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Show the men mors than a shilling." Black A cab dashed toward ua. tragedy loomed beforo my eyea. Aa adroit velWd inquiry In the course of the evening had informed me that Beryl's purse contained the sum of threepence. We had sevenpence between us. There was no hope for it Only confession would avert tbs coming catastrophe. "Beryl," I said, humbly, fearfully, " "I cant Then a strange thing happened, as tbs novelists say. The horse slipped and fell to tbs ground, kicking furiously. Beryl grasped my arm in a par oxysm of terror. Oh. "Oh, Jack, Jack," she cried. look at that poor horse. Oh hi" I withdrew her quickly into the shelter of the theater, aid bops an ( joy flew into my heart again. Its all right now. Beryl," I whis pored cheerfully. "The horse is nr again. We can get into the cab." "Got Into the cab?" screamed Beryl I wouldn't for worlds after that Hor rid, dangerous things! Well go h; 'bus or walk. Jack." "My darling," I remonstrated with superb recklessness, I really couldnt think of such s thing. Now let me call a cab, like a nice, sweet, brov SUPPOSE THE LITTLE COWSLIP nppoa tha llttla cowslip Should hang Ita golden cup. And say. "Jra aura a tiny Bower, I'd better now grow up! How many a arcary traveler Would mlu Ita arnelll How many a childfragrant would To loae it from tha delll grieve Buppoaa the gllatenlng dewdrop I non the graee anould say. "What can a llttla dewdrop dof Td better roll awayl The blade oa which It reeled. Before the day waa done. Without a drop to mo la ten it Would wither in tha cun. How many deeda of klndneea A little child can do. Although It haa but little etrength. And little wild ora. tool It wanta a loving apirlt Much more than atrength, to prove How many thlnga a child can do For othera, by Ita love. JiB StiLLil mi Id -- 1 had Just discovered s shilling In my pccket It was the only shilling the only coin. In fact I was at that moment capable of producing. With the calmness born uf desperation I reviewed the situation. In one minute by the big station clock beneath which I stood Beryl would be standing by my aide (she Is ns punctual as she Is pretty). We were to lunch somewhere and afterwards go to whichever theater she I mean we fancied. My worldly wealth lay In the sovereign care that (doubtless) reposed on the dressing table of my Kensington "digs." The total assets" on my person consisted of the wretched shilling aforementioned, one visiting card In my case, a signet ring, and a letter from Sir John Kenway cf Montpelier Hall, Troutbridge, asking me to run over for a week's shooting. There was no time to realize on the one article of value the ring. e Beryl never carries more than 1 In her purse on principle. knew no one from whom I could borrow. To confess to Beryl was not to be thought of. Only the previous week I had been lectured severely for combined extravagance and carelessness. done but Something must be what? Perhaps for once Beryl might ? be unpunctual. Dare I risk It was Beryl looking alluringly wwcet, and in n beautiful temper (heg little sweetheart" morrow. He gazed at the card doubtfully even auspiciously and I elt I was lost A flash of inspiration. took Sir John Kcnway's invitation from lay pocket and thrust It into bis hand triumphantly. Now, will you trust me?" I asked. The crested notepaper, the imposing address and the contents of the letter turned well nigh certain defeat Into glorious victory. Tho proprietor bowed almcst abjectly and entreated me to forgive his original hesitation. He would have the bill sent to my address, and I would send the ridiculous - - nine-penc- - temper varies a little at times). And now, Jack, dearest, well have a lovely evening. I've been looking forward to It so much. First of all I want yon to take me to the New He gazed at the card doubtfully even Empire Restaurant, If ycu don't think auspiciously, It too extravagant." I converted a groan Into n sigh of amount when St suited my gracious purpose. rapture. "lay the bill, Jack, dearest, she "Shall we have a cab, darling? 1 asked. Jauntily the jauntiness such said. I've been looking over the theas might be displayed by the dishon- ater list, and if you want to gleaso est bank, clerk on the eve of audit me you'll take me to see The One and Only Girl" at the Frivolity. I day. Certainly not," was my sweet- daresay we can git seats, as Its been "We'll running a long time. heart's emphatic answer. I informed Beryl that I had settled walk. Jack. There's plenty of time." And I felt as the bank clerk would with the proprietor outside. I gave on hearing that the day of reckoning the waiter sixpence out of the shilling, and he looked at me with a mildbad been postponed a few hours. ly disappointed gaze. exwe reached When the daaxllng When the bus deposited ua at the terior of the restaurant, despair doer the lordly sum of four Frivolity In but the my heart, reigned shilling to me. remained pence In remained Intact my pocket I laid my plans with desperate, conI ate as though In a dream, while summate cunning, requesting Beryl to stay In the theater vestibule for a moment while I Inquired if any uppei circle seats remained. "Have you two upper circles? I stammered, as my turn came at last How I wished the encyclopedic, officious commissionaire might be hopelessly In error. But he wasnt. There were plenty of seats good seats, too. "How many, sir?" inquired the Beryl faced me with a look of un swerving determination showing from her lovely eyes (they are really lovel eyes). "Jack," she commanded, "If you cal one of those horrible, sliding, deadlj things you oan go home in it yourself. Im going by 'bus, and If I cant ge a 'bus I'll walk. So there." After that of course, there wa nothing left for me but humble sub mission. And therefore I submitted accordingly. Chicago American. HIS PRINCE EDWARD GIRL. for Representative Cap ron's Gratitude. When the members of the house naval committee were cn a cruise us the Atlantic coast they reached one point where an International dinner was giv.n, and men from Canada am Good Cause from tbit.' country vied with each oth cr In saying things that would pro mote good fellowship and comity be tween two peoples living under dlt ferent flags. Representative Capron of Rhode Island, who waa not of the naval commltti-e- , however, was there and finally wao called upon for a speech. "I cant say what all these gentlemen have said who preceded me," he began. I have not Lad much to do is the work of binding two countries together, but I have a deep feeling o! gratitude toward Canadians, and especially tboae of the Islands. Many years ago there came to my home a girl from Prince Edward .'sland, and she has ever since remains 1 there to brighten IL" The applause which greeted this bit of sentiment shook the ixftere. Capron liad outstripped all ethers. Romo time afterward this episode wts retold and among those present vai a man veil acquainted with Capita and hi! f.iinlly. Why. Capron," he said, "your wife wasn't from lrnce Edward Island." "I know It." replied Capron, meekOur rook came from that place." ly. Washington Post. He Got the Raise." Frank Leslie's tells a story of how Industry was rewarded. A year ago a manufacturer hired a boy. For months there was nothing noMoenhe about the boy except that he never took bis eyes off the machine he was running. A few ago the manufacturer looked up from his work to see the boy branding beside his deck. What do you want?" he asked. "Want me pay raised. What are you getting?" "Tree dollars a week. Well, how much do you think you are worth?" Four dollars." You think so, do you?" "Yc8s!r. an I've been finkin' so fer free weeks, but I've been so blame busy I haven't had time to apeak to you about It. The boy got the "raise." Cargoes of Love. The soul Is proven every day; each hour Life holds a mete-wan- d up to me and you, TO test the eplrlta depth and girth and power, Whether the eeaeoned timbers hold yet true. d. h, d c, sll 1 Au-ii-'t- a. lf G READ! Hew Shellfish Talk. Mamea will tell of curious clicking sounds heard on calm nights 1 and the origin of the noise neema so altogether unaccountable tilt over as though It were on an piece can go on living Independently axle. of the others. But the pieces always Keep on blowing, and a current of do their beet to find each other and nlr will be produced which will sweep come together again. A worm's working year lasts only up the penny and hurl It out of the that It has often created some alarm glass. about six months, because It cannot among anperatitloiu fishermen. Try the trick end see what success burrow through the earth wMle the A distinguished naturalist made a you have with IL ground Is frozen. earafol study of tha sounds on many In these six months the worms will occasions and found that it waa not turn over an average of ten tons of A Spool Gun Easily Made. a austalned note, but made up of a oil to an acre. Think of thatf. Here Is e gun that can be made in multituds of tiny ones, esch clear and Stones, twigs, leaves end shells will distinct In Itself, and ranging from e few minutes. Get two rubber bands be thoroughly chewed up end mixed' spool from which the a high treble to a bass. When tho and a good-sizewith it. oar was applied to tho gunwale of tho Then the larger worms do etlll' boat the sound grew more Intense, more. They burrow down to a greatand in some places, as the boat er depth than the smaller worms, and moved on. It could not bo beard at dig canals for the rain and moist urn all. to flow through down to tha roots of On other occasions ua sounds rethe plants and trees. sembled tha tolling of bells, the boomSo, altogether, you see, boys and' of guns and tha noise of an ing girls, the worms sre our good friends, Aeolian harp. belpirg to make the earth green nnd. For a long time he was unable to beautiful and productive for our bene-fltrace the cause, but at length discovered that the sounds were made by the shellfish, hundreds of them opening their shells and dosing them with Plant Was Suffocated. sharp snaps. The noise, partly mufA New Hampshire man had r very, fled by the water, sounded Indescribchoice fern which he kept In hU store, ably weird. He was finally led to the and fearing that It would In hurl byj conclusion that, as the snellflsh made frost during an excessive cold map. the sounds, they probably had some last winter he placed It In e tight1 meaning, and that the cllcka might showcase with n small lighted lamp possibly bo a warning of danger when In one corner of the case. When he the ahallow water was disturbed by came to tho store In the morning he' tha boat found hie fern ruined, net by the frosL but by tbe burning out of ell the oxy Orchestra, This. gen lu the tlr in the case. The plant', Every boy or girl who has lost any had almply suffocated. pigeons to the hawks skruld know this little trick the Chinese play on Bottle for a Rain Gauge. the raiders of their pigeon flocks. A missionary In China writes; Any boy can make a rain gauge and) "Walklig near Peking one day I heard measure tbe amount of a rainfall for a r hlmsi-lf- . whistling In tho nir, Looking up, I saw a flock of pigeons The simplest form of gauge con-- : overhead. 'What!1 I exclaimed, 'do slats of a funnel with a deflnlto area, Chinese pigeons whistle?' say, 13 Inches, the neck of which fits. "There was a Chinaman passing, In a bottle. The rain that falls Into and I asked him about 1L He took the funnel runs down Into (he bottle, from Ml dress a set cf small bamboos, of course, and the quantity la measThe Gun and Arrow- Joined eith fine wires as in the acured by means of a graduated glass. companying sketch and banded them thread has been one Any boy can measure the falnfalli taken. Fasten to me. It weighed only a few pennyrubber upon the spool by binding It for blmself. Having provided the funweights. the other. The arrow la nel and the bottle tbe metal cylin"That Is what makes the whist-ling- , lightlythinwith stick that will slide easily der outside is not essential let him any said he. 'We tie these to the lit them as described, and then put backs of carrier pigeons, looping the through the spool. The best arrows them in a level, open place, away are of made dowels are which three strings around the roots of the wings. Inch thick. from trees and buildings, with tho When tbs pigeon Is flying tha wind feet long and hard-warmouth of the funnel about a foot from rushes Into the bamboos and makes These may be purchased at any the ground. The bottle should he store a one each. cost cent at of them whittle. This scares away the one end of the arrow and fastened In position, to avcld being hawks, so that the pigeon can bring Sharpen overturned by the wind., and. ehould Its mexbr. safely. Sometimes there cut a niche in the other. . . .. rest perfectly leveL In To arrow the the use, place spool, la only one bamboo whistle; but if there are more they are assorted so put the rubber in the niche end pull as to make a harsh sound when blown both rubber and arrow out as far as possible. If the spcol Is held in the all at one time.' The little bamboo whistles must be left hand and the rubber la strong enough it will shoot the arrow fully fifty feet away. d L clerk. "Two," I groaned. Ho banded me the tickets. The horrible moment had come, and with an air of almost conscious guilt I thrust Of ember finance this dlvinlng-romy signet ring through the barrier. The cargo sllken-rli-the hallnet gold: rhlp-hnlawell with freightage dear "Trust me till the morning," I en- The to God. treated. "I've left my money at homo Pure mmlta tlnct of heaven In bale and fold. and my fiancee Is with me." In what fearful suspense did I await his reply. We are the ahlpa (our unaure voyage Time); "Sorry, sir. came the foteful words, They a II from Birth, and touch awhile "but I daren't do It. at Death. Happy thought! Again 1 withdrew Our Conn silk, e'er aought of every clime To veal nre mart and home, airy as Sir John's invitation from ts resting breath, place. Inscribed In the tiettom la given, not bought with aught beaeth corner waa my name and adthe aun: dress. What a virtue la method Ita consignor hath aura been Ood above; "Shall we have a cab, darling T" I especially in titled people. The loom U Christ whereon It may ho asked Jauntily. For the second time the crested spun. And all earth's tales be clothed with of my only swagger friend Beryl was In raptures with the din- notepaper doth of Love. Clifford Lanier. ner and the service, and the head turned the fortunes of war. I got my waiter Inquired if all had been to our tickets and bounded up the stairs with Betrothed at Birth. joyous steps. entire satisfaction. In some I How reveled in One "The and parts of West Africa the almost with I told him pathetic How I laughed at the girls have long engagements. On the earnestness that my companion and I Only Girl. had never till this night realised what jokes of the comedian, and how I ap- day of their birth they are betrothed plauded the efforts of the artistes! I to a baby boy a trifle older than themIt was to dins. felt like the victorious general tasting selves. and at the age of twenty they "By the way," I said carelessly, "have you n room to accommodate a the delights of home after a hard won are married. The girls know of no other way of getting a husband, and club dinner party about twenty peo- campaign. When the curtain had come down so they are quite happy and satisfied. ple?" I breathed a sigh of As wives they are patterns of obedl-ercYes, he had the very room; would for the last time relir-f- . and the marriages usually turn unutterable I care to aep It? But my ordeal was not over, for out a success. I would. Beryl graciously excused I perceived, to my me and wo made our way to the ban- when we emerged tlir-.- t Brave Avtrian Arckduchs. hm n raining and a had it dismay, inside Or.ro queting hall in question. The Archduchess t drizzle was still falling. cf AusI told him quickly the atm '.f aft n hm came a i roved blow. final a jrol I an ole I Tin jus tria, a great, ho as rsiencd fairs, and nr.d a lira V'- - fine. On a rwnt Jask, dear, 1 think you ran take Joel b r.son In mobility of tic lia'bin my card and me to the station In a cab, said hunting party she cl.aived alone upon countenance. 1 prultti-eshould Beryl- - after a glance at the weather a largo bear and coolly shot hi a thn money declared solemnly o sent to him the first thing on the conditions. "But, mind you, don't give dead. left-han- ( Sky-Hig- h long-draw- one-fourt- Wcrma Our Frlenda. After yon have read tills little account about worms, go out nnd look nt some of the little things, but treat them kindly. Worms are not precisely blind, hut they can only see well enough to tell the difference between light and darkness. made with care in ordnr not to put They have, however, a wonderful too heavy a weight on the p'.geons; of touch. They can hardly smell but no American boy need be afraid serso nnd are quite deaf. They et all, to try to do what a Chinaman can do. Besides keeping off the robber hanks breathe through their aklna, having no lungs. every owner of pigeons can have a They can crawl backward and fororchestra. ward and curl up Into any position. If by accident a worm Is cut Into Tale cf a Mirror. several pieces It docs not necessarily Dear girls and boys, did yon ever think of the atorlea treasured In that die, because it Is so made that each large mirror of which you have to be so careful? Would you ever suspect from Its shining appearance that the great glass has grown old by looking and reflecting? All kinds of pictures have been set within Its frame; many of your own; some laughing and bright, othera pouting and sad. The peculiar thing about a mirror ! that It always gives you back exactly what you bring to IL There would be the boys and girls sliding down the baluster and father hurrying out to save the chandelier; there you would all be around the piano singing "My Country, 'TIs of Thee." and there oh! there la your birthday party! Oh, look at the children's gay clothes and see the pretty decorations! Can you see farther back there in the corner whore mother's looked when she was little? And her cousin Jack In hla pink satin clothes bowing before the pretty little lady. Their games were stately in those days. No romping for them. LitUe Nellie, dancing up to examine her new dresses, never guesses what ad picture might have been there before here, and how her fresh beauty iMtet would brighten IL How the old mirror must feel like coming from the wall and taking a turn with that round-eyelittle maid. It surely must love the little folks even better than the grown-upeople, for they do not take It so many cares. h e The Gauge. measure Is to be taken-thWhen the water should be poured Into a graduated glass, and the number of Home-Mad- cubic Inches calculated, which will give the amouut to tho area of tha top of the funnel T?r d Blowing a Penny. This seems bard to do, but boys who have done It say it is easy. risen a penny in the bottom of a w!ne or mousse glass, cover It with a dnil-.r- , and then, without toucl.ing eitin-coin, blow the p- - r.ny o;it of t!in rjis, while tki! dollar remains lu it. To do this, blur sharply on the Jo i f the doliar vhlei) is next to yiu. Your breath will cause it to Ml A KITCHEN RANGE TO PUT UP. This dlarram represents a kitchen and paste to the nnder rart of the rang''. ough you would not. perhaps, top of the ranee tho parts AAA. suspect it. A very little cutting and a Close the frort by rating the flaps MttN rr.f:r foh'lrg will produce It In B R tu the si :ci. Then fold no that so th It can he put the flap-- ; C r.is'e un.l-cl the letters C j k:lc!i-:- i. If you f. Iloiv the on the rides. Into a u will find that th.eu Paste the d'vdde sM-- s together and l:irtn:ciiir.a Is not rnmish trnuhle to be worth parte the fli'ps I) I') to the tup. Paste I! K under Ihe rim of the n:'r:i Inpiec about making IL fv; Ti :i:til outline. Then fold nnder range nr-- the work Is done. ! 1 |