and MACK I E. rlran Pre** A*Mt a* Pauline pick tern** the street •tied It from Hie ketbook of Hu**la tin might carry It iter* or pnt>er* ot 'nullne *llp|>ed the i muff and hurried d her own room she « of the leather book .able There was a banknotes, stoo In i a picture, a portrait lagaxlne of a ulrl <> * DAD?" SUE VVHISI'EtiIU). wn wearing a black at and holding a long in one hand. .ted at the picture with lUUignntion, for it was a half reproduction of Fleming's por of herself. The original picture in her father's study downstairs, .'here was a single line under the lure which had evidently illustrated ne special article on Fleming, the Inter. It read, "An example of •ming's delicate portraiture." The next day Pauline caused to be lerted in a morning paper a brief vertisement: 'ound.— A pocketbook. Owner may call 1 prove property. No. GG W. street. V continuous line of people who had it pocketbooUs of some description pt the Cameron servants to rigid at ' "ico upon the door. >ek came and not one ap aroused that assurance in -irenst that here was the ad carried her picture with •set book. le bell rang, and the servant i a tall slender man, immac cssed, whose air was that of own world, ais quick glance swept boldly from tuline's lovely dark face to the lux iously furnished room, in one corner which sat Pauline's maid, quietly ■rt. You have found my pocketbook, I •ve," said the man pleasantly, "illy careless of me, you know, i it. Found It tn Broadway, I ?" said Pauline graciously, "I ' in Broadway. What col -oti lost ni- 1 what ussla—about eight mtain?" asked Pau dated the man—"sev ilhirs and a few trin iut your description said Pauline pleas vondc?red at the ugly '■ sed the man's brow, uch a frcw of disap- i expression of baffled ! me at long intervals, all men. Some were j ers were old. and each description that nearly | of book she had found. I /s dwindled down to ! .Jer, a most prepossess- ! in whose manners were I .aging. " c'uHpss beggar," be ex always los 1i . P VW - ' $ iden jyJlg It CIS* - flli-re was ! nation in the way j ing of that sort. I ii son.ewin i, near the park j t the Sixties or Seventies—Hint is, hesitated, then ■'•' rom its char i why the "tiu nHdmiil; a* MM the «ii| .«*» > If mn! I'trrtn) If in ■ 11 nt nt. lit it dl'itc r *|h> v ««l « Imf « te«i ri* nll« t Pauline, in) il«>nl Mint '' pri>hil««d ynn «hotild h«»e that nrl fur« In VVI. kel'*r "flow r»" l mean llmf ton have really nrdcfp them fi»t mi"?" cried i*htiiiiii- ili'iifiln edly "112 w** about to tin no Te*terdin ' when I lo*t mj- pocket book I'll Imtii to flip bunk nnil drawn "he ea*h, w«» bringing It home to jmi when *otiM> how, *«mf where not fur from honv i I lout the confounded thing You'll hntp to wait anuth'T week for tin j furs, pit**." "Wlml sort of |iockctliook Wn* It i IiiiI?" Hnkcil I'nullni' mechanically Tlit" question hop nnil a mitiiriil om I enough now klii- hnil Interviewed s. j tunny lost property owner* Hint day. I "New one ( bought 11 week ago, red; llumlh, had four hundred In It nml clipping of some sort about queer uses l af electricity." "Dad!" rrled Pnullne tragically. "Well?" asked lief father. "1 know it was careless, hut" "It Isn't that, hut I believe 1 found' -hat very pocketbook yeslenlny. I ad rertlsod It lu this morning's paper " "Well, hy Jove, where Is it?" asktil ier father, with keen Interest. "I don't know where It Is now," con-! fessed I *llllll IK' "I've Interviewed do/, ens of people today. It does seem as though the s reels must he strewn with pocketbook*, so many have been lost 1 was most particular ahout Idenilll cation, and It happened that the la-• young man who eall.il described the pocket hook so accurately that I It to him." Mr I .enter knitted his brons thought fully "That's very queei. lulin-■ Yoii hotter tell me all ahout II and I> • sure and recollect all you can alxnit the people who called In regard to the matter You see. there are many dis lionost men. and women, too, for that matter, who make a business of an swering advertisements of that sort Sometimes tin l }' can guess very ac curately at the appearance of a lost article. Indeed, so clever are they that they manage to possess them selves of many articles to which they have not the slightest right. Did you Hud a clipping in the book?" I'auline flushed at her own vanity in attributing the possession of her picture to some infatuated young man when it was that dearest of men, her father, after all, who had preserved: her likeness "I didn't notice the clipping, dad," she said, "but I did find a magazine reproduction of mv portrait—that and the money." "I certainly did not have your pic ture. Pauline, but that is a detail. Tell me what you can about the people who came today." Pauline did so, omitting no incident that she could remember and calling upon her maid to substantiate any doubtful points In her narrative When she had concluded Mr Lester shook mirthfully "Never mind, Pauline; but it is rath er funny, you know. I'm afraid there was more avarice than romance in the situation. Very likely the last half dozen men who called were in league to claim the pocketbook. By clever guessing and the process of eliminat ing certain facts tile last claimant, was able to give a rather accurate descrip tion of the article and so assured you of his ownership There, my dear, don't feel badly Almost anybody might have been deceived in the same way. Suppose you come to my study and show me the picture You sav you kept that." Quite mortified and very penitent, Pauline fetched the clipping from her room and laid it on her father's desk Mr Lester adjusted his eyeglasses nml looked critically at the clipping Then he nodded approval. "Very good indeed. Pauline." Then he turned the paper over and smiled humorously. "Some Peculiar I'sos of Electricity," he read handing the clipping to her Pauline looked and tilushed painful lj\ "What a vain goose I am' An you not ashamed to have sueh a fool ish daughter? But it was a . oim i dence, wasn't it?" Mr. Lester drew her down to his knee and kissed her gently "There is more to this matter, Pauline,_ I hap pened into Frank Seymour's office to day and picked tip this clipping from his desk 110 had just out it from a magazine, and it lay "electricity' side up. I read part of it and asked him if J might borrow the clipping Ili> seemed rather embarrassed. 1 under stand the reason now The slv voum dog!" Pauline burled her blushing face on '•.ls shoulder. "Von don't mind, dad'-' ■-he whispered. "Yes and no. l'auline," he admitted betwcon a sigh and a smile "It is not unexpected, and when Frank comes send him to me. and you need not be afraid of the outcome." Why He Wanted References. At a credit men's dinner one of the veterans told this story: "In the recon struction days a man from a Missis sippi valley town came to our western house one day. Wo had sold him be fore In a small way, and he always paid. He had enlarged his business, he told us, and wanted a bigger line than usual, but before making his se lections he wanted us to give him ref erences. We expressed surprise at such an unheard of demand, but he said, 'My two brothers-in-law have gone in with me, and they're very par ticular as to whom they do business with.' So we sent him to our banks, and he came back, said we were all right, picked out a big line of goods, and in sixty days he 'busted.' We couldn't collect a ddllar. Two years later 1 met the man in Cincinnati and told him we had become reconciled to our loss. 'But will you please tell me,' I asked, 'why did you want references as to our credit?' 'W T ell, you see,' he answered, 'I wanted to know If you •ould stand It.' "—Exchange. Still Beef Raiser. seven-eighths 3f : Chr&!..«j i-rize t „ Wi>n It I mlly and n Gift \ For IH» Church Htnldti « • By ROSA C. TIIOKNDYKF. • V <*»|>rri«ht, IW» American I'tmu J | y Atlurltlltn O o*o*o*o«o*o*oo«o*o*o*o*o*o "tllfls," *nld Kadi# Annuity to half ■ dozen companion* coni|x>*inii * com udttee to rntn« liurrli fund* for ■ Clirlstnin*, "It'* * crying dim me fof 1 that Mr. Slyter to lie permitted to »hut himself up in that fortre** of III* with ■II hi* money, which he might n*e In making people happy at Chrlatmn* time, and never giving away * cent of It to any one. lie'* too mean to live " "It Isn't men ti lie**," said Martha Fowler; "lie's writing some ponderous book and doesn't wish to be ills ! turbed." "Hump!" said I make a rooonnolssauoc of Slyter cnstle, as it was callod by the younjf women of the place. Taking a book under tier iirm. N&WV. viOAO "I'M MUCH BKTTKR HOW," SHB BAIIV ahe went to the house and rang the bell. The butler appeared, and ah* asked for Mr. Slyter with a Tlew to take hia subscription for a new vol ume. Of course she didn't fret sight of him, but she cross questioned the but ler—asking, he thought, impertinent questions—and learned where Mr. Sly ter's study was situated. Then on leaving the premises, throwing he? strategic eye about, she observed that an apple tree sent its branches right up agniiisi tuo'sUHly~"window. A day or two later, while Mr. Slyter was writing a chapter In his book, en title "Man's Place in the Universe," happening to glance aside, he saw a <:» ti». 112 tn»n»«- irtft t ktmw that •er I nrrer did lt» rwnimiil hi* wn ItttprruptPtl hr * *Hrh« th# llxht looking for »aa N»tnnl«ttPd to a ll> it* «trl t • p|«*BrPd by thp length of her drP«B to bp alioitl thlrtppn yearn old up In th» trpo and nmklnir pfforta to rpaeti the kltp with nnp hand. wlert Thla lan't kltp tltna " "Mjr llttlp brothpr waa flying hla klta. and II ramp down in your trep I didn't ttippoae jroti'd mind my trying to gpt It. I'm rery aorry to have In Irudod." Khp look pi I a* If aha won Id rry "My dpar child, of cottrae I don't mind Htop a bit. I'll got a broom handlpor aomethlng to pokp It with " HP ran away kmi thp window, pro cured a r«KI nnd »n back. Thp kltp wna still dnngllng. but thp girl wna nowherr to hp aeen. A drpad thnt slip had fallen gnvp Mr SlytPr a cold chill. I.ennlng out of the window, thcrp alip Iny under the trpe, appnrently nncon lous To run 4own nnd out to where she hnd fwlleti rpqulred but half a minute. Seeing no sign of life, 1n» took the child up In his nrnn, carried her Into the house nnd Inhl her on n lounge. lie wna surprised at her weight. "Wllllnm!" hp yelled. The butler entered the room, but got no further than the door when he wns ordered to cnll n doctor. At thnt moment Slyter felt n hand clutch his arm nnd a forced voice any: "No, no! I'm not badly hurt. (Jive me ii little time nnd I'll be nil right." "Never mind, Wllllaai. wait nwhlle. P.ring n What have we In the line of restoratives—whisky? No; thnt won't do. These creatures reipiire something stm-k under their noses I haven't smelling salts. Itring a glass of wlno." William retired nnd returned with the wine. Ills master took It from him nt the door nnd. going to the girl, asked her to drink a little of It. She barely touched It to her lips, made n wry face nnd handed it back. Two brown eyes looked up nt him with nn expression he was not likely soon to forget. "1 suppose," she said In a self re proachful tone, "that my fall Is a punishment for trespassing." "Not nt all, my dear child. You were quite welcome to try to recover your brother's kite." "I'm much better now," she said. "I'm going home." "I'll send you In my auto." "No; 111 goon foot, thank you. I must run along; mamma will be wor ried." "But the kite?" "Oh, never mind that." "Here's a dollar; buy your brother another." As she went out she showed signs of weakness, and he supported her He tried to dissuade her from going alone, but she was firm, lie said lie would send to Inquire about her, and she gave him her address. Then she drugged herself nwny. The next morning William called to know how the little girl was and was told that she was inn critical condl tion. Tills brought his master. He wns ushered luto a room where the "little girl" Iny on a lounge, but as there wns no short skirt to give her the appearance of n child Slyter smv what seemed to htm to be n young woman somewhere between seventeen and twenty years old. He saw Jack l.eroy. She had flown the kite herself and brought It down after many attempts upon Mr. ' jer's apple tree When he went aw ,*rom the window she hail scurried • n the tree and had only time to a .me an unconscious but graceful p .tlon on the ground w hen he returne There wits an air of eon on In the room contrasting with Mr. Rlyter's bachelor quarters. A cheerful i.re blazed on the hearth, the hangings were In perfect taste, the pictures were at tractive, and a silken blanket grave fully i >vered the "little girl" front the waist down. Sylter's call lasted a couple of hours. When Christmas e\e came the prlr.e that had been offered for Mr. Sylter's capture was almost forgotten, ami those who remembered it never dreamed of .lack's winning It. When the members of the congregation were assembled for the Christmas festiv ities a belated couple walked into guild room. A dozen girls utteriM e\ elamatlons of astonishment. The p:iir were Jacqueline l.eroy and Westeott Slyter. Miss l.eroy marched In as unassumingly as If she had caught a sparrow The same Innocent ami) piaycd about her lips; the same initio less look was in her eye. No one w- temperament; sometimes they are called disagreeable j>ooplo. Hut. wherever they go, their characteristic Is this their shadows always travel on before them These people never l«\tr their own burden, but expose all their wounds to others. They are all so busy looking down for pitfalls, and sharp stones and thorns on which to step that they do not even know that there are any stars In the sky. These folks live on the wrong side of the street. And yet It U only twenty feet across to the other sidewalk, when* sunshine always lies.—Newell l»wight Hlllls. An Inquisitive Scot. Scotchmen are fond of an argument and delight to find flaws In an oppo nent's logic. Two blacksmiths were once conversing as to which was the first trade in the world. One insisted that It must have been pmlemng and quoted from Genesis, "Adam was put Into the garden of Eden to dress it and keep It." "Aye. John," retorted the other, who had stood up for his own trade, "but wha Wide the spades 7' i Lti 11 j ll Stiongct •.(•ffleru* . A MITCMKL. i l«1A, h\ Amrrl'nn A»»n rtallntt I I have been say that I havp become used to it, yet | havp gained self control In HIP presence «112 death nuil ilils lias enabled HIP in take lotiee of the action of others similarly situated T*l> in a certain point a marine renktast as 1 was going up onto the bridgp n man stopped lilo and said "t "liptaill, stln-o yon li.r went over the list with htm and lohl him to find Klbert t'arpontei 11.- e id<- a siH»rtisl thai no -tt -'t luau w. - alwiard tin- ship A s< r. >i>i t- • ! been engaged undrr the ii;stu> , hut •' key h::d not b(ffi ealhil ;'.vk standing beside yon when I came al»«ird " "Are you the man who cantp late?" I nsk<r who seemed to have bet x n atTis tinl by the other's coming "What's your name?" I asked •"lUirton IMear Hurt on." "W*o, Mr r.urton. will you be gmvl enough to tell me «hy yon take so great nn interest m this man <'arpen ter?" Without rpply he tDmed on his heel Mid left tne I !<xl passage un der tie* name of Kil>orl t'arpenter. but ho had seen nothing of hint lie had searched the ship and had not found him. but admitted that it was quite possible for a man to hide, especially by going away down into the depths oft' e hold I took a look at all the passengers there were but twelve of them with a view to discovering if 1 could recognise the man who had stood beside me when we sailed Aft er examining them all I was sure to wns not among t hem The affair was a mystery The ortl eers made it a topic of conversation while on and off duty, and the passen cers In the stuoking room talked and made bets about it. A pool was laid based on different solutions of the problem whether Ciqvmter had come ■board, was 8(111 atonrd or had goti* overboard The only prrac;* fn>ui whom it Mrufd probable that infor mation could l>e Obtained «u Mr. llur ton, but w hen spproarhed on the sub ject he shot himself up like a dam The more I thought about the miss- Ins man the more I recalled hie »i» pea ranee. He was rather long of body and short of lejt. lons wvs u«*l red hair, his face being sprinkled with freeklea Mr. Hurt on was in appear ance his antlpodea. Ilis body was bot lotiß enoogb for his less, which were like stilts. Ills complexion was dark, and his face wore a sinister ex h- nin i ■ ■ M h htllifl nil. tf»onhli i*l lt«>' I «li> mi >t I lIIMIUI 11-l| llw |.l|t RI I hurt w»et» Mm, and ll»> tailed lm*< pnmi' *|io«r*l Of I n< »oo>t it* w•• mnde |M»M hi* b><» wotiltl U> comin »u |iin|«ti), IIIP n>|wlMli would inukr ii FFRWTRI I|P|| <»«LT of 11, AND I |lf»'lc!rlll •hut WP *h«>ind ln> *b|p t« uhe mt e\ pl*n*t|on Hill HIP pur«ei, I wit* told piwihpwohod Intlh tnV evidence rthd (hut of Mr llnrlim, which rMmitrd mut mmli' nnljr n half lietirlml pffort l«» Hurt thi» itmn Hl* theory wa* that < m pptttrr IM thl* ttmo the passengers knew that the ship was about togo to pieces Passing through the cabin. I found them all. except Burton, grouped while one of them was pray I A-' "Are we lost, captain?" tisUisl all at once, "1 am going to see.' 1 replied and hurritd away. Passing down a coni panionway, 1 entered a lower deck. It was dark, but not so dark that 1 «on Id not discern objects And this is the sight 1 saw through the glootn. There was the long bodied, short legged carpenter defending himself against the stilted Kurton. Carpen ter's weapon was u heavy furnace poker. Burton's a cutlass that he had stolen from among a lot of old arms that had been locked up in the ship for years Burton made his thrusts and let fall his blows with the fury of a demon, while Carpenter, though on the defensive, had been driven to bay and was no less wildly vindictive Both tuen were covered with blood. The contrast between this picture and that of the huddled passengers I had just left occurring under the frightful conditions made my blood run cold The ship and passengers were in my care 1 was going to Bud out how great was the damage from the strain whether, indeed, we had minutes or hours before being ingulf ed—and yet my steps were uiouicnturi ly arrested by the sight of two human beings seeking to kill each other in the very presence of another, a more fearful, ending. Yet it was but a glauce I gave them, then hurried on. I found the strain great, but there were braces that bid fair to still hold the ship together for sonio.tiin..- - - ing noted this. I hurried back to the bridge by another route than that by which 1 had come, for 1 desired to shut off Initli the praying passengers and the enemies As soon as I reached"the tbvk I noticed' u lull in the wind and saw a yellow strip of light oil the liorlsoii in the direction from which the storui had come I sent an otllcer to the passengers i«- low to tell them the hurricane had passed and there was hope that the idilp would not break in two. It was not till the next morning that 1 considered the danger past. Then I w enl below to announce "the good news to the jmssengers All w ere in the cabin except Burton and Carpenter As l left them 1 heard the voice of a passenger raised in thanksgiving for having been spared. I went on Into the place where 1 had left the two men lighting and found them tytug stone dead. What the ele mental tempest had passed over the storm of hate had taken Their sis ret died with them. Noth ing ever afterward came up to give a clew to the nature of the feud be tween them. We buried them at sea. sliding both o*er the ship's side to get her A Christmas Game. The "chest" may tie arranged in any way that will bide one of the players. The game Is based ou the old poem. "Mistletoe Hough:" Tho mistletoe hung in the castle hall. The hotly branch shone on the otil oak wait The baron's retainers were blithe anil rev A-keeping the Christinas holiday. The "retainers" all form a ring about tbe "lover." who Is blindfolded. Th« retainers sing: Here we are so blithe and gay, Keeping our Chrtstmaa holiday Oae wilt hide In tho chest hereby To iruesa who it la you must surely try. With that one of the "retainers" runs and hides in the improvised chest. The "lover" Is led to It, and he may ask questions of the hidden one. who may reply by "Yea" or "No," disguis ing the Tolce. By these answers the "k>Ter" must tell who the retainer is. If he fails he must try again. When he succeeds, the hidden person becomes the lover. The Mean Thing. "Phyllis Is the meanest kind of a gos sip" "What tnakes you think soT" "Recsusp she never tells yon any hing herself. but gets you to tell her nil you know " SiAl .... NOW IN SCt. Other Part ot Cullinan Diamond Adorns British Crown. QUEEN WARY MAY WEAR BOTH. Famau* Qems Can Be Removed From Cmblemt ot Empire and Used a* Pendant—Finder af 3,024 Carat Stana "thought Himself Victim of Joka Un til Hit Prise Was Appraised. The two great Cullinan dlnmnnila now nhinp dar.xliigly In the crown and acepter of King fleorgp of I'ngland. The Inrger, the Star of Africa, which weighs 61 carats, has been set In the king'* scepter; the smnller gem, weighing :I0!I :I 111 carals, finds plncc In tho Imperial crown anil on *tnte occa sions sparkles and burns immediately "'we the ermine band which circles the crown's base. The diamonds can be removed from the ItrltWli emblems of power and worn jointly as n pendant. Thus they may tulorn Queen Mary, who can have the satisfaction of knowing that no woman on t 1 e civilised globe possesses their equals. The setting of the diamonds In the crown aud scepter and as a pendant was Intrusted to Messrs. Garrard, tho Mown jewelers, I/indon. It was diffi cult to prepare the acepter to receive the Star of Africa, for the general ornamentation of the regal bauble bad to be kept intact—lt has heraldic slg nlßcance. Kohinoor Small by Comparison. It gives a better idea of the Star of Africa's size to state that the Kahl noor, which to the popular mind is the Ideal "big diamond," weighs after sev eral cuttings lOti l-10 carats. The Cullinan diamond was named after the head of the company which owns tho Premier diamond mine in South Africa, where the diamond was found in January, 1905. The original 1 stone, by far the largest diamond ever found, weighed 3,02-1 carats, or nearly one pound six ounces avoirdupois. At that learned mineralogists and ex perts on gems believe it was part of a still larger diamond which was cloven when a volcanic eruption burled it with titanic force from the molten depths where It was formed. No less an expert than Or. George Frederick Kunz estimates that the original dia mond weighed no loss than 5.000 carats and that tho part of it not yet fount) Is in four pieces at least. Presented to King Edward. The Cullinan diamond was presented to King Edward by the South African states, including the former Boer re publics, as a token of peace and re conciliation. The price paid for it has | been stated in various figures and as high as $1,000,000. Even that sum is far below its theoretical value. At great cost the huge stone was cut Into two gems, which now ornament tho Hrltlsh regalia. The stone was found by the merest chance. The day's work nt the Pre mier mine was over, and Frederick Wells, the surface manager, was mak ing his usual rounds. Glancing along one side of the deep excavation, his eye suddenly caught I the gleam of a brilliant object far up on the bank. lie lost no time In climbing up to the spot where he ha<* noted the glint of light. He had not been mistaken: It was really a bril liant crystal. He tried to pull It out with bis fingers and ns this proved impossible he sought to pry it out with the blade of his penknife. To his -►.■.irprise the knife blade broke without causing the stone to yield, i Finder Thought It a Joke. Telling of his discovery Mr. Weils said: "When I took a good look at the stone stud there in tho side of the pit it suddenly flashed across me that 1 had ROUP insane that the whole thing was imaginary. I knew it could not be a diamond All at once anoth er solution tin tvrtcd on ine. Some prac tical joker, thought 1. has plante'Mhls huge chnnk of glass here for me t> find It." With the aid of a larger blade of his knife he finally stt eeeded in prying out the stone and carried it to the mine's off, •• Here It was cleaned, and.to the astonishment of all. It was found to have a weight of JVO24 carats, more than three times that of any oth er diamond that had been discovered. T' '-i*•, out Money. Street Mi- on: :y M\ good friend, why Idle e» the precious hours In this fashion- lioii't foil know that time Is motley'" Loafer Oon'tyon believe it, guv'nor If that was s.i l mlil he a bloomln' mlliionhair. Ish >uld I've been doing time on and orf ever since I was a nipper.—London Mai; smilin A FlellaTble TIR SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Rooffns. Spoutln* rind C»n*ral Job Work. Scovoo, Hoatoro, Ran«*e. Furnaces, oto- PRICES TBB LOWEST! qiILITT TBB BEST! JOHN IIIXSON ! NO- 11# E. TBONT JT.