. ; | ww ne: SEER anos Gh an sees secatestanbragabsnas pt ppt pt L001 OHO 00 BREN PERBH~ How +3883 -3 $58 #583 9 Hoh CP g§588588 Er 8383583 |s88 Seo BR 858 won g ing bs Longing for rest, and then waiting For peace in'another land. 3 . + Ziih Trying a “To fathom the depth of lifes river—s" H's catch the stray sunbeams that quiver And dance oniits gleaming breast. "Won F * qf all sweeping susges Pe "es Eeaselessly sing Hope's lastidirges—. Requiem masses of rest. To sleep in the gloaming— . “On dreamland’s far hills to be roaming, wake, —New York Advertiser, Amateur Detective. “An BY MRS. M. L. BAYNE. 1 em VIDENTLY Farmer Still- well was very "much sur- prised’ when his only son going to the fe a job.” \ “What's ythe matter with staying : 4 ol helping me 4 ap 74) run ‘the £arm?” asked the old man. fy © ¢] want a chance to rise in the world, 40 show what’ kind of stuff I'am made .of,” answered the youth... : | #4] reckon you're made of the same ort of clay as yer mother and me, but ger only about half-baked yet,” said the old man with a grin. = “This comes of a ~ fittle Tearnin’.” You'd better tarry at Jericho. until. yer beard is grown an’ you've cut yer wisdom teeth, son.” * _ But the young men persisted. He ex- plained to-his father that he wanted to -gé6 the world, and make his mark int. He must have to begin low, but he was ‘bound to rise and be somebody, and he knew enough to keep clear of bunco- .gteerers and : all such ‘father gave him his bl “five dollars in gold and let him go, with ia pardansble desire to gratify his ambi s tion and see him rise in the world.” In due time a letter:came from the -young man. Hehad found employment - sass clerk in a jewelry store. It was only a stepping-stone, he said, to the fortune he intended to make, but he » should keep his eyes open and loose no good chance. i ~The next letter was from the chief of - police in the city where . the young mam was employed. . It merely announced the -fact-that the youth was in jail and want~ _ed his father to come and bail him out. The consternation which this ‘missive in-| troduced into the farm “household can ned. They all loyally only ‘be ‘imagi -clung to the belief that their Charles Augustus was not a criminal. in - intent, but the fact of his being in jail wasa _great blow to their pride. © * = ~ &Let us return,” as the -¢0 Charles Augustus: That enterprising young . golden opinions from his employers by ~ his steady conduct, his correct business novelists say, principles; and his devotion to their in. ‘terests. One day, ata time when he was the only clerk in the store, astranger entered and asked to "be shown some diamond earrings. He produced a bus- iness card; and the jeweler, who person- lly attended to him, 1ecognized the mame as that of a man recently estab- lished in business there, but who was «still a stranger to him. The gentleman .gelected {he earrings and asked that they be sent to his hotel for his wife to ex- .amine befare purchasing them. Then ‘he left the store. : Now this business was unhusiness-like . and the jeweler cautioned young = Etill- well not to leave the diamonds unless sthey were paid for, as the buyer had #aid they would be if they suited. Bo Charles Augustus went up to the hotel with two ideas fixed in his mind. He was to return, like the Spartan hero, with his shield, or upon it—in other words, he was to bring back either the diamonds “or their equivalent in ‘cash. Ae t ©Rnow thyself,” the motto of the wise men of Greece, was an unknown quantity in the arithmetic of our Charles Augustus. ad ¢ diterature in his salad ‘days, which were aot yet over, to fill his soul with an une- qual appreciation of things. Yor in- stance, quite unknown to his parents, he yearned to'be a detective. Cowboys and; raiders were not much to his liking; they lacked the element of respectability. But to be a/detective, a sleuth-hound of ‘the law, to rise to the high position of §nspector-in-chief of police; to be the . terror of small boys and evil doers was to .yeach the 'ultimatam of his ambition. ‘When his employer imagined his new selerk. at the reading room of .the Y., M.