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Show THE EVENING STORY atawajaBa,WaaBaaaB DECKES Or TkTZ. i (Copyright mi. by W. Wsrnsr.)i "Lovs ma, Invw me not ; love ma. Kva ma not." aang Annette as alia plucked the itala from tha fringa of a large os eyed delay which arte had ftrwt noticed no-ticed on account of lta head rising high abovs ' Ita felUtwa. "lxva me, kva ma not," and aw around tits cln la until aha neared Hw lat of the petals. Tlvsn plowly, and with a growing; apprehension apprehen-sion In bar voles. "Lo-v-a ma, 1-o-v-a me not." With a petulant gesturs sbs threw antda ths muUtaied flower and plucked another. Hut ths petala of this too. snded with ths fateful "Love ma not. Her hands dropped Amply to her slds. snd for some time she stared off Into vacancy, va-cancy, her Hps forming Into something very Ilka a rebellious pout. Bui the fates bad spoken. Aa ehe commenced a young man had been hurrying across tbs soft grass back of the syringa before which aha waa standing. Noticing her occupation, he paueed with an amuasd smile, one hand drawing back a spray of tha shrub,, ho ha stood when sbs reached ths end of her first circle of petals; then something In ths Intent neee, even consternation, of her face struck, him with a sor of foreboding. fore-boding. Ha would have sprung; forward, but had a feeling that It might bs untimely-' Annette waa a peculiar girl, aa ha had reason lo know. VS'llb her caution waa, tha word'. But he must do something, for already, he wss commencing upon a aecond circle of fates, and ha i-uuM read tenaa belief In her very attitude. White and pretty as the petala were, they wars Imps of inlsrhtcf when holding hands around the yellow caldron, nd 11 would be their supreme pies sure to thwart him. r'Oh, l list grandmother:" hs groaned under hla breath. "Wouldn't I Ilka to choke her with a string of black superstitions!" super-stitions!" ' Jtut anathemas wars sot In order now. It waa action quirk action that must eavs him from the dalay enemy. He knew Annette, and hs knew that all her fstes had a way of tricking ths Joksr sated snd taken cars of me, and some day I aha II hava her fortune." Hta had went lower "Yes. I had forgotten," contritely. "I beg your giandmot liar's pardon." Ho thsy remained for some seconds; then, gently, he aald: "t am often un-rsasonabla. un-rsasonabla. Annette; but 1 think that you mean to he falr.M "Certainly. I m fair always." her head trying to go a little higher. "My grandmother grand-mother eaya w must be perfectly fair, with a lit Us leaning toward merry." "Then It seems to mt tha soli right here Isn't vary god for daisies.'' What do you mean, sir?' "Why. If a daisy grows In very poor soli It can't be perfectly nourished and p. m WtuT'th drapplaf of tha patal liar - anaa want out toward him. . fell' Ths petals of this. too. aodad with ths fsufui "Lots ma gtot.' - developetl,' he explained, "and so can't be s true dalay." "That might be so." doubtfully. '"See here-'' lis kicked his foot Into ths soil, turning up some looss stones. "How eould a daly grow In a plana Ilka that? Of course, we ran t queetlon fals. If she has a perfect representative. Hut It would bs cheating her t ac'tpt the evidence of such dwarfed things as thoas mattered on th ground, ifon't you think aoT" "I don't know. Parhaps. Rut I tried two daisies and 'both answered ths same." "Kales prophets, because they were starved ones. Now ronf round to the othsr side of ths ayrlngtf, where ths sole makes psrfect flowers. hhe followed turn, but shook her head as she looked srvound. "Ths soil Is Junt exactly ths same,' she said. "It Is full of rocks and gravel." "But the land Is a little lower," hs smiled. "That makes richer soil under ths roots of tha plants. No, ws want to be perfectly fair, and will pick some ftowsrs at random. Hay this and this snd this," stooping down snd carelsssiy plucking several daisies. "And we'll take one or two from that little natch over yonder. There,'' returning a few moments mo-ments latsr and placlnr ths daisies In her hand. "Now, you'vs got flvs picked at random and all with perfect Heads, yon'll notice. Suppose ws say the best three out of flvs. Into hla hand.. Dalrv pat. la wtra not th. onlr hurdle, that had fall.n Into hla path. Quirk wit or diplomacy muat av. him from rlila aa from Ui. otmav Drupptna Miftljr upon hi. hanila and knee., he began a hurried counting of daisy petal, near him. Presently he had two tluit aeemed lo hla llklna, and he hent them m aa to be ea.lly racoar-nlaed- Then he went a few yard, farther far-ther on and repeated th. aelerttvn. Annette had juat raised her head with a resiKncd sigh when h. rounded th. yrlna-a. "Ilfllo. eweetheart," he ealled, puttlnc aa much connrtt-n--. and joviality Inlet Di. voice as he could. hhe did not anawer at one, only recoiled re-coiled a llltl. a. he came naar. Her .yea regarded ulm ooldly, but he felt heartened heart-ened ft the uttirulTtjulver of th. Itpa that wer. tr'tn to look firm. "Annelle." lie said, softly. , Hhe threw out a .prolestlna. repelllnc hand. "non'tdon tl" she gasped. "Don't come near m. Don't aay a word to m. of love. It 1. all over. I'v. found vut. How c.n men be so faint And I wM think you war. dlffereut that you loved me ao." '- "I do. Annette, sweetheart, mortf than life. U'a only your grand-r-' Stool" aharply. Not another word about my grandmother, alrt You throw herdnto my face every tlm. you do anything any-thing anything unworthy. My grand-motner'a grand-motner'a wisdom la greater than your sophistry. And h.r mother waa wise before be-fore her. 1 am very much Ilk. them both. I have heard you say so. And daisy petals cannot lie. They grow out In tha clear aunehlna. under neav.it', own blua shy. They know nothing of sophistry and dec, n and wtckedneea. Wy grandmother h.reelf say, You h.uld be ashamed of thinking y11 oi anything ee beautiful and true' Sh. waa erot now, her head bark, her eyea biasing. He quailed before her wrath and bowed hie head. - V'l am," h. confeeaod meekly.- ' "Te T am Ilk. mg grandanother." ; Annette declared prondlr. ' "1 have taken! her name, her eyee. and yon bave hinted that 1 hava her temper. Hue haa edu "rate never contradict, herself." "Of course not." decidedly. "If w. get the real meaning. Now, you ask her." "Lav. me. lov. rao not." began Annette. An-nette. "Love me, lor. me not," until with a little gaap of surprise she ended with a "l-ove me." "I I ' don't understand tt,'.' ah. exclaimed. ex-claimed. "It 'a because you have perfect flowers now, Annette. Try another." Hh. did ao, and tt anded aa th. others. With "Love me." Color waa beginning to fleme tntn her faco and her evee were bright. 8ha did not look at hint, or even eoeak, but commenced hurriedly upon another fateful fate-ful circle. Tula decreed aa had tha other two and as did tha fourth and fifth. "Ijove me," "Ixjve me." "l-ovo me." With th. dropping of th. last petal her arms went out taward him. Her face wag radiant. "Oh. Carrol," ah breathed. "I'm ao glad. H caught h.r In hta arme. "There ran bo no more misunderetendlng between be-tween va. Annett.," he declared fervently. fer-vently. "It la you and I. rate ha ee deai-aed." - ''0 for sb hour of 8uMmsa th MajrtrtBceat, ' ' the beaten Turks atight well exclaim ia this- day of their extinction ex-tinction a a great military power. 'On thirteen different occasion euleimaa ' armls. marched forth from CeBstgstl-aople CeBstgstl-aople tKrongh its Adriaanpl gat and aa na.y time returned ia trionnpb through that portal of victory. To qually famou golrlea gat was walled up by Mohamtac4 II. after his. capture f the city is l-tSS, sa a superstition era that bv it tk Christiana wotil-j r atr Coastaatinopla, vietorioua. WArirnNOTO.V. Jan. Senator W. Murray Crane of MaeeaehueMle know. .. much about congressional machinery aa anybody, but when he ventured to the house side of the cepltol today he gut Joel In the cellar and had o find and elevator titan to guide luiu put. |