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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JDLT 20. 1898.
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SELECTED STORY.
Uollndonnn,
Whon tho new doan canio lo St. III
lary, ho doemcd it nccoaaary to juallfy
hta appolntmont ln tho oyoa of tho
world at largo and tho Cloao ln partlcu
lar by makiug cbangoa and Innovatlona
right and loft. Among hia othor ro
forma tho doan had inBialod on hls
rlght to tho oxclualvo posacaslon of tho
anciont bowling groon whlcb stood on
tho north sldo of tho Gloao. Boforo ho
camo tho canona had mado uao of it in
common, but tho doan diacovorcd in
tho old chaptor rccorda an ontty whlch
dotormined once for all that "yo an
cionto gardon, oncompaaaod on four
sidoB wlth tho atono walla aot up by
Prior Itichard do Sotria, having alloya
BpaciouB and fair and now commonly
callcd yo Bowllng-Greono, npportain
oth unto Mr. Dcano for hia delecta
tion." Thero was no disputing tho
record,and whon"Mr. Deane" requoat
cd tho canona to roatoro to him thoir
koya of tho door bonoath tho old Nor
man gatoway loading to tho oncloauro
tho rcqueat was at onco oboyod. At
loaat it waa oboyed by thrco out of tho
four rcaidentiarioa. Tho fourth, Canon
Joyco, no doubt would havo aent in Uia
key to tho dean had ho bcon nblo to
find it, but it had beon mialaid moat
unaccountably.
"Ethol," ho aald to hia daughter, "I
can't flnd tho koy of tho bowling groon
anywhorc. It waa in ita uaual placo
ycaterday, but to-day it haa dlaappear
cd. Tho nail ia thoro, but tho koy is
gono."
"Havo you aakod tho Borvanta?" Bue
gestod tho daughtor, with a awoot smilo
on her protty faco, and tho frank and
opon look of innoconco in her brown
oyes.
"Yca."
"Woll?"
"Thoy can tell mo nothing. 'Por
haps Miaa Ethel knowa," is " all thoy
say." A ringing laugh camo from Miaa
Ethel. "Ian't that juat liko sorvanta,
papa, dcar? Thoir ono idoa when any
thing ia miesing ia to tell you to flnd
out from somebody elso," and tho sil
very laugh began acain.
"AU the eamo, It'a vory annoying.
Tho dean wanta it."
"I know," replied Ethel, "and I
think it vory uncivil of him, that'a all I
can aay. I wonder you and tho othor
canona submit to it. We havo alwaya
had tho uao of the bowling green, and
I consider it a pieco of the most"
But her father did not wait to hear
the conclusion of tho aentenco.
Ethel Joyco and her father were din
ing at the genoral'e. It waa a largo
dinner party to welcomo tho now dean.
Ethel was enjoying heraelf immensely.
Major Brooke, tho second in command
of the troopa quartered in tho barracks
at St. Hilary, had taken her into din
ner. Sho had met him aoveral timea
before, at a cricket match or two on
tho cavalry ground, at ono or two gar
den partiea, and notably laat week at
tho offlcers' ball. Ho wae a big, broad
ahouldered dragoon guard "none of
your dapper hussars," thoueht Ethel,
with pride bla faco bronze3 with tho
auna of Egypt and India, bo that hia
blue eyea took a deeper blue by con
trast. "How sweet your daughter ia look
ing to-nightl" aaid Mra. Marjoram to
the canon, with genune admiration. It
waa true. Ethel waB radiant in a soft
Bilky gown of pale yellow. Hound her
neck was an old faahioned amber neck
lace, while in her black hair an amber
ornament waa tastefully diaplayed. Tho
whole was a perfect harmony in black
and yellow.
The major and ehe were laughing
and talking together moat happily.
"Been botanizinglately Miaa Joyco?"
aaked tho major. The man of Dlood
waa himself a keen botaniat.
"No, I havon't. I havo had bo much
to do," was Ethel'a answor.
"Ah, it'a only idle mon liko us sol
diers who can flnd timo for such inno
cent amuBements, I auppoae, eh?"
"Idleneas and innocenco are raro
companions, Major Brooke. You know
the old rhymo, 'Satan flnds some mis
chief atill,' etc."
"Well, then, and what particular
form of miachiof havo you been up to
lately?" aaked tho major, with a laugh.
"But bofore you confcss your aina Miaa
Joyco, I want to remind you of a prom
iae you made me about a certain
flower."
"A certain flower?"
"You don't mean to aay you have
forgotton? What a clever man I ahould
be if I only rememborod balf aa woll aa
you forgetl"
"Now you're getting cauatic and im
peraonally poraonal, which ia horrid."
"But have you forgotten?" Aa the
major spoke ho looked at her with hia
clear blue oyos aa though ho would
havo read her vory aoul. Ethel had no
moro forgotten tban the major, but
that did not prevent her from liftlng
her oyoa to moet tho full gnzo oi hia.
Sho raiaed her oyebrowa slightly, as if
aho woro Btill hopelosaly ln the dark
and wero waltlng with childliko eim
plicity on this unknown and undreamt
of subject.
"Frailly, thy name ia womanl"
elghed the major, with a mock tragic
air.
"I can't compliment you, Major
Brooke, on that quotation. It'a not po
llto, and, woreo than that, It'a bo very
hacknoyedl"
"Quotationsl Ilikotbatl Who flrat
began tbem, ob, Miaa Joyco? But
wo'ro wandoring from tho aubiect.
Forgivo mo for reminding you. Don't
you romemDor teinng mo at the
uancelaBt Tuoaday that you had tho
deadly nightshade Atropa belladonna,
you know Krowing ln tho bowHncf
green of the Gloso? l'vo not Been it
sinco I was in lrelanu, and you prom
IbccI mo you'd sbow it me."
"Did I?" Mlss Joyco looked charm
ingly innoceut of any auch undertak
ing.
"Yes, you did. Suroly you cannot
uuvu iorgouon teinng mo how It grow
in ono cornor among tho ruina, and
how ita long palo campanulato corol
la" "Oh, Major Brookol I wiah you
would not bu ao Bcientiflo."
"You remombor now?"
"Certalnly, tho deadly nightshade Is
merei"
Tho noxt day Ethol Joyco and Major
The Escape,
i I vrnen n man itiu a chance
Ito cscanc from nrlinn lin
sWdocsii't stop to aruo about
u, ne oreaks out as qulckly
I as evcr he can, He knowa
I that evcry momcnt's delay
may leoscn hls chancet of $
i capc; but when n man is alck
he too often postpones hia
opportunity of eettlng well
nnd says: "O, pethaps I'll
oc ucuer ncxt wecic" or
"uext month."
Tlio wseks nna montus sco
J on and every day his chance
I of cscapliiff from thc dttnfreon
I of discnse grows smallcr.
The "Golden Mcdical Dis
covcry" origlnatcd by Dr.
R.V. I'ierce. of BulTalo, N.Y.,
i offers a certain mean9 of res.
I cue to cviry man and woman
who Is sufferinR from any
form of weakness or diseasc
due to imccrfect nutritlon.
I This marvelous "Dlscovcry"
I creates good appctitc, good
' digestion, pood blood, good
lic.-uui. it glves
solid flcsh, mus-
scular strcngth,
jstcady
ncrvcs
and keen
.wits. It
' holn.t vnti
sto think
cieany
success
fully. Mr. Prank A. Startz, of Fayettevllle, Fayette
Co., Texas, writes lu a lttter to Dr, Plerce: " It
affords mc plcasure to tcstlfy to the rcmnrkabta
curntlvc power of Ur. rlerce's Golden Mcdical
Dlscovery. I was sevcrcly nffllcted wlth trouble
ln my lungs splttliig up blood, and was so
weak I was unable to continue my work. I
trled several retuedles whlch gave me no rellef,
and I had commeuced to think there was aa
hope for me. Ur. rlerce's Golden Mcdical Dls
covery was recommendcd to me so I trled It and
began to Improve at once, and was soon able to
resume work. I consider it a wouderful medl.
clne."
Every man who vant9 to save doctor's
bills suould send 21 one-cent stamps, the
cost of mailing only, to Dr. R. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y., for a copy of his tooo-page
illustrated book," Common Sensc Mcdical
Adviscr," in paper covers ; or 31 stamps
for cloth-bound copy.
Brooko found themselves within tho do
lightful incloauro of the bowling green.
"By iovo, Misa Joyce, this is a moat
cbarming. moat romantic spotl"
"iea, ia it notv bo quiot and ro
tlred. No ono over comcs here. It is
bo difforont from thorestof thoClose."
"What delicious shade, too, undor
thiaoldwalll Shall wo sit down here
and onjoy it a little?" The two sat
down.
"I call thiB a porfect little paradiso,"
he went on, with effusion. "It waa a
splendid idea to put this seat hcro and
make this jolly honeysucklo climb all
over it. One gots roposo and sweet
nesa and boauty all at tho Bametime."
Tho major waa getting a little out of
hia dopth, but Ethol knew what he
meant. She sat tapping tho ground
with ono little foot which peeped co-
quotishly from bencath her dainty mua-
lin irocK.
"Oh, how ab8urd you are, Major
Brookel Beaides, I thought you sol
diera did not really care for anything
ao peacoful."
"Don't wo, tnougni wny, aioiiow
could livo here forever if only"
Maior Brooke pnuaed, Ethel had
meanwhilo taken off her garden hat
and was swinging it idly to and fro in
her hand.
"Welll If only what? I know, of
coursol If only thoro were no such
things as orderly rooms or paradcs or
general inspections and unlimited bot
any inatead. But oven then you would
not be hoppy. You haven't the truo
Bciontific spirit." She let her hat fall.
"How do you mako that out, Miss
Joyce?"
"Why, I beliovo you'vo forgotten
what you camo for this af ternoon. You
don't seem in any hurry to flnd tho
belladona."
"Ah, Misa Joyce, I've found thii
belladonna!"
Anybody who know Major l'rpoko
well would have been aatoundta to
to have heard him say this. Ho wis an
old public achool boy; ho had beon to
Sandhurst; he was a good, aound, eolid
EngliBhman, brought up to ontertain a
profound respect for hia profeaaion and
for him8olf, and yot hero in a moment
he had fallen from those heightB into
the abyss of mere puorility. It 1b im
possible to say what might have hap-
Eened noxt had not a silly bee come
uzzlng from the honeysucklo to hover
round the major's nose.
"Come along, Major Brooke, tho
belladonna you want to seo is in this
corner over here."
Tho gracef ul girl rnn off to a remoto
corner among a mass of ruina, ovor
grown with Bhrubs and tangled creep
era. "Ah, thero it isl" criod the major,
with enthuaiasm. He bent over to
pluck tho flowor at tho samo moment as
Ethel.
Just aa she was cluching tho stcm his
big hand wont to do tho aamo tbing,
wlth the roBult that his palm fell on the
back of her hand completoly. It was
an accident, but ono of thoso accidents,
it muat bo confesBcd, which belong to
that largo class that "will happon."
Major Brooko's attitude was auch that
ho waB obliged to continue to grasp
Ethel'a hand a littlo longer in order to
recover hia equllibrium. It waa all
ovor in a moment or two, but whon
hand touchca hand thus for tho flrat
timo emotious are not to bo measured
by any such coarao mechanical stand
ard aa a clock.
Ethol wb8 flrat to recover herself.
"Really, Major Brooke, how atupid of
me!" she laughed a littlo nervously. "I
wbb ao anxious for you" .
"Awfully clumsy, l'm afrald I was
Miss Joyce 1"
"They stood looking at ono anothor
ho rathor confused and ahy, aho with
a pretty bluah, tho telltalo of hor feol
inga. Ho took her hand in his. It waB
no question of an accident now.
At that moment a aound wus heard
of approaching footstops.
"Wait a moment. Stay here for
me," ciied Ethol, hurriedly anatching
hor hand away, "whilo I fotch my hatl"
No aoonor had Ethol loft him tban
ho eaw tho dean opnroachlnir. Ho
thought thero waa no polnt ln ottraet-
ing tlie attention ot tliat auguat persou
ago, and ho was glad to bo half obecur
f d by tho ahadow. But it would havo
been a atrango thing for a man nearly
ais fcot bigh to romain unobsorvod
evon in the placo whero the major was
standing. Tho dean aaw him, but fall-
ed to recognlzo him as a fellow guost
01 tuo provious evoning.
"I bog your pardon. Bir," aaid tho
dean stifily. "I don't know how you
obtained cntranco to this part of tho
Closo, but this ground ia atrictly pri
vato." If tho major had aaid and dono what
ho ought, ho would havo grootod tho
doan at onco. shakon hands with him,
explalned wno ho was and how ho
camo to bo thoro and how ho hopod to
havo tho ploasuro of calllng upon him
at tho deanory boforo long. Tho dean
would probably havo roplied that ho
was ploased to ronow Major Brooko's
acquaintanco then and thoro and would
bo dolightod to seo him at tho doanory
whonovor ho should do him tho honor
to call. But tho major was not quito
himsolf just then, and ho was ln a
mood to bo oaaily ruflled. Ho rosontod
tho doan's mannor and answorod with
a porfect asBumption of Bang froid:
"Prlvato? So I undorstand, sir. I was
enjoying its charming boauty all tho
moro on that nccount."
"I am afraid you do not qulte undor
stand. This Is tho dcan'a prlvato
ground. You woro not alono, air!"
"Well, really" oxpoatulatod tho ma
jor. "I do not know who your friond or
companion was." And I am not going
to toll you, thought the major. "But
whoovor ho was ho gavo you onlranco
to this ground improperly."
"Sir I" oxclaimed tho major. He
bogan to think things woro going too
far.
"Yesl This ground is always locked
and tho key is kopt at tho doanory. No
ono can galn cntranco oxcopt by mcans
of that koy, and tho poreon who intro
duced you muat bo in posseBsion of a
second koy in doflanco of my authorily.
You will bo doing mo a favor, sir,"
contlnucd tho dean, unbending, for ho
porceived that hia zeal for his own au
thority had carried him rathor far, "if
you will inform mo which of tho cathe
dral ofHcials it waa who let you in horo
this afternoon."
Major Brooko was in a position of
considorable awkwardncss, but happily
Mias Joyce's timely arrival rolioved
him of hia embarrasamont. Sho had
heard tho laat part of tho convcrsation
as Bho camo onco moro upon the sceno.
"Oh, Mr. Dean!" sho cried, with
protty trepidation, "l'm tho culpritl"
"MiBS Joyco 1" oxclaimed tho dean.
"Yes; I kept fathor's koy for a day
or two longor that I might ahow Major
Brooko tho Atropa belladonna, which
growa here. I havo ehown it him thiB
afternoon, and as I havo no further use
for the key now nllow mo to do what
ought to havo beon dono before, give it
up to you."
The dean took tho key from Ethel.
He and tho major shook hands, with
niutual oxplanationa and apologica.
Miss Joyco and Major Brooko soon
found othor placea which gavo equally
favorable opportunities for the study of
botany.
The Atropa belladonna, howovor,
has just lately yioldod in interost to an
other flower tho orange blossom, to
wit. Madame.
A Phlllpplno Romauco.
About tho middlo of tho present con
tury, when Dumas the elder waa at the
height of hia career, and the origin of
many an intoresting pieco of French
llterature waa delightfully uncertain, a
coupio of worka appeared that drew at
tention to the mysteriouB and far-off
Philippinea. In his "Thouaand and
One Fhantoma," iaaued aorially in tho
Constiiutionnel, Dumas mado frce with
a fellow countryman who had been tho
horo of certain surpriaing adventurea
in the Pearl of tho Orient, and tho
hero thereupon, not caring to flgure as
a feuilleton, got out his "Adventurea of
a Gentleman of Brittany in the Philip
pinea." Somo persons, howovor,
thought the hero would havo been
truer to lifo as tho crcation of Dumas;
that aa a roal gentleman of Brittany ho
was only another living liar, and that,
in fact, hia romantic narrative was tho
work of a new Selkirk and Defoo com
bination. But the Selkirk, it was contended.
waB woll known in France, and had
been both well and favorably known in
tho Philippinea; serioua and truatwor
thy writers had recordod thomaelvea aB
eyowitnesaes of his exploits, and, at
least, the museum in Boston and tho
Musoum of Anatomy in Paris wero tho
richer for his having lived in the back
woods of Luzon. Brlefly, horo waa a
Frenchman, who, having doubled tho
Capo a aovonth timo, haa then etayed
in tho Enchanted Ialands a full scoro
years. Ho had beon a Crusoo, with a
faithful Man Friday whom be had ob
tained by reforming a bandit cbioftain;
with a kingdom all his own, with a
famlly whom he had loft in his littlo
island gravoyard.
Paul Proust do la Gironniero waa
countod in tho pedigreo of an anciont
Hiedmontoao family that camo ovor tho
St. Bornard and into Brittany in tho
days of Louis XIV., and soon bocamo
rich onough .to have access to tho no
bility and to contract "tho moat flatter
ing alliancea." Paul's father waa born
at Nantos, where his ancestors had held
high ofilco under the crown. His
woalth was swopt away by the revolu
tion; and ho died on a littlo placo owned
by his wife. Paul's mother gavo tho
boya auch educalion as sho could, and
tbon thoy wont to seok thoir fortuno.
Ono died at Madagascar; another re
turncd from Forto Bico to dio in his
mother's arms; tho huaband of one of
Paul's two aiators died in Mauritiua,
and anothor brothor died whilo vlsiting
Paul in the Phllipplnoa.
Paul waa born at Nantcs; thero ho
atudiod medlcino: and thonco, a moro
Btripltng, he aailed as Bhip's Burgeon to
tho far East, embarking for tho fourth
timo on Octobor 0, 1810, and caating
ancbor about tho ond of May, 1830, in
tho bay of Manila. Ho landed at Ca
vite, onjovcd tho whirl of Manila bo
cioty, atudled tho Tagaloc, wont among
tho nativoa in tho mountaina, began
tho career of sporlsmansblp that waa to
culminato in hunting the stag and tho
buffalo and in killlng caymana and boa
conatrlctors, and flnally allowcd his
Bhip to go homo and loavo him in tho
motropolis of tho archipoiago.
Ho had roaolvod to becorao a rosldont
physician. Ho faced tho fanaticlam of
tho cholora maaaacro of 1820, and ho
had a clean ahlrt in hls hat and a dol
lar ln hia pockot. Findlng a rich old
don nearly blind, ho cured ono oyo and
mado a glasa ball for the socket of tho
othor. and hia rcputatlon waa eatab
llshod. Paul bocamo Doctor Pablo,
and surgoon of a rogimont of regulars
and of a battallon of milltia. But whon
tho loadora of tho Novalka rcbolllon of
1823 woro shot, ho had occaslon to call
a Spanish informor a coward, und
somo timo thoreaftor, having words
with tho govornor-gonoral ovor a quee
tion of ethica, ho rcsigncd and was
thoncoforth a sort of aurglcal frco
lanco to tho pooplo of Luzon,
Tho travola of La Glrouniere ln the
island, though undertaken incidentally
to profcBBlonal duty or out of mere
cunoaity or a dcsire to go somcwhere.
aro aciontiflcally intereatlng, and will
bo aa important lo tho hrstorian as
many of tho manuscript accounta that
aro rollcd up in tho cloistral archives.
Ho oxplorcd cavos, lakos, mountaln
fastncsses and immonso forcsts; alept
in treotops and on tho tidal sanda;
learned tho ways of tho tribes and gath
ored legends; attondcd tho Tlnguian
brain foast; sketched tho interior of
Igorroto huts and carriod off tho skolo
ton of a Ncgrito woman.
La Gironnioro's most valuablo con
tribution to tho clvillzatlon of tho
island waa hia colony of Jala-Jala. Bo
foro his rcaignation had bcon accoptcd,
Sonor Pablo, who was known among
tho nativoa aa Malamit Oulou, or "Cool
Head," had accured of tho Miniater of
Financo a sito for a modcl farm in tho
mountainous ponlnsula that oxtonds
southward into tho boautiful Lako of
Bay at tho hoad of tho Paeig. Horo,
with his dovoted wifo, and commia
sioncd to subdue aB ho might tho piratoa
and banditti of thia wild region, ho
foundod among theaovictims of Spaln's
extortion and misrulo a proaporous and
orderly community. Asaiatcd by theso
industrious and loving noighbora, and
hoartily Becondcd by tho onco droaded
Chloftain Alila, by a Malay-Japaneso
Eriost whom tho ArchblBhop had told
lm nobody could over livo with, and
by hia evor-inapiring Auna, tho "Quoon
of Jala-Jala," ho convorted a forost and
a malarial swamp into a thriving town
aurroundod with timberland, paaturo
grounda, and rich flelda of rice, indigo,
sugar cano, tobacco, and coffoe.
His hords alono comprised 3,000 head
of oxon, 800 buffaloes and C00 horses.
For tho introduction and perfection of
coffeo culturo, ho received a prize of
S7,000 from tho Spanish Govornmont.
Here ho built a church and achool,
largo warchouaeB, and a manufactory,
and the travclors who visited his colony
woro hospitably entertained in an elo
gant reaidenco that ho orected for tho
wifo whose early doath aent him back
to France a cruahed and diBheartenod
man.
Mmo. do la Gironnioro waa a native
of the Philippinea, and it waa owing to
Paul'a Creolo marriage that he obtain
ed conceaaions untll then obstinatoly
refused to foreignors. An Amorican
friend, probably "mon amt," M. Rus
sell, de la maison de commerce Rua
sell Sturgis" had callcd his attention to
a young lady in mourning who passed
for one of the moat beautiful senoras
of the town, and ho had vainly oxplor
ed all the satons of Binondoc for an in
troduction, when ono day aa he was
writing a prescription for a chance pa
tient in one of tho flne houses in tho
Faubourg of Santa Cruz the sudden
rustling of a silk drces wbb followcd by
the apparition of the lady. She was
eighteen years of ago. Her fcaturcs
were rogular and placid, her hair black
and beautiful, and her eyes largo and
exprcasive. ThiB was Anno-Maria
Favoa, Marquoss de las Salinas, tho
wealthy and charming young widow of
a colonol of tho guards who had mar
ried her when but a child.
Paul stammercd, got out of tho houae
awkwardly, went homo in a fover, called
again, and six months lator waa tho
huaband of on oxcellont wifo. Her for
tuno, $136,000, inveated in a Mexican
venturo, was soized by Colonel Itur
bide, who became omperor of Mexlco,
and wob dethroncd and shot. Thia
excellent woman boro every trial with
patience. Sho followcd her huaband
with tho moat unbounded confldence.
Sho welcomed tho European visitors
who camo to the colony and aho put
clothes on the backs of tho naked do
lagas. Quietly Bho laid her little girl
in the grave, and uncomplainingly, as
she bid adiou to the boy who waa soon
to follow, sho went down into it her
self. She waa a teacher of goodnesa;
the narrative of le gentilhomme breton
ainks to a song for the dead upon every
mention of her wortb; and tho croaa
t " tho Leglon of Honor, accorded him
a requeBt of Marahal Soult, was
lll- Tecomponao for tho othor self
thui ho had loBt in tho Lady of Jala
Jala. Now York Sun.
A Shuuucd Coal Hole.
Down on South Glark streot, about
100 foet north of Madiaon, thero ia on
the wcBt sido of tho Btroet a coal holo
Bhaped liko a coffln. Originally tho
opening waB not different from any
othor coal hole. It waa of ordinary
Bize, and was cloaed with a hoxagonal
cover. Then a largo pieco of tho atono
waa broken off tho aidowalk, onlorging
tbo holo to a groat oxtent. When tho
stono waa replacod by a shoot of iron,
the hoxagonal opening was olongated,
so that tho sbapo of a coffln was form
ed. Thon tho pedeatrians along South
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I I Ul.ll.lll III
SELECTED POETRY.
Frec Sllver at Angel's.
It wai ralnln up at AnRol'i-we war tlttln' round
tlie lir,
Dlaounln' of Free Bllrer tliat wai "colng soon to
par,"
And Ah filu ttood tliar a llttenln' llke a slmple,
gullelcn chlld
Tliat Leart tlio Angeli tlnirln'-io drearayllkebo
heimlled.
liut we knew whlle be wai ttandln' thar-of all that
heathen heatd
And law he never underitood a ilnftle blened
wordj
Tlll Brown of Calaverai, who had waltted up on hl
blke,
Ben "Wbatli yoor oplnlou, JoUn, that thli Free
eilrer'i llke?"
llut Ah Sln sald, "No ibabbee," ln liti chlldlih, tlm
ple war,
And Brown he tlpped a wlnk at oi and then he had
hls larj
Ile demonitrated then and thar how illrer wai as
good
Ai Rold-lf folks warn't blaited fooli, and only nn
dentoodl Ile ihowed ni how the ratlo ihould be ai "ilxteen to
one,"
And he lorted out tome dollari whlle the boyi en
Jojcd tbo fun
Andlald tbem on tho counter and heaped'emlna
plle
Whlle Ah Sln, be drew nearer wlth I1I1 liappj, pen
Ire imlle.
"The heathen tn hli bllndnen howi down to wood
and atone,"
Sald Ilrown, "but thts poor heathen won't bow to
gold alone;
So ipeak, my poor llongollan, and iliow ui jroar
Idee
Ot what we call 'Free Sllrer' and what li meant by
'free'."
Swltt wai the imlle that atole acroai that beathen'a
facel Igrieve
That inKter wai the hand tbat awept thoie dollari
up hia aleeve.
"Me ahabbee 'Sllvel' alle aame aa Mellcan man,"
aaja he,
'Me ahabbee 'Flee' meana 'DlonRa to none,' ao
Chtnaman catch he I" Bret Ilarte.
Soniewhcre.
Somewbere the wlnd laibloirlne,
I thought aa I tolled along
In tbe burnlng heat oi the noontlde,
And tbe fancy made me atrong;
Yes, aomewhera the wlnd la blowlng.
Though here wbere I gasp and algh
Not a breath of air la itirrtng
Not a cloud ln the burnlng skr.
Somewbere the thlng we long or
Exlata on earth'a wlde bound,
Somewhete the sun la ahlnlng
Whenwlnter nlps the ground.
Somewbere tbe flowera are aprlnglng,
Somewhere the corn la brown,
And ready unto the barvcat
To feed tbe hungrr town.
Somewbere tbe twlllgbt gatbera,
And weary men laj by
The burden ot the daytlme,
And wrapped in alumber He.
Somewhere the day la breaklug,
And glooni and darkncaa flee;
Though atorma our bark are toaslug,
Tbere'a aomewbere a placid aea;
And thus, I thought, 'tla always,
In tbla mysterlous life.
There'a alwajs g'adnesi lomewhere
In iplte of lta paln and itrlfe j
And aomewbere the aln and aorrow
Ot earth are known no more,
Somewhere our weary aplrita
Shall find a peaceful abore.
Somewhere tbe thlnga that try ua
Shall all have paaaed away,
And doubt and fear no longer
Impede the perfect day.
O brother, tbough the darkneas
Around thy aoul be east
The earth la rolliug aunward
And llght ahall come at laat.
Alf rod Capel Shaw, ln Elmlra Facta.
Tho March of tlie Voluutecre.
They marched thelr waya through the aunllt dayi
A pageant brlght and atrongj
Oh many a word ot cheer they heard
From many a crowded throng.
,Twaa the orator'i cry, "You pencll hlgh
In lettera of gold each name;
Aa you walk the atreeta to loud drum-beata,
You are cllinblng the hllla of famel"
'Twai tbe matron'i cry, "There la aufferlng nlgb,
To fnrrow the laureled brow j
But uever yet waa a mother'a debt
Moraaplehdtd!yValdtti2'umr .,
'l'wai the ihaidett'i cri "Itla iweel t 01S
Forthe countrj'a iakei'tU aaldi 1
But be you true, myloverin blui 1
I will lore you, allve or deadl"
They marched thelr waya In tbe brlght iprlng day
Pait itatuei great and tall
Of the country'a prlde, who had Ured or died
And glren the land thelr all.
And Lincoln aeemed to the heart that dreamed,
From hia ohlaeled llps to apeak;
"The mlaalon of mlgbt abeuld be to flgbt
For thoae who are crnabed and weakl"
And Grant apoke loud to tbe marchlng crowd,
"Make heary and hard your blowa;
The ahorteat way to a peaceful day
Ia over a fleld of foeal"
And Fame'i atar-aon, our Washington,
Spoke then from hia klngleai tbrone,
'Tou are heart and hand wlth the greateat laud
Tbat ever the world haa knownl''
Will Carleton, ln Every Where for June.
Caplnlu Phlllp.
Wben the yellow and red flag waa pulled down on
the Almlrante Oquendo the conintander of the
Texaagave tbe order to hia men: "Don't cheer,
boyi, the poor devlli are drlng."
The vlctor looks over the ahot-churned wave
At the ilven ahlp of hia foeman brave
And the men ln thelr life blood lylngi
And tbe Joy of eonqueat leavea hia eyea,
Tbe luat of fame and of battle dlea,
Andheaaya: "Don't cheer; they'redylng."
Cyclea bavo passed alnce Bayard the bravt
Faised aluce Bydoey tbe water gave,
On Zutpben'i red aod ljlng;
But the knlghtly echo haa llngered far
It rang tn the worda ot the Yankee tar
Whenbe aaldt "Don't cheer; they're dytng."
Why leap our bearti at our Hobaon'a name,
Or at hls who battled hli way to fame,
Our rlag In the far Eaat fljlug?
The natlon'a aplrlt those deeds reveal
Uut none the lesa doea that aplrlt peal
In the worda 1 "Don't cheer; they're dytug,"
Charlea W, Tbompaon, ln New York Sun.
M.my of tho new kld glovca ahow
glarlng tranagreaaiona of conventional
Ideaa, and illustrulo tho diaregard
which faBhion haa for anything whlch
aavors of the old time vlrtuo of econo
my. Tho long-popular, uaeful, and al
ways appropriato fawn, brown, and
tan-colored glovea for general wear aro
not to bo altogether abandoned by
faahionablo womeu, but thoir plape is
largely taken by a host of odd, con
apicuoua ahadea creen, purple, orange,
diihlh', and bcgouia colora, wlth ropro
ductioua in paler tiula for evoulup;
wcar. Moat of tho bultona on day
glovea uro lurge aud ahowy, and tho
atltching contrastlng and atrlklng. On
tho moro delicate ovenlug glovea, liow
ever, tho ntltchlng Ia whlto or ln palo
colora,
h
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