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that he saw nothing whatever. "I will

that he saw nothing whatever. sI will
, come," he said.
Arrived at tho little room, ho. was
reassured by its baroness. fsThis sim
/ plicity," said he to himself, "arisos
out Of innocence" Then no looked at
the solitary chair with some cmbar-
rassment.
"That is for you, Edward" said tho
young girl. "I can sit on the bed"
"No, thank you, Sarah: 1 prefer
to stand," said Edward severely, and
handed her the chair with gesture of
determination. She took 1t with a
sigh and little laugh. "Then | will
make my history Short" said She.
| All lifc-historics arc hitchcd Mt in
tervals on to the infinite. 10 make a
litc-story short, therefore, is nccessari-
~ to make it complete. Sarah knew
this, but She would not ask Edward to
SIT on the bureau. So she made her
history very short, indeed.
| 81 know nothing about myself"
said she. "eXccpt that was born in u
| hospital, brought up in an almshouse
and support myself by making shirts"
"Ihat is NOBLE" said Edward, and
his eyes sparklcd.
| 81 do not know my name," she con-
tihucd.
"I don't know mine," interrupted
Edward, with enthusiasm. Enthusi-
asm is volcano, running sympathy.
"The only clue have to my pa
rcnts," the young girl continued. ssis
broken agate singularly carved"
GA broken agatcl stammercd Ed
| ward, feeling in all his pockets with
one sudden impulse. The young girl
regarded him astonislcd. A sudden
suspicion came into his mind. Sus-
picion is both mother and daughter of
distrust. The world had been hard
with Edward, although he whistled.
For moment he suspected that Sarah
had been rummaaing his room. BY
some mysterious instinct she divincd
his thoughts.
"Wait," said she, impcriously.
Pushing away impaticntly her simple
dress, she disclosed a very prettily
rounded but plain, gray stocking.
Edward turned, cmb ,rra sscd and
uneasy, towards the window.
The young girl made IN, vcment of
absolute simplicity. "Do not be
ashamed" she said, "this is my wood
ell leg"
Edward started. and approached
her with tears in his eyes. "Sarah,' -
he said, 'you are adorable, and IL
was donkey"
She smiled little, and gave him her
hand. Then she unscrcwcd the wood
ell leg, and from Il recess in the top
took out the broken agate. 81 think I
am your sister," said She, softly, ''and
this, you see, is why clattcr ON the
stairs. 1t was al indcscriba5le mo-
mcnt. Full Of tender love and broth
crly respect, Edward yet could not
properly embrace his sister without o
Wcll-grounded fear OF upsetting her
irail chair. And she-shc could not
rise to throw herself upon his neck.
With the air Of one sacrificing at an
altar he knelt, gently lifted the wooden
supplement- OF his sisters personality
and screwed it carefully into its
socket. Then both Npse, gazcd into
the new worlds Of each others ewes.
and melted into one figure, sobbinr
and smiling.
SO when the commonest water
bucket is upset in the snow and tho
thin, solid-looking ice across its face
is broken, pours out the wealth of that
wondrous fluid that runs round the
One thing we can only guess at
blindly. We do not know why Ed
wards first allnsion to her infirmity
should have flashed into Snrnhs mind
the thought that he vas her brother.
1t was, perhaps, the working of II
beautiful instinct-a new scnsitiveness
bestowed on her BY nature as COM
pcnsation for the loss Ofhcr leg. But
we may say it was this or it was that.
We do not know.
Knowledge is the agreement in
consciousness of an object with its
ideal. This being the case, how should
we know2 Or how should we know
we know?
Being sister was n new experience
to Sarah. "But," she reelected, after
the first blissful moments, "sincc l
have only one wooden leg l cannot be
cvcrybody's sister," Itwas the work
ing Of the mind Of beginner in now
field. Perhaps she should have said,
"Although l have a wooden lcg.'
However her longing for an acuuain-
tancc returned. "Edward," she said,
"you must have friends. Make me
acquainted with them"
He made her acquainted with man
whom sho married. John used her
wooden leg as n medium Of rcproach
and rcproof and finally cut her head off
and threw it out OF the window. John
was executed. Edward became a
blcar-cycd drunkard, and was killed
by an Italian in street fight. The
Italian took poison.
THE FAMILY RUDDER.-A Comstock-
CT who was having his hair cut, gave
the barber particular instructions not
to remove long lock that projected in
somewhat unsightly way from the
front Of his head.
"lt don't become you," said the bar
Der.
"Can't help that" said the customer.
"Bctter let mo take it off," said tho
barber.
"Just you leave it as it is," said the
man.
"But," persisted the barber, ''I can't
give you q smooth, decent cut if l leave
tho hair so longin front. 1t will look