WEEK I;Y NORIVALK GAAEPTE
“A 1111111 TALE."
A tennis party was i1 full swing in
the vicarige garden a , Axmoor, a party
got up for the purpose of returning the
kindness of the many who had {invited
the Vicarage people to their festivals
during the fortnight preceding the af-
ternoon I write about. Mrs. Lane, the
vicar‘s 1. ife had a young girl staying
with her. .. Miss Marie Bonner, whom
the neighborhood had been doing its
best to amuse by arranging a series of
picnics by land and water, tennis par-
ties galore and even an impromptu
dance in her honor.
Miss I on war was leaving Axmoor the
following day. and Axmoor was un-
feignedly sorry; indeed, had the lady
been willing to accept all the invitations
that were proffered, I venture to say she
would still be in the neighborhood.
“She’s not exactly beautiful, but she’s
not the kind of person who gives you a
headache when you look at her,” said
Charlie Spencer, who was down from
the university. and up in the matter of
feminine attributes. Charlie was 20
years and two months old then—-an age
'when the critical faculties are at their
best. As to her temperament, the same
learned authority gave forth that “she
has no corners about her," from which
erudite remark his hearers deduced that
he wished to convey the impression that
Miss Bonner got on well with every-
body.
I was at Mrs. Lane’s party that after-
noon, but I am afraid I did not notice
“that all the female populace of the
place afterward informed me of, that
that afternoon Miss Bonner and Gerald
Blaine were inseparable; but then I am
a tennis enthusiast. and in Charlie‘s
fresh, vigorous language, a common or
garden party flirtation could go on under
my nose, and the probability would be
that I shouldn’t notice it. All I knew
was that the Vicarage lawn played very
well, although it was 011 the soft side,
and that Margaret Hamilton played the
game properly, not as if tennis were a
mere pastime. in which light it is re-
garded by so many girls who ought to
know better.
I Now U’ '1'ald Blaine was a great friend
of mine, although;— 1‘9 was 3.31. 9.23291? 97"
posite to me in man 3 w ay;s fOr instanc’ré,
he looked upon tennis and photogr aphy—
my hobbies—as very mild entertain-
ments. but he had a profound admira-
tion for A. E. Stoddard the g1eat bats-
man, and looked “ Upon Wells. the Rugsby
footballer, with awe. At shooting, fish-
ing and all the violent sports he was a
{6‘9“ ble pocket Crichton. He could
Wake a snap shot at a bird and bring it
down with a deg cc of col tainty that
was wonder.ful but put a camera in
his hands and his snap shots were not
worth developing. Still we were the
best of f1'iends,z;<:1l I we s not surprised
when he informed me the following day
that he had something to tell me, as he
- generally told me ' everything and
asked my advice about most things.
When my advice coincided with his
own views he took it. but on other oc-
casions he was not so inclined to accept
my subtle reasoning.
“Would you advise me to go to Can-
ada or Australia?" he said when I had
told him to fire away.
"My dear fellow,” I replied. “if you
will give me some data respecting your
ideas regaiding those two dependencies
of y'ou1s I will be in a position to ad-
vise you.
“If you mean why I am going away
_ it is simply because I am sick of this
effete old country,” he answered. knock-
ing off the heads of thistles as he went
along. When a man vents his anger on
unoifending thistles it is advisable to
approach him with strategy.
"Your live-'1' is out of order,
.inued foreman;
”Think so? 'he replied, taking a short
run . nIl le 1}:- ing the hedge that stretched
along the right side of the path we were
pul suing. 'Then I will not inflict my
rumpany 011 you any more.” Saying
which he disappeare ‘ into the copse.
There was no hole the hedge and I
was not great at jumping. so I re-
frained from pursuing him. It was very
rude of Gerald to leave me like'that,
but I knew him well enough to be sure
that he would come round to my dig-
gings to apologize before the day was
over. so I continued 011 the even tenor
of my way. moralizing 011 the subtleties
of diplomacy anl the psychological
pr'opeities of a sluggish liver.
I had not proceeded very far when I
met Mrs. Blaine. Gerald's mother.
"Have you seen Gerald to-day, Mr.
,Simpert 1111'“ she asked.
I replied that I had had that pleas-
ure.
"Did he talk about taking a trip to
the Himalayas and the Andes?!’ she con-
tinued. "If he did -I implore you to
talk seriously to him, and tell him not
to do anything rash.”
People always talk to, me as though I
were a hu-ndi ed; it was not the first
time I had been asked to talk seriously
to some 011 1 cl er than myself. It is a
Ve1y (1-1i 'i‘icult tning to lecture your el-
deis. anl' if I dil not wear spectacles I
admit the thing would be a hopeless im-
possibility .
"My dear Mrs. Blaine,” I replied,
"your son has mentioned neither the
Alldl' s 11o: the Himalayas to me; he cer-
t..i11ly (I i‘- . ask my advice about Canada
' .111dAr.s-.ralia but I do not think you
need I): anxious about him going to
eitl e1 1111ce I think that he is suifei-
in g from a slu1gish liver and that he had
l .ctter —-—‘.'
'I 1.111 sure it is not that,” interpolated
'lle lady: "I believe it is all that horrid
girl." '
"What horrid girl?” I queried.
"That Miss Bonner, of course.”
I was surprised. The idea of Miss
Bonner being a girl cursed with “cor-
ners" was not so startling, but the very
suggestion that Charlie Spencer's judg-
ment could possibly be questioned stag-
gerell me not a little.
5‘ " I believ e the poor boy' 13 in love with
her. anl. 1 hat she has behaved infamous-
IV to hi.n.encou1'a'ging him at first and
then throw”. 111g him over when she was
d. me. u i;h llim.’
" I con-
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le
Mrs. Blaine was irate. ,
Could Charlie possibly be wrong?
That was a question to ponder over.
Just as I predicted, coffee and Gerald
arrived at the same moment. I was sit-
ting eujoying a smoke after dinner when
my servant ushered Gerald in; I of-
fered my cigar case instead of
the calumet of peace of ancient days,
with the same result; and, the servant
retiring, Gerald burst forth with a tor-
rent of words.
“I’m awfully sorry about this after-
noon, Tommy. It was a beast of a devil
inside me.” ‘
“A troll, as the Ibsenites would say,”
said I, interrupting him. I loathe apol-
ogies.
“And I'hardly know what I am doing
or what I’m saying, or anything,” he
continued. “You must have seen every-
thing—”
Mrs. Blaine must have been right;
Gerald was dezidedly behaving as if he
were “clean gone on a girl,” as Charlie
Spencer would say.
“My dear fellow, you forget Ihaven’t
seen much of you the last few days.” I
felt for the first time that Gerald had de-
serted me while Miss Bonner was stay-
ing at Axmoor, and as he was “down on
his luck”——Charliespencerese for “de-
pressed”—I felt that a reproof would
not come inappropriately.
“Then I’ll tell you all about it,” he
continued, “and you shall advise me
what I’m to do.”
I saw the humor of the latter remark,
but refrained from pointing it out to my
visitor.
“To tell you the truth, old man, I—
love Miss Bonner—
“Well, if y ou had only told Miss Bon-
nor the truth. no doubt she—”
“But, you silly idiot, I did tell her the
truth.”
“And she refused you? Would be a
brother to you—I mean sister-same
thing. My dear old Gerald, I am really
sorry for you; but we must act the part
of a man—no more Andes, Himalayas,
Canadas and the rest of it.”
“If you will only let me have a say I
will tell you what happened.”
“I know—a. kiss-me—on-the-brow-and-
part affair."
"How do you. know?
mean?"
I had evidently hit up the right nail.
‘ M‘- dear fellow, you we1e not ac-
cepted, so you must have been refused;
she’s not going to be a sister to you, so
there is nothing else left.” I felt rather
proud of my deductions, which were in
true Sherlockian style.
"You are right, Tommy; she does care
for me; she said so, and yet she said we
must part. She would give no reason,
but simply said we must not meet
again.”
“Poor old chap, perhaps the insuper-
able objection will be removed and she
will come back to " Axmoor and then-—
tum-tum—ti-tum-tum-tumty—the ‘Wed-
ding March,’ you know.”
“ ‘My dear chap,’ she said, ‘it would
always be insurmountablef. Of course
she was sorry to have been the cause of
givmg me any pain, she said, and that it
was just as bad for her as for me, and
that it could not be helped, as we had
drifted into caring for each other—-
which was true enough. ” he added, re-
flectively.
" 'You have no idea what the objection
was?’ I asked.
“None whatever,” he replied, with
something resembling a sigh.
What do you
About a month latcr Gel 11d andeele
staying the night at the capital of one of
the smaller German principalities, and
having nothing to do we decided to visit
the opera. Suddenly I felt Gerald’s
hand 011 my arm—we were seated in the
stalls.
“Look at the girl in the stage box.” he
whispered.
I looked and saw at once that the lady
in it bore distinctive likéness to the
Miss Bonner who had made such an im-
pressi on at Axmoor.
‘She is “Waring the ring I gave her
for a keepsake,” whispered my com-
panion.
There could be no doubt it was Miss
Bonner.
“I wonder who she is with?" said I,
leveling the opera glasses at her.
My other neighbor broke into our con-
versation as Gerald did not reply.
“You are looking at Princess Marie,”
he said; “she—"
“I am looking'1 a. the lady next to the
distinguished looking man in the stage
box,” I replied.
“Ah, yes! At thePrincess Marie. She
is engage II to the man next to hel; he is
the Grand Duke of Z N——” my
German fliend answeled. "The happy
event is to take place next month.”
Gerald’s hand closed on my arm; it
was rather l.lllflll. He would not leave
before the 2-114 of the piece. “I may
never see he. 1' again,” he said, Which was
true enough
Once I thought the princess saw him,
for she gave a start and twisted the
ring—the keepsake ring—until only the
gold showed and it resembled a wedding
1ing. I thought she raised it to her
lips, but perhaps I was mistaken. I wear
spectacles.
When I got home again I taxed the
Vicarage people with passing off the
Princess Marie of Ze N———- as Miss
Bonner, and they, while admitting it
was true, promised not to do so again.
It appears that the vicar’s wife used to
be the princess’s English governess, and
she princess, having no corners about
her, as Charlie said, had come to the
Vicarage for a fotnight’s visit as Miss
Bonner, to get rid of the irksome eti-
quette which surrounds a member of the
reigning family of the Grand Duchy of
Z—— N—, and to see her dear old
friend. ‘
Mrs. Lane is a real good sort, but I
from Margaret Hamilton (who is staying
there now) that she is not a princess in
disguise—I don't want to have poor old
Geraldls afiair over again.‘
only lemark that Gerald made after-
ward—From the Westminster Budget.
have taken the precaution to ascertain
BUILT AN OPERA HOUSE IN A. DAY.
The Brick Structure All Finished In Time
for the Evening Performance.
The Spokane Spokesman tells the fol-.
lowing tale of Northwestern energy:
For some months past the people of
Colfax have heard wild rumors of the
intention of the band to erect an opera
house some time in the near future, but
no three persons outside of the: organi-
zation suspected until yesterday mom-
ing that there had been any definite
shape to their many plans; but now
the institution is an astonishing reality
and one of which the city will be proud
for many years.
Soon after it got thoroughly dark
Wednesday night a force of about 75
men were brought in from Spokane on
a freight train, and, unloading near the
Colfax Main street bridge, armed with
hods and trowels, marched to the place
and silently b’gan the work of laying
the brick upon the new building. As
that side of the street was obstructed
and the night a dark one no one passed
near the building and the ruse was not
discovered. Stealthily the men passed
up and down and along the walls and
rapidly they sprang upward through
the night. By daylight the ontside walls
were finished, and before any one was
astir on the streets yesterday morning
the scaffolding was taken down, and
there stood in magnificent elegance the
proudest opera house in the Northwest.
Men, women and children thronged
down the street dumb with astonishment
and admiration. It seemed that nothing
short of magic could have erected such
a structure without causing suspicion of
what was going on.
Just before daylight the masons fin-
ished their work and silently departed,
while their places were filled with as
many carpenters, plumbers, decorators,
painters, etc., and all day the work went
noiselessly on inside the walls. The
heavily curtained windows and closely
fastened doors were besieged all day by
anxious people, but revealed nothing.
At 10 o’clock a bill poster, armed with a
paste brush, came down the street, and
stopping in front of the building put up
bills announcing that the Colfax Dra-
matic Company would star their old time
favorites, George J. Joyce, W. J. Bryant
and C. E. Irwin, in the drama “Hick’ry
Farm,” at the Colfax Opera House. The
good news spread like wild fire, and when,
at 7:30 last night, the building was
thrown open, the streets were crowded
from the Colfax Hotel to the Court
House.
Marshal Mackay had to call out his en-
tire forCe of one other man beside him-
self to maintain order. The jam at the
box ofiice was almost suffocating, but
the crowd was served and seated in the
beautiful and capacious auditorium by
8:30, and the curtain rose amid thunder-
ing applause, which was repeated at in-
tervals all through the evening. When
the curtain had fallen on the last act,
and the villain was finally and securely
dead, the audience would not be pacified
until the act had been thrice repeated.
DEFENDERS OF THE FLAG.
How the Boys of Klngsbrldge Grammar
School Salute Old Glory.
In Grammar School, No. 66, in Albany
avenue, Kingsbridge, the opening exer-
cises of the school are attended with con-
siderable military pomp and ceremony.
This school boasts of having the best
drum corps of any school, and this corps
takes no inconsiderable part in the
morning opening exercises. The corps
is composed of twenty boys. They have
won distinction 011 more than one pub-
lic occasion;
Physical instruction always has been
one of the features of this school, so that
the introduction of a regular military
organization found the pupils well pre-
pared for it.
drilled in calisthenics, while the boys
are trained in the “setting up” drill of
the soldier. In fact, military drill is
the only exercise that is regularly pre-
soiibed for the boys. and its 1esults are
seen in the decided y mar ti' 11 “strut”
and bea1ing of the youngsteis.
The following is the military routine
followed every schoolday in the school:
At 8: 48 a. 111. the d1um corps sounds the
assembly, upon which the pupils prompt-
ly fall in on the 00101 line, as a company
is “faced” and “d1 essec ” by the ser-
geant. At the command, "right hand
salute!” every right hand touches the
peak of the owner’s cap. At this mo-
ment the American flag is run up on the
flagstaif in the boy’s yard by the color
sergeant. When this is done the com-
pany marches into the assembly room
for the opening exercises of the day, At
10:45 the drill call is sounded and the
boys fall in by companies and go through
- the setting up drill with their respect-
ed officers. At 12:48 p. 111. every day
there is a dress parade.
Wednesdays are reserved for the glory
of the drum corps. On this day of the
week the corps gets in heavy marching
order, with knapsack, blanket rolled,
haversack and canteens and leggings.
Thus accoutred, they present a soldierly
appearance and parade during the
“sound off” before the entiie battalion,
standing at parade rest.
Mathematics Made Easy.
Master—Be quick, my boy, and reckon
up how many head of cattle there are in
that herd.
Pupil—Seventy-six.
Master—How did you make it out?
Pupil—I counted their feet and divided
by four.
Master—You gave yourself unneces-
sary trouble my lad; next time you must
count the horns and divide by two.—
Neueste Nachrichten.
Choice of a Vacation.
Aunt Rosa —- Well, Juanito, what
would you like to be when you are
grown up?
Juanito (whose parents are very
strict)——I’d like to be an orphan—El
Dia.
As the bee collects nectar and departs
, without injuring the flower. or,_its
color or scer‘ "'1 let a sage dwell in the
village.
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