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“THE LAND OF “PRETTY SOON.”
BY KLLA WHEELER wiLcox,
rev
The kin wore Lunapoke. the protutnce broke
‘And many a corated toon
IF & nHbI6 and
foredd with mold 5
Andon} tne lace, While 1 aeoue 90 near,
1y fartuor away thn tho moon,
‘hongh one yorpane Is tui, pot we never got Ehore—
‘The land of “Pretty Svon.”
‘The road that loads to that mystic land
{a atrowe with pltitut srecks
al
Ani ti for ita eliuing atrand
f 1001
# bemare of that Inn down there
itive laud of “Pretty Soom
MATRIMONIAL MISHAPS,
NEW SERIES,
BY W. W. CARTNER.
OMRY AS THUNDER DO You Nor HouD 17?
FILSON YELLED. HANG ON! T WiLLe
- NUMBER TWO.
Henry Wilvon Shows Hs Wife How to Dry-Pick
a Turkey.
Mrs. Wilson—there is your Than!
ving tan said Wilsou, dropping a turkey
“Ther
Why, Heury, alive!” she sai
tur} ey ‘tosen to flop and try to stand on ‘te eee
wz
wi will chop. is head oft,
‘Thr! now hang
yo a missed is com
ro saved,
“he fo “the tnaterial employed tor gue of eesti
Aronnen
can bring into the
x they were
will stand at that end of |
aie 0 i to eek |e alee <
the organ, ed Beige lace,
mn ue
ner
Pr his hand, and he
You are getting the right twist on
ret ved.
a
it. Now we
rs" he ‘ai, aves
urks fs than
the perspire at
fice and ‘ld Eee ir
stop! I cant wot
thunder do you not hold it? Hang on!
he fell over'a chair, the
me hot water “al wide at the foot, an
way to d
iota it
fles!
om. th is
ches of feathers rere Sul i in 1 place ae place because w
loge w
diy’ he foul T must
it = alone and p
tet of the dining-room, and removing |
arg
eran? cee taREthE
‘UE ou ive alive. Dia you suppose turkeys
rem cottolene or butterine? They grow
the samo as he, and you have to take them just
as they grot
“There, m: F wears we i got along without
resume Ta
tu
iay an that ovo days before Thankugiving 7
re st
ly asked.
nm the frst place we Js the cheaper way to g
‘But, Henry, Tnever dressed one in my lite.”
ar
“There you are at lust! You ae Mot know owt
"
‘hes a turkef, that moment Sea feticious
turkey favor leaves the fowl. I will take him
out aud Diced him, and bythe ‘tine we ate
through supper, he will she in proper condition to
Pick," ” te said, taking th ya 1
‘ison boon heard, noise in the and
Tooke out ia time to seo Wilson dis Pie around
the comer of the wood-houwe, and, the turkey
cone into view on the side next
“Go righ into the house! Iam doing
this slaughterin ied, as he ran by her,
ing dish urkey ran into the wood-
hoinie, Ho sai la, and Fal over the saw.
buck rolied up the side with a resounding
thud
@ you ge him??? asked his wife, as she
held the door
“I suppose you "euint I could fail a hundred
Bu
yards and catch a measly turkey a hun dred times | i
metorelatioa
front bath, Tsay!" he roared, vetting the
or
ing the thikey ou ‘the ‘table, after scale
ids! hil
phy, and a measly ait ‘woul not drive.a man
oad
my nose, "an th ‘tik T will be thankful for it, you
in
a nan that would say be was thankful, for
oat ‘would be ee thaukfal if you would wash cet
ron logs!"" | Mi,
all wor
hats, tos
SME other ato ot fine plain nite: dea
ack with a Bow. of th
ota
grlite linen, dreasen aro
sprays ata Bounce ot‘
rants of those
0 " ee
troidery: Genish® bite ea with yelio
F16 for summer wear are
mlcehamnbnry sat inthe pire gaa Beale
nd in deticale tints. and Weup tomen of yellow: bit
jiluk ‘and grmen. Chiifon, matzo sile mis
isin 0 recente areal el
ciewent,
0 of et i
‘orth
‘takes
ser, Thad more variety than at present,
fo make thom inore attractive
ha ap nails
cho shite ct
Plbtou im ue center of Viera wage i
nda of the ribbon ying tat nnd Tiotoonfuttg tho Ne
semen nto the bodice with tho sleeve,” Ane
0 Dale canie do
and ene iy pret
jo to weal
Stier has
tion, ran with tb
orgaudies that
slips.
ith.—Iat. At a house weil
ar sand fc facing the assembled gues
wauaily enter
and if you would i condescend P
ugh %0 take hold of its logs ti
he Aosta ox
hack hee ae ‘fea
md rant th
ay be nec
fore oi
glove on her
ay matter,
te atudrensen Woe, Sa ee
aioe of ler friends, aod the prow tee
Dorothy D. Tho slip akint Is a novelty in petticoats
fo be worn under thin mustin drosses, taking the pince
ota founrtation skit ‘They are three Yards and a halt
th
have
no tlounce, vit are widely tion
mdr: heading
ie” ordinal
6 to paris ata
rt of
a
ROGER AND I.
BY MRS, E. BURKE COLLINS.
It is a very simple story. My name is Marian
2 | pay, and I was twenty years old when I first met
Roger Dermott at Cohassett, whore I was passing | f
un ‘ioest ‘and feathers. | the summer. We—uiy mother and I, who come
ir,
y
posed our entire family Circletad strayed to this
be !
m of possible ief her, even the
drowning catch at ws, forgetting how frail
hey are. And it was terrible to me to think that
t be sat alone in the great, wide world—
We were always together—my mother: and J—
for she was more like an elder sister than a
parent, and we clung the closer now, for we felt
that the thine wus, short.
Therefore, T mac her tite as pleasant and easy
iy ad her only anxlety was for my
fondly unprotected future, when we must leave
rout under the flowers ‘anit the dew, aud I
oul Pp Trier se
brave and confident, as the
ing ve
ot yong ive cra Fao, smiled back courageously
fas
into b
ist, when my future. Boa
anged {8 subject of conversa
ton,
And so we Led on at the sea-side, and o1
lives were very gray and uneventtul, wnt ‘the
ue came when a Fay of sunshine slippod in; but,
when the sunshine goes again, f notice it is
wars darker than before it
st ‘rot ling along the beach one avi ne
ing, my arm around my mother, ton
tecting way, when sho suddenly'started. trom my
side, advanced a few steps, and with a flush t
her’ palo face, held out her band’ ina, cordial
eeting. Glancing up in surp prise, 1 me t the
whi brown eyes of Roger Dermott. He
saluted ine with @ courteous bow, insisted ‘upon
taking amy place beside ‘mother, apd together we
resummed our morning walk. ‘That was the begin-
ing of many pleasant days, Days no longer
lonely, for he was ever with us; no longer now was
ny heart filed with i lon fol forebodings for the
Ttis'woudertal what great sires % Hearts will
ward each other when isolated from s0-
ded 8 Wealth which dear
upon her children.
Looking back upon that ‘peat, after the lapse of
eats,
“Tthink my eyes grow wet, ae somewhere within
Stal fa Hy . faint and slothful pang never wholly laid
Somehow, that led spot b
an
‘iow Huen shirt-walete are seen with black outi
aut
saniee gt Fibbons, with immense vows, are used 1
te,
in succession, aud never make a miss! Probabl:
7; but the slight Ia to strong
if fou can explain. in
expect sto in ‘a place
where's it is, Jen shades jack fea total darkness,
Twill sit down an elbow, and
sten.”
‘There was a crash ai ‘oan from Wilson.
ng: what ave you ds lone now??? she asked,
ious)
its?” ho'toebly inquired,
S*If you have not broken through the floor, you
fare init, What matter???
“Tuell to bovabte to neand up without strikiny
iny head against the roof. I have either stestched
out soverul fest, or the: root, hes dropped. Ob,
Lordy Teannot get on my foots hs roa
cy2H Are under that shelf" whe explained.
fells 0 that kind will put me
lee erount
bye gazed around, Then
his ys o Socom “awl he -
“He, het ‘Thanksgiving companion! Me-
thinks 1 ‘ahold ny ne noble iain perched above my
” Pere “et and ms and seth more.
Ho at
anda vattiine vol soveting’ striking’ the
si fave, ot it this trip! What gras ‘the keg
loasied with?"*
‘Have ‘you alt down my plant jars and
crash,
sy hava knocked the
earl, an “The fesh from my
igh this, Lill have ait
miilding,
Tom, cellar, aml citar! Fyera wi be nia ced be
hols 0
on he continued, after a brief passe
amps now I bay got yout Open th
door! Phe in majesty! 2 ela
“2Ue ball well “eust to tell_abont tabbing al aeer
irkey the. i ith? hae it won't we
the Date owt hs thhvonty aut it did nat ‘ev
ie
veordion platting on thin Koos 8 quite as nineh iu
her it ya turkey oF a | uriesot te ta
"
“Say, Arma, am I under the wood-house, or in
i if
ie
res of si aromas up In thie’ way with eharivink
‘| but never before had I aw:
”
i
dark places arounil my abode, not. if blectelen ity
mi
it
me as the grave- yard i ia which allt Tever ved ies
coping; and yet, there is no dust thore to which
FANCIES.
OF white duck are worn with white luck i have a rave-yards ta the
we
ory. voractirien an Vor it seenis to me
alwayw lay our Braves
Roger was, @. sailor, and ie was strange how
soon I learned to take an interest in all that per-
tained to the ocean, | We passed hours by the salt
“a wave, while he unt: ta to me the mysteries
that lay hidden in its deceitful depths. T
loved the sea, then; oh, how loved it: But ‘no ot
when T walk along the beach, it tal is of | ai
and all dreary things, aud the sound of|¢
Tavtumguituons ‘roaring ‘com rs like the
eries of 1 soul in despai
1@ gloomy afternoon in septunton with the
threaten and dreary, and the sun red am
F | Salten inking in a crimson ball bebind ee mass | Mr
of clouds lowering in the 1 walked upon the |,
rocks besid sea. “Roger was to. ‘met
Hivre—for he was tov salles the morrow for the
adies leaving me, with a heart ke a lump of
fo await his return. I could not endure the
tiowne of this ating. But he would be captain
of the vessel when he came back, he said, and he
must not lose this chance in tis world. te would
taken me with him as his wife, but there
wr “mother, £00 frail ta undertake the Journey,
and so T would stay behind. But no matter how
it
the value of ‘any gain; and I suppose I was
rest.
nd so ced up and down the rocks in the
sunset, with ny heart all :choked ike, and my
voice full of tears. But my eyes we ro dry—quite
ary—for Roger must not sce my weakness. When
hho was gone, there would be days and nights to
ery in, and then my tears need not be restrained.
Waiting bravely for. his coming ratched
theoming. hore the. ships rocked, Ieilyy to.and
fro, with the sisnug wink The suit Has
boo!
y shrikiog and dippiug into the white-cappel
waves. na then, watehing the, sun go down, |
began wonder a delay. ue. a
iked the beach evel want evening,
rae tawa ae tie cong at thi
And, thinking how. pleased he would
0 find mo a0 svock wearer, tan rie anticipated. T
| smiled self "as T marked at last his familiar
3 ;
fo
he going? He directed his steps to a Little, nook
or fovaon the. Moros whieh Thad never visite,
for ho had warned mo'of ite danger when the tide
Was he entered the sheltered nook, I percefved
that the place was occupied, for there was, the
| glean of dress, aud 't
form. Tt was Milly Dean, tho
Sehorman, Uving near, and m:
angry bound, ax T wave iden
ir "Taave her toca to. mets hits nicl
inging back bee long, dark hair from her pretty
kT
white feah-cotoret | roc day “and tar
to’ be ‘peculiarly be- 8
» IF Ue | comy | NOME aud T had to'carry ail ai tht stu b
ge
23
An Avera
Doo nae
him not to | cetting Soy better, oe tt tive he Crna
otto’ ye
‘bout someetl
rs, Bia
thie colored silie
the minister
a
a nou
wena Buch heartless meaieet is outrageous.”
May
jutt
‘nose is *vowsened and Gio aide ef yours
Worth
maoadea tS Dramatis jst—"* ee cn at eee how Littlewit itt
rth $01
"So caring. i somoved he ted! from the box. ie
gate
Well, Littlewitt's se has ween five kisses in
ING TES sents fifo pot come
nt
The ‘pring 2 sunlit Stole ito the thee
star’
ive
wai: there ta ‘he sunset, with the Maters of
ua jus
and | §e to ees ‘aud 9 was very tenant ‘earuet,
an
aw:
he ku
UIT cht ead
er) Buty father, Tans poste that if {8 not oy
sharpening dy, pote ‘againgt your thumb you von
atest. bleyets, eostume)—"some clothes
Ty
actotucr"t gave vou ten cents to be good Setter
are,
eo
Better ana Cheaper.
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