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Show BRITISH i AMBASSADOR HERBERT AT SWISS HEALTH - . RESORT - . A 1 rr "'i & INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER ij sw . J N ln-- a, ' - B" ct-r- 1 , bo-!n- K th-re- f.r hi-r- lb-r- - 1 .. wife i sn'"i" live ' 1 Z Invitation." The gentle and affectionate reassurance contrasted pleasantly with Mr. Witherss authoritative mandate. 'Constance! you will hold yourself In readiness to drive out with us this afternoon. We shall call for you at three o'clock. 1 wish yon and Harriet to be entirely prepared for the ride when we come. Young horses do not like to stand in the cold." An impulse ehe did not stay to define drew Constance to the window as the two gentlemen descended the front steps side by side. Mr. Withers was a Mule ve. Zehorska. trifle the taller of the two, but his all off! snorted the bay mule, Its was figure angular and unbending; as she dangled her long ears dejectedEdwards supple and elegant, while tu the empty manger. It's all oft ly exa of trace scarcely family likeness now! ts IT Henceforth zebrula the isted between the visage cf the but Ill bet my oats this new fangled elder, with Its deep-se- t eyes, long upcant sing 'The Alamo In per lip, and high, narrow forehead, usurper C with a little cupalo on top double und the lively glance, clear complexion, and spirited mouth that made Edwards of It, as I can!" He, liaw! Ho, haw!" brayed the ohf physiognomy a goodly sight to more maid mule In the corner stall "Ho eyes than those that met the parting smile he cast up at the parlor window haw! This r.cbrula, or zehorska, or mule-ovltewhen he gained the pavement, whereor whatever It is, may please as Mr. Withers stalked solemnly on, with its gaudy striped coat, for a time, apparently forgetful already that he had a home and wife, now that his face but they will miss they will niiss us, slobbered the bay mule with was set ofllce-warShadow and sunshine!" reflected the her voice full of wet chaff; they will miss us at daybreak when our And they are not more ungazer. our our clarion cry awoke them to In countenance like than In dispositions, aims ond conduct as dissimilar saw the morning wood! Oh! he bawl Oh! he haw!" and the gray mule ns two upright men can be." Harriet's shallow treble sounded at abandoned herself to grief, while her her elbow like a repetition of the last stomach twitched and twitched as No one would ever taka a horsefly fed thereon. thought And to think," sobbed the mouse them to be relatives, she said. "Yet each Is excellent In bis way. Dont colored inulo w ith the gray whiskers, "we have been so good, wo havent you think so? Oh Yes," auswered Constance, moving kicked the boss in six weeks! woe! He haw! Oh zebrula! Oh away, CHAPTER VII. Oh mulcovltch! Ho haw! PON as smooth a Only their ways are so different!" At this Juncture the "old man" came I like Elnathan II current were Con- - persisted the cousin. stance Withers' best, of course, but Edward Is the more In to Bet a mouse trap where it would popular man of the two, I believe Isnt do the most good. II conscience and The resentment that rankled and rocked to he?" In the hearts of those do know!" I Constance not wrangled really the sleep during outcast dumb brutes, exand room the falsehood. left the spurned V early mouths of uttering Harriet had a trick of making her iled servants of man, took fiendish that winter. Win- , tcr! Never ha intensely uncomfortable whenever the form and fell upon the boss! IfyJJ The bay mule hlsted" first, but It summer been so re talk between them turned upon the , Is Btlll a matter of dispute as to brothers. with Jr. A, Plete , light which killed him! 'I bate comparisons!" she said to her ' jgsjzz And warmth. There And "Theres one less man to buy is a dlvlnedellght In the slow sweep self, when she reached her room. gritted the mouse colored of the outer circles of the maelstrom; ft Is forward and Indelicate In her to He haw! Haw haw! mule. the half consciousness of the awaken- Institute them In my hearing." Convinced that the eudden heat When the coroner arrived with the ing heart, like that of the babe who, aroused from slumber by his mother's warming her heart and cheeks was ex- local reporter, they let the boss' body voice, smiles recognition of the dear cited by Harriets Impertinence, she down from the branches of an elm music before his eyes are unsealed by made It her business to stop thinking tree In the next block and returned a her kisses, or his head is nestled upon of the conversation and Its origin so verdieb In accordance with the hoof-prisoon as she could dismiss It and turn on his spine. her bosom. Over In the barn the docile, mules That to every human heart such her attention to pleasanter things. It awakening comes, sooner or later, I was more Innocent and agreeable work; were munching their hay piously and hold and believe for certain. Deserts for instance, to write out Edwards part refusing to notice a manipulated fastened to a of salt and bitterness there are In the of a new duet upon a fair sheet of teather-duste- r In the hands of a neighbor's boy. which hold In could he his hand paper as as tn well material the spiritual friends 'were beMans world; but there was a time when the as he stood by her at the piano, the Creator, whose name ie Love, pro- printed copy being so blurred as to try ing good sgaln, just to get a chance nounced them very good, when as his eyes. He was very slightly near- to kick another zebrula advocate Into yet the flood, and the rain of fire and sighted, although a casual acquaintance the reception room of SL Peter. Never Blap a mule on the rump;, brimstone had not made havoc of ail would not have suspected 1L Ehe their pleasant things, nor the soft soil copied music legibly and rapidly, and she may be loaded. been hardened into flint and gravel by lately had hit upon this happy device dearth and heat. And, to that garden of making him some poor return' for In Twisted Land. of the Lord's planting there came a day the manifold services he had rendered In th' kitchen Father's AH deI can do leaves ms that when or of what duration He knows, her. Mailin' apple pie. Mother's at th' office I and perchance He alone when the plorably In hla debt, she reasoned. Boomin' things south wind blew softly, and all the never knew wbat was tbs fullness end Bister's gone a fishing una of disinterestedness love brother's flowed out thereof spices spikenard Where lh' big fish lurk; Wllllo's In th' hammock and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, til I met him. But all brothers are not Doin' crochet woik. no hew considerate or devoted as la I with all trees of fraktneense, myrrh Busan's In th garden and aloes. It may have been but for should understand that" Bluntin' Columbines; 'TO COXTIVOStl.t one glad hour one moment of bewll the that visited thus heart dering bliss, was transformed Into a fountain of lie Was Indeed gardens, a well of living waters aid Judge Hawley of the United dtates streams from Lebanon. The next may circuit court related recently from the Lave witnessed the rush of the deluge bench a good story at the expense of or the bursting of the pitchy cloud a distinguished lawyer and United and behold! in place of Eden, a lair States senator, whose name was not of wild beasts, a bouso full of doleful mentioned. This prominent member creatures, meet for the dwelling .if owls of the bar was very absent-minde- d at and the dance of satyrs. times. One morning be was on bis Other visions than these Images of way to court in a great burry, and woe and terror abode with Constance; DINGED IF I AINT TWISTED happening to overtake a friend, reformless fancies,, fair as vague; speLmkn Ilka snow I dressed In such basts this marked: Cordin' to th' nlgnn. cious reveries In which she lived I morning that forgot my watch." k River's runnln' up hill, through coming years as she was do little further on be said: I wonder Bun It netiln' high; Ing now, surrounded by the same out Canopy In bowl Imped, if I bnve time to go back and get it," Convex Is th' sky. ward comforts; her steps guarded by and as he spoke he pulled out bis watch Bldewslk's fans th' bottom, the same friend, whose mere presence I have bis not time, Trees nrn upside down; pocket "No, meant contentment; with whom the from Gravity InIs slaum-hwlahe concluded, after consulting the dial, Interchange of thought and feeling left tiers Twistedtown, and be walked on. Nearing the court Is but a liar, nothing to be desired from human symTruth house he hired a messenger to go for Clmrlty Is greed; pathy. It was a severe shock that Lnw-how the dogs took him a dollar for the showed her tho upon the the watch, paying breed! With a cat-tawith The service. returned messenger of which she dream lay flowery verge Lovt Is hnta. and Cupid that the Information the timepiece Jt a aervant girl Ing. hla buwa and arrows The brothers were, one morning, dis- could not be found, whereupon the Front name now Is 1'earL" cussing at breakfast the merits cf u pnir lawyer excluimed, looking up from his Everything's got twisted, 'Thnt la very of horses that had been offered for books and papers: Muddled Is in y mug" Blm-1 drank that cider a took he swift Then Ed' For wonder a elder. to glance sale the strange!" From tn' ol brown Jugt It makes no ward displayed more rautlon in accept- at his watch and (aid: ing the Jockeys declaration of their difference, anhow. I can do without Fairy's Calves. fitness for family use than did his It. The judge la late and there Is plenThe Toledo Blade stiya: Mias Fairy staid relatives. Mr. Withers was very ty of time." And he paid the messenTltmarsh bus a pair of rnlvea that cannot be brat In this seellnn of our glorious obstinate In bis adherence to wbat ever ger another dollar. republic." Perhaps somebody will write principle or prejudice he believed that a poem about them, as somebody did about Mary's little lamb, Boston Glob. ha had seen cause to adopt, and his furtu Ioilc-m-- u ('lula, W sr In with this: eye bad been eaptlvated by tho showy now foltcemen In Tarla carry cluh had two llttls calves, Fairy team; his credulous hearing gained by 1 hey wera so very sweet decorated. They are pure beautifully All dealer. of the the adroit tongue one that suw them said with yellow handle. Around the Tlmtbs every ba beat. l culvra could notConcord that Edwards dlasuaslors could effect white, Is painted a double blue ribbon, Monitor. middle was acquiescence In his proposal that the point when Mies arms at the with city took to them ths beach; Fairy they should try the horses before the the ends of tbs ribbon cross. Tbs whit 'I In tho brlno, liey sported saw sleigh that afternoon, before deciding And those them who ail agreed be more color will easily noticed thas Thoas calves wers superhns, upon the purchase, Chelsea GsisttO. Harriet dapped her hands vivacious- any other by coachmen, the stlcki held like conductors batons by And after sporting in th brlno being and drive "And then by give you'll ly. Now whnt do you suppose? us A turn behind the beauties. 1 tin the policemen In the middle of th Alls Fairy wua nulls short with them And on them ployed the hose, sure they must be heavenly from what street, to direct travel to the right o Uuuuesn Heights Gatos. Cousin Elnathan says, f am wild to left or to atop It when needfuL Mis No doubt see them!" Fairy thought It Stick, a Mnt. Of Cimr-Ths hose, nuul us a Turk. , .There Is a look In tho eye of one Watts "That la a pretty good story Remarking 'tens s trick, Uot lu US (opnn) Work. that bespeaks tho spirit of another you tell, but It won't work. Weary Woods Run Orowlsf. irglon," said Edward, apart to Con Watkins "Course It won't. D'you th calve chirked up a bit Whereat stance. Id bo travelln around with II And bleated loud, but fie' mo t think of ltl "Ikm't ride after them!" aha en s'pnso It when shocks If It did? Indianapolis Journal. 1 hey winked at Your brother will treated, quickly. Cuts', mg Dlsprti'h. o of Opinion. yield If yrt tf'.l Mm p'.nlnly how These nntp'htv men should nil bee nr sub Ted of hat's the tisms that t!iuii." ru.miilcr you pef.De the dut Stol Ml blLll. "Nut urn, if- fur him end tnywlf, nrb Tom moved to?" Ned "The poo-pi- c Swoops down noon th.ir rotdierlng bit them In t!m rye! And who live there siy It Is Paradise be pr luii'; but hardly th1lfe crenturi'B to ho It me V h- While For else th c.ilU It and lltnb," with your Park, whle evr)bndy m'l To pel the loitn ihl cnlf, n Joined. "Itcii uiiired tint I shall Jouipiog-of- f To ev.o eime ut I drv's rn'ie Constance should be thankful to us all her days for opposing her absurd tran?endental!sm about ccnge-nlall- ly and mutual attraction and the like puerile nonsence. What a wreck she would have made of her happiness had she been left to puiBue the course dictated by her own caprices! I hope, Margaret, that we shall not have to combat the like errors In our daughters when they grow up." Constance lfad a fund of strong common sense In spite of her crudely extravagant theories upon certnin subjects, rejoined Mrs. Romaine. "Thanks to It, and, as you Justly observe, to our counsels, she has married better that any other young woman I know. Yes, I can ask no more enviable lot for our girls than one like hers." According to these Irrefragable authorities, then, our heroine had steered clear of tho rock upon which so many of her age and sex have split; kept out of the current that would have stranded her, high and forlorn, upon the barren headlands of celibacy; had, virtuously eschewing crude" Instinct, and heart promptings, and natural laws (fit only, in Mrs. Itomalne's cree.d, for the guidance of beasts, and birds, and other irrational things), rendered Just and graceful obedience to the equitable principle prescribed and practiced ly the autocrats of the best circles." These burning and shining beacons cease not, night nor day, to warn off the impetuous young from tho rigors and desolation of Seylla, and cast such illusive glare upon Chnrybdls as makes its seething rapids seem a Paciflo of delicious calm. , n'r j January. I 9 . "-' PRESS ASSOCIATION It was October before the family made a forma! removal to town. One of the brothers, sometimes both, spent two or three days a week there In September, and, since the uncertain sunshine and cold ratus of autumn confined the ladles, for the most part, to the house, they were ready to second the proposition to seek their winter quarters. Edward Withers was regularly Installed as one of his brothers household, and under his auspices city life also put on a new face for Constance. lie had a box at the opera, and Elnathan was foremost to suggest that Constance should accompany him thither. 8 onej That Is, when you are not engaged he m; to escort single ladles," added the se1 mote nior, with a dry smile. operas Which will not happen often ?f I can have my sisters corapu.ty Instead, bile hat. replied the other, cordially. But cannot we make up a family party of four ropped il. for night? I can promise Pged, you a treat." infllcti: Musical treats, when they are operatic, are thrown away upon me, was the answer. But I am anxious that ear Bali Constance shall keep up her practichy John! who at the head of the legation at Wash- ing, and, to this end, desire her to have fir Michael Henry Herbert, been ac 1 In Switzerland .Sept. 30, had been ington in 1888 he was married to Miss every opportunity of improving her in, capita to the United Leila Wilson, the tlsh ambassador daughter of Richard taste and style. You and she can give :es since the death of Lord Paunce- ilson of New York, and sister of home concerts of the latest gems In f Spoht. benefit and last year. He had previously rep- Mrs. Ogden Coelet and Mrs. Cornelius this line for Harriets mine." uted his government at Washing-t- s Vanderbilt, Jr. Besides a aconite a widow, Sir Harriet applauded the Idea to the and Michael leaves two sons, charge d'affaires In 1888-8g In pet of thirboys 1892-9and was careful that he should In echo, While teen of and legation rotary eleven of lestic tro years age. not regret the young peoples absence ou the evenings they spent abroad, one of tti INAMAN TO WED AMERICAN. BURRO FALLS 100 FEET. playing chess with him for a couple of do, It da hours, and then reading aloud moneKai Hin Will Marry Boston Slips From Mountain Trail and Lands tary or political articles selected by to Colon:: Girl in Chicago, In Tree. himself until he dropped Into a doze. locatlnf t A burro belonging to A. M. Iville. bin Kat Hln, a Chinaman, 26 years Nagle They were left thus to themselves more and more as the season advanced. Inof Los Angeles Cal., secured a and T. W. Noble of Los Angeles, Cal., be end license at Chicago last week fell so far in two minutes that it took vitations to parties, concerts and dinrrlage ? the M ners rained In upon Mrs. and the ten hours to get him back again, wed Carrie E. Robbins, an Ameri-- i ny at Jtl girl of Boston, Mass. The almond-- 1 Noble Nagle and were traversing an Messrs. Withers, and to most of these re the twain first met Miss Robbins old abandoned trail in the mountains Constance went, attended by Edward ration. Mr. Withers had never been soI it years ago at a Baptist church In In the Lytle creek region, when the only. cial from inclination, and he was only on. became The acquaintance ripened trail blind John Et,J to owing too to delegate his duties in this erosion caused love, and the young woman conwan rotV: the winter line glad by to his wife, now that the protecrains. ed to marry the man from the In They their persisted guilty ot to get over the bad tion of bis brother rendered his attendlnt. attempt d, bnt it ilia has been In this country for ten stretch of road and had nearly sue ance unnecessary. e nuspecr Constance did not confess in words ceeded when their burro, upon which rs and was formerly employed as to herself how greatly her pleasure was en attra; was In loaded their camp outfit, slipped Los Angeles, Cal. igarmaker the Nori a there he went to Boston to work and went over the precipice and land- augmented by the exchange of escorts. It was natural that a man of hr husMi trade. He became acquainted ed In a live oak tree 100 feet below, bellered a The animal, apparently stunned by band's age and disposition should prestepfather, and ton of tar jh Miss Robbins fer his own fireside to dancing and the him Is met an Hln the girl. ugh fall, remained quiet till they got small near Hr. talk, and a wearisome feint of down to him, when he began kicking. .Ilgent looking Chinaman, cuts his unThis dislodged him from bis position hearkening to harmonies that were wears American short and to sweetness and without Helena k intelligible In the tree and he fell to the ground, ies. He belongs to the Baptist him. She enjoyed gay scenes with an a iss the tv ch and Is American-Hnone feet worse twenty for bolow, the thoroughly easier conscience that she did not see connect! declared that the trip to the fall. his grave visage at every turn of the it took the men all day to cut igo was in no sense an elope-;- t dynamite waltz or promenade and was not hauntcanHe said that full consent had trail and get the burro out of the city Jail w ed by the thought of her selfishness In a obtained from his fiancees step-e- i, yon having dragged him from his beloved and that he intended to be retirement How much this feeling of ty of fried la Chicago. WOMEN EAGER TO VOTE. New York will relief was intensified by the circumare be:: the home of the strangely mated stance that her willing cavalier was the y dynan : la Will Tell Ages Without a Quiver Hln Intends to enter business most delightful talker, one of the best . Run a New School. avlng be :e for himself. dancers, and assuredly the most gracenumber The women of South Beach, Conn, fully attentive to his fair charge in the e. ITALY IS ALSO DISTURBED. are taking the preliminary steps to cordon of beaux who frequented the enable tbem to vote in the school elec- fashionable resorts just named, did. 1 yearn, Erlcan Competition Has Its Effect tions and have a hand In managing not enter Into her complacent calculaa man Even There. the 30,000 schoolbouse which H. O. tions. She was on excellent terms with i past tv merlcan competition has disturbed herself and all about her at this juncHavemeyer helped to build. Bo de In h according to Prof. Luigi Luzzattl, who had ture. The acquaintances As the law requires them to tell phate. financier, who has their ages, only three women here- carped at her reserve and want of anieed. three times minister of the treaa-jan- d to mation in the few assemblies at which been have tofore willing has worked out almost all the she had appeared as a bride candidly iv living A. A. Marks vote. But recently fuercial treaties betwen Italy and could be more tally a school com avowed that nothing of Now York, and guy her than affability leaf charming wagon mitteeman, induced all the ladles good humor, and that she was far handa driving of his acquaintance to apply for regis- somer than they had supposed at first the Wi tration, and his political opponents sight. tin bod are arousing all of their fair friends. The more captious subjoined, sub-rosTheir applications say that they were that It was evident she apprecid slayer t born before 1882, but seventy-on- e ated (convenient word!) Mr. Edward sentenced 1 women will go before the town ofll Withers, and how fortunate she was In c, toierw' cials, swear allegiance, and tell their securing the services of an escort so In then exact ages without a quiver. Three wlU nnexceptlonable in every particular, Icmoncy take out naturalization papers. It Is since her husband seemed to have reneed asexpected that they will try to elect one nounced society just as she fairly enof their own number a school commit- tered it omia, teeman. But," subjoined No. 2, audibly dea having r. livered, people had different ways of beci'P irm, Is Fulfilled. Pact at these things, and, so long ns Death looking g blind. A remarkable compact on the part Mr. Withers lived happily with his of 1100! of five young Germans to die within wife, and countenanced her In nil that jrk. ericnlna a year has just been fulfilled at tho vil- she did, whose business wns it to hint railway lage of LIchtenfels, near Aunbtira at impropriety or misplaced confireceived f Eloven months ugo, the young non, dence? That Mr. Withers did countenance who were all particularly Jovial in making wife in her lively career was not to build, of his and poworful temperament mnya P! In a local tavern with be dented. It gratified him to see her. were drinking inmltcra P forth to gathAOC WKj W2Z4777 tho village cemetery keeper. "We mngnlflccntly dressed, go ,t at Llvl: as he was sure to hear at which, hands in ourselves erings your to place agree T countries In recent years. Prof, for burial within a year, was their afterward, she was the object of genher beauty und viattl has had a B wonderful career half Joking pledge to the gravedigger, eral admiration for Irh Mrt tickled his vanity to have It death twice vacity. a natural died elected to Italian the Four of them and pt1' pnt before he was her do the honors of his mansion to s thirty, hut before tho expiration of six months. choice .. Mont., l company of Edwards friends 88ble to serve as lie was under also. died fifth the Iast week ight to and hers people In whose eyes he, the is the apostle of sedate millionaire, could never hope to tra. who t which he Is the able exponent. Students Rout Veteran Soldier. Identified be more than the respectful represents-tlv- e uniform. Pressed In an immaculate of his money bags. They were glud wont 5 Is proo'-t'8ave Thre Uv- Gen. Sumuor of the regular array oongregate In his stately salon to and fton, f I freshmen near McDrayer, Ky., to see a tussle between court, to partake of his fine old wines now, Ea White, a twelve-year-olboy, sophomores at Ufayotto college. pd enno on viands, and unite In laudexcellent Wished the wonderful feat of on the side and ton, Ta. Ho took his stand of the handsome woman who if Tom ations tlireo drowning persons from with the freshmen. In shout thirty did. not bore bis name. Adulation Irted of jntucky river, and as a result seconds sftcr the tussle began the spoil her, he was pleased to observe. looked ilrkell In c' (.iT1 bolnt Praised and honored hitherto dignified military man Sbs had never been more deferential of those whom he saved. A Mkn an animated marble statue. Tbs and rc In her deportment to himself, more I on Not 'Consisting of Mrs. White, his sophs had used about 600 half pound ready to consult and obey him than mded grandmother and a two-lfte- r bags of flour to confuse the freshmen when the star of her popularity was teshad been fcrrlod across . 0 highest and brightest. Ip this she p an ,ef from the Anderson to the the general, who beat hie first retreat, tified her good sense and feeling heart. b go, nnd after leaving the and that a very hasty one. To whom should she be grateful and who horse they wero dutiful If not to her benefactor, the 4 K: driving Sidy and plunged the occu-- . Victim of Boer Sharpshooter. architect of her fortune and happiness? on 1 mt.. I he buggy into with him and with his A marble cross has been placod of feet twenty wu Association lo broli The unit her and child brother had developed her finely. He t where the carl of A were the took credit to hl.neelf for the penetrapueblo. k1 ;'! together as they went down. Khut during the siege of Ladysmith 1 earl was an urn tion that had ducted the germs of so &oy The tended ago. to swim to managed years them four it was a much that was iwi.mable and attracrat),, thw rhll(J ne wam umially tall man and ,Io Boer tive when she was still Is the obscurthe for 8ml . shot mt PH'! savni Instantly he comparatively essy :v " ri.man LA houa. tu Ms dr J:r-inntely , ity of her brother wtiinr P".rert P"d, truiiel.lng intain. "y-'T"A happy fsm'ly, a thoroughly nrr!,., i,(,r safely to the ni" f bis ne remarked ll" '1'ui-establishment." thirty I1..S1!h" he plunged In to ,oc ,t,vl w!f". at the Ms to Uot.nine t Charles (r:M,t i and ta this h and w..... ,, ut bum! vs eont'' dune of a Writ they pdd hi sister in T!, ,trMI n(1 , oared Tome.y AlMnr fl1' the h, r it li 'ag drownod. It. and J make a thwongn test of them before eoraenting to ihe venture. I shall drive them myself, and speak out frankly tho result of the trial. In whatever else we may differ, Elnathan and I are a unit in our care for your welfares So, if we show ourselves and the heavenly span of quadrupeds at the door today, you need not fear to accept our d h. d. pru-dPn- ( Irj nt flab-pol- sure-foote- aky-hlg- h. Absent-Minde- s y, prw-lplc- ll Lt e low-dow- n yl tin-eaf- iMIf-r-u- ca p.-c- c." Would tod le b'.en by lihlf. e |