THE BRIDGE FIGHT. A Quarrel Pctwren Two End# ot n Town, By WILLIAM ALFRED COREY. (Coprrtchl IMO bt Attn-fl< *n Prwwn Anno cUtlnn t "I tell jre I»lrk s not lippn bought off It'a a Imwples* slander that had liptter not tie repi-atid In my henrln'!" William Hha pirn, rcpre-entatlvp farm er of the "north wide," was proud of his won Ilk-hard mid ri-llglously jral ous of Ilia honor "Well, neighbor," sold llniiwon. put ting his foot on the hub of Shapiro'* wagon, "I'm only tellln" ye what's tie in' tvhiwppred around. I don't want yp to think, neighbor, thill I sus|s*ct Dick Fer from 11. But It's unfortu nate Jest at this time. With the bond election only a week off an" us n-lry ln' to git up a debate with them slile steppln' south siders. to have our best speaker disappear without II dear ex planation Ye rcilllv can't blame jieo fer talkin An' then he's with n V\ . v.L JH]/ i . 1(1 \Y "I AU THE DISTINGUISHED GKNTLBMAN.'' them lawyers an' politicians over there iu Emporium, ye know, an' it's like one good tater in with a sack o' rotten ones. What did Dick say any way?" "He simply said ho was goin' down to St. Louis on business fer the firm he's studyin' law with." "Well," concluded Hanson, "sorry he can't bo here to rip 'em up the hack In that debate. Ye'll have to take Dick's place, won't ye, neighbor?" "Beckon 1 will." assented Shapiro, with a complacent alt-—"that is, if we can git 'em in a corner an' make 'em debate at all. I'm goln' over to the south side today, an" I'm goin' to make 'em show their hand 'fore I git back. Can't ye go 'long, Hanson, an' back me up?" "Can't today. Neighbor Shapiro, but hope ye'll laud 'em fer a debate, an" I'U be on hand to yell fer our side." promised Hanson, looking after his neighbor as the latter touched his lead mart* with the whip and started on. "We'll give 'em the best we've got in stock!" Shapiro shouted back. la a half hour he arrived at the Walkarusa river, the stream which flowed from west to east, dividing ■Walkarusa county into two warring sections, a small but aggressive com munity on the north side, but with the bulk of the wealth and population on the south side. Farmer Shapiro stopped at Ihe ap proach to the ferry and pulled the cord depending from the big bell suspended from an overhanging treetop. But the clangor of the bell, speeding across the turgid stream, attracted no atten tion on the other side. No ferryman showed himself. "Sleepiu' off last night's drunk, like's not," the north side farmer muttered to himself disgustedly. Farmer Shapiro stood his tall form up in his wagon and tugged nervously at his gray brown ber.rd as he ga/i <• across the river and then suddenly gave the signal bell cord another sav age pull. This finally brought into view the slouching figure of a man. who leisurely shipped the anchor iiue. started the little gasoline engine and i headed the ferryboat across the river. Passing the south side creamery two i hours later, Shapiro met County Super- i visors Wilklns and Mcllenry. "How about that debate, gents?" ho J queried. "Suppose ye got our chal lenge. We're loaded fer bear an' south side politicians, an' we're anxious fer a £Q." "Yes. we got the challenge," admit- : ted Wilkins, "but we're shy of good speakers. Can't seem to find anybody to take our side." "Look here. Wilkins," said Shapiro | warmly, "If you fellers have got legit imate nrgyuients agin that bridge the | voters are entitled to hear "em. An' if ye ain't they're entitled to know; that. Now. if the gum shoe method's J yer game we're goin' to smoke ye out.! It's either debate cr publicity of an other kind. Eillier ye'll debate with I us in the open er we'll post the fact 1 thnt ye didi.'t dare to meet us all over i the county This is Monday. The j election's a week from termorrer. i Plenty o' time to make all arrange ments an' pull the debate off Saturday night. It's up to you." "Keep cool, Shapiro," said Supervi sor Wilkins. "We've got nothin' up our sleeves. If the voters o' the south side want to build a bridge fer the special benefit o' the north side no body's going to prevent 'ein sayin' so next Tuesday week, an'"— "Fer the benefit o' the north side!" broke in Shapiro, getting red in the face. "We north siders have been a-helpin'." "Oh, well," In turn interrupted Wil kins, "no use o' any argyment now, Mr. Shapiro, an' if we can find a good speaker to"— 'That puts me in mind," interposed Supervisor McHenry, "that there's a travelln' man over to Mrs. Williams' boardin' house that told me this mornin' that he'd present our side If wo wanted him to. lie's a-travcllu' fer some trust company, examinin' applications fer loans, I believe. And they say he hails from Cherokee coun ty an' hus been in the legislature from (lint innnif, «* w eigne In t** I vm apt Iter." "llhtkl"' Inlmnl fflllliw "W»'|l «*<• him, Mr Kt an* Irt re ko»w If nrrtnitpi'" >l* iin l» Mdf, Hup {«>»<« trr ft*>ll Dick 'II fnlk far your able." fh/i|ilfi» ti t»I ih-'pinf I In- i n( I'l'll'* «IM" iN" l ''. for wlili h ha wm MTJ nnrrj. mid thai lie Minuet 112 would ItnVr Niirnwil lit* imrth »l«) <'m. The north wlili* farmer drove home much I'lnli'il 'Tin* debate'# a eotiilo' «ff." h<* Ihlil II mum "Thpy're n g»i*»' l«» Kit w«*nii* travplln' fi»lli*r li> the legislate* from Chfrnl< In wppiik far *i*iii. Ilut I alnTnfrald n' him Hi* mny l>i* n glib tnlkpr mi' ill ihnl. lull Im hain't got the nrgy ini*nlw, IIII' them'* what i ountw Iti II de bate." "Say. ain't It II |ill.* Dick Mln't lieref' ri*an*ti<*<l Hanson "lli*'il make n meal off ltint legi-dater frllrr ." I olti't sure Inn lik'k 'II turn ,ip yet In II tup frr I In* rMTi ln•*," said the e> '*r ,->ltnplro hii|i(*fHll.v, "but I'll be In: ili-il In Ihi* mii'/li* In cnae ho ilnn't." Tin* newa of Ihi* proponed debate spread quickly. mnl appearances |M>int oil in :iii enormous attendance A canvas i uvcri il urn m I stand lighted I* v cl.vlrl LLX was erected, IH-111 Ins pro vided <itul nil dcintls arranged. It was pin 111 from (lit* pulilii* Interest In (In* BV lit I hill I In* fate < T tin* bridge bonds would In* iariroly Influenced thereby. Salunliiv oiglit taliii*. Iml Dick, I IK** one of Napohnm's generals mi a cer tain occasion. illil mil roliM*. Sunn thing hail detained liini, ami I IK* re sponsibility of tin* I'onilntr clebnte was upon hi* f;ilhi-r. Tin* ferryman was kept busy that afternoon carrying north sider* across tin* river Tln*y were taking no chances. Tin-,v. tin* whole population of lln-in. went early to onnpy front seats and shout for their side. l-'ariner Shapiro, not to appear un friendly, met IIIH opponent to be. a smooth, professional looking man with gray hair and beard, at his hotel, and i>rtn iu arm they walked down to the mass meeting when tin* hour arrived. The resolution to In- debated was, "Resolved, Thai bonds In tin* amount of SIOO,OOO should la* voted by WalUa rusa county for tin* building of u bridge across tin* Walkarusa river at the point known as Manning's cross ing." William Shapiro as tin- affirmative speaker made the opening address, his allotted time being forty-live minutes. He spoke with directness and force if not with rhetorical polish, reciting the facts that every north sider knew by heart. The "south" had the railroad, the county seat, the high school and nearly everything else desirable, to ward all of which the "north" had con tributed in various ways, while the "north" had nothing. In asking for the bridge they were merely asking for what was their owu by right. The speech was frequently interrupt ed by applause, and at the close the whole north side contingent arose and yelled in chorus for live minutes. "The distinguished gentleman from Cherokee will now address you," pom pously announced the chairman, and amid deep silence the smooth, gray bearded stranger arose. He spoke in a low voice and with ease, but without enthusiasm. lie consumed twenty minutes of his time lu generalities before coming to the matter at issue at all. lie praised the county, its soil, its people, its schools. He talked—merely talked—until an Im patient south sider called out, "Waal, how about the bridge bonds?" But the interruption only made the matters worse for the south side, for the tirst "point" the "gentleman from Cherokee" made was that to build the bridge would deprive "a worthy poor man"—the ferryman—of his means of livelihood. This raised a howl of laughter from the north slders and disgusted the south side politicians, for every resi dent of the county knew Hiram Ban ning for a worthless drunkard. lu vain the chairman called for or der and admonished the meeting to give respectful attention to"the gen tleman from Cherokee." But the crowd from both north and south had taken the measure of"the gentleman from Cherokee," and, though the north siders were delighted, the whole mass meeting voted him a zero quan tity as a speaker. He tried to Uoun der on for a few minutes, but soon sat down after occupying but thirty of his forty-five minutes. Shapiro then spoke during his dol ing twenty minutes, and the occasion became a north side, demonstration and a very biting south side frost. The distinguished statesman from Cherokee did not come to the bat at all for his closing speech, and the meeting adjourueed, the north siders going home triumphant. The following Tuesday, true to his promise. Dick Shapiro returned in tim * to vote for the bonds, which carrle i by a safe majority. And the next morning, calling his father into hN room and openlnu a suit ease. Dick chowrd him a theatrical "makeup" and s.dd: "Father. I am 'the distin guished gentleman from Cherokee.' I did not make mm Ii of a speech for the south side, but I let down the bars for you and the north side." The Origin of Grocer. Grocer appears in Ilollnshed's Chron icle. 1080. as "grosser," and In other mediaeval records it Is sometimes writ ten "engrosser" and was applied to the spicers and pepperers who were wholesale dealers in various spices that Is. who dealt en gros—in large quantities, as distinguished from "te grntors," who were retail dealers. The Grocers' company first adopted the word grocer lu 137:!, when the spicers and pepperers allied themselves Into a single corporation.—London Express. Agreed With Her. Tramp (at the doon—lf you please, lady— Mrs. Muggs (sternly)— There, that will do. I am tired of this ever lasting whine of "Lady, lady." lam Just a plaiu woman, and— Trnmp— You are, madam, one of the plainest women I've ever seen an' one of the houestest to own up to it. Needs Prodding. "It is a great mistake, Mabel, to trifle with the affections of a man who loves you by encouraging some one else." "Well, he's a little slow, auntie. I think be needs a pacemaker." MH. WEBSTER. He Turned Out Not to Be a Mylh Alter All. a? p. A. MITCHCL. (Corrrtfthl. Iti#. liv Am*nw»n I'rwMi A—n ttntlon | The r«*v»»(iitl'iii at IHIM hud fnllnpwpd At imp Mine It hml looked aa If all, F.nrnpe would lartilM republican. bill HIP dptmwmtk- rnnwp *»■ mil dentlm-d j at lp»wl then In sneered. Thorn* who , had lw*«*ti prominent In Ihp endeavor, to shake off royal authority wen- fly < lug frotu thp hi pne of tliplr opcrntloiiw j with a VIPW to sating Ihelr ll»p» or theliiwelVPH from ail liillli ItPljr long term of Imprisonment I im- rvenlns at that hour when thr day Is not • iull«> done and the night not jet begun a woman, unattended, entered a enfo on the lloitlpvard de I'nptn ln lu I'aris ai-d took a seat lit one of the tables. That was at a time when a lady could not with propriety i walk nlone on the streets of the I'rnnch capital, min-h less enter a cafe In the evening unattended. At a tnlik* near by the one at which the lady sat n man of a distinctly Oer "(JIVE ME YOCB OBDEII roll HIS ItELKASB." ' man type was dining. He. too, gave evidence of being of the higher class one who was used to giving orders rather than receiving them. In his buttonhole he wore the rosette of an order of the kingdom of Prussia to which none who could not at least write "von" before bis name might lie admitted. He had finished his repast, rinsed bis fingers in a glass bowl, care fully wiped them and his lips with a napkin and lighted a cigar. Then he leaned back in tils chair and began to look about him. There was something In the unat tended lady that was familiar to him. For some moments he scrutinized her ] features. "I have seen her some- j where," he said to himself, "but where' or when for my life 1 cannot tell." While the gentleman was thus try ing to place the lady and musing upon 1 her social position, his eyes constant': fixed upon her. she was nerving her self for a coup of which he was the especial object. Suddenly she arose* and with flashing eyes and rai?.-l voice said in French, but witii :i 'or elgn accent: "Is there uo one here who will r• tect a woiuan fioui insult? I have a I ways heard of the chivalry of t!i French. And yet here am 1, stared at by that man (pointing) as n common outcast, und uo tn.iu present comes to my defense." A gentleman sitting at the next t .hie » ' the Indy arose 'l'arbleu. uiailatiu- But where is i your escort?" "Monsieur. I am an American In America a woman may go anywhere safe from insult." j "In that case, niadame. permit me to j offer you my services." j "Thank you. monsieur. I accept them, j but only us a matter of form. Will j you kindly arrange a meeting with the • man who has insulted me and my hus ■ band to take place tomorrow morning j at <! o'clock in the Bois de Boulogne." Meanwhile tile object of this attack I had half risen from his table and at j this moment began to stammer au npol i ogy. "Pardon, nindame," lie said in Ger . man."l bad no intention"— "Your intentions are your own af fair," interrupted the lady "Your in ! suit is my husiiaiid's to avenge." Then. ! turning to her partisan, "Will yon ex change can!- V.it Ii the gentleman and with me?" The man !-isl addressed drew two 1 cards from hi- ease, handing one to : the lady, tin- othei to the German. I who reluctantly produced one of his i own. Tin* Frenchman's bore the name j of Gas'.on de I'uri'T. tin* German that, of Count Herman von liollub. "I may be found ' said the lady to her ehanipion. "at the Hotel Maurice, i In the Bill* i!( Civall Call for Mrs Webster I bid von good evening." "May i not ;n-t is your escort?" asfc | ed De Curler "I will than'; you to call a carriage,"! replied the lady, "and if you will ride with tne to my hotel you may meet the mail whose chnllenge you have consented to hear." Having secured Von Hollub's address. De Curler rode wuti Mrs Webster t« I her hotel. Leaving him in a waiting room, she told him she would go up stairs to find her husband. Presently! she returned and said: "Mr. Webster is away. He has left' a note saying that ho will be detained | on a matter of importance till near | morning. But I will engage that hej shall be on hand. I shall not go to' bed, but await your coming after yon; have seen the other party to this af i fair." De Curler went away in a bad humor. "This is a very strange affair," he said to hltiisr.f. "in which 1 have be come entauirled. 1 am the hearer of I ■ i flniM'lHf" rr»fli It «mn I tun* nit •ww i« n mud b# ln»* mtn >• i wH«t turn nftpt f*n hi•», the »li ! tnnftet belli* Started It) II ttfiltifin I | hn*«" ItCI W seen lu llif" III! Ight Hie iHf fIWH* *l|e W I*II -IN rtl .lfl fiHtiti rliHi* mill In stared ill fot <1 It mi | wiriHl rlf «lie t' iII> hirt h hu« 1 liiiliil »112 If she l« going In get fill* kill I I'll 111 lift Iwhi'lf. I'oufi I don't like | this rnfiilllliiii nt nil." Nevertheless It* ilnliiM Von 11 <>iini< end nrrnltsid tin- mrrlltil, s» the liuli | hurt desired the weapons In be full* j Then hr rii limed nml reported thi , miiiirr in ihi* lady. I "Anrt nnw, miidnme." hi* added, "ha* I Ing arranged matters fur jroii, I pre 1 sunic I uiny lie imuwil from further j participation in ihl* iifTalr." | "If yon so desire It. lint my husband ; and myself are stranger* In I'nrls. nml wlien In- roi"« mi t« the fleld hi- uiiiii 1 go unattended." "In that case, madame, I shall serve ' him, I ivlll mil lit ft .10 o'clock." I>e Curler loft Iter mure than evet dlssntistled with his position. Kvitj tiling Indicated that Mrs. Webster was wliat she pffti'iulfd In lie she wan stopping nt ii first class hotel, a favor- Ito hostelry fur America lis, and this portly explained her presence unat tended In the restaurant, hut not sat- Isfaetorlly. Though American women had ciont privilege* In their own coun try. thi>y did not usually avail them selves of tiiem In foreign lands. Well, the morning would bring developments, i He would go home and snatch a fen hours' sleep before going onto the ground. I At half past ft in the morning lie call ed nt the Motel Maurice anil nave tin sleepy concierge his card for Mr and Mrs. Webster The man brought him a note signed by the lady saying that Mr Webster hail gone to the rendez vous and that she was so overcome by the painful episode that she was un able to leave her bed. lie Curler w.is astonished. "Ma foi!" he exclaimed. "What n marvelous con dition! This man, my principal, whom I have never seen and whom his oppo nent has never seen, is so eager tc i avenge the insult to iiis wife that he has no patience to wait for his second. | Mon Dleu! I must see the end of this affair or I shall die of curiosity." .Tumping into ids carriage, he told 1 the driver to take him as quickly as possible to the Bois de Boulogne. Ar i rived nt the place of meeting, he saw j Von Iloilub standing with a foil in his hand, while a figure, also armed, wear ing a long, llowing cloak, was approach j ing him. De Curier sprang from his j carriage and advanced toward them. I As he reached them the cloaked figure i threw off the outer garment and ap ; peared in a costume usual to women i who practice fencing. Astonished as De Curier was, he was still more so 1 when he recognized Mrs. Webster. "Ah. monsieur." she said, glancing at j the newcomer, "you are late. My hus band not returning in time. I am | obliged to take his place." Without waiting fur preliminaries, i she attacked Von Ilollub Now, Count Herman von nollub, | who was a trusted servant of the king I of Prussia, had spent his life in diplo- I matic work, ignoring those martial | practices that have always pertained i to the nobility of that kingdom. He | knew very little about the art of self I defense in any form. Astonished and i chagrined at seeing the woman who j had the grievance against him come to j fight him instead of her husband, he | lost his head. All he could do. all lie tried to do, was to avoid the thrusts of i his opponent. In a few seconds his weapon had been wrench* d from his grasp and. flying in an arc above his head, landed a dozen yards away from him. The woman then put the point of her foil against his breast. "Count." she said, "you do not know me. lam the wife of Carl D., one of the leaders of the late revolution in Prussia. He married me in Sew York shortly ' -fore the revolution and 1 have lived in your country. Von have come here to secure the consent of the French government to take ray husband hack to Prussia to be trieu for treason. You have him in prison and were to start today with him for Berlin (live me your order for his release and your written word that you will not proceed further against him or 1 will l.ill you." The count looked into the woman's eyes and saw a determination to act upon her words. "Will he return to Prussia?" he asked "Xo. He will find a home in Amer ica." "Then I consent." The contract having been signed. De Curier rode with Fran l> to the prison where her husband was confined, and the revolutionist stepped forth a free man. "Having borne a challenge on your behalf." said De Curier. "never hav ing seen you. to a man I had never seen. 1 am happy to make your ac quaintance." Ilerr I), went with his wife to Vnier lea. He became a Cerman American citizen and a dozen years later took part in ihe great American struggle for government by the people. The On# to Pay. When she was l.adv Randolph Churchill. Mrs. George Cornwallis- West consented to electioneer for Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett in his first parlia mentary campaign. Mr. Ashmead- Bartlett was married to the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, a very rich woman, who was nearly forty years his senior. Ladv Randolph, with her beauty and charms, did splendid work for the can ! didate. To a group of farmers she said one day: "Won't you promise me to rote for j Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett?" "My lady," said a red faced farmer, with a chuckle, "we'll all vote for him ; If every vote 'll be paid for with a i kiss." I "Thank you very much," said Lady Randolph. "Your offer Is accepted | I'll send for the Baroness Burdett- Coutts at once." Barbados Densely Populated, j One of the most densely popul-i i places on earth is the British islam' Barbados. Though Its area com;;' inly liilt square tiiile«. it has i •jiHi.ti'ii l!i'i:il»ltanls, or over l.'_'<- he si|U:uv. mile. CUTAWAYS. A Canoe Acoidcn! and What Cams of It. -—i. . ■ Ht Pont nntDGE. fftfft f, T Ar*'*rff nit AIM rUI l.in | I'lif'ni i lung in lh" overturned <a line, bin dripping cmftnteftani e In clOMi proximity tit another one on thi other side, stilling hi in ont of countenance with It* bine eyes, datietng and mis I'liievoit*. "Did yon save the luncheon Intake!?* asked Rose anxiously. "It saved Itself," replied Clifton "There goes the paddle," iinuouiir<e<l Rose sweetly, "Can yon paddle wilh your hands? Jim Wright can, lint lie'a a regular llsh In I lie water anyway." "I have noticed tie was something of a lobster,'" remarked t lifton, staring after the vanishing paddle. "As 1 can't swim I suppose you'll have the glory of saving my worthless life. You see, 1 was born and brought up on the prairie, unit, except for risk bottomed | streams, there are not many teuipta i lions to learn." Rose balanced herself gracefully In j the water, her heavy serge skirt weigh- I Ing her downward. "loci's walk j ashore." she suggested. Clifton thrust ids feel down and felt bottom, "Oh, I say, you knew it was I shoal water all the time," lie protested j hotly. "I if course I did," retorted Rose Imp ishly. "That Is why i upset the ea uoe." "You did?" She nodded. "Why? .lust to make a silly ass of me?" His young face burned resent fully. He had been a source of amuse ment for Rose Burton this past month. He was glad Ills four weeks' leave of absence was drawing to a close. He looked at the disappearing paddle in an agony of shame that he could not swim that little distance and recover it. Because he could not they must wait on the shore on the lonely island | until fate scut some liulklug, brown j limbed athlete from the hotel, comb ing through the waves with the long overhand strokes that Clifton yearned to duplicate, anil the paddle would be brought back or another would be fetched from the mainland or the am phibious athlete would paddle with his MOST IX>MBBI'IC IT WAS, INJiEKII hands or his feet—anyway to get Rose Burton to the hotel in time for the hop that evening. At this point in Ills mcilitattons Clifton found himself on tliv beach tugging the canoe high on the sands. An Instant later Rose i!: ip;ie.| ashore, wringing the watei urn her -i;iit and tossing the wind s. I en: Is in in her pretty brow. For a brief instant she scared at the green canoe, and then, with a littlo contemptuous toss of the head, she | bent down, seized tile gunwale au 1 j pushed the light craft bad. into the water, where it bobbed to mi l > tautalizingly cut of reach. "Why did you do that';" demanded ! Clifton impatiently. "It is of uo use without the paddle," ! remarked Rose carelessly. Then, I peering into the stranded luncheon | basket, she exclaimed: "I declare if there is a drop of water or anything! That was a splendid idea of Mag gie's, putting enameled cloth under and around everything, almost as if she knew we might be upset!" "Of course she knew I was going out and lock every precaution.'' mut tered Clifton, pulling off his sodden shoes and suck-'. "But 1 thought I heard you telling Maggie to wrap the whole busin -sin enameled cloth be fore" you put it in the basket." "Perhaps you did," soothed Rose as she gathered dry sticks for a fire and piled a heap of driftwood about it. "Where did you get matches?" de manded Clifton, peering into the wa ter soaked compartment of his match safe. "In the basket. Between this fire, and the hot sun we ought to dry otf , quickly. Yes, bring up all the wood you can find, and there are two blocks j that will serve for seats and that I huge flat stone for a table. Why. we shall be quite Robinson Crusoes or Swiss Family Robinsons, whichever you choose," she cried ga.vly "I choose to be the Swiss Family." said Clifton, with rising spirits. "What could be better than to tiud oneself on a lone island with Rose Burton for a companion?" "Why?" n«ked the girl. |»ausliig in her task. "Oh—er—they led a most domest: life, you know," said Clifton. "I choose to be old Robinson Cru soe, and you may be my Man Friday," said Rose graciously. "That suits me." "Well, stop loafing then-it's not Sunday, you know, and Friday should be busy." Fetching wood for the crackling fire, searching for water in the thicket, finding none and coming back to dis cover the great bottleful contained ir the basket. Clifton waited upon his companion with all the devotion thai the real Friday might have offered hl> master. Itnpihr 1 ! mrt the tr "> Itit p. u«. at »l i«m«llnit oil were »•« llirhtfitl fastis to I'llfton, tlm wirltippt, whim 1 lei pf Herd (•»» All) 4 with dc tall* of treat brldg'-s anil oilier sfrtti litre* he Invert to build It was filea* ant Imbed to wnt. h lime Itnflnti flit line nlwrtlt the lunch hillfllt*! like the humblest DalirtmiM'A, while her lltt'e while shoe* toiiKt.d Iwfore llh> fire. mill he »»< privileged to fnril them o- • iiMlonnlly thai thet might dry evenly Most domcwtlc It wns. Indeed, to sit opposite to 11 OHO with the table of nil k between them spread With the dainty Intv h he luid ordered and slip hnd attended to preparing nt the hotel Hhe pound the coffee, and an she plowed lilin a tin dip filled to the brim ills hand trembled until the hot liquid tipllled on the aands "I'm 11 rluitisy brute." he growled Impatiently. "We are really on a desert island," aald ttoae after a little alienee. "Yon don't tnlnd?" asked Clifton rather shyly, "Oh, no; It will be otdy for a llttlo while somebody will see the boat— will miss 11s and come over," she suld carelessly. "Some heroic soul will swim across from the iiiMliibitiil. I suppose," be said I n little sullenly. "Ho you know—l wonder why you've chosen fo spoil your pleaaunt day by coming with me." I Rose blushed hotly "Perhaps be- I cause I want to give yon a good time 1 before you go home." j "How do you know I haven't had a I good time?" "Perhaps you have I was jesting." I she said with a wilfulness ho did not | comprehend. The meal cleared away they sat on ! the beach. Rose striving gaily to adil picturesque horrors to their situation, j She made 11 llagpole from a piece of ' spar and flung her handkerchief to ; the breeze to attract some passing ves- j sel. As there were motorboat races on the other side of the point every I available craft was In attendance j there. "I'm very sorry it has happened, I Miss Burton, " said Clifton remorse | fully. "I suppose there's no use tny ! waiting till the tide runs out and then I attempting to walk across the shoals to the mainland. I heard some of the j chaps talking about it the other day." . "Don't you try, please," she protest ed. "It's really dangerous—there are quicksands." "1 seem to lie quite helpless," he said, resuming his gloomy Inspection of the empty waters. "You are," said Rose sharply. "Eh?" "And stupid!" she added tearfully "Any more?" "Isn't that enough?" "It Is. I'll get you off this island if I break my neck in the attempt," said Clifton loftily, arising and walking away with as much dignity as the pricking sands under his bare feet j would permit. He disappeared in the thicket and was gone such a long time that Rose became alarmed. She heard the sounds of distant hammering and searched In vain for blni along the shore or nearby In the woods, in tbf depths she dared not venture. I Alone she sat on the sands and wept bitter, angry tears, until Clifton's voice close at hand startled her to dashing them away and confronting him with ; Impatient eyes. "You needn't cry any more,'' said ; Clifton Joyously. "I've made a raft. Look there! I'll get you to the main land in a jiffy. And, say. I forgot to as!: you for some dances tonight." "I'm not goiug to the hop." announc ed itose coldly. "i suppose you're all tired out. Well, 1 don't believe I'll go either. Hops are stupid things." said Clifton somewhat ; dispiritedly. He had been screwing up courage all day to ask Rose for those dances. "Not as stupid its some people," re torted Rose pointedly. "You mean meV" he asked quietly. She made no reply. Her pretty bead with its ruffied hair was turned toward , the sen, and there was a pathetic droop to her lips. "I shall keep away from the hop. Miss Burton Rose. I didn't know you I disliked me quite so much. I'm afraid i I've forced myself upon you many 1 times when you'd ml her be alone." he said steadily, l:is Uinil ev. > fixed on her | dejecteil profile. "If you'll just look at my raft—lt's Unite safe youMl see I can easily put you ashore. I'm going home tomor row, you know. I really won't be at the hop if it annoys you." "I don't wish togo to the mainland," said Rose in a muffled ton ■ "I waul to stay here." "Why?" lie was bewildered with her moods. "Stupid again! Oh. .lack Clifton, you'll never have another chance. I knew von wanted - and I upset the ca noe and everything!" She flamed de -1 flantly tit him as lie drew near and took bis chance. "Stupid!" she whispered again, so 1 softly that, although Clifton heard. It j seemed to him the sweetest word iri I the world. SILK SOCKS DOWN MARRIAGE. I Irisn Clergyman Says Finery Prevents Marriage. That the desire of yoi. men to ! decorate themselves in sat •• fiaery i Is the prime cause why n 0 112 iil 1o place their necks under the yoke of matrimony Is the assertion of the Rev. Samuel Hemphill, a distinguished Irish clergyman. "It seems that the young men of today," said Dr. Hemphill, "prefer pat ent leather shoes and spats and a fort night's 'swelling' about a watering place or a game of billiards at a club every night to the delights of family life. Their wages in most cases will not permit both the sartorial adorn ment and some sort of club and a wife, so they go in for flashy clothes and let a lot of sweet girls pine out their lives In maldeuhood. Better the love of a sweet wife than all the silk socks and gaudy waistcoats In the world." Greatest Consumption Sanitariuni It is plop .0.! • .melt lllillii UI , island. No". >ork. nou used for pena institutions n «», the greatest tubercr osis sanitarium In the world CYCLONE TOhMATION. The M«eh» ir»l I »*• Art INt S|-r» ■ « In • Whit(|>B9l Any on» i un rustic tin- rim l cmint-r |e»rt of n if< line If lie ••• i|e«lr<-« nf MW"p « cyclone l« ruin I In Hie nlr met n 1.l- nr«n getting «nrin nod light with wtianll pfe««tire I lit<• Mir «->ni«n|ii»lill> I lien to rim- nlmn«t In * INXT* nml NIM H pnrtlnl Vat-nan !»#• I Iml. lilll the nuliltl" i olil nit riioliwt In from nil side* Now, It l« n mien, tlflc ami mechnnli n| truth Mint nhi'D a fluid runs In from nil nlile* toward n fpntrnl point It nutin n whirlpool or rotation of IIIP fluid Thp PISCI HDII< ogy of n cyclone, then. although with IIIP fluid wnter Instend of air, la «m n when the stopper la pulled out of tlt* bottom of a hanln full of water An almost pprfppt Mouuin. aa fnr na the wnter la concerned, la canned by thu wnter Immediately over the stopper running out The rent of the water rushes In from all directions. and n whirlpool la the result. There la one difference here from the air cyclone In the nlr the force with which It rushes toward the center grently corn presses the nlr whirling nt that point and mnkea It very dense-so dense. In fnct. that a straw carried In the cen tral whirl can l>e driven Into a big block of wood without bending. Of courae Inn whirlpool the water la tint compressed. remaining practically the same In density all the time That la one highly Important property of water: It la practically Incompressible Nevertheless It la very InterestlnK i>> aee the whirl form In a baalli and know that the mechanical laws are the same as In the formation of a cy clone many miles wlde.-Harper'n Weekly. A MASTER OF METAPHOR. It Must Have Relieved Him to Get This Out of His System. A water consumer In a certain city, whoso supply had been turned off be cause he wouldn't pay, wrote to the j department as follows: | "In the matter of shutting off the ! water on unpaid bills your company Is fast becoming a regular crystallized Russian burenucracy, running in a groove and deaf to the appeals of re form. There is no use of your trying to impugn the verity of this indict ! ment by shaking your official heads In the teeth of your own deeds. "If you will persist in this kind of thing a widespread conflagration of the populace will be so lrnmluent that It will require only a spark to let looso the dogs of war In our midst Will you persist In hurling the cornerstone of our personal liberty to your wolfish hounds of collectors thirsting for Its blood? If you persist the first thing yon know you will have the chariot of a justly Indignant revolution roll ing along in our midst and gnashing its teeth as It rolls, "If your rascally collectors are per mitted to continue coming to our doors with unblushing footsteps, with cloaks Of hypocritical compunction In their mouths, and compel payment from your patrons this policy will result In cutting the wool off the sheep that lays the golden egg until you have pumped it dry, and then farewell, a long farewell, to our vaunted pros perity."—Everybody's. Helped ths Thief. "A simple. hoiicsi s.-oti ti !:irmer had taken a sack ot meal in dispose ot In Aberdeen castle market -ays Mrs. Mayo In her "Heco! lections of rifty Years" "It was in tin- d t.v* when people were hanged for any peuy theft, and an execution \«n> in prog ress. the culprit Item:: i -Deep stealer Tile worth* eotiuiiymiiii stood t-hast ) when a stranger b'isMeti up with ins . question: "'What's ndoV "'A hanging. sjijd the ittier nwe<i. 'for stealing a sheep " 'Eh. what won't folks risk for gear!' cried the stranger 'Will ye I just give me a baud up with tins sack'!' "The farmer promptly complied, it was only afterward that be diseov ered he had helped a thief to make 08 with the sack of meal he had brought to sell!" We, the People. The phrase "We. the people of the Tnitcd States." In the preamble of the constitution read in the first draft of the constitution as follows: "We, the people of New Hampshire, Massachu setts, Ithode Island, Connecticut. New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Del aware. Maryland. Virginia. North Car olina, South Carolina and 'leorgia, d<» ordain, declare and establish," etc Though unanimously adopted by I*lo convention, the wording had to be changed to "We. the people," simply because the constitution, which had not as yet been ratified, was togo Into effect when ratified by nine states, and, not knov. i:ri which states were to ratify. t!:o muv.ifr if the state was, of course, out < : Cn« question. Now York Xnierteau. sons SET! A rtellaTbl© TO SHOP Tor nil kind of Tin Roofing. Spouting nnd Conoral Job Work. Stoves, Heators, llan««e. Furnacos, «to PRICES TOH LOWKST! PUT! TOR BUST' .-Os JOHN HIXSO.fi Up. lie E. FRONT Sri.
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