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*"ir% I ill junior medical staff of the
j[ ltaiidall's Island hospital sat
iu Swuiuley's room discuss
j ll} , eccntricities of Pe
tcriiiun. Petcniiiiit was a (hick nosed, j
intense e.\ >-«t student In whom men
MW much or nothing, according to tin*
point of view. lie possessed little of j
that sense of offhand eomradeship
wbieh couuts for so much in govern
mental institutions, yet his colleagues !
always treated htm with considera
tion in a certain expectant way. 1 hey
were constantly oil the lookout for his
latent sinuularities, and they talked
much of him In-hind his hack.
"lie was always so," said Jameson.
"I knew him in college. lie used to Bit
on the lowest bench at clinic, staring .
into the demonstrator's face in that
cocksure wav of his. Hi- fairly queered
the Junior instructors."
"Peterman has the faculty of getting
himself talked ahout, at any rate," ,
nuid li« 11 ley. "Why, some of those
ethical issues he brouuht up in the
medii ill Journal- caused more talk
than a cholera scare."
"He has a new* fad now," said
Sw idiilcy, who once had roomed with
I'utermun.
"What is It?" aske«l Baxter.
"Idiots. Talks of ameliorating their |
condition and all that sort of thing."
"How can you ameliorate an idiotV"
nuked Uenlcy.
"1 know of one way that would ben
efit S4 iciice, but i am atraiil the public
wouldn't stand for it. Now, in Ber
lin"—
"Good heavens, man!" exclaimed
Jam* sou. with a horrified stare,
do not really mean"
"Well," replied Swainley, with a
shrug, "the idiots couldn't lie worse off
than they are now. 1 notice you don't
twem vividly glad to have jour 'attend
ance week' come around, especially
when there is a quarantine on. That
time Central Park and Eddie Apple
hail scarlet fever, and you thought you
hud It.and we bundled you off togeth
er in a tent, you got enough of idiots
for aw hile, I guess."
'furious idea of the superintendent
of charity naming them for the places
where they are found," observed Ken
ley.
oh. well." said Baxter, who was
g.izlng through the window at the
twinkling lights of a sound steamer
coming out of Hell Hate, "it sometimes
l« ads to identification when the spon
sors want to identify. But let's change
the subject Hanged If it doesn't sicken
uie! I hate the thought of the cursed
old shed When 1 first came here, I
used to tie up my liell In rags regularly
every night so they couldn't summon
nie over the"
Il>' was Interrupted by a knock on the
door and stopped talking as it opened
und a man entered. He was one of the
outside night watchmen.
"Docthor Swainley." he said, nodding
to the rest.'"was annyrtilng the inat
ther wi' Hoether Peterman. I dunno?"
"Not that I know of, Patrick. Why?"
"Well. sor. before he left the institoo
•hun a little while ago he"
"What's that? lias Peterman gone
• way? When did he go?"
"About an hour ago. He wlnt on the
steamer."
"Why, the steamer doesn't run at
night V"
"Well, yes, I know, but this was a
R|s-ciul ordher he had from the chnrl
ti<*« department It sesnni, bur, there
w«> some of the liHlt* wanted at the
Twenty sixth street dock. He took
tlinin away w Id him."
"What?" It came with a yell as the
men In the room bounded to their feet.
1 Ue watchman, startled, stepped back
ward two or three paces.
"Took the idiots away with him!" ex
claimed Swainley "Cleat heavens!
What for?"
"1 dunno," replied the watchman un-
MSlly. "But it was quite regular, sor.
tie suid It wa n't necessary to report it
to the csptultl of the l'oorce, and he
*«*>• me a letther that's why I come—
.▼Ll< h he tould me to give to you In the
iiornlu'."
"Why, good Cod, man, why didn't
•ou give it to me at once?" Ile snatched
t from the watchman's hand, tore it
<peii und read aloud:
I>«iir IT We have tnlkM no
naujr times of tie IU ■ vanity tor iiin> liorut
lig tha condition of the i<Uot that you
vill uiijet«r«rn! me perfectly when 1 say
a oH'ortunity 112 r < unyliiK out - nu of my
ruj- ?■ has uiK Kf'-ct'illy arrival I liavo
j • le«i In • 'inv< > ins tie- sr. iter jior-
I .a of o .r pMtl< nil to tli> M'-amboat, and
y tl»«* »lne> you (?< t this they will be ilis-
F. l u f In what 1 think Is the only ra
luiial l'r 1 .t<l> I shall not escape
he o—<mu—i ij of the deed, so you will
ut h' ur fiuui in<* analri You will under-
ItDil -tlm- In v< ry pre. lous. I minht add
Uat ti'ittur tie pilot nor the engineer,
otn of when ordinarily ulecp on the bost,
i,..w* unylhiitK "112 th.- jil.oi I a-itt one to
iy .a an 'iriiinl foi me The other
3 I airily nsk..l I- i\- to no to town
•
jn... i > Hi .IS.M ,\N PKTKUMAN
A Jumble of e\< lainatioie and whis-
broke forth from the group.
w liih*\ was the lie t agPated.
iu 11 the era?.} fools"' he exclaimed.
\ 1 to ii .I>ll. ale luc in the li isiliess ill
lis dust at <ll \ way! Bill we must stop
In.' " And h<> da tn-d from the room,
ii'siied down the long stairs by the
of Jainc i w! o called sweetly
- , . !
1 sa\ s i:ij. old man. Petey seems
< i<. • nu > ing out your ideas perfectly,
Ihe "allot ii i' dormitory, known
call} as Pavilion P. loomed dark and
iii-ti i ucaiit ' I; 1 half l;_ht of the
il . V'lib.g It is all oblong, super- i
i lured stall, w :Hi gallery piazzas
'••i ! iroiu il it at eery tl"<ir and
it*-. 'i.i - h »,.ti - up at the
mm i it are undivided I'rl
is not n<'<-«*s-arv to tin- inmates.
> unukl imt appnH'iate It. A never
• lliii: bench ex tends completely
• tUiid tiie walls <if the ground tloor
"in bratnth the high windows. Two
ilu iy st.. <•- <'ii<-ire|<>d hy a wlri'
• •<•11 sj a lid near • icli <n<l of the
•in Thes.. gr»>at stov*'s even in sum
i ii-i illy sinromah-d, almost
KN vied by a mass of swaying hu
mlt> but when Swainley burst
rough the o' •• door of the room he
i'<l '.nly i fe v poor, dejected crett
< Is nd ll t. ii sitting on the
i In d . ■ *ll|•<■< 1 atmut the stoves,
t aifi i d.int is in siyht He ran
t ;.u II 11 1<I o.i rto tlx* neighboring
ling t«. t( . 1- nile wards and found
th relief the usual coniplement of
N In th ■ usual attituib'S and condl
ns The women attendants were
r< too I-.videntl}' Peterman hiul
un away onh th<- male pnthnts
W ell," said Henley as Swainley
n< up he got :|w H y with all but the
< and hwlph ss, took every one that
iM walk alone."
But." said Jameson, "how could he
natte to j<et stvtj idiots all the way
UJ 1 down to the wharf without be
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lllg seen !
"Aisy enough," volunteered the
watchman. "They marched down the
sunken road. It lades straight from P
between the cornfields past the jail. It
: 'd been a liiericlc if they'd been seen "
i They went over to the superintend
: cut's house. That gentleman smiled in
credulously when first told that the
idiots had been stolen, but when finally
; he became convinced that it was true
his language was picturesque and his
i activity tremendous lie jumped to the
telephone, and lie - wore long distance
oaths to all points of the compass. He
j called up the department of charities,
the fire department and police head
quarters, and he entreated them by all
political and civic deities to do things.
But he found, with dismay, that the
big island steamer, t In* Breiinan, which
hails from Bellevue wharf, was in dry
' dock undergoing repairs; that the lire
ho.ats New Yorker and Zophar Mills
! were at that moment engaged in hurl
ing water at a burning warehouse on
| the western city front; that the police
boat Patrol had gone off on a special
| raid. ,\s a last resort he called up the
Ward's Island hospital and made hiin
' self personally responsible for the use
of the Wanderer, the steamer which
keeps Ward's island in touch with the
mainland.
The Wanderer luckily was lying with
good fin- at her New York dock, and
almost before the superintendent
censed talking she had cast off and
started diagonally across the channel
to llandall's island While she was
coming the superintendent called up
th<' port wardens and learned that the
liefuge had not passed out Into the
sound She must have gum - mth Hen
ley stayed on duty In case of a night
call, but the rest went down to the
dock to board the steamer. Two male
nurses were taken along to be of use
In case the chase was successful. < >n the
wax to the dock they met the pilot and
the engineer of the Itefuge. The men
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X<il Hl i nth mlniit irnn i II niyht.
'.••ere much mystified and excited over
the absence of the boat. What the su
perintendent said to them and tin- man
i or of the s.i\ ing decreased their mysti
fication, but it added greatly to their
i\i iti'inent. They were taken in tow.
The Wanderer swung in and
C< allied against the piling long enough
for the party to jump aboard and then
got away Immediately in the channel
current and. with blowers full on,
slipped away down the river at full
speed.
"What gets me," said the engineer of
the Kel'nge. who. with her pilot, kept
out of the sup rinti ndciitV way in the
ci ji lie room of the Wanderer, "is how
the fool was able to get awav without
hi lp in such a current. You know the
trouble we have, starting bar and all."
"Oh, he used t.o starting bar, I'll
warrant you." growled the pilot.
"What he did was to slip his hawsers
and let her go. But the next time a
dashed pill roller comes up into my
pilot hoi: -e and gets me to give him
points about running a steamboat for
his bad cigars he'll be up against some
thing that Ml surprise him."
"llow can a •!.•-• ainboat
like that all 1.1. oniewhat
disconnectedly : l. II one ot the male
nur k s who had < m • down to get
warm.
"That's easy," replied the engineer,
"if lie's got a good head of steam on
and white tires, he doesn't need to do
anything but go ahead. The liefuge
'll last him tiil lie gets past the Nar
rows, and then, if he looks sharp and
v.»!fts till there'-- no other craft near
him. he can leave the wheel long
ei.ough to give hr a t inch up thut 'll
kc- p h'-r g IIL t !.• . ts outsidtt the
Hool ."
1 ihe | if-I?boit • the Wanderer
t! •:. ■ ■ ! uley, Jameson,
I. I .ti ; i . t A.i others were
night, discuss
ing Peterman.
I.!. lot Ml sped bo
posslble thut
on • 112 'i "i ■ erhups the po
li' • ><• i ruturu to the
after the Ke
t er could round
• : ry front which
• IPs island and
Brook I; 1.1 i :«i : iut would be so
n ui : _ .in' l. but i i itild not be count
ed on Suainlc\ t pea ted all he could
r<'neinber itf his < ouversations with
Pep in, a, and the clew thus fur
nislK'd bristled with grisly uncertain
ties. The amelioration of the idiot!
llow did I"■ *< r111;• ii purpot i to acenm
pllsh it - 'i'' ■ men exhausted the proh
II b 1111J < J Inl !'• |II >ssi t ill i t l»'S of the
situ Moii i do/' II times nvef while the
str ~i .-r '.•"• I ilong th<' <'i'utei channel
in the outgoing Hood, and after that
the|-' nothing to do but watch
ahead
They might have cut through the
Buttermilk channel 011 the inshore of
(Joveruoi i 'ui but the iporintend
ent V- as 11', to know if the lifeboat
ha<l cue back, no they turned west
ward to,, rd the Battery wall The
boat was not at her dock, but the, saw
her rounding the face of the aquarium,
her In. 11 • /./lis sticking through her
shields liki long guns from the turrets
of a cruiser She was the New Yorker.
Ilu' Wn in lei ■ r -low 1 d down to see what
she would do There was not long to
wait. A man stood upon the dock with
a paper in lib- hand, and he handed it
to the Iptait ..| the New Yorkel with
a verbal injunction that caused the
captain to start visibly He gave Un
order to sheet off. and the (irelwiat
turned immediately and headed down
tin l hav In tin' wake of the Wanderer
Through his lireliorn the captain of '
the New Yorker hailed the Wanderer
and advised a series of zigzags as far
as the channels would permit, the two
boats to work down the bay until
Homer Shoal light was reached But
the arrival of a new ally made it un
nee. 'ssar.i Soon after the boats left
the ltatterx the Patrol, the steamer of
the police department, returned from
her raid and, with all the extra force
she could muster, started to help in the
work of rescue She is a very fast boat,
and she went down under a forced
draft and with a long, lean stride that
uot her to the Narrows almost as soon
as tlu- others. She signaled repeatedly
to every boat that loomed up ahead
and at last received an answering whis
tle from the New Yorker just as that
boat and the Wanderer were about to
divide the uncertainties of the search
Then commenced a hunt thut was
without parallel 111 the history of the
harbor. The three captains headed
their boats in the form of an ever wid
ening wedge, with the Wanderer In the
middle, the New Yorker working to
ward Coney Island and the Patrol veer
ing toward Sandy Hook In other
words, the Wanderer made u bee line
for Dumb beacon, the Patrol went
down the regular ship channel, and the
New Yorker went out by the cast chan
nel. There was a signal agreed upon to
be given In case the chase was sighted.
They hailed everything that passed,
because it is so easy to mistake a boat
in the night and because incoming ves
sels might have sighted the Itefugo.
But none had recognized the liefuge,
with its load of human lrresponslbles.
Once only did the captain of the Wan
derer get a hall that gave an inkling of
; encouragement. It came from the cap
tain of a tugboat, who leaned for out ot
It is pilothouse window to shout that he
had seen "a small dispatch tug going
down with a party on board; had a
scow in tow, a patent dumper; about
two mile nor-norwest of Skin Nigger
light."
Skin Nigger is the shellback name
for Bonier shoal. The light could lie
seen about three miles out. a yellow,
low lying speck midway between the
blinking beacon 011 the highlands und
tin- steady gleam of the Coney Island
light. If this tug were towing a scow,
there w as little .'lnlin eof her being the
liefuge, but as she was in the path of
the Wanderer they would shortly be
able to make sure.
Now, 011 the way down the bay they
were being slowly overhauled by a big
coast line steamer, and when they
slowed o.iwn to speak the tug this
liner, brilliant with electric lights nml
gay parties of tourists on their way to
southern resorts, surged past them
heavily. When, however, the Wanderer
regained her former speed, the coaster
drew aw.iy less swiftly, and the Wan
derer hung onto her port quarter and
tossed about in the uillss of her screws
for fully fifteen minutes. An orchestra
was playing on the big boat, and her
searchlight tlitted hither and thither
about tin' bay The i^rlll was enliven
ing to the men ill the pilothouse of the
hospital boat It was so different from
that of which they were iu pursuit.
While they were looking wistfully
after the liner. Swainley In particular
making some Invidious comparisons,
they heard off to the right a peculiar
ypinc racking sound which brought
them up standing with excitement. It
began with one of the lower notes in
the musical scale, the wonderful low
it of "flolterdiunerung" which Is ter
ror compelling In itself, and ran up, oc
tave 011 octave, until it thinned out in
to a sustained sht I In 11 it dropped
swiftly, steadily, until it sank to a
weakening moan. Ii was the siren call
of the police boat, tin' signal which had j
been agreed upon. There was a rush j
of the liner's passengers to the star
board side of the vessel, and the |
searchlight, which had been playing !
along Coney Island beach, came around '
and shot out to the right. The Wan- i
derer slowed down immediately, and !
the liner drew away, leaving an unob- 1
structed view of the bay There, about
u quarter of a mile away, illumined by
the quivering shaft of light, was what
appeared to be a geyser sprung sud
denly from the bed of the bay, a rising
column of steam that dispersed In the
upper darkness. I»eep in the middle of
the rising steam was 11 dark object
without form or shape. Near by a pat
ent dumping scow tossed about help
lessly iu the surges that qicd awmy
from the liner's si rews.
"Why, what can it be?" asked Bax
ter, who with a pair of ui-lit glasses
was scanning the queer cloud of vapor.
"Must be the tow that fellow spoke
of up above." said the captain of the
Wanderer. "His engineer 'II lose his
certificate. lie's let his water go down
until his fuse plug has given way und
flooded his fires. It'll rise off in a min
ute. Wonder If he got burnt?"
The liner did not slacken its speed
and shortly drew so far awuy that the
flectrlc light 110 longer plcki-d out the
rolling folds of steam vividly. Y'ct the
passengers did r.'it lose Interest in the
spectacle. They crowded to the quar
ter and peered astern. The lengthening
shaft of light quivered as if some one
were adjusting the projector. Then,
strangely enough, the gigantic shadow j
of a mun's hand was outlined juooieu- 1
tarily on the white steum. Some one
on the liner had moved in front of the |
lens. Finally the shaft Q/ Ugbt turned
rapidiy awig- to the fi>rtlficutions on '
Suudy Booh. As It ewept around it
lighted up the dumping scow for an in j
stant.
"Good heavens! Did you seo that?" ;
ejaculated Swtiinioy,
"What tho shadow of tho hand?
Oh, thafs a common phenomenon,"
said Uustor.
"Nol No! Tho scow! Listen!"
From the direction of tho dumper
came a strange, weird, discordant ;
nolso. Its volume kept pace with the
varying strength of the land breeze
Sometimes it was faint; sometimes it
enmo over the water in heavy roars.
Out of Its vortex came words:
. . . Star spangled banner
lonn mu> . . . w .y-ayvo
. . land th« I'll e-'e
. . ho-ome thu brave
Par in the distance the siren call of
the Patrol caught up the last note of
tin' refr. 'i and hurled it high into u |
fe.intt! . i . which seemed to tap the ,
\ . pinnacle- of tli<. heavens with re- <
proach at • 1 which, when it could go no
higher, fell at into the lowest depths.
"Why. 1! the quartet." cried Baxter,
with tiie glas;es to In- eyes, "and all
tbi- nt n| them too! But how did they
get <lll the dumper: Patrick did not
say anything of that."
• There was a scow tied up at the
lower wharf at the island." said the
superintendent in a suppressed tone.
"Peterit 11 miHt have taken that too."
"Yes," continued Baxter; "there they
are There's the .Mathematical Genius, |
and I lot-key lit Is Hockey sure enough)
and Central Park and East Itlvcr;
there's the tandem, lockstep and all,
just as though they wre in the pa
vilion on tin' Island; there's that big j
hydrocephalic nodding In the stern,
and there's Kd.lio Apple leaning over j
the bo v. What is he doing, 1 wonder';
Hero, Swainley, take a look "
Swainley took the glasses and looked |
In the bow of the dumper stood lift j
enormous boy Ile was not over live I
fn>t tn 11, I>ut tils girth wan so groat
that Ik- had been dubbed Eddlo Apple.
He must have weighed 3<H) pounds. He
was not p itholopleally an Idiot. Ho be
lonped hi tin- feeble minded class. 110
was lookiup toward the from
which (he steam had cleared. A smoke
begrimed maii stood in the stern of the
steamer pesticulating wildly with one j
band Eddie gazed stupidly at hlin
across the rit't of waters on which the
rope connected vessels rolled help
lessly.
"Curious," muttered Swalnloy "There
is I'etev ill the Stern of the tug. Ills
left arm seems to bo injured. He evl
d< ntly wants Kddle to do something.
He's |■ roilll siim to take ICddle to tho
circus. There! Hear that? That is
I.ddie's great hold the circus." Sud
denly he yelled: "(iood Uod! 1 have
It! In with her, captain! Work her
in. lor <rod's sake! lie's trying to
make Eddie dump the seow. Thafs
a patent dumper. Eddie's pot his hand
on the lever, and If he pulls it the bot
ti m 'II go out of her, and the whole
crowd will be dropped into the wa.
For Cod's sake, hurry!"
They worked her back and forth
with the starting bar in a fierce en
dt avor to pet close without ramming
the scow, while every one who could
spare the time and breath yelled to
distract the bewildered Eddie from tho
lever. The hip fire whistle of the
Nt w Yorker sounded near at hand,
J and tliej knew without looking that
she was coming to their aid, while
us close on the other side the internd- '
liable siren of the l'atrol worked tho
p uenil din up and down the shrieking
I gamut.
"Eddie!" called Petcrman cajollngly j
during the Intervals of comparative
ijiiiet. "Eddie! I'ull it. That's a good
i boy."
"Coin' to circus next week. Clmme
r. cents'.'" replied Eddio vacantly.
"Yes. I'll take you to tho cirrus. I
And. see here's ." cents for you. Pull
it. I'ull that hip stick. Five cents,
: Eddie: r» cents."
"For Cod's sake, ivtey, old man,
don't do it! It won't help any," called
Swain ley entreat iiiplv.
Hut the look in I'etennan's eyes
showed that nothing short of physical
restraint would keep him from his
no was there to ameliorate
the condition of those idiots.
*" 1 *IIII it. Eddie; pull the stick!" lie
called repeatedly.
"Five cents." muttered Eddie dubi
ously. lie had been asking for "5
ci nts" all of his life, and he had re
ceived mam promises. Now. for th«
first time, lie hesitated between an
order and the Impulse to obey. I'eter
irnn actually hurled a coin at him, but
the aim was short, and It fell into the
water Hut this did not disconcert
Eddie. "Five cents" was to him only
a name He never had seen a coin in
his life.
The prow of the police boat moved In
lieside the Itefupe, and its captain, re
volver in hand, threatened to shoot IV
ternian if he was not instantly silent.
Hut the peril of the situation was now
centered not In l'eterman, but in Ed
die. who had passed the period of
promises and on whose slow rolllnp
brain tin- mcanlup of I'd* Jinan's rn
qijcs! was beginning to dawn. lie
pa zed blankly at the lever. Ho even
lingered it cautiously, lie might sud
dejily draw it forward at any moment
Hack of him the idiots tramped or
stood in groups, pointing and leering at
the lighted boats drawing nearer and
nearer.
It scented to the anxious men on the
Wand' tvr that the black moat between
the boats would never be closed. Only
one thing In all the world sovtned to
move slower.'and that was the thought
impulse of the idiot brain. Jameson,
who was coolest, said afterward that
during the long interval (it was fully
half a minute) he formulated the plan
<**ll ■
jjj
"I Iturc It! In with her, captain!"
of a monograph to discuss the probable
speed ol' an Impulse which from the
brain of an imbecile might start to lu
lluence his linger tips. The superin
tendent, in whom the tension was
greatest because his whole political fu
ture depended on the pulling of that
lever, laugl l gk'efully and perpetrat
ed a joke which no one appreciated
just then, but which lims come since to
be regarded as the most remarkable
witticism in the history of Randall's
island.
Hut lin i!;> the swell rocked the two
boats to; 'tli.' so that Swainley was
able to mak a llyinp leap at the rail
of the t<. w He landed safely
and then. . a-lilng. moved swiftly and
stealthily o, d Eddie Apple. One of
the «ri aturi on board got down
on his hands and knees and followed
after, mocking him, to the delight of
the othc; ■ who laughed loudly ut the
qu 'crperi !■ As Swainley Beared
him i.ddie Apple seemed suddenly to
be tilled with a limit resolve. The Un
pulse had reached his linger tips, ills
body straightened, and he clutched the
bar and pulled just as Nwaiuloy, with a
half s. ivam, half curse, threw himself
at it and held it rigid.
* * « » •
On the wiij back to the city l'eter
man exhibited almost no trace of uieii
i. l derangement He did not even ehofo
under the restraint Imposed upon htm
in the cabin of the Patrol. He ragard
• d Ins captors almost with amusement,
the exact expression one might assume
toward the rage of a willful child who
Insists upon plucking the gns tlamo
from it.s burner, lie merely deepened
the expression ol his face at each of
their many questions Once only did
he reply and that was when Swainley
made an exultant remark about the
saving of the idiots
"Saved them" he cried "Ye#, you
saved them for what? Fvst.v ruotnlng
of their lives the poor devils eat bread
and milk, every noon they eat Btew t
every evening t hey eat bread and milk
ngaln 3H5 times n yeai Think of it -
.ilw vs the same, day in, day out, never
any change Koine of the older oni*
have been doinp It for sixty long yonrs;
honi' of the younger ones can expect
to do it for .sixty years longer. Heyond
I hat it is all sleep and drivel Yes. in
deed, you have saved them. Your he- I
role effort In their behalf has placed
the crown of long life on their heads.
It Is a distinction which will probably
remain to remind you of your great
work as lonp as you live."
There was little said after that, but
us the steamers panted slowly home
ward under the stars the unanimity of
thought was almost if not ijulte tele
pathic.
Ttai» Word (.roOnquo
"Grotesque" is derived curiously
from the word "grotto." Ancient llo
maii families often had artificial grot
toes in their grounds, and these were
decorated with quaint paintings and
whimsical lipures, such as we should
term "grotesque." Commonly, these
were fanciful and incongruous couibl
nations of parts of plants or animals.
Conspicuous examples of the gro
tesque In classical art were the cen
taur, a horse's body Joined to a man's
head and shoulders; the grltlln, a mon
ster combining a lion and an eagle,
and Scylla, a :;ea monster, with wo
man's head and fish's tail, a peril, as
ancient po< I- sang, to mariners sailing
; between Sicily and Italy. In medie
val times her place in grotesque art
was taken by the mermaid, a more
I poetical fancy.
The middle •!£ 4 used the grotesque
; chiefly ill ccelesiaslle.il pargeyles, the
j best of which are the "devils" of Notre
[lame referred to in Victor lingo's
I "Quasimodo." The idea of the devil
' as a man with horns, hoofs and a tail
' is probably drawn from grotesque art.
.ilrill l)nlPr*.
Many races of men live entirely on
animal food, and these are t! e most
j hardy and from all I have been able to
gather on tin- subject the most free
' from diseas 's of all kinds. Sir I'lanci-
Ilcad says of tlx- Pampas Indians.
"They are all horsemen, or, rati or, pass
their lives on horseback In -.-ite of
the climate, which Is burning hot in
summer and freezing In v:111• •r, these
brave men, who have never yet been
subdued, are entirely naked and have
not even a covering for their head
They live top ther ill tribes, each of
which is governed by* a cacique, but
they hav • i > lived place of r- ;iden«i*.
Where the pasture is good th< y are to
he found until it is consumed by their
horses, and they then Instantly move
to a more \ •rdant spot. They have nei
ther bread, fruit nor vegetables, but
they subsist < ntirely on the tlesh of
their mares." Gentleman's Magazine.
I•i \ I sin it f;«*ni»r«il Poor Spcllrr.
"When I was in the civil war." said
General Cros\enor, "1 had a division
commander who was the finest look
lng man on a horse you ever saw. He
Was a good soldier, too, but he had
some educational deficiencies. One day
he thought to drill his division. After
some maneuvering he pot them lined
up in column of fours to start.
"The proper command Is 'Column,
forward!' The pcnerul didn't know
this, and he waved his sword In the
air and yelled 'Column!' Not a man
moved. The general had a voice you
could hear half a mile, lie stood up In
his stirrui - and yelled again, 'Column!*
Stih there was no move. Then he
turned his horse and dashed back to
the soldiers.
"'W hat's the matter?' he shouted, so
loud that everybody on the parade
ground could hear him. 'Can't you tin
th island w hen I give a command? Col
until! Column! I'll spell It for you.
you idiots—C-o I 1 o-m!' "
\« IVfii-M I'tii* the tloj-.
Teacher Your son, sir. has a very
hipli temper, 1 am sorry to say.
Father I am glad to hear it. sir. If
fott will grind lilni Into shape, I'll
leach him to keep his high temper for
ftlgh purposes. Chicago Tribune.
A sisad Breath
A bad breath means a bad
stomach, a bad digestion, a
bad liver. Ayer's Pills arc
liver pilis. They cure con
stipation, biliousness, dys
pepsia, sick headache.
25c. /.'! itru<*ffi*ts.
Want your :or ln ;tril a beautiful
brown or rich black? 'I hen u>ti
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers j
I' 5 ' s » D*ur.i*T* N P. Mill A ' Nash. a N H
spoil. rhilui'lMl.
Spoiling cliiMicti cotisi is in letting
olie'- darling have its MV.II p:e. i.ills v.it
on all "Ci asioi:-:. aril the v. y u si;. Ii n
I" -fy. • iv. iea r- way n • 'v
can see any harm in it. Hill grown IIJ>
willfulness is rpiite a different thing •' • • i
bali.v u illfalne It hr.s claws anil led li.
so t" speak, nti 1 is not nice to emili in
plate.
Spoiling appeals to r,t :.n a great
mat y different tilings. o:ie ot its niil.l
forms is a total disregard for the feel
ings and convenience of others If yuii
notice a disagit t able, unnccotamodatiag
woman on the car or elsewhere y a may
know that she was a spoiled child.
Althoncli poor pople do contrivi oc
casionally to s| "i| their chilli, n ly in
dillgi'lice. l y nial.ii.g great sacrilices. this
business is not carried on wholesale. n j
it is among the rich. Poverty is a Ki-v re
yet kind s:< pniethei In a large fani'ly.
not very well to do. the older children
care for the younpci ones and exeii more
influence often in their own way than
tin ir parents in teaching self denial and
common sense.
Self control is the one thing spoiled
children never learn. They must have
everything they want and have it with
out delay. The child who kicks his
nurse, bullies his mother and his young) r
brotheis and >i-tirs develops into the
passionate, >!i- i; a ted young man.
The spoiled gi:l becomes an exacting
disagreeable woman. The world niu.-t
wait upon her, she makes everybody
hioiind her unhappy and all hcc .us. she
was a spoiled child. Her Inn haul is «
martyr to her whims and cap! ices, ami
Jier children are made wretched by her
irritable and fretful disposition, ami all
because her early training was not what
It should have been.— llouijnet.
Nasal
CATARRH
In all its et»i'«-» tbero r[ ,, r °' o
F.ly'H Cream Balm J*
< it ansi-ft.ioothrsainllii'ala J ■
oQ*'m
It run -t catarrh amt driven
away a coil IU the lit-u.il
quickly.
rreuin Tliilm ia placetl Into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane ami is *li«orlK'il. Heiiefi»im
ini ilrai ami a cure followt*. It if D"t ilrying—<li>e»
not |>rt>fliin- sneezing. Large Si/e, f>n oentt at
nr by mail; Trial Size, 10 rents by mail.
ELY UKOTUKKS, st! W trren Street, Nt w York.
I.). RROWN,
THE EYE A SPtCIALTV
I yes tested. trcat)'«l. titled willi glass
es 'nil Hitilici.nl eyes supplied.
Market Street, l.loonisburg, I'.i.
Hours 111 a ill. to a pin.
Tel |»ln>ne I t::
THE GRAVE IN
THE CELLAR
(OrtKiiiiil. 1
Tom O'Neill w iih a fool mid a
lie had inarrieil Jenny '"one, the girl
of bin choice, before he hud put
any ready money and -ince be could
not .always get work was not prosper,
ous. Then 1 Is an old saying, "A
luck and a poor man for children," and
Tom e Ttalnly illustrated the last part
r»f the adage.
One night after Tom and his famliy
had gone to bed there came a rap at
his door, tin opening It he saw a ronu
who looked more like a n»g ptclM*r (
than anything else Htumllng ut tlV',
door, lb' naked Tom if he Was not m
mason When Torn replied that he was
the II in it uskod him If he would do O
Job of work for him that night. Hlccqj
there was nothing In the house for;
breakfast and the stranger ngrced to'
pay him If ho would work
til tnorninp, Tom agreed, whereupon,
taking his tools, he went out with the,
man, who after blindfolding him led
him about In a tortuoiiH course and In
to a small i-ellar, where he removal
the bandage The place was lighted by.
a candle.
"I want you to take up a portion of
the cement tloor and dig n grave," said
the man.
Tom set to work, took up an ohlonu
portion of the tl«m»r and dug a
tl feet by "J. Then the rag picker mount
ed a tllght of steps, opened a door and'
shoved the end of a pine coffin shaped
box through tin- opening. Tom took
hold, and the two carried the box and
lowered It Into the grave.
A barrel of cement stood ready, with
everything needful for mixing It. Tom
was directed to lay the tloor, smooth
ing It so that when tho cement had
become old no one would notices that
the floor had lieen diaturlied. Tom,
who was suspletoiiH that a murder had
been committed, looked aliuut him to
discover something by which he might
Identify the ivllar, though there was
no probability of Ids ever craning Into
It ngain. There was absolutely noth
ing unusual In tin- place, and all Tom
could do when tin- rag picker's back
was turned was to mnke n cross on
the newly laid cement with the sharp'
blade of his knife. When the Job was
finished the rag picker hlludfoldod-
Tom npaln and hfi him out of tin' eel
lar. After taking him over a winding
course finally the rag picker said
"I am going to leave you now I'ount
f>oo, ami when you have done si, take
off the bnndage If you remove it be
for*' you have made tho count you
will Is- a dead man. You will find ou
the ground something worth muck
more to you than the sum I agreed to
pay you."
Tom counted 500, then, nfter consid
erable delay, removal his bandage,
tin the ground lieforc hltn was a pieco
of paper on which was written In ficn
ctl:
"Always get at least a portion of
your pay before doing work."
Ten years passed Tom remember
ed the rag picker's advice and would
have profited by it, but there was so
little work tn do that be was obligid
to take his chances fur pay. He was
turned out of one house after another
till he brought up In a deserted hovel
on a lonely road. It was an autumn
day when the family went there, and
Jenny sat down on a stump and began
to cry.
"Never mind, dear girl," said Tom
cheerfully; "fools are usually cheerful
under misfortune. It's darkest before
day. Muytie something will turn up."
"Or down," added the wife, with a
fresh burst of tears.
Tom, who w as never Idle when there
was work to do, set about gathering
thi» fallen wood lying about, which he
carried into the cellar. After carry ing
In the llrst load he came out with a sin
gular expression on his face and asked
his wife for a small hand magnifying
glass that his youngi st boy hud used
for a plaything The glass was given
him, and he returned to the cellar.
I'resently lie went upstairs ami told his
wife that they wore In the house where
he had hclpi-d make a burial.
Jenny was depressed anew at having
to live over a corpse and declared that
she would not goto bed that night till
Tom had taken tld- horrid thing up
and buried It In the wood. Tom, who
was a patient fellow, first prepared a
new burial place, then opened the grave
In the cellar and after much difficulty
(l'or Jenny could not be bought to help
him) got the box, much rotted, out of
its resting place and carried it part
way up the steps to the cellar door.
There it slipped away from him ninl
fell with a crash to the Moor, breaking
' to pieces.
Tom turned round, expecting to see
u ghastly corpse, but instead saw sev
eral coins rolling over the floor. Seiz
ing an ax, be eoinph t>sl the destruc
tion of the box and found that It was
full of gold pieces.
"Jenny," he cried, "come here. The
coffin's broken, and the corpse is roll
lnp about on the floor!"
Jenny pave a shriek, but a morbid
fascination which impels people to look
at awful sights led her to the cellar
door, and the sunlight shooting through
a small window showed her the shin
Inp gold.
Inquiry revealed to Tom that the
fiouse had once been habited by a rag
picker who was suspected of being a
miser. But the mail was (lead, and no
one knew who he was or whether he
bad any relatives.
Tom bought the house und gradually
replaced and enlarged the space It oe
cupled. His wife and children were
well dressed, and general prosperity
reigned In the family. No one knows
where Tom got his funds, and no one
can find out, for he Is his own banker,
Ind Ills bank Is a grave in his cellar.
F A. MITCHEL.
l*roV»nl»ly True,
Wabash—l wonder whut makes old
Ootrox dress so shabbily?
Monroe- Ills pride, my boy.
Wabash Why. how's that?
Monroe lie's afraid his customers
will mistake him for one of his cl« rks
Chicago News.
l-'ortllleil llrrturlra,
In an article on "Historical Houses"
in the House a writer calls attention to
a curious relic of the days when th»-
Northumbrian pastor Was compelled to
live In a fortified house If he wished to
preserve his worldly goods from the
plundering bands of moss troopers w! o
Were continually crossing the S(ottish
Isirder and raiding the homesteads of
defenseless villagers One of the best
examples of these fortified rectories,
originally built In the fourteenth cen
tury, still exists lu Itothbury It Is dc
scribed In a 'lst of fortlets In 1.%12 as a
"toure and a little harmekln. being tin*
man'con of the p'sonape of Itothbury ''
it has walls eleven feet thick lit th*
base and six feet at the top it has
turrets at the corners mid a cfiambt r
rrilh :■ s'"ii" Moor. Into width the rec
tors (lit ® their catth at night or on
approach of the raiders
PRIMITIVE PUMPS.
I'hr HreliHiilviii I «m*«l In \n«*irnf
112 -'ac * |>t nn«i In ' tiimi
' ;■!
occurs fn-'iiwiiily o* tin*
early Kirypi It !
and Is jr«'fn r:»H> l»*l> »*d to ! • ; •••" |
a portable pump Tin ( »<
In .-lis.. attributed ! Ml |*'
their main r«-I• •
ha vp !>«t u tin
where it I<>tiu I!>• t
Invention nr ■ :»n«t
cd tu tin ir mi •' •
Substantia ll\ flu- win.* .'i' it
' li the 1 ' ii' .
In van
The SIIIIII t i
chain pump In < hin , ;iri
orhrin of whi h ant '• *- •
era This sdmpl i.. chit
never t«» Ir <* ' i
In mirh «*om i<>' u-* t 1 * I j
tliral latum i i- II |1 . 112
Wli.'rc Irritation b• ■ : i< f»-«l I r
per wall' til' elinln ; t; ? ■
portlonatel} Inrijer and mmid !>■ a
riTV atnipli* triad v . nrid ! 1
K»*r 'mm • ar»- oj • rated t
MvaraHKmnliwil to a smi table driv
hut iiHi' liim
Thi* apple :i' Inn « 112 sti'i'n I r ?
trnt'T Is of uncr! i'i >i In. I .or
fori- th«* <lr.-fi:>ri irn certain np; ■
lions of fir» to v I< containing v i
ti*r. hy which effect- n.r ; r-'d' -I
ralnilnti tl t<> astm -!i iirrt.r i I
ahipers. witi* practiced t >f tl •• j r l ,.
ot Kjrypt, lirii'i* nml IC bnt
knowledge ms m%ir t<> ! •
tin mil Into • I r
fulness.
Vli« Art|fiovt«
Captain Klu-'«* tills of a •• v< r-t
tion lip ©nee ! (I l * f
marines wlio k< r<* aruuln nt • trim
t>n«l the n>irk to do c I ~,nJ ■
man-of war.
"It's tin* chap I iin." « lid tti• f;r«tt.
"Ilow'd yon ii t'* that outr aifecil
the 112" fon<l.
"IliTiunx hi* ain't pi no tcork to da
■nd all dajr to do it In."
Tin* wrond marine «nnrt> 1 hH dl*-
frn«t. "You ain't t t It * .li k "
•aid h* "It's tli ' "■ 112 112
"How's that?"
"\Vi*ll, uie Iwj*, a* yon mj, the rhap
lain's pot not! in"to do i id i!i *' .y to
do It In. hut t 1 ' ■ .p'r* nf t ti**
ain't ir<>t anything to do ri-1 all •] 112
to do It In a-d ilh -ti • it of k .«w»
to kelp him •! it."
MOW*. LIVc . A HE bAVEO
Dr. King's Hev O'^oveiy,
. > ft,
Consumoti'.;!. roughs M*.
Than Ej Ai* Oth? r Thr- -t A .d
L'.infr ■ Pf C.n »»r i.
This wond< 112 I • ' '• «-#y
Cures Coil Ml '
Bronch i' is, ■ , I <
Fev»*r t Pl»uri!.v, Livi'ip: H # ir
Soro Throat, C. . < p ' H-
Cou,h NOC'.jkc XOP\Y.
Price COc. S: *l. Tr.rl Lcttle rcc.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIMF, TABLE
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