:1 'I sm demand the payment of the $l(l,0 In gold," said Miss Ma Kinder, a Utile testily and quite determinedly. "I owe thin to my ulece, who Is about to be married. As you know, I am her guardian, and I do not wish to diminish her legacy by any overnight on my part Just now, when no one knows Just what effect a possi ble sliver victory may have upon the tinunclul condition of the country Once married, her husband may do as he likes." "Very well. Miss Magruder," said Cashier Holt. "Your request will be honored if for no other reason than to show you that this bank Is amply able (o m't n!! dmnnds." The lady whom he addressed as Miss Magruder was a spinster of uncertain age, regular features and a determined and business like manner. ( ashler Holt, a middle-aged man Willi Vandyke beard atid curly flax colored hair, had tried vainly to dero- onslrale to his shrewd client that her money would be safer In the vaults of the bank than In her house. Now he gave a whispered order to the only clerk the bank afforded. The latter turned an Inquisitive face upon the spinster and her companion, a pretty country girl of 20 glimmers. when he returned from the vault he carried In his hand a leather satchel, which he phi ced on the counter before the casliier. "Here are your ten thousand," said Mr. Holt, whimsically. "Remember my warning! Take good care of the money!" Miss .Magruder was not so easily sat Islled. She opened the satchel, took from it a buckskin bag and counted the money, which was In $50 coins. Then she pushed It nil back, locked the lg and left the bank, accompanied by the clerk, who carried the satchel and deposited It under the buggy seat. As the ladles entered their conveyance they were accosted by a tramp. The fellow looked anything but preiwssess lug, and Miss Magmder curtly denied him aid. During the drive from New Bruns wick to the Utile hamlet which was their home. Miss Magruder gave vent to her annoyance over the cashier's hesitancy to pay her niece's legacy In gold. Ills warning against robbers wiih especially distasteful to the spin ster, who had never liecn ntlllcted with fenr of anything. Nora Wilson listen ed to her aunt lu silence. She was not at all Inclined to share her guardian's confidence that their house was as safe ns the bank vault; but out of deference to the older woman she refrained from expressing her opinion. Kven when the money was safely stowed away under Miss Magruder's lied, Nora felt uneasy. When bedtime came she her svlf examined every window and door, to see that It had been securely fasten ed by the servant. Anxious dreams disturbed her slumber, w hich she woo ed In vain for a lung time. In the mid dle of the night the girl awoke with a fart. She was not certain at first whether her imagination had played ber a trick, or whether she had really lien i-d a stilled noise In th,. next rooni She hearkened Willi haled breath, ami was soon convinced t lint what disturb, ed her were stealthy tontMeps. Without moment's hesitation the girl Jumped from her bed. A door led from her room to her mini's chamber, but this she would not open. After all if might only have been th,. vivid play of her Imagination, and she dreaded Miss Magruder's ridicule. So she tin latched the door thnt opened out Into the corridor ami groped her way to her aunt's room. It was ajur. Nora Wilson scarcely breathed as she listened. She could distinctly hear the respiration of two persons. one breath ed regularly and quietly, tl. ,ti.r- breath initio lu short, stilled gasps sweet, penetrating odor came front' (lie room. Then ull her doubts were ills polled. There was a robber In the room He was searching for the hidden RoU, Norn was a courageous girl. She press! ill lier lips llrnily together, advancing iiitvfnlly with outstretched arms i most Instantly she cam,. i t.0ntiict with a human body. The man-for It was n burglar-clutched her around the waist and held a shiis,. saturated with chloroform to her nose. Nora tried uot to breathe to keep froin liilinl lug the noxious vapor. The girl's tierce hi niggle made the burglar resort to other means to overcome lur. He drop ped the sponge and pluugvd his hand Into his breast pocket. "He has a pistol and he is going to kill me!" thought Nora. Quick as a flash she seized his hand the moment he withdrew It. Her lingers closed over the handle of a large bowlo kulfe, uot the butt end of a revolver. The nmurnuder dragged Nora from the room, down the stairs and Into the lower corridor. There he hissed Into ber ear that 1m would kill her If she made an outcry and did not release the knife. Gathering all his strength n mm he thrust her into the pantry, the door of which stood wide open. Miss Wilson made no reply, but with an almost superhuman effort attempt ed to wrench the weapon from him. She succeeded In clutching n few Inch es more of the long handle of the knife, and the man uttered a terrible oath. The blade had sunk into his hand. Snatching his left arm from her waist, he struck her a fearful blow with his fist. Realizing that she could no longer cope with the robber, Nora turned quickly and dashed past him toward the door that led out Into the yard. It was open, but on the threshold the girl stumblc-d aud Ml pioiie lo the floor. When she nwoke a few moments afterwards from the stupor caused by the fall, two men were bending over her. They were grappling, und by their voices Miss Wilson recognized in one of them her aunt's gardener. The girl, brave as ever, came to his assistance. Their combined cries for help brought one of their neighbors to the scene of the struggle. The marauder was soon overcome, and when the ser- vant maid appeared with a lamp. Nora and the gardener recognized in him the tramp who had accosted them in the afternoon In front of the bank. Take him to prison," commanded Miss Wilson. "My aunt and I will lodge complaint against him In the morn ing." While the two men carried off their prisoner, Nora hurried to her aunt's room. By this time the effect of the chloroform lmd disappeared, and Miss Jingruder was acquainted with the events of the night. The little satchel with Its precious contents was moved a considerable distance from where it had originally been placed, and the spinster admitted that the casliier was right after all In admonishing her as lie did. To relieve herself from fur ther responsibility she sent for her niece's betrothed early In the morning. In the meantime the prisoner had a preliminary hearing before the Judge. Miss Wilson deposed that she had met the man lu tuo. afternoon: that he had seen the satchel which they curried from the bank, stowed away under the buggy seat. She then narrated her struggle with the intruder and his final arrest by a neighbor and her aunt's gardener. The latter eorrobo rated her statement. The prisoner firmly declared his innocence, even In the face of these grave charges. He deuied having struggled with the young lady lu her aunt's room, and said that he had sought shelter In Miss Magruder's woodshed for the night. When lie heard Miss Wilson's cries for help, he thought a tire had broken out, aud rushed from the shed to aid In suppressing It. Without a word Nora Wilson point ed to the prisoner's right hand, which was bandaged with a dirty rag. The Judge understood lier meaning and asked the trump how lie hud Injured his band. His answer was that lie had cut himself with nil ax, as he cleared the ' AUVASCtM) CAttKFfl.I.V WITH STIIKTCIIKO ARMS." place in the dark to find a comfortable sxt to lie down In. His statement was not credited, and lie was remanded to Jail. An hour inter Nora and her betroth, ed were ou the way to the hank. They had with thorn the satchel of gold, ready to again entrust It to the custody of tlie bank cashier. "Good morning, Mr. Holt," snld the girl. "Here Is the money! You were right, some ou did try to rob us lust ulglit." "Ah. liar cried Mr. Holt, coming close to the cashier's window to receive the money. A penetrating odor of chloroform was noticeable. It came from the clothes of tlie casliier. "Oh, James!" cried the girl, still pale and nervous from her terrible expe rience of the night. "My name is Cliff," said James. "I am Miss Wilson's fiance. Permit me to lead her to yonder couch. She is not well. A little rest will soou restore her." Holt was not inclined to grant the request to ndmlt the two young people to the back room without opposition. "It's against the rules of the bank," he remarked stubbornly. .Tames Cliff paid no attention to him, but pushed the door open nnd led the young girl to the leather sofa lu the QCICK AS A Pt.ASIISHK8tI7.RD HIS HAND, bank room. Nora was far from faint ing. Her mind had never worked more quickly ond to the point. A suddeu suspicion that not the tramp, but an other tried to rob them of her fortune flashed through her brain. There was the odor of tlie chloroform, and be sides the cashier held his hand con cealed in his coat pocket. "What Is the matter with your hand, Mr. Holt';" she asked. "My hundV I sprained it last night while trying to move a heavy piece of furniture. I have been bathing it with arnica aud must keep It banduged." "Won't you let me see It V" The cashier hesitated, but when he pulled the hand from the pocket at last, the bandage showed other stains than those of arnica. With a bound tlie girl stood before him. "This is blood. .Tames," she cried. "A swain could not have cnilseri them Tile smell of the chloroform, his voice, his look; aud the hairs wrapped around the button of his coat! Do vou mw. nlze theuiV" "They nre yours, Nora," said James Cliff, carefully loosening them from tlie button that held them confined. "I would recognize theni anywhere!" "This Is the man who broke Into our house, with whom 1 struggled, and in tlie struggle lie cut his hand," said Norn, firmly and menacingly. "I wish I lmd killed you." muttered Holt, now blind with rage over the girl's discovery. They culled the clerk and sent for the sheriff, but Jnmes Cliff was com pelled to keep the desperate bank cash, ler at bay with the point of a revol ver. At ills home were found a bottle half tilled with chloroform, a blood-stained cuff, a liowle knife, a bunch of skeleton keys and other paraphernalia belong ing to the light-lingered gentry. Years afterwards, when Nora Wilson and James Cliff celebrated their mar riage anniversary they learned the cause for the crime of the bank cash ler. He had lieon lu love with the pret ty country lassie, and as .lames Cliff was then an Impecunious attorney he thought If lie robbed her of her fortune tlie young man would uot marry her. "Hut you know better, dear wife," whispered James into tlie pretty mat ron's ear. She nodded her head In si lence, and wound her arms around his nock The 10,000 In gold were deposited in a larger bank, and the Interest lias been piling up from year to year, milk ing a nest-egg for the three little cbll. dreu of the Cllffs.-St. tauis Republic. The Conductor's Keen Senses. "Railroad conductors train them selves up to a tine point." said a trav eling man. "The other night I was on Conductor Stovnll's train, ou the Southern, going up to Washington. We were somewhere In tlie neighborhood of Charlotte, X. C. I knew, but to lie ex act 1 askiNl Cjipt. Stovnll, who was Hit ting Just behind me. where we were He waited about half a minute mid ivi plied: " 'We are about nineteen miles frou; Charlotte." " 'How can you toll? I asked him "Easy enough.' he replied. -Just feel the motion of tlie tnilu, and i CJU, teU. 1 can toll every curve on the wad nearly anil 1 never have to look out tu uud where we are.' "Just at that moment there was a Wast from the locomotive. "That's Stanley's crossing,' sold tlie conductor Aud that was from a man who has a run of about 300 miles." Atlanta Con. stltuUou. A SHORTHAND TYPE WRITER. Machine Which Write Entire Words at One Stroke of the Finiters. Business men aud stenographers will hail with delight the Invention of a typewriting machine which can be so manipulated as lu print words entire with one stroke of the fingers in stead of the old method of spell 1 n g ciktIi word out. The machine Is intended to take the place of ordinary short hand writing, and at the same time to make a record which can be read by anyone. In the ordinary typewriting mu- ' vou' c o' T V E N T O NT C L T t T & It 94 T g ' M Oft 0 e . vou ha mi-lk ok work, chines ttpeed la limited by the fact that but one key can be operated at a time and only one character printed. The inventor saw that If several fin gers could be used at the time time, as on tlie piano, to select the letters for a word, and tlie word printed at a sin glestroke, sufficient speed could be got ten to take speeches from dictation direct on machines Instead of using shorthand. He then constructed a ma chine after this idea. It is a very small affair, weighing only two and one-half pounds, occupying a space only sdx Inches square, and enn be plnced In a case two Indies deep. In this Invention the operator can bring Into piny any or all of twenty keys without changing the position of the hands for any combinations. There nre sixteen keys which lie next to one another, within the four outer keys. On these are printed all the let ters and characters that are to be print ed. If any of these keys are struck without touching another or the outer ones, it will print the letter or character which Is mark ed ou the end nearest the operator. When it is desired to print any of the letters on the second line, It can be done by pressing at the same time one of the outer keys, which are marked "con's line 2" or "vow's line 2." This brings forward elthertheconsonants or vowels. The same is true of line three. The figures are printed by using the fingers of the right hand, while press lug a lever at tlie left of the head of the machine. The sixteen keys are so arranged that tliey can be operated In pairs, so that one finger can press down either one or both keys of each pair. The machine cannot do accurate spelli lng, nor will the writing do for corre spondence, but phonetic spelling can be done aud It Is possible at each stroke to print the greater pnrt of a word if not the whole of it. The Inventor has made several of these machines and placed them for use lu business offices Tliose oiiemtlug tlieni are able to write 100 words a minute. Tlie principal alvnivtage this machine him Is its siHixl, and If not accurate the words are more easily read than If written lu shorthand. It can be used to advantage In taking speeches for tho press nnd other matter that Is turned Into an office Just before the paper goes to press. In tills case a good compos- ....i coum get up tne matter fmm its recorn. i ne record Is printed on a nar row slip, an sliowu by tlie aimn.i.v lng cut. The letters read across the slip from left to right. Many of tlie words are spelled phonetically, but their meanings are obvious. The letter in tue luumration translated in long hand runs as follows: "If ymi could make It convenient to call at the Sun office to-morrow night. Thursday, 1 shall be glad to see you." A LAMB IN ICE. Exported from New Zealand to Teat a KcfrlKeratlnir Proceaa. This is a picture of tlie smallest lamb exported from New Zealand, it was A I.AMB IN ICS. frozen Into the block of Ice as-re". sented to demonstrate th capabUlUes of a refrigerating process. Some num tvtin . Itf-kT eTery u"uute. am bocowl THE SHORTHAND TYPEWRITER, Changes. "Tho vnrlit trrxna nuM 1 Uf. .. .-. .c io uU Lu-uiunun, just to-aayi" Smiling I said it, and turned to g Thlnking blindly 'twould ever be to. A friend said softly, "Life is all woe Joy is a thing I never ahull kn,u ' SmililiK she said It. cnlmlv ro;,..,..j - .., .iKurU( Nor dreamed the cloud was all silver Uw Later, when life had brought soreurl And robbed me of all that first belief I met this friend. Ah! Joy had bpenthml T.irn.l I 1 i .... . . l ",ru - uuiut?u, uuu eusea uerctrt noston lrauscript. Lnve'n Trihut". 'Tis but A feeble strain I uinir in Though when I sing to others, barili(l . nipiiKni I From brightest fancies of .the brain I wrought. I Where is my manhood, love, that I short I oe So weak, my own, where I would win tkj I praise .' My fairest laurels to adorn thy brow I fain would offer thee in runtiire nowr Yet, if rejected, scorned! through pauiil unys My heart shall gee a vision ever fair. Immortal, through my love, whone tootl I divine Hath power thug to claim the ml mine. From cherished hopes to lift tha veil dt spin r. Boston Transcript. 8prln. "Winter, unloose thy shackles!" cries tin spring. "And bare the breasts of fountaini t I the sun!" The mandate given, straightway It p done. Again the earth grows green, the iwt birds sing And build their nests where bud in opening, And all the streams In tuneful gladiim run; And so all loving hearts should, oneb; one. Burst from their bonds and have awik- ening; Awakening from sloth and blissful eaw, From sadness, gloom, and carea that chafe and fret. From acts and thoughts that rob the Mil of peace. And cause the heart its Maker to forgetl Awake to life and bloom, like to the year, Blushing with flowers as the muutbi if pear! Boston Transcript. A Favorite Poem. I wandered lonelv as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and bills. v nen all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils, Beside the lake, beneath the troei Fluttering and dancing In the breeise. Continuous as the stars thnt shine And twinkle on the milky way. They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay. Ten thousand saw I at a glance. Tossing their heads iu sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced, bnt the Outdid the spurkiing waves in glee; A poet could not but lie gay In such a Jocund company. I gazed nnd gazed, but little thought What wealth that show to Die hal brought. For often when on my couch I He, In vacant or iu pensive mood. They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of Bolitude. And then my heart with plensure fills And dn noes with the daffodils. Wordsworth. Nleht. The golden rays are fleeting and night draws on apace, Diana c&sts her dusky robe o'er heaven's beauteous face, Earth's deepest vales are sleeping, In mist lies Jocund Iny; Wrapped in slumber so divine, as tboufk she knelt to pray. The pearly gates are opening, the lustroM stars burst rhrough, While shaken from a cherub's hands fH drops of crystal dew. Hark! angels bright are singing; their voices, clear and sweet, Tell o'er and o'er the story of old, of Christ the mercy-seat. The flowers, their heads npliftlngv' "Jnd incense, pure and rare, e I To mingle with the clouds above, an-vM sweet fragrance there; 7 While gentle zephyrs, singing tfiroui" every lenfy tree. Cool many a hot and fevered brow befors they turu to flee. So, thus with voice ascending in praise t God above, Who clothes the Illy of the field, wh teaches truth and love, We welcome In the morning Aurora, clear and bright. And bid Diana fond farewell-farewell M beauteous Night. 1U,