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re and st card rn the ....,. -.....-.. .- ......e .. ...... ..... -...._,. Yes." said the senior at last, "that will `be the best plan. We will secure 1 the bonds at the bank to put a good face onthings, and then he will not be likely to look deeper until after the crisis." It would ruin us for him to withdraw his shares now. ` 3 I 1 IO Al. `scan-Q vu anv IV All this Greek to Caroline until she remembered several communications `she had, taken whichwere in regard to speculations, and then it was clear to her. The junior partner went at once to the bank, and the old gentleman seemed somewhat worried. -.-nvvvan vv `noon uu lav voavua Yes. I wish to 1'-eturn home tomor- row morning, she returned imperturb- ably. ' - umL:.. :. ....4.L.... .....a.1..._ r....:.;-.: 1 .1- Uvanav 11 `out II vs cavunu Caroline gave no sign, but she made a resolution, and when 3 o clock, her hour forrquitting work, came she said calmly: (IT knlincvn I .~.....L .-4...-.. cu"... ..A.......\..&..-us av- \1\.svvn.at, v- v... \ll~n-I-q\1nIAQ\l undo`. vsun I believe I must sever my connecticjri with this oice today. ` I wish to return home." - as u 'q. n So he made out her check `and bade her a suave goodby, and a. few minutes later found her in the hotel waiting for John Vandergast. - A KYLAA-'l...... :4. ....... 1...... `'l..L_ ._ .......- -L`L vvo no vv Iv can oavc vvhbaoo "Why, Caroline," he said, when he came in, his face lighting up. This is a most unexpected honor. I was hurry- ing business matters so as to get home tomorrow to see you. T ` tr- ..1.-..1- 1.-.. 1.......1 ............1.. _...1 1 --1_-.1 I |.|Jvv\4v is impossible to arrive at an`understa.nd- ing. Hosays nothing. Some years ago 7 onmy return'from,jPa.ri`s 1_ called upon him: to talk of operas, `concerts. com- posfers and other integesting matter with whichgl /had become zicquainted. Schu- woman at me 's"to1idly. or rather he usokd ifiito space.]wit.hout8ayingaword- ~-w{{h"ExBi'n." said Wagner, it Efaii:h,AI ipok leave .ot almost i_mme-- ;aiate1y,'; He ;i3.':3 i*[`1P53ib1` romeo- ;T+91?d>i1_-71`.i?33,it&-; . sov-n AVII1--ahem! ` Do I understand yoti mean to quit us at once?" ' av-.. 1' ....--1. 4.- ........_. 1.-...- ..`...-.. u--u-J- This is rather sudden. Inded I do not see how I can let you go at once. But an -....-..L ....I)| .....'.I I`!....A1-..... IJ\IU hl\t\I OO\I `V C YZIII `WU J \IZ ICU 3CD`-l\II But you must. sir!" said Caroline, with decision. v \Ino.n yunauuva buuuv Whether it was her J ohn. or some oth- er Vandergast, she had determined `to ; warn him and then go home for 9. vacae ` tion until she secured another position. And when she looked on the hotel regis- ter she knew it was her J ohn.' "E3 1Id61'h"h3'&'warm1y and looked closely into her face to see if he might venture any further greeting. \Tn. f\9\l\ .`-...\..1A 1... ....L 4... 5-1.... .......L. .. n-JIa\4no\avu vv nun. no OAKS! v ccnvvo ' I am glad you told me. It is provi- dential , you were employed ' there. So they are speculating, and from what you tell me my `thousands would have been higher than the moon by day after to- morrow; I will withdraw them for you. my queen, this very day." - Than an A1........ ........ _*..J. .. ...:..-_n.- L- I--- -v mu. `I envy. vJ vv nvno `yuan-Avocaavu You have made my stay a long one and a. tedious one to me by denying me h the privilege of writing to you. he said in reproach. V ` T `:17-.. I 1-..--- 1-L__ 99 _|-_ _._'_--_-..__1 L-_ ..- - vtro www.- Yes. I know, John, she rejoined" has- tily, for she was afraid her blushes might encourage an embrace, but you` know I am a typewriter now, or was an hour ago." And she looked at him deantly. He laughed. (1 --...;l.._....a.....J _'__ -___ --1! -___. I_L;__,__ -gs. usuuunnayvul I understood in one `of my letters from home that you had accepted some position here in the city. but`! `could not learii where or what it was. I am sure [you are the same if fnotmore to me for that. Typewriters are a ne set of girls. An I1v\*rv\:n`-n`vn \`r\ ....4-:......L:-.. .......- -q.-vv \4u~- voonav -J novvvo I am-so glad you do not think less of me than you did, she said, under her breath. Then she recollected her errand. _ L_1,`I I3, 00 Iivnulsloo v-nu v we. \DUJ I Then as there was not a minute to lose Caroline bade him goodby and hurried to her boarding house. `The next morn-. ing she was homewardb_o und. John Van- dergat s promised bride. ` Q..........`I..........4.L_ 1.4.... L1._.._ .`_-_. _ _._-_"-L saw v Evan `Jun vuovoo IVUBIJV-var ' Not at a.l1."nreplied Schumann; "for me Wagner is impossible. Doubtless he is avery clever man, but he talks too fast--one cannot get a word in. 21-....- 4..--.. 4.2;-.. -.. .... -_4.- _v_ ._L:-L v vanvuoov u~onJ cu-A vqovo gnvvvcas N 0' one would be apt to `take even a lover s liberty with `Caroline. l`T.\... L---` ........I.. ._... ..4..._ _ I-.__. -._- Vvmnvuvu .-J :1`! vv now-any `now In annnv wvv vb asausuo A_n unmistakable satisfaction came into Carolina's face. ` ' UI\4Aa|~\Iv 9.: 1. vsannuvsa us luv: Severalmonths later there was a quiet wedding in the St. Clair homestead, and the typewriter daughter was the highest honored the worldly mother_had.,-.--Belle V ' V. Logan in Chicago News. _ --- '---.-v..-- Dr. Ha1-1's'l;lv: once asked,-ch11_ma.x_1n _now he got on with Wagner, -u\T.-.1. AL .11 9` ........`I:...I Q-L.....__... A-.. n.I\lI~v avg: uuv avvvasuvvuu ALVA V5132: Shemto1`d him what she knew. and he listened with a grave face. T :11 ....... ...-1...: ..-.. 5-1.1 _.- `IL _~.. _._.-__: sguzv voav vunnnnnvv avv In vv vsu ulslo ' Some time after, in an interview which Hauslick had with Wagner. allusion was made to Schumann. ' ca on.-wv .w}ou yyus l.;Iavsu.J vv ya; no , Young Author (cheerfully)--First rate. thank you! -[sent off `eight poems, three stories -and fouraessays last week. and only 13.=,o{ ethez ma.nI'1bcript's' have come" - back, -tofmezas yeti`--Some'rvil1`e J orual. 1 V ,. Better ':I_`hI_l|.|9_A,V0l'3I9- 9 .,1ntrest,d_Friend-.-_A1'9._Y0 d9in3 W911 with your literary work? 21...... A ..4-tun.` InInna~rFnlIv\._l~'i`1`rnf. 1-ntn '_i_`1ian_tl;9_ Ayeralo . ' ' A..-,--.... .1 ` n rn.`,:__'.`I A1 'l`wo.Gr-eat Composers. ____1_--1- _-_-_ _;1__3 n, to uua IlIllllllB.Ill15 UU|'ul l'f'll Mr. Ogilvie says that the cause f ho-ir rapid decrease in number is that me winter about wveuty five years ago '1 he-uvv full ul rain oc- -cur ed, which completely saturated the saw . them came a cold spell, and the snuwwas con- verted into an immensa cake of ice, and the hutfalues were nearly extermina ed The scarcity of the animals and the diienlty ol go-{ting near them does no! deter white men from going into the region to him` . them. Mr. Ogilve rays he sres n.-z reason for huz.t.iuL{ the wood buffalo except the sport it aifurds. as the paucity of their numbers and the diicul y of getting the skin out at` the countr preclude all idea of prot. . "D l"D!rIl' Okla \I\:II'\n' an `..c.;..;... LL .-_ L1,- : ` inll`! Ill Ell? b`UI `II. _ `Mi '0_g-ilvie the Canadian explner, has ; recently. been`-_tm`vfe-lih g in the huuuns of she ` wood butfufo of.Cun in. This binffdu is now lfuund in smxll herds, the last rem. ants of 3 the enormous numbers that once romm-d over f the country north and west of Atha ascu nver in the Peace audLian1 river basins. Hall a -eutury ago it was no uncomm n thing fur a few Indians on the Peace river to go out mud in a. few days pro` ure sufficient buff-lo to supply their p ople with meat tor the winter. In manyyears. however. no undm=._slm:g|mr,.f the animals has oc--ui-re-d 11.. t\,,:|__: , .1 . VI ult Luca. VI lullln '. : ` He descxrbs the anima` as'lai'{er than the \ plain buffalo, and darker in color '1`-e dif- ference in size any be accounted for b .the quality of ` food peculiar to each, an the differences in color by the shelter from the bleaching action of the sun on the hair afford . ed hv the woods. - ' nu'_____ ` 1, .. 1 o .1 - .- i The musk ox is alsohurited in the country north of that in which the wood huifalo: vang- ea . ;With the means 0! travel now available`, it is little more `than a rfeasure trip to reach the 3 home in British Ame~ica of this arctic anima' = It roams over what is commonly known as the Harren Land,'the' tretless "plain lying east of the fringe of woods along the Mackenzie river", north of the Great Slave l-ke Mr. Ogilvie was told that musk oxen had recently b- en found southeast of Lake Athabasca They are .lrequentl_v found within forty or fty miles of the Mackenzie river,'no`th to the Arctic ocean Awhite man recently entered their grazing ground simply to see the re_ion they inhabit and secure a few heads as trophies He was accompanied by a large number of In- dians, who insisted ongoing with him to take `care of him should he be attacked by Eskimos rstead of helping him they" proved to be a nuisance and had to be provided with food. ` The party slaughtered sixty musk oxen and eighty cr ninety caribou. Only a fewmusk ox `V heads were brought back. The noise which this trip made has induced others to think of 1 striking for this region in quest of the animals ' for the sake of their skins, and Ogilvie says it 5 is only a question of time when these musk l oxen will be hunted extensively. He thinks} the government should impose a. close season 1 toypreve-nt their extarmir ation. The North- l west council, which governs the Northwesrl territory of Canada, has already an ordinance in force prohibiting the killing: of wood buff- alo. ' A 11,913,`, , 9 1'!` ' A I -1 l usv. A British scientic society has recently i offered a considerable sum of money for one , musk ox or a. heid of several oxen, to be de- ,livered alive at the Zoological gardens in London. If anybody wants this money the probabilities a e that the musk .ox will come * from a part of Bntish North America in which the animals are now found as it will probably y be far easier to secure the animals and takethrm ; no the sea from this region than from any part 2 of the arctic countries where they are found. % one screamed and one Didn't. Two young married men in the Snlem' excursion to Newport last weak played a rather sweet joke on their wives. Before enteri- g with the otber s wife They agueed to ex- change seats in the long tunnel and each kiss his own wife. Well, they did as agreed. One of the young women screamed terribly and` attracted the attention of the whole car, and all had a hearty laugh at her expense when the light broke in upon her, resisting ercely and in her husband's arms. _ The o:her one _ kept. perfectly still, and she and her husband the long tunnel at Elk City each was sitting 1 I had a good laugh on each other when the < light broke on them She said she did not know but what it was her husband, and did .. U` N. ....... ....a. . and ammo GA "3..- :4 .. ... The British Navy} The Marquis of SaiiSllll1'y,. speaking at Ormskirk, Lancaster, recently, said that he i C0! Id not bear to hear ofthe combination forni- ed by other eets without realizing the tact that there were others besides ourselves who set':- high value on their navy. ' Great Brilain, according to Lord Salisbury, should. never re- lax her efforts if she Wishes to be on a level ' with them. Continuing, the Marquis said if ll home rule W(1`e ever granted to Ireland the Brit- ish navy -might have to guard another coast, which would even` more likely to be hostile. Con-inning, he Said : `It would especially be the case if we were in trouble with some for- eign pmver. ' All uluu \'l.`l\II us-ulvu 'I`he Acadi.-ns are descendantsof the people who havebeen immortalized in Lon'gfellow's poem, Evangeline. These people have large child-en each. V The Manillamen are full~ l00dr(l T-agals from the .l hiipp1ne Islands; these people have no women among them; they `had on ly one stove In the ,whole col--nv, and they eat their hsh raw. 'I`hev fraternize well w.th the Chinese, and are treated by the whites on rqual terms The people called Austrians are genuine Slavs, generally Morlachs from Dtlmat a. Ts.e_v sp ak Italian. a relic of tl.e ;dav "when Venice ruled Dalmatia-. They are all shermen, and are an industrious, bold and hardy people. The Isdngues are the descen- dants of _a colony 0: Canary Islanders who came over to Louisiana during the Spanish invasion 1 They have, a dash ._of the Berber brood of the Canary aborigines and are darker than the average Spaniard Sca't- red among families, frequently from twelve to llfU.'( 1ll i these various people are a few Americans and .Germa.n~ and many creoles. In nnirn nf fltuir nu-nninnnii-xv I-l nzn I-nnm: Aluavvv uuv I-uuv Lu "nos: 1:: Anlnuuuuu, uuu ullt not want to give it a way if it was not.- I Salem J ournel ' ! :?.A .j_ 4 I Many Nationalities '1 here. ' Of thel2,008 counted victims of the Louisi- : anna. coast oods, only ility-l'.hl`- e were negroes. There are fewcolored people in` the section ` visited by the storm. They are a mixed-up people in that part of Louisianua The pre- dominating races are Acadians, Austrians, creo es, Islingues, Italians, Manillamen, Chin- ese, and Spar-iav-is, the nu_mber of each ranging in"the order named III], A J 9 1 I . n I 1 \JCI lllllll` tll\I ILIGIIJ UIUUITPJ In spite of their propinquity, t` ese races gel erallyiivo-. separate, and one ..an, in trave`- ing a few n1iles.nd settlements of pure-hlood- ed people of each nationality. This is a remarkable fact, as many families are natives who can count their American descent hack for ten or a dozen generations. They live in "the swamps and lowlands, and this accounts for the terrible destruction of life by the s'orm. They control the entire shing industry, but the packing- houses for oysters and shrimps are ownedgby_ Americans- There were 1,800 shermen lost in the oods; the others were sailors, traders, storekce era, and` farmers. 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My only wish is that, in the years to come-- umil you are" dead-you will think at least once a day that it was you who wrecked the happiness of two people-who broke her heart and brought the old hell back into mine, and it is you who `will pay for it in the end. At last the other man found his tongue. My God. Ivisoni he cried hoarsely. d.p t leave me now-let me think, let me think! l-I-how could I know what he minted? He only asked me if you had been wild years ago, and `I sa.id_-passing his lmml quickly over his eyes-what did I s:i_\: It could not have been much,.f()r he was here but a minute. But I can x it, I\'i~uI)--I can x it some way. How could I know it was her father? 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' ~t\, n 9.-JA AF I-kn rd -has 1-rrn'vv-inn nnajon ""1 C J lcllllllsu You told of the other wo'man.and-a.nd all the rest. Could any man alive" have given his daughter tome hearing that? _`\nd yet all the time you were talking you 1-.new I had changed; that I had buried - 11H: past in a straight, upright presentand haul kept it in its grave for years. But you weren t content to let it [stay there. You dragged it out and showed it to him-_-en: 32 .yed doing it doubtless. And I made you. 7l`l.n no-Inn-u vnnn Innlznrl aft-n"|n}1f iunfnrn J") FLA \1UlH5 AU uwuuunua-as Lzuu. 4 Luwuv \-ILII The other man looked straight before mm, but; he did not speak again. Ihvison Imrk up his hat, drew his gloves from his gmckct and began slowly putting them on. A-I Ah} nnt nnvnn I-uznnn fn nrnnnh tn trnn {zines -1 do not suppose, said Ivison. speaking my slowly and distinctly and looking "straight into the other man's eyes, that you knew exactly what you were doing. but :1 say again that is no excusevfor you. We` have been friends long enough to wartsut your taking sides with me in almost any. thing and even _to-even to lying torine ` 9 it were necessary. . m , -sl;n.. w-non ckdffna Ind; scan,`-`Ac: nu...` 11, cu. ..-v-.......-_, . The other man shifted his, position an wet his lips with histongue. . J3;-I rut-x` hnvnnvnknu 5'3.` -A.. II '-.l 1I|Jlfl\\5l; nuu Ucgau DIUVVIJ yuuutug uuuu.| uu. "1 did not come here to preachto you, . he said presently, for I am not good at ~.lmL sort of thing. 1 came for your own ;.~m -as well as to tell you just what I Hmnnght of you. I have done that, and now 1 .~:x y to you I never want. to set eyes on you .'H::: in. I have kept my handso your mis- <-xymle body tonight because I am not a_ mu;_:h, but. I warn you*now that if ever] .~<-<- you again it. may be different, for it'isA m m y heart; to kill you-4toVkiA1l you. do you |.......-.77 < ' - , _ `_ rolm Her chant. of whom the swift gmhangel told` This is that Virgin ch 5 God shall. boa 1'. .' oh, crimson anguish! oh` 3 _ . ' Psiongu. mouth! V lips that poutgnd d ' 5 1 011. tired eyelids gaggin;:8Drli1ke clots (of blood] 11: autqmn! All the langm_s`;`;90rn 4 V Th1'ob1h thy veins!` And so the south ` Wails. ~It were better 1 had txtvg: thzoogq . On gin! ' (Maurice Hewlett in L0 - nd0n Y. 011. Cllavunv .. ,,, _ fair. Young. qendq-:n:tl1e_book. for there shall "A d ` n .11. rol1'd er no -3861 H wrhis that ' -- sh? bear" angels eager ock about h." can r, . `Am The L'lun.. __ l1:1ir-- . Mu her hair (1 - -j I from the osntggslz _lIke_l.ed gold: vhif.-and H *r chaste wh`{ t I 9 brw'.Ie patient` no`: all IIJJ _hvur? uvv u|'.'ll'."' . "Why don't you do it then? said the m hm` man, turning his sunken eyes upon his .w_-ourgcr, his voice still -.-hoarsewli't`h' mm: inn. I wouldn t sfop you. I know, ull _\'m1 say and more is true-that you 1112.'lc me, and that Ihuve ruined you. You ConMn t possibly think any less of me than ldont` myself. Ifputting an `end to my unhappy life will make reparation for what I have done, I say do it! Don't stand there and review the whole cursed thing, though, for what is past` can t be helped. In God s llanw, Ivison, he cried ercely. th1`0WiD8 his'zu'i11s above his head in h1`s.Wild.dT8' matic way, what can I do now? ' \'..rl.:.... \7.... v ...-.I.InN )snn'tr3nnn him '----H nay, wuuu can 1 uu uuvv 5 - .\'uthing. . You couldn't "convince him . that you `had wronged me, and I cannot deny wlmt, you said. All I can sayto him 15 the past is deal and buried. imduhe 5_hTN: his shoulders and says it,isa'.`ve`ry' 11_f<:1ikeco1-pse. You did not `ye. N0. F011 dud what is sometimes much wors ahdva gqml dual lurrder to do-you told the truth. \\_hen-bul'. there 13:10 use: 'in.saying @1,_?;Y'1"" thing else. Good night, -_ ani! `I'vison\clq;s ed_>"' the door softly behind him. - The nH.m. rvanu-1 ..4..'....1 -o:II I1nf:` hnIv3nnn.w1 ~~~ uuur somy oemna nun. _ _ l`he other man stood still until he `heard hm buss out into the street. Then. With 8 3"). he sunk into his chair and buried hi3T hm on his arm. From hissear1iesw;>y- hood he had been asensitivei; `it_1g~`*? creature, careful and coinsci-11` 'oi_ >.i- `10:;reethat,he became a byvi -d 3n_bis 'n family, of high strum: and-=intenae1y_= nervous organization. and with.a;temperae `'W as changeable as ..th_, ,we'a,tIir and , ten atfecbed by i t.1 He, 'v;va,s',nbt`. hand-, % :me_ man; he w_asfft_alliiind thin and > a]0I>1Dz; his eyes,-`dep"and-f h'ollow,we1'~e T Ways feverishly bright:-`_~'hi's3 `(Shin was! afinted and his lips thin`-. -g'lin7o`ne the -2 i '33 Offi cruel streak inthe man whiqh BA-17yhi`::srlife he had l1iadq%.`o` ngyg "his._w:_I.y om one nos ti ` ,. ' gfnwly thabevenz; h'ub'giI'$ A `_ one? and when H.I__v`lson,t`a.ki ' ' 1ty.bn(-$11!"! _, `W as be bent; bV;e'i9 ks.a_j W" ` CTOWD - x.n,,_ NOVEMBER 2,` 189,3. T 4 50TTlC_ELL.l S "MADONNA."_ CONSCIENCE. or stara'bu'I-us bright her father : oioe. recommended him for an " easier place and a larger salary _the poor fellow was so overcome that be quite lost his head and nearly tainted where `he sat with astonishment. `As nervous and as given to details as a_ siokgwoman`, he mug-. niedevery small thing that.-came to him and jumped at-conclusions with a rapidity which would have put to shame any mem- ber of the opposite sex. But in a moment of forgetfulnesa he had spoken._ and in two minutes he had ruined the life of `almost a his only friend. `Ia`n-.--.|.:I.. Anna L. I.._ 4L-___ _lAA- 9! a loan val! ll IOU: `For awhile as he lay there, after lvison I had gone. he could hardly understand it all. but `gradually through the distorted. lenses of his scrupulous nature he saw what he had done, and he wondered `dimly how God would punish him. Not for a moment. did he think of `blaming Ivisonp or asking himself why the man had not` made his life purer. so. that he would have had nothing 7 to disclose-to her `father . With character-i istic unselshness he told himself the fault was entiiely his. and that the ~ Bin he `had: ' committed was unpardonable, unpardon- able, and hardly knowing what he was do ing he pulled the little Bible which lay be- fore him under the light and turned` to the. . Commandments to `see if it- was there. But ' before he found the place, he came toa pas- : anon whinh nnnmn in burn H-gall turn I..:. vusvlv av Lvuuu uuv yuuuv, uw uauu: DUB P? ` sage which seemed. to burn itself into his b1:ain;An` eye for an eye, a booth for a ` booth, at life for 9. life. A life totalifel He started to his {wt a.s_ if `some one had- spoken his n_a.me and turned to his desk. ` 1 There he drew a. sheet. of paper to him and l unnnfnu What I told you of lvison yesterday is _a lie from beginning to end. I had a purpose then in bearing false witness against him. for 1 love your daughter. and in a momentot wild hope that I might win her Isaid what I did. it is a lie, I repeat. The man is as pure asyoux-self `and his redord as tree" from stain. That you take him back again at once is the prayer- the command-of the man who` tried to ruin M his life. V Show this to him. and remember that these are the last words of one who before you read them shall be expiating his crime in the other world. ' t To Ttnis stZ:1T_-ange note he signed his name and put it in an envelope. rlf I114 nnnvv-Inna ln'vv\+6 nnnn '7, 1-A3.` m`-`-It*; ;v"il`lv ;n::i`n:::'Ei`;::it must.," h said, burning to a small drawer and opening it. "Ivison shall be restored, but I D5. 4...]. running 41... A-........... .. 5:-.. ..-a._l |.v IDIJLI DLIKIIII UV IUDUVIVBQ Iltlll I He took from the drawer a tiny, pearl handled revolver, and going to the fire- place again stood looking thoughtfully into the blaze. ` ` usual II 1. no nun Ill-cl`) IJIKOCJEO I have lied, he whispered to himself- liedabout. her! `A life for a life! `A life for a lie! . ,1` 1 .1 | _n 4| I\JI KI LIV! | Then he_ pulled the hammer of the re- volver slowly back and cocked it. ` - As Ivison "started home from the theater that night he hesitated at the corner of the street and then turned back and walked slowly toward the other man s rooms. A curious feeling came over him while he sat watching the pla.y-a feelin_g as if he had done something terribly wrong and some- thing for which he could never make repa- ration. As the performance went on the feeling became stronger until he found himself restless and distracted and wish- ing -he were out of the place in the cool night air. . Why he should feel so he could not think, and he stopped trying after a 1 few minutes of mental inquiry. tin.-- I... I.....1 .....4- +1....-..'....t. 41... .....-.....1 .-..\A IUVV ILJIIJI-LIlK7 `ll IKIIJIJIIIDI Ilullillblu When he had got through the crowd and into the street, the strange sensation left him somewhat. but when he reached the corner. instead of going home or to the club ashe had intended doing, he found himself hurrying toward the other man's little bachelor apartments with no` plausible rea son. Perhaps it was curiosity tosee him ' once more before he left the city. Perhaps only the desire to look upon him and think what a pleasure it would be to choke the miserable wretch s life from his body. Per- haps-and this was the true reason. as he felt later on-his own trouble had_ made him compassionate for the man. and he would speak kindly to him and try to for give him. He soon came to the little street on which the other man lived. and down this street he turnexi. .-_A-__u ____ |...|n _1..-..v_...: .....,1 ....-....-.31-`. D1113 Burccu us: out ucu. I 'Several_ men, half dressed and. stupidly excited, it seemed to him, were talking among themselves in the ball as he came in, butasit wasa large house, and those who roomed there were constantly going and coming hedid not stop. Withanod and a murmur of recognition to those he knew by sight. he pushed by them andup the stairs to the other man's room. He turned the knob. but the door was closed, and a queer feeling, an intensied return of that he had experienced in the theater, came over him. He threw his weight against the door quickly. and the lock gave YT..- 4-Ln km! smirk In nun.-an nnnn and J3 &VIIUIiVV\Vl vu-J v-. r... A curioushistory is attached to a carpet used in theproduction at the,Prince of Wales theater` of -the comic opers,gP_oor` Jonathan. When the star of Napoleon [II was at its zenith, an Aubusson carpet of amagniticent description was ordered by _General_ Fleu_ry for the chateau at Com- peigne;'~but;`Iwhen it was seen l) y7the em- `actions _4 it should , W` :to2th'az:1\zi1er1eh;% 1.1;; 1371. during the commune. the carpet was appro- 'priii`l5edir`_r'1d1 Withe other "artistic _works dis- patched to'Au_stria.~ -_ Thecerpet has since` 1.-.: ..mn-nI..nwna1-s. but owin2:to:its:eii.e 806118 mane WU IIIITIIIUIIIIAD vvnvu Iva: V... LS;c_ gcgnggumggance isprgltpagbly uniqu the an analinm-London Chronicla `B. 81!. E=*:.o?.e. D1181!` expvsncuuca. A ludicrous-mistake in identity on this point recently occurred at a large colliery in the north of England. The men in a distant part of the mine complained that the workings were full of "mosquitoes and refused to enter ` the gallery.` As it takes something worse than a. mosquito to frightenla collier. the manager went down to explore and . discovered much to his amazement that the workings were full of huge, hornetlike,` yellow banded ies; whose larva were hatching out from the wooden props which supported the roof. _in the warm atmosphere of the pit. _ The buzz and rustle of wings was indeed formidable, and the bite of theeupposed mo_squitoe`s would ` by analogy `-be something` very ter-., rible indeed.-London Spectator. A v way. . Upon the bed. with his eyes open. and staring at the ceiling. as they had done for the last ve. minutes, lay the man with 9. conscience-dead.--`Everard Jack Apple- ton in San Francisco Argonaut. An International Visitor. It will be new to many readersthat the mosquito is now rmly established in..Lon- don. It is to be found in certain large bo- . tels which are the resortof visitors coming . from the continent, and the supply seems * to be maintained by constant importations . from abroad.. Visitors who are familiar with the noise and bite of the mosquito as- sert that it is the true pest in its. worst form, and there -is no reason for doubting their experiences. A I..I4nn4\I1n--lvI{f'.D`In `Y! n patclld lO'Au5nr|u. Lullvcilyvu lawn a....... had seven-al,.owners, but owing to its size has proved practically useless. - ~_- m.-. I1-A nrncmnt. DOSSBSSOT WEEK has pl`0VO(l'pl`acDwu_uy uaclcna. , . I To -iAtA;s present possssor it_';Aws_.s,: sold for ; 159, believed to be a.:b9ut.-a.n_eighth par; of 1 its oridhal va.l1_1e.f So much is thought. of \u.:.. .-....'..-..4- nah`-Ink in -`Pom-.Jona.tha .n'is Original Value; Q0 luuuu In UuUu`uy_ ya \ this carpet, which in 4'fPoor4. Jonathan is h laid down in the rception main of_ the mil- l-lionaire Va.ndefgo1d?by'th_e manager of the '\--2---- -0 .TITnInn Q-.hn.I'. ht! .h8dthB, Dy `IIIU I-IICILIGHUI \II vuu 99 .,.\of -Wa.le,5_ he hgsyhad ;t4_1a9_,_. bf !she...ch3?`4`!`8~avpes;ri1;js;i;r tl;!i9-" n made to harmdnize withtss coiors.` ;h.43;c}g11E'1Epnce is.-probably unique in e.__... I ....*A..-`K `him-nninla A Noteworthy Carpet. _A.A_- _|_l__1 `._. A TYPEWRITER GIRL. gn3;`ig'3}$Ei{"Eh3s7a. '<':'ia{`i`o{I.$ hold. ` v * Dases CI\II\L0 decided to carve her own fortunes. as those of the family were getting in a most entangled condition, and unbe- kn_ownst to her worthy relatives had sought and secured a positionjas type- writer in one of big, wicked Chicago s well known business houses. AlTLI__ _ 2|,-, , L Caroline, the youngest daughter, had 1 It's a. disgrace to the family! Broth- er Bob declared, and he donned his over- coat and repaired to the clubhouse around the corner. Mamma. wept loud- ly; papa fumed faintly. (I 7.1.... `T......3-.`........A.l!! ...--.. _ J IAIIIABI-I|l\{L UL Ll-ILA-l\l Cl UJ1lVVVLI|IUl| .Caroline s short upper lip curled slight- ly morethan already. curled by nature, although an apprehensive look did come into her great hazel eyes. HT: "2... 4.1..:...1- .....-- .:...._....L _. .131. __ u--; _oJ , xlulttlnn aunnnvu a.|a:L4u&J John Vandergast! moaned mamma. He will -never` look at you again! A daughter of mine a typewriter! :_ I 1.....-.'l:.....9.. -1.--` .-........ 1:- --___1 _ J -1: __I_L -any V. BIVIIV Lauluva VJ VD! - f`If you think. my dearest mother, that I am going to starve here in this remote quarter of the woods. even in the most genteel style, just for a. look from Mr. Vandergast, you are vastly mistaken. uf'IVI.......'\ .-..... no.1.-- .........1;.--_.-__ 12---`. - uuunvuvocuuwwg J was Inc" v IIIUULJ LA-IAAIUKUIBULLO There are other employments for 34 woman-such a public position! And typewriters are always so-sO talked about! _ _ uuv uusuuvu, vv auu uuusu uaganvcajgi Before it was time for Caroline to leave for the distant city her father had altogether ceased his fuming and was considering the advantages of his daugh- ter's assistance. Of late years the strug- gle had been a hard one for him. His wife had always i been a society woman and extravagant: indulged sons and fash- ionable daughters, whose marriages had each cost him a small fortune. had so re- duced the estate made in his prime that now. in his old age, bankruptcy con- stantly stared him in the face. H1 -....._...4. 4I__._LL__ n L- .___-3 __ 11 _ `:fr;'the news1$apers, added Caroline. Butwno one will ever talk about me!"_ she nished, with stern bravery; Dngninn -:`- IIOIIG Liuvun CA- l"....-1.'_- L- XVII! U0 I-lIIIQQ\l\uQ All`-I-A ll-I VIII} 5KU\J\II `:i regret, daughter, he said as the train -whistled and they were out on the station platform, that you are going so far from home. But I know how you would feel to begin labor here, and I fully appreciate your eorts in assisting me. The burden is growing Aheavier with every year, and he sighed.` -uQnw...1m-..1.. 1...... 4... .1- ..-..._..4.1_:._._ n ..- Q`-nu vUn.a\o naauuv wuuuuvaa us \A|vlA&llU\J.I.o But once on the car and steaming Chi- cagoward Caroline was not quite so brave. and despite hex: tall, dignied self one or two tears rolled down her aristo- cratic nose and deed the superior little curl of her `short upper lip. `ITL.-.4 :9 `l.d.'.... TT......:I............4. 4.1.-.. I__.: . \lC uuucv worry. nay. "?e h:.a.tif John Vandergast-they had been such friends before he left for Eu- rope. and although Caroline had not given her promise. for she was not sure `of herself. she had consented to speak with him again upon 1 the subject when } he wouldereturn. ` ' ` A ' no u 1 vs. J VEWL , IJl>I\J Lav Dlsblvblo ".`v`Somebody has to do something, re- turned the daughter sententiously. 5` Ant` I Iyvsnuto nun 3.-I1-- .........'L`I.. -0 v o.J\4\A vuv uwuauwzs uuuuvuutuunljn And I know you are fully capable of taking care of yourself. God_ bless you, my girl-" A__,1 `L- ,...._,.__-..__ c..n_-.. .___- --,.--, J- 'QnJ 3..-- And the-careworn father was prouder of his typewriter girl than of his wealth- iest and mostbeautiful daughter. ' Duo Arman l'\GI 4-`I..- ...-... ......:I ..4...-....:_... 111.: "'xi'o}}"E1{J sure of herself-but John? ' ' ' ' ' T 9 955810 I It is one ,more test! "she" said" sternly to herself as sheIbrushed' a_._wa.y the im-- pertinent tears, and a good one too. _l T `am so glad I deed mamma; and took the business course` at college." ' I_. `L- ___.u.-..._'..4. -1: 1._..._-.._ 1:12- rm.-- wuwaoovwu vv uv In-1 \4\.IoA\4 5\aI in the excitement of her new life Caro- line forgot her little thoughts that might have been called sentiment. She passed the ordeal of critical examination by the other typewriters in the oce with sn- preme indiiference and so impressed her i employers with her dignity that they 1 were half.afr9.id of her. A , L____`___.-'L___ -1... ___- _-.n`..n1..1A ` WVLV I121`-llll>L_IDQ\n uo novao ` _a typewriter she was invaluable- rapid. correct, distinct, her every sheet perfection itself. but there was no social intercourse not pleasant conversation. ..rn1__;. _..'._I H J'..-`I;....u'l 'I-l\!.\ -:v1v\s'rnn 1-\n'1d'_ suu Au hue grass. _ Listening as Brownie folks Sing as they pass. Henfe comes a. honey boo From hisretreat, ' ` D1-owsily humming home. , 3"? W!'1swe_bt- an n`: - - LIIIAULUUMLDU uv; Aug-uuuv uv_-o v u. -..-....v... "That girl, dgclared the junior part- ner, `a.ctua.1ly scares lllg She s toopret- ty to be such a. prude`." aad ty to De sucn 8. pruuu. 4 - Ye-es. drawled the senior, andtthat ` afternoon the venerable- gentleman asked ` her hoyv she spent her evenings. . "Sir!" inquired Caroline. Yon--excuse me, but you areyonng" and not homely; and you will pardon an old `man if he takes aninterest in your svelf.re- in this = great . city. .` _- _-.'nv l'!.-.'_-`IinA :1-adult n -Inn`a?'gy. T WUMGEU Lu. Inna gbvuv saw; 0 Ah, yes!" Caroline drew a long;`ex-` Tpressivs breath, and a close observer would have said that her nostrils dilated something like `those of a. high strung ;horse._ '4 Snn'd_ay evening I attended serve ic:s`9;'t,': .St. J a_mes;` Monday e`yenin`g1..ds'- ._ votes! to literature. Emerson. Carlyls and -:Re_nan 1 my ffavoriterriauthors: Tu'sdia`y"'v`ening s.tj;`endd.:th miis`i- cales. and-Wedneidaiy _evening`~I attend. --_, rm__.....1.... 'ncvnn;f|(1 Ixnanin n. 1 cales. and-weanesuay evemug 1 uuucuu L rayersr Thursday evening, again do- voeito r4_aadi:ng';V.' Friday evening I g+en'e r-,`._ `allj :attnd _` ppgra `ox- >con<`;e.r_t. ands There was weeping and wailing and -nnalminn AF, I-1:434-`In Sn 4-`Inn Qt ( 1...`.. 1...--- `l fsoftly some goo Closes her eyes. Fair as torgetmenots Under blue skies! Walking in Wonderland. `Baby's asleep. _ ' ' Dreaming of Brownie folks Or of Bo-Peep! `-11-.~A Way Smith in Lender. cuugunx Ul IUVB ushed are the I Bid in the gfaa Linfnnina an Dion` sung in her hammock hen. :.Undor `gt-oen_trees. so.1g;zuia1y. _ Lnllodr by the broezo: Bottlf with silken cords _ i V T Baby is tied: J ' - one little dimpled `toot. ' Straying outside! Beauty lines lavishly , Fashion herface; Rosy bloon__1s blushiugly -T I Touch It fth grace. Dowo through the onchsrd bought Comes the soft air. `Tenderly kisses her. Plays with her hair. Perched on an apple bongh. Bending above. Swings a sweet onole. Singing of l_pve._ X"a3}7$`J ASCEQFT [usic T1_1E NQB'EHERN.ADVA4NCE Saturday evening 1 give to preparations for the Sabbath. . - Then she turned to her Remington, and T "the old gentleman groaned in an aside. Ca:-oline_was ushed and wrathful. "The old sinner! she was fuming to herself as she took his dictation in short- hand. As though he thought I could not understand!" -vv an-_..-`avg uuwuuo Caroline was past 20 and considered capable of taking care of herself, yet she felt `as injured..a.udj as though the white man -had ogled her as he did the youngest and most ippant girl in the house. - '5__`_ f`____`3___ go` . o I . c . q cog - can `av \lI7\It But 6;ro1ine did not wish to lose her position`, for it was an unusually paying none, and it began to be an eort to her to repel `the insinuation `of . the senior partner without oendinghim. She soon detested him most heartily; rnhmvusvunn I-`pun .-:oucnqA- -nu-.L_.... ---.-A -no gavaa II Inc A &\4\Lo 'V;;:x`1k.i-'<.ai'ga>;st. is in tovinfehe said. despite herself Caroline reddened and then grewpale. ' " u13-..9 V-.. .a-_n. _-;n 111--11 ;.1._u.. "6}I.3'.'13`{in"g":n?'e"-'Ii`n"i'5i- `partner came` in very _1m_1ch`urried`. _ ' u'I7.'.`..;.l-..;'._.;..L .'_':.. 4.-._.. 9! L- ...__'j A _- 3 - u rs-ova - 7513}? You don t say: Well. that : ducadly inconvenient just now. V i. urn. ...:11 1... 1.....1..-..... :..;- ..--.._._._ ..__1 uuvvusl it-QVULI OIL} ll JILDII I.l_.UVVc `. He be 'lookVi;:`1g into accounts, and We are not prepared for that at present, said the youth signicantly. KT. II .'......;....I LI... ..J.L.._. '._.I L`L-_ 1.1.-.. """` "" J """ "`8"'""""`J ' No, mused the other, and then they } held a lengthy consultation, during 1 which Caroline was on the qui vive to a catch every word. .' -' I).L-LL--r a......I-.. ..__;...I...I1.. B-.. -11 J.`L_A. vvo-0 V-I v vv VA Ibo - `"But`th<;): spoke guarded1y,- for all that herpoutward appearance was one of such indiference. Evidently it was of enough importance to not trust her fully. van 3` nni LL.` ........... AL I--.& llL`I....& )KS %