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TW dy he, I say, you know it. | like that, and too. know; I've
Perhaps you'd like to come and sec me. | been
. We might have other interchangeable | married—no,
views on the Great Game. Are you suffi- mean. There was a silly boy-and girl af-
ciently—di —to want to come?” fair when I eighteen.
Clay said he was; | terfercd, and while 1 was
| viction. | an empty life, mer—-Hugh Pallet
“] am at34 Portland Place,” said Mrs. | see? He liked
his tone carried con-
my youth,—~I wasn’t bad-
PART 1
There was oncea man, Clay Montgom- ' Fallet lazily, and dropped the little fan | looking, of course,—~my freshness and be-
name, who loved a girl and desir- as she lief in His own attitude—just a
oy marry her. This is a familiar be- | When Clay picked it up for her, she little binge. Sas sophisticated—seem-
ginning, you will observe, and sets no looked at him with a blending of curios- | ed to me then the most attractive side of
winding rivers afire, but have patience, | ity and liking; then she laughed. First life. Afterwards when I got back my
tle reader, we proceed to tragedy. ' and last, she laughed a dood deal. spring and could have been silly and ir-
girl, whose name was Delicia, and “Forgive me.” he said, “but must tell | rosncusile ald hachy, it wasnt any use:
whose other name was Lang, returned ' you. I knew all the time that your en- my hands were tied. So I got to see
that love. She liked Clay's low-voiced ment was broken. I heard of it be- . things as he did, and that jarred on him
fervor; and his ties, inconspicuously fore we met to-night. Now, I suppose, somehow. He wanted the idyllic faith in
agreeing with his silken socks, found you will not care to come. I am a deceit- me—dew on the rose, bloom on the peach,
favor in her sight When he spoke of ful cat.” all that sort of thing that he had out.
matrimony, she melted in a sweet con-!| “To-morrow night?” said Clay without ' grown himself. I couldn't live with him
fusion, but sufficient presence | the hesitation. And Mrs. Fallet | and it, and without it I irritated
of mind to make clear her acceptance of said he might. { him. We weren't frightfully happy.” She
the i ! After which the acquaintance procecd- drew a breath, and her drop-
and for a matter ed with undeniable celerity. Mrs. Fallet ped from “Anyhow, that's no
i an opti of Pare. | wis an engaging competion, Jd before Season 1-should heip you to a like mis-
dise; then quarreled. It was a quar- | a month passed Clay Montgomery | ; my story is intended as a warn-
rel ey a : wore a willow no longer, but laid it away | ing, dear boy—'ware the rebound! Some
was fire, his | —in camphor, so to ore two ' day, Jesiiapes- wii knows?—you may
of trouble the | months had have your little Dresden lady again, quite
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she looks.’ I wouldn't give you aday over
twenty-five.”
Mrs. Fallet thanked him with a little
grimace.
They were Sitting upon the small vine-
shadowed balcony of the sitting-room,and | = «
the light from lamps within, Sisereatly | you
veranda,
herself in a deep wicker chair, she unfurl-
ed a small pale butterfly of a fan, and
No moon,” she said in a slow, amused
drawl; her voice had cadences of com-
ing sweetness. “I'm glad of
ly staring thing, the moon, don’t
think? Like a rustic at a Punch and Judy
show, eternally gaping. You'd think its
Big white face would be dripping tears
time—tears of boredom-—shouldn’t
you?”
“I thought,” said Clay, “that women
liked moonlight.” Delicia had adored it.
“Very young ones,” said Mrs. Fallet;
Jerhape they. doi I'm thirty” —calmly
i winter of tent—
“and I like the stars: they're less obvi-
ous,”
Clay Montgomery, seated in another
wicker chair of equal depth, crossed his
legs, and nodded. For the first time since
Delicia had trod on his heart he exper-
ienced a sensation of comfort.
“Was it you?" asked the widow sudden-
ly, then remodeled her question, cl
and unclosing the little fan. “Is it true
I’m told you are engaged to that very
pretty Miss Lang?” :
“She is pretty, isn't she!” said Clay
with an of coolness.
“Adorably pretty,” said Mrs. Fallet,
“like a Dresden shepherdess Duch
esse rose; |
exquisitely fused.
ush!” she said. “I wouldn't hurt
for the highest star in heaven !—only,
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tion: “What difference in age was t | kiss her. Her face was very beautiful in
between you andes? husband?” said | the Soft light. Not a line touched the
Mrs. Fallet calmly, w he stumbled. | Jatin ge she S501 Jeg Sen: 5, J
“A trifle of twenty years.” | creased her mouth.
She laughed at the strickensilence that ' = «whom the gods would destroy’.” she
che Ja brief laugh, jangled alittle oq “Tet me go.
from its usual careless melody. Neither "14 enough to know better.”
of them seemed to notice it, though. | “You will marry me?” said Clay, ex-
De was fifty,» suid 1 in or | altedly masterful.
“Obviously,” said Mrs. ; “other- | "Cw
wise he must have been ten. Isthy ser- i You are quite
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“It's quite true,” said Mrs. Fallet. “I Filius BX av: my fais Then jn
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died at forty-seven. He would be fifty of recklessness.
now, if he were alive.” i
“It's unbelievable,” said Clay again, |
stubbornly. You—Lilia—you weren't
happy with him?”
Fallet leaned back in her chair
and laid the backs of her hands against
closed eyes.
aches,” she said. "With him
dear boy! I've had
ife—excitement, and
you love me,” said Clay tenderly.
“It's because I do,” said Mrs. Fallet,
“that I have my doubts.”
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An easy way to save $4 is to rug
two anecdotes, which are taken
A tramp applied to a Manhattan
woman the other day for something ta
eat. “Poor man,” she said, “have you
a wife or family?” “Madam, ‘he in-
dignantly replied, “do you suppose
that I would depend upon total stran-
gers for something to eat if I had a
wife?”
An old lady went to the Episcopal
church for the first time Sunday. She
sat patiently through all the service,
and going home her daughter asked
her if she enjoyed it. “Oh, it was a
very fine sermon, when the preacher
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN
DAILY THOUGHT.
Kind hearts are here. yet would ‘the tenderest
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Have limits to its mercy: God has none! |
——— —A. A. Procter.
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Ww and —Hair that is
lank,it isinexpressively ugly. The |
latter condition tells its own story, and |
calls loudly for attention and treatment. |
We may find that it is an indication of ill |
health and a lack of vitality in the whole |
or it may point simply to a con-
eo a Ra will yield read- | be
ily to local treatment. Nervous tension |
and strain, indigestion and constipation
all affect the scalp very Suickly, An im-
poverished state of the , due to any |
one of these causes or to others, robs the |
roots of the hair of their needed store of
nourishment as much as any other cell in | ;
the | Europe above high-water mark. The
got around to it,” she replied, “but, | uently, in searching for
my dear, it took him so long to do UD | 3 means of making our hair more LE
the chores first."—Kansas City Star. | ful, we may find ourselves far afield, with |
| the necessity of curing organic troubles
in themselves as well as in their
come to local conditions we
treatment much more sim-
to assume that there is a
of dandruff, and that the
and drawn, while the hair
abnormally oily or abnormally
of the timejy We can safely
treatment with a thorough
massage. |
uently, may be the begin- |
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Digestible Crust.
There is no difference between
constituents of bread crust and
of the inner part of the loaf. But
Lancet points out that the crust
tains much less moisture, and so
richer in solid constituents. There
also an Increased amount of solub
carbohydrates in the crust, oW!ng to |
the action of intense heat upon the '
outside of the loaf during baking, and and end of our cure. When the |
its flavor is more stimulating to the Sahil Is thick avd Saikes owing of
flow of the digestive juices. Crust and precede the shampoo with a thorough |
stale bread are more digestible than soaking of the scalp in either vaseline,
the soft interior of a loaf of new | olive-oil, or lanolin. This should be left
bread, because the e¢alivary juices act ' on twenty-four hours. It will soften the
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| new bread is resistant to the salivary |
' out the nextday. When it has not been |
put through a preliminary treatment of
this kind, the dandruff cannot be washed '
with |
attack, and seldom receives the neces-
sary treatment in the mouth. Persons
who prefer the crust will be glad to |
know that in this case the more pala- p.
table food is also the more digestible. itself may be done simply |
. with hot water and olive-oil soap melted |
— Rd Bt
. Ocean. i Poo soap- wal
The origin of the salt in the sea is | cleansing. A gocd egg shampoo mixture |
usually attributed to the constant ay Se wide of the white of an un |
washing of salts from tite land by !
rain and rivers, and the gradual de- After ;
positing of them in the sea, through thoroughly oer his my
evaporation. In every 100 parts of | scalp, the yolk of the egg may be applied. |
sea-water there are about two and one- | Of course a very w.
half parts of salt. It has been com- | Doth the scalp and the with hot wa- |
puted that there are 4,500,000 cubic | ter and the same soapis required after-
ward. It is better to use a sponge for
miles of rock salt if the oceans, 14% urpose
times the bulk of the continent of his purpes 6, akin 8 lather of the Soap
on the hair. Hot water should be used
for rinsing too, until the end, when there |
may be a cold shower. The rinsing must
be very thorough. It is almost better
Atlantic is much saiter than the oth-
er oceans. Prof, Alexander Woeikow
of St. Petersburg believes that this is
due to the large amount of water va-
por that is carried on to the continents
bordering this ocean, which are com-
paratively low where they front the
sea.—Youth’s Companion,
in it. The surprising
is no better proof that
thoroughly washed out than to have the
soap stick tenaciously when we try to
rinse it out. It is held by the oil, and
neither will come out until more soap
has been put on. A drying with the warm
palms of the hands and towels is far bet-
ter for the scalp than the hot air from
any machine. The sunshine at all sea-
sons, and a little stirring breeze in the
summer, need not be scorned. Rubbing
it with the hands seems to polish the
hair, and gives it the much-coveted gloss
that makes it so beautiful. Rubbing the
scalp gives it and the hair vitality and
scales, and when you have painted the little arteries, feeding the hair roots, and
relieves the tension. Even after the hair
entire contrivance white, made a pink |; dry it is well to continue the massage
or blue nest of padded China silk for ! of the scalp until it fairly glows. If the
the inner side of the basket and | hair is in oe 8 be too dry, it is the
trimmed ite outer side with enormous best possible time, when the pores are
bows of satin ribbon, you will have a | open, to y a little white vaseline, so
charming-looking extra cradle into | little that the scalp will absorb it all. If
which to temporarily deposit baby | the hair is of the oily variety, nature will
while its ordinary cradle is being | attend to the oiling all too soon.
aired.
is that there
Bables—Lean and Fat.
Weigh the baby every day. All you
need is one of the automatic weigh-
ing machines of small size such as the
old-fashioned housekeeper uses in the
kitchen when doing up fruit, and an
oblong basket with a flat surface. Any
mechanic will find means of securely
Here's a Rara Avis.
A remarkable record is credited to a
housemalid in New York who has com-
pleted fifty years of faithful service
in one family during which she has
had but one day off. Every member | Plain shows us the rea-
of the family, to the second and third | sonableness of this point of view. Why
generation, was proud to show her | Should we expect our hair to keep any
made a notable family celebration, | WOuld be the condition of an article
Exactly as it should have been, Prin.
.cess Eulalie of Spain said sometime
ago that the Americag people were
slaves of their servants, If this house-
‘maid in New York has tyrannized
over the family for fifty years the
master and mistrese and the children
and grandchildren adopted a peculiar
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of imparting a tone to the system.
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used directly in combination with ma-
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poultryman.
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the morning and the crop should never
be quite full until it is time to go to
in the ae te fest feed grain foi io 4
n tter in the morning
the sooner the better. This induces
them to exercise. In the middle of the
day a warm, moistened mash should be
given, about what they will eat. And at
night before they to roost a liberal
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owls should be kept busy.
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