Title CHARITY GIRL f
M By EFFIE A. ROWLANDS I
CHAPTER VI
The news of Mrs. Eraser's sudden in
rroasi of weakness nnd ill health reached
Mrs. Thorngate the filloviiis; afternoon,
as the vicar's wife was returning from
some of her parochial ministering.
"What is wrong with hor?" she asked
Dr. Sentance, anxiously, as she mot him
ridinj. homeward.
"I confess she puzzles mo." he: answer
ed. "I sounded tht heart tl'i morning,
nml. except for extremely weak notion, 1
can trace no definite signs of a malady."
"I think I will go on to Dinglewood
find see her," Mrs, Thorngate said to
hersill. as she was alone again. Con
s' nice Eraser and she were wi.rtn friends.
"I want to see how that ciidd is getting
on. tco."
Sh was just passing rir owr. gate as
she thought of this, and was suddenly
ivstouishcd by being confronted by a
;'oun; man. who proceeded to fold his
aim about her and kiss her cheek most
heat lily.
"Well. Aunt Agatha, here I (ira once
rgpin. you sop," said a soft, singularly
pleasant voice.
"Reverley. my dear boy ! How you
n! art led me ! Oh, dear!" md poor Mrs.
Thorngate fairly gasped for Luath.
"Poor Aunt Agatha! What a shame!
1 am awfully sorry, dear. I thought you
saw me. Come in and sit down, you
je:r old thing. Where's Uncle (Jus?"
Mrs. Thorngate allowed herself to be
led up to the rectory by the strong arm.
Her surprise was vanishing and only
pleasure remained. Reverley come home
once again ! She could scarcely believe
it. Reverley, that dear, handsome, scape
grace son of her dead and gone, yet still
beloved sister, Margaret! Mrs. Thorn
date's child-bereft heart ;dmg to this
.our.jc. man with the temu-ry of an ivy
plant. He was, after her husband, her
Nearest and most treasured possession on
earth. Once inside the cozy dining room
she embraced him warmly.
"Let me look at you, t'arling," she
said, holding him off at arm's length and
feasting her eyes on his extremely hand
come face, with its dark obs olive skin,
clear-out features and short-cropped
be.nu. "Oh, my dear! I am glad to
ee you once more. You oad creature,
never to have written me a line all these
months! And now you want something
to eat, and there is nothing decent in the
Louse."
"You will sit down and take your ease.
I have already ransacked th larder, and
wit'i very good results. Yo lr cold beef
was beyond reproach, my tear aunt."
Mrs. Thorngate laughed.
"How good it is to sei? you in your
old chair," she said, tenderly. "How I
w.s.i. (;us was at home."
lit: will be back in a few days, I sup
pose':" Reverley Ilochfort observed cas
ually, after having learned the reason
of his uncle being away. To an onlooker
u might easily have been perceived that
the young man had no very great regret
in the rector's absence; but Mrs. Thorn-.g.-tte
did not observe it.
"And now you will make up jour mind
1c stay with us, will you not, my dearest?
i can assure you we are mt very dull
down here, now; we have the Duchess of
Ilurborough. with the Man lis of Iverne,
an'. Lord John (Ilendurwiod at Craig
lands The Erasers are at Dinglewood;
I he Everests settled in Gl ison for the
hunting; no end of smart people one
a- and another."
Beverlev smiled complacently and
stroked his short, silky beard. Since
:neretsity would force him o make the
rector his headquarters for at least
some few months, he was not at all
averse to hearing his aunt's tews.
"I am not surprised ihey should come
l.ere ; it is a good country. I don't
now a better, and I havs traveled
siirocgh a good many in my ''me. I sup
pose I can get a sort of mount in either
Giaston or Montberry?"
"No need to go so far," smiled Mrs.
1 hori-gaie. "Your uncle has two hunt
en in the stables, and he will be infi
nitely obliged to any one who will give
them" a little exercise, mon especially
as he cannot be here to use them himself.
Would you like to go and nave a look at
them, my dear boy? You. will find Tot
ter still in the stables; in fact, very
little is changed in the year and a half
joi have been away."
don't mind if I do. Rut where are
you off to?"
Mrs. Thorngate explained her reasons
lor going to Dinglewood.
-I think I will leave the horses, and
accompany you." he said ; "it is just as
weil to resume acquaintanceship with the
lol!: around.'
Ami so, chatting languidly in his soft,
musical voice, Reverley lioehfort walked
throi gh the muddy l ines to Lii-glowood.
He remembered h had iiin.le a distinct
impiession on Sheila Eraser when he met
ier before, and. although lie had no defi
nite plans in his mind, he felt he should
l,e wise to renew the friendship with this
extremely wealthy young woman.
He let Mrs. Thorngate's i heery tongue
run cu, and was not very .vjtnrr unicative
ubou; himself.
"Jnst back from the Cape," he ob
Rprvcd. when his aunt pinned him on
this point, "and an uncomfortable time
I have had of it. Gold mines, indeed !
Moitf like treadmills. Never worked so
Lard in my life, and nothing for it !"
He laughed softly. "Aunt Agatha. I
l.kve come home with empty pockets!"
A slight shade passed over Mrs. Thorn-
gates face.
Vr must not let that last, Reverley,
fcV replied ; then a little more hurri-d!y
vou still bave jour small iLcome, of
course?"
"I am sorry to say, dear sunt, that
my ii-come is a thing it : past. I
teabyed the capital when I was in Eng-
iand before. I had absolute reed of the
money, and there was nothing ise to do.
; thought I told you of this."
V-s. Thorngate uttered a quiet "No.
dear, you did not." and M.mehow the
lan." erew misty before her. She rivall
ed Low hard her sister had sf ngitled t
keep this small amount of n nney safe
for her boy. Reverley's indifferent tone
h nn her a little, but sue a too
fond of him to let that last.
"You must have a chat with Gits when
ho comes back, and until then, dear, look
upon me as your banker," she said, gently-
"Pear Aunt Agatha!" Reverley mur
mured, pressing her hand. His gratitude
was entirely assumed, since he had set-
tied this arrangement in his mind before j
he left Fort Elizabeth; but Mrs. Thoru
ga' never doubted it for' a moment.
''You will be a rich man some day,
Reverley, you are so clever. Rrains like
yorrs always succeed."
"They certainly have served me very
well so far," agreed Mr. Ko-hforf. There
was a curious smile on his face as he
tecalled how often his brains had carried
Tiim through disagreeable and awkward
crises. "I must tell you l11 about my
plans to-morrow. Aunt Agatha. Are those
th'j l.ghts of Dinglewood? I had an Idea
it was much further away. What a
fine property it is! Miss Fraser is a
lucky young woman. Is sue i ppropriated
jet 7"
"There is no definite engagement ; but
I don't think I am far wrong if I say
Sheila's fancy leans toward Lord John
G'endurwood. I think yy.i met him
whe.j you were here before."
A grim look settled on Reverley Roeh
iort's handsome face ; his lips compressed
theirselves into a tight, ugly line.
"Yes, I kuow Glondurwood," wns all
he sr. id; but a keen listener might have
detected something hard and strange in
his voice. "He is a very decided prig,
Aunt Agatha."
Mrs. Thorngate made no reply to this.
Tor, truth to tell, she had a weak spot
'n her heart for Lord John, and was one
o.? his warmest admirers.
"I hate prigs ! I knew one out there"
with a comprehensive nod backward at
some unnamed bourne "to whom I took
a fancy." Reverley laughed softly. "He
wa3 the surliest chap I ever came across,
out what a plucky one! We knocked
against each other pretty often. I felt
sorry for him, somehow; he seemed al
ways so glum. He gave me a packet to
bring homo to some lawyers here, and
made me swear I would honestly deliver
it. He called himself John Marsh, but
1 am quite sure that was net his name.
He must have been a good-looking fellow
when he was younger, with ryes as blue
well, as your large sapphire ring. Aunt
Agatha, and coal-black hair. A strange
combination ! I never saw it before."
"Whj-, that's just 'vhat that child is
like "' cried the rector's wife.
"What child?"
"Miss Fraser's maid, and a protege of
Gus! Such a lovely little creature. I
Viisn you could see her, Reverley."
' I never waste my admiration on ser
vants," he said as they reached the low,
wide porch-like entrance o Dinglewood
House.
Miss Fraser was dispensing tea to her
grace the Duchess of Ha. borough and
one oi two other people. She received
Mrs. Thorngate in the w: rtn, pretty
fasti. on she always asuaied before Jack's
mother.
"How good of you to come ! Dear
mamma will be so pleased to see you !
Thanks, she is really better this afternoon
at least I hope so. Oh! "he frightened
me terribly wiem she fell down in that
fair-ting fit! I did not vva.it her to go,
but she would do it. Mr. Ilochfort,
will you come and sit aero? Dear god
mamma, may I introduce Mr Reverley
Kochiort to you? He has jiut come DacK
from foreign parts, and will entertain
you. I am sure !
The duchess moved her areple sums
so that Reverley might sit down. Lord
John was speaking very plamly and earn
estly. "Sheila." he said, as he Irew the girl
apart from the rest for a moment, "how
comes that man here?"
"What man? Oh. Mr. Rochfort?
Wlij- he is dear Mrs. Thorngate's nephew.
Stupid Jack, as if you did not know
that !"
"1 did not know it, or I should not
have asked the question. J have never
seen him down here before and I have
never heard Mrs. Thorngite speak of
him."
"Oh, he is her joy and her beloved. I
call him handsome, don't you? Rut, of
course, no man ever aumlres auotber ; I
forgot."
"Whoever he may be, I know him as
one of the greatest blackguard it has
ever been my lot to meet."
"Good gracious. Jack, hor awful; and
Mr. Thorngate a clergyman, too!"
"Mr. Thorngate has nothing to do
wilh him. I doubt if he would ever let
bin, inside his house if he knew as much
about him as I do."
Riverley was in the best of spirits.
He had carefully noted chit whispered
confuence at the fire, just as he had
noted that Lord John Glendurwood did
not vouchsafe him any greeting. He was
much relieved as Sheila cam" np to them
and treated him to a smile. He did not
quite understand her expression, but he
studied it well and determined to think
it over. He was a most a-c-using man;
he could tell an anecdote with just enough
disregard for the truth as to i cint it well
aim make it more palatable. His voice
was so pleasant, his beari.ig so grace
ful, and his face so hauls uie, that he
won everybody's heart.
"You must come to Craigimds," cried
the (teohess, with decision.
Meanwhile Jack Glenlu-wood was
stricng through the chill February af
u rnron ; a slight frost and iali of snow
had prevented the meet that morning,
and he felt ji trifle bored.
Ry this time he was at he stables,
and, going in, he examined Sheila's mare
i)ia;e and gave a word of prmse to the
head groom. As he was sauntering
across the court jard he ran against a
niaii hurrying in from a side avenue,
which was the servant's entrance and
exit from Dinglewood and tin village.
"What. Downs, you nere! Is I.ord
I vein., ill, or what is the matter?" he
rir-ln med in urprise, as he recognized
his own servant.
Ikiwns stammered out sorrc sort of
I eipls nation about having ief: something
belonging to hln at the house the day
befoi e.
Jack looked at the man. He bad not
had him long, and did not particularly
care for him. Ho felt that Downs was
Jyini at this moment. He whistled to
th. dogs scattered about, mid turned
down tiie avenue from which bis servant
had hurried. He had not rone many
steps before he came to a standstill.
Theie, just In front of him, ur bauds
pret'sed close to her breast, cl hed iu thu
bl.cl cloak and veil in which he bad first
boou her, stood Audrey.
She was perfectly erect, arid held her
head proud and high. The light was
fast growing dim, but he coild see how
white her face was, and how her eyes
were glowing.
"What are j'ou doing hero nloneV" ho
exclhimed, almost porompti'-i'.y, coming
close up to her. As he did so he noticed
that her breath was coming in great
paining sobs, as from soaia one who had
beer, mortally frightened. "What is it?
What is the matter?" he asKod, hurriedly.
"Will you not speak to me, little friend?"
"1 have no friends," she said iu a voice
thai was hoarse with agitai'on and ex
citement; "I I am all uIjuo the world.
Evet. Jean cannot help me uow."
Jack Glondurwood moved a stop near
er, and his foot kicked agairst a bag
that was on the ground; but he did not
notice it. "Something has happened,"
ho said, earnestly and Kindly. "Will you
tell nie what it is?"
Audrey gazed before tier ii . set, fixed
da-ed fashion for another moment or so;
then she gave a little cry, and pressed
her two hands before tier pyes.
"Oh! if I could have oniy killed him!"
she said, fiercely, yet kindly. "How dare
he! How dare he!"
Lord John started and nis pulses thrill
ed. He was about to quesiiou her, and
then, like a flash of lightning, the truth
came to him Downs' st.i arnering awk
vvaiUness, the girl's shame ond misery.
The man had evidently insulted her
perhaps had kissed her! A lot tide of
color surged to Jack Glenda -wood's face.
"It shall not occur again," he soothed
her. and still clasping tier lords; "you
must not come out here in the dusk alone
if you can help it; you ar.i too young,
too too pretty, my child. Now you are
going to be brave, you will not. cry any
mci'e?"
Rut the tears were fast coursing one
another down her fair, wnite cheeks.
"I am going away," .she said, as well
as she could speak. "Miss FT.ser won't
keep me any longer. She said I was to
go a i once. I I know I aai stupid, but
if she would only give me a chance I
should do better but she won't, and
now I must go back to rhe home and
they will scold me, and "
"Sent you away like this at this time
of nijiht? Oh, there must be some mis
take !" Jack's voice was full of just
ind:E'nation.
Audrey assured him it was only too
true, and eased her sorrowful little heart
by pcuring out her disappointment and
misery, until suddenly she remembered,
with a start, that she was presuming
dreadfully on his kindness, an.i came to
a -premature stop.
"i shall never,' never forgot all you
have done for me!" she .-aid in low, brok
en i:t tes, and then she iad lecseued her
ho'd and was out of sight.
lie stood gazing after bor, and then,
a . tl ough urged by soaie wil l, unconquer
able impulse, he lifted his a".n(l and kiss
ed (lie spot her lips had ton bed.
''I love her!" he said to aimself, vague
ly, yet with a rush of joy fill:ri his heart.
'I love her! My darling! My darling!"
(To be ronrinued.)
THE REAL LINCOLN.
He Was Wither I" n graceful, Xor
Aukwuril) .Vir I
For many years it lias been the
fashion to call Abraham Lincoln home
ly, says a writer. He was very tall
and very thin. His eyes were deep
sunken, his skin of a sallow pallor,
his hair coarse, black and unruly. Yet
he wits neither in i grace fill, nor awk
ward, nor ugly. Ills large features
rit:ed his large frame, and his large
hands ami feet were but right on a
body that measured six feet four
inches.
His was a sail and thoughtful face,
and from boyhood he had carried a
load of care. It is small wonder that
when alone or absorbed In thought the
face should take on deep lines, the
eyes appear as if seeing something be
yond the vision of other men, and the
shoulders stoop, as though they too
were bearing a weight. Rut in a mo
ment all would be changed. The deep
eyes could Hash, or twinkle merrily
with humor, or look out from under
overhanging brows, as they did upon
the Five Points children, in kindliest
gentleness.
So, too, in public speaking. When his
tall Ixxly rose to its full height, with
head thrown back and his face trans
figured with the lire and earnestness
of his thought, lie would answer I' g
las in the high, clear tenor that came
to him in the heat of debate, carrying
his ideas so far out over listening
crowds.
It has been the fashion, too, to say
that la; was slovenly and careless in
his dress. This also is a mis'.ake. His
clothes could not fit smoothly on his
gaunt and liony frame. He wns no
tailor's figure of a man, but from the
first he clothed himself as well ns his
means allowed and in the fashion of
the time and place.
In the same way he cared little for
the pleasures of the table. He ate
most sparingly. He was thankful that
food was good and wholesome and
enough for daily weds, but he could
no more enter Into the mood of the
epicure for whose palate it is a matter
of importance whether he eats roast
giMise or golden pheasant than he
could have counted the grains of sand
under the sea.
lln-lr liraml.
"Did you know that ioliticlans have
a particular kind of sweets to which
they are partial?"
"I didn't know it about politicians
esjKKially. What is the kind?"
"Candied dates, of course." Balti
more American
The barber hushed the last vibrations
of the Spanish fandango by laying his
hand across the strings and shook his
head.
"Ncit nie," he said, "You go to a
lawyer an' ask him what he thinks of
It. I got myself hi a great mlx-up
once by buttln' in with good advice.
There was a feller name o' Rrank
come to nie once an' while I was cut
tin' his hair he told me about another
guy name o' Sturgis 'at owed him $15.50
for some paperin' he'd done for him. I
don't remember now jest egsackly how
It was, whether there was any dispute
abc.ut the work or not. I didn't pay so
much attention to It, anyway. Rut he
claimed Sturgis owed this $3.50 an' he
couldn't git It out of him.
'"Why don't you sue him?' I says.
"'What good 'ud that do nie? he
says. 'I'd have to pay a lawyer $10.'
" 'Why don't you take It out of his
hide?' I says jest like you might say
it. I didn't care nothin' alnmt it one
way or ano.ther. Sturgis uster keep a
mug with me an' I had his fade
steady.
"That's what I'd do,' I sa- s jest
talkln'. I'd go up to him an' I'd say,
"Y'ou pay nie that $3.50 you owe me,
doggone you, or I'll take It out o' your
hide." '
" 'I've a notion to do it,' he says.
" 'Do as j-ou like about it,' I says.
'It ain't no, business o' mine.'
"Well, sir, right there an' then Stur
gis comes into the shop. As soon as he
seem who was In the chair he looked
kind o' abbergasted, but he didn't go
out, as I was hopin' he would. He set
down an' picked up a paper an' begin
readin'. Rrank seen him In the glass
an' he looked kind of abbergasted, too,
but he didn't say nothin'. I'd most
go.t through with him, but when I seen
MAUNA LOA BELCHES LAVA AND FIRE.
' -7 ..V
REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH OF MAUNA LOA, IN ACTION.
The eruption of lava and lire from Mauna Loa, In Hawaii, is Increasing,
and more than one How has reached the sea. A new flow extends over thirty
five miles of waste land. It is moving at the rate of thirty miles an hour,
is fifteen feet high and half a mile in width.
Volcanic eruptions and lava flows are not feared in Hawaii. They have
been happening since the beginning of the islands. Outbreaks from Kilauea
and Mauna Loa, the two active volcanos of the Islands, are looked on as
safety valves against destructive seismic activity.
The present outbreak began recently, when over the mountain there
spread a vast curtain of smoke. A vast column of light reflected against the
smoke and Illuminated the entire heavens. It was visible for many miles in
every direction. During the day the appearance of the outbreak from a dis
tance Is of a great pillar of smoke rising from the top of the mountain. Ex
cursions from all parts of the islands have lieen organized to go and see the
wonderful spectacle.
HUDSON BAY ROUTE GAINS.
Canadian Trnnncontlnental Linen
IIiiiltliiiK Ureat Arm of Sea.
The use of the Hudson Ray route to
Europe can no longer be regarded as a
mere visionary scheme. All of Cana
da's great railway systems are push
ing their lines in the direction of iorts
on" the shore of the bay. It will be
reached from the south, the southwest
and the west. The more impotrant lines
will run from the west and the south
west, from the wheat Holds and the
cattle ranges.
The rapid development of Canada's
mat northwest within the last few
I years and the assurance of an even
.'more rapid development In the years
' to come have brought about new condi
tions The Hudson bay route is oien
for four or five months eacli year. It
is shorter by from 700 to 1,000 miles
than are the present routes between the
wheat fields and the markets of Eu
it offers a saving in freight han-
1 tiling. Grain and cattle from Manitoba,
'Saskatchewan or Alberta will require
Irmly one transfer on their way to Eu
'rope. The matter of distance and of
'general shipping convenience is liost re
alized by reference to a map. wnere
comparison may 1 made between the
direct rail routes from Winnipeg or
Calgary or Edmonton to Fort Churchill
,l Vnrk factory and the devious rail.
lake and canal routes to Montreal or
I New York. Churchill and Y'ork. like
New York and Montreal, are practical
ly P..000 miles from Liverpool.
I There Is little doubt that within the
't next few years tho Canadian raclfic,
his fists eloublln' up under the cloths I
begun all over agin, wilppln' here uu'
there an' steamin' up. I thought I'd
get Sturgis tired out, but he sat there
'sif he had all the time there was. At
last, when there honestly wasn't noth
in' more I could do, I wiped off his
faco an neck an' Jerked the cloth
off him. At the same time I whispered
to him not to make no fuss In the shop.
"I guess he didn't understand what
it was I said to him, for he didn't wult
to put on his collar. He just walked
up to Sturgis and ho suys: 'You pay
me that $3.50 you owe me, doggone
you, or I'll take It out o' your hide.' I
"I tried to step In between 'em, but
I wasn't quick enough. Sturgis didn't
say nothin'; he Just hauled off an'
knocked Rrank kerslap Into the mlrrr
an' scattered the tonic an' hair brushes ;
an' razors an' shampoo mixtures all ,
over the floor an' the next minit they
was trompin' an' sinashin' 'em Into the
ground. I picked up a cane chair an'
threw It at Sturgis an' it missed him
an' brought down the mug rack. Stur
gis left off iKiundin' Rrank long enough
to return the chair an' this time It
didn't miss. I got it on top o' my head
and I concluded to draw out an' call
for help. When I got back with the
marshal Sturgis had gene an' Rrauk
was jest conilu' to his senses.
"Well, I had 'em both arrested an'
Rrank told the Justice I'd put up a job
on him an' I got fined $10 an' costs for
lncitiii' to a breach of the peace. Then
I sued Sturgis for damages an' lost
out, an' the result o' that fracas was
I busted up in business an' had to get
out o' town jest by talkln' a little."
"That's the trouble with" J'ou bar
bers,'' commented the listener. "Y'ou
will talk."
"It's cured nie," said the barber."
Chicago Daily News.
the Canadian Northern, the Grand
Trunk Pacific and the Great Northern
will all have terminals on Hudson Ray.
So, In all probability, will some of the
smaller roads of eastern Canada have
their terminals on James Ray, which
forms a pocket at the southern end of
the Hudson Ray shore line.
This Is a matter which Is somewhat
more than likely to have an Inqiortniit
bearing on the Interests of American
producers and of American transiwrta
tion lines, New Y'ork Sun.
The .cor'n Heaven.
At the Players In New Y'ork a num
ber of actors were arguing aliout tho
meaning of the word "happiness."
In the midst of the argument Henry
E. Dixey appeared, and one of the con
testants said :
"Dlxey, what Is your Idea of happi
ness?" Mr. Dlxey smiled thoughtfully. Then
he replied :
"My idea of true happiness Is to lie
on a couch before a bright fire, smok
ing a large Havana cigar given me by
an admirer, while I listen to a wojiinn
who worships me reading aloud flatter
ing press notices about my acting."
New Y'ork Tribune.
Cotton Fabric In Inea Tomb.
Peruvian tombs dating back to the
time of the Incns have been found to
contain fine sieciniens of cotton Pa1
rics. A steady-going woman Is one who
keeps on the go so steadily that It Is
difficult to find her at home.
BTENCIL PERFORATOR.
Uarice (or Quickly Muklnv Perfor
ated ruttcriia nml Meiiolln.
Ail elaetrlc machine for quickly
making perforated piqr patterns and
steuclla has been Invented by n New
York man, and is shown In the Illustra
tion below. Formerly this work was
done by hand, tho process being very
slow. In using the apparatus several
moa of comparatively thin paper aro
otird on a plan surfaces the upper
sheet having a light tracing" In pencil
mark of the deIgn to be perforated.
The machine can be freely moved
around on the upper sheet, the design
being followed with the tracing ixilnt,
which rotates up aiuf down like the
uewdle on a sewing machine. The
nofMlle iHrfortes the several sheets at
one time, duplicates being thus secured
at one operation. One of the stencils
is preserved for use in making more
stencils from a motor, push buttons be
ing used to regulate the speed. To
prevent the paper sticking to the needle
at each jierfonitlon, a guard is placed
close to the end of the tracing point,
the guard stripping the paiier from tho
needle as It raises up.
I "MOTTNTAIN-SCRATCHER." I
Ther are lew things that rouse the
Swiss Inhabitants of Alpine villages to
contemptuous anger so much os the
tIoctacle of Ignorant tourists anxious
to attack the unknown heights
of dangerous mountains. These villag
ers have spent their lives among tho
mountains, and realize their perils.
When they see some stupid newcomer
starting out alone on what may be noth
ing less than a suicidal venture, says
the London Express, they say to each
other, "Another mountain-serateher !"
The sensible tourist never by any
means purchases na ice-ax. One day I
noticed a man enter one of the shops.
He looked at the Ice-axes, and finally
bought one. "No one but a moiiiitain
scratchcr would buy an Ice-ax at a toy
shop," said my guide.
The next day I started out for an
easy excursion to the glacier, having
the same guide with me who had point
ed out the mountain scratclier at the
shop. He at once told me that the
"scratclier" had also started for the
glacier, unattended.
When we began to get on the glacier
the guide fastened the rope round my
waist. Not being a climber, I had only
my alpenstock. The guide's Ice-ax was
ample for the cutting of necessary
steps.
In a short time we saw the nioun-taln-scrntcher.
He wns chipping away
with Ids ax on a broad slojie of Ice
that reached away into illimitable dis
tance. Without wasting words the guide
stopped nie and untied the rope. "Stay
where you are," he said. "That fool is
right in the track of the avalanches. I
must get him out of that at once. Ho
may be killed any moment."
The guide soon came near his man.
but he wns over him, and a deep cre
vasse separates! them. I saw the guide
thrust his ax forward, but the man's
nerve fallen, nnd he did not grasp it.
The guide saw that he must act prompt
ly, and thrust the point of the ax into
the man's coat and under his leather
belt, and pulled him up by sher force1.
The two came back to where I was
waiting. There was a low rumbling
noise, which grew louder and louder.
White drifts of moving in came hurt
ling down over the slope where but a
fiw moments before the man had been
standing. We had reached him just in
time.
A .tf Knork.
Rev. Renlney Svvopo, rector of the
Vanderbllt Church at Ashevllle. wild
the other night In the ce.urse of nn ad
dress :
"These subtle attacks are the most
unexpected nnd the most wounding.
Y'ou have heard alMiut the clergyman
and his aged parishioner? The parish
loner said that ,he thought clergymen
should be letter paid.
" 'I nm pleased to hear you say that,
Rrother Rrown,' exclaimed tho young
man, beaming with pood will and hap
piness. 'It rejoices my heart to hear
you say that.'
"'Yes,' resumed the parishioner
thoughtfully ; 'we'd get a better class
of men, then.'"
A Hard Fishier.
I always understood Cnpt Shirk
had quite a fighting record?"
"So he has. He always fights flcM-oe-
! ly against any attempt to have him as
signed to duty In the field." Phlladel-
pbla Press.
WCIHKS 1.1KK A SKWINQ MACH1NK.
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