MIDDLEBURG POST.
WILLIE'S INHERITANCE.
fch. bow the years vo fllttlnc byt
It seems but yesterday
That she rode paat upon her wheel,
A blithesome lass and gay;
In fancy I can seem to see
The bloonwrs that she wore.
Alas! Alack! And can It be
That she's a girl no more?
fier cheeks were red. her laush was
light.
How gracefully she sat;
The natty bloomers that she wore
Were well worth looking at
Ah. that was seven years ago
Whnt changes time has brought
To her who ied with cheeks aglow
And ne'er a solemn thought.
I saw her yesterday; a boy
Stood b;ire-legged at her side.
And busily she seWtd away
And oft her solsnors piled;
And as she labored gravely there
I saw with startled eyes
The bloomers that she used to wear
Trimmed down to Willie's slxe.
S. E. Klser, In Chicago Record-Herald.
THE MAGIC
STONE
BY KATE MASTERSON
IjmiEX Marjorie wns starting from
V V Baltimore for her first summer
t Xnrrnpnnsctt her Aunt Jane pre-
Miiud her with the fairy stone. It
was nn ndd-looking blue oval, opaque,
in Tuscan colli and liunir on a
so he took quit a while to gather
them.
Marjorie did not think she was
really in love, lint she had the proud
consciousness of a girl with her first
scalp at her belt. She smiled sweet
ly at Miss Cresswell after dinner as
she was going; up to dress for the
dance. There was one other man at
the hotel, Bradford, an ex-athlete
at his college, and he seemed rather
divided in his attentions to Marjorie
and Miss Cresswell. Marjorie in the
glory of her triumph decided she
would give him a few extras to-night,
once around the room and then a
stroll on the piazza. She felt as
though this question of belleship
ought to be definitely settled. From
which it will be seen that she was
getting on.
While the maid did her hair she
wondered if it would pique Tom.
Khe hnd heard of men who took such
things seriously. And Tom was 4n
love like a man in a book. As the
girl slipped the white mull bodice
over her shoulders she caught sight
of the little blue amulet on her
breast.
"Take it off, Tibbetts," she said.
and get mv string of pearls. And
just step into mother's room and
ask her to let me have her little dia
mond butterfly. I wish to wear it in
my hair."
It was then half after ten, for
the girl remembered having looked
at the little rhinestone clock on the
mantel as she went out. When she
returned a few moments later with
the butterfly, Marjorie had vanished.
Later on the excitement attending
Kliulr fhiiiii iif the Kniie metal.
"Nowadays we don't believe in such her disappearance never swerved the
iv .i..nr" K!ii.l Aunt June: maid's story. Scouts were sent out
to search for Marjorie along the
cliffs, and t he rumor spread that she
had eloped. The New York papers
had the story next morning, with a
picture of Marjorie at the age of 12.
Marjorie had picked up the fairy
stone to drop it in the jewel case on
my
"but there is a cave in Virginia where
these stones used to be found over 100
years ago. My grandmother gave
this to me when 1 made my debut,
80i d I have had it ever since. I be
lieve in it. It is supposed to be a
note ii f. charm niruinst evil, and it has
the power of giving a girl an insight the dressing-table, and smiled at her
BS to the character of her admirers, face in the mirror as she thought
It helns her to select the man she of her Aunt Jane's words. Already
U to marry. I was always guided there was n man on the scene to
by it." " stand the test of the magic charm.
"But, Aunt Jane." said Marjorie, She fingered it, wondering how she
"vou never married: And mother al- should experiment Willi tne amuici.
ways tells me you were a stunning Suddenly she felt a queer sensa-
e-irl! Whv didn't the fairv stone help tion of suffocation, as though she
you to choose?" were going to faint. The room grew
"The men I met didn't stand the dim around her, and the next thing
test." snid Aunt Jane, sadlv. "Let she knew she had a feeling ns though
ds hope you will have a different she were on her hands and knees on
Itory to tell." the floor, and the furniture looked
Marjorie had only been graduated huge. She had a strange impression
the rear before, and had traveled in of being light and soft as she made
FnrnnA with her mother. But this her way creeping to the cheval glass,
.r wn to lie Ko different! Boxes Looking in it Bhe saw the eyes of
of powns, trunks of hats and boots a big Maltese cat gaing back into
Bn,1 finerv nf nil sorts had been her own. Something Hashed tne
brought over for this season's truth to her brain. She had been
launching; for, to a Baltimore girl, transformed. She heard a step In the
a summer at Narragansett is far hall, and with a low yowl of terror
more important than a winter at she leaped for the open window and
crawled out on the parapet,
Marjorie had read about summer Feeling oddly accustomed to her
girls," arid she knew -that every girl new shape, she made her way care
was supposed to get engaged to men tMy along the coping until she
that she never! intended to marry reached the piava roof. The
during a season at the seashore, and ehestra had begun to play in the
,:i -v. i,i t iirwinrtniirt ball below. Then she heard the
how it was all to happen, she knew "trains of a banjo, and looking in
. ,.; . ,. o -A-n, through a window from which the
good time and would do as she other sounds came she saw Tom Hartley I
rirls did yuK tlia vaV.
Two davs after she reached the Bradford was sitting on a low chair
nier she met Tom Hartley. He was a Peking a banjo and occasionally puf-
.fi,..W,l.-;nr, -l.nn with a -:..h ting at a cigarette,
father. He had his vacht and his
horses and traps and autos, and
seemed to be a favorite with the
younger matrons. Ue danced with
Marjorie once, and that seemed to
settle the matter. There was a hyp
notic charm about Marjorie's danc
ing that the season developed. She
acquired any number of slaves among
the dancing men. Iler reddish
Brown-Fotterr hair had a way of al
ways seeming in danger of tumbling
down as she moved, and it had an
odoT of Tiolets that was most intox
icating,
Hartley gave yachting parties in
Marjorie's honor untfl her mother de
clared that it was becoming alto
gether pronounced. But Marjorie
railed her attention to the fact that
Miss Cresswell, the pretty, sleepy
looking girl who lisped, was enter
tained iuft as much almost. This
Miss Creiswell was the only fcie
who gave an evidence oft disputing
Marjorie's reign ss a belle. She
mooned about the piazza during
dances and didn't mind being talked
about
Hartley proposed to Marjorie the
third week. It happened like this.
He had taken her out tandem en
log. They came to a beautiful bit
of road with a raeadow perfectly
white with daisies. She wsnted some
ot them, and he sent Johnson, the
footman, to gather them. They grew
tired waiting, and he suggested a
walk down the lane. A real pretty
Use It was, like a stage setting
It was funny bow serious things
fcapipeDed. He helped her from the
high seat of the trap, sad the heel
f her white shoe caught ia erne
thing aad she stumMed. He eeoght
aer and held her hands tightly. "Mar
Jorie!" he said. She laughed. It was
the Crtt time he had called her by her
' came, and it amused her t thlak of
Lis dorsg so without asking permla
sioa. Girls hate to seem te gi
pensissiTa for thing without a for.
sua! reuses.
Thee they wafted down the las
ad he tU kw that he lowod Iter
aad asked her U W his wire. Ihe
aid that they lad known each other
tor vb a short time that the idea
was preposterous, but finally a
agreeueat m mad between than
tut a entirely sab-roea engegocaeat
astfl he au.'gtt ask her mother. Teas
tiM he was tt happiest fellow la
the wvrld, aad they drove boo to
gather quite radiant, with Jottaaoa
aiUiag behind mountain of deiaie
oa the back. He was a wiaa aaea.
That little red-haired girl isn't so
bad," he said; "a smashing dancer!"
Marjorie pricked up her ears. Ked
haired girl, indeed! She moved
further up the sill.
"But slow," said Tom. with his chin
high in the air; "she'll bore you to
death."
She doesn't seem to bore you.
said Bradford.
"Oh, I don't know! I hate broil
ers, liirls that nave never Deen
kissed are stupid."
Marjorie's fur stood on end. was
this the adoring, delightful Tom of
the morning. She leajied lightly into
the room.
"Look at that eat!" said Bradford.
Tom laughed.
"You'll like Miss Creswell when you
know her better, Brad. She's full of
fun. One of the boys."
"I rather fancy the other girl my
self." said Bradford. "I'm going to
walk Ber on the piazza to-night and
find out what she's made of."
The devil you are!" said Tom.
His collar button had slipped from
its moorings. "Scat!" he said to
The music came up gayly from the
I all and she knew .that they were
lancing. And Misa Cresswell was
aueening in her absence, no doubt.
In her anger Marjorie spat angrily
and stretched her claws to their ut
most from their velvet sheath. She
was beginning to find out that she
really cared for Tom after all. The
tears gushed from her eyes, and she
trashed her face with her paw, sob
bing softly.
The door opened and Marjorie
made a rush for it, but it was closed
too quickly. She jumped under a
chair. Bradford and Tom had come
in. They seemed excited.
"What are you going to do?" asked
Bradford.
"I am going to take some men with
torches down the cliff. She may
have strolled down there and fainted
or fallen over the rocks."
"I tell you that Miss Cresswell saw
her sneaking olong the' piazza when
everyone went to dress. She has
skipped off on a lark some where, or
else eloped."
Tom threw himself heavily Into a
ch
"sh
"It seems to me, if she s such ,a
flore ond all, that your'e taking it
pretty hard."
"Oh, can't you see cant you un
derstand? I wanted to keep you
away! Don't I know you, Brad?"
Bradford whistled, while Marjorie
began to purr like a pleased kitten.
Oh, that was the game wns it"
he said. "You can't fool me in a
girl. Those girls with almond-
shaped eyes are nil alike.
"Oh, cut it out! Here, get a coat
and come along! Her mother is al
most frantic. She's not the girl ' to
do nnything like this for a joke.
Hurry, that s a good fellow.
Bradford went out, and lorn sat
looking out across the water with
troubled eyes. Marjorie crept to his
side, purring to ntract attention. To
her delight she found herself formu
lating a word. "Tom!" she called,
softly. "Tom!" II or voice, nt least,
sounded the same.
Tom rubbed his eyes and stared
with a white face around the room.
"Don't you know me, Tom?" she
purred. "Its I Marjorie!"
"Great Scott!" said Aom, "i must
be dreaming."
"No, it's all real," she sobbed.
"Aunt Jane's fairy stone has turned
me into a cat, and I've heard all you
said!"
"It enn't be possible!" said Tom,
staring with big eyes.
"But it is, and the next thing is to
to got back to my old shape. You
must help me. Open the window,
and I'll jump out and get back to
my room."
It seemed nn odd thing to do, but
Tom lifted the cat in his arms and
looked searchingly into It's eyes.
Something that he seemed to see
there must have convinced him that
he was awake. Suddenly he kissed
the eat.
Marjorie felt her cheeks glow.
She lifted her paw to her face and
saw her hand. She knew it by the
rings. Then she looked down in
alarm. She saw her tulle frock
She was herself again.
It was just then Bradford opened
the door, whistled, and closed it
again. Tom opened it and called
down the hall after him. He came in
and they told him the story. He lis
tened gravely. He was the only one
who knew the truth of the matter
until now, for he advised them to
keep quiet about it. No one would
believe it, he said. Then he managed
to get Marjorie back to her mother
In one of Tom's big driving coats and
an Alpine hat pulled down over her
face.
The wedding occurred that Bum
mer at Narragansett and was quite
a society event. Bradford was best
man. He wears the fairy stone for
a watch charm now, but he says it
seems to be out of order. N. Y,
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The Prince's Ileasaa.
A few years hence the little prince
who figures in the following story
from the London Express will hear
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DR. FENDER'S
KIDNEY i
Backache
father as well 4s refreahinsiY naU
Marjorie. She ran under the bed just Brll M(1
as Bradford aimed a boot at her. j - t . ... pH,.. f w.la
-I'll trot alosg, old man - said he; 'WfBt UMX"pecty mto the royai nur.
"see yea later.'
ery, and found his little son busily
Marjorie could hear Tom humming -.,, i. a,.w4, a hit of scran
and whistling nervously as he eon- tfc af a ,h,.
tinned his dressing. Then the door
opcaed and slammed shut, and she
heard him step down the hall. She
crawled out carefully and looked
about the room. On the dressing
tabla thera wera a few photographs
ia a row, actresses' faces that Mar
jorie recognized, and there were the
implement of a man s toilet, which
she prewlnd among with mueh in
terest. Ih almost forgot her odd
sttaatloa and Tom's aasleasantly
rast eotnjneat. At ail event she
had found him out, thanks to Aunt
Jane's fairy tea.
And now to got hack te her room.
Eh fott that the oh arm would pee
way if she oeald bat touch the
angle amule onoe more, aa an
ronld And herself back la her tall
gown, ready t go down stair for
the dan.
Bat th window was dosed, aad
when ah raUed both hr paws t
pen It eh reUod th KjniUUoa
that treat with her now reran.
raa frantically about, bat there raa
a wag to escape. a Ue tran
som er the door was dosed. What
woald her mother think of her ah
aeneef What would everybody
think? What a dreadful predicament
to be in! Khe almost wished bar
"Well, laddie," said 1 the prince,
quit proud of his son's creditable
performsnee, "I'm very pleased to
aee that you are fond of ships and
sailors. 1 am a sailor, you know."
"Yes, daddy," cried I'rince Kdward,
MeitedTy, "and I want to be a sailor
too, when I ra grown upl"
Ah," said the Frinc of Wales,
smiling, "and 70 want to be a sailor,
do 70a? Because daddy's a sailor,
X suppoeer"
Kot beeaas of that, I think."
aid thd young prise, thoughtfully;
"beeaus I doa't like doing my les
sons always, aad you needn't b
clever U be a sailor, need yoa.
laddyr
t fee .
whoa faa waa a
Cata tta am meaas nana 10 ku
m It was aa effsnae to th land- j
soap, aaaaeavfti also to be a poor
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Paoser-You know oribbly, dtoat
youT
Barder Tea, tha fellow who edits
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meanT What about him T
Proier Oh, he's going to marry
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f fvtsve to se thooo mllllonstree
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BpDd auiney os these fads of theirei
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WeonrA.
ratthelear.
' Koderlck Your wife used to say
yoa were a bird before the wedding,
Any change nowT
Van Albert Well. Z guess she
thought I waa a Jay then, but from
the quality of cooking the gives me
bow, she must think I'm an ostrich.
Chicago pally Now.
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lateaaed ss a Csi
They were dining out
"But. Henrv " she pr
know you shouldn't drifl
nle-ht. It Veens VOU SWtB
"Oh, well," he replied, J
won't." Chicago VoH.
H...L-. Weald Ctl
Mr. Gumpps-Thit bojj
be good for anything
rte.
Mrs. Oumpps I npp0'
Mr. Gurapps-No. B'l
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TheeVs
Mr.aabb-JteUyo'
of the servant girl probW
Mrs. Hoaaekoep-It
tMwi't tall .WlnlMtllH'
erll overhear yoa. C1,
aaa lime.
ot;
MiU
m.. T - nil
are abeolutely pro
YorkeltyT J
' Xa-Oh, aa. Tb
oSca U atUl rianiaf
... salte
"He claims that W'
man, aad ebedy dbf
"Of aourae not "
Uke the blame.
else go out huatlar '"V
Poet. .