s - - - - - - DIPLOMATICALLY DONE. For the Bonnet Baby’s throne still drooped her and gazed on . him of at out wet eyes. The for agent Perkins' Pol Perfect J “Is she cornin’?” Powder ishing walked briskly the up Because he studying the figures was path Miss to Priscilla Prim’s residence. in the intently, he didn’t hear avenue Miss Priscilla 16-; and her her; he spoke louder —“Is shs so year-old niece engaged in were practicing ?” cornin’ pianoforte duet. a HER HIGHNESS “No, dear,” he answered, finally. “Madam," said the stopping agent, The child sighed. respectfully at the French window “I she went truly to the park, guess and taking off his hat, “I feel Story of Christmas to! The Peacemaker sorry a then.” interrupt and should do not you, so “Yes,” said the between his man that I have but in bag article’which my an teeth. will lessen the of work so M. CONSTANTINE By A. He began house much' walk and down to that have will up rapidly. your you knore Her Highness looked from him time to spend in the musical ex-' jercises in to the floor in perplexity. which great I see are you now Highness the piano and —and —she Her jumped oft you any more ever, see engaged.” “But I should like have her to seen more?” •tool and him eagerly. won’t to see you any ran Miss Priscilla before I sailed,” he observed, brought the wisdom presently, knight,’’ she “No.” “You sir late, are very 60 of focus -in strained strange, voice. of him through years a on —three “Oh, “But I want to —” she faltered. •aid, reprovingly. two you Jier spectacles Her Highness quickly and glanced waved dismissal. and up hours ” Then the late!” “ ’Cause tears came, shall be “I lisped: if don’t try- > sorry you Highness,” gathered her in his and Your he “Fate is the offender, and arms Perkins’ Perfect “She Polisher,” said thought the' you ware and told her the replied, with kissed them that fellow a away young “Of iti cornin’ I shall know. Then not —she— course press you “My mustn’t since she made him deprecating his she of arm. cry, wave jupon walk' but I the thought—you—weren’t—cornin’. By and you, as came up in and he didn’t wish and badly, train delayed hours, feel too, two was — hnd and sister sitting' by she thought again saw you your you—you— feeling badly. the accident people several to were away go there I thought—” —cornin’.” were added, soothingly, here “Besides,” he killed. be at So I’m fortunate to ; “My niece,” said Miss Priscilla, con-i He leaned forward with jerk and a will else and bring all.” “somebody come Bcientiously, but unusual; in tone of a stood tensely her. over and call him “Oh!” child. presents, murmured the you can you jpaildness. j —” “Yes, Dottie, and yes, knight.” “But I highness is in good trust your your “Niece!” ejaculated andj the agent, ' “Then she looked of the window out won’t,” declared stifled health,” small he with “I added, a courtesy, default] grave his jraised to heaven in awhile eyes said weren’t and cornin’.” you his shoulder “Only and from “and brothers voice all royal you your words. “Really, course! ?f madam, of “I the delayed by accident,” he was Only you!” knight. —her majesty the queen?” our are believe ; must what but —” hastened to you say, say. said this he held her outstretched little she Then he kissed After the more ; “Let what have, me see you young her hands. Her Highness clapped than and tried fingers with dignity laid tightly not great and to ever interrupted man,” Miss Prim. “r “I —I said cornin’,” she were you he made such failure but of small package in palm and a a groan, a one on] object don’t to labor-saving goods cried, ’Cause —’cause triumphantly. “ that the child effort detected the handful of bonbons in the other. And his principle, for I don’t believe in growing promised to bring something me sobbed harder. you and then he wished Her Highness break, a very old before time,” she added, affably. my keep to-day. You goin’ to was your “You mus’ back,” she Christmas and again added his come merry wasn’t you?” promise, “You—mus’ the wailed. —promise.” felicitations for all royal courteous minutes Ten later the turned agent hands chubby tenderly. He seized the He gritted his teeth, and forced relatives. his back three tins of the Perfect on then delightedly, and down the lump, and he kissed Her Highness cooed Polishing Powder, and Miss Priscilla “Before God I intended to come,” went into the house hunt to up some he said, in solemn voice. a long-discarded curling-tongs. Wide ribbon in soft white figures velvet pattern be raised may manipulated or chirped. “I knew it,” Highness Her to make thread 111 perfect fitting in baby bonnet. Put gathering 11 a a “I knew ’cause wouldn’t it, you go the middle of edge for few inches, forming little when drawn one a a crown I Worst All. of I keep word. told and not away your Seam the rest of the gathering. ribbon down the back of the neck without up. to IIF Oldwed Mrs. —Your husband M seems, had that. Maybe if promised her The ribbon the of you must be wide enough reach from the center to like awfully nice I hope he an man. back her Christmas something, around neck wash to bring each side where the little ties For to put a on are on. hasn’t bad habits. bonnets any that to be especially good padded linings believed, that this is she would have too, are worn over an you Mrs. Newed—Only using ribbon —but that is for gathering back the it the way, center and lacing down one a cornin’.” up was through tiny rings easily limit. It is sewed the plain be the the part. In this it mother habit. on can way “She kissed —awful an me straightened out flat wash. The gather will to which part is under turned to Oldwed—The Mrs. habit. motner said she wished —lot and —• — take about two-fifths of the entire length, leaving divided evenly the rest od Newed Mrs. —Yes, Mother’s coffee, come,” lisped the would small you each side the to rings to. sew mother’s bread, mother’s pies, and all voice. that sort of thing, know. —Chi- you He wheeled stared her; then and at Daily News. cago rushed the her he toward across room To Make Season v Festive * picked Her Highness throne and up Glad. and Both Merry and kissed her Didn't Use in his Harsh Language. arms many stroked her hair, A whose times, and and demanded throat had troubled woman know what her for long excitedly to she time impatient at a grew Novel Ways Give Money. to Her Highness, much confused, the said. slow she making Interest and progress was (w|||L There occasions when it % are her head his consulted her nestled shoulder doctor. and on best to give instead of articles, money “Madam, I murmured again: of To: can never cure you ”■ then there be pleasant ' even may a this throat trouble unless stop, “She kissed lots of times, and you me mystery about receiving it. One talking and give throat she wished wodld Then said your a complete you come. omerl. who always mother remembers his son rest,” said the medico. when didn’t she put water you rose by the coin of the has realm, very “Oh, docto'r,” objected the patient, her face and dressed and went out. on original methods it. Once of doing very! can’t “talking affect me! I’m And she didn’t ’cept It at the close of woman’s say any more was a the greenbacks folded in went narrow careful. I harsh language!” when I told her cornin’ club to never use meeting and of members you was a group strips sewed fan, which, on a something, bring and—how nice discussing the obligations of me were a when opened, disclosed the peculiar look knight!” Sanctum to-day, sir hostess Mysteries. and the the tact called for by you of A of construction. bow manner imprisoned both her hands. He Humorist’s Wife —What position. in the ribbon holly the handle tied to gay was world sending “There when on!” all these occasions “Go he mother-in-law entreated are you are some on —go so and little note accompanying a and plumber jokes quick-witted tactful and feverishly that the blue to the opened even a eyes the fan box “hoped that she would Blowhard Daily for? They hostess is quandary,” said in “What did she old wide. say—dearest?” one are as a more enjoy few weeks in southern lands a the hills. with “and not being blessed as woman, wafted there by the of the contents Humorist —Yes, dear; either of those qualities have frequently but the I said my “She only sailin’ was you away fan.” Last he his banknotes year wove who selects the editor humorous found myself nonplussed to matter perhaps and you’d to-day, never see into pretty conventional pattern, a that for is just know the right thing to do fellow paper But a again. wanted young or say. her to you see us bordered it with red and green just of out college, and they’ll I than afternoon all be didn’t you?” was never more ’fore went, so one you ribbon, thereby making small mat. a Y. him. —N. Weekly. when I happened be giving to to should hope so,” he new a “I cried, fervently. He it sent with the tag of well-known euchre friend. for visiting party “But —did she a anything say dealers attached, and “hoped that rug Among guests more?” As Interpreted. my was one woman the design the inclosed would on rug had whom I knew slightly, but Percy—l another —” tired of this life “If give of very me am you please her and soften the pathway invited mutual the of at request the I life of He thrust entire box of bonbops want toil danger, a ease. a exoitement, of life.” card friend. She what I call |» and adventure! hands. was a into her A father who obliged be to inebriate, those who of creatures was —Oh! this is sudden! Penelope one she?” he demanded. “Please “Did so from home Christmas their depended sent cards though lives play away on speak father. as But to Dottie?” tell you may my me, *<s I* his wife word to hide 12 to silver dollars what it and who forget on didn’t anythin’ “No-o,” she say more throughout the house, and had the minute they every ever manners —’cause —” EFFECT OF GOOD WORKS. —’cause ONE time the clock struck of beginning they cards. pick pack at a up impatiently. waited He eight in the morning I approached until eight “During the afternoon at mos’ she cryin’, “ ’Cause I guess. his the inebriate playing, night little ten-year-old where daughter the table was really wanted to She you come, you hunt being charming little to for another gift from her partner father. was a Didn’t tell?” she know. Hair. Stroked Her Golden Mrs. B clever she He could buy not the presents, as woman, wish she had!” he “Lord, I groaned. , card They had she be, but player. but make her to selections. was can no own the her down again and put when her me,” Her Highness on told softly, and “She whispered, ah-ed oh-ed and very the bell and waiting for In finished this the mother said were way reassuringly. her smiled throne and at “she told the tiny softly, that if feasted her •he had me eyes on the I by the silence and the interest the to ring. in day keen saw was until times didn’t several Highness,” had read golden pin and Your you were “It far come, —you were is you away, so had inebriate’s face that something bedtime and the father by was And then she jumped Highness, brute. Her back inscription: “To big the can’t “One he pleaded. a up come To ‘How forgotten. Putting wrong. my query are gone no means money didn’t love her, she said subject,” and I devoted one?” and from her relaxed know, you day, in can a you Can here? I do getting along in coins small in pill boxes is good you a Don’t loved you?” two asked and threw said gravity her royal me. you highness, “No,” her murmured uncertainly. the inebriate you?’ anything for with physician’s stunt, prescription a “Are ; seriously. neck and around his the child, goin little •oft you arms out: snapped blank filled out “take to daily one until makes What cry? mouf to kissed him. your deceiving left with Mrs. B has “And then,” he “ ‘Yes, went gone.” you can. on, And you’re hurryin’ so? pucker right sir much, thank “Oh very you hat. much to upstairs with her “there is gayety, her intelligence so away?” thank “and lisped, knight!” she you, might wanted to it for her could get do there. And I’ve always" If we you said, gently, kissing “Yes,” he Christmas Coffee Cak£. very wishes.” good for too, your the playing.' I all kind of really and truly—and do was see go, some inquiring face. upturned, “But I’m the knees While it his is herself against she the Then sat rules to on all first and things plans her rudeness there. And shocked at my are my auntie’s. And then going to I’m only dainty give recipes the unendingly at of and looked account lack of on reproof. her of give made. It would lots to cost impulse money a was Your Highness back to coming nibbled see and I feel that pin this golden delicious box and its space, sweet I had wouldn’t have and change them. You she guest to But no was my again.” bread would content. be great addition her bonbons in to the an “Great heavens, neighbor, what’s she because everything, rude spoil would be right to was. you— me his sleeve plucked child confidingly. The “Isn’t Christmas presently. he, table —” said to "Um be served supper happened? Burglars? Fire? Or I and guest also dear?” Mrs. B my was to-day?” with of coffee, court majesty at her tea chocolate. a cup or what?” What insulted. her be could not let day—” began the child. “But some back you’ll all together, “Then come answered, “No,” Her Highness politely. m’ wife’s church “Nope, is holding trying to While I do? I to a was was “Some day is far ahead, Your majesty?” very and her won't you—you for —she out “She went a To pound of raisin bread dough sale beautifully one to get to clothe B rummage wits, Mrs. find money came my Highness.” her and kissed again. stooped He rides Everybody in the park. drive work in of soft butter, three —Sioux goodnatured heathen.” City With one cup Journal. .the the to a rescue. straightened his to the window looked he full He and then went to And they? don’t afternoon, there in the two of brown half she turned to eggs, cups laugh sugar, a little me happily and smiled cried, the long time and down and height auntie's.” avenue a up —she’s going dinner at And to of milk and teaspoonful each cup one sweetly: said and Woolens. Their then long time, and the gayly: a avenue of cinnamon and nutmeg, while half L teaspoonful Mrs. “ ‘And dear you a who lazed the through Some men summer Highness.” promise, Your , Her Highness the again. “I avenue up standing the knight, “Indeed,” breathed of cloves would and allspice. perhaps One it work by the batch, getting have you Now are he sat rigidly. After time large half her of pitted X dates very a having donned their union the suits. Mrs. and bring cup For, kindly manners, lengthened again. The silence down them to to scratch. of quite forgotten.’ It’s have seeded raisins. to After mixing up she same which appears Post. the it became oppressive to —Houston until in shallow put buttered ” and let a pan bonbons that the child. She observed raise in bake in a warm corner; a lost in he seemed all but Doctors and Doctors. they who blessed want moderate gone, When were taken “Truly, have are out oven. Her Highness begged reverie, —Why Citizen don’t they shall be satisfied,” First a get for ready thick so sirup little made from but you a sugar again that told him his and pardon, Brownstone for the college girl with mock son? He remarked and Doctor brush the water and the top of your they “all gone.” she physician, chum be good for has her in were he to cake; ■must gravity immediately halved as a : | ipM' a came arrange absently pocket, He fumbled in his and practice college tea. “All the Four Hundred. from last Br large fresh blanched almonds, a nut meats among pecan a “There’s wonderful W tree, a another'tribute, and her handed yearned soul in longing I out winter candied peel in design my and orange a wonderful tree, a gulped and then he apologized, and ‘Parsifal,’ Citizen —Oh, hear but I could Second he wouldn’t do to not sides covering closely. top and of on children happy The re- mustn’t forget highness that she told her of accumulate the price ticket I brain specialist.—N. all. want the This will greatly please masculine at a a even M joice to see, him when he miles without fudge Weekly. going for three was many after of the family. Y. members “2 H its branches Spreading the Yet just the I weeks. at tea met ocean. across * now by « year, year long, —and will be “And who appeared be discoursing girl to away a you Have a Peacocks No Teeth. the forest It from n A Mistletoe Luncheon. comes time? London and Paris Away in long ‘Parsifal’ of interested volumes to an Pikes —Superstition tells Sandy us flourish here: M to who wishes A to young woman Europe?” announce off in ‘Have been of listeneers. —way you E peacock group unlucky is to it a dat see a on wonderful tree, this Oh! her jjEj engagement Christmas on mumbled. “Yes," he going?’ she I asked and are you pP K or lawn. branches wide its with going give is to Mistletoe eve a quite seriously: nobody will bring replied “And me presents,” George—Not half unlucky Gritty as r® blooming at always Is up Over luncheon. the table there is to don’t it again. I child. ‘Oh, I sighed the “But, then,” “ to care see bulldog lawn, is to Jr it a see a on Christmastide.” 3_s be huge bunch of this mysteripus Of a don’t kinetoscope nobody in added, “I want to it she once. a Daily News. saw —Chicago pard. old plant tied by red ribbons. and the the green have music at till presents bring you course you come me There each place will be at idea good of a spray I pretty but got back.” a opera, Expensive. Too attached the place card and to ” a spray play.’ stroked her knight golden hair the The —And to Reggy you mean say you the leading to diningroom. the door over affectionately. Miss DeFlyer? engaged to not are Eccentric Hats. the table the hostess While at said, slowly, think,” he “that don’t “I her for she heard two pins I say Why, winter for novelty Parisian legend of the first will tell the As wear a man back.” coming I'm accept would you. displaying mistletoe milliners hung with door to are many enter a with wide looked child (gloomily)—Yes; I The Gussie but eyes. up shaped curious toques of to and being the girl ip kinds the marry one a demanded, she wonderingly. “Never?” diamond she meant pin 3. out found with marabout plumes adorned just at this and stage of hats the room, all directions. in in the the that is wave young man game case Never.” Was Thin. It receive and the to enter congratulations more?” “Never —any the Policeman —Get off Park grass the Moment. of Craze A the girls of present, who are dear." “No, notice? • Can’t the there. see you tailor-made fashioned Simple gowns bride-elect’s the most intimate him with regarded Highness Her ain’t walkin’ Small Boy—l on yer the velveteen latest and velvet of are friends. mvstification. steppia’ it between I’m old grass. Paris. in erase UADAME MERRJL —back? I won't And —cornin’ Never