M TNT W The Result of a Ruse By M. G Copyright, igio, by Associftted Literary Press "Yes. It is rather warm." Lillian Bently anawered her part ner mechanically as she sank Into a chatr after their dance. It had been the fifth waltz, and, so far, Paul Orm stead had not been near her. Hereto fore ho had always come to her first and claimed as many dances as she would give him, but tonight, for some reason, he had absolutely Ig nored her presence. She leaned back end her gaze wandered across the room to where he stood with Leah Elllcotb, his fair head bent above her, Leah's face, with its dark, vivid co! orinx, 'and deep, glowing eyes, raised to his. Iter heart contracted pain fully. Was he angry with her? She had done nothing. True, she had tfe-fus-'od to go to the play with him (he following Friday, but only ' becaise Tom Saunders, her partner in the last dance, was coming that night for dinner. Tom was an old friend, a very old friend, and often com to tlino and spend the evening with her; yet for some reason Paul had seemed hotly to resent her refusal of his in vitation when she told him the cause. How could ho bo so unkind so stupid! She stirred restlessly. Tom Saunders closed the fan he had been wielding and rose. "Lillian," he said, "won't you come outside for a few minutes? You are pale and the air will do you good." She assented listlessly and they passed out into the warm spring night and wandered slowly down the garden path. "You must put on your scarf, dear," he said. "The night is warm, but it From Her Window She Watched Him, won't do to risk anything." . Taking It from her, he draped It gently over her head and shoulders, then with a sudden movement took both her hands and crushed them between his own. "Lillian dear," he whispered, with tt break in his voice. Her eyes grew startled. She drew fcack. "Why, Tom, what is it? What do you " "Don't you know, sweetheart? Surely you know that I love you (have always loved you? Lillian " I "Tom, stop! .You mustn't I did not know how could I? I never .dreamed ; " His faoe grew white. "Wait, Lil lian," he pleaded, "I don't want you to answer me now. I have taken you by surprise I know only too well what you would say. But please wait wait till Friday night, when I come. I know, perhaps, it is no' use, but do just that one little thing tor me. Wait, and tell me then. Will you promise?" '! will promise, but " "Then that Is all I want. Come mow; we will go In." ' As they walked back along the path Paul Ormstead strolled toward them, a cigar held casually between, his fingers. Lillian thought be looked at her strangely as they passed, al most. Bho thought, with a flash of re sentment, suspiciously. "I'm tired, Tom," she said. "I be lieve I'll go home. Will you find' my brother for me?" The remainder of the week passed feverishly for Lillian, who dreaded the coming of Friday, when she must hurt Tom so dreadfully. She had never dreamed of such a thing, never thought of loving him how could she when her heart was filled with another? But Tom was so good, bo thoughtful. Would it make a differ ence? Would he cease to be her friend?- Somehow she couldn't bear the thought of that Friday afternoon, as she sat up stairs In her room, looking out over" the warm spring landscape, the maid brought her a card. "Mr. Paul Ormstead." Her heart beat tumultously. What could he have come fpr, now? She 'had not seen him since the night of the dance, and she was very angry with him. She tvisltnted. "Very well, Annette,". she said, final, ly, "I'll be down." When she came into the room Paal Ormstead . met her with an assured mile. . "I Just ran In," he told her. ft ENGLAND "to see if you had changed your mind about tonight." and then I will send somebody to re pair it." "Yes; but I know mother will be disappointed. She sale" wo ought to sell within an hour." Mr. Bamford had seen several good looking girls before. In this ase, how ingenuous ones. In this case, how ever, things were different If they hadn't been he wouldn't have coughed and blushed and stammered out: "Why why, I am a real estnto "Changed my mind?" she repeated coldlj'. "Certainly not! Why should I do that?" He seemed nonplussed. "Now don't be angry, Lillian," he protested. "I thought maybe you would decide to let Saunders como some other night and go with me." "Do you suppose," she asked,- with increasing hauteur, "that even it, Tom had .disappointed me I would consent to go with you after the other night?" "Oh, that!" lie laughed compla cently. "I knew you would be put out about Leah. But couldn't you see, dear, that I only did it to make you Jealous?" , "Jealous?" An angry light stole into her eyes. ' . "Why er yes," he stumbled, less assuredly now. "You know girls never do know their own minds till something like that opens their eyes. If they think they're losing a chap, why,' then " "And so you believed that when I thought I was losing you I would dis appoint Mr. Saunders at any cost, and accept your Invitation?" Lillian's voice was dangerously soft. Paul Ormstead fidgeted uncomfort ably. "Oh, come now, Lillian, don't be hard on a chap. There's no harm in a little ruse like that. Lots of fel lows do it. And, honestly, you've no idea how hard it was to keep away from you. Why, when I Baw you go out In the garden with that Saundors chap I just couldn't Btand it. I fol lowed along to make sure he wasn't trying to flirt with you. You saw me do that, so you know I was thinking of you, even if I didn't appear to be." Liliian rose, and there was no ef fort now to conceal the scorn and anger In her voice. "Mr. Ormstead," she said, "I have never really known you until today, and T must confess that the acquaint anceship is one which I have no de sire to prolong." And she turned and left him. From her window, she watched him stride angrily down the path and out of sight. Some minutes later another form swung into view, coming up the road toward the house. It was Tom, dear Tom, for whom she cared very much, but whom she must hurt. Must she hurt him? As she thought of Paul the contrast Tom's big, warm, generous nature, a strange sweet emotion surged through her heart. Suddenly her head dropped on her arm.'. ' She burled her face deep, revealing just the tip of a very pink ear. "Oh, what a little fool I've been," she murmured. "What a stupid little fool!" GIVE OLD "DAD" A CHANCE Following Beautiful Custom of "Moth ers' Day," Father It Going to Have One. The song, "Everybody works at our house but our old man," struck the popular fancy, yet In reality no one about the house works so hard as "dad," unless, In some Instances, the mother. On June 19, "Fathers' day" was instituted by the Ministerial alli ance and the Y. M. C. A. of Spokane, Wash., and churches everywhere are called upon to take up the observance. For years we have had Children's day, rightly considered one of the best of our Sunday school customs. With in the last few years has arisen the beautiful custom of Mothers' day, when sons and daughters wear the white carnation In token of filial love and honor, when mother is remem bered by letters from the children at a distance and when her influence in the home and her contribution to the nation in the development of its fu ture citizens are the theme of ser mons. This suggested the idea of a Fathers' day also, signalizing by a rose and by an obpervance similar to that of Mothers' day. We hear much and rightly of the mother's place in the home and In the 'training of the children, but the father's strong hand is required quite as much as the gentle touch of the mother. The ob servance of Fathers' day could be made to mean much tor the home, for religion and for patriotism.' Theyirop er place of the father as the head of the household, his part In the disci pline and training of the children, especially the boys, who need the firmness of a man's guidance and the Influence of a masculine example, the safeguarding of the marriage tie and the protection of womanhood and ctflldhood should all be emphasized. Born Aristocrat "Haughty chap, that fellow. He won't loaf anywhere but In a bank." "He was that way from youth. As a kid he wouldn't play In any dirt worth leu than $40 a front foot" 9 i? V- i K T V v C T ' w-! .f'-fSr Hr'Z fiOAO f?OAt TrTLCGAJ.PA TO ZAiT COAST ONDt'RAS is a particularly ap propriate name for that coon try of hills nnd valleys. It Is said that Las Honduras (The Depths) is the name given the country by the Spanish Conquistadores In their march northward duriug their conquest Of Central America proba bly so named for the difficulties en countered in making trail over the mountains. Entering the republic on the Pacific or south side, we landed at Amapala, a well-protected port situated on El Tigre island in the Hay of Fonseca. There is only a short wharf at Ama pala to accommodate vessels of light draught, bo we were hustled into a canoe and rowed to the wharf by a na tive boatman. Here we were set upon by a throng of natives ranging from small boys to gray-baired men, every one of whom wished to carry our bag gage to the hotel. After much bicker ing, one youth agreed to carry all our bundles, fifteen in number, from the wharf to the custom house and thence to the hotel for 2V4 pesos, the equiva lent of one dollar in our coin, nnd the bargain was made. We found the hotel to be a two Btory wooden structure, old, dirty and infested with rats, bedbug's and other vermin. In settling for our meals we were obliged to change some of our money for the coin of the country, and received two and one-half for one, one peso being worth approximately 40 cents United States coin. We next entered a gaeollne launch for the trip to San Lorenzo, the main land port of Honduras In the Bay of Fonseca. We wound our way through channels between the heavy ever glades, twisting and turning until I wondered at our boatman's being able to find the way at all. In places we entered lanes where the trees would approach one another till only a few feet of water remained on either side of the boat, only to emerge Into open water again and perhaps to be startled by the sudden rising of a flock of cranes or aigrets. Arriving at San Lorenzo, we found a flatboat unloading provisions and merchandise for the San RosariO' mine at San Juancito, 120 miles away. These suppliea were loaded upon heavy bull carts of crude construction; the wheels were of solid wood four inches In thickness and about three feet In diameter. The oxen were hooked to the pole of the cart by a curious wooden yoke which fits upon the heads of the beasts and is lashed there with buckskin thongs and rags. It is a very crude method of yoking oxen, but is invariable throughout Central Ameri ca. After partaking of a breakfast of tor tillas, honey, turtles' egg and chicken, we were Informed that our beasts were waiting to take us to the capital, Te gucigalpa. We found awaiting us the poorest and scrawniest lot of stock that I have ever bad the misfortune to encounter, and the saddles simply beg gared description; some were discard ed cavalry saddles of antique design, some were old Spanish saddles and some were simply pieces of stiff cow bide stretched over wooden' frames. However, we mounted and set out upon our way northward. The road lied over a succession of rolling hills covered with a beautiful growth of tropical verdure. Cattle and hogs of Inferior breeds were scattered through the country and paid no. attention to us as we passed by. At irregular intervals we passed na tive huts by the roadside, some built of vertical poles set upright a few inches apart, and thatched with palm leaves or "monkey tail," a soft of thick jungle grass; others of adobe with red clay tile roofs. These huts of the poor er people have only the earth for floors, and the furniture seldom com prises more than a table and a chair or two. The poorer ones seldom see and money and the commodoties are exchanged by a system of barter. Hence we see a few scattered "mil pas" or crops of corn or sugar cane, seldom exceeding a couple of acre In extent, while underbid cattle and stock graze over leagues of as rich ag ricultural soil as Is found anywhere In the world. We stopped at one or two of the huts for a lunch, but the best to be had was a tortilla, a piece of curd, a banana or a plantain. 1 The capital with Its environs bouts 30,000 inhabitants, and is built along the lines laid down by the Spanish oc cupants narrow streets, adobe houses with thick walls, embrasured windows and heavily-barred doors. The Rio Grande de Tegucigalpa flows through the city and divides it into two sec tions, the capital proper and Comya guela, the poorer section. On the high bank of the capital side and at one end of the large concrete bridge which spans the river, Is situated the palace of the president, a three-story frame building, at every entrance to which is stationed an armed sentry solemnly pacing, back and forth in the "goose step" of the German army. On the weBt side of the plaza Is the American legation, a two-story frame building, the finest edifice in Honduras. From the capital we set out for the department of Olancho and the placer gold country. After leaving the city, we followed narrow trails, the only roads. All travel and transportation is by beast. In Olancho the attitude of the peo ple is as listless as elsewhere in the republic, except that the women are more industrious than the men, and in fact they support the men and chil dren by their own efforts. From May to December all the streams are lined with camps of native families engaged In placer-gold washing. The women are much more expert in this than the men, and do practically all of the work. Nearly every stream In Honduras bears gold, though seldom Is It found in sufficiently heavy deposits to justify Americans in working it. There are legends of fabulously rich placer deposits in Mosqultia, the farthest northeast of the departments of Honduras, and I have seen many nuggets weighing from four to fifteen ounces, brought out by the Indians. This region, however, is an unex- plored Jungle, Impassable for beast and nearly so for man. In the northwestern part of Hon duras are some very rich placer mines worked by Americans, and a few ledge mines owned by foreigners. At San Juancito, seven leagues east of the capital. Is the Rosarlo mine, owned and operated by New York and native capitalists, and this Is the richest mine in the country. . There are no industries worth the mention in Honduras; the foreigners are shy of investing, fearing the un stableness of the government, and the natives lack the capital wherewith to develop their natural resources. Concessions have been recently let to American promoters for two rail roads, and work has been already begun on the road from Irlona, in the de partment of Mosqultia, to tap the rich rubber and mahogany lands of the in terior. When these roads are com pleted, find an outlet Is had for rich rubber deposits, cattle and precious woods, there is no reason why Hon duras should npt become a prosperous republic, and a country world-famous lor its agricultural and mineral prod ucts. REX. Take Notice, Please! An instantaneous cure for hic coughs is to take one teaspoonful of common vinegar. ' For the earache, put ten drops of brandy Into a teaspoon, warm over a candle until steaming hot, then dip Into it a Bmall piece of cotton wool and place in the ear. ' Stained Hands. Raw tomatoes ef fectually remove fruit and vegetable stains from the hands. They answer exactly the same purpose as lemons, which are not always obtainable. When choosing a house, four points should be looked to particularly: (1) The soil on which It is built, (2) the air to which one will be exposed, (3) the water with which it is supplied, (4) the condition of the drains. To prevent muslin draperies, chil dren's frocks, etc., from blazing, should they accidentally catch fire, dissolve a bit of alum In the water in which they are rinsed. They will then only smolder away. The alum is not at all injurious to the muslin. 8ay Uncle Eben, "A man may be sumpin' of a crank," Bald Uncle Eben, "an' not have much trouble If he's wlllln' to go 'long wit de general machinery, 'stid o' tryin' to turn de otner war." Many Americans Abroad This Season LONDON. The American season in London, Paris and Berlin Is the best since the three golden years pre ceding the panic of 1907. The hotels of all the capitals of Europe aro thronged with well-to-do Americans, who are spending money with the tra ditional lavlshness that pleases the hotelkeepcrs and shopkeepers every where. Europe has learned that not all Americans nre millionaires, and eo It ia that less Is heard each year of ex tortion and attempted extortion. Amer ican tourists, too, Eeem to have learneb the ropes and they know Just where to go to get the most for their money. Comfortable new hotels that charge reaEonnble prices have been built in all the capitals of Europe within the last five years and in Paris, London, Berlin, Rome and Vienna, new hotels Invnrla bly have rnanj' baths, while come thnt appeal to the wealthier visitors have suites with baths that are as modem ly luxurious as anything New York can offer. What with comfortable and reasonable priced hotels, with express trains with dining cars attached con necting all the capitals, Americans find traveling in Europe nowadays Home for Drunkards' Wives Is Closed UV COURSE DERC A1MT MOjJ MEN DOrlVuOTl GET DWUNK MO HOR- KANSAS CITY, Kan. The home founded by Carry Nation, the Kan sas "Joint smasher," in this city as a refuge for drunkards wives, will prob ably be closed and the property re turned to Mrs. Nation. The reason Is, there are not enough wives of drunkards in the largest city of Kan sas to warrant the continued opera tion of a refuge for them. Mrs. Na tion has requested of the Associated Charities, the organization which is managing the home, that the proper ty be deeded back to her. The home has accommodations for 40 women but there are no drunkards' wives in It now. The Associated Char ities is using it as a home for unfor tunate and homeless women. About fifteen women now occupy the home. Peter W. Goebel, president of the board of directors of the Associated Charities, admits that the home is a failure as far as being a place for the 1 e3 The Busy Money Changers of New York --yKS .SPEND ANYUVLL,- J NEW YORK. Four big banks In the Wall Btreet district of New York city resemble the great gold mines of the west in one striking feature. They have three eight-hour shifts of tollers, and the work never stops. One sot takes up the routine where the other leaves off. All night long, Sundays and holidays, a staff of men in each of these banks is busy opening thousands of letters, sorting and listing innumerable checks and drafts that represent fabulous sums of money, and getting them ready for the day force, which is the only one the public comes In contact with or ever hears about. If this work were not carried on incessantly, the banks would soon be overwhelmed with a mountainous accumulation of detail. Two shifts the "scouting force," as they call themselves work between five o'clock in the afternoon and nine Aged Ice Regarded Thary A OKI MAM PHILADELPHIA. The Natural Ice Association of America, including dealers in natural ice in Philadelphia, has begun a "campaign of education" to Inform the public that aged ice is free from bacteria. Bacteria are the little wlgglers In water that get Into the Insides of peo pie and often give them typhoid, diph theria and other diseases. A quart of water contains a million or two of these bacteria. Some of them, not all, are dangerous to health. But the natural ice men say and they produce scientific argument to support their assertions that al though the bacteria are frozen Into the ice when the water congeals, they are killed off bo rapidly that In 34 : Q222L much more simple and comfortable than it was 15 years ago. London holds itself rigidly aloof from rivalry with the great cities of the continent It permits Berlin and . Paris to boast of their attractions in order to lure the American tourist; for itself, it seems content to say: "Here I am, the greatest city in the world, with unrivaled museums and picture galleries, not to mention tailors and dressmakers. Come and see me h you want to, but If you don't want to well, I dare say I'll get along without ;ou." Berlin and Paris now are in open competition. Berlin thinks it is a more fascinating city than Paris and It intimates that its night life Is far and away more alluring than Paris'. Paris, despite the nioderness of Ber lin and Its nocturnal brilliancy, con tinues to be the Mecca of Americans, men and women. The season, both In London and Paris, this year has been marred by almost constant rain. In London a cold rain fell dally for almost three weeks from the middle of June. The weather was so chilly that newly ar rived Americans were compelled to wear heavy overcoats and wraps. Paris, too, has been rainy and cold, and shopkeepers and restaurant keep ers complain bitterly of the effects of the cold upon their trade. Thanks to the American Invasion with its train of gold, Parisians have reason to be fairly glad the; are alive. housing of drunkards' wives. "That is the 'distressing' condition that exists," Mr. Goebel said. "There 13 no use in denying it. We cannot find drunkards' wives to live there. "Mrs. Nation has asked that we re turn the home to her. The members of the board of directors differ as to whether or not this should be done. She has agreed to pay us for what re pairs and improvements have been made at the home and at present the association needs the money that would be thus received for other branches' of work. At our next meet ing we will finally determine what stand to take concerning holding or releaolng the propertj'." Mrs. Nation wishes the home re turned to her so that it may be sold and the nroceeds of its sale used In the construction of a home for boys k which she is building in Oklahoma. In 1902 she bought the property, which was the homestead of C. N. Simpson, one of the pioneers of Kan sas. Mrs. Nation secured most of the $4,000, which she originally paid for the property, from the sale of the small souvenir "Carrie A. Nation hatchets" which she and her friends Bold for 25 cents. the next morning. Each bank has a big drawer in the general post office. Messengers clear this of its letters every hour all night long. Three thou sand letters a day Is the average mall of one of these large banks. Two thirds of It comes in during the night. These letters, in the case of one of the biggest of these banks. Contain from 35,000 to 40,000 checks and drafts. At times these inclosures rep resent as much as $30,000,000. Rare ly does the total fall below $20,000,000. The letters are opened 'as fast as they are received, the checks are counted, and the totals verified with the footings of the lists; The letters are then stamped, which shows that they have been "proven in," as the banks call it. After that they are turned over to the clerks who send out tne tormai acknowledgments of the remittances they, contain. The various checks are assorted accord ing to the numbers of the books In which they are to be entered and otherwise; the sight drafts are grouped according to the routes of the bank's messengers, and all is made ready for turning the night's accumu lation over to the day force, so it may be handled by it as expeditiously as 'possible. Safe for Health hour 90 per cent, of them are dead, and within a few weeks the ice Is sterile absolutely free from bacterial life of any kind. One Philadelphia natural Ice dealer said recently: "Natural Ice is cut in Docember, January and February, Seventy per cent of it is used between June and September, when it Is any where from sixteen to twenty weeks old, and when the bacteria are frozen In it and have been without air, mo tion, warmth and food from four to five months." A paper recently sent out with the Indorsement of the national body ol natural Ice dealers says: "The buyer of ice should really t as anxious to obtain, and the dealer In natural Ice as quick to advertise, that he sells old Ice, as the green grocer Is to seek trade on the strength of the freshness of his tomatoes or peas, and the butter and egg man on his new laid or freshly made products. Old Ice Is pure Ice, sterile Ice, free from bao teria harmful or helpfuL"
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