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TWXTftlM AGO.
jend t lb. village, Tom I've eat U-
-Wl-bolia plaj-greUBd lUaekal-
!? you end Mr T ri ' . ,
r itk . r . ,-4 tua. Taia- and law
I " . ' - :
r'Z.f left aow,' i J
T .-i .iihiu upon iUgweeaaeiwanif
aYu fllMTW ' ...
a II run Tomt ttAmfrfcnfcMl
i II UN n avw-i
fee -
1' . ... at lllAT
priBg nr. Tb
th oroease
o'ar with mow,
I W"" .,n I !
we did thea, wlkk spirit
the kill, which,
ago.
M
door iato tli balmv
tube vara is blossom. an.1
uiu iu wuuie garden with Iheir f.
greBoe.. I walked leisurely along lb
ru, NiHwaati gkM aaa went oil.
A few stop divUBt, under tba orchard
wwi, lay a sheet of paper. It looked
iita touaiiuBg mat should not bar
been thera. and I want and piokad it np:
It lUlllirll 10 a art sheet of nnrulaJ
paper, and the band writing upon it im
BIT wifi'l. As I looked at it a word Wa
and thera caught my y. With arreiUd
attention, X commenced a careful aia
minatioa of the (beet. With aoma diffi
culty I rad at follows:
"Ml Diabbsi Pmct: Tourentratie
mi kii iua rora airtiDn
T . I.J i : ii i . .
"u aiiuaii rigoi, ana west away
fueling dead inra that thera wu bnt on
rat-ias doctor ia th world. A few
days arierwM be preaanUd his bill.
'Watt this hit says eld Moioa.
"not saving you life th other
lgni,-says jobs.
" Well.IfiidB'tMkyo. to. I aem
employed yen, and 111 aot pay it. You'd
bo ouaiueas coming in her and jam Ling
J!
cbool bouM ii alUrei bow; th benches I and my own heart will not longer allow
me to remain inent. juy belored, I am
so miserable 1 Thai clandestine latter
of yours wbloh I receiv are mr onl
oooffort in th world. I feed oa them
ut on them. They are th only bright-
uesa wuion illuminates mr drk t
My life is almost insupportable. Ton
that I do not love my husband,
nerer loved him. You. onlr.koow
the wbelo array of circumstance under
wnion i married him. Well, ha ia ut
husband, and I try to be a good wife. bnt
wis ezisienoe is me tome dreadful
nightmare dream, Percy. It does not
seem as if it oould bo me who lire and
i . i
.-a Mil UHl w
w ou. '
. M hri.lra ar la tba wall, tba )m1 )
,i tb iUJO "V- '
iwinn to and fr '
jearg-
Lbojt were plajiog oi exa, beneath inow
thti Ma e'd tree; that I
1 kt fori nam Just new-j ou'n played
tbem.w.U.., .
i iw unit ipw i" yuv " """' i7
SOd Di
Utoder bad a talk todo.-there, twaty years
. .-.v. mniini lust as atill: the willows en
breathes and answer to my name. I
f than thtr were, Tom; theitream ap-1 am so desolate and oppressed so de-
r uin Imi Wide. ISDairincI I h th fan inn inmal nn..
L the grape-vine fwing Is ruined now, where that I am under a spell, that my facul
ties are paralyzing ana mat 1 shall lose
but yon v don a vrv foolish thinir.
j i . . . : . . .s'
ana aerTs you rignt to 10 your bill.
It a good lesson to von. and I has
you ii jironi uy . VAxi t X ay he wu
aeaar
"yes.'uTsone.
" 'Didn't Smith say b was dead?
'Yes say Jons.
" 'Wall, that settled it! The man waa
dead, and yon had no right to say that
h wasn't. When two old. iDrienoed
.n, v Dlared tbe beau,
LiwuDg our sweethearti-pretty girla-juat
1
.. 111.11 it. 11. . L!ll .1 V
jipring tnat DUDDiea -neaiu uiaaiHjWOiw oj
Uerr low, 'twas then so high that we could
(taieely reach,., 1 r"1 !.'''
UJ, kneeling down to get a drlok, dear Tom, I
ftinca b,
pt bow sadly ' I am changed sinoe twenty
yean ago
TfM ij that spring, upon an elm, you know, I
cut Tour oame,
tiV iweeiheart'i just beneath It, Tom, and you
did mine the tame; ,
vd beartleaa wreteh has peeled the bark, 'twas
dying aura cut siow,
u ine diea, wnoae name you ouv, some
twenty years ago.
lidi have long been dry, Tom, but tears
mmo M ui 1 view.
j nought of her I lored ao well, thote early
Driven ties;
irifiled tbe old church yard, and took some
flower to atrew
fpoB the grares of those we lored, some twenty
yean -
jjme are in the church-yard laid, some sleep
beneatb tbe lea;
Jatfcw are left of our old class, excepting you
and me; -iul
when our time is come, Tom, and
called to go;
lope they'll lay us where we pi
twenty years ago.
my mind in this dull, void living. Only
when your letter oonie I am alive. I
feel that you love me, and I live and
feel, and am exquisitely happy and mis
erable, both together.
My husland a long as I perform my
daily duties he is contented. lie knows
nothing of my feelings. Heoonsiders
me a machine for his comfort. Some
time I loathe him. usually I am indif-
lerent to mm.
"But to-night it seems almost as if I
dared escape to you. Freedom, love,
nappiness may uiey sua te miner Be
fore long I will grant you an interview,
I will promise jon nothing more than
that now. Percy, my only love, God
Dies and keep you until we meet.
"One word more. Pray be oautious
If my husband should discover this cor
respondenoe I cannot answer for the
oonseauences. Though he ha never ill
treated me, I know him to be a hard
man. But let me hear from you soon.
Yours."
The name was illegible, for the sheet
was much discolored and blotted by the
Boll.
Aa afflicted person ia Oooparstowa,
aw. ion, writes to th flaisOeld Befits
tar th following littl piece about a Jos)
that was put np en kirn. It is funny for
very on but him:
vk RaeiiTaa. Ueolaesl aeele! If
I v tried one I bare a doaen times, to
it aown and writ you a regular old
scalp-peeler and ikv soraoer of a letter.
iiisn i mat i lore ur lees i meant vonr old punp dowa my nok. JBrewa
It isn't that I am unable to do the mental is my family physician, and I'll not pay
part of th proposition beautifully, but anybody ls,' say Xoxoa.
it i that I am unable to ait down. 'So away want Jonas to Brown' offlo
iiow common me written sentence: i ana tried to get bim toindno old Aoxoa
it uown to pen a raw lies l mean lines, to pay th bill
w. out now maon unwritten anguisa i 'jonee,' says Brown, looking out
m.j result irom we attempu over the top of hi apcstaclei, 'I never
now giaoiy i wouia ay it h i oouia: thought you was a bad tort of a fellow.
It la 1 1. J T) . . -1 ,.l T I 1 . I 1 ..... I
is wiiu picMuro, unr nrguwr, tuat a
sit down to an noune to you the arrival
oi a ooy, eto.
Bat, good god, bow can I?
Tbe thought of sitting down make me
boil.
Tbe thought of th boil prevent my
sitting.
Tbe fact of the boil make me mad
And the aot of aitting make m loan
me unto a burried sky-rocket.
Why. my love. I haven't sat down ia
five week or in anything else to stay I
1 am a moet miserable, miserable man.
Along at first I tried to do mv writing
for tbe Atlantic Monthly (sshl) at my
desk, but becoming absorbed in thought
oi those things that are before, and for
getting those things which are behind, I
would pull forward my tail desk stool
and settle. Then I would unsettle.
quick
And there would follow a prolonged'
and dismal bowl of pain; a wild tramp
ing to and fro; one arm waving like our
banner in the sky, and tbe other holding
the pantaloons away from tbe young vol'
oano.
So behold me now, supported tinder
my arms by my Revolutionary grand
mother quilting frames, which reach
from piano to mantel piece; with a pair
of light summer trousers on, whioh are
kept distended and away from that boil
by a fish hook, a oord and a staple in the
wan an drawn taut.
Aad yet I am not bappy.
Why. if the United State Treasnrfir
should aay to me, "Here, George, sit
aown on tnis nail-cord of greenbacks.
ana iiiey are yours," I should aniwer,
Go way, air. I don t want your du
cats. I am not hungry. Tend to your
own knitting; i know my business."
Calabath gam.
Thre months ago, when 200 of tba
leading aitia of Gaedieoa City met
vuu..uni;u uu a street corner, there
wer nvb er eight Uiehigan man among
th crowd. When Col. Park.r presented
th following resolution, It was a Mich
igan man who supported it:
Reaulred, That a committee of fire be
appointed to wait on Calabash Sam, late
of Dead wood, and inform him that after
sunrise tomorrow moraing this crowd
will open fir on him with aha ni.ntino
ot furnishing a. comae for OUT ma vrava.
yard.
'I be oommitte of fl T Want onfc in inil
Saiuael and deliver their message. He
sat ea a beneh t the door of hi shanty,
a sketeua across hi knee and a pip in
hi mouth, and he preserved silence
while the chairman of the oommitte
read th resolution; then he asked:
i bat means me, don t it?"
"She does."
"They don't like mr atvla nf flarwtnr
aad shooting, ehf"
"That' what th kick on."
HOUSEHOLD HUTS,
Flour should be aifted before neasur-
Sav year old tea. It is tzNlMB for
leaning graiaed wood.
Tepid water i UlUr thaa eold or het
When th skin iaclia te ohp.
Oil of lavsnder is reoommndl for
aririBg away flea.
If th bambr carpet is dusty, throw
now ovr it and sweep quiokly and thor
oughly. Mortar and paint may be removed
w'nJow glass by applying hot sharp
Warm underflannel are more essential
to one's physical well being than a satin
wrap.
To clean carpet rug tak wet Indian
meal and sprinkle over tbem. Let it re
main for a hort time and than swMpoff.
and your rug will look a bright a
new,
iwo ounce of soda in a quart f hot
I 1 a m V "
"Wll,Iwon'tgol You Uvnt tZE?ZV-
riitiMh r.i .ir:,rr'' ymuug. menu-
'nug men in th yallev to driva nililuih
Sam a rod I Beturn to the flonvantinn
doctor, lik Smith and I, av a man island report that I am here for the season."
ish should afterwards ba winA.1 na n .
dear water.
dead, it' unprofessional and discourte
ous for a young man, a beginner in prac
tice, to dispute their word. We'll forgive
you tins time, because of your youth
and inexperience, snd will hush the mat
ter up for yon, bnt be very careful in the
future, and make no more such mis-
takes!' "
. Feminine BreTltie
A Chicago man has iust invented cast-
iron table wear that look just like por
celain, and is in ecstasies when he sees a
servant girl drop half a doten onps and
shriek with horror at observing their fail
ure to break.
"Why do women so often wander aim
lessly in the murky solitudes of the dead
past, brooding over day forever gone t"
ass a correspondent, and we give it np,
unless it be that she hope by ransack
ing tbo dead past to find in the wardrobe
ot the aforesaid dead past she may find
somotning to work np into a rag carpet.
A baohelor and a spinster who had
been schoolmate in youth, and were
aoout tne same age, met in after years,
and the lady chanoing to remark that
"men live a great deal faster than wo
men," the bachelor remarked: "Yes,
Maria; tbe last time we met we were
Potatoe a la Francaise. Tak small
boiled potatoes, roll in bread orumbs,
dip in beaten egg, then in bread crumb
again. Fry in boiling hot dripping.
Serve hot. Garnish with parsley.
Finnan baddies are among the excel
lent naw iHsku. .
, " ' ' s " " , , . "louaoi winner oauueu or
pica up ana travel, tuis committee will smoitea, tor bousekeepers to try. 'lb
leei oaneu to to - way to oook the canned baddies is
"I forgot to menshnn." oontinnA.l th
chairman in a careless voice, as he leaned
on hi gun "I forgot to menshnn that
the convonsbun ha adiournod. This
committee thus finds itaelf in an embar
rassing situation, and it sees only one
way out of it. Onless you'll" agree to
1 iL'
"To begin shootin'. you mean?"
"Exactly. Samuel, toxaotlv. You mav
nave aireany observed that two of the
committee have got tbe drop on you."
"i see. - .
"Corpses which are riddled with buck
shot have a very unploasant look," con
tinned the ohairman, as he rested his
ohm on the muzzle of hi gun.
"Yes, that' so."
"And it's kinder lonesome, this being
the first plant in a new bnrying-grouud.
A v lu mj iv.
"And so, take it all around, the com'
mittee kinder indulge in the bore that
you'll see Ot to carry your valuable so
ciety back to the Black II ill. You may
have observed that three shotguns, each
nndor full oock, are now looking straight
at ye. We don't want to bluff, but it's
getiing nigu supper time."
"Well, after looking the matter over,
I'm oonvinoed that these diggings won't
i atmrtl
to brown them in a Dan. liha nr ntW
fried fish, and erve with a piquant
auoe.
Lamb Cutlet with Fmnnh Ttaana
Trim your outlets, toss them in a sanoe
pan with fresh butter; when done plaoe
them round an entire diah, and fill tbe
oenter with boiled Fienoh beans, to
whioh you have added some bechamel
tauoe.
Dollie ' Boston Brown Bread. Tn
oups of corn meal, one oup of rye meal,
two cup of sweet milk, one oup of our
milk; one toasnoocful of saleratna ati
in th tour milk; one onp of molasses, a
pinch of salt. Plaoe in a round mold and
steam for two hour.
The blaokened light of ol.l nlntnma
may be instantly retord to their orig
inal oolor by touching them with ant-
oxide of hydrogen, diluted with eight
time It weight Of water. Whrni A,w
THE HUSBAND'S TRIAL
To begin with she was very
isn't know where to show you another
jist like her. She was straight and
nana in figure, with a fair face, golden
uir, and soft white bands. She bad
brown eyes, regular features, and mobile
ltd lips. Ou a rainy day certain fine
tresses of her shining hair would escape
born the remainder and curl about her
temples in little gold tendril rings. Her
nice was quiot and melodious, and ebe
Tore violet dresses. This is as well as I
an describe her,
And I am afraid this is about all I
hew of her when we were married. We
net first out west. I was a'one in a
itrange couutry. She, also, was alone.
ane waa a music teaoher, living in a
boarding-house. She was gentle and
)ad. I made her acquaintance. I loved
her. I promised to make her happy, and
te were married.
My western tour being ended, we came
back enst, and settled at a romantic little
place called Daphne Dell. We bad been
Harried just a year when my story com
mences.
I was yeung, iust starting in life, and
rery much engrossed in mv business
Neither was I a particularly demonstra
tive man, and, as Luoie was very quiet
ma composed in mien 1 think we hardly
ippeareu live newly married people.
I nau all confluence in my wife. It
m her neatness, frugality and good
uagment tnat won me, as well as her
wauty. AH home affairs, the employ
ment of a servant, the domestio arrange
ments, household orders and bills, I left
entirely to her management. It was a
peat rest to me to leave my counting
win ua return nomeward, lor 1 was
jure of finding everything right. If
Uoiehad any annoyanoes, she never
confessed them to mo, and I never took
home my business trouble.
As I said, we had been married a year
wueu one evening i came home as usual,
u nad been a fine day, but as 1 left the
tars great drop of rain splashed on my
S086. I had ten minnW walk Wm-n
me and commenced the task rather
onskiy.
Daphne Dell was within half an hours'
noe of the city. I hod thought it better
v our Health to live out of town, and
nen to me, at least, it was infinitely
jteasanter. ; Luoie, too, had seemed to
Jte the place." She came and eiamined
n bo ua uuu uiuuuiui nil aiiiia iiiuluiii aiw liih a- ... - - - - -nr- i . a
ra n. But it wa Tini' fin diiati ; V" "J luu"'uu ouBut to ao- eaon z yeara oia; now I'm over u. and pan out lower grade ore. and 1 guess I'll f treated wttn a oiean sponge
wa cbirography, and I felt as ii a thunder- if Dy ? glon" ren.oy Lthat mT 1 hear th T0U haven't reaohed 30 yet." take a walk." "d lukewarm water.
we M K; i?PuV"" i luuuuer lay dormant in me. Shs think it has. Thnv n mi .r.tn ' n;,hi nff- MaW.a a.v
Iuuiii umi uru&au uruuuu me. t ii.- a-i:. .i. , . ct : T J - -o i ,." I " wi uuarooai DrOkB in
After momonrt blank bewfldormen A gentleman admire, a charming wo- . - ''W common llowr-
and strange bewildering pain, I put the i,"' , .tT- ... . K i mn 0Ter wnoM b0 "warms of sev- .."'" "P iraur Put " ,n "a bottom of the pot, with
r iheet in my pwket and quietly oontin.fe'rlnTX' e8, , , , "fw nd over it, each above
I : i .. i lure and watts nvmns. I .v.: t.-Di x -vr wall Wkiia inmniti i. iniu ii.i.l v.h.i ' .
i uuu mj way. ouou a nooa oi emotion i rj in,i,..iinn h i. ui " say, says one oi nis " vu.ni.,OT .....,,,, uau tan pot on a rau-
I ... t;..o.i ,-fi,in t 1 1 10V8 nerl out l wasn t.you know, frion. .... t i. sorrv to see vou go. anl mshn all anrta oet. with a vaaoal nr., in. u u ...i. .i..
Iniw Diuiuu niuiu luo U i cumuuuni T a Anintr 4 Via .1Ua. tV: 1 - I ui icij vuaiujlUK, X uvw, , . , ..." :." . 7 , , " I ; . ' VIDUVIII turn
a superficial oalmness from an instinct ittl?2SL J 5! g'. "'lu6: Btil1 T0U mu dnit that she i ome- f luok-, lt hasn hands, water . aBd the water will be thoroughly
.i oiting from profane history from that whof ..;ai nn..vu.i i Step off. now. and for f.iar von a n'tnuml I fl tered.- B '
I UI Dull UIDBOI TBVIUU. I . 1. 1. . T , . - I "MM TC.IUAAOU. ITriU&IUUI DvUvVfl 7 . ' ' . . . " . ' I
preservation.
I was conscious of one predominant
(eeling as 1 went to the city hatred
against my wife for her duplioity, I
must have looked wretchedly when I
entered the office, but my partner was
too much excited to notioe it.
"Knowlos," he exolaimed, "there was
a terrible fire in Philadelphia last night.
and our branch house is burned to tbe
ground. Here is a dispatch from Weiss,
lie wants you to oome on immediately
in two hours 1 was on my way to Phil
adeipbia.
mere was muon to do to restore our
interests; and I lent myself to the work
with all my energies. It was the best
thing that oould have happened to me,
lt gave me no time to think of Luoie
i wrote ner once, telling lier very
briefly that 1 should not be home for a
month. It was six weeks before I again
arrived at Daphne Dell. The maid was
washing tbe ball.
"How do you do. Dorcas? How is
Mrs. Knowles?"
Very comfortable. I think she is
sleeping, now, sir."
somewhat bewildered by this reply. I
went into the sitting room. No sign of
Luoie or her work. I mounted to her
chamber and quietly opened the door.
The room was darkened, liuoie was
sitting up in the white bed nursing the
infant, sweetly and calmly she extended
her hand to me. I went to her I put
my arms about her l kissed her. I
could not help it, for I felt that the child
upon her bosom Was my own. The nurse
came in, took the infant from her, and
bade ner to lie down and rest,
She was very weak. I cannot express
my contending feeling as I watched her
fragile face upon tbe pillow.
Slowly sbe gained strength, lt was
midsummer before she was about tbe
house again. The little one had been
prematurely born, but it throve, and tbe
mother s health was finally restored.
I was rejoiced at this. 1 should have
been perfectly happy but for that letter
The memory of it was like an ugly devil
that mocked me.
One day as Luoie sat tending her
child in a low chair before the window I
laid tbe sheet before her. I had fixed
my eyes upon her fane, and saw a slow
surprise dawn upon it
part where the T)mnrif
hot pitch down upon tbe damsels who
crossed the dam just where the lordly
Tiber was dam'd near the gates of
Hellespont.
"Oeorge." said she softly, some tima
afterward, "Oeorge, I am afraid I was
mistaken the other night. I now believe
that your language, whioh I hopefully
and joyfully thought to be the expression
of a contrite and graoe seeking soul, was
swearing!. Why, oh, why.dear.dost thou
to walking, we u tuese guns ptntod up
tue nui until yon have the hall-mile
bowlder. Tralo marohl" Detroit Free
Press.
rarlslitu Journalist's Uuttofly Exist
ence,
Tbe othor night I foil in with a noted
journalist who gave me a pioturesque
and comical acoount Of the laborious life
which ho. in nnmmnn wifh mnut. nf hia
111 VUi WUT.UDBI.UUHI IUUU I .. . I " " "
not think more often of redemption and ei?. 1 am lnnted with, exoept confreres, leads in this whirlpool of
1" Din wanace, and be is a baggage Paris. It was past midnight, and he y as
the chivalrous lover. "No, sir ; there
may be the indelible impressions of a
smile upon her faoo here and there, but
tuat is ail."
A nice young man thoncrht he had
found something pure and fresh in the
shape of a laughing little witoh of a girl,
ana was on tbe point of proposing mar
riage when she scattered his fond hopes
to tue winus Dy remarking one evening :
"You hug and kiss me more than any
vonr Inttar Ami.
"Thunder, madam 1" T Mrn.m ".nn smasher, and only comos here
don't know what you are talking about. montn'
Mil . . . .
luins or my latter end I I'm
once
a j ust oalling on uis wife to aocompany her
home; but as people wore only just bo
rn y latter end I Im always
thinking of it. I couldn't forget it if I
was steeped in oblivion, or surrounded
with cotton balesl Why. I was tellinc a
tunny story to a party the other day.snd
he comes up to me. and he- savs: 'Old
man that was a bully thing: vou onirht
iu ue a minister, you ougnt. lou could
make a congregation cry by tellin' of 'em
a joke,' and then he slapped me on the
thigh on that thigh, woman on whioh
Ann Ouish and Miss Ery holds a first
mortgagel Think of redemption! Why,
female, did you give half the attention
to keeping the lump out of mv nonltiaes
tout x ao in ponaenng on tbe effusions
of that old Bible scholar, Job, who nsed
to soar in blank verse, you'd be a better
and riober wile."
Withered, she wept.
Croam Pudding. Htir inmithA m
pint of oream, three ounce of ugar, tbe
yolk of throe egg and a little grated
nutmeg; add the well-beaten white,
stirring lightly, and pour Into a buttered
pie-plate on whioh ha been sprinkled
the orumbs of stale bread in ahnnf. th
thiokness of an ordinary ornst; sprinkle
over the top a layer of bread crumb and
bake.
Braised Ribs of Beof with Maoaarnnt.
Bone and roll the ribs of beef ami
braise with white wine; when oooked.re
move the boef, pas the sanoe through a
tammy, skim off all the fat, ponr Into
sanoeboat and add the remaining half to
some boiled maooaronl, season with alt,
There was a servant's ball at the Angel ginning to oome, I siyagosted that be was
and Marv Jann nnf. Pnt aariv in going awav too earlv. "Man sher. I
the evening she flounced in with an in- must be up at half-past five." "Half Peppor.a lump of fresh butter and grated
ii . . . . i , - .al i. o nit t i ii . i I n .
namea countenance. "Why, Mary Jane," P8' "yet i sain, ior a man wuo goe rarraewn or grnyere oneese; plaoe on a
saia tne missus, "surely it a not all over uou uneanmy uours, ana writes I uihu anu lay toe rms or boet on it.
yt t ' mnm .; but 1 ve boen In"nlt' . ..ni! .i I Ti mo.rmn newi,j)a- Harioot Beans a la Bretonde.-Mino
ou. o.o i was coming out or tne supper f" uumiug up uis nan a pound or onions, blanoh and
room the baker' young man h lays to hand and spreading out his finger in a drain. Brown in five ounce of butter
me, 'I hope miss,' he says 'your pro- gesture of humorous depreoation, "I am and when a good oolor add an nn. J
uu uofcWJi itunu qBiict viavo. XU1S X Tl'
day night it is merely due to the provi
dence of kindness that there is not a the
atrical premiere. Had there been one, I
suouia nave been deprived of th pleas
ure of coming here, and should have
that now we are married we are only P6011. 0D !Kea 10 B1? .ln . nea.t6d tne.tor
one T "No." replied the brute. "I can't uu"1 u.uo.u re,u lJ ",s.in8 Oornmeal Mnfflne fltt, t-i, i.
n- il t l M.mm I notes ana atnavinar tna ait.nut.inn nr i . .7. 7:. "ki
icBiiid ii. uave iust nam a o mil- . . . . ----- - .- or oream op mi a-with tha .tv. . n...
linery bill and a lot more of your bills. P 21 Ti?",J .n,?lTiPK l I"7 TZ beaten eggs" Sift together on cud
With SeVftRA.1 nntaliiA nranl
nAt. trt har n8i na men suoma nave trundled n, nnm tM ' : i" " Vli ' T"'
I was softened. I could not see those from, so I am VKxrinnt tn H tl.t homo IlMnirtliBg cab, to be np at lmn ,'nnLu "t.w, " ""?"
tears unmoved What male man could? o far as expense0 goes, instead of being wYkJ'bT.a? .r lv ?r.?n fMponM of salt, one toblePoon?uTof
I approaohed her as sbe sat rook ng to one we are half a oWn. T uk in ndJ?et ry J early train. .,, . B,. V ...
and fro in her chair. " the idea of our beinVona inl vet I not h.at PurP.0M " ' W. . . jT "JTll .V" iaaIX
,iown ha nnnntnr ami Ian- . . . ." --- ", tuo
gramme's not quite full and me that
nau eaten nardly anythink I"
They had only been married a short
time. The other day she slung ter arm
around him and warbled, in a low, trem
ulous voice, "Do you realize, Adolphus,
flour, some salt and pepper; leave on the
fire for five minute: moisten with a nlni
and a half of stock, and oook for twenty
minutes, stirring all the time; then add
a pint of harioot bean, whioh have been
well boiled, and an onnoe' of butter;
warm and aem.
"Dearest," I murmured, "whv those
weeps? Don't cry. I am sorry I sfd
anything when I spoke. Too bad, too
paai i am a brute, a bear, a burglar, a
aentist, a uisnonest thief. Forgive me,
wuo wouia not give your heart a pang
ior me wnoie round world. Liet s kiss
and forget, ducky," and I playfully sat
down on her lap. She bad a bunch of
keys, a drawer knob, and a smelling bot
tie in tier pocket.
1 sat down on these
On those I sat.
On tbe bottle, the knob, the kevs.I sat
uown.
by a large majority."
ibefora T mali came i"0 "TVTi "Where diJ J0 flni th. Will? I lost
aoeiore I made the purohase; said that lt monhtg aro -ftwas
nrettw ami -m a -n I "mounts ago.
boys leer at me
I hava no peace.
WOS DrettT UnA annM ilt vow arall
pay. nwwl uv ID1J wu.
ihe rain came down smartly as
wned my garden gate. As I entered
Be sitting room, I found Luoie hurried-
'Jpntting away some papers.
r ri4m '8 blowing up from tbe
"at lou had better shut the parlor
-puw, iiuoie,-1 said, as I went to tbe
Met to hang up my coat and get my
uug gown. ' -
'les, Will," she said, absently, rum
"ging In a drawer. The storm struck
""Ply against the pane. She went and
the parlor windows and then came
to the drawer.
When she looked the drawer through
looked over the table, and finally
et to the escritoire.
hat are you hunting for, Lucie?"
MTeTer, mKl"- she said, carelessly;
ij)?83 it will dome.' finpper is readj,
TY 1
wtwent out to the dining-rosm.
Pourel my tea, and chatted of her
e aid th. i-M.. t j...
She
gar-
itA T inciuenw oi me aay.
, - ruwu miffnnnpttn nn, lor tna win.
OWs. fl,.! ..v
- as she was sewinc. aha said. The
wej Granger had called, and tbe man
a t craft th
'ordinary talk that suggested nothing
Ine ttrtry to come.
ttn e wntinued all night, bnt the
nappy aan M i stepped from my I
"Under the orobard wall. What does
it mean, Luoie?"
Well." with a slight blush, "you
have (ound me out. "it s a leaf from a
story I was writing.'
"And Percy "
"Was the hero. The sheet must have
blown out of the window that rainy
night last spring. Tou see, dear, I did
not like to tell you, because I thought
you wouldnt fancy baving a literary
wife, but 1 bad been accustomed to writ
ing stones sometimes, and when I knew
baby was coming I thought I would earn
tbe money myself for the embroidered
flannel and cam brio dresses. I know you
need every cent in your business. I bad
to rewrite this letter for my romance,"
she continued, "and I didn't get it quite
tne same, examining tue soeet.
1 looked at her sweet face for a mo
ment, and then fell down on my knees
beside ber. I oonfeesed all. blow amaze
ment dawned in hor countenance. At
length her soft eyes filled with tears.
Sbe drew my face down to ber bosom
where the little baby was slumbering.
Another lover?" sbe murmured.
"Why, Will, nobody but you ever loved
me in all my life!"
Then, again, I knew that she was once
more my Lucie!
Small and active
through the window.
Iam a wreck.
-, J would not live alwaya,
I wouldn't if I could;
But there ain't no use in talking,
For I oouldo't if I would.
A Swiss Paper tolls a True Story.
A Swiss paper tolls a "trrie storv" of a
young maiden lady, aged 43,of Brooklyn,
N. Y., who was aroused from her slum
bers one night by a noise in her room,
and lying perfectly on iet she beheld in
win ngut oi a aimiy-ourning lamp a
rather good-looking burglar. Awaiting
ner cnance, sue sprang from her bed
while he was on his knees at tbe bureau,
grappled him by the tack hair, and
pressing tbe end of a tooth brush to his
temple, threatened to blow his brains
out If be stirred. The man begged pite
ously for his life, when the ferocious
woman gave him the choice of dying
there and then or marrying her on the
same terms. He preferred to oontinue
his existence here below, and with her
"To go down into the oountry and loo-
a a. ll .
inre at a military souooi, wuere 1 am one
of the professors, and where, if I am not
on the platform at my desc at exactly
eight I should reocive suoh a ministe
rial whipping that I should not be likely
to forget it. I got back to town tired
out for my mid-day meal. Then at one
o'clock, punctually, I sit down to write
out my feuilleton on the theatrical per
formance of tbe previous night, whioh
well-beaten whites. Pour on well-but-
torea muffin rings. Bake in a well
heatod oven and serve as soon as baked.
Eggs brouille. Out Iwo mnnhrnnme
into slices and fry them for a minute in
two tnblespoonfuls of bntter. Boat to
gether half a dozen of eggs, a tesspoon
ful of salt, a little pepper and half a cup
ful of cream, and put thom in a sauce
pan. Add the mushrooms and two table-
takes me three hours to do. Then I post P0"11;"1" of ba tor to these ingredients,
.. - . .. ... r anrf .Ii I ia Mi.lHU . t in
lt on to tne newspaper to wnion 1 con
tribute onoe a weok all suoh matters,
ml -i?ie . a a
inis nnisuea, i jump into a cab and go
to another newspaper office, where I
write political editorials. There I work
ltke a oondemned criminal until seven.
and I am always late at dinntfrjaftor din
ner, very often and he raised both
band and shook
and stir the mixture over a moderate fire
until it thiokens. Then take from the
fire and beat rapidly until the eggs be
come thick and creamy. Place slices of
toast upon a hot platter, and heap the
mixture upon thom. Add a garnish of
toast, that is, thin tlioea of toast out into
triangles.
Faroe for fish nles f!ln an1 nnt tnt
pleoes about two inohe long a pound of
Western Virginia paper all predict a
big maple sugar season.
A Yonng Doctor's Mistake.
Discussing a phvsioian named Jonas
Blifkins undertook to relate how the
medicine man had onoe mode a binr uia-
tane, as iouows:
Uld Aoxon used to have a row with
his wife about three times a week. He
got cranky and made ud his mind to
sbnfflu oft", so he filled up with laudanum
and went to bed. The old lady went to
screaming, and as fast as the neighbors
came in sent tbem off after a doctor.
Some of them went in one direction and
some in another, and it wasn't long be
fore the doctors began to congregate.
"Smith got there first and looked the
old man over. 'Dead aays he.and went
awav.
"then Brown come in.
he.
Jones was tbe third one. and he
rammed a stomach-pump down the old
man's throat and pumped up the drug
store. Then he reversed the action of
tbe pump and flooded tbe old man with
water, and, after sloshing him around for
a while same as if he was rinsing out a
cider barrel he pumped out the water
and then flooded him again. Noxon
wasn't ia the habit of taking so mnch
water in hia'n, and pretty aoon he began
thorn very often.
thank to the meroiless habits of mana-
hand firmly wound in his silken locks. B" . 'UDW5rB' lUB)ro Pmiere rep- iresn nan-cod, eel, sole or tu-bot. Put
she rang for a eervant, sent t a Th'T? i5, night' , m 4 in P" with two inrig of prli
o'clock on Sunday morning.
have two books in hand, one of whioh I
am nnder contract to dolirer at a certain
time, and the other I am contributing
serially to an artistic journal, so that I
am surprised at myself when I have lei
reverend and only released her loving
grasp woen be bad been fettered by
uymeniai cnains. xne woman has a sis
ter aged 41 and unmarried, bnt it ! fluid
that burglars gave that plantation a wide
range, now.
A Natural
until one ley, one of thime. half a be W nna
Then I clove, salt, pepper, one clove of arUn
and half a glass of white wino;oover with
water and set it on a good flre; boil till
cooked, let oool, take the flsh eul, take
the bones out and chop it very flne; then
pound it well, with ix onnoe of butter.
, . I . " ---- r- - . "uu 4 uuuuniiui outter.
ral Mistake. ?re enuBh go into society. But that a little chopped parsley, one beaten egg
is nothing new. Everybody in literature salt, pepper, and a little grated nutmeg:
I her daughter, Edith, doea the J86-, We live a stupid life of bring it to a rather liquid farce byadding
. V . . ..' nafnAtnal slr nail. k ,1 1 I 1 a. . I.'ul. i J - "ti
come in. 'Dead says
Mrs. Brown and
were sitting in the parlor, as related the
uoston iransonpt, when a visitor Mrs.
Spriggings. a freckled faced Ia.1t n.
tered. During the usual salatationsand
for some time afterward Edith kept her
eyes on tbe visitor.
"Why, Edith." exclaimed her ninth or
at last, "it isn t polite to stare at a lady
"Oh. don t mention it. Mrs. lirown "
said Mrs. Spriggings. addine- to R.lith
'you like to look at me. don't ton
der?" '
Edith did
perpetual work
for reflection."
Witli tiawllw M Inntumt I m IU.Ia 4 I ,!, . ..
w.iiii .u iiidwui niuq imiflr in 1 m I T 1 n 17 w A 1 1 anrt thud
1 - 1 ii.i ... ,n , . O 1 .uoit
auu uo wok uib who lt is reaov ror nan.
uuuor ma arm anu went Ou WIIU Ull
shoulders bowed, as if be were already
prepared to butt against the barriers of
overwork always rifing in front of him.
Letter to Philadelphia Press.
Wagner received Ure aiuouuls of
Chicken with rice. Hie Ann Um .
of serving chicken with rice is recom
mended to Northern housewives a a
most excellent dish. Joint a i,loVn
boil gently in a deep eancepan. with jmt
water enough to cover the chicken. For
money from hi. publisher, for the right MJS
of representing hi. compositions, but it rice; boil this, and after the cKn ia
is believed that h anant nAarlv all tt...t 1 ' .7 . 1 U'0ien 18
is believed that he spent nearly all that tnd, r "l .-IT " . . ,0 . "
Helived in u:riZJl
he received.
irYKBUi auu urrxiic-i mfinnnr tin hail I .-.i n ir - . . . . rr
Edith did not answer thia nn.t;nn an .nfin.. .nitA t . i. la ir T.m",:. MMJ coos add twoslices
.7,; ' . ""-"j .-"mo mo uuesuon: m a cosuy manner and reserved exolu-
ie you tne tattooed lady?" sively for him. He had a large number
of servants, and was always accompanied
on bis travels by numerous female
friends. The oopy right of his operas is of
it-telf. however, a large fortune for hia
heirs.
Mrs. Spriggings smiled as thnntrh ho
was biting somebody's bead off, and said
really she would have to go. Mrs. Brown
declares that sbe was never an mnrtiflnil
iu all her born days.
I help flavor the frravv Vint
remove the bacon before serving the
gravy When the gravy has boiled np,
and after being thickened, a. usual, take
the rice out with a long-handled strainer,
place it on a platter, and lay the chioken
on the top. Send the gravy to the table
in a gravy boat. -