Show BET SYS r i F E INN AMU wa a 1 maiden Imty of oman J o-man rear that she no longer l hues listed toitearher iA nun grey curls but the wa very 4 well off healthy and upright as n dart and but for one peculiarity would have been n happy woman In Ihrio Jays b llerlnz to < little la l the central stumbling block and many people deny nlmoit everything that can be mentioned and are extremely ex-tremely proud nl having faith In nothing Hut Mini Atli reverted this tale of thing from the hour of her rising to that of her retiring tho mo t alarming thing were constantly occurring The tall wan spilled them were awful crack In blue lookIng look-Ing gluaes and alto pl Ialld up crooked pint The bread and rake came cleft out of the oven and lute old terrant heard 1 ttcpton the stair when no one atcrnded them The street doorbell rang without ImnJi at lot 110 one taw anyone ouulle when the door was answered Some put their faith In princes M wo are told Mis Ail pit her In fortunelallrrt She hadalways done ao from the days when they poke i oonflilenlly of n fair young man I with his heart In his hand or n darkcomplaslonml young gentleman gentle-man what fears In speak hit mind Tine dark youn gentleman Mitt Auli hail always presumed to ba Mr Tompklns wino had let oane nlment prey upon hls damask chock for titty year or so and then dspurled In consequence con-sequence 1 of gout Hut with all these 0nllnl4e Miss Ash was not a bail tort of woman Sin did n grealdeal for the poor wan kind to her old servants alit had taken In mil of charity a poor young Ireneh girl whom father list died upon the pAwngo to America and who might hAY dlad herself par hops but for the pity Mist Ath had upon her She loved her nephew Dick too gave him many a present and kept ltis pocket well hauled with small change bho Instructed him In the art of tuhlollpplng In which having oven hear Tencrtlon than moat lads I of 15 ha noon bicams an adept and n great a iiiadlum that lea could olTcr hie 1 aunt communtcatloaa In the form of cracks map tips or writing from all the celebrated personages man tUrned In htttory Au for the French glrlnttelln Xolr aha sins superstitious too In liar own way but It wa a fearful way which made her shrink from peering Into futurity Meanwhile Inlay linker laughed In her sleeve nt the whole of Ittable tipping and nil awl racked her brain for tome pretext by which alto could turn her mlitrtM lore and kindness nun the 1reiieli girl who had at the believed stopped Into her place and mlfht perhaps deprlra her of her long nxleateil legacy Nmv and then however even In till ghostly household the real tutu posh the lilacs of the unreal and I s I l I 1 s y 1t ills ill-s t y 1 1 1 t h AM NO Tiller the actual present wt more Interest Hug than the future Hunt a lime camu when Matter Dick wa tent to college and came to pay hit aunt a farewell vltlt and aloe ha had lost liU mother tonio years btfora to ba properly fitted out by her womanly hands Then wera chime to make and tIn to ba bought handkerchief to hem and mark and a thouiaml buttons to era tn Kstello workeil diligently and her dainty Kronen needlework wata perfect marvel She t marked all hit clothes and bcautl 1111118h Situ tat In mtdtmet room and ntllched and talon Maker looked alI al-I her III al erol a 1111 1 when tho brought up the linen from the wash for Mitt Ash I praised thin glrla I work and had spoken In the kitchen of her beautiful I beauti-ful black hair 1 Them French ant any good Mini Stab Hetty hail remarked etpccltl ly when theyre wliat I call charity folks Hut Mlu Ash had ratenteil the remark and now Hetty held her i jwaee I And Dick whittled and banged rJ bout this home And the young anil ti I old women were at work up I ttalrt end tliiTO wa uo more tabletipping or Inquiries of soothsayer until a morning whim a cab topped at thin tloor and a big trunk wan put on behind be-hind nntl Dick kitted hit aunt and 1 un nit Then Miss Ath folding her liamlt together nt her belt heaved u I great ugh and sold aloud Well 1 mutt gu and tea Mailama 1 I ibrolth tomorrow and atk her how the dear buy U going j to get on You shall go with mo Kstolle lint steno crle l No madame please but I feat that mtdaree the teller of fortune Nevrrlheliiti on thin morrow MlA Ml-A ill went to Mailitme Smith I The secret wat In better condition that usual The gin bottle was fulL Bin tmllp l upon Mitt Ash and taldi Ahl Ive been expeclln of you The boy It nil your band now 1 knoned 1 youd come Wonderful tald Miss Ash Then the teeroM reclined a ro kIng k-Ing chair end ua supposed logo Into a trance I am a spirit from the renlmt above tald the teerett In a few moment mo-ment I ant come Lot to stay long only for to give I this friend a promise and a warnlnV Oh deal alt 1 Mitt Ath The youth will become a very great man said intdtms Ha will climb tha plnnaelet of fameand when be has dumb em the role of the nation na-tion will select him for lute future president Hut there a dreadful danger before you although it maybe may-be You Into took Into your heart and homo a foreign person He were wereNow there said Miss Ash who sometimes argued with her tplrltual guide there you are mlttaken Madame Mad-ame Nmlth It atittn madama suddenly coming to herself Itaa higher and mightier power than what I am Wall Its inlttakon anyhow tatit MUt Ails Shell turn out well No stun wont retponded the spirit In pmicMlon of Madama Hmllli Look In your tccrat drawer mourn you get home and tea If your fathers geld wntch It safe Who opened It last night after you were atleep and took It ont And dues pawned It or told It It gone Mies Ash looked horrarttrleken him went homo trembling and cold with apirohen lon and rushed tlralghl to this iteret drawer of her OMtrllolr Tim watch alto Tallied MI wat gone her fathera wntah which ilia had Iraatiirod t to long And IMcllonml 1 her nephoir Dick alone knew how to open It llrcn 1 gotxl Hattv h linker tha had liner trntlcd IMrllo ua thin thief The girl tat towln and lookctl up at her with n umlla when duo called her My 1 watch littella my watch father great watoh that I thawed you Where It I 117 Itliaoucl Ah man Dlaut cried Ktlollo lone Impoitlblol I Her faro moan not that of a guilty porton but Mitt Atli never doubted her unlit for one moment Kttcltc also > aid limo tplrlt lure told ma all about lu You took IU mo It beck ant Ill not punUli youMadame Madame cried poor IMelln I hare It not I am no thief II take madanioa watch linpottlblal And there wera tear nnd prayer and lows but no coufattlon Miss Alh would hara hollered no luring toagua that had told tha tale but an angel from heaven had ra cooled limn truth and shun could not doubt It After long hour lu which aim 0 strove to fore the girl toconfott she took the courirj slue had threat aned from the llrtt called a jiollco 111011 and tent tha girl to prison mutt have the watch back tha much u tha towed upon tha pillow A nl ht In Jail will do IL I hall I never hava faith In any ono again patsy linker lay awaka alto giddy with triumph yet half terrified Thera wa no fair fsced rival In the louse now Hut slue wa whilefaced and miserable At dawn or a very little after came rapping at limp door of Mini Ailia home A policeman stood thereAbout there-About the young iral that took the watch mum he cal 1 Hat the confencd atkod lira felt AthNot lintNot exactly replied lha man Hut It point that way + I dont with to proiecule > old I Mitt Asa only to get tho watch 1 back backAh Ah said tho man Well thoralt bo no need Shins dead Dead tcreamed Hetty liaise oho n I o-ho atlIr Dead Dead Hung hcrtelf raid the man Im her hair up I lu puT tint and h I made hirielt neat at a picture Yetm dead patsy husker gave another cry and threw herself tcroanilng on the floor Shun lore her hair gnashed her teeth and howled and had convulsions then she averred that she taw satan standIng stand-Ing nt her elbow and went off again finally coining to herself she 1 put her baud Into her pocket and gave Miss Atli n note greasy at the edge and tmelllrg of insulin I went to Madame Smith and told her what to say aha said I paid her SI to say It At for your watch read that And Mlts lush tearing tha envelope read those lions lu Dicks hand Dash AUXTT Ilease forgive me Ive got your watch I wanted one so bad Ill take good rate of It and 1 bring It back when pa give 1 mo anew a-new one Your affectionate DICK Mist hilt read the word and tainted away Who came to again however and went to poor llstollo funeral and planted flower over hor grave And Hotty linker did not due at once as aloe would In a playthough shin left Ito house that day Hut fortune telling had no charms for Muss Ash any more |