At Evening Time, give me one of thy dear to hold, Take thou my breast; hands Love, Now sing to me that song we of old low, about our little The when ripe ard in ry WAS ( the 3 ankle 5 were heen working thing io ¢ IEe Of sum- us no frall Die flowers, n 32525252525 5252525252525 RUNNING THE : GAUNTLET. §25252525252525252525 7252525252525 15e5e5eses 5e5¢ i cage Fst it the On ti the room loor and enter two hundred enty-five floor. It to make bles Wn various hues and ent stages of incomplete temporary arrangen processes of the work were on in the great unpartitioned on this floor and the floor below, Satisfied that all was well he shut the door and was turning the key, when his ear caught a muffled explosion below. Celsus barked loud: ly. Taree jumps took the watchman to the foet of the stairs. He unlocked the door, sprang into the room, and switched on the electric lights, Already the third floor was on fire! From a table along the eastern wall came a cracking and snapping. As Mclean turned his eyes that way a rocket started with a loud whir, and whizzed across the room, scatteriag its flery train over tae other tables and disappearing through the window with a jingling crash. In a little glass-partitioned count. ing-room at the other end of the build. ing was an alarm box. The watch. man ‘might have gone down to the next floor and rung in from there, but that would have wasted precious seconds; in a fireworks factory tangs happen quickly, Heedless of his own safety, he ducked his head, and scurried be- tween the tables toward the office. Celsus bounded In advance, barking furiously, his hair bristling. Bven then there was no small risk, for fireworks were beginning to explode broa i. OCCU took aim ab his ro with nds atre colored paper fireworks in differ P88 ent most of carried there, # ing of roc crackers, smaller Bunches pandemonium jeafening to ther into a Hino been have Whang! against the The im 1e¢ im tin close to 1 pact of a rocket hia left vibrating uader his fin. bang! A giant cracker exploded the not feet away, and the struck his calves like a blow from a club. He trod through several bunches, snapping round his ankles like spiteful puppies. His feet struck against all sorts of debris, exploded and unexploded, swept from the ta bles by constant explosions. The can was falrly heavy, and when Mcl.ean’s arms became tired bearing its welght, he let it rest party on the top of his head. The great trouble with his suit of armor was that it had no peep-holes. All the light that reached him was a lurld duskiness reflected from the floor. Now and then The banged against a table, brought up all standing, and was obliged to change his course. But he was making very fair progress when an unexpected calamity befell him. A mine of red fire ignited under his feet. Up puffed a mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke, pungent, irritating, blinding. The suffocating fumes in. stantly filled the inverted can, rush ing Into the watchman's eyes and nostrils, until he could neitaer see nor breathe, At any cost, McLean must free his lungs; already he was strangling, He threw off the can, and stood un- get tae meta ger-tips. Crash! dynamite floor shock on throe the mids bom § 8-8-8 Bang Boom! Bang! bang! WHH RUNNING A FAST TRAIN. Means Used in Preparing the Sched ule of a New “Run” on Our Railroads. at sig hag anything nal towers, an fo do wit} sees to it that it moves on surmountabl time, unless me in stacle intervenes, in order to accustom enginemen to of speed, test runs with fre degree a train of like composition are quently made in advance of the in auguration of a train of exceptional speed. These tests disclose the even ness or unevenness of the track, the relative effect of curves or the steadi: ness of the trains, and the degree of Passeager in Har Colin Studds, Eastern Agent Pennsylvania Railroad, per's Weekly. The Man On the Steps. They were going to the matinee, She was up in the boudoir putting on finishing touches and he was sitting impatiently on the front steps. “George,” “Just one minute more my gloves.” Fifteen minutes passed. “George,” came from above, “walt another second. I've lost my pin” Twenty minutes slipped by. “George,” she continued, “don't go. One moment. A button just jumped off my shoe.” Long silence. wearily: “Hurry a little, Bthel. If you get down in another five minutes we can make the evening performance. Mat. inee's over long ago.”-Chicago News, until I find Then George calls One of the features of Jeypore in India is the wonderful Sambur salt lake. other Every Compags Dun belp hin Wiser of the north Dumley compass - § v ed to go east, adelphia Ledger. CAUTIOUS “Yes,” sald Miss Passay, “Mr has called upon me several lately, but he always brings young man with him.” replied Miss Pert, “I about him. He's terribly cautious and just hates to be proposed to."-Philadelphia Press other “My dear,” INCIDENTAL. “The new congressman seems to be of fellow, but 1 put oa that forced, when he shakes with his constituents.” “You mustn't mind that, It's mere ly one of the cortortions incident to the struggle he thinks he has to make to hold his Job." Chicago Tribune, wish he wouldn't A REAL OLD ACTOR. Jenks-—Your father was an actor, you say. Bragg-Cortainly; dian, you know. Jenks<-Funny [| never heard of him. He played Hamlet, of eourse? Bragg--8ure! He originated sart.~<Philadelphia Press. 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