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Show pt'll Dolores did not move; she understand it thoroughly, as wished was but slowly dawning truth the yet upon her. "1 thought that you were not capable of healing the truth, 1 believed you were like many women; I see how mistaken I was. your friend here," with a movement of bis hand and a half smile toward young Green, tried to impress upon me that you were braver than other women but I would know now that not tie convinced you aie brave brave enough for this and worse" She understood The truth was upon her in all the hlai Kness of darkness Theie had been little love her ami tier father, but he was the only one in the world to her, and BURMESE ra 0 a bjl- - j- - Are Considered of Age ' When Thay Reach Thirteen. After the ears are pierced, at the age of 13, a Burmese girl begins ter think of marriage. She ,is free to choose her own husband, only ancient superstition decrees that she hall not marry a man born on a cer lain day of the week. Disaster la supposed to overwhelm the girl born on Wednesday, and that there shall , be no uncertainty tn the day obirtb, a child always has a name beginning with the letter of the day of the week on winch she was born After the wedding party have assembled at the bride's home the hand plays and the guests sit about on the floor chatting, smoking, and eating sweetmeats and after a time it is announced that the two young people who arp mentioned by name are man and wife. Durit the first year of their married life the young couple must live with the wife's mother, and the husband must help to support his mother-in-lait is the wife who holds the purse and manages all household expenditure. f ?5wrvi&$ w 1 CHAPTER XIV Continued. He is ni) lali'.cr, anil they will ot let me in there, yet he i an bee him." The nurse laid her hand aressing-lon the girl s arm "Of lourse, she said In a matter of fact tone "Kiiiitmlier, Dolores, ii is years suite he has set n our father. And do you Know, as soon as he Is better we aie going to take him over to the town so you can nurse him to your heart's content? There are pretty houses in the town, and jrour uncle Intends buying one and furnishing It for you There's a fine blacksmith's shop with a good business for your father, and he is to have a housekeeper and everything comfortable while you are in New York with us. "Your uncle will be ready In a moment, and he does not like to wait; you needn't change your dress, and tin wear mv vviap and bonnet Doia will fix everythng when you get there. Here - her note, you have not yet read it. Shall I read it lor you while you get ready ? She tit oped and pi led up the note where it had fallen, talking continually, givng the gal no tune to reply had she so wished. Dora writes .such a pretty hand; they say those who diavv well write well, and Dora makes charming sketches. Heie Is your note; it reads like her, only one misses her pretty voice. Mrs. Allen spoke rapidly, but with not a trace of excitement; more as though she would give the girl no time to think. She unfolded the soft gray shawl, and laid it over a chair, then she opened the note with no break In the conversation, and read aloud: "Sly Dear' New Cousin : Nurse Allen has told you I have come to claim you, or rather have come part way to claim you. They will not allow me so father has promto go out ised me solemnly that he will bring you with him to me. Nurse Allen will take good care of him, and bring him to us by and by, and we can go over to see him when the weather Is dry. Give him my love.. I hope he is better, and will go to see him soon. Come to me at once; I wish you, Dolores Johnson, and can wait no longer. v mv i do nut know lather' more (bail something ails you liave-saidThe bedroom dour opt nod noiselessAs he ly and Dr Grey rauie out stepped into the room closing the door behind him, Dr Dunwlddle motioned foi bun to lefru but he shook Ills Washington Is famous the world over for the number of its statues visitors pause to consider to but f what n extent the militarv statues There are, of coursi predominate several Statues to Statesmen and jur lsts. notably those eonimenior:'lv e of Daniel Wi baler an John Marshall Benjamin Fiankhn but for Hie most part these picturesque t. t.moniaN bear tribute to the nation's warrior The figures of Washington and Greene, the foremost leaders of the Revolution have bet n reproduced A statue of Jackson marks tils achieve ments In the second war with Gen Scott's statue Is a re minder of his service in the Mexican war; Whereas, several of the great commanders of tfie Givi! war have had their fame perpetuated by this means, and still others will he simi larly honored within the next few reining In ills horse iu order that he may obtain a better view of the field of battle. A flue equestrian statue of Gen. Hancock was unveiled In Washington in lkbii. Alike to the Thomas statue 'be pose is one of action, the hero of Gettysburg being represented as a 'viRimander watchful and alert, in the i 'nter of activities The statue of Gen Iyogan the first of the memori-,to be unveiled during the present century, Is unique In many respects. Gen Logan is represented as riding along the line of battle, his sword drawn and carried low In his right hand. The horse is represented in the altitude of moving at a slow trot On one fate of the pedestal of the monument Is a group representing Gen Logan taking the- - oath of office as United States aerator, administer ed by Vice President Arthur The increasing appreciation of the historical and artistic value of the equestrian statues at the national eqpl'al Is well evidenced by the grow ng gem rosily of tongrtss In appro iriat'ng money for such memorials. In some cases frleuds and admirers f a warrior to be honored have con tributed nil Mr a portion of the co'-- t head empbat ( r.'ly now ' Mi s like a log Hal, the trump of "Then he will die you think?" the aii'liangel alone muld arouse him. She asked it calmly, except that an I've stuck to him day and night like her lips were whiter than usual and want a now obedient puppet so that the words came unevenstiff, ihangc. what s all tins going on out ly. here? What ails you people?" I think that he may die, Miss Dr. Dunwlddle frowned, and h0s but we will hope for the Johnson, an-svoice was almost sharp as he best ered "You will let me nurse him? she to on here "There is nothing going asked. Her faie was lifted to his, and interest you, Tom. and Mr. Johnson theie was not a quiver of a muscle, must not be left alone one moment. not the of the white lids trembling I If you are tired. will take your place fringed with the ailkeu lashes over the until"11 searthing eyes. I nt Its over." the other inter- steady, "You shall nurse him Dr. Dnuwld- 1 were Ixrd knows wish It year. rupted Much of tin Ituiires-Ieness of till well over; its a dused bad piece of statues in Was! iiiirton is doubtle--du- e biiMni ss, anyhow, and I wish I were to the fad t at so rinriv of thei out of it." from are equestrian ft is i t unaiy in :il. Ho was stoppi'd bv a countries to poiiax as "men on Dr. Dunwp.die. Young Green aDo horseback" only Hie roy.U tuined on him with flashing eyes IVloies seemed turning into stone; personages or un'n who wire aitual Commanders of troop- - or enjoved the her fai e was whitening, and her eyes sounded title of commander The first "quo-trla- n her strange vine dilating, statue evtr orectid In the west even to bers It qs she laid her hand ern hemisphere was the one of George on the doctors aim as he was passing III, . of England winch, during the her. war 'for independence, was melted "Y'oii will not go until you have anandcasl Into bullets by patriotic swered me. Dr. Dunwiddie?" The daughters of Miss Columbia. It was more a command than a on oldest and were full him, her equestrian monument now eyes, query; standing In the new world is a colos be jmised instinctively. gal statue of Charles IV. of Spain, in Her unde spoke impatiently; like the City of Mexieo. The Initial stat all men, he disliked scenes; this girl ne In the United States Is the reseemed capable of getting one up at nowned one of Gen. Andrew Jackson almost any moment. In Lafayette square, at Washington, he said, "Dora My dear Dolores, Is waiting for us. Why do you bother directly opposite the White House. . The monument, showing the hero the doctors? They know much betof New Orleans mounted on a spiritter than we do what is best to be done. ed steed, rearing in a precarious attiCome, like a good girl, let us go; we Dont go In yet, Dolores." tude, has been from time immemorial are only hindering the others. die replied, gravely, a flash of wonderpictured in school readers and geogWhy should I hinder them? she ing admiration In hla black eyes MeetThey are strangers ing hers in that comprhensive glance raphies, and Its appearance is probasked, gravely. more familiar to the great mahere; he is my father. that showed to him the depth of this ably Yes, of course," he said, brusquely. woman's soul, the marvelous strength jority of Uncle Sam 8 citizens than statue in the world. This We all know of her Of course, Dolores. Ah, Indeed she any other statue, like all the military memorials that, but they know much better than should nurse him. at the capital, is of bronze, and was we do what Is best to be done. Dora As he turned away toward the bedis waiting for you it is better in room she started to follow him, but cast from cannon which Jackson capthe British in the war of every way for ns to go. Mrs. Allen laid her hand upon her tured Jrom She stood erect and slender among shoulder, and young Green crossed 1811. DORA." The second equestrian statue erect them, her print gown falling around quickly to her side, his face softened ed to Washington, that of Gen, Geo. CHAPTER XV. her to her feet, her face catching the strangely. s the Jackson shadows of the storm upon it Dont go Jn yet. Dolores not. Just Washington, like Twin voice vm old cannon. Gent 'Did I not'-say,the his he bending said, entreating!?, yet!" listened Quietly, with no dressed solemn in Its grave earnestness, in colonial uniWashington, on-level the with. head fair hers, she that I- - will not leave him ever sign of impatience or interest; rest-in his eyes aa form, is represented as witnessing the deepening kindly light ( while he lives not for any one? stood erect and silent, her eyes His horse is d look in hers battle of Princeton. they, met .the None of them spoke for a moment; raised to his face. "You shall go as shrinking before the shot, but the lng calmly oh Mrs. Allens face. The bedroom door opened, and her not one of them was capable of de- soon as It Is best will let yon go general ia unmoved by the . danger. uncle came out, accompanied by young ceiving her as she stood so grave and there now." the memoFollowing the erection-o- f He no- quiet waiting his reply. That she bad rial to came the nation liberator Green and Dr. Dnnwiddie. the Her eyes searched hla face, large ticed the wraps made rLy, and spoke right to know, a better right than and dark and beautiful eyea they placing of a commission for a statue cheerily they, could not be denied. She had were; she scarcely recognized him for of Gen. Winfield Scott This monuWei my dear, are you ready? My spoken the truth; she was a woman ment was ordered In 18C7, and was the moment. erected seven years later. The magirl will be watching for us eb. capable of enduring much, of suffering 1 not she should asked, go?" Why Green? And if you are ready we will much; she was not a child to be put I am to nurse him; Dr. terial waa derived from cannon capgravely. off with evasive replies. go at once. has promised that I shall. tured during the Mexican war. Gen. Dunwiddie Scott la represented as mounted On a Mrs. Allen advanced and began putDr. Grey stood at the bedroom door; Ia he not my father?" but the around la depicted as a girl, the since the not wraps moved had he girl spoke; ting But hla hand was upon her arm charger at rest He lieutenant general, and not aa he apDolores stepped back to avoid her, she impressed him as she Impressed she and warm and and tender, strong repeared at the time of his victories In the others. Young Green looked trou- obeyed giving her a slow glance as of him silently. from turned the Mexican war. away he would as he started though proach, thenjhe bled; Mrs. and soon left uncle after, Her the others toward the physician who go to Dolores, and checked himself. Allen sent a note to Dora explaining ,The equestrian statue of Gen. Nathaniel Greene, the Revolutionary hewas talking earnestly to young Green Even Dr. Dunwlddle was somewhat the strange scene. Dolores said no t the farther window. disquieted; he looked beyond the girl word. She scarcely heard what waa rn waa erected by congress in 1877. The hero of the masterly campaign There was no trace of agitation In otu of the opposite window. going on around her; when her uncle the young girls face or manner as she They waited for him to speak; the stooped to kiss her forehead and against the British in the south is girl knew he would tell her; the oth- promised that Dora should come to represented in Continental uniform, ers were sure he would do what was her as soon as it were possible she seated upon a charger and pointing best. As his gaze left the window and looked through and through him; she with his right hand as though directihe turned to Dolores, he caught the heard his words, but they made no im- ng a military movement. The statue is 13 feet in height look on young Greens face. His own pression upon her; her thoughts were The first of the equestrian memoricleared instantly; he was himself in the Quiet room beyond the closed, al! to civil war heroes erected at the again, grave, practical, a thorough phy- door. sician and gentleman. (To be continued.) My dear Miss Johnson," he said he was grave, courteous; her eyes did NO CAKE FOR HER- not leave his face searching, steady when your father fell fully Youngster eyes Thought He Had a Grievtwenty feet it was he struck the ance Against Hla Mother. ledge with great force; had he dropped The late Mrs, James G. Blaine nsed it might scarcely ""have hurt Mm to relate charmingly the unconscious though it is evident that the ledge witticisms of her sons and daughters' below Is rocky and the bushes scrub- childhood. She once said: by and sharp; as it was, he lost his When James', his father! namebalance' and slipped down suddenly sake, was a little chap, he discussed with a force I wonder did not kill him for a long time one day the subject outright of wedding cakes- - He made me tell Aa It is, he broke both legs and an Mm all about wedding cakea how arm, besides Internal injuries which they are made, how they are cut, and cannot be determined upon at once.1 how pieces of them are sent to the She watched him steadily; Instinc- friends of brides and grooms. This You can tell me If you will." tively she knew he had not told her last custom he Was especially pleased jerossed the room to the two at the alt Her lips were white, and set in a with. He thought a piece of ' wedding straight line. Mrs. Allen crossed over cake made a delightful gift Ssmall south window. Dr. Dunwlddle," she said, gravely, and touched her hand, but she paid "Then he pondered for a moment jHer eyes were searching his for the no heed to her; she was waiting to He frownpd. He said. know the worst truth; she never glanced at his But, mamma, I shant send yon Tou know how he was brought Dr. Dunwlddle," she con any of my wedding cake when, I get Tou married. jtlnued, slowly and distinctly, you can home," continued Dr. Dunwlddle. tell me if you will. There Is no rea- were the one who found him; to you Why not, my dear? I asked. " 'Because, he said, yon didnt send son why I should not know the truth; he owes his life you and Charlie. Hla Gen. Nathaniel Greene, right leg was broken below the knee me sny of yours." la he not my father? Have I not nation capital was the statue of Gen. right to know? Do you think this is we set that and" his arm yesterday, ifair or Just? All the other women of but his left leg jaates B. McPherson, which was seNot Much Use for a Trunk. cured through the efforts of the Sowas Hla and voice men when for care the grave. settlement steady Gen. Joseph W. Congdon, the presijthe jthere Is heed, there is no reison why Mrs. Allens face was blanching; how dent of the American Silk Associa- ciety of the Army of the Tennessee. Intended that the monument the same if there Is the girl, would take it she did not tion, was traveling some time hgo in It I should not do4nust be, else why are know; she was used to many affecting Georgia. He says that in a little should constitute McPhersons tomb, t?ed, and there these s1rar.frs here, and why Is he scenes, hut this was totally different Georgia town he one day heard two and beneath the statue is a vault deto receive the bouy of the gallal His left leg is broken In two places. colored kept so quiet? I do not understand it, .lads conversing. officer killed near Atlanta; but ant me, Miss will Johnson. not to did wish tell We unless cannot yon and I Tae gwine Noth, said the first interment was never made. The and 'And her Is my uncle here waiting to tell you till the worst was over, hut It Das so? said the second. atato represents McPherson as be take me away from my father, to leave is best yqu should know. Your father Yep. Ise got a trunk to take wtv led to battle. so In his right hand he remained' long in that position in me, too." hint to b$ taken care of by strangers holla field glasses, and is portrayed do hot know my uncle; no doubt he the night dampness, in his exhausted A trunk? What aim a trunk for?" as fzbig deliberately over a field of prishes us well, hut he Is a stranger to state, that we dared do nothing yesWy to tote yuh clos la." linbaC'- , terday. We wished to save this limb me. ,Dora does not know, she "Aa go naked?" Surpassingly Inspiring and magnifigered over the came "how could she If it were possible; It would be worse cent is the statue erected to Gen. Geo. know, or I am sure Ehe would not wish than folly to attempt it; It ta best that Traveling Christiana. it should go. Then, with careful nursby his - comrades of the It Is stated that The Gideons" are H. Thomas ime to go; she could not wish to go of the Arts? Cumberland in 187. The we know him around herself not do all it may ing, you h would briBg growing at the rate of 1M members a god: of Chickamauga ia represented month. . he wonld not do it herself. Do you right." 1 I Grea-Britai- -- pe-tu- re st a -- half-daze- f com-Ipanlo- n. vt ( . i For Masquerade. W , V At the religious festivals and dances In New Guinea grotesque face masks are worn by the participants. Trained Tortoise. Japanese and Korean, showmen, la addition to their Skill as Jugglers and acrobats, display a truly marvelous skill In teaching animals tricks. They not only exhibit educated bears, spaniels, monkeys and goats, but also trained birds, and, what Is the mors astonishing of all, trick fish. One of the most curious examples of patient training is an exhibit by aa , old Korean boatman of a dozen drilled tortoises. Directed by bis songs' and ' a small metal" drum, they march In lice, execute various evolutions, and conclude by climbing upon a low table the larger ones forming of their,! own accord s' bridge for the smaller, to which the feat vyould otherwise-bImpossible. When they have all mounted they dispose themselves la three or four plies like eo many "" plates. Gen. Scott of a statue, hut under these circumstances congress has made appropriThe Gen. ations 'for the pedestal. Jackson statue cost complete tbs sum of 150,000, and a like amount waa paid for the memorial to Gen. Washi-- ngton.,The Gen. Scott statue cost 20,000 and the pedestal (25,000 more. For the statue of Gen. Nathaniel Greene the original appropriation was (40,000, hut an additional appropriation of (10,000 waa made later in order to complete the memorial. The bronze figure of McPherson cost (23,000 and the pedestal (25,000. The sum of was paid for Ward's matchless statue of Thomas and (25,000 for the pedestal. The statue of Gen. Hancock Involved the expenditure of (49,000 all told, and the Logan statue cost (C5,-00of which sum congress appropriated (50,000. For the great memorial to Gen. Grant congress has appropriated a quarter of a million dollars; the sum of (50,000 has been set aside for the pedestal of the statue of upon which work has not yet commenced, and a like expenditure will probably be made for the base of the statue of Bherldan, for which th tentative plans have been made. The contract for tfie statue of this dashing cavalry leader, it may be noted, has fittingly beon awarded to the sculptor who created the statue of Thomas. -- Trees Cracked by Frost. aspens in Manitoba grows ia a region of intense frost. The straight, tall trunks have frost cracks in the bark near the ground, where the sap ia yet to be found ta the time of severest cold. "All who have camped la the north during the coldest weather will recall readily the sharp explosions that are heard during the making ofthes cracks. A grove of 0, A Negro Would Have Known Tramp Made a Mistake. Mrs. Samuel Gullck, wife of a farmer living near Washington, N J., was attacked by a tramp while walking along the bank of a canal. She carried a lantern, and. Instead of screaming, she swung the lantern and dealt the tramp a terrlflo blow upon the head. To escape further punishment the fellow Jumped Into the canal and swam across, . The Circle of Death. Better. There was one incident that took Mr Wedplace in the Waldorf-Astori-a nesday night that was not recorded in the minutes of the meeting called to form a society of Kentuckians, , John 0. Carlisle was ft the middle of an address on the purpose of th meeting when a door back of his . - The circle I practically bottom cbslr opened and a waiter mads his lest basket, round the eldea of which on which appearance bearing a tray the horseman gallops- - while It ta sue-- ' were half a dozen glasses and a This ta the latest pended In mid-air- . pitcher of water. sensation In Parisian music halls. neover the Mi, Carlisles eloquence cessity of the exiles from the Bln Canadian Woods Buffalo. Grass country banding together had woods of northern British The sihashed his audience into absolute ate still Infested by hunAmerica lence. The first thing that broke ft dreds of species ot bison known queer Waltwhen the a as he came to pause buffalo. He ta much woods as the er entered was the tinkle of the ice la bison of the plains, the than larger the pitcher. abounded in such which formerly on When the waiter placed the tray numbers. the table before Mr. Carlisle a titter ran over the andlence, which finally To Sink Deep Coal Shaft. broke out Into a roar of laughter. No The deepest coal mine shaft in the one spoke a word, but all stared at world la to be Bunk in Hanover townwater. of Being good the pitcher ship, Penn. It will be 2,t:5 feet deep Kentuckians, they missed something. and will open up a virgin coal field, The waiter was an Alsatian and one of the richest in the region. The Kenneeds of of the knew nothing colliery will give work to about 2,000 tucky gentlemen. New York Press. men. Pulitzers Great Affliction. Joseph Pulitzer In hla article In th The Colmakes this palege of Journalism thetic allusion to his blindness: "If my comment on these criticism shall seem to be diffuse, and perhaps repetitions, my apology ia that alas! I am compelled to write by voice, not by pen, and to revise the proofs by ear, not by eye a somewhat difficult task." North American Review on I , Borrow Money to Pay Bounties. The little town of Marlon, Me, ta paying 5 per cent interest on money borrowed to pay the bounty of 25 cents per bead which the legislature of 1903 placed upon hedgehogs. Unusual Diet Killed Bruin. A correspondent at The Forks, Me,, tells about a bear that died from th effect of eating a pair of straight-fron- t yorsets. ' |