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He leaned out of the Window; the summit of the hill had been reached and the thin. ning of the pine-trees showed the rolling country, with wooded hllls, glorious with autumn tints of gold and dun and flaming crimson. The rain had stopped falling, and the dull gray of the sky was broken by patches of deep blue. Before there was time to hail the driver the stage stopped at the gate of a. farm-house which stood some ten yards back from the road. It was one of those long, low houses which do not seem to be built on theground, but to grow out of it, clinging lovingly as close as possible to the earth. Two large elms overshadowed it, and to the right there was an apple- orchard, with a distant View beyond of meadow 0nd woodland, and silver gleam of a large sheet of water. Close to the house. on the other side, were stragglingbarns and Outhouses. “ Just beyond the top of the hill, I think," was the answer, spoken in a. strong, un- modulated voice. Then, as if glad to avail himself of the opportunity to speak, he asked, anxiously: " How do you feel now, Julian? Any better than when we started? It’s a poor day, but the air’s far more bracing than that close city.” He inhaled a long breath of the fragrant piney air. “I couldn’t have breathed in that place another day. No wonder you’re sick. I tell you, Julian, a week on the plains would make a different fellow of you ! Evan this place we’re going to will do you good." “I suppose so.” “ I’m sure of it. my boy. You’ve spent too much time in that studio; you haven’t lived an active life. A few weeks here will set you up, and then we’ll try cmnpingout. It’ll bejust the thing for that cough of yours. Nothing like sleeping in the open air for curing a cold.” The young man shiveer uneasily. “ Can’t I do anything to make you more comfortable ‘2” continued the older man. There was only a shake of thehead in reply. " Then I think I’ll go on top for awhile, and perhaps you’ll getsome sleep.” The two men clambcred down from their high seats. Hunter went to the back of the stage and began silently lifting down down the luggage ; Sanford walked up the irregular flag-stones, which lay onthe grass in front of the house, forming a path to the door, while Colonel Brennan opened the floor of the stage. “Julian,” he said, “here we are, my boy!” The young man lay with his eyes closed, but when his brother spoke he opened them with a dazed expression. He got out, but staggered slightly as he tried to A“ That will do, Dick. I’m very much obliged, but I’m quite warm enough with- out it. How much longer are we to be in this hideous machine?” A COMPLETE MISUNWRSTANDING. Beside him sat, or half-lay, a young nun, enveloped to the throat in a heavy, loose ulster of yellowish cloth‘ The blonde effect of his fair hair and slight mustache was heightened by his excessive paler. His eyes were closed, and his dark lashes alone saved his face from being absolutely colorless. The clearly cut features Were handsome, and the whole face was characterized by extreme sensitivcness. His long, white handsmthe hands of an invalidâ€"rested listlessly on the leaves of a sketch book that lay on his knees. Over the shoulder nearest the open Window was thrown a heavy travellingrug, which, con- stantly displaced by the jolting of the stage, slipped to the floor. Each time that it did so the older man leaned across, and lifting the rug, rearranged it v ith awkward tender» 11985. A muttered “Thank you!” was the only audible notice that his sction received, but the youth’s level brows met each time in a quick frown of irritation. At length when this had occurred several times he opened his eyes. It was a rainy day in September. On a narrow road, flanked by tall pine- trees, in a remote part of New England, four horses dragged a lumbering stage- coach up a steep hill. On the seat beside the driver eat an old man, dressed in a baggy overcoat and a battered felt hat. He had no umbrella, and his indifference to the Weather was to be inferred from the fact that he chose an outSIde seat in pre- ference to the many empty ones inside the stage. He was talking to the driver with the sustained monotony of one Who is secure from interruption. “ Well, as l was sayin,” he said, “ Deacon Bliss, he says to me, you gone out Illmmmlr) mori on them gate~posts, and that‘s all there is about it. You can out your own name somewhere, with Buildnr under it, too, if you want to ; but it. stands to reason that Memento mori oughtpr go on the gate of a. bury-infigrouud.” He paused a mo- ment, and then continued, with a. latent twinkle in his faded, kindly eyes : “ I (1le cut Memento mori on one of them gate-posts, and I cut: Hemakiah Sanford in letters the same size on the) other, H0 there’a my monu- ment fur all time, fur that. wall ain’t ever comin’ down, and Deacon Bliss couldn’t say 3* word. The next day as I was goin' downâ€"" One wuss a man about. 40 yours 01d, tall, and strongly built. He sat somewhat Btfflv forward on the edge of, the sent, his ntinude and expression statuesquer quiet. There was much that inspired coufiJuuue in the direct Bimpiicihy of hm gimmie, shaded by a. slouuhed felt hat, and someâ€" thing martial in the unconscious uroctnms of his hearing. At this juncture the driver’s lips parted and emittul a short, sharp laugh. This tribute to his shrewdness was so unexpc'cmd that the old man paused and turned whim with a fursive look of questioning. “You’ve got to the sums wall to mow, Squire Sanford; we ain‘t {mam 'I‘hrw-milu Corner, and you Wou‘n have enough to 1mm tiil you get home,” sad-1' the driver. Thu old man relapaed into an offended silencu. After a mornem’B pach Lhe dz'ivur said, wimh a. jurk of his thumb buward Lhu inside of the stage : The old man turnedovzr in his mind We fensxbiliby of showing the ammymuc Hm; he felt at the interruptiuu of hit; wary; but. on the consideration that Smn HuuLer was too good a listener to be lost, he. aus- weredâ€" “ One of ’em's Colonel Brenmm, and the other’a his brother. The young one‘a pretty sickâ€"~oongumption, or somethin’ like it, I reckon, and the colonpl’s briggllill’ him here fur a. chnngn of air. As I ways to the colonel, this air will cure hlm if amy- thin’ will. VVhy,my brother Jnmca‘s Wife â€"-I'll tell you about her, Sam ‘2" The five ifllside passengers were not even occupying thumselves by talking to each other, but were equgmlly silent. Hunter émilul grimly. "That story’ll lasitVtill you» gefi_h0me." he declared. ‘ “ \Vho 5m Lha fni‘m )‘H‘ yer house, Squire?" The lmddock’s feet are on thy shore, Canada, my Canada; The balmy, is at my (1901', Canada, my Canada, For smelt and gudgoon, chub and eel, For codfish, bake and mackarcol, AriSe and 1110M) tho Yankee steul, Canada, my Canada. 'I‘hou Wilt not (tower in the brino, meda‘, mv Canada; Thou wilt not drop thy fishing line, Canada, my Canada; Defend thy sculpin, 5mm: Lh‘ skate, Striku for thy shad with non] clam, Don't swear, and spit upon my bait Canada, my Canada. Deal gently with & hurting moo, Canada, my Canada; Put up your swordfish in its place, Canada, my (human ; If for reprisu] you would 2:110, Just turn your other cheukAlxloaso do, And Lake IL Ynukue smack or Lwo, Canada», my Cunu-du. BY MARGA] CROSBY. Owed to Halifax. â€"'13u7‘dctle in Brooklyn Eagla CHAPTER I. in' M1!" have (I) walk up the path. His brother supported him, and as they reached the door Sanford came out, followed by an old woman, dressed in a. (lurk calico gown and short white jacket. She led the way to a. room on the right of a. little hull, talking rapidly 8.11 the time. Mm. Sanford stood before him, with a large tray, on which was a medley of Pat. ableswcoffue and boiled fish, a pumpkin- pie and EL dish of green pickles. There was smncthing in the scent of the coffee and the home-like aspect of the blue-und-whito racked china that pleased and tempted From the stairs came the sound of stamping and gasping, and the 01d farmer made his appearance in the doorway, staggering under the weight of a. heavy gun ~ se. V “ Where’s this to go, Colonel? In vour room on t’other side of Lhe passage? What have you gm; in here anghow, that’s so mighty hefty ? ” “ Hold on! ” called the colonoL “ {’11 help you with those things, Sanford) Julimu, I‘ll b9 back after awhile.” He followed Sanford, and Julian still bent over his Sketvll in entire absorption, when he was roused by a. voice at his elbow. “ Now; sir jest take a. bite and see how much betterryou’ll £89,713: “ Ohâ€"~n0wâ€"jest to think of my not bein ready for you! Why, I didn‘t s’pose the stage ’ud be along for a half-hour yet! But I know you’l} excuse my jacket. Now the young man (lows look siuk, don't; be? But you see if this ain’t the best placeâ€"” Her flow of words was interrupted by an exclamation from Colonel Brennan. “ Julian! What's the matter ‘1” The dazed look in the youth‘s eyes deep- ened. his pallor hecnmedomhly, and sway- ing slightly for an inst-ant he toppled ovar on the floor in a dead faint. Julian’a eyes ihshed as he looked after her. “ Go down, Dick,” he said; “I’ll do very well here. It may be imagination, but. I seem to fool better already I ” There was a spark of animation in his manner as he Enid the words. He took his pencil and sketch-book from higpocketI and bggun to draw rapidly: She did not notice his speech. “ I‘m going down to get something foryou to 9:11;,” uhe said, calmly. Her voice was clear and low. “ Mmher’ll bring it up in a minute. Tea, s‘ready, if Colonel Brennan will come down." She drew down the blind of a. window where the sun shone in on Julian’s face, and then turned to go, but at the door she stopped, and with her head ruimzi with stag‘like el‘UUtDOSE, swept a barely impu- cepmble courtesy and left the room. Mrs. Sanford contemplated him for 8.1110 ment. in silent amazement. “ Oh, the awful! the dreadful ! What under the canopy l” s‘nc gasped; then throw- ing her apron over her face she rushed from the room, culling: \Vinifred led the way, and Colonel Brennan followed, supporting Julian. The stairs were not wide b110i1gh {or two people abreast, and the colonel fell behind. At the top of the stairs Julian wavered, and would have fallen again had it not been for the young woman, who turned quickly and threw her strong arm around him. His brother was at his other sidn in an instant, and Logether they helped him to hi3 room, and sottlod him in a. large arm-chair. “ Thank you! ” he V said warmly, to \Vimfred. “ I should have fallen if it had nop been for you” Before his brother could reply Sanford returned with his daughter. She stood in the doorway speaking to her father a mo- ment, apparently unconscious of the intent scrutiny that Julian was giving her. She was unumally. tall, and flier wag at gmiur- ous sweep in the lines of 17.4,1‘ figure. The setting of her hand and throat on hor shoulders was fairly majestic, and her soft dark hair wound around the inched head, and growing low on her forehead, contras- tud with her gray eyes and the fair bloom of her skin. She might have byen, in spite of tho flower-like freshness of her beauty, twenty-eight or thirty ; there was nothing of the young girl about her. ” ! guess you’d better go up and rest,” said Sanford, kindly. “I'm glad you’re 2111 Square again. Winifredâ€"«this is my daughter \Viuifredâ€"Bhe’ll Show ye up- Swim.” “ Winifred Amanda Sanford - do you come down-stain; this minute '. The young gentlemun’s lztyin’ dead on the floor, and I’m sure I dunno what to do i” (,lolonelBrvnnm1 knelt down by Julian and supporting his head, his eyes fixed on the white face in an agony of apprehen- sion. There was a sound of hasty footsteps on the, stairs, the rustle ofa dress, and a tnll young woman entered the door. She carried a glass of water in her hnnr‘l, and crossing the room knelt down by the young man and bzvgan to bathe his forehead with u handkerchief which she dipped into N s: watnr. During: fifteen years of a rough W'estcrn life Colonel Brennan had been almost unconsuiuus of tlm parsmmlityof the few wonmn he had come in 5011mm with; yeb M this moment there pierced through his anxiety a sense of the extreme composure of her mmmer. Ho 0b8)0{l blindly. “ Fn-n him, phase 1” she said to Colonel Brzmmm; “thora’s fun on the mantlvâ€" shelf.” “ Go and get some water,” he said to Sanford ; “ be quick about it I” It Seemed a long time before; Julian’s eyes opened. \Vhon they did, he scarcely knew where he was. Banding over him he saw a beautiqu fztce 71ml”: machine “pity. ing. No; “goddesses do not pity,” he vaguely thought. “ Wham am I ?” The face hovered 21 moment before his waver- ing ' q. and then melted away. “ Julian E” Mid his brother S voice, plowi- imgly. “ Loni; here, my dear fullew, how d0 you fzel ‘2 Are you humor ‘1’" The familiar tone broke through the nut-work of dream»: in whiuh he summed to Him!» \Vizh tho full tile of returnng con- maioudm W (mum‘ u {tn-Jim ,H' i7l1})rlti"lfl‘v(i :zh his \x'oaknraq; ilt‘ raiwn himself to u. sitting ‘7 Wésh’t therewums more someone e189 here a. minute ago ‘2 ‘ he mlied. lb Wu»: 2» sun-ll! mom ulfll 2). low willing; two sides Wcl‘u of wood yuinte (1 dark red, as w- a the high Inuumle mul open fireplace. Above the mantle, were little cuélbimnls win}; brass lambs on the (lo-am, that re- mimlmi one curiourzly 0f the lockers in the» cabin of a x-liip. A brilliantly llnweh-d payer covnred the two ruuuiuiug sides of the room. The furnituie wag of the most antique pattern, and excrmnuly shabby. Fiddle-backed chairs, and long, uncomfort» able wooden humus Were arranged against: blmwnlla. This only modem things in me room were a new, shinning mi‘lodeon and a large rocking-chair, covered wimh black hairulohh. Near the door stood Sanford and big wife. The old woman came for- ward with an air of mingled fright and im- portanun. “ \thl.” she said, “ that‘s too bad. For the land’s sake! I was real scared when you went off like that}. ' Don’t you think he‘d bust; go to his room mnl rest a bifu and and 111 send his supper up to him ‘2 There, now, if I didn‘t forget ahnut tlaum cakes 1” she quluinwd. “ \‘Jilere's \Vinifred, Mr. Sanford? ‘he’ll take you up to your rooms, and I know you’ll jest excuse me 1" She left the room hurriedly, as she spulie, followed by her husband. Julian tinned to Colonel Brennan with a sliglitly ngZrlLd air. “Why. yrs,” In Thsai’s very odd, fl 11M. iL b' ful‘v.” 5 116 MM; " i’m " tixiqk I‘ll :‘is -{r:wn,’ Inthvr d‘Z' 3d.” 116 rimnwd I’Lto P. uhzail‘ tha: 8100‘: “war him, and loukcd zlr1\!1l!d,r'.$ if inm‘c fu'Uy to who in his BUF- roundingy. HA" nth 1w,th f0 ri-n. and with Culm‘e} } stooi on his Said, “I’m at Ft! “"311. all right. I unver Two wepka later, on an aftarnoon when there was a midsummer softness in the atmosphere, old Sanford sat an the bench on one side of the widu porch at the fnrm- house. He was busily engaged in whittling a piece of wood with a large jack-knife, talking steadily as he whinled. Colonel Brenan sat opposite tohim, listening with grave attention. His hearted face and muddy clothes, as well as the gun that Julian. “Why, Mrs. Sanford,” he said, “ that looks uncommonly: good.” _ “ NoW you begin and eat that. You better try them pickles. Winifred made ’em, and she's a. powerful hand at pickles. I do hope you’ll like everything; it’s the first time We ever took boarders, but we tried to fix things nice.” She set the tray table, and in domg so her eyes fell on the sketch. She snatched it from Julian with the same abriiptiwse that characterized all her actions. “ Child of grace ! if that ain’t \Viniired ! ” Soxnethingin the idea. seemed to touch her sense of humor. She laughed immodermely, holding it at arm’s length at first, and then puttng on her spectacles to examine it more closely. “ Now, ain’t it nice to draw like that; she is pretty as n picter, if 1 do say it.” She spoke in a tone of rambling meditativeness. “ Folks say it’s strange she ain’t married; but, lor’, she won’t look at the young men ’ronnd here. I dunno why, but it‘s funny when there ain't one of them but has asked heriand she so prettyl ” Brennan was alone once more, but the room was changed. There was the ruddy fire-light, the snapping, crackling pine logs, the warm, scented air, and whether his eyes were opened or closed the mysterious beauty they lmd first beheld floated before than. When his brother looked in on him, an hour later, he found him already in bed and uBlL‘vp. and although he coughed at frequent intervals, he still Slept, with a befieh smile on his face. " I think I’ll go now. You’d better go to bed, Mr. Brennan. It’s easy to see that you’re tired 011th” There was a. note of protecting kindness in the sweet voice. _ Again the little courtesy, and the vision hag disappeared. She stood up and leaned against the mantle, looking down at the young man. The fire-light flickered on her face and on her violet print dress, tinging it with pink reflections. The folds of the soft material full with the simplicity of sculpture. AS if plugged with tho mph observation of the young man she stood InODiDLIloBB for 9. few minutes. and then walked toward the door, saying»w “ No,” she said, smiling a little. “To study ; to gut away from here. I was tired of it. I had a friend thure, and she got me in ; but fut-hut came and took me away when 1"} been there three months. It was a. good while ago, and I haven’t been away since; 7’ she pauseda minute, “ We’re poor." she added, simply. “Yes, alwafs, execâ€"fit when I ran away to the convent” “ Ran away,” he repeated, “ why did you do it ‘3 "K “ 3 couldn‘t stay here always, and I never are anything." > “Blit what did you go forâ€"~not to be a nun ‘2 ” he hazardut‘ For the first time her composure varied. A deeper color came into her face, and she turned her head slowly toward him with an upward glance, in which there was the faintest smnblance of coquetry. “ Yes, if you want.” “ Has anyone everpainted you ‘2" heasked eagerly. V‘ There never has been anyone to do it,” she answered. “ Then I shall be the first.” The thought Seemed to give the young fellow deep plea,- surq._ “11MB you always Iiyed here? " Julian held out his hand for the sketch, coloring slightly as he did so. “You don‘t; know what her beam-y is,” he murmured under his breath. The old woman did not catch the words, but the tone reached her ear. The foolish \ ucmmy of her expression changed to a keen look of curiosity for the space of a second. “ l beg your pardén,” 116 said abruptly, -‘ but will you let. me paint your portrait some day 7” Something in her manner silenced Brennan. Halfâ€"unconsciously, partly from exhaustion, he sank back in his chair and watched her as she knelt on the hearth, and setting the basket beside her, rapidly laid the kindling under the logs that rested on the undirons. She touched the shavings with the candle and the flames leaped up the chimney, flushing into the darkest corners of the room, The warm glow seemed to draw out the rich woman linens of the kneeling figure, and to human- ize Brennan’s dreary thoughts. “ Well, I know folks do take on about her, andrhrcr pa steps in} myqu Byore‘ by 1161:.” “ Mrs. Sanford," said Sanford, from the door, deposining Julian’s trunk in the room, “ supper’s ready, and s’poae you come down.” He was in his shirt-sleeves, and spoke with some, irritation of manner. "W1er did you put my duster ‘2” he con- tinued, with a warning look. Hxs wife looked deprecatiugly at him. “ 0h, Mr. Sanford, l jest hung it up in the storednget. I thought, perhaps, you’d be agreeabio m t‘ryin’ your black coat for a ppoil in tho hmme, now we got com- pany.” " No, I won‘t Mrs. Sanford; what would I have to wear to funerals, I’d like to know ? No; you get my duster~live1y new! and don’t you go fur to hang it up in that store- cloerlt of your's ngzxiu.” ’l‘ht-y wkm. doxilu the hall, Sanford ex- posmlming and his wife apologlzing, until their Voicus diudrnwary in LL10 distance. The sunlight faded in the room where Julian sat. He had finished his supper, and as the twilight grew he continued to touch up the little sketch of the haunting face he had just seen, adding lines and slimlows until the likeness, which had been striking at first, was entirely destroyed. lie tore the leaf out of the book, and crushed it impatiently in his hand. “There’s no use trying to draw such a face,” he thought, “ when one has only seen imnco. What. lines in her head and brow? llow do such people happen to have a daughter looking, lilie a. goddess? How quiet and calm She wasl lt’s scarcely human. 1 couldn’t tell whether she was sorry for me, or only quietly contemptuous at my weakness.” The evening wind blew in at the window chillingly; withthe sun’s departure all warmth had gone from the air. Julian went to the window and drew it down. The room wore an air of dreary melancholy. The old tour-post bed, With its white curtains, loomed strangely in the dim, gray light. At the side of the room the opening of the black-painted tirerplace yawned like a cavern. Some dead leaves on the hearth executed a fantastic dance as the wind swept up and down the chimney. Before the window the branches of the trees waved incessantly. The damp air seemed to strike into the young man’s breast, and his cough echoed with a hollow sound. “Why did I come here?” he thought, half-hopeleSsly. “ May I come in?” she asked, with a slight amile. “ Mother thought it was get- ting colder out of doors, and you might 111w a fire.” Brennan start-0d to hit? fact.” “ Oh! thunk you, you‘re very good,” he stammered, confusediy; “I won’t trouble you ; let me do it ‘2” She only looked at him in surprise. “ I always make the fires,” she answered quietly, “and as you‘re sick you’d better keep quiet and rest.” 011 Lbs threshold of this chill and gloom there uppuared a. sudden vision. In the doorway stood Winifred Sanford, holding aboveher head a. lighhud candle ; the down- ward light illuminated her face and figure, deepening and shadowing her eyes, tiuging the bloom of hut cheeks, outlining the calm curve of her lips. In her other hand she carried a. basket: of kindling- wood. CHAPTER II Some small Boston boys were giving a Buffalo Bill entertainment the other after- noon, and young Joe Gammon was an Indian whose business it was to be stabbed by the scout. To prepare for the not he had stuffed the breast of his jacket with newspapers, but the knife of Buffalo Bill found a. joint in the armor of the redskin, and with a. shriek of “ 0w” the child of the forest dropped to the ground. The wound Was severe enough to warrant hospital treatmentâ€"Nan York Sun. leaned against the seat beside him, showed that he had just come in from a shooting- expeflitiqp. \Vniter (newwto the line)â€"â€"’Ung, air? In course not, sir. I believe in was shot, sir. â€"â€"Fun. “ Yes,” said Sanford, ” I’ve wrote some sharp political satires in my day, andmhem also in poetry. That’s something that comes by natur’ and birth, and can’t be trained into a. man. I’ll lend ’em to yer someday, colonel, orâ€"” here his face he- came more animated, “I’ll recite ’em to yer if you like. There’s the battle of Bunker Hill, one of my historical poems. It was read at the town-hall, at Greenfield, last Independence Day, I do solemnly as- sure you,colonel. It, beginsâ€" “ ‘ A tour stood on the mother's brow, As from the well yuuin; Henry Dow The wantâ€"tube littud dowu.‘ Customerâ€"I say, waiter,this venison haisig’tg been hung. Sopranoâ€"No, he won’tâ€"~~that'sthe worst of it. He forgot himself, too, and made a reach for the pulpit flowers.â€"Time. Church choir soprano (who sings during the week in comic opera, to tenor)A~I de- clare, Mr. Highsea, I’m mortified half to death! Do you know that while we were singing that ant-hem I forgot myself and winked at that old balddleadcd Deacon Heavywate in the front pew? Mr: Highsemâ€"Too Bad! The deacon will be indignant. A Disgusted flu morist. Marshall P. Wilder, the humorist, in re- lating his recent experiences in London, said :â€"“ Sometimes it was dreary work trying to be funny. Once I went to a reception, or assembly, at which none but Greeks were prese t. I have never seen so many magnificent dressvs at one time. Tim women were (‘xoee'dingly beautiful and riuhly attired, and all the mm) were hand- some. Well, I went through my pro- gramme and tried my best to muse a laugh, but the audience sat, and listened Without moving a muscle. Just as I was ending the hostess came to me and said sweetly :â€"‘Now, Mr. Wilder, please do something funny 1’ They carried me out in a hand baaket and I reached my rooms ins collapsed condition. It was simply crushing.”~]€och(estcr Democrat. I could say it all, but p’mps you’d as lief read it. You kin judge of it better that my; ‘7l’erhnps I can,” the colonel answerea, courteously. “Then I’ve wrote also poems of natur’. Natur’s an inspirin’ subject. Just; taken day like thisâ€"” He took off his hat; and let the air blow his gray locks off his withered forehead. " There’s something so pure and holy in the hull look of everythin’ to-xiuy that it’s like goin‘ Into a church just to go out; into the fields. Mrs. Sanford now,’7 here his eyes twinkled humorously, “ain‘t much on natur’. She looked om this mornin’, and says she, ‘lt’s a fine. mornin’ for bakin’,’ and then she Went- in-doors and she‘s b’eu bakin’ all day l ” Rare and beautiful Eastern stuffs have a background of cloth or gold. This at $15 or $20 per yard forms the petticoet in rich costumes. The Eastern gauzee are nearly as expensive and equally fashionable. It taken but little to embellish a. dress and make it quite gorgeous. The salvage in some beautiful new woollen has its Width extended to 1% to 2 inches by a. silk woven stripe about it. This is the sole trimming on these simple costumes, which have a pretty effect not- withstanding their simplicity. Another novelty in bordered fabrics is the hair stripe with a wide border of plain material. This makes up very charmineg for an autumn walking costume, and needs no trimmings whatsoever. Tinsel strips are seen on some soft woollens for street costumes. In dark shades of, India. twill and in light shades for house wear these costumes are eqeally stylish. Paisley borders are found on cashmeres for house dresses, and vary pretty effects are produced with a. sash carrying out the idea of color in the costume. The oolonel’s attention seemed to be wondering. His eyes were fixed on the orchard. where, through the green branches, in the distance, could be seen the gleam of a. woman’s dress and the outline of a man‘s figure. The occasional sound of voices was borne toward them by the breeze. Sanford noticed lhe look. “ You needn’t fret about that brother of your’s, lolonel,” he said; “he’s all righn. Winifred’s out there, and he’s paintin’ her That’s the idea. he took into his head. She’s a sensible girl, a mighty sensible girl, and she’ll take as good care of him as if he was her brother. How old is the boy ? ” Colonel Brennan made a calculation. “ Twenty-two,” he said. “ I didn’t ihink he was as old," he added,hnli co himself. The Old “Ian Loved His Grandchild, Though He was a Drunkard. An old man and a litile girl walked into a downtown saloon rbout 2 o’clock yesterâ€" day afternoon. It was not the first visit. The white-aproned bartender regarded them curiously. The helfva-dozen loungers lowered their voices in respect to the little tot of femininity. Nervouely fumbling in his pocket the aged topcr called for a drink, The little gixl left his side and with a fugitive glance at the bartender stole over to the lunch table. From noon until 2 o’clock a. generous and tempting army of vimids is generally provided in this peculiar resort. it had been removed a few minutes before the old man and his little compaion arrived. Raising on tip-toe the little girl looked over a. clear expanse of snowâ€"white tableclote. A pitiful expression of disap- pointment pahsed over a. face pinched with, hunger and privations. The old man was just raising a. glas of Whiskey to his lips lips when the little girl rushed across the aoom and clutched him by the arm : The trembling hand withdrew the glass that had almost touched his lips. A look at the table Vnrifled the child‘s statement. He had already pnid for the drink. M0- tioning the bartender to the end of the long polished bar, the old man said : Fresh Frnm Vanity Fair. Nuns’ veilin 1s have a. wide selva‘ re and E, g borderand are made up very simply for afternoon costumes. The novelty in silken fabrics is the bordered armurr. There were bordered woollens for spring wear and bordered cottons for summer. “ Please give me back tho money. I must go without the drink if I die for it It’s all We have in the world, and the little girl has had nothing to eat since morning. Please give me back the money.” Hand-iIIâ€"hand they went out, he with his head down and she with a glad look in her eyes. He started to go into another saloon, but she held him back. They walked half 114 block and entered & chew-p restaurantâ€"Ch[rugs Tribune. “ Grandpa! grandpa l” she FXClEimCd in a. shrill childish treble, “ don’t drink; the lunch is all gone !” “ Hefé’s a. quarter; don’t come in here again,” replied the bartender. A Double (Jase of Absent Min(lednoss. â€"Mm'tum Inquiry. LI I‘TLE N ELL. To be contmuen.) M. Zv_>1&’s:new novel, “ LB 11mm,” is to be published in October, mlditis nnnounaodas a work so unexcvptiox‘mblu in its moral r-ono thutib can safely be placed in the hands “ of the most rriodostkyoung girls and L110 most pure-minded women.” Nobody Fouled. \tht the girl with the p‘n-msol and her companion are thinking, â€"â€" “ [S’s awfully mean to lead him on SO when I am already migrade ; hm it is much fun ‘I ” What he thinksâ€"~“This is n low sort of business for a man who’a to be married in October. Theym‘enn and of. Sport, though, and I could have either of Hqu fur the Mking." And Prepares a Letter Which May be Used With Profitby Any Candidate. New York World. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee : I have just learned by the merest accident that I was nominated some ten Weeks ago as a. candidate for the l’rbsi- deucy at the regular National Convention. Being out of town at the time, and our local postmaster refusing to forward news- papers without the payment of additional postage, I did not know about it, though I remember of telling 3 man last spring that if no other man in the party seemed really ‘fitted to be its standard-bearer I would lrun. That was the end of it, so far as I l was concerned. “I spent so much money courting her that I haven’t enough lufn to buy an en- gagement ring.” “ Then what in creation are you looking so blue abuun ? " First youth-By jinkg, Harry, what’s the matter? Did Clara Vere doVuro refuge yop? Two farmersnnar Bowling Green, Ky., came upon a drove or flock or herd of \Veuselg in the woods the other day. There were thirty or forty of the lime follows and they seemed to know that; there is stronth in numbers, for they evinced no fear at the approach of the men, but drew up in a. solid mass and showed fight so detorminodly that the farmers didn’t molest them. A Georgia, man is ready to swear that common soda is the most sovereign thing on on.th for the hive of either mad dog or mmlmmnotwitbstunding that there is not the remotest possibility that fishing parties and so on will substitute it for me usual antidote. \Vhen I made the promise I had an idea. that possibly a better man would be found somewhere, and in that way 1 would be enabled to get out of it. Acting upon that supposition, I have Inmle other arrange- ments, which, of course, I will now have to cancel. We had purchased and nut in our coals for the winter, and also agreed to board the teacher at our home. I might rmme other plans we had made for the future which will now have to bo cm-ircly changed, but the above will Show you than in going into this thing I am Inukng sacriâ€" fices which are not generally taken into consideration during the bean, and ascerbity of a political campaign. In digging a well near Goldsboro’, N. 0., file diggers came upon traces of an extinct volcano, and at once reported it to the state geologist. who will pronounce upon the discovery authoritatively in a few days. 1f Elected I will- fzii'or a higher price for the manufacturer and lower prices for the consumer. Mr. Stinyes, of Augusta, Ga., got mar- ried one day and sloped. the next with an old sweetheart, Whom only he swore he could love, and now there is a large and angry motherin-law and law suit hovering in the horizon. Pennsylvania has some girls worth hav- ing. In the haying season, a. gentleman duringa short drive counted nine young women driving two-horse mowers and seventeen managing horse rakes. I believe in submitting the tariff quesâ€" tion to a. popular vow of this country and Europe, after which 1 would reserve the right to do what I t‘lrmght best. about. it. It is stated upon medical authority that readers should refrain from damping their fingers in turning over the leaves of library books, as this is a sure way to attract any stray bacilli that may be lurking around. I have not yet decided whether I would fzwor putting the best men into office, or whethur I would 1% them remain where they firm in the newspaper business. A colored woman in Atlanta, G5,, is the youngest of thirtyâ€"seven children, and, although not yet 38 years old, is herself the mother of twenty-seven children. I favor somta rm)er 't-hings,but out of rtspect for the convention which uomi» Hated me I shall not embody them in this lunar, but wait till I am elected and then jar the buck treth of those whose votes 1 now deaire but whose opinions I deapise. Wonders never cease. Apeach tree near Smyrna, Del., for three years past has seemed as dead as Huctor, but this year it is loaded with fine fruit. My lnhzlx-stiiug will be out (luring the day, and I shall mm to keep open all night. On Sum‘mys visiting azatrsmen will please enter [it the side of the house, and 1 almll ask one and all to please refrain from loud and boisterous language in the hall as {hey go away, chn th-ugh there should be annoying comylicatim‘xs in identi- fying umbcmllas h ft in the hull- ruck and quids of tobacco left on the Blair mil. Lon each t‘ako such nmbrellaand tobacco as than be allotted to him without repininy, and thus elevate and oxmoble the eltiquette and tau! mmwmhlc of our national political system - a. H) atom of which we are all BO justly proud. ‘ AJeffursonviHe (N.Y.) bootblack has a. card on his back Stating that he will not black a. drunken man’s shoes. I trust. that one and all will feel free to come and bringiheir dinners until Novem- ber, for after that I Ehall, if elected, admit only respectable people, and very few of those. Prior to election I shall maintain a, general social sink of iniquity, and I hope and trust that 1119 various moral fez/ours who claim that they knew me when I was poor and when my wife did her own work, zmd who new claim that they nmde me what I um, will call early, refrain from tying their team to the Oleander and turn off their breaths on retiring instead of trying to blow it out. The house will be open for visitors imâ€" mediately after prayers and continue so until breakfast, time on the following (lay. Guests and friends are requested to pass in through the folding doors leading 0115 of the from parlor, view the remaim; and than continue 011% through the dining-room, kitchen and barn. Memento pickets for making canes may be found in the hay-mow marked as fulv lows : If elected, I shall favor intempemnce only in the case of sickness. My wife joins mo in the kindest regards to your committee and hopes you will always come to see us when you are in town. We are only a f: \V miles from the station and you can easily find our house if you will follow the crowd. We think some of having a pink tea. at our 1101139 on Thurs- day, and we would both be glad to see the National Convention and friends here be- fore we take up the carpets. Yours truly, Sign hereL‘L’" â€"â€"*-â€"â€"â€" P. S. I accept the nomination With The apples on the large tree near the well are cooking apples and not good yet, any way. pleasure. Second youth (saéfihfaNo, she accepted A Common Experience. E ACCEPTS, Odd l toms. «‘ 0N} A Transformation. “Miss SCH'OOhOWI sang at the musical last evening,” said one musician to another, and she effected a. wonderful transforma- tion.” “ Infleed 1 How ‘2” “ Well, she sang ‘ It Was a Dream,’ and turned it into an orthodox nightmare." ‘Vlien the Circus Began. “ What» time did young Sampson leave last night Clara?” asked her papa. “ It was after midnight,” replied the girl, with n haughty sneer; “ we had a. quarrel. and I buda him good-by forever.” “ If you quarrelnd, I wonder he didn’tleaveenrlier.” “ \Ve didn't begin quarreling until nearly 10 o’clock.” A SNUG fortune awaits the man who can invent a. cheaper substitute for India ink, which, by the way, comes from China, not India. Experiments are being made, but 30 far in vain. “Is it true, mammn,” inquired & little girl, “thnba Quaker never takes his hat off?” “ It is true, my dear,” answered the fond mother, “it is a mark of respect; which he thinks he should pay to no man.” “But then tell me, mamma,” answered the clever child, “how does a Quaker nmnage when he goes to have his hair out ‘1” MISS CHARLOTTE M. Youxa, the novelist, is a devoted member of the church of Eng» land. \Vimh the proceeds of her novel, ” The Heir of Radcliffe,“ she fined out the missionary (schooner, the Southern Cross. for the use of Bishop Selwyn ; and $10,000 from the profits of “ The Daisy Chain ” airs mid to have gone to the building of the missionary college in New Zealand. AN eccpntrict will will be tested in the courts at» Death in December. A physician, Dr. GoldbergerdeBuda, left $250,000 to cumulate for the benefit. of his poateity until the interest would be sufficient to relieve destitutiou everywhere. The trus- ters calculated that they could effect a dis- distribution when the capital reached $1,000,000 000, but they declined to act. The will will now be camested by claimants in America, London and Madrid. Knights promise to become as common in Canada as “ professors,” or as colonels in the United States at the close ofthe war. Sir Charles Tapper has gone up even a. step higher, and is now a full fledged buronet, the ” Sir " thus becoming horedi» tary. If this keeps on Harry Piper, of Toronto, will be made a. “ Juke.”~7]x'ilr]c- town Standard. THE sergeant who was on guard at the fortress of Ham at the moment when the late Emperor Napoleon lII. effected his escape has just died at Fraize in his 68th year. He and the soldiers about him wersâ€" offered wine by the then Prince Louis Napo- leon, into which a narcotic had been in- fused. Tho priaoner kept them in conver- sation until one by one they fell asleep, and, the coast being clear, he slipped away. Rich manufacturerâ€"Glorious! That Wiil end the strike in my factory. Now take this check over to the President of the High-Tariff League for the Protection of American Labor.#1’hiladelphiu Record. Secretary~Finelm Engaged 20 Fun» gnriuns, 15 Poles, 17Italiuns, 18 Bulgarians, 16 Russians, and a miscellaneous collemion whose nationalities I didn’t stop to ask. Rich manufacturerâ€"Well, how did you succeed at Castle Garden? ON Blizzard Monday young George COB» ine, of Hicksville, Long Island, found a beautiful girl face downward in the snow. She was moaning in great distress. Mr. Cosine took the young woman up in his arms and carried her to the nearest phat many, where she found stimulants and extra Wraps. l\'lr.Cosine’s interest went furtherwhe hired a sled and escorted the lovely “widen to her home. Rewarding him, the rescued lady,Miss Mary McEwen, has become his wife. The wedding took place on Sunday evening. Overheard one say of her, “By hesvenl she’s painted l” “Yes.” retorted she, in- dignantly, “ and by heaven only 1” Buddy health mantled her cheek, emlxroned on the rose and lily. Yet this beautiful lady, once thin and pale. with a dry hacking cough, night-sweets, and slight spitting of blood, seemed destined to fill a con- sumptive’s grave. After spending hun- dreds of dollars on physicians without benefit, she tried Dr. l’ierce's Golden Medical Discovery; her improvement was soon marked, and in a few months she was plump and rosy again, the picture of health and strength. THIS from the Sydney (N. S. \V.) Free- 171110175 Juurnal, just received by mail, will serve to remind us that ours is still the summer and of the earth and that they are having roaring winter down in the antarctic regions. A heavy snowstorm occurred at Armidale on Friday night, and on Saturday the streets were covered with snow. Heavy falls of snow are reported from Orange, Invert‘li, Tenterfield and other townships, and the weather up coun- try generally is deoribed as being bitterly cold. In compounding the ingredients a small quantity of cement, for instance, one pound, is mixed with the cream of tartar, quick- silver and ieinglass and water enough to make a very thin paste, and the composi» tion is let stand about twentyâ€"four hours. If the weather b0 acid the composition should stand in a. warm place. The re- mainder of the cement, the pulverized ivory, marble (lust and Bend are mixed dry, and the standing compound is thereupon added, together With enough rain water, about half a pail, to produce a plastic mess capable of being readin laid With a trowel or Similar implement. After the compound is laid upon a suitable foundation, such as wood, earth, brick or metal, it becomes very hard, equal to steel, and capable of a very high polish. AT Trouville, a fashionable resort for the French, a. pretty girl Wore her hair floating upon her shoulders, with butterflies, bril- liantly-tinted small birds and drngon-fiies fastened upon it, so as to look as though captured in a. golden mesh. Her small bonnet was covered with birds and butter» flies, and her lightblue gauze dress was dotled over with others, and several kinds of insests as well. She represented Air. Her sister, a dark-haired girl, was Watari Her sen-green gown was trimmed in eccen- tric fashion with seaweed, and her hair, floating like her sister's, was similarly decked. How absurd it is for people to make a BhOW of themselves when they formally enter their life contract! Read this cur- rent it-em about certain unbalanced young people : “ Thirty-eight couples have been married at the Iowa fairs and captured more or less valuable prizes for the pubâ€" liuiby of their nuptials. and of these thirtyâ€" sevon have been divorced within thirteen months.” A PATIENT has been granted for 9. water- proof compound adaphed to be applied to tho floors and walls of buildings to prevent the access of water and dmnpness, and which will also Withstand extreme and varying temperatures of air, and which will be practically indestructnhle. The compoeition consists of the following in- gredients, combined in substantially the proportions stated, vizl : New Zoahmd (m‘I’anland) cement,103 pounds; croum of tartar, 3 ounces; pulw-rixcd ivory,1 mince; quicksilver, 1 ounce ; isinglnss, 4 (mums; nim‘h1c(1ust,5 pounds; sand, ZUU pounds; rain water, 1 pail. CURRENT TOPICS. A Crisis for a Quaker. A Lovely “Woman Juke of the Zoo. How it \Vorks‘ THE mam BEST FRIENQ Whole unlike artificial systems. Cure of mind wandering. Any book learned in one reading. Classes of I,087 at Baltimore,1,005 an Detroit 1,600 at Philadelphia, 1,1 13 at. VVashiugton 1,2111 at Boston, lurgu classes of Columbia Law students, at Yale, Wellnaley. Oberiin, University of Bonn” Michigan University, Chautauquamm. etc. Endorsed by 1001mm) l’hOU'l‘OR, bhe Scien mat, nuns. W. W. Aswun, JUDAH P. BENJAMIN Judge GIBSON, Dr. BROWN, E. ii 000K,1’rin.N.Y Slum Normal Uollegu, etc. Taught by corres- pondunce Pumps}:an DST FREE from This from the London Globe sounds romantic, but the writer vows that he is telling Cupid’s truth: Just 01gb: yeurs ago a. young Dublin engineer and the daughter 9f a: wealthy rmvr, who was also engagedin the Dublin provision trade, were married. The bride had manang the provision business for her family and was described as an amiable and lovely girl. After marriage the wed- ding party went to Glendalough and amost enjoyable day almost up to the hour of returning was spent, the company being a large one. when some misunderstanding oc- uurred between the newly wedded pair. The bridegroom left the company in an- ger and walked the eight miles back to the city in time to catch an evening steamer to Liverpool; from that period until Thursday in last week he was never heard of. The bride felt her desertion keenly, but she stuck to her business. Her father meantime died and she was left in charge of great responsibilities. The wanâ€" derer was forgotten or believed to have died and some time sinse another aucceeded in obtaining her affections. The wedding was arranged for an early day and invita- tions had been issued when the long missing husband put in an appearance in the city. He had been all these years in New Zealand and he had made money, which he had come home to share with his wife who, “strangely enough" adds the correspon- dent, “felt all her old love for him revive. lie was very nearly being late, but his l timely arrival Saved a vast amount of after ‘ misery to all concerned." ” We believe that in extent uf light-weight ra/w I1L(li¢l'itbl collected and carried, Mr. Page holds the lamb of (my competitor and that his present xioah is the largest head by (my house in this cotmtry." And the Review says: “After a most thorough investigation of Mr Page‘s business us C(JIIL‘UIH‘EII with. others in same Mine, we have become fully satisfied that in his speemlzy, light-weight stack, he is unquestionably the Largest dealer in Lhis country, thLe in supen‘ / of quad" he 1'8 eonfessedly at the heagl." (gummy: 11 Mr. Page‘s business is the largest in its line in the United States, is it not the best possible mef of his ability to pay highest. prices ? If he did not (10 so, would he naturally get more Skins than any ofhis co'mpetjtora in tllu same line? '2waQO W The Show rt" Leather Rapm‘ter, N. Y., and Shoe 02' Leather Review, Chicago, the leading trade papal-B of the U.S. in the Hide line, have sent. their reprusunmhivos to invusLigam Mr. Page's busi nexs, and after a thorough examinatith and com 9011 the Roy ergivos himphis eudoruamunc SYMPTOMSâ€"Moisture; intense itching an stinging ; most at night; worse by scratch ing. If allowed to continue tumors form which often bleed and ulcerate, becomin very sore. SWAYNE’S OINTMENT stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulceration, and in many cases removes the tumors. It equally efficacious in curing all Ski Diseases. DR. SWAYNE & SON, Proâ€" prietors, Philadelphia. SWAYNE’S OINTimN'I can be obtained of druggists. Sent by mail for 50 cents. for 115. Cash Furnialmd on satisfactory guarant, Addr ss, 0. 5. PAGE, Hydu Park. Vermont. U. 1 ‘tWhat in thunder do you mean by coming in here to get; yourhend bandaged?” said an indignant proprietor to a. battered tramp. “This is a plumbor’s shop and ain’t no hospital, by a jugful.” Nerviline may be tested at the small cost of 10 cents. Buy at once a. 10 cent bottle of Nerviline, the great pain remedy. Sold by druggists and country dealers. A Sootth mother in Philadelphia was a. delighted spectator the other day when her fifteen eons danced the Highland fling together at a Scottish picnic. Au. unlvuu u I up.) U l uuuuu gamma] 1), We want a GOOD MAN in your localihy to pick up Qni to Another Affair Mr. Bachelor (very cordially)â€"Allow me to congratulate you. dear boy. I hear yop’vo married 5 Wifllow. “An idler is a watch that lacks both hands; As useless if it goes, as when it stands." Alas 1 how many women, though house- hold and children need their care, are necessnrily idle, because sufiering from diseases peculiar to their sex. To all such Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a precious boon, speedily curing internal in- flammation, leucorrhes, displacement, ulceration, tormenting periodical pains, prolapsus, “ bearing-down " sensations. morning sickness, bloating, weak stomach, nervous prost ntion, and tendency to can- cerous diseass. In all those ailments called “ female complaints ” it isthe most reliable specific known to medical science. “Why doil’t yeriaké iii yer sign then ?” said the battered tramp, pointing to the legend ” Tanks Repaired.” “ Men usually marry their opposites,” said Cholly. reflectively. “That is true,” said the old mama little surprised at (Iholly’s unusual brilliancy. "All the married men I know have married members of the opposite sex.” “ I mean,” said Cholly, “ that a tall man is apt to marry a. short woman and vice versn ; I wonder What kind of a. woman I will marry?" And the old man opined that he would be liable to marry a girl with some sense. The New Pain King. Polson’s Ncrviline cures flatulence, chills, spasms and cramps. â€" Nerviline cures-promptly the worst cases of neuralgia, toothache, lumbago, and sciatica. Nerviline is fleath to all pain, whether extenml, internal, or local. IviERCHAHTSBUTCHERSg To {:5 thum cmnéé a. man VVlmse merit hath won countless zealots, W110 use and praise his “ Pleasant Pellets." The ” Pleasant Purgative Pellets " of Dr. Pierce, though gentle in action. are thorough, and never fail to cure biliouanoss, diseased or torpid liver, and constipation. V DEM Boy (doubtfully)AYou’remistaken; she married me. W “W Ah'leasn ’tis said they can; Bub as Science turns the wheel still faster, Aid qtmqks and bigots meet disaster, “ \Vhere Has My Sweetheart Gone ?” Answered in Tune. No matter what the school of physio, Tl;ey_ each 98.11 c'n_re‘au ache ur physioâ€" CALF SKINS MEMORY PROF. Lmsm T’I‘E (23'? '1‘ fiifilfve” N.Y. REAL IRISH STORY. MARVELOUS DISCOVERY. DONi..30 n8 ITCHING FILMS. Nat“ r111 Selection. 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