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Indiscreet I 3r Miss Mary J By H. II. EGBERT ......U...U.IHhUliWVlWIW' r wo caaassaa1 Th Vi-s - IVnfield were quite well to do. ai.d quite alone in the world Mis l.i.rie was forty, if she was a day Mi?-!- Mary confessed to thlrty- . mod the weetet of omeu may bo pardoned for ded uctlng a year or so after passing the thirtieth mileatone They w re the only daughters. he only children of Square IVLlield of Pvodminton. New England Onre thi family had played a prominent part in New England puolic life: but with the growth of the industrial fystem and the fading out of the old ways of life they had become more and more isolated. After their fathers death they were more or les " hermits.' as Miss Mary ruefully declared. All the village respected the two maiden ladies but somehow- they seemed an ana hnnlsm. a survival of other times in the hustling commercial times of the twentieth century. Two mt'T.th before Miss Mary, who subscribed to an English ne spacer containing a good deal of literary matter, had NM an advertisement. It stated that one shilling, or a quarter, would purchase a pound of tohac o. a box of matches and '' cigarettes for one soldier in the trenches In Keig .m The sender's name was to be placed upon the package ! d like to send a shilling for one of the poor fellows."" said Miss Mary. " Hut wouldn't it be a little forward, my dear' inquired prudent Mias Lizzie "Not in time of war. dear. ' answered iliss Mary With many searchings of heart the ladies err. narked on their daring enterprise. .1 i in due course a box went "How Can You Say Such a Dreadful Thing? forward to the allies' trenches bearing the name of Miss Mary Tenfleld upon the cover. And now a letter bad come. It was marked with a r-d sign: "Opened Under Martial Law.' which alone seat a delightful thrill down the two ladles' barks They opened the envelope with t-t.akir.g fingers and read "My Pear Miss Penfleld: 1 write to thank nu very much for your delightful g.ft You cannot imagine what pleasure such a thing giTes us oat bore, and greater than the gift is the thought that there Is someone who is thinking of us I have paaaed your box of cigarettes all along the trench", and if you could see our fellows puffing away under a bail of shrapr. I you would find yourself amply repaid in the pleasure which you have given them. We are all blessing your name tonight, for we have not had a good smoke for ages " What Is tbls signature, my dear? 4nqo:rd Miss Lizzie. "It looks like ( Bjp Richard Barton." The two ladies examined the signature carefully "Why. it is his rank crH.ra. of course." said Miss Mary. "H must be quite a respectable man. to ha e been made a corporal. You know they art very strict in the English arrr.y A drinking man could never I 'porxl " ' DM it is t-ad to think of them abandoned to the haolt of tobacco. answered Miss Lixxie "However might we to write bak to him, my dear V ; . 1 . be ,irop- r. slr-UT?" ask d the oth'-r We shall never see him. and perhaps a 'etter would cheer blm up And MSj -f poor fellow may be shot"Oh. :io! exclaimed Miss flary in horr.'Aiter a long talk they decided wr t rp Richard Itarton a Joint letter, to preserve the proprieties If was a letter that might have made the irreverent laugh. It dealt with ell h small talk of the Tillage for to the two miden ladles liodmtnton sas the

world in tnlniatjre rotn that they id to ri sti . .. tu tue corporal's health- Then m restrained, but er fervent language, they expressed the bei 'hat be w as sot given to worldly ways aad abo-f all. that ho shunned th use of intoxicants The lUr Assesl with an earnest prayer for hit worldly and spiritual welfare. It was et en weeds betöre this i e 1 1 e ." 1 reached the recipW-ol. thee lying to . the bass hospital recovering from a wound He had Wen struck by a fragment of a shell whilo leading his corupanv to the attack, and be would never loud it again, because a tendon in his l-g had been severed and ' Corp l: hard Harton" must go limping through life thenceforward. True, the limp was nof a very pronounced one. hardly risible, in fact, when the soldier walked but it is one thing to walk a ross a drawing room floor and quite another to charge a line of trenches at full speed across barbed wire entanglements, laden with one's accouterroent.i A second letter reached the two ladies in due coarse Miss Mary, who was romantically inclined, opened It in the presence of her sister with a thrill of delicious wicki::. Miss Lizzie, however, was inclined to think trial Mi-is M.iry hud been a little indiscreet. She intended to tell hsr that In her opinion the correspondence most be brought to a close. Put as the ladies real it they looked at each other in dismay "He has been wounded"' exclaimed Miss Mary, tremulously. "The poor man' 1 hope it is not a serious wound " "He says it will prevent his going bark to the ranks again." Mki Mary announced, as she read further on. "And Oh. Lizzie, what do you think? He says that some day he may come to America for a visit, and that if he does he will take the opportunity to pay a call upon these who were so kind to him ' " The letter fluttered out of her hands snd she sat down In a chair breathless. Vary' said l; r si- r .-verely, "this is what comes of carrying on a flirtation with a strange man!" Sister' gasped Miss Mary " How can you say sucb a dreadful thing? Did you ever know me even to think of a man?" "A common soldier just a corporal'" continu'd her sister, reprovingly. ' You know, my dear." she went on. relenting, "the lower classes in England are not like they are here. The man may be anything. Perhaps he Is a drinker!" Miss Mary rose to the occasion as she had never done before. ' Well, tlster. if he is a drinking man." she said. I shall I shall send Willis out to buy a bottle of be- r for him' There!" and she walked out of the room indignantly. But as the weeks went by and nothing more was heard about the corporal Miss Lizzie's fesrs gradually subsided. And so the weeks sl'pped Into month, and then "Miss Mary", there is a gentleman in the parlor waiting to see you." explained the maid "He says he hasn't a card, and he thinks you will remember his Dane. Mr. Richard Barton " Miss Lizzie looked at Miss Mary as the two sat together in the sewing room. "Sister." she said, "perhaps it would be better for me to bee this Corporal And that time Misj Mary did not re ply, because she was already in her bedroom brushing her hair' How desperately she brushed and how quickly she changed her frock, hearing a bass voice talking In the living room below, and dreading every minute that her sister would succeed in dismissing the visitor before she could get down. And when at last she did get down and stood before a tall, neatly dn -sed. soldierly nu.n of about thirty fit e. her heart beat and-, she felt her face suffused with foolish blushes My dear, let m present Captain Barton." said Miss Iazzie Captain Barton!" Miss Mary gasped The captain pulled his mustache and stammered "Well. Miss Penfleld. the fact is. that when you deciphered my illegible bandwriting as corporal the joke seemed too good to lose And so I made myself a torporal in my second letter I know it wasn't right but It's better to make one's self a corporal when one'a s captain than vice versa. Isn't It? And. Miss Penfleld. I assure you that I am not a drinking man " "And Captain Harton is going to stay to lunch.'' said Miss Lizzie During the lunch Miss Mary plucked up courage to look at the captain And the more she looked a him the more ho came to resemble a certain idol In a llttl secret shrine tacked away in

h r he.irt What was more to the point. Miss Lizzie discovered that the captain had made a very similar discovery 1 with regard to her sister And for once Miss I.irle indulged In that ro mantic speculation that she had so i discouraged in ber sister. The captain was visiting America : on business connected with a certain ! rich old property which be owned not many miles away. This left tropl ; opportunity for subsequent visits, and before the time for his return arrived be had iversuuded Miss Mary to make the trip to Europe in his company, ander his name "And Miss Lixzie mnst sccompany as on our bor.eymoon.' he insisted. "You see. It was pretty hard to make my decision, because I have always coupled you two together in my mind, you know."' And that delighted Mies Lixxie fret

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Smithsonian Hears of More Great Sea Serpents WASHINGTON Officials of the Smithsonian institution consider the receipt of sea serpent stories merely a part of the day's work and refuse to be in the least excited by telegrams or letters telling of the discovery of the marine monster Two such re

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ster, discovered on Derniere island. Louisiana, was described as a huge fish. "SO feet K ng and with an estimated weight of 90 tons IftO.aoo pounds vvith the head of an elephant with ivory tusks, the snout of an alligator and the body of a whale This, the officials assert, probably is the carcass of a whale of unusual size Most frequently the fish which is mistaken for a sea serpent is the thrasher shark, which grows to a length of 20 feet or more This shark is commonly known tc fishermen in northern Atlantic waters, in the Mediterranean sea and also off the coast of Californ a as the swingle tail-d shark, because of the great length of its tail Frequently when a number of these sharks travel together there is the ap(earance of an extraordinarily long fish, and Iba long tails, which are used to thrash through the water, support the belief that a sea serpent has been seen

What America Lacks in Way of Art Education REAUZBCG that many Americans who have begun their art studies abroad will be compelled to continue their work in the Cnited States because of the European war. Dr. P P Claxton. commissioner of the Cnited States bureau of education, has had a report

made on the professional art schools of this country by Miss Florence N Levy, editor of the American Art Annual In the study which Miss Levy has made sh- has outlired the history' of the movement in this country and has described the system of management of the various institution.1, including the academic schools, schools of design srd industrial srt. schools of architecture and of normal

art Miss Levy is of the opinion that. while'great progress has been made in the development of many art schools In this country art education as a whole lacks co-ordination, that Americans aprarently have begun at the wrong end. having many schools devoted to S'adec.'c work in contrast to a few Industrial art schools. It is believed that it" h rai be done by the federal, state and municipal governments in th

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-aging the progress of fine snd industrial arts in the Cnited iMishing a system of scholarships similar to the practice in a Hops.su systems. There a system of small scholarships has i which gradually eliminates the less talented pupils, but gives increasing support to the unusually gifted.

ccordins; tc Miss laisji. j stin."lated a new inter iits the dumbian esposit

chase exposition m IM4, as giving added impetus to the art movement in the United States, and expresses the belief that the Panama Pacific exposition. In San Francisco during th coming year, will bring about a great awakening in art on the Pacific coast.

When Adamson Appeared ni '.LMM CHARI.K- At)A.MSN - If ! years and chairman nmrce. has a nw sui of T" i -.- f 7T I s

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but so much comment had In-cn made in his wearing apparel, both verbal and published, that the judge, as he is familiarly known, decided to tone up a bit. Aceordinsly he bought this new suit and and-red in where the crowd was thickest. In the hoase lobby, to show it off. He strutted up and down the lobby several times and finally blurted oat: " Well. I doat see any use in biting a new suit if nobody is going to say airtbing about it Whereupon conversation ceased and Adamson was "given the once over" by about thirty pairs of eyes, and instead of compliments the remarks were. "Where did you get it? lios did it happen?' et cetera He sold: " You see. they wanted to charge me $14 for this same suit, but I thought that was too much and so I waited until they had a marked down sale and rot tt for 110." in summer Acamson is one of the first to don an all-white costume, including white canvas shoes and white socks, and the suit usually has the appearance of having been usd also as pajamas at Bight It is therefore an eveat wben Adamson puts on a new suit

Right Initial Is Very Important to Congressmen THE alphabet makes a big di-ftrence in a conrressman's quota of leisure To be bom under a letter coming In the last chapter of the alphabet is just as handy for a congressman as being born under a lucky star Here is an example: One of the big gongs

the bouse office building sounde 1 ominously, notifying members thst patriots over in the house chamber were fixing to hold a roll call and tht all hands -should heave bo. Repre sentatlvp Allen of Ohio came scamper ing out or his omce and headed toward the nearest elevator, fo- inasmuch as hi name comes among the first of the A's. he had little time to lose A few doors from Allen s rise is the office of Representative Young

of North Hekota Aren t you going over to vote?" asked Allen Oh. yes: Ister on I will.' replied Young, yawninr l ve got three or four dozen letters to dictate first, and here's a couple of big reports I must read over What s that " Hut Allen bad hustled along. Inasmuch as it take about forty minute to call the roll. Young and the rest of tbe i s. snd a lot more congressmen with lucky initials can take their time. At tbe end of a two year term In congress a man with the right sort of on initial letter ought to gain at least seveo or eight weeks of spars Um over bis less fortunate col leagues

ports came to them recently, however, that were somewhat interesting One told of the finding of the remains of a serpent at Indian Rocks, on the west coast of Florida not far trm St. I'. rsburg The creature was described as fully 40 feet long.

with a huge bead, and if it was not a veritable sea serpent, the oldest fisherman on the coast did not know what it was. 1'nfortunately. no scientist uns at hand to preserve the i'h a camera The other ss mon

the Centennial exposition in Philadelphia in 't in art and art education in America. She -n in Chicago tn 1993. and the uisiana Pur

in New Suit of Clothes - rr. Lrgia for the past ie commi'tee on interstate and foreign Ihis announcement would not be msde but for the reason that Iult: Adamson seVmed a bit hurt the other day when he strode in before about thirty of bis colleagues attired in the new purchao and nobody noticed it Adamson has be-n careless of his clothing, save that he has shown a articular fondness for bright red neckties and red vests, and his suit usually fits him about as gracefully as a shirt on a beanpole. He does not care, so long as ho is comfortable. (flU OUCrtfTOBE CUD YOUR NAi1t Of A

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HAU TO ALLOW THE PENSION Statesmen D a Not Undcretand Na tsjssj of Disease. So How Waa Any Othe Course Possiblsf Representative Murray of Oklahoma and Col C. C Harris of Alabama, for merly an officer in the Confederate army, sat discussing a bill pending in the boose committee on pensions. Harris is .tmngty opposed to must of the pension bills and Murray od the other hand, is equally insistent that most of the bills should be passed. Some of Murray's arguments are unusual. litre's a man who haa a disease that I can t even pronounce." said Har ris. running his anger along a dotted line leading to the name of the ail

ment. "How am 1 to know he con- ' traded such a disease as that in the i army? Or that it amounts to soy- . thing?" "That's Just the point." declared Murray. "It's a disease that you and I know nothing about. We can't even pro no urn it Who are we to say i that It isn't r serious disease The man may have been incapacitated for yenrs " T never thought of it in that way." admitted the ex Confederate army officer "I suppose we ll have to allow the pension Kansas City Star. . SORROWS OF THE NEUTRAL S-all Nations. n the Present Conflict. Seem to Be Caught Between Two Fires. The neutral is living In a world In which vexatious and costly inroads are constantly being made upon his means of subsistence The responsibility for his losses lies between two maraud- j ing powers Kach of them indignantly repudiates all imputations of misbehavior and indignantly accuses the en- ! emy Kach of them claims that the way to prevent any further marauding is to hand the keys of the storehouse to him and to lock out his opponent Great Britain insists that Germany cannot hsve it both ways. Germany Insists that Great Britain cannot have it both ways. The insistence of each that the other cannot have ft both ways does Bet pn vent both from seek ing to have it both ways. The result . upon the fate of the belligerent of this repudiation of all the rules remains to be sen. but It? results on the fortune of the mere neutral Is crystal clear. When a number of big belligerents are insisting upon having ft both ways, the j inoffensive and thrifty neutral is evidently doomed to get it both ways. The New Republic. London Stock Exchange Seats. It costs considerably more to become a member of tbe Ixmdon stock exchange nowadays than In the days wh n its headquarters were at "Old Jonathan s. on Comhill. Serving for four years as a stockbroker's clerk reduces the cof! but an outsider has to pay an entrance fe of guineas and to find throe members who for the ensuing four years will be responsible for the sum of $2.-oo apiece, this be ing forfei'ah!" in th event of the new member being "bamraerd" during "he period In addition. th candidate must buy three stock exchange shares, hn pr.rr.t 5nc of which is about $9-V per share, and he must purchase from s-n.- fir re ni-T. r a nomlna lion This can now be bought for abo'it tr.-'.n although when nominations were first created the top price a as $3..'.M. D iariJ' -g Peach Trees. 8ome of the Colorado fruit grower on the eastern slope of the Rocky mountains have adopted an ingenious method for protecting tl.oir peach orchards during the winter season. The plan, which has been found to be a meritorious one. consists of bending the tree down to the ground, covering their branches with hay or straw and then burying them under about two Inches of soil. In much the same way as blackberry and raspberry bushes are cared for In cold climates. Although in the past th peach trees In this section suffered muh damage and frequently were killed outright during tbe winters, by this method of culture they are surviving severe , weathor without difficulty and bearing good yields of fruit The Wicked Printer. T"nobiiervd snd unannounced the president of a church society entered ; tbe composing room of a newspsper Just In time to hear these words Isj sue from the mouth of the boss 1 printer: Tlllly, so to the devil, and tell him to finish that 'murder' he bxan this 1 morning Then kill' William J. Hry- ! an s youngest grandchild, and dump J the "Sweet Angel of Merry' into the hellbox. Then make up that 'Naughty Parisian Actress' and lock up The Lady in Her Itoudcir " Horrified the eood woman fled and now her ehlldren wonder why they are not allowed to play with the printer's youngster. OfTent Proved. In Judge pollard s court in St. Louis Mrs. Riant he sought the law of her husband for smiting ber on the nose "How did he strike you?" asked the judge, "show me "All right." replied tbe lady, and forthwith she landed a terrific slap on the Judge's features. "Enough.' said the Judge, and be fined the busband ISO. King George's Relatives. King Oeorge V is related to nearly all tbe reigning houses of Europe, one exception being Austria Hungary.

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Pick out the rmut critical smoki-r mki know. Ask him to try iu- of ur latima Cigarettes. It would be a strange taste that didn't like the mild. delightful! urkish blend of Fatinias ! S out of 4 smokers prefer I at i mas to anyother 15e cigarette. This Catalog Free -Wtitm I mm it J M im ttrtl StaaMfc asBeSthLr(-tUiir IO OSv MaaaOn Mowf W I I I I m ikaa tm f.-n;-.l. Cl. 0.r. It . Bi Mwr Sa.r S4 wmfwmT aa4 tmArm to4af aaaaaSaatBSaaaSaJ ".-Na JIBS. HANSON-BENNETT AfaMiM Auma Official Denial "o War Tax en Homestead Land in Canada The rrpnrt lfca.1 a saw las ia l be siacad on UoBnir4 laixla la Weatera OaasSSI baring tra (ii'n 1-uioMrrali.r rirruialion in tLa t'anrj stale. ihm la to mMl ail WaSBirwa thai Boatk-kj tax haa hern plareU, nor i- .. ra any intentioa tu place a war lai of aur aetais on BBSS: IssSBfe (Mtrne.i)W D. Beott,apt of Immigration. Ottawa. ana-l. Man h l&tb, Uli. FOR SALE re t I - a. rea alls a. r- . i U tt re, SSJ a. r. I a I acre. Har C.un't I K'M.IR. H.A I Hi- K IN,. at- n ao.i. J. W. North Dakota m La4 Vi't Salr W isSaSJarraa farai and BREAKING THE NEWS GENTLY Liverpool Man Exceedingly Care'ul That Me Should Not Shock ths Nerves of His Friend. In Liverpool th re is a man. writ's a contributor to Pearson's Weekly, who is famous for bis calmness on rj occasion. On.- day he strolled leisurely Into the office of a friend. & "I've just had a chat with your wife." he br-gan. "Why. 1 didn t know she was la town." "Oh. she wasn't in town." replied the othT. "I called at your house " "I didn't know she was receiving today."' said the husband, with some surprise. "I thought she had a headache " "8he didn't mention it to me." said the calm man " There was quite a crowd at the house." "A crowd!'" echoed the husbrnd "Yes." went on the calm man Hs0f came with the fire engine." "The tire engine!" gasped the huv hand. "Oh. It's all right." aent on the calm man. "It s all out now. It wasn't much of a fire, but I thought you d like to know cf It." He Ought to Know. Adam complained. " Th early bird may get tbe worm, but if you are too early you get a snake." he cried THE WAY OUT Change of Food Brought Success and Happiness. An ambitious but delicate girl, after falling to go through school on account of nervousness and hysteria, found in Grape-Nuts tbe only thing that seemed to build ber up ana türmst! her tbe peace of health. "From infancy." she says. "I have not been strong, lieing ambitious to learn at any cost I finally got to the High School but soon had to abandon my studies on account of nervous prostration and hysteria. My food did not agree with me. and I grew thin and despondent. I could not enjoy the simplest social affair for I suffered constantly from nervousness in spite of all sorts of medicines. "This wretched condition continued until I became Interested In the letters of those who had cases like mine and who were being helped by eating Grape-Xuts. ' "I bad little faith, but procured a pkg and after the first dish I experienced a peculiar satisfied feeling that I had never gained from any ordinary food. I slept and rested better that night and in a few days began to grow stronger. "I had a new feeling of peace and restful ness In a few weeks, to my great Joy. the headaches and nervousness left me and life became brlpht and hopeful. I resumed my studies, acd !at r taught ten months with ease using Orape-Nuts every day. I am now the mistress of a happy home, and ths old weakness has never returned " Name given by Postum Co , flattie rveek. Mich. Read "The Road to Welville." In pkgs. "There's a Reason " Blver re a 4 tm shave letter f A sew aae ae-ra frara llrae to lime. TmrT are trwa, aad fsU of at

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