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ou% ID`-I\J VKI II 595. u, ..... . . The verdict of the world was that John Walker had eight girls now and %needed a woman in his ` house` more jthan ever. ' ' ` i ` . I _ Complete Letter Writers. One of the earliest of these guides. dated 1615, was styled A President ` For Young Penmen. It was advertis- ed as full otvariety, delight and pleas- nre. The former quality it undoubted- : ly possessed, as will be seen from the following headings: ' There is A letter: from a friend to afantastical, conceit- ed madcap, .A byting letter to at clamorous gentlewoman, with a.byt-_ ing" answer to the same, which must; have relieved the feelings of the writ- er; also a Melancholy, discontentive` letter upon `the trowne of a kinsm'_an," and, as `a variation, A kind of quarrels- some letter upon a tr owneot a friend." ' A I-AA_.. `L- Id.--`Isl; `uAQuAj Q FVILIV lvsowu. uyvnn us 5.1: u an`. v- -. ---v.__. A letter "to an unkle to borrow a. horse, strikes one as being of more practical value than all the rest put to'- - gether and innitely to be preferred as ; in model to the epitle or Miss Molly 1 Smlth to her cousin, giving hex-..an. ac- count of a yery_remarkableinstnnc_o 19f - in onfe"-of. her acquaintance who ,11ve4.m ~1;lfn'e.;ciA Ear A-_e.;:`>_;% _ow,a_fdia- ,_ y `L '7g_e`_lf.~!1`fb_Ipj"0r"l!0lll- sunjscInIsAnmAusn1T Lonbd Discuss ARMAMENT vs.` y ARBITRATION: 1 iopinioiu of Throo Britioh Pmniu-o,'; _ Lord Iooeonbold. Lord Salisbury` and Sir Hoary Compboll-Banner-I man-Hugo Sumo Involwd -.Tho : Proportion Botwoon Navion Un- ` changed-Growth of Arbitration. 1 } `In the British House of Lords the! other day there was a most important [and interesting discussion on the sub- Iject of disarmament. So far as prac- __tical politics is concerned the question . : is one of reducing on-"limiting eIpendi- tvture on armies and navies, and ` traditional charms -for a Liberal Gov- { . ernment. The launching of the I3read- ', ; nought and the order of the United 1 States Government for the construction . of a still larger vesselarerecent events I that seem at variance with the piousi aspirations in the House of Lords. , Nevertheless they `may well have our , igested them, for they tend `to showi the absolute waste of much of the huge : sums that are annually expended on! I ships and armament. A vessel that is ~ the wonder of the world to-day may be ' ` surpassed to-morrow, and of not much i more value than` a last year's straw hat. I Intrinsically it may -be as good as ever. I ' but in comparison with its newer rivals it makes a sorry showing. I Three Premiers Opinions. _ Lord Avebury-, in raising the ques- tion, quoted the opinions of the late consiield. The former, in one of his `last `Marquis of Salisbury, and Lord Bea- speeches, said the one hope we had of preventing the competition in arma- ' meats from ending in a terrible eifort of mutual destruction, which would be fatal `to Christian civilization, is that the powers may gradually be brought [to act together in a` friendly spirit on gall questions of difference which may i arise, till at last they shall be wedded` in some international constitution which shall give to the world, as a re- ! suit of their great strength, a long spell of unfettered and prosperous trade and continued peace." Lord Beaconafield, according to Sir Spencer Walpole, saw more clearly than almost any other leading statesman that the strength of the country lay not in increased arma- ment, but in its growing resources, and that if thee resources were"squander- ed in time of peace they would not be available in war." __~s__Is 1-1 . _ _ _ ......... __aJ `VZIIZIIIC Ill VV Illl I - 1` Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and in a speech delivered last December, tlut,,sa the policy oi! huge armaments ; feeds the belief that force is the but, it not the only, solution of international differences, it becomes one of the high- est tasks of `the statesman to adjust armaments to the new and happier conditions." Huge Sums Involved. In the course of his address Lord Avebury gave some statistics of the amounts spent on armament by the great powers. He said that in the last 0 ten years Britain had increased na- ` tional and local expenditure by about 130,000,000, po ulation has increased 10 per cent., in ebtedness 21 per cent., and national expenditure to per cent. Evidently, therefore, the position was most serious and the matter urgent. Ten years ago naval and military ex- penditure was 5,000,000; last year it was .66.270,000. "it was oftelnsaid that this enormous increase had -been forc- ed on us by the increases in the arma- ments of foreign powers. The fact was -that in the last ten years Italy had increased her naval and military expenditure by 1,500,000, France by 6,000,000, and Germany by 8,100,000. I as compared with our increase of 880,- 000,000. The time seemed very suitable for some such action as was indicated in the Prime Minister's speech. Rus- sia required rest to recover from the ruinous losses of the last war. France was friendly; Italy, certainly, was not for war;' Austria, to her honor, had long been an inuence rnalting for peace, and all the great commercial cities of Germany knewyae we did, that peace was most important for each `of us. The anxiety and uncertainty created necessarily tended to paralyze industry and drive manufactures into more peaceful regions. The United States had a population of 90,000,000 and Europe a population of about 850,- 000,000, some four times as great, and the area was about the same. But the `expenditure of Europe `on armaments was over 250,000,000 and that of the United States 140,000,000. while the number of men under arms was about 4,000,000 in Europe, against 100,000 in the `United States. It was obvious that European manufacturers were heavily handicapped as against those of the United Itates. ` ` ` The Wrepertlen Unchanged; She us: .pblnt was well kiln, but Lord Avebury might well have` re- marked that Oermany, with a terrible disability `of conception, which takes: three years. from the life of every able-bodied man, is yet forging to the the` greatest `manufacturing country in 1 the world. He went on to emphasise the weak point in thecontinual strug- gle for greater armies and more pow- - ertui vessels. - The `proportionate I strength of navies remained about the -' same, whether Britain's naval? power ;' were g-estimated, A at y1.900;00,0 tons, , France : at 780,000 tons, and Germany's < at 760,000 tons, `or _whether all the cy- _ `phers were struck out. A portentous, - even a wicltedg waste was his charac- V _t`e_risation` of this contest. Misery and ; >.revolg`tions -he predicted: unless some- -` thin`gf:'wei-`e done ~toli1nit the sums - ._spent.`in.ar_rnan1ent,-_,_. 0 0 . .4 ~ 0; 5 -my .2 Ariana... . `le present dieafrmament was out ~ of ' te question. :..but~ he dwelt . upon the -11)! `front, and in many `important lines. is A i-'1`heuBiehop `of"'R'ipon that -for". -of ajitrationa mm 1820' Inca was `s pian`t that new !'!_y"do"-4` cados, . - AL AL; IJ__--- At the Hague. . ;_ ,: Lord Fitxmem-ice, speaking for the Government, said it would be proper` tor Britain to protest in a. friendly spirit against another. power increu- in: its armament in the belief that Britain meditated some not of aggres- sion. That the repreeentatives of the ~British Government wiould bring the \ whole matter up for discussion at the next Peace Conference was s. halt- promiee that may properly be consid- ered of much importance. I Lad Who Want Through Canada on 10.0% Milo Trip to la a Sailor. ' Ypung Stanley Condor, the adventur- ous boy traveler, whose latent exploit was `a atowaway voyaxo from `New York to Liverpool, had his future de- c1de_d for him by tho dputy- atipendlaty ot Livorpool. ` 1)....-_aI-. EL--IA um-n -A-an`-a-I `tn V. All 7 Cnyvvss `Recently Stanley was remanded to the work-house, the suggestion beint that he should be placed in a reforma- tory. Mr. Kinxhorn, however, has tal- len in with the view expressed by The: Weekly Dispatch that a. led at such: qualities as Condor should not be plac- ed in the restrictive confines of a re- tormatory. The other day the deputy- stipendiary said Gist he was reluctant 1 to send the boy to such ck institution. ; There was nothing criminal in hts rov- ` in: propensities and -he had the mak- ing of a good man in him-. He had. I therefore, decided to send him to the training ship Clio, stationed at Bangor, . until he was sixteen years of age. n-es.- 1111- s_ - _...__s ._ .-.|..-1. `-1.- {trained for the merchant service. llill -55 CD -Ixsvvln gvulrnu VA vv--- The 0110 la a. vessel on which orj_1y gnconvlcted boys can be received. Young Stanley Condor will there be 1-Iv_'_..I tnuplalivu Ava III`? lllwawlsunnny `a\rnV\vvn Stanley Condor was taken to Winni- pey byhls father early this year, and was twice detected by the railway auth- . orlties concealed on trains for Montrea1._ H1: third attempt succeeded and from Montreal he traveled in the same way free to New York, where he stayed three. days. doing odd jdbs. Tired of American life, he secreted himself on the liner Victorian for Liverpool. :n_,, _ __`___- -_.__......-I-.. A- UIIC IIIJGI V IVUUL Ivll A95 A40 V V: .1`-v-n There was 1 pleased expression on his face when he knew he was to be sent to the Clio. It was somewhat amusing to notice how closely -he was watched by the police omcials in court. He has a. reputation for slirppeneu. and those who had charge or him seem- ed possessed with a haunting tear that he might vanish before their eyes. | There seems to be no limit to tho price! people 98) nowadays for old tur- nituro, prints, paintings, oxichina. More than 28,000 was realized at Christie's, 1 London, recently by the sale or excep- Hionally interesting and valuable art objects. 4'`... -1 4].- _..l_..l-..-.1 Jnndrnu-an AC OI-an vu;w\. I.-. - One of the principal features of the sale was the disposal of a. set of eight Chippendale mahogany chairs, which. after exceedingly brisk bidding, were `knocked down for the record price of 1,160 guineal. n-11.- -1_..1.._ I.--.- __-onn-1-Ian snag}: den, A,-vv .'&lllGbCs The chairs hove rectangular seems `and backs covered with old English petit-point needlework, with com- positions of figures, trees, and views of buildings in colored silks. The bor- ders and legs are pierced and carved with trellis work, foliage, and rosettes under Chinese inuence. ,,,_,-___ .l__A_..__L ....... 5-1.-.. I. dig; KIIINIV LIIIIIICCC lllll$UllUVu Enormous interest was taken in tho chairs, and when the bidding closed at 1,260 gulnoas, or the record price 9! :nearly 160 guinea: a chair, there WI; | an outbuut of applause. " ,A -1 ____ -_ -1: `l'I7..nn.uu6A- unnnn Ell Vutlllllib VI. cryynu-unw- A set of seven.o1d Worcestor vuu fetched 2,500 guinea,s-~the highoot price ever given for specimens of Englllh porcelain. b ll..- nvnngg `an-:1!` Q vnnffl An!-Ir hlll pUl'UUl&|IIo The vases have a mottled dark blue ground, the neck: being pierced with a. band of diamond-shape puxeis. Etch vase is noiy painted with exotic birds and branches in color-s`in heart-shaped panels, with gilt scroll-pattern bordcrs. A in AOL`: nunnunn nf Hun WA:-nplfdl-.. yauunn, WILLA `Ill. C\al\JlAlIl-I-`C510 wv-----.- Another group of fine Worcester vases brought only 620 guinea. .- - a Nlpllo Two years ago her elder uistor wrote on the eve of her marriage to the mayor or -her native village for a. copy of her birth certicate. For somo rouon tho omclal failed to find the entry, and so-' cordinxly had the extraordinary Mon. to send the girl the certicate of in roul- er sister, stating that he thought it would do as well. ' , ' -_- __~ __.-._..1-.| ._A -.n.. I.-- A Strange Dilemma. ' A curious confusion of identity bid! fair to prevent a. young work 1'! at Paris from marrying, says The ndon Mall. ` V , _ ,_ u._,, -12-- -l..a.-.. ---6- WUUIU UV GI vvcu. 1 The girl was married. and now her younger sister,,in her turn, on tho eve of marriage, has offered the name cor- 1ticute to the Paris oaloiala, who ,on iveritylng the document have discover- iod the facts. , <-\__..-_; 1- _-._. 1- AL- -Agl__ (I IJIU IEUII. - N Josephine Danurt. is now in the pooh ;tion of being unable to marry unless lher sister consents to annual her own lmanflaxe, and by so doing place her I name on the omcial register: as _lroo sir Henry Irving was accustomed to mm at the home of mu mum. author of In the `sixties and Seven- ties," in which volume appears the fol- ; lowing anecdote: My mother often -used to point out little details that had been overlooked. I remember one in `The Belle, which my mother told Mr. Irving on the ilrst night, when he re- turned to our house to supper. People who have seen the play may remember thet the ant ecene is a small inn, and that there is supposedto have been 3 deep fan of snow... The lnnkeevper, Het- thias (Irvint). walked in on that first. night in onlinery black boots, with I0 , snow upon them. My mother spoke 0! it, and afterwards Mutthlae wore high black -`boots. and stood on the met while the snow was -brushed on them. Re-., mexkewere made as to Mr. Irvinte et- tention `to the mimutest details. and this was cited an an instance. 3: T. V9'T`.:7`7 1! 11,9. , ,. .. There is 9. w-heat stack in Abby, I village In South`Linco1nshlre, that ll making hlatory. It. has been-"standing in the farmyard` of Mr. Ph1L,Ip.8el>by for twenty-scven yearn. Thu (rain 1):, said -to be in ercenent condition, ga, there - stories run. to vb: ante owner 118- k,9tV;1t%M9t k!tao`ma9r uwvv` .9 5. Ivj llI$ll Q . ........._......-.~_.. .-.-".... ...............--..n-b ..... 5-.f;'\ic77J'mm- \ BOY ROVER`! FUTU RE. A Long Livod _whm Stuck. Costly Old Chairs. Irving : Canfulndu. The growing volume of the rtnarde 1'n1 Garadian bacon tn the English ma':- I has during the past fe~wyears la 9. tubject of c-:>ngmtula$tion -to the Cana- dian packers and producers. A ce::m- ' narison of the imports of` bacon by Urea. Britain from Canaadu, Unlited hates. Denmark, and_ c1t"ner -c-aunrbr-lea forthe past ethree ye/are will "be '32`.- Qeresting. The '1m>p'0r'ts {mm Denmark` for1905 were 1,471,687 cw.t., as com- Rredwhth'1,469.101' cwt. in 1903,;thus WW8 L1 de`crea'e.e of 2,586 cwst. A`.l ber countries showed a decrease, dt u4310W'i. - The ivmrpaaz-ts with C-an-ada. mane bright app: in the report, `how an "increase of 526,141 cw~t.,'aa'ya~ the Ca~n~a:i~ian Weekly - \T':aAie Repaent. W this is rn'o*t azccidenltal par of trom- PYna.1ure is shnzewn by {the `steady .311`?! three mon|t`he or 1906. `Here the It quinadrian trade s umds cult pramlnen't-4 ew`-`Lb an Increase of-94,320 cwt. over ms corres;?3nd*ing `three 2 m\on`t-has df re-e Grgau Britain bmpunts for -.t-here mmmomth-s were Ifmnm vnenmaurk. CW-; from United States, 902.- 1 . "t., from C:ma.d a, 255.621 cwt.; IP0W't'h in Canadian `tra.de durlngwhd `Pom am C`t'her cou-nvtriexs, 1.2.512. English Trade in Canadian Bacon ` -----o--- A The Emperor of Cores. 1-! said '10 be vractlcally a `prisoner in "his own .DD.'1f Ice . 1, Feelmz `lainst American! 19 Yew; tdsml swung in China. A sen!t1"`t-_ from Singapare,` at present in M0)` *3; reP:n*t.s himselrr an-d dcher E33". lllhrnen being mistaken in -`33"~m -lmerkcans and ibetng Jeered 9 `n `W1 upon. Chinese now `even 3't * American our. pug-ch;a.'l1n8' .V`ur A Australia instead. I ' * am 0! Inc cues M135; ' it In ' gzgleczg eucn n; s 'ouey nluuded on fan! ordc: lhndollm onnore. comes In a suxuea uouov vooucn {orm and cloth Ont 6lII.?IIIl- lty Multiplying eel. lull chi! pmed.nlsed plllmbsck Illdln click and dug, bsluace handle. up yards ofllne. Outt also contains is enarnelled bnlded silk (0! would . :4 tea Bnlded Bu: Llnc. `two doua lplit shot for Sinker; for Bus llshlug. SI: assorted styles bass and trout les. an alt loot silkworm gut lender. Elzhteeu Ilugllgut u mum hooky, usoncd for bass upduout. ll dmbberlxog. perfect lmlmslon. On: No. 4 Fluted Tlolll spun. nlckle plated with swivel hooks. nicely {oath . Oncolond lion. This outt would ordlualy colt It null ulgngsao. Wewlllscnd mo youfot3.oo wlththe Q Mulundermnding. that If you It: not ntlserl umunu vnu have ex- A... C..--:-l D.l-- `:ldIg:I, mu II y0ll II` I33 Calf! Y BI 00 VG l- ' lI1Iedll.ya: can return out Pdce D Iwmtauexpeue nd we will tcfund your money. . :..3"'"rIE.`;?"."* c 3``sT W. BOYD 85 SON 7 II ` .,:`...c:L.. %.':, 21 um um st vmt. ts! Illa: dollars or more. " / . . Mm so 1060 MIN un=_-* rr`m._{ all 19o. Ieeentllc John Undervvool. ` a John -Underwood, who.died `atwhitp. tlesea. England,` in 1_733,.l_eft'some odd instructions for his burial. Eisfortune of 0,000 went to his sister, provided 1 that no bell was tolled at his grave, no relative followed his coin and 'vari- ous other arrangements were carried i out. Six men only_ were invited and re- quested not to come in black," who` received 10 guineas each for their serv- ices. Service over, an arch was raised over -the green painted comn, with Non Omnis Moriar, 1733, `inscribed on white marble. The-six mend sang the lastistanza of the Twentieth ode of the second book` of Horace. The de--. ceased, who had been coiilned fully dressed, had under his head 8anadow s Horace, at his feet Bentley's Mil- ton." in his right hand a Greek Testa- ment and in his left hand a small Horace." The six on repairing to his house to a cold repast had tosing the Thirty-rst `ode and drink ,a cheerful glass before retiring at- 8 p. m. This done. directed the will, Think no more of John Underwood." . i The Sistine (flannel, Rome; The chapel. is a beautiful place in it- self by its simple and noble proportions as well as by the -wonderful architec-- tural decorations of the ceiling, con-- ceived by` Michael Angelo as a series_ of frames for his paintings. Beautiful heyonddescription, too, is the exquisite marble screen. Nolone can say cer- tainly who made it. It was perhaps designed by the_- architect of the chapel : himself, Baccio, Pontelii. There. are a few such marvels of unknown hands ` in the world, and a sort of romance clings to them with an element of mys- tery that stirs the imagination in a dreamy way far. mgre than-the gilded 1 oak tree inthe arms of sixtus IV. by Y which the name of Rovers is _ sym- { bolized. Sixtus commanded, and the chapel was built. ' But` who knows where Baccio Pontelii llesi. Or who shall and the grave where the hand that carved the lovely marble screen | is-laid at rest? . . ~. . lased Ills Conseleneef "I have examined our `public sub- scription boxes `for yeare',f said an of- cer of a charitable organiz`ation,"and' in them I have found many queer V things. The very queerest, though, was ` last year. On opening a box in a New York railway station I found thegold settings ot a necklace; a stbmacher, 'a" `pair of earrings and iive grlngs. _-'1`hey* were magnicent" settings, worth a- deal of money. - I could `not help won- - derinx .what_ the. stones, which had been roughly torn out of them, were. like These jewels, of course. had .1 been stolen- settings were now: given. to charity. by `the thief. The stones themselves would `be arecut and sold. Around this gift was .a note. IVVLIIIE-II Iulu o `Gel! tor the" nick. can an to u_thI;.' '_' l ---+- .'Dhe 5UG9b8J1 relgihlt wnwasgie nor uuc wvv can-9.13 -00: June Wu 7.026,385.o;~ nearly 1.000.000 -tiara : more than rdrurmnc A` Uhe haauviesit munmh at wit -year. - Ill car the season. lewd: Jhhe entire season. or mt yaw: gby 1,5o9.ooo,m`ma. `. 1`he Gan-a-dawn own-a`. handled 854317 "teams lawt yeaar. ' V _ _ ~ - sunugh: saw; is. better an other soaps. but is best when ued in the Sunlight way (follow V (directions). Hard rubbing and vboilirig are things of V the st ` homes where Sunlight H 1: us psed as` directed. 5unlight.Soap will not injure even the daintiest fabric or the hands. and the clothes will be perfect! white. woolens soft and u '.' . ' ` S `rm r-eaoscn _fo;ghiT is bc.use um I a s te , contagins no |?t1`iuriost1suchen"?iuc';.e|s -" indeed. nothing but the active. cleansing. dirtvremovin propcra ` ties of soap that is no ' but Q 3 oun `MONEY ntrungtovf by the dealer from whom on buy Sun ht. So: it you nd anyoause or comp amt. :65 EVER BROTHERS UNITED. YQRONTO` .'1`Ihe :tJc!ba;1 relgihlt b:rn'nmg &or the son ------ `-I F-Ah In-nn `VH1 7.025.335.0l' nea)r1_ 9- f '{W-u'[-- II nllu IUIII - directions Ily eoncleno- % and good habits, if was universally ` pfedicted that he could. never win a second wife. ` ..__..v-so .vv nave For what manner of woman-that is, 0!! the type" fastidious John. Walker would fancy-could` contemplate the I prospect of `stepmotherlng seven daugh- ` ters ranging in age from pert thirteen to `precocious tour? V ' In ;.u.- -L--s vv `vvjvvvvuvi-VS nvll Itthe children had been boys, John} Walker's prospects would have been more favorable, for a squad of boys can be turned aeld, but seven girls to hear and heed until they should ` come to an age when theywould with i their lords depart! . ` ' TAB-s "IY..lI--.. _-.. 3-_.-..Al- AM 3 _ "L__ --v-- -v-u--o wvrwguo ` John `Walker was domestic, and after two years of wldowerhood he began to ` yearn for `a goddess of _his hearth and yhome. The `affairs or his household had not been administered so badly since his wife died. The cook was ca- pable and `honest and had been reign- ing over the kitchen for eight years.. The seamstress, who had always spent. a month each spring and autumn ``sew- ; -lng up for the young Walkers, contin- ued her visits. with theadded respon- sibility of. selecting and purchasing material. - _'.*l`hve-elllest girl, Madge; was promis- lng to be quite `a practical little house- keeper, but John Walker k'ne_w"th_at a wise feminine hand and heart were es- sential tothe guidance of his active, romping, unruly troop of youngsters. TV. I_...__ J... -4..II Ag-IA-----~I-' -1-up;-u - `v--`a--$' -q- --v V. v----v.-v_-- He ,began to `call lasvs-idvuously upon i Cecilia Rayne, a young woman- re-it nowned for her intellect, practicality and excellent judgment. She accepted his attentions. though reservedly, and with a general air of careful consider- ation and weighing in-the balance. TYl_ I-'.A.A_'J.I-_- .-.-_A -15....`-n:`1\aI can sail, woven: Inna`: vo=--3 -.- --- -cw----"- nHis intentiona were regarded as un- V mistakable when he "invited her, with her mother, to wait his hoxneand drink tea one afternoon. `The children on this fateful day had never been so noiy or unattractlve; Even Madge was `bois- terous and untidy. v-1__ 1-n_u_-_ .11.! ....A. I......... J-In-u& I6 LWLVUB KI`? `III 9`? I _, 9 , 4 * John Walker did not know that -it 1 was malice aforethought on .the part * of his oirspring. Madge was preco- cious and acute eared. She.hadhhear_d it aid that `John Walker would marry just` as soon as he could nd any one to have him. `She had sized uh Miss Rayne as a home ruler, and in the mother or Miss Bane she scented a natural enemy. " ' ' , s __-3 -_.-__._-_-'.I _- JCIB nun Ion vane...` . _ So she instigated and encouraged re- d `bellion in her many sisters, and their deportment carried the day. John` Walker escorted his guests to their home and returned with the rm in-. tention E administering, unto his own someth` .; stronger than rebuke. He f\ nd his ock white robed and sweet ' >iced. awaiting with uplifted mouth- dis good night caress; and he could ncc bring himself to mar their slumbers by so much as a word. saw; _I_. - _.I_. 4-n``a` Ln`-vn moan C- >HIULLIUClB II] IV ,uauwu an up -vv v._-. If she only could have seen them as they are now! he `thought, with a re-` gretful sigh. ' -- ,1 _,;o._ 1.---.. 115514` `sun In unnplrn envvnvuu --=-. Madge s busy little` brain worked overtime that night on the solution of the stepmother problem. A day or two after the eventful visit of Miss Cecilia` Rayne, as. John Walker was" passing a little park, he met two or three kindergarten teachers walking . with their young charges. `He gave them ' but a` casual glance, when his attention was attracted by a delighted i cry of Papal. . 4 The littlest and. last child in the pro- -cession letgo of the hand of the young girl with whom she was walking and rushed up.to him.- ~.Why, Tot," he said, taking her. up in his arms. _ Then he looked hesitatingly at the young teacher, .who was walking on_ slowly. , , _ V V You must be Mr. Walker, she said naively. "I am Tot sV kindergarten teacher." . - `fare you? he asked -interestedly. "I didn't know that Tot attended a kin- ergarten." . .. .- - ......._.. ......-an .1... niml anxiously. aergartenw . Didn't you?" she asked yanxlously. Madge brought her to school yester- day and entered her as a pupil.` I sup- posed it was your wish, '. , una ........... 1+ can he" '1-enned monot- 9973? 1:03:21 :Z"i,3-"i$'rep11ed prompt- ly, only I hadn t thought of It before. 1 "am glad Madge IIEO wise. .4-o_- 1.......uuI Ind-n Inna- I'll) zoinc I ve learned lots, papa. I'm going to .pricl: you a card," assured 1`ot._ Thank you, darling. Where is your school, Miss"- . v Worden," she -said, supplying the name. The school is on the corner or 2 Wood and Third streets, three blocks 5 below. ' Are you fond of children, Mr. yWulker?" she asked, looking upat `the `princess enthroned on his shoulder. 4 uxvml-walk: has said. 8 Whim- princess euU.|I'Uuu. vu uuv wuvu-us... Naturally, he said, with a, Vslcal smile. -She ushed and laughed a llttl. Come and. visit lg our school some `time, then." m _.m ....u. +haa`wlth Von novlr. time, men." a "I will walk there` with you now, he responded promptly, setting Tot down on the sidewalk. V The child instantly appropriated a j, hand or each guardian. and akipped _ along between them. u11vI.-'nI-an Inna in am! along between mum. _ `_`Who'takes her to and from sbhool? he asked. remembering the automobiiee "and `trolley curs. _ Madge has so far. L ._ "Madge fsaid you could stop for me ` moons on your: way home. toilunleheong? l_nvita- `know or your school, was Worden?" 1 Oh, Madge and _I LareA.old~. 1-1epds._ I_ W % nail -copvricht. 1906. by P. `c. mutmgnc THE EIGHTH GIRL By BELLE MANIATES am A Nrw? % inns ~too.; net tgacher left the my ; some time ago, and I have neglected to L have`her start aga` " ul _'|.-..I.1 L- ...u...1 4.- .;--'.I`_ 1.-.. --n.I i *'5x? Jr -'1?v.;l&l'.WYon`may.cox!11m enee,to- morrow, it agreeable, and give her two lessons 9. week. . - . -example and ' called "Kc first day that John called ml, me: he so cordially seconded the child's `in~ . vitation to "her teacher to come home with them to luncheon that she was forced to comply. s v _ Madge s music hour was from 5:30 to 6, and she would not practice properly 3 unless her teacher would consent to stay todinner. The children "1l17c1alm- ed her as a kindred spirit and called her Bess/' forpwhich` they were stern- iy and inetfectually reprimanded by their parent, `who nally followed their himself. _ ` A her by that name ~ `that . -"Y1vshould be Efm--t-o teach her, said the girl simply. . . . 1517...... _..-u 17.... _._.` -____._'.__- A- ? -vww vv vvuo `sh-e"; a sweet iittie girl, thought John Walker as. he pursued his way. from the kindergarten. She must be Tom Worden : daughter. Poor teiiqw! His tailure took all he had. She's a trump to take` hold and helf) in this". way." . Vhn Cumin. .-In-un J-I-`A5 `IA-`nos nnlin CAB VIVA` ns:-:-cvno 0 In the month `of July the Walkers A went to their summer cottage on `a lake some twenty miles from the city. 41C --- _--j .. _...4nLIA-u -..nuA J-Inn-n an-nun wvno-av vvv V-aw` --saw-.1 nova: --- `unv- You need a vacation more than any one," said Jqhn Walker abruptly to Bess `one day. You mustgo with us. Thank you very much, said the girl gratefully. It's kind in you to ask me, but of course I can twaccept. won. _ _ - A All I. _ _.I 1117. ... 90553 I. 5 unnincg Why, `yoo see, of course, it would` really "bean right, but then you know people would talk--they wouldn't ap- prove." 4 (VI_. I.-..4- L- -.--;Inn- 8-. `man are-xinvun, wvunwv Q U Invwvrvu : m:`.V;l.1y not? '53 _ demanded. Yam: father `is "going west on an extended business trip, and he.won t need you. . _'.l`he girl blushed, hesitated and then said trankly: 141111.- _.--- ..-- -4 ..... .. I. -u...hI llluvvvo She began to ounder in her explana- tion, and John suddenly comprehended. uv ._-- n L- I...--..L"...a ....A.::..... thud- `T1 335,? "11? f."u';;fe`2i, 5a`i.'gT'7'n' you see you have come to seem to me like one of my own-my eighth girl, I call-_you--but I suppose you are grown _ up enough for a chaperon.. ur -._. ;._.....J.... ...-........ `IA 9! aka anC:` ` My Vuvuau L\Il (O wanuyvsvuao "I am twenty years old, she said with dignity. n1_.1--.:|| `A. _.--L .......' TIYAII `I lunch; W"-H `Ma---v.n _ . A Indeed! `A great age. Well, I have a second cousin, a meek, elderly wid- ow, whom the children rule rmly. I presume she would like a month or so at the cottage." .So it was finally arranged.` . V From that time on John Walker sud- denly regarded hls chi1dren s teacher in a `new light. ' ~ ' An! ____._I._ (A - Lnnqublinql uvnuunm Avlio` [HIGH- V II uuvv vuguu 1 I wonder if a beautiful young girl I like Bess could come to care for an old duer like me, he pondered. I- had supposed that she considered nie an old . man! . .-- .- an _OAI_I_. I_n_._ _.. L- Inlllllnl 5 A thrill {stirred `within him as he looked up at the fair young face gazing happily over the waters of the lake on g the first night of their arrival. i B'ess!`he said suddenly. . . But V the" children had also called Bess, andshe was away for a romp i on the beach, ,7.-_ _ _I.na -41}-.. -1!" I... VI-I Luv Ucu-\.ua_ She. is only a child, after all," he thought, with a sigh. | v_ 41.- 111-11--.. I...-.J.I..u'q:.A cuvnn Q Aonnn InIl\lIlDI-Ila, venue. was ~a-$~-- In the Walker boathouse was a canoe i which the children were forbidden to lo use,-but Bess one Sunday. mornlng_ven- tured forth alone in it. She managed alt very skillfully, but on her return a sudden wlnd came up and made the lake choppy. She had all she could do to keep her little craft right side up. -I--1... 117---- .......a..... And An}: Olen cu`- UV 309`: Laws Inywnv Vovonn --3-u ---w - John Walker, coming out on th;'ve- randa ` of the cottage, saw her danger _ r and rushed to theboathouse, intending g to row out after her. Another exnotion besides anxiety surged within him, and heknew now that he `loved this play-` mate of his children. - -L ~------._--.. __lAI. It was .a very merry-, winsome face, alight with the excitement and danger, I that was lifted to his. T % '- _ u_'n_ A_..I_I.A 1.- `I16 FAQ` I ll-Ill-l-I? UL Lllw \oIlIl\AI\rlIu She was making great progress with % her tiny canoe, and as he rowed out * from the boathouse she was landing at ` i the pier. | VA _..... - _...... -....--on unfnnnunn Wnnnn In the reaction from his fright he was beginning to censure` her when he was interrupted by Madge, who had appearednpon the scene and who in- stantly resented her father s lecture. arr--- ..I.-n ..-A. -....I.I L.-...lI) nl-`A A-lgal "Y3: 81:57 3:} us"c.()l;1,`1.1.2`1:! : h`'c'r'1Ed hotly.- "I wanted her for our [step- mother, but `I'll-give her up if you I aren t going to be nice to her. . Bess turned red and pale by turns. I" I'll race you to the house; Made,"; { she cried, and they were away. um--- n ..-a.1 v-|._ .....a4.I_ ....|..*... I... Inn! ..... ......, ...... ...-,, ..-... - ....,,. Bess, said John softly when he had succeeded in getting an interview, as I said, I had thought` of you as my eighth girl. I don t want to think of % you as a stepmother, but I do want V you to _be my wife and a companion to ` the girls because I love you. 'Will you try and care for. me?" IIVL- -4u-.`InL A. `has in-vA IIIQQ `` rat