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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1893)
BQYS. ET w. ji scnr.:ri I could have tolfl Lord Staines thai, Indif-' T"''ii ' yi too after So'oloi remit on tile hnnttntr was llua-n u n i wi-morrow raoium: ".And to think," he went nn, without heeding niy remark, "that she has spent , the whole of her life in a country parson age! Somtich for rural simplicity! Why there isn't one of tlresc Bolgravlan women who could hold a candle, to her for cool tin!" . , 1 don't know what he hil exported her to nay or do, hut he was evidently an noyed, and added that he wouldn't be in Jim's shoes for a tride, He was obliging me with his views upon feminine nature in general, which, I am aorry to say, were too disrespectful and too crudely expressed to bear repetition when someiiody called out to him that it was his turn to play. lie had a long and rather difficult shot to make, and at the Instant when he was drawing hack his cue HiklaalUf a sud den stepped close behind him. so that be certain country gentleman to the neigh- n uo was aevoiea to it, heart and soul; that tins gentleman had recently presented a well broken Middle horse to in Ketrotneu; ana turtho, that when Bracknell was-not out hu, ' o with tho couple aforesaid he .was air. Ing himself in some other and perhaps lass innocent lasmon in the company of sneot them. But I did not tell him this, partly becanse I was not asked and partly because I am constitutionally averse to being blown up sky high. -r ' A few days before that on which tho wedding had been appointed to take place, I was invited to luncheon at the rectory, it having been intimated, to me that I should tie expected to make myself nsef nl subsequently in helping to move furniture and carry out other preparations for the feast at which Mr. Turner proposed to entertain his friends after the ceremony. When 1 arrived I found Jim and sir. Sparks, the curate, seated in the drawing room, with our host, bnt Hilda was con spicuous by her absence. Her absence fltrt1f.fr ll1 Btiuntln 4n 4l. .M I L unit end of it She gave a little crv and i bf 1ulte disagreeably conspicu- ous when the clock struck half past 2, by which time we were all verv knnr having reached the extreme limit of our subjects of conversation. In the course thereof It had transpired that Bracknell had come over in his dosr cart two fell back uaon the sofa where I w .it. ting. Bracknell, full of apologies and alarm, dropped his cue and peered anx- im!y at the blanched cheeks of the suf ferer; JiBicaiuetcnrliic nnfmm htms rim oi uie room; somebody ran for a glass : lnn!e nours before, and had pcr of water; tho rest of the players crowded ' '"d Hilda to go out for a drive with round the sofa, and we had quite a little hlm- "But she assured lne," said Mr. scene. At length Hilda got back her . Turner, fidgeting about uneasilv, "that breath, and, smiling faintly, assured us ' i)tB wou!cl back very shortly, and I am that she was not . really hurt I altogether at a loss to account for this "It is nothing nothing at all," she delay." , said. "It was my own fault entirely, and I "oh they'll turn up all right," re I shall be ail right in'a.few minutes. I turned Jim composedly. "Bracknell Please go on with the game and don't i mnt """fa what time of day it is. I lookattne." I don't think they deserve that we shraild To this day I can't feel sure that shorUd i wait any longer for them, thonc-h." It on purpose. It she did, I am glad tof ' 1Jere tlie curate, a good natured but not 'Ywira.'.eetioua.t'dftiij.-!:t.ttv '. "i.:wa U::ackki:iV I can testify that the above is a strictly literal repnulucfrou, because I wrote it down word for winl, immediately after I had read it, infrkiag u worthy of wmera brance as a nmosiiy la the way of episto lary composition.,.' Never,! itiinginc, wag a trcarherotia act Rioral with more cyn ical effrontery. Tho writer scorned to have forgotten altogether that she had been engaeed to bo teamed in the course of a few diiya to nn honest man who had the folly to ndoro eiv . One can't think of everything, and I suppose she was fully absorbed liv tit imlMivf,nf. '.mIiIa....... set forth in her letter. . Sim nn. ,-,.,.. , A; Taylor, of the department of the In. to avoid tnmcf ersary scandal; she did not . tvTmr wlth th" King's River Lumber com- . U TOB THE -WORLD'S FAIR. A. Mammoth Tree from California to Re Ulilliited, California Is to lie honored by having a " ui una or ner tamous nig trees made a prominent feature in the Uovernment building at the Columbian, exhibition at Chicago. The project, the accomplishment or wnicu is tuny assured, is a unique one, urcnt-ynuui me tree win no twenty-three ieet in diameter and thirty feet Ion';. This will be divided into throe parts, aud these win oe piaceu m their natural position, eno above the other, and so arranged as to lormsomeinmg like a two atorv hnu The contract for the tree was made by H, wish to incur the discomfort of a stormy interview with Lord Stuines, and sho was determined ,not to part with her new clothes. If she hail wandered away from these main points s!w might perhaps have confused her father's mind, which, to be sure, was not a very dear one. . I really could not see my way to offer ing that unlucky man niurli comfort. "If you wish for niy opinion," I replied when he repeated his demand, "I should say that you had better read the marriage service over them and then pack them off with all dispatch. .After that, it will be your plenems duty to impart the good panyin the soring of this vear. and t.h. company is now at work getting it out In their forest of sequoia glgantea In the Converse basin on King's river in Fresno county. . The contract called for a tree20feet Inches in diameter, but the tree actually found will be three feet greaterin diameter. There are of conrse larger trees in the forest, but the requirement was that this section should be perfect in all respects, cylindrical, straight and without a burn In the bark, and this was the largest found toflllalltheseconditlons. Thetree select ed, aays the San Francisco Chronicle, is news to Lord Staines, keeping well out of ' one known as the "General Noble," It think that she received a ewwHterably smarter dig tn the rib than she had bar gained for. In any case, this trifling inci dent had the effect of producing a com plete alteration in Bracknell's humor. was naturally concerned uhrrhg hurt a lady, and n t -T that his self reproach .--meruaed by the recollection that he had been saying hard thinm of h. .h. minute before. He remained sitting be- very intelligent young man, judged it ap propriate to remark, with a loud laugh, "I'pon my word, Mr. Leigh,, yon will have to Jsok alter tfcis young lady. It's early days for her to bejln driving of! ..i.u n Khj uarneior ami finding his com pany so agreeable that she forgets to come home to luncheon." - After this graceful sally on the part of the reach of his ami while vou do no. I don't know that it is any business of mine, but tn ccmnon charity I will un dertake Jira. Muy Heaven send us both a good deliverance!" j As soon as 1 hail got rid of the Rev. Simeon, I wcut to bed. I ponld think of nothing but poor old Jim and the cruel blow which It would be my lot to strike him on the morrow. , -.w .UWUCUMIUJIX WO" C I " vx side her after she had gently pushed Jim st"""k8 went into the dining room and away, and the others, at her imiiu- resumed their game, and I saw that a rapid interchange of words took place be tween them. Their colloquy was soon in terrupted; hut it had lasted long enough to bring a ellghtly increased color into Bracknell's cheeks and a pensive look into ; , Knowing what I did of Miss . Hilda, I was convinced that she must either wish to subjugate him once more or to avenge herself upon him; and, all thiugs considered, tSiere seemed to be a very fair ohance of her succeeding in her aim. whatever that might be. When I said as much to my other on the fullowing morning, after giving her . u, otwunv uica sue always likes to have of what had taken place at the din ner party and after it, she shook her head. u.j .uxir Marry,- sue signed, "you are too ready to seek for bad motives and ntudy bad people that ia, a poor Hilda is really bad. -If I were you 1 should And it much more interesting to study Mildred. Is she too good to be attractivef" "Are you suggesting that I should fall in love with Lady Mildred!"1 1 Inquired. "My dear boy, nol What would Lord Btalnea say? Besides, I am afraid you would be a day too late. Have you really aot discovered Mildred's secret, HarryH you, who are so quick sightedl". We all have our weaknesses; and amongst the many to which 1 should have to plead guilty, if placed upon my oath, is .... i mat i can react tne hearts and minds of my neighbors with some facility. Kow, in truth, It bad not oo oured to me until then that Lady Mildred had lout her heart to Jim, but as I could not bear to admit mv stunlditv i mH nodirect reply, merely observing that there was a difference between what was at tractive aud what waa interesting to study, and that bad people were more interesting to study than good ones because, as a rule, their motives of action were more vuoeure- "I suppose so," agreed my mother absently. "I'oorJim!" "Ucally," said I (because I was pro voked with her for having seen what I had faded to detect), "I do not under stand why you should pity him. All la for the best in the best uf possible worlds, you know." "I believe that all ia ordered for our good," she answered simply, "though I fear that you do not We must not pre sume to say that it would have been better for our friend to marry Mildred than Hilda, who, after all, has a great deal that is nice about her. PoorJiml" My dear mother nermiot hAnwir I of dry humor at tunes which, I think, re freshes her. She glanced up at me half deproeatlngly after this last ejaculation, and we had a little laugh together. I suppose she perceived as plainly as I did that there wus trouble coming, but she did not choose to talk about it before it name, and probably she was quite right- refreshed ourselves: but we liatoneri in vam for the sound of Brackneli's chariot wheels, and at length Jim, whose lawyer was coming down from London to see hira, was compelled to leave us. His composure remained undisturbed up to the last; but as soon as he was gone Mr Turner confided tc me that he, for his part, was lieooralng seriously alarmed. "I would not mention it while James v.-ns here," he said, "but It struck me that Lord Bracknell was driving a some what restive animal. fearing that some accident has occurred." If any accident had occurred within ten miles of ub, we should certainly have umi uy inai time, ami so I told him, but he was not convinced; and as the poor old fellow was evidently fretting himself into a fever, I could but offer to scour the ooumry m seurou of the absentees. Ac cordingly 1 set out in one direction while the good-natured Sparks trudged away in another) and a very disagreeable walk I had of it throuch the rain, which began to come down immediately after I started. Ivone of the people whom I met had Been Bracknell, ppon whose head I did not in voke a blessing when 1 reached home after dark, drenched to the skin. I was per fectly sure that neither he nor Hilda hH come to any physical harm; because, ner- I Hnna nf !,.. , . .. . I CHAPTER VI. -As matters fell out, the talk of enlight ening Lord Raines was thrown upon my Buuulucls, u Huuinon to tnat with which ! I had already salilled nivsclf; for scarcely had I ll-.iis.lied my breakfast when Mr. Turner arrived, trembling and breathless, to say that he really did not feel equal to encountering the brunt of his patron's wrath. . . "Indeed," he added, with a ludicrous effort to regain his accustomed suave pomposity, "1 am not sure that. if. nu be right on my part, to do so. I have not forgotten the very improper terms in which Lord Staines chose to address me when I called npon him once before on era somewhat similar errand, and both for his sake and for my own, any repeti tion of such a scene is or to be depre cated. To you profanity of language would be less s!iocking-at least, I mean that you must lie more accustomed to hearing it: and er in short" "In short," I Inremintod. n.i over m. spectfully-for really the liev. Simeon's aspect, at that moment was not calculated to induce respect "you want me to do your dirty work for yon.j Very well; I don't particularly mind; 1 may as well be handed for a sheet) no far ah-mh. Oniv r don't propose to prevent:. Lord Staines irom going clown to the rector;- later in the day and shocking .you with profane hrnstawr'-losjMTOtiij. altogHwycwr fault that your daughter has disgraced herself and Inveigled Bracknell into dis puting himself with her, but you may as well be prepared to be told that it Is. If I were in yonr place I should be a. good deal more friphteneti of Jim Leigh than of Lord Kt.ifnf. measures thirty-eight feet in diameter near the ground, but as the obiect Was tn hnva the section of the same diameter at both ends, as nearly as possible, a piece is being taken out of the tree at some distance from the ground. To do this and to preserve the section from harm by falling, as well as to meet other requirements, has proved to be a work of considerable magnitude. The idea is not to send a solid section, but. rather, the rim of the tree hollowed out aud cut into segments of suitable size, and all to be numbered so that they can be erected at Chicago bo as to look from the exterior like the solid section of a sequoia thirty feet in height. The three parts into whicn.the section is being cut consist of two parts of fourteen feet each, to be hol lowed out, and one two feet thick, which will serve as a floor between the two stories, as it were. The Work Of CUttim?. lowpritifr ami ing the segments is being pushed forward '"jiuuj aa uussiuie. unci ir. ia Bvwtui that the tree will all be shipped by the end of October. To get the tree to a point where wagons can reach it required the building of a road two miles long. The en tire exhibit, including the work, will cost me government several thousand dollars. The tree when erected at Chicago will stand directly under the great dome of the Gov ernment building. v, MJN0RUM8. , Why Is a farrow like a man ,4 HiicIiik lilastoelmiiM ail luioanf The ffniir Ihwm tiln lietsta In rows! j : V The other fellow liaii, di iysa .. Why is a gmwe ery ilkn , ''. 1 A hay who km a tinini todtrilr i: . ' ( Tim xnver weigtm a pound, thtiy v. , ' ; Tim tittin fellow pounclH away , ' ; ,f Why doe a winning jokr bold " v . . Reemniout whu huMRTOldt iv- , The jockey's harm i ttnuwi, of mum, . Tlw oMmr fvllow'B bowk! i hoarae. . Why te a man who iutx dlHmreed " His cold ilka tm who unreal your thlmtf -; The flnst man's cold t well, we're told; The second tellow1 wll Is cold. t Why In a bons who anger dhow - - Like my Uul who swimming goeflf - -: towaobartmiirtbethbcrw, -. Tlie happy buTa bare m a cross. Why Is the dude ashamed to nhor His sunburn like a teuner. ot - '. One hides his urn from foollxh pride, The other always tans his hide. ; Why does a Btorm itayetf sal lor quit v Resemble one who has ho sight ; One cannot go to sea you know, - The other cannot see toga Why In a berry picking lad .w ; : Like he who buys them, good or bad The one gets all ho can, he beta The man who buys cans ail he get A letter writer, why la be Like one who will a marriage seef One writes a note; the other might U interested, note a rite. Why is a suiter answered "No, The first, alas, may misa kiss, The other Ot may kuw a miss. -H. 0. Dodtfe In Detroit Ftp Presm SUCCESS, f mm of that kind very rarely get their femlyr rciurL necks broken nn m iw w v.-j ruumeu cIpot youncf friend. Mr.- Turner with, iig- UieluXHe ev ST ,1 "!!f?,?' " excited, and 1 ,to no't ,,: . ' " M mucn a great deal too nmrh. That lPIn to belong to the lower orde ii. but I T,L J0 ' V,,u, "I ,ha y 1 did think that between them thev wer. Z. .. uracm nerseii is to carrying impudence about as far as it could very wcH he carried. However, as I did not at that time foresee that I should ever write tlie history of these delinquents, I ceased to think about them as soon as I had llniBhed my dinner, and, having made myself comfortable with a blazing Are and a cigar, set to work upon an article of which I Tioped to have the skeleton completed before bedtime. I was getting on quite nicely, and had scribbled down several enlnMimmnt ingsto lie scattered carelessly over my composition and to cheer the persevering she did very wrong In engaging herself to James I allow, and he will not find me eow to express my sincere sorrow and sympathy: hut we must bear in mind that ner auections were given in the first place to Lord Bracknell. I will not say that the young people were justified in taking the law into their owu hands; yet I may uouuv wanner rxiru Staines' motives for forbidding them to marry were of the uigiiesi ainu. now do not answer me, I "S"' jou. i ram see that you are not yet master or yourself. If you will allow me I will go up stairs and sit with your reader on his wav 1hm,,h . iw i 1 " 0P informed that Mr. Turner was flown Sues' Court '- OT. followed by the entrance oMr TuTneJ UmJ itw0il he absurd to waste himself, in an indescXable ttl 'ZZ , !i,n.dlgnatioa " in- CHAPTER V. I am but a poor equestrian and can only peak upon such subject with the diffi dence which beseems me. but i have al ways understood from those who ought to know that tho hunting iu our parts is of n Inferior , order. The covert shooting on the other hand, Is fairly good, and that belonglug to the Staines Cuurt property may almost tie called fatuous. Now Lord Btalnes had left, his coverts untouched un . Hi Christmas, being, as I verily believe, Instigated to this act of self denial hv a desire to please his heir, who at that time was one of the best shots in England Great, therefore, must have been Ids sur prise, and great also his disappointment on finding that IJraokneU preferred to fol low tlie hounds during his slay, and that he could not even be persuaded to take his gun out of its case on non-hunting days. , . "It seems to me' the poor old gentle man declared in my hearing, "f.iiat he must have taken leave of his senses. I really can't account for his behavior in any other way." I could have aoconnted for it; though I ra not prepared to say that my explana tion excluded the hypothesis uf Insanity. tion. On seeing his mile i nnH r,,,,,i.j hair, I naturally concluded that i had done Nemesis an injustice, and exclaimed, Jttas there been au accident then after But he spread out his hands with . gesture of despair, aud answered: "Ah, uo! 'noacciueut.no accident.) nii After which he became so incoherent and unintelligible Unit I had t seat him in my arm chair, aid pour out a stiff brandy and soda for him. This he swallowed, throwing back his head and closing his eyes, as if it had been hemlock; and when he had drained the last drop of it, he felt in his pocket for a note, which he handed me. "Read that, Harry," said he, tragic ally. "Head it, my dear young friend, and tell me, if you can, what is to be done. Because I am willing to confass to you that what to do I know not at all. The note, which I perused with no small curiosity aud astor.inhmBiit. follows: , 'Eov.it Horn, Srooaraoai, Diab Pam-Wu Brackni'll and I were mar. rtea before U repstrar here this morning. It ! It quite leuol and regular, of course; hut we think we ought aot to omit tan reJIglous cere mony, although circumstances have preveatod us from going tbnau.-h it ia tim mln. ...... ami so we propose to drlveovcr curly to-morrow eptitude. "Pray do so, Mr. Turner," I answered; "my mother will be very rtud to see you. Only I hope you will kindly refrain from expounding your views with regard to your daughter's marriage to her, because she is rather subjeot to attacks of nausea." . . With this valedictorv shot I t Xt perform the first and least painful of the duties which I had accepted. I found Lord Staines in his study, and apparently in a rather bad humor. "Oh, how do you do, Maynardf" said he, looking up from the letter which he was writing. "Do you happen to know anything 'about that fellow Bracknell? When I was his age it used to be consid ered the civil thing just to let your father know when you proposed to leave his house or return to it, but nowadays the young men seem to think that they rcUU . ,, uouce oi tneir fathers, except when they want monev. Here is Beligloug Differences. In the greater concerns of life thorn 'are wonderful illustrations of the con flicts Of opinions. There are something over 1,200,000,000 of human beings in the world. Among these are six va rieties of religious belief; three of these are said by one class to be false, and by uuieiD inrea are saia to De the true re ligion. And yet every religionist, every secUriauclauusihat.,)ie.ua. she alone are right. What our Chinese neighbors say is "true" we say is "false." We call them "heathens'' they class us as "out side barbarians." What we English sueakinff neonln think is the right and the true religion is in a startling minority in human be lief or religious creed for there are only some 3oO,000,000 Christians in all the world. There are some 6.000,000 Jews, and they have clung with singular IwrsisHjncy in an ages to their religious belief ; it is seldom a Jew renounces his faith; it is more seldom that a Chris tian embraces Judaism. There are more than 400,000,000 people who are pagans and Mohammedans. Detroit Free Press. ...... If to some theme 'tis thy Intent to rise, Thou must attend how best to tune tn? tyre; ' Else wlh disdain thy well picked notes insptnb Herem the secret of true triumph lies: When thou would'at rear a work of mighty ilia. Advance but slowly as a growing Are, Scan well thy path lest hasty action tire, 1 Or like a name thy ardor's impulse dies.. . Proceed with hope; believe the goal la view. Let not mere failure prey upon thy heart; Great oakR, remember, from small acorns gremv Though it be trivial, welt perform thy part; , And persevering till thy labor's through. Pull crowned success will into being start. " v Edward K. Cowing in Detroit Free Press, Scarfs That Demand a Pin. The scarfpin should always be worn with the flat, madeup scarf. There is a place for its insertion, and by seeming to hold it together it attains a utilita rian phase, in that it is an aid in gloss ing over the percentage of madeuD snir. gestiyeness that is always more or less associated with the imitative article. The madeup flat or puff scarf, if worn without a scarfpin, discloses its arti ficiality in all the baldness of its me chanical inferiority. It is a curious paradox in the fashions, therefore, that tne scarring that does not actuallv need the scarfpin in reality requires it most oi ail. 4 Iu the self tied De Joraville. or its madeup reproduction, the scarfpin must pierce the cross folds at the intersec tion. Clothier and Furnisher, A Clever Woman. , A lady of fine artistic taste has diil covered that at church parade her prayer book, by its incongruous color; entirely ruined the effect of a carefully conceived costume. It struck a discord in an otherwise perfectly harmoniona dress. This has been remedied hv lfllH.r business arrangements for which his sig nature is required. I told him about It wo qays ago, nut of course my conveni ence counU.for nothing when it is a ques-i tion of going to some confounded steeple chase or otier." : morning aud be married aiatis quite prlvatelv bv I 7 "10,U8M tnere WM hotting to be you. I amaure you will understand howad'visi 5nlne(i by putting off the evil moment, ble this Is la order to nrevent mmmini n,.i i "1 can't tell you where Lord Uft,i,.ll not warn you that not a word muat be said at Staines," I replied, "but have Btalnes court until it la all over and we.have left "" here W give you some very unDlens- Lord Staines. Bracknell tltnka Lin father will not have bieu made uneasy tyhia noa-iipiieai-auoa, fx he often ruus up to Londoo without iiieutloulUK that lie la going to do so. Please tell Sarah that 1 shall want all my Miinga packed no and that ske must begin dolngit at once, and sit up all nlsluy i necessary, aa there l no time to lose. 1 hate er jnged another maul to meet us In Lon don, net ibatl not take Bunui with ir, n ... dmtiw ,urMlf about this auddea resolution of oura tcpuwiu see that aUwUiooa right aj the ant news atbout him. He was married yeswraayair registrar's office at Stock Ingham to Hi '. ;neT." ' leading tone of her garments. Tho prayer book cover will henceforth re-; ceive aa attentive consideration as th bonnet, the gloves and the sunshade; and no jarring note of color will he in. troduced by means of a volume bound in blue velvet or in scarlet morocco. 1 Loudon Graphic, i' i Perilous Hiding on the Iron Horse. "Did you ever ride on a locomotive?" y asked O. G. Haskins. . "'I tried it once f and have no desire to repeat the expert- V ' ment. It was out in Colorado, where- you sometimes run so close to bottom- " less chasms that you could drop your ; hat into them, and make turns so short i and sudden that it nearly disjoints your f spinal vertebra?. The master mechanic was an old friend of mine and gave me permission to ride over the road on the engine of the lightning expresB. The engineer did not appear to fancy my presence much, but treated me civilly. We. were: behind time, the-night was black aa Erobus, and a terrific thunder storm was raging. The entrineer temi i determiaed.to go in On' time?; and tlie way no rushed around those curves and across canyons was enough to make a : man's hair turn gray. , "The peculiar thing about these moun-; tain engines is.that thev do not take a . curve like any other vehicle. They go' iiiuuging siraignt anead until you feel - f. sure that they are clear of the track and "r Suspended in mfdair, and then shoot around and leave you to wonder by what miracle you have been saved.' Tho -trucks take the curve in the orthodox manner, but the superstructure is so ar ranged that it consumes more time in ; ; making the turn. With the lightning ' playing about the mountain peaks and half disclosing the frightful gorges and ! swollen torrents, the great iron leviathan : swaying and plunging along that sfcp pery, serpentine track, I first realized the perils of railway travel and the re-' sponsibility of the sullen man who kept ' his hand on the throttle and his oye on the track. I stood with mv heart in m throat, admiring his nerve, but not envy- 1 ing him his job. At the first stop I . clambered back into the coach and staid ' mere. bt. Lotus Globe-Democrat. ' - . ' . ry!... Bright 01,1 Men III ISsaei Cirantyi i I Essex county, Mass., has been noferl A: not only for its legal lights like Bufus Choate, Caleb CtiBhing, Judge Story and others, but also for its deputy sheriffs, some of whom hava served many years. Of one of those men, Daniel Potter, Henry VII.! raarrk owngi lean street plains the imoudenct turone. V Prince Bie-anAmer-h This ex Nprprlsmg , (ierman At Hla Beat. VisltoratSchool Little hov. von can nlh remarkably well. , ,, Little Iioy-Huinphl,you oughter see our at Fargo Argus. . Hbj AiiMw'a Katorlta Author. "Mr. Ansou, who is your favorite authorf isked a baseball 1st of the Chicago eapiam. i 7ork Sun. many amusing stories have been told. At one time he entered a newspaper office m Salem, and addressing the only 1 scribe who was in sight saidt- "I thought I would tell yon that to morrow I shall go where I never went before and can never go again," : ' The scribe, knowing his caller, promptly "gave it nn." and t.h. r. Potter said: . ' "It Is into my eightieth yearl" Some years ago these old dermtl.a !,,,! a gathering at the home Of a. wrlnln nn .. of their number in Gloucester, V y ."..j lunuuug auout tne nr host called the attention nfW ' ' - " as old clock, a great fi , ' "' A :He told hie friends cf is - A ; , v ment to this ancient if 1 , ' ' V cuite pathetic at cei ' remarks, which he I"' ' by sp ing in a voice "Gentlemen, If . clock every uig'i , years." ? " , . He had evidentf ' ' , ' on iis visitors, wfe i, i. ! who had been caref ' clock, turned the tj 1 1 , by tlusstory by s ' "Well, If' . V I