U, F. HOHWEIER,
TUB OONBTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL 1,11.
MIFFL1NTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1898.
NO. 45.
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Standish naturally took ndvnntage of
olonel Callandor's absence in Fordsca
Colonel Callandor's absence in Fordsca
to renew his visits to I'rince's I'lace. lie I
was far too sensible to take offense at the !
whims of a man so evideutly out of men-.
tal hnrmouy, and he was anxious to see !
as much as he could of his interesting j
wara, wnose mooa pnzzien una uism-swu lOreDoamg ot evil, lo them, in abstrac
ting In all her grief and depression she tlon. his IndifTore-i. t., nil t'l.m frm-l
had nlways spoken to him with the utmost
confidence, with a decree of unreserve
which showed how clad she was to open
her heart to him. lint f'r the last week
she hud grown silent, reserved, hesitating
she seemed to think before speaking to
him.
One day, on reaching Prim-e's Place, he
was shown upstairs to the drawing room,
where he found Miss Oakeley.
Still further upstairs Dorothy wsc
amusing her little nephew and niece, as
the chill Febrnary afternoon was too
showery and east-windy to allow of their
going out. Mrs. McIIugh wit at her nee
dlework, while "auntie" built up card
houses for "lloy" to knock down.
"And is there no news at all of Mr.
Egerton?" nsked Nurse, breaking a tol
erably long silence, while she threaded
ber needle.
"Mr. Standish had one letter from him,
soon after he had reached Valencia, be
fore he had time to do anything, but he
Jas not written since, though he prom
ised to do so."
"Well, to my mind, he Is the likeliest
man to do any good. Why, that wonder
ful detective has just been making fooh
of us."
"Mr. Egerton promised to write again
soon, when he bad nnytmng to tell. Air.
Standish may have a letter any day."
"Perhaps he has to-day. 1 fancy he ;
has come, too, for 1 heard the doorbell a j
few minntes agi.
"Miss Oakeley is in the drawing room,"
aid Dorothy, withont stirring.
"Come, now," said Mrs. McIIngh, "my
dears, 1 must clear that tnble, and get
tea. Let Miss Dorothy go; she is wanted
down stairs."
"And when you have finished tea, you
shall come down, too," said Dorothy, es-!
caping with some difficulty. I
Descendlng slowly, Dorothy found th !
drawing room ajar, and, entering softly
aw Henrietta and Standish in the recess
formed by a bay window; their backs
were to her. He held Henrietta's hand,
and, as Dorothy paused, uncertain as to
her next movement, Standish exclaimed
warmly, "My dear Henrietta, how can I
ever thank you enough?" amd kissed tht
hand he held. j
Dorothy slipped away" as noiselessly at'
he had entered, and went down to a
small study, where she selected a book; '
then, feeling strangely tremulous, she sat
down and tried to clear her thoughts from
the painful haze which seemed to dim
them. Soon, very soon it seemed to her,
Collins came in and said, "Miss Oakeley
desired me to say that tea Is ready, miss." ,
"Where have you been, Dorothy?" cried
the tea-maker. "I have sent up audi
down to find you. Mr. Standish has a let- j
ter from Mr. Egerton, he wanted to show
you." i
"There Is very little In It," ald Stan-'
dish. He had shaken hands with his
ward, looking kindly and anxiously into i
her face, and then drawn over a chair foi
her. I
"I never expected much from him," re-'
turned lorothy.
"He certainly is not sparing himself,"
returned Standish. "Here is his letter." '
Dorothy took it and laid it on the table j
Standish watched her witn some con- ;
osity, and Henrietta, who seemed in high
spirits, launched into a description of bet !
Aunt Callander's unreasonableiM-ss about
the children, about the trouble they gave
when they did go to see her, and the ter- j
ribly bad system
on which they wer I
brought up.
Then looking at her watch, she exclaim
ed: "Oh, I must go out! I promised my
nnt to see her to-dny. She has a bad
cold,
well
Indeed, 1 do not think she is at all
1 am quite sorry about her, poor
old thing! You can tell Dorothy what
we have been talking about, Mr. Stan
dish. King the bell, please, and tell Col
Una to get me a cab. Good-by," she add.
ed t Standish, "I suppose you will be
pone by the time I come back."
As soon as they were alone, Standish,
after looking very earnestly at Dorothy,
at down on the sofa behind her.
"Don't you care to read the letter T' in
sked.
"1 should prefer hearing its coot, nti
-from you."
Her voice sounded dull nnd despondent
"Well, then," taking it up, "Egerton
after much searching, has found an ole
muleteer whose nephew, Pedro, Is a sailor
and was, the old man thinks, on board
ressel that traded between Cadi and thi
Levant, and sometimes went further. Th
muleteer does not know where he is now
but be appeared last December at Alicant
and seemed very flush of cash. Since thet
he has gone to sea again, and his returs
is problematical."
"Yes, I suppose it is-very," returned
Dorothy quietly.
My dear Dorothy, something is work
ing' in your mim". which yon hide fron:
me It is tormenting and distressing you
Don't you think you had better op. a youl
"What X tt Henrietta told you to tel
"""We have leen arranging a scheme foi
Cal ander and all of JO" W propos'
ST." when the time for wh.ch you tool
. i - : In n ttsii n fort
this house is np mm.
nieht. I think you
should set up youi
I,l ... V..,..ia There are Pie
VdXirchTnd 'the field of Wat
you are en ' tUiuks tbat if yot
I mean l"-s au trftTe
persIinde Callnuuer tna t J
without mm, . and yourselvei
in.iiv ont of himself. He ha. sent
P . , . ..j Tires nn the army, I am
Y. . .i,,-h T nuite expected it
"Yes. I think it is the best thing to be
"Then you can discuss it with Henri-L-nin.
and I shall see yon to
morrow" when I hope there will be some
SSSfTof Callander. Good-evening, my
noisiarewell from the children, and
"-Why'Td lie kh. Henrietta's hand?
what was it he thanked her for so
M.' with thi. unanswered
question preying on ner
CHATTER XIX.
They thnt is. Mrs. Callander. TfcTir
etta and Dorothy waited in vain for a
letter from the Colonel,
A week had passed and he made no
sign. Dorothy wns very nneasy, much
more so than Henrietta or his mother
neither ot whom shared her profound
Interested him, the distressed expression
of his eyes, sometimes so dull, sometime,
wild and reckless, were only marks of nat
ural but unusually deep grief. To Dorothy
tliey were indications of mental anguish
too strong for the control of reason.
It was, therefore, with a sense of In
finite relief she heard Collins tap at the
door, as she was changing her warm
out-door dress for one of lighter material,
and say. In a brisk, cheerful tone:
"If yon please, miss, the Colonel has
come. He is In the drawing room."
Callander was sitting by the fire In a
large armchair, his hand on Dolly's head.
Both children were standing by him de
murely, gazing with wondering, awed eyes
at their now half-forgotten father. All
seemed silent.
"Dear Herbert, I am so delighted to see
you!" cried Dorothy, running to greet and
embrace him. He smiled absently, and
stretched out his hand to her. "Why did
yoa not write? I feW so anxious about
you."
"I wag Quite well. I had nothine to
write about."
The tete-a-tete which ensued wns very
trying. Callander sat quite still after
l the children had retired, answering the
ODservauons sne force.! herself to make
from time to time with monosyllables, or
the briefest possible sentences. She
thought dinner would never be annonnc-
ed. How Dorothy longed for Standish!
She was growing nervous foolishly ner
vous.
When they returned to th drawing
room Callander again took the large easy
chair. Dorothy began some needlework,
and sat opposite him. In token of her
readiness to converse if he was so inclin
ed. He kept silence so long that Dorothy
thought he was asleep.
Suddenly he sat upright and exclnlm-
ed: "You are not like ber, and yet you are.
Yon haven't her beauty!"
"I know that well, Herbert," she re
turned, hoping be would relieve his mind
by talking of the dear dead.
"Still she looks ont of your eyes at me
sometimes, Dorothy, and then I don't
know whether I hate or love you! Yoa
nsed to be like daughter to me, and
you are a good, kind girL Ton must al
ways take care of those poor children!"
"Yes, I will, to the best of my ability,"
said Dorjthy, with ditllculty keeping back
her tears.
"You must never let my mother get
hold of them, mind that."
"I hope you will stay with them, and
order what is to be done for them. As
to Mrs. Callander, why are you so un
kind to her? She is very unhappy"
Because I cannot forget how unkind
she was to my lost darling," be returned
.ternly. "And you should not forget It
either! I can never forgive her. And she
wants to make out that 1 am weak weak
In brnin! She sent that fellow, Dillon, to
dog my steps down at Fordsea!"
"Indeed, I am sure she did not. ne
often goes down to EaBtport In his end-
less search for traces of of " She
hesitated.
"Of the murderer," added Callander,
with composure. "Ay, be may search!
But I I alone must punish, I tell you. I
may wait, but I will have my revenge
by my own band!"
Dorothy felt uneasy, but she wisely
avoided contradicting hira, and so kept
silence. Callander, now fully roused.
stood up and began to pace the room.
What has Lgerton been doing? Has
he written?"
"Yes he thinks he baa found sonw
traces."
"Ha, ha. ha!" laughed Callander rath-
er a terrible laugh. "He will never find
the murderer away there !--never!" And
he paused opposite her.
"At all events, he said. In hi. letter to
Paul Standish "
"Standish!" repeated Callander, with a
deadly, bitter tone, one that made the
word sound like a curse. hy do you
speak bis name to me? I wonder you
dare!" And he resumed his restless walk.
This seonMsl to Dorothy an opportunity
fur asking an explanation of his mysteri
ous dislike to tier guardian.
I do not know why I should not name
him, Herbert Tell me why you dislike
him. It might relieve your mind."
'Tell you?" he repeated, "tell you! I
have sometimes wished to tell you, that
.ron might know whnt a subtle devil "
He broke off, and mutte-ed something to
himself. "There," he resumed, "you lov
ed her well. You would shield her mem
ory well."
I would do anything for her sake any
thing to comfort you!" cried Dorothy, un
able to restrain her tears.
Cailaiuler paced the room In silence for
another minute, then he suddenly sat
down leside her on the sofa, which was
her tisuai seat, and, taking both her
hands, which he held tightly, he said, low
and auick: "I Till tell yon all alii I
found It out before just before we lost
her. It was my mother pointed it out!
Cut before that, before I left India, there
was a chaikge, a faint change in her let-
ers. Yon would not have seen it no one
would have seen it but a lover such as I
was! I felt and knew that something
had come between ns." Dorothy sat lis
tening, motionless, with curdling blood.
Had lie indeed discovered the truth?
"My mother wrote that Standish almost
lived with her and you, bnt I would not
notice her insinuations. Then I came
home, and I knew there was a change.
Still, she had some love for me, but he
was always at her ear! He would not
let her come away with me alone! That
would have made all right So I deter
mined to have his life; but she she "
His voice failed him, and he paused, pant-
in-- liiir drons standing on his brow,
T.inl Standish r cried Dorothy,
wrenching ber hands from hira, all het
force and courage returning. Paul stan
dish is as innocent as I am. What who
put this horrible Idea into your head?
Yon did not believe your mother, who
told you this horrible lie?"
"It is no lie!" he said, with a moan like
thnt of a creature in pain. "I saw it hi
her own writing."
"She never wrote anything to Paul
Standish which the whole -world might , X reproach is like that we clothe with
not see. Who has imposed upon you?" la smile and present with a Injur.
"Ah! you do not know. Neither shej Rlesscd is the influence of one true,
jjor he wouM ipeak Of sjicjj JvU tWnjp ' loving human soul on another.
to you. But, Dorothy, I will have pa
tience, aubtilty as profound as his, and
patience. I will punish him yet, cruelly,
unrcleuting. I feel my hand on his throat
now!" and he clenched both his own, look
ing awfully wild, the fine, strong face she
knew so well distorted by passion to a
demon-like expression.
Dorothy felt as if Tnnl's doom wm
fixed, that nothing could save him. She
she only could undeceive the wretched
mn n before her.
"You are wrong. Herbert!" she said,
bravely and steadily. "I can prove that
yon are wrong; I can prove that Mabel
always loved you, that yon do l'aui stan
dish the greatest Injustice. Will you wait
here for a few minutes, and will you read
what 1 bring yon?"
Callander, checked and astonished by
her words and impressive manner, stop
ped, silent and still. "What do you
mean?" he stammered.
"Yon shall seer she cried, and flew
away upstairs to where in the secret draw
er of her old dressing case, inclosed In a
blank envelope, lay the letter she had
never been able to deliver into Egerton'i
hands. All fear, all hesitation was gone.
What matter any danger to herself from
tlie fury of the excited man she had left
behind? What matter the desperate ret
ribution she might bring down on the real
offender?
Everything was secondary to j
the desire of proving that Mabel was real
ly true to her husband, that Standish was
innocent of the hideous treachery attrib
uted to him all consequences were swJ
lowed up in this overpowering motive.
(To be continued.)
WONDERS OF HUDSON BAY.
It lraln. Three Million tjnore Mile,
of Territory.
Hudson's bay, the Mediterranean ol
Canada, is the most striking geograph
ical feature of North America. Hud
sou bay is half as large as the Mediter
ranean sea it drains a vast territory,
3,000,000 square miles in area vasl
rivers flow Into It from the south, east
and west; flowing from plnces as dis
tant as the plains of Minnesota and Da
kota. In its water live undisturbed fish
and oil-bearing uiamuials, along ltt
shores are fine harbors, in the country
surrounding It are rich mineral deposit
and fine farming lands. But It is a por
tion destitute of human habitation.
White whales, walruses, big as ele
phants, and fur-benrlng seals dispor.
themselves undisturbed in the water
On laud there is wealth, with no one tc
take It away.
"But ail this is the arctic regions,
you say. "Not a bit of It" says Dr.
Bell, director of the geological survey.
Moose bay Is In a latitude further south
than London, and the more northern
portion of Hudson bay is at about the
same latitude as the north of Scotland.
The climate also compares very favor
ably with that of tho same latitude In
other portions of the globe. The bay
docs not freeze across In winter the
winter conditions there being similar to
those of the Gulf of St Lawrence, and
navigation Is possible during four oi
possibly five months of the year. The
Hudson bay route would bring the
great Northwest as near to Europe ai
the city of Quebec. It offers perhapi
the best route to the Yukon district,
and is the national route to the preai
oil fields of the Northwest Gold il
there specimens of gold-bearing
quartz have been brought Into the Hud
son bay stations pyrites containing
gold have been found by the geological
survey party, and alluvial gold hai
been found, according to Mr. William
Ogllvie, In the valleys. Gypsum, Iron,
copper, silver, and lead are abundantly
indicated in many places.
Were the country within the arctic
circle the quality of the soil would be
of no consequence. But there are
scores of millions of acres upon which
profitable stock-raising and farming
may be carried onTand It Is important
to note that the soil observed Is rich
and productive. In the district south
of James bay. In a district as large as
all England, the total population at
present Is one Scotchman and thirty or
forty families of Indians. Montreal
(Canada) Witness.
Boyle Koche Ontdono.
"He Is an enemy to both kingdoms,"
said Sir Boyle Itoche, "who wishes to
diminish the brotherly affections of th
two sister countries!"
Equally noteworthy with this was th
highly creditable sentiment uttered by
the Governor of one of the United
States at the opening of an Industrial
exhibition recently.
"Let us hope," said he, "that the occa
sion will te an enteriug wedge which
will bring about a more perfect unity
lietween North and South!"
The Tope Is a remarkably good chess
player; in fact it Is only on rare occa
sions that he Is defeated at the game.
There is one priest in Rome who Is usu
ally the Pone's ndversary. The priest
Father Olella has played chess with
him for thirty-two yenrs past
One ungrateful trim iloes injury lo
nil who si i; nd in need of aid.
The more we lo the more we can il..;
the more busy we are, the more leisuie
hwe ave.
t'lothe falsehood with argument, and
it will take issue with truth.
For one cent you can cook a full meal
for a family with thi- .lolinsun 4ias Ma
chine. ...
T" bulls-eye ol righteousness is never
hit bv accident.
Wore it not for the human heart,
hypocrisy would be hi.nieless.
The teinpation overcome by the lxy is
never encountered in the eaieer of the
man".
There is not a string ntlurot to
mirth hut has its chord of melancholy.
rtocolleefion i the only :irlise from
which we cannot be turned out.
The sure way to miss success is tu mis
the upportunity.
Zeal without knowledge. Is worse
than dynamite.
An cmotioni! nature is ofteii inisiak n
for a symia'heli.c one.
Burdens become light when cheerful
ly borne.
Xoihiii!; more detestable does the
earth produce than an ungrateful man.
Humility is a garb that must he worn
as an outer as well as an under gar
ment.
Kindness is wisdom; there is none in
life but needs it, and may learn.
T?e ignorance thy choice where knowl
edge leads to woe.
The greatest firmness is the greatest
mercy.
Nothing sharpens the arrow of sarcast
so keenly as the courtesy that polishes nn
UNCLE JUDSOJVS CRUST. 4
A DAPPER Mttle man, with a
silky, yellow muataoht wblcb
curled np Jauntily at the ends
came out and closed the door softly
behind him.
"Mr. Hardaxre says ho will see yoa
In a few minutes. Will you be eated?"
and the little man turned and began to
rustle the papers on bis desk aa If b
were very busy Indeed.
Willis Everett dropped down In a i
chair close to the railing, fussed with '
his hat and watohed for Jndson nard-l
acre a door to open, lie tnougnt u
was rather a cold reception for an uncle
to give his nephew, and yet his mother
had warned him what to expect.
"Your uncle Judson," she had said,
Is very much devoted to bis business.
He has never In nta life had time to
give toil. friends, and people say that
be is crusty and bard-hearted, but I am
sure that my brother Judson has as
kind a heart as any man living, If only
you can renth It."
Willis had come to his onclc as a last
resort no had just finished bis Junior
year in college, and he knew that the
completion of his conrse would depend
on Ws own earnings daring the sum
mer. Hte father had been able to sup-
piy liim ui. ut.y, nicuuiiKi. uu. o
Uberally as he really needed, for the;
ursi ume year, oi u com-go u.
hard times had ruined his business, nnd
It was all be could do to pay rent and
grocers' bills, not to mention the pro
vision of clothing for the younger chil
dren. "I want to see yon finish up with yout
class," he said to Willis, "but It Is out
of the question for me to furnish the
money. You will have to get out and
see what you can do for yourself."
And Willis bad tried his best to get a
position. But he found tbat he was
compelled to compete In tills struggle
for an opportunity to make a living
with men older and more experienced
than himself, who. knew better what
the employers required. One man said
he would take Willis on trial, but he
couldn't pay him anything for a few
months; another said he had a position,
but he wished to give It to a man who
had Intended to remain with him per
manently and work up In the business.
And so they all put him off, and now he
was watching for the door of his uncle's
private office to open.
He had not seen bis uncle In set-oral
years. He remembered the List meet
ing without any exuberance of pleasure.
Uncle Judson had called on his mother
one afternoon, and he had come In
warm and excited from a tennis game.
"What's that thing you have got in
your hand?" his uncle asked, after his
mother bad presented him.
"Why, a tennis racquet"
"Sarah, can't you tench your children
to go Into better business than dawd
ling around In white trousers with a toy
bat 7'
Even as Willis thought of It now, he
felt his cheeks tingle with mingled
mortification and anger.
"Mr. Hardacre is ready to see you,"
aid the dapper little man.
Willis stepped quietly Into the prl
rate office. He saw his uncle at a hand
some roll-top desk and glaring at him
from under hU shaggy, gray brows,
ne bad a square, lean face, with a de
termined chin, and his hair was coarse
and gray.
"Well, sir."
"I am to search of work," snld Wil
lis, somewbat falterlngly; "my father
can't supply me with money for my
last year in college, and unless I earn It
I can't go."
"That's Just what I told your mother
before she married Everett. Now that
he has got A family of Ivors he can't
educate them. But she wouldn't listen
to any of my advice."
The hot blood surged Into Willis'
face. lie couldn't bear this reference
to his hard-working, noble-mlnd-il fath
er, who had sacrificed everything In
order that his boys might have their
schooling.
"My father has clone the best he
could," Willis said, hotly, "nnd I enn't
, listen to anything against him,
If yon
have nothiug I can do" and Willis
turned and started toward the dqor
wit "j his "shoulders thrown back.
"There, there," said his uncle, with
the trace of a grim smllo curling his
lips; "we'll lot that drop. You say you
want work what can you do?"
'I'm just out 9f college," Willis snid,
"and I'll have to do 'most anything I
can get to do."
"I suppose yon are well up In tennis
and football and leaping the pole, and
all that sort of thing.',
"Yes, sir," responded Willis, tempt
ed again to turn and leave the room.
"Well, I don't happen to have any of
these things In my business. You
know I'm not engaged In the manufac
ture and sale of lumber. It's very pro
saicyou can't wear white trousers
mijrht get soiled."
Willis kept his temper, although ev
ery one of his uncle's words stung him
to the quick.
"I understand all that" he said, "and
I am willing to do anything from wood
k:i ..-Ing up that will enable me to save
r little money."
"Weod-sawlng, eh?" said Judson
Ha dacre. and ..ie grim smile again
curled his lips. "Let me see youi
Willis held out his hands they wen
ertalnly rather small and white, al
though tennis playing had worn a few
bard callouses on the right palm.
"I thought so," said Uncla Judson
"tennis hands, eh?"
"They may be soft now, but I assure
yon. Uncle Judson, I am not afraid of
sny kind of work which will help me
tnlsb my course.
tho sound ofthnnfamlllar word.
"Unde Judson," Jndson ' Hardacre
I AM TIC SA.RCB OF W0BK.
glanced up sharply, and then he said,
rather more gruffly than before:
"Well, I'll take you at your word.
Times are dull and I haven't much of
anything else besides chopping ancj
sawing.'
Judson nardacre pressed a button,
and a tall, quiet man with a pen thrust
, ,, hls onr Rtnrw1 lntrt , rofti-n
..Calk,ns is I. Willis Everett. He
tQ w()rk t(vmorrow morning at
the Edwardsburg mill at $30' a month.
He will board at the company's hotel.
Have him report to Matthews. Let me
know each week how he Is doing."
"I'm very much obliged to you
Willis faltered, hardly realizing that at
last he had found a job.
"Don't thank me yet," said his uncls,
almost gruffly; "you may not want to
ifter you have been working awhile."
Willis went home In high spirits.
"Mother, mother," he called; "I've go
a Job- at mat and a joo from Uncle
Judson, too."
That afternoon Willis packed his
satchel and took the train down the
valley for Edwardsburg, where the
Hardacre mills were located. It was
ibout twenty-five miles from home, and
he had never been In the place except
n his bicycle and he hardly knew
where the mills were Jocatcd.,;. But he
found them easily enough, and with
them the foreman, Matthews big,
red-faced, stoop-shouldered giant with
a voice like a foghorn. Matthews read
the hrtter and Uie glanced at Willis
keenly and half contemptuously, Wil
lis thought.
"Well," he said, "be on hand at 7
o'clock to-morrow morning, and I'll put
you to work."
Willis found a place in the company's
boarding house a single bunk in an
attic room with four other men. The
walls were dingy, the floor was cover
ed with coarse matting and the bedding
did not look any too clean. One little.
cobwebby window commanded a view
of a vast heap of sawdust and slabs.
Supper was served on a long table cov
ered with oilcloth, and the tea was
brought in by men waiters, who laugh
ed and Joked one another.- The work
men came in with their sleeves rolled
np and ate almost In silence.
In the morning Willis was sot to load
Ing slabs from the waste pile Into a box
car which stood on a siding near at
hand. One man handed them down
from the pile, a second tossed them in
to the car, and a third corded them np.
Willis was given the easiest Job that
of piling but he was compelled to keep
up with the other two. The slivers
stuek Into his soft palms and the Jag
ged bark bruised his arms. Besides
that It was a hot June day without a
breath of air stirring In the car. For
nn hour or two he stood It pretty well.
but before noon he began to feel that
be should drop in his tracks, but he
was determined never to give up. He
was a cog In the machinery of the mill.
and he proposed to do his duty until he
broke down. Never was music sweeter
than the sound of the noon whistle.
He wearily dropped the last slab and
staggered Into the dining-room of the
boardlng-house. At first be was toe
tired to eat, but he managed to sw.-U
low a little dinner, and by 1 o'clock he
felt better. But he knew he never
could last through the long afternoon
at the same work, and it was with a
deep feeling of relief that he heard
Matthews order his crew from the car-
loading to the sawdust chutes. Here
he was required to stand knee deep in
soft sawdust at the end of the chute,
where the waste of the mill came blow
ing out In a dusty cloud, and shovel for
dear life to keep himself from being
burled. It was hot, wearing work, and
by the time the afternoon was finished
Willis was thoroughly discouraged.
But he was naturally vigorous ot
body, and, although his uncle had made
fun of his tennis and foot-ball, be knew
now how much good strength they had
added to his muscles. He awakened
the next morning lame In every Joint
with his hands almost raw with Mis
tera. "But I'll stick to it," he said,
gritting his teeth; "I've got to get
through college next year."
' That day he was paired with a big,
red-bearded Scotchman, and they were
assigned to the work of trimming up
tome timbers with a long cross-cut saw.
For a few hours Willis bent bravely
back and forth. It was fearfully hard
work, particularly because he did not
understand the science of getting the
greatest results from the least effort
Towards noon the big Scotchman, who
had been watching him keenly, found
that the saw would need filing. Willis
never felt more grateful for anything
m his life, and In the afternoon he was
enough rested to continue the work.
And so It went on day after dax. Be
fore the end of the second week Willis
grew somewhat hardened, and al-
thonf tb work mujP TOT tftrd
be Ad it grow alBfU!y exhausted.
Be atoe Ceoad that the other men were
teethheartctd, kindly fellewe, and ai
weya ready to help him where 'they
eoald. Before be middle of July, Ma
fihowe, the big foreman, had given bin
tb pmce of checker and scaler, In tht
temporary abaenoe of the regular
eheoXer. This was much easier work,
and Wlltta aid It with a quickness an
tboraughnees and kept bU accounts mt
accurately hat Matthews mere than
tee grunted Ala kmtlsfaonon. -
Alxxit this time WM11. saw Us unci
lot the. first time. Jndson Hardacra
came around with the superintendent
examining the work of the mill, and bs
must have seen WUHs aa he stood with
his .pad and pencil where the 1 umbel
hot from the whirring saws, bnt na
gave no sign of recognition. It hurt
Wllns' sensitive nature, bnt he only set
bis teeth the harder.
'I'm making the money," he said re
himself, "and I'm going back to col
lege."
None of the men knew that be wae
Jndson Hardacre'a nephew. Be had
said nothing about It preferring to
stand on his own merits, and bis uncle
had been equally silent
About the middle of September Wil
lis resigned his Job, much to the regret
ef the big foreman, who had coma to
like the clever, prompt yonng man.
"When you try to get a Job some
where else," he said, "Just let me know
and I'll give yon a good recommend a
tton." It was said In a blunt honest way.
and no praise that WUHs ever had re
ceived had sounded so sweet In hli
ears.
"By the way, Everett" said Mat
thews, as he paid over the bast salary
check, "Mr. Hardacre wished nie to
ask yon to call and see him as soon as
yon get back to town."
Willla wondered why his nnela
should care to have anything to dc
With him, bnt be called the next after
noon. He had grown browp of face,
and bis hands were calloused and mus
cular. When he came in Judson Hard-
acre said, gruffly:
"Well, how much money have you
saved this summer?"
"Nearly $75."
"Is that enough to take yon throng
col lege T
"No, sir; but I shall start with It
Father thinks he can help me toward
he end of the year."
"How did you like yonr work?"
"Part of It I liked very well, Uncle
Judson, but It was too hard for me at
first"
At the words "Uncle Judson," Judson
Hardacre looked., up sharply. It was
not at all usual for anyone to address
him as a relative, and somehow the
hard 11 nee of his face softened and his
shoulders shook a little, as If be were
laughing somewhere inside.
-"Well, asy fi-.y, t -sa'.dw"r0v
showed yourself pretty plncky this
summer. You've got the genuine Hard-
acre blood In you. Let me tell yon.
I've watched you a good deal more
closely that you thought and I like
you, sir. Yes, I like you."
ne held out one hand, and Willis,
flushing red and then paling again.
with surprise and pleasure, grasped
It warmly.
"Let's be friends," said the old.man.
1 haven't many of them, and I need
a good one," ana nis voice took on i
half-pitlful tone. Then he changed thi
subject
'Here's a check for $400. Get youi
last year of seboollng and don't scrimp
on the expenses. If you need any more
let me know. And when you get
through come back here. I've got a
good place for you in my office, where
you will have a chance to work up."
Willis stammered his thanks, and
stumbled, half-dozed, toward the door
way, ills uppermost tuougnt at tna-
moment was:
"How happy my father will be."
Aa he reached the door his nncle
Judson called after him:
'And say. Just go ahead and play all
the tennis yon want to."
Uncle Judson's crust was broken
Chicago Record.
Pay of Aotor. In Chinas.
In China a company of thirty actors
san be engaged for $30 to play as
many pieces as may be desired for twe
days at a staetch.
Caterpillars In Boxes.
A member fascinated the biology sec
tion of the British Association at Its
recent meeting with the results of his
experiments on caterpillar hatching in
pill boxes. The pepper moth was the
particular Insect which be experiment
ed on, and bis experiments show that,
If yoa take an egg of one of these and
grow It In a gilded pill box, yon get a
golden caterpillar. Again, if the pill
box be black, so la the caterpillar; while
a mixed environment produced a mud
dled creature, just as In man the en
vironment of the slnm or the palace
pretty much determine a person''
Characteristics.
The. Baobelop.
The term "bachelor" la from the La
tin meaning "one crowned with laur
els." In the French It becomes "a
young squire, not made a knight" Its
first Englteh meaning was "a yonng
unmarried man." In old times the
student undergraduate was forbidden
by the law of the nnlreraltlea to reentry
on pain of expulsion. Violation of this
law by Winiam Lee resulted In hll In
vention of the stocking toon.
Probably on reaaoa turn women
strive so earsgstjy t p to beaven la
TJNOLS JUD SOS'S CBUST WAS BBOKBS.
SERMONS OF THE DAY
Subject: TU. Hounded Reindeer"
Thai Who Are Pursued by th. Uounili
of Peraeeutio. ltau to the tilorioas
Lsk. or Dlvla. SaliM..
Tut: "As the hart pantetb after tha
rater brooks, so panteth my soul sttet
Thee, O God." Fan. xlti., 1.
David, who must soma time have seen a
a deer-hunt, points us here to a hunted
stag making for the water. Tue fascinat
ing animal called in my t.xt the hart is tha
same animal tbat in sacred and profane
literature is called the stag, the roetuck,
the bind, the gaselle, th. reindeer. In
Central Syria, in Jiible times, there wers
whole pasture-Holds of them, as Solomon
suggests when he says, 'I charga you by
the hinds ot the Held." Their antlers jutted
from long grass as they lay down. No
UUIllvr null Ulu urou luuK lu .viiuiuvnui.
trJWt" will wnnrter that in tha Hible thev 1
weEelatemoVe
dews, tbehowMS. the lakes wasbed them 1
as clean as the sky. When Isaac, the pa- !
!5k !Z.La fn;nl.n. V.n .'hot .In, I
i...v.V . ,.t iaih nmn.r '
the t-prightliness of tne restored cripple ot
millennial times to the long and quick
jump of the stag, saying, "The lam. shall
lent) as the hurt." Solomon expressed his
disgust at a hunter who hiving shot a deer ;
is too inzy to cook It, saying. "The sloth- I
ful man roastoth not thnt which ho took in ,
hunting." I
But one day "David, while far from tha j
home from wtiich he had been driven, and :
sitting near the mouth of a lonely cave ,
where be had lodged and on the banks of a !
pond or river, bears a pack of bounds in !
swilt pursuit. .Because oi me previous si
lence of the forest the jlnnt-or startles him,
and he says to himself: "X wonder wttat
those dofrs are after." Then there is a
crackling in the brushwood, and the loud
breathing of some rushing wonder of the
woods, and the antlers of a deer rend the
leaves of the ticket, and by an instinct
which all hunters recognize tha creature
plunges into n pool or lake or river to cool
Its thirst, and at tho same time by its ca
pacity for swifter and longer swimming to
get away from the foaming barriers. David
says to himself: Aha, that is myselfl Haul
alter me, Absalom alter me, enemins with
out number after me; i am chased; their
bloody muzzles at my heels, harking at my
good name, barking after my body, bark
ng after my soul. Oh, the hounds, the
hounds! But look there," says David to
himself. "That reindeer hits splashed into
the water.. It puts Its hot lips and nostrils
into theco'ol wave that washes its leathered
flanks, and it swims away from th tlery
canines, and it is "tree at last. Ob, that I
might 11 nd in the deep, wide- lake of Ood's
mercy nnd convolution escape from my
pursuers! Oil, for the waters ot lite and
rescue! 'As the hart panteth after the
water brooks, so panteth my soul after
Thee, O Hod.' "
The Adirondacks are now populous with
hunters, and the deer are being slain br the
score, 'talking one summer with a hunter,
I thought I would like to see whether my
text wits accurate la its allusion, and as I
heurd the dogs baying a little way off and
supposed they were on the track of a deer,
I said to one of the hunters in rough cor
duroy: "Do the doer always make (or wa
ter when they are pursued?" Ho said: "Oh,
yes, Ulster; you sxe they are a hot and
thirty animal, und they know where the
water is, and when they hear danger In the
distance they lift their antlers und snid the
breeze and start for the Baquet or Loon or
nruuai-; and we get into our cedar shell
boat or stand by le 'runaway' with riflo
loaded and ready to blaze sway." fc '
My friends, that is on re-uon why I like
the jsrble so milch Its iiliusions are srftru.
to nuture. Its partrides ave real partridges,
its ostriches real ostrl- ties, and its rein
deer rent reindeer. I do not wonder that
this antlered glory ot the text makes the
hunter's -ye sparkle sad his cheek glow
and his respiration quicken. To say noth
ing of its UHoiulm-ss, although it is the
most useful of all game, its flesh delicious,
its skin turned iuto human apparel, its
sinews fashioned into bow-strings, its'
antlers putting handles on cutlery, and the
shavings of Its horn used as a pungent
restorative, the name taken from the hart
and called hartshorn. But putting aside
its usefulness, this encbauting creature
seems made out of gracefulness and
elasticity. What an eye, with n liquid
brightness as It gathered up from a hun
dred lakes at sunset I The horns, a coronal
branching into every possible curve, and
atter it seems complete ascending into
other projectionsof exquislteness, a treeot
polished bone, uplifted in pride, or swung
down forawful combat. The hart is velocity
embodied. Timidity, impersonated. The
enohantment of the woods. Its eye
lustrous in life and pathetic In death. The
splendid animal a complete rhythm of
muscie, and boue, and color, and attitude,
and locomotion, whether couched in the
grass among the shadows, or a living bolt
shot through the forest, or turning nt bay
to nttnek the hounds, or rearing for its
last fall under the buckshot of the trapper.
It is a splendid appearance that the
painter's pencil falls to sketch, and only a
hunter's dream on a pillow of hemlock at
the foot of St. Regis Is able to picture.
When, twenty miles from any settlement,
It comes down at eventide to the lake's
edge to drink among the Illy pods and,
with Its sharp-edged hoof, shatters the
crystal of Long Lake, It Is very picturesque.
But only when, after miles of pursuit, with
heaving sides and lolling tongue and eyes
swimming in death the stag leaps from the
cliff into Upper Saranae, can you realize
how much David had Buttered from his
troubles, and how much he wanted God
when he expressed himself In the words of
the text: "As the bart panteth after the
water brooks, so pantetb my seal after
Thee. O God."
Weil, now. let all those who have coming
after them the pan hounds of poverty, or
the black hounds of persecution, or the
spotted hounds of vicissitude, or the pnle
bounds ot death, or who are in any wise
pursued, run to the wide, deep, glorious
lake of divine solace and rescue.
Tha
most of the men and women whom I hap
pened to know at different times, if not
now, have had trouble after them, sharp
muzzled troubles, swift troubles, all-devouring
troubles. Many ot you have mad.
tho mistake of trying to flght them.
Somebody meanly attacked you, and you
attacked them; they depreciated vou, you
depreciated them; or they overreached you
in a bargain, and yon tried, in Wall street
Earlance, to get a corner on them; or you
ave find a bereavement, and. Instead ol
being submissive, you are fighting that be
reavement, you charge on the doctors who
failed to effect a cure; or you charge on
the carelessness of the railroad company
through which .he accident occurred; or
you are a chronic invalid, and you fret,
and worry, and scold, and wonder why you
cannot be well like other people, and you
angrily blame the neurnlgin. or the laryn
gitis, or the ague, or the sick hnndnche.
I saw whole clinlus of lakes in the Adir
ondacks, and from one height yon can see
thirty, and there are said to be over eight
hundred in tho great wilderness of New
York. So near nre they to each other thnt
your mountain guide picks up and carries
tue boat from lake to lake, the small dis
tauce between them for thnt reason called
a "carry." And the realm of Gad's Word
Is one long chain of bright, refreshing
lnkes-.eaeh promise a lake, a very short
carry between them, and though for ages
the pursued have been drinking out of
them, tliey are full to the ton of ttie green
banks, and the same David desuriWe
them, nnd they seem so near together that
In tliree different places he spenlss of tlioin
si a continuous river, saying: "There Is a
river, the streams wnereof shall in. ike
giadthecity of Gol;" "Tiiou sirtlt make
them drink of the rivers of Tliy pleasures;"
'TI:on greatly euriciiest It wltli the river
Of Qod. wulcll Is lull or wui
But many of yoa have turned your back
on that supply, and confront your trouble,
and you are soured with your circum
Mtancea and von sr. fighting society, sod
you are fighting a pursuing world, and
troubles, instead of driving you into the
cool lake of heavenly comfort, have made
yoa stop and turn around and lower your
head, and it is simply antler against tooth.
I do not blame yoa. Probably under tha
same circumstances I would have dona
worse, nut yoa are ail wrong, ion neon
to do as the reindeer does in February and
Jiaroh It sheds Its horns. The Rabbinical
writers allude to this reaicnatiOB of antlers
by the stag when they say of a man who
ventures his money In risky enterprises, bs
has hung it on the stag's horns; and a
Jrovorb In the far East tells a man who has
oolishly lost his fortune to go and And
where the deer shoils her horns. My
brother, quit the antagonism of yonr cir
cumstances, quit misanthropy, quit com
plaint, quit pitching into your pursuers,
be as wise as, next spring, will be all th.
deer of the Adtrondnoks. Shed your horns.
But very many of you who .re wronged
of the world .nd if in any assembly be
tween her. and Golden Gate, San Fran
slsco. It were asked that all those thnt had
been sometimes badly treated should raise
both their bands, and full response should
be made, there would be twice as many
hands lifted as persons prosnat I say
many of yoa would declare: "We have al
ways done the best we could and tried to
be useful, and why we should become the
victims of mallKnment, or invalidism, or
mishap, Is Inscrutable." Wliy, do you
know the finer a deer aadthe more elegant
its proportions, and the more beautiful its
bearluK. the more anxious the hunters and
... . ,. ,. , . ,
tae ho-jnds Ue to capture It. Haitheroe-
,ur "T1 IT"!"1 n"'9 "d
obliterated eye and a limp rig gait the
hunters would have said: l'sbuwt do.i t
lt us waste our ammunition on a sick
deer." And the hounds would have given
a few sniffs of the seent, and tlien darted
oft in anotber direction for better game.
But when they see a deer with autlers liTt
e.l In mighty challenge to earth and sky.i
and the sleek hide looks as if It had been
smoothed by invisible hands, anil the fat
sides enclose the richest pasture that could
be nibbled from the banks of rills so clear
they seem to have dropped out of Heaven,
and the stamp of its foot defies the jack
shooting lantern and the rifle, the horn
and the hound, that deer they will have if
they must needs break their neck in the
rapids. So if there were no noble staff la
your make up, if you were a bifurcated
nothing. If you were a forlorn failure, you
would be allowed to go undisturoed; but
the fact tbat the whole pack Is in full cry
after you is proof positive that you are
splendid game and worth capturing.
Yes, for some people In this world there
seems no let-up. They are pursued from
youth to manhood, and from manhood to
old age. Very distinguished are Lord rttnf
ford's hounds, the Earl of YarhorongtTs
hounds, aud Queen Victoria pays eight
thousand Ave hundred dollars per year to
her Muster of Huck lion nils. But all of them
put together do not equal in number or
speed, or power to huut down, the great
kennel of hounds or which Sin and Trouble
are owner anil master.
But what is a relief forall this pursuit of
trouble, and annoyance, and pain, and be
reavement? My text gives it to you In a
word of three letters, but each letter is a
"harlot if you would trlumpji. or a throne'
if you want to be crowned, or a lake if you
would slake your thirst yes, a chain of
three lakes G-O-D, the One for whom
David longed, and the One whom David
found. You might as well meet a stag which,
aftor its sixth mile of running at the top
most speed through thicket and gorge, and
with tho breath of the dogs on its heels, has
come in full sight of Scroon Lake, and try to
cool its projecting aud blistere I tongue with
a drop Of dew from a blade of glass, as to at
tempt to satisfy an immortal soul, .when fly
ing from trouble aud sin, with anything loss
deep, and high, and broad, and immense,
and inllnlto, and eternal than God. His
comfort, why it embosoms all distress. His
arm. It wrenches off all bondage. His hand,
it wipes away all tears. His Curlstly atone
ment, it makes us all right with tho past,:
aud all right with the future; all right with;
God, all right with man, and all right tor-
ever. Lamurtlne tells as that King Niinrod
said to his throe sons, "Here are three
vases, and one is of clay, another of amber,
and another ot gold. Choose now which
yoa will have." - Tne eldest son, nsving
fiy efcoiee-, ehtjf tk-eAfl of -(-"id, on "
which was written the word "Empire," and
when opened it was found to contain human
blood. The second son, making the next
choice, cbosa the vase of amber. Inscribed
with the word "Glory," and when opened
it contained the ashes of those who were
once called great. The third son took the
vase of clay, and, opening It, found it
empty, bnt on the bottom of it was in
scribed the name of God. King Nimrod
nsked his courtiers which vase they thought
weighed the most. The avaricious men ot
his court said the vase of gold. Tue pouts
said the one of amber. But the wisest men
said the empty vase, because one letter ot
the nnmeof God outweighed a universe.
For Him I thirst; for His graee I beg; on
His promise I build my all. Without Him
I cannot be happy. I have tried the world,
and it does well enough as far it goes, but
It is too uncertain a world, too evanescent
a world. I am not a prejudiced witness. I
have nothing against this world. I have
been one of the most fortunate, or to use a
more Christian word, one of the most
blessed of men blessed in my parents,
blessed in the place of my nativity, blessed
In my health, blessod in my field of work,
blessed In my natural temperament, blessed
in my family, blessed In my opportunities,
blessed in a comfortable livelihood, blessod
In the hope that my soul will go to Heaven
through tue pardoning mercy of God, and
my body, unless It be lost at sea or cre
mated in some conflagration, will lie down
in the gardens of Greenwood among my
kindred and friends, some already gone
and others to come after me. Life to many
has been a disappointment, but to me it
has been a pleasant surprise, and yet I de
clare that if I did not feci that God was
now my Friend and ever-present help, I
should be wretched and terror-strleken.
But I want more of Him. I have thought
over this text and preached this sermon to
myself until with all the aroused energies
of my liody, mind and soul, I can cry out,
"As the hart panteth nfter the water
brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O
God."
Oh, when some of yon get there it will
be like what a hunter tells ot when push
ing his canoe far up North in the winter
and amid the Ice-floes, and a hundred n.iles.
as he thought, from any other human be
ings! He was startled one nay as ne heard
stepping on tue lee, nnd lie cocked nis
rifle ready to meet anything that cmno
near. He found a man, liarclooted ami in
sane from long exposure, approaeiung
him. Taking him iuto his canoe nnd
kindling tires to warm him, he restored
him and found out where he had lived, an.l
took him to his home, and found all me
village iu great excitement. A hundred
men were searching for the lost man, ami
his family and friends rushed out to meet
him; and, as had beeu agrned at his tlrst
appearance, bells were rung, aud guns
were flred, ami banquets spread, mi l the
rescuer loaded with presents. Well, when
some of yon step out of this wilderness.
here you have been chilled and torn and
sometimes lost amid tho Icebergs, iuto the
warm greetings of nil the villages of the
glorified, and your friends rush out to give
you welcoming kiss, the news thnt there is
another soul forever save.l will call th
caterers of Heaveu to spread the banquet
and the bell-meu to lav hold of the r.ie in
the tower, and while the chalices click at
the feast, and the bells clang from the tur
rets, it will be a scene so il.liftlirj I pray
God I may be tb"re to take ,iart in fio
celestial merriment. "Uu'il the day
break and the shadows fl ic away, b tuou
like a roe or a young hart upon the moun
tains of Bether."
It is only imperfection that com
plains of what is inici-fet. Tlie more
-iTect we are, the more gentle ami
quiet we Ix-coiiie toward the defects of
others.
None so little oninv themselves and
are such burdens to themselves as thie
who have nothing to do. Only the active
have the true relish of life.
The flower ot meekness grows on a
stem of grace.
Tie is the wisest and happiest man,
who by constant attention of thought dis
covers the givutcst opHirtunity of lining
good, and break thi-out-h every , posi
tion that he may improve these oppor
tunities. lie is but the counterfeit of a man
who has not the life of a man.
t Into and genuine imprudence, is
ever the effect of ignorance, without the
least sense of it.
The skin of the reindeer Is so Im
pervious to the cold that anyone clothed
in such a aress, wun me auuiuon ui
; blanket of the same material may
bear the intensest rigors ot an Arctic
winter's night