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J Copyright, 1802, by tba
♦ S. 8. JlcCloro Compear ♦
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"Alice Armstrong Is running away.
Alice Armstrong Is running away."
To the slender figure In rusty brown
the whir of the cur wlieels soemcd to
repent It uiiceasingly, nnd every Jar
of the Pullman'trucks gave tbe words
cruel emphasis. Surely every one must
know ber secret Kbe looked about her
guiltily, but the cur was almost empty
nnd tbe few (tnssengers were absorbed
In themselves or asleep.
Above the bock of a neat farther
up tbe nlsle she sow tbe nodding bead
of a sleeping womun and tbe restless
curls of s golden haired child.
With s start she turned to tbe win
dow again to bide the tears that
sprang to ber eyes. Kdlth hsd hair
like that, tbo HtUe flve-year-old sister
whom she was leaving perhaps for
ever. No, not forever, she corrected
herself; only till she could earn s borne
for both. But another glance at tboae
shining, curls might steal awsy ber
courage, Hesolutely she closed ber
eyes snd tried to review ber past sod
plan for tbe future.
It had all begun tbe year before,
wben Mrs. Armstrong second bad de
cided to tske in summer boarders.
One of the earliest applicants was
S suave and oily person wboes csrd
read "Algernon Stsunton—Leads snd
Heavies," and wl»o needed no socb
advertisement to proclaim him as an
actor of tbe cheapest sort.
But to Alice all actors were on a
plane for above tbe bumdrum of ev
eryday existence. When be assured
her that she was destined to become
su ornament to tbe drunintlc profes
sion sho listened reverently. At tbe
end of bis four weeks' vacation be
bad harried off to join s summer stock
company. There be regaled bis asso
ciates wltb tales of tbe shrewdness by
which be bad "jollied" a girl Into giv
ing him tbo position of star boarder.
He neither know nor cared that be
bad left tbo girl wltb ber heiid full of
dreams and her heart sore and chnf-
Ing ognliiHt existing conditions. Tbo
old wound on account of tbo hasty re
nnrrluge of her father so soon after
her mother's death broko out afresh.
Hlic was eighteen. Surely she was
/*£ .
"MAMMA NBVKB HAS TIMB TO DO THtNOS
t'Oll MIS."
competent to manago tlio houso with
out.the supervision of this coltl blooded
woman who lind usurped h'T mother's
place.
ller jeal«uay bad found reflection In
her stepmother's resentment of all
questioning of authority, And Dow
■alio was speeding away to the city. In
tbe shabby purse clasped tlglitly In
her hot fingers were UO of the money
she had so carefully saved and Staun
ton's etird, which bore tbe penciled Hue
"I'er address cure of Clipper."
lie would help Iter, she knew, for
had he not told Uer that she was des
tined to succeed? And there was Joe,
who had gone away to the city tbe
year before, but who of lute had writ
ten at longer and longer Intervals. No;
She would not tell Joe unUI llruily es
tablished in ber new work.
A sudden tug at ber dress awakened
her from her day dream. It was tbo
golden haired child. A thrill of pity
swept over her, for tbe little girl was a
cripple.
"Pit a**," she asked plaintively, "may
I como and talk to yon and show you
my dollf Nanna has beeu asleep for
eveaso long, and t am dreadfully looo
somo."
Alice made room for her with a
smile of welcome "Of course you
may," she declared heartily. "Ami
where Is this wonderful doll of
yours V
The child bold up a rag doll much
tbe worse for wear, dressed 1A faded
green silk.
Alice paled. She had once bad a doll
like that Her mother had mudo It.
Would the second Mrs. Armstrong
make dolls for Kdlth? Her voice trem
bled as she asked gently, "Who made
It for you—your mother?" And she
Kb-need at the sweeping woman.
The child caught ber glance and an
swered quickly: "That's not my tnam
mn; only Kqnna. my nurse. My mam
ma IS a pretty laily. Her hair la nl|
goldy—beeuklfnlhr than mine—and h'f
checks are lUufc-so Dlukl Only she
- j
Till; STOMACH IS THE MAN.*"
A weak stomach weakens tbe man, be
caiiss it cannot transform the food be
eats into nourishment. Health and
strength cannot be restored to any sick
man or weak woman without first restor
in* heilth nnd strength to the itomacb
A weak stomach cannot dirfet>t enough
food to feed tit? tissues and revive tbe
tired and ran down limb* and organs of
the body. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure clean
ses. purifies, sweetens and strengthens
the glands and membranes of the stom
ach, and cures indigestion,dyspepsia and
fili t - ,,, t" a ri' 3* R. fMpy*
>) won't let me kin her for fear of burt
! • lng Ibem.
i | "IVrbapa you know her." eagerly.
! | "Her name is Clarice Morton, and ibt
> is S great actress and slugs and dances
I! beautifully; only 1 ean never dance
i 1 because my back la crooked, yoo see.
( It waa an the fault of a wicked nurse.
• Bbe dropped me. and I hurt my aplne,
I tbe doctors Bay. No: It waa hot Nan
> Da. Kanna Is ever so Rood and kind.
• She came joat after that, when I bad
to lie In bed for a lons time. She made
ma tbe doll then. Mamma new baa
time to do things for ma," wltb a little
sigh. "Id the morning abe sleeps, and
' In tbe afternoon abe goea driving, and
r j lota of line gentlemen come to see her,
1 and In the evening she la at tba tbea
t ter. lint tbla la made from ooe of her
' prettiest dresses." And abe smoothed
' tbe green silk proudly.
' Alice bad listened In horrified al
ienee. Tbe unconscious pathos of tbe
' child's story cut ber to tbe heart. Tbla,
' then, was tbe fate of tbe child of a
1 great actress, unloved and neglected
or left to the doubtful care of serv
• ants. How blind she bad been to tell
' herself that abe was taking tbla step
' for Edith's anke! It had all boen for
r self, self. This little crutch waa
caused by tbe raugbneaa of a nurse.
1 Once abe bad seen Mrs. Armstrong
' strike Edith. Buppose abe should do
' so flgnln and the coreleaa blow bring
' her ta tbe pose of this poor little one!
r Tbe thought was torture. Abruptly
1 aba leaned over and rang the bell for
the porter.
"What la tbe nest stop?" she asked
breathlessly.
"Neat stop Ballston," he said; "doe
| there In ten minutes."*
"When can I fat s train backT"
1 "There's one due in a half boar."
1 "Please com* and (at my things,"
1 aba aald more quietly. "1 will leave
the train there."
1 Tben aha turned and took tba little
J stronger In ber arms. "I want to
thank you," she whispered aa abe
1 klaaed ber teoderly. "Yoo hare ahown
me my doty."
Twenty mlnotee later Joe Watson
' gave a whistle of surprise aa be came
1 face to face wltb ber on tba Ballston
platform. "Well," be cried Jovially,
' "here 1 waa going up to Keeaport to
' aee yoo, and here yoo are part way to
meet me."
| But quest lona died on his llpa at
closer vlnf of ber face. Bho had
drawn away from bltn wltb almost a
' look of fear. Then sbo lifted ber head
bravely and gased straight Into his
eyes. "I had started to run away, but
I've changed my mind. Kdltli needs
' me; so I'm going hack to make the old
place Beem like home to her."
As Joe saw the unselfish purpose
that shone In her eyes and the woman
ly sweetness of her firm, set Hps he
realised that his childhood's friend
luid thrown Into something very fine
and precious. Peep In his heart lie
reentered the vow to some day make
a jiome for both her and Edith. And
his dream canto true.
Wlir Carljrta Was Mot a Dorr.
Carlylo took a friend, a much youn
ger man, out walking with him and In
hIH umiuU way Indulged In a monologue
In which, nevertheless, his companion
wits much Interested. Once or twice,
however, (ho friend ventured to put .It)
a word or two of objection In regard
to something snld by Carlylo. Tbla an
noyed t'nrlyle Intensely, and when they
reached home he turned upon his com
panion and addressed to him Jhe fol-'
lowing warning; "Young man, I'd havo
ye to know that yo've the capacity for
being the greatest bore In Euro|ie."
Tl.e poor man had hardly spoken n dos-
MijNWb; but, since these hid been
«, off Ileal, they had made hllu *ceiu to
pnrlyle a potential bore of colotteul [>ro
portlons.
Many men In thjs wny cot unjustly
called bores. They venture to doubt
sotno statement made In conversation
> and r.re at once hrnndvd wltb the most
torrlfytrg of imtnea. These unfortu
nate persons are 111 truth not bores at
I all, but merely the Innocent detectors
i of the Intent capacity of boring IT) oth
er#. Carlylo showed by Ills speech what
i was Indeed the fact, that lie, not hU
friend, |»oasesse«l tba potontlnllty of
' boring. It Is trtta tbnt his groat livj
l agination generally saved hliu, but ha
i often wont perilously near tho line,
' Had bo not lieeu tho man of gonitis |ia
was ho would ntsuredly hare been tho
i greatest bore la Europe.—Loudon Spec
tator. >- '
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Many of our moat usually quoted
> phrases are from tho lllble, among
thorn being, "No reat for tbe sole of tba
; foot," "Dork I teas which may be felt."
"Dtiug dowu tuy gray ha Ira wltb sor
row to the grave," "Tho wife of hla
I bosom," "I am going tbe way of all tba
i earth," "A still, amali vote*," "AU that
> a man bath will he giva for hla life,"
I There tho wicked cease from trou
bling and the weary be at fret." "Man
r Is born to trouble aa the aparka fly up-
I ward," "Oh. tbat my adversary bad
• written a book," "The lines are fallen
to me In pleasant placea," "Hla one
mlea shall llek tbe dust," "Happy la
i the man tbat hath hla qulrer full,"
I "The heart knoweth Its own bttter-
I neas," "Heap coals of Are on hla bead,"
f "Open rebuke la better than secret
love," 'There Is no new thing under
i the son," "A living dog 1a better than a
I dead lion," "Tbe race la not to tba
swift nor tho battle to the strong,"
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. faces of tbe poor," "Weighed In the
[ balance and fouttd wanting," "Who
. touches pitch will be deQlod." "Laugb
, lng to scoru," "He tbat runs may
. rood." "Do not cast pourla before
swine," ar.d a great many other ex :
. preoptions that liuve served the turn of
. thousands cf years and help oa to real
. lie bow little human nature cbsugea
I In tbo generations that go by. si oca
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