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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1891)
EUGENE CITY GUARD, LkVAJirBBLU srirlew. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. FREE LANDCOMES HIGH. Towa Lota OItm Aw.y. bat Th.r. An KtpM Attaeuad to Them. I beard about the wan who was giving ,way town loU free, and one day I loft the train at a small elation and hired a man to drive wo over to the site of the future great city. I found a sixty acre farm eUked out into lota 20 feet front by 60 deep, but only one house and one person were in sight Tlie bonne was a form cabin, and the person wan the owner of it and the one I wanted to ace. "Come for a lot?" be asked aa we drove up. "Yea, In case my information U cor rect Do you give tbein away frecT 'I do." "I bad beard so." "Go right out and select any one yon like. Those selected are marked with red itakea, those not yet taken by black onea." , , , I took a walk aronnd and made a se lection, and he found the number and "'"You want an abstract of title, of course. Here it is, and the foe is $.!." When I bad received It he hunted out a deed already signed, and filled my name in, called in the teamster and bis wife for witnesses, and said: 'Here is your deed. I ll have to charge ft for that" I paid the sura named, and be then ot down a big book and said: 1 J. ...1 ...1 MHMUI I M yon wan i i rwuru, v w.. . am the county clerk. The fee for re cording is $3." i hud it dulv recorded, and just then dinner was ready. He invited me to sit down, but when we were through be "My charge for dinner is soventy-five cents. The taxes on your lot will be due next week, and you had better leave the mnnAV. The amount ia 11.75, and my oommisHion for receipting will be twen ty-five cents. t nuil hi the sum named and was w.., irt into the waiton, when be aid: "The charge for bringing you over and taking you back is $3. Half belongs to me, as I own the wagon, une uoimr, please." . .. "Can yon think of anything further?" I asked, as I handed him tho dollar. "Well, you'll have to stop at the junc tion about four bonrs before the eaHtorn train conies along. I own the restaurant there. Please eat all you can." I have." I said, after a little figuring, "paid you $13. 7.1 for a lot you advertise to give away tree, now .nuu call this land worth an acre?" "All of six dollars, sir. I've been offered five and wouldn't take It." "Then I've paid you more than the Talue of two acres to get a lot large enough to bury a couple of cows on!" "Exactly, s'r exactly, and I congrat ulate you on your bargain." "Then you don't call it a swindler "No, flirt No, sir! A man who will kick on buying a chunk of the glorious west for lens than $14 isn't straight, and, Mr. Tompkins, I'd advise you to keep an eye on him going back and see that he doesn't jump out of tho wagon and bilk you out of your dollar." Wilmington News. private lutvrvlaw. One may sometimes be made to see the nseleasneas of a foolish habit by being made the victim of similar behavior ou the part of another. Here is an example nf lwinu paid "in one's own coin:" A landlord in a country villago was hiwllv emnlovcd at his desk when a fnrrn..r rama to the door and asked to mm him. The man was asked bis errand, but be persisted that ho must see the hotel keeper aloiio. The latter stopped out side, when the farmer motioned bim to follow and walked around to the rear of the hotel. When they were well around tho cor ner the farmer stated that he wished to bny a cow and bad board that the land lord bad one to sell. "Como on," said the other, and led the way through a garden, a patch of pota toes, and after climbing a fence, through a muddy barnyard and into tho hotel barn. When they were inside the landlord put his mouth near the other's ear and whinnered: "Say, neighbor, I've sold my cow!" Youth's Companion. Mrknauir. at Clli(. With students the raugo of sobriquets ia wide and varied, a condition due to the close relations between the nicknamer and the nicknamed. Some well defined rules obtain, however, which show there is some method in this phase or nmur araduate madness. Surnames often carry the same nicknames, although the persons may not be related, and may be separated by five or ten years In tho time of their residence at college, ror in stance. Jones. "79, is dubbed "lluck,' and the chances are excellent that Joues, 89. will receive the same nickname. Why, no one knows, but it is a curious Instance of wrsistent personality. Again nicknames received previously at school or at home count for naught, for the eolleirian ia no respecter of traditions outside of the college world. So "Billy" become "Sister," "Jack" is transformed into "Reddy," "Joe" ia elevated into "Senator," etc. New York Tribune. Mutual Lack of Con0.daca. "I will have to owe you a dime," said Bcbuler Jewett to the tobacconist as h bit off the end of a cigar. "But I haven't got confidence in yoq V) that extent Yon will have to leave that diamond pin as collateral." That diamond pin Is worth a dollar and a half, and I haven't got confidence in you to that extent," replied Schnlei as he strolled out into Broadway puffing bis cheap cigar." Texas Sifting. A fiwed'uh engineer has invented novel method of blasting by electricity. He employs a volta are produced be tween two carbon rods placed parallel. When the are Is moved close to the spot , where blasting Is to be effected an in-; troae local beat is created, followed by . expansion, which has the effect of sphw bag the rock. Policeman Clancy, of Fan Francisco, who rrete l Uxm a charge of rtea! ing f 15 from T. B. Herd, a restaurant waiter, has been acquitted. It aa shown ferda bad charged three polioe men with the robbery. The court -pressed the opiniun be was insane. ANOTHER'S CRLME. no nil cuHT or tusitcroB mra. Bj JULIAN HAWTHOEHE, Author of "The Great Book Robbery,' "Aa American Penman," Eta tOonyrtfthl byO H. Pui.liam. and publlhl. thnxicb tpwUU arrawtmnwit bf Hit kaxrvM Frau AjmocUuIob wli OuukOJICo.. Jiaw Vork ad L&cdoQ. - '-Dupee rushed at him and struck him ... . ' . l,r,n in Hilit: but WllU IMS Iisi. i"' J "b . , my brother was tho stronger, uuu . itruck lie in Hie face, so that be fell over a chair. Then the others separated them; and my brother, after a moment forgot his anger, and wanted to make friends with Dupue again, but Dupee would not for a while, but the others urged bim, until at last be laughed and came and shook bands with my brother, and pretended that ho was quite rccon Ciledi but bo said afterwards to ouo or the young men that bo 'would be even with Nolen ycf "They bad been on the point of brcaa Ine up. but after this they got to drink Ing and talking again; and Dupeo came and sat down by my brother, and kept filling his glass for blm. but only pro tending to drink himself, until my brothc? got quite Intoxicated and acted foolishly. It was then after midnight, and the young men began to go home, and Dupce said he would soo my brother to bis lodgings. My father and mother and myself were not In New York just thent we bad gone down to a southern watering place on account of my mother being delicate, and Jerrold was staying i. ...niui,n,l rooms hi a boarding house. "He and Dupee started off together after leaving the others. My brother could walk, but he was not fit to take care of himself. Tho boarding house was on West Twenty-third street, some way down. The door bad a covered porch to It and was nearly on a ovel with the sidewalk. It was a winter night but there was no snow on the "nwas not quite 1 o'clock In tho morn ing when they left the restaurant to gether. At 2 o'clock the policeman whoso beat was on that part of Twenty-third street saw somoono lying in the porch of the boarding house. Ho examined and found that ho was In evening dress, with an overcoat on; ho was Insonslblo and his pockets were empty. There did not seem to bo any mark of violence on blm. The policeman thought he was in ecnslblo from drink, lie knocked up .!, nnm.ln iii tho house, and when he found that my brother lived there helped mke him up U his room. liis room iiui mere was a physician living in tho bouse, and bocatiioand looked at my brother mid taw thero wits something wrong. At lost bo found a bruise on Ills head, bo hbid tho car, mado with some blunt In strument, for tho skin was not cut, but it had produced concussion of tho brain. Towards dawn ho partly recovered con eclousness, and when ho was asked about his injuries bo mumbled something about Dupeo; but they could not get anything definite from him. A telegram was sent to us at Old Point Comfort, whero wo were stopping. My mother was too ill to movo; 1 stayed with her. and my father went on at once, but ho arrived too lata My brother" Her voico faltered, and alio broke off. Tho story bad been told with entire sim plicity, but with Inteuso vividness and earnestness. Tho scenes which sho do ecrihed seemed to bo before her as alio spoko, ond the emotion which alio bad striven to repress broko forth at lust In a few quick sobs. She soon controlled herself und added, "My father bad an inquest held; tho young men who had been iircsent at the supper wore called uuon to testify, und they told of tho quarrel and the apparent reconciliation, ' . .1 A , 1 I . n ....... and it was shown luui uorui-e uu-v the List person seen with my brother. In bis examination Uiuiee saw mai ne bad taken bim home and left bim in bis doorway, bidding bim good night; and that, though my brother had seemed not quito himself, yet he was ablo to tako care of himself. Ho denied any knowledge of tho blow. Hut it wns proved that ho had threatened my brother; and it was thought that ho might havo emptied my brother's pockets only to mako it oppcur that the murder was tho work of some common thief. So tho coroner held him for trial." "1 romcmber the case now, put In the Inspector. "Tho case was pushed against him vigorously, but It broke down at last for want of conclusive evidence, aud Dupeo was discharged, as you say, after having been kept in Jail lor a year. Well, I must say, Miss Nolen, that tin doubt as to his guilt Is a reasonable one; and supposing him to have been inno cout, he has certainly received bard treat ment: for such an accusation as that, though not proved, is enough to ruin a man's career. M ilc. not Ix-lieve be was innocent, In spector Dyrnesl I am sure that be was guilty, and. having escaped punishment for that, he means to do us more Injury till No an innocent man would not have been ruined by an unjust accusa tion! It would have stimulated bim to prove by his after life that, he had been wronged." "Do you know what bis subsequent life has beenr inquired the inspector. "I have beard enough to know that it has been what 1 should have expected it to be. He has associated with low and dishonest people; he has gone under dif- fereut names, and it is probable that be may have been arrested more than once for othercrimea. 1 havealways felt that ha was our enemy, and have expected that something like this would happen. I am the only one of us left to fight bim, Insictor Byrnes. He killed my eldest brother; he was the means of bringing about the disgrace and death of Percy; my father died of disappointment and grief; my mother is a broken down in valid. But I am strong and well, and I am determined to bring bim to justice! Will you help meT Her eyes darkened and her checks flushed as she put the qucktiou. The in' spector, though he could not but pcr ceive that the cliancea were against the correctness of her theory, was touched by her earnestness. "In what way would you expect me to assist your be inquired. "You can communicate with the po lice in all parts of the country," she an swered, "and you know, or can Gnd out the history of all the criminals who have been arrested in New York and In many other places. What I ask you to do is to trace the record of Uorac Dupee from the time be left the jail on the termln Hon of his trial till now. Find out lb Maociates, and make them giveevldence against bim; learn what his aliases have hern, and whether be was not to Jjew York .hi the day that Mrs. TunstaU lost her money. If he was-and I am sure it will turn out so-it will be found that he had money to spend soon afterward, and perhaps some one of the bank notes can be traced to him. Oh!" she ex claimed, lifting one band with an Irre pressible gesture, "if I can see blm stand before me In the prisoner s dock. I sliaU have lived long enough!" "Upon my word, Miss Nolen, re marked the Inspector with smile, I wouldn't envy the man who had done you an injury, be he who he may; and if this fellow Dupee. or any one else, has been guilty of the crimes you charge him with I hope with all my heart you may live to see him convicted of them-and a long time afterwards, too! As for my share In the business, I can assure you that all possi''16 Investigations shall be made and, if Dupee has really joined the criminal classes, it will probably only be a question of time before we run across him. It is something to have a definite person suspected in connection with the affair. I don't want to give you any hopes that I cannot fulfill; but I am will ing to say that It is not Impossible some thing may come out of this." "I don't ask for promises only let something be doner Pauline replied, rising and giving her band to the detect ive. He felt the strong clasp of ber lit tle fingers, and smiled again. "You may depend upon my being at least as good aa my word." be said kind ly. "Your cause is a good one, and, so far as I am connected with It, you may be certain that it will not suffer. But you must bo prepared for disappoint ment, and you must be patient" CHAPTER XV. A MESSAGE FROM THE BE. T had been the custom with the Nolens, during the summer months, to go to a seaside resort known as Sqult tig Point, on the New England coast They own ed a small cot tage there, con- t slsting of a slt- tincr mom. three rTvlunlrnnnm. and a kitchen and a . r veranua, wie area ' ' nf which was larger than all the rest of the house. The houso stood upon a low bluff direct ly overlooking the beach. There was a semi-circular inlet at this point, about fifty yards across; In thia a pier had been constructed, to the end of which a cot boat was moored. It was a pretty place, but a very quiet ono. To reach It it was necessary to drive five or six miles from the railway station in the neighboring town. W ith in a radius of a mile there were perhaps a dozen cottages similar to the Nolens' n,l nwuinled chiefly by urtists. Milk, eggs, poultry and vegetables were fur nished by the larm nouses iu wo fish could be caught by any one wmi a fishing line and a boat; meat and gro- ceries niusi oe leicmn " wns out of the line of rasnionaoie travel; and those who knew of Its exis tence, und had established themselves thero, were united in a conspiracy to keep fashion away rrom It. ii mey themselves felt tho need of a little dissi pation, they could bo at Newport in four or five hours or at Swampscott before night But here they could always be suro of rest, seclusion, charming scenery and as much fishing, sailing and bathing as they wanted. Of course they could not hope to keep their secret long; soon er or later somebody would appear and build a hotel; but meanwhile they en joyed it all the more for feeling that their exclusive possession oi it uiusi m limited. Opposite the point was a line of low islands, seven or eight miles distant, which served as a natural breakwater against the violence of the Atlantic! waves, and gave to the intervening ex panse of water tho advantages of a bay. They were also a charm and attraction lu themselves; tor they were constantly undergoing the most surprising changes under tho influence of the mirago; ana, being within an easy sail, were often visited for picnicking purposes oy me sojourners in tho cottages. Baskets of provisions were carried over, anu me materials for a clambake or a chowder were always obtainable from the sands aud the sea. The time not occupied In cooking and eating could be devoted to picking huckleberries, practicing wun the ritlo or shotgun, or, if tlie age and eircumstuncea of the members of tlie party permitted. In quiet flirtations along tlie beaches or in the woods. The sail home was made by the red light of sun set or by the white luster of tho moon. The winter and spring had passed away without any news having been ob tained concerning Horace Dujiee; if he had really been in New York at the time of the perpetration of the robbery he had entirely disappeared, i he only tiling to be done was to wait patiently until he came back attain, keeping a bright but undemonstrative lookout for him in the meanwhile. As Inspector Byrnes had the matter in charge. It was not neces sary that Pauline should remain in New York; she could be communicated with at any time, and it might even hasten tlie result she desired if she were known to be out of the city. Accordingly, as sum mer approached, and her mother's health manifestly demanded a change, prepare tious were made to go down to Squittig Point Judge Ketello, for reasons which the reader will perhaps comprehend, ar ranged to accompany them. He had not as yet made any avowal to Pauline of the nature of his sentiments towards ner, but he bail been assiduous in his atten tions; and only the greatness of the prize at stake withheld him from putting bis fate to tlie touch at once. They arrived about the middle of June. The cottage had previously been put in order for their rwption; curtains un packed and put up; mattings spread on tlie floors; hammocks swung in the ve randas; Venetian blinds fastened over the windows. The calboat had been routed out of her winter quarters in the barn, a new coat of paint had been given ber, new sheets and halliards rove, and ber shrunken scams had been soaked till they wei e water tight There she rested at her moorings as gracefully a a sea cull Ever? tiling being; ready, the party, co!voyed by tlie judge, drove out from the town one One day and took possession. It was sunset by the thus the last trunk was moved in. They had 1 .-upper, anJ Uion sat out on tta erawto enjoying the pure salt air and the Uquid ou look over tlie bay. ?Vf. breeze; little waves maoe . uv ble plash on the shore of the cove. The boat courteaied gently off the end of the pier, as if welcoming Its owners bac k to nature. Themoonroselateand red.it wTpastthefulL To the right beyond the point the lighthouse Vf toteraittontly ; a sloop drif ted past half a mile out and the sound of a banjo tinkled audibly across the water. "It's delicious!" murmured the judge, littiag with Mrs. Nolen on one side or bim and Pauline on the other, and a cigar between bis lips. v B. . ami visit the we li go OUl in vuo - Mm Nolen cave a sigh. She was thinking of her son drowned at sea. Pauline understood what the sign meant; but she was made of other metal than her mother. "I mean to learn how to sail the boat myself this summer she sold. "1 like the sea; I would like to nt.i i. , nn it, always, uow soft and gentle It is now! 11 V K IUCOIUV . ' " . But when the storms come i i.i ncL irnn lensons in sailing 'ob- served the Judge. "You know, when I was a boy 1 spent a year before the mast" , "I learned something last year rrom Percy," Pauline replied, "and, now that be has become a part of the sea, I shall feel more at home on It than before. The next day, accordingly, the prac tice of navigation began, and was con tinued day by day thereafter. Pauline showed herself an apt pupil, and was, in deed, quicker in an emergency than the judge himself. Mr. Nolen at first could not be prevailed on to accompany them; but one warm day they induced her to venture out, and the experience was so pleasant that she repeated it from time to "llean while the judge's affair was man ifestly approaching a crisis. The con stant companionship of the girl he loved was Inexpressibly sweet to him, and he was unable to repress some manifesta tion of It; yet he could not decide ki.a r not Pauline cared enough about him to accept blm aa her husband. That she esteemed him highly was evi dent, and that her affection for him was daon and sincere; but there are many kinds of affection, and the question was whether her affection was of a kind ca-1 pable of being developed into the love of a wife. The judge wished with all his heart that he could do her some immense service, or make for her some noble sac rifice which might serve to draw her nearer to him. But such things cannot be commanded at will, and seldom occur when they are wanted. It seemed that he must trust to whatever unaided merit he possessed to win her heart Pauline had always been mature for her age; but since tlie calamity that had fallen upon her Bhe hud developed greatly. She was graver and more taci turn than before, and her manner was more thoughtful and controlled. She seemed already to have outgrown her girlhood and to haveuttained thesti ngth and experience of a woman. All this was hi the judge's favor; for his age was the factor in tlie matter which he feared most If they could meet on more nearly equal terms in this respect, he could feel more confidence as to the rest She con versed with bim on his own intellectual level, and consulted him freely and con fidentially on all matters of interest to herself. No friendship between a man and woman could have been more Inti mate and genuine; but it was something more than friendship that the judge longed for; if he could have detected a single glow of passion in ber cheeks be would have been a much happier man. On tlie other hand, Pauline was quite able to veil her feelings; und no young woman of healthy niiud can be expected to show what emotion may be in ber, or even to acknowledge It to herself. until she has been fairly challenged. At length, hnving become quite accus tomed to the management of the boat rhpv decided to make the trip to the island. The lunch basket was packed and stowed amidships; fish lines and hooks were placed In the locker. In case tney snouiu come across a scnooi oi oiueusu; iush- ions and wraps were provided for Mrs. Nolen, and extra ballast was put into the hold, In order to keep her steady in case the wind should increase. An early start was mado, for tne oreeze was so light as scarcely to ruflle the water, and set nearly in a direction opposite to that which Uiey wished to go. in order w get out of the little cove it was necessary to use the oars; but after that the wind gently swelled the sail, and, proceeding by long tacks, they eiowiy maue weir way toward the Island that seemed to quiver and waver in the heat on the ho rizon. About 11 o'clock the breeze freshened little, and the boat slipped more swiftly, but still with an even, gliding motion, through tlie water, ine juuge. who fancied he detected signs or blue fish, now relinquished the helm to Pau line, and got out bis lines. The squid was thrown out astern, and cut a tiny wake through the waves, while the judge, with his finger on the line, watch ed it like a hawk, for an hour, in spue of several false alarms, nothing was caught but finally there was an unmis takable tug. and. hauling in with fever ish tapidity, the judge, in a few mo ments, had tho pleasure of lifting on board a fine large demijohn, tightly corked, which had been booked by the handle. After the laugh bad subsided the judge suggested that the demijohn might con tain something, and he knocked off the head against the gunwale or the boat About a pint of salt water came out and then a fragment of wood apparently part of the lid of a cigar box, on which something had been written with a pen cil. The writing was almost obliterated, but two or three words, or portions of words, still remained. "See if you can make them out, Pau line," said the judge, after scrutinizing the inscription a few moments. "Your eves are better than mine." Holding the tiller in ber left hand Pauline took the bit of wood in her right and looked at it "1 can make out part of a name," she said presently, "and some figures a date, I suppose. Ah!" Her lips closed tightly and her eyes dilated. The boat swung round Into the wind and lay with the sail flapping. She had forgotten the tiller, "What is itT asked the judge in sur prise. She met his eyes, and then glanced stealthily toward ber mother. to bi coxtincsd. CITIZEK HI Woes Mto the ot YMU Vwsa. ITS Ponra aSXttsrS "be night like a stifling Sarme"t In 0Ur conversauoiiuo... . u. l!tr .ittll they'll -t me alone, but when I first cam. ifriei.dofmi.-IB"' lO IC IUO b. had out out or a promine,, " "'" - in which my ''' w" "fwlnt rfcM that made me mud; and so I went rignj down the ofilce of the p., More 1 went I told niy wife about the pi awl i.nr I was ei"g ti see slmut it bhe saw ha l wexcitil.nd.he became alarmed. Bh im'g on to u.e quite a ' "dJg He wUhed I wouldn't go. U i had always -ot ai,mK so well, and mice we had been K bad "ever killed anybody and .he wffi would take her advice and not go, but I was thoroughly indignant and mad. Bo I went down, and at the counter I asked went wm counting the words in a 'Want' ad "Uent, and it was a long ti ne Won, I .. .i.i ... i,i. .v. Then he said in a biler, cold way that the editorial room, wens on the fifth floor. I did not like Ms way, and I would Save been glad to lick bin. if I could have got over into hi. cage, but I couldn't 1 hen I went to the elevator. I wo, i.f. tl.n elevator loy, who we.ghed about nt, rounds, put hi. hand against my person and gently pushed me out. 1 ."You can't go upstair, without stating your name and your business auu wm, want to see. Here fa a card that you can fill "Ho said I would have to be explicit If I ..-I .i.,.lfvlltor.orthe marine editor, or the literary editor, or the polo editor, or the birth and death editor, or uw iwi i i,l find them in: but the manag ing editor and the telegraph editor and the night editor and the mirth editor and the bathing editor were all out. 'Finally I went lit ami found a miall, good nntured man that I could have handled with out any trouble, but whon I stated my bus -ness bj sal 1 that it was not iu hi. line at all, but that I ought to go to the city editor. By that time the city editor hud gone to luneb. I waited for him till I got o hungry myself that I thought I would fall apart. !,.. i,. rnn in ho had about nineteen men to talk to all at once for an hour or o; then ha let mo hi and I told him what the trouble was. He didn't rcmemlier any .uch story in the !aper a I qioke nbout, but would find out nbout it und sw wnat renc. Id advise me to write out t rtateineiit of my side of the case and leave it . h.. u-imlil invostiiiate the matter U1CI Ot - . when the reporters got in in the evening. fOITORt RM "I wont to a long table and wrote most all tho afternoon on a piece which was not so scathing when I got through with it aa I thought it was going to be, so I tore it up. Then 1 wrote another one. It wasquite bitter, but not so bitter as I wished it had been. It bad tame places in it where it eeemed to all flatten out and fail to get there. I never suffered mentally so much in my life, and now and then when I wiped my brow on the tail f mv Hnnii coat I could see that the city editor seemed to enjoy it. By dusk I had completed an articlo tliut was carefully writ tiin mid Vit I did not expect that it would bo copied very much. It was inclined to be omato in its style, and still there were words in it like 'egregious,' for bistance, that I rtl.ln't feel sure I bad spelled right It was now lil-bt, and I went home, leaving my articlo for the morning paper and feeling proud that I wa. getting mixed up with litariittirA. "My wife was anxious to find out if I had anybody's gore on my hands before I went Into dinner, but I convinced her that my heart was still pure and guiltless, out mat i uau written a piece for the par that would stir UP the town in the morning. r . . ..... .1. I l.ll.. l... ,lMnH "I looked 1- vurougu uurrieuijr, unv umu. And my piece. Host everything else was there but that, however. It was crowded out! rrobably the mush and milk sociable editor had a piece that be wanted to run in In place of it, and owing to ins limuence uo bad succeeded. I was greatly irritated. I had lost one day from my business but I de cided to go down to the off.ee again and see what tho matter was. This time I got to the city editor at once, and ho said If I would write another .tate ment ho would promise that it should not bo overlooked, and said that as I was cooler now I would no doubt write a better piece, bo l wa. fool enough to write another flapdoodle caid for the paper. It took me till 12:S0, and as near as I can rememlier simply proved over my own signature that I was an lee cream man who aspired to be a large, straw col- nml 1ucka. When I took it in to tne city suitor ue asKeu i:iu n i uuu w p vu. rurto which I referred. I produced ... . i . , it T .l.- a... fMm it Hu looked Hover a moment and then said: . 'I nra sorry that you have been here for two days sud sprained your Thinker over thia matter, and absorbed your tne prcpar- mg au exhaustive article for our paper in your defense, for this slip is cut out of some other paper. I don't know what paper it is, but we haven't got any urh type a. that hi our office.' "Uo then stated that lis would uot detain me any longer, and I don't believe he could if bo had wanted to. I went donrn the stain rather than meet the elevator boy ngnin, and toon found myself on the street. Ibousht my wife a new dress on the way home, and tol l her I had thought better of my assassina tion scheme on her account "Tuat was tea years ago," said the old man, as bo arose to go, "ntul although I have not always done right I can truly say that the gore of no newsnaper man boa my bands.' -Sew York Vrld. Easily An.wercd. The professor wu. examining a young can didate In law. The subject being Inherit sure, be raid: When n nephew inherits money from hi ancle wh it ha. be to dor Nothing iu the world, mou profeneur, e eept to enjoy blum-lf." French Joka. Health?. Personal illustrations are usually in doubtful taste, and sometimes are posi tively dangerous. A farmer waa com nlninl f for ninintaininc a nuisance in AGGRIEVED the shape of a piggery; the neighbors! 80 cents a day in the east side factories asserted that said piggery was detrimen tal to their health. cued bis own case and summed upas follows: ... i. .i... At the trial the rustic gentleman ar- "lue neignoora aaj, jvur uuuur, uw hogs is unhealthy; 1 say they ain't Look at me! Ain't I healthy?"-Youth's Com - nu.iiia KESTITUTION AT LAST. THE RESTORATION OF FORTUNE BY THii A STOLEN THIEF. A Ceremony That Was IfsrriilllD. of Delajsd Many Family Thai H.4 B..O Bbb.d-TI.. IW" On of tha Daughtera. M. ,ti. f the old saying that fort- " .. . 1 . .!..,. ,iin wait has again one larors w- "r " wirk- been illustrated in uio ciu . J?.? ' ..1,1 man C3 years of ago, and nr Umd, an old man C3 years or ago, , a a Zdoveof the Illinois Central ra Urood employe ie fifty nines norui u. ,a utnrv reads like a jllllUU, - Ttmrn resided : There resided in wo ui; An. Scotland, seventeen ycjirsago !ri)U ICIYCI"! - - m m !1 ...t,.tl SelMiis wife, three sons . , rrr:..1.u..... a mini fit iaillllj. " and three daughters. m oi.iMt son was John, ineuiiuiov. i and he was engaged to a yomiir lady of hi native city by the name of Craig, one rfrt- foremost of the beautiful Scotch maidens of Aberdeen, ineir u.b" was only deferred on account of some . mi..!. M.ivn. tima One day Wickland buret into bis wife s room, greatly agitated, and exclaimed: "Mary, we are ruineu-uiiewj The shop has been broken into and at least 12,000 worth of plate and jewelry carried off. I have been with the de tectives through all the holes in tho city, but we found uo trace of the thief or of the goods. The detectives think the goods will never be discovered, and we are ruined if it is so." When this rob bery occurred John Wickland was in London, and be read the news in a Lon don newspaper. He hurried home and found the family in the greatest distress, BEEK1NO A NEW FORTUNE. For many da vs the Wicklauds indulged themselves in the hope that some clew would be found to the robbers and their .nwinna wealth be restored to them. rn. ., i.nnna n-p-A never realized. The lUCWIiu ' ..1 .v,w oa tha nolice said, had been cleverly'and cleanly done. No trace of the perpetrators or any part of the prop erty was ever discovered. In the meantime Wickland bad paid .ii Ha nHtsiundimr debts, and found himself a pauper without a sixpence. Ha might have urged the robbery as a plea for bankruptcy, but ho was too conscien tious ever to think of such a course, 60 be paid his debts to the last penny. The utter ruin which had overtaken the Wicklauds postponed the proposed union between John and Miss Craig, and Mr. Wickland struggled on for a few years, his son John assisting him all the while, but they could not even make a living. It seemed that fate was against bim. About this time thousands or people were leaving tho dd countries of Enrol and heading for America. Mr. Wick land caught the emigration rever anu longed to come to this country. He sold nil his personal effects, and securing steerage passage for his family landed in New York. He hud some money anu h went fast. He began to realize that he must find something to do. He lct New York and went to St Louis. When they arrived iu that city, some fifteen years ago, they had very little left. The boys found employment as hands on the railroad. In 1883 they came to Cairo. Ills., and the boys stayed there, while the old gentleman secured a position further south, at McConnell, as track walker and keeper of the tanks in that vicinity. HAPPINESS AT LAST. For years they have battled with slilH culties. During all this time John and Miss Craig kept up corresiondeuce until in November, 1890, Miss Craig was agreeably surprised at the sudden and unexpected appearance in his native city of John Wickland, who bore the joyful intelligence that his family, their fortune restored, would soon be in their old houie. How was il? This happy termination came out in this wise: A man named Johnson located himself at McConnell as a merchant, running a plantation aud supply store. His wealth in ready money was the talk of the town. He sold goods rapidly and made money hand over fist. He took ereat interest in the Wicklauds and seemed to evince especial interest in the facts relating to their robbery and utter ruin. It finally came out that Johnson bad been a prison bird and the cold shoulder was turned to him by Lucy Wickland, to whom he was paying at tention. This seemed to nettle him, and he sent for the old gentleman to come to bim. Their interview lasted two hours. At length Johnson confessed that it was he who had robbed Wickland of his wealth, and coming to this couutry bad trebled bis possessions. He gave the old man his check for JoO.OOO. So soon as this happened the Wicklands decided to re turn to their native land. When John son heard of their determination he in sisted on paying their passage back to Scotland. The strangest feature of the affair was , , - . Ja' Johnson immediately sold out all te uis DeionguiKs uuu went u w oiui- Und a mouth after the family of Wick land had returned, and a letter from him to a friend announcing bis marriage to Miss Lucy Wickland, eldest daughter of the man whom he had robbed, has been received. St Louis Globe-Democrat Ha Had Good Reason to Da Afraid. "Your nude." said a friend to a young fellow who has great expectations from a rich uncle, "told me today he was go ing to seek a chanze of air." "What? Oh, don't say it Not that of all things. What would have pos sessed him to do it?" "Do wbatt" "Look for a change of heir." St Jo seph News. It appears that out of 63,800 letters posted by the bank of England anthori ties, notifying the conversion of stock, no fewer than 15,700 were returned through the dead letter office, owing to change of address, and the bank learned for the first time that hundreds of stockholders were dead and their representatives un known. . Small l'y fur Mujr Glrla. The average wages of 130,000 ill fated working girls of Xew York is 60 cents a day, and that includes the inonsne of the stylish cashiers who get 3 a day as well as the unfortunate girls who receive and shops. Tlie lot of the average sales- .. ...t. 1. k,. i,A hJn .1 oV,.,lt.. HUUMII Will. .I..C- UV. .1.1. Ul I LI i 0UV. .. . f . 10 has not that parents or a married brother sister could share is hard indeed. One made, Tlie theory tlia . I na on,y 10 ,,x,k intt tb P1' P'114,0 produced by explo' t faces of these poor irirls to know that tl. fnnt tliat nearly" u --- - " - - hrt thousands cf them are actually sUrving battle8 of tha century , nth?' to0' in New York- lowed quite shortly by r , -Newark World. t STRANGERS YET. rtnmniitlr Jlectli'B ' Tlmia Chw,-(ili-l wll'.i a VolmilDrr t'liauoraa. I never pw Cnrroll avenue but I think of the pretty little story told t0 group of friends one evening by Outo( our charming south side matrons, was a country school ina'ain in M.u...t.lii,r u luillipv ,.f An. IIMMll, ,,....... - , M inolitll when I made up my eoii.1- to t.lilcngo nini learn sternum. pby I luui a sister niuri'lctl and livin, f . .i. . .1.- ..:.. t?i id n HUDtiru "i im- o.ie proiiiii to help tne nil she could, and iiiaineil with Iut until I had IliiWj studying iiiul was remiy lor u positi, Having obtained tlie (Ktsitiuii I da covered 'llt '"y l''i,wl income woulj not allow me to pny cur fare to m(.u , distance us my sister lived. Anl mid her husband were poor it wai cldt'd that I should look for a board ing place on the west side. I seaivhej the piijiers diligently and found the de- sired haven on Mirroll avenue. At first I found it very eoiufortabl, and eiuy. and enjoyed coining lotut after a long day's work and settling myself to sewing or reading. But u the days grew shorter, and the niglm set hi earlier. I felt myself becoinii,. afraid to waia me two i'iocks that Li between the struct cur corner and room, and this fear was not dimiuUhod any after n man hud stopped tne 0in evening and I hnd rushed Into tl house frightened and breathless from running It nmy be very silly t0 on, who lias never been afraid, but I sul- fered cruelly as the car nenred my w ner. und several nights I could not Urn the courage to get olf, and remained i. the cur. riding several blocks past, and of course only prolonged the distant. of the wulk. One fearfully durk and stonnyevm ing the car was literally packed, and stood holding on tou strap in tlirn- treine front, when the loneliness of mj position, my timidity and thought, i an employer out oi Humor ail dnycuo. plot ely overcnine me and I began to cry. It seemed aa if I could not leave tht car and step into the durknew sod storm. Presently I lelt a hand tours uie, nnda voice suid. "What U.tlie umtterr 'I inn nfniid to go home," I sail I was 1! years old. but I felt like a baby. "Where do you get off f" asked tht voice. "At 8t. John's place," I replied, an Just then the conductor called out tht street, und 1 pushed my way to tin rear platform mid stopped off. Ail did so the young man who had qat tioned me stopped off nlso. and said: live up this way. und. if you tl allow me, I shall see you home. And all that winter, except the le nights when he did not chance toben my car. for which I think lie must haw watched, ho saw mc home. 1 never learned his name or wheret lived, nor do I think lieknewiuyiui He never stopped at tho door to UH nor presumed upon his kindness inn! way. and when the long day. cum again he disappeared entirely, and I soon after leaving the west side, bin never seen or hoard of him since. I often think of the incident, uW and as I grow older it shows up to in n very beautiful light, as compi with so ninny darker colors that go t. make up the initials of evening life bi large city.-Chicago letter. The Trump and tin Vlolla, A down town music store In If" ton was surprised on Friday at Ue trance of u tramp a ragged, irir-. trattiD. who said that ho was not wt hut onlv unfortunate. "What you come into a music storefii the proprietor. The thin cheeksof--tramp Hushed as he said, "I am 1 1 slcian." Having said that lie phj rim vtnlin tliov handed hiin oifct he laid a loving cheek against tok i j . i.. ,.r Hninliwlnon uie anu uruw tho treinblina strings, ror- an hour he played to a raptaufe nroludimz with the skill of tlie p, visator and weaving the theme i many un airy fancy of the H Sometimes he marched up audi the floor playing and talking. A now lielit wns born in hfofl1 rags were forgotten by all whost'lj His cheeks were flushed anu""' hair was tossed back by ail uup-.v-n f I, is IipiuI. In theiiiia the strings were palaces of ik'lijM of wasted mri years. In the pleadimr voice oik lin one heard a voice of long mother's tone and n baby's cry. all right," said he, as be laid a r.,i liinni'D fi ll unon IU' - broken by the querulous voi(M tr,.,n n llA mild. "QllH UK! UKf asupper."-Lewiston (Me.)Jo"t An Ei.rt Tclesraph'0 B1 rro. .....o nnM n man who B" a telegram which said. "CogM :.. i..j if0,ii,ln't too' geuier iau.m. - . to make of it. He puzzled turfs Imiirft- Then he took telegraph office. ta, "I can't read Chinese. "Translate that for me." The operator who received v gage asked the operator who. repeat it. It turned out to . m. .l,rr ia dead. When the responsibility fo' J take was sought, the scnua i of course alleged that be traj the words properly, and tM operator of course alleged p down precisely what J naither operator was niorP ; h claim 01 ,j ecmnllyeood. Sotheq" was never settled. ,a ine -cog nog : - of the earliest in the hwW , telegraph. It is eertam I . - ......... that I Th "oou bos" error " P . .! ancient oi me iuau tell about when they get V ! work and Times. "talk shop Under the direction of H nentof division of the departi nra .YrwriinpntS to V .roduf":. - . " I 1 .. f .li-nAnlll or