SsHSt
Assisting the
Miracle,
By JOHN H ARTY.
Copyrighted, 1908, by P. C KmUmoU
Jessie thrilled at the Bight of tht
tail, grave man slowly descending the
steps to the boat landing. He wae a
governor, the" governor of ber ova
tats, and In bla hands be held the
power of life and death the life or
death of the man the had promised to
marry ' and who now lay In prison
awaiting execution for the murder of a
friend."';.'' " v
He smiled brightly upon her as be
came upon the float "I see that it 19
not worms alone the early bird ac
quires he said aa he raised his hat,
"Apparently boats as well come unuYr
that classification."
"Won't you come with mef she I::
Yitod. "I am going out alone and shall
be only too glad to hare you come
along." .,, '
The governor's face beamed with de
light
n was afraid that I was to lose my
port," he said as he stepped into the
skiff. "I have only a week, and well,
yon are a fisherman yourself, It seems.
His eyes' fell Upon the tackle needy
arranged In the stern, and Jessie nod'
ded her verification. Fishing had done
much to help ber over the days that
had gone by since sentence was passed
on Tim Darlington. She swept her
tackle to one side, and the governor
toot his seat after she had declined to
let him row.
"It seems that I ought to know you,"
he said uncertainly as her strong, even
strokes carried them rapidly through
the water. "Have I not seen you some-
,wherer
"At the executive mansion," she an
swered, coloring. ,1 came to plead for
Tim Darlington." - . ,
"Ah, yes," he answered; "I knew that
I had seen you before. I seldom forget
face, though sometimes I cannot ex
actly place it It was a very unfortu
nate case. .1 truly regretted that I
"1 BHAUi BIOS TOUB FIAKCX'8 BKLKASC
AS SOON AS I BETCBH."
could not brin j back the roses to your
face by freeing your fiance, the evi
dence was so strongly against him."
"Purely circumstantial," contended
Jessie bravely. 'Tim and Jack Sutton
were out in a boat, and Jack went
overboard. Tim could not saTe him
because he could not swim. The But
tons declared that it was murder and
pressed the case."
"But they proved motive," reminded
the governor. "It seems that young
Sutton had .been the dishonest means
of losing some of Darlington's savings
in a deal"
"But that was all patched up," cried
Jessie. "Jack was to have paid back
the money in installments. He con
fessed to Tim that he had spent it in
stead of investing it, but they bad
made friends again."
' , The governor shook his head. He bad
stern ideas on the abuse of the pardon
ing power. To him the case seemed
clear.
if,. "I am sorry," he said gently, "but let
us not discuss the matter. I am firmly
convinced that with a flat bottomed
boat the man could not have fallen
overboard. That is the weak point in
the defense the statement that the
man fell out of the boat while chang
ing places. : Why, I have changed
places in a boat hundreds of times and
sever lost my balance!"
"I didn't mean to annoy you," cried
Jessie penitently. "You are down here
for a rest, not to be bothered with af
fairs of state."
; "You do not annoy me," he assured.
"1 only wish I could be convinced that
the defense was accurate. If you could
argue a new point I would gladly lis
ten." "I can only tell you how it happen
ed," said Jessie dolefully. "There is
no new point But here is the best
place to fish," she added as she moved
lightly to the bow and threw over the
anchor. "I found this place last week.
It's the best on the lake."
' The governor hurriedly threw out his
book, and presently the two were bus-
. m i li t rr .
sport was excellent and the tired lines
about the governor's mouth relaxed as
he pulled In the finny beauties.
Jessie was having even better luck,
and at last the governor straightened
up, with a sigh of regret. "I am afraid
we shall have to stop," be said, with a
kindly smile, "unless we wish to de
Bonulate the lake at one session. I am
under deep obligation to you. Miss
Grandln. It is the best morning's sport
I have had since I came."
"I'm glnd KVre were no more boats,"
said Jessie simply. "Nd one else ap
pears to have found this hole."
The governor looked with admiration
at the catch and then half rose to his
feet
v"You must let me row back," ho In
sisted. 'You are tired with your Ash
ing. Sit here In the stern."
Cautiously they exchanged places,
and the governor went Into the bow
to raise the anchor. He had brought
the hook inboard and rose to a crouch'
tng position to regain the rowing seat
when his knees bent under him, and
the next moment he was floundering
in the water. Like a flash Jessie had
caught up the oars and was rowing
toward him. It was the work of a mo
ment for him to climb aboard over the
bow again.
"You had better row," suggested Jes
sie. "That will keep you from taking
cold."
The governor took the oars, and the
light boat shot over the water. For a
time neither spoke; then the man look
ed up.
"Do you know," he said, with an odd
expression on his face, "I feel as
though this Is a message. I have at
ways believed It to be Impossible for n
man to fall overboard If be took care.
I shall sign your fiance's release as
soon as I return." .... , -
; In the stem Jessie was sobbing out
her thanks, and it was not until they
came In sight of the landing that she
recovered her self possession. Joue of
the other parties bad seen the accident,
and the governor, much to his relief,
was able to slip into the hotel without
attracting attention.
Nothing more was said regarding the
matter, but Jessie's heart sang as she
saw the governor take his departure
and realized that one of his first offi
cial acts would be the signing of the
pardon for Tim.
But It was two weeks before the ma
chinery of the law at last released Its
grip on the person of Tim Darlington
and he walked out of the death house
to freedom. He had arranged to come
straight to Jessie, and they were float
ing over the same fishing pool where
the 'governor bad taken bis plunge.
, "It seems like s miracle that the gov
ernor should have gone overboard Just
after you bad brought my case fresh
ly to his mind," said Tim as be drew
in a fish.
"It wasn't exactly a miracle," con
fessed Jessie. "I remembered what
he said about that being the only
point When I saw him standing
there In the bow I rocked the boat
Just a tiny bit It wasn't really wrong,
was itr
"Do you expect me to Bay Ties' to
that?" demanded Tim, with a laugh as
he bent to kiss the happy face. "I
should call it assisting the miracle."
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Much Is said in these days about the
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habits of observation. It Is well to
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two sides to every shield, so there are
times when it Is not a man's first duty
to see everything that is going on.
A farmer hired a man, the story goes,
and put him into his field to work.
After awhile the farmer came along
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"Did you see a carriage go down the
road awhile ago?"
"Yes, I did. One of the bosses was
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and lame in his hoi leg."
"I though I heard some men shoot
ing over there on the edge of the
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ton: he was the tall one. The second
one was Major Peters, and the third
one was Tom HcSnlffcr. Colonel Cot
ton had one of them newfangled
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two."
"Did you see those wild pigeons fly
over just now?"
"See 'em! Rather. There wss nine
teen of them. They lit in that old
cornfield down yonder."
"Well, you see too much for a man
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wages. When I want a man to keep
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Lane's Family Medicine cannot save
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APPLETON, Wis., Feb. 19.-A
meeting of a dozen print paper manu
facturers here yesterday afternoon
which was attended by Henry Dean,
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banking firm of Dean & Hispley, and
by John G. Hanrahan, of New York
is believed to be engineering a mer
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Those Pleated Bosom Shirts
The kind known by dressy men in
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