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,notice and satisfaction guaranteed. TMEAL and FEED LONG, one of Port Hope'l LS, speaks as follows :â€" a. terrible time with hot [teen months. ! intense, and she had 1 'together with shortness Is and general debility. ;D do her no good, and up trying whet: sh. rn's Heart and hen. toned her up wonder prepared to do all kinds rustom work. Lady Undergoes a once, from which ist freed by “I. lburn's Heart rrvo Pins. Med lamest ct {mien of Ba). week!y terms 31:02:93: Specimen copies and HA3: TTS sent. free. Addrea NGLES AND um; HG AEERISSEN. irohg’s case. at agency tormenting 113.:an have a “Washington 0;?! brough Mann 3 Co. ~36; . of London. and 8 Tes‘by terian Church named the appoint- o the British Chan“ g sketch and d IBLE o u i‘ o Gonsflpafiflv Dyspepsia. Parsons, as“. Sew York. DROPPING mm 3 73m: 3mm. 923mm, COPVRQCHTS ac. trustees tuna} Luv ’ The old man managed to keep nim' a, home with him sometime after he ought to have been doing for himself. \‘o: an acre of his father’s possessions egg ever called his son’s; he owned nozhing, save a horse, which some neighbor had given him when it was a. sickly colt, and some sheep obtained in much the same manner; and the old ! man grudged him the keeping of these. Shellen and his son differed often, but there were two points in which the difference amounted to something serious. The first point concerned education, for which the old man had the most profound contempt, and the son had not. There was a college some dozen miles from the Shellen farm, and thitherâ€"having thoroughly prepared himself in spite of fatherly. thwarting and oppositionâ€"Henry be- took himself, and by one contrivance and anonher, and helped :by his moth- er's small marketing, kept himself there for several months. A Crotchety and contrary old chap‘ «as Dick Sheilen, a rich old farmer,| -mbborne as a mule. He had made? ,5: way in the world by the doggedest ggs;inacy-S€iling hold of whatever way, and retaining hold, as came his (aough life depended upon it. one sonâ€"a handsome, vexing larch, tall and as tenacious in when he chose to have one, is himself. This son, as he had proved a great assist- his father in working the is services had been made grew UP, ance to farm, and h T100 old man managed to keep him at home with him sometime after ha 011th to have been doing for himself, The second point was not likely to be so easy of arrangement. At college Henry had found some- thing besides scholastic honors. He had chanced upon a very charming combinai‘ion of curls and azure eyes, a red-upped, dimpled-cheéked fairy, daughter of one of the professors who, instead of curving her dainty lip at the home-spun suit which his poverty :1:er hi father’s niggardliness com- pelled him to wear, never seemed to be conscious of anything or anybody else when he was near. In short, Henry had found some one to love, some one that: he wanted to marry. as he gravely informed hls father. You should have seen the old man’s eyes; it was a mercy they were fast in their sockets. . “Marry 3 3er studentâ€"it was ridiculous !” “And pray what harm is there in being a girl student '5" questioned Bertha Ha Instead, when Henry told her half laughing, half vexed, and al- together rueful; for without assist- 111:3 from his father he could not 11111:} her for a long time yet. Henry laughed again, but with some 9mb1rrassment, saying, “My_ father is afraid that a dauéhtéi‘ of Professor Balmstead would not make a very good farmer’s wife.” "Does he think”â€"â€" Bertha heeitated. looking with smiling perplexxty at her little white hands. “Than these pretty hands don’t knOW much about. baking, etc} Exactly; I believe he thinks that.” . “Then he thinks wrong,” said Ber- tha. reddening and looking up at her lover with a comical little pout. “Didn’t I hear you say you wanted a servani at home? I’ve a mind to 80 down and offer to take the place.” {any laughed. ‘We want one badly enough, but my fa;her wiil no: suffer one inside the housef’ "Why. how do you live then? \Vho {‘OOKs for you now that your mother , :Y‘ 1“ ”rye-WC“ th ekitchen and Henry, her- set: unseen, the muscles about her 111011111 hfitched nervously and her eyes [Winkled with roguish brightness. Presently Henry looked that vyay. {3331? the face took a lugubnous 1mg"? and, coming from the ropm. 1h? .31“ said, hesitatingly, but w1th- on. 10015319; at him: . All Would ye be afther employmg a Ivan}. the dav 9” and :fmfl fidaetlnz 1215 Se Gilt an 3 face, what could be seen _of.it-, a Very curious one to be mSIde a bonnet, Just now, as she v- “V. And before he could reply crossed the room and stood u threshold of the next. Henr ed presently, curious to see v. of a reception she would get “QR“..- -â€"â€"' 7‘“ ‘ Luresnom or the next. Henry follow- ed presently, curious to see what kind of a reception she would get. “Share, an’ I’ll be worth a lot to yees,” she was saying, with innocent emphasis, as Henry entered. She talked rapidly, pouring out such a torrent of words that the old man could not by any possibility slip one in among them, and sat regarding her with an expression of the most ludi- crons astonishment. wxw an expressmn of the most ludi- crous astonishment. This remarkable volubility complete- 1y baffled th eold man’s slowness. > He could not say a word now if he wished to, and she concluded with “I can bake bread that'd bring the very eyes out iv yer head and make ye swally yer tongue with delight.” He could only twirl his thumbs in a sort of ridiculous awe, and asked her, with a sudden smile, how much she ex- pected “to get for doing all these things.” The end of It was that her services were accepted and she began work at once. ‘Henry deliberated and mrtively watched her. For some time she seemed unconscious of his scrutiny;- but presently she turned, and clasp- ing both- her little hands on top of the broom handle, said, with a mix- ture of bravado and arohness too na- tural to be mistaken: “Well, Henry, what do you think i" The young man laughed and looked annoyed in the same breath. “Then it is you, Bertha,” he said; “I was suspecting something of the anfii’ ” sort. ‘Not till I looked at you,’ said the gir1,roguishly retreating as be ap- proached. Bertha?” ‘ * ”' “Shore, an’ why ain’t it the thing for a poor girl to be gettin’ her living dacently and honestly?” And that was all he could get out of her. Having acknowledged her identity with Bertha, for an instant, she was the most u-napproachable Bid- dy the next, and would have nothing to say except in that character. “Shure, an’ it’ 3 my own {adder would be mteferin’, wid me, would he T’ said Biddy. “Does your father know of this, Bertha? ‘What would he say?” per- sevgped Henry.» In vain were all remonstrances with the roguish and willful girl. She persisted in being Biddy, even to -him, and maintained a distance between them very different from that be» tween him and Bertha in her own pro- per self. Annoyed, provoked, chagrin- ed, almost angry, the advent of his father forced him to retire from the kitchen, for fear of betraying her secret, which he would not have done for a good deal. It was several hours before he could return to the house, his father having, upon one pretext or another, detain- ed himt \Vhen at last they entered togeth- er, kitchen and dining-room, both of which had been in a most untidy state when they left there, had undergone such a remarkable renovating pro- cess that old Shellen draw back at first, thinking he had set (oat in come- body else’s house instead of his O‘YP' Supper was smoking on the tableâ€"- such a supper as old Shellen, at least, had not seen for months. To crown all, Mrs. Shellen was sitting propped up with pillows in a great easy chair and looking wonderously contented, and with reasonâ€"the poor lady had not had a woman’s hand about her before since her illness. ‘They lived in such vuvv “vâ€" __ ' an isolated, inhospitable manner that very few of their neighbors even knew Mrs. Shellen was not as well as usual. Biddy, as she called herself, had tidied the poor lady up in a wonderful man- ner. Shellen sat down to the daintily spread table and made a most hearty and keenly relished meal, glancing askance at Buddy meanwhile. Henry, strange to say, ate very little, and he watched Biddy askance, .too. _ -3 __ V' ‘bbvuv- .â€"â€"._v v This was only the beginning of re- forms this darling girl instituted. First, however, ,for her own peaceof mind as well as H-enry’sâ€"knoWing *hat mother and son were fast friends and always of one ,OplnlODâ€"She told you think it quite the thing, g" THE DURHAM CHRONICLE could peply she had and stgéd' ups; 2;; kindly a nature to servant those Having .made 3 good beginning, Bid- dy established herself in a short time completely in the good graces of the old man. He had a lurking fondness for neat- ness and good order, and Mrs. Shellen, poor woman, wasn‘t a very tidy house- keeper. Under the new reign order grew out of chaos; the house seemed in holiday garb all the time, and an atmosphere of social cheerfulness per- vaded everywhere. One morning, Biddy had said some- thing the day before, the old man ended a grumbling complaint of Henry’s with "I never see no good come of eddication yet. If it hadn’t been for that college.business you might have taken a liking to a sensible girl and she to you.”_ 'He glanced at Biddy as he spoke. She turned scarlet and came near drapping the dish she was holding. It was not the first time Henry had heard such i-nsinuations, and be rather enjoyed Biddy’s trepidation. “Look here, father." said Henry, smiling maliciously, “ just pick me out a wife, and see what will come of it.” “The only girl I know of worth hav- ing wouldn’t have you, I dare sayâ€"â€" would you, Blddy l” Shellen said, grumblingly, but suddenly turning to the girl, Bridget O’Flynn, who had kept Berth-a’s lover at a tantalizing and un- relenting distanpe all that time. He was taking his revenge now. Making a desperate effort, Biddy rallied her confused senses to say, with considerable self possession: “Share, air, it isn’t myself that’ll be after having any man till I’m asked?” “Biddy, will you marry me ?” said Henry, gravely extending hi_s hapd: “I will that, ,now,” said Biddy, promptly putting her hand in his, while old Shellen came near choking himself with amazement. It was too late to recede, however, whether he had really wished such a thing or not, as they soon made him understand. He went out of doors presently, privately pinching himself to ascertain if he were really in his senses or not. Seeing the two stand- ing by the window in close conversa- tion soon after, he crept with the same laudable intention toward them, under cover of the bushes that grew by the house. “Now, Bertha,” Henry was saying, laughingly, “what is to be done next? I must say you have managed won- derfully so far; but what do you sup- pose he’ll say when he knows you’ re not Biddy at all ?” “Not Biddy at all !” screamed Shel- len, struck with a sudden suspicion of he knew not what. as he started out of his covert. There stood Biddy, the white frill of her close cap as immense as ever. She laughed though, when she saw him, and, deliberately taking off her cap, shook her bright ourls all about her face, and, reaching toward him her little hand, said: “Sure, sir, an’ ye won’t be either hating a poor girl because her name's Bertha Halmstead instead of Bridget O’Fly nn ?” 513011â€"4011 Professor H'al-mstead’s girlj” ‘ __ a a ‘ O A .‘ ‘C 9 “Professor Halmstead is my father,” said Bertha in her natural voice. "What’s that 2” Bertha repeated it. “And you’re not Irish t" “Niver a bit!” The old man stood for a moment, clouds gathering in his face. "Well, Henry,” he said, rather sour- 1y, “you’ have outwitted me again; much good may it do you. You had better get out the horses now and take Halmstead’s girl home. He must want to see her by this time." â€"Be}tha diff net change countenance, however. Extending that pretty hand of here, she said, sweetly: "You’ll shake hands with me, sir?” Shellen turned back and gave his hand awkwardly. The girl took it in both hers, bending her bright, arch face toward him, saying: “3" v" "v . “Yes, sit.’ And Henry colored with mingled anger and amazement. L ‘A‘A- Luw vv '7 ___ __ "1 shall come back some time, sir. VV'rll you be glad to see me '?" Shellen h'ugmmed and hawed, and stammered out a_t lgst: UÂ¥\--.-.â€"vâ€" _ -_ “Yeâ€"es; come back, Biddy_[ mean Miss O’Flynnâ€"I mean Missâ€"â€"-’ Soon lady into approval. :hat she shook her head nd looked wondrously was so chalfmivng to have _-£A_ November 16, 1899 “Bertha,” suggested the girl, quietly. “Yes, come back; and the sooner the better. There. Henry, make the most on’t l” Bertha did come back, in a very few weeks, too, and nobody was gladder to see her than old Shellen, though he was a little shy at first of Professor HaLmstead’s girl. She soon made him forget everything save that she was Henry’s wife ; and the way he humored the sly. puss to sundry grants of money refurmshing and repairing, I couldn’t begin to tell. A young woman who found herself! in need of extra funds has started a: new schoolâ€"a school for pet dogs. The idea is not to make professional trick- sters of them, but simply to teach them to amuse their masters and mis- tresses at home by doing something requiring more intelligence than sim- ply eating, running and barking, or 13'- ing in comfort on a satin sofa pillow. The idea was evolved by, the need of the hour, and the presence of her own little dogs, which do all sorts of funny little “stunts” even without direct orders, so used are they to going through their little tricks. It has be- come second nature to them, and they voluntarily go through with them in their own play together, or to attract attention to themselves when they want anything to eat. She has always been fond of pets, but was never content until she had taught each pet little tricks. At one time; her rooms were a regular menagerie; 'lhere were two white mice, a squirrel, two little marmoset, or South Ameri- can monkeys; a parrot, a canary, a robin, a fox terrier, a Maltese poodle and a Brazilian terrier, besides three tame common house mice which found their way through their own little doors in the casing of the doorway when the dogs were not in sight, and fed on the crumbs left for them, and, if their mistress was there, running up to her and eating, out of her hand and running up her arm onto her shoulder. She had taught all the pretty little show tricks to her own‘ pets, dogs in- cluded, and also trained the pet dogs of her friends; so why‘ not train other dogs? The younger the dogs the better, ac- cording to the saying that “you can- not teach old dogs new. tricks,” al- though that is not strictly true, as many an old dog has been trained to do all the sprightly tricks taught to puppies, but the puppies, learn quicker. They are more fond of playing, and tricks are simply an intelligently guided lot of games. It requires time and the patience of Job; that is all. But few persons have the necessary time or patience to spend on their dogs. The first thing the teacher does is to make firm friends of the dog under tuition, the next to make him respect her authority, and then reward him for obedience. All dogs expect re- wards for extraordinary exertion, just like people. A few lessons are all that is necessary usually, following each in quick succession, always with the reward at the close. It is just as easy to teach several dogs at once as one aft a time. One of the prettiest sights is to see two dogs marching like little soldiers across the room. Her own two little white dogsâ€"the poodle and terrierâ€"are about the same size. Every day they go through the same performance .when the mail car- rier comes and leaves a letter. They rush to the door at his ring, and if there are not enough letters for both, the terrier, Nuisance, allows the poodle, Midget, to take the letter in her mouth, and they scurry to the door of the mistress’ room and both stand erect, the letter in full sight in Mid- get’s mouth, and then they march up- right on their hind legs across the room to their mistress and sit down If she pretends not to see them they wave ’both front paws up and down rapidly to attract her attention. If she still remains oblivious Nuisance gives a little barkâ€"speaksâ€"and they cock their eyes and turn their heads on one side, looking at‘ her inquiring- ly in a very cunning way, and she takes the letter. 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