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ee 1 G FOR EUROPE. â€"_8.â€"Between the Vilhelm der Grossge, in Lloyd Line, and hip Lucania a very the operation of ss teiegraph sys terday afternoon ew York Harbor. d for Liverpool at prday â€" afternoon, ilhe!lm der Grosse )A SS 1 of a huge minster â€" Abâ€" ess Telegraph Steamships. alarm conâ€" lies in Rhis is body is _ le sallow ; _ their tbritâ€" is perfectly lons Durtag tion by rust which the their place bas gives irm â€" amoug 1 regard to > most faâ€" ATH, 19 SIGNMS, ment of the ‘l1d and the hing on this 1at death is here is anâ€" U sh Cathedral rmined. ut w are you, old lish ship, when wn the harbor, etween the two it was possible e mechanism reâ€" smission or reâ€" s not a hitch or er . past . two ator on the Lgâ€" the steamship D Di iber Pa accordingly. undisturbed have _ sufâ€" 3 the water Â¥ly stratum een tapped, i the catheâ€" rsed by deep underground SaVs % l IN WALLS the buil [ruction n H h s bel the whole Isposition r, while is graveâ€" ense fis the subâ€" ire r 51, North will sail on > thans an nstant comâ€" other. _ and collapse. ie south ten Teet 150 fTeet of very LPPOW s * Lwo oper. [ the tGepâ€" pworth, on i¢ a senniâ€" messages friendly ption that passage of arbor Mr. re the ex. #¢ U thedral od, and Wren, M ut of the :cdlt_)' in 1 masts illdings, n. the eved, white lc hing lashing the lit= in t 68 s 0C 6 N nd the 10( h he ti MONSOON Pon‘t take any chances at the outset of your married life. Give him MONSOON CEYLON TEA * * ‘ ADVICE TO A BRIDE The next day Rochester, when he appeared before the king, was in high spirits. He affirmed that the fair Miss Mullett was smiling on his gult, He had already been _ reâ€" cebved with favor at the house of her grand{ather, Lord Hawley of Donaâ€" But when he appeared in the royal presence two days later, he was not quite so sanguine of success; he was full of wrath and bitterness againet a certain comely and spflght-‘ ly young gentleman who had just apâ€" peared upon tive scene, and _ with whom the young lady was, beyond a doubt, vastly taken. She had, Rochâ€" egster declared, with much strong lanâ€" guage, as good as given him, Roch* eater, conge in fayor of the newcomer. "You will have to get others to wpeak for you, my friend," said the King. "I have passed my word to Nell Gwyn to stand to one side and wee fair play in this game, and 1 mean to keep my word. Mind you, 1 will have no tricks, Rochester, and it you provoke a dusl, I swear to you _The King lay back in his chair and roared with laughter. y f bhnt I will never let you look at me &n the face again. Understand that, whir. And now it may be that you willl toell me what is the name of your rival. "His name is Eltonâ€"Christopher Elâ€" tonâ€"a cadet of the Somerset Eltons â€"as rank a fortunebunter as ever tried to capture a girl‘s thousands," replicd Rochester. _ ____ o "What, the rankest?" cried the King. "Nay, friend, whatever he may be in this direction, l swear that 1 could match him without traveling far outside Whitehall. Now, â€" mark "Your Majesty hath ever been opâ€" pressed by sceruples in this way," sneered Rochester. "‘Tis a pity to tbe burdened by ao delicate a conâ€" echence." me, Rochester. There must be no trickery in this gsuit of yours. I have conceived a great regard for the fair Miss Bessic Mullet, and if she is to "How can you tell, sir, what ‘tis to have a scruple or a conscience? You have never tried cither of the twain,‘ said the King. "Let it be enough for you to know that your sovereign hath found it needful, in view of the character of his courâ€" thers, to acquire the working rights of a moderately discriminating conâ€" webence, anmd that he will act in acâ€" cord with its promptings." He â€" walked out of the room before Rochester had any time â€" to make a reply. He g**?flv*’i’*"k8*&**********%***% £ A Simple _ ‘ fuobw . + Country Maiden | ner ow 4 He â€" walked out of the room before Rochester had any time â€"to make a reply. He felt sgure that if he were to tarry a moment longer he would have t(: administer a rebuke to Rochester of greater severity than any that his lordship had received, and to take such a step was antagonistic to the easy going monarch. Before many days had passed, the rame of the young gentleman from Somerset, who had in a moment checkmated the designs of the clever achemer â€" Rochester, was in the mouth of all the court. Mr. Kit Elâ€" tom had appearedl om the scene from whence no one knew, but he had behaved so as to leave no one K ip ip Jb J App y pippp y ypypsypLtLLp*4$L$E amy room for doubt in respect of his intentions. He had contrived to get a footingâ€"anmd a vyery sound footâ€" ing, too, as it appearedâ€" in the household of Miss Mullett‘s grandâ€" father, Lord Hawley, and daily he appeared in the company of the girl, his merriment, his qyips, and ‘his reâ€" spectable bearing causing him to be as acceptable to the girl‘s guardians as he certainly was to the girl herâ€" He was, as Rochester had told the King, a young man of rather small stature; but he made upin the perâ€" fection of his figure for his deficiency Im height. No one could fail to be struck by the beauty of his shape or ®y his handsome face. He had, moreâ€" aver, a voice of silyvery sweetness, anmi he played upon his guitar with 1 dexterity not to be matched by any one at the court, where the instrument had become fashionable, einging his pretty love songs to the charming Miss Mullett ¢fter supping with her and Lord Hawley, and so deftly instructing the young lady how to tweak the strings as an acâ€" companiment to the voice, that in the course of a week she was able to pick out a tune or two, greatly toi her own deligit. Rochester, who had at first treatâ€" ed the arrival of Mr. Kit Elton with wrereoce. being assured of the ession â€" which ie himself had gelf seR CCR tss S EuT i made upon the imagination of the girl, quickly fomund out that he had at last a rival. His conquests had pevionsly been so numerous as to cause him to believe that he eould wot possibly have a rival; but when, calling upon Miss Mullett one day, he was informed that she was not in good health, and therefore forced to deny herself to all visitors, while at the same time the sound of Mr. Kit Elton‘s guitar floated down the long hall, Rochester began to feel he was aft the poinot of oceupying the unacâ€" customed position of a discarded suitor. He was driven to distraction. He had really for the first time conceivâ€" ed a true pnbn for the girl. He @was so arcently in love for her that Rha swore to the King he would only Be too glad to marry her even WIRmY HeFMem COIY j h a ol h n dctcs d 4: sA d s sBc sc ts ill have to get others to' He watched the dispersal in coaches : you, my friend," said the| and chairs of the other members of have passed my word to | tha party, and then he saw the young n to stand to one side and i gentleman get into his chair, which play in this game, and 1) two men in gorgeous liveries quickâ€" keep my word. Mind you, 1| ly took up, carrying it between two â€" no tricks, Rochester, and| inkmen in the duirection of Pall voke a dusl, I swear to you! Mall. It occurred to him that he had Ul never let you look at me| now a chance of picking a quarrel ce again. Understand that, | with the coxcombâ€"he was sure that now it may be that you| he was â€" a coxcombâ€"who _ had. ne what is the name of your I had â€" the insolence _ to thwart a â€" man so _ powerful as . the me is Eltonâ€"Christopher Elâ€"| Earl of . Rochoster. â€" He follow ed det of the Somerset Eltons| the chair etealthily on foot from k a fortunebunter as ever | Pall Mall into 8t. Jamee Fields. Up capture a girl‘s thousands." | one side of the square the torches wochester. blazed, and thenâ€"to his surprigeâ€" the â€"rankest ?" cried the| down the other eide. When about to ay, friend, whatever he may | reâ€"=enter the Mall, the chair stopped is direction, Tll swear that! for a minute while the runners °eXxâ€" mtch him without traveling| tinguished the _ links, ~ and then ide Whitechall. Now, mark| through the «emiâ€"darkness the bearâ€" howter. There must be no! ere resumed their journey, and the in this suit of yours. I have | chair wae set down at the foot of 1 a great regard for the fair i the etops of Ne‘l Gwyn‘s house. «ie Mullet, and if she is to Rochester was amazed at, what he ‘twill be by fair means, not' had seen, but be was much more I amazed when the gay gentleman die Majesty hath ever been opâ€" mountcd1, and running up the ateps by seruples in this way."| gave on!ly the lightest of tap= at the Rochester. "‘Tis a pity to | hall door, which opened immediately, ned by so delicate a conâ€"| admitting him to the houge. . C oak By F. Fraxkrort Moorz. though she had not a peany to her fortune. "You had better try to come to terms with the young gentleman on this point," said the King. "It may be that he will be willing to cede you his prize in exchange for her dowry ; but if you will listen to my advice, I would urge you to refrain from interfering with the cooing and the wooing of this pretty pair of turâ€" tle doves."‘ _Rochester left the royal presence with an angry word. _ _ He waited, eating his heart out until the return of the water party, which had been given in honor of Miss Mullett by her lover, and he witâ€" nessed the adieus of the young spark and his fair lady before she climbed after lhipr careful grandfather into the coach that awaited her. R The truth dawned upon him. Not merely had Kit Elton captivated the heart of Mies Mullett, Nell Gwyn had also been carried away by his attracâ€" tionsg. & > "I hold him in the hollow of my hand," eaid â€" Rochester, exultantly. "The king ehall learn how extended are the conjuests of this adventurous ragcal." s He hastened back to Whitehall, and founmd that the king had not yet reâ€" tired. He begged a private audience, an1? when he was alone with the king in an antechamber, he made his revâ€" elation to the complacent monarch. "I knew that the fellow was a rasâ€" cal," be @ald. "I followed his chair up from Charing Crowf steps. It was borne down the Mall and after takâ€" ing a turn round St. Jame@ Fields to put any poesible follower off â€" the right scent, it stopped at Madam Ellen‘s house, and my gay gentleman ran up the steps and made a signal, «o that the door was opened, and he pagsed through into the hall" _____| ".:Wéil,'-;i;.“aw;lfi:t' of that ? Nell hath doubtless invited him to sup with her," said the king. _ _ f _"Do you fear to come with me t learn the truth ?" cried Rocheater. tell you the fellow is a rascal." _ -‘i:.lf' ;e;x;s“ \;;ni-iiél,v’.'é('nisidering that he hath never been a courtier," said the king. â€" * witbog 3 â€""I will not play the spy upon Maâ€" dam Ellen," @aid the king. Ni. bals <‘Thm|v-bt _the Lord fivarry. I will unmask the rogue," cried Rochester. "You are a persistent fool, sir," said the king. "I will go with you, though ‘tis a foul errand, for the sake of peace." He called for his hat and cloak, and went forth by the gate leading into St. James‘ Park:; Rochester, in his eagerness, being half a dozen yards in advance of him. They both crossâ€" ed to Nell Gwyn‘s house, but the king would not suffer his companion to enter with him. "This matter concerneth â€" myself alone," said he. "You must e‘en tarry in the Mall until I obtain Madam Elien‘s permission for you to en’ter.” Rochester remained under the trees of the Mall for a full quarter of an hour: then he heard the sounds of laughter echoing down the hall, folâ€" lowe.l by the less melodious strumâ€" ming on a guitar. He was too imâ€" patient to stay inactive any longer. He knocked londly at the door, and without asking permission hurried past the porter and on down the hall toward the room whence the sounds were coming. He {flung "fhen_ do?_r _The king knocked and was admitâ€" ted. & open, but stood amazed on the threshâ€" old at what he saw 1 for there, loliâ€" ing on a couch, sat the young gentleâ€" man from Somerset, with his guitar across his knees, and in front of him stood the king in one of the attitudes of the saraband. VX $s o. _ "Get thee hence, fellow," said the monarch, impatiently. "Get _ thee hence; cannot you perceive that I am learning the latest step of the saraband ?" "And Mr. Eliton is your teacher? I congratulate Your Majesty upon your adroitness as well as upon your simplicity," cried Rochester, "This You will not come ?" cried Roche@ Hiiea ie it ic ogd W s ABlepi mar jiee WO to gentleman hath, I presume, satisfied Your Majesty in respect of his presâ€" ence in Madam Ellen‘s house." "He hath done so, sir, in the handâ€" somest manner," said the king, with a laugh. § > "But that is more thanm this genâ€" tleman hath done, sir," said the handâ€" some fellow with the guitar. "I faith, that is true," said the king: "Come, Rochester, make an apology to the young gentleman for your intrusion, and I promise you it shall reach the ear of Madam Ellien as well, who hath great reason to be hurt at your presumption." § ! "I refuse to make an apology to & rascal now. I shall await my opporâ€" tunity for doing so with a sword in my hand," cried Rochester, livid with anger. Tut * Rusfiflx? out of the house, he heard the laughter of the king and the young gentleman with the guitar. "Lud, Nel!l," cried the king, "you are sure to be the death of me. This prank of yours is sure the maddest that everâ€"â€"*"* "That ever saved a simple girl from the wiles of a fellow without a conscience," said the young gentleâ€" man, thrumming on his guitar. "I could forgive my Lord Rochester for a good deal; but for failing to reâ€" cognize my foot as the foot of Nell Gwyn, I shall never forgive him." The very next _ night Miss Mullett sapped with her {friend, Miss Frances Stuart. at Whiteâ€" hall, _ _and the young gentleâ€" man from Somerset was of the party, am was also the king. Rochester had not appeared at Whitehall aince the night before. | Miss Stuart‘s guests were very merry, the young gentleman from Somerset displaying a â€" remarkable talent for mimicry. He convulged the party by imitating several distinâ€" guished members of the king‘s entourâ€" ageâ€"Lady Castlemaine, Tom Killiâ€" grew, the Duke of Buckingifiam. and othere ; but the consensus of opinion was to‘ the effect that his |mitation of Nell Gwyn was the most finished in hie repertoire. | ‘"One could wellâ€"nigh funkcy that Nell Gwyn was before you," cried Miss Stuart enthusiastically, a sayâ€" ing at which the king ijasighed imâ€" moderately. It wae within an hour of midnight when old Lord Hawley declared that hie grandâ€"daughter was & _ simple country maiden, and that it wae time for her to be in bed. His lordship‘s couch wae ordered, and he took his departure with the young lady. At the request of the king, however, Mr. Kit Elton remained at Whitehall to give the company e@ame further enterâ€" tainment. But he parted with Miss Mullett â€" with evident â€" reluctance, and only after naming an hour for the next day‘s tryst. Within half an hour of the rumbâ€" ling off of Lord Hawley‘s coach there was a great outcry in the palace yard, and the sound of the calling out of the Guard was heard in the room where Miss Stuart‘s guests were still being entertained. The King ordered one of the attendants to find out the causo of the alarm, but before the man had left the room old Lord Hawâ€" ley rushed in dishevelled and covered with mire. "My childâ€"my dear â€" childâ€"goneâ€" snmnatched from my arms by that wretch," he cried, before sinking into a chair. T "What is this?"" cried the King. "Your grandaughterâ€"an â€" abduction â€"within a hundred yards of the palâ€" ace? Impossible.‘"‘ "‘"Tis the â€" truthâ€"the horrible truth," gasped the old lord. "We had scarced reached Charing Crossâ€"my chariot was attacked by a mob of armed menâ€"all of them retained by Rochoster to do this foul deedâ€"I saw him. His rogues kept him prisoner while he bore her in his own arms from my side. Before my very eyes ho put her in another coach which ho had in readiness and drove off northward. And now she is lostâ€"my poor Begssy. Ah, would to heaven we had been content to keep herâ€"in her own village. Would thatâ€"â€"" "By tha lud! I shall show Rochesâ€" Iter that I am the master here," shouted the King. "An ingult such as thisâ€"a troop of dragoons shall purâ€" sue the coach. It cannot have gone far on the Northern Road. I promige you, my Lord Hawley, that no hair of the girl‘e head will be harmed. My dragoons willl be on the track of the coach before it reaches Maryleâ€" bone. Some shall ride northward and some westward. He may take her to Kensington or Uxbridge. Give the order, Peytonâ€"Cown to the Tilt yard, man, for your life."~ _ 0_ _ > _â€" ; Colonel Peyton had already buckâ€" led on his sword. He was the equerry in attendance, and wore his boots, like the old soldier that he was, and in a few minutes he was at the head of a troop clattering out through the stone gateway of the Tilt yard. The â€" King â€" had _ hurried . down to give â€" some further _ orders, and when he returned to the room where he had left young Mr. Eiton, he found that young gallant weeping bitterly on a sofa. "Why, what is this, Nell ?" he askâ€" ed. "There is no cause for tears. I swear to you that I will not sleep toâ€"night until Rochester is brought before me dead or alive. I warned him tha® I would have no tricks, and, by heaven, I will show him that he has gone too far." i w "He may have gone too far on the Northern Road before he be overâ€" taken, and then I shall hold that I was to blame," cried Nell _ o rW}{:;tuthmk 3;61‘1- so poorly of my soldiers ? You were once not wont to do so," said the king. "Oh, ‘trust me, Nell, the fellow will be overtaken and brought back within the hour." Nell started up. "sgign the warrant for his comâ€" mittal to the Tower," she sald, catching the king by t’n_e arm. =_â€" "*‘g life! â€" There‘s nothing like havyâ€" ing it ready," said he, leaving the room. "I shall have the order made out on the moment. My Lord Hawley, fear not:; you shall have justice if there is a king in England!" Anm bhour passed, and another half hour, before the king returned ito the room, crying : "The troop hath returned and the girl is safe ; she is coming hither." Ho had scarcely spoken before Eliâ€" zabeth Mullett rushed into the room and threw herself into the armd t_)f eBBPUP O WRERCSZVC ASRRHTR ENC NOC CHLT her grapd{father, who for the first time that night was comforted. She was still in his arms when Rochester was marched in, a dragoon earrying a drawn sabre on each sida of him, and Colonel Peyton bringing up the rear. "My Lord Rochester," said the king, "have you aught to say Yor yourâ€" gelf ?" "Wot x word, except thati I am ¥¥ askâ€" sorry I did not succeed in carrying off the girl, whom I love dearly," said Rochester. "Colonel Peyton," said the king, "Wwe entrust to you the duty of conveyâ€" ing the body of John Wilton, Earl of Roechester, to the Tower, there to await his trial for the abduction, of Elizabeth Mullett, granddaughter of our wellâ€"beloved James, Viscount of Donamore, and this shall be your warrant to the lieutenant of our fortress at the Tower." ' Colonel Peyton received the warâ€" rant, and kissed the hilt of his esword. Rochester bowed and turned about, when suddenly Miss Mullet raiged her head from her grandfa)her'e breafi. a The king looked with wide eyes first at the girl, then at iRochester. Afâ€" ter a long pause he dropped into a chair and roared with laughter. Some time had passed before he could speak ; then he said : s Elton ?" D‘m- 8 WBRCRE IVC ETY : "This is a strange thing. Pray, madam, what is to become of Mr. “‘.;l‘;,;' sald the girl, " Madam Elton hath tliverted me hugely for the past fortnight." _ |__ _‘ _ "Heigh !‘‘ said the King. "You saw through her disguise ?" "Oh, from the very first, Your Maâ€" josty," replied the girl. . "Only I thoughtâ€"Your â€" Majesty | must not forget that I am only a simple counâ€" try girlâ€"that a rival might increase tho ardor of my Lord Rochester‘s affection for me.‘" The King lay back and roared once more, Then Nell Gwyn, still wearing the garments of the young gentleman from Somerset, faced Miss Mullett, saying : A o# Ey C ie "Prithee, â€"madam. how did you know that I was Nell Gwyn? "Dear madam," said the slmple country girl demurely, "I hbeard long ago that Mistress Nell Gwyn hath th> most shapely foot of any lady in England, and th> moment I eaw yours I knew that there could be none shapelier in the world." Nell kissed her, heedless of the fact that Rochester was on his knees beâ€" Prospectlvé Boarderâ€"You advertise homelike surroundings‘? * o _ Country Farmorâ€"Yep; we‘ve got a janitor from the city fer hired man. â€"Brooklyn Life. Sheâ€"You are so awkward in your lovemaking that sometimes I am susâ€" picious. Heâ€"Of what ? Sheâ€"That you may be sincere.â€" Sentimental â€" an&« â€"anemâ€"Thirty (?) â€"Did he say he knew me when I was a girl ? _ t3 Life. MHMeâ€"Miss Frost, Lcan no longer reâ€" press the warmth of sentiment your charms have kindled ; there is a pasâ€" sion burning within meâ€"â€" Sw;eta-'.l‘-w.'emyâ€"(lhl. no! He said he remembers you when he was a boy ! â€"Punch. f f â€"Sheâ€"Ah, then _ I had better call father! He‘s a fire insuravce agent. â€"Richmond Dispatch, Perambulating â€" Peteâ€"You can‘t tell me dat crows is about the most intelligent of birds. . :mI;lrinzr.uid Learyâ€"Well, they seem purty smart, Pete. _ 4 Perambulating Pete â€" Smart ? Bhucks! One took me for a scarecrow just now, an‘ cam> an‘ set on my head, â€"Brooklyn Ragle. Bhoâ€"If I had known what a fool you were I never should have married you, Heâ€"You might have guessed it when I proposed to you. Customerâ€"I think I‘ll take this one. New Clerkâ€"All right. Customerâ€"Come to think of it, though, I believe I‘ll look around a bit first, andâ€" _New Clerkâ€"No you don‘t! Fen takin‘s back. I bad me fingers crossed. He who receives a benelit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.â€"Charrion. "Dushley boasts that in his youth he ‘doubled the Horn‘ quite freâ€" quently. Was he really a sailor ?" _ _‘"Not at all. He means that when he was younger he used to drink a horn twice as big as he‘s able to take now.‘" how much glory there is in being good.â€"Sophocies. Brownâ€"So you Jost your lawsuit with Smith. R Jonesâ€"Yes ; but it‘s a satisfaction to know that Smith didn‘t win anyâ€" _‘"But didn‘t you have to pay him $1,000 damages ?" "Yes ; but his lawyer got that."‘ " That youngster seems to know much more than you." The first man said. His friend reâ€" plied : 4 "Well rather ; He knows much more, but that is nothing new, For I‘m his father:" Aliceâ€"I‘m «o. glad you are oftâ€" gaged at last! k C es _ Graceâ€"Yes, George and I will be married in September. _ + 9 _ Aliceâ€"Good gracious! You _ don‘t mean to marry him, do you ?â€"Brookâ€" lyn Life. ul Quarry‘manâ€"Biddy ! f His Wife â€" Phwat do ye want now, sure » Quarrymanâ€"Pour some kerosene on th‘ fire an‘ make it hot, so ‘Oi can thaw out me dynamite.â€"New York Weekly. } . f Wtms mesee T 4 A ? Mrs. Browneâ€"The Rev. Dr. Watâ€" erall didn‘t officiate at your church last Sunday as usual. ( _ Mrs. Malapropâ€"No, he was out at some college preaching a bachanalâ€" lan sermon.â€"Philadelphia Press, _Mr. Riversâ€"Well, thie cornice of it jects about six inches further g?lront than hers. That ought to Mrs. Riversâ€"My hat is ever so much nicer than Fan Billiwink‘s, don‘t you thint ? _ d e ks Effi-on-t than hers. That ought to satiefy you, 1 suppose ?â€"â€"Chicago ffyTbume.. s o}c cb .s3+..1 10000040 insy It is only great souls that know Floating Fun. sa W ONTARIO ARCHIVES . TORONTO THS WOMAM PRQPOSED. Liked the Looks of a Man in * a Red Dress. DETERMINED TO BE HIS WIFE. Shall a woman propose? That is the question which, Miss Lulu Bowlin, of Hopwood, Fayette county, Pa., has answered for herself, and she is now Mrg. Mons. Victor. Her husband is a clreus acrobat and advertising man, and she is as happy as any woman in Fayette county toâ€"«day. _ Mra@. Victor is young, pretty and rich. Bhe was born in Somerset pounty, Pa., nineteen years ago. Two years ago her grandparents died and left her $40,000 in cash. In addition to this her father is a prosperous lumberman. i & H pwoud is near Uniontown, asd nearly every man in Hopwood and Unriontown these days can write his cheque for six figures, because of reâ€" cent sales of coal land in that vicinâ€" ity the past two yearse which have made it the wealthiest agricuitural community, perhaps, in the world. Plenty of rich young farmers were willing to marry Lulu, and two or three of them told her so, but she had her heart on Victor and she was going to have him. $ w2 Loved Man in Red Suit. They first met four years ago. Vicâ€" tor, whoge right name is John McGinâ€" nig, was a member of the famous "Victor family," of acrobatic and conâ€" tortionist fame, and was travelling with a clreus that showed in Unionâ€" town. She saw Victor in the ring and fell in love with him. . The show moved out that night, however, and she never saw nor~heard from him again until two weeks before they were mapried, and that was Monday, July 1st. She watched every circus that cam»> to Union town, but Victor did not wander back in the course of his business. He was engaged in advertising for a plan of lots in East McKeesport. When he apâ€" peared in Uniontown he was ALlâ€" tired in a gorgeous red dress, red hat, blonde wig, red slippers and red stockings, whis, he showed to a suspicious height in carrying his train. He looked like a great, big, gawky girl at a country fair. Miss Bowlin was in ‘‘own shopping, and now she can tell her own story: "It was the ‘red dress that caught my eye," she said. "I knew the minute I looked at it that there was a man underneath that fimnery. I just followed him up to get a look at his face. In spite of the paint and powder, I recognized him, and you may guess how happy I was. I learned that he was stopâ€" ping at the Hotel Mahaney. 1 went there and asked to see him. He came down into the parlor in all his red finery. I told him right there that I liked him, because I thought that he would do anything rather than loaf. He was rather taken back, but I soothed him and invited him out to the house. Totd im She Wanted to Marry Him â€"*"He came out that evening, dressâ€" ed as he ought to be, and I liked him better than ever. I told him I wanted to marry him. He was a little shy. In fact, he was comâ€" pletely upset. If he hadn‘t been 1 feel eure he‘d have murmured someâ€" thinz about being a bother to me. But I meant business and Lolq him «ind E& _"Mr. Devenny," replied Miss Bowâ€" lin, ‘"I‘ve been considering this stgp AEMy fls h 4i .4 ... d 2. 4cintrtuarthatnnlth ... D for four years. I know what I‘m about, and I like that man. I think he‘ll make me a good husband, and I‘m willing to make him a good wife. I ant not a college girl, but I can bake bread with any woman in Pennsylvania, and I know how to keep house. 1jh_at’s what Vic nae:i:; mm OPNCREME SA n s and if he‘s willing to marry me PN make him as good a wile as any woman in this world can do. I‘ve got money of my own, and I‘m not asking favors of any one. I didn‘t ask him to marry me because I_could get no one else, but because 1 wanted no one els2. event C a porfect liquid dentifrice for the New Size SOZODONT 25¢ Large LIQUID and POWDER, 75¢ At all Stores, or by Mail for the price. him. I am comfortably fixed, so fq‘ as money goes, so it would be impos sible for me ever to become a bur= den on Vic. But even if L lhadn awmdollar and had good health I wou! have the right to offer myself to his ‘"‘That question of whether a# woman has a right to propose to a, man has been agitated, 1 guess, ever gince Cain went out into the lard of Nod and brought home a “"H Rince I was! a child, 1 have heard ol women gossiping, and saying t somebody would never have somebhody else if she hadun‘t ask him, and It was always said with & deprecatory sneer. Now I alwa, noticed that the couple taiked of that way usually had the best (nrnfl in the township, the fattest, healthi est children, and seemed happler l.nti more loving than the big majority o the other husbands and wives. + Better Than Fishing for Suckers "Of course, there‘ll be lots of prudes, who wili say I‘m immodest. It not be modest, but it‘s just as as sitting around for six months a year, balting your nhook for suck and waiting for the one at the oth end of the sofa to bite, I‘ve got . patience with these people who \ so dreadfully afraid of being imm est, but they‘ll lie awake nigu thinking of some scheme to lead man on, and then hist and parry fence and foil, like a trained swor man, just trying to make the fish think the bait hasn‘t any h t on it, When a woman loves a man! she‘s got a right to say so." } *"Buppose he refuses her ?" 3 "Well, if Vic bhad refused me 1@ have waited a while and asked him again, In the meantim> if I found an« other man I liked as well I‘d have@ asked him, providing I thought 4) could make him a good.wife and h;} could make me a good husband. If didn‘t find that man I‘d do wlt.ho.to., But in that case 1 should not have! died of a broken heart." _ Papa Bowlin was asked what Ba thought of it. HMe slowly removed q corncob pipe, turned toward the re« porter and said : us l Teeth »« Mouth MHALL & RUCKEL, MONTREAL "Well, young man, I Jearned earlf‘ in my experience to mind my 0 business. I raised that girlâ€"b her up here in these mountains, wher I was brought up before her. She‘® no fool. It‘s her that got wflm and she bad a right to marrty w she pleased, so long as he was dd cent and could make a living for berg I didn‘t neb in. If she‘s made a nu-] take she‘ll find it out a heap sooner than anybody else." And the old nld resumed his smoke.â€"Philadelphia Ree cord. How a Pretty Winnipegger Treated, the Dude. 4 b He was otice of the city‘s cheapest, of cheap sportsâ€"half dude, hadf tough! â€"a " masgher" in embryo, with a; sporty looking white hat, a red tb‘ with flowing ends, a fiveâ€"cent cigar, patent leather boots and an fi handâ€"meâ€"down suit, He stood on t corner with a gang of oglers andy showed them how, smart a man cani be and how funny. . Likewise how‘ irregistible to the fair sex if he "o approached them in the right '1 anmi had half a chanceâ€"you know," Bhe was a smart looking girl wt&' pretty black eyes, a stylish hat n her skirts neatly gathered in one hand showing no more than the m of a most adorable little slipper, tripped along as a girl should, ung |m.lndtnl of the bad boys on the side~| walk, and strictly minding her 0Â¥ business. Not so the " masher." He was f his glory. Here was a chance to e.'l‘- emplify to his admiring audience 0 1 amateur mashers the truth of what he preached. As she approached he‘ winked like a Burmese owl, and said audibly, " Aw, there ; ain‘t she agd peach ; good night, you felliows," flj he sauntered after her with his hat* on the leftâ€"hand corner of his face| on the leftâ€"hand corner of his face and his cigar tilted at an acute angle with his nose. _ olsn is Th And then something dropped. The} fair pedestrian had turned to tho "masher" with blazing eyes. "You think you‘re a beaut, do you?. You â€" lobsterâ€"{faced, pudding â€"heade@ goose. I[ I were a man 1 would: mop the sidewalk with you, but as I am just a girl l can only: give yow thatâ€"and thatâ€"and that~â€"you self~ conceited fool." At each word . slap resounded right and left on the: cheek an"* mouth of the "lobstemj CEPUICTR EBREY MTWITICUC ET faced" individual whose only alters native was to stand and take hie: medicine, administered with as wuck! grace ag a sci¢ntific boxer â€" coul« have shown. Jn "Now, you puppy, £o home andg. pray for brains, and tell your mo tiy=t er to tie you up to her apronâ€"string for another year." i Amid the jeers and plaudits of &, ereore of passersâ€"Dy, the crest {falltere "masher" picked up his cigar, p‘f-a ed his bhat over his exes, and belook, hiwmself to the friendly shelter of an aAilley, while the young wom®h ; once more caught up her skirts daig=; tily and resumed the even tenor OC her way.â€"Winnipeg Tribune. 3 Mis Sheet Auchor. "Bredderina‘ and sisterin," said th® Georgia brother, ‘I been & mig:tj mean nigger in my time. I a heaper ups and dow nsâ€"*specialy dow nsâ€"#ince I joined de church, I stoled chickens an‘ watermillins; & cussed; I got drunk ; I shot craps $ I slashed udder coons wil my razor 3 an‘ I G@one a sight er udder things, but thank the good Lawd, brodderâ€" in‘ an‘ sAl_a_rterin', 1 never yet lost .‘J Customerâ€"Didn‘t; you tell me thie horse was afraid of nothing ? Wwhy, he shles at his own shadow." Dealerâ€"Well, a shadow is about l near mcthing as anything I know of,* religion i MASHED THE MASHER, 199 Next to Nothing. 25¢ # 2§° 15¢ by B