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about defending the good name I Do 3 kuoow, deah? IJ falicj the youug idiot is in tore with "her!" "Woll. suppose DP is?" "But im drah, in England, ye kuejiw, it wouldn't mattah 1 would" be a case of hopeless as I under stand things heah Jt may become'awk- ward Don't je think so, love?" It depends upon the young man. Edith conld do worse than morrjr a sool, clean, wholesome fellow Bke that gracious! You don't allow yonr iniud go that far?" I'd much rather slu in rj a strong young workmg- imn than borne burnt-out third generjl- tion i ctk of her own set in the city. "But the fellow has no means." 'lit has miibde aud brains, and, be- siflrs, she nab something of her own mlisunij iilled his pipe slowly. "Luckily it's all theory on our part; the contingence isn't hyan, isn't likely 'to arrne.

in fact" "Don't be too If I can read a girl heart the lines of her face she's sot wlioie prmcipilities and powers are small itccount." "Realh "Sure Rhooting," she smilingly taid. Jvmlisbui mused and puffed. "In that we ill have to turn in and gne fellow you Americans call Hut's right," his wife replied, slanri- Edith went to her room that night with a iniud whirling defying cir- THK CLING OF HER ARJiS: ABOUT HIS MXK olcs, whose motion she could not check It was terrible to have it all come hi this war. She knew Arthnr cared for she lud kuonn it fiom the hi but with Hie hnpin indifltrenct of louth she had not looked fuiward to tht tnd of the snniiuor. Tlif sure outcome passion lud kept itsilf somewhere i golden tJnmiui on the lower sweep of the nver.

Slie islu some one, to go to foi Mis Thayer, she klitw, wonld Imp in ho'ror OMT the matter. The had hinted the course she would lini in tnke, which was to show Arthur IIP liail no connection with her if sin lliulil I Silt ili'cji in her heart she- knew she not that. Siiililpnly thought came to her. which. in uli lit flush until the shame stuoil iiium JUT fori'lioiKl.

He had never to see her, she had always been ie st lam She know that this was true. Slip did not attempt: cimcenl it from herself now llu um of thcise inUs with her uiH-h- wn-s the i-hance of seeing Arthur. llu sw, i iHur tin ing mil tlut in uli tl MI, nmt out nt pirftxt lujipi in ss Mint hid ui ido In i UK! fiicuds, th.it hid undo 1 i li own mil with tin soil and tin- contact with the robust flisBii 'and young, iiuui a "tur.ly; witli browa throat and 1 is amis i In tin itcnsatlon came hack Phi luil into the field io t( him iifilun the iiry man who w)s imii.tl.i-n was one of those whom' he id nil 1 tslu litr 1 hn'uls liad clutched "I'll out linn again. I'll never set him vun iiner!" she said, with hei tcellrslim Mis 'Jlmir did not take any verv EH it in'iMht in the matUr until Mrs Jsnlisiii'v lu.ld a ses ion her. 'i In ii sli, vnuttered in deep indignation.

Ulu, Imw dire he make loie to my Him YAln, the presumptuous thing! the idcr he's a workmguian." Mrs. Saulisbury remained quiet. She" was the onlj person who could manage Mrs. Vl'es'ny. that's trne.

But he's a col- legt'-bred man; and "College bied! These nasty, little Western colltges what do they amount to Whv he curnts our horses Mrs. was anmsed "I know that IN ail euorniity, hut I heard the major tell of currying horses once." "That is the anyhow, it doesn Edith can simply ignore the jle thing 1 hope sue can, but I doubt it verv Whit do vou mem?" I mca that Edith is interested In him I don't believe it! Why, it is impossible' Icu're crayj, Jeannette e. a "way." 'He red and big-jointed, and he's a niudsi'l," Mrs Tbayer gasped, returning to original (barge. STrs jSiulisliurj laughed, being malevolent enough to enjov the whole situation. "Well, I wouldn't try to do anything about it, Charlotte," she saH 1 ou remember the fate of the Brookses 1 who tried to force Maud to give -up her" clerk If this is a tase of true love, you might as well surrender 1 "But I cant do that I'm responsAle lor her.

I'll go right straight and ask her Charlotte," Sirs. Salisbury's voice rang with a stern note "dont you presume to such a thing Yon will precipitate everything The girl don't know her own mind, and if you gp up there and attack this young imn. you'll tip the wbole dish over Sit down. "now, and be reasonable Leave her alone for iwliile Let her think it over alone," llus good counsel prevailed, and. the cr oman settled into a calmer state.

"11. it's a dreadful thing, anyhow." "Perfectly dreadful! but you mnsu't take a conventional view of it. Yon must remember, a good, clean healthy man should come a hns- band, and this joung man is clean and healthy, and I must admit be seems a gentliman, as far as I can see Besides, son can't do anything by storming up to that iMor girL Let lier alone for a Jew Tollowfng this suggestion, no one al- to the fight, or apieared to notice -fc-aitn changed moods But the younger could not forbear giving her an occasional squeeze of wordless sympathy as she passed her. It -svas pitiful -to see the tumult and fear and responsibility of the world mc upon tins dainty, simple-hearted gjri. Lile had been so straightforward before.

toil, no problems, no choosing one's t.ungs for oneself. Meanwhile Arthnr -was longing to See Edith once more, and wondered why she had stopped coming. auy. but came alone, and thkt only the nope of seeing Edith at chi and the young fellow worked -on wWi to nerve his arm. The feinHy respected his -departure on Sunday.

They plainly ielt his depression sympathixea with it Folk iome with I would if OUR WONDERFUL A Grand Collection of ked Almost FREE to Our Subscribers. THE MOST LIBERAL OFFER EVER MADE BY AfrY NEWSPAPER IN AFRICA. st mna we enabled to send fouowlng PLEASE READ OUR CAREFULLY. Ch 1Ce3t V8rietIeS KCent introtfucuo wbfch retail at IDC, I 5 and 35 per packet. OFFER No.

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Packet alone to paid up Subscribers, 40C. .20 .10 .10 .10 10 10 .10 .10 .05 .15 $1.35 Mrs Hichards, as he Vient through the kitehen. "So nould I Dang me if I'd stand off," started to say but Arthur did not stop -to listen As he rode down to the citv he re- coiered. a little of his buoy- ancj. Sleep had rested his body and cleared his mind -for action.

lie sat in his usual place at the back of the church, and his heart throbbed painfully as he saw her up the aisle, a miracle of lace, and coolness, and fragrant linen, enveloping her fresh. young form, so erect and graceful and slender. Then his heart bowed do-wn before her, not because she was above him in a social he did not admit but be- caut.e he was a ai-d she was his ideal. He was cast dmvn as suddenly as he had been exalted by her failure to look cautiously around, as vi as her ctis- tom, iii order to bow to him. He stood at the door as they came out, though he felt foolish and boyish doing so She approached him her eves cast down, but as she passed she flashed an appealing, mystical look at him, and flushed a radiant pink, then slipped out of the side door.

She left bun stunned and smarting for a moment. mounted his horse and rode anay towards the mountains, his thoughts busy with that strange look of lier's He came to understand and To believe at last what her first recoiling perception told him She appealed to him and she trusted him. Then something strong and masterful rose, in him He lifted big brown fist in the air in a resolution which was like that of Napoleon when he entered Russia. He turned and rode furiously back toward the ttmn As he walked up the gravel path to the Thayer house it seemed like a castle to him The great granite portico, the curving flight of steps, the splendor of the glass above the door, all impressed him With the terrible gulf between his and hers. was met at the door by the girl from the table.

greeted her as his eqnal and said: "Is Miss Newell at The Vfcirl smiled with perfect ege sympathy. She was on his side, and knew, besides, how much it meant the hired man come in the front "Yes, she's at dinner. Won't yorr come in. Mr. Kamsey2" entered without farther words, and followed her into the reception room, -was the most splendid room he had ever He stood with his feet npon a rug which was worth more than his year's pay.

"Just take a seat here and I'll announce yon." said the girl, who was almost trembling with eagernes to explode her torpedo of news. "Don't disturb them, I'll wait" But she had whisked, ont of the room. She had plans of her own (perhaps re- Tenges of her own). Arthnr he eould not help it He heard the girl's clear, distinct voice; the open door conveyed every word to Mm. "It's Mr.

Ramsey, ma'am, to see Miss Xewelir The yonng man's strained ears heard the subdued pause on the. click of knives and plates. He divined the gasps of astonishment which Mrs. Thayer's first words indicated. Now, major, yon see wtart I-WpTou" "Sine pjocky yonng dog!" said Sanlis- bury.

in-sincere admiration. Thayer went on: "Now, Mr. thta.ia the; result of treating servants as dquals." id, dear, yon're" It may be a miat.fco, The young may be here to tell me one of the colts is sick "You don't believe any such thing! Yon heard whit the girl at There was a sudden pushing and scraping of chairs. Arthur rose, tense, terrified. There little flurry ofvoices.

"Here give her some wine! the poor thing 1 No there was a slight pause. "She's all right," said the major. "Just a little suipnsed, that's all There was a little inarticulate murmur from the girl, and then another pause. "By jove, this is getting dramatic," 'said Saulisbur'y. "Be Snm." said his wife.

-'T won't have any of your scoffing. I'm glad there is some sincerity of emotjon left in our city girls Mrs Thayer broke in "Major, yon go right out there and send that impudent creature away. It's disgraceful!" Arthur turned cold and hard as a statue granite. His heart with a murderous slow He held his breath while the calm, amused voice of the. major replied: "But, see here, my dear, it's none of my business Mr.

Ramsey has a perfect right to "H'yah! h'jah!" called Saulisbury, in a chuckle. "I hie him, and, besides, I rather imagine Edith has given him the right to call." anger died ont of Arthur's heart and the warm blood spouted once njpre through his tingling tody. Tears came to his eyes and he could have embraced his defender. "Nothing like consistency, majah," said' Sanlisbury, "Sam. will you be quiet?" The major went on- "I imagine the whole matter is for Edith to 'decide.

It's really very simple. Let her send word to him that she does not care to see him and he'll go doubt of it." "Why, of course!" said Mrs, ThayeE. "Edith, just tell Mary to say to Mr. Whaf s-His-Name 3 Again that creeping thrill came into the yonng man's hair. His world seemed balanced on a needle: Then a chair was pushed back slowly.

There was another little flurry. Again the blood poured over him like a splosh of warm water, leaving him wet called the astonished, startled voice of Mrs. Thayer. "What are you going to 'Tm going to see him," said firm voice. There was a soft clapping of two pairs of hands.

As she came through the Tortierr Edrth walked like a princess!" There was amazing resolution in her frack- flung head. She wore the. jg one, who sets sail into unknown "seas. Some through of light and a blur of sound, he her the cling of arms about moved him to tears. word was -uttered till the-'iiajor called from the doorway: "Mr.

Ramsay, Mrs. Thayer waste to know if yon won't come and 'THE END. a Greek church hi" Bizet in-Paris has just been'-i to St. 'Stephen. It was btult merchant named Sebjlixxf-at $600,000, and is one of tfifldings-in the city.

"The': marble; UN EARLY G. labbey, an instructor in the University of Wisconsin, has prepared for the State Historical society the story of shot-making in Wisconsin, incidentally treating of the making of shot in the West. According to the result of "his investigation, the first shot tower this side of the Atlantic coeau was erected about 1809 at Herculnneum, Mo. This tower was constructed on the edge of a cliff 160 feet in height, convenient t6 the Missouri river and the lead mines of the Southwest as well The proprietor of this enterprise as J. Macklet.

The. pioneer in the-shot-making business in the Northwest Daniel Whitney of Green Bay. who engaged JB this business first -in 1831 at a shot tower on the Wisconsin river almost directly w-est of Madison at a little town which finally came to be dignified by the name Helena. Whitney had in his employ in a store which he established at the portage which separated the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, at what is now called one John Metcalf, who had at one time'w'orked in the shot tower of Missouri. A Heavy-Investment for-'those.

The tower was erected on government land before it was surveyed. Afterwards the land was entered and came into the bonds of the shot company, of THE OLD SHOT TOWEH. which Whitney was the president From the deeds which are on file in tile office the register of deeds of Iowa it is apparent that the invested in the plant not less than $10,000, which in the early days of this region was considered fortune. T. B.

Shannce, a New was employed "to sink the shaft for the tower and a story is told of his originality and love ot iumor. On one occasion while he wis employed in theJead mines of Wisconsin he was challenged by an mfan to fight a duet He consented, being the challenged party, had the oPweapons. He chose rpets at forty paces, neither part? to stir-from rsalfrfEd. The' Irisnnnm then Shajmce oa the day selecting the nlaceof the, proposed that McMnrty, his' take his position at the shot tower while and then tK per The sketch which accompanies this articles is from an original drawing by John Wilson; who made the kegs for the shot at the tower. The sketch was made in 3836, at a tune when the tower was hi the prime of its usefulness, Jeff Davis.

Visited the -Tower. Jefferson Davis, when stationed at Fort Crawford and at Fort Wihnebago former of which was at Prairie du Chien and the latter aa Portage, Wis used to stop at Helena- and visit at the shot tower on his way between the two military posts. In a manuscript letter to Mr. Libbey, Mrs Davis, widow of the Confederate President, says that her late husband used frequently to refer to the tower and his acquaintances there. The business drawn by the tower and the locatjou of Helena on the Wisconsin nver, where shipments could be made to the East via St.

Louis, the place one of importance, and the figure it cut in the contest for the state capital demonstrates its importance. William E. Smith, afterwards governor of the state of Wisconsin, describes the shot- tower as follows "It is built on the summit of a rocky hill on the bank of Pine creek and a gentle slope southward enables wagons to reach the summit. One hundred feet from the base of the rock there la a ledge or standing place; on this ledge rises the shot tower of frame, 80 feet to the roof Of course the depth from the top of the tower to the base of the rock is 180 feet. A well or shaft has been sunk through the rock, which is of sandstone, 100 feet, and a lateral drift or entrance.

90 feet in length, 7 feet high and (5 feet wide has been cut from tfie: bank of the creek to the perpendicular shaft; A small railway is erected withfnthe lateral drift, communicating with the well and extending to the finishing Chouse, which is built on the bank of the creek immediately opposite the entrance to the shaft. On this railway the shot is carried in snwll boxes- or cars from the basin or well by horse power into the finishing house; the same power by various machinery is employed in carrying the shot in a cylinder over an oven. From the oven the shot is parried into the polishing barrel; thence the various sizes are passed over the several inclined floors for separation and taken to the separating sieves, after which the different sizes are weighed, bagged and pnt into kegs. A steamboat can he at the door of the finishing house for the purpose of conveying the commodity to market." It is evident that great deal of the shot manufactured at this tower found its way to the East from' the port of it being'carried over- hind by team and costing the shotmakers about $1 per 100 pounds, to place on board a vessel in the Wisconsin metropolis. The Milwaukee Courier, September 1, 1841, says: "Last week there arrived about 20,000 pounds of shot from, the Helena tower and we understood 30,000 pounds more be forthcoming in a few days." Tevmi Cmrrlkd the Powder The September 7,1841, says: "last upwards of twelve tons arrived UK town the-Wisconsin that; of Milwaukee "Eastern: market mineral expedi- river.

We the route br- the is enjoying' the region. It is "tiobs than ot expensive; Oar "inQcht Improved they i curt believe' less been so twelve j.Stflt greater place, as it will add much to the increase and prosperity of Milwaukee." In the crisis of 1S57 Helena Was roughh used, and- the shot tower saw but little activity thereafter The report of the Milwaukee Mississippi Railroad company for 1859 Shows shipments of S41.104 pounds, and the very next 3 ear the total output, by rail at least, was but 1G.480 pounds. After the later there was no shot shipped. In May of 18C1 the tower was The hrst sewing machine used hi Southwestern Wisconsin was a Grover in the-possession Of the shot company in 1854. for use in making shot- bags The buckshot machine in use at the tower nas taken to Chicago-and used in Blatchford's shot tower, the predecessor of the- Chicago Shot Tower company now hi business.

The land' on which the tower stood is now owned by a summer resort company. with Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago as one of its principal stockholders. CBUEL WOBE OF A UNCOS. Jf Destroyed, in a Fotr the Ke- of Ten Years' Work. An Edinburgh engineer, in a letter to the Scotsman, details a curious irxperi- ence.

He August last I sought out large number of working plans and working details of scientific research wort 1 have done during the last ten years, with the intention of tabulating the same prior to bringing them before the scientific world. I pnt tnem all into a large box I gat for the purpose from the grocer. Before using the box I brushed it thoroughly out, and put it ont into the sun iri the garden for two bnght days. I then kept it. in the kitchen beside the fire for fourteen hours.

Thinking all was, sale enough, I placed my drawings in it, and there they remained till the other week, when I was about to begin a very serious- task, (for it meant a great deal of But, alasi what was my surprise and astonishment on opening the box ta find it fall to the lid with a snow white fungus. My wife tbdught it box full of "After removing, several handfuls came on the rolls, bnt not one'of them wonld unwind. The fungus hod crept" into every turn of the coils destroyed the-very, structure of the paper. nished drawings, mounted on cloth, rollers, crnmBled away betwi the fingers, and the wood snapped; pith. Tracing paper, used and'ttnl suffered the same as ordinary dra 1 paper, but a few pieces of escaped disintegration, Bnt was useless through stains all over I tried all I could think of-to my ten years' work, but it would nothing.

The box had remained. nndiJH tnrbed under the window on" 4 tory floor since August and, to say, another box of similar stteiand' kind lies within filled with papers of yet it has escaped and is untquched with fungus. te "I have not yet £hft fungus microscopically, bnt in the 'meftfltinie I wonld feel obliged if some eta can give me any; light name and under what conditions does 1 history of the shrine of St 1 in Bologna, with the baa reliefs of I lo Pisano, the cradle of Christian ure as the Church sisi is the cradle of has jnst been -published i en beHograTOTW br Fatf the of; press the wort.