THB L0VBR8 Domlnlo cam riding flown, sworded, straight, and splendid, Drave his hilt against her door, tlunu golden chain, Said, "I'll teach your lips a song sweet as Ms that s ended, Eta the white rose call the bee, the almond flower again. But he only saw her head bent within the gloom Over heaps of bridal thread bright aa apple-bloom. Silver silk like rain that spread across the driving loom, Dreamtng Flsnch, the cobbler's son, took his tools and laces, Wrought her shoes ot scarlet dye, shoes as pale as flnow. "They shall lead her wild-rose teet all the fairy paces ' ' Danced along the road of love, the road such leet should (K. But he only saw her eyes turning Irom his girt Out toward the sliver skies where the last Balls lirt, Where the wild gyrfalcon Hies, where the old wrecks drift. Bran has built his homestead hlKh where the hills may shield her. Where the young bird waits the spring, where the dawns are fair. Said, "I'll name my trees for her, alnoe 1 may not yield her Stars of morning tor her feet, of evening lor her hair. But he did not see them ride, seven dim sail and more, All along the harbor side, while from shore to shore, Nor heard the voices of the tide crying at her door. Jean-Mario has touched his pipe down beside the river, When the young fox bends the tern, when the folds are still, Bald "I send her nil the gilts that my love may give her Golden notes like golden birds to seek her at my will. But he only found the waves, heard the sea gull's cry, In and out the ocean caves, underneath the sky, All above the wind-washed graves where dead seamen He. From Harper's Magazine. A NARROW ESCAPE. By Emerson In the dusk of evening, two dusty, weary-looking foot travelers entered the little town of Doneialle, in Ire land. One was quite a young man, of me dium size, with a fresh complexion, a quick, sharp eye. which seemed ever on the alert for danger. The other was tall, had a command ing figure, and had he been dressed like a gentleman, might easily have passed for one. His clothes, however, as well as those of his companion, were patched, and soiled, end such as were worn by , mendicants, or laborers ot the poorer class. Beside this, the younger man had his face tied up, as if suffering. from a toothache, and the elder wore a green patch over one eye. Doth kept a sharp lookout nil around them, though they moved with firm steps and a careless swagger, as If they had nothing to fear. "Satan take me If I like traveling on foot!" said the elder, In a com plaining way. "And Satan will take you, which ever way you travel," laughed the younger. "And if he do, the consolation will be mine of having you for a compan ion," was the retort. "Yes," returned the younger, with an affected sigh, "no doubt the devil will get us both In the end; but so the hangman doesn't get us first, is the most I care for now. It's a pity we had to leave Cork on foot, but there was no help for It. My horse bad been ridden to death and when you sent for yours the stablekeeper wanted to see the owner. Which ownerT Ha! ha! ha! Yon were too modest to even assume to be that wealthy Individual, you know; and, so bere we are, not in the garb of lords, nor even high commissioners, but rather as mendicants." "And lucky we were to procure these clothes and bury our others!" aald the elder. "Well, where are we going to stop?" "At the nearest inn we can find, I uppoee." "1 11 lay you' a bottle of wine, then, tbat mine host will not accept us for lodgers till we show him the color ol our money." "Done! And I hope you'll win." ; "Why?" "Because then we may not be taken for those two scapegoats who keep all tbe sheriffs and constables so busy looking out for them." "I suppose our fame has preceded U9 even here?" "Undoubtedly." "Such are the troubles of distinc tion. Though I have longed for It In my time, I see now that It has its disagreeable side, especially when one wishes to pass unnoticed." They made their way to a small, miserable Inn; nnd, on asking If they could get something to eat- and lodg ing there for the night, the Innkeeper eyed them suspiciously,, and In turn inquired If they had money enough to pay for what they wanted. The younger glanced at the elder; and the elder with Just a slight twinkle In his eye, grimly answered: "We're not overburdened with money, 'cause we's two laboring chaps what's looking for work; but I guess as how we can scrape enough to pay you, if you don't charge too "much." "Well, I'd like to Bee the value of balf a crown to begin with," said the cautious Innkeeper. "I told ye so," said the younger of the travelers, in a lugubrious tone, as be turned to the elder, with a long, solemn face. "I told ye he'd want to see the color of our money., Some people think Innkeepers are fools," fie continued, with a sly grin, which be landlord did not perceive; "but I don't. They all know something. I've never knowed one ylt what was a out-and-out idtot." "If I tell ye I've got money to pay for all we order, that'll do, won't It?" Inquired' the elder, addressing the landlord direct. "Divll a bit will it do with Mike Callahan now!" answered the host. "Well, then, hold your gab while I make a rummage!" returned the sen ior traveleras he began feelfftg JA his different pockets. At last he flsShed up three shillings, wbich caused the landlord's eyes to OF MARCHAID. Bennett. brighten and hia manner to become more agreeable. As the two wayfarers glanced aomnd the taproom their eyes fell up on a printed poster, offering a large reward for the capture, dead or alive, of the two noted highwaymen, of John Doherty, alias Captain Thunderbolt, and John Martin, alias Captain Light foot, and describing the personal ap pearance of each very accurately. "My eyes!" exclaimed the elder. "Make It eye," interposed the young er, "since you've only got one, "ir.r Mm tt.nt.1" n1 rt ni lla il iha nth. er ,;How tQ bg feow tQ catch them two scoundrels and git all the money." "Siire, an' there's more like ye," chimed In the landlord. "If I could catch them rascals, it's mesllf wyuld become a rich man, so It Is." "I'm afraid there's no sich good luck for poor bodies," sighed tne eld er traveler. He then asked to be shown to h!s lodging room, and ordered some bread nnd cheese' and brandy, remarking that he and his friend must keep within their means. When the two were alnno together In their room they decided to remain there and rest themselves through the night and the following day, and leave Doneraile on the following night. Nothing of Importance occurred till the following day, when, the elder man being asleep on the bed and the younger one looking out ot a window, a crowd of persons, among whom were several soldiers, was seen ap proaching the house. The Inn was on the outskrlts of the village, and there was a large field back of it whloh extended to a heavy wood. Hastening to his companion the younger man seized him by his whis- IIIIIHUIIllllllt"H.WIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIHIIIIIHI THEY MEANT WELL. Schoolboy errors In examinations are seldom open to tbe charge of commonplaceneBS. Here are a few good ones from England: Women's suffrage is the state of suffering to which they were born. Lord Raleigh was the first man to see the Invisible Armada, Shakespeare founded "As You Like It" on a book previously written by Sir Oliver Lodge. Tennyson wrote "In Memorandum." King Edward IV. had no claim by geological right to the EngllBh throne. George Eliot left a wife and children to mourn his genii, Henry I. died of eating palfreys. Louis XVI. was gelatlned during the French Revolution. The Ine Is boarded by wooden mountains. An angle 'is a triangle with only two sides. Algebraical symbols are used when you don't know what you , are talking about. Geometry teaches us how to bisex angels. Parallel lines are the same distance all the way, and do not meet unless you bend them. The whale Is an amphibious animal because It lives on land and dies in the water. A parallelogram Is a figure made of four parallel straight lines. Horse-power Is the distance one horse can carry a pound of wa "ter In an hour. The press today Is the mouth-organ of the people. A vacuum is a large empty space where the pope lives. Martin Harvey invented the circulation of the blood. A deacon is the lowest kind of Christian. The isles of Greecs were always quarrelling as to which was the birthplace of Homer; Chaos has the most right to claim him. 41 1 1 I I ker3, and, as he started up, ready for something desperate, the latter said: "Quick, captain! There is no time tp lose! Suspicious soldiers are head ing this way, accompanied by a crowd of citizens." With one bound the newly awak ened sleeper reached the door and went crashing down some narrow, creaking stairs, closely followed by his companion. The landlord, hearing the noise, and, perhaps suspecting something of he truth, ran to the foot of the stairs and attempted to head off his escaping lodgers. Catching hold of the big man as he was In the net of bounding past him to the rear door, be cried out; "Here, now, stop, ye tbafe! Ye'll not lava here till ye pays me my scot!" The fellow Jerked himself loose In an instant, and with, a sort of grim humor, as be raised bis fist and knocked the Innkeeper down, be said. "All right, my friend I'll eettle the scot by giving you my note for It" The next moment he shot through the open door, with his companion close at bis heels, and the two bound ed away together across the open fields toward a distant wood. Instantly loud cries and shouts were heard: "There they go! There they go!" "Stop thief! Stop tblef!' "Shoot them! Shoot them!" "They are the great highwaymen, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot!" "Shoot them! Shoot them!" The soldiers at once drew up and fired at the fugitives; and then, find ing the latter did not stop running, they set off In pursuit of them, being Joined by a number of civilians, some of whom were eager because of the great reward. The fugitives were several rods In advance of their nearest pursuers, and this distance the elder maintained for' some time, without increasing It, as his fleeter companion expected him to do. "Why, captain, what's the matter with you." he exclaimed, as he sud denly forged ahead a few paces and looked back. "Are you going to let those cursed drones overhaul you?" "I'm doing my best, brother," an swered Thunderbolt "I'm hit" "Good lord! Where?" "In the calf of my leg." "Ha, yes! I see the blood running; and you limp; is It painful?" . "Very!" panted the wounded man. Lightfoot glanced at his compan ion's face nnd saw that It was deathly pale, covered with great drops of sweat, and corrugated with lines of suffering. "Do you feel faint?' he anxiously questioned. "Yes." "For Heaven's sake, don't give way to it, or you are lost!" "I know it." "It is death to be taken." "I know it." "Can you hold out?" "The Lord only knows. I will do my best" "Here, lean somewhat on me that may help you a little." As Thunderbolt rested one arm on the shoulder of Lightfoot, the crowd behind, seeing the action and divining the cause, at once set up a wild shout, of anticipated triumph. "He's been hit, and we'll soon have him." cried one. "He can't hold out much longer!" exclaimed another. "Load and fire again, soldiers, and make sure work of both!" chimed In a third. While one yelled one Jhlng and another another, the officer In com mand of the soldiers, finding that, encumbered with their muskets and knapsacks, they were not gaining on the futltlves at all, even though one of them was wounded and limping, ordered them to halt, load and fire at the escaping men, with the best aim they could, hoping thus to arrest their flight with some well-sped bullet. I "II By the time the order was executed, tbe freebooters were so far In ad vance of their military foes that eith er tbe distance, bad aim or Inaccur acy of their weapons, the fear of hit ting some of the citizens wbo were still vigorously keeping up the pursuit, or all these clrcumsctances combined, rendered their several shots Ineffect ual; and the robbers still held on their course, the wounded man strain ing every nerve nnd his companion still urging and helping him forward. In this manner the two outlaws reached the wood a fair distance in advance of the nearest pursuers, when Lightfoot turned with a shout of defiance and flourishing his pistol, sent a bullet so near to the bead of the foremost' citizen that be actually Jumped to one side as the- ball whis tled past him, and then came to an abrupt bait. From the time of entering the wood tbe two daring highwaymen saw noth ing of their pursuers; but, compre hending the danger of remaining In a locality where their presence was known, they still held on, over hill and alley, across streams and fields, and through belts ol timber and brush wood for a distance of ten long, fatiguing miles; when at last as they plunged into a thick covert ot bushes the strength of Thunderbolt gave out, and he suddenly fell down In a death like swoon. "Oh, Lord of mercy! He Is either dying or dead!" cried his frightened companion, as be dropped down by his side and felt for bis pulse and tbe beat of his heart. "Ob, captain, for the love of Heaven don't die now. Just as we have reached a place of eafety!" he walled. Thunderbolt was not dead, though bis face had a ghastly look and bis breath was suspended. Lightfoot vigorously chafed his face and hands, all- the time calling upon him in endearing terms to come back to life. As If In answer to this prayer, the prostrate man presently revived a lit tle, and said, In a faint, catching voice: "Look In pocket bottle." Lightfoot rapidly passed his hands over his companion's ragged dress till he felt a hard substance that proved to be a small bottle, which he drew out and uncorked. With an effort Thunderbolt took this In his hand, smelt of the liquid it contained, but a few drops on his tongue, and then, pouring some Into his hand, rubbed It over his head. "It is the elixir of life," be said with a reviving smile, "and I feel bet ter and stronger already. Didn't we have a run for It, my boy? But that cursed bullet is In my calf yet, and it must be cut out. Come, my lad, let us see what kind of a surgeon you will make. Out with your knife and eet to work." "But I am no surgeon," returned Lightfoot, deprecatmgly. "I'll make yon one, then. Don't be afraid, my boy! You're not going to carve a puling Infant. You'll find me a doctor who understands my own case, and also a quiet patient to work on. Down with you find the lead, cut as near to it as possible, and don't mind a little blood, I can afford to lose a good deal more than' you'll draw." Thus urged by his brave comrade, Lightfoot set to work, and, finding his friend' did not flinch, he proceeded to cut away the flesh from around the bullet, till at last he extracted It. "Bravo!" said Thunderbolt. "I knew you could do It. Now I will dress the wound myself." This he did; but he was not able to walk another step that day. "I must have rest," he said, "and do without food till the Inflammatory stage Is over." Lightfoot cut down some bushes, made his friend a bed In the thicket, and remained by his side, without anything to eat or drink, for more than twenty-four hours. The second night Lightfoot went In search of food and returned with a couple of turkeys which he had stolen from a fowl-house". With his pistol he started a fire, roasted one of the fowls, and ate rav enously himself; but he could not pre vail upon Thunderbolt to touch a mor sel. "I'm nearly starved," said the self denying1 highwayman, "but If the rich est banquet in the world spread before me I would not Indulge In even a taste, knowing, bb I do that total ab stinence is the shortest road to con valescence." They remained at this place for two days more, and then Thunderbolt found himself able to walk, a little, with Lightfoot's assistance. Subsequently, lightfoot left his companion concealed In a wood, while he alone proceeded to a small village where from an apothecary he pro cured such medicines as Thunderbolt directed him to get. After this the two highwaymen kept themselves concealed and almost starving for two or three weeks, by which time Thunderbolt had so far recovered that he could walk briskly with a slight limp. The two rascals now considered themselves in good condition for new adventures, end went plunging for ward Into new exploits and crimes, as If they knew themselves possessed of charmed lives. New York Weekly. The Shamrock. While a small variety of the com mon clover has be'en adopted as St Patrick's shamrock, the real sham rock Is not that plant, since the com mon clover has only lately been In troduced into Ireland, and Is not a native of that Island. The true sham rock Is the delicate little wood-sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, which has a beau tifully formed three-split or trefoil leaf of the most vivid green color, and a white flower like that of a ger anium. It is called "falry-bcll'" by the Welsh, and was believed to ring chimes for the elfin folk. It was also greatly esteemed for Rs acid flavor and various reputed medicinal and magical properties by the Drutds and among the early Inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland. Pliny says It never shelters a snake, and Is an an tidote for the poison of serpents and carplons. A man feels drowsy after a hearty dinner because a largo part of tho blood in the system goes to the stom ach to aid the digestion and leaves the brain poorly supplied. QUAINT AND CURIOU8. Boys over 14 and girls over 12 are alllowed to marry In Scotland. It la possible to accommodate com fortably 806,000 persons in the New York hotels at one time. A white handkerchief floating from the window of a room in Italy Indi cates that the housekeeper baa rooms for rent No city In the world has grown as rapidly as New York. Since 1861 It has added 17,300 persons to Its popu lation each year. Of the 88,000,000 of population ot the Uuited States,- one-tblrd, speak ing In round numbers, are found In the 13 original states. Cats are subject to a form of Influ enza, which is communicable to hu man beings, and they can catch It from man Just as readily. Cigar boxes ot glass are coming more and more Into use. They are cheaper than the wooden boxes, and keep the cigars fresh a longer time. New York theatre .managers esti mate that the nightly attendance at the city's places of amusements is 2G00 more than It was one year ago. The amount of blast furnace gas power lost each year approximates 2,000,000 horse power, although this is being reduced by the Installation of gas engines to utilize the power. According to the United States census tables, based on the present growth, the population of New York City will be 9,000,000 in 1930. Man hattan Island will then have 4,000,000. During the fall and winter season of 1908-09, which ended March 21, 221 persons perished by shipwreck and 89 vessels met with disaster off the New England and British North American voasts. It requires many hands to clothe the New York women and some wom en outside of the city, for there are 96,162 employes In the metropolis working on women's clothing and their yearly output is valued at $2G1, 049,287. Hcatho, a Chinese physician, who lived In the third century, gave his patients a preparation of hemp, whereby they were rendered Insensi ble during surgical operations. The soporific effects of mandrake are mentioned by Shakespeare. The megaphone has been used at some western army posts for the pur pose of amplifying the volume of the bugle, where it is desired that the calls shall be beard at a distance greater than the sound will carry under ordinary circumstances. The last statement of the Interest bearing debt of the United States makes the total $897,253,990, while the gross bonded Indebtedness of New York City at Its last statement was $905,260,115. The metropolis Is carry ing $8,006,125 greater debt than the nation. Caution in the Channel. Coming np on the deck of tne Min nehaha, on a crossing to England a few years ago, the writer was sur prised at finding all of the lifeboats swinging free on their davits and provisioned. The vessel was In the English channel and proceeding cau tiously. Officers explained that this was regular procedure and not by any means a mere matter of form. Many times they were nearer to dan ger on this part of the voyage than passengers were aware. Capt. John Robinson was at that time commander of the Minnehaha. No finer man ever sailed the seas. It was an Inspiration to see him on the bridge as well as to hear Mm read the service on Sunday morning. Not only was he a splendid skipper but he had rare ability s an artist, and some of his pictures received high praise from critics. He was re tired a short time ago Because of fail ing eyesight. New York Mall. The Whole Seat Hog. The end.seat hog has changed his name since the advent of the new type of street car. He is now the whole seat hog, and the enhanced market value of his humble proto type of the farm adds nothing to his attractiveness or his respectability. He tries to spread his disgusting bulk over the space Intended for two persons, and If you gently Intimate a desire to share the seat he grudging ly gives up about one-fourth ot It, compelling you to project half of your anatomy Into the aisle, thus add ing to the discomfort of the unfor tunates still standing there. His com panion of the opiuslte sex Is occa sionally found In the same car. Would that it were possible to tie them together and sink them forever In the lowest depths of the oubliette! Chicago Tribune. - An Enthusiastic Gardener. "I suppose you are going to do some gardening this summer." "I am replied Mr. Crosslots. "I'm going to visit every roof garden that I run across In my vacation route." Washington Star. One of the novelties in the field of aviation is a triplane, invented by an Englishman, who guides It from a seat suspended between two sets ot three planes each. CLEANSES THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY; DISPELS COLDS. AND HEADACHES DUE TO CONSTIPATION.. BEST FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN - YOUNG AND OLD. TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL) EFFECTS-ALWAYS BUY' THE GENUINE. HAHUTACIUItED BY. THE- 7? SOLD BY All LEADING DRUGGISTS One size only. Regular peici50aBotiu; The Indianapolis "News," a newspa per which we had hitherto regarded as actuated by good motives, the other day printed a recipe for string bean ealad where out wife saw It Ohio State Journal. Saved Old Lady's Hair. "My mother used to have a very bad humor on ber bead which the doctors called an ecxema, and for It I had two different doctors. Her head wag very sore and her hair nearly all fell out In spite of what they both did. One day her niece came In and they were speaking of how her half was falling out and the doctors did It no good. She says, 'Aunt, why don't you try Cutlcura Soap and Cutlcura Ointment?' Mother did, and they helped her. In six months' time the Itching, bnrnlns tndecaltngof her head was over and her hair began growing. To-day she feels much In debt to Cu tlcura Soap and Ointment for the fine bead of hair she has for an old lady ' of seventy-four. "My own case was an eczema In my feet. As soon as the cold weather came my feet would Itch and burn -and then they would crack open and bleed. Then I thought I would flee to my mother's friends, Cutlcura Soap and Cutlcura Ointment. 1 did for four or five winters, and now my feet are as smooth as any one's. Ells worth Dunham. Hiram, Me., Sept 80, 1909." 24 College graduates are wanted by the United States War Department for the Philippine constabulary. Constipation causes and agirravates many rimia HiapnflM. It-, in thorouchlv Cured bV Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favorite family laxative. Telescope of Galileo. Very few people are aware that the first practical telescope the one which Galileo used in discovering the satellites of Jupiter, in January, 1610 Is still in existence and preserved at the Museum of Physics and Natural History in Florence. It Is about 300 t years ago since this instrument war first turned toward the heavens. Un like the present astronomical type, it had a concave Instead of a convex eye-pleoe, Just like the opera glasses now in use. When Galileo first exhi bited his new telescope to the doge . and an enthusiastic, assembly on the tower of St. Mark's, In Venice, he was everwhelmed with honors, because It was thought that the Instrument would give the soldiers and sailors of the republic a great advantage over their enemies. Strand Magazine. Careless of Life. (Each year there are deaths and In juries due to carelessness exceeding; those of any year in the late bloody Civil War. It is estimated that al most 500,000 deaths and Injuries take place each year In the ordinary course of business which ere due either to the carelessness of some employe or the worse than carelessness of the employer. Human life is less safe guarded In this country than In any other In the civilized world. It Is f terrible Indictment, and, unfortunatel It Is undeniable. Philadelphia Inquir er. To permit a motorist to explore the dark corners of his car with a light and yet leave his hand3 free, there has been Invented an incandescent lamp and reflector to fasten to the forehead. A Happy Day Follows a breakfast that is pleasing and heatkfuL.' Post Toasties Are'pleasing and healthful, and bring smiles of satisfac tion to the whole family. -VThe Memory Lingers" Popular Pkg. 10c. - Family sire, 13c Postum Cereal Co., Ltd. BattloICreek, Mich. ir- i A
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