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A LESSON' HH)M A WOLF CHASE.
Bubo Wexford ouc;bt to Lave been a
banpy fellow. Ho was certainly consid
ered one on tho day when Kato Wilde
becarao bis bride. Uo was tho envy of
every young man iu tbo rude western
hamlet where tho ceremony took place,
nd many wore the good wishes sbowored
on the beads of tbo newly wedded pair
for thoir future bapiine33 and prosper
ity. Still tbero were tbote who not only
insinuated but boasted that the help
mate of her choice was unworthy of the
woman bo bad won. Kate's father and
mother were particularly opposed to the
match and did all in their power to pre
vent it, but the girl, beside her unwav
ering love, possessed a determined will
which, when onoe aroused, carried much
boforo it. Rube Wexford was never ac
counted a strictly tomperate man. In
deed, there bad been tirnea before bis
marriage when be was for days under the
influenco of liquor, and Kate bad seen
bim in this state and therefore knew
fully tho extent of bis weakness. But
the woman loved tho mnn, and within
herself resolved that bis reclamation
should be her duty. That success mnst
crown her efforts she littlo doubted.
Autumn drifted away, tho crops bad
been gathered iu, and all the indications
pointed to an early and severe winter.
Rube's sprees continued. No wind was
too cold, no snow too deep to keep bim
from Washburn's, a not distant tavern.
One evening in the latter part of Decem
ber be took down bis loggings and gun
from the pegs where they hung and was
preparing to go out. Kate went to bim
and suid:
"Rube, you must not leave mo to
night, (live iu to me this time and stay
at homo."
"I am ouly going for a jaunt," ho ro
plied, "I'll bo back soou."
"No, you aro going to Washburn's!
To night you will, you must gratify mo.
I am afraid to remain here alono."
"Afraid?" ho answered. Such a thing
ns four was almost unknown to Kato
Wildo.
She clasped her arms around bis nock,
whispered into bis ear, her cheeks flush
ing brightly, iben sat down in tho rocker
and cried as if her heart would break.
Rubo stood tho gun in a corner, threw
aside tho leggings and cried too.
Tho next morning when the winter
sun beamed upon tho cabin, tho littlo
log shelter held threo souls, instead of
two. A wee stranger had come in the
night, a bright-eyed baby girl. Her
weak cry seemed to movo nil the better
part of the husband's nature, aud bis
wife looked on with a now born confi
denco in ber face. After a week, when
Kate was able to sit up, Eabe went to
relato tho happy event to the grand
parents. It was tho first time be had
visited them for somo months, ycry
early in tho morning bo started,' and
when tbo afternoon shadows began to
lengthen Kate looked up eagerly for his
return. It was near daybreak when he
appeared, bis bunds and feet almost
frozon, aud his seuse3 stupefiod by liq
uor. The wife's new hopes were des
tined to be short lived. Freshly made
promises marked the morrow, but days
went by only to see them unfulfilled.
Now, there was a new torture. Rube
bud forsaken Wasbburn's, and made his
visit to Pineville instead, where Kate's
father and mother lived. It was almost
more than the woman's nature
could bear to know that her parents were
the frequent witnesses of ber husband s
disgrace. This was a sort of thing
whiob she could not and would not long
brook.
Little Kate, the baby, was a month old
to a day when Rubo made preparations
one morning for a trip to Pineville.
Kate looked on silently for a few mo
ments, and then said:
"Where are you going?"
"Only to Pinevillo."
"What for?"
"To seo about some powder and
stuff."
"That is untrue. Yoa are going to
spend the day with worthless compan
ions, and yoa will come back studid
;l. li'mmr Ruliw listen to me. I
have stood all which it is possible for me
to endure. 1 nave prayeu ami eu-
tAafnl vntl n nlmi.ilon a habit which
hat disgraced us both. My pleadings
hve brought nothing. I cannot and I
wilt not Viiiva onr child to crow up to
hnnv a fuller who is ft drunkard. - If
in stav at home. I have said
mv loa aav fin to Pineville if vou in
sist on doing so, but if you are not here
sober by sunset, l snail go wu iuu oju;
to father's and in this house I will never
set foot again.
"That's all talk," Rube answered in a
rough joking and ball senors iasnion.
"Why, it's fifteen miles to Pinevile."
"No matter," wos the firm rejoinor.
"I will make the start if the ohild und I
freeze to death by the way."
"TiAi nnt tnr wnlren " Rube laocbed
.train "ThnrA Vi ATA been half a dozen
seen here Utelv. It La been a hard
winter for them, and they're almost
starved."
" Wolves or no wolves," mattered Kute,
"IU go."
TnkA Vnnir hnnt Hi a hAT.nA nnAiRilr
MUUQ w.ww .
for an boar or so, then silently rigged
i i 1 ; - I. JT . 1
mmS'jJl OUl, leggings, uuiiaiu cui, euu
MaMnawMMHWnwaBwawDawawai
and all. Knto worked away and said
nover a work. lie opened the door, and
without looking bock remarked:
"I'll be here by snnset."
"See that yoa are," was the reply. "If
yoa como here lute the house will be
empty."
The wife watched bis form across the
clearing and saw it disappear in the
heavy timber whioh circled the cabin.
She turned to ber household duties, bnt
had no heart for them. Well nho know
that Rube Wexford would break hi last
promise, as be bad broken others before
it. If so ho must abide by the result.
She was determined.
The day went by at a snail's pace, and
the ofternoou seemed never enuing.
Kato fondled she buby, listured to bor
crow and cry, and fed ber a dozen times.
Then sho prepared supper, and sunset
came when it was completed. But it
brought no Rubo. Another hour and
still be was absent. So the moments
passed until the clock struck 10. Tho
baby was fust asleep. Kate roso from a
chair at the cradle's side, a look of lirni
determination on ber face, and opening
the cabin door, peered across tho clear
ing. Not a soul was visible. She closed
tho door, went to the chost, and took
from it a pair of old-fashioned skates
whotc steel runners gleamed in the fire
light. Sho laid them ready for use and
proceeded to wrap herself as warmly as
possible Then she bundled the baby
in the same manner, lifted her tenderly
in her turns, and with the skates slung
over her shoulder, started across tho
clearing. After rcaehirg the timber she
left the beaten path and made for tho
river. It was coated heavily withice,
and the strong winds had blown it
almost entirely freo fron snow, leaving
a nearly naked surface. Kato laid the
baby down for a fow moments whilo she
fastened on bor skates. Then sho lifted
her baby once more and startod for Pine
ville, 15 miles away. The moon shone
brightly, Bho was a wonderfully rapid
skater, and sho kuow no slightest sus
picion of fear.
Rube Wexford sat near tho warm fire
which was surrounded by half a dozen
men beside himself, flu bad been there
for hours listening to the anecdotes of
hunters' lives, even adding to the gen
eral fund with some of bis own experi
ences, but though bisoompanionscoaxed
and persuaded, they could not prevail
upon bim to taste liquor. This was
something so entirely new that many a
laugh and joke was had at bis expense,
lie answered all persuasions to imbibe
in the samo way, saying only, "Not to
day, boys; not to day."
When sunset came be was fat ill in bis
seat. He wauted to bo home, wanted to
kern bis promise, but ho thought ho
would wait awhile and start later, so
that it would not look to Kate too much
as if he were giving in. So thinking, be
went to a oniet corner by himself and
had not been there loug before he fell
asleep. It was elven o'clock when he
awoke with a start, and said burriodly:
"What is it, Kate?"
A loud roar of laughter brought him
to his senses, and a rough voice cried:
"Rube, guess you have been dream
ing!"
"yes, l.e replied, loonsniy; "i
thought my wife was calling mo."
lie glanced at tuo ciock ana saw:
"Rcjjs, I must go."
"Have somothing boforo you leave,'
was tho genciul cry.
"No, no; not to-night.
Then he wus gone. His conseiense
smote bim as bo trudged through the
- . i 1.
snow. It would oe uuer a oi-iuua
when horoacbed homo. One thing con
soled him somewhat; he was sober.
But would Kato bo in tho cabin when he
returned? Of course, sho must bo.
Nothing short of madness could tempt
her to keep the rash vow sho mado in
morning. So thought Rubo. This wa9
because he was incapable of estimating
the great suffering which he had caused
his wife. On. on he went until through
the stillness of tho night was borne to
his ears the sound of falling waters. It
proceeded from a spot which marked
tho half way between Tineville and his
owu homo, aud was caused by the river
tumbling down a deep descent of 15 or
20 feet of rugged rocks. His road at
this point lay close to the river bank.and
soon be wa9 in full view of the cascade.
As he possed it he noticed with a sort of
thuddor how cold and dark the water
looked as it tumbled down. For thirty
feet above the falls there was no ico. It
broke off abruptly, and the current
rushed from beneath with terrible ve
locity. Beyond in tho moonlight glis
tened an unbroken surface of clear ice
for fully half a mile before there was a
bend in the river's bank. The sight was
an old one to Rubo, and he paid little
heed to it, but be stalked silently on
still thinking of Kate, and wondering if
the cabin would be tenautless. Sudden
ly bo stood stock still and listened.
Many an ear would have beard nothing
but the.sound of rushing waters. Rube's
acute and praotichd ear detected some
thing more and be felt instinctively for
his amnnition and looked at the priming
of his rifle. Then from a distance came
the sound again a peculiar cry.followed
by another and another, until they end
ed in a chorus of unearthly yells. Rube
muttered to himself one word wolves
and strained his eyes in the direction of
the curve to the river's edge. The cry
proceedid from that direction and grew
louder and louder every instant.
Before be could determine upon
a plan of action there shot from
the bend in the river what looked to bim
like a woman" carrying a bundle and
Bkating for dear life. She strained every
nerve and never once cried out. Next
came a wolf, followed rapidly by others,
which swelled the pack by the dozen, all
ravenous, yelling and gaining closely on
their prey. Rube raised bis rifle, fired
and began to load as he never loaded be
fore. Th cries came nearer and neaver.
Great Ood! the wolves were upon the
woman! It seemed as if no earthly hope
could save ber, when, qnick as an
arrow from a bow, she swerved to one
side, the maddened brntes slid forward
on their bind legs, and she bad gained a
few steps. Again she Cew onward, and
again she tried the ruse of swerving
aside, the man on the bank in the mean
time firing rapidly, and picking off wolf
by wolf. A fresh danger arose. The
mr.man evidentlv did not see the abrupt
break m the ice above the falls, and the
dark, swift current which ly beyond.
Perhtps she was too frightened to bear
the rushing waters. On sue went, max
icir straight for the falls, the wolvea al
most on ber heels, and the man's TOice
crying in tcrriQed accents; as be dropped
on bis knees in the suow :
"Katel Kato! My Ood. sfcve mo!"
Tbo woman was on the brink of tbo
ice, whoa she made a sudden sweep to
one side. Nearly the entire puck, un
able to check their mad flight, plunged
into the water, which carried them
swiftly over the rocks, aud Kato Wex
ford was flying toward the river bank,
whero she fell helpless in tho snow, her
baby iu her arms, while Rube's rifle
frightened the remainder of bor pur
suers. It was somo time before sho
could uuswer her husband's voioe. When
strength enabled ber to do so, she aroso
feebly ia the snow, ber resolution to ga
to ber father as strong as over. Rube
took ber hand, knelt down and said :
"Kate, bear with me for the last time.
As Ood is my judge, I shall never again
taste liquor. This night has taught mo
a lesson which I cannot forget."
Kate believed bim and accepted bis
promiso. Thou they started for Pine
ville, Rubo carrying tho baby and more
than half carrying bis wife. When thoy
arrived there Kate-told her parents she
had been dying to show them the baby,
aud taking advantage of the moonlight
night, had made the journey on skates.
Rubo kept his vow, tho roses bloomed
again on Kato's cheeks, and to-day a
happy family of boys and girls feel no
touch of shame ub they look up with
pride to their father.
Vandorbllt uid Garrison.
I learn that the loug standing differ
ences between tbo Vuudorbilts and Gar
risons have at lust been settled. The
story of this feud and its origin bus
never been told before in print. It com
menced in 1810. That yeur captain, now
called Commodore Garrison, went from
the Mississippi river to Now York, huv
ing had a difficulty in 1818 which resulted
iu bis killing his antagonist. Tho dead
raun had many friends, aud Willium 0.
Ralston, his clerk, persuaded Garrison
that bis life would be constantly in dan
ger if he stayed there and thereforo be
li id better quit the Mississippi for good.
Having quite a fortuue, Garrison took
the advice, and wont to New York to bo
gin anew. At that time Commodore
Vanderbilt owned a line ot sailing vessels
from New York to San Francisco. Gar
rison proposed to buy this line, and after
some negotiation a price and terms were
agreod upon. Before the first payment
was made, gold was discovered in Cali
fornia, and the line at onco boenmo
enormously valuuble, and Com
modoro Vanderbilt, though bo bad
made a contract, flatly refused
to coneludo the sule and turn over the
property. Garrison did. all he could to
get possession, but to no effect. One
morning be went to Vauderbilt's otlico
and, laying down tho sum agreed upon
as tho first payment of tho contract,
asked Vanderbilt to tako the money and
sign the contract. He refused to do eo
iu rather harsh words. Garrison delib
erately went to tho door of the room,
locked it, and put tho key in bis pocket.
He then drew u six inch derringer pis
tol, cocked it, and said: "Commodore
Vanderbilt, it is now five minutes to
eleven by the clock on your mantel. I
will give you fivo minutes in which to
sign that contract. If it is not signed
when that clock strikes eleven, at its last
stroke, by tbo God that mado me, I will
spatter your brains all over this floor!-'
Tick, tick, went the clock. Garrison's
pistol, with its huge, yawning black
muzzle about eighteen inches of Van
derbilt's brain. He could uot move, for
Garrison's eyes were as cold and bard
as those of Alropis, the pitiless fate. A
motion would be certain doath within
tho instaut, with no ono near to keep
time. It was four minutes, threo min
utes then only two minutes beforo he
had to die. When it was thirty seconds
to eleven, Vanderbilt picked up bis ren,
took the paper, signed it, blotted it, and
handed it to Garrison. As the latter
took it tho clock struck the first stroke
of 11. Garrison unlocked tbo door and
went away. That afternoon the news of
Vanderbilt's capitulation caused much
wonder. Garrison was asked bow it bad
happened. "Oh, I suppose the old man
saw he had been wrong," was all the ro
ply he over mado. The episodo of the
pistol and the dramatic incident attend
ing thesignatnro Garrison nover spoke of.
Twenty years after it occurred, Commo
dore Vanderbilt himself told the story.
For years everything Vunderbilt could
do wus done to thwait the stout old
commodore who had compelled him to
do what be had promised. But Garri
son throve wonderfully in California.
He made the bouse of Garrison, Fitz Sc
Ralston a power on the Pacifio slope.
His old partners are dead and ho is
fichtine diseaso with an indoraitablo
eourace. Garrison has lived years and
years longer than bis family could have
hoped for. The loss of his eldest son a
few months ago greatly shocked bim,
and in bis last days be has forgiven all
bis enemies, and, as I hear, there is
peace betweeqtim and bis great rival's
lamiiy at last. vvasuingion ueraiu.
An Alarming vil.
One of the saddest and most alarming
evils among us is the want of parental
discipline, and tho lawless spirit re
suiting from it among the youth of our
land.
American children generally govern
their parents. When they got beyond
the period of infancy they almost become
yonng gentlemen and ladies, isoys ana
girls are generally, to a very slight ex
tent, uuder the oversight of their par
ents. Not unfrequently tbey are sent
into the streets that the mother may not
he troubled with then, and anch boys
verv quickly acquire all the accomplish
meats which belong to young men of the
period. Tho girls walk the streets ar
raved in tin fashions of the day, and
read the illustrated papers, and before
thpv enter upon womanhood often bave
their minds corrupted with false views
of lifo, and imaginations excited by
iinAges ruinous to tnmd and heart.
Why, with such an eduefctron as onr
young people generally obtain, need ono
be supriw-d at the dissipation of our
vonne men. and the fast habits of some
of onr young women? The evil seeds
that are being sown every day in our
streets must be expected to lake root and
in doe time spring up and bear deadly
fruit. Has not the time come for parents
to watch more closely the impressions,
for time and eternity, being daily made
upon the minds ot their children?
A wtg says of a toper:
paased the rubicund
"Hit nose La
LIKED TO HIS DOOM.
It was a very singular, mysterious uud
complicated case.
In a bare room of an old house in the
vicinity of London Bridge railway tttu
tiou a man was found doud, banging by
a small cord to a hook driven into the
wall, bis feet resting on the floor.
Ha was discovered some days after bis
death, und bj reason of the strong smell
sent forth from bis decomposing body.
He was a stranger, who no ono knew,
and why he should bavo como to that
place to commit suicide was a mystery.
He was well dressed, bad a gold watch
in bis pocket, to whiob was uttachod a
heavy gold chain; ho bad a diamond
I ud iu his shirt front, aud a cluster ring
of diamondi on one finger; be bad also
a pocketbook on bis person containing
over -00 in bank notes.
It was, therefore, evident that bo bad
not committed suicide on aeoouut i f
poverty, nor been murdered for bis
money.
Was it suicido or was it murder?
There was no scrap of paper on bis
person to tell who the stranger was nor
bis motive for tho murderons deed, if ho
did it.
Tho room, which was an uppor story
of an old building, the lower portion of
whioh was occupied by a commisiiou
agent, contained no article of furniture.
It bad been routed aboutton days pre
vious to a rather venerable lookiug man,
who walked a littlo lame and wore gog
gles, who suid that ho wanted it for n
office for the sale ot a patent that would
soon become very popular with seagoing
people.
When questioned about tho patent ho
said be would not then expluin it, but
would have somo things on baud for ex
hibition iu the coutte of ten days or two
weeks.
Tuo dead man was not the one who
bad tiken the room, however, and how
and when ho bad got access to the apart
niont no one knew.
There was au old fashioned fireplace
in the room, and some paper ashes in
this attracted the attention of a detective,
who happened to bo no other thau my
bumble self.
In turning over theso asbos I discov
ered two or threo bits of paper not en
tirely consumed, and they had theso
words writtou ou them, though now
burely distinguishable:
found ber and locked
private room
meet jou station U
Now, after reading these disjointed
senteuuos, I begun to etuily aud ponder
them.
Mieht this not be a portion of a mes
sage sent to tho dead man, to lure bim
to tho city for the purpose of putting bim
out of the way?
But for what motived
Ah. that indeed I could uot kniw
that was something only to bo fouud out
after a serious investigation, in ca io one
should bo mado.
1 examined tho charred paiior as well
as I could, and reached tho conclusion
that what I had read was a part oi a tele
gram which bad boon sent by somebody
from London, and received by eoniobody
at a distanco, and that either the souder
or receiver intended to destroy it.
Now, if the dooeused hud received it,it
must havo been sont to him by somo-
body, und that Bomebody intended to
meot him, and probably did meet him,
at the railway station.
Well, then, where was that somebody,
and why had ho allowed his correspondent
to visit that out of tho way room alouo
and commit suicide without ever going
near him afterword?
And why should the man come to such
a plucc and kill himself ?
And could no navo lounu mo room
without u guide, and got acoess to it un
known to any one, if bo were not the
man who had routed it in the first place?
But then it wus certain that ho wus not
that man, unless ho was iu disguiso
whon be hired it; and why hud be gone
to all that troublo merely to hang him
self, when ho could bave done it quite
as effectually in ten thousand better
plucet?
No; look on it reuson as I might I
oould not bring mysulf to believo that
the stranger hanging in that bare room
bad put the rope around his own neck.
I told tho coroner of my belief; but
whether be coincided with me or not, it
is certain his. jury did not, for they
brought in a verdict of suicido.
The body wus placed in tue mortuary
for recognition, and I requested that it
skould.be kept thore as long as possiblo
for I bad a desiro to r-co what I could do
in working up the case.
I started out with the bun of paper, 1
had discovered, to see if I oould und at
any telegraph office any message reoently
sent oil, embodying tue words i nun
transcribed in their consecutive order
I was soon fortunate in getting pos
session oi wnat i Denevcd to oe tuo
original message.
It was addressed to Horace tiranger,
187 street, Manchester, and read as
follows the words found among the
paper ashes I enclose in brackets:
I have f found ber and locked J ber up
in a private room J. Come on und use a
parent s antuontv. lane me lasi nay
train, and I will meet youj at London
Bridge station. J
Judging from thii, it was a oaao of a
ruuaway daughter, whom "G." bad fol
lowed and captured in Loudon, and
whom tho anxious father bad eome on to
see aad probably take back with him.
As tho dead man appeared to be not
far from'five and thirty years of oge, it
was natural to suppose that no daughter
of bis could be beyond ber teens.
A school girl, perhaps, who bad pluyed
truant and run away.
But, then, if she had been caught and
locked ut, it was not reasonable to sup
pose it bad been in that bare room, in a
mercantile building th-1 contaiued no
other lodgers.
And then again, if the f ithcr boil come
on and found h-r, what bad becomt of
ber. and if "G ." who bad sent the
message, and why bad tne father re
mained behind to hang himself?
O' bad the mrl, assisted by "0.,''
mnrdeted ber father?
In any event the affair was one of great
mystery, and on privately reporting my
discoveries to my chief, I received the
welcome order to work it ont to the end
To do this properly I immediately
went to Manchester.
The address took me to large, ele
irant mansion ii the suburbs, which led
me to believe the owner was a person of
means.
I did not ring, enter and state mj bast
nuns, bnt linited the noarmt apothecary,
as the man uio.t likely to kuow the geu
eral fauts about bis neighbors.
"Would you be kind enough to
answer a stranger ia this city a few qui s
tioiib? ' I said to tho dispenser of medi
cines. "Proceed," be replied, looking curi
ously at me.
"Do you know a gentleman by tho
name of Horace Grungei?"
"I do."
"What isbisbiisinos?"
"He is a broker."
"Is h't reputed wealthy?''
"He is."
"His be family?"
"A wife aud daughter."
"About what ago would you judge him
to be?"
"About thirty flte."
"And bis daughter? '
"About thiiteon."
"Is Mr. Granger now at homo? '
"I cannot say. I have not seen bim for
more than a week."
"I bis daughter at boms?"
"I think not. I thiuk sho is away ut a
boarding school."
"Pardon mo, sir, if I teem too inquis
itive," said 1, "but I have a reason bo
youd mere curiosity for all tho qm stion"
I ask, and HouictMiH1, it not just ut this
moment, you tdiull know all. Could you
tell ine if' ho is on good terms with his
wife?"
"tl.:" ho said with a start. "Istlii.
some scaiiiUI for a luw court to which I
may be called us a witness.'
of
id
No. sir. On my honor, no no
yoi:r uaint shall bo made iu connection
with any information you may give me."
"Well, thtu," ho answered, with a
peculiar smile, "it is rumored mind I
siy it it oily rumored Hint ho is jealous
of a certuiu gentleman of whom be has
no reason to bo, and that bo has
nil oocfl lonco iu ono who may yet turu
out to bo treacherous villian."
This was btcomiug vory interesting to
me.
"May I venture to ask tho name of
this second prt?''
"Well, sir, as you aro a at ranger to
mo," repliod the druggist, "1 will not
nmntinn unv name: but if you should
ever happen to havo business with th
i,wl nlurli nf Tloruca Gransor. it is or
oninion vou will bo within a bundroi
miloa of the party."
"Thank you," I said, fooling now
pretty suro of my course.
Afier somo further questions I left the
apothecury and repaired to tho office of
Horace Granger, the stroot and number
of which I bad ascertained.
I found a lull, durk, muscular, sinister
looking clerk, about thirty yours of age,
standing at his desk behind the counter.
"Is Mr. Grauger iu?" I asked.
"No?" was the curt reply.
"Will ho be in soou?"
"Don't kuow."
"lias be been in to-day?"
"Cau't Bay. '
'Wus bo in yesterday?"
"Can't say."
"Will ho ever bo in again?"'
The mun sturted, and looked at mo
for tho first time, tu u quick searching
way.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Hub ho come back with his daughter?"
I questioned iu turn.
He again started, camo forward, and
sharply scrutinized my person; but, bb 1
uneied, witu a guniy cousuiimuu.
"Who aro you? What do you want
hre? Aud why theso impertinent ques
tions-" bo demanded, in a fierce wuy.
"Don't vou know that Horace Grauger
is dead?" said I, fixing a look upon the
fellow that made him quail.
"Dead I" he exclaimed in well ussumo.l
Btuuzmont and horror. "Good heavous!
How? Whon? Whore?"
"How? by hanging; when?-bix days
aero: where? London l answered, cut-
egoricully.
"You take away my oreatni no aimosi
gasped.
"What is your namof 1 queried.
"Goorge Orenham."
"Ah, yes the 'G.l'" I thought.
"You know Mr. Granger went to Lon
don nearly a week ago to find bis
daughter?" I proceeded.
T uon II. n man turn iiftln and shudder.
A bw n .... .
as ho answorod iu a mumbling, confused
wy:
"I beltovo he did go eomewiiwre.
"But his daughter wus not in London,
mi Irnnw?"
J . . t T T
1 said tins at a venture, lor i iuuuiuu x
bad divined tho whole plot.
"Why, bow did you know that? that
is I mean
"Never mind." I interrupted. "His
daughter was not tbero, but you were
. . ... ... i
"Man!" anil III. AVAR IiLiriT SflUrHd.
Vnn Iiuva liAnn thorn bnfiire. in the
iuonian nf an old man. I went on:
..on i,o,i nnfrofrnri ft rnnm in a enmmer
ciaT bouse to exhibit a patent; you went
i t
on again, and teiegrapueu w your em
ployer tlial nis uaugiuor was iuuuu aau
rf&A nn und to come on the last train.
and you would meet bim at Londou
. . J ... mw . 1 1 . ii
Bridge station, xouuia nieot uim; u
tu in the niabt: vou took bim to the
room you bad previously engaged; you
f..ll nnnn liim- vntl parroted him: TOU
hang bim ap to the wall; yoa burned
tue telegram, anil men you umuiuuu
v...lr hin fn i.Iut Itin mlfl nf innocence."
I went through with my accusations
so rapidly, giving tue viuaiu no urae
for consideration, or even interruption
I plied one fact upon another so quickly
r. i .. . 1 11. - Ml..
and sureiy, tuui i geenjeu io iu Ruin
..rnidi ti'liA an AVAvitneis reUtinir what
I bad seen; and I brought the whole
damning scene so vivioiy to nis roiuu
that wiih a facA distorted with hor
ror and covered with the sweat of men
tal agony, he staggered book, then sank
down.aod half groaned and half shrieked
out:
'ClnnA liffivfns have mercv
Wnlt I had mv clew: but before I
could make much lire of it the mar
nWnnn anmindrel bluW Out blS OWU
brains.
It turned out that, in s. ttling the es
tate of the murdered broker, that bis
murdeier bad been bis confidential man
of busiuens and trusted friend; that the
lHo. aratammatinallv robbed bit
employer ol many thousands of pounds;
that ha had been too intimate with bi
a-lfa wliila rtniAnniiKr the
-Mff) J' a
mind against a true friend; and thaw, not
aaiaflAi villi .11 this, he had concocted
the hellish plot of murder, which I bave
thna revealed.
tt (Via nff.iir mida onitn a ten
W 1 is-.u.w, 1
sation in certain circles at the time, bat
. it. i 1 1
wu kept as mucn a possiuio irom m
publio at large, and was soon hashed ap
and forgotten by everybody not in sny
manner interested beyond the mere ca
riosity and tcsmlul of the boar.
W.iut part the wife bad in the wicked
plot I do not know.
I. o course, won tho distinguished ap
proval of my chief for the part I bad
taken 'in the dark affair, and that proved
of much importance to me in the future
of my profession.
The New Mode of Taetlnathuu
The British Medical Association bas
lately bad undor notice Dr. Moor's new
tnvthod of veceiuation. His plan is to
make with a perfectly ''leun sharp lancet,
five or six single soarifio-ttions, holding
the lancet as a pen is bold, resting se
enrely but gently on tho arm of tho per
son operated on, which is held with the
left band. Thus performed, tho oora
tion is suid to occupy scarcely two seo
onds, and when done lightly, but suffi
ciently, dot's uot waken a sleoping infant
nor cause a child to cry, provided the at
tention be diverted by gently stroking
tho arm, or otherwise engaging tho atten
tion. Tho lymph from the arm of an
other child, preserved in tubes or on
points, is then gontly rubbed with the
fl it of tho lancet or charged points across
tin littlo wound, which may ba mado by
slight traction of tbo adjacent skin. The
result of this mode of operation is found
to be ciiti or more, inually two, separate
vet-ides or an oblong compound, ono at
the sito of each pair of scratches, and ono
at the site ol tuo single scruicu, or ruoro
if six wero iu . lo in all, or if they won
mud" longer thun nsnol. It is neither
necessarv nor desirable that tho incisions
be mado ut all deep.
Ju4 in Time.
knv lino in annimnr nnn rrniv timet
mij i.i. j '. - - - j .
around the ferry dock an obi lake captain
who was onco crossing Saginaw Bay in
his schoouer with snob a galo bowling
after bim that no one expected the craft
to reach harbor. As tho g ih re lohod its
climax, the captain aunouneed to tho
mute beside bim:
"Mr. Thomas, if wo como safe out 01
thii I am dono with whisky."
't'K.i mniii muM it wan I lie name with
AIIU luutu " " " -
him, and tho captain preseutly contin
ued: . ..
"And I'll never uttor another oath.
Tho mate agroed to also stop swearing,
and thm warmed up tho old man to
promise:
"And I solemnly docluro, Mr.Tbotna",
that I'll linvo off chewing and smoking."
"There's another thing, captain,"
shouted tho matn after awhile.
"Whut'H that?"
"Yon might promise to leuvo off ly-
iK.
"Yos I bold on Hold oni jno, in
irn.l if T .In! Tlwim's bine ukv over
tbero and wo'vo soou tho worst of it! Git
thoso meu on deck ready to put bor
about, aud U you ever uui oi mis m
pulverizo you to a jolly I"
Do Long and McItIUc'h Cigar.
mi . u rH.iuHA tTvntiiiriAr aava-
1110 HUH X miii-nw j--
Jnst boforo the departure of tho Rodg
ers in search of tho Jeanettoa number of
friends of Do Long and Wolviiio, among
thorn Major J. K. Duncan, of Vellojo,
wer with several of the Rodger officer.
in tho Occidental hotel saloon,an rran-
n . n x Aiinni illinium uunuuv iwu uuawb
offino cigars, and placing his card in
side enoh, directed ono pox 10 umui,. io
t .i it. .i iii inn- iii F. pi pi n oo r Melville
utility u u" ' rl T - .
placing them iu caro of Dr. Jonoa, to be
delivered in case tuo jeannciwi jipupio
r,. , ,1 After thn bnrninK of the
Ridgersit was found that both boxes
of cigars bad been saved. vuou itm
men ran out of tobacco in tho native
villages, it was suggested to smoue tue
cigais, but ur. jonos uihimou ui wj
Bhould bo savod aud thoy were brought
back on tho Corwin. Aiojor uuuuuu
:..n.ld In fnrvmr.1 both bOXOS Witt
UUff mn'liun Vvj -
a brief history of thoir travels to Lngin-
err ftlolvilio. ueiermmea urn. mwi
fur und waitinir so long for him
ho shall ut lost ou joy thorn
When the Horn View.
ml.- fAl1.i..nw erAiiff rt nna nf flirt nnnr
J.UH JUUUfflUg DW1T wt I m
childroD flont into tho oountrj by tho
. ..... V. -1 1 II 1 1 .. 1 1
Now XorK Uity I'rosn Air muu m iuiu
i ii... lMiiiiu'l.nriT Tnlno-ram: "One of
tho little girls was quartered with a kind
. - . in. ml.- Kill..
family in iuornsonvuiu. iu uuu uuu
i 1.1. r,t Imr nnmiinninns the dav after
sho arrived, and in giving an account of
. ' i. anil - ii a. .1.:.-
her experience, saiu: -mo nrss iiuug
-,l.r. no rrnt (liarA tllA llOrn bleW Und WS
had breakfast, lots of good things to oat.
Then wo went out to play, and befora
long tho born Plow agaiu uuu wo uuu
lice dinner, we went oui again uiww
mnnr. aud in a littlo while the- horn
I.I.... nfiiin ami HA hail SUDDCr. AftOr
supper we went ont to play again, and
prettvsoon the born blew again. We
went'in and the lady ssid it waa eight
0 OlOOk and time W go W ueu; uut imiore
we went ahe Rave ns a bowl of splendid
bread and milk. Wbed I went no staira
I was jnst as sleepy aa 1 could ue, ana
nl,l tn irn In tn. tlArl l-iffht aWBV. but I
told them if that born blew again to be
sure and wane me up. . . - -i
Lots or Eyes.
Home of the lower orders of creation
are not satisfied with two eyes only, bat
bave them by the thousands, wnai
seems to be an eye on oacb side of the
head or trie ny very large, is a oumpuuuu
eve bavins- four thousand fooets or eyes,
each one of which is a perfect eyo but
not moveable like ours. Ihi is like a
pepper box, tho small eyes eorrespond-
bus alsj three ia the front of the head.
all making H KX) eye just tor one
small creature! But, there are other
creatures still richer in siitut. xne
i..,. I... RfMin tlia bnttertlr has 34.
000, the dragon-fly 48,000. fu beetle 40,-
000. It H not strange, men ioi, uu i.
i.. nnl a.iv tn armrniuih AOV of these
an uvD v j ""I I
oroatnres without being seen, since every
one of taeno eros w po.uuok m a umwr-
... i II I il..A a.
ent direction lue a pision u inewuwr
tires were compelled to wear gold-bowed
i nad been too luumaie wnu ui glasses tor eaou eye, m---while
poisoning the husband's guru of money would be necessary to
. .... I - 1 ... a r-ian.Y - anil Ilia.. Tint I 1. .. 1 1. . BHnnM
vujr uv .uj'ijij.
There have been many definitions of a
antleman, but the prettiest and most
poetio is that given by a lady. "A gen
tleman says ahe, "is a human being
combining a woman'a tenderness witfl a
man's courage."