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fgund in the`. Tun-sfaal. in 1898 my An idea 6! the giant lnoraala mg thq coats otdiamanda imparted by the labor of,,pal1sh.in-2 and `mounting, as well `cl, by the ptotits of traders, may be obtained by comparing thur pnce at the mines in Sottth Africa. with that prwos in _tht_' walry (shops. Adla- gnond w'alch1dg1 o e an-9.1:. Imiuntad nn a ring. may out the buyer. $100 `or more, but: at. Kimberley tho` avaragq` . value at diamonds is `only $6298 per carat . '1'_l_1e varue, at naurse, `vanes of -;.'necausl`ty. with the the sad pmrrity._!~ _ thgdstvonea,` -but_ the total valus at the 22.843.caraEs` of. diamonds d 7 Ar 3`: .'u-huh . `- `J Y gatat. use uu_uu'. I e ` _ "Who `is Mrs. Grundy 9" he asked vionderingly- V - _ " - A lady whpm I like to pique and -bo startle_,`. said Valerie-., " I will man- age my own a.i_3tai.ns, Vivien, ethanlri You- T And that day Gerald Damian re-f -mined his "teaching at the boy. ` uuu IUUBUK-l LIIU LUJ-UL" sun Ill LUIS two. I " When do you think Monsieur,-'she asked; "of beginning. ir Oswaald s les- sons ?" ~ Q-..-,'__I-_; 1 u,, . '1 n ,1 no-' .10 5"7'.K:i'.i.`Z i1at will not be just yet, said Valerian` "-You will begm when I tell you--not before. Eiave on any rea- son for wishing" to know, ivien Bf " Only, that people will think it .s-t_ro.-_nge you 311011141 engage 9. tutor who never gives a. lesson, ensvqered Miss.` Neslie. . ` ` "Nevor..'inuind that, t1aug1.nedtiV_'a.1er-t . tie; "1! Mrs. Grundy chooses `to ask rude questions, i`e'fer her to me," The tutor looked again from one to -the other. ' ' L ` ' n1!1I._ .2- 1!`..- I~l__._._.I_ an 1.; '_..s._.e 1.1.15. H-ow; she detested the idea `of sit- ting dawn to bre:a-kaust `with them not one but herself knew; yet she. saw that if she gave orders for breakfast to be taken to `her own room, `it would give rise to all kinds `of gossip amongst, the servants, and that `above all etlings, she wished to avaoid. She went -down-stairs; it see~med,to her that her " absence or her presence was of little" consequences-"mi1.adi and the tutor were engrossed in each .other. In a sewer to some remark of Monsieur de ouchet s Valerie said- u-1`Ir.. .._:n 1..---- _ 1___ -, -43- L; x__ -VVU VV.u.L U LU .LV\l.l.lUI.IB.lIl .4I:aI".K." . "1`hen.V`ivlen `seemed to think it was` time to speak. She raised her head, `and looked the tutor A full in the C44- `Somewhat taken aback at this di- rect attack, he glanced at miladi. " Whenever Lady Neslie thinks well," has replied. . ` " dun` kn u'cqn1C- can` 9 D110 is ? .u.-er anu calm Her angry despair. ' "Things `will probably` 'alterin. 4a f8.W.deye," he said. Lady Neslie eyl- dentl T-likesher relative. After she bias 3 fown him theooruntry, and the excitement of his arrival -is" over,` she will doubtless behave differently. ' "And in the meantime what about the sc=an.dsal $ asked Miss -Neslie. "I saw the strange looks yesterday `on the aoes of the servants. Think of the scandal, the comments, andthe gos-A `sip, when it is known that Laedy` Nee-` lie and her s .on s tutor ride out" to- _;jgwther-th=e`t she, in fact, lives with I-lrwa UIJU UI. OUISBIVBS-" We can only hope -that La-dy Nes- llia will'remem1;er the public gpinion, and think twice beforveTsh_e-;ou'tI"a8`93` it, said Gerald. _' A-\bI ...1...... T~n_.s__- I ,7 I--l A.`-LU`.- `kn"`v{;s'vien begun to" think matters `over she saw she ckml'd only await the' dour `e of_ events. fl`ly.:... .u... .::.1 _.n. 1..- _ `l'~-9-~- u.-truth _Id.lU UUU.-l:5_U ULBVBIHLB. - . Things did not improve. Monsxeure de NOILCKGIZ took luncheon with them ;. he spent the` aftern-0011 loitering through the cbnservatories with "mi-V ladi, dined and spent the evening with them- There had been no allu- scion to the boy or his lessons. Vivien bpre the "irregularity patiently that day, but she promised herself that she yvevuld speak` on the following m9rn- I110 , we .LVuuUut'u.'a vzuerle EIal!1-- V "We will have a long ride to-day. `We will"g_o` to Nuneham .Par:. 'fI'!`k.-\.. . _ . . . . .......,.a. A... J.`I_3.~.l.. :4. ...-_." -urvuguu. .ruunu,.;n.IBr paqyaplp az33en9' ed, Pookingjvery brightand bonny In bier riding-habit. She had ?a protfiy jeweled riding-whip--Sir Arthur s 81ft --in' her `hand. ` ~* :11" ...I....n ._-L VII ' ` ` ' mg?" n `E.~.- Av. -";- 9! ,,,_ _. Bo -j The hext'- 'iernin A; an t rsiso; "hoping "inst hbbe `tar better, things; but Ihe went. down to the breakfast room,rth`e tutor was there, and there 3 ID b9y'II bei pcresent. `He had the {events chair, which `her father _hIad vreferred to sit; , he-asked ifthe I19-Dara had `arrived; he named a dish thlat he should like for luncheon-V If. that "breakfast had lasted much long- er, Vivian's patience wxuuld have giv- en way. He con-ducted himself in ev- 91') Way as though he had been mas- ter ,0! the hbuse, Miss Neslie could hardly trust herself to think of it. After breakfast the horses were brought. round.rH-er Ladyship descend- ed. nrhr` H A n n w In "-In I-I-UL uuuu. 7`I ,shall not as]: {ou again to join us, Vivien." she 39. d laughingly. "1 have remembered the old ada'ge-"Two are company,` three are none.' ` 80 the omtuis or the decision did not" rest after all with Miss Neslie. gin: unni-n`k...A 4-1.... ....:.:| -__L -1 _n-.LL _c-sun au. wuu UJJB8 0188118. she watched them until out of sight and then, with disxnay on her face and Hespair in her heart, aha went to con- srult Gerald Do1~m.'an.r V `' Wkn+ -u...nL `I 4.0:: _1-- , - `I `I snub uuuuu JJUl`Hli3.Ilo7 _ 9 "Whatvmusrt I do 2" she cried, to _h-im In passivated wrath. '~` What can I do? It I speak to Lady Neslie, she rwzill only beddefiaunt~and make mat- _ters'.wo-rse. Has such a thing ever been heard of, that ha manvshould be taken into a house and treated `like the master of it, as this stranger" is 9" - ` ' 4 ` ` Ll Gerald: was at a loss .wJja1 _to do 91' 3d_Y,i50: he could only try to soothe her and calm her despair. l. TIKTH `n14-nu ` ":11 2. n VII `pa---- fj man.-:. vnmgj on nqzmoxns. '3.\`I'N njrvwomzmi. as;`.;;%.s;..a......a. . pave, thethatched. root of the tropics, the frame cottage of the rural regnons, T the rock house of the` `cit place-afhese ' and a thousand other arm: at habi- tation have been invented by human ity to serve its varying-. wants. . `mm * home. e Diogenes lived in a tub with eunahlne, and Socrates in `a Greek n mansion withzantippo. There may be `lilies in the tenements. V iers are molten upas "trees in paiacts. _ . ' varying character of houses 1! `notes- ? aided to union` by the needs d -9.110 dwellers therein as by the prusuivgg custom oi the place and tlmm e build our houaoa, not to fit ourselves, but to tile on: nei3 hb9I"-0339 We put chimneys` and doors an ' Windows all inside, not the outsnde. in index to a` ` W P'* ' n e`?`.`1.'.'*ee.`en lllbd The Garden ot Eden was` the irst hiome. The Loid built that. The amt 'a.terwards`_ invented boarding houses.` Man has had homes of skins` and stones, or boardb and bricks, -of Ice audbamboo, otleavou and; bowldors. _'1'.ha Indian vtigwam, the .- Ito `a, 936 .oa_vo, the.th_atched root or Ebb topics, `the cottage of the `rural 1-among- VVIEIUG 7 A ma.n e home is himself. An -invite- tion to it is the highest form of com-L pliment. `It imposes tbie largest obli- gation upon him who. accepts it.` A `request to sit at a man : fireside, to! greet his wife and children, to some even though; briefly within the sacred circle of his household, merits our -chietest appreciation, one most dine with another at hotel -0: cute, _,aml have simply a courteous social obli- gation attendant thereupon. But to dwell awhile `within a1_lothett s home, to come into his _ cas.tle `where he sits with visor raised, with weapons of warfare laid aside, is enothermatter, with.moI'6 serious obligation. It is the difference `between `lunch ' and lit.-. lI1\LL(llv\IlI The home is not simply a place to eat and sleep. That is 9. wrong no. tion. Ithaa been developed and fos- llered by the intensity o!.the complex eivilizstlon of the present. ` Too many megard the home as simply as conveni. ence. Too many` women look upon it as merely 9. starting points The right idea at living makes the home the center- It .draws upon. the.out- side world for all that will strengsth. en, sa_nctify_ the home. Business. is engaged in simply a'_s_, 9, ~ support tor the home. `It merely rovides money the least necessary th ng. for the real. home. {the home is-. not a stable when one may get groomed and led in order. to show one s paces -.on the street and bear the burdens at. ._the mart and work bench. It israther a ranary in which is stored grain from gields loutslds, 9. flower garden in which has been transplanted all the best and ' brightest flowers from other. where. A ...,...l-, 1-`, _ u I 0 an 1u nu `zovs, n equently lit! Mettinghaml th`--a. porioti-*` was remark; and conduo, The fireplace is coming toits own ' again. '1 hae black hole in `the"fl ovor_ and the gilded abomination in the co-rner threatened for a time to give I it utter banishmemt. The ireplace, we were told, wa.s'too primitive. So ' . thefireplace went out with the tel. lowdip and the spinning-wheel. In! its place was erected first a stove } and then a i furnace fearfully and! wonderfully made. A This provided for! the heating. As for the ventilation, thlerewere as many devices as the} colors on Joseph's coat. Slowly the! fireplace came back. Some old.` fashioned homes had kept it undis-3 turbed it often unused. The grate, i ate-pchild. to thelfireplace, was added! in the fashionable home, and by. de-f grass sandirons and gas logs and` _ pr-ettily tiled hearths ushered in the : old-time favorite` of the home-lover 5 andthe artist. Beamty was found in } the useful, and, asin` all fine art, | the fireplace lent grace as well as! utility to the `home. `The {met no`: longer must sing of the joys o sitting ; at one s register instead of one s fire- I place. _ The parent no longer is com- pulled to bring up his children around a radiator. A e ` IIII.__ I..-___` S__' ..A.L ..!___I-. .. ._l.. , _ ; ~ - .-v--_-w ..-....yu . _'.l`he~ twin erils social life; are `initetnri instance and boarding houses. 01 thei twins the secondaborntis the-more dea Q structive `of "-the real domesticity up. 1 on Which happiness of families.--and per- 1 Petuity of republics depend. _'1`he third-' Pa1p't_y -`-_which may necessary; or unneoessary in political affairs-is_ a I dangerous. event in any `home. 'b9aI`di,g houses thereare Adozensilotg third parties. The hotel, is a necessary evil-. It is.iprope_rl~y.-.on,l5r e :tar.rying place. The size or shape of: the house is of small importance. The one-room `with rugs and hardwood floors. The l cabin, with` dirt floor may be as full of devotion and domestic happiness as 9 the brown-stone mansion of`100rooms, I pioneers, who builded broad and deep; the foundations of pr_esent-day civi1i- 3 zation, had, homes in the wilderness ' with wolves and wild beasts outside the close-barred door. It is left for a later, looser; luxurious generation to unbar the door and admit the wild beasts to dwell within. I The home givesplace to the. modern `boarding house, the rough" exterior `with the sweet kernel at its core, to the polish- ed veneering. with dust _and dryness.` at its center. _ - . e ' i min: "or siege! uto..no'ud1u Iouoi rm 0 Ilene for 3 'l's mlVIy-'l`he Baal Ioml tvqnanonoqgne. ' A. House: may be bought. Homes are grown. Houses .are.raiment. They are a larger kind of c1ot`hes,~. rags or satins one .degree "removed. They um sold ready-made. Homes are the .well-tted suit, aldaptted to the body. There is the same difference between aliouee and a home as between new. bought~,f- stiff, - .uncomfortable shoes and a pair of old slippers fit; for evening wear. . A man exists in houses but lives in hbmes. A home is the re- . 3111!; of a oopartnersh-ip. Neither sex may build it alone. Either it will be] Aa wp;1vr<:l-yv-;o:ininh1`e,.-with laces I and gilt wall; paper and d1_1sting.bi`ushJ- ea, or, under man's dominat,lo_n, a col- Vlaection of cigarette" pid,tu're_s. news- papers ,a,n.d grime. rl... L___2__ - on-non ' - 1 I '1`-HE`, nirrnnzucnrwnzn man A -IS VERY GREAT. Hams my Ems. _% I.:i.(iV)R.`JES.V;` . In` an ed allowances is made as cars: poem. .10! at horse to be `sup- pxtod with truth six to nine gaallorns `of water daily, soft being the best, each male or as requiring a similar grntit . Emma `drimr ghot;t_ a gala an n ml: at crews, and take uncut emmmmacu avc'1gj_8d amum.% ._don_"t give me credit for- doing anything well. Shd--Oh, yes, '1 do. a'oro b_ at least one thing you oandd bcttdl thin any one else. He ..--And what's that I ? Shea-Mako an idol or .-y`_o,nrno1l. . _ _ , A-: ;u.|u-uu an xapuu fUUUVUryo W.Zn:lm;vhsat of thb pttdent for whom Delighted with the report that a. adjourn .in. the `hills ;would set him right, The ataxttod, at once, and five health. the _-Idireful prognosis was intended: years later` wuv alive and in fair" aunvw Ill DU DIED uUVLUIu ` - " - "Heavens!" cried that gentleman, as ho glanced at it. "'I.'|hi8 was meant for another man. My assistant min. placed the letters. TL` non-..-. ._..-_. 4). .--.,. , _ ,--_.._..- Mrs. Hgarduppe"-O! John, just think, Mary is engaged ,to young Bilyuna. mutt. Hard1_1ppe-`-Eh! I must object to B. . Mrs. Hardu,ppe--W'h.ati _ Are you crazy? . , . - Mr. Hardupge-~Not at _all; it we don't make` a luff at cbjeoting toit, his talks will consider as of no account and call him off. ' i i N01` gernncmrrvn. '4 Young mothgr, prbudly.--_Evor`ybody_ ea. Itho baby looks like no. - ` n.I-Ihn\nn.1`._.'I'-.;- m_.'LA ; Naturally the young official was dis- gmayed by so dark aprognosis nothing less than, a deaths-warran,=t... Within ;_24 hours he was having difficulty iwitfh `his respiration and was seized ,with- an acute pain in the region of |'t'h'e heart, He took to his bed with the feal1n.tlx'at he should never arise ..from It. Dwrlng the night he became Eso much worse ' that his servant- isdnt tor the d.oc;tor. . u1I'rn.l..A. 1-. .._....u.n_ <|._~ - - - ., - m"vLr you` crazy!" said the doctor." "I wrote you to take a few weeks vacathon in than hills, and you would bi all tigwt." Wan son.-1.1 Lkln ...u.d-I--4. 2-..... AL, I... 3" C11 HIGH!" I For reply thb putlsntdrew the let. tor from under the bedolmhes, and gave it to the! doctor. "".QAo0QnnI Ii, A412.-.I LLALL ..--._nu . ,_ _ , gnuvtu vuu xuvouxls. '- ' .'I.`.h young .man..at once sat up in bed and made a rapid recovery. _ (If fhh ntlnnf luau` oak-.. :;'c;:io;';:oE:;: al-;:a:'d:'-'.`l?ho .ap.it. % dig gt`; 3 d'on t my _tha't.t a your face` yuan u\.u'I. WUUQ 1 _aII.W yuu yoataraay." . It:1s my heart, Isu.ppoao," weakly `answered `the patient. "vnI1r ihhnvf I rnnnml-ad I-km. .`l-..l-4.. u-no vvclvu uuc V `I-l-lUI{|ro Your heart! reptad the doctor, You {hurt wave all right yestgr- day. A , . _ _` tmng` - I . W=hat ia time mutter with you, mam K&udont seem to have bean dri-nip 'V'4\nn IA]-ii... M) 1.... ;......1 L1..,, ._ .-.u. _. s Ill` 0 Your 1ott orl"' gasped the pailent. "You aad'I' him only a tow weeks to 1m." . ll l.AA_ _n__.. A. _...A-1 . nu .- - rs own {ya - 0! i . *tt`tIt . ', Ab _ot constructing Rm. 1 mgjarhc; ' latgegdy nilded ` lions, d_ with the needs of our own house- ' dexiatenee It is as though. we `sought to shape our bodies to fit clothing constructed for some `one else. The result would he in both cases 9.- mutilation .or a misfit. There is no more curious spectacle than a. row of houses all alike to the minuteat parti- cu1ar-windows, doors, walls. bed rooms, everything exactly alike; In these houses dwell people of. different nnlwuran Jig:-.nn4-Inna . .-.n....--... 4...... tho house to oorree-. How a lioctor s Letter Almost Killed 11 Comptzrauvi-ly Ilealtlny Man. In A IJourna]ist s ' Note-Book" Frank F. Moore tells an amusing and significant story at the influence of kiniagination -upon` health-. A young ;civil servant in Idia, feeling fagged from the excessive heat and from long hours of work, consulted the best doc- ,tor within reach. The doctor looked him over, sounded his heart and lungs, {a/nd `then said gravelty: "I will write iyou to-morow. I The next (day the young man re- gdeived` a letter telling him that his {left lung was gone and his heart seri- ously affected, and advising him to lose no time in` adjusting` his business !affairs. Of course you may live for iweeks the `letter said, "but you had jbest not leave i-miportant matters un- decidedo" ` . Ilflllla l;U1' DLIV U.U\:4 I To ` W'hht `an earltltmuhave you been do- ing to yourself? demanded the doc. tor. "There were no indications otn this sort when I `saw you yesterday." "Thin mv hinn1If Talisman` n .......I.1.. ; uuvusi us.ap-uutytvung UUUUpu.D1Ul.lHg ;need.s. Each `must readjust, 'to some exient at least, all his life to tit the outside walls. The ideal house would be built for the use of the individual -family which` was to occupy it. It would have breuthigarspaoe apd Work room and -rest` chambers.` It would fit closely all who made their homes thorein. \ fI1I_'_ ...-._I___`l --_.L;_-A :+ i3h:$;iarkd\cantraat vrhich once ex.- -rsted between thecity and the noun- ltry home 1s,no longer so distinct and observable. The comforts and con- veniences once denied all who lived Wtilde the -towns are no longer ub- sent'.= The furnace and the bath room, water worksiand telephones, gas or electricity; are found In many homes 0; the. more we1l-to-do far from the city streets." The railroad has come to lgreak up (the loneliness of the country - own an `to bring together the en- }tire s tate into close relationship. The i rogressiontgx gusesmarzs the na- . 1.0115 STOW `. e in ux rom coun- ztary to city has been marked, but the -`clty has given much to the country in _ return. The farmer pays more atten- ition to architecture than y , :38 reads ` works on eanitatieoalis a%-Ioe ` uts_-f1oors in his barns and ventilation ; n his bed room. In place 0! the spare -,;00Il11__,.`vv,ith igs ic1y- clearginess and a : aror opene on or d ft - fnoons-,"=` there areyin nmalrlirglr af3:1r::11e?e' '1;`ho'us`es libraries and reception halls ;_and guest chambers. The smaller ghtowhs have caught the `infectiqn. igflherthae beten a groivth ofhintereet in . e I or 0 . . t `years which 03331: shtigpriszktig $111 Ithoughtful. It means much. House- : hold gods have been set up, and fitting fegrroundings are being provided there- ' r. i I `I,-I-Iwot uvuacu uurvvu puupu: uz. u.u..Lu|.uu|, natures, dispositions. occupations, |'IA8l`.I mh IlIIl1i' rant]-Irln 1-nu atx--an IMAGINATION AND DISEASE. _---.- o-4nhIn- ' KNEW ms BUSINESS. } _ _ X I`?-I |YIQCY.!. I `What Is an em. pa? -' L '*`-`> "Exit. F'reddy'I_ wen, If is a Latin` vpfueufa btmg around on the mmsgln thdte and Opei Iiottseb to keep geo- . `I. from thinking they sum! n`re."'-tn- -, pong Jam-nu." ` There is no war mark of the 1b- dencoof the highest moral and mel- } lectual qualities than a cold reception of e:Ec_ollonce.--Bailey". ` On a regular ave:-an about 80 It rain on be turned-out in an hour. 1 3 can no what the saving is over the 011 my. Employing uxmn for one hour. as they mud to do, we can get 1'G6 bu`~ . I-913, when by the old unto: they were only able to get ton."-.-Pittnburg nh$II"Q,mA'Ax:Q1k i Chronicle-Telegraph -u vnv v-ac u--av-w vw -vi 0 - new Dun Rico "i.'_loo If. To Dan Rico the7 pgopib of Lewistol ` are indebted for their town clock. lo exhibited hll circuit In this town In the fthll without I llcense`and the next day was arrested at Mc-Yeytown. `So that his show might not be delayed he_prqm1ed to givq a. _clock to the town If he mu permitted to go `on, andrho kept bl: promise talthfully--Lewistol -(Me._) Free Press. _ v It In said that the color tones of the III bavaau gnquence upo_n the chug- `: er sud Temperament `ot the pupl who um unagr energy V As the system II now, all the dilat- ont parts are made by one maohin and only one man In needed to attoq in. After the wood is taqhtqueq into % niivea and hoops and braces by It to 1 pieces are run through anathr sgcun of it and com; out almost immediate I nished barrel, road; to be lead and phlpped ta our customers. um- _ __ _-_-n...., .._;-_n, ,, -4-. II I I-TIIl`I I vWhy, he : overgdwell "hosted In Shakespearean qnotationm ? llX7_.4._.... .._.A....._ ll ..._lJ AI.` Q_-._-l-._ "77{Jz'52:I:$nI,3"s}i?.i":n nancier ` Iternly. don't you let him deceive you. Don : you let him make sport of your jznorance. There alt!`-t uo"such stock on tho market."-L-Lo'ndon_ standard. ` `as ho caught the mm a_ servo on .1 crochet needle and knotted` up It few inches of it in chain stitch. that, while some people consider gold llings very `disguring, more peoplo look upon tliem as desirable decorations. I llho had a great many people come in here and oak me to put gold llings in pa lectly sound front teeth. 0! course `It : 1`: dictation: thins. mdtha~ wouldn't do It; It wouldn't be profop l sional. A great many colored poop}; `want solid gold teeth when there in ! ' the slightest necessity of having them. -`Dru 1-kn nil.-14...; .m........o n..,. 1..-; ..-n. -.._ vs--_ -us-vwvoig VI in vial. I-ll "lint-Elle oddest request 'I. .vo had 1;!- iwaa ham 9. variety actrool - voudov villa. I believe you say nowadays--who plgxyed ,here_ a. short time ago. Bho came in to have a. front tooth lled. When I told her that the gold would show 11 great deal, what on earth do you suppose she asked me? Why, shot wanted to know It I couldn't drill tho cavity larger and make the filling look not like 9. more sold me. but like tho lettar `J. She told me aha was 0133! to marry 8. man named John. and I110 thought. it would be lovely to have 1 gold `J in her tooth. 7 lltl ----..._- I -_,-In 0. n, cu v--av--4 V-y IIJBWEIJV IIIIDV Er} &3n gold nxmgi I'd only mg the lling In her tooth look like I. `J. -Washington Post. A Floral Miracle. The most magnicent oral effect I ever saw in my lii'e, ? said Robert N. Wilson of the Morgan line, wa in Texas. They. have a ower there ll- ed the rainower, the botanical name of which is the cooperla. It usually blooms three or four days after a rain. I was through the country to look after some land for a friend, and the thing that struck me in that particular lo- cality was the utter barrenness of the Whole landscape. There was a low piece of land of ten acres or more that was covered with low,.biack vines that -were decidedly uninviting. Four hours later, after a heavy thunder shower, I pased this piece of land, and it was absolutely covered with what seemed to be the prettiest owers I, hadcver seen. It was o_ne enormous bouquet, and the fragrance from it was almost intoxicating. ll` ____IJ .__-____I.; I__Il- ____ AL- _.__l_I-_`_- up. avg. avwvlynanau "I could scarcely believe the evidence of my own eyes. but there it was. what `seemed to be an u_ns1?h;ly waste tramp- tformed as it by mag Into 3 bower or bloom. ' --vv-.. I made lnqulry of the natives and learned that once in a. long time the ralnower bloomed ln a. few hours er a rain, though ordinarily the blon- Asoms did not appear for three or four days and then usually came in the nlgl1t."-New York 0o.mmerc_lo.l Adver- tlser. `vivid! The work used to be done entire? by hand, and the cooper: often had y buy their hoops from 9. arm that made nothing else. The coopors were not % well enough equipped to make 0.11 the dimerent parts of a. barrel themselves, and often they bought everything out side and merely put the barrels tenth`-' er. It used to take an or six men to do the work properly. and an hour : time would perhaps turn out tel bar- e rela. '6 C-T1 an no Knov}. . . "Algernon In very Interesting," uld `the Itackbrole daughter. HQM.-. .3--- I... 4.11. _L.._.;.u n._.r....n.a-.1 CUVVZIII IIZIJI F 31 [Dell ICII "-`fwhat am he mu: abgnn" magma her father. / -1 -r- _ 4 1 ...,.. - --. -V; svvuun Of course I couldn't do that either. It would not be according = t9 profes- sional ethica. It would bermalpractlc. But that woman offered" me..the price 1;! 1: Ann"... ....I.a L:In......- I1 I91 -_1._ _.-_u_- aking Bun-ell. ' oooperage is one of the trades that no one thought or improving until with- in recent years, aaida manufacturer, but then the inventors and expert H13! Chiniuis started in with such a "rush that it takes a good deal or our tinge keeping abreast of the imprgvement that are coming into the market NH `day. rhkr. .___u_ ,.._.,j -, u 1-, , ,1. u Ar 39`! Mggh 1 an gala on: 0!! 11 econtly 5repoi ner the part ary death. lks, widow, a I-Imnf `aka on ; 3% of J Leinet v tit 1.13:1, IV IUUW, that she was next :1 `k door,` bleu 1:: ml... ` A-.1. ry was; mad: mauled wo: 3: fsiiliicm 2... mm I Eennesp` has 1 to the"; 1UJ.|l.|.IDl 4! Up till nnulhild -.....n._ CHAPTER Xxvm. Miss Neslie was somewhat stcrtlod d. L I to" md himzy or `he tutor s at 9. , him she ememcl the dnawln room- the 1-Y9 in seated there, 1-3. h 8-lid '3i!1g with Lady Neglge 03 U39 .5t familiar terms. They were seated 9 by Side on 21 fauteuil, and Oswald '13 playing near them. Her lwdyship laid aside the last vestige of 11917 .?`"mng~rh= wid-ow s ciap had lqns Ce disappeared, She 1~0O|k6d radiant 3 $098 of rose silk and whit! 9 With diamonds gleamin in 1191? :`1:q1;1td,r9un her throat. enri d ~ w m ,_ xth eves` full of a:drmira.tibn',; `*3 Wing at hm, when"V1vien_sud-`-_ myent. ,_ H,` _ ' - T - , qu` ,-kl , 1 k 17vith w.o.n- "98 8.'We tyhe cioafugstately lrl. r%?t nb18. beautiful tacaand W it I so r[<:lSaeC;alat11esquely from a cloud `"1 intfoducm`. Monsieur do Nouclioi; ua few Words ' ` ' y . I: ` e.A cousin of mine. Y she 8815.? End` "- `I1 reply to a Laughing"? roman-. If .. . she corrected 1161'--. Not exact full-e..V Valerie rose` also { _ . need 110` ....,. m USU m3 Urltehmhmygu h rouble to- dine W1` o mate ' SD, in Shem. (ienipair, Vivmn d the 7 o course Cf events. and ,...u ucyCl1U'HlL._ L116 081 nt tothe stntior_1`to meet or was delayed. "Henri is arscuatomed V 611," said n1?la(li. "H8 ike any ordinary kind of "But, inquimt! Vivien. ` 0n s tutor dine with us - alerie?" "11-, vulUl.lU 7" . 1 4' ` h ."MY son and hms tutor.` was t ary reply. " H, is high time gist tub) ild began to -learn manners. Id do "But surely our luncheon W0 hheard of Such an arran8mnt 5" atxl rrangementa that will startle you`.. emarked "miladd with a la-1185 .'hooie to dine with my 1'1 `tiv' 15 also my friend, you need 110`? rgixble with me. or their d11mr," said Vivien. " 1119"" "You are likely Ed har of several :9 only this to say--that . if 9'` `1` ` 0 C ....,uu5 mugu. 1'ttpuuu---* ' What. my .~7r.m s tvutor will do Will 9 seen when 114- <.rr:mes. . He came in May. Apparently his was n no great hurry to accept the post but Lady Ne.--lie had offered him. He me in May, when the lilacs`wer9 udding, and the laburnums gleamad kc yellow flame amongthe trees. `Vivien looked on in wonder that was lm05=t fear. ltwus like the arrival , ,` cams: 23 with L`&'& w`z`.-1 ..{ : E3: _ vs!` "```u' 3 bone d efore the queuuy at ... m- n"3a`a"' We seemed ;t6 ::uw5Z 522.: was e=iw:=:%? -. ....*;nl.:.L-.3 vuuu uu LUl Luv.-u`:-naur uu LVU|lU|.|IvI.- "Do you intend your son's tutor to Df3I_1d much of his time in riding 9" men asked; and Valerie, with, a nearing laugh. 1-epliead-- \Vhn+ ..... .`..-.~,.` L..-;..... ..-:n -.1- ...:II Iullvcvvuvu r . .-. - . "Alas, my fz1ther, sighed the un- appy girl, wlmt a charge you have it to me " ` hat Lady Nealie hadselected twoqf be best rooms in the house for `the tor. He hall a sitjting-room` that "He is no wuunnn persbn, said "mi- ozman I slmu-M not think of arrang- g such rooms; but Monsineur do Nou- hol' is a From-h gentleman an-da dis- nnt relativem my own." HI -1r--.-. ..._ - .._, A--.) 4.1.1-1. 4.1.... `l"\L She was snmr,-whAat su-rpirised t.otin"t'1v dbeen in fo-rmer years a state_-- oom, and one of {he finest beadrooms." i, proudly. " For any one like Mr._ IHH. IUlilllVt3_Ul 111) UV'V1la I always undmstood that the D - stes were a wealthy fanmlily, observ- Vivien. II-ww is it that this gem- 'leman is cnnlpelled to work fbr his ` vlng ?" |lLLI_ uugu. . ,r "My dear Vivien, she said, my ather was a D'Este, my mother a-De ouchet and the De Nouchets were 11 poor. 7 . The rooms were prepared, much to Mon`? secret annoyance. Another ddle-horse xvas bough 0 that ould do for M._m=..ieur de uchet. ha _...__ 5 L_-.LA_.L- "1/`IJiladi" ougned a ough. - UT\I.. P)r XY.'_.!_._. 1! .."L " Vivien," conunuau .I.uu'wuL . as ope you will find it worth y0I1I`W11ll_6 be civil to my friend. If you are at you know the alter-native. I am uitye determined that the house shan 9 made c-omfqrtlable for_ him. . , For the sake ofgthe healvy stake- he honor of her house--,-she restrained he burning p`:1;~'si(>1) of her indignant ide.` Alas, it shin Went, What Woul the pvreseut state of things, bocomb fLancewo0d? u|'I-.. mu {'n1`}mnr afn-}\nr` fhn IIYI... ::- L " on rgmezp '31`, Vivien, wb,, ere lately d1.~:cussing--t}m egtagvg gut of a tutor for Oswald? am lad to say that I have succeeded in ywish; Henrie de Noalchet has con. euted to come. gghjng. mi.s'cl1ie\"oL1s ey3g_ "It_Wi. be ."'u(']1' a relief to In t ve some f;~ie.m1.of my own WE .0 can trust near me. Henri as NOD! het is very c-lever, of course I gu- ears to come Oswald will go.ton' he vorite place, Oxford, and the 5?.`-`.' end Monsieur .13 Nouchet to sccefg 'r. DIorunan. Vivien said nothing_ Words were 1.] . a 0 useless. ' ' H ' . - \ .V1v}fe_n_,__:n ct3nt'1r'1+ue,d .. madin .. I on! u urnr+'|'\ `7[`||1]| W: In ..mladin was 1o_-oking' at bar With. ;;:u'? h Id 11 " An l_SC0u av -` _. 9 whple world she cosldgflggf hlinm Droud and happy "as thozg cw words did. vppere was nothing for , she saw. pe of any at an end.- Several days afterward Valerie` said but 1)`: " t 1` M118} ` $012) cl 6? r(}):r11`a-!\1;a?l.e%`ll , ta` 51) V f ppeal to the law; *3 ms` 2,, dear Miss N9s1ig_._1 ;y` hp' bered so well `It-he " hg, 3 fen he ma c.a1Iadjher.`'c 1eoA.r .0 Neslwv and `she had been an- ' Now matters were so al- t t. . Y95,,aE he was the only tnen-d she 97 to I-gly on--the only one who: dcomfort or a.dV_i-Se her. With `a 1;, swee_t xmpulse she held. mhlan. fmn Through Stbrm 031:1 _his was the ` 13 that Ch! manners." ' ' H... 1.._.-1._-.. _.____I.a 1'. 3| I 'u'o"t a'i: ,'t -3?: with her, H_a' 2" `she aske-d.1 desdi. ...--V yup lneu` rners . Aasocig} r, m success" #5 . of the`? 1'. TM"'`"`` ' |U Ua.LL1a.5O meet him--31:1: I very little `to dining would not 3 dinner. will your every day, on out LII!-U wad quiet-JV rewus `ana `-ll,-ll61'Ill1a4o Vvnuv uz borrrible tumll-1a'rl.ty ..moan morning. * : She thought to hersolt that panama` the.-mornin ;I_night bring. her wiser counsels. " iladi" seemed pertectly in-9 different. 5Vl'vien pluygd until she want ' tired, and than ahdtook a boo_k.,8nh9 read until Ion past their usual hour of retiring. Va art? ant`): the tgtof ware _.-- . no _-A_g- _____ `n. "~"` n.` of retirin . valene anu Lnu uuuu we... still talk ng and laughing. Vivien do`- cided that `however painful it `might be, it wasth_er'duty_' to remain. What`- ever ahieldher presence could throw over V_elerle s want of propriety, aha would throw. V M - It megnealy midnight when Valerie `-4-A Ag , mad a victin ` st inhabitanl ry district, I `ll .LL3_ ._I.. y T vadga hand; Vivien never a e eyes. at he hula her; 3-ofod It Walla! Lucius; uuua......... .._-_ . _._- rope and sald-- '. . I "I am losing my _boauty-sloop. V1- vion, are you not t1red~I"~ _- ._ Monsieur as man `hot bowed pro- kip-'a Jeweled r lacy!" her . V 4~w_!o" it ' - . -m..~1uum could not Alden: she was a.-,;'.%,:',:.:*.;'*::.]:',:,* ,4:-.;.2r,-;-1.. M... _1"6s*ois `and -miserable. W11 5 `hi. .._.._..2LI-` l..n.lI.la-`v-II-H mna ' HIOW Wu]. you RU wuu. 11.5 I" ..'1`he question was` elmple, the en- sewer dittleult. Vivien, asked herself it `she could cbndesceml to make a third in such a party. Herr heart rebelled against thebare idea; eheoould never bring herself to be on equal terms with them. Then oonsoience asked her which was the worse-'-that she should seem to identity herself with them or that they . should attract attend` tlaon by riding about the country alone; A sudden eec`ape.1ra.m_thee dilemma oc- curred to her. .. - u up. 1'...I...uu.1u `n ._.j,:L 40 1} can-on to nab. A . To Ladypooli" the said. Valerie, there will not be time that it Oswald : lessons be in.` n -11--__:-.... J- l`l'..nnl\AI- in-il g I-quay: She was.eorely trieadybefore dinner W811 WIa_s ended it_ was patent to her as well aii to the servants that the 't'|1t01` would be to all. intents and pur-_- poses, master.` L8ady'NBB1iG consulted . him, deferred to him as she would have done to Sir Arthur, the finest wines. in the cellar, were ordered in for him. `messages were sent that the cook must prepare a certain number of French dishes every day. Lady `Noelle asked him if he would take coffee in the gawing-room, and he went there with m. 8 tr __n-_ --.,- -_-_---_. ..._.;o_u.__. 1I71._l. ` -w l'1:'len was horror-stricken. What new terrible evil -was this -which had befallen the unhappy house of Neslie 2. She would rain have escaped to her` own room but that she feared the com- ments that the servants would make if she left Valerie and the tutor tote- a-tete`. The boy was dismissed, and Vivien fenoied--she was not sure, but she fancied-that she heard Valerie say to Monsieur de_Nouchet-- hi" Y ou will not be troubled much with m. ` '- She asked herself whether she vyas in some terrible dream, some waking n-ightvmare. She went to` the no and began to play. Valerie too no--no- tlce of her `and the tutor resumed. his place by " miladl's" si de.1`hey laugh- eud, talked. "ested; th'e dainty -bloom deepened in alerie s t9.ce-;she wa8_al1 bIgh1:ness,_and smiles, whi1_e_Viv19n 1 ed upin silent dismay.` T ,. Suddenly Ind: Neslie owe a. the room to speak 0 her. '-. . " Vivien, .-she said._ 'fMIons1eu*r_ do Nouchet and I are going to Lad5_*p001 to.-marrow. It will be a. pleasant ride; will you so with us! ti`-heni all heir llete grooil resolutions returned to her mind. "If she mould benefit Oswald by .talking to the ;man, obnoxious as hrs was to her. she would certainly die so; if she cold in.teres:t him and, `try to make him understand `her views concerning the child, she would trample under feet all eimaaller feelings of annoyance and myogrtificatoin-she would rise above 9.-llf `mere personal feelings, and do her duty. RIM` n... .........I... L_!_.! . I_-c-.._ .:I:........ or, too.` alter her-:on`tro.noe. He took the child in his arms, but ,0sw.ald. did not seem-to like him. . ~ - - ".Your eyes are black, and Ido`n't lrika your 9.09," he said". with his usual charming frankness. ` I like Mr. Dor- best," . ' .1 - ` . The tutor : taco dankenad. "Who is Mv.'."]]onm:a,n1" hi `asked - \ after a- few min'ut ea; and " miladi "_re- pli'ed-- u A ...._.1__.,!- -- - .,\ ` `III: ?\II--' ` A non-desc r ipt .V.He v7va`s`my late hue-_ band's seore'tery.I He is `secretary, steward, 9. now. to,I4anoewood. He has - rooms in the Abbey. Sir Arthur thought it gent. and` everything else more convenient than for him to live" away." U! f "A- _ -I,!, 1 - I asses. 3 ;mckard'a_isab Lhazpzlainoy pi i ;ab1ishment.! baplain at-DI! jarter ot I ad a remark: pged convict jRiDk&l'd8't'. shaplain trwggle, and S to murder " ! knife. _Mr- ; {E38 Kersviipg . coo--V. nunu l or upper servantw truete-d confidentially. '. - - = on Year: repliodsa mjladhn _ ` : '_ " No, said Vivien. joining suddenly -in the conversation. " Mr. Dorman was a valued friend` of my fathers, and now. he_ is a valuablefrlend of mine." With a puzzled glance the tutor looked from one torthebther. "rMiladl" smiled significantly `and said some- thing to? him in an undertone in French` so raplidlypgjzhat Vi-vien could most hear it; ~.hednly looked at her this more attentivelfi. Then` the din- ner-bell rang';..an.c1 {she sTawf miladi " take thetutor s arm. ` _ - Do you mean Oswald to dine wit , Va1er'ie.?" she asked. T 11 - _ Certainly, was the` abnuxp-t reply. Miss Neslie `took the boy s hanod and folllowencl the_1au,g_hingM paaigr into_ the dining"-robm_.. Her heiagrf burned wlthln her. her {angry worn` WW 9. 3 `%'t that she with difficultyrstralned 1t -foIr `sable had to uphold the honor of her race and must hfa-ve nidpvublic ex- nInsn1-.rn. ` rwvlwtut ug - As usual, Valerie took her seat at the hezu_i_ of the table, the tutor being `"1 119.1` rlllt hand. Vivien, `whose face bu-rned wxth shame an-d.-humiliation saw. the wandering looks of the serv- ant_8v;- she noticed the old but1er s' gaze as 1t vreeted indi-gnantly on Lady Nos: 119- 3116 00uld7iJm:agi_ne -the comments, A - A-`:cqnnu-:1-II--, :1 `LA `Auto `c}0i1.ld".iJIIT.agiif1ef '.t1ief ciant-s.` thga [goss1p,;the -disg-ust'*5f- _.the few fmthful retainers left * V` ` -I\'nnm:...... .1- 17.--.-_-|_`_L ; __s_ .1 1_-_._1 _-4. _"' `Wu ? ll-IUBL FUILLU uULU1'U'I.1_L1u.1"' he paid _her _comp1im_ents which she 1`608.1Ved 1n perfect silence. -- ' '31:: Anna .....-.4. 1......-... 1..:.. ........:4.:.....u a.uvo;.vOu Lu IJULIBUC 31131108: _ He does -not know` his position,_' she thought; " a tutor has no right 00 plsacg himself on .an equality with me. '~ -- ' ~` Mu-uouLu1 zubuzuers .1811} <' ~ Monsieur do Nbuchet trid bard at I .f`iI`S't vtO_en~gage- her in cuonvraation; he was most polite and deferential-L .h;n maid 1...... ...-........1:.....'...4... ...x.:..1.. -1... `kind pe.r' lsbfvant I Eidentidllyfa ? I '- Ullua vv u; be fo _. i____1_ . . The Sfate Besjukovsolltschina; in Russia, ls probably the only place in the world that is run entirely by wo- men. 4 'l3,l:i._is state is made up oflseven villages,` each`. presided over by 9. Mayoress, tlggewhole under the super-_ , intendenoo at a lady; named Saschka, who em as President. There` are-. women Magistrates, women pteucbers,_ A-women` policemen--in fact, every oapa. oityln thefstate is filled by women. The roads are made by women and we.` men sell milk and deliver leters. It you want to bring on action against y'o,ur- neighbor in the state you go to g, _' women lawyer; and 1t there._ia_a_ny. jing in` your house to be stolen, then 9:` burglar of the weaker sex steals it, gepneee alsny importance is tlllod by V