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CTAPTEn XV. (Continued.) "Leila V "Oh! do not call me so. Mr. Calthorp ! said the pretty governt-ss, blushing excessively. "And must I say Miss L'igh?" asked the young man. sm-iling sadly. "You regard roe as an ogre, do you not'!" He joined her as he spoke. Let us walk on this way toward the fields," he said. "Mr. Calthorpe, the earl In ill in a fit. I just saw jour servant at Dr. Marks door, and he told me what was the matter." . "And here have I been spending the last hour with that irreclaimable spendthrift. Dies, my brother, who has returned from Ireland penniless, almost shoeess; hcs taken up his quarters it the 'Black Wolf, and has sent te - r money. Only last month I sent L my own allowance fifty pounds, a. I have been sent for . to this inn , .d meanwhile the poor old earl :s takei ill. I must hurry off. Leila may I not say Leila? I must hire a carriage here from the Claytons, and be driven as fast as possible to Beryl Court. Leila, trust me." "How can I trust you. Mr. Caithorpe?" she faltered. "I know you mean well that you are honor itself; but but that terrible woman whom they call your wife r And I," he answered, "declare solemnly that look of love never pasied from my eyes to hers that word of love never passed my lips! She was a the, veriest stranger. I have danced a Scotch reel with her; I handed her a chair at that mad, merry supper at St. Swinthin's. I have scarcely, I believe, had any conversation with her alone In my life. Save for the Scotch law, and her calling herself Mrs. Calthorpe in the presence f witnesses, she is no more my wife than yonder milk woman passing over there with her pails." "And yet she is; considered--" your wife, and something tells me that the law will make her so. But you must ro, Mr. Calthorpe.' "I must," he said; "but may I not hope to see you again soon?" "There must be no appointments," she answered sadly. "I must be circumspect, Mr. Calthorpe. Gossips must not chatter of me. Do you not feel that I annright?" "You are right," he answered, "though it is anguish for me to be forbidden to be nar you!" A-ud they clasped hands and parted. Leila returned to the library. Miss Ellen Watson had departed. Leila obtained me 300JE sae wantea. bdu sei ou oa ner lonely walk to Woodmancote. DarlrnAsa -am Mthorinir ff nvr the world when Leila entered the secluded lane with the high hedges. She was thinking far too much of Arthur Calthorpe and the poor old earl, of Ellen Watson, and the scapegrace brother of Arthur, to give even a passing glance of fear at the shadowy lane. Presently the moon arose, and she caught glimpses oi it getting higher and higher among the branches to the left. All at or.ee a footstep behind her in the lane startled her a heavy footstep, as if a man accustomed to much walking a alow, measured tramp. Nearer and nearer, closer and closer! She hurried instinctively hurried as If something terrible was on her track ; but still the footsteps gained upon her. She ran and Leila was swift of foot she panted for breath, and still while she ran the footsteps gained upon her; not that the person ran mly advanced at a quick march, taking long strides. She shuddered at the conviction that soon a strong and cruel hand would grasp her shoulder, and then, gleaming before her in the moonbeams, she perceived the roof of a barn. Shelter a hiding place! Tha wa3 her Instinct. She rushed headlong across the road. There was a large gate lead'ng into a field, which swung on its h'ajes, unlatched: this gate LcilaJ pushed open, and entered tne held. rne ran around the barn, and found the door open. There was a heap of straw in a corner; Leila' crouched under it. She "w as in that portion of the shed which lay close to the road. Where she crouched then she heard most distinctly the heavy tramping footsteps which had frightened her. They passed the barn; went on a little way, then suddenly ceased. Then Leila heard a cry that awoke the night echoes. She trembled and shivered with cold terror. She did not dare to go out in the lane. "No," she said to herself ; "I must stay here all night." At that moment she heard other footsteps in the lane, fast and furious, as those who ran in pursuit. It seemed to fcer, where she crouched on the straw, that t one person ran on, and the other stopped she was sure or it stopped close to the wooden wall of the barn. She could hear footstep on the roadside grass; 6he could hear breathing as of one who panted, exhausted and breathless, as she had done first. Soon it seemed to Leila that this per son sat down on the grass, as if to rest. Should she steal out? There was an c'her road into Woodmancote across the fields. It was a longer road than by the lane, and there were stiles to climb. Still, ahe would not be likely to me?t the people who had frightened her; and this person. whose sighing, gasping vou i she heard eutside In the lane, was evidently a worn an perhaps a woman of the iower class, terrified and ill-used by some drunken TuiahflndLeila tc-k courage)by degrees, and left the barn, and went out into the field noiselessly, unheard by the person who sat by the roadside leaning Against the wall of the barn. Leila went on, acd leaned over the top rail of the gate. Yes, a woman sat in shadow, leaning the back of her head against the wall of the barn. Her head was bare to the summer night. Her long. dark hair hung low and wild on her shoulders. Was It not a gem like a dia mond which flashed in the ''"mi of the moon when the woman raised her hand to her brow? She did not see Leila. What was she doing? Was she weeping, quietly, as though her tears were wrung out of the bitterness of her soul? Pit j prompted Leila to approach this being in distress. She went on still noiselessly. The woman was pressing a hanJkerchief to her brow. As she remov ed it. Leila saw with horror that it was soaked with blooJ. "Are you hurt? Can I h?lp you?" ask ed Leila. The Tvoman gave a start. AnothT momMit. and she tu mod a fav? furious au I haughty toward Leila Iisli. SLo did no; spouk. Leila started back in amazement n-.iCT Ivlir into tl:o Tirom". ansry face of Mrs. Colonel Wyclier! v ! 7' .- ; - - coiU, CHAPTER XVI. Leila could not believe her eyes. Mrs. Wycherly, th haughtiest woman in th. county, stately, imposing, Inndsoav? Mrs. Wycherly; she who never stirred afraid without her equipage, Iit earring", her splendid horsos. hrr richly liveried servants Mrs. Wycherly, sitting alone by the wayside at nine o'clock iu th? evening, bonnctless, hr dark Lair sweeping to her waist, a bleeding wound in her forehead, her light dress torn, her face ghastlj! While Leila gazed, awestruck an' wondering, at the woman, she rose sudatnly

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withouv a word. can:ht hor white. Ion.; kirt in one hand, and passed, like a ghost in the moonbeams, across the dusty road, stepped lightly over the low stile, and tiien Leila saw her figure receding swiftly in the moonbeams. Miss Leigh stood spellbound, watching hr. "Can it be a dream an hallucination?" she asked, passing her baud over her eyes. "If I should mention what I have sion, I should be laughed at as a visionary. But what a look, that woman gave me cold, defiant, wicked ! She is a terrible woman, I am certain of it. Poor creature! her head was hurt; it was bleeding. Ought I to follow her and offer her assistance? No; she defied me. Her looks said to me plainly : 'Speak to me recognize me at your peril " She must have marvelous strength. A woman not young Mrs. Wycherly must ba fifty-five to rise up stately and defiant, cold and im placable, while bleeding from a wound in the head, and cross the road and take her way across those damp, dewy fields ! I should be afraid to follow her!" And it was true, there had been a concentrated look of wrath on the face of Mrs. Wycherly, which had terrified the susceptible, sensitive Leila. The look said : "Speak to me, or question me, at your peril I" as plainly as ever a look expressed a sntiment. Leila turned her face resolutely toward Woodmancote, and she walked along the road, without meeting with anything or anybody to cause her fear. When she rang the bell at the great gate, the entrance to St. Martha's, her heart beat thankfully that- shelter and safety were hers once more. She found her way to her own chamber, where she was joined by her friend. Miss Gregson, to whom she gave a graphic account of her adventure. "My dear chill, you must be mistaken." "I am not. Miss Gregson. If ever 1 saw Mrs. Colonel Wycherly in church, rustling in brocade and splendid in costly lace, cold, statuelike, haughty, as she al-v.-ays appears in public, I saw her this night bonnetless, ber hair streaming to her waist, and bleeding from a cut in her temple." "It was some woman from a caravan of waxworks, or giants and dwarfs, or lerned mice some caravan on its way to Crawley Fair. That screaming you heard was when her husband quarreled with her, and struck her. Then he ran away, and she went and sat down by the roadside. That's the whole story." "My dear friend, you are not in general so practical ; you ordinarily see a romance in every adventure. Why will you not believe tne when I declare upon ny honor that I saw Mrs. Wycherly sitting by the roadside to-night?" "To tell you the truth, Leila." said the English governess, seating herself and putting her small, white hands together firmly, "I never can see anything roman tic or interesting about thosu Wycherlys. I think them the most uninteresting, stu pid people in the county. Whatever possessed a young man of your brother's talent to bury himself alive at Wycherly Hall as tutor to that silly-looking, whitefaced boy, whom they say is to inherit all the fortune, I can't for one moment imagine! Sometimes I think he is idiot enough to believe himself in love with that imp of a girl, Ella Wycherly, al though she has the manners of a squirrel rather than of a lady, climbing trees nt the risk of her neck a saucy, forward. pert little creature!" Miss Gregson's mild, blue eyes flashed; Leila looked at her in amazement. "The colonell," went oa Mi.-s Gregson. Is the veriest stick a wooden man. haughty, and silent as a dumb effigy of at officer ! His head would make an excellent signboard for an inn, if some village craftsman who paints stags and bulls' heads would take his likeness! As for the woman bah ! what is she fit for. except to wear lace, and velvet, and jewels, and look round on all the word as if they were mad of something inferior? I tell you I ha'.e the Wycherlys. Nothing so interesting or romantic would ever happen to her as that she should have her temple cut open, and her hair her own, too snouij iau in a cioua to ncr waist, and she should sit at the roadside at night, weeping. No; her hair is al ways bound up tightly, depend upon it ; and I don't believe she ever sat out in the moonbeams on a summer night in her life. She would think she compromised her dignity." Miss Gregson's voice trembled with passion. Leila looked at her in amazement still more profound. What was the reason for all this temper? Eliza Gregson was in general mild and quiet, her fervors were of the romantic kind. She might sometimes wax enthusiastic about, fictitious characters, but never about real ones, unless unless, and Jila began to recall two or three occasions on which the quiet -..English teacher had waxed warm and fervid and excitable; but always one person was concerned, remotely or nearly, with Miss Gregson's display of feeling one person, Leila's brother Lionel Yes, Leila saw it all. During the months when Lionel had taught languages Kat St. Martha's, the little English teacher had fallen head-over-ears in love with him. Hence her warm and really sincere friendship for Leila ; hence her conviction that Lionel was the heir to a sounding title and large estates. Miss Gregson declared that she had found a clue, though she would not reveal it to Leila; and she said that, when she had well followed up this clue, she would prove Lionel to be an earl in his own right. ' Leila looked at her pityingly. "My dear Eliza, I believe that Lionel is In love with that Miss Wycherly," she said softly; "and it is, of course, foolish of him. I do not suppose she will ever care for him, and in time, I suppose, he will se his folly, and forget her." "Forget her!" echoed Eliza Gregson. with a sigh. "Well, I suppose in time he may learn to look back on this folly with contempt, but still there will always be a feeling, a romance, 1 an y interest. Thackeray says that a man's first love is never forgotten that, with his wife by Lis side, and his children clambering about his knees, he still thinks fondly of some cold, or foolish, or haughty girl, with a fine pair of eyes and a pleasant voice, and a bright smile, who made a fool of him, or was separated from him ever so lon ago . "But still He may not think of her very often or verypainfully. I wonder whom they mean to marry her to? It is odd they have jidopted that boy. It seems she is only to inherit about two thousand a year or so, and that is all the parents' choice and doing, for thoy might havo made her heiress to it all, and have married lior to some son of a duke. There is a mystery, in that family." n"Ys." assented Leila; "and that brings ;:u lack to Mrs. Wycherly sitting by the mu.-iile with her hair unbound, bonnetless and bleeding from a wound in the teni;k'." I am positive you are wrong!" cried the English teacher eagerly. "Nothing v.-.uld move that iey woman out Oi. the rolo of t o'ivf ntionaism. What grief or excitement has she iu her life? She has that one daughter, a girl strong as a mule! She has a wooden hnslwind, who mvs 'nh! nh!' to all sho proposes. Who in thf? worl 1 is there to give her a blow on the head? Where was her carriage? Where were her servants? Depend upon it, Leila, you are suffering from an op tical delusion; I im certain oi it. .(T bt continued.).

Get Along with People. It Is a valuable asset to be able to get along with nil sorts and conditions of people. In the business world it often moans rapid promotion. Some young women think it shows independence to be assertive. They feed that they are being demeaned if they allow themselves "to be imiosed on," as they call it, and general unpleasantness results. IJein "imposed on" and Rettins along with people are radically different. The one usually shows a strain of weakness; the other means infinite tact and a pleasant disposition, either natural or acquired. The girl who can get along with people is the one for whom business men are on the watch. A manager of a great publishing house said to a young woman who came t him for a position: "Can you get along with the ieoile? We can find all the writers and women of brililant executive ability we want, but this place needs a woman who can manage others and do it graciously." If you are inclined to have differ ences and general ructions In your bust-J ness life, get an .introspective fit and see if v. u are wearing the proverbial chip, or If you have the happy faculty of working pleasantly and peaceably with all with whom you are thrown in contact. This latter trait is one that can be cultivated and should be, even though it means years of self-control. ratinic nt ßrdllmr. Eating at bedtime was formerly considered very injurious; but at the present time It is favored by some of our best physicians. esjecially for invalids who are troubled with sleeplessness. Food of a simple kind will induce sleep. The sinking sensation felt by those who cannot sleep is often simply a call for food, while wakefulness is often a symptom of hunger. Gratify this desire, and you wiU soon fall asleep. The feeble will be stronger at dawn if they partake of ll;ht food before going to bed. Some twelve or four-

Itumor has It that long coats are to be the thing and that jackets are to Ik? relegated to the background, but the old dame must be wrong somewhere, for many women are wearing quite short Jackets with their walking skirts of cashmere, pongee, voile and llrvrn. It Is, on the whoV, a wise decree of fashion, for the three-quarter coats are not becoming to every woman,

teen hours lie between snfpor and breakfast: ami by that time the fuel of the holy has become expended. When prolonged wakefulness attacks us, and our thoughts go hither and foa, and we have no more control over them than over the wind, the wisest thing to do Is to eat a cracker or two. or a cold biscuit, or some bread and aillk; give the stomach something to Jo, and this will draw the surplus blood from the- brain and you will fall asleep. Country gentleman. Health and Ileaatr Illnta. Mustard plasters made with white of an egg do not blister the skin. Daily exercise with light dumb-bells eventually cures round shoulders. A hot bath and a few hours' sleep will do wcaders to renew a youthful appearance. It is always bcA to obey nature's laws just as strictly in regard to our complexion as to our lives. Have plenty of exercise and fresh air. good food, sunshine and lots of sleep. This last is most necessary. Use tepid water to wash in and If it is hard a little borax will soften it, as bard water is very bad for the skin. Never eat or work if you are Overtired. The digestive organs will surely refuse to do their task properly and you will suffer the reaction. An excellent lotion for the skin, to take away the drawn feel ins, is made from : cologne, one dram ; fresh lemon Julee, one dram; elderllower water, one Dunce. The face can be wiied with this every day or even twice a day. An excellent dandruff remedy ! nade by combining sixty grains of esorciu. one dram of ether, one dram 5f folive oil atid six ounces of alcohol, friction Into the sculp every night and shampoo the hair with melted soan or ?ggs every week. As a medicine, salt has a wide range 3f iHjssiliilities. A weak solution o? hot salt water used frequently as a ?argle is one of the best remedies known for sore throat In its incipient stage. The gargle must not be toi strong, or it will net as an Irritant and thus defeat the end in view. A distinguished physician stales that 'f the scalp it kept ;honughly clean Dne rarely contracts contagious diseases. This d-Vtor, who has worlcl long among immigrants and the poorer glasses, d- la res that when the hair is allowed to iHvome dirty and matted t is almost impossible to escape infection. The human form U plastic up to extreme old age and can je improved In

consequenee : the thing is to have the will to improve ami then to have the perseverance to stiel; to the improving. The sallownoss and graynoss that so often accompanies age is not necessary if one is careful of the digestion, sleeps In plenty of fresh air, si-mls a good part of th day in the sunlight and keeps the liver active. The woman who does her own shampooing will find nothing more satisfactory than the egg shampoo. It leaves the hair soft and smooth and is strengthening to the hair follicles, as the yolk contains iron and sulphur.

Sprinte lint of Milan Braid. The hat shown above was r. most attractive ruodel to wear with the early spring gowns. It was a dark blue milan braid; the brim was very wide' and the crown high. It was slightly tilted on the right side. A mass of pink roses were placed, around the crown. "Kitchen Minded." "Kitchen minded" is an epithet applied to women who are too much engrossed with domestic affairs. The word is evidently meant as a reproach. SOME LATE STYLES IN JACKETS. Xo doubt there are women who give too much time to the kitchen, as there are others who give too little. Who will undertake to decide just how much time is enough? That a woman should grow like the place in which she posses most of her time is not strange. HaMy IrftIn; F.vll. Never boast that you can dress In five minutes. No womaj who has any respret for her appearance will attempt to Cress in double that time. It is true in dressing, as in everything else, that where- there is great haste there is little speed. It is particularly trying for any woman to dress in a hurry. Sha gets flurried and In her attempt to put In pins sticks her fingers and probably stains her blouse with blood. Buttons come off, laces break, gloves and veils cannot be found. When at last she is ready she is conscious of appearing her worst, instead of at her best. The five-minute dressing habit Is one that the carefully dressed woman will never indulge in. The average baby, like the average American woman of the present day, is a bundle of nerves. This condition is due largely to the fact that the mother is nervous, and as a result the infant is not strong. By being held !r arms or from frequent j'.ssoeiation with a nervous person a young child will beeoni; affected in the same manner. Tli natural but ino-t unwise desire to show off baby has nui -h to do with his being fid get J, and quiet is one of the grej't essentials for him. Children never should sleej with their parents. A child should sleep alone, If possible. If it sleeps with another child, the two, in the restlessness of childhood, kb-k each other and kick the covers o!T. They He face to face and inhale each other's breath, and if one child is sh-kcning with a disease or has a cold the other one Is sure to catch it. Another injurious thing about sleeping together is that the elder and stronger saps the strength of the weak-

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er. If both children have graduated from the crib, put them in single bedsThey Ioth may sleep in the same room but too much can not be said about ttt injurious results of sleeping together. A baby's nurse should be required tc wear a clean, white apron while tend ing the baby. Many diseases may be warded off If this is done, and we all know that "an ounce of prevention ia worth a pound of cure."

1 1 ott to Slark I.I nm, A married woman uses her married Initials for her family linen and silver. If ber maiden name was Mabel I. Brown and her married name Jones, she uses the initials M. B. J. This applies to linen purchased after marriage. Her trousseau linen should be marked with her maiden Initials, namely, M. B. B. The heralds say that a woman is really not entitled to use her family crest at all. The crest belongs only to the men of the family, though, of course, the unmarried wom en always use it. After a woman Is married she uses the crest of her husband's family, and if the husband's family has no crest or coat-of-arms, it would be the worst possible taste to use that of her own family. "Women In Overall. Every day we hear of another wom an who has decided not to eat so much fine food or drink so many queer drinks or to let herself be jolted about in autos, and who Is "going back to na ture," and will raise vegetables and chickens. So it is interesting to learn what a woman who has a farm just outside Boston has to say atiout the proier garb for women who want to work in gardeus. Overalls are better forawoman's health than ordinary fem Inine attire, she thinks, for she has regained her health by putting on such rough-amd-ready garb and working out doors. "Overalls are delightful ; yes, really," she avers. "They; give you a freedom that cannot bo obtained in any

even as jackets do not suit the style of the very tall, slender girl, and for the home dressmaker nothing could be easier to make than a semi-fitting short coat. The Jackets ef the year, however, are not the plain tailored affairs of long ago. They are braided, buttoned and adorned with embroidery of both the domestic and orient1.1 type.

other kind of dress outdoors. Women would become healthier and happier If they could spend a part of every pleas snt day as I do, with no unnatural In cumbrances in the way of the clothes that conventionality and fashion pre scribe." If You "Wonlil Keep Young. The youth-seeker worries not. isuc learns ueuner to lorrow not hunt trouble. She meets it with a laugh when i does come. The laugh may come hard, but even a sickly smile is a better youth-keeper than tears. She thinks, feels and lives youth though not to tL point of unseemll ness. Gray hairs and friskiness bu accentuate years. She enjoys the present to the full, and does not acquire that age habit of lauding the good old days. She keeps a -well lody, knowing that ill health is the surest destroyer of youth. She keeps a well-groomed body, nev er permitting herself the comfortable slipshod ness that too often goes with added years. Sue never gives her mind a vacation. but keeps it abreast with the times, however much effort Is required. She keeps her heart young, knowing that therein lies the true secret of successful fight on age which can daunt even wrinkles and youth-destroying cares and sorrow?. A C'nnly Tip. Here is a candy that the boy or gir can try for his or her next party to the delight of all the guests. Toast figs until soft, cut a slit In t:ini and insert a niarshiiiallow. Dip each of the stuffed tigs Pi eoaung or not cnoeoiate slightly Mveet ened as for' icing and let it cool on but tered plates. 111,.!. v. i jii-u.- i course. iur wno ever hoard of any candy too rich -for voutli ful palates? I "WhoiipliiK CitDKli. Tak" the white of an egg and beat I until it is a stiff froth, add a teaspoon fill of granulated sugar and eight drops of oil of tar; give a teaspoor.ful of this mixture to a baby every two hours, am a little more to those children who are Adder. This remedy is harmless. It ii ft es nn lints. .Many of the spring hats have ruffles of lace sewn inside just where the crown and the brim are fastened to gether. This ruffle is allowed to fa! over the hair and it makes a very at tractive and becoming addition.

ji Civil War Storie "There were Qur.kcrs of all kinds in the army," said the Crptain. "With some of them vre had fun ami with others we had troubie. In 1S5 200 tlraftetl men and substitutes were turned over to nie ut rsashvrlle as recruits for our regiment. They were organized into companies under th command of some of our old sergeants and wert put on duty. The second or third day one of the sergeants commanding a company came to me and said that be had a queer case. One of the drafted men.declaring that he was a Quaker, declined to carry a gun. "I sent for the fellow, and when he came to my quarters I asked him to state his case. He said very impressively that he was a Quaker; that he was conscientiously opposed to bearing arms; that he had said so when he was drafted'; that he would do any duty ex cept the carrying of a rifle with the idea of shooting a fellow man. After bearing his story I sent the Quaker over to brigade headquarters and ad vised that he be given ho.-pital duty. "The next day a sergeant commanding another company reported to me that a Quaker who had been detailed for guard duty declined to carry a rille. The man was sent for and he re peated the story of Quaker No. 1. But I detected a sort of artificiality in the plea of this second man and I ques tioned him. as to his conscientious scruples. I asked him If it came to the question of his own death or the death of the man who was shooting nt him what he would do. He said without hesitation that he would kill the other man. But as he claimed that be could not partlciuate in actual war because of his religion I sent him over bri gade headquarters, with advice that he be given as hard duty as possible in connection with the hospital service. "Weeks after that, when we were in pursuit of Hood and were making forced marches, without tents or blan kets, I stopped the advance company under a clump of trees that I thought would shelter us from the pitiless rain. A little fire was built and we. were sit ting around it when there came stum bllng down the road from the rear a man who was swearing at the top of his tIce. As he stumbled into the light of the fire I recognized Quaker No. 2. Turning to him, I said: 'How are you, Quaker? He had been carrying a heavy load of some hospital material. and had dropped it before the fire for a rest.- As soon as he heard my voice, realizing that he had betrayed bJmself, ho caught up his heavy bundle and bolted into the woods and darkness." "My experience with Quakers," said the Major, "was very different . We had In the Seventy-ninth Ohio a good many Quaker boys, and they made Lie very best soldiers. They were quiet. unboastful, but conscientious In the performance of duty, whether they were on guard or In battle. They had their scruples, and they disliked to think of shooting men. In one case, I rememler, one of the Quaker boys came sud denly on two Confederates. He could have shot one and bayoneted the other; but, very nmch to the surprise of the others boys, he, dropped his rifle, sprang forward on the nsto'iished Onfcder ates, sanote one with his big right hand and the other with his left, and asked them to surrender. "On another occasion one of the tall est and strongest of the Quaker lads was on guard on one side of a stream. the other side of which was occupied by Confederate pickets. There was a general understanding among Unionists and Confederates that neither would try to cross the stream, and that there would be no shooting. One day, how ever, a restless Confederate on guard on the south side of the creek, finding the tall Quaker on duty on the other side, waded tantallzlngly Into the water half way across and dared the Quaker to touch him. "The Quaker ordered the reld back, but was sworn at for his pains and laugheil at. Without further ceremony the Quaker dropped his gun, threw off his blouse and cartridge iox, junqod into the water,. and said: T will teach thee thy duty.' Thereupon he caught the rebel, ducked him, pounded hln then carried him bodily to his own side and thrtw him down. He marched 'across to his own side, put on bis blouse, took up his gun, and when the officer of the guard, who had witnessed the struggle In the water, came up. Jabez saluted him serenely and made no mention of the conflict in the water." Chicago Inter Ocean. Lincoln' Joke. President Lincoln's jokes, especially when perpetrated in connection with grave matters, usually had a purpose in them. After Lee had taken HarjHTS Ferry the President, realizing how great a calamity It was to tlr Northern army, determined if jtossible to fix the responsibility for the loss of the niqxrtant position. Halleck was summoned, but did not know where tl? blame lay. "Very well," Bald Lincoln, "I'll ask General Schenck." The latter could throw no light upon the questlpn, further than to say that he was not to blame. Milroy was the next to be called to the presence of the commander in chief and to enter u plea of "not guilty." Hooker was next given a hearing, and "Fighting Joe" made a very emphatic disclaimer of all responsibility. Then the President assembled thy four generals- in his room and said to them: "Gentlemen, IIaners Ferry was surrendered, and none of you, it seems, is responsible. I am very anxious to discover 4he man who K" After striding across the room several times the President suddenly threw up his Iwwed head arid exclaimed: "I have It! I know who is resin msible!" -Who, Mr. President; who Is it?" asked the distinguished quartet as they looked anxious, if not troubled. "Gentlemen," said the President, with a meaning twinkle In his eye, "General Ixe is the man." There was a lack of mirth in tho laugh created, and the four generals took their departure with a determination that they would not again le placed wnder suspicion. An Unlucky Soldirr. One of the dignified pedestrians who swings along the avenue is Justice Oliver Wendell Hohnes. Now comes a retired army officer,' who nsists that the Justice was one of the most unlucky soldiers of his acquaintance. During the Civil War he was wounded six times; in fact, alout every time he cnterer an engagement. "And you may rest assured," said Iiis comrade, "that ho was in every engagement that lw could possibly yet into."

It was while his boy wari la the army

that Oliver Wendell Holmes, the genial hearthstone poet of the country, wrote some of his most charrring verse. With his (heart rvrung by anxiety and suspense, his pen kept up the courage of many another aching heart during those dark days. What a gratification It would be for that poet who was so widely loved if he could be present In Washington to-day to see that soldier loy, the pride of his home, occupying a high position on the Supreme bench of the United States Court. Natlonaj Magazine. Dar nuir. You may talk of horses of renown, what Goldsmith Maid has done, How Dexter cut the seconds down, and Fellowcraft's groat run Would you hear about a horse that once a mighty battle won? Twas the last fight at Fredericksburg perhaps the day you reck Our boys the Twenty-second Maineheld Early's men in check. Just where Wade Hampton boomed away. the fight went neck and neck. All day we held the weaker wing, and held it with a will. Five several stubborn times we charged the battery on the bill. And five times beaten back, reformed and kept our column still. At last from out the center fight spurred up a general's aid. "That battery must silenced be !" he cried as past he sped. Our colonel simply touched his cap, and then with measured tread. To lead the crouching line once more the grand old fellow came. No wounded man but raUed his head and strove to gasp his name, And those who could not speak nor stir "God blessed !" him just the same. For he was all the world to us, that her gray and grim, Right well he knew that fearful slope we'd climb with none but him. Though while his white head led the way we'd charge hell's portals in. lnis time, we were not halt way up, when, 'midst the storm of shell. Our leader, with his sword up raised, be neath our colors fell. And, as we bore him back, the foe set up a joyous yell. uur nearts went with tum nack we swept ; and when the bugle said "Up, charge!" again no man was there but hung his dogged head. "We ve no one left to lead us now," the sullen soldiers said. Just then before the laggard libe the colonel's horse wc spied. "Bay Billy," with his trappings on, his nostrils swelling wide, As tho' still on his gallant back the mas ter sat astride. Right loyally be took the place that was cf old his wont, And witfl a neigh that seemed to say above the battle's brunt. "How can the Twenty-second charge if I am not in front?" Like statues rooted there we stood and gazed a little space, Above that floating mane we missed tho Void familiar face. But we saw Oay Billy's" eye of ßre and it gave us heart of grace. No bugle call could rouse us all as that brave sight bad done. Down all the battered line we felt a light ning impulse run. Up! up! the hill we followed Bill and captured every gun! And when upon the conquered height died out the battle's hum. ainly mm living and tne dead we sought our leader dumb; It seemed as if a specter steed to win that day had come. And then once more with banners gay the troops stood on parade. Trimly upon the furrowed field stretched out the long brigade, And bravely amid the ranks were closed , the gaps the fight had made. Not half the Twenty-second's men formed that torn field upon. For Corp'ral Dick, who yesternoon stood six brave fellows on. Now touched my elbows in the ranks, for an Derween were gone. Ah! who forgets that dreary hour, when as with misty eyes. To call the old familiar names the solemn sergeant tries;. One feels the thumping of the heart as no prompt voice replies. And as, in falt'ring tones and slow tie last few names were said. Across the field some mising horse toil-d up with weary tread. It caught the sergeant's eye, and quick "Bay Billy s name he read. i ä Yes, there the old bay hero stood, all safe from battle a harms, And ere an order could be heard or the bugle's quick alarms, Down all the fronj, from end to end, the troops presented arms ! Not all the shoulder straps on earth could still our mighty cheer, And ever from thr.t famous day, when rang our roll call clear. "Bay Billy's" name was read, and then the wbole line answered, "Here !" Frank Gassaway. Worth Reading-. Celery contains sulphur and helps to ward off rheumatism. A good man Is always rated below. his true value; a bad man is always rated above his true value. When a woman admits she doesn't know much, it Is to add that at least she knows more than her husband. Customs receipts at Zamboanga, Phil ippine Islands, the Orst three months of the fiscal year were 20 per cent more than in the first five months of 1907 fiscal year. , The cultivation of pepper is officially reported to be continually extending la the province of Coorg, where it is slid i to be gradually replacing coTeej In abandoned aress. Mrs. l'owers nwv long Has your husband been suffering with rheumatism Mrs. Powers 1'ver since the baby began to cut teeth and had to be walked around at night An Ingenious Yankee made a locomotive run his toy factory not long since when repairs were necessary in the power plant and there were a large number of ruh orders on hand. The brownish spots which appear in old books r.re really due to the ravages of bacteria. The tiny destroyer is especially fond cf starchy material and Its propagation is promoted by damp. v In Its l'JOT annual report the 11amiurg Chamber of Commerce says that German trade In China in that yv'ar only improved in a few articles, such as railway material, engines, electrical machinery, cement, artificial Indigo and needles. There was a heavy decrease in cotton goods and other articles generally, v

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