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EUGENE CITY GUARD. L U C-'AMntKldU . . rraprlefr. "EUOENE CITY. OREGON. Werkinf al ! Usuld Tn.u.11 l'ull.m. Among tbo prominent systems whlcl InvfJiMi the riorfoctiiicof mode of trav dins bv electricity I the iiortelcctrio. Th .nloitinn)f tlii system Lave been steadily carrying on operations for some tinio at their excrliiientui station In Dorchester. Professor Dolbour, the lctriclun of the Portelootrlc company, ays Uud, although theoretically tlio car can travel oti tlio tracK at mo ram f tun mil, a mlnuto. the dmlcultit of tlie existing conditions prevent the amniremetit of ucli a speed. At a re- wont jt to which members of the cloc trirxi nrcss were Invited the force of these difficulties was iiiudo manifest A serious hindruiice lias been the ad apUng of the cur to the compound curve, mado or a grado ana a curve ot abort radius, and on the day of the tost, besides tho unfuvorublo conditions of truck and bearings, defective insula tlnn mils of too low a resistance and excosslve humidity had to be contended with. In spito of these, however, a rod of sixtv uilles an hour was ob tained, and In all probability theso drawbacks will all disappear In actual work. Tho Dortcloctrio Klves excellent promise of displacing the pneumutic svstoin. esocclully lor long uistunco work, and when the technical dim culties referred to have been overcome tlieracan be littlo doubt of the com merclal success of the system. Now York Commercial Advertiser. Uaw to Preserve III Vole. IIow to preserve the voice and keep ft Drcsumubly fresli Is almost like osk- Inff bow to keen from KrowiiiK old. Borne pooplo grow old foster than others because they are Imprudent and do not take euro of themselves. Tho voice should not be Imposed upon, and In stand nf imiwlna liuhkv In a decudo it should roinuin comparatively fresh for two and even four decodes. rum a voice Is a One example of one that hits never boon lmosed upon, never been forced to sing six nights in a week and onco at a mutinee. . A grand opera singer should sing only twice a week, perhaps three times if his or her physical condition war rants It Singers sliould have plenty nt allien, miod nmictitc. nothing to II D . 1 ' ' ' make them nervous, and, if possible, a more or less plilcgmutin disposition. The latter they rarely possess to any great degree. Overwork is death to a voice. A ningcr will not notico at (lot tlie hi roads that gradually undermine a voice and leavo it an echo of Its for mer sweetness. Camixuiiui in Ladies' Home Journal. lUrliif llli Own War. "Why did you run away from homef" asks Joshua Wliitcomb of tlie ragged young trump. "because I wanted to have my own way." "Well, you look as though you'd hod it," is Whltcoiiib's sententious re ply. Tho boy who is eager to have his own way Is continually met with, and many times It Is an extremely hard way. Tho tyranny of homo Is of tho mildest sort, lie llnds, couiiared with what he has to undergo In endeavor ing to have his own way. Many times he falls Into evil company, and in im itating their way and making it his own ho discovers himself on tlie way to a reformatory or prison. Ask tho wretched old tramp whom you And sitting on tho park bench how lie began his downward career, nnd If he be candid lis will tell you It was by trying to have his own wuy. Texas Sifting Spang Kriilpliife, 8iKngo would seem to boon unprom ising material for a sculptor to work upon, but that a work of art may Ik! chiseled, or rattier scissored, from it is proved by a lifo size statue in tuxinge now in the sponge department of Mc Kesson ti Kobbius, wholesale druggists, of Now York city. Tho statue repre sents a Greek sponge gatherer standing In the bow of a bout, polo In hand, gazing intently through a water teles cope at a piece of sponge which ho Is supposed to be endeavoring to secure. The (lguro Is pouiosod of numerous pieces of what is known as leathery potter's sponge, carefully matched as to color, texture and shaw, so that tho statue apiMMirt to ho cut from ono largo piece of sponge. Tho artist has dona his work well, tho faeo esKclidly beliij an excellent piece of curving. Science. nunc of Chliittmcn (lulng Hum, Deep in tho hold below sixty square boxes arc much resembling tcarhct covered with Chinese lettering. Kaeh contains the bones of a dead man bones being sent back to melt Into that Chinese soli from whence, by nature's vltcl chemistry, they were shupeu. And tbisM) whoko labeled bones are rolling to aud fro in thu dark below, as the plunging steamer rocks aud shud ders, once also passed this ocean on Just such a ship and smoked or dreamed their time away in just such berths and played tho same stra.igo play by such a yellow light In even Just such an atmosphere, heavy with valor ized opium. Lofeadio Ileum in Har per's. Knew What II Wanted. Philailelphtun (in New York rvstuu ant) I wont a piece of round steuk. Waiter-llon'l know as I know wot sound steak Is, soli. Philadelplnan Why, It's what you New Yorkers call sirloin. Good News. Of Mers Coaueiie, YUU.r Ilxcuse) me, sir, but are you the president of the eollegef Important Person Well, I guess not Tm the Jauitor. Puck. The London Timtt deelsres that (ilsd- stone authorised tlie publication of the awuraiin fiven by him in regard to the Irii-h Isml snd police outturns. The Mi-l srtliyites do not admit the assur ances come within the same category ith tlie Boulogne negotiations, snd (ail to sie thst l'srnell hss any ground to C impluin o( improper disclosures. noii rat curt or lawtkr im tub mrrs hook or a ekidktsh. By EAECLAY EOBTH. OopTrtKlI. VM. by O. L Dunlum. Publishes bj is.iai wtmiiooI Ui rough Tti America Yrem Associauoa.) "bn the occasion of his death she had received uiany kind letters of condolence from his family abroad, many from those of whom she has) never even heard before, but among them all there was none of the name of Pierson. These let ters slie had preserved, and if of any use to Mr. Ilolhrook she would give them to him. As to her own relatives, she had al n-iulv told Mr. Uolbrook all she knew about them. Uolbrook pursued bis Inquiries as to her fathers relatives. Uld slie Know anvthinit of the brother of her father? "Very litllo." was the reply, lie had run away to sea before she was born, and all she had beard of him was long after all sight hud been lost of him, and after be was supjxwed to be dead. &vi dontly he hud done something wrong, for the elders took little pleasure in sieak Ine of him. and when they did it was in lone of relief that he was dead. lie bad died In her childhood. Uolbrook then said that though they had made little progress in the unfolding of the mystery surrounding the deuth of her son, yet they were steadfastly at work at lL That while be had thought it best to say little to them about It while they were groping in the dark they had in their investigation thought. perhaps, a man of the name of Pierson, who bad died recently, bad been con nected with the events. It was strango, but none the less true. that Tom had failed to tell Uolbrook of the report the Shadow bad made to him of the scene between tho drunkard Pres ton and 1'arker. Had he done so llol brook undoubtedly would have elicited something from Mm Templeton which would huve put another aspect upon of fairs. As a mutter of fact, the report or tlio Shadow had made but little impres sion on Tom at the time, for his mind then was concentrated upon the task of fastening the crime of murder Uon Fountain. Such thought as he did give to ft was that, perhaps, a discreet in quiry in that direction might lead up to a discovery of some of Pierson's sur roundings, which might help them to an understanding of how Templeton, Foun tain and Pierson were connected. And so it was that Uolbrook was treading close uion facts of great value without being conscious of It. However, satisfied that Mrs. Temple ton could tell him nothing that could be of value, ho dropped the subject, and turned the conversation in another chuu- UUi. Dut Annie, who was sitting at the win dow engaged in embroidery work, and making a very protty picture as she su( there, remarked that she was glad tlie search was being continued, for though they had heard little about it recently, they were greatly interested in it Uolbrook, who thought there was something of gentle reproach in the words, said: "The truth Is, Miss Templeton, nothing has been accomplished. For ten days we have been under tlie impression that we could lay our hands upon the man, but tliis morning we discovered that tlie man in question could not have possibly done the deed. We hardly dared to ad mit to ourselves our suspicions, and 1 should have been sreutly to blame had I raised fulso hopes In your breast or had I pointed to a suspicion that could not be ustilled. IJest assured that everything is being done that can bo done to un cover the mystery." 'Oh!" said Annie, covered with con fusion and blushing very prettily, "I had no Intention of complaining. Indeed we are really too much ohligod to you for the trouble you have taken iu our affairs to criticise or to complain." During this exchange Uolbrook had moved from his chair in tlie middle of the room, where ho had been conversing with Mrs. Templeton, and taken a low, easy one near tlie window where Annie sat Mrs. Templeton had turned to tho table and hud resumed tho writing of a letter sho was engaged upon when Uol brook entered. Tho young lawyer was already on such familur footing that he was regarded not as a stranger to whom the most scrupulous attention must be given, but rather as an intimate who was heat treuted when received with informality in answer to Auuie's reply to him he said: "I do not think, Mia Templeton. th " anything which might concern you or yours would be too much trouble for me." The blood crept up Into Annie's cheeks again, and bending over her work she said nothing. ilolhrook himself had nothing to say, and he sat for some tlmo toying with the cud of the embroidery fulling from her knee. Finally he said: "Do you know that I have experienced great pleasure In my calls here pleasure of a kind it has not been my lot to ex perience for several yeurs?" ' Annie looked up wonderingly, "1 sincerely hope you do li ml pleasure In your viMts hero, and It is pleasant to hear you say so, but 1 do not quite un derstand you." -Why nolT "Oh, your words seem to convey a meaning they do not express clearly." "Perhaps they do. You know, of counw, that 1 am a bachelor. Well, 1 have, ever since 1 came to tho city, twelve years ago, lived in a hotel It is now eight years ilnce my mother died, and tho home of my childhood, to which from time to time 1 returned, was broken up. Sine that time, this household has been the only place 1 huve visited where I have been treated with that informal ity I crave, und where the occupants pursue their work as my mother ued to do. It is eight years and more since I have been permitted by any woman to sit so near and play with her work as I do now, and as 1 used to do killing be side my mother. Annie was provoked with herself as she felt the blvinhes mantling her checks, for she had noted tlie toue of tenderiuws which underlay hii words. To blush was to assume that this tenderness was di rected toward herself, when his words conveyed nothing of tin sort, and when m ithout doubt only the recollections of hi mother aud his home had been stirred by entering their domestic circle. She made an ettort and replied: "It is a pleasure, then, at a very small cost, 1 am sure, Mr. Uolbroolc." "A pleasure I duly appieclafe." "Was your mother a widow?" 'Yes. With but two children, a sls- tcr and myself. My sister is married and lives abroad her husland occupies a diplomatic position. "It is hard to lose one's borne. It must be. I do not think I could content myself to live for ail time as w are now. 1 wont a home of my own, which I can deck and beautify my own way." 1 think you, yourself, would beautify any place however bare, and make it home, Miss Templeton." This was direct enough, and the blush swept up again over her face. Ilol hrook did not wall for a reply, oui con tinued: "It is woman who makes tlie home. .Men may erect a house, fill it with cost ly furniture and beautiful works of an, vet it is only an abiding placa Until mine woman graces it with her presence and her lite It does not become noino. Annie looked up archly and said: "If you appreciate a home so much, lir. ilolhrook. why do you not obtain one for yourscl(7" Ilolhrook looked at her steadily, and with not even the suspicion of a smile on his face, replied "Sometimes the heaven we most do- xire is not attainable. Hut I propose to attuiu mine if I can by earnest endeavor It is only within a short tune that my heaven has been shown me, and when the time is meet I'll put my fortune to tlio test. ThTn without permitting reply he ii nick I v said: f "Come, Miss Templeton, the day Is line, the air good and you have been much housed of late come with me for u short walk. I'll bring you back to your mother in time for dinner. Annie willingly acceded, and ran away to prepare herself for the walk As she walked and cnattea witn mm freely and with more gayety than she hud ever shown him before, she was Hap pier than she had licen since her brother's deuth, and slie was surprised to nnu now brijjht the duy wus and how joyous time the autumn could be. And Uolbrook thought it a raro day - one iu a thousand. CHAPTER XXV. UOLUIIOOK HAKES A DISCOVERY. MONTH had elupsed since the murder. It re mained quite us much of a mys tery as it hud been in the be ginning. The po ll c e authorities were bullied in every direction, though they clung obstinately to their theory that Templeton hud been killed for someone else. On his wuy dow n town, on the morning following ins wulk with Annie, Uolbrook had stepped Into headquarters, and hud talked w ith tho high olliciul who had supplied him with the sample of cloth and the dia mond button. He had discussed the theory with the high olllcial, and was compelled to acknowledge that from tho stand H)int of the authorities, and with the information they possessed, the theory wus plausibly ui gued. as? He was troubled over his own conceal ment of certain things, und while he feii. itatcd himself UHn tlie fact that neither Tom nor himself had said a word concerning Fountain, now that it wus clear that he wus not the guilty man, yet he thought ho ought to tell the authorities of tlio suspicious they had as toTempleton'sand Fountain's relations to each other nnd to the dead Pierson. Hut what was he to say? Uo was in pre cisely the same predicament as lie was before they hud found Fountain to U guiltless. He couldn't Beak without bringing Flora into the ullair, and if it had been dilllcull to do so before, now after his interview with her, and after what was practically a promise on his pui t not to usu his knowledga to tho dis advantage of herself or Fountain, it was doubly so IVsidcs, to open himself t tho high olllcial would be to prove treach erous to Tom. So. without revealing any of his thoughts, he left and went his way to his ollico. lie dismissed all further con--ii leralloDof his duty in tho mutter w ith the thought that he was so involved by circumstance that ho could not do what stH-uied to be an obvious duty without doing greater harm in other directions and let his mind run on the joys of hi. walk with Annie on the previous even ing and her charming qualities of mind and is-rson. Thus engaged, he reached his ofllco As he opened tho door of the outer room with more than usual vigor, he wus star tied by a loud crash. A clerk had so placed a ladder that ono leg wus imme diately in front of tlie door. He liuO mounted it so as to gain access to a row of high shelves surrounding the otllee on which were kept green wooden boxes tlie figures of past years, the names ol clients and of estates whose ulTuirs the otllee had in charge being lettered in white on them. When Uolbrook had hastily swung os-n the door it had struck a leg of the ladder, nearly toppling over the clerk and causing him to drop one of the boxes to the floor, upon which it fell so hesvih ;is to burst open, This was the crash which had startled him. Several of the clerks sprang ti save the box, and as they lifted it up il fell aart, scattering its contects. "What ucrs am they?" asked Hoi hrook, viewing the wreck he had caused "Old ones, I should judge," replied Clark, the managing clerk, bending ovei to pick one of the pick ages up. "They refer to Sampson, Uurcotub & Co., s concern that hus been out of existence these ten yeurs. Their affairs are all closed lip." Among the papers w as a small tin box What is thutT asked Halbrook. I don't know." aaij theclerk, picking it up. "Uxk for the key." finding i' U ked and the key not in the lock. The ofliee hoy pawed over the papers hut could find nono. Ilolhrook took the box and turned It numl and around. On one end he saw the leitors "C. P." "What can it be?" laid, struck by tlie initial. "Rring something to break it open." lie carried it Into his private room nu.l there they brought him a haiuuiei mi l a broken dining knife. With these he broke open the box an found it filled wilb pnMrs. The first oue he lifted from the box n. n,,ln Vniir since overdue.- It was drawn to the order of Charles Plerson and signed "A. P. Duncan." "It is as I supposed," he muttered. "It belonged to Parson and escaped the i, i. n-incr were returned. It must have been misplaced In that box." Ue lifted out other pajier. "-v all overdue notes, drawn to Pierson's order and mostly signed by Uuncan. Uolbrook did not know and did no pnrn who Duncan was. He turned the contents of the box out on his desk. At tl, iKittom was a large blue envel ope tied with red tape, and sealed with red wax back aud front over the tape. The tape was wound around the nar row and then tho long way, so that it could not bo opened without tho seals being broken. On the back was Inscribed: "Private Doners of Charles Pierson Not to be opened unless upon the writ ten consent of Charles rierson, or aiier his death, and then only by Judge Uark ner " "Cut Judge Harkncr died before he did," said Uolbrook, talking w mmseu. lie balanced it in his bond. Should he open It? Who was to stop him, and who was there to say nay? And was be not the executor of J adge Uarkner? lie broke the seals. To open the en velope he was compelled to destroy it It had been fastened with glue. The en velope was one of the kind lined with muslin. He tore it open and took out a written paper. It was a sheet of legal cap writ ten on both sides. The contents of the sheet had been penned by the same hand as bad written the Inscription. It was signod "Charles Pierson." CIIAPTER XXYL A DOCUMENT THAT SHEDS LIGHT. OLBROOK sat down to read the document so sin' gulorly brought to his notice. "Judge Uart ner has frequent ly urged me to make a wilL I ought to do so, for my property has grown to be larga It now amounts by the lust Inventory to over two million dollars. "I canuot make a will to dispose of this projierty as I want to do, without discovering to Judge Harkncr certain events of my lifo, which, if known to him, would loso me his esteem. 1 think I have it now, and I wish to retain it "Tlie first thing I would have to con fess would be that Charles Pierson is not mv ritrht name, although I have borne it'now for tweuty years. My real name is Carroll Preston. "I propose to set down hero briefly the facts, to be read by Judge Uarkner after my death. "I was born at Iced ISank, li. J. When about 20 years old I removed with my parents to Plainflold, r. J. there, two years after, I murried a young girl, whe died at the end of a year in giving birth to a daughter. Shortly after I went to Philadelphia. Women have been tho bane of my life. I became involved with a widow named Wessing, with one child a boy. She forced me into a mamuge. I pretended to yield, but it was a mock marriage. Tlie supposed minister was on accom plice, I (led from this alliance, taking care that after my flight she should know the ceremony was false. 'I fled to Europe, and while there an American, of my name exactly, died in small town. Though aware of it, I paid no attention to it, until I learned through the American consul that in quiries had been made by my dead wife's relatives and by the woman Wessing. Then I persuaded tlie consul that it was myself who had died. It was easy to do, for the other Preston had no friends. ' "I then returned to this country and adopted the nnme of Charles Pierson. fifteen yeurs had elapsed since I left Plainflold. I put inquiries on foot and learned that the Wessing woman had never taken my name. I entered business aud prospered from the beginning. From time to time I have sent money, through secret sources, to the woman Wessing. "Subsequently I had inquiries made as to my child in Plainflold, wnom I had loft with her aunt "Slie had just married, at the time of my inquiries, a man by tlie name of Templeton married well and was hap py, so I did not disturb her. "During my life In NuwxorkI mar ried a young girl under the nnme of Fountain. Slie thought she hud married me. It was another mock marriage, A scamp of a lawyer, named Parker, acted the part of a clergyman. "Ue bad me in his power for years, and bled me freely, until I caught him in a scrape and hold tlie state prison over him. Then I was independent "I lived with this woman three years in Putnam county under the name of Fountain. Then tiring of her, I dis abused her mind as to tlie marriago and left her, after giving her enough prop erty to make her independent I had a son by her named Horry Fountain. "I married another woman under the same circumstances, forcing Parker to perform the marriage ceremony. "Ue was my slave now. My name iu this marriago was Simpson. Tlie woman lives in New Rochello, and has a daugh ter now about 13 years old. I made her independent when I left her, which was only a year ago. "I have a Villain of a brother who dis appeared when he was sixteen from Red Bank, and we all thought him dead. He turned up Bve years ago a terrible j drunkard and recognized me. I denied j the relationship, but have given him money to keep him quiet Ue wants t rum, that's all "Parker believes my proper name is Pierson that is, he does not know to the contrary. If ho does, he has nover shown it to me. "Now "When I am dead I want Judge Uark ner to establish the fact that my daugh ter, now Mrs. Templeton, is my heir. Ue will find papers establishing that fact in a safe iu tho Chemical bank, in a box TUl JiC MM ui the charge of the president, marked I To be delivered only on the order of tlie ' surrogate.' I "I request Judge Harkncr to advise' Mrs. Templeton that it is mr wish tha I fc0,000 be given to Mrs. Wessing, of Philadelphia, if alive at the time of my I death. (TO II COKTDIVED. CHILDHOOD'S FAIRIE3. ! TTliin ths wlisl enroi c! from th" .Irowny wV And tlMi sun r' ,,ie ,',"", " And It" MU'1 ' ,m"l,nl 10 "" Aud Ilw l I" ,he 'l"-"'ul "'Tt TIm-o I h irw uwl lift Ulr nVki-rii'K jr, And crk-kf is Cliirnip vwwj And 1 tl"lk al Hi Itiwlnif s lln-lty-Tbe are Hie falrlwuf chil'lliuud days. Tlwn Ilw WMlrd nwl IiohU from her hollow neat, And ucvl of rtiallerlnf tat y by. And tu froi.ni In t!i HMulit inar.h rotrt. While kt)'tlJ bicker od braneliwi lilfc-u; And over tlie tnn to one limy spy Tk. .i,ii!iu.Htiv twinkle of ailvi-r rays. Andtliewoodnaaki'nd tlwifmil piiipa ailtfh Tlicv are tlie foli lt or euuuuuua uujm. Tli tl hip -Mrllls triple their atrro bebeat, And tlie "culprit ray," wiui a inr iii Aveni that tlie hoin-t way la tlie lt Confmlris: Hie ruult Unit he ran't denyl Invisible livloiw of wee things lie In the hollow hid where the cold stream atrays And leavea ain lo leaves aa they peek and iry- "Tlieiie ore tlie fulricauf cliildliood days." IXVOT. Ho! Robin Ooodfellow. your cap'i awrjrf And Katydid, dear, your cheeks are abkuel But only tlie wlili'riiif wlmla n-ply-"riMM are the fiUrlea of childhood days." A, 11. A IX' A BLIZZARD. I was setting np type In the office of The TllooiiiliiKton Wpiko one bright day In February, 183, when I heurd a voice at the window saying: "Hello, Seagravesl wan' to hold down yer clulinf"' The speaker was sneering at me through his mittened hands. I shook my head, but motioned for him to come In, which he did. As he stood before the rnsty cannon stove I reinoiistrutcd with him for his rashness. "Now. I'm an honest mnn, Moore. I don't want to take advantage of anyone, not even a drummer for farm machinery. Tho fact Is, I'm dangerous. W hy, there ain't a man In this territory that would ask mo to go out on the prairie with him if he knew my lecord. I'm sure death." "Wlmt do you ineunf Expluin your self." "I will. I ve been out on tnui pre option of mine promptly at the end of every thirty days ever biiicu uie mni. uuj of Octolicr, and every time It stormed duinnahly. The first time it ruined, the licit time It snowed and Mowed like the devil und all, and the hist time Murray and I went out to the claims we spent three days In his twelve hy fourteen sliunty with the horses. W hy, I can't ko to Heron or Hcllepluiii hut a terrible storm Kweeps down on the poor people. Therefore the boys fight shy of me." Moore was whistling through his tecui at my yarn. Ho dhlii't put mucn im portance ll)OII It. "Oh! I know nil about that; but I don't scare worth a cent, and, besides, look lit the sun shining out tliero. Now, yon get yer toggery on und we'll be oil ufter din ner. Uuiley's going too. Now rustle I'll see you later." This settled the matter, and accordingly I got things into as good shape as possible In theolllce, and went early to dinner at tlio Western house. The lioys at the table were also talking nlwut going out on their claims, and cursing Sparks, of the land olllce, because of the ruling which obliged them to be on the pre-emption once a month', no matter what the weather might lie. "I guess we're nlout nil In the same fix," said Adams; "there's Bniley and lloore and Shelhy, myself and" "And Seagraves," I said, quietly. "Wh-a-iit! Not you, Seagravesr" "You bet I nin." "That settles my hash: If Seagraves goes, I don't, you can bet high on that. I'm not ready to turn up iny toes for the coyotes to gnaw." 'Gentlemen, 1 in sorry for you, out I'm going to break my record or try a dying." And ahout J o ciock, neiuna .Moore's little team, well nigh buried lu blankets and robes, we drew out of the main street and headed west, amid a chorus of yells. "Git there, Kli! Seagraves is sure death; pnh on the reins;" etc. Tlie sleighing was excellent, and the vast level plain, as bare us the bosom of a frozen sea, wasspnrkling under a brilliant sun shining from a deep blue sky. Our course lay straight into the wilderness to the west, n distance of nearly thirty miles an easy trip if the roads ure good all the way. Bailey nnu Moore kept np a lively chat ter over their huge bulfalo coat collars, ami hulled every passing team with jolly shouts, and when we were about ten miles on our way Bulleysnid: "Igues. Seagraves will escape this time." I lifted my head uud took a look at the northwestern sky; then said: "No, boys, we're iu for it, sure." And we were; for, borne on the wing of the north wind, a great fleecy dome ot cloud, slaty blue below and silver white above, was rising, vast, wide ns the north ern horizon, seamless, dim and noiseless, sweeping with the speed of a shadow upon ns. The day was yet brilliant, but tlie frost white edge of the cloud had already slid across the face ot the sun, making the depth of the dark blue dome mors ominous and stern. It would be dark iu two hours. "Well, boys, the blizzard Is coming, sure, and there are just two things to do push on ns hard as we cun for the claim or turn back." "There's no turning to this crowd," Moore replied, as he touched the ponies with a whip. I submitted, though with some misgivings, I am free to confess. The road was getting worse now, as we were getting beyond the settlers' shanties, and beyond the travel to and from (lie town. Houses grew more and more in frequent, the wind began to rise, aud the snow to sift along the plain, softly, spas- mo llcally, yet Insidiously, uud almost be fore wo knew it the road wus full ot drifts. Wherever a tuft of weeds or a clump of uiiburned grass stood, a drift had formed, stretching out its solid bulk across our track like a huge lazy polar bear, over which the ponies were forced to draw the sleigh. The sun was entirely hid soon after, and occasional flakes of snow struck the face like threats, while the wind, growing colder, bit most savagely. The prairie was burned bare here, and the sliding snow ran like tongues of llame here aud there, or spread like silver w hite ocean foam upon the side of some smooth, black ened kuoll. We passed many shanties, but they were empty, for the most part, the owners having moved back east tor the winter. The farther we went to the west, the wilder and moreliare the prairie became; soon we would be outside the line of actual settlement. Bailey was in tending to gel off at a point about five wiles liefore we reached Moore's claim. His claim lay four miles due south from a certain corner stake which we were to puss very soon, but as we were approach ing the stake Moore aud I determined to keep him with us, aud not allow ot his rnnklns his ventnre at night Accord ingly, Moore pulled up short, and we both looked Immovably at our friend. Bailey was a brave man when there was any thing depending on the venture, but as he Mse to his feet and looked around him he hesitated. It was a fearful scene. As f.'.r a the eye could penetrate the nubility of th prairie seemed changed to the furious lashings of a foam white waste of waters. Great waves of snow met, shifted, spread, raced like wolves, joined ngaiu, rose, buf feted each other till puffs of One snow sprang into the air, like sprny, only to fall aud melt in the sliding streams. All was unreal, ghastly. No sky. but a formless. no snow to discover the house. Our course 6lnce leaving the section line was so slow and painful that it seemed as though we had been traveling more than an hour, and finally Moore pulled up and turned to me with a look of grim resolution on his face that told that we had arrived at the suhie conclusion. "Seagraves, we're In for It. We've passed the shanty without seeing it." "That's ahout my Idea. And more than that, 1 will not go a single step further In that direction. There is nothing but n trackless pruirie out there. Our only hope now Is to turn to the southeast and keep going till we strike the settlement. If the poules keep up, we're nil right." "That's about the size of 1J, It we've gone by the shanty, for my claim is about the last one in the township, and the next Is unsurveyed. So we'd lietter turn and strike for the Norwegian settlement south of here. But Where's Bailey?" True enough! I sent mv eye arnnnd the circle; he was not in sight. While we were talking he had lost sight ot us, and mak ing a detour to see tlie house, if possible might be ahead or behind us; we could not tell. We looked at each other an in stant iu fear, then halloed in chorus. No reply. If he were to the south his cries could not reach us; and if to the north ours could not reach him. Again we shouted, nnd again listened. No reply, though we strained our ears in the steady, ceaseless roar and scream of the storm. For the first time I was afraid. In such a ferocious tempest nnd In such deadly cold a man could not live long.- We took turns in shouting, but no reply came, till a lull in the wind not only left the air clearer, but softened the tumult In the ear, and we beard a faint cry la the dis- (Anre "nelp!" It seemed so far off that it hail uo more force than the cry ol a kitten. We could not tell whether it was on the earth or iu the skv. or whether wo Imagined it. but soon it came ugaiu. "He's at our left," said Moore, pulling tin, linrspq nlumt mul f.tllinvitiip tl ..ft. At every few roils we would stop ami shout, and listen for his cry, which grew each moment stronger, but he was not approaching us, he was waiting fur ns to come to him. Soon we were withfli speak ing distance, and he was directing us where to ftiicl him fr n-iw kir-m,.., ti...t he did not approach us. We thought be must have met with some accident, when suddenly he stood beside us. With a single wool, "FoHow me," lie started off, me uorses iiiiuiwing mm. we could not see him, but we knew he was on the truck of something. Ssiii we came upon a small barn heavily banked with snow, and with hoarse cheers we shook hands and yelled, "I told you so!" We had hit the barn, and the huus w.ia nnr h easily reached. Without stonninu to bilk nf luck, we sprang out, and In a few mo ments tne pomes were safe from the blix lard. their noses deen in umw ! ..., oats. After rubbing the ice and snow from their coats, and stirring the circula tion anew in their still and weary legs, we gathered onr robes aud things in our arms and made for the house, which we Impenetrable muss of flying snow; no earth except wheu a sweeping gust laid tore a loni-treakof blackened sod that tad tta , ti- terrifying effect, o a ollow fathomless trough between the 'w and over all the night and iSXt were speeding like the flight of twin eagles. Onr companion set his teeth and made as if to spring out and set f.th. bit down," we shouted. "Do you Intend t Sltiulrlde," And, with a uugh t bis relieved expression, we pushed the ponies on toward the west. "We must be merciless now. We are too far on to turn back, and If we are not delayed we can reach the shanty before deep night," I shouted Iu the ear of the driver There were now but two nhantles where we knew of people living, and both of these were some miles from our desti nation. One of these we soon reached arter passing Hie corner stake ulluu-d to. Hwusa small franie shanty, banked to the roof with snow and soils; Indeed, the roof was also of soda, laid on for addi tional warmth. It was low and menu looking at ordinary limes, but now, as the door oV-ned and the red light sleumed out over the drifts glinting through ho fulling snow, It hadailugulurly attractive look The house was full to overllowlng, we were told, and there were no pluces for our horses ot all; they would have to fcta.id out If we staid. "But we uin t goln' to stay," said Moore, grimly, as he pulled out Into the road, now a mere trail, to he followed with the greatest difficulty. Just after turning Into this fulnt track there came a team of horses rushing to meet us. As they pissed us at a swift gallop we saw that, attached to the har ness of one, was u boy's bund sled, upon which a long plunk wus bound, and lastly a young fellow lying atop, on his side, iu the way boys coast down hill. Ho had a round, red face, on which was a fearless laiiuh, and he shook tho reins above his noble team and plunged Into the dark ness of the east on his way to the settle ment. The storm had steadily Increased In violence, though uch stage seemed the limit of Its fury. The cold grew ever bitterer, the night was almost upon us, and the snow lllled the air, and we could see but a few rods In any direction; but our only resource wus to press on out on the prulrle, wrapped In madly swirling clouds of snow. But we were all western born, and not only knew our danger, but how to meet it as well. Our trull wus en tirely lost, and there wus nothing left but to steer by the wind nnd the section lines. For a mile or more we had been follow ing a furrow which had been plowed along the section line, and w e must now leuvo that and bear to the southwest. Therefore, taking the wind (which we knew to be in the northwest) on our right shoulder, we struck out iu a straight line for the place where we knew the shanty belonging to Moore must be. We ought to come near euoiigh to it to see it as we passed; if not well, we didn't like to think of Hint. As our course must be made with the greatest care, Moore drove, while Bailey und I took turns in rigidly keeping the wind upon the right ear, and in walking in the track behind. The track was kept straight in this way and in creased our chances of finding the house. We were now moving In a circle of half light, outside of which, 100 feet away, was darkness. Without this half light all was distorted, fantastic. A safc'e bush, a clump of weeds, or a tuft of grass assumed huge proportions, and. through the treacherous gloom looked like a burn or a stuck of hay in the further reach ot the eye. A bit of shingle not fifty feet from my eye looked so like a cabin on the side of a distant swell that I called joy fully to my companions that I had found the house. It frightened me when, a few steps further on, I came to the wind blown bit of wood, and my vision of the house and tho snowy hill faded out Into the depths of the storm. The snow llew so thickly that we could not see the ponies at times its they labored heavily through the deep snow, for we were on the uii burned prairie now and the snow was mid leg deep. Around me I heard the multitudinous trampling of the snows, the fluttering of innumerable wings, tho sheer weight of an army of foes pressing against us, small as units, a terrible force taken together. There were swirls here and there which opened vistas In which the mind put vague pictures of battles between ghostly adver saries, and then the snow came down upon us ay, it seemed to leap up from beneath, fail from above, as well as drive on the level terrific blast, like sand from a tulie. At intervals we would stop, and go as far as we dared to the right and left, and, stooping down, look under the ' reached in a h'.iort, breainhYs run. It was a fi'iimo building, isxl'4 Moore hiul erected lor a kuiniu,.r Jcuee a mere shell of a thing, win, ene thickness of boards on tm ' through which the enow drifted; aiid"' there was no lianl.ln t Hie colli a(r , streamed up through Iho Hour; but,',"0 . U...K. Ii n. n mil ww lr.. ,,.i , rel- tlvely It wax u palace. ltHm., light, for there was u stove audsnint. kiBj ling and a In of caul. Weiietd ,ml f(l for ono night, anyway. We w,n ul, roaring lire in the ru-ty stove uud R 1m In an unwashed tubular lantern, We a! found a coffee can, nnd soon had a cnu nf coffee slzzllngon the stove. Then We took tho time lo ask lluiley almut hi ndvi-nt ure. It seems Hint In making nda ' he had caught a glimpse of tlie harti sml though Ihe Moriu the next moment cuv credit, yet he determined lo pu, 0 ' littlo further and make sure of it. l,,,. lly we did not get quite out of earshot and the whole ended fortunately, bin it was a big risk Ui run. As out fnWa mince pies U-gnn to warm up uud tl,P fee to send uff a fragrant steam, Moors snug, exultantly: The wind tiowts mail out ilmrs, Tim snow clouds hurry .it. We made a great picture as we Mt around the red hot stove, with our for caps and buffalo overcoats on. The lttu. tern threw a red light over us through its smoky side, ami the open Jaws of the coal stove brought out every line of our fn(M as though we were the witches in "Mw beth" huddled around the caldron, On our heads the sifted snow fell nt Intervals like showers of red flukes of gold, wliie the fruil structure creaked and groaned. In the blast, the snow lashed the windows and rushed like a puck of wolves ulxrnt the door. After IimmI and warmth, we sat thus talking and singing till we U:i weary and sleepy with the cold; ami then our host led us to the upier story of u1B house, where the bed stood which Moure used when he cunie to sleep on his claim, and upon this we piled our blankets nmi robes, and then crept under thein. Outside the storm lashed and hissed like an ocean. There was a fluttering roar, as of myriad wings, a rattle of ili. tant musketry, tho howling of innumer able wild beasts, nnd the nulls of women In ngony. There were vague souiuU of rushing, of swirling, and tlie tinkling as of distant, falling, driving sand. 1 re member waking in the night anil listen ing In awe to the tumult, fancying the wind some huge beast disappointed of hu prey, and wreaking his rage on the wood of our frail retreat. He seemed to grasp and shake the house ns a lion would a rat, while his voice sank to a deep raucous simrl of convulsive fury. We seemed such puny creatures, such motes In the blasting tides of Icy sands, thut I was glad w hen sleep put an end to my specu lations aud fancies. When I nwoko tho next morning nil was still still ns the grave; not a sound save tho hmvy breathing of my compan ions mid the occasional cracking of the wood under the terrible cold; us still as though the snoW had burled us deep un der Its soft weight. And I shull never for get how it looked as I stepped out Into the morning ulr: Like an enternal changeless sea Of hiirnlKheil marble luy the plain. In dazzling, shoreless, soiiiiilless waste, Horizon tiirt, without a stain. Theuir was still; ue, breath of sound Came from tho wide c::pans; Tho whole earth seemed to lie lu trance, lu hushed, exeetunt ulleuco bound. And oil! tlie beauty of the morning sky, Whore tlained the herald lianners of the kiug! And as I gnzed with famished eye, Lo! day came ou ino w ith a spring. No one would ever dream that the night before this culm plain had been lashed and driven by an appalling tempest. The terrible ride of the night before seemed almost n dream. There was no receding swell upon this ocean, ns iiK)ti the Atlan tic; ou the contrary, It looked so marble like and still that one could hardly iuing ino it ever being moved tiguin. The hnl linnt sun flushed from millions of ice points on the snow, making a broad way of dazzling gold and diamonds a royal way for the coming of the morning. Its glory was nlmost, not quite, n compensation fortheexprrienceof the previous night Thut night, ns we sut around the cannon stovo in the Warn burger grocery in Bloomtown, Moore told our story "with trimmings," adding, among other things, the actual fact that the thermometer was (legs, below zero. The other trimmings, which were not facts. I will not mention. Moore is a good fellow, and undoubtedly regrets the ex aggerations which the eiitlnisiuom of tlie moment induced. Harper's Weekly. Driven to Sulfide by Love of Ills Dead Dog. Sidney Clay was a London bnilder's clerk living in Euston road. Ho was 3(1 years of ago nnd had a wife nnd several children. A sister-in-law lived with the family, and this lady had a pet dog, a toy terrier called Peep, which becume a great favorite with all. Guy took the pet dog for a walk nnd lost it; presuma bly the creature was stolen, for it was extraordinarily small nnd marvelously intelligent. Clay made every effort to recover the pet, bnt ftiiled. Thereupon he became despondent nnd moody, and four mouths later he suddenly fell dead in the family sitting room. At the post mortem examination it transpired that the man had taken a dose of cyanide of potassium with suicidal intent It seems that clay had for a long time contem plated making away with himself, for a letter (which had been written three months) addressed to his wifo was found upon his person. "To the best and dearest of women, Marian, my wife," he wrote; "there are times in the lifo of a man wlipn he is su premely happy. Such has been my lot with you until quit recently. Then comes a downfall such ns has befallen me. Since I lost our dear, darling Peep the lifo, light and :oy of our hearts I have been brokenhearted. I told yon on one occasion I should never be able to brook her loss, and I feel I never can. With kindest love, your affectionate husband. "Chicago News. The tirt-ck Woman's Vuliiir. The most striking faults in the Greek woman's character are her vanity, fond ness for dress nnd display, and Jealousy of the better circumstances of her neighbors. The spirit of anibiiloiis rivnlry is often carried to such excess that the real com forts of home life ure sacrificed to it; and many live poorly and dress meanly at home, in onler to display a well furnished drawing room and expensive holiday toilets to the public. There are, how ever, very domestic, make devoted wives, and fond, if not always judicious, mothers. Boston Budget. A Crazy Quilt of Hark. A Buffalo man has a curiosity In the shape of a crazy quilt made of one seam less piece of hammered bark. It Is th artistic product of barbarous hands those of Mr. Faafilimnlo, a bandy legged bar barian of Australian origin. Aliout t?x4 feet in dimensions, it is covered on the on side with a diamond pattern, wrought on With black paint Chicago Herald- Inu iuc.tut Tombs Two moumla of the i rcUit'.oric period have been discovered on the i:;thmns of Corinth by P. IZai;trcmer.o3, who thinks that they are tlio ton:bs of Sisyphus and Neleus, mentioned by the traveler Pno sanias when describing the country sub ject to the rule of that place. Boston Transcript