A Mood.
It 1 rd t strive Dimlnat ln1 nnJ ruin
)u tlio koen, wkI monitor that autumn
Iti-itum.
Tbo wild borao shake not tho drop from hit
Tlio wild bird flicka not tho wot from her
winms
J lio nilm-dullwl vultl of 111 bright hair a
flufr. .
What timo tho wind oo Iholr hocl-wlnf
liiir. .
And nil tho torn peat ti friend with mo.
Nmio en reaoh mo to wound or cheer!
Hi mint of wci'pinir and sound ol roug
Kiithfr miiv tntiihin nin: I mn hear
Hut I ho wind's luud laugh, and tho sibilant,
fttmnjr, ,
Lulled niKh of tho rain throuirh tho anplou
WWCUI.
O ruin dear dnvn. rtt are here airnin!
I will woo ye am inHlitonA are womM of men
with oath furtcutu-n and broken oreeaai
To hnll not lack fortho aun's fierce hlnln-
wiin the aoid of niyuair win miaiteye iriau:
For your blown, red fortwta bItoiio ivtiilu
uoro are my niw; win ye 01111 do mar
Coiutiirt yo, eomfurt ye, nay of okHKl,
liiVya of thaduw, of wrath, of blast
1 who lovo ro am oomo at last.
LuukIi u weloouio mo, cry aloudl
For wild am I as thy wind and rains
KrtHi til piime nntl tn m) aa ttiov:
tiore'a moon away not the lldtis of my yoinst
'1 here i no vcilco that can tihiMno stay.
Out and away on the drenched, brown leal
Out to the (Treat, Kind heart of the year!
Nothma to prleve tor, noihtnir to fear;
Fetlerlesa, lawlena, a maiden t reol
Atnelie Hire., In ll:irx-r' Mugaxino.
very niEcious.
'I did not give it to him! He stole
it cut of tho mother's album, lie (lid!
he did! ho did!" The speaker's voice
rose with caeh repetition mid her
chucks sot redder and redder. !
must know better than you, Rosie."
"Oil, of course; jrou do not call it
giving, but I do. . You were standing
or, 1 suppose, when he took itf. lour
eyes were cast down and you put your
most becoming pout on? And. now
that Tom Criciiton, with his ten
thousand a year, falls in lore with
you and wauls to marry you, you are
afraid that poor Geoff Hamilton will
show him your photograph and bilk
about vonr silly letters and make mis
chief- You incorrigible little flirt. It
would serre you right to bn treated as
you have treated others, aovr many
. men have you made tools 01, 1 wou
derP A dozen?''
The speaker spoke sarcastically; her
hearer was bc;rinninr to err. The
girls were sisters, says a story teller
in the London World", both you 115:, both
pretty and charming; but Letty, the
younger, was a lovely, brainless little
flirt. Tho elder, Rosalind, had plenty
of brains, but scarcely experience
enough to enable her to use them ju
diciously. She was a brilliant creat
ure to look at warm-hearted and im-
. pulsive to a fault. There is nothing
. she would not do or dare for one she
- lured, and she dearly loved her be
witching little sister, and rejoiced
with all her heart when the genial,
good-looking young "squire," Tom
Criciiton, who came into the neighbor
hood to take possession of an unex
pected inheritance, fell in lore at first
sight with Letty and proposed to her
after a week's acquaintance.
Hut Tom was a quick-tempered,
jealous young fellow, "and he had al
ready sjioken his mind to Miss Letty
about her lore of flirtation. She
promised to mend her ways, but it
was more than she could do to keep
her promise when temptation came in
alluring guise.
Mi refold was a garrison, town, and
one of the irallnnt Dashshire regiment,
Geoffrey Hamilton by name, had
quickly succumbed to the fascination
of the younger of the two daughters of
the widowed Mrs. Maitlaud, who
lived in a pretty cottage on tho Lon
don road about half a mile or so from
- Mireford. It was in rain that Rosa
lind warned tho heedless young co
quette that she was treating poor
young Hamilton disgracefully. But
in good truth the young man was rery
well able to take care of himself. He
, was not very deeply wounded; but as
soon as Criciiton appeared upon the
scene he made up his mind to punish
Miss Letty, if possible, for her tricks
br pretend 1 11 " to be broken-hearted
' and despcratelv jealous.
He was, however, sufficiently In lore
to be able to put a fair amount of ser
iousness into his reproaches, and when
he flatly refused to gire up the photo-
craph JLetty had siren him ana one
or two absurd little notes she had writ
ten to him and a clove he had pur
loined, the silly girl was thoroughly
frightened and firmly persuaded that
"lorn would near all aoouc it ana
break off his engagement. Had Rosa
lind bnt known how slightly Hamil
ton's heart was touched she would
hare quickly laughed Letty out of her
fright; but when the girl solemnly as
sured her that Geoff was so much in
lore and so angry and jealons that she
knew he meant to have his revenge
the sensible elder sister forgot that
she was not living in a melodramatic
age, and, moreover, she quite over
looked the fact that Hamilton, being a
gentleman, it was not likely that he
would act as if he were a cad.'
So, on the whole, things were look
ing very serious when, for the fiftieth
time at'least, Rosalind tried to make
her sinter confess whether she had
given Geoff the photograph, or wheth
er he had taken it from Mrs. Mait
land's album. She had her own opin
ion on the subject, so it was really
waste of timo to cross-question the
naughty little girl, who was anxious to
keep peace between the old love and
the new.
"I think you are very unkind,
Rosie," she said at last; "and if yon do
not believe me, how can I expect Tom
to do it?"
"I do not expect Tom to do it! You
talk as if believing in you were a gym
nastic feat I know what I should do
iu Tom's placeif another man told me
he had a photograph of the girl I
meant to marry, and gloves and
things "
"He has only one glore and no
things!" interrupted Letty, whimper
ing. "Don't exaggerate; and I gare
Tom two photographs one sitting and
one standing and he has heaps and
heaps of letters."
"I hope tho spelling is all right"
"I hope so. He is not much of a
speller himself." '
'Ho spelt adored' with two d's the
other d,y 'My addored one.' It
looked so funny."
"Mr. Hamilton is away just now, is
be not?" Rosalind asked presently.
"Yes. "He went to his sister's wed
ding. I wish it was to bis own."
"Ho does not lire in the barracks, I
think?" -
"No; he has rooms in Diamond Cres
cent, No. 15, and Gerard Townsend
lives with him."
"He is the womaft-hating ' person
who is reading for something and
never goes out? And now I
suppose you are going to write to
your 'addored' Tom? I am going out
for a walk."
; "And won't you advise me how to
get back my photograph? I wish I had
not given it tohim." -
"Ofc so you did give Ut"
"I am afraid I did," sighod Letty.
"Rut ho begged so hard nml Bttid ho
had nerer cared enough for any girl
to ivk for her likeness before."
"l'oorfullowl But he must glvo it
up. Now go and writ your letter,"
And Rosalind ran out of tho room.
About an hour later a young lady
with a mackintosh on her arm knocked
at the door of 15 Diamond Crescent
Sho had evidently been walking fast,
for hor chocks wero glowing and hor
eyes wero bright
"This is awful," sho said to ltorsolf,
door 011 tho inside. A" civil-looking
woman opened it
"Aro are tho gentlemen at homo?"
the visitor asked. "I moon is Mr.
Townsotid at homo? I am his sister,
and ho expects mo, I think."
Oh, "walls in ma'am, if you please.
Mr. Townsend told rao you wore not
coming until to-morrow. Ho is out
just now, but your room is quito
roady. Havo you no luggage, ma'iitn?"
Tho visitor muttered something
about the station as she went into the
hall. "Please show me into the sitting
room." she said; "1 ean wait for uiy
brother there. No, thank you; no tea
Is this the room?"
"Yes, ma'am. The gentlemen has
this between them. Mr. Hamilton
coming back unexpected this evening.
He was telegraphed for, as thero is
some talk of tho regiment leaving at
once.
"What is that noise?" tho visitor
asked.
'Rain, ma'am. It's a thunder show-
er. I think. It alwars makes thnf
noise on tho roof of the rorander. It's
well vou was tinder corcr, ma'am."
Rosalind gave a sigh of relief as the
door at last closed behind the land
lady. "Now, if by a stroke of good
fortune I can commit my felony ana
get away before my brother comes in
what an extraordinary thing that ho
should be expecting his sister. I sup
pose (glancing at a cabinet photo
graph on the chimnerptece) that is the
man himself. Why. he must be 40 at
least! Now, 1 wonder where Mr.
Geoff keeps his treasures. In a drawer,
of course; but which drawer? I do
not half liko rummaging among the
poor man's possessions, but he brought
lb uii uinisuu.
Sho presently came upon a packet
neatly tied up with red ribbon and
sealed. She pinched it It eridontly
contained a photograph, for she felt
the cardboard, and there was some
thing soft that might be a glove; and
surely those were withered Bowers
that crackled as she pressed them!
And the more lumpy inclosures "must
be letters. Miould she untie the rio
bon and break the seal. But time was
passing and there was really no neces
sity. Thon sho turned the packet orer
and found an inscription that settled
the question. In a man's writing were
the words: "L-'s likeness and letters.
Very precious.
"roor Ueoin roor, dear luiiowi
How devotedly he loves her! I am so
sorry for him. 'Very precious,' he
calls them." Rosalind murmured.
But precious or not, I must rob him
of them. We cannot lose Tom. I
wonder what Letty will say when she
sees them? Now, I wish i were safely
out of this. I must write the tiniest
scrap of a note and leare it for poor,
dear Geoff." She closed tho drawer,
put the packet in her pocket, and
wrote hastily on a ball sheet 01 paper,
L. 9 sister has taken what you hare
no right to keep against her will.
bhe bail inst addressed the envelope
when she heard steps on tho stairs;
in another moment the door was
opened and a handsome young man
came in.
'How awkward!" thought Rosalind.
"But I must keep up the character of
Townsend s sister. Who in the world
is he?"
The new-comer stood still and stared
at her. She was the prettiest girl he
bad seen for many a day. She made
him a little bow. "I am Mr. Town-
send's sister," she said, "and I expect
him erery moment; he not expect me
until to-morrow. Did not the landlady
tell you 1 was here?
"She she she did!" the youngman
gasped.
"What a donkey he is!" thought
merciless Rosalind, quite at her ease,
- tlthough she had inst been robbing a
Jrawer. "I wonder if you would mind
going to look for my brother?" she
said aloud in the sweetest manner.
"It would be so very kind. It is awk
ward to be here all alone with people
coming in." She gare him a little
smile to indicate that he was one of
the people. "I hare to go to the sta
tion for ray luggage" fwhat dreadful
stories I am telling! she added to her
self); then aloud, "and, perhaps, by
the time 1 come back he will be here.
"Oh, you will come back, will you?
But it s raining cats and dogs! 1 ou H
be drenched."
Oil, dear, no! I hare a water
proof," and Rosalind took up her
'cloak. "Thank you," as the young
man rushed forward and put it round
her shoulders. "And you will go and
find Gerard for me, she said, turn
ing to him with the sweetest smile.
There was the slightest possible hesi
tation before she said the name. He
noticed nothing but the beauty of her
eyes. "Thank you very much!"
tone was gone belore be recovered
himself, and when Geoff Hamilton
came into the sitting-room at No. 15 a
tew minutes later be lound his iriend
Townsend hanging out of a window.
Hallo, Uee! he said, "what s upF
You look dazed. Seen a ghost?"
"No; but the prettiest girl in the
world. She was here. Sho said she
was my sister. She asked me to go
and look for myself, while she weut
to the station for her luggage"
xnen sne ii do oacur
Not she! She turned the other
way-. . . . ... . .
"Then who in tho world is sue, and
what brought her here?"
I suspect you know all about that,
you rascal ! She's one of your army of
martyrs, I tate it."
itubbisb! x am the martyr, vvnat s
this?" He bad picked up Rosalind's
note from the writing-table. " 'G.
Hamilton, Esq.' Now for the heart of
the mystery." He opened tho note
and read it Then he threw himself
into a chair with a very red face.
Then he laughed. Then I am afraid
he swore.
Meanwhile Rosalind, with her heart
thumping half with fright and half
with triumph, was speeding home
ward. She ilew to .Letty s room ana
found that young person on her bed
reading a novel.
"JLbere! Kosie cried, throwing down
the packet, "never say again that I am
not vour best friend. There are your
letters and your photograph, and all
the keepsakes you gave that poor, dear
man from time to time; and you ought
to be ashamed of yourself!"
"What!" cried unabashed Letty.
"Did he gire them up? He is a darl
ing." . ' ... .
"No," answered Rosalind, calmly;
"I stole them."
"Oh, you dear delightful darling!
How sweet of you! 1'oor boy, how
sorry no wiu uo. nut wnat mn.
What Is this written outside? 'L,'a
likeness and letter. ory prooious.'
Peer, dear Geo If, how fond ho is of
mo." And she gave a little sentimental
sigh.
"Had you not bettor open the thing
and see if you have them all right?'1
said practical Roslo, 'Hero, cut tho
knot"
No sooner said than done. A cab
inet photograph full out, thon a piece
01 ueop ciiiusuu riuumu tow muuu
Dowers, and two or three notes.
"This is such a good likeness Tom
had bettor hare it, euitl Letty, as sho
took up the picture, which had fallen
face downward on 1110 oou. "booK,
Rosie!"
Roslo looked, and, behold, it was
likeness of a tall, handsomo girl, who
bore not tho slightest resoinblance to
handsomo littlo Letty. itonoath was
written in a ttrm and dashing woman's
hand the ono word "Louie."
Tho sisters looked at ono nnothor
with blank faces. A glance at tho
notes reronlod tho same tlaslnnff hiinU
"ao roil nte not mo uaiv one, mm .
mndo a fool of myself nud robbed tho
man s drawer for nothing! cried Kos-
alind. "Oh. it I had but known."
"Noror mind, dear," said Letty, "I
am sure I don't But I wish I knew
what he sees to admlro in that black
woman. J 11st pack her up and send
her back to him.
A tnu at the door interrupted them.
It was a maid to announce that Mr.
f.iMHo.inil tend It, tltn ,1 ! ,v i i, ir.rmiin
Ho wanted to see Miss Maitliuul for a
fow minutes on business. Ho had a
nicssago and a little packet to de
liver.
"Toll Mr. Townsend I am coming
directly," said Rosalind.
"Oh, Rosie, do you mind?" cried
Letty. as the maid went out "Ho
has sent my picture, I suppose, and
ho wants his' black woman back. Toll
him wo think her frightful. Aro you
sure rou do not mind seeing him?"
"Not in tho least," said Rosalind. I
saw his likeness in their sitting-room,
and ha is plain and elderly, tare me
thoso things and trust to my ingenuity
to get myself out of tho scrape. Tboy
cannot say much when they know it
was anothor girl's photograph I car
ried off."
And just as sho was in her muddy
little boots and with tho wind-blown
untidy hair sho went down stairs;
and it still is and it over will remain a
mystery what thoso two said to one
another when they stood face to laco.
But Geoff got back his precious
packet and Letty got her photograph,
oho gare it to Tom forthwith and he
was delighted.
Sho is now Mrs. Criciiton. Hamil
ton was finally captured by a pretty
young widow. I do not know what
became of "Louie," but Rosalind mar
ried Gerard Townsend and ho still
thinks she is the prettiest woman in
the world
Her Last Comfort.
She was not a pretty sight an old
womau tottering under sixty years of
poverty and now was the worst
poverty of all. Her hand, which
gathered a grimy plaid shawl at der
throat, trembled ccasolessy from priva
tion, and tho vile liquor privation had
brought She was hungry; it seemed
to her that sho had never eaten. Sho
was cold; it seemed to her that she had
never known warmth.
She crept into a little hallway on the
water front. The breeze from the
river was not a strong one; but to ber
it was a hurricane. The drizzling rain
hurt her. Tbo minor toues of a bell
from a ship at tho near-by docks told
that it was midnight With inarticulate
moans she crouched down in a corner,
closing the door to keep out the wind
and rain.
Something was in tbo corner, sho
felt it with benumbed hands. It was
soft and warm to her touch. A plain-
tire mew followed. The something
was a cat At iirst she rather resented
its presence. Then she gathered it np
iu her arms and pressed it against the
bosom of her ragged old dress. Here
was a creatnre as miserable as she. It
was only a cat, but she felt less lonely
with it in her arms. Wlitjti she had
been a little girl she had had a pet kit
ten. "
Each was cold tho cat and the
woman but each found some warmth
in the other. The cat stopped mewing
and the woman stopped moaning. The
wind bad shifted and tho raiu had
ceased. The door swung open again
and the moon hanging calmly beauti
ful among the cloiuls,shone through the
tangle of masts nud cordage and into
the hallway.
J. ho woman, crouched in tne corner,
held the cat as she would havo held a
child. By-and-by she began to rock
slowly to and fro. The clouds drifted
away, aud the stars joined the moon iu
peeping through the door.
lue woman eyes were cioseci auu
she was crooniug au old-fasbioncd
lullaby. Tho cat was very faintly pur
ring and one of its paws rested ou her
bare neck. The moon sauk slowly out
of sight and new clouds obscured the
stars.
When the policeman peered in the
hallway just belore day break, tho
woman nud the cat were asleep.
And they are slillsleepmg.--ii(ittira
Alarthtilt in bltort Utorki.
Mot Pompons.
The Washington Pout credits Secre
tary Blaine with telling a story illus
trative of 1 resilient Lincoln s somewhat
free mauuer of receiving dignilied
ollicials.
At the begiuning of a session of con
gress Mr. Blaiiin had been appointed
jy the speaker of the house of repre
sentatives a member of the joint com
mittee to wait upon the president and
inform him that congress had duly as-
scmulcd. senator root of Vermont.
one of tho most dignilied of men, was
chairman of the committee.
On being ushered into the presence
of the president, Mr. Foot involuntari
ly struck an altitude, ami proceeded
to say, in ins stateliest manners
'Mr. President, wo have been un
pointed a committee on the part of the
two houses of congress to nppriso vou
that they havo met nud organized, and
nro ready to receive any communica
tion which it may be your pleasure to
make to them."
As he concluded, Mr. Lincoln stepped
np to him, and taking him familiarly
oy one otittou 01 ins coat, said:
jnow look here, ioot. if it is a mat
ter of life and death with you I can
send my message in today; but if it
isn't, I should like to keep it till to
morrow to slick it tip a littlo.''
Au Kuglish cnmimnv is tvorkintr
silrer mine iu Bolivia which yields
more than 360 ounces to the ton, while
Specimen of almost nuro ailvol- -m
met wi'h.
' A MAN-EATER.
rnrllllnt Kxparlniea of a '
, Water of Hawaii.
A diver, who gives his name n Jim
Httrtlov, told of a wonderful cncoutilor
he had" with a tiger-slunk a month ago,
says the San Francisco Chronicle.
Ho laid tho plot of tho yarn just off
Dinmoud Head, Honolulu, mid there
is no doubt about shark material being
plentiful ouoiigli iu that vicinity.
Hartloy said ho was a deserter from
an English ship, nud had lunrnod div
ing Iu tho old country. Whim his
funds gave out at Honolulu tho llrst
job that presontod Itself was bi ex
ploration of the sunken wreck nt a
hardwnro-laduu vessel ou tho outer
edgo of tho reef. Hera Is tho story a
told by himself:
"Tlioy rigged up tho only dirlng ap
paratus iu the islands, ami I tackled it
Tlioy gave mo a littlo sloop to work
from, aud 1 found a reliable follow tor
a holper. The ouly weapon. I had was
a big kulfe. inado out of the blutlu of a
sheep-shears, I guess auybow it looked
as though it was. Everybody told mo
about tho sharks. But I didn't untie
Ipate any big ones, nml flunks don't
bother n"dtver much, anyhow. I niado
two dosccuts. Tho llrst 'one landud mo
among a lot of sharp rocks mid rough
coral edges that 1 didn't liko to move
around among much for four of cut
ting my alr-hoso, which was old aud
not ovorstrong.
"I soon went u. and on tlio next
good tido 'mndo nuolhor deseent, nud
this timo I hit tho bark just right. I
fouud a hole iu her port bow big
euough to poko a house through, and
was slnrtiug to go around to tlio oilier
side when 1 felt a jerk at both nir-hoso
and sigual-lino.accompauied by a wirl
of the quiet clear water that told the
story. I knew that somo big lish had
found my connect ions, but I was not
prepared for what 1 saw when I turned
uiy windows upward. A couple of
fathoms over my head was tho biggest
shark I ever saw, and a mau-euter if
ever thoro was one.
"His underside trap-door lookad big
enough to take Iu a whale, and I am
dead sure ho was ono of tho tiger kind,
though tho Kanakas tell mo that
species Is not common iu thoso waters.
Ho was having a look at mo, nud was
at a standstill when I saw hi in, just
waving his litis enough to keep his
position.
"What did I do? 1 dropped flat on
my back mighty quick. 1 know his
game, not from personal experience,
but from what some of my diviug mates
bad told mo. 1 knew that he would
settle down ou me in about a minute
and that my chanco of winning iu a
stand-up light would be slim.
"Scared! I should say so; but a diver
has got to keep his nut cool under nny
circumstances, and I kept my little
thinker a-going at top speed. I bail
two main fears, one that ho would
break my huso nud another that tho
fellows iu tho boat would seo him nud
commence hnuliug me up. If tlioy
did it was n sure shot that Mr. Shark
would take my rubber suit for the skin
of a Kanaka and bite mo in two whilo
I was in mid water and had no lighting
levcrago for my feet. I was lucky;
the men in the sloop nerer pulled a
pound.
"In a minute, that seomed an hour,
the shark commenced to sottle. Ho
hauled off a few feet backward, ami
then came slowly forward again, a good
deal lower down, but still not low
enough to reach me. Of course I had
my knife all ready long before this,
lie repeated the performance, and this
time passed within three feet of mo,
and stopped with his ugly yellow
stomach just over mo, startud to back
ou again, anu tne next trip, iuiuks i,
would fotch him right at me mouth on.
I didn't want to meet him thai way.
and as ho began to move -I gavo him
the knife with both hands right iu the
stomach.
"He went like a shot when the old
shears-blade stung him, nml sting him
it did, for I drove it good aud hard,
with a pulling slosh that ripped hlin
open for a good two feet The whirl ot
his forked tail knocked me flat again
and kicked np so much sand that I
couldn't seo an inch. I gavo the line a
vicious tug as soon as I could find it,
and away I went for daylight.
"I passed another one on my way
up, but he was a baby compared with
the fellow down below, as I'm a Hying
man. They got me into the boat nud
I pulled my helmet off, and as soon as
I got a drink I felt lietler. I was nil of
a tremble for a good hour afterward,
and a pint of perspiration ran out of
my boots ami jacket when I pulled
them off."
CRANT AND SHERMAN. ' j
Tli Few Juke That I'aucd lltwa th
Two Old Army frlanit.
It Is said that one of tho few jokes
Grant, the silent man, ever psrpetratcd
was in conversation with Sherman.
The two Generals were in Grant's tout
discussing details of a campaign when
a third General, a Brigadier, entered.
He was a gallant soldier but careless
of his personal appearance and in no
respect could be likened to a enrpet
knight After ho had transacted his
business aud left the headquarters tent
Grant pulled meditatively nt his cigar
for fully ffve minutes. Then he said:
"Sherman, I wonder who in that
man gets to wear bis shirts the first
week?" .
Although men of diametrically op
posite characteristics, Sherman dash
ing and impetuous, and Grout as un
emotional as a block of granite,
the friendship . of the two was
closer than that of brothers. It lasted
through good and evil reports, and
was unhleinishcd by any of tbo petty
jealousies which iu the Civil War as
now in the regular service existed be
tween officers. An Incident showing
how lirm their feeling for each other
was. and that differences of opinion
could not effect, it occurred nt Vicks-
btirg. Grant after careful study of the
situation decided to movo to n point
below tho town. All his Generals
made strenuous objection; Sherman
expressed himself of the emphatic
opinion that tho movement would bo
fatal. Grant persisted in his intention,
and when he started to carry it into
effect Sherman drew up a protest, the
contonts of which he explained to
Grant, and asked the latter if he had
any objections to sending it to Hallcck.
"Certainly not," replica mo man of
few words. . '
After the memorable capitulation ot
the city, when Grant had been almost
deified, ho said to Sherman; "You re
member that protest that you wished
to have sent to the Department?"
"Yes' retnrued Sherman. "Well, I
put it In my pocket I thought any
time would do to forward it. I'll send
it now, or you may have it, just as you
wish."
Sherman took it very naturally.
Grant nerer referred to the circum
stance again, and it was given public
ity by Sherman himself.
8T0RIE3 FOR YOUR CRANDCHIIOBEN.
A Jr.nirnl ' abCMf" v "
aaa
Ho was silting before a (treat . flrj i
the club, his e " closml' wlum
friend roused him. . . ,
"Dreaming, old inuoFM. nskod tho
,l' "Half dreaming, half mimsIhr." m
tho reply s tho young fellow stretched
blmsulf. "My. grandfather has boon
telling of tho hardships of tmrly days,
nud 1 was wondering what I'd toll my
grandchildren In thai Hue."
'Couldu'tthliik of much, could you?
"Well. I don't know. Hanlslilu Is
hardship ouly by comparison with lux
ury. Tho" luxury of ono ngo Is the
hardship of tho uoxt Now I con
jured ui a picture of my grandchild
sluing on my u Asking" mo for n
story. ... i
Suvorat men Imd gathered arouud
tho nrm-ehnir and ono asked!
. "Did yon toll a story?"
"O, yes," ropllud the dreamer, "j
remoniW I told him that about 1890 I
had a brother In New York. Cue day
1 received a dispatch that ho was dy
iug. I took the limited, and for twenty-six
hours I was In an agony of
doubt, fearful lest ho should dlo liofore
I nrrivod. I dilated a littlo on the ter
rible suspense, and told how my ap
petite seemud to have left mo,"
"And what did tho boy say?" asked
one of Hi" party.
"Tho bov? O. ho wouldn't believe
it at first; wanted to know it It was
possible that there was au accident that
delayed mo. nnu ii mere wn. wuj i.
delayed me so long. He figured it out
too. He said:
'Rugulnr time from hero to New
Yolk, two hours. O, they couldn't
have delayed you twenty-four hours,
grandpa.'
Aud whou I told blm that Iwouty
aix hours was tho regular timo he look
ed sorry tor mo nud said:
'"Poor grand pa.' You must have
had an uwful hard time. And how
slow rou wero Iu those days. Ate on
a truiu, too! Dear me, I can go front
hero to San Francisco without getting
hungry! Didn't tho puoumatlo tube
work well?'"
"Aud thon?" was the query as the
dreamer paused.
"Thou I explained that the pneu
matic lube route wasn't Iu operation
at that time, nud drew out a littlo
more sympathy by telling him about
nn exorbitant gas bill that 1 had re
ceived ami had to pay, because if I
didn't tho company would cut off the
supply. O, but he'was surprised!
'"Gasf ho explained, 'what did you
want oi gasr
"I explained that we used to light
our houses with gas aud the boy
couldu't pity mo enough; said it most
havo been awful to havo to depend on
gns for light.
"But it was when I told hi in nboitt
going homo ono night whou tho elec
tric lights on Clark street weut out
that his heart bled for me.
"'You must havo had a terrible
time, grandpa,1 bo' said. 'I wouldn't
have lived iu thoso for anything.'
My bov.' I said, "we didu't havo
the comforts then that wo have now.
but thoso hardships are what made us
tho haniy race that we are."
Then the dreamer asked tho crowd
to Icavo him while ho figured out an'
other hard-luck tnlo for his grandson
Chicago 'lYibttne.
The 1'oollahneaa of 1'rldo.
It is astonishing how many thing!
people him to build their prldo upon:
nationality, as tho Jew; citizenship a
the Bostoiiiuu; a largo house; an extra
itl-entit ft tvnnltlitf dint tnff lliadl,! rn
Iatlvc; au old name; a frequently
printed one; a lime prosperity; a uig
adversity; the empty air itself.
"Ilu is tho proudest man iu town,"
said ono citizen to another.
"What is he so proud of? Is he
wealtbrf"
No:"
"High-born?"
"No."'
"Handsomo?"
'Why, no. There Is nothing in par
ticular, you see.' Ho is lust proud."
In this, a in everything elso, "one
touch of nature makes the whole
world kin." Milord, wrapped away
in hi irrandenr. ha a dnvnut if
comical imitator In the rnlet who strut
after him with baughtincM tenfold
greater than his own. How milady.
uieiuig out, wan exqnisito tact nor
aniiles and her cnndnaennainn. wnnlil
shudder to behold the parody on her
self in the first floor of that tall meager
house na.ir (inhlen Nnunri. whnrn aft-.
Ken wigs Is in tho delightful act of en
gaging rrencu lessous ior nor nine
family.
"And when you go outln the street
' rdsmvhnrA. I dottirn flint vrtit jlnn't
boast ot it to the other children,' said
Mrs. Kenwigs, 'aud that if you must
say nnUllinir about lL vou don't aav na
tuoro than, "We've got a private
master cornea to teach us at home, but
wo ain't proud, because ma says it's
sinful." Do yon hear, Morleenar;'
ecueiiinoiuu oi pno e allow
thcmanlve ninat In th ennnt-t Thnm
every man's house is emphatically his
castle, and independence reaches iu
acme. Any peculiar advantage takes
on ior iu possessor vasi proportions.
Glibhcss of tongue, a IHtle learning,
make one man nn autocrat A littlo
money a very littlo makes many an
othor an overweoning aristocrat
iho proudost family we ever knew
was in a tiny country village. The
grandfather had boon a wild swearing
blacksmith. But his son had been left
with means sulllcicut to provida a
pretty little home for wife and daugh
ter. Through whatever occult men
ial process, these people built them
selves up in the belief that it was theirs
to domiuato tho place. Aud having
great energy and iusolence, they no
compllshod their purpose. Woo botido
tho unlucky wight who ventured to
question their supremacy. Wo won
der whether there is not more than one
littlo village having such a tale of woe
to toll.
Poor nnd proud" Is an old, oft-ro-poated
talo. To the student of life it
is stnrtling to see with what absurd de
vices men fence themselves away from
their follows. But tho spectacle be
comes grim whon out of tho lonell
ness, out of the hitler need, they still
cry persistently, as though their very
life wore in it: "Iu the nnme of all
that is sacred, come not nigh me! I
tell theo, I u nt bettor than thou?"
Harper't JJaztir.
Souvenirs of Rattle.
Gov. Jones of Alabama has arranged
with the State Commission of Agri
culture to procure for him trees from
nil tho most notable bitltlo-llelds of Vir
ginia, to bo transplanted to the Caul,
loi grounds at Montgomery.
Tim fancy for Iho lance Is creeping
Into Knglnnd, it being proposed to arm
tho frout rank of dragoons with lauoes
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HAY. SHINGLES, LIME, LAND PLA8TER.
Also Flour, Bacon, and a riROCEKiES.
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Which wo Soil Cho4 lor Oh. Uivo us ft Cull.
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GEORGETOWN!
Tliw LWirnblo Vicrty Adjoins Milton Station, on the North
ern l'ltciiie Krtilroml,
ONE HOUR'S.RIDE FROM PORTLAND,
And i Only 1 J Miles Iroia St. IIcIciim, tho County Sent, on the
Columbia River. Milton Creek, it lieautifut Mountuiu
St renin, rutin within 200 yimlu of thi Property, fur
ninhing an Inexluuistible tmpjily ol Witter for
nil l'uritom-s.
LOTS, 50X100 FEET,
Hunting in Trice, from $"0 to $100, can bo Secured from
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jyl7-tf. St. Helens, Oregon.
JOS. KELLOGG &
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FOR COWLITZ RIVER.
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