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DVERS BLLLER, V soldier. tenoy ommander No OISM,. Couâ€" th re LA W the the 14 € at in Â¥j. & It But a little later the sound of a bell aroused her from her reverie, and, hastening to make some little change in her toilet, she went down to supper. Never before had a meal tasted so good as did that one eaten by the hungry travellers, in the cool, sbady diningâ€"room of the lRtuggles mansion, with the last rays of the setting sun stealing in at one window and touching with their meliow â€" radiâ€" ance tue inviting table and _ the ‘happy group gathered about ‘t. Aiter tea sahe asked Mr. Ruggles if sahe niight go out to see the cows milked, and ‘*take a peep into the stable and barn to see the horses and other stock, and her host, deâ€" ligshted with the interest she maniâ€" haps you‘d like to come in and get % little of the dust off first." . â€"=__ &he stepped forward and laid her arm around the young g\ * shoul}â€" der as she alighted from t« carâ€" rlage, while she looked earnestly inâ€" togr face fer a moment. Then she stooped down and kissed her. "I hope I see you well. sit," said Mrs Ruggles, with hearty but oldâ€"fashâ€" honed politeness. . mhe was a plain, motherly ieoking woman, having kind, dark eges, in in which there was a shade of sadâ€" news. Her hair was white as snow, and drawn back from her brow in smooth silken bands, Ber {face was rather pale, and had a careworn look, but there was a gentle smile upon her lips that won Ruby‘s heart at once. Arriving at the farm, which was a thrifty looking estate, with a wide, reomy, oldâ€"fash‘oned mansion, bulit apon a green knoll that looked like a carpet o emerald velvet, and which was surrounded by magnifiâ€" cent oaks, whose sheiterng arms were stretched forth above it as if in loving benediction, Mrs. Ruggles apâ€" peared in the doorâ€"way to greet her guests. "Blees my heart! I‘m downright glad to see you, sir," he said, shaking Mr. Gordon heertily by the hand. "And you, too, miss," tuwrning to Ruby and receiving her daintly gloved hand with almost an air of reverence. "It‘s long since the old house up yonder has known what it was to have a bright young face in it, and I know it‘:l do mother a heap of good to have you with us for a while." Rmuness Une previous winter, and her polished brother, should rememâ€" ber him with interest enough to come so far to see him, and he and his good wife bestirred themselves, upon hogpitality intent, to make their stay as enjoyable as possible. They had sent word on before, stating â€" when they should arrivo, and Mr. Ruggles was at the station to meet them when the train stopâ€" ped at Redville, his benevolent face shining with heartfelt pleasure, his small gray eyes gleaming with an bonest welcome. Owen Ruggles wa pleased to find that girl who had won his kindness the previous Then she added, as a man came to "Supper is about ready, but "No, indeed," Ruby answered with a light laugh. "It would in altoâ€" gether too humble and aninteresting a trip for her aesthetic tastes; but ahe will not mind our going." "Yes, I will go," replied Mr. Gorâ€" don; "it will be just such a trip as I should like; the mountain scenery will be fine, while I became quite interested in that quaint old man while he was here, and I would really like to become better acquainted with him." So the brother and sister went away for another hoilday among the mountains, while Mrs Gordon flitâ€" ted off to visit a friend in the counâ€" try. "Go with me, Rebert, will you? You have often wantei to visit a coal mine, and this will be such a goo: opportunity," sho pleaded. "Can you persuade Estelle to go?" asked Mr. Gorden. Mrs SCOT to Redvil and see‘in meevng ind a¢ orable impress her. three times sin came to bring of the new ho a fow moment Winter paseed, spring and summer likewise, and nothing of impertance had occurred in the lives of the charâ€" acters mentioned in our story. Ruby Gordon had spent a week or two at Cag May, Saratoga, and one or two othker fashionable summer roâ€" sorts, where she had been greatly adâ€" mired, and whither she nad been folâ€" lowed like a shadow by Edmund Carâ€" penter, who was growing evory day more and more fond of her." But the young man did hot make much headway in her favor. Without appearing to do so, or overstepp‘ng the bounds of courtesy, she had avoidâ€" ed him whenever she could, while her benaring toward ‘him was < tar more reserved than of old. She had met Walter but two or Rer for | as if it | to him : hope for man.lested in him. During dinner the farmer enterâ€" tained Lim with an account of his adventure â€" the previous evening at Mr. Gordon‘s, and our voung {friend was nearly convuised with merriment over the deseription, quaint and origâ€" inal as it was, of his experiences. All the evening, as he watched the performance of _ America‘s great tragedian he seemed to see that slight, graceful figure {litting in and out among her guests and showering ber divine charity upon one whom others would have slighted and neâ€" glected, and in Ris heart he â€"blessed The dayr was a brigater one to Waiter than he had known for a long time, for he had something pleasant vyo iook forward to in the evening, awhile Le had been greatly cheered by the f!riendly interost Mr. Ruggles S as w M e " 2 1W 3% I kn« ;HAPTER X. Ruby‘s Visit to Redvilie w wh her goodness, and almost felt was a link to bind her closer than he had evor dared to & her m UfX y in ner Tavor. wWitnow do so, or overstepping courtesy, she had avoid ver she could, while her rd chim was ~dar more it was â€" vory that the b the beautiful heart by her winter, _ and ct, though projoct to n‘y fo it eac much en T uvllfi:rv. 7116 con; tinued, casting a sm ng glance a her brother over her shoulder. _ "Mr. Richardson is going to show me some not?" Ruby asked. ‘"Yes, he was. Miss Gordon, there is the prettiest little nook, with a E-ha.rml.ng‘ spring, a short distance rom the house; will you come and let me show it to you ?" Walter asked, suddeniy changing the subject, for it always made him unhappy to talk of Edmund Carpenter. "Yes, indeed, I shail be delighted to go." Ruby said, rising to accompany ‘t'lm "Goodâ€"bye, Rob;art." she con‘- tinued, casting a smiling glancée a "Then you are a relative of Mr. Ruggles," Ruby remarked, feeling a little bit of curiosity to Gear from his own lips just what relationship there did exist between them, " No, s am in no way related to him ; but Mr. Ralph Carpenterâ€"who was the best friend I ever nad since my mother diedâ€"was Mr. Ruggles‘ halfâ€"brother, and he always came here to spend a couple of weeks in the summer," "Mr. Ralph Carpenter was Mr. sdâ€" mund Carpenter‘s father, was ne Sv d inne mc ce LE s ui ce peope should seck each other‘s soâ€" clety, although the conversation was, lor 22 time, general. * How are you impressed with ReGâ€" ville?" Miss Gordon, Walter. asked, after a while, thinking that Ruby wou‘ld perhaps enjoy talking about something else beside the farm, stock, mines, and the price of coal, etc. "I have seen but very little of Redâ€" ville," she answered, " as we only drove on the outskirts of the town in ccming here; but I think it is a delightful place." "It is, Indeed. I used to come here frequently when I was a boy, for Unele Raiph always enjoyed the farm, and I have had many a good _ time aAmong these grand old hilis," Walter replied. CHH UOH, MT. ICGarGson.~ Ruby now stepped forward and held ont her hand with a charming smile. "I shall claim Mr. Richardason as an ‘ old acquaintance, for wo have met beâ€" | fore, and I am very glad to moest | him again," she said, frankly and corâ€" | dially. "Oh, yes, I have mes him many times. We are building his new house, you know," Walter said, as he greetâ€" ed him with respectful familiarity. "I guess you‘d lise some supper, my boy, if you‘ve walked all the way from Redville depos; it‘s more‘n two miles. Come in. Mothor‘l! bo only too glad to give you the bost she‘s got." And the farmaee picked up Walter‘s satchel and led the way to the house, where his good wife greeteci the young man in the most hospitable manner, and then hastened to set before him as tempting an array of viands as hor wellâ€"{filled larder could supply. After Walter ha« refreshed his inâ€" ner man, the family all adâ€" journed _ to the verandah, where it was but natural that the young people should seeck each other‘s soâ€" gicty, althourh the convarsutinn uras hore came a deeper giow upon his lace, "and I am sure you will allow me to say that the pleasvre is recipâ€" rocated." "Well, now, this is pleasant." interâ€" posead Mr. Ruggles, his benevolent face expressing his satisiaction. "I had no ldea that you‘d ever seen each other. Perhaps you know Mr. Gordon, too," bo added, as he saw that gontleman approaching them. > anowmer young irie Gordon, Mr. Richard l Ruby went forward, with ready cordiality, ‘to second Mr. Ruggles‘ | hearty welcome, and Walter‘s face | lighted with unmistakable pleasure as | he looked upon her. i He thought that she, too, was more lovely than he had ever seen her. with | that soft light which came from the ) rosy western sky falling around her; with that Cainty pink in her cheeks _and the haif shy but pleased look in her large blue eyes as she came toâ€" ward him. ity as hostâ€"for he had not given Ruby a chance to say a word as yetâ€"â€""here is another young friend of mine: Miss picasint compans. But how did you come? I‘ve just been down to the depot to meet the eastern train, and we might have brought you along just as well as not." "I came from the other way. I have been to Cleveland on a little matâ€" ter of business for Mrs. Conant:; and, as I| am to have a little vacation now, I thought I wonld come and spend it with youâ€"that is, if you will have me," Walter said, with a look of smiling inquiry into his friend‘s face. "Of course we will have you, and be glad to get you. Bless my heart! 1‘d like to keep you all the time. But wok here," added the man, suddenly brought to a sense of his responsibilâ€" It seemed to hevr that he had changed since their last meeting â€" that he had grown handsomer than ever. His form was more fully develâ€" oped ; he was more manly in his bearâ€" ing, while there was an air of assurâ€" ance and independence about him which his selfâ€"sustaining life of the {;;st, two years rad served to give m. Ruby had recognized him the inâ€" stant her eyes fell upon him, and a bappy little thrill had run along her enrves at the ‘thought of meeting him again. CHAPTER Xl An Evening Ramble. And Walter, sure enough, the newâ€" comer proved to be. "Eh?" ejaculated the farmer, bendâ€" ing a surprised look upon ‘the peâ€" destrian, who was a tall, finely formâ€" ed man, and who appeared to be comâ€" Ing Cirectly toward the farmâ€"house with a strong, elastic tread, and bearing a satchel in his hand. "Why! bless my heart! it does beat all! but, if my old eyes cwa‘t deceive me, it‘s Walter himself !" "Who is that? Are you going to have more cempany ?" _ i faad fested in everything about her, disâ€" played his possessions to her with no small amount of pride, while Mr. Gordon sat upon the ‘veranda and smoked his cigar. Then, as she gianced toward ‘the road, and saw some one approachâ€" ing, she started ant asked: Thank you," Waiter replied, while Well, wel! e!!, well, my boy, i‘m sure tl my old eyes good," said Mr. Ru shaking the young man‘s har vay to emphasize his words mo ly. " My luck is something wo toâ€"day," he added, with a «m anceo at Ruby, "to have so mu: nt compans. But how did y« ‘ I‘ve just been down to t] to meet the eastern train, at Indeed. I used to come here _ when I was a boy, for ph always enjoyed the farm, ve had many a good time I‘m sure this KULâ€" hand most wonâ€" *"* My mother nsed to tell me when I was a little boy," Walter went on, won to speak more confidentially by the young girl‘s interest, "to learn to depend upon mysel{, for there would come a time in life whet I should need ‘I think it is very brave of you to take this view of the matter," Ruby replied thoughtfully. _ _ 8 "You were never used to such work, I am told, until after Mr. Carpenter died. It seems a great pity thatâ€" matters could not have been arranged differently for you," Ruby said, yet almost afraid she had touched upon the topic she ought to have left alone. "I do not think that I regret being obliged to work my way up in the world," Walter repliec, aiter a moâ€" ment of thought. "I am sure I shall fee!l better satisfied with myself in the end than if Uncle Raiph had left me a portion of his fortune. It might have made me both selfish and indoâ€" lent; and such people," he concluded with a smile, "do not amount to much in the world." "That must have been very hard. Was it necessary ?" Ruby inquired. "Yes,.in order to acquire a thorough and practical knowledge of my busiâ€" ness, and I was determined to have that anyway." "I am enjoying my work very much this year. Last year it was yery hard, as I was engaged simply in learning the carpenter‘s trade," Walter reâ€" turned. got And Walter entered at once upon an enthusiastic description of the new building that was highly entertaining to his fair companion. "Mr. Richardson, I believe you have a real love for your work. You seem to enter heart and soul into it," she remarked, whor, at length, he conâ€" cluded : _ "Indeed it is. It will bo ons of the most elegant residences in all the suburbs." "Quite sure. 1 never indulge in poâ€" lite fictions," Ruby gravely replied ; then she added, to change the subject: "But please, Mr. Kicmardson. tell me something about the new hcuse. Is it going to be very, very nice?" "Are you? I was fearing I might seem almost like an intruder. Are you sure you did not say that out of mere politeness, Miss Gordon ?" Walâ€" ter asked, smiling, but thrilling with delight at her words. "I am sure it will be pleasant to have an addition to our party. [( am glad you have come, Mr. Richardson,‘ sho said, with frank cordiality. It would be very delightful, she thought, to spend a couple of weeks among those wonderful mountains with Walter Richardson for a comâ€" panion and guide. But something in his last words and in the hesitation with which they were uttered made h(:r'_glance at him searchingly. f His eyes wore downcast and he seemed to have grown _ suddenly thoughtful. *‘Shall you be here long?" Walter eagerly asked, his face lighting. ‘*Yes, for a week or so." "Then I shall have the pleasure of showing you other lovely places, for 1 am to have a vacation of two weeks, andâ€"I was intending to spend it here." Ruby‘s heart quickened its pulsaâ€" tlions. wmin‘ster to the queen. _ But, jesting apart," she added, ‘"I shall consider this my own especial nook after this, and come here every day whils I re main at the farm in her checks, callc@ there by ‘the adâ€" miring look of her companion, while her scarlet lips wero parted in a lumâ€" imous smile. She had in her hand a brilliant sSpray of.sumae leaves, which she had plucked on the way thither, and with this she gently touched her companion upon the shoulder, and, adopting the cereâ€" manious tore that he had used, reâ€" plied : ‘‘Sir Knight, your promise of loyâ€" alty is graciously received, and I hereâ€" by invest you with the office of prime of her goiden hair ; ing out from undar the delicats gr:-?\?nf the dainty wreath encireling her small head. Her cyes gleamed with amusoment over the mock coronation, her face shone, fair as a pearl, in the gim light, though there was an exquisite color of "Fair mald, 1 crown thee queen of this mountain glen, and, with this emerald diadem, I pray thee accept a willing subject‘s undying allegiance." Ruby Gordon did not dream â€" how k:\'ely she looked with the soft rings Walter dropp upon her brow ceremiamy : Ruby f;:ushed, for the young man‘s words made her remember fair Herâ€" mia‘s and Lysander‘s wanderings in the wood, and the Sly trick which sportive Puck played upon them. , ‘"Rather," Walter continued, breakâ€" t.. a ilong, slender, feathery fern, t «stinmg it into a circle and tying it with a blade of grass, "let me make you a chaplet, and crown you ‘Queen of the Glen,‘" He held it out to her as he ceased Speaking, while his eyes kindled at the pretty p‘cture which she mads, sitâ€" ting with such graceful abandon in her rustic seat. Ruby smiled and bent her head toâ€" ward him to receive his offering. "I wonder how it would seem to be really a queen," she said. 1 ) * revois in," Ruby said, as, with a little sigh of delight, she leaned back against the trunk of the tree, charmed by the beauty of the place and the soft music of the water as it Ttippled over the stones at her feet. ‘"Do not suggest the possibility of this place being frequented by fairies, Miss Gordon," Walter returned, laughâ€" ing, ‘"for some vindictive Oberon might resent our trespass and send his misâ€" chievrous elves to bewitch us with some uncanny spell." cu alter @ropped the dainty circlet attractions of , saying, wi‘th playful ment ol the good man. He ‘had not been blind during the few days of their visit there. He had discovered Walter‘s growing attachâ€" ment for his beautiful sister, and he had begum to realize also that she was happier in his society than she had ever been before. Robert Gordon overheard the reâ€" mark, and smiled wiseiy at the sentiâ€" ment of the good man. "The witches have cast their beauty spell over her since she came wp here; though what for is more‘n I can te‘ll, for she was as sweet as an angel beâ€" fore," Farmsr Ruiggles remarked to his wife, one morning, as Ruby tripâ€" ped into the diningâ€"room, absolutely bewildering in her dainty white wrapâ€" per with a bunch of cardizcal flowersâ€" Walter‘s morning offeringâ€"fastened in her belt. CHAPTER XIi. A Mountain Ride. Such a delightful week followed | The weather was pertect. It seemâ€" ed as if there never had been such beautiful _ September _ days, "crown jewels of the year," Ruby called them, for scarcely a cloud obscured the sky during all that delectable time, and every morning the young girl was up with the lark to see the sun riseâ€" a sifiht which she had previously very rarely enjoyed. Walter sprang to his feet to attend her, and together they wended their way back to the farmâ€"house in the twilight, feeling that they had beâ€" come better acquainted with each other during this one brief interview than during all their previons meetâ€" ings, while, to one heart at ieast, life was forever changed by that dolightâ€" ful interchange of thought bes‘de the mountain spring on that lovely auâ€" tumnal evening. Walter Richardson mentally crowned the beautiful girl as "a queen among women" for these noble sentiments, and, if the truth had been told, she became, from that moment, queen of his heart as well. She arose almost immediately, sayâ€" ing, wfilth a smile: ‘*Well, we have drifted into rather a serious veim; but it is getting quite dark, and I am afraid our friends will think we are unappreciative of their hospitality to leave them so long on this first evening." _ rather lose every dollar of my fortune, I would rather my brother should lose all he is worth, than be vonviected of a mean or dishonorable act." C iprdntinat, Aoinads sn d Ariactalsir ts 20kt cis hA i are great advantages under certain eircumstances, but they are not to be compared with honor or a strong, brave _ character"â€"like yours, she wanted to add, but did not. ‘"I would "I do not believe they are, Mr. Richâ€" ardson, only among superficial people, or among those who have been wrongâ€" ly _ educated," Ruby re€ponded, thought{fully. "To me a true and noble man or woman is a person to be reâ€" vered Money and position, I know, Eh wl ie Do0 c Sn in o mt o L O eriar Coed + I feel that I know very little about them, for my mother was always backward in speaking of them, and what little 1 do know T gathered from casual remarks which she dropped from time to time. I have thought of late that there might be something comnected with them which I ought to know, for the night that Mr. Carâ€" penter died he told me that he had something to say to me that my mother wished me to know when I became of age. He was stricken speechless, however, before he could communicate it to me." *"* Oh, how sorry + am i" cried Ruby, impulsively ; " it might have been gomething very important." "If it was simply to make known to me who my relatives are, and where I eould find them, it would not have amounted to anything," returned Walter ; " for," straignvening _ himâ€" self haughtily, "I would have spent my life working upon the highway before I would have sought aid from theng." "My mother was an orphan when my father married her," Walter conâ€" tinued, "and his friends were â€"yery lmuch displeased with the match ; they were very aristocratic in their notions, I believe, and considered a poor and friendless girl as far beneath them in station, and disowned my faâ€" ther for the act. They live, or @4 live, in Baltimore, and were very wealthy. Ilfeel that I know vyery little about sump I Puoinmg C 6 dit> Sumamt stt PRihticir? Whisscssasd like yours, Miss Gordon. My father I do not remember. He dieG when I avas very young, and my delicate mother h wfth How a Lot of Braves Were Entertained by Captain Mercer, To celebrate the gathering of so many braves they had to have a dogâ€" feast, which is a ceremony, and not merely the gratification of an appeâ€" tite. There were penty of dogs about the camp ; but whether these were too dearly beloved, or not the right breed, or if a strange dog is a necessity, I do not know ; at all events a dog from without the grounds was desired, and some of the red men visited the neighâ€" borhood in search of one. But the neighbors‘ dogs ail ran away _ or were gathered into the houses, and the hunters returned emptyâ€"handed. So Captain Miercer sent a wagon to the dogâ€"pound, and a nice fat animal that met all the requirements of the artiâ€" cles pertaining to dogâ€"feasts was obtained. It was duly slaughtered and boiled in a big kettle, and the braves who had stained their hands with the blood of their fellow men, â€"or could make the master of cereâ€" monies believe they had,â€"partook thereof. It seems that none but the brave deserve the dog ; the privilegs of eating dog being akin to the white man‘s privilege of wearing the butâ€" ton of the Loyal Legion, save that there is no inherited right ; the right to eait dog does not descend to the oldâ€" est son ; he must win it by. his own deeds of valor.â€"Self Culture. First Burglarâ€"Why, what‘s the matter? Haxve you been in a railway avrcifiet:t? Second burglar (on crutches) â€"Oh, no, but I broke into a house where a woman was sitting up waitâ€" ing for her husband, and she mistook me for him. in life and yet be wholly selfish. My idea is, that every one has been appointed some special work to do outside of one‘s self, and if we neglect to do it we miss the chief purpose for which we were put into the world. Have you ever thought of it ?" * Yes, indeed; everybody ought!" she said, decidedly. "But that is a& little different from what I mean. One can have an ‘aim and purpose‘ The idea of this bright, winsome girlâ€"who seemed made only for sunâ€" shine and pleasure having a "misâ€" iipn" in life, had never occurred to im. ** YTes. Don‘t you think that everybody has a mission, Mr. Richâ€" ardson ?" Ruby asked, lifting a pair of very earnest eyes to his face. "*I1 suppose that everyone ought to have some aim or purpose in life,': he replied, musingly. "Your missfon ?" questioned Wa!â€" ter in surprise. _ s "*You are fond of society, Miss Gorâ€" on." "Yes, I am; I am free to confess it," Ruby answered, smiling. "I love life, sparkle, gayety, and I believe I am fitted for society. I imagine that my mission lies in the great, busy world where I live." ""No; I hardly think I should," she answered, thoughfully. "I believe I should miss the advantages of city life. It must be very lonely here in the winter, when one would have to be shut away in the house a great deal of the time; but it is very nice in summer, if one can have pleasant company." Every mountain was gorgeous with autumnal coloring, for the foliage was at its height of splendor. Ruby was in ecstasies. "I never before saw so much beauty !" she cried, raptu rously ; "and I believe I will never go to a fashâ€" ionable waterâ€"place aguin. Nature is far more charming. I will go to the mountains. Their grandeur impresses me as nothing else ever did." *"Would you like to live among them always?" Walter asked. "No: 1 hardly think I should " she nodeâ€"epiiisniens / cltwr drilth AAi t 0 t s The day was perfection itself, the air pure and invigorating, ard the horses sped over the imountain road al a spanking pace, as if realizing that youth and vigor were behind them, and would not be content to jog along in any prosy fashion. ‘"Yes, indeed," the man replied, heartily ; "I‘d trust you with anyâ€" thing I have in the world, my boy ; and, as I know the horses are gentle, and the roais safe, though steep in spots, you shall have them and welâ€" come. It‘s a pretty trip," he added, ‘"‘and I‘m right glad you thought to take Miss Gordon to see the bridge. Perhaps Mr. Gordon would like to go along, too." But that gentleman was more inâ€" terested in coalâ€"beds, and the sink ng of shafts, etc., than in natural bridges, and remarked that he thought they would do very well without him. Mr. Rugg:es informed them, howâ€" ever, that a gentleman and his wife, who were visiting aboui a mile below them, were intending to make the same trip that day, and doubtless would be glad of company. So the young couple waited until the stranâ€" gers made their appearance, and then went off with a basket of lunch, ‘"such as," Walter said, "only good Motkher‘Ruggles knew how to put up." E3 1 O} _ MUZRLC! W Di 0 put The day betore the Gordons were to return home Walter asked the farmer if he would trust him to drive his spanâ€"the young couple _ had been using a single buggy on their excursionsâ€"and allow him to take Ruby to see a beautiful natural bridge that spannec & mountain stream some twelve miles distant., Mr. Ruggles only nodded a smiling return to her for this repartee : but he went away chuckling to himself, and mumuring that he guessed "pity had precious little to do in the matâ€" ter, anyway." 2 ES AAITN PCO LA to love this nob!~ young man, he would never L«+ a straw in fhhehway of her happimess, even t e posâ€" sessed nothing but hiuhol‘:gnest bheart and good right hand to offer her. So he smiled indulgently when they arranged to go off upon little excurâ€" sions by themselves, and he went to the mines, or over the farm, or down to the village, with Mr. Ruggles, who appeared to think it was all right, onizy he could not refrain from re» marking once, with a quizzical glanoe at Ruby, that he "guessed¢ there was one Philadelphia gallant who could make his place good after all." Ruby‘ blushed rosily at this shaft, but she shook her golden head at him, and retorted, with an arch glance at Walter : “Th'at was very naughty of you, Mr. , â€" 1 Medn, pou chier Oeb irmant : "That was very naughty of you, Mr. Ruggles, when you know my inquisiâ€" tive brother has monopolized all your time, and I should have fared hard if that same Philadelphia gallant had not taken pity on me." He liked the young man. He had learned considerable regardmg nis hisâ€" tory from Mr. Ruggles, and he adâ€" mired his energy and independence as we‘ll as his honor and manliness. He feaolv&q thntle! Ruby should learn AN INDIAN DOG FEAST. (To be Continued.) | "battleâ€"scared" instead of a "battleâ€" tearred" veteran, and subsequently apologized to the "bottleâ€"ssarred" warrior for the first misprint ; or even more paluful m‘stake made in the anâ€" nouncement of a death, which conâ€" ¢Pluded ‘"Fiends are requested to acâ€" pept this, the only intimation," the falling out of one letter having 10@ to an appalling result. . Sometimes when the type is pulled about to corâ€" rect an error the lines become transâ€" posed in such a way that the last | state is worse than the first. Notions, fYor instance, a case where two paraâ€" graphs became intermingled, with this result, "A large, castâ€"iron wheel, revolving nine hundred times a minute, exploded in the city, after a long and painfu)l iliness. Depeased was a promâ€" finent member of the local temperance association,."â€"Cassell‘s Magazine The trouble between the C. P. R. and the Minister of Railways over the traffic arrangements of the Inâ€" tercolonial has broken out again. The difference between a politician and a statesman is that the politiâ€" clan is content with notoriety, while the statesman isn‘t satisfied with anyâ€" thing less than reputation. Walter Wellman, the Arctic exâ€" plorer, who recently returned from a journey of exploration in Franz Joseft Land, has arrived in New York. Fond Motherâ€"My Gdaughter‘s voice has been a great expense to me. Visâ€" itor (who has been listening to it for an hour)â€"And can you do nothing for it? Take, for example, the paper which described, a celebrated general as a sulbmitted to them. No easy task is the torrecting of errors in print. There are so many â€" blunders possibleâ€"blunders literary and grammatical, blunders telegraph‘ic and of translation, bMunâ€" ders literal and of lifting, of which more â€" hereafter. . We have all seen many in the press, but their scarcity is far stranger than their numbers. Kome of them are humorous enough, and, though the editor may tear his hair at sight of them, the public laughingly forgive. Not Such an Easy Task for a Paper to be Exempt From Errors. When the manuseripts a;ss set up in type a proof is pulled oy a handpress and despatched for correctionsâ€"someâ€" times to the editor or sul=cditor, someâ€" t‘mes to the leador writers and alâ€" ways to the proof correctors who look out for mistakes in the columns CORRECTING NEWSPAPER PROOPSE, upward, notwithstanding the theory to the contrary so widely accepted. No State in the Union has as many maidens as bachelorsâ€"not even Masâ€" sachusetts, where the figures are 219,255 spinsters, against 226.085 bachelors. Massachusetts is the banâ€" ner State for spinsters, the bacheâ€" lors outnumbering them by only twoâ€" tenths of 1 per cent. Next comes Rhode Island, where the excess of bachelors is 2 per cent. The excess of bachelors in the District of Columâ€" bia is 8 per cent.. in North Carolina 9 per cent., in New Hampshire 9 per cent., in Connecticut 20 per cent., in Maine 37 per cent., and in Yermont 54 per cent. In Maryland the bacheâ€" lor surplus is 19 per cent, in New Jersey it is 22 per cent., in New York It is 26 per cent., and in Virginia it is 22 per cent. All of these are low Fercent.a.ges so far as the superior ty of bachelors in point of numbers is concerned.â€"Cincinnati Inquirer. "But better late than nover," rans the proverb, and Mr. Babcock is grateful at escaping . from _ the clutches of Kidney Discase at all. He says : "After twenty years of pain caused by Gravel and other Kidney Trouble, I am pleased to make it known that | I have been completely cured by one | box of Dodd‘s Kidney Pills. During | these years I have spent hundreds of ‘dollans, but without any lasting reâ€" | lief. Yours respectfully, | *John Nicholas Babeock." TORONTO other way, the bachelors outnumberâ€" Ing the maidens. At the present moâ€" ment there are in the United States 2,200,000 more unattached males than females similarly situated, the exact figures being 5,427,767 bacheâ€" lors against 3,224,494 spinsters of ages from 20 years up. Thus it is obâ€" vious that if girls do not find husâ€" bands it is not for lack of a plentiâ€" tiful supply of the article What is required, seemingly, is a g@eneral miâ€" gration of spinsters from the north and east to the great and growing west, in parts of which there are ten available mates for every maid. From the last remark, however, it must not be inferred that there is actually an excess of unmarried woâ€" men in the Northern and Eastern States. Even in those parts of the country there are more bacheâ€" lors than spinsters, 20 years old and Unmarried Men are More Numerons Than are Single Women. It appears that people generally are greatly mistaken in their notion that there is an enormous surpilus of unâ€" married women in this country. The truth is that no such excess of spinâ€" sters cxists; in fact, it is quite the other wavy. the hachelors onntnumhar. MORE BACHELORS THAN MAIDS yO C000 PAARPOEONP ERERRREEEOITY Now at last he sees the light of day. The prison is behind him forever. Hé is done with pain, and the key lay to his hands for the last ten years and he never knew. The key was Dodd‘s Kidney Pills. Dodd‘s Kidney Pills were given to mankind ten years ago. Since then they have been the master key in thousands of cases of Bright‘s Disâ€" ease, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Hea:*t Disease, Dropsy, Bladder and Urinary Complaints, Woman‘s Weakness an~ Blood Disorders. If Mr. Babcock had known he might have been liberated long ago. A Prisoner to Pain Caused by Gravel and Other Kidnag Troublesâ€"Ewenâ€" ty Years of Befferingâ€"Release at Last by Dodd‘s Kidney Pills. Sharbot Lake, Oct. 16. â€"It was with feelings like those of some poor prisâ€" oner released from unjust captivity that Mr. J. N. Babcock, of this place, realized he was curedâ€"free at last from the captivity of disease. For twenty years he had been in â€" the depths of the dungeon of pain caused by Gravel and other forms of Kidâ€" ney Disease. For twenty years he had been struggling to escape in vain. There was no door left untried, no lock not carefully examined. John Nicholas Babcock, of Sharâ€" bot Lake, Released. AFTER 20 TEARS