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Show -- JMILTered BYMARION -- i.tvs nil life 'iii' '" . INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION CHAPTER X fCojmiuTEn.1 mission to bring you to see her oft. It wag early in Mate a wueu Constance She owes you a debt of for perceived, or fancied she perceived, a jour sisterly care of my gratitude and lonely marked alteration in the demeanor of graceless seif. She loves you dearly He was not less her brother-in-laalready, as you will her whe-- i you have his fraternal were and attentions kind, had one glimpse of her fac You rerendered freely and cordially as ever, minded me of her the first day of our was less was and addicted gay, hut he meeting. I have traveled with her and to fits. of abstraction, profound, al- her sick father for three months, and though apparently not sad, while his at parting more than hinted at my atabsence from the family circle, with- tachment. With candor that would out apology, became so common that it have driven me to desperation had it ceased to provoke Harriets frivolous been less mournful, she declared her wonder, and to disappoint Mr. Withers. intention not to marry while her father Constance had never complained of or lived. He needs my constant care,' remarked upon this. But her mind she said. Without it he would die in was tossed night and day upon a tua week. He will never be better. The multuous tide of conjectures, she would kindest service you can do me, as the fain have termed apprehensions, rath- wisest you can do yourself, is to forget er than hopes. Up to this date she had me.' I have been steadily disobedient believed her love and her misery to be to her advice. I told her as much when unshared and unsuspected by him; had I found out by chance two months ago reiterated, in her flimsy that she was in the city. She was very thanksgivings choked by tears that she resolute for a time, often refusing to was the only sufferer from her wretchsee me whcn I called, and again beg ring ed folly. Did she grow suddenly crul me, even with tears, to dismiss all idea when moment the thought of making her my wife. It is now a and base the that the error was mutual awoke fortnight since her father unexpectedly raptures, the remembrance of the suf- announced his determination to return fering he must also taste had not the to Europe, and, in the anticipation of our second parting, acknowledged that power to still ?Was the salve to her supplied by the discovery that my love was returned. Our engagement would be an unsatisfactory one to most her divinity was a fallible man, impotent to resist the subtle temptation that people, but she is the earthly impersonsense and ation of the angel of patience, and I had overcome her prejudices of rightLbd; h the price paid for it? A can surely wait a few months, or even anv lov more ewppfr than new year-- , fir a gift so precicus. H r fa'her is afflicted by a complication of disor, cent, ders, the most serious being an organic sickly affection of the heart. She is the only allrate interview with her. living child. It would be sheer barbarWman ohe n. jhgard his beseeching ity to separate them, and with an inglances, affect to misunderstand his valid's obstinacy he will not hear of signals and his uttered hints, might taking up his abode in his daughters seek, in constant ministrations to her house should she marry. My poor husbands wants and whims, to guard Evelyn, my gentle love; she is a martyr herself, and to forget these omens of a and I can do so little to lighten her nearing crisis. But she comprehended burden! It is very hard. He had paused and his designs; marked with a thrill, that was the opposite to pain, his chagrin Constance must speak. Too at his failure, and the augmented restby his own refleclessness of his mien, betokening per- tions to note her thick articulation and to was the le studiously averted face, Edward took plexity and desire. What end of this pursuit, and her evasion of up the word warmly. Hard! What could be harder for both of us? it, when her own heart was the She Interrupted him by an impetally? She dared not that she w?s drar t0 uous gesture. You are talking wildbng been to her. Know- - ly wickedly! Think what you would , that she ought to spurn suffer if you loved without hope of re,y e nori, at the remotest approach quital." He absolutely laughed. to' ibis theme, she was never able to As if that pay with an honest purpose that she could be. Affection, full and fervent as witch-hazwas likely to do It. If she doubted his mine, holds a that never Intentions, she doubted herself yet errs in pointing to the fount of answei-in- g love. Why, Connie, we were made pore. It was by no connivance of hers that for one another Eva and I! Was no scalding drop of bitterness to he gained his point. She was taking her iaal afternoon drive one day be spared from her cup? Whose, then, alone, when she was aroused from a was the fatal mistake which had opened reverie oy the slower motion of the the sluices of that other fountain that carriage, to deserve that the coachman was drowning her soul with cruel humiliation and anguish? had turned Into a business thoroughDrive us near to the steamer as you fare instead of taking the most direct can, John! called Edward from his route homeward. John, she called through the front window, and in the appreciation of the where are you going? Whst truth that the sharpest ordeal was yet "window, before her and fearfully near at hand, brought you here?" Mr. Edward told me to call for him Constance submitted to be handed from 6t 4 o'clock, ma'am. I thought he had the carriage to the wharf. Through a bewildering haze she saw Spoken to you about It, was the reof the noisy crowd, the smoke-stac- k spectful rejoinder. There was no immediate reply, and the monstrous vessel, stumbled along the gangway connecting it with the he checked his horses to inquire. s.ho-- 0 Will I go back, mam? yie'diu; pssnely 11 the mp,. j of Edward s arm and regained sight, No; go on. ' She threw herself upon the back seat hearing and consciousness of brain (again, with throbbing pulses and a when she stood in a handsome saloon, feeling that she had spoken the sen- a small hand, warm as hers was icy, tence which was to decide her fate for fluttering in her grasp, and a pair of time and for eternity. Heaven help me dark; thoughtful eyes fixed upon her ito stand fast! the tongue essayed to face. said You were very good to come, ,'say, and while the heart was melting a low' voice, fraught with emotion, yet (into tenderness, and vibrating with exAllow me to present my steady. pectation. father, Mr. Pynsent. Mrs. Withers, It lacked ten minutes of the appointed hour when they reached the office, father. She looked up and spoke the lady, and but Edward stood upon the door step, her father arose from his divan, suphat and gloves on. i It is good In you to submit so quietly porting himself upon a cane, and sahe began, by the luted Mrs. Withers with stately polite(to my meddling, ness. Both were high bred, but it was g But I have (time he was seated. to say to you, a story to tell not Evelyns beauty that had won her which I can keep no longer. You must lover. Her eyes and mouth were her have seen, although you have seemed only really good features. Constance to do so, how I have dogged your knew herself to be the handsomer of Fiot for some weeks past, in the hope the two, but the persuasion added to love. the hopelessness of her of stealing an opportunity for confes-jsioI have sometimes ventured to The qualities that had knit to this 'believe that your woman's wit and girl's heart that of the man who had womans heart had penetrated my se- seen the beauties of two hemispheres, which had kept him true to her and her cret; that what entered so largely into dis; jmy thoughts and motives, made up so alone, although oPf oved by ab nee, couragement and the wiles of scores (much of my life, could not remain hidden from your eyes. I wanted to tell of other women, lay beyond her power counter-charmShe you of it long ago, dear Connie, but of analysis and the recollection of what was due to began to understand how It had come another withheld me, while I was yet to pass when she had commanded her uncertain that my love was returned. wits so far as to talk five minutes with Edwards betrothed; owned reluctantly, I had so little reason for hope, although mine is a san- that had she met her as new acquaintJiope has never flagged ances generally meet she would have guine nature, you know that I winto speak openly. Now that I can been Irresistibly attracted by her feel firm ground under my feet, my ning ladyhood and the countenance so much sweetness with happiness is mixed with much alloy. I that united must either take from one who Is a sense and spirit. There was time now for little beyond hopeless Invalid the ablest and most the kindly commonplaces suitable to conman lovely nurse that ever had; their meeting In a public place and demn him, whose claim the world would even declare to be superior to mine, to lone- their prospective parting, and liness and sorrow, or consent to a sea- these Constance abridged ostensibly, son of dreary waiting before I can and the others deemed considerately, with call my darling my own. Do you won- that the last precious moments der that thoughts such as these have his affianced might be all Edwards. verbal pretext, she arose from Preyed upon my spirits; racked me Without and passed "with anxiety, even In the blessed hour her place beside Evelyn of assurance that my devotion was not around to Mr. Pynsents side, engaging him in conversation about his voy'wasted? age and destination. The atmosphere was a degree less stifling there. If she CHAPTER XI. .moved, smiled and talked mechanically, IS rapid articula- it mattered nothing now that the pention had given Coneyes she most dreaded never stance no time for etrating upon the visage left their resting-plac- e reply, but her ex- of whioh they were taking a long farecitement equaled well. There was little to be apprehis, as she bent her hended from the rich mans restless reveiled face upon gards, which wandered incessantly her hands and lis- from her to the betrothed couple, his dumb gray eyebrows contracting with pain in tened alarm at the emo- or mental disquiet as he did so. Had tions rising to meet Evelyn been free to maintain her usual his avowal of love watch upon him, she would have taken alarm at these increasing symptom of And longing. distress and the livid hue settling upTo her, what would have sounded Inhis complexion. Constance did not on was coherent to a third person, explicit with knd fervent He knew her as his mate, notice these until, simultaneously bell overhead and the of the clanging and would not give her up; asserted his rush of feet toward the shore, fights with a master's authority, while the rapid with the his heart ached at thought of the woe he threw both hands outward, aimless clutch of a sightless man, and In store for her nominal possessor. she sat by him on "I have startled you by my vehe- fell against her as mence, he continued, taking the hand the sofa. The utmost confusion reigned in the that lay upon her lap. I feared lest for a few moments exclamasaloon seem this announcement might abrupt, and Orders loud, but the steamer sails at five o'clock, tions, inquiries Thee Edward useless. and varied had I last night obtained Evelyns per ' ( some-jthin- s. hesi-jtat- . strong voice recommended, in stringent terms, that the room be cleared, of all except the Immediate attendants of the sufferer. Including a gentleman who had introduced himself as a physician. The spasm passed into a swoon so deathly and protracted that Constance was ready to believe the patient was beyond the reach of earthly aid, notwithstanding the doctors assertion that he would probably revive, and even Evelyn murmured once when Edward would have confirmed the It may be. I cheering assurance: hope so; but I never saw him quite so 111 before." Finally life fought its wax back. Inch by inch, to the worn heart; the fingers relaxed from their rigid clinch, the lip-- t were less purple, and the eyes were unclosed feebly upon the anxious group. When he could move Edward and the physician supported him to his stateroom. followed by Evelyn. Constance, left to herself, had leisure to observe what had not until now drawn her The bustle of embarkation had ceased, but through the almost deserted saloon sounded the measured throb of the powerful engines as they urged the boat through the water. She threw open a window and looked out. They were already far down the bay, the spires of the city lessening in the distance, and the vessel under full headway. She met Edward at the stateroom door with the startling intelligence. For an instant he looked as aghast as herself, then he recovered his with a smile. She must compose herself and trust him to extricate them both from the in which his predicament had placed them. thoughtlessness The worst that could befall them was a few hours delay in returning home. He would see the captain forthwith, and request him to signal the first homeward-boun- d pilot-boor other vessel they might espy. Constance did as he bade her resumed her seat, and seemed to await the result of the affair patiently. I am afraid your brother may be alarmed at our continued absence, was her only remark. He will understand at once what hag happened when John goes home with the news that he drove us down to see the steamer off, replied Edward, confidently. We shall have a merry laugh tomorrow at, breakfast over our adventure. So long as you are not unhappy or angry with me, I am comfortable on the score of Elnathans displeasure. (TO B( JJUSTT Neighborly, Gotrox I noticed in the society news that De Guilde and his family jiave returned from the mountains. Mrs. Gotrox Oh, pshaw! And I bad been hurrying to get around and leave my card before they got back! Now I'll have to call, and It would be just my luck to find Mrs. De Guilde in. He Needed a Vacation. Enpeck Doctor, my wife has the lockjaw. Doctow Tfirft s Dad. Ill hurry around to your house and see what I can do to relieve her. Enpeck Oh, you neednt be In any rush about it. Just drop In the latter part of next week if you ain't too busy. Personally Interested. take much interest In base- Best Place for It. The flytrap Bridget? What' have ball? you done with it? Yes, indeed, answered young Mrs. Sure and I put it In the woodshed. I have to. The dinner Torklns. The woodshed! Oh, Bridget; and hour depends almost entirely on why? whether there Is a game in town or I thought it would catch more flies not there. Do you PROFITABLE. Humorous Incident That Occurred In an Australian Theater. The capacious theater hat that obscures the view of the stage to all who have the misfortune to sit behind It has been brought Into prominence lu New Zealand by the practical pro ' test of Miss Annie McDermott. She was Beated in a theater in the town of Oamaru and in front of her wa a Mrs Brady, wearing ruinous head-geaAs Mrs. Brady refused to remove the obstructive hat. Miss McDermott borrowed a gentlemans walking stick and tilted It out of hep line of vision. But Mrs. Brady was not prepared to wear her hat at A Mistaken Idea. There goes a man, said the sad- rakish angle all the evening and so eyed grocer, with a sigh, that parted she put It straight again. Every time she did to Miss McDermott repeated me and my wife." Is that so? queried the drummer. the performance with the walking stick. The magistrates decided that Why he doesnt look like a deep-dyaMiss McDermott has committed villain. Who said anything about a vil- series of minor but aggravating aslain? asked the man behind the coun- saults and fined her 10 shillings and ter. That mans all right; hes a costs. The money was promptly subscribed by the citizens as a protest In the divorce court. Judge against large hats In theaters. Looking for Sport. Irishman's Grim Jest. She was city bred, and had the usual In the middle of the eighteenth cenfear of cows. Lord March and an Irish noblo-ma- u Why, she asked, when the danger tury met to fight a duel. While the was past, did you take me across this seconns were loading the pistols a lot? man appeared, to the amazement of The small country lad chuckled. "I thought it would be fun," he said, Lord March and his second, carrying to see you try to climb a tree. Then, a coflin draped In black, which he deafter anuther chuckle: And It was. posited at the feet of Lord March. Upon looking down he read inscribed on the coffin plate: James Douglas, A Bookworm. earl of March; born Nov. 6, 1725; At the book store: died June 10, 1750." Lord March Young Woman Haven't you got turned pale. What is the meaning different? something of this Infernally bad jest? he inbut these Salesman Yes, perhaps; dear fellow, reare the latest publications, you know. quiredills Why, my you are of course plied opponent, Everybodys reading them. aware that I never miss my man, Young Woman Haven't you some- and as I find myself in excellent trim thing in a lighter shade of red? Im for sport I have not a shadow of sure this binding wont match. doubt upon my mind that you will want this oaken cloak before five A Distinct Advantage. minutes are over. This was too Dr. to So you are engaged much for the ner,ves of Lord March. said one of those old ladies who are He refused to fight, apologizing Inalways taking medicine, to a young stead. triend. It must be very nice to be engaged to a doctor. Every time he Inappropriate. calls, you know and, of course, that must he very often you feel as if you were getting for nothing what everybody else has to pay for. y Suggesting a Switch. Uncle John How do you like the new minister. Tommy? Tommy I dont like him. I think a been a school teacher he must COVTISUKD.I onct Uncle John Why do you think so? Tommy Cause whenever he talks to me he always holds his band behind him. H Varied In the Different A;ee of the World. The yard is the British and American standard of length. Down to 1824 the original standard of Britain (and from which ours was copied) was a rod, which had been deposited In the court of exchequer, London, in the time of Queen Elizabeth. In those days, says the St. Louis Republic, all measures in- tended for general use were taken to the court of exchequer to be examined by the proper officer. That official took the proposed measure and placed it parallel with the standard, and If found correct placed certain marks of identification upon it. By an act of parliament in 1824 the old Elizabethan standard was superseded by another, which had been constructed under the directions of the Royal society sixty-foyears previous. This act provided that the straight line or distance between the centers of two points in the gold studs in the brass rod now in the custody of the clerk of the house of commons shall be the genuine standard of the yard measure in Great Britain. The act further provided that the measurements of the rod muBt be made when the temperature of the brass rod was at 62 degrees Fahrenheit. That standard was destroyed by Are in 1834 and the commission appointed to replace it made the yard measure now in use. The new standard was deposited in the house of parliament in 1835 and authenticated copies of it are In the possession of our government officials at Washington. ur Prospects. asked Aunt Cordelia. Gone huntin, answered PickaninHe said you might as well ny Jim. git de fire stahted an peel de 'taters foh a fine stew Hum! Which did he take wlf Tm, de gun or de dahk lantern? Whahs yoh father? Dr. Slocum My friend, you must profit by advice. Dick I might if I got six dollars a visit for giving It, like you. One Horror of War. there is going to be war? asked the sultan of Turkey. Shouldnt be surprised. rejoined his near relation. They say war wouldnt be any worse than the massacres were having. Oh, yes, it would, was the reply, In a general way with R shudder. we can select the class of people to be massacred; but war is likely to become so deucedly indiscriminate. Washington Star, "Do you think Inside Information. The whale had swallowed Jonah two days before, and appeared to he uneasy. Observing which a dolphin which happened along about that time playfully asked: What Is the matter, neighbor? Undigested securities? No, irritably responded the whale. My trouble, I presume, would come under the head of undigested prophets. Childish Amusements In Boston. Are you playing horse?" asked the benevolent gentleman who takes an interest in children. Certainly not." answered the little Boston boy. We are amusing ourselves by the assumption that Brother Waldo is an ichthyosaurus and that I am a prehistoric man in pursuit of him. As Defined. Little Daisy What does B. A. stand ' for, mamma? Mamma Bachelor of Arts, my dear. Little Daisy And what is a Bachelor of Arts? Mamma A bachelor who is looking for a wife, darling." Bear Its funny that they call yo a fir tree. Fir Tree Yes. rather odd, espeo tally as I'm never bare. Dogs as Mourners. ' strange scene was witnessed r cently at a funeral at Norwood, Eng land. The occasion was the Interment of a Bermondsey dog fancier. Among the mourners In the procession to the graveside were three splendid Newfoundland dogs wearing coats of crepe with collars to match. On the top of the coffin were placed two stuffed toy terriers. These were pets of the deceased fancier, who had expressed the wish that they should follow him to his last resting place in the manner A Where Jonah Thought He Was. Jonah awoke from his slumbers with a start. If I had Gee! he muttered, thought the tunnel was like this I would have voted for the open ditch! Soon perceiving his mistake, he began a campaign for the open whale. New York Tribune Where They Have a Show. Faint heart ne'er won fair lady, remarked the man with the quotation described. habit. Thats where your wheels need lubricating, replied the contrary person. Some widows are ace high In the class." fair-lad- y WOULDNT SHOW. u goo-goo- 1 Flies Came Down Chimney, entrance tor house flies has been discovered by a Franklin, N. H.. man into whoso home the flies had, been coming In spite of floors and windows. A careful Inspection brought to light the fact that the flies ame down the fireplace chimney, a fire in the fireplace warming them up and starting them into the The discovliving room In swarms being placed ery led to k over the top of the chimney and since then not a fly has been seen in the . house. A new n Doubtful Inheritance. Yes, he said, I get by looks from Medicine. my mother and my brains from my rider With the autumn apple season In father." i Im sorry you told me this," she view, it may be worth while to note Dr. Mortimor Granvilles communication said. to the London Times, In which he rec"Why? Because it gives me the Impresommends cider ae a useful beverage for Invalids generally and especially sion that your parents were painfully for the gouty. Says he: lacking on generosity to their only No inconsiderable part of the servchild. ice performed by good cider In the cure In the Slang of the Day. of disease and the preservation of health is due to the same elements The two dudes were wandering which combine to form the phlorid-zi- n through the retail shopping district obtainable from the bark of the with eyes for everything feminine that stem and root of the apple, the pear, came their way. In fact, their gaze and certain other trees. This phlorid-zl- n proved annoying. a giucoside was some fifty years "They make me think of a shoe store, said the slangy girl. ago submitted to criticism as a probable substitute for quinine. It was not "Why? asked her companion. A pair of rubbers," said the slangy found to answer the purpose assigned to it, hut experiment then and subsegirl. quently proved that it possessed two Question of Cleverness. remarkable properties the one eo So you have bought the pictures acting on the digestive functions that, after two or three weeks use of this that artist was showing you? Yes, answered Mrs. Cumrox. Hes phlorldzin, persons who could not apThe Mistress Bridget, you never propriate certain elements of food nec- a very clever man. to make the bread. Oh, I dont know that It took so essary for their nutrition were able to Most anybody can Bridget Shure, mum, an' it won't do so; the other In acting In such a tnuch cleverness. bread. fashion on the glycogen accumulated in sell my husband things nowadays. muscular tissue for work, but which, causes at least when True Art. Had an Ax to Grind. one form of the trouble called rheumaMrs. Wise, (meeting him at front Embryo Artist What do you think of that for a painting? You wouldnt ! tism, as to convert it Into sugar and door) You dear, sweet old thus get rid of It. Do you want me to get your slippers believe that is the first thing I ever The .ordinary cider does not, how- and smoking jacket? Mrs. Wise completed, would you? Careful Critio I might think so, but ever, possess the medicinal properties What's the use? I'm broke I wouldn't say so for anything. claimed by Dr. Granville. To quote Chicago Journal. It is a fundamental his own words: condition of succep in the manufacture Decidedly So. Often the Case. of a cider for medical purposes that When a woman tosses up her head I think the average husband She a only apples of single sort should be and says, "Oh, well, I have my opinwomen by his wife. used In the production of the must, and judges other ion of her, It Is pretty safe to take it 1 think He and the Yes; average that the fermentation should not be ar- wife for granted that that opinion is not a husband worst her the by judges rested, but allowed to proceed until the flattering one. Boston Transcript. she hears about other men. whole of the ferment is exhausted and things file fermentable material broken Into One of the Joys. The Netoer Slang. its elements. The way that you refused brusque Mr. is conclusion Your wrong. said to buy Willie a knife cut himdeeply," I cant imagine McBride to his wife. BlcfdN In th DfMrt asserted the mother. Practical tests have shown that a how you reached it. In that case, replied the father, I at she Well, on runs it, jumped sand the of explained. easily the bicycle he has the result without having the Indeed? Then In and another due you time the African deserts, get knife." camel will follow the horse Into obli- Jump. . , vion. t a Hie Experience. Uncle Eben. Heres a conundrum for you," said Dltd at Her Mothers Funeral. Its as bahd said Uncle Eben, to Mrs. Belle Elliott, of Winam&c. Iud., live up to yob Sunday morals 3 it is the funny man. "Whats the difference died in a carriage which had just to hold on to do smile dat you puts between n man and his family?" reached her home after bearing her on when ' you gits yoh photograph "jt's Invariably a difference o' opin. , ion, replied Henpeck. ts her mothers funeral. took. Washington Star , THE KAT. r. THE YARD MEASURE. Standards SHE REMOVED Dentists Use Much Gold. If there Is a scarcity of gold during cenand twenty-seconthe twenty-firs- t turies dentists, according to a German statistician, will probably be more to blame than any one else. He asserts that they use every year In filling teeth and other work about eight hundred kilogrammes of gold, the value of which is $500,000, and that at this rate the graveyards of the various countries will contain In three hundred years from now $150,000,000 worth of gold. d Met Those He Made Happy. 4 A novel reunion was that at Geneva, O., Labor day. when Rev. H. A. N. Richards, Vsstor of the Methodist Episcopal church In Unlonville, gave a party to which he invited all the ple he had united In marriage. twenty couples responded. peo- About washed your hands before you started make no difference, mum. It's brown Right In the Family. Bickerby has gone Into the fire insurance business. Can he make It pay?" I guess so. His proposed father-in-laowns three blocks, four apartment houses and ninety-sevedwellings." Yes, n His Classification. "Is that man a statesman or a politician?" pked the man who tries to discriminate. He's neither, answered Senator He's a reformer. Sorghutn w earily. An Awful Jolt. said young DeSaplelgh. I aw came fwom a vewy awisto-cwatifamily, doncher konw." Indeed," exclaimed Miss Caustique. And were you employed as coachman or butler?" Yaws, c Where the Money Comes From. I don't see how the publishers ft these comic weeklies manage to make money do you? Oh, yea; they live on their wits. Philadelphia Ledger. of rod of rets? Mid Prre . ftmcleroq Mcdee No Im nor scored. dkho thru maw. said she. . . My bale stood ub Attjou 11 -- J Golden Weddings Galore. ' Charles Albert Nichols of South Windham, Me., has had the unique honor of being master of ceremonies at four golden weddings; tBe first being that of his parents and the others being friends and neighbors. Maine Savings Banks. Maine savings oanks have gained 5,000 depositors In the last six months'. Statistics show that in Maine one per-in every three has a bankbook. n |