a Anne daia'tn the mide of the table. Mr. Hromley Brown's expression of mingled triumph and sarcasm passed unnoticed by the cheerful young visit- or, who talked for some time with in- | telligence and knowledge on the sub ject of old plats. Mr. Brown was be- coming so agitated that he began to i walk up and down the room. “And these are lovely spoons” ob r | served the architect-burglar. with sp- i palling coolness, The tiock struck one-~and he rose quickly to his fest. "Thank you a thousand times for | your hospitality” he said, pleasantly. ra | coes had both had thelr pantry win- dows forced open?” “Did he? 1 Tt think 1 wan listen- ing” “The Mumbys lost & lot of plated things~1 know that he keeps his sil- ver in the bank, and lets his friends @ {use those horrible thick spoons—and poor old Jellicoe had that hideous cen- trapioce, given him by the cricket club, taken. Now ft travepires that In all | & | probability the burgiar, or the moving #pirit of the gang, ia & young man who bas been sketching houses In the hing : neighborhood. He professes to making architectural drawings. and by so do- | © jing finds out all manner of details.” : a feraally sharp, I call iL” “That Is certainly very original” “Original. 1 should think so. In- Mr. Brom- ley Brown here proceeded to read aloud an extract from Lhe newspaper. ¥ “The ‘architect-burgiar’ for by this sobriquet this accomplished criminal is pow known, has been seen. it is be lieved, pot Jong age in this neighbor. { hood, although probably he Is now many ilies away from the scene of his late eiploits. Ho is descrited as a | ¥ | young man of gentlemaniike and mifi- + himself, + | hounding down {eriminul, bringing him to Jumies—af- i terwarnl, in court, replying with tell. | “tary appearance. with fair Nalr and mustache, and wearing clothes of fash * Lfonable make” Mr. Bromley Brown was soon ab- sorbed In meditation. He pictured réivolute, this distinguished ing sarcasm to the cross-examination of the prisoner's counsel, and, jastiy, complimented by the fudge on the hi- cid, admirable way in whish he had | given his evidence Life was no long. {or sordid and prosale; it was palpltat. {Ing with romance. He fell asldep 10 the 8 ong. and | accompaniment of the lark's dreamed that he was the chief of po- {ice In Russin. Waking up with a WA start. fie heard the clock strike 12. ¢ | bounded his garden, the riband of white road, pine bors x would most gladly give | ; ry to be a succeastul de- Inughed, and leaned still » window. She, for 3 absolutely satisfied with| r face worn by the world around tehed 8 fat binekbird as slong by the golden border she rejoiced fo know tial | musical with the volces of that the sun glittered on ol below Goheral Compton's nd turned Ha casements into | diamonds, | the green drive by the | his arm swaying to and fro as wed grass Bing a song of renewal and of love and sunshine. How good & only fo breathe and to live! : le mizht Bave thought that would be none the less pleasant | id gray, and her cheeks rosy | bloom on the boughs of a tree, But she did not take ount of these advantages, nor that she was the only child prosperous house of Bromley father took off his gold-rimmed ‘Ini? down his newspaper. in surions! sald he. A man went ¥ ponda. The oarth | pea. walked with est Ups fous enipnistic expression | “Gracious me!” he cried aloud, With ing. arising from m _ | his waking eyes ho still seemed to see 07 What cause” but the girl's [sce ithe fedanle Nihilist of his vision. points ing a revolver at his head He stretched himself and walked sadly across the lawn toward the hedge that Below him was dered. Mr. Bromley Hrown started. ibut much more violently this time | ‘Then he rubbed his face and eyes with : his handkerchief and uttered un jow | {know you sald you wouldn't have any, | Jo : | because you sald they spoil the gar- A fow yards away in the road he | den” saw the figure of a young man all, {fair vie, and of unmistakably soldler- : : And be was : ketehing. | Brown's dreary eXpréusion was that of A thrill ran down Mr. Brown's spine, ia ¥ictim being led to execution. Ho might not be the chief of the Rus. ures 1 meant the forced strawber- | #fan police, but was he not on the eve | exclamation. 1¥y apptarance! of a discovery, an adventure. the pos- case? He coughed and un gate leading to the road. iy no ckher than the architect-burglar, with friendly greeting. info his house. hasten to General Compton. the stern- est of county magistrates, and he would | {arrive In time to be a witness of the discomfiture of a notorious criminal, and of the ingenuity and prompiitude of his oid frissd Hrown. iy. In answer 10 the remarks of the old gentleman by the hedze he said | that ko had come a counslderalle dis | Yery | a witli Yea, 3 won hd tahes-that- snd thin pleasant laugb--well thirsty, atd that thers of 1 a he wax Be nlenty ime to finish bis s giier hun chen, and that he thouent it a most Kind snaestion of hig guest invite him to have siune, Mr. Bromley Brown, whoo had now [oat ach of Ue asusl rudd up the xtone steps ol a and the young man, smi the terrace, ing and un- conesrnad, fallowed him into the draw. For one instant Mr Brown | glanced nervously at a ailver box and | candlestick on Valentine's writing ta- | Then, murmuring an excuse, he inn a chok~- | ing voice dispatched the amtonished | | gnaintances, | mustache i fying hither and thither, Clack straight and orderly. Lhe reverse is tha CY to curl at NE roan. hie, ran, panting, to the stables; coachman for the police, and a helper, with an impressive message sorihbled on a card, to General Complon. Ou his return he found the arehitect-bur- glare laughing over a favorite book of Valentine's the “Diary of a Nobody and they two talked. Mr. Brown, for Lis part, with & curious absent minds edness, of books and different forms BD [of humor. jrupted them to say that some cold The parlor maid ‘meat was ready, and the two men ad- t fount to the dining room. The guest : Yously, 3 reuse.” terrible, cunning. of pines. the room, Peaugdt hia atiegtion. Meanwhile the young man had looked up smiling- | dear, aner to Can Yaleniin eheak CMisa Hrown®” and a curt: on his face | : CASS, the outer onda of the mus inters “TT am afraid | must be off. You see 1 am shocking for duty, not pleasyre.” Mr Brown gazed at him aghast, but not withent admiration. He felt that | this must [1 deed be otis of the most re- : | markabie criminals now at large. “Don't hurry--pray.” he said, per- "Have a glass of green ‘Char- “You are too Kind, * said his gest Thers was s sound of steps at the door, and a voles outside, which sound- 6d lke a word of command, said: “Where is the man?’ The door was flung open. and a tall, soldierly figure stepped quickly into the dining room. “Well, Brown, what's all this abomt?™ General Compion. young and alert for his years, stared at his friend with a pair of very keen eyes under white eyebrows. "You fold me 12 was sone L yory urpent business.” continued the general. Then his eyes fell on the Young man by the further window, “Bless my soul, Estcourt! 1 didn’t Bee IL was you in the corner. “Yes, and how are you, general? sald the young man, advancing, with a cordial mils, Mr. Bromiley Brown fell a sudden cold perspiration on his forehead He | was entirely unable to utisr a wont. "Mr~Mr.?" mid the young mn-— “was s0 kind as to ask me to have a whiskey xnd soda. 1 is so wonderful. iy hot for April, and ["ve been out do ing this blessed topography for the inst four hours. "Al! thes you don't know each oih- er?” sald the general “Brown, this is Lord Estcourt, son of my old friend whom [| have often ialked aboat, you know. He is working Yike a nigger at the college.” and the speaker pointing toward a distant view of a large white bullding miles away beyond the grove “Estcourt, this Is Mr. Brom- ley Brown, one of my best neighbors.” Mr. Brown fet as If some one had ptruck him a violent blow on the head, He was giddy as he stiffly extend! an icy hand toward the young man. “Papa! papa’'” A fresh young volee came echoing from the garden, and in another moment 8 young girl ran [ato Lord Esteourt was just re- cailing to mind a well known adver- Usement: “Bromiley Brown's Cough Lovenges are the Best! They will cure & cough of long standing. arising from no 1pat- it was fair and Aushed, and the large gray eves abione stariike under her broad bisck Rat. “Papa, thers are two policemen here! They say they bave come for BOE one-~what does if mean?” "Ob, only about the chickens that were stolen, my dear.” said her father, miserably. “But thers are no chickens! You “Pid 1 say chickens?” Mr. Bromiley ries. Valentine, my dear’-- The young man was still gazing at sible player in a great and dramatic | 'Be lovely, puzzled face of his host's locked the | Saughter, in one mo- | 198 ¢ ment bis mind bad been made up. He | Miss Brown” sald be {would invite this young mas, obvious i ; : y 5 { dally terror of being plowed, But this morning 1 am going back to work ia- A hurried word to the coschman would Y/EOTated and rusted, and full of cour- send him, on swift feet, for two of the | local police. Another messenger would | smiling blue ones “On! You are studying at the col. “Your father has been m0 kind to me, “1 am strap. gling over military drawing and in age’ : Bhe blushed as her eyes miet his Joga” “Yes—1] wonder—wonld you and your | father care to come over and see It some day?” “Oh! that would be delightful, papa, wouldn't 14» “Yes, indeed, indeed it world” Me Brown was still feeling half paralyzed. Goodby, Estcourt. my bor” said Generel Compton. “1 have got to have A word now wiln Brown of some paost important Dasiness about which | came down Lord ¥ gourd drew a litte searer Yaw will drive over very soon, then Thank youl sam sure we shall en. joy It evr sh mush!” “Then we won't say goodhy [td hie, ak” 85 he took her band ~The King Watch the Mustache. A late fad among women is the reading of male character by observa tions at not too close range of the mistaches of thelr masculine ae It is held that when tha iz raged and, as {8 were there a of selfcmtrol. When ft is if there is a ten? che ther ig 8 tendency do ambition, display. When the carl tires there is penlality. When the tro as tion ia downward there la a mare date warn of wind, not unaccompanio with gloom Detroit News. hard time of 1%. Some That Weigh a Ton—Facts About Only Animal Whe Needs No Strong | Backbone—~Well Developed Senses, | Their—Eggs Hatch by Themselves. | A turtle waddling his solitary way along some wikter ootirse, attracts jit. tle interest ouiside of his clumsy, gro tesque shape, yet few who ook upon him are able to give, off band. sven a bare half dozen facts abont this bum- | bie creature. And if they conld give any, their information would be limit od to two or three usages his body is pat tr-soup and mandolin picks also tombe. There sre about two hundred differ | ent kinds of turtles, and they live in all parts of the world, except In very | cold countries. Australia bas the few. | est, and North and Central America | the greatest number of species. Evo lutionista can teil us nothing of their | origia, for as far back ian geological | Apes as they are found fossll (a tut | ter of a little over ten million years), all are true turties, not Ball turtles and Balf somathing else. Crocodiles and alligators, with their Bard, leuth | Ory COALS, come ss Bear to them as any living craature, and when we see & hugo snapping turtie come out of the water, and walk absut on land we cas- pot ait be reminded of the fewow with the armourer back. 2 Turtles aro found on the sea and on the land, the marine forms deserving | the name of turtles, more properly; tortofres being those living on land or In freeh water, but we will nse the | name. urties, as significant of the whole class. The most natural way of classifying thewe creatures 1a by the way the hoad and neck are £mwn back uoder the shell; whether bead Is turned to one side, or drawn straight back, hending the neck into a jetier 8 shape. The skull of the turtle Is massive, and some have thick false roofs on top The “house™ or shell of a turtle is | made up of separate pleces of bone, & central row along the back, and others | arranged around en doth sides. Thess | Arg really pieces of the skin of the back changed lo bome. Our rite are directly under the skin of the back, and if this skin should Bardens into s | bonelike sabstance, the ribs would lie | fiat syminst it, and this is the case with the ribe of turties. So when we marvel that the ride of & turtle are on outside of Ha body. s second | thought will show that this fa Just as | the true of us as of these reptiles. This hardening of the skin has | brought about some interesting chang. es in the body of the turtle. In ail the | higher animals frem Ssahes up to man 8 backbone is of the greatest impor: tance. not only to carry the serves and blood vessels, but to support the en- tire booy. !2 turtles alone the string of vertebras is usnecessary, the shell giving all the mpport needed So as | nature seldom allows usused tissues of organs to remain, these bones along the back become, in many species ro duced 10 & mere thread. The pleces of bone or horn which £0 to make up the shell, although so differvnt in Appearance from skin. yet | have the same sionally it gran ged part coming off In great . the outer kes. Each plece grows by the addition of rings | of horn at the Joints, and (like the rings of a tree) the age of turtles ex | cept very old ones, can be told by the number of circles of horn on sach | plece. The rings are very distinet in specias which live in temperate cll mates, Here they are compelled to hibernate during the winter, sad this cessation of prowth marks the (ater vain between (ach ring turties the rings are abeant or indis | tinct. It is to this mode of growth that the spreading of Initials which | Are cut into the shell is letters carved ou the trunks of trees in time broaden and bulge outward The shell has the power of regen. eration, and when a portion I wr away or crushed the injured parts are | gradually cast off, and from the sur | rounding edges, a new coverieg of horn grows out. Onethinl of the on. | tire shefl has bean | known to be thus | replaced. Although so slow | is thelr locomotion | and actions, turtles have weil-devel tinetly. and the power of smell is es pecially acute, certain turtles being very discriminating in the matter of their good. Thuy are very sensitive to touch, and will react to the least tap | on thelr shell imperfect, bul as they have tiny pip | ing voices during the mating season, | this sence must be of some gas Wator tortoises can remain beneath | the surface for hours and even days, | af a the In addition to the lungs, thare are two small sacs near the tall which alles the animal oxyren in the water breathing. All turties lay ogg. the shells of | which are white and generally of a parchment like charsctsr. They are de- posited i= the ground of in sand, aod hatel olther by the warmth of the de caring vegelation or the heat of the : sun. In temperate countries the eggs | remain over winter, and the little tur. ties do not emerge until spring. The eggs of turtles are very good to eal. and the oll vontalned In them is put to many uses. Young turtles have a is all tha countries they inhabit, for thousands are de. voured by storks, alligators and fishes. [ten old turtles have many enemies. iI not the least curious being jaguars, {| whieh watch for them. turn them om the | life processes. Ocen | due, just as Their bearing is more | to use the AS 23 ald In, iarge adults or very small baby indi viduals have been soon, the turtles of aj} intermedinie growths keeping cut of view in the great orean. flercest cromtisres in the world Their first instinct on lenving the egg is 10 . open thelr mouths snd bite at sone thing. They feed im almost anything, | ; refuses to eat, sod Rave been known to gh brought mm Sandy = . £0 8 Year without food, showing vo | apparent jill efects Ones method | which they employ in capturing food | is interesting. A ssuppiog turtle wil but when in captivity they sometimes lle quietly at the bottom of & pond or lake, looking like an old water soaked log with a branch-<-its bead and neck ~gticking up st one end. From the tip of the tongue. the creaturts ex color, which wriggle about and bear a perfect resemblance to the small round worms of which fdshes are so ford Fishes are attracted by these, swim up to grazp the squirming objects asi are saguifed ia the cruel month of the angler. Certain marine fturties have and neck, which they wave about and i thus make 10 serve a similar purpose. The edible terrapin has become very scarce in places, so that thousands of them are kept and bred in saciosed areas or “crawls” as they are called This species has & great deal of curs osity, and if often captured by being attracted By some usussal sound iained from the abell of the Bawkahill tartie, the pistes of which being very thin, are heated and weided together until of the required thickness. The age to which turtles attain Kas often heen paagreraied, but they are certals iy the longest lived of all living crea tures. Individuals from the Cuinps four hwndred years of aga —Uncas in the New York Post. oi NATURAL BENT. 5 Last Estate of One Whe In Youis ‘Was a Mathemationl the natural bert of the chlid re minds me of a rmither enrfou Ine reminiscent mood “and It goes to rhow hat yom cansot always toll fst child fiving fn the country at the tiine-~1 Sad An acouaintante fn the wehoed mathematics. Mathematics was an open hook to him He took tn the things which wonli often stump all of hig classmates wer as plain to Aim & womder and He natural dulcess and stupidity which | displayed ut the time in the study nosed me 10 mar vel ut the boy's talunt. He was ux sort of rural sensation and Nig friends made Nigh predictions for Mm He could fasgln with figures until made you dizzy with wenderment His friend said he would be In the jog iniature by the t'me be was 21 years oid, and by the time he was 15 he womtid be a membér of the mmtional congress from his district and at 15 ke would certainly be in the United States senate, | boy's future. I was as bright af a kept humoriag hia beat for mathema. : tien ant he attained great proficiener in the seimnee. drifted ont ints tha world and lost sight of all my oid cwarde 1 dropped hack to the sienew : of my boyhood day. The Sra fellow : I ought of us the britfant young ; mathematioia i pérs of the tion from me to time 8% | cenld pet them expectior Ly see Chat my oi friend was doing bay thinex in the world. I fomad Bo men. (tho of Mim and concladed that he was dead “Chie Jay 1 wos walking alomr tha I came upon 3 man driving sa ox team. The steers looked more like | eckrabhbite than oxpn ¢ was A trptoal conntrymen sunburned : Pwith a red handkerchief tied around | oped senses. They can see very dis | iis neek. 8 broad brimmed Bat on bis | head, broesn shoes and oth im keeping He asbted me 1 P thanked Tile erawled up on he Peeirus swith Bim Re was a redhead fellow with a ubhy, sandy hoard all sver his face | an Adaw's apple thar worked rs nd down like 3 pump Baw Ke | tatked He haid In his 5 at a Jon | whin fastened to a long, willowy han. ¢ die. the kind penerslly used in driving | oxen. Direet] iv a horsefly landisd be C Twewm the horns of voe of tha steers With Rett aceursey. aller swing ine the long wilp around his head | once, be struck the By with the crack er of the whin and billed “That makes 104" he sald proudly ag the iy rolled off in the road There was my mathematician and po mistake | want to ride talked over oll times So vou cant the natural dent"—New Orleans Times Democrat. ; Quite Stuck Up. “They thought he was dead, you know, apd all the papers printed obit- Bary notices ™ “And then? “Why then he turned up and since he's read those notioes he's too proud 1% sptak ts any ane>-Ghicagn Pont. a curious circumstance is that only Suspping turties are among ihe trades two small fliments of & plakish long fringed appendages om the head : The tortoiseshell of commerce is od gos islands are estimated to be ever | Prodigy. “Speaking of Bu Sies of eatering stance which has come under my ob | servation.” sald a man who was In a! what the bent may be in & particular | “Rack in my schoot aays—1 was rocen who wax exceptionally bright in| a8 159 nose om un wan’ face. Ma was “There was no question sboun fhe | May pornivg. Iz the meantime bho! i elem, Mora 5 ye -r. in tropical friends. Mors than 5 years after I sennne Ep a al] the P| you'd have been suficiently curious at fenid Mr. croad Toward oy old Nome place when | and the driver | } There oexthing Bandier than a good didn’ wot afterward fold Mm who | was and we: always tell about this thing we call Thers are fish that Bare sever pet oven Been Hed about. Nam 5 Stinson. in Lipplacatts. A SAA On SR SR al HUMOROUS, Delis—W nat did you fall oot about? Cotia—Why, we hadn't been Sughged marry him or give it back. er “My brother Jakey's got & a 0b.” "Where's he working? * i 10 the electric light pisst” “Pleking currents off the wires? “Yeu how @3 Jou gucas™ He says he Hikes the Joby K's such light work. : The deaf and dumb lovers were Mlle ing and cooing with thelr Sages “How much do you love me™ abe sige nalied. “More than tongue can tell” Be replied, giibly. And they were su- premely hapoy. : Wigg— What an awkward chap Subs bubs in. He doesn’t seem to know what to do wilh kis Bands Waggp—No, only when he's going home with Me usnal assortment of bundies Husband (irritably)—-It lent a your since you sald you believed riage was made in heaven, 70u trier ma around a ff | ears anybody. Wife (calmiyj—Order Is heaven's first law, Sabbule— We've got a new girl at our boose. Backiota—-Hah! it's easy enough to get a new girl but can you thinks sa He declares she sine pounds at east. “1 wosida't TAFTY yOu. Mrs. Smith—-Did you ever : what a way Me Siyder kas of looking in another direction when x lady “Oh, mum. It was only the baby crawls Ing under tie plame, and he Ait Mme self, mum.” replied the girl “Dear Httle boy? Hd Re Burt himesil Kae tie™ “No mum; sure It was the soft pedal he hit mam.” "Hit, mamma” protested Mins Puls yon, “why ars you sending out invie stualy like 8 duck takes fo water, and | to do with 117" demanded Mrs. Bulyon. “Your father's Snancial standing weulg make anything nd than a diamond Mrs. Nextdoor—Your daughter has improved wonderfully to ber pimno playing. Mrs. Homer—I'm glad to Bear you say so—if you are really sin cere. Mrs. Nextdoor—Why what do Fou mean? Mrs. Homer-—-Weil, youn see, we didn't know whether she was improving, or whether we wore merely getting used fo it Mrs. Briggs—Have you beard the newa? Mra Spelter died quite sud idenly last eveniug. Mm Grigee-You dont mean tT Ok Sear. I'm so sorry! There's one thing Dowever: | shan't have to pay ber the call Towed her. | suppose im the worst Dersun thal ever was to pay calls Madge Whom did you meet st Mrs. i Climber's party? Bithy—A lot of im- possible peapie that nobody knows | had to alk to mysell to keep from bee ing lonesome, Mra. Youtgman-But wien he did finally come home § should think ious to ask what bad Sept him out so fate. Mma Kinbmas—-Yes but [| had surfeited mysel! with fiction while | walied gp for Mm. “And let's have plenty of palma™: Cumrex. “That is & very good suggestion.” aoewersd his wile “I'm glad to see that your taste is so gon, I'm very fond of palma” “Yes: they're useful as well a8 crnamental big bunch of palms to go to sleep bee t hind duriag a musioale™ or things! Her Name Was Enough. enrd an amusing story the other dar.” writes a correspondent, “from 8 lady whe has bees often a guest af Vicervgal lodge, Simin It was of the ovtasion of ope of the first dinner par ties given by lord Ceeson on bis tak. ing over the relng of government. My friends partner was a certain major of gunners—g man unaware of Lady Curton's, and heace, of the Misses Leiters’ nationality. While engaged conversation with Miz Daisy leiter——wha was seated opposite Bim ~oChe talk taraed on America. a sab Ject on which Miss Leiter was natural Ir well informed So evideatly, thontght the gallant officer for. pres ently, be sald: 1 gather from what you say, that you know America pretty well-<have traveiad there Perhaps? “Miss Leiter reganded him some what curiously for a moment and thes, leaning forward, remarked: ¢ ‘Well, I guess’ My name's Leite ort’ "—M AP. “1: in How to Find Out. You can alwars find cut what gos Sips are saying about you to other people by listening to what they say about other people to you —New York Press.
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