Lire' Pilgrim,
T.lke those who travel eastward through
t lie ilny,
We Journey on along Life's devloua wnyj
llrhlnd us ench a shadow hastenetli,
Anil suddenly, pre we are quite aware,
l.o ! nt our sides presence mute Is there
To I e our fellow to the door of death!
Darker the path each moment grow find
tlii'il
At last Hie journey done. Night fall nunin;
Anil with I he Hluulow we lie ilown to rent,
A in) slumber peacefully upon i:ai til's breast.
(!''. I. Slicrnnin, In Harper's Weekly.
How Jim's Wife Went South,
r.v ll. . i.i:i.m.
Tt was at the Oglethorpe Club, in
Siiviuiniili, ono evening nut long ng(.
The quartet of men in tho big l):ijr
window were throe of thorn olil iio
quuiutaiiccs, although meeting (lint
day In tho Kitithern city by accident.
I'liiul was on his way to Puliitku to
join lilt const survey j:t"iy ; (ioorgeson
liml Iil'oii down nt Key Wont oh a
collecting nip for tho National Mn.
scum, uud was now on hU V:iy buck
lo Washington ; Miitdlcbrook, a col.
lego friend of 10111111, una visiting in
Siivnnnali Willi Judgo Doi'den, who
It nil introduced tho trio at tint club
and win now, nfier n perfect li t o
dinner, cnlerttiinlng thoui with atory
after story of southern life before mid
ci ii r i it x Ibo war.
Tho judge was an elderly man, fa
mous as a rnconlcttr, Mini, young in
heurl himself, Was fond of younger
men, and never enjoyed liiin-elf so
well as on occasions of this kind; but
do dually .lopped abort nfior a yarn
about tho occupation of Suvaunub by
Sherman's Army.
'Don't auk me for any more, boys.
'J'h oku were treat days, and you may
well regret that you were born so late.
I would hardly exchange my experi
ence for nil vottr youth and ambition.
Lot mo ace. You're tho oldest of (ho
three, Mr. Pond, and yet I'll warrant
you remember nothing of Ibo war."
Tund, a (nil, dark fellow of thirty
odd, well known in scientific circles
in Washington, ainltcd broadly:
"1 was thinking, judgo," lio anid,
'whilo you were lolling that experi
ence of your wife' at Nashville of an
experience of another i lit lo woutnii
bad at the north about the same time,
and while, aa you suppose, I remem
ber nothing of (ho war myself, I
liavo a vivid porjonil inlcrcHt in Uiia
event."
Let ui hour it," fluid tho judge.
"It's only fair that (lie olhor aide
should be given a ulianco." And cull
ing for cigars the judgo settled buck
in his en. y chair in ucotnfortablo way,
ni good a lialenor at lie was a talker.
The liltlo woman In my mind,"
said 1'itud, '-win living in Iiullimnro
in 18G2. Sho was only twenty, but
had been married (wo years, ond a girl
baby of nearly a year occupied her
time day uud night. Six mouths be
foro lior husband had been sent to
North Carolina and was tiding us
naval storekeeper at an important
siulio.i of tho North Atlantic squad
ton. and she had been left In a board
ing homo with a widowed aunt.
'It was awfully bard on tho poor
liitlo thing to live away from bet' hus
band, but of course it was no place for
lior down there; so alio had to mako
tho boat of it ou his Infrequent letters.
She actually used to put the baby up
in her high chair and make belle vo that
alio was Jim juat back from tho south
mid she'd toll her how much alio loved
him, and how lonesome sho'd been
whilo be was gouo, and what a good
baby she had been and how glad ho
would be lo soo her, until she was uti
niixod up in her personul pronouns
uud broke down and crioj over her
own poor liltlo game.
In fact, it only took about seven
. months to make her desperate In
spite of Jim's description of the doio-
liition of the pliico, and in fact partly
because of it, she mutln up her mind
to Join lil in. Three-quarters of Jim's
salary had been coming to lior every
mouth from the paymaster goneral's
office lii Philadelphia, and so sho
wroto to- (hut ofliolal aud told hint
plainly that she must get (rauspor(a
lion to Y iliuington, Si. C, and that
she would die, or something of the
sort, if she didn't. In a few days a
reply came, on official paper, signed
'J. C. Smith, aasislaut,' stating that it
was practically impossible to comply
with her request, but that au oppor
tunity might come by so mo possibility
at some future day, and asking fur-
tuer particulars as to her reasons,
whothor her husband was sick and
whethor she was strong euougb to
sluud such a rough Journey.
'The Utile woman roplled In full
and (kinking 'J. C. Smith' to be t
person of groat Importance, mado as
strong an appeal to him as possible'
Ilia reply, which came promptly,
strengthened her Idea of his luipo..
taxce, for he stated that he had been
touched by her appeal and (hat It was
fortunalo ilint hnr original letter Imd
come to him, for ho would be ublo to
do iiimio for her than any ono in Phil
adelphia, And (hen more questions
wero il'ked and llio correspondence
wua continued, on her part with the
single Idea that Mho good Mr. Smith'
wua doing hla best to sreuro her piia
aagn lo Wilmington, while on hU putt
it was mi iiitempt to obtain money
under fnlso pietencoi, for tho scoun
drel waa only au imecitnliius clerk in
too office and of bad reputation aa Was
afterwards found.
t last a let inr came, written ns
usual on tllolul paper, aiming that
the chance had eomo, that the coal
schooner Sarah Jam) would anil for
tho station from pier 8, Kichmon I,
jii-t outside of rid'adclphin, oil tho
following Wednesday and that the 11 -
lie woman should come lo Philndol.
phln ou the train arriving nt 8 o'clock
Tuesday evening and should go to
Krugcr's lloiel on lilank at reel, where
'Mr. J. ('. Smith' would meet her and
ace that alio waa tnailo cnmrortu'ile
nud put on (he vessel in Ibo best shape
imaginable.
"Then she was happy! She told
her mint that she and the baby were
going to join Jim and in spite of the
atrougest protestation proceeded to
pack her trunk.
She had never travelled, except
from tho native farm down on the
eastern shore to Ilaliiiuorc, mid the
old lady Imi-tcil that in her Inexperi
ence an 1 wi h a young baby she would
meet with all sorts of trouble and
would probably not got their alive.
Smith had stated in his letter that
there was only room la the Sarah Jane
for ono passenger and so the aunt
could not have gone loo.
In spile of everything, howovor,
the trunk was packed and with tho
baby's crib and the pel rocking (hair
was put on board the train laio Titos-
day altornooii and the liltlo woman
ami the baby had a whoio seat lo
themselves and rattled over lo l'hilu-
lelphla in (he buuipcty-btiinp fashion
of tho sixties. Holding the baby ou
one arm the liltlo mother pulled out
Smith's loiter mid read it over two or
tlirco times and every timo she read !(
her mind misgavo her more. The
most Innocent, unsuspecting person in
the world herself, some good nngel
must have put suspicion Into her
mind, or, if not suspicion, at least the
idea that It would be safest to go
straight to the schooner, for might It
not sail without her if alio went to tho
hotel?
"And ao, when (lie (rain drew into
Philadelphia and tho passenger were
discharged into the mob of howling
liiickmcn hoc woman's intuition picked
out the only honest ono in tho lot, a
young Irishman, anil alio asked him
how mucli he would charge lo (uko
her to pier 8, Klchmoml.
'Well;" ho aaid, Oi cuddont do it
fur a ciut under tlvlti dollars. It ud
take four hours.'
"Thou alio told him that she waa
going to Join her huihaud in tho south,
and that she hadn't but ten dollars
with her, and she would need most of
It for othor things, and so ho dropped
to three, for ho wus Jiit back from the
ar-r-my' himself, and 'ivudilcnt rob a
soldier's wife,' mid the trunk and erib
and rocking chair were piled ou tho
old trap, and (ho mother and baby
climbed lino tho musty Interior, and
Jolly, gloomy, Inicrutliiablo rldo began.
nicliuioud and pier 8 were reached
at last, and tho Irishman and the litllo
woman, both loaded with baggage,
went, us diroctcd, out lo tho end of tho
pier and across four vosels in nil
(ages of ladiug, until tho Sarah Juno
was reached. Tho captain was on
shore and the male was so taken by
surprise that trunk and furniture were
deposited on tho deck and tho back
iiiau was paid and hud gone beforo he
recovered enough to ask what uudor
the sun alio wanted.
" 'Aro you tho captain of tills Tes
eel?' hkcd the litllo woman. And
when he said that he was not nnd that
tho captain had gouo ashore, but was
expected back soon, she calmly said
she'd wait aud seated herself in the
little rooking chair, between trunk
aud cradle, aud rocked to and fro,
singing softly to the baby, until after
a while big, round-shouldered, down
eastCaptalu Grimes made his appear
ance.
'"How de do, mom?' he said, 'I'm
Cup pen Grimes and tho boys sez you
want to see inc.'
" 'Captain Grimes, weren't you ox
peeling me?' Aud her heart boguu to
sink.
"Vul, no, mom! I can't say as I
exactly was.' Then looking at the
trunk, 'You don't uioaii to tell me as
you calculate to ship with in?'
"Why. I was sent tor to Ball!
more by Mr. Smith of the paymaster
geuornl' office, aud ho wroto mo (,'iui
he had arranged everything uud list
1 was to anil for Wilmington on the
Sarah Jauo Ural thing in tho morning.'
And nearly ready locry, tho poor III.
tie thing stood llicro In tho lantern
Unlit with her baby hugged tight to
her breast, the picture of distress.
" 'I nover sot eyes on your Mr.
Smith,' nud I never hearu tell of htm,
and tliero uln't no possibility for you
to go ou any such a craft as this here,'
said the old follow, "so you'd Jest
belief como uslioro with tne, inoiii, and
I'll take you lo a rospco'nblo tavern."
"The litllo girl nearly broke down,
but wllh tenia in her eyes nnd great
aobs in her voice, alio told the captain
her atory mid begged 1 1 1 m lo take) her.
And when he said that ho had no
room, no plaeo In which he could put
her and nothing to givo her local, alio
declared that alio could sleep on deck
and if they Imd hard tack nud wator
thai would bo enough fur her, ami soo
lug denial still in his grim old face
alio choked down her aobs and sat
resolutely down in her chair nnd said
alio would stay, they must lake hcr.and
that was the end of It. Tho captain
still expostulated, but alio said with a
lofty ulr that the loiter from llio pay
master general of tho navy, which aha
bad lu her pocket, was authority
enough for him, ami that he'd bo paid
for the passage if that waa what ho
wanted, and that (with great empha
sis) alio was going to 4tay?
'Then she rocked back nnd forth
with great spirit, and us tho baby be
gan to whimper, Yes, mother's dar
ling, It la going to seo ill father, and
no cruel-hearted old sailor is going to
i nk i It atay any longer! There,
there, ll.e.-e, go-lo-sleep, go-to-sleepl'
"It wis a hard tight, but she won!
The old follow gave in griiinbllngly
nnd went below lo ace about ways and
means, lie gave her hit own bunk
and rigged up croons fur her, and
she had presenco of mind enough to
smile and (hank him warmly when he
showed her tho miserable hole, and lo
praise the greasy bacon and hard lack
and wiclche I codec they brought her
in tho morning.
"The voyage was a hard one, bill
she fat on deck In her chair nil day
long. Tho few men on board wero
Very respectful, nud tho captain and
malo main much of the babv. Thoro
win nasty weal her rounding Capo
11 at tela", and al one lima tlioy were
in great danger, but tho liltlo women
c mid not bo mado to go below.
Advice, enlrea iiM nor coinmumls had
anv elloct. Mahoning herself abaft
llio malum int. or aomewlioro ou deck,
she snick out tho alorin, her eves
turned alwavs to tho aoii'-sou'-wcst,
whoro Jim win.
"And when at last they glided be
hind the breakwater and tho hurb.ir
master's bout put out to meet (hem,
witli Jim on board, thoro alio stood,
near the bow, her baby In her arms,
her eyes brimming with tears and lior
faeo transfigured with gladness."
"Sho was a plucky littlo girl," said
llio Judge, us Pond concluded, "uud
luckier, too, 1 1 in it many another poor
wil'o was in those days, lint aid they
never Irurn unylhiiig more about thai
fellow, Smith?"
"Yes! Tho husband wroto to a
friend in tho office mid t ho matter was
Investigated. Smith was discharged
Willi a liltlo extremely plain talk from
tho general which rcsnliod lu his de
parture for other scenes."
"Hut whore comes In that vivid
personal Interest which yon said you
hud lu the story?" asked Middle-
brook.
"Why," said Pond, as ho relighted
his cigar, "I married tho baby."
Washington Star.
Thirty (Juail nt One Shot.
"I soo that a iiiiiii who killed
twenty-four quail with ono shot
claims tho championship record,"
sdd Prank Noislnger yesterday.
"Now I don't want to boast, but
this goiitlcuiun who killed twenty
four quail with ono shot must
(nkc a back seat , for 1 killod no loss
than thirty with one shot, and 1 can
prove it with uflldavils. It was soon
after one of tho early falls of snow
lust year and 1 caught sight of a
covey of probubly sixty huddlod to
gether under a hedge. I knelt down
mid from probably thirty yards drew
a bead from the coutro of the brown
mass. I ouly tired ouo shot, bul
the clmrgo tcalterod woll, mid J
picked up thirty quail."
1'Vuuk stopped lo see the effect ot
Ids story. Ho evidently read In
credulity written on the faces of his
hearers, for he nddod:
"It was soiuh of Prlncoton, aud 1
can prove it by tho mint who wis
with me. Was it tpnrtkiiiuiillke? Oh,
well you know, I knew 1 could break
the record nnd woll, I am a litllo
ashamed of It, but it la douo and I
have nothing more to say." Kansas
City Times.
LA'JIES' DEPAItTMESl,
WOMKN'S Cl.l'B I ItEAt. t'.STATS.
A club of young women workers In
shoo factory nt one of tho New Kng
Innd manufacturing centres aro trying
i new experiment in co-operation,
l'lin members pool iliolr earnings over
mil above what Is neoded to support
diem with strict economy nnd Invest
in real estate Their holdings are
l ild to bo quite largo nud prolltablu.
New York Journal.
RADICAL fllANIlM IS DUKSS.
l ioiii every point In tho fashionable
ivorld como rumors of a rudlcill
:hango in dress next season. They
no as yet vague ami lonllicling, but
t icema to be generally acknowledged
Hint skirts aro to bo abbreviated.
Skirts ot traveling dresses have rather
ihort backs, not gored, but well
iiouutcil, and with the cll'eci of n very
ihort trained boll-skirt without its in
Miivculences. Attempts aro also
)clug fundi) nmong lashionablu lun
listes lo thnrlcu tho skirls of demi
ollela of st'.k mid soft delicate wool.
ud if the sequence of fashions of
it Iter days is repeated, double skirts,
millers, pulls, plaiting and luoplugs
tro all likely lo follow In tho wako of
ihort skirts. Unco A Wick.
1 1 M A I.IC l SI !. Iff A K K It X.
There arc, It seems, about flOO
.voinen undertakers in tho United
Stales. It is remnikublc that tlicio
iliould bo one. Wuiiion nro peculiarly
lUscrptihlo to their environment, nnd
hat any ono of the sex should aur
omul herself with all tho grim para
phernalia of death for a llfo occupa
tion seems almost lueredibie. A Mi.
.viuikeo woman and her daughter nro
Mill proficient In (ho business, nro
tndiulmers as woll as undertakers, uud
loth are a dd to enjoy their profession.
1'hrco brothers mid sisters, however.
tro quoted as thoroughly disliking tho
suiting of their parent and sister. One
ivommi in the profession, Mrs. 1''. K
Wilson of Ilultiuinro, Is an expert cm
jalmer, and has made nuiiiu important
Jisooveiies lu embalming lu lung
troubles. Now York Tliuos.
HIMI'f.F. HtlH'KS KOIt DKUL'TANTKS.
It has gouo lortli that debutantes
lust wear tho simplest sort of cycli
ng frocks, minus nriillcial (lowers,
icli luces and such i rivolousuess,
ivliicli nro too complex for young
jirls. Tho proper cut Is a buby
ivuisl, modestly low, balloon sleeves
md the moroat ghost of a skirt boi
ler. Thero waa a pretty gown of pink
lilk that had sleeves, shoulder straps
md belt of bl no velvet. Tim bodice
was shirred across llio neck Willi
ribbon run through and tied in a bow
.n front. A wliito tulle has for iis
)tily trimming ihreo ruches of the
iamo sot some inches npurt ou tho
skirt. A inoro elaborate pink silk
Urochod in self olor is trimmed wiih
a fringe made of while ribbon, eucli
itraud ending in a crystal drop. This
bordered tho skirt and festooned tho
bodice from llio front round under tho
arms to llio back. A'jovo tins tho
bodieo was draped with pink cropo
taught with white ribbon rosetios,
nnd llio sleeves of tho crepe, caught
with rosettes, fell down tho arm like
tho boll of u flower. Courier-Jour-uul.
TDK IlK.DISllOTK TO DOMINATIS.
Tho rodingoto ill varied forms, nud
tvitli many French mid Knglisli titles,
bids fair to bo ouo of tho dominant
styles of the presout season. Cut and
fashioned lu a vurluty of urlisllo
ways, it Is adapted alike to visit
ing toilets, tailor-made, truvoliug,
aud walking gowns, roccpiions,
and elaborate evening dresses. There
is seldom an article of dross that has
been found to capable of inlluitu
variety and universal adaptation aud
uiillzation. lu every can), however,
it represents n garment straight and
stalely in vllocl, Hint opens on un
underskirt that is different, but not so
iimrply contrasted at lo bo out of
harmony with it. For street uses (lis
fabrics aro of tweed, cliuvolt, checked
ludlos' cloth, or oilier figured wool
fabric with underskirt of plain cloth,
with a braided, gimp-trimmed, or
initcliluo-stliched border. For even
ing tollots tho rodingoto Is elegantly
decoruted, tho sloovos extra full, the
neck sllg'itly open, tho bodieo portion
finished with iaco or velvet rovers.
Heavy iirmuro silks, fallles.bougallnoa
aud oilier rich uupiitieriiod textile
form (ho very flaring bell skirl, whilo
tho rodingoto is of flowered silk
Pompadour satin, Vuiiolluii brocade,
or shot nnd dotlod beugulliie. New
York Post.
INSL'UINU WOMEN IN M. ItOPK.
u Kuglaud the provisions for in
titling llio lives of w'"" ;t fuv In
odvanco of this country or that of tny
Kuropcr.ii nation. A (iormati com
pany will not "toko tho life" of n
woman nt nil. In this country women
have heretofore been nt every disad
vantage Wlui they liavo secured has
been mainly through their own efforts.
In Kiigland the coiialderrtion given to
women Is comparatively recent, but in
Knglnml the necessity of making pro
vision for llio support of duuglilers
not likely to marry, and where laws
of primogeniture Influence thoso not
bound by them, liavo aroused men to
tho propriety of extending the boun
ties of llfo Insurance to women them
selves. Women nro now admitted lo
some companies on exactly the same
terms as men. An Kngllsli woman
explains the workings of n society in
which alio ia insured.
Ily paying $.0 a year, nt nny nge,
without nny medical cxiimlunlloti or
quostlons na (o hoallh and family his
tory, a woman can receive .floOO
(wonly-oiio years hence; or by paying
ii 1 00 a year, .;IODO at (ho cud of llio
amuo time. If alio dios before tho ex
piration of that time, her representa
tive receives the oniiro amount, ex
cepting llio first premium, with two
per cent, compound Interest. Or If
she docs not euro (o coul I mho her pay
ments during tho oniiro term, alio can
withdraw her payment in tho aamo
way. Or, if a woman of twenty-live
wishes, for example, to so euro to her
self $1500 when alio Is II fly, sho can
do so by paying $42 a year during
that time. This money she can Invest
or do with as It pleases her. The
r.uglish have applied I lie pleasant
phrase "growing rich lu growing
old," to this milliner of life assurance.
New York Sun.
fashion i'iri:a.
In (bin silks, llio newest are satin
llnUhed.
In Paris clinngeablo wollona aro in
peclal favor.
Tho Alsaciaii bow is ono of tho fea
tures of spring millinery.
Tartan plaids and color-mixtures
appear uniting now fancy grenadines.
Pure white is tho prottiost color foi
evening wear that a young girl can
chouse.
Velvet remains ono of tho fashiona
ble maioi iala, and Is likely to coiitlntio
so during tho season.
l'rliicosso dresses and redingotos
will bo favored models for tho liouvy
silks and handsome reps.
Wool beugiilino la a matorial of
richness and rellneiiieut that bus bo
cumu very popular this scusou.
New hats liavo fairly wide brims,
and aro pinched up, rolled up, twisied
up uud tinned up in every Imaginable
shupe.
Polku-dotied Bedford cords are in
colors of Venetian brown, tan, olive
green. Nnpiloou blue, heliotrope, and
thu dahlia similes.
It la quiio a mistake to supposo that
silk employed for tho purpoao of lin
ing must necessarily bo new, as purtly
worn silk drestos may bo cut up and
used with decided udvuutugc.
Tho latest thing in fans Is mi otttor
odgu of bins' wings lu neutral colors.
Tho stem is of whito and gold. Tho
fan mid tho lorgnette are uotv ofluu
carried with tho walking costumes.
Very gorgeous lablo lamps liavo a
base of palo green glass witli ouauicled
flowers upon It. The, lamp shade car
riot out llio color of tho glass, and the
whulo is a symphony in palo green.
new bonnet has nn enormously
lile.li poko front. Tho sides como down
well toward tho ears, uud thero is
pronounced cape, which is evidently
llio foruriinnni' of tho old-fashioned
gypy bonnet.
A decoration which suggests Itself
for the tray and saucers might bo
deliealo yellow ground flecked with
llio reds mid browns of llio autumn
leaf. Another pleasing treatment
would bo thu louder greens of spring
foliage.
Very few examples of tho new wooi
dresses have boon shown. An atlouipl
to liitroduco bunds of velvet, separated
by spneus uud extending halfway up
tho kirl, nt they are now worn ou la
dios' dresses, Is not likely to prove
aucuoss.
A now dress for a girl Is In f.-lu
vosso sliupe, with full sleeves, shirreil
culls and bands of trimming from
sliuiildor-soums to llio horn of tin
skirt lu front. 1 hla is a ono-piee
suit, and appropriate for tt girl of si
lo it liio years.
A pretty nud stylish evonlng drosi
has it trimming of a twelvo.lnol
flounce of lace headed with throe puffi
of soft silk; nnui her lias three rulHei
sot a Utile d'slanco apart, ouqh om
headed with it narrow ribbon lied li
knots at Intervals of a couple
illllllOS.
miumKvs loLiiia.
l.ti.t.nr.
Ttoekaliy, lullaby, bees In the clover,
( rooiilim so drowsily, crylnR so low,
ttorknby, lullnby, dear little Itover,
Down Into Wonderland,
Down to the Wonderland go.'
Ilneknliy, lullaby, rain on the clover.
Tears on the eyelids that wave and weep,
Iloekahy, lullnby, heading It over,
Down on I lie niotlierworld,
Down on the other world sleep.
Xcv York Ilecorder.
Krri:-ct.viNii in china.
Somo of tho amusements of tho
children In America and Kuropo nro
in China llio pastimes of grown pen
ile, nnd thero old men may often bo
seen flying kites whilo children look
on.
In the mailer of kite-flying, how-
over, there is aiiiiio exeiiso for tho
Solera Inking un Interest lu t lie game,
as In i his I hey excel all other nations.
Their kites aro generally constructed
of a I liin. lough km 1 of paper and
strips of aplil haiihoo. Willi Ihcso
materials tliey mako kites of evory
conceivable form, dragons and bird
being the favorites, but somo tiro lu
the shape of men and insects, espe
cially dragon tlios. Tho kites are
pierced with holos covered with
vibrating cords; so, as tho kilo goes
up, tho nir lushing through them
makes a loud humming noise. cw
York Mail aud Kx press.
III VIXll I'AllAN IIAIIIKS.
Ill Kgypt, and in many other coun
tries, it is tho custom lo throw away
girl-babies. They nro cast into the
ivers, or are fod to wild animals. Of
course, this is very terrible for ns to
think about, and, laloly, some good
peoplo have found a way to prevent
tho slaughter in a moasuro. Au order
has been formed, callo I tho Order of
tho Holy Childhood. Knelt member
gives ono cent i mouili, or twolve
cents a year. With this money, which
ninounts to a great doal If there nro
many members, missionaries nre aont
to Kgypt nnd to all countries whero
ihey destroy babies, with Instructions
to buy all tho liitlo children they can
find. A baby-girl rarely costs inoro
tlui't two cents, and tho missionaries
buy hundreds Just in time to save
them from a watery gtave. llio chil
dren aro I hen soul to Christian In-
siilutions and are brought up to bo
civilized women. New York Ledger
flOW NI'.D I'NI.OAIM'.D Till': SI. KIM,
One day last winter, when tho snow
was hard, the boys in our pall of tho
town had a lino time coasting down a
long hill. For a chango they docided
to capture Xed and make him draw
llioui through the streets.
Nod was un old donkey owned by
no one. Ho lived by picking up what
stray bils he could find on tho streets,
uud alialtoicd himself in an old shed.
After somo hunting Ihey found him
taking Ids lunch from nn nsh barrel.
They let him eat what ho wautod so
that ho might bo as good-natured a
possible. A boy ran home and bl ought
some pieces of old ropo. Thou they
madu a rough kind of harness.
Nod was kind enough to stand still
whilo Ihey harnessed him. Then they
fastened Iliolr sleds together, with Joo
llrown's iu front, for ho was to
drive.
Joo look up Ida cord reins, and gave)
the? word lo Ned to "get up." The
donkey only turned and looked buck
nt tho ilo.ou or more sleds lo which ha
was lied. 1 think ho decided I tint Ilia
load was too much fur 111 us. Joo usocl
a switch ou him, but he hung his
bond uud stood quite still. Alter
walling some lime, tho boys grew
tired and began lo initio their sleds.
Ned looked buck and thou mudo a
sudden start. Ho trotted down the
road nl such a ralo that I ho boys hud
quite u cliuso lo get on.
Ned found ll easier than ho expect,
od, or clso ho wautod to m.tko up lost
lime, for he drew them up ono strout
and down another for a half houi
Then ho began lo slacken his p ice, but
Joo urged him on with his switch.
Poor Ned thought thoro was (o be no
cud to his task. A'l idea seumod tc
stnko him suddenly, for ho rushed
dowu llio siicol at a groat rate.
Ou ouo sldo of tills street was
iloep ditch. When Ned ciiino to It ho
leapod ucro.s It, drugging the sleds at
at angle lu such tt wuy that they all
lipped over, luuviug the boys iu tho
ditch.
Ned thou started on Villi the empty
sleds, making straight, for his old
tlied. Tho boys found him there, oat.
In if a wisp of straw. They took hi
hariioas off and hung it up in the shed,
tint that was tho tlr.t and last time
they used it, for Ned would never let
thuiu put it on again.' To this day, if
anyone goes near him witli a piece of
rope, lie wilt take lo hi heel. Om
Little Ouo.