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{Copyright, 1817, Western Newspaper Uanlon.)
“Our hero clutched the villain by the
throat and held him pinned to the wall
and rigid. Then, with one hand he
snatched the packet of stolen pearls |
from his pocket.
fe pressed the muzzle of bis trusty re- |
volver against his temple and—
“Hold on—not so fast,” Dale Wyatt
Interrupted the rapid reading, “How
many hands did this villain of yours |
fave, anyway?"
“That's so! Oh, I'm a sad muddler
when It comes to literary effusions.
Guess I'll never make a go of it.”
“Why f(ry?" queried Wyatt point-
edly.
“You know well enough,” returned
Boyd Dyson, and with a rather help-
fess, crestfallen air, “There, that's the
end of it!” and he tore up the screed
ke had come to read to his friend and |
sympathizer,
But the very next day he was again
at the office of Dale Wyatt.
“Struck a new vein,” he announced
quite buoyantly, “and think I have hit
it this tile. The tragic and sensation-
al doesn’t seem to be my forte. I'm
trying the romantic and pathetic. Lis-
ten now!” and Boyd read from a new-
ly w ritten sheet:
“ ‘The stars were out in their full
refulgence. It was the mystic hour of |
two a. m. Over the rest of the ver- |
dure-topped hill the glorious full moon
arose"
“Hold on, hold on!”
att. “Don’t you know that the
moon never rises after midnight?”
Boyd Tyson uttered a groan of de-
spair. He flung his latest literary ef-
fort under his feet. He stamped on
it, he thrust his fingers frantically
through his hair.
into a chair.
“Sit there,” he ordered, “until I drive
n little common sense into that boozled
head of yours. Let's start at the be- i
ginning. Miss Daphne
With the other hand |
shouted Wy-
full
Wyatt pushed him |
Worthing: |
ton—"
“You know it!” assented Boyd, with |
emphasis,
“Because she has written a fairly
remarkable book and is truly a high-
ly intellectual and beautiful woman,
Gazed at It Reflectively.
you surround her with all the attri
butes of a goddess,
in love with her. You are
bound firefly, she is a distant star, of
an exaggerated greatness because she
Is so intellectual. Why, Miss Worth-
Ington is intensely human, she regards
her successful novel as a mere cas-
ual skit written for meney,
gineering feats in which you have
shared, as evidence of a capacity and
ability that she truly envied.”
“Grub work, compared to the high
realm of Imagery of her peerless
spirit—"
“Rot—rubbish! Come down from
the clouds!” almost howled Wyntt.
“Bay, her feet are clay, like those of
nll womankind., If you're drifting to-
ward lunacy, because you are in love
with her, go at once and ask her to
marry you." ”
“But she would scorn my humble pe-
tition, and then I would utterly de
pair. No, no! Even if it finally
crushes me, I will at least bask in
the sunlight of her presence ever and
anon, in preference to utter banish-
ment.”
“ ‘Bask’ is fine; your sunshine is all
moonshine!” railed Wyatt, impatient
ly. “Two to one Miss Daphne Worth-
ington is thinking as much and often
minute.”
“Oh, If TI only knew that!” eried
Boyd, in a frenzy of ecstatic long.
ng. He tried to believe It, at least
ope it. He made numerous resolves
to submit his fate to the decree of
the lovely lady, who had entranced
Re peviect lovat was the highest type,
poriect ideal or Yomiamidod, Every
oF sme
ol yb
I him. She smiled on him, and
he “basked” but fearful that any emo-
tional outbreak on his part might lead
to an eclipse of that glorious sunlight,
At the verge of the same he check-
ed himself, with a dismal conviction
that he was doomed to never tell his
love,
Miss Worthington was given to long
strolls, and ft led to Boy: becoming
quite a pedestrian. He mannged it
usually so that somehow, as if quite
incidentally, he would come across
her In the woods or along the lovely
paths lining the cliffs on either shore
of the river. She seemed always
pleased to have his company, as would
any woman who recognized courtesy
and delieate attention as homage to
her worth.
Particularly one afternoon did Boyd,
of his interest was gone on her usual
There had
came a call for him from his father
in the city. He felt that he must in
some way apprize his inamorata of
his sentiments toward her, Going
down the right bank of the broad
stream, he paused in dismay when he
saw Miss Worthington on the opposite
shore,
She was viewing the scenery through
a field glass, and he, standing near a
rising slope of gaunt black rock, lifted
his hat and waved it as she made ap
unmistakable gesture of glad and |
friendly recognition. Then a reckless |
impulse swayed him. !
“I'll do it!" he breathed, hard and |
resolute, i
Boyd picked up a fragment of the !
chalky stone with which the lower |
formation of the rocks abounded. He
moved towards the black face of stone. |
Deliberately he traced across its sur |
face the words, “I love you.”
Breathlessly he stood aside,
his |
He |
Indy neross the |
noted that the lovely
He was sure her glance was |
fixed npon the rude scrawl. He seem
ed able, even at the distance of 200
to note a quick flush to her |
eyes,
eves, In wild suspense and then in |
he fancied he detected the start |
an encouraging wave of her dainty
as she lowered the glasses, and
then—a wayward gust of wind swept {
picture hat from bes
into the stream,
Joy.
2
OF
head and
Splash! i
Without a moment's thought or de
this modern knight of chivalry
plunged into the stream. With clasped
hands and riveted gaze, the owner of |
lay
hat floating to mid stream,
he after it swiftly. He seized it just
i8 he neared one of the numerous lit
tle clumps of reeds that formed Islands
in the river, Suddenly he went down
Miss Worthington uttered a terrified |
ream and to the ground in a |
Some picnickers nearby has
tened to her side,
Boyd's foot had caught In a sunk |
en mass of tangled roots. Entangled
but through powerful efforts
coming up five
high reeds
She saw the
SC sans
SWOOn.
feet away, where the
posite shore, i
He pulled away the ropelike strands
about his feet, struck out for shore,
reached it, soaked and dripping. Hex
head pHlowed In the lap of a lady,
“Oh! he is drowned I” she
walled, and then she noticed the limp,
figure coming up the bank
Her hat in his hand. A seraphic smile |
Jost
insensible,
Boyd delivered the hat to one of the
picnickers, knew that Miss Worthing: |
ton was in safe hands, and vanished.
Looking the half-drowned rat, he had
no desire to be seen by his fastidious |
lady love in that plight. An hour |
later, however, in his usual neaf |
sought her across the river shore. i
In the distance he discovered her, |
Daphne was seated on a rock near |
She was gazing at it reflectively, He |
She arose with a |
“You frightened me so!” she sald,
with a little shiver, “All for a worth:
less hat” }
“You pardon my-—my boldness, 1
hope?’ broke in Boyd, Impetuoously, |
pointing to the writing on the rock. |
“It was impudent of me, I know. |
Please forgive—"
“Any woman may be proud of tha |
honest homage those words imply.”
a lady who can so grandly describe—"
them so sweet,” murmured Daphne,
“Do you know any more tender when |
“1 am that!” voeiferated Boyd, care |
ried completely out of himself, “Oh,
Miss Worthington! what do you say to
that foolish scrawl?”
“This,” replied Daphne, her face
aglow, and she picked up a fragment
of the chalky rock and added a word,
a single word to the chronicle, so that
it read to the ecstatic eyes of Boyd
Tyson :
“1 love you-—too.”
A Mistake.
“These flowers here are perennials.”
“Are they? Now, if you hadn't told
‘me, I would have thought they were
morning glories.”
Cheering Her Up.
Bess—I couldn't marry an man wha
loved mo tot my Juke alone,
Jess Why, , the bitnd Some.
BEDROOM FINERY.
Bvery Christmas
is greeted
sometimes designed for wenr
the bedroom and sometimes
oly
meeting
minde of
ble. Here Is a pretty Jacket
wi pink ribbon and lace
te slipped on over the nightdress or
petticoat, for bedroom wear. The cap
is merely a band of wide ribbon with
frili of lace at each edge headed by a
{ancy braid,
which may
HOMEMADE CHARACTER DOLLS.
and Pat along with
Hortense, are making eves
this Christmas, inviting us
luto thelr merits. They bel
new order of the beloved
that ha always held the
wer of little folks’ hearts,
These dolls are made of discards
stuffed
Carl Gretehen
nt us
to inquire
ong to
“
ve warn
ta
or stockings
used for
3 for the
merc
ure
the
i one bodies,
with heavy
outlines
8 and gnrie and represents
Thy nose and mouth
lined also In black and red
silk Hy in a
side are
makers of
ter dolls,
rized
jackets,
stitching
Jr yarns, the
a
eyes,
OCKS, usua
on the wrong
after by the
!
coking che
elit]
color
souzht
+ jolly ira
SCLDIER'S PORTFOLIO.
neat portfolio to carry sta
and pencil for the
gifts that can be made
t home. It isn
brown denim,
nothing else but thread and soap
to make a very complete and
iY writing case,
the
1 »
soldier
toners
the
wide and sixteen
of it holds three
* a good support for
ssiet in cramped quarters
shown in
bout
picture, case
hes
ex long Line
tora that nu
ten
side
where there is no table.
form now,
ficated In the picture.
It is a good idea
patials
lesides It 1s another evidence
donor,
REMEMBER THE BABY.
Even the baby I» to have a patriotiq
bent given to his affections, by means
Uncle Sam appeard
home-made Christ
that reveal a rubber bal
in their anatomy. They
imp bodies, stuffed with a little
and are dressed In cotton fas
the clever,
mas dolls,
have
brics, us cotton flannel, elderdown or
percale,
In the Uncle
used for the
it
dressed
Sam doll the ball is
head-—but In the other
makes the body, This doll is
blue elderdown and has a
row of the tiniest pearl buttons down
its rotund tummy. When the ball ig |
punched the doll squeals-—much to the
surprise and delight of his babyship, |
One
in
WISHBONE THIMBLE CASE.
A pretty thimble made of a
wishhone saved froin the wreck of the
Thanksgiving tur is something
new. Heavy slik or ' mercerize d cots
ton Is used for crochet lance to make
wide border about the In
case,
wishbone,
is crocheted with a
baby ribbon that is ron
made into three little bows
the A tiny
thimble, is suspended betw
ends of the bone and the pretty gift is
suspended by ribbon hangers.
in picture.
the een i
4
WORK BASKET OF .PAPER ROPE
No gifts are quite #0 much apprect
uted as those which show the painstak.
ing work of the giver. The
work basket, pictured above. ix such a
toker of warmth Triendship every
pretty
as
near and dear to her,
It is made of paper rope in gray and |
lined with rose-colored silk. It is an |
to cherfh. Little pockets, set about
the lining of the basket nt the sides |
will carry all the tools for sewing |
NOVEL COAT HANGER.
Another of those pretty novelties
i
These hang |
New York.—Everything that was in-
vented in clothes this year had
son, Skirts are narrow
French government limited the use of
tloth to five meters. They are minus
fasteners because these necess
were difficult to get and war-time
tivities demanded a speedy mi
dressing, so frocks were made
bver the head and tie around the body
in a primitive fashion.
Certain dyes were exploited because
fliere were no others be had,
Fringed fabrics were Introduce be
becnuse
ae-
to
d
Leopard meets muskrat in this coat
made by Callot. It serves for the
street and the motor. The cap is ar.
*anged to match, with its leopard skin
rim.
cause applied ornamentation was cost
iy and the vastly
from tha er days,
Immense
ups ¥ was decreased
tof f
top
ngs were made
the French
walk through a In
‘he American wor
0 have st a gystem
my which would compel them to walk
astead of paying money for taxis.
Yoluminous peltry was pl
all co 1
sold on both contine
the scarcity
iry and th
this country for this winter.
The Paris designers have
indg of anecdotal reasons for their
gowns, and some the Americ
iressmakers who are not given to ei-
their narrative or reasons for their
slothes, are repeating the French talk
in an interesting
Most Dominant Fashion.
The most dominant fashion pro-|
Juced this winter is the garment that |
slips on over the head and has pieces |
> the material to tie it into place.
This Is quite as primitive as in days |
when Melisande lived, loved and died.
rn
inter
the dozens becan
conts with
by
en were comj
ck of {a
nen
wom
were sug posed
rted on of eco
becaus 34
“8 on £
. Saad un
its last
yecause of
Janu: of it
ns ¢ promise
given al
of
way.
Mothes intently and with an
prophesied that the near fu-
about women's
justed without fasteners. France sent
up some trial balloons in gowns that
in two pieces and tied
trial balloons
proved that the air was safe for the
sending out of dozens of such frocks.
The Americans have accepted them
in high glee. It is a novelty that
When you see
en eagerly talking and gesticulating,
there and turning themselves around
you will realize that
they are each explaining to the other
without a loop.
Coat Suits Catch Fever.
The new cont suits have caught the
fever, and some of the best are ad-
justed with merely a loop of military
Srald run through a buttonhole and
tied back on itself.
The smartest afternoon gowns have
large buttonholes from neck to walst,
through which are run pleces of braid
who Is fond of trying out novel
schemes, can fail to be interested in
this game. She can wear a new gown
with a new kind of fastening and crow
over har
| taken in the largest subscription for
the Liberty loan, It may develop inta
pastime, If the interest and excites
ment in this kind of clothing keep up,
At the moment of writing, our BOW.
has not put an embargo on
t of material to be used in
ench gown. and France have
| both done this, and those who are in
{ Paris say that the French dressmakers
| have taken the keenest delight in fols
lowing the decree. A quantity of mas
terial in a8 gown has never appealed
| to a French designer, and with the gov-
behind the elimination of fab.
rics, each of the gowns turned out this
| vear originality of
| and treatment in achieving an artistic
| result with a very few meters of cloth,
The French Silhouette,
A few the American clothes
i which were designed before the
| French silhouette was thoroughly ac-
ted, have taken the iit-
behind the front row fashions
they look bunglesome, Here
French silh he best
America adopted it:
silm underskirt piece
the nearly
in o frock, and
within six Inches of the
It is mere-
wn, but on
remaining
allowed to
ernment
i the amoun
Germany
ernment
shows conception
of
| ce
| tle
bectinse
jis the
sed
ir place i
of
O11¢1
ns
in one
from rbone
i ikle Bireet
from bust to
in an
the skeleton of we g
are draped the few
ds of fabric that
mplete the work.
Therefore, it i8 quite
15¢ transparent m ats rial
ternoon
nnkle eveni
are
fashionable to
the af
ng, in order to
» slim litthe slip beneath, It
the transparent
should be
may rise
ulders and drop to the in
hint very alluring trans
East Indian ef-
for
and even
0 the
not necessary that
used over
to correspon
you get the
taken as
gown
1tement
an
has
be
may
that whatever
| This durable coat for winter nights
iis of olive green velvet, with collar,
| cuffs and hem of Russian fitch. It is
| made on long, loose lines, like a cape
| with the front held into the figure by a
band that passes around the back.
a gathered drop skirt is out of the
fashion. You may gather the top ma
terial, but the lining must be slim
cut closely to the lines of the
although it is not drawn in at
nist,
KNIT HAT OF SATIN RIBBON
P———
One Hundred and Forty Yards Re.
quired to Weld the Fascinating
Piece of Headgear Into Shape,
' and
{ figure,
the v
At the precise moment that the come
mand is issued to reduce the measure
ment of every new frock we are con
fronted with a hat which exacts no
less than 140 yards of ribbon, to make
it, says a Paris letter.
Just think of it! One hundred and
forty yards to fashion an amusing
fancy for resort.
It may be as well to add that the
ribbon chosen is satin, as a rule, and it
is knitted into shape according to the
latest whim of Dame Fashion. Whose
hundred and forty yards of ribbon,
however, will not run the risk of com.
promising either the resources or the
future of our country, for many young
coquettes find amusement in welding
this fascinating type of headgear into
shape by their own agile fingers. For
sport and country wear the vogue for
crocheted or knitted hats, made
in slik or wool, grows each
always evolved Iz the