rarely drank, lent And he borrowed. day, when the eagerly for its ley,” said Gordon ing MY FARMER LAD. never nor reappearance. one He bachelor, that would little thing yet had laughed off the effect of then occurred lad was a was an unusually a worldly goods. be In We poor may join “mess,” but kept for house rasping live in his acrimonious destined to never many a a over memory and 1, lad My farmer himself had and usually favored trivial in the guard book. that thrilled him with day, and report new some error a a envies who But I nona one am comrade living with him. He been “He's end kind fellow’s delight. had 40 when in He the sky. and beneath strange That live was never no a a and did look He tall, the 35. erect, fix,” in all “spooney” not said Gray, explanation, “and the so-called at of eet was sailed foreign I sea. a never athletic, and build, hardy graceful in time thinking the he soaking 1 ’varsity. Pretty girls galore there were was me was shore: alien trod Nor an and his of the he had face best be how he stood by Jimmy Carson in and to about that famous institute, read the whole soul was one But who to nas his door? in lies about line of officers parade. That and his scrape”—a serious it student at danced party at seen many a scrape was, many a Trustfulness. A Fond Forced Acceptance. His steel and clear and the for Carson, detailed reel, but too, romped through to escort eyes were gray through the wheat, young many a that ripples wind The “I’m Corntossel, Mr. “Josiar,” Hikoller Aldermann Young said Mrs. penetrating, his features clear-cut, almost something brook. certain prisoners and intrusted shadows in the Alcatraz he had The to nearest to ever come Josh with just and can’t find fault asked Mary's hand for words sure birds; all you no flight of they me Th. are delicately thought cut, with certain funds be turned jolly friendship for too than to some a mere a more town.” spelling book. I told we've been God's him and be happy. In great to take her to sence of the held best friends he had the chief of the the regard in which he quartermaster girl the to among over was till home Mrs. how “I can’t! He didn’t John, get Aldermann—Oh, and learn, love doubles,” His hair brown, sprinkled unaccountably fallen And these to department, had in “mixed his partner the men. are ours, was mornin’.” four o’clock this could you? small: farm is Although our liberally silver; with his mouth, admirable into deep sleep aboard the train and of her but that all account exuberant an a was on deed, told th'ngs title need had The “I noticed it. know, best Mr. Aldermann —Confound it, I no you xou mouth in awoke find both fundsand prisoners health, spirits, general to every way, comeliness was sunshine all. for <he is an’ be I’d be if him wanted him to! election, and to To-morrow is sure you shaded half-hidden Explanations useless. The exquisite and by long, of face and form, and were a gone. five before o’ morning house I’d have out bed content; kicked him dwells of the out hearthstone Besiie every our drooping general ould listen mustache to which, commanding skill in tennis. But this day to men some w no new a luxuries have No we; o’clock.” vote.—Judge. lost his thought court-martial ordered, and snid, hi£ his longing eating and at some women excuse; a was lad. eager was please clad It 1 to my am “Yes.” officer’s tapering worthy military white fingers paid and dull seemed too much heart; strange, to enough for It is a very young me. pang a Her Deficiency. Lltertiry of skeered boy’s the “Well, so poor attention, seemed about close under but I doubt if knowledge of to in seize it he noted flash that career a the classics upon as a She could talk about in very a mine. folks little sturdy all Two are stayin’ he’s been that up you this Canker” threw cloud, when “Old criticism would have led knowing the the that to have been his to seat way; and laugh a was and was grow: Who romp his keep able be to night, so’s to mathematics and She fine in in art was faintest and himself into the breach. He in had long alteration the habit. her play, say: occupied officer his Generally One by to come stops years an many made display; Star. —Washington word.” some so!” love 1 "Mamma, you the who expression suspected had of sergeant knew sight the Armstrong’s senior, he only by accompanied a man accomplished both She cultured and in was the in immediate face party and, duty triflestern; enviable reputation, hoe in hand, and and father poetry Their was Now. man grave, on a song. Real Fun pauses, an a It’s But whene’er she read cook book—well, darlings, watch his To too. of the little command guard. He a hated soldierly, clean-cut and people in the world pianoforte whose face ten his not attending is to “Bobby never she somehow it glad got lad. heart is kiss Come wrong. me, my late.” the commanding general with all his what humor of could twinkle turned instant, for his faithfully were lessons w’ere aware an eyes very —Washington Star. them and have While I you. about in soul, and how it the clear, lovely picture keen twitch fixed the about uncle. youth’s Journal. came said the no one eyes, or Iddings, Farm upon a on opposite in Fanny Peirce - the HOW HE WON HER. could thoroughly explain, but day of that mobile “I don’t seat—Amy Lawrence bending mouth. mother. his “Yes,” replied one corners There Canker turned with indubitable that five who knew eagerly forward and gazing with her the with him about tenderness have trouble up were no any proof that the the thief— lay in hiding sergeant beautiful alight with sympathy, that there, for now.” was eyes that Armstrong he bribed bring the about interest and frank liking in search of had few’ living kindred it?” to and “How did was manage you R they complained of the prisoners, that and he had sorely disappointed officer. There lived the he neighbors not, “Some of the escape were men. young as is rs?- u I drugged drove and the fresh spring he this glorious made, water “There is!” cried, though far August morning exercises he she to noise his too of the thinks it’s brought in the to the officer after with breezy uplands beyond he for him hear, and then, the Now to told him about it. young camps, away the burning heat of the practice.”—Tit-Bits. desert left who could she thought of coquetry than had fun to one woman was no more a say seen behind in the dead of the the those night. motive in Armstrong’s kitten, with of melt and summer no more eyes Himself. True to Canker recovered of him glow most the world than that of conveying with love. As for Amy Lawrence, to even BRIGADIER] balance spend the intend “Do to // you stolen for there she in her sympathy, idea of her dreaming of such thing. not money, was a woman General an sorrow, was a idle, shiftless in this of the century same the and she had safely She stowed it her perhaps pardonable and looking him. Her not at ease, exaggerated was even Mill philanthropist, asked the friend?” way, my Carson cleared Canker and deemed thoughts I'a indignation what she the drifting Ki'NG. at at moment away. was were him had given who r of a stirring story triumphant. “See what the back of the partofhiscommander, that, usually light-hearted boy act tyranny to man can an on victuals. sold handful of Philippines. Life meager Thc ,n do hen his of justice is aroused,” which with only instant in who gazing disconsolately stood w sense an so ‘balance,’ ” word pF don’t like that “I said the optimists of the “Justice flushed it all —her face after them they drove her to sweet Neely.] Tennyson army. F. convey [Copyright. away, eyes ißq<j. by as looking at Tuffold Knutt, answered «i be blowed.” answered the cynics. “He and her flamed with the light of intent approaching eyes were upon an group Rest’ “ critical coldly with him eye. a would have raised his finger girlish enthusiasm—in that instant that reclaimed her presently her wandering never to word.”—Chicago blamed sight better CHAPTER is 111. a Carson help but for joy the of proving and kissed her hand him, thoughts. she had to Tribune. the general unjust, and regimental turning suddenly the Presidio Col. Armstrong, Coming day had dawned then Point Lobos strode A a on avenue up the thief.” pet, the brilliant its predecessor sergeant—a and sharply who could be four—all soldiers. One of Heights to party of Out. as as see a The Only Way wind caught dismal. soft south Yet Gray object of interest absorbing, these, bareheaded, disheveled, gracious! A reverted wild-eyed, —Good had been to this episode Assistant Chemist’s so as “But, Simmons, of the Pacific far explanation flitting glimpse of Billy Gray lifting his Mr. threequarters had kept the fogs out of his tolerance his clothing wrists lashed waiting Canker's that of torn, awfully have kept are so I you one woman sky of harshness quick acknowledgment, ugly.” the his in armed all about and cleared and thereby behind him, alked between I forgot rise two of hour. to summer to cap w sea gave a an tip marry.” early rejoinder that the “Yes, but opposites should The of and the words The fourth, followed wisp of from the guards. prescription. lips of sergeant, her veteran were on vapor. sun a every a the before —Chicago Chronicle. Armstrong’s the her hot and of moment their heels. Miss Lawrence will have charge —You to shone commander that tongue at Chemist August strong fellow upon company many a limits auspicious withheld her the western for' had just time downcast in order make between destined to note that the good tall price to sandy wastes recall before to the were a more was a Good Advice. foamy and the occasion—and it did too trouble in mixing division regiment not face dark and oval and refined, had lot of of the think months older: two come camps was was you a proverb, Here Is well-known a and beat low bluffs, up.—Tit-Bits. strand beneath the when it suddenly uplifted sound it at “In order settle it, soon. to somebody’s was got Revised the to suit, masses— the rejoicing of after that initial the homes It only four days of the whirring carriage wheels. If A house dwell, in stone find his life canvas to his commission was you a upon in or Two Vows. Refrain from throwing glasses. eordage general’s slacking cloth and in the the light meeting tent of recognition, almost of soldiery, terror, so jeopardy. Maybe it’ll be Billy, and you, —Chicago Daily News. ah . I’ve made but great in two vows m become had trim lines foggy evening of the girl’s first visit flashed t the it, and with bound that tent I’m betting won’t find Squeers across one you a life: the thereby setting and jagged, but both in city and the the prisoner broken from between his A Cold Day. to guardian angel.” the altar, when I took wife: camp, on First, sprang at a Mrs. De give Silke—l wish second, when death eased mutual Squeers” edge he to The “Old had been several teeth of tented field there guards, dove almost under the a our of as on occasions noses Yet this sunshiny on summer morning, pain, church, memorial of kind the brimofhis under the grimly from the had been the to gazed which colonel startled and darted through team, some on with hope and sunshine and the like would do again. confidence That I never in What would his of relative. and called for unsightly felt hat in conference with Mr. Prime and in the wide doorway of memory one a open a corner saloon. —Judge. in his handsome, boyish face, suggest? orderly. Even the faithful henchman, with the ladies. He of in sight out second. you company young was a Lieut. Gray bounding the to came up DRAWING QUALITIES. Struggling —A—er—an condone the regimental Pastor adjutant could [To Be Continued.] his appropriately not the of regimental commander presence objectionable decorated commander's new er though that sour-visaged soldier & as few veteran Puzzling; Orders. church furnace, madam, and villain of for crustier old traits, —a a a a indulgent uncle who could not were an .k f* ■AM. of coal.—N. Weekly. making collection Y. in the line of the chemist is tons lived of not A army. a him stylish A carriage say nay. open dubbed receives Canker” the had orders he from “Ould the troopers people queer in which remarkably pretty two were The Guilty wigs Partner. he had served send children the for the few to him during who store years girls and gray-haired, slender a gentleman, Tom—Here’s offering $25 a paper a transplanted from foot need. Here few they in the cavalry, things a are a samples had reined in the street up prize for the best the to question: answer reorganization, “This child is the little regiment the time of of them: at my opposite the entrance the of to business?” row “Why have failed in I buy in ’7l; but sitless so-called, of the girl. I sent to two penny army you a officers’ and Canker had ripped tents dead That’s easy. of mounted duty in Arizona powders adult who is few for a groan up years a his watch, with ugly frown out an on Dick —Well, why did fail? F/ you the Sioux had sickened Another reads: “Dear dochter, and in sike.” later country his forehead, for three his of companies had Tom—Because I partner.— a gladly pennies of cavalry life and he gif bearer him pies of worse had just inarched in from drill, Town Topics. back'to Toxyn for garble chance transfer Auntie to babi’s accepted to a and three of their lieutenants, young Now, after, obleage.” the infantry. throte, and An anxious 20 years Repeated. Wanted the Call the instant of dismissal, had 3~b made or. of lieutenant-colonel, the grade writes: “You will risen by degrees mother please give to Mr. —See collector) Employer (to straight for the vehicle and he halfhoped » he found himself in boi pennuf tjie leetle worth of for command epcac Owen? find they had lopped oft’ to a of famous old regiment of five in months’ to throw old babe. regulars, a up a Collector—O. minute yes. of the allotted hour. The or so hose colonel had donned the B.—The stars N. babe has stummick.” w a sore annoyed Employer—Was he at your sound of laughter seemed to merry of general officer of volunteers, and puzzled This the druggist: “I have a one him? calling his upon The sight grate of Gray’s on ears. the the mark—of pet pain in child’s diagram. Please name—save cavalry a cue my —Not bit. He asked Collector me beaming a face seemed to deepen the given unflattering days had place the to give something- release to it.’’ my son again.—Ohio State Journal. call to gloom in his Instinctively he own. sobriquet derived from that horror anxious Another mother wrote: “My knew the had youngster ask to knovV. Miss Mr. —Do come L'glymugg a A Woman’s Discovery. you has’eat of boyish readers—the ill-favored little baby its father’s parish up favor and he stood ready refuse. to myself sacrfice well Isabelle—l used to Slopper, It thrilled him I used draw pretty to with and strange delight. new Dotheboys hall. He a schoolmaster of plasther. Send anecdote quick an as “Colonel, I’d like mightily to people. when I boy. for other myself go over was a bad with halo the —teenth to possible by the inclosed little girl.” come a and that review this morning, —Don’t do now? sir; Belinda it Miss Slopper —You’d draw pretty see you regiment in of condemnation from the The writer this of evidently Junior in officers had monopolized the one was and Mr. Prime is I’ve it; people museum.—Chicago Inter good enough offer Isabelle —No. quit well in to now, a which major and he had served pain: “I haf hot time in insides won time and attention as of the latter, but a my in his and carriage. like just well, May I seat to Ocean. me a go, me as seem his baleful and “the boys” of his wich and I wood like it be to extinguished. Armstrong close name, observer and was a a sir?” better know I’m amiable and I more command learned like him What is to good for to extinguish who soon even loved all that strong, man was A Friendly Suggestion. looking.—Detroit Free Press. “You can’t anywhere, sir, with the go less than those who had dubbed him it? The inclosed sixpence is for high-minded and true in his worth living,” “Life is really not own sex, of tents in that disgraceful “Squeers,” because, they explained, your company the price of the extinguisher. with shiver; Hurry, pessimist Said the and that as and a and winsome sweet was Modern Hospitality. pure condition. Just replied, look them, optimist sir! “Old man,” the at wasn't privilege pleasure pleas.”—Pearson’s there Weekly. any or in A keen soldier, had Potwell —Now do look after the he Mr. woman. liver.” for "Go take something yoi’.r ragged wash line windy as boys” if as he would “do the of he a on a out not in active dear. know spent service, yourself, You dinner most many years —Chicago Daily News. my day.” And Canker The First scowled He’d Seen. angrily possibly Gordon had promptly at could. of them in the hardy, coming. eventful and vigorous the Guttletons are the fellow Never Forget It. A captain in regiment They standing And squarely stationed in resignation regimental young tendered his at a as life the Indian they’ll frontier. He Potwll —But if I do. be Mrs. on Skooper has Shank —And, Natal attention before him. when paying his organ so, the left adjutant beloved colonel when his company had been conspicuous in again!—Brooklyn than want to to more come one sure in mnemonics. He claims class ized other day chanced give “I know to that, a colonel, the for duty in the but the report did a post to man a army sun stirring campaign against the Life. red warriors unfailing method teach be able Transvaal to to half-crown, which, an that while Cuba, but Lieut.-Col. Canker drill, destined for out at and the as we one were the of plains, had his medal won never-forgetting. of Business Call. would naturally bears will expect, the image straighten it, and fairly told declined to accept everything in men ten of honor his before first promotion, scheme? We her at the telephone, O’Shawe —What is his and see superscription of minutes. President I’ll he hadn't friend give the Gordon that, order sir.” a as his now', and captaincy by brevet for daring her We stormy frown; note Shank —Why, he induces each Kruger. The member brought it back And Billy looked subalterns, there the though to man refusal w as no one as among conduct in action She calls her husband long antedated the up of his class loan him five dollars. to the table and said the to captain: the colonel of she it. Then, out the question. pay then calls him down. else take too, And to were right the double to bars of that wear That’s all!—Puck. “Please, Daily —Chicago News. sir, you’ve given bad half and settled added word himself tw “You'll me and it a o stay done, or sir, a and grade. He had see much of the world, seen crown.” The officer took the coin without the when it’s matter. done—to satisfaction— FIGURED HOW SHE IT OUT. home and abroad; at had Circumstantial Evidence. my traveled looking it, it the at table ordered for will be rang had been time on big review enough A to ask for Blinkinoff. favors. “Isn’t neighbor, much, read much, thought much, but your a and then remarked: “It sounds ah of Mr. brigade Gordon, morning. An entire send company the word to the man?” these drinking things of less to were concern right, Bagster. What’s with it ?” already forming sturdy commanders I wish wrong volunteers to them here “I wouldn’t like give to expert was at in much married see an many a woman our “Y r look it, sir,” at the reply. ou their once,” battalions continued was marching by to the and out senior officer, opinion the subject. I’ll admit, however, than the question whether to on army as The captain glanced the at coin, saying: showing whirling the his parades, heel regimental and terminating had that I him the other night he men loved much. Certain on it saw ever was “It’s all right, It will in the stride carriage the man. and elastic interview pass their by doing. in It drive spiggot into in he had trying ash married, but to easy so that didn’t was an a never canteen.” This apparently satisfied months’ hard drill and Gray’s mind effects of for brief the minute two follow Many thinking that it cider.”— to settle it. barrel, a loves, said they, was a man Bagster, who walked off, making the The discipline. increasing and plead. gradually He had made it tell without Cleveland Plain Dealer. getting married, forgetful of remark: “If it’s all right, sir, park, hidden you say’ in the regulars still out time with obstinate university the other side many were a of the an proposition advanced V it is all right; Lessless Age. The but it’s the first time I’ve with and by the dense foliage busy don, but he knew the ; carriage by horrid regimental cynics, was “It’s ‘lossless’ age,” remarked Simpers. the with whiskers!”—London a seen queen adjutant and their drills. The waiting—the carriage load watching, that company without getting many men marry Answers. H° big the clerk their in and deep down in at his heart there loved. were papers Armstrong ■s would have not was “What do mean?” inquired Gales. you the office only the sentries, keen and tent, disappointment. ~ He would have proved to question that, A Woman's an easy’ man Tear on “Here’s couple who entered a upon remained sick the special duty and given big slice of his monthly men indeed The other a subject lovely tears of had which been pay or on any woman a loveless marriage, drove in a away a There about the body of with that to particular camp. was no and he considered go party mystery through personal himseif. the but to Janies ages, horseless carriage and received all Private Noonan himself, said to the opposite Smithson, as seat Amy Lawrence Even in one, his occupy regiment the founder in the of the Smithsonian own regular their congratulations by wireless the paced the pathway in front of he and his fill her fair at face. He service he institution, gaze had long been looked determined that the telegraphy.”—Baltimore American. colonel’s after having scrupulously tent, well-nigh hated Squeers he hurried exclusive should be secret secret lor One sort of fellow— as upon as an a no ger. his “No saluted him hail his to first appearance: day on and give who away sergeant had he intimates slipping down lady’s Stolen tear Again. and not a man no saw a a hack barrin’ fur ould the to at, the orders before “The w daring cheek moonbeams wan man companions, stealing necessary to and instantly officers sought in yet, catch it many and soldiers, to were me,” Canker could it’s but return the to carriage and in the henhouse door,” even he his held read the report the small vial which he carried rustic respect and esteem a constantly Jimmy (with little the peanuts)—A at” this find nothing “whack in veteran failure. to His bright blue child with the of the entire story book. with him. One-half command, the of eyes those new were even precious girl choked death to eating peanuts in the had served soldier who clouded and his face flushed “What whom they with he stealing?” kept drop escaped, but, having teased at distance, were and few vexation, a preserved day. the other ranks since the days of the great for he war that the youth in the the blue jeans. the rearmost regiments the Smithson in other half, Mr. saw which submitted are there are livin’ if Jane—Well, she’d been yet and had borne the of such regiment “Chickens!” grinned filing the messages into not rustic the it and child. charcters day was two reagents, next published even now who to one or not are World. she’d known you!—N. Y. and McPherson Sheridan, Thomas Presidio reservation —Chicago men afar Daily News. as off best the to and studied the world the fact that it through to seen binocular. was a when Canker himself eating north, and that time was Without simply sw be lost to being microcosmic with salt, muriate no Circumstance. was Not sympathetic, said a Sartor Resartus. under his knapsack and Like musket. if his friends the his critics, to review. of chilliness of liquid Armstrong soda and three four saline substances The air were see “square,” or was Many swell, grandly a young got-up, like ’tis most objectionable Seems warmth, found, The distant men, more measured boom even but his of critics had held in solution. —Youth’s Companion. scant guns of knowing With means the ladies makes hit; a that frigid To those who meet stare Canker had redeeming features, men, told that the in general some whose whether honor he He three-inch stand-up collar. sympathetic wears a was Boston girls abound. Where or and that of them—he With shirt hanging the one ordered no to it. was already lie not. or ceremony' —Elliott’s Magazine. was steadfast fellow, was was a unswerving, an Trouble Lay. —Ally Sloper. the Where had been private soldier, and brave approaching the a a and spot, uncompromising away over of sort man, him?” clear Was “Smooth.” think He “Do can too, you and proud of it. you one, the rolling was uplands toward the Golden High who Rollers. would have a man done fora never ‘smooth’ man,” they “He’s the lawyer. wife of devoted very asked the a But life had little sunshine Lizzie—Yes, in it Gate the icemen, for cavalry the rode escort into view. diplomat, coalmen and a could have been never conviction. with said, replied the lawyer, ma’am,” “I hope so, of his warped, ill-conditioned Billy and the ground his teeth. one “Kun elected all there, and tell to office. nature. But were he truthful, in in was they the matter, Nor —” afraid were error I’m “but There I danced profound conviction them but I only with the leave,” just, milkmen. cannot get he called was a and to the English as officer reluctantly had clean had just shave. —Chi- for he life.” his a lived here all “Why, he has in the minds of the Mayne—Why, officers fellow Liz ? sub. “Squeers has set said company a of to Lucan, whom me he hated: Post. knows “and cago she interrupted, every that the sight Lizzie—Because of happiness work they straightening mere ‘Yes—damn the Turn or content him—he out up are cream camp. is brave.” The one.” Mind. Of the Same in the face of subordinate of society.—Chicago the Daily sergeant! Brace News. a the whom was company, tent he did men not like to in the seem him,” knows —My dear fellow! I “Yes, and Artist paint The rejoined every one than enough to Canker’s wits set cords and align tents,” more and and who disliked a army' him mournful accordingly, Setting; “That’s what days, and Himself Right. the lawyer. in think nothing two wor picture work wipe There a to to out. of it his forage the was no only wave compelled cap was to were admit, to themselves “You don’t dare put News. Daily ies me.” —Chicago of it. your arm l doubt whatever in the minds of the greeting he dare himself trust give, to least, at that their around Miss Passee’s reasons waist.” ere w of Friend —I opinion.— The your am subalterns that the main why after few minutes reason of fruitless comprised waiting, as a in the above-recorded, the Storm. Locating; “I’m afraid her—but not of I’m regrettable, Life. Brooklyn no Squeers manifestly “down on” the was vacant so seat given to but was unmistakable the heaven; glance (with at another Benedict fact—he lemon squeezer.”—Harlem Life. Billy Gray indestructible the almost officer and the was carriage rolled didn like t them. Every-Day Occurrence. An Another club leaving the at trait, two they a unpopular, •is are expression good of jollity nature, rapidly A second has robber Smith —Chicago who two it away. that he Game. knew that then a or when in bones was it was how m.) feel and —I my and enthusiasm that had shown in the bidden from his sight behind in cab. “A who the drives about will beat his wife,” large to He smoked a man exclaimed say no. too brewing. is much, storm perhaps, a < little fellow’s face since he joined wall ever tents along the —That’s nothing! I've Mrs. Rivers, line Brown been ‘‘is cruel!” of fence, then and talked little sensation that too —That’s for those Bachelor w a the regiment. “If call the old shot into driver we full view cab time. she chessboard.—Chicago robbed by And upset the man again he who stood would about.—Boston nmuy his nothing a a as words witnesses bachelors know use as fiqueers should dub Billy Mark Tap- we the end Topics. of the Tribune. at •-Town look- street him. company He against he Courier. rambled, never T I I