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suieratmn ot a-lrertisera. r;i -e ivor., .
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NUMBER 28.
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1 ne ow,Tr nerer Tartea. A marrelol purity,
"ireouth .ml .holrsoauoes. Mure economic!
th in tho nrJ:nry klmli. and c.unoi D. 1 1 la
i"iuietu Ion will) tho multitude ol the low teat
.hi. rt weiiclit. .turn or prn.hte pow.i.r a. sold
nnlj uuuni. Kuril liikK folB Oo.. U
WallSt..NKW lout.
CARTERS
Kittle
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PILLS.
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Pi.-k TTfinliflicaml ivli-v all tlif trxnit.lm Incf-it.-nt
to a lulioiii. iatt nf the xjstxiu. aia-h a.
luiiiu-Mt. Nuu. 1 irv siiurw. Iiintn-M atrr
rat. n-. I'iiiii in tlit Sulf. Air. While tlM-iruioet
rvtuut'kuUle ewvcsH la I wn sliown ia eunnr
Ili'ailai't!. -t I'aktcu'i T.itti it l.ivra Pttxn
an- puillr viilual.lr- in ('iiiKtition. runnie
Hint prevent inr Hum annoy inr ii it'iolaint . hilo
thi-y alo i-iTrn t nil iliHi.nlfn of tlur suliiat-h,
KtiTimhit.- tin- liver aH.I reguialo tuo bovei.
i.cu ii lltfy only furml
Ai-Iii" tliv wontil t ulnioKt in'-lui to thonn
ln iiitTrr fniiii this litr-ssin romplaint:
nit fort mint. -!v thir iriMNli:ms iUrt not tuil
lu-iv, amllios who onre try tlifin will find
tin lutlt vnluahli in ff inanv way. ttiat
tlu-v uill not I- willing U Co without Uicui.
But after all xick head
t!ie tiain of mo many livi tlmt h-rf U where
! iimitti our irn-at boat. Our iiills euro it
!.!'. I'lm-rs ilo not.
Avr. r.i a I.i : ri.r. t.ivr.n TiLI-n ore verr umall
ntvl vi ry r.iMV to lak.-. m- or two lulls makw
u ili ". Tlii'V uru ti irllv vt iri-tuhlr xinit ilo
not pr.pior iitv, l.ia kiy tlit ir irntW" action
I'liNU1 all who iisi- tiit iii." Iii ials at -i'lcriiti:
!ii for 1. Solil HVfryvilu'rv, or si-nt by uiait
&5 fil
mcs.
HATURE'G
CURE FOR ..
hH.UIil.K RtltDI
Kor Sirk Stomach.
For lor pl.l l.lirr,
ll.llou. Hrailarhe,
tiintU' BC,
Tarrant'. KTrrfrareat
Sf'ltxtM- AlJTlUlt.
It H cer'aln In Ita efiect.
It U ijcntlo In ita aoti n.
It la I'nlate.iMe to the
tnota. II can t relied
upun to i-UTe, and it cure
l.y ci!if:.y, co ty outrag
ing, nature. Io Lot take
violent pnrrattve! yoor
aelvea or allow your chil
li ren t.i take the:n. alwayi
ue thla eli'icant har
tourit..iial prtbaritlon,
whirh haa !ecn lor more
thn lurty ycAr a puh'.lo
lavorite. sold by druiyiMti
rvrtwLerm.
CQNSTIFATIOII.
Sick-Headacfie;
OYSPEPSIft.
D. LAGELL'S
ASTHSVJA
AND
OATARRH
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Ilavinif atrn.rliM Vu 'enra retweea lit and
ikv: Ml will" AMIIJIA .r 1 MUIISU:. treated .y
e nlnent pby'rta-is. and rf. eiina: no heneflt. 1
w as roir. pi'ilcl iluririir l!.o lat 5 r of rny III-n-
to nt i n mv c' .i Ir day and nlu'.t tra.p:tir tor
lireath. My riTo'inira were beyond deacrlptlon.
In drxpiilr I r x rimented on niyeM cotnM.ond
m r.inrn and herdi and Inhailnv the tnel irlne
thn rhtnine I. I i.rtuDiitet v iliarrtTered thlt
WOMimvn. ITKK KK ASTHMA AND
'ATAKKII. w..rninte l t relieve the mo"t atut)
N.rii cie.,t AsniM.V IN HVK MINl'TES.
l:at the ti'iili-n r in lie !nwn to rest and eleer
r.-m'ortul.ly. I'Ilmp.. rea.i ttie luliowlnK condena
d ri'r i. :-i iiMri uusni. cited lc tiiuoi-llj all of ro
oent d.ite :
'liver V.K. lloln-.i-a. San Joae.t'aJ. write! : " I
t'n.l the Iveme.iy all and even more than repre-.-ne.l.
I ri.''-.'.!' i:i"'.'iiiiare'jua relief."
V. M. '. T. n, A. ?.!. Warren. Kan., write.;
V i t'e ite.l hy etniniTt tihyalclan. ol thiaeoun
' try iknd (ti riiriny : trie.1 the climate ol different
, suite- u.i-., n atlordr j relief like your prrpara
i t.na."
i I.. B I helt ... i n. C.r.sKi, Ohio, wrltej '-Snf-'
f-rrdwtth A-.tiu.a ii cr. Your nie liclne In 3
tntnuTr iln-a ir. re 'i r tne than the rno-t e.:n.-nt
ph t i:itn di'i I'.r me t a three yrara."
i II. l'1-tri.i..r:. J ,!:..t 111., write: "SmM t'a-t-r.-h
i;etm-.!v erne. -nn.-.t retaloair wthout
It. I rtml It tl.c n.uft valuable medicine 1 have
1 ever tried."
We h-ive many r ; rr i eartv tearlnoolala of eurw
ut reher. ar,t it: . r l.-r tl...t ail -utTorer irom Anth
: ma. Catarrh, Hay r'"v, r, and k ndred dlaeaM.
I may have an i; i..,; :iin.tv ul IrHilK Uavilnt ol
the lieme.lv vt. . n f to anr aj.lre 1 hIAL.
, PACKAi: K KKl:i;iifl IIAKiJK. It vnordrtir.
alHt laila t i ke.-p it Jo nut permit him to aell you
aotne wnrihl.-p Iniltatlou by hlj n-preentlar it to
lie i'ul nra,!. I ut acini dlreotly to ua. Writ.
ur name and .ld-e- t.lnlnlv.
A.Mrea. .1. 71 M 1 AN I -1 PrBM.. .
W holesa.e liruuii -t. W'(".''rr. Wayne 'o.. (.
Iti 1 .it. 1:... r.w i.,,ll l irfl
lua. si. lsxT.-ij.
PATEWTS
j Obtained nntl all I'ATKN'T ni'SlNDiS at
tenuea to tnr .tI)K!:.TK KKF
ur r.rirn ii i.ppoMtt, the l". S. Patent
OftW and we ran obtain patunt In Ip9 time
loan thnsH rfmiiia from WASIIIN'OTOX.
N'tul :.:oUKLO!illtAMNti. Wo d
vlsas to pnteiitAMiitv friH c.f cliarkrf ar.rl w
in.ke M(;n.nUKfN-,E-)S l'ATENT IS
SECUUKI).
We rt-rcre. h'. to trie rotmastr, the
Ntipt. of Money r.lcr Div.. ar.it to tne offl-rt-is
of the U- S. TatHnt OiUce. For circu
l.trs advice, twrui and refrrr-nci to actual
r.cent- In yuu' own Mate write? to
0. A. HXOW cv: CO.
Ip. I-ille.it 'Mtire V.'aalilnKlon. O. C.
I,IA?fO-r'OTlTI!S.
Tens, Toucli, t srtesKj & Durability.
y- i. s an i West I.!-1ni )r3 Ktrtvv -Otlaiore.
Nvi. i'.'ta ileum., Nt v V ora.
S T'TPPT'TPQ lreln- fKK(IF.P
2 U I Lfl liOLuo l.iWlXuhru., io Spruce
St.. .New '..rk. -ut. learn ihe exact cost of
ny pr. pi.ae.: linn i ,v! virtisln in Atuenran
J","l":r". -li)i)-paj &mttilct, loc
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THE DEACON'S FRIGHT.
Tiif PresiJent hime!f waa not no well
knoiva or respeclrj ia Pear County aa
r.-;;s Jamca Hurgrave.
Tim ileacon. for HaroraTe hail Iodr held
Mi.tr office in the Mthot!i.t church, waa a
;i!H lmiuesi man. Hia farm tras the
uvy fif the neighbor, nntl the pride of the
::vir:ty. He raided tUe finrnt cattle and
;-nt the heat crops to the market, while
for his hutter there xrai noihini, in the
w!;.i!- of the Ptaf e whicli cotild Mirpnxs it
u rlvhr.t; rri'.l tlelicionntAweetnesi.
I.; the eyia of L! wife for of conrae
tin- dr.-.coTi w.n mnrrii-il he had but one
fault, iin.l that ma., a prierotia one.
was a member of the well known
jriial cluh which at certain time, and
e'iiH fltin out ita banner to the t.rerzo
fti which th nanio of the Roaring IiufTa
iiarH km rrn.picuouly printed.
"You iiiichtto le ashamed of you raelf,
hi. wiff frequently declared. "You, at
your time of life, aud a deacon, too, to jjo
and march about calling yourM-lf a Uut
falo." Tliere was nonirUiIiiK'Ineonvatent about
it, r-rliap., but eti!l in palliation it mnat
Le not iil that Ilarrava had lwen one of
tlu foil ndern of the club awar luirk, lonj;
rH-fure li married Tal.jtha and joined the
L'hurrh, and the old aa-twciaUons were tco
.trotty: fur him.
lie ha.l jxlvrii up moat of the plea.nr..
nf youth, but hi club he could not for
a.ike. Nt tliat there wan anything wronif
in the club, Ko, it wa. orderly and well
manured, and tuna of the liet people of
the town were tnemliera.
The Moarin ItikfT;lije had a lolre room
cf tlu ir own, and the alight lefreabmenta
ni-c--.iiry to keep up the roaring charac
ter of the members wero kept on the
prrmiKe?.
If a BnfT.ilo wants whiakey he ought
to have the rery bt," aaid the deacon
when a intt ion a., to the propriety of
L.-iviiiK Wer, wine, and spirit, kept in the
c!uH room waa first mooted.
Tim ini-etin. wero held encaawwi,
.tnl no matter wheth. r the rain descended
iri tirrent, or the know almoi Minded
tho pedotri.in, through auramer'a heat
nud winter's cold, Ili acon Ilarjrrave wa.
l-vays i:iu of the first to arrive and nearly
tin; l.txt to leave.
'i'Lis wm more commendable seeing
: I; :.ii lifiuw v;is distant aver two Utiles
ri.ni the town, and hi. way nu through
k. f'.-.-!!!x. wood, the undergrowth f.iruia
a uMuost impenetrable barrier oa either
:..J.'nf tho narrow path.
M.uiy a time dill the ROodTabitha plead
n-;ih h"r liejjo lord to stay at home on
dark ijiht., but all her elorjueuce waa
wa.xted. He would arm himself with a
uoo.1 thick stick ninl K' through tho wood
lauhii.rf at tl.ir.gers real and imaginary.
ltua.. early iu January, l . Theniht
waH as flark a. anytime ti nee that phe
i.i nii-n.il tlarknee. which came over the
I!y;it iann and which might Lave been
cur w ith n knite.
It was club niht, however, and the
3u.T i I.i w oiiid iiot et.ty away.
"U'iiy, de icon, wo didn't expect you,"
V.-HH tlie first greeting from hi. fellow
t: mbcri wheu he entered the lodge
.Mini. --. .
"Why"
' Wasn't itt.ark
"A trifle yes, but I've Rone that road
;.-.y boy, for nili on thirty year, ao I
i.out. i:eeil any liiht," atibwered the dea
r :i . roudly.
J-'iii ;.t:il " and then there waa a
j r.uso.
"Still what? v
"Ii tve you not heanl?"
"ill aid? Wii.it are you talking about ?
"The Khoat," niiiWriedayotuiK Itoaring
EiuT.tlo.
"Ha! ha! ha! He! ha! he:" laitftheil the
Ic-.oon, as though the very wont waa pro
v utive of Diirth. Ili.iaide. r.iiook and
V.n pouderoua form aeemed to be ou
. ;)riuv, fjr there waa not a muacle that
iid l.ot. quiver with inerriment.
'You tu.ty !atih, but it is bo."
" Ws; fct!" id another.
"Chost? where, when, who hat seen
it?" a.-ked the deacon, aomewhat 1m
l re -Hid with tho ioletun manner of the
mru.be nt.
"In Ilarjrrave Wood," answered the first
xho hail expressed aarpriae at the dca
j m's appearance.
"A frhost! Ha! ha! ha! In my wood!
!Ia!hn!ha! Well, that i. too rood:"
IsuKh a. you like, but it's true. Why,
how is it, deacon, you bare not heard
about it?" ;
"Who h.is seen It?"
"I have," wat the solemn answer of a
man whose word was aa good as many a
man's ceth.
That altered the aspect of affairs. It
was now n matter of !L-cnion instead of
mirth, ami Ieacon HarKrave iuslated on
hr-arini; a full and complete account of
tl. int-ruber'a interview orencountor with
the su;er:iatural visitor.
"Last xii-htw.is as dark aa well, not
nuUe as tlark as to-nicht but atill too
dark to le pleasant," the interviewer of
tho H.trKrave Wood trhost. commenced,
"mid I had to go to Lauahau's to aee
nlniut cetting Lis plow, tot mine Lad
broken "
'.Never mind the plow; tell ns of the
ghost:"
"As I w.is saylnjr, I went to Lenahnn's
houae, but he waa not at home. His
wife, who is a comely dame, invited me
toatay awhile, and as I wanted to hare au
aimTvcr that niht I accepted the invita
tion and waited. To make a long atory
short, it was nine o'clock, before I left,
and I thought I would co through the
wood tome, ai It cut off a tidy distance
mnylw half a mite or so, eh, Aeacon?"
"Nt-arer & mile,' was the deacon's re
ply. "Well, on I went, whistling just for
compnny' sake, fur -I was rather ner
vous." .
Hero the deacon became fidgety, for it
was his favorite idea that fear waa only
for children and nervousness an attribute
of women. The narrator, however, ap
pmireil not to notice the deacon's mauuer,
and continued:
"I had got to the narrow bridge which
crosses the etream, when I thought that
maybe a pipe would be a comfort. I took
out my tebneco and loaded up my old
cherrywood p:pe" the HuITjiIo wa al
waya very exact In bis descriptions "nnd
then felt for a. match. I put my finger
into each of uiy pockets, but not a match
could I fiud. I was mad, for I wanted a
smoke worse than anything. What could
I do? I looked up, w hen right berore lao
I mw two flames of fire "
Tim deacon bcc:ime interested and
1 ; ilced intently at the speaker, but the
ar. fi.l observer would have percei veil the
iti.-rei'.ulons t wita-hia "f the mouth.
" Ycx, fl tiuea of fire, I repeat. Was I
'tightened? Nt a bit I was tooover
yeil for fear. I crossed the bridire. r"t
xcr hm the !!r 1 "-- ' , .
ss I wa'.ked forxvard the fire receded anal
had to r o without my amoke. I "P0 J
the object, but net a sound could I f1
reply. When I left the fire disappeared,
and I was alone. Now. if tbat xva.u t a
. Ut .Vil ii.t 111"
Th.'t was Ihe small foundation
on
built the story ol m
Ilar-
which was
grave Wood phoet.
1 1 was not much; but the solemn man
ner iawhUh the etorr was told and the
highly drar.iatic t;esture canstsl t lie faces
of the Ruff.iloe.. to be blanched as white
as January unow.
The deacon was ill at ease, but was de
termined not to allow auy otio to see t hat
he placed even the very flight ust reliance
on tLu story.
lie tried to laugh, but it was iaickly
effort, and his f ace gradually pal;J,whcu
a brother member MuMrnly ttk:J:
"Is not this about the tioje of year
wheu old Jake was murdered i that xtrj
wocmI "
"Yet; he was killed on the eleventh and
bis body was found ta that Very at ream
on the thirteenth."
"Why, yesterday was the eleventh."
"rio it was."
"Then that would be old JaVe's ghost,
and it will walk again to-ni-ht," was the
assertion of one of the ddrt meuiliers,
who had often euterla.ned the roaring
Iuftalot-s with stories of the supernat
ural. Don't go home to-ntght, deacon," ang
geated one of the members.
"Not go home! What would Tabitha
saj?"
"Ho!"
This was followed by a lend laugh, for
all knew that the deacon was really
afraid of his better half, and on only one
oint bad been able to hold his own, aud
that was the memltersbip of the rltih.
The hour for departure had c.mr, aud
the good dcacou started ou Li homeward
Journty.
He had laughed at fear, but it mnt 1-e
ackuowledj-ed that he had great difiiriilf y
lu keeping up hi. spirits aa he entered the
narrow path of the wood.
Cold shivers pae4 continually over
him. aud. as he afterwards tid. "it
teemed that hia backbouc had turned to
Jce."
t-'t ill, on he went, thoughts of Tabttha
overcoming bis fat increasing nervous
ue.ss. The ttridge over the stream was
reached. Although t!ignified bvtiienauie
of bridge it in real.ty only consi-ted of
some fallen trees which had been flung
arrow tho narrow chasui through which
tho stream flowed.
Tho deacon locked straight ahead, but
no ;-n of the fcupernatural waa vihibie.
h'titl hn tretulaled, for the wiud blew
sttotivly down the little val ley. aud Mar
grave was never, even in daylight, very
sure-footed. He stepped ou ttie bridge
and a sudden gua t of wind raised hi. hat
anil sect it scurrying along among the
trees.
He trembled and tottered on Ihe frail
bridge, antl then, as no one was looking,
he lowered hinielf ou bis knees nnd pro
ceeded to cross as became a IlufTalo wii
all fours.
Never had that bridge seemed so Ion?,
but the longest lane has an end, aud the
deacon was priding hiuiM-if that the
wort was over, when a blood-curdling
shriek struck ujon his ear.
His hair stol on end, every pore was
opened and thn cold rpirar i ji burst
forth. lie was afraid to look up, aud yet
what could be do
Again c.nue the horrible shriek and tho
deaeon tiered tip a prayer for his safely.
He wast rem blinv in every lim". his Mood
act met! f ror.cn in his veins, hihI he felt he
was fast losing all power over his limbs.
A conscionsarss seized him that he was
being watched. .
A strango fear possessed hi .
What if old Jake'a ghost really did
baunt that wood
Fast the thoughts flitted through bis
brain and he remembered that he had
often treated old Jake with sharpness.
Nay, on that very nig . t when the old
man had met with aucb a terrible death
in the darkness of the wood he had turned
him away from his door.
Jake had loaded himself with too
much whiskey and had begged shelter of
thedearnn fur the night.
But that washy pillar of the chnrr-h up
braided him with his Urunkecueas and
closed the door iu his face.
All thla he now remembered as hr knelt
on that frail bridge aud listened to the
nuearthly lurieka.
It was horrible!
How he regretted the nnkind and very
ucnelj-hboriy act.
Had ho sheltered the old man his life
would have been aaved.
Hut in hi. self-righteousness be had
sent the drunken man to au untimely
end. Thfi deacon prayed for pardon, but
even as be did so he feared that forgive
ness was not for h'm.
Ho auCered a'.l the torturra of the lt,
aud the a gory wa so great that he wiahed
for death to put an end to his miseries.
Laugh at fear! Never again could he do
so.
Mock at nervousness! No, forth.it night
be was the mest timid and nervous man
inall I.'ew Y'ork :ate. He had tried to
forget . cruel act towards old Jake, but
conscience was now torturing him for it.
Conscience would not slumber aud would
not bury the past in oblivion.
The minutes were developing into an
boar, aud be must rouse himself or p.riah
in tho cold.
He felt Lis leard f reeling solid, while
his clotbes, which bad been bathed in
perspiration and dew, were as stiff as
glass and see rsed nearly aa brittle. Ha
pulled himself together and stood Tip.
There in f rout of Lim be saw a pair of
eyes glaring like tbosecf a phantasma
goric demon. They burned into hia very
soul.
What shonld h do He dare not go
forward, for those eye were like dagger
whose points already had penetrated his
heart.
But he could not go back. No. he had
but courage enough to turn bis face
away from the penetration of those balls
of fire. Why had be not taken theawlvice)
f his friends and stayed in town that
night, or, letter atill. have listened to his
wife nnd missed tt e meeting of the Itoar
imr Tin-aloes? Why, indeed?
Buff ilo for sooth! There never was a
latuh more timid and helpless.
He looked steadily at those eyes; they
seemed to get larger nntil, like great
anus, t hey shut out everything else. They
were getting Hearer.
lie would staud atill, for in reality he
dared not move.
The deacon thought bis last hour had
come. He thought of Tabitha and the
farm and conld not be reeonciled to
death.
He looked into the bl.ir.ing orbs, now
gett inn nearer and yet nearer.
Him breath had sunk to a spasmodic
gitp. lac .cit tte veil., i.i Lis lace swell
ing aa though they would burst, his
sinews became like whipcord, bis ryes
were getting dim with the? perspiration
which, despite the cold, came from every
pore. He could bear the breathing of his
awful antngonist. It was regular, while
his was fitful. Now he was but a yard
away. One more second of tirue tnd this
deacon wonl J be no more.
It was awful; never did human bcinf
experience so great torture.
He locked, andfis be saw a monster in
front of him he gave utterance toashriek
which echoed aud re-echoed through the
woods.
Again be shrieked, and as hn did so he
found himself being pushed from the
bridge.
"Deacon! I fcay, dencon! Wake np. or
are you going to stay there all niglit?"
The deacon opened his eyes aud saw the
wife of his bosom standing close to Liui
and shaking hint vigorously.
He looked round and found himself
sitting by the table iu bis ow u kitchen.
' How did I pet here" ha asked.
Whereupon his wife laughed as though
she had never heard so comic a question
before.
"How did I get Lon-.e?" ho again
asked. -
. "Where from?" -
"The club."
Tabitha laughed and the deacon's face
grew red with excitement. He jumped
to his feet but sat down again quickly.
His legs, he said, "were all pins and
needles,' but he miased the chair aud Iiy
at full leugtU upon the hard LitcL"?a
floor.
Tabitha agisted Lim to Ms feet. He
looked at the clock. Its bauds pointed to
the hour of nine.
At oik e the deacon thought be bad been
in a deliriuui of fever aud t hat perhaps
days, it might be weeks', had elapsed since
he had met the t-pe tre in tlie wood.
"IIo-.v did I get Louie f;otu the club"
be again asked.
"You d,d not go." -;-,
"Not go?"
"No. I asked you not to go ont to
night, but you laughed at me. You ate
heartily oT luincn pie for supper aud fell
a-leei bef.ie I cleared tho table, so I let
von sleep."
"Am! was it all a dream?" V-?
"I don't know what you are talking
about, but you have never left this room
to-night."
It was humiliating, lint true. Tho
deacon had missed tl.c meetiug of the
Roaring Buffaloes for the first time in
thjrty years, but he Lad learned some
lessons.
He was a changed man from that day.
Ha never meered ut fear or mocked at
uervoustie-s. but he always had a wel
come sialic for thx uufertutiate and never
turned a wayfarer from Li dour. Hi.
terrible uightmare had worked a mighty
revolution in Lim, and he ofteu tells the
story w ith full dramatic vigor aud pewtr
of "Duacon Hargrave's Fright."
LIKE JOHNSON".
"Iet me tell you a little story aVmt my
trio to the East in the spring of "VO," .aid
Bob Habcock, in the Supcrviora' office,
the other da v.
"All right'; fire away, P.ob." v- '
"Wboti I w.sa boy I attended -rhoo1 In a
'village In Massachusetts. 1 w-s studying
utthe time for them 'nixtry. Wit lit batch
jeet in view I was placed in school: butt Lo
gi.1'1 fever struck me in 7.2 and I cause to
Call fori-ia. I never me.da enough or,
ratiier, 1 never tared enough to visit the
East unt'l 's.
"On my rip rcrcse tho continent I suf-fen-d
terribly from my teeth, and I deter
mined tltht when 1 readied Boston I
would hi v them attended to. before vialf
iiiiT my folks in New Hampshire. Beach
ing Boston, I we:it into an imposing suite
of dental parlors. Ou taking tkj chair
the dentist inquired: ,
" 'St ranger iu Boston?"
"Yea."
"What part of the cotmtry aro jtjt.
from?' -i - - .
"'From California. - " ' "
"W11, I declare! I'm g'sd to re totj.
I've ,ot a friend f'ilt there soruewhero by
the name of Johnson. Ho r.e.l to go to
school with mo, aud bow murh you re
semblo hiiu! Is this the tooth you wish
filled? There's a large cavity in it. John
son wen to California in 'Vi. He was a
biigl.t fellow; a young man of much
promise. Dies this tooth trouble you?
It's slightly decayed.
"'Mr. Goodall (that was the dentist's
name), I wi-di you would fix my teeth
as expcditir,n-ly aa possible. The train
making connection with the liorham
Muito leaves at 12 l. and it is tho only
train tli.it makes the connection to-day.
I don't wart to be compelled to stay ovtr
until to-morrow."
" '.To!ii:. :u. I think, went into the brok
erage business in San Francisco,' con
tinued the dt-iitist, not noticing my inter
ruption. 'The Iat time I saw him hevas
a apri.-htly hoy for you couldn't call Liin
anything e! r- very well; b;t you know
twerty-flve years m.ikn a piear chaugc in
all of t.s. I declare, every expression of
co.iiiterancnMud the tone of ymirvo::n
reuiiud nnf Tom Johnson.
" Mr.tJoodall.'I entreated, 'will TOU at
tend to my teeth? 1 don't want to miss
thattrain. It will leave iu oue hour aud
three quarters.'
"Very well, sir; lint yon do look, ap
pear and talk like Tom Johnson, who
went .o California in "35.
"Tho d'-titist Wblit to work. He fillivl
twoteetli, and extracted aunt !it which
bail given rr.e great pain. Frequently bo
would step in Lis work and remark,
"Head like Johnson's'flais like Tom's."
Hair like Johnson's. 'Feet likeTotn's,"
'Voice like Job fi on"s, "Hand likeTom'a.
"After the leutis! had concluded his
manipiil.it ions I arose and extended my
Land, 'tiixsiall. I am Johnson:
"Tom, I knew it! I mn !?vilish clad
tvtsee j-ou, old Iwy! Many years since wo
played over tho Andovcr Hills, now
have you been? Flow's times in Califor
nia What's lcomeof Jim Berry Tom,
I'm devilish glad to see yon:"
"Goodall, it's now 12 o'clock and I
must rate U U-at train. I'm coining back
to Boston within a week, and I'll drop
around and see you?
"Do, Tom, do.'
' 'How much do I owe yen
" 'Not a cent, Tom; not n. cert. Do yon
want to insult n.e?
"As I went out. of the door Cood.ill re
marked, 'Tom, don't fail to cnino and see
ine. We'll haveathundet ing from! titr.e. "
"Did rou know the dentist. Boh?"
"Never saw him lCore or since." Cali
fornia Maverick '
Oall" Classifies! as Freight.
.ccne Kontni-ky Central railroad prn
cral oilio', Covington, Ky., bcire
oi intersf:;te-couinicriT act. xaat Mors;,
the general passenger iccut, niiling on uu
air-cusliiuii io keep nail.
I'.iit r theatrical agent, 'flood morn
ing, .Mr. Morse. Want to run cown tbe
line. Can yo;i lix mc out ?
S. M.- i ruihi.'y. sir, with pleasure;
where are v m ;'i.itie'."
T. A. "Lrsiugtoii."
S. M. ilian :ir. j tlie.itric.nl man's c.irl
to tlie clerk i - "Make out a pass to Ijcx
iiiLTlo.i and rt-turn."
T. A. i taking tlie pass) "TlirmVs. By
the way, Mr. Morse, I would liko to run
over to Washinirtun, while down that
w ay. "an you lix me over your connect
ing line."
. M. "No. I liave non of their
l.l.i nk t:issti ; Iwsides you could not lidiS
on tlu ir passenger trains."
T. A. -Vli-, Low is that, coaches
crowdwd T
S. M. -"Well no, not that, hut thrir
classilieation requires that gall in large
quantitii's shall be trauspi rtc J by
lrtih.."
Mother. lrling.
Says one of Atlanta's most lovable
j-oiii. men:
"I find more real pleasure in a quiet,
inielle i ual conversation with my mot lit r
than in t:c Moiety ol toy yot:i.g lady
tht I ever saw.'"
Now alien a boy as that isworlhwin
diag, aud whea wou worth keeping. .
IliE PUtiUE OF HER LIFE
Twenty-five years ago, jupt at sunset, a
motley group raight have been seeu ai
seuibled o:i the piaza. of a rude country
iun, known as The Black Tavern, from its
appearance. Its warped and twi.-ted
boards were blackened by the storms of
many a winter, and its old faditd sign
citaked dolefully in every posing breeze.
It was iu a quiet conntry hamlet, shnt
In from the bosy world by green bills,
many miles from any railroad, and re
taining all the prliuitiTe ways of half a
sentury ago.
Tho men bad ernigrepated, as was their
visual custom, to sip seme of Landlord
Aiken's cidertell a few stories, aud re
tail stale jokes.
Suddenly a tall, stalwart man, with a
peddler's pat k on his shoulders, and lead
ing by the hand a little girl, emerged
from a cros-road and approached the
group. The man and his pack were
too commou a sight in those days to at
tract attention, but the child clinging to
tiis Laud fa.-cii.ated iheir gaze.
She w as a girl of ten Years, small for
her
age, with a bright elfish face, bluck
Lair aud eyes, the latter large aud bril
liant. Her skin was brown from expos
ure to the sun, he r dress old and faded,
and her feet bare, but small and shapely.
"Good evening, friends," said the ped
dler, depositing his pack on the piazza,
and taking off bis straw hat to wipe hia
heated brow.
"Have you come far?" asked the land
lord, ptixbinx forward a couple f chairs.
The stranger lookonn aud seated the
little girl iu the other, and threw hi. arm
proteotiiigly around her as he answered:
"From S , three days since. It"
fully twenty miles, but my little compan
ion is not over-strong for such a journey."
"Is it your Utile girl?" asked one of the
men.
"No; I Lave neither chick nor child. I
am taking her to her friends. Can you
tell me where Squire Wagner lives?'"
"Hel ives over there in the graveyard,"
replied the landlord, pointing to a grassy
enclosure on the hillside opposite.
"Is there nuy cf the family living?"
"One Mi. Dorothy, who lives up in
the old farmhouse youder. The rest are
all dead, unless it be Fred, the youngest,
a wild baruiu tcaruiu fellow, who went
oj years ago."
"This is his little g'.rl; be Is dead." said
the ieddler.
. "When did he die?"
"I've iiot time to teli yon now," said
tho newcomer, us be fult the child start
nt t'-e question. "What tort of woman
is Miss Dorothy?"
"Oa, a sort of crab-apple spec;es, yoa
kt.ow. Had a disappointment iu early
life that dried up all her sweetness," said
cue man.
"Tlie farmers hereabonts get btr to
look into thelrcidcr barrels to make vine
gar," responded another, and i; lau-,h
went round. ,
The peddler looked troubled.
' "Will alie be kind to the little girl?" he
t.kel. ,
"Oh, yes: the wouldn't hurt a worm,
and ftbe'll get plenty to eat. Fhs ln't
stingy, but she isn't one of the soft, lov
ing kind," eijerly put In a man who had
nt before tken a part in the conversa
tion. - - ii "jj
"Weil. I guess we msy as well be. sroinP;,
sir," nid the peddler, rising. "Can 1
leave my park iu yciir care, Liutllord, till
I come back?"
An affiruiativa answer being given, be
took, the child's band and set out for the
low f .irn.hou-e a half mile tlistaut, w hose
we-tera windows were all aglow with tha
rays of the fce'.ting sun.
As tbey neared it, the little girl looked
eagerly around to se what her new home
was like. S'diie duxks aud geese at play
ia a clear brook ciUfcaJ Lar to clap her
hind s.
They entered a neat yard, and passed
rip a ua rrow s.oue walk that led around
the house, the girl looking with evidotit
snt:sfs' ti:n at the beds of bright flowers
ou either side.
Autqieudoor gave them the view of a
tiJy kiuheu. where a couplo of women
were arrangiug a bountiful repast, and
t wo hired men were performing t heir ab
lutions at. a spout in the rear. The ped
dler knocked softly.
"IsMivs Vuoriu?" ' -
"Yes. Weat tlo you want ?'"
Andjthe tldsr woman stepped to the
door. SUo was tail, and very energetic iu
her movi-munt s.
"I've brought you a little giTl for com
pany, nia'ain."
"Me? Brought me a little girl for com
pany? What do you mean, sir? I've no
t:mM for t. .L I 1 1 c
"But perhaps you have time to greet.
your brother Fred's li'tle orphan child."
Miss Dof.tby s'ajrgeredagslnet the door
post.
"Fred r" she gasped. "He is "
' "IWd! and has seut bis little girl to
yon."
For a moment the lady seemed over
whelmed, but recovering herself, turned
to the cl. il l. ,
What is y.iTir name?" she asked.
"Ginav. ma'am."
I "Whataa outlandish namel Betsey, did
jon ever hear the like?"
"Never!" exclaimed the maid-of-ali-
work, advancing with uplift ed hands.
i "My papa called me so, and oh, he's
dead:" Antl breaking froiut hedetainiug
baud of her friend, she dashed down into
the orchard, and iu a moment was en
sconced iu a large apple tree np among
the thick branches, much to the cousier
nation of a couple of robins, who had
settled down I o housekeeping close to the
little pill's perch.
The mother bird, as she brooded over
the foil.' litt le eggs, peeped over the side
of the nest, apprehensively, while her
mate, on a twigclose by, cocked his head
on one aide to watch the intruder, but
never a chirpor rustle of feathers betok
ened their presence.
"Did I ever!" exclaimed Betsey, as the
trio watched the flight and the nimble
spring into the tree.
Oh, dear, she'll be the pl.igne of my
life," murmured Mi Dorothy.
1 "?he'H lie comfort anil n blessing to
you.ni'i'ata.if you've only n mind to have
It so. the Itasa loving lit tletie.irt. Only
to think how she waited upon her father,
soothing nnd tending hint to the last like
a woman!"
He then told the lady bow be met her
firother nt a lowly cottage, where bis
strength had failed, as he was trying to
make his way home to his friends; but be
was iti tli" last stages of consumption,
aud died in two days. He entrusted bis
child and a few papers to the care of the
kind-hearted peddler, who iviw drew tho
latter from his pocki t anil handed them
to tha lady, who was wei-pititr quietly.
He then wrnt down through theorehanl
- - --1.. - jri was.
"Ccme, Gipsy, your anut is going tc
love and care for you, and you must love
her."
The girl, who had sobbed for a few mo
ments violently, now sprang down with
a bright face. He led her back to tho
house.
"Her nine is Gertrude, ma'am, but her
father called her Gipsy. 1 hope you will
be a mother to her."
"I'll take gotsi care of her." aaid Aunt
Dorothy, as she beut dow n and kiosed tho
upturned brow.
The child Unshed with plrnsnrt, nr.d
allowed the ja-ddlerto depart with a quiet
g.)cd bye. &le was seated at th.- t:ljle,
and pnrtof k of .n!i-!,.f hi. rr:e and Lread
ai.'l milk with a r--r- li.
A new life no-.v commenced for tha
child. For months she 1;. 1. 1 had no home,
but wandered with her sick father, de
pending itjim tiie charity of si rangers,
wherever they chanced to be. Now tie
was u.aile comfortable.
The two woiut u, though shocked at her
wil.l, untutored ways, were kind, nnd
tried to lead her in the way she should
go, and she learned to love tlu-in both,
ev n while iier perver-e iiat ure led her to
set at ilell.ince nil their ruies.
Aunt L'orothy d'.'.l tred n i'r.7fn time, a,
day that she "was the p' trrre c f her life."
bin yet the bousescemed .- rnTie!y loaely
:i l still when s!ie v. as iib-.'-rt.
fc'hetansht her t o w, ;i nd would leave
ber ilemnrelr se.-ited inl.tr low chair, nu
; iut'u.-t rij'.if littix
i! ii'ti:r::irg i:i
a few nio-ru tit- to find tierg.-.s-e r.ti'l etch
tie; flutterc.f h"r girnu-rts v.p in -oni(;
tree, where sho was ta!:."n , !.othe lirls.
f-'he attt-ntled the viila-e school, was
bright, and ea-y to tench, b;-t t he prime
KiuV'. r in all mischief, and a general fav
orite with the scholars. But best of all
she loved to wander over the hill-, pick
ing flowers or playing iu so!i.e loo'.iutnia
rill.
She formed nn acquaintance with some
rude wood -choppti,wLo, with their fam
ilies, dwelt in souic little shant ies ou the
mountain-side.
The men smiled when sbe came, and tho
wt)i:.eu loved the helpful litt V girl w ho
kept the babies so still aud told nice stor
ies to tLe bigger children.
She saved a little two-year-old boy from
drowning one day, aud won thereby t he
everlasting gratitude of the parents; mid
when one of the poor women fell ill,
begged some nice things of her aunt to
carry to her.
One dark November night she and hor
cunt Dorothy happened to bealone. Bet
sey had gone to sit up with a sick neigh
bor, and the hired uiau lived some dis
tance away.
About midcipht Gipey, who slept in a
nnudl room next to her aunt's, was
awakened by a scream. Springing from
the bed, she rushed into the outer room.
Two masked rcen stod by the bed, one
holding a lantern, while the other held a
knifo to the woman's throat, uml a voice
that Gipsy recoguizi-ti. tiaid:
"Stop that acreechiut. nnd tell us whera
that money ii you to ik for those cows to
day, or I'll toon t-tt le you.'"
"No, you won't, I'at Daly !" said the
child, spi iniiit: to the bed aud clamping
Ler aniM. ar. und the neck.
Both men started, and the man with
the lantern said:
( "It's Gipsv: '
"Yes, Dennis Carter; and don't yon
rnember how I saved yourlittla Mik from
drowning';'"
"Iu 1 '.de I tlo. And not n hair cf yer
hea 1 be harmed, the blessed tiariiut
that ye are! But Low cptv ye here:-"
"I live here, nad this isrn-.nir.t Doro
thy, who tirei i-i u l.oxt; ftl is so kind
tome. Yon si. a'n't touch LirrnVocu
kill me first, ."he sent your wile, I'at -Daly,
t hr.re nico brot h and j-ilies when
sho ha! the f. ver, aud the'scverso gootl;"
aud Gipsy bai st iiVo t' ars.
Thel.i'i ri ii-ulled toi-eihr-r while the
child lw-nt rvi-rAiM,i I. i : t hy. who Lad
f..i:-t'.d fort!:., f.r-t tin... in h.-rlib-.
( )u, eii'.-V ! a '. :" s h s. rt ;: 'i.. 1.
"N'o. sh. i. :.'t; sl.e Las oaly f.iintivl.
She'll t'.i'.-f I lit a few minutes, 'Kndo:.
lasti. "We w.'.uldu t hate co:n here if
Wfc'd known it w.es ycir ::uat. Ni w,
child, you must promiae never to fell who
we are, ami you raustu t either of you tell
cf this night 's adventure, as it would et
folks to talking aud make t rouble, you
see."
"Yes," said Gipsy, "I T5ndettard: ami
I won't tell, and I'll pror:,:sj fur Aunt
Dorot hy. too. Only be good, tj'i go riht
away, and. oh. d m t ever dotoa.-ain."
"You don't hate us, Gipsy?"
4,Oh no, indeed; I'm only sorry for yon.
Do go."
Whn Miss Dorothy rero'-ered her
aet.ses she was alone with h er little n ieee.
"Where arc those horrid men?" she
asked.
"They've gone. Aunt Dorothy."
"Hut what a brave child you are.f :ipy!
But wcu't they com Lack? Call for help.
Mr
The chil l's band was on her lips.
"Don't, autit. I've proaiistd we won't
tell anylxiily n'ot-.t this."
"Notteli! I'll Lave t hem nrreste!."
It tof k some t iu.o to ire vail tai t he ex
cited woniau t .) be silent; but rts.. ':; really
did not. kn-.ww!:o Ler assailants wr re.
and the cLii.l rtftised to 5 peak, sdio re-
K.lvedto keep qnii t .
The next t!..y, m Betsey's disgust, she
bail the hired man move b:s family into a
part of the bouse, "for company," she
said.
A week after Gipsy climled the moun
tain side to find thecahir of Daly and
Carter deserted, r?nd thee!. ill November
wind sweeping turongh the m.
She was now prince f.ivoi'.:- with Aunt
Dorothy, who seemed to forget she hud
ever liecu "ti.e j Irg.ie of Ler life."
Her l irst S.a Itatli.
This is a truthful ami most nei-'.irato
description of how a woman acts wln-n
eiie lirst puis on a bathing suit ami ap
pears lief ore the world in it. At lir-t
sibt oi it she giggles t-oiivulsively and
litters out :
"Oh, I never, never can lot auylody
see me with that on!"
"Oh, yes you can. Put it on." cries
nome hardened companion w ho lias Ixjcn
in before. "F.vervUslv wears them."
"But I'll look awful!"
"Who cares? Nolajdy'll know yrm."
Then she gi ts into it girling furiously.
"Oh, 1 just can't go out iu iu"
"Yes, vuii in usu"
"But how can t?"
"Bah; nobody '11 notico ion in tho
least."
"But I know I look pcrfccllv dread
ful." "Well, evcrylody else hH.L.i so, too."
"I know, bull" ( giggio ,i, "1 tli-ill Ulo
If 1 see anvboiiv 1 know."
"Yon rcii.ly'.'"
"Yes, I I guess so! Oh, T just tlon't
believe 1 cii:i go after alL loit't 1 look
awful."
"1'ooh! No! CoiuoimV'
"I can't bear to. Tee, hoe, hee, l.ee!"'
I'.nt she does, all tho same, gi; .'!ing
frar.t.cal.y until Rho reaches the water,
.hen stie" shrieks out:
"Oh. it's fold! Ugh! lie.-, h-v! I'll
look aw'.il when I'm wet I O-o-f o-h;
it's dread! u iy cold'."
Anil when she comes out and is tir 'ssed
3V. -!ie bores evi-rybcsly slio kno(tj by
caing over and over again :
"Oa. I think it's just lovely to bathe !
I'm p inn in every day 1 Isn 't it lun? 1
'.ritYo.o tj lie down and let the waves
a i ovrrui1' 1 ain't one bit afraid now.
i was awfully fripbteiieu at lust! 1 don t
cv.nJ my looks one bit now! I'd like to
have iiiv photograph taken in niv ba'.li-
:ti- suit! It'd lie jolly fun, wouldn't it?
I ot sonic w ater m my tuoutli, and isn't
it salty? oh, it's just tq.lcuuid ! I'm
poiiig in three times some days! I lielievo
it'll -tlo ine gtaul! oh, I'm wild over
oathing! it's just too pc.iic-c.il lovely
aui jo.iy for arming '." t .
x.' ' ; ' ' i
"D's!
t .y
: v'AVNi
A r.trerw pt !scn cell, ?. wm r?d i "
ftir-! ipi'inlc, ior'T.i antl tl.iiup.
A fit i.'e ..'.":; ',:Ay. bar-ly .-. :
sqtiare, besr-ly barred i-l '
le;sl, (ruin the it von ml.
IVu.-trat'-d upc.n, a wretch, d 1-ep-
strnw in n coriierwas the pr: ,o; er, - . v
asleep, bf.t wafcl.ing irle-nfy: i.:nl w i' .
ill"; wh,'.t? Oiiii It. i jut gueisR a ''v- :
ti.ieiiivl yet not hit. upon 1 '.. t r ' h.
A::.l the pri;.i:;er, in t upo'i Lis f Is
nr.on hif Lenp of :-raw, Lis cbJr re-t.
upon bis Land, nn." Lis M owf,.rd :tpo;
th floor, watched a larfjo spidt r's web
spun in the corner.
A curious place for n ppider to rear Lis;
airj castle a corner of that darVr re'l,
wlierc th"! sntilipi.t nvcr carae, aud : he
fat fiirs were few ar. 1 f:.r I.Mt'cu. .
But the spider, perhaps, vas of a fr.'al
n::tu"e, tu;d maybe lm pit'i.l the j ior
pri.som r who i incd wi'hMi t ir j 1 ist! r; -nej
dung.'on, i so t ar.ic to t ta r Lim.
Fornocrime had the Frenchman -Ttf-fered
f T Dis.Tonv.'.I v,;n n F'-.-ti.k. '' "U
anil bred. 1 1 .1 Lad s :;., ey t.t'i-n-l i f li;-' -ry
nnd ecu a I rights lo,.....i.wii i.::i thedt
ion c-r ti.e pot rut stawtl.cl':- i of Ifol-.t .1.
TLtii tin v called id.u a 1-e" '.itid, ;e d.
aftwr a so fit t rial, Lai Elr.it I i.n
p
t .
iu ltr-c!ifs dark v.-:i.
A 't -.r yer.rs a tni year of p- :-ernbf
ry "Jacques"' Lnti burst 1 Is Ik-. ids, i-dcg-Iik,
Lad rctv.Icd the L:-.ad that l;-si.
Lim. - .
France w.as rund with IPiertr, end.
turally, tLe timid J uhr of "i i,o toj...
of lross aid flowers" btsA.ie grr.-.
''V
I
1
alurmc-d when a son of the tric-'-lar p:
of "liberty, cqutiiiy aud fra'.crr
wit f.iu Lis dominion-!. -
Ti.e rise nf the G. Hir.v-! r ' Kepsor." ho
feared, arid fo straightway be :l.ut .!oa
sieur Dis Jot; al up iu an t:.lrti :tly t.n
comfortable dtinfeoti. -
At first the Frenchman rt jvi.-ed thrt
tho martyr's fat-o was bis, s:: . he.j -
discovered the sj.ider in tLe corner or t ::3
dungeon be talked to Lim of Jib.-iry n::J.
broLheihood. But even the .'piiU-rfi d
ftoi.-i the tatiguine lif publican. At d ;.a
weeks grew into months Dis .Tonral
weary of Lis f otifim uicut, hud l ined or
the frecair of Heaven. .
TI.e stadtholder wan iror.; terrs crid
prayt rs moved Lim n "t a j r.
Then, liv, I I-e "trico'or ' ii f vr-d J7 !
land, end the Fretii li geni ; .. !. -IcLfgr'.i,
wilh ;i large force, wr.s hove;..;' n t i.
frontier, 11 esome l;nge bird of pi-y pre
p:rii g f'.r a swoon upon Lis rpir.; ry.
The s-jiidt r, too, was a cc'.-t:ti.t. sonreo
of coii'..-t ion; aud froin I'm": obet.rv,.f:on
of the inLIts of lis biat:!i friead tho
F rench artiii bvcirro t;tiite v. isc.
The spider imver t peai r dii: 'r.'x d
we:-!' -.T, ;:r. d !i .Toriv.il was rhie To pre
dict frost at li;it n week rt: .s-.-i.-i to
CODilug, s:r;:i ly by ',r i''.hjn
moveitior.ts and aot-ng Li.-
t !c
1- ell.;.
for l.e .'..id ob-'-rvt 1 1 La; , w!. n the ;
kept tecnrely botiseil, be, ti .- I i .u. i?"!T7p
was usually ttou'.led willi a bad Le-l
ael.e. -
Ant! Wh;.e Jifl jcie,:l -.. s
Llni'-e!f with tbet iifiri-fir
t ions. 1 1 e.ul !i.ns time cane 1 I i
Piei.egru, v. i' ii i ii --' r.v. ' -.-nlvat.-t
il sr.ddet:! acr-.-s t ';
Thus'adtbolilr-r .-in. ply i .'-.!,
tie French i ly w is wci I i
ar.-.r:";rg
'ei rva-
! r.: t!i r.
it'1 wrjen
ter.t.e of
the It in I ti.e wor'l v.: s
dikes v t : t t;t. 'J lie 1 '
II,
ts!.d t.ie
i co.;..l
tuot. .'.: vant ; ci u'.d i.-miiy i'-,.i.ii.
I I.i li.ul v. a i; . ,1 until v. itn.-r e : in br-fr
l.e hil f-'iven ! Leco!ii!i.ai:c: fur : !.c I' t ward
moveiiii-ni , bat tL weather bat' ".'!d't.ly
sl.ified arettjid, aad an al.i.o.'-t ."irirrer
mildness reigt.ed over the la.iti. And af
fairs were thus ou the iao-ni:. w !:eu tie
prisoner of Utrecht lay tt fail Ki.gta
upon his pallet. - -.
"You tlo not eat, mynheer," said the
jailer, who b ailed by the door, swung Lis
keys unsteadily and watched the pi ieouer.
"1 have litt'.e npr.etite."
"Th.-t. is bad," the jailer
thoughtfully. "Mynheer s-Lo:
so k'-t p Lis i ' ii'i-.gi li.:'
'B.vli! siu'a fonJ as Ihiss is
t.xke awry thr rpi tit of n v..
alone a si k orir," the Freri"'":
"That i, tine, myi.bver," t
rfV-l
i a.-d
i'i lo
n l't
:M. ,
. r r
. ': i.e
.1 '.: I
il.l i
!! t.
an
j
plied; "tho food is coar-c, b.ii i v.i.
that on Lave a bci t er i!i:i.-;i r, .-! '.i..i
go nt;ei!;st. my inst rnt-t ions .
suiTi r if l he governor should fin ! ir
The ii.afit r is lcl ween lis i .vo."
Joi-v.il iv joinisl. -I fcLi.ll s, y 1...; ;
and I judge that juu will i.. c:
t. -.iL of it."
tx
"I f'-ol the more inclined i.o
kin. Inc.. s, mynheer, bcein-e iv..
O.J
I tho igl.l it might bo i iu...
should change places you
J ii.
1
jailer and I I he pi is.-nt r."
"How so?" asked the pri.-i.iur iu -isliim
nt.
Tli. jail, r then told oi I'ii li-- : . '.
so a-ad-
Vance, bow the K;i:ii; iii'
t ill -elitcn I the capfl.ie r I' I'!;,
had cci'y In on prevent iti tii...i ;
town by t L' m; ting t.i t in ti kt
flootling .f t he coua'.ry w n li . .-
" You s. e. l. .ynLi.t r." -. i.! be
elusion, "your cotiMt ryt... n i
. t
. . -id
..-. tbt
1 1. ...
in
-..in-
. ti
tie.
upon 1 m-.I v.-triii her. !i a i,ir I i,:
be sum ty v. -o! i.tb.ive t i-en I i .-;-!- .
ns i ' -. I.:- rm: ; -,.,-i:i n r, :;t. i,j ;, . ;
ii .i a e, i . i ' (.ii, s.: in J ns ,miii .- i
I couM g( t a note lo I'i hi-iru .H
In-sure lo procure tnv release by it t ,
sion witli the staili i.ok'.vr. i-os-i' ,! ,
xchinilng a pri'-oncr for me. Nov ,
you t!o me ;: good turn; giv: ire :.
and pa, it, nnd afterward stntii... e
note tii roll .li the lilies lo the Ti
general '
'I conM do that essi!y t;..!,,"
jailor said, thoreghtful iy. "My be :
i.v
ill
: ii
.er
m turning a pieti y penny row by sni p
J-
lug I'lciie-TII Willi fresh
but " a-.d he l.e-itsteil.
"Do nfit fear; wLiit pts-i!ile in'ornial ir.n
enn I, n poor, helpless prisoner convey to
ricbegru?"
"Tiiat is t rue," the jailor baid. "It is ,
bargain. "
Great- was the astonishment of tho'
French general to receive a lyite .'...ivi
from the prison of Utrecht. Ainiwiati
did I l.e nt. I i. cc.i taiii ?
A f.iu. pie explanation about the sni()-r,
who b.ttl Iiot. appeared for three days, a::J
the vi iter's headache. Wii;iiu:t w.-i-!v be.
pre.liivd a L.tr.l fiost aad implored!
I'll hi-.- i li ls'l to U
The c -.it r.il it.-ulvrd tow-ait a wt ci. , s:i:l
then il.tre .vu.e lie hanicst f.-.-.x-, (,,;t
llollaiul lii-.l Li.i.w ti for a Iiiiikiic-! vt i:s.
The Frtncii advanced, Utrecht fell ual
Dis Jc ti.il was rvie.t-.-.i.
To the .-pitlci's Wiiriiir.g the prisoiw oC
Utrecht owed hi, rehas.-.
'I he Joker Jukeil,
TliO pnragraphvr was rumhia'ip. ; in UL
iiancln.ii w L-ii the iceman e-iUrod.
"Why is it tint ymi are alwavs n ::.l:mg;
jokes about our btibiness?" tLe L-ti.ttu
asktrl.
' 'u ! I'Oc-iuso it eeiiis to ba r.ii.lir
Btood that you charge exfefsivt pri.-e.-' "
waa the reply. "HutJ' ad lo.l th. para
gr;ij.her, ' llifid is no mali' o ia wiu.t wo
s.i y." (
( "l nrn aware of thai," sai l tho icetnin,
"ami I'm miic 1 d. n't mm I it; in fact
I'm in: ber loud of jokes, an 1 1 y the way
I'vtt ;i e,,0 i joke lor v.jii to-.hiv."
"Indeed l" siiid U. .- plr...i.i:.hei-, with,
much ;ah r.-st, -lit ns iia.u iL '
"'.1. -re it is," s....l tae i.-i-;u.ui ; ';
tho bill lor your suLuc.'a -sic,'
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