I THE proper preparation, j
' Despite Her Tender Years She Knew
I the Preliminaries.
- William O'Brien, in his newly
published "Recollections," tells this
1 etory of Dr. Coke, the archbishop of
I Cashel: "Once on one of his ezami1
nations of the children for confirmsI
tlon, the archbishop pat to a little
I girl the question from the catechism:
"What Is the preparation for matrlf
mony?' The little one blushed and
giggled and put the corner of her
J bib In her mouth by way of answer.
Tho question was repeated. 'Oh,
sure.your lordship knows it yourself.'
was the timid reply. 'Yes, but you
must tell me. my child. What Is tho
preparation for matrimony?' 'Well,
my lord, a little courting, of oourse,'
at last came the reluctant answer
from amid a rosary of blushes."
' How, Indeed.
They had not been married very
long, and that complete blissful trust
Which young husbands and wives
| r have In each other had not yet been
|| bfi&en. But one morning wlfie
V meekly remarked:
I MI mended the hole In your trouaere
pocket last night after you had
gone to bed, John dear. Now, am I
not a thoughtful little wife?"
Husband (dubiously)?Well?or
?ye-es. yon are thoughtful enough,
my dear. But how tho mischief did
you discover thero was a hole in my
pocket??Judge.
Tho Food Question.
"I must compliment you on the
remarkable llghtnoos of your bread,"
said the woman customer.
"Thank you," rejoined the baker.
"It Is my aim to turn out tho lightest
bread In the city."
"Yog," continued tho v/oman customer,
"and If you get It much lighter
It will take two of your pound loaves
to weigh sixteen ounces."?Answora.
Boarding-House Repartee.
The literary boardor was perusing
the advertising columns of an agricultural
paper.
"Hero's on advertisement of a new
device for feeding hoga." ho remarked.
T# It Inn't ? ? M ?
??. a* ?ou ft WW VU, lUiiU
the Landlady, "I'll buy one."
And not one of the boarders
grinned.
B' Another Reformer.
Stella?So you are really going to
marry old Mllyuns. I had no idoa
you were mercenary.
Maude?I'm not. I a?n going to
marry him to reform him.
Stella?Reform him! I didn't
know he had any bad habits.
Maude?Tea, he has one. His
friends say he Is miserly.
i Up to Date.
Floor Walker?Do you wish to do
bo me shopping at the bargain counters?
; Mrs. NosAllles?Yes, my husband
and I camo to boo?
Floor Walker?Take your bushand
to tho smoking room, madam,
^ olid the attendant will give you a
cliock for him.?Cleveland header.
I I
91s Conquering Career.
woudor what has become of
Aahum, who used to ploy center
I *-fn the college eleven yoars ago. I re
member him as one of the greatest
ground gainers I over saw."
I "He is yet. He went Into the real
I estate business, and now ho owns a
whole suburb."?Chicago Tribune.
P' She WuS Wl.se.
W j Rownds?Of course It was buslD
. nose that retained mo lust ninht.
IV Mrs. Rownds?Yes.
Rownds ? Yes. You know I
> wouldn't deceive you.
Mrs. Kownds?No, Ooorge. j-ou
wouldn't deccivo mo, no matter '
what you aald.?Modern Society.
Mo Chance for the Jury.
"Oontlemen of the Jury," queried
tho clerk of tho court, "have you
fully agreed to disagree?"
VWo have," answered the foreman
"The lawyers have bungled the caao
up so that we don't know any more
about It than thoy do!"?Illustrated i
Bits. 1
? ,
Up Against It.
"So your old bachelor frlond really
decided to get marled?
"Yes, and he says, now that ho has i
taken the leap, he Is going to stft
married life to the bottom." 1
"And has he started?"
"Yes. tho first day they returned ]
from tho honeymoon his wlfo started
ntm strung ashes." I
,
A Chilly Turndown. (
Meek?I stay, old chap, I'm In |
shocking bad luck. I want money ]
badly, and I haven't the least ldoa
where I can get it. I
Reek?Well, I'm glad to hoar that. <
t I thought perhaps you had an idea j
I you oould borrow from me.?Detroit ,
f Phjulcal Ihiflrnco. i
I "Do you know," said a Sunday
S school teacher, addressing n ut>w pu- ]
| pil in the Infnnt class, "that you j
L have a soul?" (
K "Courso I do," replied the little j
fellow, plncing hia hand over his ^
Uoart, "I can feel It tick." ; \
\ Clara?I was so confused that I t
B JRon't remember Jnat how much he j
B \ Maud?Whatl with the thine coB
hg on right undor your jiooo^---ldfo.
\ in lioon. t
B Vover?There's another shooting
B yLovoy, I claim another kiss.
B \yey ? Now, John, you atop!
B y> ringing in aimhtps.?Judge. l
K 'or Polk Miller and
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THE SECRET | f
The story ended, Mrs. Cameron
laid aside hor book and assumed a
position of careless repose. A smile
played about the oorners of her
mouth, and the whole expression of
her face showed that she was a truly
h'voy and contented wife. The merry
crackle of the logs In the fireplace
was a fitting accompaniment to her
day-dreams. This harmony, how
viw, wwt >uuu inuorrupioa oy a prolonged
sound, as of loosening boards. '
Quickly turning on tlie light, and 1
following with her eye the direction
of the uolao, she discovered that her 1
husband's writing desk, which
stood closo to the fireplace, was
becoming disjointed. Fully under- 1
standing In this Incident the plilloso- J
phy of heat, she was not frightened *
or surprised, when a moment later,
the side of the desk nearest the fire c
fell to the floor.
One article only dropped from the 1
desk?*-n photograph. Picking it up, ?
much to hor surprise she reoognlaed *
the features of her old school chum, 11
Nellie Vincent, an orphan, residing *
with her aunt In a distant State. 1
"How came Nellie's photograph
In my husband's possession?w sho
thought. "Can tbore bo a secret attachment
between them?" D
Just then well-known steps were 1
heard Ln tho hall, and the troubled ?
woman had only time to put the
photograph back Into the desk and
smooth her ruffled hair when hor c
husband entered the room.
"I have an appointment down "
town this evening," he presently
laid. "I am very sorry, dear, but we ^
shall bavo to-morrow evening to- c
gother.w a
"Very well, Richard. I will tell ?
Jennie to prepare supper Immediatelv."
KJ1 ifi Mm On morrvn no aVa 1a## I
the room.
Mr. Camoron in the library. Boon
discovered his broken desk, and at *,
once sot about repairing the damage.
His movements caused the photograph
to drop from Its insecure posl- 1
tlon, and, glancing at It, his face
fluehod with annoyance. |
"Nellie's picture! What If Isabel
haB seen It?"
Just then hla wife's footsteps were
hoard and he hastily (dipped the
photograph Into his pocket
A month later she had decided
upon her course of notion, and at the
table, one evening, she disclosed her
plans to her husband.
"You see, Richard, I hare not seen
my sister Kate slnoe Just before we
were married. That was two years
sow, and I should like very much tc
visit her. Do you think I might go
?well, say by the first of next
week?"
"Certainly; go by all moans, dear, le
It will do both you and Kate a world hi
of good to see each other again. as
Now, Icabel doar, of course I
shall be a little lonely at first, but 1 al
shall bcoc beoome reconciled to my It
bachelor life; so make a long visit.
Knjoy yourself to the fullest oxtont,
and get a little color into that pale
face of yours." hi
One day, after she had been away tt
about five weeks, her husband's cc
usual letter came. She eacorlv
It, and finished with a sigh. o!
"Well, Isabel," said hor sister, if
entering the room and noticing the I
open letter, "Richard hasn't col- m
lapsed under the m&ld's culinary efforts,
I hopeT"
"No?but, Kato dear, I must go
home. Some of our well meaning bs
but rothor hnaty club friends have y<
planned for a celebration of our ai
marriage anniversary one week from th
to-day, so of course I must return h<
homo not later than the day after tomorrow.
That is quite a long time." m
One evening a week later, the ?
pretty parlor of the Camerons was
thronged with guests. Among them
moved the hostess, cordial, animated,
beautiful, with a smile not loss m
enchanting than that which had
lighted her lovely face as a happy w
bride just two short years before.
How could any one guess of the pr
nchlng heart boneath the mask?
On a table in a corner of the 11- cn
brary were arrayed a host of gifts of ot
which Mrs. Cameron had soemed oblivious.
Her eye caught sight of a framod
picture, which Rhe rnrlnnolv v*)
Lho light. Bho uttered a low ex- j or
tarnation, for again nho was looking |
Into the eyes of the girl who had of
ruined her home. ar
"Don't you like the crayon, Ian- j 81
t>el? I thought It wea a very gcod 08
popy oif Nelllo's photograph taken
for yon espoclally. She will bo disappointed
if It falls to please you,
tor aho sent It to me with the ex- *r'
proas wish that none but the best ar- *a
tlst In the city should copy It." Bt'
Tho guests, the presents, ovon m
Nellie Vincent's picture, wore forgot- 00
;on for tho moment. Two great tears ot
ihone In Isabel's eyes, and throwing CQ
ior arms about her husband's nock *>1
the kissed him Impulsively, much to
lis surprise and rather to his confuilon,
for bis proud wife was not apt
o be demonstrative before the pub- *n
la BU
. so
?
Asked and Answered.
The Maid?What Is love? I J*1
The Bachelor?Love Is tho pre-t
udo to matrimony.
Tho Mnld?And what la matri- .
nony? , br
Tho Bachelor?The prolude to all- p
nony. ?
his Famous "Old Sdutt
> v M; -
v..J *a - ': j' ' ;
V:*
THEY HAP NOT MET.
Which Seemed Rather Surprising
Under the Circumstances.
When P. T. B&rnum was at the
bead of his "great moral show" it
was his rule to send complimentary i
tlokets to clergymen, and the cue- j
Loin Is continued to this day. Not '
long after the Reverend Doctor j
Walker succeeded to the pastorate of j
Lhe Reverend Doctor Hawkes in I
Hartford, there came to the parson- 1
igo, addressed to Doctor Hawkes,
Llckets for the circus, with the compliments
of the famous showman.
Dootor Walker studied the tickets
'or a moment, and then remarked:
'Doctor Hawkes Is dead, and Mr.
3arnum Is dead; evidently thoy have
lot met."
Nature's Frst Law.
"If* 70a please/' announced the
p-lmy little person who had just
'apped at the door, "mother wants to
mow If you will kindly lend her your
>reservlng kettle!"
"Well," sold tho lady of the house j
lublously, "I would do so with
>leasure, but the lost time I obliged '
'our mother she preserved It so efectlvely
that I haven't seen It Blnce."
A look of extreme hauteur passed
>ver the maiden's countenance.
"Very well," she said. "There's
to need to be nasty about It. The
ild thing was full of holes when we
torrowed It, and mother wouldn't
tave troubled to ask you again, only
re see'd you bringing home a now
tin.?Tit-Blta.
Man's Idea of Vanity.
Dashley (at a reception)?It gives
ae pain to see these girls gaze at
bemselves In the mirror. Just to
lake sure their appearance Is catohag.
What vanity.
Ashley?Quite right, old boy. Vain
reatures! By the way, your tlo Is a
ttle one aided. Allow me to adjust
Dashley?Great heavens, man!
/as It In that shape when I was
hatting with Miss Sterling! What
fool I was I didn't look myself
ver J?Answers.
Did All lie Gould Do.
Editor?You Eay you wrlto for the
lading magazines? I don't think I
sive over aeon anything of youra In
ay of them!
Scribbler?Well, I writo for them
1 the same. If they don't publish It,
% not my fault,
A Case for the Lawyer.
Swell (writing to hiB tailor, who
is applied for the sixtieth time for
le settlement of a lonK-Btnadlmr ac
>unt):
"Sir?In regard to the settlement
' your bill, I beg to Inform you that,
you worry me about It any more,
shall place the case In the hands of
y solicitor."?Tit-Bits.
Preposterous.
Magistrate (to prisoner) ? You
iy that you took the ham because
>u are out of work and your family
e starving. And yet I understand
iat you have four dogs about the
>use.
Prisoner?Yes; but I wouldn't ask '
y family to eat dogs, yer wusship.
-Plck-Me-Up.
What's In a Name.
Fogg?I heard a pretty compll- j
ent paid you the other day.
Mrs. Passy?Indeed! May I ask
hat It was-?
Fogg?I heard some one say how
etty you used to be. j
Mrs. Passy?Unod to be! Do you
.11 that a compliment? I call It an
iltuary notice.?Judy.
Immaterial.
Barber (with apologetio cough) ?
hlch side shall I part your hair
i?
Customer (with no hair to speak i
)?The middle will do as well as
lywhere. It's about six on one sldo
id half a dozen on the other.?Chlgo
Tribune.
^ ^ m
vuuunnra.
The safe which was recently stolon !
oin Haxell's Hotel was discovered
Bt week In a lonely Bpot on Wnnead
Plata, but lta contents, estlated
at ?23, woro missing. This
nflrmed the polloo theory that the
tject of the theft was to obtain the
intents of the snfo. ? London
inch.
Dressing a Lit Mode.
He?Honest, now, when you're gog
to some swell event do you ever
ccoed In dressing to pleaao yourIf?
She?Oh, yea. I can always tell
ion I'm dressed perfectly; I'm utrly
exhausted.?Brooklyn Life.
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"Thoy. say Dr. Jones ia a fine
idgo player."
"No wonder! He's a dentiat."?
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Traveler?I thought you said
you had no factoriesJn this sec*
I ttftw ' ' " : _i : 1
Westerner?Haven't.
"What's that big cbirmey over
there?"
"That ain't no chimney. That's
my well. Cyclone turned 'er inside
out."?Cleveland Leader.
The Prehensile Faculty.
Man on Commission?Isn't it a
shame for a man to accept flOO,000
a year merely for the use of
bis hame as president of .a great
corporation?
Man on Fixed Salary?No; that
isn't so bad?if he'd only be satisfied
with that.?Chicago Tribune.
:
Off Her Mind.
Shade of Romeo?See, Jule!
Your former residence has been
sold at auction and bought by the
city of Verona.
Shade of Juliet?Thank heaven!
I've lost much sleep fearing it
would some day be a Coney Island
attraction.?Puck.
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