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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1897)
A FULllICAL STRAW. Old fwrtli Ke-llnlng ou the I'iunuelal ltsUO. The Host burg I'luladtaler quotes: "At tht I'endiet.n city election Dr C J Smith, freu-eilver cnnIiJle for mayor, was elecU u by 1X1 jorit out of total of 809 votes, over J E Bean. The latt r was supported by the ttold democrats a.id gold reiniMicanri. Then has tliif hitol comment ou the changing front in tha jHliticd coolest brought about by the gold and free silver issue: "Dr Smith was supported by democrats atid the MiU'hell-Ellis wing of the republicans. Though why, does not appear at this dis tance, for were it not for the person al efforts of Mr Bean, Ellis woull not have received the vole of the Umatilla delegati m when he us last nominated, l'o ities are queer things." It is plain enough Dro I'laindeal er. Parties are re-forming on tb financial ittsue. All other great national questions are practically settled, and live men cannot be ex pected to continue to vote for dead issue". The tariff issue is out of the w ty. The democratic party has repu diated the extreme free trade issue of Clevelandibin while the luit tariff bill passed by the republican ma jority of cnngre a shows ro indica tion of that pirty returning to the fetion of high protectionism. Mo Kirtley, president, is an entirely dif ferent person from McKinley, party leader, seeking pariy advantage in the ball of congress. Times change, men change and issues change. KIVER IMPKfltVEMEST. We concur with the Junction Times in the opinion that money spent on rock work for bank and slough protection on the upper Willamette river v would prictieally be thrown away. The river would run over and cut around the rock and little benefit would be received, Tiling driven a short distanoe below the heads o sloughs would soon catch drift and close the slough channels at ordinary stages of the river, thus throwing all the water in the chan nel and giving it far greater sluic ing power during high water. The Times says: "Timber is cheap and always at hand and it the heads of the var ious sloughs were piled, the current would soon bank tnem up with gravel that would stand for age. Tiling should be continued at all low places and in a few years the upper river would bo completely dikod which would insure a sate navigable stream during the whole year except at extremely low water." Claus Spreoklos is said to have over $2,000,000 invested in boet sugar refineries. In one factory alone 3,000 tons of beets ars con sumed each day. Annually in this country 2,000,000 tons of sugar are uaeJ. Owing to the insufficiency of the home Bupply much of the sugar required by the groat fruit and condensed milk fuctories is imported. In order to give us the neceseary amount of sugar each year 1,333,433 sores of beet produc ing laud, yielding 3,000 pouuds of sugar t3 an acre, should bo culti vator. It is believed that farmers may realize three times as much money from raisin; sugar beets as from crops of wheat. Jackson county Qnanoes are get ting in better shape. The Times says par was paid for the scrip orders Usued to circuit court jurors and witnesses This is somolhing that has never boen done before in Southern Oregon, a .id tho county authorities have reason to feel com plimented. Besides that evidence of prosperity circuit court has just adjourned, the grand jury having found but two indictments, and not a-criminal case having came before the court for trial. Jackson county has a large indebtedness, mainly the result of expensive srim ihal triajs. - The Chicago aldortnan are going to have a portion of the general prosperity that is blessing this broad land of ours. The other day by a vote of 56 to 8, they agreed to raise their salaries from $3.00 per week to $1,500 per year. Quitea substantial increase that. HOW WOULD I THEN Be UOVtOf How would I thwi be lured Mart tenderly. Tbi hmrt duth brink from love' Aero fewer beet; Ho toon tlie fire nf neasloo burnetii oat And learnt u naught bat uhee gnj tad acid. I 7 nam but for the day of tenderness. 'Tla Ibiu would I be kired I How would I thun be loved r Moat patiently. With tmrm and men sorrows oft oppressed. Now do I need strut) and patient ana To Imn npon a on thro' Ufa I trend. To livar me up In lore I Ho would I tlum be lured? Devotedly. Of all the world I miut be flret and beet And fill the mamm of existence foil Fur him whoee hnvt and mine doth inter- change. Devotion, netlence. faindarneat no more Could human boart desire thla aide of heavenl Pearson a Weakly. A BROKEN COMPACT. "Well, for pity's sake, mother, oom hero!" mid Janet Logan. She itood at the kitchen window, from whloh the oould sue the front gate; "What Is It" aiked Mr. Logan. Sb wn) stirring a amall kettle of something on the ttove and did not want to leave It to burn. "I jutt want you to look and tea what's Mining In at our front Rata." Mrs. Logan took a corner of bar apron for a holder and lifted the bottle and lu bubbling content on to the back part of the stove. Then ahe Joined Janet at tbe window. A tall, slender, untidy looking woman was entering the gate. Bhe bad a blue and white tolled gingham apron tied otot bor f rowily boad, and bar ohooolate colored calloo droat aklrt was plnnod np about bcr walit, revealing blaok quilted petticoat and a pair of blue etooklnged foot thrust into a pair of gorgooui carpet .Upper. niuoh too large for her that bar walk lauflled to keep the Uppers on. "It'a Jane Wadlln," aald Mra. Logan. "I know It," replied Janet. "But wlU you tell mo what ahe hai In that baiketf" "Sure onough," sukl Mra. Logan vague ly ai "lie peered over tbe tops of her ipeo tariff. Mrs. Wadlln carrlod with apparent effort an enormous clothoabaikct piled high with eoinctblng oovered over with a toiled rod and white tableolotb. Tbe banket, which ahe held by either handle, was to heavy tbut It pullod ber head and shoulders forward, and ber face was red and perspiring, although It was a cool Moniluy morning In late Sop torn ber. "Thoro'e no tolling what freak bas truck Jane Wadlln now," aald Mra. Lo gan. 11 lit ibe and Janet toon knew the nature of the freak that bad (truck tbolr caller that morning, for In a moment or two tbe bsskot thumped up agalnit tbe kitchen door, whloh Mra. Wadlln opened without the preliminary pollteneai of knocking. She dropped the heavy basket to tbe floor and nut down on Its contents, pant ing and wiping her red fare with a corner of her tolled culloo apron. "My," she gasped, "If I ain't about tuckered outl Why I Ain't you washing today, Marthy Logan?" - "Wo have a very light washing this week, and I havon't boon In any hurry about beginning it," replied Mra. Logan. "A Jar or two of my canned raspberries had begun to work, and I thought I'd cook 'cm over again before I begun to wash. I'd Just told Janet she'd better go down oollar and fetch np tbe tub and bring out what Uttlo wash we have." - "Toon I'm Just In time," said Mrs. Wadlln, with satisfaction. "I've got an awful big wash this week, and wbllo I was gathering it up a happy thought truck me. Can't you guess wbat It wosf" "No, I don't know as I oan." "Well, It Hashed across mo, 'Why can't I gather up my dirty duds and go over and wash with Marthy Logan and make a sort of a frollo of It?' When I lived over In Fcakvllle, a friend of mine named Mag Graves and mo washed together every Mon day of the world. Ona Monday she'd lug her things ovor to my bouse and the next I'd lug mlno ovor to bora, and we'd wash and visit together. It was a real neigh borly way of doing, and we'd awful good times, and it Just Unshod no rose ma this morning, 'Why can't mo and Marthy Lo gan do that way?' and here I am with my wash to begin It" Mrs. Logan looked aghast, while Janet's faoe flushed with annoyanoo, but Jane Wadlln's perceptions woro not keen enough to show bor that she had make a mistake. "I do love to be neighborly," she aald ns abo got up and dragged the red and white tablecloth from the basket of tolled olothlng. "I'll Just top'rote my colored things from tho white onos and then we can pitch right In and wash and visit at tho same time." Mrs. Logan did not know what to do or auy. She was a woman of a vory mild and geutlo spirit Her friends often said that "Martha Logan wouldn't hurt tbe feol lngs of a Uy." She did not want to hurt the feelings of Janet Wadlln, and yet she felt that sho oould not enter Into the ar rangement Mrs. Wadlln had made regard ing tho washing. Janet was alto of this opinion, and Tot both mother and daughter felt that Mrs. Wadlln was a woman who was not to be offended with tmpuulty. She was a good friend and a bitter onouiy. "Come, Junot," said Jane Wadlln. "ran down cellar and got the tubs, and we'll pitch right In. Tho neighbors wUl think wo'ro awful slaok it we don't get our things aU out by 10 o'olock." Junot glanced at her mother. Mrs. Lo gan atruggled desperately, but vainly, to Invent some way of preventing what ah regarded as llttlo loss than a calamity. Finally sho said wonkly: "Yes, Janet. Qo down and sot tbe tubs." Janot'a blaok eye flushed, and she was about to apeak, but Mrs. Logan shook her head, and Junot kept sllont. When she reached tho cellar, she said angrily, with nn angry stomp of hor foot on the cellar floor: "Well, of all the Impudent perform anocil As it we didn't have work enough of our own without doing any of Mrs. Wadlln' I There' eight In hor family and only throe in ours, and It's Just a sobeme on bor part to get most of bor washing done by some one eluo. Dut It'll be tbe last time sho'U bring bor washing here. Mow, see If It Isn't I" Janet repeated thl resolve many time during the day, and Mrs. Logan made a similar resolution. Mrs. Wadlln wa no toriously slnok and unsysteuiatlo In her molhods of work, and at Intervals of about two hours sho would suggest that tboy "cat a blto" aud "visit a llttlo." It wa nearly the middle of the after noon before the last of the "colored things" wore flaunting from tbe line In the Logan back yard. "And such a looking array of thing a they are I What will the neighbors think?" said Janet as she stood at the window of her room, tired and cross, and looked at tb row of pink and purple calloo apron and frocks belonging to the little Waaunaaai tbipalfpf hose bine oWfnlll bslfltflglnj to Mr. Wadlln. atd be fufJrtjWii array of stockinet In all site and colon neiong Ing to different member of tbe Wadlln family. Hut Jan Wadlln wa serenely happy. "Mow we oan have a good long visit to gether while our thing art drying, ana then w oan fetch them In and dampen 'em down, and I'U have Wadlln come over and get my thing after supper. I think ll'd be real Cloe If w oould Iron to gether, but I goes we can't, because i ai wsrs bake, too, on my Ironing day. But I've enjoyed oar washing together to much that I nop we oan keep it np ngni long. Yoa and Janet will fetch your thing and oom and wash with me nest Monday, won't you?" " Vet, Indeed we will," aald Janet before Mr. Logan oould give utterance so we ex enaa aha had Intended making. When Mra. Wadlln had finally gone bom Mrs. Lonn aald i "Why, Janet, what did yoa mean by telling Mr. Wadlln that w would oome ever and wash with ber next Monday? I simply cannot stand It to bar Jan Wad lln and ber washing here." "Nor I" renllod Janet, "and onr wash In at her hone will end It all and at the am time keep us from quarreling witn Mr. Wadlln. Trust m ror that, moiner. I've a scheme of my own In hand for put ting an end to this unpleasant arrange ment" Mra. Lonn to mew hat reluctantly con tented to the carrying out of thUaoheme when It wa mad known to her. "Althonsh I don't feel sure that It will affect Jane Wadlln a yoa think It will," she said to Janet. It wa about S o'olock on tb following Monday morning when Jo and Jerry Hope, tbe eon of on of Mrs. Logan's neighbor, appeared at Mrs. Wadlln' with an enormous elotbesbasket piled high with lolled thing of every tori Each boy car ried a pillowslip full of things In addition to those In the basket "Hare' a part of Mr. Logan' wash," said Jerry a be and Jo deposited their burden on tb floor of lira, waaun's raw er oramped kitchen. "She and Janet said they'd be along pretty toon with the rest of It" said Joe. "The recti" ald Mrs. Wadlln In dismay a she looked at tb great basket and the overflowing pillowslips. "Well, for pity' sake) I should think Marthy Logan bad gone to keeping hotel or opened np a laundry from tbe site of ber wash I" Thl oonvlotlon wa deepened when, a few minute later, Janet and Mrs. Logan appeared by way of the back streets, car rying another olotbeebaaket mil of things, and In addition to thla, Janet carried a market basket containing about a dozen glass fruit Jar. "I know we've got a pretty big wash ing," the said cheerily, "but there'll be three of us working together, yoa know, ad I guos we'll worry through It, and we thought we'd put np a basket of peaches today, as they've a lot of fine one extra obeap at Smith' fruit store. He said he'd send a basket np hare by 10 o clock for us. and we can do tbem while we visit" "Yes, I I'pote we oan," aald Mrs. Wad lln. In a volo lacking greatly In the en thusiasm she had manifested on the pre ceding Monday. "But I don't believe I've half line or clothespins enough for all thla wash." 'Oh, we knew yon wouldn't have," re plied Janet cheerily. "So we brought onr line and doaen of pin. They're In tbe bottom of thl basket" 'But I don't think that yon can stretch Una enough In my backyard for all iheso things." "No, I don't suppose that we oan," aald Janet "but we oan dry a good many things here In tbe house, and there' your large front porch. We oan atretoh lota of Una on It and the rest of the things we oan spread on tbe grass and hang on tb funoe." Mr. Wadlln wa not a woman who eared particularly "for looks," but the Idea of hor front porch being used as a drying ground far clothe wa far from agreeable to her. Her faoe reddened, and she bit her Hp when Janet pulled tbe sheet away from the oontents of one of tbe baskets and said: 'We wash up all of onr bedspreads and blanket and ourtaln at thl time of the year, and here' a baakotful to begin on. Toon my Grandmother Logan la falling Into feeble health, and mother and I In tend doing allot her washing for her bore after if she don't Improve, and wo'v quite a washing for ber today, but I don't be lieve that I oan do a thing until I've bad a bite to eat Supposing we have a little viklt over a oop of tea? And It would be nice If w oould have tome of those peach preserve you (aid yoa bad been making, Mr. Wadlln." "Well, it I don't call that oooll" said Mrs. Wadlln when ah wa alone In the cellar getting a dish of hor oboloe and lim ited supply of peach preserve. "And suoh a wash as they've lugged in here, to say nothing of putting top a basket of peaoho at the asm timet" At 0, 10 and 11 o'olook Janet proposed "a bite to eat" and when the basket of pea oh e arrived she said coolly, "Now, Mr. Wadlln, If you'll Just finish this tub of bedclothes I'll begin on thepeaohe, and we'll get a lot done today. " Janet's naturally orderly Instinct seemed to have forsaken her that day, and Mra. Wadlln did not greatly exaggerate tbe oondltlon of ber kltoben when she said to herself while hanging out the second line of olotbesi 'You can't move In that kltoben with out (topping on peach stones or peach par ings, and yoa oan 'I get peach (tains out of anything. And Janet Logan mutt be a hungry natured as a goat the way sbe want to eat all the time. It'll be 6 o'olock before we get thl wash out and then the place will look like It was a drying ground for the whole town. If this Is what wash ing with the Logans mean, I think I p re fort to wash alone hereafter." It wa 0 o'olook when Janet threw her self wearily Into a big ousblonod rooking chair In ber own borne and aald, with her band pressed to her throbbing browi "I never wa to tired before In all my mortal lite, and my head aches a If It would burst, but Mrs. Wadlln will be wearier than I am by the time she bring In all of tb thing on the line that were not dry when we came away. Did yoa hoar her say, mother, that sb waa afraid It wouldn't be 'quite oonvenlent' for hor to wash here next Monday?" 'Yoa, certainly I did," replied Mra, Lo gan. "I doubt If sh ever And It 'oon venlent' to bring her washing here again. And yet we hav preeerred tb peace." Youth Companion. vc the Valla. For a nail cleaning liquid nee the follow ing lotion i Tartarlo aold, a drami tine ture of myrrh, a dram eaa de oologne, dram i distilled water, I ounces. Dlssolv the add In the water, mix the tincture of myrrh and eau d ooiosme and add to the aold solution. Din the nails In this solu tion, wins and pouw Witt a taaaou pad. UPJI1LL WOiiK. Ettrlck Oordon and hl( seven sonS reached Chicago In 1871. ch wearing a tand of crape .bout bis bat Elizabeth OorUon. thro months In her Brave. Their worldly poues. on. cons sl ed of a kit of carpenter's tools, , chest of homespun clothes ana a siu father bad beside, two American nolUrs. "W. ruoun go llebt wl' tb' food," al4 the father to his hungry tons. "That we maun." responded the eoTen, ind they tramped the streets together look ing for a place to live. The olght tull men made an astonishing procession, end the board walks, ofton ilevoted above the .treeU creaked under them. No one would ke them In when the condition of their pock ttbook. wa. learned. "We maun e'en lecp on tb' moor, eaia the father at length, and they mode for the pralrlo, whloh was then easy to reach, but on their way westward they oam . . i,..if mined store, open to tbe weather, and on the second floor, which was not so much bronco as mo m. they mado themselves bait oomfortable. "It'a nae much of a bame," said the youngest son. "Jinny S tn nicniye re iujiu"... i bae slept In tb' heather, famlabln f'r con science suke," cried the lotber sternly. "Ca'na ye bIJo sae saft a place a this?" Tki.n tlm viiunn man plucked np cour age, though it was bitterly ould and tbey had neither sup nor ure. w"'"! thw .lnnrvd together, mighty dance of Scotland, till the building shook to Ite foundations and beams cried out under them. High nloft tbey flung their great legs. The wind swept prairie beyond them echoed with their gallant cries of: "Hech. mon. now ye hav' HI HI, but ye lilt like a fairy I Gude there' na egg on th' floor. Foot It, ye gallutol" When their blood had got In a line state of circulation, they laid themselves down on the floor In their sea blanket and slept like honest men, at tbey were. The next morning they were obliged to spend a part of their hoard for breakfast, and then they went out looking for work. At night, returning footsore and weary, they reported resulta. Tb sons bad met with llttlo or no success. A few Indefinite promise were all they bad to show for a dny of Job hunting. Ettrlck, the old man, waited till rnch bud told his story. Then lie drew with no little dramatlo effect a bobbin from Ills pocket "God Is glide," suld be solemnly. I met a mon wna wants iw tiiuiianuu u they. I'm t' get th lumber th' morn, an we must turn clny an nlcbt till th' order's dnno." No shout that ever greeted the ear of warlike Gordon was more hearty than that which the seven sons sent up at this mo ment. They got up a dance that night that awoke the euhoes and bellowed Sootoh songs at the top of their lungs. After that the lathe was not still dny or night for weeks. Thev took un Ibe labor one after another, and before many day bad a oook- lng stovo mid a lurder, and after a time cots to sleep on. The youngest son went In search of the man who owned the ruined building and lnnlsted on paying a reason able amount fur It. When tlio dobbin, were dono, the Gor dons wero i y.-iln confronted by the neces sity for oer'.ipitlon. "We ii.H V e'en mnk some chain to (It on oursel'," suggested tho old man, "an If they i rove live gudo we mlcbt mnk a few fur other hr.iitfii." Tlio ciiulrs nits excellent. Tbey ware henvr, to bo sure, but every rung wa munch, ever buck was stout, every seat honest. They hud a sort of blstorlo look abuut tbem. They appeared ancient, as If great folk Jiiul eat in tbem a century or two tign. Vt hen tho Gordon put these chnlrs on their heads and went from door to door selling them, thoy went off like lioteukes the chairs ore-alluded to, not the heads of the Gordons. Ono dny In tho thick of tbelr work, when David, the youngest, wa busy cook ing dinner rind the other men were work ing with plane, knife, lathe or chisel at tho chulrs, tho door wn. darkened by a wo- limn and ber llttlo girl. "Hoo ore yo th' day?" asked Ettrlck Gordon cordlully, looking up from hi work. "I'm well, thank ye," said tho woman. "Johanna's woll too, thank ye. What ye !imk I n chairs for)"' "To sell," fnld Ettrlck. "Why don't ye cane seat 'cm?" "Nano o' us know th' trick o' It," con fessed Ettrlck regretfully. "I'm no saying but tbey u be tb' llcbter tut cane Mala," "I can put In cane scats," said tbe wo man eagerly. "Johanna can seat chain too. I taught her myself." "An whuur dl' ye set th' trick o' It wo man?" asked Ettrlck. Bright scarlet flaw Into tho woman's face. "I turned It wheru I lamed It," she said sullenly. "WlU jo' take mo for a hand? I l'liln't bud a bit t' eat for two days, and Johanna hain't neither." The Gordons hud boen hungry and tbey know how It felt, which Is a thing very few pcoplo do. Ha tho woman and ber llt tlo girl were seated at the pine bench, which served as a tablo, and fed with tbe best there wn. Aboutn month utter this Ettrlck Gordon announced to his sons that ho thought It would lie a convenient thing If ho were to marry blpr Johnnnu. "She's nyo interested In th' shop," be suld In extenuation uf this rash resolve. I tliocht It might he a gudo thing." "She's no a body we ken ony thins about," ono of the sons Interposed. ".She ennes chairs inlchty well," retort ed the fatliir. Ho they woro slWncod. Little Johanna. tho daughter, must have been a mascot, for from the dny of the wedding the Gor don, succeeded only their name wasn't (jonlon, or most of you would know about them, for presently they were among the well known furniture maker, of the olty. The time came and not to vory long after either when the son. had their city home and their cuuntry homes. Tholr son. and duiifcftcrs went to college. They wore, In fuct, so prosperous thot people overlooked a great luuuy things they even overlooked the gramninr luid the manners of bin Jo. Iiunna. And by and by people referred to thoso folk as pioneer, of nhe olty. All of whloh shows what men can do In America when they set about It, though perhaps It would have been a. woll nut to have men tioned tho moral of the tale, Ella W. Beattlo In Chicago News. Zola's Superstitions. Emllo Zolu, the French novelist, I a creature of superstitious fear and belief. While many people look upon the number 18 as Indicative of evil M. Zola grows pale over tho Innocent number 17 and will bcglu no work of Imparlance on the 17th duy of tho month. A cab numbered 89 ran over M. Zola. He Immediately ex claimed on recovering his breath and learning the number of th cab. "Eisht and nln makt 171" " HIS SAD LOVE ST0KY. Uar hMlntt Wa peerles. Ail muse on the witchery of a glano front he wonder- fulcyotlt wems that I oan loot ncrver, ...nee as though sh wot at my side." Th merle in whloh Dnol Bnpert was lndulglnf was audible to me, though I was half the distanoe or too uu-g wu away from him. X caught the word ea gerly, too, for they teemed to be tho key to rk. nvstnrv of his bachelorhood. "Nelllel Prinoeesl Your silence Is elo quent to me, and I know you rove me, though your proud bead rise blgb In th air to check a suggeatlon of familiarity. "Coqoettef Every Inob of her, and as conscious of her beauty and ber power to conquer a any lovely daughter of Eve oould ever dare to be. "Ton broke my heart, gtrlle, with your Irresistible charm" Unole Bnpert had doubtless become ob livions of my pretence. His eyes were riveted on the burning logs in tbe great fireplace, and bis thought were evidently following the wild leadership of tbe flame a thy leaped In tb dark corner where he Even a sympathrtlo word would prob ably break the spell of bis retrospect, while rustle or other movement by way of re minder of my unfortunate presence would be a rode awakening from suoh a dream of taet realities. I crept gently to him, and, kneeling be side blm, but with averted gase, lest his faoe might betray more than be Intended me to know, X took np the thread of his remarks. "Ia It all over, Pnole Bnpert?" A gentle hand waa placed under my cbln and my faoe was lifted so that be oould look at me. Thus enooaraged, I no longer turned my eyes from his and waa relieved to And a semblance of a smile on the fa miliar faoe of my unole, whereas my senti mental fancy had mad me almost appre hensive of tears. "Yes, ebild, that belong to the past, when I, like yourself, wa yoang and Im pressionable and oould lore with the ardor of youth and health." "Yoa have never spoken on thl subject before, and now I would like to hoar all about It how yoa lost her and why, since yoa loved and admired ber so muoh." "Why, you would have lovod her, too, Marian, little witch that rbe waa There wa not a part of her beautiful body that would not have satisfied an artist, for, with perfect symmetry and bearing, sh wa an aristocrat a thoroughbred. Tb purest blood coursed through ber veins, and, yoa know, w denlxene of a democ racy are punctilious about pedigree." "Tell me wbat or whom ahe looked like." "A raging, tearing beauty, child, haughty a a queen, treading the earth a though (he disdained to touch ber dainty feet to tbe duat, which was for meaner mortals. And her flesh I Why, you oould think of nothing bat satin when yoa saw It Incomparable luster, while tbe touch ol It with It myriads of highly strung serves, sent electrlo thrill through your whole being." I began to feel that my nncle was tak ing me into hi confidence beyond my cal culation or anticipation. The thought flashed through my mind, Well, mine was tbe age of acting before thinking. So I rushed to tbe climax of tbe story. . "Why did yoa not marry ber, Uncle Ru pert? Waa ahe not kind and good as she was beautiful?" A alight start waa perceptible, and I be gan to fear that I bad gone beyond my prerogative a sympathetic Interlocutor on the subject of my onole's romantlo his tory. Had I not known that he was seri ous beyond all question X would have fanoted, too, that I detected him shaking with suppressed laughter, but be wa not a cynlo, and If be bad loved, this perfect creature tb notion of matrimony would aurely not excite derision, even after th lapse of years of un happiness and separa tion. There waa Just something In hi man ner of (peaking of her that annoved me. and did not quite satisfy my rigid require ment in a lover. It oould only be excused on the ground of her character and dis position not corresponding to hor physical perfection. On the other hand, I was not prepen se seed by even the flattering ploture wbloh had been drawn of this beauty, for I re sented her obvious lack of appreciation of my Unole Rupert While I was making this summary of the situation Unole Rupert was evidently making one too, and at this point he re sumed his eulogy. "Yea, dear, her disposition was as matchless as her body gentle, kind, am bitious, untiring and I never even tried to replace my bonny mars Nellie, and bave mourned for ber all the years." How I gloried In tbe Inky darkness of that room, whloh partly hid my oonfuslon. An arm stole around my waist and its gentle pressure seemed to ask a mute for giveness for thus trifling with my flight of fancy. But I oould only feel tbe bumorou.nesa of tb situation whereby Uncle Rupert had been enabled to peer Into my nature while keeping the depth of his own com pletely guarded from vision as Inexpert as tnln. Philadelphia Times. What a "Wed" Mean. Among the Anglo-Saxons the bride groom gave a pledge or "wed" at the be trothal ceremony. This "wed" Inoluded a ring, whloh was placed on the maiden's right hand, where It remained until, at the marriage, It waa transferred to the left English women at one time wore tbe wedding ring on the thumb, many por traits of ladle in Queen Elizabeth' days being (o depleted. In the reign of George 111 bride usually removed the ring from it proper abiding place to the thumb a soon as the ceremony was over. In Spain the gift of a ring 1 looked npon as a prom le of marriage and 1 considered (ufflclent proof for maiden to claim her bu.band. It Is a custom to pas little plooe of bridecake through the wedding ring, and thoM to whom the pleoe are given place them under tbelr pillows at night to dream of their lovers. Theee 'dreamers," as T. hAV snaaea - 17 .. ""i,ou nouia De arawn nine times through the ring. Many brides, however, are to superstitious that neither ror that purpose, nor at any other time WUl I they take the ring off their finger aft er It has onoe been placed there. The Rot ef the Waves." "rlts theory with the Ashing r!fk!lne PP1901 northeast of SooMand that in a storm three wave are strong and violent, while the fourth Is comparatively WMk leii dangerous. fl.K, """" rommiDg irom tneir t'tt y eperienos a. aw ,nory ana hang baok as they corns Bear the shore to take ad 111 ,"2 ,n" '"w., they pretty raguiasl aftee thm big f A LUCKY RUSE. Just ss the curtain full .. act I Mt my arm grasped and, turning round tomy oomparZ Hannatbon, from whom the era-,' oeeded, saw with surprl. that lJ aa fflssaih svaa t . , ifl. 7vwing upon hli frrwL . "Let na go home." ha aat.i v . ke poke be aroae from bl. wi. that be was In no mood to bear flnZ? ing, louowea blm In silence, and T. few minutes afterward we wire iU 1 "'"OrfTon rapidly toward U 12 It required but few word to snlaia .i. oanse of bl sudden amotion P 1 " 'Sbe w. in tb bona." fc, th. parquet seat, with IkUv.o ie Tb pronoun renrMontu ik. who had once been hi. wlf.d WZ had not seen since the period of tbtb force, some three year. ,,rlor to trV Mai' of our sketch. During that three yU? bis partner in business and pleasure, had sever heard him refer la tu most remote manner to h .k. k.r. boen ao dear to him, but 1 hod not tun!. ed this (Hence a proof that be had kZ ten ncr, ror I anew that Earl Uarunu,,., -haughty, reeerved and tntm,tT flery Impulses of his Creole blood Mith aa Iron will was not the man to dwtll orZ tbe great sorrow of his life even to wbo bad reason to believe mair m. J!5 oonfldontlul frlond. I bad been h). groomsman on tbt occa sion of bis 111 fated marriage. Kerer did wedding bells chime for a nobler brlds groom, a lovelier brldo. He was tsll snd dark, like a young Spanlnh hidalgo, and he, small and exquisitely li.Mfi . pecrlea English girl, with a fac Urn came nearer to my conception of to in. mil1, tll.ll kn(liltti.Ml.l.L I L.i B. - nuicu i una evrr be fore wen In nature. It I not my Intention to dwell npoo ths painful and disgraceful details nnmiin. and attending thedlvorcenient, which took place In ls than four years after ths mar riage. Eunice It to say that in Martin Delavnu, an old snd trusted friend, larl Uannathon found the destroyer of his nonor anu nnppiness. A duel took i.lnre between them. Kirl escaped unhurt, but Dclavau received wound which was thought at the flrrt Id bo mortal. He recovered, however, snd In a short time after the granting of tbe divorce took himself off to parts unknown. accompanied by tho partner of his Infsror. w nen - iniurnu-a or mis uight, Earl wu heard to say: "I should have shot blm down without mercy and thus have suvul her from fur ther sin. Well, well, be has escatied once. Let blm ever again cross my path, and I will write myself murderer In hit blood." These word recurred to ma at I wit nessed the smothered yet terrible wnth ith which he siioke of his wife s snd Dd avau's presence In tbe theater. 1 forebod ed evil, and ore I went to rest that nlgbt my mind waa fully mndo np to rleiauly upon tbe followlrg morning, seek Maitu and warn blm to leave the olty. This I should do not from any kindly cantldrrt tion toward the villain or bis ptramear, but to save my frlond from tbe cersmuv slon of crime. Until the clock struck 19 Hannstboa walked the floor of our room, nererormi looking toward me, but talking tionn ) one long, passionate strain, uttering wordf like those "God beor witness bow I loved that wo man 1 Oh, (lie sinned against me foully brought my pride down to the ruirt of sbamo and trampled my heart beneath ho? foot I set her up as an Idol In niy timt, niacins her before my future and uiy Cod. the wa tho (untight of my life, and ill else waa dark to mo. I was drunken wiui her buautv and mud with her lota" Thus be talked on until midnight, when X eucceeded In persuading him to seek nil couob. At 1 o'clock be bad fallen into s tmnlilwl limiliir. and mv lost reroen branoe aa I, top, fell asleep waa that of bearing him muttering bis dltnonora wife's nome, coupled fiercely with thai t his tales friend. II hH marie nn threats respectlns avau, but I felt assured that he weald do him harm, and so my aforesaid resolution was curried into effect upon the eniulni morning. . I found Delavnu, as I had sntlclpsW, i ,,1 i,i, nf i.ia ilRtiircr In a few brier. cutting words, and advised him to l"J as speedily aa possible which he snro me, with an attempt at thanks, tnat s would do at once. An unforeseen clronmstonc delayed my return to tho Astor until 1 1 0'",oc,fcll.i bad loft It at 0. I found that Earl tad Just risen and was making a hasty toil ,.!... i,. ,n,nn I ha bureau. file rr y j . i " f , took It In my hands. I "It It loaded," hs said, with sw smile. . . 'When did you load itr" Iaskea. ... . . 1 1 "A few minutes ogu. i-i-rded I did not ask for whom ho lbs contents. I knew na. "Karl " aald I, looking him steadily" .. iw. .norvwlthnnno. the eyes, yuu "-. ,h..w ml but at some future dny you will tbsn I have subMs for wbat I have done. vau and warned him He Isbytbu""' vau ana warucu iu.m. -" . h many miles away from New low. ' A storm of ourses burst from i J11 "i but at 19 o'olock hs had ccolMjowj sufficiently to eat bis late breakfast wiu SBSlSIOCIlon niiu oyjv.... .hasten- It Is worthy of note that upon the i tag of this day be was J,, bU young girl wno eveuu.., -"rtlth wife, brightening hi. shadowed heart ..a a a M .Annrl InVA. Thus my ruse had a doubl e that of preventing a murder i ind I w strumental In securing Earl 'lifelong" e.,.V.titndetomel.bo)k J " i .. name, and n7 P" , taMS UaW lhat of the hoo- 8TeWa year .go I pointed ou t tbe notloa of his first wlfo's death i st the imt ereatern oltleS. . .. HI. ,e..rewfllmya.hemurt mercy upon ber ouU"-t" Such Is rem. "It was In Boston tome 1". flrrt the tourltt. "and I was Pie. visit to Mount Auburn. I wan n. the grave of Cbarlc. fDjoBer,ano. terlng a well dressed, !" W L , life woman, who deolured berscii w lono resident of the neighborhood, i d her to direct me there. She n ' u u not do this, but bPfe,cinner. norantof the very name ol c yj, aomrht to enlighten her, and am she interrupted me with. w'J have bees the man VfJg,r( manr-eolorsd 'folk! cams.'