THE SMOKE
of DECISIO
By Fr-ink B. Wells
< "cv >.) M. bvi. I'- < Eastnunt
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"M»*f <>u there!"
Houdell pulled heavily at liis cigar
Ui studied abstraction of the limb of
tLe law Th** puUceomo advanced a
»tep uearer, tiellowlng hoarsely:
"I tell you to get a luovt- on you!
u, ve U*en obstructing travel ou this
■ «. iH*r f'<r a quarter of an hour.
Vu«
"Sec here!" the bund If of obstinacy
watt*'! ill** emblem of authority Into
-ij.-m* "I'm P"iiiK to stand here till
1 UnNhed ttii- cigar You might as
w«-H r»*t on that."
The policeman uiade a move for the
tuai - eoi ir "I'll gi\e you an lllus
tratloU of the v. ay this cltl keeps Its
-trvrt-i navigable!" he roared.
It •ndell smile 1 grimly and stepiied
t ; of lange of the policeman's rnus
r arm Suddenly he became con
bdi'DtlaL
V young ask«sl my permission
to i..urr> my daughter just a few mln
uies Mtf i.and I've seut him around the
comer ou an errand."
• Well r
• \V. : if he gets back before 1 fln
-1-.L Utla cigar be ruii have the girl. If
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"H' 'Lt> OS. fill.!" liElltirtlEl) THE OFKICEK.
' WHAT'S CP?"
Le fads to - »v. up lu time he doesn't j
pet ber That's the long and short of
It."
Tt«* pohii ii survey **d Boudell with
mate ast« ii m.-ut. "It occurs to me,"
-aid. • tl. y>u have a rather tickle
g- isj# of hi . II destiny. What kind of
an errand <. you send this young fel
low on?"
N<>t much of anything. Just told
b'.Ui to k • down and a>k the Stllluians
112 r <juut.ittons They're pine today
the 'thee Is elo>ed. It hadn't ought
to take him long to And that out."
"Now. see bet.'." exclaimed the blue
ci.it. "that alu t fstir! If that young
lii.iu Is any got. I h<* will hunt all over
the Empire Sta'e l«efore he will route
back to you w.ih.ut the Information
you wanted \-u will have time to
grow baklbeadt I smoking cigars !»•
fore you set your optics on him again
Thai's my opinion."
"V.'U might us well go about your
l>us»in«—w!«*d Boudell. " 1 his is
my affair . • -uri. 1 like to see a
youiig man t ; rouiptly, and I'm giv
lng blUi tln> ttr a test. He's good
enough for i ost part "
"He I- lie- Hid you ever see him
before
"Of • iur- I 1 ve He is one of my
cierks I'm a b ker."
"« M».** sigh i t ie utfieer. "I supposed
by your w tloi.. that he was some
stranger jou had pieked t.p on the
street \on ;>.r< ui >re intelligent than
I thought \ <ii v . re."
"Now cktr out!" blustered the bro
ker "(Jlie me any more of your Im
pudence and I'll rejwirt you."
"You will, eli .'{(it till you've got
through with that elg; r. I presume.
H> the way you am t i>Uu.ir as rast as
you might. s«*»-ins to me."
The ottber wandered down to the
Ueit bio. k ruminating At the turn of
the corner lie met a young man dash
liig breathlessly along the walk. lie
promptly laid a heavy hand on the
young man's shoulder.
*"Hol<l uu, ulr!" demanded the officer.
"What's npT*
"Nothing nothing Hou't detain me.
I'm going iu an awful hurry!" strug
gUtl the youth.
"How do you know you are?" asked
The polieeinaii mildly.
"1£">» do 1 you hlameil fo*il!"
"There none of that! I'll pull you
In." threatened the otlieer.
"I beir your pardon," the young man
pleaded, "but you don't understand
bo» Important It Is for me to lose no
time."
"How do you know I don'tV"
"B«-e.aiise t»- why. there's n
man waiting for me up at tin* next
corner I have no Important dispatch.
The man Is an old crank, and I've kept
hint waiting half an hour already. He'll
give me fits."
"I don't believe a word of this stutf,"
solemnly deelare 1 the |Hili<-etmiu "You
haven't got any important dispatches."
"I have!" The youth glared at ti.e
offieer like a wild animal
"Then let me see "em," the polieeiliHU
demanded
"I ...t i t.i • •• sii e: jt vert mi I,"
the other.
•| i.i I » i . i hadn't tot any dis
I ,t. ioi <i <t even see the par
tie* \ oil w« ie «>.d« led to see."
lb >oiio- i.i . i began to turn pale.
"Ho bi thti.idi ; did you tlud out all
a:-»<ii in| .itniii •112 ho gnaped.
• I j.i-t i i... . I h.it's eiMNtglas
v:t. Ith odk<M • nsiily. "And I know
anothei thin. >ou don't want to see
that old clmp lip there on the eoruer."
"itiit I do; I must," protested the
} outh mat In. an effort to tear away
from the otheer's grasp.
"No you don't lie sent you down
here on a tool errand, lb- knew that
none of the Stlllmans were In the city.
You want to marry his daughter, and
hew auts you to marry ber, but he's
got it in hi* head that If you illdn t
g>-t Uiek by the time he had finished a
cljfar he wouldn't give his consent.
He's not through with the cigar. Now,
of course, you don't want to sis.* him.
Hie youth st<H*l wrapped In bewil
derment "Heavens!" he el claimed at
length "What am I going to do?"
"Well, 1 11 tell you if you want me
to." replied the policeman
"Then tell me."
"Do you really want to marry this
alrir
"Yes."
"I>oes she want to marry you?"
"I she said she did."
"All right Do you know where she
I Is?"
"I do."
"How long would it take you to have
the matter straightened out, ceremony
lierformed, and all that?"
The young man calculated rapidly.
"Two hours would be sufficient," he
announced.
"Then get aUuit It ijulek I'll tend to j
I the old man."
I he polieeinaii turned and sauntered
back to Where l'.omh II was still stand
lug.
"Have you seen your man yet?" the
officer Inquired.
"No!" the broker thundered. "He ]
won't get the girl, you can bank on j
that."
"How was he dressed?" asked the j
officer.
"Light brown Miit, blue tie, black |
derby hat"-
"Then It was he. tireat heavens!" j
broke iu the policeman.
"Was what? Tell ine!" exclaimed I
Bonded.
"lie was run over by an automobile
a few minutes ago and taken to the ,
hospital."
"My < lod! And 1 was to blame! j
Which hospital?" the broker asked
frantically.
"I'm sorry," replied the officer, "but
1 can't tell you. if you want to see
him you'll have to make the circuit of
them all."
Late tha liiicht Bonded returned to
his home after a fruitless search for
the unfortunate lover. As he was
mouuttug the steps a cab halted nt the
curb.
"I'apa," came a wee voice, "Henry
and 1 have been married tonight, and
you'll forgive your own little girl,
won't you?"
The broker staggered down the steps
with arms outstretched. "'Jod bless
you lioth!" lie exclaimed fervently.
TIPS AND TIPPING.
Th» I'UHtomnry Kiaetlon* on llonrd
lite Atlantic Liuen.
Do not take fright at what you may
hear about excessive tips on steamers
and in Europe. They are numerous, but
need not be large. To scatter your
money wildly In tips will mark you
ns a novice. All the servant* will
quickly spot you, pass the word around
an 1 tleece you. Tips vary, of course,
lu accordance with the grade of steam
ers, hotels and other accommodations.
If you travel In a specially equipped
floating palace you must expect to pay
tl least $'J5 for steamer tips. On regu
lar tir-d class steamers, however, the
following are customary and will be
ample: Stateroom steward, $2.50; state
room stewardess. $2.50; dining room
steward. These are obligatory,
tin the cheaper lirst class steamers
they may be reduced to $1 each and
be entirely dignified. It all depends ou
the boat By talking wfth other pas
sengcrs you can readily learn the cus
totnary scale for your steamer. If you
use the bathroom regularly, pay the
bathroom steward $1; If less frequently
this might be cut to 25 cents a bath.
If you read books from the library,
give the steward a tip varying from
$1 down to? 5 cents, according to grade
of steamer and frequency of his service
to you.
The deck steward's gratuity is a
variable quantity; he has opportunity
for getting tips from so many people .
that he fares better than Inside stew
ards, who arc restricted to a certain >
number; hence do not be uneasy about
him. I»lve him what you think he has
earned In waiting on you. according to
relative service with the other slew j
ards. A dollar Is the maximum expect |
e<l on ordinary boats.
Thus your total tips need not exceed •
slo a voyage and may not be more
than $5. Be reasonable In what you
require of stewards, and if you should
ask special service of them outside the
line of their regular duties, pay them
for it Myra Emmons In Good House
keeping.
EARTH'S LATENT POWER.
All Sol ill So Unln nee >ln> Vnnlnli In a
Moment of Time.
The late Professor S. P. Langley, sec
retary of the Smithsonian institution,
speaking of earthquakes, said:
"The consideration of the unfamiliar
powers certainly latent lu nature, such
as belong to a little tremor of the plan
et's surface or such as was shown In
that scene I have described," referring
to phenomena In* had witnessed when
the comparatively insignificant effect
of a few tons of dynamite was to
make solid buildings unrealities, "may
help us to understand that the words
of the great poet are but the possible
expression of a physical fact; that 'the
■ ■loud caplied towers, the gorgeous pal
aces, the solemn temples, and we with
them, may indeed some day Inconceiv
ably vanish as the airy nothing at
touch of Prospero's wand, and without
the warning to us of a single Instant
that the security of our ordinary lives
Is about to be broken.'
"We concede this, however, in the
present case only as an abstract possi
billty, for the advance of astronomical
knowledge is much more likely to show
that the k ncl of the comet Is but the
bigness of line large meteorite against
which our air is an efficient shield, anil
the chance of evil is most remote —In
nny case only such as may come In
any hour of our lives from any quarter,
not alone from the earthquake, but
from the pestilence that walketh lu
darkness from the infinitely little lie
low and within us as well as from the
Infinite pow. - of the universe without.
"Soinethin. common toman and the
brute speaks at such times, If never
before or .•• ;;iin, something which Is not
altogether physical apprehension, but
more like thi' moral dismay when the
shock of nn earthquake Is felt for the
llr<t time and we know that startling
lioubt supel i >r to rea ion whether the
valid frame of earth Is real, and not
•baseless as the fabric of a vision.' "
Washington Star.
A MnrtlliiK llotto.
A traveling salesman died very sud
ilenly ill Pittsburg His relatives tele
graphed the undertaker to make e
\ the ribbon should be extri"
i! . with the Inscription, "Rest Ii
peace." on both sides, and if there it
room, "We shall meet In heaven." Tha
undertaker was out of town and his
new nssistant handled the Job. It was
a startling floral piece which turned up
nt the funeral The ribbon was extra
wide and be e the Inscription, "Best In
I>eace on l»>th sides, and If there 1«
room we shall meet In heaven."
TVII <ioo<l I lilimn.
There an- ten things for which no
one has ever yet been sorry. These
are For doing good to all; for speak
lug evil to none; for hearing before
judging; for thinking before speaking;
for holding an angry tongue; for being
kind to the distressed; for usklng par
dons for all wrongs; for being patient
toward everybody; for stopping the
ears to a talebearer; for disbelieving
i inost of the ill reports.
j The Inspector's ||
Romance
«U CLAUDE PAMAKES
l! Com right, l»*i. by M. M.i uimiiife'hain i
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j < Mice every two months now a day
ir two earlier, and now a day or two
aiter— Inspector I'rauforth had cnleriil
the different postoffices on his route
uud checked up and straightened out
affairs. There were postmasters who
had seen him grow old and gray since
his appointment. They had always
! found him a pleasant spoken and a Just
j man, but all stood In awe of him. In
no department of the public service is
! I'ncle Sam more particular than In the
| postal. The cash must balance ton
cent with the postmasters, and any
1 uian or woman who attempts to play
) tricks with his letters are certain to
j be pursued with relentless energy.
Inspector Cranforth was generally
regarded as a flint hearted man. It was
' understood that he was an old bachelor
and had never known what love was.
He accepted no excuses from postmas
ters and Indulged in no flirtations while
traveling. At fifty years of age he had
g it to be part of the route, anil no one
knew him for Just what he was. Out
siile of his officialism he had a heart ns
warm as any man's, and one reason—
and perhaps the main one why he had j
i.it maitied was the fact that he had
. I ways maintained a home for s
,::otlier and a crippled sister. Ills sal
could do no more. One day a wlnd
t, 111 came in t!ie shape of a legacy, and
if iie inspect >r had dreams of inatri
i.'iiny and a fireside all his own, no one
■ i.ild blame liini.
Those who looked upon the man as
Hint hearted did not know the Ins and I
outs of the case at the Dover post j
office. An old soldier had been iiost- |
master there for years. When he died
his widow took his place. When she
died her daughter Mary, who had
known the Inspector since her baby
hood, was left motherless, fatherless
nml almost penniless. It was the In
spector who paid a part of the under
taker's bill; it was the inspector who ;
had I'ncle Billy Smith appointed; If
was the Inspector who got Mary Wll
Hams a clerkship that practically mad® j
her postmistress and financially inde
pendent.
Even the girl did not know the ex |
tent of his kindness. When he found
himself asking why he did It lie found
himself replying that In two or three
years more he hoped to be In a posl i
tion to marry. At present his feelings
toward the girl were merely paternal.
What they might be In the future he j
wouldn't discuss with himself.
It was said that Inspector Cranforth
took more time for Inspection at the
Dover postoffiee than anywhere else.
Some of the village gossips said it was
because of Mary Williams, who re*rard
ed him as a friend and was always
glad to see liiui come, and others said ;
he had his eye ou Tillie Langton, the j
daughter of the village Innkeeper. It
was the talk that the two girls were
rivals, and the Innkeeper's daughter at
least cauie to believe It and to feel bit j
terly toward the girl In the postoffiee
The situation of affairs was Just right
when there came an official complaint :
against the Dover postoffiee.
William Pentield, son of Deacon Pen
field, was In the habit of sending his
old father money from lowa every
month or two.
William was of an economical turn ;
and did not want to pay a registry fee
or the premium exacted for a money
order. The bill was simply Inclosed In
a letter. The father was Inclined to be
garrulous and to look upon it us a
j smart trick to get ahead of I'ncle Sam,
and so lu time every one In and around
Dover came to know what would have
been more prudent to be kept secret.
A money letter was missing. Old Mr. j
Penfleld haunted the postoffiee for a i
week and then wrote to William. Wll
11am made affidavit that he wrote and :
Inclosed a ten dollar bill on a certain
date. It was the business of Uncle
Sam to send out a tracer and for one
of his inspectors to follow it up. In
spector I'rauforth took his time about
It, but he finally traced the letter Into
the Dover postoffiee.
By that time there was great ado in
the town, i >ld Mr. I'enfield hadn't hesi
tated to express his opinions that
"some one" right In the home postoffiee
had cribbed his letter and abstracted
the money, uud 'rf course he referred
to Mary.
She claimed to be innocent, but there
were those who held to the contrary,
and when Inspector Cranforth arrived
to carry his investigation further there
was great excitement. To the Intense
Indignation of hundreds of citizens the
Investigation was held within closed
doors—that is, Mary was questioned
only in the presence of a Justice of the
peace. She was nervous and excited
and shaken. She admitted her belief
that such a letter had arrived at about
such a date, but what had become of
It, If not delivered, she could not say.
The establishment was a combina
tion grocery and postoffiee. A person
could have sneaked Into the postoffiee
part from the grocery, but he would
have had to look over all the general
delivery mail to get the I'enfield letter
He would have also had to hit the
exact date of its arrival.
Every incident of the day was re
called, but suspicion could not be d!-
rected against anybody. The letter had
arrived, but what had become of It
was a puzzle. Two hours' talk wa •
leaving the Investigation Just where it
had begun, when the outsiders demand
ed that the girl's trunk at her boarding
place lie searched. She went pale In an
instant, and as the inspector noticed it
a suspicion lodged in his heart. When
asked if she were willing she hesitated
mid finally declined Even the gmil old
Ju tic.' ' !io i■( her friend, looked at
icr v. ,tli pity in his face '1 lie inspector
dari d into vacancy a moment, and i
then his uiiiiil was made up.
"Mary, ha ve you a ten dollar bill in I
your trunk?" he asked.
"I I she stammered.
"Ila\e you or have you not?"
"Yes. but but"
"Tlli , Joll took the letter?"
"Oh. I couldn't have done it I never I
did it! ' she walled.
"Then w here did the bill come from?"
"I can't tell ymt. please don't ask inc
anything mire I didn't take the Pen
iie! I!• tier, l:it I I can't tell you!"
"Poor ).'iil'" s ghed the justice as lie
walked across to the hotel with the iu
spt dor.
"I've git a duty to do," wa II •• reply.
When the ii; ,i etor had re i -he I his
room he -it i i.vii and wrote out his
resignation. ! • take inline.l iie ef:'e
Some one e! e would have I > .tries!
Man Willi It w;is the hard' t
blow of his lib He had been thinkinti
of her for a ir mill past as his wife
It seemed Imp > Me that she cmli In
guilty, mill yet the Inspector se lon
t i take his place must arrest her on
her own showii g. The man was feeling
more sore at heart than ever before iu
liiM life when lie heard two female I
voices 111 the next room. There was a
vacant stovepipe hole just above his
head that let every word lloat through j
The women were the innkeeper's wife
and his daughter, and he heard the
mother say:
"Tlllle, where did you get that ten
dollar I>lll changed?"
"At the butcher's," was the reply.
"And what did you do with the let
ter?"
"Burned it up. l>on't you goto fret
ting over things. They say that Mary
will lose her place, but nothing else
will happen. 1 want to get Mr. ('ran
forth in the parlor tonight and sing and
play for him."
Ten minutes later the inspector was
at tiie butcher's, asking questions. He
went from there to the postollice for a
few minutes' talk with the accused*
girl. When he had asked a question
or two she remembered that on a cer
tain date when she had half a dozen
letters in her hand site had been called
into the grocery part in a hurry and
had left the letters on the counter fo!
a moment beside the innkeeper's
daughter.
"And now about searching youi
trunk V" askod the Inspector.
She handed him the key in a shame
faced way and said:
"I don't want you to, but if you inusl
then you will find the bill in a letter
Head the letter."
The justice was taken along. Tht
letter and money were found, and bdtfc
read the letter and replaced it and
went out of the room almost on tiptoe
The inspector had never heard thai
Mary even had a beau. The lettei
proved that she was engaged to ti
young man in a neighboring town, and
he had sent her the money to save up
with more a.uinst their wedding.
"Why didn't you tell me this be
fore?" asked the inspector of the gir
that evening.
"I I didn't want to hurt you," sin i
replied.
"Hurt me how?"
"I knew you were falling in lov< j
with me. and you are so old, you know j
and I'd have to say no, you see"
"1 lintlerst !ml," he finished, with a
sigh, and, going into his own room, lit
tore up his resignation and sat down
and figured it all out and said to him
sell:
"The girl i tight. Hie man of fifty ,
J who has a ro.nanc •is an old fool!" }
i He was not entertained In the inr j
j parlor that < veiling. He never stops j
I there now. The tiling was somehow j
| fixed Up between (lie landlord and old [
I I'eatield and the • »vcrnmciit, but It is
; whispered around that It cost the for !
1 iner a thousand doll irs and that Tlillt- I
I Is likeh to die aa old maid.
TONICS.
Two Sniinti) I'npiilile of >ll»-
. lii. fan Well an lU-iK-flt.
There is perhaps no class of remedial
agents in >re abused than tonics. The
abuse consists both in the excessive
' use and the misapplication of this class
; of agents, which within a restricted
field possess an indisputable and im- !
portant therapeutic value. The misuse j
of tonics i- d ivibtless the outgrowth j
! of a misconception of the real nature of !
i this class of remedial agents and its j
limitations. .\lan\ physicians also seem j
to lose sight oi the fact that tonics are,
as lias been said of drugs in general,
two edged swords which are as capable
of mischief as of hem tit. Indeed, when
; the true nature of tonics as is true. In
fact, of most medicinal agents Is thor
oughly understood. It Is apparent that
even in cases in which they accomplish
the maximum of benefit there Is also
; a certain amount of injury lnfilcted
upon the >inanism, so that the effect
obtained is re ilh ami simply the differ
ence bet w> , n the mischief done and the
i good accomplished. If the difference
Is on one side, the total result is benefit;
if on the other side, the result Is harm.
This principle holds good with regard
to most remedies, whether the means
employed is a drug or a nonmedielnal
l agent.
The popular idea of a tonic Is well
expressed in the following definition,
which we find in the National Medical
dictionary: "An agent which augments
! gradually and permanently the strength
and vital activity of the body or Its
parts." A stimulant is defined by the
same authority as being "tin agent
which increases the functional activity
of any organ or series of organs." The
distinction made seems to be that a
stimulant produces temporary excite
nient, whereas a tonic produces a per
manent increase of strength and vital
activity. Ucod l faith.
Tlit* Word "lNjllcy."
That "policy" which a man gets
, from an insurance company Is no rel
ative of that other word "policy" which
the statesmen use. The latter Is a
lineal descendant, along with "polity"
and"police," of the (Ireek "polls," a
city. But the former is the late Latin
"politicum," "poleticum" or "poleati-
CULU," a register wherein dues were
enrolled, which is believed to be real
ly the Greek "polyptychum," a docu
ment folded into many leaves. If so,
the development of the word may be
paralleled by that of "diploma," the
parent of diplomatist," which meant
simply a document folded double. —
Chicago News.
LIVING ON STILTS.
A StrnnKC Sl»sh« I n tlif French Tur-
IM-iitinr «,ro*\liiK Country.
l'eople live on sixteen foot stilts in
the remarkable turpentine growing
country of France. They don these
stilts after breakfast and do not re
move them again till It is time for lied.
There are two reasons for the wear
ing of stilts in the turpentine country.
One is the turpentine gathering. Tiie
other is the herding of the great llocks.
The turpentine conies from the mari
time pine. This tree is tapped, a shin
gle is inserted, and from the shingle is
hung a tiny bucket Into which the tur
pentijie drips The tapping process is
like that Used on the American sugar
maple.
Young pine trees are tapped low, but
with each year's passage the Incision Is
| made higher, so that it Is not long be
i fore most oi the trees are tapped twen
| ty or thirty feet from the ground.
Hence the huge stilts of the work
i men. on thee stilts they traverse the
! fiat country, covering five or six yards
l with each stride, and quickly and casl
-1 ly they coll t the turpentine that over
Hows tli ' Siiilc bucket-! hanging high
j up in the trees
it is lor heroin al o that the stilts
are u- fnl. The country is very fiat,
and the I man unless lie continual
| ly dimbt d a tree would be unable to
keep ail the members of his huge thick
in i lit But striding about on his
tilts he c iinmands a wide prospect.
1 lei ia I ;i sit were, upon a hill.
The st.it wearers carry a fi:!een foot
I : tail' with a round, fiat top lik • a din-
I per plate. When It is Inn 'itime or
when they are tired they plant upright
| under them the staff and sit down on
| its roilll 1, Hat top. Then in comfort,
j eati I so dizzily high, they cat and
! rest and chatter a strange sight to be
hold. New York I'ress.
I | p, ,~r-ggaw|
\\ TAKEN AT
HER WOKI) i
|| J
Bij JOANNA SINGLE
Jj| Coini ife'ht, 1806, by K. ('. Paroella j|
John Mason did not slam the gate
simply because he knew that this mani
festation of rage would surely delight
Kosalic. She was watching his depar
ture from the window, and he was an
grily conscious that she knew he
would, as usual, return in a few days,
although she had said she hoped she
would be rid of him for awhile. She
was so young and so lieautlful—and HO
provoking!
At the entrance to the little park, al
ready growing green in the April sun,
he met her sister. He did not know
Anne very well- he had been too busy
with Kosalic. He wished now that he
had made friends with her; her blue
eyes were so like and still so unlike
Rosalie's. Anne stepped in front of
him and stopped him unceremoniously.
"Been trampled upon again!" she ob
served. "John Mason, for so clever a
man generally you're sometimes an
awful fool!" She submitted this
thoughfully, in a voice too gentle to be
insulting.
"Then you and Rosalie are agreed,
and 1 suppose you are expert testi
mony. May I turn and walk with
you?"
She nodded and then asked a matter
of fact question. "How many tlnias
lias she refused you?"
"I had not thought to keep count.
Rosalie just now Informed me that this
was the last time. I didn't know I had
been the same sort of a fool so often.
I But don't you think she ought to give
| me credit for my persistence? Not ev
ery man proposes so many tlui4*s —to
| the same girl."
Anne laughed dryly as he continued:
"1 would have given up long ago if
1 were not unexplainably sure that she
does -care for me. In fact, she never
has saiil directly that she does not. She
simply says she won't marry me.
What's the matter with me? Am I too
rich? I can give away the stuff if she
j likes. Am I too successful? I might
■ lose a case to please her. Should 1 be
i as ugly as Satan? Perhaps she would
j like a Beauty and the Beast effect!
What does she want? I've said and
done everything under heaven, and Bhe
walks on me she trails me!"
! "Precisely! That's why I called you
what 1 did A girl likes to trail a
man. but hates the man that will be
trailed. Not logical, is it? To use her
own words, you are always around
: underfoot. You give her no time to
want you or miss you or think about
you. She's too sure of you. She
know ; Just where you'll lie. You never
let her want anything bad enough to
appreciate it. \-hen it conies. She has
always had her own way. She ne»*ds to
l>e a bit afraid of you. She needs to be
i bullied:"
He frowned. "I am not a brute. That
' is not IIIV way."
"No? Well, what has your way ac
| eomplished?"
He tried to laugh. "Oh. I'll take your
advice. 1 II do anything you say. It
can't be worse than It is now."
"Well, 1 hate the responsibility. If
you get her you'll tight; if you don't,
you'll both be miserable anyhow. You
must got In rand then work out your
own salvation In the first place, you
must give her a shock. Write her a
note and accept your dismissal. Tell
her you begin to see that she is right
and that y.ai Uisli to be friendly with
her and the t unity. Then call some
time- on tin- lather or on me. I'on't
stay away. Vbsenees of that sort are
llattering; you must be quite unaffect
ed by her presence."
"You kiiov- that i> impossible. You
know how the sight of her"
"You've go : to do it! And you must
take another out occasionally. Be
ing natural! modest, I dislike to sug
gest that y<-u semi me dowers somo
titia's and < eu:e for a walk with uie.
That will b-ing tilings home to her. A
girl lit. t" have an admirer transfer
himself boc-ily to any one, but espe
cially to her sister."
When they had planned their cam
paign and ne left Anne at the gate
she had him laughing. Rosalie saw
them ami shrugged her shoulders.
While reti eving her hat in the hall
Atme rem: iked to her sister:
"Well. dear. John tells me that you
have dismissed him for good. You
know I never would have interfered if
you liatl wanted him. Irut 1 am glad
you do not. Now you may find tlmo
for your music. Your talent is too
marked to be neglected. It will be a
relief for you to have him out of the
way awhile. You're too young to leave
father and me, and, after all, 1 think
you're right .about his not being the
right man for you."
Rosalie shrugged her shoulders.
The next day Rosalie, without com
ment, handed Anne this note:
Dear Jlls.i Carteton 1 want to thank
you for your frankness of yesterday, and
I assure you that I shall not annoy you
ag.ihi as i have In the past. Can you for
gh•• ie<» for having troubled you BO much
an I so '."ii •' Vti'i are probably right In
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deciding that I t euld not make you hap
py, as 1 hop d to be able to do. May I
hope to continue m\ present friendly rela
tionH with you and tiie rest of the family?
If 1 may, I will not again trespass on
your kindness. It will be, as you said,
the last tine you shil! have tie* pain of
refusing Yours sincerely,
JOHN MASON.
"Well, I like a man to know when
he's had enou-'h," remarked Anno.
Again Rosalie hru;_-;ed her shoulders
and made a vy littl»> face.
Fot a We •!: Rosalie was blithe and
busy with hr music. The second week
Anne observed that the gayety was a
hit I I mid ' ■ t during the third
idle moped ali ti Joliu had somehow
kept the o'her men of her set away
from her, and [towers and drives anil
theaters were le-s frequent. She had
no time to miss him.
In tlie fourth week he called—while
-h • wis out. <>' course she could not
know that Anne had phoned him to
coiiie. He v. a- I--avini just as Rosalie
entered and .-hook hands with her eor
dially. lie did not look broken heart
ed, and he seemed to he on very good
terms with Anne, to whom next morn
ing he sent some violets. Kosalic saw
him out walking with Mary I>ye. Then
he took Anne driving. She began to
rcaii'e that Anne was very pretty If
\. a year or two older than John.
Itosalie's Irritation reached Its climax
one morning at the breakfast table
when her younger brother Ted remark
ed in a teasing drawl:
••John seems to he taking his medi
cine like a man. Rosy! He's all right,
and I am glad Anne seems inclined to
keep him in the family. He probably
appreciates being treated like a huniun
being after the way you always walk
ed on him. 'l he fellows say he's the
best young lawyer in town. But I
should think you'd hate to have him
take his pun: .liment so cheerfully,
I Ji isy!"
I»y tHis time ICosalie had reached the
limit of endurance. She sprang up
auil, before any one could interfere,
had boxed Ted's ears soundly and fled
to her room. No one made comment
un the scene save that Mr. Carleton
amusedly met the laughter in Anne's
eyes and told Ted that he would have
no more of his teastng. Rosalie's ca
pricious treatment of John had long
been disapproved of by her family,
and, while they were ail sorry for her,
they thought it time she should come
to her senses.
Time had been slow and torturing to
John. He wanted to tell Kosalie that
he loved her and her only. He wanted
to sen I her flowers, to give her every
desire of her heart, and he found it a
misery to see her or not to see her.
Meantime he was very attentive to
Anne, who was becoming vastly bored
with his raptures and sorrows and was
longing for him to win his Kosalie and
let her go back to her old peaceful
ways.
At last one night Anne waked aud
heard Kosalie sobbing to herself. In
the morning she pleaded headache and
stayed in her room till nearly evening.
Anne had a long conference by tele
phone with John and took pains to
have her father and Ted spend the
evening elsewhere.
After dinner she went to Rosalie's
room aud pleaded being tired. She
c >axed Rosalie to arrange her pretty
hair and don a pretty gown so she
' could go down if any one should come.
While Rosalie was sulkily doing as her
sister wished, Anne heard the bell and
slipped d.»wu to answer It. She came
back saying it was some one for her
! father and asked Rosalie If she would
mind going to the library and bringing
the book she had left on the table.
Rosalie, in her trailing blue dress,
went downstairs and through the hall
into the library. She had half crossed
the ro >in before she saw John sitting
in a great chair in the dim firelight.
She wanted to flee from him, but some
how her feet would not move, nor did
she tin 1 a word to say. Then to her
dismay she knew that a slow tear was
falling down her cheek. John'came
quickly toward her. It seemed very
com!' irtal le to be leaning against him.
After awhile he held her off and looked
at her. She tried to smile.
"Well." lie que tinned, "how shall it
be? Von I. II iw y 1,1 : .'■! you h >< .1 yon
would no* cr have tin • • m • sin-
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After the little minutes bail cunning
ly slipped away and It was time that
he should leave her, llosalie exclaimed
I in dismay:
"Oh, Anne's hook! She will be wait
ing for It."
"I hardly think so," John asserted
dryly. "Your sister Anne is wise. She
knew better than to expect you In a
moment when she sent you down to
me!"
"Sent me to you!" Itosalie echoed.
"Yes, my lady! I>o you imagine your
sister has been trailing me about for
her pleasure? She is more glad to be
rid of me than ever you were!"
"Then ii was not Anne—ever?"
John l.iuf-hed and bade her good
night.
"If you were not perfectly sure that
it was 'not Anne ever,' you would
never, n-'ve have asked uie!" which
both oft! .•! . knew to Ie true.
And Aune went to be 1 and slept the
sleep of one who has successfully per
f >rmed an arduous duty.
Bepara( iotis.
Why do we grieve at separations?
Why do everlasting farewells chill our
hearts, and the fading away of lost
Joys till us with bitterness?
"Be not the slave <>' words," says
Carlyle. "Is not the distant, the dead,
while I love it and long for it and
mourn for it, here in the genuine sense,
as truly as the flo ir 1 stand on?"
And are not all good e\; riences thus
forever a part of our lives? Can we
therefore regret or mourn any past Joy,
any lost friend? Nothing i.; lost or gone
from us that we have the spirit and
capacity to appropriate and make our
own forever. It is not the touch of
body that makes presence. Have we
uot all known times when presence In
the flesh brought no nearness, and
again when the absent one seemed un
speakably near In spirit? So not to be
within the actual physical sense, but
to be able to appreciate and love the
spirit of another, Is the true association
and communion. Hence our friends
need never die, nor need we ever be
parted from them.
Further, In order to realize them
truly we need to be separated from
them in the liesh at times. Else we
shall grow to think them all body and
forget that diviner, intangible, un
namable essence—the living spirit, the
real self.—Exchange.
Conclusive.
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J Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad.
In Effect Jan. I, 1905.
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE.
EASTWARD.
7.07 a. in. dally tor Bloomsburg, Kingston,
Wilkes-Ha i're and Scran ton. Arriving S'-r an
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with trains arri\ ing at Philadelphia at 8.4K a.
in.and New York City at 8.30 P. in.
10. 1W a. in. weekly for Bloomsburg. Kingston,
Wll kes-Barre, Scran ton and intermediate nt»-
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Scranton and Intermediate stations, arriving
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with trains arriving at New York City aib.so
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TRAINS AKRIVE AT DANVILLE
9.15 a. in. weekly from Scranton, Pittston,
Kingston, Bloomsburg and intermediate sta
tions, leaving Scranton at #.85 a. in., where It
connects with trains leaving New Yorx City
at 9.50 p. in., Philadelphia at 702 p.m. and
Buffalo at 10.80 a. ni.
12.44 p. in.daily from Scranton Pittston,
Kingston, Berwick. Bloomsburg and interme
diate stations, leaving Scranton at 10.10 a. ui.
and connecting there with train leaving Buff
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Berwick. Bloomsburg and intermediate sta
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connects with train leaving New York City
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Pittston, Berwick. Bloomsburg and interme
diate stations, leaving Scranton at 6.85 p.m.,
wlicre it connects with trains leaving New
York City at 1.00 p. m., Philadelphia at 12.00
p. in.and Buttolo at 9.80 a. in.
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