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Show hj V ,;( ry.;("K QY A. COHAN DOYLL- MTLHK WmAL Kloo ' ASSGCWIOX 'II.pti-:i: v -tcoNUM mi. It Is a very .l.,.,m. iumisImii. "m.'- snl, I,,.. .I.ailiig his threat "N lulling , ,. M,-t, ,...t.,r. -Trv I" n .-hair. 'i,l Is He re thul 1 tn .1.. r,,r Hh.iii 1 ,t,,g ,1,1,1 .-i Mn Knv.-r knew II,,. I vu nrs le re-' 'I'r.iy .1,. no. t r...il. Admiral. I fl I ,,k. ,l lVii, r, I,.,,.,,,... t,. our lll-"'fhut lll-"'fhut thl. ni,,ii,,ni-. I 11, nl "U I'onl.l i-u,. u mlr ,,,.rf u,,,.,.rt stmir enmlns ,,., ii,, l-. the lli,.mv.-""l lli,.mv.-""l nt II, e..,,,,,n ,.f v...,H,r' 'Ii". ma inn. I , ,, ! ,,,, ilml " lie f-'"d up bis tips hi, I sle,k his grla-IH grla-IH l-,. "And ,y "iciiii,, ,r p,i. tptes, ma'am." Tut liy?.- "se ,iusn , bus her rtlllles end mu has hla. I n,.,v t. .,l,l-falil""e.l, hiitt i 11V v, w Why, w hat Is tl t.,tl t cumuli t,.? I mis saying t" Dr. W alker only h,t night that we ahsl hnve s iv,, man winning to cum-m"l cum-m"l the I'biinn-I I'h ei n.-sl " Ttist Is en- ..f the few ,r,f"B,l,ns wt.H ,MI,i Improved." said Mrs. ntmne.ttt, itn .r pW,i,.si smile. "I'm u.imsn must still b,uk to limn for pr-iWctl n." "Hea l llks th.se new-faniil.-d Ideas, ma'am. I t.ll you hnnesily that I dent I like dls, l,llne, snd I think svrrj ens Is better for It. Women hsve anttgrrat ileal h,e, they had not In the lays of our fathers. They havo unlrtr.nir, n fr ,h,.ni v. s, I am told, snd there sr.. wonu-n doctors, I hear. Kurely they should rest contented content-ed What mure can lhy wanlT" "Yea are a sailor, and salb.rs are al-wna al-wna chivalrous. If y..u could see how Ifili.ts n-ally nil-, you would change your opinion. What are the ponr things to do? There are so many of them and so f. w things to which II, ey nan turn their hinds. (InvernissesT Kill there ere l.anlly any situations. Mn-le and dravtlnn? There Is not one In tlfly who has any apci-lul tulc-nl In that direction, sle.llrlns? It la still eiinounibd with dlllleultlrs for weuien. and II takes manv years snd a small forlun to qualify. Nursing? It Is hard work 111 paid, snd none but Itie strongest ran stand It Whnt would you have Ihrm V II -n, Ad,nlr,il? Pit down and s.irrei ... ... rot. tut! It Isnet so bad aa tliat." The pressure Is thrill, le. . Advertise kr a lady rompanl. nt ten shillings a fi.-k, which la has Han a conk a wage, ted Sri, how many iiMiwers you get. There la no hope, no ou-,.ok. for these ariiggllng Ihouaands. Ufc a a dull, rr.ll.l slriigirle, b-sdlna down to a Chc-Mrsa old age. Yet wlnv we try tl e-tug S'line little ruy of hvpe, some rtsiiee, however illliinl. of s.inethlim t-il.-r, we sr.- Id, I by clilvalsius g, u-Ikmen u-Ikmen that It Is again,.! tlieli prlnel- SS III help." The Ailo.lral winced, but shcok his bed In dissent. There Is banking, Ihe law. vet.rln-an vet.rln-an surgery, gov.., iiment nfll.-es, lh-clnl lh-clnl s.-rvle... nil th,,,. t bast should be thrown freely op. i, to women, ir the bltve hrnlns enough til efiu-ele lie", ssfully f,,r lli. in Turn If w an, ,11 ,- unucc.,ul It Kouhl be her 01.11 full, and the nialorlly of Ihe popul... tloa of this country could 111 .iio-r rnepluln that Ih.-y live un.l.-r a differ-ml differ-ml l,i w to the mlnorltv. and thai they an I, eld down In pov.-riv and self, I,, 111. will, every road In ludep l.-uee sealed to ihi-m." "What would you propose to do, ma em?" To set I'-s moiv obvious Inlustleea rlf st. and so In pave 11, e way for a refer. re-fer. Now loos st 11,-1 110.11 digging In the hl.l I km v bin, lie ran wbi-ky. and I," le s as ,11,1, h lutein, gene as tl,,. poll,,,., n lluil he Is dig-I., dig-I., til. et the man has a vote, can ,.,. sililr tutn the sea t sn I, , tloii. and n,sr help to de. Id,. II,- p., II y of this rinile. Now, 1, 1 l.,ke the nearest ex-smile, ex-smile, here an, I, a woman, who have I,.,,,, me eduction, who have traveled, si, 4 Mm have sen, ami studied tin- In. sMOtlona ol Mianv .eiinlrlea. I hold lonstleruble piot.eilv, o,,i I pay more In Ird-erlal Ksa H un I'.,, 1 man spends In wilsky. whe, ,1 a i l,:ir a i-nul .1 . . , I . ana Vet I have no mi.- direct Inlluei Us,B Ihe dls,,oal of the money which I par than H e ny which er. e,s nl,,,g tin stall. a II, ul it, hi? Is II fntr?" Th Admiral mov.-tl lin.-t.elly In his chslf "Youts l si, ixc. pllonal case," aalil be. "Bui no woman has a voice. Consider that the wo,,,..,, sr. a majority In th-nt.tlon. th-nt.tlon. Yet If there waa a uucallon of t-,:lalsth,n upon which all women were agreed i,K.n one aide and ull Uie 111.11 ui",n Hie other. II would i.pi.ar Hint the Batter was s,ll,, uiianlmously wt,es more than half I tin p.,piil.it,,,u .- apposed to It. la ttial right?" Asln Ihe A.Imti ul wrlggb-d. II waa very awkward for Ihe gall nit s-aiuan to have a handsome ,,,,,,, 11 ,,;,,s,e to l,lsi. bombarding him Willi 00, ,,o,is In none of which he could Ilml an answer. an-swer. "Couldn't even get tin- tc!ii,lo,H out of his guns." as he explained the mi'ltrr lo the Doctor Ihot evening, ".Now those nr.. n.illi p.,l,ns that wi slall lay at,, ss U i.t the ,n., . Illg VI, ,1 f,,. Hni ,p,.,. opening of lie piofeaslotlH. Hi., l,, II ' ,. , 1 1 of the trllniia I rail 1, ,, ! tlie trail, III,,, to all v.onten who pay ijoe. li s (liX'-S uh. va a certain sum. Surely ll . i-,. In liole.tcK Unioasoniltde III that. Nothlto, wl, I, M ould on-en.l vour ,i Inch h s. W el... .1 I, nve medicine, law. und the chnti-l, nil rail) lug that night for the pi,,lertl, , of woman. Is the nuvy to Tl,s Admiral Jumped 01,1 of bis chair j VHttl III, evil In his th,,,.,t - Tlierc. I eie, me am. ' be cried. "iMop It for ! " lln e. I have beard emmet,. V-il've ! 1 1 .rneil ice n ,u, or Iwo, I w.n''l .!,, Hul lei It stand III that. I 111 llilnk I " I '-. , I.ilnlv. Admlial We would not , I nrry ,,u In vour .lecls put we I t'l rose ami moved 1,1,01,1 In to r l,a,iig- 1 In,- masculine fashion from one pi lu-e ' to another. f,,r Ihe walls were thleklv I cm d with remlnlseenees of the Admiral Ad-miral s v, .!,,,: "Illlllof snd at..-, "Sliretv tils ship would have furb.l nil her hover ..nival , an t reef, I h, r topsails If she found lier-1 lier-1 tf on a I.-., ali.ire with Ihe wind on her -r rs,. she would. The artist waa ii" r 1 ,isl -send. I aw. nr. It a the I-. ,, I,,,,,. ,., as on ir,. ,111, f .Inn . I V.J. In the threat of the Mi. ills of I' men. with the Island of lu.iua on ttie s, at board bow. and Siitnatra 011 Ihe I it. lie pulnt.-d II Hon, deatlull.ii, to, I. '.r eoiiiae, 1, a you el V acnelhly sv. ail Has song below and s'le carried storm sail, and double reefed topsails, for 11 waa Mowing a cyclone from ihe s..ii. ,. 1. 1 r, midline,,! you, menu,. 1 d In I!" "HI, I have done a little sallorlng I mva, It -11, much aa a woman can as-pin- to. you know. This In Ihe May of l niielial What a lovely frigate!" "I.'.vely, you say! Ah, she was lovely! love-ly! Thai la the Andromeda. I was a male aboard of her -eul, -lieutenant tliey all II now, thounh I like the eld name best " "VVhnt a lovely rake her maala have, and what a curve to her bowel Hhe niost have le.-n a clipper." The old sailor ml, I.e. I hla hands and bin eyes glistened. Ills old ships bordered bor-dered close iiis.n Ills wife and hla eon In hla I, IT. -el Inns "I know h um hnl." aald Ihe lady care-leasly. care-leasly. "A couple of yeara ngn I had a aeven-lon ruit.-r-rlgg. d yacht, the llnn-shee, llnn-shee, and we ran over to Maderla from Kalmoul !,." "You. ma'am. In a eeven-lonncrT" "With a couple of Cornish lads for a crew. ih. it was glorious' fortnight right out 1,1 the ..pen. will, no worries, no letters, no callers. 1,0 pelly thoughts, nothing hul ihe great silent skv. They talk of riding, lnd I. 1 ., fond of hoiaea, too, but what la there lo r.1,11-I r.1,11-I are will, the awoop of a Utile craft aa ahe pitches d.jwn Ihe long ateep side of a wave, and then the uulver and spring as she Is tossed upwards again? till. If our aoula culd triluamlgra le I d lie a seam w als.ve all birds that llyl Hul I keep y. Admiral. Adieu!" The old sallnr was too transported WlUl sympathy l , My a word tie C"UM els" aieiaa. rter 'We.aaet. -mlprrilflf band. She waa huir way down Ihe garden pnth before ahe h.-ar.l him culling her, and I saw hla g, lisle, t head and wraltier-stnlned wraltier-stnlned fai-e looking out from behind the curtains. "You inuy put me down for the platform." plat-form." he cried, and vanished abashed behind the curtain of his Times, where his wife found him at lunch time. "1 hear Hint you have had unite a I long etiat will, airs. Weslniaeolt," anld Site "Y.s. and I think that she Is one of Ihe most sen. ltd,, women that I ever knew." "Kxeept on the women's rights lines- Hon. of course." "I . I ih u t know. Hhe loot a good deal to say for lie, a. If on that also fuel, mother. I have lake,, a plalfo, u, tl, kel for her m,...,,g." I'll A I'THIt VI. a 01 11 a 1,, nr. yT thih was net ."Or'S'"' eonveraaiion -jljp I Ivhl-h Mrs. West. LV..V a.nacott held that " Admiral the only ? ',- l rson Jn the Wild- " V s , ' . ern.-ss w ho waa ilea. " S, :' " Hned lo llnd his Y ! opl ns rouslder. ..,'' ably cha,,g.,. Two ' n.-lglitN.rlng famii. ha. Ihe Wlnsh.wa from Anerh-y, and the Cuiiits-rliHtclies rrom lllpsy lllll, bad I n luvttt-d lo lenuts by Mis. U'ealioacoll, and the lawn was gay In the livening wilt, Ilia blasers of the young men and tin- bright dresses of Ihe girls. To the old, r A.ople, Billing round ih.-lr w h-k.-r-w.k garden rliulrs, Hie darting, stooping, springing White llgiirea, Ihe SW.ep of Skills a I,, I tw inkle of ramus sll .the click of Ihn racketa and ehlirp whls of the bulla, with the e, , nun, oil "lift, n love lift, en all!" of llis mutker. made up A merry and est,,li,,,,nx ae To aee Ih.-tr aona ami .laughters sn flushed and heallhy and happy gave tliem ulso a r. Ileeted glow, anil It was hard to Bay who bad moat pleasure from Ihe game, those win, played nr Ihosa who watched. Mrs. U , -mm, oil hud Just Mulshed a set w hen at,., caught a glimpse of Clara Walker silling alone lit the flintier end of the ground. Hhe ran down the court, ch ared the net lo Ihe nitioi-. 1,,. i,t of the visitors, and sealed beis. lf b.-sl.le her. Clara's reserved and refilled ,. 11 lure shrunk from Ihe bolster,, us frankness ami sir ing.- manners ! Ihe widow, and ct her feuil,, Inslll.et ,,, .r Uo.t bineatli ell ,0 , p. eiillailllea there lay ,1111, h lha, was good ami noble. Slot smiled up 1,1 to r. II, 11, fore, and melded meld-ed 11 Ki. - iiug "Wlo .-if. fi t you pliivlmr, then? Don't , for gooluefs e.,ke. b'.-lll to he Inogiild and youtot la.lyisli. When you K p uetlve ,.oila you give up youth." "I hi,,.- pluycd u net. Mra. Weetinu- "'i'Iiiii s ilglit. my d- iir." She sat down beat, I- her. and l.i,s-,l lo r upon the aim with her tenia nickel. "I like you, my d. nr. nnd I i, ,11 going In call you Chun Y .u are not as aggressive aa I should , le,,, Clara, but silll I like you v-ry mil, Ii. Kelf-sucilllce Is all vary well, ,,i, know, but we liuve had ruth-er ruth-er to., u u, ), of II on our side, mid an, oil, I like tu see a Utile on the other. , what di ynu think of mf nephew, I I atles?" k L Tl uestfon w,s ae sudden and on- i' exi led that Cbn , gave nolle a Jumn . In I er chair. ' I- l -l hardly ever hava ( Ihoiiuht of your ifphew Charles." 1 -No.' oh. you m is, think bin, well ' ever (or 1 want to epeak to you about I him " i If "To in.-s tint wliv-' I ! . ! ' II s o in. ,1 i nie moat dellrnte. Ten 3 ',- I lain. Ihe imi't.r stands In this 'j way. it is nutie ,, le that I may soon ' ! Ilml imaeir In a e,,u,ilelely neve sldiera t "I life, which will Ihv.lve fresh dulh-a .,.-. and leak.- II Imia.s.ii p. for me to keep 'f no a hotiH. hold which Churlea can " shore" Chun star.,!. i, thB mean Hint she , . was about t.. marry ..gain? What else , could It .n ,,.? 1 "Then f,.ri. ciinrles must have - a h,,s, hold ,,f his own That la obvious. J Now. I don't approve of bachelor ea- , . Iiihllshnieiita I to y ,,ii s i ""'ally. Mrs W. .In act t. I havj , never Ihoitghl ,,f ,,,.,ner." ""h. you lltti.. ,V p,,., waa there J ever a i ltl who never thought of the l matter'' I think thai a voting man of I sis an, .t,., ,,iy oiiiht p. i,a married." j- ( lira fell v,.ry ne,,n,f,,rlnhle. Tha awful th.. uuht had come upon ner that Hits ambassadress had cmne lo her aa . t a proxy with a iropoaa of niarrlage. Hut hw ,.u, t, p.? She had not st,keii more than three or four tlmea with her nephew, and knew nothing more of I,,,,, ,h,1M lp , ,,,, ,r nn ,n evening l f,,r. t waa Imposalble, then. And vet whul could hla nnut menu by . , 1 this disens.,,,,, nf h, Iirvnt(, Bitalra? "t,o you n,,t Ihlnk yourself." she persist.,!, per-sist.,!, "thai a joung man of ala-and-tw. ntv Is belter ni a rcl.-.l .'' . j "I should tt.li.lt that he la old enough lo d... ,t f,,r hlnisrlf." j "Yea, ea He has done so. Put rharlea Is Just a Utile shy, Just a little alow In espr. sslng himself. I thought that I ' would Mini the wy fr htm. Two worn- l. en can aitange these lhlnus sn much j better. Men sometimes have a dluVulty I In making tl,,.,,,,, Wee ch ar." , i "I really hardly follow you, Mra. J TW.tmacotl," erl-d Clara In deapalr. , '. "lie haa tin profeaalnn. Hut ha haa , nice lastea. He reada Itrownlng every , night. And he la moat amnslngly strong. When he waa younger we used to put on the gloves together, hul I cannot persuade hi,,, to now, for he aaya ha cannot play light enough. I ahould allow al-low htm live hundred, which ahould be enough at llrst "My dear Mrs. Weelmarntt," cried ' Clara, "I assure yau that I have not the least Idea what It la that you are talking of." 1 "Ho you think your sister Ida would have my nephew Charles?" , Her slater Ida? yulie a Utile thrill of relief and of pleasure ran through ' her at the thought. Ida and Charles Weatmaentt. She had never thought of It. And yet they had been a gn.nl deal together. They had ployed tennis. They had shared the tandem tricycle. Again . came the thrill of Joy, and close at Ha heela the mid ili,-st Innings of con-' a science. Why this Joy? What waa tha I real source of It ? Waa It that deep ! f down, aomewhere pushed back In the black recesses of Hie soul, there waa the thought lurking that If Chsrlea '. proapere.l In hla wooing then Harold L Denver would a, III lie free? 1 (, y mean.' ' F Jmaf iiwaaaa.awla. io ...wosVVia', inW i saasBBaas- . thought! She duelled It down anil ' thrust It aalde. but still It would push ' J i up Its wicked little h-nd. Phe orlmsoned' . J I with shame at her own baseness, aa ' she turned once more to her companion ' ! ' "I really do not know," ahe auld 1 "She Is not engaged?" , "Not that I know of." "You spenk hesitatingly." J 'Hi-cause 1 am not sure. Put he mar I '. ask Hhe rnnnot but be nattered." If , , "Unite a... I loll him that It la the moat I practical compliment which a man can pay to a woman. He la a Utile ai,y, but I when he acta himself tn do It he will do I It. He Is very mil, b In love with her, I t saaure you. These little II v. ly people al- ! wave do attract th- slow and heavy 1 ones, which Is nature's device for the ' neutralising of bores. Hut they are all ! going lu. I think If you will allow ma ' V Dial I will Just take the opportunity to tell hltn that, so far aa yuu know,1 I there Is no positive ohstni'le n the I ' |
