JUtS. IJUCK TUPPEIL My irofnlim la tlmtof civil ciiKlneor ln. After a vory tiiisnllnfartnry yonr fwnit in the employ if rertniri nniHlirooin rail Tonil lolnpimim I nwilveil to twk ft shorter roulo to fortimn liy joining thn thronif tlint wnj jnut then niHliiitK totli" tivrr iiiincn of tlm nonllitvi Ht. Hut, nliis, for tlm bml luiil lunf tin UIIHMlli.ti"!ll('( t in I 1 1. ml I M.x tlllllllllH Inter I fcimnl myself one l:iy Ktriuidnl in ft wretched little tiiiiiin;; town without n ilollnr in my poehet. Now I Imppeneil Jimt then to meet nwl tnnlii! frieniN with ( 'olotiel I ) i i k 1 r it i no purl of my pm-pose to relnte. Kufllrn to nay 1 hut when hn olfereil to wnil tun TfimiliM into tho i-oiuitry with n piirly of men who wero to fiikn rlinrirft of one of hinTiiTiehel nri-epteil without demur. TIhto wero liveof tm, willi nil jKi-nililii diversity of rlmriieter and liriiitfiiiir up. Donnln OTlnherty wa n lirilliant ynuiifr lriHlimun, 1 1m son of n Nir York alderman. Ho hud broken with hia fam ily because of his disposition to flirt with pretty uirla rather than to "Htndy for order," an had heen intended. 8i Lnrkinn wnn a typical down ranter, big and rnwhoned. ami until nix month B had never lieen lieyond tho New IlaiupHhlro hills. His wry opioifo wn Kosh larirr, n 1iimt little fellow who, in apito of his notiilircro and lirni o of pistols, liKikeil very liknonnof tlm dom inie that used to adorn tlm trout of his rlolhiiitf Rtoru Imrk in Ciiiclimnti, lint for nil that Im wiir plucky and clear irrit to thn backbone. Then I hero wai Uiick Buck Tnp)cr. Just where hn hailed from no onn ever Rcducd o know. Ho Beenif d to bo it part of tho wild wont himself, mid l:i i kuowhslo of its bold, wicked ways v.as sunietliiiit; mar vrloim. Ho had n playful habit of alhip iiiK ui ross tlm country, liriiitf rilit and left siii'lillaneonsly, i r of ihiHliin un heraldeil tlirouli hliops nud ne.looim on hi miistauK. Hack was an inveterate Raniblcr, tlionuh wioietliintf of a lumpier it neeined at least his enriiinns went regularly into tho hands of tho faro bank dealer at Waho, One afternoon as Hack and 1 wero re turning from lK'yond tho canyon, w hero wo hail Konn in anarch of aoino iiiisninir cattle, wu canio upon tho trail of n com pany of horsemen. From tho broken bits of saddle, cook ing utensils and papers that wero scat tered ..about tho koi'ko, it wna evident that (here had been a runaway. Ah rnr.diun matter was at a premium just then, 1 wna off in un instant and wna Withering up tho papers, which proved to la) of recent data. 8o nliaorbed did I income In their con tenia that it was some, minutes lieforo I noticed that Duck also had dismounted and was examining with (Treat interest aomcthiug that ho had picked up from tho roadside. It proved to bo the photograph of n woman a line, oval face, tho Hlightly waving hair brushed simply back from tho low, broad forehead. Tho eyes, that you would havoBworn wero a clenr grnv. seemed to look into your own witli a sweet, trustful expression. Several times during tho ride homo Duck took tho pic ture from his blouse, regarding it with an air of pleased owucraliip. When I came into the house after put ting away tho horses, I found him busily engaged in fastening tho picture to tho smoked wall above the chimney piece. "It ain't no plnce for auch," lie said, nodding his head at tho picture and gluticiug apologetically about tho riium, "but Uuck Tnpper'a proud to givo yon tbe best he's got." Looking upon the matter as a great joke, when tho others came in I led them to the picture, presenting them with mock ceremony to Mrs, Buck Tupper. Tho uiiiuo seemed to tickle Buck's fancy, and ho refuted it over and over to him self with a pleased chuckle. From that time "Mrs. Buck Tupper" became a household word with us, but It was not until some weeks after this that wo leurucd how much of a reality ho had become to the eccentric fellow. Ono day, when one of his chums from Waho was in tho midst of a somewhat doubt ful story. Buck had interrupted: (limpsey, 1 don't 'How that's jest the talk a right nice woman likes to listen to," glauclug 8lguilicantly at the face on tho wall. (Jiuipsey stopped, disconcert ed and astonished, but he did not finish tho Btory. 1 tliiuk ho went away believ ing that Buck was a bit touched; indeed I sin not sure but that the rest of ns shared the opinion. It wns evident that for some reason a radical change had tuken place in him. Ho went no more on his boisterous cru sades, and on bunduys, when ho was off duty, I had found him several times try ing to spell out the words in the little Bible 1 had carried with me in my wan derings. For several weeks flaming bills bad been posted about announcing that there was to be a great time at Waho on Christmas eve. However, when I men tioned it to Tupper he shook his head slowly: s "Naw, I did think soma about it, but Mrs. Buck Tupper" looking up at the picture with a half Bmile "I llowed if she was here she'd rather I wouldn't" Boeing that I was disjiosed to listen he went on: "I nover hud no bringin up, I reckon, but I sort o' felt from the first as though that picture was a token, an I says, some day you'll find that woman herself, Buck Tupper. Of course I never could be fit ten for such," sighing hum bly, "but I made up my miud to be de cent on squar anyway." , For mors tlutn a month we had been annoyed by cattle thieves, but in spits of the fact that we had been re-enforoed. by a daring company of men, they con tinued to elude ns. One bright, moon light night, however, we cams down up on a party of thorn. . Our men at ones " opened firs. - At first they showed flghtP but as we far outnumbered them their ;; leader, with a signal to his men, put - spurs to bis horse and in a moment they were galloping down the gorge, with teveral of our party in pursuit They had Rons but a short distance When a shot took effort, and the horso of one ui the outlaws fell dend. Lnrklns and I hurried forward to pro vent the rider's escape, but ns we lifted the anddlo, by which thn rider had been pinioned to tho ground, the long clonk and broad sombrero fell back, duicloslng the fact that our captive wns a woman. At this moment onn of thn men earno irnlloping back with tlm news that line!: bnd lieen shot. This of course put i:n end to the pursuit, and we hurried Imc!: to the ranch with tlm wounded man. O' Flaherty and I took charge of him, While Harper win left In tin1 outer room to guard tlm prisoner. From the lirst it wna evident that 1 Sue k'a wounds were filial. Ho wasconscious, however, though his mind seemed to wonder at times. "I reckon I'm goin shore." ho said feebly. "I never was Imlf decent: I never knowed how; btif, Jim." with a pitiful, pleading look, "if you seoMrs. Buck Tupcr, I wisht you'd tell her that I tried." I thought that tlm experience of these months had effectually hardened me, but this wns ton much, and on tlm pretere i of wishing to relievo Hnrpor I left the room. It wns not until I was alone with the Woman thut I looked nt her. Then I wna transfixed with astonishment. As she ant there, the Inniplight falling on her cold, rigid face, it needed no second glnnco to convince mo that alio was the original of Hock's picture. This then wna thn angel of purity at whoso sbrino tho mor fellow had lieen worshiping! My first thoui'ht was m must never know. And yet I reflected how much it would menu to him to lint see her face, doing over to whero aim sat f hurriedly told her tho whole story. "And yon want mo to go to him'" Her face was cold and unfeeling, but there wns a singular sweetness In her voice. "Yes, only that ho thinks you are" "I understand," with a f nnt smil". After explaining matters to OTlah'Tty I hsl her to tho bedshlo of tho dying man and left them alono together When I returned somo minutes later, alio sat beside him, and Im was holding her hnnd. Achnngo that 1 could not describe had comoover her countenance. There was a siilxlucd light that only tears can give to a woman's face. "You'll inako a lit t lo pra'r for me." Im wna aaying pleadingly. "I-l mutt" "Yes, little ono," very tenderly. "1 How you do feel broke up, but I neviT jest knowed how, an tho nngela'd hear such aa yon." Tho woman turned a hunted look upon tho rest of us, mid then slipping from her chair dropped upon her knees: MNnw 1 Iny mo down lo sleep; I prny the barri my soul lo keep. If I shnnlfl din liffore f wrtke, I pray tlm Ixinl my smil to lake." At first tho words seem to choke fier, but tliero wns something so solemn about it all thut I do not think it occurred to ono of ua that tliero was nnything incon gruous In the repetition of tho childish prayer nt thia moment. Buck repeated tho Inst words over after her: "I pray tho fxircl my soul to take. 'Yes. I 'How he will." and ho was gone. Of course wo could not think now of dealing with our prisoner, so, ufter a hurried consultation, we put Iter on Buck's pony, and Harper and I rodo out to tho trail with her, and the lust wo saw of Mrs. Buck Tupper alio wna vniii-dinig down the gorgo in tho gray morning mist Tho following summer I roturned to . Boston, and as the years allpicd away my western experience became grndual ly an uncertain memory. One evening Into in December as I waa walking up Duano street my atten tion was arrested by tho sound of music that came from the Salvation Army bar racks across the street. I have a friend In Jesus: He's everything to mo; lie's tbe fat rent of ten thousand to oiy enult I crossed over and stood for moment in the crowd that surged about the door. The singing hud ceased, and a woman was speaking. I could not see her face, but her voice wns a singularly musical fulsetto. "Though your sins be as scarlet do you hear thut'" slio was Buying. "Scarlet thut means blood an tho Bible suyi no mnrdiTor can enter tho kingdom. But he can wash the murder out of yonr heart, bless bis naiuet He says, 'I will make them white as snow.' " Seized .v.ith a sudden curiosity, 1 mounted one of the benches to get a glimpse of the speaker's face. A pule fuce, with clear, gray eyes and waving, brown hair where hud 1 seen it before What was the vague memory that for a moment seemed only to tantalize me? I bad gone back through the years and tho same fuce only younger and fuller was looking at me from the smoked wall above the chimney piece. "Mrs. Buck Tupper!" Involuntarily the words came to my lips. At this mo ment the woman's eyes met my own. A confused look overspread her face, and she faltered in her speech. Could it be that she knew me? No, but she had soon the look of recognition in my face, and recognition to a woman with such a post must be always disturbing, I re flected, as I stepped down and joined the crowd outside. "Who is she?" I questioned of a strap ping fellow with a fluming badge upon hb) breast "That's Captain Mildred," speaking enthusiastically. ."The devil hates that woman, 1 tell yout Why, she'd go through anything to get a poor wretch out of his clutches. Why, she's a" But I did not wait to hear the rest Here, 1 mused, was a fit sequel to poor Buck s lovs story, and as I walked away tbe song floated out again, clear and tri tttnphant: - ' ' ' i And weeplinup to glory. , . . i To see his bleated tare. . i ' 1 1 ... -i I . . ... Where rivers of delight forever roll. He's the Ulr of tbe vslleyr The bright end morning ur. - V ' He's the telnet of Un thoaesAd M mr SOUll H ; , Mattie M. Boteler tn 'Cincinnati Post. A Sledding Ktperlenee. The story cornea tip from below the olty almut a man who attempted tocros tho Androscoggin on tlm Ice and was ewnmpod, together with his team. Hn had lieen hauling wood across tho river for several daya and bad just ono morn load to haul. Aa tho wnter wna up on tho face of the Ice hn first thought to put off hauling it, lint tlm thought that perhnpa there would not lie another chalice to haul it tnnde blm go across. When hn started buck, Im thought Im wouldn't go in tho anmn track whero hn had hauled thojod, sr. ho wont a 1 if t lo nbove. Tho ico began to crack slowly when he got. to tho middle. Quick ua n flsMi be unfastened thn two 1 ii;r nml one hold bnck. Then Im struck the horse violent ly with tlm whip. At tlm same time tb Sledload of wood went through with fi rrnsli. Ho commenced to sink with It, but when Urn horse had been struck br jumped ahead, and breaking tlmoli' bold back jerked the man off of tlm load and drugged him to thoshoTo with tho reins. There Im stopped, and tho man got, tip. When lm looked bnck tho top of the wood nnd tho shafts cinild lie seen stick ing out of thn hole in tlm ice. Tho water was not deep. Ho snvs that ho would rnther lose tho wood than go near the holo ngniti. It i.i frozen in now. Iewis ton .Toiirn il . A Living Jnpanenn Miilntiinntter. Thomas R. Hill, tlm young iiatnrnlis of Knoxville, In., who is spending tin winter nt, 1'iinsn el Tout, Tex., has re cently como into possession of n rare cu riosity a Japanese salamander tlm gift of a friend who in now "doing" the orient. According to the descriptive tag which was pasted on the tin box in which Mr. Salamander inado his long trip, the creature was caught In mm of tbe fresh water lakes of f ho .Tapani so mountain on tho -fill of .Inly last. Unfortunately the tag does not Fluid whether tlm lipoci men is a young or an obi example of I hi salamander family. Naturalists wlic hnvo examined it since its arrival at the Pause, however, derlaro that it is about 7 years of age. It 1h exactly II fc t and ( inches ir length, has four legs, like nn alligator nnd a very extensive i iiud.il npiiendagVi Tlm head is broad and llal, very "snaky' in npK'iiriiiice; the eyes so small ns to Is hardly discernible. In color thocreature is a muddy, dark brown nliove, and lighter underneath. The entire skin is covered with "warts," or excrrsences liko thoso on a toad. When pressed upon theso warts exudo a viscid, acrid fluid, which is probably Its only menus of defense. Ht. Louis Hepublic. The fltica'fftt l'aiiorelti In the World. Within a few days tliero will arrive it; New York for shipment to Chicago painting valued at (:VHI,000 nnd of such huge dimensions that two freight curs will bo required to bring it to this city. The painting is a panorama of the Ber nese Alps of Switzerland. It will lie placed on exhibition at tho World's fair in a specially constructed bnil ling, hav ing the distinction of being thn largest panorama ever painted. When it reuches New York, sjiccial rigging will have to lm employed to take it from tho vessel. Tho roll of canvas lieing CO feet long, two freight cars pro vided with a devico for turning short curves will be used for its transporta tion. Much of tho mat'iinl to be used in the construction of the panorama building is included in the shipment, and no time will be lost in putting it to gether when it reaches Jackson park the aim being to hnvo thn panorama on exhibition March 1. After the World " fair the cunvus will bo shipped back to Switzerland. Chicago Herald. Heavy Damagee Fur a lieniolUheil Noee. A jury in tho circuit court has placed definite value on a handsome nose in a verdict rendered in a case which has been in the courts for four years. The case is that of Emery Bruce against A. A. Bomlieck and wife. Bruce alleged that while sitting in his buggy on the Southwest boulevard Mrs. Bombock drove by at a very rapid pace, and her buggy collided with his, owing to her careless driving, with the result thut his nose was so badly crushed that it has never regained its shaiie. Bruce further alleged that his nose was a particularly handsome one, and he considered it his strong point of beauty. Tho jury sized up bis nose and awarded him $073 dam ages. Kansas City Letter. Itubbcr Bands l'emiltted on Foetal t arda. Several days ugo Dr. W. W. Parker inquired of Postmaster Russell whether rubber bands could be used around the new double postal cards. The official could not answer the question, and tho physician wrote to the postmaster gen eral in reference to the matter. Dr. Parker has received a reply stating that bands could be used. Richmond Dis patch. Doing Society. The young man about town is "rush-, mg" society just now for all it is worth. One of the smart set writes to a friend, "I have been invited out every night for ,wo weeks, but have accepted only one )id." New York Tribune. Walling for the Modern Woman. Mrs. Lynn Linton, who has consti tuted herself the judge and censor of woman, has come forth in The Nine teenth Century with a new grievance. It is woman as a housewife whom she holds up to publio scorn this time. Home made bread, says the lady, is ss extinct aa the dodo and home cured bams as scarce as great auks' eggs. She laments the desuetude into which brewing and winemaldng have fallen, forgetting thut this is scarcely a theme for poetic regret and she otters a last despairing wail be cause we have no longer "the pretty girls who mused in sweet security." And all through the article she takes the unique ground (for her) that women should bo the playthings of love, gracious and graceful, living to ploase and be pleased. .No thought has Mrs. Linton for those who are oompelled to go out Into tho world to fight, and fall or stand, as the conditions shall direct Chicago Tribnne. . " Aeqnlrlng Foreign f .angnngee It is nnusiinl for a person whogoesintn a foreign country nfter hn tins grown t adult yeara to ncqulro tho Inngiiugo of thnt country well enough to Conceal bis alien origin, but tliero nrn exception Thero la aOermnn in New York, who hna lieen hero only six years, who apeake F.ngllsh without n trace of accent, nl though bo never studied thn tongun until ho arrived in America. A professor of French in this city eaysthut Kngllshmen nnd Americans betray tliemsi Ivch inori; by stress on t be let ter "1" when they try t talk his language than in nny other way. Frenchmen nrn morn "stumped" by 1 he sound of th than by anything else in Knglish. Ono of them, who declared that he could pronounce anything in our tongun, was asked to say "Theopbibm Thislln thwaito." Ho threw up his hands and exclaimed, "Ah, barbarian!" This sound is trying to thn (leruians likewise, and one of thn early things In Puck, when that wna a German pnicr, wns a aeries of pictures representing a Teutonic waiter twisting his nock and crnckinu his teeth In thn ul tempt to say "Thanks.'' Now York Kun. What Krlenne lias llrinn In Agriculture. Not only hns Intensive cultivation taught ns how to draw a larger return thnn formerly from a particular soil nnd a given surface, but by the selection of seeds ws hnvo doubled nnd tripled t lie formation of sugar in beet roots; by like selections, tho production of tho potato hna lieen augmented, nnd wo nro seek ing, with certninty of success, yet tnor considerable increase in tho production of wheat. No less progress is reached ic tho production of fruits nnd vegetable and of cnttle, to tlm daily amelioration of thn genera! condition of tho human race. This advance tins been promoted part ly by close aeiniiint.inco with tho gen eral laws of living nature ns revealed by disinterested science- laws which arc tho essential foundation of every eppli. cation, nnd equally and in a way no h s worthy of admiration by tlm efforts ol inventors, those men of practical ingenui ty who labor nt tho same timo for tho in crenso of their own fortunes nnd for the good nnd profit of mankind. 1'. I',. M. licrtlii lot in Popular Science Monthly. Ilrroes In Many Walks of I. If. Whoever has n high nnd worthy pur pose at heurt, whether of truth or duty or love, and nlso has tho strength and courngo to work, to sacrifice and to suf fer, if need lio, for its sake, is worthy of tho name of hero. Ono quietly denies himself pleasure or comfort or ease foi the nged parent or sick child. Anothei gives np cherished pluns because they would interfere with the claims of a de pendent family. One faces the displeas ure of friends and society sooner thnn forsake his principles; another employs all his power in defenso of tho weak and ngninst the oppressor. Philadelphia Ledger. AT HAND In a danKi-roiis emergency, Avr.n'si iif.iiuv 1'KCTOKAI. Is prompt to in I ioi-I : to cure. A ilnse taken n tie- l,rt Yi:itiwui nt (roup or llruiu-hMK 'tail, i li; 1 1 r ping r.'KS of tin-so complaints. It suit- tit the phlegm, M,tl01 UlC lllfljltieil ll: n,!,r:ilie. Hint lailiin-1 sleep. As n remedy f-r rohn, pfMiiftn. I'm (f voter, la rripis', jmc'iiiienia, il e. even coiis.Miijti,'i-i. le its early stages, AYER'S Ohcrry Pectoral ( .: -I all similar prepnr.'Mom. It N cih .., ti ll hy li'iiilliiK pliyui l.ui.4. I t ugn eahlc to t ,n t:nte, doe not iliteid id Willi diKi Htlon, t ui'Cd J to bo taken imiully In small doses. 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