The Lady from
the Sea-
- CYRUS
BY
TOWNSEND
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C H A P T E R V I.— | Coer¡nurd. l
Now tbe stateroom in »bich Ellen bad
confined herself opened into the main
cabin in which Smith sat. Ail that was
paid in the main cabin was distinctly au-
dihl« In the stateroom, and vice versa. As
Chloe proceeded solemnly to asseverate
that her meiuage had Contained the in
sulting language in question Ellen could
aland it no longer.
’‘You wretched g ir l!" she cried vehe
mently from the recesses of her apart
ment. “ I said nothing of the kind.”
“Woman, what do you mean?” thun
dered Smith, rising ami standing over
the frightened black woman in a mockery
of menace. “ I>o you not know that I am
the captain of this ship? This is rank
mutiny! 1 can hang you to the yardarm
for it.”
"Oh, Massa Oap’n, please doan do
dat !” groaned tbe servant, falling on her
knees and turning gray with terror.
“< h'oe." again interrupted Mias Ellen,
pulliug aside the cnrtain that hung before
the slatted door through which she could
see her woman on iter knees before the
captain, “get up!
He won't hang you.
l i e s only trying to frighten you. Noble
work on the part of a sailor, but we
might expect that from------ ”
Captain Smith laughed.
I spare your life this time, poor, trem
bling, downtrodden female,” be said dra
mutually, “but beware!”
as, suh. I ’ll bewah, 'deed l will, sho\
■uh ! Jes' Icmme go dis time.”
— Go back to your mistress,” said the
captain gravely, “and tell her that as cap
tain of this ship I order her to appear
before me immediately J”
The frightened Chloe. not at all reas
sured by her mistress' ejaculation, strug
gled to her feet and burst into the little
•tateroom again.
.
Missy Ell’n. yo' bettah come right
inter de big cabin. Oat outdacious man
he say yo' got ter. lie done gwine hang
me by de Croat twell I's daid inter de
back yard yondah to o n « !”
“I made no such threat, woman.” call
ed the captain, elevating his voice, “ I
•imply told yon to tell your mistress that
I commanded her presence here at once.”
“ kas, suh. Hat’s w ’at I done tole huh,”
answered poor Chloe.
“Toll him from me.” returned Miss
Ellen promptly and firmly, “that while^he
commands the ship, he doesn't command
me. I won’t come!”
In another moment the trembling Chloe
Stood before the iuexorable captain, who
was greatly enjoying the situation.
"Oh, good, kin* Massy Cap’n,” began
tfce negro deprecatingly, “dat po’ HT
lamb yondah, she can’t come, suh, she’s
•ick. suh. She’d like ter 'bey yo’ ordahs.
suh, but she's done got dat rheumatics in
her laigs an’------ ”
“Chloe!” cried a scandalized voice from
the stateroom, ‘‘tell "him I won’t come
and say nothing more.”
“Urn!” said Smith.
“ You go back
again and tell your mistress that if she
doesn’t come here willingly I ’ll have her
, brought.”
“Yo-all betta done come out. Missy
E li'a," said ihkm - Chloe, _^er dat man
gwine ter have yo’ fotched. He sho' 'nough
_ __ *»
am.
“ He doesn’t dare.” said Miss Ellen in
a very loud tone of voice, not choosing
to avail herself of Chloe as a further in
terpreter.
Captain Smith instantly accepted her
challenge.
“Orderly!” he called in a loud voice.
A sailor standing outside the door for
ward in the main bulkhead opened the
door, stepped inside, knuckled bis fore
head, and made a sea-scrape.
“Send me tbe bo’s’n'a mate and two
seamen here immediately,” said Captain
Smith.
“ Ay, ay, air.”
A few moments after old Bob Gantlin,
followed by two other seamen, shuffled
into the cabin.
“Bos’n's mate;” said Smith austerely,
pulling out his watch as be spoke, “if by
the time I count fifteen tbe young lady In
the starboard cabin yonder is not in this
cabin, yon and your mates will go in and
bring her here. Handle her gently,“using
aa little force as necessary, but do tbe job
up handsomely.”
“ W o t ! me, sir, lay a fee male aboard,
a ir!" expostulated the old sailor feebly.
“You beard my orders?”
“In course, sir, but-------"
“Well, tbea, stand by to carry them
out.”
“Ay. ay, sir," said tbe gallant old tar
thus adjured, bis eyes rolling about ter
rifically at th$ thought of the dire pros
pect before him.
“O ne!” counted tbe captain, looking
solemnly at his watch.
“ He would never dare!” murmured
Miss Ellen under her breath.
“T w o !” said the captain Imperturba
bly.
“ I ’ll die first!” ahe continued, while the
remorseless count went o n ; but in spite
of her agitation she took good care not
to lose track of tbe count
At fifteen the captain closed his watrti
and nodded. The old boatswain's mate
made a step forward slowly and hesitat
ingly.
He was followed at tome dis
tance by his mates. Evidently they rel
ished their job no more than hq did. The
big-footed men slowly shuffled across tbe
deck. It seemed to Smith, who was cool
ly watching the
performance,
that it
would take Gantlin and his mates an hour
to get to the stateroom door at the rate
they were traveling. The old man had
his right arm extended in front of him
as if to ward off some possible attack.
H a had remored his chew of tobacco be
fore he entered the cabin, hut his jaws
were working as if within them was tbe
uaaal quid, whether from habit or nerv
ousness could not be told. He shot an ap
pealing glance at the captain, but that
young man was unrelenting.
lie mo
tioned to him to go on.
I f there was comedy in the cabin there
An rights
:
was tragedy in the stateroom. The girl
did not believe that such a thing could
be possible. That the man who pretended
to love her, even if he were captain of
tbe ship, would resort to such au expe
dient, had seemed incredible, yet here the
men were approaching her door.
8he
stood with clenched hands, flushed face,
heaving bosom, the picture of indignation
tempered with a deadly fear. She would
have given a year of her life for a stout,
solid door and a lock and key. She wait
ed until the last second during the slow
approach of the sailors, hoping that be
fore the seamen entered her stateroom
Smith would call them back. But no wei-
come suspension of the 6rder fell upon her
ear.
Chloe had sunk to the floor and was
sobbing wildly, clinging to her mistress
skirts. Just as Smith had about conclud
ed to stop the boatswain's mate and give
it up as a bad job, a self-confessed fail
nre. Miss Elleu'a courage gave way, or
perhaps it were better to say, under the
circumstances, her rage overmastered her.
In a perfect tempest of passion she sud
denly threw open the door and dashed
out.
The boatswain’s mate had his hand ex
tended in I he very act of turning the
knob.
Her sudden action completely
threw him off bis balance. With a howl
or terror he went d6wn in a hudled heap
on the deck. He would have boarded an
ironclad and have enjoyed the chance, but
this was more than he could face. As
he fell his mates tripped over him and the
whole party went reeling back in wild
confusion. ivTbey didn't stop for orders,
for explanations, for anything else. With
a wild yell the two seamen bolted out of
the eabin door followed by old Gantlin
on his hands and knees. It was a most
ignominious retreat!
Miss Ellen's entrance had been most
dramatic. Bot then tbe thin division be
tween tragedy and comedy was broken
through by the. assistance of the unlucky;
Chloe.
As her mistress
had
stepped
through the door she had pulled herself
away from the terrified maid, but Chloe,
thinking perhaps to go to a brave death
with her mistress, had lunged after her,
fallen at her feet, and again caught her
around the skirts. A littlP pitch of the
ship sent her mistress straight into the
arm* of tbe captain. He caught her skill
fully and before she knew what be was
about he set her down on the transom—
rather harder than he had intended, owing
to an unlucky roll, it must be admitted.
Miss Ellen sat up with a feeling like that
of a recalcitrant chid who had been vio
lently thrust Into a seat.
“Thia is positively outrageous!” she
cried.
“Oh, please, sur. deah,
kin’ Mass’
Cap’n, doan hang ua bofe in de back
yard, aur."
“ How dare y ou !” raged Miss Ellen,
furious with anger at the captain.
“ Deed, suh, ef yo’ mus’ tek’ anybody,
forgib dat po’ liT lam’ an’ tek-------”
“ Silence!” cried Miss Ellen. “ Ile ’a not
going to hang you !”
“ I ain’t ca’n fo’ masef, suh.
Ma
thought is jes’ fo’ ma young missy. Ma
Croat am jes’ aikin' fo' de rope. suh. ef
he'll only lef yo' go. Missy E ll’n.”
With a pretematurally grave expres
sion— he was ready to shout with laugh
ter, it was all such fun, but this would
have ruined him forever in Miss Ellen's
eves— Captain Smith hauled Chloe to her
feet, and telling the frightened servant
that no harm would come to her now that
her mistress had so graciously complied
with his request, he calmed her down and
ordered her to leave the cabin.
“ Don't go. Chloe,” said Miss Ellen
sternly.
The captain pointed his inexorable fin
ger at the door.
“ ’Deed. Missy Ell'n, I ’s got ter. Can’t
nobody refudge ter ’bey dat Massa Cap'n.”
“You stay ontside within call,” said
Smith. “I wish to speak to your mistress
alone.”
Chloe turned and, with a deprecating
look at her indignant
young mistress,
shuffled out of the cabin.
tempt for the moment. The wind was
freshening; the ship was rocking and
pitching quite perceptibly. As aha gave
no sign of compliance with his request In
spite of her unsteady footing, ha toa
arose.
“The pitching of the ship Is ao
he remarked, “ that- I shall probably ba
under the happy necessity of assisting you
to keep your feet if you choose to remain
standing. Allow me.”
“Anything rather than that." saM the
perverse young lady, promptly
sitting
down.
v
“ 1 thought I could get you down,” he
retorted with provoking coolness.
“ Indeed," the went on hotly, only rw
strained from bobbing up again by the
silliness of such .a performance, “ I am
alone and helpless. You hare the brats
strength to compel me to obey your com
mand.”
“I am glad you appreciate your posi
tion. although you state it with unneces
sary harshness,” said tbe captain grave
ly-
“ It is the truth that is harsh, not my
stating iff it,” she replied deftly.
“However that may be, Miss Ellen, you
must know that I have loved you for
four years, and-------”
“ Did you drag me out here to' tell me
that?”
“Partly.”
“I admire your gentle method of woo-,
ing a woman,” she replied caustically,
“ I am glad It pleases you." he returned
smoothly, “for I will admit that m.v dear
est hope is some day to hear you say that
you will Move, honor and— obey’ me at
the altar.”
“Yon will never hear me say those
words!” stormed Miss Ellen; “and If I
can get the ear of any other foolish
woman who may be inclined thereto, I
shall relate this little scene aa an evi
dence of your character and prevent her,
if possible.”
“ Y ju r solicitude for my future, Mias
Ellen-------”
. “ Misy Jones, If you please!”
" I s truly touching. I may not hear yon
say for some time that you will love,
honor and otyty me, but for the present
you will do at least one of these things.”
“ Which one?”
“Obey.”
The girl's hands gripped the arms of
the chair. She shut her teeth tightly, but
made no reply.
“I am hopeful, too.” continued Smith
with portentous gravity, “even 'in spite
of the disadvantage under which I labor
in this interview, that you will nlso even
tually do the other two whether you
promise or not.
Indeed, from what 1
know, I think you do love and honor me
just a little bit, don’t you?”
You should not judge from the past,”
snapped Miss Ellen.
Oh, then, you did?”
I hate you n o w ! That’a all you need
to know.”
T h a t’s just what I don’t want to
know.” 'answered the captain, gently and
smoothly, "and yon will pardon me, I am
sure, if I tell you that 1 don’t belleva
that’s quite true.” *
"Y ou r beliefs, or non-beliefs, are noth
ing to me. You surely did not have me
dragged from the cabin by force to dis
cuss ethical questions of this kind. In
which I assure you I have no intereet
whatever.”
#
“No, you are right, although ethics is
assented
Csptain
always interesting.
Smith. ” 1 begged you to come ont here
_
Begged me with a boatswain’s mate
and two ruffianly sailors,” she interrupt
ed scornfully.
Quite so, poor fellows.
Because 1
wanted a paper you possess.”
“ What paper?” cried the girl.
“The mate to this,” answered the cap
tain. lifting up from the table tbe half
chart of the estuary of Pamlico Sound.
The original chart had been so torn in
two pieces that no one in possession of
single piece could make head or tail
r e d answer to that question. I ’m aa
toulshed at you. James.”
"T h ere Isn’t another scholar In tbe
| class that knows anything about it,”
said James. “That -horse kicked a set
ter to death that w as worth at least
$100.
li e smashed a new buggy to
N/S.—
flinders, broke father’s leg aud did tbe
same for two of the Jersey cow’s ribs,
A N ew B s I s s m
T r ic k .
This ia one o f the, neatest and moat Let some o f your bright scliolurs figure
that out and see what answer they get,
curious o f balunctug tricks.
Cut the tops to two long corks Into |
wedge shai>e. Insert the «ir k s firmly
In the necks o f two bottles of equal
height, aud place the liottles on the
table about ten Inches apart, with the
edges o f the corks parallel to each oth
er. N ow try to balance a table knife
on one of the shar|teued corks. I f you
succeed, reject that kulfe hud try one
with a heavier handle, for we must
have two knives that w ill not balance
nnalded.
Having found two such
knives, hold them letfei on the corks
with their points almost In contact,
moving the bottles If necessary, and set
on their points a small, thin wine glass
or tumbler containing just enough w a
ter to make the whole affair balance
when you take your hands off I t
This Is a good deal easier to say
than to do, but It can be done, though
It may take more than one pair of
hands to do it— at least, at first.
So far
you have accomplished a
striking and “ticklish” balancing feat
you?’
-Chicago News,
Aa
In v e n tlo a .
A London palter notes a aoinewh it
remarkable luveutlon that bus lately
been made. It Is the work of a G er
man, and consists of a safe fo r tbu
storage of . money and valuable papers.
I f any one should tamper with tbe lock
the safe will throw open Ita doors,
seize aud drag In the burglar, handcuff
him and then patiently wait till some
body cornea to curry the thief off to
jail.
T hat’a a rather smart safe. Isn’t It?
A boy on rending the account o f the
inventor's geulus, said that he would
dearly love to meet him. He thought
it eutlrely possible that, a book might
be invented that would take hold o f a
boy, crowd Into his bead all the know!
edge the book contniued, and then take
the boy tp school and tell him the best
way to recite his lesson.
T h e S n o re d W h i t e E le p h a n t .
In Slam when a sacred elephant dies
It Is given a funeral grander than that
accorded to prince« o f the royal blood
Buddhist priests officiate, and thou
saiuls o f devout Siamese meu and worn
en follow the deceased animal to tbe
grave.
Jewels
representing
much
wealth are buried with the elephant
BOUNDARY
Som e
I n (« - r e n t I n *
OF
ALASKA.
O ld
D o e«m rn (a
D U e o v v r e d a t S it k a .
Documents, which would have been
of great Importance at the time o f the
conference in London in regard to the
Canadian boundary question, have been
recently unearthed In Alaska by Leo
Nabokoff, a friend of Count Leo Tol
stoy.- They are ancient Russian pa|»ers
showing how Russia managed to lay
claim to the entire northern coast of
North America, says the Scientific
American.
Nabokoff has forwarded some o f th-
documents to the Governor General of
Canada aud they will in all probability
lie exhibited III tbe dominion building
HOW T H E BALANCE IS MADE.
at tbe Alaska-Yukon-rnelflc exposition
and that is all. N ow attach a bullet, which will be held at Seattle In 1900,
coin, or any small heavy object to a as they would have played an Import
thread and carefully lower It Into the ant i»art In the history o f the countries
water in the little glass. A s soon as the fa ir w ill be held to exploit had
tbe coin touches the water the glass they been brought to light sooner.
begins to go down, the knives turning
It w as while In Sitka, where be was
like seesaws on the corks, and lower j gent by his government to put In order
goes the glass, so that if the coin Is the archives kept by the Russian au
la rge you will have a smash before It tboritles, that Nabokoff discovered tha
Is half under water. But you can pull papers. They w ere written in old Rus-
lt up at any Instant. A s you do so the 8ian, which he had studied.
One of
gloss follow s as if It were glued to the the records w as an order from the Rus-
coln, and so yon can keep it seesawing | 8|an government to the Czar's Gov-
up and down.
ernor of Alaska to bury tablets bearing
Perhaps the reason of this Is not the Russian coat-of-arms at different
clear to yon. The coin Is held up by points along the coast, which were to
the tlireud and does not touch the be carefully noted, so that In afte r
glass, so how can It affect It? W ell, yearn when the country became val
tbe coin Is not held np by the thread uable they could be dug up and nsed
alone. The part that is under water by Russia to claim the territory. This
Is held partly by the thread and partly w as done in part and the purport of
by the water, which buoys It up with a some v t the documents is thnt Russia
force equal to the weight of an equal appropriated the whole of the Alaska
bulk o f water. The coin there presses coast. H ad these record« been brought
the water, and consequently the glat
to light before the boundary decision
dow nw ard with an equal force.
some five years ago they might have
N ow when you pull ont the coin this affected It, hut now that the coast line
extra weight is taken off, so the* glass is forever nettled, they are chiefly of
rises to Its original position;
Interest as relics.
You might make the glass bob up
Nabokoff located some o f the tablets
and down by pressing It with your fin and they will be secured for exhibition
ger, but It would be a ticklish experi at the Alnska-Yukon-Paclflc exposition
ment. while with the suspended coin They were buried ns far south as B rit
you can move the glass so very deli ish Columbia. H ad they been unearth
cately and safely that you can even ed and claim laid to that territory the
make it dance in time to a waltz or United States, by the purchase of A la s
polka played
rather slowly on the ka, would now own the entire Pacific
piano. So It makes a very pretty little coast from Mexico t(> the Arctic Ocean.
trick, especially If you substitute for
thé coin a tiny human figure or doll. ,
H e W e s C a r e f u l o f H is V o l e e .
Where did you get that?" asked the
girl impulsively.
“ I took it from a letter addressed to
Captain Evers, ns you heard ine say when
l boarded the Greyhound. In tbe letter
was a statement that the other half of
the chart was in tbe possession of his
passenger, tbe supercargo. You nre she.”
“ What do you want with the chart?”
“That does not especially concern you.”
“Courteous!” sneered the girl.
“Oh, well.” said Smith equably. “ I ’m
going in with this boat to cut out tbe
Ellen, as you have probably guessed, and
want to know tbe way up the inlet.
Brignoli, the famous tenor, was
A n A l p h a b e t o f S p o r ts .
That’s all.”
very susceptible to flattery, and it Is
A
is
for
archmy,
sport
with
the
bow,
(T o be continued.I
said that once In N ew York when tbe
B is for balls of rubber and snow ;
orchestra vigorously applauded one of
C is for cat's-craile, coasting’ and chess,
T h e O th e r J osh u a.
his favorite songs be was so touched
United States Emory »iieer, o f the I) ia for dominoes, played with success.
that he came down to the footlights
United
States Judge K m orj
8peer, E is for euchre, an old German gk me.
CHAPTER VII.
F is for fishing, a sport of great fame.
and Invited them all to -a champagne
Miss Ellen had risen from the tran of the Southern District of Georgln, G is for golf, a popular play,
sugger at the Everett House.
Tbe
som, whereon she had been seated, and recently had lief ore his court a typi
With hien and with women, merry and
sui>per coat him $500..
now confronted her oppressor with the cal mountaineer on the typical Geor
W -
mien of an angry goddess.
Brignoli w as very careful
o f his
gia charge of Illicit distilling.
II is for hare and hounds— see the houndff|
Things go by contraries. Never in her
voice and w as terribly afraid of drafts.
“ W hat's your name?” demanded the
run 1
life had Miss Ellen looked so nearly
It was once stated that during the
I Is for Indian, boys think it fun.
eminent Jurist.
beautiful as she did at that moment. Prob
winter It alw ays took hlin three-qunr
“Joshua, jedge.” d raw led the pris J ia for jackstraws and j&ckstones, too,
ably never would she look so nearly beau
K is for kites, far up in the bine.
ters of an hour to get from bis room
tiful again. At least, that was tbe tes oner.
I, is for leap-frog— jump over his back,
to the street.
First he would
on
“ Joshua who made the sun stnnd
timony of her lover. Never, on tbe con
M is for marbles, blue, yellow and black.
leaving
his
room
pace
the
hall
for
ten
still?”
smiled
the
Judge,
in
amusement
trary, were his homely and commonplace
N is for ninepins— roll the ball straight,
minutes to get nccllninted.
He then
features more clearly realized than dur at the laconic answer.
Down go tbe ninepins, five seven,
descended
to
the
lobby,
where
the tem
ing that clashing of will with the woman
“ No. s ir ; Joshua
who
made the
eight!
»
he loved. At least, that was what she moon shine,” answered the quickwit O ia for “Observation,” so keen,
perature w as a little lower, and spent
told herself. Yet while she vowed in her
Try to remember tbe things yon have I twenty minutes there.
U e then ven-
ted mountaineer.— Oakland Herald.
heart that ahe hated him there was in
tured to the vestibule, from which the
•een.
her mind a certain amount of respect for
P Is for polo, played In the pork,
door opencil Into the street. He would
S e is in s O p p o rtu n ity .
him for the aucceaaful method by which
parade the vestibule for fifteen min
“ Don’t you think you are taking big Q is for quoits, pitched at a mark.
he had extracted her— the word ia appo
R is for rowing, by river and sea,
utes, occasionally opening the door to
site, it waa more like a dental operation chnuces In |iermittlng your daughter S In for skating, for you and for me.
let
In a little cold air. Being now ac
to
m
arry
that
1111111
?
”
than anything elae!— from her cabin. Aa
T Is for tennis, a game to allure
customed
to a cool temperature, he
“ I ’d be taking bigger chances not
a preliminary to the conversation be re
The hand and tbe eye that are skillful
would button up bis coat and «ally
sumed his scat at the table and at tbe to.”
and sure.
forth.
same time rourteoualy motioned her to
“ I don’t see how.”
U Is for umpire— quarrels he’ll quell,
ait down, aaying:
“ 81ie might not m arry
at
all.”— V Is for vaulting. Jump high and Jump
A D is t i n c t i o n .
“Yon had better sit drfVrn. Our conver Houston Post.
well I
“She's a* pretty ns a picture”—
sation may be extended, and you will get
W for wheeling, for man and for maid,
very tired standing tip, Mlsa Ellen.” *•-
There is sunshine in her smile.
T h n n H fp A rtis t.
X Is for Xvstus, where Greek games were
And she 1ms a pair of dimples
“ You brute!” she cried, “ I never was
Foote Llghte— W h at Is your brother
played. ,
That are 'fashioned to beguile,
so insulted in all my life! Those great, doing now?
Y Is for yachting from port to [>ort,
hulking men to drag me o u t!"
Miss Sue Brette— H e’s engager] to Z Is for sigzag, tbe very last sport.
“ Rhe’s ns pretty ns a picture,”
“They didn't lay hands on you, did
moke the thunder for that new drama.
P r ic e o f a H orse.
But it may as well be known
they?”
Foote Llglito— He always did say
There are two w ays of figuring out
That she Isn't, to be honest,
“ I f they had, it would go hard with
Quite ss prelty as her own,
them,” said Miss Ellen, glaring at her we would hear from him on the stags a sum lit arithmetic, ns a boy proved
to a teacher a few days ago.
The — Chicag 9 Evening Post.
captor savagely.
“ I f I had a weapon. some day.— Yonkers Statesman.
I ’d kill all of you!”
teacher stated the case thus;
T m nu f o r m a t i o n .
A man Isn’t necessarily an ex-convlcf
“ How fortunate,” said Smith persuas
"Y o u r father bought a horac, yon
“ Rhe w as ail agog to rnotor."
ively, “ that you are armed in beauty
•ay, for $300 aud sold him for $250; because he doesn’t care to talk about
"Y es, yea.”
himself. H e nmy be afflicted with mod
and womanhood alone.”
now, James, how much did he lose?”
“ And now ahe’s ail agoggle.”— B ir
An angry flush greeted this courteous-
esty.
“W ell, about $000.’
mingham Age-Herald.
and delicate compliment.
“ W hat?” cried the teacher.
“W hy,
Young men who save a dollar early
“ Seriously, though,” be continued; “I
there
Isn't
another
scholar
In
the
class
I
In
life will And that It has grown to
Potatoes
In
Frante
ara
nearly
doubla
entreat you to sit down, dear Mias Ellen.”
that would not have given me a cor- $4 whan they are old, and need It moat
the pries of last year.
Miaa Ellen stand at him ia silent
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K e e p s S t iff I ’p p e r L ip .
There has something gone wrong.
My brave boy, it appears,
For I see your proud struggle
To keep back the tears.
That la righ t; when you can not
Give trouble the elip,
Then bear It, still keeping
“A stiff upper lip !!’
Though you emu not escape
Disappointment and care.
There's one tiling you can do—
It is, learn how to bear.
I f when for llfe'a prises
You’re running, you trip,
Get up, start again,
“Keep a stiff upper lip.”.
Let your hand* and your conscience
Be honest and clean;
Scorn "to touch or to think
O f tbe thing that is mean;
But bold on to the pure
And the right with firm grip;
And though hard be the task,
“Keep a stiff upper lip.”
--
Through childhood, through manhood.
Through life to tbe end,
Struggle bravely and stand
By your colors, my friend;
Only yjeld when you must,
“ Never give up the ship,”
But fight on to the last
"W ith a »tiff upper lip.”
— Phoebe Carey.
J I n K le
B e lls .
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse, open sleigh;
O ’er the fields we go,
Laughing all the w ay;
Bells on bob-tail ring.
Making spirits bright;
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song to-night!
CHORUS.
Jingle, bolls! jingle, bells.
Jingle all the w ay!
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh!
Jingle, bells, jingle bells!
Jingle all the way!
Oh. what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh 1
A day or two ago
I thought I’d take a ride.
And soon Miss Fannie Bright
W as seated at my side;
The horse was lean and lank;
Misfortune seemed bis lot;
. lie got into a drifted bank
And we— we got upsot!
Now tbe ground is white;
Go it while you're young;
Take the girls to-night
And sing this sleighing song;
Just g « ' a bob-tailed bay,'
Two-forty for his speed;
Then hitch him to an open slelgb.
And crack! you'll take the lead.
L Y D I A T H O M PSO N .
D e a th o f a a A C Ir e s a W h o O a e o C r e
a t e d a F u r o r e l a T h ia C o u n t r y .
The death of Lydia Thompson, an
English actress, recalls the wonderful
change thnt has come over the Am eri
can stage in a lit
tle more than a
generation.
W hen
she c a m e
here
with
the British
Blondes
In
18tl8
women in tights
y e re not permit
ted In any hut tha
l o w e s t theaters.
The
excitement
and
controversy
Li' p i a THOMPSON.
that followed the
coming of the Blondes were tremen
dous. T be newspn|iers criticised them
severely, calling their appearance Inde
cent. and ministers’ denounced their per
formance as tbe work o f tbe devil. And
now we have the Salome dance 1
Notwithstanding the newsjiapers and
the ministers. Lydia Thompson
met
with great receptions.
She first ap
peared In New York In the burlesque
“ Iklon,” and because the women of the
company wore blonde wigs they were
dubbed the “ British Blondes,” a name
that clung to them. One of their per
formances, “The Forty Thieves,” ran
for 100 nights— something at that time
unprecedented. A U told. Miss Thomp
son made four visita to the United
States, touring as fa r as the Pacific
coast.
H er success may he Indicated
by the fact that when she w as In
Cincinnati even tbe bootblacks sub
scribed their dimes to present her with
n silver wreath. In Chicago she horse
whipped a newspaper man who had
written an Insulting artlMe concerning
one of her songs.
Miss Thompson first appeared on the
London stage In 1852. Four years later
she toured Europe and she won such
favor that in many cities she was sere
naded
and
escorted
by
torchlight
parades.
H er last appearance on the
stage wns In 1805, In London. She w as
72 when she died recently, having been
bom In 1830.
T an s * 4 .
Oracional hear the wild geese!”
said papa, laying his paper aside nnd
sitting up.
"T hat Isn’t wild geese,”
explained
uinnuna, “that's daughter's tame goose
honking his auto horn to let her know
he I» coming.”— Houston Post.
A C h e a p B lo w o u t .
A canny old Scotchman, MacDougal,
Who. like all of his people, was frugal.
Whene'er lie felt fine,
'Stead of ordering wine
Would go blow hlmeelf on a bugle I
Success Magazine.
X young doctor calla dlneaacs by
their Latin names; an old doctor la not
•o particular.