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NT Y HATCHET. A GREAT INVENT^ wheels under perfect control, but tim id saying plainly to her friend, " W e ougnt friends o f h-r ha»band, to be tier guests. STARS ARE IN THE SKY ALL DAY. itv, carel.-s.-n—* or fright might mean to go." Kenyon took in three o f the seniors. “ Does the court meet here:'* asked Mrs. Wharton happened to know Capt. great danger. Tb«f star* are in th- *k r all day. I T P U M P S AIR I N T O T H E L U N Q | I -I saw Earnest F m ow turn white Each licked coil c f Milky W »y H**am quietly. “ Please don’t go. Mrs Chase, who was one o f the detail, and D Y IN G M E N C A N B R E A T H E ! A n d -Tt-ry plan*-« that w e kn >w and jam his broke d- wn hard w h ile he Lane—not just yet." scandalized Mrs. Brodie by borrowing B**aind the ?uu u circlin g *lo v . back pedaled w ith nil his might, bud- “ Indeed we must. Mr. Hearn. I know the Lane barouche, m eeting him at the T h ey »»-*■* p. they clim b w ith stately tread. Bj CHARLES KING. Ü. 8 . A., you need to confer with the m ajor now depot and d rivin g him straight to her denlv we were >f:irtle»l by a cry - f fear A IW llow * W o rk e d hy the Koot - l j i J Y e a n s the fair, and M ar» th. r*d. -A * té fiaturn engirdled w ith cl?-ur light by D r. O 'D w y e r— A n A u ih t -n t ie n J and we w ill on ly be in the w a y." — a cry for help. ' Earnest, save me roof. D t m r r U r ,' “ F r o m the R n n h * . “ 1 fu n - O r Jupit-T w ith f vrhite. i Hearn’s eyes had sought Miss M ar The next instant E m ily Brant sped by stance o f It* C om plete M ire««« i 0#1 j “ Mind you.” said that young matron, raven R a n ch ,'’ “ Two Soldier» " Ea< h kr: ws h i« path an l k t * due tryst, shall’s. She was standing by the bal ‘every mao on this court shan't go to us. She hail l e t control - f h.-r w l . el. York H o*pital. y ,t evt-u the smallest »ta r i » nr.— d cony w ith half averted face, yet listening its finst session without knowing some F r *.m th —* w ide fit-id» o f d**» rr r -k>* “ Fetnow paid no l e . i l He was too !**) by J B Lippincott OttBpsny intently. Which gleam and do-»h icy-Ten -u»!jr. K eeping up breathing in a p s j frightened himself- H-- turned his b i thing o f Frank Hearn * real character I fhilma- . iue . *n l puMuiMid oy »{ wjcía J *rr«Xi^r A - i f God » -»■atstret« bed £::*• r* niu.-t “ The court meets here, and on M on only wish 1 had room for m ore." cycle into the b.mk an.I juni|s»L Even who is unable to bteathe for b i n a i H a ve s,w n them t'r :• k w ith diamond dust. at tbe speed w ith which *hc was k ,,1u3 the latest triumph o f liiedicitie. Q j Mrs. Lane had no spare bedroom, but T h e re ar»- they all day 1 ng hut we, “ W e ll, lad, that is something eren 1 day o f next week. V erily, Hearn, pub c o v r y or invention o f this lio-tht«! bun blinded, have no ey*-a to »ec. I knew -lie realized h*» hud sorted h* hadn't thought of. B y gad! l m going lic wrath demands a prompt tn al of bade her regimental friends who had to N w. with L a w ler to fill them up with members o f the court "E u less yon have teen sim ilarly made by a N ew York physician I to w rite a few linee to yonr good mother your villainy. T h e «ta r* are in the sky all day. It has been possible J But wb'-n the »an ha» g *ne away, “ Georgia and 1 w ill board the whole array placed, yon cannot understand the O'D w yer. on m y own hook; she reminds me of nrosecute, you'll need a friend to defend A n d hovering shadow» • .>1 the west. if you w ill only let us." she declared. ghastly feelin g of In rr-rtli.it co m es over its aid to maintain the t e s p ir a flj mine. S o : no shotting yooraelf up in W h o is it to lie?" A nd call th »It--: v b ird * t « r. »t. “ I have not asked any one." said ‘T i l set a lunch for the court at noon, and f patients w h o mast -shm your bedroom now. Come out here on y n a- y- u kn w y-.er wheel is N-y ml A n d heav. n grow s ». ftly dim and dur — of M o the piazza, where there*# sunshine. and Hearn, slowly. “ The charges have not dine the entire party at ? every day they v o u r control on azteep mountain. Tin-re bave surely died. In to it » darkn—.* on- by • n- form a fet-al 1 rth tfc-~e »ta rry - ape* all fa ir— The apparatus is very simple. It where there w ill be rose* presently. yet reached me. I do not know o f what are here if some one w ill only agree to is no way to stop but by turning into ■ ■ fa We »a y steal f rth. but they w r* th- re. I am to be accused, who are the wit- n -i- ! a f-.ut bellow.«, a rniii '-rtfll take Col. L aw ler." Mrs. Lane and Miss Marshall have gone the bank and taking a li.-adlong i lung»-, Where ail day long, unseen, ung'.n --ed. w ere* ne«iee. or anything about it. W bom aud a uietal tu le, ending m a t over to the hospital w ith some jelli*-*» for Nobody wanted . Law ler, and so he and the chances,-f injury • r death, o ft > C lim b in g the »b y f r ra • . le irn T h e angel» »aw them w here they hui. Brent, and it ’s tim e for them P d return. could 1 ask to oppose Lawler?" was one o f the three relegated to the keep on. w h ile the sjsssi increased w-.tli attachment. T in * attachment )► jgj H e s M i.v Marshall had slow ly turned, and A n d Wi perhaps the eagl*.-.» did. Come out, 1 say, or, as commanding tht it, or. a- the phjrflJ gloom y precincts o f old Kenyon's quar each revolnti n -f the wheels, and the ed iut* F o r they can face the .»harp -un ray officer o f the post, 1*11 send a file o f the now looked fu ll at K enyon’s troubled ters and com pelled to rough it at bach pnt it. into tile laryngeal -«-k e t , ■ . - - . g: -w ■■ -- N o r w ink n-.r h--*-d to to- k aw »y. guard to haul you out. Y ou ’ve lost face. H er slender hand* were clasping; elor mess. It was arranged that eight " I n-alized if I started in pursuit my But w blind in rtaL», gaze I from far A fter three shades o f tan in four days, and her breath seemed to come and go al members o f the court should be quarter A n d did not see a single »tar. wheel would be in a moment more be I*m not going to let you mope in here, if most too quickly. ed am ong the cavalry homesteads and y*>nd my control. Still, inv opportunity I w on der i f th - w o rld 1» fu ll “ There’s no man here tit to advise you, otherwise be entertam el at the Lanes 1 have to annul your colonel’s order o f O f oth*-r secrets beautiful. ha*l come, anil I did uot ln-.-itate. A t,ther r) »«1 liy the thumb duringBiLg A s little ga»-as*-d. as hard to close arrest and g iv e you extended lim Hearn, and 1 know o f no one quite a O f such are the expedients to which ga r Q0 moment more, am! I was close behind tim e the air 1 * being forced match in subterfuge for that ‘Tom bs risons are subject. A s this sweet starry m ystery. ita. Come ou t." r I i ad a - M i a np to thi- ttai ■- what Do a n ? Is v.-ii tbem«.-lv* - in »paca Adlv i| There was no resisting the major; L aw ler.’ ” was the reluctant answer. It was not until Monday afternoon t the (••)!!.ip,»»- * if th- A n i make the sun th»or h iding place? I should do, but as my wheel, owing to t x: : “ Then I'll fight it out alone as best I that the court began its session. T w o there was no resisting the deeper long l ) o w h ite w in g » fla.»h a.» sp irit» go superior weight, closed up the gap be- uire n< On heavenly errands to and fro. ing in hi* heart. E veryd ay since his in can.” said Hearn at last. • file r s bad telegraph*d that they could tw o-ii us my thoughts began to take nieut the fresh air is pumped th lie not W hile we, down looking, nev. r gue»* m e laoies were going: Mr*. L a i » was carceration Mrs. Lane had fonnd tn* an* tbe tube into the patient * luting not reach the post unti the arrival o f the H o w near our lives th- y c r ,w d and press? form. to send him Rome friendly little nota, down the steps already, and the major I f so, at life 's set w e may s»-e noon train: but all that m orning and " T h e road, fortunately, was almost the lungs are fu ll, tbe chest colb uid fa* together with dainties o f domestic man gallan tly striving to raise her parasol In to th«- du-k steal noi*»-l-ssly m»*st o f Sunday the ju d ge aJv.jeate had air is f -reed unsto, straight. I rememberi-d that where it and tbe "used np ufacture: every day she and Mias M ar Hearn had clasped Miss Marshall’s slen fiw eet fac**s that w e used to know. been bustling about th » garrison, fu ll of came upon the valley there was a wide, T h i- used up air *■* nsists largely ci mvo b* D *a r -yes !:k. »tars that si jw ly glow. shall had appearel at least once or tw ice der hand as she turned to say adieu, importance and enthusiasm. R ecogniz D ear hands stretched out to point the w a y- shaliow river. It came down the moun borne acid gas, which is a poisoo, »ou tin upon the walk in front, although he and the frank, cordial pressure em bold A nu de* m th-» night m or* fa ir than »lay. ing the interest felt in the case by au tain at right angle- to this river, then could not join them; and now they were ened him. He would have held it firm —susan C oolidge in Congregationalism entire neighborhood, and sedulously turned to tbe left. There was a small , interesting themselves in Corp. Brent, ly. but as firmly, yet gently, it was active in providing for the need* o f the open field between tbe r .ad and river. 1 opeuiug controlled by the thumb n fl said the major, and the corporal was withdrawn. press. L a w ler had cause 1 th»* quarters o f knew that instinctively she would try top of the metal tube allows theH a ir getting w ell enough to be read to a little “ Only a week yet, Mr. Hearn.” she C troop to be cleared o f all tht iron to turn away from the river. In that a ir to escape. Th* fore u ne buttg w hile and to see some o f his chums for spoke, her bosom rising and falling bunks. A rm rac!:s and lockers w»*re case she would be hurled against amass air can cuter the lungs. a few minutes and to inquire how he quickly. “ Is there no officer you know "F r e d . old man, you are indeed for shifted aw ay: a long table h a l b**u o f rock through which the road had Il - ■ isy • :■ --rl the end o il had been hurt. Kenyon fa irly towed to take up this case for you?" I rought up from the in*->s room under- tu nate.' ’ said I i u I leaned back in the been cut. int larynx A month gag his prisoner out through the hall and “ 1 fear oct, Miss Marshall. You know t ith and set in the m iddle o f the big easy chair before the grate fire in his ' ' I must reach fcpr before w e came n - I, the tongue drawn out, aud tbei landed him on the veranda just as the I’m not even a first lieutenant yet. and loom, the president’s chair at the head, cozy home. upon the river. F r a time our sp«“« l glottis which covers the - iieuing noonday drum was sounding orderly he is a lieutenant colonel." hie own at the foot, those o f the mem ••Yes. fortunate is the very w o rd ," was terrific. Tbe r -k s and tro^s seemed the wttidpin- held back hv th« f l call, then rattlin g out “ Roast Beef of She looked up one instant in his eyes, bers at th»- side*. A n oth er lon g table he answered mnsiugly. " T h e events of to be strangely blurred as they sje'd by. finger o f the !*-ft baud. T h e t n b e k l Old England” in hoarse accompaniment then w ith sudden impulsive movement was provided for the swarm o f news- We could feel the air like a resisting iu with the right hand. When tbeiT to the piping o f the fife. held forth the hand she had just w ith an honr changed the course o f m y life. p ajer correspon l**nts. an 1 then, fo r the -sii adjusted, the • pera'or ba H a lf an hour later tw o parasols could drawn. I f that hour had been left out o f the w a ll through which w e were plunging has general public, the mess rooms o f the Then we came upon a rise in the road, be distinguished above the low shrub “ G ood-by." she said, turned quickly day. I should not be the possessor o f cavalry had been ransacked, and benches almost a h ill, which reduced our speed chf-t im m ediately expands, and at bery f ther east along the row. and the ■nd was gone. and cliairs to accomm > la te several hun- such a home, but w ould be back in the somewhat, and I came nearer her. ladies on Burnham’s veranda, where the For a moment the tw o friends walked escape* except when tile coue u t o S j dred people ranged about the room. It old bachelor quarters. They were not so " A s I came close beside lii r wb-s-1 small. Iu such a case a larger c-rat p jso*, doctor was «wated in clover, now that on in silence. was Saturday night when L a w le r ar bad, aDd there was ouly one woman for she turned her bead a- i f .-he could not W allace had ridden away, stepped for “ A penny for your thoughts. Georgia?’ be put iu. bUdrai rived and was met by M aj. K enyon an 1 whom I w ,uld g iv e them up A t that bear the sight o f the water toward ward to the hedge and accosted the “ I wish 1 w ere a m an." This artificial breathing is ki-ptl es.orted to his quarters. tim e she had refused me— was, in fact, which w e were plunging. bearer? and strove to persuade them to “ On his account, i* it? Don’t you 12 times .: minute, and w ater is fog “ You m ight tell Mr. Hearn that w hat stay. Hearn's heart seemed to halt in know— he would far, far rather have you "S h e saw me, »a d in all the horror into the tube from time to tim e in a engage-1 to another. ever he m ay desire to say to me about protest, then pounded gladly away tust as you ar»r?” " I have never before spoken o f this, that surrounded ns I felt a great liappi- to keep tlie passages moist. the case I can hear to-night. Y o u have again, for the delay was but momentary ne--. for there was trust, confidence cud Tin- a] paratus is - specially n-*>fnl| no objection to liis com ing to your quar but w hat I have gained has been w e il — phenomenally short for feminine chats, C H A P T E R X IV . earned. I was favored by fortuue in that admiration in that look. It said, 'Y o n cases where the heart ad ieu is going! ter*. I suppose?” but the mail was coming, and Mrs. Lane w ill save m e.1 but w here the putieur has great ihffi^H “ Lord, no! 1 like it. So does he gen hour, but it was seizing the opportunity was impatient to get her letters. Once “ Cp to that tim e I believe she thought ty in breathing. A typical c m d it^ ^ ™ " erally. but i f you want to see Hearn that made me successful. more the para« *ls came floating along she was riding to death alone. this sort is that resulting from I you’ll have to go yourself.” “ A party o f us had gone aw ay on a above the hedge. One, held some six "T h en I was close be-uie her, and a- too much morphine. “ Why?** said Law ler, reddening. “ H e w h eelin g trip W e w ere young, gay and w e came toward the turn in the road I inches higher than the other, was on the A t the Presbyterian hospital in ought to know that it is to his interest outside, farthest from the fence. That joyous, ami the weeks slipped by until reached over and seized, for one instant, York recently au instance o f th i to seek the advice and assistance o f the was hers, and she it must be who would ! it came tim e for ns to think o f return the handle bars o f her wheel, keeping occurred. A German cook, 87 judge advocate. O f course he knows first come in sight from behind the big botli wheels pointed fur the open field age, had taken 12 grains o f mu ing. that I must do m y fu ll duty in prosecut lilac bush in Brodie's yard. “ From being in love w ith E m ily and the river. and was brought to the hospital at! ing the case; but. outside o f that, any I f Mrs. Brodie should happen to s ee! "T h e r e was a minute's ja r as w e p. m. iu a couditiau o f stu|Hir. Brant I became m adly infatuated w ith service I can render him he has a right them and stop them! But no; Mrs. Bro her. Though she treat*--! uie in the m -t crossed the field, then the river seemed body had that blue or cynuoae to call for.” die went across the parade to the Crosses distant manner, I s till thought, w ith to spring forward to me t ns. There aui-e which is characteristic of [-pa “ Oh. he understands; but. a* he was half an hour ago, thank heaven. Hearn** was a dull shock, and a pluugo into the who are suffering from morphine | giv**n no opportunity to speak for him the conceit o f youth, that she cared a eager eye« were fixed upon the outei little fo r me. I was hr'.jn-il ont in this water. somug. Tbe pupils of bis * y- * \v.retl_ self when you w ere in vestigatin g the edge o f that lovely lilac screen, longing " I found myself, when I had recover small, ami he breathed bnt fourth« case. I fancy he w ill ask none now until idea b y little incidents and trivia ! c ir for the first glance o f the face he had cumstances which led me to hope she ed from the force o f the blow, h alf stand iu each minute, and very feebly all« he comes before the court. Then you seen in his dreams night and day now w ould accept uie. ing. half floating in the shallow water H i- ; r_- probably w ill hear from him .” for nearly a week. I f she were think “ I had a riv a l— a man who did not holdiug E m ily Brant, who was white 150 a minute. I “ It m ight be very much better i f he in g o f him, i f he were anything to her. and unconscious. The landscape seemed seem to consider m y actions o f any im were to frankly consult the ju d ge advo He was im m ediately placed m v - _ o , would not she be apt to look toward thi? to be spinning r nnd like a top. portance. I could not seem touiuke him cate.” sai.l Law ler, ga zin g keenly at th*- charge of Dr W alter li ▼eranda the instant she hove in sight jealous in the slighte.-t degree He had " I realized w e had pseaiiod serions in ami various drugs were admiuntfgt Kenyon from under his shaggy brows. around that sheltering bush? “ Yonder jury. as the river had acted as a cushion naturally a very self composed manner, “ V ery much better fo r the prosecu for tlie purpose o f conuteracm _ Cough- they come now,” said Kenyon, slowly but th is alone w ou ld not account for his and lessened the force of the impact as effect o f the poisoo. The «toiuacb^ tion. But—how better fo r him?” low ering his boot heels from the balcony lJ *c d bearing w e plunged from our wheels. She s on “ W ell, those young men never gain also washe«! oat. It wus seen tbit rail. *T m going to stop them at the , Br “ I came to the conclusion that I must revived, but was very weak and dizzy. man's condition was such that, no anything b y figh tin g a case. He h al “ / a m n o t a w a r e . C o l. L a w l e r . " gate to see how Brent is." much better th row him self on the clem propose to E m ily before w e returned to That night the order of things was some mean* could be employed for k A general court m artial was in session Another instant, and once more the the city, as I w ould have a much better changed. I remained, and it was Fer- ing up the breathing, he must die. floating frin geso f the outer parasol came at Ryan, and for three days had been ency o f the court. But I suppose some opportunity of stating m y case am id fa now w ho left for the city. one has undertaken to defend him?” sittin g in judgm ent on Lieut. Hearn. It was, therefore, resolved to use ow sailing slow ly in to sight beyond the vorable surroundings than in the city "F r o m that day the haze o f Indian Another shrewd glance. the O ’ Dwyer tube*. lilacs, then the white ferrule, a daintily was the first occasion in many a long w ith its bustle and interruptions. summer that threatened to envelop my “ Some one! yes. I ’ve heard that sev Tbe tube was inserted at 10:30p. gloved hand, a w hite draped shoulder. I * ear .on ^*a w ^er had ap- “ One afternoon w e were riding life has given place to the glory of noon eral some ones offered their services by and respirations were forced into then a proudly poised. dark haired head ln the role o f A""1* 6 advocat« tide. " through a beautiful valley, and it so first mail the moment it was known you man * lungs at the rate o f 12 thick, low arched eyebrows and long that complex and contradictory position happened E m ily and m yself w ere quite For a moment or tw o as Fred ceased minute. The patient’s whole eondit curling lashes through a flimsy web of wherein the so called legal adviser of were to be prosecutor. W n at the devil a distance to the rear o f the party. The speaking w e both sat kicking at the improved at once. The pulse becaiw| veil that hung almost to the rosy lips, the court, having prosecuted in the name did you take it for. anyway?” “ Y o u seem to forget. M aj. Kenyon, road was smooth, the trees arched over grate fire where the coals glowed in the most normal, aud the blue color of close compressed: then sudden upward o f the government to the extent o f his ruddy flame. head, the sunlight streamed in gold that it was a m atter o f very grave im face aud hands disappeared. The st(j sweep o f lash, a quick, straight glance ability, proceeds to demolish his own I was thinking, knowing Fred at w ell portance to the arm y a* w ell a* to the shafts through them, fa llin g alternately I r « all aeh pump was once more inserted alo from tw o deep, dark eyes, a gleam of elaborately planned attack. It is the upon E m ily as she rode her wheel so as I did. that E m ily might w ell ren der not infrequent result o f such a system public,” said the colonel, w ith much d ig r r* side the tnbe, aud the stomach jo y , o f glad recognition, an instant part easily and gracefully, ligh tin g her that hour a fortunate hour for her. ing o f the curving lips and a ttaeh of that the exertions o f the prosecution so nity. “ Officers who are rash enough to washed thoroughly, after which beanty w ith a soft glow. I could keep though at the tim e it carried w ith it a white, even teeth, and H earn’s heart exhaust its representatives that the de seek to defend him can have little con fense is le ft to its own devices, and in ception o f the feelin g aroused through silence no longer, and ridin g close be great dread, but a ll I said was, "Thanks medicine was administered. throbbed and bounded. She had seen A t 11:30 p. m. the patieut wasartnf the case o f Col. Law ler, as ha* been said, out the entire north.” side her. as w e sped on together, I told for the story, old man. " — Henry E him instantly and was glad. bnt his pulse was uot good. At he ha<l alw ays held that when an officer “ True,” said Kenyon, w ith sarcastic her h ow much I loved her and asked Haydock in Once a Week. Y e t it was Mrs. Lane who had to do night he became restless, aud the was under trial the moral obligation o f emphasis. “ It ’s one o f the singular traits her to be my w ife. most o f the talking, for G eorgia Marshall was removed, aud he was made N the governm ent was to find him guilty, o f some fellow s in the arm y that, instead "T h e n came the breakin gof the dream D a d Pencil«. was strangely silent. E very now and up. But iu spite of the diligent if a possible thing o f meekly knuckling under to what they I had had for so many weeks and The ordinary sized lead pencil, such made to keep him awake, in about then her eyes seemed to take a quick N o one on the court could quite under know to be an outrageous misrepresen months. In a fe w words I learned there as one gets when he goes into a store note o f the pallor o f his face and the minutes his face aud hc.uds again stand w h y L aw ler had l»een detailed for tation o f themselves and their profession, was no hope f o r m e ; that though she and asks for " a lead pencil,” is «even lines o f care and trouble. Kenyon had this duty. It was a most unusual thing they should have the consummate e f adm ired and respected me she bad never inches in length anil a trifle more than to grow blue aud his pulse rapid held open the gate and quietly steered feeble. Tbe tube was replaced, with I to call upon the officers o f the depart frontery to resent even newspaper at thought o f me in any other w a y ; that a quarter o f au inch thick. Pencils are the tw o ladies to the veranda, where result that his condition immedu^j ment o f m ilitary justice itself to furnish tacks. N o w you can har-llv conceive there was already an understanding 1 sl made in many different stvles and shapes changed for the better. Hearn was hastily placing chairs; and the pnisecutor; rather was it their prov it p>*sible. Col. L aw ler, but do you tween Mr. F e m o w and herself, and though th** mail orderly was approach and for many uses. Spw’ial pencils o f A t 2 :30 a. m. the tnbe was agaii| ince to remain at the office o f the d i know there are actually officers who that th eir engagement was soon to be in g and Mrs. Lan e knew there must l>e very small diameter are made for math moved, but once more the blue vision or department commander, and think Hearn a thousand times more announced. letters from her captain, she could not ematical instruments Another small in review in g the record* to sit in ju d g sinned against than sinning? An d. that “ A t first I could hardly believe my diameter pencil is the programme pen- made its appearance on the hand« take G eorgia instantly away, and so for face. It was put back again aud ment on the judges. But The Palladium, being their conviction, they are so blind ears. W e rode the rest o f the w a y in a few moments they sat there in their c il made for dam-ing orders, o f which true to K en yon ’s prophecy, was not slow to their own interest as to b * w illin g to silence. Fcr me the glory o f the dav in place until nearly 5 .30 o ’clock to dainty summer gowns and w ith deep the sale in this country is estimated at in explaining the situation. It was a fight for it. It is incomprehensible— to had departed. It was as i f a haze, like morning, when the patient becai sympathy in their eyes—eyes so d iffer 5.000 gross annually. Programme pen- case in which the whole people, with it some people, bnt it's a fact.” the melancholy haze o f Indian summer. oils are made round and hexagon in rustle." that its removal was a u4 ent in color, yet so like in expression, self as their representative, had de A n d — w ill it be believed?— when Col. through which I should see a ll things shape and finished in a variety of colors sity. A fte r this, until 7 o ’chekf they would have cheered a sorer heart manded the trial o f the officer who dared L a w ler sent his orderly to say that he for a ll tim e, had closed around me. patient was kept awake by the sla] than H earn’s. and styles. Some are wound with silk maltreat the man N o ordinary occa- wonld receive Hearn at M aj. Kenyon's of a towel, for when left alone hii| " I f it had been possible. I should T h e orderly carrying the mail came Programme pencils are sold sharpened pirations would go down to eigl I sion was this, bnt one to attract w ide quarters in case he desired to see him. have le ft that night fo r the citv, but briskly in at the gate. and with a ring and a cord and ta-sel n ttu n fiA n throughout tIir,\nivKnnt the tYio entire an fi v e nation n a tio n at. 1 —1 . . _____ l. _ .1. tat. . i i • . _1______ ___ . ». attention ten a minute. the orderly came back w ith the lieuten- circumstances compelled me to aceom- " I left Mrs. L an es letters at the attached, ready for use. Other small and be daily reported by the press. Col A t 7 :45 o'clock his respiration* ant's compliments and the singular re- pauv the party on one last ride, house, m a'am ," he said, as he handed a pencils made are those us< d for tablets L a w ler saw opportunity for distinction sponse that the lieutenant knew o f no " I never saw a gayer set o f people a minute and his pnlse 120. package to Kenyon and prix-ceded to ttn hitherto unequaled He asked o f his reason whatever why he should want to than w e were when w e started the next and memorandum books. Checking pen- end of five days he was discharged load h alf a dozen bulky newspa|>ers on c ,Ls. with red. blue and green crayons, general the detail as jn d g e advocate o f see the colonel at any time. day. Some o f them guyed me a little Ih e tube had remained iu 7 lioonj Hearn. Kenyon had opened his official are now used extensively iu commercial the court, and the general, though sur Law ler had conceived it his dnty then about m y lack o f gayety. but I answered lo minutes, during all o f which letter with b rief "excuse m e" and then ' prise»!. saw no way to refuse. establishments and by express and ra il to accost Mr. Hearn on the piazza o f his that I was to leave the next dav and its use was necessary, for during began to chnckle: road companies and in almost everv So carefu lly had the court been chosen quarters, and blandly to inform him felt sad in consequence. that time the patient was quite "H earn , my boy. they mean to do you office. Thousands o f gross o f checking that o f its entire array o f thirteen mem that he was entitled, i f he saw fit, to call to do his own breathing.— New I " W e were to rule down one valley, all proper honor. Just look at this d e - ! bers every man was personally a stranger in the services o f some suitable friend then descend a mountain into another pencils rre sold annually, and the sale World. tail, w ill yon? Four or five colonels and to the young soldier whose fate lay in of them sconstantly increasing. Crayon as amicus curise. Brodie and Cross were valley. I was the only one in the party majors and h alf a dozen captains to sit their hands. O f all his regim ent not both string there at the moment, and who bad been over tbe road, and it was pencils ior various uses are made o f all Gold Behind C u rtain * of Ic * in judgm ent, and— w ell, i f this don't J __ __ another officer was at the post when the glanced at each other with a grin, as so long ago I had i«irtia lly forgotten it. colors a id in many tin ts.— N ew York Ed Anderson aud E. E. Knapp» Sun. I beat all! old L a w le r him self fo r jn dge l * g » n ' to arrive"” L d excavating in the Ladess mine, the only Hearn coolly looked the jn d ge advocate When w e began to descend tlie moun- , . . . soldier—heaven . “ T® th® m ark'— was straight in the eye and remarked that he tain. I told them w e had better walk north side of Cow mountain, 0 Acid la OT«tcr*. Hearn's face was flushing and paling Welsh, now aarigne»!. much to their d i* was aware o f the fact. as the rood was very steep They took opened up an extensive cave, cool by turns Iu a paper read before the Paris Acad gust, to (.’apt. Brodie'» company of the five halls. The first three are pk ________ m y advice for a time, and w e hail gone emy o f sciences, as reported in La Na " Y o u don't mean that Col. I-awler infantry fo r rations and quarters until with ice a foot thick. Curtains of [TO bk c o v n x r x n ] , the greater part o f the way. when one him self is detailed?" hia evidence should be given, and Welsh rh a tm au,‘ Hnntx de feet long by 18 inches thick ar of the party, in a spirit o f frolic, mount "C ertain ly I do; and what do you want was the constant center o f a group o f scribed their experiments to d e t.rm ue Th* » » « to Women . In on ed his wheel and dared the others to dc the amount o f pb.ephorns in different pended from the ceiling. to bet The Palladium doesn't say that newspaper men now billeted at Central For beanty. brains and brightness the likewise. an abundance o f w h ite talc was this was done in deference to its sugges C iiy, and resenting it not a little that delegates attending the first national the e f A d,’* >n oyster. Of *h ic h assays #9 ¿old per ton — & "T h in k in g we were almost at the foot tion that no biased associates o f the ac they were not in vited to pnt np at tbe conference o f the colored women o f a T " “ p "rriw .e*e c , u. Globe-Democrat. o f tbe mountain, w e all follow ed his cused officer should be allow ed to offlei fort- • Am erica, which is being held in this example. I was rid in g m the lead. Ear tamed f-n r grams (82 gra m ,. nf ph,w. ate. as the people w ill tolerate no phone a* *d, represent m g one gram o f Bnt as matters stood the fort was al- | city, have never been surpassed at auy T h » ■‘•nu n n nn t Q a r .H o «, nest Fern ow was close b. side me. Sud whitewashing o f character in this most ready taxed to its utmost capacity; the gathering o f Afro-Am ericans. It is an denly. on turning a bend, w e came upon L x * - T h e Ut liD‘ f ^ ' " rich 1 *■ .'pHaker R ** *1 was ask.-.l the otb^' flagrant case, or words to that effect? on ly quarters in which there was room The French oysters are ' less object lesson to listen to their scholarly a pitch in the road so steep as to greatlv Oh. I know those fellow s! There's more for the arrivin g gentlemen were those o f Toey contain only two-thirds as mnch ^har he considered tbe most _ papers and witness their bnninesalike alarm us conceit in one newspaper office in my the absent cavalry officer» ph.-phuru, as the Portuguese „vst.rs. problem now before the public. Mrs. M om s methods W ith sneh leaders th * colored ( " W e had a ll been rid in g at good This determination ls important from beloved home than in all the arm ies in had tw o spare rooms, and prom ptly in How to dodge a b icyc le ," women o f Am erica have great riossibili «peed. This in itself would have mat C h risten dom .’ quick retort. " A t least I jndge vited Colo. Grave and Maitland, old ties before th e m — U -st-s T raveller r a w ™ * '* ,h,> pr,.p- my own experience since I te n d little bad each one o f ns had <*ur T h e ladies bad risen, Mrs. Lane's eves rties of d.ff-rent kin.ls o f oysters. ’ — 1 "an hin gton.” — Washington P o rt, AN ARMY PORTIA. A RUNAWAY WHEEL ■