ANOTHER FELLOW'S UIKL
How Geoffrey Halkett Was Cured
of Hla Ono Failing.
There was a man oncp Geoffrey Hal
kett by name of few fulling, but chief
among them was tho ineradicable con
viction that ho understood tho Inner
most workings of the mind of a gr.
"A clever beppar 1 once knew," ho
explained one night to his old intimate,
Taddon "in fact, about tho cleverest
betfKar 1 ever did know once nuid to
me: 'If you know one thinrf thoroughly
you hold tho key to everything.' It
didn't strike me particularly at tho
time. I had no reason for testing It,
but it's awfully true, Jim. I can see it
nyav."
It was in Jim l'addon'n Twins la
Gmy'n inn that this sententious remark
was uttered. Jim l'uddoti was at tho
moment keenly interested in wonder
inff whether the cork of a soda water
bottlo would eomo out easily, liku a
tooth with pa, or would require ex
tracting with a wrench. Tho tfas
gained tho day.
"Well," ho said, content now to dally
with trivialities, "and what if it Iii?"
"Well, I'll tell you. Sometimes th'.s
knowledge is very useful to you, and
sometimes well, it's just amusing. I
don't think I'm particularly conceited,
but I flatter myself that 1 have always
hada knack of understanding girls. It
isn't a thing a man cares to talk about
much. In the first place ninety-nine
people out of a hundred would put
anyone down as a fool who said this
possibly, I am rather femininely
minded. In any case, I often used to
think I could seo things from their
point of view better than most fellows
and argue their cases in their own way.
Jsow, since I have thoroughly under
stood one girl, I know I can do this.
And what is the consequence? Why,
they never astonish me now."
Paddon took his pipe from his mouth
,and attempted to realize an old ambi
tion, and blow a second smoke ring
through a first.
"My experience," ho said, when fail
ure tripped him up remorselessly, "is
that they vary too much. No two are
alike and they always pet mixed up,
and to try to put them right is the
worst of all." Whether he was alluding
to smoke rings or girls was not very
clear.
"Look here, old fellow," he said,
"you've either had one whisky too
many or too few."
Paddon adoptedotho only course open
to him.
"Who's the poor girl you've experi
mented on? Do I know her?"
"That's rather a brutal way of put
ting it, but I suppose it's Kate."
"Then," said Paddon, "isn't it almost
a pity that you are not going to marry
her instead of me."
ilalkett smiled, lie was not a mar
rying man.
When next the two friends met it
was at the homo of Kato Temple, tho
maiden who, after being analyzed by
one man, had perversely fallen in love
with another, ilalkett, too philosoph
ical to be jealous, hud only found iii
the circumstance of her preference for
his friend o farther proof of tho well
known law that ideals must be low
ered half-mast high when science passes
1)3'. In .short, he liked her still, but his
attitude now might best be described as
one of slightly contemptuous sympathy.
The circumstances under which they
all met were now rather depressing.
James Paddon had many weaknesses,
and one of them had just attained un
alarming prominence, Mir McDcrmott
Ballarat, who doubled the parts of emi
nent specialist and family friend to the
Temples (for Kate had one incum
brance sue was garrisoned round
about by a maiden aunt with fads), had
just discovered that his dear young
friend Paddon possessed only one lung
instead of the normal number, and that
that interesting relic must on no ac
count be allowed to winter in England.
It was now September. The young
man might take his lung to Davos
Platz or to Colorado, but he must bo off
without delay.
Halkett, like most people, was at his
best in emergencies. Tho one cheering
fact to the Temples on this last de
pressing evening was his quiet an
nouncement to Kate that if Jim liked
he would go with him and look after
him. He had previously arranged it all
with Paddon, - who was pleased. This
almost reconciled Kate to her lover's
going to the further country. Jim Tad
don did not feel ill, ho said, whereas if
he went to a place haunted by invalids
he would grow worsc out of synjpathy.
' The good-bya that night were said
in chapters. Geoffrey Halkett left flrnt
and Kate's eyes were eloquent when
sho thanked hiin. She did not Bay
much, but he was satisfied. It was lit
that moment that tho eminently femi
nine thought occurred to her: "What a
pity Geoffrey should not marry some
nice girl!" Then old Mrs. Temple :iid
pood-by to all and discreetly left tho
lovers to settle the rest This look two
hours and three-quarters, during which
time Geoffrey leauod against a lamp
post smoking and thinking it rather a
pity that Kate's eyes should Vie wasted
on Jim. He was aroused by Jim rush
'ing down the steps, almost knocking
him down and swearing at him. They
walked to London that night, by way
of getting up strength for the journey.
The next day they started.
,! Huskiu, who advocated once a period
of lengthened probationary absence for
tho young man in love, probably fore
saw tho advantago of taking steps
which would cancel fifty per cent, ol
first engagements. Paddon was not to
Ibu relied upon with impunity. His
!lung grew lusty and Btrong in tho
(bracing air of the Uoeky mountaii:,
jbut he fell in love with a settler's
(daughter just beforo the time when he
should have returned to Kato. Ilalkett
hud noticed this emotion in its in
cipient stages, but Paddon hud not,
nor .hud it even tinged his letters to
Kate, when he contracted a prevalent
form of fever and tho settler's daughter
nursed him through it As soon as ho
became convalescent he bestowed on
her a now Colorado edition of his old
love for Kato.
Now, Padilon's illness hud been Ilitl
kett's opportunity. W hatever Mvervod
in him, it wns never his loyalty to his
friends. Ilo wrote to Kate regularly,
reporting tho Invalid's heulth. When
Jim regained convalescences it was
promptly brought home to him that ho
should resume management of his own
utTiiirs, but his new sentiment barred
tho way to this. At this crisis it Bectned
pood to Jim Paddon, whoso slmplo
brain was not capable of dealing with
two sets of emotions, ti unceremoni
ously depart with tho settler's daughter
and marry her. Ho considerately left
a note requesting Halkett to deal with
his honor as ho thought fit.
Geoffrey Halkett was a gentleman by
instinct, and at tho best but an ama
teur liar. He had the British uvcrs'.o;
to taking away a man's character to a
girl. Ai'ter much deliberation ho said
to himself: "Jf I know Kate mid I
Hotter myself t'.'at I do know her she
v.uuld rutlier retain her falt.1i hi a dead
Jliu than lose her faith in a living Jim."
N he wrote thut Jim had pot worse and
died. lie did not consider himself in
this, which was to his credit
Then, being no longer required ia
Colorado, he followed his letter home.
On the way home common sense ar
gued with him ami brought heme to
hi:u very forcibly that ho had made a
mistake. Sooner or later Kiito must
learn the truth. It would be better for
her to hear it from him now than to have
it brutally broken to her later, when it
might injure her life more. It was not
a pleasant mission, this mission of con
fession ou which he went a short time
after his return, but heconfror.led him
self with tho thought that she would at
least acknowledge that all he had done
was out of consideration for her.
Geoffrey Halkett never told anyone
what happened at that interview. As a
matter of fact, tho plrl heard him all
through, and then, white and trembling
with indignation, infinitely scornful
with herself for having allowed anyone
to defauia her lover while she listened,
she turned and left him not, though,
before she had pointedly suggested that
ho should never enter the house again.
"She had never trusted him from the
very beginning," so sho said, "und
now "
Halkett took up his hat and went
This man, who had thought himself
never to be astonished again, was an
obstinate man, but not too obstinate to
acknowledge himself astonished. He
wasted no time over useless arguments
or letters, but he went abroad und some
time subsequently ho met Jim Paddon.
The interview was short, but satisfac
tory. All, it appeared, that Halkett re
quired of his fovmer friend was n letter
written to Kate, telling her how mat
ters stood. Paddon demurred, und
Mrs. Paddon thought Halkett a nui
sance. "I may be a sneak," said Jim; "but I'll
be if I'll writo myself down one."
Hiilkett declined to enter into the
distinction. "You can put it in a gen
tlemanly way if you can," he said.
A n.an with only one lung and a bad
case is no match for n man with two
lungs and a good case and a rapidly de
veloping passion for a woman. Jn less
than a mouth Halkett was homo with
the letter.
"Kale is devilish obstinate when
sh-;R in a bad temper," he said to him
self. "I know what she'll do now;
she'll refuso to seo me, and I'm not
going to tr.isa the letter to tho post"
S'.Hl, h" wrote and tked her to mako
au appointment. She replied by re
turn, naming a day and hour, ilal
kett gasped a little at this, but went
lor a walk to think how lie should
meet her.
He need not have troubled about
arranging speeches or lines of con
duct. Kato took the initiative at tho
interview, as he might have known sho
must She was very civil, only rather
distant, and asked him why he wanted
to see her.
"I have brought you a letter," ho
said.
Sho held out her hand.
He gave it to her. She looked at tho
writing, murmured an excuse and left
him.
When sho came back there was little
changed about her except a hesitancy
in her speech.
"Don't niuko me apologize," she said,
"but, of course, I knew you wre right
when you told me, only I wasn't going
to allow anyone but Jim to say such
things about himself, was I?"
"Certainly not, said Ilalkett, too
blinded by the sentiment of tho sen
tence to consider its grammar. 'It is
I who have to apologize."
So they parted good friends and tho
student of women went home satisfied,
and on tho whole rather pleased than
not with the sensation o,f astonishment
to which he was now becoming quite
accustomed.
After a decent interval of these
friendly relations he asked her to
marry him.
Then the friendly intercourse
snapped like a pipestem und sho told
him he hud insulted hor. "You ought
by this time," sho said, "to know mo
too well to imagine that I could ever
love again."
This llnir.hed off Geoffrey Ilalkett.
lie spent a miserable month making
up his mind whether to go abroad or
to the. devil, and ho finally decided
on a combination, when this letter
came:
Ukah Mil Hai.xutt Have vo annoyed you
In any way? If not, why do you never cume to
see us nowy Wo haU hoth bo In, snU very
liUuacu to eo you uuy adornoou tin wuek li
you euro to look us up again. Very sliaeruiy
yours, Katk TtMi'Wi
lJ. S. Aunt says slui may Jiavu to go out
Wednesday, but every otticr ufwrnion slio will
hi at noma
Geoffrey Hulkett read this letter, but
not ull his experience could inako him
look as though ho had expected it.
After a little while ho smiled and lit
his pipe, and wo happy. Ho might
not understand women, bnt he under
stood that letter. On Wednesday
morning ho spent twenty guineas on a
ring, on Wednesday afternoon ho
culled at tho Temples' and saw Kato.
After all, now tliut ho was cured of
his chiot weuknehb, he was a very
good fellow, and there is never a better
wife than the girl who is capable of
astonishing you on occasion. San
,0 x..rp!n
ORIGIN OF "HURRA."
It 1 Pnltl to 11 Drrlvrd from the (Iprmnn
, Inlrrjet tlim "Hui r."
A writer In tho London Times
claimed that the exclamation "hurra"
was of Slavonic origin. Subspqently
Dr. C. A. lUishelm, of King's college,
London, alluding to tho statement,
wrote, snying: "I presume your cor
respondent must have some authority
for this assertion, but I hope you will
allow mo to point out that, a. far as I
know, the word Is of purely German
origin. It is penenilly assumed to be
derived fr;m tho Imitative Interjection
burr, describing a rapid movement,
from which word the middle high Ger
man liurren, 'to inovo rapidly,' or
rather to hurry, has been formed.
Hurra is therefore nothing else but an
enlarged form of hurt', anil, as I said,
of purely Teutonic origin. In Grimm's
'Worlerbuch' v.'e find the interjection
quoted from n minnesinger. It also
recurs in Danish and Swedish, an I it
would be interesting to know when it
was fir.-t introduced in this country in
the Anglicized form of 'hurry.' I:i Ger
many it was frequently used during
the Napoleonic wars by the Prussian
soldiers, nnd it also occurs in soimj
political and martial songs of those
days. Since then it seems to have been
adopted also by other nations, even by
the. French in the form of hourra.
That the interjection did not become
so popular in Germany as a cheer at a
convivial gathering as in this country
i probably owing to the circumstance
that preference was given here to the
brief exclamation 'Hoeh!' forming re
spectively the end aud the beginning
of the phrases 'Krlobo hoeh' and 'Hoeh
) oil er leben.' Of late the word hurra
seems to have become rather popular
in Germany. It is just possible that
the English rehnported it t here, or that
it was revived through the magnificent
poem of 'Hurra, Germanin!' written by
the poet luureato of German people,
I'er d i n a n d l'r e 1 i sg ra th . "
THc STOMM AT THE SHOF3Z.
I'retty DuncHptlnn of n llo on tho Man
RHctniKrttH o:mt.
It was a superb storm. Its depreda
tions and disasters by land nnd sea arc
elsewhere counted in nr.othor reckon
ing, but there was a joy in tho splen
dor of the grile, seen from a high nnd
quiet center, beside a gay wood fire,
while the trees lashed like green waves
r.nd the pray waves of ocean were
springing into white trees of spray
against far rocks and headlands, sa; s
the Huston Trnnseript. Tho rain
poured, poured, poured nil day long;
the surf on tho shore boomed in har
monious thunder, nnd fur nt sea there
were w Into caps bigger than nnything
Neptune could ever wear, bettor to bo
called white gowns, tearing to tatters
high above the deep, quiet home
v. hence no Mermaids stirred. Tho
sweep of tho clumping wind and the
breaking away of the nearer and the
farther fogs brought in sight no bravo
sail. Wise nur.-inors of pleasure had
put irto safe harbors, and the few sea
going ve.-sels on duty bound beat their
wry reluctantly beyond the horizon's
close boundary. A big storm lit the
sea.-h. re h:is its eo'npen.sr.'.ioris, even
vh.':i it driees nil but the most adven
turous souls lnb
'king-ehairs hesid.:
r,e:t-loo!:!ng v.-'tv'vv. 'There ar al
ways the a.lvcr.'v.rous i:lso in tliese
thou.1 ands of homes beside the sea.
unu-ai.ulers in lull rubber boots and
mackintoshes, who break into nature's
outside yet esoteric secrets of the
sl'.r::i arsl bring them home untol-l,
indeed uiiteli.-.ble, inter the wres'.lo
with the winds on the cliff, while the
f.weet fresh waters from the heavens
and tho high dashing fringes of salt
spray beat upon adventurous peering
faces, nnd leave to incautiously talk
ing mouths some taste of tho bitter
und the sweet.
TAKE A BEECH TREE.
It la Cotmldi-rrd the bufoit lor Shelter In
a Thunder Storm.
The danger of taking refuge under
a tree when caught in a thunderstorm
is one of which wo uro constantly re
minded; but, when wo have to choose
between getting wet through with its
attendant disoomfort and the (appar
ently) small chance of being struck by
lightning while under the shelter of
the tree, it is only natural that we
should decide in favor of the latter,
says the Paris Figaro.
Under such circumstances it is of ad
vantage to know which is tho best tree
to choose for shelter. A certain Herr
Wockert tells us that we should select
a beech tree, and gives us the follow
ing reason:
It is always advisable to select those
trees whoso leaves uro hairy or ciliated
in preference to trees with smooth
leaves. Tho danger of being struck
by lightning depends not only upon
the height of tho tree, but also upon
its power of conductibillty, determined
by the amount of sap and its electric
tension.
Most of us know tho tendency of
points to attract electricity, the most
notable example of the application of
tills principle being tho lightning con
ductor. The hair, or eilia, of leaves uct
the part of natural lightning con
ductors, nnd thus prevent the forma
tion of a very strong electro-motive
force; the refore it stands to reuson that
there is less danger in sheltering under
a beech tree than under uu oak or trees
of a sirnilnr kind.
A Ktrnnso Wfxhlln'.; Cimtoui.
During medieval times a woman wiic
had nothing when blio wu s married es
caped responsibility for her debts.
Women wero then often married in a
single garment to relieve themselves
of indebtedness. A young and noblo
German lady of tho sixteenth century,
to inako assurance doubly sure, hud
tho marriage ceremony performed
wl.ilo she was standing in a closet, en
tirely divested of clothing. She put
out her hand through tho crude of tho
door and wus thus married. As soon
us the ceremony was performed the
groom, clergyman and witnesses left
the room, she camo out, urrayed her
self in clothes provided by her fcuu
band nnd took her place at thu tune-
fifl . f Cast.
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Eggs per dozen .18
Lard per lb ,
Ham per pound ,t6
Pork, whole, per pound... ..'.07 to .08
Beef, quarter, per pound 06 to .08
Wheat per bushel $t
Oats " o
Re " " .80
Wheat flour per bbl 4.25
Hay per ton '." J200
Potatoes per bushel .70
Turnips "
Onions " j.0o
Sweet potatoes per peck. . . ..25 to .35
Cranberries per qt ,u
Tallow per lb 08
Shoulder " .. 14
Side meat"" !!!!'.!" !i4
Vinegar, per qt. 08
JJnea apples per lb 05
Dried cherries, pitted .18
Raspberries ,18
Cow I lides per lb .'.'..' 01
Steer " 4 0
.alfSkin, V.V.V.V.V40 toiso
Sheep pelts 90
Shelled corn per bus 65
Corn meal, cwt , . , a 0o
Bran, t ,s
Chop " ,i ,'2;
Middlings " 1.2$
Chickens per lb ,i2
Turkeys " " ,4
Geese " " l0
Ducks " " !io
Coau
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