THE COLUMBIAN SUPPLEMENT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 26, 1901 ! i 1 ; , i i; I: : 4- f r I'f r t! 1 ! il t If t&srfli : ONE NEW YEAR'S RESOLVE. BECAUSE SHE KEPT IT. ONE WOMAN S LIFI Wa MALE MISLkABLF Yer', rtnlve u long u I live," t',A the coti. kjp yonm;" reflifd toe "?!.; ii jca Lid. j'ou'd tavi beta nf-A.-iLg n.Lgi liineid of furi &Ld Lla n'.titr t .aa pictur Lit." "I Iccpt mice, bat it gnvt m a lot ol trouble. Vou , it tu t.ie fir. New Year'i iuee my mirrje, nd I ftit it ceceuarj to tarn over a ry wLiU new luf, to J reiolr-d " "Never to tell ao'.aer fib? Then I bop Anne i:d not uk yon if her ut x gown ai becom.iig." "I d; i not neither did the. It tht bd, I wouJl have at leaat told ber that it wai more becomicg toan tbe Uat ote. I re wived to give tij aocietj and devote my t.me to chanty. It n really vi difficult tc induce Arthur to go anywhere that I" "M.g'ot at well nave the credit of gir log it up voluntarily. Still, if you cried each time tnat he refuted, he would triLg you candy and flower, and " "And spend to much money on them that I'd have to give up a bat or two, betidei having my complexion ipoiled by the ndy." "Not to mention the doctor b21, if it made you ill. See?" "Nor the fact teat I'd have to Ulce tl.f medicine: No, I reaolved to derote myiclf jMiu iiiini mm ji. 1 to good deeds I always did like giving ad Tice." "Was Arthur delighted?" "I tuppote so. He was reading his paper when I told him. It is queer, but that ab sorbs him as much as curling my hair ab sorbs me." "Men are so queer. Did you really, keep your resolve?" "M'hm; I gave a silk waist that cams from Pari to a woman with three starv ing children and even showed her how to make it fit her. Then I went to tee a blind woman who lived in an alley, and took her a buocb of rotes and a lovely em broidered doily. And there was Elaine, who never did a thing for anybody; I told tier the ought to be ashamed, when I was devoting myself to the poor." "And was she?" "No. Bbe remarked that I was wearing new fur boa, and that I was evidently not depriving myself of imported hats. I told ber that I had to set the poor a good example in neatness." "True. But" "Yes. It was raining when I came away from the blind woman's, and I sent her ?randson for a cab. He never returned, and found that my watch was gone, too. When I told Arthur, he" "Yes, go on!" "He said that charity not only covered a multitude of tins, but ft good many dol lar as well. Well, I caught a eold that day and was sick for a week. The cook promptly left, and in boiling two egg and making some undriakable coffas Arthur burned bi hand, soorahsd bie east sIisti nd broke tw sjt. A Mum! Mai em rtt i3 mm M ' ss An-f -. ' . "I SENT A BOY FOR A CAB." "Of course." "MVui. Then, we .hl ; i-jy a p ,A many ticket! fir cbaritalle tr. .or. .'t.', aid a'.l n.y p-s.r p'.;.i r t ji :' v.-.r lu ai4 they'd ra:-er i.it ; . -:.iy tuu aC-.j'-t, so A.-.htr " "Coc.j '.ai.-.ed li ra- ;.i; " "Vet. K.r-a'iy Mrs. .S til.-tyle it-j ded to give a color.. il bazar, and irU ) t;.e : Tie costumes were to be tux ,tr a; but tl.e pr.xet.Is w ere 'm 0v ir.' -t ?sA in b'jj .i-g phot cra;'i.ie ;:, t.i (. : i . . tare on wh:'.i t:ie Vir.ii. ;.o ,r foul J feed their Lunger fir beauty. 1 tor.scnted to ht-!x), but" "Arthur:" "He ta; J liiat if I ror-tinued r:y cj ari'.iblc deed we v . lIJ toon be oLjcr.s of charity ourseivc. Ife hadn't re:'u.-t to gi or.y where wita v.". Mite, but i: you will believe it, Eiise, is ulling everybody that ir.-y r -K-d resolve ni only a scheme to bring fcbeut that re-oil:" ELI3A AP.M3TP.ONO EEXGOUGH. THE TURNING OF A LEAF. MR. SIMPLETON TURNED IT. EUT DIDST KEEP IT TURNED. NOTICE that to-day is the first of January," rema: .t i Mr. Wim pleton, as i.e un: jme i t.-ie break' fatt napk.rj. "'Inc day l.a set me to thinking tuat I had better revive rny boyhood's habit and make the resolve to turn over a new leaf. In the past, I " "Now, you are not goig to resolve to help the poor by giving away ail your tec-ond-beit clothes, are you":" taid hj w.:e, apprehensively. "You did that ou t, I re member, and bad to thovel tue tnov, of: the front pavement in your btt tuit." "I have done Eothii.g of t..e Lin-!," has tily replied her liee. "Tne fa' ;s that I have not been as Lirid a hutb.-.r.d in the past as I mijbt have been, and " "Oh, I guets you've been as good as the average," responded Lin wife, ralruly. "No, I Lave not, my dear, t:.at i inertly your gentle, wifely way of purtir.g i:. I know that I have o:tt-n displayed i;rtat temjer when the provocation was tiigiit, but in future you tuall Lave no cause for complaint." ' "Well, of coure, you were very unpleas ant about thote bills, Nathaniel. I thought at the time that you never behaved in tuat way before we were married, and " "Displayed some temper, did 1? No won der. An angel on a tombstone would Lave displayed temper over such extravagance as tnat. Did you expect me to remain as quiet as a a a gingerbread baby while I was robbed by a lot of However, in future I shall do it, since you are so anxious." "You are sure that you are not ill, are you, dear? The doctor said" "Never better in my life. I have merely teen the error of my ways and resolved to mend them in time. When I think of the terrible bis of aner to wnich I have some times given way, I" "Well, I was afraid that the last cook would make trouble because of the things you taid to Ler about tne biscuits, still" "The things I said, eh? Let me tell you, Sarah Wimpleton, that many a man would have deserted his wife for less than that. If I did make a few slight leinarks I v.as fully justified, I can tell you. However, it shall never happen again." "1 am glad to hear it, dear. Now ti.at I think of it, I feel very badly over your quar rel with the people next door, and your feud with the iceman, and the third's you said about tiie cigars I bought you at Christ inas were but what is the matter?" "The matter is this, madam; I nhall not remain here to be insulted. I am the most patient and lon-suffering of men, Lut even I will not stand this. I shall be at home late this evening, ii you send me a note of apology in the interval for this unpro voked attacJt upon me!" The banging of the front door put an impressive period to the sentence. "And all," said Mrs. Wimpleton, shaking ber head at the clock, "a'.l Ler ause he had decided to turn over a new leaf on New i ears day! ' Greeting to the ,w Year. Hall, Klad New Year! We do not ask Our woe you shouid di.-perse. We merely urge this simple task Pray do r.ot make them worse. Chicago Itecord. The Simple Fact. Stuyvesant Going to turn over a new leaf, New Year's day, old man? Schermrhnrn No, going to tarn oraf tbe same old leaf. Brooklyn Eagle. T SOME NEW YEAR THOUGHTS. IS WtlTHE EXfPESS.'OSOF tiov of a t it frt- t v. ,rt to 5 r.r it t;: i J- t.rsi or c: -i tl-irt i'rT I . c J c-r .- lt.:f.ff ' f I rf- .".tl..tj:t 'tx ... '. r.. r;f ,r.-. ( a'i t . ' - ; '. -.; iji:i r.o. j . :.j :! ai r;.e I ., p;t!:i ' -. ; t .e.r N.t Ver -. .. . r f.Fv;. .!,, in M; re i. j : y Ip -r:,!-r. r:.-'.r..:. v. : 'i. r.f.'. .er a :-:vii nor a . :.e X i !:;. a.ive t:e tret of ia it.-..,. ; e l-y.r. .: of .J-j.j, r In ff;r ; ' - - . a. . r;k'.rii. t -.e ' :r.e r'i at.: ... to ' r ', .'.-if m.'.i t y i.i 1. .! at .-.r t.rne ,t .. .' -'.ird a r if i.;.::i t-'t.mt:.'. t f riv n- i: i r ;. t '.e t ar..- . . : ar.i of the sterile .c:tr; r. r . -. ' i : a ir- e; :or n.in. wao ; t .e l u.-n.Lg of tie au- - .'. n.'.ti t.ie CI alif-in, ol dot of "1 ;-;!'. - farr.e .t ra : .:. : r '. .. -le.-. i-a natrr.. .- ; -! a- rr. are oer i. '.: ots' ., and t.iat &r:ta"er i Of ". generative j-tit.f-ple . a g i aid v.-,r- ..p4 it. 1 :.e ir gd - fell, r., as t..ey t'.e new grb ; . u. on l y t.ie trct, i: fit t.r.y : -t tf arret n gTM whit.i ; 1 '. r .-.i i t -e t'-re bls,d- of the pre v ,. ;. .-, jr. J in the rrany c-olore j little fi .-wtr t..al nt".lti cttfiJingly betide the g.-a !.:.;.. T.neyJ.r.tw t -.elr g ! l.vei snJ wan pleased w.ti. hi. -,;.le. 'I tif-y broke fort'i into re jomr j ivii.tr. la-ted many days. There was wot-.ip m .-mples ar.d t.'.e groves, and ir.!.ni-.e U it. everywhere. T .'trough en tary after "i.tury ti.it rei.gious and fes tival obstrvante wat had. aLd tr.e rtmami of i. are seen to-day in tie th.t: hvly day of the grfit Cati.tii': church daring the vernal ea. n, altho";?"! now held in com-ni'-moranoi of a grander and more glorious v-it. Tne New Year observance, then, is the surv.val :'. a day beyond the nod of its effxt.ve u-e. Or.ce a sublime object les x:i. -t re.:..:. -.lely as a re'ord of the Ug.nnitg of a : year, arbitrarily fixed by man. Its p;-iti.-.n is a J ccul-ar one. It is tifi: .e the htglni.ir.g of any one of the four ), nor tr.e end of any ore of them. Jt is not the cornn er.rerrer.t, tc-c.-ar:ly, of a week, even. It d,t- but a-ert for mao tnat by u; cLo.ce of tati'in a New Year has btgun. mpii let, as to tne ancient, so to the mo -r., New Year tea ..e-, after all, the Kame I fon. It tells tr it tne old year is dfid.at. i f.e New Year is b rn. It declarer the n r a! i'.y of all things, and it prove thit the mortal sr.all put on immortality. It Inches tne hig.'.cr le'ton that out ff death lomes life; ti.at the dyirg year does but make way for the living year, ar.d that th- ckasm is invit.ble between the cyir.i tnd the dead. A :r.g'e tick, ju t one t k of the clock, and in the minute interval the Old Year was and the New Year i-. and from this f- n one may learn list the mm of all t.ie lives that have been is but tiie expression of the lives ti.at re, just as the result of ail the years t t have been is found in t ie New Year j i-t uegun. WILLIAM P.OH.-'.'.R CO BBE. CUT DO AMTHINU ELSE. "'M iiuie," asked Mrs. Benham, "why do so i.'iar.y men reform and give up their bad han.ts at New Years? "because," interrupted Mr. Benham, "they can't help themselve. They're broke after Christmas. His Hoar. MrGorry (carpingiy) Tbim makert av al inanacs hov got us be dhe t'roats, bedad! Airs. McGorry How d'yez make tbot out? McGoiry Make ut out? Here, now: We hov cowld weather New Year's, phwin we don't nade ut; an' do dhey give us aven a brith av frost on dhe Kourt' av July, phwin our tongues are hangin' out wid dhe heat? Not so' yez cud nonce ut, bedad! Judge. ot at I'rocrastlnator. "I shall not wait till New Year's to turn over a new leaf," said young Hoopler. "My grandmother sent me a Bible for a Christ mas present, and 1, shrewdly suspect that the dear old lady hat bidden a few bank notes in it." Judge. Co Slow, Make new retolves mildly, orelse, I protest, When the time comet to keep them you'll run thort of zest. Chicago Kecord. Ilather Dlteosraglng, Maude Did Daisy Freshlight give young Slowboy any encouragement at the New Year' ball? Clara No, I think not. She asked him to marry her, that' all. Chicago Daily News. should lie I'erfertly Happy. "I don't see why Long Jim Jonesshouldn't be happy this New Year' day," said the Georgia native. "He' got six fiddles, ten children, an' a moonshine 'still' that ain't never been spotted by the government." Atlanta (Qa.) CoMtitution. " 'a wmu i A NEW "LoveWill YEAR'S S.a BASKET i 2 FBOEncxx l p I'.OM tbe time I was boy in kilt', cauing on the Steele form-1 part and parcel of my New Yer t day. They lived in a great st ,ne Lous aero the way. T -eir window were larger, their front dor brcder, and tbe iron piteappl-. on their gatepost b.gger than any other in the nt-ghborhciod. I am inre ebcut tbe pines; p.es, for Mary Steele and I mea tired tiem one day after a wordy battle. We used the beat of ber picafc-e at far at it would go, and ficisned the iccset upon my pocket handkerchief. frhe was right. Their pir.eat.ple were twice the sue cf ours, and I s tmired her rretty, exultant face, as it j.rted closely to see that I "played fair." She was to near that her breath blew rer loote hair a'Tos my chetk. suddenly, I matched Rer tloK and kjtd her agaia tad again, rrhe f.rrilei and freed hereif. indignant tears were in ber eyes. "Yoa sre a very mean boy," she id, "and IT never speak to you again." It was a mean trick, and my cheeks Cuth yet when I think of it: but I was "only a boy." Grandma St-tle said, when she latched op the row; "and beys Lave im pu,l?, as well as g;ri." After that crr.r I felt it my duty to be-ome more winniri? and agreeable. I tried with my tor m i t to keep myself neat, and corrected a dor.-n small faulis, of which mother ces; aires, in order to stand well with Mary. St.- ve a I would, there was a lot something that couli not be re-rt-fred, and Jli-v'l distrust of me made my self-love ache. It was only on New Year's day that she treated me with the interest I craved. Dear old New Year' days! Hove tiie memory cf them. Tnocga the Steele bouse was stately out side, onre within those hospitable doors formality at forgotten, until one met Grandma Steele. Her handsome fare and fine mailer suggested high-breeding, and uncontci: us'.y one put forth one best speech and conduct when in her presence. "I SNATCHED HER CLOSE" I thought it a breach of courtesy to cough or sneeze before ber, and many a heroic struggle have I had with self to avoid these spasm. Mary's mother was altogether d.fferent.. She was a small, fair woman, with merry' little wayt, a continual laugh, and the manners of a child. The tor; of a person tnat one must pet, and indulge, and ex cuse. My mother wa also a very tmall woman, but ber manner to Mrs. Steele was that of a tall woman bending to a midget. Y ear alter year passed in pleasant, even fashion, until I reached the age of 12. Mother wakened me as usual one New j Year' morning, but, contrary to her cus- torn, seated herself on my bedside, and, ' facing me, clasped my band in hers. "My son," aaid the, "you are old enough now to bear responsibility, and learn manly wayt and ideas. Your father was a gentle nan. He was kind, loving and tender; ever ready to defend a girl, a woman, and the right. He never drank to intoxication, and hoped bit ton might alto be exempt from this temptation. If not, be prayed that strength might be given him to leave it entirely alone." I I wondered why mother was saying tbit to me, when tears came in her beloved eyes, and she continued: "I am telling you this, dear lad, because you always visit the Steele on New Year's day, and there are many young men whom you may tee there young men who drink too much, aay too much, and whose man ners are not always the manners of gen tlemen." Then I understood, and putting my arms about her neck, pledged myself in the name of my dead father to be temperate, faith ful and true. The bells of St. Margaret' broke into a merry chime just then, and mother ran away crying: "Up, up, Jack! My son must not be a sluggard on New Year's day." The day had been dull and gray. A whitey sense of snow thrilled through the tharp, wintry air, which made the warmth and comfort within intoxicating. From cinj o'clock in the morning a line of callers had poured over the door-sill of the Steele bouse. Carriages emptied their loads of elegant looking men at their curbstone, the tails of rich coats flourished like black wings behind the flying figures, while white satin waistcoats and light gloves gleamed in contrast as the caller rushed up the steps. Few little boys were among the guestt, and my jealou heart absorbed a grain of comfort from thit knowledge. I hurried from my outlook, and into my bat and raglan, when mother called: "Come, Jack! It' four o'clock! Aren't you going over to tbe Steelet?" When Pompey opened the door, he showed all bis double molars in astonish ment at my magnificence. I was clad in ' broadolotb from shoulders to ankles, in stead of the velvet, short trousers and braid ed jacket that had fretted my masculine dignity for two years. Someone has said that "a sense of being well-dressed gives one a self-possession that religion cannot be stow." I felt thia a I entered the parlor, and caught a glimpse of Mary. The fact, too, that Mary pink sash exactly, matched my ... - ... ' . '2&r'Jt'';:: V'"' teckt.e aiiei warrnta to tr.e atincfr.lef't; and ii.ie E.e "pt Graadoia Sie'i fo' Bj,1 k an M. Steele's la gMrg greet i g 5iyl Ol Myl Jack, but ytti area ttU." ''.' tigttiu! due. Mary s ej-:ially nice and glad to tee p.. rrne (.ad two or three l.f.ie tricks i ;"th Uteiy that I l.ked. and fctriacg'j gttt.ns to sweet and low. : nr :-4n the long f triors, under bt-tb the I i pr.'uiatic chacjel.er. tprtad 'tl"- i..,e." that wonderful feature ri New Year t bopiU".iiy in olaen New York. It as Laden with cubttantiai and del; j -'. tii beautifully arraiged; and on a t tit e cm i,j coffte and hs.ate, and i IJD.-':i ere d;-enei by IV-m;-t. w..o made a apiul br-iwe rupi-artr. ir. ! r and f gurt, lays ready to "terve ce gtr:. tritn." Mary and I were g'tticg cn v;ry well. Grandma Steele bad taken uttot.e jrf.'y Mil mm- - HE LAY PROSTRATE table. We feasted, g.rl and boy fitiii-rj; I bai tropotfi a philoj ena, acda about a-b.i.g for one of those pink nbi :.s. when a party of gentlemen tame in, and suddenly the air changed. In a m rntr.t it b-eame evident they Lad imbibe- tt freely, an 1 were too hilarious Kr the to tiety o: Indies. Grandma Steele drew herself up very tall, proudly to. She smiled and talked, but bet smile was like the frost on a w.n.i v.v ; in.-, and her words were l.ke 1 its of ke t'.i.l: ing tue tides of a thin gvbiet. In a ;u.i's undertone the give Pumpty to ur. ier-:ar. '1 the punch-bowl needed replenishing. Ii disap;-eartd a swiftly as i: i.e had beef! a prestid g.tator; and tne llai k conjurvr far got to bring it back. Clever Poznrey: Mrs. Steele sm.led ar.d ;c--ted gaiy. ex changing badinage in her l.giit-Leatted way, and looking very fair and pretty, i-ht rippled out a merry laug i, a or.c yottr:; man fell to his kncei while making a fa! , lant tf tecli over her exten :i 1 and. A ru-f ! Grandma Steele's fh'-e tame a flash of c 1 r She stepped q-j.ckiy toward her daughter in-law. exclaiming: "Marv! I.C careful;" but she was fx late. Tee daring young man was cn 1 i feet, and made a rush for trie now frig'-i tned lady. He caught ber tightly in hit drunken embrace, and started to run ofl with her. The other men were laug :i.-.i helplessly, treating the matter as a Li;-, joke. 1 Mary groaned and covered her face wit: both hands, and I, in a fury of rge. cashed in front of the young man and tore open his arms with the power and ease of s u.f mighty avenger. Mrs. Steele, thus freed fairly flew up the Starrs, her face lieo with terror and distress. I stood by the newel post a second. Rushed and panting; gazing down in disgust at tht prostrate man. Then, as Pompey lifted U f drunkard to his feet, a volley cf curse black and deep, that were intended for me. befoulel the arr. The memory of rry morning's lcdt: came to my mind. I walked to the arkr and taid to the three gentlemen: "Your friend is ill. He is in his carriage Pompey is waiting at the door. 1 trill make your excuses to Mrs. Steele." They bowed themselves out in a maudlin 1 HEAR the bells e mldaleht rlr.ftrt ever sweet and clear, "Neath the starrt Heljs o tiure whils the earth Is whit with i azjapcTi to 1.-.0 mums an tne portals of tr. year. And till anew the sttc-y of the s;es br.g ago; The wild winds benr th;!r nusi: ever hills and valleys far, Ar.1 echa ,roir.;t!i3 ie'.'.s that lis smld the snow Impeari'd; It seerr.s to f'.rut i!c': a.-J f irj a bdiment In a star That sheds Its scft arj raiiant Heht upon a sleeping worid. T THROW the casement vide to hear the anthem of the bell That ring st midnight's silemn hour to let the Mew Year In; They t.-eaths ct hayp!r.ers ari psaee and eich ctd one foretell The dawninj cf a cyc: new sIoys tho OiJ Year's din; Methinksl heir the footsteps cf t;.e I tew Year your.g and stronf. Asni:ar.t. lie a linla chili, he treads the paths of night; His scept-r In his eagr ha.-.Js, his heart a living song. He comes to millions vaiting by the moraing'a gates ct light. THE Old Year, flitting ty us, leaves his foot-tracts in the snow, give the parting g-iest a ami to cheer hira oa his vay; Methiaits ha stops t momer.t where the winter winds sre low To catch the music cf the chimes that usher In tho day; He hears the twhsat mldrdght srd listens with s tigh, The monarch old his left his throne and ail his robes of state. And onward comes the yocthful king beneath the bending sky. Earth-welcomed ty the glee some bells, with childish heart f'"f A COLDEN bcUsW mld-iight I the gladsome year ye bring Is velcomej by a happy world. Is crowned In every tone; In every heart the chorus of the chimes Is echoing, And fills with Joy tha humblest cot and tureoles the throne; Tho pilot oa tho vasty dscp st midnight gazes far And hails tho mystic music d the unseen blissf ul bells. And steers his good bark homeward by tho New Year's shining star Tho while upon tho distant thoro th sacred paian tweila. rt BELLS that usher In tho year I 0 chiraet of kove and peacel O tuneful bells that ring of change above tho fleecy snow I Hearts .rn. 4 i..v .. . . . - - .- i.v.ii --'uiiunieomoroioTy past corns scenes of long ago: Rlr.g loud, O beUsof midnight, that usher In the year, The portals of lbs morning fair, enwreathed. are standing wide; Tho Old Year drcps upon tho snow an unregretted tear As th calicos hail the New Year in hi glory and his pride. faihifa; and it ws the p-oude. recmer'. of my lue w. to Orandina Stt t is. 1 !.r caii on my ytd.w tta-i an! sail, qu.f.ly: My tyl My L:t.e pruitvtorl 1 ui joa." Mr. 5:tsl? frame in s .tstt.y titer t .at. Grandma !-.- rritt mm at Se dx.r, atd hu order I ;y. as I tt home, v a. "We art Uj- - home gat, 1h.;t.'' Tr-at ime mjntli I wtt ti I- r ..-g fthool. eiiTjirr ray lady's color w-.-.h me. in the tna; e cf a fink hair ribbon Mary eai v. r n on New Yar" cay. Surely, there litver a a j r-jud i-:f it tiian I. Yesr by ytir the g :d tld cuttom dia-dlt-d; ki.led by just tuih f its at bad ;. gited try you:. r.ul. 1 je gvrye-.'C to. lettft m:eratd to nioiict gwt. Luxu ri u tiVie t..nrt t t:i? of ci'k aad w.:.e, or aket aui toltt. Ma 'sited, cr r ue in s'.rett 'art. tj piy t t.r tails. Fi-r,'-iiy tearn'.t,. Uftn to be ul.ir. St .2 I rr.i.'e my sctal tali cn Mary and Ler i.v:.er, ar.l grew m r.err. T. e sta'.t'y Granl:..a lad ja-l away, an i Msiy tjcitti ret -re her t-esrl iei r. ri.t :ie. T.itfi rv rt--. e w deto'a' 5. M, Me. f.l s.. nr.". .ti'. -iti! i lr'l Eft f.-d .ti-iitd. It v. ; t :':i-r. '. i.i ry tr-ui-V. ..ei; .ie w ;t i M' :.t. itj rtrtt'.t t i l merry. r... .;l.k. ar.i .. Mary, a'- n.-. I could cot fan. c id t-e-n in Pat. two y r-. and it! i iv . Mary i-i fj.t. i ..a. : i .rt r rr - t. ar. a tativt rr -1 : -..- i ;. i '. ii" i.'Vr an irr ps-. :.: i 1 rtll t. z ; r f : v Lie t l.ive, and :m; ijr.ng Ler m b - r.y "i.e. S .e r- p r.Je-i briefly, ar.d i ; the tone u-ed thtM.g i ail iifr Utter! "I tl.ankyou i .-r t ie h g i !o:.i; ' r.. t" e te. "but w:.v not keep on in oir old fi.en-.ly way!" This -a too mu h. I was hurt oeply, r .i-r ans-crtl her letter, and rt-'.vej to ktej. a'.-f. t'- arid ..rever. T..va:-1 tr.e t-.d of Dec-ember I Ueira; une?.-; . ar.i re tlvel to g h'jite. or. at !ea-t. to tli N w ' -rk. We landed on New Ye ir't eve, ir? " r. New Year's morning, a tne 1-tll i f V.. Murgire.' were :. wring ;'-r terr i e. 1 f -unl m;-tif e pc:te Mary's bouse. 't...i;g over at t..e oki place, with the tarrr old !-.-. s.i i rite reft. V at a crar-.-e from the old days: Every t.id? of t.e:y i.oute on the b'.ck entire'y ovtrel it- w indow. and n ea-.-h 1 -el! pull was a tiny ba-ke: fiter.e-l .;.nk;cif fiy nl U'-r.. I was indignant. "A i.ne way I ..at." I a'g-je!, mentally, "to treat vis.tors 0. 1 New Year day." A tlostd house, ir. ,;,.! I; .iou'1 t.jxn to n.e! An! tnat baskei! IVcVtiU'v it wastbe rift of t-rnc fond 1 vtr, l.ke the M lay basket of the clien ti-r.e. T.c! with M ir ' favtrite col .r. tW. Wry weill I w.-.ai 1 take it down ar.l offer 1. e. my i .itigratulatu r.t, when I Landed Ler t. e I a In 1 mc-un :ei tl.e ttep an! gave the kr. .h v:g-rou pull. U.J IVrrpey , pent t ie i - r. He knew nie at once, a:', sniilvd brcaJly. be said: "M.s? Mary .s.ie'li lie de'igbteJ. Disvitit's ri m-rtjlsr: jet w. ut the likes." When M.ry tame, tr.e seemed a little trtni-.l ! -n! oinf isei. I reniemWred the basket. It Lad fallen to the flo-.r. 1 poun.id upon it v.c.ouslv. In it lay a tar.l: "M-. Ste-Tirt King'ley." "M .ry." I gi-pfd: "ture'.y you are rever g iir.g to r.arry the man who insulted your mot. cr 12 yra's ag;" ar.d 1 held tip the card r-fi-r? l er -tonis!icd eyes. "Y.oti silly b y," Jaid she. and with that years vanisl ed : ve were young again. "This-." s.iaV.ing tSe ba-Let, "is trie way ':? receive to-duy. We put cut our baoket, and a".y lie wiio withes may drop Li card in it." "Ti.en he did net tend the basket?" "O i. nol" laughed Mary. "Well." faid I. "wuat a silly fashion: to tie five yards of ribbon to one's bell-hanflle, that a frier.d may not pull it!" "No. Only two yards," said Mary. "Five," I protested, and then taid: "Come; let's measure it." So I took my handkerchief ' to measure and fmifhed up the inches- on the ribbon that hung from her belt. This brought us very near e;ch other; my Land trembled, but I had gained a fine courage. Aturlof my yellow, tousled head brushed Mary check. Siieflu-hed prettily, and. putting her arms about my neck, touched my lips l.ght ly with Lens. "Thar was a meai trick!" I cried, de lightedlv. snatching ir.y darling to my heart, "and I'll never speak to you again, unlet you promise to repeat it every day of your natural life." Ml ,wiii owy.inousandsorrovs T. C HARBAUGH ft f in 1 layitfiuBSbSKjva
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