THE ORTHOD-OX TEAM.
'HoM on, utrnnnerl Turn out yonder dost
to th wall! , ,
lor tb n.ads rery narrow, and Ire got
Whoa'.1 bark, haw tb.r, old Unptlut I Whoa,
Mrthodiat, wliont ,
(TUeoo are o.n that need all tho road, ott
Tea I ililva without awenrln', tltons"
atrmiRO It p.ay worn.
For I'm lttvln', good atrHiigor, my orthml-
ox tPiim:" ,
Siild tlio luiubcrinau of Calaveras.
"Thnt rpW-opnl ox Is of excellent breed; 1
Much mure noted for style than he. Is for
TughkV ef'"ii.lieute struetiire, this ox will
not xlilik; .
Yet lie never was known, sir, to swent ot
his work. , , . ,
IIo's a good, pious ox, never losing his way.
For he reads nil the algn-bourds, and goes
lint aBtrsyl"
Halil the lumberman of Calaveras.
"Ttiere'a the good Itnptlst ox; he's hard- t
Mll'll TO till! Dime;
(",ln. coiiiniiinliiii lii Ut he rats nil nlmio.
Shaken hit lii-iul whim lt' rulnln ninl
closes his eyes;
He hates to be sprinkled, though It comes
front the sklesl
Why, he won't cross a lirldgo unless drns-
gcil l.y the team;
He'll go nowhere. I awnr, but Mown Into ,
the si ream! I
Said the ltiniberuinn of Calaveras. J
"Preslivteilati, gee! Congregational, haw!
They re good stock, let me tell you, and
know how to draw! I
They're so perfectly mulched, sir, thnt very
few folk
Can tell them apart when they re out of
the yoke!
let yon see a slight difference when It U
shown;
Cue leans on his Elders and ono ntnivU
alone!" .
rjald the lumberman of Calaveras.
"There's nn ox I term Israel oldest of nil;
Ouce he grilled In the garden before Adam's
fall;
He went Into tho ark at tho time of the
Hood,
Ajid when Thnraoh starved he was cliewlu'
his cud!
(There nn ancestry, sir, full of glory, no
Jollbt,
But for goring the Master they're scattered
about!" ;
Huld tho lumberman of Calaveras. ;
"I've on ox over there who tends strictly
to biz:
He's a Catholic ox; what a monster he Is!
And he keeps growlu' big, while he keeps
growlu' old.
And he cever let's go where ho once gets
a hold!
He's n strong one, you bet! Why, I never
ret spoke
But lie started right off with his neck In
the yoke!" i
Suld the lumberman of Calaveras. ,
"There's old Methodist, one of the best on
the road! i
Tou'd suppose by the fuss he alone dragged
the load!
How he pulls when I sing hallelujah, n.".d
shout:
ut the worst of It Is, ho keeps changln
about ! I
Tie was bought on probation, and works
like a toil,
Out I've had liitn three years, ami suppose
I must swop!"
Buld the lumberman of Cnlaverns. I
"Thnt suave Universalis! mnnv ndmlre; '
Claims the devtl'i a myth, with bis great
prairie lire!
There's my Adventlst clalmlu' to have sec
ond night; !
If he keeps on a-guessln' he'll gucs tho
thing right! j
And the Seventh Day Baptist; their num
bers are such, i
If they do break the Bnhbntli, they dou't
break It much!" I
Snld the lumberman of Calaveras. '
"Got a spiritist? Yes, sir, I bought him
by chance;
.When It comes to hard work he goes off
In a trunce. i
Nothing practical, sir, In a medium ox, 1
If you hnve to keep proddln' with ruppln's
and knocks. i
But I must keep movln' and ploddln' along '
With my orthodox team, or the world will ,
go wrong!" j
SulU the lumberman of Cnlaverns.
"Take the road that I came, and bewnre of
short cuts. r
You will not lose the way If you follow the
ruts.
I am sorry to force you, my friend, to turn .
out,
But this Is the regular lumberman's route. !
On the road of life, stranger, my right is j
supremo; I
The whole world must turn out for my
Suld the lumberman of Cnlnveras,
MARK'S OlITIXa
Mark Partington was In ills re.is. '
That was one reason why ho l. ink a
hansom straight from tho doctor's .o
Iialiih Gray's roomt In tho Alhnny. 1
Ho knew or iiilRUt have known. Unit It
was just tho time when Halph was '
most busy the prime of tho morning, I
when t'he writer's U1mu are most xlg-,
orous and, as he fondly hopes, most 1
orlidnal. But Mark was not altruist j
eaoutfh to care two pins whether ho !
disturbed his friend In the middle of
a notion of a fried sole. And yet he, 1
too. was a writer.
lie bounced Into Ralph's room.
"I'm under sentence, my dear fel
low." he cried, heedless of the com- j
Dosed look of reproach that was level- j
1 a . him, "and I thought you'd like
to know." I
"That's tiresome," exclaimed ltalpli, '
methodically closing Ids fountain pen.
"Now, wliat I want to know is," i
proceeded Mark Partington, "where
am I to so?"
"If only I could meet with a girl like :
tho future Mrs. Gray at least, If all .
you suv of her is to be believed." I
"A most wlso reservation, that'." j
said ltulph. "But there, now, why j
not net off to Wales and try your own j
luck? It is a lovely country and you j
will find tho people in out-of tlie-way
imrts extraordinarily simple and un
feDoilt." "All right. Give me her address, or ,
at least tell me her name; and If she
comes up to your portrait of her,
Kaliih, I'll take the leap, too, und set
tle down."
"I'll not give you her address, my
dear fellow, nor tell you her name,
liut I'll tell you where I met her, and
1 think you'll have no dlftlculty iu ilnd
lnif others something like her. You
can take train to Pwllheli and then
make your way to Aberenllyn anyhow
Dlcnso."
Partington picked up his stick.
"Thanks, my' dear fellow. Oh, by the
way, .lust write it down, will you?
Aber something or other Is vague."
"Yes, it will be endurable," said
Raluh. as he wrote tho name on a
slip of iapr. "There you are and a
irood time to you."
The day after Ms Interview with
Ilaloh Gray lie took train for Wales.
Jt was close upon four o'clock when
he reached Aberenllyn. An air of
'sacred culm was over the village.
Walking up tho strurt he heard steps
behind hin and tlw door of a cottage
mooned. H turned to look into a pair
.;. of sunny gray eyes. They belonged to
young woman, whose pretty tlgurc
. was .well declared by her tlght-nfilm;
. Mack dress. There was either the
'beginning or the nd of a smile on
her .' ps. The Ups wwe small anil
tthupelessly, and and so wore tVe teeth
tUwy half kid. Mark did not TsWiu
oil at oaoe (t that this girl w!
beautiful, btrt he felt Instinctively thai
she had n humane heart tinder her
bml!c In reply, therefore, to her
charmingly lisped "(tan we offer you
slu-ltcr, Kir?' he poured out his plaint.
There was nn elderly, dark-eyed and
liard-faeril woman In the gloom of a
paxKiiKi! behind, and the night-cap on
her l'c.id nt once made Mark regard
her as an enemy. But as he sat on a
ch.ilr In the little room, cumbered with
mllinery into which he had been Invit
ed, and watched the play of the girl's
fitce, Mark knew that he had gained
un ally.
lie mt in patience while the girl
opened ntid carriiMl on n lengthy con
versation wi.h the night-capped lady.
"My aunt says, sir," observed the
clrl nt length, "that if you will excuse
the confusion she shall give you a
room."
Another look into the gray eyes
and all Mark's seruplcs lied.
"1 cannot tell you how relieved I
feel, ' he kiIiI, with a genuinely grate
ful ring to his voice, as ho followed
the gill Into a chandler nine feet
simare, i he prim norse-halred furniture
of which was disguised under its coat
of dust.
"That is my tallier," said the girl,
pointing to the portrait of a broad
shouldered mail In black, with a kind
ly expression on his somewhat sliaggy
face, and with a roll of paper In his
hand, as if It were a truncheon. "And
that," Indicating n sour-mouthed min
ister on the other side of the r.ni.
"Iss my father's brother, Uuc'e Owen."
"What must I "all you." asked Mark,
when his pretty deliverer brought him
Ills tea ninl sat down to se him eat It
"Mv name? Oil, It iss liau.lla How
lands I am geiierar.y called Claudia;
1 like It liost and Mrs. Griffiths hero
Is my aunt. You see it Iss the hiring
time, and she Iss so busy then that
one of uss, my sister or me, comes to
heln her with the shop It Iss amusing,
too:"
Ills second day In Aberenllyn did
lint confirm his earlier Impressions
about tills Welsh girl. He saw her
now In her role of busy worker, d.ilng
everything that came In her way. and
doing it all with the most wlusome
cheerfulness.
lie dined on tineed Salmon of an
indifferent brand; but Claudia sor.ved
It. and at his request shared It with
hi in. She was not a bit troubled at
being asked To dine with him, but
there was just coupcon of deference
in Iter manner, which made. her ad
the more charming.
Then she again took up hvr bonnets
and continual to run between rhe shop
and Mr. Partington's roorfi till even
Mark's obdurate nature yearned lu
pltv for her.
"Will you not come out with mo?"
he asked.
She excused herself with a smile.
The bonnets and her auut were her
idea: but Mark saw it lu tier face that
a sense of propriety also deterred her.
Yet tills same sense of propriety did
Trot prevent her sitting with him for
hour after hour lu the evening, while
she worked by the light of ono candle,
and Mark studied her face. Mrs.
Griffiths came periodically to peep at
them. She did not stem pleased at
her niece's conduct, but as there was
no relaxation In the bounet-niaking
she uttered no audible protest.
Somehow tho talk took a literary
turn. Claudia's father, who was a
tradesman lu a town at some distance
was also a preacher. Tho roll of paper
lu his hands on the wall was one of
Ids sermons.
"I suppose, Claudia, you dou't read
many novels?" he i.sked.
"No, Mr. Partington, and It Iss
slrange yet that I should not though
I cannot tell you altogether why. But
when I wass a very little girl my
Uncle Oweu there took me upon hiss
two knees and said I wass never to
read those books, and I said I would
not. They are wicked things, novels,
Mr. Partington, and put Idle and vain
thoughts Into girls' minds."
"I myself am a writer of novels,
Claudia." said Mark, stopping to boo
what effect his words would ua.ro upon
the girl's face.
But they seemed to hare hardly any.
She colored slightly and her eyes took
nn earuest expression.
"Indeed; I an? sorry I said that,"
she whispered. "They may not be so
bad ass Uncle Owen thinks, ami I sup
pose some people must write them,
ass there are pisjplo who road thoui."
"She puts me down as a sort of
scavenger!" thought Mark, with much
men nil disaffection.
"Claudia! Claudia!" called tho aunt,
and laying asldo her work, the girl
excused herself and left tho room.
When an hour later had passed, and
she had not returned, Mark went to
bed. llo shuddered to think what
Aberenllyn would be for hliu If she
were not In It.
Tho next morning she Raid to him:
"I hare a letter from father this day,
and I am to return to him the day
after to-morrow. They miss me so
much at liome."
"Tho day after to-morrow!" echoed
Mark. It was as If a veil had Iwon
suddenly drawn between him and the
sunlight.
"Yess. I shall be sorry and I shall
be clad, too, I am happy at homo and
I am happy here; but I do not sleep
so well at Aberenllyn. It iss the salt
in the air, the doctor tells father. My
head Iss always so hot in Aberenllyn,
thdiiL'h I d not tell aunty."
Mark put his hand to tho girl's brow.
It was much too warm. lie fancied
tho pretty forehead clung to his palm,
and tho fancy made his heart beat.
"You are tho goddess of self-sacrifice..
Claudia," ho exclaimed, "and your
auut Is a-' "
But the girl's 11. tl" white hand was
to his Hps In a moment. "You must
not say anything against my aunt. I
love her very much. She iss lonely
and does not think people tire them
selves." Mark kissed the lingers that had thus
assumed to bar his speech and gallant
Iv returned the hand to its owner.
"You should not have done that,"
Mr. Partington," she murmured. "It
Is not a very clean hand Just now, I
am afraid; Indeed, It Is not"
"It Is a g)pd one, and that Is enougli
for me." said Mark. Her blush after
the kiss had cheered him like on elixir
in his veins.
Tho next day was misty and cold
and the south-west wind drove the sea
hard Into Aberenllyn's little bay.
"Our last day!'! said Mark, when
Claudia groted him with nor usual
gladaome "good morning" Her eyes
were yery dark uudorueath.
''Yea, cud lLwUl bo a bad one. too.
Mr. Partington. 1 am so sorry for
von. Hut why will you leave Aber
onllvn n.s well ns me?"
"Do vott think I can tolerate It with
out you?" retorted Mark.
Claudia laughiHl with a certain con
straint. "You would soon forget me," she
said.
"Are you, Mr. Partington, always so
Idle? No, no, 1 do not mean that,
please forgive me. But when you are
'jut here do you iv' work like other
People?' asked Claudia.
"Yes, I work, my Claudia, and I
work hard, too."
"But you mean at the writing, do
vou no:? Iss that nul work, Mr.
Partington?"
Talth. I think so, child."
The girl dropped her noodle and a
har.v expression of far-nwayuess stole
Into her gray eyes. "I do not know
If I shall ever lie very wl', but I do
feel so curious about London at times.
It Iss chiefly when I He awako In the
nlg'lit."
'Coughing?"
"Well, yess, perhaps I am coughing
though you must not think me weak
and irood for nothing. My Uncle Owen
savs I hare silly little ears, but
that I should be more foolish If they
Were larger."
"I don't quite know, Claudia, what
Tour Uncle Owen meant by that, but
1 think your cars, like every other
part of you, are perfect."
The girl's checks crimsoned and she
looked up. "Ah." she said, "but that
Iss only a compliment! My sister
Grace she Iss older than me bass
had many things like that said to her."
"Your sister, Grain, Claudia, what
is she like?"
"If vou will excuse me I shall show
Ton."
The girl tripped up stairs, but soon
returned with two photographs.
"That Iss Grace iss she not sweet?
and vet there are many who say we
are much allko. And this Is the gen
tleman she iss to marry."
Oneo again by his convulsive start
Mark sent his chair leg through the
iloor.
"This. Claudia tills gentleman! Why
It Is Ralph Gray a great friend of
nil ne!"
Bv n deft movement he kicked the
door and took Claudia's hand.
"Child," ho exclaimed, "will you
give me your life ns your sister has
srlven hers to Ralph? Will you be
mine. Claudia?"
"Mr. Partington," replied tho girl, ns
she irazed earnestly at him, 'you do
not mean that!"
"I swear by by your Uncle Owen
and your father there, and by your
own sweet self, that I mean erery
word of It."
"Oh. dear, oh, dear only think of It!
Coining, auutie!"
This last was In answer to a querul
ous cry for her from tho other side of
the door, which Mark hud shrewdly
blocked.
Fire minutes passed ere Claudia re
turned. She nppeaivd In a pretty
straw hat
"See. Mr. Partington," she said,
pointing to the patch of blue In tin
skr that was risible from the window,
"it. Is bettor weather. Aunt says I
'may take you as far as the old church,
to show you my grandfather's tomb."
"Oh, with pleasure," observed Mark.
It was the most imposing monument
In the churchyard, n white marble
column toiling of tho deceased's many
virtues (in Welsh) and indicating his
aire at death as eighty-two.
And there It was that Claudia bo
came tho betrothed of Mark Parting
ton. A year later, with her sister,
Grace, she became a bride at a double
wedding llie 'happy event in the lires
of the four young friends of our story.
Xionuon uiacic and White.
The Curloux I.rttor O.
The letter Q Is a super-llnous nlplia-Ix-tlo
character a noiulcaci-ipt of tho
worst sort and of no more veal value
In expressing or helping to express
our thoughts In writing than one of
tho Chlneso word signs would be. It
never ends an English word and can
not bet;ln one without the aid of the
letter U, being Invariably followed by J
the last-mentioned letter in till words
belonging to our language. The man '
doesn't live who cau tell the 'why" of .
the peculiar relation of the letters Q '
and U, or why the former was given
Its curious name. Some argue that Its
name was applied because of the tall '
or cue at the bottom of the letter, but
the original Q, wbeu Hounded just as
It Is to-day, was made without the
cue. the character much resembling the
English sign for pound, . -New York
Timos.
I.
A Costly Fence,
The big fence which surrounds the
palace of Cornelius Vandcrbllt, tit Fifth
avenue and Fifty-dghth street, la com
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Tho fence Is by ho means a
remarkable one to the casual olser
ver, savs the New York Sun. It Is an
Iron fenco, ten or twelve feet high,
and similar to those In general iwe In
1'arU and Berlin. A meiulcr of the
firm of Iron workers who manufac
tured this fence, In speaking of it re
cently, sit Id that It was a better piece
of work than It scorned to be from the
outside. It Is wrought. Iron, not cast
Iron, ana it cost Mr. ViiiHlerbllt ?tJ,
000. Rhe Will Learn.
A touching story Is told of a 'young
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go on with the ceremony leeause she
did not wish to vow obedience to her
hiwbanil. The girl was very young
and very foolish, or slie would luivo
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and Inoperative form. It was only
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