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THE ASAPH, SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. Awsph Scantie lives with his widowed Marietta’ Himes, in a Jersey villa that his 14 crony, Thomas Roper, marry H-to-do and Roper’s only’ income Whose tenant, Mra McJImacy, 19 Asaph with the promise of el fand a dictionary to speak in his favor to Qtta. Marietta, ignorant of this, olfers ragged Assph a sult Of her late husband's clothes on @ondition he shall not amoke ing thom. To complicate Asaph's plans, Dr. Wicker, the Joeal physician, begins calling on Marietta. (Copyrighted, 1892. by Joho Drisben Walker.) CHAPTER IV. A Deadlock, HEN Asaph came within sight of his sister’s house he was amazed to see a phaeton and a gray horse standing in front of the gate, From this {t was ensy to infer that the doctor was in the house, What on earth could have happtied? Was anything the mat- ter with Marietta? And !f so, why did she send for a physician who lived at @ distance instead of Dr. McIlvaine, the village doctor? In a very anxious state of mind Asaph reached the gate and ir- Tegolutely went into the yard. His im- BY FRANK R. STOCKTON. MARVELLOUS MATCHMAKER, slonally and had thought about her a great deal. Latterly letters had passed between them, and now he had come to make his declaration in person. It was true, as her brother had sald, that Marletta was not quick in making up her mind. But in this case she was able to act more promptly than usual, because she had in a great measure set- tled this matter before the arrival of SEPT’ aaa the doctor. She knew he was going to propose and she was very much In- clined to accept him. That it was which had made her smile when she was setting the table the afternoon bde- fore, and this it was which prompted her to make her proposition to her bro- ther In regard to his better personal appearance. But now sho was tn a condition of ner- vous trepidation and made no answer, The doctor thought this was natural enough under the circumstances, but he had no {dea of the cause of it. The cause of It was sitting under the chest. nut tree, the bright sunlight, streaming through a break in the branches above, THE DOCTOR’ “MADAM,” SAID HE, RISING, “I AN ANSWER NOW." pulse was to go to the house and see what had happened; but he hesitated. ,He felt that Marietta might object to having a comparative stranger know tnat such an exceedingly shabby fellow ,'was her brother. So he sat down under the chestnut tree to consider this strange condition of affairs. “Whatever it {s," he aid to himself, “it's nothin’ suddint and It’s bound to be chronic, and that'll skeer Thomas, I wish I hadn't asked him to come up here, The best thing for me to do will be to pretend that I have been sent to git somethin’ at the store and go straight back and keep bim from comin’ up." At that moment the gate opened and in walked. Thomas Rooper. He had made up his mind and had come to say #0; but the sight of the phaeton and gray horse caused him to postpone his intended announcement. “What's Dr. Wicker doin’ here?" he asked abruptly. “Dunno,” said Asaph, as carelessly as he could speak. “1 dem't meddle with household matters of that kind, I ex- pect it's somethin’ the matter with that gal Betsey that Marietta hires to heip her, She's always wrong some way or other so that she can't do her own proper work, which 1 know, havin’ to do ® good deal of {t myself. 1 expect it's Tickets, like ag not. Gals do have that sort of thing, don’t they “E settled that business of youm,” aid Mr. Rooper, “pretty soon after you left me. 1 thought I might as well come straight around and tell you about It. I" make you a fair and square offer. Til give you them clothes, though it strikes me that winter goods will be pretty heavy for this time of year; but It will be on this condition: if I don't get Marietta you have got to give ‘em back.” Asaph smiled “I know what you are grinnin’ at,” J said Thomas; “but you needn't think . that you are goin’ to have the wearin’ of them clothes for two or three months | amd then give ‘em back, I don’t go in for any long courtships, What 1 do in that line will be short and sharp." “How short?" asked Asaph. “Well, this is Thursday,” replied the other, “and I calculate to ask her on Monday." Asaph looked at anion in amazement. ‘By he ex- claimed, “that won't work. Why, it took Marietta more'n five days to make up her mind whether she would have the chicken house painted green or red, and you can't expect her to be quicker than that in takin’ a new husband, She'd say no just as certain as sne would.now if you was to go in and ask her right before the doctor and Betsey. “Very good,” said Mr, Rooper, ris- Ing suddenly, “I will court your sister for one month; and if on the 17th day of August she takes me, you can go up to the store and git them clothes; but you can't do It one minute afore. Good mornin’,”” a S PROPOSAL. WILL NOT ASK YOU TO GIVE ME Qlumina‘ing and emphasizing and ex- aggerating his extreme shabbiness. The doctor had never seen Asaph, and it would have been a great shock to Mar- fetta's self-respect to have him see her brother in his present aspect. Dr. Wicker, aware that the lady's Perturbation was increasing instead of diminishing, thought It wise not to press the matter at this moment. He felt that he had been, perhaps, a little over- prompt in making his proposition. “Madam,” said te, rising, “I will not ask you to give me an answer now. I will go away and let you think about ft and will come again to-morrow." Through the crack in the window blind Marietta saw that Asaph was still un- der the tree. What could she do to de- lay the doctor? She did not offer to take leave of him, but stood looking upon the floor. It seemed a shame to make so good a man go all the way back to Timberley and come again next day, just because that ragged, dirty Asaph was sitting under the chestnut tree, The doctor moved toward the door, and as she followed him she glanced once more through the crack in the window blind and, to her intense de- light, she caw Asaph jump up from the bench and run around to the side of the house. He had heard the doctor's foot- steps in the hallway and had not wish- ed to meet him, The unsatisfactory con- dition of his outward appearance had been so strongly impressed upon him of late that he had become a little sen- sitive in regard to it when strangers Were concerned. But If he had only known that his exceedingly unattractive garments had prevented his sis) © from making a compact which would have totally ruined his plans in regard to her atrimonial disposition and his own ad- vantage, he would have felt for those old clothes the respect and gratitude with which a Roman soldier regarded the vhield and sword which had won him a battle. Down in the middle of the garden, at the back of the house, there ran a-path, and along this path Asaph walked med- {tatlvely, with his hgnds in his trousers pockets. It was a discouraging place for him to walk, for the ‘beds on each side of him were full of weeds, which he had Intended to pull out as soon: as he should find time for the work, but which had now grown go tall and strong that they could not be rooted up with- out injuring the plants which were the legitimate occupants of the garden, Asaph did not know it, but at this moment there was not one’ person In the whole world who thought kindly of him. His sister was so morufled by him that ae was in tears In the house. His crony, Thomas, had gone away almost angry with him, and even Betsey, whom he had falsely ‘accused of rickets, and who hed often shown a pity for him simply because ‘he lwoked forlorn, had steeled her heart against him that morn- ing when she found he had gone away without providing her with any fuel for the kitchen fre. (To Be Continued.) Asaph left alone, heaved a sigh. He did not despair; but truly, fate was heaping a great many obstacles in his path, He thought It was a very hard thing for a man to get his rights dn this) world. Mrs. Himes sat on one end of a black | hair-covered sofa in the parior, and Dr. Wicker sat on a black halr-cov- ered chair opposite to her and not fur away, | The doctor, a bluff, hearty-looking man of about forty-five, had been very favorably impressed by Mrs, Himes when he first mado her acquainta: during her husband's, sickness, and - since that time he had seen her occa- “LIMERICK” WINNER. The $10 prize offered by The Even- Ing World for the best “Lobster Limerick, has been awarded to the formed to the point of exhaustion) ts bound to be beneficial. First of all to women who wish to acquire a good figure: You must—you positively must—learn te stand correctly, Don't throw the weight of your body forward so that the pressure comes di- rectly upon the vital organs. Your body should be supported from the back. 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The average girl or woman degins a set of exercises with an enthusiasm which reaches a climax with the end of the first week's dally practise. There is often @ gradual decline in interest, and the practise that at first was a delight- ful pastime becomes a dreaded duty, to be slighted a little more each day, until finally it is totally abandoned with a wholesale denunciation of the system. Every time I hear a woman say she has taken physical culture exercise and received no benefit I know I am face to face with @ shirker, Of course, there {s a distinct choice in physical culture movements, but any exercise that will start the blood to clr- culating freely through the body and will bring into play the various muscles of the subject (If not too severe or per- —- HOW TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FIGURE. By HARRIET HUBBARD AYER. ZXERCISE FOR DEVELOPING THE HIPS FIRST ARTICLE OF SERIES. nn back as far as possible, and repeat ten times. Relax or let go from the walst. Raise slowly Try to touch the floor with right hand, then with left without bending the; knees. ‘To develop the arms and shoulders, raise the arms as in picture, step out- ward with the left foot. Alternate rals-| ing left arm, stepping outward with right foot. Repeat ten times. Exercises for developing the hips— Stand erect, Raise right arm and left leg as in picture—left arm behind—al- ternate. Take this exercise as slowly as possible and keep the mouth closed. The hands lowered to a leved with the small of the back, the arms extended as straight as possible, while the backs of the hands face forward or outward, according to the ability of the pupil to bring the hands together at the back. ‘The hands should be made to come close together as possible toward meet- ing each other behind at the back. Do the heel and toe movement at the same time. YOUNG EARL OF ROSSLYN, TURNED ACTOR, . SAYS HE HATES TO BE “MY LORDED,’ He Prefers to Be Called “Erskine’’ and Likes the Easy Familiarity of the American Bookmaker Who Slapped ' REASON FOR SICKNESS. A Callfornta preacher recently gave the following reason why sickness Is t, says the Chicago Journal t is gaid that the eyes of a hog are so sct in his head that he cannot see upward, ami that if seized on a starry night and thrown back the vision of the stars will so surprise him that he will forget to aqueal. “So man often can see only the earth- TODEVELOPS ARMs AND SHOULDERS Him on the Back and Said: “Let’s Have a Bottle of Wine.”’ | “I like New York.” Saying which Lord Rogslyn—dressing in his apart- ments at the Wilbraham—smiled and winked mysteri- ously over tie collar he was fastening, as though there was some hidden meaning in his words, “And I hope New York will like me, so I may stay here a good long time,” added the titled actor in “There's Many a Slip,” whose royal identity is hidden by the Garrick playbill in the plain, every-day name of James Erskine. “I wish they'd call meeimply Erskine and leave off the earl and lord business over here. I don't like being ad- dressed as ‘My Lord,’ you know’—this with a wry grimace and a tug at the refractory collar. He Likes the Race “And sometimes I'm not, of course,” his face bright- ening. “I wasn't at the races yesterday, I like the races’—with another wink—‘I'm getting ready to go out to the track now. As I was saying, when I was there yesterday I was introduced to a bookmaker named J. K. Thompson. He was a cordial chap. “He slapped me on the back by way of acknowledg- mont and said: ‘Come on, old man, and have a bottle of champagne with me.’ Do you know, that amused mo very much.” And His Lordship paused in tying a startling cravat to have a langh at the recollection. “This Thompson,” he continued, “reminded me so much of another Thompson—‘Joe’ Thompson—a book- maker in England—because he was so different. I've spent thousands with the other Thompson—‘Joe’ Thomp- son—and every time I saw him, it would be off with his hat and a bow and ‘My Lord’ this and ‘My Lord’ that. But with the American Thompson it was ‘How are you, old man” with a slap on the back and a glass of champagne the very first time we meet. And I liked It—yes, Indeed, I ilked it.” Makes Him Feel at Home. A twist of the tle and: “I wish everybody would treat me with Thompson's free- dom. That sort of thing makes a chap feel at home. I'm tired of being ‘lorded.’ I'm very democratic, you know, If only the people and the papers would let up on “The Earl of Rosslyn’ and ‘Park Lane’ and all that sort of rot, A fol- low's helpless, don't you know, unloss he wants to use his fists, which, of course, I don't." Possibly it's as well that the Earl ts not disposed to be belligerent. Strapping fellow that he 1s, he might be able to do considerable damage {f he took the notion, Another thing Hs Lordship does not like ts the part he has in Capt, Mar- shall’s comedy, “It really amounts to nothing,” THE EARL OF ROSSLYN. have been Mrs, Langtry’s leading man and have held !m- Portant positions in English companies for several years. “I hope I may have a cnance to do something better In Amorica, Indeed I do. What do you think? Yes, of cour: And what do you think of the play, Mildly Interesting? Yes, I think that’s about all that can be sald for it." Willing to Meet Mary MacLane. Like Mary MacLane, the Lord of Rosslyn !s writing his tm- pressions of New York. 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