Elmore bulletin. [volume], January 07, 1893, Image 4

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Oin hi ighl Sk-ptemlwr morning a small,
vi-iy in .il old lin y 'might have been seen
busily engaged in ha-king the outer door
uf a house in the soiin-w hut retired village
of liiHmrt. The house, small and neat,
like its mistress, looked primly forth
v -mss a tiny dooryard, gay w ith such
I trdv ami brilliant blooms as had re
fused to yield to incipient frosts. On the
steps ant a big gray cat. the slits in his
Cold green eyes dilated, even beyond
their early morning wont, with evident
wonder and dismay. Clearly that door
had not been locked from the outside
within the utmost stretch of his memory.
What could it mean?
That It meant Something serious was
evident, for, when his mistress turned
from lier rather protracted wrestle with
tlie door, her sweet, puckered old face
expressed a mixture of anticipation and
regret, slightly tinged with timid awe,
hut, withal, dominated by an evident de
termination to carry her |>oiiit, whatever
it might Is-, which must have struck any
bystander capable of Is-uig amused or
touched BigTom wascapaiileof neither;
he could only disapprove. Borne |s*ople
and some cats are verv much alike.
The old lady fell her pet's mental at
titude, a* evidenced by hi* Issfilv one.
Bile *lip|s-d the shiny, worn key Is-n.-ath
tin* mat (every family in Itilhury was in
tlie liai.it of
creting its ih»>r key under
its dour mat, and every other family
knew it), took up u black leather satchel
that stissl waiting is-side In-r, and turne<l,
H|Milog<-tically, to tin* man of tlie house;
"Tommy," sin- »nid, stroking his rough,
gray head in a deprecating way, "I'm
wirry ter leave ye—I'm proper sorry 1er
leave ye—liut Isaac an - mu ulwus saiil
we'd go, an'—an' 1 will!"
Tlie hand that had sougiit to |>aeify
Tom was suddenly withdrawn to seek a
pocket handkerchief; yet, even while its
tier dried lier eyes, her little pointed
chin tisik on a doubly resolved pucker.
"There'» meat art' milk in the sh-d f< r
ye. Tommy, plenty on't, an' I'll be Isick
again Thursday evenin', if nothin' lia|e
pens. If ye want anything more, there's
tiiat old rat in tlie cellar; ye ha'ut caught
liiin yet. (>ood-by, Tommy."
But Tommy would not say good-by.
lie shook Id» tail, and turned off in s
huff: while tlie old lady, thus given tlie
cold shoulder, turned away, list, and
went slow ly out st tlie white gab- and
down the street. It was early; if any of
the neiglilsirs were stirring they were
all in tlie kitchen end of their houses.
No one noticed or s t sike fo her till she
reached tlie dingy little flag stal ion, from
which, three times a day, stray pa-sen
gers could Is- conveyed to the junction,
live miles away, liiere to inakesuch con
nection us they might with trains on tin
main line. Tim station muster, a man
with ju-t enough regular employment to
prevent Ids doing much of anything,
opened Ins dull eye* almost as widely as
tlie cat Inal done.
"(Join' 1er tlie city. Mis' Foadick—alt
al< me?"
"Y'es, sh ." replied the old lady with
reHi rve, U-."
The main otitii.iied to eye her, steadily
and dou lit fully, while he bunded out u
ticket iiikI she pn-l for it. The withered
hand, in its i.luck mill, never trembled;
hut, um it touched l.is, in ittaking tlie ex
change, he felt il strangely cold.
"Kuther an ffnexpecii-d start, ain't it?'
lie queried, cheerfully, »hilling the bright
silver pi.. had given hint from one
dirty palm to tlie other.
"No. sir," she answered, as quietly as
before, "I've (teen ex|»-etiu' fit go for
some time."
Kite turned away and lie tlrop|ted the
money into a drawer; hut Ills fuce still
wore it* doubtful look, and. presently, a*
lie st s«i beside lier on the platform,
while tin- short freight train witii it* ml
CatsK.se »teamed »lowly up, he tciilured
one last remark:
"ls-nitlie see. Mis' Fosdiek, ye lltt'llt
never traviled on the ear* afore, have
ve?"
Hta tone «aid, M Hadn't you better think
twice before you do it thin time'/** Hut
the answer came us quietly as Is-fttre:
"N", Mr. Steplieus. 1 never have. (it»sl
morn in', sir." And she stepped toward the
train, vv Lieh was coining io» -taud-tdl in
compilai. ci vv ilh the request Conveyed bl
a very dilapiilatevi flag.
lie could but help her up the high,
awkward stepts ami hand her satchel after
her: hut tlie look of d*mbt intensified to
one of disapproval tot the red cabo«*«tcdi>
appeared among the pines ut the rive
(tend, and lie shook his head a» much as
•r
Toni bad »buken hi« tail.
"Jake'» folk» don t know it. I'll 1s t a
Cent. What in time s set the old woman
out ter sneak off that w ay T
Meantime tiie old woman, sitting on
tiie hard, shiny cushions of the jerky car,
was old no longer. Sie- «a« young Lucy
Ives, the prettiest girl to Bilbury, and
site
wiling forth along the brightest
path« uy that ever o|*-neU before a s ill
ing woman's fed No, site w as lmt Lucy
Ives, either; site
as 1 ,11 cv F
lick now;
for wi
not handsome Isaat- Fosdiek sit
ting there beside Iter? And had not Par
sou Babititl pronounced tlietn man and
wife two hour* ago? There was iter new
black satchel under the seat, aud there
wa* a certain little Itair trunk somew here
on top with the driver. Ike aud lie lutd
stowed it away carefully, and they were
rolling along the river road to Bickford
as fust us Hill Hankin s best team could
take them; the woods aud fields hstked
greener and mor*-sunshiny titan »heever
reweuiltered to have seen them before,
ami a glad, new life, with all the thun
der head» of ptissible trouble nr care be
low its wide horizon line, lay stretching
out before them
tin and on. Tiie coach jounced a good
deal; could it be that she w-as getting
tired already? To-o-ot-lo-o-ol—- toot
—loot! Lucy Fosdiek sat up and rubbed
her eyes. Alas! tlie chec ks »he touched
were wrinkled one*, and tlie hands were
thin aud wrinkled, too, Ike was no
longer ta-eide her. Bill llaukins and his
fast teaiu lutd long sinn- l**en out trotted
by Time, and a shrieking iron honte was
whirling one lone, old woman along to
the great, strange, bew ildering city.
Whirling, it as nwl to her, when, after
» long, tedious wait at the junction, she
took lier place in the crowded car, though
It was slow enough, even for a way train.
It wus late afternoon when the train
drew heavllv into the great, echoing
MuUou. wherein, fit her poor old ear*.
which ha«l onlv known sweet country
«.uuds for lifty years, pandemonium
» - toed to have broken loose, and, with
on. jtyxwi to Recharging down upon her
a »oui
all 1
year»
"lt* all differnt/ aim murmured,
tnaklng her weu/y way along the Inter
minable platform, "an' laiek aint here.
'ue st wish I hadn't 'a come.'
moment the !• tie black lionnel drooped,
but it was lifted again with a tremulous,
quaint defiance.
"He alius said he would, an'1 will!"
\nd grasping the satchel tightly,
though to stay herself U|ton the contact
with something that had outlasted
change, she hstked up with a deter
mined air into the strange, eager faces
of twenty clamorous hackmen. One of
them slipped out from Isdiind the bur
and took ihe satchel from her hand.
"You want to go somewhere», don't
you. mum? Where do you want to go?"
"Be you the stage driver?" she queried
innocently. The man's eyes twinkled,
but he answered gravely enough: "Well,
ves, I drive a kind of a stage. Where
abouts did you want to go?"
"Is—is tile Astor house stun'in' yet?'
She looked wistfully and beseechingly
up ut him, us If mutely beseeching him
not to say no. The man, without clearly
understanding why, was touched, or, as
he put it to himself, felt "all kind of
queer like,"
"Oh, y«-s, ilium!" he replied w ith sus
picious cln-.-rin.-ss, "that'll stall' os long
as New York dots*. 1 reckon. But it's a
terrible long wavs down town; hadn't
you is-tter go somew here* nearer?"
"No. I must go there. I'm dretful glad
1 kin," she added, huskily, "1 ain't been
in the city this fifty years you see. an'
there's a deal gone since then. I didn't
know but that might ha gone t<*>."
There were tears of relief in the aux
mus eyes us she sank I tack U|s>n the soft
cushions of tlie carriage. Now that lie
strain of uncertainty was over she felt
strangely weak. She scarcely stirred
during all the long drive down town,
liven her eyes grew tired of watching
the endless rows of buildings and the
seething crowd of faces that hemmed
her in on every side.
"It's no use," sh.- thought at last, clos
ing them wearily. "It's all terrihlu
strange. Everything's differ'nt, an' 1
don't seem to -are for'em now Isick ain't
here."
It was a very feeble, tired old lady that
the kindly driver set down at last on the
*te|w of the Astor house. He said a few
words privately to the |sirt.-r who took
her satchel, guided her to the ladies' pur
lor and summoned a chambermaid.
"This old lady w ants a room." lie said
to the latter, passing on the liacktuaii's
information, "an' 1 guess you'd Is-tter
see to her a little. Hin- seems pretty well
played out."
"Uive me No. 45, if you can," put in
the old lady, eagerly. "I've had that
room ufore," she hastened to udd, seeing
the look of surprise on tlu-ir faces.
"Played out" she certainly was.
could scarcely climb the broad, low
stairs, and walked mi w earily along the
corridor that the good nature.! chamber
maid was fain to offer her her arm for
support.
"Are you going to put me in No. 45:'
queri.sl the aweet old voice, tremulously,
a* they went past door after door, along
a way w hicli Is-gan to seem strangely fa
miliar, like the places one hits seen in
dream*.
"No, ina'am, not 45." replied the girl,
cheerily, "llstt» taken. Forty-seven is
(be number." And she displayed the
»limy tag de|»-nding from the big brass
key which the clerk hud given her.
"Oh!" sah I the old lady in meek disap
pointment. "I'm sorry f*-r that! I wus
ill ho|M-s 1 could have tin- same room
It's only for this once, ye know-,
an' Kick an - me- had it afore; liftv tears
I
she'»
whoever
golden
better
time
out.
poor
ger
more
minute.
they
an'
kind
spoke
does
an'
to
For a
an
way
me
.,!
••red
and
the
ly.
And
in
if
1er
a
its
r
s
tlie
and
and
of
were
she
from
con
tin
man
to
as
mu
-lie
lie
t ,.
a
if
She
with
u
ex
it?'
one
as
for
the
still
a*
ml
lltt'llt
have
ago.
"I'm sorrv loo, tlion," said tiie plump
cliandierinuid. «yuipathixingljr. "But il
was tukeii yesterday. There's u young
couple in it. 1 gin*s* they urn t Iss-ii
married very long; and she's us pretty
lier goiif in and
Y'our
You It
us a picter.
coinin' out, I shouldn't wonder,
room's right opposite*."
"As puoty a* a picter," repented the
old lady, musingly. "That's what Kick
said 1 w-us. Ye wouldn't It lieve itow
t 1 at tuy hair was blight yalier onc't,
would ye?'a* the tgirl thoughtfully and
kindly removed the queer little black
bonnet from the tired head.
"I don't know ," replied the other, dubi
ously eying the thin, gray hair she hail
uncovered; and, then —for there was
think
Hut
«otiietiiiiiK «taKit tbi« curioim little (»hi
woman w likdi touched lier un woutedlj—
»ht* athitni Koftly, "Tlie iriieKt things is
kiard«*?*t to believe «onietime», an' y*i
hair V fine an' pretty now ."
"Tliank ye, tlear," nai*i tiie «»hi lady.
"Ye're |»r*»|H*r k*»«kI h» me. Now i'll ju*c
?tet here an' r*t*i a »peil. You can call me
when tea'» reedy» il ve like. An' junt
leave the door oj*«*n. May Ik* the young
ladvdl coiue out byVnibye." "Ah p««»ty
«m a pi«*ter—a» puoty a« a picter," »I»«* re
|M»ate«i tMtflly t*» bemelf, rocking quietly
liack and ftirtb in her chair, while the
chambermaid'» retiring fooUteps eclioed
more and more faintly along tbe<?omdor.
And then, noiuehow , the world and it»
trouble» faded g**ntly from her. and the
old iHHintry lady nat there. fa.-.t asleep,
amid the whirl and roar of tlie unheeding
(it»sl
the
in
bl
I
Along the corridor, and the vision bright j
entsl at bis nppnorli. He held out for
her acceptance a bunch of delicate, fresh
roseltu.ls, and -Ite fasten. .1 them ut her
!
;
ly On together, out ;
high,
after
to
rive
as
•r
t a
on
car,
Lucy
and
city.
When she woke it wa* dark; the gas
lighted in the corridor, aud in the
the d.Mirwuv of No.
Golden haired.
ill
Lucy
a -oh
op|io»ite doorway
45— there stood a vision!
now;
lit, clinging rolte* of gray
blue eyed, in
—site seemed to be gazing l*tck
the chasm of fifty years, upon lierself as
she hud kI*mm 1 once in that selfsame d<*tr
waiting for Isaac to coûte and take
Quick ste|is soundrii
A young man. tall and
Isaac Itad Iteen, came
sit
Par
and
new
there
here
lutd
were
could
hstked
»heever
before,
thun
be
good
getting
toot
rubbed
touched
were
no
cross
way,
her down to tea.
near and nearer.
strong a» ever
licit.
Tltett they locked tin* door of 43. turn
ing l>..- same key, perhaps, which Isaac
and site Itad turned half a century Ite
fore. ami passed sh
" f \cf * ,l .i t i, ,, !
'' Den the plump chambermaid came
to summon In-r charge fit tea she found i
tlie door chtstsl, and w ithin a little, old
it .. i • . I
lady. Kitting alone in the dark, whose
face I ».keo w.thereil und pale when tin
light once more f- il „(..., , frotn tbegu
7 1 l l4 ' ia . , . _
' 1 d VV * car, .' 1 *,.'"**'
»fter all, »h© khui, wearily. "I <i rut her
got., Kd. Would you mind unlockin
the carpet bag. dear, an' g.-tun' out my
thing»? I feel all queer like, snmeh.iw.
an my feet» m numb an cold it dost
seem « if I could »tan up long enough u-r
un ri-ss. 1
Two hours la er. when the golden
haired bride and her husband came back.
his
trotted
was
to
after
she
though
train.
train
echoing
ear*. Murcia, lhe chambermaid, stayed them
country at the door.
! "I hale 1er bother ye, ma'am," she
with "dd, -hut the poor old body opposite is
her hke ter b» dowu sick, I'm afraid, an' not
Mr.
pacing
a »oui in tins hou*e Itelongin' to ber. Dv 1
all 1 can make out, »he come her«, fifty
year» ago, on her (reddin' tower, an' hour
denly
mon*
in
1
in
low
the
for
45:'
fa
in
girl,
is
the
wus
she'» here ag'm now, -because Ttick,'
whoever he was. said they'd keep their
golden weddin' here. But he'd ha' done
better if he'd held Ids tongue till the
time came, for now he's dead an' cleared
out. an' left in-r ter keep it all alone,
poor tiling! Not that there's much dan
ger of Iter doin' it, neither, for she looks
more like a fum-r'l than a weddin', this
minute. Ye see she wanted 45, Is-cause
they had it then, an' Hadin' it ockerpied,
an' you an' him so like her an' Isick, bus
kind of upset her. an' her mind's little
wanderin'. May tie if you come in, anil
spoke to her, it'd do some gissl, for site
does nothin' hut talk ulsiut you an' him,
an' her an' Isick, till my own head's like
to turn w itli liearin' it."
ened
ened
key.
Mr.
ing
As
patch
Ills
. , , , 4 . . . .
floated softly through the opposite door
way and appeared at the old Andys bed -, lying
... , ,, j all
lhe bride of fifty years-old and
wrinkled and f*? -^*ked up into the
hi,joining face of the bndeof a week, and 1 ,,f
faintly .niiled.
"A* |ss>iy a* a picter," she said v.ftly
••That's what Isick said. He's gone to get
me a po*). You've got a posy. loo. ,\ll
\n.l her hred eyes w andensl admun.glv !
.,! the roe.-* Ill the young girl's Is It. ,, %v
n« a troul,l " i l,M,k crept over the will, ., t
••red fuce. i
To
Mrs.
city,
Poole.
The bride looked up at her husband, Jake's
and lie looked down at her. They wert that
soyoung and no happy that this story of der,
the iss.r, old, lonely woman who had ! Taint
known and outlived a like huppitie*.-, - may
touched them deeply.
"Uo, dear," *uid the young man, gent- 1 on
ly. "You can help her it any one can.'' j four
And so tlie vision, quitting hi* arm
me 45," she said,
"TIi
eull't gil
1 doii'no know as I'd ha' com.
tier
sadiv.
w
to
sent
jssir
if I'd knuwed tiiat. Isick ulwi-rs said
we'd have ilug in. un' *o I d got ti-rr«-ck'
t. lsiek'* cornin' hack directly,"
mu
-lie Haul, her mind Is-giiiiiing to wander
once more, "an'then lie'll w-e to it. He's
gone to get me a p>*»y." And again lire
eyes sought ti»e roses. Tin- young bride
l»-nt over and kissed tin- old one, witli
out a word; then siie took the flowers
hastily from her bell, laid them softly r ,'
into the cold, thin hands that ... to
lie strangely helpless, und went bs. k to '
her liuslamd with her bright eye. full of
t ,. arB j and
"Jack," she said, couxingly, when she
had told him all, "would you mind very
niucli letting lier have our room?" "
"Mii.d!" exclaimed Jack. "I f«*l a, 'l
an
hV#r mH otiRWer Uot uimmi him :
a hug that might have itimired hi» being j *.»
"«»(pew her©'* pretty *i>ee<iüy had iter wu/e 1
ckioniy ©qualecl her g<M»«l will, and went K
luck to the opposite room. Marcia whh '
watching her charge with «oleum©yen. f*
*1 think w©\] get a d»»cior to her. l
eiu. It # my belief »he'»l»ad u stroki
She acted dreadful iieii demi when I wan ! ,
puttin' her to bed; »n* j©*t «ce here!* ^
And th© girl gently lifted one «if the cold.
quiet hand«. It Uy limply in hern, and
fell heavily down again a» »he relui U
quiftlied it. The pate nt face had Ik* 54
come more pinched and pale even in the
few momenta of Dot*» absence, hut lie* 1
if we'd I*.-it trying to cheat tlie old lady
out of Iter right*. What'» a two day»'
<x"U|>ancjr in fuce of u fifty year»' claim?
Of conns* »lie »hull have it; get her right j
in here. I'll help if you like. Only,
l»ot. take v. anting! iAm't you go to cul
ling any such t-u|ter« filly years Itene--,
when I'm—elsewhere."
at
She
met In-r» expis-tantly
to the bedside.
"Forty -live 1 » all ready for you now,"
»aid tiie little bride, "and tuy Jack will '
carry you over. It was a mistake our
having it; thi» is our room."
"Are ye sure, dear?" . What a light
came into tiie dim eyes! *'I thought there
must hu' been a mistake somehow. 1,1
Where'» Isick?'
«in- i-aim
evi
il
Iss-ii
and
"You must h-t u-take care of you a
little while. Isaac isn't in-re now. lmt I
think—In'll come before very long."
Ilow tlie sweet young voice trembled!
"Oh, yes, he'd come, lie's only gone
to get me a posy, i think I'll go to my
own rtsim now. if you please, dear."
To her ttwu room »he went, carried in
They hud
the
Kick
itow
and
hail
was
I
Jock Hazard's strong arm*,
turned the gas down low . and placed the
little hair trunk where her eyes could
most easily rest upon it. Mite nottsl all
with a lutppv face, ami tlie
eyes and lay quite still ami quiet.
The dtK'tor, when lie came, ratified
dosed In-r
(»hi
is
ju*c
me
junt
re
the
it»
the
I
"Site has itad one
Marcias verdict.
sitiK'k, ami may
other,
b iter I** sent for."
very likely have uu
If site has any relative* they hud
"Her relatives is all ms-dles in hay
stacks.' put in Marcia, tersely, "an
liiere» no sbar|w among em. neither,
I'll •"• bound, or they wouidit t ha let
the ( s«.r old creatur- run this rig! 1
guet»t you'd a» giMsl call me a relativ * .
I'll take care of her to-night, anyhow ;
Nancy'll take lay place."
"What name did she enter in Ute
Issjk?" queried tin* doctor, gravely,
though bis eyes twinkled.
•Book!" rel ated Man ia, scornfully-,
"There ain't no name entered her head
but lstck. le abateenterin the book.
The d.«-tv.r turned a little more deed
1
bury on't. an' those brass nail letters on
article Indtealstl. Fifty years of quiet
Attic repose and moth* bail no4lcealdy
I thtenni the Itair of the quaint receptacle.
j ,, „ HH Ul ,,| , |HW ||. But the Ihr.»
for ^ lwUer8i ,„,.k,sl out hi bras* bea.it.1
fresh i|#Ub tJ| , >n ,. M ,. ov ,. r gleamevl tleflanee to
her |ia|r ullt j er the slender g a- jet.
"I. N. F."
"1's fer Kiek: 1 know that much," said
! Marcia, decidedly. "That name's he'll
; well drummed Inter my head. But what
out ; N _ o WaluU fer -without if* New Found
I
«dly toward Mrs. Hazard '
"Have you made any search?'Ite 1**
; but again Marcia cut him short:
"Search? <b»«l Peter, yes, searched
name nlsmt
gas
the
No.
gin
i
-verything. Tli*-r»* ain't
tier * llliotlt it's tatttMied
There - * just a ticket with ltd
gray
as
d<*tr
take
and
came
her s*-oie
cross
w here».
Iter trunk."
The doctor directed hi* scrutiny t.i tin
turn
Isaac
Ite
! land—beau my powers."
came .. N h fl>r N ,, r „)„blv," said the
found i | 1K . tor
old ' *n i. vv..ll
tell innen, w ** 1 ,
whose ( j
tin t ,„. br.de.
a ** T , M . ,,,;,..nt » m gtol
imn.lri, I !*©©.•* An«i with a dtfferpiil but
n.g unu,.precis..VC nod to Marcia, he
her 4 u j iU5 ^ ^ room
1 Marciaaeves follow«! him admiringiv.
my ^ uiall or a U wy, r.
dljnt kr ^ «m. "I ne ver once tlHHitfht
dost * Newton-fer all I've read about
u-r him> WM ff , lt . r th;il foun d
1 out things tumbled if you let go on 'em
golden w ^ j^., fou , ld jt olJtt Uk> , by
back. ^ Ume , , houIa „ , wmider. His
plan's tumi.led bad. He'd better ha
In-ld on. However, he didn't, an' I've
got Mrs. Isick ter see ta It » a queer
world! Y'ou'd liest go to bed. yourself.
"Isaac Newton. But that doesu t
must go. I'll call again
morning, madam," lie add.-d,
itli evident
them
she
is
not
ttt**ni
Mr. Pool. , tli*- Bilbur» Matron master,
pacing hm km* I y platform at an o« rly
1
hour next morning found In» »ttuil sud
denly arretted oy the peremptory «um
mon* of tile telegraph.
Telegram* funned the brightest spots
in Mr. Poole's official career. He hast
HE
ened with alacrity to Ins post, straight
ened tiie pu|ier ribbon and opened the
key. The message clicked itself off, and
Mr. 1'ooie listened, He preferred listen
ing to reading as the quicker method.
As iiis ears took in the burden of the dis
patch ins eyes giuduatiy widened until
Ills jaws begun to ga|ie for sympathy.
Konti
to
or
of
I'.iort
it
of
ïn.
in*
\sti
—
reached If. too. He found the old lady
-, lying helpless, kmt placid, in the spot of
j all others where she would have ehoeei, this
„,«-,„1 her la-t momem», and. is-nding
her, something so very like his idea
1 ,,f « |,m n„ angel must is-that he was
almost start led.
All through that dav—her golden w ed
.ungdnv -Luev Fos.fi.-k lav and waited,
,\ll dav long tie- golden haired In id.—
! .diecrfullv r-lii.qii.si.iiig this let of her 1
It. ,, %v n l.rigi.t Is-ginnii»« for the sake of un- |
., t |„ T , ... and walche-l of
i l.-sid-tin-l»-!, w Idle, in the further c.r i
In k s-.t and i
sat ami i
New York. S**pt. —18—.
To the Tt-Hcrmpb Operator at Itilburjr huiti.n,
Mrs. !«am.* N K Ins Ml the Astor Inm*-, lu
city, very 111 Plenw n-tlfy r,-luuv,s or friend*
SAMI'
I i-i
Hvux, M. b
"Well, I'm .lurned!" ejaculated Mr
Poole. "Bo that'* w bat's to do. 1 thought
Jake's folks couldn't hu' l»- u knot*in' ter
that caper. Tbeoldlud.v'»cutor'nthnn
der, ain't si» ? Well, i ll go tell 'em.
! Taint time fer the freight vet, an' Jake
- may want ter god«ivvn ou t.*'
The consequence of which titnelv inlioii
1 on Mr. Poole's part v
j four hour* after in
i-oarhed Al
sav
as that just twenty
grandmother hud
Astor house Jacob Los-lick
tier of the room, Jake i'l»,.
It would have I
w at.-li. d her.
en hard
to coniine- loin that sue had not Iss-n
sent straight from heaven to ''are for hi- Rr
jssir old grandmother. Jack Hazard, 1
looking softly in from time to time, ex
tin- knowledge that her chief
lire
is
mission lav eU-w here hut neither .lid
", u om -mt Im I» , g ,e , ! n
a- growing «h.sk wi!.nlm
oin-e more and drew Imr from tin
r ,' -lln
to ....'. . ,, , v
to ' 'i" ^Lb r Marcia wl^e'n w"
of " J',""»J •• re now ,
j and vom ail ts spared.
she ** J«c •.^«»wever, for a nui- ;
" !" , a , r ' a ' • ,,r r i
" a 1 -b"* 1 up-mtie
a, 'l u " >-«mui.g f e . it si»- wer- ie-s like
an angel now tiiat the » lute w rapper
was exchanged for the s-ift gray dress
. I
..man that Jake l osdi. k s
.... lessening, hi... laid
" U- warm hand lovingly up»., the
.old, hfele- ones Of her predecessor, an i
him : " .* ,l " ° ^ *i r n * ' *.*' , H
j *.» r ^i *l il t»!!! 11 i *.*\ V* **
wu/e 1 * "" * " 11 1,11 " ' ,rt ' H,,mn
went K .,
whh ' "»Vh |hioU as a pi-h r. quavered the
f* ehh- voice one.- more. ' *»
her. l k, ' M, ' : '" Hi ' '**• , al * A,,,i ro ,
'»ht- w.-ut
wan ! , » heir walk wa# long, »ml never to W ,
^ irKOl, * M 1 ,n '* ,n ' |,11,î >ark
cold. fr,MU 11 . a * * ll,lh ' i *ii»d r«m> aa if tuck hetN |
and u,r ** thing* unknown to 1er. Marcia j
U " 1 'hem an the> came, arm in arm, j
Ik* 54 1 »•* «**»* • *»« - 1 »*** t* »r* in the |
the hoieM girl s • vck wen* cotitradict«*(| l.y
lie* 1 Mu "' 4,11 *** r l * ,> ' *th ntruggied foi
lic* in:»*.t*-rv, hui »* uh» r could qn»te»ub j
due the ot n r.
lh* « v»m»e. «he Haul, softly, 'hnk »
, , , .
. 1 gu« »*» he brought the
' l 7' k ; di'uiju.iK
lh '* '[***
ml into the room *li«t
In k lav » itli tiiat tiatisceiiilein ;
Ultetl t
sent. It
lady
j
cul
and hat, with the cluster of fnsli roses
at her l»-lt, site w
iVelv as
iiiiroii.ii.onlv
aalniirattoi* km
will '
our
light ,
there I*- 1 "'k l "
1,1
" r , "" bl, " d ,,n ;
laiev r ■
i-aim
•nine! An' l*y tin-look - -n iter face when
■n li
P*ȕ -
Without a word, but with a sudden
she
a
I
long."
gone
my
in
hud
iil.'h tin*
orld
her fa-e
an neither give uor take awav. Hi lent
Iv. side bv »hie. the. sbssl a
I »f
hat t i* st 's hand li
d
•flier
rrtlten.
1 tot 's arms stole softly round her
husitand. neck, and her bright head
lltsqssl to the
tuet! t*i her so »un
"Jaek." site
cloc. "1 th ai .-lit w
pier than
know vv- t an."— Kid
rhel
shoulder that
shelter.
strong
the
could
all
itispered. i
he ii. Id her
never could I*** haji !
Ireu.lv ; l,ut now 1
lb
n* Journal.
In-r
F.ug«»i«**# ( ittisln Casafuerta
Our Baris corres|sindent writ--* that a
cousin of the Etupre-w Eugenie, the Mar
quis de t assfuerta, has just died at the
I Chateau d't >rfu»nir, in Tonruim*. His
one
uu
hud
hay- f„ther, who was said to bn only second
"an in wealth to the Duke of Ostrnna. lived
f., r many year* in what might lie termed
let * donudn. tin* wall of which skirted one
1 th „ Rn „ de» licnries tl'Artois, und
* . „ j M4rt ,,f w ), ;l t j„ l,jst tune was the Bne
; l'Oratoire. During tlie empire tjOM»
Isabella, to lie agreeable to the Emprasa
Ute Eugenie, arranged that the late marquis
waB (,> be jsTtnanently attache.1 to the
Spanish embassy in Paris, and be was
one of the most influential persons
head longing to the inner circle of the cut
press.
deed- He was chargsd, «tough quite a young
• cmfidenttal negotiaUous
m|M*ror and Marshal Nar
1 vaez for the sending of u Bpanisit milita
ry force to Home to replace that which
France kept at the Eternal City to pro
tect the |*qs*. But carefully us the se
cret of Queen l-alieUa» consent was
on M.-pt it leaked ont. ami Prince Bismarck
and Bignor Kattazzi put their heatis
together, ami by getting Iter dethroned
quiet defeated tho scheme,—London Newa
Ihr.»
bea.it.1
to
said
he'll
what
I
' man. with t
1**- Itetw.en th.
nlsmt
Mr William II. Hatch, of this city.
ba*uson named Roland Hatch. Tweuty
year* ago he left home for the west, and
i for many years hi* whereabout* was un
known to his (tarent*. It ha* Iteen six
years since be wrote his father. Mr.
Hatch * now ill. One night recently he
dreamed that he wa* with ht» son in the
state of Michigan; tDat his son wa* in a
camp, nmuls*rei 40. with a gang of tog
gers. lu the morning Mr. Hatch told
The next mad
brought a letter from the long abornt
stating t tut he wa* with a logging
n 1 everything „bout
ltd
s*-oie
tin
91r. If «teil*# l*r« am
the
gtol
but
he
wy, r.
tlHHitfht
about
foun d
'em
, by
His
ha
I've
queer
-
ar
*>re. ami when one bunts and let* u
hundred bullets louse at once he .-an t
tell which wsv to dodge -Detroit Free
Pr*-'**
t
again
add.-d,
evident
tfe the dream.
ria
son
crew in Michigan,
him tallied with bis father's dream. The
young man lias been sent for to come
borne.—Belfast ( Me ) Journal.
"Toe Mu-sll Com."
The Indian is willing to take hi*
tidier'# musket or «■
chant n with a
bine, kuowing that they shoot all over
the country, but when the boys get to
work with a Hotchkiss or Gatling gun
then the retlskin tal
! ha
a tnp.
•cream of a rhel) ouik.-s all his teeth
rLiaa s
MASON'S tILOOUY VIEW . 1
Haw
HE MAKES A PREDICTION WHICH IS
IMPORTANT IF TRUE.
trees
they
• j
in
erally
or
Konti mid vmi'.li VUltill'« Wilt Kveoto
nil) II** Un* II
to r»!l Out of Our Flats. On« by Ou«
or Ho Hm)« the f*rof»n*or.
i« of saYwgc#— Tb« M»n
Otin Mason, of the bureau of ethnology
of the National museum, has evolved a
theorv that the resources of the western to
comparatively K*ril*
I'.iort time, be exhausted us *i support for !
rivilized man. and that North and South D :,,h
♦xeept by >nre<
r»- »- L
I loi essor .
p
•In order that this may be understood, ; " f
it I - first necessary to explain that this
-rid, known **
trem th»» I to
n<*m tne !
•eietitiUc point, of view an inferior con- j J U,MÎ
tinent. as compared wi! lit he land masses luges
of the other hemispheres. By flint is
ïn. u.t that whiltt Kiitfri.ir t,» Piimn* mile«
in* .»m nui. wmiB Mi|H nor to Larope,
\sti â <>r \frit-n in »„»in* «.f turn.
or iri< 4 in point or vegetaoie
productiven.*.«, it is i sh adapted for the
support of animal lift*. To show that well
this is so. make a little comparison for
vonrsi-irhetw.. the is-asts of this l.emi
sphere and tien., of the other. The cle- we
pliant of th-Old World is represented
here hv the tapir What we have ns a
snlietitnie for th.- cam I i. th-llama of
which 1 * ju-t big enou-d, and strong * ,
;eturngl, to carrv vvliat vv-ni 1 Is. a load wore
1 for a man The lion and ti —r of Asia
| and Africa an-r.")n-«'iit-1 on t'lissi.le 'lie
of the earth by little more than lag cats,
i . . \t ont monki'Vs
i „ ' , ,
i "Bnt to arrive at the ir.gt marked ex
hemisphere will, in a
America will be depopulated, i
of a very low order
sav
Mason said:
western part of the
North and South America, is
hihition of tliis contrast yon cannot do
letter than consider tlie monkeys, which !
Rr ,. most highly developed of nil beasts,
1
apprnuching v-ry nearly to man.
is there to is* found in the Americas to
What
four
, . , , . . , , tied
''""''a! 0 «- T!-' m.' "I 1 ^ " f
n '"V Tl *** K' -hU v winch urn.
"' 1,1 Hn-chirnir...»*;.winchi is «»tly
"'f ' ' '' aU "l" 1,1 ' "* '* ' *' "'J * to
perform otli-r'domestic duties, and the
'''"'•'i.g wlnrli pr----nNs.i many like- of
'"T*, ers
, ^„,»1 „„this «nie of the world by m.s- bed
erahle little, monkeys with tails.
; "Thus it is that this part of the earth I
r i termed an inferior continent, liecatiM
it is not able to pro lms» or supisirt such
high developments of animal fife as are fi,
fourni in tl.the, part Civilized man
erists here to day, not as a natural prod
|„ot but Importation.
I rofessor•Mas m then, in el ahorate dc
s tail, described the lap».- ol wheat farm- fri
mg m .me state nft.-r another until the
the field has Us n transporte, 1 to the Dako- m
i tas and the very verge of tin- great desert;
H tin* rapul »*xh.in«tioii «.f tli© koi) ami ot
** d* the trenn nilmiH »lrain in
V ' ,IN 'JP 01 * rwotire»**, which, new
> de\«'an they nrc», um.Ht »>« nearly
the exhausted e\ n wit mu the next century; t »t
*» tin* nmnnis c.»st of priMiucitig and trnn*
ro , jnirtmg nrtu I. h nec©'«eiry to civilised «
t t ,' 1 ^ ! î /hable j,
W , lotiH-ast a# foliow»: Ah
I«» put it p.uinlv, th<* called Amer* ( .
| J' « , i l»**oph* ha\ *• cauip tl over thmeon
j tinent r**gardi«*Krt of t.ieir future. They |
j h«\e «« \e< into tu** chopptnl into |
the | »e nioun .»ms urut us.* tip the land un
l.y ti rh» n* ntnr*-+ th» m m tu.* face the al
foi unuc tat.* 1 °f starvation. ^
j &* U* \hv «täte of Nevada, w© have not
kh u t icr»* twent\-h\c vcar«. und ita re
» Kourc-ew have ueeii exhaust* d. In other
. ,f " 5 ' al * llo? ' tmu»ediat»*ly li©
the ima >h* t»> MipiK*rt a |x.pulati»m. lhe
P»*.q>le Who inhabit it me obliged to go
;n liste they can no longer make their
»*▼'«« H »imply n question
f : '? U " n t,,n ; wl 1 |en u W,U * H4 * om ®»
umhi stafi*. ami s>> la|st«* into the ninth
; titni of a U-rritory us ltiiisissible to re
vive inti, the living nm lition of a state
1
as if it wen* u di-triet on the moon.
PAINKtT.
UEII.KITIONS
"Tin* painful reflection incidental to
the sut, j.s-t i* tint other states, if not all
of them, nie Ô .--title I so.mer or later to
follow Nevada - i- \ tinnh* Tit-i».pnU
tion on this continent cannot ... ,
her
that
her
survive i ic hi,- an- of siilisistence afford
! c| n by tin* countrv.
1
If what science
sav* is true, the white man has got to
go. There hat been talk to the effect
that the Chinese niii-t vanish, but it
must is* coni--sti*l they are very much
better adapted to continue existence on
this hemisphere than ourselves, for the
obv ious rea-on that they will survive us
here, and th it they will continue in their
c
a
Mar
the
His
own manner the civilization .vhich we
t . .
lived .-nm th.. t •'\n *,,.,
f I». bsb.-ve > 'will n • !.. i.
one to smiisirt evi tenet* U Hus I. -misi It in
und .s'oum tmt-ti'hî i '-- -v-'iv ! f "•'.n ' nh''
Bne , , ' * '• ", '
h . . i ! j, t ,,,. st t 'j',. ,
' ' T1 ', .„i,..*';'. „ , "i .-Jh»i
„r, ■■•.'•**? 1* is' ve-v *, v i i'-' t ,, , 1,1
the »«is-nor rt-e K-coV i-sV '.r'■ ,1 tl d»*
was to «rout on it V^ Tnfs-riorit v it
,,,, , t i.,., ,,,, l m ,,iinf -lls-r wl ite '
cut *n . . .. . i ■ ' "V, ... 1
incapable of exertion. eventuaUy up
young ^^-hing to the savage. In other words.
, utn)( „ the scale of cre»
Nar- j K)tl
which
pro
se
was
heatis
"Through the progressive exhaustion
of the resources of the country, state
after state will necessarily become unin
babitable. ls.-a i-«- it will be incapable
of supporting a |*.pulution. Titus will
come nbiut tin* tl p .pulation of one state
after another—of conr«*» liv u slow proc
ess through many years—and there will
lie presented the r.-ma-kabl.- pheriom
enon of the dropping from the Union of
these stat**s sutx-.-s-ively, because they
city. Dave come to be no longer entitled to
representation under the law. by sena
and «ors and representative».
un- I "Nevada will -imply be the first state
six to succumb to the operation of thi* in
Mr. evitable law. The outlook t» melancholy,
he That I# not to be denied. It is not pleas
the *®t to consider ÜK* frame of mind of the
in a last civilized man on this continent a
tog few centimes htm-*-, standing on a sand
told hill, where once the maize luxuriously
mad grew, an.l shedding a silent tear of sffac
tion on Mm- pa t of a continent which is
„bout It's 11 « Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
gir--n up to savagery ever more."—Wash
Onlv last month l-.vs who were
•canlung over the old battleft,Id at Get
tvsbnrg for relic* discovi-n*d two musket
ld.ll. With their d lit* so thor nurhlv
- ^-,1' tl it in- - id rol K- L-. 'jav
ar u , ' ! l * ' t. , 1 . l 1
ed. There is but one explanation of the
freak thev had met in midair and were
tie»« , uiey liiui met to mi.imr ana were
weld..! by the friction caused by the
ooneusston -St. Louis Republic.
u Enterprise can hardly go further than
.-an t this effort of an uptown grocer: • 'Fresh
Free »ggs warm from tha b* t;."- Ringtniinii ■
le ader
The
■ «.. kiuiirt ».
come
hi*
over
to
gun
! ha
teeth
"CMi 11» V
Wall.'*
s LiLj
A PYOMY CUiWf».
Haw th* Dwarfs of tbs Orsat Afrlesn Wee
•*t Bnild and Live.
Their village», «ituuted under the Im- »
pervious foliage of the largest clump of j
trees to be found near the locality where
they propose cignping, struck us as being
comfortable, snug and neat. I have seen
ninety-two buts in one of these villages,
j arranged in a circle of about fifty yards
in diameter. The pygmy camps are gen
erally found ut the crossways, where two
or more paths intersect, and are from two
»
to tbrw mile8 àiêtuiàt from agricultural
K*ril* ment*. Our anxieties alwavn lesa
! 0,1 meeting them, for the more
D :,,h * WH fo " n ' 1 tl >* more we were as
>nre< ' °* ^' MH ^ »ncl the road» improved.
Sometimes these forest villages were
. . ,, . ,,
p anted mid way between parallel lines ,
; " f " t,1 '*' nentB - A short walk from our
'»'«>> or south
' •^•usto l ,lan,a.m„slarg, e„o„gh
I to stipply a rcinmeiit with final. One
! w . .» a
j J U,MÎ wt came b. a group of dwarf vil
luges whence a broad |>ath six feet wide
ciiminUnicated with another group three
mile« distant. This road was a revela*
, , » 4l _ a
turn. It informed ns that tii© tribe was
tfl,m n * Urtll >* I*>werfui; that it w?*s
well established; that th# chief pommiMd ,
P-wer «•»<! was |wnuitt«l to exerc.ee it.
Outside of the great kingdom of Uganda |
we had not seen in Africa a cut road
»"«wr than half a mile. 1
ïl "' hut» in every pygmy camp were
of a tortoise twek figure. The doorway«
* , '*re not more than three feet high, and
wore placed at the ends, one ls-itig for
<l»ily use. and the other, which fronted
'lie bush, for ei-spe. Those for constant
convenience l.a.ked out on the circular
common and pointed to the center, where
»tissl the triiral chieFs hut, n» though the
dlltV()f every h o»ehold was to watch
iter tlie safety of him who ruled the
coinniunity.
We rarely found a hut higher than
In length they va
chile the
in
!
four feet six inches.
, tied from seven to ten f'»-t,
f widtli wonld he from four and a half feet a
I„ wh at appeared to be old mi
we fonu d rough cot.
constructed. whi«'h were raised a few
B buve the ground, after the st vie
of ol)r , lwn f ore#(t couche«. Several lay
ers of ,.',rvnmm leaves mat:-a luxurious
bed ._4leir> M .Stanley in Scribner'. I
1_f_
I The Amber and Hl» Work.
That the author is easily led to betray
excessive interest in him** If is a fact due
fi, a great measureto the issruliar condi
til)Ils whifh |,j, Rrti . stir .occess de
Every phice of hi* work is the
prodm t of a'uiind that should Iw, from
fi^t to last, completely almorbed in iU
fri . 8tjon . He cannot, like Hie painter or
w . lllptor . mromon anil dismiss his
m slri at will, with the certainty of iw
coring at a moment's notice the desire.!
in H model» are continually on th©
lnMV i»; »»aeh one, to be convincing, timet
not only nhine with the light of varied j
t »t ri uruntance. lmt mu»t also show can©© !
fur existence by effect upon th© other«;
« n ce the interest of a «tory flag» the
j, tarit it# chann terR are at n Rtandntill !
Ah n natural connequence their creator ]
( . rtrr j,. H them always with him, really
m^t alert in their behalf when he «eem» |
| 0 inrntive.
| At home and abroad he ia ever playing
G f che©« **whereof the {»awna ,
al- mn > men •* w t t t, no v>«*ard to guide him
^ nt that mynlerioiw »me traced upon the
tahU . uf hu Urain . A1 | he ^ aI .d hear«
re- ^m^imte« it« tuite to the aonree of «ng
^ t j OT1 from which he draw«, and by his
li© j n t | u . drawing hi« power ia deter*
Intricate problem» force them
go him. to be solved with the
dincri.nin.ition out of hia own ex
With him eternal vigilance ia
®» the price of victory.-Point of View in 1
Scribner's.
re
A Cosily Fi
Without «n Owner.
One of the prettiest tilings in the tnn
seitui of the dead letter office is a lady's
fan made of stork feathers, the plumes
Is-ing rarer and richer titan the finest
to
all ...
to ,,str "' t ' P 1 «®**- It is most magnificent
>« a[>l»*araiice. a. l douhtl.** gracevl the
, " rttnm, '" f *»® e LOnrt in'the Old
VV ■ rid.
It rauiu to this country from
Europe many years ago, but no clew to
its owner or origin was ever obtained,
in one of the cases there is a Ikix of wed
to
it
on
the
us
ding cake, which came to the dead letter
office six years ago as unclaimed. It is
getting a' little old and diaookmd. but !
by this time wonld probably Ite pretty
dry eating. Considering its present
c Uaracteristies it might be excellent
wedding, cake to dream on." It cer
tair.lv ha* all the elements necessary to
produce a fanciful nightmare. K.tsuries
are quite common in the cabinet and
crucifixes lire also plentiful.—'Washing
ton Cor. St. Lotus (ilols*Democrat
we
i.
in
nh''
s,„in„, ( ..me. t.y v.iur,.
An F street attorney relates that he
1,1 rei eivtsl an application for a pension
d»* Iront a country lawyer in Michigan re
it t ,,ntl . v * « Dich the claimant signed hi»
' ,mn,t ' as "Daniel O. Connell." In stibue
quent pn|»-rs filtsl he wrote it "Daniel
up
cre»
O'Ouunell." The attorney wrote to the
lawyer to rv(sirt whether the name was
O'Connell or Connell. The prorincial
Blackstone retorted in what he evidently
considered a very sarcastic letter, wind
ing up with this bit of bncolic wit,
Tlu* name is O'Connell,
might know; but what difference dues it
make, anyhow, whether yon nay, 'Mc
Cartliy, come out of the house, or come
out of the house, McCarthy?"—Wash
state *
unin
will
state
proc
will
Improved u*.».lt.p<l» r.tr Our tull.i.c
of In correcting instability of roadtied
they we shall mstte wider emleinkments with
to Dmg.-r slope*, using more solid masonry
sena- In place* t-z)stsed to tlanger from flood*,
We shall avoid wooden bridges, bnild
state stone arches wherever they are practica
in- ble. and make steel bridges w;th a much
larger "safety factor." having also a
more rigid system of initial and period
the leal inspection. We shall abolish draw
a bridges wherever it is (»»»uble. and
sand where this evil must be some auto
matte device will l*. used for absolutely
sffac- stopping the can in ease the draw sltail
is be open,
any fool
ingtou Post.
But a railway shonlil not
cross a navigable river at grade any
more than it »tumid so cross another
railway or a wagon road. - Oherlin
were s " lllh in F «™>-_
Get
a Pan* scientist has tiah!:s)iw! the r»
, , , L P . "l
'jav t!*, »ubject of
1 talking fishes He says that every flzh
the in »..nie wav .tr other talk» toafl.b or a.
were ? way or other talks to a fish of the
were »am« kind. Herrings cry like men. roach
the grnnt like jags, and tench make a noim
9°?*" bark and cod
***** lliw ' W)i»U*r Ati I rr»y tirih «cream
than " ' lrn ,lu '- v * r ® boiled, and Paris sole»
«TV? w * jr . < * «W»®®»»«t«»n» ft« fact
■ of t beir statenes» to diner* at restaurante,
- loinaon nt-nta
SWINDLED THE TAILOR
» KNIGHT OF THE GOOSE TELLS
OF HOW HE WA9 TRICKED.
th« Simpl« Beat.
» R«*port«r t.rtv* Hit
A l'tu»ui«rfrit«T tuliiitgrd Product#
with Him - Th« f «»ntortloiiUt Plwyml
•f Ail.
th« Hlt«'k#«t Triek
,,, ,..
way or anomer. I don t tlutik, however,
, lost i great deal of mon ey in late
^ [( ,, f ,, r4 . j u] , in basiness for
myself I represented u large house in an-
* 1 CU1 „e here and made quite
. J *
a trade aiuotix the clerks in th© depart
lni , nfH i used to caU upon them in their
wlth lnv | K)( ,k of samples, and as
I)r( ., tv f.' llr talker 1 managed to get
• * , » i *
a irood many order«. 1 used to give them
"... ... Ä f ..
credit, and I will sav one thing for the
department clerks and that is that
, ver l finie money by them fused
h t ' it „ w hi k . „.„„et tmes,
| , rally paid me in full.
• „.. . 8I ' '
1 moimuu»,
knew was a
»oni« tune as a newspaper man.
on a local paper, nnd it wo« after I had
gone into business for nil self that met
Dim He came nMo my^ store one day
with two or three wil known business
yl.ung men whoso trade I Intd possessed
fora long time One of the party, a
banker, ordered a $do suit, and i meas
tire.1 him while the others chaffed him
and examine 1 tnj stock
afterward thi* newspaper man returned
and wild that he would like me to make
•Well. I've been in business a good
tinny years." said a fashionable tailor,
ami I've met some very queer customers
in the course of my experience. Have 1
»ver Leen beaten? Why, of course I have.
Every man in my business is Iiound to
meet with men who swindle him in one
•But you want to know nlmnt the
beat*. Well, one of the worst 1 ever
fellow who was here for
He .vas
About an hour
a smt fur him of the same goods selected
by hi. friend
right, bs.k hts measure, made the suit,
sent it to Ins address and waited for
him to come and settle But he never
did, and in a short time he skipped out of
town That was a dead loss to me.
I That w-asn t as bad. however, as a
trick that was subsequently played upon
tin A tall, line looking gentleman came
m one day. and after itxiking over my
rtis-k selected a piece of tlie most expen
five go<sis nod ordered a suit to 1** made
from it He wanted the suit finished in
three days, as he was going to leave the
city He was on his way south, he said,
and had already spent more time than
he had intended He was very polite
sn.l a|qs>ared to boa man of means. He
win. also particular as to the cut and
style of the c.mt and vest, insisting upon
a collar to the latter, although the style
was without on©. Well. I put off some
other work ami completed hi» suit with
j in th© time agreed Q|K>n, and Rent it to
! hin hotel about dn«k with th© bill—$80.
The man brought bark the money, four
in-bill», ami 1 put thin tn the «aie and
! went home. The next day when I «ent
] my dejxjfdt to the hank thoa© four $20
trills wepe n*ttimed marked counterfeit.'
| Well. perhapM l wasn't inad. 1 Kent
down to the hotel, but of con r«e the man
had gone. I placed the matter in the
, hand» of the detective«, but they failed
to find the «windier Many yearn after
ward 1 «aw hi» picture in a rogue«' gal
lery. »«.1 taunted that he wan one of th©
most expert «ottnberf©iters in the coun
try I think lie is now in a western i*»n
itentiary, bnt it was along time before
the government officer« captnred and
convicted him
1
I presumed lie was all
A QUESTION OE EXPANSION.
•One of the funniest swindles ever
played upon me wus by a government
clerk, who 'Via brought to me by the
chief of his division, for whom ! ImJ
■made clothes for years. 1 nie.-»sii#il the
man myself, und was particularly cam
f ul almut the shoulders and chest, as 1
iats.
P n< ^' myself ttfstn the tit of my c<
sent the suit to his hoarding house on
Buturduy night, and the next Monday
morning, bright and early, be was down
to the store very much enraged ltccanse
the emit und vest didn't tit him. He
1
said Hu- trousers were ul) right, but th
roat and vest were altogether too small.
I sent np for the gurmeut* and com
parts) their measurements with those 1
! hlul ®" r, »*l on tho boukM " n ' 1 toun<1 that
fhey corresponded exactly; so 1 wrote a
bote asking him to call in after Ida of
fie» was out in the evening. He did so,
,,u,n »'k'" 1 him to trv on the coat and
to v e*t. He went into the back part of the
«tore, and when he came forward with
the garment* on they would not m<>et by
!,t l, u »t three inches. I was nonplussed,
1 ^ascertain that I had made the correct
j he was i.iad und wouldn't have IL He
|tai<l tin for the trousers and was going
to leave the coat und vest ou my hands.
'Just as he wav going out of the door
he turned and said he was sorrv that Ptl
measurement*, but there was the man,
and the rout and vest evidently didn't
fit. I offered to make him others, but
made such a blunder, for be liked the
gtKtds, He added in a reflective sort of
a way that he might split up the back
of tlie vest und set a piece in so that he
could button that, but that the cont
would always have to stay open. Ftnal
it tnenta, the price of which wo* f.15. 1
t Id him I would prefer to make turn a
new cont and vest, but he wouldu't have
it, and finally, rather than run the
risk of not getting rid of the garment*
at all 1 let him have them for $~Mi. A Unit
a week after 1 saw him at the theatre
with the coat buttoned over his chest—
it was a Prince Albert—and fitting him
beautifully.
until 1 was told tiiat he had formerly
been a contortionist, and had the power
to throw out his chest far beyond its
normal size He hud just boa en mo
out of fl5 1 didn't make any more
clothes for him. bot 1 beard that ha
'beat' another tailor in the saute way."
—Washingti.ii Star.
a
ly lie said he'd give me $20 for the gar
couldn't understand it
Wtirit Indlriit# \V<»rMhip.
The natural configuration of many
mountain* suggests the human face,
aud sach physiognomies cut out of the
rock* mi ii gigantic scale are commonly
regarded by savages as objects of wor
*htp Ellen Kus^UEmerst.n says that
theThumler Bird of the Tklmkits is de
*enbed y tiiem as a giant- man dwell-
"l »>» ® »De sacred hills Whou in want
of of food ha provides himself with a pair
of wing, and a mask in the »harte of a
a. ô i. i , „ Tt . In * »nape ota
the bird'» bead, the latter having a t*-a* a*
«harp as a knife aud "a tongue that
make* tire "
Thu» arrayed the god »pread» his
wiiig# »q< 1 »»il» over tlie ocean in search
of a whale. By his side and attached to
his waist is the lightning demon, which
darts ujton the prey and fetches it to the
hungry god Washington Star.