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Show Domestic j Blunders of Women i"i'd to (lie p. opie; C'omwalf had been aware of its first imtpliin an fad waU'lie-- it grow tul maturity. Hut to tho to ils city ot London tie airest of forty A Story of Cromwells Time ia their midst was a d for a time all shot I, that BY AMELIA E. BARR. their business Israel Sw all am was the first per1. Thovi and the Other On." Author of "The Bow of Orange Rlbboo, son called into vii.- Protectors pres-cin"The Maid of Malder. Lane, Lie, lie found li m in gieat sorrow, (l oi'Viiiilit, vmi, by Dod.l, Mead li Company, Alt lithe, ii.simmi! ) soi row mingled with a just indignaWith bis i lemTied hand ho tion. tvin Nvi spaiii Union CHAPTER XI. (Continued.) mote directly than myself I send yo t pointed out to Isiael the personalities Makin Yer Pitcher At one name he a lust word from this place. "And talking of going across seas, My of the conspirators Mil i nutlv s (iiifhrr in she continued, ''reminds me of (Tuny; thoughts outreach all written words. paused, and with his linger niton It, n M tir Tumhlir' K.i k .i cl u(h a HhirUrt ns neither of you seem to enro about him, 1 am with you, my own dear one, in looked into Isiuel's fare "It is a burning shame," Israel said, yet our Jane is tretting herself sick, all my best moments, and my un- Mtast" snow th njion "You have pardoned and Grahi si love salutes you. and you might both of you see it. angrily. z, "I li in. Whilo changeable Ih Kf dont lit t h tns vltath and warned in love Dr. me protected lum for years. "Tell to said be vmeniler Jane your ciously patient, all out o In at!. nllin' "1 must even now do wlial I can; I Verity, "if ('limy is not back by tho an! prayers. Vuiik' i iulit In lu if'" must, Israel, lor ins father's sake. A New Year, 1 will go myself ntid bring "(Tuny Neville," i inak Gosli' 1'itl jdUdiof Ir. and I Jane. I do think the warrant will be issued him back. But remember all is to arletter. 't th STOW. icr good 1 can i old toon cap than t bePuntin' fiom and cannot it is wrote reorthat, stay personally man and order that and guile, beyond range rearrange, tl tot I to am It. What I warn him of not not will der, men to put out of tdiiee, and men yond dishonor of any kind. Sink in almost how nr load .1 do?" ezzin kl like ina a touched of Jst him. a He olliee. into doubt tiear to The work before put i W'hilth snow all uw My dear lord, do nothing. I can do the Protector is stupendous." bell, and when it was answered snid, Ncvi'i bothers w a spot k HoidUSt ,ts lull' This opinion proved to lie correct. "Mr. Tasbu'g to my presence with- all you wish. There needs no more words between us. In two hours Altol Day after day passed, and no wo;d out dtlay." Mr. Tastmrg camo without dtlay, and Cromwell turned to Dewey you know Abel- - will be on concerning (limy was possible. the road. Give him a good horse and One crisp, sunny morning it: Janu- him in some passion. Mark Tasb irg," he said scornfully, lie will so manage' himself and the ary Jane suddenly resolved to make some inquiries herself. "I have not o.ce heard front you In beast as to reach Ids journey's end In hours." "Have you heard anything about the matter ot laird Neville's delay. twenty-fouIsrael then went quickly home. He Lord Neville, Sir Thomas? she asked. The commission for your search is "I am very, very unhappy at his long more than a mor th old It Is, sir, and I calk'd Jane and explained to her in a tew words what she was to do, and by like not such delays. delay. tho time her letter to Matilda was to I Lord "So am I, answered Sir Thomas. Pnt.eetor, reported "My "I sent a trusty men to The Hague, Mr. Thtirloe ami Mr. Milton that my ready, Abel Dewey was at the door waiting for it. Its beginning and endand it seems Imrd Neville collected search had been "f no avail, tho money due there, six weeks ago. "What date do land Neville's last ing was in the ordinary strain of girls He refused a note on the Leather letter bear? letters, but in the center there were Merchants' Guild of this city, and in"It was written at Paris on the 11th some ominous words, rendered remarkable by Hie large script used, and sisted on being paid in gold, and was day of November. so laid. Now, Jang, a thousand sov"The sat e date as your last letter, by the line beneath them "I must tell Mistress S.vuffliam. Four mouths ago. you there lias been a great plot ereigns arc not easily carried and is serious." The turning to Tills and against the Protector discovered. he said, Find Col. Ayrton and Charles Stuart and Prince Rupert are "Well, sir? Please go on. "A shiii left that night for the Amersend him here, to me, without de tho head and front of the same, but KKTCHIN" YF.IJ 1KATH!' there is a report that Stephen de icas for the Virginia Colony." lay. s What' Didn't ever m.ike or pitcher in Wick Is not behindhand and my father between the interval "But Lord Neville to not did During go th simvv! and Ayrtons arrival, did hear that a warrant was out for Can't tell what of Joy you've missed, now America. Oh, no, sir! That is an departure 1 jest know. Cromwell was occupied in writing a Stephen, and hoped he would reach impossible thought." kies pure Makes yer red t'ouise it dots It do s tel sute! Why did he insist on tho gold? letter, and when it was finished, Col. French soil, ore it reached him." She Dtivcs uway th' grip and etoup hasted to sign her name and close the This Is the tiling that troubles me." Ayrton entered, Jest skedaddles with a whoop. in bo as It your letter. Abel Dewey was ready for It, "Who says he insisted on gold?" may steps as closely Most scared t' death! "I think he widow man "The of you and as she watched him ride away her said, "Colonel, who the paid Well! "Did ye ever make vir pitcher In has thoughts turned to de Wlek, and she He Neville? know Lord It." (Tuny th' snow?" Thus sez 1 to sister Sue a week ago. wondered in what niood Matilda might I do fear, in some unforhave been mistaken. "She She disappoint'd, may Then she up and tried It too' Nohe. and how she would receive the of On 11th the last tunate The way. be dishonest. may herself money Mister! how til snow diift ttew! Got into la I' shoes an la ad information sent her. Would It be a I left Paris, after dispatchhe vember at been have never all. may paid Now she's dita'ful sick in bed on was sent with business he do surprise? not the Did it lias believe been ing paid. Jest like a Kill "Not it, answered Mrs. SwafTham. your trusty man see Lord Neville's Cardinal Mazarin. No one has heard Say! Gills cant make much of a pitcher 1 have written to his knows all about the plot; Matilda him of since. not a' Tali' quittance?" Don't look nothin' like a human where "I have not thought of that, Jane. Eminence, the Cardinal; here is the that is most certain; hut its discovery they fall' I will send letter, and if his reply he not to the may bo news to her, and if so, she again to The Hague. 'Tain't got legs r aims complete will not thank you for it, Jane. Why Jest a great lug bloteh an feet! Yes, sir, and let your messenger point, go next to tho lodging of Takes a hoy. with tingin' shout. follow will she burn herself with fire not oa his and from there see Lord ask Nevilles to Neville, uthll all out, down quittance." Failin' spr d! (ov seldom complain that t'ey cannot gei on with "tiic lua-- : r " it is always "tha missus. Again I uskwby is TEE LIONS WHELP this? The most lory and sulk. female servant will alv. ays snide and do anything cive: ni!! for her master. or the young gentlemen of the house, i - (SI J servants IfT well-wor- vain-gloriou- bread-winners- ' I - 1 ri i i . r ; Tas-Imr- 111 s eoi-pu- 1 make snow T" pit li' I ! M ' .1 c-- iv n , ,th 'n , i .till v et v i t n opy ic lit t " by ! uni A hi nn!!! Un.) her hearthstone? "Prince Rupert is her lover. She will do anything he desires her to ln-i- (U Sentence Sermons. Folly pays ttie orchestra. All would he great by adoption. Money makes the automobile go. Hope is the salvation of happiness. Do good, tho others do you good. Respect and love are twin brothers. Love gets cold feet at a shiftless fireplace. Beware of the dog lie may not be disinfected. The blessings of health are best told by sickness. Wealth cannot put a golden nameplate on the heart. Fame is tiansiiorv; the memory of a mother, everlasting. the God made the universe, and his handiwork. trusts An unmarried man nia.v marry, but a married man's goose is rooked! The rillle- - run to still water; indiscreet youth to wisdom ami the tranquility of old age. When Inn gry. beg of the man whose looks suggest he may have been hungry himself some day. The rich, having always been fed, cannot appreciate the gnawings of do. "If he truly loves her ho would not permit her to be put In danger. Then Mrs. SwafTham went out of tlie room, and soon afterwards Dr. Verity came In, asking cheerily as he entered, "How Is it with you to-da- Jane? "I live as best 1 can, doctor. I watch from the morning to the midnight for a footstep that docs not come. "There is a desire that fulfils Itself la liy its own energy, hut this desire horn of unfailing Hope, and of that unfaltering Faith that ran move mountains. Have you got It, Jane?" "I am so weak. Doctor John. Pray for me. "Pray for yourself. Why should any one pray for you? Pray for yourself, though It be only to say, with the old Go Acadians, Hold Thou my hands! to God, Jane; you are only a little babe In His sight; a little babe crying in the vast void and darkness, and trying to catch hold of something to which you may cling. Say to the Father of your spirit, 'Hold my A The Seeame. Piercing the azuio of lliuivcn'ii Muo, tot Where doth the Ladder of Fame Jim a Its top list eiilnst Dianas tower ? 7 Vesta's bower? Temple of Kpla-sHigh In a is'tl, ot wondrous gems Is there a now n with Its diadems Why do inun snuggle In hope and Imts. Specks on the bidder, towaid thilr Fate? In O10 ro.H mm? Why not n Aithfy nt l.tunl vitniiKh fm tho orow? )'' tnitM th M.u in tho nzuro bill Vhto doth tin 1..hUUt of I'.um loud to? Uj a man to Tho Hague power. Tho treasurer will honor this Farewell, Why do you not see the Pro- order for your expenses. Ho was fond of the young anu God go with you." tec tor? Ho waited until the door closed, and man. Ho believed In him." She only answered, "Yes, sir," and then he said: "I owe you this and then adding, "Coed morning, sir," site more, Jane; and 1 like the youth a tumid to go. Her whole appearance dear, religious youth, of a manly spirit was so wretched Sir Thomas con'd and a true heart." "it is four months, sir. 'Tis beyond not Hu himself of her unhappy atmoswent lie my was hope, and I fear Cluny is now beHis walk spoiled; phere Into In- - private room and smoked a yond human help." "Well, then, Jane, we will trust to pipe ot Virginia, hut all his thoughts We do not do that set tin tnselvos to one text: "There the miraculous. are many sorrowTitl things in life, hut enough, and so when our poor help Is not siilllelent, we tremble. Where is the loudest of all Is loving. the hope and trust you sent to mo Till W i'll liotl.it Hold Thou My Hands. i',iy was followed by a week of i ! i t Lend of THK LMDF.n iMiinm to Du' i.ind ' nf K Whin-- , in a .i kami: t. i - , i I . !dl' J.ove hath il iHlntt i.iii' Hlla li's ki?"' I.e.ldeth Ihe W il hi StlauDil to lie i e at u lie iiglil shield IDr limn the stuun- - mm Die wind tind Im II w i v i W Tml a i iv.u'p, amt t LnnH it Thin until Im th Ha m th ami t tli.ii I - Curiosity wi folth 1 ti r it att tu thf ITH1I, of (tilt4 SiiM-- t.viH I of Rampant, ltinqs "What in the world Is the matter down at tl.e Methodist church? Will I II pie-'.u- 'u Which ilu'' I " ( oW d low, ml tie ii'Uil ilnor t ' ') li till' Sill evil Kelp .l"lp l . I'V I l rt ,1 I I 111 I W.ii'i "Fmatt yiui', I How Hint lie c: up Dial urn to draw a hi; i niu'i ".D mu to bear bis " murulng set linin' new l.lllli ter I lay between life and death in Siotl.md? Oh, what poor creatures we ate. when WO trust In ourselves! Nothing then hut teurs and fears and tlie grin to end all." Coiuioited by his words, Ja no for- vrief, and as she went home- got le waul kept repeating to herself I'm an w i Xs parting advice, "Don't doubt, .line. Gnil nor man nor nature an do anything lor doubters. They iiinnet" She understood what was ill this ndviee, mid (dll' till'd 1IK luded to ieal!e It Tin moment Mis. FwalT La in hiw her daui-li- ti r, she took of the eliatige in her ountenanee and ipenb and manner, and she said to herself, ".lane has been with Oliver Cromwell. No one else could have so lulluenoed l.u," And very soon June told her all that hud b on done nnd said, and both women tried to assure tiieiiDelve" that a few more weeks of patience would end the suspense, At length April tunic, and tlie bare brown gulden was glniiuiis with tho gold and pm pie of the crocus flowers nnd the moonlight heuuty of (ho lilies. Blids were buildnm In Hie hedges, and the sun shone (nightly overhead. Tho spirit of spring was everywhere; men and hoys went whistling along tho streets, the wuleiinen were singing In -, nr.d a fieilrg of bn-tt'f'f content und mmiihIv peivndeil Ixuidun. of cheerSuddenly thh at ful labor mill abounding hope was filled with terror und with a cry of war, A gigantic murder, of -- it of Hio Profor tl.e sir.itiiou plot tector was discovered that is, It was when XII. June could do weather. but wait File fully resolved I,,, visited Cromwell to show w ben of a fearless woman blm t. ln'iive. because she doubted neither God I. ' man. p w.ii. however, the month of 'ore tlds vis It could lie niadi'. Maii li t nioitiitig In March she vpiislte On' liearii ten. Swnffliam mi) that the ladles were going to HamilCroinwi The protector would then ton ('on' t In Whitehall, and she might lie tiiot see him without having to share her a es with the family. Slio pie- a note asking for an Interview, pared and then railed on Mr. Milton and Induied him to go with her to the pul- and dellvt r It Into Cromwell's hand In her simplicity she ronsld- ered th s little plan to he a very wise one, and so it proved. Her fenr left her us soon as the door closed, and she wit" alone with her old friend. "Jane " im said kindly, "Jane, what Hi the tumble?" "It Is Lord Neville, sir. Nothlrf has been heard of him." "When did you hoar last from him?" .Inn" cti letter, and id 1, eil him to read It, He read It kbrnd, lmilnr ids vo'ec become sweet atm t' tu'"r in he did so "My de;mM nt d inn t h"tn red mis-treI mu ju t on the moment of leaving IaiiH; my hm c is at tl.e door, hut by a uMiHenrer that will com I j hands!" good letter, Jane.1 "I will send CHAPTER v t g Tas-burg- 1 v e, v n i II di and when she is in one of her tantrains, it is. in nine eases out of ten, IV) A A By because she cai rot get on with the - - 1 --h J missus, or the young ladies, or the the comother femal" servants-f- or the management of plaint of servants is always against V one idea 111 these what they rail She. "She is the articles is to he teror of the servant of either sex. and strictly fair to where there is dissension downstairs, women, and not, the femaie servant is always at the as so many other bottom of it. Does not ail this show writers have that mistresses cannot manage sorv done, to attack ants, and that teniale servants cannot IpW them unfairly on manage ore another? Ttie servants ot a house cost as subjects of vanimuch, as a rule, as the rent and taxes, ty, dress, extravagance, or any of and yet they never give satisfaction, and are never satisfied. Why is this? the other 1 could easily find tilty reasons to ac To topics. have followed in count for it. The mistress who over who underworks, the lines of my predot essors would, works, the mistress to my mind, have been to prove my the mistress who is unkind, the misown weakness, for we cannot change tress who is too kind, the mistress a woman's natuie any more than we who is too strict, the mistress who is can man's, and, therefore, to attack not strict enough, the mistress who women because they are fickle or makes favorites, etc., etc., would all s seems to me as absurd prove fruitful subjects to enlarge uiton as to attempt to prove that man is were they not too obvious. The renot the superior animal because be is, markable thing about the whole question Is, that though money will seby instinct, fond of cakes and ale. cure you everything on the earth, no at to want attack not I do Really, amount of wages will induce servme to all, because it Is as natural to be fond of women as it is for chil- ants, as a rule, to stop long in a place. servdren to be fond of toys. My real idea It Is a mistake to imagine that and love to is to give women an opportunity for ants are independent As a matter of fact, they are defense, and to prove their strengtn. roam. never It is for this reason that I attack them terrified to leave, because they a spiteful miswhat character know considered be to elect where they one bad strongest, namely, in their homes. The tress may give them, and means the street. It Is the character are women is that cry of late years as good as men, that they have been haunting fear of this which makes if possible give notice, before persecuted and kept under for years, them, receive it, for this is their only and that, therefore, they should not be they Is it natural to suppose of their proterton. in first the years expected, and homeless, and emancipation, to be up to competing that any friendless, . That is moneyless creature willingly leaves a with men as 1 do good roof, good food, ar.d good wages, quite reasonable, and, therefore, not gird at their mismanagement of to run the chance of meeting a worse for the political and commercial sides of mistress? Ttie thing is absurd, the motto of servants is the not very life. But the management of the house lofty one of Oervaise: To have enough to eat and drink, they have always had, and, as I have all their lives, to die in their to work to said, there they; fail sadly either and be buried decently. beds, to or money comfort, spend provide When 1 was a little fellow, I heard In the proper way. Woman's mission is to always put the blame on some one else. Eve began it. She put the blame on the serpent, and her daughters have ever since blamed the serpent on the hearth the servant. Do not run away with any idea that 1 am going, for mere love of paradox, to champion servants. A French writer has said, "So many servants, so many spies, and. in my mind, servants are many things worse than spies. But let servants be, as they are, woman's excuse for everything that goes wrong, just as servants put everything on the cat. I accept the gage. For the purposes of argument, we will admit that servants are at the bottom of ail the evils of home life. Now let us inquire into that. The first question to ask the woman in the box, who is giving eviThe mistreis who is over kind. dence for the defense, is: a servant say that the fate of a serv"Who engages the servants?" The answer is "I do. The witness, ant was: "To work while you are young, to be it understood. Is speaking on bewhen von are old, and to go to heg half of women generally. The next the devil when you die. question is: I have never forgotten it. "Who directs t ho servants? There is very much to bo said on The arswer is the same, I do." subject of mistresses and serv-- j PurJng this line, I ask the mistress: Hie ants very much more than I have "From whom do your servants learn either space or patience for, ami there ti.eir business?" would be very little use lu saying "From me! obAnd anything they dont know, I it if I had, as it seems all very of think to It, cotne when vious you may take it, is due to the fact that former mistresses have not taught, which women apparently never do. We are as But this fact remains. or have failed to teach, them? much indebted to servants for the "That Is so." we are to Then, If the entire education, en- comforts of home life ns The only Hiid daughters. our wives and gaging, paying, managing is two classes the between difference of servants is carried on by women, and if the proportion of vvom-- that some of us are allowed to try over men servants Is very large, and manage our wives ami daughters, the entire blame for the unsatisfac- and some of us succeed, hut none of with tory state of the servant question must us are ever allowed "to interfere the servants"; all wives and daughbe due to women?" The witness dot's not answer, and. ters mismanage them, to our sore on being tressed, bursts into tears, discomfort ami their own; another tiling is that we can get rid of our and finally says: servants, hut not of our wives and "It Is all the fault of t In men! who, candidly believe, are daughters, do as a lrtve to Men, rule, nothing a it h servants, tlm larger proportion really the most to blame, though, pisir jf st nants are women, ami, there- souls, I do believe most ot them try. Tho fact remains however, that fore tin faults of servants Is only mother pi oof that women ate incapa- women arrogate to themselves tho ami prove ble of mining. ng aimth r ery large manage incut of -- motion of a nt'cesMty which should ilndr incapai it y for tlm task by the margo to malo tomfort and economy in deplorable state of tin servant Mi'ii manage girls, waittlic home. But p rbaps It is not fair ie t to Judge ci.lircly b majorities, l.et resses, factory girls, and all sorts of Wolimn encaged in lb If businesses; cn look at the cxc'ption, which again ''"i"1"' M,T n,!"' Baihelors keep their lm! loves the rub ami if tin could, they ag!! I Mf IMIlfl i it i ouil lie, r wivis ami prevent daughters Irom IntcrD'imig The queslie tint)' so that is til What thin is; .. we may live in peace when our day's wink is done? it looks Ilk' ail Impasse, but it Is mt. The larger proportion of scrv mils are women, therefore it is women we have to deal with. Tin teal rein- cily is to promptly sack all your worn n servants. anl engage imm only. Men servants will cook, make beds, in on of her tantrums. sweep, and wait at table Why should for or women, servants, men years, thev not do so for families? They do in France, In it In hotels, especially vnil. with a few exiept'nns, always lu mid H the army. Womstaurmits. Is as tuasures Wtiy speuk of them en nppnt'i ntly lantiot, or will not, this? Ask any servant who applies to you learn, nnd women appear to ho tinteach Mill Slide tin to (III) t'lieli for n iJtuntlnu why lie or she left his or he.-- lust place TIi" iilnuet tnva themselves to cook ill a very Short flnhle answer N' "I could not get on time, and till tlie rest Is i hihls play. A"I with the nilstri'i-- " why any Ye", the solution of tlie seivnnt qm's fientl., mm's gentleman, ot my lady's tinu is lii get rid of your women scrvi l"cn. ;eil Ttta'ie t''""! on- 1, r mr Men Dde In y mu ; el . at' I. 'll! Mu it (i 'I s i'l tT a Mi If move, but Hi nut lt :i n I w vv wo k. an i,i u v 'A lit!' m fttlt IM .1 M t li itmi" HO eapiM It. it K in'i Mtk '..m tn Wlr do II'" . t to MERE Inins no-tle- t ' ha-fie- mo'-tdiei- ii- And she rose and kissed him his sweet counsel, and that night, many a night afterwards, she asleep whispering, "Hold Thou hands! (To be continued.) WANTED HIS for and fell my WORTH. MONEYS Would Not Hire Cab Unless He Could Do the Driving. It was evident that he was not a city man, for he looked at the cab long and doubtfully before deciding to hire it. Funny lookin' thing, ho muttered, "with tho drivers seat out over the tail of it; but I got to play all the games there Is, so here goes." He moved up to tho waiting cabby. fcf "I want to hire the awhile," tie ai'lioutieed "All right, tir, said tlm cabby. "Win re du you want to go?" "Fav!" was the 'ndlgnat response, "seenn to me veiii'" fill tin pretty Wh.it U i' to you where I want gay. t to go Ton;; as I pay tho piice? Think d I'm ruin' to run away with the box?" "No. sir, eeitalnlv not." returned suppose; Hie (ii'iliy "Pbasmo ride, want to ; ee tlie tdgl.ts. Got right in. go-ca- 1 ami In!" exclaimed the stranger. guess not. Think I want t "Well, ride in that caooose! No. sir, I'll git mi top " "But that's my plnee," protested Him cubby "llow can I drive "Drive! Who's nukin' yon to drive? D'ymt think I'm hirin' this hears so's 1 kin play the part of tlm lat lamented? Not any. I'm a live man, 1 aiu. I'm payin for a live man's fun. Git In yourself." "But I can't do that, sir," "Why not? YouT'P smsller'n I im. "I mean I must drive." "Then w hut's the fun for me? n I was li okin' fv r a lit:! Joy dod-iHungs, an' I sure aint gmu to piy you tor imluli.iu' in the mtort. If you got to iltive, why take your ol upto thunder. right piano box an' drive ain't never piny oil I was tnere,aa-(Hm- u yet. mi t aint finin' 0 brji Brook!) n ll.igte. liow. Git 1 1 |