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VOLUME XL.
The waning year looks gently down,
On these bright days that come and go;
Dead, faded, burled la the crown- •
That summer Wore with the face aglow,
lightly o'er the hills,
"4„a that seat haitening
— hen June _,
And trough the T.
Those hilsbful days co
The gloom froth chill j)
Their fragrance lingers yeti
Paths where all tender•blou log dies,
Were the brown earth; with tranquil breast,
?repast) to take Its long, deep rest. .•
Through netted boughs the sunlight sifts,
And gives them beauty all their own ;
Nor yet the feathery snowflake drifts
Througl silent woods on moss and stone;
The hallowed hush, the softens ue,
Weave their own nameless charm ew. 1
The old year wanes. The birds of s in
Now gladden ogler skies than ours;
No bud unfolds, no insect wing .
Sends tribute to these hastening hours;
But plaintive voices stir below
Their shadowed and unceasing pow. •
Sep 2a,^9
BENI,T. M. BECK
Thought Wanders back and grasps anew
Alrthat earth gave or good and tali: .
The loves, the hopes that upward grew
And spread In taith's diviner air.
But perished as the days went tiy,
E'en as the flowers that round us lie.
asap 1, 19
We know that spring will come and bring _
Again earth's meed of song and bloom ;
We know, too, that another spring
llathaomewhere In God's garden loom,
Where love shall find Its : own, nor miss
One drop from Its pure draught of bliss.
Her Father's Daughter.
Feb s_, '79
Within a little more than a month
after 4 hig wife's .interview with Sir
Charles Stopford, Gerald Rivers was
duly installed as station .master at
Leaswood: Alice arrived a day
.or
two later .I)S7 the evening train, bring
ing with her as general servant a
girl of eighteen,-whom she had hired
in London, and who knew nothing
whatever of the antecedents either-of
her or her husband. In days gone
by Alice had been well known by
sight at 'Leawood Station and to
nearly every person in the neighbop r
hood for miles around, so that she
'as obliged tf , ) be very careful now'
in order to avoid recognition. When
she went out in the •daytime, which
. twas not very often`she wore a veil
•so thick that even her iwn sisters
would have passed her unknowing
who was behind it •, while on those
occasion's when she took an after
dusk ramble with her husband a veil
of a Winner texture effectually shield
ed her from observation.:
(norll-75
Gerald had been about a fortnight
at his new duties when Mr. Crewd
son, his wife's father, one day alight
ed from the train. lie was a stout,
white-haired gentleman, Who claimed
the help of a thick cane *hen he
walked, and whom his last attack of
gout had let%
. slightly lame. ily the
porters at the_station,theflymen and
others he was known 'as " Old Pep
percorn," or "Old Fire-away." Some
of the heat of his temper would seem
to have imparted itself 'to his com
plexion, w !deli was not unlike a boiled
lobster, in
L. F.t.sunzE
I feb.l'7B
" So y9u are.the new'statioq mas
ter, eh?"fhe said ! ' with a sort df dis
dainful grunt, as he surveyed Gerald
from head to foot.
Jan. 1,1875
" I am that person, at your service,
sir."
" Humph I I was quite satisfied
with the man who was here before,
a'd it was a tom-fool's trick to send
lifm away. I don't suppose I shall
be half as well satisfied with-you."
" You have not given_ me a. trial
yet, sir."
Oh, we,stsll soon put you to the
proof. I ,hope you ate a'geiod hand
at telegraphing ?"
" Ilad I not been so, I should
hardly have been here." •
"'1 hat's no answer: But let me
tell you,
yo'litig, man, that. Your tithe
here will be a very short one, unless
you attenkvioperly to my telegrams."
" I shall-gi.Vethem every attention.".
" You had better do so. 'Some of
them .are in cipher, and
_with those
yon ea - toot - be too particular. An
,error of even a single letter might be
of .serious consequence to me. At
whatever hour a message for me may
arrive, you Will loose no time in send
ing it up to my house by special
messenger. If you attend to me
properly, there will be , a tnrkeytfor
you at Christmas.; but if yott don't,
why then, the sooner you look oat_
for another job-the better."
" It's only pupa's grumpy ivay;"
said Alice to Geraldov'hen told of
the interview.'" He's very , obstinate,
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and will have I.liSqsz t wn way ; but at
heart he's as goOd . ; as gold,. as you
till one day discover for yourself"
Next j morning Alice : went up to
Londoni by the
__early train, and drove
at once to ;Sit Charles Stopford's.
It was just eleven o'clock, and 'he
was still loun g ing over his breakfast..
Ile welcomed his goddaughter warm
ly, and ordered upsome fresh choco
late.
" Godpa," said Alice at last, when
she had told him all the news, ." is
your - broker—your man who -buys
and, sells for you in the city—the
same man that isernployed by papa ?"
• " No. Boucher is my map: Your
father's man is Simmonds—a . fellow
that I don't like at all." •
" Then,' perhaps you won't, mind
giving me a note to your Mr. Bou
cher ?"
" Why, now A note, indeed
What kind of a note ?"
" A simple note of introduction,
stating that the bearer is Mr. Creid
son's daughter, and that any commis
sion I may ask him. to do for me
must have. the same attention as, if
it were for yours'elf."
Sir Charles gave a long, low whis
tle. " Why, now, you don't mean to
say that you' are going to speculate
• on the Stock Exchange ?"
" Why should, I not da a little in
that line as well as you or papa ?"
asked Alice, with a smile. " When
I used to act as papa's secretary, I
learned to take quite an interest in
different kinds of
,stocks, and ip the
Irise and, fall of the money market."
" Ay, ay ; that's all very well. But
that's very different from buying and
[selling on your own account. You
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CHAPTER. 111
I
would be sure to burn your fingers
before very long."
"I should hardly do that, I think,
godpaps. In any case, I have not
much to lose, so shall not venture
into very deep water."
" Why, now it's just the sort of
thing one, might expect from your
father's daughter. My friend Crewd
son made every penny of his fortune
on the Stock Exchange, and I sup
pose there is a sort of mania in it
that runs in the family. But if you
could only have the benefit of, your
father's advice now,?"
" That is quite out of the question.
Had it not been so, there would have
been no occasion for my errand here
this morning.".
" Quite true, my pretty logician.
Then I suppose I must give you what
you ask for ?" ,
"Of course, you must. The idea
of your refushing your goddaughter :
such a trifle I"
• When Alice had got what she
wanted from Sir Charles Elle drove
at once to Plummer's court, Cornhill.
She was fortunate enough to find Mr.
Boucher in bake. When he had
read the note lie said : " I need hard•
ly tell you , 1 4fiss •Crewdson, that my
best services sill alwayi be at your
disposal. I have° had many tiransac
tions with your father at one time or
another."
"J am married," said Alice, "and
`my name is Mrs. Gerald. Any corn- .
munications I may have to make to
you 'will reach you in-the form of
,telegrams from Leaswood Station ;
.but whenever a telegram from me
reaches you it must be acted upon
‘with the utmost promptitude ; not
an. hounaust be thibw.a away.". ,
""1 will give special , instructions
'that any message from you shall be
brought to me, wherever I may be,
.immediately otr its arrival, and you
may depend upon As . having my .
most prompt attentioli."
Day passed after day till several
weeks had come and gone, during
which time a considerable number-of
teldgrams reached Leaswood Station
for Mr. - Crewsdon, each ••Sne of which,
was shown to Alice by her husband
before being sent on by special mes
senger to BrOokpeld. More than one
of these - ttelegrrihs was in cipher,-but
that fact did not seem to cause Mrs.
'Rivers much difficulty. Before her
parriage, and during her father's
pequent attacks of gout, she had of- •
en acted as his secretary,
.and 'lithe
keys to the two different kinds of
cryptogram made use of by certain
of his telegraphic correspondents,
were thoroiighly understood by her.
At length, one day there came a
message addressed toi, her father,
which, when translated by Alice,
caused her cheeks to flame and her_
yes to light -up with sudden fire,
and set her whole frame aglow with
intense exeite'raent. Gerald; who had
been out - to attecd to one of his
trains while his wife interpreted the
message, looked and wondered; but
said nothing, waiting quietly for the
explanation which he knew a few
minutes must bring. The' message
was headed : " From Edgar Crewd
\
son, d e w York, to Edward B. Crewd
son, B ok fi eld, near Leaswood Sta
tion,Mii .indshire, England," It had
been sent by submarine cable to Lon
don. in the firs instance,. and
,thence
forwarded to Leaswood. " It is from
my-Uncle Edgar - , iii 11..merica," said
Alice ; a fact which Gerald had al
ready guessed. Ttiyi;- ! she rose sud
denly from her seat and flung her
arms around her husband's neck,
and burst into tears. ; " At last, my
love, at last!' she murmured. "-Sure
ly the sun:Shine is come at last." .1
" May. I read it ?" asked Gerald.
The answer, with her _head still on
his was a presiure of hdr
arms ; so Gerald took up thepaper,
on which' his wife's writing was still
wet, read as follows,; " BLiy up all
the Deep Lips you can lay hands on.
.Struck oil once more. This may be
relied on. Private information. Wall
street in the dark yet." Gerald was,
puzzled, and his face betrayed it.
" Ybil, darling old ignoramus!"
.said his.wife, between laughing and
crying. "
" I confess that I can . make neither
head nor tail of it," he said.
" And yet,,,it is very, very simple."
To clever little wives like youi ;
perhaps ; 4 ibutilot to stupid husbands
like me. Pray, what may be the
meaning of Deep LiPs?" - '
"Deep Lips is the name of a silver
mine in Colorado, the share& in Which
can be bought or sold on the London
Stock Exchange like any other scrip.
These shares haVe been quoted at , a
very low figure for the last two years,
as it was, believed that the mine- was
ill . but Iworked out. The phrase
' struck Oil once more' can have but
one meaning : that the miners have
unexpectedly come . across a -fresh
lode or vein of silver—doubtless a,.
very rich one, judging from my un
cle's emphatic request to papa to buy
up all the shares he can . lay hands
on. The .words Wall street , in the
dark yet,' mean 'that the news em
bodied in the telegram is not yet
known to the buyers and sellers in
New York. The moment-it is known
to them a sedre of telegrams will
flash over the. Atlantic to the same
purport as this,one: In a case• like
this an hour Will often make all the
difference in, the world, and if 'we
were—only fortunate enough to be
first in the field, why then, I think—.
But never mind just new what I
.think. ; Every moment is precious,
and I Must telegraph Boucher "slick
away.' 2 '
Seizing pen, i k and paper, Alice
dashed off the ollowing message :
" From Mrs. Gerald, Leaswood, to
Mr: - Boucher, No. 11 Plummer's
court, Ctirnhill. Buy up in my name
all the Deep Lip stock now in the
market. Not a moment must be lost.
I will be with you at 10 to-morrow
morning."
" Not another word till you haVe
dispatched my message," said Alice,
as she gave the paper into her hus
band's hands. Like the sensible man
he was, Gerald simply nodded, and .
left the room. Five ' minutes later he
was back again.
" Sent it?" asked Alice,.anxiously.
" Every word.A,And now, perhaps,:
you will explaiestill further?".
" •
" But first Isfiad better send 'the..
message to your father at Brookfield.'"'
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNT', PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1879.
Alice looked at her watch. "It is
now one-thirty," she said. "It Will
takes the man an lour to get to
Brookfield, and another hour to re
turn, by which time it—will be three
thirty. Allowing another half-hour
for a telegram - from papa to reach
Mr Simmonds, his broker, that. will
bring the time to four o-clock—too
late in the day for business on the
Stock Exchange. Yes, you maisend ;
the message; Boucher will have bad'
a fair start. If he does• bib duty
there will not be a Deep Lip share
4o be had for love or money by to
morrow morning."
"Which means," said Gerald," that
you are taking advantage of your
knowledge of the information' con
ve,yed in your uncle's telegram to
forestall your father's action in the
matter, and make the information
worthless so far as he is cobcerned."
"That - `is precisely what lam do
ing," said Alice, with emphasis. "I
rwas nit my father's secretary for so
long a time without learning some
thing. He has refused to forgive me
onto condone my marriage unless I
can - go to him with six thousand
pounds. Ile does not ask me whether .
lam happy. He has no curiosity as
to the kind of man I have made 'my
husband. He simply says: Bring
me , six thousand pounds, and all
shall be forgiven.' To meet his mer
cenary views, I most become mercen
ary', myself. All is fairin love, war
and on the Stock Exchange. The
moment the information conveyed in
this message resales. my.-father, he
wilt take advantage of it by tele
graphing to his broker to buy up
every Deep Lip share in the market.
I happen to see the message first,
and I take the first advantage of it ;,
that is all."
".I am afraid that yoU are making
me a confederate in a very nefarious
scheme, said Gerald, looking as if
he hardly knew whether to laugh or
be serious.
" In this case the end must justify
the means. It is just the sort of ruse
that papa himself Would delight in—
just the sort of advantage that he
would be the first to take."
" Then you :are buying for what is
called a rise ?' " said Gerald. k l / 4
Precisely so. If the information
conveyed 'by my uncle's telegram be
correct—and he is too old .a soldier
in the field of speculation, not to
know what he is about—then will
Deep Lips go up, up;up, as soon as
the intelligence becomes generally
know 9, and your wife will have made
a very lucky hit. Of , course, my ob
ject will be to sell out and realize as
soon as the sbareslave reached what,
in Boucher's opinion, seems some
thing like their maximum volue."
" But suppose the information con
veyed in your uncle's telegram proves
to be.incorrect, and the shares don't
go uNat all—what then ?"
," Why, even in that case, they can
not sink much lower than - they are
at present, and, as a consequence,
my loss will be proportionally trifling.
But I won't even think that loss is
possible."
" Can it be possible that it is my
wife doing all this?" •
"Your wife? Why not, dein.?
The whole affair is as simple as A B
C.ll
"But to think of your originating
such a scheme !"
"Now you know the reason why I
interceded with Sir Charles to haye
you appointed as station master at
Leaswood."
" Then the scheme that you are
carrying'out today has been hatch•.
ing in your brain from the first ?"
" Certainly. It came to me like a
flash. of inspiration on the very day
that we received papa's letter."
" You are a strange girl, and I
sometimes think that it will take my
lifetime to read you thoroughly."
Then Gerald left the room, taking
the telegram with, him ' which he sent
off at once by one of his porters tol
Brookfield. After the { 'departure of
the nest train he came ib for an early
cup of tea.
" With regard' to this telegram,"
said Gerald, as he sat down, at the
table, "it is written in a cipher dif
ferent from any that I have seen be
fore ; it is nothing but a mass of
figures."
" The cipher is a private one,
agreed upon between my father and
my uncle, and used by them alone.
It is of a kihd that defies the scrutiny
of an outsider, and yet can be read
by a child who possesses the key.
The key to this kind of cryptogram
is
. a book—a book previously agreed
upon by the parties communicating
with each other. The book agreed
upon in! this case, as, I happen to
know through having been papa's
secretary, -is a certain edition of
Walker's Dictionary; of which I took
care to provide myself with a copy
before coming to Leawood. When
once the book is known, the' rest is
as simple as may be. Let us take the
first sentence of the telegram, for in
stance, which, when interpreted, runs
as follows: 'Buy up all the Deep
Lips you can lay hands on.' As
originally telegraphed, it ran thus:
Seven aught dot eleven stroke five
ine nine dot one three stroke one
seven dot two seven '—and so on,
which when put down in actual fig
•ures wiiuld. look thus: 70.11 I 599.13
I 17.27 I 552.7 I 140.14 j &c. I now
take my dictionary, and turning to
•
page l. seventy,-eount till I, come to
the eletenth word from the top,
which I find to'' be .the word Buy.
Then'tturning to„page 599, I count
down to the thirteenth word from the
top, and find it to be the word up.
Proceeding by the same method, I
work gradually through the telegram,
with . r . what result you know:. Of
course, everything depended on my
knowledge of the book used between
My father and uncle. Had I not
known that the telegram would have
remained a dead letter to me forever."
At five minutes- past ten next
morning Mrs. Gerald, as she called
herself, walked into the office of Mr.
Boucher. " Did you receive my tel
egrim yesterday afternoon ?" were
her first anxious words.
"lOdid, and acted on-it immedi
ately." -Then, as he banded her a
chair : "I hope you will- pardoli me
for remarking that your choice of in
vestment is hardly one that would
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
CHAPTER IV.
reccommend itself to my exper-
fence."
" I suppose not," said . Alice
quietly. " But I had my relsons."
" Oh, of course," rejoined Boucher.
"Your father 4i.known as one otour
boldest and most successful specula
tors ; and you, as his daughter,
would hardly, be likely to make any
very serious mistake. But still—
.
"But still, had yOu • been 7 gOiLlg to
lay out money of your own, you
would not have done as . I have
done.".
" Certainly not, unless I had more
spare capital than know what to
do with ; and hardly then."
' "There's one comfort-they cannot
sink much lower thwthey are now."
"But you, I presume, are buying
for a raise
" Precisely so." -
A , significant shrfig was the bro
ker's only reply.
" To what extent have you 'bought.
for me ?" ,
Boucher named the figure—a lame
0
une.
"I should not have thought there.
was so much in the market."
"People look or, them as a bad
lot, and are only too glad to find a
-
customer."
"So much the. better for those
who have- the courage to buy," said
Alice as she arose to go. " I will
call in again between three and fciur.
Meantime, if there be any more to
be had; buy-them."
At •three-forty-five Mrs. Rivers
was again at Mr. Boucher's oftice. -
" A few more were offered to-clay
and I bought them, "
were the bro
'ker's first words. " Singular , to say,
Simmonds, your father's broker, has
been inquiring after Deep .Lips all
day. Hearing that I bad bought
heavily - yesterday, he sent on one.of
his people to know whether I had
any to dispose of, even going to the
extent of offering three and an
eighth more than this mo'rning's
quotation; but in the absence of any
instructions from you, I declined all
overtures."
"You did quite right, Mr. Bouch
er. - Don't part with, a single share
till you have my instruction to do
*so. Meanwhile, as it is nearly mid-
.day before the newspaper reaches us
down at Leaswood, I should be glad
if you. will telegraph me the closing
. price each afternoon."
"Sharp girl that, very-regular
chip of the old block," was Boucher's
,comment
. to • himself as he ran.
through the telegraphic news in the
nest morning's Tinies, where the
following paragraph at once caught
his attention: "Reliable advices
from San Francisco state that the
Deep Lip Silver Mining Company
have just struck a vein of unusual
thickness. Shares gOing.up rapidly."
A few days later, as Gerould was
seated behind the oI)en pigeonhole
of his little office waiting to book
any passengers who might be going
by the-next train, his attention was
attracted by the loud tones ofitwo
people in the waiting room outside.
" I tell you, Stopford, I was never
more astonished in my life,"' i said
one, and Gerald knew at once 'Who
was the speaker. "My brother, who,
as he thought, had got the informa
tion before it Area known to anyone
else in New . York, was actually at
the trouble to send me a message by
cable telling me to buy up all the
Deep Lips' 1 could lay hands on.. Of
course, I acted on the message with
out an hour's, unnecessary. delay ;
but, would you believe it, when Sim
thonds went on 'Change next morn
ing there wasp not a single Deep Lip
to be had ! Some vagabond had
;been there before me, and had
. bonght up every mother's son of 'em,
'nd now they're going up like wild
fire. Thousands out of my pocket.
Never was so sold in my life before."
" Why now, Crewdson, that only
• goes to prove that there arc other
speculators in the world as clever as
you."
" They were bought through
Boucher, too. But lie's as close as
wax. No getting a word out of him.
Some confounded Yank's at the bot
tom of it all, never fear."
Mr. Crewdion had stated no more
than the truth when he said ,that . the
Deep Lip shares were going up like
wildfire. Alice. had a telegram from
Mr. Boucher every afternoon. It was
an aniions time for her. — For three
reeks the shares went up day by
lay. At the end of that time they
remained .stationary for two days.
The following morning they droped
one-eighth. Mice at once took
alarm -and telegraphed Boucher to
sell everything. Three days later a
post-letter reached her. " - Ite.id the
news, dear, and resign your railway,
situation at' once," she said to her
husband as she handed him the let
ter.
" Seven thousand five.. , hundred and
fifty poundal" read Gerald, in
amazement.
" Yes ; and all out of - one lucky
speculation in Deep Lip shares.
Now, 1 am.ready to go to papa."
• And to her father she went, but
not till after Gerald bad sought and
found relief from his duties at Leas
wood. Mr. Crewdson made Old
Furnival's Hotel his home when. in
London, and there it was that Alice
sought and found him. As fortune
_would have it, Sir Charles Stopford
liappened to be lunching with his
'friend that morning. Mrs. Rivers
'hardly gave the waiter time to an
nounceher before she followed him
into the room. Mr. Crewdson started
up from his chair.
Why—Alice I You here ? 'Why .
have you come ? What is the meao7
ing of this intrusion ?" Before he
could say another word his daugh
ter's arms were round his neck, and
her warm kisses were being rainedi
over his face. " Did I not .forbid
you ?" he said. " Did I not say that
I would not see you Tr
" You did, papa, and very hard I
thought it of you. You did foihid
me to come near you unless I could
fulfill the one condition named in
your letter."
"Condition, indeed I I remember
nothing about'any condition. What
on earth do you mean ?"
"Did you not say, in the only let
ter you have ever written me since
my marriage, that on the day I could
bring you six thousand pounds—be
ing an equivalent to the dowery you
at one time intended. to give me—
you would forgive and forget every
thing, and take yaw - little Alice back
again to your he? Surely, surely,
you cannot have forgotten."
"And did I really say all that?"
" Certainly 'you did. I have your
letter in my pocket. You shall read
your own words if you like?"
"'No need, girl—no need. My
memory is treacherous at times; but
I've not quite forgotten that letter.
So yOu'ye come to tell me that my
condition. was too hard a one, that
you and your poverty-stricken hus
band—"
" One moment, papa. I come to
tell you that, your condition is-ful•: .
filled—is more' than- fulfilled. Here'
is my bank bOok. Look inside it,
and there you will find standing in
the name of Gerald Rivers--my lbs.
band's name—a deposit of seven
thousand five hundred pounds." .
" Why, now ; really, this is most
extraordinary'! ". exclaimed . Sir
Charles.: •
Mr. Crewdson said nothing ; but
his • hands - trembled so much as he
, took the bank book that he could
hardly hold it. He turned redder
than ever, and then he cleared - his
voice loudly and put on' his most
portentous frown. Then he opened
the book and looked vacantly at the
writing for- a moment or two, and
then with a muttered exclamation he
shut the book and threw it across the
table to Sir Charles. " Those - bank
fellows write such a villainous scrawl
that there's no rn:kking head or tail
of their pot hooks," he said.
" Here it is. sure enough," said Sir
Charles, peering at the'figures thro' !
his double eye, glasses. " An amount
of .4:7,500 deposited three days ago
in the Westminster Bank to the
credit of Gerald Rivers."
But Alice was on her father's knee
by ti ' tithe and had her arms round
his n ck, and was kissing him with
tear •
/a
n her eyes and a smile on her
lips. •
" You'll have to give way, old
friend, thCre's not, a dgubt.,of. it,"
continued Sir Charles , - "if yoh made
such a promise as my goddaughter
says you made."
" ou were not only to forgive
me, papa, but you were to give me
another six thousand pounds ' to put
to my husband's."
" But—but—l don't understand,"
stammered Mr. Crewdson. " I
thought you•had married a man who
was not worth a penny ?"
" My husband on our wedding day
was worth just tweneypounds in
hard cash."
" Then this is a legacy, I suppose!"
"No ; not a legacy. We.hae been
taking a leaf out of your book, papa,
and speculating on 'Change."
" Speculating! And is this' the
result?'
" That is the result?"
• " Her father's daughter ; I always
said she .was,'.' soliloquized Sir
Charles. " Whlit:a pity she wasn't
born a boy!"
" Then you must haVe been deuc
edly lucky—far more lucky than I've
been fur a Very long time. May I
ask the name of the paiticular stock
which you favored with your confi
dence?"
•` Gerald and I imule,all our money
by speculating in Deep Lip mining
shares."
Mr.. Crewdson' sat, aghast-and
well he might.
" Where is this htishaud of yours?"
he gasped out at length.
" Gerald is waiting outside.."
'4 , ‘ Bring him in, and let us have a
look at Lim."
But it was not till more than a
year afterward, when Gerald had
grown to be like a son of his own to
the old mad, that Alice told her
father by what means she had become
possessed of the information which
enabled •her to achieve such a happy
result by her bobl speculation in
Deep Lip shares. It is .needless to
add that she was forgiven. -
MRS. GRANT'S MEETING WITH HER
• SON.
The meeting of Mrs. _Grant and
her son Ulysses in the,harbor of San
Francisco is thus pleasantly described
in the San Francisco CliPoniele :
The party on board the .tug-boat
stood under the awning a ft , and when
the steps w ere' finally adjusted there
was a moment of respectful waiting
as Ulysses Grant, Jr., came forward
and mounted them. From the time
when the...Tokio was descried, he stood
in the wheel-house with a field-glass - ,
in- hand, with which he eagerly
watched the steamet, ostensibly for
the General,- but in reality, as every
one on board knew who watched his
face, to' see the mother whom he.
parted with two and a half years agi
and had conversed with since onl.
by letter. Long before the Tole
came . alongside he descried her n
tne.,bridge and waved his handker-.
chief as greeting. She stood also
with glass in hand, scanning the tug,
but at firstid not see him. When
I she did she faxed the. handkerchief
for a mornent,.but could not wave it
long, for it went_up to her eyes and
stayed there, despite the efforts the
mother's hand made to wave it
against the mother's tear of joy, that
made the meeting of her son the cen
tral
and sold picture in all the grand
.scene. The Millen Griffith slowly
drifted toward
. the iron hulk, beside
which it seemed so insignificant.
' Before the steps could be adjusted
young Grant mounted—the first man
fup--and hastily' ran to the gangway,
where Colonel Fred waited to meet
him: --,.. Arm in arni they.pass' ed along„
the deck, reached the stairs, 'and
hastily traversed' the ' bridge. The
General was Passed with a hasty and
affectionate salutation of " father,"
but the.; mother who stood behind,'
received a kips that somehow is the
same from pal&ce to but, and an em
brace that told that while she might
be Mrs. General Grant to, 'all' the
waiting world ofAmerica, she was
only . " mother " to Mie son who met
her after - the-absence of years.
THE man who dreampt he dwelt in mar
ble halls woke up to find that the bed
clothes had tumbled off.
THE man who was tossed over the back
of an jrou bull was reported as not dead,
but only goes beef o'er.
1.
.
,‘
We mean_ to do It. Some day, some day,
. We mean to slacken this leiered rush
That is wearing our very souls away,
And grant to our goaded hearts a hush,
That taloly enough to let them hear, •
The footsteps of angels drawing neai.-
We mean to do It. Oh, never doubt,
When the burden of daytime droll Is o'er,
We'Melt and muse, while the stirs come out,
As the patriarch sat at the open door •
Ot his tent, with a heavenwird gazing eye,
To watch for the angels passing by. •
We see them afar et high noontide,
When fiercely the worldwhot flash . ingsleat ;
Yet never have 'bidden them turn aside,
Aud tarry awhile in converse sweet;
Nor prayed them to hallow the cheer we spread,
To drink of our wine and break our bread.
We promised our beirts that when the ;Areas
.Of the lifi , -work reaches the longed-for close,
When the weights that we groan with hinder les.%
We'll loosen uur thoughts to such repose !
As banishes care's disturbing din, ,
And then—we'll call the angels in.
.
Tito day that we dreamed of comes at length,
When tired of every mocking quest,
And broken in spirit and shorn of strength,
We dr6p, Indeed, at the door of test, ,•
And wait-and watch as the day watieson ;
But thC angels we meant to call are gone :
—Horgan/ J. Preston, fri Rateludn's Monthly
AND .110 1115 BETTER-DALF SAW
There was an,awful time in a farm
house near Pontiac last night.- We
haven't received any particulars,.but
solemnly believe that a certain bus-
band whose front name is "Jeems "
was made to wish he'd. never been
horn into this deceitful world. •'
• There arrived on the Western ex
press yesterday morning, 'a nervous,
black-eyed woman of forty, who kept:
closing and opening her fingersl all
the time, as 'if she was clawing noses
or pulling hair. She had a straight'
business look in her eyes as she got
off the train, and . one of the hackmeii
at the depot door ventured the opin
ion that she had come into the city
to foreclose a mortgage or make • up
a " shortage "on wheat. '
"Sir," began the woman, as she
walked' up to the •Clepot policeman,
" I want your answers to a few ques-
tions."
44 Yes, , mum just so," was the hum
ble reply, as he followed her into the
waiting-room
" Now, then," she continued, as
she took a seat, " I live near Ponti
ac.- My Jeems.was here the FOurth
of July, and didn't get honie till mid
night: He tame in here on my d
pio-,
i
ney, and I want to know how, ie
spent it: Here is the bill of ex s
es, as he made it out. He has put
down. .$.2 for riding up town •in 'a
hack." +.
"That's twelve shillings too .
much,P replied the officer.
"Just ai I thought-just eiactly !"
she whispered, as she put down the
figures. "Here he has got down $1
for seeing the balloon go up."
" Not a balloon went up that day,
madame."
"Just as I thought--just exactly !.
He lOoked ,as innocent- as a lamb
when. lie wrote that`' dovin, but he
didn't' know me! Here is eighty
cents for riding across to Canada
and back."
" That should be fen."
- "Just exactly what I thbught last'
night when he kissed me - and said it
was an awful price, but lots of com
fort," she observed, as she put down
"7u " opposite his figures. "die has
down here that his supper and din-,
ner cost him $1.50 per - meal at the
Central market. It strikes me that
$3 would buy twos pretty festive
meals.", —. •
" You can knock off about $2.50
from that," said the Officer, after
had figured - a bit.. •
"JuSt exactly As I thought. :He
smiled as softly as an . angel when he
wrote that down, but he was smiling
at the wrong woman! While I was
at home milking the cows and having
an awful headache, he was eating Lis
high-toned meals like a second John
Jacob Astor! And now he has put
down fifty cents for sting the bears."
" The what ?"
" Ite says it cost him fifty cents . to.
go into, the menagerie to see the
bears," she exclaimy.
" If there was a menagerie in town
on that day then I didn't hear of it,"
solmeuly remarked - the officer.
"-Just as thought—just as - I
thought! Went in to see the hears,
did he ?- Well, he'll see several me
nagerie-a' when I reach lionie !- • Here
is one more item. He says he paid
$2 to see the tope walk." , .
"It was free," replied. the offider.
"'yes, I thought sothought so
when he satothere and looked so-lov
ing and fatherly, and said it made
is hair stand ,up. There'll be
walk " when I get back home, and
soinebody's hair will static' straight
That's all, and I'm much
'obliged."-'
"You won't kilbhim at °nevi will
you?" pleaded the; officer.
She looked Over his head at the
wall, breathed hard, clutched her
hands and answered:
spected 4,a long. time, •and
now I'll claw:himtif I die for it."
She walked up and dOwn the depot
with her teeth hard shut and her
eyes growing brighter all the 'tithe,
and, when she finally took the train
for home, the bill of expenses tightly
clutched in her hand, the officer look
ed - atter the receding : train and
mused :
" NoW, why ' did he give himself
away in that manner ? Why didn't
he
-tell her right• but that' some one
picked his pocket ?"—Detroit Free
Press.
CARE OF THE FINGER NAILS,
Scarcely any personal peculiarity
is more indicative of charakter than
the finger nails. There are Anne that
believe that.paltuistiry of the reading
of character, from 'the hand can be
reduced tOla i science,• - just as mile!' as
phrenology.. ILso, it , would necessa
rily be an obscure science to the ma
jority of people ; but the signs -of
character indicated by the finger
nails may be read by all with a very
little. study. .In.the first place, the
'shape of the nail is very significant.
slender, tapering nail of a rosy-pink
hue, with a shell-like, transparent
edge, is always the accompaniment
- of a :refined nature. Broad, stubby
nails, of a yellowish-white color, and
with opaque, muddy-looking edges,
CALLING THE 'ANGELS Tli.
JEEMS--‘-HIS GAME
TIIIi01.:(111 IT
81.00 per Annum In Advance.
indicate natural coarseness, though
tfiey often accompany great good
nature, while .the other variety
.as
frequently goes with a - .sharp, shrew
fish temper. The care of the nails is
one.of the Most important of the ‘mi-•
nor operations of the toilet. . Nails
may be greatly improved, both . .in`
shape and color, by proper attention:
The . best appliance is a nail brush
used in water. softened by the addi
tion of -a•little .borax and really fine
toilet .- soap., In well-brushed and
well-eared-for nails the little curtain
like rim which surrounds. them is
well pushed or rolledback, display
ing. generally a, deli Cate little. cres
cent at, the :root.' Tlie,skin of the
finger should never be .allowed to.
growl:lp on the nail. In paring and
trimming the shape should always be
as long:an oval as possible. zTo cut
a - nail squarely Off gives the finder
end a - Stubby loOk. .The corners
should be Carefully. and closely cut,
and the centre -left rather long,.so
as, to: give the long oval:4ll4e. In
cleaning ., the nails the-knife should
never scrape off the inner suhstattee
of the nail, aS this renders the edge
opaque and,. muddy in. appearance,
whereas it should be transparent.
The, nail susceptible . .of .-a.. igh •d e
gree of polish by, rubbing.with .the
towel when drying with the - hands.
The, habit ofj biting the nails is one
against which.-children should be
carefully: guarded. It is ruinous to
the very structure of the: nail, and,
once aequired,.is-one - of the most dif
.ficult habits - to -break.. This is .evi-
denced by the fact that. some men
and women, butinore,espeeially men,
bi'ye a habit 'of biting their nails
whthn reading.or studying, of which
they are perfec4;unconsciouS. . Not
a few lawyers arid clergymen occur
to mind whose nails are almost a de
formity as a result of this habit: .
-
'A DOGS IMPLACABLE HATRED
Among ionic reminiscences of
ilog,s given by a writer in ./ , ',i/Yst and
Strvant the following appears; In
my early. youth 17recall a dog .owned
by 'my grandfather who afforded an
instance of a - temper resentful and
implacable. Marquis was half houjid,
half mastiff, aa...we believed, but ..we
only know his mother, and she as
a fair type of the vell-bred Southern
hound, Fle grew larger, heavier and
handsomer than the average hound
is With 9s, and was so fierce that.
had; to be-chained duiing the day.
One a cousin. and'. I were ,amusing
ourselves With our bows .and arrows
about the yard, both of us hbout six
or seven years old: In' fun I pro- -
posed to have, a shot, at :Marquis,
who was chained,atott twenty yards
off. Cousin John was Wiser. than I,
and would not.shoati.'but I it fly an
arrow, which only grazed and surely
(TO not hurt him. : 'flew: at • me,
and breaking loose,:
.wild doubtless
have handled . me .roughly had I not
darted_ up. the piazza steps, and thus
escaped his . rage: Months elapsed
ere I saw WSJ - log again, and 'then it
was at our summer house, a seaside
tillage twenty miles away from
where I hal , shot-at him. I tried in
vain to overcome his animosity to
me by feeding him twice a (lay. It
waii.agreed, in fact, that no one etse
should feed him while .I remained
He would not attempt to molest me
till he had done his breakfast or.din
ner, and then, only the length of his
clitin limited his angry spring at me.
He seemed io love and respect my
grandfather, father, sister and cou;.
sin,. and the butler and. coachman ;
the. other members of the household,
white and black, be tolerated, but
'me, he hated to the bitter end. Six
• years - after my childish-insult to' him
he would gladly have •torn me to
pieces,if opportunity offered. When
the tidings of 3fa'rquis' ''death .were
brouOt:l:ie*ve ine, I rejoiced that
he had been 'gathered to : his 'fathers,
OBEYING OnnEnsHlTe was weep
ing softly as, -he came out to - join -Ids
companions:; peculiar twitehings c:f
his muscles Anil - the careful manner
of hi's gait .were painfully apparent
•,to the boys ; l iinew that he hail been
there and understood the whole busi
ness.
" Been gettin' a liekin'. Ben ? ask
ed'several sympathetically. . •
" Yes," .murmured 'he ; " I gdt lick
,Rd for obeying ordert."
"„Disobeying, you mean ?" crier
they.
• " obeyin'', I - tell .ye," per
'sisted• he; then, Seeing their looks of
incredulo, he Made_ this explana 7
::" When I was coming into the
house my boots were muddy as blaz
es, and mother bad just been . scrub
bin' the floor.; says she, A Now, Len,
you'd better walk right -6.6'r that
clean floor with yer muddy toots.'
•• Anything to oblige you,' ,says
So•I boldly walked across the room
and she lit on me Vf ith a bbund like
-a cat on a mouse, and the 'way she
toted me around that. room was a
caution. I won't obey orders any .
morel'
- How Tp CURE A C0r.D...-:.On the
first day 'of taking a. cold tbere is a
very unpleasmit sensation •of chilli ,
ness. The moment you observe,•this
go to • your room and . stay there ;
keep it.at such a temperature as will
entirely prevent this chilly feeling,
even if it.requires a hun fired degrees
of Fahrenheit. ,• Ii r . . ditio.N put
your feet in water, 11 , • leg deep,; as
hot as yotilean bear it,
time
hotter
,water from time:to time for a quaAer
of arijmur, so that the water shall be
hotter - when yod take your feet out
than When- yen - put -them in ; then
dry them -thoroughly alai put on
warm, thiek woolen stockings, even
if it besumnier, for summer. colds are
the 'lntsSt dangerous , , and for twenty
four hours eat not an atom of food,
but dHnk as largely. As you desire of
any - kind of . wann4eas, and at the
, end of that time, if not sooner, the
cold will be effectually broken,4itli-
Out ariy.medicine whateyerA` -
•
NEw.York. Herald : Never abuse a lady,
because she happens to keep a boarding
house. She iit, in fact, a very tender
hearted being. She lets a spring chicken
live as long as it can, lets it enjoy life
summer after summer, spring after
spring, in .fact almost lets it die almost
of old age,,atid ktiows.that it can no long:
er find sun in this life before she - puts it
lipon the table: Kind he4ts can never
die. °
-11; PAM AND-4.OETIEO
A nEFQn?&ED soldier has been calling
his night-shirt a nap sack.—Piegyune. • '
TliE most chaied music is thAt played
in the streets by bandit which small' boys
follow.—Picayune.
." TILE music at a marriage procession,"
says Heine, "always reminds me of. the
music of soldiers entering upon a battle."
Tins is the season of the year 'when
venerable hens - enter their second child
hood, and are broiled for spring chickens.
WnEN a man renews his leate of a pen
itentiary for another year, .ho is not ex
pected to release the convicts.-.7-Picayune.-
Prurrcz of Wales red is the new cola.
I;Whales red ! We always-thought whalei
bleW.—lloston Commercial AdcertiBer:
• TIIE idea the fruit -eaten at 'night is
'deleterioas is proved bithe bad 'effect it •
had upon Adam from eatingarrapple of---
ter Eve.- , —Bofithi, Commercial . Adverti4er.
NUMBER 23
Esmolt Will - do anything Mat an be
donedn the world ; and no talente, no cir
cumstances, no opportunities, will- make — .
a two )egged aniriial a man without it. = .
Goethe.
•
. (~C u ear persons will stand upon ceremo
ny, because there is no otherreund, but
\to'ilie great of the earth we need no ilt•
trodtiction, nor do they need "iuiy to us.--
„
\lf lowery skies make lifter)! 111e341,
Let Inolstugtelgu all dart
'7.ls.Aprlrs slue to planted seeds, •
That due may tome- In „May. - , .
--8/91acu.s.”
. A LADY 'told her little son; who
teasing for semethilor to eat, fo wait.un
til breakfast. \ With a tear its his eye, lre •
burst out : . ".I\jest honestly - soinctimes
think you're a step-mother.
Tile. extreme rpidity with which a -
boy can do an errand ‘ when Your eye is on
him is only equaled by the tremendous
snail-like pace he takeS`when - he -is, about •
a mile away.,Hill'eta Hoven s Reg r
A terrt.e. Rye-year-old bOy at the South
End, the other evening, being asked by
his -mother why lie yawned.soson.going-to
bed, remarked that he felt as though he
6a 1 a.wiralow open inside of him." '
WHEN a man commits a _crime ? it", is,
Usual to s4y that he belongs to (mei of the
licit families. 'lf the same man runs
.for
office, it will be found - on the opposite
stump that lie belongs to One of the worst
,Qrlean.v Pica pine.
LITTLE tire ycar-old—" Where are you
going in such a hurry, 31r. Brown ,Mr.
liroWn—'.'..To the Eench show, my boy." ..
" 011.. yes ! yesterday you Were
goii,g to tie dogs as fast as you could.'.;
NEW 114“..11 Reffitrter he
animg.:l?" said the fond mother—as she
seated the little lelleiw in his high chair"-
at the table for. the first time.. "A. sort
of destroying angel," remarked :the cyni
cal father;_ as he saw the live dollar castor
go spinning to theitloot• with a crash.
',THE following testimonial of It., certain
patent medicine speaks for itself-4 "Ded . r
:- 7 -" Two months ago iny: Ni"ife- could
scarcely speak. the had taken . two bot
tles of your Renewer, and-now she
can:t speak at all. Please send me : two
more bottles. I wouldn't l#Without
ABOUT the poorest "Pinafore" joke
all - was tried on. kiss Anthctriy. ".I shalt
never -marry,". said that lady sternly.
"What, 'never 'exclaimed .the gentle
man to-wavra she -was talking. Now,
you go riglif — awayt. from here," t replied
the lady . Witli -great violence; "of. rnhit
you with my. urA'brella."—.Thirmlo Kr
-
pros. .7, .
WHETHER.- • "
a.car,ed ,word.
A . IWT,I; "was being led thr , i - tigb the
streets of
.NeN2... York‘ to an .anetOn mayt,.
in Thirteentkitreet. when a vigilant 1 4
policeman arfestefl both drover and bull
because the drover had no permit: If the
drover had no pennit, no one would have,
stopped him for a :permit. This is poor
encouragement for quadrupc.";ds to be law
abiding.—Br,,ok/p/
litlwt.v-cbgazed cook conies to her_
mistress to ask hew to-cook each dish
dere(' for b reakfast. The 'saute game at,
dinner , "Ilow- do you. make 'this? .
How long. otight ,•oit to cook that ?" eta,„
Naturally they send her 14 on the mur-
row. Then the eordou blen, in a - super-.
cilibus time,:'! If I'd knownthat 3ladatne
didn't know loci to cook, , I'd never have
accented an eugagernent with her
!less man recently' was a gentle Man con- -
tsiaelably ,interested in ornithology. As
they passed through the grounds he ae
costecta laborer - land asked, " Has Mr.
B— any macaWs on the place .now ?".
HeSting from
,his labors, the son :of .Erin
replic~l: " 31eCa Ws, is it? BegVrra, I 'don't
remember any ()film name, but there is
reart , il Ler sweet and fair and 611,1;111,A,
;
As c 111,21.41 marble is;
Ti.• aajvb Wa,:ktrti NMI her, begullqd
Its her rah!
p
reciclo,ngahhTtr (band too rk
! 4 4L , Stti ken LfMl7= .
Drosvhc!il thi• hot lava of her tears,.
AMONG a party who were visiting; the
beautiful countrylestate of a Boston husi-
two neGinucsses at• woork forninst the
.
~-
A . 9_1.1). story this is from . the -Massa
chusetts State Prison. - :3. IV. Dol-
Yinger, who. died •there of consumption
some time,since, was a graduate of , Hai-
yard College and its Law Se Ito
was a nfitti of brilliant' promise,
brit, bt'-
con dit:isoltitc, f4;ed a cheek , for,-$.1,-
500, for viiiich lie ViaS-seuteue . ed- to. the
State Prison for.five yenry. lle NS% con
nected with a respectable family -.in' 4 the
Eastern part of the state..
I dreamt I naw 3 " watker " gattitt •
- - Who did not claim the belt ; 4 4 • '
' • A t•ulltlidan.dorr, went by
. • %%Mardi:re, had never smelt: - -
• A girl e• tr. , Irr,x,- would la.st a month, -
WIIO WOffilt i)/ 0 1 flit and Its; , , . .
r A I runt,-:' and a treasurer , ' -
Wire did :izi steal-add ily ; - r r
A singer, and an actor that •
Tu nurse no ;. , 147te did scent ; '
But thl , . as Eirgrin- A rant said, .
' '.Va.,' nothing „kit a dream. — •
IliNt;"tt.kwro-N R), , tbgeate : 'io. man
shall ever kiss me except my fOture hus
band, she said, as be Wav - ahotit ..leatii ,
her at trip gate. "suppose I agree tube
your future—"‘: " Why, thew I'n .kiss"
you,,'r she replied,
_eagerly, and she did.
Her mother was informed that he had
proposed; and the old lady called around
next day to fasten matters, and before ho -
knew it he was eternally hooked.'' It was
a mean advantai.; , e, but a bird in the hand
is worth two on a front gate.
"0n,, , pshaiy !" exclaimed i the -gentle
ma Who has just billed Bitilington for a ®
lecture on ,' Ti 4 frauds of tht.t. Bible,"
closing an animated iheological 'discus.-
sion in a Main street bar-room,i "oh, '
pshaw : they ain't no sense,--Jalking that
way about him. I'm willin to giei MO'o
dy credit for all the good points he's got. c
Ile's an .earnest' enough mat_; b'lieves .-
what he says; honest enough in -his opin
ions, I - reckon : but dog-gone it the man's
coarse ;-he ain't got no kulcher." Anil
the disdussion was closed..:4ltor.keye.
0.N . 0.: in - traveling the Rev. Dr: Bledsoe
was exceedingly - annoyed by , a pNlantie.
bine who forced himself - Upon him, and
made a great parade of liis iliallowlearh
jug. ' - Tho Doctyr bore it as - long as he
could, and at length, looking :it him'
gravely, said 4 "My friefid, you,tind I -
kilow 411 that is to be known:" "How
is tliht ?'' said the man, Pleasettwith what _
he ttiouglita very complimnary associa
tion., "Why," said the Nietor, "you
know'everything• except that, you aro_ a
fool, and I know that/' ' - -'.. - -_- _ •
I-. " Do you know anybody that's buriedup in that cemetery• !." - asked
_an elderly
lady.-of a dileAaad conductor, pointing to
a resting-place for the dead. that the cars
were whistling past. "No Ma'am, I
don't." flow long hive you been eon
'ducting on - this road?" - " About - four
years, -ma'am." " Well, if I'd been four
years on this road - I'd - found _ out some
thing or other. I st'd hate tobe so igno
rant," and an.expressiou of extreme dis
gust stole over her tee as she put - down
kr parasol with a thiid. - .- .
TnEtty. was a shokking affray in ,a pri
vate insane asylum 44-;Leavenworth, Kan-.
sas, on the 29th ofi_October last. • Two lu
natics were locked.up'ttigether,sr.when one
of them, after securing the door, attacked
the other, knocking 'him' down !with a
,
ehair, - and. then jumping . upon i bis pros
trate body. Bidwell, the propyietor of
the asylum, after opening the door with
an axe, wastdso,knoclied senseless by the
maniac,' - who haVing Me Axe at hand, vas
about:to decapitate Bidwell; buttas
cured.
TUE daughter of 'John Lather, of - Doi
sey County, Arkarsmi, suddenly lost hey
voice and hearing when she
. iias a little
girl, some fifteen years age. One night
lately Mr. Lather was passing_ his daugh
ter's room when he ifeara a voice.. With
his wife he Crept in - noiselessly, 'and they
found bet-talking in her sleep. But when
she awoke she was* dumb again; Sine')
then, she has again been heard - to, talk in
her steep. ' A deaf and dumb loverof the
_girl was much distressed on learning that
she could talk.