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Antlaor of M1*aa Brotherhood of ???????,"
Quality of a Sin," Sto.
(-o** r*chA, lWs, by rraicwte Veo? Bef?rsete**? Dey.
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CHATTKR ?.
??vor ARE ? WOMAM- A WTHCAN LIKE
ME."
THF.TFF* are times when tear?
an? nppn>priat??; there are mo?
meuts when a gush of them
will perform miracles whh-h
nothing else can do. Being in them?
selves the ??:*.?G>???? of weakness, It Is
nevertheb?ss certain that they ofton
impart unexpected strength.
Erna Thomas liad no intention of
crying when she hastened to the bed?
side of Lisle Maxwell. There existed
no logical reason why ehe should cry
unless to shed a few sympathi'tic tears
after the manner of women generally.
There was every reasou why she should
not do so. She was not co*istitutcd
?"after the manner of women general
ly" In any sense of the word, for she
was a typical western girl, who, bereft
of her mother in h??r Infancy, had ruled
lier father and his household with a
rod of iron ?-ver sin???? her birth. But
she was superlatively ftHiiinlno In all
things, deUctoesly feminine in most of
thee?, strikingly so In flu? fa??* that no?
body could tell) lw?rs?'lf bast of all.
?abat she would iVo next. Frank. g??n
erouf?. open hearted, impulsive snd
beedstrong. h<?r nxl of ir??n was Incased
In fet*tet, and h??r most Imperious wm
?aftfafa parred thomaci*,es into favors
aeatavwed.
She was load of ex?-item?-n* and mas?
tery. Waal womau Is tKvt? Stie was
arseaetoae thai for the first tin*? in her
.life she was part and parcel with a ro?
mance ami that six? sterni upon the
very targe of a precipice tbat overlook
ed a mystery of tlie most remarkable
kind. Her heert M??d for the girl up
on the Nil whose father, yaatefdBJ a
strong and vigorous uuui. was now ft
?corpse, and she was dismayed by the
magnitude of tin? task that confronted
her. Think what she ha?l to do! The ?
measure Of COBOOlatiOO Which ? WftS
her duty to admlnlst??r to i1m> STpfaeft
palesi into Insigni Ih an? ? in tin? in-??s
ence of the r?v?lation for whicfl 'at.?
bad destined h*?r t?? in? Um? m.-dlinn
The yewag tiri whoso form was stret? li
?d apea her NhI sehsTrred tjiat she w;is
a man; hud been taugfit t?> dsaplse all
wotuen; ha?l bOOO SChftCftted to regard
them as inferior creatures. She must
be told, and at mio?, that ftba bsssaged
to that deOBifted class, him! tlie knowl?
edge promised to Impart a sorrow as
poignant ai had that other eewat whteh
had left her fatherless.
ft was ? ?ossi ble tliat the dlsnppolnt
*-Burnt and ?llsniay occuHliwic-d by the
rsjeiaihiii arirght ?aettaBaa the agaey
?Ottwslouod by the death of lu-r father*
It aas possible that It might augment
her grief: bo oes eoatd fotfaaos the eea
sequences to her of thi? unprcocd?.mtcd
chain of event?; but whatever tints??
consequences might In? they must Ih?
met, an?l the OBtf huuinn Usng In all
the world wlio by reason of the sudden
knowledge thrust ui?ou h??r was compta?
ient to meet them was a young girl,
lout past 18, whose un dorata ? ?ding o?
the question? with which she had to
cope was limited to tlie experiences Of
a maiden whose entire life tiad boon
surrounded by every safeguard tbat a
?doting father could tuarsluil to his aid
when cireumstanc-ee had cou*? pel led
hJru to rear and to bring to maturity a
mottierless daughter. Erna's Inno?
cence and Ignorauce. however, render?
ed her strong for the task. She took
np the burden all the mor?*? readily be?
cause she dkl not realise whet It in?
volved, lier Innoceuce was as com?
plete as Lisle's, ber Ignorance as pro?
found. Solitary ?peculation had car?
rk-d the latter Into region? which Krua
tiad never regarded as worthy of ex?
ploration. Sl>e had lived all her life in
auch near proximity to the mysteries
of creation that she had been uncou
artous of th?'ir existence. L4e*e had
been Isolateli so far away from them
that when tint knowledge came to her
that they did exist she had striven
?with all her soul, gropingly. In the
dark, but certainly in search of light,
and tlie two girla stood upon equal
?ground, half way to the goal to be at?
tained, but widely separated by their
Journeylugs. like two who. having
started st the same polut, but In oppo?
site directions, to meet again at the
other side of the world, pause when
only half the Journey Is made, ue-ither
? one wiser than the other. One had
searched through the darkness toward
the light eagerly; the other had wan?
dered with the light without being
aware tbat the night dwelt anywhere
?upon the earth, until aerose that in?
finite space which separated ber from
the other that still voice called to her
for aid.
Therefore when Erna, having put
tier father from the room, turned and
beheld Llele's eyes fixed upon her. she
hastened to tlie bedside, dropped upou
lier knees and did the very thing that
ahe was resolved not to do?burst into
tears; and while ahe cried she put out
tier arms and wound them around
Usle's Deck, laid one of her cheeks
against the cool, white face of the
orphan sud so compelled the one who
should have received consolation to
administer it.
It was io a crisis like this where
Uste Maxwell's masculine training
served her best. She scorned all un
?necessary exhibition of emotion. Her
! woman'? heart had faltered sod faint
' ed beneath the sudden blow of her fa?
ther's desto. Nature had proved her
self stronger than the education of
. years. But It was different now. The
shock had come, the blow had fallen
She had yielded to the overwhelming
?effects, but she would oot falter again.
**Why do you cry?" she asked, rising
te a sitting posture and geDtly bat
flnnly disengaging the cllngtog arms
arc/end her neck. "It is my father, not
years, who is deed. I do not cry. Why
40 XpU Weep? fot me?"-_
"For you. Lisle. It wee so sudden,
SO awful:**
Erna's tear? ceased to now. She
bethought herself suddenly of the situ?
ation: Lisle, habite?! as a man, believ?
ing herself to l?e one, sitting upon the
edge of the ?llsumnth*.! bed; Erna urlbn
her knees before her. scantily clad,
with her disheveled hair like spun gold
distributing Its mazes over her bare
shoulders and upon the trousered knees
of her companion; the luoralng suo
streaming In through th? window, gild?
ing the soeue with glory, bestowing its
warm approval upon a scene before
which an uninformed boh old er would
have recoiled In dismay Th?? girl who
believed herself to be a man. profound
ly Iguornnt that such things as conven?
tional proprieties existed, realizzi noth?
ing unusual In the situation The girl
who had beou taaghi to observe them
with religious core realized its absurd
tty.
Her face blushed scarlet. ??t eyes
?danced with nnbldden mirth, and a
smile crept stealthily to her Ht?s and
ftftftsasd atul partsnl them while It glis
laaed apea the aiosstara in her syea
like a Nuutvurst kissing the Ma. She
starte?! to bet rsei and took ft step or
twe bachwftid, tad Lisse, beiag free,
also rose. Thus they st<*??l facing each
Other, and IJsle. for the first time, dls
eeversd that ber gaaael shirt was caea.
Sh?? did n?>t blush. The ?-Irfunistance
aff???-t?sl her oaiy as ? would haw af
fectod a diild.
"How cam?? I here in this room ?" she
ask.si won.leriniriy. "I>+d I swoon?
? ???! ? b-^? rarecJoensasY ?f? pel
brins dm betel"
"Yes, to all of yrs.tr ?jnotitlorH*," re
plled Krna. "You were unconscious so
leag ? tin??? that ? theaght it t>?>?a\ sit
down agaiu. I wish to talk with you."
"You do not look strong enough to
carry me," murnuir?! Lisle slowly,
conscious that fthft was aninztnl that
Krna should have currUd her. yet wot>
'Hotc came I here tn thim troomt"
a-iikod vxrruicrit%iji>v.
ehe
dering why ?ho was ro. ""No, I cannot
remain here now. There Is much for
me to do. Is It?true?la it true that
my fattoM?"?
"Yea. Lisle; ? i? true. I am so sorry
for you."
"Thank you. My father is there?in
bis room. 1 must go to him."
"No, Lisle; no?uot now. My father
is there. He will do all that can lie
don?. There is nothing foe yoa So do?
at least not now. I have sent for a
physician and fora minister. 1 thought
you would wish It. 1 also scut a man
after Craig Tliouipeoo?tbat la? 1 told
my father to send the tuen."
"It was kind at you to think of It
all.**
Lisle walked to the wlodiow and look?
ed out upon the new day. at riving burd
to keep down the twin? that rose uu
bidden to h??r ?yen. It was a struggle,
but she conquered. I'rvseutly si*? turn?
ed and retraced h*?r si??pt? to Krna.
"You wish to talk with uu??** she
said. "Very welL After I have seen
him again I will talk with you. but
let us go out into the sunlight. There
Is a grove of plue tre???? a littW way
from the house. When I wa? a child.
I helped my father to s**? them out.
We will go there. Will you come?"
?'Yes; wait for me on the porch?or.
no! Remain here uot il I speak to
papa."
She darted away before Lisle could
reply, was gone a moment and return?
ed.
"You may go to tbe room where your
father is." she said. "Papa is there.
After that wait for me at tbe front
door. Then we will go to the grove to?
gether."
Lisle left her to ber toHet and went
slowly toward tbe chamber where re?
posed the still form of Richard Max?
well. Mr. Thomas was there snd two
of the servants also. They stood re?
spectfully aside when Lisle entered
the room, passed to tbe bedside and
with folded arms ?toed for several
moments quietly rcgurd4ng tbe aileut
sleeper. tunnllng low. Lisle touched
her lip? against the cold, dead face,
then went out trom tbe room, moving
like one who walks in a dream.
Fifteen minutes later, beneath the
spreading houghs of tbe pines. Lisle
and Krna stood facing each other.
"What will you do now. Lisle?" ask?
ed Krna. "You cannot remain here
without your father." ,
"Why. ye*. 1 will remain. There Is
nothing else for me to do. 1 am famil?
ier with every detail connected with
tbe operation of tbe ranch. It is tbe
only thing that 1 do know. There is
no place else for me to ga I know
nothing of the world ? your world
Mine is here; it? boundaries ere there"
I? wsving her right band?"to the ex?
tent of my vision; no farther. 1 think
It was my father's desire thst I should
remain here always after he was g?ne."
"It could not have been so. Lisle. You
did not kn?>\\ \\uai >uui rather knew
concerning you. Vou do uoi kuow
what I know There Is s tarerei which
your father kept from you all your life.
Why, I do not know; nobody knew?
nobody but himself?and now he can?
not tell It to you. I am Hiiro. Lisle,
that be did not mean to die without
telling it."
"A secret! My father never bad a
secret from me?never!"
"He had one secret. Lisle."
"flow can you know that be bad
secret from me 7 He scarcely spoke to
you."
"I discovered It myself. Lisle.**
"How? When? Where? What I
the secret?"
"I discovered It last night when you
kissed me?at least I believed I did
After you fainted away, while I srerb
ed over you. I liecame convinced of Its ?
truth. It will startle yon when i tell
It, Lisle; it will shock yon almost as
much as the sudden death of your fa
tber. I nin a fried that It will pain you.
It concerns you; It Is about you. Have
you ever thought. Lisle, tluit you are
not like other men "r"
"Yes, oft???." Usle spok?> dream I ly.
1 have talked I? over wltb my fattier.
Only last fwening, Just before you
came, we wore discussing it. I know
that I am different from other men, but
I do not know bow or why. I? that
the ftOCrstr**
"Te?, Lisle; that rs the seeret Too
are not like other ui??n; 3*ou are not
H4s.? m??u at all. Urftfta. dear Lisle, you
an? not a man; you nrvtr were a man;
you Baser can be a man; you are a wo?
man. Lisio a woman ?ike inc."
asa
(IIAPTER XI.
SOMK KKVr.LATIONe,
ISIE MAXWELL remained
perfectly still, staring hard
at Krna. She heard the
words, but she dkl not, could
not. eonipreh??nd them. Krna had ox
p?cted an outburst of pas**i??nat? anger
or vehement unl>eli??f. Then? was n??i
tber. Somcliow h??r enrnestnees had
imprass?sl the truth of bat statement
upon her ??otnpunioii. It may t?e tbat
without realizing it Lisle wus prepared
for tbe aeao?aaosa*ssat. It certainly
meant l??s?? to act than Krna could have
>??upi>o+i?>?i tbat ? weeddu
"Toil BW a*sore,M she ?ahi pn^sontly.
"How de y??ii know how did you dis?
cover that I am a woman? How may
I know that I am one?"
"I liellev.v," replied Krna, "that your
own h*?art baft told you already tbat
yon are not a man. Don't you see that
you are like me?"
"Llk?? you? No. I ?Vi not think that
I sui lu the h'nwt lik?> yon. 1 am talb-r.
l?roa<ler, l>4gg?'r In every way. We are
not alike; we an? ret*] tHfJeTOat.""
"Oh. dear! '????? on" your coat and
waist.aal again. BS you were this moin
lug when you ???Ib?<l me to go to your
fnthor. Tboesi I>o you not see that
jHnjr hsye un? lik?? mine P?en your
skies so, hen? at year waist. Now ?ki
tlie same to me. I beve left off my
tii-strumente of tortnn?.' ami so 1 am
not bull.?? proof this morning. Dou't
you see tliat. though larger than I am,
you an? fthspsd tiw? Matai Men are not
f?*rm?sl tluit wa\."_ __ _.J
Lisle obeyed Slowly :ui?l wotslerlngly.
??*.?t calm ??yes studied the blushing
face hefon? ber with uu expression that
was rlll???I with awe.
"Are tliey not?" six? nsk.-d presently.
"An? m??n <????????<1 after oik? mold and
women aft??r another?"
"Certainly."
"Always?"
??Always."
"Is that all its? ?lifference?"
"Of course uot. yoti goos??!"
"What are the ?>tber <llfr?n>ncee*r**
"Why, sesvythtag Is different. I sup?
pose."
"Do you otii*? suppose? Dont you
know?"
"Oh. dear! Come hi to tbe house, Lei
u? go l*ick to my room. We cu ? talk
better there. You look so much like a
man lu that dec?** that out here 1 feel
as though th-e eye? of the whoa? world
were upon us,"
"And If the ??ye??? of the workl were
upon ue. what then? Is tingre any
thUig to U? ashamed of?"
"No thut Ik. not really. Rut It look?
so. Come, will you go back?"
"Yes."
They n?tnrned tog.'ttwr to the bouse.
and Krna. having olosed aud locked the
door of lier room, begau ngalu ber dif?
ficult task.
"Now, Lisle?" six? said, ?'please hear
me through to the end of what I am
going to say without asking any quee
tiona. Berry o??e that you ask I? sure
to be tlie very one that I least expect,
and It la pretty sure to be the one that
I do not iti the least know bow to an?
swer-tliat I?. not In words. 1 never
knew before today how ignorant 1 aro
myself of tilings tbat I ought to know.
That Li. I thought ali the while I knew
about then?, while the fact is 1 do not
know much more than you do your?
self. 1 suppose it is for the same rea?
son that tbe Egyptians never thought
of studying their own pyramids until
a lot of foreigners Mew Into tbe coun?
try and discovered that the hieroglyphic
writing? meant something. I have liv?
ed next door to the pyramids all my
Ufe aud ut?v??r thought them worth
the trouble of study, and now you have
materialized on the scene, and you
want to know all at once t?\ery secret
that Is connected with them. Now 1
can show you the way to tbe nyra
mids. but I don't in the least know
what tbe writings mean. Did you ever
rend tbe Bible?"
"My father used to read It to siev"
"Did be ever read about tbe garden
of Eden?"
"No; I do not remember IL"
"Of cours*? not. It is about a woman,
and be wouldn't read that. Well,"?
desperately?"there was such a place
wheu Ood made the world, and there
was a man there. He was all alone.
There wasn't another human being In
tbe whole world, and Adam?that was
his name?was lonely. I'tt? not surpris?
ed st that. It must have been horrid.
He raised some kind of a row about it,
snd so one night while he was asleep
God took a rib out of his side and
made a woman out of it After that
Adam became tbe father of all men?
sod Eve?that eras the woman's name
?became tbe mother of all women.
Men are ail made after tbe urne pat?
tern ss Adam, snd women are all made
' after tbe same pattern as Eve, snd
they are no more alike than s borse
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To the COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA.
King of ^u^j, H^lir Tonics,
?OZONO."
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TRADE-??R ?
seres t.
Mr. Henry Stewart ot Roanoke. Vs.,
?writ??*!: Before naing Ozono my head
was perfectly bald. Now a nice growth
ha- appeared. Ozono U pert ?-ctly g rand.
?t?v?uv s*rta.
Miss Annie A. Wise, Onancock, Va.,
writes: I aud my sister have both used
Ozono and we recommend it to every?
one. It is the finest hair grower aad
?tralghtoner on earth.
.stress'
arte?.'
Mrs. Mart Holman, si Valley Mills,
Texas, writes: Ozono is tbe only hair
tonic tbat bas ever done my bair any
good. It has caused my hair to grow
long and straight.
Recognizing the faet that there sretcany SOCALLKD hair-growers andihatr-straight
eners now ?n the market, and knowing to a certainty that many of these ?ne frauds pure
and simple, we wish to make a straightforward, honest maternent to th?colored race
through this? ?rest paper In the year ?G? our late secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moore, through
a fortunate el reumi? tance, acquired the reoelpt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or
purchased to-any extent until 1*75, when it was put upon the market and imswtth marked
success. After a thorough test l>y tbe colored people of that time It was pronounced an
honest, legitimate remedy, true to all that wa? claimed for it, and worthy lo ??very respect
of the confidence of every member ot the colored race, ?>eceuse they found it to cause the
hair to grow ione and straight, soft and fine, aud as beautiful as an April morning. Now,
whenever a genuine article appears upon the market there are slways a number of people
who Imitate and make capital out of the merits of other people's goods. Se?lng our
marked success, numerous firms have entered the market,offering hair ?rowers and halr
?traiglUeners.meny of which are worthless, causing the hair to Fall ?ut end doing great
demage to the hair and ?cal p. and the colored people are boring th??:.- gpurioa?Cor?p<mB<l?.
which are filled with animal fete, and do the hair more herm than good. To th??se let us
sounds warning?be careful what you us?? <>n your hair. I>w riot b?, deceived D? flaring
advertisement?and big words. Buv the King ?>f ali Hair Tonici?.
W. C. IMggav }*?warthmore, Ps?
I bave used your preparation?.
They bave done nere than yon claimed
fsr.tbem. I heartily recommend them.
Tin.
Mr. George Branch. Mahon, Texas,
writes: Ozono has done me a
world of good. Everyone that.uses it
?srlil use no oth.-r hair tonic
which is sold with an Iron-clad guarantee todo all that is claimed for it. or we will forfeit
SfHl.OH. Now. we ask you a plain question?would w? absolutely sgree to forfeit i.??'."' if
you a?-e dissatisfied with our preparatl?>ns. if ahey were not true to all w? claim tor them?
We have advertised for several years under this gu?rante?, and wc are glad to say that
every one who has use?! Ozono has been sattstletl in every respect.
???,??? people are to-day using our preparations, and every purchaser recommends
Ozono as the King of all Heir Tonics. Ozono will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty.
Kinky, Harsh, Curly. Refractory. Troublesome Hair. It will meke short. har*h hair long
and straight. It will cure your head ot all itching, worrying scalp diseases. Itch.
Kczema. Dandruff and Scurf cannot live after Ozono has been applied. It will stop your
hair from falling out. It will restore gray hair to Ita natural color, making tlufhair long
and soft.
Now. right here, let ns make a statement. Many ?Vm? ave adrertleing remedies to
straighten the hair, but when they send the preparation- they tell you tosse hot irons.
Friends, do not ?so hot irons, they will bam up the life of the hair, and cause It to drop
??ut. Ozono straighten?? without any outside assistance. Nothing but Oiono is necessary,
and the hair stays straight forever. You ?an stop the use at any time. The g??-?d effects
on tbe hair are ?sen In a day or two after the first application.
The price of Ozono is 50c. a bottle?4 boxes do the work We make this liberal offer,
which is Rood st any time: Cutout this coupon and send to us. tticl?>sing with It the
sum of One Hollar, and we will forward to you four Ierge boxes of Ozono and one large
bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, which makes black skin bright, rough ekln soft and
pliant, and cures all skin diseases. Also removes all facial Imi>erfecttonn, and actually
remove? small pox pit?. eWe will also Include one fancy 1er of our Electrical Skin ?.????
Nature's great beanttf) -
tshes. Bas?? fhe old 1
?*?**V?a,
MiseOlara M Bentley, Topeka. Kan .
Says: My hair was short and knotty
and kinky. Now tr is long and mie.
Ozono did lt.
Nature's great beantlrler? removes wrinkles, moth patches, freckle?, and all facial blem
)k y?iunger
-.ated Scalp S^ap. which is absolutely
( ??? M'ALI. ? ? G RE, and no soap but a pure soap should ever is? used on the scalp. Ami.
is; mule s .he old look young and the young- look younger
We will also include one package of our celebrate?! Scalp S
:-?w ??
Mi-ss Maggie ?. Proctor, Fairfteld,
Texas, writes I have used Ozono, and
give it my hearty recommendation. I
hjtve e*SS f?H)led so often it doe? me
good to recommend, honest goods.
lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in a pint package ?>f Ami Odor, a positive cu.e
for Sore Throat or Month, all forms of Womb Diseases, Chilblains. Sore and Frosted Feet ;
also removes all smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet.arm plts,ete.
The actual vain? of this Orand Aggregation la f ISS, but we let you have 1* for *l'?>
simply to intr?>duc? honest goods. In order to protect the public In general from lmlta
;lon* ?" our goo?*?, and to avoid mistakes, we have placed upon our coupon owr Trade
Mark, one head showing Short Hair and theother head Long Hair. The V. S. Oovemm.-nt
lias granted us this trademark, and It is registered in the patent Office at Washington .
so ir the coupon has this trade-mark on It, you will make no mistake. Vseoialy the
coupon having the two heads on it. As to onr responsibility, we refer you to th-u Kdltor
of this paper .?r to the Metropolitan Bank <>f Richmond. Ve."
A last word. OZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten heir and cans? a beauti?
ful and luxurious growth. If your heir is already Straight, you ctn use It to secure a
glossy. long growth. Send us fl in? at once, and the goods ? ill be ?ent tbe same day we
receive your order.
B08TON CHEMICAL COMPANY,
310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND. VA.
BOSTON CHEMICAL CO.,
3?? E. BROAD ST.. RICHMOND, VA.
I enclose yoia M.OO, for which pleas? send at once the following goods :
4 Boxes? *>f Ozono, wortli ft**B)j Te Bottle Klectrlcal Skin Refiner, worth
60c., 1 Bottle Klectrlcal Skin Food, worth 50c.; 1 Package (1 pint) Anil
Odor, wo*rth 60c ; 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50?. Total, ?4.0U.
Name.House No.
?J-rjct??. ?ml
Mr. Mark Taylor. Havcrhlll. Mass.,
says: Tour discovery Is littl? short of
a miracle and surpasses the Ingenuity
of man. .
il.nry Boll. Creeds, Va . write?: I
cannot say too much in favor of your
goods. Tins Is the umlversal opinion in
my ??unty. g?
Street.City..
County.State
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let her write her name on a piece of pa p?e and pt ? to oonpoo when you send y onr order.
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Miss Lnulsa Logan. New Orleans, I.a_
?ays : I sen?! you my photograph, so
that yon can see what your Ozono has
done for nie.
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an?T a cow-at least not to my Luliui.
Now. look liore! 1 have an Idea, My
clot lie?, are much too amali for you. Nut
1 am going to dress you up la tbeaa
My goodness!"
"What ia the matter?"
"My trunk?*! 1 had forgotten all
about thorn. They've been out on the
prairie? all tills time, and everything
will he? ruined or stolen.**
Lisi??? sin Hod.
"They are here In the botase,** erte
said. "1 gave orders last night aisoutj
them. Shall I have them brought
here ?*
**No\ If they are safe, that Is .all I
care. The clothes we have on are all
we tu?ed. We will change. You: ?hall
wear th-eee, snd I will try yours? Take
them off."
"In your presenceY'
"Verta inly."
**i have been taught by my father
nerer to"?
"Bother your teaching! I am your;
teacher now!"
"Well, at least you m?od not pat theft?
SD," salti IJsle. "I liav?? other apparel
here. Yon shall have a mug-b better
suit than this on??."
The extra suit wan soon f?rrthcomlng.
snd after that the two girls worked on
in silence, with here and there an In
terjevtl??n from Krna. LisUedid not of?
fer any remark, and ??ver;; question
that she would have a.-k??.! difring the
pro???-ss of removing their outer gar?
ments was nipped in the bud by vehe?
ment protests from her ??euipanion.
The interjections canse when the
work of arraying Lisle ft? feminine ap
parel was in operation. The "Instru?
ments of torture" ?rere made to fit by
altering the lacings, snd when at lust
they were clasped arvnnd I.isle's waist,
so tightly that she found It difficult to
breathe, Krna believed that tbe most
heroic part of the work was done.
Nothing about tbe costume came to
gether, but womaa*s ingenuity is ever
equal to feminine emergencies of drees,
and the difficulties were surrnouutcd
one by one. so that at last Li?le stood
before her instructor, having success?
fully donned everything except the
tight fitting waist and skirt and the
footwear.
"There!** exclaimed Erna, stepping
back a few paces anil viewing with un?
disguised admiration the consumma?
tion of her toil. "You are simply glo?
rious!" she sdded. "As a boy you were
unmistakably handsome, but as s wo?
man you are simply out of sight! You
are p<rfe?tly bcaatJfall Here. l??t me
pin this skirt on to you. It w??n't in??et.
and it's too short, hut I can make it
do. Tin? waist ftjsill never com?? tog??th
er In the wot Id. und we'H have to d<?
without that. oli. dear, what a ravish?
ing creatili??? you ai??! Te?rei I ?in
talk to you now without feel'.iur that
every drop ?tf hi?*.?! In my l>??.]y had
gone to my fare. 1 could not get rid
of the ld??a before that you were a m:m
after all. Now 1 know that you are
not. Look at yourself in that glass.
How do you likt? it V"
"I dou't like it. This st?>el Jacket is
the worst of all. Aren't you going to
dress In my clothes'r"
"No. I doo't we ut to. Come here.
Lisle, and sit down seet?ft p??.*. Are
you so very uncomfortable?"
"I feel ?s- though I were Iti? a vis??.
Must I wear rk?fhing like this alwaysV"
"Always!** with a vehem-nt nod.
Then, with sudden emphasis ami wis?
dom. Krna sdded: "But net at sere.
The people on this reara must not
know of fu? dlseov??ry we ha re made?
at least ne* now You must be to them
as you ha>ve always been."
"Why?4*
"Because you would not: be safe here
If they knew that yea an??* \.??>??;;??."
"Why? I>o all men hu.t?e woui? a so?
Would they seek to kill ine?"
"Kill-you? No; but yoo would not I.e.
safe,"
"Ba-a! I do not fear them."
"Ot course not. T'irtt Isn't the qete?
tlon. I do not exactly know what e?
the question, only that It would not be
Just the thin? to do sow. When t'rulg
Thampson remes, we will take lilm In?
to our confidence. He shall t??ll you
what to do; papa shall tell you what
ta do."
"You are suit?, very sun?, that I am a
woman. Erna?"
"Goodness ?.Marions, yes! I he;??? so.
Heavens, you almost frlsl?t??n me!
Don't you see that, as small as 1 am.
toy Instruments of tortu.-e Beaded ? ut
rery little iettiug out In order to rea?-h
sronnd you? Don't you see how they
bring out your shape, so that it Is like
mine, only a little more so? Don't you
see that we are alike in s lot of other
ways?" e
"Yea"
"Well, don't thai settle It?"
"Ye?. I suppose that sertie? It." said
Lisle slowly She stood for s moment
ss though turned to stone, but her eyes
became tierce and her lips drew fog? tb
er ominously.
"Yea 1 am a woman, on?? of the out
rssts of the world - the curs<?d of all
sianktnd! Uh. <)od. how 1 bate my?
"Look at ?/ottrnrll im thlM alas*. Ho?e do
fjiru li?t il.'"
sell": h<?w I (?,ath myself; how I despise
? ass'j Ihlttl Hl?out me that makes me a
woman! My father Is d??ad. So be It,
!. im glad that V Is dead. He knew,
??ml he de?-*?iv?Hl uie. I asked hisi. and
be lied lo me. If be were not dead. L
v<iuld kill him.' 1 would kill blm. 1
say. as I felllew Jim t'un? minge*?as 1
would have kli'*??i others had they dared
to ??:?| m?? a vornan. 1?1. Lisle Mas
well, am that despicable thing called a
woman. My tied! You. Erna, do not
know the horror of It. You have never
known what it Is not to be a woman.
You have done me a service, and 1
thank you., for 1 would stot lire a He.
any more than 1 would tell one. Rich-1
ard Maxwell ladead. I will never think
of him as my father ago-In. Perhaps
be also lied to me about that; perhaps
bis whole life was a be. like the one
that he made me live. It may be that
my name is not Lisle Maxwell. I do
not know who I sia. I only know what
I em not. You thought bo?*ause I was
calm that my heart was not breaking.
I only welted for pr?X)f, for I suspected
before yon spoke. Now I know! Take
off these garments or I shall tear them
off and ruin them. Quick! I am going
mad, I think! Off with them! I will
not live to walk foreverniore hand In
hand with tu y own shame! I will kill
myself, as yesterday I would have
killed a man who had dared to tell me
what I now kuow to be the truth! Off
Wltb them!"
Ito ? ?????t???.'?
II? ?..oLln't Uomr Them.
Mrs. Nagg??I uiwierstand your?
busband is unable to meet his cred?
itors.
Mrs. Waggs?Don't you believe it.
He can and does meet them much
ottener than he care? to.?Chicago
Daily News.
Work?*?* Ip.
"I understand you mads money in
that stock deal."
"Yes. I cerne out on top."
?*ll??w ii?t? you manage it?"
"Got in. on the ground floor.**?Phil?
adelphia Press.
A Natural 1 n.f?-i-eno??.
Charley Lit e wate?I've got a deuce
of a headache, don't yer know.
Sarcastic Friend?That so? Must
be one of the**e "aching voids" we
sometimes read about.r--Judge.
Kot Wholly ll.-t.err.-d.
Doity?Th?tM\ you and Kitty are not
friends any more?
P?*ly?No; but she still tells ma
all the compliments she gets.?Chi?
cugo? Record-Herahl.
Lot* tat Tan?.
O. time is short, and time Is lone?
And 'tis a merry, songics? sons.
And cloudy Mit re h te sunny June.
When love wKh love Is well in tun?'
?l>?i?u Wort-roan. Ul N. Y. Intonane?
?nt._
IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.
The maker? af fire engines have
formed a combination, with a capital
of $9,000,000.
The Chinese population of tbe Unit?
ed States is deereasing and tbe Japan?
ese population ia increasing.
A writer in the Public Library Bul?
letin says that the first free public li?
brary ever established wa? that of
Petersboro, N. Jr*L, In 1790.
According to Bridge Commissioner
Shea's report New Y'ork owns 78
bridgea, costing $24,702,510, not count?
ing 430 structure? of a bridge-like
character that are described aa part
of th? highway?, aad not counting
several bridges in the course of con?
struction and on which several million
dollars have been axpended.
Too VI neh.
Mistress?Now, Bridget, there il
one thing I remit insist upon. If you
break anything I want you to come
and tell me at once.
Bridget?Sure, ma'am, I can't bs
runnin' ter ye every minute of th?
day.?tfrooki* ? Life.