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utter it, don't want to hear il. / don't
want to hear it from anybody else"
He must be dead" whispered the
girl.
You will never write we'll until your
heart is broken you said. and you were
right about that, Jean. Your heart must
break first, then you must struggle and
struggle. you must know pTiVation and
suffering of all sorts and hunger even
before you can touch the hearts of 9TH
ers who have also known these things"
She fell TO moaning. the two nurses
standing by and looking helplessly on.
You could hardly accuse me OF being
too happy now. Jean" she resumed fall
teringly. Il have known what il was
TO suffer. / have known priyations, !
have known want but. worst Of all, I
have known what il was to live with
out you. All the rest was as nothing.
And no matter how 1 suffered 1 must
work. l must keep on working. work
Ing, working, Sometimes while l work
ed / tried 10 imagine that you were
near me, because otherwise my mouth
got hard and dry. and my heart seemed
about 10 stop beating altogether. was
SO unhappy. was so alonei
Think Of being alone. Jean. after be-
ing with you-alone with only memo
'ries 20 keep me company And memo
F!ss are sad. sad company. Do you re-
member the White City. where We were
so happy together? Do you remember
the white bridge. with its electric pyE-
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The Light THAT
Did Not Fail.
VERSE BY
CAROLINE WETHERELL
.Ix..l#I+.IxIi ....I#l.s.l iif.lalfi.l-

Far out on the rocky coast of the
north Atlantic was the home of little
Otto. The waves swung about its base
with ceaseless swishswash that, in
rough weather, deepened into an angry
biff, biff. bang! that shook the old
stone tower to its base.
When he and Uncle Ben were togeth-
er in their snug room at the bottom of
the tower and the wind rose and began
to tear at the waters and the old stone
walls, stanch as the cliffs upon the
shore, it gave Otto a curious sort of
pleasure to picture to himself the COM
ing battle between the elements.
He always thought of the storm as a
fierce, hungry creature that lived some
where down in one of the ocean caves
or else very far away, among the mists,
only coming out now and then when
mariners upon the lonely ocean. The
storm was to Otto quite a real person.
age-as real as old Uncle Ben or the
fishermen that came out to see them
in little boats when the weather was
fine. Twice a week Uncle Ben went
on shore to get supplies for the light
house where they lived. At regular in
tervals a government boat would stop
at the foot of the lighthouse and leave
them the oil and other things for the
light, Of which old Ben was keeper.
When Uncle Ben was compelled to be
away for any length Of time, he always
left some one in charge at the light
house. BY signaling over to the village
on the hills an assistant would come
over and stay.
Otto was little orphan boy. His IA
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His Head.

A passenger on a Cunard steamship
had an experience which led her 10 be-
lleve that a seaman is nbt apt to waste
many thoughts on his personal troubles
The sailor who brought her 10 this
opinion had a fall which resulted In a
bad cut On the head the second day
out. She was solicitous In her inqui-
ries as to his welfare when she saw the
captain that night and would undoub,-
eddy have continued her sympathy had
not rough sea called 20 mind her own
sufIerings. -Four days later. when she
emerged, white and weak, from her
stateroonn, she suddenly remembered the
poor sailor. In the course Of the day
she saw him. with a strip Of plaster
on his forehead. How IL your head -
she asked kindly as he passed ~ her.
bent on some duty. West BY south.
rna'am." was the reply. delivered with
respectful. but hasty eiearness. and he
Was gone.
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there been a tremendous change in the
weather since morning, don't you think ?
1t has grown quite a good deal colder
with the wind in the north"
Il wish you would take this inedi-
cine for me-" pleaded the girl. She still
held the spoon in her hand. Wont
you?"
mo, no! Let me rest. want to be
right quiet, so that ! can think. And
so, after all, what good does il do you,
since there is no one to care-because
nov that you are gone there is no one
to care, Jeanne one at ALP"
Her wide bright eyes stared unseeing-
ly at a little white curtain which was
strung across the window pane.
1T is queer thing about these sto-
ries, JEAN" she continued. do you
remember what you used to say? I re-
member. You used to say, You are too
happy. Nan, to write we'll Nan! No
body ever calls me Nan now. / never
hear my own name from one days end
to another"
She sighed and half closed her eyes
for a moment.
WELL" she added, "since you cannot
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Mrs. Sullivan of the village came over

Mrs. Sullivan of the village came over
every week when the weather was good
to bake and wash and put the place to
rights for Sunday, of which Uncle Ben
was a very strict observer. The light
house was not an important one. hence
only the old man, with an occasional
assistant, was in charge of it. The
fishermen's boats were the most fire.
quent passersby, the great ocean YES
sells passing farther south.
This day it looked clear and pleasant
when Uncle Ben took his boat and
started over for the shore. otto was
IL years old, but never before had he
been left alone with the light. When
his uncle was well on his way, the little
boy went up to the tower to look at
the lamp, feeling greatly his RESPONSE
bility. All afternoon he played down
stairs, but when toward night his uncle
did not come back he began to feel
frightened.
Gradually the wind freshened, and
presently the clouds began to gather.
Otto became more frightened as the
time went by and still his uncle did
not come. He looked out at the fog
and sky and knew that he ought to
light the great lamp in the tower This
he could do very well, for he had often
helped his uncle. So he climbed up the
narrow stairs and, opening the lamp,
the wick was soon blazing away. Then
he had to watch to see that the light
did not go out for lack of oil. He sat
for a long time looking through the
great glass window, watching the
waves below as they danced higher and
higher.
As the fog grew thicker he lighted a
second lamp that was reserved for spe-
cially dangerous nights. He wanted to
make sure that nothing should happen
to any boats through his neglect, but
all night long he worried and wondered
what had become of poor Uncle Ben.
He dared not sleep a wink. for if he
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pillow as II carved in stone. her lips
alone moving.
Since you left me. Jean. my life has
been one long ache. My heart is like
an empty seashell moaning for you.
am so far away from you Come back
to me-"
They bent forward in the effort 70
catch her words.
Come back to mel" she repeated.
TAKE me by the hand once more and
lead me. 1 am-so tired-of standing
alone-of walking Misunderstanding
my blind way alonei Come back TO me.
/ am so-tired-tired-so-t
Her words once more tottered into
incoherence. then stopped altogether.
like a clock that has suddenly run
down.
The young nurse sank upon her knees
and covered her face with her hands.
she is dying" she cried What
shall do? What shall ! dO?"
The old nurse strobe TO the head OF
the bed. She gently pressed the wom-
ans white lids down After mornsnt
she took her hands away.
BE quiet" said she. Look Up and
see how beautiful she Is now. See how
well she rests after lifs's fitfuI fever.
She laid the wornan's hands across
her breast
When you have lived as long as
have. child she added softly, you all
find that II Is not death that il hard
IL Is life"
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q COPYRIGHT. 1893 WOE ANDERSON NORRIS

In one Of the narrow white beds in a
dormitory Of a hospital a woman lay
tossing. AS she tossed she talked.
Il am so lonesome without youl" she
said. Come back to me. If you only
knew how lonesome l was. you would
come back to me. / know you would"
A young nurse. a mere girl, arose
from a chair near the table and ap-
preached the bed. She beckoned to an
other nurse, who was old.
Come here" she whispered, land see
what is the matter with her. She talks
so. have given her medicine again
and again. but it hasn't Quieted her. 1
EN- afraid she is going TO die, and l
haven't got used TO seeing them die yet
Oh, i wish the doctor would comet"
III you are going on like this" said
the old nurse, you'd better give UP at
once and take in plain sewing for a liv-
ing. You'll never make a decent nurse"
The girl interrupted her with an i'm
patient gesture.
Listen" said she. Its enough to
break your heart to hear her talk"
Nurses have no business with
hearts" asserted the old nurse. Give
her some more medicine"
The days have been so long" moan
ed the woman, turning her head, heavy
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storm as that of the night had been.
Still he fancied that something terrible
had happened to him, or he would have
returned in the afternoon.
1t was 10 o'clock when there came a
terrible knocking at the lower door.
Otto rushed down, and there was big
Jake Miller, who was the lighthouse re-
lief, standing, anxious, but smiling.
We'll, you're a fine boy" he said.
Your uncle's been scared half to death
about you out here alone in the storm.
He fell down the cliff over there be-
tween the village and the shore and lay
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III. wife Of tAe Lsra Mayor.

A good story f. told Of the wife
Of a certain lord mayor Of Eng
land. II would not do 20 give her name
or her city. becauSe she II \ good wors-
an and vas unconscious Of her mis-
take. II 60 happeasd that duriag
Queen victoria's last wait 20 LonSon
her majesty. with her favorite dAuEh-
ter. visited the training school for
nurxes. accompanied BY the lady nay
Dress" The governor Of the institu'ioa.
as they were departing. re4aestes thsEs
20 write their names IN che viDtoTE
book The queen removed her EloFe.
t3ok the Pen and wrote '-Eictoria" a.
the top Of a new page The psincers
followed her mother ard inscribed E<s
ragre. s-Beatr3ce.~ The governor thsn
HANDED tfe pen 10 her iacysh3p- me
wife q the lord mayor shs foo< y
and simpe-ed and ca tbs third nr's
IwFcta Emma
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there till late last night, groaning. with
broken leg. There was no chance for
any one to get out here alive after the
storm broke, and when we saw the
light We knew you were all right. only
a trifie scared perhaps. And 1 want to
tell you that there's a brig out here
that but for that light would have been
driven on the rocks. 1t was blown out
Of its course. and the captain says this
morning that when he sees you he has
a handsome watch he was carrying
home from old England for his own
boy that he means to give to you"
Uncle Ben was nursed back to
strength in the village, and Jake Mil
Ter and Otto continued to keep the
light. When he gets to be a little older.
Otto may succeed to his uncle's posi-
ton. He is very proud of the watch
which the captain of the brig gave him.
ELLA MATHIESSEN.
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Yair FnIpiaSs.

Now that the public gaze Is 1Hsd %
the state Of Affairs ia ths Philippines .
few words about thu fair FIiipinos may
b. Of interest TBsy are remarkably
pretty and have liz languishinE eyes
and an abundance % isag slack hair
This they fssfsn up Via his gold rin
AMI then sdorn with E8s ere. They 60
not wear hats. bot use sBhshzses. ans
do 80 very cgquettizhiy. BE u said. Thsy
wear very dainty shoes. ernbT0ldsre1 ~
gold and silver thread. bat not stock
inEa.
Thsy are distinguished By grace IN
figure and rs0vsrnsaf. bat acc0rdlnK 10
our IDEAS. less ~ Tefsbernenf g habits.
for both women ard Chll1Fsn ssnoks
huge cigars asd isduiEe - bttei chew
Ing IL - thslr custom 60 keep TIE
thumb Bsfl 81 the right hand iong. &c
this assists them 81 playing sheir IA
vorifs instrument. the guitar.
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ed with the celebrated Swedish officer
General Bernadotte. The boys plans
attracted the. attention of Count Pla-
ten, a celebrated engineer. who secured
him an appointment with the Swedish
corps of mechanical engineers when ne
was~but IL years old. When II years of
age, he entered the Swedish army as an
ensign. After he had served several
years in the army he removed to Eng
land and made some unsuccessful ex-
periments with an engine to be run by
steam. In 1888 he discovered the i'm
portant use of the screw propeller in
navigation. He came to America in
1910. where aid was offered him in put
ting his inventions into practice He
built for the government the ironclad
steamer the Monitor that successfully
fought the Merrimac in Hampton
Roads in 1862 and practically revolu-
tionized the navies OF the world. as II
made the introduction of ironclad YES
sells necessary. He died March g., 1882
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What the snlaer snia.

II was spinning a web in the rose
vine." said the spider. and the little
girl was sewing patchwork ON the door
step. Her thread knOtted and her nee
die broke and her eyes were full Of
tears. 1 can't do it, she said: I can'ti
/ can't!'
Then her mother came and babe her
look at me. Now. every time spun a
nice silky thread and tried 10 fasten
it from one branch TO another the wind
blew and tore II away.
This happened many times. but at
last made one that did not break. and
fastened IL close and spun other threads
to Join 1t. Then the mother smiled.
What a patient spideri' she said.
The little girl smiled too. and took
up her work. And when the sun went
down there was a beautiful web In the
rose vine and a square OF beautiful
patchwork on the step"
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Clever Dox.

The other day was visiting n friena
and he took me to see hts dog. AIy
friend walked up to the dog and said:
Not feeling well today. Ell? Let rla
see your tongue"
Doggie obediently put It out.
Him." said his master. You don't
seem to be very we'll Let me feel your
pulse"
The dog at once held out his paw.
After taking II my friend said:
Here is some medicine that viii Do
you good"
And he gave him some milk.
After the dog had finished he said:
Feeling better now?"
"Bowwow." said doggie. And away
he scampered.
OF course. he had been taught 20 90
all these things by his master. But
think he was very clever to remember
them, don't you?
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: arm beneath the woman's shoulders,
raised her up.
There now" she said soothingly.
Won't you take this medicine? Take
it for me, please. Won't your
The woman shook her head.
mo. no." she murmured. Let me
! lie right still and rest. 1 am so tired!
| Put my head back on the pillow. l
can't do anything with it myself. It
doesn't seem to belong to me somehow
or other. 1t seems to belong to some
/ body else.
1T is all wrong. this head of mine"
she went on by and by-"all wrong. Do
you know why? 1t was because wrote
stories. So many stories had to come
/ out of ii a week-they had to, or I
couldn't liVe-and that was what allied
! II. The brain was overworked. 1t
couldn't stand the pressure. And 1 was
doing so well with my work, too, JEAN"
Who is Jean?" asked the old nurse
Il don't know. She talks of him con-
stantly and to him. He is her husband
or her sweetheart, 1 can't tell which.
| And he is dead-that is, sometimes 1
think he is dead, and then again I
think he isn't"
The woman smiled family.
! IF you were here, you would be
/ proud OF me-" she said, really you
would, but now that you are gone there
is no one who cares. Isn't that very
hard to have to work and work and
work and then 10 have nobody in ali
the wide world who cares for your sue
cess? You might almost as well not
succsed-qUite as well, / sometimes
think. Don't YOU Jean2"
| 4 wish she wouldn't talk to him like
/ that. said the girl tremblingly. Il i'm
agine / see the wrath of him standing
/ here by her side"
! To be a successful nurse" remarked
the elder woman. you must leave i'm
aSination out Of the question altogether
I and deal with plain facts"
The plant Of the invalid once more
| filed up the silence.
Think OF stopping at q bookstore
and finding your story in a magazine"
! she said. then coming to the house
and saying at the dinner table. I have
new story out because you must tell
/ IL 20 somebody. YOU know. l don't sun
pose there ever was a soul i'm the world
/ that didn't reach out now and then tc
some other soul for sympathy. Was
! there? But you are not often surround
ed by sympathetic souls. Jean, partic-
ularly il you write. Those about YOU
appear 10 take the fact OF your having
stories in print as q personal affront.
That is strange, isn't Il? But il is true
have found il 10 be the case Not only
l. but others. They raise their eve
brows. these people. and say: Indeed.
/ Is that so? And In what magazine y
! Then when you tell them the name OF
the magazine, Oh they exclalm, /
never heard OF il before, Is II a new
one? Where Is IL publlshedy And hasn't
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WsrlA.. Grenle.a LIfs 100.

Captain Thomas l. Weiss q TIE god
ship Belgian King q tas California aH1
oriental tine holds fhs Fseose a. ti,s
ga captain Eho has ssse5 iase greatest
uuEn5ef q lives T1s Vsferan Esiisf b
said % have saved the ttres a 0gss
$50 f1ss1. Norera za1 sa5isr9a deg g
bis - ysaTE' career On TIE norsis &slsa-
az. His Isek 81 f.rs1fag helFitsz - = =
hss wOn Ter him ths nassss - .E.s -tsr-
beat csptzin- Tbs captain Ass e1stelg
for tie esE1s and sHnsrs. - ths fisa -.
srs WIKI b. has ce1ssasnstsa rs saIa.
Of tss-<,a. pad a. dsrsliet se14rsss ans
- ether waTA
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TOMORROW LAND.

someuiere westward q tod4v
Lzes q eosntry fzr away
And Ia nane. explorers ~,
Il TsmoFr0g LAID
Thsre. across the sfarlit wave.
Little people al s.behase's-
Girls are good and boys are brsss
In Fon0no~ LanA
Lessons are not left uRdone.
And although there's lots q Tn
No one teasrs any err
In Tomorrow Lana-
''shan't'' Il 9 word no lips rePeaf.
Tcmpefs are serene and sweet.
Hands are washed and clothes srs naA
In Tou0ETc~ Land
Bedtime dcesn't bring frown.
And when some one tumhles doWn
Outcries do not rouse the town
In TcmorroW Land
Coald ne emigrafe 10 there.
Good resolves their fruit ECnie besRs
Mother WOaldn't have . cara
In T0morroW Land
Felix LeiEA
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Their had been a sailor-a mate on one
of the big German ocean liners-and
when his ship went down all the pas
calamity went down with the ship, be-
cause there were not boats enough for
all, owing to the damage done by the
storm. Little Otto was baby then, and
his young mother had died when the
news of her husbands tragic death was
brought to her. On her deathbed she
had left the little boy to the care of
her bluff. great hearted Uncle Zen, by
whom she herself, an orphan, had been
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woman is different. What a woman
needs is somebody to care for her. What
she needs is a little love!"
Her voice sank lower.
Take a seashell." she whispered,
land carry it inland. No matter how
far you carry it. hold it to your ear, and
you will hear 1t moaning for the sea-
moaning, moaning!"
Her head no longer tossed from side
to side 1t remained motionless on the
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The Growth OF noIIana.

II is a curious country over which
wilhelmina the girl queen reigns.
Eight hundred years ago less than COO
square miles OF Holland were beyond
the reach OF the tides.
During these eight centuries 1900
square miles OF land have been taken"
from the ocean by bikes and drainage.
and now, at a cost Of about .OO0.
a part Of the Zuyder Zee II to be drain
ed and no less than 500 square miles
added to Hollands present territory.
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JumbIed Names of ramon. Ports.

.OGOG HNKN. ODAXB UER.
.ITRAV Woo. ACTAC TUL.
.OTADP MIR. IEPOLLO Rv.
IKSAT. EYRNK Ow.
RSBTE. AFAICSOSCNRN.
A ACIL. OHMY A AOK.
AICZD. EOLASNNERw
ACLNBAO .OTNBOS.
.EOGAN. HGUM.
AEMP ORL. AANHS ANV.
.OKCR. RMNBEE.
UESON NWRAPET.
OTMTNSOPAHU. r. oBLTI.
IJNRORIEAO. LSOG wGA.
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A Novel KIpIInE Book.

The sick 2ian's Burden" Il the sii'e
Of a volume complied and nanutae-
tursd by the proprietor Of the hoisi q
New York where Rudyard Kiplins vas
~ with pneumonia and presented 70 tae
novelist before he sailed for Eufcps-
II Is made Ep Of the daily bulletins IS
sued BY the physicians during 2Ar. hiD-
nnE's ssckneeA.
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THE YOUTH OF FAMOUS FOLK.
John Erieaaon.

John Ericsson, the celebrated navi-
gator, inventor and builder Of the
Monitor. was born in the province OF
Vermeland. Sweden. in 1903. His father
was a mine owner, and his brother was
a civil engineer, who became chief of
the Swedish railways. As boy. there
fore, young Ericsson had a chance to
learn all about machinery. and he early
displayed great interest in 1t. Before
he was IL years old he made a minia-
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A Nnturnl Conclusion.

A mother was explaining to her chill
dren why Queen Victoria's husband had
been called prince consort. and one of
the tiny ones overhearing the explana-
ton, asked:
Then. when the Prince Of Wales is
king will the princess be a concertina g..
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with tawny hair. from side to side. land
the nights have been so long without
you! Are you there? Have you come
back? II is dark. can'tsee. When /
look up, see only spider webs thick in
one corner. They spread and spread.
The underworld seems to be filed with
spider webs" And she shuddered.
The girl dropped some medicine In a
spoon and. placing her strong young
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ture sawmill and was
able to draw plans OF all
sorts OF mechanical con-
trivances which he had
not the materials or the
tools to make. His inter-
est in war was encour-
aged by one of his teach
ers, a German engineer
ing officer. who had serY-
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brought up. He was the keeper of a
small light away up on the northern
coast, where he kept bachelors hall in
the quaint old lighthouse.
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did he would not know should the light
go out
When day dawned. his uncle had not
come back; indeed, Otto knew that he
could not have come in such q terrible