THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURCL, PA. p Caught in the TosSs WHEN I John Jubber, vi-t.-:a:i butler lit tlie Orange took 1j t't C ocliwk tea things line e vim tag ( L was the footman's place, strli-:!.-S r.ktng, to do so, but knowing tii.it 1 two old ladles preferred mo, I i vb ninile a point of doing no), of thin, I think It was Mt.ss Ma ti i. miiI il : Well. .lubber, and vhnt do yon ' of the new bousetiuild ? Tell i candidly, do you think she, will it? "I think, ma'am," I rnplkvl, "sha Is a remarkably good-looking yountt Woman. You see. Ina'am, she only came yesterday, so It 19 Impossibles for me to fell exactly. I can only say be seeniH a respectable girl enough, And certainly very clean and tidy, ma'am." "Yes, she Is very presentable, cer tainly," chimed In Miss June; "but you know, Jubber, we want some thing more than good looks. "You see, Jubber, Ann I'reedy had been hern so many years, and my sla ter and I were so familiar with her Ways, that we cannot get used to a new maid very quickly. Still, you understand, we have such very great fnlth In your opinions upon all do mestic affairs, Jubber, that if you expressed yourself satisfied with Mary Blake we should feel quite easy In our minds. "So we will ask you, Jubber, to keep your eyes on her, and to re port to us on her general conduct, and bo on, in say, a week's tlma from now." Well, I did keep an eye on the young woman, as I was told, and a week of her acquaintance only con firmed my original Impression namely, that she was as good-looking a girl as ono would wish to see--. auburn hair, slightly Inclined to red, trim, compact little figure, and such a foot and ankle! I wouldn't give n thank you for the prettiest woman In England, I assure you, if she had n't neat feet and ankles. And those Mary Blake certainly possessed. She was wonderfully quick, and neat, too, in her housework. The first morning after she came I Superintended In person her dusting of the old china in the drawing rotm. I could not have done It bet myself. Well, It's a remarkable ' "instance, that every blessed ling after that did I find myself a toward the drawing room, re Mary Blake was busy dusting ornamonts. 'Are you fond of china?" said I, one morning, as I watched the new housemaid tenderly taking up a llt tJe Dresden sheperdess. "Oh, yes," she exclaimed. "I can assure you, Mr. Jubber, that dusting this room of a morning is a labor of love to me; It Is, truly. My late mis tress gave me a book all about old china, and I I know something about It, sir. Next to listening to music I think I like to look at beau tiful china. And, oh! Mr. Jubber, how lovely you do perform on that Violin! When you was playing last night In your room I sat and listen ed, and It was a treat to a poor girl. Yes, and when you played 'Home, Sweet Home,' oh! Mr. Jubber, you don't know how I felt. "Oh! Mr. Jubber, I could not help crying. I I c-c-cannot help It now. Oh! Mr. J-J-Jubber, f-f-forglve me, wo-o-n't you? I c-c-can't help It. you are so k-k-klnd to me." And, with that, blessed If she didn't throw herself Into my arms, fobbing as If her heart would break. Well, all I can say Is, when a young and lovely woman In distress twines her arms round the neck of a sus ceptible man, and goes on as Mary Blake did to me that morning, I Imagine there Is only one thing that man can do under the circumstances, and I did It, you may he sure. I In short kissed her! I beat a somewhat undignified and hasty retreat. Curiously enough, that very morn ing made up the week that my mis tress had given me In which I was to form an estimate of the character of Mary Blake. "I am happy to say," I reported "that I consider Mary Blake perfect in every possible way. She Is modest and unassuming In her manner, and I am bound to say that as a house maid I never yet saw her equal. I think, ma'am," I wound up, "the most fragile china In the world would be perfectly safe If she had the handling of It." "My dear Jane," exclaimed Miss Matilda, clapping her hands together In great delight "my dear Jane, never were, I do believe, such lucky people as we are. We have actually found another treasure." Well, dear reader, the Interest I took In Mary Blake's career still continued, and I found myself every morning superintending the dusting operations In the drawing room. The roguish blue eyes (no longer with tears In 'era) would still look into mine In the same pleading, trustful way; the brother and sisterly kiss would still pass between us. "John Jubber John Jubber!" I said to myself," this will not do, my boy. Ton who have made a vow of perpetual celibacy to go falling In love Ilk this, for that's what It Is, there's no mistake about It; you Ought to be ashamed of yoursulf." The nest morning I avoided the drawing room at dusting time. Re sultthere waa a reproachful look In the blue eyes. I detet mined, 1 hough, to be firm, rind the next morning, as before, to keep clear of the drawing room. Alas! for my resolution. Happening to pass the door quite b; nccident, of r-outse I heard a pound as of some one choking with In. Mary 111, perhaps, I thought to Juys( If, and at once opened the door. Yes, there she was, sitting on the Horn with her head burled in the cushion, sobbing as If her heart would break. "What Is the matter. Mary, my dear?" I exclaimed, drying her eyes with her own duster as I spoke. "Oh! go away go-a aw-a-a-y," ehe sobbed. "No, no; tell mo what Is the mat ter what are you crying for?" Said 1. "Oh! Mister Jubber, I 1-o-o-ve you so-o, and you're s-s-so cruel!" Rhe replied, sobbing away louder than ever. Well, here was a pretty go. Of course,.! made a fool of myself, and swore I loved her In return, and all the rest of It, If only to keep her quiet. "And you will be k-klnd to me, and let me help you clean the p-p-plate, as you promised?" said she. "Oh! yes, of course I will, Mary, my dear," I replied, sealing the promise with a kiss. "And now bo off, and I'll finish your dusting for you." Well, I dusted away at the china ornaments, thinking alt the while what a fool I had made of myself, and was about to leave the room, when by the sofa on which I had found Mary reclining, I caught sight of a crumpled piece of paper. It wan a letter, and as It commenced "Dear roll," I guessed at once who It be longed to. So I pocketed it, mean ing to hand it to Mary when I next law her nlone. Now, I am not an Inquisitive man, as a rule, but before I got to my pan try I could no more resist reading that letter than a moth could avoid going at a candle. This Is what It said Dear Poll Hasn't that there old Spooney let you have a sight of the plate yet? Get to see It Immediate, as Bill and me want to do the crack next week, and Oliver's (the writer alluded In his slang, to the moon) hold of the old girl's diamonds, you ran do 'em up ready for us at the same time. Further pertlklers oa hearing from you. The kids Is all well, and so am I, and I remain, yours affectionate, Joseph Maggs. P. S. Is there a Barker on the premises? It didn't want much acumen to understand this precious epistle. It was as plain as day that the party who wrote It meant carrying off my mistresses' plate, and that the newly found treasure (?), Mary Blake, was In with the thieves. The next thing to be done, thinks I to myself, Is to see whether "Old Spooney" can't get the best of Mr. Joseph Maggs. With that in view, after making a copy of the letter, my first act was to go and replace It ex actly where I found it- And it was lucky I did, as it happened, for just as I came out Miss Mary Blake bounced in. She came to look for her duster, she said, and it was quite re freshing to note the dash she made for the letter the moment she saw It. Of course, I pretended not to notice that part of the performance. Apparently much relieved in her mind, she now turned her attention to me. "Is my dear old Johnny you are my Johnny now, aren't you? going to show me bis pretty plate, as he promised to-day?" says the artful lit tle minx, looking up Into my face with those great blue, Innocent-looking eyes of hers, and cutting up her face for a kiss, which I hadn't the faintest objection to giving. "Of course, I will, my dear," I replied. "Come to my pantry about 11.30, and I'll show you the lot." "Dear old thing!" exclaimed she. "I'll come, never fear." At the time appointed she duly made her appearance In the pantry, when out came the plate for her edi fication. There was a tremendous lot, and I showed her every bit of It. Directly after luncheon, finding that several things were wanted for the house from town, I volunteered to go myself and see about them. Now Mr. Benjamin Bagshaw, who was an Inspector of police at that time (you recollect he retired lart year?) was a particular friend of mine. So straight to Ben's house I went. "John, my boy," said Ben, when I had told him my story, and showel him the copy of the letter to Mary Blake, "give us your flipper." Ben was always a bit slangy when ex cited. "I think that if we only use discretion and hold our tongues we shall make such a haul as will aston ish 'em at Scotland Yard. Now, look ye here, John," says he; "In the first place all letters to and fro between Mary Blake, housemaid, and Joseph Maggs burglar, must be Intercepted. That will b-u, of course, my business. "In the second place, you must go home and make love to blue-eyed Mary oh I the dear, sweet little In nocent," laughed Ben "fiercer than ever. "Thirdly and lastly, you must go out everw afternoon and meet me at four In the little spinney as runs along the Walllngton road, so that we can keep each other well posted." What we were anxiously waiting for the letter from Joe Maggs to Mary Blake, saying when the plant Waa to come off, and at last, on the Mghth day, Ben, with the very broad" est grin you ever saw on a human countenance, announced that It had arrived. Joe Maggs thanked his dear Tolly for the plan of the house and the pnitlculnrs of the swag, nnd he and his pal would be waiting outside the house at 2 o'clock In the morning on Thursday. Sho was to undo the bolts of the front door, so that they could slip In, and they would then go straight to "Old Spooney's" room, gag and bind him If necessary, and walk off with the plate. Finaliy, Bhe was to give some of "she knew what to the dog. "Ah! that bit about the dog re minds me," said Hen; "you'd bettor get the noble animal away some where, John, for the night." We settled nil our plans. When everybody had gone to bed I was to let the Inspector and two of his men Into the house, and secrete them on the drawing room landing. My next move was to undo the bolt, so that any one could walk In. Finally, I was to go to bed and await results. When I kissed "Blue Eyes" be hind the pantry door that evening, I felt more like Judas than ever. The only consolation 1 had was that she was as falso as I was. On Thursday night, having seen the last of the ser vants off. I went softly to the hall door and let Inspector Bagshaw nnd his two men In the house. Now, though I was not Jealous of my friend, the Inspector, yet I did not see why I should not contribute my mite toward the enpture. There fore, before I went to bed (which I did with my clothes on, underneath my nightshirt) I was careless enough to leave a decanter three parts full of port wine doctored, do you think, expressly for the bur glarious party? Well, I shouldn't wonder If it was. At 1.30 o'clock I went to bed. Shortly after 2 I heard a noise, and I set up the most awful snoring you ever heard. I kept my ears open, though, all the time. I heard thetn at the plate chest; I had foolishly left It open. I heard 'em shift its contents into a bag or bngs, and then and then (and I give you my word I j clmost burst out laughing) I heard 'em pegging away at the wine. "Bllmy! the cove might ha' been genteel enough to ha' left lis out a wineglass what do you think, Bill?" Iheard some ono say, as he filled one of the tumblers which I had purposely left on the table so ns to be handy. I had not long to wait for what I had expected. "Joe," I heard the other man say, "I feel precious queer quite drow sy like." "Oh, you'll be all right directly you gets into the fresh air," growled Joe, In reply. "Come, All up once more, and then we'll mizzle." A loud snore was the response. Again I listened and then cau tiously took a peep at the burglars. They were both fast asleep. Out of the bed I Jumped like a harlequin, fished out some Btrong cord I had purchased expressly for the occasion, and bound the legs and arms of the insensible Joe Maggs and his friend until they looked for all the world Just like a pair of trussed fowls. Next I lit my lamp and every candle I could lay my hands upon, and finally I blew my whistle for help. In rushed Inspector Bagshaw and his two men, and stopped paralyzed with wonder at the sight before him the plate all packed, the two bur glars neatly secured. Ben, for once, was fairly puzzled. "Why, how the what the whats the meaning of It all?" he stam mered, looking from me to the two men and then at me again. I struck an attitude, and, pointing to Joe Maggs and his friend, ob served quietly, after the manner of a conjurer at the conclusion of a difficult feat of sleight-of-hand "That's how it's done!" Mild Ducks Storked Fish Pond. Many people, not without educa tion and a general knowledge of natural history, are mystified by the presence of fish In enclosed waters. For many years there was open mouthed wonder over the perch, bream and crayfish found In the new ly cut dams near the Maguarle River In New South Wales. In some cases the water had scarcely settled after the rain had filled the dam when the fish were observed, and the Aus tralian farmers started a theory of spontaneous production. This obtained and gained wide credence until a Sydney professor chanced to pick up a wild duck and found Its breast feathers well dotted with fertile and almost hatched fish ova, on which the "spontaneous pro duction" theory was promptly with drawn. Clot Worn by English Workers. An acknowledged authority has estimated there are at least 4,000. 000 pairs of clogs sold In the north ern counties of England every year. Different woods are preferred in different districts. The workers In factories and other Indoor occupa tions in such districts as Bolton, Oldham and Preston prefer a sole made from either alder or birch, while In the colliery dUtriota, such as Wlgan, beech, birch and ash are most generally used, the first named In such Instance being In greatest demand. Some Idea of the immense quantity of soles used may be gath ered from an estimate that each pair of clogs will be resoled twice before being replaced by a new pair, thus averaging three pair of soles to the life of one pair of clogB. Motor cars are now carried to sea by some of the officers of the British I navy, for use la foreign ports. I MIDNKillT TIME KOIt CHIME lletween 10 nnd 12 O'clock Majority of Deeds Occur. If ono Is murdered In England, the event, It appears. Is most likely to happen between the hours of 10p. J: and mldnlt;l;t. Till U no attempt at prophecy, but fie logical d-duc-: tion from an oMclal vej ort Jm't i Issued of tlie criminal rtatlstlcs of , Fnclund n:id Wnles. The cham-es ar. greatest, too, that one who Id : to meet a violent death at the hands of a follow creature will receive his or her quietus on a Saturday nlsht. It does not need any great amount bf I sychologlfal research to account for this. The last day In the week Is pay day nnd generally a half holi day anions the poorer classes. It U then most liquor Is consumed and , ev!l passions. Inflamed by drink, lead to brawls and bloodshed. But the fact as shown by the stat istics, that Thursday's averago of bloody deeds Is second only to Satur day's may quite possibly Indicate j that this day Is the more popular : among the fashionable assassins. I Great tnurd'M-:'. those Involving I prominent people, seldom are com J niltted on a Saturday night, but In a majority of cases, it appears, on h Thursday. There are only 14 hours during the whole week one may rest practi cally Immune from the assnsstn's knife, and that time Is between 4 and fi o'clock every morning. The statistics show very few murders are perpetrated during that period. The greatest majority of persons murdered are women. An examina tion of criminal records for 20 years back shows men have slain women iu the greatest number of Instance through Jealousy and drink. Women are driven to commit murder chiefly through extreme poverty and their victims are mostly children. That the nervous nge In which we live Is resulting In n large and steady Increase, in suicides is generally known, but the fact as shown In the report that three men commit buIcI.1j to one woman. Is rather surprising. It Is Interesting to note that sulcldu Is almost the only offenco In which there appears to bo a steady l;i crearo. Th? general movement of crime Is to decrease. Fifty-nine per cent, of murderers' are between 21 nnd 40 years old, nnd most of them, au already stated, nro men. The largest number of persons sentenced to death in any one year since 18S5, was 41, in 1893. In 1901 there were 4.1 S3 habitual criminals at large; In 1905 the number was 4,033. Trevnlence of Flat Font, Flat foot Is a very common aflllc tlon. It Is also one which Is fre quently overlooked by physicians, says the Medical Brief. The patient complains of pnln In the heel, the ankle, the Inner border of the foot, great toe, the muscle of the calf, the knee or even the hly. The busy practitioner notes thes3 symptoms In a hurried, casual way, attributes them to rheumatism, pre scribes salicylates and whnt not, and another flat footed individual plods his weary way. Increased deformity Is added to what may havo been merely foot strain In the first place. A curabld case has become wellnlgh Incurable, and the medical profession Is agal.i Justly liable to well deserved cen sure. Any factor which tends to dimin ish the muscular power of the foot may cause fiat foot. A great in crease in the weight born by the foot may cause It. This increase In weight may be actual, such as occurs In people who put on a great deal of fat, or It may be relative, such as occurs in ath letes, jumpers especially. But by far the most common cause Is a cramping of the foot, brought about by Improper shoes. For treatment of this condition mechanical support to the deformed foot Is practically all that Is neccs sary. This mechanical support la best afforded by means of the foot plate made from highly tempered steel and moulded upon a plaster cast of the foot. The footplate should be worn a long as It is required, but no longer. Additional wearing of the plate be yond the time necessary, as Indi cated by the symptoms, Is simply an additional cause of harm. With thrf footplate a shoe should be worn fitting the normal contour of the foot. Assorted Literary Food. For clearness read Macauley. For logic read Burke and Bacon. For action read Homer and Scott. For conciseness reud Bacon and Pope. For sublimity, of conception read Milton. For vivacity read Steven son and Klrllng. For Imagination read Shakespeare and Job. For common sense read Benjamin Frank lin. For elegance read Virgil, Milton and Arnold. For smoothness read Addison and Hawthorne. For inter est In common things read Jane Aus ten. For simplicity read Burns, Whlttfer and Bunyan. For humor read Chaucer, Cer vantes and Mark Twain. For the study of human nature read Shakes peare and George Eliot. For choice of Individual words read Keats, Ten nyson and Emerson. 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