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Partial Contents tor tbit Month Course in English for the Beginner. Course in English for the Advanced Pupil. How to Increase One's Vocabulary. The Art of Conversation. Should and Would: How to use Them. Pronunciations (Century Dictionary). Correct English in the Home. Correct English in the School. What to Say and What Not to Say. Course in Letter-Writing and Punctu ation. Alphabetic list of Abbreviations. Business English for the Business Man. Compound Words; How to Write Them. Studies in English Literature^ $1A VIAL SIND 10CTS. FOK 8A1TLI COPT CORRECT ENQLISH, Evamton, III, '‘We’ll take those three s»* i l sup pose it's tho best you - a. dj. Law rence, you sit there \.». no-on this side. There’s a draft on that side.' "Hut 1 want to see the river,” said the elderly man querulously and with a gesture akin to throwing aside a de taining hand, though his tlorid and overdressed wife had not laid s * much us a Auger Up on ids arm. “I tell you there’s a draft on that side,” she said slmtply. "Well, you don’t want t.» sit in a draft either,” persisted her husband. "No; Kmllv ean sit there. She is i young. 1 nafts won't hurt her." I hiv id Mars ton raised his paper sud denly to hide tin* smile that would couie. lie was .sitting on the drnt’ty siue, nhi, rigui nuniui me • u.ur in me parlor car which had raised tin* dis cussion. 11»*. too, wanted to see the litulsoii, the Palisades and other points of interest of whieh lie had read and which he was enjoy inn t’*»r the tlrst time “Where is Kinil\ V" asked the hits hand, n »w settled unwillingly in tin' ehalr selected for hill!. “She's making sure that there's a nice man in the baggage car to look after the docs. She'll he along in a minute " liy this time Inivid Marston was not the oitl.t passenger Interested In tho do mestle drama. livery man and woman in the ear had laid aside paper or hook, roused to attention i*\ the piercing tones and dominating hearing of the woman The shrill speeeli might have been forgiven on the plea that the hus band was evidently very deaf. The manner was less forgivable. Newly nequlred riehes were stamped all over tin* tightly laeed. middle aged llgure. ! The characterless face, due to much eleelrie liiUssagi lig. spoke of hours spent with beauty experts. Her froek, wrap and hat slirieked. •'I’aris!'* Kvidenth the couple were going hack l 1 New York after a brief stay at their loitge in the Catskills, for the limited had stopped at the small town dose to fashionable mountain fast nesses on special orders. “ioii non i think any thing will hap [ pen to Kmiiy trying to cross tin* plat I forms:” asked tin* man anxiously. ‘’It’s a vest limbs I train!” shrieked his wife. ' I told her to stay until all I three of tho dogs had boon properly ehaliied. You remember the time we came Oh, there she Is!’’ There was much craning of nocks ns the third member of this Interesting party eame through tin* narrow pas sage way an mod the drawing room. Her advent promised further enter tainment to travel bored passengers. Only one of the latter did not crane Ids neck, lie simply sat staring at the girl, fils hands gripped hard on the arms of the chair Site was a slender, refined lookiui girl, dressed in black from Iter dull calfskin lies in her sillily tailored trav eling hat At her throat and wrists ! were line linen bunds. Marshal recall* ( ed with a shudder that a maid who had opened tin* door for him at a fash | iomihlo Denver home had worn just j siu h a black fioek with while bands. The girl e:>iTicd a bundle of canes, umbrellas a. i gulf sticks. As she tilted them 'he corner beside the elderly mail - . d something to him which he secim l to hear, though she did not follow his wife's example mid raise her voice. lie settled bn. k with ;i contented air. “There's your chair, Kmiiy,” said the woman, waving her hand across the aisle. The girl turned, stepped across the aisle. looked at Marston, caught her breath sharply and sank Into her chair, which she wheeled so that her buck was turned squarely upon him. liy this time David had recovered thought and speech, lie rose, delib erately walked In front of the girl and extended his hand. j “Don't tell me that a mere trifle like a heard makes me unrecognizable, Em ily. I should have known you even if you had dyed your hair.” The girl's hand lay limply in his, then she pulled herself together and withdrew it. “Oh. i knew you at once, lint the shock” “Precisely. It was a shock to me - to hud you with them.'' The gesture was slight, but Kmiiy Hunt knew what. In* meant, and her cheeks crimsoned. ‘ I can explain’’ “I.et me turn your chair around ho we can talk,” Marston suggested, and u moment later they sat side by side, facing tin* river bank, their backs to Miss Emily's employer, who sniffed In battled curiosity and gazed their way through a Jeweled lorguou. ■ Oil, llii“ story is snort enough, said Emily bitterly. "Selling daubs and teaching youngsters In a Colorado town and making (rood with your brush In New York city arc entirely different propositions. I saw it was starvation or real work and so”— “Being companion to a woman of liar calitier Is real work, ell?” “Shu is really very kind at heart, and Mr. Maguire is Just lovely to me.” At this Juncture Mr. Maguire was shaken with a violent coughing spell. ■'Emily,” exclaimed Mrs. Mugulre sharply, "where's the cough medicine?” Hut Emily Hunt was already digging Into her employer's ling. Ileftl.v she poured the medicine and turned to tiring a glass of water. Maraton was at her heels, his own drinking cup tilled to the brim. “Thanks. Mr. Maguire took such u dreadful cold while we were at Croton lodge.” The Invalid was recovering from the paroxysm and there was nothing for j Emily to do liut Introduce David to her employers. I Mr. Maguire extended a trembling I hand. Mrs. Maguire raised her lorgnon. “From Chicago? In pork, I sup j |>ose?” David's eyes twinkled even as Emily I Hunt's cheeks colored. "No, not exactly—In the law for pork I men.” Emily bit her lips and, returning to her chair, stared hard at tho flying scenery. “Eorgix e mo. Emily, but l simply ( had to do It. Shu is impossible.” “lint you an* in tin* law" “And lor luuii in pork. I am going to Europe on my lirst big commission." "1 am so glad you have l’oniul sue cess,” said Emily in a calm voice, though her heart beat suffocatingly. She might have helped him to liiul it. but now ho was going to Europe for a mighty corporation, and she was a companion, the most despised and In adequately paid personage in the Ma guire retinue. “Emily, ring for the porter and order clam broth for us all from the buffet car.” “1 don’t rare for any. if you will ex cuse tm*. Mrs. Maguire 1 11 order for two.” “Nonsense!” said the domineering Mrs. Maguire. “A cup of hot broth will do you good. You're looking a bit white this afternoon, and we can’t nf bird to have you sick on our hands ! now, with Maguire on the edge of pneumonia.’’ iii" piercing tones I'iim Hi.* lengtu oi tlu» oar, and there "a- smothered laughter up and down liie lines. With crimson chocks, Kmih iota hod the button, but when the waiter arrived it was Marston who took the matter la hand and ordered a dainty him In • • * Mrs. Maguire admitted that im a man “in pork" he knew how to order. It annoyed her that sin* could not com municate this discovery to her hus band. l.ater she said something of the ► on to J-duily, who had brought Mr. Maguire an evening paper picked up at Poughkeepsie. Idnily did not seem to hear the pa tronizing remark of lt»-i employer. Her tiiiiiil had leaped forward to that mo ment wln ti the train should pull Into the Hrand i nitial depot. Then six* and tin* Maguires would enter the car riage held iii waiting by liveried serv ants. and Marston would go his self made independent wax When sin* re turned to her chair, the dull foggy dusk was settling down on the river. Pretty soon on the broad six track way trains loadi-d with suburbanites would be shooting pad them, suburbanites going home in cottages and firesides all their own. where women w ho had never dreamed of artistic careers wait ed for them. The | orter received Mr*. Maguire'-, curt l onunent on poor gas xviih a->je* | apologies. •Sulhm’s sure wrong, hut we cant locale the trouble, bill we’ll soon be in town. In said and hurried on, lie knew tl.e Maguire type. idaily started. Marshal's band was oa her arm, not gently or as a remind cr that lie deserxed her attention, but In a masterly, determined clasp. “Idnily, do you think for one minute 1 am going abroad and leaxe you xvith that that sort of woman'.- I've got to ail in the moili ng There is not much time, hut you ran got trills mid frocks in I'aiis, and when we eome home, if visiting art centers abroad has roused yam ambitions once more, I II have you study with the best” "1 don't want to study: I have no ambitions; I Jud want” Marshal bent very do*e to . .u> h the l i t word ••yai.*’ ‘ Thtilly. set a ms for Mr Maguire." exclaimed Mr . Maguire o sharply that the dozing passengers ail woke up. Then as the girl leaned over to pick up the fallen mg Mrs. Maguire whispered haisbh ‘‘I gu« ss you forg. t where you ate! 1 ‘No,’ replied Ktuily happily. Tve onl\ jii-l found out where I belong. Mr. Marshal and I are going to be married touigld and sail for Loudon in tlit* morning.” Mrs. Maguire gave vent to mi excla mation that roused her husband to frightened wonder and made several men in the farther end <-f tin* « n laugh aloud. Tin* little bride in drill* 11 leaned over and touched her husband's hand. "Hilly, dear, I believe there’s a little story going on right under our iiosds.*’ Her husband path-d her band tender ly under cover of the friendly diM ‘‘Wouldn't be surprised, Hweelheari, and ail I’ve got to say is 1 hope that the young man Is the sort who will m l consign Thnily' to a dral'ty st-.it.” ”1 hope lie is Just a< a m* an I g » »d as you are ' And down hi 1 ho front of the car Marshal and I’mlly Hunt sat gazing out into the night, too happy for word Orlul'i of K Irpiomn it in. Kleptomania is occasionally induced by continued and close application to the study of a particular subject. A singular ease was recently reported from (iermany. A well known profes sor was found to have transferred to ills own private collodion many of the valuable butterflies of which !»•* had charge in his oflieial capacity. The c.x Istence of mental derangement was clear from the facts that came out in the course of the Investigation after ward made by the museum authorities. If was found that the professor had Often sent his wife out Jill day to catch butterflies, ho intense was his passion for these Insects. On one occasion the professor, while hunting a butterfly, was nearly run over by an express train. At another time lie fell into •» river, and once both be and bis wife fell Into a pond. Manchester fluardian. A Slvtwon fctor>. Tin* 11to John Stetson, famous In his day as a Umntrieal rannatfer, was bav iiik a yaeht built, and a frk*i*«l, meeting him on tin* she* t. ask** ! him what he was piing to name the boat. “I haven't derided yet.” replied John, “but it will be some name com mem ini? with S, probably e’i!i i Psyche or t in« h." IIIm Part. Magistrate (to witncttM) 1 understand that you overheard the quarrel between the defendant and his wife? Witness Yes, sir. Magistrate—Tell the eourt, if you can, vhat lie seemed to he dolm/ Witness !!•• seemed to he doin’ tie* listenin’. OptiniixtI*' \ b«. Tom (proodlyi Miss I'inkleigh has promised to he tny wife. Jaek (eonbol Ingly)—Oh, don't let that worry you. Women frequently bival: their prom ise'.. Hih ago News. Inquire of the youn;; people; they know everythin!;. Traitors nre hated e*en by tbooethev favor.—Tacitus. thc ga-htd lotus. i S • intent of tin* Orient Vltnui the Fruit of ItoNtiny, v .ncernlng (lu» rl< !i fruit of the lotus, ! wlio U grow luvnrisully in tin* Nil.*, I many charming 1 * haw luvn ti .1. It was believed thm > delight* ful that those who am • t ii would nev er leave the spot where . mew, but for it would abandon home and friends to spend their l. ■ in a dream of se rene delight l Joiner, in the Odyssey, mentions tl • lotus caters who lived on the imnhern coast of Africa and records ih.it* attempt; to detain the follower of t’lysses by riving them the fruits of the loins to eat, so that they should never wMi t > leave the spot where it grew*. The same poetical Idea is Known to the Arabs, who call it tin* “fruit of destiny.'* which is t>« be eaten in Tara dise. and it is on this foundation that Tennyson built his charming poem of the “Lotus Katers.” This mythical lotus has been identified by several botanists with that Indigenous to Tu nis, which is a thorny shrub, with ber ries the size of an olive. Mungo Park found a species of lotus In Central Africa bearing berries of a delicious taste, which on being dried and pounded made wholesome ami pleasant bread. The lotus fruit found in Tunis has a stimulating, almost in toxicating, effect, and it Is therefore probable that this plant furnished tin* foundation of the ancient legends. WHEN WAGES WERE LOW. Ami a I’r.rUry Dinner l-'i*** sit Cowl Only 17 (Vuls. “nolumbtis,” sa id sin antiquary of Chicago. "got a salary of a year — less than a dollar a day. Mis captains pit $1^0 a year apiece. His erew pit $2.2r» a month. To equip the expedi tion that dK.uvered Ainerleu eost $_\ SlM'». Iln* total ••«><.( of discovering Aliu*riea w as S/.Jeu "Law.vets noxvndn>.s, especially eor poration lawyers, think nothing of earning a ndlllou a year. In tin* reign of Edward TV. a hamnct entered in Ills diurnal, or diary “‘1’aid In linger P.vlpott. learned in the law, for Ins counsel, .‘I nil'-Hinge, with foitrpence for his dinner.’ “Mini lets often make today $-0,000 «»r n a year, yet John Uuo\ only got a year, or s I a w eek, and that was a dollar i u*re u week than Scottish judges got. “Small salaries. tln.se " concluded the nntiqtiary, “hut we must remember that in that epoch there were no trusts to lntlute priors, and a dollar went u long way. In fuel, a < luistinas dinner for a family of six would have cost in John Knox’s time: P.»r the turkey, 10 eents; eranherry sauce, *j cents; pota toes, 1 i out; turnips, 1 cent; celery, 1 cent; plum pudding, ~ emits; total. 17 cents, or less than y eents a head ” Ili.iiilxliip \Ulli \\ il.l lit.. If a fairy hud over t*H«*r<*« 1 to grant ni.* III roc wishes, 'ill-* full <. m f m l« • i m * I of wild animal*" would smvly have hem om* «*f them and probably Iho Oral. If We Beck opportunities to be friend wild creature* and take advan tage of llieni, we shall often find, as I have «Ion -. that there i* no lack of re Hponse • a the part of the animal*. I on. e w .i i*d up ( • a pine siskin, as he* w * feed dig on tiie ground and picked him up ri y hand lie did not seem a hit a! lined, and when a few min ute* later | set him down In* continued his search for food within a few Inches of n y feci t»n another occasion a yel low thi ".i led vil eo allowed me to lift her from her nest when I wished to count her eggs and nestled down com fortably on her treasures tin* moment I put her back With a forefinger I once stroked tin* back of a red breasted nut hatch ns he was busy feeding oil u live—Idno I Harold Payne* in Kt, Nicholas \u AiiK»v*-r**«l I'rayer. 1 sent my little girl." writes a com* spondent. "to the butcher's with 50 cents to buy some steak. Sin* came home 10 cents short in change and was sent back for tin* missing coin. Pres cutty the butcher's b>»y called with tin* dime and explained Hint hi* employer laid found out hi mi take, although they had seen nothin'; of my little daughter. Thd time went on, and 1 felt auxlouK until I heard her singing merrily in tin* garden. * I»id you go back to the butcher y I asked. 'No, mother, it is such a long way, so I asked (Jud to send for tin* dime lias it Hot colin* \ et V " I on In k ions. Au Irish lad on tin* e.i I was obliged recently to se«-k treatment at a dispensary. On In r* tmn li am* from the first treatment In* was met by tics inquiry from Ids mother "An’ what did tin* doeilmr mm a*, was the matter w id your eye?" "lie said there was some furrin ad Stance in it ‘Shine!" « m-laimed the old woman, with au 1 i *!« 1 you so air, "now, maybe, ye’ll kape wav from (him I.vetalian boys!" Sin* Magazine. IHT 1 ill |» i • «n »<* ai. “Now I have mi Impression in my lead,” Hai«l 11m? leaeher. "Ciin any of you toll in-- wliat an impre- imt i ,V” “Yes'in, I ••an.” replied ;i little fel low at tin* foot <»f the class. “An im pression Is a ilcnt III a soft spot.’' 1 iir minphsin (AIn.i Advance. Nefuriil IoioukIi “The say that Bradley poes - n like load i ima* he inherited his vast wealth ’ “What d.M ; he do:” “Oh. lie i like one pns -e e* 1 Lijpplneot i Genera lit Mie purchase of a ho »U is mistaken to, 'he acquisition ol ii con tents. Sehoj haner. I iitlit Kmitoreil. “There nr. many more v.-.m. n liiln;: than I used i . think.” “is that f »V* “Vos. lie . * e i imirt el 1 ii • I f » think my v. f- w the only won m In the world ” 111 ii tnliin li'il. Benedick—1That Imnimms j iiut Is a splendid thlnjr. Siiiulefon What, do you use It. for? Ji •• leU We paint the baby’s face, so we < .m pive him a drink Jn the h;«ht without hplifln.' the cas. ""I"—" "■ AN EXECUTION IN INDIA. Tlif W iij ii VI an 4«iiill> of Vluril«*r I n- ■ (ii'n\ t*i»l I )«'«*:( pi (a i Ion. A letter from India t» a iIonium pu- 1 per £ives this ihvouut of the execution ! near Uomha.s of a man who hail boon ' found guilty of tin* murder of liis ! brother in law : “Tin* question as to i whether the culprit should l*e executed j or sent to prison for life was, as is the j eustom. submitted («» tin* family of the murdered man for deeisiou. All, in- , eluding the wife of the murdered, voi- | ed for death. When the place of ex ecution was reached the eoademued mail knelt, and the ropes which were fastened to him were handed over to the executioner's assistants. The one who held the neck rope took a few Steps before the kneelina man and the other two stood at either side. Then the executioner, armed with a razor edtfod. heavy knife, advanced a ud asked in a loud voice. ‘Who authorizes the executionand the chief of police answered. 'The law.' The question was asked and answered three times, while the armed man advanced, slow ly swinuim? tin* mighty blade. As the last answer was heard an assistant executioner thrust a needle point Into the kneeling man's Imek and lie made iiu luvoluntar.i motion forward with Ids head. The three ropes were pulled taut, leaving the neck extended 1<» the Utmo*-1. \t the same instant the kuifo whirred through tin* air and the head of the murderer rolled in the sand." LIVE LIKE A KING. If* Not n IHlIlriilt .Unitor In n Motion* \p« Vurk llolrl. No rrownnd hand nvnr plllownd itself fur a audit's lodging with tin*_satisfac tion of knowing that under the annie root' then* worn :i thousand persons pnltl to look afler its safety, orunfort ami luxury, unloss that ormvned head found itsoir in a modern Now York lio tol. where a regiment of “help’* Is cm ployed, eonslstlng of elorks, ehofs, pas try oi)ok<. moat rooks, bakery men, soup rooks, detectives, watchmen, oil gineers, eleetrleians, plumbers, rarpon tors, l.tundrymeii, doormen, portors, bailers, waltors, stewards, wlno ami cigar r\ports, deeorators, messengers, waiting maids ami ehumm*rmaids. Any |m»i.sou with St In hl.s poekets ran liuvo tin* advantages of this logi inoiital array of sorvanta for one day l»y paying tlio prior of a room at any of tin* greater Imtols rorontly construct nl in tlio motropolis. though, of course, si Is iIn* lowest llguiv. Many of tin* rooms oost doiddo that sum a day, and some oi thr stain apartments, with bedrooms, gorueous parlor, private din lug room and hath, urn not lot for Inss than $Iim) or SI‘Jo a day. Kvrn tin* four dollar rooms have baths, hut tlio priee of room or apartment dons not inrludo meals Itniusrii Crawford ill Surrrss. “Hook «»( Mormon." The ‘ Honk of Mormon” Ii:ih boon planed to l»o ;i literary plagiarism, bo I In. a iron paraphrase of a romance written by tho Itev. Snlniunn Sptllding In isp;, 11j• • iniiiiuscrlpt of which cnmo Inin Hio possession of Joseph Smith, mill bo. - ill i11t_r boblml a curtain, dic tated j( i » Oliver < owdcry, who, seat oil out of vh*ht of tlu* loai I or, wrnlo tlio mallor as il was given him. Smith profoialoil that tin* book was disco v oroil to him by mvnlntlnii amt dug up from tin* side of a hill not far from I'almyia, In tho county of Ontario, X. V. Tho olaim was liuulo by Smith that tho writing on tin* plains was engraved in “reformed ligyptlan." which ho was unable to read until magic spectacles, which ho callcil his I rim ami Thum inlin, worn given to him, enabling him both to lead and translate into ling lisle The Kpnetneles and tin* metal plates have disappeared, and tho story of tin* dictation makes tolerably clear the manner In which tin* **|tonk of Mormon” had its origin. II I*11 y h In ll«* 4 Iteerful. Tin* spirit of cheerlillness is mouio tiine the result of a lmppy tempera incut whoso nerves have never been disturbed by loss, sickness or ealamlty Soineiinn s it is the abundance of youth * till (hiding a surplus of \ Igor after the toil-; of tin* day. Sometimes it is tin* expression ot character which from tho reserves of it- own nature and ex* porietice is able to preserve a eheerful disposition under even tin* most dis couraging eircuiiislaneoH and faco life always with hope and good cheer. Sueh a character |s a strength and a defence not only to him who has It. but to all lu> a- -oeiates and l i all who feel his influence. The\ are tho watch* towers of humanity, whoso light shim* through the dark night of human struggle and whose word is an inspira tion of hope and encouragement I olor it Mil I iu li l Tho peculiar duplicity of tin* coun try darky in tie* south i* Illustrated by a story told by a congressman. An old negro bad gone to a post of fice in Mississippi and offered for the mail a letter that was over tin* weight poeitjed lor a single stamp “This la too heavy.” said the post master. ‘ You will have to put another stamp on it ” Tin* old daii \' eyes widened 111 IIM tonlshmeni. Will nmulder stamp make it any lighter, bo* y“ be asked Jfaroer' Weel.lv i onm|ii«-noii« Tin* minister had pivaHied (<» the j Kraduntiiiic < l.i of .1 girls’ college. j Tim Kiris of iIk* Hass von* on tho | platform all round the pulpit arid all j dressed in white. T confessed t!iu preacher ♦ > Ills wife when ho got homo, “like ti . crow on a snowdrift.” Life, to la* worthy of a rational be ing, must Im* always In progression. ! We must always purposi* to d<> more or j fuller than In time past. -Jolin <»n Sofllr Sentimental. • “Have you any new song that Is soft and mellow?” "Well, here's one that Just eame In. | 11*3 called '! Love My IJttJo Oozy, Moozy Moo' J'hat sounds mushy, j doesn't It?" ( levclaud l'laln Dealer. Tin* l ondon ( lillil. The London child's life is often very like a rabbit's- one Ionic scurry from superior beings. London Spectator. Xleasou (roveros the wise man and cudgels the fool.-••From tho Italian. 'I lf !:• « tlv i M.r s was *jnit»* an IO\ » d lh* was ■ i anythin^ hut a ministerial mood \\ hfu I . t*«-. -ill ! , li.it ou tin* :iini«1 tin* c Mtl'usi.iii «■ f looks Mid papers Mini down ill In ; .study to think it ou i. It si!' h a ridieulous situation that at first Ik* had Peon mild ly amused at ii. luit now pshaw! \\ liy eotlldlfl In* ignore UV but it had pa -.>d tin* • ! mo when It i <*uld ho 'manned In tin* pa t throe days lu* had been told five times that his enngivsnrlon would like very iililel) to sou him ma{Tied. .Nor had these re marks boon tin* half Joonlar words on his haetielor condition that In* liad of* (on h ard 'iin'i* (otnim;- to the church ill 1.11 i I'Mt'ij. nil! h i.I been earnest won Is of :*. * I v i. «• expressed by tin* most prominent members ol‘ liis tlork. II" was popular in tin* parish, ntnl Ins tun > ears’ pastorate lin«l been pro 11 not I \ * * of good results. but limn* liml Inmn nin* tiling larking. A« rtis|oiiii*il i"f years before liis ad vent to tin* servin' of ji most devoted minister ntnl liis able wife whose homo hail been the eenter tor a vigorous ehutvli life, tin* penple shnpl.N eould not get use,| in a minister in a boa ril ing linn Ilesiiles, there stornl tlm line new parsonage empty, tVrlnlnly It was liis duty to live up to tho de mands of his people. When Miss «dl berl, the wen It hy mahh*n lady who had enntribnted so nmeh to the rhut'eli, belli in money and good deeds, died two jenis ago the parsonage she was building for the elmivh w a ; n »l unite finished 'I’he lie’ bah in Morris Unew he would Use it in lime. Indeed, all uu known to liis people, vague plans had been Hunting through tin* minister’s head for some months, and he had fre • inenlly looked very ivlleetlvelv at tlm qiliet house beside the ehut'eh. lint I h«* real vexing, disquieting point of the whole matter was that the eoiigregation had not only deeided that he should marry, hut apparently had lived on whom he should marry. This was assured Urn night In* took ba with Mrs. Thorpe, one of the most netive ladies m his elmreh. when the rldef top|e of « onver alion was Mis Nell tJilberl. Now, Mr. Morris li:i<I taken a most unreasonable ami imudnislerial dislike I t Miss (iilhort, a member «»1* his rlmn h whom In* hml never soon. She was tho nlooo of tin* great. Miss Uil hort ami had lived with hor mint until tho la (tor’s death, w lion tho great lioii' <* on tho hill had boon closed. Since thou ilio \ otnt.u lady had f rn \«* I * oil, o 11 m * mini dor had novor • <• u hor. ||o had hoard a great dial of hor, though. jind had formed mi iinpnwsion of a poison of imdoiihtod energy and ability, aroii: i.aiiod to liavo things Just as slio wantod and im lirn d to bo doin* iiicering. ' ‘ AI i - s Noll- had ideas of her own mi «di«ir«di mii.-m*. “Mist Noll ’ had designed this and had attended to that. It Koomod to tho mini tor there whs a litfh* too nim li of ‘Miss \11‘* every where. Tall and nm-eiilnr and across!vo lilriisflf. a. • ii toiiifd to shouldering burden- and • tearing ditlioultloH, tin* Itov. <’al\in had, of eottrso, an ideal of fotulnino gnue vory dilToront from Ids own vigorous piTKonality. Indood, ns ho sjit thinking in Ids study that morn ing a Mill to rose to tin.* Unit lips and softened tho austoro linos Into wldolt ho had framod tliom as ho saw In Ids mind’s eye a potlto, grueeful form, :-olt, appealing dark eyes and masses of flomly hrown hair. A his for tho plan, of tho pfoplo who had made up liiolr minds that "Ml m Noll’' and the minister would ho an eminently xs ol l lit loti pair. lint tho \i ion I'adfd tpiiokly, and tin* many hints that had boon dropped (luring tin* la -1 t* w days llashoil In rapid Mimo.imi through his mind. “Mi - Noll-' xx as euming home next week. II* would bo thrown at her bond ami sho at Ids by lilt wall moan ing I'm k until something happened. Oil, In* well know bow it Would bo done Tim opportunities a eotigroga tioii po' o sves for annoying ils minis ter and making Idm do things he does not w ant to do are'legion, lie suppos ed every lady of the aid soeiety had planned some function to which ho must go and nif t. “Mis Nf!l.” 'I he minister groaned. Alreadx th" sub- j jof| had a mined alarming propor tion Ilf i a i Id not, ho would not, stay found and I f madf a f totball of, to bo to •• I into atis woman's arms. A . I * : 111M • 11111 • h h I • ■) i mu UIIlinD£ N i i'Mi of li; ,\\ II II I il* I i*l «• I MjlK'Iit eye II iv.i ■ . j.m-i, i .,n ' How could lin y I' l l <T liilll li r.\ , Just Jl- 111-: Imart W.I I • • i! 111 : Him: <■ 111; 1 < 11 \ rv - I' <l;l\’ f*r iiiii* mii, All. If In* vm* only sum*! Idd lli.it friendship, formed a few slim • months :<■: >, that - nil! satis fy In;* frit'in I hip. iinin to I'm i 11 of I ho vMmO what it li.nl ( Hill* to IimMU In lilin'r I'otlld In*, dun* In*, offer Inf Iih I*»ve ? li-* lei.I I m •eii living since tlmii in n I>>■ 111111‘111 tlreiii11. Suppose lll.lt tll*e?l til ll nil,I l.e fill li Ill'll V I I" In* 11:111'11 I ll'e.I mil. ; ll.l'l 1'iH‘ll so hv ,*el In* feme,I tin* mw.i! eninr. Imre lie rid. “I lie |.i t le;if; ’ \\ i I li a liolllnl In- sprain? to lc feet. lie COtlld and In' won'nl. Ih* would please liiin i' I f ill Hie ell liee of ;i Wife ally way, anil, if folium* fnvoreil him, eive his oflleioil eoimre- rltioll :i surprise ami a sharp lessen. A short phone me- ;i fo .i neiuh IH>rim-r to.*, n sirurrd supply for next Sunday's pul], ' I ' lit lei-inesa out of toon” \* .! I lie me s: I.: e |(*f| for the t Imreli ofllcerx. uiul the minister found himself >,ii i in* train hound for the oust ami the ision " The mini lei's wooim; was brief and blunt. but Miss Helen Atwater was not very min li taken by surprise. The aeipiaintaine be^iin in Scotland tho previous summer had ripened fast on shipboard on the return passage and been brought to fruition by foiuo months of eorrespoiulenei*. Slio even consented to a speedy marriage, and us she was living with a married cousin in l.toston He* minister took ids bride from there tea days from the day lie left LitUeton. lint the blissful (lays of his honey noon failed to Mot out entirely the rc nenibranee of Ills church and his work ml his people. True, In the tumult of tappinoss had possessed him .since hut day when their clumsy interfer •tieo had driven him, actually driven lim, into tin* Joy that was now Ills lie uni alnuvn forcolieu their plans for lim, hut now It all rim*' hack to him iml he realised that he did owe them amiethtmr. for who knows how hum »e would have doubted and feared had lot the terror of ’Mi s Nell” been ipoti him? {suddenly the minister laughed aloud. It was all so tunny to him now. Mrs. Morris, sit tint; beside her husband, was astonished nt his mirth and looked it. •‘Well, dearest, 1 know you'll think me crazy, hut it is really too yood to keep. You didn't know that 1 asked you to marrs me s» as to prevent my congroirntlon ii.aiT\ intr me to some one else, diil you:** And out came the whole story, his mental picture of “Miss Nell** and all. ‘ ion Know, rio eoneitided. i never for a moment thought of her .siile «>f it. 1 was « onoerned for my own safety. What in the world a woman like her, with money ami property amt the world at her feel, would want with a poor struggling minister 1 can't con eeive. lhif I hud heard i » much of her and the people so evidently had set their minds oti it. i tell you l was In a r*:ular funic over it. It drove me to put my timid hopes In the test for >on, s\\ eethoarl.” r| her** was a peeuliar smile hovering around Mrs. Morris’ lips, and for a minute or two she said nothin#. “What Is it. dear?” asked the minis ter anxiously. * You are not vexed, are you 7** “V hesitatingly, “not exactly, hut I am Jii-d thinking how beautifully you have played into your congrega tion's hands, lor, do you know. Calvin, you hn\e really and truly married that domineering person, ‘.Miss Nell.*'' “Married ‘Miss N»IP.’ ” repeated the minister blankly, staring at his wife’s Hushed, laughing face. 1 \ < , truly. I am Helen Hilbert At water. railed ‘Miss Nell’ at the old home in l.itllelon. Listen, dear. 1 had no thought of deceiving you at first. 1 did not know' inti were In the church at Littleton till we reaehed New York mi mir vo.' age home. You know xve were pro 11 \ wdl nci|Uuintcd then, but I — neither of ih knew* our own heart. I often intended to tell you In a letter, hut somehow' I couldn't. 1 felt that if you knew it might make a difference. Ymi were poor, comparatively. 1 bad all that money and property. And— mid I loved you. dear, too much then to have you leave me. limn at the end you took me by storm I liave been too happy to talk of ;in> thing like Hint, and l bad been waiting till you would say something j of your work to tell yon nil about my self.” [ • imr, iny <:<■ ir. m • ■»*"**•. I was always MI'H Nell <«i P m *rt Tin* mini i, r was hHII bewildered. “Yes, my min I <ti<i Tint like m.v f:i the man whom her young sister mar ried. ;i11• I never incut ioned 11i^ name. *’l was always railed Gilbert mT home. but of course I Imrt no reason for discarding my mum*, 'limn* an* plrnM nf i■ >p |e in I.ittleton who know my n-sil mum*, but never used it, for I was Imt n baby when 1 went to live with 11in limit after m.v father's death. It. ally, dear, you needu’t. be alarmed. I nni n >t h ill' as bad ns l was painted. I won't try to run tin* church or man Hire 11n* organist or or’ “Or any one except the minister.” finished her husband. “Well, the sur prise is certainly on me, lint I must pet even with Urns,* people some way.” 'I lie news of the minister s marring!.* spread like wildfire through tin* town. He had sent a laconic message bi one of his ehurdi ollicers to tin* effort that he had been married in Huston and would occupy his pulpit the following Sunday. 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