S—
THE GIRL WHO LOVED HIM SO.
“Ha, ha!” said Chappis Fizzlawig, and he
laughed in ghoulish gloo;
“I'm making love to a dozen girls, but none
shall marry me;
I sigh to them and lic to them and fall upon
my kneos,
As I twist their trusting hearts about procia-
ly as I pleases.”
Aud the parlor clock
tick, tock,
gaslight flickered low,
it the girl
leat on,
1 the
As he waiting sat and held his hat {
that loved him so.
And when she'd frizzled hor old-gold hair and
with comely,
thought he; “she
tol !
As true and
nd the tender
laughed a gent!
For she kne
fa pho
And when he
her s«
kneeled
gently nr
2
And her
ng.
Ve per «
tation, n
t the
wanted
nan had baited
IHMT
beneath him as he walked on out of the
store, The general salesman who had
delivered the message from Hardscrabble
remarked to another general salesman
that “poor Pillikin must have caught it
pretty hard; he seemed all broke up.”
with his head in a whirl of disappoint.
ment, chagrin, fear and doubt, His re-
ply to the senior member would un-
doubtedly lose him his situation, as they
would be glad to get rid of him now that
his valuable trade was failing off, If he
could have held dn to Brown of Nevada,
all would have beem well: and without
Brown of Nevada what would he
worth elsewhere?
i
|
i
i
widowed sister and her little boy,
of Nevada?
some of the bills must be settled at once;
The
of the ferryboat was stifling. In
ds and piercing
for
bl
r
ainat
gninst
cabin
spite of the lowering cl
io
wind, he made
ward deck, and
ast River
his way out on the
as he saw the
surging a
mean about Brown,"
“There's something very mean in his
going to Scrimmage’s,” said Mra, Pillikin,
“1 eall it a very dishonorable action,”
said the widow,
“No,” said Pillikin, *‘not dishonorable,
if he wasn't
satisfied with me, he might have bought
his goods from some other concern, and
not gone over to Serimmage’s right before
Hardserabble's eyes,”
Here something like a distant cough
was heard. They all looked aronnd, but
thought it must be one of the children.
“It was like flinging a rag in the face
of a mad bull,” continued Jo. “Hard
scrabble was white with rage, and didn't
know what he said. I'm sorry now I al-
jut it
to know that
men in the trade,
u
AY,
I
a
was a bitter blow to me
a, of all
tell
vO some
¥
should But | there's
pale again. ‘I'm afraid it’s Brown with
that bill; I told him around, 1
't pay him now: it's i jut
have i
UNO," said hi
to her feet:
vou re not wi
to call
can m possible, 1
I to see him, I suppose,”
ister-in-law, springing
him
3
trout
me for a party called Pillikin,
While the temptation assai
( ns rattled, and nes
heard on the Broo!
against
led him, the
hat : i
Ise
pushed him along, h
p vlding his homewa
bear the depressing influence of t
cars, so he trudged along on foot,
Marel upon
only high hat he owned in the world
utterly i i
Pilliki
Ww
al
ie
1 sleet beginning to beat
buy
n
nt he would
rend i
ne was Kicked
& Co.'s, and
of Nevada
eached home
weeept when
had ;
When |
hi fini "
iis I Is
8 rabble
with cold he
bu
could 1}
th
remark that he'd Je
Even the soul
—and as a general
soul is n i melted
haggard visage of Pillikin when he
him that Mr. Hardscrabble wanted to
him in Yet to
couldn't viding,
dejectedly to hey the
Hardscrabble had just
of Nevada going into S« rimmage's,
general sale had
sort of iron his
couldn't | ting t«
Pillikin grew death] pale
of Nevada,” said he in a hoarse whis
“iato Scrimmage's!”
*“It may be only to look around ™
the general salesman, a ‘
t made of
a4
save his life he
as Pillikin went
summons,
sorn
often felt this
enter
3
ip
that he
assist
per et
said
1:
ttle
gracious, man, you've got to be prepared
for these things.”
“I've had too many of them lately,”
said Pillikin
in my life as 1 have had this season.
1 of Nevada is one of the men |
thought 1 could rely upon, I've been
looking for him all day.”
have you?" snarled the senior member
as poor Pillikin walked into the office.
“It appears to me, Phillikin, that you're
losing the lit
How long do you suppose we can stand
this sort of thing? If you can't do bet-
ter than this you had better not come to
the store at all—just draw vour salary
and stay at home. Are you aware that
this is the busy season, the short period
when we are supposed to sell soo? If
you'll take a memorahdum of this fact, it
may help you a little when you see such
men as Brown of Nevada going into
Scrimmage’s. But the fact is we can't
blame Brown. He wants a live man to
deal with, not a wooden one.”
A hot flume leaped into the haggard
face of Pillikin,
‘‘See here, Mr, Hardscrabble,” he said,
“if you're not satisfied, tell me so, but
keep a civil tongue in your head. I don’t
allow any man to speak fn that way to
me."
“You don't, eh?" roared Mr. Hard-
scrabble, But Pillikin had turned upon
his heel and walked out of the offloe
more dead than alive. The flame ha
died out on his checks and left them
paler than before. His logs trembled
the stranger
ree ptr Mm room,
hoping that he would soon h
portunity of making known
When all this sobbing fell upon his car
was annoved and shoe ked, and
what to do Through a crevice
hat separated
AVE nn op
himself
ROAree
knew
from the dining room, he saw Jo P
sitting by the table, his head bowed
one pr "tty young woman
HIKID
$s
upca his hands,
sobbing on one of his shoulders, and a
still vounger and prettier woman dressed
in black sobbing on the other shoulder,
were innumerable chil.
Pillikin hastily dried his tears and com-
posed his features, and began to soothe
He took one of the pretty
women on one Knee, the other on the
them into calm,
“There, there,” said Jo, “don’t
But | couldn't help it.
I feel better now: but [ was never
completely broken up in my life.
I
i
rh ol
reli
| around next week
h
through
3
and
ine propor
ri epi Mi room,
1 man of f
I'm exces
any trouble
Pillikin
and,” said the
ir brother-in-l
About
} many
the
» errand |
Ivy embarrassed B
10
Nevada?
always !
oF
began to pace
Bit fasten 8B
young merchant
**I am really Brown of Nevada”
“Dear me! Isn't it wonderful-—strange
perfectly splendid? You'll stay just a
won't you! while I go and tell
stay here any v of
utes: and out glided
in as
the ¥
delicious a daze
oung
as
she was herself
“Jo, Jo.” maid the widow to her bro-
ther-in-law, raising his dejected head,
and shaking him energetically by the
shoulder; “Kate, my my dear
prepare yourselves, Don't let it
ome on you too suddenly.”
“Good heavens!” cried poor Pillikin,
leaping to his feet; “what has happened?
What 1s it now?"
““‘It's—it's not the Mr. Brown with the
11, Jo.”
“Who is it? What is
never come alone,
sister,
it? Misfortunes
I'm prepared for any-
$
“It'sit's—oh, Jo, it's Brown of
“Good heavens!” caid Jo, springing to
It has weighed
like a mountain of lead upon my heat
“And he didn't buy his goods of
Scrimmage; went there to meet a friend,
enough to share the burden. But
ought to have kept my temper.
ought to think of his family when
situation is at stake, and it was enough
‘‘Apart from the fact that you have
said poor
"
Nevada go into Serimmage & Co.'s,
Both the women started and turned
pale,
“Oh, Sue!” faltered the wife to her
sister—' ‘Brown of Nevada?"
“Oh, Kate!” gasped the young widow
0 the wife—‘'‘into Scrimmage & Co.'s!"
“Brown of Nevada!” they repeated to.
gether, shaking their hers mournfully,
“Yes, Brown of Nevada!” repented Jo,
also shaking his head mournfully, but
feeling consoled, in spite of himself, with
his family's appreciation of the disaster
that had befallen him, “This was the
drop that overflowed the bitterness of
my cup. Brown has always been my
best card. It was & pleasure to sell to
Brown. Most of these men would skin
i
your presence is a reprieve from all sorts
of miseries; but how the deuce did you
find me out”
“Why, one of your general salesmen
you and Hardscrabble had some words
about my going to Serimmage'’s. He said
you were so cut up about it, and didn't
appear to be well when you left the store,
so I thought I'd take a cab and come
over, It was a pleasant night—that is,
not a very pleasant night; but 1 hadua't
anything to do, but, hang it, I wanted to
come, and [ am glad 1 dl 1"
“So am I, Brown—God bless you, so
am 11" Then poor Pillikin, relieved of
the burden of doubt and wretchedness
that had oppressed him, and having there
representative of a worshipful amount of
trade—poor Pillikin gather together his
seattered dignity and self-esteem, and
began to discuss matters of business with
a serene and serious enthusiasm that be-
spoke the happiness of the occasion,
As for Brown of Nevada, he couldn't
keep his mind upon what Pillikin was
saying, he was so taken up with the rust
ling of drapery outside,
The two little women
around downstairs in the
upstairs in the dining-room
dren had their bread and
washed and put to bed;
down to the kitchen and
tie dishes, all in the twinkling of an eye,
their culinary perfection consisting in the
rapidity with which t Were
gether, clapped the
waiter, and hoisted to sister
flying
kitchen, and
The chil-
milk, and were
the widow flew
made some lit.
were
iw to
umb-
in t
whisked the
hey {re
and upon d
het
lies
i
Ee
i
who
dining-room above,
upon the tables, and whatawith the haste
and happiness and unexpectedness of it
all, when they rang the bell and invited
gentlemen to supper, there
dn’'t possibly be two prettier or more
wring women in the erse: and a
| more appetizing meal Br of Ne
ne out
if
ene univ
nl
r
I vi la
never saw nor tasted
From pitying Jo Pilli
vy him, How
together unsatisf
kin, h
hollow
actory
bachelor! particularly
The March
howled, the
| upon i
{ nothing
wind
March
3
anda
a
INN
i 5 entur
Have you
“1 have,” replied
“ Ah!" exclaimed ¢
triumphant glance
thouy
at
May I inqu
o#
fil
hx ick
much
Larsen o s thor
Wng vo were ther
Two and
wered the witness quietly.
is
i
three months.”
with a manner
law vy
YOars
5
interpreted by the
at an
{ that was
dicating chagris
P ure.
* Indeed,” said the delighted |
feeling his case already won ‘
was a heavy sentence. [I trust the jury
will note the significance of the fact
Now, sir, tell the jury where you were
confined.”
“In Andersonvill replied the old
man, drawing himself up proudly
There was a moment of silence, the
jurors looked at each other and then the
court-room rang with cheers which the
court officers were powerless to check
and in which some of the jury joined.
The too inquisitive lawyer hardly
waited to hear the verdict against him,
—{ Youth's Companion,
i
RHE .
wat Xpred 4
AW yer,
That
Stopped Just in Time.
At the Eurcka mine Gligo Terzich, an
Austrian, was returning from work at the
“76.” The trail was narrow, the moun-
tain side steep, and a hard crust was on
the snow. Stepping outside the path,
Terzich fell and began sliding down the
frightful descent head first. The crust
was such that it was impossible for the
man to make such an impression in it as
would enable him to stop and regain his
feet,
Finally, nearly 1,500 feet from the
th, he struck a fide bush, and grasp-
ng the limbs, held himself till his com-
panions came to his relief. Finding Ter.
zich's leg broken above the knee, the
companion broke the crust on the snow,
made a level place for the injured man
to rest, and went after aid. A lot of
men came to the rescue, carried Terzich
to his cabin, and called Dr. Kent, who
set the man's leg. The escape from death
was narrow, as only a short dis
tance below where the man ped is a
precipice, over which he would have gone
and been killed had the bush not stopped
his descent,
!
OF THE PRESS,
Not Expert
Had to Glve
It Tired Them-—Terrible
An Ever Memorable Day
It Up.
IT TIRED THEM,
“1 find it restful to talk
after writing,” said the rising
thor
‘It rests you,
does it
newspaper man,
© “It does very much,
“1 eall that curic
“Why?”
“Because it ha
effect on those
York Press,
VER MEMORAEBLS
wii
you know
DREAKING SWELLS,
The swells of mighty OUean
Are breaking on the shore:
Boon howling iid ik there, too,
As they Vi :
ACCURAT STATEMENT.
said
r. who
HYour arm misplaced, sir,
Amy, rebukingly, to young Hunke
had encircled her waist,
‘Yes,” ref
man, . 5
there |
is
vonung
base
“a, ud
died the unabashed
1 4 i * : a w
¥
A FEMININE PARADO
of Evelina's g
Is somewhat paradoxic
It « a hundred dollars
And yet it is illogical,
val
Although it has a perfect f
Upon her form ethereal,
one's justified in calling it
A waist of good material
DIABOLICAL.
Penelope—Do tell me, what did
Fay when you proposed to him?
Perdita-—That he'd be a brother
me
Penclope—Dear me,
brothers-in-law he has,
what jot
a
WHY THEY WOULDN'T Manav.
Miss Goldburg—-I wouldn't marry vou,
if you were as rich as Croesus,
Mr. Hardrow—Well, that's just the
rPHILOROPrPUY
Hef you didn't love me why did
ron marry me?
She-Well, when you proposed vou
said 1 was an angel, and Fa Bord that
people should marry their opposites,
(Judge,
A REBUKIK.
Rich Man-—Ain't you ashamed not to
be earning your bread by bard work in.
stead of begging?
Tramp-—Humph! You don’t even beg.
we Texas Siftings,
A HINT.
He asked: ‘Is there anything wrong in
a kins? :
“There is, indeed,” said the lovely mise,
Then dhe softly added, with checks
me:
“But ‘men steal them all the same.”
Nw Tork Press,
An Excursion Car.
» Compay is building
sXoursion Car the
, if it turns as
. ill solve an important prob-
in he company expects fo handle a
great many more people at the World's
Fair at han its ordinary passen-
ger equip nt To
i the emergency it is proposed
to construct a large number of cheap ex-
cursi which can be disposed of
ith as to the company after
To this end it has
been proposed to build a car body on an
ordinary gondola. The idea is to make
a sightly and comfortable car, but plain,
An experimental car is now being con-
structed, and if it is satisfactory a sum.
ber will be built. The car will be about
thirteen feet shorter than the standard
passenger car, and will seat about forty.
five people. The cost would be about
£850 to $1.000, against $5,000 to $6,000
for an ordinary passenger coach. The
idea appears to be a practical one, and is
boing worked out with great care. After
the fair the gondolax can, of course, be
utilized for freiglt trafic. In 1876 the
Pennsylvania Railroad made a mistake in
building a large number of cheap passen-
ger coaches, which could enly be utilized
on the branch lines and were of no prac.
tical value. {Ohio State Journal,
——
A Big Owl,
—————
PA. Morton, who lives a mile or so
south of town, caught a horned owl in a
steel trap one night last week that was a
giant of its species, measuring four feet
eight inches from tip to tip of the w
saye the Farmington (Mo.) Times,
nocturnal prowler had been making re.
quisitions on his duck pen, so he set two
steel traps for his owlship and succeeded
in capturing him. The trap was tied with
fifteen feet of rope, aod in his desperate
attempts to fly away the owl had knocked
several rails off the fonce. Mr. Morton
says it was the big bird of the kind
ka ever saw, believed it could
at
rh
OL
Chicago t
will accommodate
provide for
Mm CATs,
ca
w little Joss
" \
the fair as possible,
-
>
have carried off a pig or lamb, po