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A STUDY IN SCARLET
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
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CHAPTER VL
Our prisoner' furious resistance
did not apparently Indicate any fo
. . , . roclty . in hit disposition toward our
selves, for on findng himself power
less he smiled in an affauie manner,
and expressed his hopes that he had
not hurt any of us in the scuffle.
J2, 1 wess you're going to take me
to' the police station," he remarked
.to Sherlock Holmes. "My cab's at
the door. If you'll loose my less I'll
ms walk down to It. I'm not so light to
. lift as I used to be.-
He rose and stretched his legs, as
though to assure himself that they
were free once more.
"If there's a meant place for
chief of the police, I reckon you are
'the man for it," he said, gailng with
undisguised admiration at my fellow'
sk, lodger.: "The way you kept on my
irau was a caution."
toy J -Yon had better come with me,'
win.'!. .Mid Holmes to the two detectives.
"I can drive you,"1 said Lestrade.
"Good! and G region can come in
"- "aide with me. You. too, doctor: you
have taken an Interest In the case.
. ti . i "d nay as well stick to us."
I assented gladly, and we all de
MCacendedt together. . Our prisoner
... .. made no attempt to escape, but
,, s stepped calmly Into the cab which
! i' )een llls n we followed htm.
". '... Lestrade mounted the box. whiDDed
up the horse and brought us in a
j. .Tory short time to our destination.
"we were -ushered Into a small
v chamber, where a police inspector
noted down our prisoner s name and
the, names of the men with whose
murder he had been charged.
ih '.The official was a whitfaced, un
emotional man, wno went through
.tvvw bis duties In a dull, mechanical way.
"The prisoner will be put before
VthC magistrates In the course of the
we." he said; "In the meantime.
Mr: Jefferson Hope, hare you any
thing- that you wish to say? I must
warn you that your words Will be
taken down and may be used againdt
you."
. ufH t. eTot good deal to say," our
prisoner said, slowly. "I want to
tftlr you gentlemen all about it"
"Hadn't you better reserve that for
-"Vrr trial?" asked the Inspector.
"I may never be tried," he an
. ov-swered. "Tou needn't look startled.
s jt i . ..-it lsnt suicide I am thinking of. Are
, you a doctor?"
" - He' turned his (lerce dark eyes npon
me as be asked this last question.
"Ye. I am," I answered.
., , .... "Then put your hand here," he said.
" ' ", wiUr a" smile, motioning with his
manacled wrists toward his chest
v.-.y-f aid bo, and became at once con
scious of an extraordinary throbbing
- . and commotion which was going on
Inside.
In the silence of the room I could
hear a dull humming and buxxlng
' ' which proceeded from the same
source.
( "Why," I cried, "you have an aor
'tle aneurism!"
"That's what they call it" be said,
placidly. "I went to a doctor last
week about It, and he told me that It
was bound to burst before many days
passed. It has been getting worse
. foe years. I got it from over-exposure
and under-feeding in the
. 8alt Lake mountains. I've done
. my work now, and I don't care
how soon I go, but I should like
vv- to leave some account of the business
behind me. I don't want to be re
-.membered as a common cut-throat"
f "The Inspector and the two detec
tives had a hurried discussion as to
the advisability of allowing him to
, tall his story.
"Do you consider, doctor, that there
. la Immediate danger?" the former
"asked. '
! "Most certainly there Is," I an
swered. ,"in that case. It Is clearly our duty.
In the interests of justice, to take his
statement" said the inspector. "You
are at liberty, sir, to give your ac
count which I again warn you will
be taken down."
.... "I'll sit down, with your leave." the
prisoner said, suiting the action to
ths word. ' "This aneurism of mine
makes me easily tired, and the tus
sle we had half an hour ago has not
mended matters. I'm on the brink of
'!.'" the grave, and I am not likely to lie
to you. Every word I say Is the ab
"violate truth, and how you use It Is
a matter of no consequence to me."
With these words, Jefferson Hope
. leaned back In his chair and began
the following remarkable statement:
- can T0Ucn 'or the accuracy of the
- TfubJolnfed, account for I have had ac
cess to "Lestrsde's notebook, la
which the prisoner's words were tak-
'i ea down, exactly as they were ut
tered. , -iw "It. doesn't much matter lo yon
why I, hated these men," he said;
"It's enough that they were guilty of
r.,i.wjrtBe death of two human beings a
father and a daughter and that they
nad" therefore, forfeited their own
lives. After the lapse of time that
baa passed since their crime, it was
Impossible for me to secure a convic
tion against them In any court.
"That girl that t spoke of was to
have married me twenty years ago.
She was forced Into marrying that
same: Drebber, and broke her heart
over it
' I took the marriage ring from her
, .dead finger, and I vowed that his dy
ing eyes should rest upon that very
. ring, and that his last thoughts should
be of the crime for which he was pun-
. isneu. v.'"- '.
"I have carried K about with me,
and have followed him and hi ac
complice over two continents until I
caught them. They thought to tire
,(VJ! me out but they could not do it If
I die tomorrow, as Is likely enough,
die knowing that my work In this
world Is done, and well done. They
have perished, and by my hand.
--"Tnerv- m -nothing left for me to hope
for or to desire.
x i ' i"TnF. were rich and I was poor,
' ad that It was no easy matter for me
, . to follow them. When I got to Lon
1.10 don my pocket was about empty, and
I found that I must turn my hand to
. . . , . something for my living.
, t0 ""Driving and riding are as natural
i to me as walking, so I applied at a
. cab owner's office, and soon got em
ployment I was to bring a certain
sum a week to the owner, and what
'' ever was over that I might keep for
. myself. - ;:. v
' "There was seldom much over, but
I managed to scrape along somehow.
.-. - The hardest job was to learn my way
v ' about ' for t reckon that of all the
. -w-.,.jDse that ever were contrived, this
city is the most confusing.
"Tbty war at a boarding house at
Si
8
(Cumberland, over on th other aide
of the river. When once I found tlftin
out I knew that I had them at my
mercy.
"I had crown my beard, and there
waa no chance of their recognising
me.
"I would dog them and follow them
until I saw my opportunity. I was de
termined that they should not escape
me again.
"Sometimes I followed them on my
cab, and sometimes on foot but the
former was the best for then they
couia not get away from me.
"It was only early In the morntnc
or late at night that I could earn any
thing, so that I began to get behind
hand with my employer.
"During two weeks I drove behind
them every day, and never once saw
them separate, Drebber himself wan
drunk halt the time, but Stangerson
was not to be caught napping.
"I watched them late and early, but
never saw the ghost of a chance; but
I waa not discouraged, for something
told me that the hour had almost
come. My only fear was that this
thing tn my chest might burst a little
too soon and leave my work undone.
"At last one evening. I was driving
up and down Torquay Terrace, as the
street was called tn which they board
ed, when I saw a cab drlva up to their
aoor.
-rresenuy some luggage was
brought out and after a time Drebber
and Stangerson followed it and drove
off. I whipped up my horse and kept
within sight of them, feeling 111 at
ease, for I feared that they were go
ing to snm their quarters.
"At Euston station they got out and
I left a boy to hold my horse and fol
lowed them on to the platform. I
heard them ask for the Liverpool
train, and the guard answer that one
had Just gone, and that there would
not be another for some time.
"Stangerson seemed to be put out
at that, hut Drebber was rathei
pieasea man otherwise. I got so
close to them in the bustle that I
could hear every word that passed be
tween them.
"Drebber said that he had a little
business of his own to do, and that if
the other would wait for him he would
soon rejoin him.
"His companion remonstrated with
him, and reminded him that they
had resolved to stick together. Dreb
ber answered that the matter was a
delicate one, and that he must go
alone.
"I could not catch what Stanger
son said to that but the other burst
out swearing, and reminded him that
he was nothing more than his paid
servant and that he must not pre
sume to dictate to him.
"On that the secretary gave It ud
as a bad Job. and simply bargained
with him that If he missed the last
train he should rejoin him at Haiti
day's private hotel; to which Drebber
answered that he would be back on
the platform before eleven, and made
his way out of the station.
"The moment tor which I had wait
ed so long had at last come. I had
my enemies within my power. To
gether they could protect each other,
but singly they were at my mercy. I
did not act however, with undue pre
cipitation. My plans were already
formed.
"There is no satisfaction in ven
geance unless the offender hsa time to
realize who It Is that strikes him, and
why retribution had come upon htm. I
had my plans arranged by which I
should have the opportunity of mak
ing the man who had wronged me un
derstand that his old sin had found
him out
"It chanced that some days before
a gentleman who had been engaged
In looking over some houses In the
Brixton road had dropped the key of
one of them In my carriage. It was
claimed that same everting and re
turned. But In the Interval I had tak
en a molding of It and bad a dupli
cate constructed.
By means of this I had access to at
least one spot In this great city where
I could rely upon being free from In
terruption. How to get Drebber to
that house was the difficult problem
which I had now to solve.
He walked down the road and
went Into one or two liquor shops,
staying for nearly half an hour In the
last of them.
When he came out he staggered
In his wallf. and was evidently pretty
well on. There was a hansom Just in
front of me and he hailed it r
I followed it so cloie that the nose
of my horse was within a yard of his
driver the whole way.
we rattled across Waterloo Bridge
and through miles of streets until, to
my astonlsCment we found ourselves
back In the terrace In which he had
boarded.
I could not Imagine what his Inten
tion was In returning there, but I went
on and pulled up my cab a hundred
yards or so from the house. He en
tered It and bis hansom drove away.
Give me a glass of water, if you
please; my mouth gets dry with the
talking."
"That's better " he said. "Well. I
waited for a quarter of an hour or
more, when suddenly there came a
noise like people struggling to enter
the bouse. Next moment the door
was flung open and two men ap
peared, one of whom was Drebber and
the other was a young chap whom I
had never seen before.
"This fellow had Drebber bv the
collar, and when they came to the
head of the steps he gave him a shove
and a kick which sent him half across
the road.
Ton hound!' he cried, shaking his
stick at him. Til teach you to insult
an honest girl!'
He was so hot that I think he
would have thrashed Drebber with his
cudgel, only that the cur staggered
away down the road as fast as his
legs would carry him. He ran as far
as the corner, and then, seeing my
cab, he hailed me and Jumped In.
-Drive me to Halllday's nrivate
hotel,' said he.
"When I had him fairly Inside my
cab my heart Jumped so with Joy that
I feared lest at this last moment my
aneurism might go wrong.
I drove along slowly, weighing In
my own mind what It was best to do.
I might take him right out Into the
country and there In some deserted
lane have my last Interview with him.
I had almost decided on this when he
solved the problem for me.
"The erase for drink had seised him
again and he ordered me to pull up
outside a gin place. He went In, leav
ing word that I should wait for him.
There he ramalnsd until closing time,
and wtsn he came out he was so fhr
gone that I knew the game was tn my
own hands,
"Pon t Imagine that I Intended to
kill him in cold blood. It would only
have been rigid justice It I had done
so, but I could not bring myself to do
it. I had long determined that he
should have a show tor his lite It he
chose to take advantage of It
"Among the many billets which I
have filled in America during my wan
dering lite. I was once a janitor and
sweeper out of the laboratory at
York College,
"One day the professor was lectur
ing on poisons, and he showed his stu
dents some alkaloid, as he called It
which be had extracted from some
South American arrow poison and
which was so powerful that the least
grain meant Instant death. I spotted
the bottle In which this preparation
waa kept and when they were all
gone I helped myself to a little of It
"I was a fairly good dispenser, so
I worked this alkaloid Into small,
soluble pills, and each pill I put In a
bos with a similar pill made without
poison. I determined at the time that
when I had my chance, my gentlemen
should each have a draw out of one of
these boxes, while I eat the pill that
remained.
"It would be quite as deadly, and a
good deal less noisy, than Bring across
a handkerchief. From that day I had
always my pill boxes with me, and
the time had now come when I was
to use them.
"It was nearer one than twelve, and
a wild, bleak night blowing hard and
raining in torrents, Dtamal as It was
outside, I waa glad wttulu so glad
that I could have shouted out from
pure exultation.
"If any of you gentlemen have ever
pined tor a thing and longed for It
during twenty long years, and then
suddenly found It within reach, you
would understand my feelings.
"I lighted a cigar and puffed at It to
steady my nerves, but my hands were
trembling and my temples throbbing
with excitement
"As I drove I could see old John
Ferrter and sweet Lucy looking at me
out of the darkness and smiling at me.
just as plain as I see you all In this
room. All the way they were ahead of
me. and one on each side of the horse.
until I pulled up at the house In the
Brixton road.
"There was not a soul to be seen,
nor a sound to be heard, except the
dripping of the rain. When I looked
In at the window, I found Drebber all
huddled together In a drunken sleep,
I shook him by the arm. 'It's time to
go out,' I said.
"'All right cabby.' said be.
"I suppose he thought we had come
tn the hotel that he had mentioned,
tor he got out without another word
and followed me down the garden.
"I bad to walk beside him to keep
him steady, tor he was still a little
top-heavy. When we came to the
door I opened It and led him into the
front room. I give you my word that
all the way, the father and daughter
were walking in front -of us.
"'It's Infernally dark,' said be.
stamping about
"Well soon have a Mtrht" I ald.
striking a match and putting It to a
wax-candle which I had brought with
me. 'Now, Enoch Drebber,' I continu
ed, turning to him and holding the
light to my own face, 'who am If
(To In waaaiMd.)
ONE CBOWN AT A TIME,
Why King Edward DM Not Take Flying
Ship Trip.
King Edward VII, as Is well known,
is much interested In all matters relat
ing to flying ships, and especially Is be
Interested in Bantos-Dumont and bis
efforts. A few weeks before the coro
nation it wss extensively rumored that
the king had quite made up bis mind
to accompany the clever young Brazil
ian In one of his aerial flights; that he
had, in fact, msde all arrangements for
his travel through the air. A certain
well known scientific peer asked bis
majesty one evening after dinner
whether the rumor concerning the royal
serial voyage wss really true.
"Now, Lord ," answered King Ed
ward, laughingly, "is it likely that I
would take this flying ship trip? The
coronation baa not yet taken place, and
I can assure that I wish to wear my
earthly crown before I put on the
other. I"
MedklM of Dog Barks.
Little Ethel, aged 4. and her grand
mother were great chnms. One day
the old lady was taking a dose of medi
cine snd the child inquired:
"Grandma, what's 'at?"
"That is medicine, my dear."
"What is it msde of, grandma?"
"Out of leaves and roots and barks,"
replied grandma.
"Ob, grandma," said Ethel, as bet
big eyes opened in wonder, "is it
msde of little dog barks?"
A Funny Moeo.
One summer evening a little girl was
out doors washing ber feet. After a
while the happened to look at the
moon, just onder a cloud. She jumped
np and ran into the boose as fast as she
could, and said:
"I'm not going to stay out there and
that moon alipp'n' and slidV 'round
like thai." "
Pa Knew.
"Pa, what does 'absent-minded'
mean?" ,
"My boy, that's easy. Did you evei
stop to think?"
"Yes."
"And yonr thoughts ran on?"
"Yes."
"Well, that's it" Indianapolis
News. .
Proof Positive.
LadyYon say von wart a soldier
and a hero in the late war?
Trsmp Yes'm.
Lady How can yon prove your
bravery?
Tramp Give me a match and I'll
light yonr gasoline stove for yon. De
troit Free Press.
Takes It Oat In Trade.
A scum I notice that Mr. Klosemsn
has become a regular attendant at
church. When did he get religion?
Brownie fie didn't It's lust busi
ness with him. He loaned Rev. Mr.
Gassawsy $10 some time ago, and he's
had to take it ont in pew rent. Phila
delphia Press.
Impossible. .
Brown Do you think she is a clevea
girl?
Smith Um-ml Bather too good
looking, don't yoa think?
FLOWERS FOR OUR RULERS,
Uoaqotta Are uptll4 Hoaatlfnlljr to
Cuirwanim aa4 Senator.
Cut flowers are suinillvd gratuitously
by I'ucU Sam to a number of peraoua
and Institutions la the city of Wash
lugtou and meiubvrs of Cougres have
come to regard, thvui as among the moat
desirable of their perquisites. The
greeuhouwe from which the flowers
tu question come are malutalued prin
cipally to supply the city parks with
the plants which make them such a
feature of the city's beauty throughout
the greater part of the year. After the
White House la supplied the hospitals
aud other public institutions receive
flowers. Many other worthy causes
also share In the distribution. Fam
ilies of members of the cabinet the
supreme court and legislative members
come next This custom, which has
prevailed tor years, of distributing the
cut flowers Is still followed.
Besides the greenhouses In charge of
the Superintendent of Public Buildings
aud Ground, and ths White House con
servatory, other gardeners are those of
the Agricultural Department aud the
botanical gardeus. The latter are un
der the direction of the Senate Com
mittee on Library. The gardens of the
Impertinent of Agriculture are devoted
largely to the growing of plauts other
than floral
The flowers from the White House
conservatory are used for dally decora
tions of the executive mansion aud tt
Is for stste functions aud all other or
dinary occasions that the supply of the
park greenhouses Is drawn upon.
Through this source of supply not au
Inconsiderable amount that would oth
erwise have to be spent for flowers for
many stste dinners ruus well up luto
the hundreds and sometimes even thou
sands of dollars. The floral decorations
for the Prince Henry dinner, which
were most elaborate, would have cost
14,000 If purchased in the flower mar
ket As it was the real expenditure tu
the floral decorations was only a few
hundred.
1 USE Of WATIR AT MEALS. T
Dr. Felix L. Oswald Insists that the
avoldunce of water at weals Is a mere
"sanitary superstition." It la not possi
ble tor any normally constituted human
being te eat his wsy to the flrst quarter
Instalment of a nuxleru dinner of over
heated made dishes snd greasy viands
without experiencing a distinct kinging
for a cooling diluent and before the
end of the second course that cravtng
assumes ths urgency of positive dis
tress, but he sufferer Is warned to for
bear. Has not Professor Orthodox enu
merated Ore distinct sources of peril
from Indulging that apveteucy, and
proved that the water Instinct Is wrong,
and that nature knows nothing about
It?
The most specious of these arguments
lathe alleged risk that the Introduction
of cold water would coagulate the al
bumen of tbe Ingests, snd thus compli
cate the labors of the digestive organs.
But Is It not evident that thoee organs
should be allowed a casting vote In the
decision of that controversy?
Dr. Schrodt tbe author of "Nstur
Ilellkunde," holds, on the contrary,
thst our diet Is not half fluid enough,
and demonstrates that organic warmth
will soon reduce over-cold beverages to
the right medium, and that a craving
which nothing but fresh water will sat
isfy Is a clear proof that tbe stomach
Is suffering from an excess of caloric
and a deficiency of moisture.
Just wait and that distress will sub
side, Insists Professor O x. Yes; the
subtle chemistry of the organism will
eventually find means to satisfy Its
needs from Internal sources. Just ss the
agony of a famished man willgiveway
to a dull torpor; tbe system has made
another forced loan on the reserve
stores of Its own tissues, and made the
sufferer a little more comfortable,
though also a little leaner. Even thus
the disappointed stomach will make
shift to lead moisture from some other
part of the organism where It Is less
sorely needed and tbe distress subsides,
though a feeling of vague discomfort re
mains, suggesting that the sort of
moisture reabsorbed from tbe lower alt-,
mentary duct Is not exactly what the
stomach wanted.
What Ae Is He?
The Navy Department Is trying to
answer the question: "How old Is
Bear Admiral Thomas 0. 8elfrldge, re
tired?" Is be 90 or 100? The records
do not show and Bear Admiral Bel
fridge will not telL He says It Is no
body's business how old be Is. But as
be entered tbe nary In 1818, and must
have been at least IS years old at that
time, the supposition Is that be la be
tween 90 and 100. Tbe Admiral's old
est son. Bear Admiral Thomas O. Sel
frldge, Jr., owns to being 00 years. The
senior Selfrldge was born In Hub
bardston, Mass. Philadelphia Press.
Singular Signs fbr Traveler.
On tbe banks of a rivulet near Stra
bane la a stone with this singular In
scription, which was no doubt Intended
for the Informstlon of stragers travel
ing by tbe road: "Take notice that
when this stone Is out of sight it Is
not safe to ford the river." This recalls
the famous linger post which Is said
to have been erected by order of a sur-1
veyor of roads in Kent: "This la a '
bridle path to Faversham, If you '
can't read this you had better keen th I
main road."
. Frenoh Happy Home Broken Up.
A Parisian lady bas been compelled
Ktf 'ha twill... tn It a a W nn Kaa. tiar,.a- 1
home, consisting of 20 hens, 60 cocks,
30 pigeons, a goat eats, 8 dogs, a par
rot and a dozen smalt birds. Her
neighbors objected to being kept awake
all night by the cats and dogs, and to
being roused up at an unearthly hour
by tbe crowing of the cocks.
Stunted.
Cltlman I hear the Popleys have
moved out near you. Have you seen
their baby? Isn't It a tiny little mite?
Subbubs Yes, but you must remem
ber It passed tbe flrst six months of
IU life In a flat-Pblladelpula Press.
A woman's Idea of a bargain Is some
thing she can't afford when she needs
It and which Is offered at a reduction
when she has no use for it
DECATUR'S rLACSIIIl' PRLS1DLNT.
Oowsar iwaVNuioini'
Nothing lu International relations more clMrly llhistratt-s ths ramersderle
between Hug-land and the I'nltvd States limn ths fact that the famous sr
frlgnto President lies tenderly cared tor and rersred ss a nUtorle rIU In a
l.omk.n dock. Tin President was Admiral Decatur's Hnnlil, and In Hi war
of 1812 hr guns were the last of the American arms to be trained on a UrllUrt
to. Such a scours had sh been to British shipping that III admiralty lamed
a aperlal order that sh must b taken at any liatnrd. But "urdera" do not tak
American naval vessels, and th old President lived in freedom to witness pence,
snd now for nearly a century her disnmniled hulk has bvn slumbering '
India dock In London harbor. The President snd th equally famous old Con
stitution were twin shin, and th former was th flrst Aaeahlp on s Kur"'an
station flying th Stars and 8trlpe. It wss of th Prvsldvul thst Oliver Wsu
dell Holmes wrote: .
"Ayt Tear her tattered tnalgn downl
Loug has It wared on hlghl"
CITY'S MARVELOUS GROWTH.
Modcra Tow Whar a Tear Age Thar
Wa Cornfield.
Th rapidity with which thing are
don In th West la strikingly shown
lu ths ess of Anndnrko, Ok., a little
city which recently celebrated the flrst
anniversary of Its founding, says a
writer in Leslie's Weekly. Marvelous
has been Its history, from the sale of
the flrst lot lu a cornfield, Aug. 0, lUOl,
to Its present metropolitan appearance.
Large brick blocks have taken the
place of the touts and shanties lu us
then, Graded streets and broad alile
walks displaced tbe corn-rows loug
ago, telephone lines form a network at
some of the busy comers, aud every
where nay be seen Improvements not
jtnsa-
A CITY'S MAUVELOl'8 UUOWTIt.
(Upper view shows th sits of Anadirta, 0 1.. In th Ml of inoi; th lawtr renrrsesia
Um plae ss It is to-day, a tiutlllos, v tu-dsl euinuiouU of a,u sul.i
found often tn cities of ten times tu
age. A mammoth lc plant, with a
capacity of seveuty-flv tons dally, not
only supplies tbe city but adjacent
cities also.
Contracts are now being let for a
130.000 Court House, 13.000 Jail, S'JO.OOO
school buildings, $10,000 water works,
etc. Electric light companies are mak
ing propositions, so that soon the city
will be thoroughly lighted, watered
and equipped In all particulars. The
population now Is about 3,300, aud la
growing substantially all tbe time.
Good homes ars springing up through
out ths city.
JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMORIAL
Arch Krccted In Richmond by Dauub
tar of Confederacy.
A beautiful memorial arch Is being
erected In itlcuniond, Va., to Jefferson
Davis by tbe United Daughters of tbe
Confederacy. It was designed by Lou
is A. Qudebrod and the cost will be
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jjcrrciuoii davis abcu.
about $75,000, which It bas Uken tbe
daughters several years to get together.
The site of the monument Is th
choice of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, wbo,
though opposed to tbe memorial at
first finally consented, and the arch
will be unveiled In Monroe Park at
Richmond In tbe early spring.
MODERN 8LANQ PHRASE 18 OLD,
"Nothing Doing" Is an Aaelant Bs
preeslon Used In th Classics.
Some of those wbo affect tbe pictur
esque In their language, Interlarding
their speech with what they suppose
to be the latest slang phrases, eschew
ing accepted and approved English for
what they think Is the latest up-to-date
coinage of tbe purlieus, may be shock
ed to learn that one of the latest and
most frequently used phrases Is at
least fifty years old, and possibly clas
sic, writes tbe Brooklyn Eagle. This
phrase Is "nothing doing." Thomas De
Qulncey, in writing bis paper on tbe
"Knocking at the Gate In Macbeth," all
of fifty years ago, framed this sen
tence: "All other murders (referring
to Mscbeth's) look pal by th deep
j friw atann int'MiistMni: sr
crimson of his, aud, as sn amateur
once snld to me In a querulous tone:
"There has been absolutely nothing do
ing slur his time, or nothing that's
worth speaking of," Here the phrae
Is used In precisely the same form suit
in the sains moaning that It Is by the
professor of slang lu this dur.
Bhakapcare use It as"uothlng done."
but In the SAine sense, In "Measure for
Measur," "King Lear" and "Othello."
Enough Is shown to prove that the
latest slang Is, after all, old and of
good use. Hitching this wagon of a
slang phrase to the stars, Ie Qulncey
aud Bhakapeer. It becomes rlassle.
It Is a fair deduction to be drawn
from the De gulncey quotation thnl
th phrase "nothing doing" was slang
in the day of bis writing, snd was used
-Zh '"'ill!
as such. It will be noted that the bril
liant master of style did not use the
phrase except as a quotation. From
whom? An amateur murderer. Tills
amateur laments tbat In the way of
murders there has been "nothing do
ing" since that done by Macbeth worth
speaking of. It Is s fair conclusluu
that a man who trie his hand at mur
der purely as an amateur with an ef
fort to attalu that degree of skill which
be has set up as standard fur himself
la of that class and manner "of men
who use slnng as a habit of speech.
And It, therefore, may be deduced that
ls Qulncey' amateur was using th
current slang of his day,
ONE HUNDRED-MILE COAST.
Sliding Down th. Hid of a Moant.ln
in a Hand Car,
Lord Ernest Uamllton-descrllK-s his
experience of a thrllllug but perilous
pastime, the descent In a small Imnd
car of a wonderful uiouulalu railway
In Peru, '
"As a matter of fact." ho writes, re
ferring to the title of tuu article, "it
Is 100; but, for the sake of a title, the
extra six mites may go-loo are enough
at any rate for purposes of Illustra
tion. These hundred odd miles or lo
be found on tbe Ferro Cnill Central of
Peru, commonly called the Oroya Itall
way, and they are to be found no
where else.
"This Oroya Hallway Is a very won
derful line, Indeed. It not only climbs
higher than any other railway in ths
world, but also distinguishes Itself In
a variety of other ways Incidentally re
forred to hereafter. But tho accom
plishment with which 1 am chiefly con
cerned Is this, that It provides tbo only
road In tbe world which a mnn ou
wheels can travel over 100 miles by
bis own momentum and practically nt
any pace to which the fiend 0f reck
lessness may urge him.
"The object of what Is here written
Is to trace the sensations born of a
run down from the summit of tbe Oro
ya Ballway, lB.OflO feet above sea level,
to the verge of tbe Pacific. You start
under the eye of the eternal snows and
you finish among humming birds and
palms. You sUrt back with the' un
speakable sickness of soroche, and you
finish In tbe ecstacy of an exultation
too great for words. , ,
"The gods of Olympus were worms
beside the man wbo hns during the
hut three hours controlled bis car from
the Taso de Golera to Cnllno, for It is
In tbe control that Ilea the Joy, as In
other things apart from car running
To sit beside the brakamnn i. ...
to drop the brnkemnn on a file'ndt
Mini .nil ,. '
-""" " mo ievor in your own
firm but not too exacting h.n.i i.
sup a liberal foretnsto of the Joys of
hpnven Pnnrann'a Ui,..i
- . - ..... Ul up, u & uju,
Many a man breuks his bills down
town, then growls because bis wife
wants a little of. the sum 11 change.
When Justice aud love go band In
hand It's a case of tbe blind leading (he
bliad, , . ...
444 4tt4H
fraj3iL,i-aniSE
OLD
FAVORITES
44444444444-M.H
Th Amsrlian PUg.
When OemloM from hr mountain hlgii
t'nfurl'd her stsndard tn the sir,
Hh tor Hi ssur ruh of night.
And set ths stars of glory t hers i
Hh mingled with If gorgeous U)s
Th milky bnldrle of th skies,
And striped Us pur cvlestlsl whits
With streaking, uf h morning Itagttt
Then from his msnslon In th sun
Cbs esll'd her gl txsror down.
And gnv Into his mighty hsnd
Th symbol of her chosen laud.
MaJestl ninnsrch of th cloud 1
Who rr'si aloft thy rvgal form,
To bear lb lmit trumplugs loud,
Aud sv th lightning Inner driven,
Whsn sirlv ths warriors of th atnrn.
And Mil th ttiuiuior drum of bsvu-a
Child of the suul to the 'tis glv.ti
To guard th banner of th frvv.
To hover In th sulphur smoke,
To ward sway m bstlUstruke,
And bid It bleiullug shin afar,
I.Iks rsiulxtws oa th cloud of wsr,
Th harbinger of victory!
flag of th hrsv thy folds shall fly,
Th slgu vt hop snd trlupmph blglt,
Whsn spanks th signs) trumpet-tim,
And th long tin cunie glesmlng on;
Kr yet the life blood, warm and wet,
lias dimmed th gllateulitg hsjouet,
Kach soldier y shsll brightly turn
To wherv thy sky born glories burn.
And ss his springing steps sJvanr
Catch wsr snd vengeanc frum ll
glsne.
And when th cannon-mouthing lon.l
Ilesve In wild wreaths th hsttl shroud,
Ami gory satires rls snd fsll
I.Ik shot of flam an midnight's pall
Then shall thy metsor glance glow,
And cowering foes shall sink beneath
Koch gnllsut arm that strike U-luvr
Thst lovuly mesawiiger u( death.
Flag of tb sens! on ocean wsr
Thy star shall glitter ' th brv
When death, careering 6il lb gale,
Hwmp darkly Mum! th bellied soil,
And frighted wave ru.h wildly bark
llefnr th bromWIoVs rvsllug rack,
i;th dying wsuitervr of th sea
Khali look at one lo heaven and the.
And mull to n thy splendors tly
lu trlumiih e'sr bis closing eye.
Flag of lb fre heart's bop and hornet
Hy Biigvl h anils lo vslor given;
Thy stars have 111 lb welkin duui.
Aud all thy hue wvr bora lu bvatett,
IVvvsr Dost that siaudsrd sheet!
Wher breathes th to but fslls h
for n.
With frvedoni's soil beneath our feel,
And freedom's banner slrteutlug o'tr
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-Juenb Itodtusn Drsk.
PROUD Of HIS WORK.
Ill frl Manual Labor th
KoUd I arrlalor Much mnUfaclton.
The late D. W. IMt-bardson, In an
address to working men, declared thst
work, manual work, and tbat, too, of a
resolute kind, la absolutely necessary
for every man. ) 11 spoke slao of tho 4
Importance of doing one's work. nt
merely to get It dune, but with a feel
lug of pride tn doing It welL In tills
connection be snld;
I was Invited not many years ago lo
a lecture at St Andrew's University,
aud to listen In the evening to a lec
ture by another mnn, Ilk mysvlf, an
outsider. I was not personally ac
quainted wttb this other man, but I
knew that be tilled sn Important Judi
cial office tn Scotland, and wss consid
ered one of the must able and learned,
as wll as one of th wittiest meu In
that country. He chose tor hi sub
ject "Self-Culture," aud for an bout
held us In a perfect dream of pleasure.
For my own part, I could not realist
that the hour had fled.
The lecture ended at 7 o'clock, and
at 8 I found myself seated at dinner
by tbe side of the lecturer, st the
house of one of ths university profes
sors. In the course of the dinner t
made some reference to the ball In
which the exercises of tbe day bad
been held, bow good It was for sound,
and what a fine structure tu look upon.
"Aud did you Ilk tbe way lu which
til stones were laid Insider I asked
my new friend.
"Immensely," I replied. "Tbe man
wbo laid those stones was an artist
wbo must have thought tbat bis work
would llv through the ages."
"Well, tbat I pleasant to bear," bs
sul.l, "for tbe walls ore my aln daetn'."
He had the Scottish accent when be
was In earnest '
"Fortunst man," I replied, " to havs
th means to build so flue a place," for
I thought, naturally euougb, tbat be
ing a rich man, be bad built this hall
at bis own expense, aud presented It to
the university.
"Fortunate, truly," be answered, "but
not In tbat sense., What I mean Is,
that I laid every one of those stones
with my aln hand. I was a working
mason, and tbe builder of the ball gave
me the Job of laying the Inside stone
work; and I never had any Job In my
life in which 1 took so much prlds and
so much pleasure." ,
While this man was working with
his bands be was working also with
bis brain. He took his degree, wont
to the bar, and became a man honored
throughout the country. We applaud
ed bis brilliant lecture; but those silent,
beautiful stones befors bltn, which
echoed our applause, must ' I think,
have been to blm one cheer more, and
a big one.' - " f . i
, , Judging iron, the Sample.
A Congressman who thought that one
of the great nutlount parties was try
ing too hard to find an Issue when
there was no Issue in sight, rebukod
his opponents by tolling this story:
A cllunt of mine Img a lurge family,
and accordingly Is rather pressed for
money. He enme to mo Joyfully one
day. doclurlng that he had found oil
uowing from a spring on bis hind, and
bringing me a wimple.
The bottle be brought was one which
he had picked up In a hurry somewhere
nbout the houso. , I forwarded It to au
expert chemist and my client and I
waited with a good donl of Interest for
his report of tho analysis. in a ,iy
or two we got this telegrum:
'."Find 'no trace of oil. Your friend
has struck paregoric."
What ornory people there are In the
world I But you can't reform Ilium, ,
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