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amused me. However, l. his brother
/ iu-law. received nothing: you, stran-
ger. benefited considerably
did the solicitors tell You that?'
DO solicitors ever tell anything that
YOU want to know? a man however
/ does not make YOU the guardian Of his
/ child and
"There is no mystery about it. II
YOU want to know. Philip left me his Ii
/ br3ry and his cellar. I'm sorry it
/ should annoy YOU
/ But. Mr. Derrimer il does not annoy
me. have been trying TO explain that
| thought under the circumstances /
might feel resentment. l fee. none. In
I fact. it is TO you. as Wilmay guardian
/ that | come first. l might have gone
I to- Wilmay or Sir Vincent-of course j
have read in the papers Of the impend-
ing marriage-but | went TO Philips
solicitors ard learning from them that
you were Wilmay'S guardian, decided
TO apply TO YOU first
What have you been doing all the
time that YOU were away?'
Il cannot tell YOU all the details.
Shortly after | last saw Philip-it was
al occasion on which he had very
much eXaSperated mel left England
for America. l had resolved not TO per-
nit Philip 10 advance more money for
the purposes of speculative business of
my own, which hitherto had been unre-
munerative but still contained great
promises. l had resolved to adopt a
quite different course. l said TO my
self that | would make a fortune for
myself and for no one else. and leave
Philip out of it. AS say. at the time l
was eXaSperated against Philip"
As l have said. the man was not eX-
actiy a hypOcrite; he was a swindler
who began by deceiving himself.
Did YOU ever eat a COmpactum Din
ner?" he asked.
No I don't understand"
II was q novelty in canned goods. 4
tin with four compartments in
the first. fish in the second. roast meat
in the third and vegetables in the last
\ COmpactum Dinner. sufficient for one
person. could have been at one time
have been purchased in London for a
shilling"
NO doubt, I said. cit was very good,
but what's it got to do with it?"
"Gccd? 1t was bad. I may say that
il was-tad. And I ought to know, for
l inverted il. manufactured it. exported
il. made a fortune over il. went bank
rupt over il. and was once brought, so
low that | trisd 70 eat il. And in that
sentence I've given You the history of
three years. My next bankruptcy was
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thnt momentary glimpse in the park
since my return to England. 1t was at
Barthas houge in the morning. l had
sent word that l , was coming, and L
found them both in the morning room.
Bertha locked very young and quite
pretty. and greeted me with much sis
terly effualveness. Wilmay took my
hand, and looked away from me, and
said, Edward, I'm glad-so glad that
you have come back"
AS we talked | watched Wilmay The
glimpse that | had had OF her in the
Park had been deceptive. Driving in
the fresh wind must have brought the
color to her cheeks, and | suppose even
il one is sad at heart one still laughs
passably well in public if ones COM
panion says an amusing thing. Now
she was very pale, and when she was
not talking or conscious that any one
was looking at her, her expression was
wistful and her eyes seemed fixed on
something far away.
"Wilmay," l said, ARE you really quite
well?"
'Oh, quite"
There is nothing the matter with
her." said Bertha But she is tired
she has TO go about 50 much, and see 50
many people. There are Carrones in
Vulnerable all anxious to inspect. her. "
IF she's quite we'll" said, "she does
not look it. And unless she can man.
age 10 look it, she shan't be married at
all"
please do not let us talk about me
| any more" said Wilmay. Il want to
know all about your opera. We've
I heard 1t of course. Everybcdy'3 heard
1t and everybody's talking OF it. But
want to hear the history Of it,"
"And I'm sick to death Of the opera, u
I replied, and l want TO hear the his
tory of your engagement
But on that point Wilmay was abso-
lutely mute, and let Bertha answer for
| her.
AS the days went on and saw more
OF Wilmay, | grew more uneasy. She
admired Sir Vincent and was fond OF
him in way, but it did not strike me
she was in love with him. Sometimes
| thought | saw a doubt in his honest
handsome face Sometimes even Ber-
tina herself would look a little anxious,
when she spoke of Wilmay.
The time sped-few, it seemed to me,
! more swiftly to catastrophe, as a moth
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sLILBiTLINGBY's coLASDE1s.
A Recollection of Old Times in storkv,u.
Centre VI

centre, VI.
3 I'm Broadway the other day" said
Col. Caliper i met my old friend Column
bus Slilbitlingby, Of Storkville Centre
VT. Years ago Mr. Slilbitlingby kent a
tin store in StOrkville Centre and made
pretty much all the tinware that was
used for miles around. Il was in his
business, in fact, tina, he laid the foun-
cations OF his present very comfortable
fortune; and i, was while he was Tins
engaged that he turned to profitable ac-
count power that so far as I know had
never been similarly employed.
about mile and three-ouarters ont
of Storkville Centre there was then a
piece OF swampy land that was famous
all around that region for It's MOSQUE
toes. Maybe there never were any mos
quitoes that were fercer. or more ten
acious in attack. or that had sharper
and stronger drills.
I'm these days tin-working machinery
had not been brough, 20 its present ad-
mirable stage Of perfection. The mai
ing, for instance, Of such things as COL
anders and other s,rainers, things full
of holes, was far more difficult and
laborious work than now. and the re-
markable thing tina, Mr.. Slubitlingbv
did was TO utilize the boring power 81
the mosquitoes 10 drill the holes in these
strainers.
He used to take tin blanks and mark
the holes on them from pattern and
then touch each OF the spots with some
thing known only to himself ,hat was a
great attraction 10 the mosquitoes and
when he had got q lot OF he blanks
marked he would Take them out TO the
swamp and lay them down in The mud.
1t wouldn't be a minute before every
spot on every plate would have a mos
quito drilling al il, and, once started.
mosquito would rarely let W. With
the mosquitoes well known pertinac!tv
it would keep right on boring until it
| had bored through into the mud below.
in the morning Mr. SlilbilinCbv
would gather up those blanks. or strain
ers as they were then, and take them
back TO the shop and finish them IN.
There'd be now and then a hole no,
quite bored through, and occasionally
! one that had TO be made a little bigger.
but even with this work remaining 10
be done upon them. the mosQui,o-bored
strainers could be produced far cheaper
| than those made entirely by hand.
profitable as this method was for a
time, however, the time came when Il
was no longer profitable, when machine
made strainers could be made even
cheaper yet, and thereafter Mr. Slilbit-
lingby supplied his customers with
modern sirainers only, but there are
still in use in Storkville Centre some OF
Slilbitlingby's mOsquto-bored. hand-in-
ished colanders, distinguished by the
sligh1 variations in diameter OF tht
holes and somewhat irregular spacing.
New York Sun.
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CHAPTER Mi.


When Wilmay and Mrs Blayd left
London they went to Starley, south
coast village where l believe Mrs. Blayd
had some relations. Before they had
been there very long, what had been
merely an excuse became the actual
fact. Wilmay was seriously il. Ber-
tina and l went down to Starley then,
and took a specialist with us. He said
that in some respects the case puzzled
him, but he seemed quite hopeful and
suggested Mentone for the winter. I
saw Wilmay only for few minutes on
this occasion, and she spoke very little.
1t was terrible to see the change that
had taken place in her.
Bertha and Wilmay went away to-
gether. | remained in London, work
ing hard at my second opera. I heard
frequently from Bertha and the reports
of Wilmay's health grew worse and
worse. She was longing to get back to
England, and her greatest desire was to
live at Sinden again. After a great deal
Of consultation it was decided to let
her have her own way, suppCsing that
| could make the necessary arrange
ments. AT this time Sinden was let on
lease, and when the tenant was asked
to give up the remainder OF his lease he
laughed first at me and then got angry
and said that he was insulted Howev-
er. Wilmay was wealthy enough to al
low me to use a form of argument which
does not often fail. and it did not fail in
this case. So in the spring Bertha and
Wilmay came back to the house where
Philip Amory died. Bertha refused to
leave Wilmay now-even for the de-
lights of the London season.
About this time l had a letter from
Charles Portland. I had heard from
him once before, but that was merely
to give the name of the bank 10 which
he wished me TO pay the money to his
credit This second letter was very
different, and a great surprise to me-
It returned me all the money | had aG-
vanced to him with five per cent. inter-
est. 1t also inclosed one thousand
pounds which was to be paid 10 Wilmay
as the first installment in discharge Of
the debt he had incurred TO her father
ut may be-" he wrote, that when I
am poor I am a blackguard, but I am
quite certain that when | am rich am
a sentimenta.ist. For Of course l am
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is she still crying?"


Eyes, she is lying on her bed and
sobbing violently She does not seem
able to tell me what's the matter VITA
her. Indeed, she says that nothing is
the matter"
There must be some explanation"
''She is in nervous, over-wrought
state, and music always has a great ef-
feet upon her. l have never ssen her
lose self-control like this before. And
| thought that at dinner she seemed
unusually bright and happy"
rs any one with her noW?"
eyes. think Mrs. Blayd is there"
Bertha sighed. "Oh, this is her
rihle," she exclaimed pe.ulantly.
There was long pause. Bertha SIT
with her head on her hand. paced the
room, and then stopped. Before |
could speak, Bertha burst out:
Il know what you are going to say
Edward, know what you are going to
saw"
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By Barry Pain.

three years later, and very unexpected,
My third"
Never mind" said drearily, going
into all the bankruptcies.
II merely wanted to show you that
did work and struggle, whatever Philip
said of my idleness; Philip also said
that | should die of drink, and in mo-
ment OF irritation expressed the hope
that | would do it soonl | must show
you that his version of my character
was not the right one. l have my self
respect"
"All right" I said, az see that you
don't drink now. Mr.. Portland But
had we MOI better come TO business?
Why have you applied 10 me?'
Because l thought 1T possible that
you might not wish me to apply to Will
may or Sir Vincent"
Shall l speak quite plainly?"
Certainly"
either, and never communicated with
either in any way"
Yes" he said, you have spoken
plainly, and 1 will speak as plainly I
have no recollection of Wilmay and |
have never seen Sir Vincent Carronne.
As far as my affection for them is con-
cerned. it does not matter one straw to
me if l never see either and they are
left in ignorance OF my existence. 1t is
on point Of principle thu l should see
them. | feel myself debtor to them
it is my duty, and l feel it to be my dr-
ty. to repay them every penny of the
money that my sister and Philip adj
vanced me. have kept note of the
exact sum. six thousand five hundred
pounds, and l wish to repay it."
For a moment | was very much sur
prised, but 1t vas only for moment.
Il need not say that l have not the
money" he went on. But they can
very wei afford TO advance me the thou
sand that will enable me to get that and
much more. l am her mothers broth
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PART ".
CHAPTER Y.

CHAPTER X.
am afrand, said Charles Portland.
EervOusly. THAT You must find my pres
ence a little embarrassing.
Not at all" lied civilly.
'I should like 70 assure you that I
h0ye 10 feeling Ct resentment against
You whatever II is not your fault
tina, my poor bro,her-in-,aw gave you
posiJiOn-the position o. Wilmay's
gmrdian-which should have been
mine. With all mis- Kindness to me, he
misunderstood me, and I gather from
his solicitors. whom l have just left,
that az the last he did not even men
ton my name in his will"
Il happen TO know that he believed
YOU to be dead
Yes. I dare say it was my fault &"
He spoke with more confidence now.
His manner was by no means bad. He
was not quite the sUave hypocrite that
I had expected; indeed. he showed one
or TWO touches OF cynicism that rather
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under no legal obligations to pay Will
may anything unless | choose TO con-
slider myself in debt to her, but the mon
ey advanced to me by her parents was
las l always explained TO them, though
latterly they always refused TO listen)
advanced that l might invest 1t )for
them at my discretion and not as a
lean. The trouble was that in those
days I had no discretion. Even after
wards when had the superb idea OF the
Compactum Dinner, | was not discreet
or should have kept the money that
made. One lives and learns. | am
now perfectly discreet. I have written
to Wilmay, yen will be sorry to hear
1t is a pity the marriage was broken
Off"
wrote to thank him, returning his
five per cent. and explaining that was
net money-lender. | also said mat
there was no necessity on earth for MN
to write to Wilmay, and was very sor-
nv he had done it,
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,-s.sf re called 20 one Of the sail
,ns,I ny sriend Hans to come up IN
,,r-s connection soon after tho ap-
.-~,, OF The s-o.id-taced HdlS' - =,
.7va~t taa- 0ar, OF the snip DS a.
-sersers on deck. swift 'aINlhs
.0 Considerable temper on tEe
~ Irr. Van StrGatec; penl'euS
,,. c~e.c" cried the old German,
,. te,a directly. And. Miss Nor
us,en to this HORRIBLE man OF
have lost also my hat-Oox; L
.l~, where i- is and he replies mat
-frt he place iJ by mistake IN III.
o4bfn lis .t not so. Hans?
-.-,rril acknowledgements rom the
-,v ranitent Hans. Mr. Van
---en raised his voice.
rr.~ say 90 him; Is 10 poSsio.e
$500. .-., -qr5,ess schCundrel, YOU placed
r-elara -to diamond box also
W crs casino And he say
.-t noisy cheering from the as
4 .---.r.~s. A pressing for
5 M ,.-z~7-u'a-e Greig. He. de-
t..s rsv,rl cxr-eesiCn, turned 10
~ ~, F-r,- r-e-et being counsel for
INV 5assr. vruae Pc-a2?
49, .-. inst The client I Nike.
49, -.--.--frE This morning. said
r6o rot rcs2ec, this morning.
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WHAT MORE nEEINITE2

Society EdiJor-Mr. Willis tells me
CHAT his family will spend the summer
In The mountains. and his wife SAYS they
viii go 20 the seashOre. Had I better
cefer mentioning the matter until I get
more definite information?
Managing Editor don't see what
more definite Information YOU want.
She tod you they were going to the sea-
shore, didn't she?-Cinci2c6ti En-
qUirer.
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Very likely" [ replied, but shall
say it. Wilmay's marriage must not
take place. She is not in love with
Vincent. You must break it Off-there
is time yet. and you-Cr must do it. :"
Il don't know whether it will sur
prisce you, but since your return. only
a few days ago, asked Wilmay if she
would like to break it off. She said
most emphatically that she would not
hear Of it. that she had considered ey-
erything when she accepted. She even
asked me not to speak Of 1t again. But
tonight, just now when | took her up
stairs, did hint at it. She would only
say No! Nor and once Why must
make people unhappy It's not my
fault, is it? | am so fond of Wilmay.
Bertha looked at me with tears in her
eyes.
No I said, you need not blame
yourself. | am glad you suggested It,
Now we can DO nCthing-she is no
longer a child, and she must make her
own choice. But somehow | can't bring
myself to think that this marriage IS
really going to take place"
1t never did take place. On the
morning before the day, | received a
nC,e from Bertha asking me TO come
round at once. | found Persha looking
white and i'll, with letter in her hands.
"Wilmay has gone" she said at once.
Gomez"
Eyes. left London. Thank heaven,
she has Mrs. Blayd with her. SIZE went
early this morning before ! was up, and
this note was brought to me"
took the note and glanced through
it.
'In the night, Bertha, I found thnt I
could not do it. l had to go away. |
got up and found Mrs B,ayd and talked
to her. and we shall leave London early
this morning. / have written to VIM
cent. And | will write to you again,
when 1 know where we shall be. Will
you please let me be quite alone for
some time, Oh, dear Bertha, I do love
you so much. Do, do forgive me- AS
soon as you get the address, write and
tel me that you are not angry. l can
not help i'll should go mad if l didn't
go away"
had long talk with Bertha. 1t was
publicly announced that owing to the
illness of Miss Amory her marriage
with Sir Vincent Carrone was postpon-
ed. Later and more gradually it be-
came known that the marriage would
not take place at all.
Vincent behaved finely. He would
not allow any one to say a word against
Wilmay, and quarrelled lastingly with
his own brother on the subject. To re
he said, Edward this time he had
got into the habit of calling me by my
first name-"It's bad, but it's best for
her. She tried to love me, know that.
If can ever do anything in some other
way to make her happy, you will let me
know That is really all | want now
it is horrible to think Of hsr as being
unhappy, and that am the cause of it. -
He had the luck some five years after
wards to be killed in the hunting field.
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In announcing for Office a Georgia
candidate is honest enough 10 say: Il
want the office because there is money
in il. and because | need the money"
We commend the candor in the above
brief statement 10 the thousand and one
gentlemen who have entered the polid-
cal lists in Georgia-Atlanta Journal.
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"The price of your fish Is dreadfully
high here. "Yes, we don't have many
to sell; we make more money renting
fhem in strings to visitors Tho want
their photographs taken 10 sgnd home. ("
Chicago Record.
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Glow do you know. daughter, that
young Tyson does not drink" Be
cause, papa, his breath always smells Of
fresh cloves" Detroit Free Press.
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TALKING HER OVER

.-eG- llL .NfN lAAAAN0~-A
TALKING HER OVER.
Mrs Wane and Mrs. Vane Discuss Mrs.
Main
II IS probably true that II there We're
bv- three women in the world TWO OF
-hem would get together and talk about
r. third. To is manifeS-,y Impossible
To prove this to be true without Sacri-
fcing a great many million women, and
This is not necessary TO prove that two
women can select q third as a topic or
conversation and talk steadily about
her two full hours without wearylng.
II she chances 10 be new conner 70
the town and 10 their "Set, or, better
still. if she is newly married, the con-
versation can easily be greatly pro
longed. I'm proof Of which listen 70 the
manner I'm which Mrs. NaDe and Mrs.
Wane discussed lfrs. Main on an cleo
tric car the otherf Fifteen or 20 un-
published pages for which we have not
space may be seen at this Office. said
Mrs N3ne.
90. by the way, have You seen Mrs.
Main yet?'
Yes; saw her last night at the thea
ter"
"Have YOU met herr"
NO, have yCU?'
'No: but I've seen her several times;
saw her ~ the opera one night in a
perfectly stunning bonnet and gown
Eyes? Her husband with hero
"Scme gentleman was with her /
suppose he was her husband, although
/ haven't seen him yet"
"Hes TALL dark, thin man. with
very black hair
why. this gentleman was rather
stout and fair, with very light, way
hair"
"It couldn't have been her husband.
Wonder who it was?'
I'm sure l haven't the slightest idea.
Somehow I don't like 90 see a married
woman at the opera with any one but
bel husband"
Neither DO L."
.0t course there's no actual harm in
IT,"
90 no, OF course not.
"But some people viii talk, YOU know,
and"
"I0jecd they will"
And they're sure to put a wrong con-
sracaon on everything
Always
$50 one can't be too careful"
NO. irleej.'
"But She did lock very stylish last
rieE-"
do YOU think her pretty?"
"Wcu. that depends. Shes a decided
blonde, you know. and / myself am not
a. admirer of blondes
Il prefer striking brunette There $
&ore character IN that style OF beauty.
ID, much more.
DO You think that she powders?'
We hcard so.
Have You? That's strange.
why:
and yet I fe., sure she was powdered
Iast uiehc."
Most likely She was"
Ano-an1-aad Wei. maybe it was
On! d. 'a'SN Su- p''lon, but somehow or
O,u', Z 9o- IMPRESSION JLaJ her hair
w. IT,.
90, I don't say that it really was; 7
merely got Je2t impression from look
ing az ner.
-, W ell. ; pose ,, InSre no aasm IN IT,
III seems 50 unnatura. 70 DO such
'" as5 r. dos.
30 il uoeS'
lar" '''''
GO 5i5 TO
60 -. =. soo,,, ~, ,.o,, .,,.,+ che no.
m o95 looi, in bs,. s,.eso.,
..T 80 - -. -. ., ,
r 81. ~ :; - - go az. ~ - NY oo ~,
T., ,,.,., ~ D, - --' 0''~ '''0 ''
.r 49, 2. -,-,,4 ossu
.t-,,-,..'. ~ g. %. o--
so~a~,rv ,7 tfe face >,
eyes"
"Qrss- We should both have noticed
g."
'Is1't ire"
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ANOTHER WHEEL WANTED.
Practical System OF a sympathetic Vito
for Retaining Hubby's Affections.

Practical System OF a sympathetic Vito
for Retaining Hubby's Affections.
Henry" said the little wife, as she
took the hand OF her big husband, Il
am CAD that you enjoy your wheel so
much, and that you feel the better for
riding It. But you are home SO little
now. You are off for spin in the
morning and | never see you after dim
ner until late at night I don't know
but General KieeeIs, the chief OF po-
lice at St. Petersburg, has done tho
right thing"
whats that7"
"He requires rs cyclist in the Rus
sian capital to ~ a large number ex-
posed at the back Of his machine 50
that when a sccrcher breaks loose he
will be known by reference to the llst'
and if there be any suspicious charac-
ters riding about he or she can be lden-
titled in the same way.
I'D never stand IT, I'd raise an army
and fight first The next move would
be TO have every married man carry the
license for mis- matrimonial venture on
his back. and 10 make a sandwich o.
him by requiring him to have his name
and pace o. business or residence
spread out in bold type over his chest.
What a glorious country Of freedom this
would be them
"But it might he just as wei, Henry
from my point Of view. ] see Judklns
riding by here almost every night with
some lady that is not Mrs. Judkins.
She tells me. just as ycu do, that busi-
ness keaps men a good deal latcc than
IL did when times were better - ANA
then Judkins talks in his On
you know
"Do I ever-do T ever neglect you
the children. or forget that You are ID
sweetes. little wife in the world
Not that | know Of, dear But We
haven't the Russian system. Now.
what is this?" And the little vic heIa
ND a dainty handkerchief Of lace WIN
delicate odor and telltale inillaiS III
the corner. -, -.
"Oh. yes. To be sure " course.
Meant to tell you. Happened TO .nh
across Hattie on the boulevard the
other evening and rode q little way 10
gether. The handkerchief was in ner
way. and she gave 10 to me to carry.
Forgot to return it. You know she's an
old fame of mine But It just happen
ed. Perhaps You had better advocate
the Russian system after all
mo. sir; I'll buy wheel and learn
to ride it."-Detroit Free Press
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CHAPTER II.

It was about week before this con-
versation took place that saw Wilmay
fer the first time with the exception of