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I IRGEST EXPORTERS OF GIBSEHG IN THE
THE MAN IN POSSESSION.
"What outrageous conductl"
claimed Mrs. Fielding;, gaziiig at
ex
lier uauiiler with wide oned eyes.
"Very extraordinary!" agreed Ethel.
"I never heard of such a thinir in uiy
life!"
"I should hope not!" returned Mrs.
Fielding. "What would your poor, dear
father have aid if. during his lifetime,
a .voting man had come to pro(ose for
your hand, and, on tieing- refused by
you, had eressed his intention of
staying in the house until you accepted
him? I've not even read iu novels"
(with a fine touch of scorn) "of such a
preMsterous notion. Did he did did
he seem tirm about it, my dear?"
"Frightfully!" Kthel assured her,
'frightfully firm, and you should just
see hat a chin he has. It would make
three of mine!"
"What did you Bay?"
Fit-ldiii";.
asked Mrs.
"What could I say? I've already told
you everything. I met him, as you
know, at Merrhant-Mainwaring's, and
after our first introduction saw him
almost every day during the following
month. The night lefore I came home
he proposed to me, and I well, you
know what I said. He then declared his
intention of asking me again every six
months, and didn't seem to care iu the
least when I assured him that my an
swer would be just the same, however
many times he asked. Well, it is ex
actly six months to-day since the the
first time 1 told him that 1 couldn't
think of marrying."
"And he expressed his intention of
staying Jiere in the house till you said
Yes? put in Mrs. Fielding.
F.thel nodded.
"Then," was Mrs. Fielding's decision,
"we must send for the police."
"Oh, no no no no!" ejaculated
Kthel, springing up. "1'lea.se don't do
that, lie's sure to go. He he's very
gentlemanly, mother, and I'm sure he'll
behave himself i f he tloes stop. Itesides,
if he fought the policemen (and I am
sure he would fight them) there would
be such a scandal!"
Yes. Mrs. Fielding agreed that the
affair would give Market Xorbury a
month's food for tittle tattle, if the
strong arm of the law were fo inter
vene. "I will see the yoang person myself!"
exclaimed the elder lady, majestically.
"U'n't lie harsh, mother, said Kthel,
blushing a little, "lecause, after all, you
know, he's "
"Head over heels in love with you?
Of course," rejoined Mrs. Fielding.
"Of course he is. If he weren't I should
suspect him of having designs on the
plate. Iave him to me, Kthel!"
So saying. Mrs. Fielding swept mag
nificently into the drawing-room.
ltut severe as was her tone and stern
her mien. l)i-k Waterbury declined to
budge. He aMlogi?ed for the gross
rudeness of his decision, but, neverthe
less, refused to spike his guns and re
tire. During t he altercation Mrs. Field
ing discovered that he wa.s a young
gentleman of twenty-five, with an
ample income, and a small country seat
that stood sadly in need, of some one to
look after it.
Twenty minutes later Mrs. Fielding
returned to her d-aughter.
"My reasoning had no effect what
ever," she informed Kthel; "none what
ever. I suppose he must remain. II.
may 1 in a more sensible frame of
mind in the morning. lWn't let the
servants know- anything alxuit the real
state of things, and say his luggage will
arrive in due course."
.The result was: (1) That Mr. Icich
nr.l Waterbury gained his Kiiut and
stayed at I'lea mt View. ( That only
his fixi d determination to win Klhrd
Fielding would have led him to take
-such a desperate step. (S) That Kthel
by no means deceived her maternal
.iiiih'im-nt when she expressed herself
indignantly about Dick and his resolu
tion. (She let slip his namt "Dick"
several times unthinkingly.) (I) That
it was the general opinion iu the
kitchen that the gentleman who had
come so suddenly without any lug
gage was a "man in no-cession " (5)
That he seemed to the kitchen a very
well dressed inan in possession. ti
Thot the gentJeman immediately sat
down and wrote a long letter which
was given to the housemaid to post. (7)
That, he wired to another address for
some clothes, (s) That the letter was
add resscd to Mr. .fohn Hluut, Friar's
Court, Temple, London. And (91 that
in the opinion of the kitchen, "Friar's
Court." sounded like a low place for any
gentleman's friends to live in.
ii.
Dick Waterbury had leen with the
Fieldings a week, and still showed no
signs of departing from his resolution.
Me had e.toti made himself at home;
he had broken the ice over the dinner
table during the first night of his stay.
Mrs. Fielding' and her daughter hail
ox-ned the ball by treating him with
rigid politeness; but Dick had pre
tended not to notice their manner, and
tattled on so gayly that he effectually
disersed the cold barrier which the
ladies had attempted to place between
themselves and their self-invited guest.
After dinner he regaled them with
romic songs, anecdotes and news of the
day which had failed to penetrate to the
fastnesses of Market Xorbury. So very
at'reeable did he make himself, indeed,
that by bedtime he had quite won Mrs.
' Fielding over to his side. Kthel kept
very close to her mother all the even
ing, he noticed, and would neither play
nor sing, although she could do both
very nicely. On the following day his
clothes arrived, ami on the third day
a letter, addressed to him in a lold mas
culine hand. He appeared to peruse
this letter with much interest, and the
one he wrote in reply he delivered to
the housemaid with secial instruc
tions that it was to lie iiosted lie fore
six p. in., at which hour the Market
Xorbury mail cart was dispatched. The
housemaid told the cook that, for a
man in possession, the new comer wrote
n . ... . i. .rnliT r M 1 1 1 1 ft ills ivuri. " J
Court TepleJJn7ie tnU8
u - - Lifi7Vge oovs ana cierKS. ijul. Having
was addressed to that I.feak ' good deal of work in his time.
alarmed by theomin-
ous weavner mgua, ."" "j ....-..
out:
"Whoa, Pete! Whoa, good fellow; it's
all right'"
On hearing my voice, the sagacious
beast ceased to pull, ond stood quietly,
though still gazing intently ahead, and
U. S.
head very determinedly, and made the
mo.it of the exceedingly dimpled chin,
w liich only represented one-third o.
Mr. Waterbury During the whole
of that week Dick had never once been
out. The kitchen commented severely
on this intuit. It savored more of the
"man in ssession" than anything
else he had done.
"He's lieen sent, and he's got to stop,"
was the ctxik's verdict. "Ami mistress
i making the liest of a bad job by treat
ing him as a gentleman guest. I've al
ways understood that, the poor master
left her com fable off, and I can't un
derstand how she's lost her money. I
suppose it's a mine or something.
Thank goodness! I've got all my little
savings wrapped up in a stocking and
locked in my liox!"
Seven days had gone the seventh
night had come, ajid still Kthel re
mained oIm! urate. Hut she pajd, her
mother noticed, considerable attention
to her toilet, and wore her prettiest
dresses.
;
III.
What was that?
Mrs. Fielding sat up. Lathed in cold
perspiration.
What wats there it was again a
scratching' on the window. She
listened her heart lien ting a wild tat
too against her rils. Yes there again
-somelMidy was trying to break in!
Only a sliding door separated Mrs.
Fielding's roin from her daughter.--.
Her teeth chattering' in time with the
wild throbbing of her pulses, Mrs.
Fielding crept out of bed and, the slid
ing door lieing partly ojien, into her
laughter's room. Kthel was slumber
ing peacefully, but a tcuch woke her.
There was a hurried explanation . in
whisK-r from Mrs. Fielding, and then
the two women, clutching each other
for comfort, stole into the outer led
rooin and onoe more listened. The
scratching had ceased, aixl only the
shuttling sound could be heard; then
there were footsteps on the gravel
walk, and then the scullery window
(which was immediately beneath) was
shot up with a force that denoted a
careless haste on the part of the mid
night intruder.
"A burglar!" exclaimed Kthel, pale
to the lips, for she was only 19, and
an ordinary girl with ordinary nerves.
I'uconsciously her lips formed the
word "Dick!"
"I ll wake Mr. Waterbury," said
Mrs. Fielding. She tripped swiftly out
of the room, down the a.ssage, and
rapped af her guest's door.
In almost les time than it takes to
relate it, Dick found himself standing
at his door, in dressing gown and
trousers, trying to instill some calm
ness into the troubled breasts of Mrs.
Fielding, her daughter, the cook and
the housemaid for Mrs. Fielding had
aroused t he -servants, there lieing com
fort in numlicrs, even scared ones.
"Stop here," said Dick. "I'll go dow n.
If he dosen't use ami-, I can manage
him!"
So saying, lie moved quietly down
stairs, and the women, afraid to lelcft
ny tliemseives, followexl linn at a re
sect fid distance. A few moments, and
the darkness had swallowed up Dick's
form. An anxious interval followed,
during which nothing could be hea-d.
Suddenly there was a ciush of crockery
and a savage exclamation. Then an
other crash. Then a whole series of
crashes. The cook ant housemaid
shrieked with frighL Mrs. Fielding
grasped the lianisters and trembled.
Ktlul trembled. to, for Dick. Yes,
for Dick. She loved him, she knew it
now. His life wa.s in eril.
A desperate light was going on in the
passage leading to the kitchen. The
women could dimly discern the forms
of the two men, who, breathing in short
quick gasps, were struggling furiously
for the mastery. Ilaehward and for
ward they swayed, with clenched teeth
and straining muscles. Still the women
dared not move. The couple had fought
their way down to the extreme cud of
the passage, and were close to the scul
lery door. Suddenly a pistol shot rang
out, there was a cry, a splintering of
wood and a crash of glass, and the two
vanished.
A few seconds later Dick returned,
his dressing gown half torn off his back.
"He got away," he exclaimed; "but
he. didn't take anything. I'll get some
this gs on and lie off to the police sta
tion." The women gazed at their hero with
fond admiring eyes. Once again they
breathed freely. Slowly they moved
upstairs all but Kthel.
"Are you hurt?" she asked him, with
infinite tenderness in her voice.
"Only a bruise or two," he replied.
"I'll soon set the police on his track.
Hut first"
He took her hand in his.
"I saiil I would not leave the house,"
he legan.
Kthel looked swiftly up the stairs to
make sure they two were.unolwerved.
Then she lient forward.qnickly breathed
"Yes" in his ear. and fled to her room.
The police never caught the burglar,
vkho got back to Friar's Court quite
safely, afler catching the earliest train
from a roadside station six miles from
Market Xorbury.
Kthel quite meant "yes," and in due
time was married to the "man in jos
session," much to the cook's and house
maid's wonderment.
And Mr. John Blunt, reading the wed
ding announcement, chuckled softly to
himself.
"It was a good idea of Dick's!" was
all he said. Tit-Hits.
EXERCISE A NECESSITY.
Earl Decline of I'hjalea.1 Powers Ilu. to
Neglect of Athletic '
lieyond thes age of 40 at a period
when so many are physically lazy the
superior vaJue of exercise is apttarent,
but ' ordinarily this is just the time
when the hygient of athletics is neg
lected, aptly observes Kev. P. S. Hoot.
There is no reason w hy a punching bag,
rowing machine, pulley weights and
r apparatus should be relegated to
.. v. . , ,.
,eft
"Tjost impossible to persuade a
a"V"or professional man turning
Uivo snv Kort.nf nl.tention n lihvs-
I i ilu re if such truinir.gr has been
L5h lv neglected. It is an iijexora-
cAivsiologiea! law that we can only
fin our bodily or mental powers by
herly using them. Exercise is not
iter of choice, but of necessity.
DINNER-GIVING ETIQUETTE.
Points to lie Observed by Moth tlo.tess
mod Guest.
The dinner is the most important of
social ceremonies. It is a function, an
observance, a solemnity, the. most flat--tering
form of entertainment that can
lie offered to a guest; and at, such it
should bo duly rc.iected and appre
ciated. The art of giving dinners that
are at once dignified, delightful and dis
tinguished, is a rare, one, yet it is io-:si-Me
to achieve it with a mere expendi
line of time and uins so welt iuid out
that it is a marvel that such dinners at
the exception and not t he rule among
us. As a rule, thei dinner iu regal dl
as an affair of lec.iprocity, and copie
w ho do not give dinners themselves are
but seldom asked to dine, except in the
case of st ray girls or lachcois, asked
chiefly to stop a gap. Dinner-giving is
aliout the most costly form of hospital
ity when, it is largely indulged in, and
ieople who cannot give dinners as they
should be given had much Itctter not at
tempt them at all, but confine them
selves to less formal entertainments ot
dances, luncheons, breakfasts and ordi
nary "At Homes." The dinner is the
one social function in which the host
plays as important a part as the lnstes.-,.
His name appears with hers on the in
vitations, and he disK'i.scs hot-pita lily
in the same active measure as herself.
Hut though modem custom has lobbe.l
his pst. of much of its ancient glory
in the way of carving heavy dishes and
passing w ine, he is still the holder of the
foot of the table with all the dignity
which that xsition entails.
The length of & dinner invitation
varies with the size ami importance of
the dinner. For a large and c-i nioni
oits me two weeks' notice is required,
and this notice is sometimes extended
to double, that time. For small and in
formal dimup-rs, from five to ten days
notice is sufficient. Printed cards my
lie used, on which blanks are left for
the names, of thei host, hostess and
guests; data, address and hour. These
cards are, as-a rule, only used when the
diuner is one of ceremony. Invitations
to small dinners are generally written,
and vary iu friendliness with the in
formality of the entertainment. They
are written in the third person, if it is
a friendly and impromptu matter. In
any case, whether the invitation lie
friendly or formal, it should lie an
swered within 24 Itotirsafter it has lieen
received. Dinner-giving is unlike any
other sjiecies of entertainment in that
it. is all-imorta,nt to have a certain
number of guests to count upon and to
select them with dincret ion. It is neces
sary to allow a liostess ample time to
inv ite other guests, to fill the places of
ariy who may disappoint her. An invi
tation to dinner, it lut-s lieen said, is
issued in the joint names of host and
hoste.5P, though, of course, the hostess
writes thei note, if a note conveys it.
The answer must ! addressed to her,
though the host' name is mentioned
in accepting or regretting. The invita
tion may 1 pent and answered eithei
by pist or by the hand of a servant.
Some jieople are eriet uallv invited
out to dine, not. liecause they give many
dinners in ret urn. but becam e t hey are
recognized as good dinner guests. Tiiev
are generally provide with plenty of
light small talk and tlae gossip of the
day; are pleasant, iiopular and gifted
w itJi that tact w hich is one of the rarest,
as it ione of the most valuable, of os
session. There areotJters w ho must lie
asked as a duty, on account of the din
ners they themselves, give, and w ho vex
the righteous soul of a hosW-tss so of len
as she has to include their names among
tlie list of her guests. She know s very
well that t.lkeJr mere presence will call
for a mighty effort to keep the whole
dinner from lieing "a frost," and that
they will pnolwtbly outweigh all her ef
forts. Philadelphia Telegram.
BARNUM'S LONG PROCESSION.
How He Faithfully Kept Ills Billboard
Pronilaes.
"I was traveling w ith P. T. Harnum
once," said Mr. Stow, "long In-fore the
railroad shows were in existence. We
tiuveled by wagons from town to town
in those days, halting on the outskirts
of the town to enable the circus jeo
ple to put on their show clothes and
prepare for the parade. We were to
show in a small town in Pennsylvania,
and I had noticed that a bridge over
which "the wagons were to pass was
weak. I sent word to Mr. Itarnum to
put the rhinoceros wagon at the rear,
but he. did not do so. and as it was in
advance it broke the bridge. The show
did not reach the town in time to make
much of a parade.
"That night Mr. Harnum was seated
in the village hotel when an angry lot
of iieople who were disappointed at the
size of the purade waited upon him and
told him that he was a fraud.
"'How so?' said Mr. Harnum.
"'Well,' replied the spokesman for
the crowd, 'you advertised two miles of
parade and there was only one."
" 'Y'es,' replied Harnum, 'there was
one mile, of irade and another mile of
cussed fools following it. That makes
two miles, doesn't it?' " Syracuse
Courier.
BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.
It is estimated that the rails of the va
rious railroads in the country weigh
altogether 83,000,000 tons.
When a pound or a bushel of corn is
burned it yields about one-twentieth of
its original weight in ashes.
It is said that a room 24 feet in cubic
dimensions would hold all the gold
there is above ground in the world.
The onion is a historic vegetable, hav
ing been used since the dawn of history
by the ('.reeks, the Romans and the
Kgyptians.
Only 70 years have elapsed since the
first railway in the world was finished.
During that comparatively brief period
400,000 miles have been constructed.
Bank KotM Make Uood FicL
The novel spectacle of a steamer's
furnaces being fed w ith bank notes was
lecently witnessed at a Mediterranean
port. Forty sacks of t lie apparently
' valuable pa pe r were tossed into the fur
nace under the longing eyes of the
stokers, who stood restively by with an
evidently burning desire . to possess
themselves of at least a handful of that
which they somewhat inelegantly styled
'rum fuel." The notes were canceled
notes of the bank of Algiers, whose
manager superintended the operation
of their absolute combustion.
TWO (iOOl) TUILNS.
BV WALTKK LfcO.N B.lWYfcK.
Mr. Italcom rose early that morning,
audlie hurried off to the city as soon as
he laud swallowed breakfast. That was
not his w ay, and Mrs. Italcom wondered;
but, lieing a good wife, she asked no
questions. He fore she had fully accom
modated, herself to the novel event, the
man-of-all-work gave her another sur
prise, presenting u telegram w hich set
forth that his sister wa.-t ill and needed
him. Of course Mrs. Halcom let him go.
It. did not occur to her that the double
departure left her and the children un
protected, and if it had she would have
smiled at the idea of danger. She did
not know that there wus a burglar iu
tow n.
Mr. Halcom did know. As he came up
from the train the evening lie fore, his
neighbor Jones had stopped him to
w hisper that the llurtshoiue house hail
ln'cii entered and judiciously ransacked.
The HarLsliorites were in Kuroe. Their
caretaker Iuid lieen sojourning in that
other foreign land, a drunkard's para
dise; but as soon as he came out of it
he discovered the rotilery and hastened
to ask Jones ctdvico. Jones, w ho had a
nervous mother-in-law, suggested that,
the matter le kept as quiet as iossible;
and he wanted to know if Mr. P-ileoin
"You did just right!" Mr. Halcom in
terrupted, when the story had gone
thus far. "These country constables
would fiighten every woman into hys
terics, luit. tliey wonliln t catcli u
burglar once in a thousand times. Pro
fessional, is he?"
"So I suppose. He seems to have gone
into the house and through it as though
he l.l.i w his business."
"I'll Lack my burglar alaim agninst
him!" Mr. Halcom chuckled, confi
dent ly.
"How aliout lien Kzra?" the neighbor
asked.
"No fear of him. You see mv stable
is as well protected as mv house," Mr.
Halcom explained. "Fact is, I'd sooner
lost half there is in the house than that
horse. Little off his feed, the oor fel
low is. I had a veterinary out yesterday
to look at him, but I can't drive him for
a week. I guess I "
"I suppose we ought to do some
thing, Mr. Jones ventured to hint. He
knew- if allowed to go on, Mr.
I-alcoin would talk about his horse until
the burglar and the listener died a
natural death.
"Oh, of course we must trip the fellow
before he goes any further. Tell you
what: 1 know a private detective who
was on the lUiston force for years
long enough to get ctcquainted with
every rascal in the country. 111 bring
him home with me to-morrow to look-
over the ground. It would lie In-tter to
pay him a hundred than have the thing
get out and licdevil the women."
"Yes, indeed!" said Mr. Jones, fer
vently. Soitwasdecided. And after the neigh
liors hail exchanged the usual remarks
on the dryness of the season a:id the
need of rain. Mr. Halcom sauntered
homeward, calm in the contentment
which a managing man has a right to
feel. He kissed his wife and children,
and then he went out and caressed his
horse. He looked carefully to the lin ks
and the alarms. They were iierfect and
in order. He went to lied in jieace.
Tlat night, however, he had a horrid
dream. It seemed that Hen Kzi a was
stolen; that he had excndcd his for
tune in seeking the horse; that finally,
when he had sunk to a Wggar's outcast,
he found the wreck of Ken Kzra hauling
a garbage cart! The dream so wrought
upon Mr. Halcom that he awoke in a
cold Inspiration. He rushed to the
:;table, anil proved it only a dream. Hut
it might be a warning! That supersti
tious fancy lingered with him through
the hours of dusk and dawn, and the
early glare of an August sun did not
dispel it. It hurried him to the city, as
has been told.
Looking at it in the light of his new
knowledge, Mr. Iialcoin could see many
reasons why Maple Park should attract
a burglar. Its isolated aud unguarded
location is one; the sniallness and sleep
iness of the town that it fringes is an
other. Seekonket has only two con
stables and one hand fire-engine
though, to lie sure, it has four churches
and the aristocratic residents cut
themselves off from all these blessings
by building on the farther side of (Jreen
leaf's hill. As Maple Park holds aloof
from Seekonket, Seekonket keeps away
from Maple Park; and Mr. Halcom won
dered, the longer he thought of it. that
some frowsy Napoleon did not organize
hiaqrmy of t ramps and obliterate Maple
Park.
Mrs. Ma loom was not imaginative,
and no such terrors ever oppressed her.
She was young enough to enjoy her
money, and old enough to appreciate
her health; and since her daughters had
not reached a marriageable age. neither
her health nor her money seemed in
dauger. Of course, she should have
been, as she was, a happy woman. She
sjitnt her day as the truly happy must
in small activities that amuse one ami
make one feel useful but not fatigued.
So accustomed wos she to the routine
of quiet that when Abbie, the cook, ae
jieared excitedly liefore her she was
slow to realize that this particular day
might prove an exception.
"The stable's afire. Miss Balconi!" the
cook proclaimed.
' Is it?" the mistress absently an
swered. "Tell Henry to put it out,
please. Oh. I remember; I allowed
Henry to visit his sister." She closed
hr w riting-desk and stood considering.
"Can't you throw- some water on it?"
slie asked, presently.
"It's the roof.' I s'pose it caught
with a spark from one o' them pesky
ingines; hein's s everything's dry's tin
der. Aint not lit in' to git scoirt about,
'cause the wind's away from the house,
what little the is. Hut the hoss is in
the stable, you reeolIecV
"Oh. my!" Moved beyond her wont,
Mrs. Halcom swept electrically through
the kitchen and out of the I wick door.
"Oh, my!"he retreated, as she came in
sight of the blaze. "Hen Ezra -will be
burned, won't he? What will Mr. Hal
com say? What can we do?"
"D'know," was the depressing answer.
"I sent Jane to the corner a'ter the lire- -men;
but the land knows bow lopg it'll
take to git 'em here."
"Hen Ezra must come out!" Mr.Snl
com asserted; but there was an accent of
despair in the words, determined as the
sentiment was.
"Can't break that door dow n! 'n'that
air i-iyteiit Jock on Mr. Ikilcom's got
the key with him."
Mrs. Halcom stared straight In-fore
her like one fascinated into helpless-l;ei-s.
The servant's conscience would
not let her rest until she had kick.-.! the
ilHr and thrown herself against it. It
did not even tremble. She mopied her
flushed face with her apron, and. j.hak
ii.g her head mournfully, drew back
I- yond the heat of the flames that were
laying bare the rafter.
I Sen Kzra must come out!" Mrs. Ital
com said again. The horse's .-ig.inized
whinny had broken the Siell that- was
iiKn her. Her eves filled at the sound,
and she ran forward aimU-vsiv n:i l
glanced d-sjerutely about her.
"Man! You man!" she cried, nil nt
once. "Come here and get our horse."
Though the stranger had seemed to
spring from the ground he showed
no akicrity aliout coming further.
He tKik time to survey the latnl
scajie before lie climlied the fence.
He looked jmst the women, not i
them, as though lie feared a j.os
sihle somewhat liehind; and when he
luud advanced to where they sUnmI.
though he abruptly took the mannerof
haste and impat ienee. his shifty eyes
still seemed to cover every iioiiit of t he
horizon.
"Now, then," he demanded, "w lu re's
jour ax?"
"In the stable. I supjKise," was Mrs.
Huleom's dejected reply.
" X it's a raytent lock!" the cook
chimed in. tragically. "
"Hey?" The stranger sto.rf-d and
stared at them suspiciously. He turned
aain to scan the hill road. Then he ran
up to the door.
"Huh! Th-it thing!" the women
heard him say, contemptuously.
The smoke floated lazily off and left
the vision tuiolcurcd. ami the spiteful
snip of flame overruled every other
noise. The women looked and listened
with an intent ness that would have
lieen' painful bail it longendured. From
the bag he carried t hest ranger took :i
glittering something which he tqiplied
to the. lock. Instantaneously, ainiost.
the door flew- open. Stripping off his
blouse, the man passed through, and
when he reapjieared the horse, safely
blinded, uninjured, was with him. Mis.
P.aUvmi fluttered after as he led the
trembling brute to a safer place. For
once in her life she could not meet the
occasion with graceful words.
"Oh. I don't know- how to thank you!"
she faltered, at length. "Mr. Halcom
values Hen Kzra so! I'm sure he'll
Why. here he comes! Oh. Janu s!" she
cried, as her huslnd hat less, mat less,
and visibly k rspiring took t-h- fence
in a liound and dashed up to the group.
"Oh, James! If it. hadn't U-en for this
this honest w ork ingman, Ren Kzra
would have Wen burned!"
Mr. Halcom's eye was on his favorite,
but his hand went into his pocket and
brought out a roll of bills.
"Thank ye, lioss," tlie stranger said,
sourly.
"Not enough!" Mr. Halcolm found
breath to add. "Come to-morrow my
othce give you as much again!" The
thought- of another duty occurred o
him at the same instant, and it made
him face toward the road. "All right.
Parker!" he called. "No hurry."
"All right!" The nn who had just
come into view moderated his jace.
After the first keen, comprehensive
glance in the direction of the others. In
conspicuously ignored them, and look
ing at the stable delayed his appmach.
Mr. 1 '.alexin returned to the fondling of
Hen Kzra. The horse's rescuer had
lieen standing at the corner of the house.
No one tow him slip around it,
"Sound as a dollaa-, Parker!" Mr. Hal
com said a moment later. There was jt
mspieion of tears in his voice, and he
blew his nose energetically liefore h
rusieu niinseii to stieak at-nti.
"Thanks to this worthy man Whv
where is he?"
Mr. Parker smiled serenely to himself
as he lient to lift lVn Ezra's h-g; but hi
said not h ting.
"fiuess he must a lieen in a hnrrv."
the cook put in; "he went off n 1. ft his
satchel. I s'pose I lietter lav it away.
hadn't I fore these 'ere firemen go to
truuipin round?
She offered the stranger's hair to'M r.
Halcom. but Mr. Parker took it from his
tiiiiisist ing hand and noolly pulled it.
ojien. Then he drew Mr. Halcom tootle
side ami bade him look in. "For." said
he. "you won't often see a neater set o
burglar's tools than that, is!"
Mr. Halcom seemed less horrified than
he should have liecu; but it w as evident
that he was puzzled. He looked from
the lig to Parker and ltack again.
"Well." he suggested, at length, "he
ain't likely to hang around Maple lnrk
any more, is he?"
"I guess not," the detective made
prom rejoinder. "He know s me knew
me's qviek's I knew him!"
"Yes well -you see" Mr. Halcolm
buttonholed Parker, in his turn, anil led
him still further from the crowd. "Of
course I'm resHinsible I pay :!! ihe
bills." he went on. with disjointed
earnestness. "I you don't you un
derstand, I haven't anything ni'ire for
you to do here? Why, hang it all. man.
he saved Hen Kzra!"
"Oh, I know how you feel." the detec
tive answered. He spoke as though he
r-ally did. "I like a gotni hoss my
self. See? There's a train back to
tow n in lout. 20 ininutese, ain't the?"
Dcmorest's Magazine.
.
The Meat Kreaeh Census.
Tlie visitors who are living in hired
villas on the Riviera are all to be in
cluded in the next French census.
Anioug those who will fill out thesen
siui pti-rs are tlie queen of Englaud.
th empress dowager of Russia, tbe
czarow itz and her two vounifest chil
dren, the grand duke and duchess of
Mecklenburg-Sehw-erin, the duke and
ducbess of Parma, the duchess dun ager
of Coburg and Lord and Lady Salis
bury. The king of the Rehrians, the
prince of Wales and other birds of pas
sage in hotels or yachts will be ex
empted
Why He Tasae F-arly.
Mother (sitting doWn just as the train
starts) Oh, would you mind changing
seats with me, sir? My baby wants to
look out of the. window.
Mr. Haven Hartford (with sarcastic
lioliteness) With pleasure, madam.-.
I have been saving this seat for him for
half an hour. Bay City Chat. (
THE HOUSEKEEPER.
S;;lt. sprinkled over the e.ir)M t will
effectually lay the dust and will mke
the color bright and last longer.
To t.tke out iron rusf, cover the spot
with fine salt and saturate with lemon
juice and lay on tlie grass. Hci,e.at if
necessary.
A pitcher of ice water laid in a news-p.-qicr.
with the ends of the pajicr
twisted together to exclude the air, will
remain all night iu any summer room
with st-ar.-ely any perceptible melting
of t he ice.
To remove :ui ...lor from a barrel, haif
fill itwithcoH water. Heat half a dozen
stones the sie of the palm of the hand
until they are r. !-l,..t and throw them
into the water at d lei t he water remain
in the banc! uni 1 mid. Then rinse th
luirrel w itli clean cold water.
The average watering- ix.t is made of
tin or zinc, but frnicy watering x.ts are
made of china in w hite and ot iter colors
and decorated. The quart sires in the
decorated china .ts are used in a con
servatory for v a'ering plants; th. e
are also fr,iiet rlv employ, d to hold
out flowers in place of the uvual ne.
Never I.-?, the lanndr.-.. in her com
mendable desire to gives eloss to table
linen, starch it. To produce a high,
satiny Nili-h on damask it should first
lie thoroughly dampened and then
iron.-d with a heavy t'.atiroii until it is
ab-oliitely dry. Tablecloths and na.i
kms should never leave the ironing
ImkitJ in a limp condition.
ODD AND UNUSUAL.
Hart of a cornfield at Joplin. Mo.,
which has never l-cn undermined, haJ
settled 20 feet.
Lightning struck a wire on which a
graieviiie was t mined in the 1'ellieek
vineyard, at .Moultrie. Fla.. and stripH-d
the fruit from it. jumping then to an
other wire and r M ating the effect.
A Datibiiry man has hit ujmui an origi
nal and proiitable way of committing
suicide. He .iiin uinccs his intention to
enter a cage otitaining a ferocious lion,
and H-rmit the U-ast toeat him. S-eta-tors
an- to lie allowed, on paying an ad
mrVj.;,,!, jVe of five dollars each.
Strange hi u-k spots apjM-ared on the
ImmIv of Jeff Wallis. just In-fore he died,
at Luveine. Ala. Similar black sjots
al.-o apjx-arc.l on the fl.K.r. under the
lied, and all efforts to scour them out
have lx-eli useless.
1 he scrapings of iron ore are eaten
wilh great relish by the t hree-y ear-old
daughter of .lames iar.l.-n, r. of Hesse
mer, Mich. Her parents have vair.ly
tri. d to break ln-r of the habit by mix
ing nauseous drugs with the ore.
Attorney s Dec. inbt-r and January are
two Xcv:.i!a lawy.-rs. wh.i are amu-i:.g
the Kansas peop!.-just How . where t hey
have gone on i-uiness. The two men are
distit:guised lawyers in Nevada, and
X heir firm style is "January A: Ihr-cemlitT,
attorney .'-at-!aw."
THE MUSTACHE.
How It Beranie a Symtiol of Liberty an
Fraternity.
The mustache, that questionable
adornment, of a man's upper lip, is
trembling in the balance. The fashion
able nan of the hour who eschews this
t inie-honored ornament will tell you
that it is a crying and unnecessary evil,
and Ls Ikiiiu.1 to go. And wherecauone
find a lietter criterion of such momen
tous subjects than the fashionable man
of the hour? In years to come the
grandchildren of a beardless race may
have to turn to their encyclopedias to
find out w hat a mustache was. Antici
pating this, says the Cincinnati Enquir
er, a sort of advance sheet may lie found
in the following:
Tl.e home of the mustache is in Spain.
Alter the Moors first invaded the coun
try the Christian and Moslem imputa
tion liecame so' mixed t hat it w as difficult-
to say which were Moors and w hich
were Spaniard.
The Spanish then hit UKn a means
by which they -ould at once distin
guish their brethren. They did not
shave their lips any longer, and they
al lowed a tuft of hair to grow lielow
thc mouth, so that their beards formed
the rude outline of a cross.
Thus the mustache !ecame a symbol
of liberty and fraternity.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
In Hebrew marriages the woman is
placed to the right of herniate. With
every other nation in the world her
p'ace in the ceremouy is on the left.
In Russian Poland all trains must
stop at every station until the chief
of police (or gendarmerie) of the place,
gives iicmiission for their departure.
A loy of It. and a girl of 13 w ere mar
ried at Ford. Ky, a few days ago. There
were two 16-year-old brides iu the same
region recently and several bride
grooms under L'o years.
Roentgen is liegiiming to inspire ter
ror. A French woman writes to a
Paris paper asking if it wouM J safe
for her to continue to wear her false
teeth set iu a metal frunie, "becaiise,"
she sajs, "I should not like to have
that frame show ing in a photograph of
my face."
1 low n on 111 m.
Voting' Mr. Cniti'tirphen. wh.i has one
of the ctinningest little cream-colore.l
mustaches in the world, so fa":nt an-1
modest that he has tocolor it in order t-i
establish its identity, called again last
evening.
"I've just lieen dying to see you.
Maud," he gushed, soon as he had got
his cane through tbe parlordoor.
Maud looked him over with a critical
'y unfavorable eye.
I see you have," she said, coldly:
"theres a lot of it come off on your
chin."
And young Mr. Cnraauphen was .
r. lxi shed that he didn't know what t
say. Hut that wasn't anything" un
usual. X. Y. Recorder.
"By hook or crook" recalls the days
when the jmor of the English country
districts were allowed to go into tin
forests and pick up such branches as
had fallen from the tree. As a hook at
the eud of a short stick was frequent!;.
brought to assist in this labor, ar. l
as the straight, branches must be left
for the landlord, the expression, "by
Look or crook." came to mean the ac
complishment of an end in one way or
unother.
The department of agriculture esti
mates tlant in the state of Connecticut
it costs $26.31 to. raise an acre of w heat.
a, A.IMJWT T.Mw lack UW
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