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Indian Telegraphy A Captive.
When the tun tu a little less than
.. two hours high the amok began to
curl from the rtmrocka at the point
where the raiders' outlook had atood
' at noon. The Warm Springs war
. . i rtort, headed by their chief and Dan
Follett, had made t detour -to , the
south of the main trail and hoped to
avoid the hand of warrior from the
southwest hj hiding among the 'sand
dune until they had passed. But
when they discovered the smoke -rie-
' Ing from the rimrorka they fearea
that they were discovered and that
the Snakes were already signaling
' their whereabouts to the two 4 ap-
.?' ... preaching bands. The wafc party from
' the southeast, which had been Joined
" by Old Egan himself early In the
forenoon whose horse had escaped tae
m. vigilance of the raiders the previous
night, upon reaching the noon camp
of the Warm Springe party had sent
a scout to search the plains for the
escaping raiders. He had no sooner
. reached the summit of the rimrocks
than the cloud of dust among the
aand dunes showed him that the raid
era and their horses were there; and
t the cloud of dust farther on to the
southwest gave him the further knowl
edge that the other band of Egan'a
warriors had seen the early morning
signal Ores and were) coming to aid
- in recapturing the stolen horses.
The lookout gathered several arms
. full of sage brush from among the
rocks and started a lire, the Indian's
means of telegraphy, and soon signal
ed the two Piute bands of the whole
situation. '
With a shout of exultation Egan's
. - brave hurried toward the common
center.
The only hope before the raiders
was to evade the Snakes until night--1
fall and then make their escape In
the darkness.
It was their intention. In' rase they
encountered the Piutes, to have 40
of the warriors nnder their chief and
" Dan Follett engage the enemy while
ten of the raiders would attempt to
scape with the horses. But in case
of defeat the raiders were, each to se
lect an extra horse, abandon the
. others and make their way out of the
country as best they could. If night
should come upon them before the
arrival of the Piutes, then they had
- great hopes of escaping. But they
were doomed to' disappointment
' Shortly before sundown a band of
. Piutes from the southwest was upon
them. The raiders took shelter be
. , hind, the sand dunes and with this
i f '- advantage, held their enemy at bay
for some time. The men with the
- horses proceeded at a rapid pace,
-while the fight continued In their
rear and as the Piutes pressed the
v" raiders they backed from sand dune
to sand dune, disputing every Inch of
the ground. While it was a warm and
determined engagement there was
but little fatality as the men of each
side sheltered themselves behind the
sand dunes. But this scene was
changed about the time of sunset.
, The other band of Piutes arrived and
attacked the raiders from the other
side. Thus attacked from front and
rear the Warm Springs warriors were
compelled to retreat and as they did
so a great yell arose from the Piutes
who gave them a warm chase. When
, the raiders overtook the party In
, . charge of the stolen horses they hur
riedly took possession of an extra
. - horse esch and abandoned the others,
hoping to escape In the darkness.
But the Piutes were not satisfied
' with finding a portion of their horses.
Flushed with victory a majority
. . , rushed on while a few stopped to cor
ral the horses that had been aban
1 v doned. . ..-
Dan Follett was no less daring than
he was a villain. Seeing in the dusk
of night a small detachment of the
v ' Piutes, he turned and drew his re
volvers and faced them, considering
" that every moment's time should be
gained at this point that was possi
ble. He was a, splendid ' marksman
. and when the Indians had approached
within range of his revolvers he be
. . "gan firing, and in his madness rushed
toward them. He repulsed and
routed them for a moment, but In his
, seal he made a ' fatal mistake.
Flushed with his- gain of time, be had
'crowded them still farther when, sud
t . denly, he discovered that a larger de
tachment of well mounted Piutes had
encircled him and cut him off from
the main band of 'his friends.' He
' turned and attempted to ride througb
the Piute lines but discovered that
his revol vers v were now empty and
, - - tEere was no time for reloading. They
surrounded his instantly and took him
- . ' , a prisoner, and when the dashing
marauding chief, for it was Old Egan
J himself who led the band, laid his
' , b.and upon Follett, he' exclaimed: -"You
make better Piute than
Warm Springs Indian. Warm Springs
Indian coward, run away and leave
- . you, Piute stay with you. and now you
stay with Piute." chuckled the old
cLIef as he ordered his men to bind
the captive securely and guard him
closely. . ."',...' .......'.,.-
The Piutes pursued the raiders for
some distance and took several more
horses and prisoners before they
"" abandoned the trail.
It was late in (he night before the
camp was established, and the Piutes
. were tired and hungry, but there was
., .., one prisoner whose security was
Icoked after and bis name was Dan
Follett, " ; , , ;
CHAPTER XVI
A Big' Haul.
Bertha had spent several days with
' "Tier father and provided for his every
wish. Hammersfey had rearranged
things generally about the place, giv
ing his home a better appearance. Jul
ian Byrd, the cowboy, bad also been
' busy and besides providing game and
other essentials a good supply of
wood had also .been .stored away for
,., -the approaching winter. - It was not
known how long It would take Al.
v ... .Beach to ferrlt 'Out the whereabouts
- " of William Lyle, or his' descendants
and it was decided to wait his re
, turn before action and, in the mean.
' time, preserve a silence as to the safe
ty of Bertha and her father as well na
to keep secret all of "the matters
... agreed upon. . ... ;
As the episode of Bertha's arrive!
v - and the stirring events thereafter had
prevented the trapper from looking
after bis traps for a longer period
. t an usual, it was decided that he
t -mid now make the rounds that he
- r1 'w?nrtel upon In which ho , a
...... ojr jgeoTerng old Egan
' - rTiy wJ their captive. Pro
xomjletod one sight
for the trip. Julian was to accom
pany the trapper, while Bertha re
gained by her father and adminis
tered to his wants. She was admon
ished by the trapper to remain close
and at no time show herself should
anyone appear. He gave the place
the usual appearance of his absence,
after Bertha had taken her quarters
In the secret chamber, and he and
the cowboy left early In the morning
to visit the traps, expecting to be
gone several days. '
The first day out was spent In tak
ing coyotes from the traps near at
hand. These cunning animals had
occasionally been caught by the bait
set for them, but yielded the least
percentage of revenue, according to
numbers, of the animals that fell vic
tim to the trapper's strategem. The
plains fairly swarmed with these ani
mals, yet the number of marten and
wild cat caught by the traps was al
most as large. The trapper paid es
pecial attention to the latter class of
animals, however, as their skins were
much prised in the market and
brought large prices.
When they had reached a point
among the most cavernous rimrocks
the traps showed greater success in
the finer fur catch as this was the
abode of the marten and wild cat
After they reached the outskirts of
She saw a sight that dumbfounded her.
the last natural meadow, and were at
the edge of the great barren waste
that extended to the rocky gorges sur
rounding Stein's mountain, they came
upon the big traps. Here they found
evidences of big game also.
While passing along a deep gorge
the trapper's eyes brightened and he
exclaimed: "Griizly, sure as you
live!" He then pointed to where he
had left a huge trap and then to the
trail left behind where the bear had
dragged it, and the heavy weight at
tached to It. no the gorge. The troo
per Immediately looked to his rifle
and followed the trail eagerly, it
brought back the old times the occu
pation which he had followed so long
alone and the exciting events In a
trapper's life.
"Ee on the lookout!" cautioned ths
trapper to his companion, "he may
show fight when we come upon him.
and It will not do to get too close to
him.
On they followed the trail losing It
occasionally among the rocks but as
soon as soil and sage brush were
found they found the evidences again.
They had entered a sub-canyon and
were passing througb a point at
which a late spring seep from the
mountain side had moistened the
ground and produced a high growth
of ag6 brush along the banks of the
channel of the gulch and the trapper
again preserved unusual precaution.
As they were elbowing their way
through the tall sage brush that over
lapped the channel, the trapper carry
ing his rifle ready for action, there
was a swish, an unearthly cry, and
a mountain lion sprang up In the
sage brush to the left and tried to
leap upon the two men. But Ham-!
mersley tired instantly and the
charge entered the animals heart
They approached the dead animal
cautiously and found why , it had
reared np so straight in the air and
had been unable to leap. One . of
Hammersley's great traps had cut its
saw-teeth deep into the animal's left
hind leg and held it fast.
The animal had been caught sev
eral days previously, and had dragged
the trap' to this point where it be
came entangled and could get no
farther. They lost no time here, how
ever. This was a big haul, but the
trapper was more desirous of over
taking the grizzly.
' But they were not kept long in sus
pense. They came to a narrow point
in the canyon where the big animal
had attempted to force the heavy
weight that was attached to the tr9
between two huge boulders snd had
pulled upon It so strongly that It
had become fastened and the animal
could go no farther. With a surly
growl he warned them of their danger
before they even saw him. ; As he
tore against the chain attached to
the trap for his freedom, however,
they saw the side of his huge body
beyond the boulder.
Hammersley watched the great an
imal for a few .moments and then ap
proaching the boulders cautiously, he
placed bis rifle on the boulder and
fired a ball Into the animal's brain,
killing blm instantly. .
Grlzzlys, even in those days, were
rare catches and the trapper Informed
Byrd that he was now satisfied with
the trip and they proceed to skin the
animal and prepare for the return.
It was necessary, to spend the night
here, which they did, but before
it was late they had the skin
of the mountain . lion also beside
the grizzly's, and early the following
morning started home, gathering up
the hides of marten, wildcat and
coyotes as they proceeded; and it
Is needless to say that when tb?y ar
rived home they were loaded down,
in fact, the horse which had been left
hobbled on the way was pressed Into
service and was also loaded ' with Ul
that could be conveniently packed up
on him.
Bertha was greatly surprised and
interested In the skins of the great
wild animals, but she had news for
them that she deemed of more Im
portance to their future and the pro
jects they had in view, .
While they were absent some one
had entered the fiont apartments of
the place and had spent the night.
Woman's curiosity led Bertha to
break ' the admonition given her by
the trapper. She had done so with
out exposing herself or the secret
chamber, however, and this mitigate!
her; crime. But the discovery that
ibc made, she thought might be of
importance to her friends.
Upon looking through an aperture
Into the front room she had seen a
sight that dumfounded her. The
face was first like a dream to her. U
seemed darker and wore a more for
lorn look than when she had last seen
it The man was barefooted and bare
headed and he had no coat. Hia feet
were a mass of wounds, freshly made,
and she knew that he must have trav
eled many miles over the sharp rocks
and through the sage brush, for his
pants legs at the bottom were worn
Into shreds.
Agan and again she watched him
as he prepared and ate his meal. She
knew that she had seen htm before,
but where? But when be prepared to
leave In the morning she recognise
him. He placed a pair of the trapper's
old moccasins on his feet, after he
had wrapped them well, placed a bun
dle of food In a bag and then took an
old hat he found hanging on the wall,
when he placed the hat on his head, the
broad brim shaded the face and cut
the profile down, making It recognis
able. It was Dan. Follett!
To b continual.)
AN ARTISTIO ROMANCE
Dicavry of Pncea Ha-Relief la Coa
veal Wkin Naa Had Hak4 In
A Paris convent would appear the
most unlikely of places to shelter a
masterpiece by Clod Ion. but a moat lm
portaut work by the 18th century sculp
tor, wbcee inspiration was so pronounc
edly pagan, has been brought to light
in a convent In the Latin quarter. Its
history Is rather curious. The building
In which the Clodlon has remained un
appreciated and In which indeed Its
presence has been resented for over a
century, was not originally intended to
serve as a convent It was constructed
by Brougniart for Princess Louise of
Conde and gallantly decorated by sun
dry of the first artists of the day, Clo
dlon included, who executed a bas re
lief of very considerable dimensions
representing a number of fawns,
nymphs and Cupids at play. It fell
out that destiny was unkind to Mile, d
Conde. She lost her heart to M. de la
Gervalsala, who was several years her
junior, and of Bo birth to espouse a
lady of her rank. They exchanged some
very pretty love letters. Which were
published not long ago by M. Taul
Vlollet, but the opposition to their mar
riage being Insurmountable, the prin
cess renounced the world, took the
vows, and became the Mother Superior
of a community of Benedictine nuns
who took up their quarters in the new
ly erected palace. The Clodlou was en
tombed. The expression Is literally ac
curate, for at a period which Is not
known with precision tbe master's
work, condemned as a source of of
fense to pious eyes, was bidden from
view by a plaster wall specially erected
to mask It Iconoclasm bas often been
drastic in its methods, so tbe nuns may
be pardoned. Still, but tor an acci
dent tbe very existence of the Clodlon
might long bore remained unsuspected.
During the bombardment of Paris by
the Germans the convent was struck
by a shell which brought down the
plaster wall and showed tbe baa re
lief, happily without damaging It Ths
work has since been allowed to see the
light of day, with tbe result that that
most Indefatigable of searchers, M. Le
notre, the author of "Vlelles Malsons
Vleux Paplers," got wind of Us exist
ence, and called the attention of the
Society of Lovers of Old Paris to his
Hnd. AU risk of the Clodlon coming to
harm Is now at an end. but what will
be Its ultimate fate is uncertain, as.
though the. City of Paris Is auxious to
acquire possession of It the price de-manded-44O,00O-Ia
a dlfflculty.-l'all
Mall Gazette. .
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Dowie as Man and Autocrat.
DIVESTED of his mantle aud other accessories, Dowte
la. In fact a Scotchman, a former minister of the
Congregatloiial Church, a falih-healer, and the Gen
eral Overseer of the Christian Catholic Church lu
Zlon (John A. Dowle, owuer and proprietor;) ' Pos
sessing all the usual characteristics of tlte first three, of
these, and being the only example we have yet bad of tlte
fourth, he is susceptible of ready analysis and examination.
He has a long head for business, a cannlness that passes
belief, and a bump of aequlsltlvenesa that recalls at once
the fat of Mark Twain's three Glasgow Jews, who could
not get car fare to escape from Scotland. He has Implicit
uuquesttonlng faith In God, a tendency to believe that too
large a share of this world's good things cannot come his
own way, and another tendency toward findlug the hand
of God in all that pleases blm and the unconquerable force
of the Adversary In all that does not He has a piety, that
is not cant and a sincere goodnesa (when he Is uncrossed)
that wins tbe lor of all who become iuthnnte with him.
As a faith-healer he has a power whleh, with tbe present
slight understanding of such ph.nomi na, approaches tbe
marvelous, and whleh, by virtue of hypnotism, telepathy, or
some subtle suggestion, actually does relieve great nuuiliers
from pain. As head of the Christian Catholic Church In
Zlon (It la as General Overseer that he Is almost always
referred to by his followers), he possesses the most auto
cratic power It is possible to wield in this republic, having
absolute spiritual and temporal sway over all who believe
In him. In his city of Zlon. which Is the capital of the
world to the "PowlcltMs, he la supreme. Wherever a
dollar Is In the pocket of a Dowlelte, there Is ten rents that
belongs by right to Dowle, and ninety cents more that he
can hare If be really needs It, as he often does. Wherever
the cross and crown of Zlon are found, there no alcoholic
beverage or tobacco Is used, no pork or oysters or drug Is
consumed, no card game played, no profanity . Is heard;
for these things Dowle, as General Overseer, baa tabooed.
Moreorer, he Is plain Johu A. Dowte, clttsen of Illinois, a
very human man, and one well worth studying and know
ing. Century. "' " ..
LARGEST WHEEL EVER CAST
CAN BE OPERATED BY ONE MAN.
The largest commercial wheel evet
cast has been set up In the shops of
its makers, tbe Robert Pool A Pons
Company, of Baltimore, to be tested
before being shipped to Its owner, ths
Calumet Hecla Mining Company, of
Michigan. ,
Its height, or diameter, rather, la 65
feet, and with Its supports It weighs
more than 1,000.000 pounds. It Is to be
used to carry away the refuse from
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Fl!
$SirJru- Drill
' A MOXSTEB WHEEL.
stamp mills. The wheel Is known as
a sand wheel. Upon tbe inner surface
of Us rim will be arranged 550 buckets,
each measuring 4 feet 6 Inches by 8
feet ' As the mighty wheel revolves
each bucket will scoop up its capacity
of earth and refuse, which it will
dump Into a trough at tbe top. Tbe
shaft for this mass of steel came from
the Krupp gun factory. It Is 32 Inches
In diameter aid 27 feet long, with a
20-Inch hole through the. center. Its
weight is 42,000 pounds. The wheel Is
so perfectly adjusted that one man can
turn It
. Tlie Mourning Evil.
The use of crepe for mourning veils
Is becoming less -every day, and In
summer the crinkly fabric Is scarcely
seen. Many physicians protest against
women wearing crepe veils at any sea
son of tbe year, and the nun's veiling,
grenadine, and similar materials have
to a large extent, replaced the"" crepe
drapery tiat formerly was a distinctive
badge of bereavement; '
. For wldews or other women wearing
crepe mourning It Is tbe fancy at pres
ent to wear a short veil of fine, grena
dine or gauze, falling In graceful folds
at the back and draped on a bonnet
frame of light weight, edged with a
narrow band of crepe... A bow of crept
adorns the front of the hoWiy ' . '
When a crow baby cries to go to Its
mother, Its father Is perfectly wllllug
for ones that It should have Just what
it want :. ' T'
Consotot'ons of Old Age).
OLD age has Its consolations no loss than youth. Sup
posing tbe windows are darkened and the light has
gone from the west Some prefer the soft starlight
to the glare of day. It la something to have lived
and seen and been a part of many things. What
man having lived would begin again? Tbe test is good.
The fearful schoolboy, looking ahead to tbe advancing
years, dreads the added tasks that are set before him. But
the years arrived, the tasks at baud, all seems eeay and
natural and right Providence has made it so. It Is doubt
ed If a man ever feels truly old. The spark of youth some
where within us burns to the end, and feelings and desires
belie the face in the looking glass and the pitying looks or
friends. No matter how slow, stealthy, and Insidious the
approach of the Pale Pretorlan, when he comes he is un
expected, nnlooked for. As long as life is in him, man is
filled with the thrill of the living. -
Therefore, why fear old age or give It thought T It Is
only a scarecrow at best It will come upon you before you
know, and even when It comes It is doubtful If you will
realize. Hear Stevenson: "A sort of equable Jog trot of
feellhg,H he says, "Is substituted for tbe violent ops snd
downs of passion and disgust; the same Influence that re
strains our hopes, quiets our apprehensions; If tbe pleasures
are less Intense, tbe troubles are milder and more tolersble.
and. In a word, this period for which we are asked to board
op everything a for a time of famine Is, In Its own right,
the richest the easiest and the happiest of life. Live so
that when the so-called evil days come, you will still be
ible to rule yourself." Des Moines Kegleter.
' ' "
Liability of Express Companies.
THE decision In tbe United States Supreme Court de
claring that express companies may not arbitrarily
limit their own responsibility for the goods Intrusted
to their care Is in accord with good sense snd plain
everyday Justice. The express companies are com
mon carriers. They perform s semi-public duty and are
well paid for the work they do. When they take a pack
age and contract to deliver It tbey should not be allowed
to say how far they will suffer for their own carelessness.
They should be held to deliver the goods which they are
paid to carry or forfeit their full equivalent in money value.
It Is an old habit of corporations of this tort to uiaks
arbitrary rules which tbey force upon their patrons. In
some States the courts have compelled railroad companies
to give trauKrtatttn for which tbey have been paid re
gardless of the artificial limit of time which they put upon
tickets, aud lu others it bas even been held that they can
not divest themselves of liability for aecldeuts by any form
of agreement with patrona, eveu with the recipients of free
transportation. These decisions perhaps go too far In
limiting capacity to contract away rights for a fair con
sideration In tbe way or pauses or reduced ratra. Undoubt
edly, however, the tendency to forbid contracts freeing a
company of responsibilities la In the directum of sound
public policy. The corporations having practical monopo
lies of semi public bualueas are In position to dictate their
own terms of service to the people unless the law restrains
them, not only In the matter of rates, but also In the matter
of liability fur failure to do their work properly.-New York
Tribune.
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Our Inadequate Schools.
HAT tbe dlsttugulaucd president of Harvard
University bad to say about our common school
system would shock us beyond measure If ut
tered by a foreign educator-provided tlte criti
cism did not simply incite our derlnlon. Is not
our school system the Inner ark of our covenant with our
selves that we are the world's leading natlou? President
Eliot finds It wanting, and holds It responsible for mob
violence, gambling. Intemperance, tbe spoilt system, In
deed, most of the worst ills of the body politic. And also
"it hat failed to cultivate sufficient reasoning power In
employers and employed to prevent ttrlkes, violence and
loss."
The bill of particulars Is full and explicit, and drawn as
It Is by ta educator who at thirty took charge of a college
which be hat made one of the world's great universities, tt
Is the expression of one competent to speak. The remedy
proposed Is more money to provide better primary educa
tional facilities and to Improve tbe personnel of the teach
ers. "Greater effectiveness means greater costliness," be
says.' "Rut could any one Imagine It to be unreasonable
ness to spend for tbe moral and mental training of a child
as much at Isapent on hit foodl If that equality of tt
pendlture could be established over the Union there would
result a prodigious Improvement In the public schools."
When we desire to thluk with pride of our educational
system than ws be obliged, after all, to look back to the
little red tchoolhouse whence our Hays and Websters and
Llncolni camel What ths Inatrurtlnn of that period lacks
In frills was compensated for In character bulldlog.-New
York World.
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Success. V
HE Impression that they alone trs tuccettful who
amass great wealth or achieve marked distinction Is
an error of education which must be corrected before
ws can cheerfully and hopefully accept and dis
charge ths duties and responsibilities, often Irksome
and unpromising, that environ na here. In tbe great ma
Jorlty of addresses and appeals to young persons the ca
reers of men of exalted station, attained often by superior
and exceptional gifts and favoring fortune, art held up for
emulation. The corollary to such appeals It that only tbe
exploits that bring men snd women conspicuously before
the world are worth essaying, and that Uvea not tbut glori
fied are hopeless failures. To make the most of ourselret
we must have high Ideals; bnt the trne philosophy of life,
which tt learned by experience and from broad vlewt of
human capacity and destiny, magnifies the Importance of
discharging tbe small dally duty consclentously and with
out undue concern for the repute that comet sooner or later
to all who give faithful service. This It a trite Injunction,
and has' lost much of Its force by Iteration; yet, like tbe
familiar virtues which constitute the character of a good
man. Its observance lies at the foundation of tnd conttl
tutes every really successful career. A successful
man It be who Is affluent In friendship. In goodness ralher
than greatness. Victor Hugo, In closing the volume de
voted to the reminiscences of bis full tnd varied life, sayt
that h has grnsted the handt of the most famous and the
most obscure of Frenchmen, and that before heaven there
it nothing worth kneeling to but goodness. A worthy aspi
ration "Is a possession at solid as a landed estate, a for
tune which we can never exhaust" That way lies the most
satisfying success, Philadelphia Public Ledger,
PfeaWt.
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION )
S A a. WIIJUM. -
Y brother Lemuel married Me
I Vl hitable Pierce when be wss
I I quite slong in years. Nobody
I ' I thought he'd ever get married at
' all, any mors'n my brother Hen
ben and Silas. The three had lived to
gether and kept bachelors' bsll ever slnix
our mother died. I wss married snd
sway from home long before she died.
I didn't know bow tbey would get along
st first, but all of the boys bsd been used
to helplii' ma a good deal, and they were
real handy, and when I asked if tbey
wasn't guin' to have a housekeeper,' they
wouldn't hear to it They said they
wasn't goln' to bars no strsnge women
round in ma's place, nohow. So Kilns
be took hold and did the washln' and
Iron in', snd Reuben did the sweeplu', and
Lemuel, he was the youngest, text to me,
did the cookln'. He could cook s dinner
equal to any woman, and his pies beat
mine. My husband said so, and I bad to
give In they did.
Well, they seemed to get on so nice, and
none of 'era had ever seemed to think
much about the girls, not even when they
wss boys, that I mnst say 1 was 'astou
ished when Lemuel lis up and. got mar
ried to Mehltable Pierce. She was s
little. along in years, too, rather mure so
than Lemuel, and a dreadful smart piece.
She was good lookln' snd she had prop
erty, but she was dreadful smart and up
an' cemia'.. I could never see how Lem
uel ever got tbe, courage to ask her to
have him, he was always a kind of mild
spoken little fellow. Keuben- he declar
ed he didn't He vowed that Mehitable
asked him herself. He said! be knew it,
for a fact, and he said It with the tears
rollln' down his cheeks-. Reuben was the
oldest and he'd always been terrible fond
of Lemuel. ''That poor( boy would never
have got In sech s fix ef that woman
hadn't np an' asked him, an' he didn't
have spunk enough to say no," said Reu
ben, and he swnllered bard. .
Mehitable hnd a nice bouse of her own
that her father left her, all furnished and
everything, so of course Lemuel he went
to live with her, and Mehitntile's house
Was pretty near where I lived,' so I sould
see everything that was goln' on. It
I wa'n't very long before I said to Han
l nah Morse, my husband's old. maid sis
ter mat tires witn us ana teaches school,
that I belioved Lemuel was henpecked,
though I hadn't 'anythln' against Me
hitable. . .. ... i .i ' -,
"I don't see what else anybody that
married Mehitable Pierce would expect,"
said Hannah. She spoke real sharp for
her. I've always kind of wondered If
Hannah would have bad Lemuel if he'd
asked her. "Well," said I, "1 hope poor
Lemuel' will be happy. He's always
taeu Sikh a jfiWd, mild, willlu' boy thst it
does stem;s pity for blm to lie rods over
roughshod, snd bare all the will be ever
iSfl bars1 trodden ihttf tbe dust." .
"'' ' .. ., . .
"Wull, that is what will happen, or I'll
miss my guess," said Hannah Morse, for
a long while I thought she was right. It
wss really pitiful to see Lemuel. II
didn't hart no more liberty nor will of
his own than a 6-year-old boy, and not
so much. M'hitshl wouldn't Icl Mm do
this snd that, and if there was nnytliln'
he wanted to do, eh was sot against It,
snd he'd always give right In. Many's
the time Lemuel has run over to my
house, and hi wife come racln to tbe
fence snd screamed after blm to com
home, and he'd start up ss seared as he
could be. And many's the time I'v been
in there, snd he'd started to go out, and
she'd tell him to sot down, snd h'd set
without a murmur.. i .
Mehitable 'she bought alt bis clothes,
an' she favored long-tailed coats, snd h
beln' such s short man, utter looked
well in 'em, and she wouldn't let Mm
have store shirts and collars, but msde
them herself, and the didn't have very
good patterns, she used her father's old
ones, and he wasn't no such built, man
as Lemuel, and I know he suffered ev
erything, both in bis pride an' bis fcelln's.
Lemuel began to look real downtrod. II
didn't seem like half such a man as ht
did, snd tb queerest thing about It wss:
Mehitable dldu't 'per to like tb work
of her own band, so to speak.
One day she talked to me about It "I
dunno what 'tis," said she, "bnt Lemuel
he don't seem to bsve no go-ahead and
no ambition and nowlll of his own. He
tries to pleaf 4on' m ni
ifhehadgrij
timet I tbinl,
wh;at 'fells' bimV-
him. ' He't worn thick Aaniit..,--. ..
bad wholesome, vlctuslt; I never let blm
have pie." 1 ,' . '" ' -
"Lemuel wat always dresdful fond of
pie," I snld. I felt kind of sorry, for I
remembered how fond poor Lemuel bad
always been of mother's pies, and whut
good ones he used to make niinsair.
"1 kaow It," M!AM
wanted to mnke
were firs"'
wasn't!
mskin'Tj
him eaf mmtmixer
Pies alifr good for ?
I dunno what do
the New Yar," (aid slit, "and that hi's
goln' to kep It"
"Well, wast la Itf said I.
"I dunno." said sh. .
. "Well, If K's t gowd fl jm 4't
care, do your" said I, "aud It tauld b
anything but a good ons if my brulhtr
iw v ni n , , iatu maw,
"Won't be tolir ' ' '
"No, h won't 1 can't get s word out
of him shout It U don't set Ilk hun-
Solf."
Well, I mutt ssy I never saw such t
rhang as com over Mehltabl and Lem
uel after that II wouldn't tell what Ms
resolution was, snd sh couldn't msk
htm, thongb sh almost went down on
her knees. It begun to seem st if sh
was fairly changing characters with Lem
uel, though she hsd a spell ef beln? her
self more'n ever st first, tryln' to fore
him to tell what the resolution was. Then
she give 'that up, and sh never asked
blm where be was goln, an' ha could
com In my house an sot Jest at long as
n wsnted to, and sh bought hint's1
short-tailed coat tnd tHhis store collars I
and shirts, and he looked Ilk another
man. A-HJo staying down to th
store n utln' politics with' th 1
other's; -ara blm thyself
on nl tys: was
sWCIUUVl t . it u
,. Well, Lemuel hev
never told till tb
vfuuu uvu niu aw wouia. . tio.
Itlnng that he'd tell her theo-i- t
at Mehitable niyset b;
ew i car.s mornip' I
tney wssn't
-., kntw th m!
them .that hs hadn't V
wouldn't until he yr
fast Hf wm
Ing np w .d
he'd- -fhe'd
ibVw
th next
h would, tip
v,.l,
mills -Whew! Why do you bars
your office a hot at an oveuT Willis
It's there I make uiy dally bread,
Town aud Country.
Urauduia-Ro that tt your parrot, my
dearl Kilwl-Ye. grandma; but papa
sayt we'd totter sell blm now that
you've come to llv with us.
"Why, l.arold, I'm surprised) You
should wait until the blesslug It ask
ed." "I did ask mint." "You dldT
"Yes: aud God said 'Go ahead!"
Life, Class la history: Teacher Jamie,
can you tell me wby Lincoln la called
the martyr I'resldcur? Jamle-'Causs
be bas to stand for all th Lincoln tto
rle,-K.
"So you are going to get an automo
bile r "Yes." answered tbe man who
Is always thinking of his health; "lbs
doctor sayt I must walk mors,"
Waahlngton Star.
Mrs, Fortyodd-A man It ts old as
he feels, but a woman It at old she
look. Mr. Oldheau-Reatly, madam,
that doesn't apply to your case, I'm
ure.Cbleago Dally News,
Tbe llrownlng club of Boston: "Do
you still read Browning lu Boston r
"Ob, dear. no. We all learned him
by heart long ago, W merely dis
cus him now,"-Chlcago Record Her
ald. iHtrolliy-Say, auntie, Is religion
something to wear? Aunt Jull-My
dear, why do you ask such foolish
questions? IViroiby-TatiM papa said
you used your religion for a cluak.
Judge, Fuddy-Thers It on thing about
Flaudcrs that I Ilk. He ner.r hat
nythlux to say tbout bit aches and
pains. Daddy-No; but he't all tb
time bragging about hit tplendld
health.- Huston Transcript
Miss Ascum-Waan't that Mr, Bond
I saw you walking with last ereolngl
Mist Coy-Yea. Miss Ascum-lie'a a
landed freeholder of th county, Isn't
bT Mist Coy (bluahlugt-Well erbs
Isn't quit landed yt.-PblUdlphia
Pre.
Sh was a teacher In on of tb
lower classes, and ah was trying to
remind the young scholar of th letter
r. Now, Tommy, what comes st th
end of dlnnerf "Oh, yes, ping-pong!"
shouted , Tommy, Joyfully.-Yonkers
8 tales man.
Tourist-Do the racing automo
biles give you farmer much trouble?
Native-No end uv It! If got to now
that when w tee a dark, funeral
shirped rlnud approaching w don't
know whether to run fer a gun or a
cyclone cellar! Puck.
Forg.it himself: Mrs. Itenpeck-Wt
hv bin married twenty years today,
Itlram. Hiram (with a alghl-Yea; fer
twenty year we'r fongbt - Mrs.
Heupeck (scowllngt-Wbatt Yoo old
wretch! Hiram (quIcklyl-Llfe's bat-
tics together, Mlraudy.-Judge.
No call for leisure: "What yon back
to work, IVteT When I saw you fall
off th building yesterday I never ex
pected lo see you work again." , "I
fought dt, too, bos. Hut man wife
don let uiah accldctit assurance i
plan last wcek,"-lodlintpolli News.
Flritt.Cuuiuillan-DId you scor a bit
with ; yuur new specialty! Second
Comedian-Did If Why th audience
gazed In open-mouthed wonder befor '
1 ws half through. First Comedian
Wonderful! It Is seldom that an. en
tire audience yawns at one. -Chicago
Dally, New.
"Are you the defendantr asked a
man In the court room, speaking to an
old negro, "No, buss," wa th reply.
"I ain't done nothing to be called
name Ilk that'- I'se i lawyer
here who dne defeasing." "Thea
Who se your "!' ths geuu.uita
fcM.tiol lbs chlckcni '
"Kduestlon," said th Impaasloned
orator, "begins at home." "That's
wher you're Off." said the calm spec .
tator; "it begins lu tb kindergarten. -.
It .'continued In tb boarding school,
foot ball field, Paris, London, and Wall
street, and ends In tttber Slug Slog or
Newport'lHldre.
Cholly (iiroudiy)-lly Jove! I'm quit
a professor of swimming, don't you
know. , I taught Mabel Galey bow to
twltn In two lessons, Jack-Gad! That
wat a quick throw-down. Cholly (In-d!gnnntly)-What
do you meant Jack
Why.'tU let me glv her ten lesson
beTote tht learned.-llrooklyn Life.
'"'"Tb new railroad hat beon a groat
blessing to us," sayt a rural exchange;
"In less than six weekt ws got enough
damagct out of tt to build a town ball
and grade the cemetery. A few mors
enterprises of this kind, and oar town .
will rise to heights undreamed of In
the history of ew settlements.!"-Atlanta
Constitution. ' f -
hs looked
'eVj pleasant and
cliir
ct so kind
of spiritless ay I thought
he'd!.better ion for tb New
Year ai' Ji tee If It wouldn't
put y yto him." ; 1 ;
n went horn. I could
see real kind of troubled. She
always dm think I good deal of Lemuel
In spite of everything. , ,
The next day was New Tear's, and In
the afternoon Mehitable cam again. She
didn't have her sewtn' as sh generally
did, she was a very Industrious woman.
She Jest set down and begun twisting
th fringe of her shawl as If she was
real nervous, Her fsc waa puckered
op, too. "I dm't know what to make
of Lemuel," tald she, finally. -'
"Why,. what the matterT' tald I. -
"He tars b's mad a resolution for
- sughei
sod yet with more manliness than
tt seen In blm, ,
fl'pos you want to know what that
Nw Yr't resolution wtsj" ssld Lem
uel. (
"I guess I con stand It while longer,"
said Mehitable. Now th time bad corns
sh didn't want to act too eager, but 1
(bowed out Jest what I felt
"For th land sakt, Lemuel Babbit
what was ItJ" stld I.
Lemuel he laughed tgaln, "Well, It
waan't much of anythln'," he tald, In his
gentle drawllu' way. "I didn't make no
resolution, really."'" ' i '
"What, Lemuel Babbit!" cried Mehlt
able. '( .,,;. , .-. ., . , ,
"No," said he; "I couldn't think of (ion
to make, so I mad a resolution not to
tell that I hadn't mad any," Tht
Housewife. .
Whan a man return from hit "vaca
tion," be usually looks at fagged out
as a girl who It getting ready to be
married.
Easily Exulalp-. Nufte (of Insane
-.U 'odtiwbt silt
aie keeps scream-
aniiary. first tnd
Sunday-' afternoons,
'.h Wednesdays, Tuos
i In February,, and things
.apuee Doctor- That's eaiy.
r ioelety woman trying to keep
trae!f her friends' reception dayt.
Judge. , Science!.' "Watn't tt a terrifying eg.
perlence,"fKsked hit friend, "when you
lott your 'foothold and went sliding
down the mouutnia side?" 'It wat ex
citing hut extremely Interesting," tald
the college professor; "I could not help
noticing all the way down With what
absolute accuracy I was following
along the line of least rcalstanco."
Cblcago Tribune,
' . ' ' A Strange Story... .. J '
The Engineer tells this story of an
electrical plant In Montana bolng rim
all nlght'by a corpse, the engineer; bar. '
Ing been killed: . "The mnchlnnry con
tinned to run with only the dead tdec '
trlclnn In charge until the day men !
came to work the next morulug.! xita I
body had evidently born lend Vlnce I
before midnight, That ? thin- Witt I ...
should bav continued to run nil nl-ht '
H ItanlS m,II.... -I, .. . i
"" "'"ii me sunniest muiai.i
.ls nnnthoi vlfliitin t it.. ..iT.
..... ............ , , nlM(rmt
numnn-iiKs stnte of perfection Him
being attained by towdcrn niaclilner
mixLaiH
"Ittlnst . ' -4t
limeys f
iitiw'y
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