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M-Y 'MAPLE.
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'BY Viiislathe C. RICUARDS: • -
That maple yonder, which my father Planted
The very yearhe tells me—l WaS born '
How umuysumixt - eis have' their bounty grant.
To round its erect : like Plenty's golden horn: ?-
Yet, prythet,?tluse,i Withhold the challenged
number' -
That, surnieing up the rings which clash its
Would also tell how long ‘nly• lite% .poor lum
bed
HO borne, too Me. the fruitage Or - a soul I 4 -
If it were - twenty years alone,' or d6uble,
I might not chide the telling.of its growth ;
For then lite's harvest would' not show its stub
' ble .;C:1; •
Such bloom of priimise spread l'itSelf\O'Cr
both !' :
But in yon tree, despite its
_verdant roundness,
I mark, alas ! the fringes of; decline—
Howeer its, sturdy limbs disclaim übsound
, nes% • : -
And they are ofilijnit as old as mine !
To-day I see it in its crimson glory;
Its crown of rubiesflashing - far and wide
And,,much I doubt, it reeks not, of the-story ,
That lies beneath the dazzle of its pride. '
Enough for me to-know that, in like manner,
As it is bearing.' to the windy war
With conquering Fate its red, defiant banner,,
Lile's winter holds me to its ruthless law I
So let me change, indulgent > use, my, question
Touching the maple fn its robes of. gold ;
For human weakness, waiving, the suggestion,
That means no less than that I'm' growing'
old 1
And put it thus ; since we have grown togeth
er, .
.
Have I to others yielded, like the tree,
Beauty in Sunshine and in stormy). weather,
Like its soft shelter, my sweet sympathy '?
And when, as it is willed, the tree so nourished,'
Falls to the cadence of my funeral bell,.
Will my twinned life - in Clod's de4 . lyes have
• flourished
As the mute maple's, in men's sight, so well ?
PAUL LACY'S HELP,
T , ..
HE SEDGES was.. . to become a bache
lor's hall*. Miss Eirneralda?tacy 'de
claredshe could not and wouldtiot stay in.
.such alowling - wilderness any . . lOnger ; if
her brother Pautwanted to.: Such a.great
castle *of 'a house, and not 'a ' neighbor
within three miles .7 .--it,_ was intolerable !
The lady was as good as her word. ' One
fine Spring morning,- she dese4ed the
and went East t o . lieii_ . father's . -
house,' leaVintbrother,Plint-and it e'little
maid, Effie Cary, its sole inmates. .• -
"But,. Esmeralda, 'if . you
,go away on,
such short nolic6; -- ile.iv,
.am: I . going to
live ?"he had asked. :, . ,-, .: - ---, . • -' . + •
".Eilie can cook," was the answer.
Eilie Cary was hilt fifteen . years old, a
lissome, blue-eyed
.emiling little, gir1.7. 7 4..
born houswile. 'At ten'. -ears old !she had'
been bound - to - an aunt of pautLick,.k4
the aunt, dying, and- Paul having istrefOt,
gone West, and built a house, Eilie was
taken thither by- Miss ESmeralda l to s help
keep-it. The ladY•stuyedjusrSii months.
Shewas lonely, she was ,
,homesick, She,
wanted to be away,And away she •wenti - -i
-, • .Th at evening Panllacy mused in rather'
L downcast mood.
. - lncoin., ing I West..
Clearing , land and making for himself a
home tie had had many • draWbacks. Ile:
had never accepted_a log cabin life„. MS
first work was ''to build a subslanti4l
house at the riverside. 1,, Drawiug-room„
library and conservatory 'were,: all elabor
ately completed but for the first two,
years the library was to serve as a family \
sitting-room, the furni4hing,ofthe great,
er part of the house being postprined nn 7 ,
. til its master could give : the_ subject ful l
attention—could expand. •au g embellish
as he wished. .- ' . ' i I '.
Ile had in his 'emplpy three (Mein:wbo
li4
in a log hut but
.halt a Mile away ;
and-whose labors he employed cOnStantly .
at improving' . the • estate.. Oltimps
. : of
.ClloWs grew along the river, Stately- Oaka
crowned the - lcnollsy the prairie! land rose
and fell in • beautiful undulations,. qar
den, orchard; vineyard and farnideniand
ed Paul's constant
.at tention i ',, . and.. exer--
tions. Ile needed the comfOrtsro ain
ioe . .•
It was rather •.hard,of his 'siSte - •rto'leave_
: him, he thought.:,Eiliewas a::
in l
be might as well be .IS4 alone, he said...-_ All his ' . past troubles - 41e - experiendeS•
crowded over hitri„, anti .an oppreesiv4.
weariness and discouragement - fell. upott,
him. . 41 1:bopefulties..quite deserted. him.
• The great mastiff; 'Sultan, T' t - '•np . frOm.,
the- hearth-rug • and • laid hi . 'lnuzzle - 64;
his master's knee:: ::"..:'. .
"Old fellow, .you are faithffil,"--Paul
said. • ' . ..
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Re stroked' . the , great _bra t .B
': .: . •einmsY
head, and fell . : again into a : reverie-
It was the *evening, Of
_, 1 •1 itil:. thirtieth ,
birthday, Re had been in the , west three
ra• Though higblyeduciteg-- r and' bred,.
4 :cttry,. he , tuid, , develOPed* Ca power to
t the world Nith. ,. .marked. suceess.--. : '
was called . an' able fellOw, .yet no,
krupt fel . fi i more generally'. defeated
I Paul „Lacy felt that night,' , Qiii(e .
t by a woman's whim;. and all dia--1
/Aged 'for 'want of, a womaa'is - help.
\ E 11 19," he, said, the'. next ' morning, - •
, 11 inuat, get tilotiras • best yOn.:cali to:- : ,
I in1.g144 now that Iliave-;no 4airy.:
ittend , to. ' - I'.o. night . I ; will i _ran:- to .
rroe and try, to get a horkeeper."
'die nodded silently and , ',ached him
away from the hOnse on : bid ' black
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iletf;''and`ii little flash came into her blue
eyes. But, gilie didn't waste any time
of 'her troubles. She had
balctiag"and ironing to do ; - elie fle* away
twthe kiiehen. • '
When PaufLaqy.?ame home_ at noon,
Wearied, by hard lahur by \ his awn hands
ti the vineyard, he. found an exquisite
nt-at and comfortable, dinner prepared.
and Ltliepretty as a in verging-
hard dreis,.reEnly to ilia, upon
"V'ou. , have 'done" nicely, child;" said
:- Elite turned away her :head and phut
`"Ohild r'•
-Stie \ did 'not , like
~ t hat. She' would be
Siiteerl' the next day. • ,
' o HOw.' stupid he isr she exclaimed
oino'obt into the kitchen; and stamp
ing her little foot. -I won't work for - a \
housekeeper •
That night Raul harnessed, the bays to,
the :spring' wagon, and went off to lifun
.roe. ~And: when he had gone, Eilie sat
down the library and - cried. But at_,
ten o'clock Paul came hoar ' alone. 1
, ‘iblo'success, Eilie r`PIII,go to River
yille to morrow night and see what can
he dune there.'' • -
The next night lie was usnally tired.--
Eilie'had laid out his dressing gown and
slippers and his easy chair,and the'riews
papers; mill in the Mail .wrappers, look
ing-unusually tempting ; but he resisted
these allurements and started fa* River
vine., a distance \ of five miles.
Xn about half an hour he returned.
He had not had, time to go to Riverville,
but there was a woman's figuze in the
wagow- 7 .a large, tall woman. \ - Eilie
watched her getting - out of the . wagon.
The n . w
-comer had on a brown merino
dress an
* plaid shawl. She had a cotton.
bandage led about her face. Her hands
were covered with cottan gloves, and she
carried a carpet-bag. Paul brought her
into the library. . . '
.
"I found . some help, Dile. - - This wo
man was conOng on 'foot to offer her ser-
Services when I \ met her. - What did you
say your barie was ?" he said to the
stranger. • •
"Ellen Duroc -"N- answered she, in a .
coarse vow.
Poor. Effie instantly conceived the ut
tnost repugnance to her.
"Take her to her room, Ellie," said '
kaut:-. 2, ei5h . 6 2 will not be needed tonight,
and 'she says she is suffering from tooth
ache. Give her glass of cordial ;Nit
will help her teeth and make her rest'
well," he added, in the kind tones which
had long ago won -Eihe's heart. . .
With a heavy heart, , Ellie showed the
woman to her bedroom.' The latter sat
down in a chair. biit showed no signs of
removing any of her clot ing before Eilie
retired::: - She did not eve_ di ink.the
bat said
",Il you'll set it on the - table, Ili take
it in a minute. ,'
g4ie•came. away, thinking there was
something strange jn the tall, shawled;•
hooded figure Sitting in the rocking chair.
The woman's eyes looked so disagreeably
black.and sharp above the bandaae.;.
wodid work mysell to death, ° rather
than have her here,'' said' &ng
about the house, fastening doors .and
windows, after
. learning that Paul - had
retired. _
.•-When ghe :•,eot. to. her chaMber, she
found the T aatiff Sultan lying on .the rug
beside her . bed. The..dng . was fond of
her,. but he
. hacl never 'tome to her room
before. . Being tired iohe:made no attempt
to'setid, him Out; 6410, hiin bb there.
.4:nd after awhile ; finding, that she could'
U6,t . sleep, rather glad . to have
him there. '• .
I In spite of all efforts she could not
sleep. More than she at
f irst knew, the
'appearance of the. stranger had. excited
her.\ 'She could not cease'. to think of
her, In the darkness she saw those fierce
'black eyes, that bandaged face, that Mys
teriously_ enveloped_ figure. .Why had.
Paul •Lacv detected nothing unusual ?--1;
appjarance of this •votnan Seemed
,to her most repugnant'and - snspicious.
Eilie's cheeks 'burned feverishly in. the
darkness. - She - heard - Vie clock strike
kweiye. ' A moment afterward she heard
a•step, a slow•creaping,' step, in the hall.
Her head started from the pillow - to lis
ten--; the somut - Ceased. But here heart
beat so furiously,, that any inconeiderable
noise would', haye 'been 'drowned.:`, But
now the honk. seemed quite still; and
thtdiirkness was intense. strained
eyes and. ears, - .'but saw nothing heard
nothing: -
just nervousness," she said; after
a !while, lying - down again. "If 'any
thing was wrong,. Sultan would hark."
Sultan - did'not stir and She could not
see his bright _half open eyes.
sleep . would note come. and Eilie
continued.to hear faint.unusual sounds,.
Something seemed 'to, whisper in laPr ear,
There is,danger," , Her heart, beat heaY
'
:suddenly: she heard, most distinctly a
cautious step'? upon the stair, It , was no
dream nor 'mere fancy..
"Robberd" gasped Ellie, es she start
ed.
One entrance of her room opened up.
on - the staire-4nother i rtci chambers
communicating With a distant staircase,
whereby. she could reach Paul's
The step was coming steadily up:as she
leaped: to the.floor and flew - to.the oppo
site entrance.
Asatie groped for the: door handle she
heard the step enter the room. The door
she was trying would not. 'open ;iit was
locked on ;the other.side. , Sick with hor
ror, 8h e looked over 'her :shoulder and
,saw in the gloom, a tall:figure nciiSelessly
entering..- the, apartmeo: It turned
toward her. ' , Shriek after shriel burst
from her lips. .
There,was a groan, .a leap,. a ;:bulky
lormlying tbrough the darkness a fall;
'and then a' horrible silent strugele', The
floor shook, the windows shivered ill their
panels. A hollow groan. -Then all was
still. Ellie, in her terror seemed to have
'lost her senses, when she lieard aStrong
voice calling her
"Elie I"
With ;hies. bounds, Paul, with alight
in hishand, reached the top-of the stair
case.• -A 1
By 'the distant locked, deor stood the
quivering white form of the . young girl;
and prone up - on the floor, before him, lay
the dead figure of a man, with the - great,
mastiff over him. Sultan gave the.up
turned throat'one shake and walked to
his master. ' •
"Eilie, are you hurt ?" were Paul's first
w9rds. .
"No," she faltered. :
"He Was a robber," said riacy, holding,
the light to the dead face. "All My val.;
uables are collected for removal in the
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room below.
Ile turned down stairs, 4ilie and the
dog with* him. In the' basket upon the
table were two watches, mosey 'and table
silver., The unbroken thotight in both
minds mode them turn toward the door
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of the new servant. - -
Paul knocked, then opened the,door.
The apartment was -unocciipied.: The
female disguise was strewn about, and
betide the hed stood a pair of un*istak
able = men's :boots. There Was a
pistol case open upon the ;able, a scent
of liquor in the rowri. Thei new servant
had been a man. . .
Paul opened the carpet-lag., It con
.tained burglar tools, a flask pf whisky, a
case of jewelry, probably stolen,tand a
black mask. \
"We have just escaped being
_murdered
in rittr-bed. --Hl. had 'nbeibeen Worried
so for help, I should have been more
cautious," said - Paul.
"0. please don'j, get any onf.l elser
sobbed Ellie, even then not' forgetting
her grievances.' "I , will keep honsel, for
yon.' -
They Went hack to examirke the dead
man. He was a dark evil-lookinglellow,
with a black beard upon his chin; which
the bandag - e 'had concealed, and; scar
across his cheek. At day break his body
was given in charge of the' officers at
Munroe, and proved to have been a most
dangerous' character. j
And what did Paul Lacy do for help'?
In three days Eilie abundently ,proved
to' him that she could manac..re thei house
hold. At the end of that time, there iv , -
rived, through Miss Esmeralda's not un
kind exertions, a stout and faithful negro
girl, and Paul Lacy married pretty Eilie,
1 and unde her Chloe's mistress. If 'he
Ihad bPitrehed the world over, he could
nut have round a better wife---4s time
:has proved.
The Charade.
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BY THE AUTHOR SOP "COBWEBS/1 ETC,
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k) o THAT was the - pretty widow, so
liloquised Harry 'Barclay, as h 4 smok
ed a 'cigar, before retiring. '‘She's posi
tively pretty ; in that 'respect herlfriends
don't exaggerate; but_Pie no doubt she's
an:awful flirt. It would be a good thing
to teach her a lesson."
FOr our hero - 'spife of htti many
undeniable good qtialities, 'rather,
conceited, as, incle(d, most men with his
foildne and position would have been.
But who was the pretty widow,? She
was,a Mrs. Conway, ivho, at 18, had Mar
ried-a har4lsome 'foreigner, wbo' " soon
proved him4elf to be a beartless spend
thrift and Idebanehee. Before twelve
months, lidwever, she was happily re•
leased, her husband baying fa:len in a
duel, at a Gernian watering place, .the
yestilt of a liarrel originating at a gam
ing table; Three years after, Mrs, Con
way retained. to Ameriea, and noiv, at
twenty•two; was even more beautiful
than she had been at.eighteen.
Ham 13areay had been introduced to
the pretty widow that evening! at tbe
opera-box of `Mrs. Musgrave ; 'and the
neXt evening' ie was to dine at the 'Mils
.grave's and Meet her again . . Tie had
heard the praises , of the pretty widow
sung set pervstently . by Mrs. Mingraye,
eversince the latter had learned that Ifer
oil school-mate was coming hoMe, that
he was bored with the Subject
and:when, at the dinner, he was asked
to take her out; he gave an alnOst itu
'perceptible shrug of the shoulderi. The
pretty widow saw the shrug.: "My fi n e
fellow; you shall pay for that," elle said;
to herself. Now our. heroine Was not
heartless by nature. But no woman likes
to see a Luau shrug his shoulders at her.
Con w.
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beautiful and that evening she surpassed,
herself. ;She was the life of the party - .',-
Harry .confessed to hiinself that -he had
never met so charming Et. lady. All his
prej against wido erg vanished. :He
went home more than half in'leve.
• The pretty widoi and Harry, after
this, met almost daily. Very soon he
was wholly, in . her power.'- For the first
time in his lite-, he, who 'had conquered's°
many hearts, was no longer master of his
own. But the widow still said, as she
had- s,aidat first,'"l 'must , take the 'con
ceit out of him I owe it to my sex."
Harry Thad - always' a genet way, with
women, Of assuming that he was firat,
It was, ;perhaps, one of tha secrete . ' -of,
his success. He, acted in this pander
toward 'the pretty widow. 'He took it
for granfed that he was to have the
choice oil dances . with her ; :that 'he Was
to take her down to dinner; that'll° was
to be her fayorite escort :on every..oeca
‘sion'.•For awhile she 'let him have his
way. 'ltisuited* her that he' should de
-ceive himself. But one evening she heard
their names freely coupled together, as '
if they, were: engaged. • "Thfngs -have
gone far enough _now, she said to her:-
self. "I - Olutt give him his coup de grace."
So the l nett night, at a ball, when Har
try came rushing up to her, the 'moment
she entered; and claimed the - first dance,
she looked at him,' with a lift of the eye
brows, and ;said :
- "But am engaged."
"Engaged !" Old . : - campaigner as -he
was, Barry Pow committed a blunder.but
we all bfunder . when- we are in love. ! --
'Engaged,' but eicuse me lam fi rst," he
said. - - -
"You think so, always, I know," Said
the pretty widow coolly, opening and •
\ shuttingitier fan. - •
Harry finshed to the forehead.
"But yen have always given me the
first dance.i I—l took it for granted--.."
• "Never take anything for granted;Mr.
Barclay," retorted the widow, significant
ly. Then, with a bow, she took the arm
of a riVO suitor and moved on.
Harry stood as if turned to • stone.—
Every partible of color , had 'left his face.
"What it 'precious fool I've been," he-mat
tered,, angrily, after" awhile. "1
,might
have knOwn it. I said it 'the night I first
met her,ithe heartless flirt"'
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.fter-4,,hat, Harry and ,the widow-were
not so. inseperable. He _bowed to ber
when they *et, but he never asked her
to dance, and if he received an invitation
to-dinner. hp ,ieclihed, it he had any rea
son _to stippose she was to be there. •
."So the pretty; widow and Harry- haje
quarreled,'l said! society. "Neither can
be constantlong ; itiso,'t in them."
But nerra strange thing happened:—
The prettywidoW .began to feel ennui.
She missed something. It wis-a long
while be r ore she would admit that Wwits
the cessatidu of Harry's attentions which
made life sb dull for her. It was still
longer hef'Ore she ceased being angry
with heiiself for being so weak, as she
called it.l , , •
She was too. proud to make overtures.
She wasltod thoroughly and unaffectedly
wornanl+ 4so, even if she had not been
too prodd. But somehow the color faded
, from her cheek, and- the light dimmed
in her efesi She grew irritable and ea
pricieus lier friends notedYit, and an
noyed her by asking her what was the
-Matter. I Only Mrs. Mutrave was silent.
Mrs: Misgrave suspected -the truth. '
"I ha e it,'r said that sage lady one
day. "Lelt -alone these two will never
get together again ; both, are too proud
tomakes - the first - advance. I - thrist
,be
their goOd fairy." • ;' •
In a few days Mrs. Musgrave announc
ed a Chjeisttnite charade party, .and wrote
a note t Mrs. Conway, summoning tier
to a 'consultation. The pretty widow
came, and then_ Mrs. Musgrave- said,"l
'have . thotig . h t °Such a capital word,
.'Cou'rt
ship,' because the first half will 'enable
us to haye a. fine:spectacle, where you
shall enact the , queen, receiving
,her
-court, and then a scene shall follow aiii if
`On board ship, .which will be full of ba
ilor. For the fall - word, 'Courtship,'
you shall also act:- I kiow , of nOshlie go
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quick, anti I have . myself written- the
.charade?
M
`rs. Kionway ,entered fully iptp the
`spirit of it, and it was net until she had
agreed to act in both .the first and
,last
scene that she bethotig,ht herself tosk
what the'scene was to be, and who were
to act in' it beside herself.
"Oh l.'.answered Mrs. MUsgrave, - "but
one other actor. - And only one person is
fit to act with you,. 'in all our acquain
tepees ;I -the rest are too dull. •
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"And, this pereon ?" asked Mrs.'
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way. her heart inuigiving her.
"Harty Barclay, of course.: But never
*low. Let us consult about the
costumes for the first mons"
The iretty widovf would have declined
if she had,dared ; but she could not
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cline without entering into explanations - ;
and exPlatiationa were initiosiible._ . •
The next thing Mrs. Musgrave had to
do was to see Harry. Ho'stainniered'nut
a half *fusel, pleading want of drat:4;-
i° talent.
"Noneenee," said - Mr& Mgegrave "vita
are the bzoghtest of les all. Of course s I
as•: ‘i-,c:L;
a she was
Was as
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know* you: don't like Mrs. Ponway,b4.
there were no other two to east - in the
part.; you'll,oblige me now,- won't you ?" . - t
But-the ordeal . proved - more --trying
than tither . Mrs ,Conway_. . ,Harry had
imagined. -When the'lOter mine to•read
the part assigned him, , sat down and,
wrote to ,Mrs. ,M,usgrais, saying _ that it rt
was' simply; iinposioble for, ' him to go
through with it. The love=making, to':
tell the truth, was rather decided, Mrs:-
Conway. had already. remonstrated...2'
But Mrs. Musgrave had answered, "phew „ ,
my dear, don't be a prude; you
.know . . 4
it's necessary to be plain spoken,cii*the„
stupid people will never know whit we
mean ; there's nothing unlady-like in it, ;
is s there ?" And when the pretty. widow :1
hhd _been compelled toanswer iu the neg.-
ative, her Mend had cointinued : "Then 4
go on with it,. for if you don't it wilflook
personal to Mr. Barclay, Which would :?
make.people talk. You ought,you know;
to have declined at first?'
Artful, Xra. Musgravel To do her-,
justice, few` were a 'match fOr her
.; and_ •
if Harry had sent his . , note, she
have had some equally answerable-
But Harry did • not 'Send' his note.---!A
"Confound it," he said, when became to
read it over, "the ,whole thing' ia wet
ty mess. 'To diScuss it is' only, to snake
matters worse.: if`-that 'unprincipled'''
flirt of 'a; widow can be impud'hit enouglil`.
to go on with- l it:1'11 not show .the white r'
feather:' And he tore the note, vicously 4.
into a thousand - pieces. °
The rehearsal proved - less embargssing,
however, than Harry had expected: She
met him, at the first-one, as if nothinfe•3
had happened. - She smiled atfably,'ask,
ed his advice about one or two minor. 4
points ; and" &splayed rare tact through::.
out. Face to face 'with her, listening to''
her exquisite voice,Harry felt all her oltil
magnetism over in_returning. As, he
had.no notion of being - jilted again, he
was glad when the rehearsal ries over. . c
The next rehearsal ,was even more trj , -
ihg, but it was alio swore delightful.—`
Nothing could be more winning than . 1
the Manner of the pretty widows But it - ,
was at the third and I*t, that -HAT
finally lost his ballance, for he faticit ;
and his heart beat at the eery thought,
that she really meant more than real act-"
ings There were looks tend tones; all 4 1,
course,Troper for the- scene, that tuatle
hici:Pulse,thrill happineses,i
- He forgot all abotit i -hi:i4ant of hearts— e
'His answering looks and tones .kindled, ,
with real.passion. The other actors '
who
were standing arpune, broke into . itp
plause, , "Dear me," cried' Mrs. Musgrave,
"it couldn't have been better; if you had
'both meant it. We must have it ,again.
. In Albany, a few days „ari old
rogue beat a yimng one. , A man stem& "
up to a juvenile bootblack; - opposite the
StauViz, and had a "shine."' lie gays'
the youth a 4,5 bill. ,
"Hain% got change enough, dap'n, i '.
said the "shiner,",.displaying about $2
shin plasters.- •
"Row much have you ?" asked the
stranger. . • ,
"I..4emme soe," said the boy, counting
his nioncy, "jess $2.50." -
•"Give'ine that Until' Will widnill you
get the change," replied The atkanger.
The youth grabbed - the $5 bill, gave
his customer_ the two-fifty, and as he
"scooted" he was, overheard to say to a
chum, "Jiin, if I ain't back in a few
minutes tell that'ele 'Cucumber that I'
have got run over -and smashed' finer'
nor mince meat. .11e-hain't nittch.atttok
—oh 1 no."
As the b
ooy , parteL, strangf:T.tot,
"Sim" that he would 'be in the `o ice of
the Stan wix, across' the way,` - where:• the,
"shiner" would bring hitt" . thenhange.
In a:few minutes the boot-black' came •
running back with the perspiration ,
streoming down, his race.
"Jim," said he to' the"tom, "where's
that 'erc fraudule'nt-deekm., Bust me'
!he , halo% shoved s "queer", bill onto ttiow - ' , Y
'Taint worth the paper. its printed
:and he danced
,_about a!tif bei.bftd. lost,
large fortune. Jim told, him, the.stratt f ,
ger - was' at the Staawix; but tin' Minutes'
search failed to reward .thek youth:
biter that was bit• - 'rettirned to:: his pelt
with n downcast locsk i Atnd was heard:to'
'36, thats'ere viDaih must belong to
- -
the'Whisky Bing. Ile 'was 'too 11(1011 for
thudtti3k. Them = skates-- - -tbat"eio can..
ker for the 010 'Woman, slid a dozen pen-
Dy-grabs for this 'hair pin' to smoke on
Ohristmas day, is gone up the flue, anti
that 'ere son-of-a-gua has stuck , me $2.5
when I thought I had a 'soft thin n
g' o
his $5 bill. But I've' learnt one thing,
ands that is not to count 'my Chicken+,
akin, afore :thei hen has .luid the= eggs to
set on. Shine 'em up, mister ? Only
ten cents." - • ,
A rural editor, silehing: to be• fielfere
upon tin - exehange, retharke - ". -
"The subsariber of the —win. thin:.
Owe; tr;e4l, afew 4yo mo a to oom 1404,'
home in a copy ot that paper; on
reaqhing home, found the, eenotii ,
Crated he had °bullied te'ap:P
Always open for oonviodda--x t hief.
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