0 —tt- . r ——
PkOI uiiES
HI \TRIi t SURGES
r. K.*»t nwnt
r«w tlx' t.rst two after she en
~ iv l . othce as stenogm
v v lesk wa- placed
. | , , t; *h«» glanced up she ,
,n >.;u\ of his head ThtS Oft
r»s urrini: Iwkli'nt, coupkxl with the
.i,-t t* tit was n *ery good looking
1 , id nil set oti a pair of stalwart
(»•!*< probably had much to <lo
ate of alTairs at the end of
Even In that time she had
d t.» distinguish hi* step from the
, . s <i other that traversed the
v ■ . j, • t., watch for his smile of
, i to iitctfii to his cheery
as ho took oft' his hut
•ip tho cover of his desk
•ul.l take a good look nt
mthly brushed yellow- hnlr nnd
• to her work, which consist
g out long contracts and
,i . • i forms.
• vim- a lawyer and had
! - lag efforts so hard to
t It was beginning to
t sw> At the end of two years
k -r or! ices, allowing himself
v » iwltv <>f n. private
\i • • • rton thin hud charge
~112 .• outride room, the second
i.l tho office boy She
•j i • a i 1 received more
■ > -se 1 the closer coin
old days and the fa
r • ' ' of n blond head rising
.• serg<- «houldors.
lug him, though, for
no reason that sh"
• . uldn t !
s ~?ti - gnva h<«r dictations
■ i- take up uji hour or moP',
■ v | make her rest a bit
i lefore she stnrted
ft > V v - fi
"fl#- 7 ;j
"MM. ..!• Ill" I :,or.;fTT <>t"T TIIK WORM
rensEin'bii SLY.
to >rk again At other times he
i ii-k ! ■ v id . lee iii tho mattor of
I •> or as to tin* choice of two
s - 112 r ■ summer suit or whether
h>- looked ht tn make a call without
ng his hair tut, aiul In- wouM
a i se In-fore her to g«>t
MnotluT point of view.
lo ail i '! fr. dly manifests
t; - «-!ie i< . .!<• !t. idly, with an in
I• i<• singly intimate
htud* »• j which i' lecmrf to place their
I ■ ' friendly glow would be
,i- ■ ■ I ' . a sweeping realiza
■ 112 thf s ■ that she was only his
■i. r. ; ■ n i that he probably
• •>! t i 1 r d ig the day l*-eause
: < l-'- at hand Still
I . ,|
■ ' . -o : i >o: to watch
. tlmi nu or an unusually l>ean
cr • the Hudson, and t
t al«' him at the win
. hi. I If he had not felt
112 » m that t!irobl»ed In
! . ■ , • ■ • ■
!. r i.o. and the most gor
g- - «■: was m-II.sI in a gray
ati.l It was a long time
Icforv a gi I limil cloud app»'an><l on
'' t *•. -vh<-n she overheard a frag
• ry conv«*r*atloo bet awu Lee and f
f hi* frtewlj In reply to mBM re
:k I. ■l. «i • I I don't know what
It* >ukl without her."
The other Inughisl and responded:
pp-tty a girl to s|>ond
tiw lif«* In an oHln. Somebody will be
cnrr> !• u h<-r off some day."
I*. - r> ply ended indlstlnctij in
' t way" as lie clos»>d his
V 1 *ii; it. and ns they pawed
•i t • »r heard tin* friend
IT and ■ iv, "no It yourself,
It' it day she was a changed
v« ! • with a purpose,
dreamy softness
i i■ • ■ r that s.*em»vl to
< is hii luiospUerc. Lee,
t r • w»ndered that
In- iid not realized how <-r««niy was
le ; -kin. now deep her dark eyes and
!i I <cin it ng '!• gold and copper
lltft«fs ,n her I.' vii huh <»radually
she toM him h, It Ver-elf, tiiiit It was
I. -r . i lia'hei ii-i had won a cer
t'; .1 i 1 *1 ' for the ("oiifederacy,
' .-r ?■ " , -id an honorable
»e and her
nltioii for
! • how she
•hi _'<sl to work
alul ■itenoi.TH
-1! ite thing, bdt
lion of twine a
, li.:t -he would
d to do -be first
I hlu lied deep
i. - wind iw toward
Me felt strangely
; h: : acc<<pted her In his
. •• -tb-r of . mrse t'ompan
tii her .ii first ttasis si>«'mc«l
>1 t lie was a man of
i ! a de ture from the con
..i ! •ii i* ie >:is.|iilet«sl his phleg
«t i! *l'!»»1r eom<>rsatlon kept
the friendly tone of everyday badl
• :i d prehension, but tliere
was a snMle difference, and he l»«gan
t '■ <•! l-.-r pre' once more and more.
I one spring afternoon when
•' «• i wa- • •ding his office with .1
•rlinr "«• vfllov ulow she looked In
;.d a-ked if she might talk with him.
A e» • ' ;;11 \ 'he respond»-d, with
i si ind 1 wish you sit In
that yellow light It Just suits you In
that brown dress "
sat down but did not spewk at
tirsi I lei trembled, and she seem
ed to lie geekin . courage from the yel
low sky Suddenly she turned to hlra,
"Mr Ijfft." shi said, 1 have been
with vou four > ir-
it as lon is that V" he (pies
tloned.
•'Four years this day '
lhc\ haven btisv years," he
said, "and, I hope, happy ones."
"\t's, thev were happy," she answer
tnl slowly mi pin\ tlusli spread over
her face. "Hut now I must go away."
'<? > aivaj ! • ive nieV Why, Helen,
j. »i u-tn I •'t spare you Where
would you gl>:
j ;1 jiH f.urp lie hid ••ailed her Hel
rn I'm' 'l' l ' ii'- 1 ' time, nml her iieart
iea|>e<l Sh«» turned t>> him tremulously
and said. aim. t timidly, "I am going
10 get married."
"M irrle lie brought out the word
incredulously "\\ hy. 1 thought"—
Here he l>ro!,. off and walked to the
window, where he sto ; .d, his hands In
his pockets, gazing moodily across the
river.
She s.it silent until he turned to her
again. Why .lo you do this?" he qties
tloned
Womanlike, ahe began with the rea
ahe felt least "Because I want a
home iam all liy myself, and lam
tir.><t of Uvln- In a boarding house. It
Is • ..thins: bat a travesty .m His for a
d' estl w to divide her time he
tween a office and a boarding house.
Besides, 1 have worked for four years,
and I want to stop for uwhlle "
"Just for awhile?"
• Yes. for I mean to study law and
ke< ;• my oth r work In practice so I
can help."
"Help? Whom?"
"Help him."
"He Is a lawyer, then?" almost
choked over the question.
"Yes."
What is he like? is he all right?
Is he worthy of you?"
Sh looked at hltn, he thought, a little
sadly "Like? He Is the finest man
In the whole world."
He walk- i swiftly to her. "But.
Helen, llel i' he exclaimed, "I don't
understand it at all. I thought you
v ere happy here, and 1 supposed, of
course, you understood things. I'm
lonely to<> I haven't had a home for
six years, and I thought that someday
Helen, don't you mind leaving me?
Won't you me at all? Haven't
you seen, girl, what you are to me?"
He took her hands and drew her up be
side him "l»t<ln't you know, Helen?"
Know what?" She lifted her brown
eyes to his.
"That 1 love you and want you to bo
mine?"
"Vou never said so." she answered.
"That's because I thought you knew
and because I always blunder. I Deed
somebody with me all the time. I need
you, Helen You're the blgge-1 part "112
mj life Come and make a home for
me."
lb- folded her suddenly In his amis,
and his heart thrilled as h<- felt her
lean on him.
"Sw. th.-art," he wl sp.■ red, "I love
you! I love you!*"
She lifted her face to his. "Hear,"
she breathed so softly that he had to
bond to catch It,"I have loved you fot
four years"
He held hr «ios •In the gathering
du k for one ecstatic moment. Then
siie drew away He came back to
earth lowlj Not letting her he
looked avvaj ..:id out of the window,
where 11 i' ■ golden 1: _ht had been merg
ed Into II dull purple streaked with red
and whet • the . veiling star gleamed
radiant In the tipper bine. -This other
chap," he began.
"What other chap?' she asked.
"The one you were were irolng to
marry."
She raised on her tiptoes and kissed
liiin. "There's only one." she whisper
ed, "and It's you."
Then she lied Into the other office.
• •••*»»
Everybody - iys ihat I wife is the
better lawyer of the two
ANCIENT BELLS.
Well Known to t lie l*c> ptin iin Before
the Jewish Kveins.
Bells were well known to the Egyp
tians before the time of the Jewish ex
odus In the description of Aaron's
sacerdotal robe mention is made of tho
fact that upon the hem of the garment
there were bells of gold alternating
with pomegranates of blue, of purple
and of scarlet: "A golden bell and a
pomegranate, a golden bell and a pome
granate upon the heift of the robe
round about And it shall lie upon
Aaron to minister, and his sound shall
b'- h -ard whi-n he g'leth into the holy
place before the Lord and when he
cometh out, that he die not."
Hand beils were In common use nil
over the ancient world. The earliest
use of bells in churches was for the
purpose of frightening away the evil
spirits which were believed to infest
earth and air. and the earliest curfew
w as rung at nightfall to rid the neigh
bo: h 1 of the village or town and
ch'ir. h 112 demons Most old churches
of Europe hive a small door on tho
north side, and at certain points in the
service this door was openod and a
lieli w as rung i i gi' e notice to the dev
il if he ch ii •ito be present, that he
might Make his exit lief ore the eleva
tl m. By the command of Pope John
IX church 1 ■•-.u were rung as a protec
tion ag nst I mder and lightning.
The i mument of Porseua, the Etru
rian king, w lecorati-d with pinna
< ies. iii it • oontsd with a bell,
"1 i i ■ k the 1 ■•e/e Tii" army
of Ol .lb.iii >• raised the Siege of Reus
( , a • : j -! wcasloned among
th • men I ' -ii chime from tho
Itells of St Stephen's church.
No Time for MirKery.
Ihe in i •! an thinks the sun
snd stars would < to shine sooner
than that - could Interfere with the
Ir 'i -hold duties A
ftahetha w< in is recently Informed
by her |. ! i i i that she would have
to have ojiei it performed. She
i ' n't • how she could;
I t m ' 4 washing day, Tuea
-11 Wed hi" day the nds
. i ■. , met, I hnrsday was the
t. . , u Friday to hake, Sat
the «hlldren their baths
!' h ■ could get It in Sun
(l ~r r ii and before evening
[Services perhaps she would try It.-
h insas «'ity Journal.
Tlm* r«l i ii Ij» »*».
rili II 1 pi ce In the mid
. of i I century A traveler
says"The men arc clothed in goat
• U is. oi before and another liohlnd,
• it re;'. !;i's, shoes or stockings,
hi I a wool- II oi kin cap on the head.
*1 he • have no other habiliments
s MI i If ii.l n gown and a woolen
ca; il • |" 's always go armed
to defe I iii I.• from one another,
so that I ding In the interior Is ex
tremely nasal \ thout an escort, and
II is eve <1 'tis for ships to send
th"-ir poo;' o!i ihore for water unless
they an w. II armed. ' i short, the
Sard* r- th Malays of tho Medlter
I rayean."
Ci —j?
On a Pontoon
liy NOKA BRYANT
I Copyright, tin HI, hv llpulrl* Reiwtn
I'or the tlrst time In live years Whit
i comb admitted to himself that he was
tired, that he had at last wearied of
throwing impossible trestles across lm
po sible canyons, of climbing the un
: cllmbable and accomplishing that which
! neither nature nor man over had meant
to be accomplished
lie leaned against tho rope which
Nerved for a railing on the old pontoon
bridge and looked up the canyon,
where the massive iron structure that
was tho work of his brain was sllhouot
' ted against the sky. It was an April
afternoon in the mountains, a Sunday
afternoon, so that the ring of steel, the
putflng of engines, the shouts of work
i men, were stilled. Tho gulcli was as
( peaceful as It would be six mouths
j hence, when the army of laborers
would depart, leaving only the great,
silent bridge to mark their occupancy.
Whitcomb was frank with himself.
Ho dlil not deny in these meetings
I with himself face to face that tills
restlessness had appeared because of
i thf presence of the camping party at
! the Hide a Wee hunting lodge up In
Smith's peak. Not that he had actual
, ly met the party as a whole. The men
had wandered down to the bridge,
had asked many "fool" questions and
wandered back to the camp. At a dis
tance lie had seen women In well made
riding habits and outing gowns who
had given liiin a hor eback thrill. Sud
denly he vanted to get back to the
land of s ■ .Howtailed coats and pliim
mery frocks.
Whitcomb sighed and looked down at
his corduroys and hunting boots dis
contentedly. The pontoons rocked, and
a horse's hoofs sounded suddenly at
the end of the bridge. Coming toward
him was a girl leading a sturdy little
mountain pony a girl with a bare
head, where the sun glanced and glim
rniTcoMß n\t> liitei> lint with onb
A KM.
uiereci on masses of copper colored
hair, a girl with flawless skin and
exes like sand hill violets, a girl whose
every slender line breathed health ami
vigor.
The girl In her turn saw a broad
shouldered man, dark with tan, above
which his blond hair shone curiously.
The corduroy hunting suit was strange
ly becoming to him The girl stopped
before him.
"Can you tell me,' she asked, "if
there is a quicker way for me to get
back to the Hide a -Wee lodge than by
the long Smith road?"
"Yes," he answered, "there Is, and If
you would not mind waiting for me to
get my pony I'll ret you on it I never
could direct you from here."
To his surprise and delight the girl
acquiesced readily, but as he turned to
fetch his broncho, which he had left
grazing on the shore, he gave a gasp.
"Great heavens!" And, throwing his
arm about the amazed girl, he leaned
as far out with her as the rope rail
would permit. Entering the bridge at
a mad pace, the white bell mule lead
ing, was the herd of mules used In
building the trestle. There was a bom
bardment of hoofs that drowned tho
girl's frightened cry. The pontoon sank
a foot into the water. There was a
roar of trampling foot and a rending
crash of the floor as the herd passed
so close that both their faces were
stung by the lashing tails; then silence
again In the valley, except for the
sounds of retreating hoofs up the
mountain road.
"Careful, careful!" cried Whitcomb
as the girl drew herself from his arm.
"We are afloat!"
The strain on the old bridge bad
been too great. The worn flooring had
parted, and, still clinging to a bit of
the rope rail, tho man and girl were
floating rapidly downstream ou one ol
the pontoons. This little raft rode well
out of the water, and tho river, swoil
en by the spring freshets In the moun
tains, towed them along nt a smart
pace. The two looked at each other
and suddenly smiled.
"There Is really not much danger,"
said Whitcomb. "It's five miles down
to the rapids, and two miles below hen
the river narrows so that I shall havi
no trouble In a 'land mark'
with these biis of rope. In the mean
time." spreading > it on the damp
floor of the ponto in. lo lie seated and
be comfortable."
"lion't you suppose some one saw us
and will come to the rescue?" asked
. the girl.
[ Whitcomb shook his head dubiously
I "I'm afraid not. The mule boy win
not In slight when the thing happened,
' and he'll probably spend the remainder
of the day hunting for ids mules "
The girl did not appear as anxious an
might have been expected, and Whit
comb sat down beside hor.
"It w ill lake some time to float down
tliere," he said, 'and In tho meantime
I'll tie these ropes together."
She watched his clever Angers t„
(Hence, and Whitcomb was moved
| with a strange desire to talk of him
I Belf.
"Ho j mi know, you are the tlrst east
ern girl I've sp »ken to In five years?"
Su ;>rise on the rose tinted face be
side him
"I ha.eii't been hack east since 1 fin
lshed college At lii it I wrote often,
espoela'ly to to. well, I wrote often
but"
"Hut." smiled the girl, "you both !>e
gan i i ' ise enthusiasm?"
Wl.ite iinb looked at her gratefully
,s, i iillll like that at least tin
afraid ihe did She was a pale little
girl, t tit eighteen, when I i\\ her last.
She had hair something like yours, but
without those rich dark shades. 1 was
mlghtj fond of the little girl, but I'm
afraid I've grown IIWIH from the cling
ing vine type."
The violet eyes were noncommittal.
"A little hard on her If she really
cares."
Whileomb sighed, with tlrm lines
showing around I. lips "I know It.
and I'm going back there iliis summer
to find her."
"Hut, then, perhaps yh l, * . I •rgotteu
long nso. Seventeen is very young."
A dull red shout d undei Whitcouib's
tan "Perhaps she has 1 I I've been
hoping since this afternoon that she
has."
The eyes were scornful now. "Do
you think you've any right to say that
to me?"
"No," meekly, "but but you are ev
erything I've grown to admire In a
woman, so tine and strong, and"
"Look! I.ook!" she interrupted
The pontoon w: * nearlng a sudden
I tend In the river, and they were being
swept nearei io the shore. Hut a few
feet ahead ol them a great tree leaned
tar out over the water. Its branches nl
most touching the surface. There was
no tlnn for deliberation, no time to
stop the pontoon, for the force of the
current he:, was territio.
Ilefore ll' • girl could spring to her
feet Whitcomb had lifted her with one
arm, while v ith the other he clung des
perately to a great branch. The pon
toon was - W"pt away, and for one
awfid moment It seemed that they
must l>e drawn into the swirling depths
beneath. Hut somehow, with the aid
of the little strength of the girl and
the powerful shoulders of the man,
they found themselves tip on the trunk
of the tree A moment later they were
safe ashore.
Tli girl looked at him and spoke
with lip - in 1 voice that trembled.
"That's twice that you have saved
me."
Whitcomb v. ;s holding both hands in
Ills, but neither of them seemed con
scious of the fact. There was a do or
die cxprc --ion i.i hit _'ray eyes 'Tin
going to sa.\ - omethlng. You needn't
mind, its thi - will be the last time that
you will ever s*»e me."
The girl seeined about to Interrupt,
but Whitcomh gave her no opportu
nity.
"If If 1 were free I'd do my best to
make you love me You are my Ideal
of what a girl should b<- That knowl
edge can ilo you no harm, can it? And
as I can't help feeling it. I am no more
disloyal I-, that other lrl In telling
than In feeling it tome; we must set
out for your camp."
But the girl stood still. The lowering
sun glinted on her beauty until Whit
comb turned away with firm pressed
Hps.
"Perhaps if only she lias forgotten?"'
Whitcomb turned to her curiously.
"Would there be no, I've no right to
ask now."
The sweet mouth dimpled "If that
llttT" g 1 h: 1 lived out of doors for
I five years would you recognize her,
| John W'hitconib?''
Whiter !, | t out a trembling hand
1 and turned her face full into the sun.
A great convict 1 ,,;, li hied his face.
">i ;r. ar -t 1" he < ried. "Margaret, do
you love me till?"
"Ye-." tiii Margaret. Ami there was
lit* sound on the river bank but the
ripplir.g ef the water.
t hlnrnr \\ ixMinu SupcrMllllona.
No oth'-r country I ; so inanjt super
stltions ahoiit marriage as China. The
rhlneso nevei i II; . ulthln II hundred
days sifter a de ,th h: - t leu place In
the family of eith -r the la ide or groom,
for if they do they believe domestic
trouble- are tire to follow. There
seems to he no re i n for this belief,
and the » liinese do not attempt to ex
plain It but are willing to let it go
as an undisputed fact. A Chinese bride
may be broil lit to the house of the
groom while there is a coflin In the
house, but not within a hundred days
after it has I teen taken out. If a bride
breaks the heel ot her -hoe while she
I is going from her father's to her hus
band'- home it i - ominous of unhappi
ness to her new relations A side of
bacon and a piece of sugar are hung
on the back of a bride's sedan chair as
a peace offering to evil spirits, and
when she Is dressing for the wedding
ceremony • he stands all the while in
a round wicker basket. When a bride
Is eating her last meal at the table of
her father before irolng to live with her
husband -die ! allowed to consume
only halt bow! of rice, 1* *; t sin* be
followed by continual sc rcity In h f, r
j new abode.
A DRAMAT'IC ARTIST.
The \V III n l lis \\ n>■» of the Miin OreKS
mnker of Purl*.
The dressmaker is a slim young man
with a long nose and big, winsome
eyes. Wearing a gray frock coat and
patent leather shoes, corseted and pow
dered and perfumed, he Is more than a
man; he Is a dressmaker. He is sat
urated with dandyism, it Is not of an
offensive kind His manners are a
strange mixture of humility and in
solenee, for lie is at once a salesman
and an artist. And he talks, talks,
talks, bending his •-11 iii body Into polite
curves, gesticulating with his thin
white hands, rolling his eyes In their
i painted orbits, the while he fumbles
j silks and velvets and satins and lace
and wool.
The ii reman who couies into a
dressmaker s shop of an afternoon —In
Paris no one goes to the dressmaker s
save only In the afternoon begins by
sneering at this fantastic creature.
That mood doe> not last long. Con
tempt gives way to admiration. There
Is something marvelous In the way this
lord of lace and ribbon dominates the
women, the royal highness as well as
the spoil' 1 actress lie is < harming; lie
Is frivolous Then of a sudden his
face darkens, he becomes serious, he
stares at her royal highness, studying
I her form from head to foot; he smites
his brov. and cries despairingly: "No,
' no! I can't see you In that gown—to
day I can't see you in any gown I
will study an inspiration will come—
you mu 1 wait.' And royalty goes
! away fluttered, she knows not why.
Vance Thompson In Woman's Home
Companion
l.ntiiliir'n l*ro*o.
No poet has ever been a bad prose
writer, whenever he cared to drop from
poetry Into pro-. . hut It is doubtful
' whether any poet has been quite so
| tine .ice miplished and persistent a
i pro wi Lander. "Poetry." he
tell i in one of his most famous
p was always my amusement,
pro • in i study and business I have
publi 1 ■ ,■ \ Inn os of 'lmaginary
Convei i ais ' cut the worst of them
ihroi '; t ■ 11•' 'die, .and there will re
i;. |n in decimal fraction quite
en ittali to sat l \ inv appetite for fame
I 1 shall din 'it, but the (lining room
will be well lighted, the guests few and
select Without hi-- prose Laudor Is
indeed but half. If he is half, himself.
' Arthur Syuiotis If Atlantic.
Who Was
Fooled?
Ily MABI L MICHAI I S
! i "jif/riij/it, I , hi/ //■ m> i Sitrn(fid
Hilly- Parker (.Tinned joyously, it
would be such a good joke on Miss Al
len to send the letter. Here Hugh had
been in the Philippines for two years.
Wlnt would stie think when she recelv
ed a local letter In the well remember
ed handwriting'.'
In his mind's eye he could see her
eagerly tearing open the letter In the
postotlice. lie would be outside to yell
"April fool!" Miss Allen always stop
ped for her mail on her way to school.
There could be no possible chance of a
nllp ii]• if lie mailed the letter Sunday.
He had lo iking in Hugh's desk
for some fish hooks when he had run
across the envelope, carefully tucked
away in the bottom of the drawer.
There had been a time when he had
carried a lot of the selfsame sort of let
ters to the teacher, but that had been be
fore Hugh began to talk about the Phil
ippines as a place for young men to
| grow up with the country.
All day Sunday Hilly grinned over
! his anticipated joke, and Monday morn
| ing he entirely ignored the flannel
: cakes that he might be certain to be
| at the postotlice in time and went off
; leaving his mother greatly concerned
over his failing appetite. Usually Hilly
j preferred flannel cakes to promptness
i «it school.
He had not long to wait, for present
ly Nita Allen came briskly along and
entered the postofllce. As she turned
away Billy noted that she held in her
! hand only a long blue envelope and a
| newspaper. He thought regretfully of
i the flannel cakes as he realized that
his April fool had miscarried and turn
ed and followed Miss Allen down the
i street.
There were the usual pranks played
in the school yard, but Hilly, always
the leader in Jill mischief, stood apart
, and wondered. He was certain that he
bad stamped the letter properly, and
anyway Mr. Meade would have given
i the letter to her .and collected the mon
ey had the stamp fallen off. It was
something he could not understand,
though he puzzled his brain until the
last bell rang, and he slipped into his
seat just In time.
Some one must have been playing
jokes on the teacher, for her eyes
snapped and about her mouth there
pl ayed a smile that made Billy want to
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SUE IIIXI> IN IIF.n HANK (INI.Y A L.ONO
ni.RI: I.N*VEL<»I'I; ANI> A NEWHPAFKH.
I hug her. liven when Ned Matthews
| sought to pick up a reader only to
1 have it jerked from beneath his grasp
| by a bit oi thread Miss Allen only
I looked the oth :' way and tapped with
j her pencil oa lie de k, though surely
J .at other times the source of this
• demonstration would have been as
1 patent to her as to the class.
During the Kindt nour lMiiy s mys
j titlcation was further increased, for,
stopping at the postofllce, he asked for
I mail for Miss Allen. "She was expect
' Ing two letters this morning, and she
I only got one," he explained to Mr.
; Meade.
"Co on with your April fool Jokes,"
lie lam 1: •■! good naturedly. "She got
j two letters this morning."
Hilly knew better, but there was no
| use asking questions. He had seen her
i come out with just the one big en
-1 velope, and that was from the school
1 committee. The other was not under
the big one. for he had pretended to
drop his ctip as an excuse to look at the
under side and there had been nothing
hidden beneath.
But if Billy had hung about the
schoolroom Instead of pursuing his in
vestigations at the postofllce lie wotdd
have seen that Mr. Meade was right,
for on tea her' - d k was the envelope
he had dro'ined into the box and for
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•' ti'iitli time teacher, with glowing
• It, • !c- w reading the note.
1 11 av c not the to speak," It
i'u!. 'lt'll I tin coning l»nek Monday
i< th,. I!' your answer 1m 'Yes,'
will y.ni meet ine at tlie train? If you
art' n >t tin-re 1 shall know tin- nns,ver
Is 'No luit ll' you <-an find it in your
heart 1o love me. dear, please lie there
t, "reet me The others think I am
• t'l iirr on the light tiain, ami we shall
!,:i. . a rltanre to walk home alone."
The explanation was very simple.
She 11a<1 slipped the envelope inside oi
Hie foltls of the paper as she had re
■n >'i| it Somehow she did nttt want
I---, to rire the pifrlov. t missive, and
'lit in tinetive modesty she hml hid
den it
Th - . He, noon drafted interminably
el Kverj stroke of the clock,
■ I tirk of the pendulum brought
Hi h nearer to her. and yet the miu
ii.t p . e.l with leaden wings. It was
>nly a ten minute walk to the station,
she lingts'e I over the comjiositloiis,
l.ei eye constantly seeking the slow
li< ! ing watch in front of her until at
i Hie minute hand had come almost
i lie half hour. She jnit on her wraps
ami hurried down the street.
i'.illy keeping watch at the postofllce,
\\ as s-pcudlng a weary vigil, but her
road t-nik her In the opposite direction,
,;nd he ,iiii not know that he was wait
ing in vain.
The train had just whistled as slio
reached the platform, and Inn few
minutes the heavy string of conches
pulled into the station yard, the engine
panting like some tired animal.
Sh.• looked quickly up and down the
long line of cars until with a tremen
dous acceleration of the heart's beat
ings she recognized a muffled form
stepping from one of the sleepers.
"Nita," he cried as she sped toward
him, "this is a surprise Indeed!"
"Didn't you expect me?" she de
manded smilingly. "I>ld you think I
could forget so soon;"
Hugh looked puzzled as he fell into
step and passed out of the station.
"Hut no one knew I was coming," he
declared. "You don't mean to tell me
that my advent was anticipated?"
"i did not tell a soul," she said. "I
only got your letter this morning."
"Hut 1 did not write any one, not
even yon,'' was the puzzled declara
tion. Nita laughed.
"You didn't mean to say that you ex
pect a schoolteacher with a class like
mine to forget that this Is April fool?"
she asked. "The boys were tormenting
me all day, and now you want me to
believe that you did not write me thnt
letter You must have written some
one else, trio, for mine bore the local
post mark."
"Sceing's believing," ho suggested.
With a pretty flush, she thrust her
hand inside her jacket and presently
withdrew the letter. He glanced at the
superscription and smiled.
"And this is your answer?" he said
gently. Her eyes gave reLilv. "I have
the courage to ask you myself now,"
he said tenderly. "This is a letter I
wrote before 1 went away. Do you re
meinlter the time I went to New York
to arrange about my going to the
east V"
• Then you didn't fiend it?" she asked
tremulously.
"No," he • aid. "1 did not send it be
raii •• 1 have come all the way from
Manila to ask you togo back with me.
I i,ever had the courage to send this.
1 think it must be that young brother
of mine. He probably ran ncross It In
my desk."
"What can you think of me?" she
said, with glistening eyes.
"If I told you," he said stncerely, "I
should make a scandal by hugging you
right here en the street. I think you
are the dearest little woman In the
world. I never had hoped to learn my
answer so quickly."
"You have Hilly to thank for that,"
she laughed.
"I don't know whether to thrash or
thank him," he smiled. "Pt-rbaps It
woul i*' better to do both—in that
order."
"Huh," mused Hilly a few hours lat
er as he lovingly lingered a gold piece.
"Hugh savs that I'm the April fool.
1 don't think so He's in the front par
lor acting more like a fool than 1 am
» wouldn't it. tit kis in' u ■ <1 like
The Home Paper
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Of course you read
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Published Every Morning Except
Sunday at
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No. 11 E. Malio -ngSt.
Subscription o cei. . r Week.
that, ln k" "I' t )l<J postofßce arul
show oft' Wefore the fellers it 1 I tl Just
come home."
« ul< hluK Vonr Shadow.
"Vou out," wilfl the Malay lady,
"on tin* night In-fore the full moon and
stand with your hark to the moon and
your face to an nut hill, ho that your
shadow falls on the ant hill. I lieu
you recite certain jampi (Incantations)
and, Itending forward, try to embrace
your shadow. If you fall try again
several times, repenting more Incanta
tions. If not succe? - fid go the next ]
night and make a further effort and
the night after if necessary three
nights In all. II you cannot then catch
your shadow wait till the same day In
the following month and renew the nt
temj t. Sooner or later you will sue-
and as yon stand there In the
brilliance of the moonlight you will Bee
that you have drawn your shadow Into
yourself, and your hotly will never
again cast a hade. <}o home, and In
the night, u li'-ther sleeping or waking,
the form of a child will appear before
you and put out its tongue. That
seize, and it will remain, while the
rest of the child disappears. In a little
while the tonrrue will turn into some
thins that breathes a small animal,
reptile or insect—and when you see
that the cnv.turc has life put it in a
hot tie, and the pelsit is yours."—Swet
tenham's "Malay Sketches."
Nndp It AH Clear.
Berzelius, the Swedish chemist, mad«
most of his laboratory experiments in
his kitchen with his cook Anna as his
only assistant. "What Is your mas
ter?" asked one of his neighbors. "Oh.
he Is a chemist." "What's that?
■What does he do?" "Well, I will tell
you. lie has something In a big bottle,
then ho pours it Into a smaller one and
then again into quite a tiny bottle."
"Well, and what then happens to it?"
"Oh, then I throw it away."
The Complementary Virtue.
"What do you consider most essential
in being quick at repartee?"
"A person who constantly strives to
be quick at repartee," answered Miss
I Cayenne, "should be quite sure he has
friends who are slow to anger."—Wash
ington Star.
f)#»nt She Could I)o.
Husband- What! Twenty-five dollars
for that bonnet? Why, It's ridiculous!
Wife—Yes, I know It Isn't anything to
boast of, but you said you couldn't af
ford an expensive bonnet.—Columbus
Dispatch.
Ail luxury corrupts either the morals
or the taste.—Joubert.
1 ACKAWANNA RAILROAD,
j " —BLOOMSBURU DIVISION
I Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad.
In Effect Jan. 1, 1905.
j TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE.
EASTWARD.
7.07 a. in. dally tor Bloomsburg, Kingston,
Wllkes-Barre aud Scranton. Arriving Stsu
ton at a. in., aud connecting at Scranton
with trains arriving at Philadelphia at 8.4K a.
in.and New Vork Olty at H.HO p. in.
10.1H a. ni. weekly for Bloomsburg. Kingston,
Wiikes-Barre.Scranton and intermediate sta
tions, arriving at Scranton at 12.56 p. m.and
connecting there with trains for New Vork
City, Philadelphia and Kulfalo.
2.U weekly forHloomsburg,Kingston,WllUe*
Barre, Scranton and intermediate stations,
arriving at Scranton at 4.50 p. m.
5.4.! p. m.daily for Bloomsburg, Espy, Ply
mouth, Kingston, Wilkes-P.arre, plttston,
Scranton and Intermediate stations, arriving
at Scranton at 5.35 p. m.and connecting there
with trains arriving at Ni'W Vork City at 6.50
a in., Philadelpela 10 a. m.and BuflaloTa m.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DANVILLE
tt.iria. m. weekly from Scranton, Plttston,
Kingston, Bloomsburg and intermediate sta
tions, leaving Scranton at ti.3,~> a. in., where It
connects with trains leaving New Vork City
at 9.50 p. m., Philadelphia at 7H2 p. m. aud
Buffalo at 10.:#) a. in.
12.44 p. m. dally trom Scranton Pittston,
Kingston, KerwicU, Bloomsburg and interme
diate stations, leaving Scranton at 10.10 a. m.
and connecting there with train leaving Butt
alo at 2.25 a. m.
4.! M p. in. weekly om Scranton. Kingston,
Berwick, Bloomsburg and intermediate sta
tions, leaving Scranton at 1.50 p. m., where It
connects with train leaving New Vork City
at 10.0(1 a. in., and Philadelphia at» 00 a. m.
s.aT p. in.daily from Scranton. Kingston,
Plttston, Berwick, Bloomsburg aud Interme
diate stations, leaving Scranton at 6.85 p. m„
where it connects with trains leaving New
Vork City atl.oo p. ni., Philadelphia at 12.00
p. in.and Buttolo at D.liO a. m.
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