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Show Sinful Woman, tu pun wrong? Wln h onin,irt lln ihliiK say Ttion i'nmiuilii) lliey Who iii.iki up th IlironK xtrulitluway rom to when Ala) mun ku All) tumbling down. Wtioii In rob hi fellow men. Wht-.- i who prnltl him frown th on When lii honor mul hi prhl nnd hum. Do wt not at one ileible That norne wumurt wa to blame? hind In bittern Vhn a Christian fall from grace All th Tber' Who world declare a woman In the caae hat spread her anarea; When a hanker t1ia we know. Though ner name may not be heard. That tmme woman brought him low. And we paaa along tn word. For the wrong men do. the ahame That they have to bear who fall Woman always geta the blame. Woman I behind all. it But when some man rlaea high. When he wine applause. When for him the banners fly. Da we guess the cauae? Do we tell each other then That some woman made him great. That for her he rose o'er men. Tolling early, striving late? without her who would win. Tjt, Who would care to do hla best? Why blame woman for the sin And withhold from hea the rest? The Burning Glass. "This la a burning glass, my son; It. gathers up the sickly rays Of light and binds them Into one That's strong enough to make a blase, Tou flx on some objective spot (In terms pedantic, locus), .And there'll be smoke when you have got The focus. Mow takjs your father's sage advice (I fear 'tie all you'll ever get) .And learn why plane of men and mice So often end In vain regret. Tea, why do we poor mortals weep. While waves of failure souk us? Alas! we fail to And and keep ' Our focus. Dont spread your forces and your wit Like this pale sunshine that we see, But weld them In a white-ho- t bit And boro a hole, though small It be. .You may be weak In mortal spine And bloodless as a crocus. Still, you have light enough to shine BE STILL. BE STILL. POO It IIEAIH still, be still, poor human heart. What fitful fever shake the now? The earth's moat lovely things depart And What art thou? Thy spring than earth's doth sooner fade. Thy blossoms first with poison fill; To sorrow burn, for suffering made, Poor heart! be t 111. Thou lookeat to the clouds, they fleet: Thou turnest to the waves. iluy falter: The flower that deck the shrine, though sweet. Dies on Its altar: And thou, more changeful than the cloud. More restless than the wandering rill. Like that lone flower In silence bowed. Poor heart! be still. Eleanora I A) u Is a Ilervey. He When h came to tior !sir.7 oho had gone out; oi anj tale, so the acntint said. II Insisted upon being admitted, but it was of no avail. Later, when lie again railed the same story Having a vague, undegreeted him. fined fear that something was wrong. h wrote her a note, requesting permission to rail, or at least an explanation. The reply wan brief, but comprehensive: "No explanation is duo And it you," were Eleanors words. is presumption in you to make such request. To my notion, this affair between us has gone far enough. I must beg of you, therefore, to cease those attentions you have been payHenceforth all intercouse ing me. between us is broken off." Turner was dazed as he read, but it was plain enough. The writing was unmistakably Eleanors. No explanation was given him. nothing but tho bald statement with which to console n himself. That afternoon, as he stood In one of the stores on the. main street of the town, lie saw' Eleanor go by. With her there was a young woman he knew well. It made him feel sick and faint as he recognized her; he knew he could not be mistaken, for that face, that figure, and .that walk, could belong to but one woman in all the TURNERS ENGAGEMENTS By C. AUGUST MITTELL Copyright ed. 1903, by The Author! Publishing Comjxiny world. That evening a small package, and a smaller note, were handed him by While away, it is possible that Tur- attested to the truth of this. lie wrote a messenger. He opened the package ner had not done as he should have a long letter to Louise, going to much sufficiently to assure himself of its done, or had done as he should not trouble to treat the subject exhaust- contents. Then he read the note: Cousin Eleanor and 1 have conHe told her Just how it was, have done. In a meaure a disturbing ively. enin conclusion assuring her that it was cluded that, since your presents to sense of this oppressed him. He deavored with the best possible grace best for both of them, and contritely girls have a strange similarity, we to banish such thoughts. Unfortunbegging her to forgive him. He re- will return the rings you were kind did success wrote the letter, revising it carefully. enough to let us wear. Doubtless you ately he discovered that not attend the mere effort. There When satisfied that he had done the will find others whom it will be no Just focus. was that thing, which has sometimes best he could the letter was laid aside This very train of thought explains misnamed conscience, and for a day ere being dispatched on its been Your father's not too great success; men the of which allowed him hut little peace of explanatory mission. By the next brilliant brains My son. Oft yield the palm to men of less. morning his good intention had esAnd bumptious dullards strut and crow, mind. "We're wise'' all hocus pocus! He had been away from his home caped, and the letter was carefully They know their gifts are few, and so village long enough to forget the faith consigned to the open grate. In a moThey focus, dU6 Louise, the girl to whom he was ment a small heap of ashes was all George Horton. n Philadelphia PoL engaged, and to become involved in a that remained. Now that he was home for a time, delightful and altogether satisfactory Well Remembered. determined to tell Louise. He was He he saw, affair with that other girl. Valley City, N. Dak., Dec. 14. Two distance and acno coward, but lie realized the amount separation aiding his years ago Mrs. Matilda M. Boucher of tive Inof moral courage requisite. The averimagination, that Louise was this place suffered a great deal with a The rival. to sion he felt for it, and the inferior her dizziness in her head. She was cured comparably whether It would Impose, he looked upon tof this by a remedy called Dodds Kid- fates so ruled it that Turner, in or otherwise, was much as the price of his perfidy. ney Pills, and has not been troubled willingly When he called on Louise he took brilliant of the company Eleanor, the since. note of many things. She was IStiprtly afterwards she had a bad beautiful In her Simple bilious attack, and for this she used he could not pass by. He gown, this Diamond Dinner Pills and was com saw, too, the look of love and trust in pletely cured In a short time. her eyes. For the first time, perhaps, In January, 1903, she had an attack a of real remorse shot through pang of Sciatica, of which she says: his heart. They talked long and "I was almost helpless with the Scinow of the present, the earnestly; atica, but remembering what Dodds past, the possible future, and their Kidney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills love, planning with the enthusiasm of had done for me before, I commenced I would not believe you, she lovers. young treatment of these medicines and in answered. As the time passed Turner saw it more difficult to fool. three weeks I was completely restored Wishing you become more difficult to tell the trust- continued success in to health I have great faith in these your plural deto he had what Once, say. do ing girl medicines, for they have been of votions, I am, yours truly, indeed, he had approached the subject much benefit to me. Louise. What would you by asking her: Dodds Kidney Pills are very popular think and say if I told you that I had NELSONS WISH WAS REALIZED. in Bernes County, having made a been faithless to you? great many splendid cures of Sciatica, I would not believe you, she anGreat Sailor Expressed Longing to Die Jtheumattsm and Kidney Troubles. once. swered at In Next Battle. Many families use no other medicine. At an entertainment at which NelHastily Turner retreated from his dangerous position, nor did he feel son met Benjamin West just before Wanted It at Once. safe until they were comfortably dis- he went to sea for the, last time he A farmers wife hanged herself on A I never pass a tree in his garden. He married andisturbing sense of this oppressed cussing some subject foreign to the remarked to the artist: one which had of a print shop where your picture of the him. they just disposed. other wife, and, curiously enough she not in was the His for was now so 'Death of Wolfe is in the window withstar village stay whose herself on phenomsame tree. the He girl .hanged wrote to an old married chum of his enally in the ascendant. Matters prog- more than a week. During this time out being stopped by it. West, of on Louise with called he if the haste. who lived at a (distance, acquainting ressed with undue praiseworthy course, acknowledged Turner, compliment, him of the mournful coincidence. Short not a man of sudden fancies and regularity. In each instance he en- and Nelson went on tp ask why he and sharp came the reply: For dominating impulses, was nothing. deavored to tell her of his love for had painted no more like it. "Because, heavens sake send me a cutting of Weeks that seemed to him as months, Eleanor, but he could not come to it. my Lord, answered the artist, "there Damn- it! so filled were they with teeming inci- He genuinely feared the effect it are no more subjects. your tree. New York News. so him would loved I Louise have. of that, in think the said were didnt Nelson, dents, hardly necessary so could she admita that to him affection. and take The asked Hows This? devotedly, blindly, glass of chammaturing of his a him We offer On Hundred Dollars Reward for any east not such of of this love to himself barely capable But, my Lord, I fear your imagine pagne. of catarrh that cannot be cared by Halls Cattarh ting to to tell and her disturb intrepidity will yet furnish me with F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo. O. preceded the declaration he made to defection; Cure. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for Eleanor. another scene, and if it should I shall Perhaps, he would have been the beautiful serenity of her trust the laat 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable and financially able to more circumspect and less hasty had that required moral courage far bela all business transactions certainly avail myself of it, the paintcarry out&any obligations made by their firm. not Turners. his sure he er observed. Will you, said Nelson" he foresaw felt that O. yond Wxst Tbtjax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, still with Louise end Waldiko, Kixman & Makvix, Wholesale DrugIn he answer. the substantiated left, The sequel pouring out bumpers and touching gists, Toledo, O. moment he At in Is the last taken internally, acting what, until then, could be no more his glass violently against Wests, Halls Catarrh Cure ignorance. directly upon the blood and mucoua surfaces of the with himself the consoled an will you, Mr. West? Then I hope I thought than 75c sent opinion. Testimonials Price free. per system. bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Thus it chanced that Turner, with- that he would write to her and fully shall die in the next battle. He sailed Hall's Family Pills are the best. out actively desiring to play the part explain. It would be so much more a few days later and West painted of deceiver, was engaged to two girls generous to leave Louise in possession "The Death of Nelson. British Subjects. of her happiness for a week or two It is a notable fact that most of the at the same time. man cares to No Originally Turner had been a man longer. In the meantime he would subjects of King Edward are banish all care in make love to a girl who makes love to of honor. Even now he possessed a seek Eleanor and a few stray sparks; his subsequent acts the sweetness of her presence. dog. -- . : self-sacrific- e . . " . - self-respecti- pt |