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“ 00R fellow, you are really aw-
fully hard on him, Stella! I
must say I like him!”

“It’s all very fine for you, Cousin
Jane, to talk like that, seeing that you
haven’t been pr0posed to by him on an
average of once a fortnight ever since
the Seventh were quartered here.”

Stella was generally voted the pret-.
tiest and the nicest girlin Exminster
by the Seventh, who paid her court in
large numbers, but none with such as-
siduity as little Tommy Lascelles, “the
Dufier,” as he was called by his brother
officers, who, notwithstanding, were
roughly kind to him—kindness for
which they hardly guessed “the Dufier”
was supremely grateful; he had the
softest heart hidden away in a rather
quaint little body, and—other things
of which nobody suspectedl him, or per-
haps this story would never have been
written.

’ But to return to Stella.

“Now,” she said, “if it was Maj. Lans-
ed‘ownfe, I could understand your cham-
pionship, whereas the Lascelles boy—
Really, Cousin Jane, where can your
eyes he ‘2”

“In my head, like yours, my dear, but
perhaps they see a trifle more below
'the surface. Little Lascelles is one of
those people who are more or less
laughed at all their lives; then they
die, and, lo, and behold! people find, to
their huge surprise, that the work they
did in the world so quietly and unob-
trusively could hardly be bettered, and
that they themselves will be difficult
to replace.”

Stella’s expression was a study.

Her cousin, Mrs. Ogilvie, a shrewd but
kindly student of human nature, could
have sworn that a smile hovered for a
second on her lips, and that something
very like tears were in her eyes, but
the girl’s next words made her think

 

“You love to dream that geese are
swans, I'know,” she said, “and it’s such
a. charming gift to have; but we aren't
all like that.”

Almost as she spoke the door opened
and “Maj. Lansdowne” was announced,
then “Capt. Freke,” and a few moments
later “Mr. Lascelles.” ,

The last comer was relegated to'Mrs.
Ogilvie’s tender mercies. Apparently
Stella was too much occupied with her
other guests to have a. word to spare,
and the little man sat beside Mrs. Ogil.
vie, sipping his tea, and talked.

‘That lady observed that he was look—
ing at Stella with curious intentness.
It almost seemed as if he wanted to
carry away some “brain photograph"
of her, to learn hcr features off by heart
for future reference.

Presently he rose to go.

Stella laid her hand in his in a hasty,
perfunctory kind of way, but she found
she could not withdraw it—young Las-
celles held it fast for a moment.

“This is a long good-by,” he said.
very gravely; “you know we are or-
dered to ‘the front—to-morrow I go
north to see my people, and on Thurs-
day we sail.”

Mrs. Ogilvie saw Stella’s face grow
deadly pale; she saw, too, that young
Lascelles had noted it, too, and that he
glanced toward Maj. Lansdownef

If he. had said out his thought it could
hardly have been plainer: “She cares
for him and is anxious for his safety."

Then another thought as quick as
lightning and that he did! speak out:
“Do believe me,” he said in his quiet
gentle way, “that if I can shield him for
your sake in any way it shall be done.”

An expression of complete bewilder-
ment on Stella’s face, noted by Mrs.
Ogilvic, was quite lost upon young Las-
celles, whose eyes seemed suddenly to
have grown curiously dim.

He moved toward the door, stum-
bling once or twice.

 

A seemingly boundless veldt, here
and there its monotony broken by
strips of ground a. little browner than
the. rest, with no growth of low shrubs
upon them, showng that the land there
had been cultivated. .

But in the British camp 111erc was a
busy hum going on. It was almost a
city— so large, so full of life and move-
ment and sound.

In the. general’s tent a group of
officers were discussing the serious
situation of a small detachment of
troops who were stationed at the
small town of N , and who (news
had just been brought) were to be
attacked by the enemy next day
about noon. The wires had been cut,
so to warn by telegram was impos-
sible—to detach a. regiment to go to
their help was equally so—every man
was needed to hold the present im-
portant position until the reenforce-
Incnts should come up. It was too
far to signal. The only possible thing
was to send a mounted messenger,
but the general hesitated. It meant
almost certain death and might do
no good.

“If anybody volunteered—” he be-
gun,

The words were hardly out of his
mouth when a quiet voice said: “May
I go, sir? I’ve got rather_ a good
horse.

A very slight, rather insignificant-
looking little man came forward.

The general looked him up ‘aud
down. '

“What are you doing in here?” he
asked.

“I didn’t know you were busy, sir.
I came to speak to you about some-
thing——but it. will keep. May I go to
N_—?”

“Hum—well, yes, if you like. I sup-
pose you,know that there is very lit?
tle chance of your getting there alive,
those fellows are such infernal
shot-s?" .~ - . 4

The. elder man eyed the younger
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good feature) met the general’s fear-
lessly and gravely, but he said Botll‘
ing.

The chief suddenly held out. his
and“
“YOu’ve got grit!” he said. “I very

much hope they won’t shoot you.”
“Gav."d!” ‘muttered 001. walls. of
the'Eightieth. “That’s the, chap the
Seventh call the ‘Dufier of the Regi-
ment.”’
The chief turned sharp around. .
“Do they?” said'he. “Well, Imay
tell you that that’s a. chap I’m "proud

to have in the service,” and with that
he turned to his papers and became

absorbed in their perusal.

 

Across the bare brown veldt a soli-'

tary horseman made his way. “Rath-
era good horse,” he had said, which
was hardly doing the animal justice.
It was the fleetest in the regiment
and had won many a race before
young Lascelles had bought it.

Inside his coat lay the dispatches,
which, did they ever reach‘their desti-
nation, would save the lives of hun-
dreds of his fellow-soldiers.

That thought spurred him'on when
half-tempted to draw rein for a. moment

from the exhaustion resulting from the

sheer strain land tension of ‘that- long,
lone ride. ~ .

The way seemed endless. the time an
eternity, but at last he knew he must
be near his destination.

Just then an agonizing pain in his
head, another near his head, where a
bullet grazed his car and sent-the warm
blood over his face, turned him sick and
faint.

Every moment he seemed more and
more to lose control over his limbs, but
he clutched his horse’s mane with one
hand and guided it with the other,
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ACROSS THE BARE. BROIVN VELDT.

effort of will, and at last rode into
N—. Ile fainted as somebody helped
him off his horse, but his work was
done.

They moved out at dead of night to
join the main body of the army, car-
rying young Lascelles with them, and
got safely back to camp.

In her pretty drawing-room at Ex-
minster sat Mrs. ()gilvie and Stella.

The morning papers had just arrived.
and they had rushed to open them.
Every one just thcn was hungry for
“war news,” so there was nothing cx—
traordinary in Stella’s almost feverish
anxiety each morning and evening 1:)
see the “latest intelligence.”

But on that morning she
laid down the paper and burst
tears. ’ _,

Mrs. Ogilvic crossed the room and put
a pair of very kindly, molherly arms
round the sobbing girl.

“What is it, child ‘3” she whispered.

Stella pointed to a name in the list
of the “seriously wounded.” It was that
of Lieut. Lascelles of' the Seventh regi—
mcnt.

Mrs. Ogilvie’s eyes held a question
which Stella'answered. “I love him."
she said, “and have loved him for ages.
-——and now he will never know."

“Never know!” That was not Mrs.
Ogilvic’s idea at all and the next pas-
senger ship to “the front” carried the
two ladies on board, bound for a. cer-
tain town in South Africa, where a
hero lay wounded, but mercifully not
“unto death.” I

“That passed at that first meeting
who can relate? I-low Stella went into
that. hospital ward. and be, seeing her
coming, could hardly believe the. evi-
dence of his own eyes.

But Stella it certainly was, though :1
Stella. he had not yet seen. She came

suddenly

 

' up to him and knelt down beside his bed.

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“I have come,’ she said. simply, “just

to tell you that I love you, that l. have.

loved you all along, and that I can’t
live without you.”

The nursing sister is wont to declare
that it was a mysterious thing the
rapidity of Mr. Lascelles’ recovery daf-
ing from that visit, and soon after, the
war being at an end, he was invalided
home on sick leave.

During the time he was in England
there came a day when England’s-queen
distributed to her bravest soldiers some
little iron crosses with the words: “For
valor” thereon. and the. one whom Slll‘
specially singled out to speak to him
words which no mauvvould care to for-
get so long as he lived was no other
than little Lascelles. “the Dufi'er of' the
.llcgiment."——Consf:Incc Craigie Ilacle
eff, in London Leader.

flax-dens the Heart.

A little girl, in writing an account o.’
an address she had heard on the phys-
ical effects of alcohol. wrote that: “AZ-
cohol hardens the heart.”- We may smile
at the misapprehension of the child as
to what the lecturer had tauglit.,but
there is no doubt that she wrote. a moral
if not a physical truth when she said
“alcohol hardens the heart.” There is
not another agentthatuiorc effectually
hardcns the hearts of men and women
who in sober moments are tender and
loving parents than. indulgence in alco-
holic liquors.

6, Red “Toot! Forests.

An eastern syndicate is being or:

 

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m'ous redwood forests.

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. 0! local Interact.

l Some PeopIeIMe‘Kfiow and
we Will Profit by
Hearing‘"‘ABo’ut
Them“.

This is a purely local event.
It took place in N o‘ryvalk.
Not in Buffalo or New York. .
- .You are asked'to investigate it.
~— Asked to believe a citizen’s word.
To confirm=~a-citizen’s statement. ‘

' 'That obtains resident advocates

Is more worthy of confidence ‘

Than a-far'off foreign article, ; :

Testified toby unknown, people. :

Mrs. (D. Malone, who resides at N o.
31 Plattsville Ava, says: '“I had kid-
ney and urinary trouble for years.
'Added to that. were severe headaches
and unnatural secretions. I got Doan’s
Kidney Pills at Hale’s drug store (now
Gleudening a; Co’s.) I did not take
them all for I did not. need them. They
cured me and 'I am glad to recommend

, them to anyOne who suffered as I did.”

' Doau’s Kidney Pills do this if taken
as directed. They tone up the kidneys
and force them to perform their func-
tions properly. They actually cure
~the most stubborn cases of kidney
disease. Dean’s Kidney Pills act. at.
once. You can feel their effect. in an
hour or so. Try them for a weak or
lame back. ‘

Doau’s Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers; price 50 cents a box. Mailed
on receipt. of price ' by FOSt'cr-Milburn
$30., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the

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Remember the name—Doen’s—and
take no other.

A’Clmnce‘For Sheldon.

KANSAS CITY. Jan. ;25.—Edward
and George Mocks, lynched on Saturday
night at Fort Scott, were buried in Oak
Grove cemetery here yesterday. The fu-
neral took place at the home of Mrs. Ed-
ward Mecks, widow of one of the men.
Dr. Stephen A. Northrup, pastor of the
First Baptist church, who preached the
sermon. condcmncd the mob’s act and
said: "Kansas, especially that part where
this crime was committed, is a good field,
it seems to me, for the author of ‘In His
Steps’ to put into execution his ideas of
saving men. It might be well for the
Rev. C. M. Sheldon to personally super-
intend the reformation of Fort Scott, for
it does appcar that that part of the
world is sorely in need of Christianity.”

 

 

Sunday Laws In Baltimre.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 25,—Thc crusade
against violations of the Sunday laws be—
gun a few weeks ago by the ministers’
associations of various denominations is
about to bear fruit, and next Sunday, as
well as succeeding ones, will probably
find the spirit as well as the letter of the
lilac laws rigidly enforced. Little or no
effort has been made to compel shopkeep—
ers to observe the Sabbath. except sa-
loon keepers, since 1891. The police de-
partmcnt throws the blame for this laxi-
ty upon the grand jury, who, they say,
when arrests were made took little or no
notice of the cases presented to them.

 

Roosevelt “Find the Fight.

ALBA-NY, Jan. 25,—A largo propor-
tion of the leading Republicans of the
legislature arc declaring that Senator
I’latt has forsaken Louis I“. Payn. This
is thc latest news regarding the contest
over the office of superintendent of the
insurance department. It is also asserted
that Governor Roosevelt has selected a
Republican of high standing as Mr.
l‘ayn's successor. No well informed per-
son here now has any doubt that the sen-
ate will confirm the name to be sent in by
the governor.

Alaskan Mail Service.

\VASl-IINGTON. Jan. 25.——The post-
oflicc department has opened bids for
Alaskan mail service during the coming
sunnucr. The service from.) San Francis-
(-0 via St. Michael's to points along the
Yukon river and to Dawson and Circle
City will be continued. Four round trips
will be made. A like scrvfce frdln Scat-
tle will remain in force, three round trips
being made. All classes of mail matter
will be carried by the steamers making
these trips, an innovation in this service.

One of the Spartan Band.

ROCHESTER. Jan. 25.—Edward A.
Frost. deputy collector of internal reve-
nuc and county clerk, is dead at the fam-
ily residence on Plymouth avenue, aged
6-1. In 1880 Mr. Frost was a delegate
~ from this district to the Chicago Repub-
lican convention. He never wavered in
casting his vote for Grant and was pre-
sented with a gold medal which Was
struck bearing the figures “306.” ..

A Famous Pin: In Court.

BOSTON. Jan. 25.-—Sagasta, the frisky
and much admired 17—month-old pig that
was the mascot on Admiral Dewey’s flag-
ship, the Olympia, figured in a lawsuit
here yesterday, action ' having been
brought by contestants to determine own-
ersbip. Sagasta is no ordinary pig, for
he was a witness of that great naval con--
flict which resulted inrtbe capture of! Ma-

of Spain was scattcrcd'like chalf before
the wind.

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Assumptionlstl Fined.
PARIS, Jan. 25.—The trial of the 12
Assumptionist Fathers before the correc
tional tribunal resulted in their sentence
to 16 francs’ fine, and the Court decreed
the dissolution of the order. The pro-

ceedings closed without incident.

 

What is Celery'King ?

It is an herb drink, and la a positive cure
for constipation. headache. nervous disor.
ders, rheumatism, kidney diseases, and the
various troubles arising from a disordered

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Received for Premiums . . , , . _ .
From all other Sources . , . , V . ‘ . A. ' Siggdgzdg g;
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To Policy -holderu for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . 39:82:90: on

For all other Accounts , . _ . 109493.;29 :;
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United States Bonds and other Securities . .

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First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . , . . slog’::g,;;d 3‘:
Loans on Bonds and other Securities, . - 9:396:6I9 :0

Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents

at $23,534,826.88 : Book'Value . . . I
Cash in Banks and ”Trust Companies . . . ::,g::’:49 6;
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . 6:43:13; ‘20
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Pollcly Reserves, etc., . . . _
Contingent Guarantee Fund . ° ~' ' ’33’058'6-40 ‘54
Divisible Surplus . ,’ - . '. - . - - Ali-$38,684 as

. $2,220,000 00
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Insurance and Annuities in Force . $971,711.997 79

 

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[SAAC r. LLOYD, 2d Vice-Brest eat uvnu' du—I’. B ion, can 3 ~ ~ ,
W ILLIAM'J . EASTUN, Secretary. ALBERT’ KLAfiOTH, Assign: :3;ng
FREDE RIC CROM WELL,‘ Treasurer.
JOHN A. FONDA. Assistant Treasurer JAMES TIMI SON, 2d Assistant Treasurer
. w ILLIAM r; sAsns. Cashier. . - EDWARD r. hOLDl‘m, Assistant Cashier.
EMORYMcGLlNTOCK, Actuary. ' ~ '
JOHN TATLOCK, Jul, Assistant Actuary. ~
CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W . RICHARDS, Comptroller.
0 CLIFFORD GRETSIN GER, Aesistant Auditor. HENRY 8. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
J GEN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies,
E ') W ARL‘ LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor. ‘
‘ MEDICAL DIRECTORS: '
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