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"-71'-'zxI':<}?I;'J:n-g"}3 E: v}:E;rm." said Delia. ` She grasped the handle of the cup courageously. She was lifting it to her lips when a shout startled me. and I sprang through the swing doors __ Just in time to see our end of the train moving rapidly by me. The old gen- \ tieman was leaning out of the window and waving his arms. He shouted as he saw me standing at the doors. ' IITYII _--L _-___. L-.. 1-7, uuuun vuau U0 "-13`)-h;r ry up. f_..I said to Delia rather lrrltably, or le Lve your coffee! We shall certainly m ss the train. It'll... _-4 ._-n.._ A- L, A A III -- -anus-avgnnne one tiny uvvnao '""f"il"p.1-1-tv your bag down at the next station! he cried. "The next station! % he shouted from the distance. 1\-In_ __,, -- - - 9 V`. \a\rIQn\Q vu--anal nvsayuo He said there was a wait of ten min- utes. Let's hope he told the truth. a , Jack/ said Delia, I m sure there never was such a nice old man. Men are always so dreadfully suspicious. T ...-....`lI.........'a _.._ ....aa-- J_____._L-I- -.v can u -a uuv unuuununng uuuynuluuuo I swaowed my coffee desperately. It was unpleasant and_ very hot, and it burned my throat. ll`l\_ I___.._._ ___ II `I _-n, ., us In .5 _- ~-v-u~- nay... -.-\,_\aaIu|.una.A\.\oo Delia_came le-is-urely on to_ the plat- form. ` \ said 1. It's not a name you could easily forget. TY- _-lJ LI---- ----- A 4A ! ` ` - F Besides. said Delia, reading my thoughts-besides. vthere s heaps of time. ` You say so, I retorted. And, again. said Delia, drinking coffee is an art. Losing trairis is also an art. I ob- served. . ,"`-`\`N;1'1;1t an old` slily ydu are! said Delia. "`Didn t Mr.-Mr. Mac-what was it. Jack? ' A111--1-4 In, an u ..q.. -- ---v Vanu. 1 unit ` Miss Dell moughty good, she said. `Hooping to touch a ower on Miss Mar- garet's grave. She moughty good; but her an Mist Joe ain't my own folkses. A tear rolled down her withered cheek and fell among the roses. H\n..... \r..y.._-;_ n _u__ .__I_2.._-__-.i nun..- .__`, - ! The buffet was at the other end or f the platform. The coffee was not nice. and it was very hot, but it is not wise to drink out of the saucer under the withering eyes of a railway refresh- ment maid. --_ -_.._-- ....u- 3: av- Inna -anus. 1115500 l We stop here ten minutes, saidvthe r old gentleman.` Delia said that she should llke a cup of coffee. She glanced up at the bag on the rack as she left the carriage. llf\I. 1-an |__u; -44- _-, ,, u ; m`:()`l;.-i"~1'llook after your luggage, saidycolin Mccolin. I shan t get out."y Thank you so much." said, Delia very sweetly. rnL_ |_-_nn-;. ____ _A .u__ ,n -. - ward he seemed vet.-y go:-Iry that he had let the secret out. T ` uwv .-no -\u\po.IrD IIIIUO [ Delia had tears in her eyes. and *1 L blew my nose. Delia kept on nudging i my arm. I could not_ understand why a at rst, but presently I did. l YO ...... _.-.-I.I _____1A ...-n -41; u ` ----v oovn-u now Iuvv IDIIJ naynlunnna nuvwv P My dear slr;"'luferrupted Colin Mc Colin, `-.`I could not possibly allow you to do such a thing. ` ` `Db LI... _--_ __-_l_ ...--..A L, ._4 __._ .v_ _.y wanna 1- Ehlllal But the poor people. must be `so un- V happy, said Delia, and -we would be 3 only tpo glad. Y _.._ _1-I1__I_.L_s . ,,,_.. , nu l--f`_I-I-E"3"o.t'1v;'<;tv1l(`l' permit me. said I v noun; I \ll\lI (Delia was nudging my arm all the time). `to otfer--if you would accept a trie from us toward l1elplng-these-- ll. .1... ..I..'n 1 ________ `-4 11.11.. `I. Has purchased the prermsee occupned bv Chas. Mc- Guire, just out of _t.ho _Vlctorlu Hotel, and has oened up _buunese In all kinds of Black- emithing. oreeshoem. etc, All work will be done promptly at the lowest sure. Remember the place. in-H-: "ADvANcI.-:."| . Fond the bend in the levee road. ' ~- .; V-4 umaa All .LY.LILI. BC IJJIIJIJ C One June morning, Just afterthe des- Derate strugglevto rend the Union asun- der began, Colonel Murray rode away from ltlvervlewto Join the Confederate; forces. From the door of the big house Miss Margaret watched him, and Char- lotto held the colonel : little son up in her arms that he might watch the erect. gure on the big horse out of sight be- HPIL- I `I -`3 } Near j Market Square. '\Nrn.A f|VlcLarty, Make no mitakel This is the GREAT V Scott in the above lines. cement, Bulven Pipe, Field Tile, Uffice-91llun|up Street, Barrie Work received from the Country receives the same attention as work received from the Town. Parcels brought Monday will be ready Thursday. . Parcels brought on Thursday will be ready on Saturday.` ` ` d We solicit a trial parcel. uuamss nnos., mp. BARRIE STEAM LAUNDRY. Agents vvanted. ~---v uuuu wuu mayo ucucatu uw The colonel had never come back `to Rlvervlew. The tide of war swept over the plantation and the soldiers left desolation behind them. When they burned the big house, the ames spared the brick kitchen, that. utter the south- V en! fashion, stood at some distance from the main building. And here. While the ames from the house, the tb"d1Dgs and the negro cabins In the Quarter lighted the level .'delta m-PS for miles, Aunt Charlotte car- ` ed her mistress and little Marse John. And here she had lived ever since. ' Tho Inn- u_-_ ,-.. . - ;.|.'. V Sunlight $av IF NOT TRUE. 14-tf $5,000 LEVER mzoruak LIMITED, Soap Manufacturers, "`l\I\ IIBITII An advertisement may in- . duce a person to try- an article a. FIRST time. But an advertisement won't induce a person to use ' ihatnarticle a. SECOND time unless it gives satis- faction. has a. sale larger than the combined sales of any other three soaps. An advertisement may in- duce people to `try SUN- LIGHT SOAP once. But it is quality and'quIl- My alone. that makes people use SUNLIGHT SOAP continuously and 9 `I9 `IQ 5 lie trust she had k_e`ph1*" , - L .03 u can LULUU 15'3" u`|'c W81`. 8 heartbroken woman. 1-'1'.whm the faithful negress cared tenderly and Wliently as for an ailing. f1'"f_`ehd" When at last Charlotte `t\l1`l1edj_'m *9 new grave belde little M&1`59Jh-n' 3 `t was to new respbnlbillty-'At9;_'l tor Mm-so Colonel: tol ItDm;:_t.,33 `W1 and xreemfto el%;l'?F Reward ! 'rAuk."" '[ and Repairs, go to a co. I Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers . hI\JA.I always. Alllthe best: qualuiy and guaranteed. BEDSPRINGS. MATRESSES, PUM PS, W. H._wBnUAN|(ER~, `ADVERTISE m anhorono STREET. "`;':[`-11a't".s1wa~1.1"ri';<;.t`1.t`." Aunt Charlotte, he called over his shoulder. You go to your Miss Dell for anything you need. 'I - . LATE OF ORO. 'b'5-56'." Phone 55. '31 fal ' W. 1uel.An'nt'.V :01-it` Are a specialty. and parties intcndin to ban sales, will consult their own intotcats by placing their sales in his hands. ' vu ... ....~ . Q'Orders--I-t;;tv;t Tm: Anvnxcz oce or his nai- dence, Spruce Cottage, willhe promotly attended to. ~ 35- 7 , . G. R. roan... THE 0lD RELIABLE AIJBTIUNEEB G. R. roan you caa.uv 3 Inldv IVUVVU m'1\-I_is;"1\fia"`gret," sac whispered, I se `lonesome, Miss Ma gret. CyaD t 5'0 ax de good Lord to sen Maxfse Ounnel home an tek po ole Charlotte long er you an .1il _Marse John? O ' ' mNi)L1ts ALL KINDS or AUCTION sums. I Will pay for Will Form and postage t`n any part of Canada. |rneAdvance Office Blank Will Forms caAn be had at -- _..- V- v-vvu An investment safe as .g'_overnm_ent securitieu and much more protable, reahzmg thp mvegtor an equiva- lent_ to 15 per c_ent. per annum. snmple Interest. For printed matter and further information call on an a. mv:-..sToR-Why not place your $100.00 with the O. P. B. & L. Ass'n. and have it doubled in :2 years. beside rrceiving during the In- terval 67, per annum paid to you every six monthl? In other words, for your $xoo.oo you will receive II interest $66 and a lump sum of Szoo. making a. grand total of $266. V95 Duulop-St., Ross Block, Barrie. THENANT--Why pay rent. when, on well on month! payments. you can become your own lord ? nu have__the choice of repayin at 1 monthly rate of $1.20, $1.50, or $1.90 for e $100.00 bor- rowed. You `haw :_tlie'chooo7oE-o;;inlv;2 ; rateeif row THE PUBLIC-- hy spend all our socket money? oc.a mouth placed with the . P. . and Loan Association will yield you :n about 8 yeanA PRESENT of $100.00, or a. prot of $u.4o 070! your monthlv pavmc nts. ' " V`-`M I-IUIJLI ELI LLIC ICVCU Lullllo Char1otte, Colonel Murray had said. I know you are faithful. I leave your Miss Margaret and your little Marse John in your especial. care. Until I come home again I will hold you re- sponsible for -_the1rweltare." ' A434-.. "I, . 11 ,, -__-_. Calls attention to the . Spec-ial` Facilities oqbred to A Investors cmdBorrowe1_'s. ; PRESENT of $100.00; ( 3 'l'l_Il- ulna-.-.--. Make Your Will. Theomario Permanni i Building and Loan Association ;Q_.%I-LLYON DU 1 PLUVV L'4I\D*l\05e5p varnauons, VIOICIU. etc , fresh every day, Bouquets-Rutton- hole. Hand or Corsage. Funeral Tok an: in any desi us. A - VEGETAB ES-Cclery, Crisp and Tender; Lettuce. Cabbage, Parsnips. Beets. Carrots, tc. . SElD EFlll<`)wer Seeds. Vegetable seeds, Plants I` LU Telephone :5; CUT FLOWERS-Roses. Carnations, Violets, non F:-Ash nvprv (lav R.su1n|Infn-R|ntfnn. TAYLOR] SEED STORE -u ucre sue naa uvea ever since. . I The little boy died of a slow fever tho hast year of the `war. Aunt Charlotte erselt dug the little grave. near `the mlse so that Miss Margaret might stm; V0 her boy close to her. Mlsa,Ma1~ Baret lived til: three years atterjhe war. `I hnnn&I\_AI . A - : . y _-n. C-.. --Iunni ' VVVVV \I\lF'I'II\Il'lICT0 Anyone sending a sketch and descrlgtlon may quickly ascertain our opinion free w other an invention is probably lx.tentable. communica- tions strictly con dent . Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest a ency for securing tents. Patents `taken t 1-011 1: Mann & . receive cpecuu notice. -without c urge. in the - `,AAAAm2A_ TIAAAAAAXAAAL FARM STOCK SALES vV_V-VV--_V I"`V-*"' `V A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest clr. culation ot any sclentlo onrnal. Terms. 88 4 year: four months. 81; 80 d by all newsdeslers. Illlllll n n- ---- . II-.-. Il-..I. 881`: IOU!` IIIODEDB. $1. 5010 ny Ell l16Wl(lB8lBl'B- iaunu & cn.~m~=d-v- New Ygrk Branch Omce. 625 F St.. Washington. D. ,..._v--':-q SEC.TRE_AS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. 11-tl WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO, ...... u v yasvnus uusa W " c -Wh :.oT. .3o`":wa'h"{:`. eEo`."1':.z s'."& 1,. 3...`:-`3.`T Evenings ab:-esidence, 67 Owen-St. C . FCCIGC 7505106, 'WlEIl0Ill'a cuurge. [Ll I110 Scientific Hmcriczm. I I.-_4I.-4;.-nI- III.--Lu-`baa: :nnL`uu Y n-an-O Ali . "V}.i'c)\v you come on, Mist Joe? she to me, Mist Joe. inquired. You lookin peart. I seAjlst tolluble. thanky. suh. Yes, sub, do grabes moughty ne. Miss Dell gin me de roses to Miss Ma gret s grabe dis mawnin. Miss Dell moughty good rl31JD * I.` IOW4 and Bulbs. ` FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN. >l\l'I In car nIIn`nn-QO 6} cts. GO TO THE NEW V DDDIJDXVIALV , :55 Dunlap-S1..1 Barrie -- -....., ...-.-up uvuo The young owner of the plantation smiled and nodded as he touched bay Selim with the whip. - IIVHL.-.u.. .11 ..:...LA. A.-..A. 1-n.__I-L1.- ll `xv-w-u-_\: uu -.Lucu"wc1uI.1'c. V ~ After her master had ridden away Aunt Charlotte took up her trust. HOW faithfully `she had fullled it only Miss Marxaret and little Marse John could have told--Miss Margaret" and little ar Tnkvu --I... ...`I Am` `\ouU|1nlII 4-I-an "1J`errill, riding down the levee road to the field, saw the pathetic fig- ure by the graves and drewrein at the fence. ' `A`Howdy, Aunt Charlotte? he called. Your graves look mighty nice this m9r1iing. ` _`___,,__,,,A,,u an In I -;1`_h- woman straightened her beht back. T "n2Boh"d{1's morning in the little burying ground. She had been clipping `the grass_ in the inclos-ure and - the graves were coverd with roses-whlte roses of the old fashioned thousand lenved variety that grow in old gar- dens. The old woman had brought ` them from the garden at Captain r'1`er- ` ril1 s, where Captain Terrlll s wife. the new mistress or the plantation. gave her owers for the graves or provi- sions for her larder with a beautiful. impartiality. {\.....L..l_. r1\-._..II _.l.1l_.__ 3.44,, Al , u u`..5 ..u........._.., . The plantation kitchen was a brick building that stoodvjust back of the ruins of the house. From the door the frequent passage of feet had worn a path through the buffalo grass to the rail fence and t_he {top rail of the panel of fence to which the path led was smooth and sagging Where an old negress had climbed. over It everyday for many years. ,.J 41.1.. _-,,,._,1_,, a,, .q n...- V. .~ -..__-. done her best, hiding the scars of war under a tangle of wild honeysuckle . that wrapped the vines of the old man- sion in a caressing greenery. ,,!LI,!__ LL- 1.. _I-,._ L` Wizlicgut the rail ten'c<;v1 1_:i`tVure hud- But within theix`1 closr-e `there was Vvidencethat nature had a helper In her ministry. I___4-Al_.. I`_.lA.,I__._ , , - Beyond the neglected shrubbery; thee blackened timbers and the crumbling heap or bricks that marked the place where the big house of the `plantation b had stood before the war was usmall inclosmfe surrouhded by a rail fence. ;;.n\.o-...__,, _ ,- 7. ..__-vv- In the piat were mjo gvxiyes--those of a grown person and a little child.` ._ __A II D-..--_ -CUE oat-A or gquanuut Ill] uvvvcu L05 nd b IJIIV ululclu HUI,` ut {or high service keep the utmost boo" t I shall be toojaure or seek to prov: reak the alnbastet box of love! viminil Woodward Cloud in Earner : kt} Nor But, an swering d.y.?`tomo;~.-3, . V heat` '6 3 light - '3: Let me not re 0 Nor build u n 3)": 11,, ' Nor time : it-rgszctge h[u.ip;:denc' However near it: 19 coin cut` drag,` Thou, W110 alone h t`ir hence, Let me not spent? Ward ot gut Ieem" Nor Iquander an ' km 0, 't&int1; nut for hih hj;vceee`e`hUt tog` GP tho. 90, t but me not be of lite . , a -' 3`, , Lest there gnu uh no Itlfg ' Chi; I DTCIK UH: Illuuauu uua `H luvc` ` --Virginin Bu-pun. B _ 1 m M: as am `V-so .v;gu u.IalLlbL\rU Inn-In --vv-- John who slept beneath the PIECE! EU yulluuauuwn About amonth later Mr. Clemens re- ceived a little notein President Cleve- `land s handwriting; in which Miss Ruth Cleveland presented her compli- ments to Mark Twain, thanked him for * calling attention to the threatened re- moval of Consul Mason and said that ` mt... - r it. he knew -got any _ similar cases the ~ Dre.s,identgwonid.. be filed to hell!` from V -ux u.m.u.I-an vs yuuvu.-u... u-............, _ a Mugwump, but he considered it a shame that a man of experience and ability like Consul General Mason hould be turned. out or otce simply because some Democrat` who knew nothing about its duties wanted the place. He said that he was acquaint- ed with a great manypconsuls and that Captain `Mason was the best he `had ever known. and it her father ever con- ; suited her about the consular service - } he suggested that she advise him not to disturb good men merely to `give ` places to politicians. 7 I V u;-...~.......m+'h Into: Mr. Clemens re- VIDI lnIi\I Bil`: yvnnuunuguuu Being informed of the situation, the latter wrote a letter to Ruth Cleveland, the baby daughter of the president, telling her that he could not interfere -In matters of patronage because he was __._ 1...; I... nnnalnwna 84- n A Sliooentnnl Rule. ' Mark Twain once used a successful ruse to attract the attention of Presi-_' dent Cleveland to an injustice which he thought was about.to be done to Consul General Mason at Frankfort, one or the best men i_n the service. Mason was notied that his resignation was expected and that a Mr. Rapp of Illinois was to be his successor. He : was packing up his goods when Mark A Twain happened around that way and visited the consulate.` ` ' ,,_,.1 -3 .LI_- -.lL__-J.I-- LL- vv They found theacolonel next morning lying among the faded rose on his `wife s grave. And in the old kitchen, on the bed where Miss Margaret had died, Aunt Charlotte lay, her responsi-` bility over. the years ot hertrust tul- lled. . ' Three days later, when the keepers of a northern insane asylum came to Riv- erview in searcher an; escaped patient who had been an inmate of the institu- tion ter more than 80 years, and who had never been able to tell them where -was his home and who were his trlends,_ they found two. new graves in the plat behind the rail fence. t `I-_A.__ --;I _.l..L_....-. Anon` Onlbklu-I yawn: nlvnaaauia in-nu n-swan -Va-Io wilastgr and mistress an; faithful servant wero united.-L-St.` Louis Repub- lic. . Lawd," Aunt Charlotte whispered, kneeling with upraised hands where her master had left her, you know dat I done lled dat spons bility de bes dat I knowed how. 0 Lawd. you know how I wuk with dem vgrabes an out de grass` and totch 'de water, an kep um green. Miss Ma gret, Miss Ms. - gret, I se ole an lonesome. De 'spons - 'bility' is ober. Ax Gawd to lemme come eriong wid_ you an li l' Marne Jew , I done do hes I could, Marse Cun- nel, she begged. Gawd knows dat I kep dat trus do bes I could. I kep de zrabes moughty nice an green. suh." HFIVI... ..............ln 51.1.. ......-I- ~.a I.-- -1: --., v-v-u -v!`I';'pushed away Aunt Charlotte's de- taining hands and rushed out into the night. . T - 1lII__._,III 1,; run _ I .1 on n `7:'c'e";"r.;?;F71i.:`2};21?'5Ei;e?3ia master shouted. Dead! Margaret dead! My God!" 11'. ___._1_-.a ______ A____L tiI__-.I_1_;'_I._ .1- I gone? ..-_-ooug wv n-any Gone," he said V` after hex--both' Morse Cunnel, she cried, my mar- ster! Bress Gawd dat you come home; Whut dey do toyou. ole marse. ,dat~you look dat ole an po ? ' 'l"....'...J. ..._ _.In- -__1 -|..n_1 an AI. _ ____.._ -vv-- vs-Ivv vcu was `Iv I I 'want my wife and child." -the man ` repeated sharply. V The old woman knelt at `his feet. Marne Cunnel, dey bore gone dese many yeahs. she said, her tears be- ginning to fall.- t`I-.... n L- _._n_1 '-n;__ L _,_ An. .11. c_.-g vvooaa sy_u.a.o A man stood in the doorway. Be- hind himthe darkness made a -frame for his gure, and the tire that ickered . on the hearth-kindled there to light the room-showed his ragged clothing, 1 glinted on the tangled white hair that covered his head and. the white beard i that hung unkempt on his breast. His eyes looked out hungrily from beneath l shaggy brows. ; ` _ ff- J.--I_ _ .41---- 5 ` ..._-u.g no-v vv DJ `He took a. st..'ep {into the room. Aunt" Charlotte rose to herfeet. 147.. 1.1. ._ _ __ `v vuv 'U\l maul: L\;`5UI '7'};-'11? you. Charlotte? _the stronger said. Charlotte. where is my wife? Where is the home? Where is your little Mateo John? I left them In your care. ,V . A - The old woma.n'gav`e one cry 01! hap- piness. ` 4. 4-. _ . _ ~-- wunuulcl I.l.lI.II.H ; like this, and tie 'ears rolled back i to giveher again master and-mistress 5 and the old care "tree. irresponsible, happy life. 1 T We gwine x dis heah place up w en ~ Marse Cunnel come home," Aunt Char- ` lotto mused. Miss 'Dell say Marse Cunnel daid. _She say he ain't nevah gwine come back. Law! Miss Dell ain't know my ole marster; `Miss Dell, I say, `my Marse Cunnel nevah bruk he wud ylt. He done `low he gwine come back, an he comin.' Moughty long time hit tck im. Spec he donechase dem. Yankees dat fur norf dat hit tuk -'im all die time to git back. But he she gwine come. I spec 'im erlong enny time. Law. law. twouldn t sprlse me none to see `Marse Cunnel walk in dat are do dis bery minnlt- V TV`! host nnnann-`A-.. _L- L- -~- ' ` ` -.._....n:u.wu.oue would come. if I A ' } On the night after Captain '.I.`errill ; had stopped at the fence -on -his way to 3 the elds Aunt Charlotte sat by the r hearth in the old- kitchen. As always. j her thoughts were` in the past; For her 1 the breeze that blew through the open 1 door. damp and sweet. was heavy with the fragrance of the roses that bloom- % ed by, the galleries of the big house 30 years before. ' A ..-.._, - - - uvva-VLCO ' X-negro melody broke themtillness or the nig came from the quarters where long ago the negroes sang on summer nights this, and the years ht. To the old woman the song` _..- ..-.. `av uuw sacs; uuuuu. " In her eagerness she turned to the open door. p'1`h`e words died on her lips. Her jaw dropped. and her face grew `gray with fear. to` every one else the vcolon_el~'I numb was only 0. memory-Aunt Charlotte still believedthat he would come._ A -A On thn nlohi ..cL-.. I-- - ` ` wlgel-ia didn't mind. and we got into _ conversation with the old gentleman. He was a Scotchman going back to hl . home in the north. His name was Mc- Coliu-Colln Mccolln of pSeigel s Brae. Then he began talking about the storms we had experienced lately. The shing people of hisdistrict had sut- tered severely. ~ Their boats had gone out and not returned. and the families were destitute. When he grew more condlng. he told us that as a, matter -or - fact he was Just returning from bnsinessin connection with these acci- dents. itorjwhich` he had been `organis- ----.-- --v---- vu-u-w v co vvu-u u-v---r The train was juststarting when an old gentleman `climbed painfully lnto ` our carriage. He was peculiarly dress- ed in a very loud check ulster. and he wore a Tam O'Shanter cap with two ribbons hanging down at the back. He had white hair and a white beard and tlerce` eyes. I wa almost afraid of him. but Delia whispered. What a nice old gentleman! as he sat down in the opposlte corner. 7 ' IIIL- AI__-- -4 ._.. ...-A. l- ...L.__I-A.I ..l vr`4w-- .--`-u The three of us sat in strained sl- lence tor a -long tlme. Suddenly the old gentleman grunted Stufyl `and looked round at us. ' Stut'yl" he grunted again." and then he `asked Della very rpolltely If she. would mind him pulling the window down. - can In I g _,_n _ , m.VVemt;-;a'.'veled'.rst for the sake of ap- _pearance. It would never do to let my uncle think that we generally went sec- ond class. Besides my own luggage. I took a. good sized bag in the carriage with us, and at the bottom of that was a, small hand bag with Delia's jewels. Della thought that way was safer. fI'Il.- A._`I- 1.... 1--..` ..A.-..L.I..- :I.-_ -._ v`(5."c-(`nurse I shall take -them, she said. with her head in the air when I tried to dissuade her. Do you think I'm not going to look nice when we _ stay with your uncle?" IlI'_. 5--.. f\-II_ II I .__IL _.._I__ ll__._ -`ii--1-:'1`t;1'er attered myself at the policy of that speech. but Delltywas not ap- peased and would not be dissuaded. A11-1-_.__ ___II II .__A1 I __-._n_._. _ sI_ AA:-i_ __ gvuu vv vv-U'U Deliaiad her own way. She gener- ally` does. ' I-I1- J...__-I-A'Q._..L 4-.. 41.- .`.-u_- -n -1. _-cu-.7 Iv -w-- gv-- unnnvov - My dear Della," 1 said again, you would look nice under any circum- stances. - .. - n- . .- V:`;;l:y`-V-;';lf.;7Ez-dT;e;;g;;5G:;avp your own way." T I\-II_ I.-J I.__ -1._ ._._... EL- _-_-.. uuwv - --- uuuuvna -whTI5'r. dear "I3-e`l-la. 3-316 1. "I regret that you should make any observation of that kind. If we go. we go for the -...l-_.....-..L -0 LI... --.... .... -_.'I _-LI_l_..'. EIajIaymeu'{ nix} b?nBn 3:75 Jhi else. , - How good we're getting! said Della. Then Della announced her Intention` of taking her jewels with her. She has rather a valuable collection. what with wedding presents and one thing and anqther, Of course we'll go," said Della. "You don't know how much he may be able to help you."- I` ..I__--IA ...-_Al-_. A.I.-A I __ -_ .__ ____1 ---`. , vs.- "I should mention that I am engaged I in `gaklng a career. but I was pained by elia's 1ns1nuation.' L ` Il`l- S_-_ '\_Il- ll ._-l3 V ll` __ .,_,,L . I m sure It Isn't," Della snatched it from me. It's only justa little tiny split In the surface." And she replaced _ It on the shelf. We went in to breakfast. One of the letters on the table was -an lnvltatlon for Della and myelf from an uncle of mlne-an lnuentlal and enormously rlch uncle, of course. They always are. "A - ' an. .4 . _ - -A` I mention allthis because It was the beginning of Delia s bad temper. She had not intended that 1 should observe the crack in her bargain. `tn- _-..4 A; 4- I____'I_Q-..L A..- -'.A.I.- How very dense you are! said `De- lla. _ I had said the wrong thing, as usual._ She clambered on to a chair and took. down an enormou plate from the top shelf of the dresser. A The plate was in gorgeous colors and represented a yellow dragon playing. on a red eld. Delia held it up for my admiration. M\YA-- LLQL lg. -_-A.A.-. II I .._.I.`I _-JJ!._.. -7`1:To 'i;-1:&';'rou 11ke 1t,'7aa1a Delia. "Isn't It sweet? I bought it for a shil- ling in the'Lanes. At Jackson's sale they ve got some at four and eleven that are not half so big." I 4'..-.......a 1.1.- LI.l_.. -_'.._ 1.. __ L--.-1.. -_...-u --v --v- -v uuw 1 turned tn}-'EL1ng over in my hands. But It's cracked all down the back. I said. V * bnt not know what on earth to look for. There` was no speck of dust on the dresser, and it was won- Vdiness and order. s derfully tidy. So I thought that Delia had been scrubbing it herselfvin a tit of repentance. Ourservant has an ar- tistic nature and is an enemy of all ti- Well, it `does look nice and clean." said I, with enthusiasm. f1I___ __A__ _-|_____A ____ ___III .03 v'l\- mars. . '-'ii:3v'iBa' :'s'p}.-Zm7.7v f'sI:}i."i5Enng my head wisely. X. urn... ._ ..I-.1 _-.. In_- u.ni ;.-n_1 -r\-u- "Before breakfast `that. morning De- -lla s_voice summoned me into the kitch- en. I make a point of always obeying Della. and I went. ` . Deiia giusnall in front of the dress- er, stretched out both hands and said ecstatlcally. Look! .1...- 563. "sovereign olithe The despot ot the deep; ' . trornpoletopole, wherethehreakeraroll. realm doth sweep. `Hy creaking hulk lies logged. and low . I wallow in the wave. _ When the tempest rails, my tattered nl Flap forth a requiem stave. ` Yet the clipper, eet on snowy wins, 1110 liner. swift `and strong. The war dog gray on its sullen way Yield place when I lurch along. The captsin and his crlnglng crew (30 white beneath the red As I roll near; they know the tear O! Davy Jones bed. The agship I of the graveyardeet That haunts the salt highway. I ask no fee; right merrily` I hlr lhsfh nut` Jinna- . can uu was nguc merruy I bring death and dismay. -1. W. Pool in New York Sun.` THE D_ERELI(..'l .` rnic,%Nonr1=tn:1NAnv:a;{si;` .--.., an-use---nun vs -\-`II-nlvn Ianlvnul . The boy came in modestly_ with chalk i and paper and in 9. few minutes had drawn 9. picture of their son, on which 3 the parentslooked with wonder. They -recognized the genius and promise of future greatness and befriended the young artist. giving him the help need- ` ed to develop his wonderful gift. - F `Neptu ' 9' bmarlnc Oapen. ne opOk quite sharply. , What in the name of all the gods at "once." he demanded. is that man In the diving bell hanging around here ? J The mermaids stammered and hesi- tated. ' It I catch him here again. contin- ued the angry god. I will `cut his `air! , The mermaids knew that Neptune- was no barber and lost no time __in _wat-ning the` stranger of the danger` which `threatened his `air. `pipe.--New Wk *`a=r!@-.=!=%*-i = >1 e _ v-_., uvv ac-may f I am delighted. to meet with such sympathy. said the old gentleman. , But it is really quite impossible. l He began to talk of something` else. E But Delia asked him again, and in the 2 end he said that he had never been able ` to refuse a lady. That` is just what I ` think about Delia. So in the end we I ` wrote our names on a piece of paper. - and he accepted. something for the sh- ermen, and just as be thanked us and put the slip of paper back into his pock- et the train drew up for its first wait. ' TIP- .-.4-.. L--- 4.-- ....I..__A.__ n .__!_'I 41, , I remlnded her gently but emphatic- i ally that it I had had my way she! } would not have taken her jewels. It 3 was the last "we ever saw of them or of ?that very nice old gentleman, Colin 3 E McColln of Selgel s Brae. ` u I171.-- I-\-u- .._n`_ mpg- ,,L_,,, ..I_- _,- \ E now Painter Law:-enceolt Bin Start. EL. 'I`I__..-___?'_,, , __ _ -.----_ __--vu-v-vw we-vs n--- sustain { Sir Thomas Lawrence was one of the great portrait painters in England. His parents were poor. his father being a country innkeeper. One day Lord Shaftesbury s father and mother stop- * ped at the inn, having their young son, the future lord, with them. In conver-p sation the Innkeeper spoke of the gen- l ms of his boy in drawing and wished them to test it by a picture of their ` son. They assented. thinking to grati- fy a father : pride, buthnot looking for any evidence of superior talent. H11... I.-- -_...- 1.. ...__J--..1.I_. _.u_I. -I__I|_V u-vv--.. - u `an my Q-r..|\p| _When fielia tells this story. she says . It was 3 that I gave to Colin McColin for his distressed shermen. 1 am quite sure it was not half as much as that. Though I was rather cross over the occurrence at the time. 1 think it was a lesson for Delia.-Penny Picto- rial Magazlne. _ * A v `nun There was 85 minutes before the next train stopped at the station and we could. continue our journey. At the next station I inquired after the bag, but the oicials at the cloakroom knew nothing whatever of the old gentleman or the bag. When"I explained this to Delia. I am afraid that she lost her` temper for the second time that week. i "nut-.. -._- _. _;.____n,1nA __a.a -1 ..:r'. -v. --- -wuss:-- sun-av on-noon vv vans. -"Men are so atupial" said she after some time. To be taken in like thatlf 1 `I _.-__l...`I_j L," . What horrid coffee that was! said `she and waved her handkerchief in farewell to Mc-Colin. still leaning "out of the `carriage window. How very fortunate that he should be there to look after the bag--my gewels and all!" she nished in aklndo gasp. ' Very lucky," I said." A But somehow I began to feel dubi- ous. ` , Aunt Charlotte Watched him out of sight beyond the bend in the levee _;oad. She sighed as she turned back to tlmgraves; V V H\l'!..._ 'I\ II . , n . I In I - I`