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CHAPTER XVIII.

After all, it was Raymer who was
responsible for Griswold's introduce
ton to Charlotte and her aunt. It
was after the partnerships silent
partnership by Griswold's express
condition-had been formed and
Griswold had been taken into the
Raymer household as well as into
the Raymer firm.
1t was thus that he found him
self included in family invitation
to the doctors, and it was thus that
Raymer became his sponsor. Not
that sponsor was greatly needed.
The good doctor had come to know
and to love his sometime patient,
and the invitation to Griswold in his
proper person had not been lacking.
1t was inevitable that he should
meet Miss Farnham with some de-
gree of restraint, and that the en-
tire evening should scarcely suffice
for it's effacement. AS a matter of
fact it was not properly effaced I'M
til the time came for an adjourn
ment to the broad veranda, and the
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LEADER AMONG WOMEN.
Lady Frances Bnlfour, Head of the
Equal Suffrage Movement In
Great Britain.

That energetic little gentlewoman,
Lady Frances Balfour, is by all odds
the cleverest of the three bright wom-
en- in the family of the new premier
of England. She isn't the one most
often spoken of in connection with
Mr.. Balfour. That is her sister, Miss
Alice Balfour, who is now mistress
of the official residence of the pre-
mier in Downing street, and who has
been for years the close companion
of her distinguished brother in his
home life. Lady Betty" Balfour,
wife of Rt. Hon. Gerald Balfour, is
frequently talked of also. She is and
always has been prominent socially,
so the additional prestige of being
sister-in-law to the prime minister
of England does not affect her par
ticularly one way or the other.
But of these ladies, Lady Frances
Balfour, by reason of her cleverness
and energy, is most deserving of at
tention just now. She is the wife
of the premier's brother Eustace, and,
incidentally, the high priestess of
woman suffrage in England.
Lady Frances Balfour, who retains
the title which is hers by birth, is one
of the youngest daughters of the late
duke of Argyll, and is, therefore, sis
ter-in-law to the present duchess of
Argyll, King Edwards sister, Prin-
cess Louise. The man so long known
as marquis of Lorne, and now as the
duke of Argyll, has the honor of be-
ing sharp-tongued little Lady
Frances elder brother. The cause of
woman suffrage in England has, it
will be seen, monstrous high connec-
tons.
Lady Frances is president of the
Central Society for Women's Suf-
frage and was the prime mover in
uniting all the women's suffrage so
cieties of England into the present
single body. She is gifted with rare
executive ability and the wittiest
tongue, certainly, that even a woman
suffragist ever had. Lady Frances is
far from unattractive to look at
She is distinctly of the Scotch type.
Her eyes and fair complexion are
Enthusiastically those of the women
north of the Tweed. In like manner,
the intelligence and animation of her
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face prove her at first glance wom-
an of exceptional power.
Mr.. Balfour, the sweet-tempered
prime minister, finds much amuse-
ment in the society of this emphatic
advocate of women's rights. He is a
frequent visitor in her home, ard the
warm friend of her hilarious chill
dren-ior they are hilarious, having
inherited their mothers keen sense
of humor and her penchant for ex-
pressing it. Some one tells me:
LADY Frances says what she likes.
She can take people off to perfec-
ton. When she begins to mimic
we'll, there's nothing slow about Lady
Frances Balfour.'
Lady Frances is supposed to have
Influenced the present prime minis
ter's views on the subject of WON.
ans suffrage. AS everybody knows
he occasionally presides over the de
alterations of the ladies' grand coun.
Gil of the Primrose league, and has
done numerous things in and out OF
parliament which shows that his SYM
patl1ies are for an equal franchise
regardless of sex. No one doubts
that Lady Frances has on more occa
sions than one put the proverbia
'bug" in her brother-in-law's ear
which has caused him to look kindl,
on the pet schemes of, for instance
the Womans Local Government so
ciety. Lady Frances is moving
spirit in that organization.
Lady Frances is Presbyterian; Sc
is her brother-in-law, the prime min
lister Both are philanthropists i,
their way, being much interested,
am told, in hospitals. The Travellers
Aid society also counts Lady France:
as ole of its patrons-Detroit Ere,
Press.
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ow some Bainbridges in New

know some Bainbridges in New
York"
"Did you? Mr.. Lucius cambridge
was from New York originally, I be-
lieve. He is a newspaper man in
New Orleans"
Griswold was struck dumb with
this fresh proof of the extreme mar
rowness of the world, and wondered
what would happen if cambridge
should perchance come again and
find him in Wahaska. He changed
the subject with violent wrench,
and said:
"The new opera house is to be
opened next week. wonder if the
company will be worth going to
see?"
"You surprise me-" she said.
Haven't you heard that Mr.. Grier-
son is to import it especially for this
occasion?"
81 hadn't heard. Is your aunt able
to go out in the EVENING""
"Not to anything as prolonged as
an opera sitting"
cob; I'm sorry" He turned to
Mrs. Raymer. "Mrs. Raymer, could
you be induced to chaperon thea
ter party next Monday EVENING""
you're too late" was the reply.
eve are all going, and you are in
Guided"
Griswold turned quickly fo Char
lotte.
"May I call for you and your ia
ther?" She gave him permission,
and after that the tete-a-tete passed
to other things; to gay party
steaming past in lighted launch,
for one.
"Is that the hotel launch?" he
asked.
"No, indeed; you are quite behind
the times. That is Mr.. Grierson's
boat with a party from Mereside."
The Farnham lawn sloped quickly
to the waterside, and the launch was
steaming slowly along within a
stones throw of the group on the
veranda. The little steamer carried
it's own dynamo, and was ablaze with
electric lights. Griswold saw the
party as it passed in review; saw
Miss Grierson at the wheel in the
bow, and saw the banker lounging
in the stern sheets. With the ex-
ception of her father and one other
Miss Grierson's guests were all
young people; but Griswold caught
his breath when he recognized the
portly figure sitting erect beside the
banker Truly, he had seen the
clean-shaven face with its long up
per lip but once, but that once was
enough. 1t was Mr.. Andrew Gal
braith.
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Delicious Frozen Pudding

A writer in what to Eat gives
recipe for frozen fruit pudding as
follows: Four eggs, half cupful of
sugar, a rounding tablespoonful of
corn-starch, a quart of milk, cup of
either strawberry or cherry pre-
serves, fourth of a pound each of
raisins and English walnuts and
vanilla to flavor. To save time it is
better to seed and cut the raisins and
chop The nuts the day before Beat
the yolks of the eggs and the sugar
until light, add the cornstarch dis
solved in little cold milk, the re-
naming milk heated to boiling, and
cook over hot water for Is minutes,
stirring constantly until thickened,
then occasionally When the mixture
is cold add the preserves, raisins and
nuts and flavor with vanilla. Freeze
as ice cream, and when half frozen
add q meringue made of the white
of the eggs beaten stiff, and slowly
added to them a fourth of cupful
of sugar and water each, cooked to a
thick syrup. Turn out at serving
time, and garnish with whipped
cream, preserves and English wall
nuts.
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uumor of Major yennb1e

Mai. Richard M. Venable, of Balti-
more, is one of the leading lawyers
of the south, and one of the most
distinguished lecturers on law in
Maryland. He is Virginian who
went to Baltimore after the war, and
who has become identified with the
city. In the recent reform move
ment, which won, and which saved
the people great deal of money, he
was elected to one of the most re-
sponsible positions in the municipal
legislature, the presidency of the
council branch which had to do with
the budget. There is probably no
keener wit in the whole country. He
has the dry, solemn manner which ac-
centuates his points, and some of
his puns have become famous. Fer
instance, after trip to England and
Egypt he was speaking of the things
that impressed him in both coun-
tries-in one, of fields and flowers;
in the other, the rows of preserved
bodies. "Indeed," he said, very sober
ly, "the mummies of Egypt seemed TO
be almost as numerous as the pop
pies of England" -Harper's Weekly.
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scalded to death by the boiling over
of a caldron.
The infant Mercury is represented
as sitting in shoe-shaped cradle,
like the old woman who lived in
shoe without the children; it is an
absurd picture with the face of
man and the body of an infant.
Kinglcy's water babies are not the
only little ones who have been
rocked in shells. One of the most
celebrated kings of France was era
died in large tortoise shell, and
the great abalone shells of the Pa
citic with their lovely iridescent lin
ings are often used for that pur-
pose.
The simplest cradles are hewn
out of a log of wood or the trunk
of a tree is followed out; these are
SO clumsy and heavy they must
needs be stationary. Julian Ralph
declares that in some parts of Vir-
ginia these are in use at the pres.
ent time and that they are so large
one end is used for the baby and
the other for bread pan.
In olden times in England mince
pies were baked in the shape of th&
cradle "where Christ did lie."
The leaves of the Victoria Regina
in India are SO strong and spread out
to such size that little Hindu ba-
bies are often laid upon them and
gently lulled to rest; they will bear
the weight of child two years old or
more.
| Among the Seminole Indians and in
most of the South American states
tiny hammocks are used for cradles.
In New Guinea the nude little one is
Graded in a netted bag, which hangs
from the mothers forehead just be-
! low her waist.
| The cradle boards for Indian pa
pooses are most curious and inter-
esting with the bed of soft moss and
| handsome bead ornaments. Some
times the cradle is suspended from
the plant branch of tree, where it
set up against the side of the wig
wan or tent.
The Alaskan mother fastens rope
to her child's cradle, runs it up over
her head, through a pulley, and then
attaches it to her great toe, so that
wherever she happens to be she can
gently jog the cradle.
The Siberian cradle looks like u
great -four sieve, except that the bot
tom is cloth instead of WIRE This Is
suspended by cords within easy
reaching distance of the mother.
Mothersin Holland often wheel their
babies in a rolling chair like the pic
| ture
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darkness of the stariit night helped
him. He fancied, and assured him
self hundred times that it was
only fancy, that he could now and
then surprise vague question in
the cool gray eyes; and with the
eyes in allegiance he felt more at
ease.
"You are new to our northern
summers, aren't you, MIR. Griswold ?"
she asked, when they were comfort
ably established out of doors and
the general talk had subsidized suf-
ficiently to admit of dialogue.
altogether new; and they are
very delightful, if this is an earnest.
What charming prospect you have
here with the lake for a vista. But
for that matter, Wahaska is an ideal
place."
Her laugh had not in it the tin
llle of silver bells, like Miss Grier-
sons, but it was as honest as the
gray eyes.
"Ideal?-after New York;"
"After any great city. / firmly be-
lieve the time will come when none
but the sordid ones will live in the
great centers."
"That would be ideal, surely. But
! can't argue with you. don't know
any of the cities, to really know
them. Passing through isn't even a
speaking acquaintance"
"No; and yet they impress one
even at sight"
eyes. And after all, their units
are the units of humanity, and hui
manity is the same. For instance, I
imagine one could go over there and
get a very good idea of the human
side of New Orleans" She pointed
to the summer resort hotel on the
point beyond the Grierson mansion
which had been opened within the
week.
IT presume so," he assented; and
then he asked if they ever met any
of the summer people.
mot Intentionally" she laughed.
"They bring their own social atmos-
phere with them and ask little of
us. We did meet one young man last
summer; Mr.. Lucius cambridge"
"Bainbridge?" echoed Griswold.
"Why, I know-that is-er-I used to
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THAT SETTLED HIM.
posing of Troublesome
Place Hunters.

A celebrated statesman had happy
way of Kidding himself of applicants
for diplomatic and other posts. The
son of an old friend called upon him
one day to bespeak his influence in
getting him an important embassy,
relates London Tit-Bits.
''Mr. F." said the minister, mo-
tioning his visitor to chair, 81 am
glad you called"
"Thank you, my lord"
"You are one of the few people to
whom feel under obligation."
cts very good of you to say so. ]
called to see"
"Itis an obligation which feel deep
ly, and which I always hope to feel"
perhaps you exaggerate," the hope
full visitor said, in an effort to be mod
est.
"No; don't. You are one of the few
people of my acquaintance who never
asked me for an appointment"
And the applicant was so embar-
raised that in few moments he took
his hat and left.
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TALK ABOUT CRADLES.
If Reports of Travellers Are to
BE Believed.

The word cradle is Anglo-Saxon; in
Anglo-No it was bers or bersel,
from which is derived the modern
French berceau. In Brittany cradles
to-day are called bansel; children are
put into them and hung up next to
the ceiling out of harms way.
There were no cradles in England
before the seventh century, says the
Chicago Tribune, for an old history
says that the archbishop of Canter-
bury severely punished woman for
leaving her baby Lying loosely.
around on the hearth, so that it was
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Getting a draft cashed, I pre-.

i
sumed."
"Where would that draft be now?"
''In the possession of the issuing
bank, and probably cancelled long
since. 1t couldn't be traced or
identified We've been over all that
"Of course; but I was hoping we
might stumble upon something that
had been overlooked. May 1 use the
'phone?"
Certainly"
Griffin shut himself into the
'phone-box and called up the wharf
masters Office on the levee.
''Hello! Is this Robertson? SAY,
Dick, where is the Belle Julie now?
Up-river, you say? All right; I am
coming down to get you to wire
Capt. Mayfeld for me-"
The wire" sent little later from
the wharf-master's office asked for
list of the Belle jules lady pas
sengers on that voyage which began
OH the day of the robbery. Griffin
was not above swearing little when
the answer came. 1t was string of
twenty-odd names, and to have
speech with these twenty-odd women
meant weeks of continuous travel
for the detective.
That being the next move in the
game, however, he set about making
it methodically, beginning with
those most accessible, and working
through the list from name to
name; and at the end of weeks he
had interviewed every woman on the
list save two. These two lived in
small inland city in Minnesota, and
when he turned his face northward
to try the final cast of the die he
was weary enough to be disheart-
ened, if disbursement had been
admissible
1t was evening when he reached
Wahaska, and since it was too late
to do anything he promised himself
that he would smoke but single
cigar and go to bed. But when the
cigar was alight he left the hotel to
smoke it in the open. There was
an unusual stir in the streets, and a
question asked of chance passer-by
evoked the reason. The new Grier-
son opera house was to be opened
that night by a company imported
from Chicago for the occasion, and
everybody was going to the theater.
ITO Be Continued
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ooh, I don't know. If it is o,iy =

ooh, I don't know. If it is Only u
little social friction
Its more than that; though why
it should be 1 don't know. 1 believe
my mother and Gerty would face
beggary cheerfully before they
would pay that price. Anyway, I
shant' ask them"
"What will you do?"
eff I knew I shouldn't be unload
ing my grief on you"
They had reached Mrs. Holcomb's
gate and Raymer cramped the buggy
at the curb. But Griswold did not
get out. Instead he put one hand on
Raymer's knee and said: "Have you
ever thought of taking a partner?"
Raymer's smile was a mere GRIM
ace.
cit begins to look as if I should
have to take one that don't want"
"It needn't come to that. I have
some money which I want to invest
where it will do the most good to
the greatest number. You spoke
this morning of some plans you had
in view for the betterment of your
worlmen. If you will carry them
out, and let me help, we can arrange
little surprise for Mr.. Grierson.''
Raymer was stupefed, as he had a
good right to be. But he managed
to ask how.
"In the simplest way imaginable.
Come to me tomorrow morning and
I will give you the money to take
up your note and the mortgage
"You? But, Griswold, man, you
didn't understand me. It's ninety
fve-thousand dollars!" He said it
slowly, so that the misunderstanding
might be removed.
Griswold climbed out of the buggy
carefully, as beftted his weakness.
But when he turned to say good
night his grasp was the grasp of an
athlete.
II understand you perfectly, my
dear fellow. You shall have it all,
and little more, if you need it.
And when you've broken the Grier-
son grip We'll talk about the part
nership. Good night"
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THE LAST DREAM.
eNay, give me back my spinning Wheel"
She prayed: "Ah, look, my hands are |

eNay, give me back my spinning Wheel"
She prayed: "Ah, look, my hands are
strong,
Give back the spindle and the reel
My needs to the dead past belong
The old-time fancies round me throng
And make me young and blithe once more
With my spinning wheel beside the door.
<tFor one, upon a time like this
Came up the old, sweet orchard way,
And took our first betrothal kiss;
AN hour like this, all warm and gray,
With shadows flung like dreams at play,
And long he would not go, but stayed
For love OF me, his spinning maid.
He came up through the pinxter blows
He loved the soft, unfolding flowers,
and even now, when Hesperus CLOVIS
Through the faint Swallowed, fragrant
hours,
When things are sweet with drifting
showers,
hear his step, again I feel
The lost thrill of my spinning wheel.
.He said he loved this leafy place,
And loved the old wheels lrowsy tune;
He had the poets tender grace
twas like a-something old-a rune
Some hymn-like thing, like Bonnie Doom,
While up and down, with joyous tread
walked and drew my long white thread.
''And when hear the one great call
That bids me hence, thisis my prayer
TO go when nights first shadows fall
They'll hide my old gray face, and hair,
They'll take me in this homely chair
To where my lost love lies, and make
MY grave by his-for old loves sake.''
Her heart beat with the happy press
or old remembered dreams and signs,
Her lips were sweet with tenderness
Of love that never fades or dies.
The love light of the sunset skies
Crept up and kissed her faded eyes,
And as the white head trembled down,
Wove round it the saints shining crown.
.-Miilie w. Carpenter, in Springfield (NIass.)
Republican.
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Housekeepers do not use charcoal
enough about their kitchens. A few
pieces of charcoal laid in the refrig-
orator absorb impurities in the air.
A bag of powdered charcoal tied
around the mouth of the faucet re-
moves impurities in the water as it
passes through it. Charcoal used in,
this way soon becomes foul and should
be frequently replaced by fresh sup.
ply. 1t is best to burn up charcoal
that has been used as germ trap.
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CHAPTER XIX

The robbery: of the Bayou bank
was already an old story when De-
tective Griffin returned to New Or
leans from his voyage to Guatemala.
He was a successful man in his call
ing, and he took up the case of the
bank robbery at once; not only fol
the reward, but because he was will
ing to try if he could not send the
shaft home after his st. Louis col
leagues had sped their arrow and
missed the mark.
He did not begin where the ST.
Louis officers had left off. He saw
at once that the real identity of the
robber had not been established by
the anonymous letter describing one
John Gavitt. He suspected that the
name was a mere mask, and the
proof of this was shortly clinched
by evidence easily procured that the
real John Gavitt had died in the lit
tie Iowa river town which was his
home, a short fortnight after the
date of the robbery.
Hence it followed that Gavitt had
been impersonated in the Belle
jules crew by the escaping culprit,
and with President Galbraith's de-
scription of the man for a starting
point, Griffin first searched the
"Rogues' Gallery" for face which
might stand for the original. This
search, though it was made as care
fully as if he fully expected to find
the mans portrait in the criminal
records, was as barren of results as
he expected it would be.
cit is just about as put it up"
he said, at the end of the photo
graph inspection. "The fellow isn't
a professional at all; he is some
hare-brained crank, and this is his
first break
This point established, there were
two courses open; to try to trace
the man in New Orleans, and so to
determine his identity; or to take
up the lost clew in st. Louis Since
it asked for less time, Griffin did the
latter first, and succeeded in besting
the st. Louis officers by one move.
For them the fugitive had disap-
! peared, handcuffed, in the runaway
carriage; for Griffin he reappeared a
little later at Mr.. Abram Some
schein's emporium, but was lost
again when he left with his pur-
| chases.
Griffin went back to New Orleans,
| baff1ed but not discouraged. AS be-
fore, the case turned upon the pivot
of identity. When he should have
learned the mans name and place in
ter to track him down.
| Accordingly he went to the bank
and asked again for the anonymous
letter.
"You have tried every means to
place the writer of this, Mr.. Gal
braith?" he queried.
Everything we could think of. 1t
might be any one of the hundred
transient customers we served that
day"
"It is woman" hazarded Griffin,
at venture.
Doubtless"
"Was there a woman in the bank
when you went with the fellow to
cash the check?"
"There was. She was at the
! teller's window"
did you notice her particularly?
"Not well enough to be able to
describe her. I had other things to
think of just then"
"Sure enough. What was she do.
ing7"
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TO Remove Mildew Stain.

Mildew stains may easily be removed
BY wetting and soaping the spot, COW
ering 1t with powdered chalk and then
putting it in the sun to bleach. Damp
IL from time to time as it dries and then
wash it in the usual manner with soap
and water. If necessary repeat the
process
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E1nxor for Aftersnua Ten.

A mingling of Glove and lemon fla
yors in the afternoon tea is delight
full. Drop a whole Glove into each
cup just before serving.
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Neighborly Love.

No man on earth can love his
! ncighbor as himself if he has gar
den and the aforesaid neighbol
keeps chickens.-Chicago Daily News.