I LOVE YOU.
Bhe climbed upon my willing knee.
And softly whispered unto mc,
"I loyc you."
Iler dainty arms were round my neck.
Iter sunny curls were In my face;
And In her tender eyes I saw
j The soul of Innocence and grace.
And like a sunbeam glhitlng through
The clouds that hide the klcs of blue,
Jlcr ismllo found ncccM to my heart,
And hade the shadows oil depart
0 moment of apocalypse,
In which I saw the stately ships,
That erstwhile Failed away from me.
Come riding back across the sea,
1 would you might return and stay
Within my lonely heart alway.
God bless the darling little child,
Who looked up In my face and smiled:
And wrought upon my heart a spell
More tweet than songs ot IsrafcL
O angclf, listen while I pray
That you will make her life as sweet
As that brief moment was to me,
Whene'er I betrd her lips repeat,
"I love von."
James Chater Jlockwtll, in the Current
Sandorf's Revenge,
A BEQOEfj TO JUTJIIAS BANDOItF AKt
. DOCTOR ANTKKIKTT.
3Sy JiiIcb "Vei'jric,
AUTiion op "jounNiir to the centhh
OP THIS RAimi,' " Tllir TO THE MOON,'
" AHOCND THE WOIU.D IN l'.IOHTV
AXS," "MICnAKIi STItOOOFr,"
" TWJCNTV. THOUSAND IjKAOUKS
UNDER. THE SKA," ETO., ETO.
Tmtulatton copyrighted by O. IF. Uanna, JAM.
CHAPTEIt XVII-CONTINUKU.
Point Pcstiado and Capo Matifou hur
ried after him. A hundred paces fur
ther ou Toronthnl stopped. IIo had
Jumped on to a rock which overhung ft
Eccipice whoso base, huudrcds of font
low, dropped deep into tho sea.
What was ho going to do ? llad tho
idea of suicidocrossod his brain? Would
he then end his miserable existence by
hurling himself into tho waves i"
"A thousand devils 1" exclaimed Pes
code ; "wo must liavo him alivol Catch
bim, Capo Matifou, and hold him
tight 1"
But they had not gono twonty yards
boforo they saw a man appear to tho
right of tho path, glide along tho slopo
among tho myrtles and lontisks, and
clamber up so as to reach tho rook on
which Torouthal stood.
It was Sarcany.
"Hallo I" exclaimed Point Poscado.
"Ho is going to givo his friend some
thing to send him from this world into
tho next! Hurry up, Matifou. You
toko one III take tho other!"
But Sarcany stopped. Ho risked
being recognized. A oursa escaped his
lips. Thou Hpringing oir to tho right
boforo Pescado could reach him, ho
Yanishcd uinoim tho busl.e
An instnnt afterwards, us Torouthal
had gathered himself together to jump
from tho rock, ho was seized by Capo
Matifou, and pulled back on tho road,
"Let mo go! Latino go!"
"Lot you mako a miHtako, Mr. Torou
thal? Oh, dear no 1' answered Point
Pescado.
Ho was quito unproparod for this in
cident, which his instructions had not
foroscou. But although Suroany hud
escaped, Torouthal was captured, and
nil that could now bo dono was to take
him to Antokirtttt, whom ho would bo
received with all tho honor that was hia
due.
"Will yon forward tho gentleman
at a reduced rate ?" asked Point P03
oado. "With ploasuro," said Matifou.
Torouthal, hardly knowing what had
happonod, made but very alight resist
ance. Pecudo found a rough footpath
leading to tho bench, and down it ho
was followed by Capo Matifou, who
Aometimco curried and sometime
dragged his inert prisoner.
Tito descont was extremely difficult,
and without Poaeade's extraordinary
activity and his frieud'a extraordinary
Btrongtb, they would certainly have had
s fatul fall. Ilowovor, after risking
their lives a Hooro of times, they gained
tho rooks ou tho bench. There tho
ehoro is formed of a succession of small
creeks, capriciously cut baok into tho
sandstone, shut in by high reddish walls,
and bordered by ferruginous reefs,
tinting tho waves bright blood-color as
they curl over them.
Day had begun to hrr-nlc when Point
Pescado found a shelter at tho baok of a
docp ravine that had boon out down
into tho oliff in geologic ages. Here he
left Toronthnl in ohnrgo of Cape Matifou.
"You will stop hero I" ho said.
"As loug us you like."
"Twolvo hours oven, if lam away?"
"Twolvo hours."
"And without eating?"
" Jf I do not breakfast thU morning, 1
ehall tlino this oveuing and for both of
us I"
"Ami if yon do not have dinner for
two, you shall have suppor for four!"
And then Capo Matifou sat down on n
rook, so as not to loso sight of his pris
oner ; and Pqint lVweado made his way
along tho shore from crock to creek
towards Monaco, lie was not away as
loug as ho expected. In loaa than two
hours ho eamo upon tho Electric moored
in odd of tho 'deserted orioles ; and an
hour later that swift vessel hid arrived
off tho ravine in which Capo Matifou,
seen from tho sea, looked like a mytho
logical Protouu holding the bhoep of
Neptuuo.
A numito or two afterwards ho and
liia vtrisouor were ou hoard, and without
having beon notiood by the coist-guard
or the fishermen, tho Klcctrio was off.
mndar full power, for Antekirttu.
GHAITEK XVIII.
mm XXAU1NATION OP TOnONTHAU
Asd now we must retnrn to Au'.ekirtU.
Twmithal and Carp u a were iu th
TOHONTHAIi CAPTURKD AT MONTH CAULO.
Doctor's power, and the pursuit of Sar
cany would Do resumed as soon as
opportunity offered. Tho agents
entrusted with tho discovery of Muuumo
Buthory's retreat, wero still unresting in
their endeavors but with no result
Since his mother had disappeared with
only old Borik to holp her, Pierro'a
anxiety had been constant. What con
solution could tho Doctor givo to that
twice-broken heart ? When Piorro spoko
of his mothor how could ho holp think
ing of Suva Torouthal, whoso namo waB
uuvor mentioned lwtween them ?
Maria Ferrato occupied ono of tho
prettiest houses in Artenak. It was
closo to tho Stadthaus. Thero tho Doc
tor's gratitude had endeavored to ensure
her all tho comforts of life. Hor brothor
lived near hor, when ho was not at sea,
occupied on somo sorvico of transport
or survoillance. Not a day closod with
out hor visiting tho Doctor, or his going
to boo her. His afTecu'i for tho children
of tho fisherman of ltoviguo increased
as ho knew them hotter.
"How hnppy wo aro!" said Maria,
very ofton;"if Pierro could only bo so!"
'Ho cannot bo so, Luigi would
answer, "until lie linos his mother;
but I have not lost all hopo of that
Maria, with tho Doctor's means, wo
ought to discover whoro Borik took
MiuhimoButhory after thoy loft ltagusa !"
'And I also havo that hopo, Luigi!
But if ho got baok his mother, would
ho be happy ?"
"No, Maria, that would bo impossible,
until Suva Torouthal is his wife !"
"Luigi," answered Maria, "is that
which seems impossible to man, impos
sible to God ?"
When Pierre had told Luigi that thoy
wore Urothors, lio did not thou know
Maria Ferrato, ho did not know what a
sister, tender aud dovotod, he would
find in her I And when ho had become
nblo to apprcciato her, ho had contlded
to her all his troubles ! It soothed him
n littlo to talk them ovor to her. What
ho could not say to tho Doctor, what ho
had been forbidden to say to hiiu, ho
could say to Maria. Ho found, then, a
loving heart, open to all compassion, n
heart that understood him, that consoled
him, u soul that trusted in God, and did
not know despair.
lu tho casemates of Antokirtta thoro
was now a prisoner who know what lnd
bocomo of Suva, and if alio wero still in
Sarcany'a power. It was tho man who
had passed her oil' as his daughter
Silas Torouthal. But out of respect to
his father's memory, Piorro would never
speak to him on tho subject.
iiiver since his capture, Torouthal had
been in such a stato of mind, in suoh
physical and montnl prostration that he
could huvo told nothing, oven if it had
boon to his interest to do so. But ho
would gain no advantage in revealing
what ho know of Suva, for ho did not
know on tho ono hand that ho was Doc
tor Antokirtta's prisoner, and on tho
other, that Piorro Bathory was alive ou
this island of Autekirtta, of which tho
namo ovon was unknown to him.
So that as Maria Ferrato said. God
ulono could unravel tho myitory !
AO sketch of tho smto of tho colony
would bo complete without mention of
Point Poseudo and Cao Matifoiu
Although Sarcany had m:nagod to
escape, although his track was lost, the
capture of Toronthnl hud boou of suoh
importance that Point Poseudo was over
whelmed with thanks. And whon tho
Doctor was satisfied, the two friends
wero quito satistlrd with themselves.
They had again takon up their quarters
in their pretty cottage, nndwuitod rtady
for auy service that might bo roquired,
hoping that they would still bo of use to
tho good cause.
Sinoo their return to Antokirtla, thoy
had visited Maria and Luigi Ferrate,
and then they had called on soreral of
tho notables of Artenak. Everywhere
they wero warmly welcomed, for orery
whoio they wero esteemed. It was
worth a journey to seo Capo Matifou
under suoh solemn oiroumBhinoos,
always very much embarrassed at his
enormous llguro taking up nearly all
tho room,
"But I am so small that that make
up for it I" said Point Posoado.
llis constant good-humor mado him
tho delight of tho colony. Hia inUdli
geuoo aud skill worn ivt every onu's dis
posal. And whon ovorything had bean
Battled to tho gcuornl satisfaction, what
entertainment would ho not organize,
what a irogrotmuo of gaiety ami attri
tions would he not keep going in tho
towu and its neighborhood Yoa I If
necessary, Capo Matifou and Point Pes
cade would not hesitate to resume theii
old profession, and astonish thoir Auto
kirttiun audiences with thoir woudors ol
acrobacy !
Till that happy day arrived, Point
Pescado and Capo Matifou improved
their garden under tho shado of the
lingo trees, and their cotUgo was hidden
beneath its masses of bloom. Tho work
at tho littlo dock begau to grow into
shape. To seo Capo Matifou lifting and
carrying tho hugo masses of rock, was
convincing enough that tho Provencal
Hercules had lost nono of his prodigiour
strength.
ThoDoctor's correspondents had found
no trace of Madame Bathory, and thoy
wero equally unsuccessful with regard
to Sarcany. Thoy oould find no trace
of his movements since ho left Monto
Carlo.
Did Torouthal know what had becomo
of him? It was at tho least doubtful,
considering tho oircumstancos undoi
which thoy had soparuted on tho road to
Nico. And admitting that ho know
would ho consent to say ? Impatiently
did tho Doctor wait until tho banker
was in a fit state to be questioned.
It was in a fort at tho uorth-wost
angle of Artenak that Torouthal and
Curpena had boon aoourod in tho most
rigorous secrecy. Thoy woro known to
each other, but by name only, for the
banker had never boon mixed up with
barcany s bioilian aflairs. And so thoro
was a formal order against their being
nllowed to suspect each other's presence
in tins fort. Thoy ocoupied two caso
matos far apart from each other, and thoy
camo out for exercise at ditl'eront hours
in different courts. Sure of tho (ldolity of
those who had charge of them two of
tho militia sergeants of Antekirttu tho
Doctor could bo certain that no commu
nication could take place botweon them.
Ami there was no indiscretion to fear.
for" nono of the questions from Torouthal
and Carpena us to where thoy wero, had
been replied to, or would bo replied to.
And there was nothing to lead them to
mipposo that thoy had fallon into tho
hands of tho mysterious Doctor Anto
kirtt, whom Torouthal had ouco or
twico met at Bngusa.
But to find Sarcany, to carry him off
like his accomplices, was now tho Doc
tor's object And on tho 10th of October,
having learned that Torouthal was now
strong enough to roply to any questions
that might be put to him, ho resolved to
proceed with his examination.
To begin with, tho subject was talked
over by tho Doctor, Piorro uud Luigi
nnd Point Pescado, whoso advieo was
not. lo bo despised.
Tho Doctor informed them of his
iutontions.
"But," said Luigi, "but to ask" Tor
outhal if ho knows anything about Sar
cany is enough to make him suspect that
wo want to got hold of him."
"Woll," replied the Doctor, " whatdoes
it matter if Torouthal does know, that
now ho cannot oscape us ?"
"Ono thing," ausworod Luigi, "is
Uiat Torouthal might think it to be to
his interest to say nothing that might
damage Sarcany."
"And why ?"
"Bocaubo it might damajre him."
" May 1 mako an obsorvutien ?" naked
Pfscado, who was seated a littlo apart
"Certaiuly, my friend!" eaid tho
Doctor.
"Owing," Baid Point Pescado, "to
tho peculiar circumstances under which
these goutlomeu parted, I have reason
to believe that thoy are not likely to
caro very much for each other. Mr.
Torouthal must very cordially hate Mr.
Sarcany for leading him to his ruin. If,
then, Mr. Toronthnl knows where Mr.
Sarcany is to Ih found, ho will havo no
hesitation in telling youat least I think
not If ho says nothing, it is because
ho has nothing to say."
Tho reasoning wus ut least plausible.
It wus very likely that if tho banker did
know whero Sarcany had gono to, ho 1
would willingly reveal tho secret, for
his true interest was to break with him.
"Wo ahull know to-day," said tho
Doctor ; "and if Torouthal knows noth
ing, or will toll us nothing, I will seo
what next to da But as ho must bo
kept ignorant that ho is in tho powor
of Doctor Antekirtt, and Unit Pierro
Bathory is alive, it must bo Luigi's
task to examine him."
I ant at your orders, Doctor." said
the mate.
Luigi then went to tho fort, and was
admitted iuto the casemate which served
as TorouUiol's prison.
Tho banker was seated in a corner at
a table. Ho hod just left his bed.
Thero could bo no doubt that ho was in
much better health. It was not of his
ruin that lie was now thinking, nor of
Sarcany. What was troubling hiin was
why nnd whero ho was in prison, and
who was the powerful individual that
had earned him off.
When ho saw Luigi Ferrato enter, ho
aroso ; but nt a sign he resumed his
scat Tho following dialogue then
ensued:
"Yon are Silas Toronthal, formerly a
banker at Trieste, and lately living at
Itagusa ?"
"if. havo no reply to that question. It
is for thoso that keep mo prisoner to
know who I nm."
"Thoy do know."
"Who aro they?"
"You will learn in duo time."
" Anl who aro yon ?"
"A man who has been sent to intorro
gato you."
"By whom 1"
"By those with whom you have ac
counts to settle."
" Once more, who aro tiiey ?
"I shall not toll you."
"Iu that caso. I shall not roply."
"Be it so ! You were at Monte Carlo
with a man you havo kuowu for nany
years and who has not left you lineo
your departure from Bagusa. This
man is a Tripolitan by birth and his
namo is Sircauy. Ho escaped at tho
moment you were arrested on tho road
to Nico. Now this is what I havo been
sent to ask you : Do you know vhero
that man now is, and if you know, will
yon toll mo ?"
Toronthal took a long timo to nply.
If they want to know, ho Ithoilglit,
whero Sarcany is, it is obvious that
they want to got hold of him as hoy
have got hold of me. Why ? Is it for
something wo huvo both boon con
cerned in during tho years gono by,
nnd particularly for our schemes in tho
Trieste conspiracy ? But how can theso
tilings havo been found out, aud wlo is
thero interested in avenging Mathias
Sandorf aud his two friends who iied
iifteon years ago? Theso wero the
banker's first thoughts. Then, ho vent
on to himself, it cannot ba any propejly
constituted authority that threatens ho
nnd my companion aud that is sui
ous. And so, although ho had no doubt
that Sarcany had fled to Tetuau o
Namir, whero ho was trying his thiid
gamo nnd forcing it ns much as bo
could, ho resolved to say nothing about
it. If later on ho could gain anythinr
by speaking, ho would speak. Now h
would bo as reserved as possible.
"Well?" asked Luigi, after giving
him timo to reilect. '
"Sir, " ana worod Toronthal, ' ' I conld I
tell you that I know where Sarcany
is, and that I will not eay; but in
reality I do not know."
"That is your only reply ?"
"My only roply aud tho truth."
Then Luigi returned to inform tho
Doctor of what had passed. As thero
was nothing inadmissible in the reply,
thoy had to bo content with it And to
discover Sarcany's retreat, all that coidd
bo dono was to press on tho search and.
sparo neither pains nor money.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Jtusidiui Lady Doctors.
However slow'ly civilization may
travel in the land of the czar, there is at
any rate ono thing in which Russia is
further advanced than most European
countries, and this is the opening of the
learned professions to women. Par
ticularly anxious is tho government to
mako tho study of medicine as oas3 aa
possiblo to women, and thero' appears
to ho a real demand for female inedico3
all over tho country. The St. Peters
burg Gazelle, commenting on certain
resolutions which havo lately been
passed by tho St. Petersburg municipal
council on tho subject, says that tho
medical faculty for women sprang up
without a proper organization, without
secured resource, and before the stato
had recognized its existence. It was
hoped that tho institution would livo
and develop ineroly by the aid of bo
novolcnco. This went on for a lime.
thanks chiollv to tho patronage which
tho war ministry had extended to the'
women. The young women Hocked to
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perilous position in which thev found In Augusta, Ga., tho churches have
themselves, and which became oven ruJ'3 which forbid gentlemen from sit
moro precarious after thev had finished the on tho right sido of the hoiuc, as
thoir .studies, thev havo braved all i
dangers, misery nnd calumny, and have
succeeded by tho more force of perse-,
voranco and dovotion to their work.
At present no ono questions
uie:
desirability of having female doc-1
tors, who are tho indispensable
complement of the inalo medical
personnel. It is particularly in tho vil
lagos that tho women doctors are most
in demand, and thoro are places whore
thoy alone aro trusted. Tho fact is,
that they havo acquired a stable posi
tion in private practice as well as m
hospitals. 'J'his victory of tho Russian
women has been made in tho course ol
the lust decade, nnd at present no one
denies their usefulness. The erovern.
nient has now resolved to admit the!
schools ot medicine tor women nmou
tho number of high constitutional
schools with n fixed organization ami
tho right to give diplomas. A project
for the organization is now before the
minister of education. A municipal
council of St. Petersburg, considering
that it is incumbent on the overnment,
and not on tho town, to ta this insti
tution under its protection, has nrooo.s.
ed n joint arrangement, by which the
town undertakes to pay annually the
sum of 15.000 rubles towards the maim
tenance of tlio institution, the procur
ing of a house for the installation ol
leeturc-rooms, museums, etc, and b)
extending tho right to female student
to pursue thoir practical studies iu all
the St. Petersbursr hospitals on the con
dition that tho professors aro ekosou
irom among me physicians ot thc-o hos.
pitals. Thus tho material position ol
the medical faculty for women is safo,
headquarters, money, and hospitals be
ing provided. The' QaxctU. hoprs thai
other towns will follow the gencroin
example or tno capitoi, nnd we hope oi every coior oi mo rain now, ami cov
that other1 countrlci its woll will profit red in browu paper tied with plain
by tho lessou. string.
HERE AND THERE.
A salt well was recently sunk near
Alexander, N. Y.
A New York sign is: "Boiled Clam
Julcc on Draught "
Sfrawbcrry vinos arc still bearing in
Sumter county, Fla.
A forty-Jivc-inch sunflower is being
exhibited at Travers. Cnl.
Vermont olects state officers, legisla
ture, and congressmen Sept. 7.
Thirty-five firms iu Barrc, Vt., aro
engaged in the granite business.
A large number of colored peoplo
arc patronizing Saratogo this year.
Los Augcles, Cat, is considering the
proposition to change tho city charter.
A collection of eight thousand but
tons is owned by a Halem, N. Y.,
woman.
Miss Leah Brooks, of Senoca, N. Y.,
who is only 0 years old, weighs 12'J
pounds.
A Canadian claims to have found a
piece of barbed wire in a hen's egg
recently.
Over ten car-loads of salmon have
been shipped this season from Oregon
to the cast.
Promenading on the beach after dark
is one of tho things Asbury Park will
not tolerate.
A Connecticut editor was compelled
to apologize for referring to a court as
a Lime-Kiln club.
Caterpillars are said to bo doing con
siderable damage in tho cotton-liclds
near Avoyelles, La.
Over $3,000,000 have been stolen by
Philadelphia cashiers, clerks and oth
ers during tho past livo years.
It has been figured out that it costs
S1,!)00 every time tho roll is called in
in the house of representatives.
Steamers arc carrying cargoes of
California watermelons to Portland,
Oregon, which sell at S3 a dozen.
Frank McDonald, aged 15 years, and
Essie O'Neal, aged 13 years, were mar
ried reccntlj' at Knoxville, Tenn.
A Bucksport, Me., idiot recently won
a wager of $1 by driving his horse and
buggy oil' the wharf into the river.
Two Parkcrsburg, AY. Va., young
ladies have started on a drive to Clarks
burg, a distance of one hundred miles.
The $10,000 floats figured in the
Albanny N. Y., bicentennial celebra
tion were sold at auction recently for
$G5.
A tunnel 2,300 feet in length is being
cut through the hill at Bridgeport,
Conn., for the new water-works sys
tem. A colored woman at Lewiston, Va.,
pave birth to triplets last Thursday.
Their nggregato woight was seventeen
pounds.
Cat-tails stained rod, blue, purple,
and other colors are being sold by tho
Boston small boy as specimens of rural
ingenuity.
A New York brewer throatens to
closo up his brewery unless the quality
of water in tho public-service pipes is
improved.
The grand jury which adjourned at
Santa l"e, Now Mexico, on tho last day
of July found 250 indictments, mostly
on land cases.
Tho Curtis house, aged 250 years,
was torn down recently at West" Box
hurj', Mass.. to mako room for modern
Improvements.
Fifty-seven of tho ono hundred regu
lar guests of a Niagara Falls summer
oli) aro foreigners, and twenty of
ihoso arc titled.
A Hartford, Conn., man circumvents
tho gas company by storing his meter
i a safe-deposit vault when ho goes oil
ffr tho summer.
Tho fishermen of Long Island sound
ao having rare sport these days in tho
clptiuo of bluelish, which are count
less in number.
The peoplo of Schenectady, N. Y.,
aw making preparations to celebrate
tlo anniversary of tho, burning of that
tQvn by the Indians.
(V couple of sword-fish wero recently
caotured in Long Island sound, off
Bildgehampton. N? Y. The
ra0iy sco jn t,0iie water3
so fish aro
'tl Prt s occupied by ladies.
floblle, Ala., has tho distinction of
beijg the only city of tho world which,
liglting, has gono back to gas.
Jhn Slaughter, a colored citizon of
Loijisville, Ky., was severely stabbed
onqday recently for accidentally trcad
ingjon tho corns of a whito person.
Wb Atlantic city hotel pays $310 a
wetk for its baud and boards it. Tho
amount spent for music at tho various
holds this season will reach $25,000.
A Now London oystor- dealer has in
vented a dredge with which starfish,
the greatest enemies of the oyster, can
I. . . - l. .1 ill. A "I 1 t
bo taken from a bed without disturbing
tho Dystors.
Nbw Jersey peoplo aro having an un
pleasant experience with mosquitoes
thisycar. lu number they aro count
less, and their viciousness has never
boei equaled.
It n pocket iu the clothes of a drown
ed nan found in the canal at St. John's,
Quebec, was a note-book, on a page of
wh'ch was written: "Will be found
droivned; last drunk."
Snce the merchant-tailors of Pitts
burgh. Pa., published n black-list old
billi aro being paid up rapidly ami
now onos are not allowed to accumu
late, as rapidly as formerly.
A colony of bugs besieged the stores
nt ratchoguo, L. i., ono day last week.
Iu order to escape the insects the mer
chants were obliged to close their
buildings an hour earlier than usttal.
A ourloiiB publication In the way of
nnlntlo bonks is n vnlnmn nf imunii
printed In various sized types on paper
THE TELEPHONE INSPECTOR.
A Tcnncssco Judge "Who "Wished To
Bo Accomodating.
Judgo F is a very quiet, easy
going man when everything runs
smoothly, but let him ouco get rattled
and the neighborhood can not pacify
him. He will snarl at his best friend
when annoyed, and the man who plays
a practical joke on him had bettor emi
grate. Yesterday, ns tho clock struck
1, he was seated in his office, very
much worried over a chancery caso in
which ho is counsel, and his desk was
fairly littered with papers, whilo ho
was hurrying through with a certain
part of his work before dinner hour.
Suddenly the telephone boil rang n
gentle summons, just as though tho
girl in tho central office know the judgo
was busy and hated to disturd him, but
was, nevertheless, compelled to, in
order to satisfy the individual at tho
other end of the wire. The judgo rose
hurriedly, jerked the receiver from tho
hook, and yelled "Hello!"
A silvery voice a girlish wont-you-oblige-me
accent betrayed that ono of
tho fair sex was the caller. The judgo
toned down and inquired, "Well?"
"Is that Judgo F.'s?" said theswect
toned voice.
"Yes," was wafted back.
"Oh! I am so glad. This is Mis3
X , and I have been given charge
of all complaints on tho line. Before
making out our new list I wish to learn
how your instrument works."
"Just like a charm," replied the gal
lant judge. "I have no fault to find
cither with the instrument or service."
"Thank you," was the sweet rejoin
der, "but you know how tho managers
would apprcciato a few words of com
mendation from von, so, if you aro not
too busy, would it bo asking too much
if you "would devote fifteen minutes
toward a thorough test of your instru
ment?" When there is a lady in the case the
judge is never in a hurry, and in his
blandest tones ho announced himself at
the young lady's bidding.
Another vote of thanks camo over
tho wire, and the soft voice inquired if
he could place his ear about ten inches
higher than tho transmitter in order to
test the power of hearing distinctly.
Unfortunatoly, the judge is largo in
circumference, but not lar from the
ground, and he could net reach his arm
abovo the car-trumpet rack, much less
place his head up there.
Ho was a man, however, who was
not to be overcome by trifles, and an
idea struck him. lie determined to
oblige tho telephone girl, and ho pro
ceeded to inform hor to hold the tele
phone just a minute and he would be
ready.
Again tho bewitching voico uttered
thanks, and the judge put his plan into
operation. The telephone was along
side the office window, about half-tray
up the casmg was a stout nail; a revolv
ing bookcase stood on the floor. It was
quickly rolled over toward the window;
tho judgo mounted it, grasped the nail
on tho window-casing with ono hand,
tho ear-trumpet with the other ami
sang out "All ready."
There was no response, and the judgo
nearly twisted his neck out of joint as
iie leaned down and repeated tho words
through the transmitter.
The sweet vo co answered in a low
tone, and tho judge strained his ears in
listening. "Now, judge." came tho
message, "listen attentively and repeat
tho following words back to me, so
that I may know you heard them dis
tinctly:" "What part of speech is tho
word transmogrilicanbandanduciality?"
It was too mil oh, even for the judge.
On the tenth syllable ho squirmed; the
nail broke; he mado a grab for the tele
phone box; tho bookcase revolved, and
the renters in tho story below thought
the roof had fallen in. When several
of them camo running into tho room
the judgo was lying in tho middle of
t lie lloor, the law books trom the caso
between his knees, while in his hand ho
hugged the fatal car-trumpet, which
he had clung to in his fall, and the cord
of which had been snapped in twain.
Tho matter was given into tho Imnds,,
of a. detective, who last night reported
to tho judgo that the telephone com
pany employed no inspectors or testers
of instruments, and further, that tho
call camo from a private residence
whero the judge's wife was spending
tho day. An air of unusual coolness
permeates tho judge's homo now, and
the telephone company has lost a sub
scriber. Nashville Union.
Courting in Fancy Dress.
It would seem ns if thero wore no
satisfying tho changeful mind of
women. Everybody knows tho disas
trous effect produced on tho simple vil
lago maiden when the vorsatilo Lord of
Burleigh dropped the rolo of painter
and showed himself in his true colors.
Taking warning by this young lady's
sad fate, Mr. Conway, a thoughtful
butler, determined to reverse tho order
nf things in tho Lord of Burleigh's
cruel proceedings. So lie went to
America, called himself tho lion. Soy
niour Conway, and wooed and won a
high-born maiden to bo his wife. IIo
then brought his wife to his buttery in
England, whero ho of course dropped
tho Hon. Seymour part of himself and
prepared to" scttlo down to domestic
life. But instead of boing delighted at
this little surpriso the lady is terribly
annoyed. It is truo sho has not died,
but she has dono the next best thing,
and instituted divorce proceedings.
Courting in fancy dress seems not to bo
a success whichever way it is tried.
Pall Mall Gazette.
The Texnn Away from Home.
Stranger (to bartender) I'm throo
days from Texas, mister, whar I was
bo'n an' raised, an' I want or drink.
Giinmosuthiu hot.
Bartender I can givo you somo pow
dored glass and ursenie, sir, with pepper-sauce
and furniture-polish.
Stranger No live hornets?
Bartender Not a liyo hornet in tho
place. .
Stranger Well, gimme what you'vo.
got A man can drink 'most anythin',
but I did want suthin ter warm mo up.
1 start, fcr Tvxaa ter-morrer, stranger.
Sew York Sun.