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ZUJ*VRAOH' ""• IHS4. BY THE AUTHOR . AU. RIGHTS RESEBV£O
CHAPTER V
Meeting's between Private Brown
and Alice Sanford became of frequent
occurrence. The young girl often rode
along the on the trail which led
along the precipitous bluff overlook
ing the Rio Grande, and Brown more
frequently than ever before sought the
spot of their first meeting with his
sketch book and pencils In joyous
anticipation of an hour in company
with the angel who had so unexpected
ly come into his life. A warm feeling
of friendship sprang up between the
young people, a sort of brotherly and
sisterly affection, and they seemed
never so happy as when in each other s
gocigtv. Hit by bit Alice had drawn
from him many little details of his life
not embodied in the story he had told
her, and his manly character and bril
liant intellect shone in her eyes with
more luminous power as by deft ques
tioning she gradually unfolded his
past history. She lost sight of his
rank, of the humble sphere in which
he moved, and contemplated him only
as a gentleman of lofty station bowing
for the noucc beneath a passing cloud
of adversity, and she looked upon it as
a Christian duty and privilege to do all
in her power to pluck the thorns from
the path which circumstances com
pelled him to tread. She felt that Mr.
Thornton was her equal from a social
point of view, and soon came to regard
him as one entirely worthy of her
#Pit
fes:
■ ' "<*
, y ' 1
llllllltl>'«ll , -P I W\~ P^;
1 IW
WHAT A REMARKABLE RTORY.
friendship and esteem. As Private
Brown he was but an ordinary cog in
the great machinery of war and mil
itary duty. She seldom saw him on
duty—in fact, she had but once noticed
liiin in the ranks, and then at a review
of the troops at the post, and his sol
dierly attitude in the saddle as his
troop moved along the parade ground
called from her brain a thought which
her lip 3 half whispered:
"11c was born to command."
find Alice's mother been living she
would have been le;l by a sense of filial
duty to go to her and tell her the his
tory of her new friend, and the social
equality on which she met him. Her
maidenly instinct hinted to her that It
might be wrong for her to conceal her
relations with the young soldier from
her father, yet in the knowledge of his
severe ide - . of propriety .she feared If
f.he were to make known to him the
truth her intercourse with her friend
would meet with an abrupt ending.
The more she considered this phase of
the matter th<- greater it troubled her,
and in girlish confidence she one day
went t-> Mr t. <'"] by. the matronly wife
of the r-enior captain of the Sixth Cav
alry, and n-lated to her the story of
the unfortunate private soldier.
"Why, Alice, child, what a remark
able story!" the good lady xclaimci.
"What a refreshing chord you have
Btruolc und started to vibrating to
nrou-.e the dreary stillness of garrison
life. A gentleman, tin artist, a scholar,
a philosopher, and goodness knows
what else masquerading right under
our eye* us a private soldier. And the
heir to a fortune too! I'eally, you
quite take my breath awny. Hove you
U.!d the colonel of him?"
"I have not spoken to papa of him
since f learned his history. I told h1 in
of our Urst meeting un<l of my aston
ishment at finding a man of sueh re
fined bearing and artistic skill in the
ranks, but he took little interest in the
matter. Merely hinted that crime
might lie behind his enlistment."
"Well, my child, you must not for
get that you have but his own unsup
ported evidence as to the truth of his
story. Were you my daughter I would
w rtainly advise you to not place too
Implicit confidence in the truth of what
he told you. He may be, as your fa
ther hinted, a fugitive from justice.
The crimlna/ clement, you know, dear.
Is not drawn entirely from the lower
(trato* of society. It Is not wrong, I
think, for you to manifest an lntercbt
In his artistic work, loving art as you
do, but you must not forget, my child,
that you do not know him, and that he
Is but a soldier In the rauks and far
beoeath you In social standing. You
had best tell your father all you know
of your new acquaintance, and I trail
assure you that should llrown'n story
prove to be true no one would move
m'>ro promptly than Col. Hanford in en
deavoring to sever the bond of enlist
ment that he might be restored to bis
proper sphere of life."
"But you forget, Mrs. Colby, that be
paid he would not under any considera
tion have his term of enlistment short
ened one single day."
"It could l>e done without consulting
ills wishes in the matter. If it should
bo brought to the notice of your father
that the young man Is not only Indict
ing upon himself really unmerited pun
ishment for a mistake of his youth, but
is l>y his action depriving the business
world of « talent which would contrib- j
uU> to its progrefc, lie would scoff at i
the man's exaggerated idea t of penanco I
and lose no time in restoring him to his j
proper station. May I be frank with 1
you, my child, and tell you that In my j
opinion Mr. lirown, or Mr. Thornton,
is a very, very fooli&h young man. Hut, '
my dear girl, you don't know how your !
story hns interested ma I wonder If it
can be true? And to think he is In i
Capt. Colby's troop, too. May I tell the
captain?"
"Ho you think It would be right, Mrs. i
Colby? Mr Thornton did not enjoin ;
secrecy—in fact, he suld he hud noth
ing to conceal from the world, yet were
his story know* it might enforce upon
him a notoriety which would be dis
tasteful to him."
"That is true, my dear, but really I
(eel that h.A captain should know It. :
The coiumaudiug otliccr of a company
can do many things to lighten the du
ties of otic of his men, you know. I
think I will tell him under a pledge of
secrecy. Even Urowu mut>t not know
that his captain has heard of him."
"Very well. You cau tell Capt. Col
by end I will tell papa all I know of
Mr. lirown."
"What a delicious secret wc four will
jwve to bytwiA-'n yurbclvya,
and how doubly delicious if it prove
true that Private Brown is really Mr.
Edward Thornton and a gentleman
in every way our equal in life. Uut a
word of motherly caution, child. You
must not permit your pirlish enthusi
asm to arouse in your young heart a
feeling- of aught but simple friendship
and sympathy for Private Brown."'
A slight blu;-h mantled the cheeks of
the young girl at these parting words.
After she had gone Mrs. Colby sank
into a chair and carefully weighed
every feature of the strange story, and
was yet deeply engrossed in thought
when the captain entered.
"George," she said to him, "do you
know anything of Private Brown of
your troop?"
"Urown? Yes. He has several
times attracted my attention. He is a
splendid young soldier, I believe, al
ways unusually neat in personal ap
pearance, and at times when he has
been on duty as orderly at my quar
ters I have noted his intelligent lan
guage and gentlemanly bearing. He
distinguished himself in a noticeable
manner in several of our brushes with
the Apaches last winter, and I have
him listed for promotion when there is
a vacancy. Why do 3-011 ask, my dear?"
"I have a very remarkable story to
tell you, George, if you will promise
me that you will never divulge it with
out my permission, not even to Brown
himself."
"Well, it must be a startlingly im
portant secret. Will such a pledge in
any manner conflict with my duty as
an officer?"
"Not in the least, my dear, or I would
not exact it of you."
"Then I promise. lam all attention."
She told the story as Alice had re
lated It to her. and the captain's eyes
opened wide with astonishment.
"Ily Jove, wife, I am inclined to be
lieve the man has told the truth. I
have never had occasion to give him
extra notice further than I mentioned,
yet in the light of this revelation I can
recall many of his actions which go to
corroborate what you have told me. I
must keep my eyes on him in future."
Alice went at once to her father and
related to him the story Brown had
told her. The old man at first evinced
considerable interest in the recital, but
at its conclusion said:
"All nonsense,Sunshine,all bosh. You
must not place any credence in the wild
oock and bull stories the soldiers tell-
Look after the sick men in the hospital,
child, and let the well ones take care of
themselves."
"Did I do wrong, papa, in listening
to him and showing my interest in liia
work?"
"My little Sunshine could not do
wrong 1 . If this man has interested you
with his skill with the pencil I am
glad of it. Your life Is cast amid very
sober surroundings, little one, and any
thing that affords you pleasure and
helps you to while away the dull hours
has my full approval. If a big, honest
eyed Newfoundland dog should come
to you for recognition it would be no
wrong for you to pat him on the shag
gy head and call him pet names. If a
private soldier interests you and pos
sesses intelligence enough to treat you
as becomes your station In the world
above him, amuse yourself with him all
you desire. Even listen to their fairy
stories if you wish. Soldiers love to
boast of what they might have been
had they not been crowded into the
army by some remarkable circum
stances. Their romances are all bosh,
Sunshine, all frothy bosh."
CHAPTER VL
Lieut. Vandever was industrious In
acquiring a knowledge of horseman
ship, for a call to field duty might l>e
made at any moment in the then un
settled state of the Indians. In his dai
ly rides about the post and down
the river he frequently met Miss
Sanford and sometimes rode be
side her. Her treatment of him was
always polite, yet she maintained to
ward him an air of modest reserve
which warned liim that any resump
tion of foppish gallantry would meet
with lier disapproval. On several oc
casions he had passed by when herself
and Private Itrown were sitting to
gether, bending over a sketch or quiet
ly conversing, and It shocked him to
see the daughter of the commander on
terms of such seeming familiarity with
a man in the ranks. In his estimation,
the private soldiers were mere soulless
machines, which moved only at the of
ficial beck and call, but puppets In ex
alted hands, and a lump of indignant
resentment stuck In his throat at the
thought that the maidencould grant to
a vulvar private the 'Sociability she de
nied him.
On one of his dally rides he overtook
her in the river bottom Just as she had
reined In her pony to make the ascent
of the steep hill leading to the fort,
lie politely saluted her by raising his
cap, and she acknowledged the saluta
tion with a bow and pleasant smile.
"It has been a licautiful afternoon
for riding, Miss Sanford," he suid.
"It has indeed, Mr. Vandever. I
think the- New Mexico climate cannot
be surpassed in loveliness in the whole
world."
"The climate Is all rijfht, but the
society Is open to severe criticism," he
replied. "The native people are but
half civilized and the Americans are
rough boors, and it docs strike me as
Iwintf somewhat severe that the Indies
and gentlemen of the army are com
pelled to exist amid such uncongenial
surrounding'.."
"O, you are too hard on the people of
the territory," she replied "I have a
number of valued friends among the
good people of San Marcial, the town
just above the fort, both native and
American, and I have always found
them to be congenial, whole-souled.
Courteous neighbors. You will modify
your views of them when you come to
know them. Even were we cast R *rny
a thousand mile:, from civillzat'on, I
am sure we could be a happy com
munity. We are a little world in our
selves. Mr. Vandever."
"A rather insignificant world," he re
plied. "You can almost enumerate its
population on >our fingers. A dozen
or so officers, and half as many ladies."
"And several hundred soldiers," she
added.
"O, the soldiers cut no figure in our
world, save as slaves to do our bidding.
The riff raff of the land must not be
mentioned in the same breutli with la- ■
dies aud gentlemen. I sometimes j
think it debases a gentleman to be ]
obliged to command such fellows."
Her face flushpd with anger, aj>d '
turning her clear blue eyes full upon !
his face she replied in biting words:
"Lieut. Vandever, clothes and rank ;
do not make the man. Indeed, lu my
own experience, I have known tho
gaudy uniform of the ofllccr tocovcr fur
less manly instincts and actions than I
have noted beneath th« plain garb of
the private soldier."
They had reached tho summit of tho 1
hill, and touching tho rein ahc gal
uuccp.mvpi</m>ly away, tovimf
Uim biting his iips in confusion.
He rode to the stable and, dismount
ing. threw the rein to an attendant
and started to his quarters in a far
from pleasant frame of mind. As he
liastily turned a corner of the stables
he ran into Private Brown, who was
hastening thither on some errand. The
shock threw the lieutenant to the
ground, and instantly recognizing in
the soldier the man in whose company
he had often seen Alice Sanford, his
rage was great. Springing to his feet
he hoarsely shouted:
"What do you mean, sir? How dare
yon run against me in that manner?"
Brown respectfully saluted him and
replied:
"I beg your pardon, sir. You turned
the corner in such haste that you ran
into me before I could get out of your
way."
"You lie, sir, when you say I ran
into you. It was your damnable care
lessness that caused the collision. I
am not sure that you did not purpose
ly run against me."
Brown's blood boiled at the epithet
applied to him, and the expression t»f
anger on his face increased the officer's
rage.
"Lieutenant, your words are harsh
ones even for a superior to use toward
an inferior in rank. I am not a liar,
sir, and my manhood revolts when
such a term is applied to me when I am
powerless to resent it."
"Don't you dare talk back to me. you
scoundrel! How dare you hint at re
sentment to your superior officer, you
menial cur?"
Human endurance could stand no
more. Brown's face paled with right
eous rage, and, losing all control of his
HUMAN ENDL'BA.ST'K COULD STAND NO
MORE.
temjK-r. he sent a well-directed blow
into the lieutenants face, knocking him
from his feet.
CHAPTER VII.
A number of the stable attendants
who had witnessed the altercation ran
to the spot and assisted the officer to
rise. His none was bleeding profusely
from the blow, and in obedience to his
command a guard was summoned and
Brown was marched away to the guard
house.
Seated on u btmk in a gloomy cell his
anger cooled and he awoke to a real
izing sense of what he had done. In
civil life he would have been applauded
for so promptly resenting au inten
tional insult, but in the army it was
different. Violence offered by a pri
vate soldier to an officer Is a most
serious offense, and one which under
army rules demands severe punish
ment. While it is true that the officer's
conduct toward him was highly repre
hensible and -such as would lay him
liable to official investigation, that
fact did not in the least mitigate his
offense. Had ho quietly submitted to
Vandever's abuse he would have lieen
Justified in seeking redress in the
proper official quarter and justice
would have been done him, but he had
allowed Ills anger to override his better
judgment, and now he was in for It
and must suffer the consequences.
What would Alice think of him?
Would she pass hasty judgment on his
act before seeking the details'/ Would
she not now regard him as a quarrel
some bully, and deem him unworthy
of her friendship? The thought
troubled him, and as he paced back
and forth In the forbidding gloom of
the cell he was very miserable. His
gratitude toward the girl for taking so
kindly an interest in him had ripened
into 11 lovo which seemed to consume
him. Although no word indicative of
his new feeling toward her had ever
t<een breathed in her presence, ke felt
that she must instinctively know that
he loved her, and her eyes had on more
than one occasion told him that her
friendship toward him was gaining an
Intensity which might some day devel
op into a far more tender passion. In
his dreamy moments he had even dared
to picture a future Wherein their mu
tual love would light the path down
which they wandered hand in hand,
and now by one rash act he may have
blighted the bud of affection which
was swelling toward bursting in her
young heart —have blighted it so com
pletely that even the sun of future vin
dication might fail to warm it into life
again.
In the midst of bis gloomy reflection*
the heavy cell door swung open, and
C'apt. Colby entered.
"Brown," he said, "what was the
trouble between yourself and Lieut.
Vandever?"
"Captain, I have been guilty of u
most serious offense, and in the light oi
calm reflection I do most deeply regret
it. I was grossly insulted, sir, and in
my rage I lost sight of the officer and
saw only the man who was heaping in
dignities upon me. My position as a
soldier was forgotten, and I resented
the insult as I would have done in civil
life—as any gentleman would have
done, sir."
"Will you tell me without any reser
vation or palliating coloring just what
occurred between you?"
Brown related all the details in a
truthful n>-,nner. While he felt that
In the eyes of anyone possessing a
sense of justice his blow would seem
justifiable, he admitted that he had
been guilty of a serious infraction ot
army law, and averred that he would
humbly submit to any punishment a
court-martial might inflict upon him.
"I am sorry this occur Aid, Brown,
very sorry. Your conduct ever since
you joined my troop lias been most ex
emplary, and 1 have hoped to soon li
able to offer you promotion. 1 feat
that this matter will go hard ivith you.
Col. Sanford is a most severe disci
plinarian, and an assault by a private
soldier upon a commissioned oilicer
will assume most grievous proportion#
iu his eyes, lie will insist upon youi
trial by court-martial, and his viewe
on this question are so well known to
the officers of the post that those who
try you will, should you be convicted,
feel that severe punishment must fol
low. I eun only hope the palliating
circumstances may bear due weight
with both the commander and the
members of the court."
lie passed out v leaving' Hrown again
alone with his bitter thoughts.
Lieut. Vandever lust no time iu en
deavoring to poison the minds of hi:
brother officers against his assailant.
il<- pictured him IIH U brawny bully <>]
u pugnacious nature, and loutlly
averred tliut a long terra of years in u
military prison was tlic puuisiiuioxit lit
richly deserved. His wurds bore little
weight, however, for ttie young lieu
tenant had become most thoroughly
disliked l>y every olHccr in the garri
son. While there was no outward dem
onstration to establish the faet, there
»'in pot ouv o{ them but Mxrutly ro
'sva #J smutty
chastised for his unofflccrlike conduct.
And what of Alice? That young lady
acted in a most remarkable manner
when the details of the affair reached
her ears through Mrs. Colby. She did
not turn pale and weep and wring' her
hands in inconsolable anguish in the
conventional way. Not she. A great
smile of satisfaction spread over her
pretty face, a glad look increased the
usual brightness of her eyes, and she
poured out the pent-up fervor of her
soul in giving emphasis to the one
word:
"Good!"
She thought not then of rank or sta
tion nor of any punishment that her
friend might be called upon to endure,
but only saw a righteous blow struck
at insolence and insult by the strong
arm of manhood.
It was not at all unusual forth- com
manding officer's daughter to send 6ome
of the surplus from her own table
to soldiers who might be confined in
tha guardhouse, and when the orderly
from headquarters brought a platter ol
eatables to the sergeant of the guard
and said it was for Private Brown of T1
troop, it was passed in to the prisoner
without a questioning word. With the
belief that some sympathizing com
rade had sent the viands from the troop
j messroom he set it aside until he should
feel hungry, and when he at last un
covered the contents of the disli and
noted that it contained pieces of pie
and cake anu other delicacies not to be
found in the culinary department of
j
BY THE DIM LIGHT HE READ THESE
WORDS.
the soldier quarters, a glad smile spread
over his erstwhile troubled face, for he
knew it must have come from Alice.
Raising a slice of cake from the bottom
of the dish he discovered that it had
been concealing a folded piece of pa
per, and eagerly seizing it he ran to
the dim light of the grated window
and read these words:
"You would have been less a man In my eyes
had you acted otherwise. I admire you for re
senting an Insult from one lacking In manhood.
• A. S."
His heart throbbed with delight, and
he pressed the precious missive to his
lips again and again. Alice approved
his action, and he did not now fear any
punishment that might be for his of
fense. His one overshadowing fear
had vanished through the iron grates
of his prison window as he read the
blessed words traced by her beloved
hand, and the sentinel at the door was
astonished to hear him whistling a
merry air.
The proceedings of a court-martial
arc always tedious, und the details in
the case of Private Brown \yll not be
here given. Every whit of available evi
dence was produced both by theprosccu
tion and defense, the lieutenant's words
to Brown were testified to by the stable
attaches who heard them, and the ac
cused was permitted to malte a state
ment of the affair. His inanly bearing
and straight-forward testimony .coupled
with his eloquent speech and gentle
manly attitude throughout the trial,
made a great impression on the judges,
and won for him many an approving
glance from the dignified officers WHO
composed the court. Capt. Colby was
summoned to testify to the previous
character of the accused, and ho gr*w
almost eloquent in his commendation
of Brown's soldierly conduct since he
joined the troop.
The findings of the court-martial
were duly made out, and sent to the
•ominandcr of the post for his ap
proval. Brown was found guilty of
striking an officer, there was reference
to aggravating circumstances, and his
punishment was fixed ut thirty days'
confinement in the post guard house.
That love of justice, which was a
marked characteristic of Col. San ford's
nature, asserted itself while he had
the finding's of the court under con
sideration. ft is true that some out
side influences had l>< en at work, but it
must not l>e assumed that t hey could
sway the stern old man in the enforce
ment of his strict ideas of military dis
cipline. <'apt. Colby had ta l, en the
liberty to tell of the faithful service of
the private soldier, and several officers
of the post had freely aired their
views of Brown's action in the colonel's
presence, and Alice, after speaking of
Vandever's attitude toward herself
and of tho views she had heard him
express regarding the men of tho
ranks, so warmly approved the pun
ishment that the lieutenant had re
ceived that the commander gave the
matter a great deal of thought. Ho
had not by any means forgotten Van
dever's treatment of old Scrgt. Bar
rett, and when at last the findings of
the court-martial were published, thoy
bore this indorsement over the signa
ture of the post commander:
"The findings and sentence of tho
special court-martial in the case of
Private ltichard Brown, 15 troop. Sixth
cavalry, charged with committing an
assault on the person of Second
Lieutenant Alfred Talbot Vandever,
11 troop, Sixth cavalry, are approved.
In consideration of tho aggravating
provocation which led to tho assault
and of the blameless previous record as
a soldier of said Private Richard
Brown, twenty-nine days of the sen
tence are hereby revoked, und after
one day's confinement in the post
guardhouso said Private Uichard
Brown will be released and will report
to the commander of his troop for duty."
[TO 19IS CONTINUED.]
Fullur* Impoaalbl*.
Clerk —I really caunot read this let* j
ter, sir; the writing is too bad.
Kinployer (impatiently)— Nonsense!
The writing is good enough; any ass
could read it. llaud it to me.—N. Y. !
Advertiser.
No l r un ID It.
Mrs. Smith (who is reading a humor
ous paper)- I don't see any fun in these ,
jokes about big bills for ladies' hats.
Mr Smith—l don't either.—Tain
many Times.
Not Without Honor, Exr*|it—
Penny royal— It's funny; 1 have neve*
yet seen a woman who did uot rave j
over Drivley's poetry
Critic—You have uever met Drlvlcy's
wife, then? Judge
ill* l.urby D«J.
Mrs. Tlptou— 1 thought you were go
ing to the races this afternoon?
Tipton —Yes, I was, confound it!—
but 1 missed the train
Mrs. Tiptou—A»i Wednesday was al
ways your lucky day Puck
Welcome-
Kliler ISerry Did the uatives of cen
tral Africa give you a warm reception?
Returned Missionary- Yes. Indeed!
They were so tickled U> see me that
they wtuited ut eat me up.—N- Y*'
VtaCA
-1
fueatrtc&l New*.
"Did you hoar about it?"
"Ilcar what?"
"That Paul Kauvar h&d taken 'A
Night Off.' to see 'Miss Innocenco
Abroad' living' in 'Coon llollovv' with
'Charlt»3*'s Aunt' a* chaperone. When
he pot to 'The Crossroads of Life" he
met the 'Prodigal Father' accompanied
by a lot of 'Men and Women' hurrying
to Bee "The Passing Show," headed by
'The Little Trooper' wearing the 'Vic
toria Cross.' Then he bought 'A Rail
road Ticket" for 'Shenandoah.' arid the
last thing he saw of the city was 'The
llarbor Lights.'"—Truth.
Misunderstood the Text.
"Now tell me what the trouble is,"
said a mother to her little girl whom
she had just been obliged to take out
of church because of a violent fit of
weeping.
"Ue called me," said the child be
tween her sobs, "a simple, little cross
eyed thing."
The child was cross-eyed and the
minister had just given out the hymn:
"Simply to Thy cross 1 cling."—N. Y.
Herald.
Flaying on the Ruins.
"These firemen must be a frivolous
set," said Mr. Spillkins, who was read
ing a paper.
"Why so?"
"I read in the paper that after a fire
was under control, the firemen played
all night on the ruins. Why didn't
the} - go home and go to bed like sensi
ble men, Instead of romping about like
children?"— Tammany Times.
A Sore Sign.
Hotel Manager—l see you have given
our best suite of rooms to a man named
Jones. Are you sure he can pay the
{ price?
Hotel Clerk—Yes, sir; he is immense
. ly wealthy.
Hotel Manager—How do you know?
Hotel Clerk—Oh, he is very old and
i very ugly and his wife is very young
and very pretty.—Truth.
WUI Ho Keep Thrm?
Stern Father—l want you to drop
the acquaintance of young Wildleigh
altogether.
Daughter—Why so, papa?
Stern Father —I don't think he is a
promising young man.
Daughter—Oh, yes, he is, papa. He
has promised me all sorts of thing's
after we are married.—Brooklyn Life.
For Callers.
Upholsterer—Madam, this is a fine
reception chair. Our latest design.
Try it, please,
Mrs. Society—Dear me! how uncom
fortable it is! I couldn't sit in it for
five minutes.
Upholsterer—That's It, exactly, mad
am. You see, it is intended for callers.
—N. Y. Herald.
Ills Latest.
Mrs. Kultshow (in the book store) —
You ought to have Homer's works, Mrs.
Nurich. Every good library has Homer,
you know.
Mrs. Nurich (to the book clerk) —
Young man, wrap up Homer's latest
book and have it sent to my carriage.—
Chicago Record.
What lie Wanted.
German (to druggist)—l owe de firm
ten cents.
Druggist—Very well; you can pay it
to me.
(Perplexity of German, who wants ten
cents' worth of iodoform.) —N. Y.
World.
At the Front Door.
He—Can I see Miss Smith?
Servant (who knows him) —No, sir;
she's out.
He —Out where? Out with some other
fellow?
Servant —No, sir; she's out with you,
sir. That's what she told me, sir.—ln
dianapolis Journal.
How Hope Came.
Ho called on her Her first words made
Sweet hope Into his bosom creot>.
She turned to blm and softly said:
"My little brother Is asleep "
-Julia
HTILI. IN FOSSK-9ION.
Jess—How do you argue that men are
naturally better than women?
Jack—No man ever had seven devili
cast out of him.
Jess —No-o; they've got 'em yet.—
Truth.
A Wis* Child.
Little Roy—Got the earache?
Little Girl—No.
"Then win you got all that cotton in
your ears?"
"I've been hclpiu' tend the baby."—
Good News.
Kdiiiii F.nough Now.
Philanthropist—Why did you change
the title of "The Ladles' Homo"' to
"Old Ladies' Home?"
Mrs. I»u Goode—lt was becoming too
crowded. N Y Weekly.
110 ( on Alone.
"Have you seen any change in Wa
ters since he signed the pledge?"
"Oh, yes; he has quit inviting uie to
go fishing with him." —Life.
Not tlio Fashionable Kind.
Tb© old mail looked ut his trembling hands
With a melancholy millc
•*l'in clearly behtud the time*." said he.
"My bandshsUe Isn't the style "
—Chicago Tribune
Of Course.
Freddie—Mamma. me face is dirty.
Please w .sh it
Mamma Freddie, where in the
world did you learn to say "me face," I
like a little street Arab? Why dou't ,
you say "my face is dirty?"
Freddie - ISccause your face isn't J
dirty —Judge
A Trrrlbls Iteveiige.
First Rad Roy—Mrs. Stuckupp toW
my mother that It was me broke her
windows while she was in Europe.
Rut I'll get even with her
Secoud Rati Ifoy—How?
First Had Roy—When the baggage
expressman arrives with Mrs. StucU
upp's truuks, I'll scratch the steamer
labels off. - Good News.
Japanese I'olltenesa.
Lady- The feet of the ladies of your
country are compressed, I believe.
Japanese Attache —Oh, no, madam; I
that Is a Chinese custom. We in Japan '
1 low our ladies' feet to grow to their j
full size (politely)—not that they can
ever hope to rival yours, madam.—l
Truth.
Trouble In tb« Museum.
"You'd better go and look after those
freaks." said the assistant iu the dime
museum.
"What's the inatter'.'" inquired the
manager
"The cross-eyed giaut is courting the
girl, and she's getting jetkli
«0B '■* 1
:NTo 49
Poor Tommy.
Fell—Why doesn't Tommy get mar
ried?
Nell (contemptuously)— Can't afford
It.
"Well, he and bis wife could live on
'bread and cheese and kisses," couldn't
they?**
"Yes, they might: but Tommy hasn't
been able to find anj* girl who could
provide the necessary bread and cheese,
as yet."—Somcrville Journal.
A Triumph.
"Ladies and gentlemen." said the
professional hypnotist, as he introduced
Wayside Rhodes to the assemblage, "I
will now give yon a remarkable illus
tration of hypnotic power 1 will lend
the subject here before you 53."
"That's no trick." said a voice.
"And. men." said the professor in the
firm tones of assured triumph. "J will
make him return the S3 to me." —Chi-
cago Record.
The I ly In the Ointment.
Mrs. Dooley (whose husband is out of
work) —Sure it's the continted woman
you should be. Mrs. Mooney, wld yer
husband wid a life job as night watch
man at the warehouse.
Mrs. Mooney (excitedly)—Continted,
Is it? An' that warehouse full of open
hatchways! An' him walks in his sleepl
—Puck.
Constancy.
Three month* nso we kissed and said
We'd love throush life's whole spa#;
Three days ago she married Ted.
And I was their best man.
—N. V. Herald.
JUOOEST ENCOtJRAtiKMENT.
M iss ' Serel Why don t you get
married, Mr. Slitnpy?
Mr. Slimpy—l have no luck with the
ladies.
Miss Sereleaf—Rut you need not de
spair; just try your luck with me.
Willing to Gtre Information.
Customer —I'm p. stranger in your
village. Can you tell me where I shall
be likely to find the "Autocrat of the
Rreakfast Table?"
Clerk (in country drug store)—Why—
why, 1 don't think they keep it here,
but they've got some first-rate mackerel
at the store over there acrost the road.
—Chicago Tribune.
Only Inference Possible.
Mrs Toplofty—l lis my opinion that
De Snoodle and his wife are quite mid
dle class, if not really— aw—vulgah.
Toplofty—What makes you think so?
Mrs. Toplofty—Well. I heard both of
them declare in the most barefaced
manner that they loved each other.—
Town Topics.
In the Naturw of a IJreak-
Ile (pleadingly) —Why can't we be
married right away?
She (coyly)—Oh! 1 can't bear to leave
father just yet.
lie (earnestly)— Rut, my darling, he
has had you such a long, long time.
She(freasingly) SIR! ! ! —llrooklyn
Life.
110-Enforcenirnts Wanted.
Little Girl Oh, mamma! Come
quick!
Mamma Mercy! What's the mat
ter?
Little Girl—There's a mouse In the
kitchen, and the poor cat is there aU
alone. —Good News.
Now He'll Ilroque.
When he first taw his wife's little toque,
He treated it much as a Jooue;
Hut hla mirth It was stayed
When the bill he had paid
By putting his homestead In soque.
—Detroit Tribune.
A Mistake.
Hazel—l see the ofllcer on your block
was struck by lightning last night.
Nutte—There is something wrong
about that.
Hazel—Why?
Nutte —Our cook doesn't show any o1
the marks. —Life.
In No Danger.
Mistress—l think you handle those
fine china dishes very carelessly.
Domestic—Don't worry, mum. They
are so light that they wouldn't hur(
even if 1 dropped 'cm on my toes, mum.
—N. Y. Weekly.
The Secret of Her Success.
"Mrs. Hlithc seems to be very popular
with the gentlemen. They all Beem
anxious to have a word with her. Is
she a brilliant conversationalist?"
"No, she is not a brilliant conversa
tionalist; but she makes every man
think he is." —Judge.
The Same Thins.
Castlcton —I dou't think Miss Red
bud uses very elegant expressions. To
night, she said, for instance, that I
made her tired.
Miss Summit —No. She might just as
well have said you made her weary. —
Brooklyn Life.
Inexperienced.
Mr Scrimp—My dear, I don't see how
you had this counterfeit bill passed on
you!
Mrs. Scrimp—Well, you don't let mc
sec enough real money to enable mc tc
tell the difference.—Harper's Razor.
From » New Jersey !'»p»-r.
"The rabid aulmal was shot and
killed by Mr. , but not until he had
bitten his master and several othe*
dogs."—Judge
Too Bud!
Every morning, every nlpht.
Rhymes and rhymes tho p >ets write,
bad. Indeed, that rhytnc should be
All divorced from poetry
—Atlanta Constitution.
Nona or Ills linslness.
Miss Irene - Tho odious creature!
Sbo turned and looked at mo after wo
bad passed each other
Cousin Jack — How do you know she
did?— Chicago Tribune.
At the M»squer»<l» Hall.
She —I see yon are disappointed, now
that I have taken off the mask
lie ireslgnedlyV—O. no. I didn't ex-
E«t much. —Alex Sweet, In Texas Sl/t
--gs.
WIIKKi: DISTANCi: DID NOT I-.KITD,
KTC.
i IU
MI'S R« >ll Is that Mr. Jinvlcr In
teresting?
lUu* LiU«'siiU>—No; be felt» on tb*
for Oti vi «O*S tiUtlr-Ltffc )