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t' lie so I I I a i 1 1 i It Jo it 1 ii. h. ,1 a 1 3 a blushing, hut rail-mit, "to nut be shocked. ma Lionet." CilUi and dt.ath and wealth arc (lie be- 1 it yon H(" Mi i lit Siir- I SI' f'Mlulilllill 1 is rn imni.i in a i i. for a ju nion alio doing a little paiiitinjr for one and another.

Only today she 1ms been paid for a Ur on! and so we made up our minds," said the grandmother, "to c.l. brat event by having only old home dishes for 1 dinner. A gardener downrtnirs cave us a cabbage, some tur deiity ggilki "Can you receive inc. IHou p'r!" iicl the an attendant, n-t l.e -door of the deputy governor's Hubert Boinville, the deputy governor, Has jseutcd, with his tack to the fireplace, at a large mahogany desk littered with deeds and He raised his grave face which was framed in a brown heard, tinged with a few gray hiiirs, and bis black eyes glanced at the card. "Is is an old lady, sir," said the attend- ant.

"Shall I send her away "No, let her come in," replied the depu- ty governor in ja tone of resignation. The visitor Btoppcd on the threshold and dropped an old-fashioned courtesy, Hubert Boinville half rose from his chnir and signed her to a seat She was a lit-' tie old lady, dressed in shabby mourning. "Sir," she began, in a somewhat breathless voice, "I am the daughter, sister and widow, of men who served their 'country. I applied some time ago to the department for help, and I have come to tee whether there is any hope." The deputy governor listened without moving. He had heard so many supplications of this kindl "Have you ever 'received any he asked, coldly.

"No, sir," she replied. "I have managed to get on until now without asking. I have a junoll pen- sion." "Ah he interrupted In a dry tone, "in that case am1 afraid we can do nothing for you. We" have a great many appli-, isants who have no pension to rely upon." "Ah, listen, sir!" she cried despairjng. )y, "1 have not explained everything.

I had three Bona and they are, all dead. Tho aft one taught mathematics, and one day during the winter, when he was-going1 from tho.Pantheon to Chapthl col-leec, he caught a violent cold which set- tied oq his lungs and carried him off in two iveeks. Ho -had" supported met and his child by teaching; the expenses of his illness and death used up all otir little "Mvinss, and 1 had to -raise money on my pensloii. Now I am alone in; the world with iny grandchild, and we have noth, ine." I am 88 years old. sir." had gathered Wider her wnnklen ararteA Wcuiuw mivrT, was unu 1 t-y 1 hi'Ul.

An electric elevator has U-i-u liMalli-il in Hie cathedral at Berlin for the ex-t-liiHivo use of the Emperor VV iiliuiu of (jei'iunny. A private elevator iu St church is au innovation. Lewis R. Wheeler of has invented an electric device lor use iu tuning musical Instruments, or for gnn-H eriil use in indicating the pitch or ire, queucy of vibration of sounds. Tornedoes are now to be fired by wire-'.

less appuratus. Naval-engineers of every) country are studying this problem. The Japanese are said to have eccomplisbed particularly satisfactory results. Bananas are now rinencd by electrlck ty, The green bunches are hung In an air tight glass case In which sre a nura4 ber of electric lights; the light and heat hastening the riper log Music, conversation, and telegraphic! signals have been successfully, transi mined by wireless methods and heard through, an' ordinary telephone receiver. Dr.

Lee DeForest recently gave a sue cessful demonstration in New York. A large railroad company has adopted! an automatic pumping outfit for fillinsj locomotive water The work 14 done by electric motors and when the water falls to certain level the pump starts automatically and stops when the; tank is ulL. i An instantaneous electric water heat er has been perfected. The heater ia about 20 inches long from the inlet to dey livery pipes. A few seconds after turn ing the switch hot water can be drawn can be drawn! r.

The cost of bout 1-10 of ftj from the top or the heater. Tl a pail of hot water is about cent. Electricity has taken a most Important position in the mining world todrfy. Klee-, trie locomotives are rapidly taking the- Elace of mules, and steam power in andllng the ore cars, the hoists are ma by electricity, and It drives the air com-y pressors for the drills and lights the tun-; nels, An anti-seasick chair has been in- tented by Dr. BreudeL The seat of the chair Is kept in constant motion by a small electric motor, the short motions ofj the chair seat relieving the sickening swing of the boat.

The chairs have been adopted by the Hamburg-American line. and Charles 'P. Steinmctz' oftlle Gen" rnl -Klectrtr -iviiffnfliffc "lms An varied only --at the of Its ef-l ncieiicy, isr. meiuuieia hub pvriTCicu au In vpntinn wherahv the ftneed of'. these, motors can be'rWfaJ-wt will 1 1.

although solar, engines have been in use In California for years. 1 Great re-, Sectors follow the course of the throwing the rays on a central; point where the boiler of a small engine Is lo cated. A temperature of over 1000 de grees Is obtained. The steam engine runs the generator and the electric power is carried to the building by cable. The electric luncheon is already quite fashionable in New York.

Many a host- ess pours tea for her guests from an electric teapot or serves after dinner coffee from an electric percolator. After the theater a light lnnch is prepared in the electric chafing dish. The increasing use of the new electric heating and cooking devices is evidenced by the rush orders received every day by tlje General Electric company, An electrical apparatus for exterml- nating bugs and flies has been Invented. It Includes a grid or screen of parallel wires alternately positive and and charged with electricity. A fly; alighting on the grid or attempting to walk npnn it and touching the adjacent wires will fall dead from the shock.

The device Is composed of two bars of wood, between which extend strips of brass. Live wires connect with a source or electricity of sufficient power to kill the in sects. -v. Vandal at Shelley's Grave. A enrresnondent who visited the Pro- testant cemetery at Rome the other day reports an act of silly vandalism at Shelley's grave.

"As we wandered about" says the correspondent, "we saw, -for about half an hour a young man tourist sitting on Shelley's grave, carefully occupied in cutting the marble with a sharp Instrument "We tiought he was restoring the lettering, but. coming to his side, we found that he had cut his own name (which I will not give) 'New Zealand, April, 1997. I love clqse to the Inscription on the flat white marble surfaces lie had then soaked with ink his own work, leaving the disgraceful fruits of his vandalism for all who visit this Interesting place." How many professing admirers of Shelley could be guilty of such conduct passes belief. British Weekly. Expert Medical Testimony.

i Members! of the medical profession with a leaning toward the study of mental diseases are beginning to realize that the "expert alienist" business has been rather overworked and that a popular prejudice has set In against the hiring ot specialists to testify In murder trials In which the Insanity defense is Introduced. In Philadelphia recently one of the lead- log specialists in brain troubles was Interviewed on the subject and expressed himself strongly as favoring, a new system of ascertaining the mental condition of defendants in such eases, He holds that it Is now necessary to abandon the ex parte method of ascertainment and seek the judgment of nonpartisan boarfls of specialists named by the court in all cases In which the state of the mind of an Individual is brought Into question. Washington Star. 1 Gun Fired by a Rabbit An extraordinary Incident occurred 1 Close to the village of Milton, near New- port Pagnell, on Friday. A commercial traveler while driving along the road stopped to speak to two gentlemen who-were shooting rabbits alongside the hedge.

One of the gentlemen laid his gun on the ground while he placed ai ferret In a bole. A rabbit bolting at this moment ran over the trigger of the loaded gun, which It released with It feet, the traveler having a very narrow escapes-London Dally Mail utr are now quu. my l.e ani. iy to the trin to vi i.aii I pin about tti'it lamp crutL bosum I chapter ot wuch- A. APrLE LEAF C2TS BUSY.

Connecticut Farmers Warn i Against an Invader of lbeir Orchards. A now nest, has anncared In nrrliimla of the Nutmeg State and threatens the apple trees, according to a warning Just iiwued by the agricultural stution in Storrs, Conn. It is the Tischeria mall-foliella, nicknamed aoDlo leaf miner for short. It began to appear in the apple orchards of the stution last year. As the nickname suggests it feeds on the leaves of the tree, living between the surfaces of the -leaf.

Soon brown patches -appear on the leaves and they begin to curl up and the farmer awakes to find his tree practically leafless while the 'fruit Is affected in quantity and quality, After months of investigation the scientists at the experiment station have learned a good deal about the apple leaf miner. Its eggs are deposited on the surface of the apple leaf. Each egg is protected by a drop of wax, -which ap- fears In the sun like a glistening spot about six days the eggs begin to hatch out and the young caterpillars enter the leaf, i At first a narrow channel Is made, but with the Increase In size of the insect and its appetite, the channel becomes wider, and a trumpet shaped mine Is the result The caterpillars moult or change their coats fire times while getting their growth. As the caterpillar discards its old clothes It judiciously throws them out through a small door in the bottom of the About the middle of July the caterpillars are transformed to. pupae.

In eight or ten days they appear as moths. The female' moths begin egg laying soon after emerging from the mine. The production of eggs is apparently their sole object In life and after continuing the operation for two or three days they die. The moth during these laying days migrates from one. leaf to another, laying a nest of half a dozen at each stopping place.

One summelr will, sometimes, produce, so it is believed, as many as three broods of apple leaf but the later broods seldom maturity. The mines on-some of the apple trees hereabouts were so numerous last summer that as they increased in size they ran together forming one large blotch covering the. greater Dart of the leaf. From one leaf were taken sixty-eight full grown larvae, sometimes these mine builders copstrnct curious shaped domiciles in-the leaf, some being winding sltapcd? while' 'resemble tvlltrr -YfTliTpSllllF Farmers are advtsgd by Prof, 15, Jarvis. -who has been the Investigation- that.

the -most eSlcieift manner known at present to ridthe trees, of Uiiae insej-fc- thereby destroying the insects that are in winter quarters. The orchards at the school -which were tilled suffer much less from the pest last neaaon than those in the sod, and thjs was explained by, the fact that the early spring plowing destroyed these insects, as well as other pests that, feed on the apple trees. A Delicacy of the An amusing Incident occurred In a cheap cafe in Philadelphia not long ago. A tall, cadaverous -individual, accompanied by an exceedingly abort and stout woman, entered the place and took a table near the door. "Do you want oysters, Mary?" asked the man, as he glanced over the bill of fare.

"Yes, John," Answered the woman, who was the while vainly endeavoring to touch her toes to the floor "and I want a hassock, too." "John nodded, and as he gave his written' order to the waiter, said, "Brink a hassock for the lady, "One hassock?" asked the waiter, with what John took to be more than ordinary interest. As the guest nodded in assent, the waiter, with a dubious air, wrote down the additional order. Still he did not go, but brushed the table-cloth with a towel and rearranged the articles on the table several, while his air of dubiousness deepened, Then he gave another glance at 'the written order, Finally the waiter approached the man who had given this unexpected order, and, speaking lotto voce, said In his ear: i "Excuse me, sir, but I haven't been here long; so some things is a little unfamiliar to me. Will the lady have the hassock broiled or fried? Harper's Weekly. London's First Japanese Tillage.

The establishment of a Japanese village at this year's Earl's Court exhibition calls to mind the'tragie fate which befell the first Japanese village In London, whose quarters were situated on the snot where Prince's Racquet and Tennis club now stands. Opened In April, 1885, the village was burned to the ground, along with the surrounding buildings, during the early part of May, owing to the carelessness of one of the orchestra In dropping a match among some shavings under the stage of the theater: The poor Japs lost nearly all their belongings, and the promoters of the concern, which was a huge success, were deprived of profits amounting to several hundred Eofinda a week, with the whole of the season before them. The village was rebuilt, but was never the same sue-cess. Pall Mali Gazette. He Had Soma Help, The man who applied at headquarters for a "little help" from the charitable association set forth his case with so much tact and moderation that the secretary was beginning to be favorably impressed.

can't ask them to- do too much," the applicant said, modestly. "You see," he in an outburst of delicacy and ingenuousness, "they paid for my wedding last month; and rtwa a real swell one." Chance for Sartorial Genius. A change of some sort In nether garments would be welcomed by many, for since the introduction of the crease the have been' stationary from the standpoint of style, and it would be well if some fluting, pleating or strapping could be introduced to revivify thia garment Tailor and Cutter. Oil Welts Snnk. on Lake Huron.

One hundred oil wells have been snnk on Manloulln Island, Lake Huron, at a cost of about $000 each. 4 'd tho i ovenior. "The th.il I din, .1 In I found a wifos tls'e ceremony will take place next month with your permission." Traribluted from I'Tench ol AnUre ITieuriet for Khort Stories Magazine. LETTERS SEXT BY ELECTRICITY. New System by Which Mail Is Delivered in flats Automatically.

The latest improvement to be Installed In the big city apartment house is an automatic mail delivery system. The apparatus ia authorized by the postmaster general, and Is taken ander the custody of the government, so that the careless handling of, mail by hallboys, elevator boys, butlers or maids is The postman loaves the mall in the automatic carrier on the tround floor and by merely shutting the door the electrical current ia. applied which operates the SDDaratus. The' mull la itellv. ered by this means to locked boxes Inside ins apartments, The device consists" of a straight up and down well, -about eighteen inches square, running the heieht of th and containing an elevating and lowering piaraiuit wurcu lanea up ana aown a Bianl tray -with metal boxes.

Klectriclty is used to work the lift, says the Architects' and BiiIMph' sine, and the operation of this carrier with its boxes filled with mall takes less power than will run a small hot weather fan. The postman has a key to the plate glass door enclosing the carrier, which, when opened, reveals three rows of small metal boxes, one box for each apartment The postman drops the mail according to -the address, closes the door, which locks itself, and the carrier starts unward automatically. By a simple contrivance the boxes are dropped off from the carrier at the'apart- menu wnere tney Deioag, anu at-tne same time overturned, so that the mail falls out in the locked receptacle inside the apartment. The automatic carrier keeps on going up until it reaches the top, when it descends again, picking up tne ooxes as it comes aown. The device Is Installed and ow work ing in several of the new high class aDartment houses recently comnleted.

and arrangements) are being made, for instal- latum in some or tne apartment nouses which were built before the apparatus was inventea. IN SCHOOL, WITH HER SON. Iowa Herself started his college, -course at the State university, and now an Iowa woman is going through hlglt echSol with her Bon. Perhaps -the-enly-easo-oS sai-soa attodW, public. the Feldman" and Worth class mates in the Bloux uity nigh school.

Winding her son somewhat indifferent to the Joys of student life Mrs. Feldman has adopted course of studying side by side with him. It was two years ago that' Mrs. Feldman first tried the plan by attending night school. She and her son graduated to the sixth grade of the Armstrong school, where both are now doing lood work.

Dint, siuiunu euiu uwti uuuuu' tors to be an especially apt pupil, her Interest In class work being much greater than that of the average student: Mrs, Feldman is the owner of a Quarter of a block at Fifth and Court streets, whereon she has eleven While attending school- she employs a house-keener, while Mr. Feldman is the superintendent of her realty interests. She has been In the restaurant business in Sioux City, having kept three different eating places during her business career, i a i i Bride Registered as a Boy. 'f M. Lenoir and Miles Deschamps wore about to set out to be married at La Havre, Malherbe, Normandy, when the village schoolmaster, who is also the village elerk and registrar of births, came to them, exclaiming: "The marriage is Impossible!" He explained that his predecessor had mistakenly registered the birth of the bride as that of a boy, and under the registration Mile.

Deachamps would become liable to serve as a soldier this year. The bride and bridegroom hurried off to the mayor and magistrate and implored them to authorise the marriage, urging that the mistake In the register was self-evident. The authorities turned a deaf ear to their pleading, for French red tape is not to be treated lightly, and it will take time to repair the mistake- London Standard. Family Brainstorms. A qneer case of collective temporary mental aberration, of which an entire family were the victims, is reported from Lb- Mans as having occurred at Bellevilliers, on, the borders of the Sarthe and the Ovne departments.

A family of six persons had made their midday luncheon on Sunday and shortly after all abandoned themselves -to extraordinary freaks. One woman spent' the whole afternoon washing her hands under the delusion that they were dirty, another made her bed on a lumber heap, and two men kept loading a wagon with soil and then emptying it i Another went to drive Imaginary cow and kept seeing don-existent balloons, while the youngest roamed about with one boot on and the other oft. Toward evening all resumed their usual sane composure. Newcastle Chronicle. Language of Flowers.

Some teen began telling dog stories after a day's shooting. After some time when they bad got very "tall," one little man, who had been quite silent, said: "I have a dog that makes all yours seem fools. I generally feed him myself after dinner, hut the other day a friend dropped in and the boor beast slipped my After the meal we went into the garden. The dog scratched up a flower and laid It at my feet with the most yearning look in bis eyes Itwas a forget-me-not." Nobody told any more, dog stories that evening. Slavo.

i 4 Are Just Reversed. Premier Campbell-Bannerman of England is the exact opposite of hjs predecessor, Balfour, In one thing. -The latter said that while he was in office he never read the newspapers. The present prime minister not only reads them but writes for them. rxs of an blucbook wLu li lms just been issued in London by the IUit- liih government.

What country is growing most rapidly in population, what country is the most crowded, in what country is the death rate greatest, and where does it cost most to run a gov ernment these are' the problems which this little book undertakes to solve. Population on the Increase. There have been reports from time to time that la certain countries the average death rate is greater than the birth rate, and that thus, in some Instances, population is dwindling, and that1 consc- In some indefinite period In the uture, extinction awaits a few unfortu-ate nations. This bluebook, however, apparently puts an end to the fear of this catastrophe. Running over a period of ten years, from 181)5 to 1905, the British statistician finds that in the eleven principal nations of the world an increase in population Is the Invariable rule of the day.

This during that period thero has been a total increase in the world's population of 03,000,000 persons, making the complete figure for 1905. In round numbers 570,000,000. This figure does not include any of the South American, Asiatic, or African nations except Japan. Figures for these countries are based purely on, estimates. Thus China alone is said to have a total population of 432,000,000, and the British colonies over 350,000,000.

These, with the other nations which are omitted from the calculations of the bluebook, would bring up the grand total for the world to a figure not far from 2.000,-000,000 persons. United States Least Crowded. -1 The countries to 1 which the calculations of the bluebook apply are Russia, United States, Germany, Japan, Great Britain and Ireland, France. Italy, Austria Hungary, Spain and the smaller European nations. Of these, little Belgium Is the most crowded of all the civilized nations of the world.

With a population -of 7,000,000 persons and an area- of 11,870 Jtauare miles, the neonle of Belgium ore crowded at the average rats or oo. i uie square mue. At tue other end of the scale, the least crowded of all the civilized countries In the world, stands the; United States The population of the latter In 1005, as given by the bluebook. was 83.567.3771. its area in miles 8.507,371.

This gives the percentage or persons to tne square mue In this country at 21.4.' Russia, with its DOBUlation of 125.000.000.- comes next to then-United-States fo tlie.BQuara mile being- DtX- Ciwin In aotulil increase "of nonulatlnn In ten years Germany takes the lead with a gain of 18,320,000 persona. After Germany, 'hi the order" 1 come uiufvii otie, dupan, xiwu Austrur, Hungary," Spain, United (irmi and France. Kussi Leads In Birth Russia leads the civilized; world In the birth rate, having 40 children born for every 1000 ot iu population. With this rate, considering Russian lead over all other countries In total population, one would naturally expect tne greatest actual increase for the land of the Czar. Strangely enough, however, Ruesia shows the highest death rate, the latter being 81 for ever 1000 of its population.

Denmark has the lowest death rate, 13.9 per 1000, while It has a birth rate of 28.5 per 1000. France has the lowest birth rate among civilized nations, 21 per 1000. Its death rate is as high as 19.0 per 1000. The two averages taken together naturally explain the extremely small increase of 831,000 persons during the last ten years in the French republic. Spain, Italy, Austria, Hungary and Japan have birth rates of over 32 per 1000 of population) but their death rates are equally high, the lowest of the group being Japan, with a rate of 20 per 1000, and the highest Spain, with a rate of 25.8 per 1000; Great Britain has a favorable death rate, 10.5 per 1000 but its birth, rate has fallen to 27.0.

The blue-book has not computed the birth and death rates of the United States. In comparing the populations of the eleven principal cities of the civilized world, the bluebook gives London persons. New York 8,437,000, Paris 2,714,000, Berlin 2,040,000. Toklo is next to Berlin In population, and then come Chicago, Vienna, Philadelphia, St Petersburg, Moscow, Buenos in the order named, these eleven cities being the only ones 4n the civilized world showing a population of over a million inhabitants, 1 Snsaia'a Government Cheapest. Surprising as It may seem, It costs less per head to run the government of Russia than any other nation in the civilized world.

The average Russian tat is flO for each person in. the empire, that ot Great Britain, France and Austria-Hungary runs over $15 per head of the population of these countries, The total debt owing by the nine most Important nations comes to more than $20,000,000,000. The detailed figures of the expenditures and debt of these nine nations are as follows: Expenditures. Debt, Rnssla I1.W4.S23.7W I3.62B.4M.3IIO United States 727,806,700 United Kingdom 8,844,889,000 France wi.mii.oiflj (iJIR.053,4(IO 407.700 7K2.72itl0 1.874,4Ti,W Germany Italy Austria Hungary Belgium 113.827,201 Franca Haa Largest Debt From this table it appears that France Is the greatest debt burdened nation, with Great Britain and Russia the second am) third respectively in the list. Belgium has the smallest national debt In the matter of expenditures, Russia Is greatly in advance of any other nation; the United States and Great Britain come next.

Belgium spends less than any of the other nations. 'i Vo Witches Burned in There were never any witches burned In Salem, and Salem people are getting tired of hearing this historical inaccuracy told and retold, Of course, no one denies that witches were hanged there, but hanging ia not burning. It Is less barbarous, for ens thing. Then again, this whole matter of designating Salem as the "City of Witches'' Is getting played out, too, the city's leading citizens say. The board trade Is thinking of advertising the place ss "The City of Peace" as a refutation of the libel constantly uttered against history.

Accuracy of tradition Is venerated In Salem above all things. In a city whose nips and potatoes to make a potee; we bought a Lorraine sausage, and when you came in I had just made a tot-fait." "Oh, a tojt-fait!" cried Boinville. "That is a sort of cake made of eggs, milk and farinu) it is twenty years since I heard its i me and more than that since I i it." La face became strangely animated, and the young girl, who was watching lum curiously, saw a look of actual greediness in his brown eyes. Claudctte and her grandmother turned away, and at last the girl "I am afraid it would not do." "Why not!" returned the old lady. TC think it would please him." And then she 1 wens tuwuru mm, savins; Boinville, you have already been so kind to us that I am going to ask of you another favor.

'It is late, and yon have a long way to go we should ba so glad if you would stay here and taste our tot-tait should we not, Claudctte "Certainly," said the girl, "but If. Boinville will have a plain dinner, and besides he is, no doubt, expected at home. "No ione is waiting for me," he an swered, thinking of his solitary meals in the restaurant. "I have no engagements, but" he hesitated, looked at Claudetta's smiling eyes, and suddenly exclaimed i "I accept, with pleasure." "That is right, said the old lady, brisk. Iy.

"What did 1 tell you. Claudettet Quick, let the table and run for the wine, while I go back to my tot-fait. between -the cheery ootogena-rian and the smiling girl. Hubert Boin ville, the' deputy governor, did honor to the meal, ilia manner thawed out rapid' ly and be conversed familiarly his 'new. friends, returning the cay sallies of Claudctte and', shouting with merriment at the patois words phrases which the old lady used.

When it was tinie to go. after thanlt- ing tbe-widvw warmly.foT her' hospitality so earnest that the young girl's eye lids dropped suddonly. 1 She accompanied him downstairs, and when they reached the house door he clasped her hand again, Xna yeFiis hSrf OTTnlt' -rf Hubert Boinville continued to 'give, as Is said in official "active and brilliant impulse to the department." The ministerial machine went on heaping up on his desk the daily gristf reports and and the sitting of the council, audiences, commissions and other official duties kept him so busy that he 'Could not find a spare hour in which to go to the humble lodgings near the Capuchin his thoughts often wandered back to the little dinner, and several times his attention was distracted from an official document by a vision of Claudette' bright azure jeyes, which seemed -to flutter about on the paper like a pair of blue butterflies. i One cloudy afternoon toward the end of December, the solemn usher opened the door nd ayinoiiTjcedi i i "Madame Blouet, sir." Boinville rose eagerly- to greet his visitor, and inquired, with a slight blush, for her granddaughter, "She is very woll, sir," was the answer, "and yourvisit brought her luck) she received an appointment yesterday in a telegraph office. I could not think, of leaving Paria without again thanking you, sir, for your kindness to us." Boinville's heart sank.

"You are to leave Paris; ia this position in the provinces "Yes, In the VoBges. Of course I shall go with Claudettet we shall never1 part in this "Do you go soon!" "111 January Good-bye, fir you lave been very kind to us, and Claudette begged me to thank you In her name." That night be slept badly, and the next day was very taciturn with hfs employes. Toward 8 o'clock he brushed his hat, left the office, jumped into a cab, and half an hour later he knocked tremblingly at Ma. dame Blouet's door. Claudette answered the knock, and on seeing the deputy governor, she started and blushed.

"Grandmother is out," she said, "but she will soon be home and will be so' glad to see I have come to see, not your' grandmother, but yourself, Mademoiselle Claudette," he returned. "Met" 'she exclJmed anxiously, and he "Yes, yon," in an abrupt tone. "You are going away next month he asked at last. The girl nodded assent. "Are you not sorry to leave Parjsf "Yes, Indeed I am.

It grieves me to think of it, but position is a fortune to us, and grandmother will be able to live in peace for the rest of her days." "Suppose I should offer' you the means of remaining in Paris, athe same time assuring comfort to Madame Blouet "Oh, sir!" exclaimed-the young girl, her face -krigTrtenlng. "It i rather a violent he said, hesitating again. "Perhaps you would think it too great an effort." "Oh, no, I am very reeolute-Minly tell me what' it is." He took a long breath, and then said quietly, almost "Will you marry mef" "Heavens 1" she gasped, In a voice of deep emotion) but although her face expressed the deepest surprise, there was no sign of repugnance or alarm. Her bosom her lips parted and her eyes became moist with tender brightness. Boinville dared not look at her, lest ht "intonation, of Bpcakers voice, and the sound of certain provincial expressions teemed, ears like, once familiar minio).

theld "Yon are from- I see, ma- dame," be said at suspected it from your accent." "Ves, Buy I am from Argonne, she answerfd, "and you- recognized my accent! I thought I had long since lost it." The deputy, governor felt his official heart growing softer, and smiling again, he said: "I also am from Agonae. lived near your village for a long time, at and then he added gaily, "keep up your courage, Madame Blouet. Ihopo we shall be able to help you. Will you give me your "No. 12, Sue do la Sante, near the Capuchin convent, Thank you, sir, for your I am very glad to have found a fellow countryman," and after repeated courtesies the widow took her departure.

As soon as she jarae gone M. Boinville rose, and going to the window stood look- ing down into the' garden with- his face against the glass. But he was not look-'-. ing at the tops of the half leafless trees; his dreamy gaze wandered far off toward the east, beyond the plains and the chalky hills of Champagne to a little old town with tile-rooted houses. There his early childhood had been passed, and later, his vacations.

He had hoine in his twenty-first year and lad returned only to attend his father's funeral, v. Possessing a superior Intellect and an Iron will, he had risen rapidly, and at 38 jeers of age was made deputy governor. Austere, punctual; he arrived '-every morning at exactly 10 o'clock and remained until 6, taking work with him when he went home. His heart, Indeed, i tiad once asserted itself, before he" had left home, but as he then had neither po sition nor fortune, the girl, he loved had refused him in order to marry a rich tradesman, 1Mb early dlsappoihtQent bad left in Hubert Boinville a feeling of bitterness which the successes of life -ould iot wholly efface. The old lady's jvoics and.

accent had recalled the past, i buddenly he returned to his chair, drew lime, Blouet's petition to him and wrote vpon it the words, "very deserving case." Then he sent the document to the clerk in charge of the relief fund, On the day of the official assent to Mmc. Blouet's petition, M. Boinville left i his office earlier than usual, for the idea ii had occurred to him to announce the good news himself to his aged countrywoman. Three hundred francs. The sum was but a drop in the enormous reservoir of the ministerial fund, but to the poor Wld-' ov- it would be as a beneficent dew! Although it was December, the wenth-." was mild, so Hubert Boinville walked all the to the Rue de la Dt-', reeted to the widow Blouet's lodgings vpt.iirs, M.

Buinville knocked, and great was his surprise when he saw before hinj girl of about 20 years, holding up-- lighted- lamp and looking at him with astonished eyes. She was dressed in black, and had a fair, fresh face, and the lamp light was shining on her wavy chestnut hair, round dimpled cheeks, i smiling mouth and limpid blue eyes. "Is this wlierc Mme. Blouet livest" asked M. Boinville after a moment's hes- itntion, and the girl replied, "Yes, sir.

Be kind enough to walk in. Grandmother, here is a gentleman who wants; to eve yon." "I am coming," cried a thin, piping voice from the next room, and the next minute the old lady came tuitting out, It 1 I 1.