A Retetettttettttttttt++ HHEEF +44 44444444444444 AMBI Face to Face SOOSCS9O OR, GERVASE RICKMAN’S TION. t i ie FEFE4 44 tt ttttttttttt++ CHAPTER I1.—(Continued). Perhaps between themselves. Ihe light. chegedy- tis sinking sunbeams filled the sky with the lrampart-of cli! turned from ghastly gray to warm yellow; then it glowed deep orange, and at last i Dlushed: purest rose never forget this, age whi they turned a face of Allee aullused against the rose-r ees wok ‘them Edward in rose-light to the in a rougdll by inder her chin, her purple veined, Iabordurkcened hinds and arms, i which were alw: isible below the small plaid pe pinned tightly. over rea st 1 in ie 7 ns ly the ni turned with relief to the small window, where the fading light cai contrast, and tho halt the last fading iopped.thuader-struck on @ chair, ree of the pile of Iresht ironed! © reub goo vur a soldier, hen her indignation at last found “Hreub what never drinked no done’ sught: agen the Commandments | Jur Hreuben We'vi so! to which Mam Gale replied ea ai Jacob wi ‘of remonstrance; but Ellen, whose ima- gination was vision of he brother in regimentals, went so far a: that she had hi eard of respectable fi it was the sense of Sou a the} Sun ¢.fengrossed in. taki me through, the | Dunc! iki . | scen lent, while Alice took the | be! (ores. his The shepherd had been thinking of ae nt, | same scene FTTH Ft ttt +444 ttt ttt te tedet + qesgaae cackles vemonstrance f meekly protesting Toudly- rebellious, and: recalcitrant house- 2 2 their paneee and most bustling of the aki Pink i passing slowly along the High Street, his litile frightened flock bleating and panting ahead of him, is crook in this sree and that, and enrend out his arms and grunted to his four-footed leulenany past the v Ms, in 2 S23 striking the face | Opened the door behind Ree and to her dire confusion came out at that am, all - flowers, Martha? — Curious tins to clean brass with, oh ?” he said, with a good-lempered smile briskly e street, daeening fete bs apenas the Traveller's Rest the night mo- ieee as he came along. He his return to his lonely coltage, so that the, remained usual hour. talking over the dying fire ; they wot ably discuss the new light thrown re alter Annesley’s | 4, teeny’ mer his wife - for K . Pink would for many in "the same odie right Bi giund than to a 4 Eo S versed; whi nies would hes! , frequently ‘observe ed raised a “terble lot of ship” oul fete, that he had once Enown astendy youth who enlisted when crossed in that Ellen might. possibly see ast saying he wold general- e lime, wondering to so | Without Alice, and that th only by the rapid course of the lawyer's pen. His face was heavy with care, snd he was not quile so cure as he had been of the potency of human, vei rand especial: ly of his own. k Alice Lingard had given him two Cape Weitre oe Araen © necessity o! yp fo Edward: Aunesley's- apparent: de- vere and fur less easy to ieee tan kero anticipated—for he was too good an observer not to have. known that age would never nes his first offer relied upon jime and circumstance, the power of his’ will a the continued stress of his passion which was patient as well as ardent, to win her, “My mother,” he veliecied, while anc: ther Portion of his. adlive: brain: w witn the subject beneath his re, beings. “human lite “and co should be thankful that we have Uf that stupid litle Sib would but take Paul she might catch hima at And enjoyed it as muc yor nen are SO unreliable, they ‘peal knows sighed pot like 1—" his work; oe did 7 -¥ S him, yet he feared it, when he thought of Siby!’s. secret e eam. of pas- with nothing was any go sion of his desire for her love was sufli- lent warrant foe winning lls what a man she might mi thought, perhaps — with eons good Jf he could but get his coveled toy le his rapid pen flew over tho pa- ane recalled the bi a i Alice's seventeenth birthday. hen affairs, when the latter thi shall lose her, Gervas ne will marry early. in Gervase her iiltle joctiny would be to a man it relledted. tution that, in. overgrown accord- ring flowers _oorelotis of Yalion,." Il wasn ditferené Alice: that xe Saw tint day: inevohita whe reser’ oy said to hee Three years had pai al a gypsying excursion by pay durtag which he cuit alone with her. “He knew that too early to Annesley’s visit to the Manor forced will not drive me away from Arden. is my only home.” any. | ea baa ee oe that to admit to himself that he had ae burned with hatred for the man who had touched her cps He looked ahs one of 1@ made a mental note, and went under-current e very pas- ‘And make of me!’ or ropiligting the promise of being eginning of this attachment, now fast developing into a as tot he wet talking to his father about remarked at she had. now grown a tall. young besides she has what men value thought a co.ivenient rere ing to the humor of the moment, gath- his obser- ssed_but this pur- a umselt : press his suit, but tard aie hoped that it was but o passing re and position, Tings that ho had yearned for and purposed to win by the siesta of his intellect. and energy, sudder lost all value in themselves; waiting Alice they were no goo! “I must and 1 will have her,” he mut- tered, while he dashed his pen fiercely into tho ink-bollle, at the conclusion of his task, lis reflections were disturbed by the very usual dress rustling over the Mrs. Annesley gaze wilh ne“of her seraphio smiles. In an instant the young lawyer's glance fell, and changed to its ats y blended, to receive are doubtiess surprised, Rickman,” she said, taking the ce ie slaced for her, “that I should visit. you nstead of sending for you as frie have ae rei ee “Thi eplied Gervace. ‘Veuunow.a ue cis Niger iWany moment,” “I thought your country clients would scarcely huve arrived at this early hour, nd I might therefore seize the oppor- ‘all OF tabling Suto Oo ry way ome from morning prayers without al- tractifig attention at home. ' My beloved at, in sad difficul- “Ing vate 2 pohivned Gervase, with a while he erest, pape or sat, over Paul's note, be wilh geste: has not subject?" returned uuppose ‘that Ss" afta vase. know more of these un- fortunate. ompligations: then. X dox for m can not tell why,” she added, applying’ her TABOVeNGIeE ha ek eyes! ses honored me with his’ conf- 1 feel this, Mr. Rickman, as only iarliite ani woman can,” “Doublless,” he said, with courteous the woman | wh: “Han, mi ought. “You hi Paul is in dimteuttics of some wp he has not. consulted you kind upon + he “Duar Annesley,” she added, with s incurred debts of inconvenie: scarcely tell you, nt for a you of his and tiles His eo tesstaiaet suc- dence, but'—here she dropped her dig: \d suddenly becoming natural i think mn uble. a st of real feeling—“I do ing ome’ to, me ing— e say,” Go ly, ‘hile Mrs. Annesley daintily dried t her tears, “that if he is as you oe ly help himself.” hat is just what hurts me, Gervase,” still. oblivious would grudge him: nothing. that a man of his birth and elegant man- never indulge in the tastes ainuscinenis. natural {0 Nis * age: ady, as he might know, to fice to extricate him. oe as,” ter. eee that'you wish to find him the bn said the politic Geryase. “I_in- ney. me xaclly, dear Geryase, wilh your ac- ich surprise and weleome were equal- lion is 4 his unexpected |} F to eupposo thabl Uieraee T ‘ing the eyes for fear I Y and Stindow.t a Hout as to what should | cr? © ite ATER SET + ot t ; 56 Ah ; + About tie Farm : t $655945593304 + $4444442. THE SCOURGE TUBERCULOSIS. Tuberculosis is ja veritable, scourge ni would probubly te “hat with cattle, tubercu- is dest ig as large a proportion, as what is ordiiterily termed consump- luberculosis may affect the bowels, the ‘udder and various organs Mo the lu ngs. 43 is a germ oleae and ‘in this con its greatest danger, writes Prof, Thomas Shaw. When it once Gels Into. a. herd there is no saying wi its sues mul end, tinlens the hafene aaials mpt- it ae im herd-etore-tt in the absenge of the tubereuiia test Tuberculosis. ig particularly the Scourge of dairy herds and “also. of pure: ‘bred he various breeds. This ocd not ment Youn erds, ends, the janger-that tuberculosis will be preser CONDITIONS THAT FAVOR IT. It would not be safe fo say that the isposition to tubercu- ‘tuberculosis if reared and kept under ‘proper ey conditions. of greatest importance to, n. han anything else, unsanitary Stables are fesponsible for the spreail sanitary stables uberculosis ‘animal is introduced into such stable, to at present fo say that it can- nol be ansaid thus. Many who keep cattle aré Paeliberateny shoting their eyes to the danger. They say they don’t believe in tiie WHReraUnla saree Ts Weuker os eve, because they don't want to have their herds tested for fear ff what it may reveal. But why shou they ack thus? If tuberculosis is in their herds to any exten’ S sure as the. ‘sun shines in the nore. Though they may not believe icone is like the hanien ostrich, when ressed, putting its head into a bush, tinder ithe delusive “idea, apparentiy, bat doing so will si ne IS a a DO With porate also pure-1 aed herds to herds, 1 have tested, be re- and disposed dis _be- ae though sr a Ser should fol- wh “1 March and April 4) in such Te | ike a huge brown wall fone the en- +} as ifit were | gathering, icy. ney Wil: naval hard | SUrPas: ot the | S°2 GENEROUS. Mr. Gay Aegis last 1 around for a wi Mr. Henj enpeek e——Takee mine. am looking suspicion id been there be very much belter in every wa; 4 ton that disease had been re- ily those breeders stock ‘will be able to, sell their animals, who ot sis keep them free from this dis- ease, but who ‘also: advertise-tho -luct. aay oS NS SEAWEED BURNING IN NORWAY. A. Valuable Chemical Properties. Along the shores of dorderen, vail ah south-west coast of Norway, ~ Seed grows. Gr eer anle tS cortn common. grass variely, rot usted tbe feet in height, with 0 sprout in ‘and gradually. covers the ocean bed trable brush. In the Fall the stems be- ase their great quantities that i Fall crop is of com- ‘The only use that The me poses, because it is onl that {i can. be successfully rier on nid ‘at this time there is such a demand for it that every stock and leaf is gathered The weed-burning season is the bus: rafted to and the household drying, burning, the close of each clear day the whole aflame coast seems to from thou: this seemingly in a few year: . ch is. the se to-day; and those who are forlu wn land abutling the p the most profitable | si farms 1o- eed seams to have a prediction to drift can bur much 10. p ‘a year, ovhich alts. tor $3.75-a pound, The an- jorway from seaweed ae: cal Asset—The Ashes Haye | Research’ Fund W with a dense, impene- | ° a ablest bctenilite a the of the year, and every member of drafted LONDON'S MiCE MARKET NECESSARY FOR THE RESEARCH INTO HISTORY OF CANCER. Creates Demand for Tame Rodents— Skirt-raisers Sell at Six Cents Each, premium in London, more. porter a has never been known to turn a away. Ib ia, hokever, Understood 2 only tame mice are required, ithout mice, modern medicine would know practically nothing about thas deadly foe to the human race—caneer. E SIX CENTS EACH, price paid on the.spot for mice is 3s. a dozen, But if you happen to with a tumor ane reed zie Four aro Joyed attendin, jousands mice in the stock-room on the Embank- ment, where a green small creatures also @) During the last dd cure of Guinea-pigs, rabbits, dogs kit- tens, and all often in remedy 1 for dea falled to yield practical results in can- Y research. NG EDWARD PAT! oy Three years ago the Imperial Can started, with King 0 discover a2 as. patron influence behind concer ‘research, as mport S Giled up, anid: comesgt ihe day were perma- tacks wei nently engaged henry of sit 0 has devoted ak 0 oxy petinentl peearel he Dr. Bashford had not long ‘been en aged: in his: investigntions before he found that the best results were _ob- he began experi- When asked sable to. cure cancer definitely, Dr. Bashford the methods o! ogress, and tall ho had accomplished so far oration thy. mice unsuitable for the growth Of experimental ¢kncer. fe pay e been | Interesting Gossip. About Some Promk n- ei People. The Duke . Buccleuch owns some acres of land and about half "I score of the noblest mansions i an Queen Alexandra possesses ond ot the largest palleclions Sob grat rope. It consists. mainly of tiny cents in malachite, pphire, and seal vale Oa rl vel 7 cut gems ca ent mel. locks, tars passed’ in * onder! pro- one Twokiig! over ae i pa customed ‘Penetration * anee U0 |S those ad aluable tor slnvaniee ashes amounts to about $150,000. Every | “nie hey B, James, who has’ ac- cession over the vast black stretched eway.with.fts: budding trees 8G RO F Should then be reared b gs | f-herman knows ee ‘aiternee between | conted a the pastorate of Trinity space above hira, or, a hurling storm | aif veiled in leafago to the blue bell off, Woe. ‘taeny said Gerv System. . This system means ‘that they | 2% and tang. ly he formey ean! Congregational Church at Watton swept round him—Io hours | sea; cowslips Rodded in the hedge near so hsen ye ot i> sr alnhs Shall be reared away: from ‘tuberculosis | 8 used rantesial Tor | dine} stow, England, was formerly « cowboy, that had to. be flied. with sobanisse the the great spring chorus of binds|%OU "morgage some of your house Pro-| cotta. and on the milk nnd ani and. chloride sme isentirey and he regards his: rough expe erlonee Usual, himaginings-of some vol — iid} was borne tantly trom the vaileys inp to| Pe,” Tat, Would be-helter than sell ‘mals during the milk period, or worthless, t-te Aiftenenl Kia at aluablo ius. training: LO GETS et la i rough ‘and their, airy heights uy world was full of | Dg Stock just now." How much does he}, ire tubereutosis animals should (alga, it is immaterial, “or nearly “1 would not exchange orry I'm so late, Mam a T was | simple shepherds. are canal, ind theif (nuaig Gervase tooked| “at?” ies 2 BeHpe Py pei whether one makes. use of the large ainonig thet n cowboys still UP? | unspoken sense o: mystery and straight into IAICegSeyie and Thueinatey re eee ne ee bathe wrest hag beon imade and ‘u-|Sttong stalks or the broad-leaved kind;| top the taining’ of the finest theological Thav’s right, my 1 “had pro- beauty Which infolds thelr obscure lives magnelism of his’ glance, say than T am," sho replied, | | rie anima ’ wher the weed is carefully handled, one} college in. the world,’.-he said 10 a1 ceeded thus far, i nellow | is deeper than Ne imagi ook spoke as if moved by a power with ou ary ae smile. a herd and removed, a. second test{ Cam secure. an excellent product... If) int MPL Voice filling the kitehen with'@ breath of] Gervase Rickm or iioy Depa to ora Gervase also smiled, and said that the) 8, he Femoved, a second lest ton ened: with alga the value’ is "Dpusing hie achoel eare6e Whe Kaiser hope and health, when he became aware alice ‘through the market, nodded one “It is no. mistake,” he said. “You, are| Totteage shouldbe. effected ONCE aividualeaho gid’ havi ihe “fiseage | decreased» considerably, but notwith-| was a model of the, studious German of the two figures seated reach ly ta tho elbeown Weather| one woman for me. And t wit win] 32% knew where to find the money, | tndiv;duals sh e disease nding Us tack the” mixture is. not Poin ok la aiken other by the wi 3 beaten figure standing among the pens.| you,” he added, in deep, almost. menac- | {04 in & surprisingly short time he con-| Cuts tone cl that stag ee which intreane nt pupil in Pes 3 pan nt Chaselaand ax if, Uunder-stru IC he thought fof him-at all, wa ing tones. “It may be years first, But 1 Pet ete Wao acetal ge au taeepeatltad aa ee vine | “After the burning the ashes are care. rites eng played with the ee: flashing from slightly superior animal. Who expects | nf, one you, Cshall win you, Yes; in| y's Wishes expressed, and learned that Sin duane islet caantter soa cance te oe shipped ofars, At the final cxamination leWwas, “We 1 to find ae Doel are # Prophet pevienth. © bealpanteret pe Sine att eth pce fhe Tages If-Ahe hibeds wae foun tolee | all Darl eet eae indeed, only. tenth in the, list but then lo ard, 0 nock-frock or fustian je 1 rembled; she coul ith- ~ Gchlustene treatment is vel o years younger than his com- ince Gervase hurvied along to, his office, "tc lt oud ot with:|ia his mother’s hands, when she fibly free; then another test should fol | TT nes ya Wa ei eikiaed to Ellen, we must not take up “the which 1 just off the market Square, giv of convielion with whieh he ‘spoke tended to surprise him. Sabeecontlsn: ence in tire years Sauni| valuable chemical iy (his tutor was im- time,” full of ‘thoughts, for the most part c seemed. prophetic; = heart beat pain- Elbe young man,” thought Me Bee eequenllia once mi 0 Or oot which iodine is the yoek Anite an ‘There was something in this “Wwe"} monplace, even’ so! ald principally ate TIL otis vee ort eens nnesley, os sho swept down the stai ful ice. sain. hought here is to Tiojaes Tardy says that he began that cled upon, Paul like fre wpon gun cerning tha: fusivesa atioirs of halt the pm Pereaclinga ah sun and sro ae oa clo, ser the er the test when it has once been a Te ke te dan ottaah. Mee powder, and he. viciously ground his! county, He was later than he intended | movi on Was preteen y ; ins cheap, yeni se Spee 1d hase wo eeth. to be, and. found the day's. work in full| mon etter dare you soetie likerthot fellow-foeling ian the sheep in the pens| | If animals are brought into the tend CHINESE QUEER TAST red ine tputation ae am He assured them that there was no} swing when he stepped into the outer |. qn Gute vou speak Ik He has never given his mo-| trom outside, they’ sl £80 | eee daligrapht peters, ear) need for them to. go, but they went, P whose™ obclpaniai” suddenly <-Be ep acer ne ecliod teet or eee cook orca inghinots deaiele AU Pune oe tha subjected to the jnereulit leae Pae | Ataio awe pete te ie ae eu ch tndesia nevertheless, and he then stood before camer very diligent on bis entrance. Hel ping ‘bnt outward determination, “be. | thing would have induced him {o run a/tties should know something about the poses of Thickening Soup. mae about phe would rilae low the window, talking to Ellen. took in itly| enuse T love. Forgive. me, Alice.” ne | HOFSe lunless he was quilo sure of being | reliability of the test. | Many tests are for the Ng, us to npn aut into, the violet dusk rot 4 rect able to pay the consequences. Quiet and|'made that are not reliable because «| ¢ Chinese will eal anything tat Lea tor a Rake Re tently while the two figu prudent,- the son codes oigetdiau cP inspuapeteney van ineepareabtnnes Wee conte ai of the sea. All the fishes are iene to ti “ae nog he ourahelo- be finally disappeared, and Ellen wondered | how different from ‘ny briliiant Paul make them, or because of faulliness tn ste, an TIN Pe ea Meertancrt urea 1 Be ‘at the strange look on the face, The blood of the Mowbrays is not in| the tuberculin. If the traffic in’ cattle) gr a4 Priting wiéhitie. she od only. known hitherto sir is veins." She forgot that Paul was | could Le narrowed! d avn fo small. lim-| thicken soups, gravies and puddings and] Wine pening a-dagenians Kindness and good-humor, and at the well & Rickinan before Gervase was] and there was peace between them. {ot even the son of a phys sician, since are highly prized because they give a Hig sips an cupied manner that made pia ask preoce the same questions over again, Tis visit w h sang Tee him; he spring set the Admiral avoided the W Ae to his seat, and i at his best pace, but one choosing that which . and este ed a fit abod pectres. A figure springing up be- 10 eon without. I hind a heap of stones by the road made me placed," tat heeae et daa a the Admiral shy violently, and though} while sitting at it ig’ auld, milan minded, hee show him that he wa it ed to be only that of a loi ering | observe all that was passin.” in the focus pouni Hy gitie sats ‘y her. child, ‘Thoma, the coachman, trembled! of town life beneath this ‘hdow, Not} step needed the most. sublle Galnient a all over ani bathed in a cold te that he enjoyed such leisure as to need] (he slightest-mistake would be fatal. Be- st$ | window-gazing to fill it up, for more] sides, he feared to. precipitate selialeees eC} business wi lone in that bow-win- igns Annesley might have. with I dowed room than in any other in the| gard to Alice, by premature ieee town, ence, and contented. himself with being = eh fle was vexed at Deing tlle fale ov as much. a8 possible. during a this bustling market-day, and stilt more 2: visit, -aodaniking: orange: b vexed at the cause of his delay, which to ton ‘him apart ftom Alice cy iss White the white-Heat/ was a woman. He hastened to sign the {during his “absence, in which — small of passion kept his master ters before him, io his roving | schemes gr ided by hat he was able to turn his. head aside glance swept the gtrdet “a be listened {0 transparent simplicity of his mother. and gaze steadily across dewy | tho old clerk’s communic io rruly: this unfortunate young man hat ge" at the two figures ing)” “Doo nesley calle, n enough his, active through the flelds to the Manor, until) much put out,” the latter me a could brain, and just when. it was important, he b ad hid th not wail as starting view of the approaching county eli passionate gaze. Couey, round: ne wrote this pole fons to give his mind entirely to polili- SRS ‘he note was 1 affairs, Women seem made CHAPTER IV, “T must hav eth ‘at_ money, no znatter ee prassly to torment and perplex ele streets of Medington were all ‘The ser hada: Noie-ividdowi. givita upon a Kelas which u Streob at Fight angles, and commanding a broad marketplace at their junction. ii ices be aye was ce “un, to andits tran pal | only to erate. height. by e| blind, transparent: to, those ‘wilkio ‘the it what interest, ” it ran. “Could I raise some eo the Gledesworth prospects ? erossed the High| she eW of both of these streets and the} ihe window differed from those usuial | jy 3 ‘tter that, he was careful to suppress was winning Alice's heart was = Wit 0 Dervaas tna fp wes winnin and. thredlening, 1d spot her lifes was almost more bi kind, as Raysh Squire observed ot If Sibyl, bo om he loved with an instine: itive one sunny spring morning. Men|Call before you leave town to-day. Ava clinging affection almost as as were busy in the market square placing] —P.A." self-love, had been but a man. “But hurdles for sheep and pigs; shop-keep-| “My good fellow, why. will you mix|then,” he reflected, “perhaps we should ers wero turning their wares out of dark} with rich and ae men?” Rickman | have want lhe same woman. That recesses, and arranging them on the} thought to ie tal sex would ell! have ruined si” pavements, to the great discomfort ot That will " he said, fe hitherto said that he would passengers; carts—laden with wicker] the old div eit aie re “hs work, aut not We wilhout Alice; now he found that baskets, whence issued mournful{ there w: ice in the room, broken he not. Wealth, success, power, | Waller Annesley had been but a =e thickening — ry doctor; whose unliily oun had not. improved his son's prospec! She walke home eal the seats . consid ring penses she eens t down to meet the interest of the micsleeae really glad go i load of care would be lifted from 's heart, but anxious that he should aekvowelee admire her’ sacri pings pleased her 9 much as. to be considered is martyr; was’a woman who could ae moval of Reginald paneeiey: from the Gledesworth. successiot (fo be soutien’ PRS rpercrag, sreeecern “CAN SLEEP ANY TIME. With Georges pet meeau, the new French Premier, sleep is a mere matter of volition in whieh facility he resembles Gladstone and the great He drops off to sleep at any odd moment— even a meelings ily to go to sleep when and how he pleases is the secret of his tremendous ability as a worker. He dente Bag: lish in Eng lan and speak: fect- ly though vith reluctance, “ict that his nt is snot exactly. is liking. coun- vance wo tol he has oflener been — carri ot {he animals! whieh’ react are ‘Suppose that they aretict (esiedan pains "The chances are ten to one that six months hence some of the antinals will tuberculous, to the contagion before the test was ‘nade. IE animals are Drought in afler a herd Hed, without having. been they also Yor quickly replenishing their herds be- imes, as when, for ae ane, they are ‘under contract: to h a certain amount of milk or. dawnt product, ADVERTISING THE TEST, For years I have held the view thal ir herds free IT have advocated this generally shrank from doing so. - Even the isolated breeders- who are. testing their herds from time a lime rather tried to keep the matler se« them Tepsoned. that the jiaitate ‘est. having. been. Higae pens Growing between the high and low walermar n the Japanese coasts vd Tud-qvorst calied Sabella, It actates removed. | ¢ hey were exposed |S wW acs ity Me, breeders of pure-bred stock should not] no erelofore, breeders have | 5 would raise. the 1 alishing, favor of salt, which is a lux- ry beyond the reach of most Chinese 1 slimy tube of its, own making gels ils own food when the tide u its “hiding place by vater nutri Out of this awriggling creature hore people make a soup, which is to as badly ag it smells, ud see poe’ could oniy y and beauty discern, mani- hing Slown i know seniough about Rootes fe sie him- sell_W “Oh, ™ ane @ gushed, “look a. that mag- Stop, it speak to Bre a i nificent oak. him, for 1 am sure he can hear and ap- jute a Compliment as well as we puny human. creatures. fi Magnificent oak, if you could speak aoe would you 1 accepted one of them yesterday, a oun lauy was! poetic and fut of aus silent ; WwW not value two-med ond Heh arene are Tight five summer and UYitdiz six in winte iniosk he spends his day between his pa ein) worket oon}, his library, and his zoological island ‘Tho island is_siluat me largest. of the artificial Takes in the park, zy consists nus gazelles, ” and whole completed w " Jacob Astor, sen., is de AA social queen of America, and her sway *h disputed. for thingy-years, at $2,500,000 a year, are practically. untimited. seven! numother, he. 0 She is soughl man in metien by those will social as. an her diamonds has been sli: mated at $10,000, nine. St “whose Spnrobening Sane has astonish “ on Saiinast™ ee THOR, hy Ree wonder y her vocal powers, fulntied tne, promise. - uneonquerable, optimism. “Well, do ee Miss Hopkins. eatise Ser venturi “Slow I do believe | “if thors is the tiniest speck of blue in that if he could Soa he would most the sky,” she sa; nd there new - surely say, ‘I beg your pardon, I'm @] ways is, I look for it, and that make: ee eech,'" whole heaven blue for me.” Moreov wee she knows tho virlues of the ohea abs Maud “No; 1°eannot marry you.”|“I spend three hours daily in Perey (savagely): “Oh. well, there are} air, walking or driving invon ‘ss care Weng just as good.” Maud ahs) oe e; and T accustom myself. * bear the xtremes of summer and wintel