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J EWELRY.SPEOTACI.ES, EYE-OLASSES,
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-Prompt attention paid to repairing Cloeka
Watchef, Jewelry, Ate., and latutaetloa Rnaraa
..din bo-h work and price.
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THE HALF-CASTE.
AN OLD GOVERNESS'S TALE-
FOUNDED ON FACT. .
i ; : -
., ! SY MISS JtULOCK.
"Exactly so; and
beliere?' Mr. Le
lessly.
early. I
ed care-
ow, I had not remembered that; but
of coupe (he knew. 1 lowered I looked
and felt disappointed. At last as Mr.
lel oer spoke with the greatest polite
ness, I confessed the fact that I wanted
the money for habiliments.
"Oh ia that all? Then pray, my ex
cellent young lady, go with Caroline to
.v at once. Order ' anything you
like of nay tradespeople. Bid them put
1 ? my account; we can settle after
ward. .No excuses; indeed you must."..
He bowed me away with the air of a
benefactor disdaining gratitude, and
set off immediately on one of his fre
quent launts. There waa no help for
it; so I accepted his plan and went to
11- with Caroline and Matilda.
It seemed a long , time since I had
been in any town, and the girls might
never have been there In their lives, so
eagerly did they linger at shop-win-2ow'
dmirinfr and longing after
finery. The younger consoled the elder,
aaying that they would have all these
sort of grand things some time. "It's
only four years," whispered she, just
fonrTearB' and ttei tht stupid Zill
Here Caroline pushed her away with '
an angry "hush!" and walked up to my
aide with a prim smile. I thought it
strange, but took no notice, always dis-'
liking to play tbe governess out of,
school-hours.
. Another odd thing happened the'
same week. There came a letter to
Mr.i Le Poer from Mr. Sutherland. . I
could net help noticing this, as it lay on
the mantel-shelf two days before the
former returned, and I used to aee it
always when I sat at meals. His Mr.
Sutherland's I mean was a fair, large
hand, which would have caught any
one's eye: besides, it was like old timea
to see it again.
, I happened to be by when Mr. Lt Poer,
opened the letter. lie was so anxious
over it that he did not notice my pres
ence. Perhaps it was wrong of me to
glance toward him, but yet natural,
considering it waa the letter of a friend
of mine. I saw a little -note inclosed,
the address of which I was almost aura
bore my name. I waited, thinking he
would give it to me. I even made
some slight movement to attract hia
attention. He looked up be actually
started but the next moment tunilea,
as only Mr. Le Poer could smile.
"Mews from our friend, you see!"
a4 shewing me tbe outside envel-"
ope. -lie is quite well, and let me
consider," glancing over his own let
ter "he sends his kindest remembran
ces to you. A most worthy man is Mr.
Sutherland."
.So saying he folded the epistle, and'
placed it in his desk. The little note,
which he had turned seal uppermost he
fuietly put unopened, into his pocket,
t must have been my own delusion
then. Yet I was disappointed.
At the expiration ot my first year as
a governess, just aa I was looking with
nntold eagerness to my midsummer
holidays, when i was at length to go
home to my mother for the journey to
London was too expensive to admit of
that happiness more than once a year
there happened a great disaster to the
Le Poer family; no less thaa that terri
ble scourge, tvphus fever. Matilda
took it first, then Caroline, then the
mother. These three were scarcely con
valescent when Zillah caught the fever
in her turn, and had it more dangerous
ly than any of the rest. Her life was
in danger for many days, during which
I had the sole anxiety and responsibili
ty; for Mr. Le Poer, on the first tidings
of the fever, bad taken flight, and been
visible at home no more. True, he
wrote every other day most touching
letters, ana I in return kept him con
stantly informed as to the progress of
his wife and children. When Zillah
was taken ill, however, I did not think
it necessary to send him word concern
ing her, feeling that the poor orphan's
life was precious to no one. 1 never
.was more surprised than when on Mr.
Le Poer's venturing back and finding
Zillah in the crisis of her disease, his
terror and anxiety appeared uncontroll
able. "Good God!" he cried, "Zillah ill?
Zillah going to die? Impossible! Why
was I nof. informed before? Confound
you, madam!" a;id he turned furiously
to his still aHing wife "did you not
think? Are you mad quite mad?"
I declare I thought he was. Mrs. Le
Poer only sobbed in silence. Mean
while the outcries of the delirious girl
were heard in the very parlor. I had
given her my room; I thought, poor
soul, she should not die in her damp
kitchen-closet.
Mr. Le Poer turned absolutely white
with terror he who had expressed only .
mild concern when bis wife and daugh
ters were in peril. "Miss lryor," said !
he, hoarsely, "something must be done. -The
girl must be saved; I'd snatch berj
from the very fiend himself! Send for 1
advice, physicians, nurses; send to
Leeds. Liverpool to London even, i
Only, by , she must not die;"
Poor Zillah did not die. She was i
saved, for Heaven s strange purposes;
though I, in my then blindness, often
and often, while sitting by her bedside,
thought it m ould be better did she slip
Quietly out of the bitter world in which
sne seemed to be only an unsightly and I
trampled weed. Mr. Le Poer a wonted ;
anxiety uia not ena wiin ner convales
cence, which was very slow. "She may
die yet!" I heard him muttering to him
self, the first day after he saw his niece.
"Miss Pryor, my wife Js a fool I mean
a rather ti nil prided rterson. Tell me
what you think ought to be done foil
Zillah a recovery?'' I prescribed, but'
with little hope that my advice would
be followed immediate change to sea
air. "It shall be done!" at once said
he. "Mrs. Le Poer and the srirls can
take"care of her; or stay she likes yon
best. ' Miss Pryor, are you willing to
go?" '
This question perfectly confounded
me. i I had been so longingly anticipat
ing my going home delayed, as in com-
mon charity I could not but delay it, on 4
account of the fever. Now this troub
le was over I had quite counted on my
departure. That very week I had been
preparing my small wardrobe, so as to
look as nice as possible in my mother's
eyea. She had given me a hint to do so,
since she and I were to spend the vaca
tion together at Mr. Sutherland's country-house,
and old Mr. Sutherland was
so very particular.
"Why do you hesitate?" said Mr. Le
Poer rather sharp!. "Are you thinking
of the money? You shall have any
additional salary 50 more, if you
choose. Upon my soul, madam, you
shall! only I entreat you to go."
I would not have minded his entreat
ies, but I was touched by those "of
Zillah. who seemed terrifiea at the idea
of going to a strange place without me.
Then, too, the additional money, not
unneedd, for Mr. Sutherland, so tind-
ly generous in other things, had the
still rarer generosity never to offer us
that. I determined to write and tell
my mother the position of affairs. Her
good judgment would decide; or if
hers failed, she would be sure to appeal
to Mr. Sutherland, her trusty and only
adviser since my father died; and I
was content to abide by his decis
ion. '
He did decide, lie told my mother
that it Was bis earnest wish I should
stay a little longer with Zillah Ie Poer,
whom he called "his ward." , Her his-
tory, hesaid, he would inform me when
we met; which must be soon, as he was
contemplating returning to India for'
some years, and had something to com
municate to me before be went away.
Mr. Sutherland returning to India!
And before his departure he must see
' me me! It was a very simple and nat
ural thing, as I felt afterward, but not
then, I did what tie desired--as indeed
. I had long been in the habit of doing
and accompanied Zillah.
I had supposed that we should go to
some near wateringplace, or at all
events to the Liverpool shore. Indeed
I had pointedly recommended Tan mere
where, as I stated to Mr. Le Poer, there
was living an aunt of Mr. Sutherland's
who would Lave taken lodgings or
done anything in her power for her
nephew's ward. To any surprise he ob-
1 jected te this plan. After staying s
night in Liverpool, instead of crossing
to tha opposite shore, as I expected, he
put us all that is, Zillah, the two girls
and myself on board tbe Belfast boat,
and there we found Ourselves floating
across the Irish Channel!
. The two Misses Le Poer were consid
erably frightened; Zillah looked most
happy. She said it reminded her of
her voyage to England when she was a
little child.' She had never seen the sea
since. Long after we got out of sight
of land she and I sat together on the
deck in the calm summer evening, talk
ing of this Indian voyage and what it
was like, and what people did during
the long four months from land to land.
She gave ' me much information to
which I listened with strange interest.
I well remember, fool that I was! sit
ting on the deck of that Belfast boat,
with the sun dipping into the sea before
us, and the moon rising on the other
Side sitting and thinking what it
would be to reel one's self on the deck
of some India-bound ship, alone, or else
in companionship that might make the
word still correct, according to its orig
inal reading all one. An etymologic
al notion worthy of a poor govern
ess! ' The only remarkable event of our
voyage was my sudden introduction by
Mr. Le Poer to a personaee whom I had
not thought existed. "My son. Miss
Fryor; my eldest and only son, Lieut.
Augustus Le Poer."
1 was very considerably surprised, as
I bad never heard of the young gentle
man.' I could only conjecture what I
afterward found to be the truth, that
this was tbe son of a former marriage,
and that there had been some family '
quarrel, lately healed. The lieutenant
bowed to me. and I to hiro. Zillah, who
sat by me, lwd no share in the intro--ductlon,
until the young man, sticking
bis glass in his eye, stared at her ener
getically, muttering to his father some
question, in which I just detected the
words, "odd tish.'"
"Only Zillah." answered Mr. Le Poer
carelessly. "Child, this is your cousin
Augustus, lately returned from foreign
service. Shake hands with him."
Zillah listlessly obeyed; but her
"cousin" seemed not at all to relish the
title. He cast his eyes superciliously
over her. I must confess my poor
child's appearance was not very attract
ive. I did not wonder that Lieutenant
Augustus merely nodded his head,
twirled his mustache, and walked away.
Zillah just looked lazily after him, and
then her eyes declined upon the beauti
ful expanse of sea.
For my part I watched our new
friend with some curiosity and amuse
ment, especially when Caroline and
Matilda appeared, trying to do the
agreeable. The lieutenant was to them
evidently the beau ideal of a brother.
For myself I did not admire him at all.
Unluckily, if I have three positive
aversions in the world, it is for dandies,
men with mustaches, and soldiers and
he was a compound of all three. Also,
he was a small man; and I, like most
little women, have a great reverence
for height in the other sex. Xot uni
versally, for some of my truest friends
have been diminutive men excellent,
noble, admirable Zaccheuses. Still,
from an ancient prejudice, acquired
no matter how my first impression of
any man is usually in proportion to his
inches; therefore Lieutenant Le Poer
did not stand very high in my estima
tion. Little notice did he condescend to
take of us, which was rather a satis
faction than otherwise; but he soon be
came very fraternal and confidential
with his two sisters. I saw them all
chattering together until it grew dusk;
and long after that, the nitrht being
fine, I watched their dark figures walk
ing up and down the other side of the
deck. More than once I beard their
laughter, and detected in their talk the
name of Zillah; so I supposed the girls
were ridicnling her to their brother.
Poor child! she was fast anleep, with
her head on my shoulder, wrapped
closely up, so that the mild night
could do her no harm. She looked al
most pretty the light of the August
moon so spiritualized her face I felt
thankful she had not died, but that un
der Heaven, my care had saved her
for what? Aye, and for whom? If, as
I kissed the child, I had then known
But no, I should have kissed her and
loved her still!
Our brief voyage ended, we reached
Belfast and proceeded to Holy wood a
small sea-bathing village a few miles
down the coast. To this day I have
never found out why Mr. Le Poer took
the trouble to bring us all over the wa
ter and settle us there; where, to all
intents and purposes, we might as well
have been buried in the solitudes of the
Desert of Sahara. But perhaps that
was exactly what be wanted.
I think that never in her life, at least
since childhood, could Zillah have been
so" happy as she was during the first
week or two of our sojourn at Holy
wood. To me, who in my youth, when
we were rich and could travel, had
seen much beautiful scenery, the place
was rather uninteresting; to her it was
perfection! As she grew atronger, lite
seemed to return to her again under
quite a new aspect. Certainly it was a
great change in her existence to have
no one over her but me for ber uncle
ana cousin Augustus naa or course
speedily vanished from this quiet spot
to be able to do Just what she liked.
wnicn was usuauy notmng at ail. She
was not made for activity: she would
lie whole days on the beach, or on the
grassy walk which came down to the
very edge of high-water mark cover
ing her eyea with her poke-bonnet, or
gazing sleepily from under her black
lashes at the smooth Lough, and the
wavy line of hills on the opposite shore.
Matilda and Caroline ran very wild al
so; since we had no lessons I found it
hard work to make them obey me; in
deed it was always a great pain for a
quiet soul like me to have to assume
authority. I should have got on better
even with Mrs. Le Poer to assiBt me:
but she, poor little woman, terrified at
change, had preferred staying quietly
at home in Yorkshire. I was not quite
sure but that she bad the best of it
after all. ....)-
Tn the nurA of- a week Tar cares
were somewhat lightened. The lieu
tenant re-appeared, and from that time
forward I had very little of the girls
company. He was certainly a kind
brother; I could not but acknowledge
that. He took them about a great deal
' or else stayed at Holy wood, leaving us
by the late evening train, as he said, to
go to his lodgings at Belfast. I, the
temporary mistress of the establish
ment, was of course duly polite to my
pupils brother, and he was really very
- civil to me, though he treated me with
the distance due to an ancient duenna.
-This amused me sometimes,-seeing I
' was only twenty-six probably his own
age; but I was always used to be re
garded as an old maid.
Of Zilla the lieutenant hardly ever
took any notice at ail. And she seemed
to keep out of his way as much as pos
sible When be left us in the evening'
and there was always a tolerable con
fusion at that time, his two sisters
wanting to see him Off by the train,
which he never by any chance allowed
then came the quietest and pleasantv
est half-hour of the day. The Misses
Le Poer disliked twilight rambles, so
Zillah and I always set off together;
though oftentimes we parted company,
and I was left sitting on the beach,
while she strolled on to a pleasant walk
she said she had found a deserted
house whose grounds sloped down to
the very shore. But I, not very strong
then, and weighed down by many anx
ious thoughts, loved better to sit and
stupify myself with the murmur of the
sea a habit not good for me, but pleas
ant. No fear had I of Zillah 'a losing
herself, or coming to any harm; and the
girl seemed so happy in her solitary
rambles that I bad not the desire to
stop them, knowing how a habit of self
dependence is the greatest comfort to a
woman, especially to one in her deso
late position. But as the frost of her
nature broke up, and her dullness was
melting away, Zillah seemed more self
contained, so to speak; more reserved,
and relying on her own thoughts for
occupation and amusement; still, she
had never been so attentive or affec
tionate to me. -
It was a curious and interesting
study this young . mind's unfolding;
though I shame to say that just then I
did not think about Zillah as much as I
ought to have done. Often I re
proached myself for this afterward; but
as things have turned out, I now feel,
with a quiet self-compassion, that my
error was pardonable.
I mind one evenlng that "I mind" is
not quite English, but I learned it with
other phrases, in my young days, so let
it stand! I mind one evening, that, be
ing not quite in a mood for solitude, I
went out walking with Zillah. Some
how the murmur of the sea wearied me;
I turned through the village and along
the high road almost like an English
Toad, so beautiful with overhanging
trees. I did not talk much and Zillah
walked quite silently, which indeed was
nothing new. I think I see her now,
floating along with her thin but lithe
figure and limp, clinging dress the
very antipodes of fashion nothing
about her that would really be called"
beautiful except her great eyes, which
were perfect oceans of light. When we
came to a gateway which, like most
things in poor Ireland, seemed either
broken down or left half finished she
looked round rather anxiously.
"Do you know this place, my dear?"
"It is an old mansion where I often
like to stroll."
"What! have you been there alone?"
"Of course I have," said she quickly
and slightly coloring. "You knew it;
or I thought you did."
She appeared apprehensive of reproof,
which Btruck me as odd, in so inoffens
ive a matter as her adventuring a soli
tary stroll; especially as I was anything
but a cross governess. To please and
reassure her I said: "Well, never
mind, my dear, you shall show me your
ret paradise. It will be quite a
"Idontthiak so. Miss Pryor. It's
all weeds and disorder, and you can't
endure that. And the ground is very
wet here and there. I am sure you'll
not like it at all.
"Oh, but I will, if only to please you,
Zillah," said I, determined to be at
once firm and pacific; for I saw a trace
of her old sullen look troubling my pu-
Eil's face, as if she did net like her
aunts to be intruded upon even by me.
However, she made no more open op
position, and we entered the grounds,
which were almost English in their as
pect, except in one thing their entire
desolation. The house might not have
oeen inhabited, or the grounds culti
vated, for twenty years. The rose-beds
grew wild great patches of white clo
ver overspread the lawn and flower
garden, and all the underwood was one
mass of tall fern.
I had not gone far in and out of the
tangled walks of the shrubbery when I
found that Zillah bad slipped away. I
saw her at a distance standing under a
tall Portugal laurel, seemingly doing
nothing but meditate a new occupa
tion for her; so I left her to it. and pen
etrated deeper Into what my old French
governess would have called the bocagf.
My feet sunk deep in fern amidst which
I plnnged, trying to gather a great arm
ful of that and of wild flowers; for I
had, and have still tbe babyish propen
sity of wishing to pluck everything I
see, and never can conquer the delight
I feel in losing myself in a wilderness
of vegetation. In that oblivion of
child-like content I was happy hap
pier than I had been for a long time.
The ferns nearly hid me. when I heard
a stirring in the bushes behind, which I
took for some harmless animal which I
had disturbed. However, hares, foxes,
or even squirrels do not usually give a
loud "Ahem!" in the perfectly human
tone which followed. At first 1 had ter
rors of some stray keeper, who might
possibly shoot me for a rabbit or a
poacher, till I recollected that I was
not in England but in Ireland, where
unjust landlords are regarded as the
more convenient game.
"Ahem!" reiterated the mysterious
voice "ahem! Is it you, my angel?"
Never could any poor governess be
more thoroughly- dumfounded! Of
course the adjective waa not meant for
me. Impossible! Still it was unpleas
ant to come into such near contact with
a case of philandering. Mere philan
dering it must be, for this was no hon
est village-tryste, the man's accent be
ing refined and quite English. Besides,
little as I knew of love-making, it
struck me that in any serious attach
ment people would never address one
another by the silly title ot"my angel."
It must be some Idle flirtation going on
among tbe strolling visitants whom we
occasionally met on the beach, and who
had probably wandered up through the
gate which led to these grounds.
To put an end to any more confiden
tial disclosures from this unseen gen
tleman, I likewise said "Ahem!'f as
loudly as I could, and immediately
called aloud for Zillah. Whereupon
there waa a hasty rustling in tha bush
es, which, however soon subsided, and
the place became quite still again,
without my ever having caught eight
of the very complimentary individual
who bad in this extempore manner, ad
dressed me as his "angel.". "Certain
ly," I thought, "I must have been as
invisible to him as he to me, or he never
would have done it."
Zillah joined me quickly. She looked
half frightened, and said she feared
something was the matter "had I seen
anything?"
At first I was on the point of telling
ner aii, our. somenow it now appeared
a rabuer raucuiuua position ror a gov
erness to be placed in to have shouted
for assistance on being addressed by
mistake by an unknown admirer: and
besides I did not wish to put any love
notions into the girl's head; they come
quite soon enough of their own accord.
So I merely said I had been startled by
hearing voices in tbe bushes that per
haps we were intruders on the domain,
and bad better not stay longer.
"Yet the place seems retired and des
olate," said 1, as we walked down the
tangled walk that led to the beach, Zil
lah evidently unwilling to go home.
"Do you ever meet any strangers about
here?"
She answered briefly, "No." " '
"Did you see ny one to-night?"
" Yea' given with slight heaita- 1
tion. - - -f i sr . .
, rWhowas it?'' i
A man, I think at a distance.
"Did he speak to you?" , '
"No." . ; ' '
" T give these questions 7and answers
Verbatim, to snow what I believed
then, and believe now, that so Tar as I
Questioned. Zillah answered me trnth
ully. I shouM be sorry to think that
either at that time or any other she had
told me a willful lie.- .
But this adventure left an uncomfort
able sensation on my mind not from
amy doubt of Zillah herself, for she ap
peared still too much of a child, and too
awkward and unattractive, f rr me to
fear her engaging in love-affairs, clan
destine or otherwise, for some time to
come. Nevertheless, after this evening,
I always contrived that we should take
our twilight strolls in company, and
that I should never lose sight of her for
more than a few minutes together. Yet
even with this precaution I proved to be
a very simple and short-sighted govern
ess after all.
We had been at Holywood a whole
month, and I began to wonder when we
should return home, as Zillah was quite
well, indeed more blooming than 1 had
ever seen her. Mr. Le Poer made him
self visible once or twice, at rare inter
vals: be had always "business in Dub
lin," or "country visits to pay." His
son acted as regent in his absence I
always supposed by his desire; never
theless I often noticed that theae two
lights of the family never shone togeth
er, and the father's expected arrival was
the signal of Mr. Augustus' non-appearance
for some days. Nor did the
girls evet allude to their brother. I
thought family quarrels might perhaps
have lessoned them in this, and so was
not surprised.
It was certainly a relief to all when
the head of the family again departed.
We usually kept his letters for him, he
not being very anxious about them; for
which indifference, as I afterward com
prehended, he might have good reasons.
Once there came a letter I knew from
whom marked in the corner, "If ab
sent to be opened by Miss Pryor."
Greatly surprised was I to find it con
tained a bank-note, apparently hurried
ly inclosed, with this brief line:
"If Zillah requires more let me know
at once. She must have every lnvurw
neeaiui ror ner neaitn. a. s.
Tbe initials certainly meant his name
Andrew Sutherland nor could I be
mistaken in the hand. Yet it seemed
very odd, as I had no idea that he held
over her more than a nominal guardian
ship, just undertaken out of charity to
the orphan, and from his having slight
ly known her father. At least so Mr.
Le Poer told me. The only solution I
could find for his sending Zillah the
money was the simple one of its being
a gift, springing from the generosity of
a heart whose goodness I knew but too
well.
However, to be quite sure, I called
Caroline into counsel; thinking, silly as
she was, she might know something of
the matter. But she only tittered, look
ed mysteriously important, and would
speak clearly on no point, except "that
we had a perfect right to use the money
pa always did; and that she wanted a
new bonnet very badly indeed."
A day or two after, Mr. Le Poer, re
turning unexpectedly, took the note in
to his own possession, saying, smiling
ly, "that it was all right' and I heard
no more.
But if I had not been the very sim-
Elest woman in the world I should cer
tinly have suspected that things were
not "all right." Nevertheless, I do not
now wonder at my blindness. How
could 1 think otherwise than well of a
man whom I Innocently supposed to be
a friend of Mr. Sutherland?
So matters went on at Holywood for
a little time longer.
"Zillah, my dear, do not look so dis
appointed. There is no help for it.
i our nncle told me before he left us
that we must go home next week."
So said I one day, trying to say it
gently, and not marveling that the girl
was unhappy at the near prospect of
returning to her old miserable fife. It
was a future so bitter that I almost
blamed myself for not having urged our
longer stay. Still human nature is
weak and I did so thiist for home my
own home. But it was hard that my
pleasure should be the poor child s
pain.
"Dont cry, my love," I went on, see
ing her eyes brimming, and the color
coming and going in her face: strange
changes which latterly, on the most
trifling occasions, had disturbed the ap
parent stolidity of her countenance.
f'Don"t be unhappy; things may be
smoother now; and I am sure your cous
ins behave better and kinder to you
than they did; even the lieutenant is
very civil to you."
A sparkle, which was either pleasure
or pride, flashed from the girl's eyes,
and then they drooped, unable to meet
mine.
"lie content, dear child; all may be
happier for you than you expect. You
must write to me regularly you can
write pretty well now, you know; you
must tell me all that happens to you,
and remember that in everything you
can trust me entirely."
Here I was astonished by Zillah's
casting herself at my knees as I sat,
and bursting into a stoma of tears.
Anxiously I asked her what was the
matter.
"Nothing everything! I am so hap-
Sy so wretched! Ah! what must I
o?"
These words bubbled up brokenly
from her lips, but just at that unlucky
moment her three cousins came in. She
sprang up like a frightened deer, and
was off to her own room. I did not see
her again all the afternoon, for Lien
tenant Augustus kept me in the parlor
on one excuse or another until I was
heartily vexed at him and myself.
When I went up-stairs to put on my
bonnet we were all going to walk that
evening Zillah slipped away almost as
soon as I appeared. I noticed that she
was quite composed now, and had re
sumed her usual manner. I called after
her to tell the other two girls to grt
ready, thinking it wisest to make no re
marks concerning her excitement of the
mgrning.
To bi cojrrrNcro.
Beware of tkae Swladlcr,
Credulous people elsewhere are being
swindled by a new dodge. A young man
err a papers on them, setting forth that
lea acta hod been left them by relatives
living tn other state. Ha claim to be a
, clerk, and on each paper served he col
lect money, pretending ft is for registra
tion fees, searches, and other clerical
weria -
text xxak rwnrsLxxa.
AauMtteae Yaeaai Weea) a.4 Vtetl
ttenverately Robfcedl efTlaa
' aad!H.ar. V
Among th many trap for the a wary
.to bo tonne tn Now York none Is bride
or meaner than th bogus cfcools tor tele-.
graph operator. Ia th columns of th
dally papers adTrtlsmnts lik th tot
lowing tan b aeon every day :
"TKT1rK T rmf mmm ta Iwn tola
7 'aphJ eelariwe oaraatee4 when aU-
VYTaXTTED 8 yonac rentlen.a aa 4 ladle
w Uarn telarraphyt tonal MCttlcm.
. wben i competent, at aaUarlee from to U5
toon Oily ; erary .Tradvata o Maine a (toady elt
meUon aa aoon aa qualified.
- Th victims are always young peopt
who have but little mosey, ant who ar
ambition to lmprov then position ta
life. ; They are usually working gtrls who
have to work tea hoars a day in dusty
shops tor a pittance, bat who, in the bops
of gaining a livelihood la aaor cheerful
BiTonndtns, starv and pinch them
ealTea nntll they obtain th money neces
sary to pay th tnltloa fee of a schoolma.
to who professes to teach telegraphy, and
then rob themselves of needed sleep and
rest In order to attend th school. After
month of aaxlou labor they receive
printed aheet of paper that are called
diplomas, but whan application la mad
for th "positions when competent at sal
aries from H5 to fl2S a month," tay end
that the snapper of the whip ia la th
word "when qualified," and that no
amount of instruction tn the school eoul
make them qualified. In other words,
they har been deliberately deceived by
the adTertlamente and ctronlara of th
school, and th money which they saved
by going without food ha bean taken
without any return. Kw York Sna.
donating ay Nleke.
Down In Maryland a wood chopper, who
could neither read, writ nor cipher, hand
ad a curious account of a month' work to
bi employer. The account was nothing
more nor lea than a long, smooth hickory
can, with twenty-four nicks In It. Every
nick stood for a day' work, and the soor
tallied with that kept by the employer.
This I a a arrival of on of th oldeat of
xlstlng Engliaa c as to ma. and It 1 by no
means uncommon tn th South and West.
"He loved ber ont of all nick." ears a
character in "Th Two Gentleman ot
Verona," meaning paat all accounting.
A quarter of a century ago boya kept tally
f run In base hall game by cutting
notches In stick.
TAXiire msi or mm tr;
A Toag BeaeeUet Beremtaf tn
gaated With (II. Wife 'a Method
Atlanta a Si en pier One.
The Buffalo Courier Bars thr is in
that city a young Benedict who i so un
fortunate as to be wedded to a lady of rare
beauty and attraetiveneaa with a hotbyj
frtrt, pwjf- -ttrw "ITS "yOTTTlg 15ncdict ,
bad In all respects proved a model hus
band and had acquitted himaelf ao faith
fully on all occasions that his wife had
confidence ia him, and willingly Intrust
ed the moat sacred and important duties
to his charge. So folly. Indeed, did she
trust him that when she started for a
week' vlalt to a friend, the last words to
him, having consigned the baby to the
tender meroiea of th nnrse, were :
"George, promise me to take good car
of Fldo. Don't let him overeat himaelf,
and above all, bath him regularly, youll
And the bath-tnb In the parlor, the towels
are In tbe linen-press, and his comb and
brashes are In the left-hand corner of my
right-hand bureau drawer, and th co
logne ia on th shelf above. And be anr
when you've fl niched So wrap him In hta
blanket and pnt htm In the sunshine to
dry, and If he catches cold telegraph
me"
6 he printed on lasting Impassioned
kl on Fldo noae, tearfully delivered
him to her husband's anna, stepped into
the carriage and waa gone.
The next day and the net George Im
plicit y carried out the parting Instruc
tions of his wife. He bathed Fldo, eo
logned Fldo, brushed, combed and dried
Fldo.
Yesterday morning when th aorlb
passed George's residence be heard wild
yelpings and ki-yi-inga proceeding from
the yard. He stepped np to the fence and
looked oyer. He saw an uncommonly tat
and ngly pug chained to a paat and mak
ing frantic effort to esra-pe, while aome
yards away stood George playing th hoe
upon Fldo and heartfly enjoying th dog's
discomfort.
Snara Repllee.
Pweet nuisance" No, the scene ot " th
Mikado" Is not laid la Ireland. It Isn't
pronounced that way, any how. So here!
Ain't yon tb girl that aakad n If ragout
wa th French for patting ok yur best
clothes t" Boston Post.
Julia W W must decline to pnbllah
yonr beantlf nl poem oa the Ewig Welb
lich In Goethe for two reason. Th on
hvabecauae in th first stanza yen mak
Goethe ryhm with "both," la th second
with " teeth," and still again In th third
with thirty." (Bnrdotte.
A Conflagration Cnlfkely.
Tonng Featherly bad dropped In for an
evening call, and Bobby wa enjoying th
conversation and leading th laughter.
Incidentally, Bobby ald :
" Mr. Featherly, can water burn r"
"No, Bobby," replied Featherly, amused,
at the question, M but it can be mad vary
hot by boiling. What put that Ida Into
yonr head f "
"Ma. She told sister that there was no
danger of your vr setting th North
River oa fir." New York Sun.
Oa the Spar r the 11 erne at.
TJnel James," said a Boston young
lady who was spending a few days in tha
country, " Is that chicken by th gat m
Brahmin t"
-No." replied Unal Jama. "h's a
Lghom."
Why, certainly, to b sura I" said th
young lady. "How stupid ot in I I can
aee th horns on his ankles."
A naaaaaetfc Caetlag.
Th largest casting vr attempted ta
Italy 1 reported to hav been aocceaa ful
ly accomplished at the Iron work of
Sign or Gregorinl, of Lever, on th Lake
of laao, In Lombardy. Th block meas
ured 404.43 enbfc feet, and was cast in 23
hoar. This colossal raaas of cast iron,
weighing something like 103 tons, was for
tb anvil of a 10-ton steam hammer at th
royal arsenal at Spezta.
First Baa.
my friend, Mr.
"This is my friend, Mr. Jones; he
stands very high in our church ; he's
first bass."
"Indeed ! I'm very glad to meet him."
And this is Mr. Snr!xh "
"Ahl I suppose he's th catcher ot
pitcher t"
"Catcher or pitcher 1 Why, no; he's
the tenor.".
"Oh. I beg your psrdon 1" hesaid. con
fusedly ; " I thought the gentleman be
longed to a hie bn1l club.
MUSICAL KOTEft.
There are beginners on th r4e-e wk 4
an gat back at popular melody irc'l U
wishes tt bad nerat been compeared. Kew
Orleans Plreynn.
Joeh Billings thnaalacoT,a eon ears tny
la tbeoldest and moat sakred bora tbera-
lz. it li set tew mnaik and plnv Eeme
Pweet Home borjt noon. It ha h!
listened tew with mor raptvrons dellf
than erer My band has. Tn ken bear J
farther thatn yn kaa eae ev Rodrr.n
rona. It will erreet a man and b-H
Ins tn quicker than a aheriir warraxih
It kan oat-foot onrrr other not. It
kaueoath deaf tw bear and tb dnnt
tew ah ont for Joj. Glorious old mstro
mnt 1 long may yonr Inng last t"
Farmer t to angers baa sometime ttfe-
n an ooa rerm. v nan MUe. Zetle,
at
Tucami xrosa uie i neatre brnnna
rani wa making a profeeeionai tour
ronnd tbe world some years ago, ah gay
a concert in th Society Islands. 6.
agreed to sing an air from "Norma" scl
a tew orber tongs, and wa to jrt a tVvri
of th receipt. When counted, the
prima donna a share waa found to eon
siat of three plga, twenty-three turkere,
forty.feur catckena. 5.000 eocoaanta, be
side a quantity ot bananas, semen and,
oranges.
- a.
Skeptics are allaglnaTthat there toea'the
fir nor brimstone in sheol : that tha whole
thing Is a young woman playing a plana,
and tb crowd cn't gat away. Loois
vUla Courier-Journal
The King of Bavaria, it ta said, la ao re
fat a a ted with mnale that be caniek
endnre to be without it a moment. Tb
King should moT next door to a family
whoa daughter ta taking music leaaons
on th piano, and tb son Is practising oa
th trombone. If that wouldn't efTect a
enre In two weeks "physicians are ta
vain." (Korrtstowa Herald.
What w call "worn role" ara Vat
very seldom the result of too much labor,
hnt movtly of dlsrerard to hrgenle priert
plea. In fact a better appellatlo wonld
he "weary voices. Bad living, either too
poor; neTy ennk, nnsnltebt
dreaa, want -of exercise, etc., prodrw
weary roles much quicker than ha I
work. The vocalist, who la even not ve- p
strong, can bear a heavy strain If h's . '-'
tern ia constantly refreahed. atrenrlfcerif' i.
and kept in health by proper 1;t1j. A.
voice that is nsed profession ally ta a ftt
of God and a means of abeisTence. and
Oionld be studied ao as to b kept tn.
order. Amelia Lewis,
Lightning struck a pleno In a bona la
York County, f., and thoroughly ee
mollshed it. This will strengthen t
theory reoetrtry advanced ty a iw-lrnrTrt
that lightning le peiascaa-.il of tntli?geaev
Boston Courier.
Little TTalag la Life. .. . ,
Chicken, two minutes after they i. a re
left th eg. wfil follow with their eyee
th movements of crawling lnaects. and
pick at them, Jndjing distance and direc
tion with alraoet infallible accuracy..
They will tasttnetlrely appreciate Bounds,,
readily running toward an Inrlalble ha
1
maaea in a box wben thev hear bee
ves
JDn
oan." At-aua Tonne birda 1
ate. Instinctive horror at tbe Bight of a.
hawk and sound of its vole. Swallow.
titmice, tomtit and wrens, after having
been confined from birth, are capable ot
flying at one when liberated, on theur
wlnge having attained the necessary
growth to reader flight poaelMe.
tf-engtti of Ha man -t n.clca.
Robert Francois Damiena, who at
tempted the assassination of Louie XV,.
in 1T5T, after suffering tha most unheard'
of torture, waa sentenced to be drawn In.
qaartera by four horses. But although
they exerted their entire strength, by
drawing in four directions npon his limb.
tor fifty mfnif th mnscles were not
torn from their attachment, and. being
till alive, th executioners were obliged
to cut th tendon with a knife. In order
to answer the law, which waa that tbe
crlmlnal'a body should be drawn In quar
ters. Precisely the earn courae was re
sorted to In the case of RaTalllac, who
aasaaslnated Henry IV.. the borae being
unable to dismember the criminal' body..
raete.
A correspondent of New Itemed! glrr
h following recipe for pakte for n In
prescription books and labels: I di
solv half aa ounce of alum in a pint of
boiling water t to this I add an equal
weight of flour, made smooth in a littia
cold water, and a few drops of oil of
cloves, letting th whole come to a boil.
This past wHl keep for months. I pnt it
In glaes or ordinary ointment jura. It la
handy, too, for domestic purposea."
A Qallted Cartealty.
A St Lonla lady has a crazy qa'.lt mad
of contributions by Mlse Cleveland, th
President, Speaker Carlisle, Mrs. Grant
Jefferson Davla, Annie James, wife or one
tbe James boys, Phoeb and Alice Cary,
Ella Wheeler. Onida, Agnsta Evans. Miss
Alcott, Mrs. M. J. Holme, Mr. Margaret
J. Preston, Whlttier. Fanny PavenpoTt
Fama Abbott, Ellen Terry, Sosan B
Anthony and many othrs.
Wfcat Railroad, ere Far.
Th number of passengers carried by
all the railroads in all parts of tbe world
la 1984 Is estimated at 2,400,000,003, or aa
average of 6, 500, 000 day.
rrepreaalMe and laeerrtgtble.
While a little girl on Howard avenna
was bln rebnked by bar mother .he said 1
"Hush, mamma : if y-oa ereld so much rra win
make ra. aerroufi, and I shall die like
yoa remember her 1" Mid the mother.
-Oh. yes, replied tha little one. -n4 her
mamma ecoMad and avoided her much eha
rot so rwrrotis aha went aiek and dlod."-. Vtlca
H.rald.
Discussion between a wia child and Its
tutor : That star np there la btrter than th
worM."
-No. It lent."
-Yea. it Is."
"Thea. why dont ft keep the rain off
Rahebotla Herald.
Mamma (confidently) Vow, Mamie, a
yve are ao tired se-niaht ye mat go risht e
to bed.
Mamie (fonr year eldvBot Pn not tired.
How do ye knew when I am tired To
teat knew how I feel as well a. I do. and t
aay I ant rlrad. feel of that arm and thA
tar da yea feet euythfn Urd tber (Chtca
T Herald.
Uttl girl -riease, ma, may I bar a
Ma -Doat aay a ear : say an .
I OX Caa I have a iff r
M. "That 1'Ot rfhU
L, .. Sr-mtHy TVa. ma. ra 1 hav.
a hc- (rwtroit Free Pre.
Worldly Wl.dom.
It Is th hardship that sails on th tea
of trouble.
Ambition Is a vacuum that v. Ill never
b filled.
Fnvy Is th acknowledgment of th for
tune ot ethers.
The key to a good situation la not
whiskey.
Love is blind, but matrimony is a great
oculist.
! A fool's advice la better than a knav'a
It is at least sincere,
' Cheek boldly enters Where modesty dar
net pull the door-be 11.
It 1 the easiest thing ia th
keep somebody !' tewper.
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