Bandon recorder., November 21, 1901, Image 3

CAPITAL TEN PERCENTERS,
■'Thank you." he -ahi. as If greatly
Dr. May whirled on bis heel aud
relieved, au I ihismi I out.
stared at the man. No one had ever
Go» rrii men I • lerk. VI ho l.eud lu
The troop doubtless had many sneers seen Lieutenant Owen drink. He whirl­
Tbelr Fellow Workers.
to cast upon Spud Murphy's ubandou ed again aud entered, and Spud Mur­ THE LONELINESS OF THE ENGLISH
“I reckon i’ll sei' my salary this
meat of principle, but it was uot a safe phy followed hiqt.
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS.
month." remarked llie young census
thing to speak too plainly before the
On the edge of the bed sat the un­
clerk.
New Yorker's face. Spud therefore, happy young officer, shaking horribly,
At the lll.hup Station the Sentinel
“To whom?" asked ills frleud
not
has
affected
to
llsdaining explanation,assumed charge while great drops of perspiration
That I.lai. Is the Wav«-» Lives lu Al­
'“Why. to one of the tell |>ercenters,
next day of Owen’s horses, took bls trickled down his cheek. Ills face was
anywhere.
All
most liter Isolation — A Sere loo of course,” was the reply.
supper and reported duly at the lieu­ ashen. His eyes were full of a pitiful
With Few F.utlelnK I'eatures.
small, are
filled
Dialogues such as this are of fre­
tenant's headquarters In the evening horror.
quent occurrence between government
During
the
storms
that
rage
Intermit
­
for orders, lie was amazed to find the
"Doctor,” be cried aud tottered to
SEPTEMBER PRICE LIST IN PREPARATION
officer a different creature. Ills cheek the Kid, “save me! For God’s sake, tently around the English coast in win­ clerks in Washington toward the end
I only nk of that proud race
of
tlie
mon
I
It.
When
a
clerk
sells
Ills
was flushed, his eye was bright, be save me'”
ter the landsman's mind turns In sym­
Whose line shall end with me
Su^ar Is lower. Granulated $5.15 and $5.25 per 1OO lbs.
salary to a ten percenter, lie gives the
That 1 may die and not disgrace
was filling bis room with the music of
The clean shaven, plump rosiuess of pathy toward those who lu ship or life­
Harns and Provisicns continue firm.
Its ancient chivalry.
latter an I <> U for the entire salary
his whistling as be moved about, and the Kid’s cheeks were iu strong con­
boat are lighting the waves for dear
Plentiful Stock« of everything.
—“The Bohemian Girl.**
due him on the following pay day and
be greeted Spud with gay familiarity. trast to the gray leanness of Owen’s.
life. But how often does he give oue receives In exchange "JO per cent of the
((1
THAT,” says I. “Oh, rats!”
He talked garrulously of old times, of As great was the difference between
1 • / says 1. “The bloke bu'sted the
sidewalks of bls childhood; lie Ills cool firmness ami Owen's horrible thought to the men who immure them­ amount. The man who makes the loan
1/1/ ye in the Jaw, aud ye laughed
selves lu the lighthouses that stud tlie retains the remaining 10 per cent.
boisterously at remembrance unstrung condition.
V ▼ didn't do nothin to 'lm. of his great
whence his name of ten percenter.
coast
?
tight, the penalty of losing
"Get back into bed,” said the doc­
Ye ain't no good,” 1 says, and I lays
Tlie ten percenter is said to exist
No. 25 Market Struct, San Francisco.
which would have been a severe tor. "and tell me wlint ull this Is
1 would rather spend my life iu a
In and knocks the kid about good.
thrashing from Spud. Murphy ought about."
penal settlement than be u lighthouse under one mime or another In nil of die
•Now,” says 1 when I was through,
great federal department buildlugs lu
to have been delighted. He was at
Then followed a wretched, ghastly Leeper,” declared a man to the writer
“will ye lick tliut bloke or will 1 pound
Washington. He Is Invariably n shrewd
first. Indeed, but the voice of Owen
after a visit to the Bishop lighthouse,
ye again?"
So be hunts up that was too hilarious, bls words too tu­ cone as the young officer, with slink
government clerk who lias a bit of
.ng voice and weak tears, chattered 111
off the Cornish coast. "A convict does
bloke, who was a heap bigger than
money of Ills own or lias saved Ills sill
multuous in their outpouring, his laugh i-olierelilly lie told of Ids last year at
Sammy, and 1 seen it was a square do,
'oo boisterous. Ten years of garrison West Point, where the vice had got see a little of the world he lives in. but ary until its accumulation represents
and Sammy knocked ’ini out in the
ami camp liad made the trooper a hold firirly of him: how he had escap­ n lighthouse keeper sees nothing but a a tidy little sum. This capital he Is
tenth round. See? If it hadn’t been
stickler for etiquette. He knew very 'd detection marvelously and how. dreary expanse of water, I am not sur­ ever ready to lend In sums of from $10
for that licklu that 1 gave Sammy
well that such familiarity with an or­ ,i Inm on Ills leave after graduation, be prised that many of them should lose Jo $ltMJ.
Owen that made ’ini tight most des-
In a majority of the Washington of
dinary “buck soldier” was out of place. liad let himself go. lie bad hoped the their menial balance.”
p'rate. that kid would have been a dis­
The visitor to the Bishop lighthouse flees the laws against usurers are so
He knew very well that that familiar­ new life on tlie plains would help him
grace to the ward, so he would. 1 tell
Offers superior mlinntages to those who mean business.
ity was tlie worst of all possible things to freedom, but Spud Murphy alone did not overeolor the picture. It was rigorously enforced that tlie ten per­
ye. fellers, there won't be no monkey
for discipline and order. Therefore he knew of the hopeless lonely tlglit In only the other day that one rend of the center is unable to transact business
It gives brenil-aml-’mlter education. It occupies all of
business with Lieutenant Sammy Ow­
I.ongsliips
lighthouse,
also
off
the
const
waxed cold aud eyed the loquacious the bachelor’s quarters.
In safety as an individual; he exists
two
entire buildings. Teaches seven courses. It has
en from West l’olnt, 'cause 1 seen to subaltern closely. Then lie took the
of Cornwall, having been completely
He kept on crying, “Save me, doctor; Isolated for many weeks iu consequence nevertheless under the protecting title
twelve regular teachers. It.is the HOME SCHOOL and
that when Sammy was so high and 1
big glass of whisky offered to him, save me!”
of a beneficial society. These fake so­
cares for the ..... -al as well as the intellectual. Its rates
was champion lightweight of the ward.
of fearful storms. The keepers had
drank it stnndlug with punctilious re­
The doctor spoke to Spud, who stood been reduced to smoking coffee, h ;>s cieties should not be confused with
are more reasonable than any other similar school on the
1 was the makiu of Sammy, and be spect and withdrew, a good deal wor­
die
mutual
beneficiary
organizations
off in the shadows, watching Owen
thinks the world of me. See?”
Const and its ml vantages greater. Scud for specimens of
ried in tils mind as to the future of an with a curious mingling on Ids broad nnd ten leaves, though, fortunat-ly. which have been established for a
In the long lingering twilight of an
penmanship. Write for pnrtietilnrs or call at the College
officer iu whom, for the glory and hon­ face of pity, sorrow, contempt ami they had not wanted for food.
number of years In many of the de­
evening In midsummer a number of or of tlie old ward, he felt the greatest
The keepers of the famous Eddystone partments. notably the government
and
see for yourself its work nnd neeomniodiitioiis.
shame.
troopers sat on the long porch of the interest,
lighthouse not Infrequently find them
printing
office,
for
the
purpose
of
aid
­
»»»»»♦»»
"Has he been like tills before?" tlie selves in a similar predicament. In a
wooden barracks. Out on the parade
ing! sick or disabled members and their
"He drinks.” lie muttered ns he Kid asked.
W.
ground, retreat being comfortably over
Principili
gale the waves that buffet themselves families and of burying the dead. The
crossed the parade to barracks. “That
“Twice,” said Spud. “Not so bad, against this wonderful monument to
and the day’s work done, the band was
Stockton,
Cal
little devil Sammy's taken to driukiu.
ti i percenters' society never Includes
but I've hud tlie worst time keepin it the engineering skill of the country are
gathered about the flagstaff, playing
Oh, rats!"'
more than the or six members. They
dark. Tonight I was sure be was alls- of such stupendous magnitude that
away the heat of the sun and welcom­
have their charter and a carefully
And long after taps the dog robber gespieled, so I gives the thing up. and
ing the cool shades of night. Spud
they rise to a height of 200 feet and drawn constitution nnd bylaws.
Murphy was the especial object of in­ lay awake, frowning at the mosquito I goes for ye. See?”
sweep right over tlie lantern. To those
Each member contributes a certain
Suddenly tlie man In the bed rose up cooped up inside the sound of these
Importer» ana Doaiera la
terest to the men in that a new lieu­ liar over him.
First Milver Wedilln,.
"The
worst
thing
Is,"
he
pondered,
witli a screech. Ids eyes reflecting hor­ waves is like that of n battery of guns amount of money to the funds of the
tenant bad Joined the troop that day,
PAPFRS
Accordlug
to
a
historian,
this
Is
the
concern, and tlie other employees of
ami Spud was, it seemed, well ac­ "the kid didn’t get that dose at the ror. instantly Spud pounced on him nt elose quarters. "At such times the
way the first silver wed<.
wedi. g came
Wrapping...
1
n 1 ,-,,U
tlie
office
are
quietly
Informed
how
quainted with the young Qttlcer’s fam­ club, like an officer and a gentleman, and clapped u hand on his mouth that bouse shakes like a tree with a man
they can be accommodated with a loan abopt. It was In the time ot Ungues
OARO 8TOOK
ily history. Even the first sergeant so lie swallows his medicine all by him­ the sound might uot penetrate un­ on the top of it,” was the graphic de­
for a smn!l bonus. On the first of every Caput, Two of Ills moBt faithful serv­
STRAW AND BINDERS' BOARD
far relaxed his dignity as to step out self in ids room. Sammy’s n lone fish friendly cars, lie and the Kid held scription of oue who spent many years
month the pool divides Its profits. ants, a ing n and a woman, had grown
ss-aT-rw-« , First st.
erniun.
and
they're
no
good."
the maniac down until the paroxysm of his life there.
from the orderly room and ask a ques­
he
re-
gray
In
Ills
employ.
How
could
These organizations are usually short
T.i. MAIM I»«. 40 SAN FKANCT8CO.
He was at Owen’s quarters before passed. Then Muy took a syringe from
tion or two of the bullet headed, bright
The new Eddystone Is tlie roomiest lived, ns they become unpopular when ward them?
reveille. Tlie lieutenant lay on the sit­ Ids pocket, filled It and bared ills pa
eyed soldier from New York city.
and most comfortable of all our rock the business begins to grow large. The
Calling the woman, lie said; “Your
”’Twns this way,” said Murphy, “my ting room lounge, ills blouse open, tlent’s arm.
lighthouses. A sectional view of It ih nth of one fake association Is rapidly service Is great, greater than the man's, Tur piicTrD-,;&^iS;
breathing
stertorously.
He
had
not
father and Sammy’s father was pals
“Murphy," he said after awhile when shows the various compartments, com
followed by tlie birth of a successor, whose service Is great enough, for the
once, and when 1 was a tough young been to bed. On the floor beside him the Injection was taking effect, “why mencing at the bottom with the water
differing
from Its predecessor In name woman always finds work harder than
I I IL UUU I LIL <» h r H single.ut
low
fellow, tiglitln my way through the lay an empty bottle. His fingers, bang­ have you said nothing of this?”
tank; then the entrance, the two oil only, so that the ten percenters nre en- a niiin, nnd therefore 1 will give you a
un . Country
patronage
solicited,
and
no
pains
will
be
spared
old ward, 1 took Sammy, who was a ing lifelessly to the floor, seemed to
"Sure, sir.” Murphy continued, “lie receptacles. the storeroom, the crane,
allied to ply their trade without much reward. At your age I know of none lo make them comfortable during their visit.
little kid. and educated him lu the feel for It. Spud shook him silently, was once like a little brother to me the living apartment, tlie low light, the
better than a dowry and a husband
Interruption. —New York Suu.
but
with
little
effect.
The
sergeant
ways and manners of men as is men.
when he was a kid In our ward. bedroom and the- service room In the
The dowry Is liere. This farm from 90(1 Market St. and 9 Kill« st., corner
Stockton, San FranclMco.
'Twns me as learned him to put up bls ran to the hydrant In the yard and 'Twould be eternal disgrace to Ids old order named.
Formerly only two
this time forth belongs to you. If this
Telephone Red 9M MRS. RANFT, Prop.
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.
little fists first. But say, old Owen was came back with a bucket of water, man. that's goln to be our senator, keepers were employed In the light
man who has worked with you for five
a lulu, he was. and went In for beln a which he sluiced vigorously over the and to all tlie boys aud to my father Louse, but a grim Incident resulted In
and twenty years Is willing to marry
A scientist who lias made a study of
politician, and got made an aiderman lieutenant’s face and chest. He put and to me if be was bobtailed that is. their number being Increased. One of
you, then the husband Is ready.”
SAM MARTIN
CHAS CAMM
the
pjinet
declares
that
there
is
snow
another
coat
on
him
somehow,
gave
For 2.3 yearn with
and waltzed In the boodle for all he
got the G. B„ 1dm belli officer ami the two men died. So fierce rim the
For 3 years with
“Your majesty." said the old peasant,
an
the
moon.
C.
E.
Whitney
&
Co.
C.
E.
Whitney & Co.
was worth. My father hadn't that kind him a fiery gulp of liquor and hustled gentleman. See? We think the world sens that the remaining keeper could
“how Is it possible that we should irnir-
There
are
28
pounds
of
blood
In
the
of get up. So when old man Owen got him out on the parade Just In time to of the Owenses. See?”
not get tlie body of his late comrade to
ry, having already silver hairs?"
NEW COMMISSION HOUSE
The doctor looked at him curiously. the shore. For n month the tempestu­ body of an average grown np person,
rich, we didn't mix no more with their report his troop present and get down
“Then It shall be a silver wedding."
to
morning
stables.
nnd
nt
each
pulsation
the
heart
moves
He had in his library a volume on dip­ ous weather continued, ami for a
crowd, see? Sammy lie goes away to a
And the king gave the couple silver
“This here racket’s got to be stop­ somania. others on heredity.
Some month the surviving keeper lived alone 10 pounds.
dude school, and bls dad goes to con­
enough to keep them in plenty.
While cyclones and tornadoes are <11 f
gress. and they pulls out from our ped.” said Murphy, “if either Sammy Idea of tlie fight before the lieutenant with the body as his only companion.
Such was the origin of the sliver
block and moves up town, though, say. Owen or me’s goln to face New York dawned upon him, and even be shiver­ He was afraid to cast It Into the I’ereut phenomena, the former appear wedding, a custom which, spreading all
again
and
hold
up
our
heads
In
the
lit 1-1113 1 iiiv I h ' si ., s»n Franolaco.
Io
give
rise
to
the
latter.
Tornadoes
ed a little at the thought of what Owen waves, for lie might be accused of niur
the Owenses is always our ward boys
through France, subsequently became
almost always break out. If at all, on known to tlie world.
and we's proud of them, see? Then I ward. Gee, he’ll be under arrest in a
der.
General Commission and
enlists in this here bloomin troop. Say, week at this rate!”
Keepers of rock lighthouses do not the southeasterly outskirts of a cyclone.
Produce.
From that day Spud Murphy went
that’s nine years ago. but them boys
A
period
of
5
seconds
between
a
flash
Point»
on
n
l.obater.
last long. The Incessant pounding of
about
his
new
work
with
an
altogether
Specialty,
Butter,
Egg« and Cheese.
In New York remembers me still, and
A lobster Is found In the water, but
the waves against tlie building, the of 1 glilnlug mid thunder means that
wliat’s the matter witli the time they unusual reticence and with a faithful
loneliness, the want of fresh air ami ihe flash Is a mile distant from the ob­ not always—In fact, some of tlie most
Your consignments solicited.
give me when 1 go back on leave to see devotion which was novel. He seldom
exercise reduce the men to a state of server. Thunder has never been heard successful lobsters that ever lobstered
them! Say. 'twns great. Sammy goes now declaimed as he had been wont to
nervousness that Is sometimes pitiful over 15 miles from Hie flash, though were born and raised on dry land.
to West Point, and here he conies. He declaim on the valor and virtues of his
One can usually tell a lobster by Its
to behold. They require a fortnight’s artillery lias been beard 120 miles.
beloved city’s Inhabitants, among
thinks the world of me, does Sammy.”
leave every six weeks, but tills liberal
Sir llobeit Ball asserted that every actions. For Instance. If a young man
A tall, thin man. with the straps of a whom he reckoned dearest his erst­
allowance does little to Improve their 100 years tin1 sun loses 5 miles of Its enters a crowded drawing room aud
second lieutenant, came out from the while neighbors, the prosperous Ow­
physical state. A medical man whose diameter. To allay anxiety, however, walks all over the feet of tlie assem­
last bouse, a bachelor’s quarters on of­ ens. But If the new lieutenant’s name
duty It Is to pay periodical visits to lie mentioned that the diameter of the bled guests without tllelr consent or
ficers’ row, and crossed the parade was mentioned In his bearing his quick
one of these lighthouses confesses that sun is 800.000 miles and that 40.000 approval the young mini at once be­
ground, coming directly toward the eye turned sharply on the speaker, and
there is no remedy for the ills peculiar years lienee the diameter would still comes n lobster.
bls big ears cocked up like a terrier's,
barracks.
be 858.000 miles.
The fathers of lobsters usually have
to tlie keepers except retirement.
lie heard little said against Ills master
“It’s him,” cried Murphy In suppress
All the world knows that coffee ill
money. In fact. It Is difficult to lie n
Tlie utter isolation of the silent sen­
excessive use is injurious. And yet
ed excitement. “I’d know ids measly ami protege, for Owen attended to bls
real stand up nnd fall down lobster
V. lien ii Mun (nil See 200 Mllen.
tinels of our coast Is well illustrated by
the coff’ee lover cannot stand taste­
red hair a mile off. Gee! To think tliat routine duties and did not attempt rad­
the case of the Bishop lighthouse afore­
About 200 inlles In every direction Is unless the lobster’s father has money.
less cereals. There has to this time
little Sammy would ever grow up to be ical reforms after the manner of some
It is an odd fact that many girls
mentioned, which stands right out in the distance n man can see when stand
l»een no happy medium between.
ambitious Johnnies come lately.
my lieutenant.”
It would
the Atlantic. Not once In a year Is It Ing, on a clear day. on the peak of tlie seem to admire lobsters.
Cafó Bland tills the void with the
Gradually a feeling of pity spread in
The officer passed the length of the
seem
that
a
girl
ought
to
know
better,
culm enough for tlie superintendent to highest mountain say. at a height of
Iiest elements of both. It is richer
porch, saluted by the men, and entered the troop for the youngster, who was
land his stores at tlie lighthouse steps. 2fi.G(’>8 feet, or a little over five miles but she doesn't until she marries a
than straight coffee, and many will
so
quiet
and
courteous,
yet
so
nervous
the orderly room, to which the first
On the edge of the bed nut the unhetppy They have to be hauled up by means above the level of the sea. An observer lobster. Then she tumbles.
not be easily convinced that it is
nt times and always so gray faced and
you>m offlexr.
sergeant preceded him. In a few mln
not all c .‘lee. But we guarantee
Lobsters have no brains.
If you
of a windlass from above. A visitor must be at a height of 0.007 feet above
thr’ Cafe Bland contains less than
utes Spud Murphy was called and left unhealthy looking. As for bls fellow had already passed through, hiding Ids bold enough to visit the place Is “ad sea level to see objects at a distance of don't believe It, split a lobster’s bead
officers, they found that, in spite of his habit, yet every moment fearing detec­ milted” in a similar way. He places loo miles. The distance In miles at open with an ax If you don’t care any­
fifty per cent coffee, which is scien­
his comrades complacently expectant.
tifically blended with nutritious
“How do you do, Murphy?” said apparent delicacy. Owen could do fair­ tion and shame mid open disgrace.
one fot in a noose nt the end of a rope, which an object upon the surface of thing about the nx.
fruits and grains, thus not only
“And do you expect to cure him of which is thrown down to Ills boat. and. the earth Is visible is equal to the
Owen, nodding, and Spud felt chilled. ly well all things that they dkl. He
This world would be a much more
displacing over fifty per cent of the
In the seclusion of the orderly room rode, shot, da need, boxed, played poker It?” lie thoughtfully asked of the gripping the rope firmly above Ills square root of one and a half times the desirable «biding place if there were
calfein, but neutralizing that which
be thought, with a sense of aggrieve- or billiards with that decent average trusty dog robber.
head, he Is drawn up to the “see off," height of the observer in feet above the no lobsters in It.—Ohio State Journal.
remains and still retaining the rich
success
which
excites
neither
contempt
[
to
be
continued
.]
ment, the new lleutenaut. Ids old
ns the plinth around the lighthouse is sea level.
coffee flavor. To those who suffer
nor
Jealousy.
He
never
drnnk
and
was
Hodge. th. Single Minded.
protege of the "block.” might have
called. Thence he climbs up n per
Some allowance lias to be made for
with the heart, to dyspeptics and
She Started Early,
condescended to shake hands
The methodical in his duties, so that his
An election petition wns being tried,
to nervous people Cafe Bland is
pendlcular ladder to the door of tlie the effect of atmospheric refraction,
colonel thought well of him, as a man
A mnrtiuet of u sergeant deciding to bouse.
especially recommended as a healtli-
troop^ stood, however, at atten
tint ns the refraction varies nt differ- and a witness was called to prove
f’ll and delicious lieverage, so satis-
Tftin and eyed tlie new subaltern curi­ who In time would make a model regi­ get married, some of Ids men decided
Superstition adds n terror to the life "tit heights and Is affected by the varl- “bribery.”
■ ylng that only the inetnlier of the
ously.
The lieutenant held himself mental quartermaster or till some such that when the happy event came off it of tlie men In this lighthouse, for tlie t >us states of the weather no precisely
"One of the gentlemen says to me,
faiiiily making (lie change in the
straight. Four years of stern training place, where rivers were never expect­ would be a fitting occasion to puy buck first structure was washed away accurate figures for general purposes ’Ilodge. you must vote for the Tories,' ”
coffee knows there has been one.
with interest old scores, especially as bodily, and the keepers believe tliat tlie can be given. Probably one-fourteenth said the witness.
at the military academy bad giveu him ed to be set on fire.
More healthful, richer and less ex­
But Spud, writing home In these their friends decided to keep up the rock is haunted. A fear of a different to one-tentb of the distance given by
“And what did you answer to that?”
that soldierly bearing which a West
pensive than straightcoffee. Better
Pointer can never lose entirely. He days to his old father, a saloon keeper time honored custom of throwing rice kind keeps the men of Muckle Flugga the formula would have to be deducted, asked tlie counsel.
in every respect. 25 cents per lb.
“ ’Well,’ says I,”How much?’ "
was well set up, but to Spud Murphy’s lu tlie dearly loved ward, grew men­ nnd old shoes nt tlie happy couple.
Your grocer will get it for you
lighthouse. <he most northern point of owing io 'he refraction of the atmos­
On tlie eventful day when the happy Scotland, on the tenterhooks of a terrl phere.
Ask for
“And wlint did the agent say?”
critical eye, accustomed to the clean daciously heroic in his descriptions of
“He didn’t say nothing. The other
and wholesome face colors of the plain Sammy’s successes. “He's an honor to pair emerged from their quarters they tile suspense. On three occasions the
General Lee's Answer.
troopers, the dead dull gray of Owen’s us all.” said Spud, “and we'll be prtiud- were greeted witli a perfect shower of huge black rock on which tlie light
gentleman comes to me and says, ‘You
After the surrender of Appomattox. must vote for the Liberals, Hodge.’ ”
cheeks, their sunken leanness, the wa­ er of him some day even than of tils rice nnd old shoes, but one Tommy had house stands has been shaken by an
General Wise came riding down the
teriness of Ids uncertain, nervous eyes, father. I hear old Owen's to go to the Billy substituted a big pair of regula­ earthquake.
“And what did you answer?"
were as a cold cloth on the soldier’s senate. He may be president yet, nnd tion Bluchers, which he threw with
“I said, ‘IIow much?’ So lie nrst me
There Is something comical, though road furiously to where General Lee
enthusiasm over his old friend’s rise Sam’ll be a general In time. If the such unerring aim that tlie missile characteristic of the stiff necked Scot. nnd Ills staff were grouped, lie was wlint t'other gentleman offered me, and
In station. Owen pricked at the blot­ saints allow a war. Ilorray for the old caught the sergeant Just above tlie eye, In a story which comes from a neigh­ splashed with mud from bead to heels, t told him 5 shillings."
inflicting a nasty cut.
ting pad of the desk before which he ward! It’s men we breed there.”
“And what did the Liberal agent do
boring lighthouse which Is the charge mid there were great splotches of mud
Spud grinned sardonically as he
Directly tlie ceremony was over the of two families. They live on a desert tried nml cuked upon his face. Ad­
sat, pricked aimlessly with long and
“He gave me 10’slillllngs.”
wrote, but how proud old Murphy was sergeant immediately went to the hos­ island.
twitching fingers.
Counsel sits down triumphant,
From year end to year end dressing General Lee. lie asked III n
“Murphy," said he, “1 have asketl the to show that letter across the bar to pital to have the wound dressed. The they never see n visitor except the man theatrical voice, "Is It true. General up starts the other side.
Pronounced cut-fay—accent on last syllable.
sergeant about detailing a man to look tils ancient chum, the member from doctor, after examining the swollen nnd who brings their stores.
"Did you vote for the Liberals?"
Eighteen l ee, that you have surrendered?"
after my horses, and so on. He has the district! Owen senior blew his discolored optic, inquired how It was months ago the beads of the two fami­
“No.”
“Yes, General Wise, it is true."
suggested you.
Would you be will­ nose violently when he read It and done.
“Did you vote for the Tories?"
“1 wish, then to ask you one qttes
lies quarreled, and ever since they have
The Earth’» Rending».
ing? It will be a considerable help, of straightened up like a youngster, ne
"Well, sir,” replied the sergeant, "I teased to speak.
lion, Wlint Is going to become of my
"No. I ain't got a vote.'”—Spare Mo-
Little bendings are In progress all the
course, as far as money is concerned, slipped a $2<> bill In an envelope, with got married today, and”—
meat«.
brigade.
General
Lee,
mid
what
is
go
At the shore lighthouse of L’sbinlsh
time the world over. The "immovable”
an encouraging line to Spud, suggest­
to you.”
But was cut short by the doctor (a the keeper’s family has to travel -10 Ing to become of me?"
Restoring the Pollali.
hills are bowing nnd scraping to each
ing
that
his
pull
In
Washington
might
Spud squirmed.
Every officer has
married man) exclaiming:
General Lee looked nt the splashed
miles to “kirk." It Is no reflection on
Says a housekeeper: "My piano. other constantly. Every evening, ns the
bls dog robber, or servant, but such do something for an old friend’s son.
"Oh, I see! That explains It; but, by their piety to add that they are not warrior for a full minute nml then
which had been covered with a cambric dew settles In the valleys between
details are not those which the smart­ Spud spent the money honorably with •love, she’s started early ¡’’—London An regular attendants.
said calmly and in a low tone. "Gen­
cover, wns loaded with dust that had them, they nod to one another. So like­
er soldiers aspire to gain. There is the boys across the post trader’s bar, swers.
A lighthouse keeper receives a mnxl eral Wise, go nnd wash your face."
sifted through the sleazy cloth. The wise do the mountains, even to a great­
something menial about the position but asked for no help through Wash­
nittin wage of £75 a year, out of which
dust wns too thick to be wiped off. It er extent Gravity Is tugging all the
Value of Diamond».
which is to many a man offensive. ington.
Whnle HoMtl«
he has to supply his own rations. Tbesi
should have been blown and lightly time.
Spud “had ids opinion” of dog rob­
As to the value of diamonds, per consist of such unappetizing edibles as
At one time not very long ngo there
“’Twill break the old man's heart.”
And In London, too, where earth­
bers in general. He was, therefore, thought he. “when the truth's known.” feetly white stones or decided tints of tinned beef nnd hard biscuits, usually was on the Lancashire const. nenr whisked off first, but this my maid did
In consequence the grime quake sensations are practically un­
about to reject the offer peremptorily
Lytban, England, a cottage and hont- not do, nnd
Little Dr. May, who was known to red, rose, green or blue are most high­ washed down with weak tea nnd con
wns wiped In for all 1 know with a known, the earth bends dally, and the
when the young officer looked at him officers and men alike, so immediately
ly prized. Fine cinnamon nnd salm­ densed milk
No Intoxicating liquors house thill were made almost entirely damp cloth, At all events the highly
buildings, like the hills and the moun­
with an appeal In his eyes which clos-
on
or
brown,
black
or
yellow
stones
from
the
remains
of
a
score
or
so
of
are
allowed
London
Mall.
appropriate was the nickname, as the
polished surface was clouded over al­ tains. nod to their friends, opposite
id Spud’s lips.
also
are
esteemed.
If
flawless
nnd
whales
that
bail
been
driven
ashore
"Kid,” was then the contract surgeon
“I—I have been ill, Murphy,” he said
some years before. The framework of most to a gray, nnd I was In despair when the morning traffic begins. On
Canning Berry,
or “citizen doctor,” attached to the without tint of any kind, they are
«lowly, “or I should have Joined four
termed first water. If they possess a
the edifice consisted wholly of whale- until a friend suggested a remedy. She Sunday usually their manners take a
Harry and Charlie, aged 5 and 3 re
post. He was smoking bls last pipe be
months ago. I am not quite well yet,
steely
blue
color,
nt
times
almost
bone, and the dried skins of the huge advised me to wring as dry as I could rest excepting In such places ns Petti­
spectively,
have
just
been
seated
at
the
fore turning In one night when a knoc
and I—I should like some one not—a—
opalescent,
they
nrc
called
blue
white.
creatures
were neatly mid strongly fas a piece of chamois from out a basin coat lane, where business flourishes In
nursery table for dinner Harry sees
tame to the outer door of bis quarters.
completely a stranger about me for a
tened
as
a
covering for walls and roof of wnter nnd rub the piano until tlie ns lively a fashion ns In Paris.
Such
are
usually
Brazilian
stones.
Ex
­
there Is but one orange on the table
Opening it, the light of the lamp fell
Heine said that even the trees made
time at least.”
There
Is
another
building of exactly chamois was bone dry. This I have
ceptionally
perfect
stones
are
termed
and Immediately sets up a wail that
upon Spud Murphy’s face.
done ami completely restored the pol­ obeisance to Napoleon 1 when he enter­
Spud's memory at the sound and
the
same
kind
at
Peterhead.
Ill
Scot
gems,
nnd
for
such
there
Is
no
fixed
brings
his
mother
to
the
scene.
“Doctor," said the dog robber quiet­
ish."
ed Berlin. Tills wns Imaginative, yet
manner of the appeal flashed back to
“Why, Harry, what are you crying land, and In this case the skulls of the
ly, “Lieutenant Owen's almighty bad. value, the price depending on the puri­
truthful, for the weight of the crowd
whales
and
some
of
the
heavier
bones
ty
nnd
the
brilliancy
of
the
stone.
Tlie
for?" she asks.
years long past, when the man, now Will ye come and see him?”
Domestic Difference.
along Filter den Linden made a tilting
“Because there ain’t any orange for are used witli great effect ns outside
his officer, came to him as a little whin­
The Kid put away the lamp, asked term first water varies In meaning, ne
Mrs. Enpeck- .lames, you are good on sufficient for Professor Milne's pendu­
ornaments.
ing boy for protection, always cheer­ some questions, put a few things in cording to the class of goods carried by Cha rile.”—Exchange.
Innguagc. Wlint Is the difference be­ lums to have recorded distinctly. One
the
dealer
using
It.
Looked
Like
Economy.
fully accorded.
his pockets and stepped off to Owen’s
tween exported and transported?
might say the crust of the earth acta
It Is impossible to estimate th»' value
Uncle Hiram (Just back from the big
Hnnchrd Illa Blnndere.
“These dog robbln details ain't my quarters at the end of the row, Bome-
Mr. Enpeck—Why. my dear. If you like a steel spring. It bends so easily.—
of
n
diamond
by
Its
weight.
Color,
“John," said Mrs. Billus after the city)—I don't think tliat nephew of should go to England, you would l>e Everybody'« Magazine.
style, Sam—lleutennnt,” he said, "but tvliat Isolated from the rest. Owen
tad the house all to himself. Spud brllllnncy, cut nnd general perfection caller had gone away, “I wish you ottr'n Is got as milch money ns lie exported, and I-well. I would lie trans­
I’ll—I'll help ye out”
In s % icionn < ircie.
makes out lie has.
The sergeant grinned, for Spud’s followed five paces behind, as was of the stone all are to be taken Into wouldn’t bunch your blunders so.”
ported.—Sunny South.
“I wonder wlint makes a man’s hair
Aunt Emily Why. I thought yon said
“TVhat do you menu. Marla?” asked
bluntness of speech was traditional In seemly. At the house he gained on account. Of two stones, both flawless
fall out so fast when it once starts?"
and weighing ten carats, one may lie Mr. Billus.
lie had such a nice home In the city
the troop, but Owen smiled faintly, and the doctor nnd spoke hesitatingly.
The Kongo Is one of the widest water­
"Worry! Nothing tends to make a
Uncle Hiram But I didn’t tell yr
ye
“Doctor, ye'll soon see for yerself, worth $<MX) and the other 112,000 Ex
“1 didn't mind your telling her that
his eyes shot up at Murphy with a
ways on the globe. If not the finest In man bald so much as worry, and noth­
ceptlonal
stones
often
bring
special
nothin
about
him
bavin
both
them
little
and
it
’
s
no
use
lyln
alxmt
It.
If
—
if
you
were
ten
years
older
than
1,
but
passing glen in of kindliness as the old
tome parts It Is so wide that vessels ing worries a man so much as the Idea
familiar mannerism flickered, flame It’s not ngnlnst the rules nnd regula­ prices. Off color or Imperfect stones you followed It tip a minute later by girls o’ his’n jilayln on tlie same pinti may pass one another and yet be out of
that he is becoming bald" —London
like, from the dylug emliers of Ills boy­ tions, will ye keep it to yerself? It's sell at an n.iTnjre price1 per carat re­ letting It slip out that yo" were 52.”— nor at once 1 tell ye he’s a gettin bard sight.
King.
gardless of al/.i
ut>. San Francisco Chronicle.
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