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DEAR LITTLE AMBER. > At the sound of a football in the r rldor he laid down his pen and leaned wearily back In his big arm-chair. Presently a hand thrust back the f'ortain from the doorway and his wife entered. She was gowned for the even ing In her favorite color—dull yellow. ili«hTOe diamonds at her throat and in hM- gold-brown hair. She looked radiant with pleasure. Shall I do?" she asked, coming for ward and leaning upon the desk with her hands, palms downward. He inspected her deliberately—criti cally, she thought. "You will do very well," he said last. "What is It to-night. Amber?" "Faust.' 1 am going with the Ken «•alls. Lawrence-" He took cor - '*■ up his pen with a slight gesture of impatience that effectually R enced her. Half the Joy died out of her face. She stood ing him m a moment watch as he wrote; then she went round and laid her hand timidly on his shoulder. ''John——" wistfully. "Well?" She hesitated, hoping he would look up or say something more; but he did neither. I I am going now. Good-by." "Good-by." It was the tone, not the words, that brought a sudden dimness into eyes. She lingered still with her hand on his shoulder. Then she slowly re moved it and stole out of the room. As the curtain ceased swaying behind her the pen dropped and John Sarles covered his face with his hands, heard a carriage stop at the curbing and the front door close with a bang. He beard a man's voice and a man's Ray laugh—both Lawrence Kendall's; then there was a rumble of wheels and he lifted bi3 head with a jerk, thing like a sob escaped him. "Lawrence," she had said, come to that, then! .Sarles knew him well—knew how his handsome face and winning smile en deared him to the hearts of how he was sought after, petted, ad mired. her He It had Lawrence! John j Some women— Ah. well, It was something, after all, to be born with a handsome face and straight, strong limbs, looked bitterly at the crutch leaning against the chair and thought that be ♦ cause of it life had withheld much of its sweetness for him. Wealth and even a powerful intellect which put bira in touch with the brightest think ers f the day failed to make up to him for that Ty lie had been on the point of sinking r 'into the self-imposed Isolation of a proud, morose nature when John Sarles Amber tame—Amber, the little daughter of bis only intimate friend, wbo, dying, had Intrusted her to his Soon the music of her laughter had chased away the ghostly echoes from the lonely old house and the light of her happy eyes brightened every Her books strewed the tables, her flow ers filled the long-unused vases, her gowns made bits of color against the dark walls as she flitted up stairs and down. care. room. Gradually all became changed be cause. of her. New furniture replaced the old, new carpets covered the floors, / I' ■ ' !/ ..•»' ■/ r-Æi m -/J" Æ' i/: k (k y .. PROPPED UP BY PILLOWS, the conservatory blossomed with plants and a grand piano lit up a dark recess of the library with Its polished ivory and rosewood. By and by the little girl became a maiden to whom every door was open and whose smile was a favor which men considered as well-nigh precious, and all the time that Amber was grow ing winsome and sweet and graceful John Sarles was growing old and wrin kled and gray, young as ever and he loved Amber with all the pent-up force of his nature and he suffered agonies because of that love, feeling that she could never, never be his. One day a handsome boy of good fam ily came to ask him for Amber's hand. Poor John! He gave his consent and his blessing as well. What elBe could he do, not knowing but that Amber loved him? And while the boy was pleading his cause John sat In his study with as bitter a heartache as ever man had. 'r- J •£ yu w rare But his heart was Presently the door opened, but he didn't look up. And then came a sweet, sobbing voice and the pressure of two soft arms about his neck from behind. „ "Oh, guardy, guardy, are you tired of me that you try to get rid of me so?" He was suffocating with surprise and joy and terror, but be managed to draw her around where he could see her face, which was rosy with blushes and per sistently averted. "Amber!" he cried. "Tired of you! Want to get rid of you. Amber!" And then, reassured by bis tone, she bi^st out passionately: 1 $'es, you must be, else you'd never have sent him to me, when you know I hate him—hate them all but you!" He drew her down on his knee at that and held her close in his trem bling arms. His face watt near hers, but he did not kiss her. He could only look at the sweet, wet eyes, and child like mouth, the round, soft cheek, and poId-brown hair, wondering, doubting, hoping all at once—he could not have tcld which the most of the three. That was two years ago—two blessed w rears of such happiness a . that they reemed to him like a long delightful I :r«m. Amber loved him and Amber wag his wife. But oft late a shadow had fallen be tween tbem-the shadow of Lawrence O-ndall. The fear that had numbed lohn's wiffe had ripened into fierce jealousy. He had grown cold and austere in manner, causing Amber many tears much worriment. positively harsh toward her. What had he been to-night? time his proud, sensitive nature suffering to its utmost capacity. Dear little Amber! He could feel tears in her eyes and the quiver of mouth though he could not see The wistful pleading in her voice touched him to the quick. How he longed to snatch her in arms—crumpling the dull yellow if he must, and ruffling the shiny for she used never to complain—and kiss her over and over and tell how much he loved her. and how he was to hurt her by word or look. But no—his pride, his indomitable pride, restrained him, and he had her go with her whole evening spoiled because of it. Once he had And all Ah, just wait till she came in, and cold and sleepy! Then he make it all right. She would forgive him—of course she would, the darling! And they would be happy again they hnd not been for weeks, sitting by the Are together, she in the crimson chair and he on an ottoman her side, Just where he could touch hand or cheek and kiss her when chose. The firelight would dance on her and bring out the soft color in her and she would laugh and smile in old Joyous way. What a fool he been—how cowardly and unreasonable, to doubt his innocent darling even one moment. It was 2 o'clock and Amber ought have been home an hour ago. was it made John start and tremble and pale as he glanced at the clock? Were his fearg confirmed? Had doubts become truths? Was not that the sound of carriage pausing at the curbing? occasioned this unusual confusion the hall below? John Sarles seized his crutch limped a few paces toward the hut stopped as it was flung open the figure of an old serving man peared on the threshold. "Master-'' he began. John Sarles' lips moved, but no sound passed them. "Master, I have come with sad for you. There has been an accident— the horses ran away—and Miss ber-" He caught John as he reeled and and answering the mute, awful appeal of those agonized eyes, he concluded— "Is hurt seriously, but not fatally. The have just brought her home." Three months afterward, when burst ing buds and freshly-sprouting gtans proclaimed that spring was at hand, Amber study and propped up by pillows cushions on the sofa there. Her had lost its roundness and its dainty color and the beautiful brown-gold was cut close to her head. There was a great bunch of yellow roses on the table at her side and touched them lovingly, knowing John was watching her and that had placed them there. Presently he came and sat down the edge of the sofa—all their differ ences had long since been made up— and took her hands in his and held them tenderly against his mouth. There were tears in his eyes, though Amber's were clear enough. "You dear old John," she said, smil ing. "I believe you feel worse about than I do." He sobbed. "Well, you needn't, you silly boy." She was silent a moment, and then said, musingly: "Do you know, I lieve I'm half glad——" "Oh, my darling, to be lame all your life!" "Yes, for don't you see, we shall sym pathize witlr one another more than we ever have? And, oh, John-" "Yes, Amber." "I never realized before how patient and dear you were until I was hurt. 1 think I love you better than ever, that can be, and I am sure—quite, quite sure, that this has been a blessed les son for both of us, aren't you?" And John, in his newer and clearer wisdom, dared not deny It. Hark! carried into her husband's Know the Platform. McDowell county, West Virginia, has a citizen who has never been known admit Ignorance on any subject, and very few things ever happen that he did not have some part in. Here is the latest story about him: A group was gathered in a county George Whalen, the man of wonderful knowl edge and achievments, although staunch democrat, so departed from de claration of principles that one of the men said: "You don't know a thing about the democratic platform." "Don't I? Know the democratic plat form? Why I built it myself, wasn't a stick of anything but solid poplar. A thousand people were ■that platform and Jt never settled hundredth part of an inch. Talk to me about not knowing anything about the platform! If you'll come down to the cove where they held their barbe cue I'll show you the platform stand ing yet."—Washington Star. store discussing politics. There ou Hygienic Writing Paper. Among the latest things In station ery Is a writing paper which is spe cially manufactured for the prevention of the spreading by letters of various forms of infectious diseases. Everyone Is aware that In receiving letters from disease-stricken places, at home or abroad, they run a certain amount of risk. This stationery is said to be dered contagion-proof, so impregnated with antiseptics that all deleterious organises adhering it are rendered Inert, even though a fever-stricken person write the letter.—Invention. ren The paper is to or touch To Locate a Puncture. The cuetomary method of locating a bicycle puncture is to Immerse the wheel in a tub of water, and wherever the bubbles show there will be found puncture. On occasions, however the air pressure Is not sufficient to create bubbles. In such cases some thin soap lather over the tire and soap bubble will form over the ture, no matter how small It is. smear punc Cigarette Smoker Tarns Green. A young man living In BreedriUe, Mioh., Is turning green from the use of cigarettes. Most cigarette smokers I his and else the her them. had his silk, hair, her sorry let spoiled ACCOMMODATING. B Landlord In Kansas Who Took tbs Modal for Brins Obliging. "I stopped at a very small town in Kansas a few weeks ago," said L. M. Martinez at the Raleigh. "I had been in the town been the was once before, and knew It wa6 late at night when I got ofT the train and to the hotel. After repeatedly knock ing and shaking the door the landlord let me in. where the hotel was. went The next morning breakfast was not ready when I got up, but the landlord was in good humor about it, saying: 'Everybody is sick about the house. You are the only guest, didn't get breakfast ready.' He I found that my customer was out of hour served a very good meal for me. I found that town, so had nothing to do but to stay around the hotel all day. The landlord got dinner and supper for me and I asked, 'Who is sick?' " 'My I tent my suctomer was out of tired would 'ife, two children, the cook, the waiter and the porter.' " 'I should think you would get one else.' " 'Can't. forgive darling! as sitting big at her he some They won't come.' '"Why?' " 'They are all afraid of the small pox. I'm the only one who hasn't got it. and 1 feel the symptoms. I'll be in bed to-morrow, but 1 think the porter will be well enough to run the hotel by that time. He is sitting up to-day.' ''I paid my bill very suddenly, and put myself under medical treatment when I reached the next town."—-San Francisco Chronicle. hair face, the had for to What clock? his of a What in and door, and ap sound news Am fell, appeal burst gtans hand, and face hair she that he up— held smil it boy." she be your if les- I New Style of C The up-to-date canvasser now travels in a bunch. Under the direction of managers, and chaperons, companies of lady agents will soon be touring the country. Judging from the advent of Buch an organization here. They hold rehearsals, JuBt like their theatrical sis ters, and each girl is thoroughly coached as to what to say and how to say it. Early in the morning they receive their assignments and scatter over the city or town, watched by spot ters, who report to the manager env breach of contract on the part of the canvasser. The rules are of the early to-bed-and-early-to-rise sort, the hotel bills nd traveling expenses are paid by the manager, and the entire outfit is an object lesson of the benefit to be derived from discipline, drill and ganlzation. The female book needn't be lonely and helpless longer unless she proposes to flock ify herself.—New York Letter or agimt ap y WORTH KNOWING. Two wealthy Hebrews of Bagdad now own all that remains of the cient town of Babylon. Three hundred thousand vegetables, valued at $25,000,000, sold in the city of Paris in 1895. Six couples living within a circuit of one mile at Milford, N. H., have cele brated their golden wedding anniver saries. A floral bicycle was the funeral trib ute recently made by a .Lewiston (Me.) hot-house for bereaved cyclomaniac friends of a young man who had lived there. A stranger In Manisttque, Mich., re cently engaged eighty men to work the railroad. They were grateful, and bought him drinks for a week before they found out it was a trick. Prairie schdoners bound East are the spectacles to which Nebraskans around Arapahoe are treated now. pie are being forced away from the Southwestern country by drought. Seaweed, though not the diet for epicure, Is, when dry, richer than oat meal or Indian corn in nitrogenous cr--tituents. and takes rank tilt .nost nutritious of vegetable foods. The Japanese are now getting used to glass. At first, glass in a railway riage window had to be smeared with streaks of white paint to keep passen | gers from poking their heads through an tons of ere on The peo I among car it. I Hessian graves at Bennington, Vt., j were decorated recently by a 10-year old girl whose family is summering there. It Is said to be the first time that any flowers have been strewn over them. has to and he the a de the a to to FLASHES OF FUN. He—My life without lonely one. how busy you will have to bn.—Life. He—Have you any reason for doubt ing what I say?—She Yes, I have. He —What is it? She—1 don't believe you. —Puck. Tourist (presenting his opened Baed eker to the coachman)—Here, driver, I want to see the first four pages.— Flie gende Blaetter. "It's all over." you will be a The Heiress—But think As the woman ut tered these words she dropped to the floor. The baby had spilled the Ink.— West Union Gazette. ou "Let's go shopping to-day, Tess," "I can't, Bess; I've lots of things to buy to-day. I've nothing to do to-morrow; I'll go then."—New York Sun. "Is Miss Cahoots in?" inquired the caller. "That depends on you. Are eald Bridget. "She's gon' out." — Harper's yez Mtsthor Jones?" "Yes." Bazar. Canny—Is Miss Wilbur at home? N'orah—No, sorr. Canny—Well, go up stairs and ask her when she will be at home. Norah (going)—Yie, sorr.—Har per's Bazar. Sunday School Teacher—What is the leading doctrine of Christianity? The Laundryman smaehee glass—no can catchee—for givum.—Puck. "Jokey 1 « In hard luck?" 'What's the matter?" "He has lost that last year's crop of football jokes which he Intend ed working off on his editor.''—Phila delphia North American. "We girls are going to have a har vest-home festival." "What! to show big pumpkins and things?" "No such nonsense—engagement rings and pho tographs."—Chicago Record. "There doesn't seem to be much of a demand for seats to this performance," said the star. "No," said the manager, aa he ran over a bundle of dead-head applications; "nothing but requests." —Washington 8tar. "Dearest!" He stopped reading hie paper long enough to ask what his besteat little wife might want. "When they mark the dollar« down to 53 cents. or of a Kid throw stone — is to a VETERANS' CORNER. SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR OLD SOLDIERS. Two Pieces of Hot llara Won oer'* promotion — First Sensations Battle—Andrew Jackso tiers—Bismarck and War. om and the 8 OVEMBER woods are bare and still, November days are clear and bright, Each noon burns up the morn ing's chill. The morning's snow is gone night. Each day my steps grow slow, grow light, As through the woods I reverent creep. Watching all things "lie down sleep." Dach day I find new coverlids Tucked in, and more sweet eyes shut tight. Sometimes the viewless mother bids Her ferns kneel down full in sight, I hear their chorus of "good-night," A a cl half I smile and half I weep, Listening while they "lie down sleep." November woods are bare and still« November days are bright and good, Life's noon burns up life's morning chill, Bife's night rests feet that long have stood. Some warm, «oft bed in field or wood The mother will not fail to keep Where we can ''lay us down to sleep." —Helen Hunt Jackson. my ln volnntary Heroism. A Polish officer, now dead, who came to the United States soon after the Russians suppressed the Polish insur rection under Gen. Chlopickl, in 1831, used to tell with much zest the 3 tory of his promotion from the ranks, was a private of cavalry when Chlo picki'B retreat began. The troops had mude a weary night march, and in bivouac for breakfast when scouts brought word that they were almost surrounded by a Russian force, stantiy the Poles hurried to their sad dles, mounted and sought a way of escape. The young cavalryman had been boil ing some pieces of ham for himself In a camp kettle. bacon" he dumped the half-boiled into his saddle hags and Joined his companions, horse became restive, at a most inop portune moment, for on surmounting a ridge the Poles had found themselves confronted by a Russian force of in fantry. were I 11 Anxious to "save his meat Two minutes later his There was but one thing to be done. The Russian line through at once. must be broken It was being rapidly re-enforeed. If the Poles should fail to cut their way out at the first charge they must be all captured. On they rushed at the order to charge and now our young trooper's horse had become thoroughly frantic and quite uncontrollable. He sprang far away in advance of the charging line. The rider, make the best determining to of the fight could, swung his saber, took a stronger grip with his knees and gazed hard the face of the Russian he expected be launched against. Just then a volley was hurled Into the charging line, but the foremost horse and rider escaped unharmed, moments and they enemy. he at to A few were upon the Usually a horse refuses to leap at bayonets, but this one Jumped furiously at the kneeling front rank, and such was the momentum and fury of the beast that the Russians Just in his front lost their nerve, broke and gave him entrance. Through the gap thus made other Poles sprang a moment later. Striking right and left, they widened the breach and in ten seconds the Russian infantry was demoralized. " with slight loss, and it The Poles escaped was not long before their young leader quieted his steed, dismounted and found a chauce to examine his half-cooked ham. A few hours later the Polish general of cavalry rode up to the captain of the troop that had so distinguished itself, complimented him and said: "By the way, captain, who was that splendid young officer that led you all in?" "He wasn't an officer; that was only one of my boys." "Not an officer! May the bullots strike me If I don't make hhu one! Call him out here at once." The general BhDok hands with the youth, promoted him to a lieutenancy then and there and gave him a place on hiB staff. Some days later when the captain called at headquarters, he sought out the new lieutenant, whom he found dolefully contemplating his unsaddled horse, which had a huge raw each side, "What on earth Is the matter with your horse?" asked the captain. "Ob, nothing much!" "But •ores?" "Theeame thing that made me a lieu tenant," said the hero. "A big chunk of hot ham In each saddle-bag; but, for the love of the saints, don't tell the gen eral or the boys." sore on what made these terrible t First teoiatloD« In Hat tie What are the first sensations of the battlefield? Zola, Tolstoi and Stephen Crane have imagined them, and batants have written them. "Some thing whizzed past me like a big blue bottle on the wing." say« Lieut. "Her bert" of Plevna fame, "and the current air caused by its rapid passage touched my ear. Another—another. All at once I realized that these were the enemy's bullets, and. horrible Jlctu, the discovery brought on a sudden, vio lent attack of cholera-Uke disposition." The passage may be compared with Zola's description. "The now constant hissing of the bullets, with their sharp ping or buzz whispering around, and sometimes into us, gave me a sicken ing feeling and a cold perspiration. I felt weak around mj com if a from under me. These symptoms did not decrease when several of my com rades were hit," says Mr. Lee Goss, a former private in the Army of the Po tomac. No one quite knows how he will behave. "No man—I am quoting \Vllke8on's stirring narrative—"really enjoys a battle. One has to string up his nerves and take a firm grip on him self morally, and hold himself in the battle-flames for a few moments until warmed to passion. The impulse is to run out of danger." If the raw soldier is there and then led forward against the enemy, the trial to his nerves will be less severe than If ho has to wait under a heavy shell and shrapnel Are to which he can make no reply. have his danger to think about. This In ol In the one case he will only was, perhaps, the reason why, in the war of 1870-71, the German soldiers rushed impatiently against the French positions. "The heat of the drum went before the thunder of our guns, and our power was shattered by the file of the foe's by to unshaken infantry." He was anxious to end the period of tension, and to come to hand-grips with hi« enemy. But he paid, and paid very dearly, for his impatience.—Fortnight ly Review. to Wi •nd Com m.rr. War with France opened In 1793 and was protracted, with the exception of the short break due to the peace of Amiens, for twenty-two years, says the Nineteenth Century. We started with 16,073 ships, of 1,640,000 tons, manned by 118,000 men and with a navy of 141 ships of the line, 165 frigates and 129 small vessels. We had to deal with a thoroughly Inefficient enemy, disorgan ized by revolution and distracted by intestine quarrels. From the first hour of war our military superiority was un challenged. The declaration of war, however, caused a very serious contrac tion of trade. There were many fail ures and a temporary loan of £5,000,000 was necessary to avert panic. This measure had a most salutary effect and only £3,855,000 was applied for. Early in the struggle the attack upon our commerce began. Ships of war and I privateers of all sorts fell upon it. Rowboats put off to merchantmen lying becalmed in the channel, or under the Forelands, and carried them by board ing. Surconf In the East Indies swept into ills net not only helpless sailing ships but also large and heavily arm ored lndiamcn. In 1805 the Rochefort squadron got to sea and took in live months four warships and forty-two merchantmen. "In 1810," says the Naval Chronicle, quoted by Capt. Ma han. "signals were out almost dally et Dover on account of the enemy's priva teers appearing in sight." In 1800, the same authority tells us, there were eighty-seven large French privateers In the channel ports of France alone. From first to last the French captured 11,000 ships, with their cargoes, worth £200,000.000, a toll of 2Vfe per cent at the very least on our trade. At first sight this loss does not look particularly heavy and it certainly had no effect upon the issue of the war. It was only so much property destroyed •.hat might, if spared, have added to our wealth. We annihilated French trade so that Napoleon could not even send a cockle boat to sea, as he him self confessed, and we captured no less than 1,031 privateers, carrying 9.400 guns, manned by 69,000 men. Thus we lost an average of 550 year and took lees - ships than fifty-five a year of the depreda tors. Neutrals, It will be observed, lost by peace and gained by war. From 1790 to 1793 the average clearance of neutral shipping was under 200,000 tons. •lufkson »nil the Soldier*. Andrew Jackson was an extreme man. He hated his enemies, and he hated the enemies of his country. He loved his friends, and he loved all of his old soldiers. He would defend them, even when they were wrong. That is to say, he would protect them, and make all charitable allowances for them. It was the Intensity of hisradlcal nature which led him to say that a gallant soldier on the battlefield earned the right to get drunk. Very few would agree with him in this day and age, when the temperance sentiment is overspreading the land. In those days pensions were not lib erally bestowed, and the old soldierB, in times of peace, were kept on the pay roll and cared for as though on actual duty. Nowadays things are dif ferent. Disabled soldiers receive pen sions. and old soldiers who are unable to care for themselves are given food, shelter and raiment in the soldiers' home. The deserving officers of the regular army are placed on the retired list, and have ample tncomes fro'm the government to support them. Bismarck In his old age, Bismarck has come (o a realizing sense of the horrors of war. 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