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]~"U. THIK`; 1UU'l$`lJl-I UIUUI, IJJU-LU, I15- ; mum-as Btu-telly ; she looked far iike the wife of the master of uuse than his daughter. It was" a strange toilet, too--all black, g'l-eztming dxiamonde throwing he loveliest of lights--3. dtress of. luck lace ; the `perfect curves; of ou'1d-ers and arxns were `shown to tion,'the. white neekelooked the for the vcrxzmst._ A diamond" hone in the coils of silken hair; mend cross glitteredl on the breast. She had evidently eho'a- A toilet that w.ou'1'd. add. to _her an ignity; she had tried to look izzsteutd of younger and she had >ded. The lovely Southern taco ost none of it color; the dainty? emf flush was on her chaeks,lthe 'ri1nso1_1 on-h-er 1ipts. He had look-~ many fair w-omen, but none so H this daughtvem of the x.Neslies. did not speak when shegentered om ; she looked at him with calm, ful iudiffereru-.e--it was not of- hut she see-mevd to take any spe- zxmrrest in the young secretary. 0.31: with a grave, oeremonioust slne took up a. book and sat down Is 01-e11 wniudov-.. ow luroud she is!" he thought. 1 J -2-mt to-hen` th-am the ground he- h-mr feet, than the leaves on '1`-ue.~:--le.ss thum the faded flowers ]za'mv.~s away--yet I----Dear Heav- dzm: not t.h.i-nk how. I love her-- :a-szuw:-e1y~say it even to mysel-f I \V`:1l'h( d her as she sat there; the jeweled 11:rnl.s `that tulrned the m hon` book so 1-istlessly never 1 Jed, the color never varied on ..\...y. nIvn11 IIVl \DV'| l`1"\f` nf [Ihere arp a whole 19!: of me.n_who never hear .3 new, witty story with- out its reminding them of an old, poor vr" Tie love of a Little `child is the most valuable loveln the world. be- oause the little child is the only one vgha doesn't gxpeot to get anything out 3':"i't." 11?]. . III Iloo When a man tells his little boy that it hurts him worse when he has to whip him than it does himaelt. he has torgotten what he used to think when hm father. toldhizp the same thing, ietenrants innumerehle, expeneive emote `ee-mmhu: e':I..uIo .1ohieytat the to? Ill! The restauraizte where there is no ` restriction on women smoking include nearly all the moetexpeneive and tub- ionable. The `restaurants where -the lady smoker ie tabooed are, '1 ehould ea-y, mostly thoeeyhere the greet. Brio tish middle class treat; it: w,ive'_e and daughters to a tablet d he_tc_,et live ehillinge, or, it may .be, three and. six- penoe a head. There , are, again. re- end a trie Bohemian, ,. Jte the &- 1:. '1 emokr ppeara -tofhn .det'y'. _-In tho: :REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. 1;_ng1and.~as an Fran. ch'.db in woman suoxnns. aunt: US$01-I I313 V (To be continued.) Ull (H1 1115 .l'iUL'|U,'U3&U..l.u'.U,V V5"? :1 }:1.d_v whose feabulres he could 3, fun` she wore a. val; but'_her wrua the very perfection. of . Sir Arthur held her hand in mi in a few well-chosen words hxv-etl her to his dependents as future mistress, Lady Nesliev. s<-Ping Gemutld, he held out his with a frank. kindily smile. u m gud to stave you, M-1`. Dorman. man had quite a royal reception, n welcome home as we shall nev- `gvut. I hm7e been quite touched 1v|.,..... :. ml:.... KT;-\n1=n an Oh, bea_u_tiul. wexen bride flowers, ' ' So pure` In your dainty white, Opening your delicate petals . `Catching the sunshine bright. Resting-A among the green leaves,- Shedding your perfume sweet; On, lovely tropical flow rat, Your beauty is most complete Oh, beautiful, waxen bride flowers, : Max she whose brow you entwine In that unknown, mystic future, `Emulate a life pure as thine. THEBABY S CLOTHES. , v"A. baby's clorthiug should` be drawn over its -`feet end not elipped over its head," said Miss Marianna Wheeler, superintendent of the "Babies' Hos- pttal, of New York `City, whose long expehehce in training nursemaids makes her an authority on all sub- jects pertaining to` the care of m- fants; ' T Nothing is more awkward. than to attempt to dress a young. baby In a sitting. posture. It should he on the nurse's lap until quite able to sit alone. It the clothes are put am as 1 describe there will be no; fighting and -crym"g, b_ut, instead, the child.wi1l be fond of bemg dressed. For the -ilrst four months thereshould be a snug flannel band over its bowels. Later this "sh-ouvldbe replaced byjn. ribbed knitted band. of W_oo1, of course, and made like, the top of asock. It must be -`drawn over the feet and should be Worn through! the second year. "1 .-...... alur +|....4- ...-mm!" all lI`\+nC*'IY`I!'Il` ll-J WILL DO LUU.'3|.'I-Ulla U Lulu wunsuo "1 disapprove very decidedly of; put- ting veils over a baby's face. When ~I:he weather is so cold or! so wi-ndy as to ren.der a veil necessary. no young child should` be sent out of doors, but instead givn its airing in a welh ven- tilated nursery. Veils affect the eyes, and are as a rule imacleanly. In the majority of instances a mother never thin.k of having the baby's veil: wash- ed. .They wear the veik for an entire winter. so you can imagine the condi- tion. The-n. aside from this,` a child's: face is a-ll the better for being exposed to the air, not only because it ailows her to breathe more freely, but it is healthy for. the complexion. "rm..- .........L-..L ........ ..'I......I.1. I... Irulrnn Luruugm Luz: nsuuuuu Junk. "1 am sure that nearly all Lntestmal 3 trcu-bles in: young children are caused" by then` bowels getting cold. It is the one place which mu-sf. be protected it you; would have a healthy child. There are three welghts of these bands whlch I recommend, medium, thin and gauze. The very- heavy sh3uld._ never be put on, and the same rule should be follow- ed Ln selecting7fla.nnel garments. "`l`+ .5 ......,...+ .'............+..n4. I-lnnf n hnhv'q ;ou. DI-| UULUULLU5 l.laJLIl..lUl. "It ms most imports-nt that ababy's clothes should fit the body. If too tight they frequently produce. vom1t- mg after feeding, while if too large they cru-mple in-to folds and cause d1s- comfort. No pins or buttons should be used, but all bands about the body must be baated; The openings should be .neithe1"in the back nor front, but umder the arms, where-.any Irregular- ity will be least -felt by the child. "I Jinn.`-5....-.-. u-wanna: :lnn::]nt`l11 nfr l\I`l*'- 5:51. uawuuu. LIOGILLIJ I-'U1| LUU U11)!-l.l'_P'LOAllllI.e "The greatest care should; be taken not to keep children too hot, and while light wraps may, and as a rule should be. kept on them in: the early morning and, late afternoon, in the middle of the day they should be removed. A common mistake among others. especi- ally in fur'nace-hea.t:e-d homes. is using excessively heavy clothing for their children. They usually live in a warm nursery, their ciroulaton is active and they perspire more freely than a grown person. For these reasons the heav- iest` a-nnele should never` be used, even In very cold climates. but extra heavy wraps be put on when they are taken out. . ' . :` . . There are beds of peat in our coun- try,.and several attempts have been made to utilize them for fuel, as is done in Ireland and some parts of Scotland. The peat masses, of which the beds are formed, belong to the "lowest family of the moss tribe. They are familiar objects in our tamarack swamps, where their gray-green, hemispherical masses lie thick` upon the ' ground, to the exclusion of other vegetation except cranberries, which spin their thin vines over them, and a few pitcher-plants and grasses. Every year the axes of the plants in-_ crease in length andthe older stems of former years sink lower into the bog. . Inthis _way the center of the bags: especially of , those fed by springs, becomes considerabl higher than the .clrcumerenoe. en peat moss has thus been growing for many centuries, filling perhaps what was once a lake, the remains of the stems become matted together by the pres- . sure 01 the water-logged "fresh areas above.` and after a time become com- .....I-...'| l..L.-. ...I-.n6- 3.. known nu`n'-nl- nnn,, FEBRUAVZII; `I i1|.H)VD, U-IJU. 5].!-OJ. G DIM-I-IVJ uvvuuav vvu-1- gtgcted into what is known as peat, pro- bly one on the etageelin the pro- duction otf coal. It is not altogeth- er certain, says Prof. McMillan, and coal was developed from mosses like the living peat mosses, but it is per- wectly .cert_ain that It originated in ancient -swamps by the same gen- eral ooeseec which are building the peat- a of to-day. ~ :' Hundreds w.ho`read this paragraph will have clnmbured over masses at peat moss-growing upon the old stems tar below. which. are gradually `being converted into peat as outlined ,.n."9" t, above-in the search for huckleber- ties, They would recognize the long `hunt! gray threads, thick act with nag. leaves; which uonitmadc 11:11:: me ): `over: ,3. on e . `n zocloa or brace, and which a lit- V .10 330 tkins. but the! . . If! `shunt them-'-`-V_ ` W9? hard t "lii'Y5'_" `W .; i`'-" "d- M an 4 `HD1112: ou- bi, Qoiqlopnopt 01 I... ORANGE BLosso1&ts. PEAT.MOSsES. branches, `they; vi occasionally they do 'so---some'tlmoII I -"whole bog..wi1l be in fruit at once; When you find at the terminal 0! one of the branches 9. little c1neter-gen- erally threw-at egg-shaped bodiee each rising on `a slander stalk from the end at the branqh, you may know that you have the fruit-body of In peat moss-in hand.- :. '"'I`hn fr-I1:`_`\.t\r1I1 `O Q Ran` punt. nun:-nu uu.u_u.- _ I. -' "The fruit-body is a little egg- shapedv black capsule with bulbous base, the whole shaped acmowhat lit! a dumb-belle with one and larger than the other __ and a short neck between. The smalier end or the dumb-bell la imbedded in the enlarged cushion-likl. tip of a slender. erect leafless branch of its vegative plant. `Around the bottom of the capsule may befound a thin broken membrane which is ca relic of the wall of the egg-organ in which the capsule began its exist- ence. Peat pmoss capsules open by little circular lids, which when the 03-Dsule is ripe, separate from the bowl part. allowing the spores to escape. CHILDR.EN S POCKET MONEY. `A I believe that children? can be best 1 taught the worth of a dollar by earn- A ing, and spending the dollar. 1 have known parents who clothed and fed their childrhn well and gave them Bpendingi money. on special occasions. I have known other parents who. gave their children a weekly allowance. I have known still others who explained to their children that their help -was needed to. make the home--father and mother could not do it all-but that if they shared in the work they should also share in the income~-in' 9. word they formed 3. family partnership. And I am free to confesq that the results after years ofobse-rva.tion_`lea.d me to _ p-reterthe partnership plan. 'I"hn .\ln1`n..+:.... 1...... ....mnL.mnn lnnnn `-nuns/L B140 Pal. L1l;U_L:Dl.Ilkl Ill-.I-In ' -The objection has so-metunes bee made. when childzqgn wre paid for work they became unwilling to do any- thing wxthout money returned. It has .not been so with children I have known. xnllu 711.]: I have notxced that when money W9: g-wen children it was spiemfz th3h lessly; when: it was earned 11: wag I10`: `parted with without careful consn era tion. I u 1 |4`IJLIO I have noticed also that children who were allowed to share in the firml- l`y~ Income and help elect thelr ofvn clothing were not only satisfied With 1888, but were tan happier than) ch11- dren for whom ervery~thm8- W35 Pm` videdh by the parents. Furthermore. they: learned how to be self-su pP01`t` mg-, and when they. reached; manhood `and womanhood were indwstrxoua and self-reliant. ` punt. #0 IL : When Comjxletml It will be the Longest In line World. On November 13, 1898, work was be- gwm on the Simplon '1`_unnel. The contract calls for its completion in five and one-half years, and the price to be paid is 69,5C0,L`00 francs, ($13,413,- 500.) It will have a length of 12.4 miles, and will be the longest tunnel uin the world. :\Vhen completed it will be the third one connecting Italy with outlying countries by direct rail. and will accomplish a saving of 43-5 miles, or from 7 to 8 per cent on trav- el from Paris to Milan,` as compared with the Mount Cenis or St. Gothard tunnels. 'Dhe Mount Cenis tunnel has a length of eight miles and the St. 'Got.bard a length of three miles. II`!-:4. Q3-.n-n.Iamn fusv-urinal Innnsdnn in _QI1I;+ID_ KIWII-\lIu.I.ll. I1 Avuguu U]. LJJAOU LIJILDDI The S-implon tunnel begins in Switz- erland, near the little town of Brig, in the valley of the Rhone, Canton Wallis, and ends in the valley of the Dciveria, on the Italian side near Isella ' It will be perfectly straight, except for a. small curve at the ingress and egress. - the i.ltair~ for her third THE GIRL OF TO-DAY. One of the most remarlmble `social developments of these latter days is the evolution of the mature heroine of romance. Formerly this post was al- llotted to the young girl or the young married woman. In those times, moreover, the adjective of youth would not have been applied to the maiden who had passed her twenty-fifth year. and. only in the spirit of the grossest flattery to the matron who had seen her three decades. It is typical oil the A age that this explanatory note should be necessary. Now the expression "young is purely relative. The period of middle age has been entirely abol- ished. .When almost everybody is younger than somebody else, it is only the few who are proud of their ex- treme antiquity who can be regarded with any degree of certainty as old. At 30 the girl of to-day no longer re- tires on the shelf as a `failure, to pass the rest of her life in the humiliating position of the maiden aunt who de- votes herself to the children or re- merely preparing to start on a new phase of life with a more definite plan and a clearer vision. Very often she marries and begins afresh at 40. Some- times she has been known to base . greatly daring as .to.enter on matri- mony for the first time when she has passed her ftieth year. `For the matron the range is even more extend. ed. At 83 she is quite a young thing --gay, frivolous, skittish, to whom so- ciety and flirtation are the chief ob- we in life.` Ten fears more bring to her prime. t is the period of fascination. of adventure, .of impulse. The women`: of 40 is capable of an - tilting; is the object: of t e wildest plans. thevcentre of the most ' daljmc roananoe. A At 50 she is prob- ` ably marry for the second time. .-'HU1.'ee -8co'r e. ll find her ap roach'n . . i _ dine. an: it lives ion? ' :negppoax9'at .a ; up to four ; venges herself on the poor. She is, 19310 .h'f ` tr. m't: Matron}. Yau 1'~o'a good, gruthainl, truewnortlb @131. Jana. And 50 H1 ta: wanted to kiss `you, did by ; too. Yca'm'. -An when ':'I~r,,_I,,,':. a-.31.; Wouu'oIn?a_dI t_;lp1.- `AW THE SIMPLON TUNNEL. wonsn STILL. -11 > h-ar,- said-- ' -2` will go to the dnawing-room, i.+---Miss Neslie is there. Come us, Mr. Dormaan." - , A ms:-u1ed lo Genald that the mas- Hge Abbey w1.s, after `@111. in no to meet his child. He seemed- gm by the way, painting on}: a. Imcture or statue` to.hi6 }w.d0. began to suspect that the lmronuet fe`lt somselittle trepid- ..n- H... n.........1.. .4 ........4.:..... La." n Indy Nes'1:i spoke_to Mrs. Spen- 40 111-3 butler, and one or twoot -and servants. Sir Arthur, turn-' \ h.:u~. on :J__ UUJULIDL LOAD BULLIE II.||aJU 010,155`-I". at the th0\11`8`ht od mbating `his uroud dau-ghtm`. .'l!hoy passed gh the magnicent suit of rooms t~ranger s srweet vdiJoe_ sounding he cooing olf a dove; yet, 8*WBOt . was, Gerald feared that than omvethxing .insinonen'e in the ring n ;they reached the drawing-. Vxvi-en was still sittingLwh.erI; ` - left her; but when they :e_tbLt er-2 rrose with a statey gram` 921! wn. Sir Arthur rdleasod" _hlgs. . hand and went up to hisMdq1:1_h_-g _he stood bettore him, bal.` d_a rk.`.; ed, with allil the pride o"nar. lashing in her d.ar k eyes. - doeIaI'.Vivien_" said Sar Arthur`. wuuuug uu war war: ayes. .' de2ar.Vivien, said Sar Arthur. well you are looktnmavo you I'd 01` m3, = "I; V did not oilaap hern'uls.1'.uand hi! its`: the old. 1mm1dw,I:unnon3' hm: suntan: Through Storm and sunshine 5 '1?-3' '67 " }*:`'`m'in ir. '... `Id out hat MIKE; 1 -~ 7 if 55-1: 1'm 501110.. Pb-98." III"! -`Wk .}'0I1'. Vlvlem, 1: ' it. I wnnff man. I-A , 1'... my are here, Mtiuss Neslie. my me uaxrsliex` than I expected," th;-. c-211111 reply. ~ did not lay her book down . or" uuy sign of disturbing herself. d_ trembled with excitement and nky 'v1 ~ I ...1v:ln'.f , I .. .;. ...L.`...~....x l on else-`-I want you _to vv'6lcVomeV my | hnltutn nyifn W \ |vuIv V\|BI7"".I. wag I l 1)-euloved wife." `[1 SA. I_x_,.'I I.-- IJUJUVUQ. WILD-" _ ` , - % in it had been to save her life, V1- men could not lutwej smiled, could nbt thaveuttered aicindly word. She made a stiff, form-uleourtesy. audthere was 9. moment of painful! silence. Agxain\Gea"aid saw the baronet'a face diarkening-again the unit, qooing voice seemed to break the spell- Sir A1rthur s wire held out her hand to Sir Arthur's daughter. "The .rI`AnfnAh'n1nnnnrA 1. had In IEIURIIJ W5 fe . ((1- Mu as van; 5- uvwuguuur. "The .grea.test1 pleasure I- had In mom-mg, to Lanoerwuood was the hope. that you would love me." `VD... n14-n in A - n m )-.J I `-33 '7.-355.: uucvv Juu wuusu Luvv um. ' "You are very good," coldly. " (Long! ..n.... I! ..a_..Q.;.l "Aurooa--way," opposed the sweet `voioe, " I do not know that I am- good. A-h, `that is an English idiom! They was hard to understand. It wishing, for love makes one good, then am `I a-and " `Will-U. ~ As though words meant anything! thought Miss N-eslie; Hera a,re'sweet enough, but the very sound of her voice is false." . T T Sir Arthur turned to his daughteg`. -I venture to promise for V011. V1- vtien, that you will soon love_ Lady. Nes1ie--no one can help it\Vo.1e'ne, yotu will like to go to youlr ,apa.rtmente.: Perhaps, Vivien; you---" " H-as Lady Neslie a. maid ?" she ask- ed. quickly. - " Yes," replied Sir Arthur. V "`l.`hen she hfadhetter go with her. I will speak to you, papa. . -0, L116 U01Ul' uuv_uL vcumu uu. -zx-.-.~, even when the sound of th :4 wheels was heard, and Ger- ua-man rose with an agitated fa-ce, 5 uwlu . A smile, almost of `contempt, cu.-rlegl Vivian's lips, -as she saw `her father looking with -rapt `devotion at his new `mini n \oHAiP1\ER TIV, Lady Naslzi-3 left the dra/wing-room, and, with her. maid and the house-` keeper, soon` found herse`1f.i=n the mat- n-ilfic-ent -rooms appointed for her. She` listen-ed to Mrs. _Spenser s explana- fl-ions, -amd then` cqurteously dismissed -er. * ll I1IL!._ S._ __e, _'___,-n~ -|ur__.'2_ u _L- ....:.I This is very good,` .M~a.ri~e, she aid to her m;aIid, when they were alone. I never thought to nd Lalnoawood [so grand. It is a palace`; I have seen `nothing like it." 11- {an `nu-\'\.1s 4-no. nnnn Fnm rn.:.`u.t` uuuuuxg Just: 11.. It is none too gbod for m1ialardi,' obs-awrved `the girl; ua-nd I wish you, -miladi, yeams of happiness in it. . L T n.hn.I] kn knnmu .4nI\\l\II.(l]\ " unt` ufh` `I-lJ.lJ.1Ul, JUNJUE U1. U11l`ll1'U|BD .l.u. ll-q 1 I shall be happy enoug ," said the bride; "plenty of money `always makes one happy. Mamie, find me the prettiest dress 1 have. This young lady, S-ir. Arthur s.d.au.-ghter, isestatelye -am-d 'bea4utifu1 as a. princess; I feel quite ptlanin and inzsigniti-cant by her side. Find me something vecry _ni-oe, that I may swrpass her. Qhn` nnnnnf kn .nn.4-nvn hAnI1f5fnl fhnn |r&l1'Ia B'|J-'51-REED HUI: She cannot be more bea.ut-iful than %n:l-ladi, declared the girl flattering- Y- ` ` | Yes; she is.` You do not under- , stands She has the face of a P-`P11109583 I she has the manner at a princess; she ' speaks like one. Find me my prettiest I (tress and my rarest jewels. She shall not ssutrpass mus. .' H I).nJ- .dv\:'|lIr\:]: {en 34- runnr` G-nuhn_.'iA1x7A] uuu-guter UGUIIUL HUI`) auulslua .There was a strange familiarity be- tween "m.il.-adli and her. maid when they (were ' together elone. When Lady Neslie was impatient-. Marie gave her plenty of sound advice. always quoting, ms alast reeort,_th:e Duch- ess of Fitzburgh. Left to herself. Laady Neslie `would have chosen some elaborate costume; she ' w.ould have decked herself with costlg, jewels. Ma- rie s good taste prevails . The, young wife worq a dress of plain white silk, trimmed with: silver not. a few beau- tiful peaaarls in h-er-hair,` and a neck- lace of pearls round. her throat. `It was pretty and bride-like. Lady Nes- ltlie` owned that nothing could be bet. er.. ~ . wr .'.1....n I___.->L.. .1..;-.. --.-n"..~....I .-..'.. wu1u~au: wuu not own uu.-u.uu_y. . "Of course you know. best." s'a.1d Lady N-eslie, impatiently. "I wish thore had never been a Duchess of Fitzburgh; shoe is alwayd being quoted against me. Have your own way. Ma. win '9 um. wuuyauu um . B=ut, -m-i-ladi, is it good tg,ste-jewe1s and a courtly costu-moa for this din-* n-ea` en fa-mills? I think not. My late md.strness, the Duchess. of Fitzburgh. ,nevecr -made a very elab~ora.t e toilet for |dsinn~enr with her own a.-mtily." ul'\1! -._--......_ ...... I . m A . up k 4ul- H .=.}.:A ll(."ti Jlill,` W'l-L11 [LB uuuatuu yuvu- its g'1.`a:tt stands off-lowers and - (mess, the wealth of antiquities d~;-;-uu'a11.ed the walls, th long line nu.-:.~t,ic.~s, all standing to welcome" nu,-. He saw Sir Arthur," tall` tumly, w-ithapleased. b-right ex- 'uu on his Laue-e`,-leading'.by "the ...1..,...... ....+...mnu Ina nnnh` 1 ne." T V _ - "NO. m,ilad.i-y9u!`_.way, not mme. It! your lwdyshdp wall trust t_o me. you} toilet shall be such as Snr Arthurs daughter Tcannothaelp admiring." 9 'l`h.nv-us. union: :1 nfv-anon fnfnilinritv ba- UUIO. I shall have to dress well and use all my powers` of pleasin ." she said to herself; for Miss Nes ie does not like me. I am sure. ` I have won Sir ArLhur-now I must try to winher. TI` uuhm 'Imn4-I .AnI\ "TuJnis -Ennf {Lon cl}-Ln llialllli-IJIFVV I I-LIKWII bl BU VVLIJ LIV`! If she had seen Vivien just then. she would hnavq despadred of ever winning her. Mr. Dormam had. much to the` baronet`s Idisoomtiture, quitted the room.` `Heh:ad hoped to avoid all pri- vate conversation with his daughter. but her strong; will pbevvaiiled--they were left alone. Then Vivien went up to him and clasped her arms round his neck. ' un1v_'|_-_._- 1.-..-- __.___'| 7 ,__'__|_u ___ IJIID IROVZ 0 `Welcome home. papa"! I could not kiss yb1)hJ8fO1`6', with; that stranger hnnn run nix , uyhu. I}-nnuyn nnn LVN J I} IIVLVIV] VVIDIJ UHKID BU` GIJ`U` here. Oh. ya a ,. Awhy- `have you brought her? Why have you marri- ed her? `Was not I enough for you? Why did` you bring her here-o. girl- only a `girl? Why did you marry her 3" Q5-r Ari-H11Iv"In'nlr4.uI warn I1I'Ir|1\-|nn`4\u|`- "You ask -why I married her. The reason will perhaps not seem suffici- emt to my proud Vivien. It was be- cause I l vfd her. nit--- L ___- 1.- 1-..- M _I_'. -..L,__ uuxy u. `gnu I W uy ulu yuu umrry n'Brl` l" Sir Arthur `looked very uncomfort- able. Itwaa not thle `pleasantestvpog sition in the world. . He tried to make the best of it. He threw his` arms round bier and drew `her nearer to `L3... w:!i`:'|1'6F.`w`;`:1;.d?"I*l6v' you `now; but thiat did not prevent my loving Val- erie. . Wait until you know. her." .``-"I- 11131] III.n`fAL nn 1u.'A'lUg!|dIA wanna `7= i: %w}'xi"..T`'J i'.`5.i.?:`i`&'.;n".T'.papa. You omnnot upset me to love a girl whom you hive pit in] my motharh plvaoe. name you L to:-gotten my mo- ger inthat` you bring this stranger to . - 1411-. 1- a-.___- __,. n ,, _LL.A,. :__:__ _-_-_ UGVIUT In IVWTB ILWCI "You had me to love," she inter- rupted,guiokly. ""`wInu.:u A 3.` ' I g`-pg -gnu `nag-u n luau` rune in. sobn af.tur.ward'; and 1: he .h.ad seen 11.61` often in the. may of evening toilet jhe-was _.d. She looked older, more dig- rII.1`r\|"I1O aka lnrdrnl` far Tm1ti:"3`a1 f5`;"p3" "5'n. ;n:)a.W IVIIOIIQH t.h:`a_world to me! go N" 1076 Ion, ,,I:i.1<.1--!.lI5Id ..I.I. ` % A but`,y_ou_:' `, ndvifou have info ht uneruyco ; to, atandkbotwun un. - ow could youfj ? . 4 ; mam up 'da1fk.,.f'boutItul .<\ . u . x 3.1 In IOU.` ITO" _II -wavy am: as u .lGVUo aunvu mourned truly ._ h for her. -You ought mther tonxlafeesod thtatl ham toundaome one to b ' hten my life.` `'1 bnwemoa your`. I .4 ma,` h`II C %\n:p\ Uh" "'73, I new not torgowen you: no; t`lyer.~Viv'ian; ut o. mo;n_oannot always keephls heart buried-in a gram. Ihavo llIn'iIA1`*Ivt1I|'n Anhulah `Ari I-nu- Van ma Vivien. `-1 i Z ot1':'oL`:i,: t1::4h.?A< d mated. "' owboLuld`"yoju. brinfs .har vrme r' `He was mbre troubled than he cared ht: ovgn-his voice trembled, his hands 5 -oo - V ` v `inn..- 1"r:...'.._ ..-.- ,::....._....1..a. ....... `I -uun, . , , Come. Vivien, you disappoint me. I thought you would have `bean more generous--I tlmught you would wel- come mz wife." 10!)... ......._ n-` :.. `-11 -..;.... H -1... w'.."('.)u;u 1%-its," is 'p.1l orvor. : she said; f'You1 may` think you. w.ill.V,love me! as muohi, but it will never bu the aI:nl\`|.n no-n:-up -`noun um`-{Ann n-Qu=w\ Qlnn --v we sauna`, Huh [I Will! IHUVOE VI! `-119 demo again. papa--never again. She will j`be between us. You will love Y0!!!` Wife better tb:a.n- your daughter- you will study hm`. not me-you will thinker her-oonsult her wishes, not :Qi'ne; she will-be mistress here, not vu u_.'uuu uv.|;a-011.. .1, `I'D uul. Ju.au, payee. 1_ never thought of nmrrymg again, Vivzen--nothing was ever farth-er 11-om my thoughts. '.""lnv\ txrlfvv A3` -Inn` `mum: `menu .-n-`.\ 0', !'Yes. that is true, Vivien; shag is-my wife, and `she must be mistress. I am glad you- have the good` sense to re- cognize that." V H\7'...... ..-.._ |.:'...I.._.... :_ -L1..- _._...._ ,_.u' . _ I wieni--mm'e to save her thap gra-I iIl]l :`~BJf-- he owned that It W83 I ht well worth seeing-the Brand uwc hall with its mosaic pave- hu .r`vn.u-14' ufnnrlu mffzlnxunr nd w`5"o)T1 rmvu;1.'y kaindnessv in '.the years 80}1e p_a.s_t" has been an injury to me. sard Vwxon. "You made memistress of your: house when I was but a.oh~i.1dv -.-the habit of rule has grown with-me -`aI,1~d now, you ask me to give up than authority of years_ to a girl not old- er than myself. It is not just. papa. T YLQIYAID `-`!nIIrII`|i' A` vv\.nvInry:vun- on-our-n w{`Tfl:<:nu5v:r`1;';. did you marry. papa 2" she asked. raproachxfully. . "7hll wnn can run`: Juan 1' 1-nn'I'I.u ne`:\Ku":Il`l`:u.,ylc>`:: L.`;u;`;:yfi;I1`3;"dear, I rally could nor: help it. I fell in lov'e_ with `Txnlnvvha +1....+`a... +1.- ...I.. :.. +.;...n.. ....n.. uuunu uuu upgy IL. I. Lugu uh xuvu wuuu | Valerie. tbJat s'f the plain trut.~h.-noth- I my more. nor less. I was hlappy with her. unhappy when away from her. So _I determined to try to be always happy. I asked (her to marry_me. and she consented. Now. that it is done. Vivien, try to make all thfings plea- sant-try to love her." . "T ::..n...;....' I .........a. 4...I......L.. I....;... n ....:.:' basal-Il.`-`ul. I'll IUVU 1-1910 ``I suppose I must to!6na.te bar, said Miss Neslie. As `for loving her. .1 pretty face would never, oew.itclm me. I-shall never love her. it only;because she has taken my mother's place. '"l`;h.a+ in (nn' n Qo:1- 11:.cn:r n. I-Fun. vnnl-_ cu CUBE LGDUJI ILL Luunuua. D PIGUU-C 2 "Thuat isfnot a fair View of the mat- ter." observed Sair Arth-ur9Re.member, Vivian, she has taken a vacant place. Your mother's. alas! is empty I I "I know. it, and, papa, I cannot love the one who would fill it. ` Do not `think me Wicked. I am. jealous tor my mothee.r-y-my darli-n-g mother. .Every kind `word; you give this stranger, ev- ery kind look, will seem an insult to my n_1othJear's`memory. My mother lov- ead you so--a1'1d do you remember how often you have told me that when she Lay dying she asked. you nesvenr to mar- ry again? What are: men Like that they can Iowa tWzi._O6' and marry twice ? Her passionate; words startled hlim. "Hush-, Vivien!" he su_aid.t "It is all `too Late. I-I did not think of these things, 1 1y deoa.Ir._ Shso-w. your love for me by} being kind to mywife. "I 11:12:"! uknnxuv unnvr Inn}; ftuvu navy vhnl-Inns "'-"'1"=`v v`a%i'1"`~.'a'L. 7%v3.`1`r 13v Eo 133} mother by preventing anyone from ever tak-' irlmg her plaeoe, was the abrupt re- P.Y- V "`r:v1=nv| I-_- 4-,. I21... ...... -.... Q1... & .'J' "Vivien, try to like my wife. She is young-try to make her happy. Ah. there is the first` dinner-bell, con- tinued Sir Arthur, thankful for the in- terruption, `_' and I am not dressed! You `will try to amuse Valerie," wil~l' you not. when she comes down? I may a-swell say. while we are on the subject. thn-t, as she is so young, it would be -a.-bsurd for you to call her anything except Valerie. _ laughed scornfully. "Did you ever -imagine, papa, that! should oo.l1_t.h`at gi.rl mamma 8" . .tI.:a Hana final-marl Imnl-In` 43+ I-Inn Ann- WIJUKIIIAI UGO` l'CJ`5" `BULL LEG-ILILIIG I His aoe flushed hotly} at the con- tempt in her voice.but he made no an- swer; and the next moment Vivien was alone-alone -with her impotent Wrath, her wounded love, her heart- o.ch_e-alone with sorrow that tore her breast, with pride that burned the soul "within her. She clenched her white fingers as shie stood there. no IIQIIAII. `lkvll nlitnnlltr akin nn:.4l U.` Hon. iss Neslie. are you not going "in the hxtll? Si?!` Arthur will 61:- auunvu. unuyunujzy uuu Hour l.ll.lJBo~ V "I mu;st~not -oa.1l .you.M'.iss Neslio. she said,-that has a formal sound. Sir-Arthun; was always talking of _ `Vivien. Will you let. me call you `Viv; ten '3 I have learned to know.;you by that nama." `l|'.!.... \`I_._I2_ 1.-_,-1 ,, , -9 - `-- |.'|u5I0-sci wow nu-U wbuuq uulusvg He lovea- her already. she said, a th'ousna..nd times better than me. n'u..-..` LI... I._n ..-._._ ___.1 1|A'_ ~n-_. uuauueur. Lauw an-u Lhaawlug Dy "I should not ha.we- liked to be in Sir (Arthur's piece, he thought to himself. He made some commonplace remark, but` she (Had not hear pit; and then the `door opened again. and what eeemedatd` them a vision Jot light and loveliness entered-a fair `bright girl wit `l-aughin-3 eyes -and a. beauti- ful mout i, a. girl with golden-brown hair and `a lovely taoe.- `teeth that gleamed lllze little pearls. between scarlet lips. a light girlish figure with trailing wshite robes eandpearle in her hair. Shel went _up to Vivien and looked lauchnincly into her taco- "I nnI1.uI- -nn- -lunl` mun: Rita- lT....l:_ I) DIIUII-QIEAIII DIET IJUIIUUI InLUG_LI LII` Then the bell rang, and Mr. Dor- mom entered. `He looked surprised at findn her a1one;,he looked at the be-anti ul face and flashing eyes. ` "I. H`1*nII`uA hnh Immun ]Ir.nJ 6-A HA In w1?`is:'ue:lie'.Nmd recoiled middenly as Lady Neslio approached her; and now. the two stood face to face, the young secretary intently swatohing the` scene. He thought to himself that it was like the titstl act of a tragedy- Vivl-en_'.a1l,' dark, stately, the diamonds clesamuing in her black dress; Val- erie lair. graceful, slender, with `her lalinf.-xi.` `:1... ..-n VVIUIUU unvuu wuu I-GIL` III` LUUo "Sh:allI call you `Vivien I she ask. ed, not at all dismayed by Miss Nes- lie's hauteur. u? I . ll`? 8` IBCDIIUVKI I "I leave it entirely to you, "` Viv- ien replied. With all her burning jealousy and angry dinda.in,.her out- raged pride. and love. she could no quite forget her good brooding. `l.'-inc 1.ul.`gUI- LB!` QOGI Droecung. ` "1 tol Sir Arthur very often that I was quwap sure I should be dreadfully jgzalouaot his charming Vivien. con- tl-I|_ued~ Lvady Natalie, and. now. I see quge enough to make me. so. ' nu-noun `lung. J-`Lao-' .....n. 1...... -...`l.. ..._ I.`uu. uuuugu U0 maaxe me. 80." ' The grave how that was her only an- swer did nit dmunt hat. UV ... 1.... -tv-u,- AA4 ~-. ,, 9 vvvvra uuu HUI. llR1I.Il.|L I133`. _ You look very grave, Vivien-"-see, I avail myself of your permission. Grav- ity seems to be the pervading charac- teristic otwtbe English . In France ev- ery one ames. looks pleased, interest- - hllr 9 Iiufn `ha. nnnvn (Icons ,'-:11 -um-` 11`, J-----" Hy, do {not trouble younself, Mr nu`, I am no; going down into all. You can, of oowrao. please .|nu ] vs; U-uv I=rIl.l.|o-I065; IUUKB P163880, IDIOIUBC` ed. lira py; here the people are.-all mel- 0 am: . .Y.'6erious, rate. I must teach In-m.+n lmuph tr: ... n -__- .,`_..._v -..v v--- ---v- anohoIi.'soriods, rave. I must you to laugh. Vi n. - She L is positively audnoioua) . -th'ousl_at Gould to himself, and then he came to the rescue. He drew near to La N-ealin with 9.. photograph at the A!) y in his hand. While he" was ahbwrtng it to bar. {Vivien walked away. to. tho other and of the room. In_K1.V.Neal1e looked after her with a ollwuligr smileyand thin the tuned to the Va_e,oreto.ry;.;_ ' .- V . " you know how -to laugh; Mr. arH%' `,` AR Cl`?! `L513 -njn-can gr '3" '. or` do you; require valluu-vgnsulcug ulilul "When 10.11 .`ha._v'o been wi, h`us I '52-, jtle ionavor. Nslio. you will _nd_ gang mg leggy Agnihigl hath ADVANCE. y` `in. En Fraaoe."_ ui1I_ _ _, , is one thiAx+1g- th`a.-t will puz- ayftf: 1 .]18_13!1d." Saul her ladyship, ty tat . that showed all ner p1fet- 1!Tl..-a. 3.. L1 . .... -. - .'_ - ,9 IrI1I:Il-Ila . _Whe.t is that I" asked. Gerald. ' ."I shall hardly be able to tell the difference between marble statues and living women `it they are all like Miss Neslie." ' ` .. . -And for thlat one speech more, than for anythii-by else Gerald Dorman dia- Liked and mistrusted her. l"lV.-. `Ann ._--L!-----` ` aTh_e oh `.31: known love (letter In` ,th:e world is in the British Museum. It 1s_a. proposal of ma/1;_=fage..smade ho (an `Egyptian Princess, and it waamrritten 3,500 years ago. It is In the orm-' of _an inacri-bed brick, and is hhdrefore not only `the oldest, but also that most substantial love letter in existence; fl1I....- .l:___,: -I omem on-T MARIEIAGE cuscromsg CHAPTER III.--GO.ntinued._ _ A" _ 41`:-:s9111ed hvlmsellt in`-th,e charac- un invited guest in the dr-a~w-_- 0111. He looked with some our!- for Miss N~a&1ie`s entr~anco.VHow,T she receive the com-lug` inter- im `to wrest her kingdom - to!!! the young wife who was in teat - .;.--~, ~- -_.- -.v-y--aw; a man and a woman, and what could he gnve them as a reward! Cgzlllnig the woman he said: Your servxce 13 8l`08._t.` enough, for the woman: always finds work harderthan a man; and, therefore._I will give you a reward. A13 your age I kmozw on none better than a dowry and a husband. . I`he d_0Wry 18 here~-this farm from ' th1s txme forth `belongs to you. If hls man who has wozr-ked with you two .and twenty years is willing to marry -you then` the husband is ready." Vmns Mn "gaff! H ....:A +1.... ,.IA ..... ....I- ,-__..__.._ -vvv ovuvvs Lu GALQLOIJUU. .The` first .ailver wsddingi dates. back` to the time 0! Hugh Capet. '! 1`.woi ser- van'ts. had grown gray 1n. Ins servme. vuvu Inuu uu.=-uaauu. 1-5 Luau]. .Your Ma,;'esty, said the old servant, "how 18 it possible that we uahould marry, havin g*a.lready silver hairs?" I 'I`hnnn if. aka `an. n aI'lnnw uxrnn-`Anne '- II-I-nu-La-J3 uuvxug aouvuuy BILVUL uauav `ZThem it- shall be a silver weddmg," J and! the Klng gave the couple sliver enough fo keep thmxtip plenty. =T-h1-s_ soom became known all over France, avid` i became a fashion after twenty- twe years. of married-life to! celebrate a silver- wedding. 1 `Ring 'r\.'I\nnfI'n1n AF I-"I-uni cIv{CnIen nnnuuvv-nIv\.nn I-V no. 1 145' V1 o The practice of the; wife's assumnmg the hu;.ibamd's. name. at marrxage Is; a, Roman cusrlzom. Julia married to Pompey `became J ulia of Pompey. In latter tlmes married women signed thelr names in the same manner, {but omitted the "ot_. In Icelzand: thew op- posite has been the custom, There the husband assumes the wife's name. ml... `unequal -.._.l.'l..__ .~ .`l........-A 4.--... U149 llllll-IJII GDUIJLLKUD LII VVILO D IIGILLUI .The word wedding is derived tram the wed. or security which the Anglo- Saxon bridegroom gave at espousals for the due performance of his con- t:ract., f1`l1is wed: was held. by` trustees, and in addition to it the bridegroom wore: an espousal ring. As; for the wedding; ring, it was first designed, by Prometheus, according to tradition, and fashioned mm of adamant and iron by Tubal Cain-, and was given by Adam to his` son torthis end, (that he there- with should espouse a wife. 7'-in curds:-Io`:-nan an`-A In I-Inn `van-and-Ilunlu A`. IJAIVIIIIL 9r'\I'JI3? 1 '7 `L90 I The wedding cake IS the remains or a. customs whereby a Roman. bride held in her left hand! three wheat ears, and many centuries later, an English bride wore a ehaplet of wheat. .!l.`he bridesmaids threw` grai-ns.of corn or small `bits of cake 1; the heads of the `newly married an the guests pick- ed up the pieces and ate them. The wedding cake did nou come into `gen- eral use wntfil the last: century and was then composed of. solid blocks laaid together, iced all over, so that when the outer crust` was broken over the bride's head, the cakes u-nside: fell on the floor and were` distributed among the guests. Bridal favors are of purely Danish origin. The true lover's kno!l: was first desigmed by Danish hearts and derived! its designa- tion from the -Danish truaelofa.-I plight my tgroth." 'I\Inn \`lIl\IIfI-I'll! NI` I-ha ulivnnn-r :unnnnn u.5.uu Lu; ufvua-In ` Tube throwing at the slipper comes trom the custom or the bride: of the father gxving a shoe to: the; new, hus- band in token of transference of power over her, the bridegroom` lightly, tap- pmg the bride : head with it. VF}-nn `nan-L vnn.n I`:l n nI1.1II1I't1n-I!` ntf! I -Inn yang IHJ9 U1 SUCH LIX VVLLLI Ibo The best man is a survivor` 01:. the band of friends who accompanied. the suitor in his ewifewwinning and; kept watch` for him waiver the bride's tribe, while the lower sought .the opportwni- ty to! carry `off -his inrize. The {homey- mqon journey is the. hurried ight of the husbamd with his wife to escape the vengeance of the pursuing tribe. The presents given the bridesmaids camel ushers are simply: a relic of: the bridegroom among his personal friends so that they wpnnlds assist in the cap- ture of his chosen; bride when the day I1`1`W0d' on which he had determined to carry her `Off. In the fitteenth century, a br'ide~-it one of the aristo- cracy--.oten' received twenty rings from? her relatives and six frioum the brideuamom-two when he became in- terested` in her, t.W0t 6011 the espouse! and two. when theyiwere married. - Some men are so mean` that toEet even with their wives for something 't_hey will ,even quit acting _like they` `would die for them when there is com- pany. rnL_ u__'; -1 , um;-I v-I,!I:| 2.. LL- 5121.. J. .ll('llVU UUDLI qu'Lbu uvuvuvw . Where is Miss Neslie 7" T -re was a moment on`. blank sil- of silence inexnressibly paint-ul -every one felt it to be so. Where he who had always hurried to him, who had been wont to I-ling rms round his neck, regardless m wusepresent, and give . him I.` looked around, but U10 1811` of his (laughter was not there. d hastened to reply: - v iss Neslie is in the d11alW,lng`-D00 rthur`; she arvwaits you there. .,-ww a sudden dmrkenng `of the ms race, but just then a sweet. `mg voice, s-ald- " sh 'n:mnsions like this T voice wns sweet and clear, the t pretty and piq-uant after the n of French Ladies who speak `ll well. It seemed. to huwela J charm for S-ir Arthur; his `l:`(lI`0d and his eyes kbrightened. , Valerie." he replied; " there are 'm11s-es, even in vEng1exnd, like a rapturous welcome home? Sire ow tzharmllng, 'A1"thu1`ll "Are