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▼ 11 saw them ¿righted with blood. They expbs«* her, even In I i» com|Mtny, t- NEW SHORT STORIES MENTAL PROPS. HUMOR OF THE HOUR > ll.e sights be had witnessed iu tlie I rea« |»<il the lireplacv and vanished. When Rend Work «-«I Various Ihina» That Give 1« Con thia happened before haunted house. I'ar.ill.r Fouuil. UUeut't* Iu Ourtrhea, ople Read, the novelist, recently at He thought and thought until on> the end of .the room opposite the wire Little Willie'» fatlier, being a kind ---------------------------------------------------------- 11 We each lu»<e the need of our meu teudetl a press club reception given iu do* b< ^aii to ¿low with au unearthly fine afternoon be snapped his Huger» man. kt ¡«1 taken him to the circus. It Purpose o' Son light.- John, w bo»a poverty had taught suddenly and after that w it ab<»ut honor of F. Hopkinson Smith. The au till “prop.” Oue woman telle me that w as tile 'h Id's first experience. and Hark to the bird <n the wfl„ ill tiff- him to be e« ««aomical, promptly blew whistling. A fortnight before the day thor of "Colonel Carter of Cartersville" wheu »lie wishes to give decided order» with bi» eye» bulging lie watched the Inc Bongs In tho fullness of J / out his candle. A moment later two tixiil for the wedding he drove Into th* wu» surrounded by a group of women, to her cuog she always put» on her performers as they made "the grand to the lark In the blu«' By A. T. QU1U.ER-C0UC1 men entered, bearing a coffin between city again, hut this time to the offic* who felt It a great privilege to come but und glove», I lien, as she floats into eutraoce." llis little hand stole into Hark Inc. Into the presence of u real literary Hou the Utcheu surrounded by a cloud of his father's as he moved as closely as them. They rested It upon the'floor of Illa other brother, the merchant. Bidding m weary heart listen and “I want," said he, *tbe loan of and were making the most of the op dignity und courage, she feels equal to he could to Ids prog» nitor's side. The and, seating themselves upon it, began share. portunity. "When,” Inquired one of the occasion. to cast dice. "Your soul.” “My soul," £1,000." clreus music rang in lit* ears, hulf be Music flung free as the air he Is cleavlt«. Joy mingled strains In a wonderful weav them, "do you write your delightful Good and well fitting clothes ure wildering him. He saw the clowns go "Nothing easier," said his brother. they kept saying in hollow tones, ac ing N the kiqgdsm of Illyria there lived cording as they won or lost. At length props to us all and bring about a cer through wonderful antics and held his Of melody. "Here is £850. Of the remainder I «torles?” Hush. thee«, my heart and Its not lung ago a pour woodcutter, one of them, a tall man In a powdered shall keep £50 as interest for the first "I am a very consistent worker,” an tain confldeuce lu ourselves, a sort of breath when the tumblers rustled forth grieving. with three suns, who In time went wig. with a face extraordinarily pale, year at 5 per cent, and the odd £100 swered the artist-englncer-autbor. “My mental pat you on the back, which to turn Hlpflaps high in the air over Hark to the wild bird and banish thy care. furth tu seek their fortunes. At Hung a band to 1H» brow, rose aud »tag- should purchase a premium of insur literary work ls done regularly be says, “Brace up, old boy; the shell is herds of elephants. He saw the trapeze the end uf three years they returned gerAd from the room. The other sat ance for £2.000, which I will retain as tween the hours of 11 and 2 o'clock.” perfect; let's hear from the kernel.” performers. In dazzling tights, as they Far. far above the dull earth he Is soar by agreement to compare their progress waiting and twirling his black mus security against accidents.” ing; There was a murmur of polite “Ohs!" To the little school ml»» on the day did their wonderful turns high In the Drifts the song downward front heaven In the wurld. The eldest had become a tache, with an evil smile. John, who by "And when, Mr. Read,” said oue of of the entertainment what a prop is air. and he gasped, clutching at bis This seemed not only fair, but broth to me; lawyer and the secund a merchant, and this time had found a seat in a far cor erly. John pocketed his £850, shook his the group, turning to the author of the bristling blue »u»h. father's hand, ns if to thus protect the Flood» of sweet, unstudied music are each uf these had won riches and ner. thought him the most poisonous creditor affectionately by the band aud "The Kentucky Colonel,” "do you do The doctor depends much u[>ou bls during one from going down to destruc pouring friend», but John, the youngest, who looking villain he bad ever seen. 1 hb-s ebb and »well of bls rare melody. your work ?” • gloves. He can be busy with them tion. Then came suddenly upon the hurried westward. laid enlisted in the army, could only Running his fingers through his when vital or difficult questions are scene a milk white steed, and sitting Riel«O.- now further, returning now nearer. The marriage was celebrated with Ebbing now fainter and swelling now show a cork leg and a medal. great pomp, and in the evening the thatch of brown hair, the tall humorist asked. They are a sort of moral safety U|s>n his broad buck was a smiling, clearer, "You have made a bad business of thee careless that thy entrant-- king, who bad been shedding tears at solemnly responded, “Between anxiety valve. beautiful creature, all In pink and ivo God made ed hearer it,” said hi» brothers. "Your medal la Intervals throughout the ceremonies, au«l necessity—invariably!” For the bashful boy who is deprived ry und fluffs. She was kissing her Forget his grief when he listens to thee. worthless, except to a collector of such Then Mr. Smith began to talk of the in the ball of bat aud gloves before ei> bands to the people, the baud having accompanied bis daughter to the haunt things, und your leg a positive disad ed house. The princess was pale. John, difficulties of lighthouse building.—Suc terlug the room filled with people If suddenly switched to a bou ! stirring What careth he of the world? He Is ding ing vantage. Fortunately we have influ on the contrary, who sat facing her fa cess. some good fairy would only baud him air tliut added to the unreality of it Heaven bom songs of delight to the air. ence, and sinoe you are our brother we ther In the state coach, smiled with a a book to occupy bls hands so be need all. The ringmaster said something; God 1stile him flood earth with rapturous Sorely Nonpartisan. must see what we can do for you.” cheerfulness which under the circum only look after bls feet what a prop then he snapped his whip, and the one singing Congressman Richard Bartholdt of That the soul, weary, might listen and Now, the king of Illyria lived at that stances seemed a trifle ill bred. The In fink and Ivory and fluffs stood upon Missouri, chairman of the congression It would be to him! share. time in bl» capital, in a brick palace at wedding guests followed In twenty- A clergyman's prop lies In well fit the toes of one foot on the back of the Heaven. If thou hast mo with melody al committee which acted the role of the end of a great park. He kept this four chariots. Their cards of invita ting vestments. gifted. milk w hite charger and seemed about host to the visiting peace delegates. Is park open to all and allowed no one to Teach m.- the heights where the wild bird tion had said “2 to 5:30 p. m..” and ft an old New York newspaper man. As for the writer of this article—I to float away. Little Willie excitedly Is lifted; build In it But the richest citizens, was now 8 o’clock. But they could not From 1878 until 1884 he was a report can speak with the authority of most rose and. placing his lips near his fa Let thou my song like the lark song bo who were so fond of their ruler that resist the temptation to see the lust of er and a good one too. In discussing intimate acquaintance- she must have ther's ear. asked: drifted they could not live out of his sight bad “the poor dear thing,” as they agreed the political situation in his state the her hair arranged In the way she af- Into some sad heart to- banish Its care. “Papa, is she an angel?"—Chicago — J. XV. Foley In New York Times. their houses Just beyond the park, in to call the bride. fei-ts It and her shoe» on to cope with Record Herald. the rear of the palace, on a piece of The king sat silent during the drive. other way he was reminded of an in life's emergencies. She finds the wag The Man Who Is Twelve Years Old. ground which they called palace gar He was preparing his farewell speech, cident in his newspaper career. It was gish old world rather a jolly place aud The Hopeful Yoon* Mau. apropos of the control of atfairs iu St. There’s a man that I know, and he lives dens. The name was a little mislead which he meant to deliver in the porch. loves to watch trail humanity lean The hopefulness of souie young men near you Louis by the Democratic party. ing. for the true gardens lay In front of But, arriving and perceiving a crowd In a town called Everywhere; "Things In St. Louis are very much ing gently upon their “mental props,” ls unbounded. At a dinner table the You the palace, where children of all classes might not think he’s a man from his about It, and also, to bls vast astonish as one of the Tammany representa while they are happily quite uncon other night some oue said to a medical hat played among the trees and flower beds ment, a red baize carpet on the perron scious of her scrutiny — Jeannette student: Or the clothes he may chance to wear, tives In the legislature would have had and artificial ponds, aud the king sat and a butler bowing In the doorway, Young in Critic. "Don’t you despair of ever building But under the jacket with many a patch and watched them, because he took de Is a heart more precious than gold— with two footmen behind him, he up a practice in medicine?” The heart of a man ’neath the coat of a light In children and because the sight coughed down his exordium and led his "Indeed, no," he answered. THE ROBIN. boy, of them cheered bls only duugbter, who daughter into the hall amid showers of "But you will admit that the profes A man who ls twelve years old. had fallen Into a deep melancholy. But rice and confetti. The bridegroom fol Adaptive Bird, but He sion ls already overcrowded.” 11« only ls waiting to wear the crown the rich citizens clung to IL for It gave Doesn't Mix Mortar. lowed, and so did the wedding guests, “Oil, perhaps it ls,” said the young That is already made for his brow, a pleasant, neighborly air to their road since no one opposed them. The robin ls a very adaptive bird cer man. and then, with a laugh, he added. And I pray that his mind will always bo way and showed what friendliness The hall and staircase were decorat tainly. It adjusts Itself readily to new "But I propose to graduate in medi clean, there was between the monarch of ed with palms and pot plants, flags conditions, but It falls far short of the cine just the same, and those who are His body as pure as snow. always fresh and sunny and Illyria and bls people. and emblems of Illyria, and In the Intelligence that ls often nscrlbed to It already in the profession will have to His heart warm At either end you entered the road great drawing room—which they had Thus there are persons who seem to take their chance.”—Baltimore Sun. And free from life’s canker and mold, way (if you were allowed) by an iron entered while John persuaded the king And may he be worthy his waiting estate, believe that when mud ls scarce the This man who is twelve years old! gate. And each gate bad a sentry box to a seat—they found many rows of robin will bring water in Its beak to The Return Invitation. John thought it time to interfere. beside it and a tall beadle and a notice morocco covered chairs, a miniature the dust of the road and so make the never may know what the futuro board to save him the trouble of ex as the minutes passed and nothing stage, with a drop representing the will mako mortar that it needs. Th'« notion Is, of the boys that we carelessly meet, plantation. The notice ran: "Private— happened he turned his back to the play scene In "Hamlet;” a row of foot course, absurd. IIow could the robin many a statesman ls doing the The beadle has orders to refuse ad light aud pulled out a penny dreadful. lights, a boudoir grand piano and a know that water and dust will make chores, mittance to all wagons, tradesmen's His literary taste was shocking, and mnn seated at the keyboard, whom mud? This knowledge ls the result of And presidents play in the street. carts, hackney coaches, donkeys, beg when It came to romance he liked the they recognized as a performer The hand that is busy with playthings reflection and experiment and ls not now gars. disorderly characters or per incidents to follow one another with much demand at suburban dances. within the reach of an animal. More The reins of power will hold; great rapidity. sons carrying burdens.” A sedentary The company had scarcely seated than that. If the robin could find the Ku I take off my hat and gladly salute He was Interrupted by a blood cur- self before a strange light began life had told so severely upon one of This man who is twelve years old. water he could certainly find the mud —Maurice Smiley in Collier’s. the two beadles that he could no longer . dllng groan, and the first rutlian broke illuminate that end of the room somewhere. I have known them to use enter ills box with dignity or read into the room, dragging by Its gray which the stage stood, and Immediate a substitute for mud furnished by the When Old Age Comes. his newspaper there with any comfort. locks the body of an old man. A ly the curtain rose to the overture of cow-s. Gray hairs do not a patriarch make He resigned, and John obtained tho young girl followed, weeping and pro M. Offenbach’s “Orphee aux Bnfers,” Another equally absurd claim for the Nor wrinkled brows a sag«'; post by bls brothers’ Interest in spite testing, with disheveled hair, and be the pianist continuing with great spirit robin comes from a correspondent. A In subtler ways we deftly take hind her entered a priest with a brazier until a round of applause greeted the of bls cork leg. The Anger marks of age. robin had her nest in a tree under his He bad now a bright green suit with full of glowing charcoal. The girl cast entrance of the two spectral perform “roun ljkmocbats , or couksb ." chamber window in such a position Ceasing to love; forgetting frl« nds; scarlet pipings, a gold laced hat, a herself forward on the old man's body, ers. them in New York back in 1880,” he that be could see all that hapitened in When tho warm heart turns cold— fashionable address and very little to but the two scoundrels drugged her Then the recording angel bends Its effect upon them was In the high said. “This particular brave, to the the nest He says that when the young And writes. "He's growing old!" do. But the army had taught him to be from it by force. “The uwiiuy!" de est degree disconcerting. They set great surprise of bis colleagues, took robins were nearly grown he saw the —Woman's I.lfe. manded the dark one, and »he drew active, and for lack of anything better down the coffin, and. after a brief and the fioor one day and made an impas mother bird take them, one by one, by he fell Into deep thinking. This came froui her bosom a small key and cast It hurried conference in undertone, the sioned appeal for a law to provide for the nape of the neck and hold them out WHERE UNCLES RULE. near to bringing him Into trouble. One at his feet. "My promise!" demanded black mustachioed ghost advanced to nonpartisan election commissioners. over the rim of the nest to teach them evening he looked out of his sentry the other and seized her by the wrist the footlights, singled out John from “ 'I want four nonpartisan men in to use their wings! I suppose "our Peculiar Custom Thnt Prevails In box and saw a mild and somewhat sad us the priest stepped forwurd. "Quick the audience and. with a terrific scowl, each district,’ he declared earnestly. modern school of nature study" would Northern Australia. featured old gentleman approaching —over thia coffin—man and wife!” She demanded to know the reason of this “One of his brother members inter accept this statement without question. Uncles rule among the native tribes wrenched her hand away und thrust extraordinary gathering. the gate. rupted him, scenting something wrong. It ls such preposterous natural history bordering Torres strait, where the re him backward. The priest retreated to "No admittance,” said John. “Come, come, my dear sir,” answered " 'What do you mean by four non as this that furnishes the stock In trade lationship between maternal uncle and “Tut, tut,” said the old gentleman. the brazier and drew out a red Lio t iron. John. “Our contract, if you will study partisan commissioners?' was asked. of this “school.” Some persons deceive nephew Is regarded as being closer John thought it was about time to in It, allows me to invite whom I choose. "I’m the king.” “ 'Four Democrats, of course,’ came themselves In what they think they "Flease, Smith, mamma says John looked at the face on his medal, terfere. “I beg your purdon," said he, It merely Insists that my bride and 1 the somewhat unexpected reply."— see. and not a few, I am convinced, are she'll be glad if you’ll come to tea on than that between father and son. There a man is bound to stop fighting and, sure enough, there was a resem stepping forward, "but I suppose you must be present, as you see we are. New York Times. deliberate falsifiers.—John Burroughs Monday.” when ordered to do so by his mother’« blance. "But, all the same, your maj really are ghosts?” Pray go on with your past, and assure in Outing. "With pleasure, Bessie. Tell your brother, and the uncle Is entitled to bld "We are unhallowed souls,” answer yourself It Is no use to try the high esty carries a burden”—here he pointed Emerson Stories. mother It’s really too kind”— his sister's husband cease any hostili to the notice board—“and the folks ed the dark tr.an impressively, "who horse with me.” Emerson enjoyed quoting certnln say History of the ‘‘Five Minute»” Belt. “Oh, no! Mamma says she’ll be glad ties in which he may be engaged. along this road are mighty particular.” return to blight the living with the The dark ghost looked at his partner, ings of Thoreau, as: “Some circumstan There ls a history attached to the when it's over.” Moreover, the quelled combatant Is re The king smiled and then sighed spectacle of our awful crimes.” who sbutlled uneasily. "I told you,” tial evidence is very strong, as when tolling of a single bell after a peal quired to make a present to the uncle "Meaning me?” asked John. heavily. "It’s about the princess, my sold he. "we should have trouble with you find a trout in the milk." “The which is not generally known. Popu PoMalble Way Ont. or brother-in-law, as the case may be, “Aye, sir, and to destroy you tonight this fellow. I had a presentiment of chub ls soft fish and tastes like boiled daughter," said he. “She has not smil larly it ls described as the "five min “John,” said Mrs. Bjenkins, looking who stops him. if you contract not upon your soul to it when he came to spend the night brown paper salted.” ed for a whole year.” utes” bell, nnd it ls thought to tie a up from the evening paper, “you know When a man marries In these part« “I’ll warrant I'd make her,” said return with your bride and meet us here without bringing a bulldog. That When Thoreau wts In Concord Jail final warning to the people that if they how many dishes Kate has broken his father provides the wherewithal to here a twelvemonth hence.” John. frightening of the bulldog out of his because he refused to pay his taxes do not really hurry up at the end they lately ?” purchase the bride, but it Is the mater “H'm!” said John to himself. “They wits has always been our most effec Emerson called upon him and remark “I’ll warrant yon could not,” said the will be late. As a matter of facL it has "Yes," said John. "What of it?” nal uncle who makes the actual pay king. “She will never smile ngain until are three to one, and after all It's what tive bit of business.” ed, "Henry, I am very much surprised a far older history. In earlier days It “Well,” continued Mrs. BJeuklns, ment and who acquires the credit at I came for. I suppose,” he added aloud, she ls married.” Hereupon the dark ghost took anoth to see you here.” To which Thoreau was not customary to have sermons so "there ls something In the paper here tached thereto. “Then,” answered John, “speaking In "some form of document ls usual in er tone. "Our fair but unfortunate vic replied, “I am very much surprised frequently as ls now the case. On spe about steel plates. I don't know just A man In those parts may not utter a humble way, as becomes me, why the these cases?" tim has a sore throat tonight,” he an that you are not here." cial occasions an Instruction was given what they are, but I should think they The dark man drew out pen and nounced. "The performance is conse dickens alive don’t you marry her up Emerson told the Itory of Mrs. Tho or a sermon was preached, and on might he Indestructible.”—Somerville the names of his wife's relations, nnd when he speaks to his father or moth parchment. "Hold forth your hand," quently postponed.” And he seated reau's call on his Aunt Mary. Observ and get done with It?” er-in-law he must lower his voice and The king shook his head. “There’s a he commanded, and as John held It himself sulkily upon the coffin, when ing that Mrs. Thoreau wore pink rib these special occasions the little bell Journal. was tolled after the peal In order that speak humbly, the underlying Idea be condition attached,” said he. “Maybe out, thinking be meant to shake it over the limelight man from the wings bons, Miss Emerson closed her eyes for Where Money Tnlka. ing probably a pretense that he has you have heard of the famous haunted the bargain, the fellow drove the pen promptly bathed him In a flood of the a time. Presently Bbe observed, "Mrs. the faithful might understand that It “1 am a poor man,” he began, "but carried bls spouse away forcibly from Into his wrist until the blood spurted. most beautiful rose color. “Oh, this ls Thoreau, I don't know If you have ob was one of the special occasions on bouse In Punslnby square?” which the clergy would address their if the devotion of a true and loving her home and must sue for peace. “I’ve always gone by the spelling "Now, sign!” Intolerable!” he exclaimed, starting to served that my eyes are shut” “Yes. flocks.—London Globe. heart goes for anything with you I”— “Sign!" said the other villain. and pronounced it Ponsonby,” said madam, I have observed It" “ I don't bls feet. "Oh. It goes with me all right,” In "Sign!" said the lady. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. John. “It Is not first rate, I agree.” sn id like to see a person of your age guilty Word« Without Rhyme. terrupted the fair but practical maid, “Oh, very well, miss; if you're In the “Well, the condition is that every of levity In dress.”—Christian Register John, “ but such ns it is we had bet- Bulb has no rhyme. Culm, cusp, re- “but I'm afraid it won’t go with tile Business, like your salary, might al suitor for my daughter's hand must swindle, too, my mind is easier,” said ter go through with It. Should the cumb, gulf, month, doth, amongst, are grocer and butcher.”—Cleveland Plain ways be better. spend a night alone In that bouse, and John, and signed his name with a flour company doubt Its genuineness I can Mere Bowin* Harmless. other rbymeless words having the Dealer. The croquette Ls the old fashioned if he survives and la ready to perse ish. “But a bargain Is a bargain, and go around afterward and show the His former parishioners In this city hash ball after It gets into society. vere with 111 b avoolng he must return a what security have I for your part In brand on the cork.” Here he tapped recall now many just and smart ob sound of u as In but. Few patrician Mot Cp to the Mark. words In the language have this vowel Some people are too Insistent on tho year later with his bride and spend the It?" the leg which be had been careful to servations of the late Rev. Dr. George sound, so commonplace and without Bragg- No man can call me n liar right to be fools In their own way. “Our signature!” said the priest terri bring with him. night of his marriage there.” Lorimer In his private Intercourse. A dignity; hence poets turn to it only with impunity. I’d tight him if he was “And very handy,” said John, “for bly, at the same moment pressing his When a young man refuses to work, Before this evidence of contract the few weeks before he left for Europe for blood, flood and a few similar tur seven feet high. there’s a wedding cake shop at the cor branding Iron into John's ankle. A ghosts' resistance collapsed. thnt ls the beginning of nil his other They on that 111 fated journey be met at her bulent monosyllables. They use it Quarles — I said you were a liar. What ner.” smell of burnt cork arose as John troubles. seated themselves on the coffin and be residence a wealthy and capable New- The king »Iglgxl glaxl again. "Unhappily stooped and clapped bls hand over the gan the casting of dice. The perform York woman who. under the Influence often, however. In forcing the accent are you going to do about it? When you abuse a boy for being Bragg — Huh! You ’ re not seven feet from the antepenultimate syllable to none survives. i. Due hundred nnd fifty- scorched stocking. When he looked up ance proceeded, but In a half hearted of one of the oriental propagandists worthless, remember how worthless high. — Philadelphia Ledger. the final, where Its unpleasant sound Is five have undertaken the adventure, again bls visitors had vanished, and and perfunctory manner, notwithstand among us, bad fallen Into curious re you were at his age. and not a man of them but bag either a moment later the strange light, too. ing the vivacious efforts of the lime ligious practices. She received him In concealed by the softened stress. Thus Some people say farming is so much Pat's Trouble. died away. lost his wits or run for It.” a room where rested on a pedestal a has many rhymes, such as felicitous, easier than It UBed to be. Still, if a light man. An Irishman came to a doctor com mysterious, inglorious, etc. — London But the coffin remained for evidence “Well,” said John, “I've been afraid Tlie tall ghost struck his brow and hideous Indian Idol. plaining thnt he had noises In his bead. farmer does his duty even in these that he had not been dreaming. John of a great many men”— "Do you object doctor, to Idols as Chronicle. fled from the stage. There were cries “Oi have thim ari the toime," he days he knows he has a job. "That's a poor confession for a sol lit a candle and examined It. “Just the of “Call him back!” but John explain such?” she asked, half deprecatlngly, There ls a good deal in print about A Pleanant Pronpect. said, "an’ sometolmes O! can hear thin) thing for me!” he exclaimed, finding It dier,” put In the king. ed that this was part of the drama, half In the tone of challenge He—Here Is good news for women. fifty feet away!”—Lippincott’s Maga the contagious laugh, but how often —“when they all happened to come to be a mere shell of pine boards, and no encores would be allowed, "Not at all, madam, not at all." do you hear It? The writer of this A high medical authority says that the «Ine. at me together. But I've never yet loosely nailed together and painted whereupon the audience fell to hiss “You would be shocked, I suppose, to little toe will gradually disappear. She knows bnt two people of all bls ac met the ghost that could frighten me. black. "I was beginning to ihlver.” ing the villain, who now sat alone, with see me bow before mine?" quaintance who have a laugh that ls A Man'« Opinion. —Why Is that good for women? Ile- and If your majesty will give me the He knocked the coffin to pieces, cram “Certainly not Bow as often as you Wby, If the little toe disappears, why 1-ady Customer—Do you think that a contagious.—Atchison Globe. the most lifelike expression of ma latchkey I’ll try my luck this very med them Into the fireplace and very lignity. please before your idol, so long as you not the others? And If they all dis photograph of a woman in order to be soon had a grand fire blazing, before night” The Kicker's Trndemark. "Oh. hang It!” he expostulated after do not forget that It ls an Idol.”—New- appear women will be able to wear gotsl should necessarily be deceiving? It could not be done In this free which he sat and finished his penny York Mall. In the English hunting field It is the Photographer—If It ls a true like smaller shoes.—Brooklyn Life awhile. "I am doing this under pro and easy way, but at 8 o’clock, after dreadful and so dropped off Into a custom to mark kicking horses by ty ness -yes.—Detroit Free Press. test, and you need not make it worse A Good Rule. John hnd visited the palace and taken aound sleep. ing n piece of rod ribbon around their Taking; Him Down. for a fellow. 1 draw the line at hiss Delegate McGuire of Oklahoma tells an oath In the princess’ presence The lord chamberlain arrived early ing." tails. Experienced hunters are on the "Yes,” said the pompous man, "we When Mar*nerlte Proposed to Me. of a conversation between two Irish (which was his first sight of her), he In the morning and, finding him cnreful lookout for all such animals, "It's the usual thing,” explained John meu living In that territory. The oue move in the best society when we’re at When Marguerite proposed to me, Oh. subttlely she did the deed. was driven down to the house beside stretched there, at first broke Into affably. nnd should ft happen that the steeds home." was lecturing the other upon his fre And not as mankind did she plead, the lord chamberlain, who admitted lamentations over the fate of yet an are running close to one another the "Yes,” replied the man with the cold When Marguerite proposed to me. Bnt when the ghostly lady walked or quent exhibitions of III temper, which him to the black front hall and, slam other personable young man, but soon and In the act of falling on her fa equine with the ribbon bedecked tail She uttered not a single word, gray eye. “ I have some friends in thnt ming the door upon him. scuttled out changed his tune when John sat up ther's laxly was Interrupted by ths often led him Into flstlc encounters, in business too. Do you use the padded Is given a wide berth, ns it is more Her drooping eyelids hardly stirred, But well I knew, though naught 1 than probable that it will lash out of the porch as quickly as possible and and. rubbiug his eyes, demanded to be pianist, who handed up an immense which he did not always get the best vans?"—Exchange. of it heard. told the time. into hla brougham. with its hind legs to the serious dis bouquet. the performers held another When Marguerite proposed to me. "Remlmber, Mulcahy,” said the first "But are you really alive? We must hurried colloquy. John struck a match and as he did advantage of Its neighbors. In the ex Advice to the Doctor, Celt with an oracular air, "that whin Marguerite proposed to me so heard the carriage roll away. The drive back and tell his majesty at citement of the chase horses almost Doctor—Oh, we'll cure you in a very When "Look here," said the dark browed you’re angry ye ought nlver to say n She used her own persuasive arts walls were bare and the floor and great once.” lose their heads, and an animal that short time! Patient—You'd better. villain, stepping forward and address- And power that love alone Imparts. "Stay a moment," said John. "There's ing John. "What will you take to call word. Bear In molnd the sayin’, '81- The longer It takes you to cure me the When Marguerite proposed to me— staircase ahead of him carpetless. As naturally is not In any way vicious or lence ls golden. ’ ” inclined to be bad tempered will do the match flickered out he caught < a brother of mine, a lawyer, in the It quits?" Proposed to me that I propose— “ 'Tls a good rule," replied Mulcahy, longer It will take me to pay your bill. But Is It needful to disclose glimpse of a pair of feet moving up j city. He will be arriving at his office the most unexpected things in the w,ay "I'll take," said John, “the key which “waste no words, smash 'lm T'—Har —Philadelphia Ledger. How I to the occasion rose of kicking, rearing nnd biting —I-ondon the stairs; that was all—only feet. "Pfl a Lout this time, and you must drive the lady lias just handed you, and if When Marguerite proposed to me? catch up with the calves on the land lue there, for 1 have a document here the treasure is at all commensurate per’ r s Weekly 11 Telegraph. ' —Lippincott's Magazine. Rlghteona Indlanatlou. ing maybe." said he, and striking an of a sort and must have it stamped to with the fuss you have been making Two of a Kind. “Do you remember that $5 you bor be on the safe side.” other match he followed them up. “Yes.” said the young drug clerk who rowed of me last June? Mot That Kind of n Ho*. A Typographical Error. about It we'll let bygones be bygones." So into the city he was driven be The feet turned aside on the landing Friendly Old Lady (to little girl sit "Well, I should say I did. I lent |2 of A pompous Englishman entered a Well, it was, nnd John, having count had been trotting In double harness and led bin: Into a room on tlie rightJ side the lord chamberlain and there ed It out behind the curtain, came for for nearly two weeks, “I’ve got a boss It to Jones, and the skunk hasn't paid fashionable New York restaurant and ting on porch beside dog« -Ah, my dear, He paused on the threshold, drew s bud his leg stamped and filed for ref ward and asked the pianist to play wife.” me yet!"—Puck. ordered a meal. While disposing of your dog is a setter, isn't he? Little candle from Ills pocket, lit It and stared erence and. having purchased another, "God Save the King." and so, hnving •‘Well, you have my sympathy," re bis soup he discovered a needle in the Girl—Ob, no, ma'am. lie gets up an' Very Careless. aliout him. The room wgs of great was conveyed to the palace, where ths bowed his guests to the door, took pos joined the man who had come In to •oup and registered LU complaint with plays around sometimes. — Harper's Mrs. Tufty—Didn't Mrs. Green leave the head waiter. size, bare and dusty, with crimson king received him with open arms. Weekly. session of the haunted bouse and lived buy a bottle of hair restorer. ‘Tve hangings, gilt panels and one huge gill J He was now a favored guest at court tn It many years with his bride In high got that kind of a wife too.”—Chicago her card? The New Maid—Yes'm, the “I say, old chap, that’s rawther bard aud bad frequent opportunities of see Sqaarlng Him. lef IL an' I had to chase her two chandelier, from which and from the! News. on a fellow. There’s a needle in the renown and prosperity. ceiling and cornice long cobwebs trail- ' ing and conversing with the princess, "He Is considered a clever financier. blocks to give jt back to her.—Phila soup.” exclaimed the Britisher. rd down like creeping plants. Beneath with whom lie soon fell deeply in love. The man who always stope to think delphia Inquirer. “Oh, not so bad, after all,” replied Is he not?" Some people are not better than oth before he «peaks may not say much, “Why, where did you get that Idea? the chandelier a dark smear ran along ' But as the months passed and the time the head waiter; “not bo bad, simply a tlie Innards. The feet crossed It toward drew near for their marriage he grew ers, but they are more cautions.—Atch but he seldom has to take any of It Thinking Is the talking of the soul typographical error. It should have He never licet attybody out of anything . back.—Somerville Journal. In his life!”—Cleveland Leader. the Hreplare, and aS they did so John silent and thoughtful, for be feared to ison G lobe with Itself.—Plato. been a noodle." John and the Ghosts I Gems In Verse