; Man or ; Martha : I Mmrcp? M '" , " oc "-!! : 1 tV>OL>Vv 1 Williams C«u nubt, i Ki, In I'. C. Easttii.-nt . 'i It** water. la nulli 11— ami lapping, in riled. llk* day was tritltly May. and lli • i•:\ i(• ni young Lorena. moreover, ow IK' I ■ ! tin' folly normal to nineteen. So alio tner it would have btvii a mil" ut'l if things bad Lone exactly as they should. A proper young woman of Ltmr- • • •;»! 1 have reckoucd chances In-fore baling her feet and dancing Jo.ousl* in midstream, where the pel) »>l ! y smoothly lieddcd in tine sand aid L learning jewel wise where\>T a «i. , : . .11 ck tlnoii-ti ilif ripples. Loi na did not let herself remember that the ford w as 'nit fifty jards higher up or that tills spi. ial shallow reach of tl. • . ret !» I y l» tween the two lakes that ave tin* finest fishing. They wen nut tru lakes, of eonrse only water Biirror-. ill and deep, impounded by datn of the whiter Hood's building, l.oivna did not love thetu. 1 hey were so plaeid the,) reminded her somehow of Johnny and whatever did that put her out of temper. Mi. loved ::litter. : lotion, excitement, w i- e< -tasv to her to dance all day long and half the night after, footing It a< lightly, as featly, ns wind blown thistle - i'd. If only she eould danci alone! 1 >i man so much richer and !>et'er looking. Moreover h»» did not r illy know much thai could be tokl categorically it wa> bf had s<-en him only In erowiK I hit he had use I his eyes si eloquently as to set her heart wildly t i ttei n.;. I'.ut, oddly enoii'.h. it had fluttered even more when by chanc« she !. i encountered Johuny. in his v irking < •>t 1 ■ driving his wagon tc t:i.II They had barely nodded to each oth •r. mil s), had ridden fast afterward, b t not f.i t enough to get away from a -!■»!<•• th.it Johnnv, old Johnny, al though his face was impassive, had t riH-d to 1 wik after her as long as sh« was in sight. Today -he was not thinking of him bwlli ereu of (Jrai rille. Wcding was audi pun* joy The water came nlwve lier aiikh s She lifted her skirts light ly in l«ith hands and balanced to her sha'he. in-ni the rippling stream. Such a funny shadow dancimr grotesquely even vvhe- she stood still. Itapt in • onti niplatlon of it. site did not hear i.Hiisi.-p- or anything until a throaty. chuckling voice (Tied: "Oh. ho! A mermaid! • rn'il her not to trust • utlii.g I.i irp -t i.ies, hut never full it i- nt easy to run against *t, • currci,. th ri>ck liot tom na • niipi o m pla«i-s and her wet skirt liaiiipertsl her terribly. Still she kcj.i out of reach until she .1- twe'ity y.rii- "'i the turd I'ha fliit 112 i -«. l . i. lai:_h:..g and panting after her. em lit her there and said as ■j 'Ami > 1,.,. . it waa worth It. I i,.i .■ i i. -i nci B lark since l was a Iwy." Lorena tiro • iroin him. crying wild ly •*»;raiivill«*! Mr I lore! Kill this creature!" At that the I II laughed loudci than ever tJrnnvilie had d; reetly disap- I tea red lie was sorry for Lorena; also angry « h her. •" i-n angrier than with his friend of the flat, red face. There were millions back of the ifat, red fa«>i «airt. onlv full of unooutb harm And if -In- had sense enough to keep her month shut ho (Core) would sci> to It that -he \v;is handsomely made up to for her present fright. Put of <-onrsr lie could ni>t acknowledge her as an acquaintance when she looked such a guy and had let herself tret eaunlit In such a plight. I.oiena, noting his absence, stumbled Mindly toward the hank and half fell upon it, covering her eyes with both hands. Mullen scrambled out beside her and tried to lift her to her feet, the rest jeering him, pretending to say things aside and singing in cracked chorus. "Where is m.v wandering boy?" They were laughing so loud, watching so Intently, Johnny fell upon tlieni like a thunderbolt from blue skies. Johnny was still In working clothes—he had, in fact, started to the blacksmith's shop In a mad hurry in hope of getting a dulled plow point sharpened. Ho he l.ad come to the ford in the very nick of time to see* that a woman was In need of help and to rush to give It. "< .ontlemen," Johnny's voleo cut like ice, "yon must show me your warrant for taking a prisoner. Cnless you do"— lie si ipped short there, his face white, his eyes two points of flame. Even yet lie did not know, hut a second later I.orena was beside liim, clinging to him. burying her face In his rough sleeve, and sobbing out: "Johnny! Save me! Take me away! I>on't stop to fight them-only take me and go!" "Not yet," Johnny said, putting her gently away. The events of the next live minutes are better left unchronicled. Sutlioe it that Mr. Oranvillo Gore and his sports men friends from the city went away on the night train, at least two of the visitors car ying beautiful black eyes. As to how the eyes had been achieved there was discreet silence. Hut when in the fall Loretia and Johnny were married there came to the bride a chest of ma -sive silver, alon; with an unsigned note which ran: '"l'lease ac cept this in token of forgiveness. Re member, you owe me something—ln that I gave you occasion to find out the difference there is between a man and a mouse." Lorena w is far sending it back, but Johnny laughed and said: "Mullen is right lie is a man. You can drub a man into decency, but a mouse always runs gway." What Irritate* Hun, Mother Willie, you must stop asking vour father questions. Don't you see they annoy him? Willi©—No'nv, It ain't my questions that annoy him. It's the answers he can't give that make him mad.—Philadelphia Ledger. THE CHILEAN "YAPPA." It Is Similar to the "l.imnlnppc" of \«*w Orlennn. Residents ol" New Orleans and north ern readers of Cable's stories of the city are familiar with the Interesting and gracious custom of small trades men »l giving litgniappe. The word, tominonly pronounced "lanyap," refers tn the small present which the dealers make to their customers as a sort of Inducement to call again. The custom Is so firmly established that the people jre in the habit of waiting for their little present after they have made their purchases, and children ask for It. Mr- Ilort in her book "The Uarden Of the Pacific" describes a similar cus tom in Valparaiso. The < 'hlleans, how ever. call the gift a "yappa," which one readllj sees is kindred to the word used In New Orleans. "1 used to frequent the fruit market, which was well stocked. The fresh figs were the largest and sweetest that I had ever seen or lasted, and I made a |M>lnt of daily bringing some home for breakfast. "The lirs.j time I selected the number which I wanted the girl placed them between leaves in my basket and then laid another half dozen on the top. I supposed that she wished me to buy an extra quantity and shook my head in the negative. She smilingly ex plained that it was for a yappa. As I had nothing more to pay, I was agree ably Impressed by the custom. "The Chileans exact the yappa as their due. We were In a confectionery shop one day when a small child came In and held up a centavo (halfpenny) for some sweets. The man handed them to her She held up her other hand and lisped out. 'MI yappa,' and got It."—New York 'Jlobe. |*rvmen nml IndlKontlon. . who known many a prac tical thing, had a maid who was dying (or thought she was) of Indigestion. Now thl- malil was too valuable to lose, so her mistress determined to save her life and retain her services. "Maggie. I want you to eat every morning for breakfast three stewed primes. Now, never more than three. If you were to eat more you would get tired of them. Itut three'will leave you a little hungry for some more prunes and your appe tite will steadily increase." Maggie started in obediently and at the end of the week was the healthiest, happiest girl for miles around. Mrs. has effected many such cures. New York Pre"- He Met Him. "When you goto New Zealand I wish \• iv Id inquire after my great grandfather. Jeremiah Thompson." 'Certainly." -aid the traveler. And wherev* r be went he asked for news of the ancestor, hut without avail, ac cording tot! Dundee Advertiser. One day lie v. is Introduced to a fine old Maori of ad' -,tv -d age "I>id you ever mi t \ ith i Englishman named .fere mi !i Thompson?" lie asked. A smile pee oil over the Maori's face. "Meet him?" la- repeated. "Why. I ate him!" NML NIT•> I:KS». The".l ;he mosquito are fastened to: etl ■ r 1 > d eerclion from the Insect's h > v. From 250 to 900 eggs ire lr id at i tine, and the little boat -I] pi 1 i • constructed that it v. ill not i• i et It cannot be sunk nor in Hi v. a Injured by wind, rain or watet It i abandoned by the Insect an t Ih ■ ei'"4 are hatched by the heat of the sua or atmosphere. A temper i t'ir• !ii-!'i" fre ■ 'ing Is said not to • ii»slro\ the -It dity of the mosquito's lh<- Hi'um'l "I Hi* l.lfe. Sir Will 1 i >vi . the eminent sci entist and Jurist, never forgave himself : ,!• i • >}; i»v ring the spectroscope. I | m| of; n observed." he said, "that tier» were different lines exhibited In • 1 ;ii tr if different metals lunlted in the voltaic arc. and If I had had any renso '!" a mount of wit I ought to hav" -ton the converse viz, that by inn: . different Indies show In their spect' I lines the materials of which they are composed." Two Poor W:• iter*. Hewitt Time aits on no man. Jewett I guess that's the name of the ncv v ail r at my restaurant. —New York Cross To do all in our power to win health and ke.-p it i as much our duty as to lx» honest. Seward. Substitution And Weddings J J By Martha S McCulloch-Wiiliams ) "• -Q Elizabeth crossed the turt so loathly, so laggnrdly, she left a waving trail <>f deep green footprints athwart the dew grayi'i 1 grass. The lino was blotched here ami there whore she 1I;I<1 slopped anil half turned about, but from tin last and lightest ol ihe hlotehi - It.ran straight to the wicket gate In the hedge. The path to the g:ite led around, Almost under the library windows. Therefore she had avoided It. She did not want to I»e spied upon, anil, though the library commonly was empty until long after sunrise, she had come to be lleve there was no counting on where Miss Prudence Weir would be at any special hour. The wicket gave upon a lane shady and secluded, yet a public passway notwithstanding both sides ol it be longed to Elizabeth's uncle, Dan lie had been trying to dose it ever since he bought the < Id Mears place, but his rustic neighbors had held stoutly to their rL-ht of way. So the young man walk in slowly along the lane was no trespas-er. al'»eit he walked warily, keeping close to the hedge. Elizabeth smiic.t shamelfssly to see him. Now thai lie had really brought herself to a c] ail.>-!i:.e meeting she was all in a i I'.v 1] utter and amazed at her own In -i.ancy. Vet siie slid, smiling up at her tall -sveet'r art: "You must go rigrht back. Pi '■ nui-'t. Do you hear? Miss Pru • H Wclr sleeps with both ears and one eye <>p. a. Besides, she gets up earlv more than half the time. And you know she can make Dandy believe anything in the world, except that ho ou.ht to marry her." •II nil That's a pity! Skepticism on any other point would be less in convenient." Hilly Medwin panted, hurrying Elizabeth along the lane to ward the woods beyond the main trav eled road. It was not at nil the way he should goto go home, but some how Elizabeth made no protest. Soon they were walking through dew sweet shade, with birds singing thin and sweet above their heads. And presently Billy had his arms abuut Elizabeth and was saying, with his lips in her hair: "Honey girl, I've been thinking—hard. Miss Weir is the Hon in our path, and there's Just one way to g"t round her"— "What?" Elizabeth interrupted, lift ing her head a little. Hilly looked up among the leaves and colored faintly as he answered: "Oh. we must show Handy how deceitful she is. She's made him believe it would lie sin to let me have you. Don't you think it would shake his faith in her if ho knew she was willing to take me her self 7" "P.illy." Elizabeth exploded, shaking with laughter, "y": wouldn't dare pro pose to her. Can you live tlir nigh a breach of promise suit? If only you could do It! Put you never In »tio world can." "Sure you won't lie Jealous?" Billy asked, jiinching her ear. She made a face at him as she an swered: "Just you try U. Why. even If the worst happened —if you git tan gled past getting out—l should have at least the heavenly satisfaction of know ing she had showed her c -If to Dandy the cat she is." "Trust me not to get tangled," Hilly protested. What else he said is not strictly material to this narrative, al though it sent Elizabeth home at last with happj eyes and the color of a wild rose. Ofttimes fortune favors the daring. The execution began with his rescue of tin- pudgy Miss Weir from a run away that was not in the least dan gerous, but which gave her a mortal scare, of course lie went back with her to the gate, stopping there to ex plain elaborately that he had some how incurred the displeasure of Mr. Daniel Goodwood and been forbidden the premises. That, of course, gave him excuse to ask If lie might inquire by letter after Miss Weir's health. One letter quickly and easily bred an other. and from writing it was but a step to meeting, either in the lane or in the wood beyond, and talking of many tilings. Miss Weir was rising thirty, just tive years Billy's elder, but so light colored and plump she flattered herself it look ed the other way. She loved ease and consequence—witness that for five years past she had been trying deli eately to marry Uncle Dandy. She had only succeeded in becoming after a sort his social watchdog. lie had a great opinion of Elizabeth, his heiress, and wanted to match her well if she was to be matched at all. Miss Weir had about lost hope of Un cle Dandy when Billy came on the scene. Billy knew pretty well all there was to know of lovemaking. This time he chose to make it in hypothetical fashion. lie began Impersonally by de scribing a young fellow who had set his eyes and heart upon one so far above his dessert lie had become quite hopeless of winning her and had de scended to trilling with mere ordinary girls by way of Oiling an aching void. Then he pictured the lady. Her eyes were heaven blue, her skin all lily and rose, her hair like spun sunshine, liet voice a flute. But that was as nothing beside her loftier charms her soul, her spirit, her angelic nature which made a mere ordinary sinner grovel in dust whenever he let himself feel what te merity it was to love her. Thus far Billy got by the end of the second week. Naturallv it was luit little V tei that the lauv was rorceu to utscovei Icrself in the f.ilr unknown. Then Billy played finer than ever He would not speak the worshiper'? name; she iiin-t guess it. But he wouh with her permission send her a lettei unsigned from the wor-hlper, one li some faint way setting forth all th:»t was in his heart. And she hound her self to reply to it - reply an her heart directed. Hilly had hard work to keej from shouting when he heard that, bul by holding himself hard In hand h< kept a proper face and hurried off ti consult Is best chum, also a very an cie-'t "con'ole'." letter writer." Miss Weir did reply from a ful heart. Indeed, the heart slopped over 1 bit v he called names Billy's nam< with endearin variations. More, slit whistled down the wind Ills pleas ol unworthines - he was a demigod a least among men he rejoiced to hai ami own hi' 1 ig of her affections Marry him? • lid be happier ai his wife th:i i\ crowned queen. HI: "modest foi e" I d not count at all Her tastes • even more mo lest and so on, a I o on. To do the i , men i "11 wo you arc a lwwiiif! onl maid when you ought to bo a grand mother almost," she said now and thou lirut 111 \ lie illy tin* stars in their •ourse fought for Hilly Hilly the un regeiierate, Mho as soon as lie got tins letter put It in Ills pocket and bore down on I nele Dandy. Jilst what happened between them Is to this daj a dark seeret. Folks out side heard first a lot of growling from T'ncle I»;indy, followed later on by shouted laughter but nothing audible until the pair came out together, with I'm |c Handy slapping Hilly on the tin'l, at c ood Morning, Mr. Stone," he said gayly; 'and how is Mrs. Stone and all the Utile pe >bjes?" "Oh. • |n>i<- v. ell, Mr. Wood," was the withorl g r I. "Ilow's Mrs. Wood nrnl ail the little splinters?"— Stray Stories Milk In ilic Sirkronm. Milk i< th • . hie; article of food and nourishment in eveiy sickroom and hospital, and every physician and nur-e siioii' 1 know the source of sup ply, its pm iy, before ordering it in any form for invalids and convales cents. It is not enough that it comes as "country milk." "i here must be in tegrity and experience back ol it. It has I "en ntilically demonstrated and proved thai pure milk products are the uro : nt:' r itious, economical and easily it:, i sll-i 1 fools when the milk is obtnine 1 in all It purity and kept so from pasture to consumer. Charles Filey Hal! in : ■ - lie's Weekly. CLLVhH ANSWERS. Cnsi'a Where 'l'fiej U mi Promotion In iilil:ir> I.ire. A long li t might be given of men who have owed their advancement In life to a cle.er answer given at the i..lit moment, tine ot Napoleon's vet erans, who urvived liis master many years, was wont to recount with great glee how II • once picked up the em pi ror • coi ked hat at a review, when the latter, without noticing that he was a p'-i*l ite, s i ie 1 roii.i't." The newly m.'ide ollieer re celved his commission next morning. A somewhat similar anecdote is re lated of Marshal Huvaroff. who when receiving a dispatch from the hands of a litissian sergeant who had greatly distinguished himself on the Danube attempted to confuse the messenger by a series of whimsical questions, but found him fully equal to the occasion. "How many iisli are there in the sea?" asked Suvuroff. "All that are not caught yet," was the answer. "How tar is it to the moon?" "Two of your excellency's forced marches." "What would you do if you saw your men giv ing way in battle?" "I would tell them that there was plenty of whisky be hind the enemy's line." Untiled at all points, the marshal ende I with, "What is the difference between you:* colonel and l & make me a lieutenant, but your excel lency lias only to say th word." "I say it now," answered SuvaroiT. "and a right good ollicer vou will be. Th'» Si«t» .N'if l!i»rn«*«l Out. It has 1 teen stated bj such authorities as K 'lvin. Xewcomb aiul Hall that the future "1 the sun's activity will be comparative ly short not raore than P>. OOO.tMitt years and some have even sug gested that the sun's activity already shows signs of waning. So far is this from being the ease that only one fourth of our supply of energy lias been expended, and three-fourths are yet in store for the future life of the planeta ry system. This opens up to our con templation a decidedly refreshing view of the future and will give renewed hope to all who believe that the end of mundane progress is not yet In sight. Not only should the future possibilities of scientific progress be vastly extend ed, but there will in ail probability be the nio . ample time for the further de velopment o'' the races of beings in habiting this planet. According to this view, the evolution of our earth is still In its infancy, with the zenith of its fpleudor far in the future. T. .1 I See in Atlantic. I ho Womlerfiit I'nrnwol Ant. The greatest known curiosity of in sect life, us far as habits are concern ed at least, is to be found in the queer "parasol" or "umbrella" ant, so com moil In all parts of tropical America from Texas to Venezuela. The com nion name by which the creature is known lias been bestowed liecause of a queer habit tills species of ant has of stripping certain kinds of trees and shrubs of their foliage and carrying the leaves to their nests. An army of these ants which have been off on a foraging expedition present the queer est sight iinir Suable as they march In long columns ! v twos, fours and sixes, each holdin : the stem of a leaf In his jaws, the leaf its. If shading the little Insect's body like a parasol does tin face and sh eilders of a lady. Ihe ear ly naturali t- imagined that these ants carried leu - for the sole purpose of protecting themselves against the rays of the tropical sun. but Investigation shows that they have another use fot the bits of green they gather. The leaves are only wanted as soil upon whieh !" irrow si certain species of funi of which tin parasol ant is very fond. 'i tic Ilutl*on Hii > ( omiMiity. In ItiTo 1 rl. ■ II granted a charter to th. lli lln company, giving te that ion the whole and sole trade and • >l merce oil the waters ly Im: w tint the entran. " of the Hudson strat I >n the lands adjoining. After the C HI . 112 ( in ida to (Srent Hritaln in IT the • irtlnvest Fur company of M nit I :p \g into existence, and by i!s . imp :ii a with the older corpora ti.iii compelled an amalgamation in 1821. (j{ /•A/y / / / / / // / A/ / /•AA/'/ AAAA/'/s/s/ni j Gerald's j| 1 (11 !f C I'z OL A I K FORRESTER N || Copyright, WW, t". Ruby Douglas Broderick swung off the 1:35 ex press, walked quickly up 1 lio steps lending from the railt platform ami took his first look at I'ineville. Those who lived in I'ineville proper were con tent to < II it I'ineville Gerald had written that lliev did not live in I'ine ville proper, hut in I'ineville by-t he-Sea, otherwise I'ineville Improper. All that Broderick saw were pines, plenty of them, a tlat white riblion of roadway and a hit of a postotlice, roughly shingled, in the midst, of the nearest elittnp of pines. He stepped into the jtostolliee as the central spot of civilization. Some one was stamp ing letters behind the glass indosnre, a pirl with smooth dark hair. Beatrice had smooth dark hair. lie watched the pirl stamping letters with Interest and wondered why some one did not tell her to wear her smooth dark hair in two soft braids around her head, crown fashion, as Heatrice did. "Where d> the Vaughans live, please?" lie asked finally, when the stamping ceased. "The Vaughans? Oh, Mr. Gerald Vanglinn and his wife? It's a brown house dov. n near the shore, with a wide veranda and a funny roof. About a mile straight down the road." A wide veranda and a funny roof. That sounded like Gerald. He won dered how Gerald's wife liked it. Bea trice was artistic, hut not artistically eccentric. She had a horror of things odd, bizarre, so called boliemlan, and yet she had married Gerald. And Ger ald's brother knew that (Jerald was utterly odd. bizarre and boheinian, so called". He walked on down the flat white ribboned roadway and wondered whether lie would find her like the girls (Jerald had always admired. A lithesome, limp, blessed daniozel type, with close silky gowns and loose floppy hair. Last summer she had not been that type. He thought of the trim girl figure holding the rudder of the Water I.ily that last day. She had been more than the sort of a girl to fall In love with. She had been a good fellow, a stanch friend. And as ho watched her he had slopped rowing, and they had drifted slowly in the sunset glow that Hooded the lake while he told her. There had been no actual engage ment. He had nothing to reproach her with. He had not been In a position to ask her to be his wife then, but he had thought a girl like Beatrice had meant more by a kiss, a hand clasp, a few vague words of understanding, than other girls. He had thought she might wait until next summer. And now, In April, he had returned to New York to learn that Gerald was in disgrace, had married on nothing, eloped to I'ine ville by-th Sea, N. and his wife was Beatrice Stafford. (Jerald's mother had said they were penniless. (Jerald's father had remark ed that he didn't give a rap. They could exist upon love and art. More or I - • for Beatrice's sake and a little for (Jerald's, (Jerald's brother had taken it upon himself to visit the bridal coi: .'e :ind h Ip (Jerald. Smoth ering his own love, he had made up his mini tint as long a; Beatrice had married a \ nmhan she should not suf fer from it. There v. :i . no bell at the door of the little brown lionse with the funny roof. It was merely a bungalow in weather ed shingles, and he pounded on the door lusiilj until it opened and Bea trice stood before hilll. She v ;i- not the blessed damozel type yet. ibr smooth dark hair was wound abo it her head in just the same crown fashion, and she wore a short dark blue 1 uen skirt and a white shirt waist. The sleeves were rolled to her elbows, and from her linger tips to el bow di::ipl tl re was flour sprinkled. lie had not expected to see her face to faee so s io.i or alone. Neither had he expected her to act as she did. The color lose lu her clicks, tipping even her ears with pink, it was an old hab it. lie remembered it. •"I Thou 'lit you were in London," she said. ••You don't give a fellow a very de ent welcome after he's traveled from London to tlii-i wilderness to say con gratulations." He stepped into the hall after her. She hesitated and laughed, looking at her floured hands. "i can't shake hands with you, and— ami the biscuits are in the oven. 1 shall have to watch them. Do you mind coming ouf to the kitchen: He didn't mind. There appeared to be only three rooms the studio-sitting room, the dining room and the kitchen. Collapsible ready-ln-a minute studio di vans were in the sitting room and din ing room in lieu of bedrooms. It was all charmingly, most uncomfortably odd, bizarre and boheinian. "Where's Gerald?" he asked when he had found a chair iu the kitchen. Beatrice knelt beside the stove to look at the biscuit He could not see KILL™: COUCH AND CURE THE LUNCS wTH Dr. King's New Discovery _ _ fyONSUIViPTION Price FOR I OUGHS and 50c & SI.OO Free Trial. Surest and Quickest Cure for nil THROAT and LUNG TROUB LES, or MONHY BACK. ■■BMMW sNMMISWnaMMMW mm ifi A Flollfibl® TIN SHOP for all kind of Tin Roofing, Spoutlne and Ceneral Job Work. Stoves, Hearers, Ranges, Furnaces, etc- PRIORS THE LOOT! QUALITY TDK BEST! :os JOHN lIIXSON MO. 116 E. FRONT 81'. "lie went to tin' postofflce for the last mail. Von must have missed liim." "Well, wlr t ever made him come to this lost corner?" "oh, because it was the chance of something definite, you know! Don't yot! know lie adde 1 quickly. seeing the |iu | look on hi< face. "Well, < r" Id's r HI, Netherby Ames, broke all to piece last fall from overwork -;.| ; i sij on i I li«- w is ordered down here. Arid ■ -didn't afford to ooaie mil st i«• l"!i: itely. so he pulled r. f.w\- i, l tleng; happened. lie I u ii ,t lonesome and healthy ::! I u irkful :! • iin a month ago, so 1 i-i'ald : his j lace, and he's In Now 1»< ,'t you ce? It was really •'"i. ,!'<• Mid businesslike and ■ g! I i: :i|. r t! • circumstances." 1 It.i ■ t.ll idy, under the clrcum •e " a I Broderlck. "So old 11-i-fyV p. muster instead of artist." : »th." lie corrected. "lie has lots if time to •'•>.! , and it's good for him •th" iv-'p- i iblllty, I mean. You (.•<»,lldn't kn.isv liini." "1 supp •• ■ u:>t," assented Itroderlck IHII isily lit- tried to reconcile his lit tle circle of Hit* universe, to make the chaotic jumble fall into place and har ! motiixe. tc'i ild, Gerald the helpless, erratic, fantastic, irrational. Joyous t hearted, penniless artist, a person of I matrimonial responsibility, a postmas ter. But then he remembered the | young smooth haired person stamping i letters. Of course Gerald had found his usual v. y out of the difficulty. He had hired some I'ineville lass to do the lu'ii\ \ work, and he drew the salary. It was like Gerald. But there was I'eatri •«•, Beatrice making biscuit, rie looked at her with troubled eyes, see ing endless vistas of Beatrices making I'iscn t t!i: nighout the years. "]> »n't you miss New York?" "Oh. so much!" she said. "I'll never lie happy until I get back." "Have you given lip your own | work?" "only 112 r the time being. I shall take it up again, of course. I shall have to." Broderick'.-; hands tightened in a sud den grip. So she was to work again, turn out her endless succession of little wash illustrations for second rate monthly ma azines. Gerald would not mind, would not see the point. He would think he was being broadmlnd ed and bohemian to let his wife carry on her own art irrespective of him. But Beatrice saw the point. He rose from his chair suddenly, his face white with the anger and love he had smothered. Before he could stop himself the words came leaping to his Hps: "Why did you do it?" "I)o what?" She stood beside the little bare kitchen table, her face raised to his, her eyes bright with startled wonder incut at hls'tone. "Why did you marry Gerald?" "Marry Gerald! I?" Some one was coming along the white roadway. From the kitchen window two llgures could be seen, an I she pointed to them. "Tint-• Is Gerald, and that is his wife, my sister Barbara. I am merely at tendant ' tar to the honeymoon. They broii'-ht me along to—well, to make the biscuit." A minute later and Broderlck met the bridal couple on the wide veranda under the funny roof. The bride was the r.iii with the smooth dark hair who had been stamping letters, and she laughed at him. "I knew who you Avere, but I want ed Gerald all to myself, and I knew Beatrice would take care of you." "She did," answered Broderlck hap pily. and as the rest went Into the house lie paused to brush off traces of flour from his coat collar. But Bea trice burned the biscuit. It Wouldn't Be "Now, Susie." said the teacher, "If your father should agree to work for $2.50 a day and at the end of six days should bring home sl3, would that bo right?" "No, ma'am," replied Susie, "an' it wouldn't take ma lorn* to tell him so. you bet you!" The Home Paper |of Danville. ! Of course you read J1 111 K 1i ' s I THE fIEOPLE'S \l l-'OPULAR I APER. | Everybody Rends It. | Published Every Momii? Except Sunday i 1 I » No. n E. ; sig St. { Subscription o tv» ■. \ r Week _ v - . THE SPANIARD. Ito ( <>urtf*> , 1! 1 m dKuri-ttf anil III* I ottery Ticket. Of the courteous manners of all Span lards a trawler writes: "So anxious Is .•very one to be ol service to others ih.it the stranger is apt to consider the Spaniards very inquisitive people. An experience In a Madrid tramcar was enlightening in this direction. A worn an in getting into the car appeared to have slipped and hurt her foot. She and her husband began an animated discussion upon the incident, and of the dozen others In the car every one except ourselves craned forward to lis ten The p:>s "tigers were well assort i el, ranging as they did from a captain in uniform down to a woman almost )f the beggar class. But one and all In turn joined in the discussion without •■\citing the least resentment, opinions Oeing apparently welcomed. Gentle men arriving at their destination ceased arguing, raised their hats and went out, 1> av':t- others In possession until tlii' prlncip '.ls left." "There is 110 hour of the day or night which a Spaniard deems inappro priate to i!i" practice of smoking," the same writer observes. "Whenever he finds time hanging heavily, which Is frequently, he lights a cigarette. Time hangs heavily on ti Spaniard's mind in the brief interval between the courses at lunch an I dinner, whenever he wakes «t l'i-'ht, when traveling be tween stulioi! and hotel In an omnibus and always when in a railway train, regardless of ladies. The practice of smoking is • universal in Spain that railway C.MllO .:rtt.tents for nonsinok ers exist lit t.r. cy only, and the habit, combined v.it.'j that of loud talking at all hours of the night and morning, makes the average Spaniard undesir able as a traveling companion, especial ly at night." Of the sturdy beggars who overrun Madrid: "The beggars usually have some pretense for asking alms in the shape of a decrepit guitar or fiddle un der the cloak, where It remains. An other plea Is th>» sale of lottery tickets, the lottery being a great institution In Spain. Each ticket costs 5 pesetas (about $1). and beggars In absolute rags, as often as not children, rush about with strings of these for sale."— Chicago News. lienritrd Better. "My daughter has learned one thing at boarding school," exclaimed the man,"and that Is how to write a legi bio hand." "llcw did it happenV" asked a friend. "She kept writing home for money," said No. 1, "and I sent back word I couldn't read a word of her letters. It soon cured her of that Chinese chirog raph.v."—Detroit 1' rcc I'ress. LACKAWANNA RAILRO \D •'.L< )« bVXBU Kli !!! V 18ION Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. in Effect Jan. 1, 1905. TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE. EASTWARD. 7.07 a. m.daily lor Bloomsburg, Kingston Wilkes-Barre a,.d Seranton. Arriving Scran ton at 9.12 a. nt., and connecting at Seranton with trains arriving at Philadelphia at Wh. m.and New York City at S.;W p. in. 10.ID a. ui. weekly for Bloomsburg.Kingston, Wilkes-Barre,Seranton and intermediate sta tions, arriving at Seranton at 12.85 p. ra. and connecting there with trains for New York City, Philadelphia anil Buffalo. 2.11 weekly forßloomsbttrg,Kingston, Wilkes Barre, Seranton and intermediate stations, arriving at Seranton at 4.50 p. m. 5.4:( p. in.daily for Biooinsliurg, Kspy. Ply mouth, Kingston, Wilkes-Bar re, Pit ton, Seranton and Intermediate stations, arriving at Seranton at .h.25 p. m.and connect ing thert, with trains arriving at New York City at »>.st' a- in., Phiiadeipeia 10 a. in.and Btttlalo 7n tn. TRAINS ARRIVE AT DANVILLE 9.15 a. in. weekly from Seranton, i'ittston, Kingston, Bloomsburg and intermediate sta tions, leaving Seranton at 6.85 a. in., where it connects with trains leaving New York City at 9.80 p. ni., Philadelphia at 702 p.m. and Kutt'aloat 10.80 a. m. 12.44 p. m.daily trom Seranton I'ittston, Kingston, Berwick. Bloomsburg and interme diate stations, leaving Seranton at 10.10 a. in. and connecting there with train leaving Butt alo at 2.25 a. m. 4.88 p. m. weekly om Seranton, Kingston. Berwick. Bloomsburg and Intermediate sta lions, leaving Seranton at 1.55 p. m., where it connects with train leaving New ork City at 10 I*l a. ill., and Philadelphia at 9.00 a. m. 9.05 p. in.daily from Seranton. Kingston Pittston, Berwick. Bloomsburg anil interme diate stations, leaving Seranton at 6.85 p. m., where It connects with trains leaving New York City at 1.00 p. m.. Philadelphia at 12.W' p. in.and Buttolo at 9.80 a. m. T. E. CLARKE, Oen'l Sup't. T. W. LNK. (ien. Pass. 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