"Yes," said the woman with a family in roply to. her call v's ré- mark, Yl sa begian'az 3 leak fos- ward to 'ny sumer ag of Soe. 4 have wireay engazii the (otfpgs at the lake and started hunting by mail for a laundress, as Ubual, so it seems quite like old times. Only I do hope I shall have a quister summer than the last. I was quite worn out when I retirned to town You see, you can never count on what "frightful bore!" boys wiil do. I am not speaking of the zan- oe trips, where they decided to s:ny all night without notifying me, snd I had everbody out searching ins their dead bodies, because they did fiot come home fn the evening, nwi- ther do 1 fefer to their habit of bringing siX extra boys homes to dinner when { hadn't provisions enough for ourselves. It was thelr affairs of the heart that increased my gray hairs. 1 used to say that if I could help them grow up to Years or discretfon without eloping with Bertha, the peautiful sewing If] or a siren fiften years the sen- r, should consider my life well spent. But 1 had no idea. they be- gan so early. "It 'was Tom who saw her first at the inn, and be eame home gasping at the vision. He told Dick and Ed- gar that she was a peach and a pin- Pin and a crackerjack, so after they had rushed away on her trail I strolled down to the hotel to have a look myself. : "I recognized her right away. 8Bhe was out gunning. I knew pre- cisely what her mother had sajd to her as they packed their trunks and started. It was: 'This is your last chance Madeleine, and if you don't brace up and land some one this time, goodness ' only knows what will become of us! : Remem- ber you ara 26!" "She tad melting blue eyes, too 80 you ¢an imagine what chance Tom and the others had. They are good looking boys, if they are mine, and Tom is a six-footer at 23, and has a habit of looking like a young millfopaire. Any boy who is well divased can lobk that way if he chooses. 1 began inviting Madeleine to the houge. ' I thade her my little conipanion at breakfast, lunch, and ditiner.' Madédleine was the first thing Tom saw when he stepped out of the front door in the morning, and I kept the vision before his €éyen the rest of the day by dint of working hard. ; 'At first he was blissfully happy, and it was pretty hard to let Mad- eliene sit in the hammjock with him | while 1 remained inside the house. | Bift just before Tom was due to beg her to elope, .ue natural per- versity of man who doesn't want what is thrust upon him, came tq the rescue' "This 1s a frightful | bore," he roared at me one day when I said Madeleine was coming to Tunch. Can't a4 fellow have a single minute in peace?" £1 knew Tom was #afe then, and' to turn my attention to as Tree Edgar. * Edgar tad been prowling around -in the background, con- sumed with jealousy. He was 21, and he felt that Be had struck the one love of his life, only to find she was another's. When he found that Madeleine was not anothec's, after all, he jumped in. At least he thought he did,. ot being able fo perceive that he Had crossed her line of vision as she was looking around for some one to fill the va- sant spot caused by the defection of Tom, who had igrnomisiously ac- cepted a two week's invitation up north. - "pidgar's ease was more difficult .0 handle than Tom's had been. He was not' a hammock man, prefering 0 take Madeleine ror long strolls and moonlight ws, so | was very much handicapped. 41'd have mid- aight suppers for them, but Made- leiné was wary of my invifations gow. That girl infuriated me hor 'idly, for she didn't play the gam 'air. She did not miss. a trick, she jprained her ankle two miles from me, and Edgar had partially tc 'arry her all that way. She fippec. ver the boat in shallow wat and et him rescue her, having curly hair and the inhuman ability ft ook like a mermaid when soaked. "Edgar used to sit and gaze at her with the expression of « lan- giishing young calf, and I wanted tq spank him. Finally he cams Bome one evening and coughing 'oudly woke me up 16 anndunce that Madeleine had consented tc link her life with his unworthy one and oh, wasn't he fortunate? | saic yes, he was, very fotunate, but 1 didn't tell him why. It was because he had a mother ready to rescue him. "The next day I took Madeleine in my arms and kissed her, and said I was so glad she cared enough for Edgar to wait five years for him to finish and she was a brave girl to be willing to face the ten years more bLéfore he would he able to make a decent living at his profés- sion. IT sald that Edgar's father and I felt very strongly on the subject of letting the bovs fight their own way with no assistance from us. Madeleine turned a trifle pale at that. "Leaving Edgar holding his ach- ing head and wondering what had hit him, 1 looked around to see what was happening to Dick. Dick is 18 and he had discovered a little girl at tha farm wherd we bought our buter. Mamie. wore pink ginghams and you éxpected her to stroll down to the footlights, blink her eves twice and burst into song about a daisy in the dell. Only she got mixed on verbs and--well, she was was the sort that eats pie with a krife. Dick raved about her being 86 simple and natural, but what he meant was that she had a milk and roses complexion--which would be red and blotchy in five years if she kept on eating fried pork twice a day as the$ do all aroufid there, "The case of Mamie quite puzzl- ed me--tiH I asked hér over one day with five or six summer girls whose mothers' were friends of mine, dnd' with 'whom Dick had grown up. It was a sewing bee and tea party, and I toox care that Dick was at home. Afterwards he an- nounced that he. wished summer was over, for it was a bore. Bo 1 b THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG bought them all home safe year--but gooduess knows dread this éoming summer!' "1 don't wonder!" said the caller. how I Cut Off, Danghter's Hair. New York : A _man in Newark clipped off his daughter's hair close to her head and declared he did it tp save hit soul Which being interpreted is lo say /(as the father explained in a pofice court) the girl insisted on anning about with young men, 'one oung man in particular, against bis express commands. The daugh- ter is 19 years old and demanded protection from her father's "perse- cution." Thé judge told the father he had done a very mean thing, and as reported, "warned him fe let his jaugnter alone." The daughter de- clared she would leave home, and the Judge advised her not fo be hasty in taking such a serious step. This inétantaneous phbtogriph of t single scene in a domestic tragedy 3ives smal] hint of what may follow. Without presuming to suggest any- thing, it lookes as though the young man, if he deserved the young woman's society at all, would lay the next move in the game. if he should sheer off the stern pa- rent might" be able to offer a bet- er justification for his own fears for the girl's soul. sun -------------- Kill' the Dandelions. There are two ways of opening hé campaign against the dandelions his spring. One is to cut them out by hand and the other and more modern method 'fs to spray the weeds with copperas, iron sulphate. If you cut 'the plants out by hand it is necessary to cut well below the crown with a long, sharp knife. It is claimed by weed experts that the weds do- not propagate from the roots as much as from the crown. Fo use the iron sulphate, or cop- peras, dissolve one and one-fourth pounds of it to a gallon of water, and apply to the lawn with a spray pump. Cover the lawn thoroughly. There will be no injury to the grasa. Repeat the operation two or three times at intervals of a couple of weeks, ---------------- Thumbs In Social Customs, Few persons realize how imporiint a role the thumb has played in the social chstoms of the people. Erskine records that among corinin classes of people in 'Scotland 'the final settlement: of a bargain was always signalized by the licking and joining of thumbs. Selden says that kissing the thumb was a characteristic of servility. The clergy, the rich and the great, were in 'receipt of this honor from trades men. From remote times the practice of licking the thumb has been regarded as a solemn pledge or promise; ex- isting, according to Tacitus and others, among the Goths, the Iberians ahd the Moors, and it may also he traced through successive periods down to. the present time, The engines of all passenger trains on this division of the Grand Trunk railway will, commencing Tuesday, be changed at Brockville, instead of Belleville, as has béen the custom. William R. Gill, of Dielloville, passed away on Wednesday, aged filty-five years. X SRA 3 San SR 9% CS Ap aS < Nervous headache is among the most persistent symptoms of an ex- It is greatly in evidence in the spring time, be- this season of the year the blood is usually thin and watery, and grves suffer from lack of proper nourishment. ou may feel too tired to drag yourself about your daily work; you may lack energy and ambition; you may suffer from nervous: indigestion pi of appetite; all tell of a run-down nervous system; of the need of such as Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. d weaknesses of spring, to restore the tired brain exhausted nervous system, to make the pale, weak and emaciated , healthy and robust there is no treatment so bausted nervous system. cause at Rn restorative treatment, - To ward off the ills an gad Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. Mrs. Geurge Bradshaw. Nook, Harlowe, Ont., writes :--"I am glad to -state that Reateg. DeSohe Troms Dr Chan Noreen io! am glad failed to get any place else. I was troubled for miapy years, in facet from my early womanhood, with weak, watery blood, agonies from nervous un fact was a semi-invalid sick headaches, years. 1 tri every me I ed man bw doctor for diseased, aad that 1 had years old." the erves on a of restoratives. or two. ~and was glad to see of many of m: pounds, cam to the body. od cells are thoroughly effective as and given to dropsy. I suffered pe and today I weigh 189, and am It forms new, rich blood, s "You can Such & ., Limited, Toronto. It is to , for they are aluidst al- eng me "Reart an d Fa I began J and When PE SATURDAY, LONGBOAT WILL RUN FOR MANY YEARS. 5 : ety - Some Canadian Baseball League Players Must Use Choicer Lan- guage on the Field or Face Ex- pulsion. : Joba Ganzell, of Rochester, has a great chance for 'his fourth denseou- tive pennant in the Intérpsational base. ball %:ague- He appears to be a gen: uine "wiz." A bal club, away out in Utah, 'not knowing that the Detroit strike hal heen called off, offered Ty Cobb $10,000 for the balance of this summer. Ban Johnsons reinstatement just arrived in time--perhaps. Marquard has finaly Matheson - as the idol"of New fandom. "Bix Six" was knocked of the box. by Brooklyn this wyek, but he is still far from "all m." Matty has been handicapped by a se vere cold. * » At this stage of the game it would look as though the New York Giant« are going to carry off the ptppant in the National league. But Jou neve can toll. Detroit, it will be remem- bered, gained an immense lead in the American - league last year, and then were beaten out by the Philadelphin Athletics, Cy. Young, the grind old man of baseball, dean of major league play- ery, madel of young athletes, and ony of baveballs 'greatest pitchers and finest characters, probably has worn a uniform for the last time. In his tween: ~three* yedrs of major league playing he has never seriously ~ com- plained of a sore arm; now he has quit the Boston" Nationals, because, gs he says, "the only whip simply won't work." He may get into shape g- grin, but the chances are the other way. : -- All the Canadian baseball league clubs must be down to their salary limits to-day, but the Ottawas are there already and will not release any, though the blue envelope is be- ing handed around quite freely in the west. © Loudon, Hamilton and Guelph' will __ make "several changes Hamilton has bought Pitcher Schuy- ler from the Baltimore club and Frank Jower.nan is after a couple of in fielders from the Detroit team. Toronto Stay: The Montreal Star says that a professional rugby union may be formed on the same lines as the Big Four Lacrosse Union, with two teams in Toronto.and two in Montreal. Toronto rughy men say thewe is nothing in the story, and that such a body would not be feas ible. Rugby is a ferent sort of a sport, and the professional money- grabbers will have difficulty getting in on somebody else's game, Bombadier Wells, now. in the States, says that he hopes to get on. nu match with Champion "Jack" John sol, a'ter he is through with Al Palrer. Wells says that the Dritil authorities stopped his fight with Johnson because they were afraid that he would get hurt, which looks rea somable enough. However, Wells doesn't think™ that Johnson is as good as he is reputed to be and ig angious to get' on a bout with him. "Tom" Flanagan, Toronto, will not leave for New Mexico until about June 10th. Extended telegraphic grams pass between the champion, Pughlist Johnson, and his manager, every night. Johnson reports on his day's work and asks for insTructions. When he arises the next morning the instructions are at his bedside. Flana- gan is taking no chances on Iiynn having anything on the big negro in the matter of condition, and plans to be in Las Vegas for three weeks before the battle. George Needham, manager of the Guelph baseball club, and a nutaber of players of the Guelph, Berlin and other feams in the Canadian league, have been notified to modify their language when on the field. Word has besn received by President liz gerald that the language of some of the players has been the worst heard on any ball field. He is determined that this shall stop and that the of fenders . will be fined and suspended, and if necessary put out of the league altogether. There is no danger ai Longboat quitting the cinder path for many moons yet. The sensational rumors that resulted from the examination of the bronze wonder by a Belleville doe- tor have been set at rest by the re port of Dr. N. A. Powell, Toronto, who tested Longboat's lungs. Lhe Indian has been pronounced fit, with a heart as strong as a lion. Dr. Pow- \ell's confidence in the Indian's eon dition is evidenced by lis statement that Longboat 'with care is good for {wo score years on the track. Long boat has been tfoubled with his bredthing apparatus, and this is what started the stories that the Onondaga had lung trouble. According to Dr. Powell all that Longboat needs to put him in the best of trim 1s a simple operation on his nose, This will enable him to breathe freely, and {will 'undoubtedly add to his speed. succeeded York out lettor- The Conscience of Clara. One day when Mrs. Bell was mak- the latter, in the presence caller, discharged ber colored maid | whose obstréperousness could be borne no longer. A few weeks later Mrs. Bell ag- The services of the maid were re- quired by her mistress, who pressed the button in the drawing room. There was, however, no response. 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