% of her arrested pore, than usually spofled child, “Do you know I'm beginning to think | I've gone the Wrong way abotit Hin. vt | aging your An involuntary dimple flashed and fully averted face. Her belirsthed . However, saw only a sul abjitracted | word and leave you to walk alone? k | do so!” Loe the considered thie re ett a Fond fire, and Ye a real pice, Ti be evening, Just ful wind to tay, my own Httle oul Jou | know that as ys don’t begtn all this! tt 10 eateh that train to-night, | : ; know” gavmet in 0 again if you ger 1 » won't "i dont you turn right and Je Ee ly 30 you walk | {everyibing U'm saying. {ing or aren't you?” TOW of telegraph poles strotehed before them, and the wind osx the marsh and wisi 1 along the wires, Faraway omed, and the sharp, white i na or the road In stinging 4, 80 that Mix Dennison pat or fault before her face as she battled The man at ber Hide Sitode 8 1 Yer partly protect. id trom the onslaught of the x bon AT around Ber hat : man caught It just In tice giles had still to be traversed hey reached the hotel where Dennison’s people were staying, 3 a. wits of a chatty y pad this oppor- eak the s : were man | ribepmt ¢ to let a girl insult me and : o! 1 don't know what busband you think you'll 4 Wished to iis man I tor the owner of the dog Miss Dennison tited up assumed an alr of in njured indignation. rt done my best to wake it up. is an Insult which has power you it is my misfortune, and that I do not know it.” mison’s happy 2nd fortunate looked down on her with that was tightly strained. ny object In quarreling at . ar moment? The wind versation rather an exertion: ugh 1 assume the proper tor me : take is to turn on my Stride away forever, I can't fou to go home alone, you see” "he road's too lonely.” tude 15 more companienable | than happy object of Miss 's affections hesitated: then ot to answer. of sand came hurtling to Ip from the ground. Miss Den | 0 dead. A hoarding stood one side of the road, behind the fron ®. Tattered bills and posters d from It miserably. come along, dear!” sald the man, Miss Dennison pressed her hands in. mult and began an exhaustive tf the contents of the hoarding, » man took a few steps forward, He valrous disposition, but had | engage] six manths to Ming Den- { aloud down the road. wan knot, “Unmantyr “1s it manly to wait round 2 atter me, | at my heels, like a little dog?’ “What, in Heaven's name do you | want of we? If [ rebel you have bys on ere ve | her ex. terics and call me 8 brute!” “‘Vivyella®" read Miss Dennison "What ridiculous wales girls bave on fashion Pinte! Have you poticed The man suppressed an exclamation. she's wearing. I wonder if I could ro member I. 1 must make mental ‘notes Miss Donniscon rested her elbows on the railing and buried ber chin in her muff, reflectively. : “If you think you are going to make toe fuiss that train by dawdliog to this inwenaste fashion, you are mistaken” “Sweet leave!” murmured Miss Den- pison, “I like the cuff po! “1 shal] suply leave you here, you “But 1 can’t see how it's put on. Oh Miss Denplaon, with a sudden baret fof Hlumination, *Ne, 1 must learn that!” Miss Denulson redonbied the fixity of her gaze. “1 know perfectly well you bear Are you cot “I believe {Us arranged with a gus jet! ™ announced Miss Dennison. The maa openad his mouth, then sud. denly turned on his heel and swing He bad cut the Gore Miss Dennleon most make her deliberate way home alone. He bad gone back to the station asd Lis ¢ity-bound tain, Misa DPennlasn found horeelf left staring at the boarding In azn attitude ol mind that ean only be described g2 phe of stupued amareipent. They the dimples reappeared, and Miss Detint. | son smiind Inte her mull with aa alr { of happy power. : "The further he goes. the further he'll have to come back, wo | won't look arvund.” sald the astute and experi eced Miss Dennison: “and the slower he 1s coming back, the surer he'll be of missing his train, 17 he thinks he's | going to catch ft to-night, when I waut iilm to stay here, he 1s very much mils mien, the ridiculous old thing?” Mixs Dennison began to reperuse the hoarding; ft sheltered her plegsuntly from the wind. “A hundred pounds reward™ An assuming little notice caught her eyes. “Viryella” ax a subject is cae able of exhaustion, Miss Dennison wel. coined a change in erature with alac Hit ¥.! i As she read Miss Dennlson's face portrayed a enrions panorawa of ex- pression; ber cheeks paled gradually. The little notice bore a crown, and was eovched in terse and simple language; it was on earnest Invitation to a one eyed gentleman to return to bis sor rowing friends and guaniians at the convict prison across the marshes, It concluded with a thoughtful warning to lonely sud unprotected travelers as to tho gentleman's unpropossessing ap pearance and playful disposition, Miss Dennison reread the bill with interest no longer histrionic. The sea- inist was rising on the marshes, The autvmn dusk was closing In. The charms of meditation inthe lonely land. scape seemed suddenly to have lost thelr eavour. Miss Deanison looked vp aml down the road; her despised betrothed had vanished into the mist. The lights of the station gilmniered vaguely far on the borizon. Op the other side three miles of deserted road lay Between her and Ler hotel. In the direction of the station lay nearer safe. ty—Dbut humiliation; for well dhl Miss Dennison know that her strength lay in her invulnerability, let her once lay down her sceptre and Ler reign of tyranny was over for ever. For six months she had enjoyed despotism; out for protection? With Napeleonic resolution Miss Dennison turned in the direction of the hotel, She took five steps: then, far away on the distant marshland, she saw a moving shadow, For the first moment she assured herself 11 was but a fan. tasy of her imagination. Then the slndow came nearer and resolved it self Into a human figure—a shuffiing, clumsy, furtive figure, creeplng with bent head slong the wail whieh separ son stood, arrested, The wind roaned and whistled round the hoard. Jeers aed on the amage spurs wa The man stood n few steps off, with | k|8 Jook on his face akin to that on the face of 8 nurse who waits for a wore fn Miss Dennlson's care: “Suppose 1 were to take you at your hore | “You are Gute unmanly it Ww “But that's mther 4 sweet blouse | I's cut all in one with the sleeve!” maid | and decisive conversation In j order of merit was she now to eat humble ple and ery ated the barren pastures. Miss Dennle ing, but she heard it mot. Her ores Boat Lraek ont tte he pen feta. With envious, swift strides. It was oY, {ering the intervening groan! in a few minutes it would strike tim open road | beside her. Miss Deonleon east one wild glares ‘along the read in vain. Then, with a sudden shiek, she was benting a re treat toward tho ststion is fast as J) J fear and the kindly wind could Carry | her. Rome hore behind her a hoarse voles | shionted: somewhere behind her hoa Miss Detnisn pontinged to peruse | : het ae tr y | the bills, pensive interest in every line | footsteps hastencd. With lind eyes, Miss Dennison fled on. Now the liglie of the station fwinkled io the distance; naw the downward bill was gained which Ind there. Now--ob, rapturei- a tall tiroad-shonidered and despised lhe tarnad and stood amazed in the roadway, fo seo Minurva fallen from bor pedestal and running after Bim! “Rave me sald Miss Dennison, and flung herself, penitent, submissive, breathless in his arios, “For God's sake, darlfiiz. here's someone coming past! Walt a second till he's passed us!” Miss Dennlpon’s betrothed, though a lover, was an Englishman. Miss Dennison opened ber syes faints ly. "He's Rot your boa. Sos Bs comitig up to you Two enstarmssnd young people stood still while a #111 more embarrassed oe Heeman approached them shsonishly. “I called to the young lady, bot yom didn’t seem to hear, Mise, Yon dropoed it Juet by boarding 1 wis coming across marsh and 1 see the wind take i, and I cargbt 18 as it few noross the railings yoruler,” Mise Dennison smiled whitely: Mies Dietnison's betrothed thanked the poe Deeman more substantially, The po Heenan continued to the station with sontentment in his tread. “Now, daring.” said Miss Dennlson’s betruthed, “Oh, don't be angry™ sald a sudden. ty abject despot, “Til tiever be horeul again. I'll always do exactly what you wil me Only, daring, daring, dar ling, don't leave mo to go home along that dreadful, dreadfnl road alope™ “My poor, frightened little piri! What a brute I've been !™ “Youn have rather.” confoqeed Mis Dennison, " » »® . * » ® Along the Jotely road two lovers loltered. The wind swept merrily above them and around then, sll un beaded. Miss Dennlson's face way sereened from the rough blest her { bend was hidden penitently against a sheltering arm. And, ar they walked alofiz. Miss Dentilson's betrothed enncindid a kind which | Miss Dennison played an astonishingly contrite and secondary part, “Aud you understand, dear, thers are to be Bo mare of these ridicaolous quar. mie No, daring. wish” “The man must always be (he heal I've been foolish to give uty you so weakly, It's been #8 och my fault | 8% yours." "Yeu, dear: it hae™ “But you have been very inconsiden ate” "A woman 15 always mom in love than § man” “A man has dotles which be must fulgiL” “Yes, darling; and it's very wonder. | them for 8 woman's sake-—-a silly, cow. ardly, selfish, unattractive ghd!” Miss Dennison’s betrothed refuted such an appreciation of ber character with warmth, : “Please said Mizz Dennison, hotel people will see us “The out suddenly behind the hill devcaronsly up the drive, where the piazza. Miss TrenAlsen conducted her betrothed fn trinmph into the hall her betrothed concluded another cone versation of a similar nature, “And you'll be down at half-past 7 In the morning to give me my break. 5% © Bid “Yes, sweetheart” "Ard you'll take me to the station “Yer, darling” “And always do exactly us I tell | your “Yes, my own Miss Dennison hesitated, Then she | ascendod the stair pensively, while her | betrothed stood at the bottom and vatched adoringly. At the turn of the | baluster she pavsed, candle in hand. salntdike profile, “Hut, all the same ™ said Miss Den. catch the rain --The Biketch, The Mystertons Ring. This story is being told in Parle concerning a well-known puldie man | who recently was presented by a Sow | danese potentate with a Labaksi. Tapo | The recipient, anxious | to display the decoration at the earliest | appartunity, spplied 20 onoe to the | Ministry for permission to wear it While readily granting the permission the Ministry inguired with a ghost of a smile: “Do you know what the ore der is like?" “Certainly,” replied ‘the | delighted REplIoALL, t. “It is a beautiful} gold ring, and hanging from it a small red enamel ple of peace. 1 should Hike to wear 18” “Of course vou ay wear it, but accapding Woon ave to wear it as it Is worn by the natives | of Afrlen.! “And how might that] Be? “Whr., with the ring through | the nose." The new knight of the | Labaksi-Tapo order has not been heard | | WEL of since Westminster Gazette. Birds I'l do whatever you 7? {man of the eppisition whom Reed ! ful and besutiful of him to neglect | Birds, with a1 thelr aentenoss, often groove. The chirping sparrows have Too! gatters of (he text hase iznor dng the fact that rals Is not snknown § thelr ollanring. the sane, failing to learn by experi. jence how to secniimedats themesives to British weather, Jackdaswr. when untainted by diviileation. dwall in Boles in the rocks, bat quickly adapt them ives to new efreumsiances. The writer Bas been almost seothered Ly sole eaneed by a nest whieh eon puteir Mockoed Me chines, ton feet fron tlie top. Ax the chimney Sad snly been bull a few months, It ie obvious that a’ a site it must have been unfamiliar to the troublesome Now, that time js far distant wien first cBimters were Invented and the first Jeelbins dowconded thelr | depihe rot a long éxperl enew, white it haw shown the binds the cont enteses of chimters for bolding thelr abuminable sticks, has not taught them thet thelr (remises cannot be ine sured Sqmingt firs. Perhaps after all WER AL a WAT a WISE WORDS, Tear nialio 8 nn his own foe Farts do not depend on feelings Palille sins mead public cepsurs, Bedtadeninl is the secret of delight, Tia truly hanible Ride thelr Bamills Beereting our sits will not slay then There I2 no sinmeth without EY oipa- thy. The oflisniee of evil ie our best defense serine it RR AA ¥. i, The ecuming of night honld one. | erate the day. There is no power sufficient to make & Gan out of puter, To see 8 purpeise fn our pain is a step toward finditig peace. Faith in the eternal goodness for tishen the souls eanitibrion. : Envy lose the ttavor of fia own Sow in almsaing the form of anothers fireod and not goodness ia the mod. orn World's condition of greatiesa Whim yon are aniy #kim lik fn eth- Reed Sguniched Mim, in the minority, on the floor of the Hons Lroring thas ime her ws fien in delare with Hie Iodine Why gh Ph Wire wa rin 5, FEE fail to move ont of thelr accustomed | paraisted in building thelr pests In the | on this climate, and teat a ary show | f €r Will Rood thelr tenemetts and drown | Not only this bot next | Year and the year after they wil do [ § 79 the trains of fnekdaws are sharper | i than we supped. The nests are placed in the thimners Inst when the fires are | { beingt xiven up for the surimer. so that the Jeckdaws enidoy the nes of he chimbays more ian the man whe pars | fur tlielr erecting. wind Lame, perons fir 8 boy to inherit riches. fen you cannot make up for it by belng | STEAL n theorstion Ran’ % Horn, : After Tom Reel had been Speaker Aud nade himself famous, he was for | {four years leader of his party, then | sn esions do not marry for etiltare or for creed. Put ung BIER, 83 You prisd your future hanniness, see to it {hat ; | Where there Is mind; see that thi oliject of your love 1a pe of intelligence of a purpose. aml partionlarly that thought concerning the permanint and seperidtive © life ns promise eonpeninifty. nd a companienehip in Th reams beyond and slwve, whens serial acromptisfosents do ws avail, whors youth and beauty decilue, aud where the good of this watld are powerless. And you young woman! 1 behooves you in finsa days to tike 8 Bemsdred eotnsels from the presale Judgments of the head fo one The inkling bells of romance (5 the heart. Tam net eo ansions that you sh vestigate too closely the neome of Fours eeeirt, for if You are not wi enter into 5 bambde jertaershiy 5 a entiage, and if necessary submit to the #overest Jubor In the joint task of hopvemakiog with the man who worthily Teciproontes true Jove you Are not worthy sath Jove aml you bless the ad whom you wound by rour refusals, Youtie man. dlkcover the bells of the Amwisg rooms fn eallco. with the perplexition of washing day before her before you complete your estimate of her, Young woman, wate the movenwnts of your gallant’s wind when Se le not in fui dress or on dees parade. You are pleased when he retrieves your glove or brings early violets That Is well hut note how be greets the une known ohild with the dirty face tliat stombiles under his feel on the street dormer. Note what word he Bas for the patience that prepares his food for Line in the kitihen, and what iw his greeting to the washerwornan whe is neither handsome, well preseriad nor well ddothel Aje, note Bow he treats the hove that is not Liz own And his neighbor's dog. By President Eliot, ‘Hlarvars., N aleosl sure way to succeed fn most labors is to he aly fo 3 volun itedr to do something beyond one's real duty. Hard work : "1 bas made nations great. In an Individual it te the same. Wiat is good for ihe mation is good for every one Ia It, and wist good Tor every one is good for the pation dd Work is the foundation of sll the for and happiness tn the workl | have received many stiggestions Igtcly that 1 make up fie workl of a miner and wee Bow 1 Hike 1t. I'm a Bite old now, Bt in the forty years of m2 iife I should have Liked a miner's work. A spies of danger wud an deisnt of chance add interest to work. An orcapation Ike that of sn enyineer, viliich gives a chance for berole dewds, Is a distinctly desirabin cerupation. The main sitisfaction ia life Is the sense of sohleves Een of) work mederntely. Work at top speed. Unless yuu do your best, roo not only chest your employer. but you cheat yourself. These is an ides opposed fo this sdvice. | Delieve a somewhat modern jdoa whisk opposes that which I have quoted is a very dangerons one fo the modern differen betwee o ent ivated and xo uocuitivated man, provided he reads something good. The eultivation of the mind is the rond to Increasing happiness. After al} Ie mild the object of human life is to increase happiness and joy. The great | satisfaction of jife cannot be bought With money. Ia our country Rt Is dage firpat riches In Amerien make the edges. ton of clildren very difficglt. Chlidren of the rich have not the lncentive w work, and I consider ft “ teryitie tulefar ton give you evey dtopped ‘to ask yourself? what cosstitotes vesd . Jsapninese? : : oo Plesdure Des In bnppiness and there is no § Bappiness wilhont | ontentment, sod contentuear all depends on the point of TRW, i apparently everything to uhke them Bagot. asd seine of ody whe are fraskest . piri happiness are enduring he wast unlortumite of physieal asd Snsuelsi Klizions— sometimes thaking ha ne have. the hin wimw the fast sud nino that they miabt tell to thelr wos : ering friends at Lome how they “5 Lad a slr with Tom Head" (my one oo i rasion Reed was thundering along ati! a tregietalons rate. He had waved off i the Detpnocrntie leaders, Be had waved off the others of less note. Finally a tea lly Hied stood up in the middle sleds and atteraoted on Interruption. Heed panel for ap natant scowied down | at the member and suaried oul “Must you get fn?” The expr 11, the manuer smd th : ital Peed i apparent v ® nae The brilliant facade of the hotel shone | Mixs | Dennison and her Lotrethed walked | ber anxious people welcomed them from | | eirrent. When a ih i Late that eveslog Miss ten and I equliibrinm i | lent, | TWO edrTents, if it he AL A The Nght shone on her sweet gnd i Pivar nigon, “you must admit you did pot Le persan BW oresily | amd nH ference, due in part fo the de doitas i | taken interruptions we wi Ru ed, ey was hy ir Lion Puss, a re sn Wi AIEEE pp iE eerily Gm KAahantag 4 Strixes Up. Noe Dioreem. The £ the Sime of Gea sudden abmiry snderet igily cliarged with positive eles tricity Langs over soy cerfain place, ae earth Degesth Bt hevames alias i charged with the pegative elon | rie arre He, ¥ Fim #§ Unnes fnlpenoe. frsten ERE If, while clond ahaor &. In language that we can gi) CRaders! tamil, tie negative current from | the earth vill rush op to Juin the posi. pve cloud current, snd In passing through the elif: ot wi ch separates oF. ti ninate thing, b force 88 to almost . tn gant death Ae which seems gay the least sive k™ Ly the ground wrens, and not hy the forked | fury fora above Bo Ron Bud el. He nascenee of the Bango. ty observe that the fon period of megiect Bid With sue ably Brosinm ura ir fe glove. 2 tenn ble hypothesis t wii Je fh It 8 cheering bante after a Racnos of the negro minstrels art and part to the advent of tinkling man. lod and nrening piano Append: ind are much oasler to haar, ; a Tew ers It tg old place In the favor and regain the popalarisy it xed when such artists 3 and West pleked It 2x i Tri? ban . wind $e rar Traine Built For Safety. LTRIne on the Contra) iaiway sre to be of Ore Broad gleel amd asbestos wing Other precantlons for safety of passengers are belug - ¥E ald vx reely wae a the I Rien would kes Thin Ls order to SOW | faction within reach, sled] be the favired ch of firtune and Prosperity: vet eo Lut when yoo Danish Gils earxing eare about yourscif snd Lentirely ol Your p | eres, sweet souls and patient loyalty to of the wondrous beauty of life. ald a man anhoal or Stir object standing or Iyiug directly | Legeath also partakes of the last-men-| | the man i fF isl or other olilevt ix in thy con BB | dltton, a discharge takes place from thei the restoration of thef cil le sudden and xi manbood fous throagh allt “al woul, A wish for Snather's Sappiness 3 sndorstesd to mess an ratle dealre that your friend shall bave all the careity omar and ste these sufevirs are tortored with phyetend anguish and «till report thenmelvey to be Lappy In the scoepted meaning of the term, Notudy would pray that eveatuve cotalorts should be taken away from he unhappy persons first mentioned, yet the possession of wesith, fine Boveen asd fre clothes oftentinns £11 to make the possessor comfortable in auind aud spirit-ln un thomsand fastances The fwd cosential for real bappiness fz to respect one's self and one’s roe Gres. Nobody can be either happy or contented where there Is Sypocrisy and treachery. Be pulded by the satne matives that actuated Pon when You mers in fnnotent and artess child. Belleve In people, be pleasant In your trams tions with sthére. and throw supahl se around yoursel! aod others by hobest dealinga. Selfishness fs the terrible bane snd burdens of the world People who are oh the constant lookout for siizids are senerally apt to epewusnter them, what yon think sthers are doe you, you ‘will find the (ppertanity for res) Bappiness, As ssf wefore, contentment, whkh 8 only another same for Maman bappiness, downs eat of view: bat thi sontentent was the outros of close truth. This close, will zive us a taste 2 2 2 bits of Self-Control. By Winifred Oliver, bs sure love miles the world, and bebind love. sostaininz and up. : balding 1, 13 that greatest power on earth, sellonntrol It is selfs antral tas bas mnie thy great nasons of Wodny. Lot a mation oe is wrifannt u groping foebly ln the dark. Every td nal tion in himseif, He bs bis ‘ups, atu! kis dow warfare and bls peace, his sessans of Ipresperity sind EsOn ef depression, and If we sre to believe ‘the Fallows and Pestalozzl the development of & PeRman beng an ativan are dent fealty the sat, Thess whe latata that the obi fvom Infancy to the phases of development ia o actly the same way as does 2 pation in the wil The «00d bas bis pertod of aimless existence. nix periasd of savage desirous tiveness, bls period of war with all mankind and Lis perfect period of eiviliaation 17 thrvneh ol these periods Se has well control be Is sasster of the situation. Beginning from bis Infancy the child should be taught selfcontrel Rome fiir tunate persons Inherit this beat of all fpualition; viiers wust drink of the bitter waters of remorse befure the lesan is learned, Having taken upon themselves te f 00 parents slonbl see to i that their Hght the battle of Ube, The proper sates sent “ts seid at tod Without i uo matter bow brave the fighter, bewill Eli ive the wayside. Help yose children by teaching them this great lesson while the Bille ils are masile. If thee are tauphi to control tleisselves, Teh thelr CWO, bow much belter fitted will they be to meet the great Jory and SUTIaWS of Dankood All children like to be compared to salillors. Ma: FR Bosions dose is sorsle wed bravely when the Mitts sofferer is ie to “take it Ike a soldier” Toll the little would-be “soldiers” that the fise and last duty of a soliller i self-control. Chillren ame quick of ra They will mwn see the value of controlling their emotions, and ono grasped. self-control Is too precious a quality to reacunce. Iv net imagine that You are making a stole of your cid by teaching him to control Bimselt You are merely teaching ha to edoy life as 1 should bv enjoved—in moderation: teas Blog Bim not to gy off AQ tangent every time Doe meeols anything that 14 in the least degree out of the ordinary. Tisch Four daeghters that if they are to grow up fine, strong, pers feet women io AEey 8 mgt first of ail learn to contivl their emotions and govern thelr sctions $0 that they In their turn may be fitly prepared to onrry on the human race, la i 3 self controls greatest ecuemy, Impressions tay sometimes be wisely guided by bmpualse, Addons ah bonld over be tempered by oselfcomtesl. The sell contend 0 son stands on the bridge of Nfe's bat. whip, He looks his adversan in the face sod knows that the key to the sitputlon Is his The SH oesSl Woman 3 the one who does the right thing and does the right thing first, | Selfcontrol is the key to success, Give your children that key and make thew successful men and women —New York Journal Bri 42 Xa 33 tr ot Tear: BE human i $i Tak world of industry. Ten minutes’ reading a day In twenty years makes the SY Stems of 1he SHERDHies people (8 the workd zre those who hove 8