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Topics o f
the Times
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labor, o f Increasing efficiency In ths
task, o f widening opportunities for ac­
ceptance or refusal, o f dee|>enlng com­
prehension o f the meaning o f work,
this la to master one of the greatest
arts o f life.
which he had allowed them to
allp
through his fingers. It was fully an hour
beforo be finally abandoned the search,
and acknow ledged to himself that be had
been hoodwinked for th« third time, and
that a long week would elapse before
he could have another chance of solving
the mystery.
He turned at last sadly and reluc­
tantly away from the station and walked
across to Waterloo bridge. It was some
consolation, however, that he had had one
| fair crack at Ezra Girdlestone. He glanc­
ed down at his knuckles, which were raw
and bleeding, with a mixture of satisfac­
tion and disgust. With a half smile he
put his injured hand in bis pocket, and
looking up once more became aware that
a red-faced gentleman was approaching
him in a highly excited manner.
It could qot be said that the red-faced
gentleman walked, neither could it be said
that the red-faced gentleman ran. Ilia
made of progression (night best be describ­
ed as a succession of short and unwieldy
jumps, which, as he was a rather stout
gentleman, appeared to indicate some very
urgent and pressing need for hurry. His
face was bathed in perspiration, and his
collar had become flaccid and shapeless
from the same cause.
It appeared to
Tom, as he gazed at those rubicund,
though anxious, features, that they should
b*? well known to him. That glossy hat,
those speckless gaiters, and the long frock
coat, surely they could belong to none
other than the gallant Major Tobias Clut-
terbuek, late of Her Majesty’* 110th of
the Line.
Aa the old soldier approached Tom he
quickened his pace, so that when he even­
tually came up with him he could only
puff and pant and hold out a soiled letter.
"Head !” he managed to ejaculate.
Tom opened the letter nad glanced his
eye over the contents, with a face which
had turned as pale as the major’s was
red. When he finished it he turned with­
out a word and began to run in the direc­
tion from which he had come, the major
following as quickly as his breath would
ptrmit.
The Firm of
Girdlestone i
It would seem that Mrs. Humphrey
It will be noted that Mr. n u o s e »«^ W ard has as yet encountered hi Amer- !
Ics no one with the courageous friend- !
makes no distinction— all kind* o f an
11 ness to explain to her gently hnt
archlsta smell alike to blm.
firmly that her Innocent references to
The Treeldent didn't say so In his the “ American peasant” are calculated
brief message, but he probably thinks to make the Judicious grieve. They In­
dicate what, If one dared hazard such
the Black Hand needs manicuring.
an Impertinence, might be called a
Tbs United States o f Russia has been bland, early Victorian Ignorance o f
A. C O N A N D O Y L t
proclaimed, but w ill probably not be In America which shows how little Mrs.
W ard has read o f Mr. Howells, how
working order for some time to come.
little ahe has gathered from Mrs. Free­
Canadian girls are very successful man, Mr. W lster, or any o f the dis­
nurses.
Many o f them come to the tinguished realists she so glib ly names.
States and marry a doctor inside of “ The American peasant!” Im agine one
C H A P T E R X V I.— (Continued.)
o f the Yankee farmers In a M ary W il­
It was Saturday— the third Saturday
six months.
•inoe
Uirdleetone and his ward had dis­
kins novelette addressed as a peasant.
A Pennsylvania wlfe-beater was sen
W e guarantee there would tie some appeared. Dimsdale had fully made up
teneed to "go home and pray.” For the echoes o f "the shot heard round the his mind that, go where he would, Ezra
second offense the Judge may compel world” right there, while the applica­ should not escape him this time. On two
consecutive Saturdays the young mer­
him to go to church.
tion o f such an epithet to any o f the chant had managed to get away from him,
flourishing models from which Mr. W ls­ and had been absent each time until the
A minister named Fyshe Jumped ter drew would be extrem ely hazardous Monday morning. Tom knew, and the
from an ocean liner and was drowned. in their hahltnt.
It Is to tie feared thought was a bitter one, that these days
And now there are more good fyshe in Mrs. W ard’s easy references to Mrs. were spent in some unknown retreat in
the sea than ever before.
Freeman’s and Mr. Wisteria creations the company of Kate and'of her guardian.
denote not so much an acquaintance This time at leust he should not get away
So much care seems to be essential with them as a knowledge of the pres­ without revealing his destiuation.
The two young men remained in the
to our health In these days that the ence In her audience o f their creators.
wonder Is that anybody survived under This Is an amiable device o f public office until two o’clock. Then Ezra put
on his hat and overcoat, buttoning it up
Dhe old conditions. And yet millions speakers, and In this ease It explains
close, for the weather was bitterly cold.
did.
why Mrs. W ard so ingenuously cites Tom at once picked up his wide-a-wake
work that conclusively shows the non­ and followed him out into Fenchurch
The discovery that flies carry mill
street, so close to bis heels that the
Ions of germs on their feet will arouse existence o f the subject o f her dis­ twinging door had not shut on the one
But Mrs. W ard has been In
a still greater hatred to the bald man course.
•>efore the other passed through. Ezra
on whose head the flies w ill wipe their Washington recently, and she undoubt­ glanced round at him when he heard the
edly
was
enlightened
there
by
some
footsteps. There was no longer any pre­
feet.
o f the several hundred friends o f the tense of civility between the two, and
Commodore Vanderbilt and
Jay “ American farm er.” Perhaps It has been whenever their eyes met it was only to ex­
Gould were pretty constantly before revealed to her that he Is not only not change glances of hatred and defiance.
A hansom was passing down the street,
the public, notwithstanding the fact a ’’peasant," he Is the great American
that each succeeded In avoiding m atri­ sovereign, the boss o f the country. His •ml Ezra, with a few muttered words to
the
driver, sprang in. Fortunately an­
w ife patterns her attire a fte r the city
monial mistakes.
other hud just discharged its fare, and
modes, his daughter marcels her hair
was still waiting by the curb. Tom ran
The Russian duma Is reported to and knows all about Ethel Barrymore, up to it. “ Keep that red cab in sight,”
liave voted to Increase the salaries o f and his son Is a varsity man to a con­ ho said. ' ‘ Whatever you do, don’t let it
I f there are any get away from you.”
Its members. The Increase Is probably siderable degree.
The driver, who
demanded on the theory that doing American peasants In Am erica Mrs. was a man o f few words, nodded, and
W ard Is the sole custodian o f their se­ shipped up his horse.
nothing is hard work.
It chanced that this same horse was
cret whereabouts. In America we feel
Many women share Hmma Goldman’s assured that, like the celebrated M rs either a faster or a fresher one than that
which bore the young merchant. The red
sentiment concerning the m atter o f 'Arris, “ there ain't no alch person.”
cab rattled down Fleet street, then dou­
talking when s h e ----- pleases; but, for­
bled on its tracks, and coming back by
tunately, most o f them are polite
8t Paul’s plunged into a labyrinth of side
enough to refrain from using the em­
streets from which it eventually emerged
AU INDIAN GREETING.
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phasis employed by Emma.
upon the Thames embankment. In spite
**?& & & & & »££& **>& & & £& & & & & of all ita efforts, however, it was unable
to shake off ita pursuer. The red cab
The time may come when In addition
Tellin g about the Indiana o f the Pa­ journeyed on down the Embankment, and
to the books they have published and
acrosa one of the bridges, Tom’s able
the dirts to which they belong people cific const aa he found them In 1840,
charioteer still keeping only a few yards
who get Into "W h o’s W ho” w ill be re­ Paul Kane, the Canadian artist, tried behind it. Among the narrow streets on
quired to mention the cases In which to give an Idea o f their language aa be the Surrey side Ezra's vehicle pulled up
they have figured as co-resi>ondents.
found It at that time. The example at a public house. Tom waited patiently
which be quotes would hare delighted outside until he should reappear.
In a very few minutes young Girdle*
A New York doctor has carried a Max Muller, and (t may Interest some
rabbit’s foot for five years and claims readers In this country. In his “ Wan­ •tone came out again, accompanied by a
tall, burly man, with a bushy red beard,
to have escaped all Injury during that derings o f an A rtist” he seems not to
who was miserably dressed. He waa help­
time. But that's nothing strange. A recall any particular Individual o f the ed into the cab by Ezra, and the pair
good many o f us have been carrying name o f Clark who might have Im­ drove off toother. Tom was more bewil­
accident policies with the same result pressed the Indians o f the Columbia dered than ever. Who wan this fellow,
River, but American readers w ill at and what connection had he with the mat­
According to reports, the Peking Ga­ once think o f the comrade o f M ajor ter on hand? Like a sleuth hound the
zette, after a brilliant but brief exist­ l,ewls In the famous expedition o f 1808. pursuing handsom threaded its way
I would w illin gly give a specimen of through the torrent of vehicles which pour
ence o f only 911 years. Is about to sus­
down the I^ondon streets, never for one
pend. Some o f the “ Old Subscribers’’ the barbarous language o f this people, moment losing sight o f its quarry. Pres­
were
It
possible
to
represent
by
any
who have "been taking the paper ever
et.tly they wheeled into the Waterloo
since It started,’’ probably have become combination o f onr alphabet the hor­ road, close to the Waterloo station. The
rible.
Irnrsb
spluttering
sounds
which
dissatisfied and withdrawn their sup­
red cab turned sharp round and rattled
proceed from their throats, apparently up the incline which leads to the main
port.
unguldcd either by the tongue or lip, line. Tom sprang out, tossed a sovereign
I'very young man ought to ponder the says Mr. Kane.
It is so difficult to to the driver, and followed on foot at the
advice which a successful law yer gave ncqulre a mastery o f their language top of his speed.
As he ran into the station Ezra Girdle-
to the members o f a college debating that none have been able to attain It,
society the other day. He said : “ There except those who have been horn among stone and the red-bearded stranger were
immediately in front o f him. There was
are many audiences aw aiting you, and them.
a great swarm of people all around, for
when yon address them you must first
They Imve. however, by their Inter­
as it was Saturday there were special
have made out your speech, your hrgu- course with the English ansi French trains to the country. Tom was afraid
inent, and yon must present your muse traders, succeeded In amnlganintlng, of losing sight of the two men in the
so that when people are passing out after a fashion, some words o f each crowd, so he elbowed his way through as
you can hear them say, ‘Aye, that Is o f these tongues with their own, and quickly as he could, and got immediately
true; I believe what he has said.’ I f In forming a sort o f patois, barbarous behind them— so close that he could have
you hear them Hay almply that it was enough certainly, but still sufficient to touched them with his band. They were
a good s|>eeeli, then you have mnde a enable them to communicate with the approaching the booking office when Ezra
glanced round and saw his rival standing
good speech, and not a goad argu­ traders.
behind him. He whispered something to
ment.”
This patola 1 waa enabled after some his half-drunken companion. The latter
short tim e to acquire, and could con­ turned, and with an inarticulate cry, like
Pnnlcs, not financial, but o f the type verse with most o f the chiefs with tol­
A wild beast, rushed at the young man,
which stam|>cde cattle on the plaint, erable ease.
and seized him by the throat with his
are responsible fo r more loss o f life at
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Their common salutation is Clak- brawny hands.
fires than any other cause. The peo­ hoh-ah-yah, originating, as I believe. In
It is one thing, however, to catch a
ple In the burning building lose their their ancestors having heard. In the man by the throat, and another to retain
self-control, and are moved by the brute early days o f ths fu r trade, a gen tle that grip, especially when your antagonist
Instinct o f self-preservation, regnrdless man named Clark frequently addressed happens to be an International football
o f the consequence to others. In the by his friends, ‘‘( ’ lark, how are you?" player. T o Tom this red-bearded rough,
who charged him so furiously, was noth­
1'olllnwood school all was orderly until
This animation Is now applied to ev­ ing more than the thousands of bull-head­
the head o f the procession reached the ery white man, fo r their own language
ed forwards who had come upon him like
door. There wns an obstruction and a affords no appropriate expression.
thunderbolts in the days of old.
With
pressure from behind. Then panic! The
the ease begotten by practice he circled
W a s h l l s r a ) I 'a l l m a a .
,
more those in the rear pressed forward
his assailant with his long muscular arms,
The Pullman Company, whose presi­ nnd gave a quick convulsive jerk in which
In their frenzy, the more Impossible
was escape. The same thing would dent, Roltert Todd Lincoln, Is the only every sinew’ of his body participated. The
have happened If the Imprisoned throng living sou o f the host friend the plain red-bearded mans stumpy legs describes! a
hud been grown men Instead o f school people ever had. Is strong on economy. half-crcle in the air, and he came down
Those o f us who know have long on the stone pavement with a sounding
children.
crash which shook every particle o f breath
grumbled at the fact that the porter,
from his enormous body.
A few weeks ago there occurred In who closes down the untenanted upper
Tom's fighting blood was all aflame
one o f our New England factory towns berth where one’s head w ill strike It now, and his grey eye« glittered with joy
an event o f peculiar significance In hardest. Is paid only (25 a month. as he made at Ezra. A ll the cautions of
these days o f grave and perplexing la­ Now, the Interstate Commerce Com­ his father and the exhortations of his
bor problems It «-as the funeral o f a mission tells us that o f this (.800 a mother were cast to the winds ns he saw
factory worker— an old woman who year the porter must give up to the his enemy standing before him. To do
had never In her life received more company each yesr (80 for two uni­ him justice Ezra was nothing loth, but
than a dollar and a h alf a day.
In forms o f a grade which wholesale sprang forward to meet him, hitting with
18(11 she entered the employ o f the com­ clothiers have offered to supply at 40 both hands. They were well matched,
for both were trained boxers and excep­
pany, and In the forty six years since per cent less.
Three-fourtha o f the tionally powerful men.
Ezra was per­
that time had missed hnt five days porter's wages Is paid by the travel­ haps the stronger, but Tom was in better
from her machine. When, after long ing public In the form o f tips.
condition. There wns a short, eager rally
service, the company offered to retire
The Pullman Company Is capital­ — blow and guard and counter so quick
her, she refused. When they wished ized at (128,000,000. and two years ago nnd hard that the eye could hardly follow
to raise her pay she refused again, say­ Us stockholder* cut a "melon” o f (20,- it. Then a rush of railway servants and
ing that her work was worth no more 000,000; hut does Its fru gality atop, b} «tenders tore them asunder. Tom had
than she was receiving. Receiving lees think you, at holding np the porters, a red flush on his forehead where a blow
had fallen.
Ezra was spitting out the
than five hundred dollare a year, she ths public anil the railroad«?
Far fragments o f a broken tooth, and bleeding
had worked happily, lived contentedly, from It I H erew ith la a further crumb profusely.
Each struggled furiously to
and even saved a goodly sum. When o f information from that hard-working get at the other, with the result that they
ahe died, the factory was closed for an commission:
were dragged further apart. Eventually
entire day, and IN officer», from the
Esthetic travelers have looked with a burly policeman seized Tom by the col­
president down, and the thousand em­ favor on the practice o f covering np lar. aiul held him as in a vice.
“ Where is he?” Tom cried, craning hi«
ployes followed her to her grave. In an the blankets In a berth with a clean,
neck to catch a glimpse of his enemy.
age when the material demands o f life white sheet.
T h is Is In conform ity "H e'll get nawy after all.”
are Increasing so rapidly that yester­ with what Is known as the ‘‘third
"Can’t ’elp that.” said the guardian of
day’s luxuries become to-day* necessi­ sheet rule.” which waa adopted Janu­
the peace phlegmatically. “ A gen'elman
ties, It gives one pause to discover with ary 1, 1908.
Keep
Up to that tim e the like you ought to he ashamed.
how small means ths great things, Joy Pullman Company washed the blankeN quiet now ! Would yer then !” This last
In work, content honor, may still be every six months. Now the blankeN at some specially energetic effort on the
won If the soul Is resolute. T o hsve are washed every eighteen month*, or part of the prisoner to recover hia free­
dom.
more than we nee, we are told. Is rtch- ■t Interval* o f a yesr and a h alf I
“ They’ll get away ! I know they w ill!”
s s ; to refuse offered aid Is power: to
Oh, fortunate traveler. Ignorant of Tern cried in despair, for both Ezra and
work for pride In one’s work Is Joy. the disclosures o f th * high official
hia companion, who waa none other than
AU these— easily—fo r leas than five
muckraker:
Hurt, of African notoriety, had disappear­
hundred a ye a r: and all these because
“Thou hast no figure* nor no fan­ ed from hia sight.
this quiet worker had learned the great
Ilia fear* proved to be only too well
tasies.
secret that the true wealth It In the
Which busy car* draws In th* brain* founded, for when at last he succeeded in
faith ful doing o f the work, not In the
wresting himself from the constable's
o f m en ;
dollars It brings. It Is an old lesson,
cintohe« he could find no trace of bin ene-
Therefore thou *leep'*t so sound.”
iriea. A dosen bystanders gave a dozen
but one that cannot be graven too deep­
— Sure«** M ag*sin*.
different accounta of their movements. He
ly upon our hearts. T o put oneself Into
one's work, looking fa « reward In tbs
W * never knaw a parson who w ff# ciinhed from on« platform to another over
all the great station. 11« coaid bar« torn
Joy o f having a pises la the world's not saturated with ac ma foal noUou.
hia hair at th« thought o f tha way in
C H A P T E R X V II.
Kate had come out with some vague
idea of making a last struggle for her life
and freedom.
With the courage of de­
spair, she came straight down to the ave­
nue to the sole spot where escape seemed
possible.
"Good-mornin’, missy,” cried Stevens,
as she approached. "You don’t look extra
bright this mornin’, but you ain't as bad
as your good guardian made me think.
You don’t seem to feel no difficulty in get-
tin’ about.”
“ There is nothing the matter with me,”
the g»rl answered earnestly. “ I assure
you there is not. My mind is as sound
as yours.”
“ That’s what they all says,” said the
ex-warder with a chuckle.
“ But it is so. I cannot stay in that
house longer. I cannot, Mr. Stevens, I
cannot! My guardian will murder me.
He means to. I read it in his eyes. He
as good as tried this morning. To die
without one word to those I love— with­
out any explanation o f what has passed
— that would give a sting to death.”
“ Well, if this ain’t outragia I” cried
the one-eyed man, “ perfectly outragis! Go­
ing to murder you, says you! What's he
a-goin' to do that for?"
“ He hates me for some reason. I have
never gone against hia wishes, save in
one respect, and in that I can never obey
him, for it is a matter in which he has
no right to command.”
“ Quite s o !” said Stevens, winking his
one eye. “ I knows the feeling myself.”
“ Why won’t you let me pass?” pleaded
Kate. “ You may have had daughters of
your own. What would you do if they
were treated as I have been? I f I had
money you should have it, but I have
none. Do, do let me go! Perhaps when
you are on your last bed of sickness the
memory of this one good deed may out­
weigh all the evil that you have done.
See, here is my watch and my chain.
You shall have that if you will let me
through.”
“ I»et’s see it?” He opened it and exam­
ined it critieally. “ Eighteen earat— it’s
only a Geneva though. What cau you ex
pert for a Geneva?”
"And you shall have fifty pounds when
I get back to my friends. Do let me pass,
good Mr. Stevens, for my guardian may
return at any moment.*’
“ See here, missy,’’ Stevens said solemn­
ly, “ dooty is dooty, and I wouldn’t let
you through that gate. As to this ’ere
watch, if so be as you would like to write
a line to j’our friends, I ’ll post it for you
at Bedsworth In exchange for it, though
it be only a Geneva."
“ You good, kind man." cried Kate, all
excitement and delight. “ I have a pencil
in my pocket. What shall I do for pa­
per?” She looked eagerly round and spied
a small piece which lay Among (ue brush­
wood. With a cry of joy she picked it
out. It was very coarse and very dirty,
but she managed to scrawl a few lines
upon it, describing her situation and ask­
ing for aid. " I will write the address
upon the back,’’ she said. “ When yon
get to Bedsworth you must buy an en­
velope and ask the post office people to
copy the address on it.”
“ I bargained to post it for the Geneva,’’
he said. “ I didn’t bargain to buy envel­
ope« and copy addresses. That's a nice
pencil case of your». Now I ’ ll make a
clean job of it if you’ll throw that in.”
Kate handed it over without a murmur.
At last a small ray of light seemed to be
finding its way through the darkness
which had so long surrounded her. Ste­
ven« put the watch and pencil case in his
pocket, and took the little scrap of paper
on which so much depended.
As Kate
handed it to him she saw over his shoul­
der that coming up the lane was a small
pony carriage, in which sat a buxom lady
and a very small page. The sleek little
brown pony which drew it ambled along
at a methodical pace which showed that
it was entirely master of the situation,
while the whole turnout had an indescrib­
able air of comfort and good nature. Poor
Kate had been so separated from her kind
that the sight o f people who, if not friend­
ly, were at least not hostile to her, sent
a thrill of pleasure into her heart. There
was something wholesome and prosaic,
too, about this homely equipage, which
was inexpressibly soothing to a mind so
worn by successive terrors.
“ Here’s some one a cornin’,’’ cried Ste­
ven«. “ (Hear out from here— it'« the gov­
ernor’s order«.’’
“ Oh. do let me stay and say one word
to the lady !*’
Stevens seized his great »tick savagely.
“ Clear ou t!” he cried in a hoarse, angry
voice, and made a step towards her aa if
he would strike her. She shrank away
from him, and then a sudden thought seiz­
ed her. she turned and ran through the
woods ss fast aa her feeble strength would
allow. The inatant that ahe was out of
sight, Stevens very deliberately and care­
fully tore up the little slip of paper with
which she had entrusted him, and scat­
tered the piecea to the wind.
Kate Harston fled aa quickly aa ahe
could through the wood, stumbling over
the brambles and crashing through the
briars, regardless of pain or scratches or
anything else which could stand between
her and the possibility o f safety.
She
•con gained the shed and managed to
mount on the top of it by the aid o f the
barrel. Craning bar neck, aha onuld are
tha long dusty lana, with tha bare, with­
ered hedges upon aither aide, and the
dreary line of the railway embankment
I beyond. There was no pony carriage in
sight.
She hardly expected that there would
be, for she had taken a short cut, and
the carriage would have to go some dis­
tance round. The road along which it
was traveling ran at right angles to the
one which she waa now overlooking, and
the chances were equal aa to whether the
lady would turn round or go straight on.
In the latter case, it would not be possi­
ble for her to attract her attention. Her
heart seemed to stand still with anxiety
as she peered over the high wall at the
•pot where the two roads crossed.
Presently she heard the rattle ot
wheels, and the brown pony trotted round
the corner. The carriage drew up at the
end o f the lane, and the driver seemed to
b- uncertain how to proceed. Then she
took the reins, and the pony lumbered on
along the road. Kate gave a cry of de­
spair, and the last ray of hope died away
from her heart.
It chanced, however, that the page in
the carriage was just at that happy age
when the senses are keen and on the
alert. He heard the cry, and glaucing
round he saw through a break in the
hedge that a lady was looking over the
wall which skirted the lane they had
passed. lie mentioned the fact to his mis­
tress.
“ Maybe we'd better go back,
ma’am," he said.
“ Maybe we'd better not, John," said
the buxom lady. "People can look over
their garden walls without our interfer­
ing with them, can’t they?”
“ Yes, mam, but she was a-hollerin' at
ua."
“ No, John, was she though? Maybe
this is a private road and we have no
right to be on it.”
“ She gave a holler as if some one was
a-hurtin' of her,” said John with decis­
ion.
“ Then we’ ll go back,” said the lady,
and turned the pony round.
Hence it came about that just as Kate
was descending with a sad heart from her
post of observation, she was electrified to
see the brown pony reappear, and come
trotting round the curve of the lane with
a rapidity which was altogether foreign to
that quadruped’s usual habits.
Indeed,
the girl turned so very white at the sight,
and her face assumed such an expression
of relief and delight, that the lady who
was approaching saw at once that it was
no common matter which had caused her
to summon them.
“ What is it, my dear?” ahe cried, pull­
ing up whea she came abreast of the
place. Her good, kind heart was touched
already by the pleading expression upon
the girl’a sweet face.
“ Oh, madam,” said Kate, in a low,
rapid voice.
“ I am shut up in these
grounds, and shall be murdered unless
help comes.”
“ Be murdered!’’ cried the lady In th«
pony carriage, dropping back in her seat
and raising her hands in astonishment.
“ It ia only too true,” Kate said, trying
to speak concisely and clearly- so as to
enforce conviction, but feeling a choking
sensation about her throat, aa though an
hysterical attack were impending. "M y
guardian has abut me up here for some
weeks, and I firmly believe that he will
never let me out alive. Oh, don’t pray
don’t think me mad! I am as sane as
you are.” (T o be continued.)
P E T E R T H E G R E A T ’S W IN D O W .
H o w (h o G r e a t e s t o t t h e R o m a n o f f .
B u i l t t h e C l t r o t S t. P e t e r s b u r g .
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When I survey the wondrous Cross
On which the Prince of Glory dy’d.
My richest rain I count but loss
And pour contempt on all mjr pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
Hava in the Death of Christ my G od;
A ll the vain thinfs which charm me moat
I sacrifice them to ilia Blood.
See, from Hia Head, Hia Hands, Hie
Feet,
Sorrow and lova flow mingled down!
Did o'er such lova nad sorrow meet.
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
Hia dying crimson, like a robe
Spreads o’er Hia Body on the T re e ;
Then am I dead to all the globe
And all the globe is dead to me.
♦Vere the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
E n c o u ra g e m e n t.
It may not be our lot to wield
The sickle in the ripened field;
Nor oura to hear, on summer eves.
The reaper’s song among the sheavea.
Yet ours the grateful service whence
Comes, day by day, the recompense;
The hope, the trust, the purpose stayed.
The fountain and the noonday shade.
And were this life the utmost span,
The only end and aim of man,
Better the toil of fields like these
Than waking dream and doubtful ease.
But life, though falling like our grain,
Like that revives and springs again;
And, early called, how blest are they
Who wait, In heaven, their harvest day!
—John G. Whittier.
H I
IS A
GOOD S A M A R IT A N .
l.e o le a A f t e r t h e U n d e s e r v i n g P o o r —
Smyn N o O n o E ls e W i l l .
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H u d u l l P o e t to M o k e « H t o d r
ot a D i . a v p . a r l u , H ero.
A letter received In Washington from
Dr. R u dolf Pooh, the well known an­
thropologist, aaya:
1 am about to start, under tbe aus­
pices o f
tbe
Imperial Academy ot
Science* o f Vienna, to make a atudy
o f tbe Lusbmen. T be race la rapidly
dying out, and tbe aole purpoae o f my
expedition la to add to our knowledge
o f tb l* people before they become ex­
tinct.
T be fact baa been recognized for
» m e years that tbla African rac* la
destined to extinction. This is all tbs
more remarkable because everywhere
else the A frican races are more thaa
holding their own.
Pestilence, war, and the erlls that
the whites Introduce are powerless te
obliterate them.
A fric a la growing
In native population.
But the Buabinen are now reduced
to a handful, and every year they
are dwindling. Clrcumstunces are toe
hard for them, and it la not believed
they could be saved, even by a ebang*
In their conditions.
T h e Bushmen inhabit the great
desert of South Africa. There U ne
running water, and yet among tbs
Band wastes
there are depressions
where the natives find water by dig­
ging. and In plaees it comes so near
the surface that vegetation flourishes
and many animals find nurture In tbe
desert.
The Bushmen are only a few Inches
taller than the pygmies o f Central
Africa.
They liv e In rock cave« or
In huts o f sticks and grass. They sel­
dom wear more than a leather apron te
protect their legs from thorns.
T h ey subsist on the scant regeta-
tion, on roots, nnd on the animals they
kill. Clubs, bows and arrows, and a
few spears are their only weapons.
They are prim itive, but they do not
buy their w iv e s ; they have been faith ­
ful to those whites who have befriend­
ed them, and they paint and draw Is
an astonishing manner.
Much ha*
been written o f the thousands o f ani­
mal paintings with which they adorn
the rock« and the walls o f their cave*.
W hy do they not abandon the deeert
to which they are confined?
They
could not If they would.
They are
hemmed around by pastoral and agri
cultural regions, all occupied by strong
tribes, who kill them like rermln If
they venture across the line.
I f they were free to leave the desert
It Is doubtful If they would do so, for
they are a hunting jteople, and such
tribes have never voluntarily become
a pastoral or an agricultural commn-
nlty. W henever cattle have been gives
to the Rushmcn
they
have
killed
them, for they will not herd them.
The whites have been even more
destructive o f tbe Bushmen than their
native enemies. Late In the eighteenth
century the Dutch used to shoot these
little people ns they would game. It
Is recorded that In the ten years end­
ing In 1795 the Dutch killed 2.480 Bush­
men.
They have alw ays shrunk from con­
tact with civilization, and to-day, when
they sec white protectorates planted
all around them, they are retreating
farther Into the desert.
The whites
are Invading the more fertile valleys,
are staking out ranches nnd building
little settlements, nre killing off the
game that Is the hereditary food o f
the desert nomads, plowing the places
where the Bushmen go for berrle» nnd
edible roots, and narrowing the a re a
In which they can live.
They seem wholly unable to live un­
der new conditions, and .the old con­
ditions are passing away.
A ll who
know them Ix-st say that their abso­
lute extermination Is a question of
only a few years.— Washington Post.
There is a rich man in a Southern
city who makes the undeserving poor
hia peculiar care, aaya the Independ­
ent.
Hia methods In dealing with what he
calls a fresh sinner are unique and he
regards them aa scientific from the
heavenly point o f view.
He
Insists
upon a full catalogue o f the victim ’s
transgressions.
Ha claims that this ia done on the
theory that a physician first adminis­
ters an emetic In cose o f poisoning.
Then If the patient is an utterly lost
and abandoned woman, he frequently
takes her home with him, where ahe
ia quartered in the guest chamber and
treated by the fam ily aa the welcome
guest whose presence there ia in no
way remarkable.
F or our scientist claims that it ia
the loss of the sacred home conscious­
ness in such women which casts them
so fa r down, and his purpose is to re­
store the same by his own fireside,
which is particularly
attractive, In
that he has a w ife and many young
children. Nothing la said to the for­
lorn one to remind her o f her sham e;
she Is simply le ft to get well, as the
scientist expresses it.
And It Is astonishing how many ot
them do get well.
His boast is that
he has married his girls happily all
over the country, for he is an enthusi­
astic believer in wedlock. Upon a re­
cent visit to a distant city he remark­
ed to the e d ito r:
“ I married one o f m.v girls off In
this tow n ; couple doing w e ll; moving
In the best society. Good ns the rest,
too, now. But It’s a secret; If society
knew It would abolish her.” He wink­
ed in conclusion, at the expense o f so­
ciety.
He cannot make a speech, blit he is
T H E DUST IN T H E A IR .
an eloquent splutterer; nnd although
hia manner to ministers is w ittily d ef­
W l t h o e t I t t h e H e a t o t th o S a a
erential, he has been known to ruin n
W o u l d B e li o b e o r a b l e .
preacher’s meeting and make the vic­
The usefulness o f dust is proclaimed
tims o f his burning Incoherence look by science despite all the housewives
like rows o f paper dolls blown before
o f all the ages. Dust Is part o f the
the breath o f a living disciple.
machinery that produces cloud and rain.
It Is also a protection from the ton.
A m A n c h o r to W l r d w t r d .
T h e solemn-faced man who droYe the W ithout It the sun’s rays would he un­
stage between W lllow by and Green­ bearable. The reason that sunburn Is
field never lost an opportunity to d ie more easily acquired on the mountains
play his knowledge to a new pass­ than In the lowlands Is »aid to be prob­
enger, nor had he ever been known ably because o f the com paratively
to suppress his opinion on any subject, dustless air o f the mountainous re ­
no matter what it might be. “ They gions.
A dustless atmosphere during rain
tell me you’re the man that wrote the
story that's running in one o’ the big would mean a much greater degree o f
than rain
ever brings.
magazines.
I forget which ’tis.” he discomfort
said one day to a cheery passenger who T ree* and building* would be dripping
had been endeavoring to ask a few with moisture, our clothing and the
exposed part* o f our bodies would he
questions htniself.
be
“ I believe I am.’’ admitted the gen constantly wet. umbrellas would
classed as useless curios, and Instead
tlernan.
“ I'v e never turned my hand to w rit­ o f tryin g to conquer the dust In the
ing," said the stage-driver, flicking his house we should have to face a much
horses in m editative mood. "No, sir. greater enemy In wet floors and drip­
I ’ve been too much took up with other ping walls. In every drop o f rain and
things, but I read everything, most. I In every parttrie o f cloud there Is a
was having a little talk
with BUI particle o f dust. A sample o f a ir may
Rears shout you yesterday. W e’d both be taken anywhere nnd the number o f
been reading your last book before Its dust particles accurately determin­
Dust, too, produces the glorious
this new one.
Now. do you rely en­ ed.
tirely on what you w rite for a liv­ sunset effects In the evening sky, thus
causing the fain t obecurlty we call
ing?”
"N o t entirely,” said the author, with tw ilig h t
T w ilig h t Is always reflected glory.
due humility.
‘T h a t ’s whst I thought when I fin­ Ths light comes from the sun, which
ished the book.’’ and the stage-driver has In the meanwhile sunk below
looked kindly at the man o f letters. the horizon. The reflector Is an upper
“ I ’ m real glad for ye that you’ ve other layer o f dust. W ere the s ir perfectly
means.” he said, benevolently.
"G ot dustless there would he no tw ilig h t
’em well invested, I expect, too. I told Darkness would immediately follow ths
Bill Rears that wan most likely the sunset
L ittle more than 200 years hare
elapsed since Peter the Great, after
driving the Swedes from the delta o f
the river Neva, laid the foundation o f
St. Petersburg, which he described us
his “ window looking out Into Europe.”
Only a monarch possessed o f the In­
domitable w ill and o f the despotic pow­
er o f the most remarkable o f the Ro­
manoffs could ever have succeeded in
building a metropolis on such a site.
F o r it is set in a swamp on the
banks o f the Neva, at the mouth o f
that river, and when view ed from any
lofty height, conveys the Impression of
u huge float laden to the very water's
edge and riding on the surface o f the
waves.
Peter superintended In person the
building o f his capital, making bis
home In a small cottage, which Is on
record as having been the first building
In St. Petersburg, nnd which Is still
preserved on Its original site and la Its
pristine condition In the Island citadel
o f St. Peter and St. Paul, carefully
protected by another structure hull!
over and around It.
Its length Is about
55
fe e t: IN
breadth 20. It contains two rooms and
a kitchen. T h e room on the left was
Peter’s sleeping and dining room, and
Is now used as a chapel.
Among the relics o f P eter the Great
which are kept In this cottage is a boat
which he built with his own hands, the
remains o f its sails, and the bench on
which he was wont to sit at his door..
When he started building S t Peters­
burg. Its population consisted o f a few
thousand soldiers nnd sailors. At his
death the Inhabitants numbered nearly
100,000. To-day Its population exceed*
a million and a half.
Until a few years ago the law enact­
ed by Peter the Great remained In ex
istenee. requiring every vessel arriving
In St. Petersburg or Kronstadt to bring
a quantity o f stone commensurate with
her tonnage for use In paving the
street* and In forming the foundation*
o f buildings, esplanades, etc.
Peter actually went to the length ot
Issuing a ukase prohibiting under the
most dreadful penalties, the construc­
tion o f stone bouses anywhere in hi*
dominions save at St. Petersburg, and
commanding all provincial authorities
to dispatch every stone mason on whom
they could lay hands to his new me­
tropolis : while for a long period 40.000
men were drafted annually from other
provinces to St. Petersburg snd employ­
ed In constructing the new capital, un­
der the personal supervision o f Peter
the Orest, the real founder o f (he huge
Muscovite empire.
The cottage In which Peter lived for
a time w hile studying shipbuilding In
Holland Is still In existence. It was
bought by the first Queen o f Holland,
a Russian grand duchess, and was pre­
sented hy her to her brother. Czar
Alexander I. I f remains to this day
the property o f the Muscovite crown—
a little bit o f Russia In the Nether
lands.
Possibly no other city o f St. Peters­
burg's size and age Is able to point out
one man aa IN builder, snd show •
bouse In which he once lived.
’’ Does It require much nerve to ssk
A well-known lord discovered a thief a woman to m arry you?" Inquired ths
In bl* London bonae.
Aided by the Inquisitive youth.
"N o t h alf ss much ss asking fo r a
butler, be secured tbe man and then
rang tbe bell.
A »erran t
appeared, raise In salary,” was tbe prompt reply.
whom the peer requested to "g o Into — D etroit Free Press.
tbe kltchea and bring up a policeman
W h e t H o rto .
or tw o." T be domestic returned and
" I hats to call on a girl,” said Tom,
•eld there were no policemen on the “ who can’t do anything but Indulge in
premises. "W h a t !" exclaimed hi* mas­ *m «ll talk.”
ter In Incredulous tone*.
"D o
you
"Y e s ," replied the wise Dick, “ espe­
mean to tell m* that with a cook, two cially If What ahe has to say Is a vary
scullery maids. * kitchen maid and short ‘no.’ " — Philadelphia Press.
thre* housemaid* In my employ th e n
“ I hops.” says a man o f 20, -th
Is no policeman In the kitchen? I t la
Indeed a miracle, and onr
prisoner things w ill b* better to-morrow.”
shall reap the benefit. Turner, let the bops,” he says when be is past I
man go Instantly!” — London Standard “ that they won't be any worse.”
Encourage the modest man too xnoefe
and be w ill become valik
Som* women ar* like a good
U Iff a * Insult to 0 *
case.”
A Q a ra fto o o f N e rv e .
A
D o m e s t ic
H rra k d o n n .
m
Whan a woman drives a hors*
ai ways whipping him with ths