The Huston Transcript to
fcave reading cars substituted for
smokers uu (lie railroad as being
more civilized.
If llio Increasing fondness for tlirt
automobile t'ltn 1 1 mi ih we shall II ml
thn horse show with n dangerous vivnl
thn first thing wo Know,' mil il will I hi
''bentity 11 ml tlni miii'liiiiK," Instead of
"bnntlty ntnl tin' beast. "
l.tiglnnd's queen linn given nnnthcr
illustration ol Imi' good html mill
rimintoti iteusn. A few weeks ngo slut
not n t- it i ' I i i'ii 1 example (o Hhi 1 it it l i t
propi iotorn of tli I'nitoil kingdom by
having luir herda tested fur Inbcreiilo
sis nml ordei ing nil iiifoclud uniiiiiilH
to lit! slnnglilei oil.
According In llio 'iiiiinliiiM I'll d
nner, Inn Inst re I it or tint Hint epoch
of mil u engineering in ('anioh-. it
passing nwny in lint fni in of llio tiilui
111 I- blidgtl wlliill spnllB lllll Ol til Mil
river, iitiitf it intti'tioti w illi llio SI.
Lawrence, nml u trims bridge is lo Iui
oreclod in it t phicn. 'I'lin (il. I bridge
in not on I v thn lust tif Ihn tubular
bridges in I'nniidii, hut In almt thn
hint on this continent, mo I tint il re
moval is really it It ivt ir icitl event.
Thn iWinsnchuHclts slnliHlical
bureau ri oi ts Hint thi'rn is a slondy
increase in Ihn ninoiitil of work ilonn
tin Hundity. This in imi strange. II
in ilnn lurKflv lo Ihn net ton of working
people, especially in cities, incuiivert
i ii W Hundiiy into ti secular holiday.
They turn this tiny tn visit neighbor
i n K pleasure n-idi Is or to mnkn ox
rm Dions by mil or wnter, nml thin
crentes n tii'tiiniiil for tho Miriiccnul
1'HI COIldllctlllH Itllll Illotol'IIICtl, Htcillll-
bout hands, waiters, hat tenders and a
(rout variety of omjilo von.
Within Ihn lust fow nionths Nirn
tnskot beach lins been nddod to Ihn
jmrk nvBtoiu tif Huston, n system nl
rendy ho extended nml well organ i.od
ns In exciln the admiration of Ihn rost
of tliocountrv. It linn already post
tho common wealth some nix million
tlollurR. Tlio Into Mr. ('hallos
Kliol, noil tif President Eliot of Har
vard, has bi'on hugely responsible foi
tho liroml-niiiiileit cuul enlightened
policy pursued, ntutoi Harper's
Weekly. Tim liniieh tit Nuntnskot in
two hundred font w iiln nt low tide, in
liroinl nml hard, n id within only n
short ride of Hoidon.
Treo planting ly farmers in being
oneournged In n prut'tii'iil way liy tho
division of forestry of tlio Uiiilol
Htatos department of agriculture. A
circular has recently been issued stat
ing that thn tlivision in propnroil, as
far nn n liinitoil appropriation will por
mit, to render practical nml pu-sniial
assistance to farmers niul others by
co-oporating with them to ostalilish
forest plantations, wood lots, tdioltei
bolts nuil wind breaks. An expert
tree planter linn boon placed in charge
of n sect ion of tho division which hns
boon organized for this work, nml ho
will bo assist od by collaborators iu (he
different states who ore familiar w ith
local conditions.
Massachusetts now has two associa
tions for providing annuities for retired
publio nchool tonchers one for Hus
ton teacher only, the other mid tho
youngest for the tonchers in the cities
nd townR. The last is boliovod to bo
the only guild organized by the union
of small cities and towns. Though
eoarcoly six years old, the Teachers'
Anuuity guild hns a permnnont fund
of over$.il,0l)0 and an annuity fund
exceeding $10,000. It is providod
that annuities shall bo 00 per cent, of
tne annual salary nt the time of re
tirement, with a limit of $li00. The
present assessment is ono per cent, of
annual salary, with a limit of $20 per
anunm, which it is proposed to reduce
to $10. A similar plan has beeu
adopted in a number of large cities iu
the country.
Careful estimates made during the
year 1896 indicated that no leas thau
120,000 horses were required for the
' propulsion of the street cars in actual
use in the various cities in the United
States, Recent estiuiutet indicate
that about 15,000 horses are all that
re requisite today for the horse-car
ervice throughout the entire United
States. This surely is a remarkable
evidenoe of the emancipation of the
street oar horse. Thirteen years ngo
it was estimated that over 20,000 of
these patient and noble servants of
man were reudared useless from the
xcessive strain and overwork to whiuh
they were subjected. So soon does
. the publio mind adapt itsolf to changed
conditions that comparatively few peo
ple appreciate fully the beneficial
effects which the elimination of the
street car horse from onr publio
thoroughfares aud the adoption of lbs
cable aud eloctrlj ystjuis Las se
cure 1
$ JANIE'S JE1LOUSY I
R Uu Mrtm Fnrrntt Otsvoi, i
riti.t.Y it would
bn men If wo
could in married
this fall, .faiiicl
It wan just tlmt
ncdticlivn hour
when thn cooling
inn Pin of thn twi
light hiicccpiIh Ihn
arid glow of thn
tiny -when yn.
lOW-lllllltlllll ln.
rtnry birds begin to grow drowsy on
their lu rches, and thn llrnt stnr trims.
uxes inn hush witn its point, or silver
.nine imyier wan Bitting iu lierensy
11 1 ll i r. Iiolsteled un Willi eiilmriui
rceiited pillows, and robed iu n white
iiiiifliii wrnpper. Him initdn a prnlly
iniucnii, nun hihi snow n.
(Ilir l-'.llunrdinir Inimml enirnrl fur
ward, as hn Hiiokn n dark, nil
iiinxionnu toiiiih man. wit i Boll hnel
eyes, and ono of those frank, Binding
tnotitiis which inspiro coMlldonoo and
trust.
lint .Tnnin Rhonk her licnd.
"Sinoo 1 have boon bo ikioi It. fin v.
1 Have Roinetlmcs fnarnd that wo
should never be married, ' she Raid.
"Nonsense Janiel" tin rmnnii.
slrated.
Miss Covler tnrnnd nwnv Imr Imml
with nn ollendod nir.
I know Toil think it in linnnnnnn
Cloy, but the time may conio whun
wiinti
"Mr own Ioto. I novor meant to
hurt your feelings!" cried liny, im
petuouBly. No olio sympathizes with mo no
ono comprehends mo!" murmured
Janio. with till) nir of nil iniurml Mo.
tlounn. "Hut whnn Oounin Klsie
comes, I shall hnve nt least ono con
gonial companion.
Sir. Kliuordinir lookml Rmnntvlinl
fliHi'onifltod. Miss Coylcr had, no to
speak, thrown thin same faultlessly
perfect "(JoiiRin KlHie" iu his teeth bo
ninny times that he had conceived a
very cordial dislike for lior, without
evnr Having scon her.
"A rofflllnr old lnalil. with ono
tnolos, a nnnnl twnng, and theories of
nor own on cvory imaginable mihjcct.
Raid ho lo himself. "I wish ahe wnn
iu Jericho!"
Ho Mr. Klmording went nwnv not in
tho bent humor. Aud on Hit) street
nenrly opposite the door, ho met I Mo
tor MattiRon, the snug, dapper little
disciplo of (lalou who daily ultoudud
Minn (Joyler.
"Wull," snid Doctor Mnltison.wlion
lit) had excliatiged a cordial grasp of
tho linud with Klmording, "how in
she?"
"Your pntiont, do you moan, doc
tor?" "Of course. Whom else should I
moan?"
"About nn nnunl, t should thiuk.
Doctor, in bIio really so 111? Is r!io
notually doomed to Bpemi tho rest of
lior existonco alternating botwoou n
bod mid nn easy-chair?"
Doctor Mattisou took Hnuff out off a
littloounmolod nuufVdiox,
"Why shouldn't Bho, if she likos
it?" demnudod bo.
"Do yon mean, dootor, that it is
only fnnoy?"
"Nine-tenths of the foraiuino oil
montn of thiB world nre only fancy.iuy
dear sir," oracularly pronounced the
doctor.
"But, doctor, can't you argue her
into common senso?"
"Cnn't yon?" coiintcr-qnoRtionod
the dootor. "I've dono my boBt, so
Lave you. Jfiss Ooylor is subject to
whims aud fancies, like most of Lor
sex."
'A sort of monomauiao, eh?" mus
ingly uttered Guy.
"Well, as much that as anything,"
answered the dootor, a second time
having recourse to his snuff-box.
"And is there no treatment likely to
Lenellt it?"
"Well, that is a quostion for tho
faculty," snid Doctor Mattisou,
shrewdly. "I knew an old lady once,
who was bedridden, or thought she
was, whiob amounted to tho same
thing. Hue was cured by the chance
flring off of a park of artillery in a va
cant lot adjourning hor house. Bho
jumped out of bed and ran down
stairs, as nimbly as a cricket, suppos
ing, very naturally, that it was an
earthquake."
"Impossible!" said Guy.
"And my brother, who praotices In
Venordale, bad a case of a bypoohon
driao gontloman who hadn't touched
his foot to the floor for eight years.
One night there was an alarm of fire
in the lowor story of the hotel where
heboardod. He rang the bell and
bawled for his servant in vain. A
good strong whiff of smoke came tear
ing up the staircase, aud the invalid
of eight years wrapped himself in a
drosHing-gown of red flantel, and
scampered down stairs iu a way that
astonished the spectators. All these
were conntor-irritauta yon see counter-irritants!
Now look bore, in the
case of our charming young friend un
tairs " - 1
"Exaotlyl" cried Guy.
"You oouldn't got up a flirtation
with some other young lady, could
you?"
"Cortainly not," answered Guy,
Yery deoidedly.
"I think that would have a yery
rood effect." ramarkail the
thoughtfully, feeling bis ehin. "But,
of eourse, if you'r not willing, that
uuc tft uaiter.
"Bnl cannot yon atnilr nn some
other case?" sollcltlously demanded
uoy.
"I'll tnko It Into consideration,
snltt Dootor Mattisou, gravely.
Cousin F.lsle arrived within a dny
or two, and .lanln took llio young lady
into her confidence on the subject of
hor engagement and her ailments.
"I lovn Guy denrly," sighed nlin;
"but I shall never llvnlo marry lilmt"
"(in, nonsense!" snid (hiiihiii I-.Ihio,
cheerfully.
"You will son," said Jennie, forn
bodltigly. "I linve a presentiment,
nml my presentiments nlwnyn comes
trim."
tiny Mlinending wnn considerably
nstoiiiHlied when Ural hn saw MUs
KIhIh llrown. Them worn mi Id no
Rpnclielen, no fttily yenrn, tin extreme
opinion about KIhio. Klin was round
mid rosy, with glossy brown hair, lips
like ehurrion, nnd thn brightest of vio
let ldiio eyes, nnd rIiu wiih hardly
iwetity.
liny beeniun fast friends willi her nt
once. Doctor Mattison, who wnn
middle ngnd bachelor, tlid no (Ino;iiiii
thn house wnn morn cheerful Hunt 11
hnd been for months.
"A yer to day sincn Jntiii) linn left
her ronniV" Bald Guy, noberlv. '
"And yet shn doesn't look sick,"
nil I (I puzzled Klsin.
"Mho isu't sick!" said Doctor Mat
iiRon. "Come, Miss F.lslo, I dial
lolign you to n gniiio of ehonn."
"Well," said KIhIo, "hero In tho
board
"lnt tin sit by thin window," suld
thn iloct ir, moving bin chair,
"Why?" '
"llneniino thnro's a neighbor oppo'
Ritn Minn Knliun Hetllegiito."
It wan about a week afterward that
Tnnin wnn sitting listlessly In her room,
hearing merry voices below elnirs,
nnd woiidoring why their owners did
not eomn up ntalrn to share her dreary
vigil, when a tap, soft and low nn thn
tick of a French clock, sounded on
tho door.
"('omn in!" sighed Janio.
And Minn Hnlina Hottlegnto rustled
into tho room
Miss Halinn Hettlegato would hnve
mndt) a very good realization of Mr.
I'.luierding'B fancied idea of Cousin
Klsie. Hlio worn spnctuelen, although
they worn not nxnetly bluo; sho wnn
linnl on tlin hoi iter land oT tho forties,
mid rIio hnd a long, poiutod nose,
that looked nn if it might hnvo been
sharpened by prying into other peo
phi's bllslllOBH.
"KatniRo my intriiHion," snid MiRR
Halinn; "but I have folt so sorry for
youi"
Janio coldly Inclined her bend. Hhn
didn't liko Miss Halinn, nnd sho could
uot Imagino what oxcess of Imperii
iitinco had brought tho womnn.
"Yon," Raid MiHn Hnlina, "especial
ly ninco that bold one's come hern,
win) (lilts so nii ila-clously with your
uhonil your young mail."
"I'lirtsl" cried Janio, turning piuk-
aud-whitn, llko n sweet-pen lilossoni.
I iiinko it n ruin never to pry
into other folkn n Hairs," nnid Misn
Haliua, "but with your windows ex
aetly opposite, I cnn't help seeing
what in going on. How can hIio bo ho
treacherous, with hor eliess playing,
and her 'Kmlilems of FloworH,' and
her rending poetry out of tho nntuo
books, nnd I saw it with my own
eyen, my dear bin arm around hor
wniRt? '
It cnn't bo poHRiblo!" crlod Janio.
They'ro down staira now, teto-n-
tote!" snid Miss Halinn. "You can
surprino 'oin, if you'vo a mind to."
Jutiio grow pule. Heal trotiblo
otTuoluully bauisliod fanoiod nilmontH
from hor mind; springing lightly to
hor foot, she hurried down staira,
with a step that wan wonderfully
light and free for suou a chronio in
valid.
Miss Hnlina shuffled down after
hor, nnd noiselessly openod tho door.
"There I" said Miss Hnlina, "I told
you so, ttparkin on the sofy, sido by
sido."
Janio, whoso nerves were strnng to
tho highest possiblo tonnion, uttered
nglittle, hyRtorioal laugh. Cousin
Klsie was sitting on the sofa, indood,
with a gentleman besido her, but it
was not Guy Klmerdiug.
'Doctor MattiRon! cried she.
"Exactly." said Dootor Muttison.
rising to bis feet. "So we have suc
ceeded? Much obliged to you, Miss
Hettlegato."
Am t it tho right yonng man?" do-
mandod tho spinster, rubbing her
long nose.
Oh. yos it's the right young
man I" said Janio, unable to repress a
laugh, mortilled as she was at hor
own fonndationloss jealousy. "Dear
Elsie, why didn't you toll mo?"
"Because, Klsie made answer,
radiant with smiles aud blushes, "we
have only beeu engaged for about five
minutes!"
"And Gny?"
"Guy knows nothing of it as yet."
answered Dr. Mattison, "but I shall
suggest to him that his wedding take
place at the same time."
At the same moment, Mr. E'.merding
opened the door.
"Hellol" said be. "Janio!"
"Yes, Janiel" and she oanie for
ward with both hands outstretched,
feeling that she owed him some repar
ation for venturing to doubt him,
even in her heart. "Guy, I'm afraid
I tried you dreadfully; but but I be
lieve I see the folly of my fanoies
now."
They were married jnst when Ooto-
bur fades into November.
"It isn't every old baohelor dootor
whom I should advise to attempt this
sort of oure," said Doctor Mattison;
"because every eo-oonspirator isn't
an Elsie and thore'a some danger in
playing with edgod tools!"
Golf Fashions ChanalnsTt
Now that the golf professionals are
taking to kniokerbookers amateurs
re returning to trousers. The red
ooat is being disosrded in favor of a
dark green one. London Golf.
NEW YORK
Dosif?n3 For Costumos That Havo Da-
como Populnr in
Nr.w Yon. (!itt (Hpeclnl). The
dressmakers, thn tailors, furriers nnd
milliners nrn enjoying tlitlly confer
encen with llioir clients, mid Ihn worn
TtlR OI.VMI'U.
on nrn rapidly coining forth in smiirt,
iichu nnerles.
One ofitheir first resiionsiliilities
wnn to provide themselves with thn
proper sort of walking Jntt, and thn
Monrr, ron a
struggle ban been to arrive at a com
promise between the artiolo that would
uppear advantageously on the street
ana yet murk a decided departure from
tho hard quill and crown band habit
of last season. A single plume from
the old gray goono's tail, stuck inde
pendently through the orown of a
slouch folt, is not the approved idea
now. A green, or gray, or brown felt
with a bent-edgo brim and a stiff
"bowler" crown seoms to be the tri
umphant ono of many shapes and as
might be expeoted it hnn been desig
nated patriotically by the name of Ad
miral Dewey's Ungship, the Olympin.
mere is nothing nautical about the
"Olympla." It is wound about the
base of its brim with a scarf of dark
liberty silk and this comes to a loose
knot in front, in the folds of which the
qnill ends of two long, soft composite
plumes are mado fast. Of well-dyed
barnyard fowl feathers these plumes
are made, mottled white down the cen
ter, aud Uey are so arranged as to
droop softly to one sido. Into the lib
erty silk knot a fanoy strass pin is in
troduced, and this is a happy contrast
to the unbecoming oowboyish headgear
that all womenkind that adopted it
during the summer should remember
with a blush. A great many patronesses
of the Olympia wear the easy-fitting
hat on hair tiresBed low at the
back of the bead and a strap of elastic.
not skewer pins, is used to keep the
folt in its place.
Tho Kvory-Uay Uown.
The shops are filled with the new
dress goods, and what to buy and bow
to have it made is the absorbing topio
with the sunbrown shoppers.
tot tne every-aay gown which mnBt
stand bard wear, such as is illustrated
in the large engraving, the reversible
Harris tweeds are highly recommend
ed. The best quality comes fifty-six
inohes wide and costs 32.75 a yard.
It is sold in all the new attractive
shsdes, with real Scottish elan plaid
for the reverse side of the olotb. When
these double-faced tweeds are nsed
lev skirt and ooat costuinr, bo lining
win7
FAfflM
tho Metropolis. U
it
In required and Ihn lapels, finfTn and
collar or llio eont nrn made of the plaid,
Camel s hnlr cheviot In exlremely
iiiMiiioniiiiin thin yenr. It cnu linfotiuil
in dashing plaids, nnd in indistinct
plaids of mingled dull nrtistln rolorn.
Then (hern nro nltrnetivn half Inch
cheek cheviols nnd thesn crossed with
Harrow slripes. (irnphitn gray mid
inn nrowns ami iiiues nrn usually thn
foundation shades of thesn cheviols
and thn linen which run through them
nre generally automobile red, vivid
green, orange yellow nnd bulge.
Thn I. miff friafnr.
A litlln later on nnd wn will Im criti
cising thn usefulness and beauty of
thn long skirted ulster Hint fit n tho
body elosn and linn a trifle of fullness
in thei rear, where n strap spans thn
bnnn of thn Rplun aud in glorilled by a
largo silver buck In. Long cloth ulsters
in the rolder weather will bn used with
enpelcts of benr'n fur that nro short on
thn shoulders, high In thn collar, but
almost reaching Ihn feet iu front In
two stole ends. Thn opera mantles.
ro far nn they hnve allowed their
chnrum to bo viewed, nro beautiful in
thn ejlreme. 'I hoy am long, of course.
carry large lace hoods a In llretonnn
mndt) of hnnvy lace lined with o dontd
silk muslin, and iu order tognin n de
sired width at tlin shoulders the silk.
sntiu or damask skirtsofthe nonl hnng
rrom wiilo yokes of laco ovor sntiu and
cloth oow.v.
thin yoke in idged by a deep bertha
frill. One of the most commendable
of the nnw wraps in fur in a cape col
lar having broad ends fulling to or be
low the waist line aud made of the
THE KEW CZ.STZB.
tails of brown bear, so called by fur
riers who would like ell animals to
posies symmetrical salable tail.
MAUD AND THE JUDGE AGAIN,
Maud Mnllsr Jumim.1 na hr time worn bike
fur an etnalng- hit at tlin dusty ilk.
An old drop frsms of a 'way flows osr
Willi a ratlin Ihn !), In- ilesd oould heart
The Jiulitn frtmH ponretlnff nln hshlail,
Out airing tils grunt Jmllnlal mlml,
lie iintsd Dm ntiiiro nnnt nn I trim
Ami Kmnefiil inutlnii of hidden limb.
And hn said tohlmssir Iu his ifrnvn itllhtf
"Whntsinnttnr with Mamlm Hunt all
right!"
Il drew hxsldn her smt n.knd her flat
V liy hlio rode such n diirnnd Innrnrt as thnt.
And shn snid tmle-lmly rmuld III support
Hindi wheel ns thn Judge of lliM.IIMrl.it oolirt.
II" told lnr she could nn n elintnless ride,
With n tlhiiiKiinl (riiino, If she'll lis lilstirldn.
Or If shn would tutr-t up hla selo Ills
J hey would tandem together ns man and
Wife.
Maud hit nt thn halt He a liiinijrv trout.
And Out old Judge siiilhiil as he yanked Imr
out!
They rldn on a tnudem now, ef emirs".
Hut Maud has to work like nlresdmlll hnrsnt
For thn Judge hits leiirnnil how to sit and
shirk
And lei hla darling do nil thn work.
lie weli;hs 1W hundred mid flftv-oiin.
Hut thn poor girl thinks It nn even ton!
Anil shn oflnti says with a mln r-nt henrti
nii-ii n nn on'-K on fey Ol'l l'!ll CnN.
"Of ml trim words Hint I everspskn,
ihn truest nrn ll....... n..'. . i.i.....i.
- Heiiver Kuiiday Post.
HUMOROUS.
Tlpp Thn bicycle school starte.
with a good iiltniidiinen. Topp-ilut
I suppoHo the ntteiidnucn full off.
"They call clam bakes now Downy
brenkfuMlH." "Whyso?" "Htupld
bncuiisti they'ro eaten between
shells."
Old I,ndy f loodunss! Now dan
gerous it in to go up in a balloon.
Hulloonist -Not hnlf as dniiffnroiis an
it In to comn down, ma'am.
"Mamma wants a macadamized bill
when you send Ihn next Kroceries."
iluelnrod liotothy to thn grocer an she
left on tho counter her mother's or
der.
Iir. I'ulTor - i'uet is, it's Imrd for
inn to keep truck of ull my patients,
''ogg Yes, siioing that when a man
dins his nuuie is dropped from the di
rectory.
J'taidit-itl i'nrnmr If hn says lie
loves you I sniiiiosn he does: but can
Im support you? Daughter--Why,
pup, you know it wasn't his fault tliut
tho chair broke.
Visitoi )o they trcnt von well
linro? rrisoner Yes, indeed, 'J'h
only thing f have to complain of in
their luck of conlldeneo in mo. Thoy
lefiis i to give mo a latchkey.
There nrn fortunes to he made,
M'l I hey sny;
There nrn fortunes to hn tnadn
Jn n day.
Hut to make one tnkn this hint,
lo hot toll and xtrivn nnd stliit
(el H ponl'lou In tlin inlet;
J lint s the wnv.
Hn Only think, darling; there nro
ho many people in tint world, and ynt
you think mo o of me than nil tlio
rest. Am t it funny? Klio Funny?
Why, it's perfectly I idiculous,"
Hlobhs This painting in a genuino
Murillo; thn man who bought it rmid
310,00't for it it. lilold.K -'i en thoii
Rnud dollars! Now I iinilorstuiid w hat
is meant by tho "touch" of tho ohf
masters.
"I have alwais been misunder
stood," wailed thn sensitive poet.
Well, tliundei ntiou. exclaimed the
gross man, am t that the main rea
son why yon have been able to sell
yonr rhymes?"
Mrs. Hnooimr I wonder if it in-
true, as Dr. Jae hi says, that tho luihy
of today bus n hotter clinoce of living,
than the baby of lifty yearn ago?
Hnooper Certainly it is. 'I he buby
of fifty years ago is half a century
old now.
IJohs I don't know whether to dis
charge that new boy or raise his sal
ary. Manager What has he beeu
doing? J'oss He tunhed in my pri
vate olhce this morning, and told rue
there was a man downstairs who would
like to see me. .Manager Who wan.
it? Uobs A blind limn.
Courtship of Two Monkey.
A friend who wan encamped in the
woods recsntly witnessed the follow
ing occurrence: A troop of monkeys,
which seemed to be a picnic party,
nnder the i hni (.;e of chaperons, rims
to croi-s a creek by his camp. They
came along, traveling an usual, from
tree to treo by intei lacing limbs, and
at the creek side soon found some
vines whiuh made a suspension bridee.
There was considerable skylarking;
going on in the procession, but the
cnaperons marshaled all serosa tbe
bridge except two. Theie two bad
dodged behind trees, and palpably
and deliberately got left on purpose,
and when the rest of the picnic was
safely ont of sight they selected a nice)
narrow seat, where they sat extremely
close togefjr, apparently deep in
conversation and as happy an could
be.
After some timo the larger one spied
a fruit hanging not far below biiu.and
began to reach down to try and get it.
His reach proving too short, be took a
twist with bia tail around tbe limb
and swung for it. Hut even bis tail
was too short, and the frnit still bung
a foot or more out of bin reach. II in
smaller comrade saw the diiliculty.and
solved it at once. She grubbed the
tail firmly, looted it from the limb,
while at the same time her own tail
took a turn around it, let- ber com
rade's tail twist abont ber wrist, and
then, all securely braced ami anchored,
she reached down nntil sbs) bad low
ered him in i each of that: nit. Be
gathered it, and in a minute was back
by ber side, and they were eating the
frnit together. Forest and Stream,