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Show O BREAKING THE XEW& "Do you think hell take it very badly, Nora? Nora Helmsley shrugged her shoulders. "My dear Betty, you ought to know more about Mr. Markham's powers of endurance than 1." "But what do you think hell do? What do you suppose "Why waste our time in supposition T He'll be here most likely this afternoon, and you will be able to Judge for yourself. Betty Oakhurst sprang to her feet "Ted is coming here this afternoon? Why on earth didn't you tell me before?" And she fidgeted nervously with her hat before the glass as she spoke. "But you knew. Betty, where are you going? cried the "Anywhere out of this, girl, laughing nervously, as she stooped to kiss her. friend. Nora, however, caught bar arm. Youd much bet"Nonsense, Betty! ter tell him straight out now and get it over. It will be ever so much more awkward for you if the news reaches him from outside. I dont see that at all, returned Betty, quietly, as she drew away from 1 am sure that if if her companion. you She paused tentatively. "You dont mean to say that you expect not to tell Ted Markham that you have jilted him? "1 certainly dont expect you to put It in that way, replied Miss Oakhurst with a little laugh, "but I am quite certain that you would explain it to the poor fellow much better than any one else. "Explain! exclaimed Nora, impatiently. "I dont know that theres anything to explain, except that youve put yourself and me in a most ridiculous position. "Nora! Nora flashed an Indignant look at her. "I think you might be serious now and at least pretend that youre ashamed of yourself. You begged me to help responsibility little to fier taste, and the girl felt that, ineligible as most mothers and responsible people would have termed Ted Markham, with his post in the foreign office and his meager personal fortune. Lady Hewitt would open her arms gladly to him if he would but relieve her of her onerous duties of watch dog, and would declare that Nora had money enough for them both. Nora sighed as she stood at the window. It was a topsy-turv- y world, and the wrong people were always being thrown together. If only "Am I disturbing you? I was told to come in here. Nora started, and the color rushed to her face. "Oh, I hadn't heard you come in! Do sit down. Aunt isnt well. I am so sorry you should have had the trouble of calling for nothing, but she hoped to be able to go until the last moment. Wont you let me give you some tea?" She spoke with nervous hurry, scarcely pausing for an answer. Ted Markham took the chair she offered him, and listened in silence while she rattled on. Suddenly she stopped, conscious of his fixed glance. "Is anything the matter? she askIt ed, in a slightly alarmed voice. was surely not possible that he could already have learned Bettys treachery. "Yes. We cant go on like this, Miss Helmsley! Nora felt the color go out "No! of her face. "It isnt fair to you, and besides I " things have changed "You mean that Betty "Miss Oakhurst is going to be marNora gasped, but did not ried. e. speak. "She is engaged to Lord I met Lady Oakhurst Just now, and she was overflowing with loving kindness to the world in general. "Betty has behaved abominably! put in Nora, indignantly. Ted Markham smiled. , "I think, on the contrary, that she has shown remarkably good sense. I am going to leave London; I really came this afternoon to say good-bNora-b- it ' ' her lips. I am very sorry, she began, hesi1 am afraid I was rfither tatingly. to blame, but I thought Betty really cared, and She left the sentence unfinished Ted Markhams demeanor puzzled her; he was quite white, and there was a look in his eyes which troubled her. What bluewas there in her man so? a move to friend eyed little That her companion had taken some great resolution, and that a singularly difficult one, it was easy enough to perceive. "Are you going to be away long? she' asked, awkwardly. "I mean, are you going far? "I think of going to have a look at the antipodes. My father has some Interest, and I hope to get sent off to Melbourne. "But havent you made up your mind rather hurriedly? she objected, timidly. "Hurriedly? Why, I put things in train weeks ago. "Weeks ago! Bhe exclaimed. "But Betty's engagement is quite fresh. Did you suspect "I suspected nothing. I knew "You knew! she exclaimtd, indig- -' nantly. "Then why didn't you speak? Why didnt you tell me? "Tell you! She Btared at him, his tone was so vehement "Oh, about Betty, you mean! "Of course. What else could I mean? Nothing, of course "Really, I don't understand you. He laughed drearily as he rose. "No, I must not explain. Good-bShe looked up at him with startled eyes. You are too hard on Betty. She "Oh, Betty? Dont you know that I havent thought of her for weeks that I found out long ago that we had made a mistake? "Then why are you going? She managed to keep her eyes upon his face, though her cheeks burned and she felt almost choked. "Dont you know that I am almost a pauper? she asked, in a trembling voice, because you want to make your fortune, or because because I am too Bar-thorp- y. - fluffy-haire- d, "GOOD-B- NO. 40, AMERICAN FOltK, UTAH, SATUUDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1808. VOL. V. Y! you to get my aunt to ask him here, to act as screen, in fact, so that your people might Imagine it was ill over, and that you had both changed your minds, and now now The sound of a bell broke in upon Miss Helmsleys eloquence, and Betty caught up her gloves. "Im awfully sorry, Nora. Abuse me as much as you like. Good-by!- " And before Nora could stop her she had darted through the door and was on her way downstairs. She let her go. After all, it never was of any use to argue with Betty; she was one of those delightfully Irresponsible creatures who always manage to shift the blame of their shortcomings on to other peoples shoulders, and whom no one no man, at any rate ever dreams of Judging by ordinary standards. Nora wondered, as she stood there idly looking into the street, how she could ever have been foolish enough to take Bettys love troubles seriously. Meantime, that same folly of hers was going to bear some very unpalatable fruit. In less than ten minutes young Markham would be there. He had arranged to call for Miss Helmsley and her aunt. Lady Hewitt, to escort them to an afternoon concert. The elder lady had declared at luncheon that the weather was far too depressing for It not to be madness to riBk the probability of a further fall In ones moral barometer by a couple of hours of orchestral music, and that Nora must give him some tea and her excuses. Nora was conscious that this was a neat pretext for giving the young with man the chance for a herself. Lady Hewitt was too indolent, naturally, not to be heartily weary of her duties as chaperon to her niece. An attractive heiress was a tete-a-te- te y! HOW BIQ GUNS A AB MADE. tha lluga Forglag at U. Washington Qua Foundry. The guns are made of what is called forged steel. This steel is made by private firms, principally at the famous Bethlehem works in Pennsylvania, and in the shape is sent to the of large tubes, and in other shapes called Jackets and hoops. These steal pieces, after being finished, are put together and made into guns. The jacket of a gun is about half the length of the tube, and itself Is really a large tube. The inner tube, when it arrives, is put into a lathe, and has the out to nearly the size it will be when finished; then it Is turned dowp inside for about half its length from the rear or breech end to its proper, size. "Turned down means that the metal is cut off with a steel cutter. The Jacket- also is bored out smoothly and the hcJe carefully measured. The diameter of this hole, or bore, in the Jacket is a little smaller (some hundredths of an inch) than the outside of the tybe ifter being turned down. Overhead in the shop are big cranes, which travel back and forth on tracks, and which can easily lift and carjy' heavy The largest crane is called weights. n the crane, but it will lift a weigh even greater. Near the center p of the is a large pit in which there fire furnaces. After the tube has been bored out and turned down outside, it is carried by a crane and lowered Intb the pit near the furnaces, sc that it stands on its muzzle end, the breech end being up in the air. The jacket is also lifted and lowered into a furhace and heated. This furnace has a top, or cover, which lifts off, and which is put on after the Jacket has been towered into it. Hot air is forced into tils furnace, which heats the Jacket till it expands so that the size of its bore becomes greater in diameter than the s'xe of the tube it is to inclose. When all is ready, the cover is lifted from the furnace, the crane hooks on to thfi jacket, lifts it out of the furnace, and swings It over the tube. The jacket is then quickly measured, and carefiTlly. lowered over the tube, which is standing on its e&& Ji Btream. of cold 'water is then admitted into the lower end of the tube. This water rises nearly to the top of the tube, and helps to cool both tube and Jacket, now fitted together. As the jacket cools it shrinks to its proper size, and sc squeezes and holds the tube tight within. When both are cold, the partly made gun is lifted out of the pit, pul into another lathe, and turned down outside so as to be ready to have the hoops put on. These hoops, which have been bored out to the proper size, arc heated and shrunk onover the gun just as the Jacket was shrunk on over the tube. The whole gun is made, or built up in this manner. After all the hoops are on, the gun is bored out again to final size, put into a rifling machine, and rifled; that is, it has grooves cut inside of the bore throughout its length. These grooves commence at the muzzle, and gradually curve till they reach the end of the bore. They are cut by what is called which is a long shaft a rifling-ba- r, with cutters at one end. The gun remains steady, while the bar enters Into the gun at the muzzle, and turns at the same time, thus cutting what are called spiral grooves throughout the length of the bore of the gun. This rifling Is done so as to give the shot or shell, when the gun is fired, a twirling or rotary motion, which prevents It from tumbling end over end, and causes it to keep pointed in the right direction. 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