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THURSDAY, FEDnUAny lO, 1899.
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1898.
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"181B. the battle of Waterloo," 1 wild,
as we walked along.
"What aro you talking about?"
DBked Anita.
"That Is .the way I used to remember
my aunt's address, when I was a boy,"
1 said.
"Oh, then, your aunt Uvea at 18 Fif
teenth street; Is that It?" asked Anita.
"Yes, either at 18 Fifteenth street,
East or West, or nt 15 Eighteenth
street, East or West; at one of "the
four, I am quite sure," 1 replied with
confidence.
Anita nnd I had been married a fort
night before In San Francisco, and had
" started for the East directly after the
...UU.... .till JJU.IIVUIUI uuiiuuj u.
ternoon In Now York had been set
apart in our programme for calling
upon my aunt, the venerable Miss Wil
llampo Van Brunt. Accordingly, we
left our hotel at two and strolled slow
ly down Fifth avenue.
In the astronomical observatory with
which I urn connected I am most or
derly, but unfortunately my methodi
cal hnhttn dn tint nvtntiil in tlin nr.
rangement of my private papers, and
I fnilnrl. thnt nfturnnnn tVinfr T Vin.l
. ....... .... a.wu.., vail... J. ..HI.
.neglected to bring my aunt's address
past wnn me. Happily, though I find
not forgotten the old memory crutch
Ji me oattie or Waterloo, this might
lecessltntn our fnXHnrr nt four r1lrf.rnnt
houses, but there was also a chance of
our achlevlncr success nt tln first nlnp
kof Inquiry.
I As we approached a druggist's Anita
ISUfTCPStaf. mm cmltTr- In nml InntMM, nt
'a directory. This I did, little knowing
ui me nine now ramuiar I was fated
to Become with the Interiors of drug
stores during .the afternoon. A search
of the directory did not reveal the
name of Miss Willlampe Van Brunt.
Thereupon we pursued our downward
and crosswise stroll, and rang experi
mental bells at East and West Eigh
teenth and East and West Fifteenth
streets, but with the discouraging re
sult of discovering that there was no
Miss Van Brunt concealed In any one
of those abiding-places.
At the last place of inquiry as I de
scended the steps I thought I saw a
look of annoyance on Anita's face.
"The battle of Waterloo " I began.
"Oh, bother the battle of Waterloo!"
exclaimed Anita, in a tone I had never
heard her use before. "I do wish you
were a businesslike man, but you are
so vague and scientific. Mow, I don't
believe you have the least idea where
that poor old aunt of yours lives."
Anita at this climax stamped her foot
loudly on the pavement, thereby at
tracting the attention of two or three
men to us. We maintained after this
outbreak a silence so prolonged that
it extended over Into the next blpck.
As we approached the second corner
Anita spoke.
"Don't get so vexed about your poor
memory, dear," said she, "that you
can't even speak to me."
Her tone was soothing and evidently
calculated to calm a man in a violent
rage.
"I am not vexed," I replied; "I have
only been thinking about the best way
of dealing with the unexpected."
"Well?" said hf! "hnvft vnn tnm.rrl.f
of another address we might try?"
"49 East or West Sixteenth street," I
replied promptly.
"And why?" she asked.
"Because It makes 1040, the date of
the execution of Charles I. I think that
possibly I may have used that Instead
of Waterloo to remember my aunt's
street and number. At all events, wo
can try the two, they are so near."
"And after that, 16 East or West
t Forty-ninth street," said Anita cheer
fully. "It's a poor memory device that
won't work both ways."
"No," I said. "The Van Brunt house
Isn't out ot the teens; of that I um
certain."
"And If we don't find her at the exe
cution of Charles I.," said Anita, "shall
we have to give her up?"
"I am afraid we shall," T replied
"Those are the only dates I have over
been able to remember. And that I do
remember them bo well Is what makes
mo quite sure that there was some
thing Important eonnectp.. with ti,.
something, that Is. of real Import
ance." The execution, when tried, worked no
better than the battle.
"If vou are sure the house Is in the
teens," said Anita, after the negative
that met our inquiry at our last hope,
"we have something Btlll to work on.
Now, you say you stopped at the house
for a week; think carefully; wasn't
there something peculiar about the
house, something you could remember
It by?"
"It was a high-stoop, brown-stone,"
I replied, heroically trying to rise to
the occasion, but conscious that I was
falling miserably, "with windows in
front."
"Really," said Anita, "you surprise
me."
Then she laughed, but her disappoint
ment was nevertheless keen, and on
this nccount: My nunt hud written
that she wished to make Anita a wed
ding present of a huge piece of Van
Brunt mahogany a bureau, she had
written, or n chest of drawers, as Anita
should decide upon inspection of the
pieces when she came to New York.
"The chances are," said Anita, as we
turned to walk up town towards our
hotel, "that your aunt, who is peculiar
you say, will be so offended at us for
not having called that she won't give
us the mahogany at all. I am so sorry
for I just dote on Dutch things, as you"
know." She gave me nn Inclusive
Blllllf,
"Tho drawers In that lumbering
bureau, or In that chest, that she prom
ised to give you, stick like the mis
chief," I said. "They're not worth the
house-room they take up. I know them
well; they were In my room when I
stopped at my aunt's. They spoiled my
disposition."
"And they will spoil mine," said An
Ita, "If I don't get them, or one ot
them."
"Anita," I exclaimed, "I have a capl
tal idea!"
"Well?" said Anita, looking at mo
resignedly,
"For a week I was In that street.
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Six
teenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, or
Nineteenth, as the case may be, It
doesn't matter."
"Ah, but It does, though!" Interrupt
ed Anita. a
"Fo the purpose of my experiment,
It does not," I replied. "Now, I walked
up and UcAvn that street, whichever
one It was, twenty times a day on an
average, for I was an uneasy cub of a
loy then, and It was dull at my aunt's.
Ho, It stands to reason that If I onco
get on tho right street, the old habits
j
l'ost, by Gertrude Adams.
will reassert themselves, and almost
Involuntarily I shall turn towards my
aunt's house. Hitherto, In our search,
I've thought of nothing but finding the
number, but now I Bhall go with my
eye out for landmarks; some church,
some hotel will appear, the right train
of associations will be started, and be
foro I know It, quite as a matter of
course, I shall be ringing the bell at
my aunt's house."
"That's scientific, Isn't it?" said An
ita. "It's physiological nnd psychological,"
I replied enthusiastically.
"Heaven help us, then," said Anita,
"It wll take a long time to work. Now,
111 go Into this druggist's and wait.
Dont try It for more than an hour,
and bo sure to come back for me."
She disappeared from my side, and I
went off nlono to perform my experl.
inent.
This Is not a physiological or psycho
logical treatise, otherwise I should
have much pleasure In explaining how
my experiment might have turned out
successfully had It not been for an un
forseen ncldent. As I was walking
slowly up one of the streets I was at
tracted to a face at one of the base
ment windows of a house I was pass
ing, it was a wrinkled face crowned
with Iron-gray hair, and after a sec
ond glance I lecognlzed it us tho face
of Bridget, my aunt's house-maid. She
It was who twelve years before used
to grasp firmly one of those glass knobs
In that mahogany monstrosity, nnd
with me, a stout determined boy, hang.
Ing like grim deuth to the other knob,
would say:
"Now, men, dlvll fly away with the
owld beuury, wan, two three. Mlsther
Hutgers give It a twlsther av a jerk,
and we'll have it out betwixt U3."
True friend and tried, I had not for
gotten the service rendered me in my
boyhood, and I smiled broadly at her
through the Iron grating and the glass
that divided us.
But Bridget had forgotten me. She
behaved as a respectable woman does
when smiled at byan unknown man.
She frowned and then turned her
back, Indicating by a movemot of her
elbows both Indignation and contempt.
By no means dejected at his treatment,
I mounted the steps and rang. Bridget
opened the door cautiously.
"Does Miss Van Brunt live hero?" I
asked.
"She do, sor," Bridget replied,
through a crack of the door.
"Thank you," I said, and copying the
house number, 2C, on a card, without
taking time for explanation, I sped
uwny to the drug store to tell Anita
the good news. The druggist's was
just around the corner, and I soon saw
Its shining front nnd glistening colored
bottle. I looked carefully through
each of the two largo windows, but no
Anita sat on any one of the Vienna
chairs near the soda water fountain. I
examined tho surroundings with min
ute attention. This was certainly the
drug store at which three-quarters of
an hour ago I had left Anita. I went
into the druggist's, thinking that pos
sibly she might be Bitting somewhere
inside where I from the outside could
not see her. While 1 was purchasing
a wholly unnecessary cako of soap I
uuivcu ireiuny noout the store, but
there was no Anita visible. I went out
feeling very much mystified. Anita
had left the drug store, contrary to our
agreement.
I can calculate to a second tho re
appearance of any given comet, but
the eccentric orbit described by Anita
conforms to no rule known to man, and
It would be useless to wait there for
her, In the shadow of uncertainty.
Then ngaln, It was just possible that
I had made a mistake In the drug
store. My topographical eye had been
known to deceive me. and it was bare
ly possible that Anita was anxiously
waiting for me at some other drug
gist's. Forth I accordingly started.
During tho course of the afternoon
I lost count of the number of druggists
I visited, but a little before 5 o'clock
I had In my pocket two cakes of soap,
a small bottle of violet water, aand two
boxes of cough drops souvenirs, all of
them, of tho different establishments I
had entered on tho still-hunt for Anita.
I had also In one of the places Imbibed
a nauseating compound, neither food
nor beverage, served in a glass with a
long-handled spoon, beloved of Anita,
and known as "chocolate Ice-cream
soda." It was after I had partaken of
this unspeakable mixture that 1 lost
nil hope. Anita, I concluded, had re
turned to tho hotel. I would go there
myself, but first I would stop at my
aunt's nnd explain matters.
A Uttlo after 5 o'clock I remounted
the steps at Number 26 and rang tho
bell.
"Is Miss Van Brunt at home?" I
asked, when Bridget appeared.
"She is, sor," said Bridget, eyeing me
with stern disfavor.
I placed my card on Bridget's tray,
name side up and towards her. In
stantly her stern features relaxed and
her long upper lip shortened. Sho
opened tho door of the drawing-room.
"Mlsther Rutgers, himself, ma'am,"
she said, as though I were in tho habit
of appearing at times as an appar
ition. I charged forward with the eager
haste becoming an affectionate relative,
but stopped halt way, for there, with
her hat and jacket off, was Anita, com
placently sitting on a high-backed
mahogany chair, liefore the grate of
glowing coals.
"Anita found me, you see," said my
nunt, with a marked accentuation on
"Anita."
"But I am quite as keen," I retorted,
"for I have found you both."
"Did that funny scientific mooning
nround really work'" asked Anita.
1 confessed that It had not.
"Then the druggist toid you where T
was," &uld Anita,
"Nothing of the sort," I said. "I've
seen druggists enough, Heaven knows,
but they have told me nothing except
the prlcot of things I did not want to
buy."
"You have been to some club to con
sult a dictionary of dates," said my
aunt.
"You, Anita, have been telling tales,"
I said.
"I have only been boasting a little
of your hhorIcal knowledge," said
Anita.
"How did you get here?" I asked,
"With neither history, science, nor old
memories to help you, it's most nmlz
ing." "Nothing amazing nbout It," said
my nunt. "She asked tho druggist
when you left her If he knew where
I lived, a most common-sense way of
going about It. I've lived hero for the
last thirty years, nnd it's nothing
amazing that the druggist who has
put up my prescriptions for me during
all that time should know where I
live."
"So, when he told me," Anita, pur
sued, "that Miss Van Brunt was so
rear, 1 thought after I had finished my
glass of chocolate Ice-cream soda that
I would just make the call by myself,
for It was not at all certain when you
would turn up. But 1 told the man
most particularly to tell you, when you
camo back for me, where I had gone."
"Very remiss of him not to do so,"
said mv aunt.
"Ho didn't have a chance," I Inter
jected, "When I saw Anita wasn't In
his store, I concluded that I had made
a mistake, so I hunted around for an
other drug store, and another, ad Infin
itum." "Just, what I told you he would do,"
said my aunt, with a triumphant nod
ut Anltn.
"Why," asked Anltn, "were you bo
foolish? Why didn't you go In and nBk
the man where I was? That's what
people do when they want to find out
where any one has gone. You could
have gone In and described me and"
"Describe you," I repeated. "Dear
child, you urc Indescribable."
It was u chance shot, but n lucky
one. Anita subsided, and I then re
lated how Bridget's face at the win
dow had given, so to speak, a black
eye to my Interesting physiological
and psychological Investigations.
"Well," said my aunt, "I, at least,
have had a delightful afternoon with
Anita. She has selected that old bu
reau and tho chest and a table and the
old Dutch cream Jug."
"You aro too good to us," I mur
mured, with a smile ot admiration at
Anita, who had certainly made hay
during my absence.
"No; I Intended all along to give you
more than one niece," said my aunt,
"If I found Anita to be, what I hoped
she would be, some one capable of
appreciating and looking after the old
things."
I fancied from this that In my boy
hood I had not established a reputa
tiin for humnnlty to old mahogany.
"The question Is, though," said Anita
Irrelevantly, "with Is the date you used
to remember the address by? And
why do you remember those other
dates? They're no use to you at all."
"I don't know where the address
date has gone," I replied, "but there
was one, I am sure. Those other two
dates I crammed for an exam, years
ago, nnd never had a chance to use
thorn. But I kept them In mind, In the
thrifty Dutch way, hoping to put them
to some use, nnd this afternoon I seized
the opportunity."
Stories Told of
Famotis Men
The story Is told of the English actor,
Penley, tho creator of "Charley's
Aunt," that on one occasion he was
going north and barely caught the train
nt Euston. He jumped Into a carriage
where were some young fellows, nnd
the only available seats were filled up
with bags und gun-cases, and, as no
one offered to move them out. of the
way, he stood up and held on the hat
rack. This went on for an hour or so, when
one of the fellows shifted some of the
things and asked him if he wouldn't
like to sit down.
"Oh, don't trouble," said Mr. Pen-
ley, with a twinkle In his eye, "I'm
only going to Scotland!" San Fran
cisco Argunaut.
o
When the late Neal Dow was a
young man he was chief of the volun
teer lire department of Portland, Me.
His activity In temperance reform
made htm unpopular with the liquor
sellers, and they tried to get him re
moved. At a hearing on the matter one wit
ness testified that Mr. Dow was arbi
trary and reckless of the lives of the
men. By way If illustration, he said
that ho was ordered by the chief to
take the pipe which he was holding
Into a place where he refused to go,
telling the chief that no man could live
there.
On cross-examination he was asked:
"What did Mr. Dow do then?"
"Snatched the pipe from my hands
and told me to clear out."
"What elso?"
"He took it into the fire himself."
At that point tho cn.se ngainst the
chief broke down. Youth's Companion.
o
At one of the recent general elections
In England tho Earl of Carlisle (I be
lieve) was a candidate. The earl la ex
ceedingly youthful in appearance, and
during one of his speeches he was In
terrupted with' the question. "Does your
mother know you're out?" Quick as
lightning the carl replied, "Yes; and
tomorrow she'll know I'm In." An
other political speaker who was stig
matized by nn irate questioner as not
having the manners of a pig, had the
presence of mind to retort: "Sir, I am
sorry to see you have." On a similar
occasion Sheridan was Informed "by
one of the questioners that the answers
given by him were so unsatisfactory
that he (the questioner) could not give
him his countenance at the election,
whereupon the orator replied: "Sir, t
am very glad, for an uglier countenance
I never did see."
Turning from politics to literature,
we have the famous encounter of Sir
Walter Scott and Robertbon, one of tho
Scots judges. Between these two there
was a notorious feud. Ono day In
passing Robertson, Scott remarked to
a friend, "There goes Peter of the
paunch " Robertson was equal to the
occasion with, "And there goes Peverll
of th'o Peuk!" Scott's forehead, of
course, was very pointed, while tho pe
cullnrlty of Lord Robertson's figure
may be easily guessed from the story.
What Is It that constitutes a success
ful repartee? undoubtedly ona of the
main elements Is tho rapidity of pro
duction. Of course all quick replies or
i emu rks are not repartees, but the fol
lowing borders so closely on the genu
ine repartee that there Is no reason
why It should not find a place in tho
list: There Is true wit In tho reply of
th'o Irishman to the gentleman who
asked him why his horse was so white
In the face. "Shure fcorr. and If your
head had been In a bolter all day long
your face would be white too." As the
question was put as a test ot an ordi
nary Irishman's readiness, the ques
tioner ought to have been satisfied with'
tho result. Evening Post.
General drant had as much to do
with Longstreet's becoming a Republi
can ns anyono else. They had been
schoolmates at West Point, had been
grnduated tho same year and received
their commissions at the same time,
They fought among the cactus bushes
ot Mexico and had drunk mescal from
tho same jug a thousand times, it
wbh at Jefferson barracks, near St.
Louis, that Longstreet Introduced his
cousin, Miss Julia Dent, to Grant, and
It was Longstreet hlmselt who told
the young lady of the worth of his
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Victor Hugo
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and advance, with something wild
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friend. Thev were married, and the
Georgian was at the wedding. When
they next saw each other It was at
Appomattox. After tho formalities of
tho surrender were over General Grant
took General Longstreet to one sldo
and said:
"Julia wants to seo you. Go home
and see your family, and then come
to Bee me, won't you?"
Longstreet promised, and he kept his
word. When General Grant became
president he askt I for his advice, and
begged that his former adversary now
bo one of his advisers. General Grant
never had a truer friend during his
administration. They knew each oth
er. When the tragedy took place at
Mount McGregor Longstreet suffered
as If It were the loss of a brother.
He has often visited the tomb on tho
Hudson, and has laid the gentlest
tribute of a. friend upon the marble.
Chicago Times-Herald.
A Chicago young woman, who has
Just returned from Boston, related this
Incident of Edward Everett Hale,
whom she greatly admires, having met
him and become personally Interested
In him at tho home of friends;
"I was waiting for a car," she said,
"when Dr. Hale, who was also wait
ing for the same car, accosted me with
great cordiality, and I at once antici
pated a delightful treat, a tete-a-tete
on tho car. Just as It reached us,
however, a large German woman, car
rying several great bundles, climbed
to the only seats that wore vacant,
nnd filling one herself, placed her bun
dles in tho other two, leaving the ven
erablo pastor and myself standing, Dr.
Halo smiled and took up one of the
bundles, motioning me to the place It
had occupied. Then he dropped tho
bundle In my lap,
" 'Lend a hand, Miss Jessie,' he said,
'this poor woman la overburdened. I
will carry tho other myself.'
"This ho proceeded to do, talking
meanwhile to tho woman in German
and paying no further attention to
me. Was I chagrined? I was more
disappointed than I can tell. When he
left tho car he bowed to me In his
pleasant, fatherly fashion, but to the
German, ns he returned her bundle, he
said:
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" 'I have been much Interested In
your story. It has given me a new
view of life. I thank you.'
"And I dare say," continued tho
young woman, "that be has put her
Into a book or a sermon by this' time,
whllo I wasn't, in It with tho woman
with the bundles."
"Grant was standing leaning against
a tree and this I had from one who
was as near him ns 1 nm to you with
his fatigue cap drawn down over his
eyes, and thoughtless, apparcntly.whlt
tllng a stick, As he stood thus an or
derly came running to him, and, after
saluting him, said: 'Hancock is re
treating.' Grant made no reply; in
fact, did not even raise his eyes, but
kept on whittling. A few minutes lat
er another orderly came bearing this
message: 'Hancock Is cut to pieces and
In retreating.' General Meade, who
was then standing near, heard the
words and said excitedly: 'General why
not order aid sent?" Grant merely
replied, still without raising his eyes,
and whittling, 'We will wait.' Soon an
other orderly brought this message:
'Hancock Is entirely cut to pieces, and
Is retreating In disorder.' And yet
Grant did neither look up nor stop his
whittling. General Meade was almost
frantic as he exclulmed: "General
Grant, will you allow thls? AVhy not
order an advance to his aid" nt or.co'
Grant then raised h'ls eyes, and replied,
as ho calmly looked at Meade: 'Han
cock Is not made of that sort of stuff.'
And his trust was verified a few mo
ments later by the coming of Btlll an
other orderly with a correct report."
Itev, Dr. Cameron.
SUUAK.KATING NATIONS.
Figures Indicate That Maritime Peo
ple Excel in lis Coniuinptlon.
Tho sugar crop ot the world amounts
In a normal yenr to about 8,000,000 tons,
of which the larger part, about 4,500,
000 tons, comes from beets nnd the bal
ance, a,500,000 tons, from sugar cane.
Of the latter tho largest proportion
cornea from tho West Indies and a largo
amount from the Island of Java,
Among tho countries producing beet
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sugar, Germany comes first with nbout
one-third of the world's crop; then
Austria with about as much, and then
France, Itussla, and Belgium and Hol
land together, with substantially the
same quantity.
In respect of th'e production of beet
sugar In the United States thero has
been a vast Increase since the establish
ment of the McKlnley tariff In 1S0O.
The yenr previous the American pro
duct was 2.S0O tons. Two years later It
was 12,000 tons. Pour years later It
was V0.000 tons. Last- year It was 43,
000 tons, and the product Is on tho in
crease. The McKlnley tariff estab
lished between July 1, 1891, nnd July 1,
IOCS, a bounty to bo paid by the United
Slates government to sugar producers,
with a view of stimulating the Indus
try and compensating those engaged In
It for the changes made In the duty
upon Imported sugar.
Among scientists the opinion has beon
general that a moderate cmount of
sugar, like a moderate amount of salt,
should enter Into tho dietary, of tho
people of each nation; but Is Is only
when the figures of tho consumption
of sugar are examined that It Is seen
that th'o quantity oontumed varies rad
ically, nnd It Is a curious fact that In
thnso countries In which tho maritime
spirit the spirit of navagatlon, com
merce, travel, and colonization Is
strong, there Is a very considerable
consumption of sugar per capita,
whereas In those countries In which
these qualities are not predominant
among tho Inhabitants the consump
tion is smaller. In England, first
nmong tho maritime nations of tho
world, the consumption of sugar 1b SO
pounds a year for each Inhabitant. In
Denmark rt Is 43, In Holland 31, In
Franco 30, and In Norway and Sweden
25, whereas In Russia It Is only 10, In
Italy 7, In Turkey 7, In Greece 6, and in
Servla 4. The consumption of BUgar
seems to have very little connection
with or relation to tho production of
sugar, for In Austria, tho susar pro
duct of which Is large, the average
consumption la only 19 pounds, whllo In
Switzerland, In which thero Is no pro
duction to speak of, It Is 44, And an
other curious phass of the mutter is
that thero is a great disparity In the
o.
of
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consumption of sugar In the two tea
drinking countries, England and Rus
sia. The largo amount of sugar con
sumed in Franco is attributed, In part,
to tho fact that the French confec
tioners and candymakers, and moro
especially those doing business In thai
city of l'arls, use in their trade enor
mous quantities of sugar In a year, ad
ding abnormally to the uverage con
sumption of sugar in tho French He
public. LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE.
"This extravagance," said her husband,
gravely to himself, "requires a check."
After thinking the matter over ha
wrote a check and said nothing to her
about It. Now York Journal.
She "I wonder why u Uttlo npplo
caused Adam's downfall?"
He (recalling a recent experience) "I
supposo tho banana puel hadn't been dis
covered then." Chicago Nowa.
Mrs. B. "I wish you'd pay u little at
tention to what I say."
Mr. B. "I am, my deur, as Uttlo as pos
sible." Brooklyn Life.
Said the married man who likes to b
sympathized for: My wife is never hap
py unless sho has a grievance."
"How happy sho must be!" said tho
pretty girl. And then the married man
grew fctrangsly silent. Cincinnati in
quirer. m
THE JAUIIEinVOCK.
'Twas brllllg, and the sllthy toves
Did gyro and glmble In the wabo;
All mlmsy were tho borrogroves,
And the moir.egraths outgrabc.
Ho took his' vorpal blade In hand,
Long tlmo his nuixem foo ha hought;
So rested he. 'neath the tumtum tree,
And stood awhilo In thought.
And as In ufflsh thought he stood
The Jabbcrwock with eves allumo
Camo writhing through tho tulgy wood
And burbled ns he came,
One, two, one, two and through and
through
His vorpal blade went snlcker-snack;
Ho left It dead and with its head
Ho camo gull'UT'phlng back.
And hast thou slain tho Juhjub bird?
Coma to my arms, my beamish boy.
Oh. frabjous day! Callool Callayl
Ho chortled In his joy.