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yy^N ^ ff \ *v?v7*\ r\ ,n .ffr/MSMfc iT ¿ T | X t / ¡ J i ^ V S Second Cousin fSarah I A /K ® > r rm t a i t * * * • r MiJi/»e JU D G E. S r iH S T E H .” '* L I T T L E crc .. fr c . M ATE II*ir.M ••Ye».” »aid Ned. coolly; “ fortune ha» favored us, and she has left your grand mother’s establishment.” “ There must be no harm done to her,” Tom said, trembling; “ I won’t have her hurt, I swear.” “ You left all to me, Tom Eaatbcll,” said Captain Peterson; “ it’s too late to complain, whatever happen».” A M IS H K IN INFERENCE LITTLE STORIES AMD INCIDENTS M M 4 4 4 4 M 4 4 4 4 4 < < M 4< Of all the "b u n ting juj 8 “ sporting parsons,” and other pn. sluual men o f the last generation That W ill Interest n n d loved the field and the cry o f Entertain Young bounds above any Indoor duty, < Renders. the beet known wae a certain IJ ju rist who lnapiree reminiscences i ■ Meed In the People's Friend, of j dee, Scotland. D uring the Fend times be had a clerk who waa And a little love-pat; So don't forget that minded, says the contributor, and I f you would only be gentle and kind, joyous p air they made. And smooth my fur just tha right way, “ Y er honor," whispered the r|J And call me some pet name, you'd cer- one fine morning, "th ere's a meet CH APTER XX. Only one person slept that night in the O C »W «W <JO O » big house at Sedge Hill. W hile Mra. C H A P T E R X V I I I . —(Continued.) ed, and directed Mary Holland in a dif Eastbeil slumbered, the inmates were 8h« had gona deeper than thia into ferent direction. When they met again astir, aud not a few of them abroad, beat T r i c k P l a y e d w it h D o m in o e s . thought before the prudent man abore- a quarter o f an hour had passed, and they ing right and left for scraps of informa H ere’s a jo lly trick you can play fetairs had finiahed the laat will and teeta- were no nearer the discovery o f Sarah tion, and failing in their object misera bly. Sarah Eastbeil had disappeared, Eastbeil. She had vanished away com ment o f Sarah Kaatbell. She had forgot with dominoes, boy« and girls. ten all danger in her lore-dream, but she pletely, as by a miracle; and Reuben leaving not a trace by which she might Place tw elve o f them in a circle (see awoke Buddenly to it at finding a figure stood discomfited by tha drawing room be followed. picture» and tell one o f the players As Reuben rode to Worcester he scan- standing at her elbow, wan and ghost window —d I that you can point out any domino he How' p'leaaantty then w . ahouid play!" | ^ f l n “ This is beyond all guessing at,” he like, a something from the other world for a trace o f her; he turned into yawn - 1 thinks of. she verily believed in her first aurpriae said, with a half groan. "H o w m any'* In the dock?" a .k j This ls the w ay to do lt: Tel1 hlm “ I f you were only a llrtller <*hiM." “ The window of the picture gallery is ing lane* where all w u o f an inJUtin-1 aud horror. T w o years ago thia being the judge, excitedly. Sold our puppy. Ravels— railed RaT had lived— only to-night the had heard cloaed and barred,” said Mary Holland, guishable darkness; he reined in hi. homo you w ill count around the circle, touch- 'And would hop, skip and jump fifty time, to liateu to the noise, o f the ing various dominoes, each touch "T w e n ty , fo r riotin g and breach that the waa dead— and the sprang up “ but they are there still. Over bush, snag and stump, peace, y e r honor." night— the «hrick o f ■ distant engine, to il-, counting one. H e must count your “ I will aee them at once.” said Reuben and went back with hand» apread out What a glorious time we ahouid have. agnintt the wall, too terrified to »cream. “ meanwhile »end out the servant» to ng on with it. luggage through the conn- touche., and when the number o f «p o t. "T im .” M id the Judge, “ do you thl| For dog rimes with log. “ Hush! don’ t make a row— don’t you search the country. There has been foul you can get the first fellow to pie And with loud-splashing frog, of the ’ rain, “he' n istfln g'^f ihe ° “ ,he d° mln° Whlch h* h“ * know me?” croaked the haggard figure play here.” guilty without a Jury trial— me to Or a twenty-mile jog "N o, no!” exclaimed Mary Holland. the whirring of a night bird in the £ £ ° f e? U“ * 20 be TJt >*** “ " T h . the huskily. him off w ith a week In Jail?" gt «»a o f the meadow., the yelping o f dog* doInlno la" t touched 1. sure to be the Through a nice, muddy bog; “ Sophy— Tom ’» w ife!” ejaculated “ He said— he promised----- ” “T h e easiest thing In the worl| So if you were only a livelier child. had ,n mlnd- “ W ho promised?” asked Reuben quick in the farm house yard., a. he daxued one Sarah Eastbeil. And would call out, ‘Here, Ravels. answered the faith fu l clerk. by. H e found hi. way at laat to W o t- H ere ls an exam ple; Suppose he se- “ Yes— but not dead yet— oh, dear, no ly- Come, Ravi* “ Sarah’s brother,” answered Mary, a f ceater, aud went alowly, hopeleaaly along leots the double-two. You begin touch- "M ak e haste, then, and bring tfl — black as Tom ’s coat i*!” »he whisper lta deserted streets iu the direction c f ln g various dominoes with your finger, And then dash off and prancs through whole gang, and I M y, Tim , tell Jer> ter a moment’s silence. ed back. tha wilderness wild, ■ W ell— promised what?” said Reuben the police station. 'Saruh glanced at her. She had not silently counting 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, as to saddle the mare m eanwhile." What a glorious time we should have. It waa seven in the morning when he von yet recovered from the shock, and the fiercely. W hen you come to “ 8” be The tw en ty Fenlana w ere broud go. waa at Sedge H ill again. H e rode back ! ___ — Youth's Companion. “ That he and his friend would not in ■woman was terribly forlorn and ragged, into court— nineteen o f them preparf with a death’s-head gleaming from a bat any way disturb the peace o f this house in hot baste, as if something unforeseen The L ittle Prlno to fight w ith counsel and Jury to — that they were here in all sincerity— were to be thwarted by hia quick return; I tered black straw bonnet. The Czar o f Russia has four little bitter end. T h e twentieth had and he was prepared for evil tidings, as ; “ H ow did you obtain admittance to that------” daughters who may some day be sorry Interview ed by the clerk. he passed into the hall and found Miss “ Do you ask me to believe in that vaga the house?” they are not boys. That is strange, in “ Through that window— it was unfast bond, Tom Eastbeil? Send the servants Holland, pale aa he had seen her laat, “ Guilty or not gu ilty o f the crin awaiting him with eager eyes. deed, Isn't It? The reason Is because abroad, and leave these men to me,” said ened.” charged?" demanded the Judge, W hat news— what has happened since Reuben, passing from her into the draw “ You have come in search of Tom ?” the Russians are anxious that there a propitious smile. “ No, no— to wurn you o f a danger— of ing room, and proceeding through the 1 “ aye been away?” he exclaimed. should be a prince as heir to the "G u ilty, y e r honor," said the era« "Nothing haa happened,” answered an awful danger, ns I live, Sally, to you room into the hall, and along the corri throne. So these poor little girls are prisoner. M ary Holland; "and you? H ave you and your grandmother! I can’t tell you dor toward the picture gallery. He turn not loved as dearly as they might be "W e ll,” said the Judge, gland j heard or seen—■— ” here— I daren't be seen by Tom ,” she ed the handle sharply and entered. by their own people. The Ruslsans are benevolently about the room, " I f a n » whispered still, “ he would kill me if he The two men were there. In the man “ There is not a trace o f her.” sorry for them, but think they cannot I can let you o ff w ith a week.” a found me at his heels. Outside in the lolling in the armchair there was no diffi H e sat before the fire where his cousin love them because they are not boys. culty in identifying Thomas Eastbeil; Sarah was surprised by her sister-in-law, garden I can breathe a bit.” The man thanked the Judge, but he who bent closely, and in near and endeavored from his bewildered brain “ I will come with you.” stepped dow n to tbe bailiff. There ir j The Wanderer. Sarah followed Mrs. Tom Eastbeil, sighted fashion, over a music book prop to shape out a scheme for her discovery, a terrific sensation am ong the o tlj mother's ped against the lamp, was a stranger be who walked very feebly, into the garden, A little cloud hung on its when the maid Hartley entered with defendants. W h y, none o f them where a little while ago she had seen had never met before. It was at him breakfast on a little tray, and set it down breast, HOW TO PLACE THE DOMIWOES. And quivered and sobbed, in the deep pected to get o ff with leas than I Miss Holland and Captuin Peterson to that Reuben gazed, distrusting him more on a coffee table at hia side. years In limbo. H ere waa a chancel gether. Was this a further installment at first sight than Thomas Eastbeil. blue sky; There waa a letter lying on the tiay, sure to touch the double-six domino, o f the mystery about her?— or In the “ I am Reuben Culwick,” said our hero addressed to himself. The superscription and then count to the right without “ I must go to the earth, but I will not profit by hla honor's pleaM nt mix shadows of the night would she approach sternly, looking from one to the other. One and all m anifested an earnest ( rest— was in a strange hand, a fine bold hand skipping a single domino. cjoser to the truth? In thinking of Reu “ I don’ t bear you ill will, mind,” said writing. characterized by too many flour I ’ll fly back to you in ths sweet by sire to fo llo w the exam ple o f tin T h e six-five domino w ill be ” 9," you ben Culwick, and forgetting everything Tom ; “ when I was in trouble once in P o t ishes to be wholly satisfactory, and he and by.” ________ comrade and acknow ledge their crin understand; the double-five TO,” the else, what valuable time might she not ter’s Court, and the police came, and took up the letter curiously, broke the at once. five-four “ 11," and so on until you The Youthful Idee. have lost?— she who should have been you might have made mischief out o f a seal and read the following epistle: "D o you all plead g u ilty?" demaj "Papa,” said small Edgar, “ I know watchful at all hazards of the men who little bit o f innersent chaff we had to "S ir— A fte r your discourteous behavior reach double-two. There you w ill be »he knew were dangerous. gether, you stood by me like a trump, and o f yesterday evening, I cannot, with sat told to “ stop," fo r the number o f times what makes people laugh In their ed the Judge, eagerly. “ W e d o !" shouted the enthusla Thus from one mystery to another I ’ ll shake hands with you, if you ask isfaction to myself, remain a guest in you have touched various dominoes sleeves." passed Second-cousin Sarah. me, just for my sister’s sake. "W ell, my boy, what makes them?” nineteen In chorus. your aunt's establishment. I feel com (16 tiuiesi plus the number o f spots on “ Which o f you two men will save him pelled to withdraw from a position which the double-two domino (4 spots) equals asked the father. "F ou rteen yean' transports tl self from jail by telling me where Sarah it is incompatible with my dignity to re 20, you see. C H A P T E R X IX . “ ’Cause that’s where their funny apiece!” exclaim ed the Judge, wit] The will of Sarah Eastbeil w «§ com Eastbeil is?” thundered forth Reuben tain. I have intrusted Mr. Thomas East- click o f hla Jaw. “ Jerry, ls the N ow ail you have to do is to say, bone is,” was the Ibglcal reply. bell with my kind regards to his grand pleted, and Hartley, the maid, and » Culwick. saddled y e t? " “ This (the double-two) ls the domino Thomas Eastbeil’» lower jaw dropped second servant wore introduced into tha mother, to whose hospitality and invaria F A C T 8 A B O U T THE BANANA. room to witness the old lady’s effort at » at Mr. Cnlwick’a vehemence, and his sem ble kindness I am forever deeply indebt you thought o f." H e w ill say, “ Y ou ’ re right,” and he C O IN S T H A T A R E O U T OF blance o f astonishment was admirably ed. M y servant will call for my violin signature. When Ripened on the Plant I t Ie Not “ It ’s a good thing done, after all,” feigned, unless he was astonished in real ill the course o f next week. I beg to re w ill wonder bow you guessed it. B om . M o n e y loa n ee o f tlse G overn s Suitable for Food. Be sure not to count aloud nor even muttered Mrs. Eastbeil as she lay down earnest. Captain Peterson sat down with main, sir, your obedient servant, H a v e D is a p p e a r e d f r o m d r c o l a t i o his hands upon his knees, in the attitude wearily. There is a vast amount of ignorance to look as If you w ere w h ile you are “ E D W A R D P E T E R S O N .” There have been more than a “ It ’s brief and unlawyer-like,” said of one who anticipated a narrative o f prevailing nmong intelligent people of There was a deep furrow on the brow doing the touching. Reuben, contemplating the will, “ but I great interest to follow. the North concerning the growth, pro o f coins Issued by the United flu o f Reuben Culwick when he had finish “ Where Sarah Eastbeil is!” said Pe ed the perusal of this letter. think it sets forth your intentions clearly, duction and marketing of bananas. that are no longer In circulation, Johnny Appleseed. terson; “ why do you put such an extra aunt. What shall l do with it?” W h y was this man allowed to leave Before the days o f the C ivil W a r Many people Imagine that the natives even collectoro find difficulty.In te- “ Lock it in that iron box; the key is ordinary question to us, sir, and accom the house?” he asked. “ H e who calls every country boy and girl had heard' In tropical climes step out o f their huts lng specimens to com plete the varl panied by such a threat as the jail?” under my pillow,” said Mrs. Ensthell. himself Captain Peterson.” o f Johnny Appleseed. H e was a queer in the early morning and pluck and series. “ She is not in the house, and you two Reuben found the key, and locked np “ I didn't know that he was gone, sir. character w andering from place to eat bananas fresh from the plant the Recent mention o f the dlM ppear the will, restoring the key to its place know* where she has gone, Not that I could have stopped him, Mr. “ Miss Eastbeil waa in the drawing beneath his aunt’s head. Culwick, as ail the servants were away place, and as he played his fiddle very same as they would oranges and other o f the $2.50 gold piece from clrculaf It had been a day of more than ordi room a quarter of an hour ago, when I when I saw him last.” w ell and did not beg for money most fruits. Bananas ripened on the plant and the premium th l. coin comm, nary fatigue and excitement to Mrs. stepped in for my violin,” said Peter people w ere glad to see him. In these are not suitable for food and would as a curio have set many to rumn “ When was that?” Eastbeil, and she was tired out; sleep son; “ surely she has not left the house w e might have called him a be much the same as the pith which is lug In old pocketbook. and the both “ A t five o’clock this morning. H e was days was life to a woman o f her age, and he since? There must be some mistake, M r talking to Miss Holland— here, just tramp, but Johnny was no Idle good- found In the northern cornstalk or el o f cash boxes and draw ers In search would not trouble her again concerning Culwick, and, mistake or not. you will where I stand, sir— and I think that they for-nothing, as you w ill see. W henever der. Bananas sold In the United States, odd or out o f date coins. Some t. the granddaughter, or ask her any ques excuse me for protesting against your were having a few words. I don't know he entered a village every one gathered even after traveling 3,000 miles In a found a $2.50 piece, but not many. , tions respecting the engagement. There manner of addressing Mrs. Eastbell’s for certain, but I think so.” to hear him play merry tunes, and green state, are every bit as good as The $3 piece, once quite comngtij would be time enough to-morrow to con guests.” “ You suspected them?” said Reuben though he often accepted lodging and bananas ripened under a tropical sun. but alw ays a sort o f curiosity, ls V sider that— and Sarah was waiting for Captain Peterson spoke with a falter quickly. clothing, he never passed the hat for This ls probably true o f no other e x teuer found, and many have speclmj • ' liim. ing voice, and with considerable warmth, ” N-no, sir, I don’t say that.” was the Reuben went downstairs thoughtfully, as a man might do money. ho— feelings had port fruit. The plant o f which ba o f the little gold coins representing-^® quick answer, as the woman flinched be H e had almost resolved to proceed to the 1 been unnecessarily wounded, and Reuben H e never talked about himself nor nanas ls tbe fruit ls not a tree nor ls cents and 50 cents each, which w fore ilia steady gaze; "but I was curious, gallery in the first place, hut the tempta Culwick regarded him with graver inter told w here he was going, but used to It a bush or vine. It is simply a gi not minted by the government, tion was too strong to seek out his second- est. Here was a being to be wary of, if of course. I t ’s nil in such s muddle, sir, just now, and Miss Holland's very kind; recite the most w onderful tales In gantic plant, growing to a height o f probably have not to much gold cousin, who would surely be In the draw this were acting. she's been always very kind to all o f us, rhymes. Children loved to hear him, from fifteen to twenty feet. About them as they represen t n ie y ui ing room awaiting him. He had a great “ M ay 1 inquire your name?” said Reu but I wanted to hear what they had to and interested people used to w rite eighteen feet from the ground the pass as coin, but w ere never In deal to tell her now, and a little to ex ben. say, because poor Miss Sarah was angry plain concerning his past misonthropy, dow n some o f his verses. Appleseed leaves, ofttimes eight feet long, come eral circulation, being so easily “ M y name is Peterson, air— Captain which had grown more strongly develop Peterson, of the merchant service— a at those two being together in the garden w as only a nickname which was given out in a sort o f cluster, from the cen that they soon became scarce. On last night.” ed as she at last seemed to fade away friend o f Thomas East bell's, and if not him on account o f a singular habit he ter o f which springs a bunch of ba the handsomest coin relics seen 'Those two— which two?” more completely from him. A real hero an old friend, still one who does not feel bad o f planting seeds. W henever be nanas. These do not grow with the $10 gold piece bearing the mint sta 'Miss Holland and the Captain.” ine had his Second-cousin Sarah proved disposed to allow him to be browbeaten ‘Sarah was angry,” repeated Reuben ate an apple, peach or pear, he saved bananas pointing upward, naturally, o f 1799. I t ls larger than the pi herself to be; he wished that he had been without a word o f protest.” the seeds, and w h ile tramping across and i f the stem grew straight they $10 gold piece. T h e ow n er has it hi — “ with whom ?" more of a hero to match, that he hod "Peterson,” muttered Reuben, half "W ith Miss Hoiand, just before you the country used to stop and plant would hang exactly as seen in the fruit on a band and w ears It as a charm more bravely endured the inevitable. She aloud. The name was wholly unfamiliar did not know yet what an obstinate and to him— it had not been mentioned on came. She said she couldn’t trust her. them in places where he thought they stores and grocers' windows. This, his watch chain. T h e ow ner saysS bad-tempered uinn he waa, and how he that night in Potter’s Court, and only I heard that aa 1 was passing with my would grow . Years afterw ards many however, is not the ease; the stem has refused an o ffer o f $150 for f a fa m ily taking up land In the wild bends under the weight o f the fruit relic. had quarreled with everybody in torn some days afterward by Lucy Jennings, mistress' gruel, quite by accident." “ That will do,” said Reuben, moodily; W estern country chose a spot where after his father’s death. He went Into when it had not lingered in his memory. nnd this brings it Into directly the The old octagonal $50 pieces W| don't any any more. I will wait for the drawing room full o f these odd reso Captain Peterson's dark eyes peered from a flourishing orchard was grow ing opposite position, with the large end quite common In C aliforn ia In Miss Holland.” lutions, and found Mary Holland there. under his brows at Mr. Culwick, as he re that had been planted by Johnny A p o f tlie stalk up and the fringes point days, when gold dust w as largely <To be continued.) “ Where is Sarah?” he asked, after a peated his name in a low tone, and there pleseed. T h is Is one o f the songs that ing toward the sun. as a circulating medium. They glance round the room had assured him was the faintest smile of satisfaction he used to sing: T h e L la m a o f th e Andes. A word o f explanation concerning made of pure gold, and w h ile they of the absence o f his second-cousin. flickering over his fresh-colored face at W h at the camel Is to the people o f I love to plant a little seed, “ Sarah?” said Miss Holland, springing the discomfiture expressed on Reuben’s. some banana terms. Each banana is not the elegant finish o f the gold the deserts o f Asia and A fric a the Whose fruit 1 never see; to her feet. “ Has she not been with .you called a "fin ger" and each o f these lit minted by the governm ent In tl “ You both deny all knowledge of iny Some hungry stranger It will feed, llama Is to those w h o dw ell In the A n In Mrs. Eastbell’a room?” cousin’s disappearance?” said Reuben. tle clusters o f fingers surrounding a days many still rem em ber them as When It becomes a tree. “ She left it half an hour since.” des, says W . E. Curtis In his book, "B e “ W e do,” said Peterson, with grave po stalk Is called a "hand;" the quality handsomest coins they eve r saw. Mi “ W ait an instant.” liteness; and Tom took his oath upon it tw een the Andes and the Ocean." T h e and value o f each bunch depend on the people now w ould consider them hi Mary Holland left the room; and Rcn- at once, by way of adding force to his llama Is a faith ful, much-enduring I love to sing a little song number o f hands it has. Some may some on account o f the $50 In thei Whose words attune the day ben remained, with a new perplexity to denial. “ And now, air, perhaps you will beast, sure-footed and speedy, without And round me see the children throng wonder how the fruit ls cut from the battle with, and rising doubts and fears tell ua what has happened.” the services o f which the inhabitants When I begin to piny. top of u plant fifteen feet from the to beat down. G o t th e D o g F a irly . "And relieve a brother’s anxiety,” add ground. The native laborers rut the Mary Holland entered the mom again, ed Tom. “ She’a the only sister that I o f some parts o f the country would be T w o little boys w e re having stalk part way up its height, the appeared to be a w arm and was standing at the door, a palev have got in the world, and we have al utterly helpless, fo r mules and horses So I can never lonely be. discus: Although I am alone, cannot endure the great altitude and and more affected woman than w'hen he ways been very fond of one another.” weight o f tbe fruit causes the stalk to about a dog, which one o f them M I think o f future apple trees had seen her a few minutes since. “ You overdo your anxiety,” said Reu the rarefied atmosphere. slowly bend over until tlie bunch o f J by a string. In a dow ntow n park, wb| Which help the men unknown. “ Cone!” she said nt last. ben, dryly, “ and I am still suspicious o f I t costs nothing to keep llam as; they bananas Just nicely reaches the the group w as Joined by a grave-loi “ W hat do you mean?” you. Sarah Eastbeil has disappeared pick up theeir food by the w a fsid e, al ground, then the bunch is cut off with ing man, who stopped and asked; “ That— that Sarah Eastliell is not in suddenly from thia house— within the though this seems almost incredible to I sing my heart into the air. And plant my way with seed. tho over-ready machete and carried to "W e ll, boys, w h a t's the matter?” the house,” explained Mary. last half-hour— and you are the men of those w h o know the barrenness o f the The song sends music everywhere. the river or railroad for shipment. The “ W e're tellin g lies fo r this b<| “ It can’ t be true!” ejaculated Reuben. whom she has been in fear. T o that fact terrible deserts. The tree will tell my deed." plant at the same time Is cut close to dog," explained one o f the yonngstel “ Stay, let me think still. For heav I swear before a magistrate to-morrow. Although th e llam a Is naturally do en’» sake give a diatracted woman time To-morrow the police will search the the ground. Tho banana is a very pro- j annoyed at being Interrupted, "and L o o k in g Hia Rest. cile and obedient, he has a furious to think!” house and grounds for traces o f her. I lifio producer o f itself and at every one that tells the biggest gets A certain boy o f about sixteen years, Reuben, in the midst of his excitement, telegraph to-morrow to Scotland Yard temper, and duels sometimes take place cleaning o f the land It ls necessary j our.” remembered afterward that the demeanor for one of its ablest officers to meet us In the herd which continue until one whom I know, ls very careful about to cut down many o f the young plants. | “ Do you not know ,” advised o f Mary Holland aroused in him for an here.” o f the com batants Is killed, if both are his personal appearance, and yet I do or "suckers." as they are termed. In newcomer, sagely, “It ls very w Instant a half-wondering interest, as in Thomas Eastbeil was heard to mutter not. not b elieve he has a trace o f vanity In order that they may not become o v e r-; to tell untruths? N ow , I never tol a dream of vague beliefs and startling in a malediction o f the most violent kind W hen frightened, the llam as scatter his make-up. H e Is not the least "dud- crowded up to a certain limit; the lie In my life.” consistencies; and then the trouble o f upon his second-cousin’s promptitude, but ish." H e does not affect startling neck Sarah’s absence took away all thought of his friend turned quickly to him, and o ver the desert, but when cornered they few er suckers on a given area the la rg -1 The boys looked at each other huddle In groups, with their tails to ties, nor fancy waistcoats, nor canes er the fruit they w ill produce. everything else. said: credulously and then one o f them w ith great, bulging heads on them, “ Her brother and the man he brought “ Don’t give way, Thomaa. Don’t let gether and their heads out to meet the ~ ---------- -----------| claimed: nor anything at all striking in appear with him,” said Reuben, “ where are your sensibilities get the better of you, enemy. T h eir on ly weapon o f defense Latest Demand o f the Cook. j “ I f , his d og! W e ain't in his clai they?” nnd lower your character before thia man their saliva, which, when they are ance, but he sees to it th «t his clothes Mlstres to servant, who has Just! __________________ are free from dust or soil o f any kind. “ They are in the gallery still; they of many threats. You have been unfor angry, they squirt through their teeth given notice: “ What inducement can A f t e r th e "e a r n e r .’ ’ could not have left the room without my tunate. in your early days— you have hod In showers, as . C h in e«, laundrvman I » ' • } ™ ' * I offer you to remain?” | Gunner— W h a t eve r became o f t! | being warm'd.” the frankness to confess it to me, and 1 ed. his hair neatly combed, his linen I want an asbestos curtain before young stock speculator w h o used to “ They are In this plot, if plot there the generosity to atone for it to others— sprinkles clothes. clean, his nails in the same condition. A drop o f this saliva fa llin g In the can be,” said Reuben. the kitchen range."— New York Sun. | so many tips? but your later life is without stain or M oreover, his mother does not have to M ary Holland ran to the window rod blemish. I.et the police come; you can ear o r eye or on any part o f the bodv _ " I Guyer— Oh, he’s getting more I beg and Implore him to wash the hack looked back at Reuben. Lastly Acquired. I than ever. w here the skin ls broken w ill produce face them in your aunt's house— where o f his neck and his ears. H e always “ O pen!" she cried. H yker (reading, - a physiognomist! thia gentleman is more an intruder than a painful Irritation, and sometimes dan Gunner— You d on 't say? Reuben and Mary Holland stepped in yourself— without a blush upon your hon gerous sores, like those that result from has an appearance o f freshness and M y s that men who are Impulsive nnd Guyer— Yes; he's a waiter In a D eafn ess that ls good to look upon. to the garden, and looked around them. est cheek.” aggressive usually have black eves. ! „ the venom o f a serpent It waa s dark, dry night, with the stars " A t your peril he It, if she 1» not P lk e r-T h s t's rig h t They are re«- i T a s t e s D if f e r . hidden now, and the wind soughing found,” said Reuben; then he strode from A Man o f F .m llv . 'Jones la a cheerful fello w .” “ I f yon would only be gentle and kind," sonably sure to get 'em sooner or later. through the larches on the hillside with the room, doubtful In hia own heart of " A r e you a man o f fam ily, sir?” “ Yea; he n ever listens to a: Bald our little kitty one day, auch plaintive meanings that Renben these men*» complicity with the mystery « ft e r repeated f a ilu r ii to catch “ H eavens, yes! M y third son-in-law “ And always speak low, atrove to catch the accents of his cous o f Sarah Eaatbell’a disappearance. but w b at he says h im self."— 1 on does a girl announce her decision And move rather slow, in’» voice amidst them. Free Press. As the door cloaed. Tom leaped to hla moves In to-day." never to marry. H ow p lM M n tly then we ahouid play! “ W e shall find her in the garden.” said feet and went acroea to hia friend, whom For eat rimes with mat. Men and wom en are so weak. 4 Donbt la brother evil to despair.— Reuben aaanringly. as he strode along he clutched by the shoulder nervously. Dog* and porous plasters are fro And with afternoon chat, the path* with which he wae acquaint amount to so little, th at It la surn O 'R eilly. “ Haa aha really gone?” quently attached to mankind. lng that anyone can be flattered. J