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not availed to keep the young lover she had
chosen; and she had no mother to plead for

not availed to keep the young lover she had
chosen; and she had no mother to plead for
her.
Dick had been ordered to India, and very
soon after old Berwick had gone under, as
they say. This time in double sense, for
the crash that took his fortune took his life,
and left Sylvia absolutely alone in the world.
Society was naturally too busy with its
own concerns to remember the comet of a
day. Dick had been at first sore and angry,
then cynical, over his own passion.
The organ played Christmas hymns, the
hymns that, whether we will or no, take us
back, and exercise such subtle magic. Even
to the most careless listener they had a
touch of fresh significance among these gay
memorials of good will and kindness, not
towards men, but towards the children, to
whom the pitiless heritage of the sins of the
fathers comes with such cruel force.
Suddenly Dicks eye was riveted by pair
of immense dolls, and his heart beat us it
had not beaten for Is years.
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good-by all. hope the poor little girls will
love you very much"
1t was half-past three and sunny De-
cember afternoon. Buntie got her choco.
lates-twice as many as were good for her
before she was handed back to tell her nurse
of the wonders of the Albert hall
Il dare say I'm fool, but l mean to do
it," said Dick to himself as he came out Of
his sisters house and hailed hanson.
Eleven Teck-terrace; and, look here,
stop first at that big Bond-street florists"
There were not many lilies, and they were
dear, but he bought every one. The inter.
minable cab drive was like dream domin-
ated by the two great dolls. He could not
think consecutively. The old ache, the old
longing, had come insistently back. The
cabman lost his way twice in desert of
mean houses with empty "art" pots on the
smutty lodges and palld yellow muslin
curtains breadth too narrow. At last he
stopped at quiet, unprepossessing row.
No. II at least had clean steps, and clean
servant opened the door.
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"The very best of all, in my opinion"
two admiring spectators near him were
saying. "'A colonel in the days of the duke
of Marlborough and "a. lady of the same
period dressed by-oh, give me my
glasses-Miss Sylvia Berwick, II Teck-ter-
race, West Kensington.' There is only one
fault, perhaps. Did ladies carry bouquets
in those days?"
Not in those days, perhaps, but certainly
in the days when in all Covent Garden there
seemed no lilies of the valley fresh enough
for Capt Narration to send to Miss Berwick
for Lady, Hurstmonceux's fancy ball-the
ball where she had figured as lady of the
court of Queen Anne, and he as one of
Marlborough's colonies.
How well he remembered it! Some benev
olent girl had told him what Sylvia was to
wear, and he had chosen his own dress ac
cordingly. They had been much commented
upon as the successes of the night, and in the
pauses of Waldteufel waltz he had told her
that he loved her, and she-ah, for the kiss
hurriedly exchanged in the conservatory
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He took her in his arms and answered,
passionately: my darling, l never knew
until to-day that you wanted me; it was the
doll that spoke"
Then there was very complete and
eloquent silence between them, till Sylvia
looked up with her old smile: why, Dick.
you can't mean that you saw the colonel OF
the days of the duke of Marlborough. What
were you doing in the Albert hall?" :.
81 was dragged there by force by small
tryant-my sisters Baby Buntie-and got
the best Christmas present of all, though I
didn't deserve it. Good old Santa Claus had
not forgotten me when she showed me the
lady in blue with the lilies in her hand"
II dare say it was silly and sentimental of
me to dress the dolls like ourselves, but
sometimes, Dick, when / sat here working
at them could hear the music-that waltz,
as they were on the happiest night of all my
life. There was nothing left but my dear
past. Nothing could take that from me-"
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Sylvia who came in. Not the Sylvia of other
days, so radiant, SO girlish, so fresh in her
dainty dresses-the years are not SO kind
but a sweet, serious woman in plain black,
with the old masses of golden hair showing
under her little bonnet.
Dick, with a sudden strange sensation of
shyness that was very like fear, drew back
until he was almost hidden by screen, SO
that she did not see him.
But the room was full of fragrance her
heart knew in moment He had laid the
lilies upon a table, and she took them up
with a little soft exclamation of pleasure
He saw how tender was the face that bent
over the flowers, n face no longer young, but
with new loveliness all its own.
Then he came forward without a word
She knew him instantly. The flush of rosy
color, the light in her eyes, the joy she could
not stifle after all those hungry dragging
years of loneliness, conjured back all, and
more than all, the glamour of their youth.
"Dick-Capt. Narration, what has brought
you here?"
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BROTHER jim.
The i" Boy" Had a Heart "Bieser'ns a
Balloon

I
Here's tn regaler Christmas box iron
brother Jim." said Farmer oatley, exutaa,
ly, as he dropped the heavy package to the
Jim ter fail yit. That boys got heart
bigger'n balloon"
"Boy," broke in Mrs. Oatley, who always
had siege of wiping her glasses when
that box came. "Why, william, he's as old
as you be-"
"That's fac me an Jim's twins, but
kin never think Of him 'cept as tn little
skeezix that used ter w'allop me when We
was kids. Gurus how that boy turned out.
Pap uster allus say that Jim was too shift
less ter live. and once tn ole man got 50
mad he said he guessed he'd just buy jim
a fiddle an turn him out fur ter hunt his
own paster. Jim said he didn't care fur no
fiddle, but he guessed he could flax round
fur -hisself, an he did,"
Eyes. he's done remarkable. But i
don't seem quite right fur us to take SO much
frum him when we give him SO little"
Don't you worry a minute bout jim. II
you didn't SEN him nuthin' but a big ap-
pie fur Christmas he'd feel durn sight
better'n if you'd try ter put on frills send
in him suthin' you couldn't afford. know
Jim. He's tickled Almost ter death when
he's gettin' this box ready ter send. kin
jist hear him tellin' his folks an all them
servants how this thing is fur Sister Ruth
an this'n fur ole Bill, an this'n fur Tom,
an this'n fur little Billy, an so on right
through. You kin bet Jim never foreeis
nobody. He beats all. Never had dcker
with Jim in my life he didn't knock til
spots right often me. Why he come dog
gone near gittin' your frum me, Ruth
Then he stopped drawing nails long
enough to take bear hug and kiss the
blushing Ruth.-Detroit Free Press.
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among the pink lamps and friendly shady

among the pink lamps and friendly shady
palms!
So she had never married, then, after all.
He thought of the bright face, of the crowd
of eager partners round the pretty heiress.
Not one of them all true to the woman when
her hour Of tribulation came. Or was it be
cause she had not forgotten him? I'm
possible. The dolls stared at him as only
dolls do stare. The jaunty colonel, with
everything complete; the dainty damsel, in
delicate sea.blue brocade, with her lilies in
her hand. He SO dark, she 80 fair, just as
they had been.
him, Uncle Dick"
Forced back to fact, and Buntie growing
restless, he took sudden resolution.
Have you had enough, Buntie? Would
you like to go where cake is?"
care there chocolates there, too!" queried
that small person.
Everything" said her uncle.
Then let's go. Good.by, dear dollies;
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Shine, Stars, ro-hiaht.

Shine. stars. tonight! Shine clear ant
bright!
Make earth and heaven to glow:
Shine as you did that Christmas night
Long centuries ago.
Light hill and valley as the dawn,
Make all the darkness bright,
For Christ, the Saviour, has been born
And is with us tonight.
Frank II. Sweet, in Detroit Free Press.
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The Fessimist's Christmas.

How did your Christmas presents suit
your" asked the optimist of the pessimst.
"Wal," was the reply of the sad one, 81
didn't receive the things ! expected to get
but then had no hopes of getting them
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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one season Sylvia Berwick, the sweet daugh.
ter of the most outrageously vulgar man
that ever made and lost a fabulous fortune,
had queened it over society and Dicks heart.
But old Berwick wanted title and more for
the daughter, whose beauty he rated at its
full commercial value. Sylvia's tears had
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use of my being here If can't see!"
Uncle Dick, who was 40, and handsome and
tall, obediently lifted up Buntie, who was
four and an autocrat, and very like golden.
haired doll herself in the latest thing in fur
trimmed pelisses and bewitching baby bon,
nets.
The Albert hall was very crowded, and,
glittering with thousands Of toys, seemed q
very fairy.land to Buntie, whose heart was
wrung with longing for the dolls, despite
the fact that q large family, very pale with
much kissing, slept peacefully in her gay
nursery in Berkeley square.
But, Buntie, these are for little girls who
have no dollies."
Doesn't Santa Claus come to them, then?
think he must be naughty old man if he
only comes to me, and have lots and lots of
things"
Don't you see, Buntie, there are kind
ladies who remember the other little girls,
and they dress all these dollies and send them
to Santa Claus in case his supply runs
short"
said Buntie. "It must be so drefful to have
none on Christmas"
Uncle Dick had no very clear notion of the
utter desolation this terrible idea implied
to Baby Buntie-Buntie, who woke raptur-
ously on the most magical of all mornings,
with full trust in the annual miracle that
was the securest certainty of her little creed.
Then not only the tiny stocking would be
brimful of delight, but all the nursery
turned into novel wonder.world of joy
full surprises.
But something in the sweet spontaneous
pity of the child touched him, and he put
his hand into his pocket with a sense of
conjunction that the hard fate of those
forgotten by Santa Claus had never been
brought home to him.
II think can show you the way. Take
this, darling"
Buntie proudly dropped shining coin
into the chariot of very captivating fairy
queen, and gazed about her from her lofty
coign of vantage with rose.fushed cheeks
and eyes like stars.
They had got among the dolls in fancy
dresses, and even Maj. Dick Narration found,
as usual, that taking Bunte out pleasuring
meant amusement. The girls-and they
were numerous enough-who had tried to
marry Dick Narration would not have
known that impenetrable gentleman in the
guise of Buntie's willing slave.
Once upon a time, before the death of
Dicks godfather and the comfortable two
thousand year that had come to him after
that event, he had been madly in love. For
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Take the future instead, now, dearest.
And, Sylvia, when Buntie saw that dashins
colonel, she wanted to kiss the dear little
man''-London Truth
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Jones-Why have you given up smoking,
Holt?
Holt-Well, you see it is near Christmas,
and was afraid my wife might buy me
box Of cigars Of her. own choice.-De,roi,
Free Press.
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PLAINLY A MIsNoMER.
The Banker Was Obdurate and Mrs. Win
tergreen Objected to his Name.

The Banker Was Obdurate and Mrs. Win
tergreen Objected to His Name.
SIS this the Steenth National bankP" she
asked as she presented herself at the tell
er's window.
The man inside finished asserting a few
piles of money before he replied. Then he
said:
Eyes, madam
"AIe you the teller?'
81 am
'sWen, am Mrs. Theophilus Winter
green and I would like TO know how much
money Mr.. WintergFeen has on deposit
here. I know this is where he banks, for
he has one of your checkbooks in his desk
But he will never tell me how much
money he has nor anything about it, which
is something every married woman ought
to know and no husband who has any re-
spect for his wifes feelings would keep
from her, but though I've asked Mr.. Win
tergreen many and many a time he either
tells me that his book hasn't been balanced
for SO long that he doesn't know, or else
he evades the question altogether and puts
me of, which I think is a downright
shame, and so I thought I'd come right
down to headquarters myself and find out
WintergFeen, TheOphilus, is the name
" Madam" replied the teller, 1--WE are
not allowed to divulge anything regarding
our customers accounts
fNot even to their wivesP''
"No, not even to their wives"
"Not allowed to tell, amt youf''
''No.''
'Then I'd advise you to quit calling
yourself teller And Mrs. Wintergreen
flounced out-W. H. Siviter in New York
Sunday World.
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A judfcious use of paint will transform
many a seemingly hopeless article. A re-
markably ugly lamp was made into a
thing of beauty by three coats Of orange
enamel paint applied to the porcelain vase.
The metal stand was treated to a coat of
the black paint which comes for bent iron
work, and the whole was completed by a
shade of orange Grape paper. For such
work one should get the English enamel
paints, which come in a great variety of
colors and give a surface as smooth as
glass
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He Took tho Hint.

"Can you play The Maiden's Prayerp' -
he asked.
why, yes, can,'' she replied YEARLY,
"but what's the use? You probably would
not answer it. -
Then it was that after few moments of
deep thought he decided that he never
would have a better opportunity to pro-
pose.-Chicago Post.
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Like the one Corbett Coz.

He held his hand tightly over the pit of
his stomach. His face was distorted with
pain. He gasped for breath.
The bride of a month looked at him in
mild terror.
''Wh-what is it, GeorgeP" she STAN
mered.
IL Think he muttered. cit is a
heart blow"
He had just partaken of the results of
her first attempt at cake baking. -Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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success.
Jess-Why, she seems to have plenty Of
admirers.
Bess-Oh, yes, if you look at it that
way, but don't believe she's on friendly
terms with a single man she ever rejected
=Detroit News.
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Mother-Well, what did the minister
ask you today, WillieP
Willie-He asked me what I'd hev done
If I'd lived duFin the food.
Mother-And what did you tell him?
Willie-I told him wouldn't "a done
ting but fish an swim.-New York Sun
day Journal.
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When = Mans old.

When a man becomes old and his eyes
fail him to that extent that he can no
longer see the grease spots on his clothes,
they also become invisible to the mem bers
of his household. No one brushes an old
mans clothes or takes pride in his personal
appearance. It is disagreeable to grow
old, no matter what your sex But it is
worse if you are man.-AtGhison Globe.
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Mr.. Hiland-Wasn't it singular that
Canton, o., should go Democratic at the
municipal electionS
Mr.. Halket-Not at all. The Canton
Republicans were all at Washington try
ing to get oface.-Pittsburg Chronicle
TELEGRAPH
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"That wheel, judge, - said the victim of
the bicycle thief, Twas the finest on the
markell
''S6Opr' cried the judge "I'n hne you
SO for contempt. This court rides the
finest wheel on the market "-Phiadel-
phiG North American.
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"WhatI'' exclaimed the good housewife
angrily. CHOW that you have eaten your
fill you refuse to chop wood2'
I'm tell you what Wen do, 3" said Weary
Willie, a born diplomat. Let's bury the
Ratchet I''-New York Journal
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A OnnIiRed Warrant.

"Win you warrant these matches not to
go out in q high windP' asked the man
who was going hunting.
"All of 'em but one,' said the dealer.
'HuhI Which one of 'em Is it?''
1.-The last one, of course. ''-Indianapolis
Journal
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"How would you define pessimistP"
''He is man who is afraid to look hap
py for fear some other fellow will try to
borrow money of him. ''-Chicago Record.
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The Professionals a matter Of fact
there are different dialects in different
parts of Scotland.
Friend-Great Scottl Are there more
counties to hear from?-Truth.
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n OR SALE
Il Small cottage on Harrison St, $500
A l-room house on Buchanan ST, $500.
groom house, east front, Elm St $500
Small cottage on Lincoln St. $500
lots, -2-StOry frame house on Buchanan
St, near 18th, a nice home, s., 200 All the
above mentioned places can be bought
on monthly payment plan. For fun par
ticularis call on
W. c. STEPHENSON
500 Kan. Ave. lover Rigby's)
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Suitable For a Boy,

Lady Shopper want to get something
suitable for boy of 10 years.
Salesman-Slipper counter down the
second aisle; turn to your rightS-BostOn
TrapscPipt
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i've Cens . Line,
IO.ZOO.

THE following newspaper, book 0cs and an 4r5 job
sre solicited to place their work with
these firms;
The Topeka State Journal.
The Topeka Capital
The Topeka Mail and Freeze.
The Kansas Farmer.
The Advocate.
Crane Publishing CO.
Kansas Printing Co
Hail & O'Donald Lithograph1ng 20.
@ W Douglass
Topeka Printing co.
Miller Brothers
Adams Brothers.
The Medical Journal
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MALE HELP WANTED

>~>--S--~----~~----~.%-~>--
nONT COMPLAINT work for l.
Make 81, 600 year selling Quaker Bath
Cabinets. Easy job: good pay. no capt.
tai Elegant new seller. Everybody
wants it; customers happy. Turkish and
Napor Baths at home are delightful Cure
and prevent disease. Save DR.. bills.
Write for place.
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FOR SALE=By Benedict & Co. houses
- from $500 to 49, 600; lots from $40 to ST.
600; lands from 81 an acre to 500 per acre.
We have the bargains; do you want one2
See us before buying. Lots and houses
on almost any street in the city a little
lower than anyone else Houses for rent
in frst-class locations; money to loan on
farm or city property: our references
any leading business firm and our Gus
toners. We are too busy to give details.
Call in and see what we have
BENEDICT & CO.,
Col Kansas Ave.
FOR SALE-4-room cottage, good repair.
II lot, well, shade, IS per month for 4S
months; will take $40 il work Bargain.
S-rOOm house, haH. closets, cistern, city
water, gas, 2 east front lots, fine shade
and lawn, barn, nice home. fine location;
small cash payment, balance time, 81 100.
Groom cottage, cellar, well, cistern, fine
lot, fruit and shade. large barn, east
front, nice surroundings, IL lots, i'm
prOvementS cost 81. 600, will sell for 81 $50,
cash $500. balance long time
We have large list OF properties in the
city. Some special bargains in North To-
peka- Nice homes for one-half their cost.
Call and see US; get locations
SCOTT & CO.,
615 Kansas Ave.
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UATIONS, REAL
ESTATE, AUG
BH TION SALES AND
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VERTISEMENTS
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notices Of Situations Wanted" not TO
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% o'clock Saturday morning: also on
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. al
advertising Of this class handed in oy ~
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No advertisements OF the nature to be
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pected to take advantage of it. but all
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The Topeka State Journal guarantees
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w ANTED-Agents liberal contract
~ and choice territory: pays sick acct
dent and death benefits: endowment or
ordinary. Address American Benevolent
Ass n, Union Trust Bldg, St Louis. Mo
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WANTED-MrscELLANEoUs.

w ANTED = Ice customers. Jones
w Phone 40.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

~->C-.--SCe-S2-S1~-~-~
M ANTED-Ar idea. Who can think OF
some simple thing to patent2 Protect
your ideas; they may bring YOU wealth.
Write John Wedderburn & Co. Dent p
=. Patent Attorneys. Washington d c.
for their 81, 800 prize offer and new list of
LOCO inventions wanted
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AGENTs VYANrEn

~~~-~~~~~~-~~-~-~-~-~-~~~~~
w ANTED-Agents. male or female r.
~ handle the Acme embroidery Deei7le
Acme Needle Co. 626 Rialto Bldg, St
Louis, No
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sALEsMEN WANrEn-

u ~ statesmen. Experience 1lnToe~es-
Sary; Permanent position. W. L. Kline
Co, St Louis, Mo.
SALESMEN for cigars; s125 monthly ana
- expenses; old established house. ex-
St. Louis. -
CALESMEN FOR CIGARs-cood sa197-Z.
- and expenses paid Novelties given
with our goods. experience unnecessary
c. c. Bishop Co. St. Louis. "a >
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Tor VIEWS-of residence or parlor
Il stock, groups. etc. or photos of any
interior or outside views see Farrow. S11
Kan. Ave
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r EAVENWORTH crate and nut, best
Il in the market for cook stoves. Hor-
ner Coal Co.
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r EAvENWORTH NUT for summer use
IL can't be equaled. HOrner Coal Co.
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NOTICE-TO WHOM IT MAY CON-
IN CERN-Be IT known that my petition
Of Shawnee county. Kansas, asking for
a permit to sell Intoxicating liquors at
6O7 Kansas avenue, in the Fourth ward
in the city of Topeka, Kansas; and the
hearing of the same IS set for Monday
b F. SIN.
Topeka, Kansas. March "A. 1897.