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Show I have said goes If yon will have It so. Can I be Your Knight forever and ever despite the fool plana of mammas and aunts? She leaned forward and he gathered her In his arms. he "Not A Comedy of Errors, exclaimed triumphantly, "but 'Alls Wen that Ends Y.iL , Wnmvmkwm -- It waa, then, to be a marriage of eon venlence. The Girl resented U from the uttermost depths of her nature. I hare been a ssve tor all them years, the cried, with no word of lore from parent or kindred. I hare been faithful and obedient, and now that 1 am through, J must marry man whom I nerer saw, with nerer a chance to know whether there is any body aim whom I prefer to marry. It is wrong and cruel and I hate It yee, I hate It, and J hate you Who are to cheat me out of a chance to be happy. , But, Myrtle, dear, hare we not all done all we could for you and are we not trying to arrange It so you will make a happy marriage? asked her aunt in aggrieved voice. Oh, yes, you are all wrapped up In my happiness, replied the girl sarcastically. I can aee that If 1 understand the situation correctly my father left ample means for my educa tlon and maintenance yes, and t goodly dower on top of It all. I have not questioned ycur stewardship of thj money and I will not unless you try to make me miserable. Then I will ' fight so 1 will. , But you never have seen Mr. Mon tague, replied her aunt, .trying with the tact for wfdch she was famous, to smooth over this threatened breach. Why make your decision until you see him. He is as handsome as a pic ture, of one of the very best families, haa plenty of money, and Js the; . son Of your fathers dearest friend,' All that Is what makes me hate him so cordially, exclaimed the girl You all seem not to be able to understand that a girl may have Ideals apd desires wholly Independent of the friendships and alliances of the gen ration before. Then she continued, passionately. "You have shut me up in a poavent all my life. I know noth ,lng of the world. Its Joys, excitements and sorrows. And now you propose to order all my life tp come without givj ing ms the tiniest bit of a chance to choose for myself "Why, child, we are acting for your good only, answered her aunt, gently. "Whs. experience have you had that would fit, you to make a , choice that wouM affect all your future?4 "And why notr asked the Girl scornfully. "You have used the authority glien you in my fathers will t .to keep np In a convent all toy life until I know nothing of the real things of the world. And now that" I am barely out 'of 'prison you want to select a husband for, me and settle my; lfe fonjtii titoej,1 tell you it is ijof and F will not stand 1U4 "But i'hlson Montagu, la esteem! tiiJaomest young man 'of 'flh$ ySwQfef set. and is distinctly eMgibU, 'of Food habits, old family, ample for--? rttmw. and agreat favorite In society,' rIWhr, 'Sou little Ingrat?." conttn ued Auntr Eleanor, with Indignation. "After all the thought given this mat-,tpr In order, to find the very .best man . to act tn. that' way. sultahle,fpYycm It is scandalous snd Aunt Eleanor t ought refuge 4n tears. . w Before anything could happen the bell rang and . Mr., Tlllson Montague was announced., Aunt Eleanor rallied at once, and said hurriedly? j s "Now dont, for pitys sake, do anything rash that Will drive him away. 'At least wait until you have a chance to become acquainted with him. -And so presently they swept into the parlor to greet 'Mr, Tillsoa Montague, designed by the decree of Myr- ties aunt and Montague's mother to become the husband of the young - heiress. , . Myrtle was silenced hut not convinced-fair from .It, as. was demonstrated ooa-epiri- , me-ahh- 4 - nd I guess we understand merrily, each other all right. We will be good friends, but they cant make us marry, can they? replied, .fervently. Never," be Why, hang It all, I want my fling first, dont you know." "And I . "And I, too," she replied. need It more than yon because I have And spent all my life in a convent so they parted. Now tt happened that Myrtle was a full blooded little creature, with all "the spirit that her full, ripe Ups and clear, red cheeka Indicated. And all her life she had been shut np in a convent with no vent for her ardent young animal spirltaexceptlngthrough the medium of her 'Imagination Ted only by (surreptitious reading of smug- - MEMENTO CF THE PRINCE'S r Oarataa The in ud fnk Balk CURES WONOERFUL 811 h " The mint of ment haa struck off a Cw Air for (pUna, ' Hoe Am! 1uo4 ov PI'M. The German govern- Omnawl Throo-Mor- CLAIM SOME At a sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculosis established near Plymouth, Mesa, the patients live In little shacks, about twelve feet square, of which three aides are constructed of wood, the fourth side consisting of a screen, which ia pulled down only In - rainy weather. The main features of the open-a- ir treatment ia the sun bath. On the top of the sanitarium "proper; which wit once a Colonial residence-- , large open space has been' arranged baring a glass roof and fitted with 'coti and lattice work Jiye 'the .patients are compelled, to lie, naked 'for 'ascertain length of time, evqry gay, tunUps their bodies about so that they mpy repelve on each part tha direct rays.pt thS sun. The" whole butldd of each patient Is soon as tanned as are the neck and arms of a summer vaebtsman. Following the sun batff. the patient la made to undergo a needle bath, the temperature of which le regulated by the ,fii ldfijghtbattl5tta a giant 'lob In the giant crusts' endtng with a sluicing down stef, kilned with pefwerful cTaws and cean ching with , tenacity. cold with water at a forced high 'presworked Up to good fighting trim, wag McVane rolled over on to his stomsure. A rubdown cornea next, leaving, foBghfby Ehariea fisherman ach and the lobster' under the whole skin in a glens, .and then the. Ssd resident of McVane, Island,- - four him; then he tried once more to force Long Patient U dressed and Bent outdoors. milae from. Portland, Me In Cascoe the cruel jawe apart, but, though he Very little medlplne is given, the bill tnoved them slightly, he was yet too of fare Is liberal and the patients are weak to do anything more. - For fully .Mr., all IicVgne,had been, fishing permitted to eat alinok anything they da had 0ve minutes the fisherman- and the wltji .huJifierenLauccess.and fancy. A larg vegetable garden 1 decided to pull up and start fpr shore, lobster struggled, one to release him connected with the sanitarium, Az lie neared Bam Island. u which Jg self, the other to maintain its hold. are not alio weffto riBlt one ant a barren strip of land with bold, rocky Perhaps the weight' of the man's other hi their rooms, and' ihg. fu Snd entirely devoid of trees, body was too much for the lobster or shores' enagainst expectoration U rigidly he spied large Hock of sea duck hudperhaps he repented of hla midnight forced. This Institution Is npt Intendrelaxed its ed for advanced casea, but merely for dled together In one of the tiny covee assault, for 'it suddenly run up into the shores of the strangling grip and in a second Mcthat incipient ones, which the managers inland. The "I do not love you a little bit sight of the ducka aroused Vane had released himself and seized declare can he treated In such a manhi instincts and made him the lobster just back Of the head and sporting was novela. ner as pato But that sufficient gled put new rigor Into the the cheerful forget to people the youhg mlndjrlth knights tient and send him home with refireplace of his the "base ot the claws, the safe grip own cottage. To make a long story a fisherman knows ao welL The exsnd lovers and champions galore. newed Interest In life. abort, he spent an hour or so among hausted Long Islander managed to And It came to pass that the great the Vary tea duck sailing about from carry the huge crustacean to high Masquerade Ball of the bona of the AMUSING EXCUSES FOR CHILDREN one cove to another, catching first ground and fortunately found a deep, Seventh Daughters was held soon after hollow In the ledge, the slimy Myrtle came home. It was to be a Jim Klaked toy a Caw oatt Hasty Is one5 and then another flock napping. smooth So ardent did this duck hunter be- aides of which afforded no hold for swell affair, and Myrtle was crazy to Teas ted ta riMnk,.( K come In the pursuit of hla game that the prisoner's claws and thus kept it go. But Aunt Eleanor was Horrified Teachers who require wrltten-excus-he wag eurrpunded by the chilly safely until- daybreak. Then McVane snd vetoed the bare suggestion. la for tardiness from parents of April night almost before took the lobster to Portland and Then the spirit of the dead father sometimes receive very amusing gjppmdsu turaedrit over tp Taxidermist John A, he know it, . arose in the daughter and Myrtle re- notes. Here " are a few specimens from la a man of action. JtcVgne, With Lord, who haa just finished mounting solved to 'go whether or no. a number received some time .ago? sea and sky, and It This monster measures four feet aideeping And she did. It took plenty of glanee gt Dear Sir, please ekeuse James for one-hainches from the tip end scheming and alas, some lying, hut lateness I kneaded him after break-- : n0 eren gtopptng to pick Up the last and of tall to the tip of the., longest flack be its had shot he turned his boats shq went that day to spend a couple of fast.- - A second note roads:. Please bow toward the Island and beached Claw, and it weighed 11 pounds. days witn a gin friend, find arranged forgive . '' Billy for being tardy. , f wa It iwelt on a , sand. of with her so she Could slip in Upon her , atrip . his .The , poaL mending tll8oaat. U Tltk thjrdexcusf a knowledge bojrn of, many r?turp. Of course ..It was a very goes mqre into details;, hilstqglr'my 4 4 A certain composer abroad bad an similar a hla turned and very' experiences he, dangerous thing naughty had to be la It la dprr, for tt ( and specially' a Jagqn upside down, and, with the aid opera aocepted and anticipated Jora. girl to do to milk our cow. . Bbe ri Ills of h'tness On success. the a strength great hia me sail and young girl just out of a qftvent, but kicked Jase In the back oilskins, made a, tolerably comfortable rest- - this supposition he promised each of Qjaf such a one would hav the nerve Le Wasnt looking ot Vmielf thfnklhg of her the .musicians in the orchestra a fine ' Hlace4 foi the night, f U attempt it. . acting ,sq hg thot hit tack wad broke, .with wine "ai llbltum"at.th J fihe appeared as a ladyoU the Eliza- but it aint' But it ia black and blub, I JFaae .bad. Tbeen. 'asleep, as -- he .atrppey '.Conclusion of the performance. some bethan period, and warf Sne of 'the and four three jvifes, pr honrat him late.' We would vhen the ilane he was suddenly awakened hy , To his surprise and dismay the opera Striking figures, of the ball,' No goon get 'rid of thekept cow if we could; ,T er had she appeared than a Knight of la the fourth time She kicked cold stream of water trickling at its premiere was a complete fiasco a fry Jase, but mder him and but hissed off the stage. the Crusades approached her and paid neVer kicked him running up hia troua and waa all waa before. So eir tri late over he returned into all ' After violent court He was a most persistScarcely had ha regained him for jnq.. A . v , ga legs. the orchestra to collect 'some missing ent knight and was not to be satisfied cuge senses when this forerunner of A girl absent for half a day brought tie deluge wae followed by a mighty manuscript and found there seated one with one dance, but haunted the Elizabethan Lady most ardently. And be the following excuse ''Miss teecher onrush of water that took him, hie solitary musician a trombone player, My dotters absents yesterday was un"Well my friend. he Inquired kindand boat, Wgs good to look npon and most de everything else in its way, Her shoes had to be half- -' "what can I do for you? 'voted ahd princely In his manner, and avoidable.? e. Her pending up the beach. 8nch was ly,The musician loqked at him earnestsoled, and the had a Myrtle's blood ran through her veins konatitushnfi is delicate and if she la he force of the wave that a heavy as it never had before, this, forsooth, pece of driftwood was hurled against ly and replied In tones of' significant 8toriea. was life. Marry Tlllson Montague? absent any mote you can know that KcVanes head with sufficient force sincerity; "I liked r Never.' She would find a knight of her it la on account of unavodsbcl sick- te render him unconscious for a few A boy abown who would choose her. for her ness or something else. Etlllil Morrlod Wooaoo. teconds, You may think you know American own charms, and not because mammas sent for half a day laid the following wae When he he recovered lying and aunts and dead people had willed explanation on the4" masters desk: Igh and dry on the beach, but, he women with advanced ideas and unDear air, please excuse Henry. it and she went whirling off on an desk! tlon, and conventional modes of living, says He went to grandpapa's funeral with frd a horrible choking sen is other delicious waltz with Sir Knight. me as neck felt and throat U though A publisher, but they are not to be this forenoon, I have been promAll too quick It came to an end his compared to their. English sisters. with a in vice. tlssped Clutching az all things do, even a girls first ising him for several weeks, that he land he grasped Jbe hard, cold shell There. is nothing so demure as an might if he wae good, and he haa been of a monster lobster. He seized the English girl before sbe ia married, but balL And when the time for unmaskso I kept my word. . ing came he, was standing before her, very good, bw that gripped bfe throat and tried matrimony, somehow or other, seems t , to change her whole nature, if one lo break its hold, but the sturdy begging for the next dance. . "Ah, my Lady. I am at last to see Blory er Wlaa Do. 'had been weakened by the may Judge from the way ehe breaks Sir Walter Scott telle ot one ot hla How on tne head and the immersion loose "Philadelphia Recoii, your face, he exclaimed. "No, no," she replied hastily, really dogs that one day furiously attacked cannot unmask. . Please take me to the baker and was Urlth great difficulty the dressing room.' called off.. But, as thq, dog observed He offered his arm,, expostulating the baker coming Wy day to leavq all the time that it "was his.' privilege bread for the family,, he began to reto see the face of the lady who had gard him In a more favorable light, Picturestine Custom in Florence permitted him to be her knight all the and in time the dog and the baker be"Crickets! Cricket! Fine alng-rs- !" evening, and who had become the mis- came great friends. One fiaf Sir Walter tress of his heart But she was , ob- was telling somebody bow the dog had cry the Florentine venders on durate and they started toward the attacked, the baker, and as soon ai Ascension morning. "Two Cents, fpur, lj dressing room. he began the story" the hog skulked or five cents tor crickets, fine thd streets are Alas, fpr the honesty of man he Into the corner of the room, turned his long day. -guided her, not 'to the dressing-rooeefful - with the call, and with the face to the. wall, hung down hi eah la the feetl-at all, but to a cosy corner, far from and lowered hla tall and displayed crickets- sohga.' For this which in' Florence ia 'deilcated the throng drunk with the excitement every alga of. being heartily ashamed and surprises of the unmasking. f.a to'- - the hvm&fi totU, and to Its bf himself. But when he came to the said , Fair Lady, be, "J am hut husymbol, the cricket,, whose beginning, end of his story, and aatd, But. Tray man. , I am mad with the intoxication life ahd departure are ar much a mya-Srbite the the turned baker, dog of your presence. If I do not aee your djdnt as tha coming and the passing of face. t If v yoe , escape5, me now around, Jumped and frisked abouvtad cans elusive eptrit You may select was evidently quite restored to his 1 will spend all If you Uke from jny life in a fruitless own good opinion. To try the dog, your own tong-blr- d search for you. You are the one wothe peddlers in the heap tangled man In the world for me and I can- Scott repeated the story la a different barrel, and yott may choose bf votes laths 'midqt 6f til con teie not let you escape." versa tlon, tut It w.i 1 always the samo. four cage, too, according to 'your baste Oh, please do not, she cried, Your cricket you must-picDirectly he began' the dog ctept lute jnd pocket book. throwing np her hands to protect her the for' the strength - 'frith care, outcorner, but whsn he came to "Bui mask from his threatening , hands, will decide voice Its snd of vivacity "Yon must know that I have no right Tray didnt bite the baker," he always' rour year, A the coming for destiny capered back In triumph, to he here; I am promised to another. luck, merry singer- - foretells good And so am I, be responded triumATi tealth, and happiness;- - a 'sad One ; emigrant fran trolnnd. You wllf give your phantly, "and thats why we are both The capacity of Ireland for sending zugura misfortune. here to escape a bondage we hate; leaf, therea fresh pet greenlettuee ' Ah, this is a dispensation of provi- out emigrants haa, been one of., the fore, If clever. are you dence. I will protect you from any at- marvels of the world. 'During 1901 Flordevout On Ascension morning tempt to force an unwilling lover upon the Island sent out 39,89 emigrants; entines go to mass. In the afternoon In 9 or 1,000 ot every me ef If but lover you will population, you any and ' whom 80.5 per cent were between the a merry throng crowds the cafes . let toe, dear. which beautiful the the park Caacine, 1? and 35. Even thl large And with' a bold move he tore off ages of the city along lies both 'masks. There were two quick LotaUawome 7,000 smaller than tmt of the suhSetward from common folk alt on Arno. The 1900. gasps of surprise, for there, face to the grass and eat. T cannelloni," the face stood Myrtle Vernon and Tlllson large kind of macaroni that la the A 1 lArge Coa tract, Montague. k of . this feast day. peculiar The girl was the first to recover. A Utile Howard Green, on 'returning The beau delicacy monde promenades up and she. of first his visit to errors," from comedy exclaimed, Sunday schpol, down the ' long avenues of the Casclne, shrieking with, laughter, not un mixed, said to hla mother: and chattering however, with vexation. "Mamma, does Gqd watch me all the swinging their cages of their about merits ' ' thetr . respective He gated at her a moment with open timer . ' villas bills and birds. When the ong month and staring eyes. Then a warm "Yee. my eon," she answered. to fade flush came over his features and he "Well," said- Howard, "then what hi beyond the Arno have begun eaid: be "doing with, the other people while from view and Monte Morello and the Appenlaca on this side have grown but all be ia watching me? "Yes, a comedy of error d m upon the sight, they let their crickets free. 9 or, VISIT three-mar- k all-- ver piece commemorative pf the visit of Prince Henry to the United States. The coin Is about life size of the United 8tateavHtilf-dolla- r, but la a trifle heavier. Its value la 72 cents. On one side arc of President Roosevelt and - Prince Henry, which are splendid examples ot minting. On the reverse side li a representation of a hugq ship In mldoceau. bas-relie- Patients i , - es pu-Al- lf , to-da- y. -- , sore-throt- ltShort -- flsh-orm- Crtckcts Sold on Jiscension Day. alng-f-JA- m nl ,, ry met-over- ed Above thq engraving are the words (in German), "In Remembrance of the Journey to' America, 1903, while In smaller letters beneath tills ia printed "Lloyd Steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm. NEW YORKS All ' VARIED KUonllt! POPULATION RtpnmM Ik OtMl America MatropolU. v The new Cathedral of SL John, In New York, will, in addition to its main hall, have seven Chapels of Tongues," where German, Spanish, French, Swedish, Italian, Armenian and Chinese services will be held each Sunday. . Nevertheless, by the time th great cathedral la finished it la not unlikely that the crypt and s will be retransepts and A quired for other nationalities. clergyman called on Bishop Potter the other day to ask that tome provision might be made for religious services for some MesojxiUnuan immigrants. Really, heplled the bishop, "can not a handful of Mesopotamians be provided for In connection with your Armenian congregation? The young clergyman of the tenements smiled. "1 do not know what you call a handful air. There are some eight hundred families of Mesopotamians within ten minutes walk of where we are sitting this moment, and aa for their attendance upon Armenian services, the languages have about aa little in common A Greek and Choctaw." ante-room- Bay 11(81 Flatol Dul That romance ia not dead in Galicia, Austria, la proved, by a report that two boys ln the second class at a grammar school at Brezezany, who had both fallen in love with the tamo girl, settled their differences by fighting a duel. The weapons need in the encounter were old pistols, charged with powder ,and pebbles, and tired at a distance of ten paces. One youth, received a serious wound In the chest and ia thought to be ta danger of hia life. ured. t Hla adversary PORTUGAL' waa slightly Inj- KING MAY ABDICATE Baaolitloa ad Btakript beaatry tha King Carlos L of Portugal, who. It ia said, .contemplates abdication owing to the threatened revolution and the bankrupt condition of fils kingdom, ascended the Portuguese throne Oct 19, 889. Since that time he has been constantly harassed by financial trouble ' In 1892 be and the entire royal family gave up a fifth of their income to help out the state. The ThroaWaod v k You are conspiring to cheat me out .of a chance to be happy." when, after the introduction had been duly accomplished, she led him sweetly to the conservatory, .and having gotten him into a corner opened up the entire situation. T guess you are a very alee man everybody tells me o, she ald, "but 2 do not love you a tittle bit, and never could. .1 would bate you for the fact that I dont believe yon could help pickle. Now lets he yourself In this good friends,- but marry whom we please. The young man emerged at once from his apparent lassitude. Jove, youre a brick! he exclaimed cordially. "Hanged if I want to be disinherited or anything of that sort but hanged If J want to marry a girl I never have seen. By I beg your pardon, you know, but I mean that is, I mean that Is I dont mean "I understand," aha Interrupted, -- jvs - -- 1 ' 1 - queen of Portugal la the Princess Amelle of Rourbon-Orleana- , daughter of the Tate Comte de Paris. King Carlos Is 39 years old. |