6 WC MUST GROW OLD. We mu.it grow old! The years go by, Sometimes on wings they seem to fly; But why such haste? We know not why! We only know that we grow old! Sometimes, alas! the years they go As If with leaden feet, so slow We faint from pain. We cannot know Wherefore or why, but we grow old! Each vanished year its own sad tale Of disappointment, woe and wail, Adds to the score, until we fail, Bince we grow old! We must grow old. The broken links of life's short chain Can never find their place again; The heart will bleed when pierced with pain, When loved ones die, and we grow old. Into the dark unknown we take The hopes misfortune could not shake, Pure as the mountain's snowy llake, Where all Is well—when we are old. —Timothy Thomas Fortune, in N. Y. Sun. stirring story ,j Life In TKc tCopyri&ht, 1899, by F. Tennyson NeeiyJ CHAPTER VI. The great thoroughfare of that won derful city, seated on more than her seven hills, and ruling the western world, was thronged from curb to curb. Gay with bunting and streamers, the tall buildings of the rival newspapers and the long facades of hotels and busi ness blocks were gayer s»ill with the life and color and enthusiasm that crowded every window. Street traffic was blocked. Cable cars clanged vain ly and the police strove valiantly. It was a day given up to but one duty and one purpose, that of giving Godspeed to the soldiery ordered for service in the distant Philippines, and, though they hailed from almost every section of the union, except the Pacific slope, os though they were her own children, with all the'hope and faith and pride and patriotism, with all the blessings and comforts with which she had load ed the foremost ships that sailed, yet bappily without the tears that flowed when her own gallant regiment was first to lead the way, San Francisco turned out en masse to cheer the men from far beyond the Sierras and the Hookies, and to see them proudly through the Golden Gate. Early in the •day the guns of a famous light battery bad been trundled, decked like some rose-covered chariot at the summer fes tival of flowers, through the winding lanes of eager forms and faces, the can moneers almost dragged from the ranks Ibj- the clasping hands of men and -women who seemed powerless to let igo. With their little brown carbines -tossed jauntily over the broad blue •shoulders, half a regiment of regular cavalry dismounted, had gone trudg ing down to the docks, cheered to the gateway of the pier by thousands of citizens who seemed to envy the very recruits who, only half-uniformed and drilled, brought up the rear of the col umn. Once within the massive wooden portals, the guards and sentries holding back the importunate crowd, the sol diers flung aside their heavy packs, and were marshalled before an array of tempting tables and there feasted, com forted and rejoiced under the ministra tions of that marvelous successor of the sanitary commission of the great civil war of the sixties —the order of the Red Cross. There at those tables in the dust and din of the bustling piers, in the soot and heat of the railway station, in the jam and turmoil at the ferry houses, in the fog and chill of the sea ward camps, in the fever-haunted wards of crowded field hospitals, from dawn till dark, from dark till dawn, toiled week after week devoted women in every grade of life, the wife of the millionaire, the daughter of the day laborer, the gentle born, the delicately reared, the social pets and darlings, the humble seamstress, no one too high to stoop to aid the departing sender, none too poor or low to deny him cheer and sympathy. The war was still young then. Spain had not lowered her riddled standard and sued for peace. Two great fleets had been swept from the seas, the gur.s of Santiago were si lenced, and the stronghold of the ori ent! was sulking in the shadow of the flag, but there was still soldier work to be done, and so long as the nation sent its fighting men through her broad and beautiful gates San Francisco and the Red Cross stood by with eager, lavish hands to heap upon the warrior sons of a score of other states, even as upon their own, every cheer and com fort that wealth could purchase, or hu man sympathy devise. It> was the one feature of the war days of '9B that will never be forgotten. At one of the flower-decked tables near the great "stage" that led to the main deck of the transport, a group of blithe young matrons and pretty girls had been busily serving fruit, cof fee and bouillon and substantiate ti the troopers, man after man, for over two hours. There was lively chat and merry war of words going on at the moment between half a dozen young officers who had had their eyes on that particular table ever since the coming of the command, and were now making the most of their opportunities be fore the trumpets should sound the assembly and the word be passed to move aboard. All the heavy baggage andammunition had,at last,been swung Into the hold; the guns of the battery liad been lowered and securely chocked; the forecastle head was thronged with the red trimmed uni forms of the artillerymen, who had al reedy been embarked and were now ie-Jously clamoring that the troopers •fiould be "shuc oft" from the further ministrations of the Ited Cross, uue a liar!** "What do you mean by that?" "V\ hat do I mean? Why—it's, only 1809 now!"— London Answers. Liberty, New Cook—Then 1 am not to 'wear your bonnets when I like? Mistress—No, but tlilrk how large 3'our wages ai«-« New Cook (haughtily)—My liberty is not for sale!— Detroit Journal. A Slisrht MlsunilrrNlniidlnnr. Judge—Did you see tte prisoner at the bar? Witness—Naw; when I see him lie was on the streei whjjre the bartender chucked him out. —Puck. HE LIKES WESTERN CANADA. Duhamel, Jan 24, 1900. Dear Sir and Friend: We had a lucky trip, made good con nections and got to Wetasknvin Mon day afternoon, stayed there all night, bought a pony and saddle for the boy and hired a three-seated rig for the balance of us and got home to dinner next day; caught the boys cleaning up and getting ready to come after us. Wednesday the snow was all gone and we had bare ground and bright sunshine for a month, and it has been pleasant weather ever since. The ground is frozen about two feet and about six inches of snow—just enough for sleigh ing. We had one cold spell in Decem ber. The thermometer went down to 32 below zero; but we did not suffer with the cold at all. We have worked every day all winter, are all well and feeling well. Have built a log house 18x18, two log stables 16x18, and are now busy on a well. We have ten cows, three other cattle and six head of horses. The boys send their best re spects to Mr. Iluchison, and say they will talk to him enough to pay for not writing when he gets up here. Will write you again next Spring and tell you all about the Winter. We all unite in sending you and family our best wishes and respects and hope this will find you all well. Yours very respectfully, (Signed) THOMAS TATE, Duhamel, Alberta, Canada. P. S. It has been down to zero this month; it is 22 above now. RettlnK At th* Facta. Wife (after the honeymoon)— Why did you deceive me about your income? Husband—l didn't, my dear. "Yes, you did. You told me you were getting SSO a week when you asked me to uiarrv you." "You evidently misunderstood me. T said my position was worth $50 —and so it is— hut for some rpuson best known to the boss he gives me only ten dollars." Chicago Evening News. 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