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CHAPTER Vffl.
IG-HT on the sea!
Innumerable stars
shone In the sky,
lambent, bright and
were reflected in
he waves. A west
ern win d, sweet as
the breath of
spring, had swept
over the land and
sea, stirring the
blue waves* and
cresting them with foam. But now the
stillness of the sea was something mar
velous and beautiful it was as though
tfee great dark shadow of night brood
ed over the watersa stillness broken
only by the rushing of the water
through the paddle-wheels of the
tatoacner. Slowly the line of lights
aoand the coast disappeared, and at
last land was out of sight there was
notning visible but the heaving, ail
ry waters and the sky above.
%mdy Caraven sat on the deck the
stewardess had advised her to go to
xhe ladies' cabin, but she declined.
Why seek the close warm cabin while
the stars were shining on the sea?
The captain had brought a comforta
ble seat for her she had a warm shawl.
A. faint hope stirred the young wife's
fheart perhaps, when Lord Caraven
caw her there alone, he might co me
and talk to her.
saw him onee or twice. Once
"fee asked her if she enjoyed the beauty
of the night, and her answer was
-Yes" then, as though he had ful-
SlJ eS a duty, with an air of relief he
-walked away. She was left to her
t*oagrhtsand they were strange ones.
After a while she rose from her seat
ind bent her face over the starlit wa
era face sad with thoughts that
Khould have had no place on her wed
ding-day. The earl had seen her rise,
and came to her.
"Are you tired?" he asked. We
shall not be very long nowI can see
the. lights on the French coast. The
might Is very fine. Are you tired?"
"No, I never tire of the sea," she re
plied. "Indeed, I should liko to live
near It."
"Havensmere is near the sea," he
told her. "You can see It from Oie
Castle towers."
"I had forgotten that I was to live
at Ravensmere, or I should not have
i aaM that," she remarked, quickly. "I
did not know that it was near the
rea."
"Tour father has two maps of the
estate. Have you not seen them?" he
asked.
She looked at him wonderlngly.
**Wny should I see them?" she
asked. "Certainly not."
"You do not inherit your father's
business talents, then," he said.
But he repented of the words almost
"tefore they were uttered. She did not
ARE YOU TIRED?
understand them or see the meaning
-of them. She answered quite simply
"No, I know notlhlng of business. I
care much for Btudy. I often think it
-strange that my iather and I have not
nn taste in common."
thought to himself that it was a
fortunate thing. Then he asked ner
If she had ever been to Par is before
if she should like the center of the
cityif there was any part that she
(preferred.
I always Btay at the Hot el Meurice,
near the Tulleries," he said "but if
yoa prefer any other part"
No. She had been to Par is only
oncethat was for her holidays. She
knew nothing of the city. Then the
-young husband looked over the blue
'waters. had shown her due polite
ness and attention. He was 111 at ease
And longing to be away again. did
not notice how wistful was the fair
-yoong face turned to him. bowed
npolitely and went away.
She clutched her little handsh
tried to still the beating of her heart.
Her husbandmarried that dayyet
tiad he no more to say than this? The
lights on the French coast were close
at handsh could even in the si
lence hear the waves breaki ng on the
ashore. Amice stood near, with a large
carriage-wrap in her hands. Lady
Caraven wondered if her husba nd
would come to her, or if he wou ld al
low her to land with the help of the
.ervams. approached hurriedly.
"We have time for refreshments,"
he said "the train will not start for
twenty minutes."
They went into the refreshment
room, whe re he ordered soup ano
wine. was solicitous for her com
fort, he was attentive to her wants,
but she noticed that he spoke to her
only when civility dictated that he
should speak, and that when he did
address her he never looked at her.
took his seat by her side in the
railw ay carriage. They traveled
throu gh the fresh dewy night, the
pleasant air coming In at the open
windows. had carefully provided
her with books and newspapersthe
railway literature.
"It is quite evident," she thought,
"that he intends me to readhe has
no desire to talk to me."
She was obliged continually to re
mi nd herself that he had asked her to
be his wife. must have cared for
her or he wou ld not have married her.
was not a demonstrative man, per
haps. Then she turned slowly from
the sky to the handsome, high-bred
face near her. He was reading intent
ly, never looking up from his book.
It was not the face of a cold-hearted
cynicfar from it. Then her eyes
wandered slowly away again.
The lovely dawn was flushing in the
skies, the birds were singing, the air
seemed to stir with ew lifeit was
the dawn of another day. Hoi* often
would the sun rise and set before she
would understand this strange silence
of the husband by her sidehow many
weary dawns would there be?
Paris at lastParis in the gay morn
ing sunlight. They drove straight to
the hotel and then, for the first time,
it seemed to her, he spoke kindly.
said:
"You look very tiredI should ad
vise you to get some rest. I always
find a cigar and the morni ng air most
refreshing after a journey."
Half an hour afterward she stood
alone in her room. She looked at her
self in the tall mirror. It was a pale
face with wistful, shadowed eyes that
she saw therein. She was fatigued in
body and in mind, yet she could not
sleep. If she only understood, if she
only knew the meani ng of this silent
lo ve of her husband's that had never
yet been expressed in word s!
CHAPTER IX.
WEEK had passed
since Lady Cara
ven reached Par is
a strange wee k.
She had seen but
little of her hus
band. never
took breakfast with
her they et at
dinner, and twice
he had taken her
to the opera.
never interfered in the least with any
of her affairs. sent up her letters
unopened, and never even Inquired
from whom they came. sent every
morning to ask If she had any par
ticular wish for the dayif there was
any place she desired to see. At first
she said "Yes," and went to th dif
ferent places of note. accompa
nied her, but. she could not avoid
thinking that he was slightly bored
by these excursions. The next time he
sent she declined, and he did not re
monstrate he made no remark, and
she felt almost sure that he was re
lieved by her refusal. When they went
to the opera, they were never alone
he always secured some companion.
It seemed to Hildred that he was quite
as much a stranger as on the first day
he entered the Hollies.
"Shall I ever be part of his life?"
she thought. "Shall I grow to be heart
of his heart, soul of his soul? Shall I
ever know what he thinks, what he
likes, what he loves?"
She had indeed no part of his ex
istence he lived as though she were
not had fulfilled his part of the
contract by giving her his name, is
rank, his position. That a living,
beati ng human heart might long for
more than that did not occur to him.
never thought of her as his wife
the chances were that, if any one had
asked him suddenly if he was mar
ried, he would have said "No."
had paid the forfeit of his folly by
being in some measure compelled to
burden himself with this young girl.
One eveni ng he was rather startled
by Hildred. Taere was a favorite
singer at the opera, and they went to
hear her. She was very fair, and the
gentlemen were busily engag ed in dis
cussi ng her. With Lord and Lady
Caraven was a Frenchman, the Comte
de Quesne, a great admirer of fair
women. The conversation, kept up
chiefly between the two gentlemen,
was about the charming actress.
"She Is of the real English type,"
said the comte, "and the English la
dies, are so fairthey are adorable!"
"I think myself," remarked the
earl, "that a fair-haired English girl
Is certainly the loveliest object in cre
ation."
The comte laughed.
"You prefer the blondes to the bru
nettes, then?" he said.
"Certainly," replied Lord Caraven.
"I do not see how a woman can be
beautiful unle ss she be fair."
had entirely forgotten his young
girl-wife with the dark eyes and ths
Spanish face, lie would not have
wantonly pained her, but he had for
gotten her presence. She heard the
words. A the time .she made no re
mark, although they burned into her
heart like fire.
The com te went home with them,
and* they were joined by another
friend but she found an opportunity
of speaking to her husband when the
other gentlemen were busy with ecarte,
and Lord Caraven had withdra wn to
look over some letters that had just
arrived. She summoned up courage
and went up to him.
"Lord Caraven," she said, "would
you mind telling me ne Hhing?"
looked up in wonderit was so
seldom that she voluntarily addressed
him. A he looked he was slightly
impressed with her appearance the
tall, slender figure was draped in soft,
shining silk, the girlish face was
flushed with the effort of speaking to
hi m, the dark eyes were bright and
starlike, filled with unutterable
thought s. could not help owning
to himself that there was some beauty
In the thi ck coils of dark hair, in the
tall, slim, graceful figure, in the per
fect grace and harmony. She was sim
ply yet beautifully dressed a pome
granite blossom lay in the coils of her
hair.
"I want you to tell me one thing
she repeated. "If you admire fair girls
with golden hair, why did you marry
me, with hair and eyes so dark?"
She asked the question In such per
fect good faith, in such earnest tones,
with such-sad, sweet eyes, that he was
touched, not deeply, but as he would
have been had some child come to him
with trembling lips to tell a pitiful
tale.
"Why," she pursued, "if that was the
case, did you marry me?"
"You know why I married you," he
replied, gravely"why a3k me the
question?"
saw a vivid color spread ov er
her face, a bright light shine in her
eyes. The simple girl thought and be
lieved he mea nt that she knew he had
married her because he loyed her. Her
heart gave a great, 'glad bound.
loved her! She would understand bet-
WHY DID YOU MARRY ME?
ter in timesh would know why he
seemed reserved, reticent, cold and in
different.
"You know why I married you,"
the handsome earl had said and the
words filled her heart with a strange,
sweet pain.
"I will try to remember," she said,
gently.
Dull as was his ear, he heard ew
music in her voice.
"You will remember what?" he
asked.
"I will remember why you have mar
ried me," she replied and as she went
away he wondered greatly.
"I shou ld not think that she is like
ly to forget it," he said to himself.
"Certainly women are puzzles. She
will try to remember why I married
herand the words seemed like melt
ing mus ic on her lips, a light that was
like sunshine on flowers spread over
h^r face! Why, I married her because
her father sold her for a title, and sh
was willing to be sold!"
be continued.)
CLIMATE OP ICELAND.
Not 80 Forbidding a* It Would Seen.
to Be.
Iceland is not by any means so for
bidding a country as its am implies
it is no mo re a land of ice than Green
land is a land of verdure, says an ex
change. It is not nearly so cold as
many places in the United States, not
to mention the Canadian dominion,
The 50 and 60 degrees below zero reg
istered every winter in the Northwest
territory and Assiniboia, and even th
35 and 40 below experienced In Mon
tana and North Dakota, are unheard
of in Iceland. Neither Is the other ex
treme of great heat felt, Buch as these
very regions in North America en
dure. N Icelander knows what a
temperature of 100 in the shade is.
There are no sudden fluctuations 01
great changes the climate Is remark
ably equable. A variation of 30 de
grees in a month is probably not on
record in the island. The equableness
is due, of course, to the same caus
that produces a similar effect in th
British islesthe gulf stream. This
great ocean current washes the south
ern and weste rn shores of Iceland, In
suring a mild winter and a bal my sum
mer. There are glaciers, but they
form no icebergs. The sea around tin
island is never frozen, nor, indeed, ii
any floating ice seen save on rare oc
casions off the northern coast. (Now
and then in summer prolonged storms
will carry floating Ice across from th
Greenland coast and drive It up on th
northern shore of Iceland, togethei
with cold fog and rain. In this way
polar bears are also sometimes landed
on the island. On the other hand, th
winters are so mild that thunder
storms often occur. In fact, most of
the thunder storms in Iceland are in
the winter months.
FOE WOMENAND HOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND MATRONS.
Art lUjplty In DressTrials of Women
Expressed by the- Adornment of Their
Person In Color n Style -Oar Cooking
School.
ART IN DRESS.
The artistic faculty is one of the in
herited traits of woman. It is betrayed
in her earliest efforts at adornme nt of
her person and surroundings. It is the
temperament of woman, as well as her
natural birthright, to guard the beauti
ful In life, and to make her whole ex
istence a visible manifestation of it.
Civilization has given to her oppor
tunities in this direction denied her in
the past, says the Ledger Monthly.
She has been emancipated from the
slavery of conditions whtch narrowed
and destroyed those possibilities of per
sonal expression born within her. Yet
even in barbaric times she was not
blind to the influence of personal
adornment. The evolution of her dress
may have been from the rude blanket
and wild boar's skin to the modern
silks and furs of unrivalled beauty and
picturesquenesa but there was al
way s, even in the beginning, a method
of wearing the garments that betrayed
the dormant gifts. She could be artis
tic even with the simplest and rudest of
garments.
The art of dress becomes a factor of
importance, not only in the life of the
woman who devotes her time to it, but
in all those who associate with her.
The expression of her artistic tempera
ment .may be manifested in no other
way than that of dress, and yet she
may produce an effect of immeasurable
importance on the world. It is hardly
consistent to belittle the effect of wom
an's dreRs even when carried to an ex
treme, and thoughts of It absorb all
other considerations of life. The paint
er is justified, according to hum an
standards, in devoting all his time and
strength to the production of beauty on
his canvas and the poet is considered
legitimately employed if he merely
strives to express in the highest artistic
form those though ts and emotions of
love whioh come to him in the highest
degree^ The decorator, the musician
and the singer are all appealing to the
sense of sight or hearing through beau
tiful forms of sound.
The woman who understands the art
of personal adornment finds gratifica
tion of artistic expression in her dress.
jh studies it from many points of
view considers the harmony of colors
and style vie ws herself apart from her
personality and environments and
finds in the whole work a service of
love v/hlch is little lower than that
which the poet or painter feels for his
productions. Dress performs the dou-
SOME OF THE LATEST PARIS
The gown on the seated figure is of
cerise foulard, dotted with black. The
front of the skirt and Che hip yoke are
out in one piece and bordered with a
band of plain cerise taffeta, striped with
narrow black velvet ribbon and bor
dered with guipure applique.
The blouse bodice is cut with bre
telles over a deep yoke of the plain
taffeta, striped with the black velvet
ribbon. The girdle is of black velvet
WHY DO THEY?
A question which has co me thun
dering down the corridors of time,
bowling across buried cities and dead
empir es is this: Why do girls giggle?
The giggling age begin* at 12 and
lasts till the girl is married. It gen
erally stops then, and afterward she
does not always even smile so often as
her husband would like.
But before marriage! If two or three
girls are together, their heads will be
In close proximity and they talking
mysteriously and laughing "to kill." A
man has just passed by, perhaps, and
he is the subject of their mirth. Or is
It mirth?
"Did you see him look at me?" says
one. "Tee-hee."
"Loo ks like a Jay, doesn't he? Tee-
hee," says another.
"See his shoestrings trailing behind
him. Chee-chee, tee-hee," remarks the
third, if there are three of them.
Now, there is nothing in the least
amusi ng in the man or in any -of these
baervatlons, yet the girls, like those of
ble task for woman of adorning her
and of conserving her health it should
be antagonistic to neither. It should
be the outer expression of her mind
and temperament and at the same time
consistent with the laws of health and
strength.
OUR COOKING SCHOOt
Chops, Peas and PotatoesForm
mashed potatoes in a mound in center
of large platter. Hollow out center and
fill with peas. Arrange chops about
mound, with the bone of each chop
standing upright.
Cream CakeT he yolks of four eggs
beaten five minutes, with one even cup
of powdered sugar. Then add the
whites (beaten thoroughly), one even
cup of flour and one teaspoon baking
powder. Lastly, add one tablespoon of
cold water. Bake in three layers.
Blueberry CakeBeat ne egg, half
cupful of sugar and one tablespoon of
butter to a cream, then add one cupful
of milk, a pinch of salt, one pint of
flour and two heaping teaspoonsful of
baking powder. Beat well, then lightly
stir in one cupful of blueberries. Pour
the mixture Into a buttered pan, cover
the top with a cupful of berries and
bake.
A SILK OOWW,
Gown of glacee touislne, changeable
beige and mauve, designed to be worn
at a fahsionable summer resort.
Both the bodice and the corslet skirt
a re covered with shaped folds or
flounces, and both have yokes of cream
guipure re-embroidered with a fine em
broidery.
The sleeves are made in an odd way
'with a little ruffle at the elbow and
wrist, headed by bands of the silk, and
at the wrist with an embroidered fig
ure.La Mode Artlstique.
NS.
bordered with gold, and fastened with a
gold buckle. Sleeves finished with a
frill of the material at the elbow.
The other gown is of mauve liberty
satin. The skirt is trimmed with two
flounces of ecru guipure, each headed
with two bias bands of the satin. The
bolero is of the guipure, trimmed with
the satin bands, and opens over a
blouse of the material.Wiener
Chic.
their age and sex, are in convulsions of
snicker. Why should they be?
A young lady, being Interviewed on
this theme, says that girls at their
green age cannot always make talk in
company, so they giggle to fill in an
awkward silence. She tMnks some
times, too, the older ones among th em
do it to show that women have a sense
of humor, whereof an enemy has said
their sex Is destitute. But both these
reasons together fail to account for the
vast amount of tee-hee" and hee-hee
that ve ry young people of the feminine
sex put out upon the ambient atmos
phere. They giggle when they are sur
prised and when they ara pleased, gig
gle when they are embarrassed and
when they are amused, and for nothing
stall. Why?
In fifty years the words and phrases
of the English language lexiconizefl
under the letter "A" have increase*
from 7,000 in number to nearly 60,-
000. Science and invention requiring
new terms are largely responsible.
Iln re IJutterflie* Bring Hut Price".
About twenty butterflies and nearly
600 moths are supplied by Wicken Seffe
Fen in Cambridgeshire, England, but
only a few of the rarer and more valu
able specimens are sought after by the
entomologists. Their value from a
moneta ry point of vi ew Is (somewhat
difficult to guage. or Instance, a verj
scarce and inconspicuous brown moth,
called Hydrilla Palustris, which ia only
taken at long Intervals, several years
intervening, is worth $10 to $16, while a
swallow-tail butterfly, although found
nowhere else In England, is worth but
10 cents. A good specimen of the large
copper butterfly Is worth from $30 to
$40, but th is butterfly is now extinct.
Pearson's Magazine.
No Milk Will. IiOltater.
My young friend had evinced a gen
tlemanly discrimination fn favor of the
petite luncheon, and during his last
foray he shocked the sensibilities of
the attendant fairy, by ordering a lob
ster salad, roll and a glass of milk.
"We are not permitted to serve lob
ster with milk," ejaculated the lady
sprite.
"Why not?" inquired the young man.
"Is it a general order or solicitude for
me personally?"
"The combination is poisonous," re
plied the spriteBoston Letter to Chi
cago Pest.
Wnttamha Hear* Good News.
Wabasha, Minn., August l)th:
George Huber of this town suffered
frcm Kidney Trouble and Back-Ache.
was ve ry bad. Dodd's Kidney Pills,
a new remedy, has cured him complete
ly. is now quite well and able to
work. says Dodd's Kidney Pills
are worth their weight in gold.
News comes to hand almost every
day of wonderful cures by Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, which, although but recently
introduced in this country, has already
made many warm friends by its splen
did results in the most serfous cases of
right's Disease. Diabetes, Dropsy,
Rheumatism and Back-Ache.
Wilfully SIlmmdertoo d.
"Some of my latest photographs,"
sa id the camera fiend, "I took fifty feet
under water."
"Why did you go to the trouble of
taking them there?" inquired Pepper
ey. "It would have been easier to just
tie a stone to them and throw them in."
Philadelphia Press.
do not believe Plso's Cure for Consumption
has an eo.ua! Tor oouRhs and colds.JOHM
BOYEK, Trinity Springs, Ind.. Feb. IB, IWa
How Customs Vary.
SheIn some parts of Australia,
when a man marries, each of the
bride's relatives strikes him with a
stick by way of welcome into the fam
ily.
HeYes and in many parts of
America, when a man marries, each of
the bride's relatives strikes him with a
loan,_by way of welcoming him into the
family.New York Times.
PATENTS.
List of Patents laaiied to Northvr**
Northwestern Inventors.
Delbert K. Barton, Minneapolis, Minn.,
wheel box and axle William H. Dan
iels, Duluth. Minn., grain car door
Henry Kueger, Minneapolis, Minn., line
guide" for reels Charles W. Nittorauer,
Duluth, Minn., engine lathe William
J. Ryther, St. Paul, Minn., attachment,
for typewriters Fridolin Schimmel',
Faribault, Minn., bridge bearing for
pienos.
Lothrop 4 Johnson, patent attorneys. 011 a
12 Pioneer Press Blda.. 8t. Paul, Minn.
Management.
"Don't you think you lose patience
with your husband on rather slight
provocation?" asked the near relative.
"I have to provoke him sometimes,"
was the placid answer, "so that he will
lose his temper, and then give me an y
thing I want so as to atone for the way
he has aeted."--Washington Star.
Pleasant Death.
Dark PedestrianAnd the last thing
poor Jo hn did was to kiss me."
Fair CyclistAh! And then he died,
I suppose?Ally Sloper.
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