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THAT CAROLINY GAL.
MRS. WINSLOW8 NEMESIS.
RarTsom, Nov. 3 -Mr. IVter Winslow knew
whereof he spoke when he said to Marietta that
"they couldn't Kve with mar if^Thodor should
etop oontin' therr."
And now Thodor had stopped
At flrat Mra. Winslow maintained a silence on
the Bubject. She kept aaying that Marietta was
"jeat like her father V his folks, but William
waa jeat like her."
Although auch remnrks did not apparently rc
fer to tbe diacontinuanoe of Orahnrn's visits, yet
Marietta and her father knew they were inspired
by that fact.
The girl took the flrat opportunity to conflile,
of oouree within tlie piecinc.ls of the wood-house,
to her father tliat ahe and Tbodor had botu
thought it was best to hreak off the engagcnicnt.
Mr. Winalow was greatiy prostratod by this in
telliffence. He did not want his daughter to be
marrled. hut he would have liked an arrangement
wbereby she might he contiuually courtcd by
Tbodor. so that Mrs. Winalow might be kept in
a good butuor.
He aat down on the chopping-block as if he had
no strength to keep upon his feet. V motta was
ataading by the door with the same square of
blacket on ber head that she had worn a* a child.
Her father looked in a hewildeted mumier at her.
"Does your mar know:'" lie asked.
When he heart) the answer "no," he grnaned
Bknid.
" Wko's goin' to toll her:"'
Marietta said that ahe liad been thinking they
might get l'.ill to tell her. She was trying to
write to BU1. She thought he could Ii\ mar
Bomohow. Ile always had, and she guesaed he
always would.
Thla rcferenoe to young Winslow seemed to give
some oc_ifort to both father and <Ui.-l.iei. Mr.
Winalow was prcsently ablc to get off of the block
and hegin to chop some " tiash " He exprcssed
the hupe that "p'raps twas only a quarrel, and
they'd make it up between utu."
But Marietta ftrmly combated that idea. She
aaid "they wa'n't neithcr of um to blanic:
hut they'd concluded the engagcment would bc
better broke than kept."
Mr. Winslow tried to acccpt this as ftnal. But
he went round in sueh a very visible state of
meutal oonfusion that at the dinner table tbat
very day his wife made the intercession of Bill
Buperfluoub.
Shc said she knew aomething was in the wind.
She never knew her husband to look quite so much
llke a fool as he did at this prcsent momeut. And
Marietta didn't look much brightcr. She lnid
down the knife with wbieh she had heen convey
ing aquash pie to her moutb. The mnnner in
whioh she relintiuished this inipleuient made her
hearers know that tbe onslaught was to be lierce
and, posaibly, prolonged.
Marietta made a sudden resolve.
Her mother went on to ?ssert that she belleved
that what was in the wind bad Bometliing to do
with Thodor Graham and "that gal there," point
ing a slice of brown brend at Marietta.
It waa then that Marietta acted upon her re
Bolve. She felt herself becoming rigid, but she
waa determified.
"Mother," she said, "Tl.odor 'n' Tve broken
it all off. We've made up our minds to be jest
friends."
Thia was so mnch worse than Mrs. Wlualow had
imagined that she in her turn began to be rigid.
It waa aevoral momente before she was ablc to
speak.
She plaoad the brown bread beside her knife.
She pushed back from tbe table. 8?6 looked over
at her husband, wiio would not look at her.
" Mr. Winalow,'' she said, " was you knowin' to
thia?"
"Not until she told me," jerking his head to
word his danghter, but not raising his eyes.
" Do you know tho oause ?"
"Only what ahe aaid."
The woman now discarded her chair entirely.
She looked very large in body as ahe stood there.
" Well," she cried, " I kuow! I know the rta
aonl I aint er born fool, even if I did marry
ooe. It's that Caroliny gnl! She's the root of
it. Oh, the aly one! She's 'ien settin' hor cap,
1*11 bet a mfllioti dollars. ?H* Thodor's ben caught.
I don't say I've seen her at it. She's too sly.
But she done it! She done it! I'm goin' right
over there this very instant,"
Marietta bottnded from her own seat. She was
terrifled at this raoilom guess ot ber mother. But
she knew that if a bnrglary hnd lieen reported it
waa llkely ber mother would hnve maintained the
probabillty that Dally hnd perpetratod tbe crime.
The girl sprang at the elder woman and caught
hold of her arm.
"You're eruzy: she cried; "you shan't go!r
Mrs. Winalow thrtist her ohlld a?ide. She was
fnrloua that- young Oraham had been lost. Of
course he had been the one to break the engage
ment, No girl ln t_r senses would have let auch a
?feller" go.
"I ain't cragy one grain," she anawcrcd. "I
know what I'm about, if there ain't anybody else
dota. Marietta Winslow, how c'n you stand there
_' hold your head up?"
' She turned and hastened into her hedroom,
where she threw a blanket-ehawl over her shoul
dera. She emerged from the room in the act of
putting a long white cloud many tlmes round her
head. Her face was now almost purple from ex
citement.
"Mother," said Mr. Winslow, anxiously, " you'll
do yourself a damage if you ain't careful. You'll
buat Bomething in your head."
"Dont you speak to me," was the response,
with great stress upon the last word of her sen
tenee.
Marietta had disappearod. The momont her
mother opened the outer door the girl joined hor
with her hat and jacket on. She was told "to
go lnto the house this instant," But she did not
ubey She walked on beside- her mother. whom
she informed tliat "if anybody was goin^ over
to the Widder 'Bijah's that day, she was going
t0Thie opon rebellion added to Mre. Winslow's
r_?e and aatooishment. To use her own words,
al* " felt Rl if the world was comin* to ?n end."
She walked aa fast 08 Bhe had ever done ,n
her youth when she had liad less avoirdupois to
contend again.t. By her side her daughter kept
on her way. . _. _.
It was not l o'cloek. People had eatoa diuner, but
had not yet resumed work. The elder woman did
_m ekooae the paature nath, but weut by the road.
Mr. Bailey,' aiu.?k?m, hLs pipe in his yard, saw
the two go' by. He went to tbe corner of his
houae tbat he might watch them farther. He
liad ititonded to nod at them, but, thougb they
aeemed to aee him, they gave no aign of recog
nition. He hurried into the house and told his
wife that "Peter Wiuataw's wife 'n' daughter d
jeat ffane by llke tbe very old scratch. Ile
binted that it would be well if Mrs. Bailey oould
make an errand over to Winxlow's. and thus have
a chanee u? diacever " what waa up."
The two kept up their rate of speed. ontl by
the tlme they turned lalo tlie Jacobs yard Mrs.
Winalow wao pauting so beavily that ehe was
obliged to lean against the tenee a moroent.
Marietta would have gone on to warn tlie house
bold of what waa coming. but she was held f_*t.
When they did enter by the porcfa they saw
IMUy clearing the dinner table, while Mi>
Jacobs waa Btirriug with a wo-den ladle soine
thing ln a latge iron k-ttle on the gtove. Ihe
woman from tbe poorhouse, "old Aunt Judaoii."
with tbe shaking Head, bad not yet llnished her
viBit and was sitting in the ann-chair where
Marietta had aeeo her. The wrinkled faae ahowed
-.oa of intereat and eagerneas aa theae two ooll
er. entered ?? abruptly. Mra. Judsontriod 88
whiaper to her hosaraa that ?he guesaed tbat Mis
Wioalow'a temper was gittin' tbe beirt of her ngin.
The old woman almost omaoked hef 1888-1889
lipa in anticipation of aome kind ol u sceu^ Wic
gr-.88d her chair-_?.? and triod to hold l.eraelf
RR_L 66 aha watted and Hatened.
Tho wWom oYtak-tUi attove to take R -wi
hold of her self-coutrol. She turned nnd put
aome chnira for her visjtora. She told Mra, Win
slow that ahe waa trying out lier leaf-lard, but
she dldn't think lt. would be ns wliite as it should
be to lie the lieat kind.
Marietta cntight hold of Dally'a Bklrt Ba she waa
taking some tlishea to the dnk. She made her
mouth form the worda, "Dreadful time!'' But
Dally did not need this informntlon. She had seen
Mra. Winalow's faoe, and waa flghting with her
aelf. Something of the old furious aenae of in
juatice and hntred which this woman had rouaed
in her a* a child came ajjain to her. She had the
impulae to ap?_Rg upon her now a? she had aprung
upon her when the attcmpt bad been made to
take the puppy away.
Marietta, glancing fearfully at Dally'a faee, waa
freshly alarmed at what ahe aaw there.
Mra. Winslow could not wastc her time in any
reply to Mra. Jaoobas rcmark about her leaf-lard.
She did not wBh to aay a word that should not
have a barbcd point to it. And ahe had an un
aocuatomed fear lest when ahe began to spe4?Jt ahe
should stauimer. She did not know what that
meant.
She could not ?ee anvthing but old Aunt Jud
aon'a trembling head tlie other side of the 'great
kettle of fat; it feeemrd to her that it was be
cauae of that head that she found forcihle apecch
so diffloult.
Every inatant ahe thought tbe right word would
come.
* You aint 'a well 'a common to-day, be ye ?"
Mrs. Jaooba, aa ahe aaked this question, turned
wlth the atick held over the pot and drlpping fat.
"I'm jest 'a well 'a I c'n be." burat out Mrs.
Winalow. "I had ter come-Thodor Graham!
tliat gal c'one it!?she done it?she-?
Dally had wheeled round facing that unwieldy
form and tliat crimson countenance. She atooii
ereot and quivering. The wild, panther-like blood
ln her waa boiilng aa it had hardly done since this
same woman had provoked her before.
But aa ahe looked. her attitnde aeemed to cbange
witliout the ruoving of a muacle. She atood the
aame, but her aapect waB dlfferant.
Mra. Wlnslow was still snying thickly, 'She
done it,"* but her llpa were clumay. Her faoe hati
become almoat purple; her head beirnn to loll and
her handa funibled at her neck.
MriT .Taooba's ladle fell into the kettle with a
anlosh that sent some hot fat onto Aunt .Tudson a
Tlie widow took hold of Mrs. Winslow's shoul
ders and austnined them against heraelf while
she tore open the gown at the throat.
" Dallv/' said Mrs. .lacobs, clearly, " ride the
horse to the Centrc for the doctor. Mis Win?
slow's got a stroke." , __, .
Dallv was half-way to the barn before the
sentenoe was flnished. It was hardly a moment
betore she had the bridle on the horae and was
galloping him. bnre-backed. out of the yard.
Mnrletta atood up hclpless until she reccived
two or three conciae dlreetiona, which ahe oheyod.
In a short time the two had laid the woman
on a mattreas on the floor and propped her head
high. A mustard plaatcr was put on the back
of her neck and on the soles or her feet. Her
fnce kep* its dreadful color and her breathlng
ita sound.
" It'a ali we can do now, at last said Mrs.
Jacobs. Sho looked at Marietta, who was wrlng
ing her hands and making a little nioanlng nolse.
Run over 'n' tell your fathcr to bring liia
express wagon with some mattrcsscs V pillers,"
sho said, mercil'nlly giving the girl aomething to
do?
Marietta turned to the door. She owae back
and asked ln a whlsper:
" Ia she goin. to come out of it ?"
"I guesB she'll git some better,' anyway," was
the reply.
Marietta run acroaa the pnsture toward her
home. itow conld ahe help it that, amid ali
the horror of the moment, there was an unmis
takable feellng of rclief ? She would take care
of her mother for any length of time: nobody
ever had better care than her mothor should have.
She knew her fathcr would do everythlng he
rould, too. Marietta was shocked, but how
conld she be smltten with grlef? She felt. very
wioktvj heeauae ahe could not owreomc thnt fcel
frig of rellef. It wna ln vain that she tried to
put it from her. She kept thlnking of the peare
and freedom of the household if its mistrcss should
continne helpless. Her mother h;id never been
tender with her. AU the tenderness in that heart.
had been given to William, who " was just like
the Joneses."
She found her father in the barn fodderine the
OOWK.
"Father," she cried out. "mtir's got a atroke!"
Mr. Winslow hnd his pitchfork loaded with hay.
He dropped lt -
"I don't believe it," he anld. "There wouldn't
no stroke dare-"
Then he snw hia danghter's face, which told
him the truth more plainly than her worda had
told it. ?
RATEER A XVMEROUS MAX.
HE PASJSKD TH-tOUOH A PFTOriY C..KTF, OFTBN
HNOUfJH to Bir>\.T^nnii. but .not to coy
VINOE TH.E TI4TKET BX-AMTNER."
"It ls a slngular thlng," remarked one man to an?
other, as they made their way toward the ferry waltlng
mom, "how long lt takos the averagc man to get
acouatomed to facos that he U aoeing every day. That
fellow at tlie gato makes me show my rommutatlon
ticket every tlme I come through, though be sees me
evory day. I never have any trotible wlth tho traln
conduotor, but that's because he is a man of huumiuI
lntelllgonce. I Ivave met many ounductoi. who would
make you show your ticket at ev?ry station, and would
nev?r g<rt to Tmow you. even If you roda with them
twioe a day. That'a the klnd of a man that fellow at
the gate ls. It's awftolly provoking, when you're
i-mniog for a boat, to hava to stop, utibutton your
overcoat, and get your ticket out of your loslde coat
pocket. I'm a plous man, but it makes me swear
aometlmes,"
As tbe two walked about, waitlng for the boat. an
idea struck the man who had been talklng.
" It would be intereatlng," said he, ? to see how many
times a fellow could walk through that gato without
Balng recognUed. Suppose we try itl"
-Ali right," said Ids frietid.
"You go aloug, and 1*11 stend here and watch."
The oomnmter weut out through tl.e BBfBfl galewny
Into the atreet. He retorned through the passenger
gate, and had to ahow hU ticket. He tried again, with
the same rerult. He triel several times more, and
still the obdurate gateman fallcd to recognizo him.
There were few people going through at that tlme, and
lt was slngular that his contiiiued leappearance was
not notlced. Perslsienee did, however, have an effect
at last. on the slxth trlp through the gateway the
gatekeeper stared at him in a ratlier bewll.cred man
nor. On the aaventh trlp tlie gatekeeper swore geutly
to himself. and demanded to see the name ou tho com
mutcr's ttcket The commuter permltted him to read
it, and 011 reacliiiig iho waltiiig-room said to hh. frlend,
'lie has found out my name. Lcnd mcyour ticket.''
Un the elghtli trlp through Uie gateway hc showed
his friend's tlckft. The gutekeepcr swore loudly as
he approached.
"l've got you," said he, "you ctm't make irame of
me. Let me aeo the name on Uiai i!__-t."
Tha commuter a^sumed an alr of lnalgnation, but
tomphed.
" Weir, I'm beat, "eMialmed the gateman, as he,
read tbe ticket. And lie scratched BB head ln per
plexlty.
" What do 4/ou inean by addrosslng such harsli
remarka to me?" asked the commuter.
"Well. III tell you, atrangei-." ?ald tbe g?temun In
an apologetic tone, " you're the most uumerous man
1 ever rali acrot*. ?"Jiap-> looklng lunt like you have
beon passing through this gateway in a regular atream
for the last tlfteen ml.iutes, an* I bagan to think it
waa some fellow making game of me. But I guass lt
n>ust be som'thlng t.'ie matter wlth my cyes, for I
see by your ticket that you'ie not the feller 1 vots
layln* fair."
,-0
SOMETHfSO WROSG ADOTT BIS DRR9S.
Here is ? aase of absent-niindrdnens whleh rauacd the
vletini a rood d.'?l of embsrrassinwit, althauch. a? h?
aftarward said In a melanchalv tour, ho mlght have lared
\'. ors>- than he did.
F. - was to attend a thiatre jiarty one eveniuu, and
weat home ratlier early to drem.. Ho asceuded tlie iU-jii
of the houso where hc was to joln his trlendu onlv about.
half aa hour bafore the Un,,. ** for startliif fo. t_v theaire
Wiii'ti the niaid oovned the don lie s4*mied ln and. un
button.ng lils overeo-t. tliriw lt back. bhi- looked -t h!n>
In a neevliar way. aud then turned hrr hoad gulcKly. a?
U she were trrlna ?o klde a amlle.
|.-._ hapuened to look down at bls shoes. anl than
aaid hurrledjy to the matd
"GTh, you naedu't amiouuce un- yet, aod dau't s_v any
Uiin- about tbls; Uiat s a aood glrl."
Br in.rrirsl out a/sin and rushe. for a eab.
?'Iirlve :u> rapldiy at you ean," he said brrathlnMly.
He sUrU?d his famiiy by bustHn. Into the house .Ur
_ teimieat.
?What's Uie mattar, Wllll" aaked _1? mother, "you wll
be lat~, won't youl"
"What's the matter!" crled V?. "Look at me !" and
he Uirew off hia overcoat. He waa in evenlng dreea?Uiat
hc euppoifrd tkat be waa. But w_en d.?.?iur ha hnd
' n m _ at of _baeut-m_i.e*_aaa. . p-li of llfht-checkod
t uisrs. '-be ceinb.nalloii of eranlag draaa aa regants r?it
^"d walatcoat ao< UnniacalaU" uhlrt front aod llght-celored
__uwr? wa? Sd ludlcrous that F- s brether slreply r.?ri-d
wHIi laufhter. V.-. however, had torn ui-t-i s u> dr....
*,ii.?'lt pro|ierly. H.' BBM downsUlr. ln a wlnh. HU
rrotha* felluwo. htm oot U. tha aaH. _*?- as thr veiil. |j
!i-k<d away. -'?- stuck hl* head ou| Uie wludow, _d
""'"ilrt*! Hoott, auppose I had gutlen Into Uiat room fall
?i ,-r-l- befare I dtoeovered hew 1 wja dre_aad."
Ile wa. a UMl. M*?. bat vwr caloaUd to eouape eo
UcBttr.
AMONG THE CANVAS-BACKS.
WILD FOWL SHOOT1NG ON THE SHORES OF
THE CHESAPEAKE.
Havre de Grace; Md? Kov? 5.
It ls a little hcfore 5 o'clock in tlie morning. an
early winter morning, at tbe mottth of the Susque
hannn. Peaco and ?quiet relgn on land otd water,
anve for the rustle and chatter of the wild fowl.
And what a host of wild fowl, to be suns! Ked
heads and broad bllls and teal; marah-fowl and
brant and eanvas-hacks. Some swim in well-or
dered flottllas on the open water. Some are div
ing and drodging in the mud near tle shore
Some are fhing overhead ln marshall'd lines.
Some are bnsy amid the graases and se<lges that
lringe the bnnks. Some are seeking the aromatio
wild celery lieds and gorging themselves upon the
90088lent herliagc. These last are thf eanvaa
baoks, the epicures among bir:ls and the favorite
prey of epicures among beings of a higber order
There is little to be, heard but the mult.itudinous
clamor ?f the birds and the faint splashiig of the
waves, Kounding eerie ennagb in the halMight of
early morning. Hut now and then there is the
faintest dip of a muffted paddle, or tbe splaah of
an unwary foot. For the last, half-hoiir gray
figures have been gliding hitherward through
dusk and mist, booted to the hips and girt abont
with cartridge belts and crowned wirh caps or
helmels: hearlng long douhle-barreled ijuns aml
stealing aoross the meadowa and through the toll
grasses to the waterside aa thougb preparing an
nmbush for a deadly fbe. One by one they sink
into plaoea of aafe hiding, and as the I our of 5
drawa near all have vanlshed from sight, behlnd
tlie grnsM and aedge, or plafted wattlea, or painted
soreens.
Orac-k! goes a gtin away off yonder, on that
grassy point tbat. juts dRjo the streain. It is
fired by some one whose watch is a trille fatrt,
f?r it still laeks a tnlnute of the hour ol' 5. But
while the fnint smoke wrenths are yet curling
npward, crnok! crack! from a hundred n?igh
boring ambuseades, like prodigiously inultiplied
echoeg of the first sbot. Tlie grasses seein soitting
jets of flame, nnd the retreatlng miste ol' morning
are chased skyward by spirals of pale blue sraoko,
and a thousand startled wlngs flap in mitl-air, and
many a fowl falls whirling from the fl:ight amid
scattering fcathors and drifting down, wid there
are tramplings of feet in the shallow water and
the splashing of ranffle<l oars, and sea and shore
are pnhoing to a thousand deadly shots, and the
day's great, slaughter has begun.
This is the daily scone during the st-ason pre
scribed by law from tbe first of November to the
flrst of April. Tbe early part of the season, No?
vember and Dooemlier, affords the best sport,
thougb tlie huntimr grounds are not abandoned
until the verv end of March. For obvious reasons
the early pnrt of tho dav' also is tht? favorite
time for tbe gunners, altbougb tliey keep at the
sport until evening. The law does not permit
sbooting before 5 o'clock in tbe morning.' But
every true sportsmnn seoks to begin promptly at
that hour. So, whether the night he llne or rain
or snow l>e falling, they turn out beforp daylight
and forsnke their romfortnble lieds for tlie wet
and tho oold of tbe river and bny. And when they
return home at the end of the day it is their
prido tO liear upon their baeks or piled high in
their boats biige masseii of black and greon and
brown and red, tbe feathered trophies ol' tlie hunt.
Not always, however, does the lnrge.it pile of
slaughtered fowls eause tlie greatost satisfaotion.
Thero is a law of quality as well as of quautity
here as olsewherc. A brace of the sby and eom
paratively scarce eanvas-backs will furnish better
88068 for pridc than half a do/en of the commoner
and 6001061 red-beads. Those sportsmen wh.i have
un eye to distinction,* therelore, seek tbe wild
celery tields and let tlie grass-fooding flocks alone.
Every year the wild celery becomes less abundant.
and in equal ratio the birds that feed upon it . nd
incorporate its spioy flavor into their own flesh
become less plentiful. But the flocks of pleheian
fowl know no diminutlon. No matter how great
the slaughter this year, next year will see tlie
gtinning as protltable as ever.
If orie wishes to flnd wild fowl, and eapeeially
88JW-8 8R9h ducks, in their fullest pei*ftC-0_ he
must seek them here. They may br> as good
elsewhere, but it is heresy to aay so. Immemorial
trhdition plaee* Cbesapeake cauvas-back, apart und
alone, on a sumniit of excellonce none other can
reach, like the befcod beans of Boston nnd tbe
niaplp sugar of Vorinont, the bluelisb of Barnegat
and the planked shad of tbe Delaware, Ihe Ot-OfCO
of Indian Kivor and the " 'possoni sop un' "taters"
of the Oootgb uplatids. So (rom the ;.rrent eitief
and from all parts of the Inion sportsnlen flock
thither, making the q.iaint old town of Havre de
Grace their Mecca. lt is within a radius of half
a dozen miles from Havre de Grace that tlio best
gnnnitig is to be found, and the spor, ls an lm
poitunt jndtistry to the local residents. There are
hundrods of men in and about Havn? de iJrace
who are professional duck-gbooters, aad nothing
else. From the 1st of November to the 1st of
April they give themselves up to the labor and
exposure of the businessliko sport. Tlie rest of
the year they do nothing, except to overliaul
every few days their juns and boats, and tell
great tales of last season's achicveiuentii. It is not
a highly profltable trade. On tTie averafc they do
not, perhaps, make more than (SOO a year eaeh.
In the best sensons the best raarksmen never reach
double tbat sum. But they live well, most of
them owning pleasant cottages, where their wives
and daugbters aid the family exehequer by taking
to boar.l the gportsmen who come from distant
plaoeij.
Duck-sliootors are of two elasses?professionals
and busbwaokers. Tbe " professional" bas a much
more expeusive and clul?orate pnrapheruulia than
tbe other. Hc has what is ealled a 'sink-box."
This is a large scow, witb outriggeis all around
it, suppoiting a platfonu of pianks. The scow
is so ballasted that its gunwales are only n cotiplc
of incbes above water. In the bottom of this scow
tbe giinners lie, onlv their heads vinblo. Still
further to conceal them they havo soreens of grass
or wicker-work, or canvas painted green antl
brown, surrounding them on the raft. This
strange crnlt is ancbored, and in it vhe gunners
wait, in perfoet ombusb, until a tiook of ducks is
within good range. Then they both?there are nsu
ally two giintiers in each ? sink-box "-blaze away
with both barrols of their guns. The most soien
tiflc metboil is 68 llre one barrel at them on the
water and the other as they riae ln the air above
the smokc. It is not uncommon for as many as
lifty birds to Ix* brought down by a single volley
of four barrels. To lnre the fowl within range the
"sink-box" gunners use deooy duckB. Formerly
tbese were all made of wood, and the gunners used
to carve them'out by hand during the gummer.
But now hollow iron ones are mostly used. They
do not float as naturally as the wooden ones, but
they do not get full of shot-holeB. ard therefore
last longer and need less repairing that, the otbers.
Sonietinies us many as 200 of these decoys ate
used with a single "sink-box" and are scattered
o\er the wator for balf u mile. They are usually
linked together by means of oords or nettifig, and
are gently drawn iu toward the atnbush, the
wild-fowl following them until within ea?y range.
Som? gunners use a sorl of small cannon, with a
long barrel, mounted oa a swivel. This throws a
obarge of ahot llve or six, peihaps ten, timos as
great as an ordinary gun, and slauahtora the fowl
wholesale. Hut it eatinot- be regurded us a aports
umnlikr deviee. and should !*? dlsoounuenanced by
all wbo love sport for sport's ?ike.
Tbe " h-ahwhOO-Oeo" also work in pairs. Their
or. ft i* a Burnegat " aneak-box." u small. low
lying. smoothly gliding cn.it It al-,. is maaked
with screens or btishes faatened around the gun
wale. One man in tlie how does tlie ahooting
while the other at the stern ateera and propels
the craft. Tlioy use woedon deooys. not more tli.ui
forty or flfty ln * flock, and these are aaehored
in a group. Tlie men in the lioat take their
plaee at sotiio tlisfanee and wait for birds to
approaeb tbe -860/8. W'leii a largo lloek hae
gatherH they urge the " sueak-hog ? down to
within range. and the runner fires og? liarrel at
them on the water and tlie other as ''hay riae to
fly. Somottnies no .leeovB are uaed at all. but
the "anaoJt-hox" is almply poddlod around or al
lowed to drift. to wbrr<n*?r a flock of biirda laioren.
Of flfuraa thtro _re 9Mgmw**M9mBLWmW*-Bi W^J
at all, but tramp ahout in tho mll grasa and
decp tniid of the meadows that sktrt the shore,
but thia plan of oampaign is not nearly so etfoetivr
as tlie otbera.
The gportsmen who visit tbe shore from the
cities iidopt some tbe otio plan aud some the
otber. It depeuds upon the taste and fancy of
the sportsmau. Some only spend i day or two
at Havre de Grace. Some' are able to remnin for
weeks or monttia. A man who can sp*re only a sin
ile day for duok Bhootlng would bettcr reach Havre
t Grace in the evening. 1I> shouM then engage
as a guide and naaiatant oither a " pi-ofeoslotiaf or
a "bushwhaoker," as bis fancy dietates, with his
full outflt of boat and decoya. He should ar
range tq, lie on the s^ene of aetlon at 5 o'olooh tho
next morning; nn<l that afternoon he should be
able to return lo town with a goodly hamper full
of game. But there are many wbo spend b??68
time on tbe shore and make sport a thing of
luxury. Tliey havo large sloops or yncbts, hand
BOtnely fltted up and wcU provlslone.l. On these
they livc, somctimes no<4bmpnnlefl by their fam
ilies, and from those they sally out every morn?
ing in "sneak-hoxes" for tbe ehoottRf (86084.
Others havo "arks," perbnps tbe most luxiirious
quarters of all. An 'ark" is a h.igo raft. or an
old onnal-boat. on wbieh a small eottana has l?eeTi
built. The cottagr 66Rtot?8 a parlor, dining-room,
kitchen, and two or three sleeninir-rooms. These
are often furnished ns handsonio!y aa rooms in o
city house, witb plano, picturos, rtigs. eto. Here
the sportsmcu and thoir fabtflleO livc in comfort,
no raatter what the weather&may be. sally out to
the slaughter in tbe morning, and holil high
wassail in tbe evening with vitinds that are
trophies of the days sporl
THE FASHIONS.
BEAITIFPL NEW .TACKETS.
The Jaeket remalns tho favorite ?r.,p for generd
wear and it U exoeodlngly rtnnhtful whether it will
ever be dJaptaoed by any less conipaet und less eon
venlent wrap. Itough sliaggy elotlia, atyllsh rough
scourlng cloths. and smnoth meltnns are the matcrlal*
used chiefly Rils sevnn hy Rnglis-h laflora, who mnuM
these Jackcte to the flwirc with arnior llke severltv
of < ut.
Tho most noteworlhy featurc of the new Jaokcts Is
Ihelr extreme lcngth. The sliortest jaekets made by
*fV T- *_9r f
talkirs this season reach eonsidcrably below tho hlpa,
while there are others Ihot extend down to tho B?6M
and become gonuine pellt>?ci<. Tallors are dlspensing
with an many seams as poeafbta ln all the?e new coats
and eovoring thoae whleh they do use, with bratdlngs
and varlous trinimlngs m that the effeet of a garnient
fltted without 0 fceam ls given. ln mm y of the new
Jackets the seams of tho nidc-forms are brought so
near together that tht mitldle seam of the back ls
entirely dlspcnscd Wtth. Tho dart .-.eains are usually
platcd so far forward that they may he entirely eon
realed bencath a Mll 110 8081 of eloth. It re<|tilres
pcrfeet aklll and 9906M6r6hl9 608??66 to shrink and
strotch eloth to flt the flgnn; in perfeetlon, when sueh
seams are used, bnt tli^ l-jsuit _ enii:Mntly 61068?11
and tonds to give tlie Bgore a ataodar, adllowy effeet-.
Tho dart? in many of the new Jaeliets are less than
an inch apart and the first durt Is BOOMtioiW f-MOf
less than an Ineli fron tlie e.-nt.-c of tlio front. The
shoulder seam li BhOftet tl.an ever before, whlle
the slecvo ls eorrtoi hlgh cnougli to give
O fltyliah effeet; but a Accvo 6f extr>'me
helght ls not usod on StaOa fBROBOb 98 bat 8b88
tallors. The collur of all Jackets 1- hlgh and ellnging
to tho throat at, the edge and 108-068 to slupe from it
ln the very opposite mani.er from the flai-ing MedU-l
eollar.
Tailors are now reeelvlng many orders for Louis
Qnlnio coat* mnde of tOltOOl rich hro.-des ln blaok
satln tlgured with M-NlJ velvi-t llnw-r- in anicthyst
purple. dcop bnek, turt|iioi>e bluc, Otfg groen and
other colors. Tlie>e rl. li coat-. are used for reeeptlon
and carrtago wear RRf 886 elaborutcly trimmed with
bands of black ostrirh b8--06 BOi lined with tinted
-.Ht.us to n.utoh the Hgures. bBB_ 90** llke f98>
menta roaoh to the kneo, and are alm made up in
plaln black broehe as well a- Iu Mutellasse of various
hue?, with <wtri(h foathn trtiuming*.
A Uylish bruided coat f?>r dnving ln the purk U
mada aemi long wltli aleeve* of searlet eloth nearly
covered with black bnild and strlped with two inch
banos of blaek Pemlan lamb extonrted lengttiwi?e from
the ahoulder to the wrUt. A nurt-nw searlet
veat, nearly tonccaled hy MbOb taoM nnd wtged
with Perilan lamb. and a tuty 60f pockat
8ap borderod and tiralded wltli I'er*.-,. taOah. complM.
thla Jnuntv llttle eoat. - long nulet bhie driving
eoat wtth sklrt> rlaboruiely bralded wit* black 960M
haa aometOIng 9f the -.liaiie of a man's ?? Iflnce Al
bert" coat. All the -.naux are ^mcooled by llne* of
bi-atdlng. th? dnrts an- lorerod hy eUibonite hraidlng
in front in mll.la.v gltta, Iha b8fB npra88068l by
llat bards of 1088808 lanib gn.rtiiat.-d .n I. ugth from
the walatltnc to tlie eollar. Larire g.ii- ,-r-i ruft^ are i
feature mi thU coat, and all lt* odgaa BM Unishe.1 wltli
Pendan lamb. Suede. metton and other light chith
eoata Wnlaliert with ndxton* of braid Ol g'-m. aiiver
and pale-hued metal ln toue* bRKRhRf wltli the
oloth bm sttll ao aRgant eluJce for young Lid'o.
Thgre a?o h* IRM ?r?**ta ****** ****** Pl-da^
a b
for eluborato wear, though there are wme handsome
Bag wraps made ot tbe aoft, thlck rametshalr cloths
vhleh ure so CAi'ulsltcly llght In weight, and aome of
bi-ocaded cloths .11 shadc- of brcwn or some other
neutral hue. These are trlnimed wlth ruckes of
fcuthers or long styllsh furs like fox and b-nr. Bean
tiful long wraps In shade. of wood-brown and auede
cclor are trlmmed with "Isabclla bcar,** a pretty
hhaded brown fur. Plush ls aga.n nsed. and t? b.atdert
ln heavy nilscd pattcms wlth chenillc.
Tho plates of this artlclv 'are furnlshed by the
rouMosy of Kedforn.
Tho ncwest shape ln fur wraps Js the aea.aktn reafer.
This ts a Jacket tittlng to the figure at the back and
looac and doublc breasted In front. It Is furnlshed wlth
a nntrhed lapel collar and Is altogether a comfortable.
stylish garmcut. It was Introdticed la$t season by a
few of the furrlers dealing In cxcluslve stylos, but
then atlalned no speclal popularlty. There Is a per
ceptlblc advance ln the prlce of sealskln garmenta.
The newcst rapes are contdderably lomrer than
thoso of last season and are shown in double-breasted
effccts and In varlous othor fancy atyles. A collar
of Kussian sablc or of the beautlful Alaska sah.e is
iidtnissible, but the varlous combtnatlons of lamb's
wool and scal and othcr fnrs so commonly shown
ean hardly bo consldered ln the bost tastc. Ali ln
dlviduals buylng fnrs are warned that there is the
PBBBBB ebolre in sablc skins of any fur sold. The
aaarae rcddlsh and tawny sables that come from Hud
son's Bay are less deslrable than a black mlnk skln,
while there Is no fur more beautlful than tho soft
blaelt I'ussl.ui sable like those worn by the Royal
famiiy of Russia. These are worth far more than tholr
weight in gold. The yellowish red Hudson Ray
sablc ls eagerlv palmed off and at extravagant prices by
uiiscmpulous dealers to people who are no Judgcs of furs
and who consider that " sable ls sable."
A sllpper more beautlful and probably much more
romforiable tli-.11 ClnderelkVs famous shoe of glass Is
mado of tbe softest sllvered kld flnlshed wlth a tlny
buohle of silver on the instep and worn wlth a silk
stocklng of stlvor hue. There ar. many t.e-ahoes mado
np this season of suede kld In silver gray, violet, and
otlier colors to match the house gown.
Tlie c.iolco ln toilct sbocs U liewtlderlng, there are
ao many qualnt, antlqne shape* reprodured. The moat
p.clureH(|ue of theso shoe* ls ln low Be shape and made
of red moroeco. Queen Anne ls reaponalble for it.
lt has inoderately hlpb heols and a polnted tongue,
wlileb eomes np high on tl.e Instep and ls held down
hy a ribbon of red satln tled ln a bow. Tho "Jester
slipper" baa a polnted toc and is extendcd high In a
point over the Instep and In another point up the back,
as far ;is the ankle. This shape protects the foot,
but lcaves It frce as does a low sllpper. A simllar
slmpe of shoe was worn by Mary Anderson as Perdita.
It is sotnetinies called a (Jroek sllpper, for what reason
no one < in tell, as the prlnelpal shoe of the Greek
was a sandal -nd the high soled buskln worn by
mtors in no way resembled this shoe.
"Tlme has Its revenges"?a use has been found for
tlie poodle. The licautlful. criinpled, <reamy fur that
lincs mllady's cvening cloak of rlch brocade, and ls
e\n inled lo form a high collar fraralng her fair face
lu Its soft, lluffy rlecce, is not mandartn goat or
?? mandarln" as the furrlers somewhat indeflnltely speak
of it. It is tbe silkon fle.ee of tlie Chinese poodlo. If
any ono who is possessed of a snarllng pet of thla
ipeeBa and a new fur-lined opera rloak wUl comparc
tlio two tbey will rerognlae the simllarlty of fleeee.
llundreds of small do^s aro roi-ed ln Chlna to supply the
market wlth this oxponsive fur. The poodle has long
been held ln high esteein In Chlna. He repreaents
the dog of Fo or liuddha. who guards the templo of
this deity. In this mythoioglcal form. holding the
?a<:red oranp? under his paw, h? may lie soen ou tlie
top of bronzo lnronsc burners; and a hugc llgure of
bltti la sometltncs cast ln cheap bronze aud used as
an outside slgn by dealcrs ln .lapanese ourios.
SHAI.L THERE REA STATE PARK?
?OMB actiox Mtsrr bktakex qtickly abthb
VALIEOiF TIIF. TTMBRRL.ANn IS I'XCTmVSING.
The public Is bei'oming generally lnterested in the
efforts of tbe Forest Comniisslon towai-d tbe establish
ment of a state park ln the Adlrondacks. A membcr
of this lioiird said to a reporter 011 Tlwrsday morning:
-Tho (Jovcrnor of this State sent a message to the
Leglslature of 181)0 rccommendlng the ?wtablishment
of B .state'park, havlng for Its object the prescrvation
of the water-sheds, t.?e protectlon of the foresta for
siinlt.iry purposes and the general advantages cm
braeed under the term forestry, This report was re
ferrod to tho Senato Committee on Finance, which
made its report, which agreed substantially wlth tlie
views of the (iovernor, in favor of the estflblishinent
of a park, provlded the project could be carrled out ln
a BaetbJa manner. The wholc subject was then re
ferred by the Leglslature to tlie Forest Commisslon for
liUfaaUtallon. which was lnstrurted to report to tho
Legislutiiro In 1801.
?? Tbe Forest Commisslon was eatablished by act of tho
j Legislature lu lriMS, which act also created what Is
kBBWB as the Forest Prtserve, comprUIng twelve
northern eouiitlcs iu the Adirondack reglon and four
iu tlio (athlull reglon. lt was the idca of tlie friends
of the paift BCBBBBB to crcate a plun which would be
more etrectire iu M* way of forest prescrvation than
that of tbe ndhereuts of tlie Prcserve. The Idea of
laiving a Stato park took wlth the publle generally,
and tl.e devclopment. of last summer liave shown with?
out a doubt that tliere is a strong feeling in favor of
tho cstabllsbment of such a park. The Commlsalon,
which lias been lately making many inveetigutions.
has dectded tl.at such a park should be e_tabll?la:d and
that. it^is reqiilrcd for the protectlon of water-sheds.
notahly that of the Hudson Ittver; for tho protectlon
of forests, for sanltary' purposes and aa a great and
Importaut BBBBB prescrve, as well as for tba protectlon
of the liimberlng lnduatry.
?? I'ndei' tho present mcthods of lumberlng tho whole
North Woods will in a few years entlrely dlsappcar, as
lumbermeii are geneially so rareless ln cutting tlmber
tbat they desitroy ali chanrc of future growth and
eoiisc<iueiit now forests, and are thus really killlng the
BBB il.at laya the goldon cgg. There are some few
lumbermeii. howaver, who are famlllar wlth Ihe
loietiy mcthods of Europe ;uid who cut tlmber so
jiiiliiioiislv UMM tholr property ls ln no dtinger of
belng stripped of treos. An itnpot tant faot whleh ls
racagBleaa by the Commisslon Is that there is au in
rraaalBg _BBB_bI for wood, and that lt mu?t be savad for
future use. one of the nbstuclcs to the scheme at
flr-t was tl.e Idea that lt would cost the ritate too
tiMu I. BMBBf to buy the lands requlrad. The cost,
howover, as generally e-tlmated ln the public press
haa been greatly oxaggerated. Sueh sums as from
Bl-'i.orjO.iXX) to ?'__.000,(iOO havo been mentioneil.
Those who ,havo tnve.slUcited Ihe stlbjetot Uim-ti
thoroughly aaB-WB that ft'otn 8;i,0O0,000 to Bfi.OOO,
000 wUl be juuple for the park if the i.egoUation. shali
be judliiotisly mauuged, and that this sum will not b.
requlred ali at once, bnt ean be spread over a tarm of
several rBBIB. ... .
?? Anotbor obstaelc is owing to tbe fact that the land*
now uwned by Un sUite, amount.ug to several thuu
sand wre* aud lylng in the legton where lt ls pro^
posod to liave Uie purk, are in separate pareels, and
Ba between lands owued by lumbermeii. ehios or hotols,
and tho (juesliou stJU ls how to aci|u!t- poss?'?alon of
ihls land held by priTute Indlvlduals. It haa beon
ilirined Jidvisable to submit Miine plan to tlie Le?rl?
lalure by which a park may bc securad raconellablo
with the BBtantfaa of tho ilght* of tho prevlous ow.i
ara. <>f the two aaMbaia ac aandafaj the utle of tha
land by pureh-.se aud by the right of emlneut domulii,
the littor has been laid aaldo by the Commlasion ?.
undestrable. The smallest llinit to th. *iie of th.
C*k luis been efttmaW at l.tKHl.t-OO acrea, and the
g?-t at tMOfiOO acros. Popular opinion saoms to
favor tlie latter linUt.
" Whatovw ls dono iu this matler must be done now
or never. Tlmberloiids aro couatatitly iucreaslng ln
ralue. A tract of woodland of 100,000 aere.. inoatly
vlrgin foreat, w_a offored to tlie Comml-_on but
apiug for *l au acre. It has since beon sold for
lumberlng purpoaes for B7 an acre. and could not ba
boiu.it to day for B10. Mee. aro r._ti? >. fast that
it will soon be out of the power of tlie utato to secure
tho land. Thla shows that if the OaaBBBBBBB had had
funrts to buy this land lt would have beon a good busl
nesa Inrestment. not a mere frlttertng away of th.
pismlo's money for a snntlineut, but an tnve.tment
which would have Inrreased lu value yearly. and would
havo made* largo retnrns ln future years to the state.
The Commisslon feela that It will he neeei*ary to
.riii" leglslatlvc assistunco in order -iiccessfully fo
carry out the project."
HD t* A TRXT TO FIT EACH CASE.
A Ured.lookl.il' mun applted to a country clerfyman
for work. He wa? sent tn ill ? |wUitoes. At tbe end of
l?i. lionrs' the mintster weot out to see how tho work
advanced. ?le found that the man had uncovared at
teast two (fiutrU of the lubers.
"Well," ssld the psrson, "you don't believe ln InJurlnR
y.mt.i If. do TOU r
"(.h," replled the laborer, "I work according to
Sirlptun'"
"Wh?re ln the Blblc can you llud anything that justlBea
your takma two hour* to dlK two quaru of potateaP*
?Why this: 1?at your inoderatlon be known uuto ali
men.' "
The mlolPter thot.ffht Ihls rsther wltty. and took him
in to dlimer. The .,,odi'i-.i' worker did not prove to be ?
iiiod.-raO' ea.er; In fact, he cl^??^?d the table.
?Von don't seeiii lo eat aefordtng to your text." said
the ? i" -?> 111-11 agliaat, seelng the dlmier dlsuppearlns Ilka
mlat 1n'for. the sun.
"?fo," revJj-d Uie Ured man, plylng his kulfe and fork
faatar t_an ever, "I havu -uoitie. text for thla: 'Whatever
[?T. mmi aatott Ba d.. 4a B wilh U/ mlikt-? ?
AFOOT IN NEW-ENGLAND.
RAMBLING NOTES OF A WEEK'S WALK Ul
THE <30NNECTKJUT KIVER VALLEY.
V.
It ta hard to flnd an old tall clock whleh ia forf
sale even in the back diatricta of New-Engtand.
Moat of them have already found tbelr way 80
the collectlona of city dealera in antiquities. Not
only have agents of these deolers pretty thoroogh
ly eonvasacd the eountry, but. whleh ia still moro
to the purpose, the village atorekeepera and tho
tin pedlers have bought them up and shlpped
them to the elty dealers in quantities. What few
temain are nearly all either not for anle or held ot
a too high price. This is true alao, to a eertalm
extent, of Other relics of the paat. sueh aa aplo
nlng-wheela, old furnlture. and so forth, but
nothing aeems to have suffered so much aa tho
clocks. One day I rode several miles with an ox
tin-pcdler who in his time had bought many old
olocks and gave me much vaJuable infonnattau
on the Btibject. He tried, too, to tell me a funoy
story about a clock he o?tce bought of a mOQ
named Chaae, who llved in Whittlngham. He
laughed a long time liefore he began, and I realiy
became anxious to liear fhe story, but unfortu
nately it waa a very long story, and he had a little
pig tied up in a bag in the bottoro of hia wagon
box, and about every flve minutea this pig would
get out of the bag, jump from tbe wagon and go
scampering away, and it took 89 much time to
catch the pig tliat we got to where I had to atop
liefore he had ftniehed li_lf the story
I left the former tin-pedler, in fact, to go and
see a man who he thought had a clock that he
would eell. Tlie laat I aaw of the ex-<lealer in tiu
ware he was sprlntlng acroae a potato fleld after
the little pig with the point of hia humorouo
Whittingham anecdote still locked ln hia bosom.
The man with the suppoaed clock waa named D_g
?698. I found lilm contemplatively chewing a
straw and leaning on a hay-rake. A robust-look
ing wonain was sitting on the porch knitUngj
the thumb on a red mitten. I aaked him
if ),e had aa old clock, and he
admltted tbat there was one in the l?OUB?- 1
asked if it was for sale and he rephed: Well,
you see, the clock ain't mine | it belonga to Aunt
Nancy" and he indicated the robust woman hy
pointing over his sl.oulder with his thumb - ItJ
her cIock, and she don't want to sell it. but -and
he lowered his volcc to a whisper-' you jusO
wait tlll she dles and 111 sell it to you."
I thanked the man and lingered about for tea
or flfteen minutes, keeping a close wateh ou
Aunt Nancy, but as I could see nothing encour
aging at the end of that time, I went on.
But I ought to return to where I left Dr. Hobtn,
who treated carious teeth with ni-ko-li-um and
sensittve ones with os-si-cu-ra. From his houae I
went down the road a quarter of a mile to - Lnclo
Nathan" Wheeler's. Hoblis aald that Incle Na
than had a house full of old clocks. I found Ln
elc Nathan out in the yard raking up a little hay
wbieh he had cut. I explained to him my desirea
concerning a clock. He looked at me edgewaya
and then aaked me as to my name. plaee of real
dence, object of belng ln that vicinity, direOtioa
I was travelling, plaee I had stayed the nlght be?
fore plaee 1 intended to stay the comlng night,
date I left home, date I would probably start back;
ptace of blrth, age, occupation, prospects in lifo
and so forth.' My auswere seemed to be satia
factory and he told me to come into tlie house and:
asked me to sit down. I again mentioned clocka
to him, but hc parried my advance gracefully with
a comment on the weather. Then he said that
he did have one old artlcie of lnterest, I asked
him what it was, and he said it was a gun. 1
asked to see lt, and be went in a closet and got
it It was certainly an odd old gun. It stood
about six ieet high-so hlgh tbat it must hav6
been an extremely difficult matter to blow dowo
the barrel to see if it waa loaded. It had a very
clumBy flint-lock and other marka of great age:
He assured me that it was considerably over 200
years old. Ile aaked me if I knew what it wa8
worth, and I told him that I did not. Then ho
lowered hia voice ooofldentially and told me that a
man who boarded at Deocon Presttey'o laat suiu
mer said that it would brlng $500 ln New-York3
He was tiot anxious to aell it, he said, but would
dispose of it at that flgure for cash. I told him
tbat I did not want it, and again spoke of clocka,
but he' managed once more to avoid the lasue, thia
time by showlng me a quaint artlcie of furnlture
which seemed to partake of tlie naturc of a cheat
of drawers, a sideboard and a bookoase. It waa
made of cherry and inlald with some lighter col?
ored wood. This, he said, was not for sale, un
less, of course, a person wanted to give a good deal
for it. He well reniembered the day he bought
it?it was in 't'-J. He trembled in his lioots all
the way home beeause he felt sure that his wife
would object to it. Hc wouldn't have got it, only
he had to take it of Ezra Doty on a liad debt.
Eara made it himself. He was always making
slrange things. Finally he made a tlying maohino
and broke his ueck. So Uncle Nathan trembled
all the way home about his new article of fur
nittire, but what was his surprise wheu his wifo
said that it was just what she wanetd. It was
accordingly stood iu tne front room aad the cliil
drea kept their caps in one door, while he himself
stored his smoking tobacco iu one pigeon-hole
and his seythe-stone and husklng-peg in another,
while his wife kept doughnuu in one drawer.
pies in another, cookies in another, yarn ia an?
other disbes in another and dried catnip in sull
another. It was the handiest article of furnlture
that they bad ever had, the only drawhack
about it being that they never knew what to
call it. ..,,,??
0-66 more I suggested the subjeot of clocks.
Ho bad nothing else to show, and reluctantly led
me to them. ile had two. each, he thought, about
a hundred years old. One of them had no caae?
th3 fuce was fastened to a shelf by serewK through
the lowcr part of it, and the pendulum
and weights hung through holes ln the shelf.
When it was almost run down the wcighto reoted
on the floor. L'nole Nathan aud that they onoo
hud an ingenlous dog of iust the rigbt sise that
nso<l to stand under this clock and let tbe pendu?
lum rub his lmck at each lieat. Tlie clock always
gained, anyhow, and this used to tend to retard
it so lt kept better time when tliey
had that dog than it ever had before
or slnce. This elock waa not for
sale, but he took me upstuirs and showed mo
another that waa on the markrt. This waa not
going, but we took a lot of drled boneset apd
tansy out of the bottom of it, woiuul it bv pulllni:
down tlie string whioh pulled np the weighta and
ktartcd the pendulum. It *Bcgan with a slow an_
dignlfled tick. Uncle Nathan took ?tt the toa
and revcaled the work*. They were of wood and
seemed to he ln very good repair. The handi
were gone, but Uuolo Nuthan thought he could
get Cleero Barker, the blaokemith to make some
now onea. There wasn't a man in the eountry
who could ahoe an ox like Cleero, and he gueaaed
that lie probably wouldn't back down at any Ilajht
job like clock repainng. A olock couldn't kick,
but an ox. when he waa being shod, had a do.
atroying kiok like tlie stroke ot a plle-driver
tluvse were not his exact words. but this ig the
idea ha coaveyed. Bosides tolllng the time of
day, this clouk had originally undertaken tho
conveying of some sort of iiiformation about the
moon, but the moon depnrtment seemed to be
badly out of order, and Uncle Nathan doubtea
if even Oicero could repair it. But otherwiae it
seem.'d to be in good repair, and l'nole Vathau
seemed sure that lt would keep goo<l time. Tho
case waa very poor?it was of soft wood, " grainecr'
by some earlv urtist to renresent some kind of
niore expenslve wood, tlie like of which no man
ever saw or ever shall see. Uncle Nathan thought
that $o0 would be aliout the right flgure for
this clock. This, he aald. was what a good many
sueh clocks had sold for ln the netghhorbood.
I told him that I wotiltl look a little further and
see if I could not tind one with a better cose.
So we put back the boneaet and tansy and went
down stairs. where I told Uncle Nathan goodhy
and nORl on to a litle town and found a littto
hotel, where I had pumpkin-pie be ?opoof. went
to bed with a candle, and alept on a feather bed.
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