"A CONSPIRACY : "You may come along if you want 10, but I should think you'd hate to be always ng," Berta said with a small, insolent laugh. Berta was a beauty and a belle. Linda, her sister, older by two years, was neither. According. to the countryside Lin- da 'was even ugly. ple who were all for roses and Qimples and sunshiny smiles saw no beéguty An Linda's olive complexion, her rely classic-profile and the slim figure. Atfirst Berta liked to have Linda -%0 out with her, finding in her dark lor a fine foil for her own charms. ut after a while she grew in a strange unaccountable way resent- ful of Linda. - It seemed a reflec py on the family that is elder dau- ghter was so nearly a social cipher. At least that was what Berta told er. Not for worlds would she have ad mitted to herself her feeling really had its origin In certain praises of Linda's spoken by Alston Wade. He Was the catch of the county. lived 20 miles away and had not known thé Lee girls. until six mon ths ore. They had met at the cofinty fair, and after that they had met been able to go an Without finding him there. Linda danced but rarely; there fore Berta had well night mobilized Alston's attention. He had made 0 rtunities for all that, to talk With Linda and had even been un- wise enough to tell Linda's sister that she rested and cheered him as might a fresh and fragrant breeze erta had cqoed that Linda was truly the dearest old thing. When they were home again and for weeks thereafter she did not spare the dearest old thing ome possible. pin- prick. "You won't be lonesome. All the old maids in town are sue to be at the Ansley's"' she ran on as they stepped into the carriage. She had been hoping Linda would not go to the lawn party It was the first of the season. "It would be better if you'd put on a black frock, a short owe, and a white apron. Then you could help serve things," she went on. Linda flushed and made a motion toward the carriage door, almost as it she would leave it. In a moment, | however, she sank back on the cush ion. "Well, I'm going to have the best time I can. As you say, I ghan't be lonesome. Peggy says she's asked everybody town over months old.' in "Soon they rolled through the Ans | ley gates in sight of green lawns, flower decked and as soft as velvet. Knots of people flecked the turf Children ran around picking flow- ers unhindered or flung them down to roll ecstatically on the grass. Linda longed to gather the tod- dlers in her arms and carry them off to fairy land. She controlled her- self and walked decorously among them, only stopping now and then to pat a tousled, curly head. She had on a rose pink frock with smothers of fine lace at throat and wrists. Somehow in spite of Best's taunts her spirits had risen until her mood matched her appearance. More thpm~yne dropping out, said inwardly, ["#dnda's nearly as pretty this afternoon." Linda went on to the farther elg where the older people were estah- lished in garden chairs or upon set- tees. A little apart from them sat a4 white haired woman smiling at the scene happily, but quite aloof. Evi- dently she was a stranger, Instincti- vely Linda sat down beside her, say ing, with a smile, "If you would ra- ther not talk I'll be as still as mouse", "But I want to talk very much," the white haired lady replied. "I know nobody here except the man who brought me. He knew Mrs. Ansley --in fact, she is a sort of family connection. And he is com- ing back to me after a while. I think he has something on his mind that he wants to get bf." "How delightful! I feel were sharing a conspiracy.' answered, with a soft smile. The gtrange lady leaned across and patted her hand, saying impul- sively: "It is a conspiracy, and you shall know how it ends after it ends. But now tell me who is who and all about everybody. I dare ask that be- cause from your face, I know you ne- ver tell the things people wound rath er were left unsaid." "I'm a rank impastor. It's all wy pink frock," Linda nodded. "And I am glad," she said briefly. "I am half ready to promise myse!f never wear black nor to feel black again." to wear black nor to feel black again," "You'll make it worth while wher- ever you go," the white haired lady said, with conviction. "Now quif te- ing angelic and turn gossip. Remem- 'ber, I don't know anybody or any- thing about anybody." Linda began eagerly to tell the tale of guests. Now and again her lis: tener nodded at a nanfe. Evidently she was somebody newly returned {o once familiar ground. Still Linda had no suspicion of her identiy until she saw Alston Wide coming quickly toward her. Ali at once i flashed upon her that his mo- ther had been 15 years away with a daughter who had married a foreiz- it 1 Linda as Turn the rascals out--the headache bitiou as Soh ation, the sick, #0 ach an colde--tura them out to-night with Casearets. _ Don't put in another day of diss tress. Let Cascarets aweeten and regulate your stomach; remove the sour, undigested and I food and that misery: i take the excess bile from your liver He | ywhere |° & six | » | question of al | Hom Lerrons " 2" = by Pictorial Review ol elon OS ain vs Lo i yi Yn ll Oe inn ly ly New circular skirt model that may be cut In one or two pieces, It reaches barely to the shoe-tops and is trimmed with buttons of the same material. ro ---------------------------- a sudden skirts have grown shorter and wider I'he circular fects are easily in the lead. Women may lament the additional material re All of Pictorial Review pattern, No. 0:8 15 cents tb A A AAA, ner and gone to live abroad. { Alston had Berta beside him, and Berta was more vivaciously beauti ful than ever, Yet some shade fell over her radiance as she approached near enough to see who sat beside Mrs. Wade ® As soon as Alston had presented Berta his mother she said impatient- Iy to Linda: "Peggy Ansley is hunt- ing high"and low for you. Run away to her. You know she depends on you ¢o help her with things." | "We will go together. I algo am { going to help," Alston said, taking Linda's hand. "Mother, I'm sore Miss Berta will be very, very kind to you." x "Have you managed to got the your mind, my boy?" { Mrs, Wade asked, with seeming ir | relevance, but a meaning smile. And her son answered with an ardent look at Linda: "Yes; it is quite off my mind. But there's anccher question, a very much more import ant one, that Linda must gettle tor me right away." | "I told her she should hear the end of the conspiracy." Mrs. Wade said, laughing.--Martha MecCulloch- Williams in the Lock Haven Daily Democrat The Cause Discovered. A Swede was working for a farm- er, who demanded punctuality above everything else The farmer, ac- cording to the Youth's Companion, told him that he must be at work every morning at 4 o'clock sharp. The "hand" failed to get up in time, and the farmer threatened to dis- charge him. Thén the "hand" bought an alarm clock, and for some time everything went along, smocihly. But one morning: he got to the field fifteen minutes late. The farmer immediately discharged him in spite of his protestations that his alarm clock was to blame, Sadly returning to his room, the discharge employee determined to find out the ¢ause of his downfall. He took the alarm clock to pieces, and discovered a dead cockroach among the works. "Well,"" he roliloquized, "Ay tank it bane no wonder the clock wouldn't run---- the engineér bane daid." f | On the "Sub" List. The (all blonde has Mrs. Mala: prop backed off the map when it comes {0 reckless handling of the king's Eoglish. } "My cousin, Ignatz, has joined the navy," she confided to her friend: "Is he & regular sailor?" asked the short brunet. "Not yet," replied the tall blonde. "He is just a submarine, 1 Suess." --Exchan ge. \ and Carry off the decomposed waste inatter and constipation poison from the bowels. Then you: feel great. A Cascaret ht straighten liver and "ake vou Toa Prepared Especially For This Newspaper THE SHORT CIRCULAR SKIRT. - twotplece skirt. The design, however ed 'Crabbe. will keep cy bully and-ebeertul for Wonihs, Don' forget the eh athe. Dou is Labls 1abor. Gary & Practical é Dress MaKing|; Quiired, but the smartnéss of thé néw effgtts will be unquéstioned. Suitable to development in serge cloth, vélvef, gabarding etc. is this May Be cut iti one plece. For the two piece skirt \2% yards of #4-iAch ma- teria) are required; for the ons-piece model only 2% yards of 44-inch ma terial dre necessary The pattern !s cht from an ope: Width of matorial in either case" Hf the 'one-piece skirt is desired. however cut off front edge on line of larges 0' perforations and place pattern on ma. terial with front edge on a lengthwise fold of materisl. The plainer a skirt is the ynoré nee- essary ig It to use extreme care in its congtrycgion. First, 'turn under from edge on slot perforations. Lap right front edge on left, centers even. , Use CONSTRUCTION GUIDE 5078 ~%er of course among the Jap Patented Aprd 30, 1907 1 large "O" perforations to find cente: Now stitch, leaving edges free above single large "OO perforatioe for open- ing. Close center-back seam, It one- | piece skirt is made leave Lack seam! open about 11 inches, Adjust a webbing or a straight strip of canvas 2 inches wide to position un- derneath upper edge of skirt for a stay stitch upper edges together, Buttons of the same material make a pretiy"trimming and one that is at ti same time inexpensive : g Sizes 14, 16, 18 and 20 years. Price CHLONOOD CONSTIPATION Baby's Own Tablets are an ahso- lute cure for childhood constipation They never fail to regulate the bow- els and sweefen the stomach, and un like castor oil, their action is mild and they are pleasant to take. Con- cerning them Mrs. G. Morgan, Humts villo, Ont., says: "My baby was greatly troubled with constipation and colic until 1 began giving her Baby's Own Tablets. The Tablets are surely: the best remedy I know of for little ones as they - quickly banished all signs of constipation and colic. 1 would use no othér medi cine for baby." The Tablets are sold by | medicine dealers or by mail at a box from The Dr. Wil linms' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Salute or Die. It is necessary to go back to the days of William Tell; the national hero of Switzerland, to find any pars allel for the proclamation issued by Major Dieckmann of the Prussian ar- my to the little Belgian tewsn of QGri- vegnee, on being placed in military | command thercef, on ils solgnre the Germans fhe preclamation demanded. only every Ger man officer vice every Ger man private, =honld ¢aluted by} every Belgian whom he envountered in the sticet, unde ve penajiy. of death. The galiant » century counterpa: Gessler, whose tyranny in land provoked the insurreetion William Tell shes to have or ginally intended that thi: homa should be restricted to the (lerman ! officers. But he was co afraid let | any of the latter should be confound- | ed with the ordinary soldier, apd!' thus overlooked, that he determined | to require a Belgian salute for every | German uniform encountered in the | street, or in any public resort | Let people in this country try 'oo! imagine what the effect of a procla- mation of. this kind would be upon | them if promulgated hy the officers! of some Invading foreign army, in their own city, town, or village Al rn. Almost Cured. "I had my dyspepsia almost eured once," said Crabbe. "But yon eéuldn't stand the diet, eh," asked Plabbe. "Well, it was this way." explain: "Dr. Pilter advited me to efit chopped oat cakes. I ordered 4 bOX and after eating them for = week 1 felt fine. When Bridget satd the cakes were gone I had her brivg me in the box so that I could get the name and order more, but I never placed the order." "Why aot? infuired Flabbe. ol] ou." "The cakes were lek wt the rebonettibn, "that 1 ba sle e recollectibn, "that 1 had been eating dog biscuits." --Tit-Bits --_---------------- "You'd Too Young, Sonny." A Ramsgate lad, Regfaald, Smith, whose father and five uncles served the colors, ran away from home and walked to ken ofi, where he calléd first at Bu am Palace, and thes at New Stotland Yard, and ask. ed to see Lord er. : By chance the ary of state Pi bo Satied at ard, and was he poy, ting the boy ot RE soit: Lord Kitchener sald, "You're téo young, sonny.' it to be sent to & military training tchool in order that "hi® ambition may be realized The girl who steals a man's heart Toi a st hard There's nothing better than the old a hioned be of ometiety 25¢, by be Vjor Sy it 2D { mine shdft or gallery and eventual i with blood. JAPAN'S DARING WHALFRRS They Prove Their Mettle In Hand- © ling Harpoonsd Whales Many of the Japanese whalemen fire most expert and daring. men. After 8 whale has been cornered, harpooned an is slowly giving out from exhaustion the nimble expert of the whaling crew must prove his mettle. ; "The skilled Jap, after jumping up- on the animal's back and cutting two gashes in the head, one on each side, through which a rope must be run and tied, cannot always perform his work In ome trial. Often 'the animal makes a deep dive. But the little Jap must hold fast to his quarry and dive also, trusting to his | fates that his own air supply in his lyngs will last as long as the whale's. ' The Jap is safer. from being drowned than from being crushed by the infuriated animal's tail. if the iittle Jap lets go it usually means death, so he hangs on to the diving quarry. Frequently these whalemen lose their lives from drowning, but the members of their crew look upon this misfortune with something of a fatalistic regard. But thé main businéss in hand is the capture of the whale. As the fight progresses and the maddened. trightned atmal grows weaker and | fipally is dying the boat crews row ! closer to the body and pray. for the | ease of the departing spirit. Mem- | bers of the crew will call out the" words '"Jofaku, Joraku, Joraku and on the third day after the ami { mal has been Hauled ashore a ser. | vice Is held and prayers offered for the animal's future contentment in spirit. As soqn as the animal has been towed to the share line he is cul 1p, the Japs making huge excava- tions and penetrating inside the ani mal's body as though entering =» ly making their exit, all covered It is a grewsome sight, but is looked upon purely as a mat whale- men Exchange : Little Hints On Style, A new material that is growing in popularity for suits is called shark kin All kinds of metal laces, with tas sels of bullion or beads, give a rici and barbaric touch to the season' garments. Chantilly lace, flounces, shawls capes and coatees are ulilized on the gowns for evening wear which ore costlier than ever. Fine black coats are made w military collars and artillery capes Net flouncings show wonderful de signs of sparkling spangles. i Some of the new dresses show skirts cut full and no overskirt Marabou and ostrich are frequen {ly combined in the new neckpieces Silk ratine, plaided or striped, used for charming girdles and trim mings ! Satin and combination blouse. a favorit dark-colored chiffon for the is What Was Lacking. James started his third helping o! pudding with delight. "Once upon a time, James," ad- monished his mother, "there was a littlé boy who ate too much pudding, | | | and he burst, James considered. "There ain' such a thing as too munch pudding he decided. "There must be," continued mother, "else why did the little boy! Lurst?™" James passed his fourth time, saying. boy." plate for the "Not enough! 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