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The Institution was too new to Scar
crest to be treated with aught save
reverence and awe, but there was more
than one who dared suggest that Da
vid Prescott had erred In making his
daughter Marlon his paying teller Not
that Marion was not suited to the
place, but that even Scarcrest knew
that a woman teller was unusual.
Comment did not worry Prescott.
Ills holdings in the bank amounted to
more than 90 per cent of the capital
invested, and at the directors' meeting
he had offered to make another choice
if the board could suggest any one bet
ter qualified through acquaintance or
expertness at tigures. That settled the
matter officially, and when the spick
and span new office opened it was Ma
rlon's pretty blond head which was
seen through the plate glass square
lettered "Paying Teller."
Bert Howard was the receiving tell
er, and this was further cause for gos
j'-;■ . j j;.
"I SHALL HAVE TO(iIVF, YOU SOME GOLD,"
BAli» MAKION SWEETLY.
sip, for Bert had been a willing slave
to Marion ever since the days when
he used to drag her to school on his
sled.
Many comments had been made in
the postofflce and around the stove In
Van Zant's grocery, but after Ned Da
vis had been soundly thrashed by How
ard for suggesting that if the pair of
tellers held their positions long enough
they would have no trouble starting
life properly there was an abrupt ces
sation of this sort of gossip, and the
bank officers were accepted without
further comment.
But It was not pleasant sailing for
Bert and Marlon. lie had been given
his position not because Prescott ap
proved of his suit for Marion's hand,
but because, like Marlon, he had been
the most available person for the po
sition. Prescott, in his hard, deep
pitched voice, had assured the young
man that If he ever caught a glimpse
of love making in business hours there
would be an imported teller in the
bank within twenty-four hours.
Bo it was that man and maid were
perforce content with such satisfaction
as could come from the knowledge of
the other's propinquity, and even Tony
Dwight. who would have been glad to
to see his rival disposed of, could find
no cause for tale bearing.
Dwight, with Prescott, Bert and Ma
rion, constituted the clerical force of
the First National, and, oddly enough,
Prescott, usually an excellent Judge of
character, favored Tony's aspirations
for Marion's hand. The one unpleas
ant feature of her position was the fact
that she had frequently to consult
Tony as bookkeeper, and he never let
pass an opportunity to press his suit.
Then the agent of the Chester Bank
Vault company came to Scarcrest one
noon hour, driving over from the near
est railroad town behind a pair of
spanking bays. Curtis was the name
In one corner of the card he presented
to Prescott as he strolled unannounced
into the president's office.
But selling bank vaults was not his
principal business, for after awhile
Prescott cauie out of his office. "Here
is a check for which Mr. Curtis wants
the cash," he said, thrusting the slip
of paper through the window to Ma
rion. "You have a package of thou
sand dollar bills In the corner of the
small safe. There are twenty-flve of
those. He will take the other half In
hundreds."
Marion looked curiously at her fa
ther's face, white and drawn.
"Are you sure this Is all right?"
Curtis laughed lightly.
"You are not going to dishonor your
father's own check, are you?" he said
1n careless fashion. "Mr. Prescott will
assure you that It is all right.*
He moved closer to the bank presi
dent, and Prescott, with the muzzle of
a revolver pressing Into his side, could
only nod his assent. Curtis had as
sured him that at the first sign of at
tempted communication with any of
the two clerks all would be shot and
he would be safe In the country before
the crime was discovered. Prescott
was a brave man, but he agreed with
112 urtls' argument that the money would
do him little good if he were to be shot
for refusing It.
Marion gave one more curious glance
ut the pair and turned toward the
vault. In a moment she reappeared
"Oh, Bert," she called, "will you please
come here and help me to move this
boi'!"
Howard went to her aid, while Cur
tis fidgeted about, urging Prescott to
make haste. There was small danger
of interruption from a customer or
from Tony, who lunched at that hour;
but, being a skilled workman, he liked
to see a Job done expeditiously.
In a couple of minutes the pair re
turned. Marion carried a package of
bills, while Howard swung a bag cov
ered with wax seals.
"I shall have to give you some gold,"
said Marion sweetly as she tumbled
the bills on the shelf beneath the win
dow of her cage and prepared to count.
"You see, we keep most of our reserve
on deposit In town, and for local use
we have mostly small bills."
"Gold will do," responded Curtis ami
ably. "I am not particular, though, of
course, the large bills are easier to han
dle."
Howard came around the corner
with the gold, but before Curtis could
grasp the bag of coins It descended up
on his head with force sufficient to
knock his heavy hat over his eves and
stun him before the ready pistol In his
coat Docket could be flred.
Ten minutes later, under t'se reviv
ing influence of Ice water applied ex
ternally and brandy in internal appli
cations, Curtis woke up. Howard stool
over him, completing the work of se
curing hlni with rope.
"You will pardon me, Mr. Curtis," he
said blandly, "for not recognizing you
more quickly; but, you see, the slip
sent out by the Bank of Tacoma gave
your name as Peters, alias Mauvel and
other names. In fact, Miss Prescott
was the first one to see your game. No,
1 wouldn't hang Miss Prescott," he con
tinned as he caught the muttered ex
clamatlon. "You know the proverb
about curses and chickens roosting
home. There Is that little matter of
killing the president and cashier of the
First National of Caswell"— He turn
ed to greet the sole peace officer of
| which the town boasted.
"That's him!" shouted Tony from the
; rear. 1 saw Idm walk up and hit
| htm over the head."
Constable Post looked about awk
wardly "I'm afraid there's some mis
take." he growled. "You didn't tell
me it was Mr. Howard you wanted
| arrested."
"Arrest Howard!" shouted Prescott.
■Why, he's just knocked out one of the
slickest bank thieves In the country
and saved my life as well. Dwight,
you get out of here, you miserable lit
tle sneak Bert, I'll double the reward
the Bank of Tacoma offers, and If you
and Marlon can't worry along on that
and your salary you don't deserve to
get married. Post, you take this fel
low over to the lockup and give him a
headache powder. I guess he needs it
after that clip Bert gave him. I'm go
lng to the telegraph office. Bert, you
and Marion stay here and fix things
up."
From his glaiice one could not tell
whether lie meant the disordered office
or more important matters, but Bert
and Marlon knew or at least they used
their own Judgment.
The Moat Ancient Ralna.
The oldest architectural ruins in the
world are believed to be the rock cut
temples at Ipsambool, on the left bank
of the Nile, In Nubia. The largest of
these ancient temples contains fourteen
apartments hewn out of solid stone.
The largest single stone used in this
work is one which forms a veranda-llke
projection along one side of the main
temple. It Is fifty-seven feet long, tif
ty-two broad and seventeen (one ac
count says nineteen) feet thick This
colossal stone Is supported by two
rows of massive square pillars, four In
each row and each thirty feet high.
To each of these pillars Is attached a
colossal figure of a human being, reach
ing from floor to roof. In front of the
main temple are seated still other co
lossi, four In number, the two largest
being each sixty-five feet high.
The only hint we have as to the
actual age of these archlteetural rel
ics Is from Smith, the British Egyptol
ogist, who says,"The colossi attached
to the columns which support the large
stone mentioned are each painted In
gaudy colors in a kind of stucco, appar
ently as brilliant now after a lapse of
over 4.<i00 years as when first laid on."
Very I'artlralnr.
In the course of au assault case
heard at a provincial court the other
day the defendant was asked his trade.
"I drive a bus," was the reply
"Y'ou mean," suggested the precise
solicitor on the other side, "that you
drive the horses attached thereto?"
"Yes, if you would rather have It put
in that way," replied the defendant.
Shortly afterward. In the course of
his cross examination, the solicitor
asked the defendant:
"Did you or did you not strike the
proseeutor In the face?"
The defendant, after a thoughtful
pause, convulsed the court with the
following:
"Well, now, I come to think, there's
a doubt about it. I was under the im
pression that I did strike the prosecu
tor on the face, but perhaps It would
be as well to say that I struck him on
the nasal organ attached thereto."—
London Mail.
A C«»neln*lT« B|>eeeb.
A story is told of a speech recently
made by au Irish barrister in a court
of law. He was for the plaintiff, whose
cow had been knocked down and killed
by a train, and this was the conten
tion:
"If the train had been run as it
should have been ran, or If the bell had
been rung as It should have been rang,
or if the whistle had been blown as it
should have been blew, both of which
they did neither, the cow would not
have been Injured when she was kill
ed."
A CHINESE DINNER.
T he TJdliitx \V>re (mi tongue Puppy
aiid Ckkn Fifty Year* Old.
An officer of the British army says
that one of the finest dinners he ever
ate was served to him by a Chinese
host in Hongkong. He thus describes
It: "First on our menu came the lit
tie oysters which cling to the bamboo
stems in the salt water marshes of up
per China. They are, I should fancy,
the smallest and the sweetest oysters
In the world. Bird's nest soup follow
ed, prepared as it should be. I fancy
that a chicken broth was the liquid to
which the nest gave Its peculiar and
attractive taste of the sea at our feast,
and the combination was excellent. Tri
pang, which we know as beche-de mer,
followed. It is the sea slug from the
J.oochoo islands, and served as an en
tree it tastes very much like turtle fat,
though richer. To counteract its rich
ness a great ehina bowl of boiled bam
boo shoots was handed round with It.
"Next came a very small roast. I
thought at first that It was a tiny suck !
Ing pig, but it had no crackling, and I
the flesh was like that of au agneau de |
la it, the little lambs whose meat is I
snow white. It was one of the Can
tonese puppies of a particular kind,
which are doomed from birth to take
their place on the roasting spit and
which are fed on rice and milk only. I
looked down the table and saw that
my friend was eating with zest, so for
the first time in my life I ate dog—and
liked it exeecdingly With this puppy
were served all the vegetables In sea
son and a salad which had the taste of
young nasturtium leaf as Its strongest
flavor, ltice birds followed They are
smaller than ortolans, each tiny plump
creature b'-'ing but a mouthful, but they
are tin- most delicious eutinn of all the
feathered small fry
Nankin cuts were next brought
round They had been buried for fifty
years, and a chinaman detects some
special flavor in them. To me they
tasted jusi like .HI ordinary hard boiled
and their appearance, being al
most black, wis not inviting. They
were, in m;. opinion, the one failure o'
the dinner. lie sideboard had been
spread with a variety of cold viands,
among them pheasants and game pies
from Shanghai and a Kobe round of
spired beef Baskets of fruit were
brought in and little orange trees In
pots, from which we were Invited to
pluck the ripe fruit."
j THEIR SUMMER [
I ENGAGEMENT [
By HbKBKKT Mcß. JOHNSTON i
i Copyright, 1904, by Herbert Mcß. Johnston
or> y|H'"n»n'ii'w"H"'»r"im i '"ii | p»ii^"i''nfc
"Phyllis," said I solemnly, "do you
know what day this Is?"
"Friday. Sept. 21," repeated Phyllis
glibly.
"Yes," said I, shaking my head trag
leal I y "yes, this Is the fated day, the
accursed hour. The time has come."
Phyllis laughed. When Phyllis laughs
the prettiest dimples come In her
cheeks. 1 have accused her of laughiug
just to bring them there, but she ouly
laughs the more.
"Phyllis," 1 warned her, "those dim
ples."
I think they grew even deeper.
"And I'm such a weak one," I mur
mured thoughtfully.
"We're getting away from the ques
tion," replied Phyllis, with swift lncon-
I sequence. "What about the date?"
I assumed my most melancholy air.
My eye caught the corner of mv pocket
handkerchief, and I pulled it out.
"The day of our parting." I replied
briefly, smothering a pseudo sob.
Phyllis' brows met In a perplexed
frown, a most adorable frown.
"I don't pet it," she said.
"It's your own doing." I asserted,
throwing the blame on her. "It was en
tirely your own suggestion, and you
have no one to blame but yourself."
Still Phyllis frowned. I know a way
I could have smoothed out the wrin
kles.
"Why, our engagement, you know,"
I insinuated. "It was expressly under
stood, I thought, that It was strictly a
summer affair."
At last Phyllis eoniHfeheuded. For a
moment I thought she was going to
smile and enjoy the Joke, but Instead
her eyes grew wide with amazement,
and then she buried her face In her
handkerchief. There was no mistak
ing It. The sobs were too violent to be
anything but genuine.
"Phyllis?" I interrogated in amaze
ment. "Phyllis, what Is It, dear?"
I don't believe either of us noticed
the last word.
Then she dried her eyes and straight
ened up her head.
"I never thought, Jack," suid Phyllis,
with considerable indignation, "that
you would have reminded me of It.
II 'i w |
j I
I DARED TO PTT MY AHM ABOUND HEII.
And on the very day summer is over
too! It seems to me you were in rath
er a hurry to have It ended."
"But, Phyllis"— I blundered.
"Yes, 'but, Phyllis,' " she mocked me.
"1 suppose you were afraid that If It
ran a day over It would mean a renew
al of the contract, or perhaps you
thought 1 wouldn't let you out of it.
You needn't have worried, 1 assure
you."
Phyllis was holding her head very
high. A sunbeam playing across her
brown hair set it aflre. lier eyes need
ed no sunbeam. I never saw Phyllis
look more handsome.
And then, while I grew redder and
more shamefaced, I saw the little vix
en was laughing at me.
"Jack," she said, "there's something
I like about you I don't know what
It is. I think it must be your family."
That set me on my high horse.
"Ah!" 1 murmured Indifferently.
"Good of you. I'm sure. Perhaps yon
have even picked out which one- Fred
or Charlie?"
"I'm not quite sure," said Phyllis
roguishly. The dlmpl«s were there
again.
"Phyllis." I said, "I'm never going to
ask you to marry me again."
"I don't want to marry you again,"
answered Phyllis.
"You haven't yet," I retorted. "What
I mean Is that I am never again going
to ask you."
"Never?" asked Phyllis in mot ter
ror.
"Never!" said 1 firmly. "This Is the
very last time. Will you marry me?"
"That's once over, right there," she
laughed.
"Kememlter," I warned her. "it was
the last time."
"Will you make me a promise?" ques
tloned Phyllis
"To"-
"Not ask any other girl either," fin
ished Phyllis.
"I don't see what difference It would
make," I commented.
"Because if you will," said Phyllis,
"I'll wait until I'm ready or on the
shelf and then conic around and ask
you; only I'd like to be sure you were
disengaged."
I guess I must have looked a bit
blank, be< ause Phyllis bursl out laugh
Ing
"How long will it be?" I sske<l.
"I really can't say," laughed Phyllis.
"If I decide to wait until I'm ready
for the shelf I flutter nn self !t will be
some time yet."
"Ho do I." I said sadly.
"Well," asked Phyllis, with some as
penfy, "jou don't hope for anything
slse. do you?"
But the thought nf 't seemed a long
nay ahead
"If I were sure'' 1 began.
"If I give you my word," 9nid Phy!
lis.
"Phyllis," I said soberly, "if you said
the word I'd wait till the day of doom
for you, dear But, you know, little
girl, I don't want to. I want you now."
Phyllis' eyes had lost that hard glow
Then- was only the dull, soft Are of :
burnished copper now. I ought to have
taken her In my arms and kissed her i
right there, but I didn't know enough
I always was uoted for doing such
stupid things Phyllis lias told me ao
since.
"Do you really, Jfiok?" said she soft
iy
"l really do, l'hvllls. Without you
I'm like that soul which the poet tells
about, 'that went Into the storm and
blackness and lost Itself between the
earth and heaven.' "
Phyllis sat a little closer to mo. It's
a good dodge, Is that poetry business.
I've always felt that 1 owed a good
deal to some of those poet Johnnies.
"That was awfully dear of you.
Jack." she whispered.
I felt a goodish bit like a cad then.
It seemed so like taking an unfair ad
i vantage. Yet it wasn't that I didn't
mean it, for I did, every word of It.
"Phyllis," I half whispered, "shall I
break my word?"
Phyllis never said a word, but Just
crept a littl* 1 closer. I dared to put
my arm around her.
Now, it's always been my contention
that when a tjlrl says stop In a whisper
that she meajis the exact opposite.
"Stop!" whispered Phyllis.
That was when 1 did It Her head
was on my shoulder, but her face some
how got twisted up, and I kissed her
full on the lips, rhyllls' lips are wurm
and soft.
"Oil, .lack!" she whispered.
Then I kissed her again. Bi I only
kissed her twice. An event is but mo
mentary; let it last longer, and it sinks
to the level of a mere incident.
"And It's my family you like, is it,
Phyllis?" I asked her.
Phyllis nodded her head. She was
too close for me to see her do it, but I
could feel It on my shoulder.
"Fred or Charlie?" I asked again.
"1 guess—l think—er—their brother."
After that 1 forgot all that rot about
an event being but momentary. Any
how, what's the odds if it Is? People
don't po through life looking for events
all the time. Commonplace tlilnps are
much nicer.
"And you're going to be engaged to
me now for all the time?" 1 questioned
when I got my breath.
"No," said Phyllis, shaking her head.
"Please, dearest." I said. "I want
you so—so much. Please say you will."
But Phyllis shook her head.
"No," said she, with a happy little
laugh; "it'll have to stop when you
marry me."
lie Took It Back.
In a certain town of western Massa
chusetts two of the most prominent
citizens are a Methodist brother and a
Presbyterian brother. These are neigh
bors, and.for the most part, dwell on
good terms, except when they try to
effect an exchange of horses or to talk
religion.
On one occasion the two had traded
horses, and. although the outcome
rankled In the breast of the Methodist,
they had met and started a discussion
on the subject of predestination. As
usual an altercation ensued, when the
Methodist lost control of himself. With
mixed emotions concerning horse
trades and John Calvin in his mind, he
suddenly exclaimed:
i "You're a robber, a liar and a Pres
byterian!"
This proved too much for the Presby
i terian. and a tight began. in which the
1 Presbyterian got the best of it. As he
I sat upon his prostrate opponent, bump
ing his head against the ground, he
said
"Take It bark, take it bnck. or I'll
bump your foolish head off!"
"I'll take it bark," pa sped the van
quished Methodist, "on the first two
counts You're not a robber nor a
liar, but you're a blamed old Presby
terian If I die for It!" Harper's Week
ly.
The Carlona Ilanyan Tree.
Botanists long ago voted the banyan
tree of India a place in the catalogue
of wonderful vegetable production. In
Its Infancy It resembles other trees In
havlnp a single stem or trunk and a
dense head of foliage As the tree In
creases In size, however, the branches
spread out horizontally to such a won
drous extent that they would be unuble
to support themselves had not nature
come to the rescue with a remarkable
provision. To supply the necessary
support the branches of the parent
stem throw mit here and there Final!
fibrous shoots, which immediately be
gin growing downward toward the
earth In a surprlslugly short time
they reach the ground and take root
and gradually increase In s!s»e until
they sometimes rival the original
trunk itself
This new trunk, with its numerous
fibrous roots, renews the whole life of
tfle tree. Other new limbs and shoots
aro rapidly thrown out until finally
what was originally a single tree trunk
be<*omeH a considerable forest, each
limb and shoot of which are curiously
connected
POINTED PARAGRAPH^.
An awkward man in society Is usu
ally a thoroughbred in business.
The only case of overwork we know
of, though many claim it, is that of the
growler.
A great many people tell not the way
a thing is, but the way they would
like to have it.
To win in this world you must have
mora confidence In yourself than you
really amount to.
Here is the mark of one who boards;
Search him, and you will hnd some
thing to eat in his pockets.
Give father credit for one thing at
least—at his place at the table there
are no wads of chewing gum on the
underside.
When you attend a circus turning a
somersault looks easy, and when you
attend a lacture talking In public looks
easy.—Atchison Globe.
Fie Smoked.
A very pretty girl with a well de
fined air of knowing her way about
tripped into a day c<tach of a trHin
bound for Washington at Philadel
phia Tuesday afternoon. Every win
dow seat was occupied The pirl walk
ed half way down the car and with
obvious disappointment took the best
seat that offered. A large, superheated
looking man already occupied half of
it. He held his breath long enough to
make room for the girl, and she squeez
ed In Then he settled himself again
find appeared to swell out In every di
rection The pirl cast longing glan. es
at the window, but the man's huge
bulk arnl open newspaper cut off her
view The girl fidgeted The man
spread himself more and more Full
three quarters of the seat he filled to
overflowing The g!tl set her teeth
Thirtj miles spun by. Tha girl could
endure it no longer Hhe turned her
face to him.
"Excuse me." she said distinctly,
"but don't you ever smoket"
Two minutes later the whole sent
was hers.—Washington Post
The FOOIINII Flub.
Deacon Good Don't you think It J
cruel for you to draw a fish out of his
native element by a sharp iron hook?
Fisher P.oy It's no fault of mine.
When I'm just giving a worm a salt
water bath, what does a tlsh want to
hook himself onto my line for? It's
no business of his. Boston Transcript
IVAN THE TERRIBLE.
flnrlutrir I mr \\ lio l*ove»l lo Hum,
lloil mill Torture His SulijectM.
Some of the reasons why Ivan, czar
; of Itussla, wa> called "the I'errible"
I have been retold by K. Waliszewski in
) his book. Persons who displeased liim
j he would saw asunder by I lie constant
j rubbing of a rope around their waists or
! sprinkle alternately with ice cold and
; boiling water. He marked his sense of
i a bad jest b\ deluging the perpetrator
with boiling soup and then running
him through with a knife. He rebuked
an unmannerly envoy by summoning
a carpenter and ordering him to nail
the man's hat on his head. I'here were
J also wholesale orgies, as at the punish
j ment of Novgorod, when he had a hun
j dred persons roasted over a slow tire
bv a new and ingenious process and
then run down on sledges into the river
to be drowned. At Moscow the czar
had a disappointment. There was to be
a great execution of."•><> victims who
had already been tortured to the last
extremity, and loyal subjects had been
summoned to the function. "To Ivan's
astonishment the great square was
empty. The instruments of torture
that stood ready—the stoves and red
hot pinchers and iron claws and nee
dles, the cords, the great coppers full
of boiling water—had failed to attract
this time.
"But there had been too much of tills
sort of thing lately, and the execution
ers wore growing too long armed. Ev
ery man sought to fiid<* deeper than
Ills neighbor. The czar had to send re
assuring messages all over the town.
'Conic along! Don't tie afraid! Nobody
will be hurt!' At last out of cellars
and garrets the necessary spectators
wore tempted forth, and forthwith
Ivan, inexhaustible and quite un
abashed, began a lengthy speech.
Could he do less than punish the trai
tors? But he had promised to be mer
ciful, and he would keep his word!
Out of the :toO who had been sentenced
180 should have their lives!" Torture
and execution were, however, in the
case of Ivan very much more than the
mere instruments of barbaric justice.
They were his recreation and delight.
As a boy his amusement was to throw
dops down from the top of one of the
castle terraces and watch their dying
agonies. As a man he used togo the
round of the torture chambers after
dinner. One of his first crimes was the
execution of his earliest friend. I eodor
Vorontsov. One of his last, was the
murder of his own son.
Aecordinp to Waliszewski, It was the
recognized thing In Russia for the up
per dog to make things as uncomforta
ble for the under dog as knouts and
slow tires could make them. So "the
Terrible" only talked of his subjects
in the language they could most readi
ly understand. Ivan was by no means
unpopular with tlie people. In many
ways he was an enlightened and pro
gressive monarch. lie took the first
steps toward the founding of Russia's
great eastern empire. lie made more
or less successful attempts toward po
litical and legal reform, and lie had a
certain pift of leadership and instinct
of statesmanship which he used to the
best advantage. Personally he was a
coward, as was shown at the siege of
Kasan. when he kept diligently to his
devotions in spite of the repeated en
treaties of his men to come out and
help them.
I nltappy i-r-o|»I«' Think.
It is the unhappy man who common
ly sits down and thinks. The happy
man gets up and docs something—kills
something if he is the traditional Eng
lishman. makes io*« if lie is the tra
ditional Frenchman.- G. S. Street.
\ Fat her* a Jemt.
Softleigh When I— aw—awsked her
fob her hand in mawriage her bwutal
father thweatcned to—aw—bwain me,
donclier know. Miss Cutting—That's
just like her father. lie always was
fond of a joke.—Chicago News.
A Cloni' Student.
. "He's fond of literature."
"Is lie a close student?"
"I should say so. lie never spends a
penny he doesn't have to." f'lcveland
Pis In Dealer.
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DESIGNING A HEAD.
*n l>'<"(■<• . oiinoHhl Operation
I,;. (I »• otiN \\ lilntler.
"Aii i/ls-g!" favorite ejaculation
of the I rill ;i i and eccentric artist,
Jam - M • . .. I.i-iler, is the word
wl-i It ii,' to lit the curious
com! mil. 112 i ; ci-onal peculiarities
mi-., i'v r tricksy jests, gay
ij • 11 is. vanities and remark
able a:i ; ; i utinice revealed in
Mr. Moriii i "ii-npes' recent recollec
tion; of 111- er." The eccentrici
ties of i h -tier's character were
matched I e of his appearance,
for he lie." '1 like anybody else,
and he h i! I over his left eye, a
singk loi k i . while hair amid a mass
of black curl- Hi- own interest in
his appearance was great, for here
: gan'.ci! I lie < ■ i; ion of costume and
coiffure nit': the same seriousness
which hew i:!i! have bestowed upon
the conipo • i< in of a picture, and lu
ll I tin re It was unmistakably pic
■ turesque.
"Customer- t.-a.-.ed to be interested
in their own h.iir," says Mr. Menpes of
Whist er's entrance into a barber's
shop. "Operator:- stopped their manip
ulations; every one turned to watch
Whistler, who himself was supremely
uncoi.-. i e.is. :Ii hair was first trim
med, but left rather long. Whistler
meanwhile directing the cutting of
every lock as l.e watched the barber In
the glass He, po.tr fellow, only too
conscious of the delicacy of liis task,
sho-ik and trembled as lie manipulated
the s,-iss irs. The clipping completed.
Whistler waved the operators imperi
ously mi one side, and we observed for
some time the rear view of his dapper
little figure, stepping backward and
forward, surveying himself In the
1 glass. Suddenly he put his head into a
basin of water, and then, half drying
liis hair, shook it into matted wet curls.
With a comb he carefully picked out
the while lock, wrapped it in a towel
and walked about for five minutes,
pinching it dry, with the rest of his
hair hanging over his face—a stage
which much amused the onlookers.
"Still pinching the towel, he would
then beat the rest of his hair into ring
i lets (combing would not have given
! them the right quality) until they fell
j Into decorative waves all over his head,
i A loud scream would then rend the
air. Whistler wanted a comb. This
t procur- !. ! i' would comb the white lock
' into a feathery plume and with a few
| broad movements of his hand form the
whole into a picture. Then lie would
j look ! eamiii ly at himself in the plass
and say I tit two words, 'Menpes,
amazing!" and sai! triumphantly out of
| the shop."
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W KMT.
A. M. A. M A M P. ,
New York ... .lv 100U 110
P. M
Sf-rnnion HI tt 1< 1J:
P. M
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A M .
| • THnloii . a ..'is 11 ,5
M. A. >l. P. M. J*. %
-.•rxDloi) v t" Hj ♦lO 10 fib. 635
| tlellevue
Pay lor km JO 17 108 644
(.ackawanna .... vi 1024 /io tj 50
j i'ttrjfti. is •. .* »13 653
I'ittHton I 1033 117 657
I Susquehanna Att 701 1087 219 65«
, Vent Pltt«ton ."» ■ 1141 70S
Wyoming 710 1046 ay j«
Port y Port 2oi ...
: Bennett 7!7 10 62 «j 714
Klugt it ar 721 lOdtf 240 720
i kVlikeH-Bnrre i.r :<u il 10 z&i 7HO
ftarre >v 710 10 40 I 'jL 710
n _ 7 a.
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■•yiunntn ; :tt i * ': r » . 72c
. Ntntlcoke 743 ills "o? 737
iunlock •> 7 !i 10 •:
bek hinny tOl 1. 31 758
: Hicks* rr y 811 lilffl 530 fl»o.
• itcli \- a •V* 1. -1 809
■ . T« it fr . 112.
112
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I lanvliU ... <» 11 IS 4s 4 006
meroi IS4 riif>r 440
S*ort!v.inP-*r'd tr,■•:.=> no 1 . 980
\ i. A. M. I 1.1 M
Normumberl' »o 46 iv Oil fl 0*636
"ameron -.57 f5,j4
Danville 707 10 iw i 1 54:;
".'atawissa 721 10£ t . 55»
Kupert ;ao «• ■;? *6 01
Hloouisbur-; 733 i<-* , ,6 03
Espy 7 > 1 4- -613
E-niu 744 flO Si ft 20
Willow Grove.... ... rr «<■ .. li 1 ....
Brianmk 7 62 nt 6 27
Berwick 76? 11 i», 634
! Beeob Haven MOS fills AOB 641
ilicks Kerry -11 fii J7 : • 647
SbickHbinuy it> U M t, ffiSH
H unlock a 8 33 . -j 17 OP
Nanticoke ... »;8 11 U i 3*. 714
1 Avondale 841 i4V 722
Plymouth ><ls Hi* 317 728
j riymouMi June.A Hl7 ... 332 .
Kingston ar *55 1150 4110 788
V iircß-Hnrre ur »U> 12 10 4iO 750
Wilkes liarre lv n4O UlO < jfl 7M
IClnvtHloa.... lv 555 1150 lot 738
l.tizerue ala oa 4OS 742
j Forty Fort fHOO ..... 407 .
112 Wyoming aO6 1208 412 748
West Pittston »10 417 753
I Susquehanna Ave #lB 12 14 tao 756
r'lttston HIM 12 17 «24 801
Duryea »23 429 806
112 Lackawanna H26 132 810
I Taylor H.J2 410 817
! Kellevue ...
I Scrauton ar »42 12 35 450 825
A. M. 112. M K.M
■Scranton lv 10 25 1155 .... il 10
A. M
: Buffalo .. . tt .... T55 700
A. M. P. M P. 51 A M
SrrantoD ...lv 10.10 12.10 13 35 '2 i
P. M. P. M P.M A. .V
New York ar 330 500 735 850
♦Dally, lllaiiy except Sunday,
j stops on signal or on notice to coud'u-tor
j a Slops on sigrrii to lake on passengerr for
i New Y'ork. Btngbawton and potntn wesl
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TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov. 29th, 1904.
A .M.tA.M.. P.M. I
Scranton(l>&.H)lv § 6 H ;B 17 1 '>
Pittston " " 705 fl- 15 §2 10 5 6:1;
A. M. 1 P. M. P.M;
Wilkesbarre... 1v A M. «10 35 2 !."• SB oo
Plyui'th Kerry " 725 11" 42 1252f« 07
N&nticobe " '32 10 50 30l 8 17
MucaDaqua .... " 712 II 07 82q 637
\v apwailupen.. " Bni 11 i« 331 6 17:
Nescopeck ar 810 11 2<; 342 7 o«i|
A.M. A.M. p.M.
Pottsvtile lv 5 ,i|, 81155 ' J
Hazletou *' 7 O.V 2 45 52 45
Tomhicken " 722 : 305 305
Fern cilen " 7ai ; 315 315
Hock Ulen... "| 7 5 : 322 3 22.
Nescopeck . ar 8
CatawlMa ! 400 4 00| . .
1 \1 .. M P.M. PM'
Nescopeck... .lvs Bl> .1 20 342-7 00
Creasy 8 3 II 30 352 7 Oil
Espy Kerry... -I*4 11 4ti f4 02 7 8»|
E. lilooiusNurk. " 847 II 50 406 "2 >
I'lnnwissa lv 855 11 57 413 73J
{ Danville •• 0 i* l 12 10 431 751
j Sunbury ar 035 12 40 456 815
A. M. 112. VI. P. M P.M.
■unliury lv »12SUIS §5 lh 0 ,53
Eewisburg.... ar 10 13 1 4"> 6 4.x
Milton " lu Oh; 139 51110 11
Williamsport.. •• 11 o<< ill tt 40110 00l
Ufk Haveu... '■ 11 60 220 737 |
; Ktnovo •• A.M. !'■ "0 8 .'lO j
Kane " 8 25 .... '
~ P.M. P. M.I
l.oek Haven..lv 112 10 5 3 45
Beltefonte ar 105 141
1 yrone " , 2 10 : tt 00
I'bilipsbiirg " 5101 802
Clearlteld " 6 51 ► 8 1>
Pittsburg.... "| 655 <'»> 45, | |
A. M. P. M P. M. P M
Sunbury lv 960 § 1 "'9 511 1 H8 31
HurrisOurif.... ar 11 30 si 315 6 50,10 10
P. M. P. M. P. M. A M
Philadelphia., ar s3 17 823|| Si 'Js 123
Baltimore •• j3 11 .8 i>o 045 220 ......
Washington... " S 4 20 |, 7 16 !0 55 3 :i0
j aTm P. M.
sunlmry lv 510 00 S 2 15! j
Lewistown .lc. ar Uls 105 1
Pittsburg " 6
A. 51 P, M P. M. P M
Harrlsburg.... lv 11 45 i 6 20 || 7 20 ;llft>
P. M. A M A. 51. A M
Pittsburg ar ! tt 55 ;i 160 || 1 50 5 30
!P. M.l 1* M A M|AM|
Pittsburg lv 7 I", 0 oo'i 3 001-8 00 ....
IA. M A 51 , Psl
Harrlsburg.... ar 2 00ij 4 2"> II 25 |3 1"
P.M | A M!
Plttsliuilf lv 'J 10 112. 8 00 ....
A.M. I P 51
L.ewntown J;. '• 7 30 i> 3 4» 1 ....
Sunbury ar ; 0 2" 112. 4 60 ....
P. 51. A 51 A M A 51
Washington... lv 10 40 11 7 5" 10 5o iit ,
Baltimore " 11 IK' 440 84" 1145....
Philadelphia... " 11 40 4 2.*> I 8 30 11 40 ....
A. M. A 51 A. >l. P
Harrlsburg lv 335 755 ill 10 ; 3 251..
Sunbury ar 500 » 3i> 10>; 613
'P.M.! A M A 51
Pittsburg IV :12 45 il 8 00;1 8 00
t'learlield.... " ! 3 :«• >....' j »2" ....
Philipsburg.. " ' 4 Z r <\ j. ' 10 1»• t• • •
Tyrone "j 7 ou » 8 10 12 25...'.
Bellefoute.. " i 8 Hi, 3a 125 ....
i.ock Haven ar 9 15 10 30, 210
P. 51. A 51 A 51 PM 1
Erie, lv 5 35.
Kane, " 845 stt 00] ....
Kenovo " 11 5" ; 6 40] 10 30 )j I 13 •••
I.ock Haven.... " 12 :>8 730 11 25 , 2 .">0 ....
A. 51 P 51
Williamsport.. " 2il 825 ;12 t",
5111 ton 223 913 12> 4
I.ewisburn " I » o">| 115 4 -•••
Sunbury ar ! 3 3i>; 945 1 64■ 6 ••••
M.l A 51 P 51 P M
Sunbury lv tt 45; | 9 sft 20Ojj 6..
South Danville'• 7 II iO 17 221 )j0 ••••
t'atawissa " 32| 10 35 230 s ....
EBloomsburg.. ' 37 10 43 243 gls ....
Espv Kerry.... " 42 no 47 112 1:
("ready " 52 10 68, 265 , 311 ••••
Nescopeck " 02 11 05; 305 v
A 51 A 51 P. 51. 1
t 'atawissu Iv 10 38
Nescopeck lv 823 . 5505 p M ••••
Bock Hlcn ar II 22 ••••
lern (lien " 851 11 281 532 ••••
Tomhicken " 858 11 !>8 538 ' 7 . ....
llazlcton " 91911 57 5 59) 7 ••••
Pottsvllle "10 15 150 ti 55 y ...^
AM AMP 51
Nescopeck lv ; 802 11 06 1 305 •••
Wa| Wallopen..ar 819 1120 320 p M ••••
slocanauo& ..." 831 II 32 3 ;tO jB4O
Nanticoke ...." 854 11 54 349 ' k
P Ml 7 01
IMym'th Kerry" 1 902 12 02 35, 7jo ....
wilksbarre ..." 910 12 10 405
AMP 51 P M ; ' ' £
PlttstoniDA H) ar i 9 8» 12 29 : 4 Mi __ ....
scranton " " 10 08 108 5 112 ....
Weekdays. (Daily. 112 Klhk station.
Pullman Parlor ar>il Sleeplnu UMS run OL
through trains between Sur'mry, Williamsport
anil Erie, between Sunbnry huJ Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrishursr. Pitts
tmr« and the West.
Kor lurtber information apply to Ticket Aaent
\\ . W. ATTERBUKY, J. K. WOOD
General Manager, Pass. Traffic 51 a
EO. *V. BOYD, Gen Passenger Agent,
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