EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD.
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EUGENE ..
BBO»., rr*»rl*t*rs.
OREGON.
If there’s a strike against the new
hllllon-dollar trust. It's a pretty big
contract to polish off all that steel.
Compressed air for house cleaning la
spoken of aa the latest. Well, that may
be new the compressed part of It.
Whenever a New York tuan get« In-
lane he wants to flirt with Helen Go dd,
but thia may be a mere coincidence.
It la a little surprising to learn that
Japan Is after such small game as rats,
when everybody thought she was load
ed for bear.
In Switzerland a telephone In a pri
vate house costs f7.5O a year. 'I he
telephone ¡Msiple will retort, of course,
that the expense of wires In Switzer
land Isn't so great as It Is over here.
farm to liecome rich or famous In the
cities. A convention of county super
intendents has agreed upon this as a
necessity If tha country schools In that
State are not to liecome extinct from
want of pupils. Whether this educa
tional movement will have any effect
upon the Ililuuls cutrutry boys Is uncer
tain. If it were possible to secure a
ceoaoa of the country boys who have
left the farm to swell the poverty and
crime of the cities Instead of Improv
ing their condition, the chance of
checking the migration from country to
town might be Improved. L'ufortun
ately, the country boys of Illinois, like
those of other States, read and bear
only of the small minority who achieve
a conspicuous success. The names of
those who fall don't get In the pajiers
Teaching agriculture by scientific meth
ods will doubtless make farming more
profltable and less Irksome to the leiys
who remain on the farm, but the sure
way for the Illinois school teachers to
check the migration from farm to city
will be to convince the lioys. If they
can, that it pays better, on the whole,
to be of some account In a country
neighborhood than to liecome an tin
counted unit of a city nibble.
Several Americans at .Manila went
down to Borneo to look at the equator,
The trend of literary publications In
but It was found that the British had this country partakes of the spirit of
wound their section of it up on a big the times and Is almost purely cominer
spool and refused to part with It at any clal In Its purpose, character, and ad
price.
vertising. The authors are not of the
first rank and some of them of no rank
A Pennsylvania woman who says she at all, so far as past success is con
has lived very happily with four bus cerned, yet by skillful advertising and
bands lias taken a fifth.
Marriage commercial metlnsls a furore Is started
seems to I* a great success with her, for their mechanically constructed
but tlie vote of the husbands ha* not books and they reap temjsirary but
lieen polled
large profita. It Is another ¡s-cullarlty
of
the book - niak Illg of tlie day that It
The young bride who reads with a
is purely Imitative. A book rollowing
proud thrill "»he swept up the aisle on
a certain special line makes a succesa.
her father's arm," never thinks of the Straightway books of that kind flood
the
after days when she will sweep up
the market. New writers spring tip In
kitchen and dining -room floors and not
all directions mid even the old writers
get even a mention in the society col-
c'tcli the contagion mid leave their
umns.
regular field of work fur the »¡levlalty
it Is asserted In England that King
Edward Intends to a great extent to
abolish the giving of peerages and
ether honors for purely political and
party services. Pulls on peerages may
sometime depend solely on merit, ami
there will probably not lie so many hol
low titles
A statistician puts It that Alaska lias
only eleven hundredths of an Inhabitant
to the square mile. Of the many pic
tures of arctic desolation this oue of a
lonely fraction hiking vainly across the
bleak snow drifts for Its other eighty-
nine one hundredths Is perhups the
most affi>ctlng.
The Governor of North Carolina Is of
the opinion tlint lynching cnn be stop
¡>ed only by public opinion. Nonsense?
A sheriff who knows bls duty and Is
nofeafrald of It, and who la backed up
by a few determined deputies, has It In
Ills power to overawe the average mob
As for public opinion, there's plenty of
It already.
The answer» of Janies J. Jeffries to
a committee of Missouri physicians
who catechised him ns to his habits
• ud rule of training revealed again the
open secret Of health and strength. The
great tighter told the doctors that he
sleeps nine or ten hours ami "depends
more 011 that than anything else” to
keep him right. The value of this great
conservator of vital force la known to
everybody, mid yet how many men mid
women cut down tlie hours given to
sleep In order to crowd a little more
pleasure or work Into that day! Jeffries
la a giant, but ho says, "I never let any
body break my sleep.”
Ncores of old barns In Ohio have
floors and mangers of black walnut,
put In fifty or seventy live years ago,
when the chief endeavor of the pioneer
was to clear the dense forests for
crops. So popular Is Idack walnut fur
lilt lire abroad that English and French
agents buy even old barn timbers »nd
fence rails. One of the few walnut
groves left In Ohio wna sold last month
for export ns lunilier. The largest
tree, eight feat In diameter at the
stump, brought twelve hundred dollars
In view of this fact Arbor l*ay silg
goats more than a sentiment; It hints
also at a financial Investment. Young
¡teople who plant walnut groves or
avenues may live to reap substantial
profits from the tlmtier thereof.
“The American soldiers. In physique
and Intelligence, are superior to any
other troop* In the world,” said Lieu
tenant Colouel Lee of the British army
to an astonished House of Commons
recently. The speaker was military at
tache of the British Embassy at Wash
ington during our war with Spain, and
accompanied our tnxqi* to Cuba. Aa a
close student of military affaire, he was
familiar with the personnel of the
armies of the world, and was disposed
to think the British soldier second to no
other. Illa Cuban experiences led him
to bold and hla candor Impelled him to
utter the compliment above quoted.
Our soldier* In China, serving aide by
aide with the best European troop*,
haie lieen OBtclaased by none In dis
cipline. self control and courageous de
•olloli to duty.
which Is the fad. Take the historical
romance, for Instance, line successful
book of this kind was followed by
scores, among them "Richard Carvel,”
"Wl.... Knighthood Was In Flower,”
"In the Palace of the King,” "The Car-
dlnal'a Snuff Box.” “Under the Med
Rolie,” "Janice Meredith,” and minier
ous others, running up Into the hun
dreds. They are not only crowding the
book stalls, but flooding the stage In
dramatized form. The historical rom
ance Is uow somewhat on the wane.
Readers are grow Ing tired of story after
story construe ted substantially on the
same lilies, with the same conventional
hero mid heroine, mid the same kind of
adventures, but other fads are prompt
ly on hand. Two of these are well un
der way at present. It was only neces
sary for Mr. Westcott's "David Huruni”
to prove a success to set other writers
nt work making Yankee character
sketches. Irving Baehellor gives us
"Eben Holden,” Charles Nberlock
“Your I'ncle Lew,” and Edw in A. I »lx
"old Bowen's Legacy.” These are only
the forerunners, but they are all suc
cessful from the commercial stand
point. The ¡Mirtralts of the authors
stare at us In posters and magazine
covers contain startling arrays of tig
urea running Into the thousands for
each first edition. Men w ho were never
suspected of a literary turn of mind are
launched by the publishers as success
ful novelists. Another fad Just begin
nlng to rage is the love letter. That
adroit literary fake, "The Love Letters
of mi Englishwoman,” set the ¡nice
Victor Hugo's love letters have Just
been published. also "The Isive Ix-tter*
of a l.lar " "Bismarck's Love Letters”
and "Another English woman's Love
letters" are In press. I.e Galllenne has
published "The Love Letters of the
King” (though the title Is misleading),
and “Nafsdeon’B Love Letters” mid
"Canova's Love Letters to Mme. Reca
inter" are announced. To keep up with
these fads la exhausting, If not Impos
sible. III such ail emergency there Is
couifort In the words of the last arti
cle written by Charles Dudley Warner:
"Without special anxiety, then, to keep
pace with all the ephemeral In litera
ture, lest we should miss for the mo
ment something that la is'riiianent. we
can rest content In the vast aceiimula
tlon of the tried and genuine that the
ages have given us. Anything that
really 1 lelongs to literature today we
shall certainly And awaiting us to mor
row.”
HE CONGRATULATED HIM,
Ami Gave the Beat of Keatons for the
Fa ¡citation.
HEN
Presidential train
starts on a long Journey across
the continent, much more Is In
volved than a(qiears on the surface. In
the load which such a train carries Is
Involved the possible safety and the
welfare of the nation, and It Is literally
the chief business of thousands of men,
while the train Is on the road, to see
that ft ¡Misses In safety and without de
lays or Inconveniences of any kind.
Before the route of a Presidential
train Is finally settled upon there is In
lense rivalry among
ihe representatives
uf competing rail
roads to secure It as
a n advertisement I
for their lines. < Ince
the route is fixed
the successful rail
road officials begin
a season of nerve-
racking strain and
anxiety, which does
not cease until the
TSS TSSOKWSI.KSS.
train with Its pre-
clous freight Is delivered safely Into
the hands of the company tlie lines of
which form the next link In the Jour
ney.
In the first place, every division
ev-
superintendent, and practically
|
cry employe of the ■ roads over
which the Presidential train passed
ndvanee of
was notified days
Its coming. The ex
act minute of its
departure ■ and a
carefully arranged
schedule of Its ar
rival and departure
trom every station
on the line was sent
out to every station
agent and sectiou
band.
Beginning
several hours be
fore the train was
due every foot of THE PILOT ENGINE.
tlie tra -k was carefully patrolled by
keen eyed men. who felt the responsi
bility which rested upon them, if
President .McKinley had sat up In the
observation car attached to the train
he might have seen at Intervals of a
few minutes nnd all night long the yel
low lights of tlielauternsof the sleepless
sentinels who were
to guard bls safety
and assure Ills con
venience,
I'ractl-
rally It might al
most be said that
the train passed be-
tween two lines of
watch men. so close
were they together
and so careful was
their watch.
Nor does railroad
vigilance stop there, That, in fact. Is
only the In ginning, All day and all
night long a pilot engine runs a little
In advance of the Presidential train to
make sure that nothing tins been over
looked which could by any human pos
slblllty endanger Its safety. Close be
hind the Presidential train la usually
sent a second en
gine, so that It I*
closely guarded be
fore. behind, and on
both sides.
Still
other
precautions
are taken. Every
station agent Is no-
tilled that on the
night or day when
the train bearing
the President Is to
pass his station he AWAITING THE TRAI*.
must tie continuous
ly on duty He may not leave the re
sponsibility to hia aulMirdinates. He
must personally attend to 'be arrange
ment of the projier signals and see to it
with his ow n eyes that everything pos
sible Is done to forward the train with
speed and safety, it may pass bls lit
tle station at sixty miles an hour, but
be must stay on duty and watch and
wait until It flashes by In the night,
and, with a sigh of relief, he can call up
the next station on the wire and an
nounce that the President's train h«A
gone by, nnd the weight has been lift
ed from his shoulders.
When a train carrying a King or an
Emperor leaves one of the great capi
tals of Europe It la always possible to
stop every other wheel on the line and
leave the track perfectly free for the
passage of the Imperial special. But in
the United States the railroad manager
has also the problem of running the
regular passenger trains ond keeping
freight train* moving with as little de
lay as possible. This greatly compli
cates the problem. As a matter of fact
few freight trains run on the regular
schedules when the Presidential train
is moving its wheels, and the Traffic
Manager haj troubles of his own for a
day or two after It lias passed. Every
train dispatcher on cadi division knows
that the special has passed for several
days by the complaints which come In
from shippers of perishable goods, even
If official notice were lacking. It is his
hard task to see that everybody Is kept
satisfied, even while tile demands of
tlie Presidential train are compiled
with. It :s safe to say that traffic will
be entirely upset on every roa<l which
Is traversed by the train for at least
forty-eight hours.
These same train dispatchers nnd
their assistants have in charge the dlffi
cult task of keeping the President and
Ills movable Cabinet In constant com
munication with Washington. Tele
grams in tlie obscure Presidential ci
pher may be thrown from the train at
tlie most out-of-the-way station ami
there must always be on duty there a
mati capable of handling tlie work In
an intelligent way. A mistake made
by a night operator at R|>odunk might
¡Misslbly result in an International diffi
culty. Th.- responsibility which every
mini connected with one of tlie roads
over which the train passes may there
fore be imagined.
HOTEL IN A SEWER.
er of an hour may mean a thousand
dollars’ loss.
The chief dangers are cooking or
burning In the summer and freezing
III the winter. To provide against the
first, the flsh flakes are protected all
the summer through with white canvas
awnings to protect them from the heat
of the sun. Even with these it la Im-
isissible to put the flab out on very
hot days. When the flsh are burned It
cnn Is- told by merely feeling of the
backs of the fish underneath; they have
become cooked nnd sticky with the
heat. This means that the meat of the
tlsh will flake off when they are being
skinned, nnd will not bold together in
the various proocesaea of preparing.
Frezlng the flsh often occurs In the
winter. If the days are too cold, nnd
the trouble from this Is that they will
seem to be dry, when in reality they
are frozen, and will be found to lie
moist when put Into the storeroom.
When the flsh la really cured the ex
pert can tell It from Its appearance,
principally from the small crystals of
snlt on Its surface. It must be dried
just right, and It Is often necessary to
hurry It off the flakes to got It In the
shed In time For the United States
trade a flsh which is somewhat moist
Is prepared. For the old West Indies
trade It Is necessary to have the flsh
hard and dry for preservation In the
tropics. East Gloucester (Mass.) Cor
rvspondence Boston Transcript.
W
Hrrvsi Over Hist» Breakfasts a Day—
One Thrive* in .1 Gravsvar.l.
The most remarkable hotel In the
world Is that situated In the Parisian
sewers, almost Immediately beneath
the Madeline Church, and which Is pat
ronlzeit exclusively by the municipal
scavengers.
Entrance to it can only be had dry
sliodat certain hours. At all other times
a boat has to be employed. The Interior
is singularly neat ami clean, despite tie-
uolsomeness of the surroundings, and
between <10 and 70 breakfasts and din
tiers are served therein dally. There
are also provided three beds for the
urn- of the night watchmen who patrol
the great main drain which runs tun
uel wise beneath the gay city. The
hotel constitutes a sort of annex to
this monster drain pipe, nnd has been
excavated, nt Infinite labor, out of the
solid limestone rock which here consti
tutes Paris foundations.
The exact autlthesls to tills subter
ranean ¡dace of entertainment In the
Hotel Saval. located in the Chang-la. a
pass In Ladak. or Western Thibet. This
la the highest hotel in the world. The
building Is over 10,0U> feet above the
level of the sea The extreme height
of the pass Is 1R.S68 feet.
There Is at least one hotel In the
world which Is built In a graveyard
and thia hotel, which la one of the
largest In Central America, and by far
the largest In Belize. Honduras, la stir
rounded by tombstones. As thin old
and abandoned cemetery was located m
the center of the town, and afforded
an excellent site for a hotel, the nee< *
«ary permission ««« obtained from the
authorities, and In lean tnan a year a
large and handsome building was erect
ed. In digging the foundations hun
dreds of skulls wen- discovered. all of
w hich were carefully collected nnd In
terrvd In the new cemetery. The hotel
poaneanea a room In which service Is
conducted by a loin I preacher every
Sunday.
They met In front of the Bead House
One was fat and black, with a wonder
ful expanse of mouth and a voice like
h couple of foghorns. The other wan
black and lean and wizened.
Raid the fat black to the lean black:
"Why tloaii ye 'gratulate me. Brudder
Johnnlng?"
"What fer 1 'gratulate you?" said
Brudder Jolinslng
"What fer you 'gratulate me? Why
man, kase I done uiar'd de Wldder
Jeff'a'n.”
"You Is you dun mar'd de Wldder
Jeff'son?’ squeaked out the lean one
"I «ho' la done uiar'd dat lady.” said
the fat one with an air of great satis
faction
"lien I does 'gratulate yer, wlf iny
Events today ar*, moving with mar w hole heart. 1 slio' does.”
velous rapidity Corporate combina
Tin- two separated, when the lean one
tlon* .vest.-rday considered fabulous turned to a knot of white gentlemen
are to-day realities. Principles yester who had I-cen Interested and amimed
day revere«! as «acred are to day re
auditor* of the conversation, and re
nounced aa puerile rot. The present
marked:
tendency In lea* than a decade will
"Ye*. I gratulate him' Haw' haw'
make a complete revolution In the char
haw! he! he! I sho' does. He's de
acter of the nation. The old man will
¡»a«* away lirfore the harvest. The w us en'my I has, an' I eert'tnly grat
young man must ultimately reap the ulate* Why. bona," he said cotiflden
Hally, singling out one of the aperta
fruit of the seed we are now sots lug
tor*. "I wun mar'd to dat 'ornan fer a CURING FISH AT GLOUCESTER
Hence of all men the young man la
year
myself Yas. I aho' do gratulate
most Intimately concerned with the cul
Mack lkt>v«1< I’po* How Old l»ot
Owe* It* XV orb.
ml list Ion of the present policy. In tlie dat man." and be movevi off toward
Market
street
chuckling
and
muttering
Probably no where on earth la i the
political arena the young man I* su-
sun kept more constantly dow n to
pretiie The energy, enthusiasm, per to himself Chattanooga New*.
more grinding dally toll for the benefit
»latency, buoyancy and numerical su
Hai tilng In Wine.
of mankind, for w hich he was created,
pvrkirlty make blm a determining fac
Malmsey Is again used In Fran<-e for
tor tn the molding of public policy. If bnthlng purposes It takes a hundred that! In Gloucester Through the
he will but awake to tb* realisation of quarta of wine for a hath, the French whole year, on every pleasant day he
the fact, he has It within his power to character of which Is shown by the la drying tlsh on the flake* Tin re 1*
direct the ueatlny of the repuldlc. Ill* fact that the wine Is poured hack Into nothing which takes more skill In the
verdict concerning the present prob the l>areel after use. and Is employes! business than this curing of the flsh
Winter and summer, without thermo
lems whhh agitate the political .»nd In over again for the next bath
meter or any definite appliance*, the
duatrlal world will mean w.-ii . r >
curer must watch and anti- Ipate the
Her tiplalese.
for the rising generation
- 1
"
1
Husband I wonder why it is that all mad Jumps of our New England weath
Country school teachers In Illlnola the misers we read of are old bache er. and provide against them. No cook
can watch an oven so clueely a* th:»
are to be charged with the rather Ng
Wife Oh married misers are so com man. He la a chef with JskflUO p- und*
task of convincing their pupils that It
of meat to watch, and a slip of a quart
Isn't wart* «bile to rua away from the moa they ate net worth mr altea tag
I
lltannia I* Building Ship*.
I d case of war an efficient merchant
marine is a most Important aid to a
nation, and Russia Is working hard to
Increase her stock of commercial »ea
sels, with the result that within the
last few years a remarkable develo;
nn nt has been shown. Not long ago
all she had of a merchant fleet was a
few steamers and about 200 Finnish
sailing venaela, which were employed
almost exclusively In the Baltic wood
trade. Today that fleet amounts to
more than ll.ooO vessels. Including river
steamers, and still is growing.
The Russian government encourages
the merchant marine by various laws,
such as limiting the coast trade to Its
own ships, though on account of the
troubles with China Asiatic Russia
temporarily Is exempt from this de
ere*. Then. too. Russia pays the Sues
canal dues oa all her ships bound for
ports In Asiatic Russia, and twothlrd*
of the canal dues on all her ship* which
pass through the canal bound for other
ports In Asia, Besides she admits duty
free all anchors, chains, cables and
sailing ship tackle, a* well aa foreign
built Iron vessels for external naviga
tlon and all vessel» for the Danube
which fly the Russian flag
1'vvple frequently pass remarks, yet
no one eve» sw» them.
CHAPTER IV.—tContinued.)
| window, she would have cried; but there
With th* Utmost cure Ella arranged her was a tightness in her throat, and a pres
sure about her head and eyes which kept
long curia, and then, tying over her black the tears from flowing. She pressed her
dress the only white apron which »tie hands tightly and said. “Oh, I hope 1
possessed, she started for Mrs. amp,
bell's. The reuemWauce between herself shan't faint.”
"To be sure you wou’t,” said a loud,
and Ella Campbell waa indeed *0 atrik-
ing that but for the drea* the mother harsh voice, and instantly large drops of
might easily have believed it to have been water were thrown in her face, while
her own child. Aa it was, »he started up the same voice continued: "You don t
when the little girl appeared, and, 'lr“w' have such spells often. 1 hope, for Lord
Ing her to her tide, involuntarily kwaeu knows I don’t want any more titty ones
,
,
her; then, causing her to sit down by her here.”
"No, ma'am,” said Mary, meekly; and
side, »ho minutely examined her fea
tures. questioning her meantime concern looking up, she saw before her a tall,
ing her mother aud her home in England. square-backed, masculine looking wom
Of the latter Ella could only tell her that an, who wore a very short dress, and a
they lived in a city, aud that her mother very high-crowned cap, fasteued under
had once taken her to a large, handsome her chin with bows of sky-blue ribbon.
house in the country, which »he »aid was Mary secretly hoped she would not prove
to be Mrs. Parker, the wife of the over
her old home.
From this Mr». Campbell inferred that seer. She was soon relieved of her fears
Ella'» family uiuat have been superior by the overseer himself, who said, "Polly,
to most of the Engliah who emigrate to 1 don't see any other way but you’ll have
this country, and after a few more ques to take these children into the room next
tions she decided to take her for a time to yourn. The baby worries a good deal,
at least; so with another ki*s »he dismiss- and such things trouble my wife, uow
ad her, telling her she would come for she's sick."
The person addressed as “Polly ' gave
her soon. Meantime arrangement, were
making for Mary and Alice, and on the her shoulders an angry Jerk, and stick
sama day in which Mrs. Campbell was ing the pin on the waist of her dress,
to call for Ella Mr. Knight, one of the replied, "So, I »'pose it's uo matter if
"selectmen," whose business it was to 1'ui kept awake all night, and worried
look after the town’s poor, also cauie^ to to death. But I guess you'd find there'd
the cottnge. After learning that Ella be queer doiu's here if I should be taken
was provided for, he turned to Mary, away. I wish the British would stay to
asking, "how old she was, and what she hum, and not lug their young ones here
could do," saying that his wife was in for us to take care of. Come, child, I
want of just such a girl to do “chores, will show you where you are going to
and if she was willing to be separated sleep;” at the same time she caught up
from Alice be would give her a home with Alice, who, not liking her handling, kick
ed so vigorously that she was soon drop
him.
But Mary only hugged her sister closer ped, Polly remarking that “she was
to her bosom as she replied, "I'd
' 1- rather mighty strong in her legs for a sick
go with Alic*. 1 promised mother to baby.”
Aftfr passing up a dark stairway they
take care of her."
“Very well,” aaid the uiaa. “I'm going came to a door, which opened under the
to North Chicopee, but ahull be back in garret stairs, and Mary was startled by
two hours, »0 you must have your things a voice which seemed to be almost over
her head, and which, between a sneer
all ready.”
“Don’t cry so, Mary,” whispered Billy, and a hiss, called out, “See where the
when he saw how fast her tears were immaculate Miss Grundy comes!” Mary
falling. "I’ll come to see you every week, sprang in terror to Polly's side.
»nd when I am older, and have money, I
“Ob, what is it?” she said. “Is it
will take you from the poorhouse, and Patsy?”
“Patsy!” was the tart reply. “ She nev
Alice, too.”
Just then Mrs. Campbell', carriage er is saucy like that. It’s Sal Furbush.”
irove up. She had been tuking her after
Mary asked who Sal Furbush was,
noon ride, and now, on her way home, and was told she was one of the poor
bad stopped for Ella, who in her delight Insane inmates. She subsequently learn
at going with »0 handsome a woman, for ed that Sal was perfectly harmless, nnd
got the dreary home which awaited her struck up quite a friendship with her.
sister.
While she was getting ready At present Mary followed her guide until
.Mr. Knight returned, and, driving his they came to a longer and lighter hall,
old-fashioned yellow wagon up by the or “spaceway,” as it is frequently called
aide of Mrs. Campbell's stylish carriage, in New England. On each side of this
he entered the house, saying, "Come, gal, there were doors opening into small sleep
you're ready, I hope. The old mare don't ing rooms, and into one of these Polly
want to stand, aud I'm I11 a desput bur led her companion, saying, as she did so,
ry, too. I ort to be to hum this minute, "This is your room, and it's a great fa
Instead of driving over that atony Part- vor to you to lie so near me. But mind,
upog road. I hope you don't mean to that child mustn’t cry and keep me
carry that ar' thing.” he continued, point awake nights, for if she does, maybe
ing with his whip toward Alice's cradle, you'll have to move into that other space,
which stood near Mary's box of clothes. where we heard the laugh."
The tears came into Mary’s eyes, and
Mary thought she would rather do any
she answered. “Alice has always slept thing than that. She also felt a great
in it. nnd I didn't know but---- ”
curiosity to know who her companion
Here she stopped aud, running up to was, so she at last ventured to ask, “Do
Ella, hid her face in her lap and sobbed, you live here. Miss Polly?”
“I don't want to go. Oh! I don't want
"Why, yes. I'm staying here for a
to go; can't I stay with you?”
spell now; kind of seeing things. My
Billy's yellow handkerchief was and name isn’t Polly. It’s Mary Grundy, and
denly brought into requisition, ami Mrs. somehow folks have got to nicknaming
Bender, who, with all her iniagiuary I me Polly, but it'll look more mannerly
aches and pains, was a kind-hearted in you to call me Mrs. Grundy, but what
woman, made vigorous attacks upon her am I thinking of? Tho folks must have
snuffliox, while Mrs. Campbell ¡tatted their supper."
Mary's head, saying. ' Poor child, I can't
That night Alice, who missed her cra
take you Itoth, but you shall see your sis dle, was unusually restless, and Mary,
ter often,"
remembering Mrs. Grundy's threat, car
Ella was too much pleased with Mrs. ried her in her arms until after midnight.
Campbell and the thoughts of the fine Then, without undressing, she threw her
home to which she was going to weep, self upon the bed, and for the first time
but her chin quivered when Mary held in many weeks dreamed of George and
up the baby for her to kiss, and aaid, his parting promise to see her again. The
“Perhaps you will never see little Allie next morning when she awoke, the clouds
again."
were pouring rain, "Billy won't come
When all was ready Mr. Knight walk- to-day," was her first thought, and,
ad around bis wagon, ami. after trying throwing herself upon the floor, she burst
to adjust the numerous articles It con into tears, wishing, ns she had once
talned. aaid: "I don’t see how in the done before, that she had died with her
world I can carry that era.lie; my wagon mother.
Is chuck full uow. Here is a ease of
In the midst of her grief the door was
shoes for the gals to stitch, ami a piller- pushed hastily open, and Mrs. Grundy's
caae of flour for Miss Smith, an l forty harsh voice exclaimed, "Wall, »0 you are
’leven other traps, so I guess you'll have up at Inst, hey? I didn’t know but you
to leave it. Mebby you can find one was goin' to take it upon you to sleep
there, and if not. why, »he'll soon get over, but that don't answer here. I»o you
used to going without it."
think, we's goin' to support you in idle-
Before Mary could reply Billy whisper DOSS?”
ed In her ear, "Never mind, Mary; you
Here, touched perhaps by the pale,
know that little cart that I draw moth
er's wood in; the cradle will just tit it. tearful face, uplifted to hers, Mrs. Grun
and to-morrow afternoon I'll bring it to dy's voice softened, and in a milder tone
she added, "We won't mind about It, »ee-
you. if it doesn’t rain."
Mary knew that he meant what he !n' it's the first morning; but, come—
aaid, and. smiling on him through her you must be hungry by this time.”
Mary glanced at Alice. She was sleep
tears, climbed into the rickety wagon,
which was minus a step, and. taking ing sweetly, and, though there seemed to
Alice into her arms, she was soon moving be no reason, she still lingered.
"What are you waiting for?” asked
away. In striking contrast to this Ella,
about fiv» minute* afterward, was care Mr*. Grundy, and Mary, with aome hesi
answered, "I haven't »aid my
fully lifted into Mrs. Campbell's hand tation.
some carriage, and reclining upon soft prayer» yet."
A change passed suddenly over Mrs.
cuahions was driven rapidly toward her
Grundy s face, and she turned away
lew home.
Will their paths in life always continue without a word. When she was gone
Mary fell on her knees, an) though the
thus different? Who can tell?
words she uttered were addressed mor»
CHAPTER V.
to her mother than to God. she felt com
How long and tiresome that ride was. forted. and. rising up. started for the
with no one for a companion except Mr kitchen. It was a motley group which
Knight, who. though a kin I hearted man' she iounu assetnbled around the break-
knew nothing about making himself fast table, nnd ns she entered the room
agreeable to little girls, so he remained a man called Unde Peter smiled on her
perfectly taciturn. Allee loon fell asleep saying. "Come here, little daughter, and
end though the little arm* which held let me touch yon with the ton of my
her aehe-l sadly, there was no complaint fourth finger."
7
Only Mary a tears gushed forth, and
About noon the cloud, broke «way
falling upon the baby's face awoke her while here and there a patch of bright
Her nap was not half out. and setting up Mue sky w„ t0 l>e seen. But the roa.I.
a loud cry she continued screaming un
n”. mu,,'V th,t
had no hop«
til they drove up to the very door of th - of Billy , coming, am] thi. |t w«», per
poorhouae.
haps, which made the dinner dishes so
"For the land's sake." aaid Mr Knight, hard to w..h, an 1 which made her cry
a* he helped Mary from the wagon, "hen told that all the knives and fork,
what a racket; can't you contrive to must be scoured, the teakettle wiped and
atop it? you'll have Sal Fnrbu«h m your set with its nose north. In what Mrs.
hair, for she don't like a noise.”
I.rnndy called the “Pout Hole.” .nd
Mary glanced nervously round in qneat whwh proved proved to be a pl.r, nn,lel.
•f the goblin Sal. bnt «he saw nothing he stair*, where pots, kettles and iron
»are an idiotic face with bushy, tanglel ware generally were kept.
hair, and nose flattened against the win
All things have an end, and so did the
dow pane In terror Mary clung to Mr scouring, in .pit. ot
, fMr, t<j
Knigbt and whispered, as she pointed
’r“chln« •
«hen
towanl the flgure. which was naw laugh Mrs. Grundy did not
see her. .he stole
iog hileonsly: "What ia it? Are there
away
upstairs
Taking
Alice
on
her
lap.
many such here?”
-or sat down by the open window where
•'!».» t be afeenl." said
Mr.
Knight;
'
said Mr. Knight;
k '1?"! fsce.
’ * r The rain
•nd “"'stened her
“that» nobody but foolish Patsy; she • fln.he«i
was over, and
never hurt anybody in her fife. Come. 1
‘he sun was shining
SOW. let me show yon to the overseer.”
the taU tree^ making th, drop!
And be led her toward the red whisker
of water which hung npon the leaves
ed man. who stood in the door
'Here Parker," naid he. “Ten brought «psrkle »nd flash in the sunlight like so
them children I was tollin' you about. . many tiny rainbows. Mlry watched them
for a time, and then looking into th*
ion re ro*»m for ’rm. I s’pvw?”
,he b°u*
"Why. yee^ wy eau wort it ao'a to iwiiv ¡t.rw
Billy Ren lev and w,th him Alice', cradle
makr rovtm.
They now entensi the kit. hen. Mary
was very tired with bolding Alic* ao around bis neck as tightly as if .he
> ight be bad the power and was come
tong and, sinking into a chair a,ar the th
t« take her away.
“OK Bffiy. Billy," .a|d
afraid you would not come
,
me ao unhappy.”
’ “I
As Billy releascl her
••»
at hearing some on« v • (Math
That, I conclude, is a .
hope »he won’t try It on^”
¡
Turning about he saw
white-faced boy, n.-urly og his
* i
wteoan dress and appi-a?
*A
‘•tanna
that be belonged to a high,
UT gr.
as neaiiu
wealth was concerned. ¡t w
Lincoln, notorious lejth f,,r ,
1
aolenee. Billy, R-hu
Lincoln, had been iusulted |,
many a time, and now he /
avenge it, but native por,leaJ2W * I
him that in the pre».-n. < .,f
not be proper, »0 without a » urj
ry he whispered to the iitt|e
fellow lives near here, ilu,| ¡f L
gives you trouble just let me kn,
I
"Kissed her then, didn’t yulf."’
I
ingly asked Henry, retreating lt th."**!
time, for there was something ¡B n*** I
eyes which he feared.
* 1 • I
"Come into the house," aaid u
“where he can't see us," anj 1^« 14,1 I
way she conducted him up t0
I
room, where there was no fear r
I
interrupted.
J
I
Alice was first carefully
,
cradle, and then kneeling down at BI
side, and laying her arms acroaa hu I
Mary told him of everything which La I
happened, aud finished by asking
I
long she must stay here?”
*' I
Had Billy's purse been as large,. k I
heart, that question would have e ; I
lieen answered. Now he could only c*4 I
his head in reply, while Mary
|
ed if he had seen Ella.
“I have not seen her,” returned he •> I
I’ve heard that rainy as it waa thia
|
ing. Mrs. Campbell's mai l was out a, . I
ing muslins and jaconets for her
I
they say she is not to wear black. ,, y
Campbell thinks her too young." ** I
Mary did not speak for some time L-
her head dropped on Billy’s knee,
»he seemed to be intently thinking 1,
last, brushing aside the hair which bd
fallen over her forehead, Billy „7
"What are you thinking about?"
“I was wondering if Ella wouldn't
get me and Alice now she is rich an>
ing to be a lady.”
Billy had thought the same thing, „.i
lifting the little girl in his lap, he r-pbvi
"If she does, I never will;” and then ha I
told her again how when he was oidw 1
and had money ha would take her tn, '
the poorhouse and Bend her to school, «(
that she should some time be as mu ig ’
a lady as Ella.
(To be continued.)
NOT CONCLUSIVE OF GUILT.
Fair- M inde I X! en Are Often Deceive lb;
Circumstantial Evidence.
“As to circumstantial evidence, It'll
queer thing,” said the man la tb
brown suit. "Five or six years ago |
was in a town in Indiana for a night
when a batik was robbed. Next ui :».
ing I was arrested as an acconiplky. ¡t
being contended that I was seeu idlitg
in front of the bank and evidently a.:
ing as sentinel for those within. Tlim
different persons Identified me as tia
man and the fourth claimed to hau
seen me enter tlie hotel at a late
by way of a shed and a window. 1
was locked up for examination, with a
chance of things going hard with ta»,
when evidence began to come forwart
on my side. Tlie landlord asserted and
swore that I was sitting in tlieorti eit
10 o’clock p. m. Two servants swore!»
seeing me go to my room half an boat
later. A man having rooms opf «::«
the hotel swore that he saw me smok
ing at my window at midnight. A guest
of the hotel who had a room neil U
mine swore that my snores disturb^
him from midnight till 2 o'clock and
that he heard me turn over In bed it
3, and so I was honorably discharged
from custody.”
"But about It’s being queer?" wai
asked.
“Why, all the people on both sides
were mistaken. I was not outside the
bank at the time mentioned and neither
was I in the hotel."
"But yon were somewhere.”
"Oh, of course. Fact Is I got tuasM
on the landlord's daughter and went
up all night on a balcony and squw
hands and talked love nnd looked«
the moonlight and,slapped mosquito«.
Yes, sir, sat there all night like a couple
of Idiots, anil though I declared I woukl
die for her and she said she only want
ed me nnd a liumlde cottage she wu
married to a red headed butcher witkii
a year and I was sued by a anob-nood
widow for breach of promise. I <>•
simply observing, you know, that <■■>
cumstnntfal evidence Is a queer thlnfc
and I wish to add that a jurymaa
shouldn't be Influenced too much W
It”—Washington Post.
Chasing a Bear.
Any one who has seen a bear »a!11
knows bow slowly he seems to me",
and his run is a shuttling. luuil*ru|
gait that Is comical to witness. t»H*
he happens to be running after y*
But a bear moves pretty fast, not»: b-
standing appearances, nnd the grinj-
which looks to be clumsier than td
brown or black bear, cnn cover grow»
Lister tlinn the average saddle-bor*
A Philadelphia exchange prints thi*
story of an Arizona sheep rancher:
He wna riding In the foot-hills wt*>
he saw a big, awkward silvertfp. H
had a rifle, but was not certain he«»1
kill the bear at one shot and knew :!'■
he would get Into trouble if be “1**
So he gave a regular cowboy yel!.«
the bear started away In alarm. *“*
man gnve chase, at the same tt«J
keeping up the piercing yell. *ad
soon noticed that the grizzly «•’ P*
ting farther away. He contlaued t»
chase for nearly two miles. unt;I ’
bear disappeared In the mounts!*
and he had not gained a foot.
In going back along the trail, he 0 e
ed place« where the bear bad
Jumps of fifteen or twenty L et. aI;,!
ground had lieen cut np by bis claws
that It looked as if a harrnw had N
run over It. It la evident that 1 #■
would have no show running *
race with a grizzly..
A«anre l of a Lona Li e
Mra. Know it-So you are engsf« *
Mlaa Sweetly? I do not wish
courage you, but I undcrstan-l
ahe baa aaid abe has absolntaly
wish to know how to cook.
Mr. Wlae—That’s right; 1
as soon aa I heard It—Baltimore A
lean.
Stln<v.
"Barlow is rather close.
"Close? He's stingy
«tudeuts in the barbers' <
him and cut his hair. In
expense."
Give a grateful man 1
uvi
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