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to eat, II they don't come directly"
AS If in answer to this remark, Mrs.
Burritt at that moment re-entered the
room. She was flushed and agitated.
and, as was apparent to the most OBJ
fuse observer, on the verge of tears.
Really, cook has been most trying"
she sighed, as she sank into the near
est chair. "She almost intimated that
| had done it on purpose. She says,
she has never been used to such ways,
and that flesh and blood won't stand
it, let alone legs of mutton. She says
she can give us another ten min
utes, but no more"
The ten minutes passed, as the pre-
vious thirty had done, and at the end
of that time three very dispirited peo-
pie sat down to their spoilt dinner.
May soon noticed that her brother,
whose attention had been obviously
wandering for some time past, appear
ed to be listening to something from
without. At first her heart bounded.
Could it be- that they had arrived at
last? Was 1t the click of the gate that
he was straining his ear to catch?
or the sound Of footsteps upon the
gravel drive without? So she, too,
listened in her turn, hoping to be able
to distinguish one or the other of
these welcome but long delayed sig
nails. But the only thing she could hear
was the faint sound of a voice which
seemed to be shouting something
in the distance May also perceived
that the voice was drawing gradually
nearer, and resolving itself into that
of a peripatetic newsboy, who was
vending his wares and shouting out
the most sensational headings at the
top Of his voice. Was that all? Still,
he was not yet near enough for her
to distinguish the sense of the sounds
which caught her ear from time to
time, as she absently crumbled her
bread, and thought to herself over and
over again, IF only father would come
homel"
Mrs. Burrltt, as though the thought
had set in motion some electric cur
rent which connected the two brains,
remarked at this juncture, 81 sup
pose they are quite certain to be here
some time tonight"
Almost before the words we're out
OF her lips, her son, who was sitting,
on her right, started to his feet with
cry.
What is It? Oh. what is IT." ask
ed his sister. as a sense Of something
terrible about to happen fell upon her.
He made no reply, but with dilat.
ing eyes, stood there with every facul-
ty absorbed in the one effort
Then he raised one hand-ths other
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AS She Understood Il.

He was telling a poker story, but
she only caught this sentence: And
then, Of course, | called, and
She interrupted him reproachfully
and also with some asperity.
"Tve caught you, John Henry" she
exclaimed. Here I've been trying to
get you to call on the Joneses for the
last three months, and you wouldn't
do it-said you didn't like to make
calls, then you go out and make one
by yourself, or else you go calling
with someone else. Yes; that must
be it? What is she, John Henry?
Who is this person who can get you
to make calls when you won't make
them with your wife?'
John Henry looked at his masculine
friends and winked slyly.
Shall | tell her?" he asked.
Might as we'll" they said.
In this case" he then told her,
three ladies induced me to call"
"Three?"
Eyes; but" he FASTENED to add, III
you came across them in the pack
you would probably call them queens"
1t was a great joke-his masculine
friends assured him OF that-but he
hasn't succeeded In explaining the
matter to his wife's satisfaction yet.
Chicago Post.
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CHAPTER VI.
The search for 4 Eather.


The Search for a Father. IT,,
What happened after this no one
ever knew exactly. Before, Mrs. Bur.
rift had begun to grasp the idea that
something was wrong, her son had
rushed from the room. e
After what seemed an age of wait
ing, but was really very short time
he returned. In his hand he held 8
copy of the newspaper which he hat
just bought. Mother" he said, put
ting strong restraint upon himself
II am afraid there has been an acct
dent on the line. You mustn't BIZ
alarmed, for though some people
have been injured, there is no reason
why my father should not have es
capped, and very likely the affair has
been greatly exaggerated"
lied" said his sister, in a voice
almost as calm as his own, though
her face had lost every particle OF
color, and seemed to have suddenly
become years older, Let us know
the worstl" And she held out her
hand for the paper. ,4t
"The worst!" he answered, with q
sound like strangled sob In his
voice, why should there be any
worst? And as for the paper" crump-
ling it up in his hand, you can't place
the slightest dependence upon that,
Pm-I'm going up to town by the next
train, so as to be on the spot, and
HE may be hurt in some way, you
know" he added, slowly, by way OF
preparing their minds for whatever
might be the result. "He may have
come off with a broken leg, or some.
thing of that sort. You can hardly
expect him to have got off scot free.
But whatever it is, I'm going to find
him out and bring him back home.
Take care Of mother"-this to his sis
ter-and he was gone.
But before he could leave the house,
while his hand was yet upon the latch,
he found himself confronted by the
girl. Goodbye" she said, slowly and
sadly. "You will do your best-but
l have no hope-none!"
He caught train which was on the
very point of starting, and leaped
into the first carriage he came to.
Then he took out the paper which he
had kept so carefully from the sight OF
those Others at home, and began to
study more earnestly the brief but
terrible announcement which 1t CON
tanned.
ITO be continued.)
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Caught With the eoods.p

"Dick" Halstead, popular mem.
Der of the New York Stock Exchange,
Is a student Of human nature and Is
used TO quick action. A few days ago
while on hls,way TO Wall street he got
caught in shower and lodged in a
doorway. In few moments a man
emerged from the building and began
trying TO open an umbrella At was eyi.
dent that he did not understand the
fastening on the rain.shedder and Mr..
Halstead concluded II was not the
strangers property. SO he stepped up
and said confidently: Here, that's
my umbrella" The man handed II
over without word and hurried away.
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pealing to her son, 81 suppose there's
no mistake about the day? Your dear
father didn't mean tomorrow"
Her son produced the telegram,
which he had about him, and repeated
the contents aloud:
sam returning to-day by the 4:S0
train. Shall be home to dinner.
Friend accompanies.me."
swell, I'm sure don't know what to
do about it," exclaimed the poor lady,
almost wringing her hands.
Hadn't you better go and speak to
cook yourself?" said her son, making
the proposal without the slightest
comprehension of what it involved.
II suppose l had" murmured his
mother; very well, Jane, you can say
I'm coming" And she left the room,
leaving the young people together.
aren't you tired of standing, May?"
asked her brother, addressing the girl,
who had scarcely varied her attitude
an inch in the last half hour.
"Tired!" she exclaimed, half turn
ing round. What has that got to do
with it? I-want to be the first to see
them" Then she added, "Tell me
what you meant to say, little while
ago, when,you began I wish, aud
stopped"
why" he answered gloomily, 81
was going to say wish the governor
had never started ON this journey;
though" he added, in a hurry, "of
course he's all right-missed the train
or else there's a block on the line, or
something-only-" He broke off
without bringing his. sentence to a
conclusion, and asked, WAS that
what you wished, too?"
"I!" she exclaimed, 81 wish that
and more. wish he had never had
that letter. I wish his friend, who
ever he is had never come back from
where he was"
"Oh, come, now" was the would-be
comforting response, now you're go
ing ahead too far. OF course, it's vex-
ing and all that; but, after all, the
only thing that will really suffer will
be the dinner, and that won't be fit
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MEMORY GOOD AT 1873.
colored Woman Smokes Pipe and
Tells Of Washlngton's Army.

colored Woman Smokes Pipe and
Tells Of Washlneton's Army.
Mrs. Mary Mcdonald, probably the
Oldest living person in the United
States, celebrated the one hundred and
thirty-third anniversary of her birth
last week in the Home for Aged and
lnfirm Colored Persons at Philadel.
phia.
In spite Of her great age Mrs. Nc
Donald has a wonderfully clear mem.
DRY and relates Incidents OF General
Washington's camp at Valley Forge as
II they were the occurrences of a few
days ago. Among other things she
tells how the patriots were supplied
with food by the women of the neigh
borhood. She was born at Frogtown,
near Valley Forge, and raised In a
Quaker family, the descendants Of
whom have corroborated some of her
statements regarding dates. She has
outlived every member of her family.
Mrs. Mcdonald is an inveterate
smoker, and one Of her chief delights
Is an after dinner pipe.
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oldss, Pennsylvania citizen.

Amos Martin OF Princeton. Pa. is
the Oldest citizen of the Keystone
state. Within a short time he will
celebrate his one hundred and sew.
enth birthday. He is Scotsman by
birth and has lived in western Penn.
sylvanla for more than seyenty-fye
years. He is shoemaker by occupa-
ton and up to few months EGO work
ed at his trade. He retains affI his
faculties to a remarkable degree and
has a wonderfully retentiye memory.
Last year he went to Leavenworth,
Kan, to sell a piece Of properly and
made the trip alone. He has been In
every state in the Union. He Us two
ohiidran living.
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Author Mould Ra state.man-

Sir Conan Doyle is renewing his at
tempt to enter parliament through a
Scottish constituency, having accepted
the unionlst invitation to contest the
Hawick burghs. Three years ago he
tried for central Edinburgh, but was
beaten--by publisher, too. He has a
stin fight ahead Of him now, for the
Hawick burghs are agressively radl-
cal. Thomas Shaw. the sitting mem
Der, is good fighter and will doubt
less give him fast run.
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St. Peter Remembered.

A poor son of Erin died and was
lauded as a very good man by all his
neighbors. Arriving at The Gate he
found his, way barred by Saint Peter.
Before ye can enter" says Saint
Peter, will ye tell me We are not
guilty of any great sin?"
81 am not" said Paddy.
Think again" said Saint Peter.
well" says Paddy, thinking hard,
81 remember once using bad language
over an ould rooster we had"
THAT was great SIM" said Saint
Peter, land yez can't come In"
Paddy turned sorrowfully away, but
before he had gone for Saint Peter
recalled him.
1--WE been thinking" said Saint
Peter, "and think ye must have had
great provocatlon, and that your Ian.
guage was perhaps excusable. Ye can
come in. remember, 7 once had
trouble with the same sort Of bird
myself"
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CHAPTER v.
The 4;3o Train.

Inc 4soU rain.
Dinner at Magnolia Lodge had been
ordered for a quarter to eight, in or
der to suit the convenience of the trav-
elers, who we're expected to arrive at
about that hour.
AS the time drew on, Mrs. Burritt
suddenly became troubled again in her
mind concerning the soap dish.
Il do wish, after all, | had ordered
the best spare bedroom to be got
ready, though I've generally consid-
cred the second best good enough for
a single gentleman, and | suppose he
is a single gentleman. But for all
that"
Here they are!" suddenly cried her
daughter May, who was watching from
the window.
well, it's too late to make any
change now" sighed her parent, half
relieved at having the matter sum-
marily settled; land perhaps he won't
notice the crack. do hope my cap is
on straight"
The said cap was, as usual, consid-
erably out of the perpendicular; but
as 1t happened, its lack Of rectltude
was, in this instance, of no particular
consequence, for the alarm proved
false, and the cab, which had at first
appeared as though about to draw up
before the house, resumed its snail
like crawl and gradually disappeared.
Then came another spell of waiting.
"They must have missed their train
at London Bridge" said Ted Burritt.
Perhaps the other one was late. I've
looked in Bradshaw and see that it's
due in town at seven o'clock. II so,
they ought to be here by this time"
The next half-hour slowly licked
itself away without bringing any
change in the position of affairs.
They were all yacantly conscious Of an
increasing sense of anxiety and de-
preston within. Why did they not
come? Surely, II they had missed
one train, there had been plenty Of
time to catch the next? Then the
clock chlmed the half-hour. and, at the
same moment, an interruption took
place. The message ran:
"If you please, m. cook wants to
know what she is to do about dinner!"
Mrs. Burritt started nervously. I'm
sure. don't know, Jane" Then, ap-
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HlIdebrant startled conaress.

Just as the house was about to take
a vote on the Cuban reciprocity bill
Congressman Hildebrant OF Ohio rose
to a question Of personal privilege. In
answer to a question from the chair
he said: 1T concerns me as an in
dlvidual and no gentleman who wishes
to keep the membership Of this body
clean will object" Dead silence fol-
lowed and everybody felt sure that
some story OF Doodle or bribery was
about to be sprung. The Ohio mem
Der gravely sent resolution up to the
clerk, who read in his usual dreary
monotone: Resolved, That one add
tional laborer be employed in the bath.
room of the house during the fifty.
eighth congress" There was a sigh
Of relief, followed by laugh all
around.
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White Woman's UnIoue Honor.

Mrs. Harriet Maxwell Converse, a
chief of the Six Nations and the only
white woman ever so honored, died at
her home in New York City last week.
Mrs. Converse came OF family which
for generations had been intimate
with Indian life in the New York
tribes. Her father and great-grand-
father were both adopted by the red
men. Nearly twenty years ago Mrs.
Converse was adopted by the Senecas,
VINO made her a member of their ma.
tional council and the Six Nations
Senecas, 0nondagas, Tuscaroras, Cay
ugas, Mohawks and Oneidas. She
spoke several OF the Indian languages
iluently ~ ra
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CHAPTER iv.-contlnued.

my dear James" interrupted Mr..
Burritt, hastily, l''you must know very
well that it isn't that. But the truth
of the matter is, I've a great aversion
to firearms. Still, if you1will assure
me that the weapon isn't loaded,
PHI"
"Pll assure you of that or anything
else that will add to your peace of
mind" was the somewhat equivocal
reply. cat any rate, it isn't loaded
now; and, what is more, l will also
give you my word that will not at
tempt to blow out my brains during
the journey-or," he added, as a sort
of afterthought, anyone else's."
When Mr.. Burritt and his friend ar
rived at the station, the latter took
q considerable amount of trouble to
insure a separate compartment to
themselvcs-in fact, Mr.. Burritt rather
fancied he saw him give something to
the guard, who thereupon locked the
door upon them, and consigned them
to solitude.
The carriage In question, 1t may be
worth remembering, was the fourth
from the engine. r
Il wonder" thought Mr.. Burritt to
himself as the train steamed out of
the station, (which is the pocket he
carries the revolver in?" Then his
thoughts wandered away from the
actual present. 81 suppose l shall find
them all right at home. Dear, dear,
anyone would think had been away
month. What an old fogey I'm get
ting. By-the-by, wonder what James
Is thinking about? he looks .uncom-
monty gloomy. l wish he'd say some
thing instead of staring out Of the
window in stony silence. Somehow,
one doesn't like the notion of riding
alone with man. who has shed
another mans blood, especially when
he carries a revolver. wonder
whether. he's thinking of that, or
what?"
If Mr.. Burritt could have read what
was passing in his companions mind,
he would have been amazed to find
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A woMAN's IDEA OF HELL.
Drawn From View Of the Crater Of
Vesuvius,

Vesuvius.
Vesuvius dominates the whole land
scape. He finally got the better Of
us, drew us like a magnet; so, finding
that the ascent can be made from
Sorrento, as we'll as anywhere, we
gave day to it. The road, an ascend
ing spiral, embraces the great black
mountain like the coils of serpent.
At first 1t leads through pleasant vine
yards; when these are left behind the
dreadful lava fields begin. The weird
forms of the petrifed rivers OF lava,
once red and molten, now grim and
black, suggest human bodies writhing
in the clutch of horrid monsters. Here
a huge trunk madly wrenches itself
from the tolls there vast body lies
supine and agonized, the last resist
ance passed. When we left our car
riage at the foot Of the funicular rail-
road | felt had passed through sew
eral circles of the inferno. Dante
must have received from Vesuylus
many VI lut liupl CooiOno hV hAoho
mits to us. At the summit when i
looked down into the crater, at the
slippery, Shiny sides, with their vel
vet bloom of sulphur, saw where the
fathers of the church and the early
painters, Fra, Angelica among them,
got their ideas of hell. Marcus Au-
relius, my guide, blbulous, muscular,
with grip of iron, found'a point from
which, when the wind lifted the veil
of thick white smoke, | could, by lean
ing well over the crater, see the food
at the bottom surge, seethe, toss up
from its depth big, red-hot stones,
which dropped back again while the
mountain roared and scolded. II was
an awesome day. vesuvius has given
me not only a new understanding of
the poetry and religion Of italy, but Of
the Italian character, which is has had
a share in forming-Maud Howe in
Lippincott's.
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Why Fools Find Gold

An lrishman in Australia who had
hunted long for gold and found little
complained bitterly that he was not
born a fool. Many who were his
fri, Ids, that are born fools, aye, and
was fools before that" were rich, he
said. AN why? Because the
BORN fool goes diggln' In places no
sinsible man 'wud look at--an' by
Jimmy, the gould's there!"
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Railroad compa1y,s Mi,take.

william Culver. a citizen nj Van
Buren, county. Michigan, sued the
South Haven and Eastern Railroad for
damages. having lost both his legs in
an accident on that line. He won
verdict for 10000. against which the
company appealed on the ground that
the amount was excessive. The sec
ond trial has just resulted in a YER
dict Tor $4,000. ss'lso - -
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The Kitchen RANGE.

A fine housekeeper says since paint
ing her kitchen range she has never
blackened It with stove polish. Every
spring when cleaning house she buys
a can Of enamel from a druggist and
paints her stove with It. The stove
looks like new, does not rust and
needs no cleaning except busting and
wiping of.
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clutchsd the edge Of the table. lis
ten!" he gasped.
And the voice without, now close
to their very gates, made itself plainly
heard, as it shouted out the latest bull.
letin-
"Spechul hedishunl Hevenin' Stand.
ard! 'Orrible railway haccident! Over
twenty killed and injured, The four,
thirty from Dover wrecked by down
train carryin' petroleum barrels! The
line on fire. Horful scenes 'Arrend.
in details!" aot ~
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Unwarranted Interference.

A New Jersey clergyman has in.
vented life saving gas burner. When
the flame is blown out the flow of gas
is automatically stopped. Thus does
invention contribute to the reduction
OF the suicide rate by making 1t more
difficult to fly to ills we know not Of
than to bear the ones we have.--Bos-
ton Advertiser. n VI
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To Develop the chest.

A girl who wishes to expand her
chest can do so II each morning she
will stand erect, feet together and
shoulders back, arms straight down
and take twenty full, deep breaths. II
Is, perhaps, better to begin with If
teen for the first week and gradually
Increase to twenty or more. This IL
excellent for developing the chest.
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Damascus now contains about the
same number Of Jews that It had In
the time of st. Paul. In the middle Of
the first century Of our era some ten
thousand Jews lived in Damascus and
were governed by an Ethnarch; the
present Jewish community is computed
at about eleven thousand.
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Force the only Law.

Among nations there is but one
way in which the possession Of the
prizes Of nature can be determined.
and that is by force, Arbitration can
only serve where strength is evenly
balanced and the matter in dispute Is
not worth the price of the conflict
Atlantic Monthly.
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There are 26,6OO French in Great
Britain and Ireland. more than three
fourths Of the number being in Lon,
don. The business most followed
among these is cookery. As English
laundresses are priced in France. 30
French cooks are valued In England
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Language of the People.

Prof, George o. Curmee Of the
Northwestern University says slang
is the language Of the people and al
ways viii be. He says: 1.-THE speech
of the street gamin is more virile, d.
rect and forceful than that of many
educated people.
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Started to his feet with cry.

that, instead Of dwelling upon the
past, he was merely repeating over
and over to himself the words which
the former had spoken only a few
hours before-"The secret lies be-
tween us two! The secret lies be-
tween us two!"
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State owns .All RaIIroada.

H All the large railway companies Of
Switzerland, with'the exception of the
Gothard railway which can not be
purchased by the government by vir-
tue Of the original contract before
1909--are the property Of the state.
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enaIIsnmsn- peterIorate.

Indisputable evidence that the Eng
fish race has deteriorated seriously
in physique is found in a comparison
of the measurements Of the men Sc.
lected for the army in ten years, as
shown by the report of the director
general. q
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"Cats' WeII.'

In the south of Ireland near Inchi.
geelah, is the Cats Well" the waters
Of which are supposed to exert marvel
GUS remedial effects upon ailing tab
bies.
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Iron In the soudan.

Valuable iron deposits have been
discovered in the Bcngo country of
the Soudan, and much interest has
been, awakened thereby.
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Samuel Gompers, reelected presl-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, has been the executive of that
organization, with the exception Of
one year, since 1882. He was one of
the founders of the federation and
since his fifteenth year has labored
earnestly to organize the working peo-
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pie. Mr. Gompers was born In Eng
land on Jan. q, 1850, and when
young man learned the cigar-malers
trade. He is a copious writer on labor
topics and edits the official magazine
of the Federation of Labor. 1t is said
of him that he never INDUCES In In.
flammatory utterances. se4H