I NEVER SING. THE SONG As when in dreams we sometimes hear A melody so faint and fine, And musically swe It flavors all the atmosphere With harmony divine So often in my waking « and clear, reams I hear a melody that seems Like fairy voices whispering To sing. me the song I never Sometimes when brooding o'er the years My lavish youth has thrown away, When all the g But as a mirage that my tears Hav Ithrill t Of my remorse i owing past appears e crumbl y find the ache and pain ed again, listening As forward bent I hear the song I neversing Amurmnuring of rhythmic words, Adrift on tanes whose currents flow Melodious with the thrill of birds And far off lowing of tl In lands of long ago; And every sound the truant loves Comes to me like t When first in blooming fiel I hear the song I never sing he « The echoes of old voices, wound In limpid streams of laughter where Theriver Time runs bubb e crowned, And gid und The lilies growin Where roses, ben ly eddies ripple x : there; } e brink Drain their And ivies cli About the song I never sing own kiss they drink, » and cling An ocean surge of sound that falls As though a tide of haaven! pl Had tempested the gleaming h t hall And crested o'er the en walls In showers up heart Thus, thus, with open ¢ Uplifted te the : with made tion at refreshe to trot of the his feet He pass man fare the n his way to the Tucking hi and carryin he led place, mot long before hi for ile valley leagues away to tl seemed to meet the it from the were no not a tree ie south, lunes REBaRL- lunes separ west ot i any @ movit f. Well these ither hastened on. ay re the he knew that later in great very nozzle of the bellows through which he trade pt, and toward evening a terror to travelers from the fog that rolled in from en- veloping, drenching and bewildering them so it was folly to continue their journey. They must stop where they were until ti next morning, | i he Sniinags Dinkins we ae Willis Swe the sen, the the welcome trade winds once more arose and drove the fog away in fan- tastic clouds over the mountains, It was the good priest's intention to cross the plains and reach the ranch of Don Manuel on the Gabilan, where he would pass the night, sure of a kindly welcome and good cheer. But about noon, suffering from heat, fatigue and the pangs of hunger, he bethought himself of a shepherd who tended the sheep of Don Manuel, joles most deliciously. hut, and a short distance away the flock S80 the priest turned from his coarse, and soon reached the shepherd's hut. He sat down on a bench by the door until he recovered his bréasth, Then put. ting his hands to his mouth, called loudly, “Pedro! Oh, Pedro!” The sheep were huddled together in groups, heads to the ground, their wooily backs resisting the heat of the sun. At his call some Lf#ted their heads, but the shepherd did not rise Father Gaspard expected. Instead, the black head of a shephesd dog lifted itself on the further side of the flock. Then cireling around it, he came bounding and leaping toward the priest. On reaching him he ran around and around, barking, jump- ing and trying to lick his face, Father Gaspard laughed and said: “Is 1t thou, Domingo? This n cordial greeting, but where is thy master, Pedro? Is the sluggard asleep in the grass?’ The dog showed all is | his teoth, and bent himse'l almost double first | side the other in the violent wags { his tail. He ran a little way, then lay down and rested his head on his one ol paws an instant, then ran up to the again, yvelps. He repeated this again again, but the priest | laughed the dog took hold { gown with his teeth, and backing off tried to pull him along. { **Oh. well, then; coms” | priest indulgently, and followed doz, who trotted toward a clump of tall grass, looking back every few | steps to see if Father Gaspard was close behind. “*Is it a fox hole thou wouldst show me? Or only a squirrel’s? Oh, it the lazy shepherd. Awake, said the priest, reaching down shake the prostrate form, bat started back, for it w that of a omitting sharp, quick and only his priest as of said the '1 tl 16 is Pedro!” to he 18 not t sleeping man, but a dead one. | “How is this?" cried Father Gas- | pard, in distress. ‘Pedro dead! and | of what ailment?” | He turned tl | hast lain her: Pedro. | rotted thy face. ne Hho offensive And who paws, turned around eral times, lay down y sleep self up went t sr Gaspard watched this wan- on the part of the doz witli 1 then, too weary to set up longer, he entered the hut, and on the shepherd’s bed of grasses slept the sleep of fatigue and innocence In the morning he was awakened by the barks the dog and the tramp of the sheep as they driven out to graze. After eating the remains of the beans and meal cake he sat on the beneh and won- dered what was best to do Should he remain there and guard the flock from the dog. and await someones coming, to send word ts Don Manuel, ‘or should he hasten himself to the ranch and have a shepherd sent | with other dogs. | He felt a cold nose on and Jooking down saw wagging a cheerful good | Father Gaspard pushed and said: SLross of Wore i i i morning, him aside red with the blood of that innocent i lamb. No wonder thou disdained the frijoles I offered thee for thy supper, Thou shalt be dealt with according { to thy erime, death for i shot, an ignominious i i a { dog. i {deag out a miserable life in the | mountains, like the thievish coyote, | and like him be hated and hunted It is a true saying that once n sliep- he is never more to be trusted, worse than the thirst of men wine.” Domingo sat on his haunches bo- for 1 | tore the prieat and listened to thi tirade, his head on one side, his ey fixed on those of his denunciator and his tongue lolling out mouth, except when the paused, then he drew it Qi ii lowed pointed forward and back priest to the sheep eyes would roll toward the flock the little brown epots above seamed also to Ever alert, he now dashed away to see if they were safe, Father Gaspard grasped his sta and arose to go, hoping to reach ranch and send a shepherd back fore night, Suddenly a thou struck him, and he sat down again. “* What would have keptthe dog starving since the died, if he had not eaten a lamb now and then, Yes, it had to be, for the good of the flock the dog must b fed. He kilied the lamb quietly, alarming the rest.’ Father Gaspard name, and when he stroked his head ten lerly. “ Domingo mio, I was overhasty and have done thee injustice. Dost forgive me fo y blindness and we . i8 from and them the move on the } i Jide ait from shepherd Yer Dy nning up called him CARIN malice Thou needst no forgiveness, harsh w in thy honest words to expr face 84 thy is shown in thy clear brown eyes the YOO I will and thou shalt dogs. Thou art have kn Thou and will stro he tell HOW GRANT WHEELER DIED Bandit Chose Suicide Rather Than Captivity. A Notorious inridge, Railway Williams we the train to throw up his i and started i the tr HH revolve hedd . ns, ads v ho Tmime liately Wheeler was 27 Mams ler w VEArs but himself and um stature in build His confederates in train robbery are still at large h there an even chance of ure. After they looted the separated, each, it is sup- posed, different routes to avoid capture. When Wheeler's per. was searched after death but 30 cents was found in his pockets. A peculiar incident connected with the robbery was the fact that the bandits, when iaying their explosives on the safe, piled over them eighteen sacks, each contaicing one thousand Mexi- ean dollars. The terrific explosion scattered the coin in all directions. of med ath thou their capt train they is taking son Ready for the Cholera. Two years ago there was an out. break of cholera in France, and in- | structions were forwarded to the maire of a certain village to take all necessary precautions as the epidemic was rapidly spreading At first our worthy magistrate did not know what to do. After n while, he reported that he was | ready to receive the dread visitor. Upon inquiry being made, it was dis. covered that by his orders a sufficient number of graves had been dug in the local cemetery to bury the entire par. ish if required. | however, A Marine Velocipede. Last winter a young Chicago gon. ius took out a patent for an ice bicycle and now there is another at work ou a marine bieyele. A machine of this | nature hag been patented within the | lnat fow weeks by a New Orleans j wan. He calls ita marine velocipede. ABOUT THY BLUE JAY, A Handsome Bird Which Is a Bully and a Coward. From tall, straight chestnut trees a strong, sounds afar jay! j about ay note moves falling successively from but stant spots. mischiey yus of lig- him the on wings and tail, brilliant 1 tail, pale throat black col ue crest guisnes once; 80 QO bars blue win arries a ment front of large bir jhe toget] WLR, They bore i cat or a as if they would | | crow to tl tyrants i the fee from cases they | The card i and beat h | a much sma { as with men even | OFS n lon creeps = lently | birds, will go the | nest to anoth » rou r avery | the newly laid eggs i a physician would call uj tients, But the advantage \ | ways on his side, for on his return he sometimes finds ns nest upset, the eggs all gone and his mate in the jaws of a snake, fl- CUSTER'S LAST FIGHT. His Force Overwhelmed By Sitting Bull's Braves. Oa June 25 Custer struck Sitting Bull's main trail and eagerly sued it across the divide Little Big Horn vailey. Expecting battle, he detached Major Reno with seven of his twelve companies to cross the Little Big Horn, descend it, and strike the foe from the west; but Reno was soon attacked and held nt bay, being besieged in all than twenty-four hours. Meantime, suddenly coming upon the lower end gallant Caster and his braves, with- out an instant’'s hesitation, advanced into the jaws of death. Balaklava was pastime to this, for here not one “rode back.”” "All that was left of them,”” after a few minutes, was some 200 mostly unrecognizable corpses, Finding himself outnume bered twelve or more to one-the 1n- dinns mustered at least 2.500 war. riors, beside a caravan of boys and squawg~Custer had dismounted his muinly on two hills some way apart, the advance one held by 11s other by Captains houn, ar dearly. uttering stampeded ’ § Keorh an many horses, which earried ofl munition in their sadd ing up just behind ari rise quic drop, eX} drawing Ci ss of whites’ ammunit dismounted SAVUZES Tose whooped like the while the ponies, charged with sing themselve ister’'s fire, so causing sorely ne eded bullets ion spent fired, demons they were, mounted ones, lashing their fintite IFSEER ES in venom overwhelmi Calhoun and and lastly Custer himself. bovs then A Wionolith for Washington's Birth. place. THE REAL TROUBLE. Why Kingley Did Not Like His Now Home. il the h Miles of Solid lce. show below the ile a third unmeasured por. buried moraine itus, that is constantly deposited at the foot of it. Therefore, were the rocky detritus cleared ion is beneath the detr water and away, a sheer precipice of ice would be presented nearly two miles long and more than a thousand feet high, the fiord, it seems comparatively regular in form; but it is far other wise ; bold, jagged capes jut forward into the fiord, alternating with deep re-entering angles and sharp, craggy with plain bastions, while th innumer- able spires and pyramids and sharp, hacked blades leaning and toppling, or cutting straight into the sky. A Hint to Husbands. A significant occurrence is reported from Louisville. Matt Schmidt had occasion to stay out later the other night than usual, and his wife, whe is a nervous woman, became very She locked up the house tightly and went to bed, and the bell, and as there was no re His wife was apparently sleeping peacefully, so he went to bed. lnothe morning he discovered that she had heard him trying to get in, and it had frightensd her so that she had entirely lost the use of her voice, 1b is to be fearnd that there will now be an epidemic of men com. ing home late and frightening their wives by forcing the door. Possibly, however, it may not have the same " An Unfortunate Admission, “You began practice in Arkansas, did Yes," replied surest 11 Vota He Was Ezrning Big Money, “How much you say ds boss 7" To Cleanse the System Famiivy Diflerences Everyone Munews il en Mauyinfinesers Combine to Redase Health dma inger Toni revivin Very Pane rte ame these iis, et leave Yes, sir, Professor... 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