“Till Death Us Do Part™
Oft in the lapses of the night,
When dead things live and
things die,
I touch you with
Lest you have
sigh.
live
a wild affright
ceased in sleep to
There is no Truth I fear to face,
Not e'en the record of my heart
That brands me recreant from grace,
Except the truth that we must part.
hour,
me,
Before the phantom of that
Time's Officer to you and
A miserable wretch I cower
And plead for pity, hopelessly.
“May we not
Together? the
It ends the
A turning or a
Francis Coutts in
dia.”
tread the path,” I ery, |
None can miss;
against sky-—
way
sunset
precipice
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I wish John would c¢ home,”
Carrisorooke, nine-
luncheo
draw the
since
Mereussd
hrooke
, in the late:
nbined much of the
conveni
in that sf:
nim to be uss
Both Aggie
Same
shooting,
some
sides
motorcar enthusiasts
first Ham
flew by very swiftly
Then one day
it
the
and
good sh
hth wife
¢
anf
ant
few weeks at
the day of this story
Mrs
seen enough of
occurred to Carrisbrooke
that had
another: that they were "a guestless
and forlorn old and she dis
patched husband “ont the
highways and hedges” to
guests. In other words, she sent him
with the car to Badmington to bring
back Florence and Jack Fotheringay,
who had been married on the same
day as the Carrisbrookes and were
their closest friends i
“Florence can bring her maid” |
sald Mrs. Carrigbrooke to hus.
band as he left, “and she and Fergus
son are all servants that we
want; which, Dickson" —
Dickson was the chauffeur—“will al
ways lend a hand, if necessary. And |
mind that you are back for tea at 5 |
o'clock.” i
It was
ing dusk
late did
they one
couple.”
her
ier into
hein
ring
her
the
besides
,
had been grow. |
since 4, and not until too |
Aggie Carrisbrooke remem- |
ber that she had forgotten to order |
in more petrol from the village for |
the lamps that morning. The lamps |
in the were of old fash-
foned, petrol burning kind, and in the |
morning when her husband started |
off upon his guest hunt, as he called |
it, he had Bespoken their contents to |
fill his tanks, and promised that he
would order a fresh supply for her
in Hambledon as he passed through
Manlike, he had forgotten all about
it: unfortunately, his wife had not
thought of it, elther; Fergusson did
not know that there was no lamp oll,
and, In consequence, the house was
lightless.
“Where are you going, Fergusson?”
“Down to the village, mum, for ol}
to Bll the lamps. You can’t sit here
in the dark, with nothing but the
flicker of the fire to see by, and”
“Ferguson, I absolutely forbid you
to go out! Do you think I am going
to sit here all alone, with not a liv.
ing soul in the house except Jasper”
~Jasper was the cat--" while you
go down to Hambledon and back
again? Why, 1 should die of fright!
Im frightened as it is. This houss
is horribly lonely, and there have
been all sorts of awful stories in the
past 5, and
cottage the
papers lately about attacks on lonely
wofuen and What's that?”
of wind had blown against the iron
gate, rattling Tt across the bars with
rather an uncanny sound. “I'm get.
ting horribly frightened, Fergy,”
her mistress But
stout old lady or the mother-of-the
British yeoman type, laughed at her,
sat down in the armchair by the fire,
and drew “Miss Aggies” head
ner shoulder.
“1 do wish
remarked Mrs
“Fergy,
gate leading into the lane—a
I saw him, and he's trying to
over , Ob, Forgy, Fergy, we shall
murdered in our ! n
“Now, don't be fuolish,
don't now!" sald
"We murdered in our
while ing by the drawing
room fire. And there isn’t anybody at
the back’ garden gate, Why should
Carrisbrooke
man!
all
be eds!
Miss
you Fergusson,
can't be beds
we're sitt
there be?
the lane be
was
The gate leading into
hind Hambledon
used, and had n yen
he Carrisbr I
‘ottage never
opened
had been there
Wake
of the house,
th
st
gate as
presently
SON why ne of the should
n't
tradesfolk
have more monners than the
and or » 5 » +} 3 NT § ¥
and go round } ne back for
ro po 2 § . 1 _—
rance, as hey all ought to
The
too-whooing like
wind was whistling
mmoth owl, ar
presently
a clanging
the two
—
ure:
was a burglar, know 1 sholud
do myself an injury And
be so foolish, dearies don’t
Thes
That's their
her young
her to look
window,
Burglar’s
make no nolses down at
just gets in and
ysiness ™ And
mistress, Fergus
at the fire and
and down
into
gntos
hurgles
kissing
gon told
not at the
went to the gate
the lane
It seemed
that oid
several hours
tightly rammed
tried hard
the fire, but
suddenly she
the window
of it. The gate
open wiae, and
came Fergusson, running as fast
she could, her gray hair fallen
down and streaming out
Carrisbrooke
gone
Aggle
had been
She had fingers
into her ears, and
keep her attention on
couldn't manage it, and
jumped up and ran
fo
her
nurse
her
to
into the lane
ungovernable terror
Aggle tore out to the front door to
let her in, slammed, bolted and chain
ed it behind her, and, before giving
or asking any explanation, the
other's sobbed for
pathy
“The knife,
gusson, when
breath “When
drms and sym-
the knife!”
she could
I got
said
get
down to
her
keeping him waiting, and then pushed
righf in past me”
“Why did you open the gate?” Ag
gie asked with trembling lips
“1 don't believe 1 did, Miss Aggie:
I don't be.ieve the gate was locked
at all. And there he stood, with a
great, gleaming, pointed knife in his
hand. 1 can see the blade of it now,
and l--well, I ran”
“You--you did run, Fergy” wills
pered Aggie, smiling through her
tears,
The two wenf back Milo the draw.
fag room again, 10¢%ing each door
they passed through as they went,
and waited in Wn agony of terror for
death-—or Mr. Chrrisbrooke’'s return.
Not more than half an hour later
the loud panting of the Panhard
brought ils welcome message, and
Carrishbrooke and the Fotheringays
were very much alarmed when they
heard what had happened. “I never
for the house a
And in
1 and
wei aa pleaty In the cal
a few moments
nome looked like
The two men revolvers
and for an round
the house, They came back laughing.
“I didn't find you: bur-
glar, Fergusson,” John
said, when he could speak,
found this upon the kitcien
sill. It probably explains the
tery."
“Why, it's our carving knife!”
gave it to the
lights were
nome again
took thel:
get out excursion
fearsome
“but 1
window-
mys
sald
Fergusson. “1 grin-
der vesterday.'
“And probably
burglar,” Carrisbrooke remarked,
The
been run
dirty slip of paper, on
scrawled i11 kum beck
fer ve frippuns.’ The
blade of the knife had
through a
which was
termorrer
Sketch
TAKING ANOTHER NAME.
Nothing in Laws to Prohibit It—Rea
sons for Making Changed.
almost unl
to bear
dd
other
an
cases
no ot
ty per
name
the
ter the
The
within
new name
granting
ten days
A newspaper
“Thus
who for
must
published in
oreafter
designated by the court
jaw the
and
the protects
sufficient
a name other than
The order of the court be
rights of the
which may subsequently
him under his original
preserved, his identity be.
the law fully established”
person
good reasons
own
recorded. all
his
ing
individual
accrue to
name are
ing under
the
LOCOMOTIVE AS FIELDER.
Baseball Story Told so Many Times
Marylanders Believe it.
in the baseball annals of Texas,
Baltimore County, is dn Incident
which, whether an actual occurrence
or not, has been repeated so often
Mat it is invested with the force of
tact, says the Baltimore Sun
On a hot Fourth of July, back in
the eighties, when the catcher held
his position behind the bat without
or toe plate, there was a game of
the Timonium Little Potatoes, But
Hard to Peel
The Sluggers had got Tn some good
stick work early in the game, and
the visitors were just feeling the big
Texans pitcher. It was the fifth in-
ning and the Little Potatoes had two
men on bases, one on second and the
other on first, when one of their
homerun hitters, who had Yeen
asleep up until the moment, struck
the ball
It cleared the entire fleld, and
would have fallen on the rallroad
track, but just at that moment a train
came along and the ball disappeared
in the smokestack of the engine.
The train was going at a lively
speed up grade, and the force of the
puffs ejected the ball. The momen:
tum of the train carried it until it fell
in the third baseman's hands, and &
double play was the result,
After much kicking from the Little
Potatoes as to whether the play was
fair, the side was retired, as the dow
tie play made three hands out
GET ENOUGH SLEEP
often
that
does
they
How
remark
one hear
cannot
sleep 1s 111,
Any
glean
person who is always sleepy is not
healthy person sleeps only
allotted
be at
for rest,
will
the same duration.
is to quite
an
Just
spends upon ihe
sleep
how long one
sleep
are growing
need more slee
For a
from
saould
ETOw
seven to
De guile
foremost
apartments
proper amount of fresh
sledp I8 not possible
#l80 are a menace
attend to
while
writ}
0 one
i
And
Organs
the
affectad
yald
1
things sh not
anda
which should
is, to have
to hed
before the hb
jeep hefo
ana
o'clock or a
going to bed,
go to bed
and
Boclety
gystemati
ors in sb
service, but with
Wars
564 women who
ler housework, onls
¥
these were no
tory Thelr
frankly stated te
long hours
selves, the isolation
and
taches to the
mour Kl
1islike
no
other work
social
yecupation
Atlantic
the stigr
ors,
link in the
A PLUCKY WOMAN
Miss Elizabeth Thielman has just
completed two years’ work as a con
Miss Thielman was the only child
contractor, who died iwo
leaving several unfinished
rading and paving cer
Miss
the con
nothing of
a means of clearing up all outstanding
accounts against her father
She hired Italian laborers, skilled
and has personally
work for the jast
visited the work
superintended the
two years. She
personally to saloons to find em
ployees who were putting in their time
there. She has completed the con
tracts, clearing up enough to pay
debts of $50,000 against her father's
eatate,
{sanc A. Hopper, an old friend of
man could, with the experience
has gained, continue the contracting
business and, make a good living if
20 laclined. She will take no more
contracts, however, now that those
from the city are filled
on thelr completion she left for Maine
for a rest.
NEWEST STREET SKIRTS.
The newest street skirts, whether
long or short, fit closely around the
hips, being In many mstances closely
gored or cut circular at the top. Some
ing out walking skirts of the popular
small plaids or checks, cut entirely on
she cross and circular, so that they
fit smoothly around the hips, gather.
ing fulness as they descend,
8 have seams
and, poss
Other
ily,
mod-
plain save for
mis-
ill be found
y mention the
that has
manufacture A
good
autumn, and
that
made at
14 hiyr
ADO]
to n one entire
apring and
other
Necessary
gown
every
then have the ROWHS
absolutely
tendency to accumulate
Rather a few
many half
against the
more than are needed
satisfactory gowns than
way ones. [t
a lot of clothes in perfect order,
the finish and
aad
in these days detail
Bazar
THE PLEASING COUNTENANCE
can never have
the lines of the whole visage, speak
as the tongue can never speak
face is not merely physical; It
out
The
Hard thoughts, evil designs,
through
changes
golfish ambitions show
And
and purposes of ours is felt by those
look at us it is not
we should have a care
about words and deeds as influencing
others: the very countenance itself,
within, should speak
THE WOES OF GIRLS,
Whatever a girl does it seems In
ovitable that she should be laughed
at, and she must learn to expect this
A few vears ago she was called a
“hinestocking” for her devotion to
learning; next an “empty-headed,
overdressed doll”; and now she Is “a
creature of iron muscles, of waistless
symmetry, of bloeps and ungainli
ness.” Should she turn her energies
to cooking and domesticity, she be
comes a “mere household drudge’.
Edith Thompson in Cassell's Maga
zine.
peaches, blackberr!
Aleut
i308
are
toes it
hen, fir
shaped pieces with
a serving spoon
ha
aE
to load up
rind
wieldy
RECIPES.
One pint milk,
whites of two
Hot
cup
Rolls
SURAT,
quarts flour, one-half cup but
ter. one veast cake and salt to tasie
Sift salt and flour in and
warm water, one teaspoonful sugar
and flour enough to make a batter
Place in warm place for about
fifteen minutes. Put milk, and
sugar in small tin bucket on the
stove until butter melts. Stir all to
gether: add yeast to this and mix in
bread pan, together with eggs well
beaten. Make into dough and let rise
until very light. After that roll out
thin, cut with a biscuit cutter and
spread with butler] fold each over
in a buttered pan, Cover
the tops of rolis with white of egg
This makes them glossy.
Julienne Soup—To six pounds of
jean beef (preferably the shin with
bones well cracked) add five quarts
water. Put this in a covered kettle
on the stove to heat slowly. Let it
boil for six hours, taking care that
the water does not get too iow, After
that set aside, well covered, until
next day. An hour before needed re
move the bones and the fat on top,
got the soup on the fire and flavor
with salt. When it boils skim it care.
fully and put in the vegetables.
These consist of two carrots, three
turnips, one-half head cabbage, one
head celery and one quart tomatoes,
all cut up fine and dolled tender be
fore placing in soup. The cabbage
should be cooked by itself. Add also
the water in which the vegetables
were cooked. Boil slowly for one
half hour, then strain. Pepper and
salt should be added, and macaroni,
rice or other vegetables may be add
ed if desired.
It is alleged that the mutineers of
the Knlaz Potemkin got $350,000 out
of the warship's strong box. This
may account for thelr eagerness to
go ashore, suggdsts the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
one-quar-
fer CERES,
two
bread pan
to rise
Mitter
and place