, munm6 iwj titt itM ft
fKCiU I ucnu
f r t" --
JUD I ILL
M.QUAD
Hakt I. kr Ik M"Wr
k Mm to
L"thl y
k of ,
Wt II
My dark
I mt Jetfc
jera court PlU uln. saM
tluk f Waudy IWl M t felt
If bl guua wrr
yr court twin twN mi' I
a. to r jtir ii r.ty f
V I will rail III re of I
who I charged ltb bimIIm'
from to ramp of Jim ltbl
i.r ain't any ml of I)mi
fur I w lb ertitef my
k b run t tuwa wild In tout
f abouwVr. W ar not g.V la
y h alula It. kaa Ibat ain't our
Jim uMnan aaw him when
Ant It up and Brad Ihrv ahola
kim and sc lrhd fca'r. la
ay Hi la court fla I but alia orler
Vt hratben go hla way lo pay off
W Ulu ouch pour abut li
Umllila Ibat Iba rrttier mmI
p.kai fur mwl or a bag of
tut that rant muni In bla fan
diitat hkla Iba loot la nuthlu'
W court nor ba aialoma of ihla
f What w b gut to lk ai
V fact that ha alula H and that
).tiluun bad tba gall to mm to
ii raa buay In my Ited lg
and bailor fur warrant."
aiilvd l go aecordtu' In law."
rd Iba i-tatullff aa ba aloud up.
1. ya went Ibat way, Jim. and
a )rt pk-oty of It j I lung.
rr hkte, I'm rdo to Ao ya tSl
i would ba party alaan fur hit
but ll'a my duoly la rru.h Iba
n wbeoovar 1 gilt enow. Jim,
i4 ouly bad tbra able al Iba
Hi.aw, but aibaand him ry lima
Wn bothered ma fur aa hour,
I ba la mm down with tba ria
t nmr bar afura n la of
,rkr varan tlauk gwoit and H
Wa wwdot crowd to lb front to
5y lalkta. Jo had nili.lu' claim
Ira.ltaa bill, and aa ba waa lyln' In
kaiiiy Iba other nlgbt mtgbty nUb
(with rolle la walla Hank and art
Im kt aulla htm and ba a glu
Hip II. lit pfcka nu iba auffcrtu'
fei.4 rarrh-a him nul ami ilwni-
a no iba rurka and Ibrn .ik
waatim and Iwftn to alug Ml
hi mna. Jm ta Wd up w lib r-H.
baa two guiia iu uan. ! i
m? Ira ha at rullnra u
him or tuat rune nir irn w
wblla ba kin nil lUnb Umit full
IM a bit of It lla joala ahuia
ra and rrta ''r U""k
An hour biiif bla mlb-
kia. Hut dr ha abuutf ! hf
il an effort to nx-uvvr hi nanf
Ha walk tar nilira n a
night to mi ma out and
Wka. II aha II b It Ha
$M and Cot a. Hank "4-HI.
up, Nolxxlr but durfr w.MiM
ailvanug of man Iwnt dmiiilp
tulm-r'a elk and I bi Bi y
What waa y achln' lo aay. I'rt
or
wanted to any. yr bmrnr.' In-iran
yar-"l anlt to aay that my
t -
hain't f"t lo clWnt" tnlrruM.
JildhH.
,"ba tirlt eaa on tba d- kt ro
twriioltrr anrnmalanrra, Thla
fniurt. who la ronrt lw b la
of court ami all Hi time, a
W out to HUi IUr Iba olbrf liny
kia rtyuaa when ba imaMa un Mh
hitman who had f'Hiod R Iwrni
hi nustal. WImm Ihla roiiH had
L that mwgrt nd a aura all
I an'.M alulT ha auggralrd In II"'
Jbi-n bla wllllngmma lo rrhai.g
l-atuaa fur It. I don't go fur In any
i iIm. bnaa waa hardly wuih It Iml
aa btfftl Iiom, an to -nl. mut
liMiiban coo'd bc flung on a lni
ilvli. In tba aaddl. I'M It airtkr
i that way? Not kny He J'
Wl hla hand down lHan bla
nl.lr ind amldenly had aiain-U
Ihla yera court fwla that h ktia
fel t good fur Cblnymm. ha g m n
Irntuw and lahl handa on thai bea
n t.t elt tba niitfttpl away. Will II
yare In thla nlmtarnth ecu
that Iba wall wait f '
l thla court on tba boa nd kU k
hint on lb ah n? Hih h waa inc
ami whll thla court waa tHitfo
Ir illaablcd tb boa I hen got aay
raaa of conlrmpt of court ami
hit bad ona. It h taken u tmr
a la mid tb fhlnymnn, and, what a
a. baa hbl th nuinwt If n court
I't mnlntnln H dignity then It'a no
rt at all. Tha rnrdb t la utility, and
flilnjiimn niuat ay flil of K
i r3 coal Tb conaial.l will tie
ii In lha alovciiliia and keep him
r till lie amnr'a up.
h'liM lt rnao ahowa that wbnt llwy
Ita dvlllMtlon la knocklu the aiotn
i" thla keiitry. Tom Wharton, ha "
Vr to fd Man'k tklley nd lcntt
boa. Ha tlta halfway back when
(la overlnken by rrowd and hunk
limb. Aftor lha crowd hita na
W nmo breaka and Tom cuma to lire
W rrnwla away. Two daya IntiT h
lina to me and wblnea fur JeMtli-o. He
niita tb leador of tb Bn arreatwi.
Ihnt furt Fur not provWIu' louir
bnel Turn waa reii'larly hung mil
Xuwta. who lad the gant and fnniUli
tba rrnie. la yer. but thla court reoi
nt he did tha beat ha could under the
remimtnncea. Tb ron 'pearod to I
atmit one. and Tom had gut through
kin' when ha left Tom Wharton mm
irfored and wanta Jeatlcn. but 1 can't
a whar ba la to git It It'a a caae
whr nobody In partlckulnr la to
allium. Tha coata In thla eaea ar T,
Which will ba divided between tb
blnhitiiT and defendant and It th
iii'r her got good hoaa aeiiae they'll
itmke hand and foliar th purceaalon
i. roaa tha creek and treat tha crowd.
Jfliiifa Bll-aJoorn tba court"
artttta IM Hiliy,
tier U a gi-atkt lllll anr Wblrg
RlrbklaiuliaiUlaniMML ItrowematN
Inla lllcrt J. Hur.lrlla ami Jam
WbllitMjuli llllry ami bainrd ditfloaj
lurMl' Uat anttittH-r nn aarth.
lmlljr Mid lo UUrf.
"1'tH-rv'a hi thing tiKMit lu.b Hor
dHI lha iili wUrljr ui.rwra ma.
Whrm kf ), bu ftm,' h
nwaua It "
", m.llrd lilky. "aiwt Hod
It wmn ll."- u-,rlil Ulu
IvaUT,
A Mysterious
Disappearance
flr M Mtjonn-CljtJUai
i Una a antbiy tit Hi alary
Wpitlliir fiuil!( KlltHU. lha alilrat
il iiiKlili f, agt4 rliihlivu, w aa mUalngl
ItliM bad go out ilnriug an aflrrnuuu,
It'lliug hvf iiwittir HiiI aba Wuuhl go
lo lha III. rut and do auioo aliniiilug.
Kl.o bad nt rrtuiixd lo anpir, and
mr m4ln-r waa wy mmb aumrt
a Uml bif. Mta Mur)trutbrr U'l
(liwiMtl lo artiMi frt.'iiiU of Huala'a,
aaliig If ho waa wlib litem, aod r
rrltttl iMfiillie r(IU-a,
Tim nrti diiy au liilla!li.o waa
m4 a a to wturv tb girt bad lavn
during the prvtbxia aflernouu. Hba
h i. I brru lo Iba UUarj, wtur ah bod
Ulan out a Ih.. lha itaina of wbk'b
Hie lllirarlnn ill I nul rrint'Uil-r. Kb
bad H"l Uvn at any alure. The olk-
i-fa n.it uli-il of tli dlniiearauri t't-
iiilrk wrie iiin.W at (xilka atalhma In
iM'UliUiiii.tf luwiia, but without alkit'
lug anr litfiirmiiUun.
Ilxllliiiilon, wtu th larxwMtbera
nt nl. wa on Hi bank of a rlrer. On
III third day arti-r !uW'a dlaa(fer
am-e. at a plut on the rtvt-r fmi
li lha tuwn. whir a of
r't for furriaeo. a l waa fv
lliv l..ir lrtntf IIm alninp of tL,
Mitftwo llhrary. It waa M-W.
Ih lll-rar f .f a Uy. Wtio .ili I
li.nl ti,i.H-tn-.l lo find It b4 '
Tim lilnnrl.iii rtli-l the f
Mr. Mar)weatn-r, gttlnglt ar
I m Hint It waa tha l hf
hi t I ik. ii mil of llm lihmr
IU j.'h.l Irm-lng Mili In
I In itiif I In rlti.l aralUy
Ihrra waa no ulht rmw fci
rulil l lrarr.1 furtlHT.'
llmliwhllw eerjr af
A Decision
From the Dead
Br r. a. mum.
uf Dm itlwiiilwatrdlK-M
iim.vriiliig It. Th
l li.-.-.f Dial Hn-W
i(.ili. !i..ii fir f
el v jr iia
Th
auVr
7. i heart
I a tliioH-f
m '
number
Ni kUnaiwd.
ynMKtal ana no
f li.l ln rw
ta riplanatkm.
f were of pt
'wad fnuiid It m"
llwlr
UI
YOUR FAULTS.
You wiK find it leal aary lo up
root (aulti lhan to choka Ihent by
gnininc virtue. Do not think of
yout laulltJIUof othen'faullt.
In every ptttou who comet near
you look for what H good and Hi on,
Honor that, rajoiet k and, u
you can, by to imitate it and your
(auk. wil cEeH,kleaWlevt,
when tKeir ttait cogMtHMuu.
I. hi Ai"!K
bad df.n-r'
i.f ltii( nii
Inl allliiif'W Jn-earil In
wi-uthcr fHiitifC ami Hmd had at
u-rti ciilil-red bmlihy In every
l t. The only w)iiiitiui that had
lat-o nul Iml w aa an aiiareut preorvu-
B.iU
Trii d.ia iwaaMl and no clew to tba
.IUii.M-irqu.-, (.llii-r than tb tmok.
nn r.iiiiut. Thm a man (Wltlng In a
laml ln-.ir the mltlitle of the rtver ten
nuli-a N lnw Mi'llli.iil.ui raucbl hi lnak
In ime(hliii thai lie pulled to lha
iirf.i.i mill fniitiil It lo lie a plaid
In-, The lly of a woman waa
Mini nut of Hut walrr that bad evl
itt'iitl) I i'ii lli.-iv a long w hile. It wa
icrjr iiin.li awollfii, and Hie feature
were mirtnnenlMWn. 11m halr-th
only fimiiiro um-haugeil-waa of tb
m. m nul Inn ry cnl.ir.
A imrllnn of Hie ilrea waa aent to
Mm klarywenlber, who at mico Wen
tllUtl II m one Im-IoiikIiik to her ditugb
ir r hud U lniiKitl lo her. The uMh-
or wa pimlihe tlnil Himle hnd tint w orn
li lha tiny ahe left bom mr fur a wng
while prevhma, Mlm ovwhauled her
ilniiBhter'a old rhiht, but did not flud
Hie ilna Indicated.
The la.lli-o formetl a theory Ihnt Su-
mii Mnryweiilher had g away for
aom renwm nut knuwn to her parvntn;
had pravloua to her tb-pertur aent or
liikrti certnln clothing, by wearing
wblib her Identity could the betler
be cinK'enliM. While wonrlng tha plnld
dreaa alt bad eoiumlttcd aulcUl by
drowning. Thla waa a reaaouabl the
ory and illnwivl of the caae, o thnt
the nlli wmild imt need to troutiia
ibetuwlvea further lmt It
lr. Miirywinther believed that the
body fnuml wna Hint of hla daughter;
but, not wblilmt lo ibatroy all hope In
Id wife, he did not preae hla opinion
utou her. She. t Hie niMuiut that
Ibe thwiry of the pmlce waa abaurd,
but abe waa unnblo to account for th
drcea of the aunt pattern aa on her
ditUKhter hnd owned being on the body
found In tho river. The only hop atie
hinl wna that aonio other wuman had
worn a drew nimlo of mnterlnl of a
alnillitr pattern.
No claimant for the body Blearing,
Mr. MaryweMtber dlNiioid of It with
out revealing what be hnd done with
It It wna not treated a the body of
hla daughter-that la no funeral waa
held alnru thero waa no certainty aa
to Ha Identity.
The day after It hnd been put away
a ennltiKO drove up before the Mary-
weather home, and who ahould atep
out but HiimIoI Bhe run Into the houae,
flung hoinelf Into the anna of her par
enta ami annmmeeil that abe had been
nuirrletl. Her IiiinIhiiiiI wna without
awnltlng tho reanlt of her confoHMlon.
Neither he nor alie know Hint abe waa
aupHuHl to bo denil.
BiiNta'a nffnlr had been kept n aeeret
beennae her lover'a pnreiiU opimmil hla
nmrrbige. Tho day f her dlnpienr
a nee ho hud met lur and iHMnuaded
her to go away with him and be mar
rlod. They hnd etwwed the ferry, and
Biinle hnd net-ldentnlly , dropied the
bonk thero, Aa main aa their marriage
bad beeii eonfeaaed to tha groom
pnrenta ami they had Iwen forgiven
they returned to HiiNle'a home.
It turned out that dual hnd long
before given away the plaid awna, and
It bad found Ita way to a town aom
mtlea up the river and fallen Into th
handa of a girl whu bad committed ut
cklo. The body hnd floated down with
the current paat Mellugtou befora be-
M bvn Ifcrttakt t-mkliia wa f.MirUA
yrara of ag bla fnlliN- Ix.nnlil a pl.ua
of ttt irlu. l(al ruaila leading
fimq lb city. Tb buoae aluud la a
targa l ami m tit adjulnlug bt uA
una aid aluod auutber buo of atmut
tba aaiiM aU Tlwra wa no olbva
bona wltbln half a mil.
iMiakl bad Imig wIhImm! fur a gun.
but bla father would M4 conwnt lo bla
bating on ao lung aa b lived la tb
rtly, but when Ibry tuuvvd lo tb
country tbw Imjr waa given a auiall
HIW. Tb day afhf frtu bfug Ibe new
rvabliie luuuld W rut to a wuud Un k
of IU buoa wlib hU guu. It waa Iu
Ilia apriug of lb year, when abuuting;
mt In oroVr, but bo wanli-d lo
buw II would fifl lu Im lu a with
gun.
1 tuna Id fuund aonirtblng betb-r than
a llnl In tb wiwl-a k-in aiiout bi
own aga gntberlng wild Ouwrra. Chil
dren tluu't uaually mjulr an bitruduc-
ttun, and a Uy with a gun and a girl
gathering wild Buwra In a Wood Wer
not like) to fort-go an aojuaUitam-
from am-b a dt fault
Unakl k-arm4 Ibat tb girt waa
Amy Ktaaford and Ihnt aba llv.-d In
Iba neit bulla tu hla own bom. hlu-
b did nut ffl at lllwrty to lit lb
blriU b kned hla gun against a trt-
and buntwl with tb girl fur flower.
When they bad gathered quit a num
ber IIk-j kioked abnut for a aeat on
whl. h ibry mltfht arrang Ibcm Into a
bwu(urt
"Com with me," aakl Amy. and ah
ltd Donakl b a tre from wbkh a
bniiH'h a fw fort from tb ground
tixxl out bortouHitaly far enough to
nuk roon for tb two of tm-m, then
turned In a prwndk.-ulr direction.
Tber tb girl acaleil benn-tf, apread
hig lb fluw vr Iu hit lap, and llouald
Mt down bmlila ln-r.
TIm-ii rolluwrd tha Wt delk Ion
aiur In Imii'iM'i life. Abov wer the
Vlnla, twtttrrtiig. tl)Uig to and fn.in
V neat Ibejr wer building, an wva
mal ng. aoemianl bjr th nv-r
Vllng Biuale of a t"ik that U-ut
Vt H Ire underneath which lb
Vlrro wrr alltlug. while at tb.-lr
trembled ahadow of, the liulf
tu krsvpa. ouald hihh1 otUt-r
y In the aam ioi(lou with tb
girl lmld him. Ilut there 1 that
Bra of an) thing whUh uevor
again. On that bra tub h look
i Sal kla of bive." Neverthek-!
I a not agalo Ult lha aaui
wa Iu h aotig of the bird,
K- of tba running water. t
Vduw of lb young lea vug.
Vn be touk tb Bmt kiae..
Vkot b rvtewlrd. It wag b
Vred to b apokeo- l't w
It waa not kmg delayed
vat aprang up and lilwunmv
aj It bloomed blom-d foe
"that wbetber they wer
grated In tbU world or
K war on furerer.
ter-ionald waa aven-
Jo family removed lo a
iVf flaitejirtse,
lV.l4hly iNit on out of v-fy Ifl.flfjl
buthltnga atamling In all part of th
world and butll by feKxWrn inaantta
will b aUmling year bene. W
lu w4 kuw bilw to t'"t atvite and
brbk lutrther a H atMViit dl.l.
and rotNWietit!y tlm LulldiiiTt w
raba nowi!n)a ar realiy nx-r brtav
ptmrj alrniurr and wl't t la ruin
w Im-u Hm aie b-nt lnlHd;np of (!rrw
awl Kit) built l?iiuaiwl of year
ago, ar In a g'l etiinlltp.n aa ihrjr
ar liiiw.
I The I
Incendiary
By EVrjtfTT P. QAMCE
HIS BEST
CI-jUM
i
n
tk.
i
io
blat
Juhnny Uuxry, aifid rmirteea. went
to brd on nlL'lit with a putting bead
a'ba. Tb brt murtilng h remaim-l
In aliimbrr. ami no fffrt lo awaken
hi in aialU-d. lla did not aem to b
ut twin, ak-vplng tran'jtilHy. lie r
matnnl aak-ep wvek after week, inuulh
a fur month and year after year. lie
mt-di-d very Hit! fond, and that wie
given Mm by varum uu tlnxU detbwd
by lha dM-tura. He ali-pt avrn year
tu IIm aiii.ie runui, In w bh h no chang
wa mail during that Hum.
WIi.-ii Jubtiuy went lo airep a llttl
girt Hill tit-ii j vara old wa bla "bint
cliiim." aa l eullml b-r. Tb.-y wer
In Hi aatn cIsm Iu tb 4ine arbiail
ami um-.I In study their U-wii tugi-th-er,
fur l.my Trradwrll livrd dirertly
a.-r.m Id atiwl fmin Johnny, and
liny had iet far to n to reai-b ernb
olli.r. I.ik'i grvw from cbiMhond to
wuiuanhoud. aerlug alnmat dally a per
aon uf th oppolt net who waa in a
lri-tual alumber.
On day Johuny howrd elgna of
waking. For a week tlwra waa bop
Hut b would do ao. but tho about
btm bad bn-n ao often dbiappulnted
thnt they bad l"t confident- In bla
rnv..ry Hut be did awaken, and
wtn-ii he ram to tiluim-lf h waa
ak-im.
He lay fr aom lime, after lieeomlng
eoi.m ..u, with chwed eye, thliikliia;
of hi Kufferlui; "th night U-fe."
aa he au.NM-, It waa. and fn-llug
min li reik'Vl to be out of pain. Then
be attempted to lum on bla ottior aide,
lie wa urprt-d to Ami bimaelf very
weak. Lying In bed without nalug
hi muactea bad t-tken tits atreuKth.
While on bla bark he ojieoed bla eye,
atill teeing nothing but tha celling.
Hearing a atep tu Hie room, be turned
no that ho could e a young woman
altllns U-be a window reading. Sh
waa unknown to him. Wbn Juhnny
bail awaki-m-tl In tin mnmbig
v - lo tcboul b
Th girl luH.r
t waa la a rrlmkaal
day among th aictatora wftam 1 aaw
a man erntraccd faff bxwcMUalaiai for
Bve yewra. Ill wtf wo la cowrf, and
tb orwn ba- ea Hx-a after th o
ten-) bad been rviaaad ra aautrol
lug. I aaw tb maa'a fare btat a frW
monicata, and It waa dltort4 by ago
ny, but It waa Imprwaead (mmi aa
mind.
Tb ertm bad baas commltt fal tba)
town of Hilton, wblck waa tb coanty
eewt 1 Url to ftfltoa, bat bad n
acqualutanc with tb convict. 8
trii Bra bad occurred at abort Inter
val. On night a rittarn aaw a gaau
aettlng Or to lb building. By tb
Ibibt of th newly klndlad flam tb
rilUea gt a gllmp of tb tw2na6
ary'a fa . but befor be couU acfe
blm b bad dUaappearcd In tba dark
tu-s. A few daya la tar ha Mt tb
man VlinaCeld I bod een aes traced
la tb atreet and rerogniMd his far
tb firebug. Tb revolt waa coavl.
Hon.
Within a few moo tba oftar MawaglaKI
bad been taken to tb pewtt Mary a
aertea of Ore occurred to JUturOi.
atu twenty utile froaa HilUm. I bad
neanwhil remord to AUaavtU and
waa Intereatrd In tha Area, MtaraQy
connecting them with tboa that bad
occurrrd In HUtoo. Hod I wot oooa
tb iierpetrator of tb torradlarkta to
Hilton aent to prlaoa for Ov yr 1
would bar connected him With tb
On- la AlUnvllle. Indeed. I naad te
qulrk-a aa to wber kUaaflctd waa and
waa told that b wo aarrtaa; out hla
Urn.
A number of tiUacu of AJlaniiU
volunteered to watcb at nlgbt. nod I
waa on of them. Tber war twelve
Artietl in Uatkf V-atari.
Ta tomtttiiB of prartou wofi
nxXber-of pwrt I la Iianol.
rraack Toanjala, aa tin 5 -riant Indus
try, aa eUr street, knoww th
"atnwt of tb lnlan- btn dvKd
t M. LaadarapM g!amlng bt tb ann,
abaava of many rokred Swwara, th
Mot dViWai arabesqa and many
cber beautiful thing ar re!Td by
th deft and pilant Bngera or the artiS
can, and marviou cabinet ami uh
rt artk-kj ar faabknd and put to
gather without tb aid of gall by
dotalllng and l-i-r pt.
My Wife's
Judgment
Br D WIGHT NORWOOD
HowSheMitb
Him Pay
By EUNICE BLAKE
It It atngolar bow pcrwnna will b
mjajodgwd. Wte-o I marrlM Margan-t
tb iwmark of a friend waa rrpeatad
to aa that nettled Bia. It waa fbst
aba bad much better Jodgrnent than 1.
and if w got 00 la tb world It woakl
ba owing to thla fact
Mow, whll I Iot mj wlf dear!
and appreclat ber good qnaUtfea, I
ceofaa I don't Uk thm decrying of
aayaaaf by compailaon with ber. I ad
aaJt that ah baa ot certain oc-aal'.ne
ad rhted B aa to tnveatmnta. and
bar Jadgnwnt la tb matter ba torned
at bo b quit correct Hut the
who act ouch ator by Jodg
! to forget that tber ta aucb
thisg oa lock. When I proposed at
on Hm to apend aom money In ad
TarOaUig ocbem I bad In view Mar
garet aaid to hm. "Too will not get a
atogl reply.' and It turned oat that
Oh era light It waa a pujc of lock.
Than, too, when I proponed to go
tato buotniiaa wtth a certain man ab
old aa b would hear m m tb
of ua. and we dlrlded our number tot j larch at tb flrat opportunity. When I
tare watrbe or four each, un nignt oekad ber on what a he baaed her atat-
at ab aaid sb dldnt Uk tb abap
of hla no. Tb member waa not
or. rauier, morning, ror n waa z
o'clor-k, I aaw a man walking aom
dlKtam-e a brad of me I iullowrd him.
but before 1 caught up with blm I met
one of lb waK-hrra, On aaktng bim
about the part abend of me. wbm
b niUKt hav paaeed. be aakl that he
knew blm well. HU nam waa Xlmp
aon. II waa troubled with lnwmula.
and. not being aid to Bleep, b would
go out and walk th trivia.
I waa perfectly aaUxOed with thkv
iplanatkta and went back to any beat
Notwithstanding our vlgtlanc tb
fire continued, and w failed to b oa
th ground when tbey went Ugbted.
Ttwy were not very frequent and noma
of tb watcher began to think that
occurring aa tbey did wa merely a
colncldetr. On after another gut
. v watching tilt tber war bat half a
b'fw
la that
Thr
t.-en-IL
dltant region, TMr nrllng occurred
at Iba tryettng pUtc wher tbey bad
o often met and neither doubted that
they would meet again when they bad
naawd from youth to ma u hood and
womanhood. Ilut tbey wer never to
mn-t again In mortality. Three yeara
later Amy died.
r'uur yeara after their parting Outl
aid, who hnd com to mnna eaiate,
nne aorlng morning, aorrowful, with
reliH'tant atep paaxed from the road to
the wood wher b had Iwen ao happy
with bla lot wva. Tber had been no
cbango. Ulrd wer twittering, th
brook gnv forth lla ninak'. tbealjadow
of the k-nvea flecked tho turf.
Aa tHtnnld nppnachcd the branch
M-nt ho auddenly atopiied and gated
aa Humph be anw eow ugly apiMntlon.
A man aat on tb branch wearing a
eountenanc of grtef. Then Ikmnkl
with ipilcker atep approaobeil lb man
mid aaid to him:
"Why ar you herT
l am mouruliig a lot love,"
A loot lovel Who may that mat
love bet"
My Amy-Amy Stanford!"
"Your Amyr
"My Amyl Mln In life; mine lo
drain!"
Tber waa a pnua. during which the
two men regarded each other witn a
utmiiEO emotion. Finally Donald apoke.
T)ld Amy Stanford lov your
"She did."
"You lie."
"I II? Too have atrang confl
dene.' "Confidence, but not atrnnge confi
dence. If you apeak tho truth aha wne
not what alio waa, aud that la liupoo-
nllilK Put It la aacrllego for mo to
dlntiute with you on am-h a aubject
Advnnclug to the trunk of tbo tre
where there w a cavity III the wood.
bnmilil thriiMl Iu bla hniul nearly to
the ahoulder and drew forth a email
metal tiox. a key rwiii hi pocket,
iinloi kisl Ihe Nu and hHik frmn tl
miiM-r. Wit bunt looking nl It ho hnud
d It to the limn who claimed to lie
hla rlvul for one who bad passed to
another eltciiii. The taller read It
enirerlv. Then ainhlonly It Ml front
Ilia handa, and, rising, heatalkwl away.
Ikumld. la-fore palling with Amy,
had iflveii ber the las nml had exacletl
a promlne that from time to time aha
would write him on a mip or paper
contained In It a message and place
It In the cavity. Some day ha would
come and get It
What had been written on the paper
waa known only to two living men
and-th dead.
Out of Line.
An enlisted man at the post at Fort
Leavenworth waa ordered to tha range
for tho flrat time for target drill. Out
of twenty-one cbancea tba newcomer
iiiHilo never a hit
"Oh, you dub!" clalmed an oftleer
standing neat. "You've missed tho
target every Umel wuare iua niw
terr ' . '
"Well, air," anawered the recruit
nonchalantly, "the only reaaon I can
think of at preaeut la that tbu peraou
who net up my target hasn't placed It
la a etralgBt Un from lov"
touUned at Hie aontul of bla vokw."
clrt mm ecltislly. cam to bla ln-d-
able, then run unmcdialcly out of tb
einuu. Johnny In bU nmaieuient
thranticd about and w hile doing ao put
bia band to bin re. It waa covered
wilh hilr.
"What In Hie worhr lie liegan.
And. aitllug op In U-d, he aaw bi a mir
ror th reflection of a man. H waa
duiufoundeiL II moved, and Hi re
flection moved. After It bad followed
avvi-ntl of bla movements be covered
bla fneo with Hie UilckHbe and gav
w ay lo a nervous ehlil.
lli-arlng riii hurrying Into tb
room, ho threw off th clothe, Hla
nioihi-r. kHikins much older than "tha
nlKlit before," ran Into the room, fol
kiwed ly the young woman, who had
gone out of It, and, taking htm Iu br
arms, aobUil:
"My denr twyl Heaven 1 thnukedr
"What ta It mot her r crk-d the af-
frlgliti-d Jolm. "Something strange haa
haiH-m-dl How big I ami How rouun
my vnb'o! I aeem to have grown to b
limn overiilgbtr
"You bave iiro a to bo a man. dear.
but not overnight You went to bed
one nlKht when you were a boy and
have alept continuously ever bIih-."
There was alicuco for souio time
wbilo a n-alljitUm of thla alnguiar an
nouncement w na working ita way Into
JoUn'a brain. Tbeu he askl a Uiaen
queatloua ao rniiiilly Hint his mother
found difficulty In answering one tie
fore another cam forth. Finally be
pointed to the girl, who acemed aa
much affeited by bla recovery aa bta
mother, and nsked wlio nho waa
She la-wae-your best chum, I-ncy
Tread well.
Xlood graclmis," exclaimed John
wouderliigly, "Is Hint I.uey"
"Yea. I'm t.u'y. I've prayed for your
waklug ever alucc your long sleep be
gan."
"She haa been hero nearly every aay
since your alumber iH-gan," anld John'a
mother. .
And ham-encd to be here wh?n I
woke," aaid Jolm, and ho put out both
bauds to her. "What a woman you v
grown to be! How old are you I
mean how old am IT"
"You're twenty-one, and you know
that I'm a year younger than you.
That mnkes me twenty. Can you ec
any trace of your 'best chum' In meT"
"A trace only." replied John. "You
were a pretty llltlo girt then; you ar
a beautiful woman now." -
Mrs. Iloxey said alio must go and
call tho doctor at onco. John must not
nt ovrltod ami take no action what
ever till the doctor bad seen him and
given directions concerning hira. .....
Jolm obeyed the nrsi injunction,
soon forgot all about tho last Hla
mot ber hnd 110 sooner lort tue room
than be reached for I.ucy'a hand and
drew her to a scat ursine him.
"So vou have been here constantly
- - . . . ....
I have beeu in Biumoermuu,
Why did yon rotno ao regularly i
Lucy turned away her head.
"Yon were my 'best chum,' and you
hav proved yourself worthy of tb
mime, 1 don't seem to know whether
Fm bo.v or man. 1 iciiienilwr tho Man
I gave yon yesterday I moan before 1
kent to aleep I wonder, should I klan
yon now, would It msiis the sniiicT"
"I don't kunw." whs Hie ropiy, the
fni-e still 11 veiled.
John put hlx arms about her, drew
her iliiun in li l!l and kuwed her.
"H" .worth a ihmHiind of th Oth
ers, tie sunt
face In
fellow watcher
tuikiii a I..-
My companion bad bun good vjaft laa
apoic a rew woraa 10 nua, wan w
pa axed on. W wer near a otrwet
lamp when we met him, and I got a
glimpse of Ida partially lighted fac.
Something within mo, aom payeno
logtcal working, acemed to coanaact
Slmpaon with tb flraot I aaid nothing
to my companion of my feeling?, out
resolved that I would devot my fu
ture watching to Mr. Blmpaoa. But I
asked questions a to who and what
be waa and waa told that b waa a
good rltlaen and tb father of a highly
repertt-d family.
Acting on aa lmprswloa for which I
could not account, I spent aeverai or
my period of watching near Mr. 8bsu
ami's turns On tb third nlgnt I aaw
htm go nut and shadowed kink, H
walked about aimlessly for awhll,
then returned to bbi bom. I Wa 00
far satisfied Ibat he waa what b waa
cnshlered lo be Ibat 1 gar up my
purpose of shallowing btm. But I
could not get rid of tba Impn Ion I
bad received.
On morning about dawn when 1
waa about to go borne from my watch
I aaw one of our party coming with a
policeman who had a man by th arm.
I waited Ull they came up, nnd. Be
hold, the prisoner waa ftaapaonl iwaa
told that b had bam IB0M Mttaaf
fire to a building.
The town of AllanvlU waa greatly
allocked to learn that its roapected
fettow citlaen waa firebug. H waa
tried for hla erlm and adjudged h
aane 00 tho teatlmony of aUoulota,
w ho considered hla lnoomnbt th cauo
of bla Insanity. U waa ocqulttod oa
the promise of hla family to naad hba
to a private aanltarium.
When I flrat aaw Blmpaoa hi tho
tight I recognlaed or thought 1 recog-nUwd-Mansfleld,
who had been con
victed of th earn crim at Hilton.
Then I began to auapect that Blmpaoa
w a different neroon and waa we
real criminal tu both caae. I aokod
If he had ever Mved at Hilton gnd
waa told that b hod beea oUymg
there temporarily at th tlm th flrea
had occurred there, Thla owttlad tho
matter In m mind, -
t went at one to Hilton, called on
Mrs. Manafleld and told her that I
thought I had nroof of her huabantfa
Innocence, Tb happleat moment ef
my lire waa when, on telling her my
story, I aaw her fac light up wtth n
minded relief and Joy.
Mansfield, on hla Innocenc being es
tablished, waa pardoned by th gover
nor of the atato, which woa n quicker
war to aet blm free than n nw trill.
If the scene of Manafleld being torn
from bin family waa heartrending, my
bapptneea at having reunited him with
bin family waa ecstatic. W nn all
uow bosom friend.
Corporal Punlahmont. .
Corporal puulahuient formerly had n
wider significance than mere whipping.
Henry de Bracton, chief Juatietary ef
England In tb reign of Henry HL, di
vided corporal punishment Into two
kinds, those Inflicted with and without
torture. Tha stock ana to pumry
would rank aa corporal punkthmaat;
also mutilation and other grim tocr
ture when Impoaed not to oxtort coa
feaaloua. but aa Pnaltla, and th
bruudlug la th band for felony, which
wa not aboliabad until Qaorrn ULt
ahapely. I admit It waa altogether
to email for bia face, but I do protest
tgil" any woman condemning a man
a reason. That tb fellow
unevod m of $300 doe not alter tb
oxgamcnt ta tbo least
Whoa I anbmltted tbu cos to a wo-
frfcand f my wlf oh btogbed
and anld. That la reason enough for
aay woman, and when I Indicated my
Bwrprta at ouch nonaena ab cUlmed
that I hnd no hualnaaa to ask my wlf
ta gtr a reaaaa for ouch an opinion.
Margaret bad such a run of lock In
proving m wrong in certain Instance
that oh cam to betleva ab waa very
much my superior. Tro. ah never
oak) ah waa my anperior and relied
en m entirely for certain things about
which oh waa very Btnptd. When I
bar on day. when my passbook
o m from th bank,
" ,"w in ray
A young Udy drtvtng a autia Id'a
ws about to tttrn a eornr. Aaiother
car waa eoailng from ta oppoaaa dl
re.fa,B. Tb gM bad tot haw head
anil tiiMead of turning to tb right
ma t a short cut to tu left to gtr tb
oHht iihitw room. Th rwaaJg wo a
crash.
Tb gtrTa anto wa a-Bgtit , th
uthor Leavy and atroog. Conawqaoatly
th light macbtu wa Bmaahad Bud
th girl throws oat X yonng aaan
b w driving th amt-hln that had
dune Hi damag Jumped from Mo ear
and pkked the girl up.
"Ar yon much hurt?
1 don't know." fhn oewtng th r
mvln of ber wrecked machln ab eot-
la;-d In tb yonng man'a arm. 11
csn-W her to bla auto, pot ber th
rear seat and. not knowing what ts
to do, took off bis hit and fa naad ber
wtth It lTesenUy aba opnd bar
eye and again they fall oa th heap
of juak that had a few raofnaaia b
for been a new mna bout
"IU mak yo pay fur thla," ah
cried Tkioiwly, tear aAardAg to bar
eye.
Y.m won't bar to mak m pay;
ITI t only too glad to pay you for
ynr nuo-bln, I only bop yon an
not Injurwl yoarsel&"
"Iapa gav It to m only yeatordoy."
"My dear yonng Udy, naver mind
your car. Tell tu how yuu few."
-I feel aa If I wr going to faint"
And ab dkt Th yonng maa got
Into th car and propped hr up nat&
ab cam to Itrslf again.
Fortunately tbey wer ta aa unfte
qaented place, and no crowd gathered.
Tb young man did not therefor
Tuple to let th girl' bead fall oa hi
boulder, ami In order to keep her from
falling over tt was necessary to pnt ha
arm about her. H dreaded kt ah
shoti Id nevpr com to ber senaea, and If
abe did she would catch sight of her
wrecki-d gift again and Buffer another
col In paw. He pUced htmaelf, bo far
aa b conld, between ber eye and th
wreck. II waa very much rattled.
scarcely knowing what h did. Wheth
er It waa beeana be had Vot hia head
or because he thought It might revtv
ber, he kissed ber.
It may or may not hav Barred th
purpose. At any rate, oooa after th
application of th remedy ah waa her
self again.
"Can't yon manage to keep a grip
on yourself whll 1 tak yoa
where r
"Wbt-rpf ah moaned.
"To a drug ator or a"
She had caught sight of th
and waa off again, though thla tha
hot In a faint
'Just think of my wrecking my
didn't know bow mm
A nir person that to advt a man w ,
matter. But thl l not the
On en occasion when I ws
on trip and Margaret needed money
from th bank an wrote a check, and
tnetead of signing my nam by ber
eelf or her own Bh forged my Blgna-
tnr. The check wa paid, but Mar
garef a etupldity raised a laugh at th
bank at her expense.
"My dear," I aaid to her when in
formed of what ab had done. "1 bop
hereafter I ahall bear no more of your
onpartorlty to your husband."
"Ob," ah replied, with a toaa of her
head. Indicating that ah considered
th matter on of tha most trivial Im
porta ac. "I naturally anpposed that
In signing your name I should mak It
look Ilk your. Tbey -must b very
particular at your bank. I ahould not !
ho omprtnod tf you lost everything you
hav thor aom day."
"Vary particular Indeed," I replied.
"Do yoa consider forgery a matter for
a banker to peso lightly! If they bo
regarded M at my bank I should have
ad reason to believe that I might
a nwacy by them,"
Who eowjd Imagine ouch Mud luck
aa. foUawed my wife's prediction? Six
toovAi after It waa mad tb bank
waa obltgad to go Into liquidation. But
laektty I tost nothing by the failure.
Shortly befor tt occurred Margaret
took tt into her head to bay a number
of oxpenofr household article, which
had aeceaattated ualng up all my bal-
a a
"I told you bo!" oh said when I an
nounced th bank" trouble.
"ToM m so," I retorted Impatiently.
"Bo you refer to what you aaid about
my aom tlm losing money by the
bankr
"Of court 1 do."
"Will you kindly inform m how
you. who don't know enough to write
a check without committing a forgery.
knew about th bank's weakness?"
"I knew that Mrs. Burton, the caah
lara wife, was a very ambitious wo-
"Suppos oh waa What baa Mrs.
Barton's ambition to do with the
banka fallurar
"Everything. But ah didn't get any
of our money. 1 took care of that"
"Took care of thatr
"Tea. X put it Into ruga and fnrnl-
turo."
Now. was not thla the most remark-
obi niece of Impudence? . Because aha
. . . .. . - - .hi..
nappenea to speno mw munrj m u.
time she claimed to have aaved it In
tentionally. I waa telllna Qulsley about thla one
day noon after It occurred. To my sur
prise, he turned uimn me nnd anld:
ltoh, voirtv the biggest fool I ever
knew
"What do yon meanf
"Ion't von know that Burton waa
the enviA of the Imnk'a failure and he
wus rulntil by his wife?
"You don't mean ttr
Soon-Hun- I Hiiuk It'a pretty hard to
tml a fimnil-tilim for anything In thla
world It may be that Margaret'e for
taght Induced her to put the money I
had In bank Into ruga In order to eavo
it. but I can't understand bow a wo
man who didn't know enough about
banking to avoid committing a forgery
would ho aba) to tell that tU taattav
twUC9
have attention."
By this time ah had com to a teal.
button that something had happened
to herself a well aa her car. With a
woman' Instinct ah flrat put bar hand
to her back hair, to And that It had
been disarranged by her fail,
lng aom hairpins that wan
out of th coll. ah Jabbed that tato
different place. Then oh oetmed to
be bracing herself against aom In
ternal pain. Sb tried to apeak, but
seemed unable to do so, but th young
man put hla ear near her Upa, and oh
said faintly: i
"Wber am ir It seemed to tt
young man that tt was tlm to assart
himself or the girl would d on hbl
hands, rutting ber In a corner so that
she would be lees likely to fall, h .
seated himself in front behind tha
wheel and waa about to start for aom .
wher when Bh sat up straight est.
ordered him to stop.
"What I ttr be asked anxiously.
"Do von buddow I'm totne to ksavo
my car her In the road Uk thatV
It was a question of getting her
wher be might throw og? th tarrfM
reapoaslbUtty. u otaatod ar?a
without reply. A hystorieaT Muoa ,
. . . . .... . . . . .
neeua me ineTuauie, ana n m to ,
the best thing he could hare don. Tho'
gtrl submitted without another word
abont the wrecked car.
"Take mo home," oh aaid. '
"Where to your home?" . . v
She gave her address, and in tea gJav
ntea tbey drew up at th door. Bo-
fore the yonng man could alight to
help her abe had Jumped from th car.
run nr th otepa and Into th haw.
slamming the door behind ber. Th
young man followed, rang tb ben OM
was received by the gtrl'o mother, to
whom be told th story of th mlahap
In word and manner that deoptSo the
seriousness of the matter caussl a
smile to play about th lady's Ups. :
, "I'll ace If sho la much hart," t
aakl, "and let you know la a few gt
wtea.". Co .0 .. ' X. -1
When the lady returned oh rc;gtsd
that her daughter did not m to ha
at all Injured, and th yea sata Co
parted. Within an hour h drovo
t the house agate wO a new ear, aa
exaet duplicate of th on that lad
been wrecked. ;" : ' .
He found the young lady'a father al
home and offered the new cor, with roan-eta
for the accident, but th gaaOh
mnn said that hla daughter wa t
blame for having turned to th left ta
stead of the right and declined to IV
mit her to accept the machine.
A year later the young lady vcOJ
her threat in saying, "111" mat r
pay for this." Rh married aha, t
Thay Do TKalr Wmro.
Milton eomnlamed of hi wCo Vni
aha did not talk to blm enough- t ""
hundred yeara have wrought r
When Matthew Arnold V , L )
country a woman wfci V" 1
discretion asked kt.. r
"Mr. Arnold. w3 p
ta the moot novol tr -;
received In th Ci.:-J - j -
"Cartamty. Saada." U f 4y
perfect Begllab ouatn?. - . '.
all the tadaiaa."-rr- r
Ion.