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iia 1 '''' 13
CHARLEY WIRURN'S LUCK.
Charley Wiburn and I are tousins.
but, somehow, I seaxvelj seem to belong-
to the family ut ail. We had no
end of relat.ions, and lie was a ,tm?ral
favorite with all, even souie he bail
never seen, for they would die and leave
him legacies, lie was uoustani'v Pt
tiufj some little "wiiidfall" ol this
kind, till at length Charley Wiourn's
luek" liecame' a peneral catchword
ainonj' tin a synonym for all th.it was
lucky and fortunate.
One mornino- at breakfast wo were
artists and shared the same rooms and
studio he received a black-edged let
ter, which, iiku oiicnitig' and r adiufr.
lie cast down it h a tllsimteritetl look.
"Another funeral to ffo to," he grum
bled, "and here are my pictures unfin
shetl ami next wek is sending-in day!"
'Who is it now?" I aked. "Another
lefjacy, I suppose, eh?"
"Very likely," he returned, indiffer
ently he was so used to these things
he scarcely took any notic of them now.
"It's I'ncle Alexander Stephen. Did you
know him?"
I shook my head. "Have heard of
him; never saw him," I said.
"I hardly knew him myself," Charley
explained "at'least, not since I was a
boy. It's a rare lother, this, coming'
just now. Suj.'h a lonif journey into the
country. I say, .lack, you have dune
y our pictures aud setit them in and have
notliiug- to do forasH-ll couldn't you
po dow n for me?"
"What, in your name?" I exclaimed.
"Yes, why not? It's years since 1
was among- any of the set. Th'a letter
is from a. Mr. l'archly. the sol tor to
the will, I supiiose; he doesn't know me. '
You are .Tack Wiburn it's only a differ-
m-e of a Christian name, and it's all
in the. family, you know."
To cut the matter short, I had to
consent as I generally did where
t barley was concerned.
I took the lawyer's letter, aa a sort
of credential, and et out, grumbling u
pood desil at w hat I considered Charley's
"check" in thus making use of me. If
I had finished up my work before he
had it wati only liecause 1 had v.orked
at it more constantly, and now, instead
of reaping the ail vantage in tht shape
of a few days rest, lie made it an ex
cuse for sending me off on a lugi brious
mission like this; and Charley would,
no doubt, have a good legacy, too, out
or it.
"I don't suppose, it's much," he said
to me. "IVrhajm a bundled or two
hardly worth going down for, you
know!"
So I had to go with no legacy in
view at aJI, small or large'
However, as I have said, I set out for
the place it was Devonshire- and in
due course T arrived at the little town,
and put up at a hotel for the night.
The f-jiieral wa.s fixed for the following
day, and on inquiry I learned tiiat the
lions' I had to go to w as only a short
distance away.
The next dny, therefore, sow- roe
among the assembled guests. I found
out Mr. Parcbly and silently showed
him his own letter. "Ah," sn;d he,
'ou are Mr. Wiburu. Very good,
(dad to si-e you." I did not r"ply, so
be concluded that I was Charley Wi
burn, without having said anything
one way or the other.
Rut, when, after the funeral, the will
came to 1m; read. I found Charley was
down for ,5,imh. That made me think
it harder lines than ever that I should
have had to come down iu his place.
The weather was atrociously cold; the
March winds strong and blustering,
with showers of sleet aud snow, and I
felt, cold and miserable. At the end
of the reading of the will I was mak
ing my way out to get back to the hotel,
w hen some one said: "Mr. Wilburn,
I leliee?" I looked around and saw
a stiff, military-looking oh! boy re
garding me with a smile throtigu his
spectacles. "Charley," said he, "don't
you rememlier me?" I thought to my
self: "Oh. now I'm in for it. Here's
a nice mess all through trying to serve
( barley. Just my bad luck." This
feeling did not grow less when he said:
"Milly wants to speak to you. She
has been looking at you, anil says she
can hardly recognize you for her old
playfellow." ("No wonder," I thought.
"It would lie strange if she did.")
She came up and shook hands, and
the moment I looked at her I simply fell
helpless over head and ears in love
then and there. She seemed to be the
Liveliest, most adorable creature I
hal ever seen. A sudden resolve came
into my mind. Kather than run the
risk of losing the chance I now had of
sjieaking to her I would say nothing
alxtut my not being "Charley," let the
consequences be what they might.
"Don't you rememlier your 'ittle
playmate, Milly?" said she, with a
bluslr and an entrancing look of her
lieautiful eyes. "Well, it's not so sur
prising, for I should never have known
you, either, if Mr. Parchly had not
pointed you out to me."
Lief ore I exactly realized what I was
doing I was whisked off to Maj. JJain
field's house as I found the name of
Milly's father to lie to dine, calling at
the hotel for my eening "togs" on the
way.
1 found the major's house a neat,
nuiet-looking little place on the out
skirts of the town. He lived alone with
his daughter (bis wile being dead), a
housekecer and one servant. Though
everything was comfortable, there was
that indescribable air that gave one
the impression that they were not too
well off as regards this world's goods.
Since I was not too well off, either.
this would not have troubled me, but
for that legacy of 5,000 I was sup
posed to have come in for. "Was that
the secret cause of this sudden friend
liness?" I asked myself. Rut when I
looked at Milly, and saw the frank
giance of her truthful, honest-looking
eyes, I felt ashamed of myself; nor.
when I regarded the major, and noted
the open, manly look the fine old sol
dier gave tKick to me, could I bring my
;xlf to think of him as a scheming old
fortune-hunter. ,
Such good friends did we three be
come that 1 lingered ou in the place for
a week, during which time I grew daily
more uncomfortable at the part I was
1 laving. .At last I sought out Milly
one day, alone, and confessed the truth
to her. -1 .t
"I am not surprised, she said; 1
thought you were not much like the
Charley I used to know. But I am
fcorry for you sorry to think your
cousin should have got that 5.0O0,
while you were not even so much as
mentioned." '
"Ah!" I said, with a sigh, "that is
Charley's luck and mine. It Is al
ways the same always has been, and
always will be, I suppose."
I was thinking what I dared not say
that, if that 5,000 had but been
mine, I could have asked her to be mine,
too; whereas, now, with my oor pros
pects well, of course, it was folly even
to dream of such a thing.
I watched her narrowly after that,
but could see no difference in her treat
ment of me.
I had w ritten to Charley, telling him
of his good fortune, and that I was go
ing to stay ou down here for a few days;
but beyond a brief note expressing won
der at whatever attraction 1 could see
there at that time of the year, he had
said nothing aud writteu no further;
not a word of thanks or of reference to
his JL 5,MK) legacy.
Another week slipped by, and I still
stayed on. At the end of that time I
was in such a state of mind that, one
day, fimjang myself alone with Milly, I
blurted out my hojieless love for her,
and said 1 should go away al once, for I
felt that I could not possibly stay on
there any longer. Milly, always quiet
and self-possessed, remained silent
awhile, and then said, looking down:
"1 think you had better speak to
pafa.
"What!" I rapturously exclaimed;
"do you really bid me hope, Miffy? Do
you really think there is a possibility
of your father " I stopjied and shook
my head. "Alas, no!" I ,aid, "such a
thing could not happen to me. It would
be Charley's luck, that not mine."
"Well," 'said Milly composedly, "they
say you never know your luck till you
try; but if you are too faint-hearted to
try, why, of course "
"I'll go off and find the major and
have it out at once," I burst out.
And I saw him accordingly, aud told
him the whole story, humbling apolo
gizing for daring to ask :'or his daugh
ter's hand, when, as I was bound to tell
him, I was not Charlej', but Jack Wi
burn, and I had no 5,00 J legacy, and
no prospects in particular, and "no
luck!"
"H'm," said the major, "how 13 it
Master Charley comes iu for all the
luck in this way?"
"I don't know, sir," I answered, dole
fully, "lie goes alout more and makes
himself more liked, I think, while 1 "
I hesitated.
"While you stick at home and work.
Is that it?"' he asked.
"Well," I returned, "I try my bfst.
Y'ou see, I have nothing else to rely on- -or
hope for like Charley. It's his luck
aud mine!"
"However," said the major, "I have
been told you get your pictures hung,
and sell them, which is more than he
does. Is that luck, too?"
To this I made no reply. I could not
see its relevancy.
"Now, look here. Jack Wiburn, the
major went on. "I knew you were net
Charley Wiburn."(I looked up in sut
prise.) "Milly told me; and I have made
certain inquiries of my own, and I have
something to tell you. The late Alex
ander Stephen Wiburn was a, very old
and intimate friend of mine, and had
long ago set his heart upon Milly's mar
rying Charley" (here I junied up ex
citedly, but he waved his hand to me. as
a sigu to lie quiet). "But he was de
termined that, if it came aliout at all.
it should be spontaneous, and not
through any compulsion or unworthy
motive. But in. that will you heard
rend the other day there was something
you did not hear it was mixed up in
another matter; but it eomesj to this:
That if Milly married 'his nephew," he
and she were to have a certain sum
between them to begin housekeeping.
I have consulted Mr. Parchly upon this
matter, and he agrees wit h me that, as
Charley's name is not expressly men
tioned, and as he would not take the
trouble to come down himself, even to
tlie funeral of his poor old uncle, who
had been so kindly disposed to him, if
Milly likes you well enough to have you.
you and she will be just as much en
titled to the sum set aside as if Master
Charley had married her, and I am
sure I shall not object to the situat ion.
In the will the only condition is that
Milly shall marry 'his nephew, and, of
course, you are as much his nephew as
Charley is. Therefore I leave it with
Milly; if she says 'yes, I say the same,
and you will both have something to set
up housekeeping with."
No need to tell the joy with which I
heard the unexpected news, or the
heartiness with which I thanked the
kind-hearted major.
"I'll go off and tell Milly at once," I
said; but I had not gone fax when he
called me back.
"You don't ask how much you will
have to start housekeeping upon," hc
said.
"What matter, sir, since you think
it enough? I answered.
"H'm; but you may as well know.
You might not think it enough."
"How much is it, then?" I asked.
"Fifty thousand pounds," said the
major.
And this is what Charley lost and I
gained by that journey Milly (worth
more than all) and 50,000
And now Charley won't speak to me
or to my wife for Milly and I are mar
ried and he says I merely took ad
vantage of him; but I say, as I used to
say before, it is all his luck and mine.
Lientleworaan.
An Unhealthy Bualueta.
In a recent medical rejioft of Prof.
Celli it is stated fhat in the rice fields
around Ravenna, Italy, the workers,
mostly females, are bowed nearly
double, emaciated, with ashen-gray
complexions. all to gain 12 cents a day,
and their children are anaemic, tym
panitic and under-sized. St. Louis
G lobe-Democrat.
Not Sclantlne.
A song with the title: "There's a
Sigh in the Heart." was sent by a young
man to his sweetheart; but the paper
fell into the hands of the girl's father,
a very unsentimental physician, who
exclaimed:
. "What wretched, unscientific rubbish
Is this? Who ever heard of such a
case?"
He wrote on the outside:
"Mistaken diagnosis; no sigh in the
heart possible. Sighs relate almost en
tirely to the lungs and diaphragm!"
SCENE AT THE HOSPITAL.
Kxperlence ot m Man Who Said Doctors
Wen Hcartleaa,
An opinion was expressed by a pro
fessional man the other day that doe
tors were a heartless lot of people, and
the man who expressed it bucked it
up, says the New York Sun, with an in
cident he had witnessed in a hospital.
A patient was suffering from hy
drophobia, and the professional man,
who was looking at the sufferer,
asked the doctor:
"Does the sight of water throw him
into a spasm?"
"You can see for yourself, replied
the doctor, and he produced a glass of
water, the sight of which brought on
a spasm horrible to witness.
Some time later, when the ward
where the sufferer was lying was vis
ited by two physicians, oue of them
asked the attending doctor:
"What is his condition? Has be got
any chance of getting well?"
"He is very low," was the reply
"He's likely to die any minute. You'll
be at the autopsy to-morrow, won't
you ?"
"That shocked me." said the profes
sional man. "It was all right, I know.
The )atient didn't understand, but the
idea was shocking. It was cold-blooded.
It doesn't seem to me that a hu
man Wing should ever permit himself
to become sq callous. But they do.
I want to say right now that if 1 am
ever sick I" shall protest against going
to a hospital so long as there is breath
in my body. I'll die at home or in the
fetreet, but no hospital ever gets me,
remember tliat."
OUTGROWN FRIENDSHIPS.
Sad Change. In the Nuoojr Fields of Con
radeahip. Is there anything more distressing
in life than a friendship outgrown?
This doesn't mean one that has been
broken off through some difference of
opinion, some misunderstanding that
a few words could have set right, or
an estrangement the result of a hasty
tenier that prompted ugly words and
untruthful, bitter sentiments; no, a
friendship outgrown is the unhappy
product of too much worldlinesu on
one side or the other. Perhaps educa
tion would le the better word, or a
knowledge of the world a more comely
phruse. but w hichever pleases most the
outcome of the same never varies.
Take two girls at school, says the
Philadelphia Times, chums they have
been through all the years of study
and fun they have, passed together,
they separate at graduation swearing
eternal friendship, letters fly back aud
forth for a time, and then one his the
other a visit. Ah, how many illusions
have lieen diste!led in that reunion?
Life has changed one, perhais. from
the girl of a year ago into a woman,
while it has left the other where she
was. After the first good talk over old
tiuies they cannot help seeing that
there is something different in the at
mosphere that was once so thorough
ly congenial. The visit over, a few more
letters, then silence and another friend
ship lost in that great labyrinth of
change that has grown upon the sunny
fields of comradeship.
THE MARINE BAND.
Formerly Made More MoIko Than Musle
The lloom-Fab Horn.
"The Marine band, now the pride of
the nation's caiMtal," said an old mu
sician to the Star writer, "had but few
brass instruments except bugles when
it was organized. Indeed, there were
but few brass instruments in use in
those days, for cornets, alto horns and
tubas are comparatively new. I re
member to have ncen the Marine band
marching through the streets of this
city, led by six violinists, with two or
three violas, a fiddle in size lietween
the ordinary violin and the violoncello.
Nearly all t 1m other instruments were
reed, flageolets and clarionets, with an
occasional French horn. The big at
traction of tlie Imiid for street parades
was a chime of bells, which were carried
on a big stick above the player's head.
He shook them as the band marched
along, and made a great deal of noise
if not. music. Cymbals, drums, bass
anil snares, were more in evideucc as
feature! than they are now. The Ma
rine, band had the honor and credit of
inventing what was coiled the hoom
lah horn. It was a horn of immense
size. It was not intended so much for
musical purposes as it was to carry
off plunder. . Whenever the band ofti
ciated at receptions, lionqueta and the
like the bandsmen aeked it full of
good things for the children at home."
HIS RETORT COURTEOUS.
Would Chun the Ntory So aa to Give
Doe Credit.
Dr. Chalmers, the eminent divine,
was fond of tellingthe following story:
Lady Betty Cunningham, having hail
some difference of opinion with the
parish minister, instead of putting her
usual contribution in the collection
plate, merely gave a stately bow. This
having occurred several Sundays in
succession, the elder in charge of the
plate at last lost patience, and blurted
out: "We cud dae wi less o ver man
ners, an mair o yer siller, ma ieddy.'
Dining on one occasion at the house
of a nobleman he happened to repeat
the anecdote, whereujion the host, in
a not over-well pleased tone, said:
"Are you aware. Dr. Chalmers, that
Lady Betty is a relative of mine?"
"I was not aware, my lord," leplied
the doctor; "but, with your permission,
1 shall mention the fact the next time
I tell the story."
Volcano, and Icebergs.
In recent years the size and number
of icebergs seen in the south Atlantic
and south Pacific oceans have both been
enormous, and various suggestions have
beeu made to account for the phenome
non. Evidently something unusual has
been going on in the unknown regions
surrounding the south pole. The latest
suggestion bearing on this subject
comes from Mr. II. C. Russell, who has
presented it before the Koyal Society of
New South Wales. His idea, in brief,
is that there has been an extraordinary
outburst of the great volcanoes known
to exist within the Antarctic circle, and
that the consequent shaking of the ice
clothed shores of the Antarctic conti
nent has resulted in the breaking off of
immense fragments of ice, which hare
afterward been driven northward by
winds and currents. Youth's Com
panion.
HANDLES MILLIONS.
The Man Who Ships the Gold of
the Government.
Petar Shay, of Washington, TPneka
the Preclona Metal In Kp-H(
Una Heen In the Beninese
Thirty Tt'enra.
A sturdy old man whose office is in
a dingy- little building down town is
an important factor iu the gold ship
ments that are made from this coun
try. James Shay is the man's name,
and he supervises the handling of near
ly all the gold coin and bullion that is
shipped abroad. Shay is a cooper by
trade, and at his little shop at 13
Fletcher street are made nearly all
the kegs and bt-xes in which the pre
cious yellow tuetal is shipped.
It is needless to say that the cooper
of Fleu?her street has been a very busy
man these last lew years, and conserv
ative estimates of the gold which he
and his assistant have handled during
the last 12 months would be $15o,
000,000. When it is added that Mr.
Shay has been in the business over Do
j ears, the enormous fortunes which
have passed thrcugh his hands without
the loss of a siugle dollar can best bw
appreciated.
When a banker or some large export
ing house finds it necessary to make
a shipment to Kurope, about the first
thing that is done is. to send for Mr.
Shay, who nas a virtual monojoly of
this part of the business. Gold for
shipment abroad is packed in kegs
and boxes, just as the fancy of the
shipper may dictate. For amounts ex
ceeding $500,000 kegs are generally
used, as they a re easier to handle, and
contain $50,000 each. The empty kegs
are made of well-seasoned oak, aud
banded with hoops of steel. When
packed and sealed each keg weiglis
nearly 20O pounds. The boxes used by
the cooper are made of basswood or
oak, neatly dovetailed. These are also
bound with strips of steel. When
Cooper Shay receives an order from a
banker to pack a quantity of gold, the
boxes or kegs aie sent from his shop to
the bank. There, with the help of a
few trusted assistants, the packing is
done in a room used for that purpose.
After the gold has been put in stout
canvas bags, containing $5,000 to $10,
000 each, and caiefully sealed, they are
put in the boxes or kegs, which, in
turn, are sealed with tape and wax in
three or four places. They are then
placed on a truck and conveyed to the
steauuihip pier. Not once has anyone
ever tried to molest the truckman, but
this may be through ignorance of the
precious load he u driving. Another
teason, too, is that the truck is always
guarded by several armed men.
It is no exaggeration to say that the
amount handled by Mr. Shay, if con
verted into double eagles, would make
a pathway 100 feet wide around the
globe. Certain it is thit if ihe money
were all his, Mr. Shay's wealth would
be greater than that of the Rothschilds.
Vaoderbilts, Rockefellers, Goulds and
Astors put together.
"Are you not sometimes possessed
of a strong deaiie to run away with &
portion of the many millions which
you handle?" asked the reporter.
"Never," said the cooper, with a
smile. "The metal weighs too much,
and I don't think 1 could carry it very
far before I got caught myself."
The olJ cooper has been engaged
at bis trade for upward of 35
years. lie has amassed a modest
competence, atkd lives with his family
of grown-up children in a neat little
house in Brooklyn. When he goes
home at night he forgets all about the
fortunes which passthrough hi hauds.
end is probably more contented than
any of the rnillionairs of Wall street.
Washington Star.
HOME-THRUST.
Lord Mansfield's Scotch Blood Loses Ulna
nn 1 important Case.
It is said that the saying: "Much
may be done with a Scotchman if he be
caught young," which has passed into
an historical w iticlsni. was first spoken
by Dr. Johnson in reference to Ixrd
Mansfield. An amusing little incident
is said to have giv-n rise to the re
mark. Lord Mansfield, having received his
education entirely in England, always
considered himself an Englishman, but
the fact that he was born in Scotlan.l
was once referred to w ith great effect.
Gen. Sabine, governor of Gibraltar at
the time, having failed in his attempts
to extort money from a Jew, sent him
back by force to Tetuan, in Morocco,
from whence he had come to Gibraltar.
The Jew afterward went to England,
and sued the governor for damages.
Lord Mansfield, who was then known
as Mr. Murray, was, counsel for the gov
ernor. In the course 6f his defense be
fore the jury, he said:
"True, the Jew was banished; but
where? Why, to Ihe place of his na
tivity! Where is the cruelty, w here the
hardship, where the injustice of banish
ing a man to his owfc country?"
Mr. Now ell, counsellor the Jew, re
tortedc "Since my learned friend thinks
so lightly of the matter, I ask him to
suppose the case his own; would he like
to be banished to his native land?" .
The court rang with peals of laugh
ter, in which Murray himself joined
with a right good will. Youth's Com
panion. He Wrote on Ilia Cuffs.
An amusing little story is told in
connection with a French journalist,
who, in his early days as a reporter,
hail a deep-rooted aversion to the regu
lation note book of his order, and hit.
upon a method of taking notes which
afforded him great satisfaction. He
wore large, white linen cuffs and upon,
them, by the aid of a tiny pencil, he
took down his notes and impressions,
in all sorts of places, unobwe rved by
those around him. At first the laun
dress was greatly puzzled by these pe
culiar ornamentations, but as time
went on she learned to decipher many
of them, and gathered the news of the
week from her patron's cuffs, much to
her delight. One night when she took
home the washing the ' journalist
chanced to be coming out of his room
as she entered. "Ah, monsieur," she
said, dropping a curtsy, "your last
washing was very interesting, but we
had lees political news than the week,
before, is it not so?"
BLIGHTED HOPES.
Toons; Woman's Efforts to t'aptnre a Man's
Heart Did Not Have ltnlred ItnalU
"You have a careworn look w hkh is
new to me," remarked the girl w ith the
Of-1 rich feather boa. "Can It ie that
you are helping to get up a charitable
entertainment?"
"No, I am not." replied the girl with
the lorgnette; "I have woes enough of
my own w it hout that. I've leen having
my photograph taken."
"I don't see anything awful in that,
save the fact that you have to pay the
photographer," said the girl with the
ostrich feather lxa. "All you hae to
do is to sit still for a moment, and it
"I can manage the sitting Mill well
enough," said the girl with the lorg
nette; "I once stayed in the house with
a female suffragist until my own voice
sounded strange to me. I never did
like to be photographed, but, you see,
I promised Charley Toker ages ago
that I would send him a picture. I
heard ten days ago that he has made
quite a fortune in the far west, niel
my conscience began to prick me re
garding my broken promise. It would
lie so sad if he lost his faith in woman
just now; I really felt it my duty,
however unpleasant it might be, to liaie
that photograph taken at once."
"Quite right, too. "Rut after all, you
might as well have sent him a copy of
the photograph you :md I had taken t
gether last summer. I shouldn't hae
minded at all if you had.
"Thank you, dear, but that one is
much better of you than of nie; it might
have caused him to think that I had d
velojied a tiair of cross-eyes iu his ab
sence. No, as I say, I really felt it my
duty to sit. I lay awake for two nights
deciding whether it should be a full
face or three-quarter view."
"And which did you decideon?"
"That made no difference, dear; the
photographer merely glanced at me and
said: 'Profile.'"
"Humph! He couldn't have been more
despotic had he lieen a dresmaker."
"No. I wanted to wear my new
evening gown, but he decidtd on the
old silk w aist I wore under my jacket.
He wouldn't let me have the negative I
wanted, either."
"Good gracious! Y'ou surely can't 1-c
well, dear. Was there anyoni on whom
you wanted to make a good impression
in the next room?"
"Not a soul. The truth is that those
negatives showed me two wrinkles 1 did
not know that I iossessed. and wh.n
the wrinkles begin to come it is time to
be amiable to evwrylmdy."
"H'm. Perhaiw you are quite rifrbf.
But how did you like the photographs
when they were finished?"
"Very well; they had a yielding, anVa
ble look, calculated to produi-e a great
effect upon a man w ho has just made a
fort une."
"Pshaw! Any girl would look amiable
at such a man, unless
"She was already engaged to one w ho
had made a fortune some time ago; 1
know. Well, I sent the photograph to
Charley, w hen I finally got it. What do
you think he wrote me in reply?"
"Is it possible that he didn't like it?"
"Oh, no; he liked it very much. Said
that his wife thought that my style of
hair-dressing perfectly lovely, and "
"Rut I didn't know that he had a
wife!"
"Neither did I," said the girl with the
lorgnette. "Do you think I'd have taken
all that trouble if I had known it?" N.
Y. Journal.
OBLIGING COL. WRIGHT.
They Made a His; Mistake,
Bnt That
Didn't Count.
There wasn't any particular excite
ment over the hanging of the mar.
pointed out and arrested at Rig Bend
as the chap who stole a ack mule froi:
CoL White's camp, over on Fish river.
One of White's men. who was over
after bacon, happened to meet tho
stranger, and he went to Jim R-dfern.
president of the vigilance committee,
and said:
"Jim, is it a good dav fur a hang
in?" "Wall, tolerably far," replied Jim.
"The kuss who stole our pack mewl
is down in the tin-frout saloon."
"I see. And you want him hung?"
"I don't keer no great shakes alout it
myself, but I reckon the kurnel w ould b
pleased."
"I'm willin to obleege Kurnel While,
as he's a good friend of mine, but do
you think the critter down thar has
any objeckshuns to bcin hung?"
"He don't look like a man who'd kick
about it. 'Pears more like a critter
who'd be glad to be off the airth."
"Wall, we'll take chances on him."
said Jim, and he went to his shant
and got a rope and asked eight or ten
of the boys to go along. When the
crowd reached the tin-front saloon the
stranger w as just comin' out.
"Say, we want you, remarked Red
fern. "What fur?" . Mt
"(Join to hang you!
"Cause why?"
"Fur stealin Kurnel White's pack
mewl."
"Wall, fire away!"
He was escorted to a tree whereon a
dozen or more men had lieen duly
hanged, ami lifted uon an emp'y
w hisky barrel and the noose placed over
bis neck.
"W"ant to say anything?" asked Jirr.
as all was ready.
"Nothin tall."
"Thin let er go!"
An hour later White's man, w ho hod
started for home, returned to hunt up
Mr. Red fern and say:
"Look-a-yere, Jim, that feller didn't
steal our mewl."
"No!"
"They got the feller and the mewl
over at Clay City aud hung him thit
morn in. I thought this was the feller,
but I must hev bin mistook."
"I see. Wall, he's bin hung and buried
and we can't help him any. We'll jest
let the next one off to even up things.
My complimeuts to the kurnel. and tell
him I shall always stand ready to
obleege." Detroit Free Press.
Rattle Won After Denth.
The Iwtttle won by a king after his
death was the victory achieved by peo
ple of the Cid. in Sain. Three days
after the death of the Cid his capital
was attacked by the Moors in great
force. His eople waslaed and dreSMeil
the body, clad it in a suit of the finest
mill, tied it ou a horse and, surround
ing it by a brilliant cavalcade of officer
and attendant?, went forth to little.
TThe Moors were panic-stricken ami fled
la .dismay.
AMBULANCE ON WATER.
Steam TUtunrh Added to the London Hos
pital Kerr Ice.
The: managers of the Metropolitan
asylums board. London, have just
ascd upon plans for an ambulance
launch for river soriee. Her dimen
sions, says the Philadelphia Record, are
as follows: length lietween jierjien
Uiculars, t0 feet; breadth. 12 feet
inches; depth, fo?ir feet; draught of
water when fully equipped, two feet
eight inches. The hull is built of Siemens-Martin
niild steel throughout- to
Imanl of trade requirement;: for passen
ger certificate. She is built in tie com
partment,. I tl,. fre jiait of the ves
sel is a cabin ftr the accommodation of
the stall am f.r visitors proccediuir to
visit p.'itiiiit-i in the hospital ships in
Ing Reach. Ih-.r! ford, and is capable of
accommodating alxtut L'O iersoijs. In.
the after iart there is a c.-bm fitted up
as a hospital, with four lerths two lie
inp fixed ami two p-.rtable and w ith all
the necessary requirements for carrv
ifig four nt'iiniK'Ut imtientn. Roth of
these cabins are ln-autl with steam and
are provided with suitable skylights
and all the necessary fittings for a boat
of its class.
The machinery is fixed amidships and
isof the trip!"-epat!sion type, w ith sur-fa-e
condenser, and -aable of driving
the vessel at a Sioed of t-ti knots. A
water-tight trimming tank is built at
the fore eud of the vessel of sufficient
catwcity that when tilled with water it
w ill bring the vessel to an even keel ot
two feet eiirht inches.
SAVED THE OWNER TROUBLE.
Burglar Opened a Safe When the Combi
nation W a. Lost.
The proprietor of a large store on
High street went to his place of busi
ness at an unusually early hour one
rj'orning; in fact, the uu had not yet
risen when he turned the key in the
door. On entering he was surprised to
find a man trying to ojien the door of
his safe, lie s-tm.il and watched him
lor some time, aptare:itly deeply in
terested in the proceedings, says the
West Bedford ( Mass.) Windmill, when
finally the burglar swung open the
floor of the safe with a delighted
chuckle, but hapjiening to t urn he saw
that he was discovered, and lccanie
very much alarmed. He jumjied up aud
was aliout to make his escaiie through
a back w indow-, w lit n the merchant
called to him:
"Ion"t be in a hurry, my friend;
come laek and sit down awhile and
f moke acigar. w hile I straighten things
up a bit, and then come to breakfast
with me. You have done, me a great
favor."
"Why. how's that?" asked the bur
glar, in great surprise.
"Well, you see. I bad the combina
tion of the safe on a bit of apcr. and
last night I accidentally locked it in
the safe and forgot how to work i. I
spent most of the night trying to get
the thing ojen, and came in early this
morning to have aunt her try at it."
A DETECTIVE MYSTERY.
Was the Noted Stent h Himself n Soww
fol Bank Cracksman.
"The nx-t mysterious affair I ever
knew in detective circles." said a well
known sleuth to a Washington Star
writer, "was a -a--- in the west. A
detective had le-oue fatuous by reason
of his success in ferretinc out hcavy
rolilKTics. It seemed that none of 1 he
rofc!sionaIs could cticape when he
mce stancl ujion their trails. After
a time aJI such cases were placed in
his hands. The first one that he could
not discover the thief was a big lank
robta-ry, then after a year or two
knottier, then another; his reputation
was suffering, but it was till good,
as during the same period he was suc
cessful in other difficult eases. He was
taken sick with fever, and while de
lirious tild how he himself hail r
etrated the robberies, describing every
movement in Oeta.it. hen he reeov
ered.. it was claimed that his failure
to unravel the mystener had caused
the raving confessions, but other men
were put. uon them, and they failed
to find any clew w hatever. The detec
tive retired and lives in elegant style,
but w hether or not he was as siiccess
f nl in eluding law- as in enforcing it
will probably never really be know n."
Enropr l.renia lirrrn.
It appears that the island of Heligo
land still continues under the German
rule to maintain its character as a sort
of EuroiH-aii Gretna (lieen. The Heligo
land clergy are Lutheran, and are
elected by the iieople. after the ancient
Frisian custom. But most of their
5rvi-cs as ministers of holy .i.atrimonr
ar- not rNjuired by the nemlers of
their ow n flock, but l y outsiders w bo
cross the sfas to the island for the sake
of getting married. Herr 1- rndt. the
organist and music teacher of the
Hand, has officiated foi several years as
the "father" of iiuiiic rous brides, and
h is accepted his ie a yeur-e" no lrs
tin n ". times. When he gi-es away a
la lv whom he has n.er s-h-ii lie fore to
a gentleiiifii alvout whom he 1 mvs
nothing at all. Iierr Rerndt a.it pts a
fixed "honorarium" of K' marls so
at least the IVrlin l:is F.choe tells us
in a notice of the organist's recent jubi
lee as a matrimonial proxy -fat her.
The Sense of Direct Ion.
If there be. hs some supjse. a sixth
sense, by which animals, birds and in
sects know in w hat direction to move
toward a given sot, bow many strange
things it explains! The late Prof. Riley
once hatched some Japanese aiJanthu
silkworms in Chicago. He confined h
female moth iu a small cage; he car
ried a male of the family by nighl to
another art of the city, a mile and a
half away, and Iilerat-d it, havinsr first,
attached a silk threud to its alxlomen.
In the morning the male moth was hov
ering around the cage of his imprisoned
sister. Youth's Companion.
Cannon Hall's Wonderful Flight.
The most careful ex jn-riments ever
made on the flight of a cannon I mi 11 were
those conducted by the English author
ities in the jubilee year. The experi
ment was made with a 22-ton gun, and
it wa.s found that a lvall fired from th.;
monster made a flight of 12Vj feet over
12 miles I ie fore it struck the ground.
Careful timing with an improved
chronometer proved that the liall was
f'9'x seconds making the 12-mile
journey and that the highest point it
attained was 17,OoO feet above the
earth's surface. . .
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