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Show mQMtiB taken the Tradition Connected With ebrace. the Divisi Before a blazing log fire In the IV Into Castes. brary Dexter and his wife sat, lnduig CC?vdiDg t0 the tratlition of one of m 4r bes ot ing In one of their many witty dl India, the sun created Come, friend, and sit with me; a man and a woman which were as the atrlkln cusslons, at the beginning We two are company of flint and steel. Who, In our calm retreat. and tbls C0UPle had tweiva Need nothing from the street. More than once he had risen and children. When they had all come to Nor opera, nor play, nor dance, paced the floor, with hands thrust dee Nor club, nor dinner, to enhance sliif4, or themselves the a,?0, Ihe pleaauee that It la to be sun divided them Into his pockets, when his wifes kee into pairs and placed Each tn the other'e company. and womans Instinct met and bat wit a11 kinds You me give everything, while I bofre them. Or I give you nothing, fled him. ami I their choice depended the fate of Because what do you say?siah their "Come, he said, holding out one W-AconI love you and no other pav descendants. Those who took vege an hand to her, 1 dont admit that Im Jon ask for vour alluring cheer? n!y became the ancestors o ;?bIe U that enough? It la ho eaay, dear, beaten by any means, but I know one the highest caste of love you that It seems to me Jo S'nk-all, the Brah I give you nothing for your company, I mans, while I'm ravenous. ta thing Lets go and -the Santals, the lowesi YUllum J. Lampion, in the Header, see if we cant find something cold In or all castes, spring from those whe the lardor," chose pigs. The Kols declare that e1"they (b.. 1 be Natalie Dexter rose and laid her are descended from those who took P ht track." hands on her husbands shoulders. bullocks' flesh and to the sustaining The eyes which looked Into his were weredn"y,"?t" .Mr' Westmaeott an- - power of the food of their choice the so caressing that he went toward arka, or fighting Kols, attribute her, but she held hint back. their strength and fine physique. "Clarke," she said slowly, theres 'Vhen these latter at the beginning 1 want to mPOHAL PMSS ASSOCIATION. ask you something or the last , 14 im ,s bestcentury first met English ii - 1 tMnk You have grown so Immensely in the aPTER XVII. (Contixcsd.) troops were famUy they er8 TJlttle quickly houM Impressed he past year, there Is not a trace of the in private. ma'am- since you know so with the fighting powers of the sti the you will forgive me, dear! .... ,ou probably know also that I mfarn ,ald the Admiral. and, finding that they, too, ate SUPRE, How am I to touch of Intolerance of egotism little man,s eld my pension. money tha bullocks brourhrh hae u my flesh, the Kols paid them the which" Jo dot turn my hand to work? pension, then I great compliment of assigning them nia it i Westmaeott produced a large Dexter took the glowing face behavA0 Cripls8 about aklng it. the same pair of ancestors as the the You ed envelope from beneath sunshine upon us, ave. tween hh hands and paused to klas rcols. But by th6 time eleven and tossed It over to the old darkest the. clouda were at their pairs the halting Ups. londeat had U chosen their share of the foot ,here my boy wh0 tualsts "The Improvement," he said slowly, 4h There are uuon excuse wont do. cribet 5 provided there was nothing left for mney whlch 1 He "Is the result of an unprofessional now 10 Pay bis debts. the unfortunate Just see If they whtkeeP njon papers. I being' twelfth couple, and you have done I can opinion." M. Louise Cummins, In Boa-to- n :t. only ask they had to beg food from the others Che Ins b M Globe. yU- - ma am- - and as to who had fared )ke the seat, and out tumbled better. From this unthauklng you i can't even When Natalie Hall married Clarke makes him Intolerant with sing fe papers which he had made over he what lucky pair spring the Ghasis, who do Dexter the n,Th vTPray don,t try'" 8ald the r owns Jam two days before, people who that considers the stupidity of oihers, es REED'S FORTUNE, run away, Admiral, and not work, but support themselves on she would not be prophesied what am X to do with these were so peclally with mine. happy Anarthj make the . your peace with Mrs. Denver, X charity and leavings of others, e cried In bewilderment. very much In the minority that no one am sure if i were she Yours? Miss Hall's voice bristled Hla Literary aa Well aa Legal Work corns; nill put them In a safe place or it would be a paid heed to them. with Indignation. tlme Paid Him Handsomely. before I should forgivs you, r belt, lend to do so, and, if you do ;,0" NOT A BLOOD RELATION ror me-- am going to America "Dexter's opinion of himself will "Yes, mine. The one fact which The fact that the late Thomas B. when your wife and i 7, you will go to and ' g, have to be whittled down several Clarke does not seem to have master- Keod left an estate of $131,000, after you'll take me so far, I wont weeks you. Ida? There Is a collegi Death of Lifes Partner Caused a Fine inches before he'll make thought of leaving her any womans ed Is that a womans mind may be all indebtedness had been discharged, bui ln Denver which 1b to untold Distinction, !mlral passed his hand over fell I life what It ought to bo, one man bad as keen as a man's and yet remain was a matter of equil It was ln one of the farming dis- said. surprise to people of the future for the strun This is very good of !.h wman rehead. of Salon feminine, rt- and especially for her battle tricts of New writes William generally, E. Curtis J"5 and said he, am, good "very England. The young a Into i But every one knew that the "Yesterday, she went on, he stood In the Chicago Record Herald. . Mr. ?omm?f.w Sme months af the folks had banded themselves together I know that you are a staunch and me watched I when took up this Reed always pretended to lie e a responsible po--! for ) wild speaker would gladly have stood In ut for all that these papers very monthly jollifications during the Dexters taff, and I have shoes, so he did not count. poor, but some of hla Intimate friends he rite ip" pon theu' for ney, and though we may have winter and were about to celebrate Charles were convinced long ago that his povrnken water lately, we are not removes a.?cept marriage Nevertheless, not many months had Mom last tie which binds me to the last dance of the season, as well uch straits as to have to signal was an affectation, because they erty before bea as d a passed vague of wlU uncertainty couple wrlte to me some. engagements which had ,TU rlemls. When we do, maam, i!m knew of large fees received by him to in grow the of gan heart Natalie resulted from the assemblies. Ben HawWends, and you will address 0 one we would look to sooner from time to time for legal services your to Professor Westmaeott. kins, the local had known Dexter, which, the minority tJOU. s Paginini, and his and literary woik. Emancipation College, Denver. From He never wrote had been engaged to lead them it, would have caused them to exclaim be ridiculous! said the widow. 4b" hall a line or made a speech for nothing. watch how the w nothing whatever about It, glorious through, the mazes of the country complacently, I told you so! struggle goes on ln conservative old Each of the many articles which As to Dexter, while still very much you stand there laying down I am needed you will dance, and all were looking forward to ln love and from time to time appeared In the with Ill have my way In this mat--u England, his he ad wife, frankly the time of their life. no me here ar n flghting In the foreshell take the papers, for it Jfront to himself that a woman of mltted from his pen brought him magazines But of death the Inconsiderately claimed but not try. Good-by- e or that I am doing you, but $500, and I know of one instance at you, girls; I have still a word I wish tJ Mrs. Hawkins for his own on the more penetration, In other words, one restoration of stolen property." least ln tvhtch he received $100 from ay to you. afternoon of the eventful party. The more keenly alive to the rare intellecthat, maam? Now York newspaper for an Intera ual atme of 'G,v Clarke qualities Dexter, your and L'ust going to explain, though hand, Ida, yours, young people gathered as arranged, view he prepared with himself upon at law, might have proved a 81 he when they were alone, but bemoaned torney n take a ladys word for It t'japn the absence of Ole more congenial o?i, you naughty little pusses, arent a current topic. His lectures brought companion. Now, nklng any questions. you ashamed to look me In the faoel Ben, and games were being substiwas him $500 a night, and occasionally In It a warm in n going to say Is Just between summer. day early tuted for the dancing, when lo! HawDid you think did you After a hard five hours ln court Dexreally think that and must go no farther. I large cities like New York and Boston I was so very blind, and could not see kins and his fiddle appeared on the own reasons for wishing it ter ascended the steps of the pretty he received $1,000. The year scene. little your You , did It plot? very well, the police. Who do you think suburban villa which he called home he left Congress he delivered must Great say and that, astonishment I and many ques- somewhat before bis really think that io struck me last night. Ad- - j five lectures in one week, for which usual time. With like you better as you are. But you tions greeted the old but he man, Had all your he received a cheek for $2,500. . pains for nothing, you little calmly slipped his fiddle out of its the jangle of the day still on his Ullaln, maam. I dont know nerves he dropped into a low chair on He estimated tils legal services at conspirators, for I give you my word green bag and as he meditatively the piazza. that I had quite made up my mind not rubbed very high value, and unless bis It was the same man who to the on resin the bow p. said; have him. I tried to ruin your son. It was Presently his own name reached him clients made a bargain with him In Wall, Marias yes, died so And this gone; within a few our weeks little as through a haze. Dexter opened his brother, Jeremiah. advance they were sure to be surladles from their observatory saw a afternoon, but I reckon taint no sin eyes lazily, realizing that for a moprised when they received their bills. for me to bustle for in the Wilderness, when you play seeln ment hs had been blessedly unconI'll you about him or a little mighty There is a story that, while ln Loncarriages came, and coach- she want no blood relation. for he has done much which scious. "The Improvement, he said slowly, don some years ago, ho f t care men with to bear the twos favors, away charged John to nor to talk of, t you "But surely, dear, you and Clarke is the result of an unprofessional V. and C. B. Farwell of Chicago $5,000 who wers destined to come back one. He was always a villain, Peculiar are Marriage Ceremony. very happy? opinion. for giving some Information to their ?ken and plausible, but a dan-- . And they themselves In their crackling Among the Kherrias of India thg The repeated Ule villain all tho same. If I tllk dresses went across, ss invited, to question, English solicitor about .the laws of Ircoming It and almost embroidery. puzzled ihe double wedding breakfast which marriage ceremony is quite elaborate, through an open window, where the e hard the United States bearing on the sale I could be Interested him ritated thoughts about man was big that After held in house of the Doctor many Walker. preliminaries the pries! air softly stirred some light i trace them back to the' child draperies, in what was to him so trivial. When of their exas lands, and I know Then there was and begins this singular performance: h I spent with- my, brother, him into wakefulpricked complete he turned away the very angle of his where he made a life enemy of one laughter, and changing of dresses, and .Taking a small portion of the hair ol ness. An aunt of his only living relative, for my who bad shoulders said as plainly as words of his closest friends by sending him rice-thr- o wife, when the drove wing carriages bride the and groom In turn, from the been to her as a her, Charles father, was killed mother, was visiting that the mind which could find absorp- ft bill for advice given on a legal up again, and two more couples started center of the an mutiny. forehead, he draws i them. Dexter recognized her voice. on with! ends which that journey tion ln a bundle of colored Bilks and question In what was supposed to be only ither was rich, and when he to down the bridge of the nose. Then, He found himself listening Intently a piece of fine linen must be a small a friendly conversation. ode a good provision both for Ilfs Itself. Charles Westmaeott Is now a flourish- pouring oil on the top of the head, he for the reply. It came gradually. and for me. He knew Jere-h- e affair." ranchman In the western part of watches It carefully as it trickle "If you mean do we get on. Aunt ing mistrusted him, however; A slow red mounted painfully to the Ideals. of giving him all that he Texas, where he and his sweet little down the portion of hair. If the oil Grace, I suppose we do. as well aa face of the man on the I look to And Perfection; and the mock-In- e runs most two are the wife on to persons popular the to have he handed me over straight Up of the stars disclose of the people we know, piazza. A soiled spot on the Illy and a canker la WI,nf me, with what was In all that county. Of their aunt they nose their future will oe fortunate, perhaps. "Do know what the to rose, to It you see from time time but my A brought little, ffp they but lf It spreads over the forehead or dying breath. to hold It in But, my dear, that Is different from mind, Aunt Grace? lovely womnn burdened with ty brother, and to ueo it In see notices tn ths papers that there Is a trickles off on either side of the nose unrepose. the married life I had hoped for you. "No, dear, Miss Halls voice was ffhen he should have squan-- t focus of light In Denver, where mighty bad luck is sure to follow. Their forI look for Wisdom: and I sea a preachIt is different from the married life dull with thunderbolts are being forged which tunes all that he had. This distress, er. free h from told, generally to their own sat- I had hoped for myself." meant to be a eeeret will on day bring the dominant sex "One of your days 'at home ln Lay off the way to school, heaven with a comthe essential irrevocaisfaction, hla and and Admiral The knees. too sat their Dexter up. pass sml a rule: f father and myself, but tin-- f upon annoyed to realize Washington. When most of the peo- A doctor a ble of that' while -a chnrlotanat one, number the live still wife hie words were overheard part ceremony takes place. that he was listening to a conversa teacher ple had gone Judge Doane dropped In thafs a fool. r, and she repeated them Harold and Clara have taken number Standing up side by side, but with tion not meant for his ears. for bis tea. I was usual of cup finishing I look for Virtue; men are flies, who loss to my brother, so "The fact that he two, where Doctor Walker continues to faces strictly averted, the bride and Natalie Dexter a for your birthday and he their souls for hom-v- ; iw that I held some money reside. As to the business, It had been bridegroom mark each others forepaused. came and stood beside me. Presently Th women itsee their dritMKled wins and him. I suppose tobacco will reconstructed, and the energy and abil- heads with "slndur" IhukIi nil It s funny. What, deer? (vermilion). he said T wonder If a womans bauds And scorn their think partner had soon made Great care Is my head, Doctor? fallen slsters-s- nd Thank ity of the junior wed a taken neiththat always 111 that had been done man for I shall seems to It abominable by money! say, but ever look so charming aq when they trouble you for the up for all the er shall catch a reof other the sweet his and glimpse And I look for Inspiration; from what cessyou are the only mother I have ever are occupied with needlework. - J4'" Kha 111 cigarette, and his senior. Yet with he is able to re- during this Important process, which known. There would be a greater when you told him that I bad arranged upon the pillow, with the fined home atmosphere pools fail ts Pomp lit niir i s Why. eten Kipling ttoths on a penny alize his wish, and to keep himself free finally makes the couple man and chaneo of happiness for Clarko and the orthlds on a tablo and curling from her lips. them copied pewter trumpet, I ,e'I Ju how often he has from the sordid alms and base ambiwife. me If If something occurred to disil- with my needle ho exclaimed, Why, And Homer sang the Troian 1 W g- -t un ale for a strumpet; sir that money from me. tion which drag down the man whose a him lusionize little with bis own child, you are an artist! That is litbusiness lies too exclusively ln the tullied, cajoled, threatened, A I look for Honor: stay awhile what honr Canny Preacher, eral needle painting.' that a man could do. money market of the vast Babylon. As est non are Had Clarke Dexter walked against t with the the Major Pond was a discreet man, but from Clarke few A politician out forthese? a Dexters which back evening every eyes, he goee plums, a lawyer out presentiment that would come. When I heard crowds of Throgmorton 8treet to the he occasionally told one celebrity a a stone wall on a clear day he would hours before had scintillated with the Go for fees II get a lantern and to' Join Mo. tree-line- d irous business, hla peaceful avenues of Norwood, pood story at the expense of another. not have so surprised as he was by joy of laying skilfully concealed traps sem-s- ; flight, In spirit also One of his favorite stories was of an these words in his wifes lln hl for tho feet, of an unwary witness, voice, partner to face the so he has found It possible J look for Gods; I find poor that my old friend had to do ones duties amidst th babel of American preacher who preached In 'But, my dear, Clarke has surely stared before him ln blank amazemake tlie sngels weep things that 1U lo sut render hie his to income in the City, and yet to live beyond under feel Jehtnsh with hla kilims t'anaantles and estlna ment. right England nine complacent management THE END. up for my brother" de-- 1 slstishierid sheep. sermons audiNot vet Tho attracted attainments. 3U, and fast Doane! that greater Judge morning Only And Jove d haui lung women and BudWt that now Indeed 1 had ences than either manager or preachei dha sound asleep! he bad held In reserve a decision of 1 ,,nt in Charles y An Account With tho Dentist one and at the It as had bts and expected, length, night, great played justice Ierfectlon. Wisdom, end hla client, Brown had the reputation of belni Honor puff! s the facts of the trump card. And this man bad found case, very the most miserable of man. but hi as manager and managed sat talking all go They up In smoke-the- y'r mails time to admire bis wifes hands and he upon the steps of a great London Of very ft agile stiiff-- II it?.,IP,ntd t0 lv hack the lake the money which he plumes himself on his Inexorable sensi church after the delivery of a auecesa-fu- l Arid yt find them f I keep on lookInterested ln her daln'v work. h"t word of thenke to of Justice. For fifteen years bs owe( ing long ennuuh! sermon In a neighboring hall, the When she spoke again her tone waa Edwin Meade Itooli I tell you that It waa very a dentist 915 for filling a front tooth dissatisfied preacher struck for blghei so hurt that Dexter felt something Sentinel. l!enc,, for u WM aU donv with gold, refusing to pay It becaus clutch at bis heart. and brought such argument mon-- y. and how oould I hs said the bill was exorbitant Th wages, Three Kinds of Poor, to bear that the manager felt it nece "I dont think Clarke would believe other day tho filling came out. II aary to yield. One of the patriarch among th 1 could that I should even that anything originate probably to Jewelry store and had Baptist of thi country was Rev. A. It was a costly talk for Major Pond, on, and I did. East took ths gold design for fancy work and tb denBell. He wa a leader of th earlier handed tn a note of It valued. Then he wrote to the hut ho keenly enjoyed the humor ol 11 worst of It Is that I am fast descendtist and Inclosed a check for th the situation and took great pleasure lnit generation of its clergymen, believing ringing ton. H to the level of his opinion," ing from abroad at the risk amount: "Actual value of the gold, ln picturing tho groat preacher seated The unhappiness in her voice had that charity was only half done und liberty, 3UiUn ordfp tht 13.50; amount of labor (which I deem In tho moonlight upon the cathedral seen like a stream retrained at first, less ft smile or ft Jest went with It. th only wr,;hy liberal), 5; for use of th tooth fifteen step bargaining for higher pay for but gaining such force from tho trlbu-arlo- s I! waa ft great worker among the poor re ,h' Dd ,0 ontrgat my yeara, 13; total 13X0. I return the preaching the gospel. New York Sun. of thought that the weak har- and upon ono occnulon at a puhlla whlch he had H. lny:al on account and Inclose check for gold of riers ' d gathering wa caution were swept away. unexpectedly called trouble me Her next words revealed its true U!on to speak on The Toor In I.arg Snake Captures Dog. 0"ly that I would balance, fHh um which I held JZ depth and current appallingly to the ( Itle. Dr. Bell arose solemnly and beHarry Metzel of Boston went to th Wo Hop of lUllof. wUh iT.hM man be what who had taken her young life in- gan: "Ladle and gentlemen, ther ln hills r Mountain Tea yesterday -I i. b fno,,h to start to his keeping. He could have knelt are three kind of poor. There are th Ilow much will you take for that search of mountain tea. He was acln ih n,w world. In contrition and kissed the hem of her I ord'a poor, the devil's poor and th Infernal accordion? demanded the red .A ?"F trmwmber and faced citizen who had thrust hla head companied by a young beaglo hound. poor devil. This a 111 conclude my pretty gown.. from became hound The separated Wi,rr who had been th'r window. And the old clergyman I shall offer not this to cloth It him tha soon attracted he atyle of the out of the second atory and by Metzel itt church after all, she said firmly. "1 down without arothcr word. "It wouldn't do you anyth good to yelping. He found tho hound In a Im" i hy Imploring me to answered dejected have itlrhod so many bitter dlslllu-- ' op,n ,nd o t buy It, tulsicr. space ln the underbrush, Ive six imall open wrapped lhr' ln th worn- - musician on the sidewalk. around tho animal Found hlmaelf listening Intensely for Mon with life Into It, that It would Th Proper Thing. and firmly ,0 receive my more of em at home, be sacrilege. Thmo are place I can- the reply. n, h, i "I hope you do not consider It was a large snake. the f4rwH. "Honey, l'-111,1 b,,,r to And he went on playing r every thread wrong for a je trg lady to wear fine climbing io the top of I ho treo In hi Leould not he moon March. was a protest against God. Clothe and Jewel," Man. One ttfa Mias Benefits profession. Flood nothing, fct 44 ."i "What was that? MU Hall looked bler-o'Dexter in hi Hail flood MM has an-river h0rMissouri given lie The I h,v n ,ow up at a sound on tint piazza, Young barrister (to young lady) bear "Certainly tint," replied th pamoa. implored r. C. Nuckles of Jlachcport, Mo., is Natalie 1 tester went to th window "If the heart 1 full of mn,y, u, was ter, presume you play th Pino' Mother new house, completely furnished. Th "Dont 1 know that. Auntie? In the vain and I have sat and thought It and drew aside the curtain. Romruii reside, to her daughter) "Better esy ridiculous thlrg. them ran be no ole 1 water drove Mr. Nuckle away fionrt that high him that I had No.' was Diaettec, Fllegende disappearing around the corner of Jrn tlon to uttcrtlring the fact all out 1 have com to this opinion "l from his farm, and when ho returned gnashed hla teeth Ms life long everything, even the house, but her vision was too all ft eoinpar that Ida 1901. land on found of he to It ins money, blurred to diatlnguUh who it was, Surplus Wheat Crop mm to Clarke Chines Sailor. of thi tlvely new house, which was In good hla wife, ha !t h,ro world wheat surplus I M?',","4 The 'M must have It been mi sehooi at Over Its British vessel plying te eailly. 1 condition, tn make Journey watery eying despite 1 crop, of 1301 1. Putmuch aa th Udter There Is nothing about It to Indleatf and college, Ills grap of a thing is tt wa almost a year later. Win- eastern water are manned by Chines tb "pairing aa half He shrieked out tors, about o Immediate and absolute that It ter frctuM to have stepped hack sad crews, who the owner is, 1 pul"somethin out t Kingdom use ywly. i' WfyMN. t t ooYia ;ia"' " r ... tL - an-Ser- nu rl! i ' rwi. '."f Strad-lvariu- 1 be-fo- re . t, two-hor- -- se health-drinkin- - g, clean-shave- nine-tenth- n s Vi ar-w- as - ft Is" i tea-clot- 1 1 .ll ' ester-McAda- " , ?nfd nvr id a, 1 - Gld-dine- s, m t to i-- vil;n |