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the two women left .me In an tmuoed but also somewhat annoyed state 01 mind. I had no intention whatever or 91‘0an to Miss Ruth Enderton. b‘he was a charming girl, very bright and lively, and, withul, I had $834)!) to believe, very senaiule. but it was not yet a fortnight eince 1 brat saw her, and no thought of marrying her had entered into my head. had Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Ale- ..h.ne, or, more important that all. had Mia» hnuerton, any reason to believe that l was acting the put of a. lover! ihe latter portion 0L this queation we.) :51me immediately answered to my :aLLalacliun my the appearance of nu.» rtuth, who came skipping uown to me and calling out to me in ; othut qumnwnoe, lover. Due betrayed no more nouon of the LUCK: and Aieohine’s scheme than on the day 1 tirot met her. but, as 1 “as rowrng her over the lagoon, 1 felt a 06116.”) conbtraint, . ‘ l-*-- ----. uninrn ll hfll'e ‘“DW”: - -v-v -- wnrcn 1 hue not known oet'ore. ’there we» no ground whatever tor the wild imagininga or. the two women, but the (not that they had tmugmed it inter- tered very much wrtn the careless freedom wrth which 1 had prevroualy tanked to mm ttuth. 1 do not think, however, that she noticed any change In me, for one (shattered and laughed, and uhuwed, as she had done from the first, the rare delight “men has took in thus novel inlanu hie. \\ hen we retmneu to the house, we were met by Mrs. Aleohine. “1 am gurn' to gave you two your eupper,” Lhe said, "on that table there under the tree. We all had ours a. httle mrninr than common. as the sailor men \\ hen we retained to the Honey, vvv were met by Mrs. Aleohine. “1 am the tree. We all had cure a. little earlier than common, as the sailor men eeetned hungry, and 1 took your lath- er'o to him in the library, Where 1; ex- pect he ’o a-eittin’ yet, holdin' a. book in one hand and stirrin' his tea with the Other, till he's etirred out nearly every crap on the floor, which, how- ever, it won’t matter at all, (or in the mornin' 1'“ run up that [1001‘ till it's Bo bright as new." lbl.) plan delighted Miss Ruth, but I saw in it the beginning of the work- ings. of a deep-laid echeme. I was Ju._.t aoom to bit down, when Mrs. Ale.,htne eaiitl to me in a. low voice as aha left us; nemember that the first three- quarters at a pint apiece begins now!” ' . l L I.. -..- I Anlfn “bout. you thnk thitt MJ‘s. Leaks and mm. Axedmm are pexfectly charm- mg‘l” win miss Ruth, as she poured on the tea. “They always seem to be Ll'yang Lo thins. of wme kind thing to no for Other LBOPle-”_ _,, I agreed entirely with Miss L'naer- tens remark, but 1 could not help thanking of the buerw she would feel if :he knew of the kmd thing that these two women were trymg to do [or her. .V "lime you taken any steps yet?” I..keti Mrs. Leeks of me the next day. And on my i'epiying that I had taken n0:tt‘p.3 of the kind to which I suppos- ed he alluded, she walked away with a very grave and serious face. A few hours later Mrs. Aleshine came to me. “There's another reason [or hurryin' up,” said she. “'lhem sailor men seems able to do without )4. anythin' in this world except to- bai-co. and Are. Leeks has been sellin' it to ’em out of. a big box she found in a clo.~et upniilil's, at five cents a tea- :up full, which 1 think is awful cheap, but the bays prices in islands is al- ways low, and wrapping the money up in a paper, with ‘Caah paid by sailor men for tobacco’ written on it, and puttin' it into the ginger-jar with the board money. But their dollar and forty-three cents is nearly gone, and Mrs. Leeks she says that not a \Vhiff can each have your three-quarters of e pint of flour a day, just the same as ever, but what we save ought to ‘give you three or four days longer." This mech moved me deeply. I 'eonld not allow these two kind-heart- ed women to half starve themselves in order that I might have more time to vv wâ€" '- Here was another pressure brought to bear upon me. Not only the wan- ing flour, but the rapidly disappear- ing tobacco money was used asaweap- â€"-v- â€"‘ â€"_ of Mr. Dmante’s tobacco shall they have if they can’t pay for it. And when they have nothin’ to smoke, they’ll be wantin’ [u leave this island jlh't as quick as they can, without waitin' for the flour to give out." on to urge me forward to the love- making which Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine had set their hearts upon. I was in no hurry to leave the island, and hoped very much that when we did go we should depart in some craft more comfortable than a ship's boat. In order. therefore, to prevent any undue desire to leave on the part of the sailors, I gave them money enough to buy a good many teacups full of tobacco. By this act I think I wounded the feelings of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine, although I had no idea that such would be the effect of my little gift. They said nothing to me on the subject. but .ueir looks and manner indicated that they thought I had not been acting honorably. For two days they had very little to say to me; and then Mrs. Aloehine came to me to make what, I suppose, was_their supreme effort. you a little longer. We are goin’ to make them sailor men eat more fish, end as for me and her, we’ll gd pretty much without bread, and make it up. as well as we can, on other things. You end Miss Ruth_ and the person _ “Mrs. Leeks and me is a-gein' to try." she said, and as she spoke she looked at me with a very sad expres- sion and a watery appearance about the eyes, :‘to_ stretch out the time for â€" â€"‘-â€" ;voo, Ed I spare very earnestly on the subject to Mrs. Aleehine, urging (ContlnuedJ with Miss finder- in an ‘ |‘lb ‘ ‘l‘,- b | Vtvvv- . 1"" " -' - - - ,lihrary as had been his. wont. he took ,to wandering about the inland. gener- fallv with two or three hookq under his arm sometimes sitting down in one place and sometimes in another, and 1then ri ing suddenly, to go grumbling l . unto the house. One afternoon. aq Miss Ruth and I were in the skiff in the lagoon, we saw Mr. Enderton approaching us. walkmg on the hegch. As soon asche “Ruth. come out ot that boat! It you want to take the air I should think you might as well walk with me 3.4 to go rowing round with â€" with anybody.” wa nlar enough for us to hear him ho -houted to his daughter. ’i hz-z rude and heartless speech made my h1:.od boil, while my companion turned pale with mortification. The man had never made the slightest ob- jwction to our friendly intercourse, an! thix unexpected attack was entire- ly indefemible. “Please put me ashore," said Miss Ruth. And without a word, forIcould not tru<t myself to speak, I _la_ngled h-u'. And petulantly complaining that “he, never gave him one moment of her society, her father led her away.‘ An hour later, my eoul still in a rtate of turmoil, but with the violence of its tossings somewhat abated, I entered one of the paths which led through the. woods. After a few turns». I reached a point where I could :ee for quite a distance to the other end of the path, which opened out up- on the teach. There I perceived Mr. l‘Tn le=‘ton, sitting upon the little bench on which I had found Emily’s book. H'n: track was towards me, and he seem- ed to be busily reading. About mid- way between him and myself I saw Miss Ruth, Slowly walking towards me. Her eyes were fixed upon the ground, and she had not seen me. Stepping to one side I awaited her approach. \Vhen she came near I ac- co~~ted her. “Miss Ruth," said I, “has your fath- erjxwp t._alking to you of me ?" 'l‘here was something in this remark that roused again the turmoil which had begun to subside within me. There was so much that was unjust and tyrannical andâ€"what perhaps touch- ed me still deeperâ€"there was such a want of consideration and respect in this behavior of Mr. Enderton that it brought to the front some very incon- gruous emotions. I had been super- ciliously pushed aside, and I found I was angry. Something was about to be torn from me, and I found I loved it. ' She looked up QUiCkIy, ev1dent1y sur- prised at my being there. “Yes," she said, “he has told me that it is notâ€" suitable that I should be with you as much as I have been since we came he re. \ If Miss Ruth had not spent such a large portion of her life in the out-of- theâ€"world village of Nanfouchong; if she had not lived among those sim- ple-hearted missionaries. where it was never necessary to conceal her emotions or her sentiments; if it had not been that she never had had emotions or sentiments that it was necessary to conceal, I do not believe that when she answered me she would have raised her eyes to me with a look in them of a deep-blue sky seen through a sort of Indian summer mist, and that 33;. ing thus she would have said: "Of course I like it." “Then let us make it suitable," I said. taking both_her_ hands in mine. “Ruth,” said I, stepping up close to her, “do you like to be with me as you have been ?" â€"â€"â€".â€"‘~- nu “ll-IV. There ways anotherâ€"look, in which the skies shone clear and bright. and then, in e momept. it was all done. The hissionary still sat with his back towards us; and, being so intent upon his book, I found tint by keep- About five minutes after this I said to her. “Ruth. shall we go to your father ?" “Certainly." she answered. And €0- gether we walked along the thickly shaded path. 1118 my eyes up 1 'th my arm . galwwtafifdvgcarly rgached hlm. Then I took her hand in mine. a M in front at Inga-m. “Mk. Craig and I‘n‘.‘."““ ,' .0;l‘ book and fixed them. I1 daughter and then upon let them drop. and ”“9 row space between us 4 PL vywv muJ UV “â€"â€" he added more decidedly, will do very well indee . . be at all surprised if we are obliged to remain on this island for a considerable time, and, for my par , sire to leave it at presen - you shall place y position, in which you domestic economies of . ment, I hope that you will see to it that things generally are made more compatible with comfort and gentllity. and, as regards the table, I may add with palatability.” Ruth and I looked at each other, and then together we promised that as far as in us lay we would try to make fhe life of Mr. Enderton. a happy 008. not only while we were on the island. but ever afterward. We were promising a great deal, but at' that moment we felt very grateful. Then he stood up, shook us both by the hands, and we left him to his book. ”When Ruth and I came walking out of the woods and approached the house. Mrs. Aleshine was standing outside, not far from the kitchen. When she saw us she gazed steadily at us for a few moments, a strange expression coming over her face. Then she threw up both her hands, and, without a word, she turned and rushed indoors. \Ve had not reached the house before Mrs, Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine came hurrying out together. Running up to us with a haste and an excitement I had never seen in either of them,‘ first one and then the other took Ruth into her arms and kissed her with much earnestness. Then they turned upon me and shook my hands with hearty vigor, expressing, more by their looks and actions than their words, a tri- umphant approbation of what I had done. I “ The minute I laid my eyes on you," said Mrs. Aleshine. ‘I knowed it was all right. There wasn’t no need of ask- in’ questions.” I now became fearful lest, in the exâ€" uberance of their satisfaction these good women might. reveal to Ruth the plans they had laid for our matrimon- ial future, and the reluctance I had shown in'entering into them. My coun- tenance must. have expressed my ap- prehensions, for Mrs. Aleshine, her rud- d‘v face glowing with warmth, both mental and physical, gave me a little wmk and drew me to one side. “You needn't suppose that we’ve ever sand anvthin to Miss Ruth. or that we’re goin' to. It’s agreat, deal better to let her think you did it all your- eslf.” I felt like resenting this imputation upon the independence of my love- making, but at this happy moment I did not want. to enter into a discussion, and therefore merely smiled. “I’m so glad, I ddn’t know how to tell it, ” continued Mrs. Aleshine, as Mrs. Iecks and Ruth “allied touazds the house. I “as about to follow, but my com- panion detained me. ' “Have you spoken to the pax-son?” She asked. ' “Oh, yes," said I, “and he seems !per- fectly satisfied. I am rather surprised at this, because of late he hasheen (in such a 1‘9111:U'kal)1y bad humor." “That’s so," said Mrs. Aleshine: “there’s no gettin' round the fact. that he’s been a good deal crosser than two sticks. You see, Mr. Craig, that Mrs. Decks and me, we made up our minds that it wasn’t. fair to the Dusantes to let that rich missionary go on payin’ nothin' but four dollars aweek apiece for him and his daughter, and if we couldn’t get no more out of him one way, we’d. do it in another. It was fair enough that if; he didn't pay more he ought to get less; and: so we gave him more fish and not so much bread, the same as we did the sailor men, and we weakened his tea, and sent him just so much sugar, and no more; and, as for openin' boxes of sardines for him which there was no reason_why they shouldn't, L- 1.1” I - â€"â€" y uu‘lulull ‘ be left here for the Dusanles, Ijust wouldn’t do it, though he said he'dBOt all the fresh fish he wanted when he was in China. And then we agreed that it “as high time that that libr’ry should be cleaned up, and we Went to work at it, not mindin' what he. said; for it's no use tellin' me that four dol- lars a week will pay for a front room and good board, and the use of a library all day. And, as there wasn’t no need of both of us cleanin’ one room, Mrs. Leeks, she went into the parlor, where he’d took his books, and bogun there. And then, again, we shut down on Mr. Dusante's dressing-gown. There was no sense includin' the use of that in his four dollars a week, so we brush- ed it up, and camphored it, and put it away. We just Wanted to let him know that if he undertook to be skin- flinty. he'd better try it on somebody else besides us. We could see that he mac: n an...) 1 â€"" "“0 ”a was agood deal upset. for, if'e man Inked to have things quietveafns coqnfortgble around him. and every- tlyng hls own way. that man is that mlssmnary. But we didn’t care if “ya A33 nun-3 L3”â€" :htl To Be Continued. If you are going to the lecture, the church, the play, or tha garden party, you like to have a. friendâ€"a sympathe- tic triend, along with You, so that you two can compare notes and talk it all over afterward. -â€" v-v She will see what you see. and some things beside. probably, and two heads are better than one, and of course two pair of eyes are better than one. There are so many things to be discussed, and there can be so much harmless, de- lightful gossip when two women, who are thoroughly en rapport with each other, come together. vaâ€"' The way that dancer in the red silk gown flirted with the knight in armor, and how she turned up her eyes at the other leading lady; and you wonder if she is any relationxof the dark gentleman who scowled at her so fiercely when the lover was doing the sentimental toward her, and were her diamonds real, or not? And what awful 'large feet she had, and how scrawny her neck was, and whataway she had of setting her arms akimho. just like your washwoman when she disputes the wages you want to pay her! An-l if the matter under discus- s-ion healecture. it is just lovely to talk that over. and have somebody who was with you to share in the entertain- ment. You can ask her if she thinks. if she really thinks. that all that lec- turer's hair was natural hair, and if she no‘ir-erl how dreadfully her skirt did hang over to one side. and how harllv her boots fitted; and you cansay (ant your friend will agree with you) thata woman who lectures ought to he verv careful ahou‘ the way her skirts hang and how her feet, look, became vou know. one is so expo ed on the plat- form. And if you have been at church 'why. it i< nothing out of place. after gyou have talked over the sermon. to talk 0 er the preacherâ€"gently and c-harifahly. of course, we all do it. “Such a learned anl holyâ€"minded man! Oh so intellectual! But jucta li t'e ever so little. careless about his collar: and thinge." And he will open his eve: now and then when he is prayingâ€"Just a habit of his. of course; and he does haveâ€"don't you think! a rather cordial way of shakingr haml~= \\'i b that forward young sop- rano; lm‘ then. pro‘mbly. it is her fault. Some girls never know how to depor‘ themselves. you know. And she in” quite in our set. poor-thing! if; you an toaparty. or reception. you dearly iike to talk that over. The way the tails! was laidâ€"the new method of folding the napkina the fashion in which the hmir of the hostess was “done up”--(not becoming at all, do you tlzini'?‘-â€"an’i your turn! i4 quit» of yuur way of thinking. Ami hht‘ noiz-e! how Mrs. Brown's dress had been let out in the waistâ€"she is genting so stout; and then [ll'cl rzz‘ezulfu! Seely Child that they all think i< Sikh a wonder; and if it were §ou-‘s you would have left it at [Iowaâ€"39:3 indeed! And it was 80 funny tint. Mr. Robinson. the ho<t. did no: even look in.and he was in the bone you know he was. all thd time. Anal you have heard it hinted. and your i: in! says sh), has heard i. hint- ed, 100 hut of course you don't either one of you believe itâ€"oh. no !â€"you have heard it whi-pere'l that he does not like. £0 have his wife belong to Cllllh’ and do so much entertaining; and h'lt h:.- is awful close and miserly “Lh hi fami y; and your fxicnd has heard the same thing; but, then, one never does know what to believe. And then >he smiles knowingly, and you smile in the Same way. and you thor‘- oughly understand each other, and Mr. Robinson’s status is definitely set- tled to your mutual satisfaction. And the dresses of the guests come in for a here of a tention when you are talking it over. Poor Angeline- Jones, wi-h her black hair, and dt'etld~- fully tawny skin. and that blue dress! Strange that. people do not have let- ter taste! Her dressmaker ought to have :old her better. She leoked po<- itively horrid! And Mrs. Flitters, with those pink ribbons; and she is fifty if :hn i~z a day! And your friend will supplement your remarks with the information that they do say that it is a fact that. the FM- terms have 3. Mg mortgage on their house and don't pay their grocer’s l'-ill~; and that ol'lest, Miss Flitters is dead in love with young Goldu st. and he laugh about it at his clubâ€"th‘ wretrhâ€" but, then, men will do 80. you know. reminivcenoes of that kind are so de- lightful. ()h. the mosquitoes. 811d the horrid hard beds. and the flies. and the boat rides, and the sunsets and the multitudes of other things that you experienced. And so. as we said inthe beginning, half the enjoy- ment one gets out of anything is found in talking it over after it is over and zonesâ€"Kate Thorn. f‘ to be intro- lat ' phone pole." Thee ,ce ‘3le by Mr. Jas. Crmgr . . . i0“ which m? :depnvmg hum of the the “will ‘leg. and from dOlng any 13h! | u '8. few Odd days work. His m! [was wrought .su suddenlyand " lly that the Times ”4(1de ter would be of sufficient in; I 'its readers to obtain an intervie?‘ er. Cro grey. In subs-tum Mr 0'! grey tuld lb? following Slot," illnesszâ€"“In April, 1895, I “as hid! for seven we ks with 15 and after I recove'ed from my right 10‘; began was very painful indeed ~ W a. few week at was thm ti its natural Size -â€" nearly ‘5 h as; that Leleplmng pole," pointed to .a suck of timber Iinches in d1umeter.“th.n. guxubcu .l0 .3 MICK 0f tim inches in diameter. but doctor did gave me an re' consulted anot her withythehfi. suit. I suffered for nearly five recovery. But the imnrovemem continued for a short time ad the swelling became greater and Hg ulcers formed onthe insided were right through to the in: you could put that much into and Mr. Crosgrey indicated . thumb an object an inch in "For the next year and ahalil treated lry four or five doctonm leg and the uleers were as badge“ The doctors pronounced mg a. phlebitis or inflammation of thud They didn’t. seem to know what {.1 for me, however. an'l Idesg‘aim getting well.” Mr. Crosgrey'sni came in a strange manner. alml phanoe one might say. He tell“ {this wayzâ€"“l had a relative liil near Teeswaler, named William] tist. He heard of my condition sent. word to me to try Dr. Willi: Pink Pills‘. His reason for Mimi! ing them he statedwas hecausetl hard cured him of serious trouble both legs, vhen all else hadltll [decided to try them 1nd in least five weeks the ulcers were ."omla healed and the suelling in m lugs: appeared. T he ulcers never rem and mv leg is first about assoui the 01. her one. I know that Dr.‘ liams' Pink Pills: alone cured met doctors and all Where medirinesl ed and I am willing that theta of mv illnnes and eure can be! known." Mr. Crosgrey Who iii“! of age, is now at work 8'9er!!- nature of hi: “’nrk Thfli (if littmthl bags of flour tml feed, is PM”! (‘Olfinilete recme'T‘V ”9 is “If” friend of Dr. \‘Ci'li'imi' Pink Pills never lets an lil’l’l’l'lunlly 9“ speaking a grand \‘lflf‘d‘ {01' iii“:â€" Seen Blunlnu ltrgnhrly Mr Olfâ€" alt-Z T‘H'u!) "MI“- The oldest engine in the work” the possession 0f the Birminswu a1 Navigatio;;s. lhiscngine hams. constructed by Boullon “a ”m "99" 1777. 'J‘he order is!“ The above 5! before the un’. the year 1777. '1 be are in the firm’s books in .! Singls acting buim 011311 at each end of a mod inches in diumeicr, wit eight feet, and erected company's pumpina 5" (sf-0414‘ L‘mnt h .1i4‘ ‘k. I u and there are now -. here besides the int? Th? 111155” ron of ten War-«‘hi'ia. were in such trrmr “he" were fired in tmnq!‘ 0 t mural upon his arm“1 d“ and!" zed frantically into Ting criefi Of (1951‘: 1"! W!) has ie- .0' ‘10 been qu, ! decldodgl r “3 has been deJxxILOIF ups” to inbist the 17th day OLDEST STEAM ENGIIIE. figment, “'86 N0” 'x‘sig‘m‘d at P0“ v of Februm'. I). II. CHISHOI-l RnoWING THE YOVNG \vm “c“ 0‘ timber PLANT. bier ”K0111” . ,, . m9 811V ”1in . is many years Since, says an 1 3‘ ““1 {119.5333 * in paper, we first. ad\‘0'.‘utvd ”flowing of wheat. crops u plant was a few im-hes high. time many farmers “we 9 [ghout the results, and mun contended that the ynumz “I twu too delicate for such rip 1y rough treatment. Sevmal {3 however, eslmially lhme in micro portion of the mil determined to give 2119. km t‘uv . , and after some years (If ions are DOW thornux'b'y (wmx i] the benefits arising from in» “I' tad arc the strongest :ulwc principle. Many of the) Lari «ope are said to have yielded t an inch in 19 '931‘ and ahizl'I' vr five doctors hr x “we as had as. nmmvmi the d: mnminn 0i 'h? it. i in kn «v “hitti- v‘. :zni l dP‘fJM“: Mr. (‘r‘mgrey's re" muons. Those farmers. \\ I) ‘~ 1 have 50m? doubts a: in the ' em .1 N derived from h‘l”““'m-â€"' “'heat plant may easily 103‘ ter for themselves by ruh ivzu wacru in any paddock and ml the remainder of the (Top 1.. t (it “86”. This wouli end H} r to judge for himse‘f "th knowing had benefi 9d 11 ~' r a 01‘ If the I‘BBUILS hwi .mv l pithy. The total exgwnw of 1 one acre with arm! her h m l Nit about 28 6d 1‘)?! NHL- Price of a bushel of \\ heat “1M 07 ration of mtmt tun cub-:5? and leave me u M condition to receive me 1 [It 0‘ “I! pming shower. " “'0 Operation will destz‘vuy Donated (or by the HI “’f those that are left, and till." much more readily WI "'1- 0:: may soils a sound I Rhoften proved of (hr gwnl Me benefit to the rum {I'his om Md tn ctrried ()Ul almut £5.01- .“ weeks after the II “I: AND WINTER FEARS last is from uniâ€"£0 thieérin- Old when the soil is d!‘}' «m I and my to work. The in) effect: of the Operatinn WM "07 my number of weeds, \Vh N to (row, would not only My! name of its fertility 1' hinder the development of it"mt. loosen the surface 7m lot I: a mulch and prm _-â€"£‘ (to. five to sevenâ€"bushels I per 1.ch than the uncultiv did. This, of course. was in " Mame of the fun "by will almys command 2‘ “Th. buying public still jun X] from their nut! ha. ‘ “‘“° “105' should he pl fig tree when quite grep”, :