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CHAPTER X.-HContinued.)
The crowd was hart and indignant that
their lion had left them thus; they -would
have liked him to talk to them little,
to roar for them a bit, to tell them all
about himself, who he was, and where he
came from. But he and the tall girl in
the ?erge dress were already far away!
don u the parade, and almost oat of sight.
For some time they walked along at a
brisk pace, battling with the wind, at
least Esrue was. At length she cam to
a full stop under the lee of a boat, gaap
lug for breath. -- -- -.
"Yes. I'm going too fast," said er
companion, apologetically. "Hold oa a
bit. and fix up your hair," which was
hanging down below her -wale is) one
thick, shining plait. A few. vigorous
twists made it once more a compact mas
at the nape of her neck, and, turning to
her companion, who. was engaged is tying
up a bleeding hand with his handkerchief,
the said, very humbly, "Mites,-wilr you
forgire me for last night?" tears a welling
up into her eyes as ahe spoke. -
"For heaven'a sake," nervously, "don't
cry, Esuie; of course-1 will; -it waa all
the fault of my own Tile temper; I'm
afraid that I am an awfully Jealoqev tat
low worse luck; and I can't bear-t see
you faking- to oc noting
That's the truth in plain English.'
"No, no, no! It was all my doing," in
terrupted the young lady, not to be but
done. "I was provoking; I was in a rage;
I would have told you. and I will tell you,
although it is not my secret "
"Then don't:" he exclaimed,- emphati
cally: "never mind it now; if it is another
person's secret, keep it" "'I know I -can
trust you, Esme," determined to. show
how magnanimous he could be, and to
make amends for his foolish suspicions
for Eame'a" wild, distracted appearance
had teld him more than her lips had ever
uttered, and he felt that he could afford
to be generous.
"And what can I say to .yon-for risking
your life, just now?" she said, tremulous;
ly. -i. ' : '
"Pooh! nothing; it was not half so bad
as you thought: any other fellow would
bare done the same."
"And pray why did they not?"
"Those lubberly cats of boatmen, afraid
to wet their feet, choked them off. 1
woold oc-iaoJt ,a'6r-v:Tac of men by
railing them jailors." ,J?$ --'
"But it wa.toueh.npd g." Miles; an old
naval officer satd'ei--'W-ever expected
t see" you Wcfc:aotl"jrin;"Went to please
me. -.Uoa I -to thank you ---. bat can
Thate eiswreoVr" he replied,
movlog'a'few thehea usarer to her. "I'll
tell you' what jwciiirjm '.yea.' "
.This a -brawrE!tee 3-nlcn t0
decide such xuoelbw-pjestion, under
the lee of an .old Osama smack, in the
midst of a high gale which waa blowing
about the sahd and pTay;.od almost
drowning every sound but,thfthunder of
the waves breaking on tBershJhgle. Esme
leaning. her. bue . againat.tne;; opai,. are-
headed,' endeavoriar to :reVatrfh -elastic
of her hat, which she-fceld-hi her hand.
As her cousin leaned ;0er-ynd jjuggested
this one. word, the cotoJ-rejr'n'ed like a
.1 wi -
flood to her pale-ficei aid -rWked up toUg to aay remained frozen on his lips.
tne very roots oi or oi nif ,
were - frolicking Inerrily'aboot -her fore
head in the breeze. ' For. fully two min
utes she made no reply, '--but kept still
mechanically twisting ,the elastic in her
hand, not once raising her eyes, but her
color and her quivering" lips betokened
that she waa not absolutely indifferent
"Well. Esme,"" exclaimed- her cousin, -a
little impatiently. - "I suppose you know
the old proverb, Sileuc gtres 'coasent.'
What am I to think?" he asked, with im
petuous insistence.
Esme made no verbal reply to this
somewhat impervious hesitation, but af
ter a moment's hesitation she put out her
hand very shyly.
"Dearest," he said, seising it eagerly,
but almost ere he had touched It ahe
snatched it hastily from his grasp, ex
claiming, in a hurried whisper.'
"Oh, hers are the Clippertona!"
CHAPTER XI.
Bsrelv a inonth of the six remained.
and if Miles and Esme were to be mar
ried, there waa no time to lose. There
uttUments to be drawn up, the
trousseau to be set in hand, and many
. weighty questions to be decided. Miles
talked over these matters with Miss Jane,
the evening after he had been accepted
t. hi. cousin and between them they
persuaded Mrs. Brabason to have a quiet
wedding, and to let the two girl nd
stay with Annie,, and choose the trous
..n with her assistance. Miss -Jane
herself waa also to be squeezed into Mrs;
rrum'. handbox of a house, but such
mmt tmnortant person aa Mrs. Brabazon
would have to go to neighboring- pri-
.t hotel. Indeed. Mrs. Brabazon loved
mat her step-niece, and took up her abode
close to eheaham street, with a useful,
fashionable friend, and waa elaborately
amiable to Miles and Esme. but disposed
. iw. . an arbitrary about the troua-
-sean. and close-fisted with the necessary
Tendon waa empty, but to our
..,.,. Urite. from the country, even in
September It looked remarkably full, and
" .,. anioved themselves immensely.
Esme, of course, especially. She had the
ii. uit of Miles, who loaded her
witk flowers and gifts, and anticipated
v. wt eanricious whims.
A splendid diamond ring adorned her
third finger. A diamond butterfly and
pair of solitaire earrings followed. It
was useless to endeavor to restrain him.
Undeclared to Esme that thia being his
owJ money, and not their mntual prop
k had everv right to spend it aa be
' sieaaed. He had all the pleasure of tak-isa-
her to a theater for the first time, of
-" introducing ner m r.iutiuni
Hampton Court, and the parka, and he
Jras a pattern of patience with regard to
''-Bond atreet and llegent street, allowing
4er ts flatten her pretty, straight nose
against as many shop windows aa she
pleased, and to stare in at hata and cos
tumes is perfectly unbridled manner.
As she and Miles were walking in Pic
cadilly one afternoon-they met Capt.
ry Uerkeiey rushing out of a bootmaker's,
"''jividently in a violent hurry.
lc ."Hullo. Brabazon," h5e cried, "what on
partb are you dnpg np UlLthe Tillaca at
rtus iiine of year? Why are,you not out
among the'turnipa? " Miss Brabazon,"
raising his bat a be secogntsed Ksum,
- "how dd f.ou dor .
gfabajoi?
CROKBR
"Son are off next t -week to the Cape,
are you not?" said:.Miles.
Yea, by Jove, on. Thursday; not much
time to lose. I'm trying to get my kit to
gether." .
Miles glanced at' his-beautiful fiancee.
and was amaxed to see that ahe had be
come very pale, and that her- lips were
quivering strangely. ..
"Your second battalion la. going out,
too, I see by this morning's paper. No
chance of meeting you' out there, eh?
Well, good-by, I must be off; time is
money.- Good-by, Miss Brabazon."
Next morning the . Brabazon ladies,
young and old, departed from the metrop
olis with loads of luggage, and Miles was
Lleft to. put in. a. whole, week, intervening
before his wedding day, as best he could
The -fourth day tr thia time had passed,
and he was beguiled into going down to
Portsmouth' to see an old friendoffifo the
Cape, il mefr- his chain': af-the i'ier
Hotel.' where they insetted together, and
then sallied forth to the dockyard. The
trooper .was alongside, and a regiment
of laacera In the act of embarking.
Horses, ubstiepeiuus and otherwise, were
being put on board, and crowds were
watfcisgthe proceedings with the gray
est interest;' -Miles', aria his friend, after
c.biB;
which waa one of those known as a
horse-box," ascended to the upper re
gions, and began to pace the deck togeth
er and- have a few last words.
' "I rather envy you fellows going out."
said Milea, nodding bis head at the crowd
of soldier between? decks "and only for
circumstance I would be going, too."
"ion mean matrimony." said the oth
er, smiling. "Andhen are you to be
told off?" 'v
'The day after to-morrow."
"Married men are. best at home; it plays
the -deuce with a fellow having to leare
a wife or a sweetheart. I've always done
my level Itest to keep out of such matters,
took Topnd now -on Ws paek'Of wretched
wofnenVcryingtheir eyes putVome to say
good-by, and fate their last look at fel
lows they will never see again. Vou'rc
a lucky cbap not 'to have- to' leave your
sweetheart like that poor fellow -ovei
there there- under the.lee of the shed.
Look! it's a desperate bad case; the giri
seems heartbroken. I don't believe she'll
ever let him go!"
Mjlee-. glanced indifferent over in the
direction indicated, ' and beheld tall,
handsome young sergeant of lancers, who
was evidently making a brave atruggle
to keep his feelings wall in hand, and a
girl. with, her hack- toward him, leaning
on his arm in a perfect abandon of grief.
The lancer appeared to be trying to
soofke andrmfoct.ber-:x; --.
"She loo. like lady,' said Maj. Vere,
speculatively; "and I would not wonder
if she was a pretty girl in the bargain."
"It's rather a shame to watch them,"
nrtnmori files: "and hard lines that the
-naTe to., good-by to one another at all.
ipoor giri!"
fellow-feeling makes us wondrous
kind, quoted tne. otner, with a taugn.
..u . . . ...
There was a time, old chap, when you
would have called them a pair of fools."
"Ah! I " Whatever else hois go-
for the girl had suddenly turned her face
toward them: he could see it plainly now.
and one' glance at those familiar features
was .enough. It was the face of the giri
who was to be his wife the day but one
following, the face of his cousin, Esme
Brabason. Esme, pale and distracted.
her eyes swollen with crying, but still
Kama.' -
Aad he also recognised Miss Jane's own
maid, Mrs. Eliza Flack, pacing up and
down at a discreet distance. la one in-
itsntaneous scorching Saab everything
was-Mveaiad to -his mind, -everything ac
counted for now. The meeting at the
gate, the photograph. Eame'a unaccountable-interest
in this particular regiment;
but' all Miss Jane a solemn asservations
were lies, she and her niece were part
ners In a league and covenant to deceive
and -deludo him. In an instant this had
passed like fire through his brain; he felt
as if be were going to choke, and dizzy
with rage and bewilderment, and for a
moment the dockyard and sky seemed to
reel before him, but he clutched the bul
warks with a vise-like grasp, and nerved
himself -to look -once more; as he gazed
with livid face and dilated eyes he comprehended-
that- the hottr-f parting- had
Esme flung her arms around the ser
geant's neok and-kissed hitDf and clung to
mm in awiia itimnaern orpeepair, ana as
if she would never' release him, and be.
Miles Brabazon, was .looking on quite
snne. quite in bis right mind; It was u
dVtusiou.v no dream. At last the lahcer.
who seemed a good deaf' moved, beckon
ed to- Flack to approach and take charge
of her young lady,' and Esme made no
resistance-, but .allowed herself -to be led
away toward a By that was evidently
waiting (ottbem at a short distance. But
then she turned and looked back 4t was
fatal he was doing the aame; in a second
she had rushed to him and clasped him
once more in an agonized .embrace.. At
last, with an heroic effort, she motioned
him to leave her, and with her face
buried in her hands, was instantly seized
upon by Flack, who taking her arm in
peremptory , manner, and : shaking : her
head very ' impressively, led her young
lady away, seemingly bowed down to th
very earth with grief. - The whole scene
had a horrible fascination for Milea; not
a look, not a gesture had escaped him;
snd now that it was all over, now that his
betrothed had passed weeping from bis
sight, he turned his whole attention to
her late companion, who was coming up
the gangway, pale, indeed, but not ao pale
as the mas above him, who waa literally
devouring him with a pair of glowing.
dark eyes. :
"Tell me," he said to Maj. Vere, aa he
pulled him by the sleeve, "who is that
fellow of yours coming on board now;
there, the tall sergeant?' pointing with
unsteady finger, and speaking in a voice
that sounded strange and far away even
fo himself.- . .,,
"Oh, that," returned the other, brisk
ly, "that chap is our young sprig of no
bility, aa some will have it; any way, he
goes Vy the name "of Lord" Brown, or
OantlemM Browaj - looks -frightfully
dowp in the month, too. Did you see the
girl? Hullo, " Brabazon, what aila you,
old chap?" suddenly looking around at
Ma fi.nil ad struck -by .-his altered ap.
peijauce, his drawn and ghastly .race. .
: It's rnotMhir','' said the other. Impa
tiently; "it will go off directly; don't
mind me. , A a gentleman, . you said,"
harking back, to Lord Brown; "a gentle'
mur "' - - ' -
"Yea, or, yea, and a very smart fellow.
8afe to get bis ' commission; in a few
months; the girl ' waa evidently Jn bis
own rank of life; come down. to say good;
by under the rose.' I saw her at the sta',
tion, and was atruck by her at once
awfully pretty, and looked quite fright
ened among all the soldiers. Never saw
a troop train before, I'll swear. I've a
notion I've seen her somewhere; 1 wish
I could remember when, but I'm' sure;
I've seen her," throwing back his head!
and ' half-closing his ey es, - "but where ?
Ob," hjeeotaing startled. "I know," aa it
flashed into his mind that be bad seen the
young. lady at .Sandborough ball, where
ahe bad been pointed opt as Brabazon's
fiancee. "Brabason, old fellow, what can
I aay to yen f surveying' him with a horror-struck
expression, "I see it all! No
wonder you look, queer.! - : .
"Say nothing about what you have
seen," . returned his- companion; - "keep
your, own counsel, that's all you can do'
fot, n" wringing lKS3t.''and don't
keep me," In awjpKaeetber'a ex-jgm&ti&-tfai
go ojwe more
shaking hands, and. then burryplg-blind-'
ly,.s31ondownithe gangwafrr -1kUWjwaa
pelrteetly, ilOifferei,ai to
'tiavMXfllHffit asW-hailed
a hansom, and "tasJhslter.fb.'go like
mad to the' railwsy-scljopJ:-:He might
catch Esme and two -Wfc were better
than twenty letters. .Thank goodness his
eyes' bad been opened in time if was not
too late he-was net married yet ..'"
The express waa about to start, the en
gine waa emitting great clouds of whitt
tssTOt - the iplal form. ws-:eranmed. as.
pitching the driver a sovereign", he dashed
Info the station, and looked into -one car
riage, another,: and another..-.
fAht here ahe was a Mast! close to the
door, ' with her : back to the engine, her
handkerchief to her eyes, actually crying
still; Flack, in an opposite corner- hold
log herself ostentatiously aloof from her.
broken-hearted companion, and reveling
In the contemplation of flaming and gor
geous advertisements, of ships and tur
nips and furniture.
Miles!" gasped Esme, in a tone of dis
may as her cousin flung the carriage door
violently open and stood before her as
tonished gaze.
"Yea, Miles," be echoed, in a voice h
iwas unacquainted - with, bitter sarcasm
struggling with some potent emotion. "An
;unexpectea pleasure, la it near
But what has happened T' she falter-
ied tremulously, justly alarmed by the ex-
Vague, - undefined dread. "What brings.
qrou here?" vainly striving to master her
Hong drawn sobs. . -
"A mere trifle, in a voice that shook
in apite of himself. "Nothing to apeak
of. I waa only on board the trooper
just now and had the honor of witness
ing the affecting - parting between you
and your lancer friend.' Everything la
accounted for now, your flattering inter
est In the regiment included. - I'm a lucky
fellow to have found you out in time, am
I not? Needless to tell you that, as far
as Tut concerned; the money may go, and
I've only one word to aay to your' the
word Good-by.' " " ' '
(To be continued.)
A Wife's BlatnaL '
Nervous housewives' whose husbands
frequently bring home company to din
ner without preliminary warning often
worry In their secret hearts for fear
there may tuX be food enough to supply
the unexpected guests. . A matron liv
ing In one of the prettiest suburban resi
dences in West Philadelphia, whose
hustnwd persists In bringing - borne
guests at the most Inopportune times,
has hit upon a happy expedient to meet
possible emergencies. ...
In passing any dishes at the table of
which- there maj be a limited supply
the hostess makes a point to mention
the enigmatical letters "F. II. B." In
such a manner as not to attract the at
tention of the guests around the board.
Immediately the members of the fam
ily are aware of the circumstances and
discreetly partake very lightly. If at all,
of the viands in question. The. secret
of the three letters was .solved a few
days ago, and the, hostess afterward
laughingly confessed ber little scheme.
"t H. B." In this Instance stands for
"family hold back." Boston Traveler.
The Girl with the. Hammer. - -The
advantages of a substantial edu
cation ' for women are demonstrated
with peculiar force by an item which
we take from the Bangor News.
A barn In Aroostook went nnshingled
because the farmer who owned It was
too Infirm to climb to the roof, while
one of his sons had gone to the war In
the Philippines, and the other to the
Klondike. .
'. The other day, however, the farmer'a
only daughter came home from the nor
mal school, and shingled the barn aa
well as any man In town could have
done It, and she didn't once ponnd ber
fingers, either.' ':" . .
We All Think So.
" A Philadelphia exchange gives the
following opinion of a small girl. The'
words express what many older people
must have felt. . ......
In the waiting-room of a urge rail
road station sat a grave and dignified
little girl of perhaps 5 years. ' Present
ly a man In railway uniform came In
and bawled out a long list of perfectly
unintelligible names. The little girl
looked at him disapprovingly.' Then
she looked at ber uncle and said:
"Isn't tbat an awful silly way for I
great big man to talk V- .".-.
A Great Spanish Palace. .
The magnitude of the Eecurlal, the
rreat Spanish palace, may be Inferred
Prom the fact that It would take four
lays to go through all the rooms and
apartments, the length of the way be
Bg reckoned at 23 Spanish leagues,
which Is about 120 English miles. '
. . F-aliarl:y of Snajkes. -,-A
snake tamer who had trained a
serpent to follow him around the house
and even out of doors happened one da
to take It with him to a strange place
The snake, uuused to the locality, eeena
ed to forget all bis training and, cap
rag Into the bushes, resisted capture
with bites and every indication of wild-
ness.. When caught It at onoe, resumed
Its tame habits. : This pendency to be
come wild Immediately, upon, obtaining
their freedom and to again become
tame when caught Is said to ba a
peculiarity of snakes. "
f m. The ride Who
f ; Changed Her Mind
a-te? OU say you don't believe in fate,
V7 you - fellows," said young Fred;
" Julian, as be entertained a party
X boon companions in his bachelor
rooms. "Weil," that's because, at pres
ent,' you haven't hadjan opportunity of
judging" from personal experience."
"Well, .and have, you?" asked a cho
rus of voices, ... . -'-
"Ha her!" It was a little Incident that
occurred about six months ago. Inter
esting td me, at least and if you like
I'll tell jo all about K.V-
"Io," said his friends, and the youiij.
man lounged back in Us chair and wSU.
bia eyes on the tire commenced his ntir
ra-Uve without more ado. : .
Tlx waa one lovely day in the July of
last year," he began, ."and I was mart
Ing jubilantly oil for a month' holiday
at Scarborough.' Knowing my luxuri
ous habits as you do, my. friends, you
will not be surprised to bear that when
I reached King's Cross I. selected a cor
ner seat of a llrst-class' amoker, and
provided myself with plenty of cigars
and magazines. To complete my antic-)
tpaPOtt of a "pleflsdrrt' Journey," Just as I
settled myself comfortably and . the,
guard gave bis whistle, the door opened
and a pretty, excited young lady came,
bustling In. She seemed relieved at!
having caught the train, and sat down
In a state of breathless and amHlng ex
haustion. - - '
"I looked over at bor from my corner;
so did a loudly dressed, bou'ndetish
looking young man from hla, for she
was an extremely pretty girl, with
brown curly hair, email features, and
the daintiest little figure la the -world,
t frowned at- the loudly dressed young
taa vooaa mast commejiobI) ais in-
... SiATtTB.
man, and he frowned at me, and just
then the glnl looked up and caught my
glance of admiration. ' She stiffened,
and then her eyes fell upon my cigar,
.which I. had left, amoldering in tuy
hand, and a look of severe displeasure
came Into her face.
- " 'Are you aware; sir, she said, aus
terely, that this 1s not a smoking car-.
tinr : ; . ::.
, ".'Isn't Itr I answered, looking up at
the window. 'Why, goodness me. they
must have forgotten to take the label
down.' ' " -'"
' The girt followed my glance, and at
the sight of the partially obliterated
letters, half concealed by the blind, her
face crimsoned with mortification, and,
biting ber Up, ahe took up-a paper hur
riedly to hide ber confusion.- -
" 1 have made the aame mistake, my
dear,' aald a ' kindly matron on her
tight' ' 'It doesn't matter much; a' lit
tle smoke won't hurt us, will ltf
" .'No; I must change at the next sta
tion," she returned, sweetly. '
" Excuse me,' I broke In, 'but thia Is
an express train.' "
'Do you mean to aay It doesn't atop
at Peterborough?'
"It doesn't stop at aU,' I aald. 'until
we get to Vork.'
"'Oh, dear! What shall I do? I must
get off at Peterborough,' she exclaimed.
" 'I'm so sorry,' I murmured, turning
to the girl. Van I assist yon In any
way? If It ,ls a case of necessity, you
know, we can communicate with the
guard,'.
- " 'Oh. nothat la I. mean I don't
think It would be considered ao,' ahe;
ataminered, her face suddenly suffuse 1
With blughea. 'Ton see, I was gotog to
a wedding.
" "The elderly matron smiled,' I bad
all. I .could, do to repress my amuse
ment, while the loudly dressed young,
man. In the corner sniggered audibly. .
- " Oh, well, I sboukin t let that worry
mot IT I were you, i saia sootmngiy.
'It's disappointing, bat they will bo
able to flr H tap all tight without you.
"The blushes deepened and the girl
hung her head.
" 'I'm afraid they I mean, I- ' .
"She broke off In confusion, and the
old lady bent toward ber.
" '1 quite understand, my 'dear,' she
said. "It wouldn't be a wedding with
out the bride. I'm sorry for you. but
you mustn't free." ' It cain't . ba helped
now, and yoa nut send a wire, directly
we' set to York.' ?. .
.Tbte seemed to raise the girl's splr
Ibi, and ebe began to laugh, a Uttlt
hyaterksally perhaps at first. Then ab
thankee &z jfifgXXij, ror doing nothing,
and begged me to moke, and declared
ahe really didn't mind the' smell at all
bat rasJwr Mked it, ;T When tSe ttain
flushed tkaoogh: rVt)eoTe(ta' ahe
ilaDaThed miaa amllv atUL'ejMl waa ao
eharmteg and unaffeoted tbat long be
fore we reached York we were obat
ai; toattw. ulte I oM :-fWsda We
foood Joot .than thsU. wa.Tkad mntual
aoqualnsances,- thaa - oar' respective
frou each other, and many other Inter
esting, facta.- T,r i - ; (.
"When the-train drew np, I proposed
to assist her in finding ant the tele
graph, office. atd thither, therefore, we
went -
" 'I don't think I'U send a wire, after
all,' she said hesitatingly, as we found
the place.' . '
"'Why notr I said, in some surprise.
"'Becauso because I think IH go
straight home.' - :--- . -
"But 'think of the anxiety of the
uor chap,' I said feelingly: 'Why. b
uay be thinking all kinds of dreadful
.hinge have happened to yon.' -
"She stood irresolute for a moment
i hen she picked up a form and wrote,
and, for the life of me. I could not ret
itlat looking over. All that aba said
was: ....... ,
'I have changed my mtad. Phyllis.'
' "Of all the cool cheek, that la the
coolestr f thought. '' "'
"But I atepped back and pretended to
he much Interested in the company a
timetable. ' '
" 'Xow we must find out the next
train back,' I saJd, aa she turned again
to me; 'and then we will have some
tea. You must want some badly .'
" But"" your .train you will surely
lose It,' she murmured.
' " 'Tork is my destination,' I said un
truthfully. '
' "After that I found out there waa no
train for an hour, and we took our way
to the tearoom, where my pretty com
panion made me ber willing and sym
pathetic confidant.. She waa unhappy.
' very unhappy, at home, and. In an 111-
gnarded moment, had agreed to a rua
1 away match 'without the knowledge of
I her parent. . Now she was thankful.
very thankful; that she had been pre
vented. It seemed like fate. That waa
the summary of ber remarks.
' '.There, now, yon fellowe," broke off
jtbe' narrator abruptly.. ' "I needn't tell
"you much more: only that we each ex
changed cards, agreed iaaaa ana an
other la Xoadoav and -that wa parted
eneerfolly a Tork."-"-' '-'' - '
"And dM yon fuMB tboM'pronlnes?'
said one of the listeners, with Interest.
- Oh, yea! -:We have seaa some little
of each other since then."
."And her name?" - - --::"'.'
i- "WUIaoon be Julian," said -the yotsng
man promptly. Penny Pictorial Maga-
.... . .- Steal! eg His Thunder. ; ...
The' Indignant-looking passenger .was
about to speak, but the conductor bead
ed him off by exclaiming In aloud tone
of Irritation:
"This Is the slowest tram I was ever
on. ' What's the use of having "a sched
ule If we don't pay any attention to itr
rhe drinking water taates aa If It hadn't
been off the kitchen range ten minutes.
The car doesn't took aa if It had been
swept" for a -month, and It la full of
Idiots who Insist -on . opening the win
dows when we go through tunnela, so
that the cinders .can blow it.-
The passenger caught his breath and.
then exclaimed: "I was just about to
say that this whole affair la aa out
rage." - -
"I know It. But you're lucky. Ton
can travel a few miles and then get off
and be happy. But I've got to stay ob
this train for hoars every day of my
life." Washington Star.
Antusiog a Princess, -
When Princesa Henry of Battenberg
was a child, she and her nurse were al
lowed to ramble about the -Balmoral es
tate, to visit the tenants, -and sometimes
to stay to tea.
One farm waa a favorite resort, and
one afternoon, tea over, good Mrs. D
looked round anxiously,, perplexed to
provide amusement for- a Princess, pre
sumably satiated, with toys and joys of
every kind.
' "What can I do to amuse your Royal
Highness?" she asked, and was prompt
ly met by the reply: "Oh, Mra. D , do
let me dance on-your bed; I may not
do it at borne, and I do so love It."
- Permission was gladly given, and the
child danced to her heart's content , or
the snowy counterpane.
Wood Pnlp for Soldiers Ototbing. '
' Wood pulp paper as military cloth
dug Is used by the Japanese troops. It
is marvellously tough, and hae 'an ap
pearance that might ' well be -regarded
with satisfaction for summer wear. It
holds stitching uncommonly well, while
Us warmth-la undoubted.:- '-
Oataneeda a Hosea.
I Ostriches are not the only swift-rnn-
iipeed of a horse. There la a land crab
In Cuba that can- rivasT the .patrtoh, and
nnea raaiMKa naWaa.'-r
are
nihtoteceT-MJlrMRz A
well authenticated aneedote, however.
Is told of DK JedeHc.ani, an Bhigllsh
surgeon of distinction. . ;
Ocean and almost into a shark's month.
Illil.-who was standing close to the rail,
jrrabbed . a , belaylng-pln. : and'.mdtbont
hesitation lamped to' save the sailor. :
The great brute was just turning on
hla back to 'bite, when Hill drove the
belaylng-pln right .through both jaw..-dairy
Both afalijsrera go ear wavc-agaia un
! "Prhapa3thaa:feB9w,W9n' Want .an
6thegeCbiulea Bitf got a
clean ahlrt to len?. Thip waa niy last."
were; the, only, worda of, tne
Everything
dw la g4 tag a
MONKEYS IN INDIA.
Are Paaeaetly fcadicrewa . Coaa terfelte
of Ttecir Heaaaa Conalesi
"When 1 -waa-traveling ln Northern
Indian. 8iri4-a gentlemati-who had re
cenfly compMed a Journey around the
wocMft- aVcoaataattr Impressed
wlth..:ibe;jdmo8t ihnmah -waya of the
monkeys there. Ton see they are never
molesedwhkb laTale i-ini of the
birds, ia y ar-M and Impu-dent-ae
epolled children.
"I riitpmber that one morning while
we were rtting. at breakfast on the
veranda of our botefauddenly we heard
the noisiest -chattering and down the
main street of the town cdme a crowd
of long-tailed monkeys, running a' race
evidently. They shrieked and chattered
at every leap, tripped each other up,
pulled each-other's .talk and seemed to
be .having a generally hilarious time.
White we left the table to watch their
antics some Indian -crows that had been
solemnly lined up. on the veranda rail
watching na eat, made a dash for the
food and had qntte a fight with the na
tive servant before they were finally
driven away. .- '': ' -
"But the monkeys of India; are surely
the most Irresponsible ' people In the
world," contlhued the traveler. ' "I call
' them' people 'because they are such lu
dicrous counterfeits of human 'beings.
In many of the old temples there are
monkey settlements. I remember one
In particular which waa sacred' to the
simians. There seemed to be thou
sands of the creatures, and I waa to'.d.
that 6,000 had recently, been taken to
the woods to get rid of them. .But In
this temple I saw little simian mothers
nestling and rocking their babies In
their arms for all the world like a
Christian mother. . I ventured to pick
up one. of the Infants tbat was running
atiout, and Instantly the baby gave a
typical Infantile aqueal and the excited
mother came to me,-chattering angrily.
I put the Infant down, and the mother,
her eyes still blaring with anger, car
ried the little one to a corner and pet
ted and rocked It, frequently turning
to give me a scornful look
"It is not uncommon for the monkeys'
in the tree to reach down and seize the
traveler'a hat as he passes.
"Perhaps the most remarkable sight
In connection with the monkeys In In
dla I witnessed early one morning. We
were riding' in the highway and by a
vacant field. Suddenly from the ne,Kh
borlng forest a troop of monkeys en
tered the field and" began a regular M.iy
dance, taking. bold of bands and form
ing a (urge circle, then dancing round
and round and chattering gleeruuy
. , .'lAW A8 INTERPRETED.
. Constitutional mandate of. Quality .of
taxation aa- Bear aa may-aw is neio. . in
hrMr vsTUtt. (Minn.!. 47 Tu R- A. 525.
to be' applicable to Inheritance taxes
and to (e v iota tea .. oy ueuqjiiuua
which - discriminate between different
classes of persona, .....
- An. assessment for a street Improve
ment under a resolution declaring the
Imnrbvement expedient is held. In Nor
folk vs. Young (Va.), 47 L. R. A. 874,
to be unconstitutional for lack or due
nroceas of law. where the; notice did
not designate -any tribunal, place or
time where the party coula be neara.
Contract to expend $10,000 In "open
ing and developing", mining property
which consisted of a large number of
turning clatma, both quarts and placer,
and In" erecting a ten-stamp quartz mill.
Is held. In Stanton vs. Singleton (CaL),
47 L. B. A. 834, to be one which equity
will not enforce by specific perform
ance. Authority of railroad commissioners
to order a company to build and main
tain a depot or station bouse Is held-. In
State ex rel. Tompkins vs. Chicago, St.
Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad
Comnany (S. D.). 47 L. R. A. 609, -to ba
conferred by a statute authorizing
them to notify the company of Improve
ments which' they adjudge to be prdper.
Power to decide between candidates
for justice of the peace who have an
equal number of votes Is held. In State,
Crow vs. Kramer (Mo.); 47 L. R. A.
551. to be In. violation of the Constitu
tion, which provides for the election of
euch officers without any provision for
deciding .the tie, while It does make
such provision in respect to other olQ
cers. With this case there is a note
on the decision of a tie vote at an elec
tion. Made a Strong Ptea.
The op read of education In the South
la rapidly developing the negro, and bis
highest ambition Is to be a lawyer and
a ... statesman. . Occasionally bis ex
ertions get him before the court rather
earlier .tfcan he : plana. 6amuei Jack
son, Bsq who bad "read some law.
found himself before the Judge for
some little Irregularity th the fifth
conrniandment. The case was clear.
"Oulrry;"' bald the judge. - ' "
' "What onr" asked the important
Samuel.---"; '
The facta,' was the reply,
' "I beg your" Honor's pardon," said
Sam, grandiloquently. .'..'"You may find
me gqil-ty on de facta, your Honor, hut
I respectively maintain dat I'm Inner
cent on de techneralJes" New Yjork
Ufe.,r:. .,..,'.'.'.'. .' V'-'-"
. Iiilaatlon flir ritislriTrn Mr'- t
The extensive arid regions of North
am Mexico are to be Irrigated by cannls
from aid extended by the Federal and
State governments. - ' ;-'- !-;'
i Bdaw Csta All the Year.'-'"'
The coldest Inhabited country appears
n h th orovlnce of Wercbolansk.li
Oriental Siberia. The" mean altltuth
of the terrain la about 107 meters fabrir
880 feet) above the seaL A Russian sit
vaht passed one entire' year in this In
hospitable region and kept a dally -rev-brd
of the temperature, which he ha
recently published, and frdm whlclr It
appears that the -daily mean of the en
tire year-fa' 3.74 degrees below zero
mean for January, lavo, wn
3.4 'degrees below aero. ' ' . ' "
i'"" jjTo Aastrlain Colonies. '
!atharla la' .the only' 'empire' in the
.arid which "has caver bad colonies,' or
even transmarine poeeessiona in sny
quarter ef the earVh. Her ambition has
neen purely eanuaeatai.
SERMON
" IV
Rw. Br. Calni.;;
tabjaett Nations Are Judged Ood B-
. wards aad Panlattaa Tbam on Earth
God's Jedananta Llkeead to tba Swift
vwp of a. Kesor.
. (Cepyrtabt lw.l.
Wabhinotos.. D. C. Dr. Talma ee. in
his journey westward through Europe, has
recently visited scenes ot thrilling his
toric events. He sends this sermon, in
which he shows that nations are judged
in this world, and that God rewards them
for their virtues and punishes them lor
their crimes. The text is Isaiah vii. 20,
"In the same day shall the Lord nhave
with a razor that .is hired, namely, by
them bevond .the river, by the king of
Assyria.
The Bible is the oldest book ever writi
ten. There are no similitudes in O-saian
OC the Iliad or the Odyssey so daring, its
imagery sometimes seems on the verge oj
the reckless, but only seems so. The fact
is that God would startle and arouse and
propel men and nations. A tame nn
limping similitude would fiul to accom
plish, the object, thue there. are time
when He employs, in the Bible the gent!
dew. and the mornins cloud, and the dov
and the - dacbreak in the nreaentation o
truth, we otten hnd .the iron chariot, the)
lightning, the eartbuunke. the surav. Hid
Sword and in my text the razor. Tlii-1
keen hladed instrument has advanced
usefulness with the ages. In Bible times
and lands the beard remained uncut save
in the seasons of mourning and humilia
tion, but the razor was always a. sugges
tive symbol. David said of Does, his an-,
tagonist, - "Thy tongue is a sharp razor
working deceitfully-' that is, it pretends
to clear the face, but is really used for
deadly incision.
In this striking text this weapon of the
toilet appears ' under the following cir
cumstances: Judea needed to have some
of its prosperities cut off, and Ood sends
against it three Assvrian kings first Sen
nacherib,' then Esartiaddon ami afterward
Nebuchadnezzar. These three sharp- inva
sions that cut down the glory of Judea
are compared to so many sweeps of the
razor across the face of the land. ' And
these devastations -were called a hired
razor because (iod took the kings of As
syria, with whom He had no sympathy, to
do the work, and paid them in palaces
and spoils and annexations. These kings
were hired to execute -the -divine behests.
And now the tejct-wlucli on its first read
ing may have seemed trivial or inapt, is
charged with momentous import. "In the
same day shall the Ixird shave with a razOr
that is hired.- namely, by them beyond
the river, by the king of Assyria." -
Well, . if. Xiod's judtnnents are razors,
we had better be careful how we use
them on other people. In "careful utieath
these domestic weapons are put -away,
where no one by .accident may. touch thein
and where the hands. of children may not
reach .them. Such instruments must. he
carefully handled or -not handled at all.
But how. recklessly some people wield the
i'udfEinent of .'.iod! If a man meets with
tusiness.. misfortune, .how many there are
ready to cry 'out: ''That is a judgment of
t-rod Irpon him because he was unscrupu
lous or arrogant or over-reaching or mis
erly. I tb-ooci be would get -cutjdown!
"hat ejeaa s cp of everything! --Hit
citv house and count ry house gone. ' . Hit
.tables emptied of atl the fine bars and
Jorrebj andi grays that used to prance by
his door. All his -resourcej overthrown,
and all that he prided himself on tumbled
into demolition. Good for him!" Stop,
my brother. Don't sling around too freely
the judgments of God, -for they are razors.
Some o( the most wicked business men
succeed, and they live and die jn pros
perity, and some of the most honest and
conscientious are driven into bankruptcy.
Perhaps the- unsuccessful- -man's mannei
was unfortunate and he was not really aa
proud as he .looked to be. Some of those
who carry their heads erect and look im
perial are -humble as-a child, while many
a man in seedy coat'and slouch- hat and
unblackened. shoes is as proud as Lucifer.
You cannot tell by a man's look. Per
haps he was not unscrupulous in business,
for there are two sides to every story, and
everybody that accomplishes anything for
himself or others gets industriously . lied
about. Perhaps bis business misfortune
was not a punishment, but the fatherly
discipline to prepare him for heaven, and
God may love him far more than He lovei
you, who can pay dollar for dollar and are
put down in the commercial catalogue at
"At " Wlw.,.. , l,n T ...-.I 1, TTa triv
4UO,000 and lets die on embroidered pil
lows - So; - whom the Lord loveth H
chaateneth. Better keep your hand of)
the Lord's razors, lest they cut and wound
people that do not deserve it. If you
want to shave off some of the bristling
pride- of- your own heart, do so, but b
very careful hew you put the sharp-edge
on others. - How I do dislike the behavioi
of those persons who, when eopIe are
unfortunate, say, "I told you so; gettins
punished; served him right." If those I
told you so's got their desert- they would
long ago have been pitched over the bat
tlements. The mote in their neighlwr'f
eyes, so small that it takes a microscope
to find it, gives them more trouble than
the beam which obscures their own optus.
With air sometimes supercilious and some
times Pharisaical, and always blasphenio-.ie
they take the razor of divine judgment and
sharpen it on the bone of their own hard
hearts, and then go to work on men
sprawled out at full length under disaster
cutting mercilessly. They begin by gofl
expressions of sympathy and pity.- anr.
half praise and lather the victim ail ovei
before they put on the sharp edge. ...
Let us be. careful how we. shoot at oth
era, lest.' we take down the wrong one
remembering the servant of King William
Hunts who Shot at a deer, hut the arrow
glanced against a tree and killed the. king
Instead of going out with shafts to uieivt
and razors to cut, we nan oetter iimum
the friend of - Richard " Coeur de l.ion
Richard, in the war of the Crusades, was
captured and imprisoned, but none orbit
friends knew- where, so his loyal friend
went around the land from stronghold to
stronghold and sang at each window a
snatch of a song that Ricliard Coeur l
Lion had taught him in" other days. And
dav coming before a 'jail where -tu
pected , bis - king might-. . be incarcer
d, he sang two lines of song and inline
telv Kincr Richard responded from hit
cell with the -other two lines, and 'so hit
whereabouts were discovered, anil a suc
cessful movement was at. once made for
his liberation. !o let us go up and down
the world with the music of kind word
and sympathetic hearts, serenading 'the
unfortunate and trying to get out ot
trouble men who had noble natures, but
by--unforeseen circumstances- have been
incarcerated, thus liberating kings. Mort
hymn-book and less razor.
. Especially ought we to be apologetic
and merciful toward those who while they
have great faults have also' great virtues.
Some people are barren of--virtues;- no
weeds verily, but. no flowers. I mnst not
be too much enraged at a nettle along the
fence if it be -in a field Containing forty
acres' of ripe Michigan wheat. Some time
ago naturalists told us there was on -the
gun a spot 20.000 miles long, but from the
brightness .and warmth I concluded it wa
a good deal of a sun still. The sun can
afford to have a very large spot upon jt.
though if be '20.009 miles long-; and I am
very apologetic for" tho;e men who have
reat taints-wnue at-ine -same, lime tney
iave magnificent virtues. . , , ,
Again, when I read in my text that the
Lord shaves with the hired razor of Assy
ria the land of -Judea. I think-myself of
the precision of .God's providence.-. A ra
zor swung the tenth part of an inch out
of the riant line means either failure o'
laceration, but God;1 dcalinW never s'tri.
and they do not miss ny inc
part of an inch the right direction. Fen
nle talk as though things in this wond
f- . i Oiolent s'weens across
Marseilles and Madrid and Palermo.- and
we watch anxiously.
sweep Europe and .America? . People say:,
"That will entirely depend on whether
the inocuUtion is a successful experiment:
that will depend entirely on quarantine
regulation; that wfTI depend on the early
or late anpearance of frost; that epideraia
is pitched into the world, and it goes blun
dering across the continents,. and it is all
guesswork and all appalling "perhaps." I
think perhaps that God had something to
do with it and that His mercy may have
in some way protected us, that He may
have done as much for us as the quaran
tine and the health officers. It was right
and a necessity that all caution should be
used, but there have come enough maca
roni from Italy and enough grapes from
the south of France and enough rags from
tatterdermalions and hidden in' these arti
cles of transportation enough cho'rraic
germs to have left by .this time a'l. the
cities mourning in the cemeteries. I
thank all the -doctors and quaranti -. but
more than all and first of all and 1-st of
all and all' the time I thank Co.l. I i all
the 6000 years of the world's cxis-c.iee
there has not one thing merely "lia;,,-ieil
so." God. is not an anarchist, but a King,
a Father.
When little Tad; the son of President
ti.in.cojn, died.' all America svuipathized
jrith the sorrow Tn trie vvnlte llonse. TTe
nsed to rush into the room where the
Cabinet was in session and while the most
eminent men of the land were discussing
the eiuestions of national existence. But
the child had no care about those ques
tions. No. God the Father and God the
Son and God the Holv Ghost are in er-pe'tuar-
session' tn" -reganf 1cr -thia "-world
and kindred worlds. Shall you. His child,
rush in to criticise or arraign or condemn
the divine government? Xo. The cab
inet of the eternal three can govern and
will govern in the wisest and lest wav.
and there never-will be a mistake and.
like razor skillfully swung, shall cut that
which ought to be avoided. Precision to
the very - hairoreadth. Earthly time
pieces may go out of order- and strike
wrong, saving it is I o'clock when it is 2
r 2 when it is 3. God's clock is alwayw
right, and when it is 1 it strikes 1, and
when it is 12 it strikes 12, and the serond
hand is as accurate as the minute hand. 1
-.Further, my text tells us that God
sometimes shaves nations: "In the same
dav shall the Lord shave with a razor
that is hired." With one sharp sweep
He went across Judea, and down went its
pride and its power. In 1H God shaved
the American nation. We had allowed to
grow Sabbath desecration and oppression
and blasphemy and fraud and (imriiii-ity
and all sorts o'f turpitude. The South had
its sins and the North had its sins ami
the East its sins and the West its sins.
We had been warned again and again, and
we did not heed. At length the sword of
war cut from the St. Lawrence to the Gulf
anel from Atlantic seat-oard to Pacific sea
board. The pride of the land, not the
cowards, but the heroes, on both sides
went down. And that which we took for
the sword of war was the Lord razor. In
1862 again it-went across the land; in
1863 again: in 1864 again.. Then the sharp
instrument was incased and put away.
One would think that our national sym
bol of the .eagle might sometimes suggest
another eagle, that which ancient Home
carried. In the talons of that eagle were
clutched at one time Britain.. France.
Spain, Italy. Dalmatia, Rhaetia, Xoricum,
Pannonis, Moesia, Dacia. Thrace, Mace
donia. Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, PhouiuV
eia, Palestine, Egypt and all northern
Africa and all the islands of the Mediter
ranean indeed all the world that was
worth having; 120,000,QD0 of people under
the wings of that one eagle! Where is
she now? r-Ask Gibbon, the historian, in
his prose, poem,, the "Decline and Fall of
the Roman -Empire." Ask her glgautttf
ruins, bemoaning their sadness through
the ages, the screech owl at windows out
of which worldwide conquerers looked.
Ask the day of - judgment, - when hex
crowned debauchees, Commodus and Per
tinaz and Caligula and -Diocletian, i-rYi't
answer for their infamy. - As man anil f
nations let us repent and have our. trust
in a pardoning. God rather than depend
on former successes -for immunitv. Out
I of thirteen of the greatest battles of the
' , , -v- t I I 1 1 . 1 1
worm jvapoieon nau iosi out one ucmnj
Waterloo. Pride and destruction often
rode in the same saddle.
But notice once more and more than,
nil in mv text that God is so kind and
i loving that when it is necessary for Him
i to cut He has to go to others for tlia
j sharp edged weapon. "In the same day
' shall the Lord shave with a razor that is
hired.". God is love. God is pity. God
is heln. God is shelter, (iod is rescue.
There are no sharp edges alKitit Him, no
thrusting points, no instruments of libera
tion. It you want balm for wounds. He
ins that. If you want divine salve for
yesight. He has that. But if there is
sharp and cutting work to do which re
juires a razor that He hires. God has
nothing about Him that hurts save when
lire necessity demands, 'and then He has
to go clear off to some one else to get t he
instrument. This divine clemency will be
no novelty to those who have pondered
the Calvarean massacre, where (iod sub-,
merged Himself in human tears and crim
soned Himself from punctured arteries"
and let the terrestrial and infernal worlds
maul Him until tlte chandeliers of the
sky had to be turned out because the uni
verse could not endure the outrage. Illus
trious for love He must have lieen to take
all that as our substitute, paying out of
His own heart the price of our admission
at the gates of heaven.
King Henry II. of England crowned Im ,
son as king, and on the day of coronation
put on a servant's garb and waited, he,
the king, at the son s table, to the aston
ishment of all the princes. Hut we know
of a more wondrous scene, the King of
heaven and earth offering to put on you,
His child, the crown of life and in the .
form of a servant waiting on you with
blessing. Extol that love, all painting, all .
sculpture, all music, all architecture, all.
worship! In Dresdenian gallery let Iia-'
phael hold Him up as a child, and in Ant-"
werp cathedral let Rubens hand Him -down
from the cross as a martyr and Han-'
del make all his oratorio vibrate around
that one chord "He was wounded for our
transgressions, bruised for our iniquities."
But not until all the redeemed get home
and from the countenances in all the gal- '
leries of the ransomed shall be revealed -the
wouders of redemption shall either
man or seraph or archangel know the
height and depth and breadth of the love,
of God.
At our national capital a monument ia
honor of him who did more than any one
to achieve our American inileiiendeni-e'.-was
for scores of years in building, and .
most of us were discouraged and said it
never would be completed. And how glad -we
all were when in the presence of the
highest officials of the nation the work
was done! - But will the monument to Him
who died for the eternal liberation of the .
human race ever be completed? For ages ,
the work has been going up. Evangelists
and apostles and martyrs have been add-
ing to the heavenly pile, and every one of :
the millions of redeemed going up from
earth has made to it contribution of glad- '
ness, and weight of glory is swung to the .
top of other weight of glory, higher and
higher as the whole millenniums roll. sap-. "
phire on the top of jas;er, sardonyx on
the top of chalcedony and chrysopranus'
above topaz, until far beneath shall lie the,
walls and towers and domes of our earth- '
ly . capitol, a monument forever and for
ever rising and yet never done: "I'nto.
Him who has loved us and washed ns.'
from our sins in His own blood and nia.to.
us kings and priests forever." Alleluia,
amen.
Truth is very compact, but a lie must
have plenty of room or it will smother.
They who know God love Him, and
they who love Him learn to know Him
beet.
Men are willing lo be Blaves of some
that they may be masters of others.
' Just to keep sweet arteT repress un
charitable opinions is to go far toward
commanding the lovely gospel f
Christ. - -
There are a thousand little inexplica
ble things that go to make up the char
acter of agreeablenessj.
If we could but conquer our inmost
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