A Quaint Fellow. O' Uncle Nad, he's a crank, it 1s rald; He never takes notice, but jes’ goes ahead. “he boys they throw jeer at his clothes, ol' Uncle Ned EOOS, Singin’ An’ jogging snowballs, an’ But unconcernedly a song along. He says a harsh word never lessens his joys, It doesn’t hurt boys. Besides, never that they say, busily pled, day Singin’ a song An’ joggin' along. him and amuses the he hears anything He's ifter day, occu He says that he's sorry fur folks that must gain Their fun by an effort to pain, It's so easy to heal reckon y A deal rains a good By jes’ singin’ a song An' jogging along. —Washington Star. JOHN MARSTON’ HOUSEKEEPER. BY C. V. MAITLAND. ‘Dare 1 take this place?” garet Lester up and down to herself, her small top in her hands. She glanced, ing brown eyes with care in the lov- upon the little seven years, since theirs had died, garet went over in her mind all long seven years, in which she worked for them with willing hax vet had omly been able, just keep the gaunt wolf from door. And now how even that? The fine which could needlework and embroid had barred him out seven years, she could 40 2 no more for her sight was falling- said of overwork. She had advertised in situtation as governess; she vertised and for all And never an answer the one io ery y of, the vain had ad- places. come io her morning's newspaper. She smoothed for the time ‘If A. who has been advertising in this has not found a tion ekeeper, she may by calling bet and o'clock at 7 Washington place.” She dropped caning on ths ing into the searchingly, she the her half it back “No, no! done their aloud to the mirror. Madge gold and hair, laughter from the What twenty-six Besides, I've and I last met tle Madge Lester and in her stead, see—Anne Brown; it out again third paper, situa- as hous do so ween five the paper, and looking and drew ou soft bre cheek ROTTY again. long the nine work she pale, worn There Lester he the 2's nothing Knes frou careless once curl are gone merriment and the eyes, the roundness from the t to have feared id be the nonsense like #0 much nine has gone tall A. B. that cou grown since ago. Lit forever, let will Years yes, do.” hey busy hands smoothing down hair about her face, close bonds to the temples tin git away behind her ears ty, classic style enough, upon which only an would venture. It makes the face look and less like, garet knows, the young Madge ter in the floating cloud of sunny hair, But when she takes she is dissatisfied. thoughtful for a moment, then aside to a chest, from which draws a close crape bonnet and veil, and puts them on, with tender, lin- gering touch, for they were once her mother's. She has dragged something else out in the folds of the crape veil Only a pair of spectacles—some relic which her mother kept. Margaret is abuot to put them back when a sud- den thought strikes her. She goes to the mirror, and puts them on instead. And Bessy looks up from her doll upon the hearthrug, and claps ‘her small hands. “Look, Lulu-— grown so old!” Margaret stoops down to the two {ittle ones and kisses them. Yes, sis ter Margie has grown old, has put away all her sweet youth for them. Then she hurries down, and out of doors. She has slipped her spectacles into her pocket, on leaving her room, and she walks on without them in the gathering dusk. She has no need pf them, but she puts them on again, al “hough they blind her a little as to helght and pumber of steps, when she goes, looking up in the dim light, that thie, Is 7 Washington place, and she must mount to the front door. “What name?’ she is asked, when anc but one elder older, Les- down her hat She turns she look! Sister Margie's she tells the old servant that would sec her master, “Annie Brown,” she she hesitates a little, the widow's cap in her “Mrs. Annie Brown” the servant leads her into the library. Left Margaret draws a breath glances around her. It i is nine vears since she was n. this last--since the ball when | 1 | i she says, and then | remembering crape bonnet. | adds, and | the hall she ACOH alone heavy as she long library Mars had his mother's to be his wife; and angry and she lwmd and the next Then upon John ton asked her here under in this same library, and she been piqued with him some trifle, scorned flonted him day he abroad, her father had come him with crash, and In a little while were lost to all thel roof, had for | and had BOLE ure den esters acquaint first old fi: ances porirait Lire Older lon yea John Marston! knew him, nine vet, she says to herself, have dealt with him far more gently than with her, if this is like him now: and i he thinks this, there muffled in | and with faces those comes a her, the heavy hurried him. Has he in the and i for ful ; doorway stood minutes watching '? Has he med to well? read his face, as round to him. handing him his hich clipped ou for le bow open before he approached the clear LIVERY .« Special Effort made to Accommodate Com- mercial Travelersoee D. A. BOOZER Centre Hall, Pa. Para RB PENNSYLVANIA R. R. Philad. & Erie R. R. Division and Northern Central Ry. TRAINS LEAVE MONTAXDON, EASTWARD. TEA M.-Train 84 Week day for Bun Hurrbburg, arriving et Fhilsdel hia, 11.488 New York 208 p. m., Baitiore 12.15 p. mm. W 20pm Parior car sod passenger isdeiphia, $20 A. M~Train % Wilkemsbarre, Scranton moedianle stations. Week seiton, and Pottsville. Phi Baltimore, Washington coaches tv Philadel phila Week days for Bunbury, HazeMon, Pottsville, Har termediate stations, arriving «fF in sé po ia m,, New York, 2.30 p. m. 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