On the
'Brittany
By FORBF.S WIGHT
Copyright, I' o. 11. IS. ilcClurt
Jiiits.m was tired. All that long, try
ing afternoon ho had l»eeu endeavoring
to transfer a bit of the coast of lSrlt
tany to his canvas, but the const of
Brittany, with Its tints of opal and
pearl gray, was elusive. lie bent to
ward his easel, putting his pipe in a
manner that clearly betokened ex
asperation, and plied his scalpel vigor
ously on a headland which seemed to
defy his effort at every turn. Then
he sat back on his stool, hnlf closed
his eyes and admired those same deli
cate tints that defied portrayal.
He heard a rustling behind him and
turned to find a girl staring over his
shoulder at the half finished picture on
the easel. She was tall and graceful;
her peasant clothes seemed strangely
fresh and picturesque. He noted that
instead of the ungainly sabots her lit
tle feet were trimly shod. There was
□one of that gray dinginess about her
that Juftson had learned from experi
"GOOD MOUSING, MAM'SKLLE," BAIL) lIE.
ence to associate with the peasant
girls of Brittany, She was a happy,
laughing creature —fresh, comely and
undeniably beautiful. Indeed, her
regular features and her slender figure
caught the artist's eye even ns her
red lips and her delicately arched
brows appealed directly to his mascu
line soul.
Judson Jumped from his seat and
bowed low.
"Good morning, mam'selle," said he
gravely. "A beautiful day. Isn't it*'"
The girl smiled, displaying her firm
white teeth. She shook her head and
rattled o ft a stream of French idiom
In which "l'Anglals" was the only
word Judson understood. Clearly she
was endeavoring to convey t > him her
lack of knowl»Hlge of his language.
"Of course," said he; "of course.
Neither would you understand my
homemade French. It's a pity we don't
know Volapuk."
The girl pointed to the canvas and
raised her brows inquiringly. Jtid >n
spread his palms outward and
shrugged his shoulders despairingly.
Her eyes lighted with a quick sym
pathy. She touched the pebbly beach
in the picture, which, Judson flattered
himself, was the one thing in it well
done. She nodded her emphatic ap
proval. Then she touched a cloud and
smll«*d her dissent.
"I believe you," said he. "That cloud
Is all at odds with the rest of It, but
your clouds of Brittany need study.
They are no ordinary clouds, I assure
you."
The g!rl pointed to the sky and the
gray sea. She gave Judson to under
stand It was worth painting. He In
turn, by sign language. Intimated that
it was beyond him. She stamped her
foot and plainly indicated that he
must have patience. He gave smiling
assurance that he would do his best.
Then she v.ent on and left him there
before the easel, dreaming of her
wavy hrowp Ijalr and her eyes, that
seemed to look Into his very soul.
The next afterr. ton. while Judson
was Industriously ii.ting and scrap (
lng again, there came the same rus j
tllng. and the girl stood l*»side him.
Bhe seated herself fin a stone near the
easvl and watched his work. Judson
kept up a running fire of conversa
tion, and to his jests and his serious
utterances she gave impartially her
Imperturbable smile.
He made her understand that he
worked lietter when she was near him,
and she blu>hed. whether with pleas
ure of maidenly reserve or both Jud
son was unable to decide.
Each afternoon for a brief period she
came to watch his progress. She was
artlessly happy when his efforts to
catch the atmosphere of the place were
successful and once, when he had ad
mirably caught the tints of the sca
the dull gi ay of the foreground, the
violet of the middle disninees, the
purple black along the horizon—she
flapped her little hands delightedly
•nd cried "liravo!" ag-iln and again.
One day. - hen the picture was near
ly finished and she was sitting quietly
on her stoie watching his work. Jud
son suddenly put aside his brushes
and palette and turned to h<*.
*"I want to talk to you." he said
eagerly. *"1 want to snr whole lots of
things even if you can't understand
them."
Bhe smillr.gly nodded It w.i~ evident
to him that si:.- thought he was speak
litg of the picture.
"I have caught a bit of the coast of
Brittany.** he - i.l. v nine his hand
toward the e:i-. 1. "but I've lost my
heart to a little j.e isant girl. I love
you I»on*t you know that even If you
can't understand English? I love you."
he repeated nxjiles-dy.
To his unbounded amazement, she
•prang to her ftrt, her face suffused
with d«>ep color.
"Oh oh! You mustn't!** she gasped
In English
And then, overcome with confusion,
she fled, leaving him stunned and
trembling.
• ••••••
Judson sought Fere Caesar, an old
peasant who often posed for him, and
by dint of much sign language to fill
out the deficiencies of his execrable
French he made the old man under
stand that he was looking for a girl
who dressed like a peasant and spoke
English
"At the chateau," said Fere Caesar
shortly.
Then, drawn out by Judson. he ex
plained that the chateau had been rent
ed to an American gentleman—"lord"
was the term Fero Caesar used—with
unlimited wealth Yes. there was a
daughter, who went :«1 M-»ut among tho
peasant folk ami who fancied she
dressed llk.> them. although he called
on heaven to witness that her dross
was ni more the peasant dress than
tine damask was sack loth
Juils.in «-ut the old man short anil
trudiriHl to the ehatenti. Evening was
falling, and the pearl pray mists were
rising in the 1 <wlands when he reached
the pate On the terrace he saw a
slender figure of a girl walking to and
fro. tier c\ es on the distant sea. At the
| sight of the man she started violently
and seemed momentarily to contem
plate llight.
Judson bowed gravely.
"It is." said hi" in his ridiculous
French, "that I have come to repeat to
you some of the things 1 have already
said In EnslNh and to say more."
The girl went white; then slowly th •
color mounted her chpeks. She sntlled
upon him. and In that smile were whole
worlds of liit tnglMe sweetness.
"I—l shall l>e proud to listen to them.
Come!" she said gently, leading tho
n ay up the terrace toward the chateau.
\ \«*nt Relinkc.
I Lord Chief Justice Coleridge was a
man of m <st courteous mien, but
i could—as Sergeant I'allantlne once
forcibly and happily expressed It—
"say the most unpleasant things In the
most pleasant manner." And this
power was never more properly used
than inn case in which 1 had the
pleasure of appearing before him on
behalf of the plaintiff, while opposed
to mo was a certain Mr. F . certain
ly one of tho roughest diamonds—al
most an uncut one, I should imagine—
the English l>ar has ever produced.
This gentleman wrangled over every
triviality and unimportant point and
cackled on so volubly that Coleridge's :
patience wa < sorely tried. At last the
chief justice interposed with tho polite
remark:
"Unfortunately for your case, Mr.
F , the documentary evidence does
not bear out your contention."
The learned counsel, in extremely
rude and offensive tones, said, "I say
It does."
"Oh, well, tlion. it would not bo
courteous of mo to contradict you," re
plied Coleridge, as with a gracious in
clination of his head he sa*»k back on
his cushions again.
Mr. F looked as If he had been
left high and dry. Even his brazen
impudence recoiled heavily under that
sharp rapier thrust.—Pall Mall Maga
zine.
n< k flp<'llo>iN of n Hrlilf.
Wonder if my train is straight? Wish
I dare look round to see if that Isabel
Price is here hope she Is. She want- 1
ed George herself, and she'll be green
with envy. I have a feeling that the
church Is crammed. I hope I don't ;
look white. If Georgf l hasn't brought
the ring I shall die.
Dear me. in an >ther minute I shall |
have to say. "love, honor and obey!" :
Of course, ii's all nonsense to think j
I'm going to obey George, though he
certainly plays tennis awfully well, i
We always won when we played to
gether. He said ho sli >uld be my slave
forever—but. then, men do tell such
stories. How fast pa Is dragging me
along; he Is In a mighty hurry to give
, me away.
I wonder how the girls look behind?
If Eva treads on my train I'll never
forgive her. Ah! George Is there—
that's all right, but what a perfect
goose lie 1 >o!;s. Now, I fool as cool as
a cucumber. Here's tho clergyman;
we're going to begin. Shall I take my
glove off now or wait a little while?
Poor Georgo! I never saw a man look \
so nervous. Well, I must attend to the j
service, I suppose.
THE BUSHMASTER.
4 Rrplilr Fivnrd For Hennty, Anil
ity, Sui ii and Vfnoni.
The Brazilian surucucu is a reptile
that reaches a length, it Is said, of
twelve foot, and for beauty, agility,
savageness and venom is excelled by
none In P.razil. The old I »ut<-h settlers
gave It the name of the bushmaster, a
title it well deserves. The beautiful
glints of light on this reptile's scales
excel those on a humming bird's
breast. It is of a reddish brown color, ;
with varied markings. It fortunately !
is chiefly nocturnal and only frequents :
dense woods, as a ri?ie not coming near
houses.
The finest specimen I ever saw was
about eight feet long and had six fully !
developed fangs, three on each side,
as well as eighteen in various stages
of growth, nine on each side. The front
fang was one and three-fourths inches
long, exclusive of the bony base. Theef- i
feet of a lung" from such a serpent <*an
well be imagined. This is called "suru
cucu," as it is said to make a hooting
noise at night, and"de fogo," as it is
said to approach a light at night and
try to get as close as it can.
It has a curved claw on its tail, ;
which the natives say It uses to dig
Into the ground as a fulcrum for its
leap on Its victim. The natives hav<»
a great dread of it, as will they may,
the size of the i»oison sacs being so
great, as well as its own size, agility
and proved savageness. London
Standard.
<)1«2 1 'iiiiutrr Notion**.
The "Pr _u stieation Everlasting of
one Leonard I'igges," published in
I,"KV>. tells us that thunder in the morn
ing denotes wind, at noon raiu and in
the evening a great tempest. He goes
further still and declares that "Sun
day"- thunder should bring tlia death
of learned men, judges and others,
Monday's the death of women. Tues
day's plenty of grain, Wednesday's
hloodsh d, Thursday's plenty of sheep
and corn. Friday's the slaughter of a
great man and other horrible murders,
Saturday's a great p.-sfltent plague
and great dearth."
Thr Pol** S<nr.
We will try : > give ym -ome ilea of
the distai:. • that separates us from
the j>ole star As you know, light
travels ;.t i:.e rate <•!' al >ut lsd.<»oo
miles a sec ' than seven times
round the i>i - • \,v<i ar • saving
"John Robinson™ slowly JTell, sup- i
pose that a ray of light. traveling al
this terrific pel »112 a million miles'
In h-js than live ■ id a i: 112 seconds,
had started from the p ilar star on It-»
Journey to the earth at the moment of
your birth that particular ray will not
reach j-u un» j u re i : than
halfway between \ •ir thuty ;vth and
thirty seventh birthday - When you
look on the j do star you see It i.ot
ns it Is today, but as it was about fifty
years ago.
All \ ii%(rnl in it Trial.
A treat In an Australian wilderness
camp is thus d< scrilied i»y an explorer:
"On our way down, of course, it was
necessary t > stop at Mcl«eod's camp
to get something ' » clear the bronchial
tubes. There \va- one great Scotch
man among the party, who said, when
I asked him what his poison was,
'Wool, I'll just take n tin of fruit.' He
had a tin of pineapple. Now, the price ,
of preserved fruit at that time and in j
such a place was something to make j
you alt up, so that Scotchman scored." '
Apple Blossoms
And November
By
VIRGINIA LEILA WENTZ
< 1. fiy I'fri/itiiti l.> U>i HVrif;
"l am not hard hearted, you know,
but I must pay my bills when they
fall duo." '1 lit* stout landlady com
pressed li> r lips, us though she liiul
said a thing which it hurt to or to utter.
"I understand, indeed," tho girl re
plied pa-sivoly, pushing back her
heavy, gleaming hair with a little
[ gesture of weariness
I"Of course, tomorrow beln" Thanks
glvin' day, you needn't disturb your
self, but make yourself comfortable
till Friday." She looked at the blank
door, which closed quietly behind the
girl; then her eyes returned to tho
i columns of her account book. They
were opened at a page headed "Miss
Uose liareey," a page where the debits
considerably overbalanced the credits.
,'Tve too good a heart to be a suc
cessful business woman," murmured
the landlady, closing the book.
I Twilight was fast coming on. Up
stairs in the fourth lloor back there
was a tire in the grate bright yellow
and scarlet flames, burning in a cease
less endeavor to destroy an asbestus
log. Hose Pareey slipped down on
the lloor and. with her arms folded
I about her knees, watched the fire,
thinking how typical it was of the life
she had been leading for the past year.
Why, everything even her hearth tire
| —was artificial!
She fell to dreaming. It was sel
' dom she had time to dream, for she
was always busy trying to make both
ends meet. Hut now, since they sim
ply would not meet, she might as
well dream for a tiny space. How
tired she was of it all—of the strug
gles, the petty ambitions, the give and
take friendships, the endless cold
shoulders, the eternal worry!
And tomorrow would be Thanks
giving day! llow well she remem
bered that day in other years! In her
aunt's humble little farmhouse there
had ever been the entrancing odor of
pumpkin and mince pies, of stewed
cranberries, of browning turkey, of
plum pudding, of good things innu
"joiiy, rr's JT ST I.IKK IT WAS IN THH
UKEAM."
i merable. Not this year, though, for she :
' had robbed them of all that. Oh, it 1
: was hard, hard, hard!
A rap nt the door, and Patty Lou, the i
colored girl, entered.
"A gem'man in the parlor to see you, j
| inissy;" wouldn't send his name, allow
in' he wanted to s'prlse you. 1 reckon."
I town in the narrow, gaudy room a
man with a gray mustache and a shng
! gy coat sat on the sofa alone. As he
looked unseelngly about him the stern
lines in his mouth relaxed. In their
| stead came an expression of extreme
| gentleness.
All his years of waiting harked back
I to him. He seemed to see as In a glass
| a tiny girl in a gingham apron standing
under an apple tree, and then she
seemed to grow and grow, but always
she had sunshine In her hair and a
j smile in her eyes. He had waited for.
1 her to attain to womanhood, dreaming
dreams the villagers had never guess
ed. And then, because she had talent
, for art, forsjoth, and her aunts bad
! said it must be cultivated, even though
it meant a third mortgage on their lit
tle farm, she had passed out of his
i life.
Lately, however, John Lowell had
caught a rumor that things were not
! going well with her in the mad, com
petitive life of New York, and so he
was here.
How thin and white she had grown!
As she pushed aside the cheap Haglitd
portieres she seemed to bo all gleaming
hair and great, pathetic eyes. If he
could only hold her proud little face lie
twti'U both palms and kiss her dear,
tired eyes!
Instead the knew her temj>erament
so well) lie talked altout the home vil
lage, a I tout the ipn-er poky little streets
and the dull village gossip.
•Is the apple crop good this year?"
she asked suddenly. "Have you ground
a lot of elder?"
I" >r answer he dived into one of the
P n-kets of his -buggy gray coat and
fetched up a shining red apple.
"Thanks. It's a l«eauty!" exclaimed
she, feeling "112 its smoothness
•fame «»<T your tree. Hose**
-My tree?"
"Y s; rite Immense one In the corner,
piir't you remember? I've railed it
your tree ever since since one ilt|
■A I • \ iii were very iatie and voil
v\ ! s »nie hi is-, mis.*"
"I n »e >u .. i thrill for me if I
w ltlt« i the: --aid the girl softly.
, It »\\ ,r m*l he had lilw a\ - Iteen to her!
lie \\ - just like that shaggy coat of
i ! - '«ig and rough and wholesome and
[ worth while.
I ast night --he had dreamed that her
! • I 'ty '>n that same -baggy cout,
•!. it I -s strong arms were alxnit her,
i w' ;le he w;i> relating to him all tho
disetMtrugciiiviit* of her metropolitan
e\; ■ nee. and ea< h time that she hud
1-1 her iJ t > emphasize s.line point
or othci h >\V U 'IMI it had been to get
t ek to the coat afteiward In the
dream, of course!
"You -ee, the bl"> •!"- were out of
' your re ich." he wet >n. "and 1 hap
pened to be coming 11 >ng, so you said
If I'd get you the flowers you'd be
my"—
, "What?"
"Sweetheart." The wort I was very
tenderh uttered. The tenderness made
Iter tremble somehow, but she laughed
gay ly
"Your -weetheartV Hush promise,
i wnsii't it?"
"And when 1 lifted you up," he con
j tinned, "you put your arm about my
neck"
' "How shockingly Improper!"
"And from tliut moment." ho pur
sued gravely. "I've never thought of
nnyl«mly else for for a wife, Ituse."
"How long ago was that';" she askwl
whimsically
"Twelve last blossom time."
"Then I must have l*»en only nine
years oltl."
"I wonder, dear. If It would l>e right
to hold a girl to a promise she made
when she was only nlneV"
From iM'neath her long lashes she
caught the wrapt expression oil his
fnee as he leaned toward her, and she
quivered with a sense of sudden pro
tection.
"1 wonder'/"* Her voice trailed <>IT
vaguely as she watched .1 lighted ca
ble car go by, but lie caught her to
him gladly, with a new air of protec
tion.
A few moments later from the great,
shaggy coat came a tearfully muilled
but happy cry:
"Oh, John, it's just like it was in the
dream—Just like it was in the dream:"
To John Lowell the words In them
selves were a bit irrelevant, but what
did a man like him care for worths
when he held in bis arms the thing he
prized most in the world?
LAPLAND BABIES.
For Tlielr Hrnt Few Montli ft They
Mrv In Wloker Ha*k«-tN.
Little Laplanders spend the first few
months of their existence In baskets of :
wicker work provided at the top with a 1
conical framework too close l'or the ba- i
by to fall through and yet giving the
infant plenty of light and air.
Uefore commencing her work for the
day the Lapp mother places her child j
in the basket and hang:- it on the limb
of some nearby tree, occupation being
found for the little one by stringing
toys upon a cord passed across the top
of the basket.
Thus provided, the child spends the
entire day in the open and yet at the
same time is guarded from the troubles
and dangers of outdoor child life in
other countries.
The basket Idea curiously parallels
the Indian idea of strapping the pa
poose into a carrying case, but the
; Lapp baby has the advantage over Its
Indian fellow in that its limbs are un
conflned and a certain amount of liber
i ty of movement is afforded.
The child is carried from place to
! place in the same basket, the cord by
j which it Is attached to a tree being
I slung over the shoulder.
I
SURE HER TOOTH WAS OUT.
j Force of linnnlnntlon nm Exemplified
Inn DeiitlHt'M Chilli".
Dentists have a splendid opj>ortunlty
of studying the power of imagination.
A New York practitioner by way of Il
lustration told a reporter about ono of
his women patients. She entered, ac
companied by her husband, and. point
ing to her swollen face, asked the
dentist to extract the offending tooth.
He placed her In the chair and, taking
j the small hand glass which dentists I
! use, put it into her mouth for the pur
j pose of examining the molar which
j was to be extracted.
The glass had no sooner touched the
; tooth than sin; uttered a frightful
I scream and, bouncing out of the chair,
I rushed out into the waiting room, cry- '
ing that her jaw was broken. The
united efforts of her husband and the
dentist were for some time unable to j
persuade her that the tooth was not
extracted and that she could not pos
sibly have been hurt. After examining .
her mouth with the aid of a glass she
finally became convinced Ihnt the tooth ;
was still In its place. Taking her seat
I in the chair again, sin- submitted to the
operation of extracting the tooth with
out a murmur and expressed her sur
prise that the pain was so slight.
grldliti I'otvdei-n In Siiun.
Sale of seidlitz powders is prohibited
In Siani. Home fifty years ago i'hra
Mongkut, the th-.Mi ruiing emperor,
bought a box of seidlitz powders froin
a trader missionary, and, misinterpret
ing the instructions on the lid, mixed
the six blue papered powders Into one
tumbler of water and the six white
papered ones Into another. Then he
proceeded to swallow the resultant de
cocfions, one after the other. The re
sult to the monarch may IK? Imagined.
In consequence of this the further sale
of the remedy in question was prohibit
ed a prohibition which still remains lu
force.
f'H nnlJ n «*.
In the World of fashion of IS.IO Is
a reference I "the liev. stuff called
crinoline." .a. ne was partly* thread,
partly horsehair, its name being com
pounded of the French "crin." horse
hair, and "Iln," tlax. Hats, skirts and
nil sorts of things that were wanted to
possess a certain stiffness were made
t>f this material.
I'reforroil Tenant*.
Servant These root! s dl be rented
to artists only. App''ea:r \nd why
I not to others? Serva IT lieeaiise art
ists ure less troubleso.i >•. They never
want their rooms putin order, Chica
go Journal.
I'llo \ttfi:l I.one! .* -i
The Friend \\ ait made joii close !
your season s> early"/ The Actor The
solitude, my l> >y; night aft< r n glit, the
appalling s )l:inde. live kl. n l.ife.
Every man has just ; ncli v«nit>
as he want a understanding
J J. BROWN
THE EYE A S CC I A LTV
1 yes tester!. treated. titled with jflsss
- A'td artificial eyes supplied.
Market Street, l!b>o»«sbitrg, l*»
Honrs—lo a. in. t»5 p. in.
SliilEf!
A Flolln bl©
TIN SHOP
Tor all kind of Tin Roofing,
Spoutlne and Central
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters. Rancas,
Furnaces. «tc.
PRIORS TUB LOU KST!
QUiI.ITV Till! BUST!
JOHN IIIXSOiV j
NO. 110 £. IT.ONT 81.
PAID FOR HIS SCARE.
Si*|i ilruii fc KcwnrU to the Xakrr »112
(I Htlllt'l l*4*«l,ft|* t out.
Just l «-t «ic Nap .i set out for the
court of IVlgiimi he s,-nt to the clever
est nrti- a of hi- -sin I'aris and
deinan led of him whether he would
engage to mike -i . «11 of mail to be
worn under tie ordinary dress which
would be all-•hitch bullet proof, and
that If s » he might II line his own price
for SII ! i w TIV. I'he man engaged to
make the desired object, if allowed
proper time, ami he named Is.UOO
franc-; as the pri< eof it. x The bargain
was c >neb: letl. and indue time the
work was produecd and its maker
honored with toe second audience of
the emperor. "Now," said the im
perial majesty, "put ii on." The man
did so. "As 1 am to stake my life on
its ellicaey \ >u will, I stipp >se, have no
object .nt >do the same."
An i he took a* brace of pistols nnd
|>repa:t?d t > discharge one of them at
the breast of the astonished artisan.
There was no retreating, however, and
half dead with fear he stood the tire,
mid, to the infinite credit of his work,
with perfect impunity lint the em
peror was not content with one trial.
He fired the second pistol at the back
of the trembling artisan, and afterward
discharged a fowling piece at another
part of him, with similar effect.
"Well," said the emperor, "you have
, produced a capital work undoubtedly.
What is the price of it?" Eighteen
j thousand francs was named as the
! agreed sum. "There Is an order for
' them," said the emperor, "and here Is
! another for an equal sum for the fright
that I have given you."
What Tliry Nlclit llnve Done.
A good story Is told of two young
J Englishmen traveling in Europe. They
! had never thoroughly mastered any of
tin.' languages commonly spoken on the
continent and were particularly weak
In their French, knowing that lnnguag
j well enough by sight, but not having a
speaking acquaintance with It.
j Finding themselves in a small French
town one evening, they were t'edrous
of obtaining a g> > 1 < p of coffee
Knowing that cafe was c »IT< - h:i<l that
lalt was milk, they <.i'ea. ; T to call
for a judicious mix!ure of tli • two, b:i*
their articulation wis of r.o rcmarkabl
an order that t'icy ;;tc •ceded only in
getting the coffee Cafe au late thoy
tried without success. Then du lay-It
was attempted unavaiilngly. The sug
gestion that lait lalglit be pronounced
i "light" was adopted equally In vain.
Finally In despair one of the strug
gling youths ex la'ni",] •
"Well, It* - mighty queer we don't
know enough to get a little drop of
milk."
"Do you want milk?" asked the
waitress, opening her mouth for the
first time.
"V yes," stammered the travelers,
overwhelmed v.'th surprise.
"Then why didn't you say so at
first '.-" queried the girl ns she flounced
off.
And again the young wei. didu't
know. London Tit-I'.its.
One of the earliest of the American
bearded freaks was Louis Jasper, who
lived in southern Virginia at about the
time of the close of the Revolutionary
war. His beard was nine nnd a half
feet long and correspondingly thick
and heavy. He could take his mus
tache lietween his fingers and extend
his arms to their full length, and still
the ends of the mustache were over a
foot bvyond Ids finger tips.
lit»p«»rfnvi( l«»n.
The wasp was bu'/./.ing languidly
around the house cat.
"You needn't come any nearer," said
the cat.
"I won't hurt you," said the wasp.
"I'm half sick today, anyhow."
"Which half?" asked the cat. back
ing off.—Chicago Tribune.
Too fniißPKtltr.
Henry IF. lc You ought to be In the
worklmise. Rootless Unfits 1 know
It, boss, but I Jest can't bear tie idea!
Henry llyd.' You shouldn't be so
proud. Hoof'ess Kufus -'Taint pride,
boss; it's the name o' tie place 1 can't
stand. -Cleveland Leader
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of Danville.
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Published livcrv Mor-ni.v l:\ccpt
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Subscription o cen Week.
A CRUSHED GENIUS.
Thv lirsf llftorU of th*
One day- l uiiist have Iteeu twelve or i
thirteen 1 brought with me to school
t music book «•:» which 1 had written !
ai larg - letter ' Variations tin a Ger
tiiaii Melody I or the l'iano, by Edward
Grieg. tipvis i." l wanted to show It j
to a .ow who had taken some
inteie i IU ie Hut what happened!
In la middle <>i the tier man lesson
thF s.tiac scoo oellow began to mur
mur 112 >ine imiiitelllgilde words, whicli j
made the ten. her call out half unwlll i
Inglv "What i- t!ie matter? What are
you saying there?" Again a confused ,
murmur, again a call from the teacher, ;
and then he whispered, "Grieg has got
so.uething." "What tloes that mean,
Grieg has g >t something'/'* "Grieg has
composed s ■tiiething."
The te icher was not very partial to
me, so he stood ' p, caine to me, looked i
at the i usie |, ,uk and said iu a peeul- I
iar, ironical tone: "So the lad is mu- ;
•ie.il; the lad eoinpos -s. Uemarkable!" i
'i hen he opened the door into the next !
cl:is ioun, fetched the teacher lu from
t!:ere and said to him: "Here is some- 1
thing to look at. This little urchin is a
coinp >-IT." Both teachers turned over
the leaves of the music book with In
terest. Every one stood up in both 1
dal felt sure of a grand success.
I'.ut that is what one should never feel
too quickly, for the other teacher had j
no sooner gone away ag:ilti than my I
n 'ster suddenly changed his tactics, j
seized me by the hair till my eyes were i
black and said gruffly, "Another time
he will bring the Herman dictionary !
with him, as is proper, and leave this i
-1 ttpit 1 stuff at home"
Alas! To lie so near the summit of
fortune and then all at once to see
oneself plunged into the depths! How
often has that happened to me later in
life!— Edward Grieg in Contemporary
Review.
AN OCEAN GRAVEYARD.
S'lMo Island I* n Mn*t l)n n ir«*roii*
I'ltici' l 'or \ft v lien tor*.
S'able island, sometimes and not too ;
extravagantly termetl the graveyard
of the Atlantic, is set among shoal wa
ters that fford the best of feeding
ground for the particular kinds of fish
that Gloucester men most desire, hali
but. i id, haddock and what not, and
so to its shoal waters do the fishermen
come to trawl or hand line.
Lying about east and west, a flut
quarter moon iu shape is Sable Island.
Two long bars, extending northwest
erly and northeasterly, make of It a
full, deep crescent. Nowhere Is the
fishing so good or so dangerous ns
close In on these bars, and the closer
In and the shoaler the water the better
the tishlng. There are a few men alive
in Gloucester who have been in close
enough to s.e the surf break on the
bare liar, bur that was in soft weather
and the bar to windward, and they in
variably got out in a hurry.
T\ > bun • I and odd wrecks of one
k.nd or another, stt-nui ami sail, have
settled tji the sands of Sable island.
Of tli's there is clear and indisputable
record. <if how many good vessels
that have been driven ashore on the
lot g bars on dark and stormy nights
or in the whirls of snowstorms and
swallowed up in the fine sand before
mortal eye cttult 1 make note of their
disappearing hulls there Is no telling.
A Gloucester fisherman needs no tal»-
tdated statement to remind him that
the b mes of hundreds of his kind are
bleaching on the sands of Sable Island,
and yet of all the men who sail the
sea they are the only class that do
not give It wide berth in winter.—
Jauies li. Connolly in Seribner's.
• ii«r<l on \«»rn!i.
Scene: The Wilsons' dining room.
Xor.ih, the slovenly cook, puts her
head In at the door.
Nora'i I'laze, ma'aui, will ye l»e
aftlier tellln' me whin I'm to know
whether th' pudtliu's baked or not?
Mrs WIN hi Sth-k a knife Into the
middle of it, and if the knife comes
yut clean the pudding Is ready to send
to the table.
Mr. Wilson And, Norah, If It does
come out ele in stiek all the rest of the
knives IJI 112 house lilt > the plldtllllg.—
Woman's Ii >me t'ompanlon.
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