f-

WHERE ARE YOU, DEAR? Where ue yon. Deer, bow that the winter Hu nearly run It* eouru'r Bprtn* will be And bird* *h*ll »1ck u bom* they wing tbalr •■Where ere you, DeerV

’St

And In %e l ubcht: “With the dawn klad and Be wtll pua by!” My lltU* dweillDg brlcht Hu It* *o(t curtain* drawn; 1 wall the _ cheer "'.KT

very lo is a alien He ’

head wax perhaps getUi

the old fatnlliat

ip of glrlB. GlancInF

—Marie Yen Yoret.

are you, in Lippi

ilncott * Mas*

all, to look «t iilm now. would eroi Imaclne that be had byedT ms .»* > lots ago. an outcaat and nr

othi

being

atronger, but that could not be helped He was conscious that atrenger* raked about him as If pleaaed, and hlr getting aoi

a grout

round to learn the cause, he saw that his grandfather and grand mol her had

come.

They had stationed themselves-on I the track, the beheld of all beholders j In me poor old family vehicle that i had carried many generations r.f i Scotts on ante occasions, they sat and Sued their loving eyes on bis lace, their faces wreathed In happy

. smiles.

Jdremiah knew that , the girls were making unkind remarks, and saw that i Lucy was one of the group. He lid

ay Jesse sarteu.

practising on the campus, , infah Scott sat under the ell

Iron entering his aoul. back was towards a

d Joint ith cot

| “COUNTRY'S" VICTORY. J

0 x_ _ 0 , not see that she left them

i , her father, for with his breath com .• ing quickly he took great strides te I the old equipage, where he leaned

The hltf, Mhool foolbb*ll imn, | wl „, „ d u|lcd „ n „,

ob U,. ou,oo.. lo duly.

o hi,

ears like the gurgTe of the brook that crossed his grandmother's farm. These words separated themselves:

boys

-Oh. that Is 'Country'! You" not seen all our rustic curiosities yet. His grandmother must have been letting out hit coat to male It large j, enough for him. and that is a strip . of new cloth. Isn't it funny!" Jeremiah's souj swelled with wrath and grief as the girl's Voice went on sweetly. “Did you ever see him standing up? There are dark stripes around each leg of his trousers where tucks have been let down.” ’ •Honestly?" '"Just wait till ho stands up." Jeremiah, watching the football game with angry unseeing eyes, wished that the great elm might grow old, die, and be uprooted before It .should be necessary for him to rise. He knew the voice of the girl who had spoken first. She was the Judge's daughter. Lucy, who had been away for a year In New York, and consequently was looked up to as a superior being. Jeremiah had watched her from a respectful distance, and It-cut him deeply that she should have seen the mark of his grandmothers efforts. but her next words filled him with conflicting emotions. "He has a nice face. 1 like him.” He held his breath to listen. Surely she must be making game of him. os every one else did—but—no— < "Why Isn't he on the team?" It Bounded like a serious question with no suggestion of mockery. “What, that country Jay? He wouldn't know a fottball from a pumpkin—he might try to eat it" "111 ask Jack about it. He might help win the game." John Singleton*. Lust's brother, was captain of the team, and took the responsibility seriously. For several

He never could tell how the game was won. 'But the Tigers were beat en. The crowd of men and boys came rushing and closed about him to Jo him honor-Vto carry him on tbeli shoulders in demonstration of their own joy at the victory- It was a great moment. There were cries of "Country ! — ~C«{nti7! What’s the matter

years the high school had been beaten by the "Ti| ~ " ’

village, and

• the "Tigers" of the liege, and it was gel til

The coming game was a matter

Ing. ■ of

WORK OF THE SHADOW. MEN WHO ARE EMPLOYED TO WATCH

EMPLOYES OF BANKS

1 here Are Sbeut 800 of llie-o In Kew York city Alune—One «f Ihein Tell* #f HI* Melliod* — Tke'Slerj’ cf On* FoolUh Young Men—1>I sell urged Kiupleye*. In :he boro-igh of Manhattan every Tlay there are somewhere In the neighborhood of JOO persons shadowed, none of whom know* as he goe* hls way that ht» is being watched. Nor docs he know that the sword hangs over bis head suspended by a thread that may be cut at any moment by his ehadower. These men whose tote is held la the palm of the hand of a private detective are all employed In "banks, nations), state and savings. There are also other big corporations which employ detectives to follow their employes after hours, "so as to get a line on the life that they lead aficr hours." a detective employed la this particular line put It to-day. Many bank presidents believe that by employing a detective to shadow everylo'dy employed In the Institution the chances for a defaulter are reduced to a minimum. And yet the case of Samuel C. Seeley, employed for eleven years as bookkeeper in the Shoe and Leather National Bank, might be cited to demonstrate that this method of vigilance Is not Infallible. Through Seeley the bank In eleven years lost *33000. He was a model bookkeeper.

with Count*}-?,'' and answering shouts j 'be real kind of a home man. That was of "He's all right!" | shown by the fact that he got for hts . But to the right of the crojrd. voice* j share In actual cash only *11,000 and

said, “Here you are. Make way for'

the lady." and thi

mgh a narrow pans

(other,

inute!" she •quavered,

xmt

». the little grandmot

great anxiety to Jack. If the team would only do as he wished there might be more chance, but some cf them would "break training" and get out of condition. It was discouraging. He and Lucy talked.lt over on the way home from school. Lucy was \ thoughtful. "That boy they call Couctry doesn't ■make. He's big and strong. There .was a big boy of the lower grade teasing a little one. and Country passing through the hall. He Jlftcd the big one by the collar and rapped hls heels against the wall throe times, and told him In a kind of drawl not to do that again. He did-it as If te were dreadfully strong—ai 1—I think heX nice." i “He might do—only he’s not in our ■ ,crowd—but if he Isn't too stupid—" They talked of the matter to their fglher that evening. HU eyes bright-

ened.

- "Jeremiah Scott.” he said. “His > father was In my regiment. A splendid fellow. If Jeremiah is like hls people he ought to be the right tort. I remember when Scott was the first Inside the breastworks. He has a medal for that. If young Jerry could do for you in your game what hU

father did In that battle—”

When, the next day, George Qlocum appeared heavy-eyed and pale from ln-_ digestion, Jeremiah was summoned from hU gloomy vigil unfler the elmtree. The , captain looked him over, and nodded approval. After all. the fellow did not look so Atnpld when one saw hi* face-rand fhe unwieldy appearance of hU body! was chiefly

doe to hU clothes. /

That afternoon way a strange and dellgiitful experience'to Jeremiah. At the end of It, be was a regular member of the football squad. In.a few days, for the great game was drawing near and training was being harried,

he was pot In at half-back.

Then he ceased to h^X t,ntt ' k rou P* of girls did not laugh as he peseed, no

age way ramp. I

"Walt a mil

shrilly, as her boy was about to be lifted from hU feet. Jeremiah heard and turned toward her. She ran 1-J hln." and opened a great bundle she

was .carrying.

“You must put this on." she said, "because you are so warm that yon might take cold." She took off the newspaper wrapping. and shook out a new. gaily colored patchwork quilt. It was the one she bad been making all the fall. Perhaps all along she had been punning It for this, her feeble little hands unconsciously patching hls complete and overwhelming downfall. Hereafter he would be in the minds of all theso people—just a thing in a bedqullt, something to laugh at tfll their sides ached. The groveling horror In hU heart was like nausea. Lucy stood beside her father, the judge. They were^ looking at him with intent, stem scrutiny. He caught the Judge’s eye. There was an Intentness In It that reminded him of one pupil trying to tell another something In the schoolroom, and not daring to speak except with bis eyes. It-was an eternity of misery, yet an in a flash grandmother was If" the awful thing up and around It was not yet too late to refuse It quietly—to thrust it back Into her eager, loving hands that had tolled on 1L Could he—must he—be carried -around the track with that thing streaming out behind him? Impossible! too humiliating to think of. She was lifting It In her feeble hands. “Grandmother knows what her boy wants." her old voice ca-

ressed him.

A man langhedrr-a coarse, brutal laugh. The outside crowd pushed ■and shouted, unseeing. “Scott! Scott!"' It was that laugh that did It It made him gmndmothers champion against the world. The struggle was Jeremiah loved hi* little grandmother, and as he stooped to let her fasten the quilt about him with a great horse-blanket pin, he planted a swift kiss on the soft, wrinkled forehead. and the crowd lifted and boro him away while shrieks and bowls t the November air. But the conqueror’s chin was high. When he found hlmseH free once nore. he picked up the mass of bedqullt that trailed behind him, and hung It over his arm. To hls surprise a portly gentleman barred hls way with outstretched hand and the voice of the Judge, deep, earnest'and cheerful, said: “I con-

straight to Dick Canfield's gambling house. I was after him. I had to ‘hitch'

most of this he spent in doctors' hills

for his family.

Seeley, like every other employe In the Shoe and Leather Bank, was shadowed: hls home life was known:-he was reported as a model man. Where Abe vigilance of the bank's management went astray was in not shadowing Seeley's accomplice, a laWyer who bad man)*real estate transactions. The accomplice one day overdrew hls account. Seeley knew-that If he notlfled the cashier he would be discharged, so he called on the lawer and asked him to refund the money (It was only *100). The lawyer explained that he had a big real estate deal on and he could not put It through In time to save Seeley unless he had more money —*8.000. That was the beginning of Seeleys’ downfall. The model home man consented. When the lawyer on the following day presented a check for *5.200. the paying teller asked Seeley how the account stood. Seeley said that the check was all right and the lawyer got the money. To cover up his tracks. Seeley deu eluded from accounts that never were touched, so that at night hls ac-J counts balanced. He neverjoolf a vacation. not even & day off In eleven years. To all appearances he was a model man. No one knew that he had an accomplice who was drawing anywhere from *100 to *500 a day out of the bank, They might shadow Seeley, but that would not reveal the true state of affairs. He was with hls family

a Sunday school

never bet on the

on behind hls hansom. When be went Into Canfield's I was up against a stone wall at first, but I finally got hold of the bald-headed man who usually looks after everything when he is not In the chair watching the dealer. I explained my mission to him and he let me In. having had hls conscience greased

with a *50 bill.

"I found my man at the crasy wheel, playing hard and fast. It did not take him long to get rid of *300—I forgot to say that It was the day before payday. a time when most workers are broke. Well, from Canfields’ my quarry went to the tenderloin, and there blew In *10(l. 1 dropped him at hls home at 5:30 k. M. He was discharged Immediately after my rqport was

wived. V

"Now there was a foolish young man as I afterward found out. He was not , short In his accounts. He had plenty of j money of hls own, but he was dincharged just because of his high roller j tendency. However. the president ; would take no chances with him. 1 sup- | pose that in all the while that 1 have : been In the bank's employ fifteen or ' twenty men have been discharged be- , cause of my reports on their lives outside the bank."—New York San. SUAINT AND CURIOUS A whistling moth is an Australian rarity. There Is a glassy space on the

•Ith ribs. When the hlsfle It strikes the

ribs with Its antennal, which have a knob at the end. The sound is a lovecall from the male to the female. j The Hungarian minister of the -nte- i nor has Issued a decree ordaining that I all waitresses In cafes, restaurants. I

lea shop* end so forth must be at least ! velvet trimmings.

AO years of age. The decree came into force on Sept. 1. and ihrew many

young women out of enfrloyment. : in the centre from and

very night :„he was a uperintendent; he net

cm* Joked, no os everywhere "old t

*i. no (was

” sad “old fel-

the price of oats. He was MlH called Country, but, with an accent of friendly admiration to which no one could object, and when the day came for the great game, be was happy and at peace with the world. The Tigers had come on fro CroBpvnie. The fair-ground swarmad with onlookers. Jeremiah, standing bead and shoalJer* above the rest of the team, looked about at te* crwwdaadw t • ;•

gratulate yon. my boy! Yon have won a great victory. Here, Lucy, come and shake hands with the hero." /'

Lucy’s small, eager hand was tiulte lost in his. and Lucy’s cheeks pink.—Youth’s Companion.

*1 to the bathroom steward. *3 to t deck steward, *2 to the smoking roc

And so even wih the precautions that are taken by all financial Instltu-

le P to te

defalcations It is

where the next man will get a million or more dishonestly. In the systojn that the banks have to-day there is a chance to learn where to look for a possible defalcation, no matter how cleverly the man’s tracks are covered and there Is also an opportunly out all about employes. A m who has been at this work In the detective line for more than twelve years talked about hls work the other day. “I am employed." be said, “by the president of about the biggest bank

up. ai find '<

employ of the bank. No one about my work except the president 1 am not on the bank payroll. I reo my salary in a roundabout -way. have not seen the president In all the years that I have been in hls employ. “On the ordinary work Jay# I begin my labor at * o'clock, the time of closing the bank. I havers list of all the employes and I know every one by sight. I select each day the man that I am going to shadow. For five years I used to wait for my man, rain or shine, on the street near the bank building, but now I go to an office acroas the street It's pleasanter, because there’s no telling when my man will quit work. Take the case of the cashier. He may stay until 7 o'clock pometlnn*. When he leaves the office I must be on hls trail. I watch him

come out, and from then untirhe Is.

PASCT WAIST WITH flVE-OOHSP HSIBT. blue doth I* shown here with black

glove-

The waist Is mounted on a gl< fitted feather-boned lining that di

Is faced with

velvet to grounded yoke depth at the

Judge Henry Redwine the other day • batk - Tbe 0,0,11 l » dr * wn K,IIOO ' ,ll} ‘ took to Fnoonlx. Arix.. a story of an I hitosslH* shoulders and displays

active volcano in a smoking lake 21 ! all K ht fulno "' oilles from Ttxlca at the base of the The front plast

'fhe fronts fnsieu'ln double-breasted style with fancy pearl buttons. They are deeply underfai-ed with doth and rolled hack to form re vers that meet the turn-down c-qUar, In notches. Applied pleats are arranged from shoulder to hem. bark and front, studied on the edge,. A narrow gray velvet belt eudrdes the waisu The sleeve* are regulation two-piece nun models, with slight fulness on ’be shoulder*. They lit the arm closely, and are finished with shallow raff facInffR. The skirt is made with seven well proportioned gores, fitted smoothly around the waist and hip* without darts. The fulness In the centre back is urrung<-d in an underlying pleat at each side of the closing. The adjustment Is sheiitb-fittlng from waist to knee, but from that polnj each gore flares gracefully, and thyfe Is a wide sweep at the floor. / Velvet ribbon Is applied down the seams and forms fan* at the lower edge of each gore. These are fastened by large velvet buttons. The style la expedtilly becoming to stout figures. Broad or ladles' doth, zibeline. wool canvas. Venetian cberloL or covert are nppropinte fabrics for this mode, with braid or stitched hands of the material for trimming. To make the Jacset In the medium size will require two and three-quarter yards of forty-four-inch material. To make tin- skirt in the medium size will require four and one-quarter yards of forty-four-Ineh material.

mountains across the Mexican Hoe. The Indians who formerly lived in the ntigbborhuou have moved away since the lake Ccgan spouting columns of mud and fire. The white settlers are seriously considering the same course. The lake Is 14 miles long and three miles broad. The water is almost constantly boiling and at times gigantic columns are thrown np. amid which

fire plays.

Hogs have a strange habit which

rho have nolle

|uair.ted with. It you pass a

Is Included In the

armseye and right shoulder seams, and

completed with a velvet collar. The full fronts are gathered tU the upper edge and arranged to o^nne a

Circaler skin With Pleetml Flouooe. Flounces are much worn on all skim this season, and look especially well as a trimming for short skirts, as they hi-em_ to Cure more gracefully when they dupA touch the ground. Thfi-fflrt illustrated Is made of pearl gray poplin, with Irish crochet .Uee

asge

thoae who have noticed them are acquainted with. If yot

hog bed on the side of the road an old covered bridge, sometimes one will follow or trail you for miles. It Coes not seem vicious, but Just keeps near. Perhaps It Is a lingering Instinct of It* wild nature, following as a kind of sentinel to see that the other hogs ere not threatened. Just as the wild horses in South America, when a foe appear*, all! wheel Into a semi-circle and present to their enemy an un-

broken phalanx of heels.

power ‘ Inlshed ’

enameling of all the motive : equipment. The engine room is fit with a white enamel wainscoting, and | with the shite engines, switchboard, i generators and motors it makes a very striking and unusual picture. The piping Is necessarily covered with asbestos., so liiat the whole room presents

(an and pie

prrta of the machinery which are not pare white are those in direct contact with steam, such as heads of cylinders.

are painted with aluminum

etc.. wSiefi sr

Lrodxe.

A London physician of lat-ge practice asserts that owing to hls extrrqiely sensitive sense of smell, he'can foretell the coming of death 48 hours. He says that when a patient coma' within two days o! death a peculiar earthy smell Is emitted from the body. When the fatal disease Is slow In Its

Lut when the disease Is of the galloping kind the doctor says he receives much shorter warning. He attributes the smell to mortification which begins within the body before life Is extinct Dogs are thought to have this sense, for hunting hounds have been observed to b^ln a mournful baying a day or two before their

masters died.

Mnrcen'* Tip*.

"My tips to servants on the Oceanic mounted to *13," said a traveler who came over with J. Pierpont Morgan. 'The rule is to give *2.50 to the table steward. *2,50 to the bedroom steward,

the

room

| pound-asleep I keep o , and *6 to the chief steward. In case ne ; goes directly home I trail him to the has performed special courtesies. As door. Then I wait outside until about these special courtesies were wanting j 10 o'clock, and If he doesn't come out oh my trip,.! cut the chief steward out and gave the deck steward *4 because | hand he goes out 'for he took excellent eare of me, reserving j very carefully everything ho does, the beet place for my steamer chair, | "I remember about four years ago etc. I saw Morgan give the chief . the president notified me that I hadn't

g the help that all would | teller In three months. As a'matter of

fare In proportion. I guess he gars the table steward W—-Detroit New*.

Tb* IMMB*

a with substl-

tbis food and that."

the capitalist. *1 Me no JuaUflcaUoa

fact. 1 had been so busy looking after a man who led a model life, but who, 1 was certain, was speculating in the

p one after-

noon as he came out of the (

be did lead me a chase. He met a

lor the bacUag your new health food." i young woman and drove to the WalWlth a. naive smile the Inventor don. where they had dinner, turns to. him and suggesU: I did I. From the rssti "Bat it assy also he used as a suhatl- . to the theatre and r** tuts for ooaL" 4er. So far

tab cap!tail*- —* * —

In smdias

Straanovia Sra—m—ls. To what Infinite pains people often j, simply to “amuse" themselves. They far surpass the limits of childish “make believe” and device In stenuous efforts to pass the time. For instance. at some of the seaside places In France this year those stopping there InNjnest of health or pleasure conceived the Idea of some unique, bicycle One consisted In the arrangement of large numbers of empty flower pots In all sorts of slxxag figures, among which bicyclists of both sexes were to wheel, throwing a potato into each pot. without, losing balance or

It was said to be

Intensely exciting, and had great vogue for a time. Then there were the hdrdle races for bicyclists—the hurdles consisting of sawdust filled

NORFOLK JACKET AND SEVEN GORED FLARE SKIRT.

round yoke. They open ta^rjjnf to display the plastron as fur as the belt The edges are completed with narrow bands of chiffon applique, nad the waist blouses stylishly over the belt Inside seams are used to shape the upper portions of the sleeves. They are tucked from shoulder to elbow end fit the arm closely. Puffs formed by the fulueus below the tucks are gathered at the lower edges and attached to deep cuffs of velvet Turquoise charming effect The skirt Is made with five gores, narrow front and sides and wide backs, fitted smoothly around the waist and over the hip* without darts. The fulness In the centre Jmck-fs arranged In an underlying pleat at each side of the centre closing. These pleats flatly pressed, giving the habit effect. but providing additional fnl around the bottom. To make the waist In the medium slae will require one and one-half yards of forty-fourdneh material with one yard of velvet for trimming. To make the skirt In the medium size will require five and three-quarter yard* of forty-four-lach material.

for trimming. It Is of circular shap^ ing. fitted smoothly, around the waist and hips with small darts. The fulness In the back is arranged In au underlying pleat at each side of the centre closing, The pleats are flatly pressed, and present a habit effect, the skirt fltilng closely from waist to knee. The flounce Is arranged In deep side pleats that are backward turning and form a box pleat In front. They are stitched down part way and flare stylishly from the point where the stitching ceases to the lower edge. Bands of lace are applied on the hem and at the top of the .flounce. Skirts In this style made be made of broad of ladle*' cloth. Venetian, covert, cheviot, serge or Henrietta, and trimmed with ribbon lace, or bands of the material, machine- stUched.

of tennis ball*, and glove and parasol contests, in which prises ware given •hr the moat rapid pulling on and off

and opening and cloalnr

of gloves SETS*

me. where the pin rows of waiting city c cor tinned, und un iu n they made a rush for — r until all the

‘•Queen’s mourning" Is the new name given a fabric that waa known as snowflake homespun, a dark ground with small, white tufts, or light gray ground with black spot*. The latter Is used In the large Illustration to develop an exceedingly smart walking suit. The Norfolk Jacket Is fitted with backs, underarm gore* and singledarted fronts. U is shaped to the Hgure and baa a slight box ehcct In front Deep pleats on each side of the contra back are flatly stitched to pepsent a slope effect from neck to belt, providing a stylish fulnsus over the hips.

anmaonva esc or raoui

_j make this skirt for a nils* off fourteen years will require llhree aid ouc-half yards of forly-four-tncb material.