. Cupid Used Soapsuds to' ! ■ widare His Witling Vlettm. I' By H^RItTa CAN FIELD- 1 1 * The London. with the exception at ® lAek. who*- business detained btm-fcr,-tbe elty. wkre spending stherwnnp mer M ) their connfc-y borne, ao&e thirty mlWi \ One day Mollis decided to A nut la for a few dayi "to aee Dlok • and shop a little." Bbe next morning: ahe walked Into 1 J fear brotbege office, much to felt anrferine and delight, for Dick wan fond * tt his little "later. b "I though! you moat be lonely. y, #aar,"i |e.inld. "when yon go home at i, night, a bd itve come to be cdmpany,foi l< • day or tfeio." It "That's good of yon, MoUle. I'll .tell » Mrs Klapper to come orer early and I h feet breakfast for oai She keepa my j f" no uo, Due sec|io sup ;

reeaa Id order, but I get all my ' ■sals downtown." "Blew yon. Dick. I can get breakfast Mu »otb! Ton need not say a word > la Mrs. K tapper. How surprised she'll ' fee when ahe cornea ore r In the mom- '

Ifefel I most go to do some shopping ' ' •nw, bat ITJ take tea with yon at 6, ' fend then we'll buy breed, coffee and . Boaae kind of breakfast food. Won't ! II Be fan camping oat In the house?" ] ▲Iter a Jolly breakfast MoUle watch- . «d him awing Into a car; then she . went into the kitchen. Mrs. Klapper hand her there. "Why. Mlas MoUle," ' tfee good woman cried, "what ever are , yon In town for?" Mollie explained. "Now that I'm ' P>re." ah4 added. "I think I'll wash WB1 of the bedroom curtains— those dot- F pad swiss ones, yon know. Jane •honld have attended to them before e ■be went out to HU1 8ide." h^Oh. let trie waah them. Miss MoUle! ® ttl spoil your pretty hands." And Jj Ira. Klapper looked distressed. ); Bnt MoUle laughingly declined. "No," be said, "you may sweep and dust to n our heart's content, but I shall do the ■ahlng" k The water was soon bubbling on the ttchen range. MoUle scorned the asement laundry, and, with Mrs. i 11 Dapper"* help, carried her waah ° lencji and tuba to the back porch. 3< MBnreloped In one of Jane's big e' feprons, with sleeves rolled up to her a: ■lingled ell)ow8. MoUle bent orft- her raahboard Mrs. Klapper. broom In •nd, stood for a moment watching n' ler "Don'l tire yourself to death." n lie aald. "i hope you'll call me before — - -«nu. i uvpc juu ii uui uje ueiore "e ' hwl . _ . - »- ■ !

*ra're all tuckered out" 8he turned ■ go Into the bouse, /but paused to : oy. "I'd most forgot your brother said • expected a young man here today." [ "Yes. I know— It's some one that Mnts work. Dick says. I'm to find ■bmetblng for him to do. If he conies ■ time I tliink I'U let him take a turn Iff the tub If I'm tired. Now you can |0 to work in peace. Mrs. Klapper. for I shall have an able assistant." and pollie laughed and splashed the water light and left with her rigorous rub -A half hour went by. and then Mrs. Dapper appeared In the doorway, i -ttbat young man's come." she said. "He walked right up to the front door Ifed rang the beU. He didn't look as If i prneeded work much— dressed as well " Mr. Dick every bit I've left him ib the porch and locked the door after fee. You can't be too careful. No one Bows but he stole that suit" 'Mollie laughed. "Tell him to come I Bound here where I am." ahe aald. "If be wishes b work." "Mercy ! He ain't so much as memfeauM yet that he is hunting a Job- ' lets as IT be expected you to see him li the parlor. I'm most afraid to hare ■Kb a man around." . "Oh, no!" said MoUle. "Ton are too 1 *rd on th.- poor fellow. Probably Date one gn i-e him "the clothes. Please •Dd him here, Mrs. Klapper." | A ntlnuto or two later a pleasant feced. athletic looking young man *rung around the corner of the boose j fed Ufted tils bat to MoUle Yes. he 1 fas well dressed and fine looking. "Miss Landor?" he asked and you are the— the"— how V pfld she say k?— "young man my Kther was expecting?" "The same— Brent Carrol, at your Irrice. Your brother Bald I'd find you i fere. t Pre just been down to his ofrVery well." she said. "Tou can pu: i bar hat and coat on the chair Just inIde the kitchen door there, then come i We "J A look j>t surprise crossed the ,

j' "What next, ma'am?" be sold sab- i miastreiy. Brrrjt bad be4n a star per- . 1 former in the college plays, and now be I fetUat onee Into the part MoOfc feMI I ' assigned him ; <- "JJext l. wgui yon to take my place -j at this tab whUe I rest it lent a ' man's - work, perhaps, but- you look' ' •troagap<rt_ r ■■ L d i '""Yes'in. l5TVrong" "be" laterropted .1 ben "but' they thought I'd die once, . when I hsd ammonia of the lungs." he bent orer the washboard with pen sire air. "Of coufae1 be mgana pneumonia," said to herself. "No one would Imagine from his appearance that be I so ignorant." She sat on the top step and wiped her wet hands on Jane's apron. The young man found time to glance at now and then; bnt be did not neghis work. Indeed, after watching rigorous operations for a few minutes MolUe felt It necessary to curb I ! his seal. "Ton will wear the curtains out If I | yon rub so barjl." she said. "8ee! . you rug ho uarp, sne saia. see;

This Is the way." Aad she took his place at the tub. Her pupU looked ! on admiringly. ' I "Aye. there's the rub," he said softly. I j for the moment forgetting his part. MolUe turned and looked at him In surprise "Do you like 'Hamlet? she asked. He was on his* guard again. "1 never met the gentleman, ma'am," he said, "beln' only a poor washerman." "Oh." MolUe excUlmed, "Is washing your usual occupation?' "It's • good one, ma'am, aa yon know, or you wouldn't be at it yourself. beggln' your pardon." He bent low over the tub aa he made this speech "Yes." she said gravely, "It Is a good occupation— making things clean and sweet. 'Cleanliness Is next to godllnesa.' Now the curtains are In the rinse water, and we'U have Innch and then get them on the line aa soon as possible." 8o they ate bread and Jelly together sn the back steps to -the dismay of Mrs. Klapper. who saw them from an open window When Dick came home from the of Ice a little later she me' him at the loor. "Well." he said to her, "I sup pose you're had two callers thin morn j lag— the man after work and my old i friend CarroL I was surprised when | walked ln."I Mrs. Klapper looked mystified, j "Only one man came," she said, j here now. 'helping Miss MoUle wash curtains. They were sitting onj the steps nwhUe ago. eating a cold j together. You'd be frightened ; If you knew how she's trusted that j strange young man. I told her it was [ ; dreadful risky, but she said she'd trust | him exactly a"s she would any friend I of yours and she liked him much bet- 1 1 ter— all bnt his language, which was 1 not always grammatical. I believe he ; . heard her. too. for he's been freer than j since." Dick stalked through the bonse and j to the back porch A enffless, col- j larless young man was banging cur J on the line. Dick conld not see ' his face, but there was something familiar abou' those broad shonldera. "Brent Carroll," he said with a chuckle and was down the steps with a bound. Mollle'a assistant turned, finger on "Hush!" he r hlspered. "She takes for a washerman, and 1 like the Job." -It was too late. Mollle'a qnlcb had caught the word of warning, and an explanation was unavoidable. I'm sure that she forgave him, for he Is still in her service Cupid does not always slay Wis victims with ar Sometimes he uses soapsuds a

dl Gladstone In a Huff. 0 1 Max Muller once told about a curld . ous experience he had when staying In ; Gladstone's own home In Hawarden. it j The conversation naturally turned to d | matters Hellenic, and in the course of a It Gladstone made $ grammatical mlsn take In Greek. His learned guest mild- _ ii : ly tried to correct him. but Gladstone r rather haughtily maintained that he d was perfect iy right. After another r fruitless attempt of Max Muller. Glad- | i- ; stoue became so Imperative in his as sertlon that his guest quietly an J swered : "Well, we can easily solve the . difficulty. No doubt you have a Greek ' 1 grammar In the bouse Let us look h r. Into It!" £ f | Thereupon Gladstone rose In a huff P I j No Greek grammar was brought down, j K( I , nor did '■he great statesman appear r I himself any more on that -occasion. It | Si e was e most painful sceirt for Max •• j Muller. Mrs. Gladstone tried her best |8 e In the meantime to apologise for her j|» f I husband's behavior. "I am sorry to I W j say." she remarked, "that he cannot [J J brook contradictions. I hope you Of . j won't mind ii " Westminster Gazette' fcv ,j ■( jY ! I Knew Hit Fate. JZ I "Silas, my lad." said the grocer to ^ > j his new assistant, "who bought that ® ' | moldy cheese today?" I I "Mistress Brown, sir," was the _ I youth's reply. — ! i "And the stale loaf we could not sejl ' 1 last night?' i j "Mistress Brown, sir." n "Where's that lump of rancid butj ter that the baker refused?" j "Mistress Brown bought it. sir." was ; the answer q "And the six eggs we could not sell . a week since?" / "Mistress Brown— Are you 111. sir? asked Silos, as the grocer turned green and groaned _ "No. no' Only I'm going to tea at v* the Browns' tonight." replied the unhappy man as he wiped the perspiration from bis face and sank into a /-> rhatr.— London Tit"- Bits

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CAPE MAY COUNTY COBPHANS" COURT -On the application of GilbmTT. Hughes, Administrator of Henry L. Patterson, deceased. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. WHEREAS, Gilbert O. Hughes, Administrator of Henry L. Patterson, deceased. having heretofore, namely ; on the 81st day of March, 1909. filed his petition and exhibited under oath to this Court an account of the personal , estate and debts of the said Henry L. I Patterson, deoeaaed, whereby, itapp«ared that the personal estate wee insufficient to pay his debts, and requested the aid of this Court in tha premises ; and WHEREAS, said Court made an order to show cause why certain real estate of the said Henry L. Patterson, deceased, situate in the City and County of Oape May and State of New Jersey, should not be sold to pay said debts ; and WHEREAS, said order to show cause was made absolute on the second day of June, 1909, and a decree for sale of said lands was made by this Court, and said lands were sold in conformity with said decree, and said sale confirmed by an order of this Court ; and WHEREAS, the proceeds of said sale ware and are, as appears by an ■o.c -ojc mm nr«, as appears Dy

account since exhibited to this Court under oath by said Administrator, insufficient to pay said debts of the said Henty L. Patterson, deceased, and that there still remains a deficiency of Four Thousand, Three Hundred and hive Dollars and Sixty-three Oenta. ($4305. 63) or thereabout ; and WHEREAS, at the time of making application for the sale of said real estate said Administrator believed said lands and real estate to be- the only i lands and real estate in the State of New Jersey of which the said Henry L. Patterson died seized, and ' W HEKEAS, he has since discovered : that the said Henry L. Patterson died seized of certain lands in the City and 1 1 County of Oamaen and State of New Jersey and requests the aid of the Court in the premises. ; | IT IS URDERED on this fifteenth 1 day of September, 1909. that ali.person , interested in the lands, tenements, . hereditaments and real estate of the said Henry L. Patterson, deceased, apKar before the Court at the Court: >use, in Cape May Court House, on ! Wednesday, the 24th day of November. I next, at eleven o'clock iu the forenoon, to show cause why so much of the | lands, tenements and hereditaments j I and real sstate of the said Henry L. I Patterson, deceased, should not be sold | - as will be sufficient to pay his debts, I or. the residue thereof as the esse may j require, and tnat this or-er signed by . the Surrogate shall be immediately' ' hereafter set up at three of the most ! public places in the County of Cape j | May for six weeks successively and be published at least once .n each week [ for the same time in the Star and • H ave, one of the newspapers of this I State. | . J By the Court. ! _ CHARLES P. VANAMAN, 1 9-18 it p. f. $17.60 Surrogate. ( ENVELOPES ALoL;™^r J Bold in any quantity BTAR AND * I W AVE, Static nery Department. " — 1 | The character of the Board ot Directors and officers of Security Trust Company are such as to insure fair , dealing, and a return of your money \ when you want it. 3z a When you need ctotning ask forC. M. 4 ; WESTCOTT the Cape Mav County M salesman. Everybody knows that he T is with WANAMAKER & BROWN A OAK HALL, Sixth & Market Streets W Philadelphia. An enormous stock of A clothing read}- for Men-W omen-Boys T and Girls. We pay excursion car fare A both ways upon the Durr.hnse of cer- T | ain amount f A Jfsae M Brown, 322 Mansion street, W | has a lull line of mattings and linoleum j as wclLa* a large assortment of tin>nd W agate wart. Prompt attention. Tin A r oofing.in All its branches. J§ tf %

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