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ANNETTE. Annette Vernon turned a look of In dignant reproach upon the calm and noble face of her companion. "For shame! Philip, yon are jealous of Oscar Darwin-envious of his many graces of mind and person! I did not think you capable of anything so un worthy of yourself, of mer ."You are wrong, Annette. I cannot be envious of a man like Oscar Dar win, however outwardly attractive he may be, and If I am jealous it ls of .yonr peace of miad, your good name." "Indeed!" was the sarcastic rejoin der. "You are very kind! I did not know that either was In danger!" "So kind that I risk your 'displeasure to give you this warning. ? repeat lt Mr. Darwin ls not dealing honestly by yon. If he was he would have told you of his engagement to Miss Bart, a lady in Stamford." Annette tamed sharply upon the speaker. "Who told you that he was engag ed?" "The lady's father. He ls very wealthy, and she his only child." Annette was too proud to show the pain and dismay at her heart "As Mr. Darwin has never spoken io me of love, I fail to see the criminality you seem to attach to his conduct" Philip looked greatly relieved at this assurance. "I am glad to know that he has some spark of honor in his heart Still, if he has not spoken love he has acted it If his tongue has been silent his eyes have not" The two remained silent for some moments. Both pride and anger were visible in Annette's face, burning all the more fiercely because she could not deny the assertion. Phillp gazed long and sorrowfully upon that averted face. "And lt ls for such a mon os this that you have rejected the heart that has loved yon so long and faithfully! But I will not reproach you. Remem ber this: As yon have been my first love, so you shall be my last; that if yon should ever regret your decision a word will bring jne back to you." The following evening Annette and Oscar Darwin stood beneath the clus tering vines that clambered over the porch of her father's door. "I love you, Annette!" That low, thrilling tone, so mourn fully tender,, awoke an Involuntary response In Annette's heart The wann blood flashed np to the temples and then receded, leaving the face paler than before. "You have no right to say that to me, Mr. Darwin." * . "I know it And yet-I love you, Annette." Oscar Darwin was a consummate actor, a man whose vanity was in satiable. Piqued by Annette's apparent indif ference, he bent every effort to extort some token from her of his power over her heart and without commit ting himself. "Ah, If I were only free!" he sighed. "And yet If I were I do not know that my love would have power to wake any response In your heart" Annette looked steadily into the face of the speaker. The witchery that his peculiar fascia nation of manner had throwr senses was fast abling "her to^ acter of JAt? knowledge auspices, you migJPHIvTbeen mine could not be other than a most precious assurance." '1 cannot give you that consolation." "Then you do not love me, Annette?" An Indignant flash broke from those uplifted eyes. "Do you Imagine me so base or yet so weak os to love the afilan ced hus band of another:" "But If I were free, Annette," per sisted Darwin, "what would your an swer be then?' "The same as tonight-that I do not love you, Mr. Darwin." As ls often the case, the prise that he thought was his to take or to leave rose in value as lt receded from his grasp. "Listen to me, Annette. I will break my engagement with Miss Burt- for your sake. What better proof can 1 give you of my sincerity than this?" "What better proof can you give me of your fickleness and perfidy? What reason have I to suppose that you will %Q more faithful to me than to her? My answer ls the same now as be fore." As Oscar Darwin passed down one path toward the road Phillp Jarvis came up by another to the porch, where Annette was still standing. "Mr. Darwin has been here, Philip." Philip turned a searching look upon that sweet thoughtful face. "I thought I obtained a glimpse of bim as I came up." '1 found out two things while he was here." "What were-they?" "One is that I do not love him." There was something in Annette's face that made Philip's heart beat fast "And the other?' "Bend your head lower, Phillp, so that I can whisper in your ear," was .the low and tremulous reply. Philip bent his head until tbe lips, al most touched his cheek that murmured softly: "That I love you!" [_ Th? Genius. 1 Mark Twain said of genius at a New York banquet: "A genius, os on old lady In Hanni bal once explained to rue, Is a mon ?what knows more'n he can find oat and spills vittels on his clothes." KILLTME COUCH ?NO CURE THE LUNGS *T Dr. King's New Discovery F0RC8i&HS ?i AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY OK HONEY REFUNDED. r'of .fc? Always a Sailor. Duri?ig J ; ra in's Grst term his secre tary ?if i \?* pavy'. Korie, for a time turned Cw actual administration over to Adi:>irai rotter Admiral Porter was a sa ?UT ia I lip strit t etymological sense ??f tue tenn in that-he believed there was uotliing like sails. As soon as be was in authority be caused the four bladed propellers of the vessels to be removed and replaced by two bladed ones in order that the ships might maneuver better under sail. The inefficiency thereby brought about is, ot course, apparent to any engineer, a ? the size of the propeller opening was fixed and the two bladed screw could j not be made large enough. A few years later In a report to the department he actually claimed that the vessels were faster under steam with the mutilated screws. The facts, of eourse. were just the reverse, and when bis Influence be came less proper propellers were again fitted. This was when he was still in his prime and his judgment was. at least, not impaired by age. About twenty years later, when the Roach cruisers were being built, the dear old man, then over seventy, went before thc naval committee and said that the plans of these vessels were wrong be cause they had only auxiliary sail power. In his judgment they should have been given full sall power with steam as an auxiliary. He was still a sailor! The world had not moved for him.-Engineering Magazine. The Desert Tortoise. One of the most interesting reptiles ut California's great desert ls the des ert tortoise. A writer in Suburban Life says: "I have found as many as twenty of these hard shelled fellows that we usually associate in our minds with the thought of water in the very heart of the desert, where the water was exceedingly scarce. Yet when you pict them up they generally void two or three large spoonfuls of liquid. Dis section shows that they each have two large water sacks on the back, and these afford them their water supply. They are great travelers and can walk faster than we should Imagine. They are also good climbers. I have watch ed one for hours climbing up and down the rocky sides of a desert mountain. He could wriggle himself up to a rock almost as high as he was long. Raising himself on bis tail end, he would use his head as a hook, then claw with his right leg until it had secured a good bold. theu. with what seemed to me extraordinary strength, he would lift himself up and wiggle his body into a secure posi tion." The Wise Eskimos. Everything in the Eskimo dress bas, a reason for its existence, writes Cap tain Roald Amundsen in "The North west Passage." The members of Cap tain Amundsen's expeditions bad be-, come accustomed to the Eskimo dress and bad adopted it. but many of them thought it. ridiculous for grown up men to go about wearing fringe to their clothes, so they cut lt off. I had my scruples about this, says the is amply prepa their preparation Fancy ? In Edgefield, from Beautiful PE Very large assor mouldings to f ram Fresh Nuts, F Fruit Oak quantity dei Alic MINCE M Flavc Large Shipment fi aafhor, as" Iliad already learned that most things In the Eskimo's clothing and other arrangements had their dis tinct meaning and purpose, so I kept my fringe and put up with the ridi cule. He laughs best who laughs last One fine day the anoraks, a sort of tunic reaching below the knee, made of deerskin, from which the fringes had been cut off, commenced to curl up, and if the-fringe had not been'put on again quickly they would soon .have looked like neckties. Only a Letter Out '.Talk about scholards," said the proud Sam Smith. "Listen to my lit tle lad talk about grammar. Tommy, what gender ls thy fayther?" "Masculine," said the learned Tom my. "Bean't lt wonnerful!" said the proud father. "And thy mither, Tom my?" "Feminine." replied the erudite Ju venile, v "Hear that agen!" cried the delight ed father. "An", noo, Tommy," he proceeded, picking up the family tea pot, "what gender is this?" "Neuter." said Tommy. Sam's face fell. "Well, well," be exclaimed, "it's allus the way. Still, not but what the little lad was far oot. He only said neuter 'stead of pewter, ibat's a'!"-London Tit-Bits. Resentment. An old toper, being very bard up, went into his favorite bar and asked the publican for a glass "on tick." "No," said the proprietor. "I won't give you whisky on credit, but there's a sixpence. Now. what do you want?" "Nothing here." replied the tippler, lifting the coin and putting lt in his pocket "The man who refuses me credit won't get my ready cash," and with an elevated nose he marched out at the door.-London Telegraph. Knew All About George. "Do you know, my daughter, that every name means something? For in stance. Charles means brave. William resolute. George" "Oh. I know what George, means, mother." "Well, what ls it?" "George means business. He told tn? so last night."-Chicago Inter Ocean Apt Pupil. Friend-You took your son into your establishment some months ago to teach him the business, I understand. How did it turn out? Business? Man "(wearily)-Great suc cess! He's teaching me now. A cross man would be worth at least a dollar a day more If he would become /??od natured.-Atchison Globe. When a man likes to see how near the edge he caa walk without falling over, there is only one thiug that will cure him-falling over. - Atchlsi Globe. 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David Starr Jordan. its patrons in festive season. mas gifts. ?t Grade full supply of them in at once. and Fire The Frrnrlir^jg * nn' 1 1 III III mri f on. u nervous little renehm?n brushed against a pretty trifle of vase ware valued ut'about $14 and succeeded in getting several score more pieces out of it tbau had gone into its making. Tho floorwalker led the abashed Parislau aside and politely explained that the broken vase must be paid for. Monsieur fetched a handful of small silver and copper, mostly foreign, from his pocket when he was told the value of the trifle. "Mon Dieu," cried the Parisian, "70 francs!" At this he took out his bill book and discovered a fifty dollar ex press draft, which the floorwalker In stantly seized upon, to the unspeak able horror of its owner. After deducting the value of the vase the former handed the man his change and dismissed him with a floor walker's blessing. The express draft reached the bank in due time, with four others as fraudulent, but the vol atile little Frenchman had departed southward with thc swallows.-Bohe mian Magazine. the admission of M. Rostand to rb French academy the .author of ..Cyrano" and -?."Alglon" gave a breakfast to a few of bis friends, the guest of honor being Mino. Bernhardt. Thc actress was dressed in a handsome gown, which had been made expressly for the occasion. At the end of Ihe breakfast she arose and in an Impressive manner took a glass, held lt high and said, "I drink to the greatest of French dramatists, M. Ro stand, and 1 drink after the Greek manner.'" She then poured the con tents of her glass over her head and gown. Two of Rostand's small sous were sitting at a side table wearing new velvet suits, also made for the occa sion. lu the silence which followed Bernhard's dramatic tribute the elder of the boys arose and. imitating her manner, sajd. vi drink to thc greatest of poets, my papa, aud I also drink in the Greek fashion !" and straightway deluged himself and his small brother with tho contents of his glass. A Scene Not In a Play. An extraordinary scene took place in the Princess' theater. London, on the night of the first production of Charles Reade's great play, "Never Too Late to Mend," Oct. 4, 1865. During the prison scene a large quantity of water was thrown over Miss Moore, who took Hie part of Josephs, the character done to deatli by the warders. One of the critics, Mr. Tomliu of the Morning Ad vertiser, rose from his seat and pnbx Hely protested against the unnecessary cruelty, luis aroused almost a riot amoug the audience, and the action of the play was stopped for some con siderable time. Fuel was added to the fire by George Vining, the lessee of the theater, who was playing the part of Tom Robluson and who made a most imprudent speech, in which he prac tically insulted every critic present, . with the result that the theater was left severely alone by the press for many months. The play, however, turned out to be a popular success and had, for those days, the phenom enal run of 140 performances. A Splendid Exhibit of High Grade :e m any Furnishings ?. A Wonderful Exhibit that fills up our Entire Second Floorf and we would bej ipleased to have an opportunity to show you these goods, whether )rou buy 01 }not. We enumerate this stock partially to give you an idea. 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