For The Term of llis Natural Life
By MARCUS C LAR KE
C H A P T E R X X V III.
lifus Daweii «at in a new cell. On
[third day North came. Hie manner
! constrained and abrupt. H i» eye»
Sered uneaaily, and he seemed bur-
with thought» which he dared not
leaped up and made as though to catch
him by the throat.
North, paralyzed no less by the aud-
denness o f the attack, than by the words
with which it was accompanied, let fall
hia cloak, and stood trembling before
the prophetic accusation of the man
whose curses be bad come to earn.
“ I was dreaming,” said Rufus Dawes.
“ A terrible dream! But it has passed
now. The message— you have brought
me a message, have you not?
Why.
what ails you?
You are
pale— your
knees tremble. Did my violence------"
North recovered himself with a great
effort. “ It is nothing. I.et us talk, for
my time is short. You have thought me
a good man— oue blessed o f God, one
consecrated to a holy service; a man
honest, pare and truthful.
1 have re
turned to tell you the truth. I am none
of these things.” Rufus Dawes sat star
ing, unable to comprehend this madness.
“ I told you that the woman you loved
— for you do love her— sent you a mes
sage of forgiveness. I lied.”
"W h a t? ”
“ I never told her of your confession.
I never mentioned your name to her.”
“ And she will go without knowing—
Oh, Mr. North, what have you done?”
"W recked my own soul!” cried North,
wildly, stung by the reproachful agony
of the tone. “ Do not cling to me. My
tgsk is done. You will hate me now.
That is my wish— I merit it. Let me go,
1 say. I shall be too late.”
"T o o late! For what?”
H e looked
at the cloak— through the open window
came the voices of the men in the boat—
the memory of the rose, of the scene in
the prison, flashed across him, and he
understood it all. “ Great heaven, you
would follow her?”
“ Let me go,” repeated North, in a
hoarse voice.
Rufus Dawes stepped between him
and the door. “ No, madman, I will not
let you go.”
North crouched bewilder
ed against the wall. " I say you shall
not go. You love her! So do I; and
my iove is mightier than yours, for it
shall save her!”
North lifted agonized eyes. "B ut I
love her! Love her, do you hear? What
do you know of love?”
“ L o v e !" cried Rufus Dawes, his pale
face radiant. "L o v e ! Oh, it is you who
do not know it! Love is the sacrifice of
self, the death of all desire that is not
for another’s good. Love Is godlike!
Listen, I will tell you a story.
North, Inthralled by the other’s over
mastering will, fell
back
trembling.
“ What do you mean?”
“ 1 will tell you the secret * f my life,
the reason why I am here. Come closer."
— want you to thank her for me, M».
h,” said Dawes,
n^hank whom?”
^ f f t H r s . Frere.”
f t • ¡he unhappy priest shuddered at hear
V T ] it the name.
" * * * do not think you owe any thank«
:er. Your irons were removed by the
mandant’s order.”
—„B u t by her persuasion. I feel sure
•T h . Ah, I was wrong to think she had
jfirotten me. Ask her for her forgive-
IK .v
^P 'orgiven ess!" said North, recalling
the prison. “ What have
need her forgiveness?”
her," said Rufus Dawes,
her ungrateful and treach-
|jjs I thought she delivered me again
the bondage from whence I had
kped.
I thought she had betrayed
» —betrayed me to the villain whose
S e life I saved for her sweet sake.”
■ W h a t do you mean?” asked North.
Hpu never spoke to me of this.”
[N o, I had vowed to bury the knowl
o f it in my own breast; it is too
I j i ’L e r to speak.”
T 5p8aved his life!”
H f A y , and here. I made the boat that
S q fried her to freedom. I held her in
■ arms, and took the bread from my
I jj-n lips to feed her!”
ajT’ She cannot know this," said North.
J j l a n undertone.
a IP'Shs has forgotten It, perhaps, for
h ill i was but a child. Rut you will re-
.■jnd her, will you not? You will do
° f juatice In her eyes before I die? You
^ H l get her forgiveness for me?"
a JBT'Iorth could not explain why such an
T B erview as the convict desired was lin-
^ »ib le ,
so be promised,
■
I d V 'S h e
going away in the schooner,”
. nyi he. "i will
w see her before she goes,
I
1BH d t e l l her.”
r‘God bless you, sir!” said poor Dawes,
sow, pray with me;” and the wretched
pest mechanically repeated one of the
tmulae his church prescribes.
The days passed swiftly, and Rlunt's
Reparations for sea were completed. On
morning of the Ittth o f December,
declared himself ready to set sail, and
___I the afternoon.
g~gB
f i ' Rufus Dawes, gaxing from his win-
,p>w upon the schooner that lay outside
!,f e reef, thought nothing of the fact that
or tha commandant's boat had taken
ray tha commandant's wife, another
iat should put off with the chaplain.
he hot afternoon passed away in a
C H A P T E R X X IX .
lltry sunset, and it was not until tha
The house of her husband was duly
lades of evening had begun to full that
placed at the disposal of Mrs. Richard
lufus Dawes distinguished a boat de-
Devine. It only remained that the lady
deHjjich itself from the sides of the schoon-
should bo formally recognized by Lady
] eiy l." and glide through the oily water to
Devine. The rest of the ingenious pro
jetty. The chaplain was returning. gram would follow as a matter of course.
**^ H p d in a few hours, perhaps, would he
John Rex was well aware of the posi
thf U 'lth him, to bring him the message of tion which, in his assumed personality,
l o Dm fort for which his soul thirsted, lie he occupied in society. H e knew that
® ^H tretehed out his unshackled limbs, and by the world of servants, of waiters, of
th^Bprowing himself ii | m > h his stretcher, fell those to whom servants and waiters
recalling the past— his boat building, could babble; o f such turfites and nieu
I news of his fortune, his love and about town as had reason to inquire con
»elf-aacrifice.
cerning Mr. Richard's domestic affairs,
North, however, was not returning to no opinion could be expressed, save that
ring tb the prisoner a message of com- "Devine’s married somebody, I hear.”
rt, but he was returning on purpose to H e knew well that the really great
}ee him, nevertheless.
The unhappy
world, the society, whose scandal would
an, torn by remorse, had resolved upon have been socially injurious, had long
course of action which seemed to him ceased to trouble itself with Mr. Rich
penance for his crime of deceit. He ard Devine's doings in any particular. I f
ad determined to confess to Dawes that
It had been reported that the Leviathan
he message he brought was wholly ficti i f the T u rf had married his washer
i I
tious, that he himself loved the wife of
woman, society would only have inti
ha commandant. " I am no hypocrite,”
mated that “ it was just what might
"This have been expected of him.” T o say the
% C e thought, in his exaltation.
Tlfj >oor wretch, who looks up to me ns an truth, however. Mr. Richard had rather
w < * »angel, shall know me for my true self.” hoped that Lady Devine would have
He had Ingeniously extracted from
nothing more to do with him. and that
■Hunt the fact that he “ didn’t expect a the ordeal of presenting his wife would
jWind before dark, but wanted all ship- not be necessary. Lady Devine, how
[shape ami aboard,” and then, just as
ever, had resolved on a different line of
"‘arkness fell, discovered thnt it was int- conduct.
The intelligence
concerning
icrative for him to go ashore.
ltlunt
Mr. Richard Devine's threatened pro
id if the chaplain insisted upon going,
ceedings nerved her to the confession of
here wns no help for it.
the dislike which had been long grow
‘There'll be a breexe in less than two
ing in her mind; aided the formation of
hours,” said he. “ You've plenty of time,
those doubts, the shadows o f which had
but if you're not back before the first
now and then east themselves upon her
puff I'll sail without you, as sure gs
belief in the identity of the mail who
you're born."
North assured him of
called himself her son.
bis punctuality. "D on ’t wait for me,
"H is conduct is brutal," said she to
¡captain, if I'tn not here,” said he, with
her brother. “ I cannot understand it.”
■ the lightness of tone which men use to
“ It is more than brutal; it is unnat
¡mask anxiety. Bo the boat set off. Frere
ural.” returned Francis Wade, and stole
observed with some astonishment that
a look at her. "M oreover, he is mar
the chnplain wrapped himself in a boat
ried.”
cloak that lay In the stern sheets. "D ie s
“ Married!” cried Lady Devine.
the fellow want to smother himself In a
“ So he says,” continued the other, pro
night like .this?” wag the remark. The
truth was that, though his hands and ducing a letter seut to him by Rex at
Sarah's dictation.
“ H e writes to me
head were burning, North'» teeth chatter
I
ed with cold.
Perhaps this was the stating that his wife, whom he married
**< H
r»-.ison why. when l iu l. d no.I out of eye last year abroad, has come to England,
•hot of the crew, he produced a pocket and wishes ns to receive her.”
“ I will not receive her!” cried Lady
flask of rum and eagerly drank. The
•plrlt gave him courage for the ordeal Devine, riaing and paring the room.
"R ut that would he a declaration of
to which he had condemned himself, and,
with »toadied step, he reached the door w ar." said poor Francis, twisting an
of the old priaon. To his surpriss, Him- Italian onyx which adorned his irreso
lute hand: “ I would not advise that.”
blett refused him admission.
It was with tome trepidation that Mr.
"B u t I have come direct from th*
Richard, sitting with his wife, awaited
commandant," aald North.
“ I can't let you In. your reverence," tha arrival o f his mother. He had been
very nervous and unstrung for some
said Oimblett.
“ I want to see the prisoner Dawes days past, and the prospect of the com
I have a special message for him.
I ing interview was, for some reason he
could not explain to himself, weighty
have come ashore on purpose.”
“ Upon my honor, sir. 1 daren't,” said with fears. “ What does she want to come
Oimblett. who was not without his good alone for? And what can she have to
_____ point*. “You know what authority is. say?" he asked himself. “ She cannot
suspect anything sfter all these years,
■ ■
air. as well as
H i
North was in despair, but a bright surely?" H e endeavored to reason with
thought struck him— a thought that in | himself, hut in vain; the knock at the
bis sober moments would never hare en door which announced the arrival of his
tered his head— he would buy admission. pretended mother made his heart jump.
" I feel deuced shaky. Sarah," hs said.
—
H e produced the rum flask from beneath
“ T oo are quite sure that you are ready
the sheltering cloak. ''I'om e, don't talk
nonsense to me, Oimblett.
Yon don't with your story?"
H# rose with affected heartiness. "M y
suppose I would come here without au
thority. Here, take a pull at this, and dear mother, allow me to prc-aot to
B
let me through."
Oim blett'» features you— —” H e paused, for there was that
>1
I relaxed Into a smile. "W ell, air, I sup In Lady Devine’s face which confirmed
pose It's all right. If you aay so.” said his worst fears.
'T wish to speak to yon alone.” she
be. And, clutching the ruin bottle with
«me hand, he opened the door of Dawes’ aaid, ignoring with steady eyes the
woman whom aha had ostensibly coin#
«ell with the other.
North entered, and as th* aoor dosed j to see.
behind him. the prisoner, who had been » John Rex hesitated, hut Sarah saw the
it
lying apparently aaleep upon bis bed. I danger, aud kasttuad to coufr. at
J
♦♦♦♦♦♦<
rJFiNED LOOSE ON THE WOELD.
"A
w ife should be a hushand’» best |
friend, madam. Your sou married me of \
tla own free will, aud even his mother ,
can have nothing to say to him which
is not my duty aud privilege to hear. |
I am not a girl, as you cuu see, and I
can bear whatever news you bring.” j
Lady Devine hit her pale lips. She
saw at once that the woman before her
was not gently born, hut she also felt
that she was a woman of higher mental
caliber than herself. 1‘ repared as she
was for the worst, this sudden aud open
,
declaration of hostilities frightened her,
as Sarah had calculated. Stie began to
|
realize that if she was to prove herseli
equal to the task she had set herself,
she must uot waste her streugth in skir
mishing.
Steadily refusing to look at
Richard's wife, she addressed herself to
Richard. “ My brother will be here in
half an hour,” she said, as though the
mention of his name would better her
position in come way. "B a t 1 begged
him to allow me lo come first, iu order
that I might speak to you privately.
(T o be continued.)
NOT HIS LINE.
• X<
T H E USE OF DOGS IN W A R .
I m p o r l n n t F a c t o r s lu M i l i t a r y A l t a l r *
In D a r k A itee.
T h e use o f dogs in the Jnpauese-
Itusslan war, which attracted much
attention, was really nothing new, »ays
L eslie'» Weekly. Fur back in the an
tiquities dogs were employed iu m ili
tary operations
with great suifess.
T h e acuteness o f the animal's senses,
his affection for his master, his docil
ity and Intelligence made him valuable
centuries ago, both in defense aud at
tack.
In the dark ages dogs were often
posted in towers to warn the garrison
o f the enemy’s approach, and were even
clad in armor to guard m ilitary camps.
They were frequently used to defend
convoys and luggage and to bring con
fusion to the ranks o f the enemy’s
cavalry. Even fires were placed on the
dogs’ backs to set fire to the enemy’s
camps.
lu the fifteenth and sixteenth cen
turies several m ilitary powers bad
enormous packs o f dogs aud it was not
uncommon fo r the nnimals to meet
in skirmishes and between themselves
fight out big battles. Napoleon, in his
Italian campaign, used dogs as scouts,
and In 1882 the Austrians trained dogs
to scent ambushes.
M ore
recently the Germans have
been training and ex|s>rimenting with
dogs, while Italy, Russia and France
have also taken them up. O f the Eu
ropean powers only England has left
dogs entirely out o f consideration in
m ilitary affairs.
Although changes in w arfare have
greatly lessened the opportunity for
employing dogs they still nmy be used
to advantage In many ways in m ili
tary operations. In modern campaigns
the night attack appears to be taking
a foremost place, and here especially
the dog can play an Important part,
fo r he can detect an approaching party
and prevent a complete surprise. In
foggy weather or
In thickets well-
trained dogs can be used where sig
nal systems cannot be operated, al
though the use o f telephones has nenr-
ly crowded the anlmnl out o f this
branch o f w arfare. Dogs ns an auxil
iary to ambulances are a great aid In
locating wounded
soldiers.
In the
Franco-German w ar the dog played an
important part in the work o f sav
ing the wounded from dying alone, out
o f reach o f medical assistance.
In marches the dog can be used e f
fectively as a scout fo r the body of
troops to which he Is nttnehed, and
might often prevent a detachment from
being ambushed. Th e animal has also
been used to transport ammunition nnd
to carry relief to the wounded, while
In ninny other ways his warrior-mas
ter has made use o f the dog's keen
sense and docility.
%
in .
L U Z O N ’S LONGEST R A IL W A Y .
X e*
G o v e r n m e n t L i n e R u ns T h r o u g h
a F e rtile C ountry.
The longest railway In the Philip-
pines will tie the government line lend
ing through the wonderfully fertile in
terior o f Luzon from Manila to Apnr-
ri, the northermost port of the Island.
It will lie, as it were, the great trans
continental system In the Islands.
The survey calls for a line 336 miles
In length. With the exception of one
difficult grade, the road will be com
paratively level, and trains should
make the trip in ten hours. Recent
ly the writer traveled over the line of
this survey on horseback. Iu nil the
trip there was only seen one hillside
o f about three acres which was barren
land, and here It was being worked for
a lime qtinrry.
From
Manila the road will run
northeast 125 miles through the val
ley o f the I ’ampanga to the Caraballo
Mountains, which run north and south
from ten to thirty miles from the west
LUZOK
R A IL W A Y
RO LTL.
coast o f Luzon.
It w ill cross these
mountains over the South Caraballo
pass, elevation 8,750 feet. The sum
mits nre covered with Immense hard
wood trees.
K new
t h e I’ r l e e .
The railroad w ill cllinb for thirty-
They hail all been to church, and the
young minister was coming home to five or forty miles through these moun
The country
reminds
one
dine with them. W hile at dinner they tains.
the
Cumberland
mountains
were discussing the new stained glass sf
i f Tennessee. There are occasional
window a member had giveu.
settlements
In
the
val
“ I t Is a most beautiful piece o f work little
manship," said one, “ and must have leys where the Indians— Igorrotes from
Benguet Province— grow coffee. Every
cost a great ileal o f money.”
“ Do you have any idea how much?” little farm Is protected with a bam
“ I really do not." replied the minis boo fence to keep out the deer and
ter, "but fa r Into the hundreds, I should wild boar. There are no native Tag-
nlogs dwelling In the mountains. These
Imagine."
“ N o It didn't, either," said little H ar Indians are stronger and more Indus
old. “ I know how much It was. It trious than the Filipino o f the plains.
About twenty-five miles above Bam-
cost $14.10.”
"W h y, Harold, how do you know hang In Neuva Vizcaya Province the
survey strikes a tributary o f the Mngat
anything about It?”
•‘Because, mamma. It said at the bot River at an altitude o f a little more
tom o f the w in dow ; 'Job 14-10.’ ” — New thnn 2.500 feet. From this point until
near Aparrl there Is an almost lm-
York World.
(»erceptlble decline in the grade.
Rnmbang Is the prettiest little town
P o p ’s S p ecia lty.
In the Philippine Islands. The people
He— I must be going.
are "paclflcos" and took no part In the
She— Rut what's your hurry?
Only one company of
" I understand your father wear* Insurrection.
I American troops has ever been In Bnm-
heavy boots.”
F ifty years ago the Spanish
“ T h at Is s o ; but you are the sec hang.
ond caller I have had this evening, nnd built great cathedrals and bridges and
you know father Is not strong enough Improved the roads. The country Is
to eject two men In one night."— Yon rolling and the valley Is open. The
long, low. siantlng foothills are dense
kers Statesman.
l.v covered with timber. The country
Is capable o f supporting an Immense
‘» h n t l o w off n i n c o n t e n t .
" I t Is upon the farmer that the great population.
From Bamhang the railroad w ill run
ness o f this country really depends."
almost directly east down the Magat
said the persuasive statesman.
"Yea,” answered Farmer Corntossel, Valley to the Cagayan Valley, fifty-
"but sometimes I think I'd like to be nine miles by the rail, then down the
one o f the fellers that didn’t have so Cagayan Valley almost due north to
much dejiendln' on 'em go's I could Aparrl.
In all this traveling one Is Impress
have time to wear good clothes and go
ed by the fact that the Philippine
to a few parties.” — Washington Star.
Islands still possess vast stretches of
Immensely fertile but unsettled coun
O n * on H im .
Redd— I understand It takes more to try.
keep that automobile of yours than It
CARELESSNESS IN AMERICA.
originally cost.
Greene— That's righ t
t s t i t t P s i w n t s s s o f A e e ld e o t a th a n
"W ell. I don't want anything that
lo O th e r l.o o « » .
takes more money to keep than It due»
Our national carelessness Is the ex
to get."
planation given by the Literary Digest
"W h y ?
You've got a wife, haven't fo r our dreadful record o f accidents,
rou?” — Yonkers Statesman.
aay* American Medicine. In reviewing
an article by G. E. Walsh upon acci
dent-preventing devices in America
(Cassler's magazine), It Is shown that
we stand first In the world in the acci
dent record nnd that the rule seems
to apply to all trades nnd professions.
The proportion o f miners killed, for
instance. Is nearly treble thnt In France,
and about double that In other Euro-
pean countries.
For every five men
killed by accident In the United States
there are only three In nil nations of
Europe combined. Our railroads nkne
kill twenty-one people every day. The
remarkable fact 1» brought out that we
lead the world In the invention of acci
dent-preventing devices, and adopt
fewer o f them than any other country.
Indeed, many o f the Inventions travel
to Europe for recognition and adoption.
It is claimed that our workmen will
not use the safety devices, as something
childish, but prefer to run the risk like
men. This Is true, but It is also true
o f European workmen. Indeed, the old
story o f the safety lamp in mines shows
that accustomed dangers are forgotten
or minimized.
Permanent “ museums o f security,”
such ns that in Amsterdam, Walsh
says, should be established. In these
there are on constant exhibition every
conceivable device for lessening risk to
life from accident They w ill educate
the public, and the workmen will grad
ually lie brought to the point o f de
manding protection.
I t is suggested
thnt employers he held to a stricter
accountability and be compelled by law
to safeguard employes, as In Europe,
but It can be replied that American
workmen w ill not submit to restrictions
enslly Imposed In Europe. They are
free agents, with a right to kill them
selves, if they please, or injure others.
No man Is his brother's keeper here,
and this Is probably the real basis for
our nntlonnl disregard o f the rights of
others. It is more than carelessness.
The surgeons of the country see all
these accidents, and carefully Investi
gate each case. It seems reasonable
to suggest that they should be able to
see the causes and suggest remedies.
Knowing more o f the matter than any
other liody of men, can they not take
some concerted action which would
make life safer In America?
American disregard for human life Is
the fact which seems to impress Euro
pean visitors more profoundly thnn any
other characteristic. Since we claim
to he the most democratic people on
earth. It seems remarkable that with
more power In our hands than any oth
er nation, we are unable to safeguard
ourselves to anything like the extent
accomplished by monarchic nations of
the enlightened parts o f Europe.
Not all men are fitted for all thin
The fact that an individual nhiUeM ,
one profession Is no proof that he m
adopt any career with equal #u
Rob. whose adventure» are reeor<tan„
Mr. Whitm arsh's "T h e World's Konra
H and," was a good fellow, aud doubt
less played his part In the world with
credit to himself, but he wus not bora
to be a diver, as his experiences »how
One o f the greatest dangers In divlu. ¡»
that o f panic.
* “
T h e quality a diver needs more than
any other la presence of mind. A young
Scotchman, six feet tall, by the
o f Rob, applied to me for a position as
diver. He hud a sweetheart at home
and, tempted by the high wages, was
anxious to learn the business, on»
time, when work waa alack, I let hltu
go down.
I told him minutely how to manage,
screwed on his face glass and sent him
under. I fe lt him laud on the bottom
and signul that all was right. Then he
walked away from the boat, paying out
most o f the line. A fter a little he
stopped. 1 Imagined him resting, and
thought he wus doing remarkably well.
A ll at once I noticed a dark, bladder-
like object (touting ut some distance
from the boat. A t first I thought It
wus a turtle. Something made me look
at It more carefully, anil then I began
to haul tlie line lu. The "turtle" was
Rob. As he drew nearer we could hear
him screaming his loudest inside the
swollen dress. I got him alongside, un
screwed the escape valve, and hauled
him on deck. A ll the time he was cry
ing. "L e t me o u t!’
When Rob came to bis senses, wa
learned that he had become frightened
lest bis dress should burst, uud had
screwed the escape valve the wrong
way, keeping In the air Instead of let
ting it escape. He lost his presence of
mind altogether, and fell down. The
confined air accumulated in the bulk
iest part o f the dress and floated him.
Th e second attempt Rob made as a
diver nearly cost him his life. He made
the very same mistake with the valve.
Then, crazed by fear, he began to un
screw Ills fuce glass. Fortunately for
his sweetheart, he lost consciousness
before he got it off. He wus delirious
fo r some hours after we had hauled
him up. W e decided he was not fit
fo r a diver, and that his road to for
tune lay tn some other direction
HOUSE KEPT ON PROBATION.
A f t e r a W e e k 's T r i a l W id o w sad
W i d o w e r A r e D u ly M a rried .
Lam ar County furnishes a case of
m arriage a fte r probation that is unique
and suggestive.
A w idow er farm er desiring a wife
wax Introduced by a mutual friend to a
widow w ith children temporarily abid
ing in a charity institution.
Both were favorably impressed at
first ncqunlntnnce, hut the woman sug
gested that she keep house for the farm
er for a week and at the end of that
time each could more intelligently de
termlne the grave question of a union
fo r life.
Accordingly she went with
her children and wus duly Installed as
housekeeper.
The ex|>eriment wns eminently satis
factory to both parties ami at the end
o f the week they were married.
I’erhaps it w ill shock the sentimental
and the romantic, but the incident con
tains the wise suggestion that folk de
siring to become husband and «if»
should be sure o f knowing each other
In their common clothes and under
workaday conditions.
I’ arlor manners on the part of the
woman and picnic gallantry on the part
o f the man are not conclusive indexes
o f character, nor Is the yumyum ecstasy
of
Infatuation siilficleut evidence of
compatibility.
Keeping company nowadays runs too
much to bonbons and embossed station
ery'. O f course, there Is abundant op
portunity to get acquainted after
engagement, but It is before the aT0* a
that the pair ought to put each other
through the practical paces.
It would snve many a heartache,
though It may play the dickens
H e r Id e a o f G en tle F o lk .
the business o f the divorce lawyers-
The following
anecdote
recently
brought to Richmond by a Georgia Fort W orth Record.
woman is a true story:
T h e W o r ld .
A Boston couple were recreating near
They tell us in our chihlhnnd days
Augusta and met an old negro woman
The world is round and »J,
With youthful heedleaaoeM, a-'«!*
to whom they took a fancy. They In
The doctrine eaaily.
vlted her to pay them r visit nnd the
black woman accepted, especially as her
When we are grown to mane estst*
expenses were paid. In due time she
We are ao overwrought
ar.ived in Boston and was installed in
With constant struggling we ve no
the house o f the white folks. She oc
T o give its shape a thought
cupied one of the best rooms and ate
at the same table with her host and
At last when we appmsrh th* * »
hostess. A t one of the meals the host
And see how «mall a lo:
,
ess said:
O f stuff we've gathered ar comp»"«
With what some folks have got.
"Mrs.
Jones, you were a slave
weren't you?”
What we were told comes t a d « 1 *
“ Yes, rnarm." replied Mrs. Jones. “ I
Are quite prepared to swear
b'longed to Mar's Robert Howell.”
Whatever other shape it hs«.
" I suppose he never invited you to
It surely Isn’t square.
eat at his table,” remarked the Boston ■—W . J. Lampton in Judge.
woman.
Sot
H I«.
q
"N o. honey, dat he ain't,” replied Mrs
" I don’t see why Peokham • ^
Jones. " My master was a gentleman,
make a poor mouth all the t « * .
lie nln t never let no nigger set at de
commands a good «alary every
■
table long er him."
his
life.”
...
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And In making this speech she meant
“ He may command It, but
no disrespect to her hostess. She meant
PI*
merely to point out a natural distinc demands It every week.
Ledger.
_________ ______
tion.''— Baltimore Sun.
S lop p ed
Watkins.
u r o .s ..i«"H * i
KT" ! * " r wIy *
Lawyer— Haa there ever bee“
" I suppose your husband hasn't done
•anity In your fam ily?
much walking since he bought his new
Witness— W e ll— er— I b* r , .*f U r f ]
auto?”
ter who Jilted a plumber and
"No. Indeed. He broke bis leg tbo
with a p o e t— J u d g e . ______
first time he went out iu i t ”__Cleve
land Leader.
Rest I b ln «
P ''
. „ M t
Cremnltz W hite— I'd do
I
O f course It'« all right to' he born the world for a r t
a
I
a leader, but the man In the rear hat
J. Cauatic— W ell, w h j don t J*»
j
a better opportunity to get away.
painting?— Judg*.
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