FEW BIRDS OF PARADISE.
CLA RENCI
“You are «polling your Bower,” hr
said quietly “It »» <ery pretty—ami a
native one. too-not an invader- nor
even transplanted May I look nt it
She hesitated. half recoiling-far ai
instanL ami her hand trembling. Then
suddenly and abruptly she said with a
hysteric little laugh: “Take it—then, ’
and almost thrust it in his hand.
It certainly
• P«*tty fiower. not
unlike a lily iu appearance, with a beli-
Hr reentered LI ■ *om and ©rated
— «—F
hiin>elf at hi» «1« >*L before the dis- T»., ■».»■
suppl,
<■>•
<wupn|« in»
— * TnM**' .
patelr s. orders ami irporta awaiting
The bird of pan-dwe rno.1 u*d in
h 1.1 Be found biiasrlf.boweicA work mUlipery i» obumid from the Pwpuwn
ing half xuex hanieaily. ami xeciirring to
¡»land» ¿ml N«» Guinea aaya a writer
hi» late interview with Mila Faulkner in Nature. Mr. Wallace, in de«?nbing
i
in th«* lane. If »!.»• ha«l any inclination
to act the spy. or to use her position ,h P-a^pod.^-
► ide of vwv «Xi»,
j ^ h
h«TC as a means of commnnicating w ith spring«
u den-t tuft o’ long aud de i-
tin* enemy'» I'nrs nr thought he had
,ate plume., rometimes two feet in
thoroughly frightened her. Nrverthe-
length, of the mortgolden-orang*color,
The use of the »urgeon', knil,. .
l> * •. i.ow, for th«- fust time, hr was in
coming so general, resulting t r-~
„nd very glowy. but^chungmg^
c l'.ned to accept h ' chiefs opinion «»f the tip. into a 1*1* brown. Th'« »“« in such a large number of n*-,***1
h< 1. She wua not only too clumsy and I of plume- can be ilevaud and spread oi casion general alarm.
H»»*\l<crienee<i. but she totally lacked
Mr. William Walpole, of W*1
”
out lit pleasure, so a« almost to co»
the self-restraint of a spy. Der nerv , “al Ue body of the bird” J ulea Fore«t South Dakota, writes "si*
ous agitation in ill«* lane was due to bitterly deplore« the destruction which three years a g o, there elm.
my left eye a little blotch atxJ1'
something inorr «’ sturbing than his
bJn ¿¡ng on
-
•iwofaJSl»
mere |M>s ide intrusion upon her confi
ade
He emphasizes the fact that it
H grew rapid, "
dence with the mulatto.
is no longer pcible to procure «iich
«hooting
On the contrary*, it aeemed to lx? per ,«rfeet apecimen» as were common ten
in every dir^?
Of
sonal to himself. : •• recalled the sin 'ears agiTninee the unfortunate bird»
1 became
gular significant
-;f her question: I ire so hunted that ..one of them are al
and conssl7,7
“Then it is war?” Er 1 ecaBeti her strange lowed to live long enough to reach full
/ ■<
good doctor,
allusion to his wife: was it merely the maturity, the full plumage of the
pronounced it
outcome of his own foolish confession
veer, and said tlu.Z
on their first inters ew. or was it a male bird requiring several J«" ™
must
r.,:
This I be WOttlll
* I
its development.
He further .tabes
cun<*ral«*d ironical taunt? Having sat "that birds which now flood the I aria
/ >
consent
to,
hs^
I
is fie« I himself that »he was not likely to
X. ■
marl et are for the most [»art young
little faith i,?
imperil his public duty in any way, he
ones, still clothed in their first plum indiscriminate use of the knife, fi.
was angry with himself for speculat
age which lacks the brilliancy dis ing of the many cures made by s*
ing further. But, although he still felt
8., I determined to give that medL
toward her the same antagonism she played in the older bird, and are con a trial, and after I had taken it 17
sequently of small commercial value.
had at first provoked, lie was conscious
days,
the cancer became irritated *
ary 1. 18M. rtrirt regula
that she wax beginning to exercise a
tions for the preservation of the bird of began to discharge. This after ash*
strange fascination on him.
ceased, leaving a small sc4b,
paradise have lieen in force in Herman
D ish < r:g her ;.t last w ith an effort, New Guinea, and M. Forest appeals to Anally dropped off, and only a het»
he finished his work and then rose and the English anil Dutch governments to little scar remained to mark the
where the destroyer had held full ,.71
unlocking a closet took out a small dis
follow their good example.
patch box to which he intended to in
The com mon sense of every thought
trust a f« w more irn* ortant «infers and
ful woman must at once tell her that
l ie: *oi anda. As he onened it with a
no comparatively rare tropical species,
Cancer ia in the blood and it is fk.
key on his watch chain he was struck
such as the bird of paradise, can long toexpect an operation tocureit 8.81
with a faint perfume that seemed to
(guaranteed
purely vegetable is
F
withstand this drain upon it. anil that
come from it—a perfume that he re-
this ruthless destruction, merely to remedy for every _
ixiejubered. Was it the smell of the
jS» A
pander to the caprice of a passing fash disease of the blood,
flower that Miss Faulkner carried—or
Book, mailed free ;
■»
ion, will soon place one of the most address Swift Spe-
V
the scent of the handkerchief with
beautiful denizens of our earth in the cifle Co., Atlanta,
which she hail wiped his cheek—or a
same category as the great auk und
ininglng of both! Or was he under
•
some diabolical spell of that wretched the dodo.
I
door, and with tremulous indignation
said:
“1 thank you, sir, for your cbivaJroua-
nesa in turning a deft*useless woman
Tht conditions of the life of the won*
into ridicule.”
key in Africa are sufficiently curious
“I regret. Miss Faulkner,” began
without reference to their acquired
“Your ‘fierinit* is
i ’straight enough.’ Brant, gravely, “that you shoul«) believe
habita, though these are undoubtedly
Mis* Faulkner.” sai«l Brant, slowly that 1 am able to control the advances
due to the dangers to which the nature
reading her name • from the document of farmyard cattle aa easily aa—” but
of the couutry in which they live ex
before him, “but t i.s ¡t dot s uot seem t > he stopped aa he saw that tbe angrj
poses them. The different »¡»rcies of
include jierinission
insult my offict rs fltisb cf her blue eyes, aa she darte«i
baboons, which are found commonly
y in England.
I a » v © 4ii'l IE
you will perhaps first a I io tv them to re I I from him, were set in tears. A little
over the whole African continent, are
Despite all th; r ..»• English, educa- tire.”
made a sign to the oflicv.
remorseful on the following day, he
all by nature dwellers in the open coun
tion nets have rrcc< i . ,«ii h« <i during the who ¡-.OS'’ d out of the door. As it
added a word to his ordinary cap lift
try. They find their food on the ground,
j.
•
ury
the
men
u
ho,
last quarter of n c 1
close«I hr i «»* t on in a gentle, but,coldly ing when he passed her, but she re
end whether this I* insects or \«g»fc-
!
irriage
regbiter
in 1*94, signed th«
nnimj a
-i:< d • oice. “I prrceii«* • ou
tained a repromdifui silence. Later in
tablr», it ia usually in plar»*» which af with marks instead i with their names
are a southern lady, and, therefore, t [ the day he received from her servant a
ford little shelter or |»rotrcti<>u. I bough
•a
of
46
|>er
1,<XX),
were in the pruporl
need
not
n-iniinl
you
that
it
is
not
co
respectful request for an interview, and
strong ami well armed with teeth, th» v
while the similarly illiterate women shir red good form to treat. ev$n the
are slow animal», with little of the mon
was relieved to find that she entered his
reached 54 |»*r J.o< .o. The legist Tur slaves of those one does not like unciv
key agility when on the ground, and
general states that in 14 out of eiery illy, and I must therefore expect that presence with no trace of her former
not particularly activt even when I,non marriages both bridegr<x;m and
aggression—but rather with the resig
you w ill keep your active animosity for
climbing among rocks.
nation of a deeply injured, yet not en
bride signed w ith marks. That some myself.”
In a rocky “kopjes” of the aouth, sax
tirely unforgiving woman.
improvement is go ng on is, n«*vrrtbe-
I
’
he
young
girl
lifted
her
eye».
She
the Spectator, of the cliffs and river !« s>, mwleevident I the circumstance«
“I thought,” she began, coldly, “that
ba«i evidently not expected to meet a
sides of Abyssinia ami the Nile tribu
that, unaatlsfnctc’
« the foregoing man so young, so handsome, so refined, I ought to inform you that I would
taries, they are safe enough. But th» \
figures may appea . yet. as compared and s«» coldly invincible in manne«. probably be able to conclude my busi
often abandon these entirely to invad*
with those of 1
th* projiortion of Still less v»as she prepared for that kind ness here by the day after to-morrow,
the low country. During the Abyssiu
men who signed with mark« exhibits of antagonism. In keeping up her pre and that you would then be relieved of
Ian exj>e<iiti<>n conducted by Jx»r»l Na a diminution equal to right per cent,
my presence. I am aware, indeed," she
concerted attitude toward the "north- ,
pier of Magdala th» v regularly ramped
and that of women a diminution of 5.3 ern* binding” rfhe hud been met w ith * added, bitterly, “1 could scarcely help
near our canton nu nts on the coot and j
perceiving, that it has been an exceed
'
official brusqumess, contemptuous si- ■ ingly irksoiiie one.”
stole the grain oi. which th«* cavalry per or nt.
lence or aggrieved »ndignation—but
liorses and transport auitnal» wer«- fed.
“I trust,” began Brant, coldly, “that
nothing ns exasperating as this. She ! no gentleman of my command baa—”
even fancied that this elegant but sar
“No!” she interrupted him quickly,
donic-looking sohJier was inwardly! with a return of her former manner, like cup and long anthers covered with
mocking her. She bit her red lip, but and a passionate sweep of her hand, a fine polleu like red dust. As he lifted
with a scornful gesture of her riding “do you suppose for a moment that I it to his face to inhale Its perfume she
uttered a slight cry and snatched if
whip said:
am speaking -that I am even thinking from bis hand.
“J reckon that jour knowledge of of them! What are they to me?”
“There!” she said with the same j.m
southern ladies is, for certain reasons,
“Thank you. I am gla«i to know that
uhix In ugh. “I knew you would
not vei y extensive.”
they are nothing, anti that I may now
“Pai don me. 1 have bad the honor of trust that you have consulted my ought to have warned you. Th«* pollci
i conn*« off so easily, and Icav
marrying one.”
wishes and have reserved your ani
Apparently more exasperated than mosity for me,” returned Brant, quiet \nd you’ve got some on your rh;« !
before she turned u; on bim abruptly, ly. “If that is bo , I see no reason for Look .’ ” she continued, taking brr hand
“You say my pass is all right. Then I your hurrying your departure in tbe kerchief from her pocket and wiping
his cheek, “see there!” The delicate
presume 1 may ntten<l to the busincsB least.”
cum brie showed a blood red streak.
that brought me h< re.”
She rose instantly.
“I have,” she
“It grows in a swamp,” she con
“Certainly, but y<»u will forgive me if said, slowly, controlling herself with a
I imagined that an c.xpreasiOQ of con slight effort, “found some one who will tinued in the same excited strain, “we
tempt for your host was a part of it.” take my duty off my hands. She is a call it dragon’s teeth—like the kind
He rang a lx*ll on |h<t table. It was re servant of one of your neighbors—who that was sow n in the story, you know. girl—and her witch-like fiower? lie
sponded to by an orderly. “Send all is an old friend of my uncle’s—tjie We children used to find it and then leaned on the box and suddenly started.
paint our faces and lips with it.
Hr Upon the outer covering of a dispatch
the hoiiKch« Id «ervauts here.”
woman is familiar with the bouse and
I was almost was a singular blood-red streak! He
lilli
The room waa presently filled with our private property. I will give her called it our rouge.
the dusky faces of the negro retainers full instructions to net for me—and tempted to try it again w hen I found ii examined it closely—it was the pow
Her«* and there was tin* gleaming of « ven an authorization in writing if you just now. It took me back so to the old dery stain of the lily pollen—exactly
a
as be had seen it on her handkerchief.
white teeth, but a majority of the its- prefer it. She is a)rf*ady in the habit time«.“
There could be ’ no mistake. He
Following her odd manner rather
lT\ A-»
HPffiVly wore the h sc negro acceptaime of coming here but her visits will give
it
of the importance of “an occa on.” you very little trouble. And as she is than her words, as she turned her face passed his hand over the stain—he
J u
One or two even affected an official and a slave—or, aa you call it, 1 believe—a toward him suddenly, Brant was in could still feel the slippery*, impalpable
soldierly
lx*pring. And as he fully ex chattel, she will Lx* already quite accus clined to think that she had tried it al |x>wder of the jxilien. It w as not there
*4
ready. ho scarlet wax her cheek. But it when he had closed the box that morn
pected there wer»* H«*\rrnl glance« of sig
tom*«! to the treatment which her class presently paled again under his cold ing, it was impossible that it should be
nificant. recognition of the «trang< r.
are in the habit of receiving from scrutiny.
»here unless the box had been ojx*ned
“You will give,” «aid Brant, sternly,
northern hands.” Without waiting to
“You must miss the old times,” he »Inring his absence. He reexamined the
“every ai<l and attention to the wants
perceive the effect of her Parthian shot,
said calmly. “I am afraid you found contents of the box, the pup<*rs were all
<»f this young lady, who is here to repre
she swept proudly out of the room.
very little of them left, except in these there. More than that—they we re pa-
sent the interests of your old master.
“I wonder what ^lu* means?” mused flowers.”
p«*rs of no importance except to him
As she will l»e entirely dependent upon
Brant, as her quick step died away in
“Ami hardly there,” she said bitterly. personally: contained no plans nor key
you in all things connected with her
the passage. “One thing is certain, a
“Your troops had found a way through 10 any military secret; he had been far
visit here, s»*e to it that «he does not
woman like that is altogether too im- the marsh and had trampled down the too w ise to intrust any to the accidents
have to complain to me of any inatten
i
pulsive for a spy.”
of this alien house. The prying in
bushes.”
<
tion—or to lx* obliged to ask for other
Later, in the twilight, he saw her
Brant's brow clouded. He remem truder. whoever it was. had gained
•Mistauce.”
walking in the garden. There was a fig bered that the brook which had run red nothing! But there was unmistaka
As Miss Faulkner, alixdt a trifle paler
ure at her side. A little curious, he ex during the fight had lost itself in this bly the attempt! And the existence of
in the cheek, but as scornful as ever,
wax about to follow the servant from amined it more closely from hia win marsh, It did not increase his liking a would-lx* spy within the purlieus of
the room,Brant stopp'd her with a cehl- dow. It was alr«*a«ly familiar to him— for this l>eautiful but blindly vicious the house was equally clear.
the erect shapely form of bis neigh animal at his side and even his mo-
He called an officer from the next
ly courteous gesture:
bor’s servant. A thoughtful look paa.s«*d
“You will understand, therefore, Mis« over his face as he muttered: “So this men t ary pity for her was foiling fast. room. “Hus anyone been here since my
She w as incorrigible, They walked on absence ?”
Faulkner, that you have your wish, and is to be her deputy!”
for a few momenta in silence.
“No, general.”
that you will not lx* ex posed to any
“Has anyone passed through the
“You said,” she began at last in a
contact with the members of iny mili-'
CHAPTER IIL
hall?”
♦
tary family, nor they with you.”
(’ailed to a general council of officer! gentler and even hesitating voice, “that
He had fully anticipated the answer,
“Am I then to lx* a prisoner in this'
at divisional In adqnarters the next day your wife waa a southern woman.”
as the subaltern replied: “Only the
house—and under a free ¡»ass of—your
He checked an irritated start with women servants.”
Kraut had little time for further specu
—president!” she said, indignantly.
“I believe I did,” he said
lation regarding his strange guest. But difficulty.
He reentered his room. Closing the
“By no means. You are free to come a remark from t he*ii\jsion commandci coldly, us he regretted it.
door, he again carefully’ examined the
and go and see whom you please. I that I m
“
And
of
course
you
taught
her
your
preferred to commit the general
box, his table, the papers upon it, the
have no power to «ontro) your actions.
plan of a movement then under diacus- Goapel—the Gos|x*l according to St. chair before it, and even the Chinese
But I have power to control theirs.”
Lincoln.
(),
I
know,
”
she
went
on
hur-
sion to the memories rather than to
matting on the floor, for any further
She swept furiously from the room.
written orders in the ordinary routine, rieilly, as if conscious of his irritation indication of the pollen. It hardly
“That is quite enough to till her with
and
seeking
to
allay
it.
“
She
wiw
a
seemed to show that hi« chief Kt ill sus-
seemed possible that anyone could have
a desire to flirt with every man here,”
pected the existence of a spy. lie there woman and loved you, and thought entered the room with the flower in
Mid Brant to himself, with a fajnt
fore told him of his late interview with with your thoughts and saw only with their hand without scattering some of
smile."but I fancy they have had a taat«
Miss Faulkner and her probable with your eyes. Yrs—thal'B the way with i the tell-tale dust elsewhere; it w as too
enough of her quality.” Nevertheless,
drawal in favor of a mulatto neighbor. us- I suppose we ull do it,” she added, large a flower to be worn on the breast
he sat down and wrote a few lines to
The division commander received the bitterly.
or in the hair. Again, no one would
the division commander, pointingout
“She had her own opinions,” said
that he had already placed the owner’s in format ion with indifference. “They’re Brant, briefly, as I k * recovered hituself. have dared to linger there long enough
too clever to employ a hussy like
much
to have made an examination of the
private property under strict surveil
EC• ve r th <
that, who shows her hand at every
box—with an officer in the next room,
lance, that it vox rnretl for and per
clo«e<l all further discussion tliat there and servant« passing. The box had been
turn
—
«•it
her
as
a
spy
or
a
messenger
of
fectly preserved by the household serv
was nothing left for the young girl removed and the examination made
spies-
and
t
he
mulattora
are
too
stupid,
ants. and that the pass was evidently
but silence. But it was broken by h r elsewhere.
obtained as a subterfuge. To this he to say nothing of their probable fidelity
in a few moments in her old contempt u
An idea seiied him. Miss Faulkner
received a formal re|dy regretting that ( to us. No. genet al, ifw earew atched.it ou» voice and manner.
was still absent—tbe mulatto had ap
the nuthoritiea of Washington still is by an eagle and not a mocking bird.
“Pray don’t trouble yourself to ac parently gone home, lie quickly mount
Miss
Faulkner
has
nothing
worse
about
found it. nec«*s.sary to ¡mt this kind of
company in«- any f other. Gen. Brant. ed the staircase, but, iustead of entering
risk and'biirt|en on the army in tin her than her tongue, and there isn’t the
Unless of • I'M
you ar? afraid I ma> his room, turned suddenly aside into
field, but that th«* order emanated from nigger blood ill the whole south that
rome across *»0111» » f your your sol tbe wiug which l>ud been reserved.
the highest authority and must, is ' would risk a noose for her, or for any
diers. I promise you I won’t « at them.” The first door yielded, as he turned t.he
strictly obeyed. At the bottom of th«* i of their masters or mistresses.”
“I am afraid you mmt sutler inv knob gently, and he. entered a room
page, howevor, was a characteristic 1 It was therefore, perhnpa, with some
<*oinpany a hill»* It
er. M
I mlkner. which he at. once recognized as the
line in |s*neil in t be general's own hand. I 1 mitigation of his usual critical severity
on
account
of
these
>
an
«•
?ol.:i«*rs."
re “young lady’s boudoir.” But the dusty
“Not the kind that is dangerous.” A ' that he saw her,walking before him
turned Brant. ;»1 a\• l\. “You n ay not and dra|>e<l furniture had Iteen arranged
flush mounted Brant's cheeks, as if it J alone in the lane ns be rode home to
know that this r«>iul. in which 1 find and uncovered, and the apartment had
contained not only a hidden but a ¡x*r quarters. She was apparently lost in
you, takes you t It rough a cordon of every sign of present use.
Yet. al
sonal significance, lie thought of his n half impatient, half luootly reverie,
pickets. If you were alone you would though there was very evidence of its
own wife.
•
which
even
the
trotting
bool
brats
of
I m * atop|w»«!, questi«»n«*«l. and. failing to being used by a person of taste and re
I— NEWS FROM ALLOYED THE WORLD Ever) wick, full and
Singularly enough,aday or two later, his own and orderly’s horses had not
give the password, yon would la* de finement. he was surprised to see that
complete and in condensed iotin for busy people.
nt dinner, the conversation turned disturbed.
From time to time she tained, sent to th»* f'liar«! house and—”
the garments, hanging in the open
ii|x»n the intense sertionnl feeling of struck the myrtle hedge lieaidv her
lie «topjie.l and fl a d his ryes on her press, were such as were used by negro
2 —PACIFIC COAST NEWS, containing all the impoitant hapj en southern women probably induced by with the head
of a huge flower whieb keenly :«« hr ;uldrd "aml searched ”
servants, and that a gaudy handker
their lat«* rx|M*rirnrrs. and Brant, at the hung by it« stalk from her listless
ol the week from Belli mg Straits to the island of Terra del Fuego.
"\ou would not. dare to search 11 chief, such as housemaids use for tur-
head of the table,, In his habitual ab bands, or held it to her face as if to
woman!"
she
said,
indignantly,
al
l>ans. was lying on the pretty silken
j-JOSEPHINK COUNTY HOME NEWS culled from reliable sour stract ion. was scarcely following the inhale its perfume. Dismissing his or-
somewhat excited diction of Col «lerly by a side path he rode gently for though her flush gate way to a slight coverlet. lie did not linger over these
ces without fe.ir or favor or intent to den ive distant people.
|xil lor.
St rangew aj a, one of his staff. “No. sir.”
details, but cast a rapid glance round
“You aaid just now that there should the room. Then his eyes Ivecame fixed
ward, but to his surprise, without turn
4—INDEPENDENT EDITORIALS written in the COURIER oltice reiterated tbe indignant warrior, “take ing
le
no
sex
in
a
war
like
thia,
”
returned
or
seeming
to
Is*
aw
art*
of
his
pres
my word for it’ a southern woman isn’t
on a fanciful writing desk which stood
without asking any man's or party's opinion or per mission.
to be trusted on this |M»int, w hether ns ence. she quickened^htr |>acr, and even Brant, rnr.-lrasly . but w ithouf almtmg by the window. For in a handsome
his
sei
nt
inizii
g
gu/c.
sister, sweetheart, or wife. And when api^ared to look from side to side for
I vase pl«ce<l on its level top anil droop
“Then if is war.” she said, quickly, ing on a portfolio below hung a cluster
sb«* is trusted she is bound to get the some avenue of escape. If onlytoetid
Iwtter of n man in any of those rela matters he was obliged to ride quickly I with .< white, signiiuant face.
I of the Strange flowers that Misa Faulk
H im 1« m >I, of s< nil.iiy tiirnr«l to one of ner had carried.
tions!” The dead silence tliat followed, forward to her side, where he threw
the ominous j«»ggl«* of a glass at the liimsrlf from his horse, flung the reins puzzled wumler. Ent at the same mo
s|H*aker s ellstw, th«* quick, s\mpath«*t
on Ins arm, and Iwgan to walk lieeide ment there was .1 flush of a bayonet in
I r<. ri roMTiN« ti>
th* glance that Brant instinctively felt her.
She at first turned a slightly | the hedge, a voice ralhil “halt?’ and a
was direeted to his own fiwe, and the Hushed check away from him, and then I '.«ildirr Ktcp|M*«l into flic rixn)
abrupt change of subjeet. could not but looked up with a purely simulated | <«i,n I’riu.l iuhamed. met the salute
SOLVED IN A DREAM.
• >f tin* pa > 1 with a few formal words,
ttTCTrt !•' • attent n even if he b.ui start of surprise.
Kita« How. »u,l the, Hy. nt th. S.wlag
•
ml
bhrn
liiinr«!
fowaid
bis
fair
cum*
• 1
"I uni afraid,” he said, gently, “that
Machin. Needle.
ever. t»etrayed nothing It had never I am the first to break my own orders pnni«'>n. ns at oth«*r soldier and a ser-
Ei:»» IIi.wi- iiltnoH' beggared himself
occurred to him before that Lis family in regard to any intrusion on your pri griiiil joined the group.
»I
Faulkner is new to the camp, tiefore he dlwoveri'd where the eye of
But I wanted to ask you if 1
affairs might lx> known neither had vacy.
the nei'illi of a «ewmg machine should
he ever thought <»f keeping them a se could give you any ahi whatever in the t«x»k Hie wrong turning, ami was un
fixated. His original idea wiu to
cret. It seemed so purely a personal change you think of making.” He was wittingly having the lines when I follow the model of the eye at the heel.
and private miafortune- that be had quite sincere, had been touched by her joined her.” lie hy.sl his eyes keenly ' It never iKMurml to him that it should
*
but she did
never dreamed of it having any public manifest disturbance, ami despite his on lirr now color less face,
be placed near the point, and he might
• UY aiRROT OP MANUPAOTURaRR
interest And even now he was a lit th* masculine relentlessness of criticism be not return his look “V«» ii will show have failed altogether, says the Phila
UCtMHKS. KOAI*
VmiPI C Q
her
the
shortest
way
to
«piartcrs,
”
he
inmeii
of
what
he
believed
was
hia
had
an
intuition
of
feminine
suffering
W AUURR. »IKHKl» V CHILL tO
of AU IV t
continued to the jx - rgcnnt, “ami should delphia Times, if he had not dreamed
eiiesa to mere conventional that was in itself feminine.
IMpptd »ftrwbsr» to anfano at WHULfSALE PRICE!
he was bunding a sewing machine for
in. w'hirh. with the Instinct of a
“Meaning that you are in a hurry to she nt any time lot hc her way you will a savage k.ng in a strange country.
again
conduct
her
home
—
but
without
get ml of me,” «he said curtly, without
o»© OP OU» » I T ft ©OSD I N AR « ItRQaiHt
Just as in his actual waking experience,
detaining or irjxvrl ling her.”
mio uaacRiRi
raising her eyes.
He lifted hi • • p. remounted his he wax rather perplexed about the
Pi aho or lotimo floi-v K nv ,
‘
Meaning
that
1
only
wish
to
ex
B or « bu«r I It ri<in Qi aiua
hor©r and r«sleav.: \ ru 1 he voung girl, m-eilfi ’a eye. He thought the king gave
pedite a business which I tbink is un
faattnrr« h«»<i Hnltig or I et
with a proud, itid .Tcrvni step, moved him St hcura to complete a machine
••»ina Mui < |oA«d >’u«terB I
pleasant toyuu, but which 1 believe you
RpstSi» H a » 1 ololh or
down the nm«| u ii th the sergeant, A and make u sew. If not finished in that
hair
undertaken
from
unselfish
devo
wing «•
- H»t»en w
nMvunteil officer jmi is«ni him and m - time, deatn was to Ut the punishment.
Va i® T op imoas
H 1© lrAftd lft-1« th
tion.”
*
• WAilgrJ AAltl fShtftll I m 1
luted —it wan one nf hia own staff Howe worked and worked and puzzled
skmally was sewn in tbv eaith n. and
The
AC
nut
repression
«
ORtaM ©f bftftl «nabt J
Bodj I© ED® In «•
».« M
1
a
• A
From some strung instinct he knew and puzzled, and finally gave it up
in thr u ood» Iwyond. A though her nature is sonietinuHi mor
»•A frMB© a©1 ftvftUr ptn« la Ihomaghlv gbir I
...
BsU l©B<1b
All fnrgthga alip© lolla «le <n»4a f ’ --i S
- a
that he had witnc sard the scene, aud Then he thought he was taken out to
I pri'oriira
th«*
*igual
or
the
”
ob-
than
thr
most
fl
women
à/al •!•«« lhr<'«©b«al
Kodlae paiBl©<! • ft :
a . k ■ a: • l>trw.
from some e^piixfly J range intuition he be executed. He noticed that the war
I Ihpir’’- o f any lounging “shouldrr
•asta aw air atriped
Raob bagar cvinplele • th
• - h x
I’osstbly then' WM a I mo
»arpea aaU-ralliera ale
A written warrarty » m ea. ’
was annoyed by it *’ But he continued rior, carried spears that were pierced
strap” or th«* inrant ’ front ’of II IMMltel grace in his sardonic sol
ia.i «X» ia oui ara» i a i w»i< i * « i i hi
his way, visiting
- one or two out}sMts nev: the bead Instantlv came the so
M*utry, le srrm«*i| to rrgn rd tltsiroe-
I I i n — ii ... . ■ 0 Naver Wmf
.1 f.T i --« i ■ t
that a if •ctel her. for »1
N o »OOB
loodltr W» '•«•
!•
at
and
rrturne«)
by
a loug ilrtonr to his lution of the difficulty, and while the
nini
sail
impulsively
:
l TL •
•»•rv
< I • • I*ft.
«
t oJonal | roximitl n ith Irs •» ...•. <w dis
uu
(|iiarter«i
As
he
stvp|ird upon the inventor was beggmg for time he
•OOP FOB
cl a©a !*• I»' b ugg » a
t h? b W*ei I I
r r % »
\
tin ni. so?”
(mor. Oi iv«* n hrn »hr hn«l i ii. hi t«*d th«*
äix
»iso« and cousin «a «ni «hq< t « I «
veranda
he
saw
Mis©
Faidkner nt the awoke. Il was foul o'clock in the
But hr met her ragrr ej
Wrtll tog
iloxsoiu, t he
\DO.xxvz
i'ftrSed a ;
a'*
Imtunn of the garden talking w it h some inorrtng. He jum|wd out of bed. ran
«
.
«
»»pportnail« tu get * i
roughly H .
■urpriar
hich
**hr
had
ami *ndr«l rolled
“
1
certainly
<1
«•hair
l»i
tf »©Rl ©IIS Or4©<
ihg |,, weal I ri «.eve
•
one aentas tin* he«Iff«*, Dy i J h * ai«i of to hia workshop, and by nine a needle
more i- »bili “1 run i
ing her on tlw* nail At a
’or
i
ebaat bugai
bal aa a alt » » •
his glass hr ronld rr< ogni/e thè nha|»e- w ith an eje at the point had been rudely
Ba. ItO Taf
I a «beeper
n» r . • c
r .
.•a findiug your
>tn th«* guanl na m two sap
«iftial
fn
or
I calad gne eho«» ug
I'.ffet
t . .
ly figure of the nit:I m tto wotmui w hich modi led. After that it was easy. This
- Aioli of y our
iN*ra anti miner» apprarr«! carrying a
a
___
w*
••M J°u * l' I» bug©« a» lv* a* I
he had seen before Dwt bv ita a»d he is tnc true story of an important inci
•<
Beai Wa|©n i
and oi>«ar-1i
Mun » rar
r ! tf
*
vour
|>r
>«
ii«e
iifulrr
th«
iddrr,
which
th«*
placed
si-
’’ *’ ** 11
O 1 ■
- 1 “ ■• a«d eiamtnaliuu <
q*.
u»i |V* h <
also disco«rrr<! th.ut «he wna carrying dent in the invention of the sew mg ma
<
i
i.
.i
»U
.'T.-i
amt*.
1
*•!
1
ns
silently
iiinM
th«*
nail,
a:
Io obtain tbia ep«eial price.
a flower exactly lik« ihr nne w hieb M imi chine.
i pirasurr to i ou
withilrrvk
tin another < ■rcasion thr
• n
FaulkiH'r still lieh) in her hand lla.l
BOAD WAOOBB-W* •*»»• all »»vi»« bui
ia»e accepted
*anic
sph
it«Ml
i.mng
lady.
i
-horn
Brant
«c'lfil
Hart erta and Wot Thandor.
•bis
isnal iM'iìulat
Anr
This E !©•»<« R ho Wtfo«
m ’ ic Iwvn with M.si “ Faulkner in tbe
w » m satis fi^l wcnihl hair | roloibly im
"'•• ■
vUl m A !*• W ue t- r li Our w
<»•• »
I
WITH cOUFOW
Scientists long
since ••went on
•
mu .* nn,l if ao. • In had «he disap-
——----------------------
'«u rec-
pi«« 1« B» 0» Ben<1 ai MS Ou * 1 o
»He said, turni
1 ¡write«! h rr life un«l«*r firr. iti «Ir «ot ion
a»4 II I» yssr* (IswsnUed V© !»• m
when he came up? luipelled onl u beUe.u>g,the «on. pn«iUCF<J
w
.
v
hat
if
1
did
it
.-nominioiis-
I^c
MH«
brought
U> h«*r cat
■»•tarlai th<>r'*uihly
■«,«
by •Uetncal di», hargr.fi,lrin<thuBder.
hv aoMethiag si
bari «ad © t «11« ■rrlnaa Rstvet» pst»ut
thnn Biere cu-
what if 1 k
ly to bey n the field by that moat appall*
rMi aiuta or Im ■ Dather trluu
i
1 1 \ he w alkr«4 «|iiiekly down the storms to be the cause of milk
¡he
a
muter-
ing of <k
•©•SI« V©«^h irosed fall l©nffth lt il in
■ but she ri lently ho*l notiert) lation »nd souring during the
<«©•
R*V«nl Iralhar 4a«h p© ' I <«
Hnuit
untrnmmetel e >w.
bWv tlaafc. g©<r Bro* iter ©r»* < t a
r she quick!. disappearrd Not lence of ©ueh phenomena Bex
\ou
of
th«*
»'<»rth
ir brani th«*
al©«D «tr1p©d. ©Sii fli.o’iV fTnSer.e.l •
.
U>
m«?rt Mis* 1 aulkoer again. he prriments by Pi»f. Treadwell
«vt
A vrlilon warranir with «arb
n
f
bit
tel
ln
‘
*s
’
’
I quick, hs mb rail te “turn out guani,”
that the souring of
lk is not
r*faiid©d if noi a© r«pr©«ent©<i
¡1
his
c^olnng that hr oxidaUoa caused* b
1 saw the nt«*n march«*«l s dtdly with
Id <*tMiily muirrstf
aft «moa Fri«»©« Mil b» h;gb»r o»it
x«»ne or
on
the
firM
W BO4
'pport
wnity
per
m l with liaUean
I fixch t*ey on« i« to the rictni ty of the st
product«
of
the
rice
ai
etnmir-c hi I inte« rogate this that it is pruducvNl
don’t »limit that
CASH BUVBRA* UNION,
frig h tel animal, »ho fi»xl. irai inr the
titer. For i ■h» «rrr to uj.»
pleasure rtvn U»
lB th. flaij. th/iwth’ M
I fair Mtrniig«*r to walk »hanir facrdly b»
IM W. Vta B,rt« St. Bx. .OJB, Ck>,>Me. Ut
I’ m « Fanlknrr's pin ■e rvrn in a subor- whx-li u .««.ptionaH,
“A Hl«man.” she repeat©
in tultrT
tbehoum• lie nan Burpnsr«l, however.
I
<1
" prvcarUoQ wa«.
1 tliat *hr should haw halt« il before his h "TI h •re is no wi in a
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Too I
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è.
A Real Blood Remedy,
GIRL MINERS IN
lutrcxiurtios
GEORGIA.
of a Foreign
American Soil.
Custom
T he
on
Four athletic young girls find daily
WORK and MATERIAL
employment at a small coal mine in the
|IN ALL
•
Mahoning valley, several mile« from
Shamokin, says the Atlanta Constitu
tion. The colliery is ow ued and oper
ated by Joseph Mans, a hard-working
German, who says he has simply intro
duced the customs of the fatherland In
having his four daughters assist him
in preparing the furl for market.
The girls are six-footers, fcood look
ing and well formed, each tipping the
scales at about 200 pounds. Katie, aged
20 years, has charge of the breakers;
Annie, aged 16, runs the mine pumps
and breaker engine like a veteran en
ARE FULLY WARRANTED '
gineer; Lizzie, aged 18, drives a mule
attached to a gin for the purpose of He also makes SHOES to ordt
hoisting the coal from the slope, and
and does REPAIRING in
'
Mary, aged 19, sees that the slate
the Best Manner
is picked from the coal by her little
brothers, whom she helps in the work.
ON SHORT NOTICE !
The girls wear short skirts, not
bloomers, as might be supposed. Mans ADDLES, WHIPS R^iiES,i>(
All price» v
formerly worked in the mine at Shaino- always on hand.
I in, but during the past 12 years, with
the a. stance of his wife, who runs
the farm, aid their daughters at the
mine, he has managed to buy this coal
mine, and a iarge amount of timber S ixth S t . O pp . L ister SC alv «
land besides.
JOa« HACKETT'S
WOMAN’S CAN’T.
A
Few of the Impossibilities That Ar®
C'lasse<l hm i’urely Feminine.
Grants Pass Cigar factory, ’
She can’t., for the life of her, make
head nor tail of a time table.
J. G. SflMIDf. I’rupr.
She can’t be jolly and appreciate the .V-iin
- -
-
- ------^PP- Aty* *|
best time going, if she knows her hair
MA»N(JFACTURER OF
is out of curl.
She can’t, when it’s a question l>e-
F ine H avana and D omestic
twern Cupid and herself, help saying
"No” when she means “Ye^,” and vice
versa.
She cannot, not- even the most daring
of her sex, scratch a match on the »ole
of her boot—at least., in an uncon
cerned manner.
She can't, take a hammer into her Band
and attempt picture hanging without
battering tlie walls and her thumbs into
pitiful condition.
She «-an t help gauging a woman by
her .lollus. even though experience
has taught her that beggars sometime»
riile in flue coache,.
Slie .ail, utterly to wrap a jiareel up
" through and
•'irovp-h nit': pin. '.«•»ides the cord that
serves a num to hold it in place.
She can't [ay n bet. not even the sim
ple little wager of violets or lxinbons.
without the fiercest sort of struggle
with herself to relinquish the forfeit.
? ra TU8H-
G
A
NERVE“ LIFE
Great RESTORE?
RAILWAY GLEANINGS.
B allast of burned black-wax soil h
being tried on the Texas Midland rail
road, the soil being burned in the same
way as clay for th«* same purpose.
A resolution imposing a fine of ten
dollars <>n trolley car conductors for
every failure to announce th»* name of
a street or avenue ha» been introduced
in the city council of Minneapolis.
A bii . i . is before the New Jersey legis
lature providing that cities of that state
above a certain population may require
the elevation of railway tracks in their
territory and the abolition of grade
crossings.
A t Logansport, Ind., a man was
badly beaten by a number of railroad
employes because he was suspected of
being a detective, who had b«5en going
around the saloons with a kodak photo
graphing railrivad employes in the act
of drinking.
G eneral P amingbr A gent J. J.
B yrne , of the Southern California rail
way. says that the fruit crop» of south
ern California are the finest in years.
Five thousand ear loads of oranges will
be shipped cast, of which one thousand
ha ve already gone forward.
Mature rur«ur, a l.l»r.
' The forces of the universe are in
league against a lie/ saya Emerson,
and w hat hia terse* penetrating pen
would find to .sav where the lying in
volves is rhap- mortal danger to hu
man l»-ings. we will not presume to
say, but will illustrate our meaning as
follows: In December, lflfl-. a child
that hail died in ' onnecticut of diph
theria was brought to Pittsfield. Mass.,
f r burial. The parents came with the
body to a house in Pittsfield and a pub-
l>c faaeral wa, held. Within a week
»nd while the parents of the child still
remained as visitors in the house, a
chil.l who lived in the house was taken
dl with diphtheria and died. Then
•.h".,‘"l2:‘,'n*r<’,>o£<’’“‘»n from the
cut parent». They said thst
the
"'■ma of the second child were
jusl
i h.«e »f theirown. and finally
ack
l:,-e.l that arrangements had
« en tu: ■ with the physician in at-
«.‘UCaUUt
up> n the caae to write a cer-
..uà., '...allibi bronchitis instead
f d plnluT,»
t^her ca», followed
Minit1 house.
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