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r A.. house perly Is being given nt the
vuntry nomo oi inuicriuu
li.iSam Harvard. Among tho
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IMM' IS one vonrau ni:iiutr.
tkrin discovers blm cheating at
irde.' Convinced that he U conceal -
j his real identity anil that he is
tAere,, tor some ulterior purpose,
atnerine aeierminrs io ittrti mn
Uvktt mnUrr'. She has formerly liad
JiMpertence as a police headquarters
Vdetertlvn 'and has been known' as
."Sidy Kate of the Police. She In
Wtereeots a telephone call of Bel-
,Inap'' to a woman confelcratc
juta'cd Ilobtrta, and. in turn, speaks !
itiVlhe -woman, Beallxlng that ho is
.'Wspecteil by Knthcrliic, ueiiuinp
.i.trtrns to accuse of a crime her ,
rrother. Boderick Maxullton, who
Ufa Relieved to be dead. Bingham
I .(Harvard, who once bore the title of
RiXthe Night Wind, becomes suspicions
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fllde. toward him. Roberta arrives
en the scene uuuer ine namf oi sc
k noi'lta Cervantez, a pianist, who is
If; 'to entertain the guests. At mid
fildght Katherine discovers tiobcrin in
Itho rrounds with a strange man
Ltfwhom she believes to be her Mip
Fjin'sedlr dead brother Boderick. Bel-
I$ki.ap accuses Bobcrta of dereMng
Iriliin. She admits the presence of
rVlUJderlck. Her love for him is re
irWyW. Katherine's father suspect
jp&o'at Belknap is really named Held
pljaj. A man named Holdinc once wns
tx hanged for murdering his wife. A
" chili survived. A stranger nuincu
Carruthers, with a soar on his face.
i1 comes to the house. He is believed ,
S to .be Bralnsrd, of the Secret Serv
t.Vlec. Katherine agrees to nnie nei j
Vuap In case theoccasion demands it.
U ; Ai(D, HERE IT CONT1MES
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FfTTEKp Is a letter ot yours mni i i
. i''XJ.j ,lnH.r rour balcony." Bine- '
i-fd to ber while they were on their
'fikir, tack, giving it Into her baud. "It
ILa -tha nno vnnr tnnther sent. anUOUUC I
bg the time of her arrial."
f."Oh, yS," Katherine replied without
lirptlse. I was using it as a nook
aark Saturday. 1 think. It must
have, dronbed out; thank you."
F.t Bin regarded her partly aterted face
IKm sltAt. fAviiftlr flifttnrhprf.
Ki He had honed that with the produe-
Ififton'and return of the letter that bad
ISroyped from her balcony when Belknap
IjXM ao startled her Saturday night, hbe
Btrould hive something to saj, souu
fi thine to tH him. aBout the circum-
"'Unces, but she said nothing.
fck The' other paper that he had taken
Rfrom Belknap on that occasion had been
ko'jnore enlightening.
fit iBlng had puzzled over it o much
'.lince it so strangely came into ins pos-
tsaion, that he had learned It by heart,
ad. ."while he covertly watched his wife,
se'repeated it In thought. It was:
t' When every arm resists entirely,
w ' art." then concerned how effort,
jiiQne befpre endeavor, will awurd re-
l IIAh'A trl
'Such had been the scnonta s mesuage
avBclknap that she had deliberately- -
i it had seemed dropped into his out
reiched hand from her balcony, Satur-
fty'mrdnlsht. It had the appearance
j avjneanlntltss quotation, ana me
ore"Bina thought it over, the more in-
nq!b: became to consider it in much
' Ssa'ma light as the old letter that
3 .dropped from Katherine s balcony
n .-an-acciaent.
P.'-&Tet. deep down inside of him he knew
f&
f'wat that was not so. and the thing
at puizled him most while he roue on
silence beside Katherine, was the
cthal she did not tell him about the.
MBlrfced-for appearance of Belknap be-1
fvi'Aeafl her window that night,
rclilnir 'does Mr. Carruthers impress
I Katherine?" he asked her prcs-
"3s impresses me very strongly,
replied, "but just what that im
ion Is I don't know. I am very
eft inclined to like htm, If that is
" :you mean, Bingham."
"Its; that is what I mean,'1 he re-
rea. .
jbruptly Katherine changed the sub-
.i.
5JWby didn't you bring Senorita Cer
ttts with'' you today?" she asked.
tlpiaM surprised not to see her at our
! .Wdc: l)ld:you forget to, ask her?"
K No. 1 asaea nr. csne wnnparu
p'.ftto my ear, in that breathless way o(
Wierfi'thi-t-ibe hoped I would make her
,Icn,to you, ana i ciean lorgoi io uo
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rTt "Was ihe present wnen rar. -ar-
(jutners.srnveaf i-"a " mv "
.' '."flh was on the veranda when he
;"lror In with Miriam, but fche went in-
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CalBae Tpmie iney were stiuui m
H&'nfne drove bome4ather slowly. They
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EXiU ther had picnicked. They were
i-$tMty h!f an hour behind the others
In returning, wnen muinme r..v
tt, In the veranda, almost the first
l!f tkiag that she noticed was the fact that
feerta wa seated on a cnair m uut
nw oi it wniie arruiucro n ""
itmg against, the rail directly in front
C J&er ...
)4i . -BijVnar) came out through one ot tne
l0WB at that moment, ana iae i
Sits ttnoia'rance at' just that Instant
Hhrtf Katherine that he had been
iWtcWn the two from Inside of the
wtM. ' .
jiWWIH eaoi effrontery of Conrad Belk-
iXViip and his utUr Indifference to
,t;ii-ieoeBCes were never better exempli-
-'- j- that occurred In the evening of
!.
tlhi weather was unusually warm,
ftTjkXML Tftf 11H June, nuowj v.vu .
P2U indoor, even' for the attractions
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i" H34mv with me and I will show it to
'tM' 'Vate'heard Katherine say to Car
'.? 'ilWs; and as they got upon their feet
r,i tart Slowly away, iieiaiiap re
iti coolly :
a 'i'Ak l hers la Seuorita Cervante. We
, .itw with you, if the senorita will
, m itiat mucn nonor.- Jua ne
i4jJT'4 war of eiplana'llon : "They
'W-tftsWiewu to the lake. Will you
i. four walked down the path
to lake together, with Kath-
iC'nithera in the lead, but
igfc' abeaa to renaer ineir
' Unintelligible to the pair
fe to te lake at the boat
W vfcerUttaprovlstd som.areamy airs
' b. piano' for a time, .but presently
S "P ioouLthrough one of: the windows
, " r Katnenne wai seaiea mw vi-
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of the Night Wind
'After
out upon the wide and spacious plat
form in front Tf the former, which ex
tended above the water.
"It i much cooler lipre," Carruthers
remarked as he brought some chairs for
ward for the ladies, and proceeded to
light a cigar. Then his eyes rested for
a long moment upon the Swiss chalet
perched at the top of the bluff opposite,
where the glory of the moon but added
to its pieturosquencss.
"What is that building over then1?''
he asked Katherine.
"By the way, Carruthers," Belknap
spoke up before a reply could be made,
"I have been puzzling my head about
you ever since you came here yesterday,
to call."
"Yes? Have you, indeed?" the man
with the scar replied, unintcrestedly ;
but Roberta bent slightly forward in her
chair, convinced that the moment hSd
arrived when Belknap would make the
play that had brought him out there
with the others.
"I have," he rejoined, without hesi
tation. "I thought, last cveniug when
you came, and I am quite certain, now,
that we have met before; only "
"I have no recollection of such a
meeting, Mr. Belknap."
"Possibly nol. It happened some
years ago. You have met with a serious
accident since then. You did not wear
that scar at the time" ho hesitated
while Katherine caught her breath and
bit her lip in amazemcut at his in
solence, and while Boberta sat bolt up
right on her chair as if petrified; and
Belknap deliberately plucked, the bou
tonnicre from his coat and tossed it into
the lake "and," he went on, "your
name waB not Carruthers, then. It was
Brainard Bruce Brainard. You were,
i was iniorr
secret service."
so I was informed, an operative iu the
There was a space of perhaps a full
second, but which seemed, to at least
two of the four, to be many seconds,
during which nobody spoke ; then, as
deliberately as Belknap had spokcu,
Carruthers replied :
lour memory is remarkable, but
misleading, Mr. Belknap. It is re
markable because I happen to be ac
quainted with the Mr. Brainard to
whom you refer, who is, I believe, a
member of the secret service, nnd who,
quite unaccountably, resembles me.
save for the facial disfigurement to
which you have so delicately referred.
Shall we stroll on, Mrs. Harvard, along
the lake shore?" he added, before
Belknap could reply.
Katherine left her chair Instantly,
glad to be relieved of the strain.
It was plainly up to Boberta to fol
low Carruthers and Katherine, If she
so desired, but she kept ber seat and
let them go and watched them in si
lence until they were out of hearing.
Then, iu a tone so low as to be barely
audible, Bhe said to Belknap;
"Why did you do that, O. B.?"
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midnight, Bobble.
Ulio arrives first will
Ho shrugged and Indulged iu his
sardouic smile.
Then he turned sharply upon her.
"What did jou. guess at about liini?"
he demanded.
"Nothing," she replied, calmly re
turning his gaze.
"I was watching jou this afternoon
when you talked together on the ve
randa. I could not hear uhat he said,
and of course I couldn't read your writ
ten replies; but your manner nud his
were not as between total strangers.
I snw something that smelt of au un
derstanding between you. I thought.
Arc you trying in another way to
double-crosB me? Did you supply the
information thnt brought him here?
Somebody did, nnd it it was you "
He did not finish, but he managed
to convey n world of menace in what
he left unsaid.
Roberta did not reply, for at that
moment several more of the guests
joined them on the platform.
Belknap excused himself and returned
to the house as soon as the other
guests came upon the scne.
'Katherine sau and understood the
signal of the boutonnierc when he
plucked it from his coat and threw it
into the lake at th" boathouse, nnd so,
instead of wandering along the shore
with Carruthers although for reasons
of her own she did wish very much to
do so she guided him away from it.
and, by n roundabout way, led him
back to the house, where she left him on
the veranda and went inside.
She wrote a single line upon a sheet
of naner "The rustic beat under the,
box-elder, after midnight," was what
she wroti; folded it, carried it to the
next floor, and slipped it beneath Belk
nap's door unseen. After that she went
outside, and joined the others ob the
veranda.
"The others" were scattered along
the length of it, save for the senorita,
who was iriside at the piano, playing
for them ; and presently, while she was
rendering Chopin's "Polonaise Mili
taire," Carruthers tossed aside his cigar
and entered the window beyond which
the piano stood.
At first he began idly to turn over
some sheets of music on the top of
the piano, as if seeking a choice se
lection, and soon, having found it, ap
parently, he carried it around the end
of the piano to her.
"Will you pla tbis one for, me,
please?" he asked, fixing it against
the rack; and while he bent forward to
adjust it, Roberta murmured:
"He knows you. What will you do?"
"Nothing at present. I'll wait and
watch." i
She began to play, but Carruthers,
in withdrawing his hand, dislodged a
sheet of the music so that it fell to
the floor. When he stooped to regain
It, she murmured swiftly:
"I must talk with you. How can
you manage it?"
"Od where you met me Saturday
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Author of "The Two-Kacfil Man,"
"Alius the Night WJndj" etc
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night,'' he replied softly. "The bench
under the tree by the lake."
"What time?" she asked, while he
teadjuBtcd thp music on the rack.
"After midnight. Bobble Who ar
rives first will wait."
She nodded ns if to assure him that
th" music was well placed at Inst, and
lie passed again around the end of the
piano and dropped upon a clinir to
listen to her plnjing.
Two appointments had been made,
Iu take place at the same spot, at ap
proximately thp same time, for the night
that had just begun ; Cnrruthers and
Roberta were to meet there for a private
conference which she had insisted upon
making; and Katherine was to meet
Belknap there to conduct him to the
hiding place which lie had luslsted that
she should provide.
And there were two more Incidents
connected with the same matters which
none of the parties most interested knew
about :
Betty Clancy "had gune into the house
by the doorway at the same time that
Curruthers entered it at the window;
and she had turned into the music room
through another doorway, but had step
ped backward-ngnin when she discov
ered, or thought she did, two significant
gestures that passed between Carruthers
and Roberta while he searched among
tho music sheets.
Betty kept her place, too, and looked
on, with more or less understanding, at
what followed.
The other incident had bearing, also,
upon what was to follow,
Harvard, a trifle earlier
entered
Katherine's room from his own, In
earch of such a trivial article as a
pin. He saw one that one been drop
ped on the blotter pad of her writing
desk, and as he bent forward to se
cure it he saw something besides.
There was a half sheet of notepaper
there with the tracing of a pencil upoh
it that had been impressed through an
other half sheet from which that one
had been torn; and the impression was
as easily legible as the literal pencil
marks would have been.
"The rustic seat under the box elder
after raidnigl.l," was what he saw and
read.
When he went from the room he
forgot to take the pin with him.
(CONTINUED Tosionnowj
Or Turned a Crank!
It seems that the famous novelist,
dining at a Ivoudon restaurant, found
himself seated next to a well-known
newspaper humorist, with whom he got
into conversation.
Sir Hall, after complimenting him on
his work, asked him: "How on earth
do you write twenty jokes a day?"
"With a tjpewriter," the newspaper
man answered with a smile.
"Is that so?" said Sir Hall mean
ingly ; "I thought perhaps you used
some sort of copying process!" Pitts
burgh Sun,
and Page the Undertaker!
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Ily Pearl II. Meyer
TT WAS close and hot in the office
-- where Malsio worked nil day typing,
taking dictation from exacting employ -e'rs,
who were sharp if she made a nits
tnke. How could she help mnking
slips those muggy July days, with the
thermometer in the nineties? Tho keys
wuuld stick; her fingers would slip to
the wrong letter yet she was very
careful, usually qulto exact In her
work. Something was tho matter with
the shift-board anil caused delny that
made the boss impatient. The heat
had got on his nerves, too.
Mnisio was glad when the clock struck
5 and she could be released from her
task; jet It was with n mild, passive
kind of gladness, with hardly enough
energy even for that". Somehow she had
lost the capacity for the real thrill of
joy The grind nnd noise of the city
had crushed It out ot her. What was
there to go home to. after all. AVas
It much of n relief nfter her long, hard
day? What home was there for her in
n lodging house of the grent city?
vWlth her latchkey Malsie opened
the door of the house in which she
roomed and mounted the three flights
of stairs to tho hall bedroom, back.
Her one window looked out on the
back nllejway, but there was a glimpse
nf skv above the row of red brick build
ings thn,t bucked onto the alley from the
next street. The bk.v was pinn now
from the sunset light. . Mnislc was
thankful that her window looked to the
west. She had always loved to watch
the sunsets.
Malsie wns startled by an unusual
interruption. ''Some one Jo ec you.
Miss Banks," the housekeeper called up
the stairs.
A teller ! When hadjphe had a caller
before? AV'hat could it mean? She' had
not even told the girls in the office
where she lived. Somehow, she did not
want them to find her out; she had been
used to something so different. There,
wns no one else in the city whom she
knew.- Who could it be?
With feminine instinct Malsie glanced
at herself iu the small mirror, brushed
bark n mass of auburn hair tha't had
fallen about her girlish face, pinned her
collar, and put a fresh ribbon at her
throat. She looked really pretty ob a
(lush of excitement lit up her jyle
cheeks, and a sudden gleam 'came Into
her yellow -brown eyes. The unusual
mystery, the expectancy had trans
formed her from the listless, discour
aged girl, to a hopeful maiden, with
fairy dreams and fancies. She tripped
lightly down the stairs, notwithstand
ing her weariness, wondering as she
went.
The hallway was dark and she could
not sec her visitor at first, but a boyish
voice i")-ied: "Maisie! You didn't expect
to sec me. now, did you? Confess you
nro surprised."
"Why, John Haley!''' she beuncd,
"where did you come from?" r
"Well, you see, I wns over in Hali
way and T thought I'd run over and
give you the surprise of your life are
you glad to see me, Moisie? My! but
it's hot here in the city !" He wiped the
perspiration from his face.
Was she glad to see him ! Maiste's
eyes were filled with tears, and she
laughed with a hr.ppiness she had, not
felt for many months.
John was her old-time friend. She
had known him foin childhood i they
had grown up together. She had often
thought of him in the long, weary
months since she left home, but he was
not the kind to write letters. Indeed,
she had been almost afraid he had for
gotten her. It was but a boy and girl
friendship. Perhaps he had married.
Was f,ho glad? AVhy, it was like be
ing at home once more like heaven to
her.
"Ain't it stifling here1.1' he said
again. "Get your hat and come out
where we cau get some air and talk.
I've lots to tell you. How can you
stand it, cooped up here in the city?"
They walked out farther than she had
dared to go by herself, where there, was
a breeze from the river. But they "were
not alone; thero were many others
crowded there.
"Do you like it, Malsie?;' John said
at length; "the crowds, the noise and
everything? Ain't what you used to
love?"
"I know. John, but " the girl
hesitated. "I thought at first I never
could stand it, but. I've got to, you
know. I've got to earn the money.'
"Money be hanged!" he roared. "My
girlie, I've got enough for us both. Come
back to the green friends; they're call
ing you. I want you, Maisie. I've al
ways wanted you, only I couldn't say
it. "Will you come home with me?"
He held out his arms, regardless of
the throngs that passed. ,
With a great throb at her heart, a
feeling of rest and comfort, she
breathed: "You want me to be "
"Y'es, I want you to be my little wife,
Maisie, for I love you." His arms were
about her, and she smiled, "I'll go home
with you, John."
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That subway guard is
Very queer '
Who calls the streets In
Accents clear! i
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"THE
(In this story Vroav and Hilly meet
a stranger, icho solves a piiszlmg
viystcri.)
Tho Stranger In (lie Tree
T1"S a mystery that's what It la,'
L said Duffy, the big, fat policeman,
to Nora, the inald next door. And he
said It so loudly that he -aroused Tcggy
from a peaceful afternoon nap In the
hammock.
"What is n mystery?" asked Peggy,
drowsily rubbing the sleep from her
eyes.
"It's a mystery the way the diamond
brooch of Mrs. Holt, my mistress, van
ished fromxtho top of her dressing-table
thls'afternoon," wailed Norn, the tears
running down her cheeks.
"And with tho doors nnd windows
all locked," added the policeman,
"Yes, and the mistress will .think
that I am a thief and that I look It,"
sobbed Norn, '
" 'TIs Btrange, indeed, how a robber
could get in," declared Policeman
Duffy. '
"A robber! Oh, has thero been a rob
ber here?" cried Billy Belgium, run
ning up to them. "Please may we see
the room?"
"No one may go In until the defec
tives get here," said Policejiiau Duffy,
but you may take a look through
the window." '
So he hoisted Billy and Peggy up to
the window of Mrs. Holt's rnji and
they peered within. They could sec
the dresser from which the brooch had
been taken, but they couldn't see how
the rbbbcr had .gotten in or out, or
. THE BUSINESS DOCTOR
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD
Author of 'JThe Business Career of Peter Flint" and "Bruno Duke
' Solver of Business Problems"
A New Idea of
TP YOU happen to be one who be---
lieves thnt 'salesmanship is merely
the art of selling things, let me unde
ceive you.
Everybody js a salesman, nnd every
body who "makes good" successfully
applies salesmanship to .his- everyday
work.
O
Salesmanship is the ability to sell
something to somebody. It may be nu
automobile, or an Idea ; it may be
hardware or huppinesR. It may be
anvils or ideals. It isn't necessary to
receive money in exchange. For in
stance, suppose I "sell" you the idea
thafsuccess is not just-obtaining money,
but attaining happiness. You don't
pay me anything, although you are
"sold" on the iden. See what I mean?
Let's take a few examples and see
how it works out. . .
When a joungstcr first wants a Job
he has to sell his services to some con
cern nnd he 'begins his business Vnr
eer by salesmanship. Of course, after
"getting the order" he has to deliver
the goods in service and time, nnd so
Jong as he delivers the goods to speci
fications his boss will continue to buy
services from him.
The young lover who wnn.ls some
sweet young thing to share his pay
envelope and his troubles has to "sell
her the idea that her happiness is best
conserved by marrying him." If she
agrees, he's sold her on the proposi
tion (and it sometimes Happens, morc's
the pity, that it turns out that' she
has been "sold.")
Is the bookkeeper a salesman? If
he'B a good .one he is. He has sold
his fellow workers the Idea of co-operation.
He has demonstroted to them
that he is a good fellow by helping
them when the occasion demands it.
Elbert Hubbard once said that every
business requires an optimist, a pessi
mist and a erouch. That mnr hn tmp
but I advise people to let others be
the pessimist and the grouch. The suc
cessful bookkeeper-salesman is the
optimist.
How does that help him? It puts.
mm in line for promotion. The boss
will prefer to have as nq executive
some one who knows his work, delivers
the goods nnd Is liked by his (fellow
workers.
The minister has the finest line of
goods on earth to sell and I say this
with nil reverence. When he gets Into
tho pulpit, or on the platform, he is
'really giving a sales, talk (which he calls
a sermon or an address). He wants to
sell his people the, same conviction that
true happiness, real success and con
structive citizenship must be the out
come' of morality and spirituality.
Some ministers are such poor sales
men that they merely put their con
gregation to sleep. Others ore such
good salesmen that they inspire their
hearers to make the best of themselves.
The difference between the successful
and unsuccessful preached is merely a
question of salesmanship.
Whenever I walk aloug a road ,and
sec a little baby In a carriage, I in
variably have'to stop and smile. And
when the little blossom puts up a riweet
tiny hand with chubby little fingers out
stretched, I just have to put my finger
in it and enjoy the feeling of 'those
little fingers clutching at it. Even in
the baby carriage that little rascal is
innocently selling me the thought that
I must love her and do I buy?
Yqu bet I do and so do you. Everybody
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WANDERING MONK&Y
Mia seized Billy by the arm
the windows were fastened tight, aU
the door had been locked fast.
"Maybe the robber camo through tho
fireplace," whispered Peggy, pointing
to the open grate. , )
"Huh I It's too small," gruuted
Billy. "Kven a boy as email as I am
couldn't get through Hint hole nnd up
the chimney."
Peggy agreed with Billy, but her
bright eyes were searching tho room,
and presently she seized Billy, by the
arm. "See those tracks on the floor,"
she whispered, pointing to some queer
smudges of soot near the fireplace,
"Looks like a bird or animal," Billy
whispered.
"Perhaps some of our friends In Bird
laud have been iu mischief and taken
the brooch," whispered Peggy, "Come,
lets go and sec. Maybe we' cau get
Salesmanship
who is half way decent Is always ready
to fall victim to the salesmanship guiles
of little kiddles.
Another type of salesmanship Is the
politician. Every election speech Is really
a sales talk. That's one reason why we
sometimes get such weird specimens In
office they are "long" on promises but
"short" on performances.
In n small Massachusetts .town are
'two doctors, both of tho same age,
both graduated the same year from the
same college. Ttfey are equal In ability,
ccssful and tho other can hardly make
both ends meet.
And the reason again is salesman
ship. The successful doctor belonged to the
church. He was present at thc'tliurcli
suppers. He handed the ice cream brst
MARRIAGE SUPERSTITIONS
pID you know that the expression,
'-'"tying the knot," grew xout of a
superstition? Among tho Babylonians
oue part of the inarriaga ceremony. was
to taku a thread from 'the garment of the
bride and one from the bridegroom and
tie them together into a knot.
Russia has curious superstitions. One
ludicrous one is that the bride and
goom race rapidly down the aisle as
soon as the bridal procession enters tliqi.
church. Whoever places a foot ou the
cloth iu front ,of the altar first 'will be
master iu tire household.
In Spain it was considered a good
omen to tie around the necks of tho bride
and groom a silk sash frluged with gold
while they knelt before the altar, thus
binding their love the stronger.
In France it is held to fie unlucky to
allow a person older than the brhjo to
enter the churchsdoor first. And here
are other superstitions from many coun
tries :
It is lucky for a couple to. run out ot
church band and hand.
The bride nnd bridegroom must not
look about or recognize any ore on going
up the church aisle, for the one who
does .it will go elsewhere for love in a
short time.
Tho one of the betrothed pair who
gets up Urst from the altar will always
In after life be the one to get up first
in" the ho'use.
It Is a sign of bad luck and separation
If, a woman signs her maiden name in-
Btcad of her new marriage name ou the
' church register when she marries.
It Is good luck to the couple If a
pigeon alight ou the church as a eouple
enters it to be married.
If the official clergyman has troublo
to find bis glasses-It is a sign that one
of the two before him will not bear in
spection. If the officiating clergyman makes a
mistake some one is present who Is op
posed to the match.
It is bad luck to have a minister re
fuse to perform the ceremony on any
excuse.
If the pastor drops the prayer book
while reading the service the couple will
be blessed with twins.
It isia bad omen for the wedding
couple if a person In mourning passes
the open church door while the cere
mony Is being performed.
By Chas. McManus
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them to glvo It bak before they or Nora
nrc.arrestcd,"
Thanking the policeman for letting
them see tlic room, Peggy and Billy rail ,
aB fast as they could, for the woods of
Btrdland. "As they plunged Into the
forest, . Billy suddenly stopped Peggy
and puilcd her behind a large tree,
--"Jlmlny-crlcketal" he whispered.
"Do'yoU sco that big nest ahead of
us? Look's as if an eaglo bad come to
live In irdland."
Peggy looked to where lie pointed, and
saw a large mass of twigs and branches
woven together In the crotch of a tree.
L "Do you suppose It can bo the rob-
uer?" asked Peggy.
Billy-jdldu't know, and they stood for
some time peeking at the nest, without
seeing any sign of life.
'I'm going to lake a look Into It,"
said Billy. "An enemy may have set
tled In Blrdland." ;
Billy started to climb the tree, when
a sharp chattering caused hlnVto look
up There, peering1 down at him over
the edge of the nest, was some strange
animal.
Peggy wag first to see what it was.
( "It's a wild monkey," she screamed.
'Look out! It's going to throw some
thing. Oh-h-h, they're bumbs. Duck
your head."
Billy dodged quickly, and as he did
so a missile whizzed past his car, crash
ing into the trees and burstlnv -th .
dull pop.
(Tomorrow icill le told hoto they
find that tho monkey is a friend, not
an enemy.)
to not the young girls, but to their
mothers. Mothca, sends' for tho doctor
ana pays the bill, not the sweet young
misses! '
Ho has a cheery smile for every one
hc meets. Whenever anything happens,
hes there. In time people began to
Sr?y' t"1- l wcie 8lck' rd rather t
Dr. Jones, he's so, so cheery. It does
jou good just to meet hlmi"
The other doctor, just as.good profes
sionally, was not considered because fia
ackedtho, ability to "sell" himself lo
the community.
Salesmanship is just the ability to
win other people to our viewpoint, but
our viewpoint must be wholesome.
People often ask' mo "What can the
mlddlofaged woman without experience
do to earn a living?" I'll discuss it to
morrow. Readers' Questions Answered
"li W'"'iead mill answtr 01 this colum
vocation. Alt questions will be answered In
the order of recetpt. No anonymous corri
svmdence can be acknowledged. Reader,'
Initials onlu will be published. It wmtaks
v"ar """' '" m"n dav or "'PIU to ap.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
It Is lucky to marrr In a ,(ln..i
church.
The couple .will bn senm-nla ,, it
by mistake thev start from tt, ,11.. i-
different directions.
The one who answers thn n,Mn...
in loudest .tone will have the least to
say in the household.
If the best man stumbles on Mn kit
to the altar it means bad luck to the
bridegroom ; if the bridesmaid stumbles,
bad luck to the bride.
A bald headed man at thn nUnr. ha fc
minister, bridegroom, or bride's father,
foretells marriage squalls.
If a bride stens on her own mmn n
the way to the altar she will do some
thing that will destroy her own happl-
ucss in marriea lite. .
If tho bride turns her head when
standing at the altar it signifies an
early search for a second husband.
It is bad luck to have at the altar a
person of the same given name as either
of the principals.
To hear a baby cry at a wedding is a
sign that the love of the counlo is one
sided.
The bridegroom will Drove fickle If h
drops anything in the room where the
ceremony is held.
IU some countries It Is believed If
bride carries salt in her pocket it will
insure good luck.
Happiness is scheduled for the counla
whose relatives refuse to attend the
ceremony after they have been lnvUe4.
If a dog barks 'during the ceremony
an enemy f?Tin the room.
ii me Driae coughs during the cere
mony her life will be short.
If the brldo stands under a floral bell
and the petals of a white rose should
fall on her she will be happy and never
know a care.
.To stand with ihe back to a mirror
when being married means much gos
siping about you.
It is bad luck to marry in the middle
of folding doors or under an archway.
if in the course of the marriage cere
mony one of the couple tramps upon the
foot of the other It will prevent sick
ness.
If it rains on the bride as she goes to
be married, she will see pleasure coma
from all her trials.
An evil spirit is seeking to destroy
the lovo life of the' couple if a door
squeaks about the time of fie cere
mony. Loud laughter near the time of the
ceremony is the premonition of tears.
To see a streak of lightning just be
fore the wedding ceremony is a happy
omen.
The first single person to come Into
tho rqom prepared for a wedding and
who does not go out before the cere
mony will be married within a year.
If the bridegroom speaks to another
woman before he speaks to his wife after
the ceremony, there will be a woman
marring the happiness ot the union
To conceal a horseshoe beneath the
flowers under which the girl is married
brings her good fortune.
For a child to appear in the church
aisle while the wedding party is In the
church foretells a large family. Chi
cago Tribune.
Scotch Hospitality
Bailie. McTavlsh An' so ye leave
Qlesca1 on Monday, What are ye
daein' Uhe morrow nlcbt?
Mr.- Jarvls Tomorrow, Thursday,
I've no engagement.
Bailie An' the nlxt nlcht?
Mr. J. I'm free then, too,
Bailie An what will ye be daeln'
on. Saturday?
Mr. J. On Saturday I dine with the
Buchanans. I
Bailie Whet a peetyl Aa wanted
ye tae tak' dinner wr us on Saturday.
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