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B. F- BCHWEIER,
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Editor &zxd IProprletor.
VOL. XLII.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. I.ENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 4. 18SS.
NO. 2.
An Invitation.
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Coins"" " -V tir'-i-Ml farm
An. I -- n-'ii i'i' "-''y lloor.
rl-r iii'f'" tree' ; roof,
j.c"l :" liif yeKnv lliht of mora,
Sbar- ua' .r. 's j.iy without rrpmof,
l.f i u a w 1. o arc to trouble born.
A .n' ':!i.ii.I lor .r!e. of gold
'lh. nx hew ih.M Irafy towers;
j l e oliil! tKiir.ji in tti mold
i' :.:.'..:rj.:tgra!. thrsdwj tiovrer.
A.i.l !in this pVi.-nr tim Is waste,
A in .n-iou buni tor iattU'j can,
y.-r m ot i ti l: la v and ftrirHotiin baat,
t-La.. Mately trout iu air.
Jl.-n ln'f.-rr the day declines,
I I. ii t U be afii'Ott ilia bouh,
v t.:i?eir.y uium nitwities
ih-r i:r-cm.t iu Uiji b:iiuy Loumi.
iVrt..u l..''ire t. r:i le sihad wound
in., i in n tu.ini tun cats i f eariu,
A ;i..i:.iT plot ot rarm le found
y. . I ii. t ii to i.'.l our uob.-r llrth.
T!.rii 1 .vti-n, ire the iluy shall die,
Ai I It y heart to puiiiuiit'.s bliss.
Ana I' ;'. I'.i. it i tu.y tly,
I j W.i. tl.e pT!i!.iit-l.irtt tt ibla.
1 11 IK D CLASS.
A : ' many year. have passed since,
one I-. l. ry colli night the last night
m I lie I'M year I was taking the 7
o'cl i'k expr ss troru Y.rk to New
est .
T:.e train stvl ready to start, but
either there weie tew passengers or
tl.cv (inl not like leaving ttie cheerful
.iim;ii ot w.iinrir nod rvfreshment
rt:M until th4 lo.-t rcouieut, for 1
(Mi.-fil tin pUtu'ortu in iclootny solici
tutli. trymi; lo deciite the theu rao
niculoiiH iiiinoii, whether to travel
tUinl ci.uss ami p e.ie the governor, or
tirst cl.iss uii'J pli-use myself.
ily f.tther wus a l.ire sUare-holJer
.v:.l tiH'k an su'tive interest in the work-li-ir
nf tlie line. lie was not s;itisUel
rh gflnii: fixi.l interest for bU
nintiey, but wunteil to the rery full
.mount all the irincipal was capable of
lu.tk i.iT.
Mje the thin!-jl.ss c-.irriaie as
corut.irt.iliie as you can, and then far
jreaier i.uintiers will travel," was one
ot ln tiiux:ins.
"1: U not the solitary firsts and sec-oi.il.-t
that will make the affair pay,
lob. n.v 1.1.1," s.:l he. alire!sinZ uie,
' but the hunilreils and thousands of
nji:i t.a:n!:: a: 'I uieclianics. When you
ttavel on our hue never lose an oppor
tun.ty f nitii; tlnni class, aud tlien
y.iuw.li be able to suggest improve
mei.t." A!:1 s- I usually fol'owed his advice;
but ivi t in.- niiit I felt sorely tempted
to make an except ion to the rule. I
remeiiilie.i'd. however, with an uneasy
eenscii-t:re, 1 hat 1 was bound to pleuwse
the old penl'.euiaii just now, if possible.
He iiitsjI jt have a lateut for uiakini;
moiifv, but his son had been largely
endowed !tli the Rift of spending it,
mid I r::i.- well that in a feW days i
should I i l 1 ed atraiu to appeal to his
(tenrr. :y to tree me from uiy liabili
ties; -, with the air of a martyr.
I w.iihtd i.p to the Irout of the nearest
carri.i-.
"Ar thi-se corner sea t3 all taken?''
lacked mo i.uiieiwho Aeie the sole
oei'tiiu!i: d t'ie camaiie.
"Ail l iuili.it,"' said the tlder one,
point i : i r to tin one opiHisite to her.
I ti.u iv a hi. .ul a".chei aud some
wtaiii n. '.i the .-.t .it.
"Vou .: tioL uo'tiit tliird on a ninht
like ti .-. .no ou, Mr. IiwsoaV" said
tiif iri: ii i, ii.M:i'--i!i.j Die.
"(Vrt.iM Why not?" demauded
I, qu t i.i i-lv.
Ii t ll. ',t l!:. it I was quite a self
ilei,).; .' in. in, and should most
as.-i.u ..v, in nr. Us!, letter home, make
a stto:.;; iioiu of tiie sacriflce I had
Ul.nlc.
"I w.'.l L"t . mi a foot-warmer; you
will tie,-. I uht," said the guard,
as l.e w.isl;ir:!. away.
" ri. ii'i Ui one for these ladies
U3 We;' 1 If'm:iid.
"il ivc ,. ;,:.y lll:i. Sir?" the
ni.ui I, a ti w uioiueuts later as,
l.avnv,' in!;;; el h;s couiuu.sslon, he
s;oil w.i;;:i. ;,i j;;ve the signal for our
ilep.ii ' 'ire.
"I'l t'ie v 111."' I replii-d.
"A- I your frend.-,?" he asked.
I t'i:r., .1 to the two lailles. The elder
oi. e : i. i.
"Vh," 1 .omvercd.
"A l r.v.!" tiie guard shouted, aud
t-'.e a l.r..l vi histle.
And m a f. w seconds we were on
our A.iy to Ni-ueastle. Uut traveling
w.n heavy wmk, as the rails were eu
CUinl eit-l w C si,k,
My e..;;i; .mioh-t were tiot talkative.
The olil i.i. v ii. .he l h.v.eued to what I
tiad to -a.. ;i: 1 !! and then ventuied
a ri u. o'.v , ti , , r own account; but the
y ui eve iner. .v jrave monosyllable
re; Lei :,i .i: , y oi-n v.itious adilrrssett to
'er. I :!; uh', however, thai she hail
ti.e h: nn. it.il Voice 1 had ever
1-ea: 1, a:.d 1 ft ,L t rovoked with her for
ta .k'.i -o ; :t:'.e, a'ld keepunj her face
Ciiii e.i.t d I v u n, c Shetland veil,
wl.:cli n. id-it miii.b;e to see wuat
het tea' i.r.-i w.-n-
At '-"-: a I save u; all t fl rts at
ciiverM'.o:i, and ,ai wouderuig who
uiy .,-;.,.r. wrre, aud dcvis-
a -iinni thai would make the
"r' ' ''V1'' 1 '"."k ber veil.
As I i.ivl.,cs with closed eyes vi?
lo!.""!' a r.ur-iia'.ri'd, bii:e-eyel. gentle
K'tl Koiu-l U f.,re me, and alieady 1
.is inwe t! .m hu.r in love with her. I
w a o :iu- ujan. and had never before
' l'if' I'l .l.lll of a .w.-r. v. .ic. iao.I I
de
erimi.ed tl. it I tt,,J ,, Si. !ir
if II.,-
r i:i a hurrv.
ri,-e,
11. . . V 1 ;r I Hun I 'i. nr iti lj-tur nn.l
atfetii! ted t,, l.Kik on', but instantly
there '
i'h a voi'ii-v of Hue snow
' at I vv.n r,,;,i l!ed to clos it ajtam
'puculy 1 ,.e ladies tlaveie.l, and I at
""7 l a.y luI to the elder lady.
and t'a
io..!,.,
note raieiully and tenderly
0. .!e, my ,:aia nhout the younger one.
A: we van into Dailingtou Sla-
t n ; u, i ..,,::iv ordtied port wine
1. etfn to 1 e l ioULMtt to lit w hot .
Cou.d he ,,, u:e l (.x,1 (1 u lU( Uiougil
l..a,.u la-t 1 f!.,.uid have a glimpse o:
J'',, -7; Iadi's face. l,ut I was
Uooiiied t.,,1 .sippointment.
lo.i hid better keep down your
- -v . ui tii-,m
was VvV ,l!reW orsp- Tlie oM Iv
her l! , l i y ;l'lU'''- siiPid
ca.tv1,!..''' ',''! .b'1-".1 nijf- C' t to New-
tl,., " ' ad, beuding to
lig toward
in' T' !'' bur5t rrom 'Olh tin ir lins
Woriu!P'irld SUCli dl"k'tecable
-Eutwe must 5 la Xewcastle to-
t. vi i ' WUI ni-ike voui
eo Lai.vio,,;,.... remarked the elder
'.w.HJ ;'-v ll'"iiu,' to her companion.
trooimr iU SUllUU S'1"-'1
ur. ...lin- over uiy ill-;uck
nihtf'said the 'a lady. Irrationally;
and the Oars stood In her eyes as she
ailed, 4lo you raily think there is
do possibility of onr arriving to-nlnht?"
"I am afraid vot, madam," said I ;
"but if your busines is rery nrsrent 1
will try and ret a teieera.ni sent for you
at the next station that is if the wires
are all rijrht."
"There is uo nned, thank yoa," re
plieil the young Lady, quickly.
"Xo, thank you." replied the eldec
one. 'I was but reflecting on the un
pleasant position we should be placed
in as two unprotected ladies. My
daughter, too, has not been well for
some time.
Of course I offered my protection,
and secretly felt glad at the prospect of
spendiug several bouts in the company
of "my daughter."
"There is a long cutting not far off,"
I remarked, presently. "If we get
through that we shall reach Newcastle
two or three hours later; but if not, we
are doomed.''
As I finished si eating we came to a
deal stand. In a second or two the
guard opened the carriage d.xr.
'We shall be obliged to stay here for
the night, Mr. Law son?'' he said;
there is a regular block. Lucky job
there are some cottages near."
"."Send to engage at least one room
for me and my friends," requested I.
"This young lady is not well, and
would te very glad to go to bed, I dare
say, if such a luxury as a bed can be
procured."
"All right, sir." said be, touching
his cap, and giring ne a knowing wink
as I Uppetl him.
"I am positively informed," said
some one, in a loud Tolce, "that the
party I want to tiad took this train at
York; and I have a warrant for bis
apprehension.
iloth ladies trembled violently as we
passed the men.
"Well, you see he Is not here," re
plied the guard. "Ion have seen all
tlie passengers."
"All but those," said the stranger,
pointing toward us.
"I tell you air'tin," cried the guard,
"tht Is young Mr. Lawson."
"Yes, yes," al.owed the detective
for it was no other "I know him, but
those ladies?"
"They are his friends. Came with
him to the station at York, and "
"Cut I must aud will know all about
them." broke in the detective.
"Mr. Ijtwsou," shouted the guard
impatiently, "will you please come
here a moment?"
"Oh, say we are friends!" pleaded
the old lady. "I will give a full ex
planation afterward."
"Well," said I, as I joined tha two
men.
'1 am really ashamed to trouble you,
sir," answered the guard, ' but this
man will not take my word for it that
those ladies are your friends."
"Perhaps he will take miue," I said.
"Theu they really are friends of
yours?" Interrogated the detective.
'-Certainly, they are going wltii ma
to Newcastle," I replied.
I left the fellow iu the midst of his
ap-doies to fjllovv the advice given
hun by the guard
"Get back ta York as fast as you can
and know what you are about another
tuue before you begin iusultiug re
sectable ladies and gentlemen.
When I ha l ushered the ladies into
the little sittiug room that had been re
served lor us, 1 l.ioked from one to the
other fot an explanation. They did not
keep me waiting.
"We are in your hands, sir," the
elderly lady said, rising aud taking the
hat and veil from off the head ot the
younser oue displayed to my sight, d
the blonde beauty I had leen dreaiums
about, but a pale, delicate youth. 1
stood dumbfounded. What a descent
from the sublime t J the ridiculous!
"f don't understand." said I, Blowly.
trying to take in ail the facts of the
case. "Then jou are really the peo-!
pie?" I went on, ami then paused. j
"Yes," answered the old lady, unisn
ing the sentence for me, "we really are
the people tlie det?ctive is looking; but
oh, sir. have pity and spare us!" And
here she broke dowu. sobbing as though
her heart would break.
The young fellow hid his face in his
hands aud wept like a child. After a
little while the old lady told me her
.itory. fihe had bad misfortune aud
trouble, had experienced loss after loss
indeed, everything seemed to have
gone against her. At hist her only
daughter Tell ill. "Weeks passed on.
but there was no improvement. The
doctor told her plain iy that her only
hope of recovery lay iu her being pro
vided with better nourishment, and
ordered expensive wines anl various
delicacies. But the question was hovr.
with her limited means, to procure
these. Affairs were in this condition
when her sou l'aul, who was lu a bank,
embezzled some money, intending to
refund 11; but the defalcation was at
once found out. aud as there hud been
other petty frauds lu the bank of late
the manager aud directors were deter
mined to make an example or the de
faulter. "And now. sir," concluded Uie o.d
lady, "we are in your bands. You
must do with us as you please. Had it
not been for you we should have been
iu custody."
It was no iue--tion of right or wrong;
I felt I could not give these people up
to justice, aud at ouce assured them ot
my protection, although in so doing I
telt rather guilty, for on that very
morning my father had been discussing
the case at breakfast, aud hoping the
delinquent would be caught.
We were detained several bours,
aud it was not uut 1 the evening ot the
next day that we arrived at Newcastle.
As we alighted ou the platform whom
should 1 see tirst but my friend, the
detective. Luckily -neither of the
others observed him. Alter seeing to
the lngcae we entered a cab and arove
away. I felt terribly nervous, but
thought it was better for the present
not to acquaint my companions with
our real position. That we should
have a visit from the fellow I felt cer
tain, but could devise no plan to elude
him.
The ladies, on arriving at the hotel,
pleaded fatigue, and were served with
a cup of tea in their bedroom, whilst I
had dinner, and afterward went into
the bill iard-rooin to smoke a cigar and
think over some"way of escape for my
new-formed friends.
What, Bob, is that you?" shouted
a familiar voice . "I should as soon have
thought of meeting my great-graud-lather
here to-night as you. Where In
ihe world have you sprung from. '
And there, to be sure, was wild,
laughing Ted Vercoe, or "Mad Ted,
as he was more frequently called among
his friends.
'What if I ask you that question,
old fellow?" I said.
"Oh, it Is easily answered in my
ease," he laughed. "I have my yacht
just down the water a little way, all
manned ready for starting on another
long cruise; and bad It not been for my
ra.cally couudential man just at the
last moment taking it into his bead to
get married and settle down on land,
I sl.o-ild have been no one knows
where now. I shall be off directly when
I meet with one that suits mo. You
know. Bob, I am rather hard to please.
I wai t a fellow I can make a compan
ion of at times.
"Get married," I suggested.
"That would never do. I couldn't
(ft rid of a wife just when I wanted.
No, Bob, X don't want a wife. 1
want a man ta see to my clothes, ar
range my books, keep a diary of our
travels, and dine with me and take a
hand at cards with me when I think
good to ask hlin. I give a liberal
salary."
"I think I can Ct you w ith just the
article you require."
"From your description of him I will
take him," said Ted, a few moments
later, "e-tpecially as you think you can
persuade bim to come at once. Well"
taking out bis watch "I have a
few things to arrange. It is now 7
o'clock; 1 should like to leave here a
few minutes after 8. You see I have
a long way to go, aud not much time
for it. I have a very heavy wager on
this voyage."
"I will do the best I can," I assured
bim.
"W ell," said Ted, "we will meet In
this room again In a quarter of an hour;
and if Urn friend of yours will go with
me we will sleep on board to-night, and
be o3 before yoa are awake in the
morning. OU, by the by. Bob. Mrs.
and Miss Spence are here. They are
occupying number ten sitting-room.
Like you. they were auow-bound last
night. Don't say anything about my
starting off tonight, the old lady is
such a fidgety dame."
'Fortuue favors the brave." mut
tured I to myself, as 1 went to inform
Faul cf his danger and opiwt unity to
escape.
"1 have told Mr. Yercoe nothing of
your previous history, but that you are
a gentleman who has been unfortunate,
and is in trouble," I said. "Tell him
just what you like yourself, and when
you like. I shall give bim the pumber
of your room; be is sure to be punctual.
1 shall see you no more," I added,
holding out my band. "Xo thauks,
please. Remember the past. I will
look after your mother and sister for
the present."
"5o far so good," thought I, as I
was ushered into number ten.
"Wonders will never cease!" said
good Mrs. Spence, coming forward to
greet me. "I was surprised at the
hotel table to meet Mr. Yercoe, aud
now here is Mr. Lawson."
"Had it not been for Ted we should
probably have slept lu the same hotel
and knew nothing of each other's pres
ence here," I remarked, perhaps have
left to-inorrow without eacb other.- 1
am overdue at Oreyaione Lodge, having
Iieen detained on account of the snow
storm.'' "What a strange coincidence," said
Mrs. Spence. "We, too, are on our
way to (ireyslone, aud, like you, were
detained for some hours, owing to the
snow having drifted so as to render the
roads impassible. And so you must
leave us now for a short time?" sh
went ou, as I rose to go. "1 have or
dered tea for half-past S; come aud
take a cup with us, aud bring Mr. Yer
coe." "I can't answer for him, but I shall
be delighted to come myself," said I,
bow.iig to the ladies.
'Ten minutes late." growled Ted,
as I entered the billiard-room. 'Have
you succeeded?"
"Yes. This is the number of my
friends room," said I, handing him a
slip of p.iier. "Now let us have a few
strokes at billiards," I added.
We played very listlessly, talking,
and now and then giving a ball a stroke.
"Kiht o'clock. Bob." said Ted;
and in walked the detective.
"Let's put mote life into the game,
Ted," said I. feeling terribly unstrung.
"rsorry to trouble you, sir," observed
the detective to me. iu a low voice;
"but you have two ladies here. Can 1
see them?"
I raised my eyebrows m surprise.
'See my friends! What can you
possibly mean, man?"
"Now It is just this. Mr. Lawson. I
know the party for whom I am in
search left York last night by the 7
o'clock r. M. express; I saw all the pas
sengers but the two who were traveling
with you. I must and will see them."
"If you must you must,"' said I, as
suming a carelessness I was far from
fee.iug; "but really Yercoe, will you
excuse me a momeutf" Then turning
to the detective again; "You say you
must and wdl see these ladies at once;
well, wait a few moments no, no
trickery l I am going to have a cup of
tea with them in their private situug
room, and you can go with me as an
other friend I have just met accident
ally in the billiard-room, as they know
I met Mr. Vercoe a little while ago.
You sej I could hardly enter the room
aud sav, 'Here, ladies, is a policeman
deinaudlng au interview with one or
both of you!"
"Time's up!"sa:.d Te l; as we claiped
hands as two old friends and school
fellows will do.
"Iet me bear from you now and
again. TeJ." ,
"All right. Bob. My secretary suau
oiv vou full accounts of our doings.
aud now and again I will enclose a
short not?; but you must not expect
much from me lu ve ieer- rinuj;
line." , .
Mv heart beat rait as we entered
.mir ie- What It my protege
should be captured ju-tt at the last
moment. I looked like a man m t
ease as I said:
".Excuse me, ray dear Mrs. spence;
but I have quite unexpectedly met
this gentleman, aud. as I did not like to
deny myself the pleasure of your com
pany. I have claimed the privilege of
an old friend, and brought him with
me.' T ,
.. friond of Mr. Lawson s will
always be welcome; but you have for-.
gotten. BoD. to iuiroo.tu.-o utm ,
Mrs. speiice replied affably.
Dear uie," said I, pretending to
laugh. "What a breach of etiquettel
Allow me to Introduce to jou my
iriend, Mr. Arthur Randall."
The fellow was completely crest
fallen; he sat down, but seemed as
though be hardly knew what to do
with his hands and feet. Mrs. Spence
saw Lis embarras-ment, and tried to
draw him into conversation. 1 trem
bled; but at that moment welcome
soundl Ted and his companion passed
the door. 1 drew a sigh of relief." -
" What dreadful weather we are bar
said Mrs. Spence. "Have you
UUa -
T
son and we were snowbound last night.
and, had it not been so, we should all
three of ns have been enjoying the fes
tivities of Greystone lodge! Anyway,
it is lucky we have him here as a pro
tection, it H loolish, l know; but I
ao not like staying lor a night In a
strange hotel unless we have a man
beloni'inir to th nui-tv "
traveled far, Mr. llandall? Mr. Law-
Conversation flagged, and both ladies r lavoriwi inrouguoui. me soutu,
seemed relieved when I begged for a ' Misa ,ae. tue sister of Mrs.
little mnsic t' Thomas Bryan, once unconsciously told
"Do you like classical or popular- "inl- Sue was visiting another sister,
music, Mr. Kandall?" said I, mis ; bo, 13 wUe r professor at Har
chievously. I began to feel now that I r,1 and at gathering of th literati
was master of the situation. ( heard some oue say Dr. Holmes was
"I flnn't r.ar muoh f.r muni at mt
time,.' said he, la a low voice, "but If., here is be? ' she
should like to have a word with you la t tuu9,lasm. "Da show i
crlvate. Mr. Ucun 'i I I do not See bim,"
crivnte Mr Livun
"Certainly!" I agreed; "I will re- t
tire with you for a short 'time directly
we have had
tea, A servant is just
it
bringing It In.
I sbou'ld like to return to York
J a'clock train," he began hur-!
"But
by the 9
riedly,
"All right," rising to follow him.
" You gentlemen are not leaving be
fore you have bad - some- tea?" Mrs.
Spence asked, looking bewildered at
such strange behavior.
"One or both of us will return in a
few seconds.," I assured her.
"I don't know what apology to offer
you," stammered John llobson alias
Mr. Arthur Kandall, as soon as the
door closed.
"Are you convinced of your error
now?' I demanded.
"Nothing is more certain. J should
never have come to Newcastle but that
the Inspector was so positive that they
took the train that you came by, and
blew me up so soundly because 1 had
not seen the ladies who were with yen.
It would have been a great rise for me
to take that young rascal. But for the
present the clew reeins to be lost. I
have a notion he is hiding in London."
"0.uite likely," I assented, and a few
minutes later I returned to Mrs.
Spence 's sitting-room alone.
As the night wore on I thought it
strange that 1 never before noticed the
soft, low music of Laura pence's voice.
1 liked to hear her sing, and telt
charmed when she spoke to me, and
although we none of us had much rest
the nifibt before, we did not separate
until a late hour.
The time at Greystone passed all too
quickly, but I did not leave there untu
i jnr-j nmnM nmmi . l-
me the happiest man in the world.
Tiie nine days' talk of the North
British Bank robbery ran its course,
aud then died away to be remembered
by very few. My father seemed much
mterested in the affair, but felt certain
the fellow bad not gone to Newcastle
iu the same train "that my son went
by," aud of course 1 knew nothing of
any one answering the description given
by the police.
iiuin iassea ou, nuti xji u t otcuro
Kum .if ,i. i tt,i h, f
Time passed on, and Laura spence
ritx utiwim. , w -
olten talked about it, and my wife be
came a staunch friend to Paul's mother
aud sister. The lad remained with
Ted over two years and then left for
the diamond diggings in South Afrie a.
For two or three years we lost sight of
him, and then, with many other peo
ple, were startled by an announcement
iu the newspaiers that Faul Itivers,
who had robled the X. B. Bank in
ISo-, had refunded the fnll amount he
had emoez;ded, with interest. A few
months later a gentlemauiy little man
called at my bouse and inquired for Mr
Lawson. My surprise may be imagined
when 1 saw Paul Hi vers standing be
fore me.
"Why, this is an unexpected pleas
ure!' said 1, holding out my hands.
"As soon as ever I was a free man I
could not resist the longing to come
over aud thank you for all your kind
ne.s to me aud those at home," be
said, earnestly.
"You are not going back, I hope?"
"Ob, yes," be ieplied. Aud back
he went in a short time, taking with
bim bis mother and sister.
Paul is a rich and prosperous man
now. He o ten writes to Ted and me;
aud his letters are full of home and
happiness, for be is blest with a clear
conscience, a good wife, happy chil
dren and an abundance of this world's
goods.
Sympathy in llos anil Cats.
A favorite Pomeranian dog was
cruelly blinded by a cartel's lash, and,
while bis owner teuderly bathed the in
named eyes, "Blackie," the tleek torn
cat, always sat by with a kindly look
of pity in bis luminous green eye. When
"Laddie," the blind dog was called in
at night, be ofteu failed to find the
door, or would strike bis venerable
head against the posts. "Blackie."
having noticed this difficulty, would
jump off bis warm cushion by the
kitchen tire, trot out with a "mew"
into the dark night, and in a few
minutes return with "Laddie"shoulder
to shoulder, as it were, aud the friends
woultl then separate for the night.
"Laddie," when younger, had quietly
reaeuted the attentions shown by bis
owner to a fascinating kitten, who used
to frolic with bis long, fringed tail; but
he was too noble to show active dis
like. When the kitten died in couvui-
... . , i - . .. r
sious a Victim lo nerves auu a uau tit
cotton and its owner lent over the
stiffened form in grief, "Laddie" came
gravely up and kissed it. He followed
it to the grave, and for many days was
seen by his mistress to go up the garden
and sit upon the sod. Was that bis
way of showing remorse for his former
coldness, or uiLtht it be an expression
of sympathy for bis bereaved owner?
He Wat Another Kind of liiar.
lie bad called at a bouse on Cass
Avenue, Detroit, on business and as he
rose to go he said:
"I believe you were up the lake this
fall?"
"Yes."
"Go fjsdiing any?"
"Yes."
"Catch anything?"
"One Utile perch."
"Ha! ha! ha! That's about as I ex
neated. Well, good-night."
When the caller had gone the wife
indiguantly said:
"Uichaid, bow could you . sit there
and lie iu that ball way. You know
we caught over twenty fish weighing
five pounds aplese and that big pickerel
weighing" eleven pounds."
"My dear wife," he soothingly re
plied, "you don t know human nature.
"That man s now willing to UU .my
word for $1,000. If 1 had told him of
those fish be would have gane
believing me to be the biggest liar in
Detroit."
6HE MET HOLMES.
A TonnK Lady Prnm the South WIio
Wanted to Know tlie Vank.ee
Poet.
!A "Washington correspondent tells
the following pleasant story of a lady
i well known here: Dr. Holmes Is an lm
r present.
if nereis ne r ' sue asaea wuu eu
me."
I i uo not see mm," saia tne nttie
gentleman to whom she was speaking.
Ue wa8.a Ter 1,tUe gentleman, with a
i , "M w"
i twinkling brown
face like a winter apple, a pair of
eyes and a merry
f "m"' b,ut ,his nani! f1
she said. "I
meet bim. You kno'
she had not beard.
am so anxious to
know he is such a fav
orite in tha South."
"Indeed," be answered, evidently
greatly surprised. "I thought Yankee
principles aud Yankee literature were
just the reverse of popular."
.she smiled ber own brilliant smile.
"Perhaps you are not altogether
wrong, but of this I can assure you, no
Southern gentleman's library is consid
ered complete without the 'Autocrat of
the Breakfast Table,"
He positively colored up and looked
confused and just then some one laid a
band on Lis shoulder and said:
"Dr. Holmes"
"Tableaux!
But Miss Page, through ber blushes,
told him:
"It is all true and you must accept
the compliment au pied de la lettre, for
I did not know to whom I spoke."
A Midnight Adventure.
One afternoon last summer I went
out to our local base ball park to wit
ness the iierformance of one of the Wild
West shows which have become a fea
ture of our National amusements. I
was accompanied by the young lady to
whom I am engaged. We bad good
seats in the grand stand and enjoyed
the performance very much. The mark-
maaship was good, the horsemanship
'
enough to have come from the most
distant frontier, and the Indians were
typical representatives ot the modern
red man. There was one old aquaw
who figured In a camping scene, and
who impressed me as the ugliest human
being 1 bad ever gazed upon; there
were also ueveral young women, who
were not bad looking in spite of their
rather stolid expression of countenance.
I turned to Belia and remarked, during
the course of the performance:
"How thankful we ought to be that
i . . D , ... , . .,
the accident ot birth has made us chil.
ilren of a civilized and progressive race.
f u . ilL' ii;iud Ltio latn uug Miuucvtttu
by birth or marriage with these untu
tored children of Uie forest, and com
peted to pass bis whole life among
tbem!"
Bella responded with some remark to
the effect that it one had lieen born
an Indian, one probably wouldn't find
anything uncommon or disagreeable
about it, and that as for marrying one
of them, there was no necessity or reasjn
for either of us making such a sacriiice,
when a startling feat of horsemanship
performed by half-breed Apache excited
ber interest and put an end to my
moralizing.
I did not call at Bella's that evening,
having been with ber all the afternoon.
As I was sauntering down town after
supper, whom should I run across but
Bilkins, a young friend of mine, of
sporting proclivities. Bilkins proposed
that we have a game of billiaids. We
played oue game two games half a
dozen games duriug Uie course of
which 1 smoked several cigars and im
bibed a number of mixed drinks.
I started home about 11 o'clock. 1
was feeling a little Ured from having
stood on my feet so much during the
evening, and as I passed through a
small public park which lay iu my
homeward route 1 sat down on an iron
bench to rest for a moment. The bench
wliich I occupied was just across the
walk from a life-sized bronze statue of
an Indian, clad in the traditional garb
of the forest, of a period antecedent to
ILe introduction by the white man of
whiskey and blankets.
I had been looking at this statue for
several minutes, when it seemed to me
that the bronze plume which decorated
the warrior's scalp-lock began to wave
to and fro In the gentle wind. Of
coarse the idea was preposterous, and 1
bad formed a satisfactory hypothesis to
account for the delusion, when the
statue upset my theory by stepping
from its granite pedestal and advanc
ing with a stately stride to the place
where I sat.
"Ugh!" said the voice of the statue,
with a metallic ring which sounded
just a little out of the common.
" I he same to you," 1 answered, po
litely, not knowing exactly what it
meant.
"lam Worm-in-the-Bud, the last of
the Objibways."
"Pleased to meet you." I murmured.
"My name is Jones.''
The statue or I may say, the In
dian glared at me a moment, and
then extending his right arm, with a
commanding movement,swept it slowly
from right to left.
"This was once the bunting ground
of my fathers," be said, and then
paused as though he expected me to
say something. But the circumstances
were so unusual that I could not think
of anything appropriate.
"Through the forest that adorned
these shores once roamed the red deer
and the moose, where now the street
car horse toils wearily; the war whoop
ot the Ojibways resound where now the
shrill piping of the hand organ an
nounces the return of Spring. Who has
v. rought these changes?" and he paused
aain.
I was about to remark that the great
American people had wrought these
changes, and that he would find a com
plete description of It in Bancroft's
"History of the United States," when
tbe Indian continued fiercely:
" 'Tis the pale-face! the false-hearted
pale-face who has stolen onr inherit
ance. But we shall be avenged. You
are my prisoner. Come!" And be
grasped bis tomahawk so significantly
that I did not stop to argue the point,
bnt arose and followed him.
We went to the edge of Uie park and
took a street car. There were several
! rjaasen7era aboard.- end I might have
, raIfted allum d maJe CJ escai;
DUt j haUjd make a ,n p-:,D'ic,
1 and so sat quiet ly by the side Of G
bronT. ,
We had taken the ear which want
past the base ball park, and a ride of
about fifteen minutes brought us to the
entrance, at which we aiighted. M;
companion put bis baud to his mouth
and emitted the cry of the screech owl.
A gutteral voice murmured something
in the darkness, and the gate swung
open before us.
In a moment the place wai swarm
ing with Indians every copper-colored
attache of the show was evidently ou
band. Somehow they seemed different
in the moonlight from what tliey Lad
appeared in the arternoon; their faces
wore a fiercer expression, they walked
with a longer stride and freer move
ment, aud much of their cheap modern
clothing had been replaced with deer
and buffalo skins and a profusion of
feathers.
"Braves and squaws," said my cap
tor to the crowd, which had surrounded
ns closely, "this is oiie of the accursed
pale-faces, who have stolen our bunt
ing grounds, dug up the bones of our
fathers, and driven our tube to the
barren mountains of the far West.
What shall we do with him?"
Several voices spoke confusedly to
gether, but I could not distinguish
what they said, and only knew that a
discussion was going on. Finally a
conclusion seemed to have been
reached. An ludian broke away from
the circle ana brought a square block
or building stone, which be placed in
the centre of the group, while another
brought forward a sledge-hammer,
ordinarily used for driving tent poles.
1 was wondering what this meant,
when 1 was firmly seized from behind,
and a raw hide lariat wraped around
me half adozen times aud tied securely.
1 was then laid ujion the ground, face
downward, with my nose resting uimmi
the cold stone. Twisting my head a
little to oue side, I saw a burly brave
spit ou his hands aud grasp the sledge
l ammer. Still I said nothing, for 1 was
curious to see how far the red devils
would go with their tomfoolery. Worm-in-thc-Bud
gave a signal, and the
sledge hammer was raised, when I
beard a shrill voice exclaim, in pretty
fair English:
"Holdl He shall not die! I will adopt
bim for my husband!"
The sledge hammer sank to the
ground, and an expression of disap
pointment gathered in the faces of the
crowd. But it was their custom, and
they did not think of opposing it. 1
was raised to a sitting posture, which
gave me an opportunity to get a good
look at the squaw to whom 1 owed my
life. As I turned my bead, 1 felt a
sinking of the heart, a presentiment of
evil, which was realized when 1 lecog
nized in the speaker the old squaw
whom I bad observed in the afternoon.
She looked ten times more hideous iu
the moonlight than she had seemed iu
the daytime. It was evident that she
had been forced to adopt a husband,
for the reason that she could never
have obtained one in the natural aud
ordinary way. The lariat had been
partially removed, when I remarked:
"SVp a n3omf-;:t. is thu tlx .only
way I can escae death?"'
'It is the only way," replied Worm-in-tbe-Bud.
"Cannot oue of those youuger women
be substituted forthisvenerable relic?"
"By no means," be ieplied. frown
ing "you must either marry Nokomis
or die."
'Then let the execution proceed," I
said calmly, but decisively, and laid
my head upon the block. Once more
the bronze chieftain gave the signal;
once more the fatal sledge hammer
was raised, and bad beguu its descent,
when 1 awoke to Hud the cold club of a
policemau resting quietly across my
up-turned nose, and to bear a blue
coated myrmidon of the law remark, iu
peremptory accents:
"Well, now, move on, wilt you? This
park la no hotel."
I moved; and as I looked back, I
could distinctly see a scowl of disaii
polntment on the bronze face or the
statue. Clti'M'jo Inter Octna.
Cuartled by His Honor.
"During ttie "whisky insurrection"
in Western Pennsylvania in 1702. the
leader, Bradford, acquired a powerful
influence over a wealthy farmer named
John Mitchel, aud drew him ueoply
into the conspiracy. Mitchell was a
young, enthusiastic mau with a beauti
ful home, a wife, aud oue child.
The conspirators believed that infor
mation of the plans had been sent from
the little village of Washington, in
Pennsylvania, to the President. Brail-
ford iiersuadcd Mitchell that the letters
cjutainiug this information were in the
mails, and must be seized as au act of
military necessity.
Robbtry of the mails was then an
offence puuishable by death, but
Mitchell, convinced that he was rak
ing his lite to serve liia country, joined
by two other men, stopped the wagon
on a lonely road lietween Washington
aud Pittsburg, and carried the mail-
bag to Bradford s house. It was
opened, the damaging letters were
taken out, and the rest were returned
to the post office at Pittsburg.
When the Insurrection was quelled
all the leaders escaped except John
Mitchel, who rode into camp, aud,
finding General Morgan, gave himself
up.
"I have been a fool," he said. "I
see that plainly. I am ready to bear
the punishment of my folly."
General Morgan, who knew that he
had been deceived by Bradford, was
annoyed that he bad not made his es
cape with him. He believed Mitchel
to be at heart an honest man. aud,
with the rest or the county, liked and
respected bim, but knowing that if be
was brought to trial the puuishmeut
would be death be determined to give
bim a chance to escape.
"You cannot be tried here," he said.
"I will give you a pass to Philadelphia.
Report yourself there."
1 am to have a guard?"
"No, none."
The General turned on bis heel and
walked away. He intended and ex
pected Mitchel to flee as soon as he had
reached the wilderness, but the youug
farmer's honor was a stricter guard
than soldiers would have been, and drove
him without flinching to bis death.
He baoe farewell to bis wife and
child and started alone on horseback to
Philadelphia. It was a three weeks'
journey, at any hour of which be could
have escaped. lie reported himself as
a prisoner, who was tried, convicted,
and sentenced to be hanged.
iVhen the news reached General
Morgan be sent a special messenger to
the President, with an account of the
facts in the case. Washington, it is
said, was deeply touched, aud at once '
sent a full pardon to Mitchel, with a
message to return to wife and child and 1
to keep clear of conspirators for the rest
of bis life.
JComeii'a Work in Syria.
There aie grand women in Arabia:
women of ability, keen insight aud
wonderful capabilities. The duties of
the wife of a Syrian to-day are as fol
lows: She brings all the water for
family use from a distant well; this is
accomplished by Oiling immense jars,
and bringing them upon her bead. She
rises early and goes to the band mill of
the village, carrying corn, enough of
which for the day's bread she grinds by
a slow, laborious process. This she
carries home and cooks in an oven
which is made in the earth. It is a
round bole, lined with oval Oat stones.
and heated by a fire built in It. When
the bread is mixed with water and a
little suit she removes the ashes and
plasters little pats of Cough against the
hot stonas to cook. Could anything be
more crude?
She cares for her children usually a
large family and does all the rough
work at intervals, while the devoted (?)
husband calmly nmokes his "argelie,"
or sits crsss-legged upon Lis divau or
housetop, in conveisation with ?ome
equally hard-working member of Syrian
society. The houses are made of a
coarse stone, roughly hewn. The
housetops are of clay, covered with
co use gravel. Iu hot weather the sun
U -;s this mud-formed roof, and large
clacks appear. Ttie rain conies, and,
as a natural consequence, the roof
leaks.
This is something of which the fas
tidious inhabitant of the Bible land J
does uot approve. It does not add to
his bodily comfoit. He remedies the
difficulty shall I tell you how? Not
by any effort of his own; far fiom it;
his wife comes, ascends to the house
top, and iu the drenching tain proiiels
a roller of solid stone backwaid and
forward, much as we use a lawn
mower. This rolls the suu-drled cracks
together, and prevents the entrance of
water.
These are only a few of a Syrian
housewife's duties. Her reward is uot
in this world, surely. She cannot speak
t her husband in public; she can re
ceive no caress before bis friends. She
goes veiled aud scantily clad. She lias
no time to make her own habiliments,
for her hands must weave and spin and
embroider artistically aud abundantly
for the husband aud the male children.
In winter ber feet aie protected only
by 0111 wooden sandals, and drops of
blood mark her way to the Syrian well.
This is uo extraordinary thing, but by
Chose who have repeatedly seeu it, 1
have beeu informed. Of course this is
among the lower aud middle classes of
sosiety iu Syria, but those who belong
Co a higher class are very, very few.
Curious story or an Inventor.
They tell a curious story of old
Christopher Meyer, who was more or
less with Ives. Many years ago be
was a workman in a factory where
rubber shoes were made. He received
the fabulous sum of $.'2"j a day. At
night he worked out the details of au
invention for economizing in the num
ber of men employed in tlie factory.
One day be finished his machine, car
ried it to the shop and showed his
boss how well it would do the work
jf a dozen or twenty men. Tlie hot-t
was thunderstruck; but before he could
examine the invention Meyer seized a
big hammer aud knocked the delicate
machinery into chao?.
"But I want that," protested the
boss.
"1 know you do," answered the
workman, quietly.
"Come andsee me to-morrow noon,"
continued the head of the firm, pomji-
ously, "aud we wih make some arrange
ments "
"if you want to talk business with
me," remarked the workman, coolly.
"you can come to my lodging at 1
o'clock to-night. Better not be late."
The millionaire was there at 7,
Meyer was taken into the linn, aud lu
a short time be was at tlie head ot
the business. He lives in New
Brunswick, N. J., in a pretentious
house, and bis sons are all well mar
ried. A short time ago the old mau
he is more than 70 years of age took
It into his mind to marry again, picked
out a beautiful 19-year-old girl and
prepared for the wedding. Immense
opposition was expected from the
family, as old Meyer is worth bmi or
twelve millions; but, to the amaze
ment and chagrin of society and the
sensational press, all of the old manu
facturer's friends, family and connec
tions backed him up heartily, aud sent
him off on his bridal tour, looking aud
feeling like a major.
A Tramp lluudle.
For many years I have been devoured
by au intense and abiding curiosity to
know what a tramp carries in his bun
dle. You may have noticed that 110
matter where you meet a tramp or un
let what circumstances, be has a bun
dle with bim. It may be done com
pactly up in a newspaper or tightly
wrapped iu old aud dirty rags; it may
be two feet square or no bigger than
your Cst, but it is always a bundle of
some sort, aud one to which he clings
with the tenacity of death itself. I have
heard a number of conjectures hazarded
as to its possible contents. Se me critics
have maintained that It contains fool
an 1 others that it Is a mere dummy,
contrived to Impose upon a credulous
landlord at a half-dime lodging house.
I have read newspaper stories of for
tunes concealed in the tramp's bundle,
anil been told of occasions when the
bundle found in the possession of a
dead tramp contained family pai is
and documents to prove that the late
uulamented was a person of high birth
and exalted connections. But of my
own knowledge I have never been able
to satisfy myself as to its actual char
acter, so that when I was accosted the
other day by a tramp with the usual
bundle and a plea for the price ot a
night's lodgings, 1 saia to bim:
"Tell me what is in your bundle aud
I'll give you a dollar."
"Honest?" said the tramp.
I assured bim of it.
"You won't give me away to a living
soul?"
"I pledge you my word.'
"Well, then," said the tramp. In a
voice full of alcohol aud mystery, "I
don't mind telling you. It's my full
dress suit. You see a feller in my posi
tion has to move in society a good deal,
and be must have bis dress suit ready,
for be don't know when he may need
it."
Gather purslane In the morning while
the dew is on. Chop Cue, mix with
scalded meal and feed to the chicks.
Camphor will prevent moths; the
gum near your silver will keep it
bright.
NEWS IX lUUKF.
Esmeralda couuty, Nev., has a
new guyser hot enough to cook pota
toes. Somnambulism is said to Le on the
increase among the women of thie
country.
Horseback riding as an exercise ia
becoming more popular in the New
England States.
The public records in England
began to be regularly preserved in 1100,
by order of Henry I.
Amarath r. was the founder or the
power ot the Turks, and reigned from
1307 tiU killed in l.'i90.
Bees were Introduced into Boston
in 1070, and Lave since spread over
the American continent.
In one of the French schools there
is a natural magnet which is said to be
capable of lifting four times its weight.
The Invention of pumps is as
cribed to Canaus, at Linden, 14S5, but
they were iu use in Kngland tit'y years
before.
Professor Turner, the Edinburgh
anatomist, gets f-J0,0iJJ a year, the
highest salary paid to any professor in
the world.
Hong Yen Chan, who is said to b"
the only Chinese lawyer in the country,
apeared as counsel in a case at Brook
lyn recently.
At Mount Washington dining
April, 39 inches of snow tell n nun h
as during any of the wintt-r month-.,
it is stated.
A Detroit man, Theo.'" Munger,
claims that lie invented the airbrake
that has brought Mr. Wpstinghouw
tame and wealth.
Two of the Juiois drawn foi serv
ice the present tenu iu tlie Essex
couuty (X. .1.) courts have died siuce
the panel was foiined.
The elections in Fiance, Spain
aud other Luropeau countiies are held
ou Sunday for convenience sake only,
as It is less difficult for all classes to
take time for voting ou that day,
Milton used t wice as many Latin
as Saxon words, but Le used the latter
so much more frequently that in "Par
adise Lost" eighty per cent, are Saxon,
and in "L'Allegro" ninety ier ceut.
A stroke or misfortune seems to
have befallen a Pittsburg family. The
12-year-old son was badly wounded by
a Htray bullet, and the father, while
en route to the doctor, was thrown
from bis horse and sustaiue.l a broken
leg.
An old-time Montana freighter,
aud for many years In charge of one
of the largest bull trains in the North
west, says it is a fact that duriug a
hard winter living cattle will eat the
dead ones. He has seen them many
times.
In Germany, till the reign or
Charlemagne at the close of the eighth
century, there wero no tow:s except
a few that bad been creeled on the
Rhine and Dauubo by the Romans.
Lubec was the flrtt 011 the Baltic, be
ing founded A. D. 1140.
The Chinese were the first eople
to make wall paper. They made it iu
square blocks, btameJ to Imitate em
bossed leather. The Dutch imported
such papers about the last ot the six
teenth century. They bean to copy
the Chinese paieis about l'40,
Nearly 300 cases of opium were
brought to San Francisco recently by a
single vessel. It is stated that the
opium weighed 11,085 pounds, which.
Jit $10 ler pound duty, puts Into Uncle
Sam's coffers SllO.SoU. Tins is the
largest importation made this year."
The largest fall of snow at one
lime in the month of April is said by
an old resident to have been 011 the
11th of April, 1821, aud was four feet
in depth. The hot sun of the suc
ceeding days soon melted it away. The
heaviest fall of snow 111 May was iu
the year 113.
Suiiernuiiierary toes aud fingers are
said to be of quite frequent occur
rence among certain African tribes.
Dr. Stoekly mentions the case of a
Caff re, eighteen years old, who had six
lingers ou each baud. His parents,
four sisters and a brother, had the
same, and his mother had also a double
series of toes on both feet.
The making of g!as Is said to have
beeu taught the Egyptians by Hermes.
Pliny credits its discovery to Syria. It
was in use among the Komans in the
lime of Tiberius, aud excavations at
Pouqieii show that windows weie
formed of it prior to A. D. 79. It is
said to have been Introduced Into Eng
land by Benedict Biscop, Abbot of
Weymouth, iu A. D. ;7'5.
The soda fountain is seasonably
beginning to asseit itself. One m a
drug store in Orange, N. J., exploded
while being charged a day or two ago.
A large piece of the generator barrel
missed the Lead of the propiietor, J.
L. Yatman, aud tore a hole in the
wall. As it was, he received painful
injuries by having a mixture of marble
dust and sulphuric acid blown In bis
face.
Strauss bad a daughter, whom he
Lad strangely, sent to a pietistic
school, while he was separate, 1 from
her mother. She was educated a
pious girl, aud subsequently married
a physician. She was called home
when her father was about to die,
aud was deeply affected. When Le
saw Ler weeping, he took her hand in
Lis and said: "My daughter, your
father has finished bis course. You
know bis principles and views. He
cannot comfort you with the assurance
of seeiug you again. What your
father has done will live forever, but
his personality will forever cease to be.
He must bow to the unchangeable
law of the universe, aud to that law
be reverently says: 'Thy will be done.' "
Some wonderful teeth, weighing o
pounds each, and measuring 19 inches
in circumference, were plowed up
lately by Mr. William Fisher, of
Clachan, In a low held on his farm.
Several years ago the held was drained
of a body of water by which It had
leen covered, and later on a heavy
tire overspread it, lowering the surface
a few feet. By investigation the teeth
and their fossil accompaniments (huge
bones 5 feet long) evidently belong to
a species now extinct, and classed by
S. G. Gooderlch as "dinotherium,"
which Le describes as an berblveroua
quadruped 2X feet In length, and hold
ing an intermediate position between
the mastodon and the tapir. The hue
enameled surface of these gigantic
teeth and their forked prongs, which
muit have protruded fully 8 inches
into the monster's jaw, is an object ot
great curiosity. Other discoveries of
a similar nature have of late years been
made In that vicinity, but this of Mr.
Fisher's ia the most recent and most
"nterestirg.
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