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against starvation for wecks-she, M
was accustomed to ride In her car
riagc, and ave the best victuals In tho
land-so ! just judges for myself, and
I takes 'er up a cut of meat on the
sly-she that sad and beseeching-like,
for n bit of something TO eat-and
didn't abe Just perk up at IL! And
looked so pretty with nll her laces and
frills round her bonny face-'twasn't
the first case Of typhoid 1 'ad by no
means"
"And Mrs. Eames recovered?" I
asked.
"The pretty creature. she died In my
arms as gentle and mild as n lamb.
and I never saw q prettier %deathbed."
responded 'fomkins. she was n real
lady-the flowers In her room were
something lovely-and 'er husband. he
sobbed is eyes out. and no wonder
she that was worth a dozen OF I'm,
and when left that 'ouse. after all
my devoted duty. e so much as
give me a sixpence more than my
pay. But she! She was n rare beauty.
and would have starved to death but
for me. I meant to tell the captain
this. but he had that cold and 'aughty
manner | Just 'eld my council. Yes
continued the woman, the corner OF
an apron fixed In her left eye, rive
buried dozens OF them; but sticks to
II. I never saw q prettier sight than
'er a-lying dead with her 'ands folded
patientlike on her breast"
Mildred's head tossed restlessly on
the pillow. Nurse" I said-and held
the door open "a l spoke-"wiu you
come and speak to me n minute down
stairs" left the room. Tomkins fol-
lowed me into the dining-room.
Tell me-" I asked her. what train
ing have you had In nursing?'
Twelve years." she answered, her
head held high.
Twelve years-at n hospitalY"
"Lor bless you. no. sir: I never re-
quired no teaching, l was n born
nurse, and l pick 1t up rs ! co.
AS you go?" ! asked. Your insti'
tuition accepts unframed nurses, them
That It doesn't. sir" she returned
with spirit, II had Ave years expert
ence when I Joined. was a nurse
ever since l was eight years old; m!
poor father he suffered"
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But" l put In. i%nterrupting what
I guessed might develop into a
lengthy a%necdote. you have had no
training then, no training as a nurse?"
Mature taught me-" said Tomkins.
Mature and hobservation-if I saw
anything made a patient worse l al
tered my treatment next time. I've
'ad great experience with the sick. as
l am seldom called In unless It's an In
durable case"
had been pacing the narrow limits
Of the room whilst Tomkins spoke,
and when she ceased | was conscious
OF a tremor In my speech-I didn't
say much, as little as / could-but I
paid Tomkins for her services" and l
satisfactorily conveyed to her mind
that I could dispense with them In the
future. For the sake OF peace I gave
the woman a few shillings beyond
what she expected, but her absence. l
considered, would be cheaply bought
at thrice that sun, and / never felt
more relieved than when I heard the
rumble OF the cab down the quiet
seaside road. Tomkins took the land
lady into her confidence before her de-
parture. and ! heard her say In the
loud voice she assumed In the sick
room, Ell kill that dear little wife
Of 'is-just as likely as notes had
no experience with the sick, and them
young husbands ain't ft to ave the
care Of a young wife; now. II l had
staid--"
But I wanted to hear nc more. and
when I stood next by Mlldred's side !
took her hand In mine as II l could
never let It go. and a feeling Of hero
ism seized me that Mildred was saved
from the Jaws Of death and that l
was her savior. Budget.
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BROKEN TROLLEY WIRE.
Danger to Passers-by Removed by .
New Inventions.

Danger to Passers-by Removed by .
New Invention.
A Chicago electrician has invented a
device by which a trolley wire becomes
dead as soon as 1t breaks. The device
Is intended to make the so-called live
wire perfectly harmless. The invention
consists OF an automatic circuit break
err, and it's application will require no
change in the present generating and
feeding machinery. The current Is led
from the dynamo through the new cir
cuit-breaker, which is a simple auto
matte switch, and thence out along the
trolley wire. The current will run TIE
same course as b~efore-from the dyna-
mo along the wire through the propell-
ing mechanism OF the car, into the
ground rail and returning to the
ground pole of the generator. A small
auxiliary wire, which leads a constant
current back from the overhead wire
and makes a completely conducted cir
cult, is the second feature Of the in
vention. This side current, the voltage
OF which Is Insignificant and does not
weaken the feeder. keeps the switch
closed and the line Is charged. The
moment a break occurs on the feeding
or power line the auxiliary current is
broken. The switch opens instantly
and not a single ampere goes out on
the circuit until the main line Is agaip
repaired.-Buffalo Express.
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claimed. MY dear, tell me what you

claimed. MY dear, tell me what you
mean"
My hands still rested in his. / was
still looking up at him. But for a
moment I could find no more words at
my command.
II have not made you happy" John
said In a tor Of deep, bitter convic-
ton and se%lf-reproach. II have tried.
/ have failed"
at was my fault" I returned, speak
ing steadily in the same dull, passion
less, ever way. perhaps 1t was your
fault, too. You shouldn't have mar
ried me. You knew-you must have
known-that l should be wretched."
kitty! Kitty!"
"It was a mistake. Only a mistake!
You thought you would make me
happy. You did It for the best. Why
did you, John-why did your"
My eyes were fearless as they looked
I'D into his. All the tears l had had to
shed ! had shed hours ago. Never. l
felt, as long as l lived. should ! cry
again. felt numb and still. Even
my reproach came in a stony voice that
seemed to have ne emotion in it.
"Yes, we have made a mistake,
kitty" said John. signing deeply. 81,
as you say, should have known. But
I did not know! Well, we have faced
the mistake; perhaps 1t was wiser
faced. Now let us begin anew. Life
carnot be what 1t might have been;
but let us make the best OF 1t. Kitty
by,and-by, dear. love may come"
Idrew my hands away with a sharp,
sudden gesture. He spoke OF love, not
as though 1t had been weak and had
failed him. but as though 1t had never
been.
"it will not come" l cried. "Love
does not come with bidding, only
WEAKNESS"
He stood In silence looking gravely
at me, with a gravity far more stern
than gentle. l knew tina, he agreed
with me; he urged no wtrd OF pro-
tes. no word of hope. For n long
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Then suddenly he sighed. and his
tone grew gentle again.
II will not let you go. Kitty" he add
ed, "for your sake, not for mine. You
do not know what a young wife, who
leaves her home, has to bear-how she
Is spoken Of, what Is thought of her.
Though our marriage may have been a
mistake, the mistake Is made, we can
not escape from 1t. ] regret 1t, Kitty.
as deeply as you do. But, regret as we
may. you are still my wife. And l
will not have my wife misjudged, light
ly spoken Of"
Even at that moment, though l had
pleaded to be allowed to go, pleaded
passionately to be set free, l vas glad
that he refused my prayer. Even
though he did not love me, ever
though 1t was only torture to be with
him and to know that his love was not
mine. still l was glad that he kept me
bound.
Everything else that you ask me-"
he said slowly and steadily, IL will
grant. l will do what you will. You
shall live your own life; you shall be
as free as though you had carried out
your own wild wish and had escaped
from me-"
was silent.
81 will not see you more than I can
help" he continued in the same cold
steady tone. you shall be free, as
free as l can make you. l promise.
Are you satisied?"
YES" l said family.
And he turned without another word
and left me.
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Remarkable Drinks.

or the many extraordinary drinks
regularly consumed, the blood OF live
horses may perhaps be considered the
most SO. Marco Polo and Carpini were
the first to tell the world OF the Tartar
practice OF opening the veins In horses
necks. taking a drink, and closing the
wound again. As far as can be seen.
this has been the practice from time
immemorial. There Is a wine habitu-
ally consumed In China which Is made
from the flesh OF lambs reduced to
paste with milk, or bruised into pulp
with rice. and then fermented. 1t is
extremely stimulating to the physical
organism. The Laplanders drink a
great deal OF smoked snow-water. and
one OF the national drinks OF the Ton
q%uinese Is arrack favored with chick
ems blood. The list would scarcely be
complete without mention Of absinthe,
which may be called the national spir-
ituous drink OF France. 1t Is a hor-
rible compound OF alcohol. anise. cori-
ander, fennel, NORWOOD. indigo. and
sulphate OF copper. II is strong, nasty
and a moral and physical poison
New York Home Journal.
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BY Author Of "Hctty," Etc.

minute we stood silent, facing one
another.
What are we to do, Kitty?' he said
at last. coldly yet patiently. 81 leave
our future In your hands"
THE future may be so long!" l said
bitterly. IL shall live for many years.
| am SO ~strong-so strong! Nothing
eve happens to me: | shall live for
years and years and years."
Kitty, child, you break my heart
when you talk like that" cried John
hoarsely.
1 laughed a hard. sullen little laugh,
the sound Of which made me shiver,
and then suddenly made me wish to
cry. For the first time my voice
trembled, grew passionate.
II wish | could break your hearth"
I cried. Il wish it-oh, l wish It!
You have broken mine and you do not
caro!"
John bore my passionate, p~itiless re-
proaches without n word. He made no
attempt to soothe MT or caress me. He
stood looking at me sorrowfully. very
gravely, with something of anger and
something CT pity in his glance.
Let me go, John-let me go!' l
cried.
Go where, Kitty" he asked for
b%earingly.
Anywhere"
Anywhere from me?"
Anywhere where I shall not see you,
John: where | may try, try hard to
forget you, and to forget how miser-
able l am"
He waited for a moment that his
words might be calm and yet carry
force with them.
Kitty, you talk like a child" he
said. 81 can't let you go away from
me-. We cannot forget n another
For husband and wife, dear, forgetting
is not possible!"
We stood a little apart, looking
straight at one another, our faces reso'
lutte, our Wills resisting one another.
You will not let me go?" | asked.
Il will not let you CO." said John.
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under her breath. The fire sent up a
ftful blaze, more Goals were shoveled
on, a rattle OF fire irons. and nurses
work was done. Tomkins walked to
the bed. collecting bottles In her
progress; one was eau de cologne, an
other a salts bottle. Smell these!"
she exclaimed, presenting the apex OF
each bottle to the patients nose. Mil
dred was taken by surprise. and the
strong salts made her gasp. / COM
manded my language and sat still, con-
sidering the situation with a calmness
which afterward astonished me. SO
long as I was by It was all right, I said
to comfort myself. and ! would always
be by SO long as Mildred was being
"nursed."
ensconced myself in an easy chair
which was drawn up to the fireside;
on the dressing table near by a little
cloud Of blue smoke assembled to the
ceiling-a sickly eastern smell eman-
ating from the burning paper. !
leaned owe and blew 1t out. ] did not
approve OF my wife's room smelling
Of these scents. Nurse saw the action.
She stopped shaking the pillows into a
hard mass and looked at me question
lngly. Then papers purify the at
mosphere of a sickroom." she said. In
explanation. AT my last cast I burnt
them day and night. Capt. Eames'
wife-she was a real lady. and she
liked fine smells" Mildred told me
afterward Mrs. Eames' name had been
a familiar one to her, and that she APP
peared to have been a most remark
able m She evidently was a
good patient in SO far as endurance
went. MRS. Eames and me-" contin-
ued nurse. resuming her explanation"
OF the burning papers. I'VE 'ad the same
views on your modern nursing, and
them Ugh and mighty young modern
nurses who are 'aving their 'eads
turned by all them n~ew-fangled no
tons, and them funds and associations
and Mrs. Eames and me often said
as 'ow II was all fudge! Now, In 'er
case" Nurse Tomkins went on. them
doctors ordered her to eat nothing all
day long. Well. that wasn't the first
case Of typhoid fever l had nursed--
and ! knew well the pretty young
:reature's strength couldn't old out
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Tho Ruling Passion.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
The clergyman had finished and the
organ vas pealing forth the sonorou,
rapture of the Mendelssohn march
zone moment, George" said the radi-
ant bride, and facing the audience she
raised her exquisitely bound, though
somewhat bulky. prayer book In her
daintily gloved hands and pointed It
directly at the brilliant audience.
There was q sharp click. "All right.
George" said the bride. "come along"
And as they marched down the aisle
she showed him that the supposed
prayer book wasn't a prayer book at
all. 1t was a camera! 'It's my own
idea. George" she whispered. "Clever.
isn't IT."
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CHAPTER xII.-(Continued.)


They were walking still. but | heard
no more. ! rose quickly, and began to
move away mechanically toward home.
! put back my veil and barred my face
to the keen October air; | felt stined;
the October evening night might have
been n sultry August MONDAY; there
seemed to be no air at all; 1 could not
breathe.
They had re-kindled the fire In my
absence, and made the room look
home-like. Its home-likc air seemed
like bitterest satire. | sat in the warm,
bright light and waited for John to
,ome.
1t was late before he came. | had
not thought how | should meet him
/ had sat for two hours waiting for
him, and had thought of nothing. Even
when John came toward me and spoke
10 me, had no thought in my mind OF
what | was to say. My heart was sick
with despair. Out of my passionate
despair | should speak presently. And
my passionate words were not likely
to be wise words.
why did you wait up for me,
Kitty" he said gently, In a tired tone.
81 am late. You shouldn't have wait
cd for me-"
looked at him without q word,
then rose and moved across the room,
away from him. Parting the curtains
before the window, l stood looking out
into the DINNER light OF the QUITE:
world. Still standing SO. my face
turned away, / spoke to him. My voice
startled even met was so passion
less. so cold and steady.
John, l want to go away from YOU
/ said.
John crossed the room without an
swering a word. He took my two cold
hands in his, and l let them rest there
passively. He looked down at me
gravely with a glance that vas at frs,
a little stern, but almost at once grew
very gentle.
Kitty, you're in earnest!" he ex-
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NURSE TOMKINS."

Nurse Tomkins didn't profess TO
DO none OF your 'ighly trained nurses
-.she didn't old with them new
tangled notions"-she didn't see
where the thermometer and the
'ygienic measures came in: people
didn't live no longer than before all
this washing and rinsing was started
Thus soliloquized Nurse Tomkins In
my presence, after l had engaged her
services to attend my wife for a pass
Ing and slight indisposition-"after"
| had engaged her. please observe-for
though no doctor myself. l would
lever have entered into nm agreement
for the services OF an exponent OF the
above theories. In fact. l eve knew
q moments peace after nurse had ex-
pressed herself in these and various
other matters connected with the sick
room. Nurse Tomkins came on tho
Saturday and found me reading Fri
days Hospital to my wife; 1t was tho
sight Of this journal. probably, which
started Tomkins of on a monologue
lasting the best part OF an hour. "She
knew the paper well-and she wasn't
behind the time, not she. in this-she
read her Hospital every blessed week,
and though she didn't old with teach
Ing nursing and doctoring by print,
yet them advertisements 'ad often
come In useful like"
We listened in silence to what she
said, and my wife smiled family.
Mildred did not improve rapidly, not
so quickly as her anxious husband
would have liked. and ut last-that
was on the Sunday. with a deeply
rooted sense OF distrust toward her
nurse. / decided on taking up my sta
ton In the invalid's room. entered
the fire burned low, the window was
open, and the cold, bleak wind OF an
early spring day blew In. Your fire
Is low, Mildred" l said. "The room
feels cold" Nurse Tomkins adjusted
her cap. settled her apron. and com
menced a series OF attacks on the fire.
bang, bang, bang went the poker.
looked at the woman with n lool
which has caused n brave man t
finch. "These beastly lodging-hous'
grates-small and pokey," said nurse
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Feeding the elephants.

Elephants In the Indian army are fed
twice a day. When mealtime arrives
they are drawn up in line before a row
OF piles OF food. Each animals break
fast includes ten pounds OF raw rice,
done up In Ave two-pound packages.
The rice is wrapped In leaves and tied
with grass. At the command. "Atten-
toni" each elephant raises It's trunk.
and a package is thrown into Its capa-
cious mouth. BY this method Of feed
ing not a single grain Of rice 10 wasted.
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CHAPTER XIII.

my dear Kate" said Aunt Jane. I'M
tying her bonnet-string as though she
meant her call to be a long one, and
looking at me slowly from top to toe
disapprovingly, ! have no desire what
ever to interfere with you. Your ef-
fairs are no longer any business OF
mine. and / refrain offering you my
opinion. I only ask you N question
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Grent Good Luck.

Jones-They say Smiths three
daughters all got engaged to foreign
noblemen while at the Shore" and
that Smith is tickled to death about It.
Brownies. He's Just found out that
they are all dry goods clerks and self
supporting.-Judge.
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IN Critic.

Take what you know. add to It what
you don't know. multiply the sum by
two, and you get thus some notion of
what the dramatic critic has to think
he knows.-Detroit Journal.
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A writer in an English magazine de-
clares that the real average English
man is a workingman earning 50 Q
week.
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All men wish to have truth on their
side. but few to be on the side of truth.
Evening star., 1899-04-18
ADVICES FROM HAWAII.
Japanese to BE Tried-Contract Labor
Law Abolished.

SAN FRANCISCO. April 1S.-The follow
ing advices from Honolulu, under date of
April IL, were received by the steamship
Copuc:
Twenty-three of the japanese who took
part in the recent riot at Kahuku planta-
ton will have to stand trial. Six of the
men are charged with murder and seven
teen with rioting.
The transports Cleveland and City of
Puebla both sailed for Manila April g. The
Puebla reported twenty deserters princi-
pally in the engineers department.
The transport Zealandia arrived from San
Francisco April 6, and sailed three days
later.
Just previous to the departure OF the
Coptic it is learned that the executive of
the Hawaiian government has decided to
abolish the contract labor law 1t is un-
derstood that word came from Washington
to do away with the law.
The immediate cause of the notification
of the contract labor law is the fact thai
such a large number of plantations have
been started within the past two months.
1t would require at least lo,o9o additional
japanese for the new enterprise. This
number with the men already here, would
practically flood the country.
Evening star., 1899-04-18
DEFENDS AMERICAS POLICY.
Organ of Cuban Colony i'm Mexico
Speaks Plainly.

CITY OF MEXICO, April 1s-El Cont
nente Americana, the organ of the Cuban
colony here, defends the entrance Of the
United States into the Philippines as beng
based not only on conquest, but on neces-
sity, defending the immense commercial in
terests of the American people in China and
Japan and denouncing the hypocritical atti-
tude of the European press. saying that
had Spain gained the victory all Americans
would be the sport of Europe to be divided
among the great powers. 1t declares the
United States entered on war with Spain
inspired by the highest motives of human
ity to bring to an end an intolerable condi-
ton of affairs, and as a result of the bril-
liant incidents of that war Manila fell into
American hands.
The paper predicts that when the Amer
leans have placed their flag all over the
Philippines the unhappy people of those
islands Will be regenerated and will enjoy
an era of prosperity, the laboring people
having fair wages and the land owners
securing just return for their endeaHors
and capital employed.
The more popular papers here, not organs
of the clerical party, show their hatred for
Spain and sympathize with the Cubans in
their hope for ultimate independence.
Evening star., 1899-04-18
QUIET IN PUERTO PRINCIPE
Some Gases of Typhoid Fever Among the
Soldiers.
Gen. RecfO Points Ont the Advantages
for Cattle Raising i'm the
Province.

PUERTO PRINCIPE, Province of Puerto
Principe Cuba, April 1S.-This province is
perfectly quiet at present and has not been
the scene of any disturbances.
There has been considerable typhoid fever
in the Sth United States Cavalry but a ma
Jority of the cases are convalescent The
18th United States Infantry has not suf-
fered
+ Owing to lack of funds il is impossible to
do much sanitary work in this city. and as
result the sanitation is very bad. In fact.
II Is strange that typhoid fever does not
prevail in malignant form.
Gen. Recio, the civil governor of this prov
ince, says that before the war the cattle in
this province numbered 100000 but that
now there are less than 10000 head al
though the pasture land is really magnifi-
cent. He advises capitalists to invest in
cattle, and assures them complete protec-
ton at the hands of the gendarmerie and
all the forces at his command.
Gen Carpenter, the military commander
OF this district, has performed wonders
with the means at his disposal. Many re-
pairs are under way and the city roads are
being improved. Cubans are given work
upon every possible occasion, as is the case
in Santiago. The Cubans consider that they
should all receive positions in the govern
ment employ at large salaries irrespective
of the revenue.
Though the land near Nuevitas is good
for fruits and garden supplies for the early
New York market. still the civil governor is
OF the opinion that the province is best
suited for cattle
The entire Cuban army in this province
was dlsbanded in November, with the eX-
cepton OF fifty men, who are simply carry
ing out the sentimental idea of the exist
ence of a Cuban force in this part of the
island.