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BELLE
Instinct MANI4TES
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Uuth's retinue 'if ex-schoolmates
were paying her a visit at the execu
tive uisusk'.i. the home of her uncle,
Stephen 1 horn, governor of the state,
..kewise guardian of Until. Sometimes
it was difficult for him to determine
whii h of these p«*dtlons presented the
more Intricate complications.
He was pa«.t his youth, but had not
yet approached middle age. The ex
*etiool friends found him awe Inspiring
and regarded Mm from a distance with
romantic Interest
"That little silvery patch on each
temple is so distingue," ardently de
clared Luclle.
"Makes one think of the leading man
la a play when ten years are supposed
to elapse between acts," giggled Ml
gnon Gray
It was a source of delight to the oth
ers that even Mlgnou felt the Influence
of theli host - demeanor and refrained
In his preseii. e from Indulgence in friv
olous conversation.
To Mlgnon It was a matter for cha
grin She fortified herself coutlnually
bv liupres-l\ e rei .uders that he WAS of
the people, for the |»eople, by the peo
ple «r«u as she, and that a governor
was not e« much anyway, but the gu
bernatorial dignity hung round him
•till and her forced courage oozed
• way whenever he addressed her.
One morning tii • retinue, with the ex
ception of Mlgnon trooped away to
the golf link- Mlgnon remained at
Lome to write letters, but when she
knew herself to be alone In this big.
•tatelv boose she suddenly experienced
a sensation of her childhood days and
was 1 uj pel l«sl by an Irresistible deslro
•to l«e naughty The daring Idea of
calling uj»on ltutb's uncle seized her.
"Id like to see him *ou duty,'" she
mu*ed "1 might yes I will -go incog
nito."
There was M chest upstairs contain
ing gnmien's belonging to Ituth's de
parted kin
Presently i»,ere emerged from the ex
ecutive mansion s quaint little figure
clad In an old fashioned flower sprig
ged skirt, a la.v maidllla, a neat straw
bonnet end a lace euged veil.
Tb.« capltol was only a short distance
from the executive mansion, and Ml
gnou njet few persons. The guard who
stood In the brond corridor as she en
tared did not vouchsafe her a second
glan<*e as he directed her to the execu
tive office
Mignon did not follow his directions
Hutb had told her bow she gained his
private Miietum when she was lu a
hurry and d;d not have time for the
red t.- pe channels of approach through
private secretary and messenger She
•Up;***! into be "governor's parlor" and
lioldly oj«en«»d the door from there Into
his private olflee.
The governor chanced to Is? alone,
and he turned in surprise to see who
was so bold in Intrusion.
•*T»id you wish to see me, madam?"
be asked in courtly manner, placing a
chair for the visitor
~Tou art- the governor'?" asked a 1
queer, high pitched voice
"I ana." he admitted
"I came to s.-e if you would give me
• position In the capltol. lam the wid
ow of a soldier-and I pay taxes"
"A soldier's widow?" asked the gov
ernor, with Interest. "In what war did
your husband serve, civil or Bpanl«h
American?"
There *a< a moment's hesitation be
fore Mignon dwided to locate "her
husband" In the civil war.
"What wis his < impany, and In
what regiment did be enlist?"
Bllen-e
"I>. n't you know the number of his
regl tiient T'
"Oh. y«si; thirteen "
"And what state?"
"Pennsylvania."
"And what was the letter of his com
p. Ny?" be asked beginning to make a
memorandum.
"Why-It"' triumphantly.
Ills itencil pob'-d.
"The <iunpanles were only lettered to
K for infantry, you kD >w."
"Then probably it was K," she said.
• K looks like It. you know "
"Yi-i, sometimes," be admitted, "but
vrhat kind of a p .sltion did you wish?"
"Any posltl > !" desjierately
"What expel,en-e have you had?"
"I have copied legal papers." remem
ber". ug a brief she had ouce copied for
tier father, who had wrathfully un
signed It to the flames with the criti
cism that it resembled his Chinese
laundry check
• Have you, indeed!"' he eald in evi
dent surprise, and Mlguon felt that she
had acquired Importance in his regard.
The governor seemed to be absorbed
Ui meditation, and Mlguon began to
feel the silence embarrassing.
"I don't know of any vacancies or
opeu'.nirH st i>resmt." he finally remark
••d, "but if you will make a formul ap
plication an 1 len\e it here on file I will
<ommunlcaie with you as soon as tiie
opportunity offers "
"Oh. thank you!" she said gratefully.
"I don't seem to have any blank
forms," he said, looking over the pa
l*rs on bis desk "However,
I'll write one out. and you can sign It
sad leave your address also."
Mlgnon had already decided upon a
name aud a dress, so when he present
ly handed her a paper he had written j
•be removed tier glo\e. aud on the line
todies ted • wrote "Nancy Bettens, i
Mil L Street "
lie studied the signature carefully.
"And whs? wa« >our husband's Bp«K
name. Mrs Bet tens'/"
••Adam,'' w as the glib response
* You'll hear from me soon, Mrs. Bet
tens "
Mlgnon took this as a disndssal a»id
rose to go.
"Ihj you think there Is any hope?"
►he could not resist asking as she galn
<*d the door
"I do The fact of your *>etng a sol
der's widow and your having had ex
trf-rleti< e In office work will lead me to
eonalder your application favorably. I
shall offer you a position very soon,"
tie replied earnestly
"What fun i shall have telling the
girls" thought Mlgnon as she sped
torn • When she had made a change
of cstume sh»* discovered, to her dis
may. that it was too late to Join the
girls at the country club for luncheon,
as she had promised. While she was
reflecting on this change In her pro
gramme tie library door opened ami
the governor entered
"Oh, there Isn't any luncheon!'* she
said. ' The girls are at the golf links
Mrs Farnham Is Invited out for the
day and 11 made a mistake In the
time aud didn't meet them You were
not expected "
"1 didn't come for luncheon," here
piled "but what will you do?"
"Oh the cook will see that I don't gg
nungry." she laughed. Some way lier
fear of hlin had vanished.
"Let me f»ee to that instead of letting
the cook Will you goto luncheon with
me now?"
"What have you beeu doing all the
morning?" he asked as they sat at a
little palm screened table.
"I've been writing," she replied In a
ruminating tone.
"So have I.and 1 feel the need of
recreation. Will you drive with me
after luncheon?"
Mlgnon decided she would not tell
the girls of her morning call. As the
days went by she became the compan
ion of the governor in his hours of
ease. One evening us she sat alone In
the library he suddenly appeared and
laid a paper before her. She caught
her breath. It was the paper she had
signed in the executive office.
"1 have come for the fulfillment of
your promise," he said gravely.
She had not read the paper that
morning In his office, as he had given
her no opportunity to do so. With
burning cheeks she now perused the
startling application:
I.to hereby faithfully promts* that when
Stephen Thorn, governor of the state of
the offer NANCY HETTEN9.
bill L. Street.
"Well?" he asked entreatlngly.
"It isn't legal or binding," she said
defiantly, "because, you see, it is signed
by a fictitious name."
"Will you not remedy that defect?"
"I prefer," she said softly, "that you
make me a verbal offer."
Kr*m the Apocrypha.
It Is Impossible to exaggerate the
Immense indebtedness of English po
etry and Italian poetry to the Apocry
pha The beautiful lines of Young in
his "Night Thoughts"—
But their hearts woundsd, like tho
wounded air.
Soon close, where passed the shaft no
trace la found
are evidently to be traced to the verse
In the "Book of Wisdom," "As when
an arrow Is shot at a mark it parteth
the air, that immediately cometh to
gether again, so that a man cannot
know where it went through." The fa
mous "Hymn of Praise" In Milton's
"Paradise" is clearly modeled after
the "Benedlclte," or the "Song of the
Three Children," In the Apocrypha, as
In the lines:
His praise, ye winds, that from four quar
ters blow.
Breathe soft w loud, and wave ye tope,
ye pines.
With every pant. In sign of worship,
wave.
It is also to the Apocrypha as to tho
book of Proverbs we owe many max
[ ims which have become household
' words lu our language and In the lan
guages of all civilized nations.
Apprenticeship.
The disrepute Into which apprentice
ship has fallen and to which so much
unemployed und unskilled labor is to
be attributed has no more historical
foundation than has the prevailing dls-
like to domestic aervlce. Both were
honorable enough professions ttt one
time, only slightly differing from each
other In etymology as In kind. The
apprentice— from the French "appren
dre," to learn—was usually bound for
a term of years to his master, who un
dertook to maintal and Instruct him.
The domestic serva t, called a menial
by law—from belu 112 "Intra inoenla,"
within walls—was, as a rule, bound
only for a year. Neither Implied any
reproach. Indeed, as In the case of
Dick Whittington. the London appren
tice was very often the younger sou
of H country gentleman. Perhaps the
law made later on and existing into
the seventeenth century, under which
all young men and women were com
pellable by the Justices to be appren
ticed In some way, may have produced
a dislike to apprenticeship. London
Chronicle.
Don't Blink. Your Er»«.
If ever you tlnd yourself getting Into
the habit of blinking your eyeß rapidly
without any cause stamp the lucllna
tlon out at once. An authority says
that this habit will make your eye
sight fall lonK before It should. Nat
ural blinking Is essential to clear nail
moisten the eyes, and the average num
ber of natural blinks per minute is
about twenty. These ure necessary,
and you do them unconsciously. But a
nervous "blinker" will get In some
thing like a couple of hundred In a
minute In bad cases, and the result of
this Is a big development of the eye
lid muscles and a counter Irritation
that acts on the optic nerve and ren
ders the sight dally more weak and Ir
ritable. The cure consists In keeping
the eyes shut for at least ten minutes
In every hour, thus resting them, and
bathlug the lids in warm water.
BURNS DIED PENNILESS,
Ills First oblturr Notice Called Po»
Help Fur Hln Famllj,
When Robert Burns died the follow
ing obituary appeared In the Edin
burgh Advertiser of July 2d, 1796: "On
the "Ist lust. died at Dumfries, after a
lingering Illness, the celebrated Robert
Burns. His i»oetlcal compositions, dis
tinguished equally by the force of na
tive humor, by the warmth and the
tenderness of passion and by the glow
ing touches of n descriptive pencil, 'Will
remain a lasting monument of the vig
or and versatility of a mind guided
only by the lights of nature and by the
inspiration of genius.
"The public, to whose amusement he
has so largely contributed, will learn
with regret that his extraordinary en
dowments were accompanied with
frailties which rendered them useless
to himself and his family. The last
months of his short life were spent In
sickness and Indigence, and his widow,
with tlve Infant children and In the
hourly expectation of a sixth, Is now
left without any resource but what she
may hope from the regard due to the
memory of her husband.
"The pui. lie are respectfully Inform
ed Hint • mitrtliutious for the wife and
family of the late Robert Burns, who
are left In elrcnmstauces of extreme
dlstress, w ill lie received at the houses
of Sir William Forbes & <'o , of Messrs.
Mansfield, Itamsny & Co. and at the
shops of the Edinburgh booksellers. It
is proposed to publish some time hence
a posthumous volume of the poetical
remains •»f Robert Burns for the bene
fit of the author's family. His friends
and M<-ijualiitances are requested to
transmit such poems and letters as
may happen to be In their possession
to Alexander Cunningham, writer,
Oeorge street. Edinburgh, or to John
Kyine Es<|. Kyedale, Dumfries. It Is
hoped that in the meantime none of his
original productions will l»e communi
cated to the public through the channel
of newspapers or magazines so as to
Injure the sule <if the Intended publics
tlon "
When W«»■>••» t» Growlne Old.
When a woman gets so she doesn't
care about the size of tier feet and
turns her atteution entirely to her
soul, you can set It down that old age
is creeping on.—Beadleton (Ore.) G uld«
SCHEMES oF 'I'IIIKYES
TRICKS OF THOSE WHO OPERATE IN
JEWELRY STORES.
The Way One I'lttee Uun ( oiopletely
(lrnueil tint—llow Mhu» Wludonn
Are Broken—t.ettiiiK it That
Wan Bolted to the flooring.
A number of Jewelers were (lining to
gether and with the cigars the talk
turned on jewelry thieves and their
methods.
The first story was told of an in
dividual who was seen lounging about
the plate front window of a jewelry
store. No particular attention was
paid to the man at the time, but the
clerks recalled the incident after the
robbery. In this instance the man tij>
pea red a number of times in front of
the store < >ne evening soon after dark
there was a sudden crash, and a rob
ber was actively engaged In - »>ping
In jewels with a hooked In
thirty seconds he was done and away.
Bystanders stood as If petrified until
the man struck out at a run 1 hen
the store people and the bystanders
realized what had occurred and shout
lug "Thief!" started after the man.
The man dropped his bag. Ihe pur
suers stopped and seized the hag. 1 hey
returned to the store with tho bag in
high glee, remarking incidentally that
there was no need in chasing the thief
because here were the goods. The pro
prietor of the store ami all the clerks
had followed, but. having farther to
go than she crowd, were behind and
were met by the people with the bag.
i'rouulj the bag was opened. It con
tained a bri.-k. The thief had dropped
ii t . check tiie pursuit. Realizing the
lrid; had succeeded, the crowd, head
< i by the .salesmen and proprietor,
wt fit back .he store, only to discover
that the window had been cleaned of
stock ami the counters were bare of a
number of costly articles.
A policeman on duij said that after
the proprietor and clerks of the store
ran for the departing thief a neatly
dressed gentleman, with all the airs of
a member of ihe firm, gave directions
to two other men to get the stuff out
of the windows and told him (the otti
cert that tills was being done as a pre
caution against theft while the win
dow was broken. Iu some lirst class
stores there is a regular danger signal
arranged, and the men are drilled each
week. When the danger gong sounds
one man takes lbs place at the door,
another at the telephone to send word
to the police, another with running
qualities makes for the door in readi
ness to ptir- ue. and so on.
Among oiiier stories told were some
relating to the tricks and devices of
the Jewelry thieves. The robber often
works at night or sometimes during a
crowd by cutting out a disk of glass
near where some costly goods are
shown. He may reach in and setfure
something and be off before detected
If he is quick. Sometimes he has a
tong Instrument hidden under his coat,
so that he can reach in and pick, up a
watch. Often again he uses a simple
stick with a slightly turned end, hook
lug luto a ring.
The process of crushing in u plate
front during the intervals of the pu
trol of the police, at the same time
making 110 noise. Is done by pasting
cloth or heavy paper ou the glass. A
wood mallet is used, the hammer ends
being securely bound up In a heavy
woolen fabric stuffed with excelsior or
kiudred material. With this soft bead
ed mallet It is possible to bang away
noiselessly at the giass until the pane
begins to crumble. Unless the plate is
usually thick an opening can be made
without much trouble
In recent years jewelry thieves, like
bank robbers, have rented quarters
near the place they Intended to rob
and lived there long enough to study
the situation. In one case a room was
hired over a Jewelry store and en
trance effected to the store by means
of a rope ladder dropped from the win
dow of the room to a window leading
to a hall In the store portion. In an
other case the bar spreader was used
to open the bars of a window. This
device consists of a spirally threaded
shaft titted into two blocks, with a
central piece with a bar for turning.
The blocks are adjusted between two
bars, the central piece turned, where
upon the spiral shaft causes the blocks
to expand shlewlse, forcing the bars
open. Then the intruder cau pass in.
A story was told of the removal of a
safe In which the proprietor of a Jewel
ry store was accustomed to put his
costly stock each night. It was not a
large safe, but exceedingly strong, and
because of its light weight a number
of bolts were put through the floor and
connected with the safe bottom. The
proprietor often said that thieves could
not take the safe unless they took floor
and all. Not long after the store was
entered, and, behold, the thieves had
sawed out the section of the floor to
which the safe was flxed. The safe
was bound up with rope, the latter
passed under the separated section of
flooring, and, when the boards were
sawed through, safe, floor and all were
lowered into the basement and readily
moved out through the basement door,
put Into an express wagon and carted
off — Jewelers' Circular-Weekly.
Kktlinntlnu »» Hone'l Height.
The Arabs have two methods of esti
mating the height to which a colt will
grow, the first being to stretch a cord
from the nostrli over the ears and
down along the neck and compare this
measurement with that from the with
ers to the feet, and the other method
being to compare the distance between
the knee and the withers with that
from the knee to the coronet. In the
first method It is considered that a
colt will grow as much taller as the
first measurement exceeds that of th«
second, and in the second method. If
the proportion Is as two to one, the
horse will grow no taller
Bird* Thnt < arr» Their Voting.
The wood cod . It Is said, lias beeu
known to carry away her young when
threatened with danger. She places
them ou her spread feet, pressing them
betweeD the toes and the breast A
naturalist says many woodcocks also
carry their young down to marshy
feeding ground* In the evening, re
turning I" ore dawn In fact, they
have no means of feeding their young
except l»y carrying them to their food
for they cannot convey their lood to
them
l!:tr*l< 'ji-;:«nrM.
"Don't vo i onally have <
pauy at 4 * house that b
"Often, >ut we have
ilways I -t our litt' • .1
Milwaukee Sentinel
Ds-»iii«*<l.
Teacher- Who kn.iv - ;\hat trip.'
are? Tea-her's l'et—l know. Two
twins uicl one I 't over Woman s
| Home <' >n patriot
Idletn- - ilk- • ■ lowly that pover
Ity has no trouble i catching up with
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aslas or Hebron
Valley
By M. J. PHILLIPS
OopvTigli'. I!MVi, l>> Hub} Douglas I
o Q
John Davidson, with his cleanly .
shaven, comely face, cleft chin, blue
eyes and firm jaw, might have been, |
from appearances, an actor, iI«• might
have been mistaken for a popular
preacher or a professional baseball i
player. His age was, apparently, any- |
where between thirty and fifty years.
lie had the air of good living and
prosperity which the man <>f the world
is supposed to wear.
All guesses as to his profession, how
ever, would probably have gone wl(lo
of the mark. He was senior member ,
of the firm of l»avidsi>n \ Cole of Wall
street, a firm which l>ore a rather shady
reputation. Kven ii'>« he was hurry
ing home from a hunting trip in Maine,
which had been cut short by the tip,
irregularly received. of a big "killing
to be made the next day on the Stock 1
Exchange.
Ixi other words. Davidson & Cole
were preparing to garner several hun
dred thousand dollars because the Hill
mans aud the Silvers were about to
close In a death grapple for the control
of the New York and Western. Each
faction held about one-third of the
stock. Speculators and Investors held
the other third, mostly In small blocks.
The Stivers needed the road, it was
said, t'> stifle its chances of becoming
a dangerou- competitor. The Hlllm&n
crowd desired it for those very possi
bility.
The stock was down to "7; but, ac
cording to the information gleaned by
the brokers, the Silvers were prepared
to pay ir.ii if necessary for the shapes
constituting the balance of power.
liespite the suspicion which attached
to him fin Vail street, Davidson's face
was oil" pcoji'e Instinctively liked and
trusted. When, at a remote Junction
point, Silas Ashlar entered the smoker
of the train shaking the snowfiakes
from his nN>er It was midwinter and
storming—l • took the seat beside the
broker.
Ashlar w as twenty-five, and his good
nntured face, uuchiselcd by the stress
of city life, was round and Unmatured,
yet withal here was native shrewdness
in it and frank honesty.
Davidson v. is a man to i.isplre not
only contid '.i e. I 'it confidences. Be
sides. he v • . in th ■ mood for couversa
tion. In t'.ie com - of half an hour the
country jou'h v unburdening him
self to t'hi- agreeable stranger as ho
had never talked to his closest frleud.
"1 live i it to II bron Valley, In Ver
mont," he "I'm clerk In old man
Bri ITS' ;in 11 store; been workin'
there sin< • I w.,s fourteen. The old
man wan - to retire now, anil I'd like
to buy the business."
"l see." i oiued Dividson politely.
Silas In •: a t-.ttoo with clumsy flu
gets ou t!i v hon sill and smiled
with em 1 in-nt before lie proceed
ed "There's tii -re's • girl, you know."
"Indeed Bri .s* daughter, 1 sup
pose?"
"No; Jennie Gardner. We're—we're
engaged, you see. That's why I want
the store."
"Feel its if you'd ought to be set up
iu busine- . before you marry, eh?"
queried the l.roj.er. smiling a little.
"Well, no: 1 don't," replied the young
man reluctantly, "aud Jennie don't;
neither does her ma. But her father —
lie's John Gardner, the banker there at
Hebron lie don't like me; thinks I ain't
got money enough, 1 guess. Then
there's another fellow, the postmaster.
He wants Jennie to marry."
Davidson's Interest quickened. "Why
don't you run away with the girl?" he
asked.
"She won't do it She's afraid of her
father So Is her mother, for that mat
ter. He's a hard mau."
"He'd be satisfied to let you marry If
you owned the store?"
"Yes, and that's Just some more of
his meanness." returned Silas. "Ho
thinks It's Impossible for me to buy It
or he wouldn't say so All I got's SSOO.
Brlggs wants fII.OOO. I'm goln" down
to New York to see if I can't raise It.
I've heard of money being made pretty
quick on Wall street"—
"They'd get your hay in about twen
ty minutes in Wall :-treet," responded
Davidson decisively. "I know, because
that's where 1 hang out. But see here,
Asb'ar. I've got a little sporting blood
iu my veins, aud I've been under dog
myself. Suppose 1 help you down this
tu'-peuny banker?"
"Say, If you only would!"
• Very well. Let's have your five hun
dred. There's something on for tomor
row, and maybe 1 can clean up your
littl« pile for you during the excite
ment. Are you willing to trust me and
take the chance?"
Ashlar's uuswer was to draw, with
trembling fingers, a bulky envelope
from an inner pocket aud pass It over
to tho broker, who tore It open and
counted the cot. its dexterously. There
was SSOO In the package In well thumb
ed tens and twenties.
Tho broker stowed tlie money uway
and produced a ?>lt of pasteboard.
"There's my address," he said, handing
the card to Ashlar. "You come to that
number day after tomorrow at 10, and
I'll have some news for you."
When at dusk Ashlar, bewildered by
tho appalling noise and confusion of
the big city, ventured from the rail
way station into the street he sudden
ly felt that he had done a foolish thing
in Intrusting all his money to a per
fect stranger, but the remembrance of
Davidson's face with Its undeflnable
attraction r< insured him. "I was a
darn find for ever tlilnkin' of this
thing,'' he mutten 1 "They'd surely
beat me If I tried speculatin' by my
•elf. I guess Davidson Is square."
The New York and Western episode
on the Sto'-U Kxchauge next day was
uicrch a skirmish In the great indu6
trial warfare which goes on ceaselessly
in that slit iu tin- granite called Wall
street A few profited; scores were
ruiued. Before Davidson &• Cole had
loaded up Irretrievably with the stock
Davidson mo'!, d danger and had be
gun to let g->
His suspicions proved Justified. The
story of the tight for control was a
clever fake, which had already caught
rnfr small tirm-. It developed that
the : ei> and the Illllmans had long
sin>-e come t" in amicable agreement
In regard to the road.
"Then we're out about said
I.iii-ius < ole the morning after the sklr
xulsh as ho -.-<t with his partner In their
private office.
'.\ii.>nt agreed Davidson,
•and if 1 hadn't got wise until a half
hour later we'd have been down and
out today."
A clerk ushered In fcllus Ashlar, 'the
country youth was haggard with auxt
ety. "The morning paper says we
were lilt hard," ho began "My mon
ey"—
"lour money's all right." Interrupted
Davidson 1 had your little old $2,-
ihiu salted before the balloon ascen
sion. Here's your check." He handed
Ashlar a slip of paper.
Silas for a few moments was dazed
by the good news. Then he began to
stammer his thanks, but Davidson
waved them aside. "Not a word, now,
Silas. 1 want just two promises of
you—that you'll never monkey with the
Stock Exchange again and that you
will go home and fix up a wedding
within two weeks. Do you agree?"
There wore tears In the young man's
eyes. "If Jennie says the word we'll
be married inside of twenty-four hours.
This money shuts her father up. I
don't want any more Stock Exchange
business either, you bet. I've been too
worried the last two days. Cod bless
you. Mr. Davidson, if you ever coino
to Hebron Valley I'll try to show how
much you've done for us."
A dark llitsb mounted Cole's thick
neck and overspread his face as the
grateful Ashlar left the office. "Are
you crazy, Davidson';" he demanded
angrily. "What the devil did you give
up that money for? The fool hayseed
would have believed anything you told
him." Although meant as a sarcasm,
a note of anxiety crept into his high
excited voice at the next question,
"You ain't turning honest, are you?"
There was more bitterness than hu
mor In Davidson's smile its he replied:
"It's a little late In the day for that,
Isn't it? lint I'll tell you why I did It,
If you want to know. Did you ever
stop to think why I wasn't married?"
"Oh. a girl away back, probably."
"Dead right, Lucius. Her folks
thought I didn't have money enough, so
they sold her oft to a tight fisted grub
ber with a few hundred dollars and a
heart like a hickory nut. It's her
daughter Ashlar wants to marry. Her
husband doesn't like him, and ho put
the same stumbling block up to the boy
that was laid In my path—money."
"Well, I ain't kicking, am IV" snarled
Cole, with a change of front which
would have puzzled any one but his
partner.
'"You're senior member of this firm,
and you can make an ass of yourself If
you want to. But while I was about It
id have got the boy more than a
measly two thousand!"
Herb* rt Spenoer'* I"nlnte«l Carpet.
Herbert Spencer once had a carpet
which began to fade when it had only
been down a few months. It consisted,
or. rather, had consisted, of clusters of
blue flowers on a drabblsh ground.
Now, with the principal color gone, it
had become far too dull for the taste
of that lover of brightness. He there
fore conceived the unique Idea of hav
ing each flower stamped over with red
ink. For this purpose he invented a
small tin tray, which was made so that
it stood quite flat on the floor to pre
vent any possibility of the ink being
spilled or dropped about. Itent In It
were little veils about as large round
and twice as thick as a halfpenny.
1 hese depressions were tilled with the
liquid. The sempstress—whom he was
always glad of an excuse to employ
because she was so hardworking and
so poor was soon set to carry out his
plan. Down on her knees she had to
go, and a* she was decidedly stout It
was no light ta>k With a cork cut tin
exact size and dipped in Ink she press
ed firmly down on each flower, thus
leaving It as If covered with red cher
ries. No wonder It took her over a
week, working all day.for the carpet
was from twenty-five to thirty teet
long aud proportionately wide.—liar
per's Magazine.
One ill (lir \ ntcarlea of Mriuorf.
A chllil of Mnerican parents was
born in Spain, und, although the lan
guage of the family was English, she
learned to speak Spanish fluently. She
then remove 1 to America and went
into a boarding school where French
was the only language spoken. Of
eour>c, hear ig no Spanish, the child
gradually -emed to l'orget it. Her
knowledge of French was perfect, aud
that she used as well as English.
When she became an elderly lady her
health failed her. and she sank Into
a condition of physical aud mental
weakness. \ t'tf-r a time her attendants
observed that she seemed not to under
stand anything that -was spokeu In
English, but conversed in French with
At last she lapsed Into a long
Interval of semiconsciousness, during
which she understood nothing. During
the last days of her life she suddenly
rallied, and her command of Spanish
came back to her, so thut she talked
fluenth In it and thoroughly under
stood It. As a case of mental lupse
and peculiarity of memory this Is con
sidered <jiilte worthy of note
The Face.
If we could but read It every human
being carries his life in his face and Is
good looking or tin* reverse as that life
has been good or evil. On our f< tures
the fine chisels of thought and emotion
are eternally at work. Alexander
Smith.
The characteristics of the blusterer
are a killing tongue and a quiet sw^-.'
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STRANGE LEGEND OF A MYSTfcRIOUS
ST AT U t IN ROME.
It I'lilntril I In- May u» u Scene of
Sili-iil itiiit II ix/lints Splendor—The
lull- «>f tin- Man V. In. Solved the
I.ii Iu ma nt the I'iiiKer Mr*«»l|e.
Tlielc stood in Uollie many ages ago ]
J: beautiful marble statue the mystery 1
of which attracted the attention of all j
the w.se men from far and near. No j
body eoulil iviueniiM'r when it had been !
ercctill anil nobody knew what It!
meant.
It was i n- figure of a woman, tall, i
sir ii. : and sup;i!e She stood erect, j
with iii r right arm outstretched, her j
mantle 112 illing in graceful folds about j
her figure, on h« r face a look, half]
smile, half frown, luring, yet appeal !
ii . but alway< holding the observer
1,. a -itrange feeling that it roused of
mvsierv. glory an I horror.
Km even ail that, written so clearly
in the mystic signs iliat art uses, might
have been overlooked by the people ;
had it not been f.<r a more material |
puzzle presented by the statue. On the
third linger of the outstretched hand
was written in unfading letters, "Strike
here." And therein lay the mystery.
Years came and went, and wise men
puzzled their brains to find tbe secret.
Seers from faroft lands came to Rome,
attracted by lhe statin*, and still it
stood, mute, cold. Inexplicable.
One day a young man stood before
It. lie had grown up with the Idea of
solving the mystery, and each day
since he was a little child he had come
for a few moments and stood silently
gazing at the strange countenance.
lie had learned to love the face, the
wise lips that looked as if they might
part and ie|| the secret that ages had
yearned t > know, but through these
ages only lie hail been sincere In his
search. Faithful through all disap
pointments he had gained strength and
wisdom, and now as he stood before the
statue the sun. halfway up the eastern
sky. shone full upon the image.
A strange thrill passed through the
man.and. looking In the direction In
dicated by the pointing finger, he saw.
some yards away, the shadow of the •
outstretched hand on the ground. He
gave a low cry. and, after noting the
spot well, hi departed.
That night at midnight he went to
the place and began to dig in the
ground where the shadow of the hand
had fallen. A long time he worked,
never ceasing his digging, when sud
denly his spade struck something hard.
Then his zeal increased, and, clear
ing a space, he saw beneath him a trap
door. with a great stone ring. Or»sp
lng the ring he pulled open the door j
and started back, dazzled, for a flood |
of light burst upon him from out of j
the depths.
Quickly recovering, the young man
looked again and beheld a wide mar
ble staircase descending from the trap
door. Throwing down his spade he
passed through the door, down the
steps and fouud himself in a vast hall.
The floor of this room was of marble,
pure white, while the walls and celling
were of the same material In many
colors. The huge pillars upholding the
vast dome shone like alabaster. Rare
paintings L ng upon the walls, and
rich rugs lay strewn upon the floor.
In the center of the room a fountain
stood. The water In Its basin was as
pure as crystal, but not a ripple stirred
its surface, and no pleasant lapping
charmed the ear as It does when water
falls from on high, for, though the
fountain was apparently perfect, no
water rose from it to fall again.
On seats running around this silent
fountain were many men In rich bro
cades and costly fur robes. LKellke
they looked, but to the touch they were
as marble. It was as If In the midst of
life death had come and petrified these
beings In mockery.
Around ou tables aud benches were
scattered piles of gold and precious
gems. Delicate enameled vases and
swords Inlaid with gems added their
wealth to the place.
But rarest of all the gems was a
great carbuncle, which stood In a cor
ner of the room and from v.'hich c; me
the sole light by v. hKli ti:>- i! • •• as
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I'eheved lrom rareness. In the corner
opposite ''' !s stone stood an archer,
his bow b"iil. liis arrow on the string,
aimed at the carbuncle. On his bow,
shining with reflected light, were the
words:
"1 am thai 1 am My shaft Is in
evitable. Von glittering Jewel cannot
escape its stroke."
As he looked on all this in silent wou
dej' the .voting Koman heard a voice ut
ter one word "Beware!"
Then he passed into Uie next room
and found it tilted up us magnificently
as the one h had just left. All man
ner of OI:.-IK - were about this room,
and reeliii on them were wonder
fully beautiful women, But their lips
were sealed in this place of silence.
From there he passed on, finding
maa\ more wonders rooms tilled with
treasurer of art, stables filled with fine
horses, granaries filled with forage.
Kverythlug that could make a palace
complete \va> there.
The >oiing itomau returned to the
hall.
"I have hero seen," he said, "what
no man will believe. 1 know that of
this wealth 1 should take nothing, but
to prove to them that 1 speak truth can
be no harm."
Then he took in his arms a jeweled
Kvvicil and -oiue rare vases, but sud
denly all was dark.
The charm was broken. The arrow
had left the bow ami shattered the car
buncle into a thousand pieces. Pitch
darkness ovcrspi'-ad the place.
Then the yoiin • man remembered the
wartime, but too lite And there lie
probably add •>. e more to the silent
watchers in the chamber.
lias th - st,ir\ a moral'; Let th so
answer who hive eves to see.
NATURE IN THE OCEAN.
rretiturt'M lie\ oiirinj; IIm« li Oilier to
I'rv* (>:ii O * erproilu< tlon.
It is estimated that the cyclops will
beget 44L'."00 young in tile course of
the year, and if these were all permit
ted to mature and reproduce them
selves the .seas would in a short time
be a simple mass of living organisms.
But the cetochilus, or "whale food,"
constitutes almost the exclusive food
of the vast shoals of herrings and the
sea living salmon and salmon trout.
Their existence - one of the greatest
economic triumphs of nature, for these
minute creatures -,-our the sea of its
refuse and keep ii sweet, while they
form the 100 i of lishes. which in turn
furni -h wh'deso: <> fiiod for millions of
human bc'.iijrs.
Feeding on dead vegetable and ani
mal matter, these entomostraca are
converted into the food fishes of the
world by one remove, being first assim
ilate'.! by the herrings, then absorbed
by the tunuy, cod, mackerel and other
fishes which folio v herring shoals and
prey upon the latter. They mainly
swim on the surface of the water, and
it is the - • treli r>f them in this position
which brings the shoals of herrings to
the surface. The'r countless numbers
are ai.-o augmented by the microscopic
larvae of fixed shells, such as the bar
uac-le. which begins life In this form
first as a one eyed swimming crusta
eean, then growing a pair of eyes and
finally infixing Itself.
In rivers these larvae are the sole
food of all young fish and often also ol
older fish. In early spring the crea
tures In every stage—eggs, larvae and
perfect though mlscroscoplc entomos
traca— swarm in the water, on the mud
*nd on the water plants, and were It
not for nature's provision for keeping
them In check so rapid would be theli
rate of multiplication that the whole
character of the water would speedily
be entirely changed.
('■dosan ftii(l Hla Wife.
Dr. C'adogan, a noted physician In
the days of Charles 11., married a lady
several years older than himself. She
proved to be Jealous and accused him
In the presence of his friends of giv
lng her poison to kill her In order that
he might marry some one else. He told
her she was mistaken and to convince
her assured the company that tliey
were quite welcome to open her and
see whether she had been poisoned.
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