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V The Queer Miss Egerton n. She Was Unintelligible to the Last. By EMMA MOREHOUSE J Miss Martin Egerton was a pejL culiar girl. She seldom did any, thing as any one else would do it j f and was always doing things in a , way that no one else would think j -J J _ H oi aomg mum. In the first place, Miss Egerton,! who was an orphan, inherited a large estate and came into possession of it when she was eighteen Tears old. The next most important thing about her was an inti- i mate friend. Before her mother's death, when she was .but twelve I years old, she had conceived a violent affection for Agnus Hart, who 1 was badly named, because she was not possessed of a heart at all. Mrs. Egerton died when Marcia ; was twenty, leaving her daughter her own mistress and in possession . of a large property. She took her friend Agnes to live with her and lavished upon her everything a girl could desire. Several young men, ?ach of whom would have liked to win Marcia either for herself or her fortune, declared that they were unable to separate her long enough from her girl friend to do sb. Marcia became interested in a young man ? Edwin Bond ? who found more opportunity to court than he availed himself of. He ad mired Marcia; but, having no fortune himself, he objected to being tied to a woman who possessed one. He was one of those young men who feel the zest of making a place for themselves in the world by their own efforts. Marcia, not making any headway with Edwin Bond, chose another lover, Cecil Baxter. Mr. Baxter was a frequent visitor at her house and divided his attentions between the two girls. His inclinations drew jpV s him rather toward Agnes than Marcia, but since Marcia possessed a fortune and Agnes was poor he accepted the encouragement of the former and proposed to her and was accepted. When a certain scheme of Marcia Egerton's was whispered about, all who heard it wondered at her infatuation for her bosom friend. On ' the ground that she did not feel that she would live long she made a will leaving half her estate to a charitable institution to be named for and in memory of her mother. The other half she divided between her lover and her bosom friend. Those who were observant noticed that Baxter's inclinations were rather toward his fiancee's friend than his fiancee. They also noticed that the friend, except when the fiancee was present, did not show any disposition to compel Mr. Bax, ter to reserve his especial attention for his betrothed. "Tv Meanwhile Marcia Egerton seemed to be slowly failing. Her physician advised her to visit other Iflndn. Since she couldn't verv well go alone it was suggested that she be married and travel with a man. But she replied that she did not propose to throw any such obloquy upon a husband as making a courier of him. Then it was announced that she would take her girl friend with her. The two friends one day in January sailed on a Mediterranean steamer for Egypt That is the last any one in America heard from them for several months; then one day Agnes returned, saying that she bad left Marcia starting for a trip through the Holy Land. She reported her friend very much improved in health and not at all averse to traveling alone. Agnes was tired of traveling and preferred to go home. As soon as Marcis learned this, which Agnes said she had tried to keep a secret, Marcia would not hear of her remaining abroad any longer. Since Agnes and Baiter were seen together a great deal after heT return critical persons said that Agnes had come home purposely to monopolize him. The case excited more talk than any social happening that had been discussed in the Slace for years. Every one wonered that Marcia Egerton should be so bliiid. By some she was blamed* for offering inducement for crime. Here were two lovers be tween whom she stood and who might be tempted to pnt her ont of the way that they might be united, each with considerable means, into possession of which they would come at her death. Then earrie a report that an American lady traveling in the Holy Land had been robbed and. murdered. The report was confirm- J ed, and the lady's name was given as Marcia Egerton. She had gone off on an excursion to a lonely place a Irith a single guide, where there | was something curious to see, andj he had returned to report that they ? had been set upon by thugs, the lady murdered and her money, including traveler's checks, taken, c He said that he had buried the a body at the place of the murder. f Baxter cabled and wrote to the ? United States consuls nearest the 1 scene of the tragedy asking for in- c formation. Nothing was adduced 1 except the statement of Miss Eger- c ton's guide, which was taken down i in writing and sworn to. After t waiting six months for the girl to < turn up, nothing having been heard from her, the will was admitted to s probate. t The evidence of the testator's a death being deficient, the case drag- c ged. Certain relatives who had 8 hoped to benefit by the will opposed 8 a settlement of the estate under the plea that there was not suffi-.j cient evidence that Miss Egerton i was dead. It was six months after the reported death that the chan- 8 eery court agreed to pay over to i beneficiaries the three parts into 8 which the estate was divided by the t will. 1 About this time the announce- i ment was made of the engagement t of Cecil Baxter and Agnes Hart. A ( statement went forth that Marcia * Egerton had had a presentiment 1 that she would be summarily cut off and had requested that in the event of her being ao that the lover was to * marry her friend. With angelic un- E selfishness she had provided in her ^ will for their comfort. * Baxter and Miss Hart were finally ^ able to count on a date when their 1 inheritance would be paid over to 1 them, and they arranged to be mar- . ried the day after receiving it. They 1 agreed that they would place a ' stained glass window in the church 1 they attended to the memory of the noble girl who had left each of them a comfortable fortune. The plan was laid, but the order for the ^ work was not to be given until their ^ property had been turned over to ( them. For a wedding trip they were , to go to the Holy Land to gather ^ information of the woman they lov- ( ed and, if possible, bring the body ^ home for burial. { une day tney received a notice ( from their attorney that the papers, in the case of their inheritance j would be executed the next morn- ( ing at 11 o'clock. They were all ^ packed to go away as soon as the ( marriage ceremony had been per-, , formed the day after coming into ( possession of their property. All ^ other matters, including the order for the memorial window, had re- j ceived attention. i On the appointed morning they ( called on their lawyer and were taken by him to the office where the' transfer was to be made. While1 they were sitting there two persons j j entered, one of whom especially they' j had not expected to see. They were' ] Edwin Bond and Marcia Eeerton.! i now Mrs. Bond. ! 1 There is no record of what wasj 1 said between the testator, who had t ] returned to life, and her expected i heirs. All that is known abont the : sequel to the meeting is that Mr. j Baxter and Miss Hart were never J j married. As to the memorial win- j j dow, it was not required. Many blamed Mrs. Bond for her ] action in deceiving her two friends, 1 especially for sroinir abroad and hir ing a Dative to report her murdered. How she made it up with Bond she never told, but it was known < that he went abroad while she was: 1 there and they were married there. ] It has been said at the beginning ] of this story that Miss Egerton was 1 a peculiar girl. What she meant 1 by her performance, at what point j she discovered the truth about Baxter and Agnes, she never told any one. She certainly went far out of her way to punish them, and punished them very severely. Whether they received more than they de- 1 served is a question. * 1 High Bridg*. High bridge, in New York, was completed in 1842 and at that time ( was considered one of the world's ] marvels of bridge building. It may ] be added that it still is looked upon , by bridge builders as a model of its j kind. This great stone bridge was j i :u x. i : ? ,Vi> il. , uuiib tu uruig naiu iulu we euj from the Croton river valley after the great dam was thrown across it forty miles above Manhattan. The aqueduct, cut part way through solid rock and part way continued by tunnel, had to be brought across the Harlem, and the solution of this engineering problem was in High bridge. Up Spake Little Apnea. "How well behaved your children \ are," said the minister's wife. j "They are perfectly lovely chil- | dren," added the minister. < The parents smiled proudly, and j up spoke little Agnes. ( "Pa said if we didn't behave \ while you were here he'd knock our t blocks off. didn't you, pa?"?New- \ ark Star. { COURTESY IN BUSINESS, i How Plucky 8olocman Tamed Merchant With a Grouoh. A salesman for a carpet house sailed on the proprietor of a big itore. This man had a reputation or eating salesmen alive. After everal unsuccessful attempts to see lis man the salesman decided to use Ipsnprate means to cret lo him. He ;new that the man must buv a bill >f goods, for he knew what stock lie vas earning and knew that he nust lay in a supply for the opening >f the season. In the afternoon he called at the tore and deliberately walked into lie owner's private office and placed i card on his desk. The storekeeper lid not look up from his papers for everal minutes. Then he turned lavagely on the salesman and said: "Who in. Sam Hill let you in? I eft orders to have you thrown out f you came again." With that lie threw the card savigely in the wnstebasket. The salesnan drew another from his picket tnd placed it on the desk where the irst had been. Without looking up Tom his work the buyer threw that n the wastebaaket. The salesman Iirew down two or three other :arda with the same result, and inally, almost purple with rage, the * ' I 1 V? nercnant lumea on mm: "Well, well, well, what is it ?" "I was just thinking," said the talesman, "that if every man your talesmen called on was such an infernal, ignorant, no account grouch is you are what cussed few orders iiey would book, and how quickly pou would go out of business. That's ill, sir, goodby." "Hold on there a minute," broke n the grouch in a much changed tone. "I guess I owe you an ipology. You're right. Let's see pour line." ' Plant* Which Liva In lea. Plants do not freeze to death in the early winter, but perish from thirst. The process is simple. The :old causes the withdrawal of the tvater from the cells of the plants, forming ice crystals outside the ;ells. The frost, cooling and contracting the surface, acts as a sort af pump, and as soon as the cell is jmptied of its life giving fluid the plant dies. The truth of this the jry has been proved by numerous jareful experiments. Great variation was found in the amount of jold necessary to cause the death of regetation. Some plants dry out quickly and are killed before the freezing point is reached. Many plants will survive zero weather, ind some die only at 20 degrees below. Certain vegetable growths never freeze. Flying Fiah. Flying fish swim in shoals varying in number from a dozen to a iiundred or more. They often leave the water at once, darting through the air in the same direction lor 200 yards or more, and then descend to the water quickly, rising again and then renewing their flight. Sometimes the dolphin may be seen in rapid pursuit, taking great leaps out of the water and rafnincr nnnn hifl nrftV. which take ! 5" e "rv"" ? t" ^ shorter and shorter flights, vainly trying to escape, until they sink exhausted. Sometimes the larger sea birds catch flying flsh in the air. Zulu Minstrelsy. A Zulu who feels able and inclined to "make" a 6ong begins composing one or more sentences ap? propriate to some event or sentiment that appeals to his mind and heart He hums these sentences to himself and goes on to change or improve the air until it pleases him. [f he meets a friend he rehearses the song and invites criticism of his lonroosition. The friend perhaps suggests some improvement in irords or air or adds another sentence. In this way a song is passed an and may ultimately become the property of the tribe. Homeopathy. Homeopathy is a theory of medicine promulgated by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) of Leiprig in 1810. It asserts that any disease should be treated by medicines In minute doses that would produce In a healthy patient symptoms similar to those manifested Dy the dissase requiring treatment This is the principle of "like diseases are cured by like remedies" (Latin, umua BimillL'UB L'UlkJJkUl j M1U ID based on the theory that two similarly diseased conditions cannot rabaist in the same organ at the tame time. Clasp Tails as Thay Pass. Among the peculiarly tailed fishes :he sea horses are alone in having the tail prehensile. With it they mchor themselves to seaweed and )ther things in strong currents, for ;hey are poor swimmers. As two >f these interesting creatures meet they may clasp tails for a moment ma then pass on as if they had rished each other well.?London Spectator. BEATING THE DROUGHT. towpunchvra In Australia Hava a Hard Row to Hot. The average size of pastoral holdings in the northern territory ol Australia is 275,000 acres. In \Vesl Australia 100 people own togethei 40,000,000 acres, and Fraser speaks of a Queensland "cattle king" whc held 60,00o >qur. e i li'es?an area nearly as large as all New England Two, three or even five months may be required to drive cattle to the nearest port or railroad. Unless the season is favorable it cannol be done at all, for feed and watei are lacking along the tracks. Herds of cattle started on the long drive may be greatly depleted by starvation and thirst, the remnant reach ing their destination only fit foi "boiling down." Stock routes are laid out and tended as carefully as wagon road? or railways. They head for the principal markets or for the end? of railroads which extend into the arid belt and wind across the country, taking advantage of all knowr water supplies. Streams, springs billabongs and gnamma holes are used, regardless of the quality oi the water, for almost any liquid is acceptable in the desert. When the distances between watering places are too great or area* of feed are beyond the reach of water, artificial supplies are provided and kept under surveillance. Ii places wells are dug; elsewhere reservoirs and tanks designed to collecl storm water of infrequent rains are constructed. Many of these are built below the surface and covered to check evaporation. Where othei means fail, skeleton buildings with large roof area are constructed tc conserve rainwater.?National Geographic Magazine. A Gravi Diacuaaion. The late Joseph Jefferson and his sister, Mrs. Cornelia Jackson, were standing one day at a studic window on Beacon street, Boston, overlooking the Old Granary burying ground They had been discussing the famous persons whose graves were spread below them, t when breaking a short interval of silence Jefferson said in the most mournful of tones, "Connie, my dear, thai is the best place for me, after all." With a horrified expression or her face^ as her brother always avoided grewsome subjects, she asked, "What do you mean, Joe?" With * twinkle in his eye the actor remarked blandly, "I said 'after all/ Connie." In a flash his sister retorted, "No Joe, dear, that's no place ior yon There are too many deadheadf there/' Music of the Drum. All musical authorities have agreed that when used in a propel way the drum is thoroughly musical The common 6nare or side drum ii freely used in musical composition A large number of drummers per forming simultaneously out of doors produce good music. In this connection Berlioz, the composer pointed out that a sound that vac insignificant when heard singly, such as the clink of one or twc muskets at shoulder arms or the thud as the butt comes to the ground at ground arms, become* brilliant and attractive if performed by a thousand men together. Chinas* Nomads. In the plains on the western borders of the Chinese empire, in the heart of Asia, there live roaming tribes who seldom visit towns except for trade. They dwell in tent* made of felt and usually low, small and conical. The wooden dooi frame is no higher than half a window frame in English houses, bul Uie ICIil, BIUIUU^U UU? nfUlM tvr W1V wants of a large family, is snug and comfortable in summer, but cold in winter.?London Graphic. Singing Contests In Norway. Some of the songs of Norway consist of hundreds of four line verses, which must surely be a hard test to the memory of the singers. Sometimes two singers will have a duet in such a song, singing verse after verse alternately. He whose memory or, in default of memory, invention fails him first is loser.? From "Norway," by Nico Jungman. Th?y Likad Silence Carlyle, as every one knows, was a great smoker. The story is familiar?it may be true?that one evening he and Tennyson sat in solemn silence smoking for hours, one on each side of the fireplaeef and that when the visitor rose to go Carlyle, as he bade him good night, said, "Man, Alfred. I hae had a graund nicht; come again soon." Worse Still. Raggsey?Hpv! You won't get nothin' worth eatin' in dat place. Dev's vegetarians. Flungrx lli?rHn?*?Is dat right? Rnggitoi veli. an' (ley got er dog wot " '*) Boston Evening Tran-rrpi i JkHelpsiy There can be no doubt ill as to the merit of Cardui, I I the woman's tonic, in * the treatment of many IB troubles peculiar to vfl women. 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