HEN Jog reterman and
Polly May get married,"
was a standing jest In
rinevillo.
Joe and Polly lived on adjoining
five-acre lots, with only a fence be
tween them. It was not a very high
fence nor a strong one either, for It was
almost rotted down In many places.
It was said that yrs no .Tno otiJ
Tolly had been sweethearts, but that
they had quarreled atout some trifling
matter, and that they had not spoken
to each other since that day.
Jonessy had Just been elected Justice
of I'lnevillo, and was looking around
to see where the fees of the ofllce were
to come from.
As there was nothing for him to do In
the ollice. be thought that It was his
duty to go outside of It and hunt up
something. In debating the question
with himself as to what would Iks most
likely to bring him In a fee, his mind,
of course, turned to marriages.
"When Joe Peternmn and Polly May
get married. - he repeated to himself,
smiling. "Well. It Is a duty I owe to
tills community to end that quarrel of
theirs the first thing, and It Is a duty
I owe to myself to see that they get
married as Boon afterward as possi
ble." So Jonessy took a walk out to Joe
Teternian's phuic, and found the latter
at home.
"Joe," he said, after some talk on
subjects In general. "Joe, I came out
to see you on official business."
Joe's eyes flew wide open.
"I haven't been doing anything
wrong, have I?" he asked, with trem
bling voice.
The truth was that Joe had thrown
a brickbat at Polly's cat the night be
fore, and without really Intending to do
so, had hit her and knocked her out of
his favorite peach tree, and had felt
rather mean about It ever smoe.
"Well. I don't know." Jonessy replied,
cautiously, for he could Boe that Joe
had something on his mind, and
thought to draw him out "You see,
Joe, the light and the wrong generally
depends on the circumstances attend
ing the en so."
"That's what I reckoned," said Joe.
"You see I saw her coming through
the fence, nnd tried to make her go
iKick."
"And she wouldn't go?"
"No."
"What did you do nextr
"Soon as I spoke she ran up that
peach tree, nnd went to clawing and
scratching the bark."
"She did. eh?"
"She did. Then I got mad, like a
fool," said Joe, hanging his head. "I
picked up a brickbat and threw It at
her. and down she came, kicking her
legs like drumsticks,"
"Didn't she say anything?" asked
Jonessy.
"Who?"
"Why, Polly May, of course."
"You didn't think that It was Polly I
treated that way, did you?" asked Joe.
"No. hardly. Rut who was It?"
"It was Polly's cat. Jonessy. I thought
that perhaps Polly had. seen It, and'
gone to you and entered a complaint,
against me."
"No, she hasn't done It yet, Joe, but
there Is no telling how soon she may do
so," said Jonessy. Then he added, con
fidentially, "If I were you I'd go over
ami see her and settle the whole thing
out of court."
After Jonessy left him Joe stood and
scratched his head for some time. The
whole thing was a pusale to him. Ilad
Jonessy known more than lie pretend
ed? If so, had Polly told him? And If
Polly had. was It at her suggestion that
Jonessy had come and told him to go
and see her?
"It Is ton years since we spoke," be
mused, with a sad smile, while a mock
ing bird was singing blithely In a tree
close by.
Then suddenly he burst out laughing.
"The Idea of Polly climbing a tree," he
cried. "And me throwing brickbats at
her. and Bbe falling ha-ha-ha.m
But Jonessy walked homeward In
quite a different mood. Somehow he
felt that his mission had been rather a
failure. Still, every once in awhile, a
gleam of hope darted upward and he
thought that he could see a fee of office
afar off.
As he walked along, musing and
"W
dreaming he found himself suddenly
face to face with a woman carrying a
huge basket on her arm.
"How do you do, Judge?" she cried,
cheerily, letting her basket down to the
ground. "I was real 'glad to hear that
you was elected."
"Thank you, Polly. I was Just think
ing about you when yon bobbed up,"
a!d Jecessy. "Ilavo Just bees over to
see your neighbor, Joe Peterman, and
was on my way home with my thoughts
full of both of you."
Polly frowned.
"Joe Isn't going to have me to court.
Is he?" she asked.
"Can't say, Polly. I reckon that de
pends as much on you as on him."
"Well, he had do business coming In
through the window like he did." Polly
cried. "It 6erved him only right that
the window fell down on him like It
did and caught hlra by the leg. Of
course, when I grabbed him by the
throat to keep him from squalling, and
he cut me on the wrist, I was mad
enough to kill him. But I kept my tem
per, and I didn't hurt him any more
than I could help," she protested.
"But Joe didn't " Jonessy began.
"Of course Joe dldnt Joe never
would listen to reason," cried Polly.
. "But, Polly, Jog " Jonessy began
again.
"That's all right. Jim Jonessy; you
have Joe's side of the story, and I am
i
' I VOICE iy TllE
going to tell mine," cried I'olly. "After
I got him loose I bothered with him all
day, and doctored him, and that night
after dark, 1,00X111x1 him In my arms
to the fence and set him down on the
other side,"
"Goodness, Tolly, you don't mean to
tell me that you carried him In your
arms?" Jonessy exclaimed.
"Well, I Just diil, and I'll swear to tt
before Joe or anybody."
I wouldn't do It If I was you," said
Jonessy, earnestly. "Why, there Isn't
a soul In Tinevllle would believo you
could do It"
"Could do what?"
"Why, carry Joo Teterman In your
arms, of course,"
"Jim Jonessy, you are a fooir she
cried, very rod In the face. "It Is Joe's
old Domlnick rooster I have been talk
ing about"
"Why, yes, of course," stammered
Jonessy, In confusion, trying to smile,
"I was Just teasing you. Tolly, know
ing that you and Joe were such old
friends."
"But did Joe say he was going to
take me to court?" Bhe asked.
1
"Not exactly, but I advised him to go
and talk the master over with you. Say,
Polly, you two ought to make up. You
take my advice," said Jonessy.
Then Jonessy went one way and
Tolly went the other, each one busy
with many thoughts.
That evening Mrs. Jonessy asked her
husband how many fees the new office
had brought him.
"This Is tho first day, you know," ho
smiled faintly. "I have Just been set
ting the wheels In motion to-day, and
the fees will come In after awhile."
"Yes; when Joe Peterman and Tolly
May get married," she said, laughing.
Jonessy had accomplished something
that day. He had set Joe and Polly
thinking about each other. Joe's long,
lantern-Jawed face, usually sober and
solemn, had relaxed Into smiles several
times, aud once ho had actually caught
himself humming an old song that had
lain forgotten for years within him. On
the other hand, Tolly's round and rosy
face, that was supposed to wear a smile
even in sleep, was very thoughtful and
sad And while bending above the
steam from the fragrant teapot, at the
supper table, her eyes seemed filled
with unshed tears.
"Toor Joe," she sighed, as she sat
down to her lonely meal. "I thought
sure that he would get over It and mar
ry some one else, but It seems that be
doesn't care any more than I do for
anybody, and both of us Just persist In
being wrong, when only a word from
either of us would make things so dif
ferent" Just then a cat came In at the open
door, and when Tolly saw that It
limped slightly on one leg she sprang
up from the table and caught It In her
arms.
"Poor Kitty," she murmured. "I won
der who hurt you? You can't tell, can
you?"
"I can," said a manly voice In the
doorway, and a moment later Joe en
tered the room. "Jonessy told me to
day that you intended to sue me for
throwing a brickbat at your cat" he
said.
Polly eyed ber visitor closely for a
moment and seeing that his eyes were
upon her supper table Instead of upon
herself, the hard lines that had come
around her Hps relaxed Into a smile.
"Come in, Joe," she said, gently.
"Will you take a cup of tea with me?"
"Then you ain't mad because I crip
pled your cat?"
"Joo," she cried, trying to look bo-
vere, "will you take a cup of tea with
me?"
"Yes. You ain't mad. Tolly?"
Tolly did not reply, but busied herself
refilling the teapot and making room
for him at the table.
When Joe was seated at the table
Tolly sat down opposite to him and
watched him In 6llence for several min
utes. "So Jim Jonessy has been telling yon
that I was about to take you to court
for crippling my cat has he?" she said
at last "I met him when he came from
your house, and he hinted that you
might have me prosecuted because
your old Domlnick rooster came over
here and got himself crippled the other
day."
"I never said no such thing, Polly,"
cried Joe. .
"Nor did I," said Tolly.
"I never mentioned rooster to him."
"And I never said cat"
"I wonder how he found out?" cried
Joe.
"I guess our consciences gave tt
away. When I think of It now, he
never said rooster to me until I had
I told him all about It myself," said Tol
ly, smiling.
"I remember now, that it was the
same with me and the cat" Bald Joe.
"I know I wanted to tell you how sorry
I was, and it was all I could think of
when Jonessy came to see mo."
"I am sorry, too, Joe," said Tolly,
"and I hope you won't think that I
done It on purpose."
Somehow the summer dusk gathered
around them, and neither seemed to
notice it ns they talked on and on
across the table between them. After
awhile, however, Tolly rose and went
to the open door, where Joe followed
her.
"Say, Tolly," he said, taking her un
resisting liand, "I have been sorry for
everything all these years; won't you
say that you forgive me?"
Polly looked up Into his face.
"I have been sorry, too, Joe, Oh! so
sorry."
Just then Tolly's cat, purring softly,
rubbed herself against Joe's leg, and at
the same moment old Domlnick crowed
lustily on his own side of the fence.
Now, In Tinevllle, a good many things
are dated from the time "when Joe
Teterman and Tolly May got married."
St Louis Globe-Democrat
A THRIFTY INDIAN GIRL.
Marrying Her Was a Most Excellent
Investment.
In 1S92 the "Soger" school was built
ra OfcliihftT"n Terlrnry, among a col
ony of Cheyennes and Arapahoes, con
sidered among the wildest most back
ward and nonprogressive of nil In
dians, says the Omaha Boo, Fortun
ately the superintendent of the new
school, Mrs. John Soger, had already
gamed their confidence In another ca
pacity, so that when tbey were asked
to put tholr children in school they
said that they would, as soon na they
were weaned. And they carried this
out literally.
One of the girl pupils, who entered
the school when It was opened, has hod
quite a remarkable record. Having
no previous education and leaving her
really savage home for the first time,
she has demonstrated what education
la doing and will do for the red man.
There Is a system in nearly all the gov
ernment Indian schools by which
those pupils who are both Industrious
and frugal may earn money In tho
sewing room, on the farm or in some
one of the school's other Industrial de
partments. Of course, this must bo
outside of their regular work. This
young glrL after taking a regular
course as a scholar, was judged capa
ble of filling a salaried position, In
the course of a short time she filled not
one but several, and worked m the
sewing-room besides. Out of her sav
ings she bought a wagon, harness,
team, organ, bedroom set and a sew
ing machine, all in view of her pros
pective "marriage to a young Indian to
whom she was engaged, and when they
were married she took enough savings
with her to build a neat home. All
this was accomplished In three years'
time.
Bear that Saves Life.
Residents of Apalachln, N. Y., had
a bad scare recently, when the 4-year-old
chDd of Henry Rathburn started
out alone to look for trailing arbutus.
It was half an hour before she was
missed, relates the New York Press,
and then all trace of the little one was
lost. . Her distracted father and his
neighbors Joined m the search.
While passing through a ravine they
were startled to see an uncouth object
shambling toward them some distance
up the road, carrying a bundle in its
mouth. Closer Inspection proved to
the terrified searchers that the object
was a bear and the bundle a child. It
is many years since a bear was Been In
this section, but the men, though un
armed, prepared to give battle, one of
their number going back for help. But
the bear trotted toward them as though
totally unconcerned, and when a few
yards away carefully laid down the
child tt was carrying by its dress.
When the men approached and took
up tho little one the bear did not show
fight, and a closer Investigation proved
he had a ring In his nose. Later It was
found the bear belonged to an Italian
who was camping in a nearby barn
making a tour of the country. ne had
purchased the animal when a cub and
reared him in a New York tenement,
where he was allowed to play with
the children, and it was there he had
learned the trick of carrying the little
ones.
Composing Musio.
Sir Arthur Sullivan discourses in
teresrJngly to an Interviewer about hia
methods of work. It appears that
there Is a vast deal of drudgery and
manual labor in the work of musS
composition which cannot be avoided
In 10 uch more
than In the : ease of literary composi
tton. But the two are alike in this,
eays Sir Arthur, that It is as vain in
the one as in the other to "wait for an
lpiratton." This seems to him very
like "a miner seated on the ton of n
baWalttnRfrtheocome
bubbling up.-New York Evening
Between the farmer and Uncle Sam.
any man who doesn't get a loh .f
marching or following a farm hort
a fleld should be marriedS fo
New Woman who wU1 ropport
FILTHY SAN JUAN.
Porto Rico's Walled City Loot.
a. It Did 230 veilr8 A;AbD
San Juan Is a perfect specimen f
walled town, with portcullis mn f
gates and battlements. Built over o
years ago, it Is still In good condi
and repair. The walls are plcturesnn!
and represent a stupendous work H
cost In themselves. Inside the
tho city is laid out in regular
six parallel stroets running in the dir
tlon of the length of the island 2'
seven at right angles. The houses r
closely and comnactly built of brH
usually of two stories, stuccoed on th
outside and painted In a variety f
colors. Tho upper floors ore occupy
by tho most respectable people whn!
the ground floors, almost without
ception, are given up to negroes and
the poorer classes, who crowd one upon
another In the most appalling manner
In one small room with a flimsy nJ
tlon a whole family will reside.
The ground floors of the whole toivn
reek with filth, and conditions ore most
unsanitary. There is no running Watei
STBKET BCEtfH IS BA3 JUAX.
In the town. The entire population de
pends on rain water caught on the flat
roofs of the buildings and conducted to
the cistern, which occupies the greater
part of the courtyard that Is an es
sential part of Spanish houses the
world over, but that in San Juan, on
account of the crowded conditions, Is
8 mall There Is no sewerage, except for
surface water and sinks, and the risk
of contaminating the water Is great,
and In dry seasons the supply Is entire
ly exhausted. Epidemics are frequent,
and the town ts alive with vermin, mos
quitoes, and dogs.
The streets are witter than ra the old
er part of Havana and will admit two
carriages abreast The sidewalks are
narrow, and tn places will accommo
date only one person. The pavements
are of a composition manufactured in
England from slag, easily broken nnd
unfit for heavy trifBc The streets are
swept once a day by hand, and are
kept very clean. Prom Its topograph
ical situation the town should be
healthy, but tt Is not. The soil under
the city ra clay mixed with lime, so
bard as to be almost like rock. It Is
consequently Impervious to water and
furnishes a good natural drainage. The
trade wind blows strong and fresh,
and through the harbor runs a stream
of sea water at a speed not less than
three miles an hour. With those con
ditions no contagious diseases, if prop
erly taken car of, could exist; without
them the place would be a veritable
plague spot
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......
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A pencil and pencil holder are Included,
and altogether this makes an excellent
protection for dark slides, either In tne
camera case or In the holder alone.
Diamonds in Babylon.
Over 400 diamonds are known to bav
been recovered from the ruins ol
Babylon, Many are uncut out do
are polished on one or two sides. ,
- A
Keeping the Dye
A little cream rubbed into black k'
gloves will prevent the dye from com"
ing off. It also gives them a nice glo'8.
The arage man Is moved to swear
on moving day.