The Younger Set.
(Continued from pace 6)
roll. His family, I believe, ends there,
floes It not?"
"Yes, Mrs. Fnne."
"I see. Miss Erroll Is naturally wor
ried over him. But I wonder why she
did not come to mo herself Instead of
sending you as her errant ambassa
dor." "Miss Erroll did not send me," ho
said, flushing up. And, looking stead
ily Into the smiling doll's face confront
ing him, he knew again that be had
failed.
She smiled. "Como to me on your
own errand, for Gerald's sake, for any
body's sake, for your own preferably,
and I'll listen, but don't come to me on
another woman's errands, for I won't
listen even to you."
"I have como on my own errand,"
ho repeated coldly. "Miss Erroll knew
nothing about It and shall not hear of
It from me. Can you not help me. Mrs.
Fane?"
But Rosamund's rose china features
had hardened Into a polished smile,
and Selwyn stood up wearily to make
his adieu.
But as ho entered his hansom before
the door he knew the end was not yet,
and once more he set his face townrd
the impossible, and once more the han
som rolled away over the asphalt, and
once more It stopped, this time before
the house of Ituthvcn.
Ituthven's greeting was a pallid stare,
but as Selwyn made no motion to rise
he lounged over to a couch and, half
reclining among the cushions, shot an
Insolent glance at Selwyn, then yawned
and examined the bangles on his wrist.
After a moment Selwyn said, "Mr.
Ituthvcu, you are no doubt surprised
that I am here."
"I'm udt surprised If It's my wife
you've come to see," drawled Ruthven.
"If I'm the object of your visit, I con
fess to some surprise as much ns the
visit Is worth and no more."
The vulgarity of the Insult under the
man's own roof scarcely moved Sel
wyn to any deeper contempt and cer
tainly not to auger.
"I did not come here to ask a favor
of you," ho said coolly, "for that Is out
of the question, Mr. Ituthvcn. But I
came to tell you that Mr. Erroll's fam
ily has forbidden him to continue his
gambling In this house and In your
company anywhere or at any time."
"Most extraordinary," murmured
Ituthvcn, passing his ringed fingers
over his minutely shaven face that
strange face of a boy hardened by the
depravity of ages.
"So I must request you," continued
Selwyn, "to refuse him the opportunity
of gambling here. Will you do It vol
untarily?" "No."
"Then I shall use my judgment in
the matter."
"And what may your judgment In
the matter be?"
"I have not yet decided. For one
thing I might enter a complaint with
the police that a boy Is being morally
and materially ruined In your private
gambling establishment."
"Is that a threat?"
"No. I will act, not threaten."
"Ah," drawled Ituthven, "I may do
the same the next time my wife spends
the evening in your apartment."
"You lie!" said Selwyn in a voice
made low by surprise.
"Oh, no, I don't. Very chivalrous of
you quite proper for you to deny It
"M-murdcrl" stammered Sir. Ituthvcn,
like a gentleman but useless, quite
useless. So the less said about Invok
ing the law the better for some peo
ple. You'll agree with me, I dare say.
And now, concerning your friend Ger
ald Erroll I have not tho slightest de
sire to see him play cards. Whether
or not he plays Is a matter perfectly
indifferent to me, and you had better
understand It. But if you como hero
demanding that I arrange my guest
lists to suit you you are losing time.
Selwyn, almost stunned at Ituthven's
knowlcdgo of the episode in his rooms,
had risen as ho gave the man tho He
direct.
For an Instant, now, as he stared at
him, there was murder In his eye
Then tho utter hopeless helplessness
of his position overwhelmed him as
Ituthven, with danger written all over
him, stood up, his soft, smooth thumbs
hooked In the glittering sash of his
kimono.
"Scowl If you like," ho said, backing
away Instinctively, but still nervously
Impertinent, "and keep your distance!
If you'vo anything further to say to
me, wrlto it." Then, growing bolder
as Selwyn made no offensive move
"Wrlto to me," ho repeated, with a
venomous smirk. "It's safer for you
to fl'guro as my correspondent than as
my wife's corespondent. L-let go of
mcl W-what tho devil ore you d-d-do
ing?"
For Selwyn had him fast, one sinewy
band twisted In bis silken collar, bold
Ins; him squirming nt arm's length.
"M-murderl" stammered Mr. Ituth
ven.
"No," said Belwyn, "not this time
But bo very, very careful after this.1
And bo lot him go with an involun
tary shudder and wiped bis bands fc
sis handkerchief.
Ituthvcn stood quite still, and after
a moment tho livid terror died out In
his face and a rushing flush spread
over It a strange, dreadful shade
curiously opaque and bo half turned.
dizzily, hands outstretched for self
support.
Selwyn coolly watched him as ho
sank on to tho couch and sat huddled
together and leaning forward, his Bof t,
ringed fingers covering his empurpled
face.
Then Selwyn went away with a
shrug of utter loathing, but after he
had gono and Ituthven's servants had
discovered him and summoned a physi
cian their master lay heavily amid his
painted draperies and cushions, his
congested features set, his eyes partly
open and possessing sight, but. the
whites of them had disappeared, and
the eyes themselves, save for the pu
pils, were like two dark silts filled
with blood.
There was no doubt about It. The
doctors, one and all, knew their busi
ness when they had so often cautioned
Mr. Ituthvcn to avoid suaden and ex
cessive emotions.
That night Selwyn wrote briefly to
Mrs. Ituthvcn:
I saw your husband this afternoon. He
Is at liberty to Inform you of what
passed. Dut In easo ho does not thcro Is
one detail which you ought to know your
husband believes that you once paid a
visit to my apartments. It Is unlikely
that he will repeat the accusation, and I
think there Is no occasion for you to
worry. However, it Is only proper thai
you should know this, which Is my only
excuse for writing; you a letter that re
quires no acknowledgment. Very truly
yours, PHILIP SELWYN.
To this letter she wrote an excited
nnd somewhat Incoherent reply, and,
rereading It In troubled surprise, he
began to recognize In It something of
the strange. Illogical, Impulsive atti
tude which had confronted him In the
first weeks of his wedded life.
Here was the same minor undertone
of unrest sounding ominously through
every line; the same Illogical, unhappy
attitude which implied so much and
said so little, leaving him uneasy and
disconcerted, conscious of the vague
recklessness and veiled reproach.
dragging him back from the present
through the dead years to confront
once more tho old pain, the old bewil
derment nt the hopeless misunder
standing between them.
To lie Continued.
The Needful One.
Should poets cease their tender lays
To warble write. I mean
They might be missed In many ways.
Yet cause no anguish keen.
The populace would not grieve then
Nor cry out In dismay.
As It does when the useful hen
Doth cease Its lay.
Kansas City Times.
The Financial Test.
"Monee must be an unusually rich
man."
"Why?"
"He says he doesn't know whether
to get married or an automobile."
Browning's Magazine.
Back to Nature.
I love tho rural life, b'gosh!
I love the corn, the festive squash.
And yet the town I cannot quit,
So steer mo to the latest hit.
Give me a front row seat, I say.
And let me watch a barnyard play.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
A Better Chance.
Nodd Have you seen Blltcr's new
house?
Todd No, sir. I thought I would
wait six months or so until he got tired
of showing his friends all over It.
New York Herald.
Has Made a Change.
The red man smoked tho pipe of peace
Ere ho had gained much knowledge.
But now the noble red, you bet.
Puffs his little cigarette
If he's been to Carlisle college.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Latest Fad.
"She teaches school, doesn't she?"
"Yes."
"What very plain clothes she wears."
"Yes; she has to avoid all frills."
Cleveland. Plain Dealer.
Way Down In Dixie.
A small boy living In Macon
Was sent to a grocery for bacon.
He blew In the "dough"
At a vaudeville show,
And his mother gave him a shakln.
Chicago News.
An Unhappy Combination.
Hewitt It Is pretty tough, living
from hand to mouth.
Jewett Especially If you have a
small hand and a large mouth. New
ooiace For the Obscure.
Though I pursue a lowly plan,
For me one comfort cannot fall
I know no secret service map
Is grimly camping on my trail.
Washington Star.
A 8erious Matter.
Little Son Papa, why don't you be
long to a club like mamma docs?
Father If I did, what would be-
como of you? New York Herald.
Too Nearly Followed.
Ha took the busy little bee
To be his guide along
Life's pathway, but to cry at length,
When near life's ending, "Btungl"
Puck,
Two Classes.
"1 thought you said ho was an ex
pert golfer?"
'1 didn't mean ho played It. I meant
he talked It." Houston Post.
Ths Old Story.
Typewriter she at 'leven per.
Bookkeeper he and stuck on her.
lit takes the burden, nothing; loath,
Of earning grub enough for both.
Baltimore Bun.
Economy.
Stella WhT do van want to marry?
Bella Because two can lire mora ex
nanatvslr than one. Naw York Ban,
Farm and .
Garden
PRACTICAL DOUBLE CORNCRIB
Well Arranged For Granary and Other
Storage Purposes.
A convenient double corncrlb may
be fifty feet long, with eight foot
wings and an eight foot driveway
through the center. The space over
the driveway may be used as a gran
ary, access to the Bame being through
large windows In each end of the
building. Oats are particularly well
suited to be stored In a place like this
CHID WITH IiOBT OVEB DBIVEWAT.
on account of their lightness ns com
pared with other grains. Tho roof
should be of the hip design, and on
the lower slant cupolas every ten feet
should be made, through which the
end of the conveyor or elevator may
be Inserted. In place of the four.cupo
las one may be substituted which will
ran the entire length of the roof, be
ing closed by n hinged door.
The second Illustration shows the
end elevation of a doublo corncrlb,
which is described as follows: This
plan Is for a 21 by 30 building, with a
dog house roof extension, which has
four windows on each side, used ns
holes to run corn Into, also for light.
A chute at the end of the elevator con
ducts the corn Into the bin. The chute
Is made portable, so that It fits In ei
ther space. The dog house has a door
at either end, so that a conveyor can
be used if desired. The dog house ex
tension has three good features.
First, it furnishes plenty of light nnd
a good circulation of air; second, It
affords nn opportunity to fill the crib
from bottom to roof nnd from end to
end, and, third, it furnishes a fine
place to hang and dry seed corn. The
foundation Is made of concrete, 0 by 0
at the top and 8 by 8 nt the bottom.
DOUBLE CEm WITH CHUTE.
started below frost line, and the Inner
walls and driveway are also to be
made of solid concrete. The dimen
sion stuff is a matter of choice. For
outer sills select (1 by 0, and for the
inner or the solid walls 2 by 8 nn
swer the purpose very well, laid down
flat, with a 2 by G set on edge and
studding cut out so they come out
flush with the outside of the wall. For
siding take the bevel edge crib sid
ing, leaving a space of one and one-
half inches between the boards.
Apples In Boxes.
This subject would be threadbare
with all the discussion it has bad of
late were It not for the urgency of the
facts. The apple barrel Is by no means
n satisfactory package, especially to
the shipper of good apples, and iu spite
of obstacles the apple box Is making
progress. A larger proportion of last
year's apple crop was sold In boxes
than ever before. These facts came
most painfully to the attention of cast'
em apple growers when all through
the winter months Oregon apples In
boxes sold at good prices In all east
ern cities, while New York and Now
England fruit was a drug In the mar
ket. It was a situation which could
leave no doubt In the eastern apple
grower's mind that something has to
be done. Naturally the eastern grower,
who sees bis market thus cut out from
under him, thinks first of boxing his
own apples. Ho considers also the
fancy packing, trademarklng and oth
er selling devices at which the west
em men are so clever. All these
schemes be must adopt, Imitate or
Improve. But thcro Is one thing more,
and a very important one, which must
be taken Into the account. The east
cm grower must grow better fruit.
Eastern apples are conceded to be of
better quality than Pacific coast stock,
but tbo eastern grower has relied quite
too much on this single fact. The
western apples are allowed to have
the best color and finish, but again
the eastern grower has taken this est!
mate too much for granted. The blgb
quality of New York and New Eng
land apples must be preserved, aug
mented and then advertised. The fruit
must be carefully band thinned on the
trees in order to get a uniform grado
for box packing. The color and ap
pearance mnst be Improved by better
care. Western methods of co-operative
packing, shipping and selling must bo
adopted. These aro large reforms
here pointed out, and the eastern farm
er is a hard subject for reform, but
these Improvements have all got to be
made. Otherwise the Oregon apple1
grower will appropriate the entire east
era market, and the eastern apple grow
era will go Into the milk business.
tun
Zumw
MARY'S EDUCATED HEN.
Mary had a little hen.
With feathers whlto as snow.
She flew across a garden fenco.
Where hens ought not to go.
Now, Mary was it pretty maid
Her age was twcniy-tlve
And Mary wasn't married yet,
Bocause he didn't arrive.
This hen had been a Vassar girl
Who tried in vain to wed.
Her soul had gone Into a hen
As soon as she was dead.
And thus this hen had brains, you see,
And pitied Mary so.
She flew across that garden fenco
To help her catch a beau.
A bachelor heard her fondelay
And got the egg she laid.
Ho followed home sweet Mary's hen
Not thinking of fair maid.
He handed In the big whlto egg
And got a smile eo sweet
That Mary's hen stood on one leg
And trilled the band to beat.
So this cute hen laid every day
In the nest Just o'er the way.
And the bachelor brought the egg right
back
And got more smiles for pay.
One day she laid a double egg.
Tho hint tho bachelor caught.
So this Is what he had to say
When home that egg ho brought:
"Here are two eggs within one shell.
Why can't wo two be one""
And Mary whispered: "Very well.
Hero, talto mo. I am won."
Before the veil falls on this tale
Just get this truth down pat
It pays a maid to keep a hen
And not to nurso a cat.
C. M. B.
KURIOS FROM K0RRESP0NDENT3
Q. How do some bantnm breeders
get the small stock they have at
shows? Are they dwarfed with whis
ky, as are some dogs, or are they
starved down?
"A. No. They select the smallest
breeders, especially tho hens, and
hatch late.
Q My neighbor tells me my hens
nre not laying because I keep no roost
er. Is this so?
. No. The rooster sometimes helps
by aiding Biddy to hunt a nest and
cackling when the egg's laid, but you
can do that yourself and save the
feed.
Q. I just bought some pigeons, and
three of them have an eye with a
white spot in the center. Is this nat
ural, nnd will it pass away?
A. No. The dealer has sent you
three pigeons blind in one eye from
roup.
Q. What breed has largest repre
sentation at the big shows?
.V. White Wyandottes. Rocks second.
At the St. Louis exposition there were
872 White Wyandottes. nnd no vari
ety of Rocks reached 500. At Chicago.
New York and Boston they nearly
always lead. At one Madison Square
Garden show there were more
Whlto Wyandottes than nil the Rocks
put together.
Q. Some of my Reeves pheasants
have a sort of scaly leg that accumu
lates in large knots on their feet and
legs, crippling them, and I have tried
sulphur ointment, glycerin, lard and
coal oil, and I fall to get a permanent
cure. I read your article on pheasants,
and maybe you have tho euro for this
trouble.
A. Melt paraffin. When sufficiently
cool pour over legs and feet and cover
completely. Three applications a
week apart will cure, sure.
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
Don't let your roosters fight. It's
a poor fattening process and stops
the laying. A torn crest grows slow
ly. A torn car lobe or wattle or in
jured eye may put your bird out of
the race entirely.
One hundred pullets were given to
members of a California church, tho
value of their winter eggs to go to the
building fund. The preacher and of
ficial board will lecture on "Winter
Eggs and How to Get Them." and
committees will visit the coops to see
that tho fowls have proper care. Now,
If there's nothing new under the sun,
there's something new under the hen.
Where next will the Amerlcnn hen get
In her work?
The S. P. C. A. had two dealers ar
rested In Philadelphia recently for
picking chickens alive. The one paid
$50 and the other $20 fine. Such fel
lows will get singed In the next world.
The Fnnclers' Association of York,
Pa., Is trying to get a bill through con
gress to protect racing homers. The
club claims that some of Its birds have
lieen shot whllo passing over states
v.lieie there Is no protection.
When you find yellow tipped drop
pings under the roost put lots of fine
charcoal In the mash, and It will at
once disinfect the whole digestive
tract.
Great strides were made in tho
guinea Industry the past season. The
Whlto African Is gaining on the Pearl
These birds lovo horses and slip In to
roost on the horses on winter nights.
Nice and warm for the guineas, but
not so nice for tbe hostlers.
Conshobocken, Pa., lately arrested
twenty-five geese for vagrancy and
fined their owner $12.50. The fine not
being paid, the geese wero returned
to jail.
A Pennsylvania gentlcmau on re
turn from church took a dose of aco
nlto In mistake for nltor. Ho swallowed
seventeen raw eggs as an antidote,
and after three hours' work the doc
tors pulled htm through. He now tips
bis bat to every ben, as all should do,
Tho custom of some people to handle
fowls over and over again Is a display
of mighty mean manners and is on a
par with the fellow who goes Into a
store and helps himself to everything
eatable In reach. When dressed fowls
are graded and uniform there's not so
much handling and haggling.
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Infant Widows of India.
The East Indian papers record a ca
rious case arising out of the terrlblo
custom of Infant mnrrlagc In that
country. Tho daughter of Justice Moo
kerjec, a learned Hindoo, was married
when she was under ten years of age,
and she became a widow two months
after tho ceremony. Though he could
not resist the pnrlv mnrrlnire custom
sanctioned by his creed, the judge 1
stood out against tbat other custom
which condemns tho child widow to
life long misery In her dead husband's
"nmlltf nnrl ilnrAt-mtriAil rv Vin m !
married again. The husband's rela-1
tlves claimed and obtained a power of
guardianship over her child, but be
fore It could be exercised the second
marriage had taken place, and there Is
to bo a legal struggle to determine
precisely how the claims of the dead
husband's family can be reconciled
with the living husband's rights. The
judge's action will have the support
of many Hindoos who are eager to
break down a custom that condemns
thousands of young girls to n life that
Is almost worse than slavery. But the
power of the older schools of thought
Is great, and British lawmakers and
administrators, though deploring the
evils of Infant marriages, must shrink
from Interference with customs which
claim to have religious sanction.
Old time Maine hunters are nothing
If not resourceful. The Lewlston Jour
nal tells of the novel way In which n
deer was brought down. Being out cf
buckshot, the hunter took the ball
bearings out of his bicycle and loaded
a shotgun shell with them In place of
shot. It was not long after that he got
sight of a fair sized doe and fired, kill
ing her Instantly.
Frederick MacMonnles Is to design
the new $70,000 fountain provided for
in the will of Mrs. E. N. Cole for New
York city. He hopes It will be placed
in front of tho city hall. "When they
taunt us about our art In America,"
he said recently, "we have always
that glorious city hall. We can point
to that and say to our European crit
ics, 'We, too, have architectural ances
tors. "
College and School.
Bowdoln college has been placed
upon the Carnegie foundation.
nnwkshed grnmmar school, near
Ambleside, England, where Words
worth was educated and which wns
founded In 1585 by Edwyne Sandys,
archbishop of York, Is to be closed.
The University of Michigan reports
an enrollment of 4,530 students In nil
departments and In a recent bulletin
says that "when summer schools are
not counted the university stands, next
to Harvard, the largest In the country."
Just Run Down.
They gathered up the scattered man rrosi
out the auto s track
And pried his backbone Into lino ai.a .sew
ed his fingers back.
They Blued his car on once again and
patched his broken nose
And made a plaster cast to hold his some
what twlstca toes.
And as they worknd the victim uighed.
Ho rose up In Ills bed.
He groaned and felt his bandaged self.
"Where am I at?" ho said.
The doctors cheerily replied: "We picked
you up downtown.
Don't worry. You're all right you're just
a little bit run down.
Dallas News
The Financial Genius.
"Yes, madam; I will play one-two-
three pieces on ze piano for twelf dol
lar. An' so soon as I haf foenlsh I
will go home."
"But I wanted you to stay and con
verse with my guests."
'Ah, eo! Zat will be twenty dollar
extra." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Believer All Right.
"Are you a believer In spiritualism?"
"Yes; the ghost walks every Satur
day, and by Monday I have nothing
left but a hallucination." Answers.
Coasting.
Swift as an nrrow shot from tho bow,
Safe on our coasters downward we go,
Over the bumpers, over the dike.
Who'd have nn auto or even a bllce?
Going like lightning, going like mad!
Where was there ever such sport to be
had?
Trudging uphill, tho rope In one's hand,
Happiest we of the boys In the land.
Snow may be Icy, lco may bo wet
Little wo caro for such trifles, you bet!
Once at the top, wo are off In a jiff
HI, there! Look out! Clear the track,
will you? Biff!
Lurana W. Sheldon In Judge.
Ho Takes After Mother.
The star pupil arose at the school en
tertainment to declaim his piece.
"Lend mo your enrs!" ho bawled,
"na," sneered tho mother of the oppo
sition but defeated pupil, "that's Sarah
Jane Doran's boy. He wouldn't he
his mother's son if be didn't want to
borrow something." Tit-Bits.
To Fault Finders.
Tou have some right to talk about
Outrageous fortune's stings
If working for or mapping out
Some plan for better things.
But If to help yourself you fall
And just complaining sit
No one will care to heed your wall
Or help you on a bit.
Kansas City Times.
Woes, of the Suburbanite.
Ostend Pa, what is the "Suburban
handicap?"
Pa The lawn mower in tho summer
and the snow shovel in tho winter, my
ton. Denver News-Times.
Twinkle, Twinkle.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
How I wonder what you are I
Varthlr diamonds you surpass,
Yet you may b only glass.
If by any cbaaos you fell,
Tbsrs's an unols who could tell.
-New York Herald,
ON WOOING BENT-
John Hammersmith of New York to
a widower In whose care have been
left somo pledges of affection by his
late spouse. These children arc in im
mediate charge of his mother, and aft
er returning from a visit to them he
writes a friend that he must have the
children with himself, that homo with
out them is not home at all, that a
housekeeper is not practical and that
be must solve tho problem by taking
onto himself another wife.
He wants a good, sensible woman to
take care of the house and train tho
children in tho way they should go.
He has in mind a woman he mot in
Chicago, knew an hour or so and re
members chiefly because he saw her
holding a baby as ,if she loved it So
confident is he that this woman will fa
vor his suit that he warns his friend
to prepare to act as best man. Then,
he writes the woman as follows:
My Dear Miss Maurice I am, as no.
doubt you know, a widower with two
children, a boy and a girl. My wife hu
been dead two yean, and my children
Save been with my mother. My little girt '
misses me sadly, as I do her, and It you
could make up your mind to marry ma
and make a homo for us I would show
my gratitude by being as good a husband
as I know how. Hoping you will con
sider this favorably, I am, my dear Mtsa
Maurice, sincerely yours,
JOHN HAMMERSMITH.
Those who know nothing about love
will not be surprised that Miss Man
rice responded In this wise:
Dear Mr. Hammersmith Thanking you
very much for the honor you have con
ferred upon me, I must respectfully do
cllne your proposal. Very truly yours,
MART MAURICE.
That would havo settled most men,
but It only served as a spur to John
Hammersmith.
Meantime Miss Maurice takes occa
sion to "drop a line" to her chum,
Helen Wells, In which she says things
that, could he have read them, would
have made the amorous Hammersmith
fancy he had stepped on a redhot stove
Ud. She said she was "burning to
write him a scorcher" rather warm
language for a practical bachelor maid
but exercised almost superhuman
control. Still, she had an opinion that
"If 'he reads between the lines his eye
balls will wither." And yet this young
woman "held a baby as though she
loved It!"
Well, Hammersmith evidently did
read between the lines, but without
tho optical shriveling predicted, for he
again addressed his inamorata in hu
mility and with profuse apology and
hinted that bo was going on a journey
to Japan and would like to take bis
children and a wife along.
This bait failed to secure even a nib
ble. Indeed, It aroused all Miss Mau
rice's sarcasm, and, being a school
teacher, she had plenty. She suggested
that he was acting in this matter of
selecting a wife with less care than
be would in choosing a horse, and she
said that her "present employer, tho
city," gave her a holiday of two
months each year, which was more
than she could hope to get from blm.
Then John Hammersmith wrote his
friend that he felt about a foot high
and had a strong desire to kill Miss
Maurice. But he took another tack in
steadwrote a renewal of his proposal
and was requested to cease bis endeav
ors, that the decision not to marry him
was final. And as if in afterthought
Miss Maurice told him she was con
sidering "another man." Hammer
smith responded as follows:
My Dear Miss Maurice Thank you for
your nice, long letter. I couldn't quite
make out the last of It. I am going to
Chicago to kill the other man. Deter
minedly, JOHN HAMMERSMITH.
There is a pause here in the narra
tive which fancy may fill.
Again Miss Maurice addresses her
chum, Helen Wells, and her letter is
bo characteristic, so "eternally femi
nine," that It Is worth reproducing:
My Dear Helen Well, I am going to
Europe sure enough, but not on a cattle
boat. I am going as Mrs. John Hammer
smith, and I am so dazed that I can
hardly believe it. Mr. H. came to school
one day looking disgustingly handsome.
I looked tired to death and a fright. Wa
went to the theater. Nothing was Bald.
Came next night, and John Bartlett ap
peared also. We played cards. I felt
amused. Instead of a spinster of thirty
two I told him that I was near forty I
felt like a gay young thing of sixteen or
; thereabouts, with my two suitors. Com
parisons are odious, but Mr. H. showed
to so much better advantage than John,
who was plainly jealous, that that queer
organ called my heart took a leap In the
New York man's favor. He came the
next evening, and well, he wooed me as
a woman of any age likes to be wooed.
He Is willing to live In a flat and let
mo' housekeep to my own heart's content,
and I think I am going to be quite happy.
Just think! I shall have a dear little
boy and girl to take care of Instead of
my little dog. Come on for the "bachelor
girl" dinner. Never thought TA give one.
We sail July SO. With love,
MARY MAURICE.
So tho wooing of a bachelor maid is
not different from the wooing of any
other sort of maid. When Hammer
smith dropped his semlcommerclal
propositions and wooed "as a woman
of any age likes to be wooed" the cit
adel capitulated, tho practical bache
lor girl found she was vulnerable to
the shafts of Cupid. And John Ham
mersmith learned this old time losson:
When a man would win a maid, don't
write; go. Modem Culture.
Half and Half.
"An elderly spinster sat near me at
the table d'hote one afternoon in
Venice," said a returned trawler.
"Turning to her niece! heard her say:
"In Vanlee at butt Ah, lay dear,
half the dream ot my youth Ss-uow
fulfilled.'
"Why only half, auntta? theToung
girl asked.
"1 counted on going to VeskVi
sighed the spinster, on 'My wtdaac
Journey.' "
In His Uiw.
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