Show A SWISS LOVE STORY IF in a pretty chalet that nestled high against thes the baggy bredat of mount ob gadin lived tuo the year neur and hei daughter maree A lonely home you would have thou thought lit it but the lr fir trees that walled availed so in you eare care whispered good cheer to marie marle when fierce winds came rushing down the mountain side she knew tho the trees would bend their tall heads together and twine their strong arms around her home until robbed of 0 ha hi victim the baffled ball od storm rushed by when mornine morning broke broker the same frien friends de stood erect and stately drawing aside their leaves and branches that the sunbeams might not lineer linger in their soft embraces but hasten down to awaken theft favorite marie marle very lovely was the little swiss maid with violet eyes that now danced and sparkled and then grew soft and tender as a little childs two rose red lips shut in ili her pearly teeth and when she smiled 11 tiny dimple danced lanced for a moment on liei bell peachy cheek her iler hair clun duns in caressing curls around her low white forehead and fell in ripples of golden sunshine far below her tier slender waist and her tier voice an h that was maries greatest charm sostand soft and clear not a discordant note marred it its sweet pure harmony sometimes as she site sangat sang at lie her evening devotions the herdsmen far below in the valley catching faint notes of her song looked up and crowd cr 06 I 1 I 1 themselves halt half believing they I 1 heard eard t T the e echo clio of an angel choir but very few knew of Al arles beauty for when she went with her mother on one of her tier rare visits to the hamlet below L acbo he brushed lier tier wavy hair straight and amoo smooth th back from her fore forehead bead and braid ed it in long stiff plaits which fell down her back her eyelids with their curtains of long silky lashes drooped over her tier dancing eye eyt until one looked in vain for a glimpse 01 01 I 1 their beauty her red lips shut firmly avei her pearly teeth while via ile the dimple hid bid itself itsel t resolutely away from tight eight and her sweet voice frightened at its own sound so fai fat from home grew faint and husky until in this shrinking sober wier damsel walking so 8 0 timidly beside the widow Neu would have found it hard to recognize t ht beautiful marie marle of the mountain so it happened that only her mother and one other person knew hawgood and sweet evv acet and how fair marie was this other was a stranger who came from a faraway country and spent his summers in a little house on the moun bains very top the simple villagers called him the wizard and told strange tales of how lie spen spent whole tholo nights gazing at the heavens hea ena through a long tube that he lie could coul d f foretell ore to an hour when the sun would cover itself with darkness but strangest of all he be had a little wire stretched for miles over bills hills and valleys to the great city tills this wire talked whim to him in a queer language which no one else could understand tick tick nickety tic kety tick it said and it told him jilin things that happened nil miles e 6 and miles away 2 marie did not know how wise the wizard was when be came to her tier home one morn ing and asked for a drink of water ho ile followed her ber to the spring when she went for it and stopped by the way to break open a curious stone he ile showed marie how bow queerly marked it was inside I 1 and then told her a story about it the usually timid maiden was so interested she forgot to be frightened and thus a it strong friendship between the two was begun after this the wizard often came to the tile widows chalet for rest and refreshment on his ills long rambles and marie unconsciously revealed her tier charms to him one by one until long before the first summer was ended the stranger knew that no girl in lit all the canton could be compared with mario maric on the other side of the mountain from front the widow neura home lived another widow she too bad but one child a eon who was the pride and arid delight of I 1 her life this was the brave young hunter and gilde guide gustavus friel every very ono one knew and liked gustavus 11 he e was tall straight and handsome with flashing brown eyes and a laugh as frank as a ebil childs ds he lie was the favorite of the canton and there was not a girl within its bounds who would not have been proud to plight her tier troth with him gustavus however cared little for the maidens he ile would woula far rather chase the chamois up the mountain side or guide travel cn ar through its dangerous passes pc than spend his ills time with the fittest of tho the maids of the hamlet ills mother often said my son when wilt lit thou bring me home a daughter and t thyself abife a wife and gustavus smiling and pressing a kiss on her foie fOLe head would answer when I 1 find a maid as good as thee ee mother but I 1 want avant no idle shrill voiced wife to disturb our quiet home but one day his mother said more sadly and seriously than ever before gustavus I 1 am growing old and feeble I 1 can no longer make and mend thy clothes and keep our home thou must have a wife promie e me we at tho the fete next week weel thou wilt choose one from among the maidens there gustavus Gustv us reluctantly gave the desired p promise romise but it weighed heavily upon him he could think of 0 nothing else and the tile more be he pondered tho the heavier his heart grew at last he seized bis ills gun and went out on the mountain but the tile perplexing question followed him until in despair he lie threw himself on the ground groaning oh that some wise man would make inake this tills choice for mel niel A moment after he be looked up and saw as if in lit answer to his wish the tile wizard up approaching pro aching him 11 why he lie exclaimed to himself did I 1 not think of him before surely he be if any one cue can help mo me then with a th throbbing rob heart gustavus sprang up to meet him the wizard greeted gustavus warmly for ho he felt a strong friend friendship hip for the young guide who had hail taken him safely through ugh many a it dangerous mountain excursion curs cur sion I 1 on and cow now ills his sympathetic question why troubling you my boy opened the way for gustavus to pour out all his perplexity ending his recital with th tho 0 q question u est ion caust thou not help mo me choose a good wife who will mako make my life happy for now I 1 have given my mother my promise to find a wife at tho the fete next week tho the wizard smiled sympathetically and then thought in silence a little while before he be answered it a pure true heart is united to a true pure lic heart both lives must bo be happy alas alast ans deml gustavus but I 1 know OW not which maiden among them all has the purest truest heart there will be one such heart at the tete rete 11 answered tho the wizard but you may fall to recognize it however it if you will come to me tomorrow I 1 will give you a it charm that will show you this heart here was comfort indeed and with a light heart gustavus thanked hla his friend and bounded hounded forward lett left alone the wizard continued down the mountainside until he carno in u sight ight of or the widow deurs chalet where lie found marie sitting bythe by the spring instead of 0 her tier usual sunshiny smile tiny teardrops eardrops ear drops stood in her tier eya and there was aFrie arl arlever eved ved look about her rosy lips that made him wish to comfort her tier what is the matter little one he asked gently oh sir she said 1 I want to see the he grea teta ete next week wee lirlea I 1 lave to no dretar I 1 on ornaments r amen djs to wear and then cheloni the long loni droope over her hinlung eyes and the wt cuite sank almont to it 11 i whisper the good mother was says nono none of thu the young men roen will are care to dance with me nit nut why asked thy wizard in ILI surprise P rise I 1 cannot talk wk anti laugh with them us as other maidens do my libart bents fast it if they do but toward me ine and arid I 1 know nl whit to nay say and anti boil io here a it teat benr r slipped avorn from under the long eyelashes my mother says I 1 bad brul better not go courage little one on the an tell your mother tie lie llin added tied suddenly thit that I 1 am ant going to lend you a it silver belt to wear and that my kno enow bedge tells roe me that tae te bravest handsomest handsomest eAt in all the lind land will i dance lance with yoi yot quite joyfully the happy marie thanked the wizard it as gustavus Ga had done lone and ran off to tell tl ti wonderful news to her mother harly next morning gustavus us went arent to his charm he ile found the wizard for him blin and taking him into lil his lili i strain room the wise wise man said smiling as he lie bell bi 1 the day lay before half halt quizzically half halt sym pathetically I heres feres the tile cl charm artran my good fellow mi see it Is a magic ring put it ou before on yo go to the fete and be sure tire you ou dance lance with n ith c every ery maien malden thure when you pi ice arm about abou t the of the one whose n hose hear 1 is ls true and good a it strange feeling will ru mil it through you and your hand will cling to her but you must be sure that you bmw dai with all gustaus gustavus greatly wondering the wizard aud and slipped on oil the ring it was a curious circlet of iron with ii flat extension which the mazard bade hin hi wear pointing toward his ilia palm when the th fete day camo came gustavus was ww there among the other 3 loung men eager to try his charm all the maidens man cab of canton wen were there th rc also and land on the outa outskirts kirts of one of if the gay crowds little marie hover hoeren ed timid tinli liy i beside lie her r i mother nother Y t hy ay iy d a 11 st thou come marie alarie asked one of f the girls ID dat dulst s t thou think any youth would liv want to dance ce with a mouse monse today tollay asked an till other then keing the quick tears tr emblin g on marlen marles lashes khe she added moie more kindly ah ali well thou banat at least bee our good tl times mes atiat what a it lovely belt thon thou hast manel mariel cried it another not her maiden t thou 9 get et it the wizard gae gave it her tier tho tile widow neur Rii answered shortly for she did dill not 1101 relish the girls tone anil and she drew draw in he daughter away come marn let us its sit here ardor tin the trees and watch at h the dance marie nestled dow to her mothers mo theis side sigle and aa as the hours fled halll and no youth a asi her to dance lance liei tier head bead dropped lower ill lower and she wondered if it the misu I 1 1 t I 1 hid had made a mistake in the meantime gustavus Gusta vua dance I wit ione after another of the maids but he watched with intense nhe cager new oace bee did bo b feel tha the thrill for io A inch he lie waited 1 I bae have danced with them a al 1 I he lie iia at last to himself hims elf except that chiy 1 I in over there surely she is not the girl ell I 1 u AS I 1 promised to dance tt ill I 1 vill M il i 1 lie her r too he ile asked her name of ote of the girls and then going to herbald tier simply marie alarie wilt thou dance with me tile astonishment and delight dwile m it for a moment forget hr hor shyness UK till wl wizards words had come trae true rising quickly she bald smiling cupoli him and still showing her beautiful ey CL 1 I ready dancing with delight and arid the dear little dimple lu in her cheek ait art thou come she Is not so plain after all thought tho I 1 gustavus gustan us as ho lie answered abw bied wast thou looking for rne ire marie marie hung her head without answering and gustavus wondering it a at lu word sled lier her to the dance As he lie placed his arm around her iter hi ili band hand touched her tier shining belt instantly a strange thrill ran through them both and gustavus arm seemed to cling to Nf maries aries waist ilarie alarie thou feel that le be cried earnestly and marie marte smilingly answered anett cred yes 11 so they began dancing and as they danced it seemed to thomi tho xi watching them then that a wonderful cabio over adarie Y her iler hair shiken shaken loose from its long stiff still bral braids ds hung like a glittering golden veil oil all around her tier her tier beautiful eyes shone like stars and the dimpled cheeks and pearly teeth formed a lit fit hiding hitting plire for the tau III hing voice oice that now and arid then rat rang 19 and clear f from rout her rossy rosy lips not ut one of the village maidens was half so fair as ashihe ebel surely said the amazed villa ll laier gerv there ther ewas was ne cr such a handsome couple but Is not maria under a charm cried others she has suddenly grov grown n so lovely hut but the Willow Neur smiled to hereld and said loves witchery if it Is true and pure will transform all allot of us biang out ili that is lovella lovel lot elicit lt and best within us 11 As for gustavus he lie thought rightly that he lie had bad neier never sien seen so good and beautiful a it creature and lie blessed bit shed the wizard for the charm which w aich had hall led liis ills heart to her tier iong long before the summer hunu nii ended gusta aus took home marie to I 1 bo ill his a and his lilt an mothers others greatest gre idest j joy oy and 11 tl 1 X I LISS when M le e wizard returned to paris that winter ho lie lead read a it i paper bo be fore the savanis savants aai a ai ants of the acad academe lenly in it he detailed many of his its wonderful discoveries and ills work during the built mer but he lie did not speak of the tile most interest in lna of all how by tho the aid of a it little magnet concealed in A steel belt aud a it rude ring he lie had brought together two loving human hearts and anti by so doing ihrl caught some of odthe happiness of paradise pAr adlae and imprisoned it in a 1 chalet on old ob gadin mountain anna pierport Pier pout siviter iu in pittsburg bulletin t at a discount she when I 1 real nead your notes iny my hopes are malsed toward happiness yes he lie answered moodily 1 I nev never er was able to raise anything an thing on ora my notes except 0 hope 11 new york herald clou observers of nature the most successful beast tamers are generally gnall wiry fellows with plenty of nen nerve e and a 1 good stock istock of trade se be crets derived dem cd from the close study t f wild animals in tho latter respect savages av with their outdoor mode of life have a considerable advantage over their civilized rivals in the chilean andes abo naturalist anade the tho acquaintance luain tance of a creole farmer who w ho confessed that he be had experimented for sev cial cral years ears before ho succeeded in m capturing a ho live alpaca he no had imitated tho traps of the tho indians their method of dhring them thein in the sand of the river banks their precaution in obliterating the traces tracos of t their 11 i r footsteps but all in in vain till an indian renegade revealed the secret namely that the alpacas select their drinking places hero there is an audible ripple in in the current of the river perhaps for the same reason that cows prefer a brook to a and a running spring to a sluggish creek the murmuring of tho the stream to suggest tho the idea of purer and cooler water and o tho current was slow the indians contrived cd to produce a ripple by an artificial san francisco chronicle 1 |