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ARTHUR'S
WOOING
By Em [RL HO:...VfKS
Jeonnette Wild wa» an IrcorrlplMe fltrt l'er!iap« it waa not her fault: l>«rhapa it was. There ¦w»s somrthinfr about her that attracted men, whether it wa.s luteutloual or not. A plea.^nnt smile hiiTered about her, llpa; tbero wa.s a sparkle in her eya When Miie Hald anjthlng droll she bad a way of cock¬ ing her head on oue side, like a t.-ln!, that waa very attractive. Jeannette ¦was an Inuooeut t'lrl In every respect, and no word of scundal M'as ever 8p<i ken against her.
Bnt her flirtations were very annoy¬ ing to her mother. Tu the tirst place. li£r daughter waa too young to make an intellliCtiut choice of u husbaml; hi the second, she had uot flulsbed bur educadon. When she 'was nineteen years old, haviiu; become entangled with thre«» suitors, her mothor resolved upon drastic measures. The spring was coming on, and the good lady, tfreadiuK tbe advantages that sumimir
t'llJe her dini.L-'uer \\'hi:i'o a uinu could :'>t (jot near cK^uyli to fail lu love with '. er.
-Mra. 'Wild bitd no cwnfldoni.'e in any !'i ico of uii'iil'? t^lmt wa.-i not l.solare<t .V land fiirtvi-irt would n.H'M! a mont, ivbt:'h wa , inipractii atHi,.. No pj.ice vould d(> i:.i!ci-.s suri'oui:-ied by wa¬ fer, fo au isl.iiid It iiiiit;t bft.
fn CnRco b.iy. on the Maine const, are a number of Uslamls. In tl^e cenrer of ii'.io of tho.-'e 1,-;lunil.-ii l:-i a C'-^ttn:;*. Mm \\"ild rentc'i tlii« c'liije irith a Tiew to nmoviri.r bor I unily im-l scr^'anfa thi^re. lint, al :,s, I; i.-i diiiu uit fi^r worn- en to /i;et on without men .Mrs. WM dared not Iho on the i-lmd wilhout one. Bcslde.s, she b(>eiied one to ran her mot.irliont. Tbero wm* another nvisdu flip a " "n'.i presence, ^^rs. VS'Ild 1 e.4ired to prevent any of her daush ler's suitors from laiidlns ou ii.-r re- : reat, and she ne'' led some one strong i-iidtigii to keep thoin off.
.Mrs. Wild HdTprili<.d for a p.-rson to '111 thU reiinlretueiit. Several .vo'inc luen nns'M-ei-ed her adveitlsement but Ihe ittdy did m-t enpRije any of tticm She waited tid an elderly oue applied 'or the Job and eiijrased him.
John Doohiii had white hair and a white bearti. Hut he neemed to be 'Piite Strom; and said that he was per lectly able to hold the dock against all comers. Oe went lo the Island a (Oiiple of days before the family to cake prcparatloua. WTien tticy arrtr-
As Mrs. Wild bad anticipate'!, they bad not been at their .summer h.-ni'? I lonp before une cf Jeannette's stiitors |n."p(:ire'l at tie dofik. Fie was refised ll lan.lt!!;.: by Ji-.ii;i rioolim. Ho "lU.d I around t.i anut'. t pai"r of tliw i.-.lii'id, j V-'it John wa'< ; !.ei-n i'.'ifh u jl'i':' f" ri*- Irclro hlra. ."•..'rs. W1M wu-i so .n'ci.'-'ed wlLh thia act--,3n of .lohn'^ that i^be I ^.'a^•e hliu a tlv(« di.,i:nj- trold jve-^e. Soon I after thu nni.iltior b-"it .ippenred. and a hand-oiue y^ung fellow In yai"htias jcii.-Jtumo wa'» B'lont to step ont_oD to tbe land!!'-' when ,Tohn ordfcred "him [off ne.r.'kcd a card at hl.>t opno-ier. but ,Toh:l^ai(l tb »t if he ve e the prest- jdent bliuRelf ho cou'd uot come a.ihore .\rai!inent having f.iiled, the v!..-'ti,r tried bi iliery. JoLn proved In' orruptl- b'.e. Till re wai* n'Mhlnsr for the yn.?hts- tiian to do but sail awa;-.
-Mr;. Wild, to whom John reported all these noble a;:t."« of defeuue, waa de llfhted. On «ov< ral oeca-nlons be brouebt tbft cards that wej'e piveti him to his mistress. Some of the niea who bad left tbi ra slie knew, and Home w»Te ."tranKPrs to her It made no dif¬ ference who they were. She bad de- teredned to keep men away from her daughter for tbat mimmer. and, havln? sreeured the serrleea of a man who was capable and tmatwortby, she ^ve her- .seif no concern. She de<lared that it ivas the *^t suioacr she had <Wt easy about Jean'^t^ atnce aba was f«Hirte«i
HiiT one day a thunderbolt citnie out I of a clear sky. T.he fond mL'tlier while tuklri',' a stroll lm r her l-^land, walk- imr through a t!i!i k woiyt heard voiees near her. She lim'-'ej and re''d,t;n.ze 1 ; Ji'.'inijP! te'fj vol, « Then - ¦ ;p n D'un's I de<|>er tores. Tix- latter sounded much ' llko John rieoijin
I Could 11 be f' m the flirt, deprl-ed of
HSU''Clarion will nieii. had i.'i-» her
I l.-Vn ab.'Ut the did servitor? Tb" mjs-
plcion br(jiis;bt a sboek to the d'lrtxif:
. rufdli-'r.
j Adianclug to'viird the Bonnda. she pci'efl throi;,!! a bre-k in tb(« )pavp.s. ! p.nd there, sini-i: on a log with t! e;r backs to her. wi-re J'>hn and JeacneMe. ': .lohn's arm ar(>iin3 Jennnette's wal-it. I ^^rs. ^Vild r.)re thriri^h the under- 1 brii-^h like a friry. He! I'ing the nnlne j of brealilng bni^ih behind theon. the j cnlprits Jumped to their feet, turned and c,-)Tifronti-d tbe an.^n'.'' mother.
WTifle she vas dellve.'lnR a tirade of reproaches Ji.l.n pnJled oIT his wldte beard und stocd r9v«sAled as tho moat persistent Of .lei nnette's suitors.
"Woe Is me. Mi'k. Wild," he said with head beut low "I confeas myself a groat mnner. Jeannette -wrote me thiit you V-ere to remove her here, and I, seelns your a iinrdsement for a de¬ fender, applied for the place in the nciform of a Te<eran. 1 have perform ed my d sties to the best of my ability." 'It's »U ."lifhtl rosniiM." otieadeA
JeHimette. "Toir .im.'inir ine Ilt' has broii;rb- m-^ tc a decisinn. I lovi- Art'i'ir and will marry no une else Fis wnofrif.; bus chai tin J rni.'."
Hluce .VrtLii" was an (..„'llile yonuK man with a fnrtup*' .'ir-i. Wild made a vlriue of necessity '('"^'iivr theqa. and ;oui*ented to an ear'v marriage.
LAW OF MOTION.
Why a Oall Follow* You if Thrown In
the Air While Vuu Walk.
When you tlirnw a bull Into the air
'Vi hlje moriiij; your body forward or
backward, either slowl;. or fast, thi!
ball purfakes of two iiii»tlons--tho np-
¦wanl and the forwarl or bai'kw.ird
motion of your body. The ball possesjs
ed the motion of yonr boJy before it
left your bacd to go up Into the air be- !
j cause yonr body w.ti moving before
I yon threw It up, aud the ball 'was a
j pat cf you ut the time. '
I If you are moving forward up to the |
tii;ie you throw the bull into the air i
and step as siwn as you let go of tbe '
ball. It will fall at some dutauce trum
yon. Also If you throw the ball up \
from a standing poaitloo aud move i
forward as soon pi the liaJl lesves I
roar hand the ball will fall behhid |
yoti, proTidad yon actually tiireW it '
straight up.
Ot coQTse yon kn«v that the earth
8x3-1 anTl fhnt M'ben .mUi thmw a b.i'T Btral/rht Iiit-i tbe nir finni a atundi'i;^ position, t!ie i-'irili ji.nd .I'lirclf u» well a,^ the liHll, mciVM v\-|fh tlie 'iirih a long dl.'^t.'Mien bi-fdi-i. the bull cdincs down ai::iiii. T'le relative ;>ds!l)on 11, h'.we'-er, the wwuo. We k« l .nr F'-iine of luiiiiiin by a c i.'iptrl.'iK-i wif-i <jrt)i r objects. If you are In a tru'n that Is movlnif liwIfllT aud ili'dthiT 'i-aln r le-i by In the (ipfiu'lfe dir-cijoii. moving y,}ft nn fuwt. you s(-< in to l.> troini; twice as fi'Mt lis yon re:.ily ure. 'f llie ti'ain on Ih" «lber li'in't;, Iiom' \i:r, la froliig at the same rate "f mpi-"- I uud In tb» Hame dl'^'^^lon as ydij are you '.'.111 appear t<i be .-itaiidinir Htlll.
ijolog buck to the Imii a)i"'»!n, ynn will find that It always iis.ruikev nf tbe motion of tlie body hollU;'.: It !:i addition to the mdtl"i Riven v, iita It U thrown up.—PliVadelph'.i Press.
Memory Training. *1 have de'dded." remurited f^'-nat'ir
Sort'huuJ, "td train ray nieniory." "Vk'hiit syKtem will ynii nnf'/" "T don't knuw. Ti'i looLliiii fur ona
that will eiijtde me, when I am Inter-
vie'WBd, to remernbor wiiat to fori;et."
—Washhurtdu Star.
I CM Time Crtnotlne.
The cj-ln.illue—under another ; was known and denoimced ta (k> ei'diteeuth century, an witness tbs p.ii. Iilili-t pubii'ihed In ICngland in 174» u'l'ler till" of "'riie I'^nnrmous Abooi' i.ah'ii) of Ihe (I'Hip retttcx>at, as tJhm : i'. I hl'jii .Vo'T Ih."
-.1 I hat time Ihe hoop, usuany mt .'. . 'ebdue, ¦rtas* <irt«-n "h'j larpe as ts nil the spui e nf kIx men," and in ITM ; ti writer hi the ('onndiKfifnT speaka «t : "Iio'ips ' 'ij^iible of cdiiirin-tlug or ta^ ipaiiiilng "rpini the sae of a luttST^ jcbini to the circumference of thaaj \ hd^.sbc.idj."
I Or-ir><"l the King's Eyaa.
j Wh'-n I 1 ll'111.) v.-;is eUnoaer to liOBli
VI"/. hl.s li.alesty was astonlaiiad t* I bill one Kuii'lr.y, In.stead of ibe wraal jcrowiied con vrepa tion. only hlnaalf
and the priist. "What Is the meanlag ¦ .f thU?" f.ild tbe king. '7 caused it to I be Klven out." rcjjiied the prelate, "tluU I .i.')Ur i;iaji'-;ty tlid aot attend rhapal , tixluy, that yo;i ml^ht see wbo it was I th;it ciirne hero to w.'^rNhlp ttod aaA 1 who to Hatter thu kilig."
Death en the Crosa. orodflxlon was a comraon nKKle of executloa among most of the old aa- tlons. It was tn eonstap.t pra(t1c«, sspedaDy in As^yrtt.'Carthabdula and oU Boauui emiiirsi.
HU Treat. Rse/m Re<'r» to B«»- the doctoft Egbert- Siire thing. "Iiid be- 'ireat 70U?" "Ob (IO i<t waa my treat ftcwltt* 2."- nu.T'.''j -Vewib
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