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Stretching his loug-snlTeiing limbs across the seat, he spread the Evening Jour mil between his aching eyes anffkhe glare of the bob bing lamps, and indulged in tender speculations. How would lino look when he, appealed before her next morning, two days earlier than he had promised ? She might be witering hei plants in the bay-window, and he would walk i.i nonchantly, as if he had left her the evening before, and say. "Good morning, Rue,"and she would diop her watering-u.it and rush toward him, all smiles and blushes, crying, "Oil, John ! John \ how glad I am to see you ! how I've missed you !" Dear, warm-hearted, impulsive little line ! She certainly was fond of him. lie wished lie had never been such a brute as to reproach her about Mr. Lynde. He was convinced now that she had not really cared for the lellow. She had only been cordial with him in her free, girlish way. What charming, inimitable ways she had ! The lover's reverie merged into a dream. Mr. Coleman was unconscious of the slack ing of the train at B—, and of the en trance of two yonng gentlemen into the seat in front ; but the name of MiSB Hue llaywood, spoken almost in his ear, aroused him like an electric shock. "Mr. Lynde is bewitched with her, that's plain," continued the voice. "IIVs having a fine time out of Cole man's absence." "Pluperfect," said an answering voice. "They say Miss Hue wou'dti't mind Coleman's taking himself off for good." "He's an able man. You know there's talk of running him for Con gress " "Oh yes ; he's 4 a dig,' and all that; but he's a crotchety fellow. Makes Miss Hue walk Spanish, I bear. By the-way, how are she and Mr. Lynde coming on with the operetta ? I had to cut last reheaisal." "Famously. Miss Rue's solo will bring down the house. Lynde thinks the entertainment will foot up at least one hundred dollars toward the new or gan. He's jubilant. I believe that in strument comes next to Miss Rue iu his affections. Can't he get the music out of it, though ? Ilalloo,here's Ash land !" Wincing beneath his newspaper, Mr. Coleman had recognized the voices as those of two college students returning from a lecture at B—. Forgetful at last of travel stain,weariness and head ache, h3 waited till the youths had left the car, then walked out at the oppo site end, his whole energies engrossed in weighing the evidence so gratuitous ly afforded. llow far could he rely on current gossip ? What attitude should he assume toward Rue ? Morning found him undecided. He must be governed by Rue's own manner. As a test of her feelings toward him he would ask her for his sake to withdraw from the operetta. If she loved him she would do this cheerfully. If she would not do it—Mr. Coleman had not provided for the latter contingency when Bridget ushered him into Mr. Haywood's parlor. Miss Rue and Mr. Lynde were practicing a duet for the operetta, both t.oo rapt- to observe the intruder—a fact inexplicable on musi cal grounds to poor Mr. Coleman, who did not know the notes apart, or care to know them. According to his in ference, the young people were absorb ed in each other, and he was off in lim bo. Under these circumstances it may not be strange that his face, that in stant spied by Miss Rue, was not the face of an amiable mau. It promptly reminded Mr. Lynde of a waiting pu pil,and having congratulated Mr. Cole man on his safe return, be hustled bis music under his arm and departed in haste. Miss Rue wheeled the big easy-chair in front of the grate, playfully forced her sullen suitor into it, and perched herself on its arm to hear about bis journey. Had he been ill ? No ? Then he must be fearfully tired. She knew his head ached. Shouldn't she try to magnetize it, and put hirn to sleep ? No, he preferred that she should not. lie had kept his eyes closed too long already. A PAPER FOR THE HOME CIRCLE As well might a zephyr have attempt ed to pet an iceberg. With u shiver Miss Rue slipped from her peich, and senti d herself with her work in a neighboring rocker. What had come over John ? She had never seen lit in like this before. IIH did not seotn a bit glad to meet her. lie turned awav from Hie distracting vission, mentally preparing bis brief—this astute lawyer, as ignorant of lie nature of a girl us an elephant of the structure of a rose. Presently he began about the festival. He admitted that Rue had once confid ed to him her intention of participa ting iu an operetta, but he had suppos ed an operetta to bo something liko an oratorio, not a jumble of silly love song. Did site think it becoming in herself, an engaged young lady, to car ol amorous ditties from morning to night with a tuneful swain ? "They are burlesques, John—only burlesques. If I had dreamed of your disapproving, I wouldn't have promis ed to sing ; but I can't retract now." "Not when I particularly request it, Rue ?" "Indeed, no, John. I have the lead ing part. I can't refuse to act without offending Mr. Lynde." "On tne other hand, you can't per sist in acting without offending me." "Now, J oli n, do be reasonable. llow should I feel, announcing at the next renearsal tlilit I must be excused Mr. Coleman was not willing to have me connected with the operetta.' What Lynde think ?" "Oh, if his opinion has more weight with you than mine, I will retire." "John, you're too absurd. Can't you see how ridiculous it would look for me to throw up my part the moment you came home V People would say you were jealous if Mr. Lynde." • "The jackanapes I" "And that jou were a Blue-beard. John, I m not sure, but they'd be right." "If I'm a tyrant, Ruefelle, you're an amazingly fearless Fatima." "I don't propose to be your Fatima, John." What did Rue intend by that ? The wrinkle in Mr. Coleman's forehead deepened into a trench, his brown face flushed like an oak in October. "Please lay aside paiadoxes.Ruefelle. Do you mean you don't wish to marry me ? Rumor has told me as much." In truth Miss Rue had meant noth ing of the kind, but her lover's insult ing tone exasperated her into silence. Had it come to this that she could not wink without first consulting his lord ship ? Iler blue eyes flashed ominous ly, the steel hook In her fingers darted out of her crocheting with a murderous rapidity. "Rumor has told me as much," re peated Mr. Coleman, as impressively as if he had been addressing a jury. "And you let people talk about me, John, and listen to what they say !' "I might have known that a girl who would not respect my dignity could not value my esteem. Tyrant or not, Itu felle, at least I have no desire to l iyet galling fetters. Henceforth you are free to smile upon Mr. Lynde or any other gentleman." Had he omitted the last sentence, af fectionate, kindly little Rue could even then have 4 made up" with John, but this was too much for her temper. Snatching the golden circlet from her engagement finger, she flung it at her loyer, with cheeks aflame. "Take back your ring," cried she ; 4 the girl who wears it should be a saint or a simpleton, anu I'm neither. Good-bye, John." Auburn head erect, chin in air, she swept out of the room with all the stateliness possible to a slight Rirl of five feet t wo. She felt hers to tea righteous indignation. John had no reason—no earthly reason—to treat her so. She would not personate patient Griselda for the amusement of the vil lage. "John wants to bend the whole woild to his will," mused she, angrily peeping through her chamber blind as lie stalked away chewing bis black mustache; "lie wants to bend the whole world to his will, and I won't be bent. Our engagement is broken, and I'm glad of it." For full fifteen minutes she was unequivocally glad. John Coleman thought that lie too was glad. Walking fiercely on, he squared his broad shoulders, and told himself that the engagement had been a mistake—an error of judgment. A grave, self made man of thirty should have been wiser than to trust his hap piness to the keeping of a gay, capri cious maiden. Why had he been so do tingly fond of the child, so hoodwinked by her coquetries ? Blind, drivelling idiot that, lie was, the sooner he was buried again in the law the better. The man's soul was hot within him. Shocked at his partner's ill looks, Mr. Riggs in greeting him asked if he had had a chill. "Yes, something of that nature," was the grim reply "llow about the suit of liigalls versus Wade ? I find a flaw in the indictment." ; Mr. Coleman was in the mood for finding flaws. His habitual Gelf-con trol had deserted him. O.ice lie :on ly annihilated Mr. Riggs for casually mentioning Mr. Lynda and his report ed engagement. "Oho ! I recollect now ; Coleman had a lien on the young woman him self. Queer I should haye forgotten," mused the discomfited advocate, dip ping bid pen In tbe ink. That night Mr.Coleman had a chill no metaphorical heart ague, but a gen nine physical, bone-shakiug rigor that demanded blankets and hot brick and a heroic dose of quinine. "He's caught malaria from some of those Western bog-holes," said the doctor as-dde to the landlord. "Unless wo break it up lie's in for a fever. See that lie has a good nurse. 11l be round in Hie morning." The landlord himself sat up with the patient, and a busy night lie had till daybreak, when Mr. Coleman sank into a drowse. The wea'y watcher improv ed this opportunity to steal away for a nap, and sent Ins son to take his place by the bedside. After an hour's sleep the sick man awoke refreshed,tbe ring ing in bis ears greater, but the throb bing of bis temples less, the pain in his limbs no longer absolutely unbearable. "Heigho 1 that you, Harry f" he said catcning sight of the boy munching an apple for entertainment. "Where were you when 1 came home last night? I didn't see you." "At St. Mark's, sir, blowing the or gan. Mr. Lynde has hired me for the quarter." "Oh he has, has lie ?" Mr. Coleman turned over in bed, and scowled at the smoky lamp chimney. Soon he flopped back again. "Do you like this Lynde fellow, Harry ?" "Tip-top ; everybody does." Mr. Coleman groaned. '•ls the pain coming on again, sir ? Cau I do anything for you V" "Nothing, thank you, my boy ; I'm I pretty essentially done for. I'd like to hear you talk, though. Tell me what's happened while I've been away. What's this Lynde been up to ?" "Oh, he's been flyiug round, you'd better believe." "Been doing a stiff business, I sup pose, driving out with the ladies ?" "IJa's been driving out with Miss Haywood some. I haven't seen him with anybody else." The invalid supptessed auother groan. "They've been looking at di9he3 and curtains and things." Mr Coleman rose savagely upon his elbow. This was ten thousand times worse than he had dreamed. "The story I've heard, then, is true, Harry ; Mr. Lynde is going to be married." "Why, how did you know, Mr. Cole man ? lie said it was a secret. He let me go all over his ho.use yesterday —he's hired Lunt's cottage, corner ot Vine street—and things shine, I tell you. You ought to see those carpets. Miss Haywood helped him pick 'em out. The other woman don't suspect a thing." "What other woman ?" "Why, tlie woman Mr. Lynde is go ing to marry. She lives down in Maine. She thinks after the wedding on Christmas she's coming with Mr. Lynde to his boarding-house ; but in stead of that, sir, lie's going to fetch her right home to this bully cottage. I'll bet she'll be surprised." Mr. Coleman dropped back upon the pillow with an expression a Raphael might have despaired of reproducing. He lav there a few minutes reflecting, then sat bolt upright,his towel-begirted hsad in bold relief against the mahog any headboard. "Blow out the lamp, Harry, please, draw up the curtains, and hand me my writiug desk there on the table. I'll give you a dollar if you'll carry a mes sage to Miss Haywood for me this morning." "Bless my soul, Coleman, you're as tough as a pine knot 1" exclaimed the doctor, bolting in as his patient sealed the note. "You had ague enough last night to shake a sensitive mortal into the grave, and here you're up and at tending to business. Let's leel your pulse. Rapid yet, but softer. If you're prudeat you'll be out iu a few days." Harry rushed off on his errand, au d delivered Mr. Coleman's billet into the hands of Miss Rue herself, who in his private opinion looked very sober and red-eyed. "DEA* RUE (thus ran the missive)— "I've been having a chill, one of the bona fide castanet order. I hope you'll do me the favor to believe it was com ing on at vour house. If I raved fu riously and behaved worse than a sav age, as I know I did, do forgive me, dear. I'm coming to beg pardon on my knees as soon as they are firm e nough. Inclosed please find your ring. Ever thine. "JOHN. "P. S.—Don't on any account with draw from the operetta." "Poor deal soul, how ill he rau9t have been 1" mused loving little Rue, slipping the cherished ring back upon he; finger. "But I hope he isn't going ' to be subject to these chills," she add ed, with a doleful look. "I do nope be 1 isn't, for the sake of both of us." Terms, SI.OO per Year, in Advance. Explosive Seeds and Trees A Story Told by a Traveler la the West Indies that May bo True ana May Not. 'Speaking about dynamiters,' said a naturalist, 'I have brought a few specimens to illustrate that feature in low life—as there are dynamiters in the lower animal kingdom at. well as in the higher, and curious enough, we might say the same of the vegeta ble kingdom. I remember a few years ago I was traveling on a small vessel between some of the West India Islands, and at one place had purchas ed a number of eurious seeds, placing them under in v berth for safe-keeping. I was sitting at a small table, hang ing on with both hands, in company with a negro passenger, when there came an explosion that sounded as if a barrel of powder had gone off. Some thing whizzed by my face so close that I felt the wind, and another pro jectile struck me lull in the breast. The negro was not so fortunate. lie uttered a loud yell as the sound came, threw up his hands, and with the blood spurting from his face, went o vcr backward with a crash that brought the skipper and crew, down the hatch in a hurry. We picked him up, and first he swore I had shot him, and then that I had hit him with a club, but iu a moment he recovered from his fright and be began to inves tigate. 'The man. had been struck fairly on the nose—a blow so powerful that it was several hours before the hemor rhage could be stopped. When I rose from my seat something dropped upon the cabin floor and I afterward picked it up, aud what do you suppose it was ? Nothing but a section "of one of the seeds,and they were the explos ives. The heat of the cabin had in some way affected them so that they went off like cartridges, and as each was ijiade up of several pieces, it had somewhat the effect of grape-shot. One struck the negro as related,anoth er missed my head and shattered a looking-glass behind me, another struck me in the chest, while still a nother, curiously enough,.took off the i handle of a pitcher, or monkey cooler, | that stood on the table. Four of the i seeds didn't go off and you may be sure I pnt them in a strong box. A number of seeds,' continued the speak er, 'have a similar habit of exploding and it is generally a provision con nected with the dispersal of seeds. In the West I have seen trees explode with a report that could be heard nearly a mile; in this case the frost was the cause. " There certain insects bore great holes in the bark of trees, rain finds its way in and freezes and away goes the tree as if you had plac ed a torpedo in it, showing what the expansive power of water will do.' A Tramp Defends Ladies. Information is given of a sensation al occurrence near Wadesboro, N. C., on Tuesday evening. An Irish tramp called at a house occupied by two la dies and asked for lodging. They at first refused his request, but finally agreed to lock him in a closet, where he was to remain all night. About 12 o'clock the ladies were waked by a negro who had come into the room. He threatened to kill them if they made an outcry and demanded money, which one of the ladies said she would get. Sho then went to the closet and unlocked the door, when the tramp, who had heard the whole conversa tion, sprang out, pistol in hand. The negro started to run, but the tramp fired, killing him instantly. Shortly after it was discovered that the sup posed negro was a white man, who had blackened himself and invaded the house. He was recognized as a near neighbor of the ladies. He Could Afford it. "I did not see you yesterday, Mislh er Gilhooly," said Mose Schauraburg. "I was out of town yesterday. I went fishing with Col. Crandall Man son and some others on Onion Creek." "Oh, you vent mit dot rich panker." "Yes, and he is one of the most straight-forward, honest gentlemen I ever met.'' "Mine Gott, vy should he not pe honest. He hss got more den hallufif a million tollars dot pank in, pes'des real estate. For halluff dot money I vill pe a saint myself.right ayay."— lexas Si/t --ings, NO. 17- LAWS If subscribers order (be discontinuation .of newspapers, the publishers may continue to send I hem until all arrearages are paid. If subscribers refn*e or ne;rlfd to tape their newspapers from ihoolTVe to which 1 hey are sent theyare he'd responsible until they have.settled the bills and ordered them discontinued. If subscribers more to other.placet without tB forming the publisher, and the uewtpapers are sent tot lie former place, theyare reapom>ible. ADVERTISING RATES. 1 wk. 1 mo. 9 mo*. 6 mos. 1 vea 1 square *2 oo *4 no $5 on s<> oo $8 to k " 700 10 00 15 00 80 00 40 tU 1 " 10 00 15 00 25 00 45 00 75 TO One inch makes a square. Administrators g and Executors' Notices friAO. Transient ndver tlsemonis and locals 10 cents per Hue tor lirst insertion and o cents per line for each addition--* aOnaertkm Was Not Interested* lie rang the door-bell of a house on Cass avenue, and when the owner him self opened the door handed tiira a seal ed envelope. 'Receipt for the cholera,' he said, in a brisk, jerky voice, 'only twenty-flve cents.' 'But my dear sir, I don't want it,' said the citizen, drawing back. J'l haven't any -use for It. Cholera is something we never indulge in.' 'Take it, and I'll throw in the ale br?ted treatise by the great Dr. 0-—-, 'How the Choleia Travels,' in book form.' 'My friend,' said the Cass avenue man, gently but firmlj, 'I don't care a continental how the cholera travels— whether it is in book form, on a steam yacht or in a palace car. What I par ticularly desire just now is to see you travel; ta-ta !' The agent took thp hint and his de parture at the same moment.— Fret Press. A Noted Hen. A Cape Vincent man has construct ed a sheet iron lien that promised to lay him a golden egg. It is finished up to life, full size, cackles, clucks and looks with one eye at a time so natural ly that it deceiyes the oldest beohawk iu the country. It is so fixed tbat£when a hawk, mink or polecat pounces on to it the back springs open and the wings fly up and force the assailant on to a ravenous buzz saw that makes seven hundred revolutions in a minute. Af ter moving half a minute the saw stops, the hen closes up, fold 3 its wings and begins to cackle as though.it had just laid an egg. One winding op will an swer for three massacres, provided the delicate machiuery does not get clogged up with too much blood, bones and feathers. He set a newly painted one out in the sun to dry hist week, which attracted the attention of a'fine old cat belonging to Dr. Wood, who had been poking a great deal of fun at the fool ish thing. The lien is there but the cat is hence. Bill Nye on Venice. Venice is one of the best watered towns in Europe. You can hardly walk a block without getting your feet wet,unless you ride in a gondola. The gondola is a long slim hack with out wheels and is worked around through the damp streets by a bru nette man, whose breath shoukl be a sad warning to us all. He is called the gondolier. Sometimes he sings in a low tone of voice and in a foreign tongue. Ido not know where I have met so many foreigners as I have here in Europe, unless it was in New York at the polls. Wherever Igo I hear a foreign tongue. Ido not know whether these people talk in the Ital ian language just to show off or not Perhaps they prefer it • His Pa Had a Olean Tongue. 'Who preached to the disciples on the day of Penticost ?' asked a Newman Sunday school teacher of her class. 'Peter,' shouted the class in a chorus. 'And what happened unto them ?' 'Cloven tongues,' said the class. 'What is a cloven tongue ?' The class remained silent, and the teacher was about to explain, when the smallest boy exclaimed : 'My pa's got one.' 'You are mistaken,' said the teacher. 'This was a miracle, and miracles do not occur now.' 'Yes, he has a cloven tongue,' said the boy, 'for I saw him put a clove on his tongue this morning as soon as he took a drink out of a jug.' <.. It Breaks Him all up. "Yes, I have got a mighty good Mrs. Callaper,but he's an awful tender hearted body." he ? Well, I wouldn't have thought it." "Yes ; bad news of any kind uses ' him up." "La, me ! you don't say ?" "He never could stand up under trouble of no kind like me." "That's very strange." "Why, bless you, ma'am, it just a bout breaks bis heart to Jtell him the sugar box is empty, and it fairly give® him a spasm whenever the flour gives out." THE surprising statement is maae by an exchange that the demand for gunpowder is greater in times of peace than in war. It is said that more was used in the construction of the Hoosac Tunnel than during the course " of the late civil war. The United States consumes on the average 100 tons a day, which is estimated to be more than would be burned in a bat tie in which 50,000 men would fire 40 rounds each.
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