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Show V plugging away over rusty nails and Ing nothin and laUygavrfiig at court grass-growwith the nobility. I wish I had an ties till he came to Puli Is uncle who was a senator. these Is of the days. the heart," everything . "Hope wings "You Dutchman, I won this place on said I, when I thought the pause had grown long enough. You still hope?" my own merit,1 "In a way. It I recollect, you bad "Forget It!" grinning. "You are Impertinent." an affair once," shrewdly. A CONFESSION "But truthful, always." I Binokod on. I wasnt quite ready And then we smoked a while la to speak. Perhaps Its Just affinity. "You were always on the hunt for silence. The silent friend Is the best Perhaps Its somethin higher, But I for one am free to sX Ideals, too, as I remember; hope you'll of the lot He knows that he hasnt I dearly lovs a Liar. And her." got to talk unless he wants to, and Is conthese 1 It that likewise am during lapses "Max, my boy, solemnly I lovs the Liar who declares of speech that the vine of friendship He buys my books by doMn vinced that I have." And sends them off as Xmss gins "Good Lord, you don't mean to tell grows and tightens about the heart. To all hla country cousins. When you sit beside a man and feel me that you are hooked?", he cried. "I see no reason why you should use that you need not labor to entertain I lovs the Liar who remarks: "Ws missed you at the meeting, that particular tone," I answered stlflly. him Its a good sign that you thoroughNo voice like yours to give a toast "Oh, come now; tell me all about It. ly understand each other. I waa first Or speak the speech of greeting. Who is she, and whens the wedding? to speak. I dont understand why you should "I don't know when the wedding's I love the Liar when he aweara He knows a pretty woman going to be, but I'm mighty sure that go In for medicine so thoroughly. It Who want to meet me very much, I have met the one girl. Max, there cant be money, for heaven knows your "My pictures look so human. never was a girl like her. . Witty she father left you a yearly Income which I lovs my food, I love my drink, Is, and wise; as beautiful as a sum- alone would be a fortune to me. I lovs my open firs, mers dawn; merry and brave; rides, "Chivalry shivers these days; the But more than all I dearly love Is A a on chill of like dances tha money cello, everything. drives, plays A dash binged blooming LIAR! and all that," with a man must do something a man who -- Herman Knickerbocker Vide, In Ufa. Is neither a sloth nor a fool. A man wave of the hand. NO EXCU8E. "Youve got It bad. Remember how must have something to put his whole you used to write poetry at college? heart into; and I despise money as Who Is she If I may ask?" money. I give away the bulk of my "The Honorable Betty Moore, ' at Income. "Marry, and then you will not have present the guest of her highness, the with pardon- to, I said flippantly. Princess Hlldegarde, "Youre a sad dog. Do you know. able pride. Max whistled. Youre a lucky beg- Ive been thinking about epigrams. "No!" s gar. One by one we turn traitor to our "Yes. I find that an epigram Is pronative land. A Britisher! I never should have believed It of you, of the duced by the same cause that produces man whose class declamation was on the pearl In the oyster. That Is to say, a healthy mentality the flrey subject of patriotism. But never superinduces Is It all on one aide?" ao epigram? "I dont know, Max; sometimes I Fudge!" said I, yanking the pup from his lap to mine. "According to your think so, hnd then I dont. "How long have you known her?" diagnosis, your own mind Is diseased." "Have I cracked an epigram?" with "Little more than a month. "A month? Everything moves swift- pained surprise.. "Well, you nearly bent one," I comly these days, except European railTom Well, there's no place like promised. way cars." home. Then we both laughed, and the pup "Theres a romance, Max, but an- Jerry But thats no excuse for loafing there Instead of looking for a place. Chicago Journal Prof. 8haw Tan. of Bred Bar-sthe- lt I i By HAROLD McGRATH Authtr if Man an tha Elat Huu and Masks,"Bo," "Th JUfrtaM, I 1 IMA, kubbalUrrlU moon-shado- 21 UJ SYNOPSIS. Arfhur Warrington, American consul toll how reigning Grand to Uarai-hclDuke attempts to force his nelce, I'rln-s- a UlldcKHrile, to marry Irlnce Hoppln-klnan old widower. Warrington uob not know the princess even by sight. While horseback riding In the country Tilght overtakes him and ha seeks aocoin imelii tlons In a dilapidated castle. Hera ha finds two women and an old man servant. One woman Is Princess Hilda garde and the other a friend, Hon. Hotty Alnora, of England. They detain him to witness a mock marriage between tha princess and a disgraced armyof officer, foiling Htelnbock, done for the purpose tha grand duke. Btelnhock attempts to kiss the princess and she Is rescued by Htelnbock disappears for Warrington. good. Mag flcharfensteln, an old American friend of Warringtons reaches liar admit. CHAPTER IV. He came straight to the consulate and I was ao glad to aee him that 1 eat him down In front of the aldeboard and left orders that I was at home to no one. We had been classmates and roonimatea at college, and two better friends never lived. We spent the whole night In recounting the good old days, sighed a little over thede-parte- d ones, and praised or criticized the living. Hadnt they been times, though? The nights we had stolen up to Philadelphia to see the shows, the great Thanksgiving games in New York, the commencements, and all .that! Max had come out of the far west He waa a foundling who had been adopted by a wealthy German ranch man named Scharfcnsteln, which name Max assumed as his own, It being as good as any. Nobody knew anything about Maxs antecedents, but he was bo big and handsome and Jolly that no one cared a hang. For all that he dIS not know his parentage, he was a gen tleman, something that haa to be bred In the bone. Once or twice I remember seeing him angry; In anger he waa arrogant, deadly, hut calm. He was a for he was what god In track-linen- , few big men are, quick and agile. The big fellow who is catlike In his movements Is the most formidable of athOne thing that Invariably letes. amused me was his Inordinate love of uniforms. He would always stop when he saw a soldier or the picture of one, and his love of arms was little short of a mania. He was an expert fencer and a dead shot besides. (Pardon the varenthesls, but I feel. It my duty to warn you that nobody fights a duel In this little history, and nobody gets ' t, '1 i : . $ i . i h I i 0 t t 1 - f 4 i ; 'i n, :.;i i t ! ! n corn-flowe- i t . t -- i H f I vy i it. ! t V' 'M While visiting the r.M Landou of Winona. MiilJr l awarded second li th!hl'b I saw bund test, a Shorthorn calve, in a ot past "Hello, hello! who Is this, please?" every appearance of the man at the phone Impatiently Farmer. I was, of hurled at the mouthpiece. Whom do you want? learn that they had beeniSk This Is stantlally on aklm milk 51 came back a feminine voice. Confound It, aa large and thrifty a. C.J7 V "I called for number usually are reared Ive forgotten the number now! Who ageThese calves were rearas t Is this, anyway? n little They were given new mUktaSV Sir, I think you might be to four weeks old. more polite in your mariner toward a Thar changed to skim milk, the wrong doubtless got lady. Youve three weeks to make the gS number. all new milk to all ve I whether got tell I can How the right or wrong number If you soon as the "change CmV1 wont tell me who you are? Some were given n certain aeed gruel. It i. b women make me tired! Will oil ground meal In a gentleman!" "Youre boiling adding as much as Is necea..!, "Youre a lady! milk. The amount to adJ7H "Youre positively Insulting. I "Back up! Who are you, anyway?" mined by the influence which a erts on the digestion. "Sir, Ill tell you who I am. Im the Meal Is added this in to stockholder the dry wife of the biggest la fed along with alfalmo mS telephone company. I am Mrs. George grain mixture is composed of Banks, thats who I am. air!" "Great Scott, Mary! Ive been try- equa parts of barley, oat. the two first named ing to got you. This Is George, your They are liberally fed of thfsfS husband ! "Judge. make a good growth on It Th!l A Reason for Not Marrying. plentifully supplied with grl? Did at the same Pretty Teacher (severely) time, Indoor or out The difference in the cost your mother write this excuse? Bad Boy Yesra. I?1 rearing calves thus and on Pretty Teacher Humph. It looks Is very marked. Instead of gieS to the calves the milk of the d1 very much like one of your scrawls. Bay Boy Mamma wrote it, but, Is made Into butter. Tby please mm, ahe had sister Jennie In producing thus for nine or ten mo one arm crying with a bumped head, In the year, and they breed and brother Willie In the other with ularly than cows not thus maL"! a cut finger, and a lot of sewing on The calves have no check after W her lap, and she was . rocking the weaned, as they sometime havetu tc ahe and had cradle with her knees, reared on the dams. write with her toes. A CELLAR CUPBOARD. Pretty Teacher (in the evening) I am very sorry, Mr. Poorchap, but 1 have changed my mind; I shall never Arrangement by Which Running p, and Down 8tairt Is Avoided. I marry. Royal Magazine. jrtuf 11 j Tier arid :lak Beautiful." The "House Bearing the Market. To secure the advantages of td Fair Countess I wish to get some t Belle Ise goln tei lar cupboard without Colored First the necessity rugs something artistic and aesthetic, new a make hat myself climbing up and down the cellar mJ you know; but I can't afford to pay a Second Colored Belle I aint no sink a box of any desired dimension1 very high price. Honest Dealer Come this way. han at trimmin hats, but eff youll do between the Joists of the kitchen r me a favoh, I kin get one cheap. pantry floor, allowing it to conn t Here, madam, are some antique TurkWhat favoh, honey? ish rugs Just In from the factory. "You copy, the new hat Mrs. Forhun-dreTake them home, smear em with or1 d Jes The got grease and tobacco Juice, then wash "What fohr them a little, dry them In an oven, Cause wen she sees you wlf a bat In them for three the sun, lay days and they'll look as faded and antique like hers, she'll frow hers away, an as the genuine imported article cost- den my sister Clotilda, what Is wash-lad- y foh Mrs. Forhundred, kin git It ing ten times as much. Royal Maga-tine- . foh me. New York Weekly. Greatl "Yes," remarked the Japanese, "we regard ourselves as your friends, but yet. In case of an emergency we could throw half a million men Into America within three months, and have them In Chicago In two more months. What do you think of that?" "Splendid," replied the citizen of Chicago. "That would make & magnificent addition to our population. Puck. The Cellar netting to prevent files and mice froc reaching the contents, as indicated t B. ' A hinged cover. A, protects tl top of the box. Two 8ysteme of Pseteurlilng. There are two systems of pasteurii ing milk In use at present the intsr mitten or discontinuous system uf the continuous flow system. Ths ference in the efficiency of the tw systems, in which the milk or eras is put into a closed machine and at the desired temperature for s (Ini but heM! Miss Beautl Then I will be your wife. I probably shall not see you often enough to matter. Half-Holida- Green That fellow who plays the cornet la 111. Higher! exclaimed the professor Jones Do you think he will reto the endeavoring singer. cover? The singer tried to comply. Green I am afraid not The doctor "Higher, higher! cried the profes- who is attending him lives next door. sor excitedly, while the students voice The quavered dangerously. Would Come Homo Again. professor leaned forward. "Higher, higher!" he At Monte Carlo a gambler had won shrieked. "Heavens, man! not your the maximum at "Rouge et Nolr" voice your eyebrows!' Judge. three times In succession. "There Is a fellow running off with An Inducement. a splendid haul of " said a "Is there anything I can do." cried an exasperated West side mother, to aectator. "Oh, carelessly Interjected the Induce you to go to bed?" "that makes no difference to "Yep," responded the small boy, croupier, the bank. It Is merely a bit of money promptly. out for the night. Royal Well, for goodness sake what Is sleeping Magazine. It?" "Lemme stay up a hour longer." Tact. Cleveland Leader. "I have, been told," said the assertive woman, "that you are NOT POPULAR. singularly lacking In tact." What is your Idea of tact? asked Miss Cayenne. I dont know. Whats yours? Tact, as a rule. Is the ability to conceal ones surprise at foolish or Impertinent remarks. Washington oiar. Not Voice, Eyebrows! will find It worth while." The bottle?"- "Both . "From rumors Ive heard, this prln-ces- a la a great one for larks; rides bicycles and automobiles, and generally raises the deuce. What sort is she? "If you are going to remain m my boy, take a friendly warning. Do not make any foolish attempt to sec her. She Is more fascinating than a roulette table." This was a sly dig. Max smiled. A recent letter from him had told of an eucounter with the goddess at Monte Carlo. Fortune had been all things but favorable. "Im not afraid of your princess; besides, I came here to study." "And study hard, my boy, study hard. Her highness is not the only pretty woman In BarschelL Theres a raft of them. "Ill paddle close to the shore," with Bar-8chei- t, a Btulle. "By the way, Ill wake you up Thursday." "How lazily. "A bout at Muellers Rathskeller. Half a dozen American lads, one of whom Is called home. Just fixed up his passports f6r him. Youll be as welcome as the flowers in the spring. Some of the lads will be In your classes." "Put mo down. It will be like old times. I went to the reunion last June. Everything was In Its place but you. Hang It, why cant time alwaya go on as It did then? "Time, unlike our watches, never has to go to the Jeweler's for repairs," said I owltshly. Max leaned over, took my r by the neck and deposited him on his lap Good pup, Artie If he's anything like his master. Three years, my boy, Biuce I saw von. And here you are, do bull-terrie- one end of his watch chain. He passed the iriuket to me. "What is It?" I asked, turning It over and over. "Its the one slender link that connects me with my babyhood. It was around my neck when Scharfensteln picked me up. Open It and look at the face Inside." I did so. A woman's face peered np t me It might have been beautiful but for the troubled eyes and the drooping lips. It was German In type, evidently of high breeding, possessing the subtle lines which distinguish the face of the noble from the peasants From the womans face I glanced at Maxs. The eyes were something alike. Who do you think It Is? I asked, when I had studied the face sufficiently to satisfy my curiosity. . "Ive a sneaking Idea that It may be my mother. Scharfensteln found me toddling about in a railroad station, and that locket was the only thing about me that might be used In the muter of Identification. You will observe that there Is no lettering, not even the Jewelers usual carat mark to qualify the gold. I recall nothing; life with roe dates only from the wide rlains and grazing cattle. I was born either in Germany or Austria. That's all I know. And to tell you the honest truth, boy, Its the reason I've placed my woman Ideal so high. So long as I place her over my head I'm not fool-lsenough to weaken Into thinking I can have her. What woman wants a man without a name? h TO BE CONTINUED.) Ufa Inauranct Figures. Statistics show that there are now In the United Kingdom 27,940,260 persons carrying life Insurance for a total amount of nearly 2.000,000,000. The total amount of premiums paid Is about 37,000,000. Cupboard. couple of Inches above the flow Ha: C, to avoid the entrance of dust froc the floor, says the Prairie Farm. Slat are nailed across the bottom of tl box which Is then covered with vti Feeling Her Way. Do not do not answer hastily. I will give you time to reflect, if you wish. Miss Beautl It won't take long. How many cluba do you belong to? Mr. Verarlch Well er five or six, Max, There Never Wee a Girl Like Her." other besides her is concerned, and I started up and licked my face before can not tell you. Some day, when I could prevent him. ' Did I ever show you this?" taking everything quiets down, Ill get you Into a corner with a bottle, and you out a locket which was attached to ell ei THE DOCTORS OPPORTUNITY. Mr. Verarlch killed.) On leaving college he went In for medicine, and his appearance In the capital city of Darschelt was due obviously to the great medical college, famous the world over for Its nerve specialists. This was Maxs first ad venture In the land of gutturals. I explained to him, and partly unraveled, the tangle of laws; as to the language, he spoke that, not like a native, but as one. Max was very fond of the society of women, and at college we used to twit him about It, for he was always eager to meet a new face, trusting that the new one might be the Ideal for which be was searching. Well, you old Dutchman," said I, have you ever found that Ideal woman of yours? "Ilah!" lighting a pipe. "She will never be found. A. horse and a trusty dog for me; those two you may eventually grow to understand. Of course, I dont say, If the woman came along the right one I mightn't go under. Pm philosopher enough to admit that possibility. I want her tall, hair like of cornsllk, eyes like the brilliant intellect, reserved, and dignified, and patient I want a woman, not humorous, but who understands humor, and I have never heard of one. So, you see, Its all smoke; and I never talk woman these times unless I'm smoking," with a gesture which explained that he had given up the idea altogether. "A doctor sees so much of women that he Anally sees nothing of woman." "Oh, if you resort to epigrams, I can see that It's all over. All over. Im so used to being alone that I shouldnt know what to do with a wife." He puffed seriously. Ah! the futility of our desires, of our castles, of our dreams! The complacency with which we Jog along In what we deem to be our own particular groove! I recall a girl friend of my youth who was going to be a celibate, a great reformer, and toward that end was studying for the pulpit. She is now the mother of several children, the most peaceful and unoratlve woman I know. You see, humanity goes whirring over various sidetracks, thinking them to be the main line, till fate puts Its peculiar but happy hand te the switch. Scharfensteln had been , CnlvHjn Sklmtj bank-notes,- u nra Club Bore I have been horribly Insulted! One of the members offered me a hundred pounds to resign my membership of the club. What do yuu advlso mo to do? Funny Man Walt a bit! Youll get a better offer! A Wrinkle. If you want to make sure your advice will be taken, have It engraved on your umbrella handle. Roy.i Magazine. - time, baa a decided advantage la ths! efficiency of work done over the e tlnuous system. Tbe latter tystn Is used almost exclusively in large tabllshments where a great amount milk Is bandied. Tbe reason for thli. la probably that the cost of pasteurii J ing a large amount of milk or cre&ah less when this system is used than 9 would be If the Intermittent system were employed. But If the quantity of milk or cream handled Is not w large and a product with good keeplm qualities la desired, the intermltteai Is undoubtedly the system to be E. C. Meyers. 1 Farm Butter Disappearing. Every year less butter Is bolngIs u ufactured on the farm, and this should be; for, while we teach how advocate dairying, still I am a great rr dairying, writes a spondent of Orange Judd Farm' Good butter can be and Is mads the farm, but from lack of skill care, or through Improper iurroun lcn Inga, dairy butter very often the finer quality and body known "Al quality. To bo a successful ter maker requires Intellect and pM :al strength. Real Circus. Army to Use Oleomargarln. ever 8ee a circus It Is reported that the ann? drnwhd the station master at use oleomargarine Instead of butte Eagle Junction. is further said that butter b o dl,d yo . 1 should say so, laughed the soap been previously Issued as part salesman. "I came down here on a ration and that the soldier mi train with 14 honeymoon ahead couples. Talk himself Just that much We thin ,raln! al,0',,t1 L ClrC19 Well, you ting the oleomargarine. have seen those country In this couples when the sentiment we entered a tunnel." Chicago Daily the soldier should be furnished and not oleomargarine, and that this Is the sentiment pre' A Masculine Plea. "A woman mifr.-among the farmers. Anil 'ii Stalk n"Vr cease; To Prevent Rolling In VaiMv hold our ,h8 aM"rtln. To prevent a horse from rolPl pouce! the stall, fasten a stout rn& , Eof .urT,'rI'1r victims overhead strap to the halterat PV " 'yunny w ,V.lot.nmn us poor other to a ring In the celling mon do likewise Ilow A strap Just back of the manger. -- Charleshappy we should he! Vivian, in lioyal Magasine. In this and snapped to the that the horBe can rest hla nos Caution. . of nnn C0mes of fln ground, but not the topwould . f8n 4 It d will prevent rolling. 8u,tor' fre,id. to have a weight on the other n"rke 8 peeraer the strap to take up the slack. ked Mr. Cumro'x" "No." tflfll , Red raspberry plants can w Wk eCldcd not to planted when a few Inches do business with B are often better than yearling P set in early spring. u'T Sh,. |