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said. "One day OF such life as the Hing
hams's Is all ! want to endure. and I'm
always homesick before night"
She kept house for her father, how
ever. IN somewhat desultory fashion,
when her mother went to stay with
Mary a day or two at a time. Jonas
help. and 1t was great relief to them
all when Aunt vi, MIR. Morton's maiden
sister, came from the West and, not
bingham household. Mary could now
rest easy about the work. and IL seemed
as IL she might get well Immediately
gain at all. and Aunt vi told Mrs. Nor
ton that Mary seemed TO have lost all
interest in life
Jonas Is Just as Kind as can be. and
the boys are all smart and bright ana
fond of her; they are forehanded and
have = good home. but II seems as IL
sh" didn't care about living | do think
I she had an ambition to get well she
would"
II don't blame her" put in Bess tcor
This coH'idential chat was at Mrs Nor
Tor littie While one day.; what has she
Her husband and children. Of course 4"
responded Aunt w. promptly
Yes; but frs, and foremost, hard
work, She has been a verltaD,e slave
ana drudge ever since the day she iirst
set foot in that house, and her only way
ont Of II all is TO die
Aunt vi looked shocked.
Mrs, Morton said fsebly; Hush"
Il suppose might have made Just such
another match years ago adued Bees.
blu. III rather be ten Old maids rolled
into one than do H."
In the very depths Of the Winter Mrs
Morton's sister from Boston, Mrs. era
way to Montreal, her hrst visit to The
pldc" sine" MArE'S marriage,
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and at home in the farm house. still UNI
changed; the same tall old clock ticking
away IN the corner Of the great. clean.
yellow -hoored kitchens: the same long,
wood table from which the family had
eaten their meals for fifty years. stand
Ing in fair state of preservation, and
good enough because it always had
been.
"Johas will have to hire help for his
wife, now that his mother is gone" peo-
pie said
But he didn't seem to think of that.
AS long as Mary did not complain, he
never dreamed she was OVERRIDING, or
needed anything she did not have.
She saw and felt every day Of her life
how little of rest and comfort fell to her
lot, but she saw no way of escape.
II did not begin ribht" she often sadly
acknowledged to herself 'lf Jonas and
had started in alone, could have
said to him: We must have this and
that and We must arrange things thus
and so. but everything was in the ruts
10 get them out without hurting Mother
Iingham's fesliT g., and now they have
gone so long ! certainly can't get them
out"
one of the established traditions of the
house was that they must have hired
girl through haying time, never nj any
other tim" Of the year, unless in cas-" Of
sickness. Jonas always looked up II
hired girl ne regularly as II" repaired his
moving or bought NV hand
rakes; but haHing time over, ne always
pHli anu ilStNNFPth iri, never tnlIklnS
TO ask Mary If she hadn't better keep
her longer, So through harvD sting and
the FAN house cleaning, the meat. XIII
ing and the Spring suEarai;. M to hay
inG time again, Mays one pair OF
hands did the wor" t!i-.ae broke
down.
Nervous prost ratioH," the doctor
said, and looked wise.
Jonas was worried about iniuor mat
tiers, Not that he was 80 misery n" did
not Ike to pay hired HELM. but who was
to take care and oversee II all He Just
began to appreciate what Mary had
done. now she had dropped in the
harness.
or course, the Mortons were as agi-
tatad MS Jonas himself ard aG much as
they could came to tn" rescue, but Mrs.
Morton was growing Old and could not
work as she once had done. and Amy
had made a brilliant match years ago.
and gone TO the city 10 live a NE as dia-
metrically opposite to poor Mary's ms
though half the round globe separated
them; Bess was still at home. and sim
sic. hut she had never enjoyed going
there when Mary was well, and with
Mary aick II could act he thought Of
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At THE BROOKLYN THEATRES.
E. s. Willard in 1.-THE Professors
Love Story" Next Week.
" Black Crook at the Columbia
Many Other Plays.

The rumor to the effect that the forth.
coming visit Of T.. 8 Willard to the
Park Theatre in Brooklyn will he his
last appearance in Brooklyn for two
years, is creating con. iderablr interest
in this engagement. Mr.. willard will
devote the first week OF his stay to n
production of "7'he profc sor's Love
story a play new to Brooklyn. j. NJ
Barrie, the author, has furnished the
star with n part suited to his abilitic.-
that of a distinguished professor "
electricity. whose gradual regeneration
under the gentle influence Of love forms
the main theme of tho play. MIR. VII
lard viii he assisted by Marie burroughs
AMI good company.
Eugene Tompkins's production Of The
Black Crook" will be presented at the
columbia Theatre Monday night. The
gorgeous scenery and costumes, the bal
lets, charming music, startling special
ties and other elaborate features tina
were seen in the revival N New York
will be embraced l., the performance In
Rrooklyn. Among those who will appear
are the Fleras family. OF five women
and I'VE men. acrobdts: rlorri" West in
songs and dances; Fielding. juggler.
sadie Mcdonald and John Paige who
will sing and dance. and many others.
Lew Dockstader and hi hack-faCcd
merry men will hold the boards at the
company this season includes Frank bu-
mont, Messrs Symonds aud Hughes
George Powers Harry Leighton James
Vocal Choir, Howard and Giiaon, and
others. Dockstader has a number Of
new songs and spcciatiss.
will be se seen for for the first time in BROOK.
lyn at the Amphion next week. George
Tina tchcr will play the central part. and
will he supported by n capable company
ton of the play At times. It is said;
the performance smacks strongly of
comic opera, though there are many spe-
c!a features in ,,i the ! T,hay. nov, woot
"A Nutmeg Match" will be presented by
competent company. There are some
interesting scenic effects; among which
is n pile ,drlver operated in fun view Of
the audience. The company includes
William Il. Wilson. Ralph Stuart. Rcau-
mont. Smith, Josephine laurens' Annie
Mike Kelly, the famous $1,000
| Beauty" will appear for the first time
| in Brooklyn, in the role of an actor and
singer, at tn" Empire Theatre ncXt week
present "o'Dowd's NeiGhbors." Incl.
denta, to the comedy, King Kelly will
sing Ieromes parcdies on all the --latest rsr
cent, OF the weeks receipts will he de-
voted to the relief OF the poor Of the
| Eastern District.
| bill III include 10 t,s ellison, Larry
Smith. Joseph j. Sullivan, Frank Moran,
| Burke Brothers. johnson Trio, conway
and Leland. the Brantfords, cain and
| Orndorf. Adele Purvis Omri and Smith
| and Fuller.
'"rhc Fast Mail'' will be given at tho
Novelty Theatre by Lincoln J; Cartcr's
company. steamboat explosion, Mag
| ara Falls by moonlight and other reals
! tic scenic effects are promised.
The bill at Huber e. Gebhardts Casino
| will include Strk and Ieno. trapeze per-
formers the Brilliant Quartet, Boyle and
Graham, dancing Quakers:" Mcbride
| and Flynn, Irish Comedians: May Law
| serO- comic.
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HIS LITTLE SURPRISE.
Jonas Hinghom Vas A,Uahe,sed to a True
Sense of Duty.

years, and his mother, though still ac-
tive and industrious. was too old to
work as she had always done Jonas
was her only child, and she favored his
marrying, expressing her anxiety to
give up the indoor management to
younger, ADLER hands than her own.
Everybody knew the Hinghams were
forehanded, free from debt and with
money at interest The Mortons, on the
contrary. had always lived from hand to
mouth, Mr.. Morton'S trade never having
sufiiced to do much more than provide "A
home, with ample food and clothing, be;
sides educating the girls as they wanted
TO be- with music and painting and all
the ornamcntals which girls III country
villages sign after The Mortons' hCma,
though small, was really elegant, with
all the knicllknac!is with which ladies'
of leisure and taste contriNe to surround
themselves. II thinGs, were not eNpen,
and comfortable, and that is sometimes
II is safe to say that Mary never
dreamed Of the change II would be FOR
her To go from her snug, pretty home
into that great bare farm hodse-llkc
changing from soft, musical poetry TO
plain, dry prose. She knew. of course,
that Johns mother eoMId havT i mo u me
butter and cheese and doing the other
necessary things; but she did not dream
that Mrs bingham would consider IT
downright sinful and waste OF precious
time to do up futed pillow -shams or
paint beer Jugs in faded pink or blue.
There was a wilderness of rooms IN me
house, most of them kept smut M the
year round, except when opened for
cleaning; ali of them with bare, yellow
nainted floors, spotless and shining, en-
cent the parlor, which had rag carpet
made by Mrs. HinghSam twenty , years
had always worked and ate ana sat In
the great Kitchen, except when company
came: then they rolled up the green
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paper shades in the sitting-room, and sat
in there. Few pictures adorned the walls
some antiquated, cheap Autographs in
ogee frames, and various maps; Every
thing was stiff, bare, orderly and scrupu-
lousy clean.
Mary had brought with her various
rugs and tides also pictures, mats and
vases. with which she had thought to
brighten M her room, but when she
found they were to occupy the little
seventy mine bedroom off the Kitchen
display them there. Mrs. bingham,
senior took possession of one of the
chambers. and Mary, in the generosity
of her heart, would have spread out her
mother-in-law have the benefit of them,
but the gentle old lady firmly refused.
Her life has been bare so long she
doesn't wish TO have 1t otherwise Mary
thought sadly to herself
ures here and there about the house.
and tried to natter herself they took of
a little of tn, bare, COmfortless look.
Her greatest trial was TO see that
Jonas didn't at all comprehend but
that his home was as pleasant as hers
had been. But ms time passed on, and
she learned by hard experience the ex-
acting nature Of farm duties, ghe no
longer wondered that he had mo time
for nonsense, "a he said, stepping into
Mother IIinghnms shoes" meant more
real downright hard work than Mary
had ever dreamed OF, but she was young
and strong, and would not finch when
she saw that both iona" and his mother
expected her to b" the notable. hard,
working housewife the cider woman had
always been. Mother bingham helped
Mary great deal, showed her how To
do all sorts Of farm work, To which she
WAS wholly unacCustomed, ana was al
ways as kind and considaratc as J. was
in the nature Of things she could be;
but the care fell more and more on
Marys young shoulders, already stopping
under their heavy lond. Her hands grew
brown and hard. her dresses grew old
fashioned. and she had neither time nor
care to remodel them, as she seldom
church and more rarely stlll ON brief
visit to her fathers. Then babies came
as the years went by-poys, always
boys.
''If | only had n girl" thought Mary
sometimes, she might grow uD to help
me. and do AL the Hight and pretty
things that | have forgotten how to do;
but these boys will never care for such
things
Mother bingham lived hut few years
after Mary came there. To the last she
Was happy and content. fond OF Mary,
r 4 v
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is THE KAISER INSANE ?
Queer Antics of William ~. Of Ger
many. the Thcntric Monarch.

William II. of Germany has done so
many eccentric things Of late that the
question of his sanity has come M again.
In the Fall Of 1891 he acted auccrly on
board his yacht. the iiohcnzollcrn. or
dering the captain and first officer t. go
below one night while he ran the vessel
His war speeches have now continued
for five years. and nothing has developed,
The Emperors fonincss for the drama
led him to invite company Of players
to produce a historical play recently
and when the actors did not do a. the
Emperor thought they should. he went
through the part anl tod them how h"
thought 1t should he acted. There are
other stories too, of his queer actions,
which will Ice told in Tho sunday
World Some Of them will surprise the
general public,
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Adam and Eve We're PROBABLY the only
welded couple of whom no one ever said:
row could he?" or How could she ?"
,''alnly, when the staid old bachelor
|SonaS bingham Cthirty-five. If he's a
Wy sad the wondering "other girls"D,
||.',''i OF Mary Morton. not yet out
T. "er teens right In the face and eyes
many admiring boys, great many
P'op'e won Tered, How could she?"
out after all, 1t was not so very
f'"nS'' he was her first lover, and a
zeal must be conceded to first
II was so nice TO be admired and
'or'i At home she occupied the some
r"'S Pu"nionable position of the mid
f., '.P IN family OF three daughters.
"'F doubted that she was good
useful but she was not brilliant
fascinating like her older sister
49, nor vas she a pretty doll of a
4 i" lie petted as everybody petted
a, 'Yo"ser sister Bess. so that II Mary
a. e" IN the least inclined to be
osn, she might have felt herself
|''ed' but she was too sweet-tem-
Aa,s 'or that. Amy had troops of
nd mat she wound around her finger
on," te her most obedient slaves but
cnt,,. bingham was Marys first at
Ferity nse9rt and his devotion and sin
Their 'a ad her heart by storm.
ne Jon raourtshlp was not very long
arly wadi, pleaded elouuently for an
fS loa ~ ing DAY, and Mary was moth
eemed IL Tor life with Jonas and for him
WE'D tbrnNe paradise In anticipation. He
his fst se miles away on a large farm
Nm. His fa,b fnd grsndfather',s before
amer mad been dead several
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chairs"
Where. are you carrying me?" she
had found breath to say in muffled tones
of surprise before he put her down. but
Aunt VI was at hand to take Off her
wraps; ana as she removed the thick
veil Mary looked around in bewildered
surprise. Whose was this house?
a soft colored Garnet covered the floor.
pretty paper adorned the walls. an ele.
sant chamber set with lounge and easy
light streamed in warm at the windows,
but did not outshine the cheerful Are
IN the open stove: new books and maya
Hines lay on the table; the canary in a
Eilted cage was triling his best songs.
and the plants in the sunniest window
seemed smiling welcome to their mis-
Where am II" cried Mary in bewilder-
ment; and then as the truth began to
dawn upon her, she burst into happy
"oh, Jonas" she cried. 'you are too
good don't deserve so much"'
Now hush! Mary" he said. this is
only the hSsinni9g. I've turned over
over; you've earned a spell of play"
When Mary was rested a little. how
peasant II was to go through the house.
ingly.
ITS all perfectly lovely" she said.
~ ,hoI know 0y,. ,, fhalI love to work among
"But you are not going to do it," put
In Jonas. "Henceforth you are always
TO have help and keep yourself young
Gnd fresh, You shall read, and rest. and
journey, and enjoy life once more. Please
geIher yet"
How pretty mother looks" cried
: Teddy.
Truth to tell. most becoming red
had cropt into the pale checks. perhaps
a CLEAN from the rOse-cnlorel future her
, husband was INrtraNiDG Her heart
grew lighter every moment, and when
Aunt Yrs nice suppcr was ready she
ate with m,re relish than she had known
FOR months.
No more medicine from that day for
Mary bingham. Pills, powders and plss-
tcrs We're all ,iven the go-by, and Mary
got well on happiness. Said Jonas
FURNITURE bills and all those things are
no higher than doctors bills. and vastly
more satisfying. Comfort and happiness
are more pleasant to take than medicine.
and do more good. rye learned my les
| son rather late In life. but I've learned II
once for all "--Aatlle w. Baker In Good
HousekeCD lQE ID -.
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A REMARKABLE WOMAN.
Readers of The Sunday World VIII
he Given n Surprise.

Probably the richest married woman in
this country is living in boarding
house in New York. She handles mill
ions in securities every year, and her
husband doesn't have a word to say
about the way she spends her time or
money. Thore never was a case like
It in history. and men and women will
want to read every line of the story.
The evening world., 1894-01-27

From Hallo.)

Tagleigh-What are the thirty-nine ar
ticles that every divine has to accept be-
fore he can become a full-fedged cler-
gyman
WagleSh-Slippers
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DclicRtcly Put.


From Harpers Bazar)
"Oh," she cried, "if | could only see
myself as others see me-"
at wouldn't do" said he. 1T would
make you too ConCeited."
And then she smiled upon him all the
rest of the evening.
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If you were worth several millions
perhaps fifty-would you splurge with
the income. or would you live on $50 a
week all by yourself in one room
There Is n chance that some persons
who know the woman will recognize her
picture, but that will not spoil the story
There will be another picture. by Morti-
mer, the portrait artist. in the Sunday
World that will interest this woman 3
friends.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-17
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The gymnasium classes of the Y. NJ. c,
A. give an exhibition at the Association
gymnasiu
The mock trial given by the Y. NJ. G. A.
Literary Club. Monday evening. attracted
a large attendance and afforded much
amusement.
The Sanitary Society will meet at o. clock
on Thursday at the home of Miss Howe, No.
164 Martindale avenue. Residents of the
First ward are particularly urged TO attend.
The next of the y. NJ. G. y. free health
talks for men will be given Friday evening
by DIR. John H. Oliver, professor of anat-
omy in the Medical College of Indiana, on
Exercise from a Medical Standpoint"
Harvey Tomlinson is here booming the in
terestS OF the famous Ponce de Leon Hotel
at St Augustine. Florida. He thinks the
Corbett-Mitchell fight likely 10 take place
despite the Governors determination to the
contrary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


F'rom the Bowen-Merrill Company
1.-The Brontes in Ireland" by DR.. VIII
liam Wright, presents a new and thrilling
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of the Homeric battles of Irish peasantry
and IL pictures Charlotte Bronte'S uncle as
he prepared a new blackthorn and crossed
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The beginning of Chinese, Egyptian, In
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The list of interesting books of travel by
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through portions Of Morocco and Algiers
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1.-The Third Alarm" by James L. Ford, is
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