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Show enemy bursting out from the windows near the basement. Some other plan, then, was needed. A xvi. chapter At Last By ST. GEOME RATHBOIiSE, iMlneroj "HUli Mu Million," "Th Spider' Mi Ctpriot," t. Wtb, "Dr. Jack' Widow," ' The Germ Content of Milk. For many years it was supposed that milk In the udder was absolutely free from bacteria, the supposition being that It existed In a sterile form as most other fluids and secretions of the body. This notion prevailed because of the fact that men were able to secure samples of milk which kept Indefinitely so far as appearances were concerned. Doubtless in many cases no tests were made of the milk s to ascertain whether any were present or not The conclusion, therefore, concerning the sterility of milk in the ndder was a very natural conclusion. It is an easy matter to secure milk from the udder of a cow which will to all appearances keep very satisfactorily, and, in my own experience, 60 per cent of the samples taken under sterile conditions from the udder will not undergo a change of any kind unless it is a slight deposition of the suspended constituents in the milk. More recent work, however, has demonstrated that Isms are quite commonly found in milk as milk exists in the udder, sometimes in quite large numbers but not all of are capable of these producing apparent changes. Some of them are obnoxious, however, and probably lead to undesirable fermentations Prof. Chas. E. Marshall. micro-organism- micro-organ- -, micro-organis- Buying a Bull. Who needs a dairy bull? I would answer by saying, any man who intends to make dairying the chief aim of his live stock farming, needs a pure bred dairy bull, says Charles L. Hill. "What breed," you ask; I would answer, Just the breed you take a fancy to, for with this one, you will have the best success, because you will give it the best care. The bull the dairyman will need, will probably not be the one that the pure bred breeder will need, for the latter, besides quality, is seeking for good looks and many fancy Joints. The essential point will be the same however. In his search for a bull, by correspondence, the dairyman must rely largely on pedigree, and the reliability of the breeder he deals with. If possible, I would go and see the dam of the bull I was to use in my herd. "How good a cow shall she be? I would say that with the improved methods of care, given by the breeders of today, to their herds, mo bull should be given a place in a dairymans herd, whose dam will not make at least 400 pounds of butter in-year, or its equivalent, S4S pounds a of fat The greater her record, the snore valuable her son, other things being equal. Cooperative Cooperation. Cooperation, when properly managed, results in profit to the The problem is to manage right cream-orle- s 3y. Some of the in New York have up for discussion the question of forming a cooperative society of creameries. So far as we are able to learn the attempt has not culminated in an organization as planned. This may be due to the fact that the motive of this combination was said to he the virtual control of the New York market in the matter of milk and perhaps cream. Selfishness is a poor foundation on which to build a co--I operative movement. But that there is room for such an organization if 1 built on generous lines is true. We I have in some of our states many hun--1 creameries. Were dreds of 'I an association formed of these in each f state, it could render much service to creameries in existthe ence and could stimulate the founding tof new ones. It could gather and dls- tribute information of great value to .all the creameries. It is rather sur- t prising that steps have not before been taken in this direction. i Value of a "Starter." starter must not only be con-eidered as a means for improving the I flavor of tainted cream, but ought to as a means for ; be adopted universally ripening all creams. A good starter I lays the foundation for fine and uni-- formly flavored butter, and without it a fine flavor cannot be obtained in 'i pasteurized butter. The reputation of the Danish people tor making unl-- ; form butter, that has gained prefer- i ence in the English and other markets, is largely, if not en- tirely, due to the use of starters in I Its manufacture. Oscar Erf. 1 A 1 for-sig- n Forests snd the Water Supply. Many acres of burned land in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains, southern California, have been planted to pines and Incense Cedar this winter by the Bureau of Forestry. Heavy rains have helped the planters; the seeds of the November planting have already germinated. This work has commanded the interest and the help of the country which It affects. The Los Angeles County Forest and Water Association has subscribed $266, and the board of trade of Pasadena $600, to help in the expense of the planting. The country g is alarmed by the water supply; the growing of trees on the burned mountain sides, which conserves and regulates the flow of water, is a vital matter to the inhabitants. Hence the popular interest in the planting. A. squad of 10 to 16 men under Mr. T. P. Lukcns of Pasadena .has been planting seeds for three months. Knobcone Pine has been planted on 'the dry, burned spots; Incense Cedar and Sugar Pine on the molster, cooler places; and Western Yellow Pine on all situations. The work gives promise of excellent results. steadily-decreasin- American Guernsey Cattle Club. I The annual meeting of the Amer-;Tca- n Guernsey Cattle Club will be held (at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York. im May 13th, at 10:30 a. m. The 7 ear Just closing Is the twenty-fiftsince the establishment of the Register and organization of the club, and has been a very successful one for (Guernsey Interests. Wm. H. Caldwell, secretary, Petersboro, N. H. I h I f Wing-bow- s are the upper or ahoub part of the wings. Oapjrlski tSOl, Stmt snd Smith. CHAPTER (Continued.) The idea which he had conceived to the effect that the chances might be better in the rear of the hotel as compared with the sides facing upon the was at least reasonthoroughfares able. He believed some unseen hand guid-- . ed him, and there was a certain bold confidence in his intrepid heart that all would yet be well all must be well, since Arline loved him. Heaven could not be so cruel as to give him this fleeting glimpse into paradise. Just as Moses was allowed to look over into the Promised Land, and then snatch him away forever. It was this positive belief in ultimate escape that bore him up bo well, that kept his brain as clear as a bell, and prevented a confusion of ideas such as must have proven fatal to his chances. The two fugitives ran the gauntlet in safety, although there was a time when Charlie began to fear their progress would be cut off, so fiercely did the savage flames roll along. occurred, an opening Luckily through which he rushed, halt bearing Arline. To retreat meant destruction, a a he well knew, and their only hope now was to push grimly on. One thing favored them close to the fire the smoke was not so suffocating in some of the corridors it was so dense that many poor, bewildered, wandering souls must have been asphyxiated long before the Are reached them. Charlies first hope was to find some stairway designed for the help, if such existed, through which the fiery streamers had not been drawn. He saw many roofs here and there, some towering buildings, and a thousand heads 10 places of vantage, where the whole dread spectacle could be observed. He saw where a chance offered. If one could but reach the next lower floor, but it was not open to them here. Quick as a flash he darted into an adjoining room; It had two beds in it, and from these he whipped the sheets. and The sheets, torn lengthwise knotted together, would serve the purfloor. pose he had in view. Even while he was ripping them in Was this the end? broad strips and knotting them toHad his brave fight come to naught? In that dread moment, when defeat gether, Stuart kept watch and ward METAPHORS FROM THE 8EA. over the flames.. stared bim in the face, his heart almost broke. Again he looked down; everything Language Uaed In Arline had meanwhile struggled out Much Nautical appeared favorable at least, there was as yet no sign of flames bursting out of his arms, for she bad gone down Ordinary Conversation. below him. with him. Let me put in my oar, said a genhow with How furiouslyneworked! Oh, Charlie, what shall I do?" She tleman as he 'joined three of his acclinched teeth he tested each knot! cried, in her wild alarm and distress, quaintances in the Waldorf-Astori- a That rude rope was to bear a burden for the sea of flame appeared so very cafe the other night and took a seat that was very precious to him, and he close that it seemed as though the at a table with them. did not mean it should betray him. dread criBls were upon them. That is about the twentieth metar-pho- r It was all done in an incredibly Fly! fly! Yonder lies safety!" he of that sort that I have heard short time, though doubtless under cried, trying to get upon his knees, answered one of the others, such a fearful strain it seemed hours only to fall back. He had sheltered and it seems very strange that wa to those whose lives and future happiher at the expense of his own strength, should borrow so many of our figures ness hung by a thread, as it were. and now must pay the penalty, from the Bea. I never thought of It Araround Charlie knotted one end But you I cant leave you here! , before, but it is curious. line, while her eyes looked into his she sobbed, bending down to put her I have never been closely associwith a bravery he would never, never arms about his neck. ated with the water, and I dont beYou must! There is no hope for forget lieve that any of you have, and yet She knew this desperate move of me! If I can I will crawl on; but you we are using sea terms all of the his was the only hope they had. must go! God forbid we should time. are wonderfully expresThey hard her teeth So she shut together both perish here! Kiss me, Arline, sive, too, and I dont know what wa flutwall that and crushed down the and go! would do without them. tered in her throat the womanly fear could not! Do not ask No, no---I You wanted to put in your oar, of facing peril, such as men can hard- me!"- a moment ago some one talked about It is my desire; make haste or ly appreciate. being all adrift,' and I admitted that While he worked in this way Charlie Oh, Heaven! it is even now too late! was at sea. We ' talk about our was busy explaining to Arline, as simas a tongue of flame, shot across the our weather eye, being spliced, her what could . words as do, part passage beyond. ply of stuff.. sort all and that mainstay' was to be. Arline gave a shriek. We know what it is to cast an . Never to his She tightened her bold upon him; dying day would Charto back and lie forget how she looked into his eyes desperation gave her strength, for she anchor to windward,' to be taken as she crouched there on the broad dragged the almost senseless man fill, to steer through, aback and to have the wind taken sill of the window, and gave him even along toward safety. a piteous smile meant to be encourGuardian angels must have held out of our sails. We spin a yarn, try the other back those cruel tangs until they had aging. launch enterprises, get them Then she was gone! passed the fatal place, for hardly were tack, under full sail and often wreck He thought his heart had broken, they beyond than, with a rush and such was the wrench It received when roar, the abyss of fire swallowed up them. We cry for any port in a take in a reef, get to our she passed from his sight, and he re- tbe spot where Charlie bad been over- storm, ropes end, run before - the wind, alized that she hung there in midair come. with only a frail sheeted rope between Still she dragged him along. Love and sometimes keel over. So it goes we can talk about herself and eternity. gave her a power she had never known on until I believe Then elapsed a few seconds that before; under its magical Influence almost everything in the language of New York Herald. seemed years. weaklings become strong as lions and the sea. Never had he experienced a more perform prodigies of valor. RARE COLLECTION OF BIBLE8. radical sensation of extreme joy than Through the smoke, almost overwhen there came three quick tugs at powered by its awful fumes, she went Ah! were those shouts just ahead? Dean Hoffmans Costly Gift to the the rope, the signal she was to give General Theological Seminary. when she bad secured a lodgment on She shrieked aloud, and heard answerOne of the many gifts of the lata the window sill' below, and desired ing cries, cheery cries that gave her new hope, new ambition. Rev. Eugene A. Hoffman to the Genmore line in order to enter. Then gigantic figures loomed up be- eral Theological Seminary, of which Quickly he allowed it to slip through his lingers so that she might release yond, and Arline swooned at the feet institution he was head, was the speherself from the noose ere he made the of the firemen, who picked both of cial collection of rare old Latin Bithem up in kindly arms and bora bles. This collection is said to be attempt to descend. The flames were now driving along them into the fresh air. the rarest in the world, surpassing la Two hours later Charlie, sadly de- number of editions even that of tha the corridor, and it seemed as though ere moralized so far as looks went, with British museum in London and tha they would reach the open window bloodshot eyes, hinged mustache, sans Blbllotheque Nationals in Paris. Tha another minute had elapsed.-T- o a man of Stuarts build and ath- a portion of his eyebrows, and with collection was started by Cornelius letic qualities it was a mere bagatelle sundry burns upon face and hands, Vanderbilt about eight years ago, to accomplish this feat; his only dan- yet bearing a grim look of happiness when he donated the splendid Copin-glibrary. Since then Dean Hoffger seemed to lie in a fracture of the upon his countenance, knocked at the door of a room in a neighboring hotel, man has added from time to timn rope. Like magic he dropped down and and was admitted by Arlines companmany rare and valuable additions, arrived opposite the window. ion, whose temporary absence from spending many thousands of dollars A pair of arms shot out and seized the Windsor hotel at the time of the in his efforts to make the library the most complete in existence. By all him; Arline was on the watch and fire had possibly saved her life. odds the most Important book in tha Arline lay upon a lounge. much distressed lest something should She, too, had suffered somewhat great library of tbe seminary is tha happen to him. And Charlie was thankful enough to from the terrible experience, although Gutenberg Bible. It was sold in 1884 crawl in through that blessed window; not so severely as her lover, but to for $19,600 in London to Quaritch, his first act was to take her to his Chari; eyes she had never who sold it in turn to the Rev. Willooked so charming as when she held liam Mackellar of Edinburgh. In 1898 heart and exclaim: out both hands to him, while blushes it again fell into tbe possession of God bless you for a brave girl! Keep up your spirits and we will chased each other over face and neck. Quaritch, who paid for it at that time God wps indeed good to us, Charlie, Later he sold it to Dean cheat tbe old monster yet!" $14,750. She answered bim with a rare look she said, After he had bent down and Hoffman for $15,000, who presented of confidence and trust that made him deliberately kissed her with the air of it to the General Theological stronger than ever in the resolution one who holds a proprietary right. I echo your words, my darling to dare all for her sake. For Quarrelsome Women. and I venture to say I am the only What advantage had been gained? The mayor of Steubenville, Ohio, They were one flight nearer the man in New York to whom that fearhas hit upon a novel plan to settle earth, but the danger still menaced; ful fire brought good luck." Ah! but you richly earned all that petty clothesline" quarrels between this floor, like all others, was given over 'to the riotous flames, and to halt and more you who fought' so des- women. He, it is said, has establishhere meant the same inevitable end. perately to save me. - Where would ed a fighting room," in which ha be now only for you? Oh, Charlie! locks the women who quarrel over Charlie did not mean to stay. Given time, he might have found or bursting into a flood of tears, as she back yard fences. After an heura. constructed a rope by means of which remembered how be had swept into Abuse of each other they run down, ' he would have lowered Arline to the her room and taken possession of her, like docks. Then they become reco-- idevious died. her ways through leading ground. That would have been glorious, but last to safety and life. beIf a man gets too fresh ha deeerven too were was it dragged me away And who the seconds few; and, sides, on looking down he saw the old from the hungry maw of the flames to find himself in a pickle. XV. The Mesmerized Ring. Attach a massive gold ring to a silk thread about twelve inches long and fasten the other end around the joint nearest the nail of your right Allow the ring to hang forefinger. about half an inch above the surface of the table, on which you rest your elbow to steady your hand. Hold your finger horizontally, with the thumb thrown back as far as possible from the rest of the hand. If there be nothing on the table, the ring will soon become stationary. Place some silver coin, three half dollars will do, immediately below the ring and it will begin to oscillate to and from you. Bring your thumb in contact with your forefinger and the oscillations will be- - a growth. But there is a reason, as there is in everything in nature. The prickles are given to them as a proanimals. tection against producer and consumer with metal The Btems have a pleasant, aromatic implements, as it still is in Central taste, and cows and sheep would be Africa at the present day. At first sure to eat them in winter, when they crave something fresh, if it were not the Chinese in that unsophisticated age were content to use real hatchets for the prickles. for this commercial purpose, but after a time with the profound mercantile The Queer Chinaman. His left hand is the place of honor. instinct of their race, it occurred to some of them that when a man He carries a pig instead of driving wanted half a hathets worth of goods him. He whitens instead of blackens he might as well pay for them with his shoes. His favorite present to a half a hatchet As it would be a pity parent is a coffin. He says slxths-fou- r to spoil a good working Implement by instead of He keeps out cutting it in two, the worthy Ah Sin of step in walking with others. He ingeniously compromised the matter shakes his own hands Instead of his by making thin hatchets of the usual friends. He puts on his hat in salutasize and shape, but far too slender for tion when he iakes it off. He rides practical usage. By so doing he in- with his heels instead of his toes in vented coin, and, what is more, he in- the stirrups. He deems it polite to vented it far earlier than the claim- ask a casual caller's age and income. ants to that proud distinction, the His long nails arc not a sign of dirtiLydians, whose electrum staters were ness but respectability. His visiting first struck in the seventeenth cen- card is eight and sometimes thirty tury B. C. Inches long. He often throws away i t 4 . the fruit of the melon and eats the Conundrums. seed. His merits often bring a title What animal has death no effect not to himself but to his ancestors. on? A pig; when killed he can be His women folk are often seen in cured. trousers accompanied by men in When are you not yourself? When gowns. His compass points south, and you are a little pale (pail). be speaks of instead of Why is a baker like a beggar? Be- north-wesHe does not consider it cause he kneads bread. clumsy but courteous to take both What is the difference between the hands to offer a cup of tea. north and south pole? All the differ ence in the world. 1 A Puzzle Cross. Why should soldiers be tired on Get thirteen pennies and arrange April I? Because they have Just had them in the form of a cross, as shown a March of 31 days. Why should no man starve on the deserts of Arabia? Because of the Here is how this curious pedigree first worked itself out: In the early times, before coin was invented, barter was usually conducted between coins. plant-eatin- four-sixth- - Mesmerlzing the Ring. come transverse to their former swing. This may also be effected by letting a girl take hold of your disengaged hand. When the transverse motion is fairly established, let a boy take bold of the girls disengaged hand and the ring will change back to its former course, instead of silver you can suspend the ring over your left forefinger with similar results. Simple but Effective Trick. Into a glass dish pour water until It is about an inch in depth. Now, if you stand a glass tumbler in the dish upside down, the water will rise '.n It almost as high as it is in the dish. It will not rise quite so high, because there is air in the tumbler, and that will prevent it But there is a simple way to make it rise higher in the tumbler than it is in the dish. Get a flat cork and put it in the water; it will float, of course. Now, light a wad of paper, lay it on the cork and place the tumbler over it As the paper burns, the water will rise in the glass, and will not fall again, if you leave the glass as it is. The reason is that the burning if the paper exhausts some of the air in the glass, making a partial vacuum, or empty space, and as the air pressure on the surface of the water in the dish is greater than the pressure on the Inside of the glass, the water is forced up. It is on that principle that what the doctors call cupping" is done. Into a glass cup made for the purpose they put a piece of burning paper, and at west-nort- t. is there. Why is a kiss like a scandal? It goes from mouth to mouth. What did the spider do when he came out of the ark? Took a fly and went home. What contains more feet in winter than summer? A skating rink. What is the difference between a good and bad governess? One teaches a miss and the other teaches amiss. Why is twice 10 like twice 11? Twice 10 is 20 and twice 11 is 22. What is most like a hen stealing? A cock robin (robbing) to be sure. Why is a pair of skates like an apple? Because they both are likely to in be the fall of a man. sand-whlc- h This Family Is Incorporated. The Fairbanks Family of America (Incorporated) is one of tbe latest organizations asking for a charter. The objects of the society are to collect and compile historical records of the clan Fairbanks, to hold property, to preserve objects of interest to the family, and to promote education of its members in subjects relating to the family history. The first Fairbanks to take up an abode on this continent was Jonathan, but the tribe has been prolific, and about 4,000 American families have descended from him - to refute the racial suicide hullabaloo. In August last a family reunion was held at the Fairbanks homestead in Dedham, Mass., and one of its results was the incorporation recently asking for a charter. The idea of the society Is to purchase the Dedham property and provide for an . annual inThe Water in the Glass. come sufficient to maintain it as a once press the cup down on the flesh Fairbanks headquarters. of the patient, which rises in a little mound Inside the cup, because the outWhat Thorns Are For. side pressure of the air is greater than Most persons think that the stem of that inside. a plant grows from the roots; on the contrary, the roots grow from the Do Not Forget. stem. In the case of a plant that dies Do not forget as you go on your way down to the ground in autumn it is Through this busy world, with ita toll not tbe roots that send up a new stem and strife. Often a kindly word to say in the spring, for a part of the true To those you meet In the paths of life. stem remains under ground on the root Do not forget that a smile of cheer from it grow up the May comfort a heart that Is sad and crown, and stems in the spring. When drear. And brighten a day that Is hard and a seed germinates it sends the long. stem upward and the The burning words that for ever live root downward. It may not be yours to speak or give Saw off part of the tree trunk and But theres heart and hope In a bit of a song. you will find a series of rings from the center to the bark, each ring Do not forget that wherever you go marking a year of growth. But these Kindly deeds may be found to do. No one so poor but can bestow rings indicate also which of the seaThe help that will courage and faith resons through which the tree has lived new! were dry and which had plenty of No one so weak who cannot give rain. The rings are always of unThe hand that may help a soul to live And rise again from the trodden clayl equal width; the narrow ones repreSplendid achievements may never be sent dry seasons and the wide ones yours, But the deed that for love's sake Is done seasons when the conditions of growth were better by reason of plentiful endures. And will blossom for ever from day to rain. day. Every rose has its thorn, and the same may be said of such fruits as Bread Pill Trick. blackberries, raspberries, etc., only Make two bread pills, and say to they are not real thorns, but prickles, the spectators that you are going to which strip off with the outer bark, throw one of them away, and pnt the while thorns will not off, being other in your left hand while the lab hardened, undeveloped strip branches. ter is closed. Then the threwn-awaBut why do bushes and vines have pill will come into the left hand while prickles? Many pedple wonder at It, the latter is closed. for they see no good reason for such Here is the way to do the trick: Hold one of the pills between the thumb and first finger of your right hand for everyone to see. Then make a motion as if throwing It away, but motion of your by a deft, unseen thumb you must slip it between the first and second fingerB, where you can keep it concealed. Now take up the second pill and place it in your left hand, skilfully placing the other pill there at the same time by letting it slip from between your fingers. Close your left hand quickly, and then, after a few words, open your hand and show both pills in it It will require only a little practice to make your performance of this trick so deceptive that no one can catch" Placing the Pennies. illustration. the accompanying That is to say, you place nine of the pennies in a straight line, one below the other and two on each side of the third penny from the top. Now, with the cross thus made you may count nine in three different ways: First, the stem counts nine; from top to bottom; second, count six from the bottom up to the crosspiece, and then three from the middle penny of the crosspiece to the right; third, count six from the bottom up to tbe crosspiece, and then three off to the left. The puzzle is to take away two of the pennies and leave the cross so that it will count nine in three different ways. Lay the paper down and try it Perhaps you may succeed, but if you do not, take away one penny from each side and remove tbe top penny to the bottom. Simple enough, isnt it when you find it out? Looking Glass Puzzle. Put this diagram up where you can see it well. Then at the top of a sheet of blank paper lying on your desk put a looking glass, standing it g light-lovin- g dark-lov-ln- g y on the paper you can get a good view of it in the glass. Now look in the glass at the paper and pencil and draw a diagram like the one you have put up for copy. It sound awfully easy to do this; but try it His Name a Handicap. The king of Greece has an who rejoices in the name of In the ordinary course of things, the gallant colonel would accompany his Hellenic majesty on his travels abroad every summer, but his name was found to leave a train of dislocated jaws in the royal wake; moreover, it was charged as two words in telegrams, and was mutilated by telegraphists beyond all recognition; so he is now left at home and a gentleman of tbe name of Thon takes his place in attendance on n.lng George on his annual visits to and Paris. - you. Cash of the Long Ago. Lineal descendants of the bronze axe of remote Celestial ancestors at the little brave cash, the Chinese The objects In the above picture illustrate the names of two games. What are they? well-know- n Naw Voik. Charlie had conceived a plan which, while it offered certain chances of success, at the same time entailed continued risk. There was a wing where the fire did not as yet appear to have secured a foothold. If they could but reach that section, which would be the last to feed the flames, apparently, their escape was almost a certainty. Accordingly Charlies first action, after taking Arjine In his arms, was to ascertain whether his Burmise were correct, or if he had deceived himself. There was great relief when he found that a passage led off directly toward the quarter where relief seemed to hold out hope. The smoke filled it almost to suffocation, and his heart misgave him as he caught a fleeting glimpse of a lurid glow through the haze, that warned him the fire demon was working even in this quarter, sparing nothing. The smoke grew more dense it seemed to almost paralyze his very brain; his eyes smarted and burned t as though seared with irons; his senses reeled, yet, with the indomitable pluck of a true soldier, he pressed grimly on, sheltering Arline as well as he could with the cloak she wore, and which proved a blessing in more ways than had entered into his reasoning at the time be first clasped it about her. Every yard which they covered brought them closer to their goal, where doubtless friendly hands waited to bear them down to safety. This was the hope that sustained Charlie in the midst of all this desperate ordeal that an oasis lay beyond, the pure air of heaven awaited them, once they passed the barrier. He was weak and tottering himself, from the effect of his exertions and the pungent smoke, that many times overcomes daring fire laddies as they venture a trifle too far and yet he thought only of Arline, thought she must be in a condition of collapse. Nothing else could have .possessed him to suddenly snatch her up in his arms and stagger on through the blinding, choking Bmoke. At first she struggled, but when he pressed her more fiercely to his heart she lay passive. alone like a drunken Staggering man, Charlie endeavored to pass the Rubicon that spot where the sullen glow was now continuous, and in whch he was presently to be engulfed. Just at the critical spot, where the flames were bearing down along another passage, be sank heavily to tbe when they seemed sure of their preyF Ah, my dear girl, the honors are pretty nearly even, it seems to me! Wa belong to each other, and Heaven giva me the power to make your life happy! Oh, Charlie! doubt can never enter into my soul. After what has occurred could not live without your love! I am only contented with you. They spent a happy half hour. Then Charlie remembered that ha bore a message. Aleck and your father are below. They met in the strangest way during tbe fire; it certainly looks as though the band of fate was in it. At any rate, they are both anxious to see you," he said. Capt. Brand claimed his daughter, and this time there could be no mistaking the genuine thrill that awoke in Arlines heart when she saw bis genial face and heard his voice, which at once aroused memories of long ago. was While the great metropolis wrapped in mourning on that sad SL Patricks evening, a happy group dined in the other hotel. Capt. Brand related many of his adventures in a modest way, entirely different from the braggadocio of the impostor. Again and again his eyes rested tenderly and proudly on his lovely daughter; she had been in his thoughts for years while he scoured the deserts with the wild Arab tribe with whom he had been associated; and be had hard work Indeed to believe it was not dream. ( Aleck, too. seemed to grow mora. manly, and Charlie felt sure he had a grand future before him. The follies of the past would serve as guldeposts, directing him to the straight and narrow road that leads to happiness. As tor Charlie, a peace bad come upon him such as only the mariner knows when at last his storm-tossebarque slips into a safe harbor, where love and home await his coming. He looked into her beautiful face, where the lovelight and glow of happiness dwelt forever more, and thanked Heaven for the bountiful mercies that had carried them through the perils of fire to such peace and hope. No cloud dimmed their joy on this night of thanksgiving, save the pity they felt for those who bad lost loved ones in the awful calamity. The shock must tor a long time hang upon them it could hardly be otherwise; but young hearts recover from such things by and by, and at length it would only be a sad memory, to arouse a sigh or a pitying tear. Through Arlines ready hand a number of those who suffered In the lira found temporary relief; her purse was open to any reasonable demand; and when, some months later, she sailed for England with her husband, many a grateful heart breathed prayers for her safety upon the deep. THE END. red-ho- d . er I i A" |