; 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 ><ll since that was out of tin
question she naturally preferred part
ners who kept step and were nimble.
Johnny was neither, yet all the time
-l.e had been engmred tn him lie had
felt it hi- rtuht to say. if she did not
dance with him, she must dance wltl
hardly any I «ody else.
And not at all with <;ranvHlo (Jore.
the very prince of partners, who was
I ndsoine Htnl slender and light heart
ed, with money hi both pockets and a
trick nf spending it with both hands
Johnny hated him, without reason sr
far n- I.orena could see at least ho
fciri' her no nelson only said. "If you
are sT"in' ever to lieioug to me, Lolle.
you must !«• barely t'ivil to that fel
l.ivv "
Somehow the emphusls on the lasl
word always made Lorena shiver whei
he recall< I it. How could she licit
it. when Johnny wast- ward other folk
the -ml of kindly Justice: Still she had
felt that he uas unfair If lie really
knew anything he might let her know
It likewise
If Johnny «-ould have brought himsell
to tell h-r the hreak might not have
mine. But lie was ton proud and mas
t« rful for that His wife mnst believe
in him enough to understand that hi
hid reasons fur any and everything
Besides he was afraid of seetnhig en
vioiis and jealous of >i man so much
richer and !>et'er looking. Moreover
h»» did not r illy know much thai
could be tokl categorically it wa>
<lire's general air and manner, con
joined to words dropp»i| here and there
that made Johnny certain hp had nr
p-al reverence rr/r anyUifng reininine
A girl, any girl. was fair game to him
If SJII hadn't sense enough to look out
for herself he was not bound to look
out for h ■ Vet Gore was not distinct
P. vicious rather, inordinately vain
lie did not mean worse by womankind
and girlkind than to make love to them
then ride uwav. Marry! Not he! Not
the finest girl alive!
If I .or na had known that! TTn
knowing it, she had thought a great
many times and a great many thing
of the fascinating Oranvllle In the
three months -dnee the break. He hail
I ■••en away for two of them, and sinei
he came Imnii l >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! <lore, if the variety-
Is indigenous, understand. I shall setth
lu your tiel»rhl<orhood Just as noon as
I can buy a place."
Lorena flush**! scarlet. She let fall
her --kirts heedlc-s .if water heedless.
Indeed, of anything hut escii|ie. Theri
were IIH'II on either bank, also one In
wading approaching her midstream
<Jore vias the farthest of them a (Jore
K1I»* bad never seen, lb- looked her
over as though she were a part, a curl
ous part, of the landsca|M- with which
he had n<» ~«irt of acquaintance.
It v. th • man iu wading who had
s|«.kcti. lie was striding on toward
her. his rod over his shoulder, a broad
grin UJMIII his flat, r«*d face. Her sun
I «OII net, her faded print frock, above
all her present case, had nearly made
him Iwllere her some holdenlsh milk
tiiMid rather than mermaid
"IMdn't I tell you fellows the finest
fish Were here In the shallows?" ho IM'I
low ed at the men on the bank "Nevet
yet made such a catch." lie added,
making to fling an arm atiout I.orena'"
waist •
She evaded him. springing to out
side and trying to gain the I auk, hut
the s|M(itsnien there set up a laughing
<-hout wh:« !> • 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<c millions that inigh< nnau
much to «lore's future. Was he to risk
their 1.1; I .to IV' everla ttllg chaff,
to make himself il ■ butt of the grill
rooms next time he was in town, by
chump < -hip of a yirl. a -illy country
girl. whu slu.'ild have kBOWII betttf
than to put herself in such case?
Mullen, lie of the (hit. red face, was
u I>«>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 ,<ly justice she knew Billj
had really a iiand-onie competence
also that he was no sluggard. Am
her own position was lar trom envia
Me. Moreover, she was dreadfullj
erahp.'il over Pr 1 ' t" rl >
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 <tv other --top. And this
was whiit he was saving: "We've got
to hire you a substitute, Hilly, and I
know just the man. It's Amos Flack
he needs a wife if ever a man did—a
preacher, with live of the worst chil
dren going Any endowed proposition
will be tempting to him. Besides, I've
already detected him casting sheep's
eyes up this ■ ay. So you trot along
and find Flizabeth while 1 look him up.
And be sure you burn that letter. It
must be tlion lit to have got lost In
transit. You may tell whoever you see
there's golnrt to lie a double wedding
up this way soon."
"Yes. sir; 1 will," Hilly snid obedient
ly. "Hut 1 shan't tell 'eiu I hud a hand
in bringing on boili matches."
Sure enough there was a double wed
ding, Witli Fncle Imndy playing fairy
godfather to both brides.
'■ il I' or i ni.
lie rejoice 1 t.i the not very humor
ous name of Wood, and la* prided him
self on hi- jokes and smart repartee.
Few of In friends had escaped the
lash of hi- tongue, and lie bad victim
ized many by his practical jokes—in
fact, he never lost tin opportunity of
being funny. One day he met a friend
whose nan" was Stone, and naturally
a name like that was too good a chance
to miss.
"<>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
<itil nail >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 i<l car le-sly, "Thank you,
. apt : :i." In what regiment, sire?"
instantly inquired the quick witted
soldi :*. N: : j ieoi), perceiving Ills mis
take. answered with a smile. "In my
guards, lor I see you know how to l>e
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
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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
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"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 ,<le n» ;!master here at I'lno
vii'-. ml be >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!"
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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
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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.
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