ohD IRONY OF FATE
By MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD-|
RIDGE.
“You high-handed- rascals!” stormed |
John Marsh. “If I was only able to get
on my feet I'd make you suffer!"
Writhing in his invalid chalr and |
shaking his crutch through the open
window at the two local constables who |
were leading away with a rope a beau.
tiful collie dog, the old man seemed on
the verge of a fit.
It was a sad irony of fate that John
Marsh, the confirmed litigant, the wil-
ful tyrant, should be helpless and at the i
mercy of two subordinate minions of |
the law. Helplessly raving after them |
he saw the petty officials disappear |
from sight, and cowered down with |
a bitter curse amid a new and appall-|
ing loneliness and misery.
“Pretty hard on the old man to have
to give In to the law,” observed one
of the constables.
“Huh! if he was well and about he'd
carry the case to the supreme court
and beat us out, if it took years and a
fortune to do it.”
“lI don't fancy getting his
along of this dog of his.”
“Neither do I, and outside of that 1
hate to shoot the poor animal.”
“Duty is duty and orders is orders,”
rejoined the first speaker. “We'll take
Jackzie over by the river and dispatch
him and end the matter.”
This had happened A mean-sauled
traveling salesman had passed the
Marsh house, ventured to enter the
yard and appropriate some apples. |
I.oval Jackzle, ever on the made |
a dash for the intruder, nearly tore his
coat from his baek and left the scars
of conflict on of the fright- |
ened stranger latter complained,
Marsh could not urt to testify
and poor, faithful Jackzie was sen
tenced to execution
It was not until the sole companion
of his later vears in the dreary
home was gone that John Marsh real
{zed his utter wretchedness, And,
sides Jackzie, he realized had
friend in the wide world. Then,
the thought that the law,
familiar weapon, should be turned
against him, fairly maddened him.
For years he had kept the communi
in hot water with his disputes and
alert,
the body
The
get 10 (
old
he
he no
too,
his favorite
ty
ae
“You High-Handed Rascals!”
law suits, Why,
wretchedness, the confirmed old liti-
gant experienced a thrill of pride as
he recalled the Barton case. Ah, there
was a suit with a vengeance! Robert]
Barton had defied him in a trivial mat-
ter and Marsh had set about it to get
his revenge. For over five years the
legal squabble had dragged its slow
and costly length through court after
court and had tied up the Barton prop |
erty. i
“I hate those Bartons like poison!”
Marsh bad declared on many occa |
sions, and he thought they were mean
when they were only meek, and took
their sheer desperation for vicious |
ness, so perverted had his cramped,
sour natdre become.
Meantime Jackzie had allowed him-
self to be led beyond the limits of the
town with downcast eyes and all the
resemiblanee of a culprit. His guides |
and guards finally halted at a stretch
of underbrush near the bluffs over
hanging the river.
“Come on,” spoke one &f the con
stables, “let's get to work.”
He let go of the rope as he spoke
and both drew their revolvers. The
fdea was to release the dog and shoot |
him running. Instantly, however, |
Jackzie, as though suspecting some |
thing, made a spring, upset one of the |
officers, darted past the other and
made for a copse near the edge of the!
bluff.
Bang~—bang' Two reports rang out. |
The dog gave a loud yelp of pain,
sprang Into the air and disappeared
over the edge of the blur ]
Splash! The two constables ran to!
the edge of the stream and peered
over. They waited for a few minutes, |
but only the fading ripples showed. |
“He's sunk. That ends our job, and |
I'm glad of it,” spoke one of the of.
cers. “Now then, to return the war
rant and enter the record: ‘Duly dis
patched according to the law.”
Poor Jackzie, one paw ridged with a
bullet, had indeed sunk under the wa
ter, but had come up again. Sheltered
by some vines, right at the bottom of
the bluff a fair young girl was seated
éven now amid his
She was
Naomi Barton,
Marsh's alleged enemy, and she recog
nized the animal at once.
“Quick
in the boat and crouched
cealed by a shawl thrown over him.
From the shots, from the voices!
{ of rumor that had come to her
bright dream of love
gaged to honest,
But her vision of domestic bliss
lawsuit the Bartons had
very low financially. She could not
leave the old folks to struggle on
| alone. She was too proud to have her
lover care for them. So the wedding
had been postponed indefinitely.
Naomi waited until she was sure
that the constables had returned to
Then she ram the boat
She took
housed him in the
attended
slight wound. At dusk she stole
the house and by secluded paths start
ed for the home where Mr. Marsh
lived.
At supper time, when the men folks
had come home, the rage and misery
of old Marsh was discussed. There
was a vengeful
munity that “the old reprobate” had
got his deserts. Gentle, humane, al
though he had wronged them, Naom!
pictured his sordid misery and loneli
ness and resolved to restore to him his
only friend
“Come in,” a gruff voice
Naomi knocked at the door
She sto through her
upon his mas
g »
Jackzie with her,
spoke as
od aside
tears as Jackzie spr
ter. The beautiful affection of the dog
the almost insane delight of Marsh
were touching in the extreme. |
Marsh eyed her keenly
“You
he said.
“Yes
“Tell me about the
Naomi did so. Her
A strange expression stole over his
time-scarred face. He drew towards
him ym the stand at his side a tin
box and took some papers out of it
“Give those to your father and tel
him to burn them up,” he sald huskily
I do this because you are first
human being who In years done
me a kind act.”
And morning he wrote a
brief note to his lawyer, which ran:
“Sell two of my bonds and send the
$1,000 to Naomi Barton for a wedding
present.”
(Copy
smiling
“inally
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are Robert Barton's daughter?”
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RIGHT SPOT FOR MEMORIAL
Empress Eugenie Has Done Well in
Selecting Site for Monument to
Her Dead Son.
It is ann that the
press Eugen
unced aged Em
has bought a piece of
park of Malmaison,
to resrect there
which she
the garden
ie
land adjoining the
France, and inten
a memorial of her
placed some years ago
Paris »
son
in
of a house in hich belongs to
her
Nothing couls
the
Pr
the unha PDy
1 be mc
presence of
ire appropriate
a memorial
young prince who might
Napol IV, in a spot so
Napoleonic memories as
where Napoleon 1. spent
of
have been
redolent
Malmaison,
#0 many happy hours.
The house and its park have been
put into beautiful order, and the man
must indeed own an insensible soul
who can wander through the rooms in
which he and Josephine lived, and
look upon the plenishings that were
theirs, without a thrill of historic
emotion. The very spirit of history
broods within its modest but elegant
walls—the ingenious traveling writing
desk, made at Florence, which still
&0n
of
in its time have concealed
fateful secret.
Too Much Cavity.
When the conversation in a Wash
ington club turned to things tonsorial
the other night, Congressman Frank
P. Woods of lowa was reminded of a
incident that occurred in a
many a
went into the aforesaid barber shop
to have his briers reaped, but no
sooner had he taken a seat in one of
the chairs than he dropped off into
Apparently the shave
manipulating the customer, and after
making several attempts, he thought
fully paused.
“Excuse me, ir,” said
shaking the man in the chair,
would you mind waking up.
shave you while you are asleep.”
“Can't shave me while I'm asleep!
exclaimed the victim, with a wonder
ing expression. “Why not?”
“Because,” explained the barber as
softly as possible, “when you fall into
slumber your mouth opens so wide
delphia Telegraph,
Gyroscope System.
For steAdying a vessel of 5,000 tons
rolling 50 degrees, Prof. BE. Sperry re
ports that two stabilizing reservoirs
welghing 806 tons would be required.
The gyroscopic systém, taking a tenth
of the space, would occupy but 51
tons, and would have the advantage
of being able to create a roll of 8 de.
groes or 10 degrees to prevent being
caught In ice.
Linoleum and Ollcloth.
British linoleum and oilcloth ex
ports last year amounted to 55,463,200
square yards.
NEW NECKWEAR STYLE
GREATER VARIETY NOW THAN
FOR MANY SEASONS,
Taffeta, In the Prettiest of Colorings,
as Popwlar as Ever—High Stand-
ing Medici Collar Algo
Much Liked.
Even to give a general description
of the new neckwear is difficult, be-
cause there is such a wide range of
styles. One might say that the list
starts with the plain flare collar and
ends with a soft vest girdle. So varied |
in length are these accessories that |
Princess Lace, Ribbon Bow
h with only
"»
i
dresses
dence in
is seen in 1
a, AS In
much in ey the
Wear it
with their
in the
ompadou
lovely col well as
d colors
i collars of
orings
shaded weaves and
lFaffeta r
the
uches an
same silk re take
the place of
malines
in favor
in
NDecKpieces which have beer
long
autu
SO
the early
ays of spring
vould be tod
Waistcoat of Net and Taffeta
ces introduced this season
Medici |
gilk softened by |
The taf
ground strewn over |
eckpis
ed of a high
of pompadour
standing
frills of
feta had a
with large ses and green leaves |
in The wide friils
were placed Inside next the neck and
fell over the high standing collar of |
taffeta, extending in jabot effect down |
each side of a V front
There is quite a
coats this spring.
loned from all sorts of
cream-tinted lace
black
red re
tones
soit lace
waist
fash
in
vogue for
They are
material,
REALLY A FORM OF SANDAL
Lace Top Shots Highly Desirable Ac.
cessories Worn With Stockings
of a Different Shade.
PNP PN SI
Lace top shoes sound alluring, don't
they? They are really high shoes, cut |
in every way like ordinary dress shoes
but the vamp is of colored satin,
One pair, particularly pretty, showed
top and heel of cloth of gold, with top
lace, Sometimes colored
to match is
a combination that shows up
when stockings of a different
One pair, a
back to the |
sandal, since nothing could exceed |
this lace shoe for transparency.
——— —
Blouses and Fichus,
Warm blouses are made of poplin,
plain or figured, and others are In
fancy woolen materials with a slight
thrown up to the surface in the weav.
ing. Many are high in the neck, but
the majority are collarless and open
at the throat. There are, however,
deep, allround collars which can be
donned on very cold days and pro
vide some modicum of warmth. Silk
blouses are warm when lined with
light woolen material, such as volle
or delaine, and these are trimmed
with ecru lace or embroidery, and,
like everything else, with quantities
of beads In the same color with the
silk, ' »
cluding taffeta In every shade, pique,
linen, crepe and net. White net com-
bined with white chiffon taffeta formed
the materials used for one of the
smartest vests seen this season, and
which is shown in the {Hustration.
The body of the vest is made of fine
net shirred on the shoulders and
again shirred at the bottom into a
waistcoat or high girdle which fas
tens at the front with three crystal
buttons.
of the vest,
than
whieh Is
a slit from
nothing
shoulder to girdle
The soft crush collar is of the white
taffeta. There are also exquisite lit
taffeta in
the fancy
Shadow
buttons
light or dark tones
of the wearer,
lace, chiffon, net and crys
are effectively utilized in
fichu
These materials are used alone or in
combination, and any
seems to be successful if it
worked
ib ©
out,
MARY DEAN.
TO PROLONG LIFE OF PLANTS
Abundance of Fresh Air Is the First
Necessity for Those Kept for
Indoor Adornment.
¢
I¥ persons are unsuccessful
plants b
with
nouse cause they do
them The
living
warm for the av
the room
closed during
8 seldom
enough fresh air
of the
too dry
potted
ke pt
atmos
phere ordinary room
and too
plant, and
80 tightly
cold months that the
pure
woth
erage 8
usually
the ] alr
Plants of all whether
side
of fresh air
day
vs and allo
the
must
BOTS, y are
aised indoors or out have
Two or
abundance
i open 8 the
IW Er one or iy
sed
in ihe
f tha Dia
he good alr they
light
good good soil
moisture are the living
til plants
box
§
OF renot
POF repot
Leen a of
' rid uring
PIAS FUT INE
dded
life W hen pre
the
Fresh is always
earth to kill
irdy plants give
od Ammoniated bone
for hou
jardi
de
shiny
psuds
house
a good fertilizer i
Beware of the fancy
eit 4 g
TeRDONs bie
All
washed
plants with
be
3 y
Fiesl
a $8 bs ¥
With ren
% x
p a rubber pi
few days
scales
fresh
growth
ort will
and green
An
Keep
ok
alerinl
CAamong:
in fine
$i LOE
Cheviot Skirt.
mer wardrobe will
separate skirt does
and constant laundering. For
recommends black
as well as
in Scotch
wonderfully
Your
least
Bum
require
at one that
not dem
this purpose Vogus
and white
the new
plaida, which
and effec
checked cheviot
cotton cheviot
is smart
tive
Arm Coverings.
Sheer long sleeves continue
good
PAP PAINT
SE
FASHIONABLE LINGERIE
Wash net Is much made use of by
the makers of lingerie. This combina.
tion underbodice and petticoat in the
fllustration, made of batiste, is edged
frill of net heads the tucked flounce.
satin ribbon, to hold the bodice frill
of lace in place, and a band of blue
ribbon, ending in & bow under the net
frill, complete this slip. The under
bodice of flesh-pink chiffon, is much
beribboned in pale blue and is
strengthened by a band of wide ma-
lines lace about the top.
i ————
Blossoms and Girdles.
The flowers worn are enormously
and chrysanthemuma. These are in-
troduced on the bodice drapery or at
the waist. Wide ribbon girdles are
Stfunged 4u. that ous wad falls at the
side, sometimes two,
A THOUSAND LIVES
Sea of Azov Waters.
HURRICANE WITH DISASTER.
Greater Part Of City Flooded and
Many Persons Drowned In Addi
tion To Hundreds Who Perish.
ed In the Tidal
Wave.
Ekaterinodar, Russia. Over 1,600
persons perished in the inundation of
the towns of Stanitza and Achtyra-
skaja by a tidal wave from
Arrow
The wave struck the town during a
violent hurricane, which the
Province of Kuban
Over 150 persons were drow
in the floods of Yasenkaja
A dam collapsed in the
Temryuk, on the Taman peninsula, #8
miles northwest flooding
the greater part of city and
ing many
The sea
ings in Achtyraskaja
Temryuk is a
population of 16,000
eal of the Turkish
¥ the K
gwent
swept
ned also
town of
of this city
the drown
persons
washed away $80 build
town with a
the
historic
It once
Fortress
WES
Adass
The towns of Stanitza, Achty
and Yasenkajs do not appear on any
aval aps and probably are small
places bordering on the Sea of Azov
of Ku?
Taskaa
lable n
in whicl
rovinece
PLANTS BY PARCEL POST NOW.
New Rates For Seeds, Cutt
Roots and Scions.
ngs, Bulbs,
on ID { Extension
weeds
and
became effs
ied by Pq
rates 10
posit
rools
parce i
bulbs
of plants
variou
ctive as
guilt of an
Leer
regeable on
sakes the
{ rates of postage applic
3 tirias
P ALAC IeS
GIRL'S DEATH PROBE IS ENDED.
Fifth inquiry Fails To Shed Light On
Bookkeeper's Demise,
Salisbury, Md Practically
investigat
Corona JUry
fon hich was b
and grand “ry inquiries
ious death of Miss Flor
Walnwrig pretty book
keeper of the the Home Gas Company,
who was found dead in the company’s
offices June, again ended
the present grand jury with the report
“ignored.” This means the jurors
nable to place the responsibility
anyone for the girl's death
into the myster
ence ht the
last before
were u
upon
PALACE OF MACHINERY READY
Largest Panama Exhibition Buliding
Completed.
San Francisco, Cal. —Except for a
the palace of machinery
international
their niches,
the Panama -Pacific
pril 1. The building is no’
in the exposition, but the
wooden structure ever built
staff mask the wood.
AGRICULTURAL BILL MOVES.
Appropriating $19,000,000,
Passed By Mouse,
Washington, D. C.—The Agricultural
Appropriation bill, carrying $19,000.
000, passed the House without sub
stantial amendment. It now goes to
the Senate. The House will take up
the Rivers and Harbors bill this week
and consideration of the Sims bill, pro
viding for the repeal of the exemption
clause of the Panama Canal sct will
follow.
A NEW EGGEATING CHAMPION.
Bristol Boy Eats Twenty Nine Raw In
Forty.-Eight Seconds.
Winston-Salem, N. C., who claimed the
world’s championship as an eggeater,
has lost that title, Harrison Smithson,
a Bristol boy, having eaten 29 raw
eggs in 48 seconds. Smithson claims
to have beaten the world’s record by
four eggs. Shouse's record was 25
eggs In 59 seconds. :
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