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U fF T T »* * »* I t W The I W m r r » ^ I W i \ t f i f e ’s Ç é c re t, : OR A BITTER RECKONING f By CH ARLO TTE M . BRABM B ............ * + + * * * * + * * * + U C H A P T E R X V I I . — (Continued.) o f you for some reason or other. Put Th e lawyer** ill-timed attempt at a ting what I observed and ma'm'selle’s he ra re Mr. Mallett the opportunity theory about that photo together, I con f i e had been longing for, and he turned cluded that we wore os the right track upon him almoat savagely. — that your niece Is dead— died six years “ Be good enough to remember that ago— and this woman is nothing but an thla ia a business Interview,’* he aaid, Impostor.” .frigidly, “ and reserve your humor for a “ Oh. yes. It is sure enough,” Inter more fitting occasion.” Th e small, shab posed Babette. “ But let ua waste no by creature shriveled up at once, and more tim e I must get back to my fine Mr. Mallett, with a show o f surface madame, and you. Sir Geoffrey, w ill courtesy, turned to Babette. “ And now have to say good-by to the charming lady, madam«, I think the rest o f thla inter your daughter, and make arrangements view can be carried on between us two; for your absence. H ere la the address the presence o f a third person is unnec o f the photographer who took the pic essary, as I conclude the proofs spoken ture. T h at ends the arrangements’ so far o f by you are in your possession.” as I am concerned at present;-the rest “ I must speak this once; and I »won’t remains with you and Monsieur Daws; Interrupt again,” jerked in Daws. “ I he w ill let me know how you go on In am a partner in this affair— I would not your search. Good afternoon !*’ have taken it but on that understanding D aw s looked after her in surprise. •—and, being a partner, I submit that She had not spoken a word about the you have no right to shut me out; there need fo r haste if the marriage was to fore I stay.” be prevented; he had been expecting It all Mr. Mallett shrugged his shoulders through the Interview, and she had gone with an expression o f utter Indifference. without once introducing the subject Babette produced an envelope and took Perhaps she had altered her mind; any from it the small photograph of a grave, way, that part o f the business had noth which she had found In her mistress’ ing to do with him. Once more he open desk. She drew out a small magnifying ed his desk. glass from her pocket and crossed the “ H ere ia the money, Sir Geoffrey, and room to the dirty window, ere is the bill ready stamped to sign, v “ Come and look,” she said. iou w ill send me an occasional tele Mr. Mallett did as requested, and then gram, If you come across any news; and If yon find another fifty necessary you looked at her inquiringly. “ Do you not see the name on the can have it on the same terms. I wish tomb?*’ she asked, impatiently, for she you a successful search, sir, and a speedy was so impressed with the truth o f her return.” own belief that she was annoyed when I shall wire If necessary, not unless; others did not jump so readily to the and you may depend upon my surliest same conclusion as herself. possible return.” Mr. Mallett bent down again In the H e put his name to the bill, took up doubtful light that found ita w ay through the small roll o f notes, bade the lawyer the dust-grimed panes, and looked care good day and left the room without see fully at the photograph. Daws and Ba ing his extended hand. bette stood by, anxiously awaiting his A s proud as Lucifer!” muttered answer. Daws, not a bit abashed. "N e v e r mind, ” 1 see the name ‘ Pauline’ plainly and the plainer and simpler the better.” the last letters o f the second name— Mr. M allett reached the noisy, bustling T-l-l-n-g.’ W hat then 7' sueet and looked about him for a cab; “ D o you not remember that your time was getting precious, If he meant niece’s name Is Pauline, and can you to start to-night; and he would like to not see that those letters which are blot do so. If possible— for an Intolerable rest ted out by that mark must be the first lessness had come to him, and he felt tw o letters of your own nam e! I f It that he could not spend a moment In were not for that blot, the name would peace until he knew everything. stand ‘ Pauline Mailing.’ Gan yon not T o his surprise, as he looked dp and understand that yon hold In your hand a down the long street, Babette glided photograph o f your real niece’s grave, from the ahadow o f a doorway and beck and that this woman at Mallingford la oned to him. nothing but an adventuress?” I want to say a dosen words to you "G reat heaven!” that I do not care that Uttl «man to H e stood staring, first at one, then at hear,” she said, as he reached her sid t the other, and then. In breathless amass “ I have only tw o minutes to spare, and ment, he looked at the card In his hand. was afraid you would not leave in Babette felt satisfied as to the success time. I f you find out that your niece Is o f her coup. dead, and that this woman Is an im “ And, If that Is not enough— I mean postor soon enough let me have a tele the mare name— there is the data, ‘May, gram to that effect by Wednesday morn I S — —.’ This woman who has bean ing. I w ill not ask for my half o f that quietly accepted as the late baronet’s five thousand pounds.” heiress first come to light ia July o f the H ere was another complication. same year. It is all quite plain:” “ W h y by Wednesday T* asked Mr. In a dassd fashion Mr. M allett passed Mallett, in surprise. his hand across Ills forehead, t ie could “ Because she is going to marry Mr. not yet realise the position In which ha Dornton at Bishopgate church at 11 stood; he could not grasp what It meant o'clock on Wednesday next— all in secret, fo r him— comfort, position, riches, splen yon know— and I would hot only give up dor, after twenty years o f comparative the money, but the best years o f my life privation. H is head was In a whirl. te prevent It!” “ W ill you not sit? Ton look ovar- “ Married to Dornton on Wednesday— Cfikne, Sir Geoffrey.” the very day after her birthday— e t a H e started on hearing himself ad- busy city church! Great heaven^ what by his proper name. Tea, that does It all mean?” asked Mr. Mallett, la jnst what It meant to him— that he p tfp iiK k ft er would soon be. Sir Geoffrey M ai “ I t means she is fend of that young e f Mallingford Park, Instead and will marry him in apite e f ev- o f a hard-working drawing master, doing U yen do net prevent 1L I k h dally round o f Instruction at so must fly for my train— do what you «frffltnga a q u a r t«, and thinking himself fortunate if, after settling his bills, he H e steed far a moment leaking after was a bio to put aw ay a few pounds at her retreating figure, tried to make eut the end e f each term. H e dropped into what the news meant, then gave it up In the chair placed for him by Babette, despair and bestowed his thoughts aa- Wondering i f ho should wake np to find ainaively ea the arrangements far hto ab- It all a dream. H e listened, without, however, gathering much o f her mean ing, to the French woman’s voluble ex C H A P T B R X V III. planation. Sunday at Mallingford Park. The “ W e advertised for yon day after day house was full of visitors. Small attics Id the Times, but could got no answer; on the top story which had never been and I was in despair, when Providence slept In since the great doings of thirty sent you down to Mallingford. Mrs. nine years before, when the late Sir Perkins saw you and recognised you as Paul came o f age, were all occupied you went out, and told me who you now, for Lord Summers having express were. H ow I prayed that she was not ed a wish that Miss M ailing’s majority mistaken! I telegraphed to Mr. Daws, should be marked by fitting festivities, and he telegraphed to yon this tnornlng. that lady had thrown herself heartily I made an absolute necessity o f coming into the project. It waa a close, stifling day, and there to town for some wedding finery; and so was a faint, white mist on the park- here we a re!" “ And now what Is to be done? And lands, and an Intense stillness In the air, am I to go down to the park and turn which proved very trying to the majority this woman out with a policeman, or of Mias Mailing's guests after luncheon. They sauntered out of the reception bow do you propose to proceed?” “ She must not be interfered with until rooms by twos snd threes, and sought our proofs are all prepared,” replied Mr. the quiet o f their own apartments until Daws. "M y suggestion is that M a’ m’ selle the ground floor looked quite deserted. Pauline’s- health was generally good; Iveetrange should give you the address o f the man who took that photograph— but she, too, felt a breathless languor to-day and determined to enjoy the after which, with a rare foresight, she with held from me; that you cross o v e r ' to noon in bar own rooms. She removed Paris by to-night’ s boat, and from there the gorgeous toilet which had gladden make your w ay as quickly as you can to ed the eyes o f the villagers in church this place in Spain; that, when there, you that morning, and replaced it by a light get affidavits, or whatever their Spanish cashmere gown. “ T h e lest Sunday that I shall be equivalent may be, from eye-witneeeee of your niece’ s death, also the certificate o f known to the world as Mias Mailing,” her death, and any other evidence that she mused. “ Before this time next week may crop up. and that on your return Jack and I w ill be away from here, you place aaid proofs in my hands; and happy In each other’s society, and In before a month has passed you will be In the certainty that nothing on earth can possession o f Mallingford, and ma’m’selle ever separate us. Most young women and I will be fingering that five thou would have numberless love tokens to destroy before their marriage; I have ab sand.” . . “ I have no money to meet the ex solutely nothing that I fear my hus band’s seeing. Circumstances have been penses of such a Journey.” " I thought of that the minute I re against my cultivating lovers as an ceived ma'm'selle’s telegram, sa d I veto amassment, sad 1 am spared the farce e f ed fifty pounds a i a big sacrifice this destroying the evidences o f my past morning. Sign this bill for seventy-five folly.” W hen she had taken two or three St three months, and the fifty is yours.” Mr. M allett’ s lip curled with contempt turns up and down the room, she stopped In front o f her desk snd looked at It at the shameless extortion. “ You must feel very sure o f this thoughtfully. “ I suppose I may as well destroy It,” game,” he remarked, “ to be eo—generous, ahe said, absently. “ It can do me no shall ws call It?” Daws listened to the Innuendo with good to keep It, and it might possibly do me harm in the future. That placid uacoocern. “ W en, I do feel sure o f It, sad 1*11 have been In my mind all the time.” She unlocked the sum 11 toll you why. Miss M s 111 the toilet table with a < ms the very first day our ad a geld chain re and < f your address spy as rod It a bunch of la such a s awful state of^M ght g ehair to «ha locked that a loo, and went e lowly through the contents. She came upon one or two letters that interested her alightly ynd drew her thoughts away from her original purpose to search the. desk, and it waa not until both sides were quite empty that she discovered with a sudden heart-quaking fear the absence o f that fo r which ahe was searching. A look o f wild despair flashed from her eyes and her breath came In short, sharp gasps, as she turned to the heap« o f odds and ends which she had already gone through, with a hope that in her absence o f mind she might have passed what she Sought without noticing it. H er quick, nervous fingers turUqd over the papers until the pile had once more been thoroughly searched; and then Pau line Mailing aank back in her chair with her hand to her head and a look o f de spair la her eyes. Horrible thoughts chased each other through her aching brain; and, when 6 o’clock at last struck, ahe had arrived at only one definite con clusion, that the person who had sion of the miming article and the one who had advertised for the address of Sir Geoffrey M ailing were one and the same. When she rose and relocked the desk, she was haggard and pale, and she look ed at herself w istfu lly in the glam ; and an instinctive prayer went up from her heart that her beauty might not leave her until she Was Jack Dorn ton’s wife. In the midst of, all that threatened her — lorn o f name, wealth, position— It was almost touching to note how this worldly woman counted everything as nothing compared with her love for Jack. Lord Summers was one o f the guests at M allingford. H e was staying “ over the seventeenth,” and the fumy, kindly old man was slightly concerned at the existing state o f affairs. H e arrived only on the Saturday evening, and he was surprised to finfi Jack still at the Park. And when are my pictures to be completed, Mr. Dornton?” he asked. This very question had been a point o f disagreement between Jack and Pan- line. H e had wished to carry out the commission for those six pictures, and she had urged the unfitness o f his earn ing another penny by his painting after their marriage. So he hesitated a little before he answered. ■ _ “ A re yoq anxious to have theareoon? I am anticipating a winter In Rome this ear, and I should like, i f possible, to «vote myself while there to a close study o f the old matter». But, If you are particular as to time, I w ill finish youT commission before I touch any other work, o f course.” “ No, I don’t think I am exactly In a hurry, if you are not*” and as hie lord ship spoke he thought o f the avidity with which Jack had accepted the offer when It was originally made, and his voluntary promise to complete the by the end o f the year. “ So yon to winter in Rome?*’ he mid, pleasant ly. “ And how does Mias Ethel Mallett like the prospect o f so long a separa tion T ’ Jack reddened suddenly, and he hated himself for it. I did not know you took enough in terest in my private affairs to be led Into investigating them,” he answered, with a decided touch o f displeasure In hie voice. “ Nor do I. » You are mistaken; It to Mies M allett’ s affairs I am interested In. I beg you will not credit me wRh prying into your personal affairs at alL A s I hate spoken on the matter, a fll as yon seem to resent the liberty— which, believe me, was not Intended as each— I mast explain how things are. I met an old friend of mine, with his daugh ter, at the Exhibition o f the Royal Acad emy one day last season.' I had known him in years past as an enthusiast la art, and I was delighted to meet so con genial a companion.” Lord Bummers paused a moment, and looked oarefully round the table; easing everybody occu pied In conversation, he w est oa. In a «tightly lowered voice. “ M y friend has had many reverses In life, which has ne- eassttated hto taking the name o f ’Mr. Mallett,’ and have driven him te earn a living for btmeeif and hto family br giving lessons in drawing. I see you be ta understand now” — In answer to aek's start o f surprise. “ W ell, we want through the rooms together aad he oame to a picture e f yours. Mtos M allett’s delight at its position on the line was eloquent of many things. I looked the question I did not dare to ask, aad Mr. Mallett told me o f the engagement be tween hto daughter and you, aad ex pressed hto wish that she should remain In the same class o f society that toe had been brought up In, in answer to my suggestion that she should come to us for a season out o f town. Now, perhaps, you w ill understand my motive In seek ing you out to excuse my seemingly im pertinent curiosity." (T o be oontinued.) Plan tar B etto r fo r the Psi Customer — G ot those “ PUlman's Popu lar P ellets” In yet? Rural D ru g Clerk— Y es f Juit come this morning. Customer— Good. I ’v e been asking fo r them fo r a w eek back. Rural D rug Clerk— Gosh! I didn’t a'pose they w ere good f o r th a t— P h il adelphia Press. B trea aoa e H in t. She— I don’ t like your first name, Mr. Blowboy. Cornelius ia ao long draw n o u t H e— W ell, suppose you call me N ell fo r s h o r t Several o f m y friends do. She— I ’d call you Corn I f — I f — H e — I f w hat? She— I f I thought you w ou ld pop. A Generous V iew . “ T h e y say. that sneaky-looking man across from oa In tw o -fa ce d !" w his pered the first boarder. “ W e ll, I hope he Is, fo r hla aak«,” said No. 2 generously. “ I t would be too bad to be reduced to the one he has on, w ouldn’t it?” « Just B efore the Cerem ony. Clarence— I told the m inister he mustn’t kiss you. Cordelia— And w h at did ha gay? Clarence— H e thanked me and aaid under tboee dreum etaneee he would only charge me h a lf the nettai fee. A Child Fi "W hat are stars r said Httto Mary. “Ase they the nails that hold the sky ■ r FAITH IN «ANTA CL AU fe I used te watch for Santa Claes With «hiidi«h faith sublime. And listen lu the snowy night To hear his sleigh bells chime. Ueeide the door on Christmas eve I put a truss of hay To f««4 the prancing steeds That aped him on nto way. I pictured him a jolly man With beard of frosty white, Aud cheeks so fat that whan he laagbed The/ hid his eyes from sight; A heart that overflowed with love For little girls and boys. And on hla back a bulging pack. Brimful ef gorgeous toys. I f chlldraa of a larger growth Could have a Christmas tree From Fethor Time, one gift alone Would be enough for me— Let «there take the gems and gold. And trifles light and vain. But give me baefc my old belief In Banta Claus again! —Zito. * V W W N / W W A < T was tbs day before Christmas. Dams Yarrow stood In the store-room doorway, gowned in a w a rn frock of gray wool homespun, over which waa tied an ample white apron. H er white-capped heed nodded as she counted the pies oa the shelves. “ Fifteen pumpkin— fifteen mince— fif ty custard caps snd tw o plum puddings — slghty-two in all, not counting Nan nie’s three little turnovers. I think that will do for tha holidays this year, though Brother John to coming with those ten boys snd ona little girl. H ow cold It is. There is sorely s storm brewing, and I hops ths folks will get here before it breaks.” Th s good woman turned the key In the lock, snd s door blowing open Jnst at that moment, at ths other end o f the paaagewsy, she harried off to close It and forgot about the key. By 8 o’clock madame was robed in her pretty grey, poplin with white ker chief crossed on her breast, snd s dainty whits lace cap on har brown carlo, which would stray out from beneath .the cep band, snd which Pape Yarrow slyly palled ss hs passed through the hall where set hie w ife snd little daughter In front o f the biasing wood fire. “ A ll reedy for company, Nancy mine?” H e caught ths little one np in hto arms snd kissed her on either cheek, continuing: “ And mother, too? W hy she looks as young ss the dey I saw 1-er for the first time.” Former Yarrow pat the little girl down, glanced at his wife, who, with drooping face, did not respond to his marry speech. H er husband, noticing this, bent over har tenderly, with the words, “ Yes, my wife, our life has ben one o f greet hap piness, marred only by one sorrow. I f he— our eldest child— our Henry— were alive to-day, hs would be s brave lad o f IT.” “ John,” for ths first time his w ife raised her head snd looked Into his fees, har brown eyes filled with tsars, “ John, sometimes, m«thinks our boy may yet he alive. In the fight with the Indians, we were told that he was carried away by them, sad even tbougfi the country about wee searched by scouts snd others, it might be that they saved hto Ufa, for he was but s baby—fi years old, snd If there was a woman in that tribe surely she would have mother-heart enough to preserve the life o f an lnocent babe who bad never dons harm to any.” “ W ife, wife, this to vary wrong for yon to hops for ths retain o f one who has been ao maay yearn from ua. I am sure that our eoo oeuset ha alive, or we weald have hsaafl e f htoa la some way. A h ! I hear sleigh beds.” Os taking Nasale up again, he turned toward the window, snd coming up the driveway were seas three Immense sledges drawn by strong hausse and filled with merry faces, the owners o f which were soon clambering oat. Th e front door was thrown open, snd Madame Yarrow 's tsars vanished in the hearty handshakings and embraces o f sisters, cousins snd aunts. Even Great-grandmother H artw ell had come, i d this year it was M ery Yarrow ’s Christmas feast, snd sU had cams to make ths old house ring with jo y snd laughter until after New Year. That night a merry crowd eat down at the sapper table. There was Brother John Hartwell, his w ife and eleven chil dren. There was Great-grandmother H artw ell snd her daughter-in-law, Grandmother Hartwell. Mr. Yarrow ’ s father and mother were present, ss were also his two brothers snd one slater with their wives, hneband snd children. In all there were thirty-three. One might well wonder where all this goodly company were to sleep, but If you had gone Into the great garret you would have cessed wondering, when you sew the trundle beds for tha little ones. O f course, the very smallest babies slept In their mothers’ rooms. Christmas Eve the children were al ways allowed an extra half hour around ths fireside to listen to the stories of their elders, while ths corn popped and chestnuts burned black, or else hopped across the floor. On this evening Nannie sat In her favorite place on Cousin Roderick’ s knee. Uncle Tom had Jnst been saying that a few days previous he had heard that ths Indians had been causing trouble for the farmers. They were stealing tha hoarded corn and wheat, and in one Instance, after taking the grain, they had set firs to the granary. Cousin Rod saw the look o f terror In the eyes o f some o f the little one«, and Interrupted. with the words,. “ W ell, now, Aunt Mary, wouldn't It be a great joke If these hungry Reds should get Into your storeroom snd carry off all those pies snd puddings I know yon have there for to-morrow ?” “ A re they really so hungry, Cousin Red?*’ asked S little voice from his lap. “ Yes, dear, an Indian is always ready to eat ona ont o f honse and home." « e e e « « Late that night no one beard tha “ pit-pat of tiny bars feet along the dark, cold hall, as a little whits figure emerged from ^he attic, and flew down stairs In tha moonlight, which flooded the house with its kindly rays. • ghe went directly to tha storeroom. A t the same Instant a toll, dark form, that had hot a moment before «limbed I Into an unfastened window, stood fixed with fear at tha figure before him, but fo r the moment only, when, with a sort o f grunt, tha man moved toward tha pantry door. Nannie, beneath her breath, whispered, **Ifa a Indian, an’ he’a come for my turnovers. Cousin Rod said ha m igh t” She waa frightened and stood vary still while tha other fumbled with the lock, which soon yielded, and when Nannie saw the man waa really Inside the pan try, aha turned and almost flaw back to har father’s room, whore, standing oa tiptoe, she whispered Is hto ear, “ Feth- e*l Father! A Indian M down In the storeroom, ■taalln* my turnovers I Corns quick, father! H e did “ go quick,” and arrived just la time to doso the door o f tha storeroom, and torn tha key in Ita lock. Tharo waa a phuae, than a pounding on the door. H astily poshing s heavy, table against It, Mr. Yarrow returned to hto room; dressed, and calling two other, mala members o f tha household, they all marched to tha storeroom well armed, and without much trouble, soon overpowered the thief, who proved to be an Indian, and who mumbled some thing that sounded tike broken English. They carried him out to tha smoko* house, which waa built o f atone, and had a heavy Iron door. Tha three men watched nearbv the rest o f the night 1 A t breakfast on this Christmas morn ing, Father Yarrow told tha story of tha previons night and Nannie had her full share o f caresses and praise from annt- lee, nnclee and oonalns alike Then there waa a clamor from the youngsters to “ see the prisoner;” so after breakfast they ell went forth to the tem porary jail, Dams Yarrow among tha others. Tha great doors were poshed back, and lying on tha floor waa tha Indian, asleep. But waa It an Indian? Instead o f the straight black hair, his was brown and curly. Dams Yarrow gave ona look, than turned to her hue baud, with extended hands, and tha cry, “ Oh. John, It to h e r fell fainting Into hto arms. Tha lad was awakanad and taken to the house. H e spoke English brokenly, bnt could give no aeconnt o f hto former Ufa, before he became one o f a tribe o f half-friendly Indiana. H a explained hie being in the sta r* room by telling hla hearers that his tribe e f Indiana that waa encamped sev eral mllao above, oa the river bank; had been living on what thay could steal from the whites. H o had ben eent out on this night, end seeing a window open In the back e f tha Yarrow homestead ha determined to crawl in and view the premises. Mrs. Yarrow knelt before him and gasing searchlngly into hto eyes,'which were bine, asked over and over, “ Don’t you know me, Harry, darling? I am your mother.” But he could not be made to understand. H e begged leave to return to the tribe, saying be would come beck again with Information. This the men were inclined to believe a trick to get Sway, but whqp Mrs. Y a r row pleaded for him they let him go. AU idea of church-going waa aban doned, for the first time on Christmas Day in tha Ufa o f an f member In that household, and dinner awaited at the bidding o f madame until the return of the youth. H e waa seen coming np the walk at 8 o'clock In tha afternoon, and with him was an old Indian. T h e , following tala they all listened to with groat interest: “ In tha groat Indian fight o f twolve years before, tha little captured boy was taken to tho Indian encampment, and given to tha oars o f a young squaw, the favorite w ife of the chief o f the tribe. “ One day ahe overheard the chiefs talking about the whits man’s child. Thay said he had brought misfortune te the Indiana, as thay had lost several battles tinea ke hud bean with them, ao they had flssldsd that tha innocent child should die. “ T h e sqnaw had learned to love the little one. That night aka arose, and taking kirn in har strong arms aha ser ried him away te a nether tribe e f In diana, who were Mtter enemies e f her own, and. In order la save the bey's Ufa, aha told the thief e f a deep-laid scheme that bar tribe had ptonnsd for attacking them. “ She asked them te take the child and keep him, till peshapa, some day ha would ha restored te hto “ white tribe.’ ” The eM Indian wee well rewarded with a lead e f wheat and corn te carry home on a hand sled. Then the iong-ioet Harry Yarrow waa mads to understand that this was hto home, and that ho waa to remain there. Tha Christmas dinner did not suffer that night for want of attention, but before they partook o f it. Farmer Y a r row, with hto arm about bis son. thank ed God for this greatest o f aU Hto bless ings.— Home Monthly. N O T H IN G - FO R FR ED D IE G REE N . fA A á § t k «■ r m -.1 «o — m A / S A A / W N A / V W 002— Mauritius Tiberius, Emperor o f Rome, died. y 1118— Possessions o f Knights Tem plar in England appropriated by the crown. ld lfi— Henry Y . entered London after victory at Agtncourt. 1100— Parkin Warbeck, pretender to English crown, executed. 1842— English defeated Scotch at bat tle o f Solway Moas. 1847— Henry II . o f France forbid print ing any book relating te H oly Scriptures. 1672— John Knox died. _ ISSO— Sentence o f death announced to t Mary Queen o f Scots. 1616— M arriage e f Louis X I I L of Franca with Anna o f Austria. 1618— Charter granted for tha colony o f Virginia. 1680— Great earthquake in Para. 1668— Tha alts e f New Haven, Conn., bought from the Indiana fo r 12 cents and soma trinkets. 1662— Province o f Maine taken andar protection o f Massachusetts and mads a county called Yorkshire. 1700— Philip Y . proclaimed K in g o f Spain. 1780— Porto Bello taken by Admiral Vernon. 1747— Robert Livingston bora. 174»— Isaac W atts died. 1760— Fort Dnq osane, now Ptttsburf, Pa., evacuated by the French. 1774— Robert Clive. ex-Governoc o f In dia, committed suicide. 1788— British troops evacuated N ew York City. IT S »— Paper money first tosa id In Franca. 1TW2— The Scheldt opened to aU na- 1786— K in g Stanislaos o f Poland de posed by Catherine o f Bum la. 1804— Franklin Piorea b o rn ... .T h irty thousand perished in Inundation o f the R iver Nila. 1809— Fanny Kemble, celebrated actrim . 1814— Treaty signad at Gbent seding W ar of 18iJ between tha United States and Great Britaln. . . . El- bridge Qerry, Vice Preeidaot o f tha United States and ooe of the signara of tho D edarstioe e f In* dependenos, died. 1816 — Phlledelphia theater llghted wlth gas, flret tn thia conntry. 1886—Treaty signad between Great Beto ala and Brasil for euppr meInn o f tho eleve toado. S. C., aearly dautreyed bp fit a ....N e w EngUnd bagan saetean ef eelehratlag Tbeakeg+v- tog day. e f Harat begaa hp Per- 1841— Faraday’s dteeevasp of the trie current presented te the Royal Society. o f Levels ea, d o u b te r o f tho poet Byron, died. Runyan, lent mala (Je st af tho anther e f “ P 0 - grtaa'a Progress,” died. . . . Revwto- tien at Montevideo. 1*57— Oarrtoon of Lucknow rescued by Mr Ooltn Campbell. 1861— Macon and Slidell Imprisoned at Fort Warren, Boston. 1868— Battle o f Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. 1870— Bavaria enters the North Ger man Confederation. 1874— G. S. Bangs first proposed 24- hour trains between N ew York and Chicago. 1882— Thurlow Weed died. 1884— Grand Opera House at S t Louis ' burned. 1801— B. Bulwer Lytton, British min ister to Franca, died. 1804— F ive villages In Sicily destroyed by earthquake... .Public execu tions abolished in Spain. 1806— Steamer Portland sank off Now England coast, 116 liras lo s t . , . . Hawaiian comm toe loo bald first moating in Washington. 1800— Thomas H. Ismay, founder o f tho W hite Star line, died. . . . “ Bravo Bill” Anthony, hero o f the Msino explosion, died In poverty. ...8am - nel H. Elbert, ex-Governor o f Colorado, died. Freddie Oreen be seid 'st Senta Clane wee tot e fake an' be laid awake In bed to find ont for euro, an' w'on Sants Clans coma tn with a whole lots of things hs hollared right ont loud to “ Get s haïr ent” to Bents Clans, an' Banta Clans 1st plrked np everything 'at he was going to leavo 1001— United States landed marines at an’ .................................... turned out the 'lectrlo Ugh light ‘ an' Fred- Panama to preserve order. die Green didn’t get nothing! Pa says Freddle Green baln't got no manndra— 1002— Frederick A lfred Krnpp, greet an’ *at‘e tho reason. Germaa gun manufacturer, died A n Im p r o v e d D ia ry . 1008— Germany officially recognised the “ This,’’ explained the bookseller, “ Is Republic of Panam a. . . . Settle our latest patent diary. W a think It to ment announced of tha great tha cleverest thing In that line ever de Chicago railroad strike. vised." v ---- - —... . ...... • - ....... . ... Hum orous N ew s Notes. Th e shopper turns the leaves Idly. “ But I can’t see where It to different The Russians are batter strikers than from any other,” aho observes. they are soldiers. “ No? Wall, If yon will look at all Everybody In Russia seems to be win tha dates after Jan. 28 yon will see that ning hto freedom except the Osar. In each space has been printed, ‘Got np, A t laat Sweden and Norway have ate breakfast, lunch and dinner and went agreed to a complete divorce without ali to bed.’ That insures a complete diary mony. for tha year.” — Judge._________ Tha average Rumian begins to -tot « T h o D a w n o f Christm as. manifestoes and nkaosa with gold-briok Christmas day begins in tha middle of droolers. the Pacific ocean, and thorn to where Tha Tammany Tiger Jnst managed tn Santa Clans starts and ends hto great kTthe fioou thMQch* but M "6ht ita tall and only journey o f the year.
