The Stray Cat
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WIVES SHOULD REMEMBER. An Ocean Mystery. po flashing like a streak of fire up tin firmly declined one day to longer re THE WOMAN IN THE ROAD Stray Undoubtedly the exYraordbv The Cat. broad central 6lairway. "By Jove:" tain the cat. nvt That Adam was made first. a:y all riysterles la perfectly 'I've had her three weeks now," ib Henderson drove slowly. There wer of the of the ea Ah, me, to (alter before a girl, he ejaculated. "What a That "he pays the freight." I've grown very fond of uer. several small carts in the road, driven the fate of the crew of the ship Marl you stunning girl!" said, "and Whose shy lids never would let we. That "blessed are the meet" In the Indolent, unintelligent, rustis Celeste, a more fantastic creation, ap- rang, duly admitted, But Gaiaeta doesn't belong to know, Then he wa3 That nine men in ten detest gossip. t ou her away." fashion, and little groups villagers. parently, than novelk-b- aver wove. and found una-sel- f must take oi 8ave (or the lashes willful curl, firmally announced, That all angels are not of your sex, Fhe left New York In 1S87 for Europe, her But. he protested, "I would be tax- All were going in the same direction, ,Thc pansy-purpl- e asleep below! bowing to his hostess and That confidence begets conndence. he- - ing away your good luck."' turning la at the gates of the drive. personel being thirteen, Including - Kate Putnam Osgood. magnilUant daughter. I bat men sometimes have "nerved." "I'm not sure It is good lurk see Henderson had seen the notices of the the captain's wlie and child. Two "I so deeply regret," he declared, there should he no place like Steva never could remember to wallc has brought me," the girl cried, aer lliat sale of auction displayed on the outer vecks fater a British bark sighted her "that I must apologize for my friend. borne. ben she was in a hurry. If any idea eyes grown suddenly moist, la that walls of the garden. Everything ap In the Atlantic; there was no sign of re- Captain Slannard received a telegram Inat it takes two to prolong a fam- of decorum did slumber in the Instant Dever divined the enibarrass-nie- nt parently was to be soli, and everything Iiif cn loard. A boat was sent to her d late this afternoon which required an ily jar. cesses of her mind, it had been his visi might aave caused Included a motor car. It might be and a most exhaustive searce proved post. He - discovery immediate return to his That the least said is the sootcst he;- d by the nature of her tu-r-. worth while to look at it. Hendercon to be as silont as the tomb, as desired me to convey bis regrets to mended. and the necessity for conveying thai ' Well, she brought me good luck." wanted a more powerful car than the as a pes', house. Everything was yon and to Miss Eleanor." That with all bis faults you '.o?a discovery Into the nouse undetected. he declared stubbornly. If it w:.j one he was driving, and there might in its place, even the boats at tho da- bin- - tho vwiile murmuring him still. So raced around the corner of But perfunctorily not for tlio excuse the cat gave zv be other things that he would iike to vits. The hull was undamaged, the speeches, gaxo That you should have no secrets treet, nnd along the fashionable the pol.ie his abstracted for speaking to you. I might never hav. buy. In any case, these auction sales cat go untouched. Rigging and spars room. She from him. boulevard, to the surprised amusement was wandering around the known you. Tor I never should have were frequently amusing. v.crc Intact; the sails were all set f the occupant of a carriage tha'. had said she did not belong there. t'hat husbands have troubles of thei. objected to thirteen at table I'm v.e A dealer came up to him as be The crew's weekly wash hung abovo was moving in the same direction. Faith, she didn't in a way! the honored own. least superstitious of mortals If it was stepped out of his car and asked him the forecast le;aa awning covered th The great stone residence, up the steps guest told himself wiih scant deferent-- ? That hes "all right" when yea not for the glimpse of your eyes I if he could execute any commission. poop. Binnacle nnd wheel and rudder at which the girl flew, was lighted a to the (harms of the other young wo- know him. had when you were explaining about He took Henderson to see the big were complete. The sailors' kits and though for some fcstil event. men present. was not one half That woman s best weapon Is aer Thre the cat. But now that I do know you motor car. "Mr. Jasper only drove it dinners were seen in the forecastle, so graceful or so pretty-n- ot one' weakness. "Goodness!" she gasped, striving to I love you! Although, lor the mat- about a month," dealer. Tu the cagin was a sewing rtachine, Unr la half wlia: said the Then, as despair at not seeing That home more than o retain hold of the struggling burden. ter of that, it was love at first sight." "Why is being vlth a child's garmentundertheneed-l- him, lie you make it sold?" while she plunged her fingers Into tie again loomed blackly before Those eyes drooped under the ardor it and on the table a half eaten meal gel "Everything is being sold. Mr. Jas g was seized by ai' Illuminating inspira- That he is just as anxious to shopping-ba- pendent from her belt, in of his own. "You were surprise per is a bankrupt and is In prison The chronometer ticked undisturbed latch-ke- tion,. rich as you are. tr an evasive "I'd forgot- Into speaking to me When you recog- now." in the chart room; the cash box un- evening! exclaimed That wives are unusually favorei ten there was a dinner this "My aear Mrs. Hunt!" he nized Galatea" It wa a 36 ified. The logbook, posted to within in this country. modern horse t wish I'd gone around to the side "how verv unfortunate! Wo uie "Is that her name?" power car over forty-eigh- t hours of the visit, showed That this typewriter cannot help if and Henderson went it loor. But now that I'm here" thirteen I never should dare to be one "You said it was," she reminded with an engineer's critical eye and the passage ti have been favorable; contrariety Is If she is pretty. In accordance with the of thirteen to sit down to dinner. him, reproachfully. could find no fault. When his pro the ship's appearance proved rjhero may call That he likes to hear tnat the baby of things inanimate at a critical mo there no one on whom we f'Dld longed examination was finished, he had been no storm. Evidence of gresp, he pause J, Is bis dead image. ment, the key slipped from her to fill the vacancy?" Then It may have been considered that decided if went 400 he Struggle or pliacy or murder there That six pairs of slippers are enough that it for and dropped witJi a tinkle on the step. breathless. their mutual lnterctt In the cat gave would buy It. believed were none. Yet thirteen poopla had for any one man. He that it At the same instant the man in carte "There was a n dialogue right to come nearer very disappeared as If spirited away by Mm the your would fetch much more, but at thc alight- ween, That a man likes neatness in vercoat and high hut. who had lief. the hostess nnd Eleanor. iiear. country one never knew. tr.me supernatural agency, and from attire at all times. sales ed from the carriage, stooped :ecover Regarding them, an assert io'i of Geo "h was only proper that you should He gave the dealer his instructions, thnt day to ihU the mystery has nev- off men- fhat randy In excess Is worse than Hie elusive littlo object. He swept rge, Eliot's Hashed across Pever's wish your uncle to have back his cat'' the bought the for hitn er teen unraveled, although tha Unit rum in moderation. and dealer car Is hat. and Bmiled. "May I artist tal consciousness. "The mother of'ca He forced her to look at him. ed States govenment spared no ef That you should not run up bills for 93. jrou?" he asked. But as nil glance st.inds behind her daughter a dark "Sweetheart-- my uncle hasn't any forts to solve It. McClure's Magazine. knowledge. Now then," said Henderson to the tell upon the animal she carried, in prophecy To this also will you come knout his cat!" - dealer, "tell me what's wrong." "' That "a baby In the house is a well- xclamntlou of astonishment broke It was undeniably probable tisat iuo "Oh! And thin your uncle -- "There's nothing wrong that a sen A Farmer and His Teeth. he ashed, overdressed over way. spring of pleasure." Broke from him. "Where," such an overblown, He sealed her lips in a lover's sible person would any notice Of.