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Show ' uKEVTUXTUTE" Bridesmaid. iirovimicbLwuuuiiiii" Hayden saw. Neither asked the other why this should be declared and received love George Hnyden was really no suck in this passionately sorrowful fasaion. great villain after all. "I love you, too!" she said, simply, Put baldly, he had raerdy flirted when she couild find voice. And Haywith a girl of a lower position In life den held her in his arms for a rapturthan his own, and left her. Yet cirous moment. cumstances and the girl bad befora When he glanced up, his arms still long made lhe affair seem a heartless hiill below a the rn.Isera.ble two girl, in years tragedy, and for a lilac t It gown. of was, course, George Hayden had been haunted Ly a was ffl her, girl it. passing along a There .was no doubt that he had ly coincidence. Hayden shivered and loosed bis made love, generally with gay nonThe old haunted feeling had clasp. to chalance, occasionally with fervor, He had a 'impulse to tell returned. of Kate Moon, Mossdyke Farm. whole the wretched story, but it was Sybil It during that Bummer whon would be a was off fishing ia Devon, and the gloomy beginning to the he of first hour his new happiness. Beweather was beyond reproach except which sides Mrs. Dove came into Bight for fishing. The trout would not bile, at moment. the and Kate Moon was beautiful, tall and black haired, with a complexion of the Perhcps those who know human a Devon milk and best will umderstand that Hay del roses; proverbial did not tell the tragedy of Kate Moon Impulsive passionate, magnificent, even after many hours had passed. girl. Vows were exchanged, consent obtainHayden dallied beside her day after and in time the Journey back to day; he liked watching the proud ed; was accomplished, the honH droop of her lashes, and the deeper England color creep Into and fade out of her prepared, the wedding day fixed. And It was an artistic yet the tragedy of Kate Moon had not healthy cheeks. been mentioned. pleasure to him to see her coming; t Those were strange months, those ward him in her lilac cotton gown 'lilac cotton wore mont'13 There were of engagement. gowns she always nni one both when full hours else's unlike ajiy gathered Hayden and Sylil a were wildly gay; but again there were bordering of palest pink dainty, with waa hours when a cloud hung over theu, round hem find waist; the effect when something seemed to be between one of lavender and roses. To Kate it was more than an artit tlc them, checking their words as if a himpleasure to see Hayden coming toward third person were listening. In feelself could understand the Hayden was a of turauK fierce delight. her; it even fur of now, ing, argumeat, looked spite at her She loved this man who with gay admiration; bis very noncha- spite of happy future, he could rot lance fascinated her, his compliments throw off the recollection of Kate hvere as vows of love, his moments cf Moon and her despair. But the sauio mood in Sybil he could not understand. fervor were ecstacy. Was the drowned girl always to ha It was wl m the rector came back between them.' Hoyden groaned. utter his he' day, bringing with him "Tell her, I eay, tell her, his sister, hia niece, and quite by coincidence a college friend of Hayden, Jn desperation Hayden caught up that rnlschiif began; and it be.aa his hat. "I'll 6troll down to the without deliy, for the colJego friend church." he mutrercd hastily the evenrt cognizing Hayden in the village, in- ing before ti.e wedding, after houra'cf troduced him to the rectory party, a:id gloom in which he had seen the deal Hayden promptly fell in love, genuine- girl walking between himself and his ly an ! passionately this time, with living bfide. "I'll see how the decorations are getting on." And he left the .Sybil Pove, the rector's niece. It did r. t take Kate Moan long, Inn where he had bera staying for the last three weeks of bis bachelorhood, cither, to se" her doom. and went down to the church In which Hayden, it is true, was a little trouhad be en baptized and was to be bled at first, but that was merely an- Sybil married to him tomorrow. noyance wlt'i himself for the careless It was a hvely old building of gray way In which he had talked love "desecrated." he called It with a stone, far famed for Its many wintillage girl; but he did not dream of dows of stained glass, which in a close the manner in which Kate would take line told in rich purples and crimson the story of Joseph and his brethcrn. It The scent of flowers was heavy on the Kate took it badly. No one but Hayden and Kate herself air as Hayd n stale In unseen, and be knew of that terrible night of reenm-naYIo- n stood awed before the sight of the prewhen the moon shone down on parations for his bride. One or two gardeners were busy a, the final mcHlng in Dalling Wood. By the next ni?ht Haydoi bad left the choir stalls; some girls talking in the village; by the next Sunday Kate subdued tones were garlanding a pilft the world; she had lar. Hayden watched their deftneua. Moon had drowned herself In the river the pret- Then, wiih a tender impulse, he turnty river where the trout had fought ed his eyes to the altar, where be And would kneel tomorrow beside- hy of Hayden' rod and line. A sudden horror clutched him th Hayden bejran that terrible two years With the Kirht of the girl constantly blood surged within him and deafened , W.-irhim. Binding at the altar step was i his eye?, in her lilac her rose-pinbands about with the figure in a lilac gowi across the hem. a in band wcr.la with pink waist and hem. and her l.st en-'- , see hi eirs: "Tell her about roe. and f Hayden f roped with his hand, closed a his ye pew door, what Fhe'll pay to your love! Tell her clutching falntness. His bondI say. or I'll curse you to your very in a When he manias day! aye, to your very age was to be relentless. 1 il walk and Kit and r'and looked again the figure was gone. df.ilh-bedbetween you. and you shall never bide The girls at the pillar had turned from their work to speak to another. In peace!" sumIn h's misery, Hayden stole Unseen a but seemed had what Then a as out t the shocked porch stunned and cold In mer's flirtation Hayden. . and the and grew grew hpirtl'-straeedy. r Hayden forgot the night which Into Ms life till he became to himself as he fallowed, a port of banned wanderer. lay, unnerved and About two years later Hayden vtl hopeless, waiting for his wedding Cay, the firU and faring In all their details the two It Itom and Sybil time the wr ched tragedy became less years past ad the many years to cons Important and h heart leaped. He from, the day when he had p!ay?l a com!. wee. It it Sybil waul happy to summer's rune with the heart of a Rlrl. O all t mct Mm. days when he should fire clow to the g:rl he loved, and feel V ir week be sunned himself In Kate. Then on" himself a murderer. to banii-and Iri'-It was foolish, it wras wrong he the face! dav hf ghost and reasoned sensible a to count himself so blameworthy. In logical, himself wilh became mind of bad no chciice. Kate Mooi in-But Mate he manner, and his himse'f asked .d. he more nonnl and Toward r mlng he began to take why be sdin d not be happy. Irok" a more cjfd'nary view of the matter, he on mor nz. the hill, uthad TI.'s was .e wedding day, SJtiny, lno the fit l v words he He had been in an tered tinee be dawdled with Kate by bat i y. rlorl-His1. rnfatural stale of tn'nd Ihf flevnnfd're fiver. He had brooded so long that "t vp yci!" he rri-- out, a he and In was abnormal. He hal hi? noonday. the sat rrri'iTr pM I ea. rutins; I hate th- - iiht zrS er'vtd sa much that lb"' Lv t oiit wi'l you! t'vl.il, rUt" I first met yoi, pnr rtrnwfd pir'.'s form was on th buf p'rcl f" ! vr yar a:)!" r't'r r f b's ty. It bad beri an .vbv t h T'nali'.n. "Thn did Kv1.il fe' F1. H hin"d t o:h threw eff bU bat'ful r.izht f vin t y .'i J va?' , and ire; are! U meet hit tim it k oi l 'f paA al dark-haire- d merc-abou- ua-tu- re or" 1 " go-n- dark-haire- k d ! sun-bin"- s ru-ve- lve f-- r I y d ar-fi- 1, !. Nt 1 d 1 nt ,,f th.-!i.M- UiU"vr;i;iJ-,-r had ever seen, the people said afterward.. The church was a bower of trailing green and summer bloasoins.. The pews were packed, and a subdued buzz of comment played about' ears us he waited. He had not allowed himself muca time to kill; but supported by his best mani, he took his place about five minutes before the bride was expected. Ills heart was lighter than it had been for months. He determined to throw off useless and do his best in the future. After the first moments of nervousness he raised his. eyes and looked down the church. The brightly colored Crowd was an undistlngulshable waole to him; but at the end of the aisle was a shaft of brilliant light; It streamed through the porch, and into and through it wailked a double line ol beauty. They came on in the and halted till the end of the lines was inside the door, when they widened the space between tkem and lined the lower half of the little aislo. Hayden gazed at them with tender pleasure and admiration. "Her bridesmaids," he thought, "Sybil's bridesmaids," and he smiled. The smile on Hayden's face snapped off as suddenly as if struck by a nana; his features became stiff and a roar eeemed to be filling the church and hurting his brain, the bu'ilding itself heaved about him. But the figure on which his eye had first, smilingly rested stood' motlon-les3- . She stood neatest to him, as first bridesmaid, her back slightly turned; a drooping hat almost hid her features, but she was and splendid !y poised, and her gown was of lilac wita a pink band about the him I.i'ac, among the white gowns beside her! The lilac color seemed to deepen under his horror, the pink band glwed as if It were living fire. "My God!" he uttered hoarsely, "Ch, Then he felt a hand grip hl3 arm firmly. "Keep up, old man, she's coming," some one said. Then a hush, then a stir fillod the the waiting church, and between bridesmaids, shutting from sight that terrifying form, came Sybil toward him; and cMlled, horror filled, as one in a dream, he stepped to meet her. "Tell her, .1 say. tell her " was In his ears as the marriage service began. A strange vow mingled with HayI den's marriage vows. ''Tell her?" vow w.n." "i it" On his wedding day he would te!I her. If it was an awful story t hln., what would it bo to her, blameless an 1 unsuspecting! But he would tell her, and abide y the consequences. So he told her. There wn- no lilac gown among th-- j bridesmaids surrounding her when 1 9 took her avay. He could see no one like Kate Moon. But he told Sybil all the story as they drove toward their new life, and she listened with flushed, avrted cheek. But when he had finished, and a moment's silence like a concrete block c' despair had followed, she turned to him and w it upon his shoulder. And "how you must both have suffered!" were her first sobbing worda. But because she was frightened by the new BuffTing the telling of the tale had ccst him, ! did not fay that she ha1 known '.he story all along, and tar-had been a an avenging the bctweea them. frhost One day, long aft?r, whn Hayden and his wife strolled Into the oil church, he noticed a curious thing. Sybil had walked toward the chancel while Hayden baited by the door, and as she stood a moment In the alai he saw her white gown turn fc lilac in the sunlight, and a band of fell across the hem. For a moment the blood Hushed Into hH face, and all the miserable past rose brf ire him. Then, as he l.ked, Sybil moved forward, and gown was white again and npa'sB as she moved :t was spla&h-e- d Hay-den- 's siin-shin- e ashen-colore- dark-haire- d; d i - t slh-nc- e roae-cotc- r hr with color. in awift enlightenment, ba looked up at the famous windowed story cf Jowph, and he understood. "It was a:i for the best, though," h faid to himlf at last, and In unutterable relief he fallowed his wife, an 1 stood sealra beside her before the al- Thn. tar. Back and White. Hunt, the American artist, has Just returned to Boltm aftr s;T,'!ine a year In England, where be has t?n busy painting landscapes and I!. Aubrpy There la a language of umbrella flowers. Place your umbrella in a of ' 4 rack and this will indicate that it will change owners. A umbrella carried over a woman, the man getting nothing but the drippings of the rain, signifies .When the man has the umbrella and the woman the drippings, it indicates marriage. To Bwlng your umbrella over your head signifies, "I am ciir-rmaking a nuisance of myself." To arm It at right angles under your signifies that an eye is to be lost by the man who follows you. Opening aa umbrella quickly, It i3 said, will frifat-e- n a mad bull. To put a cotton umbrella by the side of a silk one slgnlf ci "Exchange is no robbery." To purchase an umbrella means, "I am not smart, but honest." To lend an umbrella means, "I am a fool." To return an umbrella means well never mind wh:it it means; nobody does that. To carry an umbrolla Just high enough to toar A COOOD PLACE. out men's eyes and' knock off mens "Gee! Slatiy, but dat's a good hats signifies "I am a woman." Ta Where did yer. git It?" press nn umbrella on your friend, say-inr'In front of der 'Millionaires' Club." "Oh, do take It; I had much rather you would than not," signifies lying. Ship Blown up by. Rice. To carry it from home in the morning Tho old siillor in the seamon's boardmeans, "The rain will clear olf." ing house finished his saucer of rice puildlnji and then smacked his lips. Commencement Gowns. "I fit a b ittle wt;th rice wunst, and Interest secondary only to the wedg"t Ileked," he said. "Dlc'n't I ever ding gown is displayed In tho cho'c of tell ye about it? Bck in '70 the thiug a commencement gown, and at tL happened. I was a foremast hand cn time suggefions in regard to stylea the brig Ilej.ve Ho. bound from Cejioa and mnteria.s may not be amis. The to 'Frisco vita a full cargo of rlco in following notes are taken from the Dethe hold. lineator for May: The sheer fabrics, such as mull, dot-- . 'All went well till we wez seven days out. Then the Have Ho sprung a ieak. ted Swiss, organdy, batiste, fine lawn It wi:z a suiall leak, and a first we and Indlu 11 en, Tarls muslin and point thunk nothia' of it, oonly we noticed d'esprlt ma e dainty frocks and not after we ha ' been working the pumps necessarily expensive ones. While sima while th:.t the durned thing didn't plicity characterizes the new modes Is in the lines only, as lace, ribbons, Feem to fetch up no water. There vus it ar 1 quantities of handiwork flounces the water leekln' Into the Heave Ho dresle3. Flounced all right, but no sooner did It enter appear npon all these and ruffled Bklrts as well as the than It the pumps disappeared; straight full models are extremely becouldn't' get a smell of it. to youthful figures, and waists 'The skfpper, when he sees how coming must have deep berthas or trimmings things wuz goin turned as white rj applied to produce the fashionable yer shirt. effect, and there must be a "'Men.' he sez. the rice in the ho'.i slightly drcoplng blouse both back and Is absorbing the water faster'n we can front. The skirt Is made with a gracepump It out. The rice is If ful sweep, except for the young miss, it keeps on It'll bust tat when It i3 In the length that Is most ship.' becoming. White slipped and stock-Inj"So then, and there began a battle are us ialiy worn .with the combetwixt us an' tho rice as to who wnt mencement gown, though black fueda to get that water that leaked In. W cr patent leather slippers and black pumped, I tell ye; we worked hard; silk or lisle hose are admissible. bnt hard as we worked, the rice worked harder It collared more of the Easy, County Commissioner John water' than we did, an' ft kept has not the reputation of bean' At the end o' the second day the planks an' timbers be- ing "easy," but It Is coming his way. A few days ago he was talking to a gan to groan. They wuz bein' wrenchgroup of trends I a the court housa ed an' twisted cut o' place by th when a w dressed man passed and Bwellin' o' that tloomla rice. " 'We'll have t: takp to the boata. nodded pleasantly to the commissioner. He stopped a short distance away la men.' the skipper sez at the end. an read a nothe while McGaughey regardto the boats we took, leavin' the Heave ed him with a wistful look. Ho cn a Ftarry night. "Who is that fellow?" asked one of "We didn't leave her none too soon, the group. she busted an hour after we wez genu. "He's a friend of mine," said McWith a grett rendln' sound she busted, Gaughey. "He borrowed $5 of ma an' a white cloud or rice shot up Inn about a yer- - ago, and I don't think 1 the moonlit air. A strange sight it will. ever p' ' It back. I could use that, were. lads, nn one seldom saw by fire, too. if : had IL" Philadelphia Record. "Why dr't you ask him far I "You never SFked the ew speaker. Dog Had Enough. wnnt to let vour money get away withW. II. Hughes, who lives In the out trying r IL" Cofhen vicinity, says he was alon; the "That's i ht." said another. "Be public road In a two horse wagin r.?r-cr- game. John, and go after it now." MrGaugh-- y days ago reverently singhi? a finally yielded to their Walked over to wacrt and and when that ;he tune, aurgestlons hymn passing residence cf Scott Medley, Mrs. Kannl the borrower was stUl engaged with Medley, his wife, 'came out on the fn rt the notice. After a short conversation porch and took a shot at him w th his friends saw some sort of financial a pistol, at the same time hurling an transact ion take place, and the stranger reorprobrlous epithet at him; but h walked away, while McGuaghey e to turned tl party. acon. on H singing and drove kept "That's ' e way to do It." said one. cordingly had her arrested and the "He paid vp like a fittle man, didn't was tried before 'Sgulre Hunter. Mrs. Medley denied shooting ftt he?" "No." said McGaughey "!i Hughes, bat says she sliot at a "yollT' borrowed another five." sadly, Indlanapollt dog that had been sucking eggs all News. summer. She also stated that she had a gr al Did He Get Off. dog once that sucked eggs, but sha The fam- - is MdJelJ, who with ticrt broke him and did not kill him. Coun- compiled I ddell and Scott's Lexicon, . ty Attorney Thomas became Inter-est- was Dean of Oxford. It had for be at once, dog was wh tapered In regard to the lexloon which may at some, time contract th that Llddell provided the money nnl haCit, and he said to the witness: Scott the brains . A young undergrad"Mrs. Medley how did you breiV uate was haled before the dean f:r tome "I hear, Mr.- -, your dog from sucking eggs?" "Why" she said, "I fixed up a coupls that you have a pretty wit for Imcf eggs with caynne pepper and to- promptu verse," said the dean. "If bacco In 'em, and made him rat tnx, you will write one on the lexicon I will and he's had a distaste for eggs ever W' you off." The young man tboubt moment and then said: since." Mrs. Medley was dismisse! a Lexicon wrltt"n by Llddell . "There's Green Bowling (Ky.).) and Scott, At a recent fah1oriab1 wedding In ffome of It's good and some of It's not. London the bats of the bridesmaid The part that Is good was written ly Scott, were trimmed with natural flowers, The part that wa3' written by Lidde'l Is and It predicted that the style will ls rot." be popular next summer. London Newt whir cou-.-tshl- y . ?. i' long-shoulder- s . ey , m.tu-k'nd- ." , al ' eJ Christ-church- d misde-neanc- Times-Journal- r. |