the wall close. ran the pursuer inward tin-- l.ive It wai Hales, evlbroke in In much exi lied and with an ugly lie rarih-( ill across bis lurch a heavy club. and. atn-- r lisicumg f'n a iii'jiucui for sounds of the enemy, lie hurried after the caretaker. It wii( uni iii row, though I must I av It wakened my curioKHy. nivHeir nui. threw my Himitiiieiii-irgs over llu Mina side of the wail i:id lighted a li.,red lurrirade bv the opportunity the i.iTered for observing lhe world. As I looked off toward ilm linle round two other uelnrs iliur'ii A fill somd In mi the i I i i fit- - npni.intr of the wood, talking to a man. Her hands were thrust Into the pn kels of lo-- r ruu-iCoal; hie wore a rod t ini o' shuuier. that made a bright Ini of cuior in lhe wood. They were not iifii is Ilian a dozen yards iwtt.v. hut a will aiow'h of young ns Their profiles maples lay wen- - toward me. and tin- - ti.m-- of the ;ir!'b voice reached im- - clcaily as she He wore a ! her companion. iddic man's high waistcoat, slid I that he w.i the chaplain whom Hates had mentioned. I am not by nature an t avesdroppor, but the girl .van (le.v.ly making a plea of some kind, ami the chaplain's stalwart figure awake In me an antagonism that held me to the wall. "If he comes here I shall go away, ii you may us well understand it and nil him. I shan't see him under any I'lrcuiiiatuiices, mid I'm not going to Florida or California or anywhere else on a private car, no mutter who chaperones II." "Certainly not. unless you want to --certalnlr not." aald the chaplain. 'You understand that I'm only giving He thought It you hla message. h:i1. Hi. STORYp THE HOUSE OF THOUSAND A CANDLES By MEREDITH NICHOLSON Suker ! "Ml MS'S rnsNCE." iMMt.iUN," Eu.. ZELDA very tough, s'r. A piece of wood up and struck me." Too bad!' 1 said with syims-"You'better rest a bit this lm-trn- - A New Line of "Thank you. sn.ai sir; but It's h oi.U matter.-onl- y, you might tHsk the cut a tilth- - disfiguring. lie truck a mulch tor my rtgirtC. and 1 left without looking at t70 again. Hut as I crossed the IhrcJ'1! of Mm library I formulated this "Hates Is a liar, for one thing, i.A pinion with active enemies fqr W' other; watch him." All thlni-'cunsldensl the day o liiisina well enough. I pirl.ct J Q a threw myself on a com divan to smoke and reflect befoieon-tfnidnniv explorations. As I ky there. Hates brought me a telegrsa reply to my message to Pickering 1 road: Yours announcing arrival receid and Hied. It was certainly a queer bus! tv, my errand, to Glenarm. I lay for couple of hours dreaming, and ecus! the candles In the great cryatal cln ilclier until my eyea ached. Tho I took my cap and waa soon trampK towird the lake. There were several amall boats nd I . a naphtha launch In the dropped a canoe Into the water si paddled off toward the summer color, where gables and red roofs were phis ly visible from the I lauded and roamed Idly over walks past nearly a hundred cottages, to whose windows tad verandas the winter blinds gave i dreary and inhospitable air. There was, at one iolnt, a casino, whew broad veranda hung over the edge of the lake, while beneath, on the wate. rside, was a I walked back to the wharf, when I had left nty canoe, and was about to beat' " "Not to wrlto to me or to Sister step Into It when I saw, rocking all broke In the girl contemp- - similar landing place nearby, anotlsr Theresa! d 1 fei-liu- fo-ill- e f L4fErigbi DM Aif luWlMl!ii 4 It, CHAPTER V .Continued. my shoulder and turni'il toaarJ My gran dial her hud It ft me a chw.-rf.i- l lunacy of distrust among my neighbors, ih result, luoii Etily, of Importing foroin labor In work on bln bonne. The surly Moiit!) bad Intimated na niurh; but It flld uni greatly matter. I baj not come to Glcusrin to cultivate the maths, but to fulfill certain obligations bibl down In my grandfather's will. I wus. mi to apeak, on duty, and I much prcferreil that the villagers should let mu alum (Vunforilni; myaelf with these reflec tlona I reached the wharf, where I fnw Morgan silting with hla feel dangling over the water, smoking a plio. I nodded in hla direction, but In feigned not to ace me. A moment Inter he jumped Into hla boat and rowed out upon the lake. When I returned to the house Hates waa at work In the kitchen. This wa. a large aquare room with heavy liui hers allowing In the walla and low ceiling. Them waa a great fireplace In an enormona chimney, fitted with a crane and lioha, but fur practical pur poaca a amall range waa provided. ; llatea received me placidly. Yea; It'a an unuaual room. air. Mr Glenarm copied It from an old kitchen In England. He took quite a pride In It It'a a pleaaant place to alt In the evening, sir. He allowed me the way below, where I found that the cellar extended under every part of the house, and waa dl vlded Into large chambers. The door of one of them waa of heavy oak. bound In Iron, with a barred oicnlng at the top. A great iron haxp with a heavy padlock and grilled area window gave further the Impression of a coll, and 1 fear that at thla, as at many other thing In the curloua house, I wore If I did not laugh thinking of the money my graiidfuther hod expended in realising hla whims The room wan uaed, I noted with a depository for iiotatoes. pleasure, In another of these rooms I found curious collection of lanterns of every conoelvsble description, grouped on shelves; and next door to this apartment waa another atore-rooi- n filled with brass candle-stickof many odd designs. I returned to tho main floor and ought the comforts of the library, where I smoked a pipe over a very tedious chapter in an exceedingly dull hook on Norman Revivals and Influences. Then I went out, assuring myself that I ahould get steadily to work In n day or two. Dates was soberly chopping wood at a rough pile of timber at the rear of the house. His Industry had already Impressed me. He had the quiet ways of an Ideal serving man. "Well, Dates, you don't Intend to let me frecce to death, do you? There must be enough wood In the pile there to last all winter." Yet, sir; I am just cutting n little more of the hickory, sir. Mr. Glenarm always preferred It to beech or maple." I turned toward the unfinished tower la the meadow, from which n windmill pumped water to the house. The Iron frame wan not wholly covered with tone, but material for the remainder of the work lay scattered at the base. I went on through the wixnI to the lake and Inspected the boat house; then I followed the pebbly shore to the stone wall where It marked the . line of the The wall. I observed, was of the same solid character here ns along the road. I tramped beside It, reflecting that niv grandfather's estate. In the heart of the Republic, would some day give the lie to foreign complaints that we have no ruins in America. The buildings of 8t. Agatha's wen well hidden by the Intervening wood, and 1 climbed upon the wall at the iron gate for an ampler view. The pillars at either aide of the gate were of tinge dimension and were higher Mian I could reach. The little Gothic church near at hand was built of stone similar to that used In Glenarm house As I surveyed the scene a number of young women appeared, and. forming In twos and fours, walked hack and forth before the chapel. A sister clad In a brown habit lingered near or walked first with one and then an other group of students. It waa all very pretty and Interesting and not at all the ugly school for patiiHcs I had riposted to And. ' The students were not the charity children I had carelessly pictured; they were not so young, for one thing, and Uiey seemed to be appareled decently enough. 1 smiled to find myself adjusting my scarf and straightening my collar as I beheld my neighbors for the first time. As I sat thus on the wall I heard the sound of angry voices- back of me on the Glenarm side, and a crash of underbrush marked a flight and pursuit. I crouched down on the wall and waited. la a moment a man plunged through the wood and stumbled over a tow hanging vine and fell, not SO feet away from me. To my great surprise It was Morgan, my acquaintance of the yiornlag. He rose, cursed hla ID luck I Iirun-- il s boat-house- boat-hous- - Has just arrived, and while the quality is the very finest the prices are about the same asked for inferior arms?LOPfS7X?Cwn 3 Yiiu are not looking very jolly on Christina day, observed the girl In brown. "Were your gifts chiefly hair receivers and silver thimbles, or were they so expensive that you are wonder Ing how you can ever return them next year?" "N not exactly, replied the girl In I " green. Oh. you should see Alice," broke in the girl In brown; Hhe looks as happy as the girl who has got rid of the coat of tan she cultivated at the seashore last summer. She I dont know whether or not she received many presents, but she has one which seems to make her perfectly happy. It Is I am sorry to hear it. If that girl got her deserts she would spend the holidays with the dentist. She well, you know I have seen a good deal of Alice lately. You know we Just had to be Intimate, since Rob was dividing his attentions pretty equally between us." Mh'm; otherwise people might fancy you were jealous of each other." Jealous of Alice, the Idea! However, I had to watch her. You never know what a girl with her saintly expression Is saying of you behind your back. You know that Rob la sort of goods. Shopping bags and purses for ladies; wallets and bill books for Bcnralh th ipny of mudetoe 11m comely danuei Hoi hair ii of a goidea glow In cateba culling (band She Im it with a satin bow Held is hef ihaprly hand. The firelight Bickers on the wall ; Ilia shadows quaintly weave patterns that arise and fall; She fidgets with her sleeve And priniu her ribbons one and all This daughter fair of Eve. Odd In truth sha is a lovely sight Her cheek it like the rose. Her brow as ivory is while. Patrician is her nose. Her eye is blue with heaven's light; She bolds a queenly pose. 170 AIN St SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. ANTS. HKM TREES!- :-uvor, young sms pasnog bv tha door Looks in end sees her then; He tiptoes lighdy o'er the Boor-E- ach sun of us would dam Do oven this, and even mom For she is passing fair! , .'A V1 '"' ? oa earth bsnsrlra HmiVm. For the Cosy Corner. An elderly man from the country. Intent on purchasing some furniture, proceeded to the city to put his skill for bargaining to the test. On entering an old curiosity shop he found himself confronted by the proprietor. After turning over the stock the old man purchased a chair. A few days later the purchaser returned to the hop again with tjie chair In about half a dozen pieces The proprietor looked at them very gravely and examined them all over, then suddenly ezclalmed: Ah, my friend. I see what Is the matter; somebody hse been sitting on It! Tit-Bit- Entertains and Instructs the Boys. Rob the Ranger" and On the Trail of the Arabs," two books by Herbert Strong, the celebrated English writer, recently published by company, of Indianthe apolis, Ind., are two stories of adventure that are bound to prove fascinating and Instructive to the average boy, the kind of clean, youth who has a longing for adventures of all kinds. Mr. Strang Is a writer whose stories have attracted the attention of thousands of persons Interested in providing boys with rending that Is at once wholesome and entertaining, and whose Information Is accurate and whose Bobba-Merri- s' Heat IntrruT Lou. Agent A boat-house- ll whole-gom- e Ho poults above her sunny head. She looks up with a smile. 'Y df nil young man it may well be Is well equipped with guile.) Her lips are rarely curved, and rad. And purse in tempting style. He puts his arm about her want And she does not red I And then, in Midden, ardent liaale, Tha damsel fair is kissed I Ah, luscious smack and honeyed taste That ha would not haw mined 1 (The a now she gazes in apprise -Is Ac surcharged with in) Tha aleaa wStua her azure b that from anger's fire 1 Will she with wrathful reuini Call forth her sturdy ami And literary, and ha talks about books most of the time. Well, Alice Is so s school-grounds- Leather Goods SfiJOIl." deceitful that she pretends she, too, Is Uterary. I hate decelL But how do you manage to keep up the conversation when he Rob prefem a conversation In which the other party la a listener, dear. Of course I told him when we first met that I dearly love to read. Oh, well, I dont know a girl anywhere who reads as many fashion magazines as you. M'h'm. Well, I knew that Bob meant to make me a handsome Christmas gift this year, add himself to it She Were r. light craft of the same type as my tuoiuly. What a clever person be Is! "And how undever I am!" said the own, but painted dark maroon. I waa Well, at any sure the canoe had not been there clergyman, laughing. rate, I thank you for giving me the when I landed. Possibly It belonged to Morgan, the caretaker! I walked opportunity to present bis message. She smiled, nodded and turned swift- over and examined It. I even lifted it ly toward the school. The chaplain slightly to test its weight. The padlooked after her for a few moments, dle lay on the dock beside me and It then walked soberly away toward the too. I weighed critically, deciding that luke. He was a young follow, clean- It wan a trifle light for niv own taste. Please If you don't mind" shaven and dark, and with a pair of (TO BK CiJXTlXL'ED.) shoulders that gave ine a twinge of envy. I could not gness how great a WHERE CHILDREN ARE TAKEN. factor that vigorous figure was to be in my own affairs. As I swung down from the wall and walked toward (ilenarip House, my thoughts were not with the athletic chaplain, but with the girl, whose youth was. I reflected, marked by her short skirt, the unconcern with which her bauds were thrust Into the pockets of her coat, and the Irresponsible tilt of the There U something jaunty, a suggestion of spirit and Independence, In a particularly a red one. If tse red expressed, so to siieak, the key-notof St. Agatha's, the proximity of the school was not so bad a thing after all. In a high good humor and with a sharp appetite I went In to luncheon. Mrs. Gunbusta Found One Spots in New York. of Few e Mrs. Gurhuata left her pretty In Heuihurst and look the earliest train to the city, s:iv th.? New York Press. She was going tln-rto find a modern flat for hers. If. her husband and their four little They had tired of the sulnulis and decided to move (o the city. Arriving In the mciropolis, Mrs. Gunbusta popped into the first real estate office that confronted her, and golug up to a riii! !y f:irod, chubby man seated at a polished desk, she giisjien: rot-tag- r. e Mxense me. Mr Fin Mr. Gunbusta of Bumhitrst we're tired of the sub we want to come to the city j urbs that's why I've called -I- 'm fot The Girl and the Canoe. j a place where they'll take children Dates did not refer to his encounter do you know of any sV'-j place? with the caretaker, and I resolved to l)h, yes. there are a few places left 1 I In keep my knowledge of It to myself. the city where they take children, always prefer to let a rascal hang him- replied the man, wheeling about. Is hla self. and here was a case. I reasoned, chair; there Is a tine pines two where, If Dates was disloyal to the blocks down, right on the corner; takt duties Pickering had imposed upon a look at It; you can't miss seeing 1L" him. the fact of his perfidy was bound "I'H Eo see It Immediately," and to disclose Itself eventually. Glancing as Mrs. Guubiista hurried out of tha around at him when he was off guard place and walked In the direction IndiI surprised a look of utter dejection cated tho ruddy-fared- , chubby fellow -upon hla face aa he stood with folded eyea twinkled merrily. Walking down arms behind my rhalr. two blocks, what Mrs. Gunbusta'a lie flushed and started, then put his aurprlao to see on tho comer aa Imhand to hla forehead, where a strip of mense granite building, on tha front of which waa s largo gilt sign, rood-- j plaster covered his wound, I met with s slight accident this Ing: j morning. Mr. Glenarm. The hickory's CHAPTER VI. I i collecting turquoises. I knew by the way be changed the subject that he had taken the hint and thought It ac- cidental." Oh h; do show me " He asked If I was fond of Ah, an I Thacke- ray. I aald I doted on him; I'd have aid I doted on white mice If he had confessed n fondness for them I was so happy. Well, yesterday I dropped in at Alice'a. I found her In the library; she seemed nervous and 1 stayed to find the reason. "And did She naked If I did not consider set of Thackeray the nicest Christmas gift a man could make to a girl a girl he liked very murh? 1 replied, Yes if the girl had saffron hair and eyet which were located at right angles!"' "And she She replied, Ob, she was in earnest; she knew a man who meant tc give a lucky girl just such a set. The she Intimated that he Intended to hint his hope that the set would soon be housed under hla own roof. But who I said, yes. the girl waa lucky II she had a genius for martyrdom; that the man who would make a girl surh a gift would be the man who would expect his wife to prefer a subscription to a magazine to a new tailor made frock and an addition to the library to a trip to Palm Beach! Good! I'm glad you aald" I'm not myself, dear. Rob was In the next room and beard every word. Alice had helped him to select a Christmas gift for me, sad when I came in she told him to wait while she met me in the library, so he could hear my cries of delight when I heard of the selection! JMd you ever know such an unmitigated cat! "Gracious never!" cried the girl in 1 didn't tell you, did I, that brown. the gift which so delighted Alice wss a set of Thackeray? Rob waa there and Alice's mother stopped me In the hall, ns I went out, to ask the address of the dressmaker who made Mabel's trousseau." Copyrlsht. 1MT bv Wright A. rattenoa Flowers as a Cult. One of the most practical plans for Inculcating ariiong the masses n taste tor plants and flowers has been hit upon by the city fathers of the little Hessian town of Alzey, where each girl In the public elementary schools receives every spring two plants to care for. Inspectors at the end of the season make their report, which is invariably good. The Pepper Family. "Five Little Peppers In the little Brown House, by Margaret Sidney, author of the famous Pepper books, which have gladdened the hearts of many thousands of juvenile renders, has recently been Issued from the presses of the Lothrop, Lee A Shepard Co., Boston. By the art of the author, "Margaret Sidney, In private life Mrs. Daniel Lothrop, who Uvea In Concord, Mass., In "The Wayside, made famous ns the resMence of Na- "But how" "Have you never heard of feminine Intuition, dear? Consequently I Just mentioned to him the fact that I am Red En-lgll- sh While both stories are entertaining enough to tie the most fidgety little fellow to the hearth-sid- e during Its perusal, each has an instructive and educational turn that Is truly delightful and commendable. Is above reproach. la SIm laughs! BMirieMiit Her Ample mm appear. Sha tosses nos stray strand of hair Behind her shapely ear. but smilas them She says: "Why, Upon the caiuidelierl u Beneath the i The damsel steads, and then The bashful and repentant bean Behaves honest men Should do; he take the kirn yon know. And puls it beck again I Copy riant. INT, by Wilber Bl KaMi thaniel Hawthorne, the Irrepressible Pepper children with their many human and lovable qualities have become familiar acquaintances, and the presentation of situations U so humorous that all ages are entertained. The recent addition to the Pepper family la equa'ly as good as genu-inel- Its predecessors. To Have No Trouble. One way to avoid trouble Is to make it Impossible before It appears. On the day of the Sunday school plo-nl- c the trolley car stopped to take a bright-eyed- , middle-age- d woman with lx hatless boys. "Yes, we're going to the picnic," she chirped. In response to the conductors query, but you won't have to atop to pick up any lost Im perfectly willing to headgear. take care of alx boys; but there Isn't money enough to tempt me to look after six boys and six hats. How to Invest Your Savings. There Is perhaps no more universal desire than that to acquire money, and for this reason peculiar Interest attaches to How to Invest Your by Isaac F. Marcos son, which has Just been published by the Henry Sav-lug- s, AH One in Christ. Altemus company, of Philadelphia. This book has many qualities which make it distinct among books of Its kind. Mr. Marcossons book Is written In the Interest of the average man or woman with savings or funds to Invest, and Its sole purpose Is to furnish accurate facts and knowledge essential to aafe and conservative invest The coming of Christ gave emphasis to the fatherhood or God and the brotherhood of man. The great principle of Christianity stands out prominently in contradiction to many of ment the noblest principles of heathendom. Race prejudices ran through all peoPerfectly Lovely. ples and amongst all tongues, but The most consoling pleasure of o when Christ came he taught the age, out of the windows fatherhood of God and the brother- hope. looking Is the sweet sense of the hea hood of man. He taught that God Is and soul that yon have spread tl no respecter of persona. He made the flowers life about the rugged roi cf poor as well as the rich hla disciples, of humanity Instead of the nettles dined with the publicans and sinlie contention. Baltimore American. ners, as well as with priests and noblemen. He commanded that the Revive Ammonia Victim. Gospel be preached to every creaWhen a person Is overcome by a ture. Ilia church today Is a living monin fumes n good stiff drink witness that there is neither bond will help to counteract the i vinegar nor free, male nor female, Greek nor tlon of the ammonia, revive the t Jew, for we are all one In Christ eons clous, and In many cases save It