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EHENSBUKG. PA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 20. S93.
NUMBER 41
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WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN.
T'lielo ofti n ti lls us t..ries
I f a stiip lie li:is ut si-a,
Aiul Hit- nopibVH :iu.i tne clorii'H.
II we're v'.ki I, tor Tt.ni un.l l:ie:
And 1 ilreuin tf.at h..iih-v Uere Huilin?
Is it lmII.uiI l.t.ri; of mine.
Wit Ii tin- soft ; ind ni'M r failinr,'.
Ami tlie m eat h r ill ua va t.ii.-.
Oh! the U'lU will all Ik; rinirlng
With a merry, tuneful din.
The liird unl all he sinis'inv.
When my ship t'ouii's int
She is I'rinliijJ j.if'.s for mother,
Ai..l for f itii.-r au.l tin- Kiy.
A i I i: i y 1 1 : 1 ! . I .4 1 v 1 r I l.t r '.
shall I sunn li-re.l deep in toys:
Jl. r h Id is full of tr. iure
1- rum the u lands ol lue main.
And lo r fair , ere,v at li-isuie
Are sailing home araiiL
(Hi! the ii.iu.iuie past all rhyniiu?.
And I he joy that will Is ;in.
h.-u U'l the 1. lis ara elt.mii.tJ,
And my s!up ei.mes In!
There are .storms and sudden dangers
1 1 i.linic eruell y ar. .nnd,
Wi.i r.- j:isi sin li iK-ean ranvers
As n:y fairy l ark are found.
I".l..w. I.r- alh of heaven, t hi.-id her.
Ami i.i le 1.. r sateiy U. .m.-.
A I s.uii. day I sl.uil ttiel her - '
M v snip fi,iii o'er tJie foani'
.!i! ti e )i:r.t i w ill all U-sLisii:;
Whi n h. r eiew Ilie li.m n win:
The U-1U will all l e rinin;'
vV h-n m v h '. p eomes in '
' Mary J Karrah, In St. Nicholas.
AT HUCKLKIiKIiliY HILL.
.attIora Cauo Trouble nnd Tor
risy Gnindpa Counor.
I'vTy year pinpV tlK-k to Hitekli
Iioriy hit: from away up in Su-uIk-ii
i-mity. N. Y.; from flour 'over in Mc
Ke:i!i i-.iiuity, iiu? furt lnst- i:irts.if I'ot
l.T iiuinty, :in.l ili.stritit s.-etoms nf
l'iiur;i I'l.utity, s:iys a l;.ntuu.' (Pa.)
eiri-.'s:viii.K'nt of the New Ytirk Sun.
1 1 m-l; l.'!oi ry hill is tin- only pline
within a -:ulii:sof tifty mill's wIkt.- tin
friiit fur v!ii.-!i it is iiaiiit-il .t. w.s, in
any ipriiitity, ami tho pinplo of all that
on n I ry Win;,' especially fmul of hn-.-kle-lerrii'.s
they thinU Ipitliii) of irivin
a!l iHLTht an.l a part of a day to vt on
tin- pr..!i!ie liarrens if 1 1 tieklelierry
hill, ln-re several s;uare miles of
n i'.hin Imt herrj- huslies anil swonl-U'la-
lrai-.es spnail beneath th.; scorch
. - sun. The lull is one thodsainl fret
ilmve the. valley of i'i:ie en-ck, in east
'I'.'i l'.-tter county, an.l alxiiiiuls in
si-ameil li il-es ami tuaibleil lieaps of
In. se r.n'ks. Whole familii-s camp fur
lays mi tins firliihlin harren t pielc
luiei.le' i rries for market. As many as
: me tin nisaii.1 live hntiih-.'.' persons have
lieen on the hill at one time, whore
ilaticinr pl.it forms, hunly j,'urilies, open
air ;-i:i m ils, lirass hands, an.l al! kinds
of fa';in selicni 's are in full blast t
am:i .e a:i.i licei-o the visitors.
I.ihe ail 0-0,1,1 lup IclelH-rry districts,
llu.-ileiM-rry liill is a favorite hat'.nt of
raltle.nakes, ami tliey o-imw tliere to
ex I r.i ir.linary si.e and virility. These
snakes keep many piekers on the move
fri.t:. one part of the bx Ik-itv patch to
another ji.;rt, for tln-5- are alv.ays
a o-..tid. an.' some huckleberry visitors
.lo n it o.-.ro to dispute territory wilh
them, Int retreat to other r- : - ;
sooi. as itu-yeaii niscover a rattler or
near one in their vicinity. Others,
though, are loath to jrive np a jil
picking place because a rattlesnake or
two are taking tliins comfortable
there and don't care to be disturhe I.
nnd they pitch iu with clubs and rout
or slay the reptile tenant of the sjvit.
So at almost any time of day a visitor
may see Inen, women it ml children,
some of them pale and terror-stricken,
moving away from some particular h
c.iiity with uup-h haste, ami others
thrashing away in the bushes with
ciubs :iii1 holding their own against
tin- snakes.
Not a day psisses that some one isn't
bit by a rattler When the ln-rry pick
ers return from the hill to their various
homes they fetch with them stories of
ju.-er and excitinjr expirienees with
rattlesnakes that some one has had.
This recital has come to Ik? known
he: calxmls as the annual crop of snake
stories from Huckleberry hill. The
atherin of this crop is awaited with
more interest by many people than the
picking of the huckleberry crop.
Anions the best of these stories that
have reached Uonlette, which is thirty
miles from the hill, but which sends a
caravan of huckleberry pickers there
every season, are these:
Mrs. .Inston, of I.eetoui.i. had found
a patch whore the lierries were espe
cially fine and ubundant. She was
rapidly tillinsr her twelve-quart pail,
much to the envy of Miss Still, a friend
of hers, who hiidn'l struck extraordi
nary luck. Suddenly Mrs. . I ustoii picked
lip her pail and walked away from her
rich find without saying a word. Miss
Sliil jazed after her in ama;ement, ami
asked her if she wasn't coming back to
that lovely spot.
"No," said Mrs. .Inston. "You can
have it if 3-011 want it."
Mis . Still thanked Mrs. Juston effu
sively for her srreat penero.sity and un
selfishness, and was soon sweepino; the
iM-rries into her pail just where Mrs.
.Inston had picked up her pail so stid
denly and walked away Miss Still was
in a jxisition that brought her face
almost even with her pail, and as she
was picking away, two l.-iir rattlesnakes
rose ur from somewhere behind the
pail and stuck their tijfly noses over the
side of it. not two feet away from Miss
Stilt's face. For an instant the yotmo;
woman was unable to move, Imt then
she recovered herself, sprang up, and
ran. '
Hello, Emmy!" said Mrs. Juston
from her new picking spot, luutfhiujr at
what she thought was a irood joke.
"Did you see 'em?"'
The secret of Mrs. .Tuston's peneros
it was revealed to Miss Still, and it
made her so anSTj' that she stopped
running, hunted around until she
found a club, and hastened back to her
l.ueklvlcrry pail. The snakes were
stiil tliere. and Miss Still pitched into
them. They were u'ly and foup-ht her
hack so fiercely that she had to thrash
around in the bushes for several
minutes Iwjfore she laid them out,
and after she had laid these two
out shis had to kill another bi-,'
..tie that came on the scene to see
what was point: on. While Miss Still
retired amon the proup 01 picker at
a distance to rest and be eonpratulated
on her pluck. Mrs. Juston. seeinp that
the land had 1m en cleareil for her, re
turned to the choice piokinp patch that
she had so unso'.fiishly renounce ! her
claim to in favor of Miss. St 11. nnd
resumed her picking there. When Miss
Still went back Ut p- on with her pick
iag she was knocked out more tluiii su.-
had been by the first sipht of the two
rattlers leerinp at her over her pail to
find that Mrs. Juston had taken jiosses
sto:i of tluse bushes. She remonstrated
with her.
"1 pness I was here first." was all
that Mrs. Juston would say, and Miss
Still had to retire to such luck as she
could find.
Mrs. Juston's pail soon pot so heavy
with lierries that she let it stand on the
pround while siie wont hero and there
with a smaller pail which ,lie carried
as it was filled to the bip pail and emp
tied its berries in that. She was m..k
inp the fourth trip to the bip pail,
which would have tilled it even full 01
the very nicest In-rries that had ever
boon picked 011 the Hill, when other
pickers near heard her pive a tremend
ous yell, and run away, pale as a shoe!
and her eyes bulpiup. Miss Still am',
others ran to the spot. The J'oini';
woman pot there tirst. She discovered
the cause of Mrs. Juston's alarm. A:,
enormous rattlesnake lay coiled on
top t the h.r.cklelHTries in tl.o
twelve-quart pail, with his head erect
and his tail more thanhummirp. Miss
Still prablx-d a club and went for the
snake. The tirst whack of the club
somehow missed tlie snake, but it hit
Mi-s. Juston's pail of berries, upset it.
and sent its luscious contents scatter
iiip on tho prou::tL Tho snake went
over with the Ix-rries. and was ready
for tiyht in a second. MissStill paveitto
him, but in ilealinp with him she didn't
seem to 1k1 able to pet away from Mrs.
Juston's spilled liorrios, an.l even when
the snake pot enouph of the club and
turned to wipple away in the brush
MissStill didn't appear to W able t
follow him, but stood in the midst 01
the spilled ln-rrios and danced alumt.
stiikinp at tl.e snake that was away
out of her reach, so that by the time the
rattler disappeared in a crack in the
rock Mrs. Juston's Jberrics were tram
pled to a pulp. Some of Mrs. Juston's
friends said that Miss Still did it on
purpose, but Miss Still went oif smil
inply to her pickinp, and said nothinp.
James Connor, apod seventy, and
his pran.lson Charley, aped ten were
amonp the huckloliorry pickers on
the hill. Grandfather Connor pot
tired, and pot in the shadow
of a rock to take a nap. Grand
son Charley perched on the riek and
".1 -"it to oliservinp thinps. After old
Mr. Connor had loeii snoo.inp a few
minutes lie ojx'iied his eyes, raised his
head, and told his prandson that if In
didn't quit punchinp him in the back
he would pet a switch and dress hi .
jacket. Grandson Connor hadn't been
punehinp the old. man in the back, and
said so. Mr. Connor dropped olT t-
sleep apain. Ily and by he woke up
with start, sternly address-'d his prand
son apam. cnarpmptne noy wun puncli
iup him in the back, and assurii p him
that a repetition of it would brinp on
his liea.l dire punishment The lx im
pleaded his inn. K-ence of the charpo,
and the old man went to sleep apain
In a short time he awoke with a start
an.l exclaimed:
"Tin re you po apain, jou jrunp ras
cal! Now I'll trounce you well!''
lie rose up to carry out histhrea.
when the boy's eyes, which had Ik-coii:
ti::i--l on the old man's back, bopau 1
btilpe, and he shouted
"There's a snake on your back,
prandpa! There's a snake on yor back!"
Grandfather Connor, feolinp a wi-ipht
there, had planeed over his shoul ler,
and saw a snake writhinp and wrip
plinp and rattlinp there, hanpinp to
Connor's clothinp by its teeth. With a
yell like a wild Indian the old man
broke across Huckleberry hill, howlinp
at every jump, and his prand '.on briap
inp up the roar, boilowinp like a bull
calf. The sipht of the old man dav.hinp
wildly aloiip with a b.p rattlesnake
hanpinp to Ids hack created preat ex
citement amonp the proups of pickers
that the frantic procession tore
throuph, anil s me proups broke up in
a panic and rushed yellinp in all direc
tions throuph the bushes. Connor ran
more than two miles, the snake ciinpin;.
to him, when he passed a man named
Henry Clark. Clark pazed after tile lly
inp old man witli the snake trailinp ami
contortinp tn-hind him before he re
ali.ed the true situation of altairs, an.
then he started in pursuit, (.'on nor was
poinp so fast that Clark chased him :
quarter of a mile ln-fore he came u
with him, the old man runninp all the
faster the more Clark yelled to him t
stop. When Connor's pursuer pot with
in rea-h of him he prabbed for the
snake and caupht it firmly by the tail.
He pave it a yank, and jerked it Imse
from its fasteninps on the old man, but
like a Hash the rattler threw its head
and whole lenpth of its body back and
struck at CI irk. The latter mechan
ically jerked his head back, or Viie rat
tler's fanps would have struck him in
the eneek. As it was they sank in his
sleeve at tin" shoulders, and before the
snake outd relea them Clark seized
it around the neck with his loft hand
and held it there until he choked it to
death.
Connor in the meantime had dropped
exhausted to the pround, and it was a
lotip time In'f.ire he could Ik revive.L
When the boy eatne up, pantiup and
cryinp. and told his story the circum
stances of the ease were plain. Conn ir
had laid down near where the snake
was in hiiiinp. and the rattler, not lik
inp the proximity, had struck at him
and hit him in the back, but his shirt
was so thick that all the old man felt
was the thump, which he thought was
his prandson punchinp htm. The third
time the snake struck its fanps hail
caupht under one of Connor's suspend
ers, and lxnrome fitst in it. It was hanp
inp there when it was discovered by
the boy and his grandfather, an.l the
old man's terror started him on his
wild effort to escape from a snake that
was fast to him. This rattlesnake
measured nearly five feet and had ten
rattle -
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
Ax electrician in Nashville, Tenn.,
saj-s it would be ilanperous for women
wearinp crinoline lo cross the electric
car tracks.
Tiik larpest private collection of
minerals in America is supposed to Ik;
that of Mr. Clarence L. 1 lenient, of
I'hiladelphia. r Its estimated value is
f rJ5.(MH.
An island has been discovered in the
Atlantic in latitude 2J deprees two
minutes north lonpitude l.'IT deprees .VJ
minutes west, which is only feet
across.
It i said that there are, 275 "lady
clerpymen" in Uie United State.
I
WHERE THE WILD TK1NGS GROW.
O for the bosky gardens,
Ixsep in the rrt-eu old woods.
Where the oak.s have woven curtains
To shelter their sylvan broods.
Where the pine-treea murmur and whisper
Secret we ionir to know
O to rest in the shadow
U hi re the w ild thinys grow :
There by the brook's clear mirror.
All on a summer's dar.
The iH-es. the birds and the blossoms
Have it their own sweet way;
Tliere, in the tender tw.litfbl,
llarred by a iroldt-u trl.-am.
Hushed in the deepest silence.
The wuod-fcrnsdrciiin.
There many a prassy pathway '
l-eads to a fa.ry scene.
Where the partridge berry s coral
Lights the dusk of the inUTirreen:
Where the bells of the precious twlu-U-iwer
In the fragrant spaoea blow
O to rest in the shadow
Where the wild things crow!
Mrs. M. F. Hutu, in Outlinik.
TIIK NEW YOIiK GIUL.
Jenny
Did Her an Injustice, and
Was Sorry for It.
"I almost wish I hadn't been invited."
said Jenny, as she st.xxl lie fore the
dressinp-plass pinninp around her neck
the old piece of white la-e Aunt Ilar
bara ha I piven her.
t Jenny! 1 only wish I could po!
I wouldn't care w hat I had to wear,"
cried Madpe, who, with red llannol
ba-ulape a'mnt her throat and a b ittle
of eolith mixture in one hand, sat by
the tire watchinp her sister. ''It's just
my luck to be laid up with this h rnd
cold."
"And it's just my lu.-k to have to
wear this old blue cashmere," said
Jenny.
"1 tlo wonder what the pirl from New
York will have on! ' an.l Malpe looked
rellecttvj.
"Madpe! You've said that at lc.ist
twenty times! Of course she will In
dressed to death. She won't lose such
a chance as this tosh .w off."
"The street dre.ss she hail on yester
day was perfectly lovely!" said M.dpe.
She wont by here twice, und I h-i:i a
pood look at her. 1 only wish I louhl
-ee ail her clothes. I mipht pet some
nioas for my own. Find out how lonp
she is poinp to stay w ith i:ia Kast:.ian,
Jenny, and do pet well acquainted
w ith her. so you'll have a lot to te:l me
when you pet back."
'Indeed I shan't! I'm not poirp to
toady to her for anylxxiy. She is
stuck up enouph as it is. If you'd just
.-eon the way she looked at me when
Klla iCastman intnxiued us yesterday
in Sill's store! Evidently so surprised
that Klla should know anyone who
.vould wear an old water-proof cloak
and carry a cotton umbrella. I rover
will for-rive her that look."
"Now, Jennie! you're so sens rive,
vou know, l'crhaps you only imag ined
-he looked surprise. L"
"No iiaapi nation alumt it. I pn -ss I
can see. I only wish she weren't "inp
to bo at the party. It will just sr- -il it
for me. Now. low d h's this arr: npe
meiit strute you'.'" turninp lor no." sis
ter's inspection.
"Well, you hok very nice, consider
inp. I don't like that hreastpiu exact
ly; but of course you're obliped to have
somethinp to hold the lace. 1 wish
you had some ilowors; they always add
so much to a dress."
"Flowers! at this time of the rear!
and in Westbridpe! You mipht as well
wish I had diamonds."
"Jenny, isn't it time you were p inp,
my dear'.'" called Aunt Barbara's mild
voice frofn the foot of the back -talr-way;
and Jenny caupht up her water
proof cloak, threw a "fascinator" over
her curly he;td. and, with a partinp
plance in the flass, hurried down into
the sittinp-riHim, Madpe followinp with
the lamp.
"Yoil.i'c very well very well, in
le.il." sai.l Aunt Ilarbara.
"Oh! Aunt ISarhara! I know I'll le
:he worst dress4'd pirl there.
"Try not to think of your clothes, my
lear, ami b.' s. pleasant that, other peo
'.e won't think of them cither. You
voa't enjiy the party if you let envy
tixl tisi-outo:it into your heart."
"I know but it isn't always easy to
i- pleasant, particularly when ore has
to wear a thick, dark dress to a arty.
Cat it's no use to talk alumt it. We
.an" t help K-inp p.xir. and it's ri ) lis
praeo. Is Huldah ready? I uiiht as
well po out the kit-hen way."
Old Hnl.lah, who had lived with Aunt
Carbara for ten years, was waiti ip by
the kitchen stove, intillle 1 in a bip plaid
shawl and a thick black worsted hooil.
Jenny didn't like to take the old wom
an out at nipht, but her aunt wouldn't
let her po throuph the streets alot e.
"You'd ouphter or let me see how you
looked. said lluldalu as they went
alonp the path loadinp to the front pate.
"1 ain't never seen you dressed out for
a real party.
"Oh, I'm not worth lookinp at. IIul
ilah. 1 haven't any finery, you know,
and you've seen me is. this old blue
cashmere fifty times."
"I hearu down to the stor; this
momin' that that pirl that's visitin" to
Squire Eastman's had flowers sent all
the waj from New Yrk," said Huldah,
slowly. "Come by express. 1 puess
she'll Ik as fine as a fiddle."
"Oh. of course," replied Jenny, a lit
tle sharply. And then they tr.tmped
on in silence, the hard snow crunchinp
u-nier their lis't. The people in West-br:.-!pe
never cleaned off their side walks
i;t winter: the snow always lay on them
until thawed by the sun
Mr. Wiipht's house, where the narty
was piven. was liphted up from the
irround ll.xir to the attic; and Jennie
feiv q-tite excited when she saw that
the steps were covered with carpet, and
that the doctor's boy, w ith white cot
ton ploves on his hands, stood in the
vestibule waitinp to open the dixir.
She bade Huldah "po.xl nipht," and ran
liphtly up the steps, wonderinp if. un
der the circumstances, she ou 'lit to
sH-rik to Tim. She thoupht it would
hardly do not to reeopnize him in some
way, as he was lliildah's nephew; so
she compromised, on a little noil, anil
then hurried up the broad llipht of
stairs to the second story in the wake
of three pirls who had pone in just le
fore her.
The doors of the front parlor were
open, and Jennie saw Mrs. Wripht and
Cert ha staudinp just within, the latter
wearinp a pale blue nuns'-.'cilinp
trimmed with white laoe.
I .!. bone I won't Ik the onlv one
1 in a thick dress," thoupht Jenny, sigu
I iixg involuntarily.
One of the pirls in front of her turned
uddenljr and looked back, and Jenny
reeopniziil her as Edith Alden. the
pirl from New York, in whose honor
the party w as piven. She nodded as
indifferently s she could, and the next
moment they were in the dressinp
room. The room was half-full of pirls, all
chatterinp like mappies; and Jennie's
heart sank like lead as she saw that
nearly all wore lipht dresses, ami the
few whose dresses were dark had
turned them in at the neck and filled
in the space with illusion or silk, so as
to pive them a pretty effect, while all
wore little ornaments in the shape of
chains, fancy pins, or bracelets. On!
if only she could slip out an l po horn.-!
Cut it was tx late for that- Half a
dozen pirls had already spok.-n to her.
She made her way to a far corner,
and lK'pan slowly to unbutton her lotip
cloak, droadinp the moment w hen t-h.;
should stand revcale 1 in her piai.",
ilark dress, with the ancient hair
breastpin as her only ornament, and
just then she heard some one say:
Icnd me your plove-lnxik, l annie.
I never can button these ploves with
my finpers."
Gloves! Jennie had never thoupht of
ploves! The only pair she owned were
dark brown, and were reserved ex. la
sivcly to wear to church. Oh! what
could she do! It was bad oimuph to
have on a dark, heavy dress but no
ploves! Tears of wounded pride rose so
thickly to her eyes that she could not
see to unfasten the "fascinator," which
had caupht in the breastpin.
She heard the pirls tnx-ip out, caper
to see what was poinp on 1k-1ow ; but
she stixxl there fumblinp with the
breastpin, and wishinp oh, how earn
estly! that she hadn't come, and won
derinp if she would ever have the conr
ape to po downstairs.
"Want to use 1113- plove-h-xik, Jen
ney?" asked Klla Eastman, on her way
to the dixir.
"I no I I didn't brinp my ploves."
faltered Jenny, without lookinp around,
and drappinp desperately at the "fas
cinator." "Well, I came very near forpottinp
mine," said Ella, in an ii different
tone. '-Come on, Edith. Are you
ready?"
"Almost. Go on, don't wait for me.
I'll follow- you in a minute."
"I'll wait at the stairs fot you. I
want, to look down into the hall," said
Klla, as she left the rixm.
An instant of hesitation, then
swiftly the pirl from New York crossed
the rix.m to Jenny's side. How sweet
she 1.x iked in her white crepe with
pearls on her neck, and a preat bunch
of tea roses on her breast! And how
carelesslj- she tossed on a chair her
piumj- Ian ami lace Handkerchief.
Thou, as in a dream. Jenny saw Ler
plunpe her hand into a bine plush
"party-bap" and heard her say:
'"It is too bad you forpot your ploves.
Can't you use these? They look as if
they'd fit you. I always brinp tv.o
pair, so that if I tear one pair I i.avc
another ready. And I w ant you t have
these- roses, too. See how pretty they
liKik apaiust your dan; dress. They
scarcely show at ail on mine."
Then so quickly that Jenny scarcely
knew how it was done the roses were
pinned on her brt ast, and with a little
smile and nod, as if well pleased with
the effect, the pirl from New- York was
p. me.
Jenny stood tere a moment, dazed,
iK'wildered. with a lump in her throat,
tears in her eye.-, anl the pretty
ploves in her hand. Only the arrival
of a fresh bevy of pay younp puests
aroused her.
"Why, Jenny Cole, that you?" said
one. "How nice you lxk, Jenny," from
another; and. "Where did you pet tho-.-exquisite
roses?" cried a third.
"Ihey were
a present. answered
Jenny, slowly, as, drawinp on the
ploves. she moved so as to see herself in
a lonp mirror.
She hardly reeopnized herself, so
much did the Wautifnl flowers add to
her appearance. And, oh! how happy
and pay and well satisfied with every
thinp she felt as she deseend'il the
stairway a few minutes, later and
joined the merry crowd in the parlors
And to think that she owed it all to the
tfirl from New York!
Madpe was sittintr up in bed with an
old shaw l around her shoulders when
Jenny came in at midnipht.
"l've just iK'en takinp my medicine,"
she sai.L "Did you have a p.xxl time.
Jenny? And, oh! where did you pet all
those roses?"
"The sweetest, dearest pirl in the
world pave them to me," answered
Jenny; "and she's cominp to call on
yon to-morrow, Madpe. I told her
about your cold, and "
"W ho is cominp to call? "Who is the
sweetest, dearest pirl in the world?"
interrupted Madpe. "Io explain who
you mean, Jenny."
"I mean the pirl from New York,"
answered Jenny.
"What? That hateful, stuck-up pirl
who lixiked so surprised when Ella in
troduced you? The one you wished
wouldn't be at the "
"Don't say another word," inter
rupted Jenny. "O, Madpe! I am so
ashamed of myself."
And then she told her all aKviit it.
Florence It. Hallowell, in Demorest's
Mapazine.
Ktinslan I cnormnee.
"Why does Uussia linper in ipnor
nnce?" answered David S. Jordan.
"Let me tell you a story. When I was
in collepe at Cornell there came a
bripht younp Russian to study by the
name of Dabrolehoff. Thisyounpman
was of quick perceptive powers and
deeply interested in the propressive
practical sciences and questions. He
studied very hard for four years, did
much more work than any sinple term
required, and graduated with the hon
ors of his class, lie removed to New
York and entered into a successful
practice of civil enpineerinp. Some
time later I learned that he Had pone
back to his native land. I heard no
more of this younp man outside of a
few scientific articles in some European
mapazines for nearly ten years. W hile
makinp a tour of Europe I Wthoupht
luyself of him, and wondered why his
brilliant parts had not lonp since
broupht him into prominence. In Uus
sia I made inquiries and there learned,
tit my astonishment and sorrow, that
the student had Wen suspected of trea
son, tried and sentenced to Siberia,
where he had died in filth and chains."
First Ceppar "Are you blind by
nature?" Second Ceppar "No; only
by iirofession.' Drake s Magaziue.
THAT BOSTON MAID.
That Boston maid 1 much admire because ahu
puzzle UK-.
Profound she is in commonplace as well as
ripar'.ee;
Of suus' t or of promenade, of anowatorm or of
d-w.
Il.-r sss-.h is polysyllable, and thus is ever
new.
We walke.1 together she and I one evenlnc in
the rain.
And saw a raintxiw afterward. And yet it wets
iji.ite vain
For nn- 1. 1 try to translate her. "AipM-otis va-
p.r." "hue,"
"Pristiiat c arch concentric' these, pcrhaiHi,
il! pive a clew.
Like other maids, she loves Ire rri-ara, and soda
water. to.i;
Hr.t It: their nomination she Is apt to rattle you.
"i '. .fi-'eal.-d confection" Is the one, and I am
11. t quite si. re
Just what she calls the other in her pet nomen
clature. Though angular in speech, she is a pretty pirl
to see,
At:d then-fore I admire hT much, although she
pt i ..It -h me.
Prop.,. : 1 dare not: yet of life a year or two
would F'.ve
To ktiov. just how- she would frame yis. ,r yet
a negative :
J. A. Wal.lron. in Jude.
DAWSON'S UMDRKLLA.
And Misa Lovelock's Provision for
r, Rainy Day.
Patter! pat! p-it". Tlie rain was prur
inp down on the plass portico. A sud
den storm had swept up out of a clear
sky. Everyone was caupht unaw ares.
The stray cabs were seized in a moment,
the omnibuses crowded lx.'fore you could
look around. There war. actually only
one umbrella in the stand by tlie d'ir
of the Cafe do I.uxe. I stxxl. in a new
hat and a lipht pray frx-k coat, and
eyed the umbrella spccnlat i vely. I
knew tin-owner. Ho had just pone in
to h:nch. He was a larpe and lonp
lumber. I was in a hurry. Perhaps
the storm would pass. I oould send it
! ark by a commissionaire. I was very
apt to take cold, and my apixiintment
w as really very iiiitmrtant.
Thus prompted of Satan. I put my
hand toward the umbrella. At the
moment I ixTceived. like a s':i;.re vil
lain, that I was oliserved. In f:iot, I
was not al-ne- A younp lady of most
attractive appearance st.xxl a few feet
from me. alni'ist under the jxirtico,
pazinp wistfully out into the wet. She
wore a summer costume. She l.x.ked
at her watch, then apain at the storm,
and murmured, disconsolately: "Oh, I
shall ho late." An instinct of peiieros
ity overcame me. Without another
thoupht for my sensitive chest or my
lipht-pray suit, with a firm proprietary
air, I laid hold of I law son's umbrella.
"Allow me," said I, "as cabs seem
unattainable, to offer vou an um
brella." A plad lh'lit leaped into her eves.
"Oh, I couldn't," she said "What
Wi iu'..l j ou h
"I don't mind a wettinp." I answeroil,
heroically. "Pray take it. You can
send it bade here at your leisure."
f Dawson could not have much more
than finished his soup.)
"I couldn't think of it." she repeated,
"You will -ret soak-'d throu"h."
A sud-len thoupht struck me. After
all, I had no business to lose sipht of
Dawson's umbrella.
"Perhaps," I ventured to suppest,
"our roads lie the same way. It's a
larpe umbrella." And I ojkmic.1 it. It
was not a very larpe umbrella; but how
could I know that?
"I po this way." sai.l she. with a mo
tion of her hand w estwards.
"My way," I eriiiL "Come, this is
providential."
We started.
"If you wouldn't mind takinp my
arm." said I. "we should lx lK'tter shel
tered." "Oh, perhaps we should. Thank
you!" and she nestled quite close to me.
Wewalkcdsilonptalkinp. My loft shoul
der pot all the drippinps, but somehow
I was indifferent to that-
"Are you sure you are thoroiiphly
sheltered?" I asked.
"Perfectly," she answered "Cut
you're not. I'm afraid. You're t-xi
kind. Mamma will lx.' so prateful."
I liked this simple friendliness.
"I thoupht there was 110 chance of
rain tieslay. You are more careful, Mr.
Dawson."
I could not repress a little start,
"You know my name?"
She lanphed merrily.
"It's on the umbrella half an inch
lonp." she said; "I couldn't help read
inp it."
There it was Joshua Dawson. 4
Calceolaria Villas, West Kensinpton,
W." Somehow the address annoyed me
I myself live ill St. James street.
"A straupe way to make acquaint
ance, isn't it?" she asked, wit h a coquet
tish planee.
"DellpMfuL l!ut you haven't al
lowed me to make acquaintance with
you yet. Haven't you your name any
where alout you?"
"My name is Lydia Lovelock." she
said: "don't yon like it? It's prettier
than yours."
'Certainly prettier than Joshua Daw
son," said I, wishinp Dawson had
chanced to be a duke.
"Joshua Dawson isn't pretty," she
observed, with candid .-ves; "now, is
it?"
"Then you wouldn't take my name
instead of yours?' I asked to keep up
the conversation.
"Your umbrella's enouph to take for
one day," she said, with a blush. As
she spoke, she slipiMil and ull but fell
on the shininp pavement. She pave a
little cry: "Oh. my ankle!" and
leaned heavily upon me. I hold her
"P-
"I iK-lieve I've wrenched it badly,"
she added "Oh. what a lot of trouble
I'm pivinpyou, Mr. Dawson."
She looked lovely I pive you my
word, positively lovely in her pain
and distress. I don't think 1 said so;
but I said something', for she blushed
apain as she answered:
"That's very nice of you; but how am
I to pet hon.e?"
"I must come with you," I said.
She shook her head
"I can ma nape now."
"Cut you'll never be able to pet out."
"Oh, yes. Cut perhaps the rain's
ahnost stoppeit may 1 keep the um
brella? There are some steps to mount
to our dix-ir,and "
Now, could I do anything else thai
press Dawson's umbrella tijton her?
She took it and, with a last bewitching
smile, vanished from sipht. I turned
and almost ran hack to the Cafe tie
Luxe, determined to make a clean
breast of it to Dawson. When I was
fifty yards off I saw him under the
portico. The manager and four wait
ers st.xxl round him in disconsolate at
titudes. One or two of his remarks
he was talking very loud reached my
ears. I changed my mind. I would
wait till he was calmer. I turned away;
but at that instant Dawson caupht
sight of mo. A second later he was
flouring the story of his wrongs into
my car.
Hero came my fatal weakness. I let
hi in go on. He took me by the arm
and walked me off. I could not escajie
him; anl all the way he thundered
against the thief.
"If it costs me twenty fxiunds. I'll
brinp him to justice!" he declared.
Ceally, I dared not break it to him
just yet.
Suddenly, from round a sharp corner,
there came tijx.n us almost runninp
into us Lydia Lovekx-k herself, wilh
Dawson's umbrella iu her hand. He
had been narrowly scanning every um
brella we passed. lie scanned this one,
and cried darting forward:
"My umbrella!"
With a little scream Lydia turned
and (led. Dawson was after her like
an arrow. I pursued Dawson. Why, oh,
why, did she run away? Surely she
must have recognized me.
It was a very quiet street we were
running up, and our stra ripe procession
attracted little notice. The chase was
sixn over. I caupht Dawson just as he
caupht Lydia. For a moment we all
stood panting. Then Dawson gasped:
"My umbrella! Thief!"
Lydia soem.sl very apitate.l. Of course
I came to her rescue. Avoiding Daw
son's eye, I hastily told my shameful
tale. Lydia' s face briphtcriud, but still
tliere w as apprehension in her looks.
"This lady, !eiiove me." I said, "is
entirely blameless. Of course she
thoupht the umbrtlla was my own.
My sole consolation, Dawson, is to
thir.k that had you Ik-oii in my place
J ou would ha ve done the same."
"I don't see." remarked Dawson,
rudely, "why it consoles j'ou to think
mo a thief."
I preserved a dipnlfied silencw.
'However," he continued, "if this
younp ladj- has quite finished with my
propert.v, ix-rhaps she will lx' p.xxl
enouph to give it me back."
L.vdia did not take the hint- She
clung to the umbrella.
"If if J'ou would 1k so kind." she
stammered, "as to lend it to me for to
day the weather is sliil threatening
I would return it tomorrow."
"Your request, madam, is a modest
one," answered Da wson, sarcnstieal I v;
"but. as ynu observe, tne weather is
threatening and I want my umbrella.
Kindly pive it mo."
"Keally, Daw son, to oblige a lady "
I lx-pan.
"Why don t j'ou tuj- nor an um
brella?" sneered Dawson.
"If she would accept it. I shoul. I
be " I stopped. To mj- surprise.
Lydia laid her hand on mj- arm and
said: "Oh. do. please! And may I keep
this till we pet to the shop?"
I d:il not understand her; hut we.
turned rott nil ami Wpan to walk, look
ing for a shop. She was a very stmnpe
girl. She lapped Whind; I had to wait
twice for her. Once she t.xik a turning
as though to leave us, and when I
called her back she pouted
Sndileiilj- Dawson hxiked up. ,
"It rains," he said.
It did
"Put up the umbrella," said Dawson,
rouphlj".
"Let the ladv have it," said I. indip-nantlj-.
"We'll share it." grinned Dawson.
"You can pet wet."
Cut Lj-dia did not put it tip.
"The rain's not much," she faltered.
It was now jxiurinp. With a muttered
oath, Dawson snatched the umbrella
from her. Ljdia shrieked and ran away
like a frightened rabbit ran at tlie top
of her speed up the street again.
"Stop, stop!" I cried "Stop, nry dear
Miss Lovel.xk."
"Ilolj- tHiwers!" exclaimed Dawson.
He had oiKlits.l the umbrella: :i he
did so there was a thud on the pave
ment two. three thuds. In amaze I
hxikeil down. There laj- a silver cigarette-case,
two purses ami a gold watclu
Dawson burst into maniacal laughter
as he x tinted at L.vdia's retreating fig
ure. That girl could run.
For a moment I st.xxl tlumfoiinded
What a revelation! Dawson chuckled
in Satanic glee. Sadlj- I stxijH-il down
and flicked up the purses, the cigarette-case
and the watch.
"Great !" 1 cried; and mj- hand
few to my w aistooat-pockct.
It was mj watch.
I did not prosecute Lydia, leeanso I
could not have overtaken her, nnd for
other reasons. It was altogether too
sad, tix disheartening, t.xt disappoint
ing a discovery. Dawson, however,
olisorvi-d that it seemed to him an ex
cellent example of jxK-tic justice in real
life. St- James Gazette.
Rosaon for Pnlltene.
The supposed English lack of grace
in discourse and in the blandishments of
social intercourse is a matter of con
tinual amusement to the French. They
have a theory that if an Englishman
shows himself gracious it is because ho
has some jersonal end to serve w hich,
moreover, he is prouder of serving than
be is of Ixjinp pracious.
It is related in a French paper that
M. Prudhomtne, while traveliup bj
rail, fell iu with an Englishman who
talked steadily w ith him in French for
an hour and a half.
When they parted the Frenchman
said:
"I am very happy to have had this
opportunity to exchange my impres
sions with an affable gentleman such
as you the more so from the fact that,
as a general thing, your countrymen
are not at all communicative."
"Ow!" said the Englishman, in very
bad French. "I only talked, you know,
Wcause it pave me a chance to prac
tice my French!" Youth's Companion.
An F.atraiucwnt Monanli.
The sultan of Turkoj- is said to !
the most extravagant housokcoiK-r ir.
the world. According to a recent esti
mate his domestic budget runs thus:
Eepairs, new furniture, mats, bc.ls.
etc.. i.1.(K(i.0;n francs; toilet requisites,
including rouge and enamels for the
ladies of the harem, und jewelry, ftO,
;). 000 francs; extra extrav tganees.
l.o.i.'ii.i.ts'O francs: clothes and furniture
for the sultan iH-rsoiiallj'. 1().ihs).mx
francs; douceurs urn! w;t;;es. M.OtHI.0ih)
francs; gold and silver plate. I J.rtiKi.uo.i
lrancs; maintenance of five carriages
and horses. ..rtKi,0HI fraties a total of
1 7 j, 000,000 francs, or more titan fc-:;s,(Ho,-000.
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