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Show 1 hair !:he a girl': that bind ala ay I hal he aaiii won I he lie dm wW (ii: can't always t'H shut iuiemleni. X tn a bumllr by the look uf . Tifin t'lurk-Kui- i. tlllerteell,, the WlHi." JT I'OMied by vvtme we llley Tile old man had found wurkltr. Thai ha I never upon nm hut' Iieflnr Ihuii a bd:,:h" nat upm a Cullen in that i esirfuily In his boro flay' n nirny hillside and ' ' hl1 "Well, he didn't I'Mil like It. Ih.il'u tniui hiiWC and ehayind :ut the cniii:ii:y bailed the he a fuel. cut near by. He held li up mill, you ce, anti line felli r wan nne il run eye lei and ,jike into ihe plior lie if ami if to diwilet li.-- li I t'gulu T- o-, Uirlr leliKtlt Iimii. whiio t.itiul hue i'Imcs. he aalidered a I.U (Ullr but itle. while ha.iils and all I b'lieve and river IO :iik the ta'iry ; made y.rihl the boys madoer than ainy'li ng tNluvr, where atiiud the giei! null, with else They was Uluru nouah lookin', and liniitley it tall, blackened too. but while as a holy's. Ivw wall. "'Look al ' cm!' says Tom. holilin' up tell by the tan'l X hv Frank H. ff. ICVpyrigi.t. ne e-- MUIlt-ho- mm-er'h- le 1- ; 111 I s-- j . alway air. ynu look of a bundle wlmi'H nmide of h. "A lul lie repealed mme eiiiphulicaljy. would only undereiand it and nave u deni of I rouble Now there1 the Dariin' -nullin'?" the visitor repewted uncertainly The keen even unih-- r ilia old man's haCKX brows twinkled. Slid In pay tunlnche I witched. c Hi, 'tain t the mime uf any kind of workman like the puddler or nailer il or such; Juki a name tliat'a hi. We live It when he llrat come hern, twill yi are and more ugu. Think had lieen goin' pretty bad at the mill then nM and lilt lie uf one kiwi or 'noilier and time cellin' for Ihe men all the while. MiMinutiHftemeM imwi of It was. nr, k "Id lmslwsy. we thouKht he wa llie overseer here wa one of the shortsighted, savin' kind that would hire a iIoIIht In try In' to He'd pinch and screw keep a and Voiuiiiiix. a he culleil It. and lot thing pn that uughl tn lie tut till at lal nome hip break would weep off In a day all hla etiucuieiia had saved In a year. Then he'd think e twice wu m lush llial wa(e ought In be cut n little lower. "I don't need to tell you that there wasn't any love ussied between linn anil the men. They'd got discouraged Wild bluer and Hurl uf iwrkleMa-lik- r, sudden lievwii'k dropped when all uf down in a dead faint in Ihe mill and had lo be ra tried hum. That wa the beglnnlii' of a lone mrknes that etnled hi work at Ihe mill. "The imi of ilia ciNiiiany lamclit out hi Interest, and he went off to We didn't kriuw who would be will to lake clinrae then, but wa amt of hoped 't would be left In Jim Kryce' hand. He'd twen her the longest of any of the men and knew a deal about the buHlnoaa In a pnn tlcal kind of way. Thera wasn't mueh reason to expect It, of courae, but he was the man wc wauled. Naturally, arier Ilia way things had been guilt', we llmuglit one of oureelv, wliu'd feel aom Interest In hla old mote. would be an Improvement. Then one day down in lit mornln' train come one of the company, brliigln' with him a young feller iiaiked younger Ilian he wu. wllli Ida white skin, blue eye and light curly if folk l try in' 'iw-ail- Kr-w-h- - Ku-ru- p. A j I ilc.-.- i Jim waa a pieceworker and always said like a flush, and. ralchin' her in hla he could do twice ae much work in an arm, began to climb over the rubbish afternoon if he had a Miutit 'bout I pile again. " Vau-- hir!' he called the minute he O'clock. "Jim looked ort of uneasy now and wo near enough and tossed her over then when little Jinny'd gel off to the into her father arm. Hut the moveback luirt of tne room anyway nigh ment inode him lose his footin', and. where that box was. Hut he couldn't though a dozen of us had our hand say nothin', and maybe there wasn't stretched cut lu ralih him, he slipped any danger, only I was sure he didn't and rolled back down among the dirt like her round their and wa glad ami stone. "I a'poxe It hid n't needed but the least whn she wandered off into the room where she was little Jar or. maybe, it wasnt tlie jar beyond a let stay sometime while she wailed for at all but. anyway, the next minute there waa a rraxli, and the stoutest of her father's basket. "The wtonn grew heavier Instrad of ua shut our eye to keep out the sight. lighter till we could hardly see to The wall waa down, uud he wa unwork. All at once there was a blindin' der it. "H was the only man about the mill flash uf hunt and a crash aa if llie whole earth wa t earin' tu piece, and we all started and tumhlrd in every direction. The minute we could gri our sense and look round we found that the whole end of the room was blowed off and a gully plowed way down i tlie foundation like as if a bombshell had tore through. "Hoy ond that ragged openin the great brick wall wae still Handin, but could see that it was swayin' and vi wavin' just ready to fall. I've never aeon anything look so awful aa that tremblin' wall did, fi r over on the otiter aide of It run another bufldin' where the flnishin ruuina was and ail hands at work, "I 'ioe the same thought struck u all at one, that th only hop for 'em wu a peal uf the bell that would cnd 'em all Ilyin to Ihe entrance at llie far end of the bulldln'. Twa In the old day, you see, before the new part of the mill was built or we had any alarm connection with all the rooms. Thera was only th big bell, and the rope to It was danglin' beside the totterin wall. "You can't tell about such things a quick as they are In hniirnln'. "Th bell! ya somebody, but there wasn't a chance to nay any more, for the boss epratig past us with Just a word or two, short and quick, aa he pushed us right and left. Rack, men, back! That fa my place. You hava families.' "In a minute he was Irapln' down over the piles of rubbish, and almost THE MOVEMENT MADE HIM before we wae sure wliut he waa alinin' LOBE HIM FOOTIN'." fnr he had reached the place, and the white hands, strong and eleady, had that waa hurt badly, that Is. Of hold of the rope and wa makln' the courae a few wee struck with flying old bell shout danger if ever a bell did. stones and hurt In the crowd. But "We hardly Rllrred or breathed while they'd got out alive, and tlie one that we watclu'd him, till he stilted toward had saved 'em was hurled under the ua again. Then a long, shivering ruing breath run round the crowd. "Thut waa a queer night. I don't reT b'lieve hed have made It to get out member when or how the storm stopthen If It hadn't been fur little Jinny ped, but I shall always remember what Tliat youngster was naturally a clear, starry night It was and how scared nigh to death at the uproar, the tire that wae kindled to light the and Inutead of stayin' where she waa wor'.tf r flamed and danced, while the h do hut com safn, wlutt doe shadows lay black In th corners of creepln' out of th storeroom It wa the mill. off to the right, you understand, and "How wo worked at that plla of brick considerable tore up, like oura and and mortar, one set takln' the place of try to inuk lier way over the ruins to anothtr as soon as they was tired and Iter father. ae many workin' t once as the space "The bus heard her cry. turned back would allow. . cumpuny'd alnk a lut more inuni y in of the furnace reenieu glarin' out like Twasnt our money, M big red i ye. There time a hen eueh nnn-eand an we hadn't im reason to grumble, common thlni,-- don't have a common you nay? Well. I herell two aide lu look, and lie mostly them kind of ihal. There two cldcs to moat things time that Kit burned iuio your mem'ry if a luiuyll only taka tlie trouble in look fnr ein. Nothin' Heemed to So that day the I mi you tver think how you'd feel way folk had calculated. That little bn haj no nimr been oet down at your hands- big. to elmna Mid winin', but hrlplesa to pro- - i down In the room liii.n somebody ic 1l: 'Hisi! Look oulV and there was vnle for them dependin' on you -- col a pair of aofl white hands Hura Dariin', cornin' Imck from his dingthen (mail lily hour when hen mrelewdy wealin' wlml would be life j n' r Ijv- on never -h known to runic brfura. He to you and yours ruse stuck In hie buttonhole and "That' how It looked to u. For ud " tune had been ha I'd with us. and. as 'looked like a dancin' master goin' lo I told you. old Keswick had always j a tarty.' aa I heard Hob mutter aa he calculated that the losses must lie slipped the box out of sight under a evened op on Urge somehow. pile of stuff at th end of the room. "'An-- i this feller. I'll be hound he's They couldn't carry out their plan never iuvenled nothin' more useful then, so there wasn't nothin' left for tliun a new tie lu hi cravat!' says Jim 'em but to hide it. "The bos looked round kind of liryce. 'lie'll fool away no end of nnd pleasant like. Hed got iimney, and then either Ihe mill will smiltn have lu go down or wages will, ami that ni'Klel lie was busy with about iutu about lo the fool of the workin order, and he was wonderful mine hue bidder now. 't Hi, there' no doubt we'll go down, unless some of Ills experiment blows him up. Wish they would!' answers Tom, only he put il rather uglier than grrrt -- at that. "Of course 'twaa only talk, bul the fedin' wae under it, and, afler awhile, from hopin' somethin' would happen, the hoys went a Utile further and got to jihiiinhf how lo make it huppen. "I ain't goin' to tell much about any plot. 1 took iare not to knuw much about It, for four I'd run arms somethin' I'd feel bound to hender, and I didn't want lo hendrr nothin'. Unit' the f.u-t- . Only there waa no murder nor nothin' like thut in It; the inen wasn't that kind leastways, most of em wasn't. 'No. w ain't to hurt mamId my's dariin' -- Ids preliy little heart! not less he glte in the way when he'd belter be out of it,' iys Tom, with a grin. !iul If the plaything lie' no tickled over Jal flic to Hinder some day and the noise scare him so that he gives up and runa home It'll he the best thing for him and all rest of us. KlPERINTENDKNT!' BAYS TOM th""Hccmed like nobody doubled he'd be l.'LARKHl IN. easy m rd, and so Ihe whiiei-ln- ' and black looks and secret inertin' went hi own rough, black paw to show the Oil. "One day In summer a box was dlfferaiic. 'if the comiuiny's bound Is give him somethin' to do. why don't brought Into th mom where we workIliey buy him a pretty little planner ed. 1 elis 11 always remember thut day. and eel him la playin' II ? Thai's all Just how everything I'm iked. It hud he' tit for. tie ought to he nsfa ul lie n a bright, w arm mornln', bul about noon It clouded up slowly, and every home, mammy's dariin'.' "Ho that was th mime we got to hrealh of wind tld away. Not a leaf callin' him 'the IhirllnV Not to his moved on the trees, und everything was 1111, like as If the world was holdin' face, bless you, no! Them blue eyea could turn steel blue now and then Its broil h and fur somethin'. out and flush "Inside the mill everything looked sliurp of a sudden Ilk a lilude. knlf durker and gloomier ttuin usual tn that After awhile we found there were lucer gray Halit, (incut plica of costin'e aom rxiwrlinetit lu be made some thro wed liliii-shadow over the Invention of his and that was one floor: the long Iran hufla was reason why he'd come Iter. We didn't like hungry arm forever reuehln' down Ilk hint any heller after we heard nnd draw In' buck empty, and from unthat, I can tell you. for we thought the der the brick uivhway th round door "MO THERE HE STAYED, PrSBIX OVER IT." plcaoed over It. And what did h do that day but have II brought into our room, because the weather havin' turned gpMiiny-llkthere was better light by a big window there. So there he stayed, fussln over il. Just um if he was on guard "Then it begun to thunder, and there wa a sudden dash of rain, so that Jim Krycea linle girl who bud come down with hla lunch basket wouldn't go home. - Ili-yc- n. Jlp-lie- ry j.???' And Nonsense One goln' back to the min t0 a bit. 1 found Jim Bryce ,..j T ' Clarkson that boss had been workin ow-- r nK, back m n the offl.'e, where it would lie ' they was liftin' it a tender a n :u a baby, and the tear iliiiiiic Jim's brown face all the while 'I'd give anything If 1 could . 't back to this mornln' again!' Kay j. with a graun. To think' "But he couldn't finish saytn' n ,1() it wa best not. Most folk thought , we the light nin that had done all in damage, and the rest of us didn't knew but th lightnin' might 'a' done h i: and that not bein' sure wo thing about It. "No. ho wasn't killed, nfier Darlin wasn't The piles of rUhhi,, lie had fallen between mostly him from bein' crushed. thought he was dead, and, een after we found hint alive. It seemed for a long time os If he couldn't live. Hut he come round again at last and K,d hack to the mill to finish up hi inven- j, m tion. "It wo a success too. Ye, sir. that what built up these mills the way ti,,y are now the most flourlshln' one in this. part of the country und brought better times lo every one workin' in 'em That was what he was aimin' for ail the time, only we didn't know n. uui that was why he come her. "That's his haus over there, the big one on the hillside. He brought hi wifs here when he married and kciim down among his mill folks, as he calls 'em. "Should think he'd be conalderalii used up by uch an acrldent? Well, sir, I don't s'pose anybody can m through that sort of thing and cum out Jest exactly a they was when Iliey went into IL Hut If you hapiien to meet Boes Dariin and don't think lies good lookin now, why, this valley wouldn't be a healthy place fur you to mention It In." IS YOUR TONGUE VIBRANTf The phrenologists, graphologist and palmists are now all threatened by a seemingly powerful rival, for of 1st specialists have sprung up, notably In Germany, who profess to tell one's character by one's tongue. A long tongue Is said to denote openness of character. It suggests generosity and free handedness. Its posse-make friend and enemies easily, but doesn't save money. When th tongue la long and thick the openness degenerate into a tendency tn goralp and acsndal. The future of the owner Is beset with trouble. Short tongues Indies te secret! vene and dissimulation. Their owners make good detectives and attorneys. The owner may acquire some money by economy and guile, but has not largeness of spirit to make a great fortune Very thin, pointed tongue are found In different people who do not succeed in or life. ... Cozy Corner of Entertainment, Information For the Little Men and Women him while all his relatives grnsnrd aloud. It was s lovely moonlight night, and one of the first things thut Master T1-1.- S Bjrm Bidder noticed waa that there were a great ninny mare mosquitoes outdoors Alberts thun In. That there was nothing wrong with their flavor he proved in short order by gobbling a particularly large and clumsy one. -To reach the garden that spread Its wealth of cool foliage olid glowing flow-er- a around Ihe great rambling old a time there was a Rut the little spider was used to house thut com allied the attic, he spun t .'mi grew tired of shocking his relative, lie didn't mind. a king, silken slrnud by means of which Ins web In the durk, ''You'll catch your death of cold" he lowered himself to the ground. This iliiMle corner of the old utile suggested Ihe spldrr who spuu lu the was a most nclllng experience for a nd decided In ailopl the outdoor life, chimney corner. spider that hud always lived in an attic. fhslber, st that tint or In that place, As the wralher wo sultry this was He wns somewhat (lined When he an rsln-melfound (hat the plants formed quite a pleasant thought. "If yuu live outdoors where there sre wilderness, but finally he found a locano tile or nioetiulioe or other inserts, tion that suited him. It was out behow cun ynu exiiect to make a living?" yond the gulden In a patch of red clover. This field appealed to him be triumphantly queried u third. FLAW the WEB HJ S 9 ever after was content to spin hia web Joyed these very much, he thought he In the hospitable chimney corner. would paint a lemon. "Well, boy," h aald, I hope you AN INTELLIGENT ELEPHANT. have enjoyed your strawberries and Edward Jesse waa at one tint cream. Tea, air, wa the answer In a loud surveyor of the royal parka and palaces In England, and lit that time there was chorus. "Rut suppose, he continued, "that Ina certain large and friendly depliant In the London son. In A'hlch Mr. Jesse stead of having been Invited here, you took considerable interest, and It wan had stolen over my garden wall and spider. his custom to bring with him often helped yourselves when no one was "Welt. If ynu were up In the attic some little delicacy for the elephant to looking, you would not have enjoyed them half so much, would you?" now, you might eat 1 saw a big fat eat. No, sir." siiswered the chorus. ITpon one occasion, he sujs, while "And why rot?" feeding the elephant with potatoes, To this there was no Immediate rewhlrh the anlmtil took from Mr. Jesse's hand, one of the potatoes, a round erne, sponse, hut at length one small boy, rather bolder than the rest, piped out: fell on the floor just out of reach of th " 'Cause we wouldn't have bad no elephant's trunk. Tlie great beast I Alined over against his wooden bar, put cream with 'em. out his proboscis and tried to pick the A TRICK WITH THE PEN. potato up, but could not do so. He seemed daunted for a moment, but apIt appears impossible to write the parently made up his mind that the figures 20.000 and form an oval about potato must be Ms. and after several them all at one stroke of the pen that further vain efforts he blew a tremen- la to say. without lifting pen or. pencil dous blast at It through bis trunk. Th from paper. It can be done, however, force of the blow sent the potato aa you will see by studying this examagainst the opposite wall with such ple end the directions which follow: force that on the rebound it came back to him, when he picked It up and a wallowed it, blinking contentedly. "I am," replied th adventurer aadly. hud a aquar meal since 1 left the attic." "The trouble I you don't understand outdoor web spinning, the gypay observed. Rut keep up courage. Per-hyou'll learn some day. Jusl think, you ar seeing the world! "I don't cure anything about the world. U'a food I want, sighed the making the Journey, but there waa still enough maliriul to make a web, and so he went tn wurk constructing one in the angle funned by the branches of a low w eed. Home of his neighbors cume out to. watch him. and their comments on his work were rather disconcerting. Did you ever see such all untidy web?" commented the orb web weaver, who made bcuulifiilly symmetrical trail that looked juat Ilk" a silken wheel. Never, Indeed," retorted the triangle spider, whoxe pride was great becuuac of hla kww-ledgof woodland geometry. "If he would only mid a few decorative touches." tne simple curled thread weaver said to his geometrical cousin. The curled thread weavers never spin simple strands like the other spiders, hut overlay th framework of their webs wllh band of curled or fluffed ones. The curled thread weavers have coinlis attached to Ihrir hind legs and nre able tn make some elaborate designs In spider lace work. "Nothing rniiiforlnhle about that," tlie funnel well weaver grunted illsar-ngingl"1 like a cozy retreat for cold daya and a shady one for sunshiny wea i her." The little emigrant felt somewhat discouraged. Ho Ki(I hoped for appreciation In Ihe great beautiful world the uttic window, but he found It quite as unsyniiathec ns the little company in the chimney corner. However, must of the spiders soon had affair of their awn tn take them elsewhere, nod they did not remain long 0 ONi'E T haven't at y. lh In critb-ie- A fox drifted up from the river, a mist drifted down from the hills, a light rain lescemled from the skies. The raindrops trade ;he web dance s though a Inin. Imi fl,!i s were becoming n ft. but no Insect was enmeshed ahtoad They were too fastidious to fl.v iilmut In llie rain. n Finally It lo pour, and nway went the web uudr llie miiuiii of the downfall. When til., sun arose and the glass shone ms if it bad lurii wreathed with in le of the Utile brown stranger's web lay low. The d"lii ate st i ui uiv had been washed down by' the run. The other spiders' webs were full of rifludrop brilliants which the sun wus rapidly drawing up to itself. Ah. is il you?" the gossipy gypsy moih called ns he flew home after a eight of enforce i reclusion in nn un- You lock rather ongeiiial relic ii dnw n on your luck." be-ya- THE 8FIDEK IIIMSELF TO THE GK'il'ND. 1 open air residence were unpopular wilh th spider race l am not prepared to say, but when h,- announced hi IntenTHE SPIDER WENT TO WORK. tion to his iciaiiw-they were very much shocked. 'T H hustle foe it." declared the llli le cause n friendly j gypsy noth told him "Be a gypsy like those big green r hel. nnd forthwith he prepaied to hu- - Hint many ms.- - m ih- -i Inver mot hi thsi fly about st nil hours! It He nut of the little window as I ist as blossoms dull) u ihe d.o lie bad used Is perfectly hoirnL hi would uny up some ,.f ihe s.;k tn h:s eight lively spinneret la jui I rd U-- , HERE AND THERE. by n n ddeii .o, f.,r the occasion. The w in r till up in the iloiikcy's stahie Oyiter cannot live In the liable sen. baby. Is a prsctliiug lawver. She was a a wiiu a I'uruso record ill ph "ii. e lb reason being that it is not suit graduated st the , .i. ,,f h- -r , ,1 1i,.kcy imiht berom.. enough. They can only live in waier th- nia she is l'nteilly ..f in ibe music bcf.'te milking Hurt at least tlurty-eeve- n nn nrrnnipiishi'd linguist nnd is ul i!'i i pans uf salt to every thousand purl presi nt in Nn Ymk l'ai uinhr the law of finyi.il guaian- iciupieiing her of water. iiuikIchI fiuiutii.il I1'would cue SiHUiii) n year lo the Miss Christ ire of CaliTlie doTiki-- t lli.il t'.iii.so Pad on e i'ut Yiitic.in financiers hesitate ."1" fornia. row twemv-eigi,r laitiUnti opt rs years n tcrciiiiv 1' is (' '" Who PUS ls'.i b. lid pulilin.l pr;'y M;,v she wi a "Jopgli ur de Noire li.ime'' was Ic.i tea s n- - I' partly beiause tl.ey feel il ! j -d 1 ht : ;( . . , would disrotirage contributions iibraiid Tin. contract system of supply, tlie l.opd ni Mall remarks Is being exlei.d- rd to every branch of the public's tie- - j icssitles. A l.otidon Arm for Il'Mi a! !ir. received In Ins'allment if desired, i vuil sufc'ly on-- - ill ess uit, one loungi- so.', on- - morithig suli. one flannel suit, j me ft ( k 4mo'.i Mill, two tiverci t ts. ene winter, one summer. A Manchester fr-u- I ; ' : You fold over the right hand bottom corner of the paper and then write the figures 20.000 In the middle of the paper beside the folded corner in such a way that the last O touches the folded corner. Continue the line on the folded corner and bark to the main sheet without raising the pencil, after which the oval can be easily made and the trick thus accomplished. . I I THE sriDER FEASTS AT LAST. bluebottle fly In that old web of yours by the window," the moth said taunti- ngly. Well. I'm going right back to the attic. the spider announced firmly. His II' tie spinnerets hud hern emptied of ull their silk In making the ruined weh, and he was unable to cast any cables across plants nr flout over the field and garden. Nothing but a good meal wouid fill them up, and he made the best of his way along the ground anil up the side of the house. It took him many hours to make the Journey, nnd when he reached the attic he was o lin-i- l that he fairly staggered in the corner where wa the bluebottle fly. He gulped it down with a relish and linn supplies other clothing hosiery, shins, gloves, etc fur a fixid quailcr-!- y sum. Si .iff officers at Delagoa bay." says a South African newspaper, had ore of the most ivmarkable fishing catches n record up the fnihcliizi. They went up in a launch and we-- e lyirg at an-- i hor In the dark on- - evening, with s I r. I. nil burning. Attracted by the light, a nuinlter of fish leaped into ihe I THE WORD "CHAPERON." In many books and in many maga Alas." cried Retry Bruin, 'It's toe bod! sines and papers you will see tbe word As far as 1 can sco. chaperon spelled chaperone," when It No mutter how many shoes I wear. la applied to a woman, the mistaken Bear footed I'll still be! notion being that it has both s masculine and a feminine form. It has, howBERRIES WITHOUT CREAM. ever, only the one form, chaperon, A benevolent old man Invited numwhich may be applied with equal prober of poor boy to a treat in his beaupriety to a man or a woman. Perhaps tiful grounds nne day last summer. tbe pronunciation haa something to do Among the many good things that he wllh the spelling, for the o Is long, as If provided for them were strawberries the syllable were "rone. It Is a French and cream. Bering that the boys en- - word, which we have anglicised. t bnat, and these were followed succession Rt quick owes three of her greatest Industries to Jews. De Pass developed the whaling and guano Industries, Andrade that of ostrich farming and Mosenthal the wool and hide trades. Prince. Kehim was Margaret Morgan, an American circus rider. Prince Kehltn saw h- -r ride, fell in love with her and married her. He was banished by the sultan, an1 the princess was expelled from Turkey. Home of the by others. party had thMr hats knocked off and were naturally alnrmed. The fish, mcmbcis of a large shoal, continued leaping Into the boat thick and fast, and when a count was possible It was found that nearly too of them were In the bst. Thy ran to about a foot in length anil nm le good citing." It is an odd fact that Routh Africa |