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K, LUCKY ? ' THIRTEENTH !| By INA WRIGHT HANSON ( CovyriuM, 1 ,i Afc< lurt, I'hiUit? 4 Co. The sky was blue, tbe ocean bluer, mnd Dorothy's eyes tlie fairest blue el mil. Tbe sand was white, tbe breezt n-uressing, anil liorothy seemed unusu ally susceptible. 1 judgid It to be an auspicious titue to decluje tny feelings, ?o I Ix-gun. "liorotby, dear, I buve wealth through no fault of my own, social status ditto and a moderately good disposition. 1 love you. Will you uiar"? To my surprise, Mistress Liorotby sprang to ber knees, crying, "Lion't," don't!" and clapped ber small band over my moutb. "Very well, then. I won't," I said to tbe circumstances. "Ob, but I want you to!" was tbe ,uest astounding development, wbile tbe dropped down on the sand again, bowed ber bead and wept. I thought 1 was used to Dorothy's moods, but I realized then that my knowledge concerning them was small. As I didn't know wbat else to do, I just sat still. Finally she raised ber head from the sanctuary of her hands and looked at me reproachfully. "Ob, George, I've been waiting u whole year to bear you say It, and now ?why couldn't you have said It differ ently?" 1 sat up a little straigbter. "IIow should you wish me to approach tbe subject?" I inquired coldly. "Or course you don t understand, poor boy!" she sighed, poking back be hind her pink ear a little dump brown curl. "I have a chum at home, and we were always thinking of something that no one else would. One day she said, 'Let's make vows.' So wo each took a piece of paper and wrote 00 It a vow which we were bound to keep If we were?were?hung for it Nell's vow was"? . "Never mind Nell's vow," I said. "What was yours?" "I vowed I wouldn't marry a man who didn't propose to me In a way no other man ever did." "Ever proposed to you?" I nsked Jeal ously. "No, no! Ever proposed to anybody. 1 vowed, so I have to keep It Ol), George, I've just lived to have you say It in some strange way!" "There's no law against u fellow's proposing twice, is there?" I asked. She looked up eagerly. "Oh, you haven't said it yet. you know. I stop ped you. Do you suppose you could think of some originnl way?" "Well, I'll try mighty hard. Rut what a fool thing for ycu to do anyway!" "I know it," she acknowledged, with unusual meekness. As our afternoons at Santa Monica ?were devoted to the surf, we met again In froht of the bath house and hand in hand walked toward the seething breakers. She looked more charming than ever In her black suit, handed ?with scarlet, and a scarlet handker chief knotted about her Small bead. "Heavens, Dorothy, bow I love you!" I exclaimed as we emerged from our plunge through the first swell. "And I love you. too, dear," she mur mured, coloring a little. "You will find some way, won't you?" "Yes, If I have to pick you up some day and run off with you." "That wouldn't do. Some of the sav ages behave that way. It Isn't the do ing anyway; it's the asking." "Dorothy Allen, see that swell com ing? When It gets here IT] bold you under it till there Isn't a breath left In your body If you don't say you'll marry mot" "It Isn't original." slie Ttye rnfiD Nell's engaged to tmUl almost that." "Darn the man, and tea!" I sold viciously under my breath. I didn't try any more that day. hart she allowed me one kiss as we ant oo the raft, and that was something. It would lie a wearisome task to re late all the ways In which I triad to propose to Dorothy that rammer. 1 lay awake nights trying to think of some ?wild nnd woolly way to ask her to mar ry me. only to face liltter defeat by be ing told that some other John had said the same to his Joan. Dorothy's knowl edge on the subject seemed psodtgtous. It would have looked suaptrioUH to roe bad she not really felt as bod as 1 [ did over my Inability to bs original. The summer was almost gone. A certain Thursday waa to mark Doro thy's departure for her New York home. On the Tuesday before wo. with a gay jiarty. were to visit Mount Iosw.. Dorothy's pretty lips read the de scription from the guidebook as we left I?s Angeles and ware home swift ly through suburbon plants triwnnl the fog wreatlied mountains The rest of the crowd waa considerately ohltvlous of us two! so I made bold to interrupt. "Dorothy, thla has got to end. I am losing my appetite, and I cant sleep [lights. I have tried two!we times. If 1 cant find a way to rait you on this trip I am off for Africa or Hlianghal next week. You needn't look Inejed ulpus I am In dead earnest." "Seems as though you might think of something." she replied. "And If I do you are going to marry me right away and let me go home " T went on. Ignoring the re p.twiu ->? iw . ?k "I deserv* some tiling for all I've .ou?h She didn't say yes. bu? on the otbei *>a. " su' up r,'t say no, so I felt fairly go- -:'ont. "Echo mountain, ' called the conduct or. 'Thango cars for Alpine tavern (Five minutes' wait." On tli" r'gl.i were the ruins of s ho I tel. which we went over to observe. Here we found u cannon, ununited and rt-aily for business. "Tbut," said the uiau who hud beeu there before, "is tired off occasionally to show the marvelous power of echo. It reverberates here, yonder, to the I right, the left, many times over." I fra p-d Dorothy's band and drew her away from the crowd. "Darling." I whispered, "I'm going buck on this ear, und I'm going to mar ry you tonight. Walt here or at the observatory yonder. When you get tired of observing, pick your wedding i bouquet, for you will need It as soon as I get back. (Joodby, sweetheart." And before she could do nnythlng but ? tare at me in a balf frightened, wholly charming way I had caught the doVvu car and was out of her sight. Once the eur reached Los Angeles I j was out, tearing along the sidewalk to the courthouse, where the smiling coun ty clerk favored n?6 with the precious ! bit of paper which would allow me to wed my Dorothy. "Ilo you know uuytl^ng ubout any of the preachers in this town?" I asked, | wiping my jierspirlng forehead. Ills smile broadened. "Well, If it Is a runaway match I shouldn't advise you to tackle the Methodist. A trille narrow is Mr."? "It isij't a runaway match," I an swered hastily, "but for certain rea sons I want the services of a yonng man." "Air. B. of the Unitarian is about your age, I should Judge." "JIc's the uinn. Where can I find I hiui?" After getting definite direetions I fled down the courthouse stops. I found | Mr. It., who when he had heard my j j story laughed Immoderately, hut, as I t thought a young man would, consent- ; | ed to go with me. Consequently the [ last car for Altadena and Mount Lowe , found us on board, together with a ] huge, awkward parcel which I had I purchased on the Way to the station. As the car readied Echo mountain I j found a laughing, much larger crowd j than we had started with and In their 1 midst Dorothy, looking most uncom fortable, but holding in her little hands a bouquet of Indian paint brush, the gorgeous coloring matching well the hue of her own sweet cheeks. "They've surmised something," I whispered to my companion. "Well, the more the merrier, I suppose; kind of tough on us, though." At which speech I thought the niln- i later was going to disgrace his cloth j again by unseemly levity. The crowd ] drew buck a little us I advanced to ward Dorothy and introduced the rev- [ erend gentleman. I tucked her little trembling hand under my arm, and, with my great parcel under the other, the minister discreetly leading, and aft er us the crowd, though not fully un derstanding the play, we wended our way toward the cannon, mounted and | ready for business. I dropped Dolly's hand, tore the pu j per wrapping from my megaphone and put It to my lips. "Dorothy!" I shouted, and first tills hill, then that, here, there, yonder, re peated her sweet name. I raised it to my lips again, and "Be mine!" sang out the hills. Then I laid it on the ground and held out my hand, while the women smiled and the men tossed up their hats In delight. The situation wns severe, hut my Dor othy was game. Blushing, tearful, yet happy withal, she gave me her hand, and the minister step|?sl forward with his little hook. (ifnenil Ordern. lu the Boor war 0110 of the columns, half Canadian and half regular, under General Ian Hamilton, became so no torious for looting that the soldiers were \ nicknamed "the Thousand Thieves." Consequently General Hamilton re- : viewed them one day In a small village near Bloemfonteln, says the writer of ( "Some South African Itemlnlscences," ; for the purpose of warning them ! against any future depredations. j The column had Just drawn up und j was waiting for the general to begin ? the review when a ragged rooster ran j out from a hut and across the front of j the line. Suddenly a private left the j line and ran after the rooster. "Halt!" shouted Hamilton. ! The soldier ran on. He soon overtook the rooster and turned back, wringing the neck of the fowl. As lie passed the general he u ite.i the fierce scowl on his face. T1 s ller, an Irish Canadian, was not isllv d itmted, but this time he tempi ired. Throwing the defunct rooster i t ? f et of the general, he | said, "T >:<>. tio.v; I'll tucbe ye t' halt whin th g . ?al says sol" At which the column roared with laughter, and even tl?e general smiled, j and the s.i er got only two days' lm- I prlsonn ci' for one of the most bare faced lire i "? of discipline In th# roe- j ords of the army. Free.' ..jc Food Before UatliiK. In ne. all parts of the arctic re gious food is frozen not only for pur poses of ?reservation, but ft Wo to In crease, i ; tho natives believe. Its nu tritive properties. Their fish and seal flesh are frozen and eaten in thin slices, cut off by ax or knife. Seal flesh, half decomposed and then fi-ozen, la one of the Eskimos' greatest delicacies. Wal rus liver, too, when frozen Is held to possess great sustaining power, nnd It Is considered thai cooking deprives tt of Us delicacy of flavor, Hie natives ] of the Titlcaoa basin, In Peru, who in ! habit a district 12,000 feet above the sea, prepare tlieJr potatoes by soak'ng ? them In water, then freezing them, then steeping them lu water and mash ing them to remove the soluble msttei. After this they are dried and become an article of food. They will then keep any length of time and are extremely convenient for carrying on long jour neys. The oka, another vegetable of the district, 's prepared In the same way. * it/ UKW^ igffWWmlla ? ? I <R^H WAV ? 1 ? kheumatism is an-internal dis im K a <49PJ Eva 1 ea.se and requires an remedy. I . M||^^^i| RHEUMACIDE "Oats at the Joints from the Inside," and that is the reason it Cures <*?'?:CAj's, after all other remedies have failed. kheumacide rt;^?5 ,'y^f sweeps all the poisonous germs and acids out of the blood *n<* '^a'<es You Well All Over." Those pains are danger signals, warning you of a disease that I ;i^threatens the entire system. Headaches, Pains, Had Taste in the Mouth, that "No-Account" you need | REMOVES THE CAUSE OF THE P A ! N . ^ ? _ t , Ouincy. Mass.. Juii' 18. 1905. B Bobbitt Chemical Co.. Baltimore. Md. W pear Sirs: 1 was laid up last November with J Rheumat ism in ntv fort a nd a nkh'S, but after taking four bottlescif Rkeumacide I have not been bothered since. I tried every old kind of liniment and was under two doctors, and all 1 tried had the same re suit, until I got Rheuniacide. Now, I am pleased to say. it has not been necessary for me to take any medicine for Rheumatism since February last. 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