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How a. thing that is permanent can be sudden also- Now I know what you -are going to do, she said. You are going to make me cry. " . ; My dear- Yes, youiare. You know arguing always makes me cry. And it's very cruel of you. If I could argue back ?--' You oan cry. "I suppose you want me to?" ' God forbid!" Don't be wickedl". Uv\uua The -doctor, following rapidly, stood arrested at tbadoor, looking in at the darkened room, the kneeling white fig- ure. with clasped bands and, large. xed eyes, the" awatbed wreck of a man lying ' very still on the bed. I\_.. L-..) I-_ -_A._:j- LL- --____I_A. Iv. u u - a n - van Unav unu- One hand Jay outside the coverlet. Her own stole out slowly. hungrily. to- ward it, aeif her own daring scared her. She bowed her head over the band- aged hand at last and knelt on motion- ' lee. The doctor. watching and quite forgetting his scathing condemnation of I moment before, thought with a swift contempt of certain reports concerning the Trelawneys domestic happiness I which had reached his ears. Iv-u-v- --yawn nvuuirhluriuu --our vu-nu-~ Something came before his shrewd, keen eye: which blurred hthepicture be- fore him. He turned aside for amoo ment and -then was recailed by a swift, low cry: Horace! 0h,`Horaoe!- `fI`|I.._ J_-L-_ ....._.._.- J.._...._..A _...1 LL-.. In-w vv vacuu- ' The doctor could scarcely hear it. He did not know that the old pet name had never been {used for yearn.--London Forget-Me-Not. A E53" Zia; rB?3u"""u}"m'LIE.`-nome shewondered with a long shudder. She was in the ball now and some one was ` hurrying to meet he'r-the doctor. She was not surprised to see him there. In her dreamlike T state nothing seemed strange any more. ul L--- I_-.'l '._-_._ 1-.. .._-_ It..- n-|_- _ion. -:-`V6551-a.|:'.l`1'e;'1'-;:'lese creatures these pret- ty women are!" he was thinking-an nnconscioqa echo of the servants `opin- ghjt irooilli bo_uo'v`o`}1-y lo: the" "1IviV"III9}',v`!I-' `h.? !`."l_':`V1`h`_P0P' jall goihi ill"! "III!!! V__U.Iy.1oddly enough. on it occurred to hoi` tter 1 moment There were I0 many of them that pres-_` ontly the oatriago was blocked and obliged to `go ulowly. _ Sho beat her little hands on the seat in her impatience and looked out again. ` L -.IS.......__ ___--__.I _I__ .-, , 1,, . The gentleman who did such great things out in Burma I few years ago- Major Trelawney." , _ . My husband!" V V It seemed to her that the had known It all the time. She saw, as if in a dream, the sudden pity and respect in the policeman`: face,` and than she cov- ered her own- and rank hack in the car-' riage. MIL. |_____ __.-___ -1 `.L. g___- , -. f The long agony of the drive seemed interminable, and'yet.when at last the carriage stopped she sat quite still for a moment. unable to nerve herself for the next move. Then the door was opened. and, as if in a dream, she passed up the steps, walking rmly, her face white and her eyes set and hard. Her appar- r em heartlessness was silently noted at the time and afterward freely oom- mented on in the servants hall. ` -2-1;]-i;:`e.n`1'an `appeared, shouting in- audible direotiona. and pressing forward IOIIOI. through the crowd, -which gave way reluctantly on-either side. A In her un- governable impatience she let down the window and beckoned "him to come 'v:"i"m not petty, and I than be as `pet- ty as I like." . - .`D1\1\-C `Tn'" --A- ---------3-- ----- -A---' -7`-6;n t we get.on?" she cried. .ITam In a hurry. What in the meaning of this c_x_.'owd_? ` They have come to I66 the tire, ma am, * the policeman answered civil- ly. Pm afraid you will have to go round." vvuz vcvuuvc 90:9 V1.19! "It's the club that is on are. ma am,' the policeman answered Then, as she turned white," be added kindly. .Don t be frightened, ma am; they've got the re well in hand by this time and every yoneils out. V ` ~ All safe?" Mrs. Trslawney gasped. Well. a few broken bones and such like," said the policeman cheertully, Nothing to speak of. ma am-only one gentleman killed. A and business that." uvu---- But we'a'ro almost chare-t`hb Ran- gun club!" she cried. ll'lA.)_ ;L- _l_L 1.1.-` s_ __, 4| ff!V.h Has purchased the premises occupxed bv Chas. Mc- Guir_e,]Ilb_$ east or the Victoria Hotel, and has oened up business in all kinds of Black- emitharg. o'rsv.-shoeing. All work will be done promptly at the lowest gore. Remember the place. . I Bradford St, s S---.Lot 11 and pt. Lot 12, with comfortable frame dwelling. Cumberland St., N S-Pt; of Lot 26. .JaAcobS -Terrace, S S--Lots 7 algd 10. Marcus St., E S-Pt Lot 23. ` BARBIE-CENTRE WARD8. Dunlop Street, S S-Large Brick Building, known as The Moore Block. - Collier Street, S S --Lots 40 and 41. John Street. N S-Part Lots 5 93nd 6. `BARBIE--WE8T WARD. Bradford Street, W S--Part Lot 34. L. Buttreld Foundry property. Bradford Street, ES-Lots 22, 23, 31 and 32. Bradford Street, S--(Thumpson s Block) Lot 8. . ` Charles Street, W S-Pt Lot 49. Elrzabeth Street, (Boys Rlock) S S--Lot 25. Sanford Street, E S-Parts Lots 21 and 22. Oliver St, N S, Park Lots 16 and 17 17 . Oliver St, S S--Park Lots 13, 14, 15 ' Bay Shore-S of "John and E of Ellen streets, 2 blocks of land, about 7 ac. mania--nAs'r WARD. Blake Street: N S--Lots 48 and 49. Blake, Street, S 8 -Lots 37 and 38. .~ Cndrington Street, S S-Lots 23, 27, 28 and pt 26 ' Amelia Street, N and S S--Lots 5, 6, 7. Eugenia Street, S S-Lot 5. Theresa Street, N S-Lots4, 5, 6, 7. s E 1 of 24 and SW5} of 25 in 8th Con. 1 1mn'sm.. . I Pt Lof; II_ in 14th Con. This property in clad s Minot Point, and has on it a number of beautiful building sites. T NOTTAWASAGA, Q 1 `IA in ALL IVA Really. Nell, you surprise me some4 times.-" - T You are always a surprise. _ You almost speak as if I were an unpleasant surprise." - Surprises are too sudden to be pleas and " 4 V 0110. . E Lot 20 in 10th Con. A 5 SUNNIDALE. Pt E Q 12 in 10th, W S R, about 85 acres. ` A vEsr1iA. W 4} 24 in 6th Con `This parcel would be rented on an improvement lease. ' P: W 25 in 6th 0011., about 90 acres. W 1} 5 in 6th Con. E 1 of 10 in 6th Con, Lut 10 in l2ah Con. Lot 13 in 11th Con. _ . N 40 ac, of W 2} of 19 in 13th Con. Park Lots 3. 4, 5 and 6 on E 1} 22 in 6th Con , 21 acres . _ Park Lot 6 on 25 in 7th Con_ . 5 acres. - 4 , STRATHY Gs ESTEN, g J. 0ULVE1zWEL1;2s iHaIrcu;tting and Shaving T _` Parlor` ~ ' A oprosi-.1.-1: gornn. 7/ " 1:;-onng1.a.'x';adTT;,`t;&:xahosz_ 1 mm, TOWN AND nnm1m FDR sm .7 % Near Market Square`. NI.Larty, At verv Low Prices and bn Easy Terms. Lot 12, s s 7ue;; V W . Lots 41 and 42 in 6th Con. , Nottpwasega. III II` s 5 14 in 4u{`con. 14-IV ' '.VVV` Uul-Inuurnau.-.u Anyone sending 3 sketch and descrlgtlon may quick] ascertain our opinion free w ether an invent on is probably atentable. Communica- tlons strictly condent Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest cy for securing atents. Patents taken t mu 1: Mann an . receive special notice, without c urge. in the h -2 A AAA`: 4. AAA AAA: AAA; J7`... \4I\.l--J - uunailv uvuauc But about this money, said `be. "In the improbable contingency -- of Aunt Jane mistaking the intention of my letter - ; ' tl1`\__-IL__,_I__ 3; L, 5 ,, I -I 9 v`VCVCvv---v y_-_--v------ A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest: zir- eulatton of any scientic ournnl. Terms. 83 a , year: four months. 81. so (1 by all newadealers. llllllll. n n- ---.. . T |I-..; Il_..l. I88!` 3 fOl1l' IIIOIIEBM `L 0l(I ny an DBWBQQBISYS. M,l`Jr[ln[lh&co.=1=-3,-3;; New York omce. 625 F St.. V mzton. 13.0. I q [0338 S. - I Z Sdur Cornmeal 1 won't make siveet Corn Cake-y6u ll agree to that. ~ The disappointment of the family at brgakfast is one lqss-the`m_oncy which you spent for the Cox-nmeal which tum- ed sour is another loss. which cannot possibly turn sour no matter what the weather may be` This is` scrbecause it s Kiln Dried by intense heat Sefa-re it leaveb our mills. A You save tvio losses " when you buy Gold Dust Commea of your grocer. 4 Two losses foruyou because you did not buy ` Gold Dust cornmeal :4-if THE 'r1LL'so1~:-co'Y, Limited, ' Tilsonburg. Ontario. 1` 6(;1".t make it too'imp1_'obable, Josie. you know. If you don t want the mon- 0y, I do. I wonder how much she will send?" ' BARBIE-- sfx'ru WARD. LATE OF ORO, COLLIN GWOOD. > ,w.- 1!IeIaAB'l`I:._ Solicitors, &c. , ' Rarrie. The Ontarioii Permanent i . Building and Loan Association T E N ANT-\Vhy pay rent, when, on such can monthlpa{:1ents. you eat: become. your own Ian - lord ? on e the chance of repaym at a monthly v (ate of $1.20, $3.50, or $1.90 for eac $100.00 bot- rowed. way? [IT] _ ""i": P BLlc-Wh a u % money? a month phcsdsgiegh fe .0 1 L030 `H313 unn In -cl`.-...a. a -. Spemial Facilities o"ered to ` Investors andBorrawers. I ooc.amo th placed 'thth O.P; . d 'I'.I(> ::yAssociation 1:211 yield yozlin algout 8 year:nA PRESENT of $200.00, or a prot of $41.40 over your monthlv pavments. J- nu-|n:g--._ __._ I V-.. uavuuuv yuvulwvlo THE |NVESTOR~Wh '1: lace $100.00 with the 0. P. B. & L.. {$331, End. doubled in 12 years. besid e receiving during the in- terval 6 2 per annum paid { to you every six months? In other words, for your $1 ' oo.oo you will receive II interest $66 and a lump sum of $200. making a grand total of $266. .v-- V. 7 An investment safe as government securities and much more protable, realizing th_e investor an equiv lent to :5 per cent. per annum. simple interest. For printed matter `and further information call on 95 Dunlop-St., Ross Block, Barrie. Assignment of Chattel Mort` gage _ _ _ Release of Equlty -of Redemp- tion per dozen Conveyancing Blanks. per dozen 15 Cents. Chattel Mortgage Statutory Lease House Lease Farm Lease Assignment of Mortgage per dozen ; 25 Cents. -xlf she has the inaolence to send me anything less than 100 after the shame- ful way poor dear. grandfather has he- haved to us, I--l shall-I shall- Spend it, I expect. ' "I expeotsso too. No.>I'won"t. I ll_ waste it. ` That would be silly." V It would he joliy. ` "You would be very Iorry after- ward." V Of ooursel" . . Really, my dear- . All nice things mako you sorry aft- erward. -It s worth it. From what you say ! gather--` Oh, don't gather, Josie! `It sounds so dreadfully formal and proper. I feel as if 1 ougbtn t to be alonoiwith you when you gather. v ~ H`! 6.....1.....1.-._.1 I AI-__. 'v,. A- BilI Heads and Statements per 1000 0 $1.00. fliei our prices and see our stock The Advance Priming V: ,_ _v',`V.:.-*4 i - .: ; '\ `- 7 Ir . ~ ) V ' J` ,_ .~ I _ ` Deeds, heavy paper. Printed Letter and Note Heads in Linen, Bond, Laid and ` wove papers, padded, very cheap. ; Envelopes, printed per 1000 Agreement for Sale of Land per "dozen . 35 Cents. wooos'rocK, ONTARIO, TE N ANT-`VhY 1 nonthly payments. vou mm becnmn ........ ....._ .. E. DONNELL; SEC.TREAS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. If she senda`any- - ' She inbound to! T "If she send: any, I shall of oourlp upset to have a voice `in the matter of its administration. . A V Evenings, a? residence, 67 Owen-I 20 Cents. Calla attention to the AND UPWARDS AND UPWARDS :1-St: You have no right to expect any- thing. I don't expect apythin-3. Ob !" A . I don't. Oh!" It wouldn't be men than 25. any- wnv ---u vs vvnawug u.IUl.lU]- WIN I0 '3` plain it?". ' , . ' It isn't a system at all. What is it, then?" ` It just isn't a system. I ;iu_It' let the- money go, you` know. Ind Bet nothing for it. . V ' V And you find thnt-jolly! -. Jolliet fun in the world." o ` Well, I should be very sorry to_'hajv;.o to exert any-- ah-marithl authority." Yes, you would be very "Ion'!v"". Iaidhe. V V. ' l "I should be vex-y.Io.1'1'y to have tofdo . it. But I really could not permitiyon. to squander"- 1; L ' . _ V _ uMy ,a'.mjta' It 5' . > t I, _. Oheedle trownudf. `.'``You set. 7',` .. he, that. I am, your,hliibqndg??,;.. V`j,;jf . '_ i T .No,.";uid_Ihe';"i ' poIuble} ~?'_ .<;,] 2 ` 2 My dear, you must really allow me to speak for myself aometimel. I. don t want any of Aunt Jane : money. ` Ilf'l1l...... LL--- ._..'II I... 1: LI... ...-..'. A-- wicked!" "Don't suppose. _ . Mrs. Oheedle dropped into a chair "And to think that before we have been married three mon_ths I should be for- bidden to suppose. " ' T l6\`|'..._ ......Il_. ._-_._ 1_-_, n :1 nu jar?" .._..- JV`: all!-IIIJGI ' I `understand, then. `.1: that hot- Not much. But so on. ", A "I understand that you have 6 sys- tem of wasting money. ~ Will you 0:} nlnin in" V -_-_ -_ .._- V.-- "7713}{io'}3u think she wni like em. Josie? asked his wifo. - _ V "~";nd, ~ ';:3n-ti;atI"e:d-"0heedle atdrnly, "1 shall add that now in her chance to disprove that Itatement, ` A __.-`~-'. --v-.- ..v-.-'.-_"-vf "1 hope she won : think we `want my of her money." _ ` ` We don't want it." - We do. If we didn't it wouldn't matter." I '. -u-I-'- UV COUCIII V0 F rIIKWU|j Where wast =1ng.w ea:-ineu will and release. Yet faith in stronger than ouragalling carol. And In urn una`II .- hnf. nh flan urn-inn manual "1 think. my dear, " ma Oheedla, "1 shall begin by observing that money in laid to be the root of all evil. And we. who drug our yoke o'er heavy roads Close in the lhadow or more orllllntloudl. Pause when the lush is still and lift our one To pictures hungpgainst the dieton There we forget the sorrow: of.thio climo In the sled gardens of that fair-Sometime. !'omo1-row iooday again renewed. With added penalties and servitude. And llnnnll nhnnnn in (`I-anon AC En-anti-n-9: IIIIIII uuuuu yvuluuua unu IITVIF Ami smaller chance to dream of Sonatina ! ' out at ..a.,%. and m-unto "um T on of its uhou and dull vv`o`u-taco.-' " lope ma rise: with a patient (not - Itrsnzo to t fury 911110 : grinding phoo And. pointing o'er the Inn: when Somotuno tI-nII- Gnu. yuuJu_ 3 U U! uuu IIIHI Wqlf ill! dwol.V - _ `A whispered promlu at her pleasure tolls. m`-`l\vI-<;v;,' ;;;l`i;,;z1y dear," (said Chee- dle. don't you think you area little nnreaao:_1_ahlo?"___ _ - A any LIIULI II auruugur lulu uurxluung l)Il.'0lu nd uowo wait; but. oh, the wt: ting WGIIII -George E. Bowen in oa'gofN'ewI. V`:-'il;;n Jferli v"i'11"ES 21': E'a a'or. to: Fnnxiuaitr = 16."` 899. % THE ROOT. . rsouatnm. ovu- "Of course. "I could not think of letting yon"- 1 But somebody must write to her." - "I don t see the necessity. " A Mrs. Oheedle froze slowly as she withdrew from him. And you would let.-- . _She stopped on seeing the servant en- ter with a letter. . For you, sir." Oheedle broke it open. Who is it train, Josie?" "Aunt Jane." Oh; what does~she'sayl"` "She's donated 60 in our joint `names (yours. and `mine, Nell) to the Society For the Beatication of St. Matthew's Little Ditch! ll`ILI_. _ _'___1..___._.L ._ _.__h J--. ."i; ;`;| -j-1;;l_g-;1Y1e:1-t"<-3.11` you for quar- reling with me!" said Mu. Chuedle; Black and White`. His Slnecure. There died not so very long ago a. worthy French gentleman who had sno- oeeded, by dint of importunity. in ob-A taining from a minister who was, polit- ically speaking, on his last legs. inas - much as the cabinet to which he be longed was already tottering to its fall. e a very comfortable berth. Forten years this oloial `called Apunotnally at the ministry in question whenever the mo ment arrived at which his salary was due, and, having pocketed ` the money. he returned quietly to his home in a fashionable part of Paris. l'\...`;\ .I..- ._I_.!I- I..- _.___ -I__LA_.l_.__ ___1A_L uuuvuv V14 6-crntvv can now uunau II It. VIII! 0 . Of course. I:ion t expect you to an- Iwer it-. I was merely -- IIFITL.-... ._L_. __I_ LI_. 4,. AI is I- After his death this post was abolish- ed. so that-at least one {badly needed, to . form may be laid 1 to the credit ot_ the powers that be.-Paris Letter. . ` I brink -With Thy Bounty. Oharlee Dickens once had an argu- ment with a friend about Byron's ex- pression. Drunk with thy beauty.".to which he made great objection. During the"discns'gion the novelist: "gazed an it enraptured at hie hoat'r fair `haired ' daughter. who was in the room. At e last he sprang toyhia feet, struck" a dra- matic attitude; clasped hie heartwlth . hil hand"! and ' ltallied to tho,1iindoiV. whermhe avgroteon the white W_(l0(_1_W`l1)|'_k'_3_` 0 maiden .or the aniherr0Pl5hIl'hllr. . . would `-1.By ror_lieally; pruul-'1iu;ht"i--`- . tori Dciinkyrith my :bugsy.;;_ouiaA- M. . fa Q4 ran `I: call luv-an " Well. I am disappointed indyou .I, `thought when I married yon-no.. I `didn't think enough. QL- ..__- -_- _-..J -_2 _ LAIJ _J ._.!_..!_I -1 V. -us: One day, while he waschatting with a very intimate friend, who was well ; versed in the idiosyncrasies and work- ing of the dierentoicial departments, 1 he asked condentially his companion if he could tell him the precise spot in i which the establishment of which he had been appointed a deputy custodian was situated, confessing that he had ' not the remotest idea of its locality_ His request having besncomplied with, the oicial, nevertheless, displayed no curiosity to `visit the scene of his pre- sumed labors, and, as a matter of fact. he expired without `having ever beheld > . U. -- - `I Edna] to the Occasion. Illiohelonthe famone comedian. enf- fered a great deal from the spite of hi: colleagues, ,end found it necessary to be _on the alert at every performance. On a certain occasion he `had to scold a servant-in one of Mo!iere I plays." when the claque. which had been bribed- by his rivale, began to hise. 7 Il:..I.-'I-A. _.-_ |_._ _ . . _ . _ _ _._~ .|.n_--___-_L W are --v-sac, uvauull IV ICIDBO liiohelot was by no `means disconcert- ed. Giving the servant a couple of blows on the ear not included in the part, he extemporized as follows: Va... -814 ............ -l _ __..I-A. `L--- .l_ nu- V, -w v-uv-astound-evil -. bvaav V! B 5 You vile soamp of n varlet. therein . nothing you think of! There you stand quietly listening to the vermin Iqueak- ing in the house end never trouble your self toget the "rat poison P " flit... `..AI'-..a. -0 4.|.:- ..-n_ .._-.. ..A....lI_l._.. V? I1? OIIU IJVIQUII I ' "'-.i13rrece of this sally was striking. The audience broke out in loud applause hiss` the actor. ` and no uubsequent attempt was made to. A-1;}, really, myvdaar boy. that bit ! shout the root of all evil wouldn t_ have dope atfll. " ` Alw - $lIA$ I vlaqll: VI-vuta-I - She roee--one yard and a half of rigid. . eeornful femininity. Do you reg:-etour marriage. air?" "No, no. 0! oourle not. ' "I desire` you to explain, then. Mr. Oheedle-I-oh. bother the beastly rnoneyl I with it wasn't Gomi_ng." _ ' L Perhaps it isn't. ._ Don't be such a wet blanket, Joale.'" i Why, you just said- . i "I don t care what I_ said! Ihate yon! _ Oh, Josie, and I was going to buy you each a lovely new chain! ' ' She-wept aloud. - " ook here, N all," said Oheedle. Iorne minutes later. I won't write to Aunt Jane at all." ' . That will be best. said she. I might only go and put my foot in- it. I know I'm not a very great favorite of here. -y v- -u.- u--: "`Then_ why axvslwtbe question? It makes you more unreasonable` still." Oheedle laughed. Now you are laugh- ing at me. " ' lll5.._Il._ ...._. .'I--._ 1 A_I,__I_ 4| You speak of the money that in ! coming from Aunt Jane!" e . ; _ "If it isn't coming. may I have it?" . 1 How can you? . ` ` Never mind. You're I0 positive. May I? '.ll to myself?" . . - l1'l1..II' I --an QQII|OIl\`Il`l|` `nu :g-- Y uynv JU$ $50 IJVIIIIB Guano-J. - : v - - u vu- Oheedlo walhnrt. Once you word proud of my sense of humor. he_ to- marked, or you said you were. 061 A...1I -3- q--5-6 unnhi An." n-Gnpll nun:-nun, UL JV wince: `vs: II v-vu I tell you what we'd do!" cried 3 M1-a.'Oheedle, with sudden animation. 3 We'd go to Paris." ` ' ` When? Why? How?" ."Ae soon as we got`it-one. Because we could waste it better there than any- where else-two. - With it-`-three. " nu -.. -._--I- -1 5L- ...-..-_ A.I...r'A. 8...); 7 %-my-at your p-rdon-E-' con:-Ioubt;"` j; - ' ' Cjww -IvV' You are very -horrid '..?.ae.u.e...p.o. * tulvtodey. Idon t think I ehell linen toyon..." _ ` `. jf - `fl can reeeeure you: you ,h`e`ven t.` "Do you mean to eey; Jeeie; that you haven '3 been talking all the time?" `'0! ooureeidol" ` ; ' You can lay that. oalmlyetandlng there? . I ,IC- I-ll I` IL I______.! Ukvovc Ox! frantically sltting, If it I; ble tom frantically. " .' `I'__ f`LA'.SI- __L-J ll" Inna.` ninngnl "'ii'.."'c'u:I`e ?.:'f2".2's'.; z'.'.a. --1 feel .1mou` sure you are being funny. aha said. l`L`.-1I- _.-_' L.__L human innit jgun LVUI "No. Now I shall just ply"- uv....on r.}q'o} 7,. vu -azo..?=:` ..p\.. nu..- v nu-- urn vs l3on t you think you are unreason- able-to expect me to answer that? IIIXI A A _ _ .. `I .`I_..lA. -__-_L ____ L- ,, v-cg-. -- V-we Iv ---J - She _.sat . curiously white and still, while that dead and half forgotten past ashed vividly before her. She would never have thought it possible then for her husband to be at his club while` she amused herself successfully elsewhere, and now this was thenormal state of things between them. m\.-_- 1.-.: I.--_ ._- .._-...-I ..- .12- U-n.-any -uvv we vvna was`:- There had been no quarrel, no dis- pute. They -had simply drifted away iron: each other in those ten `years of "married life. until now they were com- ` putative strangers. Neither could have told how or when the division began. (IL- I._-I_-J -.L LL- ...._-_.l-..L-LI- --.. -b r\llllV unav ruvunvnu Una-are-vi It was exactly ten years since she herself, agirl of 17, had made a run- away love match with handsome Cap- V tain Trelawney. (ML- _..A. _________.I__ __L:A.- __..1 ._L2II iv-vu cc v --u.-- v-... `n. -- x... --v"-g--- She-vloolv:ed"at the uncomfortable cor- neragain and with new eyes. `That pale little face was the happiest in the room . -the only contented one in iight-and ` when the boy husband came near, al- vways with a glance and smile in that direotioh, what a radiant look was: oated baoklat him! They really seem- ed to be "enjoying their evening. II`..- fI'1_-I-:....... ...D... L.) -_.I LIL-.. VI! VII UV vnudvg data Ion-van vvvno--on Mrs. Trelawney reeoted, and then, with an indescribable urination, it oc- curred to her that she, the admired and pat-ted society beauty, was actually envying that plain. badly dressed. pen- dniless little girl. Ill._ rn....I..._..-_ I......-A.I....J .. I...-. -:...I. Illlvun IUslv Bangs , . Mfr. Trelawney breathed a long sigh of relief when the brougham door we: Ihut upon her and she was on her way home. She` had a long way to drive, plenty of time` to follow out her present , train of thought and to be an unhappy as she pleased. ISL- L._'I..`I L---All LI:._L -L- -nannl an Anna-:3- ..-..-. - -..,-... ...... ......... ,.,.. ..,,...... The boy` hurried off again, proud and elated, and his little wife sat smiling after him from her corner. Mrs. Tre- lawney looked "sharply from one to the other. I wonder how long that state of things will last?" she meditated cyn- ioally. av:--.4 - She knew a certain amount about the aairs of the foolish couple-Lady Lucyhad conded variouedetailu in the course of her apologyior their presence there at all. The boy was a journalist, with a microscopic income `and very limited talents, and the little wife was pennileu. and they had a tiny at some- where in the eaat--some uncivilized lo- cality, the bare thought of which sent a Ihudder through Lady Lucy. f`In ten years time," she said to heraelf,'what will have become of them?" And at that point she panned aghalt. la. _..... .._..LI._ 1.... ..........' ..s...... ..l.... II`t.`XUI( EX? VVVFIZ OJ? UIIVjI Now it was too late, and then she Inddenly eat up straight, with fast 'be'atin heart. It was -not too late; it ooqld not be too late. She would begin this very night end try to restore some- thing `of the old lovingirelatiom ot ten years ago. She would `call-tor he: has- band now at his club. T Sheremembered , having-`done so onofe: or fwicein `ihoeo bygone days. when something .impe_ra-E Give had px_'ev_ented him from coming with her tojtheirjmutnal disappoint- ment. ` ~ 1 _ . t I . I A I, ,_, --c -- --v Reallf, my dear. I think the laugh was on your side that time. OI... ..._-.tI_.1 ALf'I -_-._ \_ She gave the. neoenury order to hot- % coaohman, and then` at tense and up-, -right. 'hergaye| _brig'ht. her" cheeks. k i1Ih0d._ ~ 7 ' ` 1 . g Q'.,A AI ' I n 38 Dan`; '1 IIII vvue She told herself that she was a despi- -cable little wretch, a more society but- tery, and it was no wonder Horace was tired of her. If. only Horace had been poor, so that he and she could have worked and etruggledtogetherl 11- only their one child -had lived beyond baby- hoodl But that she could not bear to think at even now. If only _all the past ten years could be lived over again. how dilerently she would use them! T xi-_ .n. _-- 4...- 1.... ....I at... .I.-' ` ~:i::".hcy were not far from tl-no dlub now-nvo, ton migntea more and hp: K ngwA_li!e.won_ld.hayo begun`! L an... |....1-..;-:.1.--_:|.--In:-. u...-:.....-.' uv --J nnlcnla av `casual. Ill IIIJ VIIIVLUI I ve been helping Ladybncy. She asked me to take some old `ladies down to supper, the boy husband went: on with a comical importance. .You re `sure you arenot; dull here all _alone? l`f\..Ill_I nu. .1__.__-nn ,-,.-V u in wow aavu uuaa CID-LU all IIIUI-lUd Dull? Oh, dear no! cried" the little girl, opening wide eyes-of amazement. Oh, _thare a Lady Lucy looking at us. dear. I expect she wants you again." mkn `nu-nunniaual l\ on). A u n _ _ -._J -_.I vwnuuu vvn---u vnvvn V-`I av; nauwvlluul "So much, dear! answered the little girl enthusiastically. It s` all so pretty and so amusing to watch. lI .ve never seen anything so pretty in myvliifel T I!A lunar` |nn`\3-can ` `J-u T ..-_. EL- u-J VUIUIIIIIO A Hither had retreated a poor cousin of the hostels, in little `girl of 17. under- dressed" "and pale faced, conspicuous only for a very newand shining wed- ding ring. She had, been alone most of theevening, and now it was she and 4 "her boylausbend whose whispering had disturbed Mrs. Trelawney. nu-`diva n - A - A _ . _.'.....:_.. ._-__ '1 VI I-1-`awn `in CI There was a particularly ineligible come: near Mrs. Trelawneys snug re- treat, a three'ooruered. `low backed seat, in the full glare or the light and unpleaaantly algae to an intrusive and apiky cactus. ` n.u.|..... |_-; _-...-_.-.1 - _L.'._ ..__x.. _. w::Ea.r`l`i-11.34-,--;:r:3Wy:.<`)1`1'(:1-;3oyingT your- self? whispered the boy husband. ((0. .......l. 1---") _..______-.1 L... 12441. IIIVIU on Ill !`IlUIIo She had had a busy day. and it we : pleneant and cool there behind. the palm. She only wished me people would not` whisper somewhere near. it only they were aware how much fur- ther a whluper carried than an ordinary tone! And vghile_ the meditated anepi- groin on , thie enhjeot she opened her eye: and looked round impatiently for the whisperer -e. - ll'lL-.... .__- - ..-..;..I-_.I__I__ l__-I:_:I.I- " -~ v-- .,v-. u-uv u-our no-A-Iv: She smiled.` How nice you are when you don t argue, Josie! ` ' HD--L _L__-_L '1l-:.. .-__-_____ on on 1 T She was very pretty!` very wittj, "very uroeetio. ` Her world had a wiyolenome dread of Mrs. '.l3relawney Itonue. she find just intimated h desire for an ice. and her ettendant satellite: had die- perud rt once. each eager to be fore- man: in the quart.` _ ISL- I.-.`I |._.'I - n._.... .1-_ _._.1 1; _.__ gnu lknowthouurgixggotthouu. s Though nova?-info were nigh. Alllntholutydil-hiss. unbrokonbyulhr Thain nnmn tho hlhmnrnnn an-ll A! An. SET. IIIIUTUKIXI ID, IICI . an an un: 111.1` 113' 7 Then cum the olhmorono cull at day. While yet tho glnyinu tar. - ` . . _ All in the lady dunno. worm with hnahoq tlnnn an _un nu any uuu-yucca. wuvun was uunucq deep. ` -(`heard the'vul1mre wturotvtear . Above the tireless sweep. who eeeot-(doubt. the dust! at an; Ilponne nn-and ind n-ant Ely? vI".uUuUIg IAIU IIITII K II surged `and swept. 1M1 in the lostyillarknesn. And while the whole world slept. --vii-nlnin wn.-.a.'.....a lnn I- .AII_!Vn:'Ila,`1::z';an;r1:::nuu-..wI_ncusVu1a`up gug HER OBJECT LESSON. \V_`V _naav. vvvuqu. an v wvaunn c Bhq hgd nq iidd;7_;4ihaif timozwu. I WILL!` UIIU WIIUIU WOTIU _ cups. -YiI`1!1ia wooawua Cloud in cmuy. jeans. -cu vs-o-an-nuvonavnvn-I If your voice is going to be as big ' as your words, I can use that the money might just as well not come, as far as I'm conoernodf ' Nonmfinx; ;1>vA11r. T ` i A Pqor lhot. Don t be too hard on him now,ro- smarkeq one olubman to another; _`Ho .aaqures me, in thqmoqt positive manner ~i that he alwayqaima to tell than-nth. . .uk-n..u.: nu u... .~1_-..:..-n.u- n._. :4 .1.-. cup `on. u --v--wv - wan, -uvnunvv I The doctor sprang forward and then drew back. The injured man e eyes had opened and were fixed on the shim- mering white gure with an expression of mingled awe, nnbelief,_ bliss. o` Clara! said the faintest whisper in theworld. 4 A IIIIIU I-IV IIIVVGJB nun IU UUII III-III Ulullln H `h"Well,-I _ll bedharitahle, but if that follow aywayny aims to tell the truth I ;j_uei want toqqay that `he : a worse shot than `any Spaniq:_d_ that, _eya|- wont to -.wI'.1.'.."v-l7.)`gtt"o_it -. ~ = ` ..a.. nun vv; av wanna- "Ladies and gentlemen, it` is my pleasant. privilege tcintroduce to you tonight the lecturer of the evening, Mr. Eli Perkins. Judge Feland. this is Eli" Perkins. Mrs. Colonel Smith, thisis Eli Perkins. `Mr. Hunter Wood, this is ` my fr end, Mr. Perkins. Colonel Camp- bell,` How the; ms is Mr. Perkins. Thus he continued until he had made the lecturer personally acquainted with "each member or the audience. -Hender- '_son'Jo`ui-n`ul_. P __ , Ell Introduced to the Audience. All Clark of Hopkinlville was a local wag who, when Eli Perkins visited that town on "one occasion, stood hie eallies all afternoon long. . He was to introduce Elithat nightto the audience to which. he was i to lecture. When the time ar- rived, it was found that but fewlware" resent, owing to a heavy dash of rain that came up just before the hour set for the lecture. Clark took Eli by the arm and walked him gently to the foot lights. Making a how. he said: ut-.:u-...-...1 ..-_..I--..`--.. :;.- x- ;.._ -u-up-as nu. -av-vs "I have bad `news for you. Mrs. Tre- lawney." T I know-I know!" she answered `patnlantly. In her unrasoning misery she was annoyed by his hushed tone. -Her own voice was nnnaturally shrill` and strained, and the doctor raised his hand in protest. llTf1|._A. I.-_._A.I-_.. -_-_A.____ 1|, __, ;____;_ I must beg of you to control your- self, he said sternly. Everything de- pends on quiet. His life is hanging on 1 thread. - can A .4. 4-. _- _. ' '-7iii}'iite2 Oh. God! Thenhoia not "`.'.`."". - ` -v- v- u She had brushed past the doctor. deal to his ramonstrances. With noiseless, ying feet, she was up the staircase and I moment later kneeling by her hue- band s bedside. A - u-- vv_.- --v-- My `gear, ydu really must not be petty." Tl... ..-A. ..-4.A._. -....1 1' -I._II I__ __ ___L