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BLACK KiH'K RKI.IUIOX.
r T'HKN I k " woary with the
f conv.'iitioiis of religion uil
lug ujhui luiska that the ohinrhro tM
often oII'it me in ttie sltupe of fliilxirute
service iiml elmim-ut tliwoursea, so Unit
in my Mrkiif I diiulit mid (loulit, tlien
T K' hack t tin communion in lSliM'k
lloek tunl the iliiys preceding it, uinl
the fever ami wesiriue- leave me, mid
I grow humble and strong. The siui
licity and niiiued grandeur of the faith,
the hiiinlile gratitude of the rough men
I see a!i. 'lit the tahle and the calm
radiance of one aintly face and recall
Hie.
Not iN iniir-t i-uthiMiistic iipologNt
Voiild i a!l lllarl; llnck a lvliuiuiH coln-
inumty, lint it mw-i'-vmI in a marked
degree t !i:i! i ini lien t 'In itian virtue ot'
tolerance. All creed.-, ill "hades of r
ligini;" I'j iiiiuii. were :illuued, and it
was gcueia'lv cniiceded that one was
as gumi a" aiiiiilc r. It is fair to say,
however, ilia", lilack 1 lock's catholicity
was negative rat lc t tliau positive. The
only religion olijeetionalile was that in
.sisted Uio'i as a necessity. It never
occurred to any one to consider reli
gion other than a- a respectable if not
ornamental addition to life in older
lands.
During the weeks following the mak
ing of the league, however, this neg
tive attitude toward things religious
gave place to one of keen investigation
and criticism. The indillerenee passed
away and with it in a large measure
the lelerance. Mr. Craig was respon
sible for the former of these changca,
but hardly in fairness could he lie held
reflpoiiMihle for the latter. If any one
more than another was to be blamed
for the rise of intolerance in the vil
lage, that man was Geordie C'rawfc.-d.
He had his "lines" from the Estab
lished Kirk of Scotland, and when Mr.
Craig announced his intention of hav
ing the sacrament of the Lord's supper
observed lieordie produced his lines
and handed them in. As no other mini
in the village was equipped with like
spiritual crcCViuials, Geordie constitut
ed himself a k nd of kirk session charg
ed with the douhln duty of guard
ing the entrance to the Lord's table
and of keeping an eye upon the then-
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Allen Naw. I learned myself by
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i'ree l'rets.
Slflh Cunsldrratloaa,
Or n't attltu-N toward pilots t'.gh.
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and SMOKE
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w life ami Tior t.jr lakiujf MO-TO-OAO,
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1
glctl optnlona of the community and
IhAM tMI1illU1a MAa MV
w.w n.vwa,,, .Mkrvm mvu larmiers
4 sTe eviueuc o poeeung
any opinion definite enough for state-
i. unto me I will In nowla cast out'
It came to be Mr, Cralf habit to and Ceordle waa sUent. though ha con
drop Into the leogueroom and toward tluued doubtful.
the close of the evening to have a short With all these somewhat fantastle
Scripture lesson frein the gospels, features, however, there waa no ml
Geordie a opportunity came after the taking the earnest spirit of the men.
meeting was over and Mr. Craig had The meetings grew larger every night,
gone away. The men would hang and the interest became more Intense,
about and talk the lesson over, ex- The singing became different. The men
pressing opinions favorable or unfa-1 no longer simply shouted, but as Mr.
vorable, as appeared to them good. ' Craig would call attention to the aenU
Then it was that all sorts of views, re- ; inent of the hymn the voices would at
liglous and otherwise, were aired and tune themselves to the words. Instead
cxamine.1. The originality of the ideas, of encouraging nnything like emotional
the absolute disregard of the authority excitement Mr. Craig seemed to fear It
of church or creed, the frankness with "These chaps are easily stirred up."
which opinions were stnted and the he would say, "and I am anxious that
forcefulness of the language in which they should know exactly what t.hey
i... j n v.c niiiniKu coiiioiueu io mane
ine uiHcussions altogether marvelous.
The passage lietween Abe lhiker, the
stage driver, and Geordie was particu
larly rich. It followed upon a very
telling lesson on tho parable of the
Pharisee nnd the publican.
The chief actors in that wonderful
story were transferred to the Black
Itock stage nnd were presented In min
er's costume. Abo was particularly
well pleased with the scoring of the
"blanked old rooster who crowed so
blanked hlch" and somewhat incensed
at the quiet remark Interjected by
Ci die tlmt "it was nae credit till n
inon tae be a sinner," and when Oeor
die went on to urge tho Importance of
right conduct and respectability Abe
was led to pour forth vials of con
temptuous wrath upon the Pharisees
and hypocrites who thought themselves
better than other people. P.nt Geordie
was ipiitc unnitllcd and lamented the
lu'imraiiee of men who. brought up In the
"Kpceseopawlyim or Methodv" church.
could hardly be expected to detect the
Aiithmmlan or Arminlan heresies.
"Aunty Noniyim or lncle Nomyun,"
replied Abe, boiling hot, "my mother
was a Methodist, nnd I'll back any
oiutiKeu Mcthoillst against any blank
ety blank long faced, lantern Jawed,
suiniimt Presbyterian. And this he
was eager to maintain to any man's
satisfaction If lie would step nsldo.
Geordie was quite unmoved, but has
tened to assure Abe that ho mennt no
disrespect to his mother, who, he had
"nae doot, was a clover enough hud
dle, tae Jndge by her son." Abe was
speedily appeased and offered to set
up the drinks all round, but Geordie,
with evident reluctance, had to de
cline, saying, "No, na. lad; I'm a league
man, ye ken." And I was sure that
Geordie at thnt moment felt that mem.
bershlp in the league had its draw
backs. Nor was Geordie too sure of Craig's
orthodoxy, while, as to Mrs. Mavor,
whose slave he was, he was In the
habit of lamenting her doctrinal con
dition: "She s a flno wuminan, nae doot;
but. pulr crntur, she's fair carried
awa' wl' the errors o' tho Epeesco
pawlyuns." It fell to Geordie, therefore, as a sa
cred duty, in view of the laxity of
those who seemed to bo the plllnrs of
tho church, to be all the more watch
ful and unyielding, but he was delight
fully Inconsistent when confronted
with particulars. In conversation with
him one night nfter one of the meet
ings, when he had been specially hard
upon the ignorant and godless, I Inno
cently changed the subject to Billy
Breen, whom Geordie had taken to his
shack since the night of the league.
He was very proud of Billy's success
In the fiu'ht against whisky, the credit
of which lie divided evenly between
Mrs. Mavor mid himself.
"He's fair daft about her," he ex
plained to me, "an I'll i.o deny but
she's n great help aye, a vena con.
seederaMe ussecstance but. mmi, she
doe.sna ken the whusky sm' the inside
o' n iiion that's wantin' it. Aye, puir
buddie, she liz her pairt, mi' when
ye're a bit restless an' thrawn nil'ter
ver (lav's wnrk It's liL-u n wntlf In I
; ' , , ,
nunnj Kien on u simmer eve, wun me
birds liltln- about, tae sit in yon roomie ;
an' henr her sing. But when the night
1(2 nfl nnr vci nntmu tltmrt l.nt -m.
... v.. ... ... Liiiiiiii ni. . ... i.i.v i llllKlll
wr sn' nwfu' thurst an' wl' dreams o'
cozy firesides mr the bonny sparklln'
glosses, ns it is wl' pulr Pdlly aye, it's
then ye need a mon wi' u guid grip be
side ye."
"What do you do then, Geordie?" I
asked.
"On, nye, I Julst gang for a bit walk
wi' the lad nn' then pits the kettle on
an' makes a cup o' tea or coffee, an'
aff he gangs tae Bleep like a bairn."
"I'oor Hilly:" I said pityingly. "There
Is no hope for him in the future. I
fear."
"Hoot awn, mon!" said Geordie
quickly. "Ye wiidnn keep not a pulr
crater frae creepln' in that's dueln' his
best?"
"Hut, Geordie." I remonstrated, "he
doesn't know anything of the doctrines.
i ugii i ovnetu ue mum j-'ive us ilb
chief end of man.' "
An wha s tae blame for that.'" said
Geordie. with line indignation "An1 )
maybe you remember the prood I'liarl-
see an the pulr wuoiman that cam1 .
creepln- n ah nt the Mnlster.'
The mingled tenderness and Indlgnn-1
tlon in Geordle's face were beautiful to
u-V ?rk" uw."f : ... I
Well .1 .bop. ilr. Craig won the tool
strict with the boys.- j
Geordie shot a suspicious glnnce at
f .I. ..'. .11 I... ii ... I
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mnpfi Ann tim rnrillii Haul i.ii.Iim I
mom, and he replied cautiously:
"Aye, he's no' that streect, hut be
manii excrceese dlscreeuil nation."
Gi-ordle was none the less determin
ed, however, thnt Hilly should "come
forrlt," but as to the mannger. who
was n member of the Kngllsh church, I
and some others who had been eon- '
finned years no and had forgotten
much and denied more, lie wns ex- I
tretnely doubtful nnd expressed him
wlf in very decided words to the min
ister: I
"Ye'll iio be anklii' forrlt the ICpees-
eomwlmn bnddlM. TV, .i
....
DaetUlQ 1V.
But Mr. Craig looked at falm for a
moment and laid. "'Him that comet
are Uolng. It Is far too serious a busl
liess to trifle with."
Although Graeme did not go down
stairs to the meetings, he could not but
feel the throb of the emotion beating
in the heart of the community. I used
to detail for his benefit and sometimes
! for
ms amusement the incidents of
each night, but I never felt quite easy
in dwelling upon the humorous fea
tures In Mrs. Mavor's presence, al
though Craig did not appear to mind.
His manner with Graeme was perfect
openly anxious to win him to his side,
he did not Improve the occasion and
vex him with exhortation. He would
not take him at a disadvantage,
though, as I afterward found, this was
imt his sole reason for his method.
Mrs. Mavor, too, showed herself In n
wise and tender light. She might have
been his sister, so frank was she and
so openly al'l'cetionate, laughing nt his
frett'iilncss end soothing his weariness.
Never were better comrades than we
four, and the bright days speeding so
swiftly on drew us nearer to one an
other. But the bright days came to
an end, for Graeme, when once ho was
able to go about, became anxious to
get back to the camp. And so the last
day came, a day I remember well. It
was a bright, crisp winter day.
The nir was shimmering In the frosty
light. The mountains, with their shin
ing heads piercing through the light
clouds into that wonderful blue of the
western sky ami their feet pushed into
the pine masses, gazed down npon
Black Itock with calm, kindly looks on
their old gray faces. How one grows
to love them, steadfast old friends!
Par up among the pines we could see
the smoke of the engine at the works,
and so still and so clear was the moun
tain nlr that we could henr the puff of
the steiim and from fur down the river
the murmur of the rapids. The majes
tic silence, the tender beauty, the
peace, the loneliness, too, came steal
ing in upon us ns we three, leaving
Mrs. Mavor behind us, marched arm
In arm down the street. We bad not
gone fur on our way when Graeme.
turning round, stood a moment looking
nncK, then waved his hand In farewell.
Mrs. Mavor wus at her window, smil
ing and waving in return. They bad
grown to bo great friends, those tw
and seemed to have arrived at some
understanding. Certainly Graeme's
manner to her was not that he bore to
other women. His half quizzical, some
what superior, nlr of mocking devotion
gave place to a simple, earnest, almost
tender, respect, very new to him, but
very winning.
As lie stood there waving his fare
well I glanced nt his face and saw for
a moment what I had not seen for
years, : faint Hush on Graeme's cheek
and a light of simple, earnest faith In
bis eyes. It reminded me of my first
look of him when he had come up for
his matriculation to the varsity. He
stood on tic campus looking up nt the
itolile old pile, and there whs the same
bright, trus'ful. earnest look on his
boyish face.
I know tint what spirit possessed me
-It may have l.een the pain of the
memory working In mo hut I said
coarsely enough:
"It's no use, Graeme, mv bov. I
us no use, urneino, mv
,vnl.t f ill l,. i, .
tll(.rc would be no chance even" for
,.
i j lie imsn k iiu- r noci-ntim
as lie
tlIriie,l nnd said d..iii..-t..tv.
"It's not like you, Connor, to he an
nss of that peculiar kind. Love! Not
exactly! She won't fall In love un
less" And he stopped abruptly, with
his eyes upon Craig.
Hut Craig met him with unshrinking
gaze, quietly remarking, "Her heart is
under the plncH." And we moved on,
each thinking his own thoughts and
guessing nt the thoughts of the others.
We were on our way to Craig's
shack, and ns we passed the saloon
Slavin stepped from the door with a
salutation. Graeme paused.
"Hello. Slavin! I got rather the
worst of It, didn't I?"
Slavin came near and said earnestly:
"It was n dirty trick altogether.
I J OU 11 IIOI TllttlU ir vrnu In tin IT.
1 ou II
""-. .ill.
Graeme
..NOf ua f.,.,,, T((I1 M
,," , Graeme cheerfully.
"And you Imat me fair. and. bedad. it
wfls a nent one that laid me out, and
Uwre; no KrU(,K, , my h(.art u ,.
-An r,K,)t, Slav, e. h yg
dorstund each other better after this "
An(1 thnt's true for you. sir, and I'll
thnt your boys don't get any more
1Lan they k for." replied Slavin.
barking away.
"And I hope that won't be much."
put in Mr. Craig, but Slavin only grin-
" 0
nea
When we enme back to Craig's
shack, Graeme was glad to rest in the
big chair.
Craig made him a cup of tea, while I
smoked, admiring much the deft neat
ness of the minister's housekeeping
arid the gentle, almost motherly, way
he had with Graeme.
In our talk we drifted Into the future,
and Craig let us see what were his am
bitions. The railway was soon to come.
The resources were aa yet unexplored,
but enough waa known to assure a
great fatal for British .Columbia. Aa
he talked his enthusiasm grew and car
ried ua away. With the eye of a gen
eral he surveyed the country, fixed the
strategic points which the church must
seize upon. Eight good men would hold
the country from Fort Steele to the
coast and from Kootenai to Caribou.
"The church must be In with the rail
way. She must have a hand In tho
shaping of the country. If society crys
tallizes without her influence, -the coun
try Is lost, ai.d British Columbia will
be' another trapdoor to the bottomless
pit"
"What do you propose?" I asked.
"Organizing a little congregation here
In Illnck Itock."
"How mauy will you get?"
"Don't know."
"Pretty hopeless business." I said.
"Hopeless! Ilopelessl" he cried.
"There were only twelve of us at first
to follow him, nnd rather a poor lot
they were. Hut he braced them up, and
they conquered the world."
But surely things nre different," said
Graeme.
"Things? Yes, yes, but he is the
same."
His face hadnn oxnlted look, and his
eyes were gazing into faraway places.
"A dozen men in Hlack IJoek, with
some real grip of him, would make
things go. We'll get them, too," he
went on in growing excitement. "I be
lieve In my soul we'll get them."
"Look here, Craig. If you organize.
I'd like to Join," said Graeme impul
sively. "I don't believe much in your
creed or your church, but I'll be blow
ed If I don't believe in you."
Craig looked at him with wistful
eyes and shook bis head.
"It won't do, old chap, you know. I
can't hold you. You've got to have a
grip of some one better than I am, nnd
then, besides, I hardly like asking yuil
now." He hesitated. "Well, to be out
and out, this step must be taken not
for my snke or for any man's sake, nnd
I fancy that perhaps you feel like
pleasing me Just now a little."
"Thnt I do, old fellow." said Graeme,
putting out his hand. "I'll bo hanged If
I won't do anything yon say."
"Thnt's why I won't say." replied
Crnlg. Then reverently he ndded: "The
organization is not mine. It is my Mas
ter's." "When nre you going to begin?"
asked Grneme.
"We shall hnve our communion serv
ice In two weeks, nnd that will be our
roll cnll."
"How many will answer?" I asked
doubtfully.
"I know of three," be said quietly.
"Three! There nre 200 miners nnd
150 lumbermen. Three!" And Grnemp
looked nt him In amazement. "You
think It worth while to organize
three?"
"Well," replied Crnlg, smiling for the
first time, "the organization won't be
elaborate, but it will be effective, and,
besides, loyalty demands obedience."
We' sat long that afternoon talking,
shrinking from the breaking up, for we
knew that we were about to turn down
a chapter in our lives which we should
delight to linger over In after days, and
in my life there Is but one brighter. At
last we said goodby and drove nway,
nnd, though many farewells have come
In between that day nnd tills, none is
so vividly present to mo ns that be
tween us three men. Craig's manner
with n:e wns solemn enough.
"'He that loveth his life' goodby.
Don't fool with this." was what lie
said to me, but when lu turned to
Graeme his whole face lighted up. He
took lilm by tho shoulders and gave
him n little shake, looking into bis
eyes nnd saying over and over in n low,
sweet tone:
"You'll come, old chap, you'll come,
you'll come. Tell me you'll come."
And Graeme could say nothing In re
ply, but only looked at him. Then
they silently shook hands, and we
drove ofT, but long after we had got
over the mountain and into the wind
ing forest road on the way to tho lum
ber camp the voice kept vibrating In
my heart, "You'll come, you'll come,"
and there was a hot pain In my throat.
We said little during the drive to the
camp. Graeme was thinking hard nnd
made no answer when I spoke to him
two or three times till we came to the
deep shadows of the pine forest, when,
with a little shiver, he said:
"It Is all a tangle, a hopeless tan
gle." "Meaning whnt?" I asked.
"This business of religion. Whnt
quaint vnrieties Nelson's, Geordle's,
Hilly Hreen's If he hns any then Mrs.
Mavor's she is a saint, of course
and that fellow Craig's! What n trump
he is! And without his religion he'd
bo pretty much like the rest of us. It
Is too much for me."
His mystery was not mine. Hlack
Itock varieties of religion were certnln
ly startling, but there was undoubt
edly the streak of reality through them
all, and that discovery I felt to bo a
distinct gain.
To iik LX).vnxi:Ki nkxt wkkk.
As wns to have been expected, the
charge made by Kev. ,1. I.. Withrow,
of Huston, that society women swear
like troopers, has resounded like a
cnll to arms throughout the coun
try. In I'hlladelphia there is a cold
and icy stare awaiting the Hoston
preacher whenever he choose to go
and get it. "The women who make
up society in Philadelphia know no
thing of swearing," said one of the
lenders. "There are some women,
of course, not In the best circles,
who think it a fnd to swenr, though
In reality it is only a species of out
rageous vulgarity." This, ns you will
observe, is a hard one for I!ev. With
row. According to tho 1'hilndelphia
view, he thought he knew about so
ciety women, but in fact he only
knew about women who, "of course,"
did not belong to the best circles.
'-,
Cecil Stories has by his will pat
rather a puzzling question to posterity.
The Tra Catllc
Vial ataaalaral.
He insists that
those who are to
enjoy the scholar
ships he has established shall be good
all-round men, and shall not be judged
by preeminence in studies only. This,
it may be said, is not according to the
ordinary collegiate standard. When
proficiency in studies is practically the
only merit considered in grading itu
dents. Mr. Rhodes, on the contrary,
insists upon more than this, so that
the pure "diggers" have little chance
of capturing any of his lavish gifts
Mr. Rhodes specifies indeed that a can
didate for one of bis scholarships must
be judged by the following: (1) Ilia
fondness for or success in manly out'
door sports, such as cricket, football,
and the like. (2) His qualities of man
hood, such aa truth, courage, devotiua
to duty, sympathy for and protection
of the weak, kindliness and fellowship.
(3) His exhibition during tckool dayi
of mortal force of charueter nnd in
stincts to lead and take interest in his
schoolmates, for the lstter attributes
will likely in after life guide him to
esteem the performnncc of public (In
ties us his highest aim. As a matter
of fact, it would probably be found
that the men thus equipped were the
really successful men after leaving
college, and if the dead Colossus dot-s
nothing else he will nrve to broaden
the narrow collegiate standard which
lias heretofore held almost universal
sway. Mental, moral, and physical ex
eelleuee go toward making the most
perfect men, ami he judyed rightly
that if he attempted to reach the men
who would he foremost in after-col
lege life, he must get away from the
congregation of plodders whote final
distinction in life is apt to come at
graduation time.
Time changes all things and time
is changing the public and private es-
tiinnte of trees in
this country. When
the pioneers came
Trees Are Trrua-
uponavastwildernessthetrees were as
much opposed to their making comfort
uble livelihoods ns were the copper
skinned savages. They made war upon
the forest with more zeal than judg
ment; they slaughtered and luid
waste. With such beginnings of the
people their constituted authorities
have been slow to make laws for the
protection of mere trees, though
gradually the worth of the latter
have come to be understood by many.
Old trees soon will be held, as they
should be, to he sacred nnd young
trees as something to be encouraged,
fostered nnd trained in the way they
should go. It is only a few years
since Dr. Marshall, of Pennsylvania,
astonished the public by bringing Buit
against a telephone company for
hacking branches off some stately
trees because they interfered with
the stringing or proper insulation of
its wires, recalls the Pittsburg Post.
The courts sustained the doctor's
contention that, ancient trees are
treasures. The telephone company
will not soon forget the fact, for it
was compelled to pay smartly for the
destruction wrought.
The crusade in many American
cities ngaiiist expectoration in public
places is being watched with much
interest by the London health au
thorities. A medical journal has
called the attention of the municipal
authorities to a sense of their re
sponsibilities in regard to this source
of danger in public health. In Lis
bon, Portugal, a peculiar feature of
nn ordinance regarding spitting in
public conveyances is that the fine is
to he imposed on t lie conductor, who
is held responsible unless be can
prove that he has informed the po
lice of the infraction of the rule. The
local authorities in Italy are also
proceeding against the evil. In Flor
ence notices have been placed on the
walls prohibiting spitting in mu
seums und galleries.
The latest plea for the irrigation of
the arid lands of the interior states
and territories is thnt the consequent
wetting of the dry surfaces would pre
vent the desert siroccos thatnow blow
eastward, scorching the vegetation in
more favorably situated statu. From
this it would appear that the arid at
mosphere as well ns arid land is to be
irrigated.
There is nothing small nbout tho
Central Amerienn republics. They
only want $7,000,000 spot ensh for a
permit to allow the United States to
spend several hundred millions in
building an Isthmian canal that
would double or treble property
values In those torrid countries.
When Jules Verne mudo his hero
get around the world In 80 days he
never drenmed of a Chicago mnn do
ing the same thing in 40 days. A
Frenchman can dream rare things,
but an American can beat them with
the reulity.
II inula Fall.
McJlgger Tlint'ssometliing I never
knew before.
Thingunhob What's that?
McJlgger Why, nearly all the
breweries in town allow their em
ployes 20 or 30 glasses of beer a
day.
Thingunhob The ideal I should
think they'd have their hands full all
the time. Philadelphia Press.
It la complained br m-
jourta that citizens bother th S
Wk.t Law Cmra rct b J
Ar.r. remeniberiaj, "J
. not knowiB.
ot caring, what eourta are fut J
a bank is robbed, for insUncJ)
managers try to have the affair ,1
out of court, first, because they S
like the ensuing publicity, and, jj
and, because there mar h
c rat I
ortunity to get back part of 7
atolen money by some compron7
arrangement. It is a prevalent u
presslon that courts are not fUr
allUStmpnfc fit iwHnnnl .1:4
wuviuiciimcii, anu that ill
these can be settled without lef?al J
irocuuun, bo mucn me better. rJ
th officers of the court hare to nnd
out that their dutlea are concernJ
wcnare oi me communis,
anil that.. Wniiua n Mt ..i
, ...unci r
tittion, it is no renson why the
plo generally should not he euanUi
against his possible future operj
tioss. One of the most dnngerota
men in New York, according to tle
Post, of that city, tried to have it.
case of defrauding settled private?
and the man he, had defrauded Wlj
periecny willing, but the then d J
irici attorney was compelled to t
ahead with dm
the ground that the defendant wj
menace to the community. This rt
icminnt was n man of social standi
uiiti one reason wliy lie wantcl hiJ
case settled privately was that
(lftlK.litn ...... 1. 1 ..
,,,.-, i,,, m.r (limn.
out party on tho evening of ,i
very day set for his trial. llai:.
daughter of his own, the public pp)s
CClltor relented so f:ir nu t.. ..I
" ' "i.l eg
the date of the trial to a later ,i;i'v !
nnd the girl's debut came off witl.,,,',,
shadow on its festivities.
Ilia Maalcul Taatr.
"Do you enjoy Ragtime music'.'"
"Yes," answered Mr. Cumrox, "hm
I'm too well-bred to own up to it e.
eept to close nnd trustworthy friends."
Washington Post.
Mammun'a Acrohatlra,
"A finnncial crash, and poor fellu
he went under."
"And then she threw hhn orer. I
tear. liultiinore Herald.
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