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AN OLD MAN'S GRAVE.
Make it where tie fiiir winds may Bweep
Throuoh the pine boughs soft and deep,
And the murmur of the sea
Comes across the Orient lea,
'And the falling rain-drops sing
Gently to his slumbering.
Make it where the meadows wide
Greenly lie on every side,
Harvest fields he reaped and trod,
Westering slopes of clover sod,
Orchard lands where bloom and blow
Trees he planted long ago,
L. M.
"To-night she will be here!" Ruth
said, joyously.
"To-night!" echoed Mortimer, half
Jealous of the gay young creature
fresh from her boarding school, who
shared with him her beautiful half
sister's heart.
"You have never seen her," said
Ruth.
"No and I would rather not!" he
' answered, plaintively.
Ruth smiled. "You do not yet
know how sweet and lovable our
Mlml is!"
"But I know well that she ennnot
compare with my beautiful, stately
Ruth!"
She flushed with pleasure while she
said, Bmlling, "You do not believe
what I have told you, then. Just
wait, and see!"
He had not long to wait. Almost
as Ruth was speaking the old stage
came lumbering into sight, and soon
had stopped before the door. Then
there was a lutter, a rush, a little
outburst of happy laughter and
Mimi was in her sister's arms.
Mortimer looked on, half Jealous
and half amused.
But after a moment Ruth unclasped
Mlml's encircling arms and said:
"Miml, darling, I want to introduce
you to my friend, Mortimer Lacey."
So for the first time Mortimer saw
that lovely blossom face upturned to
his. And he noticed with an artist's
quickness the merry eyes, the small,
Btraight nose, the smiling lips Just
parted over the small, white, gleam
ing teeth, the dimpling chin and the
crowning waves of sunny hair above
the low, white brow.
She was lovely to look at. A
merry child, he thought, when the
low ripple of her laughter broke upon
his ear.
"But my poor, sweet little mam
ma!" she cried a moment later; "I
must go to her!" And she darted
from them, up the stairs to the room
where the patient invalid lay wait
ing and watching for her darling's
home coming.
Ruth turned to Mortimer wlt'a a
bright, questioning smile.
"Yesi she is very charming," he
admitted, half-grudgingly. "But she
reminds me of a hummingbird "
"You do not know Mimt yet," said
Ruth. "Where once she fixes her af
fection she never wavers. The child,
for all her gayety, Is true as steel."
Mortimer and Ruth had been play
mates In early childhood, and her
Brst real grief had been his going
away -to school. At first he had come
: home again at vacation time, but by
, and by came college days and then
long years of art study and travels
abroad. And Mortimer had returned
this spring time, on a sketching trip
to the home of his boyhood, for the
Orst time In many years.
j There are places on our coast which j
change but little fa the course of'
years, and Bay Point was one of
these. But the people change. Mor
timer's old home had long ago been
broken up, and of all his childhood's
associates he had found but one re
maining. In some odd corner of his
memory the name Ruth Pemberton
bad lingered. ' And the lovely, stately
'., girl who had greeted him as a friend
Instead of the utter stranger he had
at first felt himself to be, had seemed
the fairest creature he had ever
known.
She had seemed from the first his
Ideal realized, and he was Jealous
of her many household cares which
prevented him from enjoying the sun-
shine of her presence every hour of
f the day. He was Jealous, too, of the
Invalid stepmother and Ruth's devo
tion to her, and of the absent young
half-sister.
Ruth's love for her early playmate
. grew and blossomed as naturally and
' as beautifully as the rose vines over
the arbor where he had told her of
i his love. i . .
It had seemed as if no mortals'
happiness had ever been so complete
as theirs. And Mortimer felt that
any change must mar it in some way,
so he had begged that for a time it
should be a secret between them
selves. Ruth had given way to his
.wishes. '
After Mimi's homecoming it was
natural that the girl should be much
In the society of her sister's artist
friend. It was natural that the in
valid mother, sot knowing of her
Stepdaughter's engagement to Mor
timer Lacey, should begin to build
up hopes and airy dreams for the
future of her only child. It was nat-
' ural, too, that Mortimer should soon
feel and begin to show an indulgent
affection for his love's young sister.
And Ruth, with her daily cares and
.. household duties and few hours of
leisure, saw nothing amiss.
Suddenly the invalid fell seriously
111. Well meaning but blundering
Mlml had to be banished from the
sickroom, where Ruth stayed night
and day. It was, seldom that Morti
. mer could see her for more than a
" moment at a time. He felt it was
very hard upon him; but he tried to
be magnanimous and to comfort poor
distracted little Mimi 'for his love's
west sftite.
At last the eriais was over, and the
Make it where the starshine dim
May be always close to him,
And the sunrise glory spread
Lavishly around his ceo,
.And the dewy grasses creep
Tenderly above his sleep.
Since these things to him were dear
Through full many a well-spent year,
It is surely meet their grace
Should be- on his resting-place,
And the murmur of the sea
lie his dirge eternally.
Montgomery, in Youth's Companion.
yj Jll JP ONE.
invalid began to Improve. One even
ing she had fallen into a quiet sleep,
Ruth softly left tho room and stole
down stairs. She had heard Morti
mer's voice with Mimi's in the gar
den, and she thought she would Join
them for a while.
But where had they gone? She
still could hear the murmur of their
voices and she followed the. sound
until it led her toward the rustic seat
by the rose arbor where Mortimer
and she had sat that happy, happy
nignt.
Ah, here they were!
She saw Mortimer bend forward
and take Mimi's hand. What he was
saying she did not hear, but his tones
were as low and tender as they had
been on that other night when he
had told her of his love.
What could it mean?
Slowly Mimi raised her drooping
head, and there was no misunder
standing the love-light in the young
girl s eyes.
Ruth crushed her hands against
her heart. She waited no longer,
she looked no more. Silently, swiftly
she retraced her steps until she found
herself again by the sleeper's side.
There was nothing unusual to
Mimi that night In her sister's kiss.
But in the morning she noticed that
Ruth was pale and silent.
"My poor Ruthie!" said the girl.
"You have worn yourself out nursing
mamma! You ought to lot me help
In some way. Is there nothing, real
ly, that I can do?" s
Ruth looked at her with grave,
sweet tenderness.
"I am tired, dear," she confessed;
"I did not sleep last night. And,
Mimi, if you will stay with mamma
for a while this morning, I would be
glad to get a walk In the fresh air."
She saw the cloud of disappoint
ment that overshadowed the girl's
face, though Mimi consented readily.
And after a while, when every
household call upon her had been
attended to, Ruth went out. She
knew well where to go.
There was a knoll in the field, not
far away, where a clump of Btunted
pines Btood boldly out against the
blue background of sea and sky.
It was this place that Bhe had
chosen for his picture, and it was
here that she found Mortimer at
work.
He beard her approaching foot
steps and glanced up over his shoul
der with a smile. "Mimi, dear, you
are late to-day!" he cried.
Theu seeing it was Ruth he jumped
up and advanced to meet her with a
half-embarrassed air.-
"Miml and I have changed places
this morning," Ruth said with a fleet
ing smile. "She is reading to mam
ma, while I I came because I
wanted to speak to you."
She drew a quick breath as he took
her hand and led her to her old seat
among the rocks.
"You have had a hard, anxious
time of it lately," Mortimer said to
break the silence.
"Yes," she answered slowly, "and
now when it is over many things
seem changed. Mortimer I think
there has been a mistake has
there not? Indeed, I am sure of itl
And so I have come to ask for my
release." ,
"Ruth!"
As she raised her eyes to his, his
glance fell, and his bronze cheek
flushed.
"If a mistake was made, it Is sure
ly better to have found it out in
time," she said. "You will set me
free?"
"Ruth, you mean you do not love
me?"
Her eyes drooped then and her
color rose.
"Spare me all further confession,"
she sair1.. "We are not suited to one
another. I see that now. Let ub
forget this dream, of which none
but ourselves - need know. But be
generous, Mortimer; let me still call
you friend."
He took her hand and kissed it.
"Always, Ruth!" he said, tenderly.
"And of course, dear, it -nust be Just
as you think best."
Then, when she had left him, he
put up his painting traps for he
could not work any more that day
and he sat there thinking and half
unconsciously wondering the while,
if Mimi would not yet come.
And though he honestly tried to
regard himself as a man whose dear
est hopes had Just been blighted by
a fickle woman's whim, he could not
altogether succeed, for Mimi's sweet
and flowerlike face, so full of love
and admiration for him, rose ever be
fore his eyes.
So it came to pass that before Mor
timer turned his face towaward in
the autumn he had asked Mimi to be
his wife. And then, as well as in the
early springtime when they were
married, Ruth seemed as glad of their
happiness as even the invalid mother
appeared to be.
And Mortimer, comparing; Ruth
with his adoring bride, secretly won
dered however for a moment he could
have fancied himself in love with so
stately a woman. But he excused
himself by thinking that at that time
he had not seen Mimi's lovelier flower-like
face.
Then they went away and made
their home In the distant city.
Two years passed. The fragile In
valid upon whom for so long Ruth
had bestowed a daughter's tender
care and devotion, was dead, and
Ruth was left alone.
Mlml had lovingly and urgently
begged her to come and make her
home with them, and Mortimer had
urged it, too.
"I will come to you gladly," Ruth
had said in reply, "but only for a
short time, for I have made my ar
rangements to enter a hospital and
become a nurse. You must not think
me selfish if I have decided to live
my life In my own way.".
This anrfouncemefit was a great
grief to Mlml. But even in the face
of that and Mortimer's strong re
monstrance, Ruth stood firm.
"Don't grudge me this," she said,
with a smile that reminded him
strangely of other days. "It has
been my desire and intention for a
long, long time."
During the weeks that they were
together Ruth entered heartily into
all of Mlml's interests, and hopes and
plans. And Mortimer, silently watch
ing and comparing them, saw at last
the difference in stature of their two
souls.
And, strangely enough, he sudden
ly had come to see himself by another
light. He had not fulfilled the prom
ise of his youth. His great picture
had not been painted, and he felt dis
satisfied, though he knew that his
young wife thought him and all his
work perfection. But before Ruth's
clear and unwavering eyes he quailed.
He had not reached the high stand
ard Bhe had set for him, and which
once had been his own.
They chanced to be alone together
In his studio, and Ruth was standing
before the weak, half-finished picture
upon his easel.
"Oh, if you had not failed me,
Ruth!" he groaned miserably. "With
you all heights had been possible!"
There was a silence, during which
he would have given bis right hand
to have recalled those ill-considered
words.
Then, as if she had not heard him,
Ruth spoke.
"There is something wrong, Mor
timer you must begin anew. There
is yet time. You see, I want to have
the faith in you that Mimi has."
Then, leaving him, she rejoined
Miml in another room.
He felt humiliated. He left the
house and walked aimlessly for
hours. When he returned at dusk
Ruth was gone.
"She left good-by for -you, Morti
mer, dear. But isn't it dreadful?"
Mimi sobbed. "There's no knowing
when we shall ever see her again!
It is almost as if she were dead!
She must have received some mes
sage. At any rate, she has started
for the hospital a whole week earlier
than Bhe expected to go. She could
not even wait, dear, until you re
turned."
He passed his weeping wife in si
lence and entered his darkened studio
and closed the door.
So Ruth had weighed him and
found him utterly wanting not
worthy even of her farewell! He had
tried to cast the blame upon her, and
had said that Bhe had failed him.
But he knew that he had been false
to her and that in some way she had
divined it even as he was false to
poor Mimi now and false to his bet
ter self. So he had wrecked his life!
What lay before him but growing dis
content, degeneration, failure?
He went to the window and stared
out gloomily. On the ledge lay a
book. It was one he had seen in
Ruth's hands that day and a bit of
ribbon marked her place. He opened
It, and as he turned it to catch the'
fading light his eyes fell upon these
words, lightly marked: i
"If she be smaller than thou art,
bend a little and whisper in her ear."
This was Ruth's message to him,
and he understood it as she had
known he would. It showed him the
only way that happiness might lie.
He closed the book, and after a
little while he went out and comfort
ed his wife. Judith Spencer, in
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Bermuda the Onionless.
If you just go to Bermuda for the
onions you had better stay at home,
because all the onions are exported.
But if you can make up your mind to
do without onions, you will have a
splendid time. In the first place,
there are no railroads, and, oh,
blessed thought! no trolleys on the
Islands. You can forget the hurry
and the fret and rest tired nerves.
You can bathe, you can sail on the
wonderfully clear, still water within
the rampart of coral; you can fish,
and look through water glasses
thirty feet down on the teeming life
under sea. The Bermuda boats are
rigged with something which is al
most a balloon jib and a leg-o' mut
ton, or jib-headed mainsail, and they
are of very deep draught. But they
work pretty handily, and will stand
up and sail fast in rough water, so
that you can take them out beyond
the protected water without fear. At
any rate, they add to the attractive
ness of the islands to everybody who
cares for sailing. Travel Magazine.
Who Had the Bottles?
John Bright was once asked how
it was that Pitt made one of his
finest speeches after drinking two
bottles of port John Bright was, as
UBual, equal to the occasion. He
pointed out that verbatim reporting
was unknown in those days, and he
suggested that the other members
of the House, on whose opinion Pitt's
reputation largely depended, had
probably drunk three bottles.
New York City. The chemisette
effect makes a most notable feature
f the bp anon and 1b shown in almost
Infinite variety. Here is a waist that
shows one of the pointed sort and
that is closed Invisibly at the left of
the front, a fact which in Itself com
mends It to many women. It also
is trimmed after an entirely novel
fashion and is eminently graceful and
attractive, there being trimming por
tions, the edges of which are ar
ranged under the pleats and which
are cut in tabs that in turn are ar
ranged over the pllsse frills and allow
of effective use of the fashionable
buttons. In this instance the ma
terial Is taffeta, in one of the pretty
new buff shades, and the trimming is
velvet ribbon in a golden brown,
while the chemisette is of lace over
chiffon and the frills are made of
plisse ribbon. All the materials that
are suited to waists and to afternoon
dresses are appropriate, however, the
model serving both purposes equally
well.
The waist Is made with a fitted lin
ing that is closed at the centre front,
and consists of fron,s and back with
the trimming portions, the eiiges of
which are arranged under the pleats.
The back portion of the chemisette
is faced onto the lining, but the front
Is separate and joined to the waist,
the closing being made invisibly at
the left side beneath the pleat. The
sleeves are full puffs, and when long
ones are used the linings are faced
to form the cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and
three-fourth yards twenty-one, three
and one-fourth yards twenty-seven,
or one and seven-eighth yards forty
four Inches wide, with one-half yard
of all-over lace, three and one-fourth
yards of plisse ribbon for frills, seven
yards of banding, one yard of all-over
lace when long sleeves are used.
Foreign Evening Wraps.
At foreign theatres and casinos
the wrap is an important garment,
especially as it Is not. always left
in the cloak-room. Evening mantles
are now made of the flimsiest ma
terial, lace and chiffon, emphasized
by valuable furs, being the chief in
gredients; but panne, Liberty satin
and velvet are also used for this
purpose. Now and then one may
meet with a decorative affair ot
which flnS, light-colored cloth is the
background.
Braid is Popular.
Wide bands of braid are used on
both Jacket and skirt
Bhrvr KvTBJug; Skirt,
The skirts of sheer tuff are a.),
most invariably very full ao.4 either
shirred around tha waistband of
pleated in small plaits. Trains, ape.
the rule not only on the evening
gowns, but on all ceremonious tolK
ettes and tha sktrt la very long on.
alds and front.
Good to Look; At,
A girl with magnificent red-brown
hair looked delightful In a rough,
dark, hairy eerga wtth a copper-eoU
ored suede cap perched on her beau
tiful hair, and two copper buoklea
at her waist and copper-colored
shoes and stockings, Thee shoes,
it may ba remarked, are made, In the
most practical shades aud kinds, aud
can be cleaned with preparations
specially made for thorn, r.nd tha col-,
ored stockings are everywhere to fee
had of suitable warmth,
ClUId's Sett Hat, Scarf and Muff.
There are an exceptional number
of pretty fur plushes this year, and
they are being very generally utilized
tor the making of children's scarfs
and muffs. Here Is a very charming
little set (that Includes also a hat
with band of the plush) that is as
simple as It Is attractive and that In
volves very little labor In the making.
In the illustration the long haired
polar bear pluah Is the sort used, but
the brown bear, the white astrakhan
and the ermine are especially to be
commended, while there are also a
variety of others. Iu this case the
little hat is made with uppsr portion
of white cloth and is trimmed with
cord and loops of heavy silk; it can
be made all of cloth or all of plush,
however, if liked, and used separately
without the scarf and muff.
The scarf is made in two pieces
and requires simply to be wadded
and lined, while the muff consists ot
two pieces for the outside and two
for the lining, which require to be
joined, while the soft, warm stuffing
Is arranged between.
The hat Is made wtth the founda
tion band and crown and full portion,
the full portion being faced with tha
plush and arranged over the founda
tion. The quantity of material required
for the medium size (four years) is,
for the hat one-half yard fifty-two
Inches wide, with one-half yard fifty-
two Inches wide for the scarf and
muff and the band for the hat, three
fourth yard ot satin for lining for
scarf and muff.
LIEUTENANT BOWMAN.
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PE-MiUJID Hi.
Cold Affected Head and Throat
AttackWas Severe.
Chas. W. Bowman, 1st Lieut, und Adjt.
4th M. S. M. Cav. Vols., writes from Lan
ham, Md., as follows:
"1 hough somewhat averse to patent
medicines, and still more averse to be
coming a professional affidavit man, it
seems only a plain duty in the present in
stance to add my experience to the col
umns already written concerning the cura
tive powers of Peruna.
"Ihavebeen particularly benefited
by its so for colds In. the head and
throat. I have been able to fully euro
myself of a mont severe attack in
forty-eight hours by Us usoacconllnff
todirecttons. 1 use It as a preventive
whenever threatened wlthun attack.
"Members of my family also uae it for
like ailments. We are recommending it to
our friends."
Chas. W. Bowman.
Ask Tour Druggist for Free 2eiitn
Almanac for 1007.
A RACE OF GIANTS
Americans of Future Will Be Stronger
Physically and Mentally.
According to Dr. W. J. McGee of
St. Louis the American of the future
will be a taller man, stronger, more
Intellectual, more humanitarian and
will live longer than the American of
today. Dr. McGee read a paper
entitled, "The American of To-morrow,"
before the anthropological sec
tion of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science."
"At the present time," said DrV
McGee, In support of his contention,
"every babe born lives on an average
of 39 years. Half a century nSo the
average life was 27 years, and 100
years back the span of life was .24 to
25 years, thus showing that the lon
gevity is Increasing." ,
In the opinion of Dr. McGee,; John
D. Rockefeller is typical of, the
American of tomorrow. He describ
ed Mr. Rockefeller as "the incarna
tion of concentrated effort," and de
clared that from an anthropological
point of view he undoubtedly repre-,
sented the coming American. He con
sidered Mr. Rockefellor's groat ,
wealth as only Incidental and said
whatever line of business Mr. Rocke-
feler had chosen he would have taken '
first rank.
Women Who Will Gamble.
The most difficult gambling to keep
in chock both in Singapore and Pen-'
ang Is gambling among Straits-born '
women of all classes from the highest
downward. Frequent complaints are
received from husbands whose wives
have lost heavily, and It is known that
there are five lotteries operating more
or less dally in Singapore which are
almost exclusively supported by
"nonlas." Education may possibly do
something to stop this vice among the
Straits-born ladies, but it must be
confessed that its effect in that di-.
rectlon on their husbands and brothers
is but small. South China Post.
Substitute for Copper. .
Aluminum for transmission of elec
tricity Is being used as a substitute
for copper in some instances, par
ticularly in California and northern
New York, but Its general substitution
for copper is not anticipated by pro
minent copper mining people.
A Paris paper devoted to scientific
subjects announces the discovery of
a practical method of shielding watch
es and clocks from all mognetic in-,
fluences. It is said to be the work
of a watchmaker named Leroy.
COSTLY PREESCBE.
Heart and Nerves Fail on Coffee.
A resident of a great Western
State puts the case regarding stimu
lants with a comprehensive brevity
that Is admirable. He says:
"I am 56 years old and have had
considerable experience with stimu
lants They are all alike a mortgage
on reserved energy at ruinous Inter
est. As the whip stimulates but does '
not strengthen the horse, so do stim
ulants act UQon the human system. .
Feeling this way, I gave up coffee
and all other stimulants and began .
the use of Postum Food coffee some
months. ago. The beneficial results
have been apparent from the first
The rheumatism that I used to suffer .
from has left me, I sleep sounder, '
my nerves are steadier and my brain
clearer. And I bear testimony also
to the food value of Postum some
thing that la lacking in coffee." Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich. There's a reason. Read "The
Road to WellvlUe." tha. quaint little
book la pkgs.
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