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for them will increase, hence no one will be surprised to know that he will die as he lived, a confirmed bachelor." This is quite different from the Vernon Ridgely I used to know. Surely there must be some mistake. "In a small, but neat, country home will be fbund another of the loyal members of Ninety-nine. Even when very young, Jewell Simpson will be extremely fond of the boys, and soon after completing her education she will consent to share the life and fortune of a sturdy. young farmer. The young couple will not be wealthy; on the contrary, for a few years they will find it a rather difficult task to overcome the many obstacles that present themselves. But happy in their love, they will not object to this bread-and-cheese-and-kisses-way of living. Neither, however, will they object to the more prosperous life which is soon to be their IQt." W ell, that's no more than I could expect. I knew it would not be long before Jewell would be married, notwithstanding her oft-repeated declaration that she was going to be an old maid. I remember how she used to stamp on the floor and vow that she would never, no never marry any man, rio matter who might ask her. "While a student at Western Maryland Emma Smith will have no decided talent which would lead anyone to suppose that she would choose anyone line of work more than another. If she will have a preference for anyone thing it will be writing letters and scribbling wherever she may find a place. "In the early part of the year 1900, she will study stenography and type- writing, and in the fall of the same year will appLy for the position of private sec' retary to one of the leading men of her State. This she will easily obtain, and here we will leave her busily engaged in her agreeable work." Well, Emma, I have been puzzling my brain to know what would become of you after leaving SChODI,and I could not think of a thing that you would be likely to do. I might have known that you would be a secretary or something of the kind. I do not know why I never thought of it before, "The little band would not be complete without an artist. Sallie Solliday will be the one destined to fill this capacity. In a room, the walls of which are literally covered with paintings and studies of every description, and over the floor of which is scattered helter-skelter brushes of all shapes and sizes and paints of all kinds and colors, will be found our artist. Here the precious moments of her life will be spent in perfect happiness. All artists are careless and untidy, and Sallie 69