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WALTER BLOOMFIELD
Crank** lira *r i
I determined
t? »o to
elect to travel
r observing i
t my tin-
i boon. And dill*
_ i not
. rich mAi| to ad-
her whom ha had
yean, and who
J poor,
no auch determine-
father. “As for the
incomo Is still some
re than nothing,
becoming, a bur-
even”—turning
id smiling—"my
• >\
I pounds!” exclaimed
, contemptuously, "seven
And whnt will that
i toward .maintaining ft
• twelve months? Why,
hired at Kensington, she being pros
trated by the voyage from America.
“Well,” said uncle 8am, when my
father bad finished speaking, "I guess
your oration would be worth a cool
abl
■ of the men In my pay
DO mote than you;
: how’s this? Hoi
be such a hos
ts worse
I with tho
! the causes, not
of the enormous de
values in
agricultural
‘ In ten years had re-
f moro than
' IVlth tl
M ™“r
Cn so
to at Various
which had
be lmmcnso posses
Its of Bury, was;
tthe at"
VIU. In perpetuity
my family
any record.
-tlon In the world-
, two years his Jo
nty rather entered
of life under condl-
sue than attend the
nanklnd, But that
i adjust whore for-
more.favor to ouo
. themselves making
• human happiness and mis-
the some In all cases, was
nt by tho two ; broth-
tlona of these young
upon one glrL Samuel
favored lover. But women
' rights and many wrongs In
-1 Bast Anglia lu 18—, and
of Boldenhurat became
t Truman; her fatli-
1 ambitious of. form-
tonnectlon with the
t so commanded her.
i marriage my uncle San
I for America with the ex-
of never again vis-
i native land. In less than a
' father had lost by deaih the
had thus acquired; d loss
... though It deeply affected him.
was patiently boras for the sake of
the Infant boy who was at ones tho
cause of his sorrow and his hope.
R>‘ American Samuel Truman had
"acommerclal speculations and
1 exceedingly. On the death
my mother he had written to my
* a few lines expressing his sym-
-hla drat communication with
brother after his departure from
[land. After that hie letters bad
t brief and Infrequent, but reports
Boldenhurat- from time to
bis extraordinary success In
Of his oeer-lncreaslng wealth
of his shrewdness, his
«• slnglensse of purroec.
all the dayemt my boyhood I
no variation In the accounts
tdy and continued decline In
my father’s property, and of
d Increase of my uncle s
Neither of these clrcum-
’ever. Interested me until,
tenth year—the week be-
hlatonr opene-my father re-
letter from his brother In
t stating that he had .been
:or three years to an Amerl-
1 that he and bis wife In-
. and might
arrive In about ten
million to the Republican party, You
must visit the States and tell the
American* from a hundred platforms
all you have Just told me. You must
come at the opening of the Presided-
Uni campaign.'
Uy father shook his bend, "t am o
traveler,"he sold, “or I should have
ventured beyond Europe nineteen
years ago,” Again turning toward me
and assuming the kindly expression
which was never absent from his feat
ures when he regarded his son. "The
affairs of my own country engage very
little of my attention, and os for the
United—”
“Well, well,” Interrupted uncle 8am,
“we won’t discuss that matter fur
ther at present. What Is the sum total
of the two mortgages you-have on this
placer*
"Three thousand live hundred
ponojlt.”
“Bet me have the papers,” said un
de Sam, stretching bis hand out as
though he expected that his brother
had them ready in his pocket, "and
I will wipe them both out to-morrow. 1
"You are very kind,” answered my
father, somewhat embarrassed. "Er
nest. go to my black cabinet nnd
fetch on oblong packet You will Had
It In tbs top drawer, tied with red
tape."
With a greatly Improved opinion of
my uncle I hastened upon my errand,
nnd In n minute or so my father was
handing his brother papers for
which he had asked.
"It’s a smart lad,” remarked my un
cle, Axing bis eteel gray eyes upon me
so penetratively that I felt rather un
comfortable; “what ore you going to
do with him?”
“Do with him?” echoed my father;
"I don’t understand."
"Well, do you propose that he should
spend his life In this place watching
the crops fall, or selling them for less
than the cost of production when they
succeed; or Is he to be a man whose
presence Is felt In the world?"
"I have not y«t seriously considered
Ernest’s future," answered my father
gravely.
“Then let me help you do so another
time," said undo Sam. “I'll return to
town by the Arst train In the morning,
and having paid off these mortgages
will be back again some time In the
I sprang from my
lag hurriedly dressed, sought I
father.
Somehow, In an Ill-dedned way,
was conscious of the opening of a new
era in my life. Whether It was what
bad transpired between my father and
uncle on the previous night, or the
Joyousness of the opening day, which
Was of a sort that seemed to conOral
the death Of winter and herald ap
proaching summer, oy both, I know
hot, but It Seemed to me that t bed
bidden adieu to boyhood and had be-
come A mad.
My father had risen A full hour bet
fore me, and ws* pacing the outer
path of our old garden, with his bands
clasped behind him—his usual contem
plative attitude. ,
"Why,” said he, after I had acquaint
ed him with my diQculty,'"'tls only
yesterday that I noticed you sitting
upon one of the chests, reading. They
stand In the library, one beneath each
window, where they haye flood for
the last 803 years or more. It was
your grandmother, I think, who
worked cushions and valances for
them, and so converted them Into
strange looking but comfortable set
tees.”
As soon ss wo bad breakfasted my
father began to search fer tho keys of
the chests, fer Jie had but a vague
Idea as to where they might be found.
While he was employed rammaglng
old bnresus and cabinets, I removed
the coverings from the chests, marvel
Ing greatly that they should have so
long escaped my notice. To do this,
and to clear the tablo ready to receive
tho documents, did not engage me
many minntes, and I was Impatient to
obtain the keys.
Bnt the keys could sot be found- I.
assisted my father In the search for
them, and together we turned over aa
many knick-knacks — quaint Jewelry,
mlnlatnret, pocketbooks, tokens, old
coins, packets it lore letters tied with
faded silk and dated early la the Mat
century, metal pursea, scent bottles,
etc.—as would have docked a first-
class curiosity shop. But that which
we sought we could not And.
It was now past boon, and my uncle
and aunt were expected to arrive at 4
o’clock. Thongb we bad been search
ing for several hoars we had not yet
examined the contents of half the cab
inets and closets which abounded In
onr old manor bonse, many of which
had not been opened within tho mem
ory of our oldeet servant My father
would have given up the aearch but
for my advice to him to continue it.
Wisely ok unwisely, my father seldom
or never refused to comply with any
wish that I expressed, and he saw that
I was Interested In tbs odds aijd ends
By Kata Thorn
E suppose yon have all visited at toms piece where the lady of th>
house was In tbs habit, at every meal, of crying down bet
victuals? .
She never wonts company unless she know* they are coming,
because, ss everybody know*, she want* • d*J or two In which
lb prepaid tot them. She doea not rappoae anybody thinks this
Ik the reason the wants to know; she thinks that they imagine
It It because the shall be sway from home.
And the mistaken soul, After fretting, and sweating, and stew,
ing over the cooking *tdv« tof A d*y or two, and ransacking her
brains end her larder to provide something new Adder the son In the eatable
line, it ready when her geests come and seat themselves St her iroanlng
i table—groaning beneath the weight of good things—she Is ready to cry down
r victuals, ana wish, m s
ner victuals, anu wisn, m a melancholy tone, and with a lugubrious expression
of countenance, tbkt Abe bid something At to est!
She bad such bed luck With Bef tookery, The mixing milk was too eour,
■nd the yeast wasn’t good, and the grocer most have cheated her when be sold
her the eggs for newly-laid, Sbt'll wager anything they bar* been laid for a
month, for she never knew her recipe for Sponge cake to fill, if the egg* were
only good, -
Of course, her guest* hasten to assure her But there after could be any
sponge cake any better than hers I And the smiles sadly, and tells them they
ought to est the sponge cake sbt can mike when the egg* are fresh,
She Is sorry the ergain pie is-burned—but her stove If getting so tl
back of tbo oven tbst no dependence cap be put lb It,. Bbc.aftMt ha
store. If there Is anything that Aggravates her beyond measure, It If to have
a pie burned. And n cream pis shove all others! It Is so lunch work and, ex-
pcose to make cream plea.
Nobody has noticed that tbs plo was burned, and everybody hastens to tsll
her so, and to add that they thought It wts perfectly delicious.
Then the poor women begins on the doughnuts. 8he used to be s good
hand st making doughnuts, tbe-stys; but somehow or other the seems to bar#
lost her luck, lately. Or else it Is In the ysoat. She can’t tsll which. Some
thing Is at fault. It Is so provoking to bare bad lack with doughnuts. It is
such s hot, uncomfortable Jdb to fry doughnuts In a warm kitchen. She would
so lief take a licking any time. And It ■cents the bouts up so, too, Smells
like a fat-boiling establishment for a week.
And then all tbs guests feel mean and uncomfortable, somehow; ss if they
were to blame about something, and as If the tin of making their hostess'
bouse imell like s fat-boiling establishment rested on their Individual shoulders.
Now, this woman who cries down her victuals knows that everything on
her table Is Just as good- as It etn he made, and the has formed this habit of
decrying it because she Ukes to bare her cookery praised.
Praise Is sweet to us til, and almost every woman—perhaps every woman—
Ukes to hear her victuals well spoken of.
But the “proof of the pudding lies In the eating.” and whan guests "feed"
well, then the lady of the house may be cure that her cooking la perfect
And we don't want to go to tea very often st the house where the mistress
tells us, on sitting down at the table,/'that she does wish the had something
At to eat,” and adds, when we arise therefrom, “I fear you didn't make much
of a supper. Well, I don't blailie you! I s'pose you didn’t like my victuals?"—
New York Weakly.
In-Defense of Gravy
By Charles Potty, of South Carolina
AAAA Il'H great paUence and the stole tllenM of ah Indian I have Hit*
5| WW S| ened to the foolish ntturances of the people who bare made
V suggestions, ss to health foods, and'who tell US what we should
@ Oat and what we should not est, 1 here meekly submitted to
all their vagaries, and have gone so far as to 'esperiment with
accumulated by onr famUy.
After another two hours of search
ing my father found the keys of the
chests, tied together and labeled. In
the place where he had Arst looked
for them. With a peculiar facial ex
pression. In which It was dldlcnlt to
determine whether fatigue, annoyance
or trinmph predominated, he tossed
some of the health giving and youth restoring preparations. 1
have been told time and again that there wars dyspepsia and ultimate
ilcatb, In hot biscuits, crisp and malting. Then It was declared that the
use of salt was most Injurious, and that water for drinking purposes shonld
be distilled or boiled. Coffee, tea, purs spring or well water, hot food of til
sorts, white Aour, hog. meat, lard, the dear, delicious pies, waffles, butter
cakes, hot muffins, puddings, chicken pie,- pig’s head and cabbage were ill
said to cause dire disease* and to work havoc In the human stomach. With
Job-llkt patience I bare endnred all this and continued to thrive on tbo for
bidden foods. But a point bis been reached when the line hie to be drawn.
Snbmisilon Is no longer a virtue, bnt a sign of weakness tnd cowardice.
Recently Senator Pettui, of Alabama, who, le old enough to know better,
I* 1 *® me > • a * remarking that he. | iaa P | acc d gravy on the list of Interdicted foods. He has certainly been be-
evening, bringing
me, It she It well
In. Truman with
enough to come.
By-the-hy, I suppose this packet con
tains nil the documents necessary. In
dosing the mortgages. Do Sanl and
Isaacs hold any of the old deeds?”
“AU the necessary papers are there,”
said my father. “The money wai ad
vanced simply on my note of hand.
The old grants of the abbey lands In
Latin and Normsn French aro still In
had had is much of this affair as be
cared for In one dty, left me to do aa
I pleated.
Having hurriedly deposited the few
things before me In the places where
gulled into trying some of tho so-calicd gravy found In Washington restau
rants. The memory of his boyhood days has bean shadowed. Can he not
call to mind when In the dim and misty pest be mingled red bam gravy
with his riot or hominy? Did he never spread cream hsm gravy on his hot
lilscnlts, when taste and dellcfoni odor united to delight hit palate? When
■ | lll8LUllO| Ilvll UlAlt, ssllu UAIIVIUIIA a/wAva lASSiav a as# ssa h • r" • ,
they had been found, I hastened to tho we say hem gravy, we mean gravy from s hsm—not a bell of grease sent
the two old oak chests where they
have always been.”
"I would like to see them,” said my
nncls; “they must be very Interest
ing.”
"You shall. Ernest nhnll get them
ont for you to look nt by the time you
return."
CHAPTER II.
THO OAK CHESTS.
Accustomed from my Infancy to
wander unrestrained through the
gloomy rooms and corridors of Hoi-
denJbunt Hall, I had flittered myself
that I wts familiar with every nook
and corner of the old mansion. .
But my mind wts considerably exer
cised In the endeavor to determine the
wherenbonta of the two oak chesta-to
which my father had referred In hjs
conversation with uncle Sam. I did
not remember having ever assn any
inch chests, and could think of no
place from garret to basement which
I considered likely to contain them.
These thoughts—much confused
with Idle speculation concerning
my ancle who** acquaintance
had Jnst made, of my aunt
whom I had not yet seen, and of
various ldsts started by tbo conversa
tion of the two brothers—kept me
swtke until long after I bad retired Ac
library and proceeded to open the
nearest chest. The key entered the
lock as easily as might be wished, bnt
was turned with difficulty, nod made a
harsh, grating sound. I had no sooner
raised the lid thpn the air became so
charged with minute fungi that I vol
untarily stepped back and opened a
window.
The chest was qnlte Ailed with
parchment or vellum documents, soma
rolled and others flat, and to nearly all
of them were attached large pendu-
lout seals. I did not pauso to exam
ine them, but trhnsferred them all to
tho table, and opened the second cheat,
wherein I discovered nearly as many
documents as In the Ant, all of simi
lar character. But then) was 'also a
thick folio volume, Ailed with close,
neat writing, every letter of which
out from Chicago under the name of ham—but a ham proper from the hog
that grew up In tho woods in a half wild condition, In the fall of the year
he Is penned and fed on corn a few weeks. When the bams are property
salted and smoked with a combination of corncobs and hickory wood thi
product Is a bam.
Hit the 8enstor forgotten tU that? Did the Senator ever taste the Juices
of a tender broiled steak with which there was a liberal allowance of fresh
yellow butter? Or while waiting for his seniors when company cams to his
home, did he ever go to the kitchen end “sop out" tbo skillet In which the
chicken was fried? Or, perchance, did he ever from the bottom of tbo pot
In which s chicken pie was cooked scoop out that dellcloni mixture of crust,
gravy end butter which had been commingled In the cooking until It was a
morsel such ss the Olympian gods never tasted?
In hit yontbfnl days the Senator most have enjoyed st divers times a
bowl of turkey gravy. For boors tbs turkey, perhaps s wild one with a pe
culiar gamy taste, was routing tnd the Juices were distilling from It. and
mingling with tbs tromi of sage, pepper and other condiments until Its like
ness was not to be tasted on earth n In the heavens above-or In the waters
under the earth.
Hava all these delights vanished from tbo venerable Senator's memory.
# He may fly off on any political tangent he pleases, or he may rusk ont on
appearedT” be 'formed 'wlth' 'groat « hyperbolic corve and never yerar. to hta original path, and ws will bear
care and accuracy. About two-! with him. Ho may even place oggnogg under ban and declare positively
v .. . ,! ,niM> •nnsmtn nnrt nn notatoes. end he may set home-made Southern
thirds of tbo book was English and;««* ln,t ’po**nm and y>m potatoes, end ht may set home-made Southern
the remainder etrange character* 1 sausage, big hominy and hog Jowl and turnip salad aside ss unsavory and
which I had little doubt were Oriem 1 Unpalatable, bnt when he rale* gravy, inch as the old-time Southern cooks
tal, though I was notschotax^ enough ‘ know how to make, out of tho category of delightful food* he Ales In tbs
todeteralne the tangHagotoThIS 1 *><» »t our traditions and doss violence to our fondest recollections.
^
I tossed about restlessly end punched
my pillows, but could not sleep. When
I Uy on my left side, all that my un
cle said recurred to me vividly, and I
hated him for hta cool cynicism and
the sense of power which had now
and again been apparent through the
calmneu of Ms manner, but, turning
upon my right, his generous gift Im
pressed ms os really magnificent, and
I could not but feel grateful to him
for relieving my father of what I
knew had occasioned him some anx
iety. My uncle’s with, too,, for a
voice In determining my future course
In life Interested ms greatly tnd
opened Interminable trains of thought.
At last I lost consciousness, but did
not sleep eoundly nor for long.
When I too* It wanted some minntes
to 8 o’clock. A brilliant streak of tnn-
tblno lay across tbs dork oak floor of
my room, and through the casement
could bo discerned a clear blue sky
such ss la seldom seen In England lu
the month of Mircb.
Prfjpftf] ot health ltd aulroal Epirlts,
. .• ;■ t ' • '
they belonged. This book, and a cop
per box, about eighteen Inches by
twelve, tnd five Inches deep, were all
found besides the documents. The
box, which wts lacked,, was much
discolored; but I could discern writ
ing upon the lid inch as may bq pro
duced by nitrate of silver upon cop
per. AU I could decipher at a hasty
glance was “Roger Trueman,” written
In characters rather larger than the
other* Trueman being a very old
form of our family name, and the box
exceedingly heavy for Its size, I at
once conceived the hope that it con
tained something of special value. As
could And no key to the box, 1 set it
aside with tbs folio volume, resolving
to carefully examine both at my leis
ure.
At tblp moment a servant entered
the room and Informed that my
uncle and a out bad arrived. Dinner
The Sultan’s Iron Hand
Incidents That Show How the Turkish
Ruler Mysteriously Disposes of His
Enemies
By Henry Thompson
HINDS get don* lu the Sultan's realm—things like the mas
sacres of 1883 in Astatic Turkey gnd 1903 In Macedonia—
which come home to the consciousness of every thinking
Turk.
Take the case of the Koordlth Sheikh Obeldnllab, who
was a guest of the llultan for a time In 1883 and was after
wards sent to Mecca In order that pious occupations might
keep him ont of mischief. He died very soon after bis
arrival, of cholera. It was officially announced, although he
was the only sufferer from cholera In Mecca that year.
Take the case of Mlthad Paths, the liberal Prime Minister and the cham
pion of Parliamentary government. He was tries for treason In aiding to
bad been ordered to be served as soon dethrone Sultan Abdul Ail* and was sent to Tslf, near Mecca. After a
mained*sufficlonf tlme'tor'ireM pro- Arabia appeared In Constantinople babbling a tale that ended .with. “I did
Dare tor it P not know that It was Mlthad Pasha cr I would not have put tbs soaped cord
Quite tired of my day's work, the' » bout “■ B ? k " 01 *** W “ *"** “ d PUl
time be died rather suddenly. By and by a man who bad been a soldier In
Intelligence was not unwelcome. Tak- j U “
Inc with me the rniio volume I Take tho case of Said Pasha, ex-Grand Veslr, who fled to the British Em-
r I as
«js i kmur rsr ^ “■ 1 ^ora,,, prom ‘" of “ aw
within. I then sought my bedroom. Meditation upon this class of mysteries makes people sbtke In their
shoes every time that they as* one of the great army of paid informers who
know about everything. Men do not say that the Saltan doe* the things
which canto this trepidation, bnt that “the palace” does them. t They tpesjt
of the "palace” as though It were a sentient bat Invisible organism; and wben
they speak of It they look behind them and take ont their handkerchiefs and
wipe a clammy swat from theta facw.-WorW* Work. ...
where, having safely bestowed the
jbook and box, I made wbat I theu
thought was an elaborate toilette eucb
a* befitted my Introduction to my
[American kinswoman.
To be contlnued-
FOOT STOOLS.
Old woolen clothes. '^Vt, the
t ot too soiled, can be
little tenslne. Tbese piece*
cme to =» tor patches. Yhey ^
£ SS .Vi®**« be “
b ,or ‘ ir d Cy .uSl ’•
the seam* with iancy ■ uw "r»
,ef with coarse silk or bright
t tones well with the goods. For sf
square foot stool a larger piece ran M.
r: and embroidered with ritoo.
_??!-.in.t the right tone to blend
vr of Inst the right l
yr 01 1 the goods used.
and be suitable to
two made of such material that
gone good service, also another
of small left-over Plccesofvrivet
In bright colors that always
off brlgbt and clean, and the
£»*7o( this one I. that it will scarce
ly over wear out.-Mrs. France! C. Et
nor, hi The Epltomist
THE MODERN FLATIBON.
There aro many klnda of ironanowln
Mfbnnt nu> Many are of odd shape
tod atnngely bright. P ret ^
compared with the homely, dingy Iron*
of the old time.
There are Irens provided wlth spe
#101 forethoughttor the traveler’s needs
and limitations. There are other Irons
irffk narrow little points like the how
<rf a ship, meant to run up Into the
nibses of Bounces. Infants' cap Irons
and pSlshlng Irons of divers ri*e and
pattern at* among a dozen other spe-
C, Tbe r primrove flatiron ha* been d*
veloped td * wonderful extent Many
of Its progeny *ro »*
at machines Man *' mere Implements.
A traveler’s won of small size has s
A travelers ifou ^ (<> ^ oper(lte(1
I a single lump ol
' e best sufficient tot
out of a necktie, r
thk-Mt-of eleevf
— -a g*\«
the pecking. ThieVuef 1 * ®**Hy carried
tod not troubleeomllo »'“**•
A smaller Iron of plghfy polished ex
terior to be fitted <Aer lb* *«• burnei
by mans of the billow *h,-ough th.
middle Is sold tor Wxty-ltat« «»“
This iron Is two Indies long m™ »“*'
little furnace
by prepared
the fuel will
the proper
ribbon rtreemer,
drapery which
(Wts the oraamenti
toi lb
Complete little lxL-n* outfit* «.■“»«
put up lu esse* ThUset Includes
small frit-covered botM, the nickeled
iron and little wroughtjjnetaL stand, V
stick of beeswax for bettering ibs
iron’s service, and a durable Ironholder
A new Invention is u Ironing
wMch 'an bo changed Into t
wben (O desired. Folding lap
and folding tabla ere brought ont ror
the atosteur lroner’s convenience. The
effective cleaning stuffs for silk, doth
or flannel enable many woman to be
their own cleaners, bnt proper pressing
after the rubbing off spots is Indispen
sable. Hence the greet demand for
small, handy Irons which esn^be bated
In ordinary living and drosslijg rooms.
MEKlUi
Oat akw made with half bnttarmlU,
ud water ire fine and crisp.
No kind of farinaceous food will di
gest etslly uniat It Is thoroughly,
cooked.
Broth will keep longer frwk It a
cauliflower has been one of the veget
ables used.
Eggs will keep fresh tor three months
U dipped In oU and tLen packed .with
straw between layers.
Laurel lava should hive t piece In
the pep try; they toske an excellent
flavoring tor milk puddings.
Hot etarch la best to use tor shirts,”
ud s little turpentine added to It will
give a bright gloss to the linen.
•For a sprained ankle pat the foot In
hot water it once, tben as quickly as
possible apply hot bran poultice.
A state with a pencil attached by a
string shonld hang In every kitchen to
aid the memory of the housewife.
Headachw In a tchool girl usually
mean exhausted nerve power through
over work, over excitement, over anx
iety or bad air.
Put a metal spoon or fork In a gists
or chins dish before pouring hot water
Into It. Tbs metal conducts tbs hat
swqy, ud the dish will not crack so
readily.
Pickle bottles and Jars that smell oi
onions will be quite sweet and odorless
after being left ont of doors tor three
or four days filled with and or gar
den monld.
A mire core tor corns without tbs
least pain soak them till soft, tben boll!
them between linger and thumb, and
powder sway with a piece of very fin<
emery paper.
For wrak eyes dissolve ns muc?
burnt slam ss wonld cover ten.ants
In a little lakewirm water, and mois
ten the eyes every tew- hours with a
soft handkerchief.
A good way to dan zinc is to dip a
plea of cotton In kerosene and to rub
tho article to be cleaned with It until
all dirt Is removed. Well rinse with
hot water afterword ud dry with a
clan cloth.
To cook eggs tor so Invalid the fob
lowing way is best: Pot on the egg pac
and boll tho water. Then pat it in tc
tbs side of the -Are end pat the egg ii
Leave It In for ten minutes, bnt
mast not boil while It Is in the j
avhM takan mi?' (8 will Km *
When taken out 1 it will be fonnd to
mat digestible, to, the white of tbr
Mill be «e soft,
pan
