lUMIn AJMH7S Tbenea April 1
:
Poor Mrs. Dolby
rswrtaht Ws. tb hMtsre
Nmrafs SVyaiMeate.
Whea Mr. Ikdhy aal duwa f. t
timing be bed hi newspaper vy bta
knee 4 Mr. lnH.jf wa ittfli
"ttork of A" and cleerkig away th
uppr lbl. lie bad b fMdlug fur
quarter f aa hour when sb quail;
uU-rd Bod Ml dW and Mkl:
"tuniuvl, 1 dun't want l diaturb you
tmr Mac a yo feel bait, tail I feel
bilged to eh yea fw qumlkitta
I .aat sight at mktabjhl Un VYaikUia
ssw light niovlu' round Is our hack
yard. J waa a light nbkb bobbed up
au4 bobbed down and klaed tbla aj
ad ba and whew It tualijr wu out
(at greet wink and splutter It
waa whsl lbs rail a (that lantern.
Samuel, and M meant that there wuul-t
Imi death In tbh bouae tblit wwk.
It'll be my death, ( course, l'e got
twenty ve different ailments, with
brart diss t browed In, a bile ru
are aa healthful aa a rorukI. m.
It'll be m. but Tut bu( weeplu' ever
IL I'm alttUt' right her aa ralui aa
rslntp, bul I wsal to know some few
things."
Mr. lH4b MiMt have knows ut brr
presence, but bo waa luo dWpty bit ft
Mtrd In bu paper In recognise It ll
bad fuund art V I wbk b Mid Itial a
spldr could be bolld la water for
four hours and I ben com Mil w lib bu
snibliki undaunted.
- abatl go In baa tan wbu I dla. tf
route," continued Mrs. ftoiby, aa Iter
vole broke a links. "I ortr g0 hr
Any woman wan baa bliewabd Hie
relUr evrcy spring fur twssly Miru
yeer. baa Ida tnakln' oft op, rutlln
rsrpet raft, dyetn ever obj ebitbea
and matin' ana aktrt lt bar M Dtlr
lara years, will go to bestra. A' lis I
bother tu, however, U bow I'm gotit
In ai artor I gtt Ibere. Yon know
bow mm (Mar alius fluatraiaa ma II
Ibrra or four of Iba iialfhtxm mm In
I'm alntnal ara lo fall off lujr rberr m
knw-k arar aunthln. Ilow'a ll tln' !
b ha 1 til up ibara and wmK a bull
tura full pf ati(ilar Tbara'U Iw
mlllbma at 'am. Ramnat."
Kb MitMd In wlna lb Irani fmw
bar ryaa wltb iba tlm f br baml
but aa aba bad Mkrd no dlm t iir
tbn Mr. Iiolby tnUbfd Iba bin anwir
and turned to ana an Iba rr
rbitbaallnaa.
"I doul want to ba hmkad il an
plnfad nut and mda fun of un Ibrra."
nab! Mra, Itolby, a aba aat wlifc h
ayaa an Iba rarrt
"1 may tit np l beaten In iba ni&lit
brn all Iba angrla ara aiirp. ami an
l it altn In tit rliclit. I bow tbat'll I
Iba way, iMM-anaa ti ll rta mo a rbniHv
to kind a gtl nwd In I ha lm-a brfura
dayllRbt to y.m tblnb Ibry bar any
brrakfaat np tlwraf Mra Wmklm
any Ibay du i. Imt dn't really ara
bow tbry (it abtng wit bout It."
Mr, IMby hard a lot) alsb and
aarntrd about to nk, but no wont
rama, II bad nnlbrd nltU lltarluthra
Unra and Mrwb an ankla aUxit thr
rrn.iilii(j riowrni i f tba row. ami thr
moat dlrrtt qumlkn from Mra. IVilby
Wrmlil bara paaaad onbrrdrd. Her
Irara fall for I wo or Ibrra mlniita. and
Ibra aha aakad;
"And how about Iba brda up hrr
Ton know wn'ra alr(t on a fratlirr bed
rr alnra wa wrra luarrlrd. ami l'r
allua bin particular to ammb ll diwu
fnm brad to fmt I'ta r-t tinl !
fralbrra, and If I rbanitnl (f I'd Jrai
lay tbrrt and kh-k around alt nlcln
kti. Iw tbry ba bada, Kamort. nr il
Ibry karp an Byln' around all nlisbi
bHig and atnain'I daaina lu nir thai
ll) m1 and alnitlu' all day wmilil U
rnnngh nntra I fral atnmgrr tlin I
do now. Tou orter tall ma a I'll fcno
wtuit to dVprnd on. If onr nf my biwd
ai bra comaa on ontiprrtrdly I wnm
to know that I klu be a rup af tm
Mra. Watklna any thry don't ilMuk
tta In braraa, but 1 don't ar buw lu
kin know."
Mr. Dolby waa not dlrrrtly piM
to, and aa ba waa raadlng that a ro
had bm known to Men ibntb to
void baring a trowbar thrown ( hot
h mada a aln.
"Waal. I ra mad np my mind lo a
faw thing." Mkl Mra. Potby aa Ihr
allrnra grtw pamfuL "I'm goln' up to
haarrn to do I ha brat I kin. I'll br
bayburly wild all tba angrla I mm
and lut Vro nndrratand that I donl
want no mura'n my abara of hnrpa and
wing and thing. If I don't tlnd any
thing to aat or any Ud to altwp un I
ahan't ralaa no (una nor go lulu bya
trrk-a. Vao, I'll put up with Iblimx aa
I And 'am and innka tba boat of It and
I won't ba Jralnua If a frw of 'am h
hrtter clot bra on or kin atng brttar'n
m. That's now I'll art. Samiml, and
than If tbry pkk on ma they'll kit aa
good aa thry glra. I kin ba Miwwri
and pltkrd on jmt ao fur, but artrr
that thry want to look out Would II
put yon out any, Ramuel, If I died at
night Inataad of In tha dnytlma? Aa I
aald. If I dlad at night I couM allp Into
bra ran wit boat any fuss, but If It'a
goln' to maka any extra tronbla I'll
prrlah by daylight What will ba tha
moat eonranlont how fur yon r
Thar, waa daap sllanrs. Mr. Dol
by's Irara mada no thud na Ibry fell
upon tba carpet, and Mr. Dolby was
reading with bated breath thai an a
trk-h covers thirteen feet of ground at
evrry stride whan In full flight Tha
clock ticked, tha alienee grew dreprr,
and Iba cricket on the benrth. fell Into
dose. Then Mr. Dolby euddenly laid
aalda hi paper, atretched hi anna ami
leg, with a "llohumt" and looked
around to find Mrs, Dolby aalecp In bar
chair. She hadn't gone to Join tha an
genot yetl
Very Dry,
A codfish brenkfaat and rubber
coat will keep n own dry nil day.-Llp
"llMM'Hfi'ueetlen Car Dleeueelen.
"Rupposa you had framed up a lie to
tell If a certain contingency arose."
"Ttut," '
"And fully Intended to tell that lie.'
"Tea." "
"But the emergency doe not arkw
and yon do not tell tha He. Stilt, you
Intended to tell It Mow will that bo
charged np trslnst one an n crlmer-
Mat Caoaad k h Hat.
"Il. .t yw u,y batr aba
aki-t
S by, to IpII Iba truth." rrplk-d hrr
uam fibod frntikly. "I don't Ilka
tb affm try wall. It an-uta lo ma It
ir ytMi s rallu r rfumi bub."
Hut Kn I llw I.-I." aba ratMHid
r4 i liuH.
-N..r
"l. ni at all. Tbnt roiura rtituvty
fmtu tin- U t tbnt I bate jul awn mj
bulacd and ba had Jut ea tba
bill. "-tk ago fuat
A Fortunate
Meeting
Py t.OUISC B. CL'MMINCS
"TUrfa'a a bw buy rutnlngr
lUlf s l'.n iMii,k-i..ra ran to tba
ttrt-ti. r i.f Mr rnf.l a luiardlns
li'l o w tba bow littl. Ha Juuiu
d ou of 0. mrrUsa. and wbra be
bad diia ao .l ) k still, ataruig
at or of tu !) wbo bad rouia to
kk kt in or, alt the otbrr atartng st
hlui
-Why. b a Ik An-brrr wss Iba
rtamnlk n of artrfal of Iba naif con
atltutml iM'itkHi commit two.
Are you kb AnbrT skd Iba
nwnim-r of tba my wba waa gaplug
I Mm.
"T'"n you're my twin brobrc.,,
"ltirlni you'rv lisbt"
Mr. ami Mra felwant Arrhr right
fur U-f.ira llila inwtlng bad er
ratnl. bating tuaib an arTaucvmanl
thai lb fMlbrr ahiMiUl bate on of
ttxlr tn Uya, tA fuur. and Ilia
ItMhrr abniikl tin tba other Tbom
a bad gun with bbt falbrr. Itobrrt
nrltb hla mother. I'rum tha time of
Iba artrattMi tbra two divisions of
tba fiim 1 1 y bad tir mrt Tbvlr par
rnt. unkiHiwB n rarb otbrr, bad srot
thrra lo Ilia annul arboul.
Tbr altmilun twins bsva for aarb
ottii-r U si-nmntwl fur pbyalokigtrstly.
Tom and lth Arrtw r from Iba tint
tlirjf nii-t St Iba Kuliford M'bnol War
Itim-I ruble.
MU..'" aald Tra our day, "do yon
IVHM'l.llH-f ftbf
".Sin I you rtnMintirr moibrrr
"Jn s llttla.-
"Wltttt do )''! aiiMM was lb mat
Irr U-tMi-ru thr-mr
-1 ..(.' t kmw. I dn'l think fattwra
aiwl imittipra bare s titflit to iuam4.
iki yi.iiT It'a mighty bsnl on the kbla."
'No, don't Wlirn racatkm rotnr
suHi4 t'm rt l ai l-aratc again."
"I ume ibin't" j
"What ran wa d.iF I
"I'll writ fnlhrr tbnt I'm gnlni to
apriid my. tarsibm wttn yu soma-
wtirrr, an, I yu write niothrr you re
gitng lo irnd your wlih me."
"It would kiHMk nuHlu-r out nt to
hflr tiir with bar."
'Humph! I don't think It would trou
ble fathi mm h to rt with me.
but It wtcht raihim dout show what
!! fuel ao much mother.
"Wlu re ran we en for our acstkr
"Ufa go to a farm."
Tlio uialiot of llila eotieplrscy wa
tht ib liya wnte to llwlr rraiactl
houir Hint thry would not be separat
1 ami wrr gulng to spend their auuv
mrr -ntl"n loci-lhrr on a farm. Thla
tnn k nu b Minnt with consternation.
Mrs. Arilur wrote nr busbsnd to
know if be hsd sny objection to her
spending Ju'y snd Anmiat with the
lioya. Mr. An-lter n-plli-d Ihst he bad.
Tliim rfh ly was Informed by the
psri'ttt with wbum be llrrd tbnt be
muni mine htoe; If he remntned sway
no riMiilitnni-e witiilil I snt him. The
bora, who h'td mine to llirlr reaolutkm
to atnr iiM-vtlirr anitw time liefora tha
ami or the ti-rni, bsd Mveil up tha nwn
ry aunt tliriii frnu boine for airniUng,
Mi,5 rm h bnd emmeh to pay 2 a werg
tmnrd for clstit wwks, Ho tbry wrote
tlml they could get ou without remit-
There was a fnn a few mile from
the arhwil thnt Ibry had often rtalted.
sml there Ibry tuad armiwroent to
pay 12 a week earh for lont and do
J work a week, bkb conaliited prin
cipally of milking. On leaving rhool
Ibry went to thl fnnn, and sine tna
work was a novelty to them they quit
enjoyed It
Mrs, Atvber endured her aona an-
satire as long as pnsnllilo, then gnra
war to a desire to are both her chil
dren together. tv. flllliig her purse with
money ami her suit rasa with good
things for them. he went to see them.
Putting an arm around each of them.
aba sat weeping Hint she could nut
have both of them with ber alway.
Hlie reniHlniHl with them two day,
when, fearing thnt her husband might
bear of her preseiiee there, sho bad
Iho boys ipM-lliy, hilemllug to go home.
She was emlirnelng Inith at onee, Uara
streaming down her cheeks, when tba
door oKned and there atood ber bus
tin ml
Now, Mr. Arther In her trouble
with ber husband had yielded to Irri
tation and when ba aald disagreeable
things to ber hud buried them back In
kind. Kbo bnd never resorted to wo
tuau'a trump enrd, tear. Iter husband,
seeing her embracing their boys, weep
ing, began to weep himself. Tears,
Ilk humbler, are contagious, and, see
ing their parent weeping, the boy
followed ault The father approached
hla aona to embrace them, shedding a
few tears over Hub, whom he bad not
seen for years, and thua got nilied up
with Tom and the wife and mother.
Their arum were around each other
promiscuously.
"Belle." aald Mr. Archer, "these boya
have got abend of ua. W can't con
tinue; the altuntlon wlthmtt It iertalu
lug to them. In aopnnitlng from each
oilier we separate ourselves from them.
If you'll enmo home and bring them
with yon you'll be welcome."
"Do It mother," pleaded both the
boya. .
Thnt waa the end or the separation
In tho Archer family. Hoth father and
mother placed a guard over them
selves, for they knew that aa soon aa
they parted the tmy would part front
both of them, nut time had changed
them, and loneliness bad taught thtm
that scrapping Is the result of nervous
ness and, after all, doesn't mean much.
However, scrapping wan nm ra
anted Mwaaa Cant,
On a Mississippi
Steamboat
By F. A. MirOBX
Wba b stsgm-ost'b Slid tha stratu
boat paaaad out sa tba enlinary ntrsna
af trl a rt tu ao lal sutua paaavd
out w lib thaw. Wtb tbea matbuda vf
tranaporutkia foatarnt ai'uwtlilug that
no looter eiiaU-tb aoi-Wty vf trsveL
A number of prreou wuuld start en a
Journey to a BUgem h. snd tba fst
that tbry were fvllvw Uavrlar miui
tlu.ni st mum acjualiiUm-K, otWu
frWmla sod In ivrt-ilu liwUiirtsi bers.
As to Iba atrauilxHit. w bile the grrsU-r
nuuibvr on vn of them prevrntnl this
autouistk BoetsbUlty, It waa a oul'ju
biatitutka
la lb fnsil rt of the siaUt salons
of a MUntaliif4 sleamlioat waa llllt
laitllk atrw iure, In wbk b Iktuor
wrra arrvrd. I'aaslng aft one woul.1
aw nuioerou tobtva, some of whkb
were ocruplnl by rurj lnji-r wltb
starks of i tips or coins U fr tbrui.
At Uiraillim-a tbraa tatik-S were ptarrd
togHher, forming es king table, sml
shortly brfur a luaal wss snuounn-d
mala psaaangrrs would Hue Itu-ui wait
tog to an-ure smiIs. In Hm strn of
tli boat was Ibe Uiltrs rabln. When
illiiiM-r waa ready Ilia captain wnt
bito Ibis rsbtu, board rrrrmonkiuniy
lo tba bulka. off.-n-d bta sriu to on,
eseis-tnl bi-r to a arat at the toble, M
kiwnl by tu other bulk-s snd Iba ux-ti
traveling wltb lbm. Wm-n tbey wrre
eatd a colorwl man swung a bugs
brsas tn-IU sod tha Drt stroke of Ute
rlaiirr wss sunuil for evt-ry nmn
who bad bven watting to plungi bito s
sat
line day a griitk-iuaa la a vsrb-gnted
wsUtcost worn by mn of that iky
sml long skbted cost with a large
rolling vrlvet collar atood among the
mrii waiting for tba sttusl to be emit
ed. A mottM-nt ttt-fore It rame be turn
ed ttxl kt1lnl Into bis stateroom to
k-v bia bat there. A be emerged
the bell rang, snd a man dropped bito
his Sent The sit was a flagrant
brrai h of rourti-ay, for the gentleman
bad li-n waiting soma time behind
lb rhalr. and Ibe otbr mut certsbtly
have to swsra of the fact
t'wuwbius of some one standing be
hind blm, Ibe wst ateak r turned and
looked up Into artrr countenance
bending over blm. Hut thore waa
oiix'tbliig more severe then ttm f.iee
a glittering ImiwW knife, whose bbtde
was polutod down at a small bald spot
on lop of Iba tnterbiper'e bead. Tbe
fellow dlvrd under tbe table snd rf
fe-ed an etlt on tba other rule.
After dinner a young man about
twenty -oil years of age approach!
the man who had putaed lb bo la
knife and aakl:
"Colonel Sinclair. I believer
"At yo' survlee, sub."
"I wss Msr tally gratified at your
recovery of your seat at table. Tba
msn who proposed to dispossess you
took flo.uo out of ma st card this
morning."
"I was HJokiiut ovah the game, mo."
-I think he la a blaekleg."
"line of tba worst He la s disgraee
to hi calling. I observed hi ntanlpu-
latlona of the cya'da, snd I must con-
fee that they were such a no respect'
shle gambler would use."
"My nam la Hartlelgh. sir. I am
on my way to New Orleans to bo mar
ried. I shall leave tha boat at tbe first
fop and return to my horn In Mem
phis. Tha money the man took from
ma waa Intended to start a borne. I
must now break my engagement"
"I would not do that suh," replied
the colonel, thoughtfully feeling but
rhln. Then, pulling a nil of bills from
hts pis-ket ha siMed: Ak him fo' yo
revenge, suh. I will observe tbe game
and will engage that be playa falah."
Hartlebtti accepted the offer, and
during tbe afternoon he and tbe gam
bler took posseasksi of a table and
were soon absorbed In a game. Prv
eutly (Vtonel Sinclair approached the
table and stood opposite the bitter,
looking down upon blm with a cold
stnre. Thnt look the gambler must
hnve Interpreted aa an onler not only
to play futr, but to see to It that hla
victim wou bark tbe money bo had
lost to the morning. At sny nite, he
made very large bet on very small
bands, by whkh he lost money stead
ily, and did not seem a bit reluctant
at seeing hla funds passing Into Hurt
lelgb'a posseaskiu.
All the whllo Colonel Sinclair stood
smoking a cigar, tobiliig himself first
on one leg, then on the other. After
bia first hmk at the gnmblrr be seemed
UTba only Interested In the game, Imt
occnsliMially the gambler would dart
a glance up at his Imiiertnrbable coun
tenance and after tlobig so would make
another big bet on a smnll hitud.
Finally young llartlelgh cotiuteit the
pile of tillls nud coin liofore him,
sIiovihI over a small mini ami said:
"We're nulla. I'm even and with
draw from the "mime."
The gambler nt u timid glance at
the colonel n If for Instruction then
put the iimount retnrniHl lu his ixn-ket
Hnrttelgh mid the colonel strolled out
on to the guard. When they were un
olmerved Ilartlclgh seined bis lienefao
tor hand. '
"Colonel." he aald,' "you must attend
my wedding,"
"I shall Is very lyippy. to at
tend the ceremony. I live In New Or
leans." Then Ilartlclgh returned the money
advanced as a atake and the two went
to the little box In the bow and, stand
ing before It llartlelgh raised a glaaa
j and aald:
"My gratitude, colonel."
"Don't mention It nth."
OUR UFE.
Our life m like the life of a toe
again and again stripped of every
sign of hla that it hai put forth and
yt whkh still has gathered all those
apparent failures into Iho weeen
of on long, continuous growth.
PhiUipa Brooks.
Tha Main Int.
"What tha beet way to come to the
frontr "Get good bcklug."-BalU-
A 8 D'ffaraws.
"I notice a grrst rban- ia your Uttla
toy."
"As to bow r
"II aard to dawdle and big when
you srtit blm in tbe morning to tbe
tre. Now b's off Ilk tb wind."
"He's j scout now, with me,
ass to tisln to tb l's-. Vm grorer."
iswbsvlila t'i.urti r JournsL
Darwinian.
"I'm looking op my family tree."
What era tha Ditik-ys dolngf Ef-
rhsns
THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER
By f. a. wrrain.
In wasiwn rmnmunlty Into whk'b
the opi wrra lulri!n lug rmirts af
taw John Iirs.baw. a utun to whom
every ooa bulked up as a very wk
Boon. Silggeated tbst letber with
public, pruawntor they bss public
defetidr. Mil Conovrr replied to tb
SUgrealloll.
"II a.iii to me," ba said, "tint it'
bant ruougfe to get st tb truth with
prwcui to muddle Hi Jury. If w
bsv deirudi-r to throw up tbe sam
snuuiiit of dui4 who's going to sea
through It llr
liut Mike hsd no atandlng with tba
eommuuily l-ii.. Itra.Ubdw, wbo wss
s Isrg bisw with su iinprewive de- t
nieniinr and arl.ii si i aike, but when j
be illil bia word se-niel to weigh !
ton. The U1'- ilcfemler was spiioittt-
kI. Snd Hie rtlteim ii in b rat I! la ted them- ;
iw-lv.s tlwl ui-tli tberesfter would be i
pruvkled for YUd Nrsnus SS wrli
aa for the state.
Tba Brut M-ron to mine U-fore tba
court wss Mike Conorrr blutarif. A
rubbery hsd lieen rommitti-d hi tba
town Inrotrlug ibe lues of a wsb u
snd slsiot $10 In currency. It bad oc-
curred about 12 o'clock at night Joel
U ark new bad been walking home
when iue one cams up behind blm.
put bis srms smiind blm. sml a scuffle
hsd euaucd. Tli street was not light
ed, sml Ilsrknens dkl not ae his se
sa lln nt. who soon reb-aiied his bokt
When IIsrkneKS arrlv.il at borne b
found Ihst he bad been relieved of
gold wsti b sud chain an 1 the money
wbk b be bad esrrUil lu bis veat ket
IIo rejrt1sl tb malt.T to tbe s.llce.
wbb adtisrd blm to say nothing shout
the lustier f. tli prwtil, Ttwy were
angsged In ferreting out other crind
ua till.-, snd il Would aid them If tbe
irUiilnal supiHised that llarkueas hsd
tHM-krti-d hts lima without n-iortlng U.
A few dsys after Ibis Mary i tools
went to see Mrs. Conover, but not
finding ber st home, nut down In tbe
living room, Mary had very kern ear
and, hearing ticking, wondered where
It csme from. Making a sesnb. she
found a gold w an u and chain lu a bu
reau drawer.
Mike being a woe biborer, Mary
knew thai lie could not afford any
su.b tlinei.Hu snd talked almot her
Oud to ber neighbors. Tbe incbleut
reached .the ears of the DoUee. A
searcli was made of Mike's borne and
tha Wsdb found. llariiMpas without
hcsltatlou kleiitloed It as bis property.
The bills ha had hwt wer not found,
but Ihcy could not bsv been Identified
If they bad been found.
Mike wss s treated, and the public
defender called upon blm to bear what
be bad to say sod prvperw bis defense.
Tbe lawyer wss young msn full of
the dignity of the law. lie waa n
bltkms to take a prominent part In
.H.l.- .,.! I... 1 .. ,,,.1. Sp
L, ...
miiiNi-ii uoi .i iiiib uw or&i in aw a.,,.fc. .
public defender. Mike assured him
that he wss perfectly Innocent He
bnd gime out to work very early on
morning ami came niwu a gold watch I
and chain lying ou the sidewalk, II
picked them up and took them horn
after his day's work, showing them
to his wife and asking- ber what to do
about It. UrMiM said that tbe owner
of the watch hud duuliUesa dropiied It
unawares and would advertise It In a
beta notice lacked to tree or In tho
town paper, which would be Issued tu
a few days. He bad better tie on tbe
lookout for such notice. But nothing
apiHMired on the tree or lu the papor,
ami Bridget told Mike when ba went
to work on the day of his arrest that
he would try to find the owner.
The public defender llsteued to this
statement with supreme contempt In
the first place he did not bellev It
In tho second be could not prove It
and In the third he proposed to show
hi Ingenuity In getting hts client off.
IIo asked Mike how much money he
had, and Mike said that Bridget waa
his banker and he believed she had
something like fMi In a -stocking. Tbe
defender told him to bring It to bun.
"Mike," he said, "your story would
"never go dow n with a jury. We must
prove tin alibi' Mike dldn t know
what an alibi was, but he produced
the WW.
At the trial the prisoner waa aston
ished to learn Unit on the night of the
robbery he was in a town fifty mile
distant ami at mldulght waa drlnkin
In the Allium1-' saloon with sevewu
witnesses who swore to the statement
The defendant made a strong caa.
and the prosecutor was much troubled
to disprove the alibi. lie talked all
day to gain lime and during the night
paid one of tha defendant witnesses
10 to swear that he had been nits-
taken In the man. This broke down
iL a a ..... . su as atts Athaa n Itn naana
the Btatementa of the other wltnesae
for the defense, ami tho facta were so
conclusive against the prisoner that he
was convicted without the Juror leav
ing their aents.
"Michael Conover, stand up." aald
the Judge. "Have you anything to aay
why sentence should not be passed
upon you?"
"I have," aald a voice, and a man
In clerical garb came forward and aak
ad to lie sworn. Then he aald:
"Bridget Conover. the prisoner' wile,
came to me recently to be confessed.
She told me that her husband had
found ii wnt eh nad ehttln nm. asked tn
What he should do t find the owner."
Here wm -evidence thnt even tha
public prosecutor did not think of re
butting. Mil e t'civlvott n new trial aad
was acM'iluoil !y the Jury that had
convicted L':u am! weat forth a
man.
Undor Fin
By WILLIAM OiANCLER
At twestjr ssiaato pMt e'rioeft fa
tba morntog; waa tb paopl hi tb
tow of Tansoutb, aa tb
of Enftancl. wer wwppsst la
Uier tsmnded tb atll atr tb
strok of baO. Hiiastrad.
of prson sUrtad np na
With in a faw aacoad tba
other sad souths strofca, sntil kt
vklnt that not tb bene wwa bssaf
stnx-k. bat ss a Ism. Tbaa aa tb
strtwva war baaed aouada of
nlng. foUowad by n cry.
"Turn out! Tba Germans T
Then boom, and la a faw
deafening etpluatoa.
Tb ewbisMtl of tb woasia' regisBaot
Jumped out of bed and lato bar uni
form, deaeeodad to ber headnnarters
on tba floor beiow, wber soambsrs of
her ataff war dressing.
tbst the waa delay aakl sharply:
"Com, get a nov oat
that switch. Cantata Blaka. lay. oa.
there! Miss Brewstar! What at yoa
kioklug for-a brwcalatT Navar gobsd
arnaineou. Tba anamy hi apoa aa,
snd there's ao Ua to lose. Oeaevl
Msln waring, put down thnt hnrnlglaas.
torn out and help call tba laglasiat fo
arm."
Karh woman, as soon a sb bad Ba
lsa.! ber toilet, dashed oat and away.
Meanwhile members of tb fore earn
hurrying In. some Jabbing pins Into
their alpln hat, soma button tog tbetr
Jsi ket. m presslnc tbetr haada
npon tbetr bark hslr to make snr that
it wss fsst A tbry srrtvrd tb eoaa
panle fell in under tbetr sergeants,
and soon a line consisting of tolly half
the mater wa drawn up la tha street
Then tba cotouel. standing before tba
colors, gar tbe order to break lot
column, and placing herself at tb
neaa cned in a kind mexzo soprano
Voice:
"Forwrdr
Meanwhile a nnmlsr of shells froni a
Genii an war vessel wrra bumtlns here
and there, some of them doing serious
dsmsge. Tb women's rvt.iment was
marc bed to tbe street fronting on tbe
wster and came to a rest Irarlug the
msreh It was Joined by "member who
had not arrived at tbe armory la
time to Join at Ibe departure of tb
corps. Some of these ladle war
buckling on tbetr acroutormeuu, oth
ers adjusting theur hastily donned
clothing. A lady had com forth la
slippers, on of which h lost and
was endeavoring to regain. Another
a she ran was followed by her poods,
who barked ss be galloped after bar,
evidently thinking hla miifiasa waa
doing It alt for hla avert
When tha regiment waa draws p la
line It wss quite tight la tba ofAag a
German cruiser waa strsmmg alowty
past tbe town. The soldiers did not
recogutz ber a a ship of Var, and
since she wss not firing there waa a
ripple of chat along tb Un:
"Do lend me a balrpla." Tsk car.
Tou'r pointing that gun right ha any
face." "Isn't It horrid of tba Oermaaa
to wake a up at thl time of tb
morning r "What' It all about I
don't ae anything of aa enemy. Thsry
must have goo borne."
Suddenly there wss a flash oa tb
cruiser, followed by a report, and a
hell cam shrieking over tha water.
It struck a bouse back of tb regiment
exploded, sml tba detonation waa fot-
' '"""l uy tanina mm. mmt aavnar.
.'Conversation stopped at one. Tb
ha te t of voices wss hushed ss If It bad
ticen shut off by lightning. But not for
long.
"My goodness gra clous r "Isn't that
awful!" "Tlie hiwrkl thing!" "Oh.
land, thnt noise must have wmkea
my baby!"
Another shot came, struck tha ground
sloping to the sea a hundred yard be
fore the Hue. and there waa a rata of
fragments. But fbrtuuately tha shall
had struck too far In advance. That
part of tbe line before which It fall
broke away, but waa quickly rallied by
the officer.
The ladle atood their grooad Ilk
heroine UN the ahootk-t a$9af iM
the cruiser, turning aar tow WUitwasl,
steamed away. Then It emed that
bedlam had broken loo all aloof tha
line, Tha color bearer fainted, bat
the colors wer picked np by a woman
of sterner stuff and held In tbetr former
position. A few shrieks area from
different part of tb Una, but tha
principal dla waa composed of s
clamatkma, shouts, cries of horror or
victory mingled with maVrdlctlona oa
the Germans. Strang to nay, tber
waa much more fear now that they
were steaming awy than when they
were lending "those horrid shells."
While the cruiser wss growing lea
In the distance the colonel rode along
the line and stopping In. tha center
halted and made a short speech con
gratulating tb women oa tbetr aplee
dld behavior under Ore. Tbaa aha gave
the order bringing tha regiment Into
column of platoon and started tbem
for the armory.
All would have gone well for tba
eclat of Ow women' behavior bad It
not been for aom boya whom even
German shells could not tarn from
their prank. The boy tied together
mouse colored rag which they attached
to strings, then hid themaelre along
t tno ,tre wmj ow by th
t
wosnen.
At a given algnal each boy palled
what wa apparently a rodent throngh
Hie rank. . ' ' '-:"- i
Every company through which the
bundle were pulled broke and ran en
to tbe atoopa of tbe houae oa tha Una
of march.
Th leenemy.
"Some people bold that a wife ooght
to receive a regular salary for bat
work la th home."
; "Then It would be Just aa cheap to
hire a booMkeerjer." Baltimore An
lean. " ' ;
Hjstoh
Tonsorlal ArUat-And What will yo
have on your face when I finish hav
ing yoat . . - .... -
Optimistic Btude-Oh, probably both
Hp and part of say aost-OoraaU
Wktow.
a IARACTER
A toed character is every mm,
A gnod heart, benevolent srebngs,
aad a baJaaced bmkJ te at the loue,
daaaa oi character. Other thmgt
assy b deemed (ortutoos; thry
fesy coasesad go; but character i
mat whach live and aUdr.--Joha
Tadd.
The Wamakar.
rrlead-Wbos mske ia your ma
ehlneT Aoti.t-Th repsirer'. Bjt
tyBoatoa TraBarrlpt
A TRIFLING
MISTAKE
By THOMAS ft DUNN ,
1 wa draaaing for dinner on even
lag when the telephone bell rang,
tapping to tbe mstrament 1 beard a
vary sweet feminin voice say:
"Is that yon. Mr. rembertoar
"Tea, I'm Pembertoo."
"Too re to b at tb corner of EbrhUt
ad Walnut this evening at t. Take
tb cab yoa will find tber and
"Who sre your I asked, not nndea
BMdlnc all thl talk.
Tm Effl Htrong. Ton win be drr.
ea to tbe park entrance. Go to th
fountain, wber you will find Edith.
Carry a rose ln- Oh, heaven, some
ea la coming!"
There waa a click and that wa th
end of-three remarkable Instruction.
It waa evident that there had been a
call for aom one bearing my nam,
and tb taiepbon girl or tha person
calling or aom on bad mad a mis
take. Now, I would not on soy account
take advantage of au b a blander to
gratify cariosity, pry Into other peo
ple' sffstrs or for any other purpose.
Bat I fait It Inrumbefit on me to cor
rect tb error If possible. This other
Pembertoo would not get tba message
Intended for him. th driver of th
cab might wait all night on bis box,
aad Effl might grow ao daap rata as
to drown herself In th fountain. It
babooved me to net nutter right
I calked np tba telephone office and
aakad who had given m tbe last calL
I might as well have asked th op
erator to tell me how many grain
there are on an enr of corn. I look
ed In tbe directory for tha nam Pem
berton. but mine was the only one
there.
There wa nothing for it but that I
should go to tb corner of Eighth sod
Walnut streets, take th cab, proceed
to tbe fountain and tell Edith that she
needn't wait sny longer bees use the
res I ber real Pemberton had not
bees Informed of tba meeting.
I confess I wss somewhat curious to
know why a conveyance bad been pro
vided and what wa to be tbe upshot
of the business. But I resolved .sim
ply to state that a mistake hsd been
made and ask no questions. I thought
it necessary to carry s rose In order
that I shiNikl be recognized for the
other fellow or I might aa well stay
away. So on my way to the place
wber 1 Mould meet the carriage I
topped at a flower shop and bought
one, Th csh was la position, and I
opeaed tb door. The driver asked If
I wa Mr. Pemberton, snd I told him
that I wss. Then he drove me to th
park. I alighted and went up tbe
walk to tbe fountain.
Two girl were standing looking at
the dripping water, and one of them
aa seeing the rose In my hand left
ber friend and made straight for me.
"I have come to tell you," I said, rais
ing my hat "that there baa been
mistake."
"Good gracious! What gone wrong?
I It all off r
"A telephone message came to me
thla afternoon from a lady whom 1
eWtknow."
"Certainly yon don't know ber. Too
are not expected to know her."
"Ton see, I'm net-that Is, there'
only one person of my name in the
telephone book"
"Tou r Mr. Pendletoa, aren't your
"Certainty I'm Pendletoa. There's
B doubt about that but"
"Cease! let ua hurry. Well be too
lata, Maud lokl me tha if I failed tu
seJa break her all np; she wouldn't . ever since. On th envelop eae writ
be able to get throngh with It" j ten "To be delivered whan tba eta la
If thla young woman had been a old enough to act for herself."
cart crow or suspicious looking l Steven Marmaduke advised the gfet
mlgbi. have attempted further explamv ; to open the letter, and sb dU aa ta
Uoa. But she waa a pretty a a hla presence. It read:
peach, and If she wouldn't give me a
chance It aeemed to me that 1 waa
sxcuaable for letting her pav her way.
Patting her arm through mhe, ah
harried me to the cab. We got In,
and tbe cabman drove away without
any Insfjuctlons. I presumed be had
been gtven them before.
"Now ril explain," aald my kidnap
er. "Toil aeet Maud Farnsworth and
Ned Buries have been dead lu love
with each other for a long while.
Maud'a parent think they know bet
ter whom Maud want to marry than
aba doe herself. She and Ned are to
ba married secretly, and yon and I are
to be the witnesses."
"Obi Tbatalir
"That" all! Why. Isn't that a good
deair
"Bat pteaa tell me what 1 have to
do wttb It"
"Why, llaad has made all the ar
rangement. She asked m whom 1
would like to take me to the parsonage,
and I aald It didn't matter to me; she
might find some one herself. Bbe said
he would and made all the arrange
ments." .
I leaned back on tbe cushion and
chuckled.
"What amuses youT" asked my com-
naiilott.
"t tried to tell youfhat a mistake
haa been nmttc. button vwuldn't listen
to me. i nm p envu .to Team tnat
barm h.-i In- n done. On the contrary,
I han in: tie a very pleasant ae-
iualntHUce "
' I told tier the whole story, at which
she wa greatly smiiaed. remarking
that tt waa a good Joke on llaad. At
the parsonage Maud st irted on aaelag
a atranger In me. bur as I wa only In
tended for a wltnes and she waa vary
neb rattled at tbe atep ah waa tak
lE3beaU noCg.
Aad tbafa Uw 1 xdt Cut lit 1 cr
ALetterTbtOz
aDayTcoL
By MAY C mtTZJCS
Edwin Marmaduk at hta
a large eatat. B wa a
with a children, at laaat a
at boma. Bat no on nmsd
much about him, and. habsg a
man, ba kept hi past
Marmadak had brad kn ft a kt,
houa wkk-b be bad ci:plad whea bta
wife wss Uttug. Wbea a died aaab-
w wb bad sa aye to Id i
to his hooae and ksoksd far a wGt,
fimnd aona. This gar the I
to the betrs-at law. Th aepbew, Jaam
Willis ms, bunted up the psrwoaa aadT
found Urge number of thane. Baa
they wer sit dewcendanta of tba da
eeasMl' brother and easier, aaaa af
wbotn could claim dearest
direct.
Win isms called a maettog f 1
duka's relative and told I
iesa they took concerted acttoa k tba
matter the estate waa babes a ba
wasted In chancery. A great aataa
claims might be made by peraoaa wba
would try to prove falsely that they
wer related to the deresaed. Boa eff
thee claims might he allowed, nd
money might be wasted by tb coart ha
disproving other. Of coot tba mat
ter of tb dbetrlbatioa waa la the)
coorts, but the heir would farUMata
matter and sure wastage by actual
together so a to secure a proper das
trl button of th property.
Among those who attended tbe asset.
Ing wss a young girl of listeea. . She
took a back seat and listened to what
wa said without remark, bctag tba
only one present who aald nothing.
Sb waa very poorly dressed aad beat
a hungry look. Whea those praaeal
were requested to step forward aad
put then- name oa paper, grvUg that
relationship to the accessed, thla girt
hung bark. Williams, seeing ber, Bak
ed her if she had any claim ea tba
Marmadaka estate. Ia reply aba aJd
that aba had recently arrlvad la tba
city from Canada, where sbe had been
d UK-barged froea a foaadUag asylum.
At leaving sbe bad been gtvaa tba
baby clothe sbe bad oa whea hcSt aa
tba asylum and a letter aiklressad to
Edwin Marmaduke. She had
ea money by a director f tba
tion to go and deliver tbe letter. 04
arriving she had Inquired whet Kd
win Marmaduke Uved and ea loach
big tbe bouse had found crape eavtbal
door. Person to whom sb bat toka
ber story Informed ber of tbe iHng
of the heir-at-law to Mr. Manas aabafa
estate and suggested that aha adsht
find ont something riinrnihsg tar ant.
aion from some of them. 1
Williams asked tbe girl way aba dJ
not open the letter, and she wpflaal
that It was stated on th envelop that
It was to be opened by Edwla Mar
unke and by no otner person. i
A young man wb signed bia aaaMl
Steven Marmadak and i
a grand-nephew of tbe i
ed the girl and pitied
signed no name on tbe flat of lehrtlia.
for sbe had not come aa a cktbnaat.
bat for Information. Wheal
adjourned young Mrmadnka
the girl and asked her If he eoafJ da
anything for her. 8b tsmnbai hint
and said that sine tbe parson aba bad
com to see waa dead aba wants r
torn to the place from which aba had
come. lie naked ber name, aal aba
sakl ah had no name. At tba found
lings' home she had been calhd Bath,
but thla bad been glvea ber there to
distinguish ber from the other i
Stereo Marmaduke waa
pressed by the story of tbe girl Who had
been born Into the world aader acb
unfortunate etrco mat news. Ea weat
with her to the boa when
staying, asklmr ber to tell
bout herself. What could aa tout
The letter she bore to oa wba waa
dead and her baby cloth ware 3
the evidence tber waa aa to fear tfia
tity. When she had baea left at tbe
foundlings' home, whoever had re
ceived her had wrapped the laOr tm
the clothe, and there It bad i
Father-IVr the love yo bora me
" ii. my ohiia
some day hand row thl, beta I
is oC your own blood. Henry kt i
my days sre member, year BSale,
JKAtaV "f
When Marmaduke read thla letter ba
turned to the girl with woodsr km V
eye and aakl: '
"Rejoice, little one, for yoa ara
heiress to a princely astata Cr) '
well tula letter and any other OTta
yon may have aa to your IdeaO.
An investlgatlen proved that t f3
was Alice Marmaduke tymta. hJt .
mother had married at TaOoa
her father's expreaa TCmataad, aad 14
bad never forgiven bar. Poverty ail
sickness had eons to ber aad bar tz
band, and Jnat before ber daatra at
had sent her child to tb fona.rT'
home.
Learning of bta daughter da O
wta Marmaduke bad eadTr4 t
And ber child, but had failed, Co ktl
never made a will, hoping Cat ICt
granddaughter might ba bst ri
had com too late to give tba ti' 1
an opportunity to benefit bar Wi-- - ,
Uved. but Ua, fortune was iCy &
her before ta wa told m tc para.
Alice Kpencer married Etoro 1!
maduke, and the family naasa T"? :
to red m their children, . .
Willing to AeV "
"Toung man, la th- ' - J f '
your family r T . '
craay abort to t
tam v
1 eaanet lTJ 3 I '
taatcd tt tu - J I -7 c
"baar?-7 to t' t V
tag ka, Ibttu:
"Tou are too vaoiM, eV
K.U Carnuv trt C'
I ftsaw te;'::"vr j f
yaw worii r
kaaa knt..
anO kO
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