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Saw Mill & Engine ?ecVrf tfAe AWa Hightii Award at tfi0 World1 1 Columbian Exposition. Warranted the beet aiade, Bblnst Milta. J5!),."T A. B. FARQUHAR CO., Ltd-, YORK, PCNNA. mUlEd AGENTS to if to represent thf M"t O mi lf NurwrM i(, Am-TH-a. i-tiM.knl-lyaw1vt.rtit.sl tniy nur rnn: known amt miied hy fvirj tntrr Thalh h brginnrw lw"t rcr-f l wiih .rir" d inr.m No the lime to Mart. THE 1. ! ..Ira and mr.mr. ." """ OSEEIITS slc-? r'i' I WrT ELLWANGERiBARRY, HEK LAST DANCE. Klie was not a lieauty. perhaps, hut sho was a.ssurelly a fascinating htitter t of a rrcatiire; even litr wouii-a friemls almi1tcl that. Autl tliouj.'!i sven-:irnl-t v ent y, ami the mother tf a rirl f seven. Slip still retained s nmeh of virj'iiiul expression amJ con tour that iiuaiinat ion was loth to a cept the fact of mat 1 on lioixl. tlnefell. iinieetl, that if the "Kwi-je Weililieh," fl-aiiirf fully clia lifeless, railiaut I y soul sat i.sfy i iijr. were to lie personitieil, here was the model. ( ! raeif ms anl (LTaeef nl. tri-ntle an. I joyous. -she possess-J talents innumerable, all eultivatetl to a certain ileri-e to :l detrree that had iiitcsiillicfd for her w n enjoyment and the ediiicalioil of a host of adiuirii f; and not too eit-t iufx friends, I'.n thought her a delifrlitful priKlirTj" and - sjioiled her 1. col li mirly . Cut, now. eiitiirel the stiinmil brain as she would, no real capability "of marketable a.Iue," as it had been so bluutly put to her even in these earlj hours of misery Cousin Sclina ahvays put t hint's a bit blunt ly, she felt w it h a little shiver of annoy ance no resource could she discoxc.t tostaiiil her in rMd utt.nl in-t he 1 leaded day that htnliome at last. The bolt hatl fallen that inorn iiiir, and, with ntiinb, folded hai.tls and dry, terror-lilled eyes, she sat in the darkest corner of her fay little drawing-room, beneath t he (,rha.st ly chamber l. nee w ere soon t o In- lNrne t he eart h ly remains of her husband. What was she. Ui lo? flow v;is she to procure, not the luxuries wit hout -w hieh she sciirii' imatrined her child could exist, but the linre necessities f life? ICve.ry piece of furniture in the louse was mortia-red to its full value, ai.d Iut last jewel had pone to pay ti e r-Mit. Thank heaven, they would have this haven for sonic time to come. Stic w a.-. 111 debt 1 butcher :mnl baker, and slic had not had a new atr of plovei; foi mout hs. Sliilliliirs had lmnnie t.'ie basis of e-v.p'nditure as (ruineas had bin'ti hitherto. In the niornin"; syTiiKit hiinp fri.-uds came to sup"rt atwl assist her thr. tirli 1 he trying orileal. All passl like a drejsm. '"Tout p;i-se, tout .;is-s.," sh said, over aanl over, "but my hart is st roiiir." When, a mouth later, she sat with CoiiMitt Sclina in the same room, in the same chair, lit-teniiu' aain to t he frusty rain as it Wat afrainst the windovvs.it w;ijitii h-r at if iioappreciable time had interveiied Uresumily she to-ik up tin thread of her thoughts where slie h.-id lropd it that sad tiij.'ht, and the straiirj" conceit came back toiler. Women, less brilliant but sf il'd ami pjodilinir. were ensx-onced ill journals where she had ilisila in.d even to allow l.er verses to appear. With voices in no way comparable to hers, she saw -hers succeed; while she, who s.ii;.f like a bird but like a lird, too. only w'.cn in spired could mnk- no impression. Ami so. flowered as she wuc, she v ar jmorer artfl more helpless than the hiiinhlcst woman who could conscien tiously knit a pair of stockinps or em broider a feaoloth. The pretty face seemed pinched and weary; two deep lines iiean tt int l ise the ilroopiiii.' mouth. "I slniK- en pan-tit hese," she. s-tld, to Cousin Sclina. as she turned fnm tlw- tnirror. wlierc she wa.s trying 1 eJian-je the expres sion of those (piiverinp lips, t hat even at the moment curved upwards, a Cupid's I mw, at tiieipi.aint coni-cit. More surely than ever she knew she coiiM ask no favors, hut must put her own shouider to the wheel. I tut. what totlo w hen all else failed? To (km -eon tbestajrc! Why not? She could cl;. nee ; JI tier life she had loved to ilane In her greatest joy she had ever fouml full est exp'ression in ilniicinp to her ov n re tleet ions sTefoie the loiiir mirror in her iMj'ifioir. A hundred times her darlinir had Ik'imi lulled to sieep. -ascl of her Kiin by the daneintr of ' her "pretty Miilusie." Once, with her husband, she had si-en a famous .actress a woman chaste as herself - dance a pracefully, yet. with an aba miotic so erfect as to ca pt i ate an audience accustomed t n ex hibilious from which she had turned in loat inns'- to his annoy ance, since his taste trrew y early less re titled. Kven then, "The pity of it," she hail sirhed. And how much even then was implied that she should say. 1 urninir to him : "That I could do, I am certain." "May you never need."' he had an swcnil. fervently. For he loved her and was proud of her, tliouirh his paths in life were devious, though he would not follow her. It all came hack to her v iv id ly the (ray scene, the eairer faces, the murmur of delight, theapplaiee that rose a rain and ajrain. and could not W stayed. Her heart Wat. fast; yes. she w ould dance. It niitrlit cost her 1 he few friends she still lossessctl, but. as Jotit' as she helped herself she could maintain her pride. Next day Wiran a tiresome round of interviews w ith impiU iciit, incredulous, or impertinent maiiiurers, w it h a heart trrowing daily heavier and a hrain shar-K-ui-d almost to vtciousness. At last an impressario. touctied by her g-raee and the expression of brave des siir in her htmtjry eyes, prantcd her a trial, fixinir an tiour at the theater on the following- Jay in theearly foremxia. Amid a concourse of women, some sym pathetie, some brazenly inquisitive, all so dilTerent from herself tiuit she scarce felt they were ber sisters, she made her first essay. How unreal it seemed; a dream, she kept telling- herself, iiilrcam from which she would waken in a mo ment. She kept her glanee f-fraiirht Wfore her. try ing to shut out Uie crudity of her surroundings. The "sets" all awry, the glimpses of busy carpenters ami scene-shifters, the flashily-dressed men and women waiting for rehearsal and .familiarizing in a way that gave In r a mental nausea. A row- of raw girls in soiled dancing shoes and Hesliin-j-i. their upMT halves clothed in ordinnry bodices, went, awkwardly through their matutinal drill. The odor of dust and oil and paint lgan to overjiower her, and she was on the verge of losing her ielf-ossssion when the kind voice of the inan-ag-er. close ls"nK her, said: "Your turn, madame will you tell nut what music you desire?" The or chestra, coluprsd of one violin on the j-tage, began the swinging aeeompaiii-r.-ent of I-a I'alotna. and at t he end. and while the blood Wat and surged in deafening throbs iu her heavy head. again she heard tin- oie of tin- man ager, seemingly a great distance olT: "Accept my compliments, madame, 1 shall hi glad to olfer you a salary of ten pounds a wck. I am sure you wiil have a success." "l"n sueees foil." ho said, turning to the orchestra, who .'race fully waved his fiddle, Wwed low and replied: "Sans doute." I'oor wom an, she looked into their eyes to see if they were mocking her; then, con vinced of their good faith, she mustered all her strength, and with the strange surging still in her ears, smiled. sa:d "I thank you," turned quickly and left the theater. How she got home was always a mystery to her. Martha heard a faint pull at tin Wll, hastened to the door and fouml her tnistres, ilc as death, but with her eyes wide on and a .set smile on her iips. She put her to bed. held her quivering Ixxlv till by degrees the tortured soul begti:: to still itself ami t he overwrought brain found relief in such healing- tears as had not come Wforc in all those strained days of trial. And now there was practicing and preparation of co-s-t nines, then the first appearance and the many succeed i tig, a 1 1 just i f y ing t h. acumen of her friend t he iiupressario. (Gradually all pressing need, the in debtedness, t he grinding care disap earcil. ami she could have Wen com paratively happy. All day. save for the morning hour of rehearsal, she kept Ma'zic beside her. 1 was Maizie w ho made a daily holo tnust. of niioi. ned billets-doux ami adorned her nursery w it Ii t he flowers that invariably accompanied them. It w as Mai.ie w ho lirst enjoyed, almost in sp'red. the dances she invented, and who first, praised her "Sweet Mumsie" in her artistic costumes. Kvery cvein ing she left flue, child with a new pamg, though she could not but feel her safe with good Martha, and flew on tlie wingrs iff love to her bedside on her re turn. IN-soliitcly sh" shut her ryes to all that displeased her in her new sur roundings, ami so. in her dancing W came to her an infatuation. For t he time she was on the stage all else was forirotten. Her grief fell from her like a dismal garment, and she stood the personification of laughing youth, grace and joy. Always garbi d in white and w ith a. gauzy, wijig-irkc scat f "11 Palo n .a." they called her after her first dance she 11. Kited iu an atmos phere chaste and netic. too delicate to he mistimlcirstood, ami. as I wforc. e.i-n the women were charmed. Yes. she iniight have become content, but daily Maiz.ie grew weaker and more fragile, and In-r In-art faded within her. She would take the child in her despair! tic arms a.ml hold her so close- that the Ft lie one would cry out. yet was happv w ithal Tji the mbrace, for she loved her "Mumsie" with a deep devotion, and seemed w it h a si range pretscience to un derstand muck. tine night it wasaWmt three months sifter her debut- she left home a little lighter of heart than usual. Maizie ha. 1 Wen feier-sh all day. ami had gio.vn quieter toward evening, and they'ial had ti royal p:in:c of ntiis and a "bi-r hiu huir am) kiss" when she lift. Toward the close of I he cv en i ng she I w :in to !row ill at case. ard. thrwi: ir '.er f u r-lined ma lit lc about In r. w it hout hanging lor csti.iiie. she left the theater hurriedly, and. jumping into a Iiansom. was driven Imuiic in all haste. The front door was open. From the hall came the voice of her phy sician: "( ' qiiM'k.1 v. or she will not know her." "Who will not. know whom?" she said, to herself. "Who will not know whom?" she reiterated to the physi cian, as she walked quickly into the house. lie took her in his strong arms, car ried her to the nursery ai d plae:-l her in a cha.ir I m --side I hi-child. The dear little face, already fanned by the wings of the angels, flmshi-d softly . "1 was waiting-, Mumsie." she whis pered; "you will dance for me now, will yon not?" She fell on her knees Iwside the couch, and took the little one in her arms. "Sweet, lovely Mumsie," said the child, kissing the bare arms; "you will he a real dove in Heaven." "Maiz.ie, Maiz.ie, do not leave me!" wailed the t reuibliiig woman. "No, Mumsie," answered the child; "you shall come too." The mother gazed at her, speechless and wild with alarm. "Mumsie." said the little one, Irving to raiise the heavy little head with the short golden curls i n da in p ringlets tin the pale forehead, "Mumsie dear, do d-'iicc. Perhaps t he angels don't dance, and I hive it so." With a great sob and a supreme effort she rose from her knees, threw off the le-avv cloak which was still aliout her. a !! Wgan to dance. Was ever such martyrdom, ever such bravery? Ah! M. '-t her and Saint, in other days canon isation w as often more light ly won. On sin danced in the dimly-lit death chani Wr. those, outside standing with bated breath not daring to enter, yet seeing alJ. Sweetly the child smiled, lifted the little hand once as if to thank her, then the fluttering eyelids closed, the long lashes rested on the pale checks, and she was still. Closer and closer danced the mot her. t i II she leaned anx-io-isly. breathlessly over the child, fear ing to stop abruptly lest she should waken her. Then with aery that rang througii the house, and rinirs now" in the ears of the two who waited outside the door, she fell on the couch Iwside her angel, and the brave heart broke. P.lack and White. ARROW POINTS. If pigeon-twd people knew how fun ny thev look they wouldn't walk that way. A woman's idea of Wing a dutiful wife is to keep her htisWnd supplied with slippers. A woman thinks that if a man doesn't know jt'sl how to fold his napkin, it is a sign hi lacks culture. If anyWdy should try to make us do t he fool t lungs w e do of our own accord how we would Wwaii our hard lot. We wonder why the reading which explain what is in the pictures in liooks is alway s so far away from them? We don't can how long any loafer Imitps us. just s.i 'ong ns he diwsn'f buii I up false hopes by saying half a dozen times: "Well, I must be g-oinjr." A KEMAKKAIJLE CASE. A Young Man Twice Wooes and. Wins tho Girl He Loves. Throorh Mental Disorder He Is Led to ttanilir from Home. hdiI For gets All About Kvents of the 1'MC Ar; the finale to an exceedingly singu lar anil at the. same time a romantic ease, information was lately received to the etfect that William K. lliggins, of Sandusky, and Miss Kilith Marchus, of 'JiY.t Forest. t recit, Cleveland, were mar r'cd in that city some time ago, thus joiiirtig two young people who were separated for months by unprecedented circumstances. Several montlus ago the. medical au thorities were nonplussed by the w eiiliar malady which atllieted Mr. llig gins, and to this day there ha been no .-til-factory explanation of it mail". The young man is about 22 years of age. ami up to t he summer of iyj5, lived with his parents in Sandusky. He went to Fly.ria. w here he obtained a situation on the electric railway, and one day in August of that year, while at work as a lineman, an insulator fell from a cross top and struck him ou the forehead. At the time he complained of a jwculiar -ensation al-out the head, and a time passed by he daily Wcame more con fused in his thoughts. Fearing that In' would W ill. he returned home, and was prostrated for four weeks. When he had -ccovercd his health apparently, he re turned to Flyria and reentered the em ploy of t he rail way comjiany. ( ne Sat unlay evening he announced to his landlady that he was going home to spend Sunday, and she Wcame alarmed when the young man did not return. Mr. lliggins, t he fat her, went to Klyria in search of his son. Tliat was the first intimation that, anyone hail that a mis fortune had befallen the young man. It was thought for a time that the young man had Wen murdered for his money. This idea wan explodid w hen hia hank Wok and a sum of money were found in his valise. The father returnd home thinking he would never see his son again. Me communicated with the au thorities of various cities, asking for "nformatioti regarding hi son. IJe jiorts came of strange young mn in various sections. and the father traveled hundreds of miles to identify his son. So many disappointments awaited him that for a time it seemed hope was vain. One day a friend of the family told the father that he thought he had seen Will in St. Iaiu'is. Mr. lliggins at once left for that city and fouml his sun. The father wiu overjoyed at the re covery of his son and threw his arms around the neck of the young man. Tic consternation and horror of the fatWr can ha.rd!y W imagined when the son said: "Fxcuse in", hut I do not know you." Then the terrible truth flashed across the mind of the father, and he re alized t lint his son had lost his memory. The father worked with the young man lor hours trying to recall to him scenes of hi home and mother, but all to no .'vail. The young man said he remem bered nothing antedating his living in t boanling house in St. Louis. Where e came from. lie. said, hedid not know. He said, however, lie was desirous of -olving the -mystery of h-s past, and ac cepted his father's inv itat ion to ret urn home with him in the hope that his memory niiuht Iw awakened. It was supora-il Ciat when young lliggins would arrive home and see his mother lie would again W himself ir ery respect, l'ut hedid not know her although she wept on his shoulder and ri-t-eaNil to him all those fond names she used ill addressing him w hen he was an infant and a grow mg child. He could not recall any thing-of his pat-t. Then a delicate surprise was ar ranged for him, which, it wa.s hoped, as a last resort, would awaken his memory. Miss Fdith Marchus, of "in Forest Mreet. this city, whom Mr. lliggins had been engaged to marry in OetoWr. 1!Ij, was sent for. She ar rived, and was much moved by the presence of her lover, whom she had mourned as dead for so many months. The young man trcaled her with n swct. but his demeanor plainly indi cated that Miss. Marchus. whom he would have married but for his mis fortune, was as a st ranger to him. Miss Marchus had formerly lived in San dii.sky. and having moved to Cleveland, she was prevailed tinm to remain at the lliggins home for several days, in the hojw that, constant association would rekindle young lliggins memory. All efforts failed, however, but Mr. Higirins developed a strong attachment for Miss Marchus, which ritwncd into love, and they were finally married in this city. Cleveland Wader. Why He N'rudMl a, (ion. It was a western town, aud the young fellow had Iwen arrested for carryimr a concealed weapon. Fresh from the east, he imagined that bad men lurked in the shadows, ami he had liought a pistol that had a bore as large as a cough-drop. When arraigned before the police judge he had no defense to make, and the magistrate said : "I shall have to line you." "Please let me off. said the young fellow. "I have no money to pay a fine, and if you tine me I shall have to go to jail, and that would disgrace me. 1 have done, nothing wrong except carry the r folver. and I am sorry for that. I have no friends from whom I could secure the money to iay the fine." "What did you carry the artillery for?" asked the judge. "Why, er er to protect my valu ables." "To protect your valuables? What valuables have you? You say you have no money to pay a fine. What else have you of value?" "Why. you see that is er I have the gun. It cost me $12. He went to jail. X. Y. World. Feminine Lorlr. "The female sect," said M. Calino late ly, "is the most illogical in the world. "What new proof have you for the want of devotion of women to the can ons of logic?" lie was asked. "Why, take my wife." answered M. Calino. "I had all the trouble in the world to pet her to enter her thirties, and now, a doz.en years later, I can't get her out of them!" Y'outh's Companion. A HOPELESS CASE. BY CLAKA MILUOLLAMl. It will Mtich me sore, I.ydia," said Mr. Waddilove, sadly. "Things are in a liad way with me just now, and it w ill lie a great exwnse." "We must make saerities sometimes for the sake of our children, James," re plied his wife, severely. "I wonder you could hesitate for a uionicut," "Io you? Well, don't, and I can't -see the necessity for such a move. Why shouldn't tW girls W happy at Wine? Why should they require a season in Windon? What giod w ill it do them?" "Had I not sjx-nt those two months in tow n wit h Aunt Susan long ago, James, I'd never have met you." "Humph," he grunted, "how lo you know? You were my fate, I'd have met yo.i MMiiehow." Mrs. Waddilove shrugged Wr shoul ders ami smiled; then, folding her arms upon her lap, sighed heavily. "Flu not a Wliever in fate. I pin my faith on op'tort unity. "Well, who knows, an oportunity may arise." "Here? In this quiet country place, wWre no man come from year end to year end? Imjioshible. Miriam and Selina are 23 and 22. They are pretty, fair, attractive girls, but their youth is passing, and if they go on as they are doing, they must live and die. unkiiow atwl unsought. We shall have three old maids to provide for "I'oor little Madge, too. Well, you do look far ahead. The child is lutr-elv 13." "." with a quick decision, "she is a hopeless rase. A plain girl like Madge is as weJl in the coutrtry as in town. Fate or opiiortunity would do little for her. Hut the others are different." "Very," he said, grimly. "So you would not take Madgte to Wtidoti?" "Of course, not. She w ill keep house and look after you." "Yet she would enjoy the theaters and tW various sights. At IS "It would W a, wastei of money to take Madge, and she is quite happy at home." . He smiled, and the expression of his face, changed; his eyes grew soft and tender. "Thank God. yes. And Madge and I will W very happy together." "She was always yonr favorite; so it's a pood thing you are not likely to lose her." "Yes." thoughtfully, "and yet. if any one came to know her and her sweet, bright nature, he " "Hon't W afraid. Sweet natures don't count for much nowadays Iteau ty or money is a ueesity. As Madge has neither "Poor little girl. Then the hive of her old father must suffice. When do you think of going?" "At once." Mrs, Waddilove cried, re joiced to find him give in so e:uily. "I-ady t;taiitley hasa ball on Thursday. Mrs, Tovvnley one on the following Monday, and more are sure to turn up. As soon as Miriam and Salina are seen invitations will jiour in. They will both be enpaged Wfore the end of the fcearion, of that I am certain." II. The Manor house was Hooded with sunshine. Kvery window was. wide oMn, and every room full of the scent of nvses, the jwrfumeof new mown bay. Mrs. Waddilove and her two handsome laughters, Miriam and Sclina. had lwen gone some six weeks, and as yet show ed no signs of returning. Madge and her father had grow n accustomed to their aWenee, and felt no very strong desire to see them come back. They were the W.st of friends, these two, ami jwrfectly happy in each other's society. In the presence of her mot her and her good-looking sisters. Madge had lwen shy , quiet and reserved. Hut alone w ith her dear old father, whom the adored, the payety of her heart asserted itseif, her whole nature expanded, and she tie came what she had never Wen Wfore a merry, laughing-, Ww itching little maiden. "With such a jiair of dnueing dark eyes, and such a bright, happy face, who could call my Madge plain?" thought her father one day as he watched her flit backwards and for wards among the ros-s, "Hut I'm glad she tlid not go to Ixuidon. Somehow, the world might rub off the bloom bring sorrow to her loving little heart and I want her to W happy always." Across t he law n came one of the gar den rs in hot haste. "If you please, fir, he said, pausing in front of his master, "there's twen an accident, just at the gate a gentleman thrown from his bicycle by a " "Dear me, dear me, is he hurt?" cried the old man, starting up. "I'm afraid, sir, he's sprained his tinkle. He seemed in pain. "He must come in, Madge," he called. "Madge, pet the vinegar, Wmlages; there has Wen an accident. I'm going to bring the man in. (iet everything ready .' "Yes," answered Madge, and laying aside her roses, she ran into the house. III. Three weeks later Madge strolled be neath the lime trees, a tall, fair man by ber side. "You are walking Wtter to-day," she said. "I think your ankle lit almost well." He sighed and dug his stick into the sward. "I fear so." Madge laughed merrily. "How un grateful! And surely a sprained ankle is not a pleasant thing?" "It has Wen a piece of real good for tune to me," he replied, earnestly, "for through it I made the Wst friends I ever hail you and your father." "I'm glad you think so, aud I assure you," looking up with a bright, sweet glance, "father and I feel it was a lucky accident for us, (jilWrt. We have had a pleasant time since you came to us." "And I? O, Madge, if you could only real ie what it ha lwen for uie '. Since hit father and mother died, when I was nine IS years ago. I have known little but loneliness; and I came dow u to the W'arren for the first time since I came of age, never guessing the delightful neigh bors 1 should find there. That evening I went out on my bicycle to while away an hour, when luck, in the shape of a clumsy van. bowled me over iu front of your gate. But now the happy time is at an end, and I feel that 1 mum go Lome." "Yes." Maif?e -Kip-h.! "I . ..-..-. I must. Aud, you sec, jwrhaps it is iu-t ' .. .....II I . . L , . . ..,., hit an.i t ne girLs are com ing back, and then things will W dif ferent." "l'ut you will Iw the .same?" "I?" blushing and dimpling. "Not quite; everyone, even the dear old dad. changes when they are al-uit. Yui see, our lH.si dolus are not what thev are. when far away. We are n., lonti-r master and mistress. We go nowhere. M-e no one, stwak when we're si-,kei. "O, Madge!" He reddened and looked at her in dismay. "That's rat her much. Hut I'll tell you what you and your father must come and pay nw a "long visit. My home i.s charming. I've gilt servant and horses, and - and every thing tomakeyou happy, and we'll have all our nice t ime over :gain." "'t t sounds delightful. Hut," her lips trembled, "mother would not allow me to go. You see, I am not out. I am the youngest. Miriam would go. She's the eldest, and very handsome, with a tall, slight, figure, fair hair, blue - " Her eves tilled with tears, "o. vou you will surely like Miriam, and -and forget your -Kior Madge." "You know I won't," he cried, ve hemently. "And I don't want Miriam, and I don't care w hi t her .she's handsome ornot. I want vou. And. what's more, I'll insi.-t iimiii v our coming." Madge gazed at him iu o-wn-eyed as tonishment, "You don't know mother, tiilWrt," she said, solemnly. "Not one of us dare turn the word w it h her, and if he told me" , "Hut if it if it if the Warren was to W one day your home," he stammered, catching her hand and draw ing her to wards him. "If-O. Madge; we have known each other three whole weeks. We have -iK-nt hours of the dav t-o-gcthcr, we have talk over everv thing. You know .;;e. all about me, Wl ami good, ai d i l tiow vou" his voice -ho.k with cu. i ll. .n "and I love you." "O. I.UWrt," -he paswd. "tiilWrt. "My darling. I have startled, alarm.-.! you. Hut if you could love me--W niv wife?" "Poor, plain little me?" She raised her eyes, then turned them quickly away, her face crimson, her w hole frame trembling, Wr heart f all of a ncw-.-w -.-t joy. "To me, as you stand thus and always, you are Wautiful, for I love you au've everv thing on earth. Madge, answer tie. "Yes," she whispered low; "ve-" then laid her face upon his breast. The following afternoon, some three or four hours earlier than t hey w ere ex wcted. Mrs. Waddilove, Miriam and Se lina arrived at the. Manor house. As he stood watching his men stai-k-ingt he hay. M r. Waddilove w as in formed that his wife and daughters had come home, and. without an iiistart"s delay, he hurried to greet them. The thn-e ladies were tired after their journey, and answered his various inquiries ith but scant courtesy. Then, as Madge lid not ajijwar to welcome her, her mother became extremely irate. "My dear, she has gone fcir a walk," her hu.-band said, soothingly. "She -she will not lw long." "A walk alone at this late hour? You are a strange wrson to have charge of a young girl, James. I supjiose Madge has done exactly as she pit-used while 1 was away? Hut that will hkii W changed. Out for a w alk alone " "She is not alone, dear," he Wgan. knowing full well she was with tiil Iwrt, and wondering how he should break the news of her engagement to her moUier. "Site's w ith a friend." "Well, this sort of thing must Iw put a stop to." "Yes, ves, of course. Hut have you any news for me, I.ydia?" She glared at him. "Noue." she an swered sharply. "Then your time has Wen waited. The oportunities were of no avail? Miriam and Sclina have made no con quest." "You are rude, Mr. Wadd . And I am glad the poor girls have gone mi st airs." "I don't mean to W rude, dear. I am content to keep my daughters at home. I w asonl v follow ing up t he con versation that led to vour going to Wn don. I Wlieved in a sweet, bright na ture, and fate. You put faith in wh.it you calld Wauty and opmrt unit i.-s. Without Wasting or iu any way annoy ing you. I wish to say, without taking any credit to myself, that my idea was the right one; that here, in our home. Madge and I have Wen more success ful." Mrs. Waddilove flounced over to tlw window. , "Pray explain" She stojijwd abruptly and put up Iut pince-nez. as a slim little girl in pink cotton walked at-nss the lawn in cl.-e conversation with a fair, blue-eved man. "Madge?" she cried. "And who. pray , is her comanion ?" "That," he said, hurrying to her side, "is t;ilWrt Hastings, the wealthy young owner of the Warreu, and our Madge's atlianced husband." "liood heavens." She sank into a chair with a cry. "Hut but W gen erous, James. 1 Ki not triumph over me too much." He took her hand and pressed it to his lips. "Xothitip, my dear, is fart her from my thoughts, ami I am very glad that you have come home to rejoice with meit ur chil.l's great happiness." Ixindon sketch. The Care VV ould Follow. The KuroM-au friends of the late John Chamberlain, and be had many, were iained to hear of his sudden death at Saratoga, He was a gournieiit tin. and the Wst-ktiown hott!keewr iu Wash ington. His restaurant had a national reputation, but the prices were excc t "tonally high. Aproos of this. Col. Tom OchilrYee and a young friend from Texas were aliout todiiie. The latterex pressed a strong desire to artake of a orterhoiise steak and fried onions, but said that he ould not do so. as he was going to the theater with some Ladies and his breath might give him away. "Ion"t W afraid, my friend." said Col. tk-hiltree. "go right ahead an.l liavc your steak and onions. When you get J your bill for the mal it w ill take your I breath away." LondonChaU i Hit MAN." He 11 ad U,. a and Hadn't Forf ot- t i lc We call him f: funny man Iwcaus hn was sad and - .-riousand said little but gazed right ii. our . sou I.swumI made tell him just w !iat was in our mind at. the time, and theu came out wit't some magnific ntly lum-nnus Mlgges tion that .Vared every cloud nwav.savs Scribricr's. Wh.T was more, he wouid then go oT w it h ns at once and play the. right thing out to its finish, earnestly and devoutededl,. putting U other things aside. So we called him the fun ny man. meaning only that he wasdtf ferent frotu those others who thought it incumbent on them to plav the jiali. ful mummer. The idea as op-msed to the real man was what we n-ant. only we were not acquainted with th phrase. Thus.- others, with their he boid j.-sts eliim-y contortions, doubtl.-ss rl.ittcr.-d t hems. Ives thai th.y were funnv men; we. who had to s:t. through and applaud the painful pel foriiiaiice. kn.-w better. He pulled up t.. a walk a.s soon as ha aught sight of u., and the dogvai t crawled slovvlv along till it stopped ju-t ' -Pl-o-ite. Then he leaned his ohin oa his hand and reg ud.-d us long and m.ul fuMy. y.-t said never a word; while wo jigged up ami down inthedui,t. grin ning bashfully, but with exjwetauor.. For you never knew exactly what th man might say r do. "You look Ure-1," he remarked, pres ently ; "thoroughly Wrcd. Orel.- let me see; you're not married, are vou?" He aked this in such sad earnestness that we hastened to assure him that we were not married. TWugh we felt he ought to have known that much; we had lwen intimate for some time. NEW SCHOOL FOR MONKEYS. They Will lie Trmlnvd for llnmrallr Serv ant. Tl-r- has just lwen founded at Cal cutta an institution for tW. education of monkeys, says an exchange. A young monkey is taken and be fore bun it, placed a set of block on which are painted in capitals the let ters of the alpha Wt. These hhwks are. in. fact, exactly similar to Those which ei.ilJ.rcn piay with in every civilitej ouj.try iu the world, and they are used in pn-casely tW same way as if the m.Hikey were a young sjweimen f t tic human rae. T'lere is one pmfessor f ' r e;ich monkey, ami the monkey is t.-.ugiil by means of Uie blocks to sw!l certain words. If llu- word is "fru.t," for example, the monkey, after having been taught t arrange the blocks so) as to s-ll the word quickly and With out error, receives a bit of fruit as his reward. The same cxcicise is rc"eated wiJh other words: and it is hoped that in time the simians will leatn how to read and sped and ut-derstand Knp l.sh. if they cannot spe-ok it. An effort will als-i Iw jiiade. it is said, tiirtlucatr t he e Wasts so tJiat they may lecouie fairly e'iic'tent domestic servants. The sefi. nil is so young as yet. however, that what it wiil a. c.,riip.isli is entirely matter of speculation. Its "professors" nre enthusiast.'..- al-out their novel work an. I seem to think that a new field of usefulness will lw ojwned up for llki viatic ring little leasts. ANY OLD PLACE WOULD DO. He Couldn't Spell 4ss,tomle Her Could the Stenographer. A short mail, with red whiskers, sham tiling gait, and the remains of a j.ig. wandered into the. Midland the oilier evening, and asked for a type writer's studio, says the Kansas City Journal. He lives in Kansas, not far from T qwk-i, and had lhen here at tending the footiiali games. Luck had walk. si on the same side of the street with him in the matter of Wt--. and he wanted to stay an other week. Hirthis w ife expected him home, so he whs in search of a tyH w rit-r to send home a letter to serve a- an a!ogy for his nonappearance, "Kansas City, this date, !"," he mut tered to the typewritist. "I have that." "Mv dear wife." -Y."-s." "Very iuijxirtant businests will re quire my prv-sen.e in Osawatomie for a few .Lavs " "WCs see," interrupted the artist. "How do you spell that Osawatomie?" "Swl it yourself. It'n. your type w riter." "I can't," "Can't sjwll O saw atomic?" he asied in disgust. "No." "Then I'll go to Fort Scott." IMPORTED FLIES. Insert Caught In the Ssrnmpe of MmIm Hrnuiht Here. The report made from Laredo to th treasury department at Washington make constant reference to one of the. queerest articles of itn'iort brought into this country. These arc dried jj.-x.icau Hies, which are brought to the I'uited States in large quantities to W Used as food for wt singing binls. These tlies live in the iuii ill vari ous sections in Mexico, where they are -aught by men who devote their lives to the work. The fly catchers use a siiren net. and make a large haul at every cast. The individual fly is called mosc.is. It is small and delicate, anj its w hole Ixnly fius the appearance of having Iwen gild..!. The flies when alive are Wautifvrl -nd harmless. There is a duty on these MovK-an flies, doubtless to encourage, the home fly industry, but up to the present time the moscos business has not flourished in this country to any marked extent The imported flies are lacked in tiarrels, and tiiey sell for a high price. Told H! Morj In I -at in. At the time of the wa-e jubilee Tr. C. 15. Porter, of lioston. ret urn.-d to hi-i olhce one lay. and found the slate in the ball covered with 1-atin words a'n! signed O.-W. Holmes. He imme- lintely got down his dictionary, and w il h touch effort discovered that tie had Iwen in t he jwa-e jubilee, liad soiled his Ik Mts so thoroughly with dirt that be did not like ti go down town . such a plight, and had stopped and. a-k-l Mr. Porter's servant for a foor lru.h that be might clean up his toot.; aii.i he ha.l liginti.d this rather me nia' wrforin.iiice by writing it all out ie l-lin and leaving it ou the slate. Chicago Chronicle. Ti:
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