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1 •is I fail. fe.l ,v '•&'t :'yf KC Bili /•*. A WEEDING SfftXRIP By SOPHIE HAMMOND. IT WAS the second day out from O -1 Havre. The sea was deiuonstrat lug how disagreeable, in a quiet way, it could be and the deck was emptying rapidly into the staterooms. ,l Powell, smoking with his back to the rail, was realizing what a bore it was to be crossing with a mob of French people, and not an acquaintance on board. That girl with the wind-blown hair over there was an American but how the dickens— The occupant of a steamer chair near him. got up suddenly, and the move ment made him turn. As his glance fell upon the pallid old lady who had arisen, he smiled quickly. "Miss Iiockbart!" he exclaimed. "Why, I didn't know you were aboard. J'm afraid you're finding this mo tion unpleasant. Can 1—get you any thing?" The old lady clutched the rail, turn ing a shade more livid. "Thank you, Capt. Powell," she gasped, stiffly, "but my niece will as sist me." The girl had put down her writing, and came hastily forward. "Oh, Aunt Emily, I'm afraid you're not feeling well," she murmured, anx iously. "Let me send for—" "Help me to my stateroom, Madge," said the old lady with dignity. "I am ill." When the niece came back to her scat tered writing materials an hour later, PojceU'turned from his contemplation .^'trf'the sea. "I hope your aunt is better, Miss Lockhart," he said, with polite solici tude. The girl raised her eyes, and looked at him curiously for a moment. "Thank you," she said, formally, dropping them again "just now she is asleep, but I am afraid she is suf fering a great deal." "Oh, she'll probably be all right by morning," Powell observed, reas suringly "It's this nasty rocking that knocked her up." "When Aunt Emily goes below it is long before she reappears," she 6aid. Then she looked at him again. "It was in Florida that you met her, wasn't It?" she asked. "Yes, last winter. We were both on ft search for health. I don't think she remembered me at first." She had taken up her portfoliovand opened it on her knee. "Oh, she knew you perfectly," she said and resumed her writing so os tensibly that Powell, after a moment, shrugged his shoulders and walked •off: But there really wasn't another soul on the boat to speak to. He couldn't talk French to the French women and, looking them over, he decided that he wouldn't if he could. For awhile he wandered about, bored and aimless. But finally he found himself again by the side of his reserved young countrywoman, doing his usually sue cessf ul best to make himself entertain ing. And afterward, whenever she was on deck, he was generally to be found """"beside '-her. She was rather unappreciative at first. She didn't laugh whenever she might have been expected'to and she let him do most of the talking. But now and then a subject would come up so particularly interesting that she was drawn into it in spite of herself, and- after several such relapses the stiffness couldn't be regained. He told her stories of the army in the Philip pines, and of the adventures, thrilling and ludicrous, of his own regiment they talked of the old world sights they had both seen they discussed re ligion liberally, ethics gingerly, poli tics warmly. They were both clever the universe was about them, inviting criticism they dissected heaveti and earth. And if sometimes a trick of her eyelashes, or the sunlight in her hair, got in the way of his logic, he honestly didn't recognize the symp toms. When they were more than half way across Miss Einily put in a brief appearance on deck. Powell had count ed on a good deal of friendliness from her, for she had shown him quite marked attention when his wound had made him something of a lion. But the mal-de-mar seemed to have worked havoc with her disposition, and she responded to all attempts at conver sation with a resentful snappishness that was disconcerting. So that the regret caused by her second forced retirement was not unalloyed. It was the chance remark of a passen ger passing him in the moonlight— "Only two more days aboard,"—that brought Powell to a sudden realization of what the fates had been weaving. He sat up straight and stared out across the ocean. "I've been forgetting everything," he muttered. "I ought to have told them, of course but 'pon my word, I didn't think of it. Well, if there's any harm done"—he drew his breath sharp ly—"it's only to myself." There was a brushing of skirts past him. "I can't persuade fyer to move," said a girl's voice, plaintively, as its own er sank into her steamer chair. "I really believe she is worse now than she was at first. To think of lier hav ing come abroad for the sea air, and being forced to stay in that stuffy little purgatory all the way across! And it's been such lovely weather, to or "Perfect," Pow»U acquieased, glanc ing up at the brilliant sky. "A con trast to when I crossed in the other A v' -T-'.^i:1: direction a month ago—on The girl laughed. "How ghastly!" she murmured. "Oh, I'm in earnest," said Powell, jerkily. "Didn't you read in the pa pers about that old millionaire who •left half of his money to the son of one friend and half to the daughter of another, on condition that they'd marry each other,and not let any of his accumulations get into the hands of people he didn't know? Well, I'm the man in the story. We'd never set eyes on each other, but we both want ed the money, so we complied with the proviso." "You—married her?" asked the girl, paling a little. "Six months ago, in New York. It must have looked a queer affair to out siders. One doleful morning my law yer and I drove to the magistrate's of fice, and as we came in one door, an other lawyer, with an old gentleman and lady and three girls, all in short, skirts. and shirt waists a-nd brown veils, entered by another. We all bowed, and then the magistrate called our names, and I and one of the girls —it might have been any of them, for all I kuew—went up to a desk, and an swered a few questions, and wrote our names. The lawyers gave us each a deed of separation to go in force at the door. Then we all bowed again, and the family party got into a carriage and drove off, and I—I had a two months' furlough, you know—for the honeymoon—came abroad to get out of the talk." His listener's color had faded en tirely. "Her name was Margaret Kennedy, wasn't it?" she asked, slowly. "1 went to school with her. She—" "Oh, you needn't hesitate," said Powell, with a short laugh. "I've had several fetching descriptions of her. She's a Jew at a bargain, I know by experience. And her voice, and—er —looks, impressed me even through the veil." "She wasn't pretty, certainly, or very popular but she was well born, or course, and thoroughly well bred" —she was speaking with an evident ef fort now. "Oh, there is the steward," she said, 'I—I must see if he hasn't rising. something I can coax auntie to eat." Powell gazed after her, his face rath er colorless, too. But in the morning Miss Emily*1 emerged from her seclusion, probably against her will, and the day passed quite iinconstrainedly. When the last morning came Powell was silent and stern, and Madge was absorbedly so licitous of her aunt's comfort but the final parting was conventional enough. As their cab bore the aunt and niece away from the docks, the girl drew a quick sigh. "A soldier and a gentleman!" she murmured, with a little laugh but there was aglow in her face, neverthe less. The city awoke under the weeping skies. Powell, in his club window, gazed gloomily down on the dripping streets. The disgust that his whole ap pearance bespoke, however, was not for the dismal prospect, but for the years.that were stretching, in his imag ination, interestless and wearisome ahead of him. He was sick of the army, he told himself, and, worse, sick of civilization. As for that pile of money in the bank—he loathed the thought of it. One of the club servants brought him a letter, and he tore it open indif ferently but his face changed as he drew it out. "I would not write this," he read, "except that you would learn it from some one else. It was your own mis take in t-he beginning, you will re member, in taking for granted that my name was the same as that of my mother's sister. And, in self-defense, I could not do less than leave you under the delusion, though my aunt strong ly disapproved. I am sorry that the only time we are likely to meet, I should seem to have been passing un der false colors.' But for the future, I beg you will believe, I shall take as good care of .your name as. you shall yourself. Margaret Kennedy Powell." "What a fool I must have looked!" he muttered, the dark color rising in his .face. Miss Lockhart was deep in the ap prehensive delights of unpacking her brtc-a-brac, when a maid, entering, an nounced: "A gentleman for Mrs. Powell." "It's the landlord," said Miss Lock hart, sharply. "I expected him. Mind, Madge, if he asks for another cent, you go!" Her niece had risen from beside a trunk, with changing color, and put her hand nervously to her hair. "Very well, auntie," she murmured vaguely, from the door. In the hall below she paused before the drawing-room portieres then, part ing them, stopped short on the thresh old. "Capt. Powell!" she exclaimed, in a low voice. He came quickly forward. "Oh, you knew I would come," he said, nfismilingly, taking her hands. She laughed. "You've made a complete fool of me, I know," he said, flushing. "It must have been tremendously amusing. Heaven only knows what I said but you've paid me out for it in the last two hours. I've been a victim of com plications from the first. But—oh, Madge—I needn't begin at the begin ning, need I?" She drew away her hands, and lifted her bead in the air "Certainly," she said. National Magazine. %•"*.'••"£ :^•/V••^''^'&•••• ^L'••-^:: ^,V\^" my wed« ding trip." His companion looked up. "Your wedding trip!" she repeated, with a slightly puzzled smile. "What has happened to *he bride?" "I don't know," said Powell, savage-, Iy, "or care!" a'••'•':• yO"' '.••, ." BABY'S BOTTLE HELD. Valqoe Invention Dealfned to Appeal to Tilred Mothtn na ltyeil Hugry infant*. Now comes a baby carriage to which is attached a simple device for holding a nursing bottle in con venient position. This is a new invention, and one which will certainly appeal to moth ers and infants. Many of the latter like to have their bottles with them Ip their little carriages, but unfor tunately the bottles persistently re fuse to remain in the proper pool- NURSING BOTTLE HOLDf.R. tion, and the result is that the little one rarely gets a satisfactory drink. Thanks to this new device, their •life in this respect will be much hap pier hereafter, and their weight is also likely to increase in a manner that will delight their parents. The bottle, once placed in this holder, is bound to remain in a position where the child can at any moment reach it with his or her lips.—N. Y. Her ald. Hints tor Popcorn Lovers. Popcorn is such an invariable part of various entertainments that*direc tions for popping it may be appre ciated. Put the regular quantity— that is, a very small quantity—into the popper, and hold it under the cold-water faucet long enough to thoroughly saturate the kernels. Shake the popper, and place it on the back of the range to allow the corn to dry. Then pop. The kernels will be very large, and there will be no hard center. The red popcorn is thought to be the best. Recipe tor Cleaning Leather. An excellent recipe for cleaning leather is to mix well one pound of French yellow ochre and a dessert-1 spoonful of sweet oil. Then take a pound of pipe clay and a quarter of a pound of starch. Mix with boiling water wjien cold, lay on the leather, and when dry rub' and brush well. Important Health Hint. Very serious illness may often ®e traced to sleeping in a damp bed. To test it, lay between the sheets a hand-mirror for five minutes. If it is at all blurred or misty take off the sheets and sleep between the blank ets. u-':'' TWO FRENCH EVENING GOWNS HE first gown is an elaborate gown composed of white valenciennei lace and rose pink panne. The decollete bolero is of the panne, mas bordered all round with an applique trimming of leaves and bunches of grapes, the latter of white silk or cotton, stuffed to form a raised em broidery. This bolero opens over a full blouse front of the Valenciennes lace, finished at the top with a band of black velvet. The girdle is also of black velvet, embroidered in silver. Bands of velvet covered with chan tilly lace separate the puffs of the sleeves. The lower puff is opened on the inside to show the arm, which is covered with a long white latfe mitt, finished at the top with a black velvet band. The skirt is of the valenciennes lace, plaited all round at the top About knee high is inserted a wide band of the pink panne, bordered with the applique grapes and leaves. Below this band are flounces of the lace, one in front, two in the back, which are bordered with chantilly, edged with the black velvet. The bottom of the skirt is finished with a puff or ruche of white or pink muslin. The otter gown is of plaited straw-colored mOMsseline de soie, en. circled with bands of satin ribbon of the same color, and embroidered with sprays of lilac flowers, with leaves of green panne. The tops of the sleeves and the girdle are of heavy lace or guipure, ornamented with straps ol lilac "elvet, fastened with little atrass buckles. The low neck is also fioishtfvl with an edge of this lace.—Chic ParLsien. ',- \v' ^',».v"'.y.-^i'.••--v. v." MRS. ALICE M. RUBLE. Ike lm a Kcmber ol Colorado's Left*, lata re and Making a Hark Among Politicians. Mrs. Alice M. Ruble, member of the lower house of the Colorado legisla ture, who distinguished herself by making the nomination of Henry M. Teller for United States senator, is having her first experience with offi cial life, but she has made herself perfectly familiar with all the duties and opportunities of her office, and it is her intention to in every way pos sible advance the cause of her sex. Mrs. Ruble was born in Vermont, and is a member of the old Blush family. Her father was a Kansas pioneer, and some of her relatives are among the first families of To* peka. She has always been an earnest worker in the state suffrage asso ciation, and has taken a keen inter est in politics, although it was not until the last campaign that she con sented to stand for an office. A keen politician, Mrs. Ruble is no less a devoted mother, and her home is a model of coziness and comfort. She is idolized by her children, who are always given a large share of her attention, no matter how pressing outside duties may be. Mrs. Ruble refuses to state what particular work she desires to accom- MRS. ALICE II. RUBLS. plisli in this legislature, but in a general way she has matters in view relative to the boys and girls' indus trial school and child labor. "I shall support any measure that appeals to me as a woman, or to my sex in general," she said, "and shall be glad to cooperate in any way that I can with those who desire to se cure anything along those lines." The popular picture which many have found of the woman politician is not found'in Mrs. Ruble. She strikes even an unobservant person as being a womanly woman before she is anything else. A favorite gown of hers is of black satin, relieved with white, and there is-nearly always a rosebud or a bunch of violets tucked among the laces of her bodice. Her soft gray hair is massed in pompadour fashion over a well-shaped head, and the in telligent expression of her face is enhanced by a pair of beautiful dark eyes. vii:' ul" ipWiSB® ''V.-'•',.' •'''v' .v ,*"•-•* 1 Maay School Children Aeo Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chil Motner Gray's Sweet Powders for Chil dren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Chil dren's Home? New York, break up Colds, ess, It ia a great misfortune not to hare sense enough to speak well and judgment enough to speak little.—Cato. Bill—"Why do they call it Cripple Creek, do you suppose?" Jill—"Perhaps because the water is limpid."—Yonkers Statesman. Do not believe Piso's Cure ior Consump tion has an equal for coughs and colds.—J. F. Boyer. 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