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Show s e esc-ccc-- s MURRAY 111)11 COMPANY, s cs e5 s s ; t s- 5 ! s s 16ss I MRS. HAROLD ff e s j m- sc STAGG. as C:ac:ittp. who had 5tab!ispu fce irtistitum as a memorial to bis two (.hH'ta.-e-d ihihii n. a son ;'!.d a daugh-tor- . A twenty m!m:ta drive ia the - A hue), hoard thoy found in waiting, behind a swift i.i'r if loir- - ia led horses, CI Headquarters in M irray and vicinity for Fruit and Nuts 5C?53 BuUer and CLcfEe Green GiMivries Fresb Fish M,-at- llonev atul Eire's Pickles. Olives , it Kraut for BRAZIER SALT LAKE BREAD. Murray Agency OUR SPECIALTIES-- ' Turkeys, Cranberries, Celery, Mince Meat and Sauer Kraut, M Ccpjrifbt. IP50 n4 it CHAPTER XV. (Continued.) "Road for yourself." jit tossed her the lot tor. "She says that there 13 something flip wishes to consult nie about; tlmt it is impossible for her to get away at the tm nient, and that as I have spoken once or twice about pay-luher a visit, sin! hopes that I may be ablo to inanu.tio it now." Emma pi d tho lotior. "She never asked our advice so long as that venerable fossil was alive. I have always considered that he was largely responsible, for tho kink that sot into Eleanor's brain. Poor old Man! Tbose eyes of his haunt ms Still." "Ho Is dead; let him rest in peace. He adored Eleanor, and she adored g ru.-o- him." ''I Robert Bonner's Pose. J l ! Pull-man- clamation: "That explains everything." was very fond of him myself. He was a dear old soul, but CHAPTER XVI. you must admit that he was quixotic, She took from him the newspaper and that lie had large eyes. Well, I he held out, and read at the place forgive him," she added, noticing that her husband looked grave. "I am sure where his finger indicated tho followannouncement: ing telegraphic We also have the Cheapest and Finest Christmas Candies and that he meant well. What answer are "The trustees of Clavering College, you fcoing to send?" Ulinois, at a special meeting' held Nuts in the City. "Why don't we both go? You have elected Miss Eleanor Baldwin never been West, and it is time that s president of that, instil in place counsaw of owu our you something of David B. Albion, Miss resigned. try. Illinois is not very far off, and Baldwin, the newly elected lady piesi-denafter we have visited Eleanor, we can and late assistant professor of pass a few days at Chicago and Cin- history and literature at the wm. college, is PROprietor, I St. can and Louis. cinnati get away in her twenty-fiftyear, and is said' to for three weeks as well as not." be very attractive in her personal apEmma tapped her foot contemplapearance and a faorite with the stutively. dents both male and female. Her elec"I suppose I could go. It Is certainly tion gives general satisfaction." quite an idea." "What do you think of that?" ex"And you would be able in that case claimed Harold, with manifest enthuto satisfy your curiosity all the siasm, when he saw that his wife had sooner." finished. I assure you that "'Curiosity?' "What does it mean?" she asked, mine in regard to Eleanor is of the with a somewhat dazed air. mildest order. I am curious merely as "Why, she has been chosen presione Is curious in regard to what any dent of the college. crazy creature will do next. But, as "How can she be president?" you say, Harold, it is Just as well that "How can she be? Why shouldn't I should see how dreadful the West she be? She isn't the first woman who actureally Is. Of course, If the child has been put at the head of an educaally needs you, I suppose you are tional institution. It's a combound to go to ber, in case you can pliment to her, and and great does great I it think leave your business; though credit to her ability and pluck. Presis rather cool of her to ask your ad- ident! Well, that is a .Bas been remodeled under the new management and fitted tip irtth Tn vice, considering that she acted di"Harold, I think it's awful." have to all that you Billiard Tables. rectly contrary "Why is it awful?" ever given her. But if you go, I shall "In the first place, to be known as a AtsV CIGARS. FINEST WINES, LIQUOES certainly go with you." lady president is enough to make one The upshot was that a week later ill. Salesladies and lady typewriters FA DULY TRADE A SPECIALTY. they set out for Clavering college, the are terrible enough, but this caps the Illinois institution of learning with climax." which Eleanor had been connected for "Come, now, Cherub, be reasonable. the past five years. During those years You are dodging the question. You IT WILL PAY YOU PRICE CASH Emma had seen but little of her recal- must admit that they have paid her a citrant niece, who, so to speak, had great compliment." . to lend for onr OB No. 0, quoting taken the bit in her teeth on her reEmma drew her cloak about her ne on Buiow, CREDIT FREE, Earnest, eta. W. turn from her uncle Phineas Baldwin's frigidly, as she replied: diret from ov to Goiiiiim.n at Factory Prk Factory house with the ofTer of a tutorship "I suppose she has got what she This ruarantwd Dorr onlr SIJi Jau trom the seminary in question in her wanted, if you mean that." W or tnm Monthly Piymerrtl. taoneit peopU loctd in ail put. of Uw An earnest scene had folpocket. "Not one girl in a thousand would worm. lowed, or, rather, two scenes; one in have done m well." TWrIte for free CaUlorue. to bear upon which she had brought "Not one girl In tea thousand wn.iM CENTURY MFG. CO. the culprit every argument in her ar- have wished to." be"I am sorry for your sex, then," he senal, and a second and final one Rb. East St Heatlos till pieer. tween the culprit and Harold, whose retorted warmly. "I mean to DIP'T telegraph fabricated sternness Mrs. Stagg had my congratulation at the next station." hoped to keep unmitigated, by giving Emma made no reply, and him to understand that she would be her cheek on her gloved hand, resting turned an unseen listener. But she had heard to the landscape again. But the sudwell had vain. Harold in THE begun denness with which she reverted her enough with a big mouthed, "What is head for a few moment3 later bescheme of leaving this cracked-braithe warmth of her emotions, us that your aunt tells me of, Elea- trayed though she spoke with measured senJGreatly enlarged and improved, under the nor?" But from there on he had tences: management ot gradually weakened, until in place of "Of course, Harold, I understand and putting his foot down once for all, he recognize that it is a great compliInto to be himself suffered had argued HOLM & CHRISTEHSEN, Props. ment, in one sense of the word, to admitting that If her heart was set on have been chosen or whatteaching, there was no especial obliga- ever it is, of this president, Wholesale and Retail dealers la High college; and I will tion why she should continue to live Grade Wines and Liquors (or Family with them; and as to the marriage say frankly that it is a surprise to me Trade tod Medicinal Purposes . . which was proposed for her, that he that Eleanor should have been selected was not prepared to advise her to to fill such a position. She must have more ability of a certain kind than marry a man she did not love. First class Billiard Room in Connection, gave her credit for, and I am ready to Since her departure the years had admit that she is entitled to he conplided away without leaving much gratulated. But If, at the same time, Everybody receives good treatment conas so far of account themselves, at the IUVETwSIDJO. you expect me to say that I think she cerned Emma's relations with her. is more to be congratulated because When the disappointment of seeing all she is to STATE STREET. MURRAY. spend her days as the lady her efforts set at i.aught had lost its president of a mixed college than she edge for Emma, she had accepted the would be if she had married Owen to the one as learns accept situation, Page, I beg to be allowed to differ inevitable, and had even felt grateful from you. What will her life be? For that, inasmuch as Eleanor had insisted all I know, she will have to wear on I ping peculiar, she had selected a bloomers; but, assuming that she Is field for her eccentricities where she allowed to drers like other female morwould never be heard of by the class tals, she will be expected to be pecuof ieople who had expected from her liar and MURRAY minded and and unbetter things. They had been brought attractive.strong She is more than likely to but twice, and remain into personal contact single, and her best years will then only for a short time on each be passed in listening to hum-druwhen Eleanor had come East occasion, recitations and funds for Not the Oldest, but the Most Reliable and in vacation time. The first summer new dormitories." collecting tho Staggs had been abroad, so that The M t Reasonable Store in town. . . "Instead of b ailing a life of frivolous it had been a good two years before and elegant leisure, like the rest of was and met at it then had all, they you." at for a fortnight Beverly, during Mrs. Stagg tos-eher head and anwhich Mrs. Htagg had been excessiveswered with calm disdain: ly polite to her guest, except so far "Did I not know that you were as informing her that she looked thin Corns snd examine our Ooods. We will take pleasure merely trying to excite me, Harold, concould be snd needed fattening up la showing them at all times. Tell us what you sidered as antagonistic, Her eagle eye might take offen o at the personal had watched haughtily to detect the character of your remark. As to your wint-- nd we will take It from the shelf, wrap it np which she saying that Eba;mr would have been signs of end dsllrer it promptly at your door felt sure must sooner or later mani- obliged to lead a life of frivolous and fest themselves as the result of asso- elegant leisure, as you call it, had she ciation with a mixed college; but she seen fit to behave like an ordinary had been forced to admit after Eleanor Christian being and marry the man TOUE3 FOR BIZZ, had departed that they had not been who was devoted to her, why, the Idea is simply absurd 'Elegant,' I grant In the summer followforthcoming. married Owen Page, but had if she to a was have Eleanor them paid ing. CO-O- P. second visit, in the glory (or, as Mrs. she could have been the very antipodes Ptapg mU;ht have put it, the shame) of 'frivolous' and 'idle,' had she seen Per of her advancement to the rank of fit, and no one would have thought Bnowy, Manager, assistant professor; but the plan had anything about It. That's tho provokbeen upset by the serious illness of ing part of it; we are so much In In society I Uncle Phineas, at whose bedside Elea- neiC of clever that must admit that Eleanor is nor had officiated as a tender nurse (even Page was Just until his death, which occurred just really clever-a- nd SALOON. before it was time for her to return to the man to let hi ,i wife do whatever her collegiate dutiett. Emma, who had she wished." "We are not sure yet that eho has felt herself excused from the necessity the jki- ii'oti," said Harold, as disaccepted funeral the the of by attending UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. tance of Beverly from New York, had he snipped off the i rd of a cigar with cautioned Harold to be sure to br'ng the gilt cutter attaihed to his watch-chain- , preparatory ?o going to the Eleanor back with him for rest and a smokimr-enrto had but she represented change; WE KEEP ONLY CHOICE WINES AND LIQUORS "Why should she efilse It?" him that It was imperative for her to be on hand st the opening of the "Merely be. a use he is a woman, term. Dtirins the fourth summer the and it Is never saf to prognosticate set win ad tin-- t one Just past Eleanor had not been how ativ one ( '. Pleasant and omfortsfeJ. And the Finest of Imported and Domestic- - Ciaurs. able to come East, owing to the fact tier any given m of circumstances. CiirJ and Pool Rooms are furnished to thoee who wish to es to have that she had been selected to super- She evidently my spend nn hour in this pleasant recreation. vise the building of n new reading vlows on the siihiei f. Well, shn thoii room for th students of "Clavering.' have them. I shall advise her to acwhich wait now in process of erection cept without the slightest hesitation," Instead, her two brothers, who were said the broker, in hid decisive fashnearly ready to graduate from school, ion. hours later, the Staggs Twenty-foua visit, b'niee had jrone out to pay No minors are allowsJ to be or remain lo cr about the Ur or rooms nadei they had returned wlih plowing ae alighted from the train at Hoadley, the remits of the attractions of the West, small town on the tontines of which ksgr etrcumsUoo. ftood Clavering college, named after to which F. in ins. had listened with Its founder and beuefactor, one Thorn- Ue .t irorn IIKUSER BROS., Proprietors. Harold. t, Draper, pd Mffl $33.50 Ey l!t, Riverside Saloon 1 INSTITUTION d 1 harrier-breakin- INST- MURRAY old. "A fine appearing lady Miss BaldI suppose you heered she be 'lected lady president? I ain't strong on women's rights myself, but they do say she's a smart one." So saying, he drew up before the building which he had described as "College House." Eleanor, who was on the lookout for them, ran down the steps to greet them. "Welcome to Clavering, Uncle Harold and Aunt Emma." "Well, Mistress Lady President, I bow before you," said Harold, after he had given her a smart kiss. Eleanor laid her finger on her lips. No titles, please. I have not accepted yet." "But you will, of course." "Perhaps, but perhaps not. We will talk of that later," she added, with an air of mystery which seemed to embarrass her a little, as they went up the steps. (To be continued.) win. "S-h- POLICE OFFICER gup-pos- e NEW RESORT - . '' FANCY MIXED DRINKS A SPECIALTY ir p' TOO ZEALOUS. of Zeal He Stopped the Wrong Performance. A funny experience recently befell In Excess Herr Richard Strauss, the eccentric " musical genius who composes and other pieces of music that are caviare to the general. Herr Strauss conducts at the Royal Opera at Berlin, but not long ago he took his orchestra on a provincial tour. While conducting in the concert hall at Brunswick he was suddenly summoned from his place, and asked to go into the anteroom, where an official told him that the concert must be stopped at once, by order from the "tone-poems- head office of police. Greatly surprised, tho conductor sought for explanations, and, cot being able to get any, returned to the platform like a dutiful subject to the kaiser and announced to the audience the end of the concert. The musicians were preparing to depart and the audience to do likeapwise, when the official suddenly peared again, this time with amdo-gieHe had stopped the wrong performance. An entertainment of questionable character was being given elsewhere in Brunswick, and he had been instructed to put an end to it, hut haste or carelessness or excess ot zeal led him to the wrong place first. The broken melody was resumed forthwith. Not Likely. Not long ago the business premises (?) caught of a certain Venezuelan fire, and as there were soon no hopes of subduing the (lames, tho family, after making an apparently hurried exit from the burning building, crossed over to the other side of the street and calmly surveyed the destruction of their "Mein gootness, Jacob," breathlessly exclaimed a fellow countryman who just then joined the little party. "You had a blaze, and no mistake. Are yo insured?" "Veil, veil, Knbensteiti," ejaculated trader in undisguised the burned-ou- t astonishment, "I nevare heard such speech bevore. I shall begin to think you vos a bigger idiot than beoble take yon for. Do you dink for vun moment there would have been a tiro If dor premises vos not insuied?" stock-in-trad- Charles THE C.r-- LEVELERS. hhiiiutie. Still she felt, its she settU-- hoi,-.- , '.! in the train a few da s later. t'.:t she was glad, on the whole, to he goinj in order to see for tiersolf the tabulous cities who-.mushroom srw th out of the boson of the piairios hai taken place almost within t:n scope of her own recoh.eotion. Coitcertili.e Eleanor's individual surrooiui;i';;s she felt but little ctirioiiity. jH beliet that she could divine in a,iv,iioe pn well what thoy would he. and anv attempt to do so made her shudder. While she was studying the landscape through the windows of the , lost iu these reilet (loiw. on the morning of their departure,' Harold suddenly turned to her with the ex- THE MID VJA7 BAR. r.i an intp.ms gateway, will! the en'U ;:e anus ou one side and patriotic inscriptions on the o'her. As they drove up the long inohiie !iti,!,e,l hy tail p!i:os tliey could see on oii'jer hau l a w id,' stretch of undulating greensward, variegated by l.lullis aud eh.iinps of tlees hi tho fuii thMi of autumn hiiliianey, which the loquacious or.vor iufeinied them was a part of the college domain. There were two hundred acres in all. "Whew Land must be cheap," said Harold. "And think what a place for flirta tion, Emma answered. "I wonder we don't so tho landscape dotted with sauntering couples," After a quarter of a mile of avenue they came in sight of the buildings, four in number, arranged in the form of a largo quadrangle, which were sev erally described by their guide as the College House, the dormitory for the men students, the dormitory for the lady students, and the gymnasium aud theater combined. All of them were elaborately and tastefully constructed after tho latest fashion of approved modern architecture, so that even Emma felt obliged to murmur her acquiescence in the laudatory expressions which were uttered by Harold. "They're tasty and no mistake," said the driver, by way of setting the seal of his approval on their verdict. "You ought, tor see the boathouse and the lake where the crews race. I tell you there's one crew of the lady students that, can make the boys row for all they know how. Say," he added, reining in his horses, "maybe you'd like to drive round by the lake before we stop. Ten minutes '11 do it." "Much obliged to you; no. Miss Baldwin is expecting us," said Har- hieught Notei The followicg article has been widely published and is one of the most remarkable illustrations of the value of careful marshalling and analysis of facts in presenting a subject to the public. A Merry In Old Custom. a romantic and plctures'itta old mansion in Derbyshire, England, Is one of those curious n lhs of bygone times which tarry tho mind back to the habits and customs of one's Is A handcuff fixed to the screen of the banqueting hall. When the banquet had advanced toward Its zenith if any gentleman among the guests refused to drink the tho full quantity that was deemed proper thing at that lime he wns merrily carried to the oak screen and placed with bis arm upraised and secured and locked In that, position , !"i : ' v then by the Iron rlr-ra recepteiiei'i' open wide offend tacle for the wino which he ud refusof tint ed to drink ar-tie; enter.! goblet, with as much mruo as the thought fit, were poured down the unlucky victim's arm. roys-terer- s Fully Covered. A woman on the death of her husband telegraphed to a difdant friend: "Dear Joseph I dead !.oss fully oovered by Insurance" The Mission of Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee. The Creator m, oh? all things, we believe. if so. He must have made these. We know what. He made food and water for, and air and sunshine, but. why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee? They are here sure enough and each performing its work, There must, be .some groat plan it all; the thoughtful man si to understand Mmiofhintr f that plan and thereby to indue t!s so articles for their true worth. us not say "bad" or "good" without taking testimony. There are times and conditions when it certainly seems to the casual observer that these stimulant narcotics are real blessings. Right there is the ambush that conceals a "killing" enemy. One can slip into tho habit of either whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough, but to "untangle" is often a fearful half-aslee- nd ne-s- It struggle. It seems plain that there are circumstances when the narcotic effect of these poisons is for the moment beneficial, but the fearful argument against them is that seldom ever does oue find a steady user of either whisky, coffee or tobacco free from disease of some kind. Certainly powerful elements in their effect on the human race. It is a matter of daily history, testified to by literally millions of people, that Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are smiling, promising, beguiling friends on the start, but always false as hell Itself In the end. Once they gut firm hold enough to show their strength, they insist upon governing and drive the victim steadily toward ill health in some form; if permitted to continue to rule, they will not let up until physical and mental ruin sets in. A man under that spell (and "under the spell" is correct) of any one of these drugs frequently assures himself and his friends, "Why, I can leave oft any time I want to. I did quit for a week just to show I could," It is a sure mark of the slave when one gets to that stage. He wiggled through a week, fighting every day to break the spell, was finally whipped, and began his slavery all over again. The slave (Coffee slave as well as Tobacco and Whisky) dally reviews his condition, sees perfectly plain the steady encroachments of disease, how the nerves get weaker day by day and demand the drug that seems to smile and ofTer relief for a few minutes and then leave the diseased condition plainer to view than ever and grow ing worse. Many times the Coffee Blave realizes that he ia butween two fires. Ho teels bad tt tve leaves oft and little worse if he drinks and allows the effect to wear off. So it goes on from day to day. Every night the struggling victim promises himself that he will break the habit, and next day when he feels a little bad (as he is quite sure to), breaks, not the habit, but his own resolution. It Is nearly always a tough fight, with diseaster ahead sure if the habit wins. There have been hundreds of thousands of peoplo driven to their graves through disease brought on by coffee drinking alone, and it ia quite certain that more human misery Is caused by coffee and tobacco than by whisky, for the two first are more widely used, and more hidden and insidious in the effect on nerves, heart and other vital organs, and are thus unsuspected until much of the dangerous work is don 6 Now, Reader, what is your opinion as to the real use the Creator has for these things. Take a look at the question from this point of view. There Is a law of Nature and of Nature's God that things slowly evolve from lower planes to higher, a sturdy, steady and dignified advance toward more perfect things in both the Physical and Spiritual world. The ponderous tread of evolutionary development Is fixed by the Infinite aud will not be quickened out of natural law by any of man's methods. Therefore we fcee many illustrations showing how nature checks too rapid Illinois raises phenomenal advance. crops of corn for two or three years. If she continued to do so every year her farmers would advance In wealth far beyond those of other sections or countries. So Nature Interposes a bar every three or four years and brings ou a "bad year," Here we see the leveling influence at work. A man is prosperous in his business for a number of years and grows rich. Then Nature sets the "leveling influence" at work on him. Sumo of his Investments lose, he becomes luxurious and lazy. Perhaps it Is whisky, tobacco, cofi'ee. women, gambling or some other form. The Intent and purpose is to level him keep him from evolving too far ahead of the masses. A nation becomes prosperous and great like ancient Rome. If no leveling influence set, in she would dominate the world perhaps fur all timo. But Dan ii Nature pets her army of "lev lets" at work luxury, overeating and I'rlnkltig, licentiousness, waste indulgences of all and ctiavagnnc kinds -- t'en comes the wreck. Sure, Sure, Sure, 'j l,e law of the unit is the law of the mas-- , Man goes through the same Weakness (In childhood), proc gradual growth of strength, energy, thrift, probity, prosperity, wealth, toinfort, ease, relaxation, luvrry, Idleness, waste, debaiieh- nd the wreck follows. cry, ii..-" are in the bushes along The ",ov tool if i ry "iter fa! man is: d hey bug the majorand w-s- -. tt-- - Hy. nidv now and ti rn can a mnn stand "lovelorn" and hold out, jinaiuFt thes and health to tho his fortune, fun end. So the Creator has iim for Whlf-kyTnltie iii and Coffee to level down the tines and those who show FiK'cei-m- l Mgns f helns successful, and keep them bad. tn Ihe race, ro that thtJ " mnHs) rosy not be great "he'd It.fl ton t u el led t!-- I And yet we must admit that slice e Creator tag placed it in the Eowr of man to stand upright, clotted In the armor of a clean-cu- t steady mind, and say unto himself, "I decline to exchange my birthright for a mess of pottage. "1 will not deaden my senses, weak en my grip on affairs and keep mji elf cheap, common and behind in for tune and fame by drugging with whisLife is too ky, tobacco or cofi'ee. short. It is hard enough to win the good things without any sort of handicap, so a man is certainly a 'fool trad- vshen he trades strength, health. money and t bo good things that come with powi r for the condi tion of ihe hlruggi r' with the certainty (if sicl and disease ahead." it, is a matter each individual must decide for himself. lie can be a leader and semi god if he will, or he can go along through life a drugged clown, a cheap "hewer of wood or carrier of water." Certain it is that while the Great Father of us all does not seem to "mind" If some of his children are foolish and stupid, he seems to select others (perhaps those he intends for some special work) and allows them to be threshed and castigated most fearfully by these "lovelers." If a man tries flirting with these lev- elers a while, and gets a few slaps as a hint, he had better take the hint, or a good solid blow will follow. When a man tries to live upright, clean, thrifty, sober and undrugged. manifesting as near as he knows what the Cieator intends he should, happi- ttess, health and peace seem to come to him. Does it pay? This article w as written to set peo-rl- e thinking, to rouse the "God within," for every man and woman has times when they feel a something calling from within for them to press to the front and "be about the Father's business." Don't mistake It; the spark of the Infinite is there, and it pays iu every way health, happiness, peace and even worldly prosperity to break off the habits and strip clean for the work cut out for us. It has been tho business of the writ er to provide a practical and easy way for people to break away from the coffee habit and be assured of a return to health and all of the good things that brings, provided the abuse has not gone too far, and even then the cases where the body has been rebuilt on a basis of strength and health run into the thousands. It la an easy and comfortable step to stop coffee Instantly by having well- made Postum Food Coffee served rich and hot with good cream, for the color and flavor is there, but none of the caffeiue or other ele ments of ordinary cofi'ee. . On the contrary, the most powerful rebuilding elements furnished by Nature are in Postum and they quickly set about repairing the damage. Seldom Is it more than two days after the change ia made before the old Btomach or bowel troubles or complaints of kidneys, heart,, bead or nerrmm how unralfXaksble' evidence of getting better and ten days' time changes things wonderfully. Literally millions of Americans to day use Postum, having found the value and common sense in the change. C. W. POST. highly-organize- d brain-workin- PAID DEARLY FOR CAUTION. Distaste for Publicity Cost Purse and Handbag. For years Mrs. Storey's life bad been haunted by the fear that some day she might be called upon to serve as a witness in court. Her grandmother was a witness once, and when Mrs. Storey was a little girl she used to hear all about it. Grandma, it appears, had been so scared she couldn't tell the judge her own name. "And," said Mrs. Storey to her husband, "if there Is anything more disgraceful than to be unable to tell your own name, I'd like to know what Woman's it is." In order to reduce the possibilities ot such a calamity to a minimum, Mrs. Storey would walk on with deafened ears and averted head whenever she happened to be near a fire, a fight or the scene of an accident. Only the other day she had occasion to shut her eyes and ears to the seething world about her. She was waiting in the Grand Central station for Mr. Storey who had gone around to the baggage room to check a trunk, Presently she became aware that something exciting was happening close beside her. Hastily she shut her eyes and stuck her fingers into her ears, but before these protective measures could be accomplished she thief had learned that a female snatched a handbag which she had found lying on the floor, and was being pursued by an excited crowd. Not being entirely devoid of the curiosity of her sex. Mrs. Storey would have liked to know more, but the old fear of being detained as a witness held her inert untl her husband's return, Then f!io ventured to ask If they had caught the thief. "Yes," said Mr. Storey, "but they couldn't do anything with her. Everyone was confident the bag didn't belong to her, but as nobody appeared to claim It the policeman had to let her go." At that Mrs. Storey opened her eyes. "I am so glad," she said, "that it is all Aver. I am ready to go now. But oh, dear me, where are my purse I had them here a and handbag? have moment They must ago! dropped oh, I wonder" "Yes," said Mr. Storey, heartlessly, "the stolen hug undoubtedly was yours." New York Press. Teaching Gunnery. The new system of giring young British sailors a fix weeks' preliminary gun drill lo see If they are capable of further tuiiitioti works fairly well and Is a great Improvement on the old system, when a man wai idlv trained in RUnnery, whether he wa fitted for it or not, at the expense of the country, says the The only drawback to the scheme Is s ihut P'ltiiiery is so complicated that a man does not have tlmt IhorouRuly. The tj grasp tho details admirnby tries to make him a fiebt-lmidline ti.fure he Is sn Individual. now-day- n , |