6 Thß Redemption avid ^orson By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS Cof,ri,ht. 1. ns over his shoulder and From all »tdes they appeared, tn or. axe in his hand started forth to their picturesque costume* of home­ carrj out a plan which he had form- spun or fur. Suddenly, through the l ever-open gate» of the forest, teams of •d m the night. He began to prepare for himself a horses crashed, drawing after them should shelter temporary booth which clanking log chains, and driven ty men him until he had erected his cabin: who carried saw» and 'cant hook»” on and the rest of the day w as consumed their broad shoulder». Loud halloo* of in this enterprise. At the close this greeting, cheerful words of encourage­ •imple'task w as done, so easy Is it to ment. an eager and agreeabl* ! untie oí provide a shelter for him who seeks J business, filled the charing. Log by log the walls rose. •fl th!« protection /ind nut luxury! Having once more satisfied his hunger, he built I horse» rolled them into place with the a fire In front of his rude booth, and • aid of the great chain» which the plo- lay down in its gen: i rays, his head neers wrapped around them, It was upon a pillow of moss. The stillness only a rude log cabin they built—with of the cool, quiet evening was broken I a great, wide opening through the mid- only by the crackling of the flames ■ die. a room on either side, and a pic­ the quiet murmure of the two little turesque chimney at either end; but It rills which whispered to each other was not to be despised even for grace, startled interrogations as to the mean­ and when warmth and comfort and ing of this rude invasion, the hoot of adaptability to needs anti opportuni­ owls in the tall tree tops, and the ties are considered, there have been stealthy tread of some of the little : few buildings erected by the gtmlus of creatures of the forest who prowled man mure justly entitled to admiru- I tlon. a - When this single day’s work was discover, if poss. le. the meaning of this great light, and th« strung* ended there remained nothing for Da- noises with which their forest world ' vid to do but think and daub the walls with mud. cover the rude rafters of had resounded. There came to the recumbent woods­ i the roof with his shakes, build the man a deep and quiet peace. He felt a chimneys out of short sticks, cob-house new sense of having been in some way I fashion, and cement them on the In­ taken back into the lratemlty of the side with clay to protect them from ■Unfällen creatures of the universe, and the flames. Into the all-embracing arms of the The other day was the one on which, great Father. He fell asleep with pure at the close of the long and genial thoughts hovering over the surface of summer, when the mass of timber and his mind, like a flock of swallows above brushwood had teen thoroughly sp­ a crystal la|t«. And Nature did take ooned by th* hot »un». he set his him back into that all-enfolding heart torches to th* carefully constructed where there is room and a welcome piles. for all who do not alienat* themselv’-s Steven and Pepeeta were to share Her latchstrings are always out. and with him in the excitement of this con­ forests, fields, mountains, oceans, des­ flagration. and David had postponed It erts even, have a silent, genial wel­ until dusk. In order that they might come for all who enter their open doors enjoy its entire sublimity. He had with reverence, sympathy and yearn­ taken the precaution to plow many fur­ ing A man asleep alune In a vast wil­ rows around the cabin and also around derness! How easy it would be for the edge uf the clearing, so the flames Nature to forget him and permit him «.uuid neither destroy his house nor to sleep on forever' What give* v .. devastate the forest. his importance there amid those giant Such precautions were necessary, for trees? Why should sun. moon, stars nothing can exceed the ferocity of lire gravity, heat. cold, care for him? How in the debris which the woodsmen can the hand that guides the constella­ scatter about them, When the dusk tions—th -se vast navies of the inflnit«- had settled down on this woodland Bea—pause to touch the eyelids of this world ar.d long shadows had crept etor> when the time com- ■ f- r i im t- across the clearing, wrapping them­ rise? When the sleeper woke, refresh­ selves round the trees ■s at Its its edge and ed and rested. In the morning. It w is scattering themselves among the thl- k to take up the routine of duties which j branches till they were almost hid were to be only slightly varied for from view. David lighted a pine torch many months to come. and gave It Into the hands of the ea­ One after another the srreat tre * ! ger boy, who seized It and like a young succumbed to’the blows < f his axe and ! Prometheus started forth. A single from their prostrate f rms he careful­ touch to the dry tinder was enough. ly selected those which were best With a dull explosion, the mass burst adapted to the structure of his cabin, Into flame. Shouting in his exultation, while over the others he piled the the little torch-bearer rushed on, ig­ limbs and brush and left them to dry niting pile after pile, and leaving be­ ferr the conflagration which at the end hind him almo*t at every step a mighty of the hot summer should remove them < onflagratlon. At each new Instant, as from the clearing. the night advanced, until ten, twenty, When the rainy days came he spent fifty great heaps were roaring and bls time in the shelter of his little ar­ seething with flam«?»! Great Jets bor cutting the ”»hakes,’” or shingles spouted up into the midnight heavens which were to furnish the roof of Pe- as if about to kiss the very stars, and perta's home. suddenly expired In the Illimitable The days and weeks fled by and the .«paca above them. Immense sparks, opening in the forest gr*w apace, He shot out from these bonfire» as from measured it by night with a celestial the crater» of volcano**, went sailing arithmetic, using the stars for his tri­ into the void around them and fell angulations, and as one after another hissing Into the water of the brooks or of them became visible where before silently Into the new-plowed furrows. The clouds above the heads of the they had been obscured by the foliage of the trees, he smiled, and felt as If subdued and almost t*rrifl‘ d beholders, he were cutting his farm out of heav­ for no one is ever altogether prepared en Instead of earth, It waa really cut for the absolute awfulness ot »uch h spectacle, were glowing with the fierce out uf both! His Sundays were spent at the old light which the fires threw upon them. ho.nestead with his loved one», and Weird Illuminations played fantastic once every week Pepe«-ta earn« with tricks tn the foliage from which the fiteven to bring him luxuries which startled shadow’s had vanished. The her own hands had prepared, and to roar of the ever-increasing fires be­ pass the afternoon with him at his came louder and louder, until in very terror Pepeeta crept into David’s arms work in the "clearing.” Those were memorable hours, POS- for protection, while the child who had •esslng that three-fold existence wlth fearlessly produr* d this scene of awful which every hour can be endowad by grandeur and destruction shouted with the soul of man—anticipation—realiza­ triumph at his play. ’ Thee’s a reckless little fire-eater!” tion—recollection. In this way a sin­ gle moment sometimes becomes almost said David, watching his figure *s 1t appeared and disappeared. “How synchronous with eternity. It would have been Impossible to tell youth trifles with forces whose powers which of the three was happiest, but It can neither measure nor control! It Pepeeta was always the center of in­ was well that I drew a furmw around terest, attention and devotion. Her our cabin or it would have been burn­ whole nature seemed to be aroused and ed.“ called into play; all her countless His gaze was fixed on the little cab­ charms were Incessantly evoked; her in which seemed to dance and oscillate Inimitable laughter resounded through in the palpitating light; and touched the woods and challenged th* emulous by the analog!«» and symbols which birds to unsuccessful competition. Se­ his penetrating eye discovered In the riousness alternated with gaiety, co­ simple scenes of dally life, he contin­ quetry with gravity. Some of the time ued to soliloquise, saying, ”1 should • he spent in gathering flowers to adorn have drawn furrows around my life, her lover's booth, and some In carry­ before I played with Are!“ ing to the rubbish pH« such limbs and “Nay, David,” replied Pepeeta, ”we branches as her strength would per­ should never have played with Are at UL” mit her to handle ■How wl»e we are too !st»f* A TEXAS PIANIST. “Shall w* walk an> mure oauttouely when th* next uutvtvd pathway Maes(««M <»lrl a«'«ire* h <4re*< ««•«••• opena?” h«> added. *vm«'what sadly, as I m Merlin« be recalled the errors of the p«»t. Helena L«W)U. a r«»xna girl, la on* “We ought to. If experience has any of the latest of Hie American 'invád­ value,” said >'e(*«'t*tH ela” to make an liiipi«' « on iiiiin I« lov­ "But has It? Or does It only Inter- ing Germany After four year* i <>f pret the past, and not point out the | study In llcilin. supplementing her future ?“ Wenk »Ince childhood al bri home« alie "Something of both. I think. "Well, xxe must trust It." mad* h«r professional debut I »ml There I» some- "But not It ahum •cured a distinct succvsa. which aha thing better and miter “ lias accentuated sime by her concerti. “What 1» that, my luve?" Ko favoiabb' were the criticism* that '« <>rl«l*« XV h«-t«C « r«»|», “The path-finding Instinct she Im* lM»rii offorrd a number uf pro- Farmer* In lower hela*are ar* Biooinhair* tinti ottimate* of *oul Itself” uiigiig« monta In Europe, “I' m you bollux«» then* I* such an In- i Rreally Interested In an experiment l‘b»9 wheat crop of tin* world place* fvMMlunal stlnct?“ 11 — concluded .... I just .......... •••>»« by » Capi. W|-O. William E th* total wheat prodtii (Ion of the w lib'll would cHi upt thio« ycais, but "As much ns 1 believe the carrier lau)*. who ha* tboroughlv proven thv wheat atTeage of the wmld at 3.M7. ah« ho* d<< Iln« «I them tu accept an pigeon hue It It !.. I m il. th* . Inner Il.o light of I uhantage of the rotation of croi« on 0oa,0no biiKhel*. mi lncr«*A»*e uf 2S ». Invitation from Piof D iihii ' m h to pin/ which you told me You see, I remem­ a four acre field I act «prlng he ma Odo,ooO bu-chela over the production In In New York at bls spring festival ber my lesson like un obedient child.” next April Hhe has bet n the pupil “Why, then, ar«* we so often misled?“ nured the four aerss. which had been t‘.‘os, a 4-’»,000,01 »0 bushel Invi'entm over of (lodowskl mol lia» studied compo- year The manira In corti the previous the crop of to«»' Th* production in h« asked, tempting her “Because ne du not wholly trust It!" was plowed under, the gtound eoli Enrol** aggregated l.s72.ooo.uoO bush altl«>n under 9tlllman Kelly. an Atn«»r- The el*, being 16O.nuo.tHlO bualiel* over the Iran who hn* a.11« d to hH tn she said. harrowed and peas drilled In “Hut how can *• distinguish th» crop grew well, and III June the peas 1005 crup The crop* of North and by his woik In thl* country After her true light from the false, the Instinct sete «old at a net profit of I'll South America reach«» I.u40.ooo.uuo fliac appeal am «« <»n th« public stna* from Imagination or desire? If ths I As soon as the pea* were removed, biiMhel*. or SO.000.000 bushels over lu*t In Berlin ah* gave, by requeal. Inal soul has a hundred conip«UMkNl pointing | fall l have had the reception that has been “And now the teacher must sit at During the dull *eaaon our local lum killing frosts In eprlng and fall ar feet high In front and 4 at the Hoyden Pearce of Hancock County. of the old < omposer*. one; we love' Let us only I»e true to Me, who says: ” 1 have bwn furred back. They cost me f 15 each for all our best solve* nnd to the light that V« : v I'.k.'ly the* to depend upon my tarto fur my park shines within! Oh! I have learned mo material .in.t *»«:k could be built for les* In places wher* and have learned that plenty ot rut*- much tn these few months, among bags turnips, «lover and on* bag of They 'umber I* cheaper. these people of peace, David! corn will put a hog through the win know the way of life! We need go no S'lrot Importrd llorxe«. ter, then to pasture till fall II makes farther to seek It. It lies before ui It Is said that the first bora*« im­ good (Kirk and nt a low price. There l*et us follow it!” “Angel of goodness.” he exclaimed. ported Into New England were brought I m money In It ami no Reel to depend clasping her hand. "It must be that su­ over ir or nine year« after the upon the West for pork.“ preme Love reigns over nil th« folly landing of the Pilgrim Father*. One and madness of life, or tu such n one salt fur Milkin« <««w«. stallion ami seven mares survived th” as I. a gift so good and beautiful would Your cow« will get «nough salt by Vo,» age. From this It will be seen that never have been given!“ She pressed his hand for response, the first nine year* of our history was «Imply putting a lump of ruck salt In the manner A cow giving a good flow age” in New England for her lips quivered and her heart was a hoc elea* too full for word* The tolonlst* in Virginia differed from of milk, well f«d. ought to have two And now. through the ghastly light the sot»er minded Puritan* of New kn ounces of «alt a day. an ounce In the which magnified his size purtentloualy gland in bring fond Of sport, loving morning am! an ounce nt night Some and painted him with grotesque and fast horses nnd trying their speed on advise giving this to them <>n their en ». Madera Canal * liti» Co (fai.I terrible colors, the child reappeared, The hor*e« imported silage, when you feed ensilage nnd H Pa I -.1. R a (N s. Ml, begrime«! with smoke and wild with the iac* track, You ran take a small piece of to be entitled to eti.oln the diversion the transports of a power so vast and were English hunter* nnd racers grain «alt in your fingers and weigh It. and Fearnaught, brought over In 1764. left an accomplishment so wonderful. of flood waters of a river. whl< b annu the amount ally flow over his land, brarlng fértil The three figure* stood In th« bright his mark un a numerous progeny uf Illumination, fascinated by th« specta­ uurommon beauty, *lx* and speed. lilnx material, and Irrigating It solfi cle. The flames, ns If satisfied with clently to make It productive, wherea*. < IrnnlliiM« In llnlry (««nnt». destruction, had died down, and fifty Ke«-pin« 1» «pr«>lw« Fi«h«. great beds of glowing embers lay Cleanliness lu all lines of dairying should the flow < case, the land would The tight against Insect, *’«!• »nnx>-r than ever passenger on a «Ireplng ear of a vesti- had begun. httlrd train, who. upon the train's np- (Tn be mhtinned.) How Wr*t II»«« I»«-» «•l«»ix* hing a sto¡qilng place In th« Five year.4 ago It wan fr«-ly predict night, goes u¡H>n the platform, and Mopfiinic th«- -•!•*! re- Ungon.” I that land value* In th* Writ ha I etiirnblvs over a package placed by tlin When the first railroad was laid reached th*lr height, but they are 20 ¡•otter m ar the lop ot (he steps after over the W i h I i rn plains, and the car* to 40 per rent higher now than then opening the door and raising the tra¡e began running to Kan Francisco, th» Th* families of the flr»t corners are l«li iik Sult f»»r I'lironi. door over the afe¡w. so that he falls Indian» viewed the lo.omotlve from grown. The second gen»‘ration ha* (In one of th» ImgVHt squab plants • •fl the train nnd I» injured. Is held. In the hilltops at a dlstanre, not daring tome to the fore and I* taking par’ in this country Kalt I m furnished the Johnson vs Yazoo « M. Valley II. Co. to come nearer the ''fire-wagon.” A in the buslnefta of th«1 ronimunltl« breeders by «lipping th«* small Marks < Mlaa ». 17 So TU, '.'.! i. li a t.x st train of cars was to them ' heap wag­ They have grown up with th* country In water nnd then allowed to dry un 312, to b« for the Jury. on. no boas." An Apache chief gath­ and know what It can produce an ! til they become hard and firm The*« A complaint which states, In siile ered a party ot warrior» In Arizona just how valuable It la for th* purpose ar* then placed In th«» lofts and the stance, that the defendant, a banker and went several hundred miles to »ee if production and for a horn® C. M pigeons pick out the salt through th* and man of wealth and Influence In a the terrible fire wagon that whlnth-d Harger in the Atlantic Magaxlne. acks Never glv* common granulated community, maliciously established a louder than the eagle's scream, and alt loose. Good !<<>«x different kind», and each Is adapted 22 le II. A IN H I 599, to state a "When the engineer first saw It, he hmvlly loaded vehicles In passing over for a different uae. cause of action. didn't know what on earth was the this kind of a road make no Impres matter," said the narrator, “but In a slon upon It. It is estlmntud that the Working for Top tit I.adder. A (inrrlrl* Inrlilrnf. minute more he burst out laughing cost of building Is about 1250 p«r mile Do not hesitate to work on the top Th» picture of Gnrrh k In ths wit­ He caught hold of that throttle, and Feedlnw Calve« hr Hand. rounds of a ladder In the poultry Inial* ness box, tongue tied nnd smothered he opened her out. Th* higher you get the lea* It Is always bent to feed the calven neaa. with confusion, Is an »mining one, for "He e struck that lariat «nini? about by hand, because one knows Just what crowded It la, an»l therefor* the bet­ Garrick where speaking was concerned forty miles an hour, and he juxt ¡tiled they are g.'ltlnn “>"• ••’>* much. It Is ter the business pave, Rays a writer In wax the prltlo of London. Members those braves up everlasting pronrlscu- really not such a terrible tusk to teed an exchange. You may feel a little of parliament envied him his powers. OUS.” a dozen calves, but Is quite a nuisance lonesome at times, but It la the kind Iltirk» envied him. There Is that In- to go tbrouxh the motion Just tor one of lonellii«*»* that la right easy to stnmn In parliament when during a » nlr Knonich. or two. Perhaps a great many dairy bear. heated debhte a member moved that "Why do you hand me this alma men who object to raising calves or the gallery be cleared Till» wax or nac’" Inquired the prominent dttxen. Th* Power In Gf*««*llne. im-lr own herd* would change their > should practice It lu a dote» to be attached to your Inter­ velous The man who has used gasoline with dr»*, all save Garrick. H’lll the wholesale way. Then up spake view,' explained the man who waa get­ ¡«ower for years doos not tnnrvel at It tnemlier objected. I.laht 1» Cow Stalale., ting up the magaxlne article, "ft la as doos the recent purchaser. A gallon Burke. Would It he fair to exclude The light in a cow stable should to give you a choir*.”—Jx>ut* only fair I of this liquid will «'»ally carry five front their debate the master of elo­ corns from the rear of the cows, so vllle Courier Journal passengers ton or fifteen miles, or It quence, the genius who taught them the milkers can see to clean the cows will grind food cheaper than the man the art of »peaking? he demanded.