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OOpinl Authorized . . . 82,000.000 Ptid Up........... 1.000.000 Bacon-vs Fund...... .. 1.000.000 DURHAM AGENCY. MODEL BAKERY. TH 81 SONS Manufacturer of And Dewar in -â€" THE SAVINGS BANK. W . Stimson the hon ae alwm s ‘IC P8108 Copvpmrfi". At that stage of the game it ls a question it Miss Marcia herself knew. Some way, somehow, she would de- liver John from the snare of this fowl- Ct. Loris had an the world where- trom to choose her lovers, was Max» John left that very night. Loris Gor- don turned a little pale when she heard the news, but said nothing. not even to her mother. Next week Maybury had the sensation of its history. Miss Marcia drove afl'ahly to Gray-Gordon, the home of her dearest enemies. and begged that Loris might come and stay with her while she was alone at Right Ways. Mrs. Gordon heard her in a daze, but after awhile agreed to let her daughter go. She had not been blind to the light in John Helstones eyes and fancied she knew what was under the cards. I “I will honestly try to get over my prejudice if you will go awayâ€"at once. Go west. I want you to look after my mining lands. I'm sure the agent is a scoundrel. See that you bring him up roundly when you get there.” Ilelstone gave her a hearty hug. “With all the good will in the world." “Will you wait three months if I promise to try liking the girl?” Miss Marcia asked. with a gulp. John looked at her fondly. “Unless you tell me to wait.” he said. “Dearest Aunt Marcia. I would wait a long time if I had a hope of winning you over. I’m not hypocrite enough to affect scorn of your fortune. I should like to have it come to me. but that is nothing compared with your approval. Study Loris for a year and see it you can pick a serious flaw”â€" “The will is your right, but I won’t let you quit loving me,” John said, standing up very straight. “Thank you for being so frank. Now I know just how little I can offer Loris”â€" "You~you are going straight to her?” Miss Marcia asked, with stiff lips. "So is mine,” sh know you are to girl that day I cut -â€"out of my heart.” “Quite!” John said, whitening a lit. tle. Miss Marcia glared at him. “How romantic we are!” Miss Mar- cia said, pursing her lips. Then she burst out: “Let you teach her! Lord, lord, when she has been setting her cap at you shamelessly ever since the Christmas eve party! It I had dreamed what was to come of it I’d have given them twice the money they made for their rubbishy tree to let it alone. But that is neither here nor there. Your mind is made up. I suppose.” “Suxipose she won't have you? I hardly think you‘ll kill yourself,” Miss Marcia Interrupted sarcastically. Ilel~ stone laughedâ€"with a hard breath un- der itâ€"and answered: “If she says ‘No’ I shall keep asking and asking. I am not vain enough to think she cares much for meâ€"yet, but if she will let me teach her”â€" John IIelstone was brave and above- board. Before he spoke to Loris be had it out with his aunt. “I owe you everything~3ou have been father mother and fairy godmother all in on ’be said. ‘I would do any thing you bachâ€"except to tr3 to live without Loris”â€" It was the "Christmasing" that had done it. They had met among the poor. How was poor Miss Marcia. who did not go “Christmasiugf’ to know that Loris’ smile was enchanting and set the most delightful dimples at play in her cheeks, or how should she guess at something stronger, more mysterious, something quite transcend- ing beauty, that suddenly shone out of the girl’s eyes, warming, irradiating John Heistone‘s heart? Between them and the were villagers proger, a fixedwone crossed only and Easter, when thos stirred themselves joyo of those who had not. Naturally she had guarded her neph- ew closely, doing many odd things to make sure he should not he brought in contact with the treacherous race. So- cially that often made things awk- ward. The Gordons were easily lead- ers among the dozen first families of Marbury. The first families all lived in big, handsome old houses, set each in the midst of a considerable estate, and so fairly encircling the village. Indeed there lay the chief root of her hatred for the Gordons. If an elder Loris Gordon had not played him fast and loose he might never have gone wandering to and fro and roaming up and down. Though he had ended by marrying a wife much more to his sis- ter’s mind, she sorrowed savagely over his frustrated career. Miss Marcia, as ambitions as she was illogical, laid at the Gordon door his Wasted opportu- nity. Ilelstone himself had next to nothing except loving memories of a spend- thrit‘t father. Miss Marcia Helstone, his father's sister, had welcomed the repentant prodigal with open arms, cherished and tended’ him all his life and after his death kept his memory green. There was no reason whatever for it and many very excellent reasons against it. The chief reason wore a cap and spectacles. was of sound mind and memory, with a pretty penny to dispose of and an undying hatred for all the Gordon name. No man is stronger than destiny. It Helstone could possibly have helped it he would never lute fallen under Loris Gordon's spell. Copmht. 190‘. Rhyming McCulloch- [OVE y [ORIS she said. "The day I to marry that Gordon cut you out of my will By MARTHA er, a great gulf was only at Christmas those who had be- joyously in behalf mill folk, who great gulf was at Christmas “It didn‘t work at all,” confessed Mrs. Green. “I bought a Swedish pa- per. and the girl was a Finn." “Well,” asked Mrs. Black, smiling, “how did the newspaper scheme work ?” A week later the fivo women met again near the agency where Mrs. Green was lookirg for a new cook. “I’m going to try it myself,” an- nounced Mrs. Green, promptly taking a copy of the same paper. “Possibly its one of the reasons,” admitted \Irs. Black. “Why,” exclaimed Mrs. Green, “I wonder if that's the reason you’re so successful in keeping a girl. I’ve al- ways wanted to know the secret.” “I'm buying,” explained Mrs. Black, “a Swedish newspaper for my cook. She likes to read, and I take one home to her occasionally.” Mrs. Black, with a family of eight, could keep a cook, but Mrs. Green, who paid the same wages and whose family numbered only two, expert- enced the greatest difficulty in per- suading one to stay with her. Mrs. Green was troubled about it, and nat- urally sought suggestions wherever she could get them. One day the two wo- men happened to meet at a news deal- er‘s stand. “I have thonght so all ‘the time," Loris said. hiding her happy face in Miss Marcia’s breast. caught Loris’ hand, saying through tears: “Forgive me! Oh, do forgive me! I had insulted you, but you didn't leave me to burn alive! Youâ€"you are -the wife of John!” l In a minute Loris had her door open ' and shut and was dragging her from bed toward the east window. It gave on a piazza roof, whence escape might be possible. Loris saw instantly it wal easily possible to her lithe strength. yet Miss Marcia moaned and prayed and hid her eyes. Like lightning Loris thought of what the .elder woman meant to her own future. If she were out of the way? With sudden hatred of self and superhuman strength she clutched and tugged and strained and at last got Miss Marcia on the roof. Then Loris dropped down and called to men running wildly about: “A ladder! ; A ladder! Save Miss Helstone!" And ‘ then she sat down, suddenly faint, while strong and willing arms com- pleted the work of rescue. Miss Marcia never did things half way. As soon as she could sit up she 5 But after her clear “Good night" Lo- ; ris did not sleep. Instead she lay with ; her head locked in her hands, quiver- ; ing in every fiber. 5 Had she liberty to come between 5 John Helstone and this fine inherit- ; ance? She knew the old story-4110 5 feud begun in troth plight and troth 5breaking. She loved John-oh, how . dearlyâ€"but could she really make up i to him for what he would lose? Miss 5 Marcia’s case, too, appealed to her 'strangely; she was old and lonely. Then under this soft wood there crept ; a fiery one. John was her loverâ€"hers. 5 Miss Marcia had shamed and insult- ed her. It would be a darling venge- ‘ ance to smile at her and say: “Let the money go to charity, Aunt Marcia. We can take care of ourselves.” Loris began suddenly to stifle. She sprang up and darted to a window, but could not open it. Gaspiug, she flew to the door, Opened it and saw flame and smoke below. All the big hall was like a furnace, with the servants asleep in the south wing and Miss Marcia snoring and unconscious across the cor~ ridor. “You cannot,” Loris said, running up to her own room, there to rage and chafe until she went pnnetilionsly down to dinner. There was no getting ‘ home until the weather changed. The ’ walks were glair ice, the paths drifted. . She was a prisoner until morning at least. As a prisoner it hehooved her to show herself brave. Therefore instead i of snlking through dinner she was gayer than she had ever been and after it sang of her own notion the old. old ballads Miss Marcia lm'ml, 'I‘hn hm..- it sang of her own notion the Old. Old ballads Miss Marcia loved. The brav- ery appealed to Miss Marcia wonder- fully; Miss Marcia stopped her by saying tretfully: “You must not think of leav- ing. See how it storms outside. The worst March sleet I ever saw. And it you really don’t want John there is no reason why we should not be good friends. Stay with me. I will make it worth your while.” “It would depend,” Loris said, flush- ‘ lng faintly. “Very sorryâ€"unless he got something he cared more about.” “Hâ€"m! I fancy you think he cares more forâ€"you,” Miss Marcia said pointedly. “He thinks so too. That is why you are here. I brought you to let you see that you don’t fit in. You would only make him miserableâ€"even more miserable than you would make me. I hope you are sensible enough to see what is best. I will give you $10,- 000 the day you marry-some other man than my nephewâ€"Dr. Ilickson, say. I'm sure he is wild about you. Marry him before John comes home.” . “Thank you for nothing. I don’t:1 want either your money or your neph- ew,” Loris said haughtily, her face scarlet. She turned to go, with a ges- ture of farewell. F Loris was proud and shy. John had gone away silent. So she kept well to herself for the most part, although she read to Miss Marcia and dutifully drove with her all the flue afternoons, to say nothing or playing the three games of chess required to put the elder lady in proper state for sleep. She also, as in duty bound, exclaimed over the Helstone diamonds when Miss Marcia exhibited them. But it took her aback to have Miss Marcia say abruptly after a month of all this: “If John marries to please me, his‘ wife will be fortunate. If he does not, everything goes to charity. If it should go. I wonder would you be sorry for him.” An l’ntortunate Choice. v v “‘6“ has sunk more than $0006}; éearcho mg for that vein. Until day before yesterday. from nearly a year’s wore. “Exactly. We expect to resume op. erations there ourselves.” “I understandâ€"you have heard. And I suppose you call this business. You made a fortune out of the mine, and then when you lost the vein you leased it to Mr. Temple through misrepre- sentations. He paid you $50,000 and. ‘ lou mean that you will not release the Snake Rock mine on any terms?" the girls white lips asked. “Which we must decline,” said Greg suavely, “with real regret, you under- stand. And I will add that we would decline a hundred thousand just as promptly.” ”Well," she said slowly, “I am an- thorized, in case you should decline to recognize your ofier, to raise the amount to what was paid last year- fifty thousand.” “Exactly." Joyce lost some of her color! little money she and her aunt l invested in the mine, as well a Temple's, and the lease ran on days. “He is very busy at the mine. and I convinced him that I could attend to it just as well,” Joyce answered. "He said it was to be made out at twenty- five thousand andâ€"your own offer.” Graw laughed aloud. “That offer was made four weeks ago." he said. “and Temple declined it.” --â€"-q ‘«-qu(‘ ILIPS THE wmmxnss Lfii'i‘ ms mom. will sign the papers and return them at once. There are only ten days, and he wishes to have the matter arranged without delay.” “Why doesn’t he come down him- self?” demanded Graw bluntly. WHEN TEMPLE LOOKED OVER THE CREDIT fl- 1““ _.-_- â€"-â€"- “You mean you will not renew it for "Visiting at Snake Rook camp with your aunt,” went on Gregg. "You see, we’ve all heard- or guessed. Whenm er-is the intere-ziing event to come off, if you don‘t mind?" "It you are alluding to my marriage with Mr. Temple, it has not yet been announced,” answered Joyce coldly. “But about the lease. Will you kindly make it out as soon as possible? I have some shopping to do in town, and it is a long ride back to camp. Mr. Temple “Visiting at Snake Rock 0. your aunt,” went on Gregg. we’ve all heardâ€" or guessed. er-is the interwting event off, if you don‘t mind?” "It you are alluding to my with Mr. Temple, it has not announced,” answered Jeyc “But about the lease. Will 3' “Yes. Weâ€"Mr. Temple wishes to re. new the lease on the terms you pro- posed.” Gregg bowed, but not before the vis- itor imagined she saw a swift glance flash between the. partners. “I understand it expires in ten days.” said Gregg blandly. “You are Miss Killian?” “I wish to see you about the Snake Rock mine lease," Joyce began gm- ciously. Bedrock w as a one street town which commenced and ended in tents, with a few unpainted frame buildings in the center. It was an hour after noon when Joyce slipped from her horse in front of the office of Gregg Graw, mine brokers and operators. Both of at her entrance lonng ladies of Joyce’s type were not yet common at Bedrock. But there was no fear, no self con- sciousness in her face, and instead of trying to check the mustang her hand went out from time to time to stroke and pat its neck encouragingly as her voice urged it on. When she left the canyon she struck a more level country, and here the mustang was let out to its full speed. Bedrock was still ten miles away, and she must reach it and be back to the mine before night. It was already well on toward noon. Joyce Killian was only two weeks from a select boarding school in the east where the young ladies were zeal- ously guarded from all contact with the rough outside world. Yet this morning she was tearing down Snake Rock canyon upon a mustang, not three months from a broncho buster, with gaudy, cumbersome horse traps pings that had been brought up from Mexico more as a curiosity than for and her aunt had w well as Hugh ran out in ten “'11:: {IS at .. -cnuatuuluh place, or the “shambang.” as it is call- id, is a low hut. generally situated midway between two villages, where maidens and young men in every class of life eongregale around small tires wliieh they kindle themselves. It a man is attracted ny a certain girl he invltea her and her relatives to partake 0‘! the warmth around his are. This is taken as a gentle hint that he is think. ing of proposing. The parents very seldom if ever vialt the “shanihang.” The girls apln. assisted by the men. tell stories and aim; until they tire. When a man has made his choice . in his best and takes wine and food to the parents of the girl he has cho- sen. If his suit is approved his food is eaten and his wine is drunk and the girl is his after he. has paid a small amount of money to her father. A prominent Englishwomnn who has visited Tibet says that the of that country have long ago solved the question which has been causing much discussion in England for years. In the lama country, she says, you hear no cry “Why don‘t men propose?" Every girl is married and old maids are unknown. The matchmaking [113100, or the “Shamlmny ” no u L. m.“ When Temple looked over the credit slips the weariness left his face. “I knew it would be something stupen- dous,” he said to Joyce, with a long breath, “but nothing like this. “'6 will divide two hundred thousand of it among the workmen, less than one~ quarter, and then for the east.” So a week went by, eight days, nine days, and the tenth was nearing its close when Temple came up from the mine and staggered weakly to Where J oyee was standing with her book and pencil. And behind Temple came the half thousand men of the day shift, slipping through the mouth of the mine like the coils of a mighty ser- pent. The vein had again disappear- ed, and four hours of the lease re.- mained. The regular force of the mine was less than a hundred men, but the next morning a thousand names were on the payroll divided into day and night shifts. A g1eat st1e11m of ore rolled up out of the mine to the backs of the pack mules and 011 the smelter at Bed- rock, from whence eame certificates of credit with figures that would have staggered a mine owner of moderate ideas. But Temple did not even see them. He was 1101111 in the mine 11' o1king and wat1hing day and night to see that the meat st1ean1 should not slaehen for ex en 1111 instant. -,I Jo3ce insisted 011 11 shame in the work and remained at the mouth of the mine with book and pencil, keeping ' a record or the stream as it flowed} past, and it was she 11 110 took charge 1[ of the credit slips as they came in. l Ordinary wages for good laborers? cleverest gardeners in the world have was four or live. Bosses and superin- ‘ done all they can to beautify.â€"-â€"Sydney tendents did not average fifteen. In 7 Brooks in Harper’s Weekly. an hour men were leaving regular jobs l -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€" of work and ruthlessly breaking con-l AN ERRATIC VOLCANO. tracts. When Joyce finished her shop- ___._._____. ping and started for home she found Bone From the Sea, For-“ .- stragglers and groups with picks and Island and sank Alli-- shovels scattered along the trail for ! On June 16, 1810, the Sabrina, a Brit- two miles or more. But she reached l ish sloop of war, observed smoke aris- the mouth of the mine first and sent ing from the sea near St. Michael's, 01 an imperative summons for Temple to , the Azores, and made for it. believing come to the surface. When he joined i that a naval engagement was in prog- her a half hour later twenty men were I ress. Her drew found, however, that waiting for jobs, with fifty hurryingf great tongues of flame were issuing up the slope, and between the fiftyj along with the smoke and that they and Bedrock came half a thousand’ had cleared for action to tight 0 vol- more. ‘ unnn {More she had game a hundred yards she knew, and instead of keeping on tovvurd the stores she hurried to the only printing office Bedrock contained. An hour later the town was conspicu- ously posted with: “Men wanted at the Snake Rock mine for ten days. Wages $15 a day, pack mules $10.” But once outside she wondered if she had done the best she could. He was down in the mine working fiercely with his men at the. almost pure vein whivh the explox;.~es had uncovered and believing that she would return with the new lease. Only ten more days. and he did not know it. What could she do? “And let him lose the other $75,000." flashed back Joyce. “No, thank you. We will hold the mine until the very last moment of the lease." “As Temple has rediscovered the vein, richer than ever," finished Graw coolly, “we prOpose to operate it our- selves. But you may tell him that it he will turn the mine over to us at daylight tomorrow we will pay him back one-half the year’s lease, $2 ,- he took out less than 81.000. He told me that you were up there yourselves only a short time ago trying to induce him to release the mine for $25,000, be- lieving It to be exhausted. Now”â€"- ’9 Court-hip In TI bet :2 him that he is think- g. 'lhe parents var) \hdt the ‘ shumlmng. " bang.” as it is "all- generally situated wo villages, where men in every class around small tires themselves. It a 9 a .1 certain girl he r'vlatlves to partake value. But it 2 home! or the ”3 digression at the debt not primarily id about art. a philosopher t. Of course the day shift, mouth of the a mighty ser- gaiu disappear- "3' § "Are the members of your club very enthusiastic?” “Are they! Why. when we ‘Humlet' in the next village half the “You're forever Impression tlmt snapped Mrs. He you want everybtx stzll‘or ln silent-e ?" “No." replied Mr. in the perpetual nl little silence would we to we." u. uu: uul’l’lll lmntl. of little canals (-(mn term) world by M'tlk’s. In these 0: This band is a row acted with the ex- lmles through the whims. under which v ~ -uU‘ There are some that“ tishes possess a sixth sen: of which are the pores of of the lateral hand. This I or little canals connected ternnl world by holes 24 wales. In these (-m'itim: P. in regular lines, evidently with the one thought of liberty. Ants have been known to post Bentl- uvls. to send out spies and to return to their “('31 by signal for re-ent'orce- mvuts. The very aphides, the ants' milk kine. appear to understand anten- uztl language. as do wasps also, accord~ ing to Banks and Knight. for If their smztinels give no waruiug a nest may 9:15in he taken. His own experiment the fact. Having place ants in a closed and dark he found them at first a disorder. but he soon 3M Insects do converse. How this is done is not so easily determined. Sometimes it may be by sound, as in the case of» bees with their busy hum; sometimes by touching one another on the head or abdomen. us ants do, but far mom frequently by the antennae, so that Huber calls this tactile communication ”antenna! languag .” Antenna! Language Anon: Ant. 1- a Demon-(rated Fact. Every observer of insect life seems convinced that in one way or another inscats do couV'exse. How this in dnnn They took formal possession of it for his Britunnlc majesty, hoisting the union jack on its most conspicuous point, but by degrees the island sank until about the middle of October it vanished below the surface, with the union jack still on it. like a battleship sinking with colors flying after a tutti engagement-London Standard. Forty-eight hours later an island made its appearance, having risen from a depth of forty tathoms in that period, and in another day it was titty- one feet above the surface. with a length of about threeâ€"quarters of a mile. By July 4 the Sabrina’s people were able to land on this new shore. which was then 300 feet high. with a circumference of fully a mile, with a stream six yards wide running from the center to the sea. 1le D 0. an English as mosquitoes are of an American holiday. Marlow in itself is a delightfully typical village. with its broad main street, its old inns and manor house and its sweet smelling cottages ablaze with country flowers. And the two mile row upstream to Hurley Lock focuses the Thames at its best. It is one of the beauties of this river that it has a perfect setting. It winds in and out among wooded hills, past fields and flower laden meadows and between banks that the cleverest gardeners in the world have done all they can to beautify.â€"-â€"Sydney Brooks in Harper’s Weekly. “And to my mind the best of all start- ing points is Marlow. It is about an hour and a mum run from town and therefore well beyond the range of 'Arry and 'Arriet, who are the pests of INSECT CONVERSATION. It. Prettiest Point x- Fr.- In!" to Hurley Lock. ; For the ordinary Londoner tho Thames only begins at Richmond. but from there on to Oxford every reach B a delight. Magnificent as is the End- son, it has the disadvantage of being too big for a rowboat. One might jut as well be on the Atlantic. Anythin‘ smaller than an Albany day boat seems lost on its majestic breadth. But the Thames is made for the single and double sculler. the punt. the Canadian canoe and the small electric launch. her of Don't Worry Club. wish I was like Itichloy. d M rs. ”amped; 50' In S‘ll‘uce‘ TH E RIVER THAMES. Fla-h Pee-llarlty. some indications that as a sixth sense. the organs 3 the pores of the head and ed Mr. Bannock; “Tully to tbi 11!; doesn’t ha ve appear to b. Real Thing. very aphides, the antl’ war to understand anten- as do wasps also. accord~ and Knight. for if their 11 known to post senti- spies and to return to si gnu] for re-entorce- Hint. wasps also, accord~ (night. {or if their aruiug a nest may ""11ng inst a positive I“ i 1“: [0w.l all the Just to 1; "! 811E91- sileuce. A l “(flesh dramatic Dim 970ml) 8t his old cu Grey, Divan Sules rosid¢ Order hm. 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