£\e Fowler's B y M . E H A R W E L L m * & the festivi CHArTBH VIII, -jjMmnrJater Temple-Dfne was li|bta that flashed down it scene. Dinner was just gentlemen as well aa the deserted the dining room; under the solemn Christ- and drawn up in a semi- fla the snow-covered terrace, tile mummers shouting in coarse . ,.-an old world catch: rest you, mercy gentlemen, i?C;, l«t nothing you dismay!" the large hall, where the vivid berriep blazed red on the steel M the knightly figures, and in on the tapestried walls, a good- ly«Wt|ttny was assembled--the house guests. with a background of til IUmbUc of the establishment, *4fcd this is England, and an Eng- UA CluistisaiB eve!" A pair of small, thin hands were childishly dapped. "Ok, I never dreamed it would he so tovely. so delightful!"' A broad smile went round, lor the •fclfced speaker was the bride. "Wmidm will never cease," silently Cteaght Gwris, as he stood amazed. Gladdy had since the afternoon thrown off the stupor of melancholy that so often oppressed her now and puzzled her husband. She had been at dinner the gayest of the party, all unties and •terry quips. "Iwiah- Anedell could just see her no*/' MM Gervis to himself. "The old ehap wsvid stare. He'd have to swal low his dismaleroakings about decline and wasting away. She's as merry as a cricket! " BtttAnsdell could not see the trans formation, for he had shut himself up in|Mttely on arriving with a tre- meal#febs headache; and it seemed as if CHadOy in his absence had lifted her self as a plant raises its head after the storm has passed. Hfcran wilful, the bride had escaped trom the elders of the party--Lady Ja$ and the stately dowagers. She wolff have none of their wearisome congratulatory speeches. There was ever saw. Humanity held its in the face of the "glad tidings of great joy." And now, as then, the hush was followed by a burst fill song--the mummers' carol: to but Qtie person in all Temple-Dene ^wanted, and that was Leila to whom the bride had taken I cy. She would have none e but Leila; and Syb watched with glowering eyes that wrathfully. %o©a, these two, in the fore ground of the warm,, dazzlingly bright interior, conspicuous figures, for both wors white. bride's throat and in her ciuflr-'itair diamonds sparkled; while LflHt, in her dead-white crape, simply made frock, had not a single ornament save her own sweet smile and a bunch of dewy, heavy-headed Christmas roses fastened in the folds of her bodice. "I love your dear old-fashioned Christmas customs," went on Gladdy. But this time it was for Leila's ear only she spoke, and she squeezed her new friend's htad under cover of her • satins and laces as the two girls stood close side by side. "I've read heaps about the way you keep Christmas in the old country, and I know that old legend in verse, 'The Mistletoe Bough.' " "Oh, do you?" Leila turned her soft eyes on the bride. "Then, you know, Gervis would tell you that many think the tragedy actually hap- here at Temple-Dene?" "N~*no!" Gladdy gasped. The® she added: "'Gervis did not tell me. 1 wonder he did not." Gervis, it seemed, Had told his new wife next to nothing about the old home of his ancestors. "Oh, well, we are not exactly sure, jsou know," said Leila, hesitatingly; t»ut there is a tradition that a bride of the family was. lost, and found dead In an old black-oak chest which stands in the gallery up yonder." She pointed to the galleryt ranning round the large hall. "And many people firmly believe she was the Ginevra of the poem. But of course it is only hearsay, we are not ^positive.** f "I must see it! Oh, J must! Please take me at once!" And Gladdy caught her satin skirts to rush off. - Wait, Mrs. Templeton--- please wait a few moments!" urged Leila, laying her hand gently on the American girl's round, white arm. "The mummers are all village folk who have known us and Gervis all their lives; They would lie terribly hurt if you ran away be fore the barols are finished." U-;' It was Leila all over to be ever thoughtful of the feelings of others. "But I always do just what I've a mind to do!" said Gladdy, half fret- fully. "You s9aall see the old oak chest to morrow, Mrs. Templeton, I promise , you that," said L*sila, much as she would have sought to pacify a frac tious child. And Gladdy, docile enough W&efre she loved--and already she loved Leila--turned with smiling eyes to| the half-circle of upturned rustic fWee out on the snow under the stars. f*ssantly Gladdy, pink and tremu lous, was led oat upon the steps to bow fcifr thanks. i*®* be rare and sweet to look upon •it: that happy! God bless she, we d« aayl "--the whisper went round ai|^||#« mummers. Mister Gervis, he do look grave, IN '^same's he had the weight o' on his shoulders," some-' And there were one or «#4'fcead-shakeB, for we can't keep VfrMs* secrets locked up from our securely as we may a voice fnom the the joybells! They've distant villages and ham- ame at one and the same passionate peal of joy. bells across the snow," tain the happy story to humanity that unto a Savior was born! moments there was a lit- bul say throng stood still aa| aa did the shepherd* Christinas eve the world All glory be to God on hlgfc. And on the earth be peace; Goodwill henceforth from heaven men . . Begin and never ceaae. *X'*V Y "Amen," murmured sweet voice. And she raised wet eyes to the Christmas stars above. Tonight she could once again say, "God is good, God is good!" for to her sore heart the Comforter had come, the Christ-Child, with "healing on hi« wings." To Gervis Templeton, as he gave her one glance, it was as though he gazed on the face of an angel. There was that in its holy, rapt look to help him on the right path. Gladdy"-- he moved to his wife's side--"I must take you indoors. This sort of night air is not good for you." A fragile, almost wasted little figure it was that he led into the house, and pitying eyes followed it. "She's not long for this wo rid; any body can see that," the whisper went round. "Oh, nonsense!" Lady Jane, as she caught it, frowned. "Everybody knows ttiat American girls are like thistle down to look at, but they are wiry enough for all that; they make old women with the best of us." "In a general way--yes; but aa re gards Mrs. Templeton, Lady Jane, you must face the fact that she is handi capped by a constitution so frail, and a temperament so highly strung, that any sudden shock might kill her!" "Mr. Ansdell! Glad to see you have recovered." Lady Jane wheeled round, to find the scientist, dad in irreproachable eve ning dress, at her elbow. His dark eyes were intently following the bride's drooping figure; for, oddly enough, Gladdy felt one of her miserable fits of depression stealing over her. "What is it? Are you chilled?" anx iously asked Gervis, when he got her into the deserteu drawing room. "I don't know--yes. I wish that man had stayed in his room, he frightens me!" gasped Gladdy, faintly., "What man? You don't mean Ans dell? The poor old chap would do any mortal thing for you, Gladdy!" Ger vis said, amazed. "Oh, of course" he would! Oh, no, no! I didn't mean that. I want"-- there was a pause--"I want Leila." A few minutes later Gladdy was in her own room, her new friend's soft arms round her. "You are over-tired, Mrs. Temple ton," Leila'slj soft, rich voice was say ing almost tenderly, for her heart was strangely drawn to this woman--she who ought to be the richest and hap piest- woman on earth, for had she not Gervis? Leila already knew instinct ively that the bride was miserably un happy. "I am not strong," said Gladdy, pres ently. "I was always a weak thing, and I'd no mother to see to me, you know. But I never was like this be fore. It is since the night of the fire on the prairie. Perhaps I got a shock. Leila, I hate black eyes, don't you? Black, deep pools, that seem to hold all that Is evil and bad in their depths?" "Oh, no!" Leila's own dark-blue eyes widened apprehensively. Could Gladdy be delirious? Was she on the verge of some fever? "I rather admire dark eyes, they flash and sparkle so grandly." She spoke calmly, aa if to reassure the trembling girl beside her; » "I don't mean dark eyes. I eyes black as pools of ink, crtM eyes, that hold your very soul in a grip of iron. Leila, such eyes liave a wicked power. Their owner could make one comipit any crime, perhaps even mur der! Oh, that's why I feel such an agony of fear at timast Suppose I did something!" Leila drew her brows together in bewilderment. "Dear, I can't think where you can have seen such eyes. But there's one thing I know. Supposing the powers of evil are suffered to tempt or force us to be their tools, I know and be lieve that the powers of good--God the Father and God the Son--are far stronger, and that with Their help we can safely resist all evil influences." "You mean to tell me your faith is so real, so intense?" Gladdy bent forward until her thin, sharp little face touched the soft round of Leila's cheek. Why, yes!" was the astonished an swer. To doubt for Leila would be to question whether the sun rose each day to gladden the earth. "And you-- you also believe in God's goodness? How can we listen to the story the joy- bells are telling and feel one aerap of doubt?" „ I wish I were real good, like you," sighed Gladdy. "L^ila, do you know sometimes, quite lately, a strong feel ing has come to me that my life will he a short one? I haven't ««iniig^ stamina in me to live." She stretched out her thin little hands to warm them at the blaze of the wood fire. Leila gazed from them to her in profound amazement. Was this how a happy bride talked, And on Christmas eVe, too, when the thought of Christinas peace was warming each heart. Shall I send Gervis to you?" she •aid, softly, wondering a little at her own strength. But Gladdy, unheeding, continued to stare wistfully into the leaping blase, and the Christmas bells pealed **•# through the frosty air. *. a mohAUr Christmas danced l^py children, eager to the gifta dealt out to them by Claus, a stately figure, snow-cotafrid and holly-decked, sham icicles ing from his hair and beard, not guessing that under the disgutsol waa Gervis himself. He, and Gladdy also, had themselves with childish glee into the evening's amusements; while Litfla,ikiMK little Syb. fairly exhausted by the toil of decorating the hall, the gallery and the numerous rooms, were well con' tent to look on at the revels in which the whole establishment, guests and servants alike, were joining. There was one exception, however. - I n t h e q u i e t , d i s t a n t l i b r a r y , F r a n cis Templeton sat among his dumb friends, the long row of books. He alone, the master of the house, waa absent from the Christmas rejoicings. Never more would he mingle with his fellow men. But in the revelry now at Its height he was not even missed. We must have 'Sir Roger de Cover- ley* and then supper!" at last cried Lady Jane. It was so long since the poor lady had tasted the joy of entertaining her neighbors that she threw herself into the business of the moment with gen uine zest My dear!" She seized the skirts of Gladdy's silver brocade dress as the girl fled past with a couple of flushed, eager children, one on each side. The bride had apparently cast off her mel ancholy of the previous night, and was radiantly gay. "You must dance 'Sir Roger* with Barnes, our good old but ler, you know. You must, really!" in sisted Lady Jane. Oh, but Mithi Templeton ith going to show uth the big black box where the poor lady was shut up dead!" lisped a fair-haired boy in blue velvet and point lace. "Never mind, little man, I'll take you up to the gallery after the dance is over." Gladdy stooped to kiSs the disap pointed, rosy mouth. Presently the whole company who were not dancers crowded close to see the popular, old-fashioned dance led off by the dainty, fragile bride, in her gleaming jewels and shimmering gown, and the venerable, white-haired Barnes, the trustiest of the Temple- Dene retainers. At the opposite end of the two long rows of dancers was Leila Desmond, trails of scarlet holly berries on her white gown and in her sunny hair, her partner being the smali boy In blue velvet, Gladdy's limping admirer. (To be continued.) THE BASHFUL MAM. tad# then? Alarmed tha Young Covering Bis Grip. A bashful young man had Sat for some time in the terminal station at Philadelphia, waiting for his train to be announced. His grip he had shoved under his seat. Finally he jumped up and sought the train announcer for the third time. He was told that his train time had at last arrived. Then the young man remembered his grip .which he had left under the seat in the wait ing room. Hurrying back, he waa amazed to find a beautiful girl occupy ing the place he had left a moment be fore. His grip was hidden by her skirts and the •bashful young man saw no way of getting at it. He feared that he would miss his train, so he decided to speak to the young lady. Strutting up to her in a flustered state, hie in tention to politely ask her to allow him to get his grip was forgotten and he blurted out with: "Pardon me, lady, but you are sitting on a nail and might tear your dress." With a bound the girl was out of the seat,when the young man grabbed his grip and fairly ran through the waiting room and to his train. The girl blushed as others sit ting near giggled and she, too, hurried out to the train shed and waited there for her train. , - .j; '/ J of Hrarlng. F. Larroque has recently made some interesting observations of the mech anism of hearing. lie studies the ac tion upon the ear df sounds produced by the Jjowlng of a string stretched by a vessel containing water which slow ly flows away and thus releases the tension very gradually. He finds that when the sound is conveyed' to the two ears through hearing tubes two distinct impressions are created and there is no interference whatever by the phase of the two sound waves. This he concludes show% that the auditory apparatus of any one ear acts inde pendently of the other. v: ̂ Rtninanu«l and Queen MWffflieritn." It has been stated lately that a cool ness has arisen between King Victor Emmanuel and his mother. Queen Margherita, owing to the economy that he has seen fit to exercise since he came to the throne. The rumor is said to be contrary to fact, for not only does Queen Margherita approve of her son's action, but she is glad to see him following the example of his father, whom she greatly aided in effecting many economies at the court at the be ginning of his reign. CHAPTER IX. Christmas day, with its happy greet ings and its gifts, its peaceful services, its feasting of the poor and its great home dinner, was drawing to a close. It was night, apd the merrymakings at their height The Venetian press advocates dras tic measures for stamping out the Or ganized robbery which prevails throughout the Italian railway system. Suspecting that the Whole body of rail way officials is implicated they con sider that the only effectual remedy would be the collective dismissal or punishment of every official engaged upon a train in which a robbery takes m "• Hie MMta* l&arican M<. If the moat marvelous fact in Rgtoos history «f the nineteen tury. The first church of the century was w-eeteu at Marietta, la I8S1, built entirely of logs and affordinff tit* very. pooreet kfod of aceommodSttokk» but, nevertheless, faithfully attended by the Ohio pioneers, who traveled a-horse many miles to this crude llpp cabin, wherein they worshiped witfle fellow members took turn about in Hot Win Bwwa- f " -J The western classification committee, in session at Hot Springs, Ark., has decided not to require the wiring of boxes containing boots and shoes, mil linery goods and other small article*. A protest from Milwaukee shippers made by Secretary H. B. Wllkins of the Merchants and Manufacturers' as sociation, waa the cavse of actions Milwaukee Journal. FIRST M. E. CHURCH IN OHIO, guarding the entrance againet attack. The old cabin is yet standing, although in a badly decaying condition. The Methodists are considering the propo sition to erect a memorial church on the site. The matter will be officially brought before the next state Confer ence. f>Uhone*1y is Spreading. Ia kleptomania a new type of univer sal pestilence? Sanitary science has of oM adm it- world. human ail tu« to Out while the 1« iieUer iii. ... is mc l̂̂ lil̂ Rially aa and tuum, is apparently m ' At g*mr*Qff's lnstappon at a -state week *{N> city was infested with thugs and kmtoml thieves who tore women's costly eoats from their backs, snatched Jefp^from ears everything else In eight and invaded private homes as weli aa tmblic par lors in successful search of (booty. Lar ceny upon social occasions has "become so common at even private receptions that, despite detectives in evening dress and police in uniform, hostesses and guests alike dread a tlurong even under the most beguiling circum stances. A wave of theft appears to be over the world. Thou eh< not steal is a lost commandment Yet the jails are fall of thieves and the courts show reawakened zeal in punishing offenses against property. Nurse MacDonald, whose courage under fire while performing her duties drew Lord Roberts' praise, is a Nova Scotian, and went to Africa with the first vessel.of the second contingent- She gained experience in war nursing at Montauk Point, when the American soldiers came back from Cuba. In South Africa ' she nursed at Ronde- bosch, Klmberley, Bloemfonteln and Pretoria. .V f..-' • 'Princess' Want* a Husband. I Like his brother, the Prince of Wales, the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg PRINCESS BEATRICE. had one unmarried daughter. Like all three of her sisters, this Princess has Victoria in her name, after their grandmother, the queen of England. The rest of her name is Beatrice Leopoldine, and she is usually spo ken of as Princess Beatrice of Saxe- Coburg. i Hitherto Princess Beatrice has been lost in the swarm of young grandchildren ana great grandchildren of the queen, but now she is to be heard from, for she will be 17 next April, and her im p e r i o u s m o t h e r , daughter of many czars, thinks it is time to arrange for the young girl's marriage. Mother and daughter are now going over to England to see the queen of that coun try and to afford her majesty the keen delight of making another match. They will remain In England several weeks. First Girl Messenger "TSoy." Miss Dottie Hammond of Denver, a pretty young woman of 16, is one of the few messenger "boys" in the coun try. She is regularly employed to car- messages by the Western Union Telegraph company from Its stock yards office in that city. She is so prompt and speedy in the delivery and collection of telegrams that there is talk of replacing the usual messenger boys in Denver with girls of equal en ergy and promptness. While perform ing her regular duties, Miss Hammond has learned to receive and send mes- ages, and she is soon to be promoted to regular position as operator. She has served as a messenger for more than a year, and declares that she can see no reason why girls cannot do the work as well, if not better, than the boys usually employed. For one thing, aa Miss Hammond points out, the girls do not smoke cigarettes. Department of iEducation. There is a commissioner of educa tion at the head of one of the bureaus of the interior department It is his duty to collect statistics and facta showing the condition and progress of education in the several states and territories, and to diffuse among the people information about school sys tems and methods of teaching, so as to promote the cause of education throughout the country. The commis sioner is aided in his labors of diffu sion by a chief clerk, a compiler, and a Statistician. Among them they collect data and get out yearly reports which may serve in a degree to promote the cause of education. Senator Hans- brough has Introduced a bill to expand the bureau Into a department and the commissioner into a secretary. Fly-Catching in Apparatus. has just introduced fly-catching device shown in the ac companying illus tration. The use of the large sheets of fly paper so com mon a few years ago came to be somewhat of a nui sance, especially when a neighbor accidentally sat on one, or the family cat became involv ed In a discussion regarding her right to walk on the in- JPlan of th« Trap-offensive aheet. Of course, all this was i 1 * amusing to a cer- it had Its disadvan tages, and has already led to the in troduction of various other schemes to rid the hoope of the pasts. In the in vention hare shown, advantage is ta ken of the fact that flies are in the habit of alighting on articles suspend ed from the celling. In constructing To BLeep Tturglars Out. Here is a little arrangement for use as a burglar alarm which is complete in itself and needs no batteries or wires to operate it. It consists of a cir cular base plate, upon which is mount ed a gong and a spring-actuated es capement and clockwork mechanism of any convenient form. From one edge of the base project two sharp prongs, Which rest on the floor, while on the opp6site side there is a sliding spindle, also sharpened to a point. To put the BURGLAR ALARM DOOR LOCK, alarm in position the pair of prongs are driven into the floor a short dis tance by a blow of the device itself. Then the £lp of the spindle is placed against the bottom of the door, inclin ing the alarm at about the augle shown. As the spindle is controlled by a spring, a push on the door drives it in a short distance and releases the bell mechanism, at the same time effectual ly locking the door against further movement. the fly-catcher a length of wire--about three feet--is wound with thread or otherwise covered with a textile ma terial. The coil is then coated with birdlime or other viscous substance, and the coiled wire is then Inserted in a cylinder of cardboard, with caps at tha end to close the tube tightly. The catchers are simple and cheap in con struction and are in a convenient form for use, it only being necessary to pull the wire out of the cylinder by one of the projecting ends and suspend it in a convenient place to put it in opera tion. 'Railroads May 3* Offered. A Washington dispatch to a New York paper conveys the interesting in formation that the Morgan-Rockefei- ler-Hill combination Is completing Its plans for consolidation of railway «y»* tenia with the Intention of offering them to the government at a price to be determined in any way which Con gress may devise. Sir Henry Maxim declares that years before the safety bicycle was invented he had made one for himself and hart ridden all over Maine on H f ** * * * 1 iR .UV ' ' ••'t, > X -T .-v r •V* TTTS -- ITarvce: /li5nderscfrv »^>-y '4;, # ? i£ m i>v?; • " i • * * 'S'3 } ' % v - MISS FRANCES M. ANDERSON, daughter of HON. JUDGE ANDERSONof Virginia, is at present In Washington, D. C., as C o r r e s p o n d i n g S e c r e t a r y o f t h a H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n a l L e a g u e , o / p that city. Cured of la grippe by Peruna. M ISS FRANCES M. ANDERSON, Corresponding Secretary of the Higher Educational League, writes from the"Astoria,"Wash ington, D. C., the following: "About two months ago I was taken very ill with la grippe and was obliged to go to bed. I took three bottles of Peruna with very beoeftciel results, and was able to leave • my bed In a week end regained my usual strength very soon. "I have nothing but praise for Peru- aa, and recommend tt to those simi larly afflicted whenever I can.'*-- Frances M. Anderson. La grippe is, strictly speaking, epi demic catarrh--that is to say, a variety of acute catarrh which is so contagi ous and runs a course more or iea3 definite, the same as scarlet fever, whooping cough, etc. During the acute stages of la grippe It is not a very fatal disease, but the condition in which it leaves the sys tem has caused the death of a count less number. Indeed nearly every person who has had la grippe within the last three years finds himself more or less de ranged by the pernicious effects of this disease. The majority of those who have escaped death find life Scarcely worth living. If thla vast multitude of people could only know with what certainty , and promptness Peruna would relieve them of all the bad effects which la grippe has brought upon them, what an untold amount of suffering would be averted! Thousands have already heard how Quickly this remedy will cure in these eases and have been saved; but tens of thousands have not yet heard, and con tinue to suffer on, dropping Into grave one by one. Peruna cures catarrh in all gtagl and varieties, whether acute or chronic, and is therefore the most effective . ' remedy ever devised for removing allV the derangements which follows 1*.. grippe. • Samuel M. York writes from Unload" * Grove, Ala., the following letter: Dear Sir--"Last week I was takMp/J- with la grippe and catarrhal deafness^ I wrote you for advice and followed^ r; your directions. After taking two bott^ " ties of Peruna I found myself well oft** la grippe,-imd-my hearing was fully re* stored. My health is better than i%V has been in five years. -' 7'. "My wife improved In health verys<; much after taking Peruna.1'--Samuei . M. York. Miss Caroline J. Kahl, Otlsco, Ind.^ •' writes as follows: "Three years I bad la grippe an# pulmonary trouble. / was very sick. I had hemorrhages-of the lungs nearly everyday for a year and three AottMn# of your Peruna cured me. The doctor lam nowte; said I had consumption. better health than I many years. "I highly recommend Peruna to all; my neighbors and friends. Peruna lapt my favorite medicine. I shall alwayvN^, have Peruna in the house."--Miss Caro-i'.?/ line J. Kahl. .W : If you do not derive prompt and aat4»| isfactory results from the use of Pa^ runa, write at once to Dr. Hartman^*• giving a full statement of your casslV and he will be pleased to give you Uqp! valuable advice gratis. si? Address Dr. Haitman,: President oft;"'- Tha Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, I don't like these cold, precise, per fect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and In or der not to dp wrong, nevei tbln£~-H. ,W. Beecher. line's Family Medici^*""" '"'" Moves tue Dowels oaeu uay. in order to be healthy this is necessary. Acta gentiy on the liver and kidneys. Cures alek headache. Price 25 and 50a. 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