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Eugene Weekly Guard.
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EUGENE ......................... OREGON.
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Kipling's "Beware of the Bear that
Walk« hike a Maa" 4a «1*. popular I d
Japan.
In the eye» of the government ent
ploye. no man 1» truly great unle»« bl«
birthday 1» made an official holiday.
Wu Ting Fauit »ay» the American
■ Ivll war *1« not a failure. Thia
•arm» to be about the tir»t tblug Amer
han that Wu has approved of.
| “young Sa(»»leons of finance,“ seem»
to have concluded that he was Invinci
ble. He luveuted several maxims
which probably be himself believed at
tbe time. He openly approved specu
lation ami de< lared that "human life Is
too short for tbe slow pro« esses of
thrift." It was bls theory that "no
tnau should work after be Is AU." aud
lie believed that all his good fortune
came a» "tha result of taking chances."
lie fouud success consisted "in an In
domitable faith In your own proposi
tion." Probably bls philosophical view
of gambling se<-in-xj correct at the time.
Ills tsiastful sayings doubtless In no
v ay overstated hi» faith In himself.
That be should have dipped lot.» spec»
ulatlon once too often and brought
> himself Into a predicament in which
not even his "indomitable faith" «-ould
save bint wa» Inevitable. He has sue
i ceeded In wiping out his fortune in a
hurry. Not being an earner or a saver.
1 but having been trained throughout
, Ilia life to the Idea of getting money
without labor, It Is uot surprising that
he should have embexaled funds In
trusted to hl» keeping
From the
bank of which he was vice president
be took 11,iTas ».« mm », leaving alm«»
lately n«» security.
HI» fortune
1» gone ami so ia his credit.
Any clerk who manages to set aside
*2 of his earnings weekly is now bet
ter off than th«- erstwhile rich and
I Isiastful speculator. Youths w ho may
be tempt«-«! into »|s-culation would <lo
well to note his example.
'
OWN8 THE LARGEST FARM.
Woaderful Recor«ls of Ihs Past Year*»
W.ok.
David Rankin, of Tarkio. Mo., owns
tbe largest cultivated tract of land in
tbe world, says tbe Cincinnati En
quirer. To those who have never vis
ited a large ranch the uieth«»da nec
essary to carry on the vast amount
of work would seem a great problem.
Mr. Rankin owns fourteen ranches,
containing 22.0UU acres; 700 teams and
220 men are reqnlrsd to operate tbe
dally routine work In tbe busy season
while tbe crop» are under cultivation.
Each ranch has an overseer, wbo Is
required to make a monthly report ami
to submit tbe same to Ids employer.
The record» of the past year’» work
over all tbe ranches show that a to
tal of 7X30 bead of cattle had been
sold for *172.520 anil 8.249 bead of
b«/gs for *111,84»! The total clearance
for tbe year 1000 amounte«! to *1UO.<M)0.
The ex|»en»e»
Including Interest.
ieadie«l tin- sum of *91.851 13.
The rno»t profitable ranch 1» the one
looke«! after by Foreman George Roaa.
whose yearly report contains tbe fol
lowing statements: Numtier of acres.
3.280; cattle. 1,328; net proceeds from
cattle. *44,508 90; hogs. 1.232, «-ash for
the same. *17.9.54.19; expense per acre.
*4 39; corn l»»ught, 98,720 busbela.
Mr. Itankiu Is a close observer and
soon picks out the g<»»l qualities of
bls men. He is pleasant and accom
modating. daring ami energetic, which
qualities have won for him tbe wealth
he now commands. B«*»ldea bls farms
be has an Interest in several banking
concerns, but to these latter he gives
little attention, ami »pends most of his
time riding over the ranches to see
tbat proper car«« is tieing given the
stock. Sometimes he lend» a helplug
hand In pulling a steer from the mud;
again he will assist In building a shed
for the fattened bogs.
CHAPTER XIX
Of that night's fatal work the country^
Brilliant remark by a New York ed
side remains in complete ignorance
itor: "It take» more than an III or a
Mr. Dysart's sudden death it beara the
hill to down a Theodore Roosevelt."
following morning with a feeling of
The .Mail and Kipreaa la the guilty
strong curioaity. but with none of re*r’‘*-
The funeral that takes place on the third
»beet.
day is small, certainly, yet. considering
all thing»- the «lead tnan'a open hostility
A doctor »ays every mouthful of
to hi» neighbor«, aud the dearth of hos
food should !><• chewed seventy two
pitality that characterized hit aojourn
times before It Is swallowed
He
among them larger than might have
doesn't go so far. however, as to lu
been expo< ted. and at all event» select.
»1st that a cash register should be
Among others Ix>rd Riveradale attended
used in order to prevent mistake».
—out of compiment. it waa auppoi*e<l, to
.Heaton, aa he and the old man bad never
"tine of the best parishioners" of a
ao much a» seen each other’s features.
But it wax found impossible to conceal
certain well known clergyman u»«-«l to
the exiMtetace of Sedley from the two
say that there were four occasions
girl». Peyton bad undertaken to give
when he made It a point to lie iu bls
them a rather careful account of what
place at church. "These were, when
had happened; and in truth, when all
It was a stormy Bunday, when tbe
was told, he was almoat as much at tea
church was without a pastor and »«»me
about it a» they were, a» the stranger re
For maity years there has been an
mained a utranger to him. Sedley had
body had to read a sermon, when a
d<*termined to reveal tbe secret hold be
stranger preached, and when Ills own aluiimt continuous discussion of what
hail had on Mr. Dysart to Seaton, think
minister preached." The conclusion might tie called th«- age queatlon. It
ing the latter would make good bis fath
Is Irresistible. If a special collection haa been said that as men grow old
er’s promise».
unfortunately fulls upon a stormy Hun they find It hard to secure employ
It ia in the old man'» private den that
day, any minister may confidently tell ment, and »«M-lologlial Investigations
he does th!». Going
_ up
_ to the old-fash-
have
shown
Hint
the
old
age
of
the
ar
this anecdote on the following Holiday
ioned bureau he, by a subtle touch, un
tisan or the lalstrer is often one of
— and take the colln-tlou over agalu.
locks the secret spring
«-onalderable hardship. For the last
'J’he door falls back, the huddeu shelves
few-
weeks
In
particular
attention
has
and their content» lie all unconcealed.
Typhus fever broke out some mouths
Seizing upon a fast yellowing parchment,
ago on tbe Island of Arraumore off tbe been called to the allege«! discrimina
Sedley draws it out. and overcome by
«-oast of Ireland, and a panic seised tion of certain employer» against men
fatigue and excitement, drops upon his
over
45.
It
was
for
this
reason
that
both the iHlauders and the resilient a
knees. Eagerly be opens and »cans it,
Mr.
Schilling.
In
addressing
tbe
Chi
of the adjai eut mainland. <»ue heroic
aud theu bolds it out to Dysart.
cago
rbllosopliical
Sis-lety,
said
that
doctor, William Smyth. rowed himself
"Compare that.” says he, in a high
every day to the Island, and single- one of the three things that the Na
tone of triumph, "with the will of your
grandfather, that left all to Gregory Dy
handed fought the disease In the midst tional Civic Federation should do was
sart, cutting out the elder son. Compare
of poverty and tilth. When condition» to find an answer to the query: How
It, I say, aud you will see that this was
In the cabins liecame Intolerable, he la tbe man over 45 to mak«- bl» living?
executed three year» later than that oth
It
cannot
Is-
denied
that
this
«piestion
carried the patients to Ills I mat and
Tbe poisonous pro|H-rtle» of the toad er—that other which is now in force, aud
rowed them over to tin* inn Inin nil and presents »«»me difficulties. At the
have long been regarded as fabulous; has been these twenty years.”
bls own house, lie saved the little « huh - time th«- humlri-ds of thousands
Mechanically Dysart takes it. No word
but recent Investigation lias prov«-«l
Island community, but. worn out by of men over 15 who are »till capable
escapes him. Speech, indeed, is impoati-
that the skill of a specie» of toad se ble to him, so busy is his mind trying to
of
their
best
work
show
clearly
that
bls exertions. coutrncled the dlaeaso
cretes a poison similar in action to digi take iu all the miserable dishonor of the
himself, ami died. The people of Ilia no |«erfi-etly precise age limit «-an be
set. The hero of Addison's satire lu talis. Tin* venom of the toa«l has had story that as yet has but the bald out
vicinity who refused to aid him lu the
the H|«ecliitor pn|»-r» died of <»ld age th«- reputation of possessing poisonous lines laid before him.
time of dlr<- need are now contemplat
"No one knew* of it but me," says Sed
al 24. The captain of the Evanston properties from a very early periisl and
ing a memorial to Ills heroism.
life saving crew Is doing the i-apslze was probably one of the earliest forms ley, feverishly, yet with an undercurrent
drill with great itgility at an age which of animal poison known. The old tra of delicious excitement iu the recital.
When Victor Emanuel succeeded his is so it<lvaiiced a» to Is- a subject of dition that Klug John was |H»lsoued by “But me and Crunch. What she made
father on tin* throne of Italy It was endle«M »|s-eiiliitlon among tbe stu a frlnr who drop|x*«l a toad into his out of it no oue can tell, as the old chap’s
freely pnsllctetl that bl» reign would dents of th«- university. Tbe vita! wine wu» regariled ax a ridiculous fa gone, but she's as kuowing a file iu my
opinion as you’d meet in a day's walk.
lie a short one. but th- young man powers Inst longer In some men tliau ble until some years ago. when It was You can see our two signatures. Eh,
lias managed »<> wisely that he Is in others. Home men die lu their bools dl»cover«xl that the skill of th«* toa«l can’t you read ’em? We witnessed it.
strong In the affections of Ills ptxiple. ami some after they have shifted to Hecreti-s a body tlu* active principle of We alone knew, and he bought us over.
and were lie to abdicate and stand for Hie »llp|H-r«xl pnntaliHm. One cannot which "plirynln.” Is a |»>lsoti of consid Well, 'twas worth a quid or two; *tis a
tine old place.”
election as the president of republican sat
rims long »halt thou work and erable power.
Dysart makes no answer. He has sup
Italy, he would probably win over all no longer In the case of artisans. In
Nature
Notes
mention»
a
curious
Inci
ported himself against a table near him,
otliera. Of course the young king Is some trade». who have reused to be
liable to be assassinated at auy time capable of ns full n day's work ns dent which was wltne»e«l nt Helper, a and is gazing blankly, hopelessly, through
the window at the dull landscape outside,
by anarchists of whom the country Is they oms- accomplished, titers Is still small town not far from Derby. Eng lie sees nothing, heeds nothing, save the
full. Centuries of despotism luive made tin- device of pbx-v work, which will, land. l-alt* one afternoon three rats voice of the man wbo is speaking.
these anurehlsts possible
In the re to some extent, relieve the situation w«-r«- seen crossing a yard from tlie di
" 'Twas felony, mind you, besides the
action against tyranny anarchism has If a man Is paid according to what he rection of the fowlhouse. < tie rat hail fact of having to give up the money, and
a
hen
•
«-gg
between
Its
fore
logs
nud
property, and all, so I know 1 could turn
beeu born. Victor Eiuaiiu«-I la likely d<s-a the employer cun not complain,
t<> go koine day as did Ills father, lvlug lit Is, of course, to lie expected that If Its «noiitli ami was being carried by the on the» screw ns tight as I liked. But,"
other
two,
on«-
at
each
end;
that
la.
they
be laughs, “you see, 1 counted without
llumtsTt However lliat may be, (hi Hu- employer 1» paying hl» men by Hie
king Is following In the footsteps of Ills «lay In- should wunt meu who can do were cnrrylng iu their mouths the other my host. I never dreamed the old man
would show' fight like that. He took it
father In modifying some of Hie most . :i full day's work. If, however, he In rat with Its back downward. A «lay or hardly, my return guess he believed me
objectionable features of ithsoliitelsm paying them by the piece, any ten two afterward the correspondent heard dead, and resented the breath in me—
Republican seutlinent la stroug In i dem y to discriminate again»! older a »«pjeallng noise In the fowlhouse, and I shouldn't wonder if, after all these
Italy ami It 1» with the rs-pillillcHii» In men w h«» may do less work than the more nk>- that of n child than that of years, he had got to believe the place,
a goverumental way tluit the king Ims young oti«-« la largely checked. As a rat, so lie opened the dtx»r aud there money and everything, was legally his
to deal They have a large vote lit the the worker pa»»<s Hu- perhsl of his was a rat on Ills buck, with the egg as own ”
Still Dysart says nothing He ha« in-
parliament and couie near to control gr«-at«-at efficiency ami d«»-llms« In Ix-fore □.etiHoiied. ami two others en
deed withdrawn his dull eyes from the
ling If A h-tor Emanuel had shown the strength ami »kill, lu- can »till receive dcavorlng to ral»<- him nud tak<> hint acene without, and is now staring with
Impulsiveness naturally attaching to a return for bls labor, and though away.
unseeing eyes at the parchment that tells
A inemlter of the medical faculty of him how the property was never his fath
moat young rulers lie would have la-eti Ills «-arnlngs will doubtless d-s-re«»«-.
«lepom-d I n -fore tills But lu- has Is-en they will decrease only In priqwctlvn the I'nlversity of Michigan has «llscov- er’s, but was left to his uncle, and how
ered that n galvanic current promotes his father suppressed the will, ami kept
wise enough to make concessions as to Ills falling powers.
the growth of tissue. Two cages of the property in spite of law and honor,
they linve tw-en demanded by public
gutm-a pigs, six to the cage, were ex- and all things that go to give a sweet
sentiment. He has Instituted reform»
NOW IT’S A HAIR ML
ix-rliuent«sl with. The guinea pigs were aavor to man's life on earth. It had never
and reduced taiatlon
He Ims heard
been his father's, all this huge property,
om> of the first to Introduce this new ail exactly the same age. Through one it never would be his. And if not, whose?
all grievances and disposed of all mat
Idea In hair ornamrnta was nn English of th«- rag«* an elix-tric current was Vera’s? He starts as it shot.
torn purely on their merit.
womnn famous for her taut«- lu mstters passed day ami night. Th«* other « age
"Is that all?" he asks.
That Hit- fashion was not was In no way electrlctltlcd
For a
"Well. no. Not quite. Your fare says
Homebody wants to know If long of «1res«
hair la an evidence of genius, and liera alone was proved by th«- fact that stattsl perlml the mil ma Is In noth cages very politely that you’d be glad to see my
points to the shaggy h» k«-d artists w ho at the same Him- she appeared nt the were fe«l with precisely equal quanti back, but business first, pleasure after
have bec-ome famous
Long hair Is opera wearing a golden net one of New ties of f«M»l of the same quality The ward.” He grins. “It is as good for us
to come to terms now as later.”
mostly an evidence of eccentricity. York's smart set displayed the same ex;H-rlment proved that guinea pigs
“Terms?“ repeats Dysart, gazing at
kItul of ornament In her tialr. Since w ho lived In tlu- electrithsl cag<- gained
combined with shrewd business jmlg
him darkly.
In might «luring a measure«l time 10
ment «ni the part of tin- owner of th«- then the fad haa grown.
“Ay, why not? D’ye think you’ll get
With the knot fa«teiie«l at the crown lie* cent more than tb««»«* In th«- non out of it scot free?”
uiofsi
AA e worship lm|H>rte«l genius
of
th«-
heail
and
the
pompadour
puffe«!
clevtrlc cage. If. as a result of these
iu this country. Sometimes we make
Dysart stares at him as if scarcely
fool» of ourselves In the presence of cut and roll«»! lilgli, lu modish fashion. experiment», electricity t»e appll«»! on n comprehending
"Want time to think It over like your
large scale to the fattening of animals
th«»»e who have attained a lilgli place
used as ftxal possibly "electric h»con" respected parent?" with s sneer. “Not
in th» art of pleasing the eye or the
or ' el«-ctrl«- beef" w ill command a »pe for me, my lad. We ll settle now or nev
ear And Euro|w ls-arneii that A inert
I er. You »ee you're in my power, and
dal price
ca did not ex|M»-t to ace Genius ap|H-ar
I I’m not the one to---- ”
In a bualneM suit. The public de
'Sir. I am tn no man's power,* says
The Winner.
oiandod men who looketl Hit- part, men
| Dysart, calmly. "I trust I uever shall
He
eat»
potatoes
with
his
knife.
who were not Uke other men In ap
be. This will." ■triking it with bis hand,
He speaks of “the old woman" when
I “through which my uucle aud bis dangh
pearauce The result was a few steam
I! e makes a reference to his wife.
ter have been been fraudulently" he
•r loads of fellows who could fiddle
But be receives salutes from ne-n
»ays the word with difficulty "kept out
ami palut and slug, all m-s-dlng a hair
Who have no time to notice me.
of their property for so many years, shall
cut. and most of them willing to adopt
Ilia s|«e«x h is riple and rough, be'a eut be at once re*t«»re*i to its proper owner."
any kind of a freak uiake-up tn order
| From coarst- material, and he
A yellow tint overspreads Sedley's fai'e
Haa done tbe world no service—but
to coax dollar» out of American pock
»la if entirely overcome, be sinks upon a
He’s making money.
•la It I» cheap advertising In> you
chair.
auppose that a bevy of excited New-
“You’ll surrender?" he says with a
Art
Is
to
him
an
empty
word.
gasp “And your father’s memory? How
York wonieu would have a«sall«wl
To
him
tbe
bar«!
is
hut
a
jest;
will you like to hear him branded aa a
l*sd«<»w»kl with kisses aud tears had
No gra«-eful sonnet « ver stirred
common swindler, whom death alone sav
h» look«-d Uke a fat fa- «si. proa|H*n»u»
Responsive chords witbin hi» breast;
ed from the law’s grip?"
broker or mercliant? It I» doubtful.
With elbows sqiiarvil lie crowds along.
Dysart blanches Involuntarily he pnts
There la romance In the piano playing
All Ignorant of culture's laws.
out his ha ml and selves the chair next
1'ole's hair, romance and mid and all
And gentle |*e«*ple in the throng
him and •'lings to it as If for support. No.
•orta of occnlt poaalhllltlaa It tusk«*»
Bland back am! bow to him Ix-cauae
uo. that he could not endure.
He's making money.
a fit setting for a pair of dreamy eyes
“1 will give yon £300 the day I see
- Vhicago Record-Herald.
and It api»eal» to the audlen«-e tiefor»
you on board a steamer sailing for Aus
tralia,” says Dysart with dry lips and a
tbe great artist haa dealt tbe piano
A Prrtllclion l»v Engineer Aiaits.
heart that seem» dead within him “I
tbe opening thump.
Darhapa when the net Is put on to drop below the
It la rvlate-l of James It Es la. th* am now, comparatively speaking, a poor
America gets deeper luto art and mu- twist. It curve» to fit around tbe knot, engln<-er of the St. I avu I s bridge and
at«- It will l«e |»>s»lble for Europesu extemls almost to Hie ears and rounds other great works that »»me years mac." his worsts coining from him slowly,
mechanically, in a dull, expressionless
«•elebrltie» to shed their locks and yet at the («ottotii
A fair lialre«l society ago be made thia prediction concern ng way "I ivin •ffer
“ you no more "
maintain their bold on Ibe iiearta of beauty wore a net of this kind. Th«-
"Double it,* «ays Sedley, "and I'll
the city of St. Louis: "Gne of these
tbe public. The lime is nut ripe yet. fine threat!» of gold were woven In a
days this will I h - the |«as»ing point of leave the «-ountry to-morrow "
because of tbe papular love for tbe dlnmoml shaped mcsli, an«! fitt<><! loose
"I haven't It at thia moment, but I
two enoiuious chaunels of trade The
spectacular
ly over the softly puffed hair With the one will l*e In an iron way over the dare say I shall be able to manage It,"
sa? s Dysart, in the same womout. Indtf
yellow, glistening ha nils twirling her
As as rxsuipla of tlie destiny of gohieu balr. th«- effect was mor» than great West, th«- other n waterway «|, wn ferent manner. "In the nieautinie. while
the
Mississippi,
across
the
isthmus
an«l
1 try to get it. I shall require of you that
those who embrace
get rich quick" uurrely pretty It s«-em«-«l to t«e a bap
schemes and »--om the old fashioned py ami effeatlv» combination of the an up the raclfic. The one wlwll repre you stay within thia house ami bold
sent »peed, th«* other etsmomy. ami the speech with no one save Grunch.”
methods of Industry and thrift one dent am! medieval with tbe modern
conflict betw«-en the two will have all1 "Well. I guess l‘ll chance it." says
Frank C. Andrews of iMrolt cannot
ley after a long glance at the y
the bittern«-«» of a fratricidal war "
Flernal I'rublem Answer»«!.
l»e said to have spent Ills life lu vain
man’s pale, earnest face.
"If
a
ablp.
”
l»-gau
th»
«xtnn-dlan
with
Mr. Audrews la a young man wbo
AA arrior.
the
rose-tint«-d
t-eard,
"la
Uli
feet
long
CHAPTER XX
arrtv«-«l in 1 »étroit a few years ago
Jester I met a man yraterday w I m |
With the fatal will clasped In his
with a capital of *125 By dint of ami forty f«-et wide, aud It» masts are ha« t-een through many battle»
hand. Dysart g-*«*« straight to tbe small
uerve and quickness in taking advan list feet high and tbe l»o'sun 1» bowleg
Jlmson Army ort!«-er?
morning room, where he ka-wa be will
iage of opportunities be secured a foot I ged. what does tbe capstan weigh F'
Jester Nope, prise fighter.
Ohio I be . ire to find Vera Twilight Is begin
hold In the si«ec«il»tive world aud front I "It weighs tbe aocburF* hoarsely State Journal.
a n< t fall, an«! already the swift herald
that time on made nn-ncy rapidly, be . shouted tbe audlm-e. as It grabbed
of »tgtet s prorialnWng tbe appr-vach of
Alen
are
»it«
1«
bar»
Let
a
man
stay
tbe
bench««»
to
prevent
Itself
rising
co
«Vining a uillliou.ilr» Always a hint
his k r.g She start» slightly as he cornea
sut advocate of the lucky throw as op masse and doing violence to tbe Tbe» I up until midnight for a week and he I ia.
will tell you that be never goes to t«e«l | "I am «-rry to disturb you." »ays Dy
l«»srd to caution, sound methods and (San« Baltimore American.
before that hour.
aart. with an effort at calmnewa. "but it
•ens-nir »ays the Chicago News, be '
»«real « owniry. but Few People
waa ao ne«-esaary that I »h<>uH c«ne.
haa «lune what he <x»uld to Imperil th« 1 A\ub a |»<pulath»n of only 21t'«.iaa>
In many famine», they «loti t have that---- "
»••neral pr.-s|«ertty of tbe publie liar ' vtanit«-t»a «-«pials In s.se tbe wb«4e of I cream five breakfast but hav«, Mtead. I "I am glad you have >-ome
I. t«x>.
ug been lucky Andrews like otbe« Great Britain aud Ireland.
tb» t--p of tbe t .»
waa auiioua to see you."
Ver A. a
touch of nervousness in her tone,
you must know it is impossible that we
should »tay here any longer. Our
wbo was our guardian, 1» gone and —
»he has risen to her feet and is looking
at him in sore distress—"I have wanted
to speak to you about it for a long time.
I thought, perhaps, you would help us
to find another home." He can see that
she suffers terribly in having to throw
herself upon his gixxi nature, to open.«
demand his assistance. "AAe must leave
this, and at om*e," says she. stammering
a little, and with a slight miserable break
in her voice.
"You will not have to look for another
home,” says be; "this is your own
house."
"Oh, no!" drawing back with a haughty
gesture; "I have told you it is impossi
ble. I shall certainly not stay here."
"As you will," quite as haughtily. ' It
will be in your power for the future to re
side exactly where you please, but if the
feat of seeing me here is deciding you
against this place, pray be satisfied on
that point; I have no longer tbe smallest
claim to consider myself master here.
AVarned by a change in his manner.
Vera looks at him
"Something has happened?" she say»,
abruptly.
"Yes: something 1 find it difficult to ex
plain to you.”
Still he manages to tell her all an«! to
show her her grandfather s will—the will
which liis fathiT bad suppressed all these
years.
"But this ia horrible!” she says, faint
ly. when he had finished. "I won t have
it!” She throws out her bauds as though
iu reuuu.iatiou. "AVhy should I deprive
you of your home? Give me enough to
live on elsewhere with Griselda, but---- "
"You are quick to fall into error," says
he, grimly. "I have begged you already
to try to grasp the situation. It is I,
it appear», 1 who"—he hesitate», and
after finding it impossible to speak of
his father, goes on "who have deprive«!
you of your home. You must see that. I
beg,” »lowly, “that you will not permit
yourself any further foolish discussion
on thia subject.”
There is
He turns away abruptly.
something so Solitary, so utterly alone in
his whole air. that without giving her
self time for thought she springs to her
feet and calls to him.
"AA'here are you going? To sit alone?
To brood over all this? Oh. do not.
AA’hy," going swiftly to him and standing
tiefore him with downcast lip« and trem
bling fingers and quickened breath, "why
not stay here with me for a little while
and let ua discuss all this together aud
try to see a way out of it?'
"My way is plain before me; it wants
no discussion,” says Dysart, resolutely,
refusing to look at her.
"Y’ou mean," tremulously, "that you
will not stay?” One white hand hanging
at her side closes upon a fold of her soft
black gown and crushes it convulsiv«>ly.
"I mean," in an uncompromising tone,
"that 1 fully understand your mistaken
kindne«.« the sacrifice of your inclina
tions you would make—and decline to
profit by it.”
"You are disingenuous.
What you
really mean is," in a low tone, “that you
will not forgive.”
"There is nothing to forgive, save my
presumption."
He opens the door deliberately ___
and
closes it with a firm hand behind him.
Vera, left standing thus cavalierly in the
middle of the room, with the knowledge
full upon her that she has been slighted,
spurn«-«!, her kind intentions ruthk-ssly
flung back upon her, lets the quick, pas
sionate blood rise upward, until it dyes
cheek and brow. She presses her hand
upou her throbbing heart, and then all at
once it conies to her that she is no long
er poor, forlorn, but rich, one of the rich
est commoners in England. An.i with
this comes, too, a sense of deeper deso
lation than she has as yet known. Drop
ping Into a chair, she covers her face
with her hands and cries as if her heart
is broken.
CHAPTER XXI
Three months have come anil gone.
Great changes have these Hire«- months
brought. They have unhoused S. ton
Dysart ami given his inhentan«» into the
hands, the in««et unwilling hamls, of bis
<-ou»in. Hands t«»> small to wu-ld »<>
large a scepter.
But Mr l'eyton ha« nobly «-otne to her
rescue. It is to hint that moat of the
innovation« owe their birth. The Imml
some landau, the pony trap, the single
brougham, all have been Ixmght by him.
He has perfectly reveled in the < housing
of them, ami has perforce draggl'd the r«--
luctant Vera up ami down to town, aid
«-d manfully by Griselda, now his wife,
who has also been reveling, to view the
several carriages, ami give her verdict
thereon.
To-day is rich in storm and rain The
heavens seem to have opened. Ttown
from their watery home come the heavy
drops, deluging the gaunt shrubberi«-«,
ami beating into the sodden earth such
presumptuous anemones and daffodils as
have darts! to show their face«. Vera
has just enscom-eii herself coxily before
the leaping tire. txx>k in hand, having
resigned all hope of seeing visitors to
day. wheu the sound of carriage wheels
on the gravel outside the window, the
echo of a resounding knock, startle her
out of her «-ontemplated repose.
And now there is a little quick rush
through the ball, a springing step up the
staircase, the rustle of silken skirts in
the ante-room beyond, a voice that tn hex
Vera start eagerly to her feet, and p es
ently Mrs l'eyton. looking supremely
happy, and. therefore, charming, fling»
henself into her sister's arms.
“Oh. I am too glad to be aurprised."
aaya Vera, fondly.
Y>u're an improvident peraon." say«
Mr«, reyton. beaming on her from ut
the masses of furs that clothe her da’ ity
form. "Gra«'r telegraphed for ua. to help
her with a dinner party that la to come
off t.* night, so come we did. And. being
so close to you. I felt I should see you
or die."
"It'» selfish. I know, but I'm so g'ad to
hare you. l*t me take off your fur».
At hat a delicious coat! You ha«ln't that
when 1 was down with you. eh?”
"No It's a « new one,
one Tom gave It to
me. He's abeurder than ever. But I
haven't braved the elements to talk
about him. It is about Seaton I want
to tell you."
9eatanf To <*otn» out snch a day as
thia to talh of Seatoul But why?1 It
must be something very aeri„»e. ■ays
Vera, changing color perceptibly.
A er». I ctnnot he p regarding u» you
■nd ay «l ia part cr.mluia Four, dear
been a blow to lose UNCLE SAM EXACTS
.. ,<0Op.
AnJ *•<
In tbe Trea.ur, j.
e. erjtbitiX u> ““
ha,e jone tbxn wh»t Employ»»
Docked for Minute a L.,«, „’y*•«
’“*1 TT’^T o tbe half Ot oar kin««!«»™
Jm. b«t. - J- know« b.
"It’s an old story that the p
States
ocoasiotiaii,
tditcu“ed I warrants Treasurer
for the sum of 1 cea/to
ltors of the government." »»¡.j'
department clerk the other .la,** **
“The
1 ' h
de#ire. ■ lonjing h. it's not so well known, but ?
f. ireier. au I be h
g m(wt
true, nevertheless, that
bome
itural one, io »««-
clerks are sometimes docked 1
overstaying their annual leave !*
ute or a fraction thereof. |a tlle T‘L4
ury Department in particular t|,
is Inflexible that a clerk wb0
■*
^•Afleit'tb^t'iab:» he pula It- the regulation leave even for a
In a year shall forfeit a pruponi?*
Can he ...me?
lf amount of bis pay.
you were to drop’him a line and ask him
"Tbe taxation of delinquents rw>
It would be the no.l graceful thing, at eternal vigilance and careful esi,
tlon. but it is regarded as es^i
a An'hour later Griselda drive» b»ck to to the best interests of the serv*
the Friars with the coveted note from No fractions of a minute are
Vera to Seaton in her band.
ered aud there is no penalty les«-1*
(To be continued.)
a cent. Tbe salary per minute ¡,?
termined by dividing the annual
BREAD 1,800 YEARS OLD.
ary by all the working day»,
Loa Tea that »ere Being Baked AA hen exclude Sundays and holiday», tnj 5
lowing seven hours for each day
l-ompeil Baa Deetrogad.
Sufferers from Indigestion are ad- that basis it is computed that tb»
Tlsed to eat stale bread; the »taler the aries of government clerks aveC
better, they are told. There 1» In the about a cent a minute, of
museum at Naples some bread which some get more and others les».
*
ought to be stale enough for anybody. that covers the most of them.
"It does not seem much to deduct ij
It was baked one day In August, «9
A. D., in one of the curious ovens stUl cents from tbe *1.200 salary of »
who has exceeded bis <!«> days' |nt(
to be seen at Fompeii.
More than eighteen centuries, there by ten minutes, but he Invariau,
fore, have elapsed since It was drawn treats such action as a great outran
"all hot” and indigestible from the on bis rights as an American citii£
oven. So it may claim to be the old Tbe other day a woman In the Tn*
est bread In the world. You may see ury upset tbe entire office in whid
it In a glass case on the upper floor of she is employed for almost a wbo»
tbe museum. There are several loaves day,” says the AVashington Star, -j
of It. one still bearing the Impress of her persistent efforts to get back ;•
cents for overstaying her leave »boon
the baker’s name.
In shape and size they resemble the quarter of an hour. She nearly
small cottage loaves of England, but Into hysterics, but the authorities wer,
not In appearance, for they are as firm aud she had to submit,"
black as charcoal, which, In fact, they
closely resemble. This was not their HAVE BEEN MARRIED
original color, but they have become
SEVENEY-IMO ÏEAR
carbonized, and if eaten would proba
bly remind one of charcoal biscuits.
Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Brown, wb,
AVhen new they may have weighed
home is at the edge of Hagentoti
about a couple of pounds each, and
Ind., are thought to be the oldest tut
were most likely raised with leaven,
ried couple now living in the State m
as is most of the bread In oriental
Feb. 24), 1834), they were married a
countries at the present time.
Jefferson Township. AVayne Count)
The popular idea that I'ompeli was
Indiana.
destroyed by lava Is a fallacious one.
Brown was born near Cytithism
If a lava stream had descended upon
the city the bread aud everything else
in the place would have been utterly
destroyed. Pompeii was really burled
under ashes and tine cinders, called by
the Italians lapilli. On that dreadful
day in August, when the great erup
tion of Vesuvius took place, showers
of tine ashes fell first upon the doomt*«l
city, then showers of lapilli, then more
ashes and more lapilli, until Pompeii
was covered over to a depth in places
of fifteen and even twenty feet
Other comestibles besides the bread
were preserved, and may now be seen
In the same room in the museum. Thera
MK. AND MRS. ELISHA BROWS.
are various kinds of grain, fruit, vege
tables and even pieces of meat. Most has 11 v«-d in the same township tut
interesting Is a dish of walnuts, some since. Mrs. Brown was Miss Marjsw
cracked reedy for eating, others whole. Burns. She was born near AVayw
Though carbonized, like all the other ville. Ohio. July 17. 1811. She fit
eatables, they have preserved their came to AVayne Township at an eir)
characteristic wrinkles aud lines.
age. Tbe old couple are in fairly pig
There are figs, too, and pears, the health. They were the parents of rir
former rather shriveled, as one would en children, five of whom are <H|
expect after all these years, tbe latter There are fifty grandchildren and for
certainly no longer "Juicy.” But per great-grandschildren living. They ta
haps the most interesting relic In the among the wealthiest people of th
room Is a honeycomb, every cell of township.
which can be distinctly made out. It
is so well preserved that it is hard to THE PRESIDENT'S LITTLE JOKE
realize that the comb is no longer wax,
Mr. Roosevelt Tendered Liquid Be
nor the honey, honey.
freshmenta to Chief Officers.
A pi«*ce of the comb seems to have
To
his other qualifications as a pops
been cut out. and one can Imagina
some young Pompeiian having helped lar man President Roosevelt add*«
himself to It and sitting down to eat fondaess for a good-natured Joke. 4
It. when he had to Jump up and fly for Washington correspondent recalls tlu
his life. Oue cannot help wondering amusing incident of tbe time whentt*
what b«*eame of the piece—whether the President was Assistant Secretary X
young fellow took it with him and ate tbe Navy:
The squadron had been out for tn
It as he ran. or whether he left it on
his plate, intending to return for it days at target-practice, aud the ctiet
when the eruption was over.
officers had been invited on board ut
flag ship as tbe guests of Mr. Hon*
How a Filipino Die».
velt. Tbe conversation on marine tt
The general. In a white hat, was ics was long, and for some time ti>»»
marching in advance of the tiring line, had been a clearing of throats and s
when the discharge of a rifle was heard significant exchange of glances.
In the yard of the bouse next to the Roosevelt took tbe hint.
road, says Harper's AVeekly. Several
"Will you step into the cabin
soldiers rushed Into the yard, but uot have some tea?” be said.
In tlm- to prevent two more shot»,
Tbe movement toward the cabin
which came whizzing In the direction prompt and unanimous. There. In B*
of the general. At this moment I came center of a great table, rested a
to a break In the hedge, where I could bowl of magnificent proportions, fill«
««•• what waa going on. A young Fili nearly to tbe brim with a liquid a st1111-
pino was alioiit thirty yards off. He darker than amber. In its center flu*
was turning this way and that like an
««1 . island of lee. Sprays of mint®
animal at bay. thoroughly frightened.
tended their slender leaves over '•
He had a r tie In his hand. It after
brim, and pieces of lemon and other
ward turn'd out that this rifle was
fruits fl-it«*! on the surface of then“
<11 k «1 The soldiers were breaking
down the high hedge to get In Sudden and tempting flood.
The old commodore, with the < a >'
ly the Filipino mad«- a run for life, lie
of
tbe sun on bis face and the dryow*
got through th«* ti«*«lge some way and
«lashed across an open field. Three of tbe desert In bls throat, turned eaf»
ly toward this oasis. He stirred t®
shots followed, all of which took effect.
ladle
lovingly In the bowl, while ott*”
Th- wounded matt turned, ran side
ways a few paces, lay down on the gathered about him. He held his C1”
tilled to the brim, between Ills eye
grouud and a «*«*. out! after was dead.
I got a good sight of the whole Inci the sunlight that came in through
dent and so naturally did the Filipino cabin window, and the clatter andeli**
stret. h himself along the ground and of glasses soumled through tbe '« •
rest his head upou his arm that I as each officer tilled to the oc«'S»ilin
With an air of contentment snd
thought he was shamming An exam
ination a minute later proved that he tlclpated Joy the commodore brou*
was dead. There Is this difference be- the glass to his lips. Then, as *•'i;
tw en the manner in which American ed their glasses to follow his exs®P‘t
and Fllip no »oldh rs d e-the American a look of astonishment passed over
falls In a heap and dies hard; the Fil face. His hand ttembled. and tbep*
ipino stretches hlmaelf out. an.i when llmost fell to tbe table.
"Re Mowed if it ain't tea!" he i*’1*
dead bi always found In some easy atti
tilde,
And. indeed, that Is Just exactly »*
tude. generally with his head on his
arm«. They die the way a wild animal it was.
die* in Just such a position as one
Repaid.
finds a de^r or an antelope which one
has shot In the Woods.
At a certain ball in the country »
other evening a gentleman uud«r!>i
Made It Herwelf.
to introduce a companion to * P'
"Did yoo dream on Amy's wedding but somewhat stout lady who s*®*
cakeF'
•
to !>e pining for a dance.
"Mm—ye». I thought it was safer to
"No, thanks, old fellow; I doo*1*’
put tt under my pillow an.i (Ir(.am OQ
to waltx with a cart.”
It than to eat It and have the night
A "cart" Is understood In tbe di#f
mart. -Philadelphia Bulletin.
refem-d to as a partner who ***
do her share of the dancing, but
No High Price%
"They aay every man has hix price" to be drawn round.
Ye», and bow cheap one always feels
A few evenings later tbe same y
when be get. roid.-'-Philadelphi. Bui lady, who had overbear.! the
Bation. beheld the young man ’e'1
The royal crown of Persia Wh>h an introduction and asking if be
-lares back to remote
M i.
have tbe honor, etc.
,
form of .
of fl
J
"No. thank you.” she replied. 1
b^an uncut rab,
£ be a cart, but I am not a donkey**'
—London Tit Bits.
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el»e Who
■
Compositors must be jolly < “
low», fur they are always »etti«* '
op.
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