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? THE VOICE OF
iN ECHO
A Staff af Tww
Ol fMll
Oot of the wludow of tli old woodeo
bridge, vfbose hooded tunnel threw
Onrk bar across the uiooullt mountain
stream, a man and a woman stood
looklwt Into the pine clad amphithea
ter of the cliff, vrulcü 'jay In stlllnesa
beneath the spell of a September nijcht.
The Wnck hollow of the trl1ire. with
Its one moot) lien in abat-p ocroaa the
floor, contrasted with the awful splen
dor of the granite ttorce. buttressed
and plnnnolfd In every rlstnir tier, un
der the flood of phontly llRht and If
the only object of the couple In coming
liere was to see the view they were
amply repaid. From their conversa
tion since they left the hotel, which
now lay beu!n! tbem hidden by a
frlnpe of the forest. It wiuld have been
dlfllcu!: to any that this was not tbelr
only object. The sum II talk of ac
quaintanceship, friendship and even
lore la withlu certain limita and amona;
r-ople habltiiated to each other's con
ventions practically Indistinguishable.
Kivqneotly It Is diftlcult to decide why
the deirrecs should be of ao much con
Bco.npnce ti the parties.
It whs kuon ledse of the world and
the pootl triupvr of experience that
kept Mrs. llunoiiiii and Arthur Kin
nalrd ou perfectly unruffled terma with
tacb other. The conviction that he had
Ions airo for:lveu her. gratifying as It
owe had liceu. wa now of such long
Btaiiilng that It had become confused
with her earlier uud lews JUHtillable
conviction thai he ultimately would
torplve her. Thus secure In vindica
tion, the lust for which the dying Eve
bequeathed to all her sex. Mrs. Uu
goulu could without tho slilitest re
flection upon úer widowhood accept
once more the companionship of a man
who tolerated life aa comfortably as
Arthur Kinnalrd. The Imminence of
the climacteric which ate knew to be
threatening him was not to be read
from his 3-,'ure. His step was alert,
tils theckn were bronzed, his tastes
were rational, and what more could
be desire?
She pushed back her dark hair under
Ita somewhat youthful cap, and. lean
ing her ellKiws on Jie ledge, gazed
without speaking at the haunted deBie.
Kinnalrd gave a little laugh behind ber.
"Margaret." he said, "upon my word. It
seems ax If we were boy and girl
gain."
"Why. particularly?" abe asked,
without turning her head.
"Oh. all thla summer." he replied.
She did not ask htm to be more ex
plicit. "It Is certainly an Ideal place,"
abe said with a half algb. "Yet it la
foolish to say that -the beauties of na
ture restore one's youth. One may feel
young again, but one la not really any
the less dispassionate."
"I am not so sure of that" aald Kin
nalrd. "1 abould like to argue the point
with you If It could be argued."
"Ton men are all alike." aald Mrs.
Huronli with ao Inconsistent shrug of
ber shoulder. "You give up to logic
what was meant for conversation."
Kinnalrd stroked bla mustache
thoughtfully for a moment "And ao
you think nie dispassionate?" be ob
served. "You?" aald Mra. Bugonto. turning
with a delightful laugh. "Why. Ar
thur, there Isn't a sentiment or a con
viction to whose support society conld
order you to contribute!"
"If yos mean that." be aald slowly.
"It Is quite ti I feared."
"Aa you feared?"
"You atlll believe me capable of as
touch mistaken self control aa I once
was. And." be added calmly. "1 don't
wonder."
Though there waa no bitterness ap
parent la his tone Mrs. Hugonln was
startled. "Really, thla la unlike you.
Arthur." she said gravely, but yet with
a aense of amusement. "You petulant
with your past? You provoked with
your recollections? Indeed, I have
mistaken you."
He laughed, but gently. "Come," bt
said, "you have do right to be Ironical
Though I once let yon go. It waa be
cause I thought you wished to be re
leased." "I'pon my word. Arthur." aald Mrs.
Rugouln. "I did not know you were
serious or I bould not have taken tble
a a Joke."
"I am entirely serious."
"Really?" aald Mra. Oogooln. and
he spoke with some Irritation. "1
thought all bad been forgotten and for
given years ago." Then abe drew her
self up proudly. "Can It be that after
all this time you have conceived the
cblhllxh whim nf forcing me to a to
an apology?"
"No- hardly that."
"I am ready to make It." abe went
on. "But If I do"-
Klnnalrd moved to the window be
side her and laid a hand on ber ana.
' "You are much mistaken." be aald. In
the 'undlHturbed voice which ao pro
voked ber. "You oust Indeed tblnk
thai I am taking leave of my years. I
bevet bad much vanity. I think, but
what I bad when I was younger I nev
er made a pet of. Look over there at
the rocks, and what do yon see?"
"Rocks - and mooullght. But, Ar
thur" -
"The rocka make m recollect" be
went oo. unheeding, "that one day
. when you were about seventeen you
and I climbed lone mountain together,
And when we reached the ravlua you
nvisted on golnir II rt. and I let you.
Now. I did that because I reflected that
If you fell I could rate you."
-V.VIir
'Von see. that was my Brut Dilátala.
i should bare gone first aud made yon
rtloK to my - pardou ine eocttatls."
., "Very llse'v." gabl Un Llugaft!
bslf laughing. ' But I can't tblnk it
does us any good to tails It over now."
"After that," said Kinnalrd, pursu
ing his subject, "I acted consistently
on the same mistaken theory. And
when It came to the question of giving
you up I thought always of yon Crst.
That was why I gave you up which
you naturally considered a weakness."
It did not escspe Mrs. Hugonln that
dortnaut wesknrs of ber own waa
reviving uuder the continued stress of
this Absurd conversation, weaknesa
for aeutlmeut But It was checked, bj
ber vexation "with ber friend for break
ing their tscit understanding, and by
the feeling of half contemptuous pity
that stole over her aa he spoke.
Were sh a man. abe thought, she
would never confess at forty to the In
competence of twenty-five. That Kin
nalrd did so, but absolved her again.
Also, she reflected, she had had a head
ache yesterday, and therefore It waa
very lucky this conversation had not
been atnrted yesterday or ahe would
have been much more provoked than
ahe waa now.
i hall not stop you." abe ssld In a
half mischievous tone. "Oo on I won't
be angry. You will perhapa admit that
If there Is anything rankling It la aa
well for you to nbuse me and have It
over, even after all those year, whose
obituaries you have written."
"My dear, my darling." he sld. his
stronjr hand clnspliur hrrs so uiixl.lr
that Involuntarily ber arm struKgled
like a bird's wing to wrest Itself away,
"It Is well for me to tell the only wom
an I ever loved thnt 1 love her still and
do not mean to let her go again."
AN INCAUTIOUS J30A3T.
Margaret. I lore you more than
ever.
"It Is Impossibler
"I love you!"
"Yon cannot cannot be In earnest,"
sbp stammered,
er told me."
Never until now," be laughed. "I
learned something when I lost you the
first time my darling!"
This." said Mrs. Hugonln, partially
recovering herself, "la folly, Arthur.
and It Is moKt unfair."
Tnfalr." he said, "to want you for
my wife? No; you minn unfair to take
you off .rour guarí. I will not quilihlp
with your words," he said, smllli.tf.
May the hour and the scene sntfgent..
to you all that they will; may they
bring you back to - It was twenty that
you were when It all happened! Mar
garet when yon were twenty-six I
went away from the city of all my
hopes, but before I turned my back on
It I did as many a refugee had done
before me I sealed up my treasures
and bid them, and my store Is where I
left It That Is why I want you to
marry me. Alt that I bad looked for
ward to telling yon when you were
twenty oil that I hsd to say to you,
the secret hoard that I had been piling
up for our married life. Is Intact, and
now I want yon to share It with me."
lie paused a moment and then went
on: "My dear. I have simply bad to
wait; thnt Is all. But please heaven,
we will begin ngsln."
I'onr Mrs. Hugonln'n breath came
and went, nn unwilling messenger of
passion or. It might be. of sentiment
"Perhaps I was In the wrong." ahe
said. "But why did not you tblnk more
of yourself?"
"I am thinking of myself now," aald
Kinnalrd.
Suddenly, aa Mrs. Hugonln bung dis
tracted and In donbt the cliff before
them rang faint and sibylline with an
echa It was the town clock of the vil
lage striking over beyond the trees.
They could not hear It, but sent from
ledge to ledge In the atlll night air. It
struck silvery and remote on the gran
ite facade. Aa It sounded tbey both
started, he at Ita elfin suggestions, she
at Its material reminder.
"Good graclonal" she exclaimed. "It
la 11 o'clock r
"It Is," aald Kinnalrd.
"And we must positively go back to
'be botel at once. We are a scandal.
Arthur and you know It for I saw
you start too." 8he began to smile.
"Do you see nothing la tho augury?"
ahe asked.
"The augury?"
"We are two old fools." the said.
"Tblnk of my boy Id bis bed. Arthur.
"Think of my thirty years bo quiet If
you please. I choose to be thirty for
formality's aake. It Is only the night
and the moonlight Wben 11 o'clock
strikes, we recollect that we ought to
be respectably at bome. It Is only an
echo. Ah. my dear old friend, wa have
bad ocr past and It la over. Yours
has been unhappy, and I am, oh, ao
very sorry! But you are contented
Dow and, what la more, you are kind
and strong it la better aa It Is. Take
me back to tbe botel and we shall be
ware of echoes In future."
"I thought you aald you bad grown
old." said Kinnalrd. "It la only, youth
that refuses tbe echo."
And be took bar In bla arms and kiss
ed ber.
Lord Kelvin's Inventiva Kyesrlns.
Soon after Lord Kelvin bad assisted
Id laying tbe Atlantic cable, wben be
was yet known as fir William Tbomp
sci. L' Jl!ud.wjlu:njly. troubled Jd
devising stoe mcfDod for perfecting
the ordinary teh graphic apparatus
used on overhead wires, aa tbe old
method, or the one then In vogue, waa
Dot suited for the varying currents
passing aluDg tbe cables,
Tbe laying of the electric current bad
tbe effect of making tbem run together
In one bottom current with surface
ripples. The dltllculty which Lord
Kelvin bad to evurcouie was to Invent
a means of clearly distinguishing all
tbe delicate fluctuations.
One day the great Inventor's eyeglass
dropped off And swung In front of the
maguet The flans deflected Its move-
menta, aoj fnjio tblH simple and onex
T rirr It Cat I Sfaalpalatlaar a
Blar Itallro Oval.
"For many, many years." sold an old
railroad ofHclal, "the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad's dominant policy In
volved an entrance Into New York,
and tbe Pennsylvania and Baltimore
and Ohio rere bitter competitors.
Both roads owned heavy blocks of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltl
more stock, but the balance that car
ried tbe control waa In tbe bands of an J
Individual owner. The Pennsylvania
bad made a dicker with this man
whereby be voted with tbem, but the
j stock Itself be refused to part with
' save at figures which seemed to the
- Pennsylvania management excessive,
j "Thla waa Vu atate of affair when
one olgbt one ot tbe officers of the
Pennsylvania was dining In the cafe
af Dciraonlco'a famoua old restaurant
at Twenty sixth street and Broadway.'
Ilia attention was presently concen
trated on a conversation going on at
, tbe tnble behind him. It Involved the
Important control of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore, and the
man talking waa Incautiously boast
ing to his companion that be bad that
day practically completed a deal where
by thla control came to him.
I "A careful glance revealed to tbe
Pennsylvania oClclal that the man
talking at the next table waa no other
person tbnn the late Robert Garrett
himself, at thnt time president of the
Baltimore and Ohio. Not one word of
tho balance of tha; talk was lost to tbe
vavcfiilrnnner. and wben Garrett and
J his companion left the cafe the IVnn
Irthnrl"
sylvanla official knew eocn ana every
detail of Garrett'e coup In rbl'.tdel
phla, Wilmington and Baltimore. It
hinged on the atock held by the Indl
vidual. Garrett bad made hlra a gilt
trrinir and stunendous cash offer for
"Why. you have nev- j nlg boldlngs. which bad been accepted.
I The delivery of atock waj to take
place the following day.
"It waa 10 o'clock at night wben the
Pennsylvania official detscbed himself
from Delinonlco's table. As fast aa
cab could take hlin he raced to the
D cabreases street ferry. At Jersey
City he took a special onglue. and after
a wild ninety mll ride he rolled Into
Philadelphia shortly after midnight
Then a busty conference ensued of tho
powers that were at that day In Penn
sylvania railroad affairs, with the re
sult that In a very short time certain
of the big men were making for a
nearby city aa fast as stesm could car
ry them. The astonished Individual
bolder of P.. W. and U. stock was rout
ed out of bed at 2 a tn. to receive a
cash offer for his stock that he accept
ed as Boon as he could could cntch his
breath. No cbunces were taken, and
Ita delivery to the Pennsylvania oc
curred as early upon the following
morning as It could be got at
"When (iarrett arrived later, he bit
terly appreciated the truth there la In
the old saw that there Is many a slip
twlxt cud and tin. What followed Is
well known. Garrett In his disappoint
ed anger built the terrifically expen
sive B. and O. extension from Balti
more to Philadelphia, an operation that
Middled the II and O. with such nn
enormous amount of fixed charge that
a receivership and the disappearance
of tbe Garretts as controlling factor
In B. and O. affairs shortly followed.
It seems like the Irony of fate that thla
road today should be controlled by Ita
ancient rival, tbe Pennsylvsnla. In
this connection It will be remembered
that tbe late William II. Vandcrbllt
waa fatally stricken with apoplexy
while talking with Robert Garrett It
was generally reported and believed
that the two men were discussing B.
and O.'a then proposed entrance Into
New York. Mr. Garrett waa aald to
have emphatically stated to Mr. Van
. derbllt that the B. and O. would come
to New York whether he (Mr Vander-
btltl ami the New York Central liked It
or not" New York Tribune.
Kecnlatln Clark.
It la not, of course, possible to seise
bold of the hands of a clock and push
them backward or forward a tenth or
tweotieth part of a second, which Is
about the limit of error thst Is allowed
at the Greenwich observatory, ao an
other method la devised. Near tbe
pendulum a magnet Is fixed. If It la
found that the pendulum la gaining
either too fast or too alow, a current
of electricity la awltched on. and tbe
little magnet begins to pull at the metal
as It swings to and fro. It only re
tarda or accelerates tbe motion by an
iuflnltesimsl fraction of a second each
time, but It keepa the operation up.
and In a few thousand swlnga tha
tenth 'or tbe tweotieth part of tbe al
most Invisible error Is corrected, thus
making the clocks -keep step" at tbe
proper Instant of time. lxudon New.
A Galata Rala.
Pis tbla In yonr mind aa tb guiding
principle of all right practical labor
and source of all healthful life energy
that your art la to be tbe praise of
something yon love. It may be only
tbe praise of a shell or a atone: It may
be tbe praise of a hero: It may be tbe
praise of God. Your rank aa a living
creature la determined by tbe height
and breadth of your love; but be yon
mall or great what healthy art la pos
sible to you must be tbe expression of
your true delight In a real thing better
than your art Buskin.
A WtnlM.
Do not go to tbe "notion counter"
where they sell pin, needle, thread,
etc., wben yoo want to buy a book.
An absentmloded gentleman walked
up to tbe notion counter one day In a
tremendoua hurry and asked, "Have
you 'Oliver Twlstr "
The clerk, with queer expression
around the coroara ot i)r mouth. In
quired politely:
nousEVJon::
Too much housework wrecks wo
men' nerves. And the constant
ears of children, day snd night, U
often too trying for even a stronjr
woman. A haggard face tells the
story of the overworked housewife
and mother, Deranpcd menses.
leucorrhaea and falling of th. ,f.
I womb result from overwork, t
Every housewife needs a remedy I
lO) rcguiau) 1)11 jiivuaa biiu w
I keep ber sensitive female organs
I In perfect condition.
UI.E"CrDU.,
is doing this for thousands of
American women to-day. It cured
I Mrs. Jones and that U why abo
I writes this frank letter :
Qlandosne, Ky., Feb. 10, 1901.
I am so elsd that your Wine of Csrdul
1 helping m. I im iMllnf betltr tan
' I bv Inlt tor yean. I sra dolus m
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viuhtd )rt wrek snd ni not on bit
tirad. That ibowa tbftt the Win U
I doinc v good. I ira g-ttlnf flashier
than I ver waa before, and aleep good
and eat hearty. Helor l Degan lannf
Win. nf CarduL I nad to have to lar
down fir or aix tlmea every day, but
now I do not think of lying down tnroagh
tn day. Mas. KioHano Jossa.
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