FISH STOEIES; THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY.
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SUDDEN SHOWEB.
Barefooted boys scud up the street,
Or skurry under sheltering sheds;
And school-girl faces, pale and sweet,
Gleam from the shawls about their
heads.
Doors bang and mother voices call
From alien homes ; and runty gates
Are slammed l and high above it all
The thunder grim reverberates.
And then abrupt, the rain, the rain !
The earth lies gasping, and the eyes
Behind the steaming window-panes
Smile at the trouble of the skies.
The highway smokes, sharp echoes ring;
The cattle bawl and cow-bells clank ;
And Into town comes galloping
The farmer's horse, with steaming
flank.
The swallow dips beneath the eaves,
And flirts his plumes and folds his
wings ;
And under the cataba leaves
The caterpillar curls and clings.
The bumble bee is pelted down
The wet stem of the hollyhock ;
And suddenly, In spattered brown,
The cricket leaps the garden walk. '
Within the baby claps his hands
And crows with rapture strange and
vague j
Without, beneath the rose-bush stands
A dripping rooster on one leg.
James Whitcomb Riley.
They called her "the Little Old
Maid."
But the words were never spoken In
the tone so often adopted when an un
married woman of uncertain age is re
ferred to as an "old maid." Itatuer,
the way they were said Implied a feel
ing of affection In a measure, of pity.
The phrase was generally uttered with
the Inflection of voice that we uncon
sciously adopt when we speak of one
a filleted, or of one for whose condition
we are sorry and with whom we sym
pathize, or of some exceptionally de
lightful child. The Little Old Maid at
tracted everybody who came in contact
with her.
Bhe was nearly 50; yet her features,
ond the profusion of the silvery hair
coiled about the well-sliaped head,
howed how beautiful she must have
been. Her eyes were lovely still, and
quite magnetic when she smiled. But
It was the strangely sweet expresslbn
that lighted up her countenance when
she spoke which uinde her seem so lire
slstlble, and caused people of all class
es to feel Instinctively that they must
como to love her. It was snld that old
men In her own rank of life, and some
of much higher rank she was the
younger daughter of an English baro
net, whose forefathers had come un
scathed through the Wars of the Bones
often proposed marriage to her still ;
while efTete young decadents, who
through dread of ridicule would In the
ordinary course have denied that a
woman no longer youthful could cast a
spell about them, admitted almost en-
thuslastlcally that the Little Old Maid
was "quite exceptionally fascinating.'
Often people wondered why she had
never married. Her contemporaries
could recall to mind the days when half
London had, as they truly said, "raved
about her." There were some who sigh
ed when they tried to guess approxi
mately the number of proposals of mar
riage she must have received In those
brilliant days those days "when all
the world was young." Yet, though
partial to men's society, and with an
exceptionally keen sense of humor that
perhaps rendered her company addi
tionally attractive to men, the Little
Old Maid had never, even In the mem
ory of her oldest and closest friends,
met any man she would hnve wished
to wed. It seemed remarkable, more
especially as every woman, the plain
est not excepted, Is said to meet once
at least In her lifetime her true afflul
ty, and that, failing to marry him, she
ends by focussing her love upon some
less worthy object. The Little Old
Maid, however, had no pet dog and uo
pet cat and no pet bird. It is true that
she loved all children with an Intensity
that In some unmarried women might
have seemed unnatural. And children,
almost i at first sight, reciprocated her
affection.
The Little Old Maid pushed back the
chair from the antique escritoire at
which she had been writing letters.
Then she rose, crossed the room, and
touched the electric bell. It was an
afternoon In late autumn. Outside, In
Onslow square, the fog seemed to be
thickening, she noticed as she passed
the window.
"John, what time Is it!" she asked,
as the footman entered.
He said it was half-past 3.
'Please wind the clock and then post
these letters."
When he had closed the door she
went back to her writing-table. An ad
dressed envelope lay upon the blotter.
Unlocking a little drawer, she took
from It two crisp banknotes, folded
them In a sheet of paper, slipped them
Into the envelope, and then re-locked
the drawer. Next she lit a small red
candle that stood In a silver socket, and
carefully sealed the envelope. Later
she walked slowly to the corner of On-
SOIIETIIINQ BEEMEU TO UIlIP HER THBOAT.
slow Square, and poBted the letter In
the pillar-box there.
Punctually once a month, for nearly
twenty years she had gone through
this little pantomime. But always she
had done it when none was near to
see.
Some friends came in at tea-time,
and soon after tea they left The fog,
they had told her, was growing denser
still Later, as she sat alone In her
cosy boudoir, a strange feeling began
to steal over her. She felt uneasy In
her mind. An odd sensation of fmk
lessness took hold of her. She had
never before been like this she reflect
ed, and the thought was disconcerting.
Twice she rose from her armchair, and
walked swiftly across the room to peer
out Into the darkness. The square was
completely shrouded. She gave a little
shiver and drew the curtains more
closely. And then she switched on
more lights. A newsboy with raucous
voice passed shouting along the pave
ment, then passed awny into the dis
tance. For a moment she wondered
what he had been shouting, though
probably, she reflected, the news would
not tiave interested her.
The footman entered with her even
ing paper. She opened It almost list
lessly, and began to glance at the head
lines. The strange sensation possessed
her still, and her thoughts wandered
and were confused. Suddenly she
started, then sat up. Something seem
ed to grip her throat Her palate grew
dry and sticky. Quickly her bosom
rose and fell. A livid palor spread over
her face, but she did not faint
"Tragic death of the Hon. Auberon
Fitz-Tempest," were the words she had
read In the newspaper.
"We regret to announce," the para
graph ran, "that the Hon. Auberon
Fitz-Tempest met with an accident this
afternoon which proved fatal.
'A little boy, aged 8, the son of a
grocer In Euston Road, while attempt
ing to cross Great Portland street
shortly after 3 o'clock, In the thick fog
wnieu still prevails, was unon the noint
of being knocked down by a motor car
when a gentleman who has since been
identified as the Hon. Auberon Fitz-
Tempest, and who was standing on the
kerb, seeing the peril the child was In,
sprang out Into the roadway to try to
save him. This he succeeded In doing,
but at the cost of his own life. for. slip
ping upon the further side of the car.
he fell upon his back and was struck
on the head by the hoof of a horse at
tached to an omnibus which was com
ing from the opposite direction, and
which, owing to the fog, he had proba
bly not noticed. The blow fractured
the base of the skull, "and the unfor
tunate gentleman died while being con
veyed to the hospital.
"Born in 1854. the Hon. Anberon
Fitz-Tempest was the third son of the
late Baron Waterfleld. of Tatham Tow
ers, Derbyshire, nnd Fedbury Hal),
Northumberland."
In dispassionate language the writer
went on to touch briefly upon an Inci
dent which a quarter of a century be
fore had created a colossal scandal and
had led to the man now dead being sen
tenced to serve a term of penal servi
tude. It had been au affair of a pecu
liarly distressing nature, and from that
time onward the name of Auberon Fitz
Tempest had been but rarely mention
ed. How, ostracized by society and by
all his former friends, and known to be
almost destitute, he had, since his re
lease, succeeded In obtaining the neces
sary means of support, none knew, and
probably few cared.
The latter part of the report, how
ever, the Little Old Maid had left un
read. The paper, tightly clutched In
both her hands, lay across her lap. Her
face had turned slowly ashen. Her
eyes, strained and tearless, stared 'un
seeing Into vacancy.
The doctor attributed death to heart
failure, for the Little Old Maid had
been known to be suffering from a weak
heart
There was nothing, hevsald, to lead
him to conjecture that death could
have been brought on or hastened by
any sort of shock.
At the Inquest held on the body of
the Hon. Auberon Flta-Tempets It was
mentioned Incidentally that on the
evening of the day of the accident an
envelope addressed to him and contain
ing two Bank of England notes had
been sent through the post and deliver
ed at his rooms after his death. Subse
quently the numbers of the notes were
published. But the notes were never
claimed by any one.
It was not until some mouths had
elapsed that a stranger who had be
come the possessor of the Little Old
Maid's escritoire accidentally discover
ed In It a secret drawer. The drawer
contained some photographs and let
ters. They were more or less faded
and discolored.
But the finder was a woman, and she
destroyed them. Philadelphia Tele
graph. THE HANDIEST HAND.
Effect Produced br the Force of
Blood Pressure.
In a paper on "Left and Rlght-Hand-edness,"
Dr. Lueddeckeus gives some
Interesting Information regarding this
subject It has been a well-known fact
that the stronger activity of the nerves
of the right half of the body (for not
only the hand Is concerned) must be
ascribed to a preponderance of the left
side of the brain, whose finer develop
ment especially as the seat of the cen
ter of speech, Is a matter of common
knowledge.
In the said paper, according to the
German periodical Woche, the question
regarding the causes of the unequal
working of the two hemispheres of the
brs'n l""l bnn anlvwl. A slfetch dwoll-
lng on the history of evolution leads
from the original symmetry of the or
ganisms to a subsequent asymmetrical
arrangement of the heart and the large
blood vessels, from which may be In
ferred quite naturally that the two
halves of the head are not placed on
an equal footing as regards the quan
tity of blood supplied, and consequent
ly of the blood pressure, and that, on
the contrary, there must be under nor
mal conditions a stronger pressure In
the arteries of the left side of the head.
This theory Is supported by the well
known experiences of anatomists and
pathologists, and a series of Interesting
observations.
Of special Interest Is the effect of the
greater blood pressure upon the left
eye. Dr. Lueddeckens found In the
latter, as compared with the right one,
In a surprisingly large number of cases,
a narrower pupil, In consequence of a
more filled up condition of the vessels
of the Iris, and upon closer examina
tion, a shorter construction of eyeb.ill.
This furnishes the hitherto unknown
reason for the fact that In a large num
ber of persons the left eye Is the better
one.
Thus the finer development of the
left half of the brain Is explained very
simply by the fact that It Is better
supplied with blood, and the question
why it Is the seat of speech, and why
most people are right-handed, Is solved
In the most natural way. It Is remark
able how truthful a reflection of the
above described conditions Is afforded
by the examination of left-handed par
sons. In a large number of cases, a
more florid color was perceptible on
the right side of the face, the right
eye was built shorter. Its pupil narrow
er; In short everything pointed to a
better blood supply on the right side
of the brain, which In consequence Im
parts to the left side of the body the
preponderance over the right one, a
condition styled left-hnndedness.
In relation thereto stands the habit
of most left-handed persons, In opposi
tion to other physiological, laws, to
sleep on the left side, In the uncon
scious endeavor to relieve the right
half of the brain, which contains a
larger amount of blood during the day.
For the same reason the position on the
right side Is the normal one for right
banded persons.
Of More Importance,
A considerable number of years ago
a young man went to Marshall Field's
great dry-goods store to apply for a
position, and was fortunate enough to
be shown Into the office of Mr. Field
himself, to whom he stated tho object
of his call.
The merchant was favorably Im
pressed with his appearance nnd ad
dress, and after asking him a few ques
tions relative to his business experi
ence, promised him a place In his em
ploy. But the caller, who evidently
had expected to be more rigorously
catechized, thought It best to volunteer
some more Information.
"If you wish," ho began, "to know
something of my antecedents "
"I don't care to know anything about
your antecedents, young man," Inter
rupted Mr. Field, with a smile. "If
your subsequents are all right you'll
do. You may report to Mr. Hitchcock
next Monday."
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