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V" iH- *' -ANN RIDES-WITH ME." 8TNOP8IS--Retumtn* to bee home I* a email t®*®* Onter, from * visit to New York, the widowed mother of ten"ye*f" old Ann Byrne announces w weddlof to Hudson Cortland*. aoeUdly and politically P™™1* neat. Bar husband Iia8 not been toM about Ann. and the new wire faara he will be displeased. With An . Mrs. 'Qprtlandt returns to New York, to the house of Headricka Cortlandt. her busband. brother, frltk whom th» latter w living. J ; " CHAPTER II--Continue '• --2-- r "The deceit would have been less, 1 har* bo doubt, bad she not had red v/halr," his brother Interposed peaceably, and to her amazement Ann found herself laughing convulsively, In spite * '. of her anger and fright. Hudson came suddenly •down to earth. "Well," he announced, "Minnie will have to choose between as the child or me. 1 won't have her, that's flat. . . If you'll leave her, I'll tatoe yon with me--if not, rm dona with ^Something in her mother's lifted face frightened Ann, and she found resolution for further defiance. "We don t want to go with you." she declared passionately. "You can go off to Europe by yourself. . . . Well stay here." She ended on a softened note, and she turned her eyes slantingly on her new friend. She thought that he received this declaration somewhat coldly, ana her heart skipped a beat miserably. He was looking at bis brother with an expression that terrified her. "What do you wish, Mrs. OortlandtT* he demanded. «« «I don't know!" the sobbed. eo onhappy! How can I go? •, #_ • How can I stay?" She looked Imploringly from Ann to her huffcand, before she buried her face in a minute pocfret handkerchief. Hudson Cortlandt was softened by this wailing appeal. "1 am willing io look after the girl," he said uncomfortably. "You could leave her In goad hands." Mrs. Cortlandt looked up wtth a gleam of returning cheerfulness* **I suppose 1 might," she murmured. "I don't see why you cant said hef back where she came from; It will be the same for her as If you had never married me. except that her keep will be paid. ... We sail in a week." he added briskly. He was obviously glad not to break with the pretty creature he had married. He turned to hlf brother, with a specious relief la bis manner. "It is all perfectly simple after all--isn't It?" Mr. Hendricks Cortlandt looked at him for a moment, and Ann wondered ftf It was something in his pteady ease that caused the younger man to drop bis eyes uneasily. At length be said, "I shall be alone here, when you are gone. . . . It is possible that I might, for a time, undertake the responsibility of Miss Ann--with the un- / derstandiiu* of course, that you will, later on, relieve me." He turned to the silent child. "Would you like to \stayswith me?" he ssked gently. J Anntglt the tears burn against her eyelids. so*"khe only nodded. She felt miserably certain that he did not want her. He turned to Mrs. Cortlandt "I assure you, madam, that your daughter will be aa well cared for as lies in my power. Perhaps a little girl In my home may prove a blessing. Eh, Miss Ann?" The child was spared the difficulty of an answer, for at the moment when she felt that a supreme effort of some sort was expected of her, the library door bwung open, and a high clear tfteS, "Do I intrude, Hendricks?" "Gad!" said Hudson. "It's Clarissa!" Ann was conscious of a general dismay, and that It centered mysteriously eo her. She had never known anyone could b« so lovely as the lady who appeared In the high doorway. Her hair was warmly brown, and shining; it hung •bout her face ip artful and complicated arrangements, and her eyes were shining and quick and pretty, above her bright pink cheeks. Compared with its brittle elegance her mother's hard country thinness had a common look. She laughed as she came down' the room, showing pretty white teeth. "A family Jar already, Hudson?" she demanded, sending quick and amused glances from her embarrassed brother to his limp bride. "Doves in their little nest, you know!" She turned to Mr. Cortlandt and her darting look dfoppecj to Ann. who stood pressed Close beside him. "Why--where did you find that, Hendricks?" she queried, her voice •Bddenly shrill, and all the smiling' Sweetness gone from her eyes. "This is Miss Ann Byrne, • Wild fate has sent ber to me." • • :» "You mean?" v "She Is Hudson's stepdaughter; bat flt has been arranged that she |s to : stay here with me." Mrs. Renneslyer swung around to ber younger brother, with a great flwlrl ol blue gauze iklrts. "So!" she 491 ed. This is what youi mad mar- Stage has done! A child--left here sprlth Hendricks!" - "I believe that I am glad to have sjfcer, Clarissa," Mr. Cortlandt interjirened. "Already I am charmed with ler." "Charmed r' Her eyes swept Ann from her nntldy red hair to her shabbily shod feet, and she laughed iniredulouslj. t^You are making the ' |>est of It--that Is evident--but why Should she stay with you? Can't Hud- ' #on assume his responsibilities? If you %rant a child about--and I am sure I don't understand why you do--there's , #ny Ilendrleks, or little Fanny Cortlandt." "That will do, Clarissa V Mr. Cort- Jlandt spoke fo stenkly that Apn ahrawir p*;back, frightened. "To what are we -todebted for the honor of tfets visit?" "1 have a logo at IftMsaPii theater tonight; I came in to see If Hndr' X law would care to share lfcwitb om. It Is Madame Rachel." "Ob!" cried Mrs. Hudson. "She Is that famous French actress, isn't she? I could be ready in a very few momenta-- fifteen, at the most H* Mrs. Renneslyer swept her with Indifferent eyes. "Very well," She sold, indifferently. She established herself in a chair by the Are. Mr. Cortlandt seated himself opposite ber, leaning toward her with a curious look of an antagonist. "Go with your mother, Ann." bo said. "You can doubtless help her hurry." And so Ann's future was decided. When she was alone with her mother, daring the last precious week of their companionship, she found that the only way to avoid mutual tears was not to mention the coming parting so she obligingly refrained. There were pjenty of other things to think about. In the first place she was plunged into an orgy of buying. She and her mother both had completely new w»rtrobes.- The pretty bride bought lavishly, ih spite of her Imminent visit to Paris. People came and went during the swift interlude, but the child retained no clear memory of them. Mrs. Renneslyer was the only one whose initial Impression persisted through later familiarity; Ann always remembered the malicious prettlness of her first appearance. At her brother-in-law's request, Mra. William Cortlandt brought her daughter Fanny to see the newcomer, but the two children were shy of each other, and Ann had no time for contemporaneous intimacy in her last days with her mother. Mrs. Hudson was inclined to like this sister-in-law. "She Is a widow, Just as I was," Mrs. Hudson informed Ann. "Except that her little glri is pretty. Fanny Is sweet. Isn't she? I hope you will try to be like ber, *m»: she Is such a tittle lady." Ann clung to her mother In a way that was flattering, but disconcerting. She followed her miserably about the house; stood beside her bureau when she curled her blonde hair; helped her to button the complicated new frocks, and to pack her finery into two shiny new trunks. Notwithstanding all their prepara tions^ however. It was'not ontll they clung together at the dock that the mother and daughter suddenly admitted the serious nature of their separa- The Two Children Wore Shy of Bash Other. By Jaa&tiiA. Fairbank : by The Bobte-Merrfll Co. would have climbed Into the back seat. Jchanan had refused to order "Anderson had his uncle not restrained him, ' {back to Moultrie, and ugly stories be-'tZZZjjf! Mil tn loab a . a - * 11 ••Wi' tloe. Mrs. Cortlandt shed a few gentle tears and prettily besought her brother-in-law to be kind to his charge, but Ann only hung desperately about her mother's neck, dry-eyed and silent. In looking back on the leave-taking It always seemed to ber that In the moment before the gangplank was withdrawn. she grew appreciably older. She never forgot the feel of her mother's cool fresh cheek against her own. or the last lovely glimpse of ber, young, agitated and charming, as she leaned out over the stern, between the churning side-paddles, crying and smiling together, and waving and kissing both her hands to the old man and the child on the dock. Her mother bad been gone only a fortnight when, one snowy aftern.)on, Mr. Cortlandt returned home earlier than was his custom. Ann knew at once, as soon as she had run to nvet him. that something terrible ha6 happened, because he was so sorry for bw tensity. Nothing could have bound ber cloeer to the old man than thle reticence, tor he. too, found grief something that It was Impossible to chat about, and he said to himself that under strain his young foundling ft as showing breeding. Acting on his suggestion. Mrs. William Cortlandt made an effort to approach the girt. She was willing enough to do It. for her heart was too kind not to respond to the appeal of 'a lpnely child, but she was forced -o report no success. "She absolutely was short with me. Hendricks--Imagine that! I could got nowhere with ber." Mr. Cortlandt sighed. The reticence which delighted him in Ann he often found sadly {lacking In his sister-inlaw. He to&K up the matter with the •Child, however. "Ann," be said, forcing himself, with some difficulty, to speak directly to a disagreeable point, why were you so stiff-necked with Mrs. Cortlandt? She meant to be kind to you, and one should not be priggish with those who mean to be kind." Ann shot to her feet, and stood, tense and erect, at his knee. "1 know," she s a i d . "I was h o r r i d to h e r . . . . I couldn't help It. . . . You see she hated my mother--she and Mrs. Renneslyer. ... So I can't talk to them about her. . . . There's only you. . . . You and Mrs. Allen. I've been thinking. . . . Mrs. Allen is used to me; she had me with her almost all my life, you see--and she is all alone, like me. ... I could be a help to her. some. ... I know she would take me. I am almost certain she would." It was oat at last, and she turned swiftly away from him, ao that Mr. Cortlandt could not tell If she were crying or not. He was curiously moved himself. There was something so valiant In Ann's abdication that he wanted to take her in his unaccustomed arms, and bid her defy the world. He looked at her slim back and her stiffly held head, and wondered if tears were streaming down her face. Suddenly he was ashamed t)f the half formed thoughts he had harbored as to how he would ever succeed in unburdening himself of the inheritance of his brother's stepchild. He had never seen Mrs. Allen, but now he thought of her with >$an antagonism that amazed him. . . . He wanted Ann himseli! All at once this realization shot acros_ bis bewilderment, simplifying everything. He ^wondered how he could ever make the child understand bis need of her. . . . Her shoulders moved convulsively, and "at once, without any further deliberation. he went over to her. "What am I doing?" he. wondered, as he went. He put his hands on Ann's shoulders, and turned her to him. Yes, she was crying. "Mrs. Allen can't have you!" he said at once, almost roughly. "1 want you myself." Ann dashed the tears from her eyes, and looked up at him for air instant, "Why?" she salo. "Why do you want me?" She strained away from him, repellent and hard. All r t once hopelessness swept over Mr. Cortlandt. "How could I hope to win a child's affection?" he wondered. Undoubtedly she preferre' Mrs. Allen. "I want you because I've come to care foc„/ou, my child," he said heavily. H tn qtttte- selfish about it." He looked eadily down at her lifted face, and saw joy transfigure It, la a flashing glimpse, before she flung herself upon him. and gave way to an outburst of sobs. After that there was no question of Anri's future: the old man and the child understood, whatever bewllderment the rest of the family might have about their relationship. Mr. Cortlandt frankly abandoned himself to am Me "In front, Hendricks. If you please, with Tom. Ann rides with me." With a quick clean spring the ^oun* try cH|d was established, and Mr. CortlaMt followed ber with a somewhat malicious smile. As he tucked the fur ro** about her he knew that with eo slmj.g an effort he had done much to estatjub Ann as his favorite. Behind them sjie relations. In the Theodore Renrv^l/er'a smart sleigh, were dismally diseasing her. "We are fools to allow It!" Mrs. Renneslyer said angrily. • "If the *irl had looks I declare I should be <v>nvinced of the necessity of our taking steps P "Ye*" agreed Mrs. William, "bat what steps, Clarissa?" And for once her sister-in-law had no answer ready. Mr. Renneslyer swung around to Join in the conversation^. "She's got spirit, by gad. No wonder Hendricks likes that! And I'm not so sure, Clarissa, that you are right about ber looks. Those queer big eyes of hern I Give her timo to grow up to 'em,- and then seel" The ladles laughed, for here they were on sure ground. "Don't be more ridiculous than you can help, Theo." his wire said briefly. "You are getting to be a silly old man--you see beauty in anything feminine!" Even Fanny tossed her meek, bead. Ann pretty?" she echoed. "Oh, Oncle Theo, what an idea! "You'll have to find some better reason than that for Hendricks' Infatuation." "Weil, by gad, she's fond of the old boy, you know. ... I suppose, really, Hendricks Is a human being, underneath all his formality. Ann thinks he Is, I have no doubt, and I'll take odds he likes it-" The women looked at each other uncomfortably; there was more In this conjecture of Theodore Renneslyer than they liked to adtnft. When Hendricks came home for dinner he confided to his mother that Mr. Cortlandt expected. Ann to call him uncle. H.1ust like Fanny and me." be added arrogantly. "Some dhy he'll be sorry, you'll see." "Hendricks^" she sa£J crisply, "It Is much more likely to be yon who Is sorry." ^ * • • • After supper In Washington square, when Mr. CoHlandt would have settled down to his book, Ann stood stubbornly before him. He looked up. Ironically inquiring. "Why don't those people Wee me?" she demanded defensively. "What people?" "Oh, those Renneslyers--that fat boy and his mother--and Fanny's mother, too." "Possibly they think that I am growing too fond of you#" Ann. shot a sidelong glance^at Mr. Cortlandt; no, he was not smiling. "If that is the reason, I don't mind," she declared happily. "1 don't want any one to like me--only you!" (- CHAPTER JV . .. . , v When the news of Mr. Lincoln's nom- ** be fe,t ,n h,s v,car,ou hood. He came home early I*n the afination reached New York, Ann was ternoons, In order to teach -Ann to drive, and he delighted in her fearlessness. It was, however, in the long winter evenings, when he took advantage of the freedom from social engagements which his mourning gave him to read aloud to Ann. that he most enjoyed her. They dipped Into all kinds of books; he found thin experimenting with.a child's imagination to be a pure delight, and Ann flowered Intellectually under ao stimulating a companionship. The first time they went to Grace church for the Sunday morning service the child was the recipient of many 4 curious glances from under demure : ,|i«^ii|War and a DebutT%f^ Momento.is things happened In the winter before the opening of the Civil war, and Atui Byrne, then In her sixteenth year, spent a thrilling ah months bearing them discussed. Sympathy for the cause of the South centered In New York, for a good proportion ft the newspapers in town defended tne doctrine of secession, and feeling r»n high. From the time she first beard of him Ann 4tad been a champion of Abraham Lincoln, although she could not have said *hy. Certainly she got none of her ^.itbuslasm from the people about hei, for even Mr. Cortlandt had a New Y^/ker's distrust for a leader fi?6m the rural West. the sole munber of a gathering at her guardian's Itouse who did not regret his success. "My ward," Mr. Cortlandt bad said, smiling somewhat wryly, "is a great admirer of the rail splitter. She has never agreed with the rest of us In our belief that Mr. Seward -is the man to.save the situation." Ann was somewhat embarrassed. but she was proud of herself, too, and of her capacity ty pick • winner. The election of Abraham IJncoln was the signal for greater defiance oi the part of the South, and much un- The compassion in his eyes awukoneo , bonnets. She looked extraneous and all the bravery In her soul. The worst : insignlfcant la the big Cortlandt pew, had happened; there bad been a col--and as possibly aware of it. for when llslon at sea. and a scattered fvw pas-: the service began she hunched herself sengers, picked up by anothar ship, - nearer its other occupant, where she had returned to tell the tragic tale o/J^igbt lean agaii^t bim and share his the doomed Arctic, which had sunk ?ff the banks, while only two days out from New York. For a time Mr. Cortlandt refused to give np ho^ anc every day he went to fhe offices of thw Collins' line; but as time went he Aymnal, after the pleasant Milton Center fashion where books were few Jnst ahead of them was bis sister's pew. with Mrs. Renneslyer--very love* ly In black cashmere tempered by an ermine cape--sitting straight and alert was forced to abandon any expocta-1 ht one end, and her husband, red-faced Ifetlon of the rescue of his brother nnd his bride. Back In America, President Pierce then cast about among his supporters for another minister to Switzerland, and in Washington square Mr. Cortlandt devoted himself to comforting a passionately rebellious child. Ber sor row, he knew, would pass, and for himself he felt a curiously poignant regret at the sudden end of his lovely and foolish young sister-in-law--a deeper regret, possibly, than if she bad beea Ifia^vely and more wlaa,- ^ "fe""" -&• CHAPTER lit and Jovial-looking, slouched down lu bLi corner on the aisle. Between them was tlleTr son, HeudrlCks, named for his uncle, and destined from his cradle, as Mr. Cortlandt well knew, to be his heir and his favorite. With Ann's lack of beauty 1a mind. It gave him some satisfaction to look at bis nephew, for young Hendricks at thirteen resembled neither his beautlfal mother nor his dashing father. He was a fat child, with somnolent eyes, and llpa that pouted, as he endured the sermon. "Clarissa shouldn't throw stones," her brother reflected. When they came out on the steps, they found a light snow falling. Close by the gate was an especially flne turn out, opulent with buffalo robes and white horsehair plumes. It was Mr. all quarts fan to l e e k out of l a t e transfers of government arms and munitions to the southern states. After thl» thtfe was appreciably less talk in the North of conciliation or compromise. Immediately after Anderson's move the federal arsenal at Charleston was a<Hkeil by volunteer troops acting under State authority, together with all the harbor and island defenses, except StflBter. Without a protest from the ofllclBle who filled the offices, the custom "donee and the post office were also takea over by the state government, and the flag of South Carolina waa raised over them December 81. Before many weeks Ave other southern states had seceded, while In York the men who. were frleiidiy to the South were openly triumphant. Arsenals, forts and revenue cutters were taken over almost dally during the last weeks of December. 1860. and early in the new year a ship Bent to bring supplies to Fort Sumter was tired oa. and forced .o turn hack. The' political cotnp.exio-s changed rapidly In the North. It was a time when events moved rapidly and opinions reversed overnight. All efforts to stem the overwhelming tide were in vain. As the spring drew on. Major Anderson's situation in Fort Sumter grew Critical, and civil war, until recently a thing which might be argued about, loomed close and passionate. Ann found the prospect of It so exciting that she aimoat forgot her approachfng.debut. In February a convention of the seceded states was called in Montgomery, Alabama, where a provisional framework of the Confederate States of America was adopted, and Jefferson Davis was elected president. His Inaugural address antedated Abraham Lincoln's by a trifle more than a fortnight. On the whole, apathetic Incredulity^ was the sentiment which Seemed mostwidely diffused in the North, but there were still optimists who hoped for a peaceful solution. Mr.jjjtfrtlapdt went over to Washington for the inauguration, and would have tnken Ann with him had not an InConvetiient and belated attack of measles kept her at home. He left some days befoje' fh\ event, as he wished torcottsult with Various people in the capital, and he aWlved to bear that Brigadier General Twiggs, commander of the United States troops in the Department of Texas, had turned his entire army over to the seceding state government, together with all equipment and munitions In bis control. "This le the final touch," Mr. Cortlandt wrote Ann. "One-half the total military force of our country is in what we mutt call enemy hands. Washington la in a state of terror." When he came back to New York, Ann found him lu a much more hopeful state. He thought highly of the Inaugural address, and he had met and talked with the new president and advised with him tn regard to some of his appointments. "He is a shrewd man." be told the giri, "shrewd, and able, and something more. . . . ft may be that he will prove the nwn for the hour. But what an hourl" "Oncle, don't you think that I~Vad better pgatiRoae my party until all this trouble ie#ier?" She wondered why he looked at her for so long a timet, before he answered her. No, ray dear. . . . Youth. . We shall have the party as.{tanned, no matter what comes afters" Ann beamed radiantly upon him. "And perhaps by the thirteenth of April everything will be all right again," she said hopefully. Throughout the latter part of March and the early part of April It looked as If Ann's optimistic judgment was justified, for nothing of great importance happened. It was on the day before the reception that the calm broke In a most startling manner. Major Anderaon had been tn communication with Washington, and every one knew that he had requested supplies to be-vgent to him at once, but no one really believed that the troops of the Confederate states would actually attack; the situation had been a threatening one for so long that people had grown used to It. When. |jowever, the news reached ty. ous nortbeiNi'ei*eai the boar was to left «Bd th» farttili i t*igt this foolhardy after years of it' no »sn be Th^reforeri* spKeof the aid muscles and expelled attempt of the CfMPiiifatea. the bomha»dtefiM faggpued, Major AndlfipT #jtflSow~ to ItMbiiil the forces attacking tgSm. the poppra tlons for Ansli pftrtf went Hid, notwithstanril^Kthe troubled ttqjie. on the evening of Apfl3 13 the j^e H family carriages Mficbed all Wftffrom Mr. CortlattdtV door avenue; ev^en there It turned' lib*, a column of artillery, and Stretched away up that aristocratic street almost to the resplendent portals of the Brevoort hotel. Ann stood beside her gUardls*. and in his opinion she was the k>4t)§eftt thing in all New York, in thatlnilldlng April weather. Mr«.~ Renneslyer r«- 11 "We Shall Have the Party as Planned." celved with her brother on the important occasion, and In spite of ber instinctive anti::>atfiy to Aitn, she was forced to confess that the girl did her guardian credit. 8he said very sweetly to Mr. Cortlandt, that she was extraordinarily lovely. She had written to young Hendricks to come over from Harvard for his uncle's reception, and she wondered what effect Ann's sudden transformation luigbt have on him. She rather suspected a soft tendency toward love surprisingly Implanted In her son--somehow she bad counted upon bis inheriting her metallic quality, rather than his father's well-known warmheartedness--and she wondered If, after all, this Impressionability might not be turned to aidvantage. The debutante heard of Ms expected arrival with careless attention. It was almost midnight when Fanny Cortlandt told her aunt, with a Uttto gasp of relief, that young Hendricks had arrived, and almost Immediately be appeared In the doorway. He had grown somewhat taller, and his clothes were artfully cut, so that be did not appear frankly fat; his round face was filled with open dismay. "Why--what has happened?" bis mother said anxiously. The boy looked about him daaedly, as though for a moment be could not adjust himself to the fact that dancing and gaiety were going on. "Yoa haven't beard, sir, have you?" he said to bis uncle, solemnly. "Fort Sumter has surrendered I" uOh!" cried Mrs. Renneslyer shrilly. "That means war!" Her pretty face blanched at the thought. Mr. Cortlandt stood for a moment, staggered; then he advanced Into the middle of the room and mad* an Imperative gesture that silenced the musicians. "My friends," he said, and his cold formal voice shook, "we have bad enough of dancing 1 Fort Sunter has fallen!" >e hoftr. tftlS tjea in otfat be «eq)ralred ph$petife£ : .made expetUneiMs and flnaflreottpatoded a pree«*ipa*n that and completely banjb&ed,every symptom of rheuiiraiii from hfcrsystem. ' gr He freely gave his discovery, which % he called Allenrhu, to others who took / f . lti with what might be called marvel- \ ^ « ous success. After years of urging he decided to let sufferers everywhere •* know about his discovery through the * newspapers. He has thefeSore In-^ strueted druggists everywhere to dls- " 1 pease Allenrhu with fhe understand- fl ; lag that if the first pint bottle does £T * ~ not show the way to complete recovery a-. he will gladly return you* oaottey wltfc- ^ out comment. • r ... Mail orders filled by' ^ BUCK It iAlDat DRUG STORES ' CWCAOO.BJL. ; ?•?: Not Hts Fault. Private Banks had been the most £&* bashful and retiring little man in the Army. When women visited the camp "•~t he had always fled for shelter and stayed there until aftCT they had left. So it came as a surprise when oue^.%5!,- ^ of his former companions ran acrossi * J - him In civilian garb and was Intro- L duced to a large husky girl as Mrs. ^ f 'S Banks. When he was a b l e to g e t ' , Banks aside he asked him how he had met his wife. ' "Well," returned the Utile man r meekly, "It was this way: I never did • exactly meet her. She. just '-'rlgr overtook me." ' . * Quick, Watson! - The famous detective gasped as he, arrived at the scene of the crime, t " H e a v e n s ! " h e e x c l a i m e d , a s h e l o o k e d * In the window through which the thief . ,* had escaped. "This is more than I ex-^ pected. It's broken on both sides." "Why not, you art the prettiest girl I know!" (TO BE CONTINUED.) •x*x+x*z*x*x+x+x<e>x*x*x*x+x«x<>x«x«x*z+x«x+x+x+x*x+x*x« $ Making Doors ^ Operate Easily a Taking Root.- Ana took the shock of her .mother's death In a curiously adult fashion that touched Mr. Cortlandt deeply. She I Hendricks Cortlandt's sleigh and peo- ;1»on sod my charming new siater-tn- (Mi./- . . . r defensively fenced off discussion of her bereavement and endeavored to carry on the pleasant and amusing life she had begun with him before the bad news came, but under the strain of this pretense her irregular little face grew white and drawn, and her eyes, under her shock of red hair, became entlceijr «»childllks in their tragic In- -H ' »v. I C •*!•/ *- pie paused to watch bim take poesessfon >f It. He turned to young Hendricka, who stood stiffly waiting beside his mother. "Like to ride up with me?" he ssked him. It was a long established custom of Ms, to drive bis BSpfcHT home from church on Sunday. "Yes, sir." the boy saM, rails? id. Be They Dipped Into All Kinds of Books. easiness was felt as to the future. In December South Carolina finally took the greatly discussed step, and withdrew from the United States. This move had been so long anticipated that it was received with surprising calm, but a few days later the North awoke to a real shock on hearing that Major Anderson, wbo was stationed in Charleston harbor, had retired from the untenable Port Moultrie to Fort Sumter, which was, he stated, better prepared to withstand attack. This news was quickly followed by the announcement that the secretary of.war had resigned, becaose President Bn- Householders A*| Told by Experts " Mow M#ny Troubles May Be Obvisted Simply. •• iiany of the householder's (leufchs with m atting doorg can be remedied or prevented by proper painting, according to engineers at the forest products laboratory^ Madison, Wis. Although considerable difficulty Is ex perlenced wuh Inside doors due to sa» ging or shifting of the building frame, a condition hard to deal with, this fact should not discourage attempts to correct the many cases of misfit due to moisture changes In the door itself* The vulnerable spot, the Achilles heel of most doors Is the top or bottom edge. Seldom painted, "because it doesn't show," this Is a point at which the wood may take on or lose moisture rapidly and swell or shrink. As the end grain of wood absorbs moisture more rapidly than side grain, the ends of the stiles (the outside uprights) are most liable to absorb moisture. These take moisture for some distance Into their length, swell laterally, and stick on a side edge near top or bottom If the door has been closely fitted. The top and bottom edges in new doors should be given several coats of paint or varnish after all planing down necessary to hanging Is finished, and the raw surfaces of old doers should also be painted or varnished at once, when planing has b«s resorted to to stop sticking. This will greatly retard temporary moisture changM Wlill jfre dlAcaltiao tfcst MPfe In view of the liability to damage through dampness. It ia well not to Install or store doors in a new bouse tuttil all plastering and cement work baa dried out. In the case of garage and other (ratside doors, thorough painting la even more necessary than with inside doors, as moisture variation is the most frequent cause of trouble with this type of door. It Is well to store.a^new garage doot In ao unheated building for Several weeks before banging m» allow it to reach a moisture content In equilibrium with that of tbe outside air. After all planing down Is finished the doer should be painted on both sides and all four edges, particular attention being given to the top and bottom edges a* in the case of Inside doors. Thorough painting will retard the excessive moisture changes whftfe may cause swelling at an edga or wiping at the as s whote, f# Baby Carriages &FUmttm9 Ask Your Local Dealer WriteNow {or 32-Page Illustrated Booklet If/UU G*.) d«I • MichigM Ah liBWBIsa OX --Aa IRMM (• iqiUMi U«rl«l) taken at rfcfct wm htfpjNae y« w«U, by J- .. MmstbMfa* yaw dl- m IMMWA OM Two Hfueh Worship/ A funny case came up in front oi Judge gujpuaaeigfleld the other day. The man had sued bis wife for divorce fat lack of domestic harmony. There was no other man nor no other woman^U was Just a' ease that things were Ml going well at home. "But I just wor atrip my husband," the woman protested tearfully. snorted tha< Irate Individual, and she places burn* offerings 1% ^ ,» day." : CBnleal tests Ibts proved theft Zontte is highly effective in of nassl eatarA 'When used la dilution as slssialpray. Its effect ia to donnas *e SriKoos membrane ami reduce abnormal dischargee* thus clearing the nasal Note: Atomiser ftfeings n«t W tf feted rubber. 203 Aeres" Bjsst Alfalfa Farnf1-^ in This Section pretty home; eteetric ltchu in ail bulidlnrg and they are ia bast of condition; 44 acrai K« 4, h tWlliij_j 1**^ auuinya par year; Otaae#"-*:-^1-* • Fertile Braome County: prl< price on utate raadi tee ACWW, Broome Farm STATS mm ¥ >\> T>* - "Z£$ aa. • ?... t;- J • tat on statf rmmdr ^ • •* ' , -