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“I hope to be able to manage it. entire- ly unaided.’ ’ "Suppose suggested CHAPTER I. The June sun blazed overhead. yet in rose; and Dulcie .Car- e air was delicious- of the trees afford- Everything was The words f Miss Dui- he should prefer me to you?" Primrose. “I sha’n’tJrive him time to. “And as we are 'so mu e'adm'ires you. he will Didn't somebody ‘or t any woman could get any liked if she only took enough the wood where Prim wardine were seat-edth ly cool. and the leaves ed a- soft verdant screen. calm and peaceful to the eye. which fell from the rosy line 0‘ cie. however. were anyth “It is simply abominable!” considerable heat. we age of age we have t ners. while our father son and curiosities the money to our mother. and which It is more than voted with indignation. other e old ground ve agreed we are rather ply veu'y aggra- money which d which would, ourselves thrown away. B‘o Wi " was Dul- cie‘s reply. ehvsalike, it follows that if h admire me other sav man she trouble?" _ “In any case. i this summer." said Primrose; a change of tone: also. tha ing but restful. she said. With his that now 0 live 'like pau- anders on books that belonged should be our8 abominable. it " om‘ina v Ab t. will add a zest to life then she “It is time If you are late for Come added.~with for us to go. Dulcie., tea there will be the usual fuss. land Dulcie did t their tumbled and side by side sauntered down 6. path through the by right! is iniquitous The speaker qui “Dulcie!” on!" She sprang to her feet. They shook ou the same. skirts. an almost obliterate wood. It had been cent by the sisters. t aside the encroaching bushes walked. Their. retreating forms scrutinized by a pair of keen eyes. belong- ing to the man whose chuckles had come from the thicket behind the old oak tree against which the Misses Carwardine had rested as they talked. When they were out.of sight and their voices no longer audiblenhe emerged from the undergrowth into which he had been lured by the faint trace of a path. and sauntered up to the old oak- tree. "If 1 could have seen their laces!" murmured. “I might have been able to guess which of_ the two is bent on marrY- ing me. As their appearance from the back and the sound of their voices are precise- lythesatme. it will be neither diihcult. Still. life will have an additional zest for me too. this summer!” He lit his pipe. which had gone out be- fore he found himself eavesdropping, and which he had not. dared to relight ,for fear of being discovered. Then he seated himself at. the foot of the oak tree and swoked peacefully. , ‘Listeners certainly good of themselves." he soliloqui-sed. “but I will be hanged if I expected to hear any- thing as alarming as this! Arthur Belturbet. lately a briefless barri- ster. whoim careful mothers have. I know. . labelled ‘extremely ineligible’ on account of my lack of worldly goods. and unexpectedly become well off. ’ At the very moment when I am congratulating myself that now I shall be able to enjoy life to its uttemnosm. and go where I like and do what I like. I find that my fate is already sealed. apparently young. for I swear by voicethat she is under twenty-five. certainly of a resolute and daring disposi- onâ€"has marked me down as her prey." edit-lie smiled. continuing to smoke contentâ€" ‘y. "I suppose.” hé resumed. “that. when I heard vowes I ought immediately to have burst through the trees 'and announced myself. or else stopped my fingers in my ears: as it_ happened. however. heard a voice say: ‘I intend marrying the when man who is coming to Old fiouse.’ I felt it my duty to myself to romp/in at all haz- ards. and hear more of the plot. flcul-ty Will be to find out which of the two It. requires to be care- Now. didn't she say day girl. the protested “Please do not go over th again. there‘s a dear! I ha rods of times that d. It is certai voting to know that the ought to have been on have enabled us to other girls do. is_ whilst we have. literally. to ed sadly at an old from so long untrodden ex- hat they had to push they you hund badly trearte 1‘8. an enjoy closely \Vel‘ 6 being thout 0 nce ch all semblance to any ed. Dulcie (1 then but from whi had been. wash was silent for a. few minutes. an spoke more deliberately. “I call father a. tlrief.’ _ Her elder sister showed no .Signs of ing shocked at such an unfiliad remark. was her placid inquiry. I am certain he 0 er because he knew she da'Y. blue. color whatever she said. “Why?" “Why? Because married our moth would be a ri then when she heritiiig our grandfath when we were too young ‘ he got it all into his own that. our mother nly oh woman some died. a few years after in- er's mo-ney.. . to know anything . hands about it. and told everyone _ left it allâ€"every pennyâ€"to lhl’m “Perhaps she did." said Primrose. "I don't believe it!" . “But our mother's "He made her si-g declared sharply. afraid of him. . meant him to have everything. children. of whom she was so thing." , “Dizzlcie.” sai is the use of recall-in: we have agre ustodo buttogr .. “I am not going to do either any long- er." said Dulcie. “Dear me! “To get out of 01y. Primrose looked slightly increased i to Dulcie’s outbursts. invaniably ended in words. _ some slight diversion at the time. “How. my dear?" she asked. “I mean to marry the man who is " was the reply. the other day “In future you are code or fields belong- the Chancery suit in them was settled. some ner is shortly cam- -You will keep to ’never hear any Will." n it. of course.’ _ “You know she was all never believe she and us. her fond. ’ Duloie Here I am. Ish suddenly particularly d Primrose quietly. "what all this? You know thing for ed that. there is no in and bear it." A lady, is your alternative?" it.” was the energetic re- and What at her sister witlilm uterest; she was used and although yet they caused com- ing to Old House. “The idea occurred to me our dear father said. not to go into the w ing to Old House. connection with months ago. and the ow ing to take possesSion. ‘ our own grounds in future. Dulcie mimicked the h father with great success. laughed merrily. “So." continued heard the owner was a man. vastly more made up my mind to marry h “It is indeed Primrose unmoved. ' see how you are goo - who does not know you. “Oh. he will soon know confident reply. woods from morn come along some I shall anol f course. 'Ilhe dif- for means to have me. } fully thought out. .she was gomg tooome here: every and then apologize sweetly for trespass- ing. whereupon I. of course. would beg her to come whenever she liked. land it would end in orange-blossoms and showers The young man chuckled with “Now I have you. my As soon as you apologize Arthur. my voice of her . aush _ and her eister rice." much delight. young lady. t'ly._ I shall know you. this looks as if it would be rwther ‘ I wonder who the minx is. = the way. _I dare say I can soon find out. Stal-s'tead is not so thickly populated that 6' two young ladies are so remarkably alike. and who possess an irasoible should be. unknown to Imy household." He continued to smoke for some time. then rose and stretched himself. a tall man Without an ounce of superflu- [ous flesh. broad-shouldered. but with a EVidently he was devoid of “when and what is bachelor. ' I ll “we Iboy. _ l amusing! 'the mimic. dear important, .a brilliant idea." said “but I do not quite up: to make a. man marry you." moi" was to sit. in these no will i by “I mean ' father. ing till night. day and find me. and ogize sweetly for tres- he will beg me .enever I like: and that is how islight stoop. The end ““11 bebisgisgxggrgnof Ipersonal vanity. for his clothes were any- Ho was thing but new or becoming. clear. pale compleiiion showed that he had not led an 'out-of-door life. ' . ' have .shaven face was certainly not handsome. - THE CRICKET. .vet those who liked Arthur Belturbet » found much that was agreeable in ,it. The eyes were dark and deep set. the eyebrows only strongly marked. the mouth large and the chin firm. He had excellent teeth. which were remarkably good. even and white, and his; smile was particularly pleasant. “Yes. it will be very interesting.” he ad- ded. "and I feel anxious to meet my fate. it will do her good to An aflair of this, kind rice and a wreath of orange’. “. ‘First catch your isters had not been soengro they might . chuckle. coming thick undergrth Primrose. His thin. clean- If the s . in their conversation. heard a faint masc apparently from the behind them. "011. I shall I can meet him!" ’ is the matter to be only too 991 marrying me." She tossed her we y vain. she . ie Carwardine Tall. lsrches. _ ed with masses of bright waved and curled -mosr. tines. 589d. uline catch him all right if averred Dulcie. “ Any man ought ad to have the honor of What with me? * . -;»<~« and if she I think. however. wait a. little while. should not. be hurried". "Still smiling. he turned to walk in the direction of Old House. of which he was now the sole and undisputed possessor. It took him nearly a quarter of an hour 1 is destination. pct Y lthrough the little wood wound in and out , , an but at length he came to a. low stone wall Dulcies eyes were and a gate swinging on rusty hinges. “If this place had been ownenless much 'longer it would have fallen to pieces!" ex- claimed the young man. a gate that has decent hinges. and contain- ly_ not .one that will fasten properly. Will get the .work of renovation started. and thenâ€"Keisha. foamy travels!" He walked quickly towards the house and "aged at it with affection. It was a possesmon of which any man might have been proud. A 10115:. With many gables. covered with ivy to its chimney tops. it was set on the very point of the land. and approached y a. series of terraces whilst a. darrlage (1 half a. mile circled the terraces. Belturbet stood still for a. few moment's looking at it. “A place (like this certainly needs a mis- tress. he said whimsically. “but as I go with the house. I .mean to have a voice in the selection of one. So. perhaps. my dear young lady. things may not turn out pre- icisely as you anticipate. extremely grateful to you. for-â€"you have put me on my guard." txty head: had ample excuse. possessed maidens. email was rcall Both t-l youth and beauty. ‘ straight as young heads were crown fair hair. wh charmingly. and largeeyes set marked eyebrows ordinarily blue as forget‘me-nots; Slender and iv alike to strangers. as the elder by a year. (1 her twenty-second cred it. necessary. on so- ority. to offer a rebuke. ould wait till they are "But I . t longer than, 19 girls slim their ich'A Delicate regular .f.ea_ beneath very disti made them more th to reach 'h, as the path pretty. those of Primrose! fair. the girls “There is hardly Primrose. who w and had just . birthday. cousid count of h “Little girls sh asked." she sad. “I shall." replied D intend to wait a. momen absolutely necessary. Again. if the n so deeply- they might h from t D 8.13 se er eeni ulcie. don't two-storied house. Carwardine had not high. (1 with their own est heard peculiar . foot b steps. Misses oocupie ave he direction of the and old stone ve of nearly Arthur bee affairs. . sounds comm r undergrowth. . "It. is like this." "Unless one of us Dulcie went on grave- marries. there is or either of us. and I am sure escape f no id be more pitiful than our nothing cou . present. state.’ "Humpbi‘f husband mig "Impossible! _ Arthur Belturbet if h ked asâ€"â€"you d Primrose doubt-fully. “A ht be worse than father." Anyhow. I mean to marry e's \as ugly as sin know whom." on earth did you find out his asked Primrose in astonishment. James the gardener. and ӣ131 True to sat. or rain â€"in Belturbet’s woods. sometimes by self. but more often accompanied by her For three weeks. however, her per- owner However. I am and as wic “How name?" "I asked d me a piece of an old newspap en treasuriiig. which said that Belturbet. would shortly take upl e at Old House. James has hopes ed by the new cskprs'n II. her word'. Duloie Carwardine bled. dailyâ€"weather permittiing er- ehowe lied be Arthur resident: of being ennui! seems. as here," "James is an ungra oallv nothing. k and has a cottage to live ‘1‘“ '9 oer ““1 no 0",? sultry afternoon. would take James. the patience of a saint I should have giv- en him up weeks ago!" "Don't scowl about it!" said Primrose. “He might come upon us un- d you don’t look a bit. nice owner it he is underpaid 5mm!“ severance went uni-awarded; :the of 9‘71}? Hdouse Eetriilainedbglilietnofiiuntieired. - . . “ » v oesn' e wre we, 6 it nto his and ‘3 ”Md ten .head to visit and explore this part of the she demanded irritably one . "I'm sure if I had not He Refused Chicken Gravy. Johnny, out to dinner, twice reâ€" fused chicken gravy, of which he was very fond. His hostess, who had added macaroni to the gravy, he considers tefiLl old man! \does praoti shillings a wee Besides. I am who wants a gardener. "Oh. bother ”What- is a gard _ pared with my marriage turbet." "You must 2‘ apologetically. "for years. an Arthur Belturbot. “You will hear me long." said Dulcie partly. “because I tend to marry Primrose laugh . "I wish you luck in the she said. "but don that‘s all." property P" retorted Dulcie. ener's ingratitude com- to Arthus said Primrose "that I have known James d only this minute. heard of James!" 361- laughing. awed-es. an 'when you frown.” Dulcie smoothed her pretty forehead. “I wish he would hurry up. disconsolately. lieâ€"v"- 8110 Dana emember." she replied "I am tired of waiting re about him before him." ed. task you have set yourself." "I. ask me to help you. we were not nervousâ€"I know I shall never be able to apologize properly. Primrose. yoxrmust do it. and say how sorrywo are .for- tres- passing. '1 can’tâ€"I'm shaking all over with fright." . , "Dulcie!" said Primrose reproaohfully. "It is too bad. of you to bring us into a. scrape like this. and leave me to do the disagreeable work of wriggling out." - The whistle_came nearer. '."Oh. do. Primrose!” entreated Dulcie. “Just this once! I vow I will never,~ ask you to do anything for me again. Look .at meâ€"_â€"ilooki I am ‘actually trembling with fright!“ ' __ ,Prnnrosejs clear gray eyes looked unr sympathetically at her sister.- . "It is your guiltycouscience.” she said. “I am as cool as one of old J ames's cucum- bers. Do pull yourself together and for- get a‘ll the nonsense you have talk-ed. g Dulcie giggled feebly. - , - -"I can’t.” she said. ”Besides. I am in deadly earnest. Here he is." J'Arthur Belturbet's . tall figure came in sight. 'Both girls sat motionless until he was Within a few yards of them: Dulcic with glowmg cheeks and modestly down- ca-s-t eyes. Primrose. apparently unrufl’led. but distinctly conscious of a. fast-beating heart. She waited a. few moments. hoping that Duloie would speak. but that. blushing young person was too agitated to do any- thing but keep her eyes fixed firmly on Belturbet‘s boots. so Primrose raised her eyes and spoke apologetically in a soft. clear v01ce. j “I! am afraid we are trespassing." she s‘ai . , . Belturbet‘s dark eyes met her gray ones iii a. rather long look. and as he raised his can he thought: "So you are the de- srgining. minx !” “I think perhaps you are." he replied. {find I hope you will do so as often as you i e. .. “You are very kind.” said Primrose. Old House has been unoccupied- for so iiig that we had no right to.” of my existence make any difference." ed at him with innocent blue eyes here?" thus Belturbet." Wa-rdine." explained Primrose. asked Belturbet. an idiotic name for a house?” tors. It struck B'eliturbet immediately. terested person to be found I wonder?" description of his neighbors. cie. “We go nowhere. because no one as pertinent to our elders. and will not signed to oblivion." much." remarked Belturbet. thing." asked. as you have just done. Primrose and will come." ~ (To be continued.) .y. mometer. from them. - on gible. , 'i‘ finally said : line Weldng am he had murdered Lilith. and I could not. let him live. ‘ 'full height and drank to my health. “the long that we have grown into the habit of coming into the woods withOut realiz- .“Plcase don't hesitate to come here whenever you wish." responded Bellturbet. pleasantly. “Please use rthe woods just as you have done before. Do not let the fact Dulcie. having somewhat recovered. look- ‘ “It. is exceedingly kind of you!” she mur- mured. “We do-flove the woods. butâ€"areâ€"v you sure you don't mind our coming “I shall'be only too happy if you will come as often as you please.” Belturbet was looking at both the girls with some- thing, suspiciously.1ike.ja twinkle in his. eyes. “May I introduce myselfâ€"I am Ar- "And we are Dulcie and Primrose Car- "'Ilhe Misses Carwardine of Blue Posts?” “Yes." replied Dulcie g‘aily. ."Is it not "It is an uncommon one." he admitted. Then. as the trespalssers were both young and pretty. and althoughâ€"or perhaps be- causeâ€"he knew of the plot against him. he added: “I wonder. as I am a stranger in the land. if I might sit down and you would tell me who my. neighbors are. and. something about everything generally? He sat on the ground at. a little distance from the young ladies in a position from which he could see rthem both. The crim- son roses in Dulcie’s cheeks had faded to a faint blush. and no man could 1181!) no- ticing the delicate charm of the two 818- "Yet." he thought. “Miss Gray-Eyes has an exceedingly keen instinct for plunder! Faughi Is there such a thing as a disin- Nevertheless. he made himself very agreeable. and listened attentively to the “And we are Nobodies." concluded Dul- us-we are without‘the pale'of Stalstead society. We are poor and shabby and im- patronized: so Primrose and I are can- “You do not sound as if you minded “We don't.” was the prompt reply. "Only it is rather dull atrtiimes. Even a. garden- party at the vicarage is better than no- “When my house is in order. will' you come to a garden-party if I give one?" he “Yes. thank you." replied Dulcie prompt- ly. "But do not ask our father if you want. us to come." Then. 'as Belturbet looked a little surprised. she explained “If you send a formal invitation for M and the Misses Carwardine. it_will be re- fused. but if you ask us in a. friendly way. Discovered to Be a Natural Tlicr- If one has no thermometer, he may yet ascertain the temperature pretty accurately, should there happen to be a. cricket or two upon the premises. They have been studying these little insects over in Paris pretty carefully of late, and one of the facts at which they have arrived is that the chirp of the cricket is regulated very rigidly by the degrees of heat in the atmos- phere. As the notes occur at regu- lar intervals, it is a comparatively simple problem in arithmetic, there- fore, to deduce the temperature For instance, it is found that at 15 deg. Centigrade the cricket chirps 80 times in a minuteâ€"some- thing over once a second. At 24. deg. his note is to be heard twice a. second, or 120 times per minute. There are, of course, exceptions to the rule, but they are so very rare when the insects are under normal conditions as to be practically negli- The scientists who have been studying the matter are of the opinion, indeed, that these natural thermometers proclaim the temper- ature about as reliably asthe or- dinary thermometer of commerce. “Why, I thought you liked chick- ed as the sound of a man's . “ , . ” whistle came faintly to their, ears. and sat en gran l upright. her cheeks crimsoning with ex- oitement. "It is be!" she whispered. here! “I do sometimes,” replied John- , u . "Oh. 1 ms}, my . but my momma. never puts the feel so dreadfully ivindpipes 1n. Wray’s words. uttered on the day When I came between him and starvation or suicide. rang in my care during the jour- ney .I undertook. intent upon taking the iife_I had saved. ' Killing him was too good for him. but. 'In Venice I met. the‘man face to face at last. In the .vast.dining-ha11.of a dilaplr dated palace. he and the black-haired wo- man were presiding at a. boisterous sup- . per-party. Handsome. loose-lipped women, silly youths. and older men with sinister faces. drank and sang and shoutedâ€"and in the midst of them Wray lifted his eyes and saw me in the doorway. waiting for im. 1 was glad to take him thus. while he was enjoying life after his fashion. and I waited quietly while. with his old trick .of posing. he drew his tall figure to its health of an old friend I have been ex- pecting for some time." before excusing . himself to his guests and joining me at. the door. ' Not a word did we exchange until I had followed him into his room on the floor above. and locked the door that we might be secure from interruption. Then .I took a case of pistols from the pocket of my. overcoat. and laid them on the table. . “I know everything.” I said. “For your injuries against me I do not care. You are such a. pitiful hound as to be beneath my persona-1 vengeance. But for the in- famous wickedness of your treatment of Lilith. whose deathlies at your door. I will kill you if I can." “You are right from your point of view," he said. fingering the pistols.- “andas I don’t mean’to kill you. you will probably kill me. You have always had the devil's own luck! The odd part of it is. though I envy you. I can’t dislike you. I am near- '1y fortyâ€"old before my time. and heartily sick of everythingâ€"you have taken care of yourself and'been a good boy: yet you look as though the gilt was off life’s gin- gerbread for-you. too. But we are'both of us. saint and sinner. much too gazed to quarrel over a woman. Hervey. they‘re not worth it. Harpies or druges. hand- some tiger-cats. like that woman down- stairs. or little soulless toys. like Lilith.â€"" “If you speak her name I will shoot you before you can defend yourse f!’ He shrugged his shoulders. “As you please. Life has no more charm for me. As an artist. I have lost all in- spiration. and now that funds are no long- er coming in.-, the game isn'twm‘thplay- ing. But whether you shoot me or not. I must. remind you that I warned you from the beginning what the end would be. When I took that girl you didn’t want her. and she was miserable where she was. By the time I had got tired of her you were mad about her. and after all you-married the woman you wanted. which is some- thing surely. Once you had got .her. I. never encouraged her to come after me. The mistake was taking that type of girl seriously.” * "I will not listen while you insult the dead." I said. .‘_‘I will count up to six and thenâ€"fire." . “As you please!" - But on the third count Wray turned his pistol against himself. and so saved me the task of ridding the world of a villain. All this happened nearly two years age, and the “long. long grass to keep one "warm in wintenand cool in summer" is waving over Lilith’s grave in Lylhinge churchyard. ' . For fifteen months I watched the chang- ing seasons over the marshes. hugging my sorrow and living upon memories. Then I fell unaccountably ill. and the wise- acres of Ly-thinge said it was marsh-fever and ague. the two local maladiesâ€"it was all one .to me what they called it. for I had no wish to live. , . But Wreuehaw. whose devotion was only equaled by his obstinacy. telegraphed to town one day. unknown to me. and that same night I was carried off. willy-nilly, across the patch of moorland to a car- riage waiting in the cart-track. and 30 turned by back upon the French House and its memories forever. At the coaching inn by the crossroads, where I had stayed on my first visit to Lvthinge. Madge had left her mother and suite installed. the Diamond Queen. in the worst of tempers. audibly wondering what her daughter could see in “that lantern- jawed cousin of hers." and why he “couldn't be left to die if he wanted to"? She wonders thus still. and indeed I won. der too. I wonder at Madge’s‘ tenderness. her tact. her infinite patience. and I won- der most. of all at my own cold-hearted- peas. and at the absence from my heart of any trace of the passionate devotion such a woman deserves. ' , She urges me to paint. and takes her old interest in my work; but my hand seems to have lost its cunning. Only to-dayI owned as much to her. haired failure! You were always impa- me to make a. name that you might known as a great artist's wife. andnot 1 3,5 ‘the rich Lady Margaret’s husband.’ A broken career: a broken life. is all I have left to offer you.” shining in them. . “Why. you will be marrying an old too P" THE END. “faâ€"â€" Miscalculation. began to rock it vigorously. 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That Jewish immigrants have so: well adapted themselves to locall in J erusal-em as “practically monopolize a greater: part of such trade as e ' stated in a. consular-repor It is impossible to give, an exact estimate of the populatiorr' of Jerusalem, and although it. is be-’ lieved that it figures at 110,000, 95,-! 000 might perhaps be a. more cor-y rect estimate. It is, roughly s-peak-' composed of 13,000 Christians, medans and f Whom are immi- . . 1 conditions to xists” is“ t on Je-i rusalem. “I am a failure. dear.” I said. ”a gray. tient of failures. Years ago. you urged ins. 12,000 Moha-m Jews, many 0 grant-s from Russia. ' It is remarked t the emigratiOn of many Je cape military service, there been a. marked increase in this sec». tion of the population on account‘. , of the continuous influx Jews, who come with the intention! of ending their days in Palestine..i 70, She slipped down on her knees beside me where I sat at my easel. and laid hei- hands upon my shoulders. Tears stream- ed from her eyes. but a lovely light was , hat in spite of: we to es-i has stililI maid." she cried. “who waited until she was nearly thirty'becauseshe could not get the man she wanted. the man she had waited for and loved for fifteen years. 0h. Adrian, my love. haven't I been a failure. aged), ._-â€"â€"___â€"â€" Ncckiaccs of Human Fingers. in Mexico the bandits»; who are scarcely less civilized than! the bloodthirsty Apache, fingers and ears as a method of ex-. torting money, just as the brigandsf of fact and fiction used to do ina The Indian, however, seems 1y to have been the more, for his grisly neck orna-{ levied from: (1, even if the: they, Mrs. Williams objected strongly to the late hours her husband freâ€" quently kept. One night he came home even later than usual, and when he went to the sleeping room he heard his wife astir. Quickly sit- ting down at the baby’s cradle he Down out o William’s awoke, and saidâ€" Italy. “Charles, it’s very late, isn’.t-, it? unwitting What are you doing there 2” “I’ve humane, been more thanan hour trying to get the 'baby to sleep,” said Charles calmly. but rocking the cradle vig- ments were the toll dead men mostly, an victims were maimed alive, were not permitted long to survive: ngers are not so imposing let of bear claws or lion’s teeth, but they represent. something infinitely more terrible, more awe- inspiring in their potentiality for good or evilâ€"the hand of man. In These fi as a. cue Among the speciall' treasured personal belongings w ich always go with the Queen from one Royal residence to another, are "a Bible and a. shawl, bot-h wedding presents from the late Mrs. Gladstone. Al- together there are some thirty arti- cles on the list, including ten pho- tographs of different members of "‘""""'-X' Wifeyâ€"Anyhow, a woman’s mind‘ is always cleaner Hubbyâ€"+11: ought to be: It changes oftener. ‘ than a maul-e3 â€"â€"r_:â€"â€" Time never hangs heavy on fin. hands of a boy with his first watch.