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VoL XXVII.
NAZARF.TH, PA., FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 21, lbH7
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load n liattlo .'^c.'irred vclrran of exariiiiiiitioii Mko niysolf into a nnd tlioii sprlii;,' it on liiin, j\s yoii liiivp done, is frlftod by I'rovldoii'e. I on^'ljt not to say nnothor woid on tlio snh- Jeot," lio i^f>'liU'od (>inii!i;itiially. "What Captain W.iiicn will sny to ino whon ho finds Ihis ont i.s unpleasant to <oii. sidor. WliMt is It .voti want nio to toll yon?"
"Evor.vtliiiiL'. I want .vou to sil down horo li,\' iric and toll mo the wholo story from till" lii'L'imiin:;.    Plonso."
Ilo Iiosil;it('d a moinont loii;i('r and thon. Ilis mind nuido up, refnniod to his chair, orossod his lo^rs nnd lio.:ran. "IToro it Is." ho said.
"Cnrolino. aliont twont.v yoars niro or such iiiattor yonr f.athor was a rom- paraflvoly pnor man—poor. I moan, comparod to what lio aftorward ho cnme. Hn! ho was n olovor man. nn able husinoss man. one who saw oppor- tnnltios and trraspod thom. .\t tli;it timo Iio ohtamod a craiit In Knulli America for"—
"I know," sho intormptod. '"riii- Altrae Itnljlier company was formed. Yon told Stove nnd mo all aliont tli.it. What I want fo know is"—
"Wait. 1 did not toll yon all nl'oi!' It. I said that another man invi' I'd $in,noo with yonr father to form llial company. That man. so wc in-w know, was your nnole. f'aiitain I'lisln Warron."
"I frilessed thnt. Of ronrse if iiin-i hnve hoon, lie."
"It was. Tho eniitnin had suvod somo monoy; nlso nt that timo lie Idol¬ ized Ills brcitlior und believed in hl< shrewdness and capatdllty. ITe Invest¬ ed tills .Sinoon on Ttodgers Wiirroi's word thai th" invostniont was iPcl- to bo "a" ^(iorV "mrp.—i-fr<rt--anti t^> hf!;; the Inttor In imslnoss. For n few ye:<fs tho company did iiotlilnp. Diiriiiir tliat tlmo yonr f:'."ii'r and ninlo disagreed conooniinc; another matter, qiilto un¬ connected with this onp—and they did not SOO oacli otiier analn while Hodtrors lived. In tiiat lonj: period the .\krae ooInpaIl.^• mado niiiUons. P.iit Elislin supposed it to bo iiankrapt and wurtli- le-^s, becnir-'o-well, to bo frank, ho- ciui.so Ills liioth<>r wrote him to that ef¬ fect.
"Xow wo ((une to the will. Your fa¬ ther, ('.irolhio. was not a hail mnn at heart. lie roijll/cd how he had de¬ frauded the brother who had been so kind to him, and lie kept pronilslnj: himself to s<Miie day repay the nioney ho lind taken. To Insure thnt he put that note wiili tli(> other papers of the compnny. !f he did repa.v it could ho destroyed; If he did not. If h(> should die. It would he'thcre to prove —what It did provo.    IUU always In hl.s nilud
wns the tUouKht of you and Steve, the chUdren Ii* lo^'ed. lie had qiiarreled with his brother. It Is true. He hnd cheated him, )ut- rcslitutlou for thnt cheat he hnd provided. Hut what Would be( (inw of ycai, loft-in case he dletl without ni.ikiiii; rest itutiou—pen¬ niless V     He   knew   hi.s   brother,   us   1
"Keeping' itV" bIh; reixNited. "Why not?    It Is his.    It boloiiL's to him."
"f'aroliiip, I'm nfruid you don't know him even .vet. He wus for KoIiik to you at oiifo and dostmyinK the note In your presence. He would huve done It, hut wo persimded him to wait nnd think it ovor for a day or two. He diil think and I Inn decided to wait n little longer fur your sake."
"For my suUeV Tor inineV" She pns.sed her haml In a bewildered wny across her forehend. "Mr. Sylvester. I don't sccni to understnnd ovon now.    I''—
"Kor yonr sake, Cnrolino. Ifomem- ber, at tliat tipie you were eiiKut'ed lo Mnlcclni Dunn."
Her Intent };ay,(! wnvcred. Slie drew n loiiK breath. "I see," she said slow¬ ly.    "Oh—I see."
"Yes. Captain Warren Is ono of the best .judjios of eharaeter I ever met. The Innins liid not deceive him for one moment. He was certnln Malcolm in¬ tended marryin« you becaus(> of your ,.,^j,^ I money. l"<u- that matter, so was I. He (|..i,, knew you mn.st see tlio proof with your own eyes.   .\iid he showed It to you."
"Bnt thon." she begf-'od distractedly, "why eouhln't ho tell me after that'/ I —I am so stupid, I suppose—hut, Mr. Sylvester, all this Is—Is"—
"He mi«ht have told you then, but he did not tliink it best. Caroline, your uncle lius always believed In you. Even when you sent him from your home he did not blame you. He said you woro deceived tliat wns all. Hut, too. ho has nlways ileclared thut you had been, as he expressed it, 'brought up wrong.' Your nniiiey had, in a wny, warpel your estimate of people and tilings. .Vnd there was Steve. You know, (Caro¬ line, that money and what it brought were spoiling Stove. He has never been so mu( il of a man as during tlie past year, when lie tlionglit himself poor. But your uinle lias planned I'or hira as well as for you, and when he believes the timo hns como he"—
"I'leuso," slio Interrupted falteringly— "please don't say nny more. Let me think, Mr. Sylvester. You say that Uncle Eiishu intends giving us ail t!i:it father tnok from him-all of it?"
"Yea, all. He considers himself mere¬ ly your gmirdinn sti'l nnd will accep! only his expenses from the estate."
"It Is wonderful!' she repeated bro¬ kenly. "Even though we cannot tuke it, It is wonderful."
"WliatV   Cannot take It?"
"Of ciiurso not! Do you suppose that either my iirother or I would take the fortune thot onr fatlier stole—,vos. stule —from him, ufter ho has beon llviiii; al¬ most In poverty ull theso years und we In luxury- on his money? Of course we sli.ill not fake It!"
"But, Caroline, I Imagine you will have til hike it. I understand your feelings, but I think he will compel you to taka it."
"I shall not!" Sho sprang to her feet. "Of course I shall not! Never! Never!"
"Whnfs that you're never goln' to take, Can illiie—measles or another trip down in these parts? I hopo 'tnln't the last, "cnuse I've heen cal'iatln' you'd like it well enough to come again."
Cnrolino turned. So did Sylvester. Captain Eiislui was standing in the doorway, iiis hand on the knob. He was sniiliiig broadly, but aa he looked at the two liy tin- flre he ceased to smile.
"What's all this?" he nsked sus¬ piciously. "Candine, what—Sylvester, whnt have you beon telllii' her?"
Xeitlior answered at once. The cap¬ tain loiikcJ from one to the other.
"Sylvester!" Curolhie had never seen her   riiKlo   thoroughly   angry   before.
joeii—tnen you II Uave to tulje tne money, bocnuse It'll bo yours. Evory bit of evidence llint'll hold In law is gone."
He turned, strode to the door and out of tho room. A moment Inter the.v henrd n sen am from .Miss linker In the kitchen: ¦'I.ishn Warren, what nils
The wlilstlo had sounded ten minutes before. It « as time for Dan to appear at the bend.
"I hop(> to thunder Jim got that tele¬ gram." obsi-rvod the cnritain for tho twentieth time nt lenst since lireakfast.
"So do I," I'M'lied his friend. "There's no reason wh.c he siionldn't, Is thive?"
"No. no sensible ono, but I've Rcnrod
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you?    .\ro you crn/.y?"    There was no ; ^^ ,,,, ^^,^^ ,|,„„ ^ ciniple of hundred of answer, but I lie back dofir closed with a treinendoi: i liani'. Half an hour alter his druinHlic exit
Captain    I.! down the (!•
ha    was   pacing   uji   und r,r of the barn.    It was nn
the other kind. If he shouldn't come —my, my. r.i.. 'd bo disappointed!"
ll(} moliuiied with Ms liend toward the window of C'nrollne's room.
Thov   turned    in    time   to   catch   a
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old refuge of his. a place whero ho wa ; ! ^Hmp.se of tiie girl as she parted the accusionic.l to go when inaneis reipiir i curtains and looked out on the rond. Ing deliberation nnd thought oppresse ! ' gjj^ ^„„. f,,,,,,, i,,,,;,-].,^, ,,, dfr, smiled, him. .\s he tinned In his stride h ' blushed and di^apiioaieil. Hoth men saw a sli: .1 iw move across tlie sill o   i gnjo^pj j,, .^ii,.,i,.(_. r„i. ,, moment; then
I thn   IiIl;-,   o|ien   door.      He   caught    lii      ^jj^ f..,j,f,,ij, .said:
I breath and stopped. ,     n^^y .'^yive.-ler, this .Neu  York cruise
Caroline entered lho barn,    .^lie c,,i.,c , ^^ nji,^, ,,„.,H.d'out pretty good, after
all, didn't If;"
"Decidei'.ly good. It was the making of your inei e an.l nepliew. Caroline realizes it now, and s<) will Steve."
"IIo;i(- so. it (liJn't do me any harm," with a chuckle. "I wouldn't have   mi.-.; ,¦ i   timt   iiiile   beat   up   the
"Yes.   T'ncle   Elislin.     Mr. has shown me that I must.
Sylvester I He say
straight to bim nnd ptit her hnnds upo i th(! lapels of lii.s coat.    Her eyes wore wet and ^!linin^^ "Caroline?" he faltered eagerly. "You  good  man!"  sho breathed soft ly.   "Oh. .\ou good man!"
"Cnrolino!"     His   voice   siiook,   bul there was hope in It.    "Caroline, your, j ^^^^. ^^..^^^ jj.^,.^.^ j,^^^^^ ,.,^,. ^ g„„j j^^,. goin' to tuke the money?" | i,.,,^ ,, ^j,,,,, ,,,,,,.^. „.^. „.„^ ,,„„.^ abreast.
and 'twas hard to tell wlio'd turn tlie mark fii^t." Sylvester    laugiied.      "I'll    tell    you
I whut,  Cnpr-iin   Warren,"  ho said.    "I
¦ nf'vei'snw .vr.u in lietter spirits.  Do you
j know what  I thin!:?    I think that for
; n cliap wh 1 Ims just given nway half
of a   good   sized   fortune  and  liitcnd.s
I giving aw.iy tlie otiier half you're the
! most cheei,ill specimen I ever saw."
I     The   capt.-i'i   laughed   too.     "I   am.
! ain't   I?"   he  .said.     "Well,   I   can  sa.v
truthful wli;it I ne\er expected to say
in my life—tliat ome I was wuth ha'f
a million doliai~.    .Vs for the rest of it.
I'm  like  that   miilionnire—thut—    HI!
Look!  There <-omes Dnn!   See him:
"Steve!" cried the caiitaiu excitedly. "There's Steve! .\nd—and—yes, there's ^omebody on tlio back seat. It's Jim! He's 'ome!    Hooray!"
"Wult!" Sylvester cried. "I dou't want to lose tho rest of thut sentence. You said .vou were like some million¬ aire.    Who?"
"Dou't bother me!" cried Captain EPsha. "Who? Why, I was goin' to say I wai like that millionaire chap who passes out a library every time ho wakes up and happens to think of ! It. You i<i...w who I mean. Ahoy there. Jim!   .Vhoy, Steve!"
Ho wns waving his hand to the pas¬ sengers In the approaching vehicle.
"That's the feller. I've come to feel about the wa.i he says he docs—that 'twould be n crime for me to die rich."
THE  E.ND.
Friendly    Wagers    Between    Husband and  Wife  Serve to  Quench   Fre¬ quent Dangerouc Quarrels.
riore Is a plan by which a groat many fnmlly quarrels have heen averted for u certnln couple. They used to quar¬ rel all the time.
Before, the wifo would say:
"M> dear, you'll make a mistake 11 you do so and so."
And the husband would reply:
"My darling, you are altogether too fussy. I know my husiness. Kindly let me aloue, will you?"
Then would ensue a row of fearful dimensions thnt .sometimes would shake the house, erartle the servanta and scnndnllze the neighborhood.
But now they do differently.
When they disagree they do It thas:
"Well, dear. If you think you're right, suppo.se you bnck your opinion? If I'm wrong I'll give you hnlf a dozen pairs of gloves."
If she feels pretty confident she backs her opinion with a box of cigars, nnd the agreement is carefully signed by both and locked up. Then ooe or the other pays when tho decision la reached. The young womau has an In¬ come of her own. so the arrangement Is a fair one, which it might hardly be were she compelled to take her hus¬ band's own money to pay for hia cig¬ ars.
Gambling Is, of course, a wicked thing to do, but it checks wild asser^ tions and smothers, In this case, many a flre that would burn up comfort.— New York Evening Post.
MAY   USE   KENTUCKY   STONE
"Sylvester," he cried, "have you—have you dast t > tell her whnt you sliQuldn't?
"You  good  man!" ehe  breathed  aoftly. "Oh,  you  good   man!"
you will do something desperate If I re¬ fuse."
"I sartln would!    And you'll take It really?"
"Ve.s, Incle Elisha."
"Glory be; .Vnd—and, Caroline, you won't hold it against me, my makiii you think you was poor and makii you live In that little iduce aud get along on just so much, and ail that'; Cau you forgive me for doin' that?"
"Forgive   you?     Can   I   ever   thank
Mark Got the Letter. Somebody has started anew on Its rounds this old story of Mark Twain: "Oue evening a few years ago Brander . j Matthews and Francis Wilson wore dining together at the I'layers club in New York when tho formor mnde the suggestion that they write a letter to Mark Twain.    'But,' objected Mr. WII-
I son, 'we don't know where he Is,' for It
you enough?   I know I can't, but I can try all my life to prove what"—
"S-s-h h! S-s-h! There!" with a, groat sigh, almost a sob, of relief, "I | guess tliis'll be a real Thanksgivln' I I fter nil." |
Hut a few niinutes later another i thought came to liim. j
"Caroline,"  he asked.  "I  wonder If, | now lhat tilings are as they are. you couldn't  do   soniethin'   else—somethin" that Would jileaso me an awful lot?"
"What is it. uncle?" i
"It's  s(Uiietliin'   perhaps   I  ain't  get any right to usk.    The other day yon j told   me  you  oared  for .lim   Pearson, but   that  you   sont   him  away   'cause ' you thought you lind to earn a Ilvln' j for  you  nnd  Steve.     .Now   vou  know | Didn't you  promise me?    If you  told | that you nin't got to do thnt.    And you I -American   cargo   steamship   returning tbiit girl I'll-rii"—   ^ I g„ij "j.yy ,,,,,] ,jim if ,,.yy ^,^.^,p changed I '"¦""' Genoa  ,'o New York after dollv-
your mind you'd send for him.    Dou't i ^^'iR » war cargo at the Italinn port
' was nt a time whon Mr. Clemens was ! always traveling somewhere. 'Oh.' said I Professor   Matthews,    'that   does   not mnke   any  difference.     It  Is   sure  to I flnd him.    I think he Is some plnce In Europe, so we hnd better put on a 5- cent   stamp.'     So   the   two   sat   dowu nnd composed a letter which they ad¬ dressed to
'MARK TWAIN,'
'God  Knows Where.' "In due time thty  received a  reply from  Mr. Clemens which said briefly, 'He did.'"
$90 Coal. Probably   a   record   price   for   coa! wns recently pnld by the captain of an
Product of Blue Grass State Believed
as Good and Cheap as Bavarian
Article.
It Is believed that after the war Ib
' over lithographic stone quarried In Kentucky may be put on the mar¬ ket us cheaply as the Bavarian stone which has been the principal source of supply for a long time. Small quantities of the Kentucky stone have been sold nlready, hut the high cost of Inbor In this country nnd the difficulty
. of working the stone have kept It out of serious competition with the forelga
I product.
T-he European stone occurs in thin layers, which require little but planing and polishing after being removed from the quarry. The American stone Is In heds from three to ten feet thick, and must be sawed Into thin layers be¬ fore It Is rendy for use.
j The Bavarian quarries have been worked so long that vast piles of waste hnve nccumulated that must he moved from time to time, thus adding to the cost of production. The American qunrrioa hnve found a market for the crushed refuse from their quarries, and this by-product helps reduce the cost.
i     The   hetter   grades   of   lithographic
! stone bring flve to sir cents a pound for   slabs   ten   hy   twelve   Irches   and
I the poorer grades a cent and a half a pound.
His niece stoppeil forward. "Hush Uncle Elislin." she suid. "He didn t tell me until 1 knew already.    I guess-
said, knew bis .haraeter, respected his I ^^  It.     Tlicn   I   asked   for  tho  whole honesty and  believed  in  his eonsclen-1 truth, and lie told me."
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Suit Cases Vmbrella.s
Cuff Mnks Scarf Pins
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tloiisness and his big heart. So he mado his will, and in it, as you know, he appointed I':iislia your guardian. He Threw his cliildren and thoir future upon tbe merc.v uiul generosity of the brother he had wronged. That Is his reason, as ^re surmise It, fur maklug that will."
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CHAPTEa   XIX. "Y«i, Because  I   Want Him." '
SYLVKSTKU  paused.    Caroline did ' uut speak for a uiomout; then she nsked: |
"And uo oue knew—you or my uncle j or   any    one—of   ail    this   uutll    lust .March?"
"No. CJruves hud, with his usual caro and putieuco, iiieced together the evi¬ dence and investigated until wo were! sure  tbat a stoekliohler lu the Akrue
"The wliole truth?   Caroline!"
lie wrung his hands.
"Yes, uncle, the whole trulli.    I Sfciow i you uow.    1  tiioiight  I knew  you be¬ fore, but 1 (ii.iirt-not half.    1 do now."
"Oh, Caroline!" Ho stepped toward her and tlien stopped, ffunlie and de¬ spairing. "I'aioline! Caroline!" he Cried uguiii. "Can you ever forgive me? You know—yoi' nuist know I ain't ever meant to keep ',*, It's all yours. I Jnst didn't give It to you right off because-because— Oh, Syl- I vestor, tell her I nerer meant to keep I It!    Tell her!"
The lawyer sliooU his head. "I did ' tell her." he said, with another shrug. I "and she tells me she won't accept It."   j
"What V" '"he captain's eyes wore I sturtlng from ills head. "What? Won't! take   It?     Why,    it's    hers   hors    audi
company existed and that all of your | Steve's! It always has been! Do .vou futher's estate belonged to hlrn. Who, callufe I'd roh my own brother's chll thut Btot-kholdor was we did not know ' dren?    Iion't  talk so foolish!    I won't
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until thut day of the meeting at our ofllco.   Then Captuin Warreu told us."
"But be did not know either?"
"Not until then. He supposed his Akrae st'il. woitliiess and had prae¬ tleally forj'otten it. When we toid him of its value, of the note aud of tho missing shiireholdor, he knew, of course. One would have thought he wus tho wrungdoer aud not llio wrong¬ ed. He W(iiild have gone straight to you and asi^od your pardon If we wouid have |)cnnitted It."
"But. .Mr. Sylvester, now we aro coming to Iho part I cannot under- stuiid. Of course the estute belouge<l to lilm. I know that. It.Is his. But why didn't he teil Steve and me the truth Ihen, ut onc(>'<"
"Cnndhie, Caroline, don't you under¬ atand yet? I)o you ImagUie for one moment tliat your uncle Intends keep¬ ing that money?"
She Blared at   Uim  hi  utter amaie
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you s'liose you could send for him uow —right otf—so he coiiiil get here for this big Thniiksgivln' of ours? Dou't you think yiiu could, Caroline?"
"Send tor him-now?" sho usked In a low tone.
"Yes; now-right off—In time tor to¬ morrow."
"He louId not got here," she whis¬ pered.
"Yes, he couhl. If you send him a telegram with one word in it—'Come'— and sign It •Carolino' he'll be here on tomorrow mornin's train or I'll eat my hat and one of .Vbbio's bonnets hove hi.    Think you c.mld, Caroline?"
A nioiiieiit. then iu a wiiisper, "Yes. Uncie Klisha."
"Iloora.x : i'.ut-but." aiixiousl.v, "hold on, Caroline. Toll me truly ic «•. You ain't doin' this just to pleaae me? You mustn't do that, not for the world aud all. You mustn't send for him on my account; onl,\ just for one icason—bo- cause you  want him."
He Waited for his answer. Then she looked  gp,   blushing  still,   but   with  a
hear such talk!" | "^}}? "¦^¦""'I;"*'' f," '"''• "¦'^
'\oa,  Inch'   Kiishn."  she  suld.  "be- | causo 1 want him. " ,
Tho clouds blew away thut night. ' and TIinnlvs;.:i\ing day davMud <lear and colli. 'l"h- gray sou was no\v blue Tie white iniiiit of the hou.ses ami fences glistened lu the sun. Tho groves of pitch pino' woio brilliant green blotches spread like rugs here and thore on the browir liills. Souih D.nb..ro bail thrown off its gloomy raiment ami was "all dolled up for Thanksglvin'," so Captnin I'lNha sai'l. |
The cuptaiii and Sylvester weio le:iu-. I tng on  tlu- fence by  tiie gate, looking np the roud and Waiting for Dan and the   "two   sinter"   to   lieavo   in   sight
around th nd.    The hired i%in had
harnessed ei.rly and driven to the sta- I tlon   at   lea-t   thirty   minutes   before I train   time.     Cnptnin   Ellsha   was   re- I g|>onslb!e   for  tho   eurly   start.     Steve ' was   coming  on   that   train.     Possibly Some one else  was cotiilni,'.    Tile cap¬ tain »lid Hot iiieun Ihey should Und ni' welcome orvohicle nt the station.
At Genoa the Y;;nkeo skipper was com¬ pelled to pay $'J0 a ton for coal enough to carry him to Fayal, in the Azores.
At the island port he was nbl^s to purchase coal at the comparatively rea¬ sonable rnte of !?;j() a ton. and got 500 tons, enough to bring him to New \'ork. The extriuieiy high price of coal now¬ adays is scunewhat of an offset to the big proflts to ho made in wur freights.
To Make a Cheap t^llter. In ordor to make a cheap Hlter, t.Tke a large iiower pot anu stop the hole in the bottom of It hy placing a piece ot sponge in It. Cover with a few inches of powdered charcoal fill with water and let it stand over a pan oi ii;' sujiported liy tv o or three sticks i:'1il across. The wator filtering 11.ough tho charcoal will he freed from all Impurities und will be flt for fnmlly n.se. The chnrco ii should bo changeil evory throe mouths and the sp -ige several   times   a   year.
A Spectacled Dog. A   short   time   ago,   an   article  waa
widely   published    about   a   valuable
hunting dog which had been fltted with ' eyeg!n.sses for astigmatism. Probably I most people who read It, laughed and
thought It a fake. The  modern science of fltting eye-
glasses, however, makes It possible to • flt a dog, or nny other dumb animal, I with a lens which will correct Its eye- . sight. I'p-to-date methods have brought
about the Invention of Instruments by j which the error of the human eye can
be accurately measured, and lenses to I correct the error prescribed wlthont I asking the patient a single question. I The "silent method" is very rarely used
exclusively,   however,   except   In   tba
case of the foreigner, or our friend ihm . dog,  when no Interchange of thungtit
can be effected and the exnmlner must I rely entirely upon the findings of hia
Instruments.—Wellsworth  Magazine.
Cundine was close to tears, but she I Wus firm. i
Captain  Klisha lixiked at  her deter I mined I'.ico, then at tho lawyer's.    But he   found   no   help   there.     His   cliln thrust forward.    Ue nodde«l slowly.       i
"All right: All rlgbt!" he .suld grim- ' ly. "Sylvester. Is your shop goln' to | be open t(unorror'!"' i
"Guoss not. captain." wus the puz ' zled reply.   "It's ThanUsglviiig.   Why'/"i
"But Oraves "11 be t<i homo, won't he? I conld IhnI bim ut Ills house?"
"I presuino you could."
".\ll right, then. Curolinc Warren, you listen lo me. I'll give you till '2 o'clock to make up your mind to take the money tl at lieloiigs to you. If you don't 1 swoar to the Lord A'mlghty I'll take the fust train, go strnight to Now Vork, liiint up Graves, make him go down to tho iifflce und gel thut note your father made out turnin' all his property ovor to that Akrae eomimny I'll get that note, and  I'll  burn It uii
Stevenson's   Memoirs  Valuable.
One of tho 45 copies printed for pri¬ vate distribution of Uobert Louis Ste¬ venson's memoirs of himself, was sold rocently In London for £12. It Is a quarto prlnte<l from the original manu¬ script. A flrst edition of the "New Arabian Nights' also changed hands for four timea that sum.
The Thin People. Overeating   is   a   common   cuuse   of emaciation, paradoxical as this state- 1 ment  may  seem.    Mnny of our  thin* I nest neighbors are the biggest eaters of   the   community,   Physical   Cnltore j Magazine says.    It Is an old-fashioned I Baying thnt these people "eat so much that   It makes  thera  thin  to  carry  It ¦ around."   In any cnso. It Is not a ques¬ tion of the amount of food one swal¬ lows, but a question of how much la digested and assimilated.    Many per* sons will gain In weight upon discon¬ tinuing tho three-meal plan and adopt¬ ing the plan of two meals per day. Ths Stomach   Is   then   no   longer   overbuy dened or overworked, and the dlge*- ^S tlon Is so much more perfect and ths 1^1 ^ health   so   Improved   thut   a   gain   In weight results nafuriilly.
Avoiding Trauble. How mnch trouble ho avoids who does not look to see what his neigh¬ bor savs, or does or thinks, but only to what he does himself, that It may bo Just and pure.—Marcus Aurellus.
Belief In Fate. A strict belief In fate la the worst of slavery. Imposing upon our needs an everlasting lord or tyrant, of whom we are to s'snd In awe, night and day. —Bxchangeb
Use Your Brains. There Is not so much difference In brains ns In the wny their owners nse them Very often a boy or girl wbo envies another's keennesa and Insight la as well ««idowod aa he. But while one brnln Is trained to hard, concen¬ trated thinking, the other Is like an un¬ broken colt, or like a steed which has grown lazy from overfeeding und lack of exercise. Set yonr powers to work. Guide them wisely and y< u will not need to complain thst they ¦!,¦• ast greater.—Exchange.
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