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CHAPTER XI. 1
Continued.
The worst of it was that the sentimental
little old inaid, under the pretext
of curing her protege of her unfortunate
attachment, by diverting her
Thoughts to a more appropriate cnanael,
took Jem Stick?ls in hand herself,
promised hiin every assistance with
Nell if he would promise to reform
ind encouraged the fisherman to persecute
Nell more than ever. It was she
who persuaded Jem to woo with a less
arrogant air, with offers to "turn over
a new leaf" for her sake, and other
similar blandishments.
And although Nell guessed who It
was that had inspired this alteration,
the girl was obliged to take a different
attitude to her unwelcome wooer in l
consequence. It is easy to be haughty
nnd studiously frigid to a presumptuous
person; but when that person becomes
meek and almost servile in his
endeavors to make himself useful,
even in the humblest capacity, when
he insists upon chopping your wood
and carrying your water, then it is difficult
to maintain a properly freezing
attitude.
The climax came one afternoon
when Nell "was invited to tea by Miss
. Bostal, and was let in on her arrival
by the detested Jem.
Nell looked quite shocked when, on
entering the house, she learned from
the young man's lips that he had been
Invited, too.
The young girl turned to the door of
the dining-room, where a small lire
. / burned in honor of the occasion, to go
in search of her hostess. Jem, who
was in his Sunday clothes, in which he
presented a stronger contrast than
ever to the refined, delicat?-handed
girl, said awkwardly that Miss Bostal
would be down directly. As Nell, taking
ho notice of this intimation, was
about to leave the room, he suddenly
found courage to place himself before
I ho rTnnr. '
"It's done a-purpose; she done it apurpose,"
he explained, growing more
rustic than usual in his speech under
pressure of his excitement, "so I might
have a chance of speaking to you."
Nell looked angry and anxious; but
?be looked him in the Tace with an expression
which daunted him a little.
"She don't know what I want to say
* to you," he went on in a hoarse whisper.
"She thinks I want to ask you
to marry me, as if I should be such a
precious fool! No, what I want to say
is, that the chap Hemming is still
banging about; he's staying at the Bell
it Stroau, and he's offered me a live'
pound not if I'll tell him what I told
you, and I've refused. There!"
And, fairly overwhelmed by the con- j
temptation or his own greatness or
_ soul, Jem slapped bis chest and made
his eyes round.
Xell listened, with tear and repulsion
struggling in her breast. Should she
brave the man, with the knowledge
which she knew that he possessed, or
should she conquer her own loathing
and temporize? Miss Bostal had advised
her to brave him; but, then. Miss
Bostal did not know what she knew.
m Nell shivered as the man came a step
* toward her.
"I don't understand you," she said at
last. "What do you want?"
"I want you to give me a kiss." The
girl started and made a gesture of abhorreuce.
"Come," persisted Jem; "it
isn't much, considering, 'specially as
I could take one myself if I had a
mind."
And as he spoke he took another
step, threatening to fulfill this menace.
But Nell was too quick for him; she
was at the other side of the table hefore
the words were well out of his
mouth. *
"Miss Bostal," she said, quietly, as if
his proposition had been unworthy of
remark, "advises me to let you make
what use of your information you
please. She says no one would believe
" you."
"Aad do you think that?" he asked,
with an indescribably cunning leer.
The sudden anxiety which overspread
her face at the question showed
' him his opportunity.
"Look here," he went on, in a tone
which was meant to be persuasive, but
which was to Nell repellant in its
coarse assumption of familiarity, "I
don't want to rush you into anything.
You know what I have to seil, and you
know what the price is. If you don't
care to pay it. well, you know how I
can pay myself in coin of the realm.
Now I'll give you till to-morrow night.
If you'll see me to-morrow, dowu at
your own garden-fence, where you'll
be quite sate, mind, for I mean quite
fair and above board, and if you'll
speak to me fair and be civil, I'll hold
* my tongue, and wild horsed nor all the j
tecs in Lon'ou shouldn't make me
peach; but if you don't choose to do
this, and it's a precious small thing
to make such a fuss about, why. then,
I'll go oft" to Hemming and get the rive
pounds, and you can guess what'il happen.
if you don't know."
As the man looked at her. with
bloodshot, inllamed eyes, enjoying in
anticipation the kiss which he felt
she was bouud to give. Nell's heart
sank. He would not surely speak in
this tone to her, if the proofs of whfch
he had spoken were not very strong
ones.
"You must give me time to think,"
she faltered, turning her head away to
escape the gaze of the lustful eyes,
but keeping a sharp eye on his movements
alf the time.
She felt keen resentment against
Miss Theodora, wiio, in her amiable
folly, bat! exposed her to tins persecution.
Luckily that lady herself appeared
a few seconds later, and then
Nell at once made The excuse of go'ng
to fetch the tea-things to get out of !
the room.
Once outside the door, however, ?he
ran through the passage to the back of
the house, slipped out into the garut-n,
and ran home across the fields as fast
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as her fleet little feet could carry hsr.
"Since she likes his society so much,
she may enjoy a tete-a-tete with him!"
she said to herself, not without a bitter
feeling that her old friend and protectress
had betrayed her in her eagerness
to reclaim the prodigal.
Before she reached the Blue Lion,
Nell had made up her mind what to
do. She felt that she must have some
advice of a more solid, more worldly
kind than that of kindly, sentimental,
narrow-minded Miss Theodora. So she
wrote a little note, the first she had
ever .sent him, to Clifford King, and
sent it by a safe hand to Stroan to
catch the night mail.
Her note was very short, containing
as it did, only the following words:
"Dear Mr. King:
"If it would not be too inconvenient
to you to come down to Stroan to-morrow*,
I should be very glad of tbe opportunity
of asking your advice upon
a matter in which I do not dare trust
my own judgment, and do not dare
to consult my uncle.
"With apologies for my audacity in
asking such a great favor,
"Believe me, yours sincerely,
"NELL CLARIS."
Then she passed a sleepless night,
torturing herself by wondering what
Jem Stickels would do, ana wnetner
Clifford would come?this she did not
greatly doubt?and how she should tell
him if he came.
And on the following evening, just
when she had given up all hope of
seeing him, and just when the time
appointed by Jem Stickels for her
to meet him was approaching, she saw
Clifford, from her seat by the open
I door of the sitting-room, walk into the
bar.
I Nell sprang up with a little cry, and
[ Clifford, catching sight of her, flushed
a deeper red than his walk had given
him, and going quickly through the
bar and along the passage, pushed
open the door of the little sitting-room,
and stood before her.
The. girl had been so anxious for
his coming that all her little maidenly
arts of affected surprise, of indifference,
of reserve, were in abeyance; and
he saw before him the girl he loved,
with love confessed in her blue eyes.
For one moment he stood looking at
her, a little awe-struck, as a lover
ought to be, at discovering how much
more beautiful she was than he remembered
her. Then, not unnaturally
taking her summons for just a little
more than it was intended to be,
caught her in his itrms, and pressing
her against his breast, covered her
face with kisses.
Nell uttered a little cry; she thought
it expressed consternation, alarm; but
Clifford read the ' sound differently,
and kissed her again.
"Oh, Mr. King'" panted the girl, as
soon as she could draw back her head
enough to speak, "you don't understand
T cont fnr vnii tn .irtvifip mp.
that's all. I "
"I quite understood," replied Clifford,
calmly, not letting her go very
far. "And I am longing to put my professional
knowledge at your service.
But first
He stopped short, arrested in the
middle of his speech by a violent start
on the part of Nell, who was looking
with eyes full of alarm at the door
which led into the garden.
The upper part of this door was of
glass, and she had suddenly perceived
that a face was pressed to the outer
side.
"Who is it?" asked Clifford, as 600n
as he saw what had arrested her attention.
And without waiting for an answer,
he sprang across the little room, toward
the glass door. Nell sprang after
him, and clutched at his sleeve.
"Never mind. Don't go." she whisnuro/l
onnvoVioncivolT' "Tt is nnlv Jem
l/v ? ^
Stickels. Don't open the door."
But as Clifford stopped, under the
pressure of her earnest entreaty, the
sound of a hoarsely uttered curse
reached their ears; the face was quickly
withdrawn, and the next moment,
with a loud crash of broken glass,
Jem's fist came through the upper part
of the door, and struck Clifford full in
the chest.
Nell 6aw, even before the blow was
dealt, that there was an open knife
in the fisherman's hand. But, although
she threw herself upon her
lover, trying to drag him back from
I the danger, she was not In time. With
I a howl of savage delight, Jem drew
! back his knife, covered with blood.
CHAPTER XII.
Clifford was so eutii ?iy taken by
surprise that he hardly oalized in the
first moment that he uas hurt. The
next, he dashed open the door at one
blow, and finding Jem outside coolly
wiping his knife on the ivy which
grew on this side of the house, he
j seized the fisherman by the tiiroat
with one liaud. snatched his knife
from him and Hung it away with the
other, and then hurled the man from
him with such violence that the latter
fell, and striking his head upon the
stone ledge of a window lay motionless
on the ground.
n'h.in emlilnnk' nvnvrnmo lvu a
ing of dizziness, the result of his
wound Clifford staggered hack against
the broken door and into Nell's arms, i
"Oh, it is my fault?my fault: I |
ought not to have asked you to come!" j
moaned she, not attempting to hide
her affectionate concern from the people
who. startled by the noise of the
affray, now pressed into the room.
George Claris was among the first
to enter, and he frowned angrily on
seeing Clifford, of whose arrival he
had not jet heard.
"So it's you. is it, Mr. King!" he exclaimed
surlily, on recognizing the
man whom he looked upon as the oriI
gin of all his trouble. "And what have
I you been up to now, eh?"
"Oh, uncle, uncle, can't you see that
I he's hurt, badly hurt?" implored Nell.
1 "Send for a doctor?oh, some one pray
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go lor a uocior, 01 uc wm uic^-u iu i ^
death!"
But George Claris hardly concealed j
the fact that that event would give
him satisfaction rather than annoy- c
ance; he did not dare to interfere, |
liowever, when Nell gave orders to one v
of the men who had crowded in, to go
to Stroau for a doctor.
"Who did it?" somebod/, not the ,
landlord, presently asked.
Clifford was by this time hardly conscioue.
lie had been laid on the sofa, .
while Nell herself, keeping enough ^
presence of mind to be of use and to
sts what the danger was, held her own
fingers to the wound to check the flow
of blood.
She heard the question and answered
it.
"It was Jem Stickels. lie struck
him through the glass."
This replj? led to further investiga- 1
tions, and Jem was quickly discov
erca ana prougm imu mc iuuiu n uci?
his victim lay. Unconscious though 6
he was, having been stunned severely, *
Jem, of course, got no pity from Nell.
And when some of the men suggested ?
carrying him to the cottage where lie
lodged, which was within a stone's 1
throw of the inn, Nell made no sugges- *
tion that he should remain where be 1
was, being unaffectedly glad to have 1
him taken out of her sight. 1
Buxom Meg exchanged many a nod r
and wink and grin with the customers v
from the bar, inspired by the utter ab- E
sorption Nell showed in her lover and s
his danger. *
"All my fault?my fault!" the girl 1
kept murmuring, as she hung over ^
Clifford, watching his face, which had I
grown pale, with straining eyes, and s
listening anxiously to the breathing, *
which told her that he was alive. *
Then Meg became abruptly con- o
scious that there was something in
this simple grief, this maidenly affec- 1
tion, too sacred for the gaze of tho t
rough, though sympathetic, group, c
cho hnn/llori thpm all. with lame, t
wide-sweeping gestures as of a gigan- 1
tic hen, back into the bar. And Nell t
and her lover and her uncle were left 1;
together. f
George Claris, though he. too, was
somewhat touched, was uneasy and c
suspicious. t
"What was he doing down here?" T
he began, inquisitorially, when they ^
were left alone. "And what was he 2
up to that made Jem Stickels knife t
him? No good, I'll be bound," gruin- 3
bled he. e
"lie loves me. uncle. He has asked v
me, weeks ago, to be his wife, but I
hadn't even promised; no, not a word, e
but when he came to-day?" h
"Ah, what made him come to-day?" 'T
Nell hesitated, and then confessed, s
in a low voice:
"I sent for him." t
George Claris mumbled his dissatis- P
faction. a
"And what made Jem Stickels knife Sl
him? Come, now, I should have j t
thought you were above having any- i e
thing to do with a- chap like him. j t<
But I've seen him loafing about more'n j h
usual lately." i
"It was not fault, of course," said ti
Nell, simply. "And of course he had o
no right to?to " j b
"To be jealous? So I should ha' s
thought. Still, he was jealous, eh?" n
"I suppose so."
There was a short silence; then q
George Claris spoke again: m
"Well, lass, it's no use talking to ti
women, 'cause they've got their own : v
way o' doing things, whatever you say ' fi
to 'em. But you've brew'd yourself a i ti
peck o' trouble between them two j si
chaps, and neither me nor anybody ; -w
but yourself can help you out of it. a
4 ?? t n?an'f pott TM1 hnvft this .
U\LI iiilllu, X >Y KJL1 t DUJ A A* I4M t v . ?v
chap turned out of the house, though j ti
I've a good mind to. But if the doc- I ri
tor says he's to be laid up here, I'll not ' e
have j*ou hangin' 'round. You'll just gi
go away sharp to my sister in London, j B<
Do you hear? I'll have him properly ri
nursed, that I'll promise, but it'll not j 6,
be by you. Do you hear?" I y
Nell assented meekly. ' As long as j (]
Clifford was not made to suffer she i j|
felt that there was nothing for it but ! j
to submit.
Uncle and niece exchanged no more ;
words until the arrival of the doctor, j
when George Claris told his niece to j 11
put on hor hat and to go to Miss Bos- ^
tal's, where she was to remain until he *
sent hor luggage to her there, when
she was to start without delay for a
London. a
To be Continued. a
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Chief Justice Marshall. ^
In 1775 Marshall was about six feet a
high, straight, and rathe.1 t ender, of 6i
<lnvie pomnlexion. showing little if any j tl
rosy red, yet good health, the outline j
of the face nearly a circle, and within j "
that, eyes dark to blackness, strong |
and penetrating, beaming with Intel- j a
ligence and good nature; au upright e
forehead, rather low. was terminated | ^
in a horizontal line by a mass of rav- I ^
en-black hair, of unusual thickness and j
strength, says James Bradley Thayer, i "
in the Atlantic. The features of the j
face were in harmony with this out- J 61
line and the temples fully developed, j
The result of this combination was | "i
interesting and very agreeable. The |
body and limbs indicated agility rath- I
er than strength, in which, however, \ 0
he was by no means deficient. He j
wore a purple or pale blue hunting j
shirt, and trousers of the same ma- ! r^
tei'ial fringed with white. A round i
black hat, mounted with, the buck's 1
tail for a cockade, crowned the figure j K
and the man. lie went through the j $
manual exercise by word and motion, | ?
deliberately pronounced ond performed j q.
in the presence of the company, before j J
he required the men to imitate him; j j.
a IK! men proceeutMj iu uxurcisL* uieiu :
with the most perfect temper. Never { v
did a man possess a temper more hap- |
py. or, if otherwise, more subdued or ! ;1
better .disciplined. j,
I
How to I'se a MucUtonc. |
In Central Ohio a number of peopie-j h
have been bitten by mad dojjs, and i q
the madstone is haviug all it can do. j :i
Xliis is the met nod of treatment: A Q
small incision is made in lb? skiu of S(
the patient, preferably on the hand.
Then the -tone, which is about the size p
of the end of a man's thumb, and I i
translucent, is placed upon the cut II u
ir sticks there the Dntlent is Infected.
If it does not there Is no fear of hydro- jj
phobia. Such is the popular belief, fl
If the stone sticks It io allowed to 0
stay there until it is filled with the j,
poison of the disease, which iuakes the
stone turn paie green in color. <
EACLES WHIP A BEAR.
fovcl Fight Over the PoB?eRBlon of a
Piece of SturceoB.
A fight to a finish between a pair
>f er.gles and a bear few persons have
;een, and the sportiest sport on the
urf would hardly know on which to
let in such a combat. Hans Larsen,
l Norwegian fisherman, who has
ieen fishing for salmon in the Colum)ia
near Eagle Cliff this season, saw
l desperate ngm ociwetu iwu uuu
>ald eagles that had their nest not
ar from his camp and a half-grown
iear. The eagles worn
A huge sturgeon had been washed
ip on the river bank, and the eagles
vere using it to feed theiryoung. One
norning Jhe eagles were serving
jreakfast to their young, and one of
hem .had flown up to the nest with a
ot of pieces of sturgeon and the other
vas tearing away at the huge fish,
vlien the bear came crashing through
he brush to find the sturgeon he had
rented. Bruin walked straight up
o the fish. But the eagle was not
icared and he flapped his wings and
itood on the defensive.
Big, fat sturgeon do not come ashore
ilong the Columbia so frequently as
hey used to, and the carcass of this
ine was a prize, and it rightfully bconged
to the eagles as the original
liscoverors. The bear paused a monent
and then rushed at the eagle,
vhich gracefully eluded him. and,
ioaring a short distance In the air,
icreamed bloody murder as a signal
o his mate. She came swoonincr
lowu from the nest and joined forces
vlth her mate in an attack on the
)ear, which was so busy tearing the
iturgeon that he paid no attention to
he royal birds till they landed like
hunderbolts on his neck and rump
md sank their talons in his flesh.
The talons of the full-grown eagle
ire not to be sneezed at even by a
>ear, and the howl of rage bruin let
iut showed that he had been both
mined and hurt. He reared up on
lis haunches and clawed savagely at
he birds, which whirled agilely about
lim. One would make a dash at his
ace and eyes and the other would
lit him in the back of the neck like a
atapault. For ten minutes or so the
tear stood up to the "scratch,"' and
yhen lie had scratching enough he
legan to show signs of wanting to
et away. He did not exactly show
he white feather, for the eagles had
11 the white feathers, but he began
dging off toward the brush, which
ras fifty feei distant.
A o fann no V? a t*r n r? nn oil "f V?/*
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agles were on him, and he would
ave to get on his haunches to use his
aws effectively. The blood was
treaming down his face and showed
i spots all over his glossy hide, but
he great object of the' eagles apeared
to be to get at bruin's eyes,
nd he seemed to be aware of this,
nd was very anxious to get under
he protection of the brush. The
agles were evidently Just as anxious
:> prevent this. When bruin turned
is head toward the bushes they
fould plump down on his head and
ry to sink their talons in his eyes,
r to dig them out with their sharp
cak and drum his ears with their
trong pinions until the poor bear did
ot know "where he was at."
All this time Larsen was sitting
uietly in his boat watching what he
uys was the most savage and enterlining
fight he had ever seen. It
,'as, he judges, nearly half an hour
rom the time the bear came out of
be brush till he was able to drag himelf
back under its friendly cover,
'here the eagles could not get at him,
nd he was the most dilapidated
joking bear imaginable. The eagles
e<v up on a tree and smoothed their
ufiied plumage and congratulated
rich other on the outcome of the ;
truggle. Then, as their eaglets were (
rjuawking for more breakfast, they |
L'sumed their work of carving and j
2rving their sturgeon, and until It |
ras all used up, which took several :
ays, no anmiai buitw. io upi?u<ieu i
, in the daytime at least.?Portland \
lorning Ore^onian.
Woes of the Poet.
The poet has to stand more tramp- j
ng on his toes, more knocks and !
angs, than the majority of men. ;
'ossibly he is so sensitive that he j
2ols them more; anyhow, he suffers j
nd endures, and is always expecting i
solar-plexus blow. He had a worn- j
n friend whom he admired and es?emed
a lot. She was intensely par- !
cular, however, but she liked him I
d always had something kindly to j
ly. The other evening she began j
liking about his book of verse.
"I borrowed it from a friend," she j
edared, "ana started to reaa 11. i i
*ould pick it up before breakfast or
fter supper, but do you know that
i-ery time I was trying my best to
ade through it some of the children
1 the house would call me for someiing,
and I never did plow through
le volume."
The poet had grinned broadly when
lie began on the subject of his book, I
ut the words "wade through it," !
plow through it." foiled his spirit to
ic dust. That girl was worse than
ic woman who wrote a poet a note
f thanks for a gift of his book and
?t him find it on her parlor tabic
"ivli the leaves uncut. ? Louisville
imes.
It is Itose-y-veH.
Xo name in America is so commonly j
ilspionounced as tiiar of our Presieut.
It is Roosefelt, Rozveldt, RooL?yfrh".
or Rozzyvclt. whichever way
iie turns. These anxious to be right
uiz the newspapers or write to
i-iends or to Washington.
President Roosevelt, move than two '
ears ago. detc-rn. inert the correct pro- |
uneiation of his name for ilie gener- j
1 public, in an interview published i
i the 'limes-Herald. Cn June 23,!
&?y, he was en route to Las Vegas, j
'e\v .Mexico, to attend a reunion of j
is regiment of Rough Riders. Some !
uestios came up on his special train !
s to how his name should be pro j
ounced. if pronounced correctly. He j
ettied the dispute by saying: ;
"Pronounce it as if it were spelt
tos-y-velt. a vrord of three syllables,
'hat is the only way to pronounce
He pronounces the first syllable as '
. It were spelt "nose," and having I
Liat the rest is very simple. This 1
ught to settle all questions about the
ronunciation and cure those who inst
on saying "Ro.s-ee-velt."
|and Wk
New York City?Norfolk jackets are
Inherently smart and jaunty and are
In the height of present styles. Corduroy,
velveteen, cheviot, clotb and
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NORFOLK JACKET.
all similar materials are so made and
are ideal for walking, shopping, business,
golf and all out-door occupations.
The original, from which the drawing
was made, is of black camel's hair
cheviot,, with smoked pearl buttons,
and makes part of a costume, but the
design is suited to separate wraps
also.
The back is snug fitting and includes
a centre seam that is curved to the
figure; the fronts are fitted by darts
which are concealed under the applied
pleats. The pleats are graduated in
width, so producing a tapering effect
at the waist and are applied over the
jacket. The belt, which Is merely an
A
MODISH FA J
ornamental feature, passes under ]
those at the back and terminates iu ]
pointed ends over those at the i'ront ]
and can be omitted when the jacket
is preferred plain.
The yoke is pointed and the neck
Is finished with a regulation collar 1
+Vin+ ivVlle avat* with tlio frnntM tn
form lapels. The sleeves, in coat style, 1
have llaring pointed cuffs that open <
at the back. . 1
To cut this jacket for a woman of 1
medium size five and one-half years i
of material twenty inches wide, two 1
and three-eight yards forty-four inches i
wide or two yards fifty inches wide
will be required. 1
Woman's Fancy Waist.
Fancy waists are in great demand ,
both for odd bodices and entire cos- j
tumes designed for indoor wear. The ,
very pretty May Manton model shown t
in the large drawing is adapted to (
both purposes equally well and admits .
??*??? />nmV^I?o + lAna Thn nHrrlnnl
VJi. U1U11J V.UUJ UlUUkiUiiU< AWU ns*. I
is made -of pale pink Sapho satin,
with bolero and deep cuffs of cream
lace over white and bands of black
panne satin; but all white, white with
coloi', or any color banded with the
same shade in velvet would be effective,
in addition to which the bolero
and cuffs could be made of panne or
Persian brocade in place of lace.
The lining includes double darts,
under arm gores and side-backs, and
fits snugly and smoothly. On it are .
arranged the several portions of the
waist and the iwo closc together at
the back beneath the centre box
pleat.
The yoke is simply banded with
folds, but the lower portions of back
n*ni ova lni/1 in rmrrnw hnv rilo.nts
that extend from its lower edge, beneath
the bolero to the belt. The
bolero cun be made entirely separate
and the waist worn with or without
or caught at the upper edge and included
in the arm's-eye seams. The
sleeves are novel and becoming. The
lower portions are covered smoothly
to form cuffs that flare over the hands,
while the pieats of the upper portions
fall free to form putt's at the elbows.
When desired low nt'ck and with elbow
sleeves the yoke and cuffs can
be omitted.
To cut this waist for a woman of
medium size three and a quarter
yards of material twenty-one inches
wide, two and seven-eighth yards
twenty-seven inches wide, one and
three-fourth yards forty-four incbes
wide or one and five-eighth yards fifiy
Inches wide with one anu one-fourth
j-ards of all-over lace for bolero and
sleeve facings will be required.
Modish Handkerchief!. f
Colored handkerchiefs show a ratber tl
wide hem, perhaps Bometliiag over v
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%smSsmSB.
half an inch, the outside edge of the
color finishing in an inverted scallop
just inside the hemstitching. Other
handkerchiefs have a round circle of
color inside the hem. This is not as
pretty, as, being printed, it is not
quite alike on both sides. There is
comparatively little difference, however,
for the handkerchiefs are very
sheer, and the color shows through.
The girl who carries a colored handkerchief
Is apt to wear a little turnover
of the same color with her
stock.
Prettily Trimmed.
Very pretty In a gown of fine white
net was the introduction for trimming
of tucked batiste in narrow bands
set into the skirt some distance from
the edge. The front of the skirt
around the lower edge was slashed
up at intervals, lapels were turned
back from these slashings and formed
of the tucking.
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The New Storni Collar*.
The new storm collars are more becoming
than those high, outstanding
shapes which ruffled the hair and the
temper, too. Never were collars so
uncomfortable, but the newer shapes
are more like a man's turndown collar
when it is turned up in bad weather
and are, moreover, of a reasonable
height.
The Reign of the Kose. ,
From the sizes of the blossoms ot
nature from which they are copied
to very enormously magnified sizes, I
the roses for this season are made of j
light, thin silk, satin and velvet?in j
some cases of a combination of these >
materials?in both natural and con- j
ventionalized colorings, and mounted !
most frequently without foliage?
ICY WAIST.
leaves in silk or velvet generally -appearing
if leaves are seen in the garland
or cluster.
Girl's Doable-Breasted Coat.
Long coats are always becoming to
little girls. The admirable May Manton
model given has the advantage !
being equally good style with or with- j
out the caps and hood, and is suited |
to many materials, besides being in |
the height of style. As shown it is :
made of kersey cloth in tobacco j
brown, the hood lined with figured I
silk, but covert cloth, broadcloth and !
velvet are all correct. The cape and i
hood may also be made as a separate j
garment. The coat proper is half j
[itting at the back, but loose at the I
front and includes regulation coat j
sleeves and pockets finished with over- I
aps. The cape is circular fitted with ,
single darts at the shoulders and is ! {
i becoming feature. The hood falls j i
jver the shoulders in graceful folds j
ind finishes in double points at the j j
sack. At the neck is a collar that j ;
:*an be made in roll-over or ordinary j
style as preferred.
To cut this coat for a girl of eight j ,
pears of age four and one-half yards | I
>f material twenty-seven Inches wide, j
wo and seven-eighth yards forty- j !
'our inches wide or two and one-fourth i
rards fifty-four inches wide with one- 1
ialf yard of silk to line hoed will be f
equired when cape and hood are used;
hree and one-half yards twenty-seven
COAT TOK A GIRL.
? v
iches wide, two and one-half yards s
orty-four inches wide or one and 1
t>ree-fourth yards fifty-four inches *
ride when coat is made plain. j,
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THE GREAT DESTEOYEB
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SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Poem: The Modern Gulliver and the I1U
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llpatian Habits?Curee of the cmia ? ,
How the Beer Affects the Toun* In
England.
There was once a young man whose com* panions
in life ^
Were intemperance, idleness, worry and
strife, <. :%f<
And the whole of the reat of the LHipuft
bandDissipation
their leader?who roam .
through the land,
And who by their grimaces, cajoling and
wiles,
And their limited pleasures, invidious
smiles, , '<
Bind young men in a web of contempt to
the earth,
And then make their misfortunes a tar*
get for mirth. ?&?
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Said this fearless young man to the Lili*
puts bold,
"Ho, there, ho! you can't trouble me?I
- am too old,
Bo keep on, Uncle Worry, and tie your' ~
cord tieht,
And you, too, cigarette, you may pull
with your might;
Also billiards and whisky, and you, little
pool, ,
Must conjecture that I have become quit?
a fool." '
With a leer of false pride, he exultingly; ,
said:
"I can break through your mesh when it
enters my head." ,. *
But the years sned along, and the Liliputs
wound
rheft- fine threads into ropes, and com*
pletelv they bound,
FTand anr? fnnt to the roadwav of utter'
despair.
The -weak Gulliver -who their encroach- '
ment did dare;
But as soon as he woke, with a look of
surprise,
He discovered that he was unable to
rise.
Then the Liliputa laughed, as such elf*
only can,
For they knew they had ruined the life
of a man! , 'jZ
?Felix G. Pryme, pn Success.
A Pitiful Episode.
Elizabeth L. Banks, an American wdmin,
who is a London correspondent of
the Chicago Evening Post, says:
On a reccnt promenade in the vicinity
of Victoria station, London, within an?
hour and a half I counted forty-8evea;
1-' 1 JJ .11 J XL- iwJwA
:nnuren, an uuucr iuc ay<-- vi ?nUtc,. - _
loing to and coming from the public
onuses with jugs. I stopped a number I
of them and chatted with them, winning- ' B
cheir confidence and following some to. I
their homes by pretending I was in,J I
iearch of a charwoman to do houaeclean-; fl
ing and they telling me that their moth* fl
ers or grandmothers or big sisters did ,' B
that sort of work. * fl
Beer! Beer! Beer! Their homes.t fl
nnelled of it?reeked with it. 'Many of B
:he children themselves seemed saturated I
with it. . ,'MM
"Excuse me, ma'am. My little girl fl
jays you want a charwoman. Do' yon al- . B
low beer?" fy'J/j-fegfl
This from a young woman of perhaps.. fl
twenty-eight or thirty, with one baby in fl
aer arms, one hanging to her Ekirts and ''^ fl
the little tot with the pitcher near her. fl
spreading.' a bare table in the "front fl
room" with bread and cheese and beer fl
for the mid-morning refreshment that is fl
known as "levenses. - fl
"What do you mean by 'allowing , fl
beer?'" I asked. B
"Beer for levenses, dinner and sunper, fl
ma'am, while I'm doin' the 'ousework!'* . fl
"I do not allow beer,""I answered, look- ' fl
Ing her sharply in the face, "but I am' fl
willing to pay three shillings a day for. s. fl
food charwoman. That, you know, is
lixpence more' than the regular price."
'^Vell, ma'am, that bein' so, Lean moiV H
than provide mv own beer out of the ">fl
lextra sixpence! S
"No; I cannot agree to that. I neither
provide beer myseif nor allow my char- H
n'oraan to provide it. I find beer makes I
>ne sleepy and dazed, and when a serv- fl
int or charwoman has beer during the
iay she does not do the work so. rapidly, fl
ind she seems to get to knocking the. flj
food furniture about. But as I don't
fvant any one to think I keep back the H
jeer on account of the price 1 pay three
ihillings instead of two shillings sixpence
i day. The extra sixpence is exactly,
rwice the amount you would expect to H
>ay for the beer, you know."
The young woman drew herself up, af- H
Ser placing her baby on the table, put H
ler hands akimbo on her hips and said:f
'You won't suit me, ma'am. I refuse
jour situation!" M
Ai I walked away, feeling rather aroused
>ver over the failure of my attempt at
nissionary work, I hoard the woman say- .
ng to a neighbor who had just dropped: .
n: "There goes Laidy 'Ennery Somerset.
[ s'pose she thought I didn't reckognize
er temp'rance laiayahip!"
That put me in better humor, and Iv
aughed to myself, for I had never been ,
fiven reason to suspect that in the slightist
degree I resembled that noted temperance
reformer and brilliant woman,
jady Henry Somerset.
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Don't Let It Be Forgotten.
Wfe need scarcely remind you that the
iquor traffic, which is sought to be legal- j'
zed by the license section, is one that }
leeply concerns not only the honor of i
this great State, but also the material, J
noral and social interests of all the peo >1p.
There is not a home or hamlet in? j
she State that is beyond its influence. .
[te evils are widespread and far-reacbing.
Consider what the consequences will be
f the license section carries: First, we
irill legalize this great wron$, we will
five the sanction of the Constitution and
ihe laws of this great, free and intelligent
State to this most degrading-' and
uinous of all human pursuits, so that
:he men who are spreading ruin and
ieath may say to all protesters: "Stand
tside; my business has received the sacred
lanction of the law, and is therefore leeal
ind right." Can we afford thus legally,
(0 sanction a great wrong?
Second, by legalizing this traffic w?
tgree to share with the liquor seller the
esponsibilities and evils of his business.
* ?? "A?o Monrico Kprnmpi
l/Veiy man \> uu ?wto iwi ?
if necessity" a partner to the liauor
raffic and all its consequences.?Willam
McKinley, July 10, 1874.
Mu?t Have Sober Men.
The hard-headed, brainy master-minda
if the great railroad corporations know :
hat for the efficient service that means
noney making and success they must have
ober men! Therefore they demand and
o a very large degree have sobriety
,mons their employes.
The Crusade in Brief.
ITo^v many of the medical profession
io'd not oniv that alcohol is contra-indiaicd
as a therapeutic remedy in phthis?
ea! cases.
The State liquor license law of South
Dakota prohibits the sale of liquor to ha?
vin'ofrtr nf lnxo
icinp; liable for damages incurred by the
irunkurd while intoxicated.
That public houses are necessary is not
lenied, but that they cannot be mainained
without the profits of this vile
raflic is a false and misleading: assumpion.
Break un the -traffic and publiciousc
keeping, like every other business,
rill soon find its level.
We have men of the highest authority
i medicine and surgery who do not use
timulants in their practice.
Ex-Senator Merriman, of North Caroina,
6aye: "I have never meddled with
iquor. I have never drunk it, have hard<f
kept it as a medicine in my family, and
et it has meddled with me, lias made my
oy a wandering vagabond and has broken
;iy wuc a uirari; Hfl
Saloonists are objecting to the extension H|
f the rural free deliver; system. Taking DB
he farmer's mail to his door daily' ob- Bf|
iates the necessity of his coming to town
o often and hence, of cours?, "enjoying H|
he privilege" of visiting the booze disfjenary
as often as he otherwise could, with' BH
ut going especially for that purpose. Pubic-apirited
ieilowe these siloomsU arel. |B
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