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A PAY NIGHT
LOVE FEAST
»
IU C. E. DI\GW1LL.
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CoernioUT, ISul, by C.E. DtxaWAU.
I.
The mention of, Imrie's name caused
the girl new apprehension. “What
•bout Mr. Imrie?” slie ask
“John L. ? Wliy, tl;*.*y’r
by John L. as In* won
many a day," said Cusai
Ing his words meaning
• Id’s pets dou’ raise troul
'nless they got mighty
'cause tliey's quiet men.
L„
be”—
A hiccough interrupted him.
"What do you mean? Are they go-
Ing to harm him? Are they going
dowu to tm* canal?" asked Barbara.
"Who? Tlie gang
Sure.”
“With what lutetition?' >»•
“I don’ know.” Then after a slight
pause, "They got the key to the pow
der house.”
"But, Cusack, they would not harm
Mr. Imrie. would they?”
"They got nothin' particular 'gainst
John L. or Mac either, but they’re des
prit witli tlieir wrongs an’ the liquor,
don’ you see?" He swung about like a
sapling blown about In the wind. From
down tin* road tlie growl of the assem-
• bled workers continued unabated. Its
suggestive lildeotisness effectively ver
ifying tlie tenor of Cusack’s remarks.
"Oil. wlint do they intend to do to
him?" said Barbara.
“1 (lou t know throw dynamite sticks
nt him ’nless lie sees ’em first.”
She emitted a frightened little “Oh!”
and Cusack observed with satisfaction
tlint Ills efforts had been to some pur
pose.
"And yon, Andy Cusack.” slie said,
".-ire yon going to stand idle and not
warn him of his danger? Oh. can't you
do something?”
"Aw. lady, don' talk that way,” said
Cusack in a grieved tone. “John L.
“Cuxurli, xtr>p!" giild Barbara.
knows better’n anybody I wouldn’t lay
a hand 'gainst him or the company If It
wasn't for the good of the cause. But
1 run down an' got Kirby an' Chapin
that’s them that just went up. Did you
sec 'em? ail' me an' Kirby an’ Chapin
Is goln’ to try to persuade ’em different.
It's no easy job. though, I tell you. an’
If we can't persuade 'em we all got to
stick together an' go with tlie crowd.”
“Do you mean Io say you are not go
ing to warn him?”
“Please, miss.” said tlie little man
plaintively, "you can see how it is. I
can’t be a traitor to the laborin’ man.
Well. I’ll be goln’. So long.”
He gathered himself together and
pushed off. and Barbara mid Anson
watched him. Looking up the street,
they saw that the mob had started, and
the noise sounded nearer.
Barbara
thought of Imrie alone in their power.
Slie knew he was always in the office
late on pay night, helping the book
keeper close the pay rolls. He would
pay no attention to the noise of tlieir
coming, putting it down loan ordinary
pay night rout until it would I k * too
late to seel: safety III flight. Some
means must be found to acquaint him
of his (lunger, mid that quickly. There
was a short cut to the office through
the fields by which n person could ar
rive there before the mob that was tak
ing the longer road. She appealed to
the man standing beside her with per
fect contidence that she had only to
give the word nnd be obeyed.
“Mr. Anson," she commanded, "run
down and warn him"—and added am
biguously. "for me. You can cut across
lots to back of the boarding camp mid
get there before them.”
"Why—er"— began Anson, suddenly1
aroused from his speechless Interest in
the dolngsof tlieapproachlngmob. “Oh,
I don't suppose there Is anybody down
there at night.”
“He ahva.vs Is in the office ou pay
nights. I saw him go down after sup
per. and he has not returned."
“Imrie, you mean? He probably
passed by, mid you did not recognize
him. Don't you think so?”
“No; I’m sure of It.”
But I have never been down that
way, you know; nnd anyway,” as a
happy thought ’struck him. “there are
the canal police. They will surely be
able to take care of the matter, Be
lieve me. Miss Elwell, there ls no dan-
ger.”
A sad thing Indeed 13 the abrupt re
nlization by a woman that lier escort
Is not the most courageous man In the
world nnd ready at all times to brave
the terrors of the dark aud of unknown
dangers for her sake. She could find
no words for an auswer, and Inwardly
she wanted mostly to cry. But her lip
curled with an expression of the scorn
and contempt she could not utter, and
she darted Into the house; not, how-
ever, before he had seen and translated
the look she had given him.
Hooting, yelling nnd swearing, the
crowd came on, only Intent on the pur
pose they had in view, nnd payiug no
heed to the citizens who looked on
from behind their gates. Anson drew
I
back toward the house nnd watched
them. He heard the door slam, nnd,
turning, lie snw Miss Elwell, with a
mackintosh over her shoulders, and her
fingers nervously pinning a felt hat
to her head. She stepped from the
veranda and ran across the lawn.
“Stop, stop!” lie called, but uot so
loud as to be iienril by the men oil the
street. "Stop! I'll go. Come back!”
lie rau after her.
Tlie clamor drowned his voice, and
she disappeared iu the darkness, lie
hurried after her as far as the breal k
in ilie fence tliat opened iuto the field
beyond, but uo sight or sound of hei
rewarded him. “Miss Elwell!” lie call
ed hoarsely, "Miss Elwell!” No reply,
aud finally he retraced his steps slowly
and continued on toward the town.
Soon the train carried him back on his
return home from the last visit lie
»ver made to Dr, Elwell's house.
The Flan« In the Hole.
Hr! PLAYED BURGLAR
look like flatirons .
CLARK’S LATEST AHI) BEST.
Whim a garden first becomes a joyful
Cnrioui Sfon«* ImpIrinriH« <»f Ou
possibility, most |H-ople turn at once to
Hi shed with solid Disc if you want them.
Aburl|fti mcn Fu«»lr M*lrutlnta.
Wood Extension Head if you prefer it.i
the thought of roses. Now, roses have 8UT HE DID IT INNOCENTLY AND
Ml
'Nlrej,
K<-\«*i^|h|
no place in iandsea|>e gardening. As a
Among
thousand»
of
curious
object
Double Lever. Kx-
D'D IT ARTISTICALLY AS WELL
leUMlou H« .1. i
*' D ~ Harrow now on
rule they do not belong iu the front
of utility, weapon», etc., of the race»
the market Lightest draft. Due i the beet work,
yard. This may sound shocking and
Cun be used to throw the earth to < r from the tree.
that peopled North America iu prehis
Cau be drawn together al .1 used in th»- regular
heretical, but It Is true at least so far The Pioli.Ihle Scheme by Which a torlc times that one sees in the case»
length or extended as »hoi u. ft, rt and H feet cut
Sate Kspcrt W «■ Fouled nod I «ed
is tlie common double flowered roses
are reversible and carry tli Extension Head. 10
ami cabinets in tin- Smithsonian insti
and
12 feet cut are not reve
by
a
T
rio
oí
Aotorlou.
Crackaiura
ire concerned. The place for roses is
tution are some tlie or uiure curiously
to Mot at Tbelr Plauder.
in tlie flower garden, and the place for
wrought stone objects from mounds iu
FAltMEKS AND MANI HCll
ASSOCIA
01 AMEBICA,
the flown- garden is in the rear or off
To the man whose shingle bears the Tennessee bearing such a close re
ass Mission Street, San Francisco.
at one side by itself. Roses have too inscription “Safe Expert” and whose semblance to moderu flat irons that
many insect enemies. Their foliage is little shop, not far from the great dry many people have thought that such
Importers nnd dealers in
New 11(11« For Old Our«.
always being destroyed. For the ordì-
BLAKE,
goods district, contains a full assort might have been their ubc among tbelr
Not every one 1« aware of Just what
nary person It is not worth while to
prehistoric makers, although tt would
♦nt ou the flat prairie the girl ran
ment of implements for the forcible
spray them.
be hard to imagine what the primitive the United States suhtreasury will do
Wrapping...
1 ni L,,U
with all «peed. The office light wm
Probably half the plants of nil kinds opening of safes, tiie writer said, aborigines of this continent had to for a person with soiled currency. if d TOWNE
her guiding beacon. There an Intend
CARD
8TOOK
any oik * has such bills, iu no mutter
sold in America by nurserymen are “Would you lie well qualified to piny Iron.
ed victim of a druuken mob sat alone
STRAW AND BINDERS' BOARD
roses. Everybody loves roses, but iu the burglar?”
The shape and appearance of these bow small quantity, and wishes to get
.'.nd unconscious of danger, and she
1 First St.
brand
new
lolls,
nil
I
k
-
Ims
to
do
is
to
practice no one takes good care of them
“
Yes,
”
said
the
little
keen
eyed
man,
objects In every way correspond with
must save him.
t « l . main i »0. 2ft san hia S' i isio .
go
down
to
the
subtri-asury
and
hand
except tlie rose specialist. Personally 1 running his fingers through liis »cant a modern tiatiron. handle and all, aud
Tlie uol.se of the men's in-ogress came
prefer peonies to roses for my garden. hair reflectively.
"I once did nlay thus fur scientific men have been un tlie old currency over the counter. The
more faintly to her ears as she di
government will hand him in return
They have larger flowers which last
burglar. In fact, I played the star role aide to discover what they were used
verged from tlieir route. Farther up
new bills of any desired denomination.
longer than roses. They make a more
the canal the night shift was at work
in a safe cracking enterprise. I was for. It is, however, Just a little singu-
I’erliups under a strict interpretation
compact aud shapely bush, have au
lar that wrought stones, similar to the
mid there was light iu plenty, but
abundance of rich, dark green foliage, the Innocent means by which a whole ones from tlie Tennessee mounds, have of the law tin- government clerk might
everywhere else was the gloom of a
come into bearing earlier, are hardier sale house was robbed of several thou been found in Fern among the tomba of refuse certain bills on the plea that
wet night.
Somewhere near the
and longer lived than most roses, and sand dollars which had been taken in (lie Incas and at tlie necropolis of An they were still til for circulation, but
boarding camp a quartet of negro
they nre remarkably free from insects too late in the day to be banked.
con. The old Spanish writers, men III practice tin- government is inclined
voices aud the tinkle of string lustra-
and disease. All they lack is poetry,
“
1
was
in
business
then
in
another
who accompanied 1’lzzaro in the con to be very Obliging, and. unless the sup
meats pointed out tlie location of a
perfume,
thorns
and
bugs.
city.
I
was
sitting
smoking
at
my
quest
of that country, state that the ply of clean mom*) on hand should
liaifpy, careless crowd, Except for
But I shall not quarrel with any one simp door about 8 o’clock one evening ancient Peruvians, who were great happen to be temporarily short, the
that and tlie sound of working ma
who prefers roses. If you really want when a messenger boy came with a builders, used these wrought stones, or clerk will without hesitation hand over
cliinery coining softly from the scene
roses, you would better have them even note on tlie letter paper of a well so called flatirons, as trowels in plas- perfectly new ami unfolded bills In re
of the night shift’s operations aud tlie
" hen the Suu Francis.-a business men were
turn for money which Ims s been folded investigating
if you fail.—Wilhelm Miller in Pilgrim. known bouse asking me to come at terIng walls with mortar.
the Fulton Compouinlii they
moll's indistinct growl all was »till as
possibly only a very tew times.
once
with
my
tools
to
the
office
of
the
heard
that l)r. (' I’ Zeile had both Bright’s
Tlie
objects
found
in
one
of
the
Ten
death. Not seeing danger to herself
As
a
matter
of
fact
a
vast
amount
Kllllna ii Hull Without a Weapon.
D
isch
He
and
Di
firm.
etc-.. UlKl was given up us lu
nessee mounds are the only ones that
slie did not realize its presence. But
Cayetano, a famous Spanish toreador,
"The office was lighted up, and a were ever found In the United States, of money Is tinned in which could not curable, and lit > walled ou him ami got him U
fortunately, tills being pay night,
once was si rolling across a meadow port ly, prosperous looking man sat at ami the only way to account for their have circulated among more than half take it. Now for the sequel, 'thia letter was
these places of abode were untenanted
with a couple of friends when bis at n roll top desk, while two clerks, presence in that locality is to suppose a dozen hands, But it is all risieemed written U months later
just then, and »he was not confronted
"522 I’aciti. st., Sun Francisco Sept. 7, l*Jl
tention was attracted by an old and perched on stools, were working at that In pre-Columbian times a great and the new currency issued in ex-
witli tlie danger
"Dear Sirs: 1 have conducted my own phar
infuriated bull which was galloping to some books.
deni of Peruvian material reached change, Tlie Hubtreasury supplies tlie niiu v on m\ own property ou Pacific St. for lor
would cause.
ward them i witl> lowered head and
" ‘I am Mr. ----- ,' said the portly one, countries far to the north of the isth new cash, too, without any expense, ty eight years. heii< niv usHociatea num be i
Tlie unwonted exertion exhausted
some of the best olu school physicians 1 had
erect tail, Cayetano had no weapon, giy'ng the name of the head of the mus by means of intertribal trade.— no matter ' if millions are to lie ex- chronic
Bright’s Disease an I IhabetcN of lony
her, and she had to stop for breath.
changed. -! New York Times.
not even a cane,
<
tint lie seized a dust- firm. 'Something has gone wrong with Washington Post.
standing, which got so M*rIou.-> tliat in Octobei
Tlie memory of cruel words spoken in
iH^t
the
judgment of my medical friends wa*
of ills friends was ear- the safe, and I want you to open it.
coat which one
i
that three months would sec th- end. We ul
a thoughtless moment recurred to her
Didn't Fear Ills Ilea,I Patient«.
r.ving over ills arm. As soon as the The combination is 0-27-45, but some
looketl up n the mere suggestion of a cure a-
again mid again and caused a smiting
NATURAL HISTORY.
and visionary Hut I yielded to thf
bull got dost- to them Cayetano hade thing must have broken Inside, for it
There is a doctor of the old school in empirical
carne*tuess of the parties, and the insistency
of tier conscience out of all proportion
one of tlie New England villages near ol one of m\ family, ami went on the Fultut
liis companions make tlieir escape won’t open, and we have got to get
to tlie enormity of the offense, and wliile he engaged tlie animal's atten
Some of the caterpillars found in tho Randolph, Mass., whose house Is sur Compouml for Bright’s Disease as a test. The
first week 1 improved, but thought it a coinci
(■itch time it urged her on to renewed tion. Using tlie coat as a capa, he some books out of the safe tonight.’
vicinity of tlie Darling river, Austra
rounded by a cemetery. The cemetery deuce. Hut »»very w. ek thereafter the improve
"As
1
tried
the
combination
which
tlie
frantic endeavor tliat she might not drove tlie bull crazy with fury, step
lia, tire over six inches in length.
nient continued The time for the fatal end
Is
behind
the
house
and
comes
up
Hush
passed and I was still growing stronger. Tin?
lie too late to ask his forgiveness. ping aside with tlie deftest agility at man had given me he explained that lie
Tlie lenders of a flock of migrating with tlie road on either side, running continued
till July, when the last trace of bolt
had
locked
the
safe
when
he
went
out
Only tliat she might have strength to each of the animal's charges. In this
wild geese become tired sooner than off to east and west for an eighth of a albuuieu and sugar disappeared. 1 suppose ]
to
dinner
uiul
was
unable
to
open
it
I
ihyc
/iven
Compounds to a dozen, and they
take her to him in time so she could manner he caused tlie bull to turn
others and are frequently relieved by mile. Some people might find such a all reiorted the
favorably However unreasouabk
have an opportunity to let him know sharply in tlie midst of its onward when he came back.
their fellows.
it
iiitv appear
curt has been found
house lot doleful, and surely the neigh If those interested tin»
"It was ( ne of those 'alum' filled
care to call at my drug
she was sorry and repentant and hear rushes until tinnlly an ominous crack
Tlie gray buzzard is said to be the bors are not lively. But that thought store I will he glad to tell all I know concern
him say In reply that he forgave—that was heard, and tlie bull fell in a heap, cafes, and 1 suspected rust had done its heaviest bird that flies, the young
ing this important inatter The discovery i‘
never troubled the villagers so much as s<
t-end o' lv in lmperiance to the discovery
was all she craved. If she were too witli its backbone broken by tlie sud work inside
mules, when food Is plentiful, weighing t lie prospect of going home at night, of a cure for consumption
"
'Nothin;;
to
do
but
drill
it
open.'
late? A suggestion of his possible fate den wrench given by the animal’s ab
“C aul D Z eii . r
nearly forty pounds. The bird Is near I n the country towns of New England
said I.
floated over from the road at a louder rupt swerve.
ly
extinct.
he
graveyard
at
night
Is
still
a
tiling
t!
" ‘Go ahead.’ said the portly one, 'and
spasm of snarling from tlie men. and
Tlie terrapin lives largely upon crabs, of terror, an inherited terror. There
don’t keep me here any longer than you
she cried aloud In an agony of despair.
III. Own Medicine Cheat.
lie never eats Ills food, but bolts it. an1 still towns where nil the graves arc
can
help.
’
The music sounded nearer. The
The surgeon of* an English ship of
"With that he turned to his desk, and IBs favorite tidbit is the crab's claw', dug on a line running due east and
buildings of the boarding camp loomed war was noted for the monotony of his
which he swallows whole with the west, witli tlie footstones toward the
up on one hand. She would have to prescriptions, He apparently consid- 1 worked away unsuspectingly. There greatest relish.
east so that tlie dead may rise face to
was
dead
silence
except
when
the
man
pass In close proximity to them and a cred salt water taken externally or
The glowworm lays eggs which, it is face witli tlie Judge on the last day So
at
the
desk
spoke
to
one
or
the
other
momentary spasm of fear for herself Internally as a cure for all the ills that
said, are themselves luminous. How tlie doctor is often asked tlie question,
attacked her. With beating heart she flesh Is heir to, for he ordered his pa of the clerks about some account, and
« í
ever. the young hatched from them are “Are you not afraid to go home some
sped by. hearing tlie mumble of voices tients to take it, no matter what might the tread of the policeman on that bent
not possessed of those peculiar proper times at night?”
could be brui’* us tie puugvd the office.
close at hand. The light from the be the malady presented to liis notice.
And liis answer is always the same:
“I did not realize until afterward that ties until after the first transformation.
bunkhouse windows revealed her for
One day be went sailing with a par I was working out of view of the pass
Tlie Fimh limi k.
A whistling moth is an Australian "No. My neighbors will never trouble
an instant to a couple of lounging ty of friends, and in the course of a
“The tishliawk tells us when the
ing policeman, for the safe was behind rarity. There Is a glassy space on the me. They all owe me money.’’—New
workers, nnd one of them gave vent squall the boat was upset, and the
shad begin to run up the river," said a
'he bookkeeper's desk, but the nhudeB wings crossed with ribs. When tha York Tribune.
to a loud, meaningless whoop. Her surgeon came near being drowned.
Gloucester fisln*rinan. “We have learn
were up and the mutt at the roll top moth wants to whistle, It strikes these
heart was In her throat. All became
"Well,” sold the captain of the ship desk and the bookkeepers^couki be ribs with Its antenna.*, which have a
Fielding and "Torn Jonei."
cd that it isn't much use to cast the
black, and slie was overcome with a when lie was told of the narrow es
Notwithstanding the good prices he nets, no mutter how mild tlie weatliei
knob at the end. The sound is a love
plainly seen from the street.
numbing weakness and stumbled and cape, “I’m glad you were saved, lint
received for his books, Fielding was may lie, until Mr I'ishlmwk swoops
“I got out my bits, adjusted the cull from the male to the female.
sank to the ground In a limp heap it liardly seems possible in any event brace, and soon steel was biting steel,
always more or loss in difficulties from down oil us. When he coinvu sailing
alongside of a pile of machinery. Iler that you could have really drowned in
Ilepaid In Kind.
his reckless mode of living.
“Tom up tlie bay, we know it's time to get to
but the sound of the ratchet was drown
ear emight tlie sound of maudlin your iiw.li medicine chest, now does it,
At a certain ball In the country the Jolies," however, was nearly being sac work. Lots of farmers down Jersey
ed by the click of the typewriter, for
laughter.
Tlie thought that they doctor?”
the portly party began dictating to one other evening a gentleman undertook rificed in one of liis impecunious tits would never think to start planting un
might follow and find her there gave
of the clerks ns soon as I began drilling to Introduce a companion to a young for til«' sum of £25 The publisher for til the lisliluiwks come. I don't believe
Jnvenlle Erudition.
her strength, and she rose and ran
but somewhat stout Indy, wiio seemed tunately asked for a day to consider if they have ever been later than April
Here are a few extracts from compo the safe. When 1 thought It nil over
blindly ou, not knowing whether In
lie could risk sueli a sum. and Fielding 12. though. They work tlieir way up
afterward, it occurred to me that this to be (lining for a dance.
sitions
written
by
boys
in
a
high
school
the right direction or not.
“No, thanks, old fellow. I don’t care in the meantime met Thomson, the tlie coast from Florida and the other
war
to
cover
tlie
sound
of
m.v
opera
Imrle was alone in the office, stand of Vienna:
poet, to whom he told the transaction, southern waters curly in March, when
to waltz with a cart”
“Many a man lies down in good tions.
ing behind a high desk, at work on his
A “cart" Is understood in the district Thomson scorned the Idea of Fielding tlie tisli begin to come north. They fol
"In half an hour 1 had a hole in the
reports when there burst through the health and gets up dead.”
referred to ns a partner who does not parting witli liis brains for such a sum low the big schools of herring, as a
“in Itome the bones of the martyrs front of the safe, and a little manipu
doorway a moist mid rattier bedraggled
lation got the tumblers Into place, nnd do her share of the dancing, but has to and offered to get him better terms, rule, because (lie herring swim close to
were
collected
and
torn
by
wild
apparition Iu a mackintosh, witli limp
lint Fielding felt himself partly pledg getlier, mid tin- hawk has easy picking.
be drawn around.
the door swung open.
tufts of brown tresses all awry beneath beasts.”
A few evenings later the same young ed. Never did author wait more anx The shad follow tlie herring, aud when
"
'Here
you
are,
sir,
’
said
I,
and
tlie
"Iluuinii beings ceased to walk ou all
the dripping hat aud a face flushed
Indy, who had overheard the conversa iously on r publisher hoping to he ac tlie tishliawk comes we know the shad
portly man came around to the safe.
with exertion, half hidden In the turn four and walked on tlie hindmost."
’’’Very neatly done,’ be said. ‘You’d tion. beheld the young man seeking an cepted than did Fielding hoping to be are not far behind.”- Philadelphia Rec
"He
sacrificed
a
rich
woman
and
oth
ed up collar. He dropped his work, all
ord.
Introduction aud asking If be might refused. He was refused!
make n good burglar.’
the surprise It Is possible to feel being er priests.”
Joyfully he curried his manuscript to
have the honor, etc.
“
‘
But
tlie
sound
of
the
ratchet
would
“Hannibal stood with one foot in
expressed on his countenance.
How Hiilr.ao Wrote.
"No, thunk you.” she replied. “1 may Thomson to fulfill his promise. Tlie
bring tlie "cops," ’ said 1.
“Miss Elwell!” he exclaimed and Spain, wliile witli the other he beckon
Of all literary toilers ltalzae was cer
“ ‘True.’ remarked tlie man. and, be a curt, but I am not a donkey cart!” poet introduced Fielding to Andrew
ed
to
the
troops.
”
went to her.
Miller, who handed the book over to tainly the most eccentric in liis meth
—London Tit-Bits.
“God’s punishment followed imme drawing out a roll of bills, he handed
“Run! They’re coming!” she gasped
ills wife to rend. She discerned its ods. At first lie would write liis-novel
me
$20.
and got no further for lack of breath. diately after ten years.”
merits and advised her husband to in a few pages, liardly more than the
The Scepter.
" ’Is that right?’ he asked.
She caught at his arm, and he assisted
keep it. Over ii pleasant dinner given plot. These would be sent to the print
The
scepter
was
the
emblem
of
pow
“
‘
Quite
rb
’
lit,
’
I
replied.
‘
Shall
I
come
The Chimney Swift.
her to a chair, but she remained stand
er. As the silver wand, so familiar in by Miller to Fielding and Thomson tlie er. wlm would return the few printed
Occasionally a bin! Is strong minded In the morning to fix the safe?’
ing.
" ‘No.’ sain he, ‘I will have the mak cathedrals, was once hollow, containing bargain was made which seemed columns of matter pasted into the cen
enough
to
break
away
from
old
tradi
"No, no. Run for your life!” she
tlie “virge” or rod with which chastise Fielding, to his great delight, £200 for ter of several large sheets. On this mar
ers of the safe attend to It.’
said hurriedly.
"They are coming tions Before this country was settled
ment was inflicted upon the choristers tho story. Miller is said to have clear gin Balzac would work, sketching his
"As
I
gathered
up
my
tools
the
port
down here to wreck everything, and the swift nested in hollow trees, but ly man directed one of the clerks to and younger members of the founda ed £18,000 by "'loin Jones." out of characters, eoin|*oslng the dialogue and
after
trees
begun
to
lie
cut
down
and
they mean harm to you.”
which he paid Fielding from time to perhaps altering entirely the original
chimneys arose above the roofs of get out the Itooks that were needed, tion, so the royal scepter represented time various sums to the amount of
“Who?"
plot of the book. For four or live times
(lie right to inflict punishment. Hence
aud he went back to the desk,
houses
everywhere
the
birds
were
"The men. A whole mob of them,
£2.000, liequentbing him also a hand
this process was repeated until at last
the
expression
“
to
sway
the
scepter
”
trundled
back
to
m.v
shop,
meet-
“
I
quick to perceive that tires are general
and they are all—oh, all tipsy!”
the few columns had assumed tile pro
Ing the policeman at the corner, and implied the holding of regal dignity. some legacy.
“Our men? Coming down here to ly out by the time their nesting season while I was standing chatting with The scepter with the dove possessed the
portions of n volume. Tills extraordi
arrives.
Therefore
why
not
take
ad
wreck everything? impossible!”
The Strni-lnre of Ferna.
nary way of building a book naturally
additional signification of tlie Holy
him the trio came out of the office.
“They are. Listen!” A low murmur, vantage of tlie innovation? So com
When flowering plants usually inate ran away with a considerable share of
Ghost,
as
controlling
the
actions
of
the
“
’
You
can
come
dow
’
n
an
hour
later
barely audible, could lie heard through pletely did they forsake tlieir old nest than usual in the morning.’ said the sovereign. The same idea was con seed, that is generally the last effort tiie profits on the work. - Golden Penny.
tlie open windows, mingled with tlie ing sites to mild iu chimneys that the portly man ns be climbed into a han veyed at Reims by the beautifu cere- for plant life. The seed is the beginning
sounds from the working face of the name chimney swift is now universally som that had rolled up to the office, mony of letting loose a number of of tlie life of tlie new plant. Ferns,
llnlk'-d by n Woman.
canal cutting. “That's them,” slie con applied to them.- Ladies’ Home Jour nnd. shouting the name of a well doves at the coronation of the French however, only produce spores for re
When William E. Chandler was see
tinued. “They are all crazy tnad about nal.
productive purposes. These spores ger rotary of the navy, lie Issued an order
known club to the driver, lie pulled kings.—Good Words.
some grievance against you and the
minate and go through tlie same proc that officers should not permit their
Pimples.
the doors to and was driven away.
company. Oh, Mr. Imrle, hurry! They
ess subsequently that flowers go wives to reside nt the foreign stations
Crushed,
"Before noon the next day the po
A great many persons nre troubled
will soon be here.”
"You talk mighty glib about the cor- through In the production of seeds. The to which their busbnnds were attached.
with pimples on the face, which are un liceman whom 1 had talked with and
“Our men?" repeated Imrie, not at sightly nt best, and especially annoying a detective came into my shop.
ruptlon In this ward,” interrupted a spores expand when tlie germinating Tlie order was promptly rescinded
all comprehending, anil added, “How when they come, as they often do, on
upon tlie receipt by the secretary of
“ ‘That was a neat job you did last sallow faced man in the audience, time c< mes and form a flat, green mem
do you know this?”
“What business Is It of yours? Have brane. What arc then really tlie flowers the following from Commodore Fyffe,
tlie nose. Of course they arise from night.' said the policeman.
“That little Cusack told mo, and f some impurity of the blood and need
’• ‘What?’ i asked, the nature of the you got any permanent Investments in appear on this membrane. An a general iu command of the Asiatic squadron:
ran down here to tell you.”
rule after these fern flowers have ma "It becomes my painful duty to report
constitutional treatment, but until this work I had done not yet dawning on this ward?”
"Alone?” he asked in amazement.
"Yes. 1 have!” thuudered the orator. tured the membrane dries up and dis that my wife, Eliza Fyffe, lias in dis
Is obtained a safe and easy way of pre me.
“Yes; hurry.”
" ‘The looting of----- ’s safe,’ said the "Fellow citizens. I once lent that man a appears. In one family of ferns, how obedience to my orders and in tlie face
venting them Is to apply arnica to the
"Alone across the toughest half mile skin. A pimple never comes without policeman ’Come along.'
ever. natives of New Holland, mi med of regulations of tlie department taken
dollar.”
of country In the state or Illinois? You warning. A few hours before there is
phityceritim.
thin green blade Is perinn- up her residence on tlie station and per
He
was
not
Interrupted
again.
—
Chi-
"The portlv person who employed
—you did this for me?” be cried, end nlwa.vs a slight inflammation or swell me to open the snfe was a well known ci •ago Tribune.
nent and continues to enlarge, beeoni- sistently refuses to leave."
ing In almost a shout of exultation and ing, and if a drop of arnica be applied burglar who had ‘made up' to imper
Ing really a portion of the plant, Every
I’Im* hn Drnfi llonten.
looking down Into the depths of her to tlie spot when the swelling begins sonate ‘he 'lend of the firm, nnd the
year a new blade is formed which
Mock For Little.
Latriella mentions a flea which drag
eyes, which for n second, at his words, half a dozen applications In the course two clerks were confederates, one of
McJigger—I saw Markley blowing off spreads over the old ones The large
lost their feared look and became suf of n day will drive the pimple back un whom bad got a place with the firm that theatrical manager to a ten dollar plant is of n totally different character, god a silver c.-innon of twenty-four
times its own weight and showed no
fused witli a soft light of newly realiz
having the fronds of ordinary ferns.
dinner yesterday.
to get the lay of the land.
der the skin.
fear when tin- tiny piece was charged
ed affection He forgot completely the
Thingumbob—Yes, a scheme of bls,
“They had tnken possession of the
witli gunpowder and tired off. llene
exigency of flic moment.
The Obedient Child.
office after it was closed for the dny. nnd^'t worked beautifully. He was
Inillnn Enallah.
also says that once lie saw three fleas
“Oh, dear, can't you hurry?" she
There
was
once
a
little
girl
who
working
him
for
a
couple
of
passes.
—
An intelligent sepoy one day came to and, not daring to blow open the safe,
said. “Don't stand here while every a telegraph office in India and handed because that would have made the po Philadelphia Press.
found it very hard to wash her hands drag an omnibus and a pair dragging
minute puts you In grenter danger.”
just
before dinner. She meant to be a chariot and a single one pulliug a
In a message to send to a station in lice swoop down on them, they had
clean for tlie I a Ide, but there was so brass cannon mounted on wheels.
Marital Confldence«.
Instead of acquiescing he prolonged central India. Having read the mes boldly sent for me to ‘do the job,' neat
Mrs. Benham-Don’t you think I grow many tilings to think of that it was
the moment of sweet triumph, until sage, tlie operator said there was some ly possessed themselvea of nearly $4.-
of the Wildcat.
impossible to remember. Her mother
slie veiled her eyes from his steady thing wrong. “No, sahib; me knows 000 that was In the safe and were better looking as I grow older?
To say that a dog can “whip his
reproved
her
very
severely
one
day,
Benhnm— Yes. and It’s really too bad
gaze.
Then he leisurely went to English,” he said. Again an attempt across the Canadian border before the
weight in wildcats" is to pay about the
M’Keon's desk and pulled down the was made to explain to him that it robbery was discovered when the of you can’t live as long ns they did in and she promised to do better. That
highest tribute to bls strength, courage
Bible times. You might then become a day nt dinner her mother asked tlie
top. shut the door and locked It and was wrongly worded. “Me knows fice was opened the next day.
usual question, "Have you washed and activity, and there are very few
fumbled tn Ills pocket for a bunch of English,” be declared haughtily and
“I told mv story to the magistrate veritable beauty.—New York Time«
dogs that would care to earn such a
your
hands, dear?”
keys, witli exasperating slowness se indignantly. "If you no send, me re and was released on bonds to nppear
tribute if they understood all it Implied.
“Yes." came the satisfied reply.
Cool.
lecting one for a drawer of the desk.
port Superintendent Mandalay.” Thus aa a witm ss when the trio were
Her mother looked smilingly down at Not that a wildcat is of a specially ag
Briggs—It Isn’t the man who cuts off
She stood consumed with impatience threatened, the message was forward caught.
gressive disposition. On the contrary,
tlie while, and finally asked, "Aren’t ed, “Come quick; father dangerously
“The papers called me ’the Innocent the most coupons who cuts the most the little one's liands, and then site ut lie would sooner mind his own business
tered
an
exclamation,
for
there
whs
you going?”
dead.”
burglar.’ th- name stuck to me and Ice.
any time than tight. So anxious is he
Griggs—He doesn’t have to. His cool no sign that soap or water had been
"No, I guess not." he replied calmly.
hurt my business, and the police were
Rnbhlnix It In.
"Why, your hands are ns a rule to keep out of trouble that he
"Why? Oh, please, please. I won't
rather attentive to me. so | came here thousands answer well enough for him. used on them.
Bot-em (11:57 p. m.)—When I was a
black,” she said. “Didn't you say you has often been accused of cowardice,
atay here another minute. Why don’t
—Boston Transcript.
Rome yenra sgo." —New York Times.
but lie has on so many occasions given
the
child,
my
nurse
made
me
afraid
of
washed them?”
you go?”
III. Open Kye.
The I'artlna of the Way,
evidence of the most desperate cour
dark.
"Well,
I
Just
did.
mamma,
but
I
was
“Well, in the first place,” he said, "I
A man tlie other day went to a Bos
He (wiio part» liis hair in the middle) afraid 1 11 forget, so I washed
age that it is doubtful if the accusation
Miss Cutting—Oh, that accounts tor
think there Is some mistake; but if that
ton dentist to lure a tooth extracted — I will never marry a woman who right after breakfast.”—New
Is a fair one. When wounded or at bay,
Is not the case a little Intimidation at it.
and decided to tike gHS. Tlie doctor parts her hair on the side,
lie is perhaps as dangerous as any cren-
Press.
Borem
—
Accounts
for
what?
the start might change their minds.
administered the hypnotic, and the
Rhe (wiio parts her hair ou tlie side)—
ture of his size.
till
Miss
Cutting
—
You
are
waiting
Kirby nnd Chapin nnd some more of
A Hard Domestic Knot,
man soon appeared to be under its in And I can assure you that I will never
the handy chaps will be around some daylight so you can go home.—Chicago fluence, but lie continued to keep one marry a mini wiio parts his hair in the
in a deuce of a fix. My wife’s
To Make an Inipre.oiIon.
“
I'm
where, and will take n hand In any News.
got the telephone craze.”
Mr. Fargone—My dear friend, I am
eye open.
middle. (Silence.)
fracas that should uccur. Aud, besides,
In despair. That girl's heart is as bard
A Sufferer.
"Well?"
This worried the doctor,
he gave
He—We may ns well part forever
there nre several thousands of dollars
“If I put one in, she'H swear I’m as steel. 1 can make no impression on
"Yes, Pilcher broke down and had to the man more gns. Still
eye re then.
in the safe, and it would not look well go away for bis health.”
•weet on the telephone girl."
it!
ma i tied open. "Shut that eye," sa id the
for me to”—
Bomehow whenever we hear a man
“Certainly.”
“What was the mntter with him?”
Friend—You don't go at it in the
doctor finally, losing patience.
"But for my sake.” she said impul-
“And if I don't, she'll say It's because right way Try diamouds. They are
"Every complaint known to man.”
“Can’t,” said the man In n drowsy called an Adonis we long to bnnt him
•ively. “You think only of tlie eotn-
up and smash his pretty nose.—Atcbl I’m afraid the thing'll expose my du harder than steel.
“How could that be?”
voice; “it's glass."
puny. John, for my sake."
plicity.”—Baltimore News.
•on Globe.
"He was a rental agent.”—Indianapo-
KERS’
MOEEITT
I ION
papers
ANOTHER
PIONEER.