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tine hud ugain lost control of herself,
gnd she wasspenking with great earnest
nes acd with heightened color. Hol
broolc wondered at it all, but he replied
coldly
No, Miss Ashgrove, I was not mis
taken. If yu were to accuse this young
gentleman you would be doing a griev
out wrong, and, as well, placing your
self in a false position. You forget thut
j MW the man run away after the blow,
throwing off his coat as ho ran. Subse
quently the coat anil other articles used
(or this disguise wore found."
Flora tossed her head incredulously.
Holbrook continued:
"The bitterness you manifestsurprises
me."
The lady shot an angry glance at him.
"It Is you who forget now, 1 told you
that Mr. Tcmpleton was a friend und a
relative, though a remote one. Why
ihould 1 not feel an interest in his mur
der? Is there anything surprising in my
desire for justice and vengeance? 1 can
tell you I have little faith in your police.
Ue is on unusual stupid criminal who
cannot escape your detectives. Still, 1
may be entirely mistaken. You may
bave been fully conscious that you saw
three men, not dimly."
Tne sneer conveyed In these words
-as unmistakable. Before Ilolbrook
could recover himself from this indig
nant rush of words, she spoke again in
itrangely altered tones:
"After all, 1 suppose you are right,
and I wn silly to set up my judgment
Bgainst tbose who were present."
Ilolbrook noticed that she was making
a violent effort to couiose herself, and
he gave her time by not replying; when
the spoke again, it was with an obvious
attempt to speak lightly.
"See what sympathetic creatures we
of the weaker sex are; here am I work
ing myself into quite a fever over poor
Templeton's death, even disputing with
you as to what you did or did not see.
But the man who ran away? Was he a
tall man?"
"Yes, I think he was."
Alarm quickly passed over her face,
but not so quickly that Ilolbrook, whose
lenses were now all alive, did not ob
serve it.
"And slight In figure?"
Whether the flying man was slight or
not Ilolbrook did not remember, but he
quickly determined to follow the lead
she was giving him.
"Decidedly slight and tall."
She had greater command over fea
tures and manner now, but ver voice be
trayed intense interest as she said:
"Yes, I suppose so, since he ran so fast
as to get away before any one could seize
bim. lie must have been a young man?"
She looked at him most inquiringly.
Holbrook replied:
"Unquestionably."
"What was his complexion, did you
notice?"
Ilolbrook did not fail to realize how
absurd it was to ask, or to assume to
know, the complexion of a man, running
at a distance of at least 200 feet, in tli
mooulight, to an observer looking down
from a height of 40 feet, but his mind
was working actively, and he recollected
he was fair.
"Unquestionably dark, with a hand
some profile a straight nose."
Was she prepared for the answer, that
her face expressed nothing but curiosity
and that her color remained steadfast?
And was he certain that she seemed to
clut-.ih nt her heart w ith her left hand?
There was a silence between them for
a little time Flora deeply absorbed in
thought, and he watchful and keen.
Suddenly he was possessed of an idea.
He trembled at its audacity.
But he was a man of nerve.
He drew his purse from his pocket,
and took from it the diamond button.
"See," he said abruptly. "1 found
something valuable at the place of mur
der." There was no mistaking now. Her
face flushed red and then grew ghastly
pale, while alarm was plainly visible,
"It is a cuff button."
She stretched forth a trembling hand
to take it.
The mccjent she possessed it she ex
amined it eagerly.
He studied her face and was per
plexed. He read recognition, relief, surprise
and satisfaction strangely blended.
"Have you its mate?" she asked,
"No, I found but this one."
"Where?"
"At the place of murder. Afterward."
"Does it belong to the murderer?"
"That is for the police to find out. I
ball turn it over to the authorities."
She handed it back to him and said:
"I have seen"
The door opened and her uncle, Mr.
Witherspoon, entered.
cn AFTER VL
A BIT Or RETROSPECTION.
IFE is rapid
in
New
York
Events of yester
day are ancient
history.
After a werk
the tragedy of
Union square was
forgotten. The
'coroner had held
the
inquest and
bad
established
nothing.
The strictest in-
miirv had failed
to discover a mo
tive for the deed
Mr. Templeton's
life was an open
one and rather
mmnionnlace in
its exactness and regularity. He attend
ed strictly to business during business
hours, and stood well in commercial
circles. He took his pleasures soberly in
his hours of relaxation. He had no vices
and no entangling alliances.
Neither the cloihes cast off by the
murderer In his flight, nor the diamond
button found by Holbrook, nor the
knife left in the body of the dead man,
had proved to be clews of value to the
polios.
The verdict of the coroner's jury had
been: "Came to his death by being
tabbed with a knife, in the hands of a
person unknown."
The police adopted the theory that the
ml
man nad been struck In mistake, and
that another victim had been Intended.
Why? That was a secret they guarded,
Add they worked on that line,
t A large reward for the detection of the
criminal was offered by the authorities.
And the affair faded from the news-paiK-rs.
The funeral had been a quiet one.
There were but two mourners present
an elderly lady and a younger one closely
veiled, both evincing great grief. There
were but few attendants from curiosity.
Neither Mr. Witherspoon nor Flora
Ashgrove were present.
Ilolbrook, who was, noted this fact,
and contrasted her inteuse interest in
the murdered man the day after the
murder, with her absence from the fu
neral ceremonies.
A few of Templeton's business ac
quaintances, and the friends with whom
he spent the last hours of his life made
up the rest.
Apparently the tragedy was of one act.
arid the drop curtain was down.
Holbrook's law office was on the sev
enth story of one of those tall buildings
which in recent years have become a
conspicuous feature of lower Now York.
His private ofllcn was a corner room,
and from the window hiseye could roam
over the roofs of adjacent buildings,
across the Hudson river and beyond the
houses on the Jersey Bhore to the green
hills back of them,
One afternoon, two weeks after the
murder, he was resting himself from his
labors and enjoying the extensive view
spread out before him.
In fact, he was reviewing that strange
Interview with Flora Ashgrove the day
after the murder.
Her manner, her emotion, her eager
ness, her anger, all dwelt vividly in his
mind, but his perplexity was as great as
on the day he left her presence.
What connection, if any, had she with
the murder? What did she know, if
anything? What relation had existed
between herself und the dead man? Why
did she want to know so particularly the
appearanceof themurderer? What was at
the bottom of the intense anxiety she dis
played? And for whom was this anxiety
displayed? She was tall and slim, oi
would be If dressed in men's clothes
could it possibly have been herself? Was
she the kind of a woman whom jealousy
would Impel to such a crime?
These were the questions he had asked
himself again and again, and never had
fcund satisfactory answers to them.
They haunted him lite a nightmare,
and at every leisure moment returned to
vex him, until he plunged deeply into
work to escao them.
Of this, however, he was conscious
his feelings toward Flora had undergone
a great change. As beautiful as she un
deniably was, be preferred that she
should be some one else's wife. In her
interview with him she had uncovered a
disposition he did not like, and the tor
menting questions that would come un
bidden had finally bred in him a fear of
her and he had taken alarm.
As he was thus musing, a clerk in
formed him that two ladiesdesired to see
him.
"What are their names?" he asked.
"They would not give them; they said
they would convey no information. They
are dressed in deep mourning one
young, one old."
"Show them in."
CHAPTER VIL
A DEUCED PRETTY CLIENT.
TIE vouncrcr of the
two entered first.
"Be seated," said
Holbrook as he drew
chairs toward his desk
Agf? for them to occupy.
' sV "In what way can I
rve you?"
As he asked this
ouestion the younger
of the two threw back her heavy crape
veiL
Holbrook was struck with the marvel
ous beauty of the face thus uncovered
before him a face almost colorless, of
marble whiteness, exquisite in form and
feature, delicate, refined and sensitive;
two large, soft brown eyes looked upon
him appealingly, soft brown hair crown
ed the beautiful face; she was slight and
petite in figure.
In a low, sweet voice she said:
"My name is Templeton Annie Tem
pleton. This is my mother."
The lady referred to threw back her
veil to acknowledge the bow of Mr. Hol
brook. She was at least 50 years of age, prob
ably older, with silver hair; truly the
mother of her daughter, having the same
refinement and sensitiveness of feature
and expression, the same brown eyes,
though somewhat dimmed a sad face
and worn not a face to battle with the
world. Quite evidently Bhe was one of
those who are led, who do not lead.
The young lady continued:
"We are the mother and sister of the
Mr. Templeton who was foully murdered
in Union square."
"I presumed so when I heard your
names," said Holbrook. for the sake of
saying something.
"I hardly know what we want to say
to you. Mr. Holbrook hardly know what
we want to do. We have been so disap
pointed. The coroner seems to have
washed his hands of the whole matter,
and the police give us no satisfaction or
hope. We have no friends in the city
we are quite alone. But we thought
that as you had been a witness of the
terrible deed we would call upon you
and ask if there was anything you saw
that has not been made public"
J the innocence of
illB Ulliiv'"
' the two women, impelled by love for a
son and brother to an . enterprise for
i which they were wholly unfitted, touch
j ed Ilolbrook; he felt a boundless pity for
I them, and he was surprised at it. for his
sympathies were not particularly quick.
I " There were mute appeals for help in
; the brown eyes of both, clouded with
: tears as they "looked upon him.
i He felt a choking sensation In his
' throat and could hardly realize it.
i "I believe, madam, all that is known
of the sad affair has been made public,
j I am aware the police authorities are
' completely mvstified, and now have the
, theory that Mr. Templeton was attack
ed under the impression he was some on
Pi fe
11
f.SlYl,
V
else."
"That Is whut the detectives told us,"
said the mother; "but is it not awful that
hi a crowded city a man can be so killed
without reason?"
"The case has been surrounded with
mystery from the beginning," replied
Holbrook, gravely. "Mr. Templeton's
life in the city has been carefully in
quired into, und nothing elicited to sug
gest un enmity that could end in mur
der. His life was thoroughly reputable,
honorable, upright and virtuous."
The eyes of the two women blessed
him for li it words. He continued:
"Perhaps you would permit me to ask
you some question?"
"Oil, please do." cried the sister. "We
don't know whut to say or tell and no
one has heljied us."
Holbrook thought if she would but
continue to look upon him in that ap
pealing manner ho would never want to
stop trying to help her.
"In the first place,' Mr. Templeton's
father is dead. I apprehend?"
"Yes, he died fifteen yeurs ago."
You do not live in this city?"
"No, we have always lived near Plain
field, New Jersey."
"Have you any relatives?"
'None that we know of. My husband
was tin English gentleman, who came to
this country when quite a young man
with his uncle. The uncle died a year
after, and Mr. Templeton. who had come
'.o Plainfield. married me. He bought the
place where we now live."
"What business did he follow?"
'None. . He was a student and exoerl
memeu in chemistry, tie Uied trom in
juries received while conducting an
exeriiiu'iit."
"On your side have you no relatives?"
No," replied Mrs. Templeton. "My
mother died in giving me birth; shortly
after my father, whose name was Carroll
Preston, went to Philadelphia, leaving
me to the care of my mother's sister
my aunt. After living there a year or
two he went abroad on business and died
there. Some years after my uncle, with
whom I lived, heard thut he had married
ngtiin in Philadelphia, but that was never
veiified. Both my aunt and uncle are
dead; they hud no children."
''What disposition was made of his
property?"
"He had none to disxje of except his
personal elTccts, und while uncle was
satisfied as to his death, so much diffi
culty surrounded the obtaining of in
formation thut he made no effort to se
cure it it amounted to so little."
"Had he no relatives?"
'Yes. n liintlier who left hnrrnvoiine
and died before lie was ot age; ana a sis
ter a maiden lady who died in Plain
field ten years ago. She left a small
property to Annie hpre."
"Her grand niece?"
"Yes, she was very fond of her."
"Was her property inherited?"
"Yes. from her father."
"Why then did not your father have
proeity?"
"He did; but he lost it in speculation."
"Oh! Did your son leave property?"
"He must have left some, for during
the very bust conversation I had with
him he told me he had been fortunate
in business during the past three years,
and had made some profitable invest
ments." "We have not thought of that," broke
in the sister, "only of this terrible mur
der and how to clear up its mystery."
"It ought to be thought of, though,"
replied Holbrook gravely; "the way to a
solving of the mystery may be through
an examination of his business affairs.
Pardon me, were you and Mrs. Temple
ton dependent on your brother?"
"No; when we became of age he re
fused to take his share of the property,
but Battled all on mother."
"It was not much when divided, he
said," broke in the mother, "but when
left as a wholu it was more than enough
for Annie and myself."
"He 6tudied law and was admitted to
the bar," said the sister, "but. failing to
get practice, he went into the real estate
business."
"Had your son no very Intimate
friend?"
"Yes, one; but ho is in China now and
has been for a year."
"Was your son engaged to any young
lady or.attontive to any one?"
"None that I know of orever heard of."
The sister confirmed this statement
eagerly. It was evident that both were
jealous of the supposititious young lady.
The young lawyer mused a moment
Finally he asked: "Are you acquainted
with a Mr. Witherspoonr
"Witherspoon? 1 never heard the
name before," replied the mother. "Did
you, Annie?"
"No, I never did."
"Nor a person by the name of Ash
grove?" continued the lawyer.
"No." said Iwth together.
"Never knew or heard of a young lady
named Flora Ashgrove?"
. "Nevei," said tho mother.
"The name has a familiar sound," said
the girl wonderingly. "Is she not a
fashionable young lady of this city whose
name is in the papers frequently?"
The lawyer smiled and answered.
Yes."
"Stop!" cried the girl suddenly. "I
recollect once when my brother was at
home I lifted a coat he had thrown upon
a chair, and a letter fell from the pocket
signed 'Flora Ashgrove." I handed it to
him and he said: 'An invitation to a
dinner I went to last week from one of
my customers.' 'Do you have ladies for
customers?" I asked, and he said: 'Quite
frequently, but this lady writes for her
uncle, who has been one of my best cus
tomers.'" "Has been?" queried the lawyer.
"That is the way ho spoke. I remem
ber, for it conveyed the idea to me he
was so no longer. But why do you ask
these questions?"
"There is nothing significant in them,"
said the lawyer, seeing the Interest he
had aroused. "I called at the bouse of
Mr. Witherspoon, who is doubtless the
uncle referred to by your brother, on the
day following the murder. Miss Ash
grove seemed to be much shocked at the
murder, and said she was acquainted
with Mr. Templeton. In looking at this
matter wid in trying to help you, 1 am
grasping at straws in every direction
There is do more significance in tiie
question concerning her than in the
others."
"But," he continued, "I have one
m '. 1 t.IU 1
piece Oi a' i vice lo Klv "u unu iiku
must urgmtly and rennectfully press
and that is that you lake immediate
steps with regard to your son's business
and property. In that way you may
come upon revelations you little dream
of now."
"What should we do?" asked the lister.
"You should consult reputable law
yer, place tne matter in his hands, and
be guided by him."
"Are you not a lawyer?"
" Yes,l am a lawyer," he replied, "and
should be most happy to undertake your
6HADOW3.
A tephyr moves the maple trees,
AuJ atrsli.-liiwny o'er I'm gnus
The (hallow of llii'lr branch ahlfl
Shift, love, bet do uol p
to though with time change mar com.
Wituiu my eteadfam bran
The ili-ilow of lay form inajr tir,
But cauuol, lot. drNirt.
-Aim kaiuarlu Oreea.
ONLY A DEAF WOMAN.
Tbetraiu stopped at Blue Station oa
time this Wednesday afternoon. It was
not a partleulurly punctual train, neither
did It especially matter whether It was or
not, as Blue Station was one of those
"lodges in the vast wilderness" where
time was not reckoned according to the
Wall street standard and where people
took things easy
The stage for Hemlock 11111 was wait
ing there a clumsy conglomeration of
musty leather, faded paint and ancient
wood, drawn by two sleepy horses, and
driven by a Jehu so old thut one Instinct
ively wondered how he ever got up and
dowu from his aerial perch on the box
seat Mr Richmond and his friend Col.
Jones took their scuts, packed their va
Uses snugly under their feet, and fastened
their natty silk umbrellas In the ruck
overhead Tliero was only one other pus
senger woniun In a browu waterproof
cloak and a greeu veil, with a lidded mar
ket basket in her lap ami a tremendous
ear trumpet in her hand.
"Only a deaf woman," said Col. Jones,
glancing toward her
"I see," observed Mr. Richmond, "we
need put no particular restraint on our
conversation '
"Are wo all ready, driver?" shouted Col.
Jones, who was unused to the leisurely
methods of life iua place like Blue St at ion.
The driver apHured to rouse himself from
a sort of dozo.
"1 bo If you be!" said he. "Git up,
Kotol Look out thur, you Sorrel I"
And away they rolled.
"Yes." said Col. Jones, rubbing his
neatly gloved hands, "it will be a geuuine
surprise. And I meant It to be. 1 want
to see for myself huw things are."
"Certainly," said Mr. Richmond, lurch
ing from oue end of the seat to the other,
as the wheels took a big stone on their
way.
"The lad Is over head and ears In love,"
said Col. Jones.
"Young men will be fools," observed
Mr. Richmond, cynically.
"But a school teacher; a district school
teacher!" sighed the colonel, who was tall
and portly and clean shaven, with very
black eyebrows and hair just dashed with
Silver.
"A good many nice girls take to that
business," remarked Mr. Richmond. Mr.
Richmond was a gaunt gentleman, witb
hollow eyes, a parchment colored skin,
and a general dvspeptic air.
"It isn't that 1 despise the trade," saici
Col. Jones. "You know that as well as 1
do, Richmond. If the girl is good and
pretty, I'd as soon she should be a school
teacher as anything elso. But I wuut my
boy to have a real Lome like homo. My
wife gave me one, and I solemnly believe
It was the making of me. And Victor's
wife must be no mere book machine or
wearer of. firtj clothes. If she can't sew
and sweep anu cook she's no fit mate for
my sou. Well, you see, I have becu
studying the matter over."
"I see," said Mr. Richmond, holding
desperately on to the leather strap above
his bead, as the driver guided tho wheels
over a succession of stumps on the side of
the road.
"I give them no time for preparation,"
said the colonel, chuckling. "I drop
down upon Miss A lieu like a wolf on the
fold. I see just exactly what she is. I
Judgo for myself. 1 wouldn't give a fig
for all the Latin and guitar music ami
china painting in the world If a woman
can't make a louf of light, sweet bread
and cook a steak! Ehi I am sure I beg
a thousand pardons, ma'am," as a sudden
swing of the couch precipitated his head
against the basket and seut the ear trum
pet rolling to the floor.
"Allow mo! Did you want to got out?"
. For the woman with the greeu veil was
making vehement gestures with her hand
to tho driver. She put up the trumpet
with an inquiring expression of face.
"Did you want to got out?"
roared Col. Jones Into Us convoluted
depths, the veins starting out on his fore
head as ho did so.
"Yes, sir, please," said the woman;'
and the courteous colonel himself got out
to expedite the removal of the basket, the
trumpet and sundry brown pnper parcels
which constituted tho belongings of their
fellow passenger.
The green veiled head bobbed acknowl.
edgmeuts, the colonel lifted his bat like a
modern Don Quixote and tho stage, en
veloped iu a cloud of dust, rolleu away
toward the brightness of the western aky.
The green veiled passenger caught up ber
parcels, skipped over the stone stile with
with amazing alacrity for so apparently
feeble a personage and flew like a deer
across tho wooded solitudes until she
came to a low, red farm house, and en
tered a cozy kitchen, where a middle aged
woman was making blackberry pies.
"Here's your trumpet all mended, Aunt
Roxanna." said she. "And here's the al
paca dress and tho three yards of flannel
and the basket with the tea and sugar
and spices. What are you goitig to have
for supper?"
"Spring chicken," said Aunt Roxanna,
In the soft, subdued voice pecul'ir to deaf
people. "They're on the bult'ry shelf,
all dressed and ready. And buked pota
toes; and I calculate to have them pies
ready to go into the oven right oil."
"Splendid!" said Lurana Hopkins. "I
want one of them. And I must have the
chickens and tuat loaf of gingerbread."
"La me!" said Aunt Rox&nua. "Is the
girl crazy?" '
"It's for the scboolma'm, Aunt Box
ana," explained Lurana, with ber rosy
mouth close to the ear trumpet.' "Her
beau's father came up from tbe train with
me in Zadoc Hawley's stage, and he took
me for a deaf woman, because of the
trumpet, I suppose, and talked before me
to his friend real free. And he's come
out here to surprise the schoolma'am,
and find out whether she is a good house
keeper or not. And if she tsn't, he's going
to set himself dead against the match!"
"I never heard nothing like It In my
life," said Aunt Roxanna,
"And she Isn't you know she Isn't,"
said Lurana. "She just lives In half of
the Widow Skerritt s house, and boards
herself on bread and milk. But she is as
sweet as s peach, and people can't have
all the accomplishments at once"-
"No, to bo sure cot," said Aunt Rox
anna, her slow wits following Lnrana's
rapid speech with considerable difficulty.
"Anil she shan't be cheated out of her
lover, not If 1 can b?Ip it," said Lurana,
hnrrifldlv nackim the broilers, neatly
wrapped In a napkin. Into her basket, and
supplementing them with a loaf of spicy
smelling gingerbread, two uuuaiea uutut-
berry pies, a pan of biscuit and a glass
Jar of boney "No, s little canister of
coffee." said she. "and some of those
picklefl. and I believe that Is all You
Dust boot up something else for supppr "
And once more Lurana spnd across the
Selds. crossing s noisy brook on tbe peril
ous span of a fallen tree, picking ber way
deftly through the bumtnorks of a swamp,
and reaching Widow tlkeritt's cottage,
while tbe Blue Station stage, traveling tbe
regular road, was still a good mile and a
quarter sway
Alice AJden. the district school teacher,
was just putting tbe last stitcbes to a
blue checked gingham gown mat sue was
making when Lurana rushed in like a
hazel eved whirlwind.
VUN"sT' he cried. '"Kindle op the
Orel Set tbe rublel Your futber In-la
Is coming!"
"My luther In-law!" cried Miss Alden,
Sghsst
"lu the stage!" uplulned Lurana.
breathlessly "To take yon by surprise,
and there's no telling how soon be will be
here." I
And then, as well as she could, she ex
plained this unexpected combination of
circumstances I
"But," reasoned Alli-s. "I do not wish
to deceive ali body I Cuu't cook, I uover
learned how.1'
"Fiddlesticks!" cried Lurana. "If men
will make such geese cf themselves we
may just ss well meet them on their own
ground It would !o Jutt ss reasonable
for you to refuso Victor becauso he basnet
learned the blacksmith's trudo or can't
preach a sermon. Wouldn't It, now?"
"There's something lu that," hesitated
Alice.
"Of course there Is." said Lurana.
It was 0 o'clock ut night when Col.
Joues rejoined his friend Richmond at the
Hemlock Hill hotel Outside the whip
poorwills sung, the jino woula exhaled
perfume Within llw colonel rejoiced
with an exceeding grrnt Joy.
"It's all right, sail) he. "All as right
as possiblo. I walked directly In upon
her, und tliero she was preparing supper
Such broiled chickens I never touted, and
the coflee was superb! There was black
berry pie that melted in my mouth and
homemade biscuits (it for a king!"
"lsu'tthnt rutlieritn elaborate spread
for one person?" Inquired Mr. Richmond
a little liicredulmihlyi
"Oh, 1 believe thrre was some other
young woman to be with her, but sho
turned shy and wouldn't come In at the
last But' she's tho prettiest girl you
ever saw, Riehniond'l
"The other young woman?"
"Pooh, nonsense! j You know what 1
mean Miss Aldeu herself And I think
my son. Victor, is th luckiest fellow out.
Vie invited her to rilo to New York and
spend her next vaontinn with my wife
and myself, and 1 don't care how soou
they fix tho weddinJ day."
And the colonel's lice beamed all over
"Have I done right;. Victor?" tho school
ma'am asked ber lovt-r tho next time she
saw him. I
"Right! Of ronita you have," cried
Victor Jones. "Anl I shall feel grateful
to Lurana Hopkins all the rest of my
life."
"But I do moan tq go over to the Hop
kins farm every du. and tako a lesson In
cooking until I ran' ustify your father's
good opinion," decli red Miss Alden.
"You're near enoigb to perfection to
Justify any one's gc d opinion now," said
Victor, who. as ma; easily be perceived,
was very much In I ve.
"And onlv think " cried Lttratia, who
danced In at this
moment, "all this good
has been wrought
by Auut Roxanua s cur
trumpet,
Why Men
Han! to Wake.
If a ladv guest
irsrionds with over so
faint a "Yes to
he morning knorR oi
the bell boy, she
sure to get up and be
down at breakfast
u time, l atching nor
train later In
duv Is another and s
quite different nmjt
or, but of that I may
not speak, as souje, of my lady friends
always go on
next train." A bell
boy never lots up
in a malo guest's door
until he gets a ret
xmse, yet 111 spite- ol
this about 10 per
nt. of the men corn-
down stairs belli
time, and coolly deny
that they beard
In comparing
answered the knock.
ho drowsiness of men
with the morn in J
wakefulness of women,
I have thought t
Hat some of tho reasons
for the diflereiK
might be the higher
nervous orgniiiiition of women, thut
makes them m t alivo when aroused,
that men are inn n Irregular about their
retiring timo a d hours of sleep than
women, and slee soundly when they get
started, and last y that men have raoy
consciences, thu allow them to "stand
off" the business of the day for tho sleep
that at calling time seems to them to bo
tho one thing wirt h enjoying. I belicvo
that many men who rugu at the hotel
clerks about not being called are honest
In tho notion thit they were not cuilcu,
having roused
Lmselves sufficiently to
J slent strain, forirottini?
sav " Yos," thuiu
the call as they
Would the indistinct parts
of a dream.
k system of having gongs
In the rooms o
he guests is in use in
It Is harsh, and drivos
itive nerves nearly dia
somo hotels, bu
guests with soi
traded. Them
ls) no system like rapping
md if a guest does not
on tbe doors,
come out of lilJroom In a reasonable time
tho beM bov si
uld thump on his door
again. -Hotel Ojerk In (J lobe-Democrat
Ie-rlptli
of TurkUh Dinner.
Rousseau b:
said that from the food
of a nation yo
can tell Its cliarucioris-
tics; ir this Is
study of cthm
Cavalla Don
fcue. no better sMt for the
gy could bo Ion ml than
ess, If It bo desireu, an
opportunity wl
11
occur of dining with
many national
ies By all means accept
an luvltatloi
dino with a Turkish
pasha. I had
tho pleasure of taking a
meal with thefcovernorof Drama, who Is
passing rich
lor a Turk, seeing that he
rules over
a plain where the chler
are, and his opport unit Ies
eullh are many and varied.
tobacco crop
for amassing
Silence am
characteristic
tabla prepuni
are many; oli
dotted uboilt,
expedition are the chief
of a Turkish meal. Tho
ous are few, but the dishes
ies, caviare, cheese, etc, are
(md perhaps us many as ten
led round on covered brazen
dishes are hm
dishes, consis
lug of rlco or barley, meat
ukes seasoned with veguta
in b. beans, a species of
or boiled fish
bles, roast
rissolo wrnpi
d up In vino leaves, tho In
evitablo pila
and fruits, and, as wiuo Is
forbidden, a
Intoxicating substitute Is
rs and brandy. Kuch per-
found in liqi
son has his
ass of sherbet by him, and
his niece of unleavened bread, for tho
Turk loveiialf baked dough. It will
comfort tliijKurotwan to seo every one
wash his balds before his meal, for forks
are uuknowi, and each is expected to dip
his fingers 1 to the savory morsel as it la
handed to h m. During tho whole of the
feeding pM ?sscurcely four or live words
will lie utti ed, and at the most your re
nast will h t twenty minutes, but then
afterward, frith tho coffee und the hubblo
bubble. cvcrsution will flow freely.
To the Tut eatlnif is a serious gastro
nomic cxerise, which will not admit of
any converfetion being entered Into Uur
lng Its proffess. Coruhlll Magazine.
ArtUJi' Uwrlllne In France.
In coiinc ion with tho strikes in France,
and the (. meral movement among the
working cl. -.seo which they may portend,
it Is Intei sting to note some recent
efforts to m prove worklngmon's dwell
ings. AtJ Rouen a society lias been
formed. III a capital of 20,000. which
las erectM
six blocks In the center or tho
town, cap
,l of M'commodatinir ninety
fumllies.
t I.vnma similar society bos
built livJ
Iihxrks, accommodating sixty
Tho rents aro fixed at about
families
tho avcrel
unite of the several districts.
hut the
'nants have complete sanitary
arrancen liits and a good water supply
tntitho larrraln. In each case a direc
tor of tie company visits every tene
ment oncj a week with a view of receiving
complain! and entering Into kindly re
latlons ith the tenants. The com
panies In re succeeded so for In paying 4
percent n the capital Invested.
A feat i re of the scheme st Lyons Is
that s p tion of the capital was provided
by tbe il savings bank, and It I hoped
to Indue similar banks at Marseilles and
elsewher to do likewise. But even so It
will be ong time before France can vie
lit. Ki -lund In nmvislon of sanitary
I dwelliugffor the working classes. Paris
I Journal es venats.
LOVE HATH BETRAYED THE6.
Weep Id the (llano, oh heart, niy baart,
Lova hath wxarled of iheat
And thou lu (ha giooin of lh thsdow of doom
Fumver loo mutt ba
Warp la ilia iilatira. oh heart, oiy baart,
Lora halh betrayed the'
Brrak In lha nHrnca, oh heart, niy baart,
Una hath hidden hl lac'
Ilalh drafeueil tin ear till ha cannot bear;
Halh left I lie lo Ihy dl.tfrni-e.
Break In the itleiice. oh heart, niy bnart,
Loe hath betrayed thee!
I)la In the alienee, oh heart, my heart.
Ixiva halh urukeu bla word:
Thy pleadiiiK prayer brata the empty all
Like lha hruiaed wltiir of a bird.
Die In lha alienee, oh baart. uiy heart,
Lot hath betrayed thee I
-8ula M. Beat.
lha (iarden of America.
Bearing on tho iiroositlon of MaJ
Powell to reclaim tho Colorado deserts,
for which congress has already made a
yrelliulnarv appropriation, is an article by
iMiqiiin Miller on "The North American
Nile." He urges that the land Instead of
being a desert Is In reality enormously
fertile "These ruins of Arizona sre
older than history as old the oldest
ruins on tho Nilu of I'gypt The region
then was densely mpuluted. No allure
tiicuta of gold, nothing but the generous
soil and the genial climate built up cities
here thut rivaled in extent those of Kgvpl
If then these primitive people niado a
garden of this land, where we now Insist
on local lng a desert, ran we not do some
thing with our Improved methods?" Very
clearly this region was once tho garden of
America, ami it is recluiiuahlo Milh
says ho never ote liner bananas than those
grown near Fort Yuma His article is
full of enlhttsiuam and poetry, but also of
facts and sound senso as well No doubt
lie is right in calling It tho North Amerl
run Nile and every way more Interesting
for its antiquities, as well as natural
grandeurs, than the Nile of Africa.
Ulobo-Dvmorrat.
Iteniarkalile Change of Climate,
Tho llritlsh consul at Dussorah, on tho
Persian gulf, In his lost report slates
that a rciniirkublo improvement has taken
pluco In tho climate of the country round
lliissorah, with tho substitution of date
and wheut cultivation for that of rice
Tho malarious fever, to which Uiissoruh
guvo Its name, is now comparatively rare,
and sallow complexions and worn looks,
which some years ago were universal, are
now no longer seen Tho northwest wind,
which prevails In the hot weather, Instead
of being moist and clammy, as it used to
be, iadry ami hot. The month of Septem
ber, when the marsh which Is formed
yearly by the overflow of tho Euphrates
Is drying up. Is still the least healthy
season. IVcctnbcr and January are cold.
July and August aro Intensely hot. The
rest of the year is very much like the
spring and summer of southern Europe.
lioston Transcript.
Ill Kye Cot Too Hat.
Glass eyes never produce Irritation or
becouio painful except when exposed for
a long timo to a strong llama. This Is
strictly prohibited. A very amusing In
stuuee cume under my notice some time
ago. A horso dealer, who visited a well
known auction and salesroom lu this city,
purchased a horso, which, to all appear
ances, was a model of symmetry and per
foe tion, but two nights afterward, while
standing iu front of a lamppost ou Broad
way, ho suddenly becamo restless, and
darted through the streets lu great fury.
When stop)ed his owner became alarmod
on discovering tho animal's eye blazing
hot, but further Investigation laid the
swindle bare, and tho glass eye was at
once extracted. Joseph W. Uovan lu New
York Press : '
When Kunatruk I I'revalenC
We generally find that when sunstroke
Is prevalent the t'.r.ijsphorlc conditions
aro of a certain and delinite character.
These are found not only lu an elevated
temperature, but great degree of hu
midity or moisture of tbe air. As long aa
we have dry air the degree of heat that
we can endure without much discomfort
is very considerable compared to that
when tbe air is full of moisture. The ex
planation of this Is simply due to the fact
that evaporation and loss of heat from
tho skin and lungs Is markedly Interfered
with, the already moist air being unable
to tuke up and relieve us of the usual
amount of moist are. This, coupled with
the increased heat, Is placing us In a po
sition where our internal production is
very apt to be decidedly Increased. The
only way we have of compensating under
these conditions is by lessening exortion,
light or modllied diet and light clothing.
These, coupled witb tbe ever present In
fluence from tbe heat center, under nor
mal conditions, will usually protect us.
(ilobe-Democrat.
Not an Agreeable Topic
A Chinaman dislikes to say that his
friend is dead, but will tell you that
"his name has been added to tbe muster
roll of ghosts, "or that "he has become one
of the ancients." "Ho has returned to the
shades," "be has taken farewell of the
world," "he has gone a long Journey,"
are expressions all very frequently used
when speaking of the dead. Tho matter
Is not always treated with reverence.how
ever, for tliejyvlll sometimes say: "Ho
has swallowed his breath," or "slipped
his sklu." "The mountain has col
lapsed" refers to a dead emperor, and
"the dream Is over" means that a prince
Is dead. lioston Budget.
Literary Work V .llioul I'ay.
When Rider Iluggord wrote "Mr. Meo
son's Will." probubly tho queerest of all
his oncer stories, he let himself out with
a venrrcnuce umin the skliilliut section of
the noble guild of publishers. The
Moesons of tho trodo may possibly be the
exceptions, but wbother that bo so or not.
thore ccrtuinly are too many of them. A
medical friend told motheothcrduy about
one of them In New York. The Now York
Mecson's publishes medical works on an
extensive scale and Issues two medical
periodicals besides. The periodicals are
made up mainly of professional papers,
prepared by doctor from experience In
their own practice. Not ono of those
papors, my friend said, Is paid for. The
house makes it a rule not to poy any of
tbe contributors to Its periodicals. It
pays only the editors, and these as little
as possiblo.
"But," I asked, "can It really got artl
cles from doctors without paying for
them srtich-s, I mean, that aro worth
printing?" Yes, ho suld, plenty of them;
not of the best quality, perhaps, but In
teresting und often useful. Muny doctors
like to keep their views before the pro
fession and lieforo the public, too, and
they do it In this way. They write the
article lu their spare moments and are
satisfied with publication as compensa
tion. Their names are printed, the articles
attract some attention, and their purpose
to keep themselves before tbe public Is
accomplished. The publishers make a
good deal of money by these periodicals,
especially In the advertising department,
and nearly all is clear profit. New York
Cor. Detroit Fife Press.
Tbe hkeeiia Indian.
The Skeena Indians are described as of
low stature and degraded morals. Tbey
are all heathens and sturdily refuse to
embrace Christianity. They are wild and
lawless, with no more notion of fairness
than a wolf, whose character they exactly
parallel. Inasmuch as when tbey come to
the store alone they sre almost vexa
j tlonsly meek and lowly, but when they
I collect in numbers they are loud mouthed
i and menacing. Their faces consist
mainly of mouth and cheek bones, with
small, fiat noses. CUcago Herald.
THE 0ESCRT OF THIS LIFE.
I hear Hi loui world's laughter with ber note.
Behold, and tea bar morlng multitudes.
With all their hlaioury of puinpou Joy,
And sorrow 'plaining In low Interludes.
aero tb taut gray deaert of Uiie Life
Wbo tracklea waate, oo either band, afar,
Doth itrau-h lu wearineea. lu eager atrtf
They joaU oo. whatever may debar.
In blinding duit themselves ralne aa they go.
The caravan move on. s mouiter train
With alnuoua weary windings trailing (low,
While lip are pan-bed, and fever burn lh
brain.
And torn In nuuaaa herd for company,
To ilay with common cheer tbe common heart;
While tome-All. Ood, he knowetb euro there us,
Kara solitary inula, who walk apart.
And look like god upon their lonely way.
Tueaeaiieak no word, nor make Uiey any ilgn;
Bui travel, travel, travel, aa they may
Toward he end. with Uie vaat winding Hue.
And aoine fall down, nor ever riae amin,
Nor evar niovo, nor utter any nuud;
Still nay not Una remonwlraa, ureleas train.
But onward, onward, ou no real la found.
No rest, no real; no lingering, no returning;
No footprint ever puluta the backward way;
Hi, wild regret, nor lip with queuchleaa burning,
l lnda again the ipiing of any ymhtrday.
-Clara ktarcelle Uraene In Lewlaton Journal
MARBLEHtAD NECK.
- I
The wave heal Idly, with s ceosel-aa roar,
And loand frotheaaawaexl ben1a to me,
Klming the great red rocks along t lie shore, i
But thou. beLived. are not here ui tee. "j
Tlia ann goes down In glory in the west, '
111 blag lu crliimon every Bower and tree,
The white anil redden on the ocean breast.
But thou, beloved, ars not here lo aee.
The twilight gathers and the moon rldea high;
I watch Its ailver track and tliluk of thee;
God keep thy patb aa bright from earth lo iky,
Waen L beloved, am not utfu to aee.
tiarnh K. I'olton lu Howe Journal.
An Eiertitlon In Mum.
In the renter of the field two short
stakes had been driveu Into the ground,
and to these when thu executioners hud
liulslied their meal the prisoners walked
slowly out witiiout any one to guard aajem.
Ou arriving at the stakes they ugalu
praved; they sot down with their backs
toward tho stakes, to which their arms
wore tied, aftor which an official walked
out, blindfolded them with stripsof linen,
filled their ears with cloy, ami then re
tired with his assistants, leaving the con
demned men alone in the middlo of the
field About two minutes after the exe
cutioners walked out armed with Japanese
swords and sat down somo thirty paces
beyond tho prisoners. They sat thus for
perhaps a minute; then roso and ad
vanced toward the doomed men. execut
ing fantastic dnuce like figures, almost as
If cautiously approaching an enemy, till
they raniu within striking distance, when
they raised their swords as If to strike,
but instead of doing so turned round and
retired to where they started from. After
a short pause they advanced again In the
same manner, but, on coming dose,
stooped dowu and looked fixedly for about
ten seconds Into the faces of the prison
ers, who sat perfectly motionless, and
then again retired. The third time they
advanced, and, as In tbe first Instance,
raised their swords as If to strike, but In
stead of doing so they turned round and
again retired. Then they knelt down,
and, bowing toward the commissioner,
railed out, iu Siamese, that they awaited
his order.
Ou receiving the word they advanced
toward the prisoners more quickly than
before, and wheu within reach, aftor
standing for a few seconds with their
swords poised lu the air, proceeded to cut
their heads off. Tho head of the man
who hud begged for his life was taken off
at three blows, but seven or eight were
struck before the head of the other an
ImmeuBely powerful looking man, with a
thick, muscular nock fell. Tho moment
the first man's head fell his executioner
ran off to a temple close by to perform
certain rites, the other executioner fol
lowing as soon as his victim's head was
off. Chicago Herald.
ConUglouaneea of Leprosy.
The contagiousness of leprosy still con
tines to be a mooted ouestion. Dr. Rake,
superintendent of the Trinidad Leper
hospital, has made a report to tho British
Medical association which embodies the
results of his experiments lu the cultiva
tion of the germ of leprosy, the bacillus
lepra?, which have been under way for the
past four years. He savs that (1) at a
tropical temperature and on the ordinary
nutrient media he has failed to grow the
bacillus lepra); (2) lu all animals yet ex
amined he has failed to find any local
Cwth or general dissemination of the
lllus after Inoculation, whether be
neath the skin, In tbe abdominal cavity,
or in the anterior chamber; feeding with
leprous tissues has also given negative
results; (!)) he has found uo growth of the
bacillus lepra when placed lu putrid Quids
or buried iu the earth. He further savs
that an Inquiry of this kind is practically
endless, so varied are the conditions of
temperature, time, nutrient media, living
animal tissues, or putrescent substance,
and so many are the observations neces
sary to avoid or lesson tbe risk of errors
of experiment. Scleuce,
An Eye la m Bolr.
Needles have been used timo out of
memory, but not until within the last
fow years has the art becu considered
perfection. A few years ago tho Kcd
ditch (England) needleworks, in order
to make good their boast of employing
the most skilled workmen in the
world, finished and presented to
Queen Victoria a needle of the com
mon "cambric" size upon which they
had caused to be engraved perfect
miniatures of the two greut stone mo
noliths, known as Cleopatra's Nee
dles; besides the date of Victoria's
birth, accession and marriage.
One duy a certain European poten
tate visited the works and expressed
admiration of the skillful manner iu
which the "eye puncher" provided tho
most minute needles with that quite
necessary adjunct. The skillful op
erator smiled and requested a hair
from the certain E, r.'s head. Tho
hair was placed under the machine und
soon provided with an eye and a silk
thread, much to the astonishment of
tho visitor. John W. Wright in iJt,
Louis Republic.
Ventilation Preventive of Explosion.
The excellent Tesults attained by Tro
fessor Barrett, the electrician of the
electrical department of the city of Chi
cago, In the prevention of explosions In
the subways of that city by the adoption
of a system of thorough ventilation
have been commended by a New York
paper to the board of electrical control,
which from time to time has been much
exercised with the frequent explosions
that have taken place In the subways
on Broadway and elsewhere.
It is shown that the ventilation of the
down town subways through the city
hall chimney is perfect, and that the
electric light posts furnish sufficient
ventilation at other points. It is also
nrged that the city of New York can
derive much benefit by taking heed to
the example of Chicago, which has or
dered the electric light, telephone and
telegraph companies to ventilate their
subways m order to prevent explosions.
New York Commercial Ad vertinor.
TO Bl COKTINCEDj