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T' j 8 By FREDE1 Author of J Copyright. 1905. by the B I As she disappeared, without one backwnrtl glance, the duke gazed quick* ly toward the spot where Jacqueline had been standing, lie remembered the young girl had heard his story. lie had caught her eves unon him wiiu? he wna telling It. Very (loop, serious. | judicial, they seemed. Were they weighing his past Infatuation for the princess, holding the scales to his * nets? Swiftly lie turned to her now, but she had mulshed. Save for rough nurses, companions In arms, moving I here and there among the wounded, j he and the emperor stood alone. In the bushes a bird which had left a nest of fledgelings returned and caroled among the houghs, a clarifying melody He lonkal at that fair painted newblancc. nfter the mad passions of the day. The older man noted the direction of the duke's glance, the yellow ribbon 011 his arm. "So it was a Jestress, not n princess, you found, thou dreamer." be said, half Ironically, , , . "The daughter of the constable of Dubrois, sire," was the reply. The emperor nodded. "The family colors hove chunged." he observed dryly. "With foriune, sire." "Truly." said Charles, "fortune is a Jestress. She had like to play 011 us this day. But your fever'/" lie added abruptly, setting his horse's head toward camp. "Is gone, sire," answered the duke, riding by his side. "And your injuries?" "Were so slight they are forgotten." "Then is the breath of battle better medicine than nostrum or salve. In youth, 'tis the sword point; in age, turn we to tho hilt cross. But thin maid?have you won her?" Tito VAIintr mon nhnnirn/1 onlne B\\rAn her, Hire?" he replied. "Thnt I know not. No word hns passed " "No word," *iid the emperor doubtIngly. "A knight errant and a castle less maid!" The duke vouchsafed no answer. "Humph!" added Charles. "Thus do ?S, our plans come to naught. If you got her and wore her, what end would he served?" "No end of state, perhaps, sire." "Why," observed the monarch, "the stnte and the faith?what else is there? But go your way. How smooth it may be no innn mn tell." "Is the road like to be rougher than It has been, sire?" "The jpald belongs to France," answered diaries, "^ud France belongs fto the king?*-., ^ "The hingC exclaimed the duke fiercely. Involuntarily 'had they drawn rein In the shade of a tiny thicket overlooking the vallcv. Even from this slight exercise, bowed and weary appeared , the emperor's form. The hand which controlled his steed trembled, but the' lines of his face spoke of unwenkened sinew of spirit, the Iron grip of a will Othat only death might loosen. "The king!" repeated the young man. "He Is no king of mine nor hers. To you, sire, only I owe allegiance or my life, at your need." A gentler expression softened the emperor's features as a gleam of sunshine forces itself Into the somherest forest depths. * "We have had our need," he said, noi long since. tus jinnee swept he outlook below. "Heaven watches over monorclis." ho added, turning a keen, satirical look on the other, "lint through the vigilance of our earthly servitors." The duke's response was Interrupted by the appearance below of a horseman, covered with dust, riding toward them and urging his weary steed up the incline with spur and voice. Deliberately the monarch surveyed the new|u comer. ^ . "What make you of yonder fellow?" he said. "He Is not of the guard nor Of the pretender's following." "His housings are the color of France, By sirs." "Then can I make a shrewd guess of his purpose," observed the monarch. \ As he spoke the horseman drew near^ er and a moment later had stopped before-the ouiperor. - ^ the Rose RIC S. ISHAM, "The Strollers" I OWEN-MERRILL COMPANY j "A f.:css:;: o n-.iu mo King. sire: exclaimed the man. dismounting anil kneeling t-j present a formidable lookup document, with a great disk of lead ihrov.gh which a sillum string was Ira ivn. Freaking the seal, the emperor opened (lie missive. "It Is wo'.l." l:e said at length. folding the parchment. "The Uiny; was even on his way to the chateau to await our coming when lie met faille".to and received oar communication. C3o you to the camp"? to the messenger?"where we shall presently return." And as the man rode away. "The king he.?s wo will continue our journey at our leisure," he added, "and announces lie will receive us at the chateau." "And have I your permission to return to Frlcdwald, sire?" asked the other in a low voice. "Alone?" "Nay; I would conduct the constable's daughter there to safety." "And thus needlessly court Francis* resentment? Not yet." The young man said no word, but his face hardened. "Tut!" said the emperor dryly, although not unkindly. "Where's fealty now? Fine words, line words! A slender chit of a mahl, forsooth, without lands, without dowry, with naught save herself." "Is she not enough, sire?" "Francis Is more easily disarmed In his own castle by his own hospitality lio n l?. ? l i M - ' uiiiu hi mu uuint'uciu, oi)servea Charles, without replying to this question. "In tiehl have we conquered him; In palace liath ho conquered himself and our friendship. Therefore will you and the maid return in our train to the king's court." '* "At your order, sire." But the young man's voice was cold. CHAPTER XXVIII. mnUS it befell that both Robert of Fried w a Id and Jacqueline JPS?jSr3 accompanied the emperor to laElK-yal the little town, the scene of their late adventures, and that they who had been foql and jqculajrix i^de once more through the afreet they hud ne'er expected to see again. The lings were llyiug; cannon boomed. They advanced beneath wreaths of roses, the way paved with dowers. Standing at the door of his inn, the landlord dropped his jaw in amazement us his glance fell upon the jestres3 and her companion behind the great emperor himself. Ills surprise, too, was abruptly voiced by a ragged, wayworn person not far distant in the crowd, whose dngers had been busy about the pockets of his neighbors; fingers which Dad a deft liabit of working by themselves while his eyes were bent elsewhere and his lips Joined in the general acclaim; lingers which, like antennae, seemed to have a special intelligence of their own. Now those long weapons of abstraction and appropriation ceased their deft work. lie. became all eyes. "Good lack! Who may the noble gentleman behind the emperor he?" he exclaimed. "Surely 'tis the duke's fool." "And ride with the emperor?" said a burly citizen at his elbow. " 'Tis thou who art the fool." "Truly I think so," answered the other. "I see, believe, but may not understand." At that moment the duke's gaze in passing chanced to rest upon the pinched and overcurious face of the scamp student. A gleam of recollection shone In his glance. "Gladius gemmatus!" cried the scholar, and a smile on the noble's countenance told him he had heard. Turning the problem In his mind, the vagrant philosopher forgot about pilfering and the procession Itself, when a soldier touched bim roughly on the shoulder. "Are you the scamp student?" said the trooffcr. "Now they'll hang me with these spoils in my pockets," thought the scholar. But as bravely as might be he replied, "The former I am; the latter I would be." "Then the Duke of Friedwald sent me to give you this purse," remarked the man, suiting the action to the word. "IIo bade me say 'tis to tako tho place of a bit of silver you once did not earn." And the trooper vanished. "Welladay!" commented the burly citizen, regarding the gold pieces and the philosopher in wonderment of his own. "You may be a fool, but you must bo an honest knave." At the chateau the meeting between the two monarchs was unreservedly cordial on both sides. They spoke with satisfaction of the pence now existing between them and of other matters social and political. The emperor deplored deeply the untimely demise of Francis' son, Charles, who had caught the infection of plague while sleeping at Abbeville. Later the misalliance of the princess was cautiously touched upon. That lady, said Francis gravely, to whom the gnyetles of the court at the present time could not fail to be distasteful, had left the chateau Immediately upon Wer return. Ever of a devout mind, she had repaired to a convent nnd announced her intention of devoting herself and her not inconsiderable fortune to a higher 1 and more spiritual Ufev Charles, 5^9 j at that period or lila lofty esthtes tiimself hesitated between the monastery ami the court, applauded her resolution, to which the king perfunctorily and but half heartcdly responded. Shortly after, the emperor, fatigued by his journey, begged leave to retire to his apartments, whither he went, accompanied by his "brother of France" and followed by his attendants. At the door Francis, with many expressions of good will, took leave of his royal guest for the time being and, turning, encountered the Duke of Friedwald. Francis, himself once necustomed to assume the disguise of an archer of the royal guard the better to pursue his love follies among the people, now gazed curiously upon one who had befooled the entire court. "You took your departure, my lord," said ' > king quietly, "without waiting for t < jrder of your going." "I . who enacts the fool, your majesty, without patent to olllce must needs have good legs," replied the young man. "Else will he have his lingers burnt." "Only his fingersV" returned the monnrch, with a smile somewhat sardonic. "Truly," thought the other, as Franels strode away, "the king regrets the fool's escape from Notre Dame and the fagots," During the next day Charles called first for his leech and then for a priest; but, whether the former or the latter, or both, temporarily assuaged the restlessness of mortal disease, that night he was enabled to be present at the character dances Riven in his honor by tho ladies of tlie court in the great gallery of tlie chateau. At a signal from tho cornet, ?ittcriin, violas and pipes began to play, and Francis and his august guest, accompanied by Queen Eleanor and the emperor's sister. Marguerite of Navarre, entered the ball, followed by the dauphin and Catharine de' Medici, Dinne de Poitiers, the Duehesse d'Etampes, marshal, chancellor and others of the king's friends and counselors, courtiers, poets, jesters, philosophers?a goodly company, such as few monnrchs could summon at their beck and call. Charles' eye lighted; even his austere nature momentarily kindled amid that brilliant spectacle. Francis' palace of pleasure was an intoxicating antidote to spleen or hypochondria, and when the court ladies, in n dazzling band, appeared in the dance, led by the Duehesse d'Etampes, he openly expressed his approval. "All, madam," he said to the queen of Navarre, "there is little of the monastery about our good brother's court." "Did your majesty expect we should cloister you7" she answered, with n lively glance. lie gazed meditatively upon the "ltosc of Valois," or the "Pearl of the Valois," as she was sometimes called; then a shadow fell upon him?the futility of ambition, the emptiness of pleasure. In scanty attire, the Duehesse d'Etampes, with the king, flashed before him. the former all beauty, all grace, her little feet trampling down care so lightly. Somberly he watched her and sighed. Mentally he cdmpared himself to Francis. They had traveled -the road, of life together, discarding their youth at the same turn of the highway, yet here was his French brother indefatigable in the pursuit of merriment, while ids own soul sang miserere to the tune of Francis' liddies. let, had he overheard the conversation of lite' favorite and the king, the emperor's moodiness would not, perhaps, have been unmixed with a i stronger feeling, "Sire," the duchess was saying in her most persuasive manner, "while you have Charles-- once your keeper?in your power, here in the chateau, you will surely punish him for the past and avenge yourself? You will make him revoke the treaty of Madrid or shut him up in one of I.ouls XI.'s oubliettes?" "I will persuade him If I can," replied the king coldly, "but never force him. My honor, madam, is dearer to me than my interests." The favorite said 110 more of a cherished project, knowing Francis' temper and his stubbornness when crossed. She merely shrugged her white shoulders nnd watched hiin closely. The monarch hail not scrupled once to break his covenant with Charles, holding that treaties made under duress, by force majeure, were legally void, while now? But the king was composed of contradictions, or was her own Influence waning? glie had observed n new expression cross his countenance .when in the retinue of the emperor ho had noted the daughter of the constable, such a tenderness as she remembered at Bayonne when the king had looked upon her, tho duchess, for the first time. When she next spoke her words were the outcome of this train of thought. "To think the Jestress, Jacqueline, should turn out the daughter of that traitor, the constable of Dubrois," she observed keenly. "A traitor, certainly," said Francis, "but also a brave man. Perhaps we pressed him too hard," he added retrospectively. "We were young in years and hot tejnpered." "YnilP ninlcatT ppmomhara fho irlrl?a <lnrk browed, bold creature?" remarked the duchess, smiling amiably. "Dark browed, perhaps, madam, but I observed nothing bold In her demeanor," answered the king. "What, a Jestress and not bold! A. girl who frequented Fools' hall, who ran away from court with the plalsant!" She glanced nt him mischievously, llko a willful child, but before his frown the smile faded. Involuntarily she clinched her hands. "Madam," he replied cynically, "I have always noticed that women are poor judges of their own sex." And, conducting her to a seat, he raised her Jeweled Angers perfunctorily to his Hps and, wheeling abruptly, .......... .... k ' "Ah." thought Trlboulet ominously. Who had been closely observing then), "the king Is much displease*!." Had the ducliess observed the monarch's lack of wnrmth? At any rate, | somewhat perplexedly she regarded I ..the departing figure of the king, then, j humming- lightly, turned to a mirror to | adjust a ringlet which had fallen from 1 the golden net binding her tresses, I "Mere do Dleu, woman never held . man or king by sjghlng," she thought, ; remembering the Countess of Chateau- 1 brinnt. a veritable Nlobe when the j L monarch had sent her home. But Trlboulet drew a wry face. Ills little bfurt was boating tremulously. Dark shadows cx*ossed bis mind. Two portentous stars had appeared in the horoscope of ids destiny?he who had been the foreign fool; she who was the daughter of the constable. Almost fle'rcely - the hunchback surveyed the j beautiful' woman before liim. With i her downfall would come his own, and he belfeved the king had wearied of i her. How hateful was her fair face to him at that moment! Already in I lmagluhtion he experienced the bitter- j .nesa ot the fall from his high estates j and shuddering!}' looked back to ids own lowly beginning?a beggarly street , player, of bagpipes, ragged, wretehed, : importuning passersby for coppers, re- J vlled by every urchin. But she, meet- [ ing his glance and reading his thought, ' only clapped her hands recklessly. "How.unhappy you look!" she said. ' "Madam, do you think the duke"? he began. j "1 think he will cut off your liead," ' she exclaimed, and Trlboulet turned yellow, but 11 few moments later took heart, ibe duchess was so lightsome. "By. my sword?if I had one?our jostrcM lias made a triumphant return,"' commented Cnlllette as be stood with the Duke of Frledwald near ono of the windows, surveying the animated scene. "Already are some of the ladiesfjealous as Burbary pigeons. Her appcatrnu^e has been remarked by the Due de Montrin and other gentlemen In attendance, and?look! Now the great Ue Guise approaches her. Here one belongs to everybody." The other did not answer, and Calllette glanced quickly at him. "You will not think me overbold," he went on after a moment's hesitation, "If I mention what is being whispered by , them?" including in a look and the upllftjng of his eyebrows the entire court. The duke laid his hand,warmly on the shoulder of the poet fool. "Is there not that between us which precludes the question?" "I should not venture to speak about it," continued Qaillettc, meeting the duke'^ -gaze fraukly, "but that you ' once honored me with your confidence. That i wps much puzzled when I met ypn s}kI our erstwhile Jestresa matters not. ,'Twhs for me to dismiss my wonderment and ngt strive to reconcile my ijelghbor's affairs. But when I hear every one 'talking about my? friend?It Is no gossip's task to come i to hlhi with the Unburdening of the prattle." "What are they saying, Cnillette?" asked the duke, in his eyes a darker look. "That you would wed this inuld, but that the king will use his friendly offices with Charles to prevent It." "And do they say why Francis will so use his influence?" continued the otlier. "Because of the claim such a union might give an alien house to a vast estate in France?the confiscated prop| erty of the constable of Dubrols. And ?but the other reason is but bubble, malice?what you will." And Cuillette's manner quickly changed from grave to frivolous. "Now, nu revolr; j I'm off to -Fools' hall," he concluded. "Whenever it becomes dull for you seek some of your old comrades there." And, laughing, CoUlettc disaoneared. ( i [TO DI COSTrSTTED.] A One Minute Car*. Leaning painfully on a heavy stick and groaning in Intolerable anguish, the blinding tears forcing themselves ! from his eyes, a Whitechapel defend- i ant, according to the London (Jlobe, limped up to the county court Judge and explained that, owing to being hopelessly crippled by rheumatism, he ; could not pay a debt. "But 1 saw you enter the court with that stick under your arm!" exclaimed the judge. "Two shillings a month until the debt is paid." Then the pain racked invalid threw the stick lightly over Ids shoulder, thanked the bench and tripped gayly Into the street again. It was a one minute cure. A Il??*> -?? At (ho Eutnw ontrnnoo to Druid 11111 park, Baltimore, stands one of the most reinnrkable sundials In the world. The time in many parts of the world Is shown whenever the sun In shining. It i.s easily possible almost at first glance to read the time within two or three minutes, while closer acquaint- , nnce with the dial enables the correct time to be rend to the minute. The base Is of carved bronze. The Instrument was presented to the park by Peter Hamilton, who designed and made It entirely of stone. nark Sfi'Mt*. Nonly?All tliose big manufacturers ' teem to dread publicity. Butts?That's i right. I know one of 'em who has to I let bis family do Just as they please to ' keep 'em from divulging business secrets. Nonly?'What business Is be In? : Butts?He's a sausage maker.?Louisville Courier-Journal. Ready Made. | Miss (Hade?Why did you choose a baldhcadcd man for your second husband? Mrs. Blade? Been use my first husband always Insisted that I worried him baldheaded, and this time I wanted to escape being blamed.?Detroit Jfree Pn**. < .v , , ' j * ' ilfili i 11 i ???? .1 ,,jj t ? Humor and Philosophy J By DUNCAN M. SMITH k CI '' + u A PET AVERSION. ! n There are lots of things that I P Do not fancy, 1 confess; : |] Cannot tell the reason why, j( But they give mo deep distress. And this fact I want to state a So that each one understands? Ii If there's anything I hate. fl It's n fad'In shaking hands. j( Shaking hands, as I opine, V Is a cordial thing to do; h Warms your heart llko choicest wine. Warms and thrills you through and through When you get a hearty grasp. cl Tnlm to palm with downward slroho. u When the meeting fingers clasp As they would all good Invoke. i 1 C But the other sort of thing : e fit's the worst I ever saw), I W.nere the lingers limply cling Fishily and then withdraw, j <1 Makes me want to go away Where I can the net deplore. . When my friends bring that In play, I don't llko 'em any more. Some folks loosely grasp your hand. , .. v Thrust It sharply to one side, Back again with vigor, and Then they drop It, satisfied. Them I scarce can tolerate; Faddists them that handshake brands. I p If there's anything I hate, ] it's a fad In shaking hands. j ^ Scorned Aid. ( '' Job was sitting at the door of his. j a tout weary In spirit, for ho had put in | ? a lmrd day having boils, when a strait- J1 ger drove up in an automobile, jumped out and, handing the sufferer his card, . J.' addressed hint: | "This Is Mr. Jolt, I presume. I am 11 the eastern representative of 1 >r. Sink- s Dun's great Yankee blood purldcr. i Three bottles will cure your boils, and I a half dozen will make you feel like a new man. IIow many shall I put you J' down for?" u Job contemplated the stranger in si- x lenee for a moment. lie was about to , s say, "Well, I like your nerve." but be * restrained himself and said: "Begone, 1 tempter! Can't you see that I am try- u big to break the world's record for patience?" And be turned Ids face to his tent and resumed the cheerful occupation of linvlmr l?oll? " "" ii Indisposition. "A bill collector to see you." "Tell liitn that 1 can't see him, De- j cnv.se I nin indisposed." "But you are not sick." "No; Just indisposed to pay." ^ Shameful Treatment. a I ltko the elevator mail. .. Who lifts mo gently to the floor , On which I toil from day to day, ^ "Who lands mo at my ofllcc -loor 1 You might think that 1 had it In * For him If you could only sec Mo hand him all the cheap cigars ? The politicians give to me. ^ I Wroueht the Chance. "lie used lo be opposed to the g)o.l roads movement, but he has secu a great light." g "Looked down at his own automobile \ lamp perhaps." o I Overlooked. a In beauty we can find no flaws; p Its power Is all compelling. Who cares a cent if beauty draws A zero mark In spelling? ^ 1 PERT PARAGRAPHS. ? o You might wish your worst enemy <1 something worse than n boil on the 1' baek of his neck, but it would be hard ^ to tell what. ? v fnOw OAKcfvooj When lie hears a piano loudly calling I for help, the man next door would like g to come to its relief If he just dared. p ? e The mau who tries to run one discovers that the corner in wheat has sharp edges. _ o Cleaning windows Is n good exercise 4 and a beautifler ami does not cost as 11 m ii/t'i o c% t?An *??/> ?<? uiuvia nil ilCUilUVlliB. V Borne people argue with you because h they are contrary, and some people do 0 because you are. a _ n A woman Is as young as she looks, c but not by a jugful as young as she v acts. j When a train of thought Is wrecked nobody is hurt, but some beautiful air n castles may be shattered. ? When tempted to do a mean trick c count 100 and size up the muscular de- h elopment of the fellow It Is to be dl- d reeted against. T Time and tide will not wait for any man. Neither will the train disarrange its schedule for the dignified old party P who happens to be a few minutes lute. , k . Indian 9ni>crntltlon?. The believes there aire boa austrictors in the streams of North inerica and also that the South Amer au tapir lives in North America. lie nils tin* boa constrictor the Sstc-acli ar-iutyer and calls the tapir nocas-obter. The Indian believes he lias a cure and rcventive for rallies, or hydrophobia, ie also believes lie can cure any snake ite on earth, from a ground rattler to velvet tail or diamond rattler. An tidian never was known to go inad roin dog bite or die from a rattler's ite, while other races succumb to the eiiom of a snake or go mad from the ite of a rabid dog. The Indian when in battle and fatal7 wounded believes that If his medliue man can reach hint with his bitter lediclne before he dies it will g've lit in istant relief and he will lie aide to esape from the battletleld. He thinks very man is honest until he timls him ut, in which event he loses all conflence in him and never gels over it. The Indian never makes up after ailing out with any one. He may speak o an enemy as be passes, but dies with lie hatred in Ids heart.?Kufaula .Tourmi. Ilow All Men Are Itorn F.qnnl." The woman born beautiful doesn't other to educate her intelligence, is poilcd by flattery, is unable to hold lie men she attracts. The woman born oniely is driven to develop her ebareter ami her mind, and so more than vereonies her handicap as against her retty sister. The man born clever jses because be wins too easily and as no incentive to that sustained efort which alone achieves success. The inn born "slow" develops patience, as luuuy, inuanee ami, best of nil, tenacy It coinw neat* to being a universal iiie that strong points ami weak ones list about offset each other in any hulan being at the start and that tlio deelopnicnt is a matter for the man hlmelf to determine. Ami there is no fau 1 handicap except tlie disposition to egnrd one's handicap as fata!.?Saturday Evening Tost. Woril Corruption. "I lately heard," says a writer in T. Vs London Weekly, "of a country nn which boasted for its sign, 'The ackass.' Word corruption like this as given many quaint signs to our lostelries. Among the better known tins are 'The CJoat and the Compass,' orrupted from the words, '(Jod enompassetli us;' 'The Bull and Mouth,' rom 'the Boulogne uiouth,' after the aval eoinliat before Boulogne harbor, nd 'The I'ig and Whistle,' from 'the ieg and wassail,' alluding to the pegs Iriven into the old wassail howl to nark the point to which the toper Uiglit drink as his turn conies round. Hie sign, common in Lancashire, of the Stanley arms, an eagle carrying a thild, is popularly referred to as 'The Mrd of Bantliu'.'" llnrrylnK on Account. Itev. Mr. Williams was the Congrentional minister in the village of Vinslow, Me., several years ago. Oue m.,. o .1 lVlH,n|?IIHIflll (II lilt? toston (J lobe, four young people called t tlio parsonage. Two of tUem wished i) he married. The papers in the case were legal, so Ir. Williams performed the ceremony, 'lie other couple acted as bridesmaid nd best man. The groom wao the son f n well known man in the town, and s the happy couple were leaving the arsonage the young man whispered to Ir. Williams: "Just charge it to father, parson. It rill be all right." Hanilnr Cnril rinylnu Lnna. There was a time when people In England were forbidden by law to play t cards, even in their own houses, on iunday. In the royal proclamation gainst vice, profaneness and Immorlity, read every session and assize, Is lie following passage: "And we do ereby strictly enjoin nnd prohibit all ur loving subjects, of what degree or uallty soever, from playing on the -ord's day at dice, cards or any other ;amc whatsoever, either in public or irivate houses or other places whatsover." Gnlnrffrd PlnRrr Joints. Enlarged finger joints are the source f nnno3-ance and mortification. Someiines they arc caused by pulling the ngers to make the Joints "crack." bmetimes thev are the ronnH nt i>?mi ,'ork, rheumatism or gout. They may e relieved by light rotary massage rubbing around and around and round on the joints with the thumb nd Augers and stroking upward), aconipanled by the application of oil of "lntergreen. Not Too Nfnoh of n Fool. "Father says that Algernon hasn't ny idea of the value of money," Rhe xclalmed plaintively. "Your father wrongs him," answered Ilss Cayenne. "I have observed that ilgernon never proposes to anyt>ody xcept heiresses." Perfectly Natural. Ol.l 1"< ~4 > TT -1-1 ucuuciuuu?m>\\ uiu are yo\i, my lear? Little Glrl?I was eight years Id yesterday. Old Gentleman?Ineed! You don't look to l>e that old. dttle Girl?Ah, bow you naughty men 0 flntter us poor, weak women! A Memory Destroyer. Brown?1 have just discovered what t Is that destroys a man's memory ompletely. Green?What Is It? Aloo01 or tobacco? Brown?Neither; It's olng him a favor. Vomnn's Work, That's Never Dome. First Shopper?Sometimes It Is hard > And what you want. Second Shoper?Yes, especially when you don't now what it la.?Judge.