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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1893)
VALUE THY FRIEND. q inrU by fsrsna snr f iriliT n iit, ttrwrk drlitjlii nr sum lu irl,lii- )- lurthraM luture n Ilie r.jrtit i..sl-. Yaiu lliy Ir.eli.l. i cr nil He soirii, liir In..!. jjwsruiu at Biota l" tlx lr.i(lit ho ij.' U N. .1, ' iir muslns Itlllt.rlit walks, llir tiil.ll ileitis l,a ! iiiJ.Ip! bi'W Kl.ull Ui).M). r'Ulcd Uh t'r rtellalne llial tl.lli IIUI-.I 1U life ' "'" slinle tr.rm) i'iuk ll.r,U jll ft..!'! deed. Il' .Ifeatlis of slurb l Ulitla, n). ill lii'l' mv or iror l..r .-; Oris oli'1 kn.r iiin-s.resel, Hi) Int.-iit wiil; till i-ni I io and i Umm t lit. ii..f 1 .,.L Jjutlj . .1 lit Dip -nlll u.ru luoll fnlti n il.l'-l .-.si lJoul liaiw tn llivinn 1'omtitt.nwraitu. THK SILVKU Dt'LIlX In I'"'.1 I.awrenr Nutting wa a Unit. .1 Sin!'-" murh;il ill the southern district (.f Yirgii.i.i. Tin- stale w.t ul that tnii. fairly ivi'inm with outlaw of ull cla-Me. llu.hwh.'ickrr. highwaymen, counter-ft-itcr an 1 "iiiisnishiners" nestled i:i nil the routitr ynde among the mountain., an 1 far from town and rttirs upon loin Jv road, while gamblers ami Join-radis warmed in unl about tha settlement, ('rune wa fre.lctit, Mini tho life of a l'iuii-1 State olflivr was a scrici of stir ring adventure involving great danger, mi l th iii.iri'liiit; a great tact and per sonal bravery Uut Nutting iiruvl hirriwjf worthy an, 1 Ct for tin nfiii-e. At i.r man of tiu- j.Tate habit", quick Wit, Splendid pht lijue mi l da. lung courage, he wu tiev.-r at a !. how to act; Mi l the riTmin tn.it IlifeHteil that region rxitl learned to hate an. I to fi'-ir him intensely. Many wi re the expeditions which the ofliivr hail led, many hi escape, nml ' many the prisoner safely captnred and wall'd by hi elTort; but one man evaded him. The shrewdest anil Wor-t 'iiioon-hiiii r" of nil wa still at large. Ik-pito all In effort. Nutting hat ii"t Jet secured Klllntf Allen. Tin limn was known throughout the state. Hi career ha 1 bcn that of n criminal frmn hi birth. In the f.i.-tm tf southwestern Virginia h iiiauufai't nreJ whisky on grand renin, atj'l ;n the owner of a iloncn or more ".ii- r r,li." ami mapped his Gncr at the law. Several times had Xuttiti? roulit thi quarry; twice h- had actually t-auit linn, yet t wi' 1 i-M-ap-d, kii 1 t tue time of wuicli wu hK-ak lio v.i Mill ; tree. Nutting Mit at hi oftjeo window one e vi inn,' iiiiiiii, half dre.iu.iu, win n tlient tell a li'lit touch on hi ImuKli-r. lie Marted tiji quickly. A trailer Moo 1 I U'fore him. ! "The L'niUil State maihiil?" icud he, ; interrogatively. i "Yes, hir."Kiid Lawrence, rinp;. 'It j seatnl. What can 1 do for your" "I would hjieak with you alone," he kaid. gUiicin around. "1 have matter of iui;irtitiicu tn communicate.1" "This oflice i out of hearing fnmi the Mrect." n pli-'d Nutting, "111111 wean- by uiirrt'lve. Yon can upeak fn-ely." The other dri'W 11 couple of ciar from hi txickct, ottered one to the maihal and lit tho other humudf. XuMuik fol lowed hi exaiiipln. Then the man ilrvw : hi chair lieari'r, K) that he Kit l-t Ween 1 the orticer and the dek wher-oii lay hi ( belt nml Jii.-tols, 'hri'W op ti hi rout that tho butt of two heavy revolver Illicit U M-ii, and blowing; the muoke , In 111 hi ciar raid ilia quiet tone to hi companion: I "You are dcMrou of nrntiiii; it notil uiixiu.-diiiirr, 0110 Kiiloll Allen, lire you not:" 1 "Tin re'h iioilmilit aUmt tlmt,"ai-l tho , iiinr.-inl . Miulin. "1 am tho man." i NuttitikT'i fl'ar never Mirred in hi lips; hi band did lint quiver imr hi breath coino the quicker. A ninle mii tlinwi 1 how deeply ho was moved; hi eycll'U dilated, then ho laughed. Kilt ami luw. I "You you KulofT Allen! i!y friend, I ( kunw Allen. Hi hair 1 nd; your 1 li'iM i. Hi face bear a mar ocroM the clilii; your 11 beard. LI in tirlli are broken; your are -rfect. The joke is! but you are not Allen." The other henitated a moment, then rtrikiuif n wig from hi head, a l ard from Ins chin, and removing a mulo fai-v tooth, ho turned again to X uttui, red haired and nuiontf. "And uowir" "You ! Allen." Fora full moment neither man moved. It was a though two lar'e ti'er sazed at each other. Tiieu tho outlaw kii.1: "Listen! I urn iinned; you are not. I am fully as desperate a man a the re Jrt makes 1110. I am a xtroni; a you. lM not try to urrett me, for 1 bhall then tie olili'.-d to kill you. 1 came hereto huvo a privute bilk, but it wa nccesMiry youkhould know who I am. 1 will not luolot you if you will do the name by uie, and kv (if teen tuuuiUs to ecaie w hen we have fiuirheil." Nutting laeiiiiiirevl In chiitter. 'Un armed in theprewncoof a man to whom murder wa not new, ha deemed Jim deuce the bt-uer JMtrt, and replied: 1 n-ree." "lioo.1." Ktid Allen, n movin his own Jiintol belt; "your word is equal to mine. We shall boi u lo unarmed. And now 1 Wonld tell y n a ftory." Then he d ew hi rhair w ill neuir the marlial. anu as the twilight fell nml a the tight cuie down ho told of hi hie a weird, strange hintory, every line in Wtu with t.ie throbbing i.uiou of a UleiiR-o which made tlje man wu.it lie ra. Tuo other liMten.tl breathlely. the durkoeu shmudel both, and the cit;ar Weru fiuUUui lon before the story was Ildi-l. At leUiTth, however, tiierifltor iaa-.l, arid thru tiui-ln led a follow: "So have 1 hvd it a wild mat al most; and that life ha the prt live year been nu re a tuama tiutn ever U-fore, but with a method. 1 am and bare U-n stkin money, and money only. Not ao wijfly li:lereLt, you wnl ay, frritn ai'e worid. except that my M-arch wa wituoiit thwpaleof the law. And now lueenCha ri'tne. 1 am r.ch. I have eoon-h, and now I deir to retnrn to einjiiatioii. Kti c-n p.fi-iit ti ua can pr ve(,t it. 1 aiu na oui. Very Well 1 will cease outlawry. I wili trn over my stiLIs to the Kovennu-w..i a strut oath and will k p it. for my own icten-t demand it to l cnue a worthy rit ix a. au l if y a w..i a-cpt the t.rii.'al -in anj k.U f r . the Utted ciuf of pard- D. all Wl be w-.l. I cituie h-r to ask yon to intercede f-f toe. Will yoO do tmif Xottn -he:Uted a rnntnrnt. Ti.i tnao w Vt-erjuuie IUUn Uuud! Cool-1 k tm.t tiuJ Toe otaer rrke again. acli autacce from an official is j What 1 n-ed. and 1 ran ov fur it 1' you wUl R-t , fr, f,,r , giro jnii ,ve tl.ouMad" j "I raniint il it." Q I Allen', f .,. j..,!,,), at,. ,u ian. l.r,.,,t j toward hi. mp; t.i. 11 r-r uiiiiii; h.i:1 ;f. with a .fi..- l.iiu'i, ... ,.,1: I "IV it .0 1 11 -11 w. are e,Miile. 1 ti J..11 u.,1 ) . M; j-,,., t), m j.(- ; Uiemin-r my ii,t.,-., tM iri'ut . ! w W4re 1 when iH-xt we in. i t;'' j He threw hi. cloak al. . at turn. bu.Q 1 hi pi.t..i. at h-. ,i,-t hii 1 di.-ip;ared, but a he 1. ft toe r.,m i,t,; j v f lie t.il fell fr .111 In. . r.n and rwifd tm. noticed up--a til" fl t. Alnmilte iatir tiio mi-,- of In. I: .r-4-'. I. On mumled through the n:,.,t u, ,e r.!e toward tim Dloiintaii:. The m..r:iif: f, Hi win,-. 11. Nnltiru' nit. r d In. . la. .-, I.i, a-.-d. rv.mt U.wed low U-f..r.. h:::,. t-x t - it. i.-.i hi brown mi l wrinkl.-d hii, I, h:i,1 ni l, in an awe trick, n Vi.nv: 'Tniiii" di. mi c!,. t;,, ,r. ma.vt. .S ,i him Voiir'11: bad tin.', niav-a. had. ef yo Tow oi 1 in r t 1 ay .i." The iiiar-l. il l.-.in. d forward in mr pn.e Lyin; 111 tn out. iretched (alio of the black wa. a r;iv. r p. t..l bullet. "Why. unyle ." kai i he. takitix it. .hi is tin llllllr'" "Xot y-tir'n. ina..; 'i'an'i d L'rd! le Jilfl-d. I l. tn 1 . 101111' II tl-.iun. Il.t nr. nia.'a." he cm: :tn to it w ii: .j.. r. wli'.l. hip 111 tn.- tni !-t billow. - l;.,.,.i he bad 01. e c-i-t a swcy.i liulii-t, I. low. 1 in ; hi. v. H f h . ivi . filed like f iut and n .-tlnii.; '.in. My ol 111 i.-.t an' carrie I it ui-mv year.. Ik y le U-r kill 11-1 one but lie fi ller d.-y lua ! (or. Ma.-i Joint, douuli, lie didn't U' t it chain-.- fur toll... hi.'n," and tie- o'.d mail rhuc'ile I. "A Min nlii biiilet," raid Nuttnu'. with smile, a. he ciamiii.-d the mlvi-r Fpln-re, "T!i -,t'. a 11 - v idea to nil-. Why make .p. liii,. r. nuele? I hoiil l think one of tl ...nl!y i-iioitu'h.' All l lie .illtel toW.tr I l-.lll" i f the heavy rartrid.;-. Ih-1i.ih;:ii.- t" hi. own JUr-to!.. Wili. h I.IV oil ti.e table 11. ar. I).-y in.'iiat mi-., m ta. Y.m know de ib-bil car- . for hi. own, an" di bull, t 1 load.- by hi. help, at nuM. in tic pritbe yar l, a:i can't iniv.. 1 know 'cm m.txvi. IVe mm n 'em afore." Then, drawing near, be wliispend. "I'.e made em!" "And did t ii. y do their work?" mid Nutting, latiliiii l.htly. la-y did. naa."' The i.tVii-. rin.wi.pj-Ti.-d u drawer in hi dt.k and took from it 1111 old f.isiiinU'tl dmditi pi.tol, which he had picked tip somewhere, and (ill.-1 the bullet into Its rnsty imuzle. "lt' jiiKt the tiling, uncle. L!nn 1110 my Ha-k, au l 1 11 load it with tin-Mil. l ie bullet. It' t 1 have it handy by if 1 get the blue-." He la'.ll.cd ajilin. The M-rvant nU yed. "No ii. to tix "ilia ma-sv 'T won't only kill de one who 11' made for, hhuaii, an' yecoul.in't rlnnit y.mrx If wi I it, ine how." "Well, uncle. I'll lad the- MiioothlMre, any way," i-1' I the laar-tial. suiting t.ie action t i tin. woi I, "an 1 tiii it 1 1. ru -rt We'll try it lit a mark. If I 1111. a half dollar at a il".. 11 pace I'll pvo up that your n-ht. If I hit.joi r suicide bullet' U HO Utter or Worse tnau it leaden one." "All riv'ht, m 1-.-.1, but you won't hit." replied the eld darky. Jn-t 10. Nutting coinplele l therhar;; ini? i f tin Wi-.i;kmi a vi-r.or railed, and it wa tliru.t hurriedly into 11 jii.-iiihole inthed-.k. Ills vi.itor ba.ineM lb" tained bun Ii .in the o::ici until nilit, and the pl.iaof tiin 1:1 .nil 11 wa (..r;;..t-t.-n. Th" dm iin pi.tol Willi its silver unfile lay unnoticed for mouths in the Uerk. The days Mid w.t-k p.iKse l, nimnn-r came ai.d w.-nt, and fall ripened th year. A doZ"ti time had tiiMarb:d oran.z. J ex.-il;tioii and scouted the country, reeking tho iioturtniis Allen, but -a. 11 time ho had returned uti.iir CiT.lul. One filial elfolt. however, wa to be mad', (.'ertaiu iiilorm.itioti which ho knew to be reliable had at bf-t, he felt sun', put tiie outlaw in hi hand, and he looked to hl ll..r-e K mh- mid loaded hi pl.-tol with ir.iu.ual cr'. At hi ordi-r mounted jfu.-tt d men on whom he could depeud patrolled all the road, t'jion the leormw at dawn, With a powe of seven fearler. moillit aiuccr. he was to ttnrm the very stronghold of tho luiwahhiner, and to morrow ni-lit would lind a acnucy either in the covernineiit olUce or iu the rank of tho illicit distiller. The expe dition had thin far, Xutluu ldievtl, be.11 kept a Mvr.-t. UivaiiM. of tin ho looked forward with Mnw hopt-H of sncctwM. Tho officer .it at hi dok writm. He had but it few j a;;e to complete, a letter or two to prepare for the mail, and Some ineiuor iii Ja to destroy. lio Uiilfht uevermt at that ile.ic a-titi. A lu eyvs tv;iu 1 -r.--l ov. r tiie Iii imi of fiaper, document 1 and iluplicaUt reports filed neatly away Ivforv him, he sud denly Uotic-d 1'ie I Jit did of hi old duelinif .irtol. hall hiil.'.-ti in one of the com part men ts, atid .1. tiie ri-iueuihraurn of how itcani" tn 'iu lit hcl over him he w.i aiNiiit to driwit from it biding pl-e wii. u aMiuld.nif slip lit the door rresteil him. and mi iu.tiint later an a'ed and U-nt woman cut. red tne door. The hour wa late, and Nutting re (rar li.l the new comer with surpriM. as beanos to ul'-r h. r a tUair. M10 ac cipt..l it with a whine of tuank aud sank panting into it. Tiie mamiial rv Kiimttl hi seat at the dek. ' Y'e are the gor'iueet man, I re-kouir'" a d the woman, after a pan-, rai-.n a --.--n acl wrinkled f jc. half hidden bcLt-ath aui luiiueua hod uu-1 a p o( ol gretti j-ct- ii. tu vard "l.'uttn.. "Yes. luadam." r- pli-d that Worthy. "I've coin" a r.ji.t uart p.-.-o lu v' ye, for an oil woman. I'm true gi-t. ! aiu. but a i;.-tt:ii wore out. Th.-- ;ir tnoUlitaill are a el.V.lt ! -r tliiilltii-.V wa forty )er '-." and me n.-ii'.i. "liiit h.-n-, I'm on b.i-iti.i". I nm. I want to talk to ye. YuU uoii't ki. -v !.: I r. " 1-'" 1 c.'iiinot say th-t I d..." Kind Nu: tiu.' flow ly. "I r'kon ii - '.. yeie v. rui" In-fore, lam .Mr.. Al'.-ri lita-i.-l y A... 11-.1:1 1 my U.y. b-' U'i!.. Ad. n. Y- h-v . " of l;::.i. in j.iY and me pi i--d .1:. 1 faZ'-l ciii.iiiti.'iy into I., r h.tete r fa Y'.-, 1 know him." and tne 110.11 brow ilarketiL Wall. n w I t-U ye. It f--". j-r .n rail art.-r hi in luin-mr y ' I know a t '.ii.i ' r two -an' ye've a -t to l,y bailly c.;-l np fi- t.ni.-. . -r-. Not but what h" .1 C.Mt. a'i-1 ..;;. n ) Uiay cat h nit iin l-id in n-i.i:e r. JI" ! J' 1. nnart, be 1.. I t. -d ye. :i he ;i t. it je rout. 1 f n-. b rai.le f..r ye p:n.-r hiia m; but he r ;-l s.l tne same, a 1 I'm f--ar-l yr 11 cat. h lain or kiii him. An' 1 in hi niamtur, ye know." Tae oil ha.' pai-J aaJ w,;-l u-r y.-. Mien.ua w.niinu ew-n yet, and Xutttuit hi art .tetiei toward her. I "What ran I do In t'.u matter, Mr. Allelic" 1111 l:ir tll4r.il.tl. "Yolir kill in' I "Never lilld li.lt l.f l. JoU tall twtve him. llf''ti...-.. cat. ii..l.c....-l. lint he's my t. , an' 1 w.,1.1 e , t ,im A Take hi tiiliiu 1.1. w 1.1 - v - ta,. ft. 1 th:nc but li t 1. 1111 u . an' i 11 pre w tnv 1 Word it' c 1 tn. in 1 y Al'i. 11 11. t.-r bn.kelt Vet- that III f.tl;all tiin-e,l . we'll U" i "Mr.. Ali.-n. tint 1. m.j n.i,.. ; try not tohurt y..ur .'ti. tml rapture him I luu.t and .i.ad." I "Hut if 1).. rlioii! 1 rapture joii. what thell."0 I At ttle Word the t;rti II Kl.L." f. 11, the h.a.l wu. thrown K. tin- I. i.t form I... nun rtiaulit, aul lt..re l..e ey.s of the d.iiid olli.tr Kulotf All.-u tiiuiM'lf st.k.I.a 1..' of i.-a.!lv h I'red ..'l j hi face, a li. t y r. vuiv. r 111 hi oiit-str.-t.-h.-d ban 1. ! Nlenceretiii-d .1 llli lll.-lit iw the j i.iinx j man gazed into the .i. a.i'.v tuU i -tore j him. "I came h n to cite J..11 one 1 u-t chance, and mif tiie naiu.:'' I ,.f bi'.-el tiie in. i.-i.it.. r. "That c!, lain U l.wt to Uitil i f 11.. I e,, bat k to tin tiiountain and outlaw ry vnii retire from actue nice, fan 011 prat? If . doit now. hi thru iiiiiiuti I .had kid you." Slowly Nutting i y, 1 ran al.uit the roan. I', cape Wan ltn. ....itile- In ip Wouldn't come. A mule cry neait iii.tant d. at 11 lie wa be..! ii;. In ait sal,. Sudd, tdy the butt of the old ilui-ltmr Vi.t.,1 VI. loll Hue wit. .Ill the tirrlo of h: t ..il a. 1ii would In iiiurd. n r. be tlinn-I to him and said, " Will t oil let me Miink'. unci tnon .-" The fellow eyed him sharply. "Smoke'' Y.-. one ciuar," he said at length. And lowcriti the muzzle of Ins weapon. In thrust it into hnp.K-k.-tto supply in. vn tnu want. "I have some Id re." sai l Nutting ; and like it tho-li but lian l slu t upward to ward the pIL'ei.Iillole wli.-rn lay tiie old tin. illl,' pi-ftll. "llow u wi'li your band," cn.-.l Allen. It wa. t.si late. Tin re rame 11 sharp and ritiuniir report, a snu-le i rv, a dull and sii k. 11111' tiui t ii;..ii tin. tl.K.r, and all wa t.ver. And the liiisiti, br.-aklli ; l.tw.ill the nft.il cloud without, b.ik.d thrmu.ii theopeu tviiidow ii)sm liuifn e of th" dead, while Nut tin..,', wnite at.d tr.'in!ilin, h 'ld 111 hi ii.-n.les baud a smoking pi.tol. T hesilvi-r I iill.-t bad f.Hiii l i: iiiiiik and returned to it owner. The Tinted blab marshal waa iav.il. True l la. Ill.ln l Knew II tt.i. t Lo.ils.l. A well dr .-! man m ttl a IkiI I at tempt to coiiimit sun -lib- nt lln rim Store, in Chester lie a.k.-l to lie rhowu a !t calil'r Smith fit Wrsoti p-tolver. , j The stranger rxaitiiued It intently, anil 1 then questioned Mr. Hriv a to the method of loii'lini; it He ap; nr. -1 to I In ignorant of the manner of u-;tu tiro- ' ann. Tho mudiis ojn ratnli w: n- j plaiin-d to him. I Tho stranger insist, d that a cartTidj:r) , ' tn- placed in tho revolver, but a certain ' look in tho man's face excited Mr. j liriio' suspicion, and pretending to j charge a chamber ho h.indel otertho ' empty revolver In a Hash the stranger plao-d tho muzzle to bis brea.t mid ; pulled tho tn;;,'i-r. Citt.-r di..ipiunl- luetit awept over his face w hen there wa only 11 hariiih s click. I "You can't harm yourself, friend." re ' marked .Mr lhi-', "tho r-volver is I empty. Ciive 1110 tho pi.tol. J he In I tended instrument of death was returned, ! when tho stranger . aid: "I intended to commit sun i.le, and my mind wa fully i mailo up w hen I entered your store. I bad 110 revolver of my own, and I tiioiitjht I roiild k'et a rlianco to ln.t myself by ireteiidnii to make a purchase. 1 bat e had trouble more than I thought 1 could iM-ar, but tho last straw wa 1 lid on hist night. If you had loaded that revolver 1 would have U-en a ilea I man now." Tho straiiBiT hurriedly left. dr. 1'hilit dclphia Telegraph. Two Rkrlrinn. Wliilo cxteiidiniz and repairing the M buildili" of the Into Knvul Naval N-iionl at New Cn. S. L. which i shortly to heoiN.i..l bv thoUolilMiiltl,'ro:ii.atiV as their Technical nod I'cereativn in.ii- tutu, it became ii.fev.'iry to remove the floor of the old i;yiiimiiiiiil. In ib itirf so 1 the workm.-n discovered tho skeleton of a cat iu close juxt.i.itioti to that of a rat. Tho bodies of the animal writs nut quito two inches apart in a sort of a wedifiil haied cul do sac, which ws wider nt' the t..t than the Isittoin. and so .reventin the rat from ipnte reach- ' I inil the rat When found, tho entrance 1 to tho hole or pa'sjit,'.. wa filled up w ith ' dust and rubbish, and tln-ro wa. nothing to pn-veiit errsaof tho animal, by tlio ; way they hail entered except theli..in-l 1 clinatioii of the cat to leave it pn-y j I The skeleton when found w. re more j than half covered with dust from the . floor aliove them, and have probably j been many years in the j"ition they I were found, in whiiji osiiioii Mr. I ted- j j mayne. secretary of the Goldsmiths' In- ; I stitute. has had them carefully mounted 1 and photo-Taphe.L A ciirion roinci- j delire i that exai'lly tho name discovery ' of the skeleton of a cat and rat t";'i tb.-r ' under a floor orrurr. d w hile pnllui ! down some old building to ronstruct , tho People' palace, which I the liiiino- ! ' diate pr.-.l'1'es r of the (Jold.iiiiths' in- ! itltute. Tail Mall CmU'.-t 1 A riwa "Uvtx.t4.il. I "The detertivm are b)kiti for thi Wtter l'X roboer and are on tne riht I ' Uack." sue read fr.l the iininnn,- (.api r. , : "(i.hr I "What's the matter. L'm le r'.phraimr "I knowe.1 it." 1 le ulate.l theol 1 linn. i "I knowed it. I snpp ' I'veo ,t t, jjire j aywlf up. Nothing 1- t'K" I ) What's the matterr I "I droj jNsI a h-lU r 10 the In,i yester- : dar and .11 iu t put any stamp on it. but I dnia't know an c ue s.- ni do it," t i ! Illamuad tulllnc In 1I.I. ( I rr. I The .liaiuon. rnit.i. . He.'.-tr) i. rapnllv drvrlopilitt lit lln. lui.l.'n. Il Is sl.fr.1 that aisiiil n.eii t il .1. in. 01.. 1. 111 the 1 I'liitnl Slate 111 N'W Y. rk u.rre are s.x j tff q linn nii4.'s. nifn':.iu and reei.t- ' ; link! d..tiuoii'l.. au l in A! i-- l u-lt tt.ers ' areihrrr. I'.itiir.rf ha In-'H errinl 1 I t lime III 1'eliW- iloa alei l.llllult, j but ha Orrll UlMoLiSI.'b , 4.raa Tblet-' Mjic. A th.eTe' ;!,;; .1 1 ' (r iTJ i' t ruin p ,f.l iu IVri.u to iirlp in i". in thrtr . ( with i r.ijiitni.. ."-.ii. II. Iat ln.i.r pi hot at ion m i"u.'t. in IM. ! pl.rr !. "''I In, ami oei u.n-wi.iut , k lmii, t,l..ie aioofi- Itis rnri.ini c.. so tat ti aiittiornie ar ol'l.ttxi WSrrptlir.r k U-.w lelrf ut UleT' JVA ta t4sucA with tii li uie. 'VI!AT.!KAInrsY DID AFTER THE FCNTf.0 HE A I'rrtlt I till tl Mr True 1 1. xl i'rmi l.f MU50ASD H AO W3 GLAD Of r.c .T.O Men llii 't.i .r iy II I. a turn. !tr-r, m r liiiirf.itr t 1 . 1'irlly iiiiiia 4.riiir. I N. tr i!,e I'aik ?.!. ! .. nu I- 11 1 ao'l-f lll.tl M.'lll. to lilile III a I . .!i of 1 i, 111 tli t l.e llollie ot a i.f! .Oil ih.iriom' iti.ou of .o-i:n l'i O' l id 11. a -t 'tnd ton, ..n, ion a.t. li.iit.' I. l.e Mi () ; 1 l-.-lli-, II, liitnii- a. Nil 1 M .I n ji.t. ,!i IU.111. Iiiuii fiuen.l I 'i- ail 1 Tl-liit'f wi.low t-r.t n bini I I ImI-:i I. ' .V I Ml uraiine tree, but .1 .. -(ii. . r.m to In .".. I uri,riiit her ki..-l her mi tin- f.m ' . ! "Ah. M. de It. .tut ii. 111, p." .1 tliat t not in..' of on ' 1 1nn.e w t f nn.li.rii I, ulil. Mie I id Vert rinall Imiid. and f.-t t . tt l.,.. .hottl.1,1. ainl tlii. W bl.uk liuir. II. 1 I1.1I1 .T,. w w lute I Inil lu ll she bin. !i. 1 1 1 1. eii.l. 11. .1 like ail. How ;i li.' i.t'ri..! I . r w iilnu Iu.n1, ami In a mi t 1 1 r I,, i-m ,r The J'ollliit limi'lell N Ki-llilali) ti n t and l.i.hfiil. he blu.l.i-. m.-l ....i. ilon li. r i- t-.nl t'ie 1. a-l wonl if r ni.'.iiii.-'.t The wnlow, 1.11 the oilier h.n.d, liio Ihi riktht to hear ett-rUlniu. nml lu ll 01 e .-nk. to lier of Iniv l,e know rea.li.y what thai tin an. Linux. Irani d ii.'!! I'.' mill f M lU-aiit liauip mid III. y wmt i-,i ulie ,.n l..r. follo..l by Nito. w ho tliiv ...ini. j...!ii.. (jlaii... ul Inlaw I1.1 wa. In I e lie liitiiu liu.luiiid of hi l:ii.tr.v lif 10111-e Or p...r lillle iiii.mal roiild 11 l line I nn" 11 tlnil. 1 1 luu.t linve U.-n a Ji al. u. in-t in. t. I.iiim nml ,lat-.ile M'l. id w t-U lh..l tin r lot. I pliiuti.d to U-iiiain .1 .. IT tliele. e.l. Il of tlll'lll bad a ilel.t I M oe lU-nui liamp wa. j.-aloii and Mine, i'.e . Yiry wa. i .m;ii i t i.h ! 'ImiM'." lie Kiul In her. "toil ill ilrite nie In ili ..or Yi ii .!) Ilmt .11 La e I '.', but how can I I. li.-M- ilnli. 11 I -e. 1 smiliiiK ul every u.luiin r ami itn 111. I 1 rt ery rtinier .ti . .-t it ri.-.-.t ion Winn I ' kv you iu a ty (all of life and ent l and b.ar j.nir riiieinj laueliit-r Imni the mnl.t of a rin-'.enf nnl.-i.t ml uri r, it 1. illlw.ll..- for Ilie to It'll )nll tile lollllv. . and nm;tii.li I t-mliire " I "What can I tie. il arr" n ul i.l Ijhiimv i "I am Ha) , 11 i. t rue, but i. l! .1 aiiiini- ; And w by huld I I' n i l ! th lump priKit li Ine only to .at pli-a-anl iin.l nne able I lilitil'' i "You nn a e.Hiiette and our la ili make. nie il. .p.or, tn-emi-' if V"1 lait'h thu a.'im-t 111) wi-li It luu.t l-only to kIuiw your tt.-tli. You know m.-II Imw ailorable toil are In 11 In hnu:l in .1 li n tlxcil purM..t' )oi throw ki. k tniu- lu.td aud rIiow tour pn-it y w bile in. k." I "Hut what luu.t i 1I0 to pnae my love for toii It 1. Inv.iiiiiiii: id .in n te. A.kof inew hat )tn pli av, but ilniint 11. k me not to lauuh any inon-. I 11111 onlv bappv In n j 1 am ulad and fnv to In1 litthl h' iiii..l " j M. de it.. on haiiip n.-iiiiiil a wil. inn nir: 1 "You Mtiil tn me one I'tiliim; llial )i.i would make fur me the Micritn e of tour life. Idoimt 11. k m nun Ii it. Ih-ti Hat ll.tell. Do you w l-li In make me Ilie Imp pie. I man on niilli' "Yo i hate but In kN 11k." "Kt'i'U at the price of NiilTi rilitf'" "Ye., nt any price." "Well, t lu ll iiniku me the mil lillte of vne tooth." "What are tnu d.-maiidiiiu of ine It I. bar bar' iu!" "(li ly a tooth, the .inalli-t one, in the front, and iili.Twanl you may lautfh mm h n you pli ne ' "Hut you will I li 1 11 k. lam uly and ill Dot love me any more. " "1 swritr to you there i 110 other way In awmre nil luiiiiiinew The count.--, ram the 1.11. John, her valet, took her onler. ninl i-aine I.t. k a quarter of an lnmr Inter with it gentleman CArrylnut ill hi hand n leal her en-, .in It n. Is um-iI liy miret.iiiN. "Who i. Ilmt in-rtiiiiV' n.ki-tl .M ile Iteau- champ. The tiiiiitet ali.wer. il: "Il 1 Mr. Janus, the Am. rican 1 iiti-t.' Tho little counti.. eiil.n.l her Immlnir, followed by Nlto, hi. tail la lweeii hi. i:.-., a if he iimlerMiNal Unit h.iih II1111K wriou was bInjiiI to liHpN-u. 1iiiim returi,!-.! abort ly afterwanl, 11.ha1n.tl ami humbl.tl, and ktuve to M. tie Ih itiii hainp u little t.N.tli aa white a milk, whlih he iarriel to lux lip and covered with ki..-. S. iu thi. trilmtu of airrt'tioii Ijmiw ran aay. JacUi' had the ti.it li ul in the int.!. ! lion and carried II amtiU'l hi m k una sou Venir. r'niui that day the little c..uiiti- !.- nine ?ery sml. llnly iiin.ii rare iii.ioii ! ii-r fare lli;lilei up by a Miiile. hr kepi aloof from ii ty 11 nun h a. .ible, b .1 when she wit fnm-d by her nil dutie to apitr aui.m her fnnnl. lin y mcy h. i cep,i.K l m... r h .. the corner with a M-rioim sir, In r mouth cloned liken priu.il ibsir. Jiicin- ilnl not ea.ily ri.oifiilzo her; in (art, she wa ten-ally cbiiiii.l. "1'tNir colllltm.," sal. I s.nne evil mill. b. I onea; "she i Krtlliiu old. How chain;. . she in! She seems to I' iiininiiiii Hie deiul." And Jattjiies fell hi love ilnnim-h little by little. He In-kiiii to iiiiilerstaiid that what he loved In her wa. eN.ially l.r smile, her playfulin-, her twyely, ami he also In. nine sjtil. T lie mure he Irn.l lo le gain hi love, which tu.-niitl In In- .aiini( him, the more he realized that he Iiiium If bad kilh.l hi pioe.1011. One day lis went in d.-.uur to Mine, tie Viry. "Louie," be saitl, Ihrowiiuc himwlf at ber feet, "do yoli love me still'" "I have swum to love you always, and tbs til U-r you are the l.-tier." she an swen.l. "Will you prove to me the snn.-rit j of your word" "I ask nothlnii Im-." "Well, then. If ytm love Die, have the dcntii! put ill a new t.siih " What folly I this" wild l.oiile. i.-e In? "I wa riuht when I mtnl that ) would not love me ntijr tunrr. 'Mint I Jn-t like you mm. Ami )u n-proai Ii u for l InK tapneioin!" "Ixiuise, I bn( you to forgive me. I ciire my J.wlousy injr f.Mili.hti.-i." "So Vini are n-ally n-vrn-ttii K the wenk onu with l.ii h I aci-rilrti to y.'ir ''upticr'" "I am desolate ait.l lull of remorse "You r.T.otni the cnielty of )our un louonablti rri(ue.t" "I xill n-priNM h myself for il nil my life " "Would )o'i I, happy If I li.tl ilissiln y.ii you" "I would eUeanylhiiiij for that " Til little lollit.- BIOS a burst of lituuh ter. hi' h showi.1 U her l.--t. . 'jiiipl.-te. What !' thin llllnll," a.knl M. lie HUwiichamp. Ii'.ldiim in In. fin."-!- tlietii" dailitO iu wl,n h wan ilii-UM.I nn a fcoUVrliuT sb little f-arl of the mw rilit-. Tbe ouiite. o. ii.tl the rnoiitli of N.lo, aayluft. "Her. I. I he t let nu '' Air" m-l M. ile lU-Aiieijaii-p. "Y'oa torwe bivr.1 riif' AurfliUM r-Q iiL As hil.lll;-ti Mule. sRst, Cic IUtu," remarked a citizen, uUcit Uoit a very lutiit kavl fuc so b. a Biu.sr "Ve. tub. lot Le ki'lft l.s'f the lad iff blorif -t -'"- ''i.i- It s priiu'. sab, Um 'm.ir.t t f u:'ei.v'i'e inl buiniiie tiM rut li knoa hru 1 rot a I'aui ouLt s.ft t littrr a I Uj." N Y'urs hun. Ttk9 fore m4 I Imnspt. Tour.( Mamrr.a i.'ulelrso, t.y ar yoa BOl tii aul suiu.Bj st s.1 U puuostiira p-t CtU4rn rbo are nuiuiii,i uiinj tLatr morslcc ljts wi'.a the Durma..i Ob. tsirauM iUn ai"sr turn. nima, ME HAS rOUCATCD VANY CHLO. I Cnir M. I hll.l. lln I'mrllrr. k,. , d.tiMr. Nul l.ctoi-riMilly. (ill!, . a rule, re.is.iid In.. re nniiklt l the f.iss in il n-tiR ef .1 inly than ! I -a .. m - I ( 1 liti nlwnl. ft U tlint tin y ibfu-lt.il it ! mailt i h.ii.i .. . I Ni far ii l iy s roi.aI i s rii-n e. nra Conn iin.l, i-i. 1 1 a n!e la. I, tu Ilie I .li i i aliuosl rt . i . a-t. t.i it 1 I .us s.ikl t ly the lu. ni, - w ii Ion n, p..w, r to milk.- II silile for . to .t..iii:re orn. tn.-il Ir.tiioi.K- 1 hate li;. lo t li. tune .;n aOtl. or I l .r Is. II I lie III. li fi.l n C ' ', Is-1 M i.-li t i.r. e Ot four bur. In. I k 1- nn. In mil i... I ball" I.. II lew. il Oil b) lltir k"allt il . their apt It lid. '. 1 1.. it kl'l.il nnll.li. i' II I. I. at it. and tl. ii i-iie 1 1 ..hi e, mini sin i-.-.. Ill il.t i r iIiomii i.ritr. I he mi u ii W lioln I L.ttf Is. a i :.il!) int. rt - lit 1 e:- 1 S1,., I nlll.1l. f.t I lite Il.t I l.i, II,. Ill I Ilie iitrthe ib.iii.iit. t. if Jon iiml , -I . - 1 1, t Iii. ti ninl tt on,, ii f iut ..in i-ioit ..i.-li .i;r al.t a) . ii. UI.-.I li t l.i .ti' A lt r 1 ).. iii f Mie II. . - .LnikJit. r i f 'i r. t no ii . a mie I ' e t't.llitit li of lii tt. p , t. r in. Il ale il.i and ready 9 . u'ri. ; t'j.. ii ni l . .. nml it I.... tln-retoie I., ii it it it p.m .t i.'..r p'i.iiit-1 h.it 1 hut e ni!. .til.tl I In in i.ppi.n ninl . . In b. l;i till IIIM-ll e. 'I lie- mi l bate itniie fr.-ni ,i! no f-t i n rv Stale in I e I I, .oil Tht-t lint i-I II hro'l .1 I to iut i . i I i.ionh i hi ir fi n I..I-. 1 1 1 r. . 1 1 1 1 uiy fi..n.l. m.d tl.rniiu'h .ti.uu-. r . I'u1 Joiiun mi 1 i iii." nil ilie wi.t In. in a sn.n'l tnMII III Noiwnjr In my o line III I'lnl.i'l'l pi,,., ; t it these mrl.. s'.riiiie In s.i v . not one b,.. etil.-ntl ll.r m-w. .ij. r pro(t..,..n lln io hate U.-ii si-tt-rnl l.tttttt-s nu. I ih.toi., lllllllV teacher., llltl.l., I.sikki pi i.. eon i it nut., i a.lii.-r. ninl n . r. tat i. .. t :ain. , niirs-. ninl eli. utioiii.i., nml .ei. i.tl us piiimt. for ll.e l)ru- and ilnniiat it- .'.1.' The tun hem hate without eve. (.11.11 Is. -il n1let-e..('ll, M bate the madciiti. of law anil in. .in nie and i-f Ilie 111114-.' tiaiu IukmIiisiI 1 he eirl.ttli.i bad nmbil i n for pub I u-1 ,in . I. l ate In. t n it h old) . nil tiary suei-e... I'rot.ihlt llns Intiu.tl (or rlts tlttolo.ts bilte lli.-t.le the tli.t ttlol.. t . The mrl. i f lull" I' al and art i.t a- e 'jie bibti.- bate Ut li m'.. n i t. ry adtiii.lar s...ihle lu thetiay of liniiie and fori-ii.li tlllilill'-; . l.r.lll'f Ih.'lll bate 1st II lilil cntitl in ran., seti-ral lu ll.-rliit mid oth. r III Yielltill. til Ilie st-b. I loll of mIhnib nnd tent hern Ihi-ie ha l.in un et nenil rule: H'tiiet iim-n I bate .-!.. t.tl l.ith.at other t lines the mils or Ibeir I. n ml. hnte luade tlioi holer. Ill all r;i.- only the I.-.1 of either hate lneiiempl..ttt I or one toiiiiti . rl w lin M.'tni-tl e.n. inllt i nil.ittt.l tt it ii a voice Mine. I'bri.tiiie Nilwii ttn rt.(ii.--t-ed tnseleit Ilie teinher The sahu ie. n--i reit i.l by lhest "iris have aterae.tl fioiu I (.'! In sivenil llioiis.ni.1 ilollar a) tar; one rneltt.l an liiuli n. r.'i.i'i All the still, hate l. .mie self siipNrt Iiik; hi. s.1 of tin in bate u.airittl, ninl all tl think I am sate in sating thi. I hnte liuide lit.sl ttite. Allot l liriii hate th ferntl lo niy n.i.i t that t lie nu n ot itieir i -imiee khiillld In holiest ami Well nble In lake ran of them, and so far its I know lint one of them ha found a liii.lmml lin ban pre sumed iinui Inn wile ability lo turn niotiey to i Hil ber to coiilribule to his SiipN.rt. Il I Hot Kelienisily that ban made Inr h.lpful ill this n-.Nct to mrl. It I. iu I 'Ut selll.hli.-v.. I want to see it here my iimin y k'.s-s. I wmit to know llntt il 1 tir. nl. t illK-tll.lt il 1. ilolllH panl. I Milni-tillieN b. I thai the only limner I hate I that wliu h I bate Ltiteii aay. The r-l is Just Witil liikt. The iiioiiey that I bate sin ut nism other N..ple ban In.ii thai tthi. h I hate most en jo) i.l. Many tn h in.ii hate ib.ue a mm h; many have ibme more. I think Mr. Hrrti l ha.ilotie the iinhlivt tt.uk of all by f.uin.liiii' hi N ln.il of liiiln.trlal Art.-i...rKe W. 1 hll.l in latili.V Home alUiii imi. J'erfuiiilnn lire. Straime to sat . there an. very few women : . Who until r.litinl the ilitln nil nrl ol using wuiu " miiy tor u-iiiein y. i no iiioiiey perfiliiie. Il I a great mi.iakr toehaiiee had been lined to buy drink with. Would Iii I hi rvsN.-1, according to the dictate of the court Ik lenient' tho lawyer ask i.l. fashion, and a tliorouubly n lined nml ele 1 Tho gTity hairetl plainliir evidently saw g nu woman never coiniiiiiN this error. H.e amn,,.!,,,,,, r)iitlir iu the old wi.iiuin adopt, one rticiilar srent and li-- it lo wub vhM the si. liisioii of a I oi htm, rendering il thus 1 . .. . , . . n i peruliarly her own. a pnst..ling ttl.l, ,- '" ' 1'"' stamp lier at once with a "cachet" ,,f cioeoly at the face bardemsl with sufTer tlaintiiieM ami rt. lii.it eiiesn. Ii in.) not Wit. little to connect it with its youth lie a.bb.l that heavy sx eitln nre t ulniraii.l ,Wa to be seen. Tho old countryman disagreeable, I. . die Li lug pit it cly ilin-' itiea and walked outsido tho railing to trvsnlng to jN-peinn win ollii. tory nerve ( where she was sitting, his fiiro whiter an- dtlicale and sensitive. N.inething tlian hi hair and bis hands trembling. sh-ht ami subtle, sin II a a mi xl lire of niiii il Ksutgiie and Itussiau violet, or k'rny mn ber ami salulalwi.al. In e x.ti 1-1 1 r. I 'in I Inn dnmaki r and rout nrim never limit lo ask w ben a lire. Is onh -ml fnim t In in tt Inil perfuino I a.lnpti.l by I heir . Unit, mid they then prisi.tl In Inln.linti Is lm.-n the lining tiny Hat sitchet pn u.r.tl in ac corUnif with I ho answer. These are Incv tnli.ive little detail, which add greatly to tit tharm of a toil. I nud hi. h an) lsly can allonl lo liululgi ge In.-New York Tills uue. A I'rrllr aiury. Mr. and Mm. (ilad.t one were stating at thr. count ry house of a friend, and hi n cordan. e w it h their usual custom nit. ml (.1 8 o'clis k service, Is-fure briMikfa.t, nt the parish t hiin h. Coiiiiug out of eliun h Mm. I.l. id. tone wan Hulking oil one wy, when Mr. (ihel.lolie l-alli.l lo her, "( 'nine thi way; thi i nearest." She rrplii.l. "I don't think it I very mar," and wanted to armie the lsilnl. lint, an iiinisual thing for him, he w an in no 1 1. m al for armiing. ainl mii.I: "We'll ntsily ml tie t hi. ipn .lion a lo whh h is the I shortest way. Yoil K" one way, I'll "o I In other, and mw who arrites home Ilmt." I iff he slarli.l oneway; she the other. It Is I nenlli-ss tu say he nrrivitl home la.ily lirst. He went a hard a he roiild gn, and would . have kilh.l himself rnther than she should , win, but whether it proicl wbli b way wa the shorter I anol In-r inaltir. aii)tay bu Was salisflnl. Kxt linnge. Tli 1'rslljr llltie Jny. Leynlld utiestioii Die blue jay is the prettiest f Allien, an rouo b.lls. As I. 1 liamo llnlieat.-n, blim la tiie predouiiuulit color of l is plumage, and it runs through I all iu mint l.-autiliil shades along hi bark and tail until it im-rge into silver white on hi bn-ast. He ha a heavy, pointed rret of dark, yet brilliant f.-ntli- era raised almvo In bead, llisetes are I I...... b...l ...o... .l lo. I. itt i. IU H", lil.l... '.". it, wt ,'. , short and strong. He i somewhat larger tn iu the black faced redlurd t f the south, whi. h lie r mbl.-s v.-rr ' cJu ly in sliatm and Hi the way he flu-. The common rry of the blue Jay I harsh and di-agri.-al.le, and it sound Dot unlike "do lav, de jay," but his love ! note are tender and sweet, "lo-elmi loo, too loo loo," as if his mate's name was Lulu. II" rannot tainel. and is (ntt Dlilise buns, if when rag.-.!.-I'miadi I phia Time. 44lMlf mt l'or cita. If yon ws'it to d.-al with New Y'ork truckmen, raoiie a, street viid-rs. and I inai.y small tr.l.-siiien at Utbiu figure. Wrar p.r clolli.-a or ti.l sumeisniy tl. The well dnsW mi. who csrn- about u ii.. pMsis-nty will ofu-n l compellcl ta pay d. Nilil." He wi,l f r--.jn.-ij tly lie nisi Uie vn tiiu of various kin 1 ot ritortton, I and wiil g.-t no sympathy from any quarti-r. to the o'.le r hand, the or ' have a soft heart for e h (thrr, and the apin-aranr. of p-.v-rty ,usrre tha lowtxt ea.ii t r. e for g ssl ..r service. i , a . i. .i.i. i. II yoii U"n t in-ii--w tun, ij is ' s ine favorable occasion, and yon erUl be both aintusnl and iiutrnctodr '( IT ' . A TI ) Til KIT. PA THCT C CO .tr;T..J.V ! T: v: rr.crLts. c:E is ..l'- Soil. I . 0. . it. i r m. l 4 r il.. I. I,ll. .'l.-l .1.1.1 t ;.r. in I. ... II. il r,,ll-l lint. .... w'l I I" M in SaJ li II rt.l lir r. I ins It tt i a ter." ' Ile ha I a t il w .itched I.'. i u: n Hi role, I i In. ;. . the In lin It r- d In" II: .lr.- w.t in tvle. adorutie nt . ! ." :,' . f a bibr. I r ..ii a i li. i t'i..t v it'i i.ipt at:, nti. ti. O . le ally , f.l IK d lit' ! "I 'll! Ills head, t in--, h tti li ,. way i f r pr.o.. tioti; In. si.i.i.l t.N-s were out of III. r. not inii' l th, it ; he r it ' of the fr.t.loiii it it,. Ill tune l.-ttv.'.-i ,.. .1 sl. .. bi t b.'.lll r like I it Is. au l.im. He diti l.-d i kt ar.iiiti 1 at tin p,ti.ii,;er au l w-urt un In mother mid irrandiiiotlier. at mli rvaU doini Is.tli at oiii-e a easily a one. What wa heotiiarth f..i? The blue ev.- could find no answer in the passoti gpri faci-. Ill mother eye pit. tt i re th p bsl.iy and In Il.t. tit' d nu i ly ititn tlie i at i tiea He plnd thorn vio r u.ly I. r a moment. Tln'ti be pulled the mother noao a if he would sir. t. h it a little. Ho kit k" I at Inn iiiotln r mi l she siuiii d sliK'htly At Hit he nit. t.d it n n am aud ran hi. linger into In. month. It was an linu.iial tlmu' for eramliiii.th. r to smile. Mut cannot r. m.-iuts-r ev. r hat liiu smiled U'fore, it wa so lotnf uo int o she had The mother linked thin - thin Is.-ausi she did not have i iioii-i to eat - and li if she hati.l h 1 1 of tiie wotld sate h.-r baby Sho did not mind the child' potiiidini; It wa. like striking InT'elf iu play. The bttln fellow wa of In r flesh, and hadalisorls.l.-illof herstn tieih She can. I not for her future if her baby could 1. provided for. She I N.k.sl UMiti hun a Mil her ow n. lie wan nothing of his father's Hi father? Thry wen tfv UK to s... him. "He's a smasher, ain't lie" the run ductor Siiid. stoppim; the car. and the least tilt of prtdo showed itself in the mother's face ns she descend. d the tc. the swiiur of the baby's tv.-iu'ht tliMtt 111 ber almost prone upon the pavrm.-iit. They cllinl.sl tho stair, the thr.." ireli eratioti child, mother, irraiiilinother Into the rotirtris.m. The jinL-e was look inn neither crave nor stern; he was looking roiiniioiiplace: tho case l.-fon. him was one of everyday occiirrenre Tho lint Willie wa railed -the plain- tlir. John Whiteside hlti-sldo bad been n'lieve.1 of some few dollar in money Ho wa a countryman when be came to town lit sell bis prm luce- four handed, law obeying, shrewd. A thief khoirjil be jaih.l forever; haiiKiiij wa Bono too Kood for hun. he thought. Ile bad a straight forward tale. The mother of theacciiM.l sat .Nikiii lixedly at the man on tho stand, tho youiiir mother and wife wept; the baby threw it anus around its mamma's neck ninl screamed. 1 The lawyer Lt thr in cused made an njecilon w llliout roiinuencn. wuicli Wits ilenietl. and he sat down dejtvtislly. Ho Was young, and mld for lakini; tip tlio caM n the exicririice it was iiikMtHl to nim Witmwa were ralh.l rt.r- bbratinn the pluintilTst.'sliiiii.iiy. Tho I defonso? There was none of any weight; .the young lawyer had roiijun.l what there w a out of byphire; the prisoner 1.1 ..-i I.. ... I....; -i Aren't yon Sue Whittidi-r he asked. "1 was mco. "You ran away from homo to be mar ried to a young New Y'ork feller?" " Yea. " Sho shuddered. She f. It the clear eyos of the old mail lisill her. j What wa coining neit? Ho knew alsiut ber history! She tried lo cover her rag, h,1 did not bi.t b.nir ul.iln Ih.i m.in . , . . , , ..,... i, , , . ' lujstiiii.i. i lint wan tue nw t.i etiver- IngF She waa low down forever now lier tifo would have soon run its stretch. "Don't you know nie? I am your brother." "John. Jolinf She druw away from hiin." "Why didu't you write to usT ' 'I waa ashamed. I had nothing to tall only misery!' I Yon killed your mother She never trailed after that night." I "Let uie go No. no. save my boy U is tho only siipN.rt w e have. Since it ts your lirst otTrntr, and. I bope, your last one, I will be lenient the Judge was saying. "Your honor, sir." The old man it'ssl again within the rail "There was a lit tle misunderstanding. This boy is my nephew I'll take hun away from the city I withdraw my charge, and I wish you would let him go free, your honor." "I will!" The accused put on hi derby hat and slouched over where the little knot of relative wa gathered. Ho looketl at bis child, its mother and grand mot her. "The kid's gettin fat. Ain't be. MaryT "Now you are all goiu buck bom with uie" "Uome. Never, never" The fallen sister startod to go. drawing the thin lhawl about tier shoulder. I "I tin not Iiva Hi Piiinst-illn now. Ku. - " " " " - san. I am In the went. No oue will know you out there." A sigh of relief, content. Iinppini'sa Issued from the grandmother's lip. The weary woman felt the Imby to m lighter on ber knee The child crow ed as if be thought the west the Inst kind of a ' place for a urowtng baby. "1 don't like to leave old New York for the country." sai l the young man. "There' iiothin a'oig on out there. Uebbe 'twill l easier sl.sl lin. Say, old man. you got five rents alint you? 1 ain't bad a dnuk for three days seJ New Y'ork Herald. "lMa IwlfrlS." "About the best thing I've h. ard thi I season, saei a ii'i' isii fw tur un tne lllt.,.uu trmr ( l;r,,l,yt "wu tn uuutna a sliort tune ago. liter gr-ut many Swe.1- out there and they w.-re getting up a celebration of the au liivi ruary of tho founding of the Order of the Sms of Sweden. A committee of the order call! ujs.n (in H. ge. who wa playing there in 'Yon Yonson at the ,,. ,nJ lnrit..l llm totake jrt. Tht-y , , , i,,..!,!,.,..!!. -t. i-t. ' ' ' tr slllg. I " 'bwede Violets.' aald Qua TuuipUy. 1 -New Yuri Herald, PAYINQ A DCOT OF KINDNESS. aa le.llaa Urate Who hmtrr rergst lk Merrr sliu.i, HI. taa4. Al.itit the middle of this century tber was a terrible tipriMtii; among the Yuca tan Indiana. For a tune thry were able towrnk yen f.-iiuit) on their white coo-utien-r. mid their fi n ity and cruelty I m-ert li. rr ' In t'ven si ib.rW tyitrtt nf history as II I, however, is not without it story of kindness and mercy between rti.-liiles. The town of I'eto was so sit liat.tl in the Indian ti rrttory that it wa talo n by the Indian and recaptured by the tt Int. many tune. luce, when it w.i. in tho hand of it rightful owners, a iiuiuls-r of Indian prison. r were In liL I.. cruel than the savage, the wluti-s killed only iii battle, the)' alloweil their prisoner to lit... Hut protisions t.-nm Un it. an. I umre ncnrco, and the Indian were 0 t to the of hung, r One day !n Man 11 hii ute. a weillhy inhabitant of the town. w.t. pissing the house where tho Indians wi re and stopped, shocked at the sight of a lio-. ral.le, emaciated crcalure "What are toil doing:" he aski.L "I am eating my s'.iin-s aa you see," was the reply "I nm starving to.leath. For tw. lte days we batf had iilliut no f.ssl. .Must ol nit t t iiipaiiioii are tlcad and the tlav of the r t ate iiiiniln'mL" Is in SI imn bs'U.il ill the miserable survitor it ml sail. "You at.d they sliall live," ninl he sent them fi.l every day and finally pr. tir". tl.eir freedom. Whatever were the right of the iiie tioti Is twi.-n Indians nm I whltis in tin case. hum. in pity sike lirst lu his heart. Some tune later I'eto wa captured by tho Indian, and the inhabitant with niasacred. Ifc.ii Man., with hi wife ami children, await .1 death on their kin- in prayer. They heard party of savage approaching th house, aud felt that the end had coin. The lie.nl of the hand, however, sta tioned sentinel around the house and gave this order, "Not a hair of the head of this manor his family Is to be touched, on pain of death " The family of Duarte was the only on that waa smntt The Indian who had inspired the inly of Don Marcus waa paying his debt. Twenty years afterward In a successs fill uprising the Indians sacked a num ber of villages and country house. They retreated loaded with siil and drag King with them many household serv ants, of whom they intended to make slat e. The chief of theen.itlon asked one of lliein what waa the name of his Diaster "Don Matvc Diuirte." be replied The chief immediately called a halt "How many men In-long to Dou Mar co" he asked. "Twenty four " replied Hi man to whom he had sMiken. "Name tlu-ui." said the chief. Haying collected the twenty font men, he returned to them tlieNUl which had come from the Duarte house and said, lio home, friend, you are free." It waa the Indian once more paytug hi debt,- Youth Companion. Why She HraiU the lat.l l'ltaler fin, "Of course I always rewl the last chap ter of a novel first." admitted a young womau. "ami I think it a very sensible plan, lint I read such book in two different ways. I conf.ss I road sum trash. When I get a novel that I con sider In this clan I read th lust chapter lirst. Then I read the neit to the hist chapter, ami so on until I finish the first chapter 1 lind that the only way in which to enjoy such books. If read it straight through from the begitiutug I would never be in doubt as to th end ing I have read wa much of tin light literature that I can always tell pretty well on reading the first chapter or two what the outcome of it will he. "On the other hand, if I begin at the end my runoslty is aroum.l to a lively pitch. Here I have the unraveling of misunderstanding and the restoration to happiness of all the worthy noplo in the book. Hut I cannot tell how the doubts and difference came alaiut. On can autlcitto the close of such a novol Bear it beginning', but not Its beginning Dear it close. ISo I read th chapter In reversed order with continued pleasure," Now Y'ork Tribune. Only a Sour mt While Ithlaeseresss. From letter addressed to that re Oowejcd sportsman, Mr. Solon, it ap pears that that curious and rare animal, the white rhinocertw, baa not yet gone the way of the dislo and the irreat bus tard, though siine have ventured to give Mr. Selnus' authority for saying that he I elttiift. It is to the occupation of northern Mnshonaland. which baa kept the native hunter to the west of the L'mniatl river, that thi gentleman at tribute the fact that in thi rt a few spec linens still survive the constant per secution which in ten than twenty year has utterly ei terminated them in every other portion of south central Africa. There may yet." Mr. Kelous ad. la. "be ten or even twenty of these animal left, but certainly not more, I think. Outc Ui latter number." London New. Whore frseedlles Are fetta. Crocodile are found in Africa, Asia, the tropical part of Australia, Central America aud the West Indies, while the alligator, with th exception of on spe cii discovered some few year since in China, are found only in America. Tbey are all of them terribly destructiv crea ture. The young feed principally on fish, but as they grow larger they attack every animal that they can overcome, dragging their prey into th water and u drowning it It has been said that more people are killed by crocodile than by any other of the wild beast of Africa. London .Saturday lUview. Wartn That Are CmI tm Ka. The earthworms of Cap Colony, South Africa, spei-iiueu of which may bo rn in any well regulated American college niunrnic bav a niaxiuitun I. t: g th of 6 feet 5 inches and are thick accordingly. When Mr. Meer and the oth.-r Dutch explorers first visited the (rood Hope regions these tinny creature were a regular article of diet. St. Loui Uii'ublia Advocating frrntter aimpliciryof life among th wealthier claws of sistely Dean LefMy remarked recently that Cl'.'T.OOO a year is -ut in England apoa perfumed spirit from abroad. A chain was mad at Troy. N T.. fa 18"3 fur th United State government which waa a little over sis mile tn length. It wa mad of Iron bar t inches in diameter. Switzerland baa 101 telephone change. M.'M station. t.Zli mile of lln anj limit each ubsenber to SCO conversation in th coax of th rat 1 O o o o O 0 O o o