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| each time our hearts have breathed It,,
and the answer doth somewhere await
u.s."
She spake these words in solemn
whisperings, more tender than the COO
ing of doves, more murmurous than
the ripping of the brook.
No eye saw the parting, when at last
hers. They two were alone in the 81
lence with God Even the dove came
not near them tonight, but remained
apart and alone, as if it had knowledge
of all and forbore to come between the
beating of their hearts and the COM
munion of their souls.
At the rising of the sun next morn
ing, the altar was made ready in the
heart of deep wood, and by it stood a
priest resplendent in the robes of his
office. The wood was in readiness, and
the fire prepared, nor was the offering
for the sacrifice wanting. She stood,
pure virgin, clad in stainless white, and
on her left, the young man Adina. And
the face of the maiden Namarah was
calm and peaceful, and her eyes trust
full and quiet as be the eyes of children
when they know their parents are close
by. And her face, for all its paleness,
was more beauteous to look upon than
ever it had been before, for the light
that shone upon it was not wholly
that cast by the rising sun, but, as it
were, a light from within her soul.
And Adina's face was radiant, too, so
that it seemed as if one light illumined
them from within. even as the same
sun from without. And Namarah's
voice, as she spake, was tranquil and
assured.
Make ready thy fire, o priest of
God" Namarah said, for all is ready
And she turned and kissed her father
Jephthah full tenderly. Then, speak
ing once more unto the priest she said:
Il pray thee, while that the fire is
kindling, suffer us to kneel and say one
prayer-I and the young man Adina."
And they knelt together, both in viz
gin white, their hands clasped close
and their faces raised to heaven, and
the prayer of their hearts, even as the
fire blazed and cracked, and the knife
cleaned sharp and threatening near
by was that the God in whom they
trusted would deliver them in His own
time and way.
And thev kne1t 50 long in silence
that the priest, who wished not to in
terrupt their prayers, was fain at last
to speak to them, lest the sacred fires
should burn too low. But there came
no answer to his words, and when he
turned and looked into their faces, that
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wondrous light was gone from them;
for their spirits had fed together, and
the glare of Sunshine upon them re-
vealed that they were even the faces OF
the dead.
And it was even so that God deliv-
cred them. This was His time and
place, and He had chosen His own way.
And that the vow which Jephthah had
vowed might be accomplished, the
body of the maiden Namarah was laid
upon the altar and with it the body of
the young man Adina, burnt Offering
unto the Lord.
And as the fires upon the altar be-
gan to sink, an object that seemed TO
fall straight from out the sky dropped
down and fell into the flames; and 10!
it was the body of snow-white dove,
which had been even dead before II
touched the fire upon the altar
(The End.)
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ward. 1t might be as John had sug-
gested, that Nancy had an English
lover; we'll, time would show, and
whatever happened he would always
strive to be worthy of her, and be will
ing to serve her in any way in his
power.
In about three hours he had sighted
John Martins farm. Down the hill
Hendrick let the reins drop on his
horses neck and proceeded at walk
ing pace 1t was a calm, still even
ing, and the horses hoofs made no
sound on the soft sand.
Reaching the orchard the sound OF
voices fell upon his ear, and almost
mechanically he stopped his horse and
listened. 1t was the voice of Nancy
he heard. And standing in his stir
rups he looked over the brush growth.
Yes. Paul was right; she was stand
ing beneath the shade of a spreading
tree, tall man, dressed in the British
kharki uniform, held her in his arms,
her head upon his shoulder and her
lips upturned to his.
The time was so long. Dick, l
thought you would never come"
Did you, darling? Well, have
come at last, though 1 could wish a
more peaceful time for visiting my
beautiful sweetheart. But when this
war is over l will make you my
wife"
My love for you, Dick, can never
change. Since left you it has lived
on the memory of those sweet hours
of delirious happiness when we used
to sit together in the sunshine and
plan the joyful future-when we two
shall be always together
The man on the horse heard the
words that pierced his heart like the
stab Of a dagger. For some moments
he sat like a statue, his face grim and
set, and his eyes staring into blank
ness. The steed moved forward Of its
own accord and wandered on for up
wards of an hour. while its rider sat
wrestling with himself Then, with a
sigh and a sob that almost choked him
he gathered up the reins and once
more turned towards John Martins
farm
Ito be continued)
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CHAPTER XI.-(Continued.

CHAPTER Al.-(COntlnueu')
And when Namarah and her maid
ems reached the house Of Jephthah, be-
hold it was hung with mourning, and
though the doors were wide, there was
neither friend nor servant to be seen.
So Namarah entered silently, and took
her way toward the apartment of her
father Jephthah; and as she came unto
his door, she turned and spake unto
the maidens, bidding them stay with
out in the hall while she went in alone
And as she thrust open the door and
came into the presence of her father
.Jephthah, behold he to was dressed IN
mourning garments, and he leaned
upon the breast of the young man
Adina, who was also clad in sackcloth;
and the faces of both men were white
as be the faces of the dead; and Adina
had grown gaunt and hollow-cheeked
and lost his rudy color, while
her father Jephthah was as one grown
old before his time.
And Namarah spake no word, but
shutting close the door behind her, she
went and put her arms about the neck
of her father, but her eyes she gave
unto her lover.
Her hood had fallen backward, and
her white face rose from out its SOL
emn mourning draperies as fair
flower springing out of earth; and her
eyes, made large and luminous through
HASTINGS and vigils seemed as the very
windows of her spirit; and in their
depth Adina read a love unspeakable,
unquenchable and not to be surpassed.
He understood her tender thought in
clasping first her father before her
touch sought his, for it was by reason
of her father that this blow was come
upon them, and she felt he had great
need of comfort and the assurance of
her deep, unchanged affection; but in
that long, deep look into her lovers
eyes, she gave him her whole self. For
a moment they rested in that look,
quiet and calm as the deeps of ocean,
and then the maiden spake:
Il pray thee leave me now, Adina,'
she saith, softly, as the voice of Jeph-
than her father brake into great sobs
while she smoothed his snow-white
hair, and stilled him as a mother might
her babe. Il would be with him alone,
that my courage fail not; for he hath
more need of comfort than either thou
or |. Return to me an hour after moon
rise in the garden"
And Adina bowed his head and went,
with never so much as touch of her
hand to feed the mighty hunger of his
love, howbeit that look in her eyes
which rested on him still, even as he
left her presence, was as draught
divine wherewith the thirst of his soul
might be quenched.
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CHAPTER XII.

Even before the coming Of the time
appointed, just as the moon was COM
ing up behind the distant horizon,
IAdina made his silent way into the
garden of Jephthah's house, and stood
and waited. The hour of moonrise was
just what it had been two months be-
fore, on the night of their parting here,
and in his ears were the same sounds
of the babbling brook and of the doves
in their house near by. Up and down
the young man paced, his thumbs
thrust into the belt wherewith his
white tunic was held in place, and his
whole body tense and strained with the
mightiness Of his hardly mastered ex-
element. A light glmmered in the
room of Jephthah, and on this he kept
his gaze, until presently it became in a
moment softly shaded as if to screen
the eyes of one who slept Namarah,
indeed, had soothed her father into a
gentle slumber, and when it was known
unto her that he slept she stepped forth
into the garden.
She had even refreshed her from her
journey and clothed herself in snow
white garments, perfumed with myrrh
and frankincense in which she moved
softly down the garden walks to meet
him whom her soul did love. The
grasses of summer bent beneath the
soft pressure of her feet, and the vines
divided themselves at the light touches
of her hands. The trees above her were
as the wall of her temple of love, and
the moon pierced through to light it.
Adina stood and waited in the spot
made sacred to them by the early
dawnings, as we'll as by the fruition of
their love; and as the maiden. fair and
white as If made of the rays of the
moonlight, moved softly toward him,
he stretched out his two arms. She
came to them with full gladness and
assurance, as one of her white doves.
after long wandering. cometh home.
And Adina spake no word; only he
drew her to him, as though he would
never lose her again. AS she rested
so, feeling against her heart the full
throb Of his, while that his close clasp
frightened and his breath came quick, it
seemed to her a moment OF such rap
ture that the thought Of her heart came
forth in words, as she said. on the
breath of a low-drawn sigh:
II would that l could die even now,"
And Adina answered:
And / with thee, that our souls
together might return to God who gave
them"
1T is most sure said Namarah.
earnestly. 1T may not be such as we
would choose OF look for; but He hath
heard that prayer OF mine and thine
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-25
MASCULINE CHARACTERISTICS
Begin to Show Themselves at an Early
Age.

Age.
The masculine characteristics, as
well as the feminine, begin to show
themselves at an early age. There are
a small boy and girl in the city VINO,
in conversation the other day, showed
this very notably, says the New YORK
Times. They are particularly bright
children, little son and daughter OIL
clever parents, who talk to the child
rem very much as they would to oder
people. So when in talking together
the other day something was NEIL
toned which they did not understand
the children Immediately began TO
discuss the pros and cons. The little
girl is seven and the boy couple o.
wears younger. The former has
habit while she is dressing of talking
to herself. "Arm, go in she will say,
as she puts on one garment, and Foot
go in" as she puts on another. Inc
small boy had noticed this, and spoke
TO her about it. "Why do you say,
Foot, go in and Arm, go in'?' he
INQUIRED. Why don't You say, Me
go in'?" "Why, it isn't me that
goes in" replied the small girl, ut is
Just my arm or my foot. What IS
me- anyway" The small boy thought
earnestly for a moment. why, me-
is YOUR head and stomach" he finally
answered. mo-" said the small girl,
81 think me- is your head and heart.
Which proves positively that even IN
early years the ego of the man Is MS
stomach and that of the woman her
heart.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-25
sorting Hog. Bri.tiss In China.

An example OF patient Industry is
the sorting OF hogs brlstles as 1t Is
carried on at TienTsin, China. Each
bristle of the 100000 Kilograms ex-
ported from that place in 1898 had to
be picked out, measured and placed In
the bundle of hairs of corresponding
length; ard the different lengths by
which the hairs are sorted are numer-
GUS.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-25

"Will you please, sub, femme know, y
wrote a colored prisoner to the judge,
"des wen my case'll come up fer con-
wictfon? | been in Jail, sub, bout
eight months ez de crow fly, en- hez
a sorter restless feelin er wantin' ter
know DIES wen my conwiction'I come
off. writes dis. sub, kaze l feels 1t
in my j'ints dat de spring season Is
comm on, en- hit come ter me dat you
might go fishin' en- fergit de time fer
nv conviction. Do, eff you please, sun,
keep me in min, en- do by me ez you
'spects ter be did by.'-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-25

A package marked quinine was sent
to a woman, but being curious she took
it to a druggist who said it was arsenic.
A like inquiry into some of the medi-
cines offered will certainly detect the
false from the true. For half a CEN
fury Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has
been curing indigestion, constipation
and dyspepsia.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-25

At the recent meeting OF the Michi-
gan minister's in this city the penalty
for a player trumping his or her part
ners ace was fixed at ninety years in
Jail, the property OF the criminal to
be conflscated by the association
Kalamazoo Gazette News.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-25

A paper bicycle has now invaded the
field. Paper fiber, similar to that
sometimes used in the manufacture OF
railway carriage wheels, is employed
for tubing. and is as strong as any in
use. A factory is said to be contem-
plated for the production of bicycles
of this sort.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-25
Little TITLE. Endless Chain.

Eva-Mother, Tillie gets a dime
every time she takes cod liver oil.
Mother-And what does she do with
the money. Eva-Well. she puts 1t in
box until she gets 80 cents. and then
her mother buys more cod liver OIL
New York Sun.
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Rare White RhInocerous.

Mr.. Gielgud, this native commission
err at Sebungwe, Africa. reports that
the very rare white rhinoceros still
roams the veldt in the district between
the Sanyati and Zambesi rivers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-25
JUNE A BARGAIN DAY.

Farm News, one Of Americas best live
stock and farm journals, price SO cents
year, has adopted a new and original plan
to get into new homes by making an I'M
usually low price on certain Bargain Days.
The best offer yet is to send it one year to
all who remit Is cents to Farm News, Spring
field, Ohio on June l., next Bargain Day.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-25
Do Your Feet Acho ard Burn,

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
East, powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
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D. W. McIver, Tuskege, Ala. wrote: Our
child's bowels were passing of pure blood
and all prescriptions failed to relieve her.
until we tried TEETHINA Creething Powders),
and she Is now doing well.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-25

The young man who is sowing his
wild oats doesn't seem to understand
the value of diversified crops.-Jack-
sonville (Fla.) Times Union.
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The girl who uses invisible ink can
usually write letter that's out of
sight.
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If woman tries to practice what
her husband breaches she has no time
for gossip
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There is always breath of suspicion
about the man who carries cloves in
his vest pocket.
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A true genius imagines that people
misunderstood him.
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If man listens to every word a
woman says, it's sure sign that he's
in love.
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The Best Prescription for ChiIIs

The optimist enjoys life whether he
does or not.
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A Book OF Choice Recipes
Sent free by Walter Baker b Co. Ltd, Dorchester,
Mass. Mention this paper
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and Fever Is q bottle OF GROVES TAsTELEss
chill. Tonic. 1t Is simply iron and quinine In
0 tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, &c.
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Life's sincerest pleasure is found in
doing your duty and doing it good.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-25

Ten chances to one the girl who was
Queen of the May is laid up with
blooming cold.
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Pride makes some people ridiculous
and prevents others from becoming so.
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Legislation Against Explosions.
The commissioners of the District OF
Columbia have forbidden the sale of
giant firecrackers and dynamite tor.
pedoes.
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Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.

For CHI idren teethng softens the gums, reduce In
aammaton allays pain wind cole. 2jc bottle
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Polite Cinnamon consider it breach
of etiquette to wear spectacles in COM
pany.
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When you buy bluing, ask for Red
Cross Ball Blue. Large package sc.
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How Much
You Eat

Is not the question, but, how much you d.
gest because food does good only when 1t
is digested and assimilated, taken up by
the blood and made into muscle, nerve,
bone and tissue. Hoods Sarsaparila re-
stores to the stomach It's powers of diges-
ton. Then appetite is natural and healthy.
Then dyspepsia is gone, and strength, elas-
ITCHY and endurance return.
Stomach Trouble My mother had
a very bad stomach trouble. She weighed
only III pounds. After taking four bottles
OF Hoods Sarsaparilla she weighed 136
pounds. She took 1t again after the grip
and one bottle got her up" Miss OTIR
MCCOY, 528 Lafayette Ave-, Lebanon, Ind.
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ON TIE VELDT
A South African Love Story

X X X X X X X X X X X !: X X <s X X X X X X
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HOODS
Sas-sapariWa

Is Americas Greatest Blood Medicine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25
ono Too Much ror Mansneld.


New England Magazine: Richard
Mansfield is a nimble wittcd fellow"
SAID a minor member of his company
the other day, "but he met n scene
manager out west who was quite his
match. The fellows name was Jack
Quinn. He had been familiar In olden
days with Booth and Mccullough, and
was a prince at his work. Jack al
ways sought to avoid cause for com
plant, and especially did he so act
III the case of Mansfield. But q kick
was inevitable. A couple of scene
rhifters, after some laborious work in
the flies. came down to the rear OF
the stage breathing rather heavily as
a result of their exertions. Mansfield
CHANGED to walk near them. He near
" froze them with a look. Then he
summoned Quinn.
THE breathing Of those men an,
noys me- said Richard.
I'D answer to the law IL l stopped
it, replied Jack, with ready wit.
"A stage hand slipped and danced
about a little in the effort to regain
his balance.
Your men make too nuch noise
with their feet exclaimed the actor
" Hereafter they'll walk ON their
hands WAS the response.
Mansfield had no more use foi
Quinn, and during the remainder oil
the engagement they spoke TO each
other only when 1t was absolutely nee
cssary."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25
The Paris Work Girl.

A great feature of Partisan life Is
the work girl, that bright, dainty,
neat and industrious type Of woman
o Early in the norning, when
shop boys are cleaning the shop win
dows, an operation which is per-
formed very much earlier there than
in London, and when they, the scav.
engers and the policemen are the only
folk abroad, the girls may be seen in
hundreds tripping down from the
heights of Montmatre or from Clichy
or from Grenede into the heart of
Paris. Few are pretty, though n
occasionally sees a beauty. Most are
piquant, and all are not only neat, but
chic as well. They have their fash
ions, just as richer women have theirs.
and each season most of the girls
wear very much the same sort of
thing, particularly in the way of
headgear. More often than not their
gowns are black, and they have ONE
thing white at the throat and a bunch
OF violets tucked in the bodice. They
walk in groups and giggle and laugh
as they trudge along the weary miles
that lead them into their hard DAVIS
work.
Five francs a day is an excellent
wage, and n woman must be q skilled
workwoman to get that. In very eX-
ceptional circumstances she may get
more, but hundreds of girls work for
2 francs $50 cents), or 3 francs a day.
Out OF that they must feed, or "nour-
ish" themselves, clothe themselves.
pay for omnibusses on wet DAYS, and
for sleeping accommodations, if they
do not happen to live with their fam
lilies.
Yet With all this they form one of
the most patient, laborious and alto
gether admirable classes, though one
of the most traduced. The vicious
work girl, out of whom certain
Partisan ca~ricaturistS have made
much capital, exists indeed, but to n
very limited extent. And this is all
the more extraordinary when one
realizes how much temptation falls in
the way of any really pretty work
girl.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25
The Etiquette OF Milking.

Cleveland ~Plaindealer: Old-fash.
Toned ideas about milking are at a dis.
count in Plainfield, in the state OF
New Jersey. When you milk a Plain
field COW you must first wash your
hands. You must also brush your
clothes. Besides this the COWS have
nice airy bedrooms, and milk-tickets
can be used but once.
To the ol~d-fashioned farmer mixer
these rules will seem odious. But il
he doesn't observe them in Plainfeld,
a veterinary surgeon will drop around
at odd times and convince him that he
can't afford to neglect them.
Or course the Plainfield board OF
health has only begun to formulate
the rules of etiquette for use in the
barn-yard. Later on the milkmaids
will be obliged to wear an entire milk
ing costume, something cream-col-
ored, no doubt, with vines and boyines
running all over it.
The men who do the milking will
wear frock coats and high hats, dress
suits not being permissible before G
o'clock, unless the mixer is a Chi
cago man.
Milking stools painted green will
not be permitted in the barnyard.
In case it is showery an umbrella
must be held over the cows head. If
the weather is very warm n ventilat-
ing wheel must be operated by an
electric motor amidships of the COW.
Cows chewing-cuds must be
changed every two hours.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-08-25
American Drummer In Honolulu.

The Hawaiian Star says that Homo
lulu is beginning to be invaded by the
American drummer as il has never
been before. The first man to arrive
under the new conditions was a Chi
cago soap and perfume man, who gave
the Hawaiian hotel clerk quite n
shock. He landed from the steamer
in the glory that characterizes an up
to date travelling man, and headed for
the hostelry. Arriving there one Of
the first requests was to be shown the
sample room But there wasn't any.
Honolulu has never achieved the dis
tinction of having one. In American
cities the big hotels have to have n
sample room, where the drummers
may keep their big stock of samples.
but while Hawaii had a tax of $500 on
every one who tried to sell goods here
no sample room vas needed. Firms
who wanted to give their men $500
as a starter to buy the privilege of do
ing Hawaiian business were not nu-
merous. Manager Lucas has fixed mn
quarters to be used as a sample room
for the soap man, and he is now cast
ing about for a place that he can Der
manently devote to the purpose"