Who imj i ipp. a i ■ to «r nil fl fl 'I |H At the top i t eu li silt ft lie eie.ir. tl bis throat ut the Is'ltom luoiatvued bis Huger*. tini er dal not understand llis ■I»w i, but the others did. ami lie « tt n :: « Old Men knew that it made tbotli gugry. Some­ times it in .to them very uugry. and ume a Bi.in cursed him ill Single sylla files, stinging and tense, till the man at the table rappetl bis mouth shut. For an Interminable period tlie man read. His monotonous singsong utter­ ance lured lmber to dreamiug, and be was dreaming deeply wheu the man ceased. A voice sjioke to him in bis own Whitefish tongue, and he roused Up. without Mirprlse. to look U(>ou the fun* of Ins sister's son. a young man who had wandered away years agone to make liis dwelling with the whites. "Thou dost • not remember me." he said, by way of greeting. "Nay.” Imls'r answered. "Thou art Howkan, who went away. Tliy mother be dead." “She was an old woman." said How­ kan. But lmls*r did not hear, and How kail, with hand upon Ills shoulder, roused him again. "I shall speak to thee what the man lias spoken, which is Hie tale of the troubles thou bast done and which thou bast told. O fool, to th«* Cnptnin Alexander. And thou shalt understand and say if it be true talk or tu Ik not true, it is so commanded.” Howkan had fallen among the uils- slon folk and been tailgilt by tliem to read and write, In Ids bands he held the many fine sheets from which tlie man had read aloud aiul which had las'll taken down by a clerk when Im her first made confession, through the mouth of Jimmy, to Captain Alexan­ der. Howkan began to read, lmber listened for a space, when a wonder­ ment rose tip in bls face, and he broke In abruptly: Yet “That be my talk. Ilowkan. from tliy lips it comes when thy ears have not heard.” Howkan smirked with self apprécia tlon. His hair was parted In the mid die. "Nay. from the paper It comes. O lmber! Never bave my ears heard I.la eyM grew dull. as though a film rose up Ind coveretK them from the World And te dreamed as only ini can dream upon the colossal futility of youth. Howkun roused iitn, again Later__ saying: “Stand up. O (tuber, It be commanded that thou tell why thou didst these troubles and slew these people and at the end journeyed her«* seeking tin law.” SILENT HM« MEN WOMAN AND FASHION selr Boil» su|»«*rl». I<«H Ibelr Hooks Xre V.*tthout llorb». JEU SKIT ; ES THAT HAVE BEEBNoTtD l'hre«' of us. t«i Amerleiiiis and one .’afiai.v»' started out 111 Jlurlkishas ,'roiu Tuipe’i. the modern rapltal of ;i' . , may easily detach liimse f* a or an eddy or by fouling ail know how it is done : rou rlence with pin hook ami thread m tbe brooks at home. The Japanese, liowM'ver, have imother method of fishing which may be as new to some of our readers as it was to me. It is quite successful. They catch one. fish in any way they can and then fasten the line securely through Its upper jaw, passing it through the roof of tlie mouth and out at th«' top of the upper jaw well in front of the eyes and then attach through tin* body of tlie tlsli not far in front of the tall a horsehair to which is tied a three pronged barbless hook, which trails in line with the tisli and a few inches be­ hind. while it is slowly worked up the stream by tlie fisherman. Tbe theory is that other fishes, seeing the captive moving along as though feeding or per­ haps spawning, will pursue it and be­ come impaled on the hooks. In point of fact that does happen, as I saw a Chinaman take two tine trout in tills manner. Our success with the flies was poor. We got thirteen or fourteen fingerlings, but we saw tlie fish we wished to iden­ tify caught in fairly good numbers by tlie Chinese fishing with decoys. For­ est and Stream. AS «listjts OF •ORD'k ••»me ol the W iirld'n <4rt-|luH (»»•* artera llmr Been »•A»li«B to* l.aniriuiBe n> The» Have pr<-s pro*. • aal or Herd» bi FISHING IN FORMOSA HenowS. It is a curious anil Interesting fhet that n. ,ny of the wueí N h greatest men |iai> teen as sparing of words as they A NERVOUS WAIT. Copyright, 1WJ, by Jack London bave lavn prodigal of dtads. Waled Natsllon •••■> its Odrad It is doubtful If there (¡ver lived a Became Totally Dark. mere taciturn man tl*j. Wallenstein, “I went to n Fifth avenue church last pushing Know I vage the famous commander of the Austrian * ~kt the barracks a man was being more Sunday night.” said a man who is good I A I tried for liis life. He was an Interior dialects. irmy during the thirty years' war. It once a week, “ and quite unexpectedly “Him Whitefish man,” be said to I^Yl old man. a native from the got a new sensation. The church was Is said of Wallenstein that he “lived in Emily Travis. "Me savve um talk no Whitefish river, which empties brilliantly I dated, but something went tn atmosphere of silence” ami never ut­ into the Yukon below Lake la? Barge. very much. Him want to look see chief wrong with the electrical apparatus, tered a word that was not absolutely All Dawson was wrought up over white man.” and all of a sudden most of the lights necessary, nor would he permit others “The governor,” suggested Dicken the affair and likewise tbe Yukon went out. Midway In the building two to speak in his presence more than was sen. dwellers for a thousand miles up and or three bunches of bulbs continued to tssentftil. One of his chamtsTlains was Jimmy talked some more with the down. It has been tbe custom of the Hud a sepulchral twilight, but the pul- bunged for waking Wallenstein with Whitefish man, and his face became land robbing and sea robbing Anglo- I it was shrouded In darkness, and nerv­ needless noise, ills servants were so grave and puzzled. Saxon to give the tow to conquered ous memliers of the congregation begun many mutes, not daring to open tlielr “I t'iuk um want Cap'n Alexander," peoples, and ofttimes this law is harsh. lips in his presence, and he was sur to fidget. But In the case of lmber the law for be explained. "Him say um kill white "This condition of affairs lasted for rounded by patrols, and the approach«*s white boy, plenty man, white woman, once seemed Inadequate and weak. In some minutes until the choir bad fin­ to his house were barricaded by chains the mathematical nature of things kill um white people, Him want to ished an anthem. Then the preacher to preserve liim from the least disturb­ die. ” equity did not reside in tbe punish­ arose and requested the people to re­ ance. In comparison with Wallenstein, “ Insane, I guess, ” said. Dickensen. ment to be accorded him. The pun­ main quietly seated for half a minute it lias been r«*eorded. Diogenes would little round yoke In the back and the “What you call dat?” ishment was a foregone conclusion, in total darkness, when the church have been a chut terbox and William princess front. There are so few styles Dickensen thrust a finger figuratively there could be no doubt of that, and. would be fully illuminated again. With the Silent a brawler. though it was capital, lmber had but Inside bls head and imparted a rotary But silence is a characteristic of many for children of tills age that^iny inno­ the words the few remaining lights motion thereto. one life, while the tale against him of the world's most famous soldiers. vation is welcomed. The frock consists went out, and for a space darkness like “Mebbe so, mebbe so,” said Jimmy, was one of scores. Napoleon boasted that In his dealings of only five pieces, and the little prin­ that of a coal hole prevailed. In fact, tbe blood of so many was returning to lmber, who still demanded with men hi* never wasted a word ami cess front affords a place for a lilt of “It was the weirdest, most uncanny upon his hands that the killings attrib the chief man of the white men. made monosyllables answer most pur­ embroidery, although the 1 portion wait I ever had. Every man and wo­ A mounted policeman (unmounted uteil to him did not permit of precise post's. But nothing escaped his eyes, which outlines the front is really all the man of the soo or 1,000 in that church enumeration. Smoking a pipe by the for Klondike service) joined the group and he could compress more within a trimming necessary. .ffly material that was as still as death almost. I sup lends Itself to tucks is suitable to the trail side or lounging around the stove, and heard Ituber’s wish repeated. He pose the darkness did not last a minute, sentence than most men could convey mode. men made rough estimates of the num­ was a stalwart young fellow, broad in a quarter of an hour. but it seemed to me to be an hour, bers that bad perished at bis band. shouldered, deep chested, legs clean The great Duke of Marlborough when When the lights again leaped out there Artificial Flower Trimmings. They had beeh whites, all of them, built and stretched wide apart, and. was a sigh of relief from every person receiving reports from his generals Artificial flowers are more fashiona­ tall though lmber was, he towered these poor murdered people, and they would produce his wateli and say, “ I in the church. I guess they all felt as ble this season than for years and are had been slain singly, in pairs and In above film by a head. His eyes were queer about it as I did.”—New York will give you a minute." And it was worn for many different occasions, but cool and gray and steady, and be car ­ parties. And so purposeless and wan­ likely to go hard with the officer who especially for evening wear. The love­ Press. ton bad been these killings that they i 1 ried himself with the peculiar confi did not observe the limitation. To his ly, graceful sprays of these flowers dence of power that is bred of blood had long been a mystery to the mount staff the Duke of Wellington was al­ (and one may have any favorite flower) HORSEHAIR FOR BOWS ed police, even in the time of the cap­ and tradition. His splendid masculin­ ways more or less a sphinx. A nod or are charming arranged on low corsages, tains, and later, when the creeks real- ity was emphasized by bis excessive Only Black or White From H unn I o or a shake of the head was often the only beginning at tlie right shoulder and ex­ Germany I n I Ned. lzeil nnd a governor came from the boyishness—he was a mere lad—and response they could get from him, and tending across the front of tlie waist so bis smooth cheek promised a blush as Dominiou to make the land pay for its There is a vast amount of horsehair when once he was asked what in* con­ ns to give the desired “long line.” willingly as the cheek of a maid. prosperity. annually used in the United States for sidered tilie best equipment of a com­ Again, a band of small flowers en lmber was drawn to him at once. But more mysterious still was the making and repairing violin, violon­ mander lie answered, “A long head and masse is effective arranged in bertha coming of lmber to Dawson to give The Are leaped into Ills eyes at sight of /C cello and bass viol bows. All of the a silent tongue.” effect, small buds and dainty foliage or himself up. In was in the late spring, a saber slash that scarred his cheek hair comes from Germany and Rus­ Von Moltke almost rivaled Wallen­ feathery grasses forming a fringe. He rah a withered hand down the sia, in which countries the tails of stein in taciturnity. He never opened Changing tlie flowers for different occa­ when tbe Yukon was growling and writhing under Its lee, that the old In young fellow’s leg and caressed tlie horses are generally allowed to grow ills mouth if a gesture would suffice, sions makes a complete transformation He smote the broad swelling thew. dlan climbed painfully up tlie bank | much longer than here. The foreign and when the news was brought to of a single gown, especially if it be chest with his knuckles and pressed from the river trail and stood blinking hair is also coarser in texture ami him that the French had declared war white or black. atid prodded the thick muscle pads that on the main street. Men who had wit tougher than that which grows on the he simply said to the ahl-de-camp, "Sec­ nessed his advent noted that he was j covered the shoulders like a cuirass. American horse, and these qualities ond pigeonhole on the right, first tier,” Coat» and Wrap». wisik and tottery and that he stag- j The group hail been added to by curi­ make tlie imported article more valua­ and turned round to sleep again. But There nre coats of all styles and ous passersby — husky miners, uioun gered over to a heap of cabin logs and ble than the domestic product. lie hail said all that was necessary, for lengths for day wear this winter, Some sat down. He sat there a full day taineers and frontiersmen, sons of tlie There are only two kinds of horse­ in the pigeonhole indicated were com- are sack shaped and trimmed with long legged and broad shouldered gen ­ staring straight before him at the un hair suitable for making bows, and idete plans for tlie campaign which woolen lace and quaint buttons, while ceasing tide of white men that floialed erations. lmber glanced from one to they are of white and black varieties. closed In brilliant victory. Von Moltke others are tight fitting, with long past. Many a head jerked curiously to another. Then he spoke aloud in the The former is ust*d for violin bows, used to say that one verb in tlie Ger­ basques, large velvet revers and cuffs. tli«> side to meet Ills stare, nnd more Whitefish tongue. and the latter, which is heavier and man language was worth all tin* oth­ For evening wear a beautiful model is than one remark was dropped anent ( "What did he say?” asked Dickensen stronger, is tlie best material for mak­ ers put together, and that was “tliun” made In black velvet lined with chin­ W oiiiuii ’ n Aversion to Indrxea. “ Him say um all the same one man. the old Slwasli with so strange a look ing bows for cello and bass viols, be­ —“to do.” chilla and adorned with a collar of rare “Talk about the inclination to study dat p ’ liceman, ” Jimmy interpreted. U|s>n ids face. cause it bites the larger strings better. The worst thing his enemies could old lace. In a different style are some the envelope to discover tlie sender in­ But it remained for Dickensen—Lit- ! Little Dickensen was little, and be­ The imported hair is put up in hanks say of 1’regident Grant was, “He won't little taffeta coats for theaters. These stead of opening tlie letter being a trait th' Dickensen—to be the hero of the oc­ cause of Miss Travis he felt sorry for which Is Uve COIl- of thirty-six inches long, talk because lie has so much to do duty charmingly when accompanied of womanhood,” said a Brooklyn man casion. Little Dickensen had come I having asked the question. The police­ or six indies longer than the standard coal,” and yet it was precisely in tbls by a plumed picture bat of lace and the other day, “it Isn't in it with a man was sorry for him and stepped into the land with great dreams and a violin bow. A hank is sufficient for silence that Grant's real strength lay. tulle or a flowered toque of smaller woman's aversion to indexes, (Jive a ¡MM-ketful of cash, but with tlie cash into the breach. one violin bow, while two hanks are re- His orders and dispatches were (lie proportions. woman a book of poems like those of “I fancy there may be something in the dreams vanished, and to earn his quired to hair a cello or bass viol bow. briefest ever penned, and when once a Burns, for instance, anil she’ll turn the Faith Inna hie Party B urn . passage back to the States he bad ac­ his story. I’ll take him up to the cap­ There are about one and a half ounces charming young lady playfully asked pages for twenty minutes or more to The wonderful beauty of the wide cepted a clerical position with the tain for examination. Tell him to come of hair In a hank, which is worth from him wliy he would not talk to her he timi the piece she is really after rather brokerage firm of Holbrook & Mason. along with me, Jimmy.” 20 to 30 cents, according to the quality answered, “My dear, don't you know sash ribbons has won them a promi­ than look in the Index. Suggest tlie in­ Jimmy Indulged in more throaty Across the street from the office of of the hair.—Philadelphia Record. that silence is one of the greatest arts nent place. The soft, heavy satins dex to her anti she'll say, 'Oil, I'll find it brocaded In blurred flower or foliage Holbrook & Mason was the heap of spasms, and lmber grunted and looked of conversation?” in a second.’ and away she'll go, turn­ cabin logs upon which lmber sat. satisfied. But it has bien the same in all ages. designs or in velvet garlands nre made ing tlie pages again. THE ART OF BOXING. “ But ask him what he said. Jimmy, Dickensen looketl out of the window nt up into bags of all kinds anil into cases Charlemagne was a perfect miser of “Tlie other night by actual timing it him before lie went to lunch, nnd « hen and what lie meant when be took hold Fistic Combats Were lllahly Esteem­ wools, holding, with Confucius, that for kerchiefs, gloves, veils, etc. The took my wife twenty-two minutes to he came back from lunch lie looked out of my arm.” So spoke Emily Travis, ed In Ancient Time». marvelous piece brocades are utilized “silence is a friend that will never be­ find '.Mary In Heaven’ in a copy of of tlie window, and the old Siwash was and Jimmy put the question and re­ LHnouvt and wonder showed in am lace. Pugilism, the practice of boxing or tray;" Hannibal was a "man of mono­ in the same way, and the most stun­ ceived the answer. still there. ning party bags of the season are made Burns, for not only did she lose actual fighting with the fists, was a manly art syllables." anil Julius Cii-sar was nick “Him say you no afraid." said Jim From tlie paper it comes, through my Dickensen was a romantic little chap, of the shadow silks, which are heavy, time turning tlie pages, but if she'd and exercise highly esteemed among named by his soldiers "The Oracle.” eyes, into my head and out of my and he llkenetl the immobile old hea­ my. soft silk, superb in quality and with a come to anything she liked, such as tlie ancients. In those days the hands Even great statesmen and writers mouth to tins*. Tims it comes." Emily Travis looked pleased. then to the genius of the Siwash race, solid foliage or flower designs shading 'Holy Willie’s Prayer’ and ‘Polly of the pugilist were armed witli the who cannot suffer from any lack of “Thus it comes? It be there in the Stewart,’ she'd dally over them awhile. "Him say you no skookum. no strong, gazing calm eyed upon the hosts of tbe from light to dark in one color. cestus, leather thongs loaded with words have often been among the most Rarely do men do that. The first invading Saxon. Tlie hours swept all the same very soft like little baby paper?” Imber’s voice sank in whis­ lead or Iron. This form of athletic reserved of men. Of Addison. John- tiling they go for is the index.”—New Illaek Cloth Costume». along, but lmber did not vary his pos­ Him break you, In um two hands, to perful awe as he crackled the sheets be sport was at first only permitted to external manners son says, "Of his Tailors and dressmakers are turning York Press. ture, did not move a muscle, and Dick­ little pieces. Him t'ink much funny, tween thumb and finger and stared at freemen ninting the Greeks, but grad- nothing is so often mentioned as that ensen remembered a man «’bo once sat very strange, how you enn lie mother the characters scrawled thereon. "It ually it wiit taken up as a profession tijnorous or sullen taciturnity which out more black cloth costumes than t'nlque Fanillg Circle. ever, anil they are for both old and upright on a sled in the main street of men so big. so strong, like dat p'lice- be great medicine. Ilowkan. and thou and lost much of its prestige, A small town In Bavaria can boast his friends called modesty by too mild nrt a worker of wonders. ” where men passed to nnd fro. They rnan.” As an illustration of its early use we a name." According to Chesterfield, young women. The smooth tinished of what may be described as a unique "It be nothing, it be nothing,” the Emily Travis kept her eyes up and thought the man was resting, but later find in Virgil’s fifth -Eneld the record he was "the most timorous and awk­ black cloth gown is considered much family circle. A shopkeeper resident they found him stiff and cold, frozen unfaltering, but her cheeks were spray­ young man responded carelessly and of a match between Dares, "with nim­ ward man I ever saw," anil even Ad­ “smarter” than the rough texture, how­ there includes among his household to death ill tlie midst of the busy street. ed with scarlet. Little Dickensen blush prldefully. He read nt random from ble feet and confident in youth," and dison himself, speaking of his own ever fine. These gowns are both plain three living mothers-in-law, each with To undouble him, that he might fit ed and was quite embarrassed. The po­ tlie document: “ Tn that year, before the Entellus, tlie veteran champion, “strong deficiency in conversation, used to say. and elaborately trimmed, short for a mother of her own; Ids own mother, Into a coffin, they had been forced to liceman's face blazed with his boy’s break of the lee, came an old man nnd and weighty limbed,” when ,Hie com­ "I can draw bills for a thousand street wear or long for carriage use. his third wife and four daughters in a boy wlio was lame of one foot. These lug him to a fire nnd thaw him out a blood. batants— pounds, though I haven't a guinea In They may be “brightened” if desired their teens. The twelve women are re­ “Come along, you,” he said gruffly, also did I kill, and the old man made by contrasting furs, lace accessories or ported to live on terms of the greatest bit. Dickensen shivered at the recol­ Their arms uplift in air, their heads with ­ my pocket.” setting his shoulder to the crowd and much noise’ dashes of color on the hat. in plumes or amity, and the shopkeeper himself, who lection. draw Dryden was unutterably dreary as a “It be true, I ” lmber Interrupted Back from the blows, and, mingling hand Later on Dickensen went out on the forcing a way. rich velvet flowers and milage. is fortunately In good circumstances, companion. "My conversation is slow, ” with hand. Thus it was that lmber found his breathlessly, “He made much noise sidennlk to smoke a cigar and cool professes to be perfectly contented not­ he once wrote, “my humor saturnine Provoke the conflict. nnd would not die for a long time But way to the barracks, where he made A Rnlnty Wnlnt. off, and a little later Emily Travis hap­ withstanding that he Is thus the thir­ Pugilism lias been a typical English and reserved, and 1 am none of those how dost thou know, Ilowkan? Th. full and voluntary confession and from Blouse of cream louisine, shirred and pened along. Emily Travis was dain­ titee sport from the days of King Alfred, «Tío endeavor to break Jests in com­ puffed at the top and bottom. The yoke teenth of his family. The incessant ty and delicate and rare, and whether the precincts of which lie never einerg- chief man of the white men told banter to which he is subjected he phil- pany and make repartees. ” And Shad ­ but its golden age as a profession dates mayhap? No one beheld me. and him U of guipure, cut in blocks at the edge ost iphically r welcomes ns tending to­ In London or Klondike she gown«*«l her­ ed. from the accession of the house of well tells how lie once dined with Dry­ alone have I told. ” • ••••• self as befitted the daughter of a mil­ ward the bt I tter advertisement of his den, and from the beginning to the end Howkan shook his head with Impa­ Hanover.—London Standard. lmber looked very tired. The fatigue lionnire mining engineer. I.lttle Dick- business. of the meal the poet "never opened tience. "Have I not told thee it I m > ensen deposited lils cigar on an outside of hopelessness and age was in bis his lips except to eat.” l.ltlitK anil Wurklns. there In the paper. O fool?" window ledge, where lie coniti find it face. His shoulders drooped depress tlltru Modern < hlld. Thomas Carlyle was a "hoarder of Few people outside of lioltoes and In­ ImbOT stared hard nt tlie ink scrawl itigly, and his eyes were lackluster. again, and lifted his hat. Margaret's mother numbers among ed surface. "As the hunter looks upon dians not taxed really live without the gold of silence" and would sit for They chatted for ten minutes or so. His mop of hair should have been her friends several schoolteachers, and, hours, putting away at bis pipe, with­ working. when Emily Travis, glancing past white, but sun and weatherbent had tbe snow and says, 'Here but yesterday although she is not yet five, Margaret Those who work without really liv­ out uttering more than a grunt or a there passed a rabbit, and here by ti.e Dickensen’s shoulder, gave a startled burned and bitten It so that it hung has observed some tilings, Not long ing nre much more numerous, includ­ gruff monosyllable. Leigh Hunt, his little scream. Dickensen turned about limp and lifeless and colorless He took willow scrub it stood and listened and ■go a family of kittens made an entri*« ing, as they do. billionaires and seam­ neighbor and intimate, once wrote to heard and was afraid, and here It turn to see and was startled too. lmber no Interest in what went on around Into Margaret’s home, and she was stresses with more than six small chil­ a friend: “Have Just spent a pleasant had crossed the street and was stand­ him. The court room was Jammed with ed upon Rs trail, and here it went with most anxious to keep them all. Her hour with Carlyle. When I went in he dren. ing there, a gaunt and hungry looking the men of the creeks and trails, and great swiftness, leaping wide; anil mother objecti'd on the ground that In tlie perfect day, when the lion growled, 'Halloa; here again!' and nt shadow, his gaze riveted upon the there was an ominous note in the rum here, with greater swiftness and wider they were all girl pussies and would parting be snapped out, ‘Good day!' and the lamb shall walk together and Icapings, came a lynx; and here, where ble and grumble of their low pitched girl. eventually grow up into mother cats. and that is the sum of the conversation the rich shall go down to the college the claws cut deep into tbe snow, the "What do you want?" Little Dicken- voices which came to Ills ears like th "No, they won’t, mother," said Mar­ lynx made a very great leap; and here settlements and play bridge with the lie honored me with. But how elo­ growl of the sea from deep caverns. sen demanded, tremulously plucky. garet very earnestly. "I won’t let quent Ids silence is! I just sat and He sat close by a window, and bls It struck, with the rabbit under and poor, we shall all doubtless Isith II ve lmber grunted nnd stalked up to them be mothers; I'll train them to be looked at liltn and came away strength­ rolling belly up; and here lends off the and work.—Life. Emily Travis. He looketl her over apathetic eyes rested now and again teachers."- Brooklyn Life. ened for fresh struggle.” trail of the lynx ■lone, and there is no on the dreary scene without. The sky keenly and carefully. Especially did I’hll May's Habits. more rabbit' — as the hunter looks upor he appear Interested In her silky brown was overcast, and a gray drizzle was A Senatorial lilt. The all night and next day habits of tbe markings of the snow nnd says A ninnterlnK King. hair and In the color of her cheek, falling. It was floodtime on tin' Yu­ Senator Reagan of Texas when he rtlL May, the artist, have fundsh.Nl thus and sod I,ere. dost iiiim.' Ti*>. Of King George 1V. Thomas Cree- faintly sprayetl and soft, like the kon The ice was gone, and the river was in the w*n*ile“stns tviiv of tin- turn look upon the paper and say thus and material for many a story. Joo Tapley, vey, who lived in the early part of the downy bloom of a butterfly wing, He was up tn tne town. Baek and tortb who strongly objected to tieing Inter­ the singer, said that he came across so and here be tlie things old lmber nineteenth century, tells this story: walked around her. surveying her on the main street, in canoes and poi rupted. On one occasion Henry W. May one night nnd heard that the hit hath done?" The king had appointed tlie bishop with the calculating eye of a man who Ing boats, passed the people that never Blair, then a senator from New Hamp­ "Even so,” said Howkan. "And no« ter had not been to bed for four nights if Wlrcbejs'nr to •idwJnHUT to hlBUl"’ stnd.les the Urtes itP"'l which a b*>rsf* .rested Often he raw these boats tura dii thou ‘listen and keep thy woman's and days, lie renidnslr'ateu.' iimi .uiiy shire, tried to ask Iteagan a question lacrament on one of the Sundays altout or a boat Is built. In the course of aside from the street and enter the during the Tatter’s spieech. “1 do not tongue between tliy teetli till thou art said: "Never mind. Joe; we'll make a Easter. The bishop was not punctual ron EVENING WEAB. Ids circuit the pink shell of her ear flooded square that marked the bar­ want to lie interrupted,” said Reagan, bargnln. Don’t you lose any sleep on called upon for speech.” to bls time, and when he arrived the and bordered with an applique of green “but I will listen to a question.” came between hfs eye nnd the wester­ racks parade ground. Sometimes they my account, and I promise that as soon Thereafter nnd for a long time IIo« king, in a great passion at linvhtg been velvet ribbon. Six little buttons orna­ ing sun. am! he stopped to contemplate disappeared beneath him. and he beard "It is not exactly a question, but a as I feel tired I'll go to bed!” kept waiting,' abused anti even swore ment thn front. Rs rosy transparency. Then be re­ them Jar against the house logs and knn read to him the confession, and statement." said Blair. lmber remained musing and silent. At it him in the most indecent manner, on turned to her face nnd lookisl long and their occupants scramble In through “Tlien I refuse to yield,” said Rea­ The full sleeves are finished with rif­ The Boston Girl. the end ho said: intently into her blue eyes. Ho grunt­ tlie window. After that came the "Will you marry me?” he asked which the bishop very coolly said he fles of guipure. The girdle Is of green gan. “ It lie my talk and true talk. Iiut I must be permitted to withdraw, as he velvet. ed and li»ld n hand on her arm midway slush of water against men's legs as "Well, the senator has missed an op- bluntly. tietween the shoulder anil elbow. With they walk'll across the lower room and am grown old. Howkan. nnd forgotten portunlty of greatly improving his "No," replied the Boston maiden. But lercclved his majesty was not then In things come back to me which were Skirt* For Evening. his other band h<> lifted her forearm mounted the stairs. Then they ap­ speech,” remarked Blair as he ambled she added coyly: "I am not endowed a fit state of mind to receive the sacra­ and double«! It back. Disgust and Won­ peared in the doorway with doffeil hats well for the headman there to know with sacerdotal power. Put your qties ment, and should be ready to attend on The short cotillon skirts nre trimmed toward the cloakroom. First, there was the m?m who cimie tome future day, when he hoped to find with flounces and some of them look der sbowis! Ill his fac,'. nnd he dropped and dripping sea boots nnd added them­ over the lee mountains with cunning tlon properly. Ask me If I will become Us majesty In a better state of prepa­ very much like the skirts which were her nrui with n contemptuous gruo’ selves to tlie waiting crowd. A lln.l Time to Confess. your wife. ” — Philadelphia Tress. traps made of Iron, wlio sought tbe syl Then la* muttered a few guttural ‘ ra tion. worn by the belles of ISOO. And while they centered their looks “Here,” according to the Warrens­ beaver of tlie \Vhiteflsli. Hlut I'slew. lables, turned his back on her nnd nd on him, and in grim anticipation en­ burg (Mo.) Journal-Democrat, "is the • An Eloiin.nl Objection. Labor Sot Ing Device. Her Kmrrgrncy Fnnd. And there were throe men seeking dressed himself to Dickensen. joyed the penalty he was to pay. Im- way a Benton county man confessed nt Mrs. Newlyblessed—But you certain "Yes." said tlie boarding school tench “I put $10 in tlie bank today. Dickensen could not understand bis tier looketl at them and mused on their gold on th«’ Whitefish long ngo. Thein a revival: He had lieen pressed to re­ ly don't object to such a wee little baby er, “I think that is a model letter for George.” speech, and Emily Travis laughed. ways ami on their law, which never also I slew nnd left them to the wolver- as that? Janitor Oh, It ain't tlie size you to write your fiance. But of course “You'll have a tidy little sum ther? pent and finally got up and said. 'Dear Imlier turtwd from one to the other, ■lept, but went on unceasing in good ones. And at the Five Fingers there ns counts, mum—it's the principle t you will copy it. leaving out those nu If you keep on. Going to buy some­ friends, I feel the spirit moving in mo frowning, into both shook tlieir bends. times and bad. in flood and famine. was n man with a raft and much to talk and tell what a bad man I have the thing!—Exchange. nierous spnees?” meat. ” ® , thing nice with It?” He was about to go away when she through trouble and terror and death, been, but I can't do It while the grnnd ---------------------- ------ B" ” ■ At the moments wlioli lmber paused "Oh. dear, no!" replied the girl. "Those “Mercy, no! That’s my divorce *ut calk'd out: rareatei *niicitar— Yes. But he never sees either of ‘f>id her father show you the door?" ■ mount of bls Income, but the relation style, with an El Dorado king's som seemed one in authority, yet lmber dl reil haired man « hose eyes wt