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C ourtship
s f cT W ile s
S ta n d is ti
W i t h lllu s u a llo n s
by
H o w a r d C h a n d le r C h risty
i l 4 J i » ? r t g h l . T I * * llw bii» M o n i t i « «>u»k<»»ujri
John Ahlen
Into ih« (lin n air John Alilru, per
p lritd mill bewildered,
tin /liril like u iimn I it mm 11 «, nnd wun
d«r»d nlmie by (lie Ken »Id«;
I'nceil up mid down III« auiulii, mul
l ured bln bend (o lb« east wind.
C oo II iik lila healed brow, mid Ibe Hr«
and lev er within him
Slowly aa mil of Ibe he.ivens, with
upoeulyptlcul apleiidora,
S an k the City of (iod. In the vlalon
of John llie A pintle.
Ho. with it« cloudy wm I’. m of ebryaolito,
Jnaper, und sapphire.
Hunk the broad red uun, mid over It*
tu rreia uplifted
(<llllilit«l • d III« K'dden reed of the
atiKel who invuaured the city.
Fighting som e great campaign In
waa n ea rest to heaven.
lla ln a u t or llrahan t or Flanders. Covered with snow, but e rect, th e ex-
re I lent Klder of Plym outh.
"Long have you been on your errand ,”
he «aid with u rh ccry dem eanor, (Iod had elfted three kingdoms to find
the wheat for 'h is planting,
liven uh one who Is waiting an an
T hen had sifted the wheat, ua the
swer. and rent« not the Issue.
living seed of a nation;
"N ot far off 1« the house, although the
Ho say the ch ro n icles old, and such
woods are betw een us;
Is the faith of the people!
Hut you hav« llugeieil so long, that
while you were gplng and com ing N ear them was standing sn Indian, In
attitu de stern and defiant,
I have fought ten b attles and sacked
Naked down to the waist, and grim
tilid dem olished a city
and ferociou s In a sp e ct;
Come, sit down, and In order relate
W hile on the table liefore them waa
to me all that ha« happened.”
lying unopened a lllhle,
Then Jo h n A lien «puke, and related I'onderniis. hound In leath er, brass-
Mtudled, printed In Holland,
the wondrous adventure,
Prom beginning to end, m inutely, Just And beside It ou tstretched the skin of
a ra ttle sn ak e glitter««!,
a« It happened;
How lie had «««ti I'rlarlllu, and how Filled, like a quiver, with arro w s; a
he hnd sped In hi« courtship,
signal and challenge of w arfare,
Only sm oothing a little, and softening drought by the Indian, and speaking
down her refusal.
with arrow y tongue* of d«inance.
Hut when he cam » at length to the T h is .Miles Htandlsh beheld,' as he e n
words 1‘rU cllla hnd spoken,
tered. end heard them debuting
Word» so tend er and cru el: "W hy W hat were an answ er beOltlng the
don't you «peak for yourself,
hostile mewsage and m enace,
jo k a ? ”
T alk in g of Ibis and of that, contriving,
Cp leaped the Captain of Plymouth,
suggesting, o b jtc tln g ,
and Htaiupi d on the floor, till his One voice only ror peace, and that
armor
the voice of the K.der,
Clanged on the wn'I. where It hung. Judgli g It w l-e und well that some at
with a round of sin iste r omen.
least were converted,
i
VII hi« pent-up wrsth burst forth In a R a th er than any were slain, for this
sudden • sploslnn,
was hut C hristian behavior!
Kven as a hand grenade, that s c a t Then out«! oke Miles Htandlsh. the
ters destruction around It.
stalw art Captain of Plymouth,
W ildly he aliou'ed, and loud: "Jo h n M uttering deep In his throat, for bis
Alden! you nave betrayed me!
voice was bu«ky with an g er;
Me, Miles Htnndlsh. your frien d ' have "W h a t! do you mean to m ake war
supplanted, defrauded, betrayed
with milk and the w ater of ro ses?
Is It to shoot red squ irrels you have
m e!
your how itzer planted
One of my a n cestors ran his sword
through the heart of W at T y le r; T h ere on the roof of the church, or
Is It to shoot red devils?
W ho shall prevent m e from running
my own through the heart of a Truly the only tongue that Is under
stood by a savage
tra ito r?
Yours Is the
g re a te r
treason, for Must be the tongue of Are that speaks
from the mouth of the ca n n o n !”
your* 1« n treason to friend ship'
"W elcom e. O wind, of the K » » t!” he
exclaim ed In hla wild exultation.
"W e llm i e O wind of the Kual. from
the envea of the inlaty A tlantic!
III ow I uk o ’e r nelda of dula«, and j
m easu reless
ineudowa of aea
ltr««B.
III ow I uk o'er rocky wnxte.x, end the
m otto« and Kurdena of ocean !
1 .11 y thy cold, mnlnl hand on rny burn
I uk for« head and wrap mo
( 'l o r e in thy garm ent« of mint, to al
lay the fev er within tu«!*‘
L ike an awakened conselenca, Ibe
re a win moaning and loaalnK,
IteatlnK rem orseful and loud the tnu
table aunda of th e aea abore.
F ie rc e In hla a«»ul was the stru ggle
and tum ult of paoalona contend
It *
!«ove trium phant and crowned, and
frlend rhlp wounded and bl«'«'dlnK.
1‘aaalonate rrle a of dealre, and Im
portunate pleading« of dufy!
" la It my fa u lt.” he aald, "th a t the
maiden hiia choaen lielw een u«T
la It my fault that be fnl!«>d. my fault
that I am the v icto r?"
T h e n within him th ere thundered a
voice, lik e the voice of Ihe
p rop net;
" I t hath dlapleaaed the !>ord!”— and
he thought of David's transgres-
•Ion,
llathnheba'« beautiful face, and hla
friend In the fro n t of the b a ttle !
S h am e and confualon of guilt, and
nbaoem ent and se lf condem nation.
O verw helm ed hltn rtt o n ce; and he
cried In th e deepeat co n tritio n :
" I t hath dlapleaaed the Ixird !
It la
the tem ptation of S a t a n !”
Then npllftlnK hla head, he looked
nt the a«a, and beheld th ere
Dimly th e ahndowy form of the May
flower riding at anchor,
Hocked on the rlatng tide, and ready
to aall on the morrow ;
H eard the voice« of men through the
mlat, the ra ttle of cordage
Throw n on th e deck, the «bout« of the
m ate, and the aallora' "A ye, aye,
a i r !"
C le a r and d latlnct, but not loud, In
the dripping air of the tw ilig h t
S till for n m om ent he atood. und
. Itatened, and atarod a t the veuael,
T h e n went hurriedly on. aa on« who,
seeing a phantom.
Stop«, then qulckena hla pace, and
followa the beckoning ahndow.
"Y e a , It la plain to mo now ," he mur-
m ured; "th e hand of th e Lord la
le a d in g me out of the land of dark-
neaa, the bondage of error.
T hrough the aea, that «hall lift the
walla of tta w ater« around me.
H iding me, ru ttin g me off, from the
cruel thought« that puraue me.
H ack will I go o 'er the ocean, thla
dreary land will abandon.
H er whom I may not love, and him
whom my h ea rt hoa offended.
B e tte r to be In my grave In the green
old churchyard In Kngland,
Cloee by my m other'« «Ide, and among
the duat of my kindred;
B e tte r be dead and forgotten, than liv
ing In eham e and dlahonorl
S a cre d and aafe and uneren. In the
dark of the narrow cnam ber
W ith me my e ecret «hall die, like a
burled Jew el that glim m er»
B rig h t on the hand th a t la duat, In the
ch am b er* of alienee and dark-
neaar—
T e a, aa th e m arriag e ring of th e great
eapouaat h e re a fte r I”
Thu» »■ be apake, he turned, In the
stren g th of hi» stro ng resolution,
L eav in g behind him the shore, and
hurried along In the tw ilight.
T hrough the congenial gloom of the
fo rest silen t and som ber,
TUI he beheld the lights In th e seven
houses of Plym outh,
S h in in g like seven «tars In the duak
and m l*t of the evening.
Soon he entered hla door, and found
the redoubtable Cnptaln
Sitting alone, and absorlmd In the
m artial pages of C aesar,
W in d in g HI i Sinuous W ay.
You, who lived under my roof, whom
I cherished
and loved as a
b ro th e r;
You, who have fed at my hoard, and
drunk ut tny cup. to whose k e e p
Ing
I have Intrusted tny honor, my
thoughts the moet sacred and se
c re t,—
You, too, Hrutus! ah. woe to the name
of friendship h e re a fte r!
Hrutus waa C aesar's friend , and you
were m ine, but henceforw ard
L et th ere he nothing betw een us save
war, and im placable h a tr e d !”
So spake th e Captain of Plymouth,
aa he strode about In the cham
ber.
Chafing and choking with rnge; like
corda were the veins on hla tem
ples.
Hut In the m idst of his anger a man
appeared a t the doorway,
B ringing In utterm ost h a ste a m es
sage of urgent Im portance,
Rum ors of dnnger nnd war and hos
tile Incursions of Ind ians!
S traig h tw ay the Captain paused, and,
w ithout fu rther question or par
ley.
Took from th e nail on the wall his
sword w ith It* acahhard of Iron,
Buckled the belt round his waist, and,
frowning fiercely, departed.
Alden was left alone. He heard the
clank of the scabbard
Growing fa in te r and fa in ter, and dy
ing away In the distance.
T hen he aroae from hla aeat, and
looked forth Into the d arkness.
F e lt the cool s ir blow on hla cheek,
th a t waa hot with the Insult,
Lifted hts ey es to the heavens, and,
folding hla hands as In childhood,
Prayed In the silen ce of night to the
F a th e r who aeeth In secret.
M eanw hile
the eholerlo Captain
strode w rathful away to the coun
cil.
Found It alread y assem bled, Impa
tien tly w’nltlng hts com ing;
Men In the middle of life, a u stere and
grnve In deportm ent.
Only one of them old, th e hill that
Thereupon answered and Bald the e x
cellen t Klder of Plym outh.
Som ew hat amazed and alarm ed at
th is Irreveren t la n g u a g e ;
"N ot so thought Sain t Paul, nor yet
the oth er A postles;
Not from the cannon's mouth w ere
the tongues of fire they spake
w ith !"
But unheeded fell th is mild rebuke
on the Captain,
W ho had advanced to the tab le, and
thus continued d iscou rsing;
"L e a v e th is m atter to me, for to me
by right It pertalnetb.
W ar Is a terrib le tra d e ; but In the
cau se th at Is righteous.
Sw eet Is th e sm ell of powder; and
thus I answ er the c h a lle n g e !”
Then from the ra ttle sn a k e 's skin,
with a sudden, contem ptuous ges-
'
ture.
Je rk in g th e Indian arrow s, he filled
It with powder and bullets
Full to th e very Jaw s, and handed It
back to the savage,
Saying, In thundering to n es: "H ere,
tak e It! this Is your a n s w e r!”
S ilently out of the room then gilded
the g listenin g eavnge.
B earin g the serp en t's skin, and seem
ing h im self like a serpent.
W inding his sinuous way In the d ark
to the depths of the fo rest.
(TO
UK C O N T I N t’ K D .)
Too Much Ceremony.
A C incinnati drum mer happened to
be put at a tab le at Columbus erlth a
number of leglalatora. and the courtly
wsy In which they addressed
each
other g reatly bored the com m ercial
trav eler. It was: "W ill the gentlem an
from Hardin do th is ?" and ”the gen
tlem an from Franklin do th a t? " They
Invariably apoke to each oth er as the
gentlem an from w hatever county they
happened to hall from.
F or 10 or 16 m inutes th e drummer
bore It In silence.
Then he suddenly crushed the sta te s
men by singing out In sten torian tonea
to the w a iter:
“W ill the gentlem an
from E thiopia please pass the b u tte r!*
T h at ended the "gentlem an from *
bualneaa.— R ehobolb Sunday Herald,
F A M O U S O L O -T IM Z
'AS TH E TWIG IS BENT
PROPHETESS.
*9 THE *t*
Ju s t outside the town of Knaree-
borough, Y orkshire, Kng . resided Mo
IT 18 E A S Y T O T 1 A C H L I T T L E ther Bhlptcn, In a cave, still coiled
a fte r her. According to tradition th *
C H I L O OOOO M A N N E R S .
prophetess and witch was horn In
14*8, and was baptized Ursula by the
Abbott of B everley, although It was
W hile His Mind Is Plastic He Should stated th at the Evil One was her fa
Ba Train ed In the Hom e In Proper
ther
flhe must have been an ugly
child, for one account
says
"h e r
Behavior and Language.
statu re was much larger than com
Good m anners, like ch arity , should mon, her body crooked, and her face
begin at hum« l/et me add th at they frig h tfu l." Htlll, she managed to get
should begin with the little children, m arried, at the age of twenty-four,
while th eir minds are In a receptive, to onet Toby Hhlpton, and for nearly
p lastic condition.
W ith use, the fifty years more her prophecies were
good m anners, esp ecially of speech, legion. It la understood th at the first
grow toward a sta te of perfection. one of note which cam e true related
You do not need to have a governess to the downfall of Cardinal W olsey,
T H E ROSE O F E N G L A N D .
or a tutor fo r your child. You can he and that she followed this up with
gin to train him yourself, being care- certain rem arks relating to the dis
Through centuries rose and sham
But what
ful to co rre ct every had tendency and solution of the m onastries
to encourage and praise every good Is chiefly Interesting today are her rock and th istle have been honored
supposed views on modern tim es; and as the specific em blem s of the th re*
action.
United
Kingdom.
Home little ones are painfully shy In this connection It Is said that she countries of the
In the presence of stran g ers.
In foresaw bicycles snn railway trains, They have been part of the symbol
ism of oth er coronations, the last
spire conldenc» In them nnd let them and had also an Inkling or motor
tim e Interwoven with the lotus flow
gradually becom e ac«-u«tomed to the cars and Ironclads
er of India It can hardly be said th at
outsider. I)o not fo rce the shy child |
the rose m eans as much to an Eng
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to kiss a stran g er or to talk to one i
lishm en as sham rock or th istle to hla
when you see th at It Is positive to r
kinsm en. It Is not a badge of nation
Bosw
ell
was
the
fath
er
of
Inter
ture. W alt till he Is a little older.
ality like th e thistle. It Is not sacred
view
ers
When
he
planted
him
self
In speech, begin rig h t away with
! the use of "th an k you" and "p le a se ." squarely before his em inent friend to England as a country d istin ct and
I know children with extrem ely lim and Inquired, "If, sir, you were shut apart. We go back six centu ries and
more and find an Edmund P lantagenet
ited vocabu laries who use these term s up In a castle, and a new-born child
with you, what would you d o?" th ere with the red rose for his badge. From
correctly.
him the house of !.* n o *s te r took their
In sist that th ere be no Interru p you have the system Inaugurated. In
tions when others are speaking Give the fu llness of tim e we have arrived red rose, and from them the Tudors.
a child his opportunity to be heard, at the reporter behind the note-book, But as the wars of the ro ses remind
! nnd when he asks a question for ln- and the ller-ln-w alt behind the kodak us. th# red rose Is not th e only one
have
died.
| form ation, answ er him.
If
he Is T h ere Is this much to he said of the for which Englishm en
m erely asking for the sake of asking, l parent, which cannot alw ays be said Sh akesp eare would have ua believe
and pays no atten tio n to th e reply, j of his descendants— that he was th a t the House of York first took the
w hite rose fo r Its badge In the dan
punish him by refu sing the n ext tim e stead fastly resolved to m ake his sub
g er of war. T h e truth Is th at tho
je
c
t
pose
well.
If
the
foretops
of
Dr.
und telling him why you refuse.
W hen you call a child, do not per- 1 Jo h n so n 's wigs were all burned away w hite rose had been the badge of the
biographer feels House of York ever sin ce the title of
m lt It to say "W h a t? "
It Is crude, In reading, the
Red rose»
bound
to
mention
the
fa c t; but he th e duchy was created
abrupt and lacks som ething which Is
so easily supplied that you should not speaks disparagingly only of the can and w hite were united In the Tudor
neglect the opportunity to do so. dle, He would not have hesitated , I house, and a rose of any hue becam e
of England.— London
Very much b etter Is. "W h a t did you feel sure, to Inquire of So crates con th e em blem
say, m ottier?" or "I did not hear, ; cerning his dom estic In felicities, or Mall.
fath er.” T ry th is fo r the d ifference j of Henry V III concerning his religious
A M U S T A N G 'S ANCESTORS.
b e lie f; but In his report of the m at
If you doubt my word.
Children can show the required d ef te rs S o cra tes would preserve his dig
B u t, b rillia n t as was the care e r ot
eren ce to eld ers not by "Y e s . m a'am .” nity. the king his piety.— Holbrook
the N arragan sett pacers while It last
for that Is obsolete and m ore the sign W hite, In the A tlantic.
ed, the pony th at has played the moat
of resp ect shown by a serv an t to an
conspicuous and. In m any resp ect*
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employer.
B e tte r th an this Is the
th e m ost Im portant,
role
In th *
"No, Aunt M ary," or "Y e s , fa th er."
m ustang
or
Civilization has not yet taught the United S ta te s Is the
When an older person greets a lit
"b
ro
n
co
"
as
he
Is
often
called.
T
h
ese
Afghans
to
abolish,
th
eir
barbarous
tle child and asks "How are you ?” j
he should not be m et by a banging ways of m eting out Justice. R ecently horses are undoubtedly the descend
head and a sullen face T h e little one a widow was allowed by the Amir, the an ts of horses brought over by th e
should reply. "V ery well, thank you.” native governor, to take a dram atic Spanish conquerors. T hey are easy
It Is very easy to teach these little vengeance on her husband's m urder under the saddle and rem arkably su re
T h e woman’s husband had been footed and enduring; indeed In the
i things w hen the boy or girl Is young. e r
A little girl when entering a room 1 murdered by another Afghan who was la tte r re sp ect there Is probably no
should stand beside her m other's ch air under the Im pression th at his victim breed of horses th at will do so much
! until introduced. A little boy should j had some money In bis possession. work without being fed grain. T h e e *
ch a ra c te ris tic s have made the mus
[ alw ays rise when his eld ers e n te r a ' It appeared, how ever, th at the m ur
' room and rem nln standing until the dered man was penniless and what tang serve an e x ce lle n t purpose In
th e m urderer thought was money th e ca ttle business, but they are so
j others are seated.
Oh, It Is easy to bend the tw ig! I turned out to be the rem ains of som e fully offset by others, of a less d esir
i rem em ber the wall and reg ret of one | food tied around the dead m an’s able kind, th a t he Is not, under any
T h e m urderer was captured ordinary circu m stan ces, an anim al of
man who at a m ature age had to he i w aist.
j taught all the little th in gs th at should and the Amir ordered him to be hand much value.— Outing Magazine.
| have been drilled In when he was a ed over to the widow, who was told
P R E S E R V I N G S P ID E R 'S WEBS.
th a t she could do what she liked with
I little hoy.
Today notice the speech of any lit- ' him. T h e widow decided to take the
N atu ralists employ an In terestin g
tie one around you.
Find out the 1 m an’s life, and while two m ale
; flaws and begin right away to cor- j friends kept a firm hold of th e victim method to p reserve all kinds of spid
' re ct the Im perfections. You will be | th e woman slowly cu t the man'« e rs' webs. The webs are first sprayed
with an ato m iser with a r tis ts ’ sh ellac,
1 gratified with the resu lts.— P hilad el th roat with a penknife.
and then, should they be of the o r
phia North Am erican.
g eom etric form , they a re
R E M E D Y FOR E A S T C O A S T F E V E R . dinary
pressed carefu lly again st a g lass plate,
T a lk in g It Over W it h the Boy.
The statem en t th at a remedy ha» the supporting strand s at the sam e
E xp erien ces of others In bringing been discovered for e a st coast fever tim e severed. A fter the sh ellac has
up th eir boys have so greatly aided ‘ will. If co rrect, prove a great boon dried the p lates carrying the webs
m e tn bringing up my own. th at, per- j to the farm ers and natives of South can be stored away In a cab in et .E ven
haps, a way which* helped me through A frica, many of whom have been dome-shaped webs may be preserved
a trying period with one of nyr sons ruined by the ravages of th is terrib le In th e ir original form by spraying
may. In Its turn, be of use.
scourge.
At one \ime previous to them , allow ing them to dry before
Although for years I had tried to j 1896 stock-farm ing was perhaps the th eir rem oval from th eir supports.
Instill good m anners as well as mor m ost rem u nerative form of agricul Many spid ers' webs are very beautiful,
als, th ere cam e a tim e when one of | tu re In South A frica, but in th a t y ear and all are ch a ra cte ristic of the spe
the boys seem ed to fo rget everything th e herds of the farm ers were deci cies to which they belong, so th a t,
I had been at such pains to teach. He mated by rin d e rp e st No sooner had from a scien tific standpoint, their per
positively Ignored the rights of others, th is pest subsided than It was fol m anent preservation Is very d esirable.
nnd developed little trick s of m anner lowed by e ast co ast fever. B ut, now
which, while not serious, were exceed conies th e news th a t Jo sep h B arnes,
O R I G I N O F “ BO SH."
ingly annoying.
C. M. G„ one of South A frica's m ost
It Is a d elicate m a tte r to keep c a ll progressive ag ricu ltu rists, succeeded
"B o sh ” sounds a fairly good E n g
ing atten tion to fallin g s tn a btg boy I th is year In saving all his herds by lish word to apply to your political
of sixteen, and 1 found our good fel- | building dipping tan k s on his prop opponent's argum ents. It Isn’t Skim
low-ship
was
becom ing
seriously erty. In which the c a ttle were Im m ing D octor Beddoe's “M emories of
strained.
m ersed for a short period, thus ren E igh ty Y e a r s." one finds the d octor
A sim ple plan suggested Itse lf— I dering them Immune.
trying to explain the P ro testan t re
gave up all fault-finding except on one 1
ligion to a mullah. " I t seem s a very
day of the month. On th at day we C O W B O Y H A T S 2,000 Y E A R S AGO. d ecent so rt of religion,” said
th *
bad a good talk and got over 1L
mullah, in e xcellen t E nglish.
But
T his cleared the atm osphere, aul- | T h at th ere Is nothing new under th ere w ere two ob jection s. The first
lenness disappeared. I did not feel th e sun Is becom ing m ore and m ore was th at we “pay no honor to th *
neglected, yet could stop what had axiom atic. It Is suggested th at the prophet.” T h e second was "your doc
becom e nagging, and th e one serious E gyp tian s under Pharaoh knew
of trin e of th e T rin ity , which you w ill
tnlk proved far m ore effectu al than radium, th a t the A ssyrians and C hal exhuse my saying Is bosh.” W e have
con stan t p ro tests.
deans were acquainted with e le ctric got the word from th e Tu rkish. I t
ity and th at aviation was not un m eans nonsens«.
known to the ancients. Now we learn
"T h e T r u t h About Birds.”
th at fresco es and bas-reliefs In C rete F I R S T A P P E A R A N C E O F C O M M O N
Let us face the tru th about b ird s;
show th at In the depths of past age»
T H IN G S .
nor he duped by the beauty of th e ir
h u n tresses wore leath er boots, with
flight's Incalcu lable curves. They are
big hats like those used by A m erican
T h e first pipe organ was made by
greedy, they are Im pertinent, they are cow boys, and th at an archaeologist
Archim edes as early as 220 B. C. T h e
untrustw orthy, they are b rainless,
has com e to the conclusion th at the
they are hopelessly unclean.
They fashionable C retan ladles 2.000 years first d ictionary was made by the Chi
nese sch olars In 1109 B. C. The first
have not even the qualities of th etr
b efore th e C hristian era appeared In pair of sp ectacles was made by an
defects. T h e least, for exam ple, th at public with boots with heels,
the
one could expect of such m arinai cre a straig h t m antle and Jupe cu lotte. In Italian In 1299. Steel needles w ere
first made In England In 1545. Ad
tu res would be punctuality. M yself, I
fact. Ju st like a lady from one of the
have never depended on my wood celebrated P arisian dressm aking e s v ertisem en ts first appeared In new s
papers In 1652. T h e first horse rail
pecker to wake me at a given tim e ;
tablishm ents.
road was built In 1826. The folding
but I onèe had a friend who counted
envelope was first used tn 18,19. Cool
on a cardinal-bird. Six m ornings he
C O M P O S IT I O N OF T H E A U S T R I A N
was first used as an lllum lnant In
waked her regularly Ju st th ree hours
P A R L IA M E N T .
18 26. T h e velocipede was Invented by
before b reak tast.
T h is, she consid
D rals In 1817.
ered. constitu ted a precedent. On the
According to Inform ation supplied
seventh m orning, she had an early en
by the deputies them selves, the new
ODD W E D D IN G CUSTO M.
gagem ent. T h e cardinal-bird had. by Austrian parliam ent Is composed of
that tim e, sought oth er casem ents, 120 landed proprietors. 60 advocate»,
Among the Lolos of w estern China
and my tru stin g friend missed her ap
and the sam e num ber of authors and It Is custom ary for the bride on th e
pointm ent
T h is Is the real m eaning
Journalists. 41 public officials, 40 pro wedding m orning to perch h e rself on
of "fllg h ttn e ss."— K ath arin e F. Gerould
fessors, 26 persons at private em ploy the highest branch of a large tre e ,
tn the A tlantic.
m ent. 22 business men. 21 Judges, 14 while the elder fem ale m em bers o f
m anu factu rers. 11 burgom asters, ten her fam ily clu ste r on the lower lim bs,
te ach ers, nine doctors,
nine
diet armed with sticks.
L ite ra r y M lxtu r»,
When all a r e
"W h at we w ant," said the publisher, m em bers and nine form er cab in et duly stationed t i « bridegroom clam
"is the te rse, hard-hitting modern m in isters and privy councillors, eight b ers up th e tree, assailed on all sid es
engineers, seven m erchants, five polit by blows, pushes and pinches from
style of expression.
"1 know ," replied th e w riting p er ica l officials, th ree private persons, the dow agers, and It Is not until he
son ; "th e stuff th a t sounds like pro- j two clergym en and an activ e cab in et has broken through th e ir fen ce and
fanity with a title benzoate of soda . m in ister, an artist, a town councillor, captured the bride th at he Is allow e4
on officer and a workingman.
to carry her off.
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