THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURCL PA, THE EMANClfA TI()x OF MISS SEKENA. Hy A. M. Davles Ogdcn. Miss Serena Bradford, sitting In thoughtful perplexity before the riftty rosewood desk la her sun i den, and accustomed frown erlng the fonnead still -.:ith and white as a girl's, de t . . the coronet of silvery hair ".:rh added a touch of distinction 'c tho erect little figure, looked ten tatively up at the portrait which hung Just above. Should she? The portrait stared back In dig nified disapproval and Miss Serena hesitated. Invite an artist, a mfre paittlng man to her housj? It was against all the traditional r.rly Victorian Ideas with which her youth had been Imbued. Hith erto, during MIbs Serena's narrow, well-ordered life, never had she dreamed of questioning the propri ety of those Ideas. Yst Eleanor. Eleanor, wayward, teasing lova ble Eleanor, whose arrival, flutter ing the innocent household had brought to It a new element at once diatuiblng and inspiring, a sense of wider possibilities, of more vivid litrctptious, Eleanor cared for tb'.s n:an. Indeed, it was because o:" her caring that the girl had beau sent to Miss Serena now, her Ico,le 1io;)Iiik that perhaps a change of beene n.i'ht effect a cure. But what complicated matters was that Lyttlcton himself was al so hdl-t). Only yesterday Eleanor had come to her aunt and told her that he had taken a studio up town. "I did not know that Uert was tn tenrting to live In New York," the Rill had eald, loyal frray eyes gaz ing straight into :Uss Serena's blue ones. ' It was last summer at the t'Uiio's that I met him. Mis home Is In the West. Of course I shall not try to se him. Hut if I taouid ." and for a second the clear eyes dropped, then she lifted them again. ''1 certainly cannot promise thr 1 will not s:oak," she i'!i;!ed, honebt ly. Her aunt gave a tbrcb of syui putny. "Do you do you care so much, then," she questioned timidly. "Care!" flashed back the girl. ', meeting Miss Serena's tender, u'ering gaze ,the brave little xVn quivered. "Yes," she said ;ply, "I care." nd now in the morning's mall come a note leaving vacant a -ian's place for next week's dinner, and Miss Serena, the memory of that wistful quiver still upon her, was th.-llled to a daring impulse. Why -ot ask this Lyttleton a-id Judga for herself? Her opinions carried great weight with the girl's people. Was It not Indeed her duty to invite him? And, all the while, under these reasons, with which Bhe thought to convince herself, deep down In the gentlo heart glowed, newly stirred, the old prim itive, unquenchable flame of desire for romance, color, passion; the in stinct which leads all mankind to love a lover and to help him; and, deeper, obscurer yet, the vivid cu rlouity of the lonely woman to whom the priceless revelation had been denied. Miss Serena, took a sheet of paper, wrote her letter, Etampd it and sent It off before she could change her mind. The deed once accomplished, re action Bet in, and for a week Miss Serena shivered at the thought of the awful thing the hat. done. I3ut when, on the nlsht of the dinner, Eleanor, straight and E'.'.tn In her white frock, a green wreath ret among the masses of her brouxe hair, enterad the flagrant, liower Ulled drawing-room, .lss St-w-na all a' once felt herself abaun-lau'ljr justified. Manifestly it was but the child's due. Miss Serena clad hersol.. In a dainty brocade, her soft cheeks plnl: with suppressed eagor-r.t-s under tho girl's qu.ck little kiss, was fairly .".-quiver with ex citement. What would he be like? Tho guests wore arriving. They wero mostly elderly married cou jjlea, friends of Miss Serena's; 2ieanor, gracious and sidling moved among them, striving dutifully to bo entertaining. Suddenly the Bound of a man caused her to start. Could she have heard aright? Miss Serena's - voice summoned her. "Eleanor, my dear, I have just bean telling Mr. Lyttleton how good he was to como to ub thus Informal ly," her aunt was saying. The girl, flushed and confused, i me forward looking from her nunt to the man. MIbs Serena smiled . "You know Mr Lyttleton, I think," she said, gently. Surprises were odious, was her reflection; she hail not realized how hard It would b for the girl. Eleanor, murmur--in (J something inaudible, held out a hand, which the man took awk wardly enough. Mlsa Sorena watching, felt her compunction deepen. "Ho la embarrassed, too. And quite natural," she thought, benevo lently surveying the long, lean fig ure clad In Ul-flttlng evening clothe. A red carnation decorated the ;.i)el of bis coat. MIsa Serena put down har lorgnette with a sigh. "Curloua-looking person. Dresses ilka tu artlat, I suppose. Oct caalA hardly be surprised that Eletrnor'i people are not pleased. Well, I must try and discover wherein his attraction lies. Eleanor, why, where Is Eleanor?' noting the girl's disappearance. But Eleanor, her eyes brilliant, her lips parted, had already slipped back Into the room, and the next moment the butler had flung back the portieres. The laws of curiosity demanded It, and for some time Miss Serena listened patiently to the great but dull scientist seated at her right hand. It was for him that the thoughts were all with the man whom she had contrived to place on her left. He sat there, quietly gaz ing about him in evident admira tion, making no attempts to con verse with the woman whom he had taken out. MIbs Serena felt rather discouraged. He might be a ris ing artist, but he was to her an en tirely new type. How could she ef fect a sympathetic relation with him, And the real man; on what common ground could they meet? Yet for Eleanor's sake she must try. She turned to him with her kindliest Binllo. "I see that you are watching Miss Hull," she began, "but I want to take you to myself this evening." The man smiled back. "I am mighty glad to get tho chance to talk to you," ho answered sincerely, and his voice had a pleas ant ring that suited Miss Serena's ear. "You see," Indicating the glit tering, pink tablo, the multiplicity of forks, "this kind of thing is kind of new to me. Dut I think It's great," he added, with i whimsical appreciation of his own frankness. Miss Serena looked at him with more approval. She liked honesty and candor. But what was she to talk about? "How do you find the Unltad Workers?" she said at a venture, mentioning the fine, newly com pleted building, where Lyttlcton had taken Ms stuilo. "I understand that you have Just como there." Never had Mk; Ecrena bo enjoy ed herself. For years her principal interest nail been the I'mred W'orl'ers. Time, nu-ney nutl thought had been laUsh ly po-.ned upon it, ai.d tho succesa v.res-i.'i from adversity was to her as a pors-.uml, dear triumph. And here at last was someone to whom the subject was equally familiar; who ku'jiv its brandies and raniill talions In other cities; here was v.pathy, co-operition. Miss Se rena's eyes shone, her pretty color grew pinker with excitement. And there Lad been people like this in the world all the tinio und she had never known it! Then, as her fclanco met Eleanor's, she smiled. Who would have given the child credit for such an intelligent choice? Tho U'Irl, yet with rather a worried V j 'VVA mm( If TO "I LIKE YOUR MR. LYTTLETON" expression, returned the smile, and M'iss Serena .aughert to he.'celf. "She does not know how well we are setting on," reflected the aunt, fondly. "I'oor child, I can see what a hard time she has had. Jlut, af ter all ,the only objection to hlrn are his nfct belonging to their spec ial set, and his lack of wealth. The first, perhaps, Is not Important, af ter all, and as for tho second might not I " Dinner over she drew Eleanor In to the den for a moment. "Dear, I like your Mr, Lyttleton bo much," she whispered. "He was asked as a surprise for you, but I am the one to be delighted. No; we have not time to discuss It now." As the girl endeavored to speak. "But later we will, and possibly I can find some way to help you both" tenderly. Tho girl, deeply moved, caught the little hand. "Auntie dearest," she said, "how good you are! But listen," hurriedly "you see " There was a slight stir without the door. The butler appeared again, then stood aside to admit a tall, Impatient young man. Elea nor sprang forward. "Bert!" she cried, softly.. "Oh, Bert!" "Eleanor!" responded the young man, rapturously, eager gladness apparent In every line of the dark, handsome face "Eleanor!" And for a movent they stood 1 rnmma ; w. -S4f Sruivia rs 1 there, oblivious, enchanted, swept beyond Miss 8erena and all the world.. Eleanor, womanlike, re covered herself first. ' "Auntie," she said, and a shy pride overspread her happy eyes, "this Is Bert, my Bert. I saw then had been some mistake, so I Bent him word to come at once," explain ing as MIbs Serena only stared blankly, "This Is my Mr. Lyttle ton." "But then who?" gapped Miss Serena, hopelessly. "Yours I don't understand " "Nor I. There must bo some mistake," repeated the girl. Miss Serena, her hands shaking plteously, snatched a letter from her desk and held It out. "Read It," she managed, "read It yes, It's typewritten," as the tflrl uttered an amazed sound. "But read It see If It means anything to you." "Dear Madam," began Eleanor, obediently. "Yours of the four teenth Just received and I write to say that I will be happy to accept Informal Invitation ljr dinner on Tuesday, twenty-eighth Inst., at eight o'clock. Yours truly, "W. A. Lyttleton." The letter was written on United Workers paper, tho envelope waa ddressd plainly to Miss Serena Bradford. His straight young brows drawn close, the newcomer scrutinized the signature "It's most extraordinary," he commented perplexedly. "You say your note was directed to Mr. Lyt tleton, care the United Workers.. Did you " He paused as the man with with the red carnation appeared In the doorway. The man halted a mo ment, then stepped forward quick ly. "Why, Mr. Lyttleton," c?:d::!med the man. "You here! Why " A sense of something wrong mado him glance hastily from one per turbed countenance to tie other. I Then as his eyes fell upon the open j letter, the vague doubts which all I the evening had been mistily hover- ing on the brink of his conscious ness, crystallized into certainty.. He flung out a protecting hand. "You here?" he repeated. "Then wasn't that lnvltM'.!on fur me alter ull? I sort of misdoubted from tho first It couldn't be. But Jim llal Ilday tcld me that New York folks were so hospitable," a tsuddsn whis pering entreaty trembling beneath tho spoken word. Had It a.l been a mistake then? Was this wonder ful glimpse into another world only a cheat a bit of experience to which he personally, had no right? The tall young man, whose keen regard had been gradually clearing, Interposed. "Why, I know you," he said im- pulslvely. "I have seen you In the United Workers building," his somewhat stern young face irrad iated by a friendly Hash of white teoth, "haven t 1?" "Sure, I am William Lyttleton, tho new secretary,' was the steady response. "I g' t the place wo weeks ago, just ufter you came. But It was my name, too, I never thougut." Hi3 voice wa:: grave. "Dldu't you know?" he demanded, turning swiftly upon Miss Serena. "You seemed to. Didnt you?" Kor one terrible moment Miss Se rena hesitated. Be kind to such a person, yes; send him a check In the morning, by all means. But re ceive him socially, present him . to her friends! Her former intrep ldty shrank 10 mere common place ness before what this Implied. In stinctively the glanced up at the" portrait, the very emboc'lment of ancient lineage and pride of race. Offend that? Ar-1 this time delib erately, Irremediably. Miss Serena caught her broath, over-vaolmed for a moment with doubt. Then, as her gaze encountered the two troubled eyes fixed upon her own, across the Inherent womanli ness ot her mature swept a revul sion ot feeling that shook tho in most' centres of her soul. Here was a man, simple, sincere, Bhrewd, even if not cultured In the worldly sense and her gucsi. Offend him! Miss Serena flung up her head with a generous scorn. The seed of re volt planted a week ago, quickened by Interest, guarded bj expanding sympathies, now at this crucial in stant burgeoned forth Into broad triumphant bloom. "N; there has been uo mistake," she Bald, and her volci rang out clear and sweet as she laid her hand upon this man's arm. "My Invita tion reached tho right person. And there will have to 00 muny more dinners before we can successfully carry out all the plana which we have concocted to-nl';ht. Eleanor, my dear," for a moii.out her kindly look resting upon the two breath less young people, "do ..ot ctay here too long with Bert. Now Mr. Lyttleton, will you kindly take me back to my guests?" Leslie's Weekly. Not Always. Sufferer Do you extract teuih Without pain? Dentist Not always. I sprained my wrist on one a couplj of duyg ago, and It hurts yet. Answers. Zoological. "Johnny," said the Sunday school teacher, "can you tell me what aal toals were the first to enter the urk?" C-seat hogs," replied Johnny. Chicago Dally News, TRAMPS IN NORWAY. New Laws Regarding the Trestmont of Men Who WonS Work. The Norwegians have passed a spe cial act which enables the authorities to deal In a wholesome way with able bodied loafers, beggars, tramps, aliens and drunkards who shirk their finan cial duty to their dependents. An ablebodled man who will not work can now be warned by the police against his manner of life and told where he Is to apply for employment. Thus direct official action Is taken against Idling and Idlers. He Is to bo prevented coming on tho commun ity for support, or so acting that bis family becomes a charge on the poor law the Interpretation clause to In clude even a man's divorced wife and his Illegitimate children. This . ot course involves the providing of work, a task beBet with difficulties, but probably easier In that country than In England, as they have Immense tracts of available land which could be brought Into cultivation, and this It Is affirmed would conduce to the prosperity of the country. That the country means business can be further Inferred from a sug gested method of preventing escape through the possibility of work being Irregular pnd Intermittent. A person may be ordered by the police to go to the labor bureau but not do w. and on the other hand there may not be any work. Both these contingencies are realized, so the Idea la to give an unsuccessful applicant a card which will be evidence of 'obedience and .also state when the next visit must be paid. This is a detail that may be varied, but It Indicates the size of tho mrhes of this official net. Suppose a person refuses to do the work assigned, or leaves It with out reason, or Is dismissed through bad conduct and within a year either he or hia dependents como on the poor law, for relief in rousoquenco of thp return to lazy habits, then the authorities can send him to tho work, house for eighteen mouths, or for three jeai's If it is a second o!'i'i :ie. The workhouse is an iiisti.i tlon be tween a prison and an English v rk hot;se, and the ehiif points ar? that liberty Is forfeited, begging 13 I1.1 ls!l:!e, and tiicy I'lie.i iw eilljv, work, hunger or punishment. Tho provision with regard to tramps Is most strlngeni. A it, son found roaming about and endangering the safety of others in liable to detention in the same establishment for three and up to six years- The course 18 clear ;inl effective. The iiiiiivjuaie are first watched by the police and then warned that they must get a fix ed residence within a given time, uul if they do not they nre taken in charge. Some option Is reserved to the police as to whether tiiey vill send a lazy person to the workhouse or to his legal home, should they find out where It Is; but the decision rcFts with tho police. In this connec. tion it is important t0 know that the police have certain judicial functions unknown to such officers in thia coun try. It Is quito possible, and even probable that some will be found who are unable to settle because too poor and in these circumstances they are tQ have a house found for them the funds for this purpose be lng provided from money set apart for the purpose. The place in the first Instance U considered by the po llio. But there ia reserve 1 the right of appeal to .1 higuei court. "Old" Peabody Banquet Hall. A famous and historic landmark In Salem ia soon to disappear. With the remodeling of the old ' Peubqdy house on Essex street the beautiful old banqueting hall built by the own er, Colonel Francis Peabody, in 1S7t) for the purpose of tendering a ban quet to Prince Arthur, representative of Queen letorlt, at the funeral or George Peabody that year, will diap pcar. The room was finished In the style of the stalls of the Kniglita of the Bath In Westminister Abbey, being probably one of the finest pieces of architecture in this country. The light In the room is obtained by open ing panel doors In the walla, which le.til to long windows, not easily d's covered by tho stranger. Tue effect Is that of a chapel, and a central chandelier adds to the subdued effect of this unique light from without. Tho woodwork Is carved English oav, and tho furnishings are rluh and lioavy, Alde-de-Camp to the King. Extraordinary enough, Col. J. E. Cough, the son of Sir Charles, who whs recently appointed aide-de-camp to the King wears the coveted dec oration. Four years ago ho was at the head of a little force of inn men at Daratoleh, In Soniallland, which ran short of ammunition and had to retire, fighting bravely, before & host of natives. Capt. Bruce, one of the four officers, was mortally wound ed; but Capt. O. M. Rolland ran 500 yards, under a fierce fire, to bring a camel for him, and Col. then Capt. Cough and Capt. W. G. Walkor stood over the wounded man and kept the enemy at bay until it was possible to remove him on the cumel out of danger. Each of these three officers received the V. C Tit Bits. There are two women undertaker In Oaklnnd, Cal., while another Is an articulator of skeletons. The printing trade In Canada em plays ulinost 10,ooo people at an an nual wuge list of 5,540iJ, AVcffclable Preparationfor As similating OieFoodandReguIa ting the S tomachs and Dowels of Promotes Dige3tion.Cheerfur nessandRcst.Contalns neither Opium.Morphine nor rlincraL Not XAitcoTic. PyJtm SmJl Mx.Smm Aperfecl Remedy forConstlpa Hon, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Fcverish ncss And Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. if The Hunk of Kn::l;tnu. When first created the f::';'.' ff the Bank of HaRland coarl. : -d v( only fifty-four employe-T'i-:'.a tho bank employs nbo.it or.'-' t'.n sand people, pays I2'O.O00 yr.ilv la wnses and 2.", 010 yearly l:i p!o;is. Tho 1-auk of En.rl-.nd is sr. ex tensive building cowirlii:; over .vj nc:vn, cud str.n.'.inj? l:i thr.-e p'.rl-h-.-It l.i allowed by its charter to :;li beer. There arc two privato brinM.!' houFf-u Ktlll carry I air on b? !:!,: In London which wero ost.vilWicd be fore tho Bank of England. Th-::;--p.re Child's, established la 1Cc3. and Monro's, la 1CS0. Clerks are admissible to tho Br.nl'. of England between tho nsoa of eigh teen and twnuty-flve, and each on on joining Is obliged to Insure hN llfo with an insurance society erf;?b Ushod within the bank, In connec tion with which are a savings lvn' and a guarantee fund, all mailt-. Im-: and manaKad exclusively by a.rt foi tho of.lclals of the eBtablishmint. Bosldos this, the directors y.vy. 1 tain e provident or benevolent fund, for tho benefit of the widows of em ployees. Tho clerks, printers, porters, nies so-igoro, etc., have also pensions !r tho extent of two-thirds cf their Balary when past work. A handsome library has been fltd up by tho directors within tho pi ci.its of tho bank for tho bpno.Tt v the clerk3 each of whom contribute 10e. annually, or a life subecrlvi'r . of 3, toward Us funds. Lon.i..i Tit-Eits. "Gentlemen," recently s;i!d a Unr ruan professor, who was showing to his students the patients in the f!;y lum, "this man suffers from delirium tremens. He Is a musician. It ia well known that blowing a brass in strument affects the lungs and thicrt In such a way p.3 to create a j:reat thirst, which has to be allayed by persistent Indulgence in stronp; d.-'ii!:. Hence, in the course of time, tha dis ease you have before you." Turning to the patient, the profes Bor asked: "What Instrument do you blow'.'" nnd the answer was: "Tho violoncello." Cleveland I cr. l. er. "How did you make out with yor.r French while In Paris?" "Well er not very well. You si 0, I only had occasion to use ine lan. fi.-.se in speaking to shop people and they don't understand elegant French, vnu know." Philadelphia Ledger. MAGAZINE READERS SUNSET MAGAZINE MtutUullyiUuitiatcd.gpodilorUi ft and article! about CoUoniU sod V-I50 11 tU Fu Wat. 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In some form or other, the American gets 70.4 pounds of stigir for his individual annual consumption. It is an increased prosperity as well as an increased fondness for sweets that allows this, and it is interesting to contrast 70 pounds per capita with Italy's sev en. Souvenir Post Cards are piinted at this cflice. Half tones supplied. . . Tell twoirh-U tlmt lliev look alike unil they will both hate you. Cocaine which iim.i.sthk nkkvks never yet cured ,'nul Caiai rli. The heavy leelinjri,, (lie foicb. ad, tliesmiH ed up sensation andwntVi v discharge from eye and iinse, tilonir till the other iiiinerieH attending the dittouM. are put to rout by Kly'.s Cnani ilulni. Smell, taste, uud liim imr uiv restored, brent liimr in t.01 m.-.l i',j v,u, try t 1I8 remedy, you can I01111 no idea f the tfood it will .lo you. Is applied di rectly to the sore spot . All dn'"t?wtn, 50c. Mailed by Ely J',,0s., 06 Warren Street, Jvew York. A Trust Is u machine for making money out of any old material. That the roots of many native plants, irrowlng wild in our Ainerioiui forests, possess remarkable properties for the 1 . lire of human maladies is well proven Kveu the untutored Indian had learn ed the curative value of some of these Mini tituirht the early settlers their uses. I he Indian never liked to work so he wanted his miimw to get Well us soon an possible that she illicit do tho work and let him hunt. Tliercfore, he dm '"papoose root" lor hei that was their great remedy lor fenm'o weak- UL'u .,.r' 1,uri'e llSL'" wime root called Hlue Cohosh-in ,is "Favorite 1 rescription," skillfully combined with other agents that iimk'o it more ell'ec t ye than any other medicine in curing ull the various weaknesses uud painful derangements pmilinr to Wo,m.. . Muny alllicted women have been saved Irom the operating table and the suigeoi.'s knife by tho timely use of Doctor Pierce's Favorite lWrintioi,. tenderness over the lower regior, with iwicknche, spells of dizziness, fniiitness, beu ring down pains or distress should not go unheeded A course of "Fuvo r te I rescr'ption" will work n-urvelou , . - " "" Hl":h ". "d gener ally ellecta j.i'i inuneut cure If persisted I" for a reasonable length of time lMir coiistipati.in, the true, scientific MIM ? 1 r'i 1 Wwt l'e-llets. Mild, harmless, yet sure. ''Lots of men ure forgotten long before they are dead. b A Reliable Ramsdy " syV' CATARRH mm 1 1 -a Ely's Crcc?n It OUicklv Illin-I,..,l Ciei Belief at 0m:i It cluiuises, (loot lies, heals and protect tha rlinmiucui nrane resulting from Catarrh and drivi away adold in the Heu.1 quickly. ItosU.ros the hcubus ot Tiiste and Suill. Full size n cU tIniKiHU or by muil. LiouiU Cream Balm for use In atomizers 75 ots. 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