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Tilt TALK OF AN UMBRELLA.
'("au that be Annie ShejilierJ?"
n.e f; iiker half rose to his feet and
I.xike-l f-aerly out of tlie wiDdow.
The exDiessioti that settled upon his
f.u- Uft no doubt that it uras Mias
"l.eplieli!.
he lias less common sense than
any wom.in I ever knew," he said with
injat;ei:ce.
l'I;e dav w.n tiuite unCt for action,
though pmir.eutly favorable for reverie
and reCeotion. So all peo;le of regu
lateil ti;ib:ts would agree, but Miss
M-.ei'l.enl had seen fit to transpose the
very ev:denr. intention of the weather
niatiajjers. and had chosen to act rather
than 'waddle and dream. And Mr.
Mancbester, who was more orthodox,
and who had done nothing all day but
build air-castles, had denounced her
accoriiiusly.
uca a rain as it was! Xowhere can
more can triumphant deludes come out
of liijh !k;ei than m the Traverse re
gion. The bucketsf ul that were poured
la great swashing sheets, came from
such an altitude that one's breath was
fairly d.Lhed out of one's body if caught
In a sudden gust round the corner.
Smcmenni;! rieasuringt And here
at Harbor Springs it was as cold as
Liberia. A nor'.U wind that had come
orer a'd the Ice of the po:cS, had met a
tretnendotiS thunder-gust from the
equator, and the two together were
baviu? it out. And, of course, as a
part i. f an idle man's luck, this contest
must occur on the very day he had set
to.tae ilisa Shepherd with hint to a
rortar.'ic dell he.had discovered some
Tii.ere in tl.e rieiihDorho)d.
"U it poss.ble'f " he exclaimed again,
as !.e worried about In his chair, evi
dently t much nettled with disgust
to be ab'.e to keep still.
'uw, Mr. Manchester had been hard
hit. lie, a typical C'hicagoan blonde,
of course, rotund, mediumly bold, not
very young had been so well frxeaved,
so aru:e t cai-a-r!e, as it were, that the
Lit had literacy stunned him, and
everjbody else, with surprise.
A weii-dt'ilvered blow it must h3ve
been, sent by a cool hand ana practised
eye. Whether it was heel or heart that
was struck, time alone could show; if
the former, probably, like Achilles, he
would d;e of it; if the Utter, the dan-
gr was not appreciable.
S-ated in the comfortable hotel of
fice, he Lad dor.e nothing all this day
but watch through the streaming win
dows the pelted aud drenched street.
The bu:k of the tourist guests had goats
on a steaa,pr excursion to Mackinaw
the niuht ttfore.
He had been invited to Join this party
to the Island, but after the adroit dis
covery that Acme hepherd had de
cliutd ruiip, Le also had declined. His
reasoi.s for so doin;f were patent to
every one but himself.
Then had followed that little episode
of h;s Invitation to her to join him la a
walk next day. This had bjen hastily
waist ered in the hall on partlnj at
night, and accepted with a nod and
mile. It was to be to a wood near by.
where a free, clear spnug gushed and
roared down a black-earthed declivity.
It was one of the dampest, mossiest
spots in the whole region. lie had once
found a bear's fresh track on the moss,
and ha I christened it therefore 'Board
of Trade Glen"
Cut the rain had put a provoking
stop to this plan. And Miss Shepherd
cad capped the peak of his disgust by
pleading "headache" as a reason for
kwpir.p out of sight all day, he having
oahed very early in the forenoon.
i et there she went, or his eyes had
lost their cunningl
It is true there was a it. 1 in the rain,
but none In the wind. And with a
headache, what could tempt her out?
Too ill to eee him. and jtt well enough
to brave this teaipestl
She went down the steps, clad in a
gossamer and with her umbrella up
an umbrella big enough for two. She
must have had the limbs of an Ata
Linta to move with snch entiatiln crrace
and strengUi, for the wind tried its
wicaeiiest to pull out that ugly, ulster
Bhaped thing and to make her fine,
slender outline iooK fat- lie cauzht a
g.impse of a good, stout boot, seeming
au iue uaintier for its stoutness. And
watching and meutaliy taking in all
the bl.e Iiolnts. h kent nn luvittorlnir
Ere of ejaculation: "Sue'll get her
ueath-cold." "Was there ever such an
unreasoning, unprognosticatable crea-
ur as Mier"
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uiaappearea, nutterlnc like a
loose-sailed pirate-craft ro and the cor
ner.
He knew just about her course when
he saw her turn to the right and bend
herself to meet the blast, which was
directly in her tan.
He rallied his senses ai he lost sight
of her. liang into hh- chair went the
"Jok he had not even pretended to
ad; up the stairs, two steps at a time,
ce sprang, aud presently returned ar-
jeu in lis t Jmburg great coat, and
le.Sure.y Pufilntr a newlv licrhtori -lcmr
A good observer 1.1 hm n.itw
aa hour before that the weather wa
"iytoclwr. There w a pale, yel
low streak in tin. n.rts .i . tT.iJ..-v
vo urt and take flight on the part of the
clouds. These signs wer at the bot
tom of M las Shepherd' venture, bat
Mr. Manchester's perceptions had been
too long dulled by his native smokes
for him to have detected the Imminent
change.
Consequently he was greatly aston
ished when, upon stepping along the
veranda and spreading ills umbrella, he
found the raiu had entirely ceased.
As his friends well knew, foremost
among the things La hated there was
a long list of foremost was an um
brella. Mo, on finding he did not need
one. he recklessly set his dowa la the
rack la the hall and sauntered indif
ferently out.
lie did not directly follow Ml&s Shep
herd's route, but struck off Into a
street that was sure to intercept her.
After much readjusting of hat and
coat, be finally settle! dowa to genuine
hard work la meeting and resisting the
wind.
It was a gusty gale. It smelt of the
white-caps that were tearing along the
shore, and of the Norway pines, black
with wet but unrumpled.'that clothed
the land.
He gave up his cigar at once as Im
practicable, and flung It away. He
was In sight of his will-o'-the-wisp, for
she, not offering as great a balk of re
sistance of himself, had not got on
famously agiust the opposing force.
She had shu. i. her umbrella, but as
she could not keep her gossamer within
any decorous limits, she looked very
much like a pedestrian balloon, aud
Manchester laughel to himself at the
way the elements dared to trlCe with
her grace. A little refrain burst out
In his head
"I .honl-l rail her 1 (.twuM name her,
IlamaJrjaJ ot tnc Caoutchouc:"
It was Inglorious as to rhvma or
measure, but ultilltsrlan as to iiusllty,
as befitted a commercial man.
Now he put forth his muscle. He
left off walking he strode. She was
flapping along the beach la advance
with a streaming b ue veil out for a
pennon. But she did keep her feet
admirably. Diana couldn't have done
better if she had boen forced into petti
coats. Still he gained upon her sensibly.
He found superabundant zest in some
thing. Ozone? Lung expansion? Or
was it the tantalizing, never-twlce-alike
woman who eluded while she led the
woman with 'less common sense than
any be had ever known?"
Zest there was at any rate, that
brought a ruddy color to his face aud
cleared away the discontent of the
morning from his spirits.
He had quite overtaken her before
she knew ot tbe pursuit.
"Let me carry that umbrella," he
said, without preface.
"If you please It holds several
pounds of water, and I am tired of It."
" did not start till the rain was
over" an accent of self-righteous com
placence on the personal pronoun.
"2 was out just in time for the final
dash," and she delivered over to him
her water-soaked burden.
He shook It out. re-folded it, twisted
it into as close compass as possible,
buttoned it, and then used it as a cane.
"Is this the way to Board-of-Trade
Glen?" she asked, with mischievous
glance.
"Quite the opposite entirely oppo
site. But s.'tall we go there?" halt
ing and half eaer to carry out his first
purpose.
O no. I think I prefer the open
beach. It would be like a stroll under
a street-sprinkler to walk in the woods
now.'
"How Is the headache," Miss Shep
herd?' moving along gravely after this
rebuff.
A sudden expression swept over her
face that looked to him like guilt. He
directly felt a suspicion, half angry,
half helpless, that he had been put off
all day from seeing her by a mere
hackneyed plea a sort of feminine
professional escape.
Before she could answer, he added:
Oh. it has served its purpose, proba-
bly. and died.likeany other ephemera."
To have him crabbed usually amusea
Miss Shepherd; to have him ironical
frtze her into indifference; but this
direct assumption that she had been
snamming gave her an unwonted sense
of uain.
The truth was. she liad waked In the
morning with the beadach, and had
sent him a message to that effect when
he had desired to see her at an unrea
sonably early hour. But it had passed
off, and she had quite forgotten that it
ever had been.
-Do von thiuk that a headache is a
part of my stock in trade?" she asked.
with a high color.
"Oh. nol forgive me; ot course l
don't. If I did think that. It would be
to class you with all other women in
that particular. And in no particular
are you like any other woman."
That was making amends won a
vengeance. Silence iouoweu me
speech.
"Isn t this too mucn econ ior jou,
MUs Shepherd this battle with the
wind?" after a pause.
"Oh. no; I like It."
But if sou were to take my arm I
am sure that it would steady you until
we get in the lee of that wood; then it
will be very mucn easier.
I do very well aloDe. thank you."
II'm-mI"
"Is this a favorite promenade. Miss
Shenherd? I should think It might be
floe exercise to walk here when the
ft A II (I 1 deen and dry. It must come
over one's shoe-tops, and is as vmsiaoie
a3 a woman's temper."
'Is that your strongest simile, Mr,
Manchester.
"I do not think of anything at pres-
ant. tlmr. rnuld strengthen It."
"r rtrt walk here frequently. Now
and then I meet a stiay Indian woman
You have noticed the grace of these
squaws? It comes from their prefer
nrH for the sand as a promenade. But
they generally carry a t asket ot llsh or
a pappoose on their snouiuers, 10 euevt.
a proper balance.'
They are hideous. They don't walk
they plough."
"Trv the beach some dry day, your
self, Mr. Manchester, and see how easy
if i. tn h irraeefuL
"It Is easy now, at least," he said,
significantly glancing at her, really
with comDlIment. and
anxious to get below the tart crust of
her mood. Into the larking places of her
sweetest humor.
Ch. IrrnArml ll 1 m
sh hatted, now. tracing tbe faint
ridges In the sand, where each out
going wave left tne recoiu . i j""
"They are, all aspiring,'' she said;
'but one washes out the trace of the
other with just as little mercy as men
show to the wave of their fellow-men.
If tbe shore lines were always tbe
uu.n thia fra.il TlllAT&nt lake WOUld
be a stagnant pool. We should all die
of it. Better tbe stirring and rubbing
out, than the standing still. Aren t
tbe new wave marks as graceful as the
Old?"
Twhaps."
This half-satlrioal sparring was one
of their customs. She seemed specially
to delight in it He was always glanc
ing off into personalities her person
ality but si e liked to reflect, and to
say perverse things.
Just then a loager-reacalng swash
came boldly up an 1 crawled all about
her feet. Thanks to the stout boots,
she got away with little wetting. But
Manchester was distressed.
"Your teet are wet. Miss Shepherd.'
"On the outside yes."
"Be reasonable. The water must
have crept Inside, I am sure; and it is
a great risk."
"I get them wet every day. I never
suffer from It."
"I have a suspicion that in order to
keep you out ot the water, one would
have to command you to go into it. I
am sure you would go dry-shod all your
life. If some one should plead with you
to wade "
Ob. how she tantalized and vexed
him.
-Hea!ly," la a half-injured tone,
"they are thoroughly dry. I run uo
risk."
Manchester deliberated before he
made any further advance. Then lift
ing up the umbrella and scanning it Its
entire length, he said, with some exas
peration: "How does it happen that for merely
one asking I am In possession of this
article? I should suppose that because
I wanted to carry it 1 couldn't have
frml it on any terms. "
"Oh, that is easily explained. You
did not iranf to carry It It was merely
a stress of politeness" that imielled you
t ask to do it. If you had really
craved the pleasure, of course you
couldn't have had it."
"I hate an umbrella!" he answered
with vehemence. "You can have it
back. Miss Shepherd. It will serve as
a support instead of my arm."
"1 get on very well without either,"
she replied.
No sooner was this uttered than a
sudden whim on the part of the storm
sent the rain pouring down upon them.
It was a retiring salaam an effusive
an rerofr.
There was a moment's grim satisfac
tion to Manchester In seeing the water
dashed into her defenceless face. He
would have felt thoroughly justified in
leaving her to get the full force of it as
long as it shot'ld last.
But pity and tenderness very quickly
succeeded.
With great difficulty Le opened the
umbrella, took her hand with firmness,
drew it closely within his aim, and
sheltered her as best he could.
A group of dwarf pines was near, a
little back from the beach in the saud.
He drew her toward them, and they
proved an excellent barrier against the
storm. It was comparatively calm
there, but she was forced to stand very
close to him so as to avoid the deluge.
He looked down into her glowing
face. It did not seem at all to him as
if either ot them lacked good sense in
beirg there. It was delightful, bliss
ful. Would you have been as generous
to me," he said, bending down to her.
if you had had the umbrella, and 1
hal been trying by every means to pick
a quarrel with you?"
Quarrel?"
She lifted her eyes in surprised ques
tion, a moment, but dropped them at
once with a vivid blush, bhe met
something in his, which were at too
close range to be evaded, that made her
heart beat, terribly.
But she rained.
I never quarreL It la you who dis
tract me always; and because I am not
docile, you "
"I ?"
"YtM. Y'ou "
"Yes, I love you, Annie."
There was no escape, no room what
ever for coquetry. To turn to the one
side was to be drenched, to turn to the
other was to be almost within his arms.
She was at a tremendous disadvant
age. Mie wantea to laugn, out, in
stead, a little tremor went over her
ch'n, and she began to cry.
How be comforted her. how be
soothed her, let the umbrella tell, for it
shut them away rrom all observers
until her self-control was quite re
stored. When be lifted it again, to take a
peep at the prospect without, she was
smiling.
"Kival showers," he said, w.tu a
spark of malice.
The spark kindieu no resentment.
She would not seem to hear.
"Do vou hate this umbrella?" was her
adroit question to turn the subject.
Obscuration again, causeu. oy we
umbrella's sinking once more over their
heads.
Standing In the rain for a length of
time may have romantic elements m
It, but can never be wholly without
anxiety or discomfort. Manchester
liked one feature of it the proximity.
But however kindly the umbrella had
lent itself to their rmriKM3. t had
failed to keep them dry.
So they started homeward, arm in
arm, as they had not come. He was
tender, she compliant.
'How much sweeter a woman is wuo
has been vanquished, than one born
tractable," thought the victor.
The wind was now at their backs,
and helped to speed them along. It
must have bad a sense ot tbe ludicrous
about it, too, for it suddenly got under
the umbrella, and almost carried it out
of Manchester's bands. The handle
would stay with him, but the top would
nor. It made a complete revolution of
itself in other words turned the
wrong side out.
Miss Shepherd was forced to relax
her grip on her lover's arm; his energies
were centered elsewhere. In one mo
mnt more the fatal "yes" would have
been spoken; but Fate interposed a
hiatus, as Fate Is apt to do.
Manchester had a great deal ot ob
stinacy that was wont to come to the
front in emergencies. Neither his atti
tude nor gait wai at the present mo
ment dlznifled. bnt be manifested a
determination not to be conquered by
an inanimate thing he had so often re
viled.
He was in a fine chase after it, when
his hat caught the contagion and went
flying off his bead in advance.
Then disgust overtook him. He gave
th umbrella a gay toss, and, bare-
beaded, returned to Annie. Sae was
laughing very merrily.
"I can live without them," he said.
taking her band and drawing it through
bis arm; "but I cant, live witnout you.
rcivn me vour answer. Annie."
Ah. but loos at yourseiu x ou run
great risk In being so uncovered"
with the same accent of concern that I
be had used about her shoes.
"Xo matter. Tell me!"
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" wan jrresisuuie.
' Yes, yes, then; but do save my um
brella!" He gave her a broad-daylight kiss,
and then went after the recreant arti
cle: while she did the same for his hat.
They were a very contented twain
when at length they reached their
hotel, neither ot them seemingly the
worse for the weather.
Manchester found. In accordance
with the universal law. that bis um
brella had been abstracted during his
absence, from the hall where he bad
left It, His was a nice silk one. slim
as a cane. Imported, while this one be
held In his hand was meant for bucolic
uses only.
Never mind." he said, as they
parted at tbe foot ot the stairs, ''one
umbrella will hereafter do for both."
Tout I'rnul ITooervcs.
A bright little woman who delights
In being known as "the mater'' to four
sturdy lads, was found the other day in
pleased and absorbed contemplation of
a colossal stone Jar.
"By next October," she announced,
"that jar will be brimful of the best
preserves you ever tasted.
When asked if she didn't think It a
sinful waste of time and money and
good fruit to make preserves, condu
cive merely to the ruin ot the health,
temper and good looks of her family,
she cried: "Fudge and fiddlesticks; nol
a bit of it. I defy you to show me a
merrier, stronger, rosier set of fellows
than my boys. Of course, preserves
are expensive; so are books and pic
tures, so Is music; so is roast beef for
that matter. Sweetmeats.ln due propor
tion, have as much raison d'etre as any
of them. Young people get a large
share of their pleasure from the sense
of taste. Iater on they get more from
ihe eye and the ear. but who wants to
deny them a reasonable enjoyment cf
the pleasure they take in goodie3.
while the pleasure Li real and desirable
to them? I would as soon think of
keeping my boys forever at Greek
giainmar and algebra and forbidding
ball and tennis as to feed them forever
on roast beef and oat meal, and inter
dict cakes and candies. In moderation
they merely stimulate a healthy diges
tion, as a knotty problem stimulates
tbe intellect. The best physician in the
city told a dyspeptic to eat anything be
fancied lr be wished to regain health
and didn't wish to diet himself into a
coffin.
"I make preserves because the child
ren like them, and like me better for
doing it. Of course, the carefully
prepared home-made ones are a thous
and times better than the bought stuff,
which looks beautiful, but, usually
being made of unripe frnlt, flavorless
aud insipid. I feel repaid for tbe
trouble, in knowing that it contributes
to the happiness of a borne and a child
hood, the attractiveness ot which- de
pends ou little things.
"A child's fondness for sweets is
net a thing to be loftily sneered at.
Ui not the tempting dainties of the
Arabian Nights' appeal to the fancy
of every unspoiled and unsoured adult,
w ho ever as a child longed to experi
ment on a cream tart with pepper in
it. and gloated over the dainties which
which Ganem offered the beautiful
Fatiaia? What a winning, simple
trait we think It in Herrlck, that he
takes such evident delight in Imaging
bride's cskes and spicy confections in
conjunction with the beauties of his
Julia, and do not the
"Candiep apple, quince and plum and
gourd.
With jellies soother than the creamy
curd.
And lucent syrups tlnct with cinna
mon.
Manna and dates In argosy transferred
from Fez,
Add spiced dainties, every one
From silken Samarcand to cedared
.Lebanon."
contribute to the glamour of sensuous
beauty with which Keats contrived to
nvest "Tbe Eve of St. Agnesr-
Sweetmeats are a part of the romance
of life to a child's imagination aud
shonld be respected accordingly.
'Now. are you not convinced, ana
don't you feel tn a perfect fever to go
home and start a jar of tutti frutti pre
serves? You'll Dnd them utterly de
licious poured as a sauce over a mold
of Ice cream even If it does sound
queer."
Tt e tutti frutti preserves are to be
made as follows: Fut a quart of white
brandy in a stone Jar, then during tne
year add whatever frnlt you choose,
weighing It and adding an equal
weight of sugar. The fruit is put in
the brandy raw, and every week the
mixture is stirred to keep the sugar
frjm setting to the bottom. My in
formant told me that any fruit could
be added, but that pine apples, chopped
fine and also cut in cubes, cherries,
strawberries, apricots, plums and
peaches would make the finest mix
ture omitting tbe seedy fruits like
blackberries and raspberries, which,
although licb In flavor, were apt to fall
In pieces and Injure the appearance of
the stew. Tbe quart of brandy an
swers for a large Jar of the preserves,
as the sugar and fruit juices keep
adding to the syrup, and the whole can
be kept any length of time if locked
up.
The Itag Picker of Paris.
In Paris the privilege ot removing
and overhauling the city's debris is
farmed out to large contractor?, who
hire chiffoniers, as French rag pickers
are called, who go out at nightfall with
their hotte, or square basket, buckled
over their shoulder and grub over tbe
piles ot ashes and sweepings which have I
bee i placed in the streets. They take ,
everything ot the slightest value down
to the smallest pieces ot wood and bits .
of bread, and carry their burdens to
the contractors' warehouses. They are
poorly paid reside in squalid quarters,
exist for a few sons a day at the rag
pickers' restaurant, indulge In some of
tbe gayeties of life, such as attending
a chiffonier's ball, and are members of '
a well organized rag pickers' mutual
benefit society. The agreement Into
which the contractors enter with the
municipal authorities compel tbe for
mer to remove the city refuse within
certain hours acd gives them the sole
power ot appointing chiffoniers. All
other perwus who overhaul the house
hold offscourings are amenable to a
city ordinance. Consequently It is no
unusual thing for over 4,000,003 francs
worth of old rags, bones, etc., to be
taken out of the collections of the
7,000 chiffoniers. j
The cashier of a Montreal, panada
j la uk is on an excursion to Boston.
I His "shortage" Is stated at $12,000.
FO'DSf IN CHAJSCEIt V.
The Will o' the AViap Which Befools
tbe "American Heir.
Irregularly at first, and now at Inter
vals of three years, there is published a
list of funds under accounts which
have not been touched (except to ad 1
or invest dividends) for fifteen years be
fore tbe publication of the list. This
publication Is one of bal 1 fact, but it
embodies much of romance and quaint-
ness. It 13 Issued in the form of a sup
plement and the latest one occupies 13S
pagea. It records simply the titles ot
the account." the year in which it was
opened, and the "date and value of
last transaction." For Instance, here
is a brief record, not without its Inter
est: "Black versus Straphan, 1749.
10th August, 1773. Fay men t out." But
that short record tells tho story of a
case in chancery, begun In 1749, when
money was there placed in custody.
Twenty-four years later there was a
"payment" out of the account, but a
remnant was left which tn all these
years has been untouched, except by
tbe addition of interest. Black anil
Straphan have passed away, after the
legal struggle, but there the money
whatever its amount waits for a
proper claimant. Another entry is as
brief and more pathetic: "Mary King,
a lunatic, 1742, Not dealt with." Poor
Mary has passed away from her "case."
alike of Interest to the medical and le
gal professions, but the account opened
145 years ago has remained untouched
in the safe grasp of the court which
Dickens terribly satirized. There Is an
entry "ex-parte the unknown person or
persons Interested in the freehold es
tate" known as "Noa. 19, 20 and 21 in
tbe Great Bell alley, aud No. 14 in
White's alley, in the city of London."
In 1S35, the account was opened, and
It has sinco been "not dealt with."
Th!rty-flve years ago one Susannah
BIoss left a legacy "to be given to Eliza
Smith," but from the absence of the
legatee or other causes, an account was
dned in chancery, and the account
lias not been dealt with since. And, as
a Gual instance, let us quote that of
"Conway versus Lord Conway, on ac
count of the personal estate of Francis,
Lord Conway, deceased. 1741, 31 Aug ,
1752. Payment out.
Thus, arising out of the insanity, the
absence, the minority of rersons, the
want of proof as to the legal recipient,
and allied causes, large ums accumu
late. Public companies and public
needs cause other aggregations. Great
railway som panics, for public purposes,
need land or buildings, and In default
of owners having power to sell, they pay
the sum into chancery, where it re
mains until there is proved right to re
ceive a share of it, or the total sum.
And thus the 1 ng list is fed by the
changing circumstances of humanity;
and death, removal, and ignorance of
bequests, brings at times some of the
accounts within range of t'uow "which
has not been dealt with otherwise than
by the continuous Investment, or plac
ing oirdepotItrtrrlTltTeirdrd the
fifteen years immediately preceding the
publication of the list," It lias its Bad
aspect, has that list. It speaks. If not
in Shelley's words of "fraud-accumulated
gold." yet of amounts kept from
the heirs, of bequests that cannot be
given to those for whom they are
meant because of mental incapacity, or
other inability to acquire what was de
vised to them; It points to the litiga
tion for centuries; it speaks of wealth
waiting to fructify In the hands of un
known owners; all the poorer for their
ignorance; and it tells of the countless
thousands that, for want of owners,
are thrown by the incidents of life and
time into the care of that much-abused
court.
Caleb Bostwick's Luck.
Poor Caleb was in despair. The
most persistent and relentless sort of
ill-luck bad pursued this meek and
exemplary llltlle man fcr so long that
he had grown quite accustomed to
having things go more or less awry
with him. and he ordinarily accepted
Fate's small spitefulness quite as a
matter ot course.
But this last misfortune secned too
much for even Caleb Bostwick's ad
mirable ra'.lence and forbearance.
For a brief space he wavered between
tears and profanity over his crowninz
Ill-fortune; then, at last, his manhood
asserted itself and he mildly swore.
He said: "Well, it's too deru'd bsdl"
It really was too Lad. For a score
of long and weary years Caleb had
risen early and wroaght late for the
very moderate stipend that he received
weekly from the gieat commercial
house which had Just failed failed so
completely and thorougly that there
would not be enough left to pay ten
cents on each dollar of its obligations.
It was a terribly severe blow to
Caleb. He had grown from boyhood
Into a man now neither young nor old
in the uninterrupted enjoyment of
his one bit of unvarying gcod fortune,
tbe little pay envelope every Saturday
night with his week's wages to take
Lome to his patient little wife and his
four chubby little boys.
It had often been bard work to keep
tbe wolf from breaking in at the door,
and tbe five pairs of small ehoes from
breaking out at the toes. Yet Caleb,
despite his trials, bad been able to go
whistling merrily to the "store" of
mornings, and bis wife could chirrup a
cheery song as she wiped the breakfast
dishes in the cozy kitchen that always
looked as if its face was newly washed.
There had been long weeks of wuoop
ing cough, mumps and measles, that
had kept the diminutive savings bank
account from ever reaching three fig
ures, however, and there was little to
B.and between their humble happiness
and cruel want.
And now the snow was beginning to
make its approach felt in tbe air, and
only that very morning the cheery little
woman bad said as she kissed him
good-bye for tbe day: "You good little
Poppy, you must begin to get rich soon,
or else you'll Lave to have some one
die and leave jou a new overcoat, and
you must bring borne the money for the
rent to-night."
The new overcoat was a thing that
he also felt be ought to have, but the
rent was an Imperative demand that
would not be put off. And now the
coat was entirely out of tbe question,
and the savings bank account must
dwindle for the landlord's potent sake.
The failure of Bongs. Biggs & Bun
combe, though an overwhelming ca
lamity to him, was not his only misfor
tune, for as he turned from the closed
doors to which tbe sheriff's deputies
held the key he discovered that the
small roll of money remaining over
from last week's wages after the mod
est weekly bills bad been paid bad In
some mysterious manner escaped from
the snug protection of bis waistcoat
pockets. Possibly the suave and po:lte
stranger who apo'oglzed sc. graceful iy
for jostling him at the ferry landing
could have told bim what had become
of the money. But this was ouly sur
mise. The fact itself was beyond con
jecture; the money was gone. True,
it was only a few one and two-dollar
bills only "aces and duces," a3 tbe
defunct firm's dashing traveler. Harry
Slimtom, would have said, but Its loss
was more crushing to poor Caleb,
coming upon the heels of the other dis
aster, than the unsuccessful opening of
the richest kind of a jackpot would
have been to the gay and brilliant
Harry, and Caleb remarked (tins time
privately and to the inner self), "Well,
dash it all any way!" But whatever
there was of comfort and relief in these
'scape valve' emissions from au over
charged heart, they did not furnish tha
curative solace of resource or expe
dient. What to do was the immediate
problem. A week before Caleb's uncle
bad said to him that if he, Caleb, could
lay his band upon twelve or fifteen
hundred dollars there was a chance for
him and the cash in the eld gentle
man's factory, together with a sure in
come of more than double the wagi e
the little man bad been receiving.
What good, however, was such an
offer to Caleb! lie was as far from
having J 1,500 as from the moon.
Moodily he turned toward the bank
to draw the sum necessary to pay tho
rent, and, passing in, after a tedious
wait for the doors to open, he saw
the little savings that stood between
him and dire distress shrink into still
more alarming insignificance.
He left the bank with a heavy heart,
and, fearful lest he might again become
the victim of cruel fortuue, he kept the
limpsey little book, with its modest
fringe of ends of bank notes, ti-hlly
clasped in his hand. Turning the cor
ner of the nearest "short cut," he
found himself among a throng of men,
some interested, some idly curious, ail
attentive to the words cf a dapper
gentleman, who was volubly soliciting
bids ou something which Caleb was
too much occupied with other matters
to notice; for back of the dapper and
verbose gentleman stood the politi ami
suave stranger who bad apologized at
the ferry landing for jostling Caleb
and who might have taken the roil ot
money. Hoping against despair, Caleb
pressed forward through the crowd,
and. bank book in band, waved a
frantic signal toward the stranger.
"Ah, yes! thank you, sir," chattered
on the dapper auctioneer. "Thirty
one did you say? Gjing at thirty-one,
'ty-one, 'ty-one; will no one say thirty
two? Last call; gentlemen! Going,
going, gone! This gentleman gets it
at $31,000, and mighty cheap, too.
Name, please?" and he smiled blandly
at Caleb.
The poor little man was utterly con
founded. He saw that he had unwit
ting y bid oil some valuable piece of
property, and a feeling of horror came
over him as he felt that he must pub
licly disavow his intention and explain
that he only wanted to arrest tbe at
tention of a well dressed gentleman
whom he suspected of being a thief.
He stammered out: "My name is Bost
wickl" and as the crowd parted to en
able him to advance, he felt that it
would be a merciful dispensation to be
permitted to sink through the earth to
even China. Clutching his bank
book more firmly, lie sought to make a
whispered explanation to the auctioneer
who stood in bland and smiling expec
tation. At this critical moment, a
hand on his shoulder the bank book
shoulder caused him to turn and face
the Intruder who hindered tho culmin
ation of his day's misery. "O ie mo
ment, Mr. Bostwlck," said a voice in
his ear, "don't settle yet. if you please.
Will you take a thousand for your
bargain?" "No, sir," stammered
poor Caleb, anxious to explain. "I
don't want" "Fifteen hundred
then, say fifteen hundred and I'll giva
you a check right here." "Iteaily,"
gasped Caleb "I'll tell you what I'll
do," persisted the stranger. "I'll give
you 52,000 to turn the bargain over to
me. My old man wants the house, but
I'm blessed if I'll give a penny over
533,000 for it. Will you take it? Yes
or no! Quick!"
Caleb's eyes began to bulge. He re
alized that he was being offered $2,000
to back out of his blunder. With one
supreme effort he refrained from falling
dead at the feet of his persistent
stranger, and with strange procrasti
nation asked:
"But why didn't you bid it off your
self?" "Didn't get here till after you'd got
your work in; I .thought the old duffer
wouldn't begin the sale so early. Is it
a trade?" "It is," gasped Caleb, as
ne saw the stranger draw out from bis
wallet a handful of certified checks and
select two of 11,000 each from the
goodly fellowship of the greater ones.
The stranger drew a fountain pen
from its case and fitted it to its bolder.
"You see," he remarked, as he In
dorsed the checks, 'I like to get
things all settled up tight and fast
while I am about it, so there won't be
any backing out." "So do I," said
Caleb siniply.
The Gypsies.
Are they the oldest race oa earth,
and have tbey worn out all the gods?
Have they worn out all the hopes, fears
of the human heart in tens of thous
ands of years, and do they merely live
acquiescent to fate? For some have
thought to trace In the older races an
apthy as with the Chinese, a religion of
moral maxims and some few joss-house
superstitions, which they themselves
full well know to be naught, worship
ing their ancestors, but with no vital
living force, like that which drove Mo
hammed's bands to zealous fury, like
that which sent our Pu. ltan over the
sea in tbe Mayflower. No living faith.
So old, so very, very old, older than the
Chinese, older than the Copts of Eypt,
older than Aztecs; back to those dim
Sanskrit times that seem like the clouds
on the far horizon of human experi
ence, where space and chaos begin to
take shape, though but a vapor. So
old, they went through civilization 10.
000 years since; they have worn It all
out. even hope in the future; they
merely live acquiescent to fate, like the
red deer. The crescent moon, the
evening star, the clatter of the fern
owl, the red embers of the wood fire,
the pungent smoke blown round about
by the occasion puffs of wind, the
shadowy trees, the sound of the horses
cropping the grass, the night that steals
on till the stubbles alone are light
among tbe fields the gypsy sleeps in
his tent on mother earth; It is, you see,
primeval man with primeval nature.
One thing he gains at least an iron
health, an untiring foot, women whose
hauches bear any burden, children
whose naked feet are not afraid of the
dew.
1 N t-V-C IlOlS JJ it L K KX N t2S.
Iteformed Men Who Have Shown
Slgna of In toxical ion from Con
raClon. There are cases of reformed men who
show s:gns of Intoxication from the
contagion of others who are drunkards.
The following Is an example: A promi
nent ex-milltary man who had drunk
moderately once, while attending a din
ner with his old comrades, where most
of them were intoxicated, suddenly be
came hilarious, made a foolish speech,
settled back la his chair in a drunken
state, and was finally taken home qnlte
stupid. He had not drunk any spirits
and tal only used coffee and water,
and yet he had all the symptoms of the
other, only his was intoxication from
contagion; the favoring soil had been
prepared long ago in the army.
Another case was that of man who
had been an inebriate years ago, but
had reformed. He was recently elected
to ouice. and cave a Uinner to s jme
friends. Among them was a physician 1
who had been greatly interested
these studies. He sent me a long re- j
port, the substance of which was this:
yju iuo occasion reierrea to many ot
the company became partially intoxica
ted , and the boat, who drank nothing
but water, became hilarious, and liually j
stupid, with them. He was put to bed
with every sign of intoxication, but ra-;
covered, and next morning had only a
confused notion of these events. j
The third case occurred four years
ago. A reformed man of twelve years' J
sobriety, went on a military excursiou
with a drinking company, and. al-'
though he drank nothing but lemonade, i
became as much intoxicated as the
others. This event was the subject of
much commet and loss to him, socially :
and otherwise, although he protested, ;
and other confirmed his statements. '
that he did not take any spirits at this:
time. In these cases two conditions
were present one in which some
special unknown nerve state was la-
herited, which' readily reflected alco
holic states from contagion; the other.
In which this particular alcoholic state
had been acquired, and more readily
responded to contagious surroundings
than otherwise. j
Thus actors who essay to represent ,
insanity or inebriety are eucstsful In :
propoitionas they Inherit a nervous'
organization predisposing them to these
aUections. A single glass of spirits '
may awaken a latent nerve defect and
soon after merge Into Inebriety. So
the effort to imitate the manner and
conduct of an Intoxicated person may
give impress and direction to an or
ganism that will be permanent. An
actor greatly praised for his skill as
Ibimlit was obliged to leave the stage
for the reason that this character was
becoming so intimately bis as to sug-j
gest Insanity at an early day. A man '
who acted the part of a drunken man
was after a time so completely intoxi
cated as to be unlit- for bla part,
could not use spirits imd bad to
He
give
up uis part in me piay lor tlie same
reason as mentioned above.
A remarkable Incident of this kind
came to my notice. A temperance
writer of great power and vividness of
detail said that he lived all the details
of the hero he was describing in his
own mind. When the character was
Intoxicated he had all tho symptoms
and had to go to bed after writing that
the hero did so. He suffered, was ex
hausted, had pa:n. mental azony. was
joyous, happy, contented, aud lived
over every event which he described.
Tnis man was strictly temperate, but
had a drunken father, from whom he
inherited a peculiar nervous organiza
tion that gave him power to realize the
toxic state from alcohol and throw
himself into it most perfectly. He s.158
that it would Impair his health to write
more on this theme, for he would be
intoxicated most of the time while
writing.
Many of these states may be termed
emotional trance states, and in some
future time will be the subject of some
curious and wonderful psychological
discoveries. For Instance, reformed
m.n, or those who have recently
siopjied the use of spirits, cannot sately
listen to a recital of the sufferings aud
struggles of others to become temperate
without taking on some form of men
tal shock that is fatal to their own re -solutions.
The more vividly and ac
curately the struggles of a drunkard
are described the more certainly the
will of the hearer is weakened and ren
dered impotent to belt ilself. Ttui
Ierauce lecturers who hope by painting
the horrors of drink so vividly to deter
any one in the audience sroiu falling iu
that way are deceived, and produce
the very effect they seek to remedy.
What is
Itoally the
Sprinir.
Matter with
Are the seasons la very fact chang
ing or have oar poets through succes
sive generations beguiled us with pic
tures of a delusive and non-existent
Spring? When Thompson wrote -'The
Seasons (publ shed in 1728) May 1 fell
on May 12 as we now record It and his
May 21 oa June 1. His Christmas Day
fell upon a time that we now date as
January 5, a time at which we are far
more liable to the Christmas weather
ot the poets than at our present Christ
mas. These differences arose from our
correction of the calendar In 1752. Oa
September 2 of that year eleven nomi
nal days were struck out, so that the
day following was called September 14
instead of 3. The year 1751 suffered
6till more severely in England. It
began on March 25 as the previous year
had done, but ended on December 31.
It had bat 2S2 days. This change,
however, has not affected the apparent
seasons, it merely touches the legal dat
ing of the year. The effect of cutting
off the eleven days in the dates of the
month has had a sensible effect on all
our records and traditions concerning
the seasons. If the "April showers"
were rigidly punctual, they would now
begin on April 12 and end on May 12,
and the May blossoms that now come
out so late as June 11 are still within
their proper month, according to old
style. The change from old to new
style was not effected smoothly. "Give
us back onr eleven days," became the
cry of threatening rebellion. Kussia
still clings to the old style with accu
mulating error. Its calendar is now
twelve days behind.
California boasts of her timber,
and it is stated that pine boards 80 feet
long and 3 feet wide, without knot or
blemish, can readily be obtained there.
Mrs. Lewis, mother of Ida Lewis,
the heroine of the Lime Rocks Light
house, died at Newport, Khode Island,
recently, aged 72 years.
IS'JSWS IN BUIEF.
Deadwood, (Dik.) has a drama
tized version of -Ostler Joe."
Bismarck, by advice of his physic
ian, now takc-3 dally horseback rides.
It is said that 120 clergymen sailed
from New York for Kurope in a single
day, recently.
A license to practice law has been
Issued to David IUyston, colored, at
Ashland, Miss.
The Sacramento Chief of Police
was fined lately for giving a saucy
answer to a lawyer.
Alliar.c?, New Jersey, Las a Jew
ish colony that devotes great atten
tion to berry culture.
Tho Government is said to own
S75,0iXI,O0O worth of properly uooa
which no insurance ia curried.
A pioii3 family in New York u
said to have converted a parrot frorat
profanity and tau?ht it a prayer.
An American eagle rr.eaurin;;
seven f-et four inches frjm tin to t!
has been shot at Weit Newton. Pa.
A Florida woman lias made a Let
quilt containing 10,000 pieces, ea .h less
than the size of an average thumb-nail.
Two liot.s die! from the eflcts el
the teat lately, whilo in their cages,
traveling with a menagerie In Corn
wall. In additim to the tel.-plione lines
now in operation between Paris, llavia
and Brussels, a third one with Amster
dam is spoI;ea of.
Boston, where about 170,000
quarts of milk ;i r ve daily, is exact
ing hei miik bm.ut33 to be conduct el
by a monopoly hereafter.
ihe other day, for tl.M
in the history of Cuinberlai
New Jersey, it is said, a c.
first time
1 county,
lore.il luaa
served oa a curoirer's jury.
An eel has been captured in Geor
gia, measuring five feet, six inches iu
length, nino niches ia circumffnii.es,
and weighing s::r. and a half pounds.
Colored people ia tome parts of
the South have 1 ecu .--tiiiewhtt exten
sively taken m h;
goes about tuaiin.iL
S2 per head.
a white ru-in, rrh-)
Masons of liu-in at,
CofTtre Hloe is the i.aine of a gen
tleman who has jut been up;.o:nteT
Director cf one of the agilcultural
districts or Culiloruin by the Governor
of that State.
The Supierue Court of Minnesota
has discharged a piior.er who was con
victed by a jury partly composed of
women, on the ground that women
cannot legally net as jurors.
A young woman ia Fonda, New
York, is said to Mave gone on hic
coughing Tor thre mouths past, except
when under tho influence of opiates,
until she is now a mere wreck.
Georgia, whose cunosit:es have
oeen quiescent lately, starts a revival
wiui a story ot a dog m Lewis county
- wuoao iiair turnea wtiita la s,
. ; v. t . , , .
sing.e
"Jii"i., t;Jioui;;i noiiow ana grief.
A party or aormon missionaries,
v. ho had been making numerous con
verts in Augusta. Neorgia. and vicin
ity, have been driven out of the d.s
tnct by "regulators" or that place.
, A student or YanJerbilt Univer
sity, Tennessee, is ieport-1 to Imtb
beaten the world's record In high kick
ing, having succeeded m hitting a
mark at the height of 'J feet 3j iacl.c-.
A brars band, whose fourteen
members are all newsboys, exists In
. New Orleans, and its services are in
great demand. It Is .said to I the
only newsboys' band in the United
I States.
) . Tho "oldest iiaou'' in MasMchu
, eetts has passed away. lie was Golds
; bury Pond, who died at Franklin re
! cently, after having been u member or
. the Masonic Order for sixty-seven
! year-.
I A mother and daughter, who had
j not seen each other for eighteen yeaie,
! Lave rust had a sad reunion In a l,oue
' or correction at Milwaukee. They ex
press a determination to slart life iisew
. together.
I A sufferer from paralysis or the
throat. In Medon, Tennessee, is said to
i have taken no food, drink or nourish
ment of any kind since the middle of
March, but is now so feeble that he
must soon die.
An ice man in New York is said
to have answered, when askc-J to ex
plain what he meant by Eaying that it
would be better for the public if the
ice men bad better wages; "Weigh
your own ice aud s;.: "'
While eating peanuts, uome days
ago. a little daughter or a MiJdietown,
(X. Y.) policeman diew a piece of
kernel into her throat with her
breath, causing a swelling of the bron
chial tulies that resulted in Lrr death.
Melcholr Werner, of Dubuque,
Iowa, who is now iu his t'.Vli yenr, and
who wos with Napoleon In the Water
loo, L-.-ipsic and Russian campaigns, is
among those recently awarded a pen
sion under the Mexican Pension act.
A bronzo statue ot Pallas I'roms
chos has been found lit Athens about
forty feet below the suiiace. The
woik has been pionour.ced by the
archaeologists residing at Athena to
ltlong to the period immediately pre
ceding the lVr.HHu war, and to 1m the
l est example of its kind yet found. It
is about eight inches in height.
I. B. Dodge, or Ainnei. t. a coi.vn
of the bite President Pienv, has pre
sented to the Neiv llanip.-liirc Histor
ical Society, a red co-.t -'oin by a
trooper in the days when New Hamp
shire was a province. It h .i been kept
for years iu a lanre houv-made linen
sheet, which Is almost as mueli of a
curiosity as the coat itself. Tlie coat
is excellently preserved.
At the Univeisily of Ilrlangen, a
fifty-live-yenr-old student, after live
terms has obtained the diploma of Dr.
of Medicine and Surgery. He had
formerly been a postmaster, and served
as captain in the Franco-Prussian
Wrar.
A deaf mute wa3 before a Peters
burg, Virginia, court the other day on
the charge of burglary, and the indict
ment was gravely read to him by the
clerk. Under instructions from the
Court the jury returned a verdict of
not guilty.
Since the discovery of gold in Vic
toria, Australia, in 1S51, the produc
tion of that mettl, up to the t-ud of
1885, amounted to $1,074,5:,'.) 72 Thy
production hasdliniiilslied of late yeiirt
The same is true or the Nsw Zealand
mines.
A sixteen-year-old girl was arretted
In Washington recently charged with
breaking into a house, robbing it of
about $100 woit'icf goods and then
setting It on fire. S!:a was wearinr
soim of the stolen p.o. . r y a ilij tin.,
of the arrest.
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