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i ! i 7 i EUGENE CITY GUARD. LUl'AMrRtLL. Pranrleter. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. Be Did Hal 01 M Aadl Th LUtroar has beard another character- Ittio itory of lb treat R ussier, general ii mo of tb bouse of bmltb, Hraytb Co. Rusaler bow baa la attendance in bit anteroom a oolored man of distluguisbnd appearance, wbo tertm aa a aort of breakwater to tba mighty 8uod of buslnea that ta supposed to onlinually roll In upon to great man of affair Tba otbar day an old friend and companion of Rumler1, a plain, nutlo aort of fellow, look It Into bit bead to oall and coo gratulat blm on bit ris Id tba world, Tbey bad been bail fellowa well mat ail ttietr pant Ufa, and the old friend felt it would be aJ way ao between them He called, and wu confronted by tba oolored porter. MI want to ere Kuailer," aald tba old friend. "Cabd. ash," said tba porter. Idly. "Card I 1 baveot got any card," laid tba rial tor. "I dont carry em." "tiara to paa In tout oahd, aah, bafo yon Un . Kiueler. Tba rialtor tor a bit of paper out of a notebook and wrote bla nam on It There,' be eald, "1 foam tbat'U da The oolored man glanced at It rather askance, but took It In to tb inner aanct- nary in a few minute he returned with a condescending inille on hli fao. "Mr Kuakler, aab.' mlti he, "will grant you a audience In three-quahtahinf an hour." Tb ruutor wa euiue uioumuU in catching nla breath. "An audience T he exclaimed. "And In three-quarters of an bourl Wall, I'm afraid when tba Urn la up be wont find nil 'audi- no.' I got other Bib to try meantime. Ten hU highness, please, that I'll bav to at- tend at tb palace aom otbar day; I'r got a load a later that got to be old. Good dayl Doetoo Transcript Paea Rim the Medal. They war talking In a Portland barber bop about their akatlng powers, and, of eourat, (bar wai more or lea tying. A gent from Indlantown told tbl ooai "One night along In tb fall a goad miny years back I waa skating down tba Kennejecast from abor Mtlkiah. It wai quite dark, and a tber wer om bole In to lo I bad to keep going at a very rapid rate to avoid drop ping Into them. I am no lo creeper even bow but tbat night I honestly think I beat all record. How did that great speed ears yon from tb bolear a listener asked sarcastically. "Uow did It aav mat Why I could an tbera. I kept my akatea going ao fast tbat parks flew from the Ice In eboware, making It ao light that 1 oould bar aaan a pin tea yards ahead, "-St. John (N. B.i Gazette, A Pointed attention. L Tb Intelligent Bride. Clerk (to young lady wbo ha purchased pair of gold alaT button fur bar a oe) Any Initial, nilatl Young Lady -Oh, yea, 1 forgot; enjrrave th letter U, hit Bust nam, CWt-Ah. Hay laa.mlsa.UUU Uriah or Ulysaml Fame with U are rare. Young Lady (proudly) Ills nam I Ea geo. Town Topic. Retain. Mean A Wet Bee. "Is that all yon oaa glra m, ma'am," pleaded th tramp, " dlpperful of water r "Why. no, oerteinly not, replied th woman with th big heart; "yoti oaa bar a many dlppnrful a yoa ttk. Hw York Run. KTertknkf Explain. Oueat Ito landlord) - Ar yoa ture, land lord, that thU la a sprlnf cb token! Landlord y as. Hr rt chicken I (root asy own farm. It was rain starua. Uuaat-Oh. tbat ttn II March I ougk monla. Umm Euar. Am Esptenf as WL Aa exch."';, la natnnlcnl article, peaks of "a 'ady ton: bat tt doesn't explain how m dutu, -be hsdy aketoto from a womaanekalt'. u.-NorTaowa iter ald. A vein of lignite coal seven feet thick haa been discovered sbout fourteen miles from Whatcom near the line of the Se attle. Lake Shore and Eastern road. Mr. Feldmanof New Whatcom i interested i in the mine. A ahaft thirty feet deep has been sunk. The ipecimens exhib ited are of a fine quality. 1 C0L0NELQUARITCII,VX By E. EIDER HAQQAED- ' ! Her- fuilier mad uo answer beyond eittljg down at his table and grabbing viciously at a pen. Bo sh left lb room, Indignant, In dued, but with as heavy a bean a any woman could carry In ber breast. "Usaa bin," wrote lb not altogether un naturally ludlguaut iquir, "I bar been Inform by my daughter Ida of ber en taiigieniont with you. It it on which, for reiuuni that I need not enter Into, it mut distesleful to me, as well as, I am sorry to ay, ruinous to 14a beraelf and to ber family. Ida is of full ag aud mutt, of courw, do as be please with beraelf. Cut 1 cannot con tent to become a party to what I disapprove of so ttrougly, and this being the case 1 must bog you to ocas your visit to this bout. 1 ain,ir, Your obedleut servant, "J nit ti Molls." Ida, a soon as she bod tuillciently recov ered beraelf, alto wrote to th colonel, bu told blm th wbol story, keeping nothing back, and ended ber letter thus: "Haver, dear Harold, waa a woman to a greater difllculty, and never bad 1 mor need of help and advice. You know aud bar good reason to know bow hateful this marring would be to me, loving you as I do entirely and alone, and having no higher de sire than to become your wifa Hut, of course, 1 see toe paiufulueaeof th position, t am uot so ielflb as my father beuev or ayi that be believes. 1 quite understand bow great would be the material advantage to my father if 1 oould bring myself to marry II r. Cowey. You may remember I told you one that 1 thought no woman bad a right to prefer ber own happiness to th prosperity of ber wbol family. But, Harold, It Is easy to speak thus, and very, very bard to act up to ir. Wbut am I to dol What am I to dot Aud yet bow can 1 In common fairness auk you to answer that question! God help us both, Harold I Is tbera no way out of It" Thine letter wer both duly received by Harold Quaritcb on tb following morning, r..d threw bim into a fever of anxiety and doubt. He was a Just and reasonable man, aud, knowing something of buman nature, under tba circumstance did not altogether wonder at the squires violence and irritation. Tb financial position of th 0 la Moll family waa little, If anything, short of des perate; and be could easily understand bow maddeulug it niut be to a man like Mr. D la Moll, wbo loved Uonbam which bad for centuries been tb habitation of his race better than be loved anything on earth, to suddenly realm that it mutt pass away from him and bis forever, merely becauwa woman happened to prefer on man to another, and tbat man, to bis view, tb lea eligible of tb two. Ho keenly did be realise this, In deed, tbat he greatly doubted whether or no h was Justified In coutinulng bit advances to Ida. Finally, after much thought, he wrote to tb squli follows: I bav received your letter, and also on from Ida, and I hops you will believe m when I say that I quite understand and ym- patbin with th motive which evidently led you to write It, 1 am, unfortunately al though 1 never regretted It till now a poor man, whereas my rival suitor is a very rich one. 1 (hill, of course, strictly obey your in junctions; nd, moreover, I can assure you tbat, whatever my own feelings may b in tb matter, 1 shall do nothing, either directly or Indirectly, to Influence Ida's ultimate de cision. Bhe mint decide for herself. To Ida beraelf he also wrote at length!1 -"Dcahmt lbs," b ended, "1 can say nothing mora; you must Judge for yourself; and I shall accept your decision loyally what ever It may be. It in unnecessary for m now to tell you bow inextricably my bappi- In Ufa I Interwoven with that decision. but at th sain tiui 1 do not wish to Influ ence it It cartaiuly to my mind doe not teem right tbat a woman should be driven into sacrificing ber wbol life to secure any monetary advantage either for beraelf or for others, but then the world is full of thing that art not right I can give you no tdvioe, for 1 do not know what ad vie 1 ought to give. 1 try to put myself out of tb question and to consider you, and you only; but vn then 1 fear that my Judgment It not I pi par tial. At any rate, tb lees w aa of. each other tb better at present, for I do not wish lo apear to be taking any undue advantage. If we are destined to pass our lives together. this temporary estrangement will not matter, and If, on th other hand, w are doomed to a life long separation, tb sooner w begin th better. It it a cruel world, aud some times (as it due now my heart links within turn a from year to year 1 itruggl on to ward bapplueaa that vrr vanishes wheu I tretch out my baud to cuup it; but if I feel thus what must you feel who bav so much mora to bear! My dearest love, what can I say I 1 can only say with you, Uod help ml" Tbl letter did not tend to raise Ida's spirit. Evidently her lover saw that tber was another side to th question tu aid of duty, cud waa too holiest to bid it from bar. 6b bad said that the woula bav nothing to do with Edward Cossey, but she was well aware that tb matter wa still an open on. What should sh dot What ought th to dof Abandon ber love, desecrate beraelf and aav ber father aud ber house, or cling to bar lov and leave tb rest to chauoel It waa a oruel position, nor did tb laps of time tend to make it leu cruel Her father weut about th place al aud melancholy all bit jovial maimer bad vanished beneath th prtaaur of Impending ruiu. He treated her with tudioui and old fashloued courtesy, but sh could see that be was bitterly aggrieved by ber oouduot, and that tb anxiety of bit posi tion wa telling on his health. If this wa tb case now, what, ah wondered, would happen in tb spring, when proceedings wer actually tnken to tell th placet One bright, cold morning th was walking with ber father through th Quids down tb footpath that led to th church, and it would bav beeu bard to aay which of the two looked tb paler or mora niiserabl. On tb previous dy th squira bad bad an utter view with Mr. Quest, aud mad aa much of an apiwal ad mlaaricordiam to blm as hi pride would allow, ouly to find tb lawyer vary courteous, very regretful, but as bard aa adamant. Also that very morning a let. tor bad reached bun from Loudon announc ing that th last bo of railing money to meet tb mortgage to be paid off had faded. Tb path ran along toward th road past a tin of oaks. Ualf way down this line they cam across Ueorg, wbo, with bitmsrkiug Instrument lu hi band, was contemplating tome of th trees whioa It was proposed to lake down. "What ar yoa doing therel" (aid ta quire, in a melancholy volot, "Marking, (quire, "Then you may aa wall aav yourself th trouble, for lb plac will belong to some body b before the sap la up in those oaks 'Now, squire, dont you begin to talk lit tbat, tor I dont bsliev It Tbat ain't a go ing to happen." "Ain't a going to happen, yoa stupid fel low, ain't a goiug to happen T answered tb quire, with a dreary laugh. "Why, look there" -be pointed to a dog cart which bad drawn up on tb road lo such a position tbat they could ee It without It occupants Ming them "they are taking notes already." George looked aud ao did Ida. Mr. Quest was th driver of th dog cart, which be bad pulled up in such a position aa to command a view of tb castle, and hi companion, ta whom Oeorg recognised a well know Lon don auctioneer who aom time did business In these part, wa standing op, an open notebook in bw band, alternately looking at tb noble towers of tb gateway and Jotting down memoranda, "D-a him, and ao be be," aald Owrgw, utterly forgetting bit niaaoar. Ida looked up and aw bar fa tber l era fixed upon her lib aa xpnioa that aeMied th rula yoa wbrifSpotf aVn' " Ida turned away; ah aouid act bear tt, and that varr alaht a eu ta n innli ' tion, which wa In due course communicated to Harold, and him alou. That dntermian tln m.t fn V.I (Mural for th fjrntellL UDiB tb chauc of Joiueiuini happening by means oi which tb OJ.euuua uiigw ue eoiveu. uui if nothing bappened-and Indeed It did not teem probabl lo ber tbat anything would happen then ,d would tacrine beraelf at tb but moment 8b believed. Indeed tb knew, tbat aba oould always call Edward . . . t L - I!.--.. I. Loamy back to ner li an useo. it wu mmtif-nmiaa anil. Ilka all eomDromlse. bad an elemeut of weakness; but It gov tlm. and time to ber wa us water w lue uviu. "Kir " aald Georee DresenUr. "It Boiling ham quarter sessions tb day after to-mor row, aiotitf", (Mr. d la Moll wu chair man of quarter amnions) "Yes, of court It la" fwM-r thmiirht fnr a minute. "I'm thinking, quire, that If I arent wanted tbat day I want to go up to uunon about a bit oi ousineaa. - "Uo up to Loudon I" laid tb iqulrei "why, what do you want to do there! You ware in London tb other day." "Well, squira," be answered, looking Inex pressibly any, "that ain't do matter of no body's It'a a bit of private affairs." "Oh, all right," laid the squire, his interest dying out; "you are always full of myster ies," and be continued hi) walk, But Gorg shook bis fiat in tb direction of tb road down which tb dog cart had driven. "Ahl you devil," b aald, alluding to Mr. Quest, "if 1 don't make Boisingbam, yea, and all England, too but to bold you, my nume ain't Oeorge. I'll giv you what for, my cuckoo, tbat 1 Willi" CHAPTER XXXIII. OIOBOI'I DirLOhUTIO CBRA1TD. Oeorge carried out hi intention of going to London. Tb morning following the day when Mr. Quest bad driven tb auctioneer in tb dog cart to Honbam, George might bar been seen an hour before it was light pur chasing a third da return ticket to Liver pool Mreet Arriving tbera in aafety, b Dsrtook of a second breakfast, for it wu 10 o'clock, and then taking a cab be caused him self to be driven to tb end nf that street in Pimlioo where be bad gon with tb fair "Edith!," end where Johuni had mad ao- quaintane wltU bla ash stick. Dismissing th cab, be mad hi way to tb bout with tb red pillars, but on arriving wu considerably taken aback, for tb plac had vnr appearance of being deeerted. There were no blind to the windows, and on the steps were muddy foot mark and bit of nut and straw which eeemed to be tb litter of a recent removal Indeed, tbera on the road were th broad wheel mark of th van whloh bad carted off th furniture. H atared at th sight with dismay. Tb bird bad ap parently flown and left no addraa, and b bad bad bis trip for nothing. He prewed upon the electrlo ball; tbat ta, be did tbl ultimately. Oeorg was not ac customed to electric bells, indeed b bad never seen on before, and after attempting in vain to pull It with his finger for b knew tbat it must be a bell because tbera waa th word itself written on It b as a last r ourc condescended to try it with hit teeth. Ultimately, however, he discovered bow to os It, but without result Either the battery had been taken away, or It wu out of gear. Just u b wu wondering what to do next be mad a discovery the door wu slightly ajar. He pushed it and it came open revealing a dirty ball, stripped of every scrap of furni ture. Entering, be shut tb door and walked up th stairs to the room wbeno be bad fled after thrashing Johnnie. Hera h paused nd listened, for h thought b heard some body in tb room; nor wu h mistaken, for presently a wall remembered role thrilled out within: "Who (talking about outside therel" said thsvolc. "If It s one of those bailiffs be'd batter hook it, for there' nothing left here." George countenance positively beamed at th sound. "Bailiffs, marmf" b sung out through tb door; "it alnt no varminty bailiff, It' a friend, and Just when you're wanting on seemingly. Can I com in!" "Oh, ye, come In, whoever you are," aald th voice. Accordingly b opened th door and entered, and thi wu what b taw. Tb room, lik the rest of th house, bsd been tripped of everything, with the solitary ex ception of a bos andamattrest, beside which there war an empty bottle and a dirty glass, Oa th mattrea aat tb fair Editbia, alia Mrs. D'Aubigne, aliu th Tiger, alias Mrs. Quatt, aud auch a tight as ah presented Oeorge bad never teen before. Her fierce foot bore tracce of recent heavy dryiking, and wu moreover dirty, haggard and dread ful to look upon; ber hair wu a frouxy mat, on torn patches of which th golden dye bad faded, leaving It it natural bu of doubt ful gray, Bb bad no collar on, and her linen wu open at the neck; on ber feet were a filthy pair of white aatin slippers, on ber back tbat tarn gorgeous pink aatin tea gown which Mr. Quest had observed on tb occa sion of hi visit, now, however, soiled and torn. Anything more squalid or more repul sive than tb wbol picture cannot b im agined, and though hi stomach wu pretty Wrong, and in th cours of bla lit he bad eceu many a light of utter destitution, George literally recoiled from it "What' tb matter!" said th bag, sharp ly, "aud who the dickens are you I Ah, 1 know now; you ar th chap whowhacktd Johnnie," and th burst Into a boars scream of laughter at tb recollection. "It wu mean of you, though, to hook It and leave ma fie pulled me, the devil, and 1 wu fined two pound by th beak." "Mean of blm, inarm, not me; but h wu a mean varmint altogether, b wu; to go and pull a lady, too; 1 uiver beard of tnb a thing. But, marm, if 1 might uy to, you eaani to be In trouble here," and be took a eat upon th deal box. "In trouble; I should think I wu in trouble. There' been aa execution In the bout, that la, there been three execution on for rates and taxes, on for a butcher1 bill, and an for rent They ail cam together, and fought lik wild cat for th dud. That wu yesterday, and you se all they bav left me; cleaned out verythlug down to my new yel low satin, and than asked for more,' They wanted to know vbera my Jewelry ' as, but I hid them there, bee, bee!" "Meaning, marm!" "Meaning tbat I bid It that la, what wu left of It-uuder a board. But that alnt tb worst Whan l.wuaaieep that devil Ellen, who had ber (hare of the twag all these yean, got lo th board and collared tb things, and bolted with them, and look what has toft m Instead," and th held up a scrap of paper, "a receipt for flv year' wages, and be hid tbem over and over again. Ah, If ever I get a chance at her," ant tb doubled ber loug hand and mad a motion u of a parson ecratcbing. "She bolted and left m here to tterve. I baveot had a bit sine yesterday, nor a drink either, and that wore. What to becom of nwt I'm i tarr ing. 1 ahall have to go to th work house, Yet, ate," ah added ia a ecrvam, "me, who have apsnt thousand i shall have to go to a work bout lik a common woman." "It cruel, marm, cruel," aud tb ympa tketio Oeorge, "and yoa a lawful wedded wit till death do u part' But, marm,! aw a publio over tb way. Now, no offense, but you'll Ut m Just go over and fetch a bite and a sup." "Well," she answered, hungrily, "you're a gentyoa are, though tout a country one, Yoa go, while I Just make a little toilet; and u for tb drink, why, tot it b brandy." "Brandy it shall be," aid toe gallant Oeorge, and departed. Ia ten minute be returned with a supply nf beef petti, om plate and gla, and a bottl of good strong British brown, which, m everybody know, to aufflcient quantity to render thine private or two bin rket drunk and Incapable, The woman, wbo now preeetited a (lightly more reepectebto appearance, astead th bo. tie. end. pounr: about a win giaaful and a half of u ouuUuuuil a tuotUer, auxed it with aa equal quantity at water and drank II off at a draught "That better," ah a Id, "and bow tor a patty. It a real prauo. that to." ale handed bar one, b nhe could act eat mor tbn Mir or it, tor aawioi uurj baaiibicr appetite, and tb ooo flew back lb brandy botta. k 4 , Now, marm, that you bra a flttle more comfortable, perUp you wil, tell m bow you got Into tbl wy, and you with a rich husband u I wall know) to lov and cherish you." i "A butband lo lov end cherish owl" b tid; "wby I bsv written tobim three times to tall bun tbt I'm itervlug, end ovr a cant Us be given m and tbera' no allow nee due yet, and when tber is they'll take it, for I owe hundred" "Well," said 'ieorg, Vl call it cruel cruel, and be rolling in gold. ( Thirty thou sand pounds be bu Just made, tbat I know nf. You must be an angel, marm, to (taud It, an angel without wiuga If It were my butband, now, I'd know the reason wby." "Ay, but 1 dareut He'd murder m. H aid be would." Oeorge laughed gently. "Lord I Lord r b said, "to ao bow men do play it off upon poor weak women, working on their narvea aud tbat Ilka U kill youl Laryer Queat kill you, and b i the biggest coward in Boiling bam! But there It is; tbl I a world of wrong, u th parson saya, and the poor thorn tombs must Jamb their tail dowu and turn their backe to tb wind, and ao must you, marm. Ho it' tb workout you'll b in to morrow. Wall, you'll Bud it a poor place, the tkillv I tbat rough it do fare to take tb akiu off your throat, and mKadrop of liquor, not even a cop of hot tea, and work, too, lot of It-aorubbmg, marm, acrubbingl" Tbit vivid picture of miseries looome drew something betweeu a (ob and a bowl from the woinsu. There I nothing mora horrible lo the ini urination of such people than the idea of beiny lorced to work. If their notions of a futurt state of punishment could be got at, they v-ould be found, in nine cases out of ten, to reiolr theuuelve into a vngu concep tion of hard labor in a hot climate. It wu tb idea of tLe scrubbing tbat particularly af acted the Tiger. "1 won't do it," he aald, "TU go to chokey Irst" "Look here, marm," (aid George, In a per niuive voice, aud pushing two brandy bottle toward ber, "where' the need for you to go to the workuut or to cbokey either you with a rich husband u it bound by law to support you as becomes a lady I Aod,marm, mind another thing, a husband u bu wick edly deserted you which bow he could do to ain't for me to ay end 1 living along of another young party." Hbe took aom more brandy before sh an (wared. "That's all very well, you duffer," (be aald; "but bow am(l to get at bim! I tell you I'm afraid of bun, and even if I weren't, I haven't a cent to travel with, and If 1 got tbera what am I to dor 'As for being afraid, marm," be aniwerad. "I'v told you Laryer Quest ia a long sight mor frightened of you than you are of bun.' Tbeu u for money, why, marm, I'm going down to Boisingbam myself by the train tbat leave Liverpool street at half past I, and that' an hour from now, and It' proud and pleased I should be to take a lady down and be the means of bringing tbem as bu been in boly matrimouy together again, And u to what you should do when you get there, why, you should Jutt walk up with your marriage line and uy, 'You are my hus band, and I call on you to cease living u you didn't oughter, and take me backhand If he don't, why, tbeu you awear an Information, nd It' actue of warrant for bigamy." The Tiger chuckled, aud then auddenly eited with suspicion, looked at ber visitor iliarply. "What do you want me to blow the gaff fori" she said; "you're a leery old band, you are, for all your simple way, and you'v got tome game on, I'll take my davy." la game lr answered Oeorge, an ex pression of the deep-it pain tpreudlng itself over his ugly feature. "No,' marm and when one ba warned to bolp a friend, too. ell, if you think that and no doubt mis fortune bev ninde you suspicious the beat 1 can do is to bid you good day, and to with you wi'll out of your troubles, workhui and nil, murm, which 1 do according," and be rose from bit box with much diguity, politely boned to the bag ou tb niuttrea, and then turning walked toward tuedcor. She itpruug up with on oatn. "I'll go," idie said. "I'll take the change out of bim, I'll tench bim to let bit lawful wife starve ou a benrly pittance. I don't care if be doe try to kill ma I'll ruin bim," uid sue (temped upon the floor and screamed, I II ru'ii bim, 1 II ruin bun, preseutiug tucb i picture of abandoned rag and wiokedues that even Oeorge, whoee nerve -were not llnely strung, Inwardly suruuk from ber. 'Ah, ninriii, be suid, "no wonder you're put out When I think of what you'v had ,o tullcr, 1 own it nmkenv blood go a b'ihng through my veins But if you are a-coming, perlinpa it would be on well to (top cursing uid put your bat ou, for w bav got to catch lb train," aud be iointed to a headgear Miicny made of somewhat dilapidated iiea Mck leather, and u ulster which tb bailiflV out either overlooked or left through pfty Khe put on ber hat and cloak, and then go ing tn the hole beneath th board, out of inch ill said the woman Ellen bad stolen ner Jewelry, ah extracted the copy of tb ertlHcate nf marriage which that lady bad uot apiarntiy thought worth etoalmg, aud put it in th iocket of ber pink (ilk peignoir Then George, having tint secured the re mainder of the bottle of brandy, which he put into bia capaciou pocket, they started, and. Sliding a bauaom, drove to Liverpool street ttucb a tpertacle, as th Tiger looked upon the platform, Oeorg wu woutjn after day, to declare be never did eee. But it can easily be imagined tbat a Hero, dhwolute, hungry looking woman, with half dyed hair, who bad drunk aa much u wu good for her. d reused in a bat mad of ababby peacock feathers, dirty white shoes, an ulster with tome button off, and a gorgeous but filthy piuk silk tea gown, presented a sultlcleutly curious appearance, especially when con t ranted with ber companion, tne sober aud melancholy looking George, wbo wu arrayed In hi pepper and salt hundav suit Bo curious indeed wu their uiect that th people loitering about the platform collected round them, and George, wbo wu heartily ashamed of tb pueitiuu, wu tbaiikful enough when once the train started. He bod, from motive of economy, taken her lu a third clou ticket, and at tliia point sh grumbled, saying ttwt abe wu accustomed to travel like a lady should, first; but be appaaaed ber with the brandy bottl All the Journey through b talked to bei about her wrongs, till at but what between ibe liquor aud bia artful luclteiiMHita, sb was inflamed into a couditiou of lavage fury again! Mr Quest When once b got te this upiul be would tot ber hav uo mun brandy, seeing that sh waa now ripe for bi mi-June, which wa, of course, to u ber ti ruin toe awn wbo would ruin tb bourn he Mr Quest sitting In (tat as clerk to the magistrates assembled in quarter eraione at tb naauon buua at Bpiaiugbani, litUr guested that the aword. at whoa shadow be had trembled all then years, we even no tailing ou his bead, or that tb,band tbat cut the hair that held it was that nf the stupid bumpkin wbo warning be bad despised. CHAPTER XXXIV. tbi awoaa or damocucs. At but tb weary Journey wu over, and to Georges lutein relief be found himself upon lb platform at Bouungbain. He wa, a pretty tough subject but be hit that a very little more of tb company of the fair Edithia would be too much for bim. as it happened, tb ttatioo master wu a panic ii lor friend of bia, and lb aetnniabmvai ot tbat worthy wbcu be aaw tba respectable Genrg In such company cannot be expreaud ia words. To it coaTrjn.au U H0U3IH0L0 BRKViTI.9. Bait will curdle milk, benea I prepar n milk porridge, gravlneNHp . the salt (bould not be added until tba dlb 1 prepared. ' i Black Currant Tea.-Two table poonfuU of black currant Jam to,a pint and a bait of boiling water, atir, (train It and set aalde to cool; eerva with cracked loe. Boston Herald. A writer in tba New York Ilerald aye, In commending tba use of wbola meal bread, that "it make fine fleth, feed tbs nerves, and teeth tbat bava begun to crumble and decay renew themselve on tbUfood with aoundbona and enamel." To mend a ery large bole in aocka or woven underwear, taok a pieoe of trong net over the aperture and darn over it Tbua mended tba garment will be atronger than wben new and look far neater tban It darned in tba ordinary way. Papier macbe for filling crack la floori can be prepared by beat ng to a paste cutting of white or brown paper boiled In water and then mixing tba paste wltb a solution of gum arable Make thetolutlon hot in wbiob you mix tbe paper paste and apply direct. y, thus making It adhere more firmly. Graham Geroa.-'-One teacup of flour, level, one balf teacup of oornmeal, one teacup ot milk, one teaspoon of coda, two teaspooni of oreatn of tartar, one table apoon of cugar, one-bait teaspoon of salt, one egg. 81ft both loda and cream of tartar with flour. Beat egg very Ugh t nd add last Bake In hot oven ten or fifteen minute, Yankee Blade, Tomato Sol. One peck green toma toes, one cup salt, one cup tugar, one eup grated horse radlib, twelve imatl green peppers, ten onions, two table spoons clove, two tablespoons cinna mon. Slice the tomatoes and atir tba alt into them, then let them stand over night In the morning drain them, and add the other Ingredients. Cover them with vinegar and let them boll until done. Houaekeep r. Good Maearoons. Blanoh and heat In a marble mortar, with row water, three-quarters of a pound of sweet and one-quarter of a pound of bitter al monds. Mix with one pound of pow dered white sugar and add to this, a lit tle at a time, the stiffly beaten whites of six eggs. Mix well and mold into little balls, flatten, brush over with egg white and put on sheets of tin well sprinkled with granulated sugar. Bos ton Budget Fresh Trout or Salmon Pie. Shred fine some oo-d baked or boiled 'fresh brook-trout or salmon, removing all bones. Into three pints of flour chop balf a cupful of butter, add one toa apoonful ot baking-powder, and milk, to make the pastry. Boll out and cover tbe bottom ot a baking-pan. Into one quart of minced fish mix half a tea spoonful of salt, pepper to taste, balf a cupful of butter, and one cupful '"of thick, sweet cream. Fill the lower crust with the flub, add the top crust, and bake. This pie is not spoiled by standing. Any fish may be used, though canned fish is not to good aa fresh. Demorest's. POPULAR NOVELTIES. Some of th Thlnra Ketallere Ar Displaying- on Their Counter. Expensive Chantllly for really ele gant laoe toilettes. Many black grenadines and colored Frenoh organdies. Mohair petticoats having woven bor ders of silk stripes. Sailor bats trimmed with box-plaited ruching ot Brussels net Hemstitched blocked lawn for yokes and children's gulmpes. Fanoy boxes lined with silk for tables of Dresden ware. Navy blue serge for ocean, mountain and traveling suits. White canvas ties foxed and trimmed with white suede kid. Small checked cheviots for traveling and shopping dresses Blaok Jet passementerie jaoketa to wear over bright red .gowns. Shade hats of brown and ecru mixed crinoline or horse hair braids. Red ties to wear with blaok hosa and red aud black bouse dresses. Summer suits of ohecked and striped fray and blso't cloths for men. Pongee umbrellas, ecru and white, lined with green, for the seaside. Dressy jaoketa of light cloth, with full aleeves ot blaok guipure lace. Light shades of gloria and lansdown for dressy home costumes. Dainty gowns, draperies and summer hangings of "India pongee." Velvet ribbon and moussellne da sola for seaside evening costumes. Jetted Brussels net for handsome black toilets over black sat n lining. Black Japanese silk handkerchiefs far men to carry in their breast pooketa. Cause parasols laid )n accordion plalta nd trimmed with rosettes ot the same. Valenciennes lace ' flouncing to be lined with surah for summer evening gowns. wiu. . .. uii, vwui euuumor cape emoroia- ered In tinsel for seaside and evening wear. Large fichus ot white crepe with the edges scalloped and embroidered in colors. - Silk and worsted braid piped with nar- braid for trlmg be lined with pink, green or yellow silk, White parasols having handles of white enameled wood ornamented with fold. . Black barege with colored borders and psnels lined with silk the oolor of the border, Rubber, skirt protectors to take the place of braids on "stormy day dresses.' Small 'buckle, tor fJleufnlvXt rtntwni , .k. , ,,, 7 no Bon worn around the neck like dog wo!'1. VYhita dimity for dresses to be trimmed' with Valenolennea laoe or nainsook embroidery. Colored silk moussellne to trim black straw hats in conjunction with blaok ostrich tips. Crepe and brocaded China allk sailor carts for ladles to wear with shirt waists and blouses. A new silk for plastrons and gnlmpea, ailed allk elastlque, which Is thin, with a crlmoed-llk aurfaoe V Y. Lett Horace (standing on tbe steps and looking out at th pitiless storm; time, 11 p. m.) "How It comes downt" p. alopa (absent-mindedly)"! do bone you may be able to get borne befom it stops raining." Horace (stiffly) -i think I can." (Rushes out Into the storm. )-Chlcairo Tribune. Marker MoOashey "Thot wor a close call fer yes. Jerry. Th' bullet wlnt shtralght t'rourh v.... ?!rrlta.,?-,,I,M' beea av good Hath Oi'd had ma whoi- hid bleared aft mer-Jnd bo1' I I , - - - TALK ABOUT m i wi 11a r uft ... OIVM Bon Varlefated Advise ta Carreep. "Jnnt, anw REATuismycor- 1 ra"Pumlano D0W f " pause to peruse and t rm place the following ATl before tbe languish A ng public! CGuiLuum Nioa, Esq; Iteapected Bir '-f DO ytou think tbat I oould GET ALONG IN new YORK? with mym. liltiXwritER type wL writer I maaa couldent I thlnrt for you out ,: pyyttwaorm my w louifhU if you would FIRST Tllinx uieoo, in 77 of coure. I can wrlte-Hbinrfa.ter than this when I had aome good yurarue FBI End to b with wrrtSf now IKiyou get off al them droll 6M.T(Wthlngs EVEHY BUNdartl it born In you for I It Just PLAIN bring big UP:: Mt . ... , I-leaa excuse bsd spelling and bad ookxld J thought I would toll you it la ralxc tag haere to ' BO good BXietl y-ura truly (dictated) Tbe above is, of course, more or lea per pereonal, but the question is one which con cerns many other young men wbo may be thus afflicted. I therefore take the liberty of answering an inquiry publicly which I would otberwi regard u trictly confiden tial, upprewlng th name, however, and tbe Irst par graph, both of which reed like the oliloquy of a "bell box" or tbe mothered ejaculation of a "pied form." To tbe correspondent, whose lotter 1 above given, I might nay that I believe there would be an opening bare for him if be would give himself up to a certain clam of work. Of course, he could hardly hope to enter tbe regular channels of commercial correspond ence with a typewriter that ha such a pro nounced impedlmsnt in it peech u this one bu, but oould be not hope to get a Job at Volapukat headquarters! Certainly there ought to be a place some where for one whose only trouble seems to be a kind of Information of the vowels. There might be a future here for such a graphlo and graceful style of writing, if It could be used in reporting telephonlo re mark over crossed wires. Tbe word paint ing and vulgar fractions are similar, and It might be made to arouse a good deal of in Interest if properly worked up. Of course it would be necessary that be should tone down someot his extravagant figure ot speech and avoid overexertion of the punctuator, but with hi wealth of full stop be might do well on a periodical, and his space work would certainly attract atten tion. Or be could go into the counting room of a man who did not advertise and do as signment work. The typewriter, in strong and willing bonds, is smitier than the sword. I look for the typewriter to take tbe place of Indian oratory in our literature, and its tinkling notes will soon be beard, I hope, In home where the one legged pen and the bottle of bluing all tbe writing now are doing. Come to the metropolis fx:t)fmtl. Come with your abnormal: and your little tYpEtwritER. Come with your startling style of English and your chaste method of obliterating ipace. Come and get acquainted with mftsAgE and mK mi. gOuLD. 11 Here you will meet many yumurus people who will amuse you to a high . You will also meet Mr. aNthoNy cOmHtooK, who will require you to drape all your figure in the following manner (8). Come to New York and get a new soft palate put into your typewriter and hare an operation performed on it tonsils. Com and visit tho produce ttflblblbbbl bblbbl ExcUonge. Come and see Wall pfu IMOoOJj" treet Ride on our Elevated railway from BBZZZT (0)XIII&&&;:rd, street, to GGXXKhJTttniBX&BUtkernex (tract Visit tbe brig, Theodora, dam Tarantula straight for place, b. m. Rob Boy dam Ella Jackson horse races 1 1 Tbe more you mix up with us the more you will like us. We New Yorkers from Wyoming territory enjoy having people thrown among US. You would meet with a hearty welcome whether you came to grow up with our bactieria or to buy green good. Cordiality I our one weakness. If a cordial greeting would not euit you you can take apollinari water. With your natural ten dency toward delirium tremens, perbap that would be best, any way. I used to be acquainted with a young man wbo wrote a beautiful band fx:t&fm!$, for tbat wu before the day of typewriter. Be would bring out hi writing material and hi tongue and make a corkscrew pea cock iwunming In a large cranberry marsh infested by loop and funny business, all without taking bis pen off the paper. He wu a thorough artist, with a lofty soul, but be could not ipelL He could construct a graceful iwan with a halo of chirographical worms all around it, but nature and art bad denied bim the humbler joys of orthog raphy, He could moke a lovely purple scroll with a' green fringe to it and red eyed bobolinks, with heliotrope bosoms, perched on space and bearing in tbeir bronasd talons yet other (mailer scrolls that were u graceful u a doughnut horse, and on these scrolls would be written such glittering truths u these: "In Frendshlp britrht trer- land, Please regard me u your Bumbel fur- getmenott," "look up, press Onnerds & you will git there." But but style is robbed of much of its grace and beauty by immersing it in cold and pulse less type. He wu a bold and fearless writer and hi hand were ever red with the blood of murdered bnglisb. He broke down tba hich walls established by the brainy but discon nected and flighty Noah Webster, and spelled such words as "pillgarlic" in a way that kept bit finer writing out of the magazines. But when he assassinated the English he made no attemnt tO Conceal his mathnHa . ' 7 - "" unaer everytningi "txocuted with a pen." And he recked not Mot a reck. Whether you can ever rite to such a pod- f00 w,th yur typewriter, Mr. x:tX&fm?, do not 0,r' 1 toPe J0" Your orthography Is rich with improvisations, 1 "ulaim ? Running through all WStt outside influences. I could not evolve such sentiments without the stimulus of a fall from a high building or the exhilaration of a I railway colliaion. I t is th unexpected in your humor which Tea 14 " Coiet charm. No one can tell, , wben you start out, whether yon will soar wa7 among the asterisk and space, or get , i W "Lcuffle between lower cue and taWch.getlnjured,morti. flcation and exclamation est in and you low . your life. jun I am elad von wrote tn mo wtth Vf i. typ writer, and though I believe that you ean do better than you did, and that as a matter ot fact "xit&finl," i really an assumed name, your letter hu given me much er vvment and I print it thi morn ing with treat pleasure. BO, goOd BXy biU nXve -Sew York World. What1 the Hatter with Adan and Bvwf Tb earliest partnership mentioned in tbe Bible was Jerry Co. Dnlute Pan grapber. "What is the difference between a person being in "danger of bis life' and tn Manger of his death?" "When a man it in Manger of hi life' he calls In a physician. Then, ot course, the rest 1 understood. "-Philadelphia Times, Mot Needed la Hammer. Papa I am glad to see this young tan has begun his courting ia the iprlng. Annie-Why, papa, what difference toes that make? Papa-Well, the last feUow you bad -'v NoTember. ' iprlng S m 1 thonBt 1 -"H r broke with I L7 anouia go oroxe with bU rss and coal B.-Boatoa'H.aU 8 an TALK ABOUT Bow People aw.ar and Wh, t . r.slon torn, trol U nu aeJd not have looked-,. . eau.I sjid that didn't I c. .7 said a grot old Senator In ,,!''' witb'the fiunday-scbool report'0 Washington Star. 'Tb la . " lng. The expresdonb... ZT ent meaning from what U no , supposed, and was orlglnau5 ' Duke of Wellington, Ad.Tl Is the smallest piece of mow. i. ' and not to care tbat much mesj,, that, one Is very indifferent Th! P ' all the phrase was intended UttilH! The' word -damn.' from th. Lt'i, meaning 'to condemn,' Is s verv di ' thing Curiously enough, most lnvsrlebly to be the flr,t Z , our language acquired by forel' and it has always been such . ite with the English tbat In tl,. i century the French always refemj . them as the Ooddsms.' A dUttagSjj English was a beautiful tongu(ni tbst Goddsm' was the basU Z u People ot tbat nation.' he WnuiU have a few other word which thev In conversation, but the principal 2 Is Goddam. Yon can go snywher I England if you know that' "A funny mlsapprehonslon also etut. as tothe expression: 'Go to the dues! People generally suppose that 'iW means devll,' whereas as a matter ' fact It Is derived direotly from the Liii. 'Dous --God.' So when any one J! you to go to the duce he It vmL sclously uttering the best of good wiahe for your welfare. Speaking of Latin always remind, me tbat among the ancient Romam It was considered tbe thing for etch i to have some particulargod to babltud ly swear ly. Some swore by JmJ others by Mars, others by Minorvs, and so on. The deml-gods, like Ilnrcules and Castor and Pollux, were sltomidt use of In the way of oaths. Castor tad Pollux were usually appealed to u th TwlnsM-"by Gemlnl"-the phrtu whenoa we get our exclamatloo. "bj JimlnL" It was thought very improp4 for Roman ladles to swear br th gods, but they were permitted to Ukt' toe name oi toe i wins in vain, sod alto especially that of Venus. In moment! of great aggravation thev might go m far as to cry "Mecastor!" "by Caitorr The Greeks swore by the oabbtn, whloh was the most prized ot vegeta bles, and even to this day tba same oath is often heard In Italy, while In France a lover is being ia! tensely affeotlonate when he calls tbt lady ot his heart bis "petit chou' or 1iu tie cabbage.' 'By jingo' Is from 'Jlncoa,' the Basque name for God. Btrbaroui tribes bave been accustomed to tweat by the bead of their ruler. Quest Elizabeth is said to have been s very bard swearer, as ladles were very apt to be In ber day. Louis IX. of Franct forbade tbe use by bis courtiers of auch ostbs as 'Pardleu,' Cordleu'Tetedleu,' and so on. There chanced to belong to one of tbe ladies of tbe court s small pet iog named 'Bleu.' Tho nourtlctt msde up tbelr minds to swear by the dog instead of tbe Deity, and hence came the parbleus and the corbleut of liter times. .Pythagoras had a favorite oath which most people would consider not sufficiently forcible to be satisfactory. Be swore by the number four, which the Greeks regarded as symboliiing perfection. WIT AND WISDOM Tbe trouble with a man covering it bis tracks is tbat be makes new ones is doing it Tbe knowledge beyond all other knowledge Is the knowledge how to ex cuse. Bovee. "The Czar's guards have been dou bled again." "Been eating cucumbers, I suppose?" N. Y. Sun. He wbo gives pleasure meets with it; kindness is the bond of friendship, and the hook of love; he who sows not reaps not Baslle. Beatrice Isn't tbat man a line type of a runner? Ilarry He may be t lint type, bnt he has just made a miss-print Harvard Lampoon. Wben a man marries he fully la tends to be No. one in tbe family, but often the period drops out and he it no one Terre Haute Express. She Some has said tbat tbe ocen never sleeps, but I'm sure It looks calm enough now to be taking a nap. Ue Yes, all except that part astern; that's a wake, you know. The Jester. A teacher who can arouse s feeling for one single good action, for a sinifl good poem, accomplishes more than bt who fills our memory with rowt ot tows of natural objects, classified with name and tame. Goethe. Guest Why don't you bsve a stop put to tbat fast driving on your streets? Hostess Because the kind of peopl who indulge in fast driving are just thi sort we like to see pass by and get out of sight aa qulokly as possible.-!?. I. Weekly. Fevered work, flurried work, ious work, restless work, Is always bad work. Work, all of you, as If jon W and realiznd the dio-nltv of work, the if nocence of work, the happiness of wort, the holiness of work--F. W. rarrsr. Feriruson-VVhv did Richard tbl Third offer to give bis kingdom for t horse? McCuslck I don't know, unle be bad onca naid cab-hire in New xo and thought it would be cheaper to os a horse, no matter what he paid for it Texas Sifting. "So your fiance Is coming here next vreek,, be said, as they strolled slonf the beach. "I am afraid that our llttlj walks will then be over." "I know about that," she answered slowly. "Yes." be said. "I am afraid so. Y see my fiance is coming to." N. Y. Su The crowned beads of Europe f aid to be Interested in the subject of life insurance. Wben the crown Is gold, the wearer of it might be dm aa a e-llt-erfmul risk. We have, bo" over, heard of some crowned headi whs might more properly be classed as jn"' edge risks. N. Y. Tribune. "Hello! I sayl Can you-" to Hades!" "Thank you-tbsnk y very much. I was trying to decide where I'd go to tbis summer, WJ couldn't for the life of me. It's so bar to make up one's mind, yoo know. Thanks awfully. Day-day! Of court 1 hall sea vou there." Uosw tcript. ITa av! . ..l.n..t hat ia delicious, after all. tban love's yo"1 dream?" 6he "Well, a li ttle ice cr- sometimea vnrr nine after danoiaf- aiuntey s weekly. Brigjr "Tompkins is engsged to widow. I bear." Braggs"Yes; th" jost like blm. Ho la too laxy to do saJ ad the courting. Terra Haute xor