▼
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
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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