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! Dom-Don'. 3Iou`v;1li 9. iconstruction on things. Of course we gwould merely preserve the right to ;scramble out In self defense- -np.,_. '11-..- I-a.._t.____ n---..I.l__\ I |'LI.Au|.nu,; vs; V \. an: an \4 ..w. - I \Il QJIIIIIC \7I.l|u I'll ECIL KIGLCIIIFV : Mrs. Clare Graham (1aughlng`)-I `thought so ! How about amphibians? E You ough.t -to reohrlsten the club!. Ill-.. v~r-__-1_ 1..._--|_n__. _|.---- -4.1.- L..-- i Miss Hunch (speaking a.bove'the buzz ' of o0nversa.tion)-Let us join hands and make oath that, however pressed to marry, we will refuse. (The celtbates join hands.) Mrs. Clare Graham (clutching `hm-a"o * `dress and whlspering)-Dora, don't be a fool. You know Charlie is devoted l to you- ` tn ._ ... 17.. _ `I. I-uuconuou-.1Q1\__' .156 IVI A `MAG '1 M. lltalflrl ` than than ntmet o` I IIEIII *1 `mus [nu , - . . b Upon th_e.str_eet oneday ; `Aiioweet young` child with golden our! _ A ear old` And eyes as__brlg4l:tV es May. o _ ,Wlthln- her arms lhe bore. A load of glnk and white. _ aby. and before era breast she held him tl;h_t. ` you- Miss Hunch (sever-e1y)-Let me beg silence whilethe oath` is taken. A'AI___.--._ -1 lllllln- f'!n`IHna6nn luydfh "Is not heavya }ch1ld?"' ".0h. no.3 01-led ope; and hen another. ' to each she said. and smiled. '-`You `know he is my brother. ? brother. oh! how great '1` e_bu1-dens we can bear. If love be underneath the weight, And hold It safely there. - Oh! tender sister-heart, ` Thou "art to God akin. "rm... 1...... nan nnnthn fhn unrest smart. Silence wuuc uu: van: :3 u:.nuu. Chorus of "The Celibates (with clasped ` hands)-We solemnly swear that, however pressed to marry, we will refuse. - . A-I-_- I-a_-1.-_.'_ l....'IIl_.. T\1\n On Thou art to Goa axxn, "Thy love can soothe the aorest smart. And. Henyen lnearth begin. leiut-e. _ . . Mrs. Clare Graham (pulling Dora. to her side)-Dora., I am disgusted with ` you. Only` yesterday you gave .my brother , book with an inscription. Dora--Well? Mrs. Clare Graha.m-I read it-there was something about Pure roma.nce.of love, idyllic and ideal as could be, all policy and prudence _fa.rTabove. l ' 'I'\p.un_.Y u-an inn` nlhniha `hf `f Th? Oh. blessed. holy bower . -That makes the weakest strong, jllakes burdens lighter everywhere And lifts them with 9. song, Fill. then. the whole broad land. ` And makes the :'1`he,paiace and the cot; Tm each. with burden in his hand. Shall say..I`reei it not. - I Itiel it` 11611:, for 0%,] .b - ve us es u e eam P geaviest weight below. /Light as a feather seem. And let me learn the 'while. Wherever I may be ` _'l`o lift the burden with a. smile `Iv uIo+hm- oivnfh me. poucy uuu pl uwcuuc Len cInu'vvI-.v ;Dora-I'm `not ashamed of it. Why shouldn t our love by idyllic and ideal? Why should wedlock of soul mean pad- lock of individual? " ` u--_._ p&I-,.- l_-I..4_. 'I--_...II--\ M IUUIL VI. luunvuuuun. Mrs. Clare Graham '(a.ngrlly)-Why, indeed? But don't `talk against policy and-prudence. Your theory seems the Quintessence of both! ' lh, how do you do, MISS .Ual`llS11'-' Dora. Darllsh (iiolning thel)-'Q3h31'm' _. _.____lL LL---0 Ga mind n can scmNm'1I; Mrs.*c?-'ahama drgwxng (Unnrue Uneyus uuu I Graham, are seated.) IA ... t'1Iaw._t'.1s-chum Graham, seated.) Mrs. Clare-Graham-Now, I have told. you `the, whole story aurely you don't intend. to proceed with `your absurd courtship`? _ - Qharue-r me'an*.` to marry Dora, It `that :-what you are -g;d_'rlv1ng:`a.t. ` ` no-1. :` l!i-_A A`.1u'-sluniun-;Ti"n' I1-nnnqglhlgy I'.nBJ.'BV\VIlEl. [UM null: `I.l`llVllAb none. I Mrs, Clare Graham-It's impossible! 2 However much she wanted to accept. she would _ be bound-a.s a. matter of hon.o1--t'o. refuse. - . -. L V `Charlie (stroking his ch1n~oon templa - tlvely)`--Atter. all, marriage: 1s_ merely a. matter` ot 1;orm.'a.n.d 11 it pleases. Dora- , Mrs. Cla.re~ .Gr9, ha`.n1 V ~(we.r.m1y) -'1`o;V please Dora youfll jlet -Jane ; boy Inherit thtes:sta.tes:_ ,1` ; e.i`;.~': .7 eeeharlle,-'-Setill, Dom . "touch : nae, and "she db imythinge I .a.sk.-r` ~;~ .. 4 cure G1fh9\*`.13:at$ +!`3k.1 :6 ten ) . > 3 ,mom;u.ew1thAovI9 '::,:; am; e an |.'0 lllt U18 Duruuu wbuu I My Father giveth me. lvvun. (Chan-1-le Oheyne and his slate:-.. Mrs.` Clare 1|-nhnIn_ am seated.) A Latch of "i+ e7is'aao'msh'%~ } 1 ;D6ro'.-?,I 1n ;. rive" _. .11-1.I`O ' `oonvetuatlont 1- '9:'3 ;C1.a`re`.18` ! 31e,- L ` Mm. cure Graham '(a.brupt1v)j*-NO: I was going out. b'GC`J!0d-DY. (Sh Koes out). . - ` , V Dora.-She in in a. hunt with me ab9ut'i something. Why? nu_-_u- n.....ao..u......1..\,A\`rn__Iu.o In.- uuuxctutua. Iv u; 5 ' > 1 v ` Charlie '(hesitatingly)--`No-than `-19- 2 she was with me, - ` Dora--About? ` ` A Chz_1rlle--Oh, because you `a.,Id.I agree with each other go well on 311 sixbjets, marrla.ge included. 'I\...._ 1......-L-lu._ lulu Lnnn\._Mv D- 1uu.r1'us5e llIUIll|.lC\l- . ' Dora (pressing his .ha.nds)--ng_y be-. loved! _ ' O , -1, 1- -1; 14 ._.-_ - ..-56;-_ I-.-:6!` ll'V cu I ` Charlie--`I said It was a.L1-otte; insti- tution--or something of the kind. 1\..._ /'-I__'__.|..-'I-.\ A;.- Axed-A nnn'vn;n_ LIUJIGII Ly`: - Charlie (putting his arm around her 'wa1st)--Only suited to reckless people who risk the disappointments of the future for the effervmcence of the pres- ent. - ` v\__.-- C-pvI__L 313 _.I__ .._--0 lulplUll"VL ytllcbuaub In-v -----`-- ' Dora. (cha.ming1y)_--An; ettete conven- t1onality- ` - l`II.-_Il`- l...-Lll__ kl- 4--on aunts?!` hin- berim: . Clllu . Dora`-What did she say? i ' ` Cha.r1ie.--She began" to_ta.lk about my sister's boy inheriting the property, as though we cared. `- ` . Dora--Will he? Charlie-01 course. It's entailed. But he's a fine lad. and we, who will be all In all to each other, need not grudge ` it him. - -' _ Dora (though`ttully)--I suppose not. Char1ie-I believe that is the source of Jane's affection for me. She knows how safe I am in the matter of mar- riage. `ISA..- ll'UI_ . _ . - - -- I-4-co- -`Anon-nun Anvil-Ann- I dnsauu Dora.-'1"hen you have never contem- plated it? V a Ch-arlle (emphatt_ca.lly)-Never. Dora. (horrie-d)-And you made love to me without any idea. of proposing? Cha.r`lle-You forget; you explained 1 - w your creed at the outset. \ 1,, _ -3-, ,, uni. _,_ ___,_ J.II1..--nLAIuo \ ,VULll' UICCU GIL LIIC Ulllaiiluo I Dora. (pallng)-Then you deliberately . availed yourself of the opportunity-- .-u.-__u_ :.1___.n_._ La... .....n..I-.-nv.`hA Augs- .\'d.l1!`.u yuul BCII. U1. uxnc vyyu a ~ u . - -u. Charlie (drawing his mustache over` the corners` of his lips)-Ot adoring a: girl whose theories correspond with my own? Yes. :__2;u_ 4--.... 1.. I.-_ Aqs;uu\_4f\`|' Own : 1 cs. 1 Dora, (with tears in her .eYes)-0h!.` You mean-you would not have loved me if your courtship lad involved mar- riage? rn.....u- 7 ....u ..L... 117.. 4I...Ls --hn_..u- I aura Charlie--I can t say. We both abhor to be handicapped by legalities, don't we? We both enjoy the same rights of 3 independence-- '1\..__ 1.2.1.... -...._.I1.-\ nu.-- an I-..l...... JIALLC 1.lC1ltACl.I.\/$ * `Dora (rising angrily)-Then, if loving me had necessitated the surrender 'of1 !your liberty you could not have done ; it? I .. n In ; .q \ ;u,,_uq _____n ueiharlie (earnestly)--Could you? Dora. (sobbing)--Could I? I would have loved you always. nu.....u- n...1...... 1.-- l_ 1.4.. ...........\ 1' 1 me tb the test. LIQVC IUVUIJ JULI aawuqun Charlie (taking her in his axms)-I would have loved you in the same way. - ` Dora-Not if I wanted to marry you? ` Charlie--I won't say. You never put 1 L, .1uA,\ #5--` .1; r ..`I.-..IJO ILIU LU LII: LCBL. Dora (excitedly)-But if I should? Oh, Char1ie-tel1 me, would you-won't you-'ma1'ry me_? ,,_# ._3 n..J.l_.. of track rminus 074 mile; thus e from, 6. : ui-`e ! rive}; ,-A` g|' (Mrs. Graham enters, and, nding them in each others arms, prepares to % leave.) - ` &I__.._Il- I`CI_._- I 11"- 1.--`L -pg--.. ant nI.~IA:v \... Cha.;`1ie--Cla.re! We want your con- gratulations. Dora. has proposed to me, M and I am to name the happy da.v. up___, znI__._ (1..-I.-... `1'l.'1.-&I A..J LA..- cuuu .I. all]. LU lluulc unsc Lnuoyyg \.Auy,v. Mrs. Clare Graham--`W'hat! And how about her oath? pg . u,o_ -.u__\ I\I_ 1- -_I__ ---1-4I Uuul. Ht!` Uutu: Dora. (b1ushingly)-Oh, I only vowed that. however pressed to marry, I would refuse. But I was not pressed; 3 Vwas I, Charlie? :u1_-_.1n- I__.a_a...I--\ l'1-_L..Io-`Ivy uni _; was 1, L;uu.1 111:; Charlie (sedately)-Certa.1nly not.- B1ack_a.nd White. The Solenhofen slate ofMBavaria.," 3 writs Prof. H. G. Seeley, in his recent j ` little volume The Story of the Earth in Past Ages," makes known numer-' _-L._ __'.1 .51.... Jan...` n0 O-nu-1-nu- lll Ial. (L560, lnlcurnuu lnnnv vv .. --_----_ ous insects and other forms of terres- trial life of this period, including the oldest known bird. ` I... I4. 3... 51.. Ann Ulucbl. nuuvv u uu u. A bird is known `by its feathers, though there is no reason why the cov- erings to the skin should not be as variable in this group of animals as among reptiles or -mammals. It is. `therefore; remarkable that the oldest `known bird, the archaeopteryx, has feathers as well developed as in the ex- isting representatives of. the class and similarly arranged. The animal is an elegant, slender bird, which is chiey remarkable for showing teeth in thes jaws. About twelve, short and conical, 1 appear on each side of the upper jaw. urnI.- 1.l..A -nan lav-our fhnn H19 robin 8.DD`3.l' on ewcu ulue UL Luc upyc. _........ The bird was larger than the robin _in its body and had` a. tail of which there was a bony core some six inches in length. `The wings were quite" as well developed as the legs and there are some evidences that the former could be applied to the ground as are the foreiegs of quadrupeds, although the feathers show. the wings to have been constructed on the same plan as the 1 birds of to-datv. [ The Soienhofen stone, in which so 3 many of the remains of fishes, reptiles and insects are found, is the same as that used for iith-og`ra.ph'ic~ purposes, be- , ing of exceedingly close texture and of 3. remarkable smoothness when prepared for its wor ." ` i ` . . A charming little story is to hand, all ' the way from the land of, the Kaiser. .; The other day a. banker of Berlin es- pied a brand new man's hat-box in his L wife's dressing room. He was a. jealous . husband. But he was also diplomatic. It looked suspicious. But he said noth- ings He went and had an interview -| with a. `private detective. Shortly after- ! wards his wife expressed a. wish to go '5 to see her mother for a. day or two. 1 Aha! He smiled the smile that was childlike and bland, and gave a. ready consent. v The detective followed. She ` took that hat-box with h_er. Insisted ` on having it in the cab and carried it ' tenderly into the railway, carriage.-'And the inquiry agent began to sniff angin- " teresting He goliowed her into the.tr,ain.o Then the lady : mystefoun 1 conduct` was * .explained. She` pressed -- 3 3- button`, and three `sides of the box i -.ell_ _a._waY. mvealing q.comtorta.b1e._wireV ; ` "a.nOi`.l1e!" _bl'1tt9n_`, and ` the door otj.the.; cage. opened o__.nd:;out- ..jdd1Lefd: at fart nseedogi} End of t theI.Pt1`?!!t':` i Sliie- #89!v'%iii'.{A1!?+t-.h=9 h9N:$13teb?=-" ' ere are nmZ 3: '1.:l;;V-l`8rE,8_tV,1 AV0f!.19'11` tug Engngh 1mgu'a;g'e: Bubioonstitut-ion ' -.._. ._-...;-;..'v..n.IhlII+1: nhnoin-nm.sn1.\ tne linsllu Jung us:-5:. glint. T incomprehenslbillgr`:v;!:ii;;1:<;;n:- '- txvenegs, hqnoxxnctmxxtudxnity, antm-o-` pdphageparian. 2 diapmpc-rtlonablenesa, `veglhgqixfdgastraxglatlcalg p1`_ogntltr.an'sub- .\8te!!f?9i11'*1l %. 3-W` -",f*n!hS9{m...1|~ . A if -. A Nw Idea froln Berlin. Oldest Known Bird. Biz POS'|_"OFF|_:E_ Tl ME TABLI -33 n e-II ABE an: Oioo hours, 8 a. m. to 7 p. m. (Sunday's excepted) and for no minutes after the arrival of the Toronto `nip-:ht"mail on Saturday night I-Ill)`. 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Crippled and detolrm-V-v ed there stretched behind her al.re6o.fd Cf su;-feping; before her the prospect or greater torture still. Nature had used he, cruelly, for while her puny and mls-_4 Bhapen frame inspired-ridicule. or, at ; best shuddering pity, _, she had been ` dowered with a. capacity for affection that burnt itself into erce!` intensity waning the love that never came. Mia`-' understood, she had gradually retrgat-V _.1 mm a, little world of her own. with OLIllll6 I-\I nvvvu -`av. ---vo her vlolln, but that -o-.o:1l'd ha.r_d`l'y`.'-hie , considered apart from Ida. a own 1nd'l-- viduallty. It was her violin that ex- pressed more eloquently than herself could ever have done the loneliness and the lovelessness other life. -`It speaks for me," she once eon- fessed to the old doctor, who under- stood her better than anyone else. "What other people feel they can ex- main in power of words; but I seem to" have no power of expression except through my violin." ' 1\_ `ll:-u-nu}:-5.1-`II van ml`:-5'15 CA-u an yuan- nutgzayuuu, Nlcuv an.-vb anvwv-vuvvufg Q\ow `gr I` ed into a. little world or her own, wit nothing to love. Nothing? There was . _ -.a,.un hnf that nnnl haw-lv -ho Ulluugu nu; v ..... u Dr. Marshall was silent for a mo- ! ment; then he asked presently: Did! you ever hear my boy Austin play?", V Ida shook her head. She had heard I no one. Her morbid consciousness of , inrmities prevented her from attend- = mg any public concert, and Austin Marshall, as she well knew, was a. pro- ; fessional violinist of repute. _ i You ought to hear him. They tell I me his execution is remarkably good-- ; and, besides, geniuses like you two 1 ought to know each other. I ll tell you what I'll do, he added kindly; I'll. bring him round one evening to see you, if you like. when he isn t busy. , Not many days elapsed ere the doc- f tnr kept his promise, and Austin Mar- shall. tall and strong, held the small. . wasted hand of the diminutive mus!- clan. and wondered the while how the perfect soul his father had described` had managed to find itself in that mis- shapen little body. And later on, when _ Ida had completely astounded hlmi with her rendering of Dvorak s Ro- mar.ce"-wild, intense and heartbreak-` ing--he told himself that such a thing was monstrous. Here was an untutor- ed genius, beside whom himself would : pale into comparative insignficance, l doomed by nature to perpetual solitude while, Orpheus-like, she sought by her music to charm into life the rocks and trees. . u,,,,,-__ A --_...--A _ You want some lessons to correct a. few technical errors. he said at last, and then you ought to bq able to hold your own at Queen's Hall or St. James` with the best of thorn. If I could be-` lleve in the transmigration of souls, I would swear the lost soul of some re- pentant sinner is imprisoned in your violin." vnulill. He spoke with the generous enthusi-V % asm of genius, mere talent is sparins of praise and begrudges success. It`! ___, _ ___ _1-__ 1.. _--I_II- DO .1.` `In VI ,,..u.,.; .....u ..%..u...,... -..W....... "I can never play in public," she an- swered, briefly, with a. painful ush that testified to her sensitive recogni- tion of physical defects. urn- -_ _ ._--1..n- ...1...I.a........I Thu stun U1, pllyblbcbl lA\;LC\.aI.b:h "Ida on a. public platform! Why. they'd never see her!" interpolated a jo- vial elder brother with the brutai can- dor admiring friends hafd sometimes` mistaken for frank geniali-ty. We call her the Diminished Seventh," he added, with a conscious smile that betrayed the originator of the questionable pieasantry. T1--- *r\:...:_:_|___1 cv._......A.I..I GI..- onlnnn int-4' A DIMINISHED 7TH. pnfiil-?a.llLI'y. Poor Diminished Seventh! She winced as from a blow, and Austin, with the intention of covering her confusion, ob- served with ready tact: ' HY ...... .. 1._........... ;I.- ...l..n.. luau-rants- uLxJU\J. That evening was but the forerunner of many similar. Scarce a. day P353935 without Austin Marshall contriving to spend some time with the deformed musician. And as the days lapsed into Weeks, and the weeks intomonths. "3 was noticed that when Ida played alone her airs were more romantic than be- fore. And even her unmusica1_fa.m11Y became infected with their gayety: he!` mother (who frequently aJleg_;d she en- Joyed good music as much as a.nY0ne"' if she could only get it) was cheered to the verge of joyful a.nticir! 8t10n.N For who knew that Ida. might not at- tain the supreme height of inspiring dance-music, such as her mother loved. and abandon forever those . 85011119 wails she said were classical. on _1--L-._ GHQ VI \vxl.Il l\"u.l.ly La/vb "I suppose because the `minor harmon- tes are most perfect and least under- stood." ` 1 - . .5 - _,______-... VVHJIS SHE S3.lo(l were Cluuazucu. . ' But when the old doctor noticed the change he shook ms head In apprehen- sion, while tears of pity ned his 9795` His profession had trained him to read the longings of the heart as well aathe inrmities of the tenement it i_nJ1a.bited.`A and 1: all he thought and `dreaded- were true-! Had things been 'd1`*1" ant` If Ida. had not been.. distinctly` isniated by nature from the sweetest, Eifts that life can hold} M ` ` A.__1 __ as... -....r...u. the an. `.9 |.|`(bI. IILC uxaus --v-V-- And one evening came good doctor feared. ll? ,1 on an .u,n# 3` EUUU. UUULUY l1'_`8.I'UU. ' "I shall miss all this dreadfully when Pm away." Austin said, as he` turned } over a p!1e of music for a.`_pa!`ti_c111i;|1'% duet. I m going north in ti dav` 0l'V two, you know-didn't I tell'Y0`1'-'" 1 added, answering the unspoken Ql.19*- on. L V ...- _ . - - _,,,'. '.i.._x.|.. bull]. Next autumn. when I am "back again," he said. presently.` f.e_11nsI Vguely that something was, w!'6'l1;':. "we shall have some more .pIea.sa.n_tH evenings together, I hope_. _ ta- .......u-_ ...a. un.....`.. nnK9hhl\+lH uvcxungs togetner, 1 nupe. _ ', Ida spoke not. For '9.` mbmentushe was conscious of naught s8-Ve 3-. te1""V`?1..-9 .' sense of absolute despair, 9-" rious buzzing In her. head `l1k'l'h__9V,'.1".'.,V heated twanglng of the G String; ;9.'::. tug am#ay-a.na umu the o_.xxurr.Ir!?.~VV1*Yi by that time `she mishtllbe-* buried. She looked. _ro_u!,1,d :~:V"-0%! one grapes blindly. 1n}Ithe1:d9.r'k;to_1f rammar object`. She`-tr!\e`!ft-'0 s1>"e_`aJ_!. the words refused to Ba-met nke am-y eob T . in lier .throa.t_. ' _ ' Word, she took .up.{h an-_ew_ at somy " " fItrlng_s.s 1 .5,-us "Lite is what we mte,_1_t_;" Make It nuroan sweet; A '1`hey s enough uv bitter," ~ ' ` Make It gooQ._.tur eat. v . I and Mix it up wlthklndnesi , Sud uv usln gum` . Bake it in tlge sunshine." Pass it roan` to all.- . ---T- youngest -o'n_e o 5 . _...:.. `Dhvulnnlltr -.|....jI'Io. . 1 the crfsls th d . V ulgst`:-levl-Ins t` ;re'sca p'o"-f.1_',0Xn `-the sear 0.t`to1:ture;o,ndsdr-lveti by wheat" or ta1len7*9.hse1e-- In .8,. t!'a.inS7 he read hex --l1ee.rt: 4 `_ had passed between `them; 'he knew the bitterness` at her llte:-he saw the vlst. gray and eba.r,ren before her; and when the lust nogee axed .wa.y he learnt in a brief glance from Ida's eyes all the strange discards had not confessed.- It was -but for an instant, for tn the next, iovevcome by the strong excite- plalnly as though speech` ment she had Just experienced, the `bow ` slid helplessly fx-Om her nerveleas n- gers and she tainted. Q1rrnnt.\_._ .'n I914` acts and one tainted. ~ _ ' ;_ Symptoms or l1'tt_le' moment _in a_.n or- e dinary `person might in her oae.1)ros- inostlcate the worst, and `any new phase. however slight, was at once submitted ? to medical opinion. In the present in- stance, `as she failed to" respond readily to tho nun-fnnn.nu-u s.....a........a. A---.--I- Lble. ..... vv, D DISC [O0 1';- the `!8t0!nvBJ`?_ .trea..tn_1ex,1-t, Austin @395 19!` his father while she .wa.g carried to her 8he ha.d over- 1 3* -erted herself with "her music was the general explanation of the seizure and this was 1:1-111:1 M... .1....o..... .......' 4-1.! ,--..- -..,...............vu us Lue acnzaurc, an _, , U. this was what the doctor was told when he answered the hasty summons. In a brief space, however. she yielded ; to his restoratives, and before he left the house she had dropped lntos. sleeb J quiet and . natural o `V._ ...-__- AL, - .. - `wavy uuu- ua.|.ul.`u.l.. F or-some time farther and son went homeward in silence. Then the doctor asked abruptly: tax... 71.. I-- --- ---- F -- ~ 7 ` v--Io-\a\IV (awn plat; o ' Does Ida. know * away ?" ' on `-1; u_-_ Ann "'f`_Iwteld her this evening, Austin` an- swered, and in some confusion as he recalled the way she had re_ceived.the news. t"Fa.ther, do you know--" Ah! irnat accounts for it," said the old man; as` though speaking to him- i selt.- Yes. Do I know what?" `-Well-I th1nk--tha.t ~18, I'm afraid- ithat Ida--"' He stopped short, for iln.-. ......o.....-a.... ...-._ _u1-_ :.-...:|-.. .....A ....wu nu./ J-I-G uvupycu Hutu, LV- the confession was alike tender and humiliating. But his father, who had ` feared such a. contingency well-nigh` from the first. understood what had been left unsaid: _ ' `-`I know, Austin, I know. But what is to be done? The friendship that you . have felt'for her---that she believes she ' has felt - for .you--has been the one bright spot in" her life. Seventeen years old--and seventeen years of per- pertual martyrdom. Do you know how long I give her to live? "I suppose that when she is twenty- one-- Austin began, but the doctor cut "him short. ` `_._ , AL. .._._.I.._. 9} Ian i V shocked. doctor said, with hesitation: Batu, 5Aapvc;,y, 1. annual vs Buny- _ The young man was startled, even nuuun 1 1` . There was 'silence between ` them for 9. .tew moments. Then the uA--_4..|.. r ____ ....... . . . A .. -nnnla an} CU L llll BIIUF In "If she lives to `see the spring." he` said, gravely, I shall -be surprised." run- -..-....... ....._ ....... ..Ln-.61-;-I Avon UUULUI acuu,' waua ngcuauuuuu. "Austin, I suppose you .would not think of puttinglofl! your visit to the . I-Iarrlsons? I know Marian expects : you--but I thnik if she knew the pleas- ure you would be giving that poor child whose days are numbered, she ; would be the first to bid you stay." In - _____ III__ 41.1.. LL--- A-.. L. 10 vvvunu wy onus. nu-we av was. gvu. -----,. -v~ a. case like this there can be no ques- tion of disioyalty to her. And, Austin, an ----- -..... J-.. 1"r....'....-.9- .....I.... 1.4. I-un- ll\J'll `IL I-III\J.y1I|u DWI Il\aI.o oil-ll\J, Qhtlhlv--c. -if you ca.~n--for Hea`ven s sake let her still believe that she has found the a.f- I % fection she has craved `all her life. The deception won't be very long, and it ` will comfort her more in her last strug- gles than I--or the entire college of! physlcia.ns-could hope to do with all ` the science that the world has ever known!" t . 1 Five weeks later, in Idafs bedroom a. 1 thin ribbon of spring sunshine had] struggled through a. crevice of the: window blind and lay `a. bright streak ` across the floor. `Outside, the garden; was cheerful with the song of birds and the rustling of leaves. Inside sat ! ` the little cripple propped up with pil- lows`, her pitiful vitality burning itself 3 \ slowly away. , 111.- 1-.....'.. -1... ma Axrino hut tho` : apprenticeship to pain long enoug'h'to I slowly She knew she was dying, but the knowledge brought her no fear. Per-., haps she believed that if eternity held 4 for her worse torture than she had yet ` endured she had served. on earth an} `fit her for it. Perhaps Austin Mar-I shail s companionship and sympathy : during the last few weeks were making 1 the end comparatively easy. At any g 4.1.... u... 4...... area : nnonod nuIpf- the end COl'npa.ru.uv::ny ca.a_y. nu u..._, ,` rate, when the door was opened qu1et- ; ly and he looked in, violin in hand. she greeted him with a. grateful smile. .. no u_. A.. I.-cu. nnrna .YnII!=li(`.?" he as aw av-. _-_-__ "Like to h`.ve sor-ne `mush asked, cheerfully`, though I pained fo mark each day how _-.. no- ura urnn_lu:,nln2'. Wha, p1ay? "Give me mine, she said. suddenly, and we'll `play to,ge_ther.. - B The viol-in lay, as usual, on the. table close by,_but. Austin hesitated. 5 "It you really feel equal to the ex-I `ertion," he began, and then, answer- ing the command in her eyes, he passed it to her without another word. With tremulous ting`-.~rs she drew her- bow across the strings, and, recogniz- ing in the opening nttes her favorite Lied," by Schubert, Austin softly fol- lowed, and in anmoment was so absorb-' -ed he scarce. noticed how her bowing became gradually weaker, until it fal- `tered and stopped Just before the con- cluding bars. He looked up in sudden apprehension. Surely her fade had not worn that strange gray shadow Just`, I x I. -A-_-0 ' \VU1u Ial-vvv ..-_..-,_,- _ before? Ida! V Shedid not move. Ida! What-la "the it 23" it?" J _ She opened her eyes, but they fell on him without a gleam of recognition. Then she dropped -them on the violin `she was still holding, A "taint siile rested for a moment on `her line. With an unsteady hand "she mechanically raised her how, Then. iwithl one chord -that of the Diminished 8eventh-it- dropped from her relaxing hold, but. not `before Austin: had involuntarily concluded the phrase, so. that the "Diminished Seventh wag` resolved .into pertect'..hp.rmony.;~eBlack encl White. 1| l\a:lu|un-u------ ~.-~---,,-,, The Harrison Tr! une tells of the re-. markable sggacity of a h,o_rse._ owned by Willlamlnde. jr. The-Young man ; lives three-quurters of-a. `mile tromhla -father-'5 home. and being. unweu, want- ed . to send. a.` message ta his popln.-.. xmssage and `r>I`I.t4 it in` 59.?` bottle; which vdiiiidd "`-tgr. . b3f"W`-"~.3.=.11!1;;19!;. .Ha,v1rig no one to. aend."'he wrote the. hegtiodjtb the` 'snei:k jot; l}-l`_s- horse. frhep .7an_lma;l= -p1jaae&,'_.tnmugn;- -the, snow to ,; gtngf ratneifd1,.:p19e., - recejvea; ;9.n ` .it9;;thc%%;m"-S1,`izqiiudi plodded :~b.a.ck.'- The f: , rh 9neen 'H6=d-man A 7 Ijg` _fQv'._1,ejenj u =;?hexj`d8n)9.n. f;JVP_hn Patsy,- `ied`:rcn}t%y; at. 9.7: . It was ` % ` " `.%W9:kd gtor xour 2 L. EVE UUIIIU `llsuw-we .-V ked, he was ` lned mark her hold 1 me was weakening. What shall I w 5 i{e_g"|1s_`|'kalb)`iG Cahudlhn H0!'lI0- . . _,.L __..- z..u.., -0 oh . move. > .. 1 .15 "the ma.tten-w(h_a.t ls you V jgolng ` he` TI-IE CELIBATE CLUB. V Characters: Miss Hagar Bunch. presi- ,dent; Miss Dora Dariish. secretary; Mrs. i Egerton and Mrs. Clare Graham,` visibors; and the "Celibates." eight in number. . `-* -` I l|__I_ Tiaacvu ,- `SCENE 1: The Club Room. Miss Hunch-O, Mrs. Egerton, you are just in time. We are now to take the oath binding. ourselves to reuse all offers of marriage. -Mrs. Egerton-Perhaps [I had better --U-~ -- -40- --A nnnfhnr M` a. family `MP8. .L`Jg'e!'l .0n-.I:'eruu.pa 1. uau ~95.-. retire; as wife and mother of a. family 1.... Miss Hunch-Certa.inly not; we wel- come any witness, and, after all, we owe much to married women, since 1 every one of them is`a. Curtius who, 3 by a. leap into the chasm of publicity, may save a. doomed multitude! ' Mrs. Clara. Graham (ia.ughin`g)-G1'a.- ? cious?! "I did not know I could leap any- where, Pray. tell me how it is done? II]..- 1,1-......I.. Iivlorlna fhPnII9h' hp!` wnere, .I.'1'a.y. u-:u uxc uuw u. m uv--v Miss Hunch (glaring through` 'herl tspectac1es)-The subject is too serious ` for triing. Marriage is calculated to pen the free instincts of the feminine `community. You know our motto: Aut vlam lnveniam aut faciam? I 1-x.._._A.-- 1' ....- lb n\"I Aunnun Ohm` AUI. vluun ulvcluaau nun. Luv-u-nu. Mrs. Egerton-I see it all over the` room, but that doesn't tell me what it i 11198118. ' non, 7-r_-_-.I. TA. _..-__.. L!-AL --A qupIII .uu:u.un. ` Miss Hunch-It means that we will ` nds. road out or our bondage or make { ..' 7 .. , _, ~_-u_-_- ;..:.....u.....\ Gan UHU. Mrs. Clare Graham (giggling)--S611 from Scylla into Charybdls, `eh?_ You i see I allow the tragedy of both desti- inations. VI--__. -1- I..- _--_LlA.1I--\ A `I-41-`J I1-U. LIUIIB ' 'Mls_s Hunch (sa.rcustlca.1ly)-A kind concession, but frivolous; still we pre- fer the risk of the unknown to the hor- il tor of the known. A. ,_n_,,,, 4- up..- -r.-|..-...L-_. I...-.l;ln\ I `U1 U1. UIIC I\llUVVllo Mrs. Graham to Mrs. Egerton (aside) -What on earth does she mean? How many times has she been married? I an-__ 1-n......L-_ lnaaa.-.\__1 _`l -.u.s`h Vnn 'l.lllall_)' Luuca 110.5 llc wccix lA|uILA\..`Ao ! Mrs. Egerton (a.side)-I-Iush. You ; musn t offend the prejudicesof the club. iAh, how do do, Miss Darlish? v\-__ 1\-_1l..I. 14-1-!-.... I-Inn- K IJUIG IJGIIIDII \J\Il|ll|` '\4 I `- """ I lug rooms, aren't they? So glad to 889 3 you here, Clare. `|t_.. AI--- t':.-4.1-um.-n__'I'\Iu:n1r vnll hut :y0u uerc, plan: | Mrs. Clare Gr3.ha.m--'I`hank you, but I I feel like a sh out of water. It takes la. long time to cultivate amphibious- Dora.-Oh, we're not` a.mphlblous-we i mean to keep high` and dry- \:_.. 111-..- r_..`I...... 1 I-hnnmkb vrnu ` Illcurll LU l\CCp 11161] Crlllu us; Mrs. Clare Gra.ha.m-I thought you didn't forswear love and romance and [all that kind of thing, but- -I-\_..A `V-.. .1- __-. .__- I`.-I- _.. I...` A.- Ell tllanlp nluu UI. bsnunnb, ll\Au ` Dora:-Nor do we; we look on love as rthe divine relation or life- Mrs. Clare Graha.m-0! And then? . Dora-When love hag ceased to be ; love, we-_- 6 sh... nu--- r4....1...._. a..........1.1.. 4... 41.... IUVG, VIC/_ Mrs. Clare Graham-Scramble to the ibank to sun yourselves till rea,dy,for `another dive? I must tell Charlie. I u\___n; 1v-,, .___nI1 __.__L _ :..-_;.-