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ANSELM AND THE HARE.
Annelm, the priest from Italy,
lie whom the poet Dante named
The greatest nalnt to panullse.
, lie whose high wisdom justly claused
Obedience from monks and kings.
Rode, as it chanced upon a day.
Where Mutely English trees outstretched
Their spreading boughs along the way.
From out the wood there rufhed a here.
With fi.Uowicg huntninrn on her trnik:
A voice and hand were lifted up.
The. good priest bad the JiiOi. starid back.'
They paused amazed, for. wtll with frtsht,
Tue trumthrg creature awil-.ly sprang
Bt'Lcuth h:s horse, if she sutv
Her hopes of safety on him hang-.
Behold," he spuke with gentle voie,
L'ow bhe Ijcm-aih my horse-'s ttut
Hath suiht a refuj-?. Th'nk ye njt
To send her safely iorth were Lutel?
In need man flees to Gol f-r aid.
That mercy which Ii j s,tk-. .-u l-!fh.
Shall hi- not eruut ;ho tl:ai;rou-i be: t
That, l.-uricl. .-.UrieJ:a, uirivi to Uu-:
Then sped tin? haro into the wood.
With boundi u.; liaps and nerves a-straln.
And. with a blessing for each man,
AiMelm. the priest, rode on aqain.
Uulielma Zolilnger, in N. Y. lbdependenC
A MIDNIGHT STRUGGLE.
How I Was Saved from an Assas
sin's Knife.
Twenty years have elapsed hi nee this
erent happened, but I never kha J for
gt it. Bill Mutton and I liad be.-n
workiutr as partners on a inimnfr claim
on the banks of f.iake Owru, a small
laka in the eastern part of California
near the Sierra Nevada mountain We
had been very successful, and by llli
gvnt labor had atna&sed quite a respect
able fortune in guld dust. other
miners, working- not a quarter of a
mile from our claim, had labored equal
ly as hard, but luck was against them,
and their earnings had amounted to al
most nothing.
There were strag-g-lers about the
mines who would not hesitate t mur
der a miner for his gold, if it was known
that he had any in his possession. Only
the night before, Georj-re Wolfanc, a
German miner, had been found welter
imr in his blood, which was still en
crusted around a bullet hole in his
breast. No clew to the perpetrator of
the deed could be found. It was all
shrouded in mystery.
On the day of which I am about to
make particular mention, I was in our
eabiat, after a hard day's work under a
scorching sun, weighing our gold dust.
Bill had just started down to the lake
for water, preparatory to getting sup
per. I had finished weighing the gold,
and was about to deposit it in the &e
srret hole in the floor of the cabin, which
served s js a bank, when my atten
tion ftvas attracted by a slight noise at
the only -window in the eabin.
t dropped the bag of gold dust, and
raising my eyes in the direction of the
window I saw a man's face pressed
close to the glass, with his villainous
looking eyes fixed greedily on the bag
of gold dust which now lay on the floor.
I snatched my revolver from my belt
and cocked it, but when I looked again
the face had disappeared.
I Immediately rushed to the door and
opened it, but was only in time to
catch a glimpse of the man's form as
he disappeared in the thick foliage
which surrounded the cabin.
I knew pursuit was useless, a dark
ness was fast approaching. With evil
forebodings as to the result of the dis
covery of the villain, which I believed
lhim to be, I returned to the cabin, and
Joftpd BUI Sutton there before m.
--"iyat is the meaning of this?" he
.asked, as J entered, pointing to the
(Opened bag of gold dust on the floor.
J explainer pjp what had tran
spired durtg his absence.
Tomf he said, gravely, when I had
finished. '.he end of tlLs m ot come
yet. While that villain knows that e
have such a lrg amount rf ffold in
our possession oar live m r.ot safe.
It's my opinion that Pv fellow- r.h-
murdered and robbed 0?or;e Volf;iTVT,
and the man you'dctteted tp.yin;r jinou
vou to-nij;lit, are one and the samn p--r-aon."
That is my belief." I said. Idid
not like the look of his f.ice. It had a
niurder.-ms look about it. ami I think
the owner of it wonld be'ciipable of
commit tin.7 any crime."
"If he comes here w. will give Mm a
warm reception." saH Bill, as he care
fully reloac'.-.-d his revoivi-rs.
That uixht we retired wi'li our revol
vers under our pillows, but wdwere not
molested, and everything patsed off
tranquilly. The next night passed off
in the same manner, as did the whole
week following, and we soon began to
forget the event of the week previous.
. Hill said it was only Imagination, that
I had 00 face against the window '
at all; but he fvomd not make me be
lieve that it was imagination. I was
aure I saw that face at the window,
v?U its des-ilish eyes peering greedily
at the bag .of gold .dust. In the midst
(t my adeep i would awake with a
nervous start, imagining that he stood
r my ld with a knife upraised
ready to plunge it into my heart.
i)z day BUI had occasion )o go to
the neighboring town of .Stubville, sit
uated about twenty miles distant, after
tatpplien, and was to be absent .over
night,
"If the owner of that myhteoou face
should happen , to pay yon a t isit
though I don't think he will dont be
afraid, but give him an ounce of cold
lead, or a couple of Inches of steel, and
solve the mystery of the murder of
George Wolfang," said Bill, as be shoul
dered his rifle and started off for 8tub
ville. I watched him till his form was hid
den from view in the forest, and then
entered tbe cabin.
Darkness soon came on, and, after
having securely barred the door and
window, I retired to bed, but I could
not sleep. The moon, which had here
tofore been hidden from view by the
clouds, now shone out with unusual
brilliancy, lighting up the whole cabin.
A feverish unrest was upon me.
Thoughts of the event of the week
previous began to flit across my brain.
After tossing about uneasily upon my
bed for a couple of hours I at last fell
asleep. How long I slept I could not
tell, but I was awakened by a creak
ing noise in the direction of the door.
I opened my eyes, and tbo sight that
met my gaze sent a thrill through my
body. There in tlte doorway stood the
owner of the identical face I had seen
at the wiudow, la one bund he car
ried a dark lantern, while in tbe other
i was a long, murderous looking knife.
My revolver and knife were under
my pillow. I slreivo t- jrrasp them, but
my hand seemed paralyzed.
He entered, closed llio dor noiseless
ly, and crejt 011 tiptoj toward me,
keeping the knift: st ii I lirmly clutched.
Ileavensl was I to be murdered in uiy
bed, with a revolver and knife under
my pillow? Iit;t he did not cive iu:
much time for delilicration. With a
cat-lilcc tread, my visitor neared my
bed. lie was now be-ndiaj over roe
with the knife upraised ready to strike
the blow which would deprive me of life.
I conld feel his hot breath seoroh my
cheek, but I feigned to sleep soundly.
Suddenly a putf of wind snapped a
limb off one of the trees outside the
cabin and hurled it ngainst the door.
He lowered the upraised baud and
turned quickly about to uscertaiu the
cause of the noise.
Now was my chance. Far bettor to
die iihtinp than Ix murdered without
raising a hand in m.v own defense.
With a wea;m in my hand 1 v.-ould
have a chane for life, oti.cr.vls I
woultl have iuuh. Qii'ek as t'iug!it I
plunged my hand under the. pillow. 1
had no time to make a choice of the
weapons, but took the tirst one 1 got
my hand ou, a long, flittering knife, as
large if not larger than the one he held
iu his hand.
Startled by the noise, the villain
turned quickly about. With a yell of
defiance I jumped out of the bed and
rushed upon him knife in hand. Mut
tering a curse, he dropped the lantern
aad rushed forward to meet me.
The knives clashed together with ter
rific force, each of us straining every
nerve to break the other's guard aud
drive hfs knife into the other's hosoiu.
It 'Vavs a fight for lif now. Each of us
knew that one or the other must die.
My antagonist was a tall, muscular fel
low, while 1 was a mere- boy; but what
I lacked in strength I made up iu
agility.
After several vain eiYorts to force
my knife from my hand he began to
lose all control of himself. By a quick
movement on my part 1 succeeded in
turning Ins knife aside and inflicting a
deep wound in his shoulder.
With a yell of rage he sprang upon
me, and before I had time to leap aiide
and evade him he had struck iny kDife
from my grasp and hurled it to the
other side of the cabin, far beyond my
reach.
With almost herculean strength he
bore me to the flexor, and. placing his
knee upon my breast, he held me down
so that 1 was powerless. Ilis repulsive
face glowed with deviiisu exultation as
he bent over me, Jcuif v- i.i hand.
"I guess yer hain't fo -;;.t Wolfang,
have yer?" he saiel. tai.nt inijly. "I'm
goin to serve yer th-j same way.
Won't yer partner ramp anil tear when
he finds yer here dead, with this yer
knife in yer carcass and all hU dust
gone. Dead men tell no tales!"
I shuddered as he raised the knife
high above his head, ready to plunge it
into my breast, and began to think of
the past. I tried to utter the prayers
my mother taught me when a boy, but
I could not.
The knife began to descend, and I shut
my eyes to hide from sij ht the horrible
spectacle.
Ah! what was that? The doorway
was darkened for a moment. Then
there was a flash, a report, and the
man with the knife upraised above me
fell lifeless to the floor ard I fainted.
When 1 returned to consciousness
Bill Sutton and half a dozen ttunlv
miners were bending over ine. Biii
was bathing my forehead. When 1 re
covered sufficiently lie related to me
the circumstances of my narrow escape.
When about fifteen miles from the
cibin he had met the supply wagon on
: 10 way to the mines, aad, as he h-.d
no other business in Stubville but t.i ob
:.iin supplies, he returned with tho
wagon to the miners' headquarters,
about a quarter of a mile distant. Afu?r
leaviii it ho at oee hastened to thy
:ubia and arrayed just ai the villain'
Ualfu was about to pieroe my breast.
Without a moment's hesitation he
iir-'i1 ?ht his rifl; to his shoulder and
jivi,, with the. results already known
:-jt"ie reader. Thomas Charles Ievy,
in X. Y. Wee'.;!v.
NAMED AFTER A PROFESSOR.
The .iili lit li) la a I'leh with a Large
.Mutla.
"Two curious little li:,h(-s live ir, '.he
mud," i-ai t 1'rof. Theodore Gill - a
Vr:-l-ir."-i'..i St ir tuau hit .y. "On ot
fluja .y diseovorcd r-v-r.l'y U
AV'. i-uii.l alter mvt"-lf. by v:y t;7' u
jiliu.eat, yir; named t!i. Muk-hli-ys. '
My namesd!:e i.i u --i t of goby, (ruin
six to eight inch s long. It digs a hoi
In the muddy bank of a tidal creek, ni j
tne ootiom 01 wnicn it sits ana metii
tales, being kept wet by the percolation
of the water through the surrounding
mud. It feeds on small crustaceans
largely. One remarkable think about
the Gillie-hthys is its mouth, which is
about oue-third th length of its ldy.
ft Is good to eat. and the Chinamen iu
the neighborhood of San Francisco dig
in the marshes for specimens.
"The other mini fish Is a native of tbe
South Sea islands. atid is found on oMier
tropical coasts. It hops about on -he
fund banks wlu-u the tide is out. l-iug
apparently m much at home on lar -i an
iu the water. 1'copio call it the 'j Tup
iug lisli.' ' -
"Sometimes it will climb the roi.es of
trees on the shore, making its way uj
rvard by meansof its iectoral fins. tftcu
it ecupies the Jiolei made by tiddler
crabs. Wheu it s he-yping about on the
mud it is usually in put-suit ot crust a
f-eaus or of u peculiar kind of slug that
affords itb faveirite diet."
. '
PERSONAL PARTICULARS,
J. I. Case was essentially a self-made
man. His fortune is estimated at
fcfi.OOO.OOO.
Mk. A. T. Stfwakt paid S"oo a pair
for lace curtains, and the resident- of
Robert Garrett, of Baltimore, Imasts
curtains that cost :oo a yard.
Mrs. WiluamC. Wuitnty and Mrs.
fornelius Vandot-bi-t, hrre received
&'J2,IHW from eon: ri'iv..rs for the y,ur:
pose of establishing au i:iiirinary at
Vale university.
Mrm. Jackson pays in h.-r memoirs of
her husland, Geu. .(u:iir Jack
son, that whenever t he visit vl the gen
eral in camp he "svi .;t all of his leisure
time in playing wi.i: their baby."
O. 11. Uk.ntu.v, who lives at Wichita,
Kail,, is one of thos mcu never happy
unless writing to some public man.
hiring the last three years of Senator
I'lumb's life he wrote on an average of
two letters a day to the senator.
SAVED DV AN APE.
A x amcee s nemursaoie aventure i
in Contrul America.
Why I stopped in Panama on my r
turn from my trip to South America Li
a mystery. The quaint Spanish fash
in 11 of the old city interested me, and 1
found it difficult to tear myself away.
When I was ready to leave my brief so
journ in the country had inspired me
with so much confidence that I eagerly
embraced the suggestion of my land
lord to cross the isthmus on horseback.
"Take it leisurely," he said; "follow
the old road. It touches various points
along the canal. You can make the
journey in a couple of days and you will
not mind spending a night in one of
DelA.vssops villages."
Now t he canal was a pet hobby of
mine. I was anxious to see how it was
progressing. Besides, I had a friend
who was one of the contractors, and I
wanted to pay him a visit.
The next morning 1 mounted a gentle
ruustaug, furuislied by my host, ami set
out for Aspiiiwall, the Atlantic port,
where- I intended to take the steamer.
As I wished to leach the camp of my
friend Jackson by midday, 1 rode rapid
ly during the morning.
At one place the road ran along in
sight of the canal for half a mile. Here
I saw a scene not to be matched any
where on earth. Enormous machines
were at work excavating thousands of
teins of dirt, and countless wagons were
employed removing the loose earth.
Myriads of workmen swarmed every
where, jablering to each other in all
the tongues of the known world.
Among them were men from all the
countries of the world Americans, Af
ricans, Chinamen. West Indians anil
Malays. The fierce looks cast upon me
by these fellows alarmed me; but 1
prcteneied to be a calm spectator of the
animated scene. One of the contract
ors was altout, and from him I learned
that 1 would find Jackson about five
miles further on.
'Are you armed?" asked the con
tractor. I told him that I bad a revolver.
"You will probably need it before
you reach Aspinwall. said he "You
are passing through thirty thousand of
the worst cut-throats that were ever
collected together,"
After hearing that I had a great mind
to return to I'anama. but the dread of
being laughed at made me deckle to
push on. Assuming a determined, busi
nesslike look. I put spurs to my mus
tang and ambled through the motley
pang of laborers until I had the satis
faction i f leaving them behind me.
Fortunately I encountered no obstacle,
and Jackson's camp was made just in
time for dinner.
Here I was safe. Jackson was a big
fellow, whoso men were nearly all
Americans. He was delighted to see
me and gave me a capital dinner.
During the two hours that I spent with
Irim I filled him full of news and he, on
the other hand, told me a lot of wonder
ful things about the canal. He made
no secret of his conviction that the en
terprise would drag along for years.
bat, as he was making bushels of money,
the delay played into his hands. As I
declined to stay all night with him,
Jackson gave me some directions about
iuy route, and at my departure confided
to me a package containing . ten thou
sand dollars, asking me to deposit it for
him in one of the banks at Aspinwall.
I suggested that there was danger iu
carrying such a sum of money through
the country, but the stalwart fellow
laughed at my fears. He said that I
would make the hacienda of Don Fran
cisco Mendez at nightfall, where 1
would be royally entertained. By day
light he thought I could take care of
myself.
While this was going on I saw two
brutal looking Mexicans at a short dis
tance watching us intently and confer
ring together in low tones.
"I don't like the looks of those ras
cals," I said.
"Hello, there! Pedro, and you, Juan,"
shouted Jackson. "Get to work, you
lazy beggars!"
The Mexicans growled, and sullenly
retired.
They are two of the worst men in
camp," said Jackson, "but they are not
lively to liother you."
I had iuy doubts; but the prospect of
stay in : all night with Mende some
what reassured me, and I started off iu
very "good spirits. My road tewk me
liirouli a scene of bewildering beauty.
1 lie tropical foliage round me glittered
with all the hues of the rainbow. Un
known flowers of gorgeous magnifi
cence and pyerpowering fragrance
brightened the f.oaJside.
Suddenly I came upon a pond pf clear
water in an open space. Jlot, dusty
and travel-worn, I could not resist the
temptation. Without counting the con
sequences I fastened the mustang to a
sapling and undressed in a hurry, plac
ing my revolver under my clothes on
the edge of the water. Then I plunged
in and enjoyed a refreshing swim.
One thing annoyed me. All along
the way I met with monkeys every
where. They were of all sizes, and the
interest they took in my movements
amused me not a little. Sometimes
they chattered at me indignantly aud
shook their fists almost in my face. At
a wave of my hand, however, they fled
in precipitate terror.
As soon as I entered the lake the
monkeys took fresh courage. They
scrambled about in droves and abused
me to their hearts' content.- Among
them was one of a 6pecies that I had
not seen before. He was a ferocious
looking monster, fully five feet high
and as muscular as a bear. Before I
realized the situation this great long
legged fellow swooped down on my
clothes, and starved with tlteiu for the
woods. For a moment I wrs absolute,
ly paralyzed. H was no joke to ride to
Aspinwall in a decent rig. but I had no
fancy for the role of Lady Godiva.
There was no time to lose. Hie
monkey had left my revolver, and as
sKn as I could peize it I fired. He gave
a howl of rage and dropped everything
but my coat, I hastily jumped into my
recovered garments ami gave cha.se it
was useless. The thief scurried up into
the top of a tall cocoanut tree, and iu a
twinkling of an eye put on my coat,
buttouing it round him, and then pro
ceeded to hurl cocoannts at me with
such precision that I was glad to quick
ly leap into the saddle and ride off.
But my troubles had just begun. I
had reconciled myself to the loss of my
coat, as Jackson's money was in an in
side pocket of my waist, but the mon
key showed a disposition to follow me.
After firing at him several times I gave
it up. His tough hide seemed bullet
proof, and there was no chance to kill
him unless I shot him in the eye.
The declining sun warned me that it
was time to seek shelter for the night,
and I knew that in these tropical soli
tudes there was no twilight. I saw no
cultivated fields, no houses, ro signs of
the hacienda of Don Francisco Mendez.
The situation was growing serious.
Occasionally a stone weighing a pound
or two was burled at me from some
leafy covert, and then the gigantic
monkey would give a horrible laugh
and scamper away. He was a funny
looking chap in my blue flannel coat,
but I was too angry to enjoy the comic
aspect of the matter. It struck me that
it the brute caught me in the dark he
would make an end of me in no time.
It was lioth liorrible and humiliating,
such a death in the tangled forests of
this savage land.
Just then I saw a short distance off,
in a clearing, a square stone but.
Here was shelter and protection. I
was not disappointed much to find it
uninhabited. It was strougly built,
with no windows, and one entrance,
froin which the door hud lung since
rotted away. A stepladder led to the
loft. Ascending, I found a small apart
ment dimly lighted by round holes in
the wall, which had evidently been used
by sharpshooters at some revolutionary
period in the history of the country.
My mind was made up iu an instant. 1
went back to my mustang and picketed
him about one hundred and sixty yards
from the hut in the bushes. Then I re
turned to my fortress just as darkness
closed in upon me, and sought refuge in
the loft, pulling up the ladder after me.
1 was safe here, even from the mon
keys, and I lay down feeling a ene of
perfect security.
It must have been late in the night
when I heard something moving in the
room under me. Looking through tbe
opening in the floor I could see noth
ing. I struck a match, and by the flick
ering flame recognized the monkey.
The wretch still wore my coat, and in
the dim, uncertain light his appearance
wu more repulsive than ever.
I lay down agaiu knowing that the
beast could not get into the loft, and
commenced planning for his destruc
tion in the morning. I was satisfied
that the animal belonged to a species
of mountain apes, of great strength
and terrible ferocity. Their cunning, I
heard, was almost human, and they did
not scruple to attack men and rend
them limb from limb. I concluded,
when the morning light appeared, to
draw the brute's attention and shoot
him in one of his eyes. Having set
tled on this plan, I was about drop
ping into a doze, when I heard voices
outside the hut. I listened with alert
ears.
"If. as you say, Pedro, this American
is inside, we should ambush him and
shoot him when he comes out in the
morning."
"Now, by all tbe saints, Juan, was
the reply of Pedro, "you are a coward
ly fool. The Englishman, like all his
countrymen, has bis eyes open, and
may get the drop on us."
'Wonder what they'll do with tbe
monkey?" I said to myself with a
chuckle.
"I hear the American moving, said
Pedro.
It was the monkey, Tbe monster
was walking in the circle all the time,
and the dead leaves that had drifted
into .the hut rustled under bis feet.
There was anotlier whispered consulta
tion, and the Mexicans rushed into tbe
room below. Tbe outlaws saw a dark
form and charged with their long, mur
derous knives.
I heard two dull thuds, and knew
that Pedro and Juan had been dashed
headlong against the walla
"Mother of Moses!" gasped Juan.
Knife him!"
The robbers made another rush.
"Ah! ah!" jelled Pedro. "Where are
you, Juan? This bog of an American
has me by the throat, and I have lost
my knife."
"He is a demon!" groaned Juan. "He
is pounding my head against the wall!"
A volley of yells followed and then a
chorus of groans. ' Through it all I
heard an ominous dull thud. At length
silence prevailed, and I knew that all
was over.
My last match was gone, but to my
great delight it was almost morning.
With the first rays of daylight I peered
through the hole in the floor. It was a
ghastly .ight that met my gaze. The
two Mexicans lay on the floor quite
dead. Their heads had been smashed to
jelly against the walls and their throats
bore dark blue marks.
Sitting in the corner was the monkey.
He was bleeding profusely aud was
evidently seriously hurt. At first I
thought 1 would spare l.hn. He saved
my life and 1 was grateful. But when
1 fixed the ladder and descended the
untamable beast prepared for a spring,
and there was such evident malice in
his eyes that I aimed at his eye and
fired. One shot did the work. He rolled
over dead.
It was no place for me after such an
adventure, and 1 at ouce went in search
of my mustang. To my great joy he
was all right, and I was soon in the
saddle and on my way to Aspinwall.
liepositing Jackson's money in the
bank when arrived, 1 immediately
boarded the steamer. I knew that it
would not lie prudent to speak of tbe
two Mexicans, and I hael a suspicion
that a statement of the part the monkey
had borne in the tragedy would be re
garded by the authorities as a cock-and-bull
story. So wisely kpt my
mouth shut until I was again among
friends. -.
Of course. I have never wasted any
regret on Pedro and Juan, but I still
hold my horrible friend, the monkey,
in great esteem, X. Y. Dispatch.
Victoria's Throne.
The English thmne, used in the cor
onation ceremonies of the kings and
queens of Grcut Britain, is simply an
old oaken chair of curious pattern and
great antiquity. Ages of use (it is
known to have In-en used in its present
capacity for more than seven hundred
years) have made the old frame as hard
and as tough as iron. The magic power
attributed to the old relic lies in the
seat, which is a large, rough sandstone.
Ages before it waa trimmed in velvets
and gold for the use of the Stuarts and
the Tudor it served as a Mat for lin
early kings of Scotland; tradition even
asserts tluit it is the identical stone
upon which the patriarch Jacob rested
his head the night he bad his wonder
ful dream.
KITTY NEAL.
On s sudden the wind is awake,
And the orchard U snowing
In clouds from thu apple-bouvb
The wh.te m-uU aie bluwiug:
The pe-osc are ready to bUunj,,
Aud the clover i (rruaiutr.
So long by her basket of work
Kitty Ncal had b.-u sittliig
That a fever danced lu Lrr feet
or de-sire to be Hitting;
And her grandmot her t-loe at her side
W asleep at her kuiilibg.
Ah. what If a lad st the gate
for your con.lug were walling
IX the aTij were Just at Us prime.
And the orloies matin;
Should a maiden with love in her looks
Be too lung In debating
As still as s bird from the bough,
She Is poke from her wtatlou.
' Poor Will has been wullln? so long.
And to wait In vexation."
Two Learn at her coming best high
With s luvinfc elation.
So Ulw and true-lovers vows
Aim while petals eie stiuMing
At l!i'-ete f the errh.-.rd 'Lit day;
TIm.u u-.cl to ner . !uj.:
And i.n (.itiiiJuiuther. waking St last,
Nevi i lrii v ef hi r Koine;
l -.jiic vdt n l!ii.i ii, in Harper a Bazar.
TRACING A WATCH.
How Mr. Brooixiberry Unwittingly
Idtvdo a Discovery.
Broom berry was on his way down
town, intending to get off at the Van
Buren street station. Just before reach
ing that jx.iut an aequaiutance sat
down Ix-side Uiui aud Ix'gau to talk
about a murder that had beeu commit
ted just a year lcfore on the north
side. Being a city hall man. Brooin
bcrrv's acquaintance knew a great deal
fttxii'.t the uiitruer; he knew old
Kloptoek, tiie victim, and rn an ex
ceedingly discreet and sunken-voice
manner he intimated to BrexmWrry
that l.c hal a pretty shrewd idea as to
v. ho committed the deed. By this time
the train had passed the Van Buren
street station was just pulling out. in
fact, and Broomberry, determined not
l miss an appointment, jumped off the
train, lie looked at his watch a min
ute later and found that in jumping
off he had broken the crystal. He kept
his appointment, and then stepped into
a jeweler's to get a new crystal.
"Where did you get it?" the jeweler
asked when, after completing his work,
he handed the watch to Broomlerry.
"1 got it from a frieud of mine.
Whv?"
-Nothing, only you've got a rare
watch, not in value but as to numler.
About thirty years ago a company of
men built a factory at a little town
called Komne-y, in Massachusetts and
began to manufacture watches, but as
some sort of disaster befell the concern,
only three watches were ever com
pleted, and this is one of them."
"You don't say so," exclaime"d Broom
berry. "Well, well; aud I shouldn't
have known of the rarity of my proper
ty if I hadn't broken the crystal in
jumping off a train this morning. Do
you know what I'm going to do? I'm
going to trace this watch back to the
factory, if 1 can; and I'm going to write
a description of the hands through
which it has passed and make a book of
it. Won't that be an odd little volume:
The History of the Watch? I am much
obliged to you, sir. You've given me
an idea, and to a man. who is so unfor
tunate as to be compelled to mnke his
living by thinking, an idea is almost a
necessity. Ah, but pardon me for not
auswering your question. I got the
watch from Henry Lucas, gave him.
forty-five dollars for it about two
months ago. If the history should be
interesting enough to print, I'll give
you a copy of it. Good day."
Broomberry called on Henry Lucas.
He found bis friend absorbed in the
work of 'Tanning up" figures in an im
mense book.
"Ah, Broomberry. Sit down."
"No, I haven't time. Say, where dil
you get this watch? Only three of them
paade and al) that sort of tiling. Just
want to get the history of it, you know."
"I bought It from a fellow named
Martin Kelly."
"Where do you a' pose I can find him?"
"He works in the post office."
Broom lerry went to the post office.
He hail struck a new line of work and
was delighted. Mr. Kelly was easily
found.
"I got it frou Mark Hammonds,"
said 1k.
"The deuc-e you did!" Broomberry ex
claimed. "Why, he was the cause of
my breaking the crystal this morning.
1 was talking to him aud passed my
stntiou, and then had to jump ofT. I'll
right down to the city hall aud see
him."
"Where did 1 get it? ' Hammond re
plied, in a tart-less sort of whv. "Well,
let rue see. I got it from J. 11. Mel'oal.
a big furnituie dealer on the West
side."
"All right; 1 11 go over there and see
him."
The great furniture dealer, a smooth,
well-fetl, buld-headeil man. was busy n
his office when Bixmiul'erry entered.
"Well, sir, what cau I do for you?"'
"1 came to abk you about this," said
Hrcomleriy, taking out his watch.
"Don't know anything about it. sir.
Good day."
"Excuse me," said Brot'inWrry, "but
my friend Mark Humuiouds, of tbe city
hall, told ine that be got it from you.
"Ah. let me sec it. Yes. that's so.'
he added, w hen BroomlxTry hail handed
him the watch; and then, with an air
of business, as though he had been
rather lsx with the ethics of trade anil
must now, as a recovery of principle,
make a show of briskness, he asked:
"Hot what alout it, sir what about
it?"
"Nothing, only I should irke to know
." where you pot it?"
"Yt-s, but I am very busy to-day ex
ceedingly busy, sir, Cau't you call
some other time?"
"Oh. of course, but it won't take a
minute to tell me where you got it if
you know."
"Yes, yes. that's so; but I'm extreme
ly busy. I-t me see. We took it iu
part p.iytiicnt of a lot of furniture
from, Kn mi Stevens," he called.
A man entered and said: "Yes, sir."
"What's the name of that Imarding
hotf-e woman that oould.Vt, or rather
wouldn't, pay for her furniture in
. money and we hail to take a watch'.'
What i-, her name? Quick. I'm busy."
"Mrs. 'ad.l., sir; 741 Limhill street."
"Yes, that's correct. Go-nl-day, sir."
Br.jombi rry hastened to the hoard
ing house of Mrs. Caddo. She would
have talked an hour about the watch,
or by it, either. She would have told
of the myriad of trials that come to the
widowed keeper of a boarding bouse,
and she did tell of a certain harness
maker iiained Sam Haines, who had
boarded with her, who was druuk
nearly all the time, who positively re
fused, indeed, in a most insulting man
ner, to pay his board, but wbo, after
being threatened by the law, and by a
certain enormous policeman who knew
the widow quite well, consented to give
her his watch. This Mr. Sam Haines
could be found on Madison street, near
Eobey.
Brooinberry found the harnessnaaker
drunk and communicative. He got the
watch of a certain pawnbroker, and
would neglect his work to go and show
Broomberry the place.
"Oh, no. I can find it easily enough."
said the visitor, taking down the num
ber. The ' pawnbroker remembered the
watch, and, turning to his bowks, said
that it had been sold to him by one H.
J. Miles. 426 Rockland street.
Broomberry started out to look for
the street and soon discovered that
there was no such place. He returned
to the pawn shop.
"The fellow that sold you this watch
must have come by it dishonestly," be
said to the broker.
"Very likely, sir. We have no means
of finding out, you know. All we can
do is to take the name and address or
what we suppose to be such."
"Yes, that's true, I suppose. But do
you think you'd know the man if yott
were to tee him again?"
"Yes, 1 think so."
"Have you ever seen him sinee be
sold 3ou the watch?"
"No, I think not."
"I have," said a boy standing at tbe
back end of tbe place.
"Good: but do you know where be
can be found?"
"I don't know where be stays, but I
have seen him go up into a gambling
house."
"Well, now. If you will go with ma
and point him out, I will pay you well
for your trouble."
Every day for four days the boy went
with Broomlierry and stood near a nar
row stairway on Clark street, and just
as they were about to leave the place
on the evening of the fourth day the
boy clutched Broomberry's arm and
said:
"That's him going up now."
"All right. Here." He gave the boy
five dollars.
Broomberry went up into the gamb
ling den; he closely studied the man
that bad been pointed out. The fellow
lost his money and went down. Broom
berry followed him. He went to a sort
of hotel on Canal street and Broom
berry kept him in view. He went into
the bar-room and sat down to a table.
Broomberry approached him,indlacreet
ly Uo, and said:
"Will you please pardon me If I ask
you a few questions?"
"I dou't know whether I will or not,"
the fellow growled, but Broomberry,
taking no notice of his ill-humor, sat
down.
"I am about to write a little history,"
said he, "and think you may be able to
help me out on it. I bare in my posses
sion a watch which I have traced to
you, and I should like to know where
you "
The fellow jumped up, knocked
Broom tie rry down and disappeared
through a back door. When the his
torian got up and brushed himself, he
was told that a po.lieem.an had caught
the fellow a singular outcome, surely.
The fellow was brought back aud then,
together with Broomberry, was taken
to the police station, where the histor
ian related his story, and then there
Came a sensation. The watch had be
longed to old Kloptoek and Brooinberry
had found the murderer. Opie Bead, lu
B anuer of Gold.
A GREAT RUIN.
What Is Left ol the Magnificent Temple
of Baal. ..
,
There -rises a huge wall seventy feet
high, inclosing a square court of which
the side is 70 feet long. Part of the
wall, having fallen into ruins, has Wen
rebuilt from the ancient materials: but
the whole of the north side, with its
beautiful pilasters, remains perfect.
As the visitors enter the court they
stand still in astonishment at the ex
traordinary sight which meets their
eyes; for here, crowded within those
four high walls, is the native village of
Tadrnor. It was natural enough for the,
Arabs to build their mud huts within
these ready made fortifications, but the
impression produced by such a village
in such a place is indescribably strange.
The temple, so to speak, Is eaten out
at the core, and little but the shell re
mains. But here and there a fluted
Corinthian column or group of columns,
with entablature still perfect, rises in
stau-ly grace far over the wretched
huts, the rich, creamy color of the lime
stone and the beautiful moldings of the
capitals contrasting with the clear blue
of the cloudless s.ky. The best view of
the whole is to be obtained from the
roof of the naos, which, once beautiful
and adorned with sculpture, is now all
battered and defaced and baa been met.
amorphosed into a squalid little mosque.
To describe, the view- from that rouf
were indeed a hope lea task. High Intel
the clear blue air and the golden saa,
shine rise- the stately columns; crowded
and jumbled and heaped together be-
low, untouched by the gladdening sua-,
beams, uqfresbeued by the pure, freOi
air, lies all the squalor and wretched'
ness of an Arab mud-hut village.
Blackwood's Magazine,
An Interaatlowal tw4aealy.
An awful tiling revcatly happened la
New Yt 'rk. A celelirated creator of eoe
t nines unsigned a charming ball dress
for a New York woman, and basely
nade its counterpart for a Parisian
resident, not thinking that tbe twins
would ever m i-et, says London Figaro."
But last winter loth went to Washing
ton, and at a British legation ball tbe
two nu t and sbiod aghast. Each was
struck dumb at the sipht of the other,
and eat h thought she was facing a mir-
I ror until she saw another head and
I shoulders utiove the corsage, for the
gown- were f:c similes in every detail.
1 nil letters went V the base man tail
lliivr Vy the uext morning's mail; two
pood customer withdrew their patron
ace and fr ly advertised his villainy.
'1 he Yi.-tlr-iS met In consultation to see
Jf t!u re v.cre any more duplicates in
their wardrobes, and to draw lots for
the cv.-lasi -e rights to any more mas-le-rpiiH-cs
. f the duplicity rather than
amuse i he u'ifeeliug gay world with an
aibcr scene.
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