The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, December 26, 1907, Page 2, Image 2
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSRUPA. P v I LADY KITTY'S I MARRIAGE. g By A. G. 1'. Stokes. 3 "But I detest tho men of the present day," sho said rebelllously. "Thero Is no romance about them,. You have often said bo yourself." "That Is not tho way to look at It," f' countess persisted quietly. 'here are certain things Ik the v Id that must bo faced. Mar- - is one of them. And you ure 1 r-nnd-twenty to-day. darling-" '-. urn vary, very happy as I am. 7. hy must I marry someone who e)ia at every expression of truo . !iug and scorns tho idea of show i. s' a girl that he would go through f.,c and water for her? Loo!; at my grandfather. Didn't ho rldu tea miles to church every Sunday, wet or dry. Just to see tho girl lie after ward married?" And ho was not allowed to speak to her then. Who Is there who would ride or walk a mile In the rain to see me? Not one. "I believe Kupert Halllday would If you would let him." "Rupert? He's a dear In one way. AlwayB ready to take me out, and to do ordinary things l!:at h mini In society must Uo. But he de-su' understand the very A, B, C of love," Lad Kitty paid scornfully. "And 1 want to bo loved, mother Just for myself." ' I'l.'.ity of men have told you that the..- do." "In n -orl of pour passer le temps way, iii.it Is all." Tl'.o countess took u pliotoirniph from the little table at In r side and looked at it critically. It showed u phi with a delicate face full of thousht. "You have often told me how lie . .y M nrlnl is. She has found ro mance apparently." Lady Kitty plamvd at the photocraph. and sighed. "Yes. But it was n hard sfnigg'e for her. She made the best of thlncs brr-auso she wanted to marry God frey. They had hardly any money nt first nnd lived In a horrid fur nished Hat. She worked hard all day; they had n friend ta live with thrm, and she never had a new dress for two years." "Would you like that'" tho countess asked gently. Her daugh ter got up and walked to the win dow. "I don't believe it is in mo," sho said, in a low voice. "But Muriel !-; quite happy. They aro much '"ter oft now, and Godfroy worships i'hall you be In to lunch to-day. .r . . No; I am going to tako tho Ers . los In the motor to Harrow. ItB Y,"!lfred's birthday, and he is to have a tea party." "You won't run any risks?" "We'll follow a van, if you like," laughed Lady Kitty, as she run out of the room. The countess sat thinking for some time. Then she went to tho hall and telephoned to Mr. Halllday. "Can you come to lunch?" "Thanks; I shall bo delighted. 1 Lady Kitty in? She ought to soo tho chrysanthemum show It's splendid." "Sho is motoring. I want to see you particularly." "I will be with you In half an hour." Over the fire in the library, after luach, Rupert Halllday asked the Question that had been worrying hlin for some time. "You said you wished to see mo. Lady Eversley. Can I do anything." "I want to speak to you about Kittv," the countess said, looking hlin full in the eyes. Halllday flushed but bore the look without flinching. "I think you know what my feelings are for her, but somehow ehe never lets me tell her bo. Wd are excellent friends but we get no further." "You do not, perhaps, take her In the right way. Let me tell you our conversation this morniug." Tho Countess did so, and the Hon. Rupert IIullKlay listened. "I am ready to do anything," he declared when she had ended. "In my opinion Lady Kitty 1b quito rl.-ht. Life nowadays is too much Ilk.:- ono of these musical cornediej. Everyone plays the fool, as it were. Yo i know quite well, Ludy Everslwy, that. If I were to tako a box to seo Kortx-a Robertson In Hamlet, or thy r.l'.-- ;,t the Oilety, that nlno girls o.'t of ten would prefer the latter." "Kitty among them?" "She would go with the crowd." "And wish all the time she had b' en the tenth?" "Very likely, but what oan one dr?" "Slop taking too much for granted." "My uncle, the admiral, has left i'ie, twelve thousand pounds, evory penny of which will bo settled on ray w ife." "You must use your own discre tion, Rupert. If I did not thor oughly trust you, and believe you would be a good husband to Kilty 1 v .-)'.: 13 not have spoken to you to day, but your father and I were very dear friends, and I do trust you." "I shall not fall you," ho Bald yui'tly. "Tell mo what you thl.li of this Idea." He smoked hard lor a few minutes. "Mind you Ludy Eversley. It's not quite on th Brpini"', but If you will give youl1 rn ctlon, I'll enrry It through. All k fal In love and war, you know." Lady Eversley hoard him pa tiently "It seems rather rluky," shj remarked. "It's playing game, and 1 have the best cards. Desperate 111 re quire desperate remedies, you sacn and I, Lady Eversley, am staking my life's happiness on this. You may trust me to take care of Lady Kitty." I The countess sighed. "1 leave it 1 to you, Rupert, and on my sido you may rely on my innocence. "If I nm successful in wlnnln? Kitty for my wife, and Lady Evers ley for my mother-in-law," he wild with gentle courtsey, "my ambition will bo satisfied." Lady Kitty read the dally Outcry each morning at breakfast. It cost a half penny nnd gave plenty of news lu a condensed and sensational manner. Tho "Agony" column was a prominent feature and although matrimonial advertisements were not admitted, there was frequently a strong resemblance to one. On this particular morning her attention wa caught by tho following pathetic de mand: "Correspondence desired with a lady who believes, with the adver tiser, that everyone has a twin soul, and that complete happiness can only be attained when they come In con tact with each other. A brief inter course will soon decide. Strictest confidence on both Bides to be main tained Address 'Sympathy.' Tont oftlco, Dorley-on-the-Hlll, West shlre." Lady Kitty read tho advertise ment several times. At first alio wondered If the Dally Outcry had taken leave of his senses. "The editor must have been dining out," she eald to herse lf. Thare wan n letter from I!nllld:iy a. king her If she would go to a let tiro that afternoon, given by a friend of his. The subject was "Mind v-rs'.n Matter." "It only lasts an ho.ir, nnd we can motor afterwards, If yaa like." "Rupert is surely getting serious-! As if I should understand a lecture." Sho wroto an affirmative, however, and then, "Just for fun," began a re ply to the advertisement. After a few attempts slio read one that satisfied her. "Dear Sir I am rather touched by your appeal In tho Dally Outcry, for I myself have often felt the want of sympathy hi i eople one meets In ordinary society. There Is too little romance, I think, and too much sham and fiivolty. Ono Is ashamed to express one's real feeling for fenr of encountering derision. Should you care to answer this letter, explaining your views still further, please write to 'X,' Charing Cross Postotnco, Lon don, W." Halllday found Kitty rather pre occupied for the next few days. She excused herself seeing him on sov-err-.l occasions and volunteered no ex planation. Tho countess was a but;y woman, presiding over several clubs and philanthropic institutions. Her name was eagerly sought as pa troness of bazars and various chari ties, and as she seldom refused, and gave handsome donations, her time was well taken up. Four days after sho had posted her letter, Kitty received tho follow ing reply: "Dear Miss K I cannot tell you how glad I was to read your letter. There were other answers to my ad vertisement, but something about your writing compelled me to answer your letter first. I feel sure that there is a sympathetic chord between us and correspondence will declda tho question. A few personal de tails are necessary, and I will moni tion that I was stroko of the Oxford boat when you, doubtless, were wear pinafores, playing with a kitten, and snubbing little boys who presumed to pay you attention. My ago Is 30 odd. I ride eleven stone, and am about six feet in height. "The reason I have acted in this erratic way Is because girls of th present day as well as men affect to despite all true romance, as you Bay. I begin to despair of finding someone who was really sym pathetic. Will you tell me mow about yourself? Are you fond of reading? Who are your favorite authors? Has good music any at traction for you? Do you hate the country? Do you prefer motorB to horses? "Please forgive all those ques tions. "Yours very faithfully, "Sympathy." Kitty was very much Interested in this letter, and sht unswered it tho next day. By the end of a month matters had so far progressed that Kitty decided to accept a week-end Invitation from Borne friends at Pull borough, which happenod to be a tew miles from Dorloy-on-the-Hlll. On Sunday afternoon she was to cycle to the little church, and, after cer vices, cross over the bridge that spanned the stream at the end of the village. There ehe was to look out for a gentleman, wearing a gray tweed suit. He would have a llttl'o silver-gray Yorkshire terrlor with him. Kitty felt very guilty whou she said good-by to her mother, and promised to telecraph, directly eh arrived. "1 wish Rupert Halllday could take you down, dear. I don't like your traveling alone. But he la go ing away hlmsolf, I believe." Markham is a perfect dragon, you know, and I always have her in t'.ia carriage with me. She Is bettor to talk to than strangers, bo I shall be quite safe," Lady Kitty said brightly, Her friends met her at the station and drove her home. They wens very' charming people who nevar asked quostlons, and allowed theit visitors to do as they liked. When, therefor, Kitty declined to ' Join a motoring party on Sunday to Invest:- gate the old monastery that wns haunted by a weeping man, nnd de clared she Intended to go to church, no one Interfered. Somehow, sho rather wished that her plan had ot worked so smoothly. By the tl.na the scanty congregation had slowly filed out of the churchynrd, and tht vlcar had disappeared, Kitty began to feel excited, not to say nervous. But sho went toward the brld all the same, and some one was cer tainly standing there with a little dog under his arm. As she ap proached tho tiny creature yelped. "I bellevo that I have the pleasure of addressing Mlns K?" said a vole. Kitty's heart leaped. She looked up to see Rupert Halllday standing hat In hand before her. He was wearing a gray tweed suit, a beauti ful little Yorkshire terrier was huddled up contentedly Inside his coat by this time, for the wind was cold. "You, Rupert!" she gasped. "I am so glad you came," he said pilte naturally. "I was mortally afraid you wouldn't," and, taking her hand, he drew it quietly into his arm and they walked on. "There Is a seat under those trees. Shall we sit down and talk? 1 should like to tell you a Utile story if I may." Kitty allowed herself to bo led like a child. "You aro wondering, of course, what all this means. It Is thla: There wns a girl who would never let me tell her that I loved her. S'ao was the very dearest little girl In all tho world, but as evasive as a rain bow, and never would let me find out her real fe.ilngs about anything. I knew she was quite ('.liferent from tho ordinary society doll, fo at last I Sent her my advertlbement, hoping It would nppeal to her. I said to myself that some instinct would make her answer It." "But I never knew how could I that you would do such a thing. Oh! It was shameful, " she cried, hotly. Her face was scarlet, and tears came Into her eyes. Rupert bent down and looked Into them. "Was It?" he asked gently. "Weigh the whole matter well in your mind before you answer. We might have gone on for months, years even, without ever getting to know each other as we do now. I was desperate, because I loved you and wanted you to bo my wife. It was romantic foolish, if you lik" but I know you better from those letters than in all the time I had know you before. And so do vou know me now, don't you, darling?" Kitty looked up, and Halllday caught her hands and kissed her. "The vlcar of the church here Is a friend of mlno. He has proniIad to marry us, and 1 have got the li cense in my pocket. There is no thing to wait for" "Marry you now, this minute? How could I, in bicycling dress? What would people think?" "You nnd I are above convention alities," he said, firmly. "Haven't wo threshed the wholo matter cut between us? Do you think I haven't provided for all contlgencles? Didn't I disguise my writing so t lat you never guessed that 'Sympat iy and Rupert Halllday were tho same? I have a friend here who will help us and take care of little Fluffy. I will send messages to the countess and your friends. Announcements will be made In the papers. You can buy your trousseau In Paris. The crisis of your life has come, my darling, and I beg you not to draw back. Come." Kitty went and they wore married. Curious Auts. The large auts In Lapland ar three times as largo as our common ant. Their nests aro hillocks or fire sprigs and rubbish, often four feet high, the Inside a mass of eggs and ants. Well beaten roads diverge out. Ont day a naturalists was Jumping; over brook and brushed with his head and shoulders two willow branches which met over the water. In an Instant he was covered with ants, which were making their way across the bridge which he had dls- urbed. There Is a species of large ant, which has mandilbes that cau bite through almost anything. One of the peculiarities of this ant la that when It catches hold of any thing with these Jaws It cannot be made to let go. Even If the rest of the body Is pulled off, the Jaws will keep their hold. Ants know their frkuds after they have been separated from them for a long time. An Englishman took half tho ants from a neat, nnd after six weeks marked one Mid put Into Its old homo with a etranger. The ants in the neit flc-w at the i;trani;er, but took no notico of their old friend. He did the SM:ia thing once a week for a month, and every time the stranger was killed r-r driven from them In every direction, like the lines of a railway. These ants cross the little streams and brocks by means of natural bridges. Perpetual Motion. As the man with tho small black caso passed down the avenue he was hailed by an excited individual who was leaning from an upper btorv win dow. "Come up here at onco," shouted the chap above. "I want you to at tend my wife." "But, my dear sir," replied tho man with the black caso under Ms arm, "I am not a doctor. 1 go around fixing talking machines." "Well, that Is Just why I called you. My wife has beon talking con tinuously for five hours and I v.ai.t to see If you can stop her." Chicago Newi. XKW POCKET IS MIKITY. But It In Fit for a Fulry Only, Too , Sinnll for any l"e. Through tho sentimental conceit of a Paris modiste gentle woman has acquired that long-denied boon a pocket. It h not largo enough to Induce her to dlspenso with the safety deposit hosiery habit. It re fuses to submit to any such cram i)i lug as the resourceful cuff before the elbow sleeve put It out of busi ness. The new pocket, in fact, will not relieve woman of the keys sho car ries in her purso; the powder rng she used to tuck in her bodice be fore it outtoned in the bac nnd now lies ensconced ill the discreet seclu sion of hubby's left coat-tall; the tiny bottle of tablets to take when sh.' .eels' 'queer," which now reposes "UDl M toil or ' MISS NEW YORK. Inside her belt at the end of her long chain; the shopping list she tucks in her glove, the fresh veil she carries in her parasol, the spot leiis neckwear that emerges from the nrmhole of her jacket; nor but why continue the revelation? Tho little pocket, built in the shapo of a heart and placed exactly over the region where that erratic feminine organ is popularly sup posed to be located, lias room for only a square, two by two inches, of cambric, a wisp of lace and a large Initial my lady's moucholr. This and her matinee tears may fit Into that pocket; a sol would be a crowd. But let no one Impugn the new pocket. It may not be much aa yet, but at least It Is not . black drapery secret, but a coat front reality. IIOrSKIIOLI) SrUGKSTIOXS. In cooking potatoes it Is useful to recollet that, after the water has been strained off, the pot shouU have three or fcur sharp jerks, to toss the potatoes up and down and backward and forward. This has the effect of making thorn white and mealy. Tea' leaves are Invaluable as a means of cleaning varnished palat. When enough have been laid aside for tho work, they should bo put in to a basin of water and left to steep for half an hour. Tho strained tea is used Instead of water to clean varnished surfaces. The tannic acid left In tea leaves, after all that is wholesome in th:u has been extracted, acts quickly up on grime and grease. Put a few drops of ammonia into the water In which you mean to wash flower vases, especially if ihoy are of the long-nocked, splndli.ig kir-d. It Is Impossible to get your hand down to the bottom. After rinsing all the dirt the ammonia will bring up, put In chopped potato paring? a you would In washing out glass bot tles, and leave the parings In over night. They will loosen the dirt effect ually. Next day rinse with more ammonia water. It is untidy to leave the sediment li. the vase and it will tend jo rot the stems of the next ilowers plaoed in it, a thing of which few house wives think. Tho "DrcKKing l'p" Fad. "Dressing up" is a highly popular stunt these iays. Young girls are rummaging old trunks for costum.M of their grandmothers, those of Quaker ladles, or any which may be available for slipping Into when oc casion offers. At a week end house party lately a young girl absented herself for a few minutes after din ner. When she reappeared it was ns a dainty little lady of tho seven teenth century. She was Immensely admired. Almost immediately however, all the other young giiij and boys of the house party wanted the girl hostess had ludeed a stren uous time in supplying thorn with costumes. The young girl who started tho fun had, of course, bruught her costume along with her. Opportunities for dre-e!i.0 ay 'r.-cur very frequently, once the idea lu started. There aro family birth days when the time Is ripe, holidays, and especially when friends are vis ltiag at tho house. Some girls like ta dress up as absurd characters, while others have made for ibo purpose really beautiful coatujuos. Soap has been known to the world for 3.000 years. .:,!..... ,.:P 1 ' - n'fK Ivrtri! fy LI (vl irfn fll j. I tmnrawwa AYcfcfable Preparation Tor As similating thcFoodandRcfiula ting Hie Stomachs ancLDowcis of Tromotcs Digcalion.Chccrfur ncss and nost.Contains neither Opium.Morplune norHiiicxal IS'OT 7i All C OTIC . 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Uoneath the pow erful machinery Is a cement base luld upon lung piles. A solid buse being one of tlie prime requisites ot a powerful weighing machine, it was tuund necessary to use a pile driver to secure a stable foundation. The machine Is regarded as the finest of Us kind nt the world, and Is a splendid achievement of American Ingenuity. In order to show the ac curacy of the scales, an oillcial pick fed up half a brick and tossed it upon the platform. He then consulted a long brass lever, and found that tho brick weighed Just one pound. The capacity of the scales Is one hundred and fifty tons. Two twelve Incu guns lying on a forty-eight-foot truck car can be weighed in the ma chine wtihout taxing its capaity. Pi-fenders of Switzerland. Tho report of the party who went frciu this country to study the mili tary system of Switzerland will doubtless be unanimous on one point that we have much to learn from the little republic. From the ago of ten all boys go through a com pulsory physical and gymnastic course until they are sixteen, and after this age for years they havs to take up rifle shooting In addition to gymnastic training. Every Swiss from his twentle-th to his forty fourth year Is liable to military train ing. Vrery useful work Is accom plished in Switzerland by rifle clubs, which aro encouruged by the State for the purpose of Improving marks manship. The population Is under three and a half millions, yet there aro 3,500 such associations, with over 200,000 members. On this bas is we should have over 2.500,000 members of rifle clubs Instead of only 60,000. MAGAZINE READERS SUK SET MAGAZINE beautifully illutlralMl, good ilonei C-r rrt ud ticie about CUloroi sod all tht Far WU 7" CAMERA CSAFT devoted each month lo tha ar- tittic reproduction of the bet 1.00 woik of amateuivid pfoleauonal a yeM photographers. 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Dr. Kenne dy's Favorite Remedy is the mild est, safest and surest purifier of the blood, thus striking at the root of Kidney, I.ivcr and Hladder disor ders. $1.00 at all druggists. - . Blobbs "Kun ! Jinn! Here comes Youiigpop." Klolilm "What's the mat ter? Has his baby Rot measles?" Blobbs "Worse tlmii that it hut com menced to talk." When a boy turns bis bulging pm-ket inside out we marvel nt the quantity and variety of articles lie ha.i stowed away. Odd lengths of Htriutr, marbles, a liorse-cliestnut, a top, brass naiU, liii-kory-nuts, an apple, and many more articles are giirnered by this "snapper up of tini-onsiilered trilled." Wo think the eulk-etioa must be hard on a boy's pocket. And it is. Hut do we ever think of the variety and mls eellnny of the substance we put into the pocket of our stomaeli ? There's the apple and the nuts, nnd things be sides quite as indigestible ns brass nails and with no more food value than so many marbles. And yet we wonder that the stnni'udi "gives out." Whcu the stomach breaks down under the strain of careless eating and irregular meals it can be perfectly and perma nently restored to health and strength by the use of Doctor Pierce's Oolden Med leal Discovery. The action of this medicine on the stomach and other or gans of digestion and nutrition is so marke-d, that relict from disease is at once experienced, and the headaches, liver "troubles," kidney disorders, skin eruptions and other symptoms of a (lib eased stomach uro quickly cured. Dr. Pierce's medicines are purely vegetable no alcohol or habit-forming drugs cuter into their coin posit ion. Nell "Miss Antique says she doesn't believe lu long eiigageineuts." Belle "I shouldn't think she would, at her age." Duor nv iKc tin oil'cnnive- dis charge caused by Nasal I'utarrh falls from the back of the nose into the throu, setting up an iiillamiiiatioii that is likely to mean f'broniu Bron chitis. The most satisfactory remedy for Catarrh is l-lly's Cream liulm, and the relief that follows even the II rt ap plication cannot be lolii in words. Don't sutler a day longer from the dis comfort of Masai (.'at a nil. Cream Balm is sold by ull dniggiftis for ol) cents or mailed by Kly Bros., .71 Waru-n street. New York. Dress doesn't make the woman, either. You can't always tell Hie typtj writer by her ribbons. A - - ) , -.. K w , Ely's Crear.iDaln ii quii'Kly ahcbruoj. Gitai HJiul ul Oiicu. It 1-lcitllM'S, Ml it l.-H, heul tho Uo diuu d mum. LJ W-C 41' ' rano resulting from F''TT.j 'Z F latarrb and drives f;1!-' ! brano t r... 1. ! away a Cold in the (iW.i1" ; stores the Huuscs of SI Hi LVLtf I Taste uud Smell. Pull nue f.O ets., at Drug gists or by uiuil. Iu h.juid form, 75 ceuts. ; Ely brothers, 50 Wurrou Ktroet, New York. fxAir