'ii
walL--.
Lost izi a silent world of stone, w- -
A. soEmJe o vacaat halls.
TVTfeat are "my thocjhrs Is. this weird
place?
The -wonders of science? the world? the
sex"
Xo. -n are srill or. the human race,
I think at a woman: I think of. you.
James Oppenheim in Xew York Sun.
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Mrs. Boldero, having been advised
by the doctor -to keep up her
strength," had ordered for luncheon a
rump steak and kidney pudding, which.
the wa3 just about to carve, and some
mutton cutlets, now in front of Miss
Lucy Westlake. her companion, whose
principal duty was to read Mrs. Bol
dero to sleep after the present meal
snd dinner.
The padding was served in a white
basin with a napkin around it. and
the parlor maid stood, interestedly
looking, on, while Mrs. Boldero cot a
V-shaped piece out of the top, placed
this on a plate, and began to spoon
out the contents. Suddenly pausing,
with tbe .spoon in her right hand, she
turned wrmtafaily toward Mary.
Where." she severely demanded.
"are the kidneys?
Cook said the butcher didn't send 1
them in time, was the answer.
Mrs. Boldero felt disappointed. She
had thought of the pudding once or
twice since her 10 o'clock breakfast.
"Take it away!" she exclaimed, and
Lucy Westlake tried somewhat mark
edly to look as if the affair possessed
no interest in the world for herself. ;
as. indeed, it would not if Mr. Roper
had not chanced to pass the house at
i that moment.
Mr Roper occupied one room in a
very small house a few hundred yards
away He looked more than sixty
years of age; he was short, erect, and
remarkably thin. His limp-brimmed
felt har, once black, had now become
green; his tightly fitting coat had
faded from dark blue to b-own. From
one of her servants (.Mrs. Boldero had
a habit of exchanging confidences of
rhe kind i she had learned that Mr.
Roper half starved himself. "He cer
tainly looks as if a good meal would
do him good." she would remark.
Nevertheless, Mrs. Boldero felt a
kind of interest in the old man, who
otten passed her window, and this
s v -.
( aitemoon sae nappeneu to loo
up in
ame to recognize him.
"Ah!" h rrfprt "ir vrnnln h nn lcr
of charity to give it to that poor
man!
j "What is that?" asked Lucy,
"Mr. Roper." was the answer. "It
would make him a meal every day for
a week I have a good mind to send
it
"Oh, but"
"I beg your pardon?" said Mrs. Bol
dero, sharply.
Lucy's cheeks were crimson, for ss.
perceived what Mrs. Boldero could not
ee that, although his clothes wer
fit for the dust-bin. Mr. Roper was a
gentleman.
"You couldn't do such a thing." mur-
mured Lucy.
"Not perform an act of charity?
An-" why not. pray?" asked Mrs. Bol
dero. "Mary." she added; "take awav ;
my plate and the pudding. I will
have some cutlets. Cook can put the
basin in a basket, and Miss Westlake ,
suall carry it to poor Mr. Roper direct- j
'y after luncheon."
Lucy Westlake looked .nclined to
rebeL But, althoush Mrs. Boldero
ight be a trying woman to live with '
t. many respects. Lucy had a comfort-'
al Ie home with sufiicient salary to en-
able her to help her cwn people. Cau- j
tion prevailing, she set forth half an I
nour later with tingling cheeks and
t reluctant steps. A wide-brimmed hat
i shaded her face from the sua, tie bas-
street door.
'May I speak to Mr. Boner??" she
t am Major Reoer " he said.
asked, and, turning her back, the
woman of the house shouted his name
' at the fcot cf the narrow staircase.
He came down a fe-- moments later
in the act of huttonmg his shrunken,
faded cent.
"You -sish to see me?" he inruired.
t with, a bow.
"Ye ss. if yoc please." said Lucy.
' glancing from the basket to Mr. Ro
pers face, and scarcely knowing 'no
lo explain her errand.
, "A. remarkably fine day," cried Mr
. Rcper. with, a ccugh.
t "Mrs. Mrs. Boldero saw you pass
1 c-cr window-," Lucy faltered.
- nave not.
its. Boldem 5
ie sr pleasure
iccjmintance, I
j?cve-"
-StUL" said Lucy, becoming more
r.ervcus every instant, "sire knows
yc-r -rerj well by sight."
Mr. Roper straightened feis back;
e had been somewhat of a buck in his
v major in. a line regiment, retired
on half pay some years ago. K' only
sen had come to a melancholy end.
"" iavinjs left numerous debts of
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Night." f
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and skr J
5 filTT srfrrS,! P
eartn a:
saoSe is filly
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honor undischarged. Major Roper had
felt it incumbent to take them on him-'
sen. in oraer to raise immediately
the necessary sum of money, he hac
sequestrated the bulk of his pension
retaining, in fact, sufficient only tc
support the barest existence. An
JWrJ
other year and the debt would bS1"15 were "ut to leave Sst. Lcuis,
wiped out; then. Major Roper tolcta6 round winter of social affairs.
timself. he would once again be ablet
to hold up his head.
"Mrs. Boldero presents her compli
ments." said Lucy, drawing oa her in
mention, "and she she has sent voc
th this."
'And what is thisT he demanded
SrJ.r'
.t nA w.0 ya. uita ui; liULUCcU
basket.
"A a rump steak pudding."
He stood glaring at Lucy's rosy fac
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Never since his boyhood had he felt
such temptation at the sight of
anything to eat.
while he ferociously twirled his mus-!
tache.
"I am Major Roper!" he said. i
"Mrs. Boldero thought" i
"She evidently thought that she'
could insult me with impunity."
"I I am very sorry." faltered Lucy.
His annoyance was the greater, if
possible, on observing that the pud
ding was not even whole, ver i"orm.
fruously enough, the sight of it tickled
3 palate. Still. Maior Ronr tcm-nd
his appetite easier to control than his t
I ?ricie- "sich had never been more a,
1 sse " zavr, when he looked
forward shortly to leave Borrowfield '
and to live again within reach of a
London club.
"You will kindly present mv eomrii. '
-nts to Mrs er" " '
"BoIdero," faltered Lucy.
"To Mrs. "aoldm and t-11 -, ,1,,,,
I am very much very much oblized.
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.i?-:, .?5,arX SaililfC7lk7ew she was" able to use. vnthout !
"U1U - a1,i -"J"- -oper. am
rar'ner burr
"I do wish you would let me leave'
it!" cried Lucv. holdin- onr her 9m,
with the basket in her left hand close
to hw face. 1
"I have told you I am Major Re-
per! he answered, steppin
1 he answprow ctmn.7 ki,- .
i-arrf '
- 1
-Mrs. Boldero win be immensely an-'
gry," murmured Lucy, gazing from '
the basket into his face.
"Angry with you. do you mean?"
"I am afraid she win." said Lncy,
with a deprecatory smfle.
Major Roper began to cough.
-You wiU kindly present mr com
pliments to Mrs. er Boldero, and '
say that I am greatly obliged, and or shaft- as it is caned in the gold
accept her her gift in the spirit in fields, the stranger could see Grace
which, no doubt, it is offered." Kepford. 'Miss Pickler's -pardner."
"Oh. thank you:" exclaimed Lucy, j busy with a pick and shovel, and be
am, with an air of extreme reHef. she side ner two "hands" two men the
saw Major Roper take the basket-
xou win wait a moment tor tae
fcr the basin?" he suggested, as she '
would have turned away.
"I can come to-morrow"
"There is no necessity to give you '
that trouble," he insisted, "if ycu wffl ,
pardon my closing the door." He did
not wish her to fbnow his movements,
so, leaving Lncy standing on the top
step and the street door ajar, the ma
jor held the basket gingerly as he
walked along the passage to another
door which led to a back yard
There he removed the basin from
the basket, standing this on the red
tfles whne he gazed with, mingled
sensations at the top of the "af cold
but stm savory pudding. Never since
lis borhood had he felt such tpm-w- I
non at the sight of anything to ear. '
Holding the basin now at arm's
length, he stepped toward the dust
bin. and therein emptied the enticing
contents. A few- feet to the right was
i tap. and, stooping in front of it.
Major Roper turned the water into
;h2 basin, which he afterward dried
upen a caster that hung from a nail
m tns
mpty
walL
bnsin.
navmg replaced the
fcr- carried the
oasket
nto te housa zjid evened the strpr
fecr.
-
"A thousand apologies for keeping
you." he said. ofTering the basket to
lncy. whose face locked quite cheer
tui agnin-
"I hope you win enjoy the pud
rr:r: nnior!" she cried, wfrn r inrr'r
inde
ifcr te? aT-rcr eo '
"You. wit
Mrs. Boldero
dishes.' he
kindly tH
Mrs. er
is one cf - fa.orite
:-- I
swered. wrtn a how.
and Lncy nedded brightly as shef
walked away with the basket. New
Ycrk Teisgraph.
Ruhies of Great Valu
Orienral rubies are wo:
for weight, abecx twelve
value of diamonds.
fealkEm
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J Nowhere in the narratives of the
'wild, uncouth, adventuresome life of
the Western gold fields will one find
' as instance so lacking the romance of
temperament and yet, in its plaip.
solitary facts, so peculiarly glamoured.
with romance, as the exploit "shese
gLrta are experiencing.
The young women themselves Miss
Madge Pickler. daughter of ex-Con-
gres.saaan J. A. Pickler. of Faulktcn. S.
D and Miss Grace Kepford. of the
same town smile over any polite in
quisitiveness as to their abandonment
at society, saying quite recently that.
though the sheer fascination of min
ing overcame them at first, they now
look upon their undertaking as a cold.
hard business proposition. But they
assert with emphasis that cannot be
mistaken that they intend to keep on t
digging, digging, till they make a
-strike," and they firmly believe they
will "pan" a pile of money.
A little more than a year a?o these
Where should they go for the spring; l
and summer? They got down maps
and talked over tours and visits and
itineraries, and finally decided to
spend a month or so. anyway, "doing"
Colorado.
Presently they were sightseeing in
the Cripple' Creek region, making jour-
T their quarters at Colorado
. Springs. In one of these little trips
they came upon St. Peter's Dome.
about thirty miles from the Cripple
Creek gold fields.
Everybody out there was talking
Gold! Gold! Gold! Why. thought
Miss Pickler, would it not be a good
idea to stake a. claim on St. Fester's?
There couldn't possibly be any harm
in that. And, then, suppose the claim
should turn out to be a "rind."
Miss Kepford agreed enthusiastic
ally. Straightway, with the kindly assist
ance of old John Cameron, a veteran
prospector the girls took two claims
high up on the mountain side. Miss
Pickler named hers "Kinmcidnnick."
and Miss Kepford s was called the
"Grace." Then they complied with
the requirements o the law and went
home and told their parents and t
friends about it
Mr. Pickler smiled npon his daagh-
ter amusedly. He thought it -tras a
pretty good joke, but he assured her
that if she were serious about her
claim he would see her through with
passed. The claim lay, un
worked. unguarded except by old
John. Cameron "L'ncle" John, the
girls call him now. Jumpers came
several times and sought to take pos-
session, but were driven away
Then. a month or so ago. when the
girls heard that their property was
drawing attention, they put their
heads together secretly and made up
their minds to "To do what?' Mr.
Pickler "asked his daughter wondering
what was coming next.
"Why,' she replied, decisively,
"Grace and I are going to pack up and
camp out on at- Peters Dome, u e re
going to get some tents and things to
zo cook """ ailti settle down and dig
for zold.'
Mr. Pickler held his breath a while
astonishment. Was his daughter
soiig oct of her head . what did an
this business mean?"
She PIaiai r P1 She kneT
what she was likely to tace n a some-
"- raraI disict- hnz she oaId
bae her chum. Grace Keptord. and
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she would have, too a good, robust ,
Anrrio' , iTpnasrr i r c:! r it-K ii 1
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lea o tremaimg. m emernc
vaaw t Tvm nurr'r in iti i "hiii-
" the &Ths put awar a11 their fine !
clothes, couectea a nig camp outf
cwo teats stove' fuU eqa'Paei.t of
axes and picks ana sno.eu ana
Pched camp on the side cf St. Pe-
tefs. on the tunnicsinmcK: ciaim.
To-dav a visitor arriving at uam-
erot1'3 Caiap wouId filld a s2'005
ad tvo teats 2earbf- AI the hed ?f
the shaft would probably b a girl in
sombrero, blouse of coarse material
and a leather skirt reaching to the
tops of leather Ieggins and under the
sombrero a tanned face and clear,
penetrating eyes.
She is Miss Pickler. Down the drift-
girls took on in their zeal to 'strike it j,
rich culk. I
rich cj
xi- nrr hjt who- 1 s-i..
az e 5aaft, Miss P cider was '
rimfng the lock of he" Winches-
ter shelooked un and smi!3d when
,u ,-r-w cttpi? rhr?r rh -?r. 1
t-u. jliim'-a -- -
cumstances were certainly edd for two
girls accustomed to dainty gowns and
the drawing room and tete a-tete teas
and aB of that.
"Of course." said she. with a little
sign, "it isn't anything like pouring
tea or dancing at the Casino, cr even
going shopping; but it beats an those
things, and. then, you see. we feel
(uite independent- Why. I shouldn't
be surprised if we were worth nul
lions in a few months: in fact, I
rarie
expect, to strike it very rick
Caught the Crowd. J
George A. Knight's speech at the 1
cme scod stcries abou- his vehement j
manner and enormous -.3!- Years I
(.hiiliiii -ir:: iajii i.i.ll. .. . w .. i ... .
I
ri-P mrrer of ins enreer. when
went to .tizes-i. iix u.c !-.- (
make a speech. A iccai rnser. eeep-
ly interested in his succts. met crm
an the way and drove him tc the spot
where the meeting was to he held.
The citinens on hand were a hardy iot
of customers and did v.ct care much
"or rhetoric Knight was introduced
cy tse oankr, and steppeti aj:
with, the Err cf a Nubian Ircn. emerg-,
- frcm"his den- Raising his mighty ,
. . . . j i .
p.f,a,?firPT..T7. .j don't nive a !
-Trna. rn r rrif 5rrri55- c? ruiL.eii
whether you vote for me cr noc" He '
cubdued the crowd and was elected.
;
Phcnscrsnhs In Ccnrt Vrf-
azo, at tne outset o.. 111 i-.sr. ueii - - end been nroca-: m two da-s teicra
he was candidate for the oSce cf dis-, r-te.-.st in assc and wuca tracy f jgpj fzxs a ErOIls compiarn--tnet
attcmey in Humboldt coemty. h i -n"s aer pcas convniescenr I renhed.
t- t s.: -.;, -. m -Vr j-r-zr era? t-nor- Af Z3iJa- .
The Vienna chl2f police nt-xheririen ' bang ( Germany t esgineer.
--H TFatt. l...' iyi.:c i-uow . y--- ' .-.www. -w ... i j ..x-.
r. J7i.r srranh is. rscordiit'r verbal evidenca, ic bniZccns can be con
" I Instead of having it written dairz. ctsed frcm term rzta.
Jstib&w.
when tre do strike it- We're not min
ing for our health.
-And Miss Pickler lowered her
'"v oice to a whisper "we've got a town
site scheme working and a summer
resort proposition under our hats.
, "Why, do you know. I thousht I
rever should get used to this sort of
lilt when we first began it. Aad
Grace now Vm. going to tell it
cried for three days and two nights
because she didn't hear from home.
aad oa the third evening she got. a
Ittttr. Say! It was pretty hard to
spring on two lonely girls but that
letter told how Faany Kirk had been
having the gayest time of her life go
ing out it was her first season and
bere we were, up under the Dome,
with not so much as a ball sown with
in miles of us. and feeling like two
I chickens without any protecting wing.
I thought I should have to give up
when my shirr, waists all got soiled
and I had nothing to wear Then we
tok to leather skirts. Ieggins and, at
times, even to boots.
I don't mind saying;" Miss Pickler
went on "that one of the reasons w
have kept working hard here is to
live down a mean joke. Someone,
ptrhaps noc intending that the thing
should go too far. spread a report that
we f 3CTIck SId nmning S5.0) a
ton. Luueeu, some at our samples
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sent to the assay office were leaded l A wek or two afterward she ex
with pure gold by the joker. The as- pressed ou impatience to the cash
say was all right, but, sad to say. our ter "I shall be gone from the aeigh
nme 135 not. Running 55.000 a ton! ' borhood." she said, "before I get that.
Think of it!
anything yet.
And we're not runmn
"But we wCl strike it if it's here.
. xve are down
200
the
feet now and are
help of the two
ht-sthns: with
hired men. And we will keep at ir, '
rtgnrdless of appearances or gossip.
Just then Miss Kepford. in leather
skirt and boots, cime up out of the
shaft and joined in the chat. She .
vouched for the determination of Miss
Pickler and herself to "see the thing
.- 1. -.i i-kr t .-e" ?? rha claim
sLoulJ prQVe worttiss.
r.tnii ' ,i::i. uui. t.&j . . - . ... .. ....
"--- e"" nsez acr5
. perers Dome, tne gu-Js quit tne
-
i-haft together and go over to tneir uaa21I1e. Only the exceetilngly rich,
caaip. After setting the kettle to boU , cave fece5 arouaj their farms in, Ja
they shift clcthes and get ready for 1 pan no because of the cost of th
supper bacon and es. coffee, jam. j raace. but because of the value of
perhaps some biscuit, ofttimes baked rne 5(riiare inches the posts and pick-
N'ow and then a neizhbor or visit-
mg prospector chances to "blow into
cmp." and is introduced. He's made
welcome riznt away. eves, asked to
share luncheon or supper. If the
evening is fair, the Uttle company sits
outside the storage tent the "dining
room" round a rough board table,
ccvered with a strip of on cloth out
.n r'-f ones, under sreat pine trees.
and no more convivial party could be j
imagined.
rter supper, as the shadows creep
r-nmi 'the camD and the embers of
the fire sputter and glow, and then
grow dimmer and dimmer, and the
moon comes Gut of the blackness of
the night, the girls take up mando-
lias and pick them tmklingly. the
while softly humminr some bits of
ocera or a lullaby they used to sing
to their own true friends at home.
So much for the "gold mine." and
Th -sirrnlarlv stranie and niuckr ca
reer these girls have chosen. Bur, I
with aH the romance of the environ- 1
ment and their lonely vigH and labors.
they have set themselves against a
lainy day in a businesslike manner.
Of course, they know that a line to
their parents at any moment would
bring a check, but they wish to "make
good" with their venture. So they
have taken over a lot of granite prop-
erty, and it is said to be a "find."
Srather Artists.
On his last visit to .America. Pade
rewski, the eminent pianist and com-
Pr. mtroenced. somewhat
agmnst h will to a man ct urtle ap-
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.es - .eui.tcu,
-'hnrr. . 1
"- - i
mooc and tastes m
waxen
the ordinary man is Incannble of an.-
derstnneing or sympathmmg with.
Yoo, Mr. PaderewsEi. anve your in.- i
strament to wmeh ycer tie bs a de- I
-:.t. -,.-.. - K' Z. jr 1
votion. and I have muie. I rejoice in
yen as a nrxrhr artist.
"And v:ht,
5--r..ror f-j w s- f
i "- - C' Mm .-
trxsc. with cesxra:s
poi-teness,
:-,..- .r,.r I -- ;
.uti- i t-u -- . ;
"The mandolin, sir." was the srond 5
resnocse. Ka-ya-t City JoccnnL '
Ccntrcln Camsms in EnMccns. j
It is claimed by rirr CTkrad. n. Har-
rrcaed
Orndls
"Uncle John Cameron gave the gr5
the -tip.
-We're forming a company." said
Miss. Pickler. "and expect to get cap
ital from our friends. Scorn we will
be shipping, and if the thing go
why. well, who knows but what, well
find another Cripple Creek up here
St. Peter's Dome."
I
SHE OIONT GET A KITTEN.
Ycung Woman's
Fault of the
She is such a sweet little taia.
bride of only four months, tawt la
Harlem butcher with whom ske ww
takinsr her first lessons In
was delighted to see her cos
the shop. He waited on her
and never, so he says, took
tare of her inexperience. It a
busy she stroked the fine Maltese eal
stretched lazily in the window aau
waited for him.
-When this cat has kittens. slr
said vto him one morning, "will ?-
be kind enough to let me have
them. I am so fond of cats.
-When that cat has kittens.'
the butcher, "you certainly shall aanc
your pick of. them.
She waited a few weeks aW tlKw
mentioned the subject to him agaia
-Nothing doing yet. lady. a
plied-
Cnc4Pr5itfr 'Csmersj &
g f kitten he promised me."
"If you wait until that cat has ki:
; tens.' said the cashier, with a smile.
' Ts.ris
"youll wait until sausages
( strawberry beds."
The bride started, and her face
:rrew scarlet. She left the shop in a
furry and has not been back since.-
New York Press.
No Rscm fcr Fence Pests In Jaaan-
m Japan, wnen a zarmer permits
( a telesraph cr telephone pole to
erected on his land he has made a
' sreat concession to modem reform.
, s- Harold P.mc m th afclnv.-
- - - - - - -
ets wou
sired ar
aronnu a field it is customary to
plant mulberry trses. The total area
of ground in Japan, thus devoted tn
the silkworm tree, which otherwise
would be taken up with fences.
amounts to about 1DO.00O acres. Tais
has no reference to the mulberry
farms and groves, th- ara for w&c"
is over three times as much. Ta?
fact" that a Japanese farmer is force!
to figure on the amount of grocarf a
fence post would occupy and the ia-
teresting fact that the government, is
statistical enumeraions, has had
the arsao covered by individual mal
berry trees ou farm boundaries care
fully computed, demonstrates tae
zrea; value ot arable land.
A $.Q Chill.
Tompkins met BeH. who oweil his:
some money. Bell was subject at in
tervals to shakinz chills, which racked
him in a terrible manner.
"Hello. B-?ii: How are you? saitf
0mpki
"3ad. oid man. bad! Worse tharr
ever."
"Indeed! When do you expect, tc
have another rhill?"
"I can't tsIL Why do you ask meT
"Well. I thocsht Vd ike to h
around 'o see if you xardds'z siiai
A 1
'ut that ten collars you owe
Chicago Reccrd-Keraid.
Wantsd tn Knew.
"We have some queer chaps ctt the
telephone." says .Acting Supenntead
ent Riikard of Beilevue. "I had a calf
the other ufczht trom a man. who want
ed information nbent his sistsr. wh
"-N&ne of ver nonsense.' retorted
th
m. Tn not a. a trifiing mcod.
Tell me this mfcare whether my sis
L.
ter is dead, ac alive ;.v lcr-c
i tmes. .
"a ,ve:cri3CJ.
"SntJner sandsome iirr.g -vSobw.
ISJ t E3-
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"Sfce s-rr? than "ra'ar hnndsocne.
t If: si is oee cf t!ie hnndscnies.
wessen. in. msra.
"Tco sec. see kas jnrh jeer taste.'
"I can't agree wita jee if yc
thinfc she has poor taste."'
"Every eee o har diarnendj. 'is
r- t - tr- Tsfp,
tnac se hsj -o. than may Tje so. See pr-keably - 'v.- ' :-. c
ptHKSgmph- -am them in memory of her hus v . T
fe- ' band. He was a bai noster. 5s. .' ."
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