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NEW HAVEN MOIlNING JOURNAL AND COURIER, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1900
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THE YANKEE GIRL.
''Seest thou yon lovely cottage In the
, grove,
With little garden neatly planned be
, fore, , .
Its roof deep shaded by the elms
above?
Go lift the willing latch the cene ex
plore ,
Sweet peace, and love and Joy thou
there shall find.
For there Religion dwells; whose sa
cred lore ,
Leaves the proud wladom of the world
behind, irt. 'U' .-.: : . ;:,,'.;.:
And pours et heavenly ray on every
humble mind."
HUNTINGTON.
The long winter evening was draw
ing to a close the "big ha' Bible" rev
erently deposited In 'Its accum
tomed place , , at , the close of
family worship, and the cheerful
circle that surrounded the ' fire
side of Farmer Lee, af ten an affection
ate good night, had retired to their res
pective apartments.. The farmer him
self rose from hie chair, and, carefully
covering up the' glbwing v coals which
sent a fitful light through the now
darkened room, waa about to retire,
when a sudden ruBh of emotions seem
ed to overpower him,, and, throwing
himself on the wooden settle which oc
cupied one corner of the huge chimney,
he covered his face with his hands, and
groaned aloud.
"Father," said a soft voice at his side,
'dear father, you are not well. What
dan I do for you?"
"How -is this v Grace?" he answered,
almost sterply, "I thought you were all
gone, why are you etlll up at this late
. hour?" ,'. ,
"Because I could not go to rest while
I know that you are suffering. Father,"
Bhe continued, "I have watched you and
mother all day, and I know you have
pome sorrow of heart which you are
hiding, from us, while It is einklng you
to the- earth. May I know what it is,
that if I . cannot assist, I may at least
have the privilege of bearing it with
you.?"
While Bhe spoke, Graee Lee had seat
ed herself on a low bench at her father's
feet, and, clasping her hands upon his
knee, looked up in his face with an ex
pression of earnest entreaty, that might
have moved a heart of etone. But Farm
er Lee's heart was made of no such ma
terial. It was full of the milk of hu
man kindness; besides, he dearly loved
the swefct girl Whose blue eyea were
gazing so tenderly .into his, and had
sometimes been tompted to feel a little
proud of his "wild flower," as the good
minister once called her. He cleared his
thmat, therefore, . and fondly passing
his hard and bony hand over her shin
ing hair, said mildly, "you are a good
girl, Graoe, and a comfort to your pa
rents, but this is a matter beyond your
ability to manage, and trouble will come
soon enough without meeting it half
way."
"Oh, do not oay so, dear father, I am
almost eighteen, and you must not look
upon me any longer as a child to be
petted and cared for, but a woman,
who is both able and willing to take
her share of the burdens it may please
God to lay upon youd. Tell me what it
Is that afflicts you, and do not fear that
It will make me unhappy; I can bear
anything but lo see you miiaeiabie, while
I am ignorant of the cause.
"Child, you know not what you ask
are you prepared to hear that your
father is a beggar that we must leave J er, more cheerfully. "No man deserves
a small sum which could be raised In
no other way. The Interest has been
regularly paid until within the last four
years, and I have always bopd to get
together enough to pay the principle,
but somehow or other, instead of this, I
have got behindhand, and now the man.
who holds the mortgage threatens, to
foreclose, unless the interest, which
amounts to more than two hundred dol
lars, is raised immediately, and this is
impossible, and even you must know.
"But your brother Uncle Thomas,
said Grace, eagerly; "he has money
enough, will he not help you In such a
case as this?'
"Perhaps he might, but he would want
better security than, I can give him;
and, moreover, if I cannot now pay the
money on the bond, what reaBon is
there to suppose it any better next year
to repay your uncle? No, no, Grace,
there Is no help for it, and We must
bear It as well as we can, but the hard
est part of it all, Is the thought. of poor
Philip, who is doing so well in his col
lege studies. Poor fellow, , I can do
nothing more for him now, and he must
come back and try what he can do for
the rest of you, by keeping school, or In
some other way." .
During her father's brief narration,
Grace had remained gazing at him,
every faculty absorbed In deep and
painful Interest, but as he ceased to
speak, she started up, ,and, with spark
ling eye and glowing cheek, exclaimed,
"Never shall Philip be called home on
such an errand while I live to pre
vent It. I am young and strong, and
con find a way of helping you all, little
as you believe it. Nay, hear me," she
said, as she saw her father's face ex
pressed strong incredulity, "it was only
yesterday that Sarah Carter, who has
Just returned from Lowell, told me what
high wages some of the girls earn, who
are not older than I, and wh'ch of them
do you think would have a dearer ob
ject to work for than I, with the old
homestead, and dear Philip before me?"
A tear had been slowly gathering in
Farmer Lee's eye while his daughter
spoke', and it fell on her neck as .he
kissed her, and replied to her fervent
appeal: "You are too young, Grace,
to know how Impossible it Is for you
to do all that your love for, me dic
tatesbut I thank you for the will, and
I shall never forget it."
"But you surely will not refuse tq
let me go dear father. I have been
for some time thinking about the fac
tories and now I am so certain that I
could help you and Philip, too it
would be cruel to deny me. Mother
will you not plead for me," asked the
ardent girl, "you know not how my
heart is set on this thing." ,
Mrs. Lee had been apparently intent
on some household duty during . the
conversation between her husband and
child, but thus addressed, she took a
step towards Grace,' and only replied
by inqurlng In a low voice, "And what
do you think Lewis Dayton will eay
to such a plan, Graoe?"
Poor Grace! The blood rushed over
cheeks, neck and brow at this question,
and a convulsive movement of the Hp
told a chord had been touched to which
every heart string vibrated but it waa
only for a moment, and then she paid
rather proudly, "If Lewis Dayton cares
anything about me, he will like me the
better for doing my duty as a daughter
and it liiti love cumiut island this lesL,
It ie better to know it now than hereafter."
'Grace is right, wife," said the farm
wait for six months before anything
was said to Philip about leaving col
lege, but he yielded at last, and through
her agency," an arrangement was made
with Uncle Thomas, by which the in
terest was paid up, and the troublesome
creditor quieted fur the present. Farm
er Lee was certain that it waa all non
sense, and that he was only getting
more deeply into trouble, but it was
hard to deny anything to the favorite
child, who had never seemed so dea,r to
him as now, when she as so soon to
leave them.
The pleasant farm on Beech Hill had
been in the Leo family for two genera
tions, and they were respected and
beloved by al the inhabitants of the
little town of Meredith, in which it was
situated. The news flew swiftly that
Grace Lee was about to leave home, to
go into a factory, and in that quiet
community it occasioned quite an ex
citement. It was not, a few years since,
as common for daughters of respectable
farmers to enter the mlli3 for a sea
son, as it now is, and Grace Lee, though
a hardy mountain maiden, had been eo
much the household ipet, that few im
agined how much quiet energy lay con
ceaied beneath her gentle and lady-like
demeanor. . ! ;' .
"I always knew that pride must have
a fall," said Miss Priscilla Jones, whose
envy of our sweet Grace had been
nourished until it had become an ab
sorbing passion, and who had hastened
to the store of young Mr. Dayton to tell
him the news. "Grace Lee has held
her head so high that people thought
she was the only girl in Meredith. I
wonder what she will say now, don't
you, Mr. Dayton?"
The young merchant only smiled and
said he presumed the whole affair was,a
mistake, but it was nothing to him, cer
tainly, what any young lady thought
proper to do. But though he affected
great indifference on the subject,, he
was far from feeling It, for he admired
the wild flower of Beech Hill more than
he would have chosen to con
fess, and his attentions had been
so marked tnat neuner l urace
nor her parents could misunder
eand them. But to 'marry a fac
tory girl this, his foolish pride whisper
ed, was not to be thought of, so he
hastened to the house of Farmer Lee,
to hear the report contradicted by, the
lips he loved best. f v.;
It cannot be deniedrijEhat the heart of
the young' girl fluttered sW wildly at his
entrance, 4hat she could hardly speak to
bid. 'film welcome, nor that a strange
thrill of pain convulsed- it, as .he spoke
or his surprise at hearirig thCrumor of
heir intended departure; But it was with'
a ea"lm brow and firm tone that she as
sured him- he had heard only- the
truth and that she was indeed to leave
home for Lowell, perhaps to be absent
for some years. ' ' : '.',
After an ineffectual attempt to Induce
her to relinquish the idea,, and a few .
commonplace remarks about other
things, he took his departure, leaving
Grace In a tumult of contending emo
tions, among hich, gratitude; that she'
had so soon learned the hollowness of ',
his professions; became predominant. . '
"Better now than, later," she said to
herself, while' the tears of wounded
captaIn BIZNESS.
An Episode In toe Service of Company
Y.
Isabella, Negro, PV tj Deq. 5. "A
Filipino wance he sets out 'to be crook
ed, will get up at mtdiioight without a
candle"; an' stale the, buttons off his own
shirt ah' sew thim i his trousers. An'
th' nixt nolght he'ir5Bpect' his naybor
av steen' do th' dade, an' assassinate
him," Private Seven spot said once.
Company Y of the 'Steenth Infantry
feeling gushed from her eyes, '"I'might first made the acquaintance of Captain
have in time loved him so well, that . Blzness at Ginanlgnan, on the island of
course of study, and was now, thanks
to her generosity, a licensed minister,
looked upto by all who knew him, as
a young man of more than ordinary
promise. Once a year she had visit
ed, for a few short days, the dear spot
where her affection were garnered,
and it always seemed to the household,
after her departure, as If the sun shone
less brightly than usual, . when they
missed the light of her Bmile, and the
music of her voice from their midst.
But now the farmer and his wife
were growing old, and could no longer
spare her, and on the next Sabbath,
her brother was to preach for the first
time in the old church of Meredith, so
Grace Lee bade farewell to the spot
endeared to her by many recollections,
and at the close of a bright summer
day, found herself once more amid her
earliest and dearest friends, under the
parental roof from which she had been
so long an exile. It was a happy circle
that surrounded the family altar that
night, and as the young clergyman, in'
a deep, rich voice, that trembled with
emotion, thanked God for the way in
which He led them, and above all, for
the safe return of her, whom He had
made the messenger of mercy to her
father's house, Grace felt that such a
moment, more than repaid her for all
the sacrifices she had made.
"Grace," said a younger brother to
her, a few days after her return, "Mr.
Dayton doesn't dare to look you in the
face, though I saw', titm- stealing a.
glance, when he thought no one was
observing him. Poor man. His wife
is anything but a treasure if report
speaks truth, and if he did not sell rum
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Seats Kchy ou Sale. Regular I'rices.
you, I'll send f6r you." Savey?
Captatin Blzness Bmlled ana
cringed .;' and " , immediately made
suggestions as ' to where the
to make money, he would have to shut to tllfi can,,,,,.,, tt ' n.nf and
up his store. How glad I am, that you
did not have him but are you realty
going to be an old maid?"
Before the quick blush that crim
soned the cheek of our heroine, at this
simple, question, had subsided, Philip
exclaimed with a smile: I must not
divulge the sfcrets of a confessional,
but if common fame speaks truly, a
certain manufacturer, whose wealth is
his least recommendation,'' is about to
Visit Beech Hill oh a special errand. Our
dear Grace has1 performed her part so
admirably in his. 'mill; that he wlehes
to try her services as housekeeper is it
not so, Grace?" ,
"Never mind," said the fond father,
who saw her embarrassment, "what
commoji fame says, Heiir the voice of
experience, while I eay, that the woman,
who as a daughter and sister, has, like
our own Grace, been dutiful, affection
ate, and self-sacrificing,' will certainly,
whatever her station in life may be,
make a yirtuous and 'excellent wife."
Mvs. S. T. Martin, in Me'riden Journal.
the discovery of his character would
have almost broken my heart. I have
now only to think of my duty to my
parents, and dear, dear Phll)$."
Negros. He came to the company in
the capacity of a guide. On a night
march to the hacienda of Dom Pedro
he piloted the compajjy through twenty
Philip Lee was two'years'older Waii 'miles of rice fields Sh ofder to take it
Grace, and. though an invalid from
childhood, was a young man of uncom
mon strength of mind, and loveliness of
character. From his Inability to" la
bor on the farm, it was early decided,
that, if possible, he should have an edu
cation, and it was the first wish of. ha
heart to become qualified for thu os-;
pel ministry. By great exertions and
self-denial on his own part he had
succeeded with the little aid his fath
er could bestow, in fitting himself to
enter college one year in advance, and
the whole family were looking for
ward with eager anticipation to the
time when they should listen to his
voice from the eacred desk. To Grace,
particularly, who idolized her broth
er, this hope had become a part of her
own existence, and she felt that no
sacrifice was too great, no labor too
severe, to ensure its accomplishment.
But Philip possessd a portion of her
own independence, and she must con
ceal her plans and wishes from him.
er he would have refused to profit by
her generous affection.
The day of parting came at length,
and accompanied by her father, Grace
Lee left the beloved home of her child
hood, to enter the new and untried
scenes that awaited her. All was at
first strange and unpromising, and
with a heart-sickness never before felt,
she sought the solitude of her own
apartment, that she might weep with
out restraint. But she was young and
hopeful, and the morning brought
happier thoughts and renewed courage,
for was she not there to help those
who were dearer to her than life it
self and would not this alone make
everything tolerable and even pleasant?
It certainly was so, for the light of love
shone on every object around her, glid
ing with its own radiant hues the mo
notonous labor in which she was en
gaged, and making even the ceaseless
hum of the machinery sweeter music to
her ear than the warbling of the song
sters in her own native groves.
eight miles. He repeated the operation
on every hike that the company made
under his guidance. ,
' Then the company was spilt into de
tachments and scattered over the is
land. . A detachment of thirty gar
risoned the pueblo of Isabella. Captain
Blzness resumed his usual calling of
field overseer at the hacienda of Senor
Holljoe, eight miles from the pueblo.
But he did not loerf interest in Com
pany T. About once a week he would
show up in the detachment orderly
room with sensational Information
about the Papieclos.
Now, Captain Blznees had been field
overseer for Senor Holljos for a period
of ten yearB. During that time Senor
Holljos had regularly paid tribute to
the Papieclos. In spite of this he had
suffered from frequent raids. His cane
fields and eugar mills had been put to
the torch, his caragao had been driven
off, and his native laborers had been
out down in the field. But Capfaln
Blzness, his Held overseer, always es
caped. So did Tony,, who carried the
messages between the hacienda and
Senor Holijo's residence in , Isabella,
and was the captain's crony.
But Senor Holljos placed implicit con
fidence in the captain, probably be
cause there was a drop ,of Spanish
blood in his veins. And the lieutenant
In command of the detachment usually
relied upon Senor Holijcs' superior ex
perience for his estimate of native
character. So whenever the men saw
the caitain coming in from the
hacienda at a tuba-trot they did not
wait for orders, but prepared for the
inevitable but futile chase through the
mountains that they knew was coming.
"Mucho PapiecioB!" Captain Blzness
would exclaim to the lieutenant. "Me
eavey mucho Papieco! Dos hundred?
Si Capltano! Cuatro hundred! Me
vamos with soldaroa. Me guide. Sol
dados boom-room! Si, el!" . -
Then the detachment would turn out
in light marching order and for forty
eight hours wade' through mud and
T mao Imnnrtnnt fnr hpr in vnn ra
high wages, and she did so, but not sleeP in wa'e,r an? tnen return, tired,
even for tnis, would sue negject trie : ..7 . 7 . "
cultivation of her mind in the few lei-
the old homestead, where you were all
born, and where we have been so hap
py!" A choking sensation prevented
Farmer Lee from proceeding, and Grace
elowly repeated as if meohanieally,
"Leave the old homestead, and for
what? Why must , we go?"
"You were a child," hep father an
ewered, "and do not remember -your
Uncle Barker. He was In trouble and
I tried to help him out, but in some
way, before the business wes ended, I
our girl who would think the less of
her for any kind of honest labor, and,
though I have little confidence in her
plan of helping her old father, I am
willing she should go and try. her for
tune, since she wishes it." - .
"Now bless you for that word, dear
father. I am certain of success if I
only have your approval, and that of
my mother whatever others may think
or eay."
It was with great difficulty that Grace
waa obliged to mortgage my farm for obtained a promise from her father to
sure hours she might call her own. Her
little room was a sacred spot, where
fully-tendered flowers, well-chosen
books, and a good collection of music,
spoke the taote and refinement of its
occupant. Without in the least neg
lecting her daily duties, she was en
abled, by a judicious improvement of
time, in attending lectures, and follow
ing a course of reading, to acquire an
amount of knowledge far exceeding
that of many a young lady who has
spent years at a fashionable boarding
school. Her manners, too, though per
fectly simple and unaffected, were
graceful and dignified, and no one could
look on her sweet face, through which
heart and mind were ever speaking,
without a feeling of deep interest and
involuntary admiration.
Four years had now passed away
since Grace Lee had become an inhabit
ant of Lowell, and 'in that time the
mortgage on the "home farm" had been
paid off by her, and her father now sat
in hia accustomed nook, with the glad
consciousness that the Inheritance
which had descended to him, would go
down to his' oh.Hdr.en, unincumbered by
a single debt.' Besides' this, Philip had
been compelled by her, sisterly affec
tion, to accept of her assistance in his
phur sores, without having seen the
trail of a single bandit. Captain Biz
peso would coHect his pay as guide and
resume his duties as overseer for Senor
Holljos. A week later he would repeat
the operation.
"Here he comes, the busy ould dlvil,"
Private Sevenspot would exclaim.
"Who?" the men would exclaim.
"Ould Captain Blzness, with a new lie
about the Papieclos!" said Sevenspot,
and thus the guide received his nick
name. For a couple of monte he cried
"Wolf! Wolf! when there wag no wolf,
and then one night, when he hadn't
said Papieclos for a week, they really
came and burned one of Senor Holljos'
sugar mills. The lieutenant and Senor , who had gone into the foothills for wild
discomfiture, Private Sevenspot pro
ceeded to. kick him with tremendous
vigor and pertinacity. For forty-eight
hours Captain- Blzness -kept in retire
ment andttthen when the soreness of his
htp-j-oints grew less he reappeared at
the sugar mill and started in, to re
mor.otratb with Sevenspot. . Whereupon
Sevenspot, without aword, proceeded
to kick him with greater vigor and per
tinacity than before. Again Captain
Bizness went ..into retirement. And
again' he reappeared and this time with
a most deferential manner he began a
long-winded apology. Whereupon, Sev
enspot began kicking right where he had
left off and the sound thereof was like
unto that of a hired man beating a body
Brussels carpet. Then it dawned on
Captain Blzneesthat, so far as he was
concerned Sevenspot wished to be in
communicado. And thereafter, he held
hiSLpeace and offered neither advice nor
apology. Sevenspot ceased to kick him
but' regarded him with an openly omin-,
oua severity of countenance. i
"Luch at the ould Ilivi' !," he said to
his men, utterly regardless of Captain
Blzness' presence. "Luck at him well,
an' watch him as i talk. He pretends
not to know English, but he knows nine
tenths av all I'm sayln. ' See him cock
In' his ear an' takln' sly peeps at me out
av- the corner av his eye. Shure, the
face ay him would hang him. I do bei
supposln' .that all coonB luck alike to'
th' Lieutenant or heBd not trust him.:
But I'm more surprised at Holy Joe.,
Shurs, the Spaniard's known the old ia-i
drone long enough to have caught him.1
I'm thinkln' he fears th' ould divil and
his dlviltry."
Tim hung heavy on the hands of the
little detachment. The guard reliefs
were four hours otr and eight off, and
there waa Jots of idle, time and nothing
to kill it with. Then one afternoon
Clemente, the cook, put in appearance
with a deck of monte cards and $10
Mexican. ..Ten minutes later he was
dealing a full-fledged game of Spanish
monte, and Cross Dog and Smithy, who
were both off guard, were bucking it,
"What shall we, use for checks?" ask
ed Smithy.
"Here!" exclaimed, Cross Dog, pulling
forty cartridges from his belt and toss
ing them.a,erps9 the table 'to' Clemente.
"Issue those at- a peaeto each.
And the game went on. The natives
crowded about the players. Captain
Blzness and Tony, the letter-carrier,
leaned their elbows on' the table to the
right of Clemente, who banked and
dealt.. Sevenspot sat on a sugar vat, a
half a dozen paces from the table, and
smoked. His eyes looked dreamy and
far away. Clemente, with native sly
ness, pulled two cards at once, but the
alert Cross Dog grabbed his wrist and
exposed him in the act,
"You -brown whelp!" he exclaimed,
twisting his wrist until he winced, "if
you try that again I'll, break you over
my knee. Now, go on and deal fair!"
While all eyes were fixed on Cposs Dog
and Clemente. Captain Bizness slyly
stole two cartridges from the little pile
beside Clemente. Then he nudged his
chum Tony, and passed them to him
Tony slipped then into his trousers
pocket. Then the captain stole two
more, very slyly and cleverly, and slid
them into his own pocket. For a min
ute more he watched the game and then
nudged Tony, and started to walk from
the sugar-mill.
Without warning Sevenspot bounded
upon them, clutching each by the
throat, and bore them to the ground.
"Smithy!" he shouted, "search- their
pockets!"
"Now," , he said, when the cartridges
were found and the Captain and Tony
were tied up, "we'll search the nipa
huts av these glntlemlnl"
In Tony's hut they found half a
dozen keeiiredged boios concealed be
neath some matting. The search of the
Captain's hut was for a long tlmef ruit
less. They were about to give It up
when Cross Dog pulled a letter from a
hollow bamboo bedpost. Smithy, who
knew Spanish, promptly pronounced it
a letter from Papiecio. Captain Inquir
ing of his dear friend, Captain Blzness,
when Senor Holljos would have suffi
cient funds in hand to stand another
levy of tribute. The hiding place of the
letter gave Sevenspot an idea. He pro
ceeded to examine the hollow bamboo
out of which the hut was constructed,
ruthlessly tearing down the hut in the
process. His search was rewarded by
finding one Mauser rifle, three Reming
tons and two Krag-Jorgensens. The
next -day It was found that the two
Krags had formerly been the property
of two soldiers of another company,
huge frames enclosing the masterpieces
of some great landscape painter. For
the land was' beautiful. Sevenspot,
paused in the task and gazed out to
ward the distant mountains. , He drew a
long breath of the balmy air and ex
claimed: "Where lvery prospect plalses and
only man is voile, Shure,. all thot Ne
gro nadi s, to become a Garden of Ay
den, is funerals, funerals-r-pllnty av
funerals!" New York Sun.
THE WAR OF KINGS.
Simple Native Who Knew Nothing of
Staff College Strategy.
' Mahablr-Thapa is an expert on war.
From hia infancy be has engaged in the
destruction of mankind. At Tils mother's
breast he strangled his- twin brother.
Before he tranmed down to Gorakhpur
to enlist is a "rifleman" -of the Kam
pani Bahadur he had survived four di
vorce cases; and every one knows a
Gurkha corespondent must be well
versed In war, thus to clear his charac
ter. I first saw Mahablr in the Swat
"Valley. He wa a little scrap of a Hav
ildar in the IV. Gurkhas, and was
standing outside his colonel's tent, pick
ing the beard hairs out of a ghastly
trophy in heads. s On the previous even
ing the colonel had offered three ru
pees to the man who would effectually
silence a, "sniper" who had pitched
Martini bullets into the camp with per
sistent monotony. Hahablr had earned
the three vruises and had brought iff
the Parthlan's head as a proof' of good
faith. The uext time; that he tumbled
across my' path, I foun4 him a! 'smart
ly turned-out-Jemadar, jttached.fo the
Gurkha scouta In this 'service be Vad
ample - opportunity of Improving his
knowledge of war. Therefore, when tf
my surprise I found him in Ladysmlth,
masquerading as a dooley-bearer, I ap
pealed to him for an expert opinion. ,
"What do you think if- it, Sirdar?". '
"Sahib, I- have -seen rnany- wars, but
this Is before all war this was the war
of kings cannon on this side, cannon
on that side, was there ever such a
war? Surely this is Badshal we laral."
"Come along, Sirdar, come ! - my
room and we will talk it over."
1 took him to my quarters and placed
a Mauser carblne,and a brandy! 'fA'hlp
hands. .
"What do you think, oit this, Sirdar?;'
He turned the weapon over half a-dozen
times, tried the breech action, press
ed down- the magazine spring, and then;
threw the rifle on the bed. "Sahib, it is
good, but the war Is bad. This war is
like a Shikar party given by Jung Ba
hadur a State Shikar party. Here are
elephants, armies of beaters, tente, food
In plenty, music, fireworks and nautch-
es; but no Kills, except such game as
the keepers had orders to slay over
night and had strewn-in the path of the
elephants, that the guests might be
pleased. Kven, as this, is this war. It
was a war of kings, not of men; When
men go forth to war, or sport, they gird
up their loins, pack food- on their backs,
and make no noise. The less noise the
more war." V . i
'Then do you approve of this show?"
'Sahib, It'- Is magnificent, a great
game; men watch for the Bmoke of the
guns, then run into Holes and laugh and
clap their hands. There they eit In
safety, counting the loss and gain with
a thousand rupees in the mouth of each
gun. Why spend ttyis money and do no
good? If we run to holes, ,wlll not the.
dushman do likewise, will he not laugh
and also clap his hands? For 100 ru
pees will a Gurkha serye yie Sirkar for
a year. If you had the, services of one
Gurkha for one yean for every round
that you have fired -during ; the,, last:
month, you would now stand possessed
of every gun in the. world. With Lucas
Sahib, and Bruce Sahib, and fifty men
from my pultan, the General Sahib :
would in one week bave iri his veranda
such a pile of breech-blocks that the :
doors would not open,, qnd we should
have painted them all red to prevent
rust." ' 1
"But this is a white man's war."
Mahabir-Thapa put down his glass
slowly. Hia eyes clearly said, "Thank
God for that;" but hia answer .was, "I
cannot understand; it is the war of
kings, I am but a man!"
How could he understand? What did
he know of Staff College strategy, and
modern tactics? Miltary history, de
pression range-finders, telescopic sights.
nd chess-board calculations meant
nothing to the man, who, given half a
company of little heathens in gras3
shoes, was prepared to dismantle the
whole of the artillery of the South
African Republic Ladysmlth (South
Africa) Lyre
Week of ITcbrunry 20th,
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Illustrated Lecture
By CLEVELAND MOFFETT:
At the First Methodist Church,
TO-NIG-Hiy .
under the auspices" of the Yoilhj: Men's
' . Christina Association.
Tissot's Paintings of Life of Christ-
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Holijos had a long talk the next day
and as a consequence Private Seven
spot in charge of five men, was sent
to guard the senor's one remaining
sugar mill.
"You will run a continuous guard cf
two posts, night day. If you want
any advice of information the overseer
here will give It to you. And the lieu
tenant pointed to Captuin Bizneai.
"Now, Ould Blznes-s," Sevenspot said
bananas and being ambushed and killed
by the Papiecios.
That afternoon Captain Bizness and
Tony were loaded on a carabao aled and
hauled through the mud to tlfe detach
ment quarters at Isabella.
It was in the afternon. That morn
ing Captain Bizness had been shot. Plr
vate Sevenspot sat on the edge of his
bamboo bunk and smoked hia pipe and
wheel, which measures more than two
and a half Inches across, that wheel
must go, too. Then ther may be a
sharp flange, and that must ba looked
after, A coupling may have faults. A
brake rigging may have given out, and ;
all these things the inspector must note..
He must be an honest man, as thou
sands of dollars worth of property and
many lives may be sacrificed In case he
neglected something. Box-cat1 doors he
looks at carefullyv They are dangerous
things If they are loose. Many an en
gineer or flremanhag met him doom by;
having the cab strike a looswe car door.
It may be hanging In place In the yard,
but when It reaches a point where a
Btrong'wlnd catches it, out it goes, and '
the passing train strikes it. In such,
cases there is a shower of splinters, a
broken cab,' and it is lucky indeed, If
there is no one killed. Engineers have
a dread of loose doors, and are always
glad when a freight train is past them
when they are running at full speed.
Another thing the inspector must watch
is the hopper-bottom dump-car. If tlje
fastening gets loose' and 'lets a load of
ore or limestone down on the track
while the train is in motion it means a
bad wreck.
Taking all things Into consideration,
the car inspector is a very Important
man in the railway service, and efficien
cy on hia part conies only from long
experience and careful training. Pitta-
burgh Post, . . . ., ,t
OLD POINT. COMFORT, RICHMON
AND WASHINGTON.
r
Six-Day Tour via Pennsylvania Rail-i
- 'road.'-
Tourists will find the Lenten season
by far the most pleasant time of the
year at Old Point Comfort, which gets
the first breath of early spring and en
joys a .season at least three or four
weeks nearer summer than th more
northern qfties. Washington and Rich
mond are also bltles appearing at their
best in the early springtime.
For the benefit of those wishing to
visit these three points of great interest
the Pennsylvania railroad will run the
second of the present series of personal '
ly-conducted tours to Old Point Com
fort, Richmond and Washington, leav i
ing New York and Philadelphia on Sat
urday, March 3. '
Tickets, including transportation,
meals en route In both directions, trans
fers of passengers and baggage, hotel
accommodations at Old Point Comfort,
Richmond and Washington and carriage
ride -about Richmond in fact, every
necessary expense for a period, of six
days will be sold at the rate of $34
from New York, Brooklyn and Newark,
.50 from Trenton, $31 front Philadel
phia and proportionate rates from other
stations.
Tickets to Old Point Comfort only, In
cluding luncheon on going trip, one and
three-fourths days' board at the Hygela
and good to return direct by regular
trains, within six days, will be sold in
connection with, this tour at the rate of
$15 from New York, $18.50 from Trenton, .
$12.50 from Philadelphia and proportion
ate rates from other points.
For itineraries and full informations
apply to ticket agents; tourist agent,
1196 Broadway, New York; 4 Court
street, Brooklyn; 789 Broad street, New
ark, N. J., or George W. Boyd, assist
ant general passenger agent, Broad
street station, Philadelphia.
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cleaned his rifle, Outuide the sun glared
when he arrived with h's detachment at ' lige while-hot glass. But in the shade,
the hacienda, "you tend to your busi- a cool, fragrant breeze fanned the cheek
ness and I'll tend to mine. Av I want and the big open casements were like under it
Usually an Unpretentious Man Whose
Position is One of Importance.
It is interesting to watch the trained
car inspector examining a long freight
train which has rolled into the yards.
He moves along the. sides of the cars
and notes all the wheels, break-beams,
bolsters, rods, etc. He uses no hammer,
but has his pycs open for defects. He
wll! stop suddenly, looke carefully at a
wheel and follow the faint lines of a
crack runlng, perhaps, from the flange
to the center, such a wheel is condemn
ed at once and the car is shunted off
until a new pair of wheejs can be placed
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