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7 I OLD YEAR, FAHEWELL I t.S ARKWKI.L. f re- -Ai,vn,vii V'. .,UB ,,,t ' UaiMj rrlua must purt, A hnd of roso from check ami Up, ami there Sprinkle touch of now before juu go. Old Year, before you go. flnnd-br. Godspeed. .11 onr'lilr things mut Hid, . i , k into y'-mr fueling my fr end, 00 J', , ,d and dear, ol.l Venr. old oar. Tr,f:!,"ld regret wlll.lu my bear, In AU 'ii'l'" In the. ahall once '"ry live and make t..e Jj j ear; Ui- u why be and? t . that n-'r- purling. I'm Impelled to nay. J". , , ' in secret thought f..r many a day W "v i III I lore '' Avar Old Vear. y always .urn a .omewbat aomber f.o Vnu't'' 'never had the wlnaomc aprlghtly T.,f 'l remember In your foregone kin. i'li '.ir. Ibal I bavu ushered In. r , en win ahorter. too. It seems to me. be. nr, m',;'i, -ipf -r :- """ ,,,:,,r r-",""." 1 ' 1 . .,.1 cin'm halt Ulllg lo. with A4l, t Mlirn ii'i- T,,,f no longer stny. Sill I Ve!.r. go wy' The prairie, A laioia wrappcu " , f r nwny to the south ami van " .i -i t1.. mtar Til Pit 111?!1 I'd In mysterious snauo. Throunb ikui ' " " . . the niltf m . . L I... nlielit w ill i1 tilk' Ilt 111 lira ii iub ui" t.tiK llllilii.v. nu iw .i... (IiT,. atul Miff If . . It... I in tlll7M irillll I Ut'l I r-nlir liiiiuila. trunk a Uoarae aeeom ,aK',r 'li'ins nrrnjiilaon, amoklng la the dir f bia "hIiiu k," mid looking out over .i, ,,,,.,,,,111 nbiin and cotvaux, there l lilt one word in the heart, oue eong oo the lipH of nature. I jriMiuu. Well, indeed, did Mane remember her I -aids of g il.len binr Her Bmritiiii.' eyea , , m 1 . ttie Itlir iieiiuiy ui ner uuiiueiu iuht, They Ikii) purled hut that wn loug ago, .v..., .. Ill ,,iLi rmif. fi,t.tntin In A ,mr ten 11. in, lie bravo. 1 will come when jou want me. Uud be with you, my dear olio!' V . . .1.- . ,1 I. . . t V. ... n'..l. MH a Nil pnar.ru uui uirac leaped from the memory to the henrt of liana lir.v iijiiInoii. They were ofteuer ou liia lipa tliuii were lna prayers. The tirt year, the dreadeJ louthweat u....r..,..,l uii.l u-!tlu.,.wl fi..l,l nl. iikihI ready for the reaper, but liana aveii enoiign grinii to plain the mini again. The ncrnnd year, crop were baiknunl, mid the whent wns "nipped" br front and shriveled anil blackened in the hack. The third year crop were Dialeii to the ground hy hull. llniv ll:lil ll.'llltt rolltrivoil In Lflnn and soul together during these yenra of trial.' ny niortgnging ins possessions. 1. a ehiilii. his horses, his fnrtiiiiiL' iimtl.,. nn nts-everything had been laid under eoiitnliiitiou to tide bun over the bnrd times. Iii liis hands he hnd a letter. It was dark ami lie eould nut rend it but this was iimieei-s-:ii'y. He hnrl conned it Word for word until he eould have reeited II by nolo, i he letter Mils from Chris tina. She l.il, I her lover, in uion.ln u,,r.U that she could not remain away from him longer. A longer absence, for her, was ore than death. Surely, her willing hands would prove a mighty factor in h;s hard life. The meanest drudgery at hu side and for him would be happiness hit. i ne .-MocKiiolm sailed on the 1st of December for New York ',.., I, I l, lend her money to pay her pnssnge? .o, ,. nUUJ c,mie tiurj-dnss all the way. Hod bless him for the faithful lover that he was! IW Mans! He had never written n,ui in ot i, .rlc gtriiBBle with fate. uat should he do now? Tell her all? ..o. ins nenrt rebelled against inch - wit i inr, loyal t'hristiua! Would send her tlm .i , ' iii,iiii-j. inn "liereunshetoget it? He slarted ,1- -""'"" t. lhe moonbeams, strik ing his haggard fuce, wreathed it with a trange benutr. t,.iy 'e" ,le murmured in his ... ..i.uiiMi; -ny akall 8e Measer - "'ii in ua niornin I "Say il T0, kllow wnat t,lnt ,orp mzy Swede from j.ony UlU,n hag fa tip to ; Chris I.nrkin, the blacksmith, dripped head f .iM hn,,,,. ,i. ' i .. ' 1 oo- ronii nun iipirte( himself on the handle with Ma "'. iinewy anna as he addressed this ten ..nee to C',,1 WKKn, a farmer. ""'me an' tnortgnged blingelf to Law J't Johnson for $1ih)." "Tain't possible!" " " Tis, loo-hut It can't be legal." - ixise the Swede can't pay up when the mortgage is due?" Miisnn'U foreclose, I g'pose." 1 1 hen heM ow n the S ede, hev?" More n likely. Then he c'd hire him by the day, ye ,POi git hi8 " In that way." 'lien', the mortgage due?" Vw dear's Day." fury.nt di'J ,h' Swede wnnt the money fffic)"n'"- "P WQnt 0Tr ,0 po,t" ', bought n money order on' sent ") I'la gued cent!" l,"M that bent all!" exclaimed Hig disgustedly; "thHt'i jest .ike them nipper "t"J'"e f0' 8'l'kt,rla" j;1' nl bet ''' Christinas Day. je nook, and crannlea cf Wells bare uggistlon of k,M ," lli,e ,I"k were iii.su.i!ly V W--'ria bow dear thou art. . - P-i '"'"I "J l'f. V' ar. Old v V I H V VrP. I ,u V Here ink glint of l"" L gold ttum out my --4 -"VVS?: hair. V ' l0, vk r'lt MTTt.C rilRISTIXA. 'ta ' T''r, in taking p ieskm Ui.l, d the icttlen tak tlielr Vn I , "1;uKljr they ipoke of a hM- vuri'uiai" aUd a -f,,, church- fctula'". ' Chria," remarked the or " Psenger traia that had tlmndereil tip to the tatiou, o the tatlou, "we'll have o-jumr neniler W hell the stiow iu a heap see luntter, my man The last won nryiijiiu,,!,, wh bad oucior on the uriii. Ay been 1,,'ki,,' fr ,;, iMlll tma by dee. train, but Ay can't see her I,., pll(., t hh ,r n,1M All, went on the conductor, with s laugh, some girl fr, . s,., ( you re gii,w lllrryj ,, ..tlu ri. W( .. no pasNcngi-rs for Sjkesion." llaus turned wit ll a Tli t. master wns walking off with tl, ,. pouch, mid i!. frl.,rii Swede follow , He had n vague thought that th,. mail- pouch might contain s,,i ,eVV fr llilp) Half an hoi.r Inter the ,,:i,.rs .,, ,,;ir. els had been assorted a, the p.im,, er began distributing them to il. waiting throng. There were t'liristmas pi-fkeuis ninl loing tidini;, r,,m ,i,al. ,,,. i ,,. Kiist mo I ni:iti a pioneer's In,-,, wicilh - l ivilh happiness ns the letters wi r - rend or the present tucked niug'.y uwny in warm breast pockets. "Here's Hoiuelbiiig f,r yon, ll.ini." called the postmaster. , .i,,, .,.(.. mini who liad been lingering ninr tlu-i door, doubtful but cNpectuut, Kliirtcd for- i ward with u smile an, I an outstretched i hand. That handwriting! The letter I was from Christina j The envelope was hastily torn open , and a pair of happy blue' eves In l-.ui ! perusing the text. Suddenly, the hnpny light vanished from t. face. Unit's Mryiijulson's limbs grew rigid and lie lurched over against the counter with a moiiu of anguish. Knglish words, even In n free transla tion, are powerless to catch the pathetic vein that run through Hans liryiijulson's letter, but here are Its contents, done Into our own language: On board 8. 8 Stockholm. Dec. 10. My Dear One: When vou read tins, my union who writes It will be with yon-hut In the i.lrlt I am to ile. ttie snips uoeior kiij". and 1 thank io,l that I have the strength to send you tins nisi worn. i. Heavenly Father had spared me to work for you, till 1 . since mis is iT""""'",, - l.ly hard for yourself. He brave, dear aiis. fo my sake, lie patient and you will ho ..rrniite. (Joil tempers the wind tii Ills stricken children and he will not forget thee, inv dnrlli g. My strength ebbs fast a last farewell. UIIUM1NA. A the shade, of evening crept oor me sky nnd brought out, one by one, ttie cold, clear-cut stilts, the worn, oi a Chriftuins carol floated through the doors of the little Sykestoti church and settled, like so many spirits of peace, over the qi' t village. l , . . A man, reeling tnrougn nn- nenu-u... . .. I u,..,.,....l to till. ness, rtennl me song mm ninn.. '" ', ten. As the Inst bar of the smig died away. It. cadence was broken by a dis cordant groan. A moment later as i. ver Johnson with his wife and little a,,wl,i..r cnine out of the chun h. he near ly stumbled over the form of a man lying prone upon the grouno. Why, ne exciaiiiieo, ,i a ii.no. -- julsoiil" Let him lie where he is. sanl .mis. Johnson; "he's drunk. lm dount. "Well, drunk or sober, n ne if he'll freeze. It menus n liun.ireu no, ,i.s to me." said tl.f lawyer, grimly; "ah. he reviving, dune, cme, my man, "oil i you know where you are. Mcsser Vonson; reiurueu ii-"" rogatirely. Yes. yes; get up and follow us. io j' i freeze to death lying mere. jo freeze, vou know. It wouldn't be fruit ing me fair. You ui.d. r-'and why, c.i .' on can sl.-ep in my barn lo-ingm. " ! The ,.-iv after New Year's dawned with ,-nlui that would have 1 n foreboding , had tiot unusual weather so i.ir u,...- the W inter III M e!is . o'llil. Little llessie Johnson went to s. no " ; the morning ami "h' 11:1,1 '"'''n ,K"",e i from home nn hour when a ni.n ' rlfte J with wind, nppiar.d in in- if"'" , -4Sr Mil ktyfrM lkl'-J Wl t'hW " V I ' twVW' J 'iH mvsteiy to ber ncu.,ln.an.,H,. The Vrv5.AN''i&iri yt V ix-m lbrJ- 'AA U for,, her rehulv... had recoveriMl from west. Like great yiuiuou. uanuer, . i battle scarrid and brushing its ragged streamers m ross the sky, the cloud came on with racehorse speed. And then came the blast in ail its fury. Heller-skelter, here ami there, blew the wild while Hakes; rushing around the corner of Law cr Johnson's house with an angry roar, the bits of mi.iiv played hide and seek among the eavis and then skurried away in the mad tanileds of a whirlwind. "li.Kidness me, Silas," said Mrs. John son, turning from the window, "I can't see a yard away. What will become of Hesse." "She'll be nil right - don't worry. The teacher will not let the scholars leave the sclioolhittise until the bliz.ard is over." I'ears, however, if long enough persist- e, in, w ill shake the stoutest confidence. Thus it was with the lawyer, nud when, s e moments later, his wife suggested that Hans be sent to the si hoolhotise to see if Hcssie were there, he consented. Hans was culled in from the shed nnd ciii.n bis commission. Ho bowed hi. head, buttoned his thin coat, tightly nroiind him nud laid his liuini on the 1 V1'-'. ''3lt V. ? 5 S I. Vt" HANS IIIIVXJI I.SON d,.,r kn ,h. The lawyer wa holding in his hands a great fur coat. "I'ul this on," he said. K.aeliiiig the ,hoolhoiise in I ).,,. f 1 it IM'CIIIMI',1 by the safety, tea. her and a few fn.l.teii.sl pupils, . .. .I,,1imsoI1 was lot there. lillt lies- At the hrsi ,,po. aratc e of the cloud iu the northwest the girl had persisted III a determination to start home. The t. a. h. r hnd not made a verv serious attempt to thwart that resolve, feeling, perhaps, that she would have ample lime t.Oj'.ver tin- d.s-taio-e before the storm came Huns Hrwijulson received the Information w ithout comment and once more vauished Into the storm. Of what d'J fu'r ,ul bsolutely NTsy 1 : -t: fr;;;,)? frrV ,i3k , i 1 U-v V - 1- I i l;.! ..'tff'ri nothing is known. The lawei's daugh ter could not tell. She sl.irtcl home, she said, was overtaken by the storm and liually grew bewildered. Struggling vain ly f,,r what seemed an interminably long lime she had liually sunk si-useless and exhausted into the snow. Win n found she was snugly wrapped in the l:iuer's fur coat while a pair of I thin, rigid nrms folded her close as j though to protect In r from ihe drifting l Hikes. And when Ihe snow was brushed ir. on nans Hrj njiiNoii icy t.i. e, con gealed tears were found in the eje lashes, and about the mouth mystery uiisolva-ble- there hovered a mule. Happiness crow tied w ith tears! Perhaps they were tears of Joy; per- Imps the boisterous winter winds I nine summer zephyr, in the ear. of llaus ItrynjuUoii and whispered to hi in the word, "Christian, Christina;" perhaps this also was Ihe burden of the snow flakes ns tln-y rustled down over him nnd wove their spotless woof into the weft of hi. life. Lawyer Johnson caused It lo be duly known that Hans lirynjiilsoii hnd can celled hi. mortgage and it was Mr.. Johnson's own hand I hat gave the docu ment to the fire. W. W. Cook, iu Detroit Tree Press. A. Christina) Si lieiiie. A lady who was shopping saw her hus band examining poekeibooks nt a show ease in another part of the store. Wbe.i lie had gone she nppr ached the sales woman in that dfpnrtmi lit, "Mill he get the otic I wall'isl?" "Yea, the one with the silver horse shoe. I told him it was the best and would just suit." "You're a Jewel. I fen red he would get something I didn't mint. Thank you ever so much." The husband had gone to hi. favorite Jrng store, when he asked; "Has my wife been here?" "Yes," said the clerk, with a gr,n. "Hid she get a toothbrush or a hot of :igars for my Christmas present i" "She looked nt cigars." "I In ! I know the brand 'i a hun dred. Well, If she buys a box change tlniii to my regular bra 'id, an I I'll pay 'he difference see?" And the druggist -saw. A .New Year Song ornes d-ineliig omt the snoi Who Ills llltle s,,ft feet 11,1 I, urn Slid rosy T up. -n Hie ilo'-r. tlioug'i I Iim hIhI In, Is l,uw; I like the eltli'l 1. 1 Mel Icske mill cuxj, 'I. ike l.llo III. so, I hoi, I Mill U.nr. lie is t lie xoieii-rfol New iut. nj-i-n your henrt. b. It smt or gsy. '.,,' Mm tlc-re sml use him kindly; -'(.r y ,a must esrr.i him. y.-s or tiny, I'nrrj Mil: ltli sio.t eyes so blindly. Hut i,e'l,er he brii (fi t Ii Joy or fenr. Take loin' (i"d sen 'Is him- Ihls (Hd New U.r. A Might fu-lnjr. Mrs. I'ink.rly The l.y hai Just couie with that lovely Christmas pre. cut I got for you toJay, 6er. 11 i. waiting : ball i.uiv. Tinker!) w k nd ik,..-.) mi l III ili;bl. fid of you, dear. (Wins, k I .iu j i ,t lxing to see what it is, 1 1 iup.it i , 1 1 1 ! v I Why d'.ti't )oii l,:,ir the boy br n.- ii o;,',' Mrs. I i ti k-t I ictiibnrrassedi T.i tit is , r darling, it h.is ,oii,e C I. 1 1 -Life. 'I'.) tlic ( liililrcu. Hear Krla Krlnc ulilt b . t-lls- i in i inns bi r' Wb.it a wor d of merriment llieir uieloly f .! l. lis: lieu i:,, y tltikt III II e I. i, While Hie sl.M. All llo lie:iili W II tl ll elr si hi. pll.g tl.l I Iii a no rl i lll.l.'f. tlllklf. ..f n.iit.i th.it frr-lt:k! ..in t.i t it li.k-i. kllitf tf 1 1 ( Hi,'it; , ItiiM-, l.lin'. !irM 'n:i th tin. lt the III, lltill.it, l.llllloa lli.lt so IliastcSi!) I i, l.s I , HI bet's, l.elts. be!l. ..-, ;e,'-. Pi l.s. bells l'r,,.ii tin- J. iilni4 ii ii. I Ihe tinkling of hli In lis Mciisiire Inr Measure. "It's lint tl'.e ll-lll S OI of fei lillg. per Imps, but at Christmas I l.ke to g.e Just n valuable presents as I recciic" "So ,lo I. My wife is going lo give me a liiiudi. d dollar dressing gow ii. and I ll in going to i:,e her a hundred dollai chei k to pay f..r it." Life. N or Arc, All. Siintit I Maun, h'Iih in, itiin in, YtHir clt iiii' i It'-yiiti l nil tncnnn, v'n lili l IlilVC .Ml iMtlll ti nl otiv, Vouk hiLsiiius l;' .ic.,.u.e. A Hiotill I ))' Ciimpl tint. 1 don't I ke It,,1 iiMOiiti of iii-c itilicr As liuleli hs I possllil) mIi-.iimI. llei-SI-si wllell I hr, slums Is coining Hiuull boj muni lu hu fully g.io.. And while long dltlslon slu't easy. And snellli.g Is poky nnd slow, This behaving for hree week, 'fore Christ- mas I tlio hnrdest old tnsk that I know. Harper's llitr.nr New Year Advice. Iloii't wit it for the wagon while thv walking la good. . liou't grieve over split milk while there's one cow left In the pasture. Don't say the world is growing worse when you are doing nothing to make it better. i Don't tell the world your troubles. You can't borrow ten dollar, on tlu-iti. Don't let Ihe grass grow under your feet. The cow s can't get nt it there. A Christina. Surprise. Khe tiskcd lu-r eiperleueed father, "lunr pajill, tell me, I pray, What slnifr I give my bust, an. I To surprise him on Christmas finy7" "A pres. nt for ri'irence)" he murmured, Ills lulu, I with past years nny. As lie Ihoukdit of Mi! wife's dear present. Kn' which be tin, I luol to pity. "This Is sure to surprise him. daughter, If there's nn thing Hint w lll- A got, I nleh mid chain In give Itltu And Tuelude a reeelptnl bill," - Judge. i WiitcMiig Tor S.iita Cl.u. I jf. 0St l i4d m w vmi III U) f THE : NEW i s i t V. Mary. I bnve miokeii!" r. I'icI threw Itlinsclf back III bis i bair ns If that nettled the matter once for all. "I beard you. dear." NwevMy nupond oil Mis. I'icI; 'nil, I How, listen to me. I have incepted llel'f Schmidt 'a offer, and he will ciili T the adjoining house iim ten nit to no, now." "Not If I know It, ma, lain!" shouted I'bliicas, Jumping from bis chair and bringing bis list down on the table. "Pii you think I am going lo have Uhyd collage mi ti. d into a menagerie, mid ti garden Into a howling wilderness? The b ins, may remain ti'iiauilco for ever, but Hcit Si'liinldt nud hi. moii Kiios'.tli shall not enter there." "Hei r Si liinldt, my clear, I. merely a naturalist." "I know Ii!" stunned I'blticna. "I've heard of tin so plagin-y iialutallsta be fore. I've tin dittiic to come dow uslalr some Hue iinuiiliig to Hud n ring t.ulisl monkey islttlng oil the w indow tdll, act lug as referee while the kangaroos and ciMcoililcs play leap-frog over the Mower beds. No, ma, lain! No naturalist, for I'hiiun. IVel!" I'lelly Mrs. W never allowed her temper to get the licller of her. Sh-j liuigliisl softly at her htisUind'a fears, and did not alter her dclcniilniilloii iu the least. "Ha. It slipped your memory, I'liln ens," she asked, "tlmt Uhyd cottage la n port Ion of my property? If I i'Iioom to let It to it nalitrallst-even though lie In' it foreigner-1 am K rfis lly Just.lUil In doing so." Till, was true enough, and 1'hliiena calmed dow n. "Heir Scbmldt'i colbvtlou of 'moti Klrosllles,' na yon cull It," went on Mrs. l'ccl, "probably conlalns notliliig more daiigeroii. than a death', head moth In n bottle. Anyhow, 1 have uo Intention to ihsapHilnt lilm." "Hut I " "Vou will treat him with the respect due from one gentleman to another, Diluent." broke III Mr.. I'eel. "And now, dear, we'll dksmlsa the siibjivt." Iilinas l'ccl was-tlioiigli at times be iloiiliicd It n lucky fellow, lie bad carried off a young and handsome wom- i nn from n hint of .ultum. I'hliieas, tnkeu na a whole, was a bad soil of fellow. Ile was Jeul- oils. that was true, but hi. wife en un to regard that ua nn cilia proof of hi. devotion. Had the proiisssl tenant of Kim! cot tage been an Hged, decrepit, broken down old uui ii, Phiiii iti. would have retched out the right liiiml of fellow- bliip. nut iiiiim: hcit iscuinuit wum young and handsome far loo liiind Botue, Phlncii. thought. "Very well, Mary," said I'liltiens. tak ing hi. hat from the peg nnd making for Ihe diKir, "you have overruled me ua usual, and must be prepared for the coiisoiiloiioiis. In 1cm. 1 1 1 ii tl a week we ahull have the bouse nnd garden over run with every conceivable variety of reptile- from the benxlly lizard to the bun iiin.slrli.tor." And I'lilncu atnlkiil Indignantly forth with the merry laughter of hi. wife ringing In hi. cur.. A month or more had pnascd, nnd on far the fear, of I'hlticn. proved to be groiiiidbsss. Ilcrr Schiuldt'. "iniinstriw Itlea" hud been kept well within bound., nud ua yet Mr. Peel had not seen an much iim a et range cnterplllnr In hi. garden, which never looked belter. However, be was Hot happy. He hnd taken an aversion tu the new tenant from the llisl, nnd would never be aal bslbsl until he hud got rid of him. "Confound the fellow," muttered Plilneas one evening, na he .at on un uptiirnisl bucket lu'lilnil the pcaxllcks, "he's prowling nlHitit on Die other able ,i... i,.ui.. n....i ii , I vi iii iioihi- iif,iiiii. ii"n.- ne won i cut Hi night of me, for I'm nlxiut tired of bl. oily tongue nnd eternal win lie. Hullo! what the deuce la the menuliig of this." Down Ihe garden path tripped Mra. I Peel. The liatiirnllut waa evidently ex pecting her, nud grcetisl her with a hiii I li' that nliiusst brought tear. Into the ryes of the furl, ill. Phluena, "tiood cfevlng," he aald. "You voa 1 Jiiost n leetle bite!" It wn. hooii evident that till, wna not j Hie first chat Indulged In over the boun dary hedge. Though Phlnena .t nil mil hi. cars, be could not catch the drift of the conversation. Like a ll.ili be re-iiii-iii licml that Mary had often of late taken h .troll in the garden at diuk I Wa. thl. the explanation? ! Phlui-ii. bad been glaring nt the cou ple from In-hind the peaNtli-ka for ten 1 minutes or so, when he saw his wife i lake n rosebud from hi. favorite tree mid tin I ) I It over Ihe bulge with A charming .mile to the ilellghted Ilcrr Schmidt. Then, with a pleasant "good ; night!" Mr.. Peel tripped lightly Into . the house. ! "You villain:" IiImi Phlnen., aav agcly, Jumping from his sent mid sliak lii his list after the retreating figure ! In I be next garden, "I'll pay you for Hi's." 1 The rage of Mr. Peel wn. something lo be relnclliliered. Nothing but blood, be vou, ,0 would obliterate hi. wrongs. ; I'.u! lie would smile and smile and iniir- 1 iii r c Irle In- sullied. Sel.lllg a pcllMtlrk be tragl-iilly buihil It Iu the heart of nn uiiurl , mliiig cabbage, nud played ! haviH- w ith a stately row of aunttowcra. Half an hour later Mary .aw hlni take down an old fashioned duck gun from lb' hook lu Ihe ball. : TENANT. g "There', a rum u vulture In the 111-lgliboilio.iil," lp. volunteered, lluprei si ely, "and I'm going to tag hlui at the Hist opMirtiinily." Howi-M-r, a. nothing short of nn earth, liiuke would have linluinl the old gun lo goolT In any clrc unmtnucc and I'hllifUM had intiile assuraiici-H doubly sure by dropping In the .hot II rat and powder afterward - the "vulture" lu luesilon wa. hot likely to lie seriously damage, I, and Mary conlentiil herself with i-xprmsslug n In-pe that her hus band would not hurt himself. tu the following evening Phlnen. took up Ills old position lu the garden, w lih murder lu hla lu-art. Uerr Schmidt, however, did not put In an nppcaniinv. Aflcr waiting some time, Phitiea. re entered the house and rcaml hi. duck gnu up In the ball lu u conspicuous po Kltion. He had almost decided to run up to town nud coiiMtilt bks brother John, the dcws-tlvr, with a view lo having the movement, of ilcrr Schmidt watched, when he wa. startled by the click of the letter box. A .crap of pniM-r Injr on the mat Picking It up, PhliieaH glanced at It, turuiil ilciully pale, then hurrliil Into the garden. Scrilililnl lu lend pencil oil dirty paper was the following: "Peel haa discovered everything. W have not n moment to lose nnd must clear out to-night. The front door U unsafe. Will meet you nt the buck- 10:,Ul ahnrp." There wn. tin algnnttire. "lii.Ht grncloua!" cjaculnkil Phlnena, after rending the note for the third time. "I'd no idea mutters had gone iso far. Oh, ye.. Mr. Schmidt," he add ed grimly, "I'll meet you at 10:30 hluirp." It wa. nbout 10:-I5, and rnlnlng heav ily. Phlnena Peel, aeati-d on a well overlooking the back of Uhyd cottnge, w llh hi. duck gun laid ncromi hi. knee., wn. beginning to feel uncomfortable. "The note anid 10:3(1," be muttered. "It must be after that time uow. What', thai?" Phlneaa had caught the sound of heavy feet moving cautloiialy over the gravel, lie gra.pcd hi. gun nnd pen' red Into the gloom, but could distinguish nothing. Suddenly he heard voice, evidently nt the front of the bourn-, lie wns alsout to quit bla position under the Impres sion that llerr Schmidt wns leaving by the front door after nil, when one of the hack w indow, was cautiously rais ed nud the lithe form of the naturalist di-opixil lightly to the ground. Creeping along the side of Ihe wall on w lilch Phlnena lay, be prcm-utcd nn ex cellent murk. Mr. Pud, however, could not bring himself to .hoot a man down lu cold blood, lie would give hi in a chance. "Stop, yon miiundrel!" he .honied. The effect of the challenge wns scarcely what Phlneaa had nnticlpntcO. Ilcrr Schmidt darted forwurd nnd nc la id ihe barrel of the gun. "Keep your tongue still, you fool," he hlssiil, "or I'll brain you. Now, quick, help me over the Willi." I'll ilK-il H hesitated, but the threaten ing attitude of the other Induced hliu to rUe. However, be had no Inteuilou of giving lu. obeying bis Inst ructions, he caught hold of Schmidt's foot to give Ii 1 in "n leg up." Itefore the naturalist could grip the top of Ihe wall, however, Phln en s saw hi. opportunity. Hrai-liig himself for the effort, he ex erted all bis Htrcngtli nud piillnl Schmidt ImhIII.v from the wall, lie fell Hut on hla face, nnd before he could re cover himself liiinea. Jiimpiil on his buck nnd seized lilm nrotind the throat, emitting n yell that would have done in finite crulit lo n Sioux Indian. The next moment Phlnen. was drag ged off from behind nnd found himself In the clutchoM of a burly member of Ihe police force. Four or five other, seized Schmidt, who struggled lu vain to free himself. "What urn I nrreMted for?" gasped Phlneaa. "There's your ninn." Phlneaa would no doubt have been hil off with the other prisoner but fur the timely nrrlvnl on the scene of the last person lu the world be had expect ed to see bis brother Johu! "Here, what on earth Is the meaning of ull this?" he ill-inn nihil when, us the result of John Peel's Interference, he found himself free. John stayed behind a minute or two to explain Unit llerr Schmidt, the "nat uralist," nnd Kdward Harper the no torious forger, who hnd defied new Scotland yard for the past six weeks were one and the same. "It was a smart dodge of Harper's," said John Peel, "and he might have got clear away but for that clever wife of yours, Phlneaa, Mary suspected the man from the first and supplied me from time to time with valuable Infor mation. It In to her entirely that the credit of the capture Is due. Tell her I'll call around nnd thank her myself to morrow. Ily-the-bye, the gang of which he I. the head, gut wind of our Inten tions, nnd a man wns dl.patchcd with a warning. Harper docu't appear to have reii-lved It." Then Phlni-a. began to understand thing, n llltle more clearly. "I supiHwe this will be It," he re inarkul, producing the note nnd hand ing It to his brother. "You see, the mes senger left It at the wrong door, and I er-1 thought I might as well see the fun." l or some little time after Phlneas was of the opinion that he had made a Tool of himself. Lately, however, he has taken a different view of the mat ter, and Is never tired of relating how he literally "dropped on" Harper, the forger, alias Schmidt, the naturalist, ucxt door. CajueU'a Saturday Journal