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NUMBER 40.
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TELL TOO
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LKVKUTON'S LOVE.
How a Chain of Circumstances
Restored Ilia Sweethoart.
I..-xilil I.i'vorton wits in love once
limn-! Kvit si net his juarrtd with
l. uira tiruv in the suimiier lie h:l been
paying d.-stiltory mrt to lortthy
r.-;tr:-n. an.l now, hearing that Dollie
l.a.l j-ist iiilierite.l a sweet litt Ie lejay
ffi'tu a reeeiilly lUrrascil maiden aunt,
I.-omi)1 nr. as his friends were wnt
to style him. I'oly had fume to the
in.-l nsi. m that her charms were utter
ly irr.-xiM ilde.
1 f Leopold did iK-casionally experience
twinvsof n-morsef nl reirret for the old
dcliylit fill days he carefully concealed
his fcclinjrs, and with all the impetu
osity of his nature lie resolved t.) beat
lii'iityi- Spee ltnau o-.it of the running,
win the fair Dollie and lier legacy for
his own and live happy ever after.
As Leopold sauntered through the
town a happy thought struck I'.nu. lie
would s. u.l Mrs. Pearson a Christmas
(,'ift soiiietliiiifT which would inlluetiee
her to eoiititcnaiice the prop.isal he in
tended making to her daughter at the
earliest opportunity.
What should the "somethin;'" Ik-? A
Kve?
No. That miht sujrjrest odious com
parisons. A turUey?
Yes. That was the very tiling; a tur
key it shotihl Ik-:
lie immediately proceeded to put his
design into execution, and after exam
i.'iiny a cousideralile numlier of these
jj-, dilders he finally selected a tine, fat
fellow eminently qualified to arouse
Mrs. Pearson's housewifely admiration
and mellow the heart of her rotund
1 1 1 1 le S tise.
".I ust e'ive me a scrap of paer and
I'll write you the address to where I
want it sent-
"Certainly, sir. Here yon are, sir,"
and the shopkeeper handed Leopold a
nieinorun.lmn sheet.
Now. it happened that the poulterer's
errand lad was one of those poetic souls
who, in accordance with tin eternal
imlit ness of things, are to lie found in
all parts of the civilized f,'l.d.e cn.eed
in I In; most prosaic and uneonevnial
oceupat ions, and he had in an idle im-
iin-nt inscribed upon the back f the
slip of paper a line of Longfellow's
wii'- h had taken his fancy. This in
serintion, however, escaped notice.
lhat will do capitally," said Lever
ton, and he proceeded to w rite:
'No. Tl Trot tcrvi lie terrace, I'ark
road. With Leopold Leverton's compl i-m.-nts."
"Th-re," sai l he, "that will do. I'll
just pin it to the turkey. You will
send it at once, won't j-ou'.J"
"ImmediaU ly, sir," replied thetrades
uian. briskly. "No. 71 I'ark road, sir.
Uiirht. sir."
Iy a curious coincidence or it may
have been a fatality (.eorjjc SjH-cdmari
strolled leisurely up, unseen by Leo
pold, who walked olT liyht-heartcdiy
before him.
"N . 71 I'ark road!" said Speedman,
in.-ntally. "What's I'oly I m-cii ordering
for No. 71?'
He turned and bwiked into the shop.
"What does this weih?" inquired
Ceoi-ire, indicating the one Leverton
had just pur.-hased and which still lay
on the stall with the scrap of paper
conspicuously attached.
"That one's sold, sir. Here's one
that 'lid pass as tw in brother to il"
"Ah," said (b-orpe, pcrusinir the lines
which his rival had penned, "well,
weiirii me that one."
Oddly enough, the same happy
thought had occurred to him which
hail been conceived by Leverton.
"Thank you, sir. Where shall I send
it to?"
"Oh, I'll lake it. thanks," rcpli.il
Sjx cdmaii. And straightway he trudged
olf to I'ark road with his burden.
There was a puzzled look on his face
as lie picked his way through the
crow ds of ho! iday makers t hat thr. iij.'ed
the town and it was fctill then when,
havinvr left the shops and thniirs be
hind him. he stopped for a moment to
lijht a enrar
Hardly had lie pr.K'-ded a dozen
yards alonp- I'ark road, however, ivh.ii
the cloud suddenly lifted.
4 I'.y Jove! I have it!" he exelainied
aloud with a tresture of satisfaction,
much to the surprise of a youny lady
who chanced to In passing him at that
moment.
After relieving- his feelings by the
outburst just recorded (i.Mre Spcd
itiau rpiickenetl his pace and a few min
utes later was standing in thc presence
of the fair I) 1 lie's maternal relative,
presenting, with the most "rac.-fut and
insinuating manner heeould couiinand.
tiie unfortunate bird, which he relied
upon to v.injr him into a favorable po
sition for laying sieje to the ilaufrhler's
heart.
What his success was may readily be
surmised from the fact that when, in
rcsiwwsttkto Mrs. I'earson's invitation,
he arrived later in the cveninjr of the
same day to dine with the family the
tfixxl lady met him at the hall and whis
pered that Dollie was alone in the
dr.. win-room.
lieor'e entered the room with a
quickly lcatintr heart, and what passed
there is tiest known t. Hoi lit) and him
self, but it is a significant fact that
when, half an hour later, the youtijp
couple cmcrf-'cd in response to the sum
mons of the dinner (ron- Hollie's cheeks
were in hue like the deep heart of a
crimson rose and there was an ex
tremely lonr silken hair cliiitfiny to
tJcorjrc's manly waistcoat
Just prior to the announcement of
dinner Leopold Liverton had arrived in
a condition of pardonable anxiety as to
the result of his stratagem.
It was doubtless' very considerate of
Mrs. J -arson to keep him cn'ai'il in
conversation with herself in order that
the privacy of the more fortunate jen
tleinan. who had come to woo, miht lie
uiiinvaded. but he was extremely per
plexed and chagrined that Mrs. I 'ear
son made no reference to the superb,
turkey.
"You will stay an.l take dinner with
us, Mr. Leverton." She said, still with
out mentioning his tfift. It was passing
"Th'mk yon," he responded musingly.
Then a terrible fear took possession
of bis heart- Had the dealer forgotten
or omitted to send the bird? He could
bear the suspense no longer.
-I-ahdid-you-ah-receive- a-a
turkey this afternon. Mrs. Tearsou
lie stammered.
"Yes, indeed, and a fine one it Is. Ah.
there is the t'ong. Come. Mr. Leverton."
At that moment Speedman entered
the dining-room with Dolly leaning'
upon his arm.
"Mrs. l'earson Mr. Pearson con
gratulate me. Dollie has promised to
be my w ife."
It wa-s tJeorjje who spoke, with spark
lini,' eyes and triumphant tone. Leopold
could scarcely Wlieve his cars.
"W hat?" he cried, w hile D dlie hiinff
her head and lilnshcd lcwitchinrl v.
"Yes. May I congratulate you on
having nsiimil your clip-axemen t with
Miss ;nty?" answered (ieorje, seating
himself tx-side iHdlie.
"Wlui- what do you mean?" stain -mer.tl
Poly, hopeb-ssl- K-wil.lcred.
"h, notliintr! llnly I thought as you
were scndiuj; them a turkey you must
have "
It was now George's turn to look sur
prisisL "I don't understand. There's some
mistake. I ordereil one to In sent here,
hoping Mrs. l'earson would accept "
"The one I saw was addressed to 71,"
interruptitl George, thinking he began
to .sec light.
"Yes. This is 71: I noticed the num
Iht on the garden g-ate as I passed this
morning. "
"No," chimed in Mr. Pearson, "this
is 171. I noticed the other day that the
first figure was almost washed out. We
must have it repainted."
"Then ray turkey has gone wrong!"
exclaimed Lcojiold. "I must see about
it."
He was, as has lieen previously re
marked, an impetuous young man, and
lief or-- thc others could ref.iv.-r from
their surprise he was hurrying down
the road.
"Who lives at 71?" asked Mr. Pear
son, after a short interval of silt-Dee.
"The Grays," answered George
promptly. "Moved in last week."
Had Leverton staj cd 'one minute to
rcllect on Nieedman's words it is prob
able that he would have sacrificed a
dozen turkeys rather than risk meeting
the wrathful pater of his discarded lady
love, but so liewildered was he that the
possibility of such a contretemps never
entered his mind.
The advent of the fateful fowl, with
Leverton's note attached, in the Gray
household had caused altno.it as much
bewilderment in that household during
the afternoon as Leojold was himself
cxp'-rieneing at that niomont
Mrs. Gray unpinned the scrap of pa
per and read it.
"Why, Laura, Laura!" she cried, run-nin-r
up to the room where her daugh
ter was dressing for a walk. "Mr.
Leverton has sent us a turkey!"
Laura let fall the brush she was
usin--and stood gazing at her mother
in silence. Then the color mounted to
her checks hut she did not sjx-ak.
Laura read tiie lines and returned
paper. She was still strangely si.cnt,
and her mother, anxious to have an ex
pression of opiniox from some one else,
trotted oil' downstairs again to consult
Mr. Gray as to what should be .lone.
Laura followed her closely.
Mr. Gray took the slip of paper in his
own hands, read it carefully, reread it
and tnen turned it over, as though
sce'.ing further enlightenment.
His eye-, fell upon the line w hich had
lecn written by the lad with the jo
etic soul:
"Let the ilca.1 past tmry its lcal."
"I suppose he means he would like
us to let bygones lie bygones," replied
Mrs. Gray, slowly. "Don't you think
so, Laura?"
"Yes," said Laura, very softly.
The afternoon wore swiftly away. A
faint appetizing odor arose from the
kitchen and gradually permeated the
apartment-
steps sounded in the vestibule, the
handle rattled, the door was thrown
ojH-n and a dark figure stood in the d.xr
wav. Poor Poly in his imiH'tuosity had
never thought of how he would explain
his errand, and now as that savory
scent flouted from liehind that dark
figure and struck him full with a sud
denly warm gust he began to stammer
something about 'a mistake" and "a
turkey."
Mr. Gray, attributing his onfusion
to the awkward predicament in which
he found himself through having
broken so shabbily with Laura, and
thinking with an ax-cession of that
''good will to all," which often coines
ovcr men at the glad Christmastide, to
help him out of his ilitlieiilty, put forth
his hand and half dragged Leverton
into the house.
"There, there," he exclaimed, "you're
a strange fellow, but if you can make
it up w ith Laura all well and good."
"Mr. Gray," said Leopold, regaining
the use of his tongue as his outdoor
trarments were taken from him, "it
has all K-.'ii a mistake."
"Yes, yes," interrupted Mr. Gray,
"but you will find Laura in thc draw
ing room. Kxplain it to her while din
ner is 1 icing served."
He pushed the unresisting fellow into
the drawing-room, an.l, himself re
maining outside, closed the door be
hind him.
As Leverton entered a lady rose from
the fautcuil upon which she had been
seated. It was Laura,
Somehow at sight of her standing
there, looking so fair and so sweet in
her evening costume, Ijt-opold forgot
all aliout the lady of the legacy, and a
sudden feeling of sham.; stole into his
heart and caused the warm blood to
rash up into his checks.
There was a moment's awkward
pause, an.l then he said bravely:
"Laura, I have been a fooL Can you
forgive im-?"
"It was I who was to blame," she
murmured, brokenly.
So he dined off that erring turkey
after all. and that is how it came about
that w hen George and Dollie were mar
ried in the ensuing summer there was
also a wedding from 71. Host tin Globe.
DONT'S FOR MOTHERS.
Don't neglect the baby; the little
fellow has the first right to your atten
tion. Don't lay the child down with his ears
bent away from his head; the result
will Im a deformity.
1on't wake the baby to exhibit the
tintsof his eyes to ji.lmiring friends;
sleep is his most unquestionable right.
Don't strain the baby's eyes by al
lowing a f.trong light to shinedircctly
inlo them, especially when he lirst
wakes.
Don't sjxiil the infant by walking or
rocking it to sleep, and do not let any
one else do ;u; it will sleep liest an.l
most naturally when lying- upon a i
foin for table lied.
i
i
j L ilt.LRl ED LAb lLRN FARMS.
Nearly l.OOO In .M-uc-buiM-ttK Alom, Iur
t ill- rly to a I -.! re f.p 'ity Lift-.
Nine hundred and svventy-t ig'it of
these abandoned or partially aban
doned farms in Massachusetts were re
ported to the state 1-oard of agricul
ture in l'.nl. over three hundred in
New Hampshire and as many m re in
Vermont and in Connecticut. In com
menting on this singular state of af
fairs the Massachusetts bureau or sta
tistics of a)or iiotes an iiicrcce in
this class of projn-rty in towr ships
where the value of the manufacturing
product predominates and a decrease
in those townships in which thc a;-ri-cultural
product exceeds in value that
of the factories. Touching the causes
of this abandonment the report says:
There isa strange fascination in citv
life which lias always existed and
which leads many who are under its
sjh-11 to prefer jjoverty and privat n in
the city to independence end comfort
in the country. This fascination i in
tensified by the undoubted l-cletits
which the modem city offers to those
within or near it. And yet it must Ik
admitted that the promise which leads
to tin abandonment of count rv ife is
frc.Micntly unfuliillcd. The moV mcnt
from thc country toward thc city may
atlYct, indeed has affected, thc hilxir
markct in two ways: it may lead to a
dearth of agricultural lalmr in t'u de
pleted district.-., thus adding to the
burdens which in too many -as-s the
farmer already bears, and it ini'y in
tensify the coinjH-t itioii to which the
city laborer is subjected, 1-oth as to
employment and as to wages. This
competition reacts upon those who
come to the city for thc purpose .f im
proving their fortunes, only to fir. I the
opportunit ies open to them constantly
grow ing less. On the other ham . the
lifeof thc farmer, notwithstanding its
burdens, was never so easy in manv re-siH-cts
as at present. The iint rove -ments
.hie to modern invention have
lightened farm labor, while thc rail
road, tin telegraph and the press have
brought the most retired farms into
communication with the act ivities of
the age. The farmer ma j-not In able
to amass wealth, nor can the i:i:ij:ir:ty
of those in cities hone to do so. fie is
gen. tally sure of a comfortable living
as the reward of his toil, and the con
tingencies that all'e.-t his emp!o r.u tit
arc usual'-v no greater than tin.-;.- af
fecting employment in cities. K op
portunities for large promts are not
open to him he is relieved from the
risk incidental to such opjiortui-iti-vi.
That : -line of the burdens under which
he suiters might In- and ought to be
rcmovetl is undeniable: but there are
those in the city, working for low
wa-jes, liable to periodical cu. jIo -merit,
to whom life on. the abandoned
far-.n would offer an agreeable chanye:
only they must. lir-.t Ik convinced that
such a change is desirable.
KE TRUSTS IN HIS DOG.
Intimu.tr I :.-t.i t ion i:-tw--u tiie -.-.jr !
iiiisH.ii ami ji i.xfii-.!i Hound.
The sovereign in Kurope who r-tar.d .
most in need of a friend and con oan
ion whose fidelity and loyalt,- are
almve all sir pi'-i.m is in. unfortunate
czar. who. like his predecessors on the
throne of Peter the Great, has so i.itcii
found himself deceived and betr.iyed
by just those of his courtiers, hi:, olii
cials and even his relatives upon w hoin
he bad ln-stowed the greatest amount
of kindness.
I'nder these circumstances it i-inot
astonishing, says the New York Trib
une, that he should place his prin ;ipal
reliance on a t-uperb an.l huge IK uish
dog, with shorty mouse-colored hair
and quite as big a: a young donkev.
The dog. a gift of his fat'icr-in-!a w.
King Christian, of IVnmark, is the
successor of a similar hound, which
lost its life in the terrible railroa 1 ac
cident at liorki. when the imj . rial
train was entirely destroyed, the czar
and czarina escaping all injury save
the shock to their nerves in the mo - t
miraculous manner. Alexander's pres
ent dog is not only by his side w h -:i he
walks oi't. asleep Ix-side his bed at
ni-ght. but Is also present w lit a he
grant audiences, snit'.ing at slrai.gcrs
in an inquiring an.l sometimes suspi
cious manner, which i.-. not without
exercising a certain influence up--n the
treatment accorded by the cJir to his
visitor.
Malr an.l l-m-alc Uraini.
A physician w ho has had much expe
rience of tlr insane has examine:', the
brains of one thousand six hundred
subjects. 1 !c comes to the cone! ision
that nature makes .alpable lilTcr -nccs
I t ween male and female bruins.
Kirt, there is a di'.tercnce in -vi ight.
the male ln-iug heavier, possibly by
one ounce, relative to weight of io.lj-;
second, while the frontal IoIk-. are
equal in the sexes, the parl.Ul are
larger in the male and the .H't-ipial in
the female, who. consequent ly has
quicker perception;.; third, the f male
brain is less convoluted in the gray
matter an.l has less service: fourta. the
blood supply is more copious in the
-.anterior I.i'h-s in the male and the
posterior has a largT supply in the fe
male, and these parts have different
activities. The bloo.1 of the fciaak is
also poorer in corpuscles, there being
half u million less in a cubic milli
meter. He fears that the tender ey of
too much education or intellectual de
velopment in women is to make them
los. ln-auty. He instancies the Zaro
women of India. They are supreme.
They woo the men, control the affairs
of the hme and nation, transmit prop
erty and leave man nothing to do. The
rcsi.lt is that they are the ugliest
women on earth.
Wlnr. Marrl"T Come IIIrIi-
A young man laughingly remnrlvcd:
Oh," yes, i could afford to get married;
that's cheap; but I don't know that I
c mid alord to get unmarried again, for
that comes pretty high." That young
man ought to live in Spanish Honduras j
fr awhile, and he would not t;ilk so
f-.ligb.Litigly "f the expense of getting
married. The unfortunate natives have
t ilKt wi -e married before the knot is
considered sufficiently tied. The civil
marriage is absolutely necessary, as it
is the only one the state recognizes.
The religious marriage is equally nev
er: a ry, as it is the only one the church
recognizes. Of course this is true in
many Catholic countries, but in Hondu
ras there is a fee of twenty dollars to
be paid for each ceremony, an.l the na
tive Hom'.urian is generally miserably
)gor. Torty dollars looks as big there
as four hundred dollars d.n-s her. , eon-f-cqticntli'
marriage is not very iLach a
NANCY'S WAGES.
How Undo Poter Camo to Know
Her True Worth.
"Twelve o'clock and the washing
ain't out yet!" said Nancy Norton, with
a frightened glance at the clock. "Kut
I've had such a sight o' setbacks! I'll
have to wait a spell now till the hired
men have had their dinner."
She blew the horn at the back door,
then made all haste to set the plenti
ful, if plain, meal on the table, w hich
feat sho had barely accomplished be
fore I' licit Peter and three stalwart
helpers appeared on the scene.
"Nancy does make A No. 1 pics,"
said Hiram Jenifer, reaching for a sec
ond slice.
"I don't mind if I drink another cup
o' coffee." observed Noah Johnson,
"w ith plenty of sugar. Nancy, please."
While Hezckiah Hopper mad- a
plunge at the butter w ith his ow n I.nif .
remarking, sot to voce: "That to his
taste there v. a'n't no butter like June
butter, an" it didn't come but once a
year!"
"No hot bread," said Uncle Peter,
with a comprehensive glance around the.
board, "nor riz biscuit eh. Nancy?"
"I couldn't manage it to-day." with a
conscience-stricken look. "With the
wasl.in' and all "
'Nancy s yesterday's bread's good
enough for me!" olserved Hirain philo
sophically. "l-'or my part," said Uncle Peter, "1
don't see how these women folks con
trive to put in the time, pottering
around all day, a-doiug next to
nothin"."
'Oh. now, that ain't fair!" spoke up
Noah Johnson, good-naturedly. ""Tain t
no joke to cook an' wash an' iron for
four men."
The color had risen in two round
spots to Nancy's cheeks; a quick retort
hovered on her lips, ".then Uncle Peter
interrupted thc unspoken words.
"Oii. by the way," said he. "I'd most
forgotten to say anything about it, but
brother Sam's girl's to In; here to-day."
"llrothcr Sam's girl?"
"Why. yes your cousin Nannie from
Lridgcport your Uncle Sani'wcl's gal,
that's to teach the district school here.
Sam, he was inquirin" round for a place,
an' I calculated we could board her
here, so 1 told him to send her on. He's
willin" to pay live dollars a mouth, and
that conn ts up!"
Nancy looked at her uncle with
startled eyes.
"Hut there ain't no room for her to
sleep in," said she.
"She can have your room, and you
can take the little corner chamber in
the garret. One person more tir less
in the fiMnily don't make no difference,
and five dollars is five dollars. Have
some more of the dried peach sass,
Johnson?"
Nancy said not a word.
Of what avail was it to remind Un
cle Peter that the little garret chamber
was cold in winter and hot in summer,
that the roof leaked, and the rats
played high carnival there?
She only heixd Hiram .lanifer to a
cucumber pickle, and replenished the
coffee pot for the third time-
"There'sa gaL now Urother Sam's
darter," reflectively observed Mr. Nor
ton, as besprinkled pepper and vinegar
over his summer beets "as is worth
her salt. Arnin' twenty dollars a
month at teach in. If Nancy could
make money like that! Hut Nanc
ha.ln't never no fa.-ulty'."
"I never had a chance!" cried Nancy,
with rising color and tear-brimmed
eyes. "I've been kept hard at work
since I was a child, and and."
"There, there, don't get excited!"
said Uncle l'.-U-r, waving his hand in a
patronizing manner. "Gals is queer
creeturs. You can't so much as speak
to 'cm, but they 11 y off at a tangent.
Get tilings ready for Sam's gal, that's
all I ask of you and mind you have
some fried chickens for supper. Hi
Jenifer hasn't had a bite of fried
chicken since he's been here. An.l look
after the y..ung gosliu's that's comin'
outen the shell down to the barn I
suspicion there's a weasel alxard some
where and mind the calves don't get
into the corn. I reely must mend that
gate piu some o" these days. Come,
boys, if you're sure you can't worry
down no more vittles"
It was not until the four men had
shuflletl off to the barnyard to look
after Uncle I etcr's lat.st investment in
a new Durham cow, ere they returned
to the hay field, that Nancy sank weari
ly down into a patch-cushioned rocker
and burst into tears.
"Why, what's the matter, Nancy?
You're Nancy Norton, aren't you?"
A sweet, cheery voice sounded in her
ear a light hand touched her shoulder.
Nancy jumped to her feet.
"Are you Uncle Sam's daughter?" she
cri.sL
"Why, of course I am! Nancy Nor
ton, just like yourself. Named after
our dear old grandmother only they
call me Nannie."
A smouldering feeling of resentment
had possessed Nancy's heart toward
this unknown relation; but it was all
dispersed now iu the light of those clear
hazel eyes the sunshine of that win
ning smile.
-"Nothing is the matter," said she,
"except the wash in' is behind to-day,
and I'm clean discouraged and tired
out."
"Where's the girl?"
"I'm the girl," Nancy answered.
"Then I'll be girL too." Nannie
laughed out, taking off her gloves and
unfastening her piquant little cape.
'You go and hang out the clothes and
I'll see about clearing off this table,
lie-cause I'm to board here, father
says, and you and I are to be great
friends."
Nancy looked wistfully at her.
"Kiss me, won't you," said she.
"Oh, yes, I'd so like to be friends with
you! 1 haven't never had no girl
friends."
The three hired men were overcome
with embarrassment, when, on arriving
in time for the fried chicken an.l hot
wattles that evening, they found them
selves confronted with such a daiutily
dressed, smiling young lady.
Uncle Peter evinced unostentatious
approval of his new niece, and it re
quired all Nancy's hearty affection for
the newcomer to preserve her from the
stings of jealousy.
"I don't sec," said Uncle Peter, "why
Nancy can't earn money like you io."
"How much do you piy her?" asked
Nannie, lilting ht-r eys to his face.
"Me? Pay Nancy? W hy, her loar.l
and clothes, to be sure. It's all she's
worth."
"And what does she do?"
"Just odd turns alniut the house.
She did p.-sfer me- for an allowance
once, but I soon laid it down to her
taat I .viin't goin" to he-v no such non
sense." "fill!" said Nannie.
Never in her life had Nancy Norton
had a genuine sympathetic woman
friend before, and it was an inde
scribable relief to pour out her troubles
in Nannie's ear.
"It's a shame!" cried warm-hearted
Nannie. "Why, you do the work of
three women in this house. You rise
early and lie down late; you have no
recreations, no holidays, and Sundays
you work harder than ever, liecause
Uncle Peter likes to invite people- here
for their noonings to see how nice he
has things. Oh, you needn't think lhat
I'm blind! You are pale and thin, be--ause
you are overworked. You don't
like to go any where, lec:uise Uncle
Peter won't give you any new clothes
until you have worn out Aunt. Ilepsy's
old war-lrolK. It's an imposition, that's
what it is, and I wouldn't sulimit to it
IT I were yon."
"Hut," sighed Nancv, "what can I
do?"
"Tell him once again how matters
stand!" cried Nannie, her lovely e-y.s
flashing. "Insist upon fair wages for
fair work."
Thus instigated, Nancy made h-r
plea, but Uncle Peter's brow grew
dark.
"'I don't want to hear no such nonsense-
as this," he roan-d. "Wage-s!
Aint you got your home, hnd board and
clothes? W hat els.-d'ye want? W hy,
I never heart! such talk in my life!"
"Is it yes or no?" persisted Nancy.
"It's no-o-o!" thundered Uncle Peter.
That same evening Nannie incidental
ly alluded t the fact that they would all
rise betimes the next morning, for she
was goin:.r to give them their rcak
f.ist, and hadn't much time; before
school hours liegan.
"Why. wherc's Nancy?" asked Hirain.
"Oh. -ii l.i t you know? She's gone."
Uncle Peter dropped the trate pin he
was whittling; Ilirum let the two days'
old copy ef the Wakefield Magic slip to
the floor; Noah stared with wide open
mouth.
"She wants to make a living for her
self," serenely added Nannie "to earn
a little money. Every girl wants that,
you know."
"Humph!" prowled Uncle Peter. "I'd
like to see her make money! Why, she
never had no more gumption than a
katydid! She'll Ik back ejuiek enough,
3-ou'll tind."
"Jbit in the meantime," said Nannie,
coolly, "vim must look around for
some one to fill her place, for. as yc.u
can easily imagine, I have got my hands
full."
"I guess that'seasy done." said Uncle
Peter, beginning to whittle afresh.
Hut to his infinite amazcm-Tit. it w as
not so easy a task as h" had fancied,
an.l, aft. r many vain efforts and sting
ing disappointments, he found himself
with two wasteful, complaining, inefii
cient hired girls in possession, for every
one had resolutely refused to do the
w ork alone.
'"It was too much," they averred,
"for one."
'"It'll ruin me it'll clean ruin me!"
proaned Uncle l'cter, wringing his
hands. "Ten dollars a month for one
and eight for t'other and every Thurs
day afternoon and every Sunday even
ing out! And look at them half slices
o bread in the pig's pail, and my liest
towels, not three years old. tool: for
cleanin' clothes, and a broom a week
stninpe 1 through; an they don't wash
unless I get "cm a new patent wringer,
an' the fat scraps all throwed a way, an'
nothin half took e-are of! Don't yon
know anyone I could get, Nannie, as
would look artcr things as Nancy used
to do? I declare to gixulness I can't
live so!"
Nannie knit her brows and reflected.
"There's a young woman working
for father." said she "a capital house
keeper and the Wst economist in the
world at least, so he says. And since
my married sister is coming back from
Nebraska next week, he .nay be able
to dispense with her. Hut she has fif
teen dollars a month."
"It's wuth it it's wuth it!" breath
lessly cried Uncle Peter. "I'll go to
I'.ridgeport and see Urother Sam at
once and secure her. This hired gal
business will be the death of me!"
Urother Sara was sitting on his porch
reading the newspaier, as Mr. Norton
came up.
"Yes," said he, "she's a smart gal.
The In't gal I ever had. Thorough
going New England.-r. P'raps you
may be able to get her though I
doubt if she'll come to you for fifteen
dollars a month."
"I'll make it eighteen," pasved Uncle
Peter, "since you say she's a New
Lnglander."
"Well, you can try," said Urother
Sam. "Here she is!"
lie flung open the door of the kitchen,
and there, making a blaeklieriy short
cake at the whitely -scoured table, stood
his own niece. Nancy Norton!
"Why it's Nancy!" cried he.
"Yes." nodded Urother Sam. "Nancy
it is! The ls?st, smartest crectur that
ever stepped, and worth her weight in
gold."
Uncle Peter swallowed something
like a lump in his throat.
"Nancy," said he, "will 3-ou come
back" here he swallowed a second
lumpi "to me for eighteen dollars a
meinth? For I do verily b'lieve you
will earn it."
Nancy went up to him and kissed
him.
"Yes, Uncle Peter," said she, "I'll
come back."
For thc old r. an hail learned a lesson,
an.l his teachers had been Nancy Nor
ton and Urother Sam's daughter. Sat
urday Night,
Cnianloii in t.ulit.
A single word sometimes reveals a
man's inmost thought.
"Who are those girls playing four
hauded pieces on the piano?" asked one
man of another at an evening party.
"One of them is the daughter of the
hostess," was the answer.
"And who is her accomplice?"
Youth's Companion.
Th- Arctic l-fippy.
lot:vnist reports that in the north
em part of Greenland the an tic poppy
frrius one ef the most beautiful features
Vi the 11. rul scenery. '1 h' il' its prx-w
i;l immense shifts, giving a golden
char-u ter to the country, tnat would, it
Usa'.d. s -.ire. ly e equaled by a large
field of buttercups or dandelions. Cure
white b'ossoms are not infreqtieut
among the yellow ones.
COST OF BEING A PRINCE.
Kings ami Other Koyal Trav-l-ra Ileiug
Scarce-, They I'ay Uish for Kvrr) t liln(j.
There have Wen time-s when a court
was splendid and ne;arly starving, and
kings were magnificent who could have
understood the jMisition and felt the
pride of the master if Ilavcnswood;
but, according to the London Specta
tor, all that has passed away, probably
forever. The prince of to-day who is
to lx- magniliee lit at all. who is to be
free in his movements, to take trains
when he likes, to e-nte-rtain like any
other elignitary, to show good horse-s
and many of them, to keep servants
sufficient to secure that guests accus
tomed to luxury be not n.-gle-ctc-.I. to
travel when he pleases, to patronize
art, to encourage charity and to live
when necessary among -jual princes,
as ln-conie-s the nation he re-pre-sc-nts,
must pay away money at every turn
and always be- re-ady with more. Every
thing; costs; from the sjM-cial train
which secures punctuality and free
dom from pressure, to the rooms which
loyal or hospitable crowding re-nde-r
c::ccptionall y de-ar. -It is all very good
to speak of good management, and. of
course, the-re- is such a thing, and it is
worth. jM-rhaps. thirty jM-r cent, of ad
ditional income. Uut no extent of
good management will re-duce- the cost
-if any kind of magnificence, or do
away with the- fee-lingeif the iiinkcejx-r
who charged a royal guest a franc
apiece for e-ggs. not liee.-ailse e-ggs were
seirVce. but because kings were. We;
have he-ard of charges paid by an In
dian viceroy at a Paris hotel which
would have- made Mr. VandcrbjJt
wince, an.l the-re is not an une-dn.-ate-d
man in any land. wh-. if a prince- dis
putes his charge's, doe-s not Ik me-
henceforth a republican. Nor, within
limits, is this fee ling altoge ther unrea
sonable, for ttie ile-niunds of princes,
which are usually only de-nian.ls for
fre-e dom, npse-t tin- Usual reiutine. just
as the queen's trail), though her maj-e-sty
asks only a little extra security
an-1 some privacy, rpscts the routine
t ra flic on t he great railway by which
she- travels. Moreover. though extravagance-
is a vice, economy is ift-n a
foible, and one rather sympathizes
with the hint given by the noble w ho
assisteel Louis Philippe in his si-arch
afier a lost. Mivereign by lighting a
bank note. State, in fact, iu our days,
co-.ts money, anil it is as expensive to
be a prince, if you live as a prince, as
to be a spendthrift heir.
THE POPULOUS BAY STATE.
Ma.HHa-hi;-tta II:i liv.nty iti-. t:i-li
II-iviuK Over :. .i:i 1"ii.i!.iI ion.
Virginia and half of the states in flu
union combined show no more ciiicsof
over twenty thousand inhabitant-, than
areto be found in Massachusetts. This
fact is not readily apparent from the
census buiU'lins thus far issued. s:ivs
the New Yorlc Evening Post, a, iu
none of them are cities having a less
p. -pulatiou than twenty-live titousan.;
ranged according to their population
rank. Tho fact is also so surpri iii;T
that few- per -ems will believe it with
out proof. Uut the-re is no place lit all
with so many inhabitants as twenty
thousand in nine states viz.. Vermont,
Mississippi, N'e-vada. Montana. Idaho,
Wyoming. North Dakota and South
Dakota. Nine states again have e ach
no more than one town numbe-ring
over twe nty thousand p -ople. Tho--i-states
are New Hampshire. De-laware,
Maryland. West Virginia. North Caro
lina, South Carolina. Louisiana. Ar
kansas and iregon. Four either stat.-s
Maine, Nebraska, Colorado and
Washington count each emly two
cities that have passed the twenty
themsand limit. These three classes
of states amount to twenty-two: that
is, half the whole number of the
United States, and seve-ntecn is the to
tal of their cities with each a census
upward eif twe-nty thousand. Tw. nty
such cities, however, arc in the roll of
Massachusetts. These arc Uoston,
Worcester, Lowell. Fall Liver. Cam
bridge. Lynn, Lawrence. Springfie-ld,
New Ucelford, Somervillc-. Ilolyoke,
Saleia. Chelsea, Haverhill, Uroel.ton,
Taunton, Ghiuoostcr, Newton. Maiden.
Fitchburg. Three cities of this size
and no more apjiear in the census e.f
Virginia viz., Uichmond, Norfolk and
Petersburg.
VICTORIA'S CROWN.
It la Worth m Million and a Half of
Hollar.
The crown worn bv Victoria weighs
nearly two jxmn.ls. says the Pittsburgh
Dispatch. It comprises more than
3.IKH1 precious stones set in various L
signs. The most prennincnt gem is the
ruby given to Eelward. the 1 lack
prince, by Pedro, king of Castile. It
is in the front of the- crown, set iu a
Maltese creiss cotnposid of seventy-Jive
large diamonds. The lower part -if
thc crown band contains a row of p"i
pearls, the upjn-r part 11 "2. Uctween
them and in front is a large sapphire.
Uack of that again is a smaller sap
phire surroumled by six others anel
eight emeralds. Uetwcen the two
larger sapphires are elcsigns contain
ing 'JsG diamonds. Above the band an
eight more sapphires- surmounted bv
eight diamonds, and the same iiutulH-r
of festoons contain K.o diamonds. p.(
si.les the Maltese cross there are- three
others, arounel the upper part e.f the
cron containing :;c, diamonels, nnd
let ween the feiur arc four ornaments,
each with a ruby in the center and
containing respectively M. si's s." and
-7 diamonels. 1'reim the crosses rise
feiur arches composed of oak leaves an.l
acorns, the leaves containing- 7js el ia
monds. The thirty-two acorns are
each of a single jK-uri. and are set in
cups made of fifty-four diamonds.
Alxive the arches stands the nioe.nd,
containing- 55e diamonds, and above
the mound is the cross, containing a
very largo sapphire, four very large
and 1 OS small.-r diamonds. All tin
stones are genuine, and not. as in some
other European crowns, colored glass,
which has replaced the genuine stones.
The crown entire is valued at ?l,riKi,
i(K. The. hultan'e New Iloat.
The sultan of Morocco has bought a
new torpedo Uiat, and the name he
has g-jven it, in Moorish, nie-ans: "The
lt-arer of goed tidings from Islam to
the feiur quarters of the glolH." An
English weekly suggests that if the
sultan g-oes in feir a really big iron
clad he will jiiMbably ea'.l it (in
Moorish, of course) -'Something to
kn.K-k the globe into four quarters if
it deserves it; otherwise to drive a
hole into any other expensive ironclad
I have and sink Lcr."
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