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ND Pnommroa. rm ,5 win he mt to an} pouago, for $1.00 pen ”danceâ€"5!. o may 1: date to wh: every by the number on thc zinued until all arm the Draprletor. .r: inscrtion m cunem MPHUNSE AND JOSEPHlNE Alphonse wandered by the trout stream. He had a. rod. in his hand, but he didn't attetnpt to fish. He hadn’t the heart. “ Ah, finny ones,” muttered he, “ you may frolic in security. You may leap out of the water and secure your fly. Your ingenuous trust shall not be be- trayed. The plump blue-bottle will be the genuine article. My hook shalli net intrude upon your gills this day,"' Then he cast his tackle from him; and flinging himself upon the daisied turf he gave liberty m a long pent sigh. Alphonse was in love. Josephine was as beautiful and. as : bright as the glowing sunshine of this summer's day. Josephine was exqui- sine. Josephine was celestial. Venus herself could not have eclipsed his J 0- se phine. The thought had scarcely flashed through his mind, ere Alphonse started with surprise. He leant on his el- bows, and gazed entranced into the waters. Was he enchanted? Could what he beheld be real? He was think- ing of Venus, and. lot there he saw' Josephine, not rising from the sea, but shimmering amidst the weeds and fishes. Of course, it was only her shadow that the stream embraced. But think of embracing even that! Oh, lucky stream! And the fishes bobbing up and down caught flies under the {very none of Josephine's reflection. “ They are stealing kisses,” cried the amorous Alphonse in a. fit of jeal- ousy. It was then that he felt a gentle “ prod." It had been administered by, the ferrule end of a lady’s sunshade“ He looked up into J osephine's face, and was about leaping to his feet, when with a grace and charm peculiar to herself, she spread out her handker- chief and sat down upon it, by hisside. Rapture! He had such a. lot to talk about that he didn't know where to begin; so for some moments they merely gazed into the stream together, and said nothing. That’s the v;orst of love; there‘s of- ten so much in it that nothing lex- presses so well as silence. .- After a while, Alphonse found hisl voice, and he murmured: 3 “ Josephine l" The tone in which he uttered this, and the look which accompanied it, spoke a whole volume of love, and was not merely so wearisome. Josephine must have understood, for she blush- ed and sighed. V“ wâ€"â€" This emboldened him; he caught her dainty gloved hand; he clasped it, con- veyed it to his enraptured lips, andâ€"â€" ah, we won't listen to their soft coo- ings, to their sweet warblings of love. Have we never been caught in Cupid's net ourselves? - . A n u _ _A. TAAAnk:nA do- it up. It was during this trivial Operâ€" ation that Alphonse indulged in a ras- cally trick. Quick as lightning he had drawn from his pocket 21 pair of scis- sors, and he adroitly snipped off acurl -â€"one of her ambient heirsâ€"without her being aware of it. It was one of those ringletty tresses that ladies wear clustered up behind sometimes. So the theftsvas not difficult to accomplish. her way home. rIfheir road la for the most part by the margin of the trout stream, and the little fishes would now and again peep up, and of course, envy them. :VVhen the little fishes disappeared ' they would leave behind a bubble and ' This did not escape Alphonse's notice; nor did he lose the ° ' He whispered to gratulatiowâ€"as congratulations fre- quently areâ€"andâ€"the circlets were a pretty placatorial way of suggesting n 010899111116, can... fly, as x011 have told me frequently, ex- ° and. lucky man charms anyJ bro bones. "What u ‘ W“ jealous 0‘ "‘9 M y 60mm thro thflt ”t' m manure?" ° mm'ofhilma’d to} hâ€" his friend‘s eyebrow: elevate them- selves. What was he about to hear? “ Josephine has told me she has a secret." This confidence was whisper- gd, and wign g. glance aakance. as if __., w-.. "-u... u- 65¢qu W. at Ll he expected hla inamorata to appear at his elbow and denounce him for the betrayal. “ And that secret is-â€"â€"--" “ Still in her own keeping; but she assures me she will reveal it some day â€"eome day. Ah, Gustave, my friend, can you not now comprehend the jeal- ous pangs that rack my heart ?" “ Women are apt to enlarge upon small matters, my dear Alphonse. This may only be a. woman’s wile to test your love, to try your faith. Think no more of it; and if she ever reverts to it,_‘1_§ugh at it." “ You can never have loved, for you cannot realize the intensity of my pas- sio_n_ Your advice is an impoagibilitY- " 0“ Then turn the other way about. In- SISt on knowing this secret at once." “ You are a. brute. How could I be so indelicate T" “ Then unravel it by other means. Find it out yourself and tax her with it. Then it would be at Your own op- tion to forgive her or to break of! the match " _ 1 “ Either would break my heart. But I think your advice good. Only how am I to set about it t" ‘ ‘Has she not given you some clue i" “ She has never given me anything." “ Dropped some suggestion i" “ She has dropped nothing." “ Umph; then I see but one way out of the difficulty. I have a friend who is a clairvoyant." . i “ I don't understand.” “ He is also a psychometrist." “ And that isâ€" i" “ Give him any small article of your apparelâ€"a glove, a handkerchief, and by holding it against his forehead he i will tell your character, and will give you a resume of your past life. I have tested his powers, and what he has told me has been far more truthful than either flattering or pleasant." “It is humbug.” my" it 2 "v'Well, I don’t know. Yes; there can be no harm in that.” “ Have you a glove, or ribbon,. or anYthing that belonged to Josephlne, anything that she has frequently worn 2" . "I haveâ€"8. lock of her haxrz’" . “ Excellent. To-morrow we mil viut the scientist." llULGLJ o Gustave soon broached the object of their Visit. “Max," said he, “I wish you would give us some evidence of your skill. My friend here is a sceptic." “Sceptic is scarcely the appropri- ate word,” interrupted Alphonse. and bowing politely to his host,"“1 am ut- terly unacquainted with your strange science," said he, “and am not so fool- ish’ as to form an opinion upon a sub- ject. 01 Which I am entirely ignorant." “That is certainly proving yourself 'a sensible person," replied Max, re-: turning the bow. “Unfortunately. the {rule is. people begin by pooh-poohing what they don't. understand. It‘ gives such an air of superiority, and it saves so much trouble." “Here lS your test", continued Gus- tave, and, at a glance from him, Al- phonse intrusted the cherlshed tress to the hands of Maximilian. “This," continued he, "was snipped from a lady's head only a few days ago, and has never since left my friend's possession.” “And I suppose you want me to tell you something about that lady l" “ Exactly.” . Maximilian held the precious curl in the palm of his band and pressed it gently against his brow. He remain- .. 0.1 £___ . mnmnnf o fth be genuy agauluae um u-v-.- __, ed quite Still for a moment; then he lacked angry; and then: “ Oh. oh!" said he with a start. “\Vhat's the matter i” inquired Al- phonse, awaiting the rep ' “ Oh. nothing. nothingâ€"merelyâ€" umphâ€"this hair has been dyed." “ Ah. that’s the secret," and Gustave jumpeo up slapping Alphonse on the shoulder. " That's the secret," cried he, “ rest assuredâ€"dyed hair." . fi‘4‘ Oh, there's a secret 18 were 9 mm- tered the scientist, and he added quiet- ly; “ but I presume you know the past of the person 2" “ No." interrupted Alphonse. in hasty eagerness. leamng forward in bus chair. “ No, that's just what I want to “I should rest contented with what I already know. I- don't care to tell you anything further.” you anybu-uo _.___ It was only after great pressure that the scientist could be persuaded to take the hair in his hand again. “I do this under protest,” said he, ° it against hIS forehead. V .t as say. not a de- from wasâ€"1W9“. 1e amted sirable inmwdual to be acqu i wit ." ['sfiofi‘lâ€"dvfié wsorry to say so from experience. Would you like to test JV VJVâ€" guabout that lady 2" held the precious curl in his band and pressed it '.t his brow. He r_emai_n- l'vv- â€"'â€"-_ secret is there ?” mut- st, and he added quiet- ;ume you know the BOD ?” vted Alphonse. in hasty .ing forward in his ex inst what I want to mind, Gustave took him by the cm and accompanied him to the very Mo: of tho house. Fuflhannon, he knocked at am door, and himself inquired tor Joesphine. 0n ascertai‘ng that she was at home, he abuptly shook hands with Alphonso, and left him no option but to face the lady and the diffiâ€" cult]. Alphonse was ushered into his sweet- heart's presence. 0h, he looked so ill and haggard! Josephine was knitting him a pair at socks when he entered and she looked up to smile; but she dropped the wool and the needles, and she ran toward him in terror. ‘,‘ My own. what is the matter 2" she cned. _ Her surprise may be imagined when he, in reply. seized her by the wrist and hissed into her ear: “ Tell me your secretâ€"or I shall do something des- potato." But aha was too startled to utter a word. “ J osephine." he hurriedly continued. {211 on the rack. and I can‘t stand 1 . Then, scarcely knowing what he was‘ doing, he dragged the stolen curl from‘ his ‘pooket, and cast it at her feet. “ Ah, you. have discovered," cried she. and with a little shriek she hid her face in her hands. " Oh, forgive me for deceiving you." and she burst into tears. "I would have told you all betore, but I hadn't the courage. I didn’t know how you'd :flfinel’ “It's very short at present." "Short! Who's short? What’s short ‘3" "av- V U “ But it's growing slowly, but he growing." “ J osephine, do you want to send me She raised her beautiful head and turned her tearful eyes toward him. She said no word, but clutching those ambient locks he loved so well, she took them offâ€"she wore a wig._ “W“ buvu- V‘s- “-v v A fever, a shaved Beaâ€"ari, avwig until her own hair grew againâ€"this was Josephine's terrible secret. Various Sources Bring lllm In Twenty llllllon Dollars a Year. The Czar of Russia is far ahead of his fellowsmonarchs. He is richer by half than any crowned head in the world. To say with any degree ot ex- actitude, the amount of his wealth, is obviously impossible, because he, be- ing an absolute monarch, autocrat of autocrats, is’free to double or treble rhis income, at the cost of a nation, he rules, whenever he wishes to do, a posi- tion nearly equal to possessing all that he cares to spend. He owns enormous properties, which cannot at the low- est estimate bring him in less than $15,000,000 a year, and may very eas- ilv return twice that amount. Even ily return twice that amount. nvcu the lowem estimated value of his pro- perty, with his grant from the rev- enuee, will give him the enormous in- come of more than 20,000,000, to which sum the income of no other monarch can compare; and even with the heavy expenses to which he is put in main- taining his court, this must be ample porvision for him. - - 1 ‘- - 1 n n n“. It goes without saying that an au- solute monarch has greater facilities for filling his pocket than a ruler who is preperly looked after by the dear people, and it will always be found! that the former are, comparatively speaking, infinitely richer than the latter. Hence it is that the second richest monarch in Europe is no less than “ the Sick Man " of bankrupt Turkey. His income from the coun- try's revenues is approximately $4.- 000,000 a year, to which sum must be added the income from his private pro- perty, and this, is estimated at between already said, Abdul Hamid is nearly al- ways at a loss to know where to turn ‘for money, not only for the national ;expenditure, but for his own private reduirements. In the disuicts surrounding the cop- per mines of Cornwall, Cuba, Chile and other places where the ore is abundant-, 1y found, a curious sight is to be seen“ in the shape of men with hair that is quite green. This is not, as might be imagined, a fashionable fad, but the grave results produced by the men's surroundings. The crude ore, in order to secure a more marketable article, is roasted in enormous furnaces, and it is some strange emanation from the from the furnaces contain a certain gquantity of arsenical matter, and this [causes the startling change, although the texture and growth of the hair suffer no injury. “U U“. It wasn't my fault. I couldn't help This is torture. Confess all, Jose- A most remarkable wedding has just taken place ata village called Tril, England. four brothers being married to four sisters. The tour knots were tied at the home of the four sister} brides, who are daughters of a prosper- ous farmer, named James Bochstetler. 'Their ages range from 18 to 28, and the ages of their respective husbands vary only slightly. The bridegroom are the four sons of John Sumus, and an energetic young men, of good hab- its and some means. The four broth- ers and their wives live within a stone's throw of each other. it." CZAR'S GREAT WEALTH. fl QUADRUPLE WEDDINGS. AN INNOCENT DECEPTION. Tom Lyndon had. just returned from an attended yachting trip; and was occupied with his accumulatui mail. Ledking (or several envelopes thought. fully. he was struck by the inscriptxon “ What do they want with me i" he muttered, opening the enveIOpe. “Dear sir," he read. “ we give you notice that our client, Miss Martha Heatherstone, will institute a breach ot promise suit against you shortly, unless some arrangement is made. Rev spectfully, etc." “ Well." he murmured. “ this is plea- sant. Hasn't Molly forgotten that summer flirtation yet? She can’t be after money, for she has more than ‘I as it is! I suppose arrangement Lmeans marriage. No ‘arrangement' can be made while Edna is living." It must not be supposed that Tom Lyndon was especially heartless. He had drifted into a conventional flirta- tion with Martha. Heatherstone at the mountains, which passed out of his mind on return to the city. He had met her at parties and route through- out the season all the tMe unaware that she was head-over-heels in love with him. He had at one time thought himself in love with her, but never ,eaid so, for fear of being called a for- tune-hunter. Now he knew that he did not love her, for while on his cruise Tom had fallen madly, desperately, in love with golden-haired. golden-hearted Edna Deering. The only thing about her not golden was her pocketbookâ€"it was only moderate like Tom’s. However, they had decided to marry, take a nice lit- tle house and live within their com- bined incomes. And now, with Edna as his fiancee. he was confronted by this half-forgot.- ten summer flirtation. While musing how to get out of hi: dilemma, he was aroused from his re- verie by a knock. It was a messen- ger; Signing his name on the boy's book, he opeped the telegram. It was 0000......OOOOOOOC'..... brief: “Martha. Heatherstone fatally in- jured. Asks for you. Come at once. “ J. D. GRAY, M.D., “ City Hospital." ' “ Fatally injured 1" he cried, while memories of the time when he thought he loved her thronged his mind. He almost forgot Edna. Hastily donning his coat and hat, he hurried to the hospital and was admitted to Martha's room. Seeing him, she half arose on the ;bed and said softly, “ Tom, you have forgotten me ’6'" “ No, he answered, brokenly, for memories of those bright, summer days would come to his mind. He almost be- lieved he loved her again. Then Edna's face rose before him, and he knew he was mistaken. ‘ _ JA-L-- Calling him to one side, the doctor said: “Humor her as much as pos- sible. She will not Last many hours." -‘ Lâ€" LA- lo. kJuU " 5“ “vv -w... a: _ _ VVh n he was again seated by her bed, holding her hand, she murmur- ed, “I thought you had forgotten me.” He made no answer, for he knew he had forgotten her. “Forgive me for sending you that letter, dear. I only did it to scare you. I thought it would perhaps bring you back to me, but it's too late now." “Too late, darling," he muttered. hating himself for the deception. But it would not hurt him, and he would confess all to his sweetheart after- ward. Talking on, he found that her car- riage had been wrecked by colliding with another. She_had been thrown low, she handed it to him. “ My will, love," she explained. I made some bequests to charityâ€"the rest I leave to you.m A reproachful pang shot- through his heart. “ Kiss me, darling,” she murmured. Bending over her he did so. end was near. With a loving look in her fast-clos- ing eyes, she cried faintly: “ Iâ€"nm-ogoingâ€"darlâ€"" and stopped. Edna and told her all. I She forgave him his innocent decep- tion, for she knew that his heart was truly hers, and that he had learned summer flirtatious were more harm- Em than they M0 A ‘IEY SAVED IS MONEY EARNED. Commercial Traveler (to country shopkeeper). How 3 business. Mr. Sharpe. eign. How was that. 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