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Show I t "V '.-- - i eome uee or what hd been to generously given her And so despite the remonstrances of the others she left ; the game and returned to the house. Very timidly ahe made known her errand to Mrs. Hancock, who smiled a kiBd approval upon her, as ahe thanked her, and told her that the children had : run Rttay, thinking the game wae given up, but would probably soon return. In the meantime would not Millie play one of bar pieces? Mr. Hancock naked. fher were several people In the ICIm Lsster msda little Millie Cur-ri-er drawingroom, among them a gentlevary happy when ahe offered to man whose appearance had created was ome excitement from its being so unTg mg piano lessons. The child of music, and to expected. W eicmtely fond been Mr. Darrah was an old friend of the her dearest ftaka lessons had dream, hot there had seemed small Hancocks, but It was several years that it would ever be realized. since they had seen him, owing to hie XUUe bad no piano, and the aunt, long absence abroad. He happened to frith whom she had lived since her b travelling through their part of the Bothers death, bad no money to spare country, and finding that be should be obliged to peae the night at Eastern tar luxuries. yiM Lester bad come to Hardwick Junction, only ten miles distant from Only the previous year hoping the Hardwick, ho had hired a horse and eountry air would benefit her invalid carriage and driven over to call upon mother, but her hopes were vain, for hie friend They were delighted to see him, and her mother failed instead of gaining, and died six months later. The young hospitably urged him to spend the ndy staid on with her faithful old Bight. He declined the invitation, howservant in the pretty little bouse aha ever, ae he wished to take the first had rented, feeling that one place waa train In the morning from the juncmuch like another in her sorrow and tion, and ao must drive back that evening. loneliness. mine bad been one of her first They assured him that he could not friends In Hardwick, for the child used escape dining with them, as they had to linger outside the house to listen as postponed their dinner until eight &e played, until the lady discovered o'clock on account of the childrens her and invited her to come In. And party. He expressed his pleasure at then came about the proposal that al- being able to do so, (and they were In most took Millies breath away, that l ull tide of earnest conversation when Utu Lester should give her lessons, Millie came Into the room. He was in the midst of a sentence and that she should' come every day when his eye fell upon her, and he to practice on the beautiful grand pigs o. Millie was an affectionate child, suddenly stopped, evidently much Im1 CERMAN CIRST-CLAS- S BATTLESHIP KAISER FRIEDRICH 111. sad she almost worshipped the kind pressed In some way by ber appearfriend who bad opened a new and de- ance. He watched her Intently while BATTLESHIP Displacement, 11,130 tons; speed, IS unfit to go Into a battle. New engines, Baden Texas she played, and at the close when the lightful world to her. and her gratefknots; armor belt, 11 Inches; arms new guns and new armor have reju- Baiern to do were applauding her for having little others beart 18 built something were longed ul tour venated which Inch several Sacheen Si bient, rapid fires, W done so remarkably well, he went over uertembnrg la return. It all seemed quite ImpossibI rapid firers, 12 S 8 Inch, 20 twenty years or more ago. Tbs bat- Deutachlaad Smaller; complement, 700 men. To tery power, of all the later ships is Kaiser le, but It was destined to be realized to the piano and began to talk to her. Mrs. Hancock, seeing his Interest in Oldenburg this class belong the Kaiser Barber enormous. teyoniTier fondest hopes And this Koenig Wilhelm the jg the way It came about: - ba, Kaiser Wilhelm H. Kaiser Wll-kl- m child, proposed to Millie that she BATTf CLASS I SHIPS, FIRST coast defense ships. should take him to the refreshment der Grosse and Kaiser Karl der On the following May,. Judge HancBeowulf STATES. lAmphltrlt j UNITED GERMANY, M laotonomoh of the Wit hritbjof ock's little girl gave a lawn party, tent for an ice. This arrangement First Period. Pint Parted. Gro, The four ships Monadnwck Hagen was most agreeable to both of her (la Service.) (la Servico.) telsbecb class are 700 tons larger, sad invited all the children of the Helmdall Terror Indians Prandnbur hare the same armament, Hildebrand Poor little Millie had no dress guests, who were soon on such friendKurfurnt Anedridt Monterey Massachusetts Puritan Siegfried Wilhelm Oregon Speed, and Improved armor. The sev is vesr as she sadly admitted when ly terms that the gentleman went ao t Building.) Iowa Aegir far as to admire his companions dress. 'Arkansas Ships H and J will be of 13,000 tons, WelMaoburg Odin kill Lester asked her If she were Second Period. Woerth Preussea Nevada Second Period. irlth heavier battery. (la Service.) If you can buy such pretty things Groess der Friedrich Florida Service ) Kearsargs In Up to the present the United States Kslaor ltl Friedrich said he, 1 shall advise The more no said Hardwick, young then, lady Keutuckf Wyoming III Alabama FIRST CLASS PROTECTED CRUISER tot just as Millie bad finished her pract- my lady friends to come here to do pad Germany have run almost neck Kalaer Wilhelm II Wilhelm derilllools Kalaerla Augusta (Columbia and neck In their race to Increase their Kaiser W laranslB icing, and was preparing to go home, their spring shopping. Cross , iMlaneapolls Third Pertod. navies, Germany has a definite pro Kaiser Barharoosa (A) I guess you were never in our Hardtar teacher came into the room, with . CUl'lahUS. ram, already appropriated for, pro- Kaiser Karl der Crosse Mein (Completing ) wick stores, answered Millie, laughGeflos Chicago i lovely gown in her hand. (U) Newark M iseourt Iren viding an enormous increase in ships Third Pertod It was a pink cashmere, embroidered ing merrily at the idea. "No, indeed, Pan hranolsc Primes Wilhelm (First ready, others Ohio and men. this dress came from Paris! and not rith tiny spraya of lllies-o- f (Baltimore Fourth ti Period. Freya i a completing, . fih s has a nary league of 666,141 launched ) Hauea Philadelphia admira-Son- , without pride, she glanced at her com(Uvgua.) at smiled Millies Margaret TinrtnnaU New Jersey Hertha (C) members, which spent last year 223, W'Utetsbaib but there were tears In hey eyes panion to observe the effect she was Victoria Luis (Raleigh Wettin (D) (ieorgls til la agitation for still further naval Zaehringea (E) (Albany Vlneta Virgiht s the said halt to herself, "What bap-- f producing by ber surprising statement. New Increase. It has branches In Cuba, Mecklenburg if) He looked at startled as she could 'Olympia Rhode Island days I have seen in that dress!" Sohwahea id) Porto Eleo, Bra? 11, Mexico and Chile, (Denver (Proposed ) ad then continued, as Millie looked have wished. heurtk Period. '1mm . Moines See. Long urgee beUde seventeen other foreign coun(Began ) Is that where you do your shopI her Inquiringly, My father bought (Chattanooga Ur appropriate tries. it gave 8,000 lectures last year, H. t.alvestou tor tlirsa more. he Inquired smiling, though his In we i. ping? me Paris. tfor winter the spent Tacoma as one of a score of methods of arous(Proposed 1 had a curious sharp ring. voice we on had and Itrore ' 'Clereland , it my birthday, , wilt he Sixteen nior ing interest. The United States has Oh, no. of course not, I never was jPeBal ekttte fete; we tour only, my mother, completed IMS. Dixie no organised navy league. there. My music teacher gave me fkber and one friend." ARMORED CRUISERS. iprairi The columns given below show the 'Yankee 4vhat a lovely present! and did you this. First Period. Period. two navies as fairly as they can be (OneSecond CRUISERS, f "And her name? be asked breath(la Service.) completed, two1 ve other presents on your blrthdayt" I Nsw York launched ) Nine of IS knets compared, fighting ship for ship, Eight of It haoU lessly. loved of to who hear aked Bismarck Alrooklya Fuerst Millie, UVfc of knsts Tbreo knots Two of without long statistical arguments Print Heinrich (A) I becond Period. "Miss Lester," said Millie. Two of 1 knsts Seven of St knots fcese gala days, which ahe had never (Bogun.) giving reasons for the conclusions Print Adalbert (1)) (Begun.) He drew a sharp breath. "Mlsa t. California Inown. C. 11 first-class knots of Thre reached. In the I battleships Colorado Lester? he demanded. flow-Its(Propeoed ) Margaret ) books and and (Proposed "Oh, candy, yes, those of similar periods are fair flfteon tuoro wilt b Marylond will ho fin1 her- - name, - replied Thirtythat "Tee, masses of rosea and dozens of pink by 1911 Pennsylvania ished by 1911 matches tor one another; but two of oomploted . South Dakota to match my gown, Millie, eurprised in ber turn at hie exWoot Virginia either first period would have bard beautiful woman diamond and a a law Charleston no to locket, con citement. Thera la prevent work to defeat one of the fourth. Milwaukee And she la not married? continued a the sams mlnature." but a Ulnlng pug dog just In kissing Lou la St. magnificent Germany's ships art Darrah. Mr, aee Miss the to ) take of the I mean Oh, a may (Propeoed Lester, it's advantage condition. Hot over halt a doses of more t petia "No, Indeed. She is all alone. Her locketH asked the child eagerly. dog. Boo. Long. her older vessels named below are Her friend looked suddenly grave mother died last year, and she Is very m m a a fllAAATlVWkVdVVVhVMViViViViViNVir and stern es she said, No, I havent sad and lonely. "Both father and mother dead! Poor it on now," and Millie though longing he said softly, and seemed lost girl! or were Its what to If know It lost, In for a moment, hut soon rethought fata, dared aak no more questions. sumed his catechism. But the next moment, the young lady Where does she live? he asked, surprised her by telling ber ahe waa to "Not in this town? have the gown and wear it to the chil- abruptly. Yea, just below here, Millie replied her then and drens party, inviting can see the house from here; that and there to go to the dressmaker's to "you little yellow one with the cupola, so the measures that her taken, have If the plane of a Nevf Tork Inventor work of making over the dress could be pointing it out ere carried out, ae forecasted In the "Thank you very much, said her begun at once. Bdenttfic American, from which pubcompanion, and In a moment strange her believe could good Millie hardly lication lha above picture - la - repronext few days he waa outside the grounds, hurrying the and for fortune, duced, the fast trains in tbeir flight could think of little else but the ap down the street across the country will take, on and Millie looked about her for a minproachlng party, and the beautiful pink onload passengers without even a ute, blankly enough, but soon made , gown. check In their rpeed, much as they do tent and At last the great day came, and her way to theonrefreshment mall bag at rural stations. her own account was really dressed In all her regaled herself ahe when InThe characteristic feature of the At eight oclock, the barges which finery, 'her delight knew no bounds. vention resides in the employment of were Les- Judge Hancock had provided Mlsa about arms her threw She are which A number of saddle curs, door to take the little to driven the are you neck' "Why, exclaiming. ter's successively taken up and dropped this guests to their respective homes. As really my fairy godmother. And com from the moving train and through the Millie made her adieus, Mrs. Hancock a very had provided godmother medium of which passengers may enasked her what she had done with Mr. to even the slippers, plots little outfit, ter or leave a train without interrupt were of the Darrah, and Millie told the etory of of not glasa, which though log its movement match his sudden disappearance. prettiest pink kid. aad an exactwere The railway cars employed are of the Mrs. Hancock and her husband lookof which for the silk stockings usual construction. Each car' la proed at each other in surprise, which indress. as the shade same the vided on Us roof with tw6 rails, shd creased as their gurt failed to appear. How lovely Millie looked, and how the cars run on standard rails comThey were not aware that he was a she enjoyed staring at herself in ber friend monly employed. - The rails on - the of Mlsa Lester, whom they to was hard It mirror! friend's long roof of the cars have their ends proknew but slightly. the tell which was the prettier sight, jected beyond the ends of the cars and Dinner wfis over, and the evening innocent her or delight herself, child grooved latterly, so that the continupassed, and still pethlng was seen of in her appearance. was ity of tbs track formed on the root land to Mr. Darrah. The clock bad struck itself fairy Tb party of the cart wilt not be broken on a eleven; the coachman had come in to her, with the beautiful lawn and garcurve. Theso roof rails serve the puras lanterns Inquire if he ahould put the gentleChinese den lighted by pose of receiving the saddle car. luxurious mansion; mans hone up for the night, and the the fell; darkness Alongside of the rails upon which the as to the advisathe gaily dressed children, and best of family ofwere debating passenger car runs are arranged two when the culprit ap a small orchestra bility retiring, for all the music, rails which receive lower flanged waa dancing pea red. breathless and heated as there and provided, was wheels on the saddle car. These auxthough from hurrying. on the broad plaxza. iliary track rails do not extend conHe looked decidedly embarrassed, the while In lull a was musifc There tinuously throughout the length Of the not to ssy sheepish, but unmistakably refreshwere having railroad track, but are located only at the performers wlth&L A storm Of questions, ments, and Millie was playing an ex happy and the stations at which it la desired to handkerlaughter greeted him. the raillery of drop load and unload passengers. The auxciting game has been dragged! Griers when "The summer house, pond chief in the iliary trick rails are each provided out! have been offered! Rewards are terrace the down came running child with raised portions adjacent to the train. The saddle car will ride along car placed on the other end port! 0f second Charlie a of Roes have eg in Fears took his he As place to join them. ends toward which the car ta moved the top of the train, and by the time the auxiliary truck rails and talas the he said Mrs. Hancock wants been aroused! and all sorts of ridicuand the ends of these auxiliary rails it has got to the Isst car will have as- second saddle car up with Us " lous statements were burled into his pi.s?n, one to play for "going to Rrs tapered. sumed tha momentum of the train. The gera. This operation is repeat at '. would ears. she was afraid J and A tha illustration shows, the roof saddle car and train will be locked each station, one saddle car beisg jegt could he When be ut of It Somebody speak began bis k me, so 1 nils on the front of the car are ta-- rl together, and then the passengers can at each station and one saddle cy. could play. Millie apologies. He was assured that he you that her Uaid downward, so that they will pass from one to the other. this taken Ing up. By rranpment does not know where could be pardoned on only one condiTeaduy engage under the broad-face- d the train may move without atop Currier, but sheare all As the train approaches the next station; that he make a full and tree exso right you are, wheels. One of the saddle cars is to tion the lower wheels of the saddle through the length of the road, The you Millie flushed at the mere thought planation of his erratic behavior. plac 3 at each station on the rosd. car will engage the raised part of the saddle ears, of course, are provided, He agreed that his rudeness demand As the train approaches the station f playing before so many people, and auxiliary rails and the saddle car will with brakes to arrest tbeir nKnmnt to remain where the ed it, and not "vithout confusion relawas tempted the tajwtd ends of the roof rails will be lifted off the train, thus at desired she the point permitting ' , fun under the broad-faceupper tha train to pass on and leave the sadvrss, but Miss Lester's influence made ted his story. formulate It. not Three while living in did before, She and yean sadthe wheels of the sai.Ie car, Itself felt There are In Boston 61,223 loa,, dle ear at the station. When the saddle e&r will be lifted off the auxiliary dle car Is thus dropped the train Im- addition to 100 hotels and $sj ikmiiv but ahe felt unconsciously that since Paris, where his business Interests detrack nils and carried away with the mediately runs Into, second saddle hotels. her kind teacher had done eo much for manded his presence, he had met Miss bar, it was only right ahe should make Lsater and became engaged to her. . .minmimHTr.mmnunnTnimmmnimniniHimimnnriHTHmmmmmtmnmmnimrni: : na ii COMPARED I OUR. NAVYrAS OF-- j( GERMANY WITH THAT Wiutiuuuuuimuiuiimituiiiiiumuuniiuiuiiuiiuiumuiiiuiiuiuuumuuuiiuuaiiiuui: THIRD-CLAS- S Then a wretched TBisunderstandlnf arose, and they quarreled and parted. To change the proverb slightly, They quarreled in haste to repent at leisure." .Soon after the Lesters left Paris and returned to America. He beard accidentally of Mr. Lesters death, and then a rumor reached him of the young lady's approaching marriage, but he ooa lost all trace of ber. On tie return to America the previous winter he tried in vain for news of her. They had no mutual friends of whom he Spuld Inquire, and he could learn nothing of her. The drew which Millie wore whs one he well remembered, and aroused his Interest and curiosity at once. The rest they knew. Here peals of laughter met him, and the Judge said gravely, "You have related events up to seven o'clock this evening. It la with the last four hours we have now to deal You have only begun the story Instead of ending go on, go on," they all cried. The poor fellow looked confused indeed for a moment, polished man of the world as ke was, but recovering himself, he said: "I must leave that to your Imagination, it ought to suffice to be told that the engagement la renewed. And Miss Lester, or Mrs. Darrah, as she became soon after, was fond of je- minding Millie that because she was kind and obliging and returned to the drawing-rooto play as Mrs. Hancock wished, she had been the means of making two people happy for life. These same people were ever the beet of friends to Millie, whom they loved hardly less than their own children. 8he was educated as her first teacher had planned, and became an artist of no small merit; and what .is better, a good and noble woman. Alice Josephine Johnson In Portland e ry SECOND-CLAS- S the-valle- Cea-grcr- nt S 1 THIRD-CLAS- S , akA V n 0 Innovation in Railroad Traffic I ' "at t f' d at i Richest go-Ic- I FIRST-CLAS- . HoomoMiestocxtotoHW vll-kg- s, A s; m 1 18-kn- ot U Jem-alem,- Ba.by Looking fat and rosy and greatly benefited by hla se voyage, John Nicholas Brown, Jr., the richest baby In the world, who arrived on the Teutonic, left for Newport in a special car, says New York World. There he will spend the winter, not because of any predilection of his for the old fishing town, but because his mother and his physicians have decided that the bracing air off the Rhode Island coast Is just the thing for a growing baby Just 19 months old. This richest baby In the world baa his vast fortune in his own name. It cannot he taken from him. When he reaches the age of discretion It will be absolutely his own to dispose of as he wishes. John Nicholas Brown, Jr., Inherited 36,000,-00- 0 from bis father, who died last yew. Two weeks later, Harold Brown, hla uncle, died and left Mm 84,000,000 more. This will doubtless aggregate 830,000,000 by the time he Is of age. All he has to do to come into possession is to live and breathe. And because of all these facts It happens that Master John Nicholas Brown, Jr., had with Mm on his ocean voyage and hla European trip his mother, his aunt, two trained nurses, a skilled physician and a valet who understands the Intricacies of a babys wardrobe. It required eleven trunks for the wardrobe of the Infant and hi entourage, and he carried with him a specially designed crib, the finest the Teutonics officers ever saw. ' multi-millionai- re Io Rntllnt'en Bknte. The hext best thing to Ice yachting la ice sailing on skates, says Pearsons Magazine. This exhilarating sport may be practiced, of course, where boating on the ice is out of the quesd tion; a pond will give the skater plenty of opportunity to sail be-- i fore the wind with the winds own speed, Ao tack $nd maneurre In the' most approved fashion. The Swedish sail Is the best and simplest It is made of white duck, between seven and ten, feet in height, about ten feet wide at the base, tapering to a narrow top. Light bamboo, or some other light strong wood. Is used for the Bpars. Of these there are usually three; two long ones, to wMch the aides of the sails are attached, and a strong main-sta- y, crossing about the middle from side to side. The expert skater, with a sail to his back, can bare all the excitement and sensations of the ice yachtsman in a modified form; indeed, be can maneu-vr- e himself In smaller space and can make complicated evolutions In less 'time than the best of the yachtsmen. It takes a little time to- - become used to the sail; one feels like a bird, and as one glides swiftly along, seeming to bare lost all bold of the ice, one might be' drifting through the air. Driving straight before the wind, an expert can tail thirty miles an hour. Nothing can compare with the sensation. With the wind dead aft, the skater stands erect, his feet stiff, about six Inches apart, bis bands supporting the main-yar- d of the sail behind him, on n level with his shoulders. With each tack that is made and tacking 1 one of the delights of skate sailing the position of the body, shoulders, hands and feet must he changed. Only experience, however, can show Jtow to manipulate the sail to get the greatest benefit from the wind, and to be able to sail whithersoever one fair-size- listetk. r ur . -- ). |