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WOMAN’S
WORLD
Often “fatal kisses” are not more fig
nres of speech. In many a case they
have literally been tire cause of not only
one death, 'but a succession of deaths.
Perhaps the most fatal kiss ever
known was that given by a young Span
ish saylor to his fiance nine years ago,
for it brought about the decimation of a
town. A Spanish vessel put into the lit
tle seaport of Candalo, on the coast of
Florida, flying the yellow flag, and was
accordingly ordered to remain in quaran
tine, for more than one member of the
crew exhibited symptoms of bubonic
plague.
But the sailor disobeyed orders and
put off in a beat for the shore one eve
ning, where, having sought out his
fiancee, whom he had seen for some
years, he kissed her. A few days later
the effects of the kiss became painfully
evident, though the culprit returned to
his ship by stealth the same night. The
girl succumbed to the plague, which
spreadthrough the town so rapidly that
more than 200 persons died out of a total
population of 1,500.
Ivisses once cost the lives of many
brave soldiers in the British army. The
beautiful Dutchess of Gordon in 1794
raised the famous Gordon Highlanders
by giving 1.000 recruits a kiss and a gol
den guinea apiece. The regiment was
raised to its full strenth in a few days.
The men were then sent out against
the French, and in the very first battle
in which they took part more than 250
fell, either killed or wounded.
Previous to this, in 1718, a war was
brought about by a thoughtless kiss on
the part of a young Bavarian prince of
somewhat reckless character, named Fer
dinand. During a visit to a neighboring
State he inadvertently kissed a beautiful
member of the royal household. Princess
Thyra, ignorant of the fact that she was
already affianced. Her betrothed happen
ed to be standing near and witnessed the
incident.
High words ensued, followed by blows,
and a duel was arranged which led to
the discontinuance of diplomatic relations
between the two nations. A war broke
out ultimately and resulted in thousands
of deaths before there was a declaration
of peace.
For a month’s trip two short skirts
are desirable, so that in ease of rain
or accident a change can be made, writes
Katharine A. Chandler in “Good House
keeping.” A denim or a corduroy of a
shade that will not show soil is the best
for service. Both should be of the same
color, and then one jacket is sufficient.
We have the dressmaker make two parts
of leggins of the same material as the
skirts, and they prove very satisfactory.
The three or four shirtwaists should be
of cotton crepe or seersucker, as these
look quite well after the primitive laun
dering at a mountain brook, without a
flatiron. A soft canvas hat is the best
head protection, although a sunbonnet
is often preferred by those who can
bear them over their ears. A sweater is
a great comfort; but, whether it be taken
or not, a large shawl or golf cape is
necessary for the hours of resting in the
twilight. Comfortable shoes are the
greatest essential to a pleasant trip, and
these should be tried some days before
leaving home.
There are hne coots now maae just
for tramping, but we like best the lighter
ones that our feet have grown used to.
Just befort starting we have a heavy
sole put on and Hungarian nails fixed in
both soles and heels. Unless they are
nearly new, two pairs of tramping shoes
should be taken, as the stitches in old
shoes are soon loosened by moisture. A
lighter pair for resting in camp is nec
essary to keep the feet in good condition.
In long tramping the feet can be saved
by wearing two pairs of stockings, a cot
, ton pair next the feet and a woollen
pair on the outside. These rub on each
s other and the foot escapes blisters. Two
sets of underwear are all that are need
ed, and they should be of a material
that will stand laundering in the passing
stream of lake. A large quantity of hair
pins and safety pins and a mending bag
will be found indispensable to a tidy ap
pearance throughout the trip.
. * *
It is a certain thing that we are going
back to streamers and ringlets. Plenty
of one and plenty of the. other.
Grandmother of 1830 wore them and
we shall wear them also—just as grand
mother used to do.
The ringlets are the little corkscrew
kind, attached to the coiffure and, allow
ed to caress the neck. An irreverent girl
likened them tb bolognas; they are so
round and so compact.
And so becoming!
Take a homely woman, one who is ■
sharp in feature or . squatty in face, as
the case may be. Let her be ever so se
vere, ever so afflicted with freckles and
ever so devoid of contour of chin, and
dress her up in ringlets, and you have
a picture at least.
Take a pretty girl and hang a few
curls to her coiffure so that they fall
forward and lie upon her neck, coming
just under the pretty,pink ear. and you
will make a picture that is bewitching.
Curls are coming in very fact and by
mid-summer the ringlets will be as num
erous and as fashionable as the stream
er. And just as bewitching.
• * •
High stock collars, which have done
so much to destroy the beautiful outline
and modeling of the feminine throat,
were introduced by Queen Alexander,
whose neck is badly disfigured and is in
variably concealed either with a high col
lar or a velvet band.
Before the accession to the throne of.
the late Queen Victoria, ladies’ gowns
were worn short. One day, in alighting
from her carriage, the Queen bruised
her heel, and the following day a grand
reception was to be held at St. James
Palace. The Queen received with her
foot extended on a cushion, covered by
the long skirt of her gown. The English
Indies of the court thought themselves
obliged to lengthen their skirts, and thus
a new style entered.
• * •
As the seasons deepens the popularity
of ran is evident. It eomesin every shade
and one can scarcely pick out the pret
tiest. The pongee shade is so much
liked as indeed are the leather tones.
The burnt bread come out again every
year and that curious tone known as
ecru will always be seen. Mode color
and- bisque, neither of htem much like
ecru, yet suggesting it, are both to be
observed in new gowns and their trim
mings.
Where a cold tone, like tan or its
cousins, is seen there muct be a touch
of warmth and nothing can supply this
like red. Bright, brilliant red, red in its
most vivid, most lurid tones is seen and
there is no substitute for it. Orange
is too conspicious and green is not
warm enough. It is red with ecru every
time.
* • .
The sash will figure on many of the
picturesque frocks this summer, and
especially perhaps this trimmed and bor
dered sash of Louis Quiuze and Louis
Seize inspiration.
For frocks of spotted muslin and em
broidered, lawn one wants the simpler
sort of Louis Quinke ribbon wound sev
eral times round the waist, to culminate
in a coquettish bow and long tasseled
ends. But the sash of the more sophisti
cated frock looks well made up of silk
and more manoeuvered.
One might say that delicate color ef
fects and gauziness are the characteris
tics of the evening frocks at the moment,
and, where dance frocks are concerned,
a shortening of the train.
*
A'qry smart poods, which the dealers
call cotton canvas, will take the place
of ginghams and bastistes. This fabric
is very coarse and heavy, being the fac
simile of hop-sacking. It comes in all
colors, and all the chic pieces have a
touch ow black. For dressy wear these
frocks will be trimmed with embroidery
that comes with each pattern of goods.
It is very heavy and rich, but will ad
mirably suit the gown it must adorn.
The embroidery of itself is coarse cream
linen, on which are worked large colored
figures. If adopted in warm climates, this
canvas may be fashionel withiut lining,
thus taking away some of the weight.
* * •
pretty fancy in jewelry of English de
sign is, among other pieces! a chatelaine
watch showing the little timepiece hang
ing from delicate chains of brilliants.
The watch has a proportionately large
dial and a rim like a cable and is sus
pended from double chains from the
bowknot pins. Half way down a cl-oss*
piece of brilliants separates the chains
about an inch and a half apart, but they
swing together again at the bowknot
and ring of the watch .
A necklet consisting of trefoils of
pearls, depending at intervals from' a
gold braidlike chain, is finished with
two pendants in the form of diamond
drops.
A graceful frock is of turquoise blue
cambric elaborated with a design of the
most diminutive leaves and forming a
trelliswork all down the front of the
skirt, while at either side its points are
edged with rufflings of Valenciennes lace,
and the skirt is further trimmed with
stripes formed by diamond-shaped me
dallions of the embroidery and lace. The
deep collar of white lawn and lnce is
fastened with a smartly knotted tie of
white silk embroidered with spots of
blue.
The hat to be worn with this frock
is a' picturesque affair in black straw
with a long scar of pale blue satin drawn
round the crown and tied at the back in
a bow whose ends fall to the waist, while
curving under the wide brim at the left
side is one pure white ostrich feather.
« * .
If you were to have a summer cottage
this year I should advise your papering
your living room with some delightfully
cool paper that I saw the other day. The
background of brownish gray wits almost
hidden by lush grasses that ran from
one edge of the paper to the other, huge
fleur de lis blossoms in the natural
color standing out in cool, purple splashes
in the midst of the green. The paper
was cut in large squares with narrower
widths to till in. and could not be put on
I like ordinary paper.
I . * .
Cool collar bands for hot weather are
I quickly and easily made by the clever
needlewoman. Bins bands (or rather
I French folds) of lawn in white or colors,
joined by rows of- faggoting in mercer
I iZed cotton, are prettily and easily made,
| if the bands are first basted on a paper
pattern the correct size. Tucked lawn,
with or without lace, makes attractive
collars, while those made entirely of
rows of lace insertion, slightly shnped
and wired at the sides, are very cool
and dainty.
OUTING EASHIONS.
SMART AND USEFUL GARMENTS FOR
THE SUMMER PLEASURING.
Fashionable Coat For Driving, Mo
toring: and an Extra Evening: Wrap.
Gloves For Various Uses—Practical
Bathing: Dresses.
With July the outing season Is fairly
upon us. Driving, riding, rowing, the
races, excursions to mountain and
shore, are all In order, and the very
thing for the changing summer days
on these occasions Is the simple but ex
ceedingly smart coat here figured. It
is semisack in shape, of glace silk
veiled with black canvas, trimmed with
stitched straps of black glace silk and
a wide collar of cream satin covered
with cluny lace outlined with gold
thread. One can fancy how Indispen
SILK COAT.
sable It would become to slip over a |
smart gown when driving or for an ex- j
tra wrap toward evening, for there is
no reason why our dust cloaks and ;
coats should not be pretty and smart. '
The stylish hat worn with it is of pale 1
blue crin and is threaded and trimmed j
with blue and pink soft satin ribbon in j
pale pastel shades, finished with knots i
and swathed with blue tulle. The shad- :
ed blue plumes are tipped with gold, j
and a little horseshoe of Bauksia roses •
is laid lightly on the inside of the brim, j
n wee pink chou catching the long tulle
streamer just in the center, where it
will be fastened across.
The present taste of Parisian dress
makers toward adaptation of old fash
ions to modern dress is extremely no
ticeable, while the tendency toward
long voluminously draped wraps re
sembling the Japanese garments is
most pronounced. Elegant Parisiennes
no longer mind covering up their fig- j
ures. for these cloaks are donned on
the least occasion of inclemency in the
weather at the races or for driving.
Among useful accessories of the toi
let of the day are smart driving gloves,
with white pearl buttons or a strap
at the wrist, and the English “special
grip’’ driving glove for strong usage,
shown respectively at the left and right
ofvthe lower part of the second cut.
The otlier gloves illustrated are a sum
mer chevrette with two large pearl but
tons and a line suede. For general
summer use suede lisle gloves combine
the good appearance of the former
with the comfort and wearing qualities
that adapt the latter to the hot and
perspiring hands of muggy midsummer
days.
A practical and at the same time
rather showy bathing dress is made
of fine mohair or brilliantine trimmed
With polka dotted black and white ma
SMART SUMMER GLOVES.
terlal of the same kind. If made of
taffeta, dotted foulard could be used
for the trimming,'which usually con
sists of a broad collar, belt and band
around the bottom of the skirt.
A silky linen is employed for pretty
summer boating dresses trimmed with
heavy laces that border lawn collars.
Status Removed.
Peach stains will yield to a long soak
ing in a very weak solution of chloride
of lime.
For mildew, use lemon Juice and ex
pose to the sun. If an old stain, use
one tablespoonful chloride of lime to
four quarts cold water.
Sprinkle wine stains with salt, moist
en with hot water and pour boiling
water through the stain.
For fruit stains use boiling water.
When chloride of lime is used, ftlwaya
—f—
NOBOD
“PRO
By Samuel Minturn Peck
CHAPTER III.
When he had learned all that Jake
knew, Adams again assured the negro
that no harm should happen to him
through Brown. Then he gave him a
five dollar bill and opened a door In the
rear of the office, which communicated
with the back stairs, for the negro to
make his exit.
The captain next summoned Brown
from the room across the hall.
The informer could hot conceal his
surprise and alarm as his eyes made
the circuit of the office and failed to
find Jake.
"I have dismissed the negro, Mr.
Brown,” said the officer without ask
ing the merchant to be seated.
“I presume the rascal has been tell
ing you a pack of lies,” said Brown,
perceiving instantly the change In the
captain’s manner.
“Unfortunately for you, Mr. Brown,”
resiled Adams. “.Take has told
truth. It appears, sir, that you at
tempted to appropriate the cotton your
self in the most contemptible and un
derhand manner and, being baffled In
your dishonorable scheme, spite and
disappointment have led you to Inform
upon others. That duty requires me
to act upon your information causes
me sincere regret.”
“It is an infamous lie of that scoun
drel,” exploded Brown, in a rage, “and
I’ll shoot him on sight!”
“No, Sir. Brown; you will not shoot
Jake,” said Adams quietly. “I give you
notice that if Jetko suffers any vio
lence I shall arrest you, and you will be
tried by a court martial. Further, if
you are found guilty I shall make it my
business to see that you receive the
extreme penalty.”
The captain looked at the merchant
for some time in silence, then added:
“For some of the lowest and basest
actions there is no punishment assigned
by law. The nature of your guilt comes
under this head. You may go, sir.”
At this contemptuous dismissal
Brown sneaked from the room. When
he reached the foot of the stairs, he
stopped a moment*to try to pull him
self together and resume his usual
manner. Then ho walked down the
street to his place of business, sooth
ing his malicious soul with the thought
that Laybnra and Mcriweather would
lose the cotton they had hindered him
from appropriating. It was true that
he had been despised and suffered con
tumely, but he had sown his revenge
with a wide hand, and the seeds would
not fail to bear bitter fruit for his ene
mies.
I
The Edgewood mansion, like most |
antebellum southern homes, was em- |
bowered In a mass of greenery. Great i
oaks, stately relics of the primeval for- |
est, stood sentry about its wide door, i
and here and there a lofty pine tow- I
ered in the air, lifting its crest above j
all other growth, and as it swayed
softly in the breeze sang to the ear of ,
fancy drowsy legends of the long ago. |
The house itself was built in the col- j
onnade Grecian style first introduced -j
by Thomas Jefferson soon after the .
Revolution, a style eminently suited to !
the warm climate of the south, and |
up the white columns, softened by the |
shade of the gnarled oaks, rose vines j
and jasmines went clambering in a !
riot of bloom and fragrance.
On one side of the house stretched a j
spacious garden, filled with roses, myr
tles, pinks and other old fashioned
flowers, which grew and blossomed in
a kind of wild liberty, delightful to the
eye.
In the center of this bosky Eden was
an old summer house covered with
trailing honeysuckle, whose graceful
tendrils interlaced lattice and roof in
so intricate a manner as to enable the
frail structure to defy the disintegrat
ing hand of time, even after the frame
work had gone to decay.
It was sunset, and Mary Edgewood
was seated on a bench in-the summer
house listening to old Ben Layburn,
who stood by the door with bis hat in
his hand.
The girl was intensely interested, for
her snowy tatting had fallen unnoted
to the ground, and she clasped and un
clasped her hands as if she were great
ly troubled.
“Miss Mary) yo’ ax me how Black
Jake fine all di* out when ho done leP
de room? Dis de way it was, young }
miss. When de cap'n let Jake out de
door, Jake say he skeered to go down
dem back stairs kaze he didn’t know
whar Brown mought be, so he crouch
ed down outside de door. Den. when
Brown come back in de room whar de
cap’n was, Jake ’lowed he’d listen an’
hear how de lan’ lay wid Brown an’
de cap’n. Jake say he curi’s to know
ef de cap’n gwlne stan’ by him lak he
said he gwlne do.”
“And you are sure, Uncle Ben, that
Captain Adams is going to arrest Mr.
Layburn and Mr. Mcrlweather and
take the cotton away from them?"
“Dat what he gwlne do, Miss Mary.
Jake heerd him say dat he’s powerful
sorry dat his duty compels him to.act
on.de inflammation.”
The young girl’s anxiety deepened,
and her fingers trembled visibly.
“An’ I tnows. Miss Mary, dat Cnp'n
Adams is gwine arrest Marse Alf dis
night, kaze when I heerd Jake’s tale
I went a-pyrootin’ down to de garri
son. an* I catch a w.ord or two what de
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cairn urap, air, rayin' aem worus iong
eide ob what I knows already, I ’low
de cap’n’s sholy gwine jail Marse Alf
an’ Marse Jack dis night ’fore sun-up.”
“Haven’t yon warned Mr. Layburn?”
“Bless Gawd. Miss Mary, I dunno
whar he is. Him art’ Marse Jack went
off together dis mornin’, an’ Marse Alf
ain’t been back since. But dey’s corn
in’ back tonight, for I heerd ’em say
dey gwine carry dat cotton to Mobile
on de steamboat what goes down de
river tonight.”
“Have you informed Mrs. Layburn of
the danger that threatens her son?”
asked the girl.
“No, Miss Mary; I ain’t tole her noth
in’ ’bout it ’Twouldn’t he’p Marse Alf.
An’ ole miss, she’s dat ole an’ shaky
do shock mought kill her,” said old
Ben. “ ’Sides dat. Miss Mary, I know
ed Marse Alf didn’t want ole miss to
know nothin’ ’tout dat cotton till it
was sole an’ he had de money in his
ban’, kaze, you see, he’s plannin’ to
give ole miss a pleasant surprise,” add
ed the old negro, looking earnestly at
Miss Edgewood.
“Why have you come to me, Uncle
Ben? I nm only a weak woman and
can do nothing.” said the girl, picking
up her tatting and trying to resume her
work.
“Miss Mary, I come to yo’ kaze I was
nigh crazy, an’ I was ’bleegcd to talk
to somebody,” said the old negro, with
faltering voice and tugging at his old
wool hat. “Den—den, Miss Mary, I
knowed how it stan’s ’tween yo’ an’
Marse Alf. ’Tain’t all for de miss dat
Marse Alf’s reskin’ hisself to get dis
cotton. Furthermo’. Miss Mary, I come
to yo’ kaze dar’s s&me’h’u’ yo’ kin do
to he’p Marse Alf ef so be yo’ll des do
it.”
Old Ben eyed the girl closely as she
struggled with her tatting.
“As yo’ say, young miss, yo’s weak
an’ yo’s a woman, but sometimes de
weakest is de mos’ powerful. You
know de Scriptcr say dat David laid
out Goliah wid a pebble from de brook
an’ a sling.”
“Surely, Uncle Ben, you don’t wish
me to kill Captain Adams with a pair
of scissors,” said Mary Edgewood,
smiling.
.“No, little miss; I don’t want yo’ to
do no killin’ ’cept’n’ wid yo’ pretty face
an’ de sweetness ob yo’r voice,” said
Ben. Then, advancing a step under the
honeysuckle vine, he added in a lower
tone:
“ ’I’ears to clis oie nigger aar n yo
was to ax de cap’n not to teteh Marse
Alf an’ to let dat cotton alone he
mought to it. Yo’ see, it’s dis way, Miss
Mary. De war’s over an' done wid, an’
what good would it do to jail Marse
Alf? He ain’t gwine fight no more.
An’ what in de name ob Gawd would
be de use ob takin’ dat cotton ’way
from Marse Alf an’ Marse Jack? De
Unointed States is so rich it wouldn’t
make ’em much richer, an’ it would
make Marse Alf and Marse Jack mon
s’ous poor. Dem young marsers b’longs
to de quality, an’ dey des ’bleeged to
have some money to buy plows an’
corn an’ mules to start plantin’ wid,
for de Lawd knows cf de quality ain’t
’lowed to have nothin’ an’ de country
is give up to de poor white trash what
never seed de inside ob a carriage an’
never rid behine a Kaintucky horse
what’s gwine come ob dis poor ’stract
ed lan’l”
“But, Uncle Ben, Captain Adams
may not grant my request,” said the
girl meditatively.
“Well, ef so be he don’t, Miss Mary,
we won’t be no wuss off. But, Lawd,
he ain’t gwine say no, dat he ain’t. Yo’
know, little missie, dat yo’ never look
ed a man squeer in de face wid dem
blue eyes ob yourn an’ ax him to do
some’h’n’ an’ he never done it. An’ do
cap’n ain’t gwine be de fust one to say
no, for a soldier can’t refuse a pretty
’oman nothin’.”
Uncle uen scanned tne gm » nice
see the effect of his reasoning, and,
perceiving that she still hesitated, he
brought forward his last and strongest
argument.
"Furthermo’, Miss Mary, it’s des im
possible for de cap’n to say no. Didn’t
yo’ an’ yo’r ma take him home an’
nuss him when he was at de p’int ob
death. Bless Gawd, dat man would ’a’
been dead dis minute ef he had stayed
in dat dar prison, an’ he kfiows it. An’/"
little miss, yo’ know what de cullud
folks say?”
“What do they say, Uncle Ben?”
“Well, de cullud folks ’low, an’ dey’s
good at readin’, dat de eap’n loves yo’
mighty nigh as hard as Marse Alf.
Now, dar’s some men would do deir
level best in dern conditions to git
Marse Alf in trouble, but de cap’n ain’t
dat kine.”
“Does Captain Adams know that Mr.
Layburn and I are—are great friends?”
“Yes, Miss Mary; he got it from Jake.
’Cordin’ dat nigger’s account, he des
turned hisself wrong side out.”
It was now quite dark, and Mary
Edgewood rose to return to the house.
She had almost resolved to follow
Ben’s suggestion and seek »an inter
view with Adams in behalf of her
lover. One lingering doubt remained,
and she said to the negro as she left
the summer house:
^I will do what I cnn. Uncle Ben; I
hi)ve great respect for Captain Adams.
I Believe he Is conscientious, and for
that reason I fear he may think that
hit duty forbids him to grant my re
quest."
Okl Ben scratched his head.
“I’ze des an ole nigger. Miss Mary,
but it ’pears to me it would be more
lak duty for de cap'n to favor two hon
er’ble young gentlemen ob de quality
lak Marse Alf an’ Marse Jack dan to
play into be han’ ob a underhanded
man lak dat Brown, what used to be a
nigger trader.”
Mary Edgewood did not tell her
mother of her intended interview w'ith
Captain Adams lest she might forbid
it, but she took her negro mammy,
Aunt Martha, into her confidence and
informed the old woman that she must
accompany hoi-. The faithful creature
was vastly Impressed by the iznpor
tance of the proposed visit, and im
mensely flattered by the position of
trust that she was invited to fill. It
afforded Mary much comfort to find
that Aunt Martha saw no impropriety
in the proceeding. Garbed in a largo
figured calico gown and a voluminous
White apron and her head ezicircled by
t. ii Ail ' 1
The qirl was intensely interested.
Bn enormous turban, Aunt Martha,
With her 250 pounds of flesh, deemed
herself a chaperon for a princess.
“Honey,” said the old creature, “of
yo’ ma ain’t to know nothin’ ’bout dis
business wid de cap’n yo’ can’t go till
10 o'clock. By dat time ole miss ’ll be
snoozin’ away in her bed, an’ we can
crope away unbeknownst.”
“Very well, Aunt Martha.”
“An’, honey, ’tain’t nothin’ wrong
what we gwine do, but to keep meddle
some folks from taikln’ yo’ better wear
a thick veil.”
By 10 o’clock the stillness of night
had settled down up'on the little coun
try town, and the young girl crept out
of the gate with her faithful attend
ant and glided along through the dark
est and least frequented streets toward
Captain Adams’ quarters. If her heart
continued to throb as tumultuously
when she arrived in his presence, she
feared that she might not be able to
tell her errand.
When they reached the barrack, they
were stopped b* a sentinel.
“Halt!” said the soldier. “Who comes
there?”
Mary Edgewood’s heart almost stop
ped beating, and she could not utter a
sound. That she would be halted by a
sentinel had never occurred to her.
“Who comes there, I say?” repeated
the soldier.
“Somebody to see de cap’n,” said old
Martha, stepping forward in front of
Mary.
“Who is it?” said the sentinel, still
barring the way.
“Mr. Soldier, we don’t want no fool
ishness,” said the old negress, swell
ing up as only a negro can. “It’s a
la^y ob de quality what’s got pressin’
business wid de «ip’n.”
“Who is this lady of quality?” per
sisted the sentinel.
“Look a-hyer, Mr. Soldier man, it’s
de lady ob quality what nussed de
cap’n when he was sick an’ bruug
him back to life, an’ if yo’ don’t let
her pass yo’ gwine git yo’se’f in trou
ble. yo’ sholy is.”
The sentinel taugnea ana gave way,
and as the young girl and her attend
ant passed him he politely directed
them where he said they would find
the captain,
Adams did not occupy his office in
the evening, but the room across the
hall, to which Brown had withdrawn
that morning during the officer's ex
amination of Black Jake. This apart
ment, though far from luxurious in its
appointments, was fitted up with some
regard to comfort. It contained a pair
of easy chairs, a lounge and a number
of rugs. The walls were adorned with
a few good pictures and decorated
With several articles of bric-a-brac,
mostly of a military character. At the
moment of Mary Edgewood’s visit the
owner of the apartment was sitting in
one of the easy chairs smoking his
pipe and never dreaming of the great
honor about to be paid him.
“Come in,” he called <^ut in response
to Aunt Martha’s knock.
It was his orderly, he thought, and
did not turn his head.
“Well, what do you want?”
“Captain Adams”— began Mary
Edgewood.
The officer sprang to his feet as if
he were electrified.
“Miss Edgewood!” he exclaimed, and,
stepping quickly forward, he placed a
chair, into which the young girl sank
trembling from head to foot.
“Thank yo’, sah,” said old Martha to
the captain, with a courtesy; then,
turning quickly to her young mistress:
"Thar—thar, honey, set right still an’
repose yo’se’f. Dar ain’t a bit ob hur
ry, not a bit in de world.” *
“Let me bring a glass of water,”
aald Adams, hastily fetching a goblet
. of ice water from an adjoining room.
<t* j’ v/v. s;0-<:is'-J&F ' - r
FIND LITTLE GIRL’S PAPA. ' *
lor wmcn niary tnaiiKea niai suenuy
with a glnuce of her blue eyes.
Meantime Aunt Martha began to fan
her young mistress with an immense
turkey tail fan.
“Cap’n.” said the old negress across
the turkey tail, “viewin’ de fact dat
yo’ is a gen’l’man who’s been a gues’
ob de Edgewood fambly, my little mis
sie hopes dat de pressin’ nature ob her
business will ’scuse de onexpectedness
ob her visit dis evenin’.”
“Certainly, Aunt Martha,” said the
captain, who still remained standing.
“A visit from Miss Edgewood does me
honor at any time, and, whatever may
be the nature of her business, I am so
grateful to the young lady and her
mother that any opportunity to serve
them will afford me a pleasure impos
sible to express.” The young officer
addressed Aunt Martha, but his eyes
were fixed upon Mary Edgewood.
As a sunflower drinks the sunlight
the old negress listened to the cap
tain’s words, and when he finished her
face beamed with satisfaction.
Meantime her young mistress had in
a great measure recovered from her
nervousness.
“Do not stand. Captain Adams. My
business may occupy several minutes,”
said the young girl, stopping Aunt
Martha’s fan with a gentle gesture.
The officer took a chair. In his sur
prise and pleasure at seeing Mary
Edgewood it had not occurred to him
that she might have come to intercede
with him in behalf of Layburn and
Meriweather. Consequently the disa
greeable thought that duty might force
him to deny her request never entered
his mind. After a rather long pause
he wondered why she did not disclose
her mission.
“Your mother is well, I hope, Miss
Edgewood?” said Adams.
“Quite well, captain.”
“And all is well at home?” continued
the young man, trying at random to
afford an opening for the young girl.
"Quite so.”
(To be Continued.)
THE FACE OF CHRIST.
His Likeness ns Shown on the Fres
coes of the Catacombs.
Among the earlier frescoes of the
Catacombs we find groups of our Lord
and the apostles. We know for whom the
figures are intended, because they rep
resent thirteen men seated at a table,
one of them in the midst, as at the last
supper.
But the curious thing is this:—Ten of
the thirteen faces are all alike. They are
dummy faces of a common Homan type,
differentiated neither by beard, nor ar
rangement of the hair, nor by the shape
of the features, nor by expression. They
are not portraits, unless, indeed, ten of
the apostles were east in the same mould.
But the three central figures are evident
ly portraits.
The one in the midst is Christ, as we
know Ilis face today. The one on the
right shows the curly head of Peter, the
one on the left shows the beardless face
of John. Now, it will be remembered
that these two men. Peter and John,
were evangelists in Home, had preached
in the Catacombs where this fresco was
painted, and wer well known to the con
verts there. But. so far as we can toll,
the ten wore unknown.
It is obvious, therefore, that these
Christians, ncustomod as they were to
portraiture, adopted it as war as was
practicable, and resorted to conventional
representations only where they could
give their artists no authentic model or
record of the likeness. The theory,
therefore, that the likeness of Christ is
only the residuum of the work of in
capable artists, the last remaining of a
scries of dummies distinguishable from
the others only because it remained dead
while they came to flilife, is absolutely
untenable.
The head of Michael Angelo is not a
creation of his own, or of his age, nor
did it grow through the dark ages. It is
a transcript of a likeness carefully hand
ed down from the first or second century.
The great painters of the modern schools,
from Titan and Raphael, and Correggio,
to Boutin t, Von Ulule and Holman Hunt,
did not take up the debasement of the
dark ages, but swept them clean away,
going straight back to the frescoes of
the Catacombs, the face-cloths of the
martyrs, and the glass paterae of the
communion tabic before it became an
altar.—Scottish-American.
PRETTY AND USEFUL LACE.
Good For Decorative Pnrpoie* or
For Cotton or Linen TrlmmioKL
This lace is worked lengthways.
Make a chain the length required.
1. Make a shell of 6 roll stUehes
(over 15) in seventh stitch of chain, 1
knot stitch, miss 6, 1 single in next
stitch, 1 knot stitch, miss G. Repeat
to end of row.
2. One knot stitch, 1 double between f
the third and fourth roll stitches, 2
chain, 1 double in same place, 1 knot
stitch, 1 single in top of sixth roll
stitch, * 2 knot stitches, 1 single in first
roll stitch of shell, 1 knot stitch, 1 dou
ble in center of shell, 2 chain, 1 double
in same place, 1 knot stitch, 1 single in
sixth roll stitch. Repeat from * to end.
3. Slip stitch to 2 chain. Chain 4, G
roll stitches under 2 chain, • 1 knot
I ■ ■ ■ ' - ■ - ——'
- LACE IN EOLL AND KNOT STITCH.
stitch, 1 single in knot stitch under
neath, 1 knot stitch, 6 roll stitches un
der 2 chain. Repeat from *. *
Repeat second and third rows until
the lace is as wide as desired, finish
ing with the ■second row. Then work
back as follows for scallop;
1. Nine roll stitches under 2 chain, 1
knot stitch, 1 single in knot stitch un
derneath, 1 knot stitch. Repeat to end
of row.
2. One double with 1 chain between
in top of each roll stitch. Repeat to
end.
3. * Two chain, 1 single under 1
chain, 1 roll stitch; draw the thread so
tightly that both ends of the coil meet
and fasten to the work with a sinpte.
Repeat 7 times from *, 2 chain, 1 sin
gle under knot stitch. Repeat to end.
For the heading:
Chain 2, miss 2, 1 double In next
stitch. <
In giving the foregoing design the
Ladies’ World says the lace is pretty
when worked in either cotton, linen or
silk. Worked in silk of a suitable eolcr _
it would make a handsome decoration
for a chair or mantel scarf. It will
also form a very rich trimming for
flannel skirts. Developed in cotton or
linen it will be pretty for pillowcases,
aprons or muslin skirts.
Ripe Cucumber Catclxup.
Choose large, nearly ripe cucumbers,
pare, reject seeds, chop very fine ar.d
measure. Allow one teaspoonful of
salt for every pint of pulp, sprinkle
with same and drain through a colan
der for six hours. For every quart of
cucumber allow two cups of cider vine
gar, four tablespooufuls of grated
horseradish, one tablespoon each of
white mustard seed and minced red
pepper (seeds rejected); bring vinegar
and flavoring slowly to a boil, skim
thoroughly and set aside until perfectly,
cold. Then add the pulp to the vine
gar, stir well, put into pint size glass,
fruit Jars, lay a nasturtium or horse
radish leaf over the top and seal. Keep
in a dark, cool place.
A’mirnl Jonott's Experience
Admiral Jouett. who is the jolliest old
sea dog of all the retired officers of the
navy, tells an amusing story of his early
days ns n cadet. “1 was a sociable
youngster.” lie says, “and when I went
to my first assignment, the Independence,
and saw the Stars and Stripes floating
over it, I remembered my mother had
taught me that my flrst duty was to the
flag, so I attempted some conversation <
on this line with the executive officer,
board, and who was one of the strictest
disciplinarians in the navy of that day.
" 'Silence, sir!' lie roared at my first
question, his face red with anger. 'Si
lence. sir! Who gave you permission to
speak? Let me hear only six words
from you. sir. while you are on this shin
Port, starboard, yes, sir, and no. sir!”
And this wiyjbmy first discipline in Hit
navy.”

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