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1 a strange legacy chapter v the interview which kate had with her father that evening was not a very long one nor was it remarkable for any display of feeling on either aide he had as he said made np bis mind and nothing kate could say had the least effect upon him she did her best but when he rose from his chair and told her to leave him she was no nearer gaining her end than when she broached the subject will you think about it strain when he has got a good practice father yon have had my answer kate it is finally and absolutely no i will not think g it now or at any other time and the r yon forget the man the better learly there was no hope of doing things in an orthodox fashion and before kate went to sleep that night she had thought out her project in detail to lay beioro charles lakeworth rext day i sincerely hope i have settled that for good and all said mr dottleton to the mirror after kate had gone if theres any more bother abont it ill send her away into the country for a few months and tee what that will do he was not destined to hear anything more from kate they mat at breakfast as usual and the hated name was not men tioned his daughters manner towards him was unchaoged and be told himself that she had accepted the inevitable at last and would nob trouble him again miss mumbole might have learnt the particulars of kates device and told them to us had she been less interested id a speech which a great politician had delivered at a gardenparty tho day before but the lovers conversed in such low tones that only a most attentive listener could have heard what they said their last few words were aud ible and we are able to place them on re cord now just tell me exactly what you want me to do said charles when kate had unfolded her plan all you have to do is to go to your lodgings and pack up at once take away everything and say you are not coming back dont forget to drop a hint to your landlady that you are going abroad where am i to go and whats to become of my patients 1 go anywhere you liko but dont show yourself on any account youd better ask some other doctor to look after your pa tients it will givejuolor to tho idea that you btve left england if i took lodgings out at highgate it would do 1 yes it would do very well send your address to mies mumbole so that i oan write to you charles reflected for a few minutes boforo he spoke again tho plan proposed seemed quite feasible and promised success ho had everything to win and little to kso for if it prospered kate would be his with her fathers sanation and if it failed he would be muoh whete he was before all right kate ill do it dont forget to write very well its settled youd better go at once and bo sure you dont leave your lodgioga later than four this afternoon by three oolook dr lakeworth was driv ing away from his old quarters with all his baggage having asked a friend to take his praotice for a day or two paid off his land lady and carefully imbued that worthy woman with the notion that he was bound for the continent when mr dottleton oame home that evening and oasually asked for his daughter he wan informed that sho had gone away in a cab taking a quantity of luggage with her about an hour before she had not told any of the servants where she was go ing and the only clue to her destination was the order she had been heard to give the cabman to viotoria did she teavo no message for me asked the astounded parent no sir did she say when she was coming back t no sir every domestio in the house was examined in turn but not a sorap of information coud be gleaned which would throw a roy of light upon this extraordinary proceeding of kates there was only one thing to bo done and mr dottleson did it he sent for a hansom and drove as fast as he could fo to viotoria station there he made equities of the bookingoffioe clerks and his heart bounded with excitement when one of tho men looked round from his desk and said that herocollected serving a young lady answering tho description with tickets for dover with tiokets 1 ejaoulated mr dottle son how many did she take two first olass singles replied the man promptly that looked ugly the faint suspicions he bad dismissed as ridiculous returned and took a very definite shape when does tho next train leave for dover express at 730 sir mr dottleson looked at his watch it was nearly six now so ho had an hour and a half to wale he would employ the time profitably by going to dr lakeworths lodgioga and making inquiries thero is dr lakeworth in 1 ho asked the woman who opened the door no sir but dr lskeworth ho scz as dr wiltrot i dodt want dr wllmor when is d- lakeworth cxpeoed home 1 heaintexpeotedbatdr wilmot time was too precious to be frittered away liko this he pushed past the woman into tho passage and told her to call the landlady the landlady took some time to answer tho summons and wben sho did sho proved to bo but one degree more intelligent than the servant mr dottleson jwvly discovered this and took hor in hand with a firm pa- tlonco whloh would havo done credit to a aeens counsel he was seated but choked down hia eager ness and repeated the question the doctor was gone to fuirin parts to the contlnong he said there was a certain amount of lati tude in the address but it was quite enough to harden suspicion into certainty it was as dear as daylight the two were off to tho continent via dover kato and her lover had left their respective homes at the same time the former bad taken their tickets and the latter had disclosed the direction they intended to take mr dottleson did not stand on ceremony he was out of the house and back in his hansom before the landlady could turn round kate had eloped with charles likeworth 1 a thousand pounds sterling per annum was trembling in the balance 1 0 the wickedness the deceit of the human heart 1 0 the short sighted unfathomable folly of old ladies who made wills like that 1 double fare if i catch the 730 from viotoria 1 they mutt be stopped he would search every hotel in dover he wonld put on de tectives to watoh the calais boat a thousand pounds a year 1 centralaahv ens was tbereeversuoh asnail in harness be fore were thalondonstreetsever so crowded as they were now this was all the outcome of that call for smuggless partner the words were ringing in his ears when he got out at the station and paid eff his cab he was in time for the train and lay back in his seat panting and breathless he was tir ed but as unswerving as ever in hia purpose dover at lost he walked out of the station and hailed a cab he had no dinner but hunger was forgotten take me to all the hotelb in the town one alter the other he said to the dum- founded jahu it will take the whole night sir ill make it worth your while whatever remuneration that cab- driver received he fairly earned it he took hlo fare from one hotel to another until his horse broke down and he passed mr dottle son on to a belated growler who was crawling home at four oclock in the morning he drove up to the station hotel and dragged himself to bed he had examined the visitors book in every hotel in the place and had questioned the hall porters besides but not a trace had he found of the fugi tives he slept until nine oolook from sheor fatigue but as soon as he awoke he rose swallowed his breakfast and went to the police office where he succeeded in obtaining the services of men to watch the boats who were to telegraph to him if the pair were seen then he took the train back to town nd went direct to starbone and smuggless office to bee mr slimp whom he found in his room looking as gaunt and sorrowful as ever you made a most exhaustive search at dover mr dottleson 1 he said when he had heard the whole story and the manner in which hia client bad passed the preceding night most thorough i cannot think they are there though they were too late to catohtho afternoon boat it may be that taking the tickets was a mere blind why should miss dottleson not uavo booked through to paris or where not if she actually intended going mr dottleson had not thought of that it was a littlo strange kate had often been aorota the channel with him and knew the the saving of trouble booking through implied what course would you buggest mr slimp tho consequences of suuh a marriage would be ruinous simply ruinous mr slimp stroked his hair up the wrong way and thought hard we must adver tise mr dottleson and at once blazon the wretched scandal to the world through the agony columns of the penny papers i that it should come to this 1 he laid his head upon his arm and groaned couldnt deteotlves do it they re too slow mr dottleson and the parties havent commit tod any crime hadnt committed any crime 1 and they were throwing away twenty thousand pcunds no crime how could any reason able man sib there and talk like that i leave the matter in your hands mr slimp i feci myself unequal to the task of dealing with it my daughter must be saved to us do whatever you think most advis able i will do my best said the melancholy man with a sigh but its a difficult cue mr slimp had not a reassuring way with him bnt he was an nergetio man enough he put the business in hand at onco and did what he thought was most efficacious mr dottleson saw tho result next morningin the timet here it is mr m d of blakewood square kensington earnestly requests bis daughter to communioato with him im mediately he hereby undertakes to consider her wish if she at once returns to his care mr c l is also invited to return be had hardly realised tho situation until this caught his eye in the paper ho said nothing to any one but crammed the times into bis pocket and drove to linoolna inn ho could not put the thought whioh oppress ed his brain into words mr slimp was en gaged when he reached tho office but on hearing who tho visitors was sent to request him to come in he went in and found a middloeged clergyman in earnest conversa tion with the solicitor ho bowed slightly to our friend who returned tho silntation with an idle glance he had no inclination to meot strangers just now and was a good deal surprised at the lawyer receiving him self when he had another client in his room sit down mr dottleson said tho solicitor allow mo to introduce tho rev william wlskin secretary to tho central asia misslonaty society mr dottleson turned pale and trembled hi was face to face with tho enemy i had called upon mr slimp in conse quence of the advertisement in this morn ings paper mr dottleson exclaimed the clergyman b sing of courso aware of tho his smoothly flowing speech was inter rupted by a suppressed scream cf rage from mr dottleson aa that gentleman sprang from hia chair grabbed wildly at the station ery case on the table tore a sheet of paper therefrom and seized a pen not another instant sbonld be lost and without pausicg to reseat himself he dashed off three line of writing and signal his full name at the bottom he added the date and after a look ab the clock the exact time my consent he gasped forcing the document into mr slimps hands he had fired bis last shot and sank hack into bis chair whence he fixed mr wiskin with a stare of impotent ferocity that gentle- man was nob slow to understand the footing upon which matters had now been placed and rose to take bis leave telling the lawyer that he should no doubt hear from him if necessary he attempted to address a few words of condolence to mr dottleson bub when he looked at him they died upon his lips and he fled from the effica looking back more than once half expecting to see the outraged parent in pursuit mr dottleson however was too muoh ococpied with his own side of the affair to move his anxiety uab the paper he had given mr slimp should prove too late ir-ccsv- 1 o every other sentiment ha hardly knew that he was consenting to dr like worths union with kate and endowing tho jitter with her grandmothers money the missionary society had been nothing more to him than a name until mr wiskin ap peared on the scene and then its reality burst upon him with such threatening clear ness that his only thought was bo defeat its claim if they have been mirrled by now said the solloitor slowly no advertisement will induce them to come back bub its very unlikely that they would be in such violent hurry aai with your leave ill issue a now advertisement which may do more than this one do what you thick beat bub for mercys sake let me know tho very moment you hear whether that permission i gave you is in time mr slimp promised compliance and saw bis client to the door then ho went back into hia room and set himself to draw up an other advertisement which we may as well show the reader at ones if miss k d of no 21 blakewood square south kensington will apply to messrs starbone and smuggles lincolns ind she will receive the written permission she reqnires she must apply personally the london dailies gave due publicity to this announcement the following morning with singularly prompt results mr dob tlcson called at linoolna inn about eleven oclock to ask for news and was informed that miss dottleson had oome to the office half an hour previ ously and having inspected tho docu ment her father bad signed and received assurance that it was legally what it pur ported to be had gone away in the direc tion of the west ecd probably to blake wood square mr dottleson rushed out of tho office and oalled a cab his excitomer b was rising again for in haf an hour he was to know where mrs lamsheds money was to go kate was standing ab the diningroom window when he drove np and oame to open the door when were you married he demanded exoitedly the instant he was inside the honse married eohoed his daughter im not married who said i was mr dottleson bank limply into a chair and gaped at her for three minutes before he found speeoh then ho pulled himself together to perform his duty explain where you have been ever since tuesday what have you boee doing where is that sooundrcl likeworth the extreme simplicity of miss dottlebons explanation goaded her father almost to madness sho had been staying with her old governess miss simoox at dover for a day or two it was very blow indeed down there she did absolutely nothing she wasnt quite sure where dr lakeworth was but he said on tuesday that ho was going to highgate for a short time no doubt he would write when he saw the advertisement and this was what he had magnified into an elopemenb 1 we will nob dwell upon mr montague dottlesons wrath we will not relate how he tried to got that paper back from mr slimp and how tho melancholy man aa executor would not give it up we say that we will nob speak of these things we leave them to the readers imagination it was a long time before our friend recog nised that ho was beaten and might as well give in gracefully bub he did so ab lost and charles lakeworth married kate dottleson with her fathers blessing dr lakeworth has now a large prac tice at the west end and kite some times complains that he devotes more attention to bis work than to hor nsvartheless they are a very happy couple and old mr dottleson frankly admits that his daughters choice was a wise one though ho looks grave wben you ask him about her littlo visit to dover sevres porcelain among the interesting exhibits by french manufacturers at the paris exhibition this summer is a very beautiful one from the famous so vms porceiain factory the dis play includes four hundred and forty separ ate pieces varying from dainty cups sincere and plates to vases and urns of enormoui size statuettes portraits and even the most delicate bouquets of flowers many of the pieces at once impress the observer as beautiful while others seem a little pro nounced in their vived blues and greens almost every tint which can be imparted to porcelain is here white turquoise blue all the greens the delicate rose pink which has received the name of dabarry and scarlet which has hitherto proved one ol the most difficult of colors to retain under tke fierce beat of the baking furnaces the manufacture ol ssvrea ware la one of the beat oldest and most characteristic arts of the french the sevres potteries have long been under the direob control and patronage of the government and are in receipt of an annual thousand francs the sroceeds from sales go to the state treasury any fine pieces are sent as gifts to foreign countries it may be interesting to note the origin of an art whioh has attained such a world wide celebrity a royal porcelain factory was first estab lished ab vincennes in 1745 under louis xv and produced many notable pieces of ware particularly bouquets on one oocasion it ia related his majesty was the victim of a practical joke one of the ex ceedingly lifelike bouquets having been placed in bis greenhouse by the royal favor ltemadame de pompadour the king on his next visit to the plaoe stooped and in all good faith attempted to smell the rare exotic the factory was transferred from vin cennes to sevres in 1756 since which data it has sent forth works of almost inestimable value porcelain pastes colored by metallio oxides are now compounded there whioh resist the aotion of tho most fiary furnace and the enamels on glazes have a marvel- ions transparency and lustre sevres porcelain has always been an expensive production for the most skilled artists have been employed in its manuf o- ture formerly the finest pieces were made solely for royalty and were sold only by royal permission the prices paid in modern times for some of these speolmens have steadily increased till they have become enormous cups saucora and bowls go off readily at five hundred dollars or more ab a recent sale a pair of rose daberry vaaes were pur chased for the sum of eighteen hundred and fifty guineas almost ten thousand dollars while cupa and saucers went off ab ono hundred and fifty guineas daring the present year singlo plates have sold for one thousand dollars each and vase3 from twentyfive hundred dollars upward a few years ago the enormous sum of fifty thousand dollars was paid for a single set of three jardinieres how to ihdtjce sleep many methods by which the drowsrctl hay be wooed one ot the moat effective induoers to sleep la a warm saltwater bath taken before retiring thia will almost always put a rest less child to slumber if it is well and if lb is well fed after its bath sleeplessness in an adultia more difficult to contend with a warm salt bath may nob always act aa quick- ly but it is worth trying if there is any tendency to cold feet pub a warm bottle to the feet after bathing and in many cases a restful sleep will follow it it far better to resort to every subterfuge to induce aleep before resorting to any sleeping draught sometimes a few crackers or something else eaten jusb before retiring will induoe sleep when nothing else will for this purpose many people keep a cracker jar in their rooms the thin wafer crackers are excellent for this purpose for the dry burning sensation in the palms ot the hands and aoles of the jeeb which in duoea sleeplessness sponge them in ammonia and water or vinegar and water the continued dwelling on a certain thought may be of value a frequent remedy of this kind is to imagine an endless flock of sheep stepping one by one over a stile the continual monotony of tho imaginary move ment will soon put a wideawake pron asleep a famous physician pub his patients to drowsy slumber by an arrangement by whloh they listened to the constant dropping of water drop by drop on metal if a person is habitually wakeful at night it is wise to give up tea and coffeo ab night and drink in their place a bowl of fresh milk heated quite hot societys reversionary interest in tho lato as dr likeworth at home no bub mrs lamsheds property it appeared that nover mind that when did ho go inquiries made in its behalf might not be out away go away 1 it might havo been throe oclock or halfpast or even four tho clocks wfta never mind abont the clocks was dr lakeworth coming back he said as bow he wasnt but them medical gentlemen never mind medical gentlemen just now did ho say where he was going the landladys countenance lib up with intelligence and she fairly beamed with superior knowledge she knowed exactly l already wedded to the gentloman named in where dr lakeworth had gone mr dottu- thc advertisement in which case since hor son almost jumped off tho table upon which fathers consent has obviously not o place i have advised mr wiskin that he has aa yot no shadow of a claim on the prop erty said mr slimp wo have no proof of miss dottlesons marriage to mr lake- worth or any one else so far i trust that mr dottleson will not con- alder my call hasty and precipitate but aa with j have pointed out the young lady may bo oy already wedded to the picked up a physician bays when a teaspoonful of worm honey is taken every fifteen twenty or thirty minutes it has a surprising effeot on catarrh every family should have a glass of pure honey in tho house in order at once after catching eold to be able to use some many ladies economise by cubbing off the hems of fine damask napkins whioh have become worn and fringing them out to the depth of an inch and a half thereby con verting them into pretty tea and fruit doilies what is safer than a safety pin was the conundrum asked ab a reoent mothers meeting the answer was stltohss there are thousands of fond mothers who sew babys olothes while he is in long dresses those who have never tried it laugh at the idea bub mothers know that oven small safety pins when placed in a little flannel band annoy the tender skin of baby if roso leaves troubled the princess while she slept why shouldnt brass pins annoy baby so the tender mother threads a needle with soft darning ootton slips her left hand forefinger down babys band and holds with her thumb then deftly takes four or fivo snug stitches and the band is on for the day the ekd work for work to be the promoter of long and valuable life we must know how to perform it and within what limits like everything else we must usa without abusing it moderation is one of the moat important elements in all value whon we carry a good thing to excess it becomes an evil and work is no exception overwork whloh exhausts the f rime depresses tho spirits and impairs the powers is as much an injury and a moral wrong aa idleness and both tend to premature decay it is tho same with work that is continuously distasteful and compul sory and with work which la performed in a slovenly and inferior manner unless it is well and willingly done it never carries with it that satisfaction and contentment which are essential to long life the boad to wealth mr jones 1 sal the old millionaire yes sir answered tho private secre tary here are fifty bogging lotters answer them all with a refusal yes sir and you will observe that every one has a two cent stamp enclosed for reply yes air will answer them on a postal he was consoled a now s orker who met a kansas man at one ol the hotels the other day heaved a sigh as he said i was in your town two years ago and that piece of property west of the railroad station was offered to me for 30000 yes i hear that it was bold last year for 75000 it was whab shortsighted people seme of us are i had i bought at 30000 i oould coir probably sell for 100000 think of that my dear friend let me oonscle yen that pleco of property can be bought today for 15 000 the boom has passed n y sun proof positive johnalng does yon tiok dit de young lady rokiprosates youah affection julius jults i dont sot myself up to much of a jedge of sech mattahs mlstah johnslng but lb do look wen a lady squeczo a gemman so bahd dat she breaks do rszaur in his west pocket dat she am lconin his way a little eh tipping humility is one of the most marked char acteristics of british serving people bays a writer in the new york sun a quality often lacking in persons of the same class in our own country the same writer adds nothing is more amazing to the american then the hauteur and arrogance of a typical london man or gentleman sices tho distinc tion is very sharp in the englisb metropolis hon dealing with people who serve him he siyb pieose do this and ill thank you for that because its the jargon of the town but his his politeness ia put lorth with such an indescribably arrogant air that it ia scarcely less effanaive than a slap in the face it ia accepted everywhere with tho invariable thank you sir the old story is still good of tho yankee who stood on the stern of the steamer as she swung out of liverpool and holding a shill ing aloft cried out if theres a man woman or child on this blessed island ive not tipped come forward now for this is your last and only chance 1 i remember very well an experience i had on my first day in london i started out with a typioal london man to lunch ab his club and we stopped ab a druggiats or- chemists as they say in england with the oh pronounced softly bo mako some pur chases my companion bought a few shill ings worth of one thing and another and when his change was brought to him he pushed two coppers toward the druggist and said carelesly heah you take these the druggist picked them up with a grateful smile and muttered thank you very muoh sir it was a fine large shop on the corner below bond street on piccadilly and the druggist was a handsome fullbearded and perfectly dressed man of about sixty years fanoy making bhe proprietor cf showy new york drug store a present of a far cents i the czara eeal title- perhaps some day the propriety will be seen of no longer calling the emperor of russia the czar it is a title but little used in russia the emperor styles himself imperator whioh is a muoh higher title than that of czar and wben in 1815 alexander i reooived at the congress of vienna the titlo of king of poland the accepted russian equivalent to tho title king was czar pater the great made a determined diplomatic fight in order to obtain hia recognition w emperor and this was ab last oonosded to him by the english partly because for commercial purposes they wanted bis alliance partly tjecause soma members of the rusolau em bassy in london bad been imprisoned or otherwise maltreated so that it was thought desirable to make by way of companeatinn the concession peter so much desired if however we insist upon calling the em peror of russia the czir ois own subjos oll him among tho educated oa emperor and among the peasantry gos- soudar or lord we might at least write the name as is is pronouncod and spall it not in polish or hungarian fashion but as the simplest transliteration jifrom russian into english demands the word is pro nounced tsar and tho first letter of the word in russian corresponds preoisely to our ts somebody has discovered that nearly every one of tho worlds famous beauties was born in summer at a time when he earth seemed to smilingly welcome them our esteemed chinese contemporary the hu pao has been investigating the orgin of foot cramping by chinese women the practice is of very ancient date some affirm that it aroso in the limo of tho five dynasties that is the tenth century a d jao ning the mhtrcis of li yu the last emperor of theso dynasties tied up her feet with silk into the shape of the crescent moon and all the other beauties of the time imitated her the literature of previous dynasties do not allude to the custom during the reign of kang hi 1664 a d an edict forbade foot cramping under various penalties the local officials being held responsible in some de gree for violation of tbe law by people in their district bub the fashion waa too strong and in 1663 at the instigation of tbe board of ceremonies- this edictwa withdrawn it la still universal in kuan ting and kuangsl had suffered enoneh a gentleman was arraigned before an arkansaw justice en a obrga of obtaining money under false pretensee he had enter ed a store pretending to be a oustomer bub proved to be a thief your name is jim lickmore said the justice yes sir ajd you are charged with a crime that merits a long term in the ranibontiiry 1 yes sir and you are guilty of the crime i am and you ask f cr no meroy no sir you have had a great deal of trouble within the last two years yes sir i have yon have often wished that you wore dead i have please your honor yon wanted to steal money enough to take yon away from here yon are right judge ha man sid stepped up and shot you just as yon entered the store yon wonld have said thank you sir yes sir i would j but judge how did you find out so much abont mo sometime ago said the judge with a solemn air i waa divorced from my wife shortly afterwards yoa married her the result is conclusive i discharge you here take this fiftydollar gill von have suffered enough arkansaw traveler