ah ft would be so long withheld.pp,{ Pusiness-like directions, in my most improbable fanc’-$ a had never imagined that upon a wild-and terrible February night, a ng way home from sig ture ular eee _ clung eee and hob) y pavement, Frank _ remark, i! his usual ow.” “C supp! “gay ‘that you won't have me, ‘Why couldn't he call me Katherine, ery one else do, and spell as I made ev: with a K? "You don’t mean to say that you a2 % Why, I-—well—yes, I rather thought tint you might.” Fred's face t ; the little quiver a “ Joyeless, unromantic proposition. How my heart was aes 's, but It wi I might have paid in His only further ‘What striking figurative ong, by a yow, in the depth of ‘Goo later I heard the great hhall-door a Mee slam with didn’t ask him, shortly. “Don’t you d yet you tlt Bnd. quatrey 3s rk raid, ta years “Pre im too much to say al , scolded Ea poe brother pose so,” I answered, intent thins you treat Fred. ago.’ Moore Is the most disagree- a teased and worried me as devotedly as the the possibility e lec- ae terse, pletion until tell him ae thundering well- eae rot I returned would have rst to stay her seclalige as you are so Tae Mis. B haps worse.” street,” I said. a ie iste ah the dark- d to think of the most im: were made like magic. e plano was hoisted into wooden chairs, the library aken apart and packed upon the din- ing-table, the carpets were piled upon these, and carried upstairs. © ied _ ourselves in carrying dat and cooking utensils up to my 10 which had a grate, th heated by registers. urnett.” Mothér was about to accept the invi- hing. We pi te ere, and we have uition we shall eed.” SO evin Wilt Hoy: Gee) wick OR IONE, some,” said Fred, puis his cap over his eyes, and looking at mamma we are Aa hated to living alone, You. h patie, ie! stairs, mamm urged he came, etc Hany: up a step ays two. Fred came upon the lower step “I shall window open, from y help just nate a noise. you. Good night.” “We ate ESS you, my dear re so much oan to eles I shali hear my longings for the suf- ficient presence that had been our re- liance for so many years. What would life be to mother and me with- out Fred Moore ? and-all night long came pales tee help t by the We could not sleep, but, lke thou+ sands of others, sat by the fire and worst: ali. that weary error lest he should die o1 ed or oe awa: ie before I could see him Fovercam\ eiphiee esa higher enent oe flood. nother foot would reac’ pal The frail old penne pie fast tops hat was navigated by a - lost houses, homes to which w han the tollet stand that she spread with a towel. Suddenly she gave a cry of alarm, “We forgot ee bread, dear.’ “Make into the hall.) Got Pint oe cate <3 "called Fred | fron 0 give the warn-| nis wind Rob has a teinpnaneg up to i be as bad as tt was last year, and per- “But it won't. come up to Third blatefa 0 ps d now, and rising. ee! is | are ‘ied from their foundations One foot on the parlor floor stood d I brought ba, is iserable | ani x Ee. the “ufflent ha hands idly mov- “What § ‘ae a ac window. “How ai “O, Ta d, we haven't any baking powder, nor bread, and we're hun; shall have some of our aso then; we have ished, reaj Spear with atch ie em or starve,” a baseball pitcher. a U ll for you to take a walk this “morning; don’t Sap cages rub- bers, it is damp.” Thi: an ex- ample of the execrable Peet ee flew back aud fort have died of pure misery if we hadn’t joked. A slow rain fell most of the day, and the river rose several inches before nightfall We slept ae Slane os ee haustion, and xt ae aie ed upon the ar flood that had Barnett” his communica- tlons were addr —“father t such eaves that oe: the lower houses eke seat oat ve is not quite safe. You me over right away. Gather up Be you can carry and I will come back for more. quick. Wee made no Rie ae this time, but went, mamma © firs! md I the ae trip, trembling over aie plank, speech of Thursday helped me oe ane hurried back for some of oui The house was rockin fina Howat swayed ave. red, Fred, come back; it is He came to’ the call. hues old home,” Eaoaaed mamma. wavered between sentim gret for my paintings and Ec as just home from the dress- mak Ted stepped out upon. the roof after life the ae eee ana gene ee if left to my he pad- dea up ey thee rata ee a Mr. Murray’s water-trough, and so se eae encased in coating a aid m ee arms and growled, “You\women get ff my re 01 ed. Get out, I'm freezing on " ‘hen, in addition to haying ees a crippled with rheumatism, and fF servant girl sick we er his icy hath ee tate oe I could heax A as T passed in the Wi at if ae should die with m cruel words yet in his ears! on my account that he lay in epee ? resolved that I would st the worst came, “O, Kate, is a splenata boy to ‘rom me was ed Three seeing days foi. ich his life hung by Cire ‘aud one might every one els on the spre a store,” and an- a soar “Now called, as one by one he fired them. pts into my hands with the accuracy of Wl so much, an e esi me, dear, just for once When be: morning, I tried to slip away, but a ;| ting by me.” the jthe warehouse where they had watch- n| ding mareh oF en the ana Toke atme ‘Kate eats at exp ined. | “Poor mother 1” “Acatie,, you had better isn’t it 7% 4 stay, Fred. care ory HS a little, 1 yo I want to take ay or “What is it 2” night.” geese Thad not sailicipkeate ‘thls, t al “But, Fred, I am aes fo, Katie.” He spoke with pion breath and painfully. “Pm. sorr: too, for something, but upon my mee or it never occurred to me. ponolsed you fi answere: prettiest 1 in Centreport, and had business of taking possesison of yo without finding out how you liked me, But if you'll torgive—” “Don’t say that! I don’t want any- day,” and as looked at me eagerly in the dim igh: yu are cruel to make me say You know that I have loved you always. I couldn't live without ou," my burning face in my hands, n in his and looked at 2 I could feel the pe venta ot his fingers. 4 love, is ae true? My bless- fori & moment, as he laid my han is forehead, ‘‘Would oe hd e fell vies hee for the dawn i shea: : " Cie eee uk hie ‘Fred ‘tive they oul never retui When Mrs. Moore came in the early Fi a caught my dres and then my Sie eae will take care of me now. You have done your part.” San my pete ee x will not be—" know it, can send for 0G minister as soon as you like. I guess you won't object then Hs her sit- “Well, well, I've always expected it, but it does seem a little sudden. Why didn’t you uci it all before this flood and we could have had a reception and everything lee bit a t day | ie paddled up from| their goods, and the clergyman esis ee arrived in a boat, the ered round the bed as I d_ was pronounced a wife, Adit i Bate played a wed- T cannot ten “the doy of ministering ;|to my. husband’s comfort, as he watched me with such loving “Ah, Katie !” he whispered. "tha dreamed of this day for twelve years.” nd we were only engaged twelve hours.” What a fairy castle we ot during his convalescence, as th down and left us Ae a sea et i a foot thick on the yery floors, and our windows fram a jueh @ scene as Noah must have recognized could he return to look. Beak gary oe aitnatioe oF he Het furne d_ his head bho once cr er has gone to get aaah «Never pei Tll be “all right in a two. “I am sorry for what I said the other “That's all right, Katie. Don't I ha al pene at Jast whue the happiness ? they v ee a eget ihe brought us live Ww hen it was my turn to go down bed. don’t need any one nae It is Sate wis the Valley of the Shadow, it was ‘red’s am 80 sorry for t sol Fe fringe shines in the brown eyes as he that sails helped me, BS Si, SIBERIAN ROAD BLOCKED. No Fretght eas mae Deo eas Mauled on Recent pie tee ene Lena pers, full S concerning the ene of the Siberian Railroad to meet the strain imposed upon it by the Ching ese campaign. Bayong the Urals it th one of these. culty in working the road, and men have been drafted from all the lines in European Russia, at dobule wages and a daily bouus, to work on the Si- and even troop t. constant and proto: along the road Geen es n to famine prices, and hay worth aleiget thet The inhabitants. of the different towns on the 1 compelled to provide food, | de oui of the ordinar, bread of the country, for the soli svnp ren Delt Spay. Wie Fie: Chinese th us il Suropean Russia. formation actual condi- tion of affairs is guarded jealously by the authorities, and it is thought that matter in Eastern much more ‘serious ia than any one would gather from the official bullet —-_— THE FLY BURiED THE SPIDER. “While strolling about in my the’ oihar day I was very much iate ested in the ch manner in another direction 1 stood, and from where it ‘had alighted, and commenced hole ins the ground, was excited and I stopped to watch the insect at work. after ihé fly had the hole the leagth of himself he aparently took After going back to the hole (he found t was not big enough and(began dig- ging again. After taking out a quantity of earth he once more webt © the spider and again took its meas- uremén he and as ofte’ ata the hole: When low had the hole too o throw the earth Sets fe would go on the ot and ‘oree it backs with Hae he ‘had ‘he excavation see enough for bis purpose he went for he spider and bronght it to the wave, for such it proved to be, and it to the mouth of the hole. v yianes a tiny Seceen i os e fey ite ur in See forty-five “min- utes by iy watch.” RIGHT UP W. m striving for the: PB HIS GAME, eof the é ai te ote re —— eeeeeieantemmeesiinetetiinemeiemtcn camel re LOST MAN'S LANE 3 A Second Bee in in the Romantic Life of Amelia Butterworth. deed he. seemed an cad and the our in his. face till he was demoniacally oe on viper!’ he shrieked. ad oe me Sat crime—you © died in jail | you ever m me set my foot os wo orm? Look | = my fruit home, without a spot Or blemish to maz} pri nan de- a less of a silly, yawping boy? Lucetta, you are mad!”” Mad or sane, my accusation will salle its results, Mr. Trohm. I believe | og in your guilt not to make ke | ae do | “Ab,” sai nid he, ‘‘then you have not, one #0 yet? You aleve this and that, | but you have not said ‘No,”? she calmly retard, though | her face blanched to the co! ae eres of wax, ‘‘I have not Sata 80 oh, the cuaning that alts ‘into his | face! "She has not said it. Oh, the little i Lucetta, the wise, the careful little Lu- | ia cetta will denounce you apes | Petre the ight has eet ne down upon | Th lover to avenge, a brother | &: auton Sees a earch should be sh @ monster as y oaue one’’. wheelie, fee hac uuye of mingled pull mie” about that. Come ssnek - nus ep nearer, Luoetta. ‘0 see if you are realy * Tittle my is toward the ee exerting a fi r. oe fok ae pos befor shrieks “Beware!” we, = ee bend for ee with a ‘ck motion and then start ope nae ss ie which but an instant b frail and inaied , tottered as if eo ground wi ma in another ctl fi sph Sialewed ta one fal ete instant yanned in the Gacothly oat lawn before us and (hen vanished aH Trop aighé wa at ithad en. from my whistle, ae with = Hesglisaeon cry of agi Lore he Aya in our rt hear: ee ryce aie 8 (oi it Eogpaniil to sti ie reer lyzed as we were ay sen ight of the man’s demonia ais on gin over Le turf, ing is finfers in the red “sanset “iBix!” heshrieked. ‘Six! And room Ob it marzy lite L ‘ ae ma little oe ‘ike this But ‘Giles is my pretty Lucetta? sere | scent of the violets she 40 often woars pes oe her hair, | ast words, Fatisbed in a differ: sci Aas ar the Cae oe the cue to | a ate pee atts half is poet se almost his sole re- | ward i ope eo he had per eaietat mie te myster’ ree ig his 8 a unity ernie this time he had fancied himself 0 en- joy. "Aonntime Mr. Gryoo had covered se i bis end in another moment Sy 16 Barend disclose what gee ; be the remaii well, long tor. ths old wrinkles came | whis less aifteatty As she fine in Siero arlet. Rising up, she threw her act around his neck and let him + ise rheu- ipered. in pete ear whi turned her pallid tick to asowas dwell upon it gize for a pe ew cng of ‘iy connay strength.) — Now a walk in this “lana event. To feel its shadows without. fear, yy the ties of withoot a ‘Shot of lurking eroabi in weet and Seu attractive our a fal | “So fora cout fatlonal, girls. of “bale aay from the a of the | Now we peatack to work. Hianiao’s reinglod langhe was a si CHAPTER XXXV. EXPLAN. i ander bad not fa explaii en's victim to Mr. Trohm' ‘¢ mazin and cries her ou see it now, s, look at my | face was peace itself. But his—well, his tudy. days. Iw piloest ake Wepecay aes Teen Bot 9 William bad a word to say for himself. vf Sne Puta r one ” said he, ‘tyou’re Saracen ive and well. “That Mr good sor! an, as wi cae ay thls att aha Vale of siewina ee Ton ont ant we, her the telegram was appai ne probably niet ty Wah, etn were ever exchanged on ae nb hit I | Jeet, made too ha ie 8 arabe: ie to regret Seyi w which had led a ir d— to thi satisfyiny ‘so it seems, hat tend it impos- Upon issuing from Lost Man’s Fem he had met Mr. He, sible to leave Luce! ce and learned enough im aus geek Ria titoa: unten vekid his fabs, ancoment sepia ha ‘ore too, in these last few plaguy days of our trouble bere. Bus F's age wos a ea ioe either, do like my own way, wh Bii'te: cone peceee nar ook orbaticsaa Rbcryartal the sivte 5° aon thei aasenng: 5 bates uisile decency sate me, So, and I say = ee rounds, and out of Ae aS one sibestonithe of ext icorad Obes HAE ay eo ko abcoad’ we'll and may = | from him of | have chink enough oy let us go respect- ‘But I will,” she oried, mesting his! aa een position in which the! able once more in a place where one age st eee ‘called upon to hoot hir h ment. nS motive |e. of value, I wi iryce neve! sand | t hes light bole bam chia of those concerned as for élantigeian of the m: eyiiae to clear. hou ir we all spent together late old house was unlike | pleasing plans for feet aight - the ay hour which that place has seen ea Me ‘O8 trander, Lucetta, William, Mr. yes and myself were there, and as an especial gr: Saracen wae allowed to enter, that there Leng kate sight Rot be 8 slond-upon 4 single face diss [resin even to the wiles of his master, faot lept | 1 met in the course of, the niomning at musement over this tim pei natured to the last adieu. yw candles in | ing joy, and when, 0 | parted, I bade good night to the g in that grim upper hall | seoltaie es found their b } ‘o letters I hastened t z at), and \ ty a ee asI gained the refuge of | A Belge of Wittiolams at ‘Which ri mii y own apartment. ) sufficiently hat my you read those letters. The first of th read thus Dran Ontve—To make others nppy ts the tei nthe habit of patrons as well for ae ery benny Gk busi wedding 6 ae he omits is awfully costly,” mt ; erudge the old place ar Aan ee ally as I mean to live and die in it men folks, and inside of mt, open sham, cardi yo ssible wien we saat might }and that would never please Loret 1 take @ it, Mise Buteeworth Tt was a challenge wo were glad % art | accept, in | of person antim tl Nene: concentrated even pon thes for Tnoetta’s benefit for There Ware certain Bp intasrek bo be cata atter whose termination ‘all st ae ey on my heart, and there ace | was a confession for me to make, with- wil ct ‘on pacnilar relations seenied to seth Ce cabal came first. They were eee by Mr. Gryce, whom iat: ansts cottage. She the pateaty happy all Se sleeping Bi ee 0 her hand and waking to Bar atv oby ib eis ee gr es be yee wae any at liberty to stroll Lae ira JESTS FROM YONKERS. 1 Please 5: a Osea why do you think hem tat ie marrying me you nee oe better perforni a trying ae Seater Ml, you Hee that in | unity there’s strength. iness of sending one’s wife remerk- ainty white, taffeta {1 did this not fore all too Palatally to herself the wedding | Lhelo ed her buy and which was, as ron Webeh eb grokea ite tay Setuumings and a weading well of alle. to this adress suitable for half dozen costumes a mate. Let everything 1 a aby es ay frightoned will find inclosed; also those of ap yong lady, het ster, who must also be | ar fad bere ba ings must sg bore ty ‘Wednesday Sa The second uae wus a longer more impertant one. It was } the Lome of the company whee Proposed to send Mr. Ostrander to South i ‘Oh, what a strit Kaien Tott t hen tae of ciroumstances cept oe tr a i Ostri ocean travel aud a pted & irected te ae urse,” respouded Smith, “don’t fou sromen even ele it by saying ‘Add nothing but ‘dear’ just before the Ieave- | taking occurs ‘own—F'll bet that the majority ot fit hat are caught in the hook are tt know their sex is great ing a “line dropped.” She—If they should revive the old time ial of | gaz, you would be ee to suffer. - ie—That would b “Wl es did you think of ed cornetist’s efforts?” “Tt was an awfal strain.” remarked the jester, “horse and | py cacHagee are nothing new. ee, carry farm produce in the had Pires saree vice 20 sears a0.” rejnined the ¢bo- t all,” was the complacent re- Sothey este Wheelbarrows then.” She (sarc 11 the nice young astical men are ni the most st trathtal. He teardouiediip Aca ai the young ay aa hia ea "pride by the next | ladies tat paiat sre not artis self wi ‘take to | er Tm uae whatever ae ae by this delay. ‘then haa ey made this matter good wi gentleman. night. If Idi pan migiar ia ae ale mew 1 expect to live to mes a vendetta: varked os etter suay. was "the eager question of his wee “No,” was the. airs pit of wine.” arenes oe grabbing form. ‘is dis Tisad any cause not fo feel cule ele- | good form. A ee chow i ahwars is ni wi Tittle ad COLD STORAGE OF cradue Seven Fine Keepers Thy ‘Were Packed—The Tem ns Some interesting facts oa the cold the report of Nebraska collected snd sored 180 barrels of fe all Drevious to masta ous crowded districts in the-hot ‘months ike flies, says the oe Post, the ¥ ae reason is to be er feeding. ‘This 18 Dr. Reilly of the health departi The main food of young chil milk, and it Is i ee condition iy tha milk used that o1 for the folk easily epotls, and pe mediately ocpnees sickness in infants Moreover, actealig: mnseNbIE mill. Sank te that 1¢ shontd contain S a larger ‘propor- Pia tricts contains no fat at all, for it is skimmilk. In many eases this is the only milk — many 4 pie family can afford, an 8 re it is given for the price paid for _ ie NbeRer eta Our city ordinances — © attempt to ibit the last named practice by cpraviding that when skim- milk is sold it shall be from a vessel 5) to whi stains label bearing the of their of thelr last m vis, Winesap, Genet Limbertwig, Wil- low Twig, Little Red Romanite and Lansingburi ‘The other varieties which vére stor- ed, but which In thggpercentages show- word «skull is attached, but this s| tag ts rarely 8 by the customer, as the milk te osually kept in tho.retrie- erator. ‘The city inspectors report that three- fourths of the milk sold in shops in the po districts is skimmili, and it is this stuff that promotes fant sickness and hastens © ath. la ing their condition at the time it was} the desired to use them, fell below the low- le Talm Perry Basie Wagoner All of this fruit was gathered In aad. We Gabi Mibenge tien Eng ral es ppe ing for sti eee and 12 by 12 Aa pee for large ones. Then another coverin newspaper ee added and the apples carefully them uj temperature aia paper ores one degree from 36 degrees from the time they were plac- ‘ed in hes until they were removed. e New Strain of es an s “There is more, according to Mechan's, in the new strain of tay the Alleghany, than. has yel eloped. ‘The most notable seat oni aes type is in the grace of the petals. The regular, solid, Bee like shave Sf tte oid Rovere ure pretty and neat and very sean: LEGHANY HOLLYHOCK. but it betes monotonous. Alleghany Denia ere loosely arranged, aot cove, as a rule, and gracefully “thr prominent feature'tatue Sie! rs, They range in various sizes vaca four to seven inches. ‘They are also remarkable for a free, ‘blooming character, tall pies, ie produced that frequently give bloom ua frost. Seedling plants pi vig- ‘ously and ped op bloom “per- fe tly oe a mY ae sere from very light pink="shell pink,” as It fs called: to a brick red. | “Davai ola ‘ae ‘so. well be ough! to We rot vent scene vit to him, bot he ease nothing would fndase im fo. work 5 ard. in hot A Me afflicted w: bila an hicroitae nathhs years the health departm careful arperriaiol decreased 23 per cent. d ining Calves Without Milk, The oldest method sts vy, ae calves without milk and one tha of common} P! boiling extracts Rai ery ie hay; and a this ex- moreover, as ge per day 0! oyer have te denoted ea 2 months old that were fe xgeed and middlings. oweyer, oA “hay and of good too ml Wea Under the ‘orem m4 it. ot rising vee do aA make a Bone! Pears ee hay tea n ean do being she taken: ee Sa in the nue it but contin the no m nd bra ary a all the summer, or these 1 oe with water if this ot ble. The steeped hay after the a a extracted is greedily eaten by horses and cattle: but. of gourse,” much of its gone is re in the boilin, Chrys aanthemums For the Hous In August or September se themum plants in the gar ec hay kept. from ne by Hueting or cutting out bud ae aus potted and placed in the hous e. With — e Haig supply of water they should ood root growth, after which Tiguia Asntre vied week is consi ed good for them. Starting Soft aoe joa Soft wooded plant ‘the garden ops “esting of the day. Ae gen toe, Birates consulted the Dea Daphie ozacle. “Cut a V in the edge of the nail the oracle. t,” said Socrat es eo was nothing | if not dispntations, “there is no V in the Greek alphabet!” The seals perceived its fawn pas at once and was much nettled, ‘accus- tn i cea