Hill, Harriman How Two Great Railroad Kings View the National Outlook Equality. Simplic ity. Economy and Justice Ur£- '.l as Watchwords. By JAMES A. EDGER.TON. PKOSPERITY stands in a genera! way for about all men prize in this world. It means wealth, success, plenty to eat, plenty to wear, good houses, mutual respect- In a word, the necessities and luxuries: of life. It Is what everybody is look ing for and some people get. It is the I fetich of ihe American people. There fore do we greet the prosperity talker as the bearer of glad tidings. .Tames J. Hill and Edward 11. Har riman. the two big noises of the rail road world, have been talking prosper ity. President Taft, George Gould, John AV. Gates and others have been talking In the same strain. Hill was born in Canada and moved over and annexed the northern part of the United States. In the magazines lie 1; called "the empire builder," but in (lie northwest he is plain Jim 11111. which the Swedes pronounce "Tim Hell." lie does not always talk prosperity, which gives all the more value to what lie says now. Hill made the principal speech at the opening of the Alaska-Yukon- Pacific exposition in Seattle. Among other things, he said: There is a St I ady but moderate Im provement In business. The business of ( 7 i§m s T r ~' —V ' SDWABD H. HAKItIMAX .TA.MI> .1 1111.1. SI'KAKIX<; AT OI'KNIXQ OF ALASKA-VCKOX i'ACIFIC KXI'OSITIOX. the country i : thawing out from the great frost which struck it in j ~ and which continued in 1903. One of the a teat things hanging over the country i.s the enormous expenditure, not merely federal, but state and ipal, and the consequent effort to produce revenues to meet this expenditure. Econ omy in government should ho the watch word. For years our people have been like an heir come into a vast and wealthy estate , e have been wasting and squandering thereat inheritance which Providence provided. The Four Magic Words. There are lour great words that should he written upon the four cornerstones of 'very public building In this land with the sacredness of a religious rite. These watchwords of the republic are equality, simplicity, economy and justice. They are Interwoven with every fiber of the national fabric. To forget or deny them will lead to every misfortune and every possibility of destruction that rises now threateningly in t!i'» path of our country's great™ .--t. Equality Wore i!:- lav I.s an embodied prom: of the mite I States It is the 3 ' rs ' .» , ' ■•:■■■ < by the i' ,i .. i •<>";■. ltution. In so 112. r as w** havel eon ilhful to it v.e l.ave not only grown great and prosperous, but bav« commanded the respect of others becau«« ™ r 'I OP. i . • far : „s v have If. in so fa- as there Is any. w.ier" a special privilege or an unequal restri tloti. any decree of legal govern ment. I favoritism whatever, we have chan; d :! government of the fathers and t rue.] nackward toward the old. evil tradi! n whoso tII of blood and oppres sion : ins through all history. , 1 u "'' the phrase "our com- P ex • villzatlon" creates a vague impres sion that simplicity has be,.,, banlshe.J mi e irny from the modern world by a Kind of natural evolution whereas It re main- now. always, the normal rule of a w hob some national life. The life of those who do the work of the world, whether in the high places or the low Is usually a simple thing. Simplicity In governing methods, in - narai ter and in conduct must be a fixed I quality of the state that survives those ■ changes of the centuries in which all oth- ! ers l,ove vanished. Inseparably connected with equality and »,T! ,V s econ,,m >-- Nationally consld- L. become almost a forgotten term. The curtailment of federal expense ' wou!4 assist not onl'v erf ciency In the departments, but reforms , Lord Russell's Retort. Lord lius-vll once presided at a din ner given far Sir Henry Irvine on his return frt>m America. While the din ner -was In progress Lord Husseii stig posted to Oinyns C'arr that he propose Sir Henry's health. "I can't mak< speeches, yon know,"he said. Hir llenr gently replied, "I heard you make a fine speech before the Par nell eonuni. Ion." To which the pungent Irishman an swered. "Oh, yes, but then I had some thing to talk about!" And Prosperity Liberal Expenditures by Farmers and Their Agri cultural Development Deemed Important factors. Late Panic Unnecessary. now postponed by the task of raising and the rage o£ spending great sums that should be left In the pockets of the peo ple. Enforce the laws. Last anil noblest conception of all born from the associated life of mankind Is ! justice. The nation must be true to that ' abstract and impartial justice which is ' the foundation <■! nobility, the patent of I heroes and the llnal test of any state. Upon occasion the lawmaking power has been invoked riot to punish c nit. but t«» give one man an unfair advantage at the I cost of another, to confiscate wholly or in part property honestly earned and fairly used, to distinguish between activities by discriminating laws. The tendency is by no means universal, but its presence is palpable and too dangerous to be ignored. Jf hatred, greed or envy instead of jus tice ever becomes a formative power in public affairs, then, no matter who may i»e the victim, the act is treason, for no Mate ever enjoyed tranquillity or escaped destruction if it ceased to maintain one equal and inflexible standard of justice. The greatest service to the nation, to ev ery state and city, today would be the substitution for a term of years of law enforcement for lawmaking. Get the laws fairly tried, wt-ed out those improper or impracticable, curtail the contempt of law that now flourishes under the Ameri can system of nonenforcement and make the people understand that government means exact and unsparing justice in stead of a con ' lex game. This Is the only safeguard If respect for and confi dence in the governing system itself are not to be gradually undermined. This is all reproduced for the reason that it is good reading, tlie sort of reading jusr now needed by the Amer- loan people and especially by those in high places. Mr. 1 larriman's talk was given hur riedly to a collection of reporters jus: before he left for Europe. It was re- j eently stated by a representative of j the Ilarriman system that this man | controls ls.iioo tulles of railway, or six times across the continent; that these i lines employ 80,000 men; that, in ndJl- j tion, Ilarriman directs 54,000 miles of , steamship lines, making 72,000 miles : of transportation in all; that one could \ go from New York to Hongkong with out ever leaving the Ilarriman lines j and that he could return by another route i n Ilarriman lines nearly all the I way. So in the glad conversation that ; follows please consider that it is these t 72,000 miles of transportation that are ! doing the talking and not Ilarriman himself. Ilere is what this combina- ' tion of trains, steamships and dollars ! says with him for a mouthpiece: I think Wr are on a very substantial basis, und all that it needs to k. ep us on top of the Wave is I'm* 111• • : t • c >,._ tiuue his liberal lnnnient and produc tion. The liberal expenditures ..a the part of the farmers and their agricultural de velopment is to my mind the important factor In the national situation. Jt means the worldwide distribution of wealth in the employment of labor and the pur chase ~r materials in all lir.es of life. if we have favorable weather and large cro; ve shall have correspondingly ha->- py t.: . - Vou might say that wo s!„ill have i "a great bur;-* of specula tion ■■ . i a rise in prices of everything and it : : iduate down from that to any point. si in proportion as tl e crops are success; ; There should not be anything today to interfere with individual Indus-try and ca pacity, and money does not have am - thing to do with it. It Is only the evi dence of capacity and of industry. The next time probably that we have a shrinkage In business will be be cause of a change In business. The last shrinkage was on account of a scare something that did not happen. The next change will only come about by a more real condition, such as a shrinkage of our crops. We need not have had that panic lief.ire. and if we are careful we need not have another one. His Mistake. The vendor of iunices, who had just heon thrown out of a large office build j lng, wept bitterly as he looked nt his torn clothes and broken wares. "Who did this?" inquired the friend i ly cop. "I'll pinch 'em if you say the 1 word." "No; it was my fault," said the vic tim. gathering up the remains of n plaster imaie "1 insisted on trying to sell a bust ijf Noah Webster to a meet ing if simplified spellers." Denver i Republican. I HALE AT WASHINGTON Glimpses of Senate Chaplain's Life In the Capital. FRIEND CF EVERY SENATOR. Delighted In His Intercourse With Them Characteristics That En deared Him Equally to Strangers and Acquaintances—An Instance of His Absentmindedness. The passing of Dr. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of the United States senate, at the age of eighty-seven, ; took from Washington one of its most picturesque figures. Dr. Hale's face anil body, like those of Chief .Justice Melville Fuller of the supreme court, once seen, were never . forgotten. Previously the opening of ! the senate or house with prayer had j been a perfunctory duty. With Dr. Hale It was different. It was the daily service of a minister to God which came to be recognized In the yearn | that he occupied the post as one of the most eloquent of the day, even though so brief as to be carried in a ! paragraph. The aged minister took oc casions of illness and death in the senate to preach little gems of sym pathy, consolation and eulogy. lie was a friend of every man in the senate. lie delighted in his inter course with the senators and loved to talk of affairs and books with them, lie was close to Senator Clark of Arkansas, one of the most profound i scholars of the senate, and was very chummy with Senator I'rvo of Maine. Dr. Hale used the vice president's room as his office. It was here that his daughter helped him don his big black ministerial robe for his morning I prayer, and from this oflice the little pages escorted him to the senate cham ber. The nttentiveness of the daugh ter of the minister was often comment j cd on as a beautiful tribute of love. With visitors Dr. Hale was patient and kindly. He took delight in meet ing strangers, and the capttol guides ; never found him In a mood when they could not approach him. Although he was a man who had traveled little in the west, his knowledge of the United States and its citizenship was great. He had the artlessness of a politician without its wiles. If a guide intro duced the chaplain to a party from Marion, or Tallahassee, l-'la., or any other place it recalled to Dr. Hale the memory of a man who had lived there. With this he put his visitors at their ease. He signed autographs cheer fully, and the senate pages never feared to ask him to write his name for a visitor. Dr. Hale's great influence over men was not sufficient to teach the United States senate to prav, although lie tried bard enough. When lie first assumed the duties of chaplain over the body he asked that the senators join him in repeating the Lord's Prayer at the end of his brief morning sermon. Day after day lie called 011 the senators to I pray, but the response was so feeble that he despaired and abandoned the I practice His two banner pupils were Senators I'latt and Depew. Senator Piatt always mumbled the prayer with him, and Senator Depew came in strong at the end. The pages respond -1 ed to his efforts, and all of the little fellows lined up dally and participated in the prayer. Dr. Halo was never able to master the details of his own affairs, and he 1 was frequently placed In an embar rassing position by his absentminded ness. A firmer magazine editor re called recently that several years ago he bought a story from Dr. Hale and later found that another magazine had bought the same story. When Dr. Hale's attention was called to it he re membered and sent a letter of apology, inclosing another story, a better one, to soothe the feelings of the unlucky , editor. His habit of ignoring ail of the de tails of his home and business life pro voked one of his brother ministers into | asserting that If Dr. Hale had not : been such a success as a minister he would have undoubtedly been a tratlip. In Dr. Hale's home at lloxbury, Mass., there is a collection of the most I valuable literary works of the present century. Books and prints, pamphlets, j monograms and manuscripts with j out number are hidden away there, j Many autograph copies of books and manuscripts submitted by friends fur his perusal and later sent him as gifts goto make up a collection of material which could occupy the attention of a literary student for a lifetime. Much of the material In Dr. Hale's library was handed down to him by his fa ther, and his own active life has pro duced nearly an equal amount. Ills own manuscripts are there, and the collection will no doubt be preserved intact by Ills son. His Interpretation of the "National Idea" was given by Dr. Hale as In spiration fur i:N literary masterpiece, the parable of"The Man Without a Country." the most remarkable argu ment for p trl"tism and fidelity to the land i>f one's nativity ever written According t > Dr. Hale's explanation, the theme .if the story, the need that .lust such forceful, active, partisan pa triotism as inflamed his own heart be brought close to the hearts of Ameri cans, was working within him at least fifteen years before It found expres sion in the story.—Washington Cor. New York WorM. Miami University's Centennial. Miami university, the eldest of Ohl ■'! colleges, will celebrate her centennla' at Oxford June 12-18. It Is expected that more than 2,000 alumni and for mcr students will gather on the cam pus at Oxford. The first Invitation Is sued was sent to President Taft, whe is interested in Miami university be cause his father-in-law, John W. Her run of Cincinnati, since ISSO has been president of the board of that institu tion. hitelaw Held, ambassador to Great Britain, of the class of IS3O, has also promised to be pre-i at If possible A Precaution. "Dickey," saM his mother, "when you divided those five caramels with your sister did you give her three?" "No, 111 a. I thought they wouldn't eotne out even, so I ate one 'fore 1 be gau to divide."—United Presbyterian. OFFICE#,SMITH BLOCK The Lawyer Used It For More Than Hrs Legal Business. By LUCY POOLE. [Copyright, 1309, by Associated Literary Press.J It had always been reported around town that C. It. Taylor wns a wealthy man. When he appeared at the general meeting place, Hinkham's grocery, all the men would shift their wads and straighten their hats out of deference as ho seated himself on the best crack er barrel by the stove and planted his feet on the warmest spot. But the swift, horrible accident had silenced the Jovial Croesus, and his estate had been revealed to the pub lic's horrified gaze as absolutely worthless. Sirs. Taylor had been prostrated completely. Janet had struggled as she could, but after all the funeral ex penses had been paid her little store of banknotes liad dwindled away to a pathetic few. "Now, Burt," she explained eagerly to her masculine friend, lawyer and devoted lover, "it is a case of sheer necessity, you see. Wo will only have $lO a month from the farm, and that won't even pay mother's doctor bills." "Janet," began the young man, his voice husky with the emotion he tried to suppress—-"Janet, I'm in good busi ness now, and your father had given me his consent, so why won't you let me help you in this time of trouble? You know J"— "Yes, I Burt," answered the girl gently, "but i; impossible. Now, my plan is this: At collego I took all the four prizes for tlie best essays and had good success with the college weekly and annual." Burt could hardly hide a smile. This young slip of womanhood talking of S3O a month paid for her literary work! Poor child, she did not realize that college weeklies and city daily papers differ strikingly in their de mands. But one simply could not argue with Janet. Her radiant beauty was her strongest weapon, and Burt left her in high spirits. "Burt, 1 shall depend on you for the addresses of all the best papers and magazines In the city," she called to "NKVEU LET ANYTHING SEI'AIiATE VOL' AND 11CBT." him as he strode down the walk. "And don't forget to read every line I pub lish," came indistinctly to his ears as he turned the corner to the station. Burton liarold was tied to his office day and night for the next three weeks, scarcely having time to snatch a bit to eat or an hour's rest. Yet the dainty, dark beauty of Janet's charm ing face floated tantalizingly before the dusty lawbooks or the tiresome documents. He had not heard a word from her since he had mailed the addresses, and he wondered whether he could have been mistaken and Janet's work was actually making good. On the Satur day of a third week lie locked the door of Office A, Smith block, and took the train down to the village to gladden his mother's heart by sight of himself and his eyes by a sight of Janet. lie found the girl pale and quiet, with very little to say. It was not un til the end of the call that he had the courage to ask about her literary work. At his first word the unnatural calm gave way and she cried like a child. "Its no use. Burt," she sobbed. "I've tried and tried, but everything comes back with a polite 'Of no use,' and I know it is Just because they «lon' 112 read my work." Burt was sorely tempted. Had he followed his own inclination he would have gathered the girl into his strong artns and bidden the senseless editor, go wherever they pleased... But this wna out of the question. "I'll tell you. Janet," he said soothingly—"give m° your work and I'll take it back with me tomorrow and see what I can do." And so the matter rested, and Hu. TOD returned to his office with a roll of classical raptures, such as "The Lushy Marsh Where the Cows Stood Knee Deep in Cowslips" and other totally unsalable works of his ambitious swee ; j heart. He took up another story and read through one long outburst over "a full blown apple orchard, where the busy bee doth ply his trade." "Awful, aw ful! ' lie said to himself. "But what can you expect from a college girl? Why, I can't even doctor these lists of i adjectives up. They are only fit for the wastebasket" The next day brought a brief letter to Janet: Pear Janney—lncloso.l wilt find a check for |lO. I sold your "Apple Orchard In r ull Uloom." Ail'tross your work now to Offlc® A, Smith block. It's an agency for short Htories, and they will tako any thing you will send them. Don't know what magazines they use, but their work goes all over the country. Congratula tions on your great luck. As ever. HURT. The next time Burton visited his mother in the village It was several months after the above letter. Janet was radiant, glowing and, above all, tender. She confided to him that she received from $5 to $lO for every article and often $'J5 for a story and that she made as high as $lO a month. Burt only smiled and listened. Everything was rose colored now and burned to a deeper hue when Janet whispered at the gate, "You can ask me anything you please now, Burt, dear." And he rode back to the city, his cheek tingling under the rosy seal she had set there as a safeguard against all danger. It was near spring when Mrs. ITar old was suddenly taken ill. In her con dition she needed loving "are, so Janet went down to stay with the gentle old lady, who, she thought, would not live to see the little wedding planned for June. Burton came home on Saturday, and the feeble old lady watched the couple with tear dimmed eyes and many soft ly breathed prayers. Toward night her breathing grew more and more labored, and the end was not far away. "Janet, dear," she whispered pain full}-—"Janet, promise me now, dear, that you will never let anything sepa rate you and Burt." ,Tbe girl kissed her wonderingly and promised softly. "Doctor," went on the trembling, tired voice, "how much longer have I here with my children?" "I cannot tell, my dear madam," an swered the ancient doctor, with tears in his eyes. "Perhaps a few hours." "Burton, my darling boy," went on the loving tones, "lean over me, my son. Von and Janet must be married now. 1 cannot go peacefully until I know my boy has a comforter. Here comes I>r. McCloud, and he will mar ry you now if"— And the voice trailed off into silence. Without waiting to consult Janet, Burton stepped to her side, and in a few moments the service was over and the dying woman had placed her trem bling hands on their bowed heads and passed peacefully to the land where sorrow is never known. A month or so after his mother's death Burton decided to move his wife to the city, where he could be at home every night. So Janet went to the lit tle home to pack up the dead mother's boxes. It was a sad task, and Janet's eyes overflowed many a lime, for sht had loved the dear old lady as a daughter. Ingoing through the ancient desk she found a large package marked in the delicate old fashioned hand, "Foi uiy son Burton, to be opened after hi? marriage with Janet." Janet fingered it curiously, but slipped it into her bap unopened. When in their cozy library tlint night she brought it to her hus band. saying: "Hurt, dear, do open this. I am sc curious." A queer smile passed over her hus band's face as he broke the string and out rolled all the well remembered manuscripts of Jnnet's, "The Apple O r chard In l'ull Bloom" and others. "Burton!" she cried in surprise "Why, Burton, how on earth did youi mother ever get these?" "My dear little wife," he answered holding her closely in his arms, "my office is Office A, Smith block, an mother and 1 were the short storj company that published all youi work." A Question of Color. The enormous difficulties of color terminology tire illustrated by a cus tomers "exact statement of her re quirements" in „ large I>e:msgnte es tablishment one day. "Something in blue taffeta -Ilk. please. I don't want anything its dark as navv blue nor any thing as light as Cambridge blue, but something darker than Eton bine and yet a little off from an electric blue and hardly a sky blue—more like a robin's egg blue and yet not <|iiito so light, lint not an Indigo blue, but some thing like this tint; I think they call It uorning glory bine, which is something like a turquoise blue and yet not quite so light as that ami yet not so dark quite as this aquamarine blue nor so light as baby blue. Now, if you have anything in the shade 1 have described, please show it to me." The Intelligent assistant unrolled a length, a cross be tween the blue devils and the deep sea, with the remark: "This is the shade of blue you require, madam. It is called 'London milk:"'—Dyer and Cal ico Printer. The Oriental Mind. Frederic S. I sham, the author, told the following to illustrate the double dyed duplicity of the oriental mind. Mr. Isham was in Pekin. Passing tlio arch to the Baron von Ivettler, sup posed to be an arch of contrition for the foul assassination of that brave of ficial, the novelist asked a Chinaman who spoke a little English: "You know why this monument was erected, I suppose?" "Oh, 'yes," was the ready reply in dialect, "to commemorate a triumphal deed, the death of a very powerful for eigner!" '""Commemorate! And is that"—in amazement- "what the people general ly think was the purpose of this monu ment?" "Why not?" The Celestial's face was immovable, but a suggestion of sar donic humo- seemed to flash from his slant eyes. "Chinese people much likee monument." And, indeed, they seemed to bask in the shade of it with much satisfac tion. The Cause of urarts. T\ hy is it that windows and tlqors are frequently 111 fitting? There is nothing wrong with the wood itself, nor with the workmanship, as a rule, nor with the tit, at the outset at least, but the whole trouble is due to the wood being unseasoned, or, rather, only partially seasoned, at the time it is made up.—Timber. Optimistic. "Is Jones an optimist?" "Is he? He fi»uud a ticket entitling him to a chance In an automobile drawing the other day, and he la building a garage."—Boston Transcript. Answered. Bobby—What's the simple life, pa? Father—Doing your own work, my son. Bobby—And what's the strenuous life? Father—Doing some other fellow's work. Now run along and play. HER PICTURE CARD, it Brought About an Understand ing Between the Lovers. By ANNETTE DUMOIS. [Copyright, 1909, by Associated Literary Press. J "It's kind of lonesome since pa died, but I can't seem to make up my mind to Silas some way." j The speaker had a worried look in ( her bright blue eyes as site dropped a fresif batch of doughnuts the fry- Ins pan, saying, "Just six an' no more, say I, an' then they won't soak fat." "Your doughnuts cert'nly do come out Jest right, Sophrony," said the lit tle dressmaker ns she snapped her thread with a twist of her finger. "Seems as if I could not work half so fast since I got these store teeth an' can't bite off ray thread any more. Si las is forehanded an' well meanin', though he ain't as handsome as some." "Oh, I don't mind red hair myself," replied Sophrony amiably, "but"— "It's time you was gettin' settled," persisted the dressmaker. "You never was cut out for an old maid." She eyed Sophrony's comfortable curves with appreciation. "Let's see— you're thirty, come August. You was born the day our lietsy had them twin calves—dretful cute little critters they was. One had a white ring around his eye. Now, if you was little an' skimpy, like mo, you'd be a proper old maid." Iler black eyes twinkled behind the gold bowed specs as she continued: "I ain't never felt the loss of a man yet. lle'd be sure to want the rocker jest when Marcus Aurelius had to hev it." (Marcus was the spoiled Angora.) "1 calkerlate I've bed two chances, though leastwise one of 'em was an out an' outer; the other was a seafarin' man, so 1 don't know. No, Sophrony; I've ate two already." declining the tempt ! ing circles, "but I might take a dro> I more tea. Too bad Sam Jenkins got I Trjl 11 i « ¥ 4 ' I ' /(< 1/ ; ji I - ■ 11/ I /- Sr ' 111 '// 1! _ liiil •WIUONV, i>u> vor m:m> he a I'lcitu CAIiD ." " stove up so," she said, with a sharp side glance at the girl, v She gave a sails lied n d as the rich red flamed in Sophrony's cheeks. "Who'd 'a' thought that plow would strike dynamite in his old ten acre lot? Nobody knows how It came there, neither, lie was such a likely young feller an* dretful handsome"— "Ilis face ain't hurt none," interrupt ed Sophrony, rattling the stove covers aimlessly. "They say when he gets them new fangled legs with joints he'll be as good as new, barrin' his three fingers. Lucky 'twas the left hand, say I. Didn't he ustcr come over here a lot?" questioned Miss Perkins. "Yes, for quite a spell." Sophrony turned around and allowed the tears to roll over her plump cheeks without any pretense. "That's why I can't make up my mind to Silas, I guess. liut a woman can do nothin', an' Sam's sort of backward." "My grief, I should say so—when a man couldn't get up spunk to ask n girl till she's most thirty!" "lie knew I wouldn't leave pa," ex cused Sophrony. "I went over to in quire, but Mary Jane said he wouldn't let anybody inside the house." "You don't say!" exclaimed the dressmaker. "I kind of mistrusted how things was." she sympathized, "but he's Jest sensitive, that's what. Likely he says to himself, 'I ain't got no right to ask any woman to tie u to a one iegger.' " "I'd rather have Sam with one leg than any other body with two." half sobbed Sophrony. "Oh. Miss Perkins, it does mo a sight c? good to speak out! I've Just been bottled up till it seems as If I should bust." "There, there, Sophrony; yon lest j 'hint reel hard thaE things is goin' to come out right, an' they're bound to. I've been rendin' some of the new j thought papers lately, an' there's a heap o* comfort in 'em. Why don't J you send him a picture card?" she I asked suddenly. "Mebbe I might," said the girl doubt- j fully. "You jest send him a pritty one. an' i we'll see,"' said the little dressmaker 1 ns she put on her modified "Merry i Widow." "Some way I feel a henp better than { when you came, Miss Ferldns. Every- I body says you're the village comfort, j anyway," said Sophrony. "I wish I j had your pompadour. You keep your 1 hair wonderful well," gazing aduiir ingly at the wavy gray hair. "Nonsense!" with a pleased flush, j however. "The Perkinses all have j good heads o' hair, lluns In some fam ilies, I guess." "I know Just what she'll pick out," I soliloquized tho spinster on her way J home, "somethin' with hearts an' a pagoda with doves in It. That ain't what a man wants who's all stove up an' got the gruraps. I will! I rum!" The littio dressmaker retraced her steps to the village ' emporium," where she carefully scanned ih<? stock of cards. Flnully her eye limited on the picture of the "Mini.stcrin« An gel." "It's Jest tin- ticket," she chuc kled. On a flowery couch reclined a young man, anil a young woman was' offering hiin a plate of most Impossible ' looking fruit with nu air of tender so-' licitude. The motto read: I fain would soothe thy wearied hours ! With all a woman's powers. J 'Tls woman's place to serve and wait , Upon a loving mate. Miss Perkins wrote something on the 1 card and firmly affixed a one cent' stamp. "There; j guess that'll set him to! thinkin' anyway." i After tea Sophrony sat by the win- i dow knitting in the dusk when she 1 saw Mary Jane going into a neighbor's.! "She won"' get away from there fori an hour. Miss Parks is an everlasting talker," commented Sophrony. "I've a ; half mind to run over an' inquire, just i neighborly like. He might be In the i sittin' room with I,ouisy." With fast beating heart the girl ; whipped her best pink shawl around' her and started out. Sure enough,! Sam was In the easy chair with his crotches on the floor beside him, and j T-oulsy, his twelve-year-old sister, was! doing sums, Sophrony could see them s through the window as she tiptoed up' the gravel path. "Come In, Sophrony!" shouted the' young man as he caught the sound of' her voice In the hallway. ' "My," whispered Poulsy, "he ain't j seen nobody since he was hurt!" Sophrony trembled, but said cheeri-i ly, "Hello, Sam!" In her usual fashion.j As Louisy disappeared after a pitcher* of cider in hospitable manner Sam? leaned forward with a nervous tlusbj on his thin face as lie asked hurriedly,! "Sophrony, did you semi me a picture! card?" I "Mebbe I did an' meb'ie I didn't,"! answered the girl nervously, laughing? and blushing. "Don't fool, Sophrony. Quit it. Did ' you?" "ies, Sam." she replied, sobered up by his earnestness. "Hid you mean It?" he demanded. Sophrony looked bewildered. What was the motto? She could not remem ber. She had just picked out a "pret ty" one. as the dressmaker had sur mised. It would do no harm to say "Yes" anyway. "r>ld you, Sophrony?" he persisted. "Would you put up with a man who has only one leg?" "Indeed, I would if it 'twas you, Sam," replied Sophrony honestly. "Come over here, my girl," entreated Sam, holding out his arms longingly. All his shyness seemed to have disap peared. Sophrony went and knelt beside his chair, and as his arms closed around her Sam said. "If it hadn't been forj this blessed card"—he pulled it out of i his breast pocket—"l'd never have had the courage to ask you." ; Sophrony caught her breath sharply) as site lookeil at it. "Oh. Sam," then I she hesitated, "I never sent that one,? but," she added hastily as she read the; verse, "I would have if I'd seen It. ij think it's just lovely." C Sam drew the pretty, blushing face: against his shoulder again. "Well, It's) all right, (hen. I'.ut. see. here are your initials down in the corner. Who do' you suppose sent it?" "It's that blessed little dressmaker." said Sophrony, with a flash of compre-i hension. 112 "Land o' Goshen! I guess there'll bo 1 a weddin' in this family 'fore long— teehee," giggled I.ouisy from the door- '■ way, almost dropping the pitcher of ■ cider in her excitement. i "I just guess there will," replied Sam masterfully. » Popular Parisian Fad. The freak phot ..;ri; h is the popular' fad In Paris at present. Several pho-} togruphers are making It a specialty! ami turn out the humorous, grotesque! and grewsi.' .e i:i large quantities. One' of these r> ceived in New York recently j shows a young woman fashionably at-1 tired carrying in her liar.d a hat »112 thoj peach basket shape < unt tlaing herj head. Another represents a maa con-! templatlng his own smiling f.iee. Hej holds the he.l as Hamlet was supposed I to have held the skull "112 Yorlek. Still j another shows a ymug maa i:i a cof-j fin. smoking a cigarette and supposed-{ ly Homing to the funeral oration, i which is being delivered by himself. I Knife Blade Building. Pacing the new Williamsburg bridge plaza, iu New York, will be built an ; office and store structure only six feet? eleven Indies wide. The depth will Ik> j a hundred feet. It will be built on the southwest corner of Pelatieey and Clinton streets, it will lie two stories j high. The cost is placed at $li"»,000. j The narro-,7 strip of land was left by , the cutting away of the blocks taken to make the plaza. Respectability. Max O'Kell was once staying with a friend at Pdlnburgh. Starting for a ' walk on Sunday, he took up his walk- : lng stick. "Do you mind taking an' umbrella?" asked his conscientious! host. "It looks more respectable." j t A. Pleliaoio TIN SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing, Spouting ind Caneral Job Work. Stoves. Heaters, Ranges, Furnactis. sto. PRICES THE LOHEST! QIIJLITV IDE BEST! JOHN HIXSOiS NO- U» E. FRONT IT.
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