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I mi ii of eOiwK remarked Miss Missurti Ml Mlborn
urti hborna born dryly drvl n as she turned turnedii turnetiChflO
ii G ChflO > Mrne was well awaro that thatri thatlirl
lirl ri p rP intton much a am he disliked dislikedKrin dislikedfriflC
Krin friflC ih money would not really reallyrydg
Irti rydg < t n or O llftecn pounds which whichi
rn i > i ued conlMenc In poor Philip Philipr
r l mitht have VO cost him She was wasthat wasa
a < s that that opulent mlddleased mlddleasednahMiM middlo aed aednW
nahMiM nW fl H n net t love Philip whereas he heor heI
I or at all event eventL verj VOI seriously serlouftlyi
i he > o beautIful Miss Meadc Meadewhoso Meadewhosor whoso whosoj
j rMhl r h f t4 > 1hillp was upon the point pointt
01 < < t ins ma14 w < 1 wuWlc U1iIC She wa was well wellafitr welleir
afitr eir i 1hit hat Philip who whose racing ca carnr car
rnr r l I h hen n brief and dteostrous had hadr
r tO i rfklrwdy of late and these theset
t > e > na1 her pensive Miss Bob Bobsho Boba
a sho was called by her Intimates was wastjrni wasen
tjrni en Uv b the best friend that that foolish foolishvwrs fooUhfUW
vwrs fallow Philip Croieley had In the therri thesr
sr rri Rut what h Is the use of being a aTH aTit
TH Tit > t 5t friend If he will not let you youliim youim
liim Herwlf the only daughter of ofi
of the turf turfvt turf1al
i L wellknown m mnate nate
vt i 1al r a I l hft ft her a considerable fortune fortuneMS fortunei
MS i Ih > was as capable as anybody of ofjrivtjK ofIVUI
jrivtjK IVUI wnnd airice respecting racing racingrrattn racingratter
ratter only an she dkl not bet and andva andwas
va was > envinced < nvinced rIghtly or wrongly that thath thatah
h who ah do are bound to come to grief griefMn grieforlr j
Mn orlr T or r later her advice was not likely likelyo j jo j
o prove rnvP of much avail with a youth who whol j ja
a l nee been so unfortunate as to pull pullIT j
IT a t t4fltOfl ntoon chance in thousands A Aich Ai j
ich i h man if he be an old and tried friend friendny friendnay
ny without offense offer a loan to an annbarrasse4 j jmrnrrassed I
mrnrrassed onewill in all probability probabilityfl4f1 I Indrni 1
ndrni be requested to do so but a wo woman j jnuin
man friend is otherwise situated Philip Philipniicht Philipmht
niicht lie taken as is certain would never nevermoney neverf
f It money from a woman Moreover Moreoxerii
ii rt I n WC a reason of which Miss Gis GisL j jwas
L was coniclojs concIojssometlmes sometimes she half haltt j
t ffuif c t that Philip also was conscious of ofwhich ofwhkh
which rendered her of all women the theflttt j ja
> a > t fit flttt tr d to to lay him under an obllga obllgainn ob1lattnn
ttnn inn of that nature natureShi natureSL
Shi SL n y t him presently in the paddock paddocka a j
011 ll handsome grayeyed fellow with withliuwfl I Iiiiwn
iiiwn hair which curled tightly all over overH overhcad
H hoad in spite of assiduous shearing shearingan
an ii t answer to her anxious question he hefM hed
fM d Ituphlnp kuhin and shrugging his should should4Ih I Itn
tn tnvh
vh d 4ar ar yes Stone broke this jour journf jouzn
nf n > Tt had to be 111 a case of sink lnk or swim swimirdit swimadtt
irdit L is now a ease of sunk sunkidnt j jidnt
idnt you back the colt both ways waysSIi waysistorne
SIi > iborne asked askedI
I 1ifl for a trifle but whats the good goodo
o thai You were quite right my dear deariiob dear1b
iiob you iu always are quite right and MJs MJsThrush MisTLruh
Thrush is an arrant thief He could couldUM couldWon
UM > won in a common canter if ho had hadJKPI hadwell
JKPI vil well let us hope that he hes herv
s rvr rv Penninfrton who wants to buy buyhim buytr
him l n ts r than hi has served me meTh meThr
Th Thr w vas no denying that Philip Cross Crosslf CrosslM
lf lM > w 55 s a good loser Miss Bob could not nothlp nothr
hlp IlmirinK him himbut but then she never nevero
o < iiM I dt hlp h Ip admlrlny admtrln him in spite of all his hisvkiiiB hiskIIIg
vkiiiB kIIIg folliesas he walked lightly lightlyy
y He must have walked straight straightfrom straightty
ty from the course for he was no nore nor
< re r to be seen when the nest event eventKK eventI4
KK plHV plHVM
M In Rine to tell that girl thought thoughtHob thoughtItol
Hob rememborins that Lily Meade Meadeno
no was W staying taII1 in the same house with withlini I Ihim
him hod not accompanied her party to toth toth
th oourw that day Now the question questionS
is S What will she say to him himPerlur himIerhays
Perlur that wa was the th question although althoughI althoughliii
I liii rrrtsly stridins swiftly across acrossth
th hatlnr h utlier toward a belt of trees which whichconcalfd whicheoncruiI
concalfd th house at which Miss Meade Meadeind Meaded
ind d he wire guests for the race week did didoi diiit
oi t think thtn so He w was s bourn in his opm opmi opinI
i ii t IA rHMse the girl girlbound bound even to ln lnt
> t ujdii hrr r accepting release should shouldd
d 1 rrMr He was completely IrretritT Irretri 7 7Hv j ji
i Mv iuiiij His horeex his home every everyfljL i ia
fljL a nisi bf sold without delay he could couldr
r k or T Trmt rmit any girl to share his hismiMjr ldsI
I miMjr fl indiRjace Least of all could he J
0 I ich a sacrifice from an acknowl acknowlH 1 1trinity
H trinity who had no money of her herVI herII
VI uii II aim tio had been notoriously ad adI adIrirl j jc
c rirl in iiv v more than one wealthy and ti tti j
1 i hIor lor Oh no Ills course was ot oh ohthe > > j jHinv
Hinv and the sooner he got through ai aiui a aUl
< ui Ul quarttr of an hour the better It itt
l 4 f ftr r both parties concerned If Ifthy j
h tiiilty thy of his mortal nature left him himfi j jwething
fi wething of an arriere penseo he hei lieti
i t to do him justice aware of en enig
ig any
Miick i walkquicker because he e am did didto j jr
r to think more than he > couid couud4 j jMid
Mid 4 on a broad smooth lawn lawna
i a t tall young woman dressed all in inseated j jis
is seated under the shade of aj ajret a ahe
ret he Jumped up at the first flrathim firstI
I him and advanced throwing throwingillustrated throwingilustr4tcd
illustrated newfcpaper which she sheS i iy
S y had not been p perusing perusinglost ruaing ruainglost
> + lost she cried In a tone tofutrinative j jiPrmative
iPrmative than interrogative interrogativew j jNiinjf
Niinjf w man nodded Missel Thrush Thrusht
UI t There wa was always the dan danh denlmightandiedd
h lmightandiedd lmightandieddht might and he dkl dkliiiat
iiiat ht waa why I pretended to have haveI
I coti cookint W nt hav have gone ono and andiciowiiif andktowtn
iciowiiif ktowtn aa I dkl what defeat defeatMy defeatjIy
My Mywas
> was 4a a momentary atlorice during duringMi duringforlorn
Mi t forlorn lover surveyed each eachiixioualy eachixinusly
iixioualy and curk duriousi > usly Then Thoni Thenwith
i t with a sifh sifhf slhursa
f > urae you knew I didnt tell tellr tollt5jfl
> r t5jfl > ft n for wlxhiiig wishtn that our en enhoukt n nhouM
> houM to kept quiet until after afterif
if you Q guessed that the hard Hnrdak hardStke
Stke ak must muz make me or break breakI
I loss in of o th the Hanlwleke Stakes Stakesyou Stakesk
k > you break off the onense onensey ornCYu
y Yu u raea meir T asked the girl Kin Kini
1 i ju dust t for form forats sake liave liavetl baveth
tl th more agitated Philip Croau Croauwhile CtOSMwhile
while she an it happened happenedII happenedkWJ
kWJ II K a precisely similar innHrd innHrduixjn IflWtiedI
I item his own detHoanor Ha Haiitiseif 11wftf
iitiseif ib that t notwUhaUndtng th ththe tha thar
r the bright blue eye eyes and Oiw Oiwmpuxlon tlitvnhi1eaien
> mpuxlon which he adored the theiic thet
iic t heart was a hearties girl She Sher
< > r hand admitted that her be bewan b bwas
wan handsome unnetteh and andhi andhis
hi his method of facing adyerslty adyersltyhe adieisttycared
he cared much or ever had real realt
t much for her ar she b found It tw twt
t 11 < > believe belIes Had she cherished cherishedrlus cherishedrll
rlus rll doubts Us a as to thai th hid hisI ranty rantydispelled
I vi dispelled them themn themhe
n he said briskly thafa one onevuaM
C fwVtl vuaM results of baying nothing notlihigspo nothingriMrry
I riMrry upon spo l 11orttsuatety > V > rtftnaMly nobody nobodyi
i td d that we were engaged easagodv engagedttryhody
ttryhody v rybody haa he mMpectad sUtieetedh t
h i isnt nt quit quite In Ihe sates am thing is isQuite
Quite I SMtyaua SMtyauaii
ii r brief interval of gtieuce a
wW llhih h Miss lloaa Meade bcoka by asking aiWngI
hldtffisgly hldtffisglyMjg
Mjg I wtau wwt you saw Jwt je n new w really tr trio
Will y yse havt hv no nthJ Wag leftr loft
Practically nothing nothin Haw 1sa4ez < es cant be beafcjKMied hOdisposed
disposed jf from ono 000moment moment to another anotherad anotherand
ad me oa oe n t know for certain what whatthey whatthey
they will fetch But I take It that a
b bit t I shall have to make a fres fresh start startwith MartWith
with four or live e hundred a a year My 31yildt
rteh old uncle as I told you has formally formallywa formallywashed
wa washed he4 his bands of me so I need not notxpect notMet
xpect Met a ahltllng from him and It stand standsto
to retuKMt reao that you and I having been beensat
i broaght sat up as we have been must not notts
I dTiim ts m of a Joint tight against penury I Inave
nave have been a ghastly foolI wont at ¬
tempt to make exeua exeuis for myself but butat butat
at least I have just sense enough to be beable beakie
able to distinguish between what whe to pos possib0
sib0 > tW and what whqt Isnt
What was wa pbrhapg impossible was that thatany thatany
any nelfreapwtlnjr girl after wwh a apeech aspeech
speech as that could hold an apparently
reluctant swain to bin bargain Lily
Meade who was not less selfrespecting
than another took this view and the thecolloquy theColloquy
colloquy terminated without demonstra demonstrations detnostratl ¬
tions tl Itli of love or regret on cither side
That there should have been disappoint disappointment disappointmont ¬
ment mont on both skies only proves what re reqelres rel1res
qelres no proof that the human race Is
by nature unreasonable unreasonable3mo unreasonableSdtne
Sdtne 3mo weeks fater paragraphs In the thenewspaper thenewspapers
newspaper proclaimed that a marriage
had been te arranged and would shortly
take place between Viscount Pennington Penningtonand
and Lily Lliyjdaughter daughter of the late Mr George
Mead Philip Crossley whom this Intel ¬
I ligence reached through the medium of ofan
j sn evening Journal at his club started startedi
i forthwith for Hansplace whore Miss Gs
borne lived in order
to enjoy the poor poorsatisfaction poorsatisfaction
satisfaction of exclaiming Didnt I tell tellyou tollyou
you go goI
I dont remember that you did was
the ladys rejoinder when he h had ul been ad admitted admitted ¬
mitted into her presence and had fired off
the above ejaculation but at the same
time I cant see what right you have t td <
look indignant indignantIm IndignantIm
Im not indignant Philip declared I
dont care a straw If she bo not fair for forme forate
me or to me meand and I must say saybut but really
Its of no consequence She may marry
anybody she likes without the slightest slightestapprehension slightestapprohenslon
apprehension of breaking my heart
Come Bob you know if nobody else does doesthat doesthat
that this IB ancient history histor and that I
have given up bothering myself about the thematter thematter
matter matterMiss matterMiss
Miss Bob stroked her chin meditatively meditativelywhjle meditativelywlillosho
whjle wlillosho eho contemplated the young mans mansslightly mansslightly
slightly flushed cheeks Well she re resumed resumed
sumed after a pause and what Is to be
the next ext move moveTho
Tho next move Oh the Bankruptcy
Court I Imagine Ive settled my racing
debts but my account at the bank Is con considerably
siderably overdrawn and if other credit creditors creditors
ors see fit to press for payment paymentwhich which I Iam
am given to understand is their intentio Intenti IntentiI
I shall have to file my petition thats thatsall thatsall
all Unfortunately nobody seems to he hepining bepining
pining just at present for a neglected es estats estate
tats and a tumbledown mansion in the theMidlands theMidlands
Midlands MidlandsIf
If It comes to that said Miss Cia Gisborne Ciaborne
borne Ill buy your place in many ways waysIt waysIt
It would just me meI mcI
I am sorry for that my dear old Bob Bobbecause Bobbecause
because you cant have it Not until it ithas Ithas
has passed out of my possession any anyhow anyhow ¬
how You neednt mention terms thank thankyou thankyou
you I decline them in advance advanceThe advanceThe
The worst of It was that he meant what whathe whathe
he said and that Miss Gisborne knew he hedid hedid
did didPhil
Phil she exclaimed piteously is isthere isthere
there no way in which you will allow me meto meto
to help yoji yojiThere yqpr yqprThere
There is otje way and only one in inwhich inwhich
which a man may permit a woman who Is Isobviously isobviously
obviously enamored of him to give him himpecuniary himpecuniary
pecuniary assistance She had no thought thoughtof
of suggesting It yet yethow how do such unfore unforeseen unforeaeen ¬
seen situations come about aboutat at the expi expiration ep1ration ¬
ration of half an hour she actually did didsuggest didsuggest
suggest It The main thing aftor all was wasto wasto
to preserve him from utter ruin her per personal persend ¬
sonal send pride was a small affair In compari comparison comparison ¬
son with the attainment of that end endmoreover cudmoreover
moreover he was genuinely fond of her herif herIf
if he was not notas as of course he was not notin notIn
in love with her herAs herAs
As for Philip It may be affirmed that thatwhen thatwhen
when he took both Miss Bobs hands In Inhis Inhis
his and addressed her by sundry affection affectionate affectionate ¬
ate epithets he was less mercenary than thanan titanan
an unbiased spectator would doubtless doubtlesshave doubtlesshave
have pronounced him to be He made ro roabsurd noabund
absurd pretense of addressing her aa a alover alover
lover he only said what at the moment momentwas momentwas
was perfectly true truethat that he cared more morefor morefor
for her than for anybody else In the world worldand worldand
and that If he had not cared so much for forhtr forhtr
htr It would have been out of the ques question question ¬
tion for him to accept all that she was wasready wasready
ready to bestow upon him Perhaps she sheunderstood sheunderstood
understood perhaps she did not in any anyevent anyevent
event she professed prof acd herself more than thansatisfied thansatIsfied
satisfied satisfiedOnly satIsfiedOnly
Only there must be an end and a fin finish finlab ¬
lab of betting said she that Is my sole solestipulation solestipulation
stipulation Phil PhilThus Philrhus
Thus Lord Penningtons fiancee was wasspeedily wasspeedily
speedily made aware that what is sauce saucefor saucefor
for the goose Is sauce for the gander and indthat andthat
that the right of seeking consolation is isopen Isopen
open to all It may even have occurred to toher toher
her that her former lovers consolation consolationwas consolationsstts
was more complete than her own for forLord forLord
Lord Pennlngtcn was an unamlable per person person ¬
son vhereas everybody liked Miss Bob Boband Boband
and Phil hod always been wont to sing singher singher
her praises After all that lucky young younsman youngman
man might well be deemed to have gained gainedmore gainedmore
more than he had lost Ho would not now nowbo nowho
bo compelled to part with the home of his hisforefathers hisforefathers
forefathers and although most of his hishorses hishorses
horses had been brought to the hammer hammerbe
had decided to retain MIami Thrush Thrushwhich Thrushwhich
which was entered for the Leger and andwhich andwhich
which was still considered by many com ¬
potent judges to be the best colt of the
year yearIt
It never rains hut It pours No sooner soonerhad soonerhad
had Philip been snatched tack from the thejaws thejaws
jaws of bankruptcy to prospective af aflluenoe at atIiuence
lluenoe than his uncle old David Cro CroIcy CroIcy
Icy stretched out to him the right hand handof handof
of pardon and congratulation congratulationYou
You are re next door to an imbecile my myboy myboy
boy this tluI opulent and childless ironmas ironmaster Ironmastsr ¬
ter candidly remarked but you are go going golug ¬
lug to marry the most sensible woman I Ihave ihave
have ever mat and I believe I can trust trusther tTtlsther
her to take care that you dont thr threw threwgood w wgood
good money after bad So we will forget forgettho forgetthe
the past pastHo pestHe
Ho made haste to forget the present presentand presentand
and the future into the bargain by sue succumbing sueeumbing ¬
cumbing to t a sudden attack of gout in inthe Inthe
the etbtnflch It was really most consid considerate considcrate ¬
crate of him and If his nephew who in inherited Inhierited ¬
herited the whole of his large fortune fortuneheaved fortuneheaved
heaved some sighs over what might hav havbeen have havebeen
been these It Is needless to say were werestifled werestifled
stifled In the pretence of Miss Bob It Itwas Itwas
was Indeed manifestly absurd as well wellas weiias
as ungrateful to Include the winning of ofLily ofLily
Lily Monde among things which mlgbt mlgbthave migtthieve
have been To tin with old David Davidhad Dv1dhad
had bequeathed life money to Miss Gto Gtobernes Glabornes
bernes future husband as such and andwould andwouId
would never have intrusted It to aa Ir Irresponsible IrresponsIble ¬
responsible spendthrift added to which whicha
a a girl whoaa affections wore susceptible susceptibleof
of the precipitate transfer displayed by byLily
Lily eoud scarcely be accounted worth worthwinning wqrttu wqrttuwinning
winning Philip therefore not only pro proclaimed pmclaiMed ¬
claimed himself happy out almost be bellered beltgved
llered in the truth of his assertion assertionIt
It has to be confessed nfessed that Miss Bob also alsofor alsofor
for al afi the good sense with which she was wasuniversally wasurjersally
universally and Justly credited was s sl sri sriprmty >
l prmty > rm ly happy during those summer summermonths sumniermonths
months Cute may be very ytr sensible and andclearBiKhtefi antictears1htod
clearBiKhtefi on one may perceive a ne plain ptemiy plainly
iy as possible that A cannot be B nor nortwo nortwo
two plus two produce any result fav favfour save savefour
four yet bullet in miracles a as all ih ihworld the theworld
world know is not InoomzKitibfe with withwisdom withwisdom
wisdom and this homely woman who whowan whowas
wan under no illusion as to her homeli homelineaa homejifleas
fleas had for yours nlored the man who whoIndignantly whoindignantly
Indignantly scouted her offer to set him himfree himtrue
free now that ho no linger tnger stood In need needof needof i
of financial aW It hud been arrange arrangethat arrang4 arrang4that
that the marriage should take jH aee ee ts tswIOvember i iNovember
November whldi month by a mere no o oincioenee i
incioenee fncIoeilce no Ii doubt was likewise to wit witu witUOjSI I
u UOjSI Uie nuptial of ofLord Lord Ponnlngton and andOne and1Iss
1Iss enfir enfirOne
One canonly can only attribute to more come ¬
dcrwe toe somewhat embarrassing circam circamstnnoe clreumslnnae
stnnoe that both couples were brought to toth toaethor
aethor th r under the same hospitable north northeoBMtrv northetry
eoBMtrv etry roof early lit September No hoe hoe1w ncs ncstssw
tssw H may fairly bo assumed would wouldhav wouldhave
hav have thus made up her party for the theDeacacier theDencaoter
Deacacier week except through Inadvert Inadvertence inadvertonce ¬
once and such was the view taken by byth byhue
th hue potions concerned who met without withouta withoutIUI
a IUI y stupid tupW illbred ihotr of discomfiture dlscomfltureNevertheless discomfitureNverthslee
Nevertheless It was to say the least of ofit ofIt
it unfortunate that Philip Crossley and andLJfy andrib
rib Meade chanced to find themselves the theeolo theo
eolo o occupants of the library after the thecoflcttwloti thecoNdualoit
coflcttwloti of the first days racing It ItwtHikl ItwokI
wtHikl bas been easy to be sure for one oneof oneof
of them to get up and leave the room but butperhape billperhnpe
perhape It would have been rather undig undignified undignut ¬
nut to seek safety after that fashion At Atall Attill
all event neither of them did BO and a aconversation aconversation
conversation fraught with peril was the thenot thenot
not unnatural consequence consequenceIt
It cannot make any difference now nowth nowthe
th the girl wtand up a series of deplorably deplorablyindtocrtet deplorablyIndiscreet
Indiscreet mutual confessions by observ observing observlog ¬
log ingOh
Oh no It cant make any difference differencenow differencenow
now Philip sorrowfully agreed agreedOnly agreedOnly
Only I am dad you know the truth truthand truthand
and I am glad I know the truth though thoughit
it comes too late You cant blame me for forhaving forhaving
having thought that you wished to be rid ridof ridof
of an incumbrance Incumbranceyou you talked as if you youdid youdid
did that day at Ascot didnt youand I Isuppose Isuppose
suppose I ought not to blame you for forfor forfor
for forWell
Well it may be that he had no right to toblame toblame
blame her for her inability to restrain her hertears hertears
tears bat of course she had every ever right rightto rightto
to blame him for suddenly seizing her in inhlu Inhis
his arms and kissing her wet cheeks He Hehad Hehad
had to beg her pardon very humbly and andpromise andpromise
promise that he would never again so soforget soforget
forget himself himselfBut himselfBut
But its hard hardlts Its horribly hard he hepleaded hepleaded
pleaded If I were to be the only one to toBuffer tosuffer
Buffer I shouldnt mind so much only onlywhen onlywhen
when I think of that old brute Penning Pennlngtci Penningtci
tci
You need not suffer from the thought thoughtof
of that old brute Pennlncton any more moreInterrupted moreinterrupted
Interrupted Miss Meade oulelly I am amnot amnot
not going to marry him himLily himLily
Lily do you mean that you will throw throwhim throwhim
him over overI ovtrT ovtrTI
I mean that I have thrown him over overI overI
I told him this afternoon that the en engagement engagement ¬
gagement was at on end so you see seeour seeour
our explanation has had nothing to do dowith dowith
with it It I fancied that I could many manyhim marryhim
him but as the time came nearer I Ifound Ifound
found I couldnt couldntthat that was all allBut allBut
But was that all Could that be all allDid allDid
Did not what had passed render another anotherrupture anotherrupture
rupture both obligatory and unspeak unspeakpably unspeakpably
pably desirable It was a case of con conscience conscIence ¬
science to be solved as best he might by bya bya
a man who would fain behave honorably honorablyand honorablyand
and reconcile duty with inclination Im Impartial Tmpartial ¬
partial outsiders must decide according accordingto
to their several notions of conduct conductwhether conductwhether
whether it was or was not to Philip PhilipCrossleys PhilIpCrossieys
Crossleys credit that lie remaned si silent sIlent ¬
lent His own notion was oulte clearly clearlythat clearlythat
that to play Miss Bob false would be the theact theact
act of a cud his casuistical nowers DO were were wereslender wereslender
slender and as he knew not what to tosay tosay
say he said nothlnsr nothln Lily Meade after aftera
a moment relieved him from further em embarrassment embarrassment ¬
barrassment by making swiftly for the thedoor thedoor
door doorI
I wonder he murmured lugubriously lugubriouslyafter lugubriouslyafter
after It had closed behind her whether whethershe whethershe
she understands understandsIf
If she did not there woe somebody elsa elsain elseIn
in the house who was more ready of ofcomprehension ofcomprehensIonsomebody
comprehension comprehensIonsomebody somebody who having havingbeen havingbeen
been made the recipient of a confidential confidentialcommunication confidentialcommunication
communication by the irate Lord Pen Pennington Pennlngton ¬
nington kept her eyes open durIng din dinner dinncr ¬
ncr and arrived at certain conclusions conclusionsHardly conclusionsHardly
Hardly had Lily Meade retired to her herbedroom herbedroom
bedroom when a brisk knock was follow followed followed ¬
ed by the entrance of Miss Gisborne Gisbornewho Gisbornewho
who without wastincr westin tirpo tiup upon Intro Introductory Introductory ¬
ductory remarks said saidSo saidSo
So you are off with the new love I Ihear Ihear
hear But you mustnt expect to be on onwith onwIth
with the old one again you know knowI
I have never expected anything of the thesort thesort
sort the thegirudeelared girl declared coloring vividly
Au thats all right nt because Because i idont I Idont
dont as at present advised see why I Ishould 1should
should surrender him to you Beati possl possldentes possiilentos
dentes I stuck to him when he was poor poorand poorand
and in misery whereas you turned your yourback yourback
back upon him remember rememberLily rememberLily
Lily shook her head It Is rot true truethat truethat
that I turned my back upon him I Ithought Ithought
thought he wished for his liberty and I Igave Igave
gave It to him but I do not for one mo moment momeat ¬
meat complain of the use that he made of ofit ofit
it nor do I at all wonder at his caring caringmore caringmore
more for you than he does for me meHm me1Pm
Hm you would wonder a good deal If Ifyou ifyou
you really believed that he did I suspect suspectI
I am an ugly old maid and you ou are a cwhat cwhatyour what whatyour
your lookingglass tells you that you are areit areit
it stands to reason that you can give me mestones mestones
stones and a beating 1n any contest of ofthat ofthat
that nature The only thins Is that Philip PhilipCrossley PhilipCrossley
Crossley needs a wife who has strength strengthof
of mind enough 10 keep him straight straightotherwise straIghtotherwise
otherwise It wont take him long to run runthrough runthrough
through a second fortune Now I yen venture yenture ¬
ture to flatter myself that I shall be such sucha
a wife Do you think you would be beI beI
I dont know perhaps not What does doesit doesit
it matter since there is no question of my mybeing mybeing
being tried triedOh triedOh
Oh it doesnt matter In that sense senseWhat senseWhat
What I want to point out Is that I am amnot amnot
not really as selfish as I may ippear to toyou toyou
you to be and that in Philips own Inter Interest intereat ¬
est he had much better marry tharry me than thanyou thanyou
you Frankly now could you If you youwere youwere
were put to it restrain him from gum gambling gumbling ¬
bling blingIn blingIn
In her herheartof heart of hearts Lily thought that thatshe thatshe
she could but she replied heroically and andevasively andevasively
evasively 1 dare say you are rigot rigotI
I am always right Miss Bob re returned returned ¬
turned laughing it is a way I have I Iwas Iwas
was right for instance in surmising that thatyou thatyou
you and he unbosomed yourselves when whenyou whenyou
you were In the library together before beforedinner beforedinner
dinner and I believe I am right in taking takingIt
It for granted that your confabulation confabulationwas
was free from any hint of treachery to tothe tothe
the absent absentYes absentYes
Yes you are right there you are In Indeed Indeed ¬
deed cried the girl eagerly eagerlyI
I am glad of It That shows that you youare youare
are decent people in your way though it itcant itcant
cant be said to show that you would wouldhavo wouldhavo
havo proved a success as husband and andwifJ andwif
wifJ wif Goodnight GoodnightH
H ii was on the following day that Missel MisselThrush dlsselrhrush
Thrush won the Leger with plenty to
spare thereby rejoicing tn tnand the < bookmakers bookmakersand
and putting all the tipsters to confusion confusionHis confusionHis
His fortunate owner who after leading leadingthe leadingthe
the horse in was warmly congratulated congratulatedby congratulatedby
by friends of both saxes acknowledged acknowledgedtheir acknowledgedtheir
their kindness It was thought some somewhat somewhat ¬
what sullenly sullenlyOh sullenlyOh
Oh the wretch happened to be in the thehumor thehumor
humor lie said And within himself he hecould hecould
could not help ejaculating If only the thewretch thewretch
wretch had happened to be in the humor humorlast humorlast
last June JuneHow Junehow
How different in that case would have havebeen havebeen
been Mr PhWpCrossleys actual goal position goaltion ¬
tion By winning the Hardwicke Stakes Stakeshe Stakeshe
he might have held on until now Lily Lilywould Lilywould
would still have been his some portion portionif
if not the whole of his uncles money moneywould moneywould
would surely have come to Wm and that thatold thatold
old dream of making the turf a paying payingbusiness payingbusiness
business need not perhaps have been beenabandoned beenabandoned
abandoned But what use was there in inlamenting inlamentlnt
lamenting the irrevocable His business businesswas businesswas
was to put a good face upon matters aa aathey asthey
they stood and with such uch skill did be ac acquit acquit ¬
quit himself of that task that Miss Gis Gisbarne Olsbune
barne when he tacountered her between betweenthe betweenthe
the paddock and the stand exclaimed exclaimedYou exclaimedYou
You look as cheerful as If the stewards stewardshad stewardshad
had been inviting you to o account for your yourhorses yourhorses
horses inandout running I hope they theyhavent theyPhilip
havent haventPWHp
Philip laughed rather ruefully I hop hopthey hope hopethey
they wont he answered for nothing Is Isnoro Isrore
noro certain than that I cant account accountfor accountfor
for it Ail I can tell the stewards or any anybody anybody ¬
body else about the beast is that be has K Knasty t tnasty
nasty perverse disposition dispositionThata dispositionThats
Thata one spirit in which to accept vic victory v vtory ¬
tory I suppose your grievance ia that thatyou thatyou
you dWnt back him himOh htinr htinrOh
Oh I dll back him for a hundred at atstarting atstarting
starting price if backing him signified signifiedMiss signifletLMiss
Miss Bob who had many masculine masculinetricks masculinetricks
tricks stood still with her feet wide wideapart widesport
apart placed plae d her bands upon her hips and andTvhisilad andwhistled
whistled with great solemnity solemnityIt
It efgnifloe prodigiously she cried
That Fha you should have backed any horse hareeto horseto
to win anything signifies from any point pointneich
of view just about an much as it itits la possi possible poiwlShe ¬
ble to signify signifyShf
She ought not to hove been astonished astonihedconsidering
considering that Philip lund entered the t1 t1rteg
riajf an and made his bet under bar vary varyowe vet vetwore >
owe patsha wore an air ar of downright downrightconsternation downrightRave
consternation consternationHave
Have you youforgottcn forgotten she asked that
the one condition upon which I
to marry you was that yotf were to giveup
up betUnfrr betUnfrrI
I remember yaw saying esin something soniethIn o othe
the sort I dont remember making
promise ihfr thehung yunc max answered
Nevertheless you did promise and nd I Iam
am a a woman stomanaf of my word What is to
done if yg ysu forget once you may urn > forgetagain
again I cant overlook e auct ch a warning
this without ttbou IMS beis false to tothe tne
of a llf Iifime IifimeVas Joie JoieWa
Wa Vas ever a more tempting way of f es escape escape
cape offered to t one who stood In core need
of loophole Ipopho For an Instant but
for an Instant Philip hesitated Then
since Se was wa after all a gentleman he
cast temptation b bMnd iind him and said
Im awfully sojry son > Bob I really didnt
know I had broken my word But Ill
toll you what Ill do Ill promise you youupon youupon
upon jny honor never to have another
bet as long as I live Will that satisfy
your yourYes yonTYes
Yes replied Miss Bob slowly and de ¬
liberately that will satisfy me It Is
distinctly understood then that you are
bound bows in honor never nevernever never under any
imaginable circumstances eIrcumstgnceto to bet again
Philip nodded Yes that Is the under understanding understanding ¬
standing standingThank standingThank
Thank you vary much That being so
I feel that my mission is accomplished accomplishedand
and that I may remain with a a quiet con conscience conscience ¬
science in the estate of independent spin splnsterhood spinsterhoot
sterhood which I so greatly prefer to towedlock towedlock
wedlock wedlockEh wedlockEh
Eh That you may do what
That I may hand you over with my
blessing and my best wishes to Lily
Meade who does not appreciate the privi ¬
leges of Independence My dear boy are areyou areou
you ou under the Impression that I engaged engagedmyself engagedmyself
myself to marry you > du for the sake of your
beaux your You are are you Well
disabuse your mind of that flattering but butslightly butslhtiy
slightly ridiculous Idea I am sincerely
attached to you It is true and I hope hopewe hopewe
we shall always be the best of friends
but it isnt at my time of life that one
falls in love like a schoolgirl with ones
juniors I like you I always have liked
you well enough to be anxious to save saveyou saveyou
you from yourself by any available availablemeans availablemeans
means and there was a a moment when whenespousing whenespousing
espousing you seemed to be the only
method open to me but bu the situation has haschanged haschanged
changed since then You have money
enough to live upon In comfort now and
I have your word of honor upon which I
implicitly rely that you wont squander
it I am fairly entitled it seems to me
to consult my own wishes and retire in
Miss Lilys LlIy favor favorBob favorBob
Bob gasped Philip do you really
mean what you say sayDo sayDo
Do I returned Miss Bob look like a
liar liarHer
Her frank goodhumored
countenance countenancecertainly countenancecertainly
certainly bore no appearance of belonging
to a member of that Ignoble class yet it itmay Itmay
may be feared that If there be a record ¬
ing angel whose function it Is to note
down our misdeeds she did not escape his hisvigilance hisvIgilance
vigilance Whether we deserve and re receive receive ¬
ceive a a black mark for sheer stupidity or ornot ornot
not who can tell Let us hope that we do donot donot
not and that Thlllp and Lily Crossley Crossleynow Crossleynow
now happily united In holy matrimony matrimonyare
are held blameless in that they mpute no noblame noblame
blame to themselves themselvesLord themselvesLord
Lord Pennington Is pleased to proclaim proclaimaloud proclaimaloud
aloud to ail and sundry that he regards regardshimself regardshimself
himself as having had a deuced lUCky es escape escape ¬
cape As for Miss Bob it must be ob obvious ohvlous ¬
vious to everybody that her satisfaction satisfactionwith satisfactionwIth
with a union which she voluntarily
brought about is genuine Philip still stillowns stillowns
owns a modest stud It is a a pity ne some sometimes sometimes ¬
times thinks that he should be precluded precludedas
as an honorable man from occasionally occasionallyputting occasionallyputting
putting a trifle on dead certainties but butsince butsince
since the dead certainties do not invari invariably invariably ¬
ably come off there is perhaps no need needto needto
to compassionate him very profoundly on onthat onthat
that account
THE TH END ESTXGAME ENDGAME
GAME AND FISH IN CUBA
An Abundance of Both Found in Vicinity Vicinityof
of Santiago SantiagoFrom SantiagoProm
From the Forert and Stream StreamAs StreamAs
As a member of the Sir Thomas Lipton Liptonwar Liptonwar
war relief committee it was my fortune fortuneto
to pass about a fortnight in Santiago har harbor harbor ¬
bor and I employed a portion of my time timein timein
in looking up the game and fish On Oneither Oneither
either side of the Yellow Fever Inland Inlandthere Islandthere
there come in two small rivers navigable navigablein
in canoes for about live miles wilt we wereach wereach
reach the lofty mountains The wtttr Is Iscool Iscool
cool and clear and quantities of fin fine fish fishcould fishcould
could be seen None was taken thk l by > y our ourparty ourparty
party on account of the lack of tackle tackleThe tackleThe
The bushy soes contained snipe quail and andguinea andguinea
guinea fowl in abundance No hawks hawkswere hawkswere
were visible but the dir was dark with withbuzzards withbuzzards
buzzards around about the city The Thehunters Thehunters
hunters all said that the buzzards did no noharm noharm
harm to the game birds or their eggs but butwere butwere
were merely scavengers The waters of ofthe ofthe
the harbor are pretty sluggish and the thebottom thebottom
bottom is covered deep with greasy mud mudbut mudbut
but the sailors managed to catch some somewhich someilsh
ilsh one day Including a big red snapper snapperwhich
which were served In the Captains cabin csbinand cabinand
and pronounced excellent In the harbors harborsof
of San Juan Ponce and Santiago the thegars thegars
gars seemed fairly to swarm These fish fishran fishran
ran from one to three feet eqt In length At Atnight Atnight
night there were many large ilsh about aboutjudging aboutjudging
judging from the splashing splashingOne splashingOne
One d dwy y a party of us including Capt CaptAlexander CaptAlexander
Alexander of the Rough niders went to toSan toSan
San Juan Hill on horseback as there are areno areno
no roads In that part of the country
While the Captain was trying to find the thebody thebody
body of Capt Buck ONeal of Prescott PrescottAriz PrescottAriz
Ariz one of his comrades who had fallen fallenthere fallenthere
there the rest of us wandered around in inthe inthe
the mule trails now nearly obliterated obliteratedand obliteratedand
and grown up to bushes and tall weeds weedsFrom weedsFrom
From time to time the sound of some something something ¬
thing familiar wculd come to the ear ere creating ereatlng ¬
ating the impression that a farmyard was wasnear wasnear
near Buckwheat buckwheat was the thecry thecry
cry and as we drew near up went a score scoreof scoreof
of gulrea fowl the regular dark gray va variety varlety ¬
riety with white spots on each feather featherThe featherThe
The birds didnt go far so we employed employedour employedour
our time chasing them from place to place placeIn puceIn
In doing so we saw a lot of quailsomewhat quailsomewhatlarger quailaomewhatlarger
larger than our Bob White These too toowere toowere
were very tame and would let you ap approach approach ¬
proach very near The boys got out their theirrevolvers theirrevolvers
revolvers and blazed away but as no one onehad onehad
had any shot cartridges nothing came to tobag tobag
bag bagThe
The utter absence of any venomous venomoussnakes venomoussnakes
snakes or insects made us all the more moreanxious moreanxious
anxious to hunt all that evening in San Santiago Santiago ¬
tiago to get a decent shotgun More than thanever thanever
ever did I mourn for my new Baker ham hammer banmer ¬
mer gun lying in its case in New York YorkCity YorkCity
City How I should have enjoyed a glance glancealong glancealong
along that cylinder Damascus right rightloaded rightloaded
loaded with E C smokeless and No 8 8shot Sshot
shot No one cared to to Mausers on the thegame thegame
game ajd as 5 no amount of persuasion persuasioncould persuasioncould
could induce Gen Wood to loan his value valuable valueide ¬
ble doublebarrel we had to give up all allthoughts nilthoughts
thoughts of hunting Capt Brtckley and andthe andthe
the Port Victors doctor McCllntic both bothvowed bothvowed
vowed that their guns guu would be on board boardrext boardtext
text trip and I expect to hear from theta therasoon thetasoon
soon soonThe soonThe
The dogs in Santiago are mostly short shortkgged shortlegged
legged hounds with long cars This I Iwondered Iwondered
wondered at until I learned that the themountains themountains
mountains ar arc full of deer There is a arailway arailway
railway running back to some iron mines minesat minesat
at Firmeza thirty miles distant wh where wherethere n nthere
there is excellent deer hunting The ant animals antmale ¬
male are similar in form and color to our ourdeer ourdeer
deer but are smaller The flesh Is excel excellent excellent ¬
lent They are killed by still hunting1 hunting1Stories hunUngSterles
Stories from Unbliu UnbliuPr nbliu nbliuPrcn
Prcn Pr n UK Or Grand a Rapid ap Dei Deecrzt DeecrztA ent entA
A man visited a a hairdressers shop in inKingstown inKlngstOsvn
Kingstown County Dublin to have a ashampoo ashampoo
shampoo after the nights run from Lon London London ¬
don As he was leaving the man trIed to toinduce toInduce
induce him to buy a bottle of hainvash hainvashWhat halrwishWhat
What sort of stuff Is It he asked Oh Ohus Ohits
us grand stuff he replied Its a sort sortof sortof
of multum in parvo the less you take of ofIt ofit
It the better Of course what the hair hairdresser hairdresser ¬
dresser meant to convey was that a little littleof littleof
of the stuff was as efficacious as a a large largequantity largequantIty
quantity quantityTwo quantItyFwo
Two laborers set out from Wexfor1 to towalk towalk
walk to Dublin By the time they reached reachedBray reachedIItay
Bray they were very much tired with withtheir withtheir
their journey and the more eo when they theywere theywere
were toW that they were still twelve miles milesfrom milesfrom
from Dublin Be me cowl said one oneafter oneafter
after a Hide thought sure its but elx elxmiles clxmiles
miles apiece let us walk on onAs onAs
As a friend with whom a traveler was wasstaying wasstaying
staying and his visitor wore walking walkingtlay one onemet
tlay over the Wlcklow mountatus they theymet
met a character a person well known knownfor iuuownfor
for some reason reasonfondness fondness of drink for forinstance forInstancefit
instance Instancefit in the dntricl d strict Wall Mick Micksaid Miclesaid
said the h host Ire heard some ouoer ouoerstoried oueerstories
storied about your doings lately Och Ochdont Ock42nt
dont 42nt belmve thiro ulrr sir replied MIek MIekShura Miekihure
Shura half th the fell tould about me by bythe
the naybers IenL < eat thru thruil thruilf
f
COLTS FURNISH MUSIC MUSICI MUSICTwo MUSIGTwo
I
Two Ranchmen Dance to the theTune theTune
Tune of Sixshooters SixshootersPHE
PIlE SCOTCHMAiN AS A BAD MAX MAXBemlnUeenca MA MABemloiscenco
BemlnUeenca of ofthe the Day Days of the Rustler RustlerOat flustlersOut
Oat in WjomincTook umlngTook MftT Mavericks rIcfc at atFirst
First and Later Absorbed the Herds UerdsRed Herdsfled
Red Angus the Bad Scotchman ScotchmanTrIp Trip to toills toHis
ills SaloonAn Invitation to Drink He Ittfused
fused Followed by a Request to Dance BancoYou DanceYou
You get a good deal of the hoot mon monbusiness men menbusiness
business nowadays since Barrie and iiae iiaelaren Iae Iaelaren
laren have been putting their types before beforethe beforetao
the public said a man who always has a astory astory
story up his sleeve Now I dont know knowthat knowthat
that I disagree with those ereatllttera ereatlltterateurs great llTii llTiiteurs
teurs but tney give a fellow the wrong wrongIdea wrongidea
Idea A man gets to thinking that the theonly theonly
only thins a Scotchman does Is to run rundown rundown
down heretics about the same as an Eng Englishman Englislimai ¬
lishman rides to hounds or a Spaniard Spaniardgees Spaniardgces
gees to a bulf fight These Thrums and andDrumtoehty andDruratoelity
Drumtoehty specimens tray bo all right rightto rightto
to parade before the world aa the kind kindyou kIndyou
you expect to hand down to posterity for fora fora
a sample but thte are Scotchmen who whodont whodont
dont spend all their time arguing theolo theology theology ¬
gy and writing diatribes on infant hop baptism hoptism ¬
tism Did you ever sec a real tough toughScotchman toughScotchmon
Scotchman No of course not your ex experience cxperience ¬
perience has been too limited You have havececn haveteen
teen bad men of all other races and na nationalities metionalitles ¬
tionalities from a drunken Chinaman to toa toa
a a frenzied dago running amuck and flour flourishing flourishing ¬
ishing about a yard of shining steel But Butyou Butyou
you never saw a descendant of John JohnKnoxs JohnLnoxs
Knoxs followers who could forget his hispsalm hispsalm
psalm singing lon long enough to make Rome Romehowl Romehowl
howl just like any other bad citizen citizenYou citizenYou
You have heard of the Rustlers who whobrought whobrought
brought on a miniature warfare In the theNorthwest theNorthwest
Northwest a few years ago It started in inwith inwith
with running off mavericks before the fall fallroundup fallroundup
roundup Mavericks arc the calves which whicharrive whicharrive
arrive between the two roundups and are areunbranded areunbranded
unbranded They are therefore the prop property property ¬
erty of almost any one t because > eeause they can cannot cannot ¬
not be Identified until the iron has been beenput beenput
put on th3i The Rustlers started in to totaking1 totaking
taking a few of the Mavericks and the theplan theplan
plan worked to perfection No capital capitalwas capitalwas
was required and the profits were large largeThe largeThe
The scheme succeeded so well that the thecalves thecalves
calves began to disappear in great droves drovesMany duvesMany
Many are the tenderfeet who have been beenlured beenlured
lured oat to Wyoming in the hope of tab fabulous tabulous ¬
ulous fortunes to be carnered In and have havewaited havewaited
waited In vain for the growing of the theherd theherd
herd It was a onesldeC jsime me with the thechances thechances
chances all In favor of the Rustlers They Theywere Theywere
were the most daring cowpunchers in the thecountry thecountry
country They risked their own lives livesfreely livesfreely
freely and at the same time had few fewtwinges fewtwinges
twinges of conscience about putting an anend anend
end to the existence of another They Theyknew Theyknew
knew the Ins and outs of the business businesswhile businesswhile
while the newcomer could hardly tell the thedifference thedifference
difference between a lariat and a soup soupladle soupladle
ladle ladleEven
Even the big cattle companies held heldthem heldthem
them in awe and some stooped so far as asto asto
to pay tribute in order to secure Immunity Immunityfrom Immunityfrom
from depredations The authorities worn werspractically wornprctlcally
practically powerless The only court courtthat courtthat
that was sufficiently equipped to deal dealwith dealwith
with them was the Federal court and tiis tiiscomplaints tiiecomplaints
complaints that came before It were too toohazy toohazy
hazy to permit Its taking any cognizance cognizanceof
of them Time passed on and the gang gangbecame gangbecame
became more and more bold Herds were weroentered wereentered
entered and the best cattle picked out outand outand
and driven to the South Then the thobig thebig
big companies began to look about them themThey themThey
They realized that they were practically practicallynourishing practicallynourishing
nourishing a pest that would some day
drive them out of the business Sporadic Sporadicconflicts Sporadicconflicts
conflicts took place between the cauls caulsowners cattleowners
owners and the Rustlers and many a agood agood
good man bit the dust v hUe his broncho bronchogalloped bron ho hogalloped
galloped wildly off of to the home corral corralThe corralThe
The storm center of the whole business businessin
in my opinion was Buffalo Of course courseIt courseIt
It had lo be carried on secretly for tho thotroops th thtroops
troops were quartered nesir there But Butthe Butthe
the brains of the outfit th the hand that thatpulled thatpulled
pulled the wires that directed the raids raidsand raidsand
and sold the stolen cattle all were located locatedat locatedat
at Buffalo
No Drain Drotutoclity tochty Here HereIt HereIt
It was there that I saw the tough
Scotchman and I am at glad that they are areusually ace aceusually
usually religious Of all the cool dare ¬
devil merciless conscienceless desperadoes
I ever saw Red Angus was as the worst He Heran Horan
ran the saloon In Buffalo that wo was head headquarters headquarters ¬
quarters for the cattle thieves A big
boned redhaired redfaced giant he was wasreadily wasreadily
readily the man to dominate the crew he heflocked heflocked
flocked with Absolutely devoid of fear fearpossessed fearpossessed
possessed of a wit as ready as his utter unerring utterring ¬
ring sixshooter it Is easy to see how the thereckless thereckless
reckless cowboys would look up to him himwhen himwhen
when they would have ridden roughshod roughshodover roughshodover
over the will of almost any other man manI manI
I was foolish enough to think that I Iknew Iknew
knew something about cattle raising in inthose inthose
those days My partner and I had a asmall asmall
small ranch about twenty miles from fromBuffalo fromBuffalo
Buffalo So far we had suffered very lit little littIe ¬
tIe from the excursions of the Rustlers Rustlersand Rustlersand
and we could not absolutely trace what whatlosses whatlosses
losses we had to them But one day dayeighteen dayeighteen
eighteen fine steers disappeared and we wetracked wetracked
tracked them directly to the herd of a acattleman acattleman
cattleman who was suspected of being In Incollusion Incollusion
collusion with the Rustlers My partner partnerwas partnerwas
was an old cattleman and he knew the thedesperate thedesperate
desperate character of the men he had to todeal todeal
deal wit with Nevertheless he took his Win Winchester Wincheater ¬
chester and sixshooter and set out on onhis onhis
his horse for the ranch where he thought thoughtthe thoughtthe
the cattle were The worst part of the thematter thematter
matter was that he found them At Atleast Atleast
least he ran across sixteen of them with withour withour
our brand on their flanks His pursuit pursuithad pursuithad
had been so rapid that they had not had hadthe hadthe
the time to conceal them When caught caughtredhanded caughtredhandetl
redhanded as it were with the objects objectsof objectsof
of their theft In their possession the cat cattle cattIe ¬
tIe thieves could do no more than ac acknowledge acknowledge ¬
knowledge their guilt However they theybraved theybraved
braved it off as best they could and said saidthey saidthey
they had taken them up by mistake mlatakeFrom mistakeFrom
From that time on we were the objects objectsof
of their petty spite A steer would be befound befound
found lying out on the range with a bid bulJot bidlot
Jot through his ear Occasionally the th herd herdwould herdwould
would be run off and chased for miles out outof outof
of pure wantonness wantonnessFighting wantonnessFighting
Fighting the Ruf flustlere flustlereFinally tier tierFinally
Finally we got tired of the thing I Iwas Iwas
was too much of a tenderfoot to think of ofanything1 ofanything
anything bat a a resort to the law Jim Jimwas Jir Jirwas
was hot for the arbitrament of arms I Iwent Iwent
went down to Cheyenne to see what could couldbe couldbe
be done in the courts but soon found that thatour thatour
our evidence was too flimsy to buIld any anysort anysort
sort of case upon Jim then decided to totry totry
try his plan He went around to the dif different diferent ¬
ferent ranches and tried to form a ucion ucionto utt1o utt1oto
to crush out the Rustlers They talked talkedvery taeijvery
very bravely about the matter but when whenit wheeit
it came to the scratch they sent word wordthat wordthat
that they could not consider the Idea for forthe forthe
the time being beingAH beingAM
AH this time the Rustlers had been In Informed informed ¬
formed of the active part he wa was taking takingin
in theeffort to exterminate them Tier Tierwere ey eywere
were then at th the height of their power powerbut pewrhut
but they know that their day would come comeBorne comesome
Borne time and they did not cherish the themost themost
most kindly feelings toward the man who whowanted whowanted
wanted to hasten it Stilt they respected respectedJim respectedJim
Jim A brave man always baa a fascina fascination fancinetier ¬
tier for their rough natures and If there thereever thereever
ever was a more daring man than tha that thatFame thatsame
Fame old partner of mine I have never neverseen neverseen
seen him himOne himOne
One day fLfid Angus cent word that he hewanted hewanted
wanted to ste him I was certain that thatthere thaithere
there was sOme trick in the Imrftatfon Imrftatfonand initatieand
and advised him not to eo J3m be b wa waobdurate wee weeobdurate
obdurate and rather than let him si siall go K Kall
all atone I decided to EO with Mm kt We Wetook WeWelt
took alone with us the best efett e on n nraneh th thranch
ranch a little UfonchobtMter irons fuw the theIndian theIndian
Indian Territory b by the name of Clark ClarkJlsa CirjcJim
Jim eared him from tons the otn oacc no nohe and andhe
i
he had returned the oomoliment by b res resetting e ecuing ¬
cuing Jim from the dutches ot aa anshe eld eldshe
she grizzly We were all mounted on oncow oncow
cow ponies bat ih they y were three of the thebest thebest
best that ever bucked under the welch welchof weighof i
of a saddle We left oor WJngbesfer1 WJngbesfer1at I
at home far If a fight came on Ve Knew Knewthat knewthat
that we would stand spill etuuices etuuicesagainst e1uspces e1uspcesaatflst
against the overwhdmfnc edBj odtIc jrgere jrgerefore s e efore
fore we decide to avoid the appearance appearanceof apprgnoeofevih
of ofevih viH IM It 7 may out it thAt tltaiway way
We W sot QL into Buffalo about two in the thee
e
afternoon and rede straisbt to Rod An Angus Auges ¬
gus saloon aloo Now I dont like to be belooked belooked
looked upon as a coward for I 1 dont think thinkthat
that I am one but I will slate right here herethat herethat
that I began to feel ratb rthet f shaky We
left llte Clark outsIde to watch the hor borsee
see for we had no desire to wlk home homeand
and we knew that the cans would be up
to all kinds of mischief He stood right
by the door and waited far the fun to
begin He had Instructions not to sheet sheetunless shootun1es
unless the trouble really cot to be very veryserious veryserious
serious seriousWe seriousWe
We went wn inside and found the pleco plecofull o ofull
full of about a as roughlookiaz customers caatamorsas
as one ever gets to see all armed lo th thteeth the
teeth Old Red stood behind the bar te
his shirt sleeves teanlac over and talking
j to some men while his bartender sup supplied supplied ¬
plied the wants of the thirsty ibirstvHowdy
4 Howdy do boys he said with the
barest Caledonian accent He shook bands bandswith bandswith
with us cordially and introduced s to the tbemen themen
j men with whom h he had been conversing
Yevo been rubM as a lectle hftrrd
lately have ye not my friends he saW saWturning saidturning
turning to us again Now if ye value valuelife valvelife
life and ant limb ye sood be aoortsed of the thefact thefact
fact that we tolerate no interference from fromslch hemetch
etch people as ye be beWhat beWlatt
What kind of people do vets think we weare weare
are Red asked Jim as his face began to toflush toflush
flush with rising anser Red gave a lit little littIe ¬
tIe mirthless chuckle while his eyes be began began ¬
gan to emit that ominous twinkle that all allmen allmen
men had learned to dread dreadI
I take ye for what I know ye to b bnot be benot
not what ye think ye are be said I Iapprehend Iapprehend
apprehend that ye are rnaddlin busy
bodies who had better be at home at attending attending ¬
tending to your own affairs I want to tohear tohear
hear no more of these trias to Cheyenne Cheyenneand Che > enne enneand
and calls to meet for the purpose of form formIng formlog
log a protective organization organizationYou organizationYou
You are liable to hear of them as aslong aslong
long as you persist in running off my mycattle mycattle
cattle and shooting them out on the range rangefrom mne mnefrom
from pure spite answered Jim look lookIng looking
Ing him straight in the eve Then Red Reddenied Reddenied
denied having had anythinc to do with withthose withthose
those depredations Recriminations Recriminationspassed Recriminationspassed
passed back and forth but Jims plucky pluckyconduct pluckyconduct
conduct won the respect of the rough roughok rughold
ok old Scot Still so much of th converse conversation conversetion ¬
tion had been heard by his crew that it itwould itwould
would have b been en a nractlcal backdown backdownhad beckdownhad
had he unbent go far as to propose a atruce atruce
truce At last he called out in a bantering banteringtone lxtntorln lxtntorlntone
tone
l 1Idnt < 1nt Drink DrinkWeol DrikI
I Weal we have patched up matters mattersto
to suit oursels and it would not be out outof outof
of the way for yo to call refreshments for forthe forthe
the boys boysJim boysJim
Jim looked at him so keenly that his hlaeyes hiseyes
eyes dropped under the dance elanceRed danceRed
Red Angus he said In tones loud loudenough loudenough
enough for anyone within the room to tohear tohear
hear I am always ready to drink with withmy withmy
my friends You are not included among amongthem amongthem
them nor any man in your gang You are area area
a pack of thieves and I tell you here and andnow andno
now no that I would not spenc spen a penny to se secure socure ¬
cure your good will There are about abouttwentyfive abouttwentyfive
twentyfive men in here whisky is 50 50cents O Ocents
cents a drink I would not buy bu a gill l if I Iwere Iwere
were a millionaire millionaireRed millionaireRed
Red gave another low chuckle in reply replyto replyto
to this dramatic declamation Perhaps Perhapsthis Perhapsthis
this young spindleshanked dude ye have havewith havewith
with you might be more tenderhearted tenderheartedhe
he said as he turned toward me I Ihemmed Ihemmed
hemmed and hawed and was about to tocough tocough
cough out an affirmative when Jim Jimgrabbed Jimgrabbed
grabbed me and said sternly No you youwont youwont
wont Ill shoot your hands oft before Ill Illallow Illallow
allow you to pull out a dollar They Theyasked Theyasked
asked us dwn here merely to pick a quar quarrel quarrd ¬
rel rd I am not looking for trouble but butshant butshant
shant run away from It ItRed Itfled
Red laughed again and asked us If Ifwe ifwe
we would not drink at his expense expenseNo expenseSo
No said Jim curtly curtlyAngus curtlyAngus
Angus was thoroughly nettled this thistime thistime
time and he turned to the loafers who whohad whohad
had been Interested spectators of the thewhole thewhole
whole episode Boys he said they theywont theywont
wont buy and they wont drink See if ifthey
they wont dance Ye know how to fur furnish furnish
nish good music musicCowboy musicCowboy
Cowboy Orchestra OrchestraBefore
Before I could catch the significance of ofthe ofthe
the remark Jim gave me a violent jerk jerkand jerkand
and pulled me with my back against the thebar thebar
bar He put his hands over the rail and andI andI
I followed suit still wondering what whatwould whatwould
would happen next I did di not have to wait waitlong waltlong
long Every Eer > man In the room had his re revolver revoWer ¬
volver out in a twinkling and at a signal signalfrom signalfrom
from Red they began shooting at the thefloor thefloor
floor around our feet The din of those thosetwoscore thosetwoscore
twoscore revolvers was deafening AH AHof Altof
of them were of heavy caliber and they
tore huge splinters out of the pine boards boardsThe boardsThe
The room was filled with srn smoke i > and n i
through Us shifting clouds I saw the fuoa fuoaof jaottof
of little Clark at the door His keen keenblack keenblack
black eyes ward fixed on Jim and I knew knewthat knewthat
that If a bullet happened to come closer closerthan closerthan
than It was Intended half a dozen Rust Rustlers Rustlers ¬
lers would pass in their checks before the thecrowd thecrowd
crowd knew what had occurred I did not
dare look at my feet In the excitement excitementof
of the moment they might have been beenshot beenshot
shot all to pieces without my knowing
IL it But ray knees trembled so that If Ifit ifit
it had not been for the timely support of
the bar rail I would have sunk to the thofloor thefloor
floor floorJim
Jim stood up its coolly as aslf If he had been beenused beenused
used to such things all his life He wan wanchewing waschewing
chewing an unlighted cigar which was tilt tilted tIltad ¬
ed toward the ceiling at an angle of forty fortylive
five degrees He was intensely absorbed absorbedin
in looking at the tio t of It Not a change changecame changecame I
came over the expression of his face faceeven faceeven
even when a carelessly or perhaps care carefully carefully ¬
fully aimed bullet carried off a portion portionof
of o one of his little toes Finally the thefusillade theftsilladedted
fusillade ftsilladedted died down to a a few random shots shotsthen shotsthea
then ceased altogether The affair had hadbeen hadbeen
been so tame that the crowd looked lookedrather lookertrather
rather foolish Jim turned around to toRed tofled
Red and said I want to thank you for foryour foryour
your serenade You keep such poor time timethough timethough
though that I couldnt dance for you youThe youThe
The floor of the room was pretty badly badlyshot badlyshot
shot up but the shape of our feet un unmarked unmarked ¬
marked by bullet holes made an almost almostperfect almostperfect
perfect last We started out of the saloon saloonAt saloonAt
At every step Jim took the blood spurted spurtedout spurtedout
out of his shoe One of the Rustlers sang sangout sangout
out Somebody got winged Thais the thereason thereason
reason he hedidnt didnt dance
Jim turned around and said In his hiepolitest hispolitest
politest manner Come out to my place ptaeosome placesome
some time boys and Ill show you what whatmarksmanship whatmarksmanship
marksmanship is isOne isOne
One night they did come but that in incident Incident ¬
cident is not Included in this narrative narrativfeH
H w tOjTItne tETluue a Train TrainFnm TraisFru
Fnm Fru the CtsrtaMtl eetoat1 ONSflKKtelTMbvee alThuu alThuuNot
Not one person ia a hundred who travete
has any Idea of U tJe e speed of a train train aw aweven and andeven
even a large percentage of the regular
tralnm trainmant nt cannot tell with any degree of ofaccuracy I Iaccuracy
accuracy Engineers use their lrfvJn Jrfynwheel lrfvJnrwheel
rwheel wheel as A gauge They know Its dream ¬ 4 4ference
ference and by counting its revolutions revolutionswithin I Iwithin
within a certain time can n tell very scott accurately scottrately ¬
rately th the speed at which they are run running ransing ¬
sing ningA singA
A favorite method of timta Umbeg among pas passenger peasengers ¬
senger te to count the telegraph p pelas pelasAs i iAs
As a rule the those pote poise are planted thirty to tothe tothe
the mile but ta prairie countries countr where whereonly whereonl
only onl > a single wire to wed the number numberdiminishes asmbedimlufehes
diminishes to twentyAna thai rule rulewill rul rulwill
will not always work The most arevra arevramethod tevrtmethod
method and the most i la ue fcy h experU experUenced cpeieuiced
enced railroad men hi to count th the aces number acesher ¬
her of rail joints the train jKuraea pas ovec eye in intwenty intwenty
twenty seeoodo eco ds The rail rails on nearly ail ailroads clireeds
roads are thirty feet ta length ai Ute Utenumber tenumber
number paaccd over in twenty ascends U Uth Isthe
th the f speed p tf per n r hour a tram I a nmata nmataFor lIluuag lIluuagFor
For instance if a passenger can eunt euntthirty ent entthirty
thirty clicks on a rail Joint t in n twenty see seeends c cods
ends the train la running at a aped apedthirty of ofthirty
thirty unties an hour ActwUlyihts tetoJty bis metfe metfeod et et4d
od fan falls a a little short as la the exajapte exajaptecJvea rwapiegiven
given aov above the s fid wooH W paarei paareitblrtyoe tarer tarerhtyoo
tblrtyoe htyoo than thirty unites Mr hit K kg Mar Marooo arenough
enough ooo h for all practical ptfrpMK ptfrpMKIn porpoo porpooZn
In South America AmericaFran AmericaFes
Fran Fes ti tie Qt ct1 S wieg Pert PertSo PeatSo
So yo yes have your tabor troekte here herealee hereair
alee air said the North Atttrtai Med w who WM WMtemporarily wastemporarily
temporarily a visitor te one e > e e tW South fcwtfcAmerican Southaedcaa
American reifeMsea reifeMseaLabor re blks blksLabor
Labor tr UOUbIeO Uer cried the twill twilldrwtag ustlyt ustlytdrrwInt
drwtag Wm himself Bp proudly an and speaking apaaktacwith speakingwith
with every ceidesce ot eteftemest We Wehare Wehave
hare no a labor trout trSUeM Where JM g you youget
get that M idea T Who told ya y that we wean taut tautairr
airr an r reble We about JaaorT labor laborOh
Oh no one replied ih the vMtar J Jdew 1deir
dew ray own OW 9oa 0OIIOIUsiOfl I saw ase aserot1ng
riotinc and spp d
iitottacr flsoungrlag exclaHMd the native TitoU filet
lag Sir I weaId oM hare yws y understand understandthat tsdetaZaadthat
that tW this I Is a rewtartloy reeohidreL reeohidreLOh
Oh said ald ll the man ta from tie north H Hw itiras
w iras really aM that fce aw asidd M say r without wUhovtgvinx withoutghlag
ghlag offense There is such a dlfi d1ffc d1ffcrut e elocalities
gvinx
rut localities
JAFTER AFTER LENTEN LENTENOLOUM LENTENOLOUMEaster GLOd GLOdEaster
i
I Easter Girl More Gorgepnsly GorgepnslyAttired GorgcousyAttired
j Attired Than Ever EverA EYe EYeVISION
A VISION OP IUBB08S iIflBO AXJ MW MWThe LAS LASTho
The Society Girl Drops Her rralfcntlal rralfcntlalVc LeaitonhlaiCoWt
CoWt to Prtakeof EistorcayetWll EistorcayetWllvcar
Vc vcar r a Miort Trxla lujttc lathe Street StreetHer StreetHerrucks llor llorKrock
Krock rucks and lists Wlll JeD raped vrlth vrlthiipplinc witltItlppllngLnceAprIl
iipplinc ItlppllngLnceAprIl LaceApril Zephyr ZphyrsWllt Will they lUaywith theywith
with Streaiiiing2tbbnn Mint uiI LuN Luegparfa LuegparfaiM Sqarfr SqarfrNew
iM Sc in asiz Fast FastNew
New York York Xarch 24 24The The Hatter oster girl it itUM oftiN
UM as 3 she bunt bunts upon oar 05vtet admiring admiringYlw
Ylw vtet will wear a abort train This te tebat lafl laflbust
bat true and what her pate gray grayr v tKx tKxblue z zblue
blue or mauve doth gown will look Wfcc Wfccwhen 1 1when
when she baa finished her Easier iets parade 1 1leare Ileave
leave it to to four imagination to elaborate elaborateShe e1t4rtoShe
She will lift tate gown of o co conr r < alSetty alSettyin fl > etIy etIyitt
in the center of the back about ten fooht foohtbelow fa4tiOehiw
below ehiw the waist and co o display the JV JVbayiactise y yb
bayiactise b > i eus of kilted Ufftts butehe w wget wilt wiltget
get wear weary at times aunt allow the deOoatmaterial deOoat isl1tematerial
material to sweep w e > the pave v even the thefront ha hafront
front ot her skirt no longer cut stflMifo stflMifoacross qshfoacross
across but rounded will with the atdat atdatImpede sM sMiniede
Impede her footstep and you will w iveiwiew iveiwiewwhather Mier Mierwhether
whether sh she has forgotten forgo ttea nil aboucteet aboucteetyears absUC lat latyours
years erase for athletic and ntrtroro ntrtroromekd untramntekd
mekd liberty of motion motionShe mtioShe
She will be as attractive AS usual used how however however ¬
ever Perhaps more so soGayly soGziyiy
Gayly Trimmed Hal HalThese lists listsThese
These will bt > of Mack and xiyly colored coloredcoarse coloredcoarse
coarse fancy straw for near with tailor tailormade tailormade
made gowns with feathers and ribbon ribboncbou rlhboitthou
thou trimmings Or draperies of straw strawnet attawnet
net with tare large hAndtxme quflU thrust ibruutthrouRh thrustthrough
through th the folds For dr dress she he will wear wearlace wearlace
lace and tulle and chiffon hats Many of ofth ofthe
th the crowns will be composed of small smallchiffon smKllchiffon
chiffon ruches and the entire brims of ofgathered ofgathered
gathered chiffon or mousscllne For trim trimming tiiuuming ¬
ming these airy creation have maeceti of ofllowers ofIlowers
llowers or draperies of lace by the yard yardor yardor
or white lace veils used as draperies And Andthen Amithen
then there are the new feathers ot pleat pleated pteited
ed tulle with firm quills down the center cenUrThe centerThe
The thin material ia edged with narrow narrowsilk narrowsilk
silk ribbon or velvet and the effect ia iawholly iswholly
wholly charming Than there are hats of ofblack ofblack
black tulle trimmed with black ChanUHy ChanUHylace Chantallylace
lace and a single largo pink rose or a aclump aciurop
clump of violets violetsHere violetsHere
Here are two delightful hats the first flrsta
a a toque of bright blue straw with it huge hugeblue hUgoblue
blue poppy at one side These Immense Immenseblue intmeneblue
blue poppies half of satin an ant half of ofvelvet ofvelvet
velvet are the very latest craze and I Ishould Ishould
should have fait badly had I omitted to tomention tomention
mention them The other hat was a adark adark
dark red straw with the crown entirely entirelycovered entirelycovered
covered with a single rose In velvet and andsatin andsatin
satin and draped with a scarf of old lace lacetied lacetleci
tied at the back the ends falling on n the
hair There are very many all red hats hatsalown hatsslown
alown alownNow slownNow
Now for the evening gowns of Madem Mademoiselle Madomolselle ¬
oiselle 1SJO They will consist matnly of oftransparent oftransparent
transparent materials and she he will be besure besure
sure to have ono of black spangled net netmade netmatle
made up over white with long unlined unllncdslaevee unlinedsleeves
sleeves of the net If she in anxious to be bevery bevery
very swell Indeed she will also have one oneof oneof
of black lace which shall trail Itself over overlayers overlayers
layers of rrougseline Jo sole which may
bo either white or mauve Of ooume the thoaccessories theaccessories
accessories and the twist of chiffon in inthe inthe
the hair must correspond I Lace > ce whether whetherwhite
white or black looks better lined with withmousaelino withmouseehino
mousaelino de sole or chiffon than placed placeddirectly
directly over satin I wonder how many manyyards manyyards
yards of this frail material wo shall use tile
during the season seasonKibbling seasonRibbuns
Kibbling Galore GnlurrMiss GaloreMiss
Miss 59 will wear lace neck scarfs Jens Jensenough longenough
enough when tied to reach to the waist waistand vaiitantI
and from seven to nine Inches wide Those Thesscarfs Thosescarfs
scarfs are made in needlerun lace and andalso andalso
also with appliques of Duchesse sprays aprayand spraysand
and are of a light cream tint Even a amore amors
more important part of her neck toilet will willbe wIllbe
be the velvet and silk collars and stocks stocksMost stocksMost
Most of these she will have rnnde very
high with a point under each ear They Theyura Thrare
are attached to a band which fastens fajtoiwround fastensround
round the throat and generally have a aregatta aregatta
regatta tie in front For more drc tircgmy tircgmyoccasions y yoccasions
occasions small turneddown collars her bordered hertiered ¬
tiered with kilted muslin have a tie of the thesame thesame
same In the front all worked over with withsilver withsilver
silver or crystal paillettes In the corn corner cornerof r rof
of the collar are appliques of lace in the thedesign thedesign
design of true lovers knots also pall pallletted pailletteul
letted It requires quite nn education to tounderstand tounderstand
understand the merits of the several severalkinds severalkinds
kinds of ties and bows and stocks worn wornabout wflrnabout
about the neck Their name Is simply le legion isgion ¬
gion but they are particularly fascinat fascinating fascinatIng ¬
ing Many of them show hems headed by byopen byopen
open hemstitching Such lightcolored lightcoloredglaces hightgolorgiaces
glaces as pink blue or green have whU whUhams white whitehems
hams thus treated while other haw hawends haveendu
ends completely covered with crossing
lines of narrow white ribbons Quito a anew
new idea Is a Block with a cro crossing Blirg < scarf scarfin scarfin
in plain satin white or colored gathered gatheredInto gatheredinto
Into puckered linen with cording about aboutthreequarters aboutthreequarters
threequarters of an inch apart Some of ofour ofour
our leading houses In tailormade clothes clothesare clothesare
are ordering them in large numbers They
have hardly as yet appeared in rotufl
houses but they are likely to have a vury
great success for they seem to hit hi the
happy medium between the too masculine masculineand muisetifinand
and the too frivolous tie moreover they
are Quite easy of adjustment They con consist constat ¬
stat of a high collar band and the end endare endsare
are attached to the sides crossing it Jr
front and Dimply require to be fastened
bv a pin in front The leaf bow is the thenewest ibmnewest
newest shape the material cut in a series acrlcwof seriesof
of points which turn over like the shriv shriveled shrivclod ¬
clod leaves ot autumn They are insu ¬
larly becoming under the chin and an anmade aremade
made up in various kinds of silk the
leaves edged with a very narrow trtmr trtmrmlng trirp trirpming
ming which sometime takes the form Orm of
small ruelse
for these narrow rucking as the Ktaw season n ni
i dvancf They are generally mad ntde ol olKerne 1 1Mine
Mine very clear material some of which whichrecalls whichrecalls
recalls the old tarlatan or onrandie with a
flow edge dgr and a good dtel of chiffon is isused Isused
used for them thy ar rs about half an
inch in depth forming minute flutea hay
Inn some braid or other aiml tcJmMdc
down the center These edge many of the theneck thineck
neck bows and loop loopAll loopsthi
All KitM KIde of f Ntolirectr NtolirectrZvery N cl re < ir irEvery
Every sort of f iDsauUfcr baa been
brought to bear i th the materials aseIsdalsrtsred aseIsdalsrtsredfor required requiredfor
for neck bows and stocks and aia ton si t tthe
the softer makes of silk hr have been pre prepared prppared ¬
pared with colored borders and n4 worfcwl worfcwlDame wotlcjall
all over with pea ape in silk em emDante
Dame FaafaKw I Is still in lor love wUh ypol ypoland epog epogasid
and many of the wholesale beuat JMV JMVbrought here hereb1OUIL
brought over from ParIs where they aj ajin are arein
in great roooevt tulle and chiffon ot ormUles Mt Mtraffle
raffle worked wifli small maj chMtllc cbasflkaps cbasflkapsInterspersed p to toiaUmttiMd
Interspersed with 40gt ngIa artMcfa violet violetthrown Yloletithrown
thrown on hero and there thereWomen thereWoa
Women are very fond n nowddays nowddaystreaehtng w4d4rf a atrenching
trenching trenchingtbjg pa mens doftsIui = p4 tbe fp
this baa taken of lau r j HMJIS iaspjthg HMJIStK <
tK tie lisa They are ar madcap bovrg bovrgMft of ofsoft
soft book rauftlin attached to a sleek btrt btrtd btthis
d this y are rendered feminine tooKfe by y
having a ieee a e motif introduces ito ti tiearner te teeeraes
earner of each end They are also a amuch as asmuch
much In favor am in ins soft white aJISc jles jlesMide tla tlawide
wide up Into nto bow bows having omtar berdara berdarabut
but whether they are of Hk or whether wtwMrthey
they are of Maatta asJhi they 4re r Aturt eh m 11
hcinatitctod hematitchedZxsseiv hcinatitctodJBxeeMtv
JBxeeMtv Mtteain give gives 10 vSyt arta1n a acanal
canal rta1n clinstag quality and the these t ttli Is Isasihtssg
asihtssg heWhW ii the ibrs1 ta tathe
tli the Stitched verot vthei jek band he4j Tbey Thea AT ATsutefced
stitched ail over In rov T9iG m > 8 D Dewrre the therve
ewrre rve K th edge edgeA edg edgA
A A feather be bsa I Is on one jrf 1 tft the Mt Mtewnin ssmo ho hoseining >
ewnin seining and daialy tilde tfcu M a fd fda pe pea
a place ie womans wardrobeor wsrdroh Joe ataxr y yar1
year ar1 ad there tb I is not th the wMgstast 4Uue 13a 13athat kiss kissthat
that U they ey will axcm bocoosm out of date 14 14ar itIs1
Is1 ar mambowt wit with carted vrfeiu o oMO ostrich
elI MO tit the surface to w wasfd4y < nuMrft My prat
tr cad M JUT are the Marie with wit wntt Up
ptoipt llt ad eat enhit vrMt white OMM open tk thea t are a aioft am amsoft
soft a as soft oft can be nd tav Isave a pe gru gru0al
deal of warmth to i tism m wit no wetefct wt wtat
at jtt Aa A 3t Mo a < St w in Jut ti tiJr these theseare
are very stedhle bii IL Is f1Mt
Jr they eJt b be restored ut their jMfetia
beamy tiult ott Oasily a Uy tt of good wMty to o
Man with and totnwted to j propss ro + r hands
However w iach c > damped t they r may soy kayo
bocaajw and 54 however mite ietM eu4 r way
have be hose takm frow item they ea eamad be
mad made i to look quite < H4t sew w They a are almost
M 5 fact fssciaUeit u jr to 0 theIr war an tho th PurHnn
cellars aad Jld euXf cups are la inefr Th Thw are
wad ade in RMMfta ia slta hem wit w1k stru1 ue
tinted Ilirsod down ooBarej eoiaru s4Nt11n4s 4M lm < 0 4it t ao
edged with to Isea and eft eftvvaA bepks u IHIO
toierI vvaA MUJUue seUlay b vt t It would be dimcufi d1mu
to ftaa aaytaiutf very much prettier

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