. SOMEWHERE, -
————_—
$here's a whisper in the branches of
the heaven rearing pines,
And a purple blossom smiling
behind the clinging vines;
the chatter of a chipmunk, as
he leaps from tree to tree,
the daisies yonder whisper:
“Come out here and play with
me.’
from
There's
Wiile
There's a path, a winding ribbon, just
the clover fields beyond,
That goes stealing through the mead-
ows to the distant pick’'rel pond;
There's the cool, dank, grateful shad-
ows; there's the lazy, droning
bee,
fancy
out here
“Come
me."
saving:
with
them a-s
and play
And 1
There's an orchard where the frag.
rance of the fields come lift
sweel,
the sod is velvet tenderness to
pavement weary feet
are without
from winging
blue,
ing
Where
There restraint,
to the
BONES,
songsters
throat
me and )
each feathered
of its song at
And
$s a quaint, old- fashioned i
with its peas and h
blushing, loving
flaming phlox;
old fashioned lady,
in hair,
There’
And its roses
pansies,
And a sweet,
a blossom
Winding in and
watchi every
her
out among
one with
18
fashioned lady, with
snow,
And the dear old-f
her crown of wavy
Beams a smile and hums a
as she patters to anc
it's oh, the
They're so much of life
For they've somehow found a
love song
fro.
i i '
dreaming
And
80 sweet
part,
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A THIEF'S DEBT
OF HONOR.
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int
from
recalled
when
to Verdugo,
authorities and ala
the Camino Real
mind was busy
stealthy prepa
ride over range and
The pre
cattle on
3
his pat.
more
dugo’'s
Was
nt some
rage, tributed
ated
elers
night
quie’, Almost
a foris-mile
with 252.000 on his saddle
cends of the season's
the ranch of old Judge Cantu,
ron and friend, he would
to send it the express
messenger, perilous ag
errand would be to himself
lleved he had guarded the
his proposed departure well; a brave
man, he was serene In hiz mind
The night was still and close,
an intangible hint of storm to
Valentin Rivas,
over some memoranda, was sudden'y
ptartled by a gentie scratching ai the
docs. He held his breath, and strain
ed his ears, stealthily laying his hand
on the butt of a heavy six-shooter
taal lay in the drawer at his side, A
rime
But
with
rations for
the
of
his
gale of
re
by
not venin
office
knew
He
BOC rot
to
he
with
come.
tense minute of ellence passed then
a whisper, cold, sibilant, penetrating
"Senor!"
Without a moment's hesitation he
snuffed out the candle on the table,
leaving the room in darkness but for
a sickly ray of moonlight slipping
through the small window,
Moving like a cat toward the door,
the pistol gripped in his hand, he fel:
for the heavy bar. The money was
in the house, and hia blood chilled
little,
“Quien es—who is it?” His whisper
was as low as that of the other,
The answer made him jump.
is I, Juan Verdugo-——be silent,
open quickly.”
In spite of himself, the lawyer's
heart contracted for an instant. As-
tounded, he made no answer,
“Senor, open, open at once or I go,
and your life is lost—open, for I come
my The cutting whisp-
trembled through the erack in the
panel,
“It
and
to pay debt
er
Valentin Rivas softly slid the heavy
bar ba and opened the door, know-
i the hazard, and feeling dim-
at his own ras The
of his pistol nearly brushed
dark figure that slipped in
through the cautiously
again swiftly and
hness,
Ff 4 Wol nlet
the ike
opened
barred
a4 snake
door, closed
with care,
The feX
faced Verdugo—
SAW
lawyer he
him-——
The
ather than
him
of the si
pre
I Wence 1
waited
for speak.
domi
to
tua
ion
for the moment its sinister possi.
ities,
“Senor,” whispered
ruptly, “it is known that you
start for Santa Ana this night. You
are to take with you $52,000 to send
Judge Cantu. You are surprised,
t? But if you go, you
they many tl
ab-
0
Verdugo,
are
111
will be
would
chicken
are nat
‘hey are
and
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be pl
the
“The ad ires
take the receipt
count the money
Bring
debt is paid.”
senor. It is well
door until I come
let thy servant say
gone, But on no ac
I relurn in two days
Silently as a panther,
slipped out into the
after you
the
the
and
ia
out
agent
packet me the re.
“EE bien,
side the
thyself in,
thou hast
be seen,
go!”
Verdugo
shut
that
an
Valentin Rivas stood Jong at the
little window, Unconsciously he stared
hard into the blackness. The moon
had set, and the wind was beginning
per In wide chimney. A
faintness that angered him, a hint of
He did
he did
result,
the
not regret what he had done,
not consclously fear for the
| yet, if anything did go wrong
With sudden fear he brushed away
from his mind the hideous train of
consequences. that seemed to assault
his ecurage in a thouzand ugly forms,
[
Shaken for an instant, he turned has.
tily to a decanter of brandy and with
trembling hand poured out and drank
half a tumblerful of the burning stuff,
Wearily he threw himself on the bed,
and, hours afterward, slept.
The next day and even the night,
passed not so badly. Knowing hie
need, all day and half the night, with
the heavy lash of his own grim de
termination, he drove himself through
an accumulated mase of the exhaust
ing details of his professional world
Spent and weary, he glept late on the
morning of the second day. But now
he could no longer force aside hls
anxlety-—his mind would drag back
from the tack before it, and the words?
on the written page before him seem:
ed solemn drivel. Desperately he
would pace the length of the room,
and desperately he would try again fo
force his attention to his work. That
same night Verdugo should come, and
as the day waned, with the wind
howling past the house and whining
down the great throat of the chim.
ney, mood would vary from black
dejection almost light-headed ela-
ti that end was Never
doubting the never-
the hideous of im-
minent ruin whi in his
As dark pt through the
nd-lashed rain, nervous tension
horribly acute-} of
his
sound, re
his
to ©
on the
y
really
near.
outcome,
thel phantom
spered distrust
Ness ore
his
became senfe
every
1ght nerves,
with pene-
blended
of
igh
-the
overwro
filled
No longer
eparate, defined
and whined and s
as
trating sount a
chord,
the storm ripped
ed through his tortured
cihlling shiver of the barred door,
hurried drip of waler roof,
the rush and wall of the
plain, the le, distant
little,
and the deeper
the 8 noises
CATS
the
from the
wind over the
10iges of riv.
ulets,
ed arroyo, all oi
tinctness and
daring to make
g
wore out
» dawn
road
Take
WAS
it now, for 1 go!
3
the
the lawyer took
light of a gcreened candle
through He turned to
“Juan Verdugo hast
and thou are a man of
debt ia more than
honor both hast
papers,
need it
rdugo
faith,
Thy
for and
gaved to me.”
Verdugo stood at the
mudstained. “Senor Licenciadd
I am Juan Verdugo, the lad
the highway robber. Say you the
paid in full? Then mark
well] will rob thee the first
chance | get!” And he was gone.
San Francisco Argonau),
Ve
kept
honor
lite
thou
paid
thoy
door, jaded
ron-
thee
The Way of i
President Roosevelt puts
good woman ahead of the
Stella
the really
soldier,
Bella-Humph! 8he's generally afl
ter him as well-<New York Sun.
a
The schooner Polly, now a coastsr,
is the oldest ship In the worl& that
makes regular trips afloat. Jt was
built for William Spear In 1305, and
seems as sound as ever.
TO WASH FLANNELS.
First of all cut up some of the best
yellow soap, and put into a saucepan
with about two quarts of water, and
ot it boll, Then have ready some
hot water, and pour the bolled soap
into it, with a few drops of ammonia,
Then take the flannels or woolen
goods and work them well about in
the water, aften rinsing them well in
lukewarm water, and shake them be
fore putting them to 4ry,
’
COLORS,
known that
gallon
of
soared mn
TO PRESERVE
It is not generally
spoonful of ox-gall in
water will the colors
any goods which are
fore washing; also, that
of lve in a pall of water
the color any good
in the rinsing will
pink or green
do for purple or blue
a
of
almost
it be
teacupful
one
ceeol
a
will improve
Vinegar
brighten
will
of black
water
goda
calico,
calico, and
the
dine
AMES.
mir
CARE OF THE PIC
The gilt frames
rors, if they
require
Just
wine
TURE FR
tire or
are not
regliding, may
a simple washing
Or 01] or tury
and,
liquid
then apply
small sponge,
either of these
and
thoroughly,
should not
order to dry
self, Gold
when the
and worn,
washing.
be careful to have
fect] clean With
ly
brush or duster rem
oe
it:
paint ¢
frames ar
and want
But before
wiped f
leave it
LE I
¢ somewhat
more than
appiyin
ple
gently wash
cored and
¢ eled
make ox
5
inch
be
teaspoonful
bake
whites
add »p salt
done
and
fast
top,
at of
vanil
sp
get in oven to 1
Chocolate Puffs.-RBeat
of two eggs stiff and dry, incorporate
three-quarters of a cupful of confec
tioner's gugar and a scant quarter cup
ful of malted chocolate (an ounce and
a half) Work in a little flour, just
enough to give the cakes body enough
to keep their shape, and bake in a
pan sprinkled with powdered sugar,
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| man
the case
Sober,
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a set
when
once ighly
mor
"pinks
worthy
earth
that they
gpell of
aan they are moved to co
wrong they did
have stolen
their thefts,
robbed or murdered
clean breast of the hor
long they
within the
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they
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President Lincoln, as all the world
once advised all of his gen
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! that Grant drank, and It strikes me
that it would not be a bad thing. as a
of temporary arrangement, to
| import a few thousand gallons of this
| Congo liquor to be religiously dealt
out to certain parties in our own
country.
The reveciations that would be sure
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“rings.” the life insurance pirates,
the gas men, and all the rest of the
dark and evil brood, might, under the
uplifting influence of the African bey.
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the
the
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