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CHAPTER XVI 0 LADY AYLMER took the letter and read it. "H'm." siit nuttcred. "I'm afraid the wish is I a t h e r to the bought, my dear boy." sue said, dryly, "it's troe i had a touch of toothache or neur a l g i a about a b cause he w as conthough, mind, he eck a:.'. rat ire! j iiuntfd with goul de-Mares stoutly that he hasn't nad the 0MH tor More than tkree months and persisted in having the window open al! the way from Leicester. But as for aiy health or any one's health but his own giwnr hint a moment's anxiety way, the idea is ludicrous, simply ludicrous. The gravest anxiety, indeed. VU! If I were lying at the point of ieutn. his lordship might be anxious till the breath was out of my body." 'That was just what I said to to myself." :iid Dick, who had been on the very point of uttering his wife's :aamf. "However. Lady Aylmer. 1 am yery glad to find that you are all right and in good health." "Thank you. Dick." she replied, joining out her hand to him: then, after a moment's silence, she suddenly tarsi out. "Dick, what is he after?" 'Lord Aylmer? I don't know," Dick answered. "He is after someth.ng: I've known 3t for weeks, but I cannot make out -fcat." Lady Aylmer went on. "First. If his persistence that he has not got Che gout. I have been married to him a great many years, but I neer knew Jlim delibera.ely deny himself the pleasure of gloating over his gout before. He must mean something by it. 2 thought, of course." she went on, with a nonrhaiant air. "that there was somebody else. But his anxiety about my health, and his desire to pack you off to India, where he knows you don't irant to go. make one think differently, "n any case, go to the librai7 and see 2iim. and whatever you do. my dearest bov. don't irritate him. Don't con- j tradtet him:,tell him at once that you don't want to go to India -that is. if you really don't want to do so; but if je insists, take my most serious adfice and temporize put the time on anyhdw tell him you must have a seek in which to consider the idea." Tes, I'll do that.' said Dick, rising. "Stay, ire had better send to him first." said Lady Aylmer. touching the button of the be'l. "Yes. Jenkins. tll lord Aylmer that Mr. Aylmer is cere and wishes to see him." "Bet to treat him in the imperial Tray that satisfies him." said her ladyship to Dick, as th man closed the door behind him. "I always do it when I want to make him a littl more huanan man usual. I don't do it at other times, because he is eminently a person with whom familiarity breeds contempt." D;ck laughed outright. "Very well. 1 will be most careful." he replied: tatn added, "it's awfully good of you o iTive me a good tip out of your experience. I have never been able to kit it off with his lordship yet. Per--aar-I shall be more fortunate this toe." You may be. You know, of course, Dick, that It was your steady refusal to marry Mary Annandale that set Balm so thoroughly against you." "Mary Anuandale's money," correettd Dick. "Ah! yes. It is the same thing. " carelessly. "But I don't believe Mary Annandale would have had me." Dick declared, "Perhaps not. Still, you never gave 8ier a chance, did you? Now, of course. It Is too laoe." "Very much too late." returned Dick, promptly, and grinning goodhumoredly at the remembrance of how very much too late it was for aim to build up ttv fortunes of the house of Aylmer by means of a rich wife. He turned as the door opened again. Hls lordship will be pleased to see joo in the library, sir," said Jenkins. I will come," said Dick. "And good luck go with you," said 2-ariv Aylmer. kindly, as he went. Oome back and tell me how you get Poor Dick' he did not get on very well He found Lord Aylmer sitting la a big chair in the library, looking ominously bland. "Good morning, sir." said Dick. "Oh. good morning. Dick; sit down, ay boy," rejoined Ixwd Aylmer, quite tenderly. Dick gave himself up for lost at once, but he sat down and waited for "the old savage' to go on with the eonversation. For a minute or so Ixrd Aylmer did not speak; he moved his eft foot uneasily, in a way distinctly suggestive of gouty twinges, and fidgeted a little with his rings and his Anger-nails. "You got my letter." he remarked at Ja st. "Yes. I did. sir. that brought me here," Dick answered. "Ah, that's all right." said the old Jord, in a self -satisfied tone. "Great piece of luck for you, my boy. great piece of lurk. I couldn't have got it Jor any one else; In fact. I rather fancy Barry Boyntou had somebody else

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in his eye. though, of COHf , IM couldn't ve ry weil refuse me. Still, of course, I hail to tell him you were dev ilish anxious for the appointment." "But I'm not devilish anxious for the j a ppoint m n t ." Dick broke in at last. "I'm not anxious for it at all." Tor a minute or two the old man leaked at him in profound amaz"ment. : "Damme, sir. do you mean to say you're going to turn round on me after i all the trouble I've taken toff you? j DtBUBt, ir. do you aw to tell me ! that ?" ' Not eXMtly that." answered Dick, still keeping Lady Aylniers advice iu kil mind, hut ' "Then what do you mean, sir?" roared the old man. losing his temper altogether. "I mean this." said Dick, firmly; "up to now I have, as you know, always set my face against goisg to India. I hate and loathe the very idea of it. j Kngland is good enough for me. and I went into the Forty-third on purpose that I might not have to go to India, or lose a lot of seniority. What I want to know is this: What has made you take a lot of trouble, and put yourself under an obligation to Lor;! Skev-v-rsleigh. in order to bring about what you know would be utterly distasteful to me?" Lord Aylner looked at Dick as if words had failed him. but prepen'ly he found Iiis tongue and used it freely. "Damme, sir." he roared. do you mean to accuse me of any sneaking, second-hand motives? Pon my soul, sir. I've a good mind to write to Lord Skevvf rsleigh and ask him to consider the appointment refused. Hut say." as he saw by Dick's face that this would be the most desirable course he could take. "I will do no such thing. Damme, sir. Pre had about enough of your airs and graces. Hark you. and mark what I say! To India you go. I without another word; or I cut off ! your allowance from this day week, ; every penny of it. As you yourself said I just now. I go to a lot of trouble for I you, put myself under a great obligaI tion to a friend in order to serve you. and all the return I get for it is that you get on your high horse and accuse me of second-hand motives. Damme, si:, it's intolerable simply intolerable. And I suppose you think I don't know why you want to shirk a year or two in India, eh?" "I don't understand you, sir," said Dick, with icy civility. "No, no. of course not. AimI you think I didn't see you the other night at the Criterion, and mopping your yes over "David Garrick afterward. M: h! you must fhink I'm a fool." For a moment Dick was startled, hat he did not show it by his manner in the least. "Well, sir." he said quietly. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN. SIR?" "I have never been in the habit of asking your permission to take a lady to a theater." "No," the old savage snarled in return; "nor when you wanted to start housekeeping in PaJace Mausiona, either." "No. sir.'' said Dick, firmly; "nor when I wanted to start housekeeping, either." "And that was why yo refused to marry Mary Annandale. Lord Aylmer snapped. "Not at all. I refused to ask Miss Annandale to marry me because 1 did not care about Miss Annandale." "Hah!" grunted ike old man, in a fury. "I suppose you believe In all that rot about marrying for love." "Most certainly I do." "And you meau to do It?" "I don't mean to marry anybody at present." Bajd l! 'k, coolly. He felt more of a Bneak than he had ever felt in all his life, to leave the old man in his belief that his dear little Dorothy was less to him than she was. yet he knew that for her sake, for the sake of her actual bodily welfare, he couldnot afford to have an open declaration of war Just then. Sneak or no sneak, he must manage to put tbe time on a little until the child had come, and all was well with Dorothy. Lord Aylmer rose from his chair in a rage of tottering fury. "Listen to me, sir," he thundered; "it may be all very pretty and idyllic and all that, but you wouldn't marry the woman I chose for you. and now you shall go to India to pay for it. It's bo use your thinking you have any choioe in the matter you haven't. I had enough of your excuses and your shilly-shallying, and all your puling sentimentality, love, and all the rest of it. What do you want with love?" "I believe you married for love your-

self, sir," suggested Dick, in his mlldeat tones. "And repented it before three months had gone over my head, and have gone on repenting ever since." the old man snarled. "Damme, sir. that woman is never tired of throwing it at me. It I'd married her for her money she couldn't very well have thrown that at me been a fool if she had."

Ther was a moment's silence: then I the old lord went on again. "Look I here. Dick, you've got to make up your j mind to one thing I mean you go to ! India, so you may as well go with a ' good grace." Til think it over," said Dick. "I want an answer now." irritably. "That's impossible, sir. unless you like to take no for an answer, right away." Dick replied firmly. I suppose you want to talk the matter over v ith the young holy in Palace Mansions." said the old lord, in Ins most savage tones. T don't think that would interest you, whether I did or not." said Dick, coldly; "but one thing is very certain, which is that I an not going to India without thinking the whys and wherefores thoroughly over. I will come again on Priday and tell you my intent ions." "And you'll bear in mind that a refusal of the appointment cuts off your allowance at once." T will bear everything in mind," said Dick, steadily: and then he shut the door, leaving the old man alone. "Well?" cried Lady Aylmer. when he looked into the little boudoir again. "How did you get on?" "We didn't get on at all." Dick answered. "He means mc to go to India by hook or by crook." And I wonder," said my lady thoughtfully, "what it is that he has in his mind. No good, I'm afraid." CHAPTER XVII. FT Eli this interview it was Dick's pleasant task to go home and tell the news to his wife. It had to be done; it was useless his trying to shirk it, because D o r o thy knew w hy a n d where he had gone. and was too eager to hear the result of his visit to his uacle to let him even light a cigarette in peace, until she had heard all that there was to hear: in fact, as soon as he put his key into the door she flew out to meet him. "Dick, is it good news?" she cried eagerly. Now Dick could not honestly say that it was good news, but then he did not wish to tell her how bad it ; was all at once; so he gently prevaricated, kissed her with even more than his usual tenderness, and asked her if she had been very dull without him and whether he had been too long aw ay. His well-meaning prevarication had exactly the opi site effect to that j which he had intended. Dorothy s sen- ; sitive heart went down to zero at i once, and the corners of her sweet lips drooped ominously. "Oh, Dick, it is bad news." she said, mournfully, "and you are trying to hide it from me." "No. no. I am not." he said, hurriedly, "but there's no need to tell all our private affairs out here for everybody to hear." "But there isn't any everybody," said Dorothy; "there's only Barbara." In spite of his anxiety Dick burst out laughing. "Come iu here, my darling." he said, drawing her toward the drawing-room; "anu you shall give me a cup of tea while I tell you all about it." "And you've not promised to go?" she asked, as she began to make the tea. "No. don't trouble. Dick, dear, it is lighted and the water will boil ii two minutes." (To be Continued.) A NOVEL HEN PARTY. Kh1i uet Brought a a Contribution a Keal Live Cfctsnaa The Boston Traveler tells of a newkind of hen party that has found favor in that city. It bears no resemblance to the time-honored idea that tea and chitchat, gossip and smart hats, constitute the necessary adjuncts to tfiese particular gatlrerins. The interest centers about a real live hen of feathers, her chicks and her eggs. The party originated in this fashion: A young bride and groom took a house in thf suburbs and went to housekeeping. A miscihievou8 friend called to see them and discovered on the premises a deserted hennery, which suggested an idea to his fertile brain. He at once communicated his idea to other friends, who arranged eecretly for a genuine hen party. On a pleasant day the invited guests met at the railway station and proceeded in a body to the new home. Each one carried a live hn, a chick or a dozen eggs for hatching purposes. The scene which occurred when thirty-six guests arried with thirty-six installments for the hennery was decidedly ludicrous. When the little hostess recovered breath she produced her c hocolate c ups and tea biscuits and the groom showed himself a man of resources by offering a prize for the must laughable Incident connected with the purchase of the fowls. One of the rules of this new game is that the hens must not be sent by express, porter or other means of conveyance, but must be delivered by the purchaser. It is suggested that these feathered donations would prove a great success in charitable affairs. Hibson "How much did Daubre get for his academy canvas?" Garner "Don't know. Tb rag wars would be about right." Tid-Bltl

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ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Current Note of the Fashion Answers la Fair Correspondents The "Trade" of h Trained Nurse Is Not Properly In Woman's Latitude. TVidotT at Her Daughter I'ridal. Kai. gently tnou, whose bant hath won The- young bird fron its ji st ü ;c y , v h r e careleaa, 'math a vernal sun. She gajrly oaroll d, lay by day: The haunt is lone, the heart must grieve, From whence her timid Wing doth oar. They at bush of eve. Y t h ur her gushing song no more. Deal gently with b'-r; Beyond whsi vestal thou art lips have dear, told, clear, .And. Ilk a lamli From fountain! She turns confiding to thy fold; She. round thy sweet domestic bower The wreaths of changeless ioe shall t wine. Watch for thy step at vesper hour. And blend hfr hottest prayer with thine. Deal gently thou. when, far away. Mid stranger scenes her foot shall rove. Nor let thy tender care decay The soul of woman lives in love: And shouldst thou. Wondering, mark a tear. Unconscious, from her eyelid! break, Be pitlfttl, and soothe the feaf That man's strong heart may ne'er partake . A mother yi-Ms her gen to thee. On thy true l-reasi to sparkle rare; She places 'neath thy household tree The idol of her fondest care; And by thy trust to be forgiven. When Judgment wakes In '.error will By J1 thy treasured hope of heaven, al gently with the widow's child. IeilIle4iiie KrW-uUs. Hope writes for advice. Some time ago she made the acquaintance of a young man whom she greatly admired; then, as tey were so situated that they met continually, they learned to love one another, and became engaged. All went well for a time, and they were a? happy as their fondest hopes could desire. Hope went away to college, and when she returned all was changed. Her friends opposed the engagement and did all that they could to break it off. Suddenly, and without apparent reason, the young man's letters ceased to come, and Hope was left in doubt as to his intentions or her own position. She wonders if she is still engaged, and would like some advice as to the best course to pursue. Answer: In the absence of a definite understanding to the contrary, you certainly are an engaged woman, and as such have the right to demand an explanation of the young man. who is acting in a most remarkable manner, to say the least. Even though friends oppose the state of things and insist on his breaking the engagement, he is under obligations as a gentleman to offer an explanation and come to some agreement on the subject. It is a most uncomfortable position for a young woman to be placed in, and the young man ought to be called to acc ount at once. t harmlnc Tea Qtwa The charming tea-govvn shown is made of accordion-plaited, old rose crepe de chine, and hangs full and straight from a yoke made of tiny ruches of white chiffon laid over a foundation of the old rose. The edge of the gown is finished with a full, round, narrow men of pink chiffon, while the plain, soft sleeve of rose crepe de chine fits the arm quite loosely and is finished with a frill of very eheer white lace. The bolero is made of a moss-green shade of velvet, being slashed on the back to show the chiffon yoke, and trimmed all around with a band of gold passementerie profusely studded with green and rose jewels. The accordion-plaited skirt has a drop lining of rose-colored taffeta. This gown may be made very effective for leas expense by having the material gathered full onto the yoke instead of the accordion-plaited effect, and omitting the ruche at the bottom; and if preferred, a band of the jeweled trim ming may be substituted, though the plain hem is simple and dainty. Notwithstanding the general idea that the bolero Jacket and all its relations had lost caste with the most noted of French and American designers, we still have this little short affair with us. and nowhere Is it more stylish and jaunty thau on the new tea-gowns, which show all sorts of jacket effec ts on the very latest models, rew or

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to simulate a jacket, both back and front. A Debatable point. H. K. is engaged for a debate on the followiag subject: Resolved, that sagaThtC schools for boys and girls are better than co-education. H. K. is on the affirmative side, and would like a lew points. Answer: It is the belief of many persons that young people who j are educated in separate schools have less to distract their minds than if they ; constantly meet in and out of school hours, it Is almost impossible to keep the idea of beaux and lover-like attentions out of the heads of young men ! and women who :.Yf thrown together day after day. and when The tender passion comes into the he;:: application to studies and strict attention to bust BOSS flits out of the head, to come back no more while that mischievous rascal Cupid holds possession. Where ; thete are no such distractions pupils ; are likely to become more completely absorbed ja their studies, and often j give them undivided attention when otherwise they would go through their school duties with a half-heartedness . that would never produce satisfactory results - New York Ledger. A Typical Tea ;owu. A typical tea-gown of the very firs: kind worn is shown in the figured pink and cream French challie which has cream for the background, with a pink zigzag pattern running c losely all over j the surface. The severe princesse back i is one of fashion's latest whims, but must be fitted with the greatest carp and precision. The box-plaited front hangs from a fitted yoke, and is finished across the front with a twist of pink moire ribbon, finished with small bows at each arm hole. Two ruffles of challie bound with pink moire ribbon form the shoulder trimming, while the lower edste of the nlaln. loose-fitting sleeve is trimmed the same. A crushed j collar and loops ot pink moire ribbon , finish the neck. When a tea-gown is a failure, the j fault may generally be traced to an unhappy selec tion of material and color. This is the one gown that may be made almost poetic, but it must be j soft, clinging and of cheerful coloring, and quite suggestive of neglige habits. ; Training School for None. Marion would like to know which is j the best training school for hospital i nurses. We would not advise any j young woman to look toward nursing j for a living. That is man's sphere entirely. When a young woman enters a hospital to uec-uuie a muisc, wc generally does so as result of selfish motives: some selfish vanity is urging ; her. Sometimes she does so to free her- j elf from home restraints. Where there j , , i . . is one good remaie nurse mere aie Hundreds of failure?. Learn to keep house well at home, how to cook, sew and mend, and the world will be better for your having lived in it: go to a nospital and the reverse will be likely. Every wise girl knows that home is H 11.. I her realm. l ne reany nooie woman nurse that Marion has read about is the woman who is a nurse in an emergency. suc h as war. pestilence and fam ine. It is from the homes that such noble women spring, not from hospitals.Ex. Cotton's Advice. The other day. as I was clinging to the strap of a Lexington avenue car. says a writer in the Christian Advocate, two ladies sat near me, and as one opened her portmonnaie to pay her fare, a scrap of paper pasted to the leather was disclosed. "Is that your shopping list0"' asked the other: "it doesn't look like a long one." "No." was the reply; "it is not the list, but it is what keeps the list from being a long one." and she read: "He who buys what he does not need, will soon need what he cannot buy." "What a capital guardian of your capital! You must let me copy that for my leaky purse. Who wrote it?" "I don't know, but I wish I did, for he has saved many a dollar from lightly rolling from my hands sinc e I put it here." I was intently interested in the con versation; for at that very moment there lay in my note book a scrap which I would have brought forth, but for the fact that my own corner was reached. Men may come and men rr.ay go, but a man's mother-in-law usually takes off her things and maks herself at home.

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A VIGOROUS BATTLE. Fvhti thf Xeu- Kri. flrsrasbMrg, fad. The following i a straightforward !-t,to tnent of facts by a veteran of the lot- war. No comrade will need further proof than their friend's own word, as here given Bquirs Joan Castor, of Kewpoiat, End .is the narrator, and an hne-t, respected citizen be is too. He said: "I have been troubled with rheumatism in all my joints, ever since I went to the war. It was bmught on by my exposure there. It came on me grad'ualfy. and kept getting worse until I was unable to do auy work. I tried s eral physicians, but they did me no good. They said my trouble was rheumatism resulting in disease of the heart, and that there was DO cure for it Nevertheless I had lived and fought the di lipase for thirty years, and did not intend to die. limply because they a:d

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I Want to Swear to That. I must, so I honte I up some remedie or myself, and finally happened on lr Williams' riak Tills for l'ale People. I asked some of my neighbors' about the medicine, for it had been used by several persons in the eommuuity. and they recommended it very highly. I procured a box. The pills helped me. right sway, and I continued taking them. I commenced taking them last fall, and finished taking the sixth box ii t" . . i lllittlt . t r m 1 i l , . . I. , -vt 1 i o f.nl ti'tt Ii tbe rteiimatto3 now, the medicine has cured me. lean most certainly recommend Dr. Williams' Ptak l ill for Tale People.' These pills are not only good for rheumatism, hut are valuable for any disease that arise- from impoverished, or bad blood. They do not a t on the bowels. Wheclan T.ke Practical 1 rtloa The executive committee of the united wheelmen of Montgomery county. Ohio, drew up a simple but practical, complete ami inexpensive plan of road Improvement, setting forth the needs of the county roads, the methods best adapted to ke?p them in repair, and the estimate expense, and petitioned the board of county commissioners to adopt it. and pledged candidates to it prior to the election. AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. We ar" asserting in th oourts our right to the exclusive use of th word "C ASTORIA," and PITCHEH'S i "ASTORIA. " as ourTrade Mark. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis. Massachusetts, was theoriglnatorof -TITCHER'S CASTORIA," the sain" that has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of CHAS H, FLETc'HKK on ewrv wrapper. This is the original "PITCHER'S C ASTORIA" which bm 1 been used in the homos of the mothers of America for over trCrty years. Look esrsfatiy at the wrapper and tee that it is " the kind yo i have always bought. " and has the signature of ' CHAS. EL FLETCHER on the Wrapper No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur C ompany of wh.oh Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March B. UK. SAMUEL PITCHER. M D. Pores of Habit. Mrs. Hrown Dr. Bolus i, becoming ! dreadfully absent minded. Mrs. Jones Indeed! ; Mrs. Brown Yes; when Mrs. Smith ' asked his advice about her 6-months-' old baby he said he thought it wouid do it good to ride a wheel. Truth. "Worth 1ft Wright In Gold." "I am an ld lady 67 years old. I habeen troubled foe 40 years with. coastipation. indigestion and sleepless nights, but since taking Ir Kay's Kenovator I ean sleep like a cbtld and am not troubled in the least with the above named diea--"Your Dr Kay s Renovator is worth ;ts weight m gold ' Signed Mr-. I A Md U i " ill So. ath Jst. , Omaha. Dr. Kav s Keno vator and also Dr Kay's Lung Balm have no e )ual If you have any disease vrite us and give your symptoms and ur physician will send free advice and a valuahl 08 page book with M recipes and giving symptoms and various method- f treatment of nearly all diseases W ill also end a free sample of Dr Kay's Renovator or Dr. Kay's f.uui; Balm Address Dr. 11 J. Kav Medical Co. , Western ftice Omaha, Neb. C'oulU Easily It It. She She said she couldn't sing the other night, because she had a frog ia her throat. He- Well. I heard her sing, one evenlng and it sounded then as ;f she Qad one in nPr throat, all right. Yonkers Statesman. , From ltaf in the llluh chair j to erandma in the rocker Grain-O is j KOod for the whole family. It is the long-desireu suostuuie iur cuuee. er upsets the nerves or injures tne digestion. Made from pure grains it is a food in itself. Has the taste and appearance of the best coffee at the price. It is a genuine and scientific article and is come to stay. It makes for health and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain-O. Cows Carrying Health Signs. The health authorities of Alameda county, California, have resolved that each cow In the county must wear a button as a sign that it is healthy. The button is to be fixed oa one of the horns. OH. WHAT SPLKNDI COTRft Mr. Goodman, Williams Co.. III., writes: "From one package Salzer's German Coffee lierry costing 15c I grew 300 lbs. of better coffee than I can buy in stores at 30 cents a lb." A package of this and big seed catalogue is sent you by John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis., upon receipt of 15c stamps and this notice, w.u. a. A ew Countersign. Raw Recruit (on duty) "Who goes there?" Answer "A friend." R. R "Advance, friend, an' gie's a pipe o' 'baccy." Pick-Me-Up. Conservative Inventur can larjrelv increase their income bv placin their SOCOaatl in mv bands Twenty years of TaU street experience, in addition to reliable IN-,IIK INrOKVc tion, enables me to ud is- vu most successfully. Write for particulars, which MS interesting to those havtsg monev to Invest. CaaaUDI HCGBSS, Itnestiuem IJrokei , tVJ Wail fcwc et, N'-w York CUv.