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Show n There was a bright red spot oa each, Theodosia Allen's soft, smooth cheeks and she caught her crimson under Up between two rows of pretty white teeth. She hesitated. The door in front of her was closed. She approached It with the firm intention oD knocking, yet with her hand raised her courage fled. Miss Allen's mother was a widow who had been left with a fine large house on her hands, but with hardly enough of an inoome to keep It up in proper style. That was why she had tented two of her best front rooms upstairs to Maacfleld Prentice, a bachelor whose hair was beftnning to show a grayish tl&ee here and thero, and who, alter trying again and a gala and hop-la- g on thro ugh t many diBOouragtng years had succeeded ka getting the public to accept hla novels with seme-tfclnthat closely bordered on enthu- 'of set free his brothers. How delighted they were- - to be free rgaln and to hear all that the prince oad done to deliver them from thels And they went homo enchantment. i 1th him and served him all the days if their lives, for they said that ho nly who had proved himself brave ind faithful was fit to be the king. This is one of the many delightful storieB found In The Crimson Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green & Co., London and New York. INTRODUCED g siasm. "Her Leao Year Proposal," his latto be one "of the lx best selling books" and he found himself in what for an author may be considered "affluent circumstances." The door at which Theodosia stood opened into Prentice's comfortably furnished workroom, in the middle of Which was his long writing table. Vell stocked bookcases and three or four easy chairs gave it a comfortable appearance. A heavy our tain divided It from his bedroom. "Come in," he said, supposing, when he heard the soft little knock upon the tloor, that It was the housemaid, bringing up his letters. . When Miss Alien entered he hufrid-tlaid his cigar aside and stood up. "I beg your p&rlon," he 6atd, "for cot opening the door. If I liad icaown It was you I would have been more respectful in extending my invitation to enter. I'm afraid it's rather emoky in here. You see, I have a foolish Idea that I can't write unless I smoko. May I open the window a moment?" "Oh, no." she protested. "I like the scent of tobacco smoke, and I can easily imagine how a cigar must help n writing. I wonder if that's why msn generally write bo much better than est story, premised y Women?" "That's a new Idea if It 13 trie that men do generally write better than Women. Very few women are billing to admit that such is the case. Won't you sit down?" They sat with the long table between Ihem, and somehow the sunlight foil upon the young lady In such a 'ay as to make Prentice wonder why he hid never noticed before how pretty sho Was. "Won't you please go on smoking?" she said, noticing the blue spiral thr-.- : ascended from the tray In which h's cigar lay. I'll save my cigar until I get to go to my writing. If you don't ready mind. I've Just started a new story, and I always have to smoke a gool deal until I get things going." "That reminds me of what I came to ask you. I finished reading "Her Leap Year Proposal an hour ago, and I Wanted to see If you would write something ra the book for me. You see, I'm going to send itto a girl who vas a very dear friend of mine In college, and I but mebbe you don't like to do such things. I suppose, no many people want you to, that's Ita a nuisance. "No. If" Ho to "I shall not consider It a nuisa-neMix Allen. Hre, 1 do this for you, have a new copy that I'll give you for your friend." She rested her elbow unon the table and looked across at him while Le wrote. He wai not a big man. but he h Was well made and loofcod strong. was she that critically forgot studying the fine shape of hi hc-- and Teat urea until he suddenly looked p her at It. "I'm rather surprised." h said, "thnt you l:l, thin st cry. 1 fni that few think Much of It It's frmn the tnen that I g"t most of the pra'se for e The-tk!o!- n It" "How do you know I like it? she a? kod. "You would hardly rare to sen1 It io your friend if mi didn't. Whs; no you II ink of having a girl take advantage of lap year privilege as I hive r.,y heroine do? "It Is a daring Idea, hut ft teem to me that, you have worked It out In an erllenf way. .There Is nothing U all lrnmodeet In her proposal." "No. fJtill, f ran see now where I much mlaM hate mads the jrl n toner r rfiraer than she i. tf t.atirg her go to him when the was overtaken fy misfortune enl 3 r the to hp"oms his wif jjrore sr irrr of his sorro. th'ue wo'il 1 have been a better chance for 'rigca- hr )l j - ch irn ru 11nu u i i u i n ru (7 turn the other In one of th war department bu And when the feast was over ie way." was much occasioned and told the the ieaus complaint people emperor prince "How do you mean?" Once upon a time there lived an emwho he really was, and at this ever by the unauthorized use of the copy"Suppose he Lad been fortunate ln 'one rejoiced still more and prepara- ing machine by a number of the clerks. peror who had three sons. of unfortunate. Think how muok stead One morning the eldest set out fcr tions were made for the prince and The messenger was directed to preher courage would have had to greater princess to return to their own king- - pare a placard, warning outsiders to a neighboring forest, when a hare be to go and tell him she loved hint sprang out of a thicket. The youn? keep away from the machine. 1 eat A WAR SONG. breathing fire and flame. At this fearful sight the prince turu-- d to fly, but a fiery tongue colled round hie waist and drew him into the drag-or.'mouth, and he was seen no moro. Ilia next brother who set out in arch of him, also pursued the hara and was also drawn into the dragon mouth and was Been no more. Then the youngest son obtained the emperor's permission to set out in search of his two lost brothers. But he did not pursue the hare. Reaching th mill, he found anx old woman, and the old woman tokl him the hare was really the dragon, and the dragon obtained his great strength from a sparrow which was inside a pigeon, which was Inside a wild boar, whtch was inside the dragon himself, and the dragou lived in a lake which was close by a certain far away emperor's capital. Then the young prince put on a disguise and hired himself out to the emperor as a shepherd. The first day and the second day he took his sheep out by the lake, and with him he also took a hawk and a pair of greyhounds, besides his pipe, on which he played tunes. Aa soon as he reached the lake out rushed the dragon to devour him and the sheep and all, but the prince fought with him till noonday, and said he: "If the emperor's daughter were only here and would kiss me on the forehead, I would throw you up higher still." The third day the emperor sent his daughter to the lake with the shepherd and after the prince and the dragon had fought till the sun was at Its hottest, the dragon cried: "Oh prince, let me dip my burniug head in the lake, and I will hurl you But the prince V) the top of the sky." answered: "Oh, ho! my good dragon, do not crow too soon. If the emperor's daughter wer-- j only hero and would kiss my forehead, I would throw you higher still." Hardly had he spoken, when the princess, who had been listening, ran up and kissed him cn the forehead. Then the prince swung the dragon straight up into the clouds, and when he touched the earth again he broke Into a thousand pieces. Out of the p.ecea there sprang a wild boar and galloped away, but the prince called the hounds to give chave, and they caught th-- i boar and tore him to bits. Out of the pieces there sprang a hare, and In a moment the greyhounds were after It, and they caught It and killed it, and out of the hare there sprang the pig?on. the hare there sprang the pigeon. Quickly the prince let loose his jawk, which soared straight Into the ait, tied swooped upon the bird and brought it to its master. The prince then cut open Its body and found the sparrow Insldi, aa the old woman had fice: do you call "What les?" he Inquired a man who cor "A plagarist," waa the proud repi of the busy clerk. The result waa a placard above tb copying machine, .with the following atertling legend: "For the Uae of the Official Plagiarist Only." And thus it remains today, it was loo good to destroy. When Jules Lumbard First Sang "The The cost of taking the first census was a little over one cent per head; Battle Cry of Freedom." A big, broad chested, broad should-ere- that of the last census 17 cents. old man, with long snow-whithair and whlto mustache, dignified, courtly, affable, generous and sympatheticthis la Jules Lumbard, the famous singer of patriotic songs back in the civil war times, who at the age of three score years and four, has just been admitted to the Nebraska bar and will open an office In Omaha for practice. One afternoon in the Bummer of 1862, 5,000 men crowded into the old court house square In Chicago. Excitement was at fever heat. Recruits were signing by the hundreds in Chicago every day. The 5,000 men crowded into the old court house square were listening to speeches speeches full of the fire ond eloquence of patriotism. Jules Lumbard, big, erect, handsome, came elbowing his way through the crowd and mounted the platform. Just as he went up the steps, George F. Root rllpped a piece of paper Into his hands. "Sing It," he cried eagerly. "It is Just written." The ink was not yet dry. The singer felt his splendid voice grow in his throat. He went to the front of the platform, flung aside h's NATURALLY. isat, tossed back his luxuriant hair, Customer Can that parrot talk? r'anecd at the simple words and music Yes. Dealer 'of the song and ta those resonant Customer How does he talk? t ;nos then at their strongest and best Deader In pollysyllables. taught "The Battle Cry of Freedom to 5.000 men. That night the recruihow-rwA ting station was full Philadelphia men Three attired In faultless young Press. manner, escorted two charming and well dressed young ladles, boarded a Bought Wet Good3 Instead of Drygoods Main street car the other evening evias to the Wanted information bound for the theatre. The dently thereabout s of a western merchant were full of life and fellows sevyoung who shall be ucmeless here who not could themselves with the contain eral days ago called at a wholesale of with which complacency degree house on Market street near Seventh themtheir carried fair companions cashier to purchase dry goods. The who One was of selves. the dolgallants, thousand several of the house hau ochonors the of the doing apparently to ruerchaat In the bills belonging lars as five tickets the casion, produced locked are bills The from the West. safe, but there conductor approached, and arranged securely in a la always the danger of burglar oreafc them like a hand at cards remarked. "A full hand." "Yes." replied the knigh' ing In. of the bell rope, "three jacks and a pair The transfer of the greenbacks came of qu?eua." Commons Dispatch. about In this wise: The buyer from the West, on str'king the effete East, conFred's Hunting Trip. tracted a Jag of truly Western proporKansas story has This southern tions. In that state he called at the Into Oklahoma and is found its way wholesale house and announced that to of Col. Ssra called the attention be was ready to buy all the goods in Greenleaf "Fred of Perry, iys the place. Something was said, or a Harris, that one time he was shooting dusks hint dropped, about reference. on tfie Mediclno. and as the ducks The West mer smiled mellowly and were rather scarce he was amui'nj thrust his hads Into rls f rousors pock- himself at a dipper duck, by shooting e withdrew them they which would ets. When c've at the flash of th were full of "long green." gun. His ammunition finally gae ort The displpy fettled the credit ques- and he thonsrht he would smoke before tion then and there. starting for home. He lit his pipe, acl Then the cashier shocked at the very he says tha every tim he puffed th r dis- duck would" dive. Now of course. no thought thet seme knock-ouof drops might come bodv would think of doubting Fro I. penser a bunch of money, when h sas he snt there and kept such unlawfully Iv reawined with the merchant from the that duck diving, until he Inatlf a gun." West, w ho proved ifllriontly nmena-bl- e drowned fhe son-oKiusat to argument to hand over the wad City Times. for spfe keeping Total Depravity. That wai a week aeo, and tie cashthe-" I for Oi" Westerner now the of a shiftless man who anxious ier It 1 found cuswark to make a llv-ihim hard of s"ch his relieve to return to shift tre burden he that ler)fled todianship. I'hMadelphla Telegraph. of hi supTHTt upon the state, sars the Chlcntm Tribune. Experienced. So he stole a watch and was sietiten-eo"How Is the new plrl going It do? to thr penitentiary for ono year. frked Mrs. Ferguson. P.ut fr'enm interested themselves la much "She hasn't had experience." his and at the expiration of six I t'hilf. be will she raid the wife, "but think tror.'l.s of his term, the governor II right when she gets broken tn." Mm out. Then came a loud sound of falling "I wish they had attended to the;r t rockery f rot the kitchen. "Fhe seems to be making a good iwn b:sins," he said as he went ut th prison gates. "Now I'v art, anyhow," observed Mr. Fergsson 'rrrv-pto for a living again. got h'ic!p Tribune. encouragingly. Chicago he foldel with bitterness, "It's asf-'Mo In'errupt a man in th-Fvery c'og hnn his nay, but they are mid'He ri' a sfnce." f particularly In It during the sausage When a man takes fila All. vp-t- ' reason. in '"r rre there Is no telling sfrp where will he step. Some men are tried and found want ing their liberty. d e far-awa- n. f.re-proo- In that case, however, then. suppose the critics would have said I had created an impossible character. What is your idea? Do you think the story is better as it is than it would have been the other way. "I don't believe it would really require much courage for a girl to go, whera the man she loved had met with a great misfortune and tell him shr wished to bo his wife." "But if he had met with great good fortune?" "I hardly think any girl could make herself tell a man under such circumstances that she wished to be mar. ried to him." "So you see I would, if I had written the story as It should have been writ ten, have been told that such a thing never could happen in real life." "Do you think it could?" "Yes; I know It could. Why is It amy more unwomanly for a girl to tell her love with her lips than with her yes?" "But why should a girl have to tell her love with her Hps If the man cared for her?" "Well, perhaps," he replied it had come to pass In some way that they were both on one side of the table tni that he was lwaning over the back of her chair with his face close to hers "it might be Just for the sake of proving that such a thing could happen." She was looking at the fly leaf of taa book In .which he had been writing. But for some reason she failed fo realize what she was gazing at. Her mini and her eyes were not working in bar The task seemed simple, but the mes- man gave chase till at last the hare too refuge In a mill. senger's vocabulary was not quite adequate to the task. In his quandary La The prince followed, but stopped in turned to one of the men in the of- terror, for before him stood a dragon f picl-uock- t f T d par-doe- d b '.", : frt y mony. "Wouldn't It be foolish." she askaj. "for a man to want a girl to propose t Kim If he Scared for her?" "It might be undor ordinary circumstances. What if a man who hid promised a girl ns 6he lay dying that he would never ask another to be his wife were to find himself deeply fm love." "I never thought of that?" "If I were to sit down to study oa the matter I think I could find a dozen reasons why a girl might be justified In asking a man to be her husband. Just now I have thought of another. "What is that?" ound "Suppose a man somewhere 40 loved a girl of 23 or 24 and she was beautiful so beautiful that she oould afford to be very Independent K might feel, although he had rcuoa believe that she admired him for als success or his genius, that be would b dartog too much to ask her to bs hla what as wife. He rn'ght fear that turm would on her was love part hoped be to If asked he tothlsg out. her, more than admiration." She turned her head at an angle M that she could look up Into hla ayes. He bent a little nearer to her, and aa raised her arms until she could take his face between her hnnde. Drawing him close to her. she cloed bar ryos and whispered: "May I be your proof that it tul4 happen?" Chicago Record-Herald Mid. "Now," cried the prince, holding the sparrow In his hand, "now you shall tell me whre I can find my brothers." "Do not hurt me,'" answered the sparrow, "and I will tell you wjth all my heart. Behind your father's castls stands a mill, and In the mill are three lender twigs. Cut off these twig and trike their rocts with them, and the lrtn door of a cellar will open. In the cellar you will find as many people. youriK and old, women and children, aa would fill a kingdom, and among them are your brothers." By this tin.? twilight had fallen, so the prince wudcd himself in the lake, took the hawk on his shoulder and the under his arm, and with his nrey- pi!r-him and hl fiock behinl j hounds before him. marrhM ratlv tntn iha inirn iba princess following them all, still trembling with frieht. And so they passed through the streets, thronged with a von'lerlng crowd, till they reached th castle. Unknown to anyone, the emperor had stolen out on horseback and Lad hidden hlnwif on the hill where ua could see all that happened. When al: was over and the power of the dragon waa brol n forever, he rode quickly back to t .e casle, and was ready to receive the irince with open arms an to promise Lira his da"g"aer to wife. Tb wedding took place vith great spisndor, an ' for a whole wrpk ths town was hung wKh colored lamp, an 1 tables were spread In the hall of th i HOW HE SAVED MONEY Serrator Quay seldom tells a torr but when he does it Is usually s gooJ one. HI latest 1s a yarn 'old In the Senate cloakroom to Illustrate the high Handard of morality In the Key rtone State. An old Pennsylvasla Dutchman, a thrifty but not wealth farmer, was eiected tu the Leglalatura SfVf-rs"maty" railroad and oth corporation measures came up and after the sssion ha4 rloffd tne oUl farmer surprised every !ody by buying snd paying 'ash fos property w --th f2000. Someone as-- r I if a fort me had been Wt to him. was the rcp'y. "I have Oh. no." saving monry while la Hirrisbutg t th" I erislatnre." ."Why. Hani," nid hU friend, "yen could not fHrtooo n thre mmths whn your "Ah. bit n:ry was cily 13 a day." man as old the you forzrt." cxpl.ilned li strnked his b"ard compliant;, H lrl "mv wifa dMn't kep a hired time." that I f-- r oo-sirlmti- on ,c-- s i J ,- - , 1T rn-f- b nhoe interests 'taller us mr '.re Ihlfs In Kap'VriL I f. i In India Enlant't profssMof slate. St marbJs sal In thli country, aad q)rris va'-- e r.f their combined products Thre are 1 than endowed 1 To crufh a half inch cube of graalts q lire the weight of 11 tons. |