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Show 1 -- n I enty thing to Bram Van Heemskhrk, 8he stopped abort, turned her hack Katherine very soon suspected how on him aad whipped out her handwith her brother, anf 1 matters stood kerchief. gratitude led her to talk with blip Please dont cry, he pleaded. about tbe lovely Jewess. She waved him" back. Was It posA ROMANCE OF NEW YORK But tor some weeks after the du sible that? Yea! Hurrah! she could not bear to leave the house' Monica had sneezed. Sketch. wen It was only after both men By AMELIA E. BAR.R. Dust thou art and uto dust, known to be recovering, that she vea Author of "Friend Olivia." j. Thou aad tho Othor ll follow, return L.OU must; Strange Myths of the Ttbetana Om Ch. tured to kirk; and her experiencj The Tibetans It Is to stay numberleaa have Lingering Copyright, tSBB. by Dodd. Mood aod Company. there was not one which tempted hey In the prison-hous- e of clay strange myths, one, the most curious, ' H444444444444t4444444444444444 to try the streets and the stores. How Ilriclts of Egypt year by year pertaining to the sun, moon aad start. ever, no interest is a living Interest is Walling up a sepulcher The sun Is believed to be an immense CHAPTER VII. (Continued.) ill not And those that are angry a but politics; and far community ball of yak meat and tat,, whereon Disgrace1 Th word goes not with with thee may be angry with me more Important events had now tin Otter far the soul to free the spirits of departed antes tora are From Its oar name, Batavlus; and what mean also. close captivity. public ettenUouT During tbe previous And with us. thy comrades. supposed to feast, the light being you, then? In one word, speak." Bram! my Bram! my brother! March, the Stamp Act and the QuarW Uereeo'er we list to blow caused by its heated condition.The , "Well, then, Nell Semple and Capt. There Is one comfort for me. If I of houses both Act had passed Come' for soon again to dust, stars are portions of this Immense That Is knew that he Still lived; if one hope tering Hyde hare fought a duel. Parliament; and Virginia and Massal'layfell.w, return thou must feast, which, dropping to earth, giva what comes of giving way to passion. thou could give me!" of their conscious dangerous chusetts, birth to aelmala for the susterance of John B labb in the Atlantia I never fought a duel. No one should What hope there Is, I will go and character, had roused the fears of ths 1 I suffering humanity. The "moon la a make me. It is a fixed principle with see, and, if there is good news. I will other Provinces; and a convention of !ser ball of similar texture aa the me. bo glad for thee." their delegates was appointed to meet snn. in use while the larger one ie "Poor Nell' His fault, I am sure, it .Not half an bour was Bram away; during October in New York. It was replenished for the morrow. was not and yet, to the miserable girl, bow this Important session which drew When sun or moon Tails to appear ia "Joanna! Nell Is nearly dead. If grief and fear lengthened out the mo- Nell Semple, with scarcely . healed cloudy days and n!;hts it means that he had been in the right he would not ments! When Bram came back, it wounds from his chamber. The streets the deitiea are undergoing a period be nearly dead. The Lord does not was with a word of hope on his lipa. were noisy with hawkers crying the of fatting and reilgloua abnegation. "I have seen, he said, who dost detested Acts, and crowded forsake a person who Is in the right with And the parched and sterile condition thou think? the J?w Cohen. He of groups of g men discussing sray." of bleak regions is ascribed to the In the hall behind them, Katherine all men, he has eat by Capt. Hyde's them. fart that many thousand years ago the I stood. The pallor of her face, the side all night; and be has dressed the It was during this time of excitesun bull slipped from the hard of Its hopeless droop of her white shoulders wound the English surgeon declared ment that Katherine said one morning, descended too near the earth, keepers, And be said to at breakfast. "Bram, wait one minute beyond mortal skill And arms, were visible in its gloomy and. before being recaptured, scorched des'Three the Persian in me, Shadows. times, for me. I am going to Kip's store for Softly as a spirit she those parts with which It came in ert, I have cured wounds still worse, my mother." walked, as she drew nearer to them. Book lovers Magazina "And the Englishman? Is he hurt?" and the Holy One hath given me the At the store, Bram left her, and aft"Theres the church! cried Monica. in undertaking tbit pilgrimage. You if of He wills, the er selecting the goods her mother Killed. He has at least twenty power healing; and, know that I am. , You know. Jack, "Where? asked Jack, a little Indictment of Aristocracy. . That is needed, Katherine was going np Peart wounds. Till morning he will not live. young man shall recover. that I want to got back, if only for an - are That the idle rich of w hat he Katherine." said, It was the councillor himself who sepstreet, when she heard herself called There! Cant you see the iptre hour, to that sacred time when you worse than the French aristocracy is "Forever I will love the.Jew. Though lu a familiar and urgent voice. At !st arated the men." and I the opinion expressed by Lady Helen he fall, I will love him. So kind be is, the same moment a door was flung Tour peeping through tbe trees? Put My good Joris, it was like him. head out of the window. Forbes in a recent number ot an EngShe stopped abruptly. Jack bad even to those have who dot conspoken open; and Mrs. Gordon, running down "No, thank you. 1 For a moment Katherine's a seated himself on the bank and was lish magazine. Tha French arlstoo-racy- , get might sciousness reeled. The roar of the well, nor done well, to him. the few steps, put her hand Upon the fpark or something in my eye. now dusting his boots with hia handahe says, was obliged by th At this moment the family returned ocean which girds our life round was shoulder. 1 think Monica sighed deeply. you kerchief. of the crown to live in lira girls despotism from the morning service, and Beam in her ears, the feeling of chill and "Oh, my dear, this is a piece of good iht tty, she protested. and grind down ita dependents, capital Go he murmured. on, I am trying. Ive been collapse at her heart. But with a rather defiantly drew his slsterto his fortune past belief! Come Into my I shan't go on. 1 shall go back to but the modern idle rich live the lifo trying ever I Mnce we left Baker street I am supreme will she took possession of side. Joris was not with them. He lodgings. Oh, Indeed you shall! (he station and take the next train they lead from choice. And the w Weak I will not be. All I had stopped at the "Kings Arms to will have no excuse. Surely you owe ound to admit however, that up to to town. I was herself. a, fool ever to coma men she finds are worse than the And ask if Capt. Hyde was still alive; for, Dick and me some reward after the Ue present will know. All I will suffer. I might have known that a man like men, at least In England. When the in of the mans spite everything, young "Thatll da If Id known you ware vou " with these thoughts she went back to South African war came to prove the pangs we have suffered for you. the room and took her place at the heroic cheerfulness in the agony of of tbe country, many of thei into the ot going to play tbe game, I Katherine was She no use leading 'Its struggling, said Jack. mettle table. In a few minutes the rest fol- the preceding night had deeply touch- house as she spoke; and Katherlna Jack rose hastily, took off hia straw And he kissed her. men of tbe Idle rich stood the test', No ed Joris. one spoke to Katherine; had anticipated and throat his head out ot the lowed. Batavius They went out and faced reality. But' had not the will, and therefore not the tbe women failed. Some of them, too, madams amazement and shock. He even her mother was annoyed and hu- power, to oppose her. She placed the window. Can you see it?" asked Monica. had felt a Just satisfaction in the suf- miliated at the social ordeal through girl by ter side on the sofa; ahe took weqt out to South Africa with e lie la had Just passed, and she Ka Oh, yes! Quite reminds one their mouths, and a particularly black a with fering he was bringing to Katherine. whlchthey grief her genuine and, hands, and cruel lit, too. They made the But nothing had happened as he ex- thougat it only reasonable that the er- and love, told her all that "poor Dick' -- Damn!" He flung himself back onto should be made to .hare the ring girl of Instead The being meal. for the seat and groped in a pocket for hia struggle of the empire pected. handkerchief. sn occasion for a picnic, an aasigna-tlo- n pleasantly lengthened over such dreadaake. her As the time went on poor Katherine "Don't a spark! pleaded with lovers, under cover of a preful intelligence, was hurried and siKatherine covered her face, and Monica. say its Van Heemskirk shivered and sickened tended desire to be of use. i lent abanand a with sobbed hopelessness 1 shall call It something worse It was some comfort that after it in the presence of averted wea and up- don that equally fretted Mrs. Gordon. thaa that In a minute. ' Joanna and he could walk in the gar- lifted shoulders, and In that chill atCould Afford Philosophy. "If I could only tee Richard, only Tm ao sorry, it was my fault Let den and talk the affair thoroughly mosphere of disapproval which "Put yourself in my nlaco, young momentl one see him for ns see if I can her from the sympathy and it out over. Katherine watched them away, nan. Would you want your only "That ia exactly what 1 am going 8he aat down get beside him, took the to marry a penniless youth? and then she fled to her room. And confidence of her old friends and daughter when better will He to get propose. handkerchief, wetted one corner and oh, how she wept! She took from . Put call a will seen yourself In my place, sir. coach, Krewed It Into a you. I "It ia thy punishment, said her he has point their hiding place the few letters her Would you want to remain a penniless once. at we will and go "bear it bravely and patiently. "Now, open your eye. la It at the lover had written her, and she mother, youth when there were rich mens "Alas! Go I dare not My father and In a little while, it will be forgot. But p or the bottom mourned over them as women mourn daughters to marry T mother!" my "1 dunna went weeks tbe wounded and then on, It's hurting moet In the full tide In such extremities. You confess that youd marry my, And Dick; what of Dick, poor wherever it la" of her anguish, Lysbet stood at the slowly fought death away from their child simply for her father' wealth?' went "Poor boy! Try to keep quite atilt She hearu the inarticulate pillows, and Katherine did not recover Dick, who la dying tor yon? She door. , And you confess that youd with--, a and for to door the order the in the estimation loo: which social gave down. place words of woe, and her heart ached for hold her from me simply because of had lost through the ungovernable coach. Your lover, Katherlna Child, 'I am looking down. Dont keep on her child. She had followed her to she , my poverty?" bonno on heart? of her Put , lovers have me tempera like you your that tabbing JWhat reason other do 1 need? give her comfort, to weep with her; Here In But laBts net veil ill alsotare my again. ALsaa. notJabbtng. Jack. Its no me nothing forevyand . but eh felt that hour .that Katherine three months What other, could luSueneo,, Neil Semple was in his cloak. No' one will percelve tBat'iTin, getting in a temper abertmr- - Pm K was no more a child to be soothed office . i rouf i wan of Is worn and best It Is 1 the with my doing fever humanity, again, part you. with her mothers kiss. She had be la "Til talk useless." quit soal Better Do leave so a for and J much alone It and assure his let and Buffering, aword it poor you. wearing come a woman, and a woman's sorrow "Quite como out by itself. arm in a sling, but still , decidedly who Is at the graves mouth." had found her. "We have nothing to gain by it" I world-lik- e life-likYtal on Hurrah Monica it eviwas and had anaszsdl all It may go fTbeu you aid hurting While thus alternately urging It was near ten o'clock when Joris dent Absolutely nothing." Half-wa1 y a see moment! still was that public opinion it! in a large persuading Katherlna the coach came, Sly. Keep up the lane they came to came home. His face was troubled, measure "You take It philosophically." with Lookout! a and him. in the two waa cottage. and though the bloodassumed, the disguise his clothing disarranged and ahouldn't 1? Your daughter "Got Tm! . Itr only a tiny little Middle Kirk the affair was sure to be drove rapidly to the "Kings Arms. Five yean ago they had been wont and"Why were married a month aga t stained; and Lysbet never remember- the all. of to take tea at that cottaga The old a reproof, and of a sus- Hyde was lying upon a couch which peck, after subject ed to have seen him so completely exStray Stories, "You wouldnt think It ao tiny if it lady who made the tea waa still makbe pension of its highest privileges, yet had been drawn close to the window. Bram - Is with Nell, hausted. had been in was not bet." to it difficult Ill feel your It eye. and they stayed there for quite tbe sym- He was yet too weak to stand, too ing The Frollceome Scallop. said, he will not be home. I expect not Hallo! Hera we are! sn hour. pathy often given to deeds publicly weak to endure long the strain of com--1 , The scallop takes life lesa seriously And thou?" The train slowed down and stopped Doeant this remind you? whisper"I helped them carry the other. To censured, but privately admired. Joris pany or books or papers. and servilely than bis cousins, the remarked this spirit with a little aswit. a Jerk at a small country station. ed Monica footheard and He voice his aunts him." took we Arms clams and the icings says Country Life tonishment and dissent He could not fall, and felt as he always did, a vagne Jack and Monica alighted. Its the very tame blend, said in Americaoysters, The oyster cant move Live will her ' , new find In bis heart any excuse for either a "Thats into hia Jack, a ken with porter,: whispered cup peering from his place; the clam can, hut pleasure In her advent Whatever of "His left lung is pierced through. Neil or Hyde; and. When the elder en- life came into his chamber of suffering Monica, as they descended the steps. tlmental eye. A bad wound in the throat he has. But it aa free aa rarely doe. The Monicas heart tank. "Very likely. They dont' generally There was a bird, almost, to scallop larged with seme acerbity upon the came through her. She brought him the edd of his daya then, yputh he has, and a great spirit, at like this stations for left for honor keep of wood. it them, hut the requirements nothing among .men, dally such intelligences as she thought and hope. I wish not for his death, Jcrls Then, again, the scallop has temperaoffended him by replying!. , At the top of the lane they climbed conducive to hia recovery; and It must Ive years, you snow." ment He exhibits the frolicsomeness my God knows. Five years isnt ao very long." a stile, and followed a narrow, windWell, then, elder, little I think of be acknowledged that it was not alof childhood as higher animals da "Neil, what of himr It?" "Isnt runs honor led two which between that that banks We see little not with the ways her "humor to be truthful" For ing path "Unconscious he was when I left laws scallops by tens and doe- of God and country. t jacks tone waa significant Monica of yellowing corn. The sun was set-ti- n ens, darting swiftly Hyde had so craved news of Kather- laid her and there la him at his home. Does Katherine Monica was glad of that. Jack, the "Let me tell you, Joris, the voic of ine, that she believed he would die nothing. ' i water, by a quick opening and know? y corner shy-ton turned the rather other the people is the voice of God,' in a wanting it; and the had therefore the They hand, looked at his She knows. shutting of th two valves of their and walked through the village aa watch. measure; and you may see with your fallen, without one conscientious rbella They are as graceful ss a flock How, then?" Theres plenty of time, Monica ex- of aln een that it mair4hat acquits Nell scruple, into the reporters tempta- tirelessly as might ba. , O Joris, if in her room thou could snowbirds, and as vivacious. Ca . one i will wonder if remember postulated. o wrong-doingany Man, Joris! would tion, inventing the things which lure ons, lay It on ths ssnd, sod it have heard her crying! My heart The evenings are apt to be chilly,' wl tha ought to have taken place, and did ii? said Monies you punish a fair sword-figh- t for her aches, the sorrowful one!' snaps Us valves, imptUent of the inI not ' said hope Jack. hangman i not, See, then, that this lesson she miss terruption if we Interpret the sign "Why? "A better way there is. Ia the Anyhow, youve get to wait until (To be continued.) It Is altogether hpp? if put not. It is a hard one, but learn it she aright Oh, I dont know! Only we used dusk. You promised. pillory I would stand' these men of - . back la tha 1 must If thy love would pass it by, honor, to be ao frightfully pool d what but not you calif 'All right, who of their own feelings think Its very sportthink this, for her good it is. LIGHTNING. EFFECTS THE OF more than of the law of God. A very ing to ask favors after dinner. ; Th Werld. . . The next morning was the sabbath, I didnt know you objected eo I wont ask any favors at all la fuend that punishment would put quick tell ns In ear childhood days They and many painful questions suggested to a custom wicked and absurd. From Bark Tree love. to in Stripe ture. Completely f rtrongly being The world la round, and we, themselves to Joris and Lysbet Van , ' ' Ne Trace ef Fire. 1 dont f mean, I didnt Na youthful heedlesaneea aooegt ,Tbey had come to tbe edge of the With Weel,' Joris. well hae no quarrel doctrine eaatly. The 1 Heemsktrk. Joris felt that he must don't" Monica wood. - That much paused irresolutely valuable knowledge at not take his seat among the leacons anent the question. Here comes Neil, to we are grown to man's aetata "Perhaps we are making a mistake When the effects - of lightning may be ndThey were outside the village now, We are ao overwrought aerated of and weII let the question fa to the j. until he had been fully few would observed. Her thlTt"hav minutes them she after eyee bring all "study toil With and trouble we've ne Urn of trera by a all blsmaof by the ground. There are wiser mea than gained struck n Ita Te Un wide to was for led wood she tost tbe thought. shape were give ofe open, very been by It la maintained bj dominie and his elders and deacons in either you or I on balth sides. Monica stopped, looking down s flickering glade that At last when we approach tha an! , memoiea A tre actentlsta. many English hardJoris nodded could and Madam turned session. gravely, full kirk And look beck through tha years led to a dell It was in that dell that which stood for many years ot tht F Of disappointment and of loss, used to grow. Incidently endure the thought of the glances to welcome the young man. More side of a road a tew miles from Walthe primroses trials and ot tears. Of that would be thrown at her daughter, than ever he liked him; for, apart lingford, In England, was struck br ally, too. Jack bad proposed to hsr w were told comas bock, aad w fiom moral would It she and What prudential reasons, and tho probable slights there. a violent .storm k Are reedy to declare piteous en- vras easy for the father to forgive an lightning during receive, so Katherine's mart certainly be rosnd. world Lets chance It, he suggested, and The short time ago and utterly destroyed. Because It Isnt aqua re." treaty was listened to, and she was unreasonable love for his Katherine. Mr. Percy E. Spleimann a for to k1 her make way William J. Lamptoa. through began examined it Also, he was now more anxious for a allowed to remain at home. bramblea the and found hours few that afterward The kirk that morning would have marriage between Neil and his daughThey wandered about tbe wood for Taught Sunday-Schobark had been completely strip Many Yoara heed the pillory to her. She was un- ter. , It was indeed the best thing to more than an hour. Here was of the Wesleyan B un-d- a rather officials one The off to and side, flung an( ped restore her to the social esteem speakably grateful for the solitude of fully The curious little knoll that MotQca also beet I Swlnton, England; - lay: people; for by making her that a large branch had the house, for space and silence, in Tit her the ditch her there throne; called had to claim having upon their' register torn away and splintered. He looks! wife, Nell would most emphatically bad fallen into because be the oldest Sunday-schoo- l whiqi she could have the relief et his Jack that tescher in oome was unable fire for token of but About the exonerate her from all blame In the unrestrained weeping. would look at Monica Instead of England, if not in th United Kingfind any. He noticed, however, to no she and heard Just this quarrel. far, of the morning, farther, middle y he was dom. ' Mr. George Doxey, who is now where he was going bark suffering that the Inner ' surface of the Brain's footsteps. Bram had not had Nells three months with the utmost care. n his eighty-eight- h his way year, has been a picking was marked with tbij longitudinally thougbt of Katherines staying from aided hie suit, ne had now the full wavy lines, very At. last it began to grow duak. Jacf teacher sixty-nin- e aad holds yean, whicl of close set, backed of confronted the v approval she Joris. him, by kirk, and when ashes out of his pipe the remarkable record that for half a the knocked were of a ag crests about the quarter hie weight of this social Justification. and so i Monica century be was never aheent from ahfa buttoned up his coat Inch apart He took several photo heart was full of pity for her. With-I- n - But, In spite of these advantages, not to notice him, led him school, aad during forty yean ha was and be tree of ruined the (retendieg rt graphs r was he had hours he really much farther away front. the last twenty-fou' never' once lata Though eighty-sevei to the dell ' gardk them as most useful, since tbeff climb said Jack. begun to understand tha temptation Katherine. She had heard from Bram not down, years old he la abla to read with- Better bow clearly the rending effect In which Katherine bad been; begun the story of the challenge and the -out th aid of spectacles. , to be damp. - sura "It'a oft a fibrous tlssua to understand that lov( never aska. fight; heard how patiently Hyde had lightning She Never mind." Come" on! ' - 1 I What 1 thy name? Of what country parried Neils attack rather than him by th hand and dragged reized Interrupted. ' Sword of Famous Lsadtr Stolen. 1 It, until Neil had so passionately art thouT Who ia thy fathsrr Ha was in tha society of many cuhim dpwa. Ha The sword of the famous peasant felt that to long as he lived he must refused any satisfaction less than his "Pretty little spot. said Jack, filling rates and old maids at a tea party. i .remember Miriam Cohen as sba stood life; heard, also, how even at the point leader Stephen Fadlnger, who In th another The conversation had turned on the pipe. talking to him In tho shadowy store of death, fainting and falling, Hyde year 1626 led the peasant revolt is "I love It" She paused a moment, question raised by the Leeds PhysiAnd this memory of Miriam made him had tried to protect her ribbon at hia Upper Austria, has been mysteriously and then added, "Do you remember, cal society, "Doe tha Wearing of breast She never wearied of talking stolen from the Historical Art Court very pitiful to Katherine. Jack- -r bats Make Mea Bald? and he took ' that Jblng me to a for his parable. "Not hats, Every one is angry at me, Bram, with Bram on the subject; she thought Museum. Vienna The thief mart Dost u. speak & Stop! boabond squarely Jked ven my father; and Bataviui will of It all day, dreamed of it all night have been most daring, for very carol was but ahirta Now yon will have his His mouth open, friends, moment! and And she knew mutfh more about It ful watch is always kept and ths He sneezed. noticed that a man takes off his shirt screwed up. . giot sit on the chair at my side; beeyes she ' hrther," over his head, thereby dragging the Joanna says a great disgrace I have than her parents or Joanna supposed. sword Itself Is a most cumbemmt LT3'!?. You hateful!" cried Monica. made for her. And thou? Wilt thou Bram had easily fallen into the habit weapon. It Is supposed that It wa. could I help It? I told you hair out by th roots, whereas a womHow We ve all tha of of calling at Cohens to aak after his carried away under a great coat Ths passed (,drlDkT " an Iso scold me? I think I shall dls' . toba. tms place was damp. patient At first he saw Miriam often; sword has no Intrinsic value, but to to me! sever Ill three teacups dropped. Low Her apeak grief." Dont Dont oe vulgar. I should like to Baud thee, thou little one? That 1 and, when he did, life became a beat most Interesting associations. -iom Sporting Nftws oow Whether you are really serioua try 7 H44444444M4I44 The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Wind Call. I f tk-al- , b'-tr- stern-lookin- aY kcdle KWUD p. con-tact- .p ledlf-lerentl- to-da- y ?t ..Mg aep-arate- d f X y,i fcJlAfe.il! ' f - r i . -- blood-guiltine- ay - ol on . To-da- ear-stain- woe-begon- n " ire-tur- 4 zndwA? ' : r |