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Show r A . J wi-- ;. ' rL tiriL, Hr citATER n. ' " BY MAifISON H would fare by and by, when the wound had become a scar, she thought of least of all. ill -- v s'- vb., international press association her brother. t CONTINUED, She was ineapabla of a had kept her heart alive upon by 0,her iiVf1,00d ams years-drcthan eight else and appreciation; of life film v, ? namP,i Her mod f ome and love, had for toil n !'T nfiny had unfltted her to speak out what she privation, such as must be and her (japed since her mother died, n benefac- e, 1 t Ling once again, joyously and to'niorrow- Nor had she the no herself. There are rum? sWVe t0 dfcfy publlc opinion, to to lay than these same from accustomed nssocla- ,8f specters Memories, however dear and tions and pleasures by entering the Id are more easily forgotten or ranks of paid laborers. Hesitation was the growth at an end. The wish Tiissed, or smothered by that had been alfare-,them bade she If a most ones. j prayer In solemn sincerity was A answered was for a lifetime, boWj it fearfully soon, and she shivering with would offer no appeal. Her , time!" she repeated. destiny lower over was taken out of her It chill, and crouching hands. There was no ten,more Maybe maybe register. responsibility, no more strugknows but forty years? It gling. Hedges to the right and to the of one's heart, and left bristled with , tedious slumber tr r 'jre with-reserv- plain-spoke- 51 - "lr lio ,rete8 marriage is a loathsome scp-ink. for ones better and real self. A Ill; j ime! and I can have but one! But it,. If tills step should be ruin and Pill be no redemption cry, there can t. the grqve. 1113 grave, per-- s i side of Just as probably mine!" lit nlght, this very hour, she must d the glittering temptation to forO', ever womanhood, or murder, with mr, own hand, the dear visions that had :l8 to he more to her than reality.The amij per twilight had fallen early. It was jeason best loved by her dream ,org. She had not lied in declaring her Inquisitor that she had never IF but she confessed in love, ,a s had a3 she equivocated t k of her figure shadowy '& d lover stood beside her in the ten adiy gloom. Mrs. Romalne would is, 1 her sanity had she re questioned i)tt need how the girl had sobbed her urn fs into quiet upon bis bosom, how bit ed lowly but audibly to him of her nefi I and the comfort his presence ight. She had never looked Into face, but she should know him In . instant should they two ever meet ft flesh, as they did now dally In SB j and rit. Somewhere in the dim oait aed future he was waiting for her, tl she had borrowed patience from ilow the hope. She was to be his wife ter tor of children as unlike the prodl-- a SCTih of repression that lined two sides tor brothers table as cherulw to npets. She welcomed them to her 9 In these twilight trances. They d upon her knees, slept In her em-strained eager arms about her with their i:'t, dappled her cheek Unsubstantial possessions as types of good e, but cherished jsto come. Other women had such with faces less fair and 'tons less ardent than hers. If Great Pather'was good and mercl-udth- e Rewarder of them who put r trust in Him, a true and loving at, who rejoleed In the happiness Ilis creatures all these must be '9 at last. If she resigned them now was a final separation. And I can have but one lifetime, moaned again. Thwarted and fruit i thus far, but still all she had. Ihe one idea recurred to her with the iistency of a presentiment. The life ich God had given, the heart lie had er Ti , Ld It was a handsome carriage ln she rode at the masters right A pair of fine horses pranced - h 'd Vfgb thorns, sharp and thick as porcupine quills. But one path lay open to her feet -- a short and straight course that conducted her to Elnatban Withers arms. which hand. before on the OSCAR 11. OF SWEDEN Tha Moat Democratic wrM of Monarcha It, and a liveried coachman sat box. She had sometimes envied other women tho possession of like state. She ought to derive delight from these outward symbols of her elevation ln the world. It was an imposing mansion, too, before which the equipage presently paused, and a tall footman opened the front door and ran briskly down to the sidewalk to assist the travelers in alighting. None of her associates, married or single, lived in equal style, she reflected with a stir of exultation, as she stepped out, between her husband and his lackey, Mr. Withers address dampened the rising glow. This is our home, my dear. You will find no cause of discontent with It, 1 hope, he said, in benign patronage, banding her up the noble flight of stone Steps. Thank you, she replied, coldly. It is a part of the price for which I sold 1 must myself, she was meditating. nut quarrel with my bargain. Miss Field met them in the hall a wasp-lik- e figure, surmounted by a (SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE! Oscar II., King of Sweden, la one and his children have inherited neithof the monarebs who is not of royal er his physical nor Intellectual qualdescent. He Is great grandson of ities. Jules Ilerradotte, who was one of King Oscar Is not ashamed of the generals, grandmother who took the peasant's Napoleon's most notable and who was elected to the throne of pence ln exchange for the wine of marSweden ln 1810, becoming king ln the south, before Napoleons 1818 under the name of Charles shal, Bernadotte, happened by the XIV. Indeed, he la tho only monarch little Inn and carried her away on Napoleon set np who Is still repre- horseback. The comparative promissented on a throne. cuity of the ft o'clock suits King OsIs car well. lie hates pomp and cere-there Among living sovereigns CUPOLA SKETCHET WlLLmS Ufa In the Country. We have boon out in the country again to pet the wabbly calf nnd watch the angry little bee gather more honey. Wo left "the busy mart" one morning just at day break whon tho smells of a city great wore shedding their billons odor on a dyspeptic air. Wo left tho city not because we couldn't tak It with us, but because we didnt want it along. Wo are particular about our company when we go where wo might feel ashamed of ourself and we went to tho country. Wo were born ln tho country and adopted tha city because tho city wouldnt adopt us. Inasmuch as blood Is thicker than water, wo like Gods country beat. That Is why, when wo get all gummed up ln tno cerebral region, we hurry away to tho land of our nativity tho free, unbridled coun- CHAPTER HI. ALP past five! I small head. Her neck was bare and her face very oval, her wrote to Harriet to crane-likhave dinner ready skin opaque and chalky; her hair black at six. We shall be and shining, the front in long ringlets; her just In time, said Kled eyes jet beads, that rolled ami twlm incessantly. Mr. Withers, as he My dear cousin! she cried, effusivetook his seat ln the ly embracing her patrons hand and carriage that was to convey him with winning back an officious tear. It Is lihe sunshine to have you home again, his bride from the How are you? to depot their An Inland Lake. Well thank you, Harriet; or, home. try! Constance was jaded by her fort- should say, in tolerable health," reNot that we have ever haukerod and theres very little of it to or no more talented mony, giftundoubtedly for a farmer's life, our divine afflatus nights travel, and dispirited almost be- turned Mr. Withers, magnificently If bore him there. ed monarch than King Oscar. Allow me to Introduce my yond her power of concealment, but she The Queen of Sweden has of late and a disproportionate central statproof were needed In support of this had learned already that her lord dis- wife. Mrs. Withers! birthbeen somewhat of an invalid, uary that bothers us when we put on 70th his years assertion, majesty's Miss Field swept a flourishing courliked to have whatever observation he last year furnished it In the most although her majesty Is able to take our shoes, forbidding; but we hav day was pleased to make go unanswered. tesy. Constance, as the truer lady of unmistakable outdoor exercise on horseback. Quoen often dreamed of being a gentleman and complimentary the two, offered her hand. It was She is your housekeeper, I suppose? manner, for the universities of many Sophie is the true and faithful friend farmer. In our minds eye wo ha.o grasped very slightly, and Instantly re- countries on that occasion conferrod of all ln trouble, and her work ln the flitted from flower to flower on the she replied, languidly. linquished. and rarm, scratching the pigs with a cob, No that is she does not more degrees upon King Oscar thaa cause of charity Is manifold occupy the "Charmed to have the honor, I am have, it Is believed, over before been comprehensive work in which her feeling new horns sprouting on the position of a salaried inferior ln my sure! murmured Miss Field. "I trust held by any one individual, let alone royal husband often helps her. The Infantile rams, salting the now kitestablishment. I must surely have I see Mrs, Withers quite well? But a king. King Oscar Is a poet, a his- queen only rarely attends court func- tens, haltering the turkey gobbler, spoken to you of my cousin, Harriet you, cousin did I understand you to torian, a writer on military and, pertions, her tastes lying more in the dl gathering tho eggs where the horses Field. haps more especially, naval matters, rectlon of homely quietness. She is have failed to eat them, snaring gophNot that I recollect. I am sure that intimate that you were indisposed? with strained solicitude. a great lover of and authority on mu- a great reader of books and papers, ers from post holes, teaching tho dog I never heard the name until now." "A trifling attack of indigestion, not sic, and an orator of singularly wide and exceedingly clever at artistic to bitd fighting tne chinch Her mother, continued Mr. Withworth mentioning to any ears except and the Jersey cow out of the as re- needlework. both bugs and range comprehensive a in ers, pompous narrative tone, "was ing yours, my good nurse." Their majesties have four sons, but wheat field, taking skimmed milk to gards subject and language. my fathers sister. Left a widow ten Miss Field smiled indulgence In this no daughters. The crown prince, the village, bragging about our horses not Is As he a possessed years prior to her decease, she accept- concession speaker like and his and how near lightning came to hitis to Is, tall, her Gustavus, Con and anxiety, only of the happy gift of saying the ed my Invitation to take charge of my the king, a good sportsman ting our barn! who now heard of the "lndls-poaitio- n father, stance, and time the ct right thing house. She brought with her only right for the flist time, looked place, but of endowing his utterances and a capital shot, but more retiring Up to our recent visit tills was our child, the Harriet of whom I speak, and from one to and reserved In manners and tastes, droam of the farm. Now wo know the in other si most at times with a surprised dramatic, rare, the two remained with me until our lence. The crown princess, a cousin of the we have been deceived. All farmer eloquence. The king Is also a jourfamily group was broken ln upon by Ti rhnps Mrs. Withers would like to nalist of merit, and it is authorita- German emperor, Is delicate, and, to of today are gentlemen farmers, and death. Harriet would then have go tho great sorrow of the royal family just as soon as we can find a farmer directly to her apartments? pur tively stated that he occasionally consought a situation ns governess but sued and loyal Stockholm tho beautiful fool enough to swap places with us wo arHarriet, primly, with another tributes to nore than one paper for my objections. She Is a woman of enpllal of Sweden loves a court and are going out Into tho rural districts o'n various subjects. ticles courtesy. thirty-fivor thereabouts, and I preall that thereto appertains she has to cat green corn off the cob and bo all means," Mr. Withers replied A man possessing these faculties Is vailed over her scruples touching the for"By of late years been compelled to spend happy tho married. her. As it is, 1 fear your dinne propriety of her continued residence will have to wait for her. if, ns I pre- excellent company, quite independent a great portion of the year ln more Wo were met In the little country of the charm which proverbially southern climes. Their royal highunder my root, by representing that sume is the ease, you are town" by the farmer. After getting A as first-rat- e punetilal a Is to lie royalty. dings nesses have three fine boys, who her mature age, even more than our your etistmn." In payment a bill host, active and attentive, and al- promise to grow tall like their father shave and offering relationship, placed her beyond the so big neither the barber imr wo could In I Could fail upon promptitude statllest of the Imaginable though and grandfather. reach of scandal. For eighteen months this chango It, he bought some good ciday of all others? queried Har- presence there is altogether a conPrince Oscar, the kings second son, gars and said be was ready. she has superintended my domestic afriet, sentimentally arch, and preceded siderable amount of I'aucb-regime renounced bis right to succession on fairs to my entire satisfaction. That I the b; Ido upstairs. It was a glorious morning. In tho state about the Swedish court bis the occasion of his romantic marriage, have not allmfbd directly to her before . OVTINCl .l TO moves about In his salons and he nnd his wife have more and air there wus no essence of redolent malesty during our acquaintanceship is only to no with almost youthful vivacity, having more withdrawn from court life. But cafatertas, no ancient alley-stoucbe accounted for by the circumstance fetor only mo sweet inand tho in word for kind a everybody CONTRIBUTION HER and ACCEPTED. Prince Carl, the soldier prince, that we have had so many other and cense of meadow and field. guests" own language. bis charming wife, nee Princess more engrossing topics of conversaIIr Itrother Fulil tnr It tt AUvrrtUliif At tho farm homo tho grass In the of ln streets Oscar the walks are of King Denmark, extremely II mr. tion. He raised her gloved hand to his front yard was clipped with a lawn often unattended; he vis- popular. his capital, Ib-rlowed! is' the amusing experience of its the theaters, attends all athletic lips ln stiff gallantry, and Constance of mower, there were a hammock and Prince Eugene, the youngest an amateur literary aspirant which was 'if some one, stronger and wiser than smiled constrainedly In reply. and military tournaments, and loves their majesties' sons, has Inherited easy chairs. The dinner was a dream. His endearments, albeit he was less told to me a few days ago, says a wrltar ould only take the' responsibility of nothing so well as to board his yacht, his full share of the Bernadotte tal- The farmer spent the day enjoying ibion from my soul, would hedge mo profuse of them than a younger and in the New York Commercial Adver- the Drott, and be off to Marstrand, or ents. Like his uncle, the late King himself while tho hired help did tha more ardent bridegroom would have tiser. l,n the right and left, I would go There wore yet two picnic some other quiet seaside resort, be- Charles XV. of Sweden, he wields work. A young woman In New York wrote ward. As it Is, I dare not! I dare been, were yet frequent enough to keep fore his court officials know that he the brush, and Is passionately fond and a salo to attond that week. H She sobbed and wrung her hands his wife In unfailing remembrance of one day a short skit Intended to be of his art He has studied under the went to all throe. contemplates the trip. he agonies of his claims and her duties. He was, ap- humorous. It aroused favorable comWe havo always contended that irresolution, is constant His CapL masters of Paris and elsewhere, and companion tVoii told Constance about the tele-- it parently, content with her passive subment from her circle of friends and while tho farmer feeds us all ho usualwas her brother speaking in mission to these, seemed to see In her the made up her mind that It was good ly keeps the best for his own larder. to be published in one of the There la a huge overgrown belief ln f library below. The sound arose forced eomplalsanee evidence of her enough she i nly through the open register, town that a farmer skimps, his own pleasure In their reception. He was too humorous periodicals. Accordingly submitted It to first one periodical, ,1 did. But I table to carry food stuffs to market. regret to say that she la sedate, as well ns too gentlemanly, to then another. It was a brief skit, only Perish the error; tho farmer has fresh I yet in the frame of mind we could be openly conceited, but his appreciafch her yellow-legge- d the to carry to the Interview with tion of his own Importance ln society about fifty lines In all. and, as her eggs and vegetables, chickens cavort about his legs I Withers, said Mrs. Romalne, She and In business circles was too pro- brother indulgently said, "couldnt posBut still have done any harm. and tho 8pples ln his orchard are a Mya expressed herself with delib- -' found to admit a doubt of the supreme sibly to see d failed editors tho as tho cheeks of his pretty ruddy-hueprecision even in conjugal tete- - bliss of the woman he hnd selected to and kept sending It of It humor the His mall Is delivered at Without daughters. share his levatd position. back to her. Finally the young author his door, ho has a telephone and takes Constance heard the rustle of being puppyish, he was pragmatical; was about forty-'leveperiodicals which he rends ik'o?" he was te- lust heart completely and paper as Charles laid It without Icing skit in the 4ittle to her poor before passing them to that bourns bury the creak of his chair as he nacious In the extreme of his dignity from which newspapers nover return. to depths of her portfolio. Then her fronted his wile. What la the mat and the respect he considered dueCon- brother took pity on her and said: His lifo is not ideal, but It has a this. Had her mood been lighter me your skit. Ill get Here, give Don't pity tho to been leaning that way. tempted nie overstrained Ideas of the beau-n- d stance would have It published or know the reason why. save your sympathy for th age. cousin's to farmer; his allusion the at propriety of reciprocal devotion, smile A week or two later br skit aptown slave. Hteve. she looks for a hero in his own exceeding It by three years, as peared In one of the humorous papew. r'WKl, and Mr. Withers has nothing she bad accidentally leaned through and the young contributor enjoyed all acquaintIn his appearance A Green Cucumber. or composl the Indiscretion of a common this of first authorship, sending d point the lights ance He was sensitive upon been thinking wo would Wo have to of tho friends, paper marked copies 1! informed. She Is worth more write a poem on what a green cucumcontribution did not The than half a mil- -' She had likewise been etc. etc., all accumulated upon how many ber does to a man, but wo could only a prominent place. Il was among by his own tal- - had yet to discover ttnd Industry, think of one lino: Ho-others. the adv rtlseinents, but the author had returned Mr. not have seen many comics among tho adver Constance cannot be such an Most voting wives would "Oh, what tho green cucumber doos g!oiM to a man la a plenty!" simpleton 113 not to perceive relished the idea of finding this Inval- thii nunis and she was too contented mannlfoHt advantages of to sec her contribution in type to Inthis Conner uable relative installed ns prime It That was plenty for the man, but km-mattered it what ! her. I have never abode new Protected Bay on Swedish Coast. tmr not enough for a poem, so wo smoked quire farther. Bhe never complained of ager ln languidburden of her that twinkle In her brother eyes on In silence and decided that wluit maintenance, but I tie to her, ninaunce said, still S.m me Aukenkorn, who has been by tho side can hold bis own even ln tho beat c. ofttn wondered her own sense of who olnyed. uiid ruled mi and that be bud paid full adverly, who green cucumber doos to a man could within tluee tising rates to I11.1i it her skit In tifty of his king everywhere and at all company. itoan,! expediency did not not bo told In verso. Therefore, w urge her had given up so much remembeIt be will Prince Oscar, ind lines (pure, single column, one Inser- times for nearly sixty years, put forth some effort at months pact that resignation began to wrlto In proo. After filling 1 Til,'r The king's great love for his coun- bered. renounced his rights to th but one way in which come a habit; sacrifice was no ,ns''r tion seventeen pages with tho worst lot of of one to the was throne marry ban do this. She is queend stomachaches on record, "we decided abundantly try and countrymen not sufficiently on effort. Having nothing to hope for. nl Afivw rQUgh ln It .fur proven to the writer of this article, maids, and he Is now known as Prince what a green cucumber does to a man ny branch of literature. eh could sumnin no further loo. !twd He Is very religious, and Is so knows he who ln 1901 bad the honor of visiting Bernadette. think very von of Tin much that It cannot even bo told accomplishment, to berome a long this nightmare ln . Salvation Is Interested The Drott the deeply did upon bis Unit majesty 'sful teacher. In the event of my , ..mimic was a question In prose. Wo then tried crowding It much? b or as kings first question, upon learning Army, he and bis wife, frequently failure In business she would Into both prose and poetry, but gave My dear, sir; lm knows as much Itself m h. r gray moving visitor was an American, speaking before the meetings. oven to the It up at last, deciding to leave this hr average politician thinks bs that his humiliating resource Having once conquered Nature,of K aort of citizens do my "What was: hnl the king In sewing for a muhr kroAtt. sign for your perusal: livelihood, or held Inclination terClams. Found Twin d a he thinks he kuows countrymen In your northwest ll,t much liree.u-tlrwlnc- l. As ore jhsan-uclpnteof until degrading position solve. , The Brunswick, Me. Record report ritories make? In a store. Her future Ufore or af.et the nomination? no nsurrect.on, Sh :lf you would bo well served,: the we discovery by g man digging clam majesty," best have, your "The -';' bcn a source of much and anxious ? Servo yourseL, ! . ; h.,t n .mu answer. Whereupon, In that vicinity recently of the rather natural wa the fight with me, This marriage lull and bloody, ouHStiiutea hut T.'II-Mlull. two of clam unusual til answered: phenomenon his fare beaming, the king nnd mnt'w I full evening l tto wife In hoped, quiet my apprehen that length of days After serving yourself you will know lluslcn occupying one shell. Only once be"That of delights me Immensely rob -youth by mat Hug her to Lirows needed all . art lu yon s.rrs! In that ore in his i with all My about what a green cucumber does all fore 1 handsomely long can tell experience 3, more than I you." I. 11 !,e refuses Withers I shall be elintlcltv; that the gum who Ungers gains to wear? to a man. Then you may writ. jour thanks to bte peasant clams has the discoverer found twin Oscar, King I ary and disappointed, Sho la ex ept the flow- case was own thesis on "Ptomnehiubex I Wife t. orlg'n, Is a superb specimen of man- nmon c bivalve, and that .I"'"1' '" of sen dts.cr would hood, and. In point of stature, thets found n the same locality. I l,n,0,'Kh lo leave off school-gih v, Had, or "What the Grrcq fucumber ht. 'f," I.,y, j fntl!t.v.M " ' Did to Me When I Yain ma, most the looking," and irieit.' Intellect, you Puzzles Phrenologists. For tho bet description of n fie'u.n-he- r lUter P'" out her foot and shut ms fluittL) "The bl Hu- - end jestic figure a morg ttn morarrhs of Hood once said that phrenologists wo contortion In Its active She had had a Europe, 11 married Pricer? Sophia M, w imiseiessly. havo never satisfactorily accounted will give one pair of to !. d.i ncbier of a race who? of tllrtgruMblo truth for that Naati. , .1 hr ' warrant' d to Ct. Wrlto ewyiVtn blond has been vitiated by a lorg suc- for the fact that when a man Is putThe man who .tnf eVi Immed.F'-lM'uoi .itlefll his ocrstches head. bo tied rt It and avoid trowdl-i- . Th to starly cession of consanguineous marriages, tiujnjn'nch ho UiiTt giilnj ruth, every word of It. CPUS!' lo W.UUU.IS as a d S 5 3 to a this, rem i ...,uy lumgcr-o- a e; book-agent- S, e, ( slop-wago- n e bard-liearte- n in oe-rtt- n. self-sup- 1 M-. 11 H-- vu rl ) T Ski .. li" 1 -- mean-spirite- |