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FOURTH PAGE
'THE SUNNY SOUTH
JULY 30, 1904
Good Short Stories for Leisure Summer Hours
] A Knight in Fustian
15he Wrong' f
Elixir
Dolly
By BARRY PAIN.
X the days
when science
was more poetical and less
scientific than it is now
there lived a certain al
chemist. He was an old
man. His feet shuffled
and his knees doddered as
he walked. He had the
Kray and hairy face of a
sick monkey. His knowl
edge was so profound that
he was generally respect
ed. and his temper was so
a!>ominable that he was
Intensely unpopular.
Therefore, when on a fine morning in | Bertha* was also dark, but of the sort.
HEY were four truly lovely
girls that were seated in
the drawing room of
Melksham court. There
was a large house party, i
and there was evidently
something in the wind for
■the four fair maidens to
he gaKtvred together with
out a single male in at
tendance. The quartet
combined all the graces
and beauties that are at
tributable to femininity.
Grace was dark, with disdainful eyes
and a haughty manner that became her.
May he came down to breakfast with an
expression approaching complacence and
entirely omitted to curse the cook (his
Universal procedure before taking food)
his wife and family were surprised and a
little nervous. Tt was so unlike him.
His wife asked him if he were unwell.
He not only answered the question,
though on principle he never answered
His wife’s ouestions and usuaTIv affected
rot to have heard her speak, but he even
added a "thank you" to his "no." She
was the more distressed and he noticed
it. He never thanked anybody. Tt
tended somethin" serious
affectionate, clinging species that ap
peals to some.
Marie was fair, with little kiss-curls
and a caressing manner that made one
wish to hug her.
Vi was the real beauty, and my pen
is not equal to the task of describing her
many charms.
The four had been a.t the same school,
and they had remained friends when
By HERBERT A. MORRAH.
T is well known that the
Commerilis of Verringley
are a very ancient family.
Perhaps it is not so well
known that for several
generations its representa
tives have been at sixes
and sevens among them
selves.
When Vida Selwyn, the
new Rady Commerill, came
Into the sacred circle, it
was with the determination
to heal the old feuds and
steer clear of new ones. This was strnegth-
ed when she heard a few home truths from
friends and neighbors, among others from
T,udy Rosa Moyle.
"My dear," said this stately personage,
“that you should want to put things right
is most sweet of you. But I think your
poor, dear mother in law, as, living, she
would have been—always the dearest of
friends to me—was really well advised
W’hon she drew the line.”
"Drew the line at what?" asked Vida
Commerill. innocently.
“Do you mean to say you don’t know?
they started forth to startle society and Oh, I couldn’t possibly tell you. But
to capture a husband. where on earth can you have been
That was the question that had brought brought up?"
por- j together thtis meeting—a husband—not "All over the place.” T^ady Commerill
| any man. hut a special one. upon whom laughed, sweetly. “You know, my father
he paid “that the studies ' their longings and hopes were centered— was in the service. That means a roving
“The fact Is,
of a lifetime culminated last night in a j
discovery which T believe to be of im- j
portance. TTenee mv unusual hilarity.” i
Tfilaritv was perhaps a strong word
for it. Yet even a great and tumultuous
jov would have been comprehensible con
sidering the nature of his discovery.
"Ts it the philosopher’s stone?” his wife
asked.
But he was in no mood to overdo h's
vein of gracious light-heartedness. He
Stared at her stonily as if she were some
thing in a bottle which he had already
analyzed. Then he shuffled out toward
his laboratory.
Tt was not the philosopher's stone. Tt
was. if possible, an even greater dis
covery. for in the elixir which that very
plght he meant to taste he held the secret
of eternal life. Eternal life was in these
dark ages considered desirable by quite
a number of people.
He did not propose to communicate his
secret to any of his fellows. Tt was to be
for himself alone. They would go and
he would remain, growing slowly Into
Hugh Eraser.
Good-looking, manly, tender,, and—of
most importance—very wealthy.
“Well, girls, we can't all marry him,
that’s sure.” remarked VI. “The ques
tion is—which of us is to make the run
ning? Don’t all speak at once.”
“Bet's draw lots,” suggested Bertha.
“Piffle!” broke In Marie. “Bet us have
something a little more original.”
A silence ensued.
"May T come in?”
They all turned to look at a fate dam
sel who stood in the doorway.
“What do you want, Dolly?” asked Vi
of her sister.
“You look like conspirators. May T
play, .too?”
"This is only for grown-ups."
“T am nearly eighteen," Dolly rejoined,
indignantly.
"Your hair is still down," Vi answered,
with scorn.
Dolly passed behind the others and
gathered hairpins from each head. With
a few deft turns of her fingers the mass
of curling locks were gathered Into a
life, of course. But home is home always,
isn't it? Home is the people who make it,
and one can never forget what it was,
even though it might be constantly shift-*
ed."
"Shifted:" murmured Bad.v Rosa, with
a peculiar sniff. But she quickly reverted
to her original train of thought.
"Of course," she added, thoughtfully,
“it was very different for her.”
“Was It?" asked Vida.
“Possibly she was just a little stand
off.”
"Starchy?" questioned Vida, mischiev
ously.
Bad.v Rosa frowned. "Her father, the
duke, was noted for his magnificent de
portment,” she observed, severely. “She
certainly did great credit to her upbring- |
jng. She never allowed you to forget who |
“Haven't you found it all you expect- j
ed?” he asked.
“Oh.” she said, “all I want is that
everybody should be as happy as I am.”
“Then there's nothing remiss,” he re- |
turned. “You and I ought to be the
happiest people in the world.”
“Are you in love, Jack?” she asked, in
surprise.
“Very nearly,” he said. "Indeed, if
there is such a thing as love at first
sight, I am quite in love. I’m perfectly
i in earnest, old girl; and you know I
: wouldn't breathe such a confession to
any one but you.”
I “But who can it be, Jack?” I don’t
j understand.”
"I had a bit of an adventure on my way
| here. You know. I came from Aldershot
—a cross-country journey which meant
changing. T did change at a station
within 20 miles of Verringley, and hap
pened to render some assistance to a ,
very 'pretty girl who had lost some of
her belongings and could get no help
from those churis on the railway. We
had a longish time to waft, and became
quite pals. By Jove she's as good »
sort as I’ve met for a long time!”
“A lady?"
"Of course, a lady! What's more, a
Commerill! ‘Here’s luck.’ T said to my
self when T found out. which I only did
at parting, ‘for Vida can tell me all about I
her. T’nless—’ ”
“Yes. Jack, I'm afraid it is 'unless.' " I
The young man whistled.
"Oh, no; we never mention her; her
name Is never heard." he hummed. “But.
T say, Vida, these family feuds are the
greatest humbug’’
"This one is very real, T'm afraid."
said his sister. She told the story as
far as she know it.
“Well, T mean (o cultivate her. You
must help me. Vida. I really mean It..”
"But it is just what T was going to ask
you. I wanted to see her. I tried to
end the feud, but T am barred out. T
don't believe it's the poor girl’s fault.”
I “I’m sure it isn't. Somehow, the very
sadness that comes into her face now
! and then when she smiles is too beautiful I
1 You’ll think I'm talking awful rot. I
| know, but, honestly I never met anyone
1 nt all like her. Site’s got such deep
! eyes, such a gracious way of suggesting
I a difference of opinion. When T found
out her name, T was tremendously stir-
prised. T believe T forgot to bow to iter
| when T said goodby at the station; but
when T handed the mgs to the footman
and he said. 'Miss Commerill's carriage is
waiting, sir.' T was nearly knocked off
my feet. And now to find you are
strangers, afte'r all. Well, I shall go and
si.oo
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the wonder of the whole world. There
were even indication? in hTs researches | hall and fixed in their place,
that made it seem probable that with "Now!" she eried. triumphantly, as she
the unlimited years of his life there would ‘ sat down. "I'm a grown-up. Fire away,
be an accession of youth. His hair 1 nty bea.uties.
would grow again and he would get new . 1 nless you promise not to say a word,
teeth and perhaps learn once ujore the out you go. young "un." said VI.
f the~word romance. Emperors ! "I promise.”
meaning
would come from the east to look upon
him—the one man in the world who held
the secret.
In the meantime be was not disposed to
be idle. His ordinary avocations called
him. A gypsy faced slut of a girl had
come to him with gold pieces, got. the
devil knows how. The. alchemist did not
inquire. He tested the gold and found It
true. 'And for this?" he asked
'There is a man," she said in a tired,
uninterested way, “why has got to die. I
reed
leaves no trace of poison in the body.”
"Painless?" he inquired.
She shrugged her shoulders. "It is of
"Honor bright?"
"May I never—"
“AH right; that’s sufficient.” broke m
; Bertha. “Bet's get to business. VI."
"I've got it!" cried Vi. at last. "We
will blindfold Dolly and then sit down.
The first she touches has the first
chance."
The idea was received with acclama
tion. and Dolly was blindfolded and
placed in the middle of the room. Then
the four took their seats and waited with
she was."
“How very considerate of her!” Vida
answered. , "Some people have such
wretched memories. . . . But I, too, am
a Commerill. 1 am as much a Commerill
as Sir Roderic himself.”
“Of course." Rady Rosa said, accepting
the rebuke, and secretly admiring the
girl of spirit, "of course, dear Rady Com-
merill! And you will in time be as much
to this place as those wiho have gone be
fore you. Forgive me if I say 'in time.’ ”
"Indeed, indeed!" replied Vida, flushing
a little.
"That is necessary,” continued the visi
tor, "when we remember what terrible
trials they may have had to put up with.”
"Isn't it best to put away the past as
much ns possible?”
"If you can,” Body Rosa agreed. "Here
you cannot. The child Alice is still alive;
in her position it is impossible that she
so afraid.” paid Rady Commerill.
sorrowfully "that Captain Selwvn will be
no hotter received nt West Verringley
than the mistress of this house.”
j The old woman may behave like a brute
j to you, but she can’t to her. No one
could. ”
i ‘T don't know. She lets her out some-
j times, of course. But when they drive,
: it is always In a hooded barouche, and
for the rest, no one ever seep them.
| One might as well try to heard the Rama
of TibPt in his den ns Mrs. Windsor in
her fastness at West Verringley."
“I don't, mind betting that I'll get in,"
said Selwyn.
very swift poison and one that anxiety.
Dolly walked carefully round the
and at last touched her sister Yi.
"Hurrahi” cried that lady, "he's
room
no importance.’*■ she said. He begged her You’ve all got to give me a chance.”
to come to him again in three days.
He was a man of vast experience and
had no trouble in satisfying the simple
needs of the gypsy girl. He took one
drug here and another there. He blend
ed and cooked and strained. When he
had finished he had a pale green liquor
■with neither taste (jor smell. A drop of which he seemed to take little advantage.
“Who's yours?” asked Dolly.
“Mr. Fraser. Won’t you like him for a
brother in law. Dolly?”
*****
For the next few days the other three
gave Vi a fair run with Hugh Frasi
should he much longer ignored. She must
be quite twenty by this time. I really feel gardeners, the young officer suddenly
almost sympathetic towards her personal- i gave one of his cheerful whistles,
ly, though I can do little. And that Mrs. “Hot 'V” bp sa ^ d '
Windsor is too terrible for words." .^} ba */ ^ , . , ..
... .... ,, , T "An idea. Put down vour letter and
“I am still quite in the dark, Rady , , if . t( , n to mP ••
Hosn. ' \ “Tt’s from Roddy." Body Uommeril! re-
The visitor shut her eyes. "Then your marked. "He’s awfully interested about
husband has told you nothing? 1 am not poor Alice Commerill. 'Go in and win.’
surprised. It is a painful story. The quar- he says. ‘T've no objection; the quarrel
rel began about money and ended about 1 dea *LJong ago. and they are quite wei-
marriage. No doubt, you have got over
doubts as to his intentions. Now do be l
nice about, it. See how nice T ami I am j
just going to fish out Dinweedie and
get some of those immense godetias |
for him. Jt is something to he able j
• * * • • to beat Bord de Veyne on his own ground, !
So. In fact, it proved. The called was j and, besides, when he gets them lie will j
barred out. i think of you. Now, wait here a few min- I
“She is evidently a real prisoner,” Rady | utes while T go.”
Gommerill said. | She disappeared, and Alice, head down- j
“Then how did she gel out?" ques- cast, sauntered up and down the garden- ! was only a kitrin, after all, and a very
tinned Jack Selwyn, triumphantly. "Oh. path. , S<>od natured one. too. and flew straight
I'm not going to believe that storv! Selwyn watched her. He stood upright, j at her head, where it alighted between
* ‘ folded his arms, and gazed for the sheer , her oars There was no time for me to
her aS and she looked" up. and her glance ! ^® ach the bir d then. If Mollie wanted
fell upon the young gardener. She looked I to catch the bird, she could do it before
again, and blushed hotly. No, it could not I could stop her. But to my amazement,
be! But he smiled.
And then she smiled also.
"Surely,” she said, ‘*T must be dream
ing. or else it is a joke.”
"I’m in dead earnest," he said. I am
here for a reason.”
"Tell me the reason.”
„. , . , “I want to know if you are happy."
They were in the garden. A garden is “Far from it'"
the very place for happy thoughts, and, | ..j ' wa jit to know if It is by your wish
as they sat on the lawn, watching in that those who want to be your friends i
the distance the movements of one of the turned away from the door."
Canary-Breeding', For
Pleasure d Profit
CONTINUED FROM SECOND PAGE.
“Not my friends,” she answered.
"My sister, Rady Commerill—”
’’You sister?"
“Yes; she came, hoping to see you, and
was refused.”
"But she is our enemy, not our friend.”
"What a word from your lips!"
acting as an appetizer, just as pickles
do for human beings. When the hen
bird is laying, cuttle bone also fumishe~-
the lime needed for the shell of the eggs.
A piece of apple should be given as of
ten as possible, and a soda crack*
should always be the cage. The bir
should have a hath every day i n luk‘
warm water. Should have, but, like th
rest of us, canaries don’t always do as
they should. Some of them will refu:
to bathe, looking down on the sparkli; _
waters i r , silent scorn. If a bird tl
has been in the habit of bathing ar
secms to enjoy if. refuses to take ,
bath. lj. will usually be found that it h
is not feeling well in nth*-
Some times, whe n a bird h
t chance to bathe for a in-
'for 3 ltS r,PsirP to dn so. a'. ]
1 we would find them alone in the room, j water when it is placed 'befre i?' U 7- 1
- j the canary silting asleep between the cat's ' bird should have it? hath, if n ot eTr
' cars, and the cat asKep, also. unc e a • ay ’ at Hast, several times a week. p. »
strange cat got into the room through TvilT H71-J!. 0 a be forc ed into the bath, that
the open window, and Mollie was the tJL B°. , A t,m t d hlr d. or one th t
she lay over on her side and begaji to
purr, while the little bird proceed*d to
calmly hop all over her, prodding its tiny
beak here and there into Mollie s fur.
In fear and trembling I watched the
ill-assorted companions for some time,
until, at last, I was convinced that Mol
lie had not the least intention of hurt
ing her tiny visitor. From that day
dated a strarge, but deep, friendship
between the bird and the cat.
Sometimes
a cold
respects,
not had
while, it
seems
Tt is not my thought at alii" she cried.
"You see how ihard it is to get at the
first to see i
her all at one
One evening after dinner Vi and he
sauntered through the rose garden and
took their seats on a rustic bench.
sigh.
"Indeed!” VI replied, with ill-disguised
indifference. "They say it is a pleasant
position to be in.”
"It has its miseries.” rejoined the other.
There was a silence—an embarrassing
one to Vi.
"Do you tliink T am the kind of man
he asked, plead-
it would have killed an elephant, and
a. gallon of it would have defied the best
of our modern chemists. It was of the
same color as the elixir of life which he
himself was to drink that evening.
And. of course, lie made the usual mis
take. Possibly he had primed himself
■with strong waters to give him courage
for his experiment, and* the courage had
been bought at the expense of clear
headedness.
At any rate he reached his hand to the
wrong glass, and in a moment it was all
over. He had drunk the poison that had
been intended for the gypsy girl's faith
less lover. He lay. an untidy lump of that a girl could love
rlav-eolored, worn-out humanity, on the ingly.
studio floor, with a fixed grin on his face
that would hn\*e frightened people. His
wife found him there in the morning and
wept bitterly, and was sincerely sorry
that she would never hear him curse the
cook again. There was a glass filled
with a greenish fluid, and this she threw
away not knowing that she had lost here
the discovery that had never been made
till then and will never he made again.
Tt seemed to her safer. The gypsy girl
was annoyed, hut gaid nothing. She had
enftugh money left to buy herself a knife,
and she got into serious trouble over it.
That he took the poison is undoubted.
That he took the wrong elixir is a point
on which I should like to have the dead
man’s opinion.
the division of the property; but it i.
more difficult to get over living people.
Having said so mucih, I may as well say
all.
"I remember your husband’s uncle so
well. John Commerill was the handsomest
man of his day. His wife—the first wife,
I am in love," Hugh said, with a deep i of course—was a sweet little thing, and
WHAT BROUGHT A RELIEF.
A popular Washington youth remained
out a great dervl later than usual a few
nights ago. and for obvious reasons
thought it wise to remove his shoes in
1he vestibule of his homo and ascend
the stairway as quietly as possible, in
the hope of not arousing .his parents,
pays The Washington Star. It .was an
old, old scheme, of course, but he thought
it would work.
All Went well until the son of the
house was a little above the second story
landing. Then he was startled to hear
the voice of his father thunder;
"Is that you, Walter?"
No answer. Walter thought his sire
might conclude that he had not heard
anything after all, so remained quiet as
a mouse, but again came the demand,
more emphatic than before:
"Is that you. Walter?"
Still no answer. There was a pause,
and then the significant and startling
click of a revolver,
determined tone:
"Is'that you. Walter?”
"Y-e-s, s-l-r,” Walter hurriedly shout
ed, his teeth chattering with fright. He
has decided to walk upstairs boldly and
loudly on all, occasions hereafter.
"I don't know. I'm sure. Hadn't you
better ask her?" Vi said, tremulously,
with eyes turned to the ground.
"1 haven't the pluck."
A smiie almost of disdain flickered at
tthe corners of her mouth.
"Try a brandy and s<>da and gain a lit
tle Dutch courage," she suggested, play
fully.
“By Jove! Good idea—T will.”
In a mhment he had gone. She waited
patiently. Half an hour passed and he did
not return; an hour, and she grew impa
tient.
The moon was shining gloriously. Foot
steps could be heard approaching. Her
heart went" pit-a-pait.
"Thanks, so much, Vi,” cried Hugh.
Vi turned and faced him. By his side
stood Dolly, a crimson flush on her
cheeks.
"It did the trick. She's mine. May I
salute my rail- and beauteous soon-to-be
sister in law?” he said, as he bent liis
fare toward her.
With a sudden movement Vi boxed his
ears and, rising from her seat, walked
away with a dignified step.
"What have 1 done, Dolly?” he asked,
in bewilderment.
”1 am sure I don’t know,” she replied,
demurely.
EMERSONIAN LULLABY.
(From The Chicago Tribune.)
The little boy leaned over the crib and
softly crooned: i
when she ran away with that scamp,.Dick
Lovell. T always thought she must have
done it in a fit of foolish passion. That
didn't justify John Commerill in acting as
he did. He brought a terrible woman to
West Verringley, who made the place
notorious. She was only one of many. No
decent reputation was safe under that
roof. He called her his wife, and she may
have hecn, for all T know; but. of course,
they were cut by the county. A low, dis
graceful, thep.trical crowd, painted and
bedizened, without a shred of shame.
Then came a tragedy, such as you read
of in books, and John Commerill and the
actress were buried in the same grave.
One draws a veil over these things. I hate
harrowing people's feelings, hut. perhaps,
I hate worse blinking facts. And, you see,
all this time there was little Alice, the
child of the first ill-starred jnarriage,
growing up to inherit West Verringley.
I don't wonder if Sir Roddy doesn't like
it, any more than his father did; hut
there she is. very much alive, and Tier
guardian is Mrs. Windsor, a most impos
sible person. You see what eventualities
are opened up now.”
"I feel sorry for this poor Alice Com
merill. "
"How angelic of you I"
“Until now i had never heard of her."
"I ought not to have told you.”
"I sliail make a point of going to see
her ”
“But. Sir Roddy—suppose, on his re
turn—”
“He will approve. Rady Rosa, of any
thing 1 may choose to do," said the
reach you. Must it always be so? Can t
you make your own life?”
"Not yet. not yet.”
"But in six months—”
“I sometimes think another day of it
would kill me. I might seek my freedom
“That's the one thing that brings her * arl > er - Pprh aps you heard what wa_s said?
Perhaps you have heard of Lord de
Veyne?”
"He is notorious enough,” said Selwyn,
with scorn.
"I only know of his love for flowers,”
she said.
"He is better known as a wrecker of
women's lives."
come to West Verringley: but that Wind
sor woman Is a Tartar.’ ”
“Well." Selwyn said. "I've got an idea
that'll Keat her. I hear she's great at
gardenin
takes
] into contact with people. Sh
scores of prizes at the shows.”
“They’ll be wanting extra labor at this
, time of vear, Vida.”
I “Possibly.”
I “T'm awfully good a.t potting.”
j “You might so easily make a false
step.”
“A\ ith my own special Scotch accent.
| T can undertake to win any head gar-
i deccr’s heart.”
* > WhiIe the heart you want to win—”
"Trust me to look after that! Now
which one of vour men can T tackle?
Some one who won't talk.”
"McTavish is guaranteed to he as silent
! as a kirk on a week day.”
McTavish. in fact, rose nnblv to the
■ occasion, supplying an outfit and com
mending the voting officer heartily to his
compatriot. Mr. Alexander Dinweedie. So
Selwyn was enable d to set out upon his
adventurous journey. AVithin twenty-four
hours lie was at w"rk in the West A'cr-
"But here 1 am a prisoner." she said.
"I can't endure it much longer.
“Don't! he whispered. "Am I not here
to set you free?"
He turned quickly hack to his work
as he saw the portly form of Mrs. Wind
sor again approaching.
"i do not know. Alice, why you should
assume an attitude so confidential to
wards a dependent,” she observed.
"I was speaking about the flowers,”
Alice said.
For her it was a sleepless night. She
was indeed awake to that glorious feel-
, , , — , , , . ing which comes but once in a lifetime,
rmglei potting sheds. Ruck favored him ^ man had (Iono an a( . tion which seem
ed rare and beautiful, lie had found a
, ■■ not hat lie vnh
tij to tempt it. Put a little
Fill the
bird, as is th*
■ c n. is fond of lettuce it will tir,a
AAny into the bath In the effort to "e- ’
o "a head"f V , £ to takp th°e
, ? f lettuce, wet the out-
' ' ^ .!LP- Ut the bottom of ■
it
out
lea’
cage.
the habit
or oetter »tl;i. .f
coming
the
floor, it will be
cannot hut get
bird
to the
ser to g'
in so d
is in
also in the fact that a room was given
him in one of the cottages on the estate.
The da vs passed pleasantly enough.
Selwvn never showed his grit more than
he did whilst lie was playing his part,
for hia fellow-workmen never suspected
for a moment that he was anything hut
what lie pretended to be and they swal
lowed his stories, as far as they could
understand them, with the great
ish. The nights were, perhaps, r
more irksome.
In three days’ time he felt that he
knew his way about and could be more
venturesome. Tie had become intensely
interested in the personality of the won
derful Mrs. Windsor, who descended to
the gardens three times every day, and
invariably contradicted the orders given
on the, previous occasion.
One cannot say that Mrs. AA'indsor was
attractive to look at. She was hreadtli
without length. The color of her hair
was of that reddish tinge which seems
insensible to the light; it is more than
possible that all life had been taken out
proud young wife.
• • • • • | of it by long years of doctoring. AVhil
A week later Rady Commerill drove ' her general appearance was tawdry, he
over to West Verringley. The place was
a beautiful one
will never do
. „ . ... . „ 0 i lias heart trouble, and this is no un n
I was horrif.ed to see j mon disease f 0r birds to have-of
, , - — .... spring upon the canary, ! d*es in the hand when forced
truth." he said. "I had to adopt this ruse her loved comrade, and seizing it in her ! bath - Whether from sheer fright
mouth, dart under my desk, j sprang to . u’ 0 !? the shook of the water, ttmre
my feet, and at the same moment 1 saw When^ p i< kness or death
a strange cat leap for the window. A tarlly, try to "mnUt"
moment after, out hopped the little bird. ' of lettuce in thA tL'^ ” J,tr H pi
not even a feather ruffled. You may be- l,nwi1 with a small weight ? a hminT’
lieve that brave Mollie was praised and flf; ., Ir J 11 the bath with water and
petted to her heart's desire, and that the 1 tPn as is the c ase mn» time? o, r
last lingering doubt of her probity as ‘ "
to our yellow pet vanished forever. Alter
that day a wire netting protected the
window from the entrance of prowling
cuts.
But to go hack to the time before there
were any baby birds about. It was not
very long before my two little birds
whispered in my ear that they would like
to make a small cottage of one room
just for their own use, and for the re
ception of some tiny babies by-and-by.
So they w* re provided with a nest box
and material tor building, and with bits
or moss, short pieces of horse cr cow
hair, bits of soft string and soft feathers
but none of these long enough to catch
in their tender feet and legs. This is a
point on which the greatest care should
be exercised, for many a poor bird has had
a broken leg or been strangled to death
by its neglect. One of my own baby birds
was found one day hanging head down
ward from the nesi, caugnt by a long
p' c k ed "up S w i Un»in' p e r m! s s ion' had ^ ™ withdraw
Don and Dollle had a. happy i n ,sv ~ . ™ E BATH,
time building and shaping their nest. I no 1 .. anari(,!J have fancies and liking? ’
fn I flo w W ° re tl pl;,Ced 0,1 thp tat >H ? , ' r f ° Iks ' Sometimes the cause
pleasure^o'f hunting Z a dl>! ,
the cradle was finished, and it did not bahv J ° f 1,10 hath t,lb °ne of
take long either, the little wife laid ^ ^ rp W d to take her hath
pc le bine eggs in
pleasures in raisin
ent of any profit otherwise)
?iL t K e -f£ eatW, i ° f these Iip s ^ watching
the building of the cradle-nest The hen
B the chief work r.'and often shows
signs of thinking abrut it before she
ready to set about he r t a ? k in rPa ,
U hen she is seen to pick un
or scraps, give her a few scat
tered materials, just to play or practice
w'th. When she settles down in earnest
to build, she picks up a beakful of mate-
ardens, Jack Selwyn found I „ • f1r °P s hi the nest, then jumps in
o position o£ ;i man who j ®»*nfnes around for
m
on thr
this wav m to take^ , Wa * ’
did enjov iri £T h I' q hath - and how he
”^tr°nete^ Ve h5s Senile* lUtlecall
hfs head «na a " f Ll he " .? l . n wo ' :, fl i-
because
^bo won’t spp
body, with tail ai
barrier, and he had broken it down. How
slight was the knowledge of the world
which this girl possessed, how falsely im
agined it must be. seen through the spec
tacles of the termagant with whom she
lived: and yet*how true her instinct and
"how fine!
Not once through the next bright (lays ■
if rel- d id her heart falter. They stretched out [
shade to a month.
Both were young enough to delight in |
the humor of the situation. It was a per- |
petual joke to dodge Airs. AA'indsor, but
beyond this, they obtained a joy ever in
creasing from their stolen mertings. To
Alice came the gratifying knowledge that
there was a world, beyond the barriers
which folly had erected, not wholly defi
cient in beauty and kindness and grace.
And so he schooled her. Then he plead
ed with her to take another step, and to
take it in secret.
The preparations were mode, and one j
morning, instead of proceeding to his
work in the
himself in the position tw a man who
• and when r did not .-
there are none so blind
ould com* hi
off the drops"^ w d ate’r n&S * a "' V
'f h ‘ pd w 'th this novel
his hath, that he would
wet anrl r0 " OVPr —u over
wet l PaV e.<. Thp , ettu0o , va ,
h 'Vo 110 bath tub. and
hesitation h e jumped in s
even wh = hp gradually taught tr
even when the lettuce
hi
fhi
P't
slight
Th us
He
way of gettlr
ften lie down
a mo-
final
i the
>n as
and it did not I babv bird
e wife laid live
There are many
canaries (indepencl-
and one
seeds
was ii
i t wa s
in the
would not g
so long as th?
tile bottom of
Put there eve-
1?
earnest.
threads
moment.
gets up and shuttles
and the house hardly
They reckon 111 who leave me out;
AVhcn me they fly. I am the wings;
Again, in calm, but j I the doubter and the doubt.
| And I the ..ymn the Brahmin sings.”
“\Vhat are you doing, Osgoodson?” ask
ed his mother.
I "Putting baby to sleep,’’ answered the
I little Boston boy.
less noble than A'erringlev Hall itself.
Both were show places of considerable
rank. Here, at West A'erringley, the
gardens were the great feature, just as
at the other mansion the arcliiteetual
beauties werre of the highest order.
Rady Commerill found no one at home.
The next morning she received a let
ter, written in the third person, f i ora
Mrs. AVindsor, asserting in terms of pe
culiar forcefuiness that the slight had
been intentional, and that on no occasiin
would the occupiers of West Verringley
be at home to Rady Commerill, who was
furthermore informed that she had com
mitted a breach of social decorum in
thus attempting to acquaint herself with
_ _ people who had no desire to know her.
A w»tch that is rood anatifh lor «ny man, b* ha anginaar, i j "Told VOU SOi” said Rady Rosa, triumnh-
mechanic, farmer or merchant A watch that will keep per- SS a * £ = ° j .. , , k
feet time and wear forever The caee is genuine Solid Silver- § J antly. When she h€*ard the Story. ‘That
l«la "• j house is a prison, and that woman is a
lamp Tk ill! »• I barbarian.”
But Lady Commerill was not weary of
This RAILROAD WATCH for $3.75
boBS-fia* offw bj Amories'i pMiiit mail oroer wateh bouor, th* old ootabliahod ond rollabl* * 5 S JJ! »
K. £. Chalmen A Co. Th* editor of thla paper will tall jeu that wo an tfcoroughlj rollablo. ■ £ 2 • - S *S
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tints and wear forever The caee is genuine Solid Silver*
lne, estra heavy 4 or. case, solid through and through
heller than solid coin silver for it will never tarniah.
screw back and screw bezel and therefore dust and damp jijj *ȣ S
proof. Just the watch for railroad men. mechanics, farmers ^ g g *
and those who require a substantial, solid heavy watch and °
manner wns exceedingly dramatic. She
herself imagined that she swept through
the gardens with the air of a queen.
Selwyn. of whom as yet she had taken
no notice, was equal to hating her So
far, her charge had never once appeared
in the gardens. What tyranny!
But, at last, one evening she appeared.
Yes, there she was, walking with the
duenna, looking charming, desirable, un
happy. They paused under a cypress; it
was more than ever like the Italy of
Boccaccio. He saw Romance
must remember two things; first, that his * sits d°wn. tlllrl Tnora ,
Aldershot was not indefinite* f orr ?° more, and then the sloight-of-foot I b n ln s he hopped
o shortest of 1 and the nest. too. " “h* took, such a royal sp
leave from
and second.
that
was
even the
once hut regularly, and
nown tn get he;
little, white dish
the enge. Still.
"•> tor a time, in the hope tha
ZT think bp tter of i, But she
’ " nU! "ho da >' When something h-
and ? * e . r usua * ba tb tub got hrnk
di?k s ri> a| l blue and white china s"
sh was used in its place. Well
preHv nt hl that 1Ut ' e bir<1ip Paw
P ettf blue and white
hopped to take
and then
toward him. and vet he could not move him a
honeymoons must be. preceded by a ser
vice at which the presence of the faith
ful few is all that is necessary. It need
hardly be said that Mrs. Windsor was one
of these.
But she missed Alice a.t the breakfast
table. She was alarmed, and something
more than alarmed, by the sudden inrush
of Mr. Dinwiddie.
"It's time ye knew!" he cried, without
ceremony. "Ye’ve time tn stop it if ye're
iruen;
irried on un-
Nelther you nor T
As soon
could do It SO well.
stepping quick. That braw youth frae the
ot move him and Miss Alice they’ve carrit
‘2 e l *
a reliable timekMpsr. Th.movem.nl i. in kMpin, witlilha g.fv 0 - j well-doing. And it SO happened that site
case and is absolutely the Best Standard American Ruby *• i * .,
Jeweled Movement on the market to-day. It is quick train, —x g | was CXpCCtlllg her brother to Stay,
lever escapement, compensation balance, and haa every im- g 8 o-f | ca , “Jack’s the man for me”* she refleoterl
proveinent known to make an absolutely correct timekeeper » g e iS 35-» ! I r II . sne renectea.
and a watch that will last practically forever. It Is stem - * gB m bld there W'aS 114) man in the
\ world, With the exception of absent Sir
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send tha watch to yon by express for examination. You ex- *2 2 * 5 • * | t
amina it at your express ofllee and if as represented pav ex- “ 1*1* fnV.nHc
press agent our bargain sale price $3.75 and express charges*" a-c eJf ■ J ot triendS.
brothers, bravest of soldiers, most loyal
and it is youra. A handsome double breasted chain and £
charm sent free with each watch. Order to-day es th ~
advertisement will positively not appear again. Address
K.E. CHALMERS & CO. 356 Dearborn St., CHICAGO.
Illlii
So, on the evening of hjs arrival, at din
ner, as he talked of the old days, she
talked of the new.
forward ln greeting.
They came in his direction. He bent
over his work.
Acs. Mrs. Windsor was saving. In
tones which cut the air; “ ‘duty is a.
big word, and a big thing. But West
A erringlev is not a, place to he sneezed
at. You have to remember that your
father was slighted, and it is in vour
power to revenge yourself.”
T don t at all like the word ‘revenge ’ ”
said Miss Alice.
Cal it something else, then,” Mrs.
Windsor continued, sharply. “You will
be your r
a month
before
nnf
De Veyne estate
a i, '"VU uuwii. coma nave uau UJIU ue veyne—see, i
A queer smile lit up the face of the his letter—you've gone and married r
J'" ou ng man bending over his work close gar-gardener!”
at hand. But Alice looked miserable. They dried her tears. They
she whispered
der veer very nose. . .
But it was too late. Something of the
storv. though in a queer mist, reached
Mrs. Windsor’s fainting brain.
"Where did he tome from?” she de
manded, sternly.
"I took him from A r erringley Hall,” he
said.
Mrs. Windsor ordered a carriage. She
drove at full speed to the hall. She asked
for Radv Commerill.
“Her ladyship is gone to church.”
She drove thither. She reached it just
dish, down si
closer look at
Such a ba
( tew - - -plashing of dro
sr„«as?-
she J ai<J a tinv pnlp blue i part >culnr wee hfr,? 1 nV<?r l ° Tbi
0n T O ‘ bpp and another, until she "had ^
fi'e. Then for two v\Vek s she tuc £ a 2
them away under her out of sight and
then, presto, change! Instead of
eggs were five tinv yellow balls of * le
attached to five b*g moumi. ° f f, ° Wn ’
1,4 , T n , ot Purpose this week to toil
i on about the actual business mri Ji
■ ««•
and of the nueerltle? ne ' Ph< ? d P^t*.
by taktno. k" ”“' 1 - and she thanked
twice 'by wa r v bi of h eVery - day ' Un ' P
tub -do • ' f experiment, a viT.
with fh» S1Ven hPr instead of her ov g
ba the h f- reS " U ° f a not her refusal I 0
bathe. Funny, was it not? 1
I* shorifA bir<1 Wil1 r ’ ot bath '\ vet is wc’lt
or dust hr Sp J lnir,ed with a whisk hr— I
With n . r ",- :|1 ' ° r 11 may be spra- i
f iliv a spray pump, if It is . • ;
rullv done. J have at this present t;:r-!
capabi;. th F 1 q rsr r a‘‘ I T 0 ° t Lr hich they’ are
nd this, of eourse applies"- 0 - 11 - ^°° d '
current year.
as the bridal party came out. When "she I ^n?„. S ' 1Tni ? Pr
1 was tom * ]eSacy from a dPar friend
gave tbat bp ^uld not hath, '
certain'll™ .l. he rheumatism. It is tr :■?
and "it i ’ , tbat bp will not take a hat!
Ser in? \ n ’ e n,So tbat PI1P b ’" '
tinge 1 r gs does sometimes show
stores "** T drug, or ° , rhenm atlsm. But when lb
four parts of Sioih- C> s shouI d contain sion-n S VP1 y warm he. get? an >■
fully cleaned! and^alw^tJ** 1 * Care bte Wl!' W,1 " n ,b ‘ bi *
the fipreewt yv n. j s the nrnn e« ... ® have his hnth wiii
the birds
course,
that are kept on
as well to
T t'wo P Pa r tS ^GPr-'Ly 1 * way : fhe Tittle bird"
• two parts of tU5;_ b A • and in a line -v.
his bath, whi.
rape
h is given
parts of India ! x h ’ “ n . d J n a ,ine with "the former! U
Then the spray is made very fin-, like
1 , 9n ? whispered. I round her, laughing, explaining. The be- ! weed ,,anael
verringley hail would look a trifle fool- w jidered woman grew calmer. , ,, ' pe PP Pr -gra.«s,
The THe Ap PETIZER
“ ** r -1
pressed | watercress, dandelion," lettuce.^hV"
and apple, and the
ish then, r fancy,” the curious old lady And at last. Lady Commerill. her sweet attor b * the hone of the . .
said. \\ ho would he the big personage face beaming with kindness toward ail tbe £ r een things named ■,«. , b ' , lbp chance. Birds
in these parts then? Who would turn up the world, came up to her and put her i 1 i ttIp birds, and the ' Kood for the - lu ® t as People do.
her nose. Rady de Veyne would be a j Bland in hers, saying. "Now that dear , cessity a s on it the,- ?h ° b '’ ne is a np - ! „ Nex l week, having made their socfl
somebody T shouid imagine! Mr dear Alice is so happy, can’t we all be ! (commonly called > sharpen their teeth I intar >ee. we wil? enter into the mv**
Alice, Lord d e Veyne left me in no , friends?" ® j ff „ ca,led ^ak). and also eat it l v.t. 5 L,° f rais tng th. can«y /o! preri
the m tbp dr °ps that pass throv.
tt. r° ts cage fall upon the ram:
' ways sp ems very much astonise
how K his brl * ht eves aloft to ri
... J 11 world the rain gets t lire aw
shlknr rcb i.. ror,f ’ as hops to and fffi
nnotiJ V s ruffIed feathers. He hf
- „. er close companion, a Java .-wj i
and this beautiful little fellow wvj
hi* . a . ba . tb sp veral times a aay if
differ, you
Mext week hr>,.!r,~ j .
US 8li&thIy It taste being relished, and i &
.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)