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that night. “ Goodness knows, you will have enough of it, with the rain and the mosquitoes. We have plenty of room here, and you will have one comfortable night on the Ridge, at any rate. Then in the morning you can find a. place in the woods to suit you, and my boy wxll take an axe and cut etakes for you and help to put up your precxous tent. Only remember that when it rains you are- to come In the house, or you will catch your 1‘ '_u asst“. After the 1132531 they all veranda, where the air ‘ yiew extensive. Mrs. Ba after explanatiogs Qegi‘ seemed still beygnd him v ,, __--.-....... nu a mail uOBSD'EEflOW where to find you, when you act like that. - v.â€" vll‘d uuualU . ‘. . - . I note]: 1 have it somewhere, and am goinO' . - ~ .n on .. as; 1k.“ , , _ . warning to the youth of this neiOhborhood - ’ ’ '. “ The whole Howard lotsastuck-up set,”l Ejkgghlrih hivr’r: 3p sadder;1 1:22:11. Eehlllidgghzr â€"ano what water Ineed I can :38in carry hill} neggrythipg would have been lovely : 3 - n ‘â€"â€"' Ht MrS. Bartlett wouldn’t have that. unexpectedly on the uncertain plank side- upllhgmrlillfsghiedid not defend himself and Yates lay down again in disgust. There. Any detraction that was necessary she felt [walk of Fort Erie, he smoking a cigar. \lrs llhrtl‘ett evidenth took a. lar ddis- are moments in life when language fails a competent to supply, without help from the , When this nightmare presented itself to him ‘ y g ; be resolved never to touch a wager again . ‘ count from all that Yates said. She was a man. , . , , _ shrewd woman “Then it’s settled that you do. the cook- _‘f 330. I don t go so far as to say that. :' but he well knew that the best resolutions ‘ After breakfast the men wentout to the ing and I wash the dishes 2’” said the pro- IVexther would you, Hiram, if you hadn’t fade aWay when aman is excited with two barn The horses were hitched to the fessor. lost your law-suit about the line fence; and _ or three glasses of liquor. ‘ ‘ y .. . . . “Settled? Oh, yes, if you say so; but i served you right, too, for it wouldn‘t have 1 When Mrs. Bart wagon, Mhlcll still contained the tent and l .‘ , _ lett resumed CONVGFSD-llon , fittings. Young Hiram threw an axe and :11 318 plea-tsureeof gfgféggisongseowf 1Y2“ . , ; With the professor. Yates looked Up at z a. spade among the canvas folds, mounted to y ‘e use ° 0“. s . h g b‘ ' . a e! Elmo. Not but what Margaretsa good house 9 young Hiram and winked. The hey flllSh' 5 his place, and drove up the lane leading to t9 be agreed ”With m t at o Jectionablyl deephr, f0,” she WON?“ ‘3 be her mother 3 j ed with pleasure under the comprehensi\'e- the forest, followed by Yates and Renmark 0121‘ manner. . b . aug ter if she wasn t that, but it does ; ness of that wink. It included him in the on foot, leaving the farmer in his barnyard Vell that paint eing arranged, who . seem to . - - - , i . . . ins th foravring on or I?” l me a queer way ‘0 bring “P rarmers with a cheery good by which he did not see beg e b r’ y . l I . attra. ti ’e h l fcri .e th is n 'elo ed the children, and I only hope they can keep it ,1 Y kc ‘ a o o m a e l p fit to return. “Both, Herr Professor, both. lpropose . or . fascinatinnpersonality of the man from New up. There were no pianos nor French and i ° _ , 'r , . to go to the house of the Howards and I ; German m my young days.” ‘2 I” seemed to say, oung Hiram knew the locality well, and n o ’ “ ‘ .. That’s all right, but we are men of thei drove direct to an ideal place for camping. need an excuse for the first V1816, therefore , You ought to hear her play! My lands! ’ world. We know.” Yates was enchanted. Isball forage to a limited extent, 1 gal cried young Bartlett, Who spoke for the The tea-dishes having been cleared away, When the tent was put up he gazed in ’1 first time. His_admiration for her ac- Yates got no more glimpses of the girl enthusiastic rapture around him and up- ostensibly for bread. As I_ may not get j] any, you perhaps should bring some from 1' He rose from his ’ braided Renmark because he took the syl-l lowly seat and. strolled towards the gate van situation so coolly. l 1 whatever farm-house you choose as the He remem- “Where are your eyes, Renny ?” he scene of your operations. Breadis always l : handy in camp, fresh or stale. When in doubt, buy more bread. You can never go wrong, and the bread won’t.” , “ What else should I get? Milk I sup-l pose ‘2” “ Certainly, eggs, hutters~anythinu. E Mrs. Bartlett will give you hints on what , c to get that will be more valuable than i I; mine.” “ Have you all the cooking-utensils you 2; make out wnat it look around you? See the dappled sun. gets. lhe professor’s countenance was open was. He gazed down the - l ‘ ' ' and frank, and he was listening with re- house of the Howards, which naturally the murmur of the wind in the branches; spectful interest to Mrs. Bartlett’s talk. brought to his recollection his meeting hear the trickle of the brook down there; Yates bent over his plate with flushed face, With the young girl on the road. notice the smooth bark of the beech and and confined himself strictly to the busi- There ‘ was s. an of discomfiture In tl ed coverin 0c the oak- smell the ness in hand. this tho p g l ie rugg g i ’ _ . r , 11g 1?. when he remembered the ac- wholesome woodland scents. Renmark, “I am glad,”said the professor innocent- complishments attributed to her b y MI‘S- you have no soul or you would not be so :3 1y t° Yates, “that you made the young Bartlett. He recalled his condescending unmoved. It is, like Paradise. It isâ€"~ need? lady’s acquaintance. I must ask you for an tone to her, ‘ . “I think so. The villain from Whom I h' . 01 . and recollected his anxxety So. , Renn , b Jove I’ve for otten that - - , ‘r l introduction.” about the jug. The jug ! That was what jugy at the ybarny'” , g ed the outfit said It was complete. D oubt- 3v For once in his life Yates had nothing to he had forgotten. He flashed a. glance at “ The jug Will be left there,” less \hfe hedulellm ‘liiylblllagalgli’nltilllmk' m say, but he looked at his friend with an ex- 01d .Hiram,.and noted that the farmer W33 “ W'ill it? Oh» well, if YO“ say 50-” m leg?“ [’11. o with you as f change pression that was not kindly. The latter, lookingathim With something like reproach l “I do say so. I looked around for it roidc’t’) ’ g gar as the in answer to Mrs. Bartlett’s inquiries, told in his eyes. . Yates moved his head almost this morning to smash it, but couldn’t find ., M dear fellow be advised , d d , how they had passed Miss Howard on the Imperceptibiy towards the barn, and the l it.” . h y Y 011:“ ct'everythin tan on‘t road, and how Yates, with his usual kind- farmer '3 eyes dropped to the floor Ol the “ Why didn’t you 33k “1d Bartlett?” c ange. g g Wenty per . - : . t. cheaper in that rig-Out. Besides ou ness of heart had offered the oun woman veranda. The ycunor man “I did but he didnt know where it cen - ,y - the hospitallties of the hay-moi. Two strolled past the end 3f the house. was.” ’ are so ”well more picturesque. Your cos. Ll _ _ . .3 us from starvatio ' persons at the table were much relieved “ I guess i’ll go to look after the horses,” Yates threw himself down on the moss tume may say nif we run Al . . . . hort of cash. You can get enou h for yo when the talk turned to the tent. Inwas said the farmer, risino, and laughed, flinging hls arms and legs s r fession 1 g ' . Young Hiram who brought about this boon. “ Here’s loo 5 bOth Of us as a P 0 a trump, 01" 13‘ well, if you insist I’ll wait. GOOd advice is l 0“ e ,f king at you," said Yates, about with the joy of living. he barn, tak' t l ' “S , Culture, have on at an old d' . ed to know. Two things seemed to bother metal cup from his mg a. e escopic ay y g Y 18 k d l k bl l h 'th 9 W ll h thmwn may on a man like you” 10 . . . , poc etan cin in it re uta ecot esw1 ycu. e tenoo 3 _. x .: the boy. First, he was anxious to learn into receptive shape by a jerk of the head. impo the tent and put them on, then collie -(TO B” COvrp‘mm'l :3!" what diabolical cause had been at work to l He offered the now elongated cup to Hiram out and lie on your back and lOOk up at the . ask 1nduce two apparently sane men to give 11p 1 who declined any such modern improvement leaves. You’re a good fellow, Renny, but Pneumatic Roadwan, e dl‘ the comforts of home and live in this ex- “ elp yourself in th ' ‘ ' at thin . The 'u ’s decent clothes s all you. You won’t know Pneumatic shoes are a late ' - - posed manner, if they were not compelled good enough for me.” 2 J g yourself when ygu get ancient duds on your The soles are furnished with immjfffifgg :2” to do so. Second, he desired to finvl out . “ Three fingers” of the liquid guroled out back. Old clothes mean freedom, liberty, of inflated rubber. They prevent the least (1121 why people who had the priVilege of living into the patented vessel, and the farmer all that our ancestors fought for. When shock in walking over hard roads and bov in large cities came of their own accord Into took the Jug, after a, fur-five look over his you come out we’ll settle Who’s to cook and I walks. It is strange that. --. the uninteresting country anyhow. Even shoulder. Who tn was}. (“china T’un 3-4.41 , s .. _ after explanations were ofl'ered the problem u Well- ham-Jo L- 7' .. , the hospitalities of the hay-rack. Two persons at the table were much relieved when the talk turned to the tent. Itewas young Hiram who brought about this boon. ‘ He was interested in the tent, and he want- ed to know. Two things seemed to bother the boy. ‘ First, he was anxious to learn been begun ifI had been at home at the time. Not but what Margaret’s a good house keeper, for she wouldn’t be her mother's daughter if she wasn’t that, but it does seem to me a. queer way to bring up farmers’ , and I only hope they can keep it “You ought to hear her play! My lands!" cried young Bartlett, who spoke for the first time. His admiration for her ac- complishment evidently went beyond his powers of expression. and frank, and he was listening with re- spectful interest to Mrs. Bartlett’s talk. Yates bent over his plate with flushed face, and confined himself strictly to the busi- ness in hand. “ I am glad,” said the professor innocent- ly to Yates, “that you made the young lady’s acquaintance. I must ask you for an introd action. ” For once in his life Yates had nothing to say, but he looked at his friend with an ex- pression that was not kind! . The 1"tter, " _ “VII U Neither would 3 lost your law-Sui served you right;: been begun i; r ,. ..... wuvcs WULUU. conceal, ne took a flv "" ““7“" wrougnout the meal, but Mrs. 'cent cigar instead of a drink. He did In Bartlett talked quite enough for two. particularlv like the smoking of it, but the) “ Well, f0? my part,” she said, “ I don’t was a certain devil-may‘care recklessness i ' . going down the street with a lighted ciga rove past here this in his teeth, which had all the more fascina as Punch in their new tion for him because of its manifest dangei hings is very different He felt at these times that he was going th from what they was when I ' pace, and that it is well our women do no d to work. know of all the wickedness there is in thi _ 3 took her diploma at the world. He did not fear that any neighbo ladies’ .coilege, ’ might tell his wife, for there were depth: ssportinq round to which no person could convince Mrs. piano there, Bartlett he would descend. But he thoughl With the organ moved out into the back with horror of some combination of circum‘ 1'00"," stances that might bring his wife to town “ I‘he whole Ho ward lot’s a stuck-up set,” 1 unknown to him 00 a day when he indulged. muttered the farmer. He pictured with a shudder meeting her But Mrs. Bartlett wouldn’t have that. unexpectedly on. the uncertain plank side- Any detraction that was necessary she felt I .walk of Fort Erie, he smoking a cigar. competent to supply, without help from the When this nightmare presented itself to him nominal heatkf the house. I be resolved never to touch a cigar again ; ‘f 450, don’t go so far as to say that ? but he weli knew that the best resolutions . , Hiram, if you hadn’t fade aWay when a man is excited with two 'ne fence; and | or three glasses of liquor. When Mrs. Bartlett resumed conversation - ; with the roiesson Vn foe Lulu: â€"-- - L time. NO? bat What Margaret’s A m-mA lam-~- D _-â€"v-d .v"' , . O ; uuu‘ly, or course,” he added, with jaunty ! mendacity, “ I must confess that I haven’t ' heard grace at meals for years and years, andâ€"well, I wasn’t just prepared for it. I have no doubt I made an exhibition of my- self , which your daughter was quick to see.’ “ It wasn’t very polite,” said Mrs. Bart- lett, with some asperity. “I know that,” pleaded Yates, with con- 1 trition, “ But I ' tional on my part.” “Bless the man I” cried his hostess. “I 3 3 don’t mean you. I mean Kitty. I} But that girl never could keep her face“ straight. She always favored me more than ‘ f her father.” . i This statement was not difficult to be- !1: lie're, for Hiram, at that moment, looked ; l: as if he had never smiled in his life. He ' t sat silent throughout the meal, but Mrs. 'c. rtlett talked quite enough for two. I p “ Well, for my part.” aha Mm u r a-» ,. uu‘am scowied down the fable, and was evidently also of the opinion that there was no occasion for mirth. The professor was equally in the dark. “ I am afraid, Mrs. Bartlett,"said Yates, “ that I am the innocent cause of Miss Kitty’s mirth. You see, madam.â€"it’s a pathetic thing tosay, but really] have had no home life. Although Iattend church reg-1 ularly, of course,” he added, with jaunty l mendacity, “ I must confess that I haven’t ' heard grace at meals for years and years, andâ€"well, I wasn’t just prepared for it. I have no doubt I made an exhibition of my- self ,which your daughter was quick to see.’ xur me land's sake !” cried the astonish- ed mother, rising to take her frivolous daughter’s place, “ what. ails the child ‘2 I don’t. see what there is to laugh at.” Hiram scowled down the table, and was evidently also of the opinion that Ham-n ww- . eueu uer mower, in as I v r 7 V â€" 'J g u tomshment, “what ever 13 the matter thh you ‘2” The mirth. “You’ll have to pour out the tea, mother,” she exclaimed, as she fled from the room. “ For the land’s sake !” cried the astonish- ed mother, rising to take her frivolous daughter’s place, “ what. ails the child ‘2 I don’t. see What there is to lanrrh 2* ” girl could no longer restrain her devout words, and they came upon him as a. stupefying surprise. Although naturally a resourceful man, he was not quick enough this time to cover hlS confusion. Miss Bartlett’s golden head was bowed, but out of the corner of her eye she saw Yates’s look of amazed bewilderment and his sudden halt of surprise. When all heads were rais- ed the young girl’s still remained where it was, while her plump shoulders quivered. Then she covered her face with her apron, 1 and the silvery ripple of a laugh came like ! asmothered musical chime trickling through ' her fingers. “ Why, Kitty I” cried her mother, in as tonishment, “what ever is the matter with you 2’” Now, it. happened that Yates, who had seen nothing of 6.1359. silent struggle of the eyes, being exceedingly hungry, was making every preparation for the energetic begxn- ning of the meal. He had spent; most, of his life in hotels and New York boarding- houses, so that If he ever knew the adage devout words, and they came upon him as a. stupefying surprise. Although naturally a resourceful man, he was not quick enough I this time to cover hm nnn:..-:-_ "~ meal they all adjourned to the here the air was cool and the ‘rive. Mrs. Bartlett would not young men pitching the tent IN THE MIDST 05 MAM - -v_-, wuu uw wuub' Two thihgs seemed to bother fst, he was anxious to learn :31 cause had been at work to CHAPTER. IV for a. season. 7 He had the most pessimistic . 1“,"3’" e “filly obliged, Mr. Eartlett,” forebodings of what the future might have sax 3‘ “93- Of course Renmark went out in store for him. Sometimes when neigh- there merely to show the difference between stement was not difficult to be- l bors or customers treated often in the vil- the ant and the blllterfly- You’ll find out ‘mm’atthat moment. lookedzl db flt'h had taken all the whiske What 9* humbug he is by and by Mrs. d never smiled in his life. H ‘ age an e e e leartlett. He looks honest;but you’vvait.” ,e ' that cloves would conceal, he took a. five- “ 1 k . throughout the meal, but Mrs. 'cent cigar instead ofadrink. He did not . l now in“ “‘9‘th f0," the tent.” particularly like the smoking of it, but there Cl‘le( young mem ‘ down in the hollow ,lked quite enough for two. for my .part,” she said, “ I don’t was a certain devil-maylcare recklessness in by th‘efreek. Then you won’t need to haul t farming’s coming to. Henry going down the street with a lighted cigar watei: _ id Margaret drove past here this in his teeth, which had all the more fascina- d es, ’and catch the“ deaths of fever is would as Punch in their new tion for him because of its manifest danger. [in] ague, said Mrs“ Bartlett. Malaria gay. Ihmgs is very different He felt at these times that he was gomg the] 312““ then been invented. “T311” in they. Was when I was a. girl. pace, and that it is well our women do not i 9‘ “ce' and PM" your “”33“” you W111 put rmers daughter had to work. know of all the wickedness there is in this n “I? at allâ€"on the highest ground you can find. Hauling water won’t hurt you.” iret’s took her diploma at the world. He did not fear that any neighbor “I agree With you M B tl tt It , ‘ . . rs. ar e . might tell his wife, for there were depths h l' b V . uty, and Henry’s sporting round to which no person could convince Mrs. S a. ‘ e so. ‘ly frienduses no water,â€"you uld descend. But he thought ought to have seen his blll at the Buffalo ggy. They have a piano there, Bartlett he wo 'gau moved out into the back with horror of some combination of circum- i 10“.]: I have "3 somewhere, and am going stances that might bring his wife to town to pm} m up on the ouside of the tent as 3. Die Howard lot’s a stuck-up set,” 1 unknown to him on a. day when he indulaed. warning to the youth Of this neighborhood, 6 farmer. a â€"ano What water Tuna/l T --_ A, " it , _ ‘f --vh Aubvl She always favored me more than ‘ lHe pictured With a: shudder mepfinu lac.» Bartlett wnnlfln’é- I.--“ u . -vh-V you will have enough ope: d the mosquitoes. We “ I here, and you will‘said night. on the Ridge, you I... _____A, ROBERT BARR IN -â€"(CO.\'TI.\’CED.) not quick enough } confusion. Miss ! bowed, but out I saw Yates’s look and his sudden I [heads were rais- . stran- cud! so u was :11 9:; bone talk. brou Mace, With busi- The: this tcent- com} ’oung Bart; 'or an tone about he be age: old E tter, Â¥00ki1 told {n his the lmpez Lind- fay-me man veran‘ Two stroll: :ved “ I was said t] )on. H H mt- strofli ;her metal am into re ' p , assented the golden gram flowe in a. wave submerced at “I sa , old man, the spot : you . umb and finger as a. metallic opera -ha.t. The farmer drank silently fro: itself. Then he ‘ ' jauntTy ! rolous 1 ‘2 H What‘s thet '3” cried Mrs. Bartlett, Although she was talking volublyto the professer, her maternal Vigilance never even nodded, much less slept. “ A cigar ? i was Noblikelv ! I’ll say this formyhusband and 3 was my boy, 'that, whatever else they may have ' was i done, thew] have never smoked nor touched , [a drop of'liquor sin'ée I’ve known them, “$33: , andâ€"please Godâ€"they never will.” I Miss “Oh, IgucSS it wouldn’t hurt; them,” said I Ldena 5 Yates, with a. lack of tact that was not 0 3 habitual. He fell several degrees in the regâ€" ‘ estimation of his hostess. nnfvy' Vhen Mrs. Bartlett resumed conversation with the professor, Yates looked up at young Hiram and winked. The boy flush- : ed with pleasure under the comprehensive. 1 ness of that wink. It included him in the attractive halo of crime that enveloped the fascmatm g personality of the man from New 1’ , Her husband sat unbendingly silent, in a. Sphinx-like attitude that gave no outward iindication of his mental uneasiness. He 1 Was/thinking gloomily that it would be just his luck to meet Mrs. Bartlett unex- pectedly on the streets of Fort Erie on one of those rare occasions when he was enjoying the pleasures of sin for a. season. He had the most pessimistic forebodings of what the future might have in store for him. Sometimes when neigh- Pors or customers treated often in the vil- . u. u wavc UVBI‘ me say. old man, you know een bere betore. ” “ Hurt’em ‘3” cried Mrs. Bartlett, indig- nantly, “I guess it won’t get a. chance to.’ She turned to the professor, who was a good listener,â€"respectiul and deferential, with little to say for himself. She rocked gently tognd fro as she talked. “ LIPPINCOTT’S MAGAZINE.” - ........ wuiiau UL 1115. 3 ’ Yates had refused a chair, and sat on the 3 ezlge of the veranda, with his back against Y:‘ -ie of the pillars, in such a position that 3 i he might, Without turning his head, look 3 ' through the open door-way into the room t where Miss Bartlett was busily but silently, l 5 clearing away the tea-things. The young 1 man caught fleeting glimpses of her as she - ' moved airily about her work. He drew a. i l cigar from his case, out off the end with his knife, and lit a. match on the sole of his bow, doing this with an easy automatic ! , familiarity that required no attention on' his part, all of which aroused the respectful envy 0f young Hiram, who sat on a wooden chair leaning forward, eagerly watching the man from New York. “ Have a. cigar?” said Yates, ofl'cring the case 159 young Hiram. u 380, no ; thank you,” gasped the boy, l agha“ at the reckless audacity of the pro- l. l “\V‘nat’s that “.7” cried Mrs. Bartlett- deaths with cold and rheumatism. It. will } be very nice till the novelty wears 03'; then ' you are quite welcome? to the front rooms Up~staxrs, and Hiram can take the tent back to Erie the' first time he goes to town.” Mrs. Bartlett bad a way of taking things i for granted. It never seemed to Occur t0‘ =' her that any of her rulings might be quest- \10ned. Hiram Raf. nn'l;nno:1nnti-.n‘ 4.L- _-_ J _- ..vn.. cccuscu LU uvuul' L0 herâ€"that any of her rulings might be quest- iongd. Hiram sat gazing silently at the road as If all t ig wag noafi‘air of his. ‘7_L, I H *â€"-v I! “cum-uni, He ‘3" The boy might, find it. if a"10,1’1g the oats,â€"-feedin’ the {OW of the liquid gureled out vessel, and the farmer a furtive look over his countenance indicated 3k.” And the news- .the potion with the lence, shutting up the and finger as if it were Silenply from 171‘ ‘the What-bin,” he assented Yates, )momamon ot circum- 'ing his Wife to town my when he indulged. shudder meeting her ncertain plank side- over the l the jug with his naturally "“""“ 'Vllll When the professoricame out of Yates roared. Renmark himself he knew the effect would appgax to H D" T.... -1 1 _-__ r , 'E'I'e' “Mr. Bartlett has said the rofessor, c be H p :x- to say we may cam; ‘ie bag]; of the farm. . I en thxs morning, and It in spot.” ’ dc .“ \Ye re awfully ob ve saxd 1 ates. “ Of com L. there Inert-1]“ tn ALI-‘â€" ‘ _- or. w outâ€"UH me highest ground you can find. Hauling water won’t hurt you.” “I agree with you. Mrs. Bartlett. It shall be so. My friend uses no water,â€"you lought to have seen his bill at the Buffalo g hotel: I have it somewhere, ' to pin it up on the ouside of t warning to the youth of ' â€"ano when water I need ‘ up from the creek.” The professor did not defend himself, and Mrs. Bartlett evidently took a. large dis- count from all that Yates said. ‘ shrewd woman. at the men went out to the rses were hitched to the wagon, which still contained the tent and fittings. Young Hiram threw 5111 mm nâ€"J “ Yes, and catch their and ague,” said Mrs. Ba had not then been invent advice. and put your tent- in up at allâ€"on the hi0h l~ Kitty Vlzvtughed at this, and young Hiram fooked admiringly at the New- k’orker wish- mg he was as clever. “' For the land’s sake I” cried Mrs. Bart- ] lett, with true feminine profanity. “ What ‘ do you do up so late as that?” ( ‘ Vriting, writing,” said Yates, airily,â€"- ' “articles that t make dynasties tremble next forth apologies or as the case may be ’2 “Mr. Bartlett has been good enough,” ‘said the nrnfeflm‘ "'""‘“:“" A -7 “ to say we may camp in the back of the farm. I have been out there this morning, and it certainly is a. lovely spot.” get out a morning paper on such a basis. I’m healthy enou gh, quite as wealthy as the profeszor here, and every one will admit that I’m xvi ser than he is, yet I never go to bed until after two o’clock, and rarely wake before noon.” Kitty laughed at this, and young Hiram looked admiringly at the New- k’orker wish- Eng he “Inc an A'~--' __...,..umw Lcu, cows muked “everything. There never was a. better motto made than the one you learnt when you Were a. boy and like as not have for- gotten all about. it: ‘ Early to bed and early to rise Makes am on healthy, wealthy and wise. I’m sorry you don’t believe m It; Mr. Yates.” ' UV ' “t, Ucl “LRWS ! What, a} Mr. Yates !” exc laughing, “Win the house and b 9 am “N0 fear,” breakfast’g 3. o’clock we sm folks. TheVn _â€"-.v '- They were. all at breakfast whe next morning ent ered the apartme! was at one groom ani parlor. “Waiting for you,” said VOIIDD' human-um!" ‘ ' e dinin ' im utation, but he nelther affirmed nor denielzi. Yates strolled » While the farmer went $31125}! 2 8m” d"(Jr‘way that led to the . ' mom . calhng loudly to 2131: later he heard Hu‘atm b Is son to bring the pazls . l‘epéwing an alibi,” said .mg to himself, as he sauntered ,,..V..... VI. AC'UL me,” said Mrs. Bartlett. Malaria t then been invented. “Take my and put. your tentâ€"if vou will nut mass the men went out to the horses were hitched to the I. "4.:31 7 fidi uuven'l} key; you waiting 5m . 1r,” cried Mrs. Bartlett. “If i a. minute later than seven soon hear of it from the men- ey get precious hungry by that; is time?” echoed Yates. “Then ‘ t Up before seven?” What a. farmer you would make, 3 l” exclaimed Mrs. Bartlett, “Why, everything’s done about ,nd barn,horses fed, cows milked b. There never was a. better n +1“... ‘1 "nun; uqu were; RIPS tt will V I of the beech and Battle A v... “nun", egg”: ”unera~3nything. ive you hints on what -' l ore v] the oak; smell the toget that vnll )e m unable than ,1 mine. scents. Renmark, .. Have you all the u would not be so 9:, Paradise. It isâ€"- need ' I’ve forgotten that cooking-utensils you “I think so. The villain from Whom I hir- ed the outfit said it was complete. Doubt. :2 less he lied ; but we’ll manage, Ithink." there, if you Say so a: “ Very wellll. If y oked around for it my clothes, I go w >, but couldn’t find road. on wait until I change 1th you as far as the “ My dear fellow. be advised and don’t old Bartlett 9,, ‘ change. You’ll get everything tWenty psr . .. -hea er in that ’t know where it cent c p rig-out. Besides, you are so much more “pictuiesque: Your cos- tume rm save us Irom s arvatlon if we run down on the moss y ' short of cash. You Is arms and legs both of us as a pro ng’ well, if you insist 1’11 >11 got any 01d dis- thrown away on a ma. u ? \Vell then.on can get enough for fessional tramp, Oh, Wajifh G°0d advice is l n hxe you,” l CHAPTER Prgakfast when Yates the gar. 9 tofore it has always bleenvzfe {88. com- that have been inflated. Now1¢ ell, you make himself notorious by i Now roads. apartment which ’74 ’ tremble next t apologies or 1 1e case may E ‘od enough,” f‘ the subject, mode at the en out there ‘ is a. lovely a‘ Eartlett,” irkwent out IS” nee between 1" 1’11 find out t: \d by, Mrs. . byouwait.” g' the tent,” 1 the hollow (1 need tohaul R? { ahs of fever :2: b. Malaria. _ A remarkable friendship 9% I is between . m 3. ca 1n aShin ton am roostez a _ . g a"bkmléenn A favonte'trlckv the bantam . . ' . 1:0“; get on pussy 9. bat; an . _ d ' Crow. 1 h . at; appears not. to mmd 1t. e c ‘ I Pneumatic shoes are alate in The soles are furnished with four ‘ of inflated rubber. They Lax-eye“ 1 shock in walking over hard roa walks. It is strangq that We doesn’t invent an inflated 9mm roads. The idea. is nqt: a new one eral years ago, when B111 Nye Was from his horse one_d'a.y aqd “lighted hard pavernentuyltu 239“!“ rm“ Luci] u's settled that you do the cool:- ing and I wash the dishes '3” said the pro- fessor. “Settled? Oh, yes, if you say so; but. all the pleasure of getting one’s own way by the use of one’s brains is gone. I hate to be agreed with in that objectionably civil manner.” uuu everything would have been lately; but now-â€"â€"” Yates lay down again in disgust. Thereai are moments in life when language fails a. ll man. “Then it’s settled that you do the cook- ' ing and I wash the dishes?” said the pro~ fessor. “Settled? Oh, yes, if all the pleasure of getti L.. .LA .7 I you sayso; but ! ng one’s own wav l 7, _,-._..- “MW” “U“ “W mm. mum me statements t- itself to acrimonious dispute, or, in. plain would seem that the Quebe t English, quarreling. Let dogs delight ifpwereincenseaut L they want to : I refuse to be goaded by your upon their legitimate preserves and also at querulous nature into giving anything but the notion that a mere child the soft answer. Now to business. Nothing OPERATING WITH A FEATHER is so conducive to friendship, when two people are camping out, as a definition of 81:23:31.9}? a3: (1:3 macediesgzsae: wlgifchfihad the duties of each at the beginning. Do you p y . y '91? 9,, strongest pills and powders. .Th':y acuord- {Ol‘IfiDW Tinetl Wh t (1 me” ,, _ ingly sent, it is said,a deputation to Cardin- “ Ier foe 038:; that $011 qlgct’hlepgggkin'g and a1 Taschereau begging him to use his influ- I washpthcl: dishes We‘will forage for food ence to eradicate the popular belief in the alternate days ,, ‘ miraculous cures of this child who was rm- ' ' h .L ‘ s . S s. it Very well. I agree to that.” nmgaway Wit their busme s ub equentl Richard Yates sat suddenly upright look- Mr. Belleville brought his daughter back to ing at his friend with reproach in his eyes. Ste. Cunegcnde, where, on 5.03:8 days Ir om See here Renmark Are vou resolved to one to two hundred persons vxsmed his house force on’ an international complication ‘lm searcn of health. 'lhe father affirms that the very first day ? That’s no fair sliowto 'during 8”: months Of that year he spent . ,, $433 for cab and car hire for himself and give a. man. . . . . “What isn’t 9” little girl on their Journeys to the houses “Why a reein with him There are of persons who were bedridden or wished depths 3f gneanngess in your character, to be visited at their own homes. Of course Renny, that I never suspected. You know the returns were cons1derable. that people who camp out always object to Some Of the cures wrought by this little the part assigned them by their fellow- lady are very extraordinary, and her father campers. I counted on that. I’ll do any- quoted man y instances of persons bedridden thing but wash dishes.” for months, and in some cases years, being . I i , : “i‘hen why didn’t you say so ya rendered strong}, an? able tO.W8.lk by a iew “1“” I seeders, 3:?“6' i2f°.°h‘285;::.:2;°;;:i£552.reissue? cause su es e 1 . ere s no omac , ' . . _ ' about yougfienmark. A man doesn’tkmi: ' ment by reason of a. rheumatic swelling on Where to find you, when you act like that his leg _Which made it impossible for him to When you refused to do the cooking, I bend his knees. He was would have said, ‘Very well, then l’lldoit,’ CURED BY THE CHILD :3? rigirythipg would have been lovely; linsfantaneomdv, “ml on .. of the-father it c medical faculty this very juvenile poaclier > n . _‘_- “vane. .Lul: manor 0} 1 may have in that line. In endeavor the girl states that on the OCCaSIOf‘l of this ing to instruct a. New York man, visitso many persons presented themselves the first step is to convince him ”be cured that as each person needed a he doesn’t know everything. That is the separate feather, the custom of the child difiicult point. Afterwards everything is being to burn each one after using it once, e’asy.” they were always running short of this M Mr. Stillson Renmark, you are pleased necessary article and several fowls were to be severe. Know that you are forgiven. sacrificed to supply the deficiency. This delicious sylvan retreat does not lend Fr0m the statements of the father it itself to acrimonious dispute, or, in plain would seem that the Quebec medical faculty English, quarreling. Let dogs delight if were Incensea fit tms very Juvenile poacher they want to : I refuse to be goaded by your ‘up0n their legitimate preserves and also at querulous nature into giving anything hut the notion that a. mere child the soft answer. Now to business. Nothing OPERATING WITH A FEATHER is so conducwe to friendship, when two People are camping out. as a. definition of should 138 abl e to cure diseases Whip}, in" ‘LA 3,, “ Rean y, you improve on acquaintance. Inever saw a. Bool-var in my life. You must teach me that little kick.” “With pleasure,” said Renmark, sitting down, while the other sprawled at in: length. “Teachingis my business, and I shall be glad to exercise any talents Imay have in that line. In endeavor- ing to instruct a. New York man, the first step is to convince him 1., 7, .. . “No, it wasn’t. It is merely a little French touch. I learned it in Paris. They do kick there, you know, and it is good to know how to use your feet as well as your fists if you are set on by three, as I was one night in the Lat‘u Quarter.” Yates sat up. “Look here, Renmark : when were you 1:: Paris?” ’ “ Several times. ” Yates gazed at him for a few moments, then_said,â€" “ Oh, I say, Renny, that wasn’t fair. That; was a. kick.” bac k. The young men took sparring attitudes. Yates tried to do it gently at first, but, finding it could not touch his opponent, struck out more earnestly, again giving a friendly warning. This went on ineffectual- ly for some time, when the professor,‘ With ‘a. quick movement, swung around his foot with the airy grace of a. dancing-master, and caught Yates just behind the knee, at the same time giving him a. slight tap on the breast. Yates was instantly on his __ _I_ “Say, Benny, beware: I don’t want to hurt you.” “I’ll forgive you for once. ” “On your head be it.” “On my back, you mean.” “That’s not bad, Benny,” cried Yates, springing to his feet. “Now, it will hurt; you have fair warning. I have spcken.’_’ 1 “You mean it ‘3” asked Yates, I; up.r ’ffgertafinly.” """l .7». There’s no diplomacy is. A man doesn’tknow when you act like that. to do the cooking, I ’ery well, then I’lldoit,’ “1.1 L 7 H ‘ ‘ A gen_ius France is idle only Eurobean egrnzry who}; has today fewer able-bodied man - than xt‘had thirty years ago. I x... _, 1‘ He G998 ‘0 England tobc Batu-Med. ‘ u The African steamer Benguela, now in l- Liverpool.hrought from Old Calubana young n African Prince, by name Eyo II. The 1' youth, who is not quite fourteen years Old, , l m a very fine specimen of his race, bemg 3 over five feet in height, and weighing abou‘ - ugh a. Prince, the boy was I In a. state of desLi tution at Old Calabm‘find wrote to Mr. Alfred Jones, of Liverpool, asking to be brought to Liverpool rope educated, so that he might return to Atnoa. and be able to teach his countrymen.. ll 18 request was granted. When the boy’s lather dled he was a, great, sla,vc.owner, but as the boy Was very young. his uncle took the “la-V05. and cast the lad adrift. About g Filming Prince’s father, 3' Who Was calle ‘ 1r LRHonesty, came down to "3 'Creek Town, and mth ) another chief acted as hostage till a debt. of £40,000 had been paid to some Well known l ””9001 merchants then trading in the river. This amount of (6 mm” had been giVen by the agent 0f the merchente 1n (IllestiOn, and the agent died. The natives, O'WeVer’ paid all Up in about eight months the chiefs being on board the English hulk durin 81h“ ti‘fne. ’ Mr. Jones on Tuesday sent young Eyo II. to the Congo Institute, Lolwyn Bay, to be'trained. Some of the persons who wish to be cur- ed must have an extraordinary amount of lfaith in the feather girl. One man who presented himself to Rosa. to be cured was hunchbacked and had the bones of the {chest protruding several inches from their natural posnion. Other nersons with an eye missing have requestcd to be made to see, and the family think it rather extra- !ordianry that no one-legged man has ap- peared and requested to be accommodated with the full comniemnnt A: - ------ ‘ limbs. , u, mm; curers and magnetic healers. 1 One night, lately, Rosa. operated upon {a young lady, at a. house on Notre Dame " street Montreal, who was suffering severely I from neuralgia. The method of the child con- gsisted simply in passing the feather along 5 the young lady’s cheek for about two min- ; utes. After this she put the feather in the i stove, and very confidently asked the young 5 lady if it was better. The lady remarked chat as the child passed the feather over her cheek the pain grew less and when the child withdrew it the pain had disappear- ed. ' bend his knees. He was CURED BY THE CHILD linsfantaneously, and as a. me: brating the event he danced : ’, although the swelling of his ‘ not disappeared, be exhibited eq '1 it}; wife!) both legs. -- vuA‘u‘ crating the event he danced a jig, and [although the swelling of his knee had f not disappeared, he exhibited equal elastic- ity with both legs. It is curious that rheumatism seems to be the specialty of this child, for it is also the disease that is oftenest cured at most of the celebrated places where mir- acles are said to be worked, and also by faith curers and magnetic healers. One night, lately, Rosa. operated unon _ ,V-__-....._,, auu. ucr xutnel‘ quote-:1 many Instances of persons bedridden for months, and in some cases years, being ‘ rendered strong and able to walk by a few applications of her feather. In one instance a. comedian who had been dancing at one of the theatres was thrown out ment by reason of a. rheumatic his leg which made it impossibl bend his knees. He was swelling on e for him to “you: g1“ on weir journeys to the 110 of persons who were bedridden or wished to be visited at their own homes. Of course the returns were considerable. Some of the cures wrought by this little lady are very extraordinary, and her father hunted m"--- -.. -A 11868 EXPRESSING BER BELIEF that being the seventh daughter 1:1:er possessed the power little girl went to the adjoini and extracting a small feather from the pil. low proceeded to pass it ov er the afi‘ected fingel'o Duripg the operation. the pain lessened consuderably and at Its finish, completely ceased. She Very to do so, the ng bed chamber ery imaginable disease, besieged the house. The father of the girl states that on the oceasion of this figjtso many persons presented themselves “be cured that as each person needed a separate feather, the custom of the Child Raina fn burn nn’.‘n A..- , r1 . AN AFRICAN FRINGE. X)‘ Fill: and Powders szed to be accommodatéd complement of natural ,__ v- as n grew less and when the it the pain had disappear- rsons who wish to be cur- extraordinary amount of LL , a. means of cefe. Tzke a Back Seat. “ ‘I’m really and tml “W. ghost,’ Norah had said git: $33: just. before it began to strike. ‘1‘ have happened at the stroke of whatever it was 2‘ It always: doeg' “ L!» I 1E9. .843 awning-AA- 1:“- ’ “'Twelve began to strike at In clock had a sprange hollow sound “ ‘1’!“ I'A'IIII' on; 6â€"1- ,I , Vâ€"V' m.nlc. “Trim We supped and held can hand under the table, just like j Eveline : and at, nine o’clock, wlu ‘goc rid of thcm,’ as we put it. w. to the large bedroom that had bee ed to us. It- was oak-panelled gloomy, it had a large‘foubpos: i ivith Chintz of a. faded pattern, a: have held four such clips of girls md me. There was an immense like another room, and a. horrid at one end-{Just lace for a murmured Lox-aha; . ly. “ We began to ’ iscuss thing: thing in fact, as young girls will. were heavy with sleep.but we rubb our feet grew cold and we warmed the fire. There was a. clock 30m“ away that struck the quartet-3' an [oyed hearing the time go, and m minds to sit up an tWere, like 21 96°93?- -vâ€"vvh Ic- “ No;ah and 1 'opened at lem doors each before we thought of our bonnets and pelisses. or sit! to the supper prepared for us. V to look out. of the window at the lay gioomily a. few feet away, I just gleaming green and blue last faint streaks of twilight. It 1 choly ; the stricken tree was In the wash of the water Was melancE: rather glad there is no ghost 2” s slipping her hand into mine. .1 we had started in tearing spir dreadfully tired, not to say ct course of four mortal hours’ jolt quite dank when we turned int: avenue of beech trees, but on : the house we c uld just make 4 the red sky, the great gaunt l tree that looked as if it had been lightning. I don’t suppose thought it odd that the drive grown, the gate unbolted, the t! downâ€"we were not particular in those days ! The windows 01 shone like burning-glasses in til! that at first I thought the house The hall door stood open, it was ly and hospitableâ€"and casual vants were all hidden about the rabbits in their burrow, and th absolutely empty as we came in bad lit a real good peat fire, a: thing too, for there was the mos all pervading smell of damp shot you _c_an conceive. v w_.‘. _\rv‘l no ( “Early on the morning of ti day three or four servants w with our luggage, to make the for us, and after the wedding \ the toasts drunk, Eveline, and. ‘ and I. got into a chaise, and m with four horses over roads t1 man zmwadays would think anything but- a country waggo: “TQ nu.-- |‘_, ‘ “Norah and I who were to! rather enjoyed the idea. of h ling old country house all to q we hardly counted Dick and old romantic mansion, replefl ancient discomfort, to revers Vie were a. li :le disappoina heard there was no ghost, an was in Ireland, not the 11 chance of moonlighters. H flattered ourselves we shouit ‘honeymoon,’ as we persisted ' for we were devoted to each 0 ephemeral attachment of .0' line was nothing to our stron‘ passion. ‘Ve meant to he fri lives, and we were not at all the advent of the detachment hold party who volunteered t m a. day or two, and keep us “DAâ€"L- _ 7 4' “ When my cousin, 'Eve married to Dick Marchmon ed that her two bridosm Norah and myself, giddy y seventeen and eighteen. 1 them to Dâ€"â€", a. countrv h to the Marchmonts, as I N there are several estates in except the favored one, somewhat neglected and bed houses of old pictures and lumber of all kinds that wou with the more modern fur pliafices of the actual famil extraneous homes are gem over by an old housekeeper grows as yellow and musty ment in the muniment roor and decayed as the tapestri But there was not even a ‘z ' air the Shiva-ed glitt‘lafi Dâ€"â€". The gardener, wli grounds, and neither dug no laundry woman who had no gave it an eye now and th Dick’s uncle, the present heat‘ was anxious to lend him the honeymoon, assuring him til: ed ‘airing' a bit, and that I desperately in love he migh1 line, would be glad of the ex afforded by the lake in the p: first, few days. “Dick, of course, scouted any place would please him had Eveline; but he grateful]: loan of Dâ€" â€", as it happen veniently near the Burkes'. a low him and his bride to $9.111 festivities given in their ha reach their temporary home fall. “ I have heard many gh fny grand-aux: Max-y. “ a: In any of them. They are “ Putposeless, and evidentl; one ”9“? that you may ca you mi”: I will tell vou throng: it myself." The: story :â€" “We".dears,when I we: the fashion for bride am rush afray, the minute th: from M their kind friends an .go wandering togetl d. relying on the tel hmid-keepers and chamba cofnfort, seeing nothing bu 3’“? no one to speak to “king, as it seems to me,tl way to grow tired of each (I Went; away at all. they to wedding guests away thh to}; friend’s houseâ€"50m: finve very likelyâ€"that. fat-5n and comfortable 3% hag?!- A NEW TALE