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A Misunderstanding
By Edwin Pugh
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HEEDLE and I had spent the even-
ing alone together, Mrs. Cheedle
being out of town on a visit to
some relatives, and this was our cru-
cial glass of whisky andsoda. We had
been véry candid with one another, and
were in. a fine glow of honesty.
“It’s a, breach of confidence, I‘m
afraid,” said Cheedle. “And it isn’t a
thing you ought to know, because you
are quite vain enough already. (No of-
flense, of course, old man. We’re being
:lrank, you know. Hang it all, I’m vain,
too.) But I tell you this for her sake."
“Her sake? Whose?” I asked.
“All in good time,” he replied. “I
wouldn’t tell you at all, Phil, if I didn’t
repose so much confidence in your good
taste; for, whatever else you may be,
Phil, you are still a. gentleman.”
“A colorable imitation, at least, I
hope,” said I.
“You know my wife’s cousin?” he
began. -
“She has so many.”
“Awful crowd! . But I mean the pret-
ty one.” »
“Little girl with flaxen hair?
Rather—«a shade—too conscious of
her profile ‘2”
“Yes. Ha, ha! Miss Marsh.” He
sipped solemnly.
“Well?”
“It. is a pity. My wife told me. I
should never have suspected it myself.
She’s a little bit impressed by you.”
“In love with me ?”
“Darn your complacency! I suppose
“I”
“Poor girl!" said I.
“She isn’t a fool, either.”
“Notta bit of it,” I cried.
“That makes it all the more extraor‘
dlnary."
“I don’t see that.” ,
“My object- in telling you was to
warn you against playing off that in-
fernal trick of yours on beau, You
know what. I mean? That way you
have of talking to a woman as if she
were the only one of her sex in the
world.”
“A reprehensible habit. So danger-
ous!" said I. “I will be careful.”
“Yes, do be careful, old man.”
We were silent awhile. I got. up, mur-
muring again: “Poor girl!” bade fare-
well to Cheedle and. went home. I had
not intended to be at theMassie’s party
on the following evening, but, know-‘
ing that Miss Mars-h would be there
and feeling anxious to begin the cruel
business of disillusionment at once—
that it might be the sooner over—I
dressed. and went.
The drawing-room was very crowded.
I looked about for Miss Marsh, and
presently espie-d herin a far corner. By
slow‘ stages I made my way toward her.
She marked my approach with a wist-
ful face. and when I was close enough
made room for me beside her. Poor
thing! -\\'e shook hands, and. I noted a
tender light in her eyes. My heart
ached with pity.
“How hot it is in here!” said she.
Oh, these hollow commonplaces ut-
tered. calmly in a gale of passion!
“Yes,” said I. “I wonder if we could
get out. into the conservatory?”
We managed it by dint. of many po-
lite hustlings, strewing our path with
apologies as we went.
tained, we sat down side by side under
a tub-palm and looked at one another.
“How pleasant it is out here!” she
murmured. .
“So cool!” said I.
Conversation was certainly difficult.
“The usual rumor concerning you is
out," said she.
“Indeed!” I cried. It was no time to
be witty.
“They have married you again, Mr.
Wroughtnight.” '
“Who is the unluckylady this time ‘2”
“It would not be fair to tell. And—
two are mentioned.”
Poor girl!
“You know that Rumor is a lying
jade, Miss Marsh ?” ‘
“By nature—yes. But sometimes—-
by accident—she. speaks the truth.”
How valiantly women cover up their
scars! ' -
“Of course,” said‘ I, “there is no foun-
dation for the rumor.”
"‘I had hoped there was,” said she,
softly.
Brave heart! It was a. dire. business!
"There may be, some day,” I mur-
mured. “I mean that I expect I shall
marry sooner or later.”
“Oh, I hope so,” said she. “When
you are a little older. Some strong,
helpful woman with- ideals. Not apoor
little society butterfly—like me.”
“If she were like you,” said I, and
stopped.
“She won’t be." said Miss Marsh,
quickly.
My heart was tom of pity of her.
“One so seldom marries the person
one wants to,” said I, breaking the
truth'to her'gently. ~
“And how much better for us thatis,
isn‘t it?” ‘
The rejoinder hardly pleased me.-
“How do you mean, Miss Marsh ‘2"
“I mean that the object of our first
love is so rarely the person to make us
really happy.” . ~
I remembered that this washer third
season. . .
“First love is the only love," said 1.
“Oh, no,” said she. .
“Oh, yes,”.I repeat-ed, firmly. It was
no time for mawkish faltering. My
duty was plain. -
“Mr. Wroughtnight,” said she, “be-
lieve what. I am about to say. You are
too young yet to know what is best for
your own welfare."
It: seemed an odd way to talk, as I
was at least two years her senior, but
I reflected that she was distraught-—
t‘hat shewas fighting against her own
happiness. .
“I think,” said- I, “I know what is best
Our end at- .
~ ,bought a small tract of land a few miles
.from Paris containing some magnifi-
' traffic, for the other villagers, seeing
'is now known as “Ro'binson.”—-Strand
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for me; young as I may be. When my
fate comes along—”
“That time is not yet. of course,"
said. she. ‘
Oh. anxious. despairing heart! i
"No,” I cried. and shuddered in dread -
expectation of some tragic sign from
her. But she was strangely calm, It- 3
almost seemed" to me that a light of '
relief leaped into her eyes. The relief;
of the tormented soul at hearing sen- .
tence of death! . i
A great silence fell on us. She -
mused, looking at me with strange in-
tentness.
“Mr. Wroughtnight,” said she, ".‘I
have a mind, to be honest with you; I
have a strong prejudice in favor of hon-
est dealing. My honesty may cost me
your good opinion, but I don’t. mind. ,
that. I mean thatIhave enough faith '
in your good sense to believe that you
won‘t. think me unwomanly and im-
modest in saying what I propose to
an'!,
I rose in great agitation.
“Miss Marsh,”-I said. “Pause. Re-
flect. Don’t speakvyet. You may save
us both much pain.”
“fionsense!” said she, sharply.
‘I was surprised and alittle affrontecl.
“I beg your pardon,” said I. “Go on.”
She fluttered her fan nervously.
“I am afraid,” said she, “we don’t-
quite understand one another. At
least I think I understand. But you
don’t.” '
I moistened my dry lips. “Go on," I
said again. breathlessly._.
“Mrs. Cheedle has told'yon some-
thing about me?” ‘
6‘N0.9!
“Mr. Cheedle, then? Somebody?”
“Yes,” said I.
“What have they told you ?”
“I——I cannot repeat- it. Miss Marsh,
let me implore you to say no more.
Let us go back.” i .
“No,” she replied. “I will tell you!
what. they said. They told you that I—
I am—am in love with you ?”
“They were mistaken!” I cried, still
willing to spare her.
“Yes, they were,” she responded,
calmly. ’
I gasped and leaned back in my chair.
,“They told me,” said she, “that you
were in love with me.”
A bitterness of humiliation flooded
my soul.
“I have no doubt they meant well,”
said she.
“Oh, there is no doubt of that,” I
agreed, sourly.
“Perhaps they thought they might
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make a match between us that way.
Young married couples are always the
busiest matchmakers. And really, do
you. know, I .think they showed some
knowledge of poor human nature in
this instance, at any rate.”
She smiled. I felt too sick to smile.
_ “I am sorry,” said she, “if you feel
at all hurt by this revelation of truth.”
Then I saw the absurdity of my po-
sition and summoned my sense of
humor to the rescue. It was not pos-
sible to remain insensible. of Miss
Marsh’s magnificent command of her
own dignity. ‘
“I was a fool,” said I.
“I, too,” said she. “But it does not
matter now it is all over, does it?
And, anyway, nobody will know. We
shall both keep the secret inviolate, I
dare say, for our honor’s sake.” '
“I am afraid you must think me
rat-her a conceited ass, Miss Marsh?”
“Don’t be silly," said she;' “you
thought as I did.”
“But with less reason,” said! I, bow-
: .
She looked reproachfully at me.
“I have been sincere with you, Mr.
Wroughtnight.”
“That is why I pay you compliments.
I want. to restore the balance of
things."
“We seem to understand one another
now. I think we might be friends,"
said she.
She gave me her hand and I clasped it
warmly. But whenever I recall that
absurdinterviewmyvery body blushes.
h-Chicago Herald. '
A Tip-Top Town.
About 50 years ago a clever French-
man, struck with the idea‘of the tree-
home of the “Swiss Family Robinson,"
cent trees and built restaurants in their
branches. He has made a fortune out
of ,it. Kings have. dined there; thou-
sands of wedding parties “have seen life
rosy from the treetops,” and almost
every Parisian boy who has read the
story of the Robinsons is taken to the.
village to see and enjoy it. A branch
railroad was built to'accomimodate the
the success of the plan, followed it. and
have erected rustic dining-rooms on all
the large branches of the trees. Rustic
stairways, platforms and bridges lead
from the ground and from one tree to
another. Some of the rooms are lo-
cated in the tops of the biggest trees
many feet from the) ground. The village
Magazine.
ELLIPTICAL FLOWER BED.
It Forms Quite an Attractive Feature
tor the Farmhouse or City
Ornamental Garden.
A bed in: the shape of this figure"
would be called by some an oval, but it
is not. It- is the figure knvownlin'. mathe-
matics as an ellipse. To deiscribeiton
the surface of the ground plant two
stakes- firmly as at A and B. Stretch
, a double. cord as tightly as possible by
a pointed stick orany convenient mark-
er, and, keeping it at- its utmost tension,
move it around the line: AB, and it will
describe the curve of the ellipse. If
the length of the doubled. cord be
only slightly greater than the dis-
tance- from A to B, the ellipse will be
long and narrow. If the cord be con-
siderably longer than the line AB, the
figure will be: hardly distinguishable
from a circle.
As the outlines of the bed. may be-
come. obliterated in' course: of time by
.
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HOW TO DESCRIBE AN ELLIPSE.
wearing away from storms, or by the
encroachment of grass and weeds, it
would be well to leave the. stakes at
A and Bin position permanently. eerp~
ing‘a memorandum of the length 0 the
doubled- cord, the curve can be retraced
at; any time, and its symmetry of shape
restored. Very good stakes for the
purpose can be made from an old broom
handle. Painted and projecting but
a. few inches above the surface of the
ground, they will ngt' disfigure the
bed. ,
As- it may sometimesbe desirable to
make a. bed of known dimensions we
have added to the sketch the dotted
lines shown. The bed described is in
the proportion of 8 by 12 feet. Lay out
an. oblong of the desired. size, divide the
length and breadth. into halves and
measure from center C to point D, and
with this distance describe from E the
arc of a circle to intersect the line. F D
at the points A and 13. Place the stakes
at intersections A and B and take a
string around A B E, then using E as
a. marker, describe the desired figure.—
American Gardening.
EARL} GARDEN WORK.
Plow the Soil Deep and Thoroughly
and Apply Manure That Is
Evenly Rottcd.
It is essential that the soil of the
garden be. rich to have early crops and
' tender vegetables. It should be a loam
and be well drained so thatit will dry
out readily, warm up early and. be ea..-
ily prepared in good time. for the re-
ception of the. seed.
If a quick germination of the seed is
secured the soil must be in a good tilth
so that the seed will come in close con-
tact, as with all seedsa certain amount
of heat and moisture are essential to
germination and contact with the.soil
is necessary if a good growth is to be
maintained.
Plow deep and thorough and then
'work into a good tilth. When manure
is applied, have it thoroughly rotted
and fine and then incorporate well
with the soil.
Applying fresh coarse manure is in-
advisable, because it increases the la-
bor of preparing the soil in a good
tilth. it contains more or less weed and
grass seed that make the work of cul-
tivation more difficult, and the plant
food not being in an available condi-
tion, cannot be used by the growing
plants. Rather than use coarse, fresh
manure, it will be better to purchase
and use commercial fertilizers.
Wood ashes and poultry’manure can
nearly always be used to a good ad-
vantage in the garden, especially as a
top dressing, and with some crops, like
radishe-s and lettuce, rotten 'chip
manure from the wood pile can be used
to an advantage. When either of these
is used a good plan is to prepare the
soil in a good condition for the recep-
tion of the seed and then apply these
as a top dressing, working well int-o
the. surface with a good garden rake.
Poultry manure being a concentrated
fertilizer, should be applied carefully,
as too much will burn the plants and
prove detrimental.
Some crops, like onions,
radishes, beets and the early varieties
of peas, may be sown as soon as the
soil in the garden will work readily
into a good tilth, then later plantings
can be made on through the season.—-
National Rural.
Keeping Apples in Pits.
It is rather surprising that more
farmers do not winter their apples un-
derground in pits, such astheyuse- for
storing potatoes and robts. Thesevpits
are much better than keeping the
fruit in cellars under the house where
temperature often changes very rap-
idly and is usually most of the timetoo
warm. But the pit for fruit should.
not. be just the same as for potatoes or
roots. These growingunderground are
not injured by contact with soil even
in; winter. Any kind of fruit would
lie-"spoiled by such contact. It should
be inclosed in paper or straw or in a.
box. so,that there will be no chance for
soil to touch it. ‘Nor should t“? in!”
be placed where water leading through
the soil can readily reach it. as that will
spoil it an Would the soil itself...
lettuce, ‘
.of greater steepness to the top of the
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WEEKLY - nonwaun - Gianna.» .
nEnARKAELE cLocx.
nu. No spring and wm Run to!
Year: Without Being Touched
by Month Hand.
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Peter M. Ravenskilde, a Danish jew-
eler who has hobnobbed with royalty,
but who now lives in Cabery, Ford coun-
ty, 111., has perfected a Wonderful clock
that runs itself. '>
Ravenskilde is no ordinary jeweler
He has constructed diminutive watches,
that would not be barred from service
.as cuff buttons. He has made highly
ornamental clocks that play chimes at
different hours of the day. Seven years
ago he took up the study of electricity.
He had a fancy to experiment with X-
rays. Not having enough money to
purchase the necessary apparatus. he
made the apparatus himself.
But by far the most interesting, the
most wonderful product of the ex-court
IVA
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RAVENSKILDE’S CLOCK.
(It Has No Spring, But Will Run for Many
Years.)
jewelcr’s skill is a clock he has con-
structed ‘on the perpetual motion plan.
If the statements of the inventor and
his admiring fellow citizens may be re-
lied upon, this clock, which is certainly
an accurate timekeeper, will run from
year to year without any attention
from its owner.
The works and dial of the clock re-
semble any other, but the mptive pow-
er, instead of being supplied: by a spring,
comes from a wheel 60 inches in cir-
cumference. On the outer periphery
of the wheel are 128 cups, each neai‘iy
half an inch in diameter and third of an
inch' deep. Each of 40 of these cups,
which are successive cups, cantain’ a
steel ball three—eighths of an inch in
diameter. '
These balls, move the wheel, which
makes a revolution every three hours
and 12 minutes. Every minute and a
half, as this wheel is slowly turned by
the weight of the balls, one of the balls
drops out of its cup, rolls down an in—
clined plane about 20 inches long, when,
by its own weight upon a receiver, it
starts a. lever which raises the ball in
a, little car, traveling up a second incline
wheel, into a cup which 'stands vertical
for a short time.
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' The clock is exhibited-«in a window 0':
Mr; Ravenskilde’s small shop. Behind
the dial is a porcelain globe, and at
night green, red and white electric
lights alternately reflect their rays
upon the clock, l the colors being
changed each time a ball is discharged
from one of the cups on, the timepiece.
Mr. Ravenskilde was repairing a
clock when his brain evolved the prin-
ciple of his ingenious piece of mechan-
ism—purely as the result of accident.
A bit of brass placed against the main
wheel of the clock acted as a lever and
set the works in motion. The jeweler
determined to put the accidental dis-
covery to practical use. His first wheel
was rudely fashioned from an old tin
can, while the bearings of a. bicycle sup-
plied the balls. Frequent experiments
and many failures preceded the per-
feet clock he exhibits to-‘day. ,.
—-e—— “a
WORLD’S GREATEST RUDDER.
Philadelphia. Holds the Record for
Mammoth One-Piece Steer-
ing Gears.
One of the largest. rudders that have
‘ ever been cast inthe worldhas been fin~
‘ished by the Pennsylvania Steel Cast-
ing company, of Chester, for the Amer-
ican line steamship Rhynland, now on
Cramps” drydock undergoing repairs.
The rudder, which was cast in a solid
piece, weighed over 13,000 pounds, and
the stern post, which was made at the
same place, weighed 9,000 pounds. Here-
tofore rudders have been made in two
pieces and afterward riveted into a
solid piece; but the Chester company
cast without difficulty the rudder in
one solid mass, which experts claim
make more effective this necessary part
of the vessel.
The art of casting the rudder, says
the Philadelphia. Record, is a trade se-
cret which not even the British or Ger-
man steel makers have yet been able
to discover. Rudde for foreign-built
vessels are now bei g shipped from
Chester to Europe. '
John Hang, the surveyor at this port
to Lloyds’ register of shipping, stated
that no European workers of steel
could have. made a, rudder the size of
the Rhynland’s in one solid piece. He
also stated that a. larger rudder could
have been made if it had been necessary,
and the work was an achievement in
steel making which the foreignershave
yet to learn from; the Americans.
Ledn’Pin-k roi- E'xiiort.
In the foreign markets lean pork is
preferred, and there is a growing de-
mand for more lean pork at home. Lean
pork can be produced at less cost than
may be supposedhand the hogs will
grow faster and give heavier weights
than when the pork is produced solely
{from corn. It is done by feeding, in ad-
dition to corn, skim milk, bran, shorts,
linseed meal, beans, peas, clover and
other nitrogenous foods, whichnot only
promote growth, but increase the
weight also—Prairie Farmer.
IS .meLY ,Kivown.
Mrs. Gaflney, Jun-t Eheeted Pro-liens
'of the Council at \Vlomen, In ‘
a New York Reformer.
Mrs. Fanny Humphrey Gaffney, the
newly-elected president of. the National
Council of 'Women, is a. widely-known:
New York club woman,,and has been
long conspicuous among the public
MRS. FANNY H. GAFFNEY.
(New President of the National Council
of Women.)
women of New.York. She was the pre-
siding officer of the Society for'Politrical
Study, and as such expressed.- her sym-v
pathy with the equal suffrage move-
ment. Her sincere feel-lugs in this re—
spect led her to oppose the recent ap—
peal to» Gov. Roosevelt: in behalf of Mrs.
Place the condemned mund'ere'ss. Mrs.
Gaifney is one ofthe officers of the
IVashingtom Memorial association,
which was organized for the purpose
of founding a. national American uni~
versity. She is identified with the. Pro-
fegsional Woman’s league, and is an ac-
tive member of the Demorest Temper-
ance union- and of several other promi-
nent- organizations. Mrs. Gaffnley is a.
capital speaker, and her eloquence in-
variably charms her audiences. She;
speaks rapidly, and is one of the bright-
est and quickest wits in America. The
position to which she has been elected:
is the most important office among
women‘s organizations i’rp this country.
‘ Big Profit ln'Ralpe.
Perhaps no single crop, outside ofthe
usual grain crops. has given so much
satisfaction as that of rape, and espe-
‘cially is this so where it is grown for
the feeding of sheep. Flockmasters
who have sown a few acres of rape dur-
ing the past year report the most sat-
isfactory results from its feeding; and
we look for a much larger acreage to
be sown this year. We would advise
anyone who has a few sheep to feed
to sow at least one or two acres of rape,
and note carefully the results of such
. feedingvthis yearn—Prairie Farmer. .
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Victory March.
By “ M. Dawson."
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