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Reaching to metier welcoming hand*, .
'Lifting to taxi her firiyMl cyei V 1
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And tell me you are glad formal
A POLICEMAN* % MISTAKE.
It was a dull, rainy day, toward the]
ond of August—ono of those days when
earth and sky alike are gray and drq^ry f|
and the raindrops pattering against the
window soltnd like human sobs. The
oloek that hang against the wall pointed
to the hour of 3 in the afternoon, and
I waa sitting by myself in our little iu-'
ner offioo, looking out at the expanse of
dull, gray wall that formod my only
prospect from tho • not over-clean win
dow, and tliinking. I had read every
squaro inch of type iu the newspapers;
I hod wnde put all the necessary pap tin
oml documents, and now, with literally
** nothing to do,”, I. was musing about
Kitty,Eltou, and wpnderuigbow-lonq.it
would bo before t iUould be able, .to
wnrryW, . !’ , ,
Dear Wtf 14 Kitty I She was as sweet,
und ns patient) as it was m tho nature of
a woman to bo, but I knew it was n hard
life ftH bev . in that overcrowded milli
ner's |work-room, day after day and
month aitor month, and I longed to set
hor free from U iu monotonous captivity.
She was j protty, blue-eyed girl of 20,
with a dimple in hor chin, and tho sweet
est rokeb on her cheek that evor inspired,
the pen of a poet. I wa^ po poet, .yqt J
think t'understood and. appreciated all
her womanly grace apd delioqjp Vemity.
as fulry as 'if my heart’s thoughts cpijld
shape thonasoives into verse. And it
was of thtitn I was thinking when the
door ditened'hhd'Mf. Olenner camo in.
Mr. 1 Olehnir was orfr “chief a dark,
silent*- fittle' nfiuV, *wttfi stern
mouth Mid tsfoUdfeH' gidye^osj which ap-
peared ttlmpstf fefipr*sWonlbk4'ifrhed they
were jturued; full i tnPpa 'yoUp '«hd '\el>
which sc^fned ,jto feR-.eveiythiDgrut a
* didn’t yon say you
of doiygnothing.?.”v\ . »• in TV fl l f * 1
" Well, I h»j. {fftljW, to
W. Ni'BENNS, JAMFS D.'RUSl' Editors,
VOLUME VI
BUTLER, GEORGIA. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1881.
NUMBER 9.
Matte son—Mrs, Matteson) I don’t
know her, but I gues* likely I can tell
you Where sho livos. Just you follow
tho malu,street of ths village out about
half s mile, and ye’ll cpmo to a patch o’
woods .with bars at the feuoa Go
tltrough them Lara a little further- on,
and ye’ll see a little yaller house, just
tho last place in the world where You’d
expect to see a house. That’s where
Mrs. Mattcson lives.”
. I thanked my informant, and set out
on a brisk walk, currying iny |ntt**ling
bag. It waa quite a distance era I
emerged from the suburbs of tho “main
street” into a quiot and seoluded <oftd^
or, rather, lane. The “ patch o' woods,”
with the liars, and the “ little yoiler
house ”—a cream-colored cottage, 1/tor-
ufly overgrown with honey-sunk l cn—.
rewarded my search* aud as I knocked'
«.t the, door a clock somewhere inside
struck 7.
, ‘ A decent-lcfoking, elderly woman in
w idow’s weeds came to tho door.
“ Is Mr. Mntteson iu ?• Mr* Parley I ”
“Nd,” sho answered quickly, with, ,
m l imagined, rather a ^confused look.
I did pot believe her, and asked quiqtly:
4 ‘ When rt<> you expert Upn-Jiyiyy
Not at present/’ , .
Apparciirty.jjhD' ek^cqtqd me. to .'go
f, buL ipJteqJj ^ stopped in, ( IN ' \
% *»V , * v **'Y A. “ rl' tu i »*S 1
Mother,” asked a soft ydiflb, at tb4
head of't^io staip, “ who is it ?”
And theh, for tho first time J. beparac
a 1 ware that some one’hod been watching,
bur colloquy from tno head of the ajaiu
r—a ybUfift gifl, 1 dressed, like til& nibther^
in’de^'Malik, with. Very bfiftiAntUyos,
'arid atprdfusion of jbUblaok ringlets.
BoMe (ini'to boo y*otir brother!** ‘
She lialf way ‘doWA 1
l plisbing back her dufl^ with 'oiW' luindl 1
und looking pt me >w|th wondrbbs nyek.
.iivcntheu tor* beauty Hliusk'.mb iW'il
r.totKl gaEipg at hor.’ '“ ’'i • «J'| W-v»
“ Terry, .ii not- at liopiej”
burryotlly, j f* fie has gouo awayi f !We
dp npt knojw whien ho will 1 reUinv. "■•*>’ .
Evidently .tips pnothoy and daughter
were ip^e s^re^.of:
Wirt We^o.^oiug,theb- bjjat tft^oie^bnii
'frbn^ its 'cansdduoncvs. My.ljuisrt M«d
for-ljolh o^ jbpt it wi^ n^tiipu to
indulge M bepUrwv)d,4lity. tpp^iking *v*
1 , \ J w.
Muly locoiu^ H^Jajr«Ww|9..fIiere |
they were while I sva^lih^J.ihe^aifse.^,
niMrB; / ''hfuty2son ,snt,,pa|V aud,
trembling; lief duugliter colored high.
Mnlfipr.'" onA MiitiT wTi*v vo
speaking scafcply *Vpv/^ ^.^wbbiphr^
told me the spccii‘1 business onr^
was to’ a be *iwnt. Theife .haq 1
seems, a Idriea o'! very helfv^ i
lately committed, with a bol|
audacity, that Jarijfly seemed \
. ' Wf -.
tnnaoy nnd progressed. Bhe smiled,
hnng hor head, aud, taking a pnir of
scissors from tho tublo, severed ono
bright 1 black curl from the abumhuit
Hies that hung over her forehead.
“Keep this, Mr. Meredith, in memory
Was I foolish to press tho jetty ring-
Jpt to niv lips ore I laid it elosqly against
ri ? Clara evidently thought I
was—for Bhe had laughed, but did nLt
ilinpleasecL
Clonner seem<nl annoyed when I
got back to tho bur. au—rather an nn-
lfwsuuablo proceeding on his part, for I
tninly did all that man could do under
the oircumstancos.
We havo been mistaken all tho way
through, it saoms,” ho said, biting bis
lip. “Strange—very strange—I was
nover mistaken before in my calcula
tions. Well, wo must try again."
I went to Kitty Elton’s that night.
Shu received me with ft sweet, shy sad
ness of welcome that should havo made
the the happiest mAn in the world ; but
it did not. Clara Matteson’B dark beauty
seemed:to stand between mo aud her
like a visible barrier. When I took my
leKv*y there were tears in hor eyes.
f r “ Kitty, you aro crying I *’
“ Because you are changed. Edward,
ybu do not lo7e me as well ap you did 1”
1 “ Kitty, what nonsense 1 ”
I was vexed with bur* simply booame
I know her accusation waa truew lipt l
kissod her once more, nhd tobktnyidaVo'
inoddy, and dissatisfied. 1 1
'' ^yiion I rescin d tlie office next morn
ing, Mr. Closer was hot there.
f [to lias gone to Drownvillo,” Bipd my
l(Mc w detective ; “he ^rentlast night. ,
Co Drown tille f * '
„\f. ras seriously anpoyc^., pidi Mr.
l^i her di^trusf'the W&uracj. ol myxo-.
port i? Or did ho imagiuo that I waa
unAl >lo to institute a'thofbUgh and Com*
plot investigation 6! tho premisoi ?
“ Veiy strange,” I mused' aWd.
1 *“ Tdiies laughed. ,*; / 1
Well,” he said “you know (blpnper
hks a way of doing strange things. I^o-
l«'hd qpon it, he has gopd reason for his
conduo^” >
' 1 « il ‘ in K “y amk tw0 <J"y»
whil.. I .iorffi UialuiuM.,, L “fHqnenUy, when the -W glided
*• J r .” i TnbisijleHsly open and Clonhflr himself
Entered. " • ’’ ,l . l.i;. £
Yurt are back again, sift and what
iu6k&” ■ • •'
J, t’ho bftst:”' ' ( , r ’
“You don*t mean to hay ii”
“ ^Idwardj Meredith,'/i knew ( I eonld
HOW THEY VLA VIC It IT ON A
nitHJOVKItBIt.
He was on his way home from Jieat-.
villej says an exchange. He had oh a
ragged, old summer suit, a bad hat, and
he hnd been (akiug his meals about
thirty hours apart to mako his money
carry him throngh.
“Yes; I like the country out that
way,” ho replied to tho query. “ The
climate is good, the kceucry is tine und
sumo of tho people are ns a honest as
needs be. The trouble is knowing how
to take the bad ouos.”
“I should think that would bo oasy."
“Xfls, it looks-that way; but I bad
some experience, t ani the original dis-
kiverer of the richest mine around Lead-
villo. Yes, I am the very man, though
you couldn’t think it to see those okl
clothes.” *
“Then yon don’t oWh It now?*’ ~
“ Not a bit of-it. I’ll explain. I was
}>oking around on tho hills and found
signs. I collected somo specimens for
assay, staked off u claim and weut off to
tho assayer’s. It was two days before
he let me know that I had stmek the
richest oro that ho had ever assayed, and
then I hurried back to my claim. Hung
my buttons if it hadn’t been jumped.”
“ How?”
“ Why, a gang of sharpers had found
tho spec, and built up a polo shanty,
and hung out a sign of First Buptist
Church over tho door. True a3 shoot
ing, they had; and the law out there is
that no m^n .ean sink a shaft within, £00
feet of a church building. Thoy saw mo
coming, nnd when I got there were hold
ing a revival. There wore six of them,
and they'got up ono' after another* and
told how wicked they had been grid how
sorry thoy were, aud—would you believe
it?—thoy hod the cheek to ask njb to
lead off in singing. I weut to lutf) but
they beat me. Three days after tho
QUR JUVENILES.
Th« Arthrry Club,
J’U try iLe arrow
And bend tbe bow;
Tlie archer* are wetting,
And we mbit go.
Oi r dub haa offered
. A loTely prlxe—
A bow and quiver
Of monitor aim I
TbeAxjw of lanoe-wood
la five toot long;
The fathered arrow!
Are true and atrong. j
If I should win it-
Ob,. dearie me I
Tbe bappleat girl
In tbe world I'd be]
We eack have a name
la our “ Indian Club *
Will la our chieftain,
" Rnb-a-dub-dub."
/■an** Palebloaaom,"
Queen of our raee;
Elate to ** Reaebud,”
Carrie “Bn-.wuface
" Ea^lo-Eye,” " Blackbawb,"
“ Never-aay-dla,’’
“Thunderclnnd." “ BnowCake,"
“ Up-lu-tbe-aky,"
Are tillea we give
trley and Dan,
Robert aud Eddie,
Lily and Fan.
Oh, vrhjoh of tbeee tea
The prize shall win f
I bear Ibet
mlng
duo , nlu rf. , j J ' ,
stand "by (tnd K-tHa to 'siieii Blauuerii ?
It is fAlsef' Lo^ watoh'^lie
hdtfsp 1i !h!e 'trill'] ’ toy brckAer is as inno-
iqcu» jtolllilfai t'*! ‘ "
“ What is it, sir LV * ! >* '•i'* 1, "ill” 1
“Sopaothikg that will bring you both
credit ^and,.friends/liT- jou manage it’
skillfully. .Ih^dmtoR^4ito|g^J»ysqfiV.
but circumstances happen untqwardljL. _
ItenAag^-Wd hoi f 1 !^ ■» >
'xfe^*pptowhorfc -anv.trace of
* Novertkeloai I ce6- #
i jfherh Kpritrt'ly.for a divf
wllith little waiting mfglit
brjna forth; 5 5 ‘ .. 1 . 1 ’* ’ ' '
' . The’itourib ‘afWrhcoii:<511»ra Miittcson’
Caine ijvtftf ltfat byfhe^azM window,‘
keeping U'quiet watch oh nil' th’4 siuf-'
^fOtodtogto ” ; »i >»• | I'L' 1* * //
“Mi*. MbTfedith, 1 ” ahi'-anid, *'' sdfftjl,
mother tlfiuks IhaWlieerfriido 1 1- > you.
•Bhe says it wn* not ydu¥ fhtllY; jMrtbnal^
lypthai ydik Yrere , *44nVhei , e-!-on niich* a
mistake; and perhaps she*?b right, I
am v0ry atgry if I hare hiirt your fUel-
ta to the
perpotratot U IK©.1 ttHtobJ** but,' after
much quM'iHtWtiiqttol and caatin®
hither and thither^ltAhaideteoted'ihe
hidden spring—one Eaclay Mfttteaoa—
who l)ad : skihlully e|u^d all i pursuit,i’
anil wijs ji,qw somewhere hiding in rthe
northcfuiteVu portion of the btuto. <|Hib
whereabouts had. been ascertained ffl,
neurlyjas p0ssiplp,,aqd. ( it ,woto.
go qujetlyup ^nd, approUond
fore he~ ahpulA petjome aware ®<3f out
knowledge of all hjs movements , >•
I sat listening ’td oil the , Various de
tails oi our plad as they were sketchod
out by Ml*. Clenher. Tho Toward that
liad b4en privately offered was high-
nay he'rtrt lptfped us I reflected how much
neore/it would bring mo to Batty Elton,
nor did the enterprise seem particularly
difficult to ac^hmplish.
*' Do ydu tlfiuk )/ou can do it ? ” Mi.
Clonnpr asked, after the whole thing hod
been liud.betoto tob.
“ Yes, sir. When shall I start ? ”
“ Now—within half an hour.”
“ Yes , why noj ? ”
I oould think- of no sufficient 'reason
except one, which I did not care to oom-
munioato to my superior—tho longing
wish to see Kitty once more before I,
started.
“Jnstftsyon deoide, Mr. Olenner, of
course,” I said, rising. “ If I take the
4 o'clock express I shall bo thereby day
light to-morrow moaning.”.
“ Yes; and that is altogether tlie best
plan. Ho will not remain long in any
ono place just at present, depend upon
it, and what Ton have to do must be
done at once.”
All through tl*at long night journey I
mused to myself «q>on the task that lay
licfore me. The *ouse to whioh I was
direoted was intftmidstof woods, about
a half smile beyond the village ot
Drownville—the residence of Mrs. Mat-
teson, the mother of the audacious forg
er. If help was needed I fras ‘fully au
thorised to call for it upon the’ constab
ulary authorities of Drownville, but I
expected to need none.
The rosy dawn was just flushing the
eastern sky when 1 alighted; Stiff, weary
and jaded, from the train, at th§>-tittle
wav action of Drownville.
> . . direct me to Mrs. ~jMatte-
'
she spoke quite won my heart, and
few questions ofi myi part seemed to uti-
lockthd hidden .jccenaos of .her <wnA*
deuce. She | talked at, fir jit shyly, but
uiterwnrd wilh more assurance, of her
self, her absent brother ami her mother,
giving mo a thousand artless littlo fam
ily details which I* almost dreaded- to
hear. The twilight talk was one of the
pleasantest of my by-no-meaiqj univer
sally pleasant life, and I was considera
bly annoyed when it was broken in Up
on ,by the arrival of the Drownville con
stables who were to watch through the
night. Ai the sound of their footsteps
on the piazza floor, Clara rose' up and
sat down again, confused and fright-
oned. , . ? i. i rtf.i ■
“ O, Mr. Meredith-rthoae mea—”
“Be easy, MiaS .Matteson," I said ;
“you shall in no way lie annoyed by
them. Your privacy shall not be broken
in upon, believome.”
“I know I am silly,” faltered Clara,
" but oh I it seems ntf drosdfnl! ’’
My orders to the men wore brief nnd
succinct. I stationed them as seemed
best to mo, and then returned to spend
the evening with MiBs Mntteson. And
when I was at length left alone I could
not help thinking—God forgive
I hbt'ho cntjrjdy mistaken. ’, ITerley Matj-
I&bOiI is In th® next jjoopj — ball an
lionr; now he .yvjll lip. in prisou.” .
!’**•• Where did yin} apprehend him ? ”
At hpmu in hi*.another's house.”
lhr
wip-there all the time you re-
tooiued there. Ned, ,W hoy, yvif’ve
tqnde a blunder for onoe; but don’t let
it'happub again.” - --
r: “ What do you moan, sir?”
f iFor reply he opened thtf dOor df- the
private inner upnrtmeuty liisV»wn special
sanctum. A kllhbt, bovish' figure ib'aned
sgaiilst the wihao^r Smoking a oigiirolte,
.with block curls ^iw^ied, ^bitck. from o
uiiprble-white bro^ and hribiapl*
He mockingly inclined' hi* head as I
With whoop ud din I
Then I than toll joe
Who wins to-dzj T
—FnilAY, Companion. f , .
“ Well, well, my brave lad," answered
tbe cheery voioe d old Sir 1 William, who
find entereil the room unoeroeived,
“ you’re on the right road to It by being
diligent at your work.' Keep to that,
meanwhile, and never fear but the
chanoe’of doing great deeds will come
all in good time.
Little did either bpeaker or hearer
guess how soon and in wliat way those
words were to come true, scarcely nail
the old knight left the room when the
boy was startled by a sudden snnelc
from the balcony overhead, and by
something whits flashing past the win
dow. 8ir William He wet’s only child
hail leaped out of her nurse’s arms, and
fallen headlong into the river.
The faint splash was instantly
glvered by a much louder one, and the
distracted household, as they rushed
a body to the fatal baloony, saw Ed
ward dsborne’s brown cnrlv bead far
down tne snrning stream, snooting
straight as an arrow toward the tinv
white speck that floated a little beyond
him.
“ He has her 1'
“ No 1 ”
“Yes I”
“No, he’s gone past. Btay! he's
turning again."
| “ Hurrah I he’s got her at last. Thank
God." .ii
| The anxious father’s strainuig eyes
were already .too dim to see anything
clearly, but tho joyous shout of tho
keen-eved serving-men told him tliat^dl
was wen, ana ip anotner moment ne wu»
!' hurrying toward the sceno of action as
fast as his feet could carry him.
But tlie peril was not Ovef yet. Good
qwinimer ak he was, the furious whirl of
BEE^lltnKtllwi is n!
YbWy , ,com)X
Arran nym camq ^voman.
has been after Vim ever since.
Electricity in Franklin's ti
wonder; now we make light of it. y
The difference botween a boy and to
boe is that a boy’s’happiest dpys are hi*
school days, and tt bee’s are -ta swarm
lays.
A little boy remarked' *
grandpa because be is sue * 8 e *le-
manly man; he always tolls i
myself to sugar.”
We are told tuut a ma
three-fourths composed of w
is hard to believe thftj while
a Cincinnati man.— Boston Post.
Old proverb: “-The darky’s hour
is just before tho dawn,” remarked
Sambo, when he started out!before day
break to steal a young cbioken for
breakfast. -
It is snid^liat kerosene will remove
htains from furniture. It has also been
known to remove the furniture, atoms
and all, with the stove und a red-headed
servant girl thrown in ofttimes.
Whenever an enthusiastic fisherman
speaks of choice trout ns “speckled
lieauties," all tlie frock led-faced girls
within hearing simper, blush and mur
mur : • “0, the'fciBi&ete man.”
Mns* BFEioaiss'wtts boasting of her
oew house. Tlie windows, she said,
were all stained. “ That’s too bad!
But won’t turpentine or benzine wash it
off?” asked tho good Mrs. Oldbody.
I'Ve often heard of tho fruits of mar
riage,” said Bubbles, when informed
that he was tlie father of twins ; “ but I
most seriously protest ngaiuBt having
those fruits presented to me in the shape
ofpaiw.”
ijoai^SSM Hved; a chicken died;
HI* dninuUck* andhlayrluga jv-ra fried,
HIh fe|ther#l»y a dealer dried,
diet the First Baptist Ohurch^ybrfthit-Efed tbs’early sbttlfeqieut of that part of tho
Grandpa'» Wolf Story.
“Grandpa, won’t you toll us stones
irom now till bed-time about what hap-
p4n0d A long ’tftxie ago, when you first. t iie current, together with tlie weight of
came to Indiana?” said*a little girl to bis own wet clothes and those of the
her grandpa, a few evenings ago. . child, was fearful odds against the bravo
»o grandpa related to us a story of a apprentice. Twice liia head dropped
young m*hi Being pursued by wolves, below the duMace. and s31 9t , rim‘dbf<*:
which occurred in Putnam county, in
but 4ie still held-the sesCued infant,
above the water with one baud, wl^lg
down, and before the ashes wefo ‘colei • vcmntry.-. Vii that time tliero were a straggling for life with 4he other. ^
tho congregation were developing a mine great many wolves in the woods. The “Courage, my, hjairty, ’Hto* R. hoarse
worth over 83,000,000. Tou mo, I itfdu’t 1 men wotfld UM. thXr'"gww end go to yoloc hl “- "HoM up jn.tau-
know how to tuko them.- . .. ptitlhML' - X - " h^muivedhr
“ Wus there any particular way to toko j flOnaevening,!’>aid grandpa, ‘ta party twp sturdy watermen, who uad put off
them?” J ^ ! v ., |.-ef-these menipbk at qnetrf'4he houses in from tlie shore on the first alarm, cjuqe
“ You bet there was! I ougm toliftvo* tlio settlement to go wolf-liunting. As sweeping up to tho sinking boy."* - A
opened on that revival with ^ Wip^lps-4bey wasd'aunkpg'preperAions• tow tliq strong haiid ^aqgbL tlio cliiUl Jpqm his.
ter rifle, and given tho Coroner 350 f<fcr al frtohvr (}i*t^hoj might \* yore lnijihg gra'-p, while, in another instant,
verdiot that thoy came to their death successful, they rubbed a certain kind of he wfis selked'and dragged into tKo l»oai
from toamuch religion." ^ ^ ^U>#ii ’fige soles of'#h«tHtoolR, tte^cefil^i/U^r her, just us the last rguuiaut of his
— - i " jif Stijifib “jam- i overtasked strength gave way.
Tho average English joko has its pe- mals. While doing this a young man** ’ ^Git kdrJieadrvouml, Tom,“said one
culiurities. A sort of mellow distanceT'UeWg present, asked them to put some of IJie boatmen/his cojnrade, “ asd
A kind of chastened reluctance. A coy on his boots, only making light of them, pulfwitli a will,’for that’s tho young-
nnd tiigid» yut trusthig, though evauss- • which thejpdid. i Tbeu they set oflt' 04|'*ktor’s father running this wav, or I’m
and timid» yut wustuig, though evauss- t which theywLb IXBCU they set on on ‘fTurs :
cent iutougibifify which softly liugor^in fi their hunt. This yoij^ig man liad qto|^:|iflin* 1 ’.!* mistake^.”
the troubled air, and ^liifls the tired ifiltu^qe.ty travel that evening through BoA-Vcty had the lamt touched the
senses to dreamy rest, like the subdued a denin jn whioh were no settle- wlmrf on her return,-when *>ld -Hrwet
murmur of a hoarse jackass aliout nine meats. As he walked leisurely along all ' spfaug into hiV 'like ‘a Wdrnnh, nfid,
miles up the-gulch. Hu must be a hard. • napntioti quietly forattmey but at lkngfii ' finding his child unhurt, flung his arms
oued wretch indued wl^o has not felt his ViiK.attention was attracted by tho biowb!-rmiijil_the neck of the hulf-diowned ajv
bosom heave nnd tho scalding tears steal of a wolf; however, at first it caused no | jreivtwe.
down liis furrowed cheek after ho hair—-parttouliw-iilarm. But, before he liad j V God bless Iboe, my son l ’J cried hq.
m . .. ... . ... .stared at him, : with a nidfion rifit unfa-
Tlie .pretty, iWr.^S'^piniHarto me. I"
** Olarii Mntteson! ” ' ^ '
“Yes,” he said, in ^ so^, sarcnstic
voice; “ ClariMatteson,.,or Perloy Mat-
trisen, or wlwjver you,,choose to cydl
we! Mtui^Huiks for your politeness,
Detective Jdfflodith, nnd^ if you would
like auother lock of hair—”
muoli more winning and graceful
she was than poor Kitty Elton.
At length* an answer came to my re
port to Mr. Olenner—it was shert ond to
the purpose :
“Como back—vou are only losing
Ume. If tiie bird has flown we must
look elsewhere for him.’!
I read tlie missive with a pang.
Clara. Matteson’s cheek * deepened in
color as ^ announced my departure to
her. ’
“Yon have been far kinder than wo
dared Jo hope, Mr. MMfedith,’” she safd
as I hold her li#nd in mine.
I tfimed away, burning scarlet, while
Mr. Olenner closed tho door.
“Never mind, my boy, it will boa
lesseji to yon,” ho said, laughing. “ He
makes a very pretty girl, but I am not
ut al| susceptible.”
Wliat a double-dyed fool I had been!
I liad lost tbe reward—failed in the esti
mation of my follow-officers, and be
haved like a brute to poor Kitty—and
all for what?
I wont to Kitty and told hor tho whole
story, and, to my surprise, the dear,
faithful little creature loved mo just as
well ns over.
“ I won’t bo jeojons of Perloy Matte-
son, Edward,” she said, smiling, “what
ever I might be of his sister. And,
dearest, don’t be discouraged. I’ll wait
as lqng as you pleoso, and you will bo u
second Mr. Clenner yet.” .
Sho was determined to look on the
bright side of things, this little Kitty of
mine I Bat I folt tlio mortification none
tho less keenly, although, as Mr. Clea
ner said, it would undoubtedly prove a
good lesson to mo.
Perley Matteaon’s girlish beauty is
eclipsed in the State’s prison—nor do I
pity him. Tho stoke for whioh he
played was high—and he lost.—Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Mbs. Julia Waud Howe has been ap
penring in private theatricals at New
port, aud is pronounced an excellent
sotresn,
.'OURtSFONDKNT 01 Wie VTTVrtCrQUll
read an English joke. There can bo no proceeded for, he found that the wolves
hope for the man who has not been were collecting in quitq.a largo nunjber,
touched by tho gentle, ploading, yfet ill TjaidArAe fa|OuHpinglihn.’ tidier
potent, sadness embodied iu tlie humor-1 lAeksik-lnuelri olWnfckf be-llfoew «int
ous paragraph of the true Englishman. ! beforo bo could reach home, or even get
Ono may fritter away his existence in out of the forest, the wolves would over-
ohtudng the follies of our day and gener. K take him. He bow bo must soon seek a
at ion and havo naught to look bock upon place of refugo from the hungry and ex-
but a clioico assortment of robust rugreUt, «%\»»ft konod UIa tnm ^
but if 1* WU • OP “ ^ ‘o Uf hurried 10
read an English pun his attention will J 7. „ . . *7
bu culled to tlie .oleum thought that life W r.pu ly gum.,g on Irim
i after all hut a tearful journey to the Ho uo* MpW . p.rluUly completed h*t
. , n„u*i. a,..i Viiuuufnr nn Uuj ^ 1)0 tlionglit to take refugo, but
on reaching the place the wild animals
itly. “ Let thorn never call thee
! boy n::nin, for,ioy^n#ui u ould lutsudurw}
HI* plume*—! morud’chlckeu’*—rUo
A gloriou* bird of ptrzdUe.
’ “ AH,” said a great riscal to a writer,
“wliat a capital story you could make
if I were to tell yuu my life.” “ Go
ahead. I’m listening.” “ Yes, but you.
see that which is interesting I can’ttell,
and thuk which I can (ell is not interest
ing,.”
■ Ax the Yostaurunt: “Bal} l wlinb a
oteak. Ouprhalf the cpolu ought to be
sent where they came from.” “Yes,
bnt where do they come from ?” " B'avo
Tou'neVbr board thfcf : ’.(5*xl tho
food aqd Hie IgCHtlemaj thy.
cooks ?”
•/iWpjtRB is the island of Javw sit
uated T* asked a sohool-teache* of a
•pniaHytythunioriefTliHiang boy.- “I
duano^sfr.V “Dyu'lyiU know whero
coffee comes from?" “Yes, sir, we
bb’rrowa it ready parched from tbe next-
door neighbor."
r *’ Swr. i-.t SdVori! ttS iA>m you r dunnj poota
, ’ fllvqwt-IcoBje to’tlio Vf-rn«Thuu !
A
| Aad ho up *% t Wpd ajif•* frpt fi
And got-iupojt 'T^uro j>9 hi* p.«ow.
tomb. Death aud disaster on every hand
may fail to turn the minds of a thought^
less world to serious matters, but when
tho London funny man grapples with a
particularly skittish and evasivo yako,
wilh its weeping-willow attachment, aud
hurls it at a giddy and reckless humani
ty, a prolonged wail of anguish goea\up
from broken hearts and a somber pall
were* so close upon him he li»dnpt Ume
. to oloso the door, bnt sprang upon tlie
joists, for there was np) ceiling or loft in
the bouse, but soon found this to be no
piece oi saloty, as tno woives leaped
fiercely at liim. Bnt now lie must plan
some means of -escapo, so bo seized a
board with which be managed to push
h&igB in-the gladsome sky like a pair of ! the door shut; then, slipping a board in
soldier pants with only ono suspender*— ‘the roof, Ire climbed out and down the
Laramie lioomcrang. i outside of the hut. Leaving liis enemies
_ ...I 't Intrapped in the room, ho hastened to
Thf. report of tlio Bnti»h PostmM^r. ^ „ nil
General shows an increase of 14.8 pc
the nearest settlement and got help and
killed the beasts which had sq eagerly
pursued him. There were about fifteen
of tho wolvos. Ho proved moro success
ful than the hunters."—Indianapolfo
Journal.
The Apprentice’! Leap,
Sunset over London on a fine summer
evening in the days of “good Queen
otfco. There are too many form, to be , Bc “" > " “>• < l“ aint “ ld with
observed; tho delay in getting tbe order I lcnko ‘ 1 rno,s I ' na ™™tlo.agHblo^»tand-
ortho “advice” la often oonaiderable, ^ and the Tham0! '
and the loaaoftime in proportion. Tho I lying in the mhlat like a broad1 sheet of
cent, in tho number of registered letters
for the postal yoar ended March 81] and
a decrease of 2.2 per oent. in number
und 2.7 per coni, in amount of monoy-
irders for tho same period. Tho money-
order system lias not come up to public
expectation either in this country ot
Great Brituin. It is a clumsy contriv-
utility of tho money-order is much di
minished in this country by permitting
tlie clerks in large cities to keep bank
hours. Laboring men and women who
have to go to the office in person to got
orders cashed or written lose part of
their valuable time merely to savo tho
postal clerks from inconvenience. The
money--ordor system is, in a moasure, a
failure. It will eventually be super
seded by tbe introduction of negotiable
}K)stal checks and an extension of the
registry system, whioh is now almost uu
absolute protection against loss, and is
more expeditious and economical and
simpler than the money-order.
Tim hippidmmo in Paris recently
started ritnjiiiiffTfnnWhcfl - fo^laftics, and
gold, savo whore it waa flecked by the
dark ahadow of Loudon bridge, then a
regular street, with housos along each
side of it.
Just aliove tho middle arch rose a
bouse larger than tho rest—that of Sir
William Howot, cloth-worker and Burg
ees of the city of London. The sunset
made a glory upon tko windows of tlie
old mansion and lighted up the balcony,
on which Sir William’s baby daughter
was crowing and clapping her tiny
hands with great glee at the sight of it.
nnd stole into the work-room, whero
the youngest apprentice, Edward Os
borne, was beginning his task by sing
ing tbe ballad of “ Brave Lord Willough
by,” whioh was as popriar in that age
*“ »f
doing snot • <S*d a»«fca«A*umured
our *• he ended.
much.” i m
“ Let them call him a heroj” said a
'ire behind lam.
The l>oy looked up with a start. Bo
ra him stood the handsomest man he
had: ntfer Isefcn, in'rich court dress,
looking^ down upon him with grave,
kindly 4y&£ It was Siir Walter Raleigh,
famous even then as one of the greatest
whom England had evor produced,
Imt iKwneii to toxiome more tamoui
still os the colonizer of Virginia.
Ten years from that day there was a
greut merry-making in tho old Loose on
Loudon Bridge, aud Sir William Hewot,
still brisk aud chpery .as over, though
his hair wasTK/tr white as snow, sat at
tlie head of his own table, amid a circle
of guests, whose names are in every
history of England. At his right hand sat
liis daughter’s newly-made husband—a
tall, fine-looking young man, whose
clear, bright eyes faced that briUiaut
assemblage as boldly as they hod looked
dewn on the foaming watera of the
Thames years before.
“This is tho man to whom I have
given my girl, fair sirs," said the old
knight, “ Many a rich man and ranuy
a-graudoo have asked me for her; but
I always'said, ‘ Let the Ikib* mau win.’ ”
“ And so ho has," cried Sir Walter
Raleigh, grasping Osliornu’s hand;
“ and the fairest lass in London may be
prond to bear his name, for I’ll warrant
it will bo famous vet.”
Raleigh sj>oke truly. A month later,
the ex-apprentice was Sir Edward Os-
oorne; yet s lew years, and he had bo.
oome Sheriff; and when the Spanish
Armada came, foremost among tho de
fenders of England was Osborne, Lord
Mayor of London, from whom the
English Dukes of Leeds aro still proud
to trooe theis descent,—Harper’a Young
People.
. The lash word raewivf d- from tho nd-
vent urdus Stanley was To‘tlio effect that
lau aha Hying at til e point of dcuth in
Central Africa. JThe utiivi rsul sytnpn-
uiy which hjstlefftli tinder such cifeuiu-
stwioos woufd excite, would 0how how
different his jh mi lion is now irom
what it was when ho first became known
as an African explorer. Doubts were
tliou. east uppu-Uis vyraoity. It was said
tfiftt his reports from Livingstone were
bogus und sensational; that he luul
rely skirted the coast and returned to
civilization ; that lie was not much of an
<ER0>toror lifter all. Then liis soienco wus
attacked, his written style, his courage,
and finally his humanity. He came out
of tho trial well. Oivory word tliut lie
brought from Livingstouo was estab
lished by proof. Ho uilded iq his other
exploits the marvelous trip down tho
Congo, and at Just had the pleasure .of ■
seeing his fame as an African explorer
restiug upon a soliil foundation His re
turn to tlie Dark Continent on a commer
cial expedition was a wild goose chase.
Ho must lmvo known that tho plan of
fixing .tnuling-stations in Equatoriul Af
rica was doomed to failure. His con
nection with that enterprise is the more
remarkablo on this account. The Now
York Times advances a now theory to
account for it, supposing liim to huvo
been affected by the Africnu fever,
whioh lias seized all oxplorera bet n*o
him, and has soldom let ono go u-ilH
death. Livingstone’s mind was touched
by it; and Stauloy himself in his lusti
visit to America showed what ravogiit
had wrought upon him. Tho theory in
ingenious und plunsible.
htoribb aoout inaians wno have taxes
kindly to the plow, aud who have even
worn toothpicks, oome in from the West
now and then, but not until lately waa
there any positive evidenoe that tho sav-
ugo is becoming really civilized. White
Thundor buttonholed Secretary Kirk
wood and aotually asked liim for an
office—the position made vacant by tlie
doath of Spotted Tail. It is true that the
Secretary has no control of tho oliioftaiu-
ihip of tho Brule Sioux, but the fact ro
ts sn offioe-seeksr.
The mummies found recently si
Thebes iu an ext raordinarily-exoel k - id
state of preservation wore contain] • »r«
arics of Moses. One of thorn was wliak
we Americans call tho “remains ” of the
particular Pharaoh whp made it uncom
monly lively for tho chuaeu people 1 kj-
lore they ooncluded t, quit tho land of
Egypt and the house of bondage. Sev
eral papyri, supposed to bo of great his
torical value, ana exhumed with the
company of Kings and Princes, soma
thirty-six in all. Those papyri have
not yet bova deciphered. Should thoy
be, soim. additional mistakes of Mosel
may l<* discovered.