vote of the hunter, Shas Fb go) gleam, : : sined _miience, : E. and fears of the prairie, : he sont of men: a volume held it, : that fell sround Bis hetd so Hany strings. His Htile dark pping from one thing to! On one occasion be greeted | ith effusive politensss; on passed them without recog sd with his thoughts. 1 4 crank They smiled Bathe was. mentioned, inti- | it something was pot quite . his upper story.” He was however, to be a man of intel. sthalar. His neighbors said his living with some horrid os Be calied chemicals, 8 hobby that overstnd. or peculiarities, which be fo those with whom he was gequainted. To these hei biz explained a strange philoso | possessed him. He would in- speaking of the mysterh of the sun and moon up- great oceans: how under their bere was the ebb and fow be tide twice 5 day. Then he would ude by saying that the greater be human body was a liquid 1; that thizx same overwhelm. 1 composition was suliject to ebb and Sow as in the oceans: and it was 8 fact that he recognized ix own body. wax a cause for this philosophy iT. His Mather was of i 8 hihiy a year To rhe ng She had pe early in the apring. In a cottage 8 she passed mavy weeks time with her face toward | great expanse of water. kx the flow of the tide came In with | & boom, there was an ex tion In it that was conveyed to that gave her hope and courage. as & stimulus 16 ber spirits. Life richer than at any otber time would follow the ebb, with ital break, with its subtle slippisg E s passing away, a tameness, . Rach day of the whole summer the d Bow of the tides brought an «bh and flow in the woman, in her In the fall a baby -Victor— was born. He came at midnight at the | roar and rush of bigh tide the ebb set in. As the mother gazed at ber child she falntly - "He came at the flow of tide; I go at the ebb” So it Thus the strange philosophy of the ebb and flow entered the lite of Victor Irvine. The story of his mother's last; moments | had never been told him. He as Bowe not grown to manhood BD st felt and recognized the | uence of the ebb and flow. me to be to him that only in the | few hours at midday and at jd t—eould he accomplish any. thing. Then he conducted his chemical | nents, made his analyses. rush of the flow thoughts, fdvas, ns, suggestions burst tumult. ously upon him, pounding on the surf | brain. It was a work of fever ish Intensity to grasp and save them e failed to catch them, with the eht went. Work was a drudgery the | inder of the day. At the midnight | to put in perioa- 3 the Work Be was him. jsatisfy bimself of its existence, also what its characteristics were, or whether It might not be a known ele { ment in a new form. 1 ian ever present slip away from ing he felt the coming of th i Thelr conversation grew exconiingly | | In the walting for the highest | fide he was overwhelmed with the I thought that he must tell Mary of the jove he had for her, that consumed - Wales, according to With tzed that ft might De 4 new element. | He might be the discoverer of that {which would startle the scientific Bo far the element bad elnded world I He had not only been unable to but The woman-Mary Ames-was a warps hearted, whole souled womnn; a ; woman who, with & broad, teader, bo. nmn sympathy read life and the varl ous species of natures that possissed imankind she knew: a woman whovould see good where oibord saw dross. understood Vietor Irvine. Blie gave him | eredit where others had given ridicule. Bhe respected the man, the student. | Bhe found a man who conhl he honest and true, a man who could love. The Jove of Mary Ames became 8 staff for him to Jean on. Through her 1 eves be took % new view of the earth, of mankind. He drawn to her. was irresistibly ftaeit through him. that thoughts, feel (ings, affections for Mary possessed bin. It was then, when the flow | | pounded on the surf of his heart, he i oried to himself "This is Ue Hife” Victor was so situated as only to be : able to sec Mary In the evening. There was shwavs an Inciingiion to remain ate with her, which be never yielded | He had alwass gone befors the to. “rosh of the midnight bigh tide. For { this reason he bad not spoken of the Jove that possessed him had pot had a | chance to pour it out in & rush of wards | in the flow. The ebb bronght Rim a There was fenr that she youll sing Inthe andertow. Ome day be came to her ip the morn. Ir wax a holiday, timidity that was painfol niidday dow. bright. him. He broke out: “Mary--darling, yon are so sweet #0 sweel-you ard so grand-so grand. I Bave something 1 have been going ty tell you-tell you, dear” then he stopped. Heo could got ne farther. mered, UF Beenie another tine, Revers] weoks prssed. told. It was the month of March, at the time of the vernal equinox. Great storms raged on the ooenn. The tides were running high. One night, In the worst fury of the stormy, Victor was in bis laborntory, He stam. Marys 4 bey at work, He war experimenting. | The element he had heen hunting for had torned ap. He bad piade several succession] analyses. It seemed to Bim that he almost naderstomd the seerst that bad been siuding him. It was not yet 10 o'clock. It was more than two hours until the obh. In that time the mystery would be known, the problem solved. and the world would credit him with a discovery. : The flow rushing on In great surges Lromght other Inspirations. There was Mary. How sweet jova was bow glorious! Ir was almost Bin Would it ever De Lis? LHe without It was a dead. empty thing Jt must be hia AWAY ott cate we gost waves fo ward the shore of the soul of Victor Irvine. They rolled, tossed and pitehed #3 they moved in. On ene perched the secret of chomistry that he had been diligently searching for. On the other love rode. The two waves were In fearful strug. gle the one with the oiler, They ralsed | their high beads and broke nuts angry feathery caps. They chased each other, one seeking to swallow the anther. The coites? waa a wild tem. pestuons one. At last, with 8 roar, they went together and, breaking. flew far up the beach, love riding tricmph- antly in. It was then that Vietor fled through the rain to the homes of the wanian he loved. Higher, greater swells were rising out on the waters. following exch other to the shore. Ax onward they came he poured ont to the woman the tale of his life. the tslsery of his faneliness, the wealth of happiness there was In It. Before the ebb eames Be had thy answer of the woman, [ft wie satis factory. There was no regret for the Inst secret of the laboratory. Ax the moons waxed ars! waned the | feoret oame back to the Inmate of a happy home. Jt returned as jetsam of thar night of the storm - News, Is Jewish Exclasiveress Ireaking Up? “is Jewish exclusiveness becoming a legend rather than a reality 7" asks the London Chronicle in connection with tue following date from Australia which would seem fo stiggest an af. firmative answer. In New South ished matrimonial statistics, during the last rveur no less than sixty ren Jewesses selectell husbands from the Church of England while seventeen mated with Catholics and eleven found their affinities in the Preshyterian fold. One hundred and fifty-one Jéws were united to Anglican wives, sixty two te Catholics, thirteen to Presbyterians, twelve to Methodists, four to nonale nominationalists and two to Congrega. tionalists, while a solitary son of Israel | is reported to bave wed a Baptist. Al 7 | together out ot 781 Jewish marriages, She | Then it wan, when the {rush of the incoming Sow was flooding | Ag be Hogered | The ebb was on. He felt {t, “1 wil tell you at | It wan not Bimaell to his books! its pathetic strangeness | the sweetness of the love he bore her Now York | the recently pub ’ Popuiar Fiction. A dab or two of history, i fragile thread of plot Great goby of talk and love zod gore The rest, it matters not, y lala, On Toast, Medigger—~ The robin is a very timid | Ard tsn't Bp Tuisgomboh-“T guess 30. At any rate, the average reéuiaurant cook can make 1 quail.” ~ Philadelphia Press, Feminine Amenities, Migs Thirtyodd “1 want to give my flance a surprise on hi birihilay Can't vou suggest something? : Misa De Filypp—"Well, you might tell him your age Chicago News, Cupid ss a Gardener. Edith<1 see that the charming young Widow Daghington does tot wedr her weeds any more” Mayme-"'No: she expects lo be weeded out of the widow claws [on the avar future.” Chicago News. BC Labeled, —~Landon Poanch, KReented Trouble, Mrs. Goss-“Why did they leave so enrly in the season’ Mrs Sipp—"Mrs. Jones went home hocause her hushand Sidn't send her S500 and Mrs Hrown went letause ber Busband did send her £5007 Wer Higher Life. “Dio you find ft diffienit to attend to your social duties and keep up on the t aa: literature of the timen?’ eon, no. 1 always try to devote at feast fifteen minutes a day to art and literature" ~Chicage Record Herald Hurd to Avoid, The Parent—"1f he would but apply ‘But he will pot take the trouble” The Pedagogue-"Nay, then, If he in #0 averse to tronhle 1 can ses large quantities of it coming his way!’ Puck. i Vrevity, "Po you think that brevity is the soul of wis” “Well” answered the man whe ix al ways thinking about money, indicate that they were very short” Washington Star, An Embarrassment, “Why don't you praise your wife's spoking auee in a wille and cheer her ap?! anything ia partienlarly good it turns sul to be something that wus pur shased at the grocery.” The Desperado’s Doom. And Low were you finally tored?” “1 war completely wore out” cap an. awered the Western desperado. “By fatigue and hunger®” “No. Givin’ pewspaper Intirviews in" havin’ my picture took.” At the Bourne Howse. opm Chorus of Boarders-—-"13 thiy all we have for supper?” Mrs. Sly—"¥es. We will have Hight suppers hereafier so that we ¢an get through early amd play pingpong. rood idea, Isn't itY New York World, We, opis