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4<^ .>.â- â€¢*»:. â- â€¢â- "•â- '0 ^i scalp to her belt. Is it Ker's* "Vvhen he does." Mr. Clifford is now in an CHAl^TI^R IX. I •Wliut a time youlmve been!', Mr. Cliflord is now siuing cries Diana, meeting her upon the i.^â„¢-5*""r'. t<^,'":h'ng a hiUo terrier to idoor-si^cpK and drawing her into the bieakfEst-rooui. 'Vou saw liiin?" He ».>onis ut ail evenls thorouglily .of ccuiiiii oi mine.' content with his present position,! "Is she 7 Of course, I remember. and in no wise eager to withdraw j You went to see the CliftordB one from it. All his attention scpjcs j day when you were here a week ago. to be indeed given to his hostess, i Some people say siic's hnniisocie." who has discarded the Amazonian' "Not bandsonict" dress, and is now declaring herself! "Xo?" dellghtedt "'W'ell, I agree to an admiring if slightly aston- , with you. And dowdy I My word, ished crowd, as Folly. By this ^ I'd rather stay at home forever tlian change she has added considcrnbly j go about in a rig-out liko that. I'm to her charms. |eo glad you" â€" with euipha.sis, and a N^ever was tliere so radiant a glowing glance from under her blaclt- Folly â€" or so picturesque a one. She cned lids â€" "don't tliink her a beau- "Slightiy. As a fact site is a sort >r9 nnrt Pgui-os In profile «f mfn anif! "Yes." "You spoke to l.im?" "OK, yes, yes." "You ?" '^':'V "Were scolded by him!" Hilary drops into a chair. • "Scolded l)y him'.J " "Actually scolded!" believe a word of it." who as a rule is really polite creature in the beg for his bread "But. my dear Jim, you will meet him at the Mclntyres'." "Not if 1 know it. I'm going to play hide-anid-seek that night in aitd out of the rooms â€" Sit up. Trot, cant , - , , ,>-.,,. you?-And I defy anv one to catch :^"'>o <=""'?.'' ''•j;.'' '^i'.'""' ^*'=- ^^'^'hmg mo at that game once I put my secins to gather a fuiMl from the sen- sation she is so evidentlj' civating, and especially from the withering glances oi old iliss Kinsella, who ^s staring at her through her gold- rimmed glasses from the distant doorway, with stern and open dis- approval. Miss Kinsella always stand.s near the doorway wherever sh« goes; it gives one so much a bet- ter chance oi seeing each new arriv- 'al, and the manner of their rucep- |tion. and the gowns they wear, and aniira:.-- d-avvn un or cut in bone or; mainQioth tusk, and tbviy' tacm or' bead* are in.iiBiuiruiaai.-Iy left audi ri^ht. jifodern man does not do this. Try for yourself. Vrnnf with the fore- finger of your right hand an ima^- iinary h.uran proaiu on tlie page oa wiuch these words arc printed. You I win Cttd that you naturailv and in- istinttively draw it with tlia face j turned towards the left. I Now trace a suailar profile, in ini« agination again, with the forefinger of your left band. You will obsor\'« that you jtist as natiirall.v and in-" atittctively draw »t looking; to th« • right The inference is obvious. TheM primitive men. who draw riglvt-inclinr cd an'u left-in:!'npd profiles with e{\\i- al grace, and ccjunlly often, must hav« "I don't says Diana t^.c most V. orlil. "Well, you may. 'He scolded me terribly. So terribly, that I still tremble beneath the wrath of his '^ay to playing it witli me.' dEniinciations, I don't think, Di, I j •oh. vou can laugh," says Diana, could live out my li.fe with a man Igroning" rueful again, "but 1 know escapes Miss Kinsella Mrs. Dj'son-Moore, who has been 'â-  there, looks everywhere for Hilary nodding and smiling at her fi-om a i But in vain. Has she been avoid- ior.' couch, with overflowing aflec- ing him? When the next dance Is in tion apparently, has now nearly goae ' full swing, he looks for her in the _ _ into hjsterics behind her fan over ball-room, and sees her waltzing gay- don't believe l" could meet him after '^^«? '"'-"'•'"â- " 'â- >•»-â-  has had. Her nods ly in the arms of a Mcphistophcloe. ,t jg " I have l)ccn received with, a stony; He stations himteli doggedly in "I hope. Diana," says her husband jf]?,';'^' ''cr smiles with a g'lassy eye. 'one ofjhc doorways, and watches severely, "that you will see your mind to it. Oh, what a night I'm going to have! Such splendid exer- cise " "I think I'll play it. too." says Diana, vfith a rather faint laugh, "I "As for that. I only said I didn't think her handsome. j "Well?" I "Strictly handso-ne people, you â- know, are seldom beauties." "Oh, I see." with distinct offence. I "you think her then ?" I "A Very pretty girl," rays Ker. "One could say that of every other girl one meets," says Mrs. Dyson- been able and accustomed to use both . iloore. with a little offended hitch han.is with e^ual arti'itic cunning afi4 oi the shoulder nearest to him. skill. The Lancers are over now. Ker. It is pretty certain, however, that ! slipping through the crowd here and the;/ used their right hands in fight' ing more than the.v did their left. wJiose eloquence lay that way." "I wish you'd explain," says Dia- na anxiously. "And yet.'' continues ITilarj-, fol- lowing out her own late train of thoughts a.r, if not hearing her sister, "I should like to marry him, if only â€" for revenge!" "Nonf^encc, Hilary! I believe you are laughing. 1â€" Why, what did' he and and to 'e.xaclly how it will be. Y'ou Hilary will be out of the way, it will be left to me to explain :him this daring imposition." I She looks at Hilary, but that Iprit' .shead is downbent, and comforting words come from her. • "Well, look here." says Diana cul- no say to you? • 'spirit. "I won't do it. No "Oh, you shall hear. I hope you'll jng shall induce mc. I've told him like It. Its actionable, I think, ^o many things alrexvdv, that I can't ^ou should be the one to prosecute." [tell him any more." I "You needn't!" says Hilary; she taking u step forward, and growing , . , , endued suddcnlv with a touch of \^}S'^^ '"^^'^ '^^own up well to-night. Xoth- I There are one or tv.o costumes m Hilary can see that Ker has gone her. When the dance is over, she behind the Inn too, and that now, moves through it. He stops her. the Ian is sbalcing. I "Miss Burroughs, you promised me This is a big fan any way. and a. a d.-xnce. I think." delicious one too, all blue and j "Yes?" She looks at her card. "I gold! Indeed, Mrs. Dyson-Moore is have nothing until tRe ninth. That." a dream of blue and gold all j without looking at him. "i'; free. It through. I is a polka, and I hate polkiis. Will A touch of bui'tiing envy saddens [you have it?" for a moment Hilary's heart. If "Grateful for small mercies." mur- sho could have got a lovely costume ' murs he, bending over her card to such as that â€" not thaat of course â€" ; scribble his name on it. btil something equally lovely â€" she j He looks at lier as he gives it ' back. "Y'ou will remember?" "I?" "Y'es â€" he" â€" hero Hilary's voice grows almost unintelligible with laughter â€" "he accused me of making lovfc to " "Who?" "Jim!" " â-  "(iood Heavens! The man is mad," says Diana. "Well. I was too polite to tell him that, but the fact is, I went in- to the garden after luncheon to pick] a few laurtl-Ieaves. and Jim was! there, and of course wc both talked \ over the luncheon." "Well?" "Well. My dear fiance was in the window and saw the parlor-maid of a few minutes ago in confidential in- tercourse with the master of the house. Of course he was amazed. After all," with a judicial air, "I dare say under the circumstances | that I should-have been amazed too" "How unfortunate that he should have seen you!" "Yes, very. But that was not all. too is looking distinctly uneasy, but a smile breaks through the little cloud that dims the brightness of her face. "Vou can leave it all to me. I'll tell him. Ill explain. [â- When he soec me as Uridpet '' "Oh. Hilary, you won't appear I again in that dross?" pointing to ! the dress Hilary has worn during the luncheon. "I shall, indeed. He â€" stops short, 'admires me -" she .she was going to -sav. but found 'it i running away from the slow impossible: she colors vividly, and ! others are running toward it says instead, "will probably have forgotten all about me." "Oh. modesty, thy name is Wom- an!' sa\ s Cliflord. who has now al- j most indueoU the terrier to wait for [the infinitesimal part of a second te- : tore devouring the biscuit. "I'm not going to be ashamed of I anything," says Hilary perversely. i "Why should I? I think I have been .such a good girl all through. I have "co'ino if . . .helped vou out of vour difliculty with He accused mc on the spot of being [^.^y,. parlor-maid. I helped him to a disloyal servant to your I'oyal '^.^.^....^.j^j^jj j ,^„ij think ofâ€" I even *"e''','"s- , 'gavj him baclt his stick. What "What on oanh are you talking , ^ore does he want?" about, Hilary? , xt "Nothing. I hope." says Cliflord. husband. lie ..qj. ^^f. nuist be the most unreason- behaving ^jj,j, ,^,ji^„. ^,i,.p 1. Jim. . inarry an unreasonable fellow were you, Hilary." "As to marrying him. that is out of the question." snys Hilary warm- ly. "There is only the question of putting myself straight with him. That I can easily do." "Yes. I'm afraid the marriage question is at an cud," says Diana jsndly. "I told you. Hilary, that lyou should not have trifled with him in this way. And." sighing, "he .''"""'^ would have been such a good match, â€" idiot though he is â€" that it was ;. ,, you who wore in love with iiie!" | ••Brilliant!" savs ClilTord •'Ah! Don t make hiin out a great- ..D^^-f ji„,, ' i,.e,uiv er idiot than he is," says Clifford i^j. which she has often told herself â€" on- ly herselfâ€" that she would be well â€" very well worth looking at. But any of them would cost at least ten guineas, and she â€" well, she hasn't got t<;n guineas. That's all. It is a finished argument. The fifth dance on the programme is the Lancers. "A beastly shame," mutters the Cru.sader eotto voce, who thinks all dances should be waltzes, if only to oblige him. The musicians have struck up tlie opening bars and there is a little .stir throujih the room. Some are dance. Hil- ary sees Mrs. Dyson-iloore rise from her seat and Ker with her. They take a step in the direction of the middle of the room. Tlainly they Fighting even in those oarly days wai ^ done with weapons o! a sort, pointed weapons too. and your typical prim- itive n;an quickly discoversd for him« self that to spears and swords th4 heart w.oa very vulnerable. So hJ us?d his le.ft hand to guard it. there- by condemning that member to com ! pnrative inactivity, and j FOUCHT WITH UlS RIGHT. '• Woman, however, did comparatively little f.jihting; and. as a conaeguencei she retains, '.'ven to this day. a far greater degree of ambide.xtrous skill than man. She buttons, for instance, her (Jnsscs with her left hand, and th-^y are made, yrtsur.iably. to s'Jit her convcnitnve in this direction, with tlie buttons on llK^ left side and the button-holes on tlu- righr. Man, on the other hand, has for umwrnbored centuries fo'in i it mora conenient to have his clothes made 'with the buttons on tho right side land the button-holes on the left. A.nd here we come upon one oi the maii.y stumbling blocks whidi Utter ; tlie pntli of tlio.s.' who would advocate i universal n'nbide.\terit,v. HEASOU IS BECAUSE WE AEE ' ''"h^.v have not only to set them- jsol.es to counteract a natural ton- jdency due to a i hysiologleiri fact; the' rrei'onderar.re namely i.n weight, and th^^refore in activity, of one side of' It is plain he has little I'aitii in her. Hilary gives him in return a strange little glance. "I always remember." sa.vs she. (To be Continued. mi WE USS LEl'T HAND rEFT-HEATED, Woman Now-a-days Has More Power in her Lett Hand Than Man. Why Eire we ri^ht-handed." The seemingly simi.>lo question has puzzled sjientists and others ala-usi from time immemorial. And yet. when we come to reflect up-.'n the niiUter. the a:is.vcr .soon becQiies ap- are going to dance itâ€" together. "Will you give me these Lancers, parent, ifiss Hilary?" asks Lord Emhcrst. 1 '^^â- <' arc right-handed beL-.i.u;M we a-^e "It is given to jouth to bo happv , ^^-''t-heuded. enough to bear vou off in the fast i That is to say. the left of the two dances, but perhaps you will spare ' hevmia,Dlicres into which thi- brain is an old man like me a little walk i divided, the one which is responsible through." ' for muscular action on the rijiht side The pleasant-faced old gentleman [ of the tody, is larger and heavier her. It is she. "About my future vidently thought I very badly toward you. Oh as Cliflord enters the room here." "Jim, do you knaw what has hap- pened?" sa.vs Diana. "Sir. Ker saw you talking to Hilary in the shrubberies, ai:d he thinks " "That Hilary is in love with mc." says ClitTord. "Well." thought fitUy. "I can't blame him." "Jim!" says Hilary. "Well, my dear!" "You know he must have I to . "Fiery!" wish to „_ „.^ „ Hilary. He ""i?"' '^'t^- > . . , 1 I 'would be a goo<l match. " Here Diana who had been „ugh- ; ..y^â- ^^^ ^^. „^,,^,. ^^^ j ^^^^ .^^ Ing a little, breaks into the ''â- ^"cus- .^^^ „j^,^ ^,-^^ ^^^^^., ^ ^^^^^ „( *'7.'i' . .. 1. •• I, the flnest quality; I call him; warran- "It s all very well, says she. : ^^^j ^^ r, ••but how arc we going to uiee'. him ; next week at Mrs. i\' c^ n: ^ , c s â-  ^^^^^^ ^^^ j^^^,, "â- 'What!'- exclaims Hilary. lor t'.e ^^'''"' "Attention, first time in all this wild adventure of hers she looks reall.v stricken.' "You don't mean to say he is go- cvidontly coming regions, attracts I "Cook has come back," says l^iana j hurriedly. "For Heaven's sake. Illilaiv, go and get that dress off he- foiv she sees you." Ing there?" "Certainly he is. He told nie so. He is going to Dublin on business to-morrow, but will be bacl< in tiiuc for it." ••Chut I He'll never be back in timer What do you think, Jim?" turning to her brothpr-in-law. with much apparent courage, but evident- j the rooiu, that the Dyson- ly with a sinking heart. iMoores und their part.v have CHAVTEH X. The first three dances arc at an end; Hilary, as she enters the ball- room, can see this by the card hang- ing near the musicians. She can see, too. after a hurried glance over Mooros not yet holds out his arm to impossible to refuse. "1 shall bo delighted, smiling. She puts I'.er arm tiuough his. .A.11 ,it once, her courage returns to her. ^e.'^i. she will dance these Lancers, und if Mr. Ker sees her. well â€" ^Well, then, this embarrassing situation will be at an end. And she could hard- , than its counterpart. And this com- ' pai'ative excess of bulk and weight again is due to tlie heart being situ- ated on the left side of the body. Th« left hi-m's. hv^i-e gets, in consi^qiieuce, mere than its proper ahiu'e of tlie I blood which is continually being 1 piuni.w:! upwiirds by that organ. ; If the heoit were on t!io riy;ht side of the bodv, '.nankind would be leit- ly bring it to a fini.sh in better com- [ handed; as' it is. he pany. Lord Emhcrst is the ot\c big man in the country, and certainly tlic best beloved by all classes. When she and he have taken their places. Hilary for the first time lifts her eyes. .'V sigh of relief welcomes the fact that her vis-a-vis is not Ker. A second later th.e relief is dead. Killed by another fact. The man on her left hand is Ker! He and Mrs. Dvson-Moore are danc- will be. right-handed. and This always follows ithe train over the other. But they 'must rec'-.^nstitutc the whole order of ( thjn^is from the coiamer.cement . not to spealc of altering the inherited ha- bits of urui;mbered generaticvns. To go back tor a moment to the instance cited above; a man who tries , to put on and button up a woman's i waterTTocrf. or a young man attempts to don and fasten a man's overcoat. will each tmd that iwither hand is ; readily capable oi performing ' TIIE PART OF THE OTHEK. And this is only one instance out ; of tens of thousands. HV feotl our- ; scJves anibidextcrously. but we al- ways take the knife ii: the right hand, the fork in the left: and Vbcy are ' made s; ecially to suit people using iheiu that way. Y'ou could not conveTiieutlv us? a corR-screw. as at jjiesent inaiii". with i your left hand, no matter how dox- ' terous yo'.i might l)t> witli that nieiu- ber in other direct ic>;;s. The trend of jtJie screw woild i;iit permit of it To be re.illv aud trul.v ;i_i;l>iriextrous in all our actions, we should have to ing at the sides. In another mora- ..... , cnt or two she will have to place | ""'P"- "'''""• her imgers in his He will turn 1 THF. OTHEU IN THE LEFT. her round. What will he .sa.y say ? I tj,^. caligraphv of the one is forward Do ? Nervousness seizes upong her. She is afraid to I'ft her e.vcs, but naturally; but. of course, training , have things made diiforently for two and custom will work wonders in this direction as in anv other. For instance, most men who shavo ibecselves are able to use a razor, an exce^.'dingl.v delicate instrmncnt. equally well with both hands. A distinguished in->iiiber of the l?nv- nl Academy., now living, has taught himself to write simultaneously with two {.encils. one being held in tho or are de- ls "I don't know." says Clifford with arrived. The fourth is a waltz â€" ."she deep and depressing reserve, who ' has arrived just in time for it â€" and feels this to be a likely moment in ! she gets through it with a tall Cru- whicli to drop into deadliest gloom. "He was able to put in an appeur- niire Inst time, though he arrived nt midnight. I decline to give an opin- ion. One never knows what may happca. It is bad to be wildly pre- vious." •'Oh! soniethiop will happen to prevent him." says 'Hilary. "It would be too much, could I meet htm?" "How indeed!" says Clifford, "af- ter this base deceptioi>." "You might stay at home," sug- gests Diana anxiously. "But 1 shouldn't like you to do that." "Slav at heme! From a sade^•, eiijc>yahly enough, but al- ways with a sense that she is watch- ini; tho doorways. The Crusader, who is young and immcn.'st.ly iu earnest over his waltz- ing, which like him.seU has not yet come to perfection, permits her. to- ward the clow of the dance, to rest a moment, and in that moment she How on earth | knows that her fate is upon her. Her heart almost stops beating. Yes. there Is Mrs. Dysou-Meore. and Ker with her. Mr. l>yson-Moore is here. tso. straggling somewhat in the reni â€" he is always in tiie rear, poor man â€" and several other f>eople, dance ! 'mostly ii:en from the barracks in the Never!" cries . •Mf the Worst coiuok to the worst. I only one man. and that is Ker; he why I'll meet him. and give him a '\^_ dreiiiHHl as a Cavalier, and looks dame or two! " absolutely handsome, a thing one This audacity makes them laugh. ; would not have expected from him. "I shall be the vorst ofl." says He is now standing talking to Mrs. poor Dinnn. siijhing. "He will jpyson- Moore, and it suddenly occurs ihiPk nio terribly to blame! And to HilarA- that that elastic person is, ». r^ u asA>r>-ou, Jiw, when he meets you j rearing the triumphant expression h'" Place with Mrs. Dyson-Moore '. ' W SM who has just added anothar I "Lord Effiharst. You know her? with the nervousness comes a strange , uncontrollable tense ol amusement. ; She feels that she would like to laugh, but dare not. Oh. that , luncheon ! « • The time has come. She turns and j holds out her hands to him. For ' the first time tonight Ker's eyes rest upon her. The music restores him to his 1 .senses. Once again the steps ore gone through â€" once a.cain the parlor- maid is holding out her hands to him. One hand is a little closed. It , holds something. IShe opens it, and i •;::p sthe .<ioinething into b.is palm. i "Forgive me." breathes she. \ It is the florin! j ••It will be difficult." returns he. ' ••I know you now. Your name is not Bridget." i ••No." ••Nor Maria rictta. "No. " She is ashamed of herself does laugh. j â- â€¢It is Hilary ?" "Yes." I She has returned to her place, but , a little while later they are face to j face again. _ j "Will you give me tho next dance?" She shakes her head. ••â- Engaged." i '•â- You will give me one. however? Yeu owe me soiaething." ••Do I ? Very well. I'll pay it." Another little chance cornea. ••Let me sec you after this?" She smiles. •'Who is Miss Burroughs dancing with" " asks he. dropping hack to the other backward, bi^t both arc j equally plain and legible. Also, tlwre ; is a'l eminent London surgeon, recent- i ly mad- a Inicht. who s^X'iit three I years teaching himself to use both j hands independently in order to aid i him in o; crating, j Every lover of lirsl-class cricket. ' too. must have noticed that man.v of ' our best fieltlers ha\e acquired the j art of using either arm equally well. \ Other leading e.\i>om'iits of the pauie ha^c taught thetr.SBlves to bowl left- handed while continuing to bat right- ; hiuided. j The trained I'ugilist. a;?'ain. makes ' hands â€" to have rights and lefts everything. t!ie same as we do now in boots and i;loves. If it were oth- erwise, even with all the training and practi.;e in the world, tho right hand would inesitabl.v regain sootier later the siinreiiiuoy of whivh wc asled to imagir.' it temporaril.v privcd. The truth of the matter really that ambidixterit.v is not wanted. Man it is true, came originally to be right-handed through a innx-ly physiological peculiarity. But he re- mains right-handed because he ("nds it more ccn\en:tiit. The left hiind wlu-n used, is almost alwavs su!if?id:ary to the ri';:ht. With the foriner th- i ainter holds his pnl- (tt-. but he ;iaints his picture with the brssh held In the latter The t.ailor stitches with the right. tho cioth he supports with the left. .\nct so on.â€" rcarsons 'Vcekly. nor Sarah, nor Hen- but she far nio:c use of his left hand than of his rii;ht. both for ofience and for defence. And the violinist or the pin- '^'^'*'' nist brings both hands into play equ- ally, although after a a^lTereiil fashion. AH of which govs to prove that, although man is naturall.V a right- handed animal, it is a couiparativel.v easy matter for him to acquire equal dexterity with either, or with both. Aleo. thei-e is every reason to be- lieve that paleolithic man was a:nbid- cxtrous, at all events t« a 'ar great- er extent than his modrrn de-'ceiidant. â- But hew on earth, " you J.vrb.-.ips not unuatui-Blly inquire, "con we sp«ak thus cnRlidvlitly about a gentle- man who roamed this earth for the last time »oii>c live liundredi ecnt'jries ago? " Tt»e answer is (hat the pnleeliltUc man was, tn his way, both a sculp- tor and an artist, and we know, from the s-e^ccimen-x of his work which have come down to us. that he carved and peunted jiist as often with his le*t ha^d as with his right, and JUST AS SFCCEfySKl'IJ.Y. For these siicicimens are mostly fao- j .\tt old bachelor who was very bald i fejl in love with a pretty widow. I v.hosc late husband's name v,as I lUhin. One evening the baci:elor I dicppe<l in to have a cup of tea with the widow. After tea was over slie commenced to sing 'Kobin .Adair. â- â-  The bachelor picked up his hat and said : â- â- Madam, even if your husband did have hair, it's no fa;dt ol mine that 1 haven't." Then he fled. "Harkins. " said the head of the firm to the foreman, "the f^rm has decided to inaugurate a systcuv of profll-.^.ariug with its euqdoyes.^" "Cood!" replied the foremar. "Whot were the tirni's profits last .year ?" ••Last year the firm lost $3.li00. ITiat necessitates a reduction of 10 per cent, in wages under the new system. rcU the men the now ar-, rangement comes into effect Imniod- ;..teTy. " We may bent our swords to plough- shares •\nd our siiears to pruning-hool's. And betake ourselves to farming tu tho peaceful country nooks; But we want them back as wealKina Wlien We And at early dawn 'ITiat ovw neighbor s scraggy chick- Uav* been scratcktitig i|p our lawn. ^