Bandon recorder., June 27, 1901, Image 3

when It was asked if we would forgive crept closer l«> the door ami crouched
Ct-3 ON THE STAGE.
the debt there was no voice raised for In the corner that he might listen aud
LeAplAS
For the VIllMlu'a Xeck—A
the merchant, for be bad made his think aud be out of the observation of
Very Sensitive Animal.
TWOCARLOAK
♦
tlches through the favor and protection any one who should come along ths THEY KEEP IN THE RACE WITH THE
our of
Four legg <1 animals lu drama are of
of the toug. aud be would evade the street. It was near tire mid.!'
YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE ENO.
READY
FOR
DELIVEIÏ
♦
course a vei )
mmou sight today. Al­
dees that even the poorest must pay. the night, yet belated way fan - passed
By EAEL ASHLEY WALOOTT.
though they are often of far more Im­
So when the voice of the tong spoke now and then
The Old l-'M.liloned «. r.i nd mot tier, th.
Full Line oí Beekeepers’ Supplies. Prices
e could
What Idea was iu Ilia mini
portance tluiu tlie mere super, they
through the darkness and said that we
One Who Placidly »nt In tlie Chim­
(Copyright. 1JUU. by Earl A. Walcott.)
Low. Write for List.
• !<1 uot
’ had choice to forgive the debt or to In­ not have said. Gratitude I-
ha\ au aiiiulty to that class, for theirs
ney Corner Dariiluu Staeklnws, la h
Ab Kim was a coward with the curi­ filet the punishment there was a mut­ know, and frieuds one does
>t have
Is
no
speukiug
part,
unless
one
counts
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Tlalna ot the Past.
osity of a magpie. Both these things ter as of the thunder that sounds In the among the white devils Yei
was he­
rust IUUlbCIl Oil rilLCb lmges. Fr,.e to everyone. Much valu: de
the bark of a dog as sin h.
he knew, for lie had been told them oA- distance, aud It was the sentence of fore him flint lie ought to ure the
I wns bemoaning the fact tlint I hnd
information, w hether vou buv from us or not. It's the most accu­
A little time ago tlie writer met an
leu by the mouth of his friend, the death to Mow Yip Ting. Then It was white doctor from his ¡loot
rate and reliable list of groceries, etc., published.
for he never known my grandmothers. One actor who was taking the part of u vil­
shrewd Wong Chee, and his Inner con­ spoken in the darkness that It was not was a klud master, and it is u
it that died before 1 was born and the other lain in n plajr wherein a big mastiff
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sciousness assured him that Wong fit that one of the tongs should do the one should see a man go tint s to his when I was a few mouths old. 1 seizes him at tlie lank of the neck Just
- orders are our specialty. We originated
Chee spoke the truth. It was due to deed, and a whisper ran through the death wbeu one eats Ills bread And thought It woultl he so comforting to as he (the villain) was about to murder
selling by catalogue twenty years ago. . Increased yearly business
both that lie liad the adventure of air that this was work for the broth­ then there was curiosity—the eager have a grandmother because they al
the heroine. “Nasty part, that of yours.
since proves satisfaction. Don’t pay over profits’to credit nier-
devil's night.
three
wish
to
know
the
work
of
th-
ways
regarded
their
grandchildren
ns
ers of tlie hatchet. So It was said,
chants. Buy for spot easli. No credit given anyone here.
IIow do you manage to escape nightly
It happened thus: On the night of and the reward was fixed, and 1 was brothers. Thus
\h Kim ci tched being Incapable of doing wrong. At being bitten by that Idg brute of a
the adventure be stood In the dark made the voice of the tong to speak to
Wholesale Rates
least they were sure to multiply one's dog?” “Not a nice part, It Is true.” he
Smith's Gash Store,
doorway two bouses from the come" of the three brothers. Yes, I know the
to Individuals.
virtues and minimize faults. Tlielr answered, "but the dog is well trained.
Pacific street, on the edge of China­ three nnd have seen them, but I do not
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*2.» Market St., Sun Francisco, Cal.
chief object in life, as I picture tijem, He Is kept without food for a few
town, In the city of San Francisco, and speak their names nor turn my eyes to
was to minister to their descendants' hours before the show. A piece of cook­
It was here that be saw a Chinese pass their faces when I meet them on the
comfort, to make the crooked places ed liver Is tied to my neck, lie Is held
across the way with a sack upon his street.
You know the fate of Mow
straight. The grandmother of my fan­ In the wings till the cue comes, then
shoulder. Now. there was nothing Yip Ting?”
cy would keep m.v clothes In repair, he rushes on to me for Ills supper, mid
The Deer'« I’jm.
about this to attract bls idle attention
“Who does not?” said Ah Kim.
Importers Ana Demers In
darn the stockings, knit plenty of wash- the curtain goes down on ti very effect
A Canadian hunter tells this incident
bad not the bearer of the sack stopped,
Book, Now.,
“Who. Indeed?" echoed Wong Chee
rags and silk mittens, surprise me with Ive tableau. I don't object to the dog.
’ooked cautiously about him and then placidly. “For many men have given
of how be once cairn* face to face with
Writing nnd
my favorite dishes, laugh nt my Jokes It's the liver.”
Wrapping.••
as cautiously opened the door of the up their Ilves In Chinatown, yet but
his quarry and hadn't the heart to
and gem-rally submerge her life In the
The mention of stage dogs brings to
CAHD STOCK
third bouse from the corner, that bore three have suffered death In the man­
affairs of mine. What was I going to mind mi amusing Incident that occur­ tire: "It wasn't a case of 'buck fever,’
the "To Let” s(gn of the white agents. ner of Mow Yip Ting.”
STRAW AND BINDERS' BOARD
such
as
a
novice
might
experience,
for
do lu return for all this unselfish devo­ red In a well known theatrical agent's
. First St.
This was remarkable enough, for no
“And Sam Suey was hanged for it by
tion? I would be her granddaughter. office last summer, lu came a rough 1 had been a hunter for many years,
T sl . main 1S9. -.’t SAN F1LANCISCO.
man takes the fourth hour of the night the police of the white devils.” said Ah
That, according to tlie old traditions, looking little man wearing n check suit ano hnd killed a good many deer. This
to examine a house that he would rent. Kim.
was a particularly tine buck tlint 1 find
was quite enough compensation.
that once used to speak out for Itself,
So Ah Kim speculated Idly on the mat­
“The art of the three brothers Is past
SAM MARTIN
I was holding forth, exploiting my but was now silenced by the heavy followed for three days. A strong man
ter and had but reached the conclusion the power of the [xillce to search out.
S3 years with
views ami desires < ju the grandmother hand of time. The man was followed can run nn.v deer to earth In time, and C, For
E.
Whituey A Co.
that It was none of Ids business when For though the white devils are clever
question in the presence of one of those by a dog of attractive appearance. The ut hist I had my prey tired out. From
he observed another Chinese to saunter wi.h machines they are but children In
the
top
of
n
hill
I
sighted
Idm
a
few
people who delight to take a person visitor said he did a “tramp act,” as­
NEW COMMISSION HOUSE
along, also with a sack upon his shoul­ the subtle workings of the mind and
He had given up tlie
down and make him feel cheap, espe­ sisted by the animal. Then they gave miles away.
der. and after the same precaution to know not falsehood from truth.”
tight,
and
hnd
stretched
himself
out
cially If they imagine one is posing ns an exhibition of themselves nnd were
see If he were watched open the same
"Your wisdom Is great, Wong Chee;
younger tlinn the family Bible records. certainly above the average. “What are on the snow. As I stalked him, he
door and disappear In the darkness.
yet Is It great enough to say who goes
This individual spoke up nnd said: your terms?” the agent queried. “Ten changed his position and took shelter
Now. Ah Kim. not being bright of through the door of the house that the
“Why, If your grandmothers were liv­ pounds a week.” “1'11 give you two.” behind a bowlder, and, using the same
mind, was unable to think what this three brothers have taken tonight?”
121-123 1 »«vts¿s( ., -un Francisco.
ing they would be so nged that they The Imitation tramp- but he was not bowlder for a shelter, 1 came sud­
might menu and after a study decided
He
“It Is great enough to say to you not
would be mummified. Instead of darn­ far from the real tiling looked with a denly face to face with him.
General Commission and
that It was a case to lay before his to concern yourself with such thoughts.
ing your stockings, knitting your mit­ sad, reproachful eye at the agent and didn't attempt to run away, but stood
friend, the shrewd Wong Chee. lie Think not of who the man may be. “I would keep out of there 1} I icon poll.”
Produce.
tens, they would be blind, deaf and Im­ silently backed out of the office, the there looking nt me witli tlio most
was therefore about to move from the Pray that he be none of your friends. agaiust the doorpost and strained Ills
becile. You would have to tend them dog meekly following. However, within piteous pair of eyes I ever saw.
Specialty,
Butter,
Eggs ami Clísese.
doorway to put this idea into execution Make sure that he be not yourself.”
"Shoot? I could have no more shot
ears to catch a sound from the myste­ with greater slavishness than a mother n few seconds the man returned, quick­
when he observed a third Chinese to
him tlinn I could have shot a child.
"Wise Wong Chee. Your counsel Is rious bouse. Yet listen as lie might the a newborn babe, and without the
Your consiguuiunts solicited.
ly closing tlie door to exclude his part­
come along, also with a sack upon his of the best. I will go to the house of only sounds that came to him besides
sweet recompense In the latter ease. ner, who clamored to get in. “1'11 take Had tlie chance come from a distance
shoulder, and after the same precau­ the Joss to pray for my friends and the smooth purring of the distant cable
Wbeu people become imbecile with It,” he said In a hurried whisper. of lot) yards. 1 would have shot him
tions to enter the same house.
down ami carried bis antlers home In
dismiss the three brothers from my that draws the white devils' street curs age. they grow repulsive, and the pro­
"Where's tlie contract? I’m real broke,
Ah Kfm at this was partly In fear, thoughts."
were the loud bents of his heart and longing of this slate Is dreadful, while so It’s a clear case of push; but. for triumph, lint once having looked into
for If the three sack bearers thought It
And so saying be left Wong Chee and the breathing that he tried to repress.
each day the unfolding of a budding heaven's sake, don't mention the price those eyes It would have been nothing
so Important that they should not be turned his steps toward the shrine of
life Is filled with mysterious delights."
where the dog can hear you.”—Cham- less than murder. 1 have hunted deer
Short and Sour.
observed they might think It of enough the Joss that Is In the tong house in
since then, but I find tlie sport affords
Of course I did not want n grand­ hers’ Journal.
There bad been a small bank failure,
Importance to attend to the silencing of Commercial street. Yet on the way bls
me little pleasure. Whenever 1 draw
mother that was deaf, blind and Imbe­
and
the
bank
had
gone
into
tlie
bands
one who liad observed them, and for all thoughts were only of the three broth­
il bead, the picture of those mute, ap­
cile. 1 thought I would drop the sub­
MOST PEOPLE LOPSIDED.
his slowness of mind It was In Ills ers of the hatchet, and In the darkness of a receiver. The receiver hnd proved
pealing eyes comes before me, and,
ject. ns It apitenred to be getting per­
thought that before lie sought the he could sei- with the eye of the mind to be dishonest and had absconded
sonal. lint my companion continued: Differences Between the Leas, Byes though it has not prevented me from
shrewd Wong Chee It would be well to the face of the tall brother with the with what remained of the funds of
pulling tlie trigger, I have always felt
“Besides, could It lie possible In the or­
and Kars of Men nnd Women.
All the world knows Unit coffee in
Expert detectives,
know how many men with sacks went scar running from eye to chin and the the institution.
glad somehow when my bullet failed
der of tilings for you to have a vigor­
excessive use is injurious. And yet
The
two
sides
of
a
person's
face
are
through that door So he waited and stout brother with the wart on Ills however, were on his track, and lie was
to
timl
its
mark.
”
—
Washington
Post.
ous. Industrious, capable grandmother, never alike. The eyes nre out of line
the eidl'ee lover cannot stand taste­
watched with care and kept himself cheek and the small brother who limp­ run to earth in a mountain town and
less cereals. There has to this time
she would not be sitting at tlie chimney In two eases out of five, mid one eye Is
within the shadow that none might see ed with Ills right leg. And the three taken back to the scene of bls financial
IIow l.lllinanlntiB Play Dice.
Is-en no happy medium liet .een
corner darning your stockings. She stronger than tlie other in seven per­
him. There were now and then men glowered as they tloated before him exploits.
Café Bland fills tlie void with the
A peculiar dice game Is indulged in
would be out attending to her lodge or sons out of ten. The right ear is also,
It wns nfter midnight when the de­
passing along, but none of them Imre through the atmosphere of thought and
Is-st elements of ls>th. It is richer
by tlie gambling element of Lithua
club busltivss. visiting tlie millinery
sacks upon the shoulder, and none of threatened him with silent words as he tectives arrived with their prisoner, spellings, ordering a fashionable gown, as n rule, higher than tlie left.
than straight colic«*, and many will
niatis In Baltimore.
Only
one
person
in
15
has
perfect
not Is- easily convinced that it is
them passed through the door with the walked. So It was with alarm that «nd Mr. Means, the principal deposit­
Gathering about the dice tables in
playing cards or attending n high tea. eyes. Hie largest percentage of defects
not all cotice. But we guarantee
“To Let” sfgu upon It.
Yet as lie came almost to consternation that Ab or In the bunk anil therefore the prin­
The old fashioned grandmother is as prevailing among fair haired people. the saloons kept by tlielr fellow conn
thnt Café Biand contains less than
watched be was start led on a sudden Kim found that his feet bad brought cipal loser, was awakened at Ids home
mtn-li a tiling of the past as tlie spin­ Short sight is more common iu town trymen they quickly lose all Interest In
fifty per cent «-offee, which is scien­
to see the “To Let” sign itself disap­ him once more to the doorway from and Informed by telephone of tlie cap­
everything
outside
of
that
which
Is
ning wheel, tlie cannlbont. stagecoach, than among country folk, and of al)
tifically blended witli nutritious
pear like the handkerchief that the Jug which he had seen the three brothers ture.
fruits and grains, thus not only
making candles and family rendered people tlie Germans have the largest transpiring upon the cloth before them.
gler throws into the air. And Ah Klin, go with such mystery Into the vacant
He expressed his gratification and
displacing over fifty percent of tlie
As they sit or stand about the tables
son p."
proportion of shortsighted persons.
having watched vainly for further house, and lie halted as a man struck went back to bed.
eall'cin,
but neutralizing that w hich
the careworn features of old men coil
I protested tlint I did not believe my
Tlie crystalline lens of the eye is the
signs of the men who had gone through to stone. To Ills excited vision the three
Shortly afterward lie was aroused to grandmothers would be of tlie modern
remains and still retaining th«* rich
trust strongly with the ruddy fa^Fs of
one portion of tlie human body which
cotice flavor. To thus«* who suffer
the door. Joined n party of three who faces peered menacingly at him from receive another telephone message to
pattern. I bad heard my mother tell continues to Increase with tlie attain­ tlie youths. The engermss^^^ivhlcli
with tin* heart, to dyspeptics and
passed and. becoming one of the crowd, every dark window and told him that the same effect from a different source.
the players seek the numbl^^ipon the
often of bow completely her mother ment of maturity.
to nervous people Cafe Bland is
went ou Ills way to find his friend, the even In the obscurity of the doorway to
“Thanks,” he said, “but 1 hail hoard
falling pieces Is wolfish In Its Intensity.
lost her taste for society nnd outside
especially I'eeommendi-d as a health­
Tlie smallest Interval of sound can
shrewd Wong Chee.
which Ills feet bad brought him he was of It already. Good night!”
ful and tielicious beverage, so satis­
affairs after she laid grandchildren. be better distinguished with one ear Comparatively small sums are placed
And again lie sought Ills couch.
“It Is well.” said Wong Chee when observed: yet he could not fly from the
U|H>n
the-
gume,
and
side
bets
run
from
She had raised a large family, but than witli both.
fying tliat only tlie member of the
The
nails
of
two
About 2 o’clock be wns nwakened a these reproductions wen- Just ns much
the case was explained. "There are danger nnd watched the house ns the
5 cents to $1.
family making the change in the
many things in life tlint we do not un­ bird watches the snake.
third time. The telephone bell was a delight ns had been tlie originals. She Ungers never grow with the Ba me ra­
coffee knows there has l«*en one.
Although resembling in tlie manner
pidity. that of tlie middle finger grow­
derstand.
We should therefore en­
lie looked Intently for a sign of life, ringing.
Mon* healthful, richer and less ex­
in which It Is operated the high dice
infinitely preferred their society to that
pensive than straight coffee. Better
deavor to learn them from those who yet none was to be seen. No light
In no gentle frame of mind he un- of grown people. Their prattle, school ing tlie fastest, while that of tlie thumb game as played by the Anglo-Saxon
grows
the
slowest.
m every resjieet. 25 cents per lb.
perchance may know more than we. glimmered from the windows. Men swered It.
races, the dice of the Lithuanians, in­
experiences, little ambitious, filled her
t i 54 cases out of 100 the left leg
Your grocer will get it for you.
Said you that these men were of a came by in ones nnd twos, and lie
“Hello!” lie said.
stead of numbering from 1 to 0, run
life completely. She was constantly
Ask for
size?”
“Hello!” responded a voice through plaunlng sut prises for them by milking Is sliu.fcr than the right. The boues from 1 to 10, the numbering of
shrank back Into the shadow. Then on
of an average human male skeleton
“Illustrious Wong Chee, 1 had not a suddeu he saw a figure glide along the telephone. “Is this Mr. Means?”
animal cakes, individual pies, candy, weigh 20 pounds, those of a woman are the six sides I cing 1, 2, 3, 4. 8, 10. The
said. But. as I remember them, one the walk across the street nnd disap­
"Yes. What do you want?”
game is played witli four pieces, and a
aprons, hoods, doll clothes.
alx pounds lighter.
“Mr. Menns, this Is Deputy Sheriff
pear In tlie fatal doorway. Now Ab
possible 40 is tlie point striven for In­
“Yes, but If she lived now she would
Thnt unruly member, the tongue of
Kim shook ns with an ague nnd wns Jones. We’ve caught that runaway re­ be different I'lienir she would breathe
stead of 24, which is high mark ill the
ceiver. Is there anything you'd like to Is filled with assertive g- rm» w hich de­ a woman. Is also smaller than that of similar American game. — Baltimore
alert for what might happen.
a man, given a man and a woman of
Was this the man for whom the three have me do personally In the matter?”
clare that every woman owes It to her equal size and weight. It may be ap­ Sun.
“Yes!” roared Mr. Means. “Hang up
brothers had laid their snare? No vic­
self to have a career and stand nt the palling to reflect, but It Is nevertheless
tim would go so unsuspectingly to such the receiver!”
A Fleo.1 Collector Snolibed.
helm and steer It to the very end She
And be was not disturbed again.— must not allow her life to be submerg­ true, tlin. the muscles of the human
a house and alone. Yet curiosity was
Collectors of autographs, postcards,
Jaw exert a force of over 500 pounds.
strong upon him, and lie wished that Youth's Companion.
etc., are not always conscious of the
ed In that of her own children, as they
Tlie symmetry which is the sole In­
be dared venture to the door nnd listen
make tlielr appearance rather unwel­ telligible ground for our Idea of beauty, Importunacy of tlielr demands, nnd the
Pronounced oaf-fay accent on last syllable
aud perchance learn something of the Mark Twain and the Serpent's Tooth. come frequently, but must have outside
following anecdote, which conies from
dreadful deeds of the three brothers of
Mark Twain’s daughter. Miss Clara missions. As soon as her offspring Is the proportion between the upper and Trlest, gives a striking example of
L. Clemons. In entering upon her career married ofl. which is accomplished lower half of the human body, exists tbelr fniling nnd of the humorous way
the hatchet.
Ver.lt nnd tll.ninrek on Titles.
As he looked and listened and trern
is a concert singer, had a long con­ with as great dispatch as diplomacy In nearly all males, but Is never found In which the iutended victim treated
The composer Ver.ll was offered a
American limbs are bls tormentor. An Italian painter re­
bled two men came along the walk. lie ference with a manager. Many mat­ can secure, then she Is free to carry out In the female.
title of nobility by King Victor Ent-
t.lore symmetrical than those of any ceived a letter In the following terms:
was relieved to see that they were ters were discussed, plans made nnd (H-t schemes and natural desires tin
imiuuel. It was Intended that he should
other people. The rocking chair, ac­
white devils and listened to tlielr talk.
Jetalls settled. Miss Clemens dictating trammeled ”
Dear Sir—I should like lo ask you a great favor
cording to an English scientist, is re­ and hope you %'I excuse tlie liberty 1 take. I be created Marquis or Comte de Bus­
"1 wns sure that was the number,” her own Ideas. The young singer, who
“I’erltaps you tire right.” I replied. sponsible for the exercise which In­ atn making a collection ot painted |>oetcarda and seto, ufter tite estate upon which he
said one.
hail experienced considerable difficulty Such a grandmother as this would t>e
creases tlie beauty of tlie lower limbs. should feel myself highly flattered if you would lived. The composer refused the offer
“Now. that’s quare.” said the other, In obtaining parental consent to a pub-
no comfort to me as a grandmother, The push which the toes give to keep kindly send me one. with a tittle picture (tainted energetically, He considered that Verdi
and Ab Kim was stricken with fear to tic career, showed her earnestness by
while she might be a most helpful the chair in motion, repeated aud re­ on It by yourse’f. It will certainly be the most wns somebody mid that the Marquis de
treasured card ot my collection, as I should lie
see that this was one of the white dev­ the businesslike manner In which she
friend, and I could be proud ot her po­ peated. makes the Instep high, the calf able to aay that you were one of the first lo honor Busseto would be nobody.
ils’ policemen, for he lind been arrested looked Into affairs.
sition in the literary, artistic or philan­
me in thia way. Hoping to receive one. 1 beg tv
Even Bismarck was unable to parry
for the awful crime of holding a lottery
When matters had been fully consid­ thropic world as her tastes might dic­ rouud nnd full, and It makes the ankle thank you tn advance.
a blow of this character. When the
delicate aud slender.—Exchange.
ticket and hnd been kept 30 days In ered and the manager was about to
Tlie artist replied:
tate her pursuit.
young emperor broke with him, he
jail. Yet he was not too much In fear leave. Miss Clemens said, with the
Dear Sir—I siiould like to ask you a great favor
A grandmother of my acquaintance
conferred upon him the title of Duke
When Irving Forant Himself.
to hear the policeman ns be said. “That large determination that small bodies
an<l hope you will excuse the liberty I take. I
said to me not long ago- "It would be a
Ben Webster, an English actor, told am making a collection of thousand franc notes of laiueubourg. Bismarck received the
bouse has been to rlnt Iver since I came uot Infrequently possess:
great trial to me to have m.v grand-
aivl should feel myself highly flattered if you
parchment with this exclamation:
on this bate.”
“1 wish it distinctly understood that children or tiny children In the bouse a good story of how lie held tils own would kindly send me one. It will certainly be
The bearar ot the Hack cautlouelu opened
"A pretty name! It will be bandy for
when Sir Henry Irving happened to be
“
It
Is
not
so
strange.
”
said
the
other,
my
father's
name
Is
not
to
be
men
­
the most highly treasured thousand franc note of
the door.
with me now
I could uot adapt my­ absentminded.
traveling Incognito.”
In
the
"Lyons
Mail
”
with
a
In
ugh.
"for
houses
nre
some
­
mj
collection,
as
I
should
be
able
to
say
that
you
tioned at all In connection with my self to their demands and lutcrrup- ,
was tall and thin, and one was of mid­
Some days after a parcel arrived at
there Is a touching scene between Le- were one of the first to honor me in this way
singing In public.”
dle size and stout, nnd the third was times rented.”
'ions
I have raised my family nnd
Hoping to receive one, I beg to thank you in ad
Varzin bearing the address “Mme. la
Now Ah Kim trembled agnln. for at
Mark Twain, who bad been sitting now want my time for Individual pur- , surques (played by Irving) and his vance.
■mall and spare.”
Duchesse de Laucnbourg.”
daughter Julie, of which Didier (Mr.
“Did the tall man have n scar from these words be knew the voice, and It In the roojn during the interview, in suits” This woman lias especial tai-
Bismarck, to whom it was delivered,
Ben Webster) Is a perfectly silent wit­
Chteae.
Bread
mid
wns
the
voice
of
the
good
doctor
for
which,
however,
he
bad
taken
no
part,
bls eye to tils ebln, and did the stout
■nts ami necessities for using them, ness.
being then at talde, arose and. offering
In
yenra
got
mar
whom
be
worked,
who
had
stood
by
A
couple
advanced
looked up quizzically nnd said, with mid In her cnse these feelings may not
man have a wart on bis cheek, and was
the letter to his wife, remarked iron­
One night Sir Henry, Instead of mak­ rlcd lately.
him when he was In trouble nnd had a twinkle in bls eyes:
the small man lame In the right leg?”
«cem unnatural
But this Is much the ing his long speech, appealed In trem­
The husband bad a room In the bouse ically:
“You see what It Is to have a thank­ sentiment that possesses the grand
"Indeed, my wise Wong Chee, I could given him bnek Ills place after he had
“Duchess, enchanted to make your
bling tones to Mr. Webster: "Speak to securely locked, the Inside of which Ills
less child.”—Saturday Evening Post.
not see the scar nor the wart for the come from the Jail.
mothers ot the age who have no special tier, Didier; speak to her!” Didier wns
acquaintance!"
“
1
would
keep
out
of
there
If
I
wns
wife
bad
never
seen.
and.
being
curl
darkness, but as I remember the small
missions or avocations outside the do­ dumfounded.
There wns an awful ous ns to Its contents, sin- begged again
you,” snld the policeman.
Did They»
man did have the trace of a limp.”
mestic circle
If they have means, pause.
Where He Shone.
Irving, quite unconscious of and again to see the room.
"It's an old servant who Is hurt to
There Is nothing much more dis­ they buy handsome gifts for tlielr
"You have done well, my Inquisitive
A Thesptnn who spent several years
liis own mistake, frowned wrathfully
At
last
In*
consented,
nnd,
lo
and
death
and
has
sent
for
me."
snld
the
tressing
than
an
unfinished
story.
A
Kim. And If you go to the Joss tonight
grandchildren and wish them to have at the young actor, but Mr. Webster,
behold, tin- room wns full of whole trying to get beyond “the carriage
pray to him for your friends, for there doctor, “and I couldn't refuse. A doc­ □ umber of people In n London drawing ill the advantages possible thnt do not
awaits milord” station in first class
tqual to the occasion, gave way to a elieeses!
tor,
you
know,
must
go
when
tie's
room were conversing about capital represent personal self sacrifice or cur
is mischief afoot.”
burst of tears and exclaimed, “1 catt­
lie explained matters by telling her Broadway productions was Induced by
punishment when a lady remarked:
"Do they threaten tny friends?” ask­ called."
tallment of freedom of action
not; you know I cannot speak!” ami that for every sweetheart be hnd in bls his brother to Join him in the dairy
"Well, that's the first Cblnamnn I
“How strange It must seem to be
ed Ah Kim In an awestrutfk voice.
Women are Imbued with the spirit of turned his back on the audience.
business in tlie City of Mexico. While
young days lie bought n cheese.
Iver
heard
of
nskln
for
a
white
doc
­
sentenced to dentil!”
“Pray that It be none of your
the age. which demands thnt there
on a business trip to this city recently
Then Sir Henry picked up bls lines
tor,"
snld
the
policeman.
And
he
hade
Ills
wife
began
to
cry.
"Not so very, very strange. I assure shall be no old ladles with caps and
friends,” said Wong Chee, with a mys­
with a start, and It was observed that
“Don't cry. dear." he continued. "I've buying new machinery and appliances
terious shake of Ids head, "for when the doctor good night and went his you. I wns myself once condemned sluiwls who stay nt home and guard
for ids prosperous Mexican creameries
Didier's shoulders shook with emotion! bad no sweet heart since I met you.”
to death In Africa,” said a returned the fireside, but that they must keep In
those three men went through that way.
he met one of his former companions
-Louisville Courier-Journal.
“
It's
not
thnt."
she
replied,
still
sob
­
door It meant no good to the man who
Now, Ab Kim wished to cry out, for African explorer.
the race with the young people to the
who was still struggling for an oppor­
bing
"1
only
wish
I
hnd
been
ns
passes through It after them.”
“Indeed!” exclaimed the lady. “And very eud -Susan W. Bnll In Terre
ie had found the man who was to pass
» Ictorla's Proposal.
tlmttglitful as you nnd bought a loaf tunity to “say lines.” An exchange of
“Then 1 shall not pass It,” said Ah the door that hid the three brothers of were you—did they"—
Haute Gazette.
It was I at Windsor castle that Queen of bread for every man tlint kissed me. confidences revealed the fact that the
Kim, with a shiver, "and I shall stop rhe hatchet. Yet Ills voice refused to
"Did they what, tnadame?”
V ictorla then only a girl of 20. did
We could have had bread and cheese former actor was now making a snug
at the bouse of the Joss ns I go home come, for lie was in fear of the white
"Why, did they execute you, you
Retraced by Ills Feet.
fortune In the milk business, and his
Wlitll she • described as “the most nerv
enough
to last us all our days."—Lon
■nd pray that none of my friends seek policeman. And shaken with the dou­ know?”—Exchange.
Sherlock Holmes—I have not looked r»u- tiling : i woman wns ever called on
friend, the persevering player, remark­
don
Tit-Bits.
the place.” Then, after n moment of ble apprehension for his employer and
around, hut n very tall man Just came to do' « ilien she summoned the young
ed: "You're all right, Billy. You could
Profits <n Fractions of Cents.
■Hence, In which bls curiosity rose su­ himself he did not recover power of
In nnd sat down in the opera chair be­ I ’rime Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to
never have shone In a theatrical way,
Whrrl. nnd Whrrli,
perior to bls fears, be continued, “Does voice or moi ement until the doctor hnd
It Is most astonishing that trade hind me.
a i private Interview
interview nnd “
"proposed
proposed" ” to
The woman who hnd been abroad but you nre a star In a milky way.”—
your most profound wisdom Inform crossed the street and was swallowed In these days is making Its enormous
Miss Marvel It Is true! Say. yon do him She had first met him when as a wns describing some of flic sights of New York Sun,
you of the names of the three men who up In tlie dark doorway. Then he has­ profits In the fractions of a cent. In the most wonderful things. Now. tell
boy of 17 lie came with bls fnthcr to her trip to her friends. “But what
went throhgh the doorY’
tened nfter him w Ith a cry In bls throat one of tlie cities of the country there me how you knew without looking of England, mid when, throe years Inter,
Electricity will accomplish almost
pleased me as much as anything." she
Wong Cbee considered and answer­ that wns stilled when he saw the door was a bank president who gave his the tall man's presence.
be “made no secret” of Ills love for his continue«!. "was the wonderful clock any wonder, A recent Illustration of
ed with half closed eyes:
opened nnd a tall Chinese usher the millions for philanthropic purposes.
this Is shown In the cnse of Timothy J.
Sherlock Holmes-His feet are stick
fair cousin “no one was surprised nnd nt Strassburg.”
"Is there one among the tongs who doctor within. He baited ns the face During his life, even on the days when Ing through under tny chair.—Ohio
Mulcahy, nn engineer In a Cleveland
every one was delighted.”—London Tit-
"Oh.
bow
I
should
love
to
see
It!
”
has not beard of the three brothers of nf the tall Chinese stamped Itself on lie was almost too Infirm to walk, lie State Journal.
tannery, who had been bald for years.
_______
Bits.
gushed
the
girl
In
pink.
“
I
atn
so
In
the hatchet, who are a tong by them- ais mind, for It was n face of much would trudge sadly and brokenly to
Suddenly a little furze began to sprout
Many plants long classed among the
terested In such things. And did you
reives? We do not speak tbelr names." evil, and It bore a scar that reached his home. One day a man met him on
on Ills head, and a few weeks later his
Hallrondlng In Ireland.
worst
nnd
most
useless
of
weeds
have
See
the
celebrated
watch
on
the
Itlilne
"Yes, I have heard,” »aid Ab Kim, from eye to chin, and there wns n the street and said:
cranium was covered with a thick
A somewhat nervous English tourist
“Why don't yon take the street car?” been found In recent years to possess vouches for the genuineness of the fol­ too?”-Kansas City Star.
With a shudder. "But were they ever malignant pleasure under its polite air
but short growth of hair. A doctor In­
considerable
feeding
value,
as
shown
He instantly replied. “My dear
ns the tnll mnn received the doctor and
known in our tong?”
vestigated the matter and learned thnt
lowing
Incident
of
Irish
traveling:
The
Hr nir mhr red Whole Rook*,
friend, do you appreciate the fact that by analysis. It Is claimed that even train arrived some 20 minutes late at
"If you hnd been present at the meet­ closed the door behind hint.
he had been working under a revolv­
Canada
thistles,
cut
wbeu
Walter
Savage
Lnndor
carried
bls
in
bloom
ing, you would have remembered, my
Ah Kim leaned ngnlnst the post with­ a hundred dollnrs would have to work
ing belt. Ills hair had beetv sprouted
und stored ami their spikes softened ■ small station, nnd the engine driver library In Ills bead. When he had road
good Kim,” said Wong Chee. “It was out the door, faint and shivering, and half a week to pay that fare?”
Inquired of the station master, "Did a book, he always gave It away on by electrtr'>v.
iu
silos,
will
make
a
valuable
winter
And yet he gave two millions to a
It) the tenth year of Kwong Huey, not put forth nil his strength to keep his
the express go by yet, Tim?” “It did principle, having, ns lie Mid, observed
Our first regular factory for manu­
three years since, when Mow Yip Ting teeth from chattering. He was in mor­ library nnd another million to a hos­ food tor sheep
not,” was the answer. There was In­ that with such a purpose In his mind facturing glass wns established nt
The
distinct
uni
among
animals
of
re
­
refused to pay his dues in the tong, tal terror lest the sharp eye of the tali pital. That Is the spirit of modern
decision on the part of the engine driv­
Temple. N. II., In 1780 and w*as oper­
tnd his case was brought before the brother hnd spied him. and the shadow money making. On the one hand It quiring least sleep belongs to the ele­ er for a moment when he cheerfully he was sure to retain of a book nil
In spite of its cnpnelty foi exclaimed, “Ah, well; we must chance thnt was worth keeping. In bis old ated by Imported German glassmakers.
meeting of the association. Then we of death was even now upon him. Two gets the millions through the fractions phant.
Mtt In the dark, and the voice of the or three minutes passed, and bis heart of cents, and with the other It spends haul work, the elephant seldom If evei It!” ns he blew the whistle and started age l.nmlor wns furious If he did not
When you forget there are others,
tong read the charge against Mow Y ip steadied Its fluttering beats. Yet, In­ the millions without regard to deci­ sleeps more tniti four or occasionally off on the single line.— Ixmdon Outlook at once remember any passage of a
you are nearing a burned bridge.
book or any ’»•»me or date.
five hours.
Ting. And we listened In silence, and stead of following bls Impulse to fly, be mals.—Saturday Evening Post
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