_$lance of her truthful, HEARTLESS. poe "My ise love hati r my my heart, and < Fave Sweet record of 3 we putna triumph wen! Ten et the posse of snch" Ls, For Bets ay bat By heart, afd I--haye 730 PTCA CHARLEY'S LUCK. Charley Wiburn and but, somehow, long to the family at ali. end of relations, and he was a general favorite with all, even some he had never seen, for they would die and leave him legacies, getting some little 'windfall' ei ot Rv Bis ig eae Wiburn's uck"" neral catcehword fring ee Erganice for all that was lucky and fortunate, One morning at breakfast--we were sydee i and shared the same rooms and dio--he received a black-edged let- fer: which, upon opening and reading, he cast down with a discontented JooK. "Another funeral to go to,"" he grum> "and here are my p and next week is are cousins, be sending-in sit now?" I asked. "Another legacy, ti: suppose, ch?' "Very likely," he returned, indiffer- ently--he was so tised to these things he scarcely took any notice of them "It's Uncle Alexander Stephen. ons , 'Have heard of pald, him; never saw him,' "Tt hardly knew =~ myself," Charley explained--"'at leas boy. It's a rare bother, just now. t, not since I was 4 this, coming Such a long journey into the Jack, you have done and sent_them in and rads for a spel--couldn't you £0 Ny wh for me "What, in your name?" I exclaimed, "Yes, not? Its years since Was among any of the set. This letter is from a Mr. Parchly, the solicitor to the will, I suppose; he doesn't know me. You are Jack Wiburn--it's only a dif- ference of a Christian name, and it's all in the family, you know. To the matter short, had, to consent--as I generally did where Char- ley was concerned. I took the lawyer's letter, as a sort of credential, . grambling a good deal at what I considered Char- ley's "cheek" in § me. If I had tinished up my work be- fore he had it was only because I hac worked at it more constantly, and now instead of reaping the advantage the shape of a few days' rest, he made it an excuse for sending me off on 4 lugrbrious mission like this; and Char- ley would, no doubt, have a good leg- acy, too, out of it. 5 "} don't suppose it' s mu ch," he said to me. "Perhaps a hundred or two-- going down for, you raph worth kno So. Fi had to go--with no legacy in view at all, s : course town and put up at an hotel for night. The funeral was fixed for the folowing day, and on inquiry I learned that the house I had to go to was only a short distance away. The next day, therefore, ameng the assembled guests. out Mr. Parchly and silently him his own letter. "you are Mr. Wiburn. Glad to see you."' I did not reply, so he saw me I found showed ~----"omectuded that I was Charley Wiburn, Without having said anything one way or the other. But when, after the funeral, the will I found Charley was That made me think it harder lines than ever that I should have had to come down tn his place, The weather was atrociously cold; the March winds strong and blustering, with showers of sleet and snow, and I felt cold and miserable, At the end of the reading of the will I was making my way out to get back to thehotel. when some one said: believe?" [ looked around. and saw a stiff, military-looking old boy regarding me with a smile through his spectacles, "Charley," said he, "don't you remem- ber me?" | thought to myself, "Oh, now I'm in for it. Here 'a 2 nice mess- Q@ll thier iz to Vt harles Just my bad in This tre, ng did not grow less when he sald: "Milly wants to speak to you. She has been looking ('No wonder," I thought. be strange if she did.") She came up and shook hands. and the moment I[ looked at her I simply fell helpless over hvad and ears in love then an there She seemed ty» be the loveliest, most adorable creature I had ever seen. A sudden resclve came into my mind. Rather than run the risk of losing the chance [ of speaking to her about my not "It would you rem ginpeenie Milly?" she, with 2 blush and an entrancing look of her beautiful eyes, "Well, It's not £0 sure little you, Parchly pointed you out to me." Defore I exactly realized what I was doing I was whisked off tod Major Rainfield's house--as I found the name of Milly's father to be--to diae, calling at oo hotel for my eve ning "logs" on the way. 'tea not sauna the major's house a neat, quletiooking place on the cutskirrs of the town. He lived alone with his daughter (his wife being dead), a housekeeper e servant. Though d everything was comfortable, there was that indescribable air that save cne the impression that they were not too weil off as regards this work's ends. Stnce I was not too weil off either, this would not have troubled me, but for that legacy of £5000 I was supposeo to =i come in for, "War that the : ause of this. sudden friendli- ness?"' F asked myself. But looked at Milly, and saw honest-looking eyes, ashamed if myself; nor, when I regarder the major, und noted the open, manly look the fine old sol- dier gave back to me, could I bring my- self to think of him as a scheming old fortune-hunter Such good friends did we three be- come that I lingered on in the place for a week, during which time I grew Haily more uncomfortable at the part [ was playing. At last I sought out Milly one day, alone, and confessed the truth to her. ' "IT am not surprised," she 'said; "I thought you were not much like the Charley I.used to know. But I am sorry 'for to think your cousin should have got that £009, : aie ens a psa "Tthat Is Charley's' luck--and mine.y It 1s al- he same--z#lways baw een, and { could mate asked her to be mine, too; whereas now, with my po pros- pects--well, He it dea folly even to dream of such a thin I watched her narrowly after that, but could see no difference in her treat- ment of me. I had written to Charley, telling him of his good fortune, and that I was soing to stay on down here fur a few Jays; but beyond w brief note express- ing wonder at whatever" attraction i could see there at that time of the vear, he had said nothing and written no farther; not a word of thanks or of reference to his £3000 legacy. Another week sti mee by, anil I still stayed on. At the end of that time I was in such a ne of mind that, ons ley, finding myself alone with Milly, i blurted out my hopeless love for her, ad said I should go away at once, for elt that I could not possibly stay on there any longer, Milly, always quiet 1 seif-possessea, remained -- silent owhile, and then said, looking down: ton 1k you had better speak to . Ea "What!" 1 lai d "do you seller bid me en: Milly? Do you really think there is a possibility r father--" I stopped and shook "Alas, no!' I said, "such a ihing could not happen to me, It -- be Charley's luck, that--not min "Well," said Milly, composedly, other say you never know your luck till you try; but if you are too faint-hearted to try, why, of course--" "U'l go off and find the major and have it out at once,"' I burst out. And I saw him accordingly, and told him the whole story, humbly apolo- gizing for daring to ask for his daugh- ter's hand, when, as I was bound to tell him, I was not Charley, but Jack Wi- burn, and I had no £5000 legacy and no ee in particular, and "no tuck "H'm," said the major, Master Charley comes in for 'luck' in this way? "I don't know, sir," I answered dole- fully. "He goes about more and makes himself more liked, I think, while I"---I -- d. : hile you stick at home and work. "how fs it all the I returned, "I try my best, . I have nothing else to rely on or hope for--like Charley, it's his luck--and mine However," said the major, "I have been told you get yor pictures hung and sell them, which is moré than he does. Is that luck too?" To this I made no reply. see its relevancy "Now, look cares Jack Witburn," " tee major went on. "I k Charley Wiburn." prise) "Milly made certain inquiries of my own, I have something to tell you. The-late Alexander Stephen Wiburn was a very old and Intimate friend of mine and had long ago set his heart upon Milly's marrying fCharley" (here I jumped up excitedly, but he waved his hand to ine, as a sign to be . "But he was determined that, if all, it should be spontaneous, uid not through any compulsion or unworthy motive. But in that will you heard read the other day there was some- thing you did not hear--it was mixed up in another matter; but it comes to That if Milly married 'his neph- he and she were to have a certain sum between them to begin house- keeping. I have consulted Mr. FParchly upon this matter, and he agrees with me that, as Charley's name is not ex- pressly mentioned, and as he would not take the trouble to ceme down himself, even to the funeral of his poor old uncle, who had been so Findly dis- posed to him, If Milly Hkes you well enough to have you, you and she will be just as much entitled to the sum set aside as if Master Charley had married her, and I am sure I shall not object to the situation. In the will the only condition is Milly shall marry are nephew as Charley is. Therefore I leave !t with she 'yes,' I say the you will both have something to set up housekeeping with." need to tell the joy with which I I could not heard the unexpected news, or he heartiness with wee i thanked the kind-hearted ma "T'll go off and "tell Milly at onee," I said; but I had not gone far when he much you will ,' he k "You don't ask how have to start housekeeping upen said "What matter, sir, since you think it enough?" I i. "H'm; but you may as well know. You might not think it enough," "How much Is it, then?" 1 asked. thousand pounds!" said the aj And this is what Charley lest and that iourney--Milly Paste And now Charley won't speak to me or to my wife--for Milly and I are mar- ried--and he sa " vantage of him; but I say, to say before, it Is al his tuck--and mine.--Gentlewoman, Paris Huns a Uaby Life Saver. The other day at the Trocadero, in Paris, a life-saving medal was award- ed to Eugene Poiret, a boy three years old. One day, when the boy was play- ing with his brother, aged two, in the yard of his home, the latter fell Into a tub of water. Eugene ran to the rescue, but succeeded only in keeping the baby's head above water. His loud erles of "Mamma!" were not heard, and the little hands were getting weak. Then he hit upon the idea of calling "Juliet the name by which his father called "his mother. This brought the mother upon the scene, and in an other manent she had both children ' arm in her Recipe for Spaghetti Timbale. Spaghetti! timbale makes a t dish. Cook long pieces of spaghetti in salted water until they are tender, Lay the pleces on a napkin to cool, being Brera not to break them. Butter a dome-shaped mold. Wind the spaghetti around the mold, holding it An place with a layer of force m 'Ful the mold with bolled macaroni d cheese. Meke a layer of force meat thick en- ough to give the table stability. Cover with greased paper, stand pa of hot water and poach in a slow oven aver thi: ty ener ay. Py 'tay diane ese, Ta They never felt thei: ve 80 acutely. F BgLemons originally came from Lima. Cases of twins occur once in every 69 births, Egyptian children are never washed till they are a year old. Life insurance is more; popular in America than in any other country. . Three million 3-cent nickel pieces are acattered over the United States. I havent had any peace of Sted at all, said Mr. Lushly, since my wife' got the bicycle erzara She wants to ride, does she? No, she wants me to ride. She says she believes that a man who is out at night is as safe if he's confronted with the -responsibil- ity of getting a licyele back home as he is if he has signed the pledge. Rev. J. H. Robinson, a prominent Methodist Minister, died in Ottawa. Mr. W, H. P. Clement of Parkdale is the winner of the prize offered for the best school history of Canada, He wrote under the name St. Lux. Mr. Chamberlain has announced the intention of the Government to send additional troops to South Africa, and to permanently increase the garrison of Cape Town. The House of Bishops of the Church of England has concurred in the trans- lation of Bishop Hamilton from the Diocese of Niagara to Ottawa. Conse- cration will take place on May 1. The coroner's jury in the case of the death of the girl Lizzie Griffinham, at Guelph, returned a verdict to the effect that James Philpotts, the con- tractor, who left the wall standing, was guilty of gross negligence. A Scotch minister announced from the pulpit : 'Weel, friends, the kirk is urgently in need of siller, andas I have failed to get money honestly, I will have -to see what a bazaar can do for me." Sir Francis Scott, the British com- mander of the Ashantee expedition, in a speech which he made to his troops when he reviewed them th other day in England, said that they were doubt. disappointed because : f the nota chance to fight, "but if theré had been any fighting," he added, "there would have been many absent faces here to-day. Petrolea is to see one of the busiest summers ever known in her history this summer. Three new churches, ut an average cost of $10,000 each, will be erected ; the waterworks at a cost of $172,000 ; a large brick hotel at a cost of $20,000 ; also a number of private residences will be built. The new railroad, tapping the C. P. R., is con- sidered a sure thing, and it is also said that an English syndicate will bond oil property there to the extent of about 312,000,000, A youug woman of Hartford, Conn., was telling her Sunday-school class of small boys the other Sunday about the "Shut In Society," whose members are persons confined with sickness to their beds or rooms. "Whom can we think of ," said she, "who would have had great sympathy forthose who are so shutin ?" 'I know," saida little boy ; "someone in the Bible, ain't it, teacher ?" 'Yes, and who, Johnnie?" was the spirited answer. xn. The man with the tattoo marks on his skin would be foolish to attempt to wear them off by hard work. The person with a severe cough or cold is about as unwise to attempt to wear that off. This "' wear "idea has cost many a life. "Jonah," of Cod-liver Oil, with Hypo- phosphites, gives immediate aid by smoothing. the cough and supplying tonic remedies' to the weakened system. It prevents consumption by promptly curing these colds' and supplying the preventive? power by which the system can withstand disease. contains the a Cod-tier Oil and s Hrpoptobie x up i# $0 4.00 sizes. The ee ie aa to =n yard mors has, according to the Orange Judd Farmer, to contend with the fol- lowing conditions:' The y: prises one square acre with the road € along two sides. The views to be obtained are not particularly, desir- able, being simple rural scenes. bullding must be inexpensive, and some of them obtained from the neighboring woods, The idea is to cheaply and tastefully ;ornament the grounds without impair- ing their usefulness as playgrounds, to give the children a knowledge of plant is cheapest ina is fairly ig in in all kinds of Weather. A neat fence is an absolute necessity to keep of. stray animals. The school is a home for the +hildren for a large part of the day, so the play- ground ought to be ampie Let the feneral playground for boys and girls occupy the space east of the schovol- house,' The part marked lawn, is dc- signed for a stretch of velvety neat_and well kept as possible, if beautiful, gives character whole. While no keep off the Pn need to be placed there, » Te- thus provided where the gentler sux can keep their treasures, and can play house and other games suitable for young girls. As costly plants ar? out of the question, most of them must be small and common, Native trees = shrubs are generally about us attra tive as foreign ones, and are intnicely hardier and easier to make tive . well to have a good variety of sinin, pong the grounds need not be made a rt of museum. Maple, oak, elm, beech, eatiad, linden and tulip are all Ce- sirable deciduous kinds. Oaks and wal- nuts are the best grown from the seed, For evergreens, spruce, white pine and hemlock in the order given arz m¢st suitable. There ther desirable kinds but those named should by all means predominate. In the accompany- ing plan, places for the vailous trees are indicated. Other varieties, how- ever, may be substituted. or shrubbery, lilac, barberry. and syringa taspirae good advantage. Among native shrubs osiers, sumac, dogwood, witchHazel, jJuneberry and hazel nuts may be plant- It would be a pleasing combina- tion to plant wakerboin, violets, adder tongues, in these wiid shrubberies. By all eans set out nothing but hardy plants which will take care of themselves from --~ to year. Flowers and foliage veds too much attention, and besides oo bare a good share of the year. A great many Bg can be found in the woods which may be had for the digging. Tiredue creeper, wild grapevines can to p uce fine effects on fences and out- buildings, or on tumps in fidven experiment somewhat with plants,,as Jt is not de- sired that the yard be a stitt, formal affatr suitable for a ldree city, Care- fully set out and trim asi: Some one who has had considerable practi- ject in arranging the plants should be natural an nopenrance 43 Much must nape on the PLAN OF IMPROVED SCHOOL GROUND Evergreens. b, Shrubbery. ¢, Decidu. ous trees, & Ornamental trees. ¢, ¢, cut Teuvet bir though itt is desirable to have an en- lightened and energetic schoul board. The foregoing may nvi be exactly applicable to every schoc!] yard, but it gives suggestions which if adapted to local conditions will convert barren and unsightly school yards into things of beauty. The moral influence upon the children of such surroundings is worth all the jmprovement costs. Having the committee's consent, the teacher should talk the matter up with them to b cost for purchased stock :nay be light. Then have a field day, when the work of setting out the plants slrall be done by parents and puplts, tn: ladies to furnish a little lunch after the work Is done, followed by appropriate «xercises from the children. This will add -nter- est to school and be of valve as un edu- cator to the children, In Germany this idea is carried to the extent of school gardens or orchards in whiea the | u- pils are taught ch: rpdiments cf price 'tleal horticulture, grafting, budding, Pruning Shrubs Spiraes, weigclas, deutzigs and many other spring flowering shrubs now pre- gent a _SOrry sight in ing 'been subjected to the merc butchery of the so-called professional y all the destroyed all the graceful and natural beauty of the shrubs. The only time when spring os ese cag be pruned, if s become wi immediately etter their flowering, 'i they will throw out vigorous young shoots covered with buds which will ex- pand the following spring. With fall rubs the case is Idifferent. hi for Infants ead Children. ea Do ¥ You_ Know Soothing Syrups, and most remedies for la edi 6 ee a mt Do You Know tt Pp d hk e ? ot permitted to sell narcotics on Kuow t - aie - without labeling them poisons ? 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