x sphere of life. There was not one of ber many admirers smongst Herr Rudolph's clientele who could boast that he had received more encourage- ment than another. It was perhaps this latter fact that added to the general consternation when there appeared upon the scene a new customer who, from the very out- set, appeared, in the jealous eyes of the habitues of the place to distance all competitors in the passage to My ra’s favor. He was a young man of ele- gant attire, stalwart figure, and an air that bespoke considerable of an ac- quaintance with worldly things. He dropped in by chauce one evening, within ao hour of closing time, and Myra waited on him. He enered in- to an interchange of remarks, aod, to the astonishment of five or six of the “boys, ’ wh ssatover in another eor- ner smoking, she appeared to evince anythiog but a distaste for his conver- sation. When he left, he bade her a smiling good-night, and expressed an intention to call again, And he did call again—many times, And the oftener he came the longer be stayed as the conversations with Miss Myra were extended far beyond the limit allowed to the most favored of ber old friends. The jealousy of these old friends was passionate but ineffective. They reproached Myra for her conduet, in her new admirer’s absence, but she turned aside their sallies with the same air of dexterity with which she parried advances of all sorts. Bhe did not discontinue her cordial treatment of the stranger, and his visits to Rudolph’s became more and more frequent. MYRA'S EMPLOYER. Rudulph’s was a suug little restau- rant situated in the heart of the busi. ness portion of the city, but so hidden away io a wves. of obscure crose- streets and alleys as to make it a difficult spot for one unacquainted with the .eighborhuod to discover, The furuishiogs were simple almost 10 plainvess, but the interior was al- ways warm aud comfortable, and the atmosphere wild ana cheerful. The bill of fare couwived pothing of elaborate order, but the provender that Herr Rudolph set before his guests was, though simple, the best in the market. The proprietor Herr Rudolph, was a rather mysierions personage. He was a grave, benevolent-appeariog lit tle man, with » smooth bald-head, a habit of 1ncessently wiping bis gold. rimmed spectacles, as he chatted with a patron, To such of his customers— and he had wany regular ones who boarded with him from year to year— as wade hap-bazerd inquiries of him as to his autecedents and life history, he preserved an air of geoial re. ticence, parrying their ioquiries anroitly without losing offense. It as, of course, well known that he bailed originally from the Fatherland bit his manner and speech were alike ind cative of an extended residence in this land of liberty and intellectual enlightment. Yet, though to a ocer- tain extent Americanized, the “Herr” adhered to him; as “Herr Rudolph” he » as known in the neighborhoods aod spoken of in his absence. The majority of Herr Rudolph’s Two or three of the students took it regular customers were studenta from | apon themselves to speak of Myra's the big college building fn the next | new acquaintance to Herr Rado) h block, They constituted as reckless, : Xp lighthearted, careless, indifferent, and with sun hy 0 2 prophesies, ; ' | endeavored to point out to him the blithesome a set of fellows as the unwise course she was pursuing. average college can produce. They | Tye complainants, it is to be feared came and went at all hours of the day, ’ : experienced not a little gratification depleting Herr Rudolph’s nourishing | on behelding the effect of their remarks Marder with a prodigality that brought : : . re ; upon mine host. He professed indif- him his reward for the unceasing ef. ; : : : ! ; h erence, but it was easy to see that it fuite made by him to fittingly provide Ll : for their wants, With tbe students Was titel, It Was 00% UW be suppos. : : ed that Herr Rudolph had wot notie- Rudol | it p Herr Rudolph was as poputar - aa ed the advent of the strainger, but his was possible for a man in his position |. oo ih Myris bad, to be. | extent | the companion of their idle afier-sup- | |to him. He rarely moved from his | per moods, and was as ofien the re- | post at bis little counter except to occasionally pace the floor in so ab- appar= | He was made, to an cipient of their confidence as the butt of their jokes. He submitted to their stracted fashion, as was his wont, his hands clasped behind him, and his | eyes fixed upon the floor. But if the WAS going good-humored pleasantries with the same grace that he respected their confidences, preserving always a cour | 1 0tion of what Y | de- that separat on teous deportment, and never for caused him soy inward uneasiness, he from the young men who brought it to his And if he failed to do 80, was sorely not his fanlt, Matters had progressed in this way Herr | dolph was made the recipient of some- ty of his establishmeet ia the eyes of | thing z resembling a stroke of paralysis, bis younger guests. The table offices by the appearance of a stranger at the | were pei formed by four young girls, | restaurant, one evening, at the hour who were assisted at regular meal | po, Myra usaally set out for home time by as many more from the out minute crossing in the slightest aid his best to eonceal the fact gree 'he social boun ary ed purveyor from patron. Herr Rudolph's “hel He evinced great tact, | decided that this feature would serve to enhance the populari- notice. p'’ was all {ome nine, when he | for several weeks, when lu. | The young mau passed a civil remark side who were merely brought in ®s | 2bout the weather, sat himself down “subs” to tide over the rush. Asonly in & chair near the door, and asked one member of Herr Rudolph’s staff | | carelessly if Myra was ready. What | iswespecislly concerned in this narra- | gr... Rudolph would have replied | tive, t 10 will never be known, because Myra ker companions, The young persou | appeared at that instant, nodded = Myra. good-night to ber employer, placed a Of course, she was the prettiest of | very neatly gloved hand upon the the lot. She was a plump litle per- | arm of her escort, and vanished grace. son of, perbaps, 18 years, with the | fully through the door. rare combination of a faxen head jut Herr Rudolph's astonishment hair and a pair of snapping, wicked | was nothing to the indignation of his | blsck eyes. No one knew whence she | regular patrons when they were aware esme, except that she had appeared | of what had transpired. None of on daty about a year before. If any | them would bave dared to seek a on had bad the presumption to ques- | privilege of this sort, and their resent- tion her about herself, the resalt of | ment at its having been sought aod sach questioning was not known. The | secured with such apparent ease by sternness with which Herr Rudolph | the new-comer was boundless. had repelled the solitary young man | The culprits were not at all abash- who bad sammed vp courage enough | ed by this, for the performance was to ask hiro abc ut Myra, bad Drivers | repeated a few evenings after that, ed any imitation of his offense by the | and pretty soon became a regular others. As for Myra herself the gen. | thing. Five evenings out of six the eral run of the boys idolized her; they | interloper strolled into the establish- made a sort of a petof her, and scram- | ment within a few minutes of closing bisa art Tnpate} it the Pivlege of | Yon tod ier wait carried ning st the particu ar table over | . which «te presided. Of course she| Any one who had taken the trouble had to submit to» good deal that | to watch Herr Rudolph closely dur youug WOunen in her position are ing the nex: to weeks, would bave woally subjeciel to, but if she exper | noticed that his demeanor lost a good it 18 not necessary describe | in question Was Of ance with his charge. done Myra ani me { I do not mind telling | deep an d LB h {ever known, Myra and wish to ’ | it | the | He apparently became | his hones | fi {the young man bade him good night | jones d soy wi noyance thereat, her manger did not show it. She was as werry Ae a crich eb, as contented-ap- pearing as she was neat, and had » deal of the genial serenity which had heretofore been its distinguishing fea- tare. His laugh was less boistrous and he hy, his gait less spirited and smile and cl eary word for everybody. Bat anything in tne way of attention oatside of her regular round of duties, Myra parried with a dexterity that would have done credit to a young seli-a live, and his geoeral behav- ior anything but that of a cheerful ‘man. His young patrons fe this among themsel thom railed amivin 4 fre ance was, to 8 certain extent, their own. They knew he loved Myra like a father, and felt a good deal the same | way themselves, Que day Myra did not come to her work at all, whi ‘h, for ber, was some- thing altogether new. She was a model of punctuality, and her em- ployer did not know what to make of it. What he endured that day it will do no good to enquire into, bat on the following morning, when Myra walk- ed in, a sudden impulse prompted him to follow her into a little room where she was divesting herself of her wraps, close the door, und ener into conver- sation with her. A few moments af terwards the girl emerged suddenly, with angry tears coursing down her cheeks, and went silently about her duties, while Herr Rudolph, beaving a deep sigh, followed agit, His effort to gain her confidence bad been dis- tinct failure, Myra wenf home early that even. ing, and a% a consequence, her new friend met with =» disappoiatment when be made his appearance as th. clock struck eight. The little restau rant was empty, with the exception of its proprietor, who was tolling over a comfortable pile of bills on his little marble desk. With the same impulse that prompted him to question the girl, Herr Rudolph pow addressed himself to thefyoung man. In polite terms he informed him that no possi ble good could come of his acquaint He told bim of the girl's friendless position, alone in the city, without friends, and without money—himself her only protector, and asked him if he would not be generous enough to let the girl go on her way unmolested. There was a manly sparkle in his eye as he closed his remarks with the assertion that in | him Myra bad a faithful protector— | one who would note any wrong done | {hard times The several to her, and resent it as his own. yOUDZ Man Was for minutes after Herr Radolph had ceas ed speaking, then he acewered him in | quiet tones with a ring of allied man. liness and courtesy in them: I appreciate what you have told me, be said, and itis now your turn to listen to me. I give you silent my word done at our acquaintance, you have a deep iujustice you-—~for she has told me how good you have been to ber —that my regard for her is as mest as any that I have To speak plaioly, I] ve marry her Herr Rudolph's face was ns ex a8 be looked the convinced press ness as a stone, young man straight in eye, ty io that brief scratiny, for | he | apologizes bowed gravely to the youth and d for what he had said. A ww moments more passed, and then and left. Myra was on doty the next morn- | ing aa usual, and Herr Rudolph lost no time in seeking her out. He went up to her, possessed himsell of both | her hands: Forgive, my child, he said. [ did thee wrong, dest, he t sinking for a momest into paternal way of speaking, breaks my heart to think of have been good to thee, have I not? You have, Herr Rudolph, snswer- ed the girl in a half wisper It greived me to think of thee doing that which was not right. I have watched thee grow from child to wo- man, each day adding to thy beauty | wen his and on oid, it | i. | able to knaw out, an l arv gry, | sumed, me love him, but I eanvot, eannot— bow ean I when? Bending down over her closely, Herr Rudolph looked into ber eyes long and earnestly, What he saw there had a remarkable effect, for the next moment he bad But why go into details? — A] —— A QUEER INCENDIARY SCHEME. I haves plan that will help us out. It is a last resort, and desperate, I know, but it is safe. The speaker was a well fine looking man, apparently not older than 80. His cold, gray eyes, aquiline and rather prominent nose and heavy chin were the unmistakable indi ces of a calculating, bold and resolute character. He spoke to a man of at least 50 years, neat in ap- pearance, but whose face betrayed soxiety and discouragement. The words were spokes in a down town Broadway restaurant, near mid- night, as the men desciibed took seats at a table toward the rear of the room, in front of & mirror in which a reporter saw them, The newspaper wan bad lunched and was reading a novel. A partition concealed him from the strangers vision, Well what is it asked the older man, after the drinks had been set before them, It is, as I said, a desperate scheme, but It will put us on our feet again. I do not see any other way for us to avoid a failure from which we canuot recover. What is the plan. There is an insurance of $14,000 on the stock sod the building. The speaker paused but his com- panion did pot speak. They eyed | | each other intently and the younger | man continued in a subdued voice We have stood by each other in You have paid for insurance policies for many | | years. If the store should bappen to | burn and there were no before this, evideno the fire was not accidental, w | start | Bat accidental when they ought, and oul anew io I will not consent to any such thir ently, been a matter of little interest | (hat in looking in the way you have 84 YOu are driving at. Ys 8 y You are You lacur risk, But thiok of it. verge of ruin on need not Y 308 anythiog to war will be to Kes p silent, an i the b ertain night fere. Intrust iisness wholly to me. Un a « a small box ar would be placed in the cell d paint gl and ET | : 130 BO Among 1s 81 1 Where Yo hod Lh L Of lowD i home to y in ashes y damaged fo could me « and bave fair sail {ot if id rather ud If the attempt is even y g tod we would be state prison. disgraced, we I than try your s wou heme, Put confidence in me, persuasively vd will urged ihe Younger man, al you will be in no peril and you not regret your trust What would be in the box? of cheese stuch A mouse, R nearly full appear. ng, and some n piece of matches, the heads oil soaked Com i be hun The mouse will cheese and bustibles, ne getting the i a The box will quickly be will attack | & mal h. | fire and the flames will spread like flash aod before the burning is on covered the box will have been con Then there will be no evi dence. The fire would dressed, | i AN UNBIASED OPINION. Little Nellie said ber prayers ove nigt before Christmas and concluded: 0, Dod, blest paps avd mamma and b'ess my brover George, who is away at school and briog bim safe home so he can give me a nice present and take we out on his sled, amen. That is saying two words for your- self nnd one for George, said mamma, i A few days ago the little girl went | with her mamma to hear Sam Jones, that be might be employed on an What do you think of Bam Jones, | 200usl sod bresk down, Nellie? she was asked that eveniog, | I fink he is saying two words for | “chemist of the Alphs Oil Company, Bam Jones nod one for Dud, answered | of Port Barocia, Ont, is a youog lady, the little miss with great earnestness and gravity,—~ Kansas City Star. A AII———— CURIOUS FREAK OF AN OWL. Conductor Prescott, of the Lowell system of the Boston aod Maine road had a passenger on the 7.00 run from whom he could poteollect a fare from The road for which he works de- ‘un adopted daughter of Mr. is something io the east winds of Boston that stimulates her brain, Frank R. Biocktn, the novelist, #nid recently that he first worked on the Philadelphia Post and found the work not very hard, Then he went to New York as a writer of short editorials on » weekly called Hearth and Home, aod he found the work there much harder, Then he tried Scribner's Mouthly, where the work became harder still, aod be feared The Bafety Valve says that the Hall» | Hall, whose process of refiniog is in | | use in the establishment. Bhe is very skillful in her profession, and recent ly succeeded in snalyzing the oils | treated atthe works, by means of a |spark from a Bunsen battery in an spparstus of her own design. She Boston to Arlington Toesday night | mands that fares be collected for each | passenger, bot Mr, Prescott will not lose his position for this one oversight of the rules. The passenger was an owl, an ordinary, every day owl, sod could furnish neither a fare nor a pass. It was between North Cam- bridge Junction and Lake street that the passenger got aboard. He pot & particular owl, and so con. tented herself with a position on the head of the eogive, above the headlight. That was about fourteen minutes past 7. The train ran on to and was accomplished the separation of the . | earbons into grains while collecting the gases in separate chambers. Harriet Beecher Bowe is intensely | interested in the ministerial work of | ber sen, the Rev. Charl s Stowe, who has a choreh in Hartford, Conn., Mr. Arlington, making all the usual stops | | and noise, and still the owl sat | AL Arlington the engine changed sods with the train, but did not tam round itself. The work of switching | backward and forward did not cause | the owl | the i would i | splendid shape. | fires do not come |8od then the train crew, consisting of | C ' Engineer Blood, { esCa ped assign | | his pgre any uneasiness, and when engine was ready to make the {return trip to Boston he still manfully vos | | held his position and continned his refusal to pay his fare, At 8.10 the train reached Boston, Prescott Newhall ww and Parker gah wdauclor Fireman and Brakemen Love] aod attempted to make the « red about his position. The conductor reach | wiih ing f a eck iro used, and Was i now tl NOTA BLES x vis Kossuth is in Europe, hesitalest man | He is 86, nine-tenths of me amoog the children i} wae ow Small says that h Sam the rows al | are started by the girls i Bis privat credited with of ek in inst year, Senator Cockrell is having used three gallons correspondence Creorge Us aid s Ihe 5 his fathers ir wears 6-7-8 hat, while that 1 6-1.4. get such a | himself a ship builder. Bismarck bas boycotted James Gor don Bennett's CAble company becadse | | James Gordon Benntt's Paris paper | abused Busmarck. still. | | “Sidoey Luska,” | few nights since he appeared {own defense before a society of Jewish young | heroes and heroines of all is not, wl expisio | | he finds it impossible to | Btowe is a Congregationslist, with radi. | cal tendencies. He is a stroog preach. er and his mother, who is now an old and feeble womau, finds ber greatest | pleasure in life listening to his sermons. | His church | Mrs | what may be the weather, the famous writer of *Uacle Tom's Cabin” distance from. Stowe’s house, but i sOme no matter never fails to occupy her pew on Sanday toorting. Harry Harland, the young gentle. man who writes over the pen name of bas been accused of being unfriendly to the Jews, and » in his in Now York. The amusing part of this accusation is that men Mr. Harland writes so enthusiastially the his novels those who only of the Jewish race, and makes of that faith know him by his wriliogs supposed He old even that of course that he wus a Hebrew hawever, but comes of New Y« He did not marry into the race he ich His wife is the M: an rk family. admires so of wo daughter rriman, 8 wellko What ab aut & boy who bal ind take up wil rade or a Look ar you 1 the quesLion 1s He wu gort | speedily answered 81 Cast his hook into any a pond, and take such fish as may easily be caught. H« He work in the brick yard to-day, aod in the harvest field tomorrow. He does he drudgery and gels the pay of is a sort of tramp. way the His wages are so 8 pall thet iay drudge. up a | dollar, and af ortnight of idleness will see him end is larger thao | | ging himself wearily along, | i dead broke. The other night | saw a man drag CArrs ng of Gould pere is only a {a pick cn his she alder. Tired, Joho? More so than soy horse in Detro't, What do you work at? Sometimes | work for I am a digger. | for gas © ND panes, bat oftener The Marquis of Ailsa is the only | plumbers. nobleman in Scotland who can style | For years the and thou art pow as dear to me as | start the store would be very likely to | marquis has carried on a business of any child of my own could be. Bat | the young man looks good, and true, brave. He told me last night that he loved thee well and would marry thee if he could. The girl bung her head aud said nothing. Herr Rudolph’s voice trom- bled a little as he went on. And thou wilt wed him, child, wilt thou not? Myra's answer was a sudden burst of tears. Then all at once she lifted her graceful young head and ejaculat- ed: No, I will not! Oser Herr Rudolph's face there swept a sudden light. And why? he whispered, ashamed of his eagerness, as he noticed bow the girl trembled. Myra, placed a very pretty hand lightly upon his coat sleeve, and re- plied, I have told him that I cannot marry him, Herr Ru , because | do not lowe him. He is n brave fel: hip poe oad . mau down who insulted me—though he bade me never tell of that—and that is how we became friends. Yet, he was not woman in a much more e'evated all sympathized with him. Higrer contented, and said he would make | gO. | night the box was hidden, A novel ides, said the older man, | lord's school keeps or nots evidently relenting, yet looking very | letter to » Philadelphia friend that | she is a constant rheumatic sufferer, grave; we'll think it over well before we take such a step. It's perfectly safe, I tell you, re joined the schemer. You stay in New | York a few days and let me go back and do the job, Thea you will be | safe from suspicion. I would not have mentioned it to you if I had not fear. ed you might discover the box and give the thing away, After a few minutes of silence the men drained their glasses and left the place. —New York Press. | const, It would undoubtedly burn the | this kind at Calzean, oo the Ayreshire He does not care whether the | Mme. Christine Nilson says in a and she fears that she will be obliged Ww close her profesional career ai once. She adds that she has not even | { clothes, Good wages! 80 good that my family never bas enough to eat, let alone buying dent If it wasn't for my wife anu children I'd wish for the street car to run over me. Why dida’t you leara a trade? iecanse nobody had inlerest enough to srgue and reason with me. [ wight have bad a goo! irade and earned good wages, bot here I am ‘working hardir for $8 or 89 a week contemplated snother American tour, | than soy man do = to earn $18, Whistler has published is Loados | 100 sets of lithographs engraved on [thw the trades wie crowded, and that the stone with his own band and | 4, many car; eater: ad blacksmithe, privted by Way. He issaid 10 bave shown his usual spirit awd Artistic | worth in this revival of an wrt almost | go attention to such talk, extinct in our day amoung o tists of repute, | | workmen, And now, my boy, if men teil you avd paioters, ani shoemakes, and other raf 08, keep wares down, pay Compare the wages of ¢mwon and skilled Take th: tiade which you Although Miss Louise M. Alcott seem fied for. Begin with the deter- lives in that town of Liurary inspira: | minatios to lesrs it thoroughly, sod Piitabitonts, Februaty 27.— ; on, Concord, Mass, she does most of | ¢\ become ths best work umn in ihe Jalis and Kate Ford, sisters, aged 15 and 25 years respectively, were run over and killed at Frankford station, this evening They had alighted from the train and were crossing the track, when the Southern Ep cime along, Hilo shun, ber writing in Boswa, There she takes a room where she can be - per feotly retired snd quiet, sud with a bottle of ink by her sde and a Imp tablet vn her Lnee, she writes until | ber task is dose. She sys that there shop. Dua’ be autisfied 10 skin slong from «ne week to avother without being discharged, but make your se vices #0 valuable by being a thoroogh workman thas your sag lyet cannot off or | 10 let you go~Deiroit Free Pers.
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