IN TIME OF WINDS.
The pale Is sweeping nnJ stghloo:
Through Jeeps where the wood is bare,
And brown, dead masses arc lying,
Where the sprlng-tlmo llowcrs were fair;
And desolate meadows and dreary,
Whence the sunlight long has fled,
Arc loud with the dirges dreary,
That moan for the grasses dead.
And there, by the sad sea beaches,
The white "waves fretfully surge,
And up from the wreck-filled reaches,
They force the sand and the spurge;
And wide through the sombre gloaming
Flics the salt and bitter spray,
Aj the wild storm-wind goes roaming,
Through the snow mist, wan and gray.
The ships bend down to the rushing
Of gmts that are keen and cold,
The foam-capped rollers arc gushing
Throtieh the chaln-plates.downward rolled ;
The bell-buoys clamor and Jungle,
As the short waves fret ntid toss,
And gurrulous sea gulls wrangle,
As they wing the bar across.
Far north, like a sombre curtain,
The billowing cloud-wracks mass,
And shadows vague and uncertain
Hefore them fitfully pass,
The shadows of forests, heaving
In throes of the mighty blast,
Whose grotesque branches are weaving
The giants that change so fast.
And so, through the hours that lengthen,
The wind In Its might grows loud,
And Its hoarse notes roll and strengthen
As down from the hills they crowd:
And on, while the night grows deeper
They rise, till their echoes seem
The turmoil a weary sleeper
Hears In a chaotic dream.
When the winds from slumber waken,
The oceans obey their might,
The forests are rent and shaken,
There Is no silence In night;
And ever their restless sweeping,
Shows like the swarth of a sword,
Yet one hand holds thorn In keening,
The strong, sure band of the Lord.
Thus. ,V. Collier, Ut the Current.
Sandorfs Revenge.
A SF.QUEb TO MATIIIAS SAN'DOKF ANI
DOCTOR ANTEKIMT.
33y .Tiiles Revile,
AUTIIOn OP "jOUItNEY TO Tlin CItNTJtE
OK THR KAUTH," " TlilP TO TUT. MOON,"
" AltOUN'D TIII5 WOULD IN KIOIITY
DAVS," " MICIIAltrj STItOOOFI',"
" TWKNTV THOUSAND JjUAOUES
UNDKlt TUB SUA, " ETC., ETC.
Translation copyrighted by G. II". Ilanna, JSSS.
CHA1TKK 11-CoNTiNUiii).
"But Hum boforo tins pilot enmo on
board, when wo wero nbout a milo from
tho land, after milking n parcel of my
clothes ami tying tlioni to my neck, I
fllippcil off tho rudder-chain into tho
eca.
"A miuuto afterwards Iliad lost sight
of tho steamer, whoso steam-whistlo
thun began its shrieking. In hnlf nn
hour I luul renohed tho nhoro, hidden
among tho rocks, resuniod my clothes,
nnd on n bod of seaweed lmd fiillon
asleep. In tliu morning I ontorod Briu
disi, found one of tho humblest hotels
in tho phu!, nnd thoro uwuitod events
before settling on tho plan of an entirely
.now life.
"Two clays afterwards, Piorro, tho
newspapers informed mo that tho con
spiracy of Trieste was at an ond. They
said that tho search for Count Saudorf's
body had been fruitions. I was hold to
bo dead as dead as if 1 had fallen with
my two companions Ludislas Zuthmar
nnd your father Stephen Buthory in tho
donjon of Pisino.
"J, dead ! No, Pierre and thoy shall
csco that I am living 1"
I'iorro hnd listened greedily to tho
Doctor's story. Ho was ns deeply moved
by it ns if tho story had been told him
from tho tomb. Yes I It was tho Count
Mathias Sandorf who had spokon. In
tho presence of him, tho living portrait
of his father, his habitual coldness had
gradually abandoned him, ho had
rovealed his real ohnrnotor, ho had
shown himself ns ho really was, nftor
years of disguise. What ho had said
nbout his audacious voyngo across tho
Adriatic was true in tho miuutost details.
It was thus that ho arrived at Briudisi,
whero Mathins Sandorf romniued dead
to tho world.
But ho had to leave) Briudisi without
delay. Tho town is only n transfer
station. People como to it merely to
embark for India or land for Europe.
It is generally empty except on tho two
days of tho week when tho P. and O.
boats come in.
If tho Doctor hnd no further fear for
his life it was important that his death
should bo behoved in. Thus ho thought
on tho morning after his arrival as ho
was walking at tho foot of tho terrace
which overlooks tho column of Cleopatra
nt tho very spot whero tho old Appian
Way begins. Already ho had formed
his plans. Ho would go to tho East iu
search of wealth nnd powor. But to
embark on ono of tho stcnmlxiats trading
to Asia Minor among n crowd of passen
gers of nil nations was not what ho
wanted. Ho wanted some more secret
means of transport than ho could 11 ml nt
Briudisi. Ami that evening ho took tho
train for Otrnnto.
Iu nn hourand n half the train reached
this town situated almost nt tho cud of
tho heel of tho Italian boot. Thoro in
this almost abandoned port tho Doctor
agreed with tho captain of a xobeo
depnrting for Smyrna. In the morning
tho xobeo sailed nnd tho Doctor saw the
lighthouse of Puuta di Luca, tho oxtremo
point of Italy, sink beneath tho horizon,
whilo on tho opposito coast tho Aorooe
ranniau mountains wero hidden in ths
tuixt. A fow days afterwards, after a
voyngo without iuoidout, Capo Matifou
at tho extremity of Southern Qrcooo was
doubled and Smyrna safely reached.
The Doctor had suooinotly related to
Pierre this wart of his voyago and also
Low he had learnt from tho nowapapors
of the uuexpeotod doath of his daughter
that luul loft Llin alouctin tho world.
"At la-st," ho said, "I was fn Uio land
of Asia Minor, whero for so many years
I was to livo unknown. It was in studies
of medicine, choniistry, natural scionoo
that I had delighted during my youth
at tho schools nud universities of Hun
gary whero your father gained his
renown nnd it was to those studies that
I wns to trust to gain tho means of
livelihood.
"I was fortunato enough tosucceod,
nnd moro promptly than I had hoped,
first at Smyrna, whero for sovon or eight
years I obtained great reputation as a
physician. Somo unexpected cures
brought mo into connection with tho
richest pcoplo of those countries in which
tho medical nrt is still in n rudimentary
suite. I then made up my mind to leavo
tho town. And liko tho doctors of tho
days gono by, healing nt tho samo timo
ns I taught tho nrt of healing, studying
tho almost unknown therapeutics of tho
talebs of Asia Minor, tho pundits of
India, I traveled through tho wholo of
those provinces, stopping hero a fow
weeks, thoro a fow months, called for
nnd asked for nt Karnbissar, Binder,
Adann, Halob, Tripoli, Dumas, always
preceded by n renown which increased
without ceasing nnd brought mo n for
tuno that increase I with my renown.
"But that was not enough. What I
wanted was unbounded power, such as
that possessed by tho wealthy rajahs of
India, whoso knowlcdgo is equal to their
wealth.
" My opportunity camo.
"Thoro was at Hans in Northern
Syria n man dying of a slow disease. No
physician had been ablo to toll what was
tho matter with him. Honco nono of
them know how to treat him. Tho man
was Faz-Ithat, nnd ho had occupied
very high posts in tho Turkish Empire.
Ho was thon forty-fivo years of ago nnd
nn immouso fortuno nllowcd him to
enjoy nil plcnsures of life.
" Faz-Ithat had heard of mo, for nt
tho timo my reputation was nt its height.
Ho invited mo to Huns and I nccopted
tho invitation.
"'Doctor,' said ho, 'tho half of my
fortuno is yours if you will give mo
back ni' life 1'
'"Koeptho half of your fortuno,' I
paid, 'I will tako caro of you nnd euro
you if Heaven permits,'
"I carefully studied tho molndy the
physicians had abandoned. A fow
months at tho outside was all they had
given him to livo. But I was lucky
enough to diugnozo him unmistakably.
For throe weeks I remained with Fnz
Ehat ho as to follow tho effects of tho
treatment I had prescribed. His euro
was complete. When ho wished to pay
mo I would accopt only what seemed to
mo to bo reasonable. And then I left
Hans.
"Thrco years lator by nn accident
when hunting Fnz-llhnt lost his life.
Ho had no relatives whntovcr nnd his
will mnde mo tho solo heir of all Ilia
possessions. Their value was certainly
not less thnullHy millions of florins.
"Thirteen years had thon elapsed
sinco tho fugitive of Pisino had taken
refugo in Asm Minor. Tho namo ol
Doctor Antekirtt, although somewhat
legendary, was known throughout Eur
ope. I have obtained tho result 1
wished. And now I was ready to st to
work at tho object of my life."
CHAPTER IIX
THE PltKSENT.
"I had resolved to eturn to Europa,
or at least to somo point of tho Mediter
ranean. I visited tho afrioan coast and
for a considerable sum I became) tho
owner of an important island, rich, fer
tile and suitable in every way for a
small colony this Islo of Antokirtta.
Hero, Pierre, I am sovoroign, absoluto
master, king without subjects, but with
n people devoted to mo body and soul,
with moans of dofoneo that will bo very
formidable when I have finished then1.,
with means of communication that link
mo to different points of tho Mediterra
nean Dorclor, with a llottlln ot suoli
speed that I may almost say that I have
made this sen mv dominion !"
"Whero is Autokirthi situated ?" askod
Piorro.
"In tho neighborhood of tho Syrtis
Major, which has had an ovil imputation
from tho romotost unticpiity, iu tho
south of tho sea which tho north wind
makes so dangerous oven to modorn
ships, iu tho doopost bend of tho Gulf
of Sidra which outs back into tho African
coast botweon Tripoli and Barca. "
Thoro at tho north of tho group of the
Syrtio Islands is tho island of Antokirtta.
A fow years boforo tho Doctor had
traveled through tho Tripolitan coasts,
and visited Souza, tho old port of Oyrono,
tho Barca country, tho towns that have
replaced tho old Ptoleniais, Berenice,
Adrtauopohs, nnd m a word that old
Pontapolis, formorly Crook, Macedonian,
Roman, Persiau, Saracenic, and now
Arabic nnd belonging to the Paohabk of
Tripoli. Tho chances of his voyage
for ho wont to n certain extent whero ha
was called took him among tho arohi
polagoos off tho Lybinu sea board,
Pharos nud Anthirodu, tho Phnthiuo
twins, Euoripto, nnd thoTyndnriorocks,
Pyrgos, Platen, llos, the Hyphalos, tho
Pouliaris, tho White Islands, and lost of
all tho Syrtics.
In tho Gulf of Sidr.i, about thirty miles
south-west of tho vilayet of Ben Ghazi,
tho nearest point on tho mainland, ho
found tho Islo of Antokirtta. It was
largo enough eighteen milos inciroum-foronoo--to
aooonunodato all those ho
thought necessary for his plans ; sufll
ciontly olovatod, consisting chiefly of n
oonioul hill, towering up somo eight
hundred feet from tho sen, and command
ing tho whole sweep of tho gulf ; and
Bullloiontly varied in ita productions,
Mid watered by its streams, to satisfy
the wants of several thousand inhabi
tants Besides it was in that sea, torrl
hlo on account of its storms, which in
prehistoric times hnd been fatal to tho
Argonauts, whose porils wero sung by
Apolloutus of Bhodes, Iloraoe, Virgil,
Proiwrtins, Valerius, Flnoous, Luoan,
and so mnuy othors who wero moro
goographora than poota, suoh ns Poly
bins, Ballast, Stnibo, Mela, Pliny and
Proeouius,
Tho Doctor wns tho island's abioluto
wner. He had obtained tho freehold
or a considerable sum, clear of every
cndal nnd other obligation, nnd tho
leed of cession which made him sovereign
jropriotor had been fully ratilled by the
Sultan.
For thrco years tho Doctor had lived
n this island. About 300 European nnd
krnbio fnmilies nttrncted by his offers
uid the guarantco of a happy lifo formed
i small colony of some 2000 souls. Thoy
-ero not slaves, nor wero thoy subjects ;
Jioy wero companions devoted to their
shlef, nnd nono tho less so becauso that
mini! corner of tho terrestrial globo had
jecomo their now homo.
Gradually a regular ndministrntion
ind been orgnnized, with n militia for
;ho defenco of tho island, nnd n mngis
irato chosen from nmong tho notables,
ivho very seldom found his services
required. Then according to plans sent
ay tho Doctor to tho leading builders of
Englaud, Franco and America, ho had
had constructed his wonderful Hoot of
iteamers, steam yachts, schooners, nnd
" Electrics " for his rapid passago ncross
tho Mediterranean. At tho samo timo
fortifications began to bo thrown up
round Antokirtta, but they wero not yet
iuishod, although tho Doctor for serious
reasons was urging on tho works.
Had then Antokirtta somo enemy to
fear in tho vicinity of tho Oulf of Sidra?
i'es. A formidablo soot, or rathor a
tocioty of pirates, who had not seen
without envy ond hatred n foreigner
bunding a colony off tho Lybian coast.
This sect was tho Mussulman Brother
hood of Sidi Mohammed Bon Ali Es
Benoussi. In this year (1300 of tho
Ilcgira) it hnd becomo much moro men
acing than formerly, and its geographi
cal dominion embraced somo 3,000,000 of
adherents. His zaouiyai, his vilayets,
his contrc3 of activity established in
Egypt, in tho Turkish Empire, in Eu
rope and Asia, in Eastern Nigritia, Tunis,
Algeria, Morocco and tho independent
Sahara up to tho frontiers of Western
Nigritia, oxistcd in still greater numbers
in Barca and Tripoli. This was a
sourco of serious danger to tho Euro
pean cstuhishmcnti of Northern Africa,
including Algeria, destined to becoino
hereafter tho richest country in tho
world, and especially to Antokirtta, nnd
honco tho Doctor wns only acting with
ordinary prudence in availing himself
of every modern means of protection and
defenco.
So Pierro learnt from tho conversation
which followed and which taught him
many other things as woll. It was to
tho islo of Antokirtta that ho had been
brought, to tho midst of tho Syrifc Sea,
as to ono of tho most forsaken corners of
tho Ancient World, many miles from
Engusa, whero ho had left bohindtwo
whoso memory would nover leavo him
his mother and Sava Toronthal.
In a fow words tho Doctor completed
tho details concerning tho second half
of his existence. While ho was making
his arrangements for assuring tho secur
ity of his island, while ho was develop
ing tho riches of tho soil, nnd providing
for the material and moutal wants of tllo
littlo colony, ho had kept himself
acquainted with all that was going on
respecting his former friends of whom
ho had nover lost sight nnd nmong
whom wero Madamo Buthory, hor son
nnd Borik.
Piorro then learnt why tho Snvnrena
had arrived atGravosa under conditions
that so greatly excited tho curiosity of
tho public, why tho Doctor had visited
Madamo Buthory, how and why hor son
had not been informed of his visit, how
tho money put nt his mothor's disposal
hnd been refused by her, aucl how tho
Doctor had arrived in timo to snatch
Pierro from tho tomb to which ho had
been carried when in his magnetic sloop.
"You, my sou," ho added. "Yes I
You loct your head entirely and did not
recoil from suicide "
"Suicide I" ho exclaimed. "Do you
thon think 1 stabbed myself?"
"Pierro in a moment of dospair "
"Despair? Yesl Iwasl I thought
I had been abandoned oven by you, my
father's friend, after tho promises you
had made I In despair? Yes? and I am
now 1 But Heaven does not givo death
to thaio in despair I It says livo and
bo avenged 1"
"No punish 1" answered tho Doctor.
"But, Piorro, who stabbed you then?"
"A man that I hate," replied Pierre,
"a man that on that night I met by
chanco in a deserted road by tho sido of
tho walls of Bugusal Perhaps ho
thought I was going to quarrel with
him 1 But ho prevented mo! Ho
stabbed mo I This man, this Sarcauy
is"
Pierro could not finish tho sontonoe.
At tho thought of the wrotoh in whom
ho saw the husband of Sava. his brain
seemed to fail him, his oyes closod and
lifo seemed to leavo him as if his wound
had been reopened.
In n moment tho Doctor had restorod
him to consciousness and looking at
him fixedly
"Sarcauy I Sarcauy!" ho whispered
to himself.
It was ndvisnblo for Pierro to tnko
somo rest after the shock ho hud just
received Ho declined to do so.
"No," said he. "You told mo to
begin with nnd now for tho story of
1) ctor Antekirtt from tho moment when
Count Mathins Sandorf precipitated
himself into tho waves of tho Adriatic "
"Yes. Pierre."
"Then there issomothingolso I ought
to know about Count Mathins Sandorf."
"Are you Btrong enough to hear it ?"
'Speak."
"Bolt so," replied tho Doctor. "It
is better to finish with the secrets that
you have a right to know, with all tho
terrible past that will nover return.
Pierre, you thought I had abandoned
you lweauso I hnd left Grnvosn I Listen
thon nnd judge for yourself.
"You know, Pierre, that on tho evon
ing of tho day llxod for your execution
my companions nnd I nt tempted to
escape from the fortress of Pisino. But
Ladislas Zathmar was caught by the
warders just as ho was going to joiu us
at tho foot of tho donjou. Your futhor
and I swept away by tho torrent of tho
Buoo were already out of thoir reach.
"After minioulously escaping from
the whirlpool) of tho Foiba. when wo
sot foot on tho Demo Canal, wo woro
perceived by a scoundrel who did not
hesitato to sell our heads to tho govern
ment who had just put a prico on them.
Discovered in tho house of a Rovigno
fisherman who was just about to tako us
ncross tho Adriatic, your father was
arrested nnd returned to Pisino. I was
most fortunato and escaped I You know
that ? But this you do not know.
"Before tho information given to tho
police by this Spaniard named Carpcna
information which cost Ferrato tho
fisherman his liberty and, a fow months
nftcrwnrds, his lifo two men hnd sold
tho secret of tho conspirators of
Trieste"
" Their names ?" interrupted Pierro.
"First of all ask mo how thoir treach
ery was discovered," said tho Doctor.
And ho hurriedly told what had
passed in tho coll of tho donjon, and
explained tho ncoustio phenomenon
which had rovealed the names of tho
traitors.
"Their names, Doctor!" exclaimed
Pierro. "You will not refuse to givo mo
their names ?"
"I will toll you."
" Who aro thoy ?"
" One of them was tho accountant who
hud introduced himself as a spy into
Zathniar's houso 1 Tho man who tried
to assassinate you Sarcauy 1"
" Sarcauy 1" exclaimed Pierre, who
found sufficient strength to riso and
walk towards tho Doctor. "Sarcauy I
That scoundrel 1 And you know it!
And you, tho companion of Stephen
Buthory, you who offered his son pro
tection, you fo whom I havo entrusted
tho secret of my love, you who had
encouraged me, you allowed him to
introduco himself into Silas Toronthal's
house, when you could havo kept him
out with a word ! And by your silenco
you havo authorized this crimo yes I
this crimo which has delivered over
that nnfortunato girl to Sarcauy I"
"Yes, Pierre, I did all that!"
"And why?"
"Becauso sho can nover bo your
wife I"
"Sho can never bo my wifo !"
"Becauso if Pierro Buthory marries
Miss Toronthal ho will bo guilty of a
still moro abominable crimo !"
"But why ? Why ?" asked Pierre, in
a paroxysm of nuguish.
"Becauso Sarcauy hud an nccomplico I
Yes, nn nccomplico in tho horriblo
scliemo which sent your father to his
death I And that accomplice it is
necessary that you should know it wns
tho banker of Trieste, Silas Toron
thal 1"
Pierro heard and understood 1 no
could make no reply. A spasm con
tracted his lips, no sa'ik, crushed to
tho earth, and horror completely para
lyzed him. His pupils dilated and
his look seemed to bo plunged into
unfathomablo darkness.
Tlio paroxysm lasted for a fow seconds,
during which tho doctor asked himsolf
if tho patient woro about to succumb
under tho dreadful operation to which
ho had submitted him.
But Pierre's nature was as energetic
as his own. He gained tho mastery over
his tortured feelings. Tears welled up
into his eyes. Thou ho foil back into
his chair and hold out his hand to tho
Doctor.
"Pierro," said ho to him in n gentle
serious voice, "to tho wholo world you
nnd 1 aro dead ! Now lam alono in tho
world, with no friend, no child I Will
you bo my son ?"
"Yes! Father 1" answorod Pierre.
And the fa her and bon sat clasped in
each other's arms.
to nr. CONTIN'IT.D.
For Telling Horses' Ages.
The full-grown horse possesses twenty-four
hack teeth, that is, six in each
side of each jaw; these aro called molars
or grinders, lie has twelve front teeth,
that is, six in each jaw. Mares havo no
tushes. The foal has either ut its birth
or shortly afterward eight milk teeth,
that is, four iu each jaw; nt nbout 12
months two moro milk teeth como in
each jaw. Those remain unchanged
until ho is 3 years old. Tho mouth of
tho yearling and 2-year-old cannot ho
confounded. Tho yearling mouth shows
no signs of use. and tho comer teeth are
shells only; at 2 years old thcso teeth
arc strong and well-grown, and tho cor
noi" teeth tilled up. A littlo before 3
years tho two conter teoth of each jaw
fall out nnd aro replaced by permanent
ones. A littlo boforo 4 tho two tcoth
on each sido of tho center teeth aro re
placed by permanent o-ies. A littlo be
fore 5 tho two remaining teoth aro shed,
and in their placo como permanent
ones. Tho upper milk teoth usually fall
out first.
Thus tho mouth is completed as to its
front teeth; tho cornor tooth, however,
is but imperfectly dov. loped, being at
present a shell only; thi shell at C years
old has filled up and is a complete
tooth. This is tho difference between a
5 and n 6 year old. Tho tushes appear
between 3J nnd 4 years old. and they
tako nearly two years to arrive at their
full growth. These teeth, as tho horso
grows older, got blunter and shorter,
and so to an experienced judge aro n
sure indication of age. Up to G years
old the mouth is in a distinct and peri
odical state of struotional change.
There is no dillleulty iu do'onnining the
age up to that date. After that tho ago
must bo judged by tho shape of the
mouth ami the appearance of tho teeth
called tho mark. At G years of ago tho
cups leavo two center teeth above, at 7
tho next two above, at 8 the outer or
corner teeth above.
At nine tho two center teeth below
loso tho cuts, at 10 tho next two below,
and at 11 tho outor or cornor teeth be
low. After a littlo practice tho csloso ob
server can scarcely make a mistake.
Tho changes that occur aro the same in
all horses, or nearly so. The Sports
man.
Evangelist Small has discovered that when
ever he talks about Jack Pott the Chicago
HHila aro ou to hi in. He U well-known
character. S U i'aU GloU
SUCCESS,
ITow.Tolin Hammond Aclilcvod Succon
A Story for itoj s.
From Gracious Words.
"Come, John, do put those old draw
ings out of sight nnd como with us.
There never was better skating, and
the moon is at its full. If I was poeti
cal, I should say that the entire land
scape hns been touched by a fairy's
wand; but as I am a prosnic sort of a
fellow, I can only tell you that it is a
most delightful evening."
John Hnmmond laid dr-u;n lis com
passes, and looking up with a smile,
said:
"I know it is a delightful evening,
nnd if I could nflord the time, I should
enjoy skating as much asyou can; but
I have a certain amount of work to
do boforo I sleep."
"Then do it later," responded his
class-mate.
"I should bo in no mood for it, nnd
besides late work nlwnys gives me tho
headache. When I am through with
drawing I have a lesson to learn, so
there is not a minute to spare."
"I havo two lessons to learn, but
they must wait my pleasure. Then I
will hurry up and overtake you if I
can."
With these words Mark Lester left
the room, and John Hammond turned
again to draughting square and com -
passes.
Various comments were made upon
his refusal to come out; some praising
him for his industry, and others ridi
culing him as "too stupid for any
thing." "I can go by him when I nm rendy
to do my best, and he knows it!" said
Lester, with an air of conscious pow
er. "I can leurn a lesson in half tho
timo ho would spend on it; and as for
drawing that is mere play for me."
No one disputed this. The speaker
was a lad of wonderful ability, while
everybody knew that Hammond stud
ied and plodded hour after hour to
accomplish his tasks. But they wero
always accomplished. So now, as ho
heard the shouts of his returning
schoolmates, ho had the satisfaction
of knowing that what was set for him
to do had all been done. The next
day his recitations were perfect. His
teacher in drawing complimented him
upon tho accuracy of his work, and
he was thus more than repaid for the
self-denial he had practiced the previ
ous evening.
Mark Lester, on the contrary, was
in disgrace, leceiving a severe repri- '
innnd for neglect of duties. The fact
that he might have performed them 1
with so little effort, only aggravated
his offense. "This is the last time,"
he said to himself, and for the next
few weeks he quite eclipsed any previ
ous record ho had made. His rec
itations wero perfect, and his draw
ings sometimes lacked the exactness
desired, but there wns so much of merit
that this hardly counted against him.
-Meanwhile John liaminoijd kept on
in his chosen way; painstaking nnd
conscientious, truo to his purpose to
make tho best of his opportunities.
"Hammond wouldthinkit a sin not
to do his level best every day," re
marked ono who knew him intimately,
"lie says, as he has but ono lite to livo
here, he cannot afford to waste any
part of it."
"Ho makes too serious business of
livin;;," replied another. Anybody
would think ho was 50 instead of 1(5."
"For all that, he is the happiest fel
low I know. He never seems troubled
about anything, although 1 imagine
lie has not much but his hands to de
pend upon. You know he is to be
hero only a year longer."
"Do you suppose his religion has
anything to do with his manner of
working?"
"I think it has. His religion is tho
genuino article. He has told mo that, I
if ho feels tired or discouraged, ho
prays for new strength and courage,
and it is always given him."
"If Lester had that sortotprinciplo,
you wouldn't see him up to-day unci
down to-morrow, although it looks
now as if ho would stay up"."
But the reaction came. The brilliant
scholar was indolent ami carelcss.and
ngain John Hammond distanced him.
Tho failure of his father obliged him
to leavo school, and thrust upon him
the necessity of self-support. No one
doubted his ability to do this. Indeed
his friends expected much more from
him.
Ho was however, unnccustomed to
patient, persistent effort of any kind,
lie preferred eu.so to hard work, even
when hard work was the prico of inde
pendence and competency. His fail
ure to meet tho requirements of thoso
who employed him icsultedin the loss
of a position every way desirable.
Meeting an old schoolmate who sym
pathized with him m his mislortune,
lie asked abruptly:
"Do you know anything of Ham
mond?'' "Yes," was replied. Ho is doing
splendidly. Ho went West with his
father about a year ago, nnd sinco
thon ho has drawn tho plans for a
ihurch nnd helped to build it."
"An architect is he?"
"He must be. you know he wns al
tvnvs exact in everything like mechan
ical or architectural drawing. Ho has
jono where ho has plenty of room, and
I shall expect to hear of him as a man
whom othors will bo pleased to hon
or." "So that is what comes of his plod
ling! Well, tho secret of his succoss
was constancy to ono purpose, that
is sure."
A girl in Burnmh is nfiinnced early
to ono ot hor cousins, but the match
tuny be broken off. In such a enso
iho defaulter, if tho man, has to give
:ho girl livo pots of khoung (a
ermcntfd drink), a bullock worth .10
rupees, a nig three feet in girth, aspenr,
v fork, a bag nnd a piece of ornament
i cloth. If tho girl breaks oil tho
match, sho has to givo tho man a
orass dish worth 15 rupees, a silk
sloth and belt, each worth 5 rupees,
uid a silk turban worth about 8
mnns.
ABOUT ItOODLK.
h'nrr Jersey Lrgiitalur Tell Some Storlei
About blmrp Youug Hlou And The
lioodlo.
From the New York Mail and Express.
A group of Jersey legislators wero
gathered in tho bar-room of one of the
hotels here tho other evening. They
were discussing boodle in all its phases
and varieties. They were figuring tip
how much the rnilronds wero spending
this session and how much moro they
could be persuaded to spend. One of
the group, a state senator, was dis
coursing on the corrupting influence oi
the legislature and of boodle upon new
and apparently stainless members.
"Why, there's one of the rural assem
blymen from my county," he said.
"1 don't think lie knew enough to tell
what boodle wns. I've been votjng
him all this session, and assessing
tho corporations in lieu of his
boodle. Tho other day when an
important measure wns up ho voted
dead against my instructions. Some
body rushed over to the Senate and
told me about it. 1 went for him at.
once and asked him what ho meant?
What do you suppose tho old chap
told me? Ho said he hadn't been seen
yet! Just think of it. it, took my
breath way to find ho hnd jumped
clean through the nli)hubel of boodle
nnd reached one of the higher branches
of the science. I controlled myself,
however, and told him with a smile
that he musn't make a fool of himself
and it would come out all right. So
lie changed his vote while the clerk was
, cnIIing the absentees, and I i:ot credit
; for ;tt uut t10 story sn't en(je(i ycfc
n0 camo to mv room that night just
ns I was getting ready for bed. Ho
glanced around in a queer sort of way,
peering into the closets and behind the
doors. Then nil of a sudden ho drop
ped on nil fours and looked under the
bed."
' "What do you want?' I shouted.
' "I want to make surethere was no
one around,' he said. Then he sat on
the edge of the bed and proceeded to
business. He remarked that all the
fellows were getting money for their
' votes on a certnin measure, and he
wanted some, too. 1 told him it was
dangerous to fool with boodle, and he
might get in state prison for it. But
it was no use. He was more than up
to snuff, and had calculated just how
much he wanted, it was a modest
enough sum, but I told him ho never
could get it. So 1 filially got him bev
eral hundred dollars lower. The next
day I had to shell out part of what I
got for votimr him. The worst of it is
( he'll be wanting boodle for every bill
that comes up. Why, what do you
, think ho did? He camo to mo this
morning and wanted fifty dollars for
voting to change the corporate bill of
a small church in Hudson county.
Ain't he getting in dee)?"
After the laughter ceased a shrewd
member who had been sending up
wreaths of smoke from his cigar, said
he had a good story to tell.
"When I ran last fall I expected to
be beaten sure. My opponent was
popular, especially with all the church
people and had the inside track. I
knew only boodle could beat him, so
I raised all i could. When I heard,
however, that the other side had
raised a campaign fund. 1 thought the
jig was up. But it wasn't and f was
elected, although I knew if the other
sido had spent a hundred dollars at
the polls, they could have beaten me.
From my opponent I learned how I
happened to win. It seems his friends
raised $1:57. 50 to use 'judiciously' on
election day. The money was put in
the hands of the two hardest workers,
a farmer and a Sunday school super
intendent. It was supposed they
know how to use it. The day after
election they wero all feeling blue.
Finally, the superintendent said to
my opponent: 'There's some money
left over, and Farmer Hriggs and I
don't know whether we'd better pay
it back to thoso who gave it, or keep
it for next fall's campaign.'"
How much is there luttr said tho
' defeated candidate
" 'Why it's all left, all tho $157.
50 that was contributed.'
" 'Tho deuce you sny,' shouted tho
disappointed candidate. 'Why. don't
you know, half of that would havo
elected me. Why didn't you use it?'
" 'Cause we didn't know how,' was
tho response. 'Fnrnier and I talked
it over, and wo couldn't see but that
everything had been paid for.'
" 'Oh, of course,' yelled my opponent,
'overythmg was paid for but the votes,
and they were just what counted.
Don't you know you ought to have
bought some of tho boys with it, in
stead of letting the other side enpturo
'em with a dollar bill and a drink of
cheap rum?"
I "But they didn't know."
AVidov.s With Great Pensions
; Tho mother of Gen. McPherson re
ceives $50 a mouth, and that amount
is also paid to the widows of twenty-six
deceased Generals ol tho lato war
llackleinan, Richardson, Wallace1,
Plunier, Stevens, Baker, Whipple,
Summer, Bedwoll, Harris, Berry,
Lovell, Anderson, Cnnby, Thomas,
Heintzleman, Stanley, Mitchell, Casey,
Taylor, Rosseau, Custer, French,
Ramsey and Warren. Tho widows of
' Admirals Wood, Reynolds, HoolTe,
Bell, Davis, Winsiow, Paulding,
Rodgers, Spotts and Goldboro, and of
Commodores Gallagher, Frailcy, Mc
Caulley, McCaver and Quest, of tho
navy, receive a similar amount, ns do
the widows of Cols. Harris, Delaney
nnd Twiggs, of the ninrino corps.
Tho only "widow of a civilian draw
ing a pension is Mrs. A. B. Mcacham,
whose husband was a chief of the
Modoc Penco Commission, nnd was
crippled for lifo in tho massacre of
187U, when Gen. Cnnby wns killed. Sho
ceivos a pension of $30 a month,
granted by Congress in 1883. Tho
pension of $2,000 a year that hns
been voted to Mrs. Hancock is tho
largest paid to the widow of any
soldier except Mrs. Grant, who re
ceives tho $5,000 a year granted to
tho widows of Presidents, Mrs. Polk,
Mrs. Tyler nnd Mrs. Garfield. Tho
willow of Gen. and ex-Senator Shields
receives the next hirgust sum, $1,200
a year, granted to her by a special act
of Congress in 1S70.