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The Wedding; Eve Or, Married to a Fairy. So. an I had a room I I ntr - with her and 11 discussing the invention "There I would go right off to bed. ready. I JuKt went up wun ner uim i . ;, straightened it a bit. And 'Good-night, of the telephone. Mrs. Jackson: she says; 'and have you Ro an< j sp>?n d my 3Umm er holidays locked up for the night .' Not me. ' . . ' mis,' I says, 'for my husband, being '>n ar d Jook over the line of experi- nlsht-duty on the railway, lets himself ra ents that had been mad* in Bu<!- in at rive in the morning.' Then I went ' al natj D ma< to bed. sir. but my room was next to j ton, and plan for the future And '' *V? ri1 ' h tt> i . De '. re * Kot " tn s 'f e |?i' I in the summer of 1S74, during rny j on th stairs. I called out and got no j visit to my father's house in Brant- answer. Then I put my head out of the f orc ] Hiscussinir with mv father ; window, and saw somebody on the side- ; walk before our house hail a cab and , the experiments I had made in cos- ton, relative to the reproduction of Which Way do You Buy Sugar? it was. but I Rot a sort of presentiment, j musical Bounds D.V electricity tor CHAPTER XV. fCoruinued). 'and I slips something on and knocks al my yours lady's bedroom door. There was no answer, and It was locked, and the key taken out. Of course, she might have been inside and asleep, so I called i her name through the keyhole again and ' araln. but there was no notice taken. and downstairs I went to the. hall. when. what should I find, but the front door left ajar, and the scraper stuck between to keep it open. That put my blood up I a bit. sir. I must say. for across the j conception, aiiil myself? And would not Madge, lonco ir.urrifd to me. pdily discover The principal ballet did not come that my love wa* given wholly to un- .Tintil ten, and for Lllith's sake I regret- ( other woman' What iiai>i>inet>s Could ted this. At half-past nine I had to tun!e o f SU c-h a union? ., touch her arm to remind her of the | .\| the ^moment when the <iuestion flight of time, and I found her flushed .flushed a. ro.ss my brain we w.-re being and radiant, with shining eyes and, driven down Northumberland Avenue, parted lips, gazing rapturously upon a - pas t the great, new hotels. Opposlt Kt-ntleman in spangles, who v;as balan- | one of therie our driver came to an un- ing three plates, a box of cigars, a hot- .expected standstill, owing to the sud- tlc-. nnd a walking-stick on the end of ]dcn drawing up of another hanx'ii.i be- Jlls chin. I fore the portico. Within the vehicle ''Isn't he wonderful?" she whispered, j we ra three young mc>r. in evening dress, and waits.""And"at" ; lo"se~o'n"one""o'ciock I -..i.,,. . 'Very. But. Lilith. dejvr. you must .talking and Liug'uiriK pretty loudly, our j hears a cab rattling down the street. ' come away now. It's half-past nine. ,cab was stopped so suddenly and . She shot a . half-frightened glance at near the other that the lights of me. I latter flashed full upon our faces Lll- , "It's all rlsrht." she murmured. The Ith's and mine- and. to my Intent an- the last train's gone, you know." i noyance. 1 perceived that one of the , I started from my seat. I three men in the other conveyance had "You told me. you assured me asam , recognized me and was laughingly .and again, that there was a ten o'clock pointing m* out to his <.-ompanlons. train to Krlstol on Thursdays. " The man was (,'harl-s Brookton an ad- , "I said so but there isn't. Please 'mirer of Madge's between whom and don't he cross. Vou can't think how -myself there existed a strong .llsiike much I wanted to ata:-. ' win.-:! \vas. perhapa, partly the result of : i a d y to the purpose of multiple telegraphy, the thought of the membrane tele- phone was elaborated. It was practically the same instrument that was shown in the patent. It was a theoretical conception of a magneto telephone, a verv daring if I mav be allowed to way they'd had burglars in this very | sav _ o , V, a * tUp vih.ra.rion of the road only a month ago. .So I just blows sa -Y ' out my candle and sets behind the door | voice might create electrical im- produee an audible re- sult at the other end. As a theo- ' 'ng we : and stopping suddenly a little way up. '- Then comes hurrying footsteps, and my lady sneaks up the steps, lifts out the | scraner. and finds herself \n my arms. phone, I saw a s that theoretical'.-,' had "Yes. sir; there She Was, this beaUti- I iU_ moan- of + rani:mirl-inir ar>A rf. 1 Miss Lilith Saxon, with her hat on. I tne . me .an 3 of transmitting and re ful Miss Lilith Saxon, with her hat on. j but no stoves, and as frightened ;ia . rould be when I caught her so nicely. ' 'Who in it?' she says, all of a pant. 'It's me' Mrs. Jackson, your landlady.' I 'XI. -e goings-on, I must sav. for a young off alone at twelve o'clock at producing places." Dr. Bell speech in distant went oacn to Boston in his Do you say decisively ? *A 5-lb. Package of REDPATH Sugar", or "A 20-lb. Bag of REDPATH", and get a definite quantity oi well-known quali!y,"Canada's b>e&" clean and uncontaminated in the Original Package ? Or do you say, thoughtlessly : "A quarter's wovtli of Sugar", or A dollar's worth of Sugar", and get an unknown quantity of unknown quality scooped out of an c pen barrel into a paper bag ? Extra Granulated SUGAR .. I looked very severe. she grew extremely pale, and laid hand tlmid'y on my arm. "Please don't be angry." she whis- pered. "[ am f-njoying invself 5=0 much. and I did so want a holiday. You see. I am not a little girl ai.y more, to be seen me. ico. in a h:n.-um cab with always at school. And and I did so ! girl's fair head resting on my shoulder, want to be a little longer with you!" The cabs parted cc-rv. puny. The mis- The last argument told, as I suppose ' chief was done now. There was no she guessed - with his idea fermenting head. He kept on for a time work- ing at his harmonic telesranh. He CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED, MONTREAL "Then you told me a deliberate false- 'jealousy, t.'jt c:-.:-i!y ih;it .>:' antagonis- i night In a cab' ; f only went to Pad- hood?' j tic tastes and Cha Uruukton cfintrton Station after my luggage.' savs I suppose I looked very severe, for was witti. cynical and dissipated. He she. 'A very likely story' says I her | was In chroi.u need of money; but I really believe he *a.s :. early us much in lo\e with Madge as with her monev. And now he had certair-.l..' s,--n me. and miu ijici= ... ^ .._ would record the fact to Madge; hau almost went down on her knees to me \V atson an<i Rp u ... ..,.. r ' " -- v and prav me not to let you know. .1 er It would. .She was watch- Ing my face, and I suppose she saw some chance in It. for she withdrew IIT fingers from my arm. and said quite Joyously: "And now we can wait for the ballet, can'- we? I wouldn't miss It for the world I" What was to be done with such a rirl? A. r.he herself had said, she was no longer a child, nor could she be s;olile<l and punished as onet She was a young woman, and as I realized this, glancing at h-r. the tremendous responsibility I had undertaken with regard to her came upon mo for the first time In its full force and meaning. In a quixotic Impulse I had under- taken the guardianship of this young creature, of whoe early training, undoing it.- and things would be in no way Improved by waking Lilith. So I wau.il until our hansom drew up be- fore the door of Mrs. Jackson's house | in Battersea, and then 1 gently stroked [Lilith'a hair to arouse her. "Lilith. dear, walie up: \Ve are at ; Mrs. Jackson's house." At the sound of my voice she moved I her head yawned, and. still half asleep, stretched one arm up HO that it lay 'across my neck. But this was one point beyond my guardhinly self-control, hipg her hand to my lips. I kissed 1 It passionately, mij pi- -.-'-I my face for |one brief second against hes soft. Hush- ed cheek. In an li..-!:int she had started up. ful- Iv awake, nnd laughing lather nervous- !- . Why. 1 <'e.-lare I ha /e been right And Tt was' 'Hood" Mrs.' Jackson.' and i 1 one of the spring' instruments. 'Dear Mrs. Jackson.' and goodness knows TV'ai-s^n ..- nliiMr'nw i wiv it the what she wasn't going to do for me if " au - only I'd help her to deceive you. And . transmitter spring, making it- buzz, =he empties her pocket and pulls out ' few shillings, and presses them upon me. 'for the children.' as she says. she'd cive me any amount more day If I'd promise not to tell you. I let her money fall to the floor. says I. 'I know my duty.' I says. or. rather, whine, while Bell was and adjusting the transmitter spring the "BUS so f ' lat lt w ould give a whine of ex- ! and. , aetly the same pitch as the other, i 'and I'm going to'do ft." And'now up' you' go Sllddep!- the spring of Watson's, instrument stuck. He kept pluck- ] ing at it without avail. He bent over to examine it. The make and; _ latch-Uey. f(-r Wrenahaw tlid not expect me. and had ^', n T" ln>'. And I drew out the doep ;i:-i:-, hai:- Intu which Lilith had curled! if when she ttrst visited the stu- il!n. :'.i-i| t. "k 1:0111 my df-'.v Nicholas Wruy's sketch of her and Saladin the in it. !'ar iiito the night I sat and thought Bociati'ins. and family characteristics 1 off:" she exclaimed. "I do hope I didn't knew hardly anything that was not tire you: V..u will take me out to-mor- wholly bad. Her beauty, her Innocence. ! row. too. w n't > ou before I am packed nnd h.>r helplessness had appealed to l.:\. k to I'.rl.-Ml? Good nlghc. dear Mr. me Irresistibly, and the course 1 I.::-.! ll.-rvey. i'\e had a most lovely day." taken toward her seemed the only pos- i So I droxe home to iny lonely studio. , elbl" on". And yet what Rood had I letiiri^ myself in with my latch-key, for don.- her? Lilith quoted menu Frenvh " . with !i very fair accent, and her E.^sli^h. though slipshod. was Uassat.1.-. Hi:' apart from these detnlls. and s- ni.- ex- travamnl tastes she appeared somehow to ha'-e developed, <(-. was just the t Fame fascinating Hit!.- -.arrant wlio had .ianced >>efore me in the sunset .light nt the "Hose ard Crown" rather j of her. with thn-bbinR l.rain. uml burn- more than a y.-ar :ic.>. . until, stvr:K w:i the fancy . It so, med absurd to Iteep her -.r ;,,.,! so ,i-at my lonttinK for her. I could BChbol: and vet wnal in the world w.is alru.st s.-.- her grey-blue eyes shining I to do with her when she came out? at me from the dark corners of the .Her qimngenuounieM on the subject of j room, and feel the air shaken by her the time of the train was truly start- I rustl'iic skirts u.s she daiu-ed between .ling; but. try as 1 might. I could rot n - aril the waning lamplight. At last. be very greatly shocked by it. It was t,, < \.-r.-iM- h-.-r iu-hlike presence. I rose er no use uxpei-tlng i-onventlonal notions from riy chair, stretched m>s>-ii. drew of decorum from this little Bohemian, from " po.-U.-t M. -..lit- ~ urmpen lett-r, ?li- wanted to be happy, an. I she Rra|i- j and tried t" fi-rget ed :it the ch:-.:ice even If It involve.! :i li, in reading the chr considerable amount of fil-Mtig. She ; f u ^hi..nable conciuests. could very well puss the night at Mrs. I Very. ve:-y fur away mv future wife . J:..-Kson. nnd .-n the following _day I i .s,-,-r.:e.l 1.1 1.1- In th -'.-" cold hours be- i 25, professor of to your room. miss, and you give me the key and I locks you in. And If you was the Queen of England I wouldn't ha> you In mv house another night.' And then she creeps up-stairs before me. cry- I i,---], rn-iint a-pre f~*ei\ There Ing and sobbing, but very qui>-t and .,!.- dlent: nnd she goes to her room, and 1 locks the door, and opens it at eight o'clock this morning. And I'm sure. sir. after this that you'll understand when I say that not even for you could I lodge the young person another night. I'd do a great deal for you. Mr. Hervey. a verv great deal: but I've got a young was no interruption of the current. The circuit wa unbroken. Yet the receiving sprine continued to vi- brate. The steel vibrating over famllv growing up. and all of them old enough to take notice, and my Anna Maria turned ten and " <To be continued.) OK. ALEX. (MM II AH BELL. I '----111110 vou wi<r. also t.lling 1 when \'ou said you had a t el. -cram to Mrs. Morland?" l.Mi'li nodded. "I snl. I It to prevent you from sen;l- . In* another." she answered simply. 1-1.- .-.- i'"ti t srr.-ik sn ,-oi,iiy to me. I've hn<l rat'M-r rath.-r a hard time of it lutt-lv ,-nd now I'm eMloylns nivself so much, it seems too bad to spoil it by ' )>.-inc -,.!d and nasty to me. l'i.-.cntlv \<>u wIM lie married, an.l Lady M.-njaret won't K-t vrni see me .ITM- more. So vou I m:iv as well be nice to me now." "I h"po I shall S-.H- yiiu again, and v.-rv "flen." "V..ii haven't been very anxlntiv about It up I-, now. ha\e vou? And I \v;.s so jnis.-raM.' when I tirwt gut to Morhunl House! I spent all my time for the (li-st two months looklnK out of the window for you. hoping you'd come." My heart smote me at her words "I was away." I said quickly, "paint- Inir nut of Knsland " ' nh. I know all about It." she said. Interrupting me. "You were in the yacht t'.at rich young lady you arc Kolng to marry n.ue you. And y.-u li:i\<- T'.-:ned it after her. Still, she mltrht have let you come and see n . Just at first. It would have made a Kr-"it difference to me." I could not say one word to defend myself agnlnst her soft-voiced re- proae&e*. I dared not tell her how often and how passionately I had l"r- ed to see her. or how constantly li.-- iniace had danct-d between rn" and tvv w. :!,-. tutting like some newly risen V nu between my vision and the wn \.-.-i I Itli-d to ivilnt. Luckily. Llltth's thoughts seldom remaineil "long ab- sorbed with one subject, and very soon the pally colored ballet enchilned her Utterly, to the exclusion of all remem- brance of my sins of omission, and I \v:is l.'t't to- watch the exquisite curves of her profile us. with chin thrust a lit- tle forward, she drunk In the moving pictures before her. When It was all over, she was one of the last reluctantly to leave her seat "i 'h. dear! I wish it was troing to liegin all over again!" she sighed, as I drew her hand through my arm and made my way through the crowd In Marco 01 a hansom cab. "Thnt Is the worst of nice things they pass so quickly rue has hardly time to Icnow on.- i.* enjoying them." "A philosopher already nt seventeen! Why. l.lllth. you are beginning earlv!" "Is It belnsr a philosopher to think nappy things lust too short a tlm Well. a:i>how, I have had a lovely thanks to you. dear Mr. Hervey. flow we are going to have another han- eom. and I do love hansoms! I would like to live in them. You can't think BOW ueepy I am, though. I shall never keep awake until we reach Hattersaa." She spoke truly enough. lieforo wo had been driven out of the square her head drooped again. Then she took her hat off. and leaned her vellow head nS'imst the bafk of the cab. "It's nither uncomfortable," she pre- sently murmured sleepily. "I wun. I Invented tin- Telephone at the .V;;p of Twi-iity-livp. For'.y years ago, on the porch nf an unpretentious little house in Brantford, two Scotchmen sat taik- ing. One was a middk'-aged man, known to his neighbors ns an elo- cutionist, deeply interested in 't* .s unoiH*n Iftt^r, i VtAlrviricr flpjif niiit"p^ P4imn ntcjitt* Lilith's Uiushingi 1 Inff eai -onicie of Madge 's witu each other. Tue otlier was a thoughtful looking young f^ll. ,-.v >: Vocal Physiology in Boston passing up heard snatches of their conversation, and passed . n. w.'n.U'riiu? what all this talk about "armatures," and "current interrupters." ;uid ''induction Coils," meant. The yuunu man was explaining a new invent:* n he had been working on, a multiple telegraph instru- ment, which euM send ii number of messages over a single wire. It worked on the principle of an elec- tric buz/.er. with springs that al- disgust. Wrviishaw i,-ft ternatelv made and broke a I'lrouit. ] tl , ,. :in , ..,,, out The v.ay in which these springs vi- hand in greeting, lauah- brated at the sending end was re- end. P I i:> t n !- .!r. - >--.|. . ! . J.i'.n to my studio, to find Llilt'i In i-o;--<os- slon. i-'tilii- Si.laJIn. ar-.d teasing \Vr-i- r h who. with a si " ins face. VMS hnir.g the breaKfa !..')le. "1 '.-II you. vou must reallv lay f-T two." ho w:.s saylnnr. ii I |.ati.<l jiist thi door. "Mr. Her\,-y has In- \lti-d i:-.e to breakfast, an.l .:> it's nin? I'-n hungry. And it's i>.> K..I-! your frowning at me m.w. :Vr I'm io\v:i up. and iVn't mind a Idt!" i i ---I ;it that in. ni-iit. and the linn t- pn -I t.t LI i>,-al to in.-. ".<l:.ill 1 lay for .me or two. sir?" 'T-.v " I answered curti>. "What did 1 tell you"" Lilith asked i Im, in triumph, as. with a backward 1 .it' extreme the room. Then she c.ime H rl iiii,- and ! in 'Y' 'i >. -. I am much better l-eh.i\e-l | thail 1 lis--.| 'o be." she s.o.i |-t'"!-. llv. "I don't call v.mr servant '.Mr. W:-eiishaw.' an 1 I don't luig \.n-;" "Yoi; may do the latter if you wish to." "l!ut I don't. I know better now." "If vou knew verv m-.ch better, my .lear <-hihl. >'-u woiud h ive -.-...ited at Mrs. Jackson's for me to fetch you. Youn* ladies do not come uncbaperoned lo artists' .-.ladies. I .lun't wonder '.'.w was surprise. 1." "Why. you are my chaperon!" she exclaimed, with wide-op-Mi i--.es. "And I'm not R young lady. I'm o: iv ;i lit- tle mai-Bh-brcd gipsy at the hest." Just af this point there cuir.e a loud single knm-k at thj front door, whereat Lilith turned first red and then pale. "It's that odious Mrs. Jackson." she nun :nurrd :; ; prehensively. And. sure enough. Wr.-nshaw's tap a few seci-ndj later heralded his ap- i , : neat-Hue,- with the news that i-.is sister, i few minutes, then lookeU up Mrs. Jackson, from Kuttcrs.-a. h.inibly i lieKged n m"ment's pvi\:oe cmivcrsntlon. ns she bad something most particular to tell me. Dr. Ali-xaudcr (irahaui Bell. the magnate was making the sre--'. tin- ntiier na^n-.'t vibrat.v Tii-.' up electrical v a.\ - sound wav>--:. Tin- First IVIrphum lie!! rushej over to \Vat >hi'U, . Don't anything. Let me see." days before he had rernnrktxl : "If I cnulJ make a current "i "'"rtri- u.r MA Ulll v.^u u -. _ city vary in intensity, precis from the six different vibrat- l "' ir varies in intensity during without blending ^ production ci a sound, I shouldj tele- MANY STIDEM SI UIDF.S. Schoolboys of Berlin, (iermauy, Knd Their Lives. Tu recent examinations at the German schools were again, as eaoh year, accompanied with numerous instances of b-<y> killing taemse'ves. either through fear rha-t they would not pais or because of mortification at failure. On a. single dar three suicides of students, all less than IH years old, were reported, and the b<xly of one who had drowned himself some days earlier was recovered. These in- stances were in Greater Berlin alone. One of the boys thre-v himself in front of a tradn because he had not been promoted to a hisrher class. A suicide by drowning was that of a 17-year-<_'!d boy who was shortly to try the examination -?ntiti::^ I 1 :;:-: to discharge his military duti-s with i,: 1 .- 1 \ car's service. According to his teachers there was no doul'' I hat he would have passed, as lie was unusually capable and intel! : r nl Ti.-' fix xl bureau.cratic scheiiK- of life for the average German, wlu'.c act pxplaimug suoli s'lKxir 1 *, thr- v. s some light on the youths' .- Failure to be graduated froti: is a serit ';; I T' !)<-<. 'me a "BeamttT. ' th.it is, a public otii'la!. is the goal .if a great- percentage <-f y. unir < ir.nn-. f--.r the .'ffi'-ial enji'.vs nia-n;,' priviieacfs in : irrant^d to t:;- : D nfiicial German He has .1 tenure, a - i. ari<l <-ti',' 3 r mat -r:a' advantages. a::<l en- :.il pr<'te-'ti<.n un.. law of insults, it- beint; a mu-'h cc raver criiu' 1 t-> ill-suit au . lli..'i;il than a. private ciri But for those who have failed in their sch< "1 v. rk there is no cha;:ce tn bciv-ri si.it : . tii.",ils. l-|v.:n in private life they find i; .1:111. t imj'. .-i'.bl to scct'.i'e sible positio-ns with mercan.til firms, and they are, of course, de- barred from entering the learned professions. It is not altogether t>t rang,? that the German youth is disposed to take a grave view of iiis failure. It 13 uot only students in the schools who kill themselves before or after examinations. A man -jf 2'2 who had been studying -egral procedure, reached the point where he was to take his exa.Tn:na;i..n for advancement to court clerk. He repeatedly told his friends that he was sure he should net pass the examinations. The night before the examination he threw hinxs-eif from the window of his third st.>ry ruom and was crushed to death. Stops to Listen. A farmer was hav.ng tr..vii)|-? virii his horse. It would start, wa'k twenty yards or so. then =; p for a few seconds and start airi:r.. '. re'^at the performiince. Af:--r n for time a t'riT.d -v/ert-jok the u^rin-? me of the h.-rses's . I _ "What's the matter! Is .t l.ur.e ,'" lie asked. "X--t i- I !;:. of.' replied th- !,ir:i; what's wr- 'i:g \v:th -|t ' l >ii. he's s<> af-arJ 1'i. -,iv and he wi.n't ; th- farmer, "he ; > ..-vry n.;,v and then to listen '."' Muther Looks the I'.irt. ' II- w i .lie and w,_r:-:(->i .-< '.:.- xo- tlier l.jok.s. 1- N^. nui'..::i. .' pa 3 ^> : :li- ;r "And is she af.'ux thai he :. ~ relli" ' Oil, n>\ but - -. I,- ; ., %v . ; -v^s iier - k- .i- t':: '.:_'h -hi? :. i.,l wh.tt '.v.ij ailinR him.'' produced at the receiving Only, and this was the important feature, the single wir:- w.-;i!d carry the six different kinds of waves ing sprint them. Each receivina sprinu lutd to be "tuned" to t*ke the message from the corresponding sending spring. ''I can produce musical sounds, father," declared the young man in conclusion. "Howl'' said the older man. puf- fing thoughtfully at his pipe. "What about the voice The young man considered on s .n- ' ' What change V I"\T DISTEIMPEIR - : "' : :r. n-r !i-j-.v ' , i. ; C'JSH. COLT Can be haad -i .' . in a:nc et^ " : :r. . the d.seaiw. by ^ : SFOHN'S LIQUID DIS7EM D ER C'J '. ,.v^> .,;i -..;: ) tOngUC " ' 1 I '. ' i grreia o' \'.. ! ra:ii ..-' d Bo^'. rectd; ... For marcs in '. 'nl, li- i ' .'.an -. C.T-.-> ever _ ' rj^t sell::;; i - . - \LL \ViloL SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Chemists a;;.i H. ,-.'a. Ca^iioii. led., U. S. A. rilAPTKU XVI. As- soon as Wrenshaw had left the room t<> inform his sister that 1 would for a with shining eyes. "If the air vibrations of t'.ie voice could set up electrical vibrations ' he began. "You'd have it." declared the other positively. to transmit spetvu graphically." Tim; was exactly what h:i'.I just happened. The steel j spring, vibrating across the poles of the magnet, was generating a current of electricity that varied in intensity precisely as the .lir was! varving in intensity -within hearing: distance of the spring. The sound . was being electrically transmitted, tin- telephone was possib'e. The first crude telephone was iu oper- ation. Bell and \Yats<m immediately set to work to construct an instrument suitable for transmitting the hu- man voice. To Rot the delicate not she eagerly. "Perhaps," he said, "with a : In t!i- hall below Lilith sprang from her scat, which faced mi:i- at the breakfast-table, ami ui-proac!:.-! me In into silence and again evident excitement. "Don't believe a word she says!'" Whispered. "I can't bear that Mrs. Jackson. She's a resular old cnt. She! t -. ,> i hau-s in.- and suspects m-.'. and w:< t, -hes i membrane 1 migiit. da$ i me lust because I am pretty. Promise -i-i, , 1 n^nir-ril Mmn-Mit And vou won't llst-n to her tales about me." "' "1 nrist see her now that I have pro- mised." "Why should vou ? s.-n.i her about her i mined, was the moment 'miscM.'T' ? "^ telephone was invented. 'You f.ituet that her O.-en in my service, an-l th llier before ir.e., for over thirty \ ears. , . e.m't treat a relative of his badly." ; the young man, his sun, was "Well, then, If you will llsu-n." she aiuler graham Bell. her m>itivelv -' Again the young man relapsed ; brations of speech t ' - looked up' a nwmbrane ot gold-beaters skin 1 over the springs of the instrr.m-.Mits to work in the same way as the hu- man car-drum acts by passing vi- brations. l>r. BeM v!cs-':ribes the first con ' That, as nearly as can be deter- j versation over the 'phone on July that the i 1S73, as follows: "We had only' The mid brother has ' die-aged man was Alexander Mel- receiver wi 'h'lrtv'v";;,-..^ ville Bell, famous elocutionist, and j ree d receiv one membrane telephone, ami th Alex- 1 pleaded, clasping her hands . .^,,-. .arm. "j.nmiiac me at least that if you d M very much offended if I rest- I won ' belie** a word she says. ed mv head on your shoulder? I should < don't know what awful sturles be much more comfortable." 1 should have been round my you "Hrantford was my thinking was olio of the okl tun <! receivers. It was hold up to ear. You crammed the arm i ture against the ear to dampen its vibrations. I was listening at that 1 rather more or less than a man If I had resisted such an fippcul. I slipped my arm about her waKt. and with nnothe-r deep sl^h like a tired child, she nestled her head down upon my shoulder, and in a very few- seconds was fast asleep. Hem-nth LUtth's soft cheek my heart ws beating loud and fast. 1 supposr no man can see for the first time un- moved tha 'ic i.l of the woman he loves resting on his breast. I.llith's absolute trust and conHdunco in me appealed to all that was bpst In me. while at the name time It could not fall to sting my vanltv to not* the way In which she Ignored my love, and treated me as though I were eighty instead of elght- and-twentv. Her head, as It drooped forward more heavllv. made a paper within my breast pocket rustle. It was Madre's un- opened letter and this reminder of my fiancee's existence served to rouse (n me a most unreasonable and unjust 1m- patleiu-e turalliHt her. Why could not Madge take her ^raml duke, or nny other of the stiff-collaret! youn* idiots by whom she was sut-- rounded. mul leave me In peace to pluck and wear tills little wild flower? By marrvliiK Martwe. while with every fibre of my body I loved l.lllth. should I not be workln* a cruel wrong against all three of vs acalnat Madge and l.lllth makes up about people." "I promise at least to tell you every word that passes between us. Will that content you? Let me go now. dear. I must see the woman, since I said 1 would." Very reluctantly she withdrew her de- (alnirg clasp, and nt my last view of her she was standing disconsolately in the middle of the room, with a look of i fear in her eves. 1 own that my mind misgave me ns I I descended the stairs to where Mrs. Jack- son, a solid, tidily dressed, motherly i looking sort of woman, was seated wait- ing for me on a chair In the hall. She rose at my approach. She was a little red in the face, and very deter- mlneM-looklng. but civil nnd collected In manner. "I shouldn't be doing mv duty, sir." 1 she began. "knowing nnd respecting, your family ns I do. If I dUln't report to you what happened last night. It goes against me to see money nnd kind- ness wasted on worthless and ungrate- ful people, sir; and I think It only right you should know the truth." The blood rushed to my face but I kept my temper, and asked '-er oddly : to explain herself. "It's about the young person you left ; at my house at half-mist eleven last : night, sir." she proceeded. "I asked her i if she'd have any supper, nnd she says i ho wan too tired for anything but to I 25 Bluings 1O cents. ON Wash Day Makes tho Clothes as White as Snow Try It 1 Manufactured by The Johnton.l;khi-*!in Ca I MM I I, V.';,t-. fall. place." said Dr. Graham Bell, 'not j armature, while. Watson was down in the basement of Charles Wil- liams, Jr.'s building at 10!) Court street, shouting into the end of a telephone, and then we chanjj-'d places. 1 may .-.iv that I heard no- thin.?. Then Mr. Watson went .'downstairs to listen, and I went up- stairs to speak, and while I was speaking, Mr. Watson came rush- ing upstairs in a state of great ex.- citement, and saying: "Why* Mr. Bell, I heard your voice very dis- tinctly, and could almost under- stand what .vou said." Then Or. Bell prepared to file his claim for a patent. H. R. Gor- don in Star Weekly. Patient Husband "Why did you keep me waiting on this corner for two hours? 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