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S Mary Danforth rode up homo
In the elevated on the April
afternoon Just two years after
her first meeting with Gordon Crais.
she found the sad thoughts that had
been with her so long slipping away.
She was sure that her lover was
thinking of her and that on this an
niversary she would receive happy
news of him. She almost believed ,n
premonitions, and she remembered,
with a slight shudder, how once a
premonition she had had about h^r
father had been the forerunner of his
death not long after. Why might not
one also have a permonltlon of Joyous
happenings?
As she left the train at Eighty-first
street a voice »ald close to her, “Why,
Mary Danforth! How do you do?”
Turning with a start, she found her
self face to face with a former school
mate of whom she had seen nothing
for two years.
“Which way are you going?" asked
the girl after greetings had been ex-^
changed.
‘I go westward,” replied Mary
briefly.
Working Downtown.
“Oh, too bad, for I go to Central
Park West. We are living In the
same old place, you know, where you
used to come to see us. You never
come now.”
“No,” acknowledged Mary. ”1 have
little time. I am working down
town"
"Well, I want to talk to you a bit.”
said Elizabeth Preston, who had al
ways liked Mary when the Danforths
were prosperous. “Suppose you walk
with me toward my home, or let me
walk with you toward yours. Which
shall it be?”
“I will go with you,” replied Mary
quickly. She felt a reluctance—of
which she was ashamed—to have this
patronizing acquaintance of former
days see the house in which she now
lived.
“It must be fine to be working for
one’s self.” said Miss Preston as the
two girls sauntered along Eighty-first
street toward Central Park. “Of
course. I have no excuse for doing
that kind of thing, for my father has
plenty of money, and I am the only
daughter left at home. Hut some
times I get a little tired of ease and
luxury and long to be Independent.”
Mary tried to smile. “ ‘He jests at
scars who never felt a wound,', ” Rhe
quoted. “Perhaps If you had to work,
you would find what #eems Independ
ence to you now something like
slavery.”
She regretted the wordH as soon
as she had spoken them, for her
companion turned upon her a look
of pity.
“Oh, do you ha\> to work as hard
as that?” she exclaimed. “I sup
posed that you only went into busi
ness after your father died so that
you would not be entirely dependent
upon your mother. Surely your
father left her comfortably provided
for did he not?”
“YouNeedn’t Pity Me.”
For a moment Mary did not
answer. She wondered if Eliza
beth Preston was really ignorant of
conditions, or if she was pretending
not to know how matters stood. In
-tither case, to tell her the truth was
the best thing. Hut it was with an
effort that the weary girl spoke.
“My father left all he had to my
mother. Hut he was unfortunate
In business just before he—he—dio<l. |
You are right in thinking I would
not be dependent upon my mother.
Hut she has not the means to sup
port us both even if I were willing j
to have her do so.”
“Oh,” cooed Miss Preston. “you
poor child! I am so Borry for you!”
“Thank you, hut you need not pity i young, until our f time, ha» c guided
me at all.” retorted Mary testily. “1 ships at sea, was then many degrees
am not an object of pity. I have a , . .
position which I shall keep as long ; rom c I>0
as I wish, which will not be long | another and a brighter star glUteued
now.” not far from the north point of the
Her temper was Retting the better celMtla , . „ hen ;
of her discretion, but Elizabeth , _ .
Preston’s patronage was unbearable The excavations recently made by
to her She determined to say no I Professor Petrie*, of the British School
more, but her companion^ next Lf Archaeology, have established this
speech swept away her barriers of re- f . |Ct whlch mus . Bppc ar very aston-
ishing to those who still retain the
old belief that the world Itself is only
about 6,000 years old!
But such investigations as those of
Professor Petrie carry the same over
whelming conviction to the reasoning
mind as that which has caused all in
telligent persons to accept the con
clusions of geology concerning the
f years that
the earth has been inhabited bv a
serve.
“It was very fine of you to take
that brave tone about it, Mary,” the
rich girl remarked, “but your trouble
has told on you. You are looking
ten years older than when you left
school. I wonder if my father might
not be able to get you an easier sit
uation than you have now.”
‘I shall not hold any position much ....
longer." sal.1 Mary, voice hard and “P™. "I.'i'J?"?,
glittering. “1 expect soon to
change my entire mode of life’."
The other girl eyed her shrewdly.
'T suspect,” she said in a tone that
was meant to. be playful, “that you
are going to get married, my dear.”
Mary shrugged her shoulders.
“Perhaps!” she said nonchalantly.
“Here we are at Eighth avenue, and
I must turn back home. Good-bye!”
As she retraced her steps, indig
nation gave place to Joyous anticipa
tion. How strangely happy she was
this evening! She remembered that
Fletcher was going to call, and a
sudden sense of distaste at the pros
pect of seeing him at this time seized
her. She would not let him come.
Stepping into a hotel on the corner
of Eighty-first street, she called up
Pearsons’ office. When she had left
the office Fletcher had been there
with her employer, and the two had
been smoking so comfortably that he
might possibly be there still. She was
not mistaken, and when Pearson an
swered the telephone she asked for
Mr. Fletcher. As briefly as possible
she suggested to her would-be caller
that she would prefer seeing him on
some other evening. He submitted
regretfully, but meekly, and she con
gratulated herself upon the reprieve.
Like a Phophecy.
As the girl walked along Eighty-
fourth street to her home, the glow
In the western sky seemed to her
excited Imagination like a symbol or
prophecy of happiness ahead of her.
Surely there would be a letter await
ing her! After all what did Elizabeth
Preston’s chatter matter when one’s
heart was so full of peace? Even the
sordid block on which she lived seemed
less dingy and dirty than usual at
this sunset hour. She pushed her way
through the groups of janitors’ and
tenants’ children playing on the front
steps of the house in which she lived,
and, hurrying Into the vestibule, peered
into the letter box bearing her name.
Yes, there was the envelope with
Craig’s handwriting on it. She knew
it would be here! With eager fingers
she unlocked the letter box and drew
forth her treasure. She could not
wait until she got upstairs. The
sight of the/handwriting was like a
draught of water to a thirsty soul.
Tearing open the envelope, she pulled
out the single sheet and read it by
the dim light from the hall chande
lier.
» v > :
Little Bobbie’s Pa
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
P A took Ma & me oaver to a lake
yesterday ware thare Is a lot
of city boarders. Mr had a
Trend oaver thare that used to call
on ua wen we lived In the city & Ma
wanted to see her.
The i aim of Ma's frend was Missus
Mace. Her husband is a bizness man
in the city & every Sommer he sends
his wife up to that lake so he can
have a few weeks rest, & a good
time with the other men.
How do you like it up here. Pa
asked Missus Mace.
Oh, I think It is dredfully poky, sed
Missus Mace. Thare is so few men
around. Look at them old cats set
ting on the veranda A' talking about
peepul, she sed I bet every one of
them ha» ripped all of us up the back
beefoar now If my husband cud af
ford it, I wud go to sum place ware
thare is moar cla-ss
They all look prltty good to me,
sed Pa. Who are those two peaches
setting on the end of the verandy?
They are two young married wim-
men, sed Missus Mace, & the way
thay have been flirting at the littel
hops we have here is sumthing ter-
ribul. Last nite thay went out in a
party of young peepul & thare hus
bands wasenl along. Tly* party dident
git back till neerly midnite.
Well, sed Pa, what of it? I oppose
thare husbands sent them up here to
enjoy themselfs with th* young pee
pul. I wud deerly luv to have been
in that party myself, sed Pa.
I doant think you missed much. &
thay are all the time talking about
what deers thare husbands is. too, sed
Missus Mace. Wen 1 hear a young
married woman talking so much
about her good husband in the city. I
always think thay are putting on a
lot. & last nite one of them kissed
her husband's letter about twenty
times wen alio got It at th* postotfiee.
What lf she did? sed Pa. I think
that was vary sweet of her. You see.
Pa sed to Missus Mace, she is yung A
doevotod to her husband A ho is dee-
voted to her. 1 suppose if they was
middle aged, like you A frend wife
here, thay wud kiss the money order
insted of the letter. That is the kind
of tetters you wimmen like. Pa sed,
Mie kind that wen you open them
uumthing blue pops out.
Nothing of the kind, sed Ma and
Missus Mace at onst. We are always
glad to git letters from our husbands
wether thare is munny in the letters
or not.
Well, sed Pa, you cud talk all day
about those two young matrons &
you cuddent maik me beleeve thare
was a rong thing about eether one of
them. Why, sed Pa, that brunet one
has a face like a angel. 1 shud like
to meet them, Pa sed.
Not so fast, sed Ma. Doant git so
enthused all of a sudden. My frend
Missus Mace has "been here longer
than we have and she ought to kno.v
if the yung ladles site menshuns are
fit company for un. *
I like to pick my own cumpany, s* d
Pa. «Kr eeven if 1 thought I was git-
ting slmpel minded enuff to have
sumbody pick my cumpany. I
wouldn't choose a old knocktr Ilk*-
yure friend Missus Mace to pick my
fronds tor me.
You are t not a gentleman, sed
Misses Mace’.
1 know It. sed Pa. I am a plain’old
rough-neck wieh was all his life so
busv trying to see good in every
body that he didnt have time to lern
to be yure kind of a gentleman. 1
beleeve 1 will get sumbody to inter-
duce me to them two yung matrons.
How about it. wife? sed Pa. How
about meeting the summer girls?
All rite, sod Ma, sum other sum
mer
A TOMB OPENED AT TARKHAN.
There are 20,000 different kinds of
butterflies.
At Holbeach (Lines) Parish Church,
in order to get rid of a swarm of
bats, sulphur was burned, and then
the bell ropes were whirled round
and round. In this way thirty-three
bats were killed one evening.
*4- ^
ANIMAL FIGURES AT MEMPHIS.
She was hurriedly adjusting her
veil, and had but a few moments in
.which to catch her car.
"Oh, dear,” she murmured. I can t
find a pin anywhere. 1 wonder where
all the pins go to. anyway?”
"Tlmt’s a difficult auction to an
swer,” replied her pracr-ml husband,
who wa* standing by, "because they
are always pointed in one direction
and headed in another.”
Two American farmers met a day
or two after a cyclone had swept
over their farms.
"She shook things up prptty bad
out at my place,” said one, stroking
his whiskers, meditatively. “By The
way, Hiram,” he added, “that new
barn o’ vourn get hurt at all?”
"Wal," drawled the other, ”1 dunno.
I hain t found it yet!”
great variety of animals, some of
whose descendants, but little changed
In their forms, are co-dwellers with
us to-day upon thi« ancient planet.
The nature of the excavations made
by Professor Petrie in Egypt may he
ciearly seen in the photographs
which are here reproduced.
■Works of Art.
There you see the beautifully carved
tables of stone and of alabaster, the
animal figures, the sphinxes, the spec
imens of pottery, and the granite sar
cophagi, or coffins, which that won
derful, prehistoric people made for
themselves.
There, too, you see some of the
skeletons of the "sacred” animals
which they honored with burial cere
monies hardly less elaborate
those which were devoted to
metals, and formed exquisite orna
ments of gold and silver.
These things must set one to think
ing. for we know that arts and sci
ences are long in being developed, re
quiring thousands of years, and that
no civilization can grow up except as
the result of many centuries of slow-
advance. How far back, then, should
we have to go in order to find the real
beginnings of Egypt? Ten thousand
years must be but a step in that long
march of human progress! The
poles of the heavens may have swung
more than once completely round
their great 26.000-year orbit since the
land of the Nile began to bloom with
cultivation, and its human inhabitants
started on their upward course.
Nothing can be more interesting
than these delvings into the past his
tory- of the globe since man came
upon it, and the farther that unwrit-
than | ter., but still not unrecorded, history
their j stretches back the more the wonder
It has been calculated that nearly
300,000,000 feet, or over 55,000 miles,
of film are used up yearly to satisfy
the world’s demand for moving pi2-
tures.
Half the men condemned to death
are executed. In the case of women,
only one out of ten suffers the death
penalty.
Rather Late.
A man traveling in the country met
a middle-aged farmer who said his fa
ther, 90 years old, was still on the
farm where he was born.
"Ninety years old, eh?”
“\es, father is close to 90.”
"Is his health good?”
“ ’Tain’t much now. He’s been com
plainin' for a few months back.”
”What’s the matter with him?”
“I dunno; sometimes I think farm
in’ don’t agree with him.”
ARE YOU SURE?
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am a young lady 17 years of
age and come In contact with a
young man two years my senior.
I know this man loves me, and
his love is reciprocated. When
we meet, we always act Indiffer
ently. Now, in what way can we
get together to keep company, as
I know our parents would not
object, and our friends are aware
of the facts? ANTONETTE.
It takes something more than the
approval of parents and the knowl
edge of mutual friends that they do
approve to make a young man love a
girl.
I want you to have love; it is my
fondest hope for you; but I don’t be
lieve this man loves you. You say
he always acts indifferently toward
you. If he loved you, he wouldn’t do
that, and you would not have to look
for a way to win him.
APPEAL TO THE POLICE.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I kept company with a young
man for three years and expected
to be married in the spring. My
parents objected to him. He was
very jealous and never took me
out or gave me anything. Last
summer I became acquainted with
a man eight years my senior. He
takes me out and says he loves
me. My folks like him and I love
him very dearly. He wants to
marry me. My first lover threat
ens me when he hears I am go
ing to get married. He writes
letters and when 1 don't answer
he hangs around my house.
PERPLEXED.
A jealous man like that is a dan
gerous person to know. You must
marry the second man, for he is the
one you love, and you must put an
end to all obnoxious attentions from
the first man. If your father can mt
help you, appeal to the authorities.
NOT SURPRISING.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am a young girl of seventeen.
About three months ago I met a
young man of eighteen. We met
by flirtation. W’hen we had been
acquainted about a month he pro
fessed his love for me, but since
then he has been going with other
girls and is very cool to me.
L. M.
Lightly won, lightly held. An ac
quaintance that begins in flirtation
usually terminates in the girl’s sor
row. The man is convinced she will
comfort herself w-ith the next man
who flirts with her, and holds her lov .
lightly.
Won’t you please be a little nv re
reserved next time?
TREAT HIM THE SAME
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am 20, and have been keep
ing company tor about eight
months. We had an argurru nt and
separated. Now for abr at two
months we have been re jonciled,
but he seems rather distant.
What would you advise me to do?
GWENDOLYN.
Evidently his wrath is still smol
dering, which indicates a sullen, re
sentful disposition. Fon’t worry, my
dear, if you lose him It will prove a
gain in the end.
r E did not know who Kent ut here
To work and rest and die;
He did not 'trust the aged seer
Who wisely owled the sky.
Out peered the stars through the heavens’ bars;
The fool did not know why.
He could not tell why any man
Should wish his brother ill;
He saw a starving caravan
Tottering up a hill.
He could not see why this should be
When others ate their fill.
He could not understand the scheme
Men call their marriage rite.
He knew a maid that loved and strojed,
He knew her soul was white.
The Church, her sisters, all the gr )d—
They crushed her in their mi ht.
All these and many other thi gs
He could not comprehend.
To 10180 men here it seemed so clear
They would have show i their friend;
But he was just a fool, they said,
And would be to th' end.
Good Manners in the Home
Too Lazy.
“Nodles is the laziest man I know.
He has an invention fixed so that by
merely pulling a wire in bed he can
light the fire; but that doesn’t seem
to improve matters.”
"Why not?”
“He’s too lazy to pull the wire.”
Clever Tostess.
A German ban* happened to play
under the windows of a house in a
fashionable neip tborhood the other
afternoon, whe l Mrs. B. was “at
home.” They *vere a fair specimen
of their kind- blaring and noisy, yet
correct In th' ir time and altogether
in movement from long practice. The
butler starte * out to drive them away,
for they int -rrupted th e music with
in, but Mr?. B. ordered him to invite
them in. A happy thought struck
her.
“Ladies' and gentlemen,” she said,
five min .tes later, “a party of our
friends \ave consented to #ive an im
itation >f a street band. I now have
the plf asure of introducing them.”
The , the six members of the organ-
izatio i filed awkwardly into place and
play? J a piece. The audience delight
edly declared that the mimicry was
per'act, especially the make-up of the
pla ;ers. who were recalled half a
do ,en times.
‘Would you take them for anything
bit genuine street stragglers?” was
tsked of a belle.
“Indeed, yes,” she confidently re
plied; “they're clever in their mim
icry, but one can always tell gentle
men, no matter how disguised. I’m
dying to find out who they are.”
By MRS. FRANK LEAF NED.
Author of “The Etiquette of New
York To-day.”
P ARENTS are conscious of the im
portance of teach ng their chil
dren good manrars, but very
often they forget tf at children arc
quick to detect incor aistencies. If the
parents fail to obs rve the courtesies
they are trying tc teach there will L>?
difficulty in inst .ucting children.
If parents are careful to thank chil
dren for any \ttle attention, if they
ask a favor r/ them always in cour
teous te*rns. if they reply pleasantly
tc their qu stions and never Indulge
In the rud- ness of answering in mon
osyllables or paying no attention to
question „ then the children will learn
to be careful in their own manners.
Childr n imitate their parents in word
and ' eed and are susceptible to the
influence of their looks, voices and
ma’.ncrs.
F ,el Resentment.
The resentment children sometimes
feel in being required to observe for
mulas is because they find these
things disregarded by older persons in
the family. Parents, therefore, have
to discipline themselves before, they
can train their children. This may
sometimes require the courage to ac
knowledge a mistake, for it is as im
portant to say “I was mistaken,” or
“I beg your pardon,” as to say “Thank
you.”
Conscientious parents know tha
there can be no training in haphaz
ard methods, or by laying.down max
ims and precepts, and that it is not by
claiming to be infallible that they cai.
hope to influence their children, but
by showing that they are striving
toward high standards of conduct. If
the home atmosphere is that of peace
it Is sure to promote contentment. If
there is the everyday graciousness of
speech and action the influence can
not fail to foster kindness and con
siderateness. There will not be the
mere superficial politeness, but the
true graciousness of life, a grace
which is deep and enduring.
Home, in Its true sense, Is the
training ground for life. The years at
home are most Important because
habits are being formed which will
influence the entire future. It is there
that we learn to fill our place in re
lation to others; there that we learn
respect for authority and obedience
to law and order. It Is In the home
that we learn in childhood the neces
sity of self-control, the importance of
truthfulness, dutifulness, unselfish
ness, sympathies and courtesy. We
learn to make concessions, to give up
insisting on having our own way, and
we learn to look at things from the
point of view of other people.
High Ideals.
Boys and girls who are taught high
ideal3 of conduct in the home will no*
fail to exercise kindness and cour
tesy toward their companions. As
they grow to manhood and woman
hood they will feel bound to show
their best home training In their in
tercourse with the world, out of re
spect to themselves and the dear fam
ily life. The home life may be but a
memory, distant in the years, but the
influence will never be lost.
With the Boy.
Willie—May I go and play now.
ma?
Mother—What? With those rag
ged trousers!
Willie—No; with the boy next door.
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kings, queens and rulers. Professor j grows, for every new discovery plung-
Petrie and his assistants have un- | ing deeper into the ages shows that
covered not leas thnn 800 ancient we are yet far from the starting point,
graves, rone of which are less than
about 6,ooo years old.
All of them tell the same story, viz:
that so long ago as that men had al
ready learned many of the arts which
we often Jhink are peculiar to times j his’
included within the limits of written ! house,
history. They could not merely bufld j "Halloa!” breezily remarked the
strong and beautiful structures of j landlord. “Going for your holidays,
masonry and carve statues and shape Jim?"
vases that excite the admiration of “Holidays? What holidays?"
architects and artists to-day. but they j “Well. I see you’ve got your trunk
I knew the use of the most precious ■ labeled,” replied the landlord.
Had It Labeled.
A miner, having a large piece of
sticking plaster over the bridge of j
went into a local publi
The Major—And there we stood.
Miss Ethel, in the heart of the jun-
A Yorkshlreman suffering from gi e , that huge panther and I. barely
toothache went to a dentist to have *,. n paces apart, each staring at the
the aching tooth out. The dentist face of the other.
pulled out the offending tooth, and i Ethel—Oh, major, how dreadful for
was then asked to pull out the dou- : you both!
ble tooth next to it. i • • •
"But that is a sound tooth,” said “Look here. Boxer, did you call me
the dentist. “The pain is only sym- j a common ass?”
pathetic.” “No, Fops on. I said you were an
“Yank it out. doctor. Hang such I uncommon ass.”
sympathy/* replied the Tyke. i “Aw. that’s different. I cawn’t
•
A solicitor called upon a profes- mon, y’know.”
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These conveniences are part of the typewriter
—not attachments—and there is no additional
cost.
Write for free booklet/The Measure of Worth.” It
explains how ball bearings make the L. C. Smith &
Bros, typewriter the easiest running o-tvH most dura
ble writing machine.
L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Co.
Head Office for Domeetlc and Fefelgn Buelneee
SYRACUSE, N. Y.
Atlanta Branch, 12 i N. PryorS^
Atlanta, Ga.