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The Mistress of
Hazelwood,
Bj GERALD CARLTON.
CHAPTER XXVIL
AN KV.cn HYPO! BITB.
Tt would seem that some evil spirit of
Graham's had possessed those two pe son
In whose slept Will was fo.lowing, for as
he arrived in one town they arrived in th«
other, so leading on to .ho en-1 of Adas
destruetii n. Trieste; from Trieste,
From Milan to
»fu-r severa d i ns, los et of lb t trace, and
fr ot less deviations to the end of his mU r
ably ill-tiiu'd, useless journey, be arrived
st Const* tinopl ople -. he found the tall, slim
At Const mt..
gentlemanly young man, and the very fa r,
pretty, delh ute-!o -king joung lady, who
hid slept at Melun—found to his Lit tor
mortification that the man and woman, on
whom he hul west d o much valuable lime
utid ho much trouble, wc.e not tne objects
of h s quest.
The man and woman whom lie had
tracked w.th such unflagging o ergy proved
to be a clerk, who lmd absconded wit i liis
employet's money, and a girl who h <d eloped
with the c erk fiom a boarding-house in
IJuVtO.
Aim st dishearten 1 d, Will Tryfr.il re¬
turned to London. Without stopping to
call at his lodgings, ho proceeded to Perth -
urtL
Ko nm’iy weeks bad boen irrevocably lost
Ly his unlucky journey to Constantinople,
that the day on wnDli ho arrived at i'er h
ard was the buy on which the iustinsuru ce
cm AiIu h life had Leon effected —the day
from which nothi g was wanting for the
completion of Graham s scheme, but a se¬
lection of one of the two ghastly alterna¬
tives, the death-like sleep, or strychnine.
Three clear months had been wasted, and
all oxertions to rescue poor Ada had been
so far perfectly fru tie s.
When Wi 1 and Miss Bentley met that
day in Hazelwood House, they were in nc
bet er position than when they Lad ut first
discovered Buckiey s footmark on the
tlower-bed.
“Serge.v it Ellorton Is confidont, you sav,
that there is not a tittle of evidence aga.nsl
Buckley?” ho said.
"Yes, Mr. Try foil.”
“And ho told you positively nothing about
the nature of the circumstances of the crime
of which the man is suspected?”
“Nothing—but “Does tha it is a serious crime. ’
guilty?” Sergeant Ellertou believe Buciiloy
“Yes.”
“Then Buckley in guilty?”
“Wo 1, what are your intentions?"
“To make myself ac.pi noted with the.
ciivums ances of Buckley’s crime,” Will
answered.
“I can’t seo what follows. I hive grown
dull, 1 am afraid. I am so sad. so intense¬
ly miserable and broken. What is your
uext step after that? ’
“One thii g only remains to bo done, and
1 will do it, 1 will lmd Buckley.”
“Bui even then-”
“I will answer you,” hi* interrupted, shak¬
ing her h ind cordially and speaking gayly,
“by uno h r question: How is Buckley tc
kno \ that there is uot a particle of evidenct
against him?”
She saw the point, returned the pressure
of his hind, and some of h *r old br.gUt
expression returned to her beiut ful lace.
“As i see it now, there is only one d lli
culty, she sai l, “the difficulty of iindmg
Buckley.”
“ he returned; “but I will surmount
jcs,
it. 1 will keep my promise to you. Miss
Bentley. 1 said I would r»-stoie her to you,
and, w th God s help only, I wilil ’
Ttiir y-tive minutes after speaki g these
solemn wo ds Will Tryfod was on his w
to W oiverhampton.
Juck Graham had intended to dcfriud
tin* insurance compan es; but he h d noi
intended to do >o by th aid of mut'd r.
there was no help for it now. Debt
Buckley, liis own idolatry of money, urged
hi a to the act; but over nudabove all (best
inisciubJe incentives ihore was allot er irre*
Mstib.o force pushing huu towtnd taki g
the road y step. That force was the mad¬
dening desire to get it over to free hi,used
f om Ada whose ov ry look and word was n
ga ling remoum to him to bre tlm o hot¬
air than that of Beivsford Grove, wh ch
h emed impregnated with his evil doing*
in the past, present ami future—to change
his name—to procure entirely new as-mei
itious to, m fact, unlearn himself.
“I shall be all light when it’s over, and
nothing to r mind me of it but a check¬
book.’ Graham muttered.
And so the all-important qu stiou bad
!>oou ca efully weighed and argued from
tived evtiy point, and the decision had been ar
at at last.
rwontv-fonr hours only stood between
an i nud death!
Hie medic ual draught which h ul been
administered to her on the day of the din
double tier-party, i at; been given to her with
death h s‘r ngt'u up.m the day when her
id been decided upon.
W» en, on 'life morning of Ihs dav ot
vhieh we are nor- writi g, the evil effect*
tf the second ivcdicinal draught dis¬
covered thomselvei. Dr. Travers, whe
practiced in the neighborhood, was m
slnu ly summoned to Beivsford Grove.
Buckley ha I made it fits busiu*. ss to be¬
local come acquainted with th affairs of sundry
nn dical p,r ict.t.oners. Dr. Travers
bail been ebo en ns Ada s doctor lor twe
fool; roa'-ons: and, firstly, because he wai nn arrant
point of secondly, because he w. s on the
paying a visit to a relative in Ger¬
many.
1 he effects of the medicinal draughts or
Ada had puzzled poor, foolish Dr. Travers,
He had m staken them for symptoms of c
certain serious illuess, and had prescribed
accordingly. "Unfortunately”
sh ho soil to G nliam, "1
ill be ou the way to Germany before any
change can take place in Mrs. Graham’s
condition. ’’
“If.” Jack said, anxiously, “she is bettei
to-m rrow morning-’’
quiet," “Repeat my prescription, and keep hei
was the doctor's reply.
“ 1 hero will be occasiou for medical
no a
man. then?”
“None, whatever.”
“But if t-he is worse?”
“Send fora doctor at once."
Jack pret* he nded to wipe a tear from^iis
eyo as bail frequently done at his
whoVn^nohr ske$ Mrs ‘wShlVirrT* bls h ^. U '°h e) then ’ er
?orhis - *
wife ,me«ion? J Wth . h,< atfecU0 “
she’s: «
“Was lias ot'nwhfln P Jou tnn i„«i le.t her.
Mrs. Worth in gtoiri
"Ye., sir. She hasn’t moved since she
took the be if-tea. “
"I a hour ago.”
won t disturb her. poor dear." said
Jack ^ You wont mind silling with her
"-k-LT'n up
tt, lesst raia lhe hoMe
iuc sSTaY.’SrtStTxSfS'Lf.SL t'V i S Z,*
; t*u t-x u-e me to stv n , cx ■
. Vo , u™ t ratandrae.- ictdaklmra.
sible'sh.* iu.v I'l’T*," 1 * ‘!' •’)“ ‘
it S no
morr infinitely >w; but t is ju-t as UL,t-ss' hk Iv she mlv bJ !
w-rse. Her is o ie that
1 ont want to alarm you, Mrs. YV°r h
ibtuVvon lhe it mmebeneLial our °b“ht -'"care uS
ful. b,eep ^ to isBleeot her
mcUteiuo - taauk he..veu. o all ui *
uo*t. I ahull uoi not go to bed uivself ua^s at aJe
1 Shall disturb her,
g«nue-hoax* vf rii a klnd .
' YV orthiagtoB,
THE MONROE ADVERTISER: FORSYTH, GA„ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1888.—EIGHT PAGES
1 1 1 tJd e n i entirely yo ir hands lor .
■ ,L ** 1 tl t •*! ch I iv !
ms k v at o.ice, aud I
i t b a li^Cior.
r r« is run.f '.anger. n 6Huge-ted the
UvU-vr ‘V r > won i it be belter
Utt T a doctor at once, luiermpte 1
r.iba i. No, Cert an y not. 1 ue | resei.ee
-* * ‘i '--or trr t iie.s an t abrms her; bes le.-,
■:u must not bo uistutbed. 1 have Dr.
J raver word for it. tnat unless she is w->rse
H to continue with tbe me li m * he
U'S pro-or.bed. Here: Ui.-re' he added.
with a tvcmly I nv... *; j-crimps I eng state,
t hiua do! 1 hop so. God graat sue
m i> b Loiter in Ui morning.
Leave Jl > pressed Alls. Worthington's hind
me now, ho sail. Go to n
• jii.ct y: at. 1, d ar -'Its. U ortl iagto i, trea
tier i<» if -he were >oar own daughter. ”
“That I will, sir!"
T..e housekeeper courtesied r.s Bhe made
for tb - door. Jactt Graham, however, tal.ee
her back. He knew tint Ada wo .Id past
th • night qu.etlv, therefore, no v wastne
time to prepare Mis. Worthington for hei
death, which, scheme as charly as they
c -a i. was hound to bo a in idea death.
They could ba*o Jailed her gradually, but
not w thout calling oa the aid of another
doctor; and another doctor would have
been h gbly d ragerous to them.
“Mrs. Worthington.” d from tht
The housekeeper return
door.
“Did Dr. Travers say anything to you
about my dear wife s illness? ’ Juck asked.
“Not a word sir.”
“Then you are not aware that she is suf
fering, as far as Dr. Tiavers can tell, from
a certain heart comp aiut? ’
“I was not aware of that,, sir.”
“I thought not," Giaham returned. “1
have to d you so, that you may see how im¬
portant it is th.t you should sit up with
her; that you shoal 1 immediately ten me of
any change in her; and that you should be
prepaied lor the worst. 1 hive tried to
speak liph ly, Mrs. Worthington. I have
tried fo hide it from you and myself. It is
r-ght that you, who aro her nurse, should
n^^Sen^^S deiil S
v, and unexpected y; so, for leaven's
sake; bo waichfub She in ly bo seemingly
well ut th ■ commencement of an hour and
dead before its end.”
With these awful words ho dismissed the
housekeeper, who, trembling under the
newly revealed weight of her respoasi
bility, proceeded noiselessly to Adds bed
room.
Tim poor g rl slept calmly. There was a
smiio on lior sweet childish face, for bright
•beams of happiness to obtain which, poor,
too ish ch Id, she bad d ne so much, ilium
uo 1 ber sleep- perhaps her out sleep.
How he loves her. thought the house
Suite "“.KELoo&
to him it the worst comes!”
Jack Grab mi’s word and acts have as
deeply impressed Mrs. Worthington as they
have the insurance companies. Ada’s death
might bo sudden, but it certainly would
no! bo unexpected by either the one or the
°iher.
Shortly after Mrs. Worthington had en
tend Adas bedroom, Buckley made his
,|> p «™co ra u,0 <h,un-room w (h n bo!.
of brandy winch Jack bad sent hue
af bad. er taTTiAd Funking?” closeiTthe door, “you^ook
"No, curse you—not I,” Jack answered,
takiug the botd ■ from him and uncorking
j! with au uusteady baud. “What have you
ioro,ort?’
Good news! Buckley repbed. I got it
it Lund n Iowa; thouga I d immense
hdtr 6 t0 liow‘ve?. ’dm.e’s no Dar ofTs
blowing on us even if he knew where I was,
sorest easy. To have got it at a chemist’s
won d have croaked us."
“What is your friend, then? Is he to be
relied on ”
“ '.* i * l oi! I should think he wis,”
said Buckley, le'ring. "As to what ho d es
~ he s up to all sorts ot faki-menis ac.oss
i e. wo, ii a gypsy and a woman doctor,
Ho non t think noAing or such Uuugs, and
ii so cl »t to me jus it u h ul b *en b i? c i or
sw . ,Stuff. Bu I did som thing else. 1 w ut
to th * Jewess and g .t her boy to go round
to your Wahvor h crib with a b.il for boot
m nding, as I made out a id got the Jewess
to write, so as no one could read it.”
“Loud! Well?”
“The little plant took well, governor,
I ry!oil r;u i been seen or heard of st ce
\ ou saw him at \\ alworth. Two to one lie's
KnliTv ths'speech: i!«>k»j GrahamTtared . , , vt- ,
aft wmle
eamly at th * tire.
"But that wasn’t all. governor,” the man
went on; “so you s e i ve been working
hard. I c died at Dr. Travers’. I said, ‘if
he Decor ain’t gone to Germany yet, mas
t r r|I like to seo huu. ”
"What was tli, answer?”
"He sta tf*d tnis morning.
"Good! Dul you inquire whether he had
decided for how long he would be absent?"
“Yes. He won’t be back for a month.”
“Good!” said Graham again, though va
cantly. Buckley,
seated opposite Jack, placed
iiis glass of brandy within easy reach upon
a small circular chess table. He noticed
casually as ho did this that the top of the
table, which was covered by a red cloth, was
defective that it revolved on its leg like a
music stool.
“.Now then, it s my go at questioning, M
sai l Buckley, after a prase. “Have yon
squared Mrs. Worthington, governor?”
Y e-q sh,* is all right though I wish to
heaven we cou d do ,t gradually.”
"No tune for that. “ ” 8a ’d Buckley;
.. uio.iey , s running , low; besides,
you want
it °\.-i, tout you. I suppose you know
0U "\viiat?"
“Tha'' everythin"'s ready Tf rnnst fix
done to-morrow mght, governor aud no
humbug. double If m'y you feel funky, leave it to me
and two and a half thou rands.”
Graham wiped liis forehead with his
handkerchief, and looked for a longtime
varauty at the defective chess table.
frit a te.rib'e nervousness upon him. but
by a great effort controlled it; then he said,
la a
‘* r fi,-rxn .lv xx-itu u hnwJt.M t f - n
everythin!? tEhe fs belo’-ehan £ £kTTt\hen 1 \Ya sL 4out
ol
bed.”
"Y'os; we hive settled that.”
"At what time?”
Buckley considered a moment, then re
plied by asking another question;
“Are you going to dine here, governor?”
At say, seven. „>
“Then let’s fix the time when she’s U to to take
it—u 1 oti-irter to to-raVt?” nine >*
•■TTrtw ; e ffhn in
“She s fond of coffee ain’t sbft? qnaftei -r^x,
You ni^ take Sire’s vour coffee together < ^One at a ?s g2s
to took of
foryourpal. Dr. Brinslev. Which of ns ? ”
'T g° Brinsley s,” said Graham: “but
I'm . delayed on the road. You go iu search
of a neighboring doctor—but you don t get
ZT' S h V 8 ! et f Woithington,
* b f, t0 bed .At haf past eleven
t Iamvehere ’ aud ^
“Dead' Gratra Pass the bran dv eomnnr ™"'a ”
R S“to“'t“ dy I.
^ d P U, SeklbS
n g at to
again.
toThk’^ra ”ra“ J °l «rfo7* S 1)“/*
row - tli How cert.fi are yon going lo make him fork
0Qt e at >?
kao , f’ i ack answ f re l - .“The forged
,
rj
^ j'ol cv^on* h*
^ * e«*>U not get unDss
m Dr ‘ rs abttenac. g ves me a «r
of death at once. Trust me; I out
e h m 1 ae a chdd. He never yet re
-RiZ g AuSai-th6 h * f w
spot th.xt 'she •^ am’t ' Kai ea* ona one
hao *
“No! Death changes faces. Hell take
th** palen s- of Adas fa e to be the fore¬
runner of i luess and de.ih, if be uotic -s it
a: a.l; but he won't—because ail women aie
alrae to h m. He regtrds the whole sex in
one h. ap as a scient.tic wonder."
Gi.iham rose trora bis chair as he spoke,
"The programme is filled. ” be sa d, “and
6nb,ecttono further alteration. There—
thats enough—let us drop it.”
On the next morning their anticipations
were realized. Ada was b iter; but ne ther
Mrs. Wor hington nor Ja k Graham would
allow her to leave her bed for an arm-chair,
1 he housekeeper s fear of a sodden fatal
s izare occurring to Ada was in no wise
diminished.
"I sha 1 go to the office, my own,” Gra
ham said, to his wife, “and I shall return in
less than two hours. You are not well yet,
my well.” Marion—you are, indeed, very far from
“But I should be better if I were no,”
she urged, “rad *ed I should. May I din e
with you down stairs? I shall not exert lay¬
self. Do say yes ”
Assuring Mrs. Worthington that he did
not know which would be the 1 ast hurtful
to his wife thwarting her w.shes, oraLow
ing her to leave her room—he evidently, on
that Jady’s suggestion, decided in favor of
tbe latter.
“If you improve, Marion, as the day pro
ceeds,” said Jack, “we wil take tea toge h
er down stairs, but you must promise not to
want to stop more than half au hour. ”
Telling the housekeeper that he deeply
regretted having yielded to Marion's impor
tunity, he proceeded to his insurance office,
and appeared there in the character of a
thoroughly broken-hearted husband.
fTO BE CONTINUED. 1
BUFFALO BILL HELD THE LINES.
A Drive in Medicine Creek Valley
that Shook up Gen. Sheridan.
Gen. Sheridan has often visited
O-aba, and his face is familiar to many
of our citizens, in whose hearts he holds
a warra P lace - 0f a11 hls V16lts to Omaha
none is more memorable than that in
January, 1872, when he and Grand his Duke staff
came here to meet the
Alexis of Russia and suite and to go
with them on a grand hunt in the xvest
ern part of the State, which was then
thickly The ‘ populated” which with buffaloes. conducted
buffalo hunt, was
under tho direction of Gen. Sheridan,
was a very successful affair. The details
wore executed by Buffalo Bill, who was
a g rea t favorite with Sheridan. During
the hunt a grand war dance was given U>0
!v all Spotted who had T»il bf,eH ana hi. brought Indians, down from
w >
their a E eTlc y Buffo-to Bdl to entertain
t. e visitors. On the return from the
hunt the Grand Duke and Gen. Sheridan
took seats in a double-seated open car
riage drawn by four splendid cavalry
1 orses, which were not much used to the
harness. The driver was Bill Reed, an
overland stage driver. On the way in
t] Gr „ nd Dlllle frequently expressed
hia admiration of tho skilful manner in
which Reed handled the reins. Sheridan
informed him that Buffalo Bill had also
m en a stage* driver in the Rocky Moun
tains, and thereupon His Highness ex
pressed a desire to see him drive. Buffalo
Bill was iu advance and hheridah sang
on t t 0 him: “Cody, get in here and
show the Duke how you can drive. Mr.
Heed will change places with you and
ride .^ur horse.” “All right, General”
respond< d Cody, and in a le v moments
he lmd the reins and the horses were
dancing over the prairie. When they
'were Sheridan approaching said Medicine Creek,
: “ Shake ’em up a little,
Bill, anil give us some old-time sta e
driving.” Bill gave the horses a crack
or two of tile whip and they struck an
unusually f rapid knd gait. They had a light
loatl to ull kept increasing their
8 Clllt Pff? to at llol<1 them J nm P. Thp X fairl j? f .' " Y n bew < i-a. ] lfc over
-
tbe P ,0,ui(b At last they reached a
6teep hill or divide, which led down into
the valley of the Medicine. There was
no brake on the wagon, and the horses
were not much on the holdback. Bill
saw that it would be impossible to stop
t] iem . A 11 be could do was to keep them
straight in the track aiul let them go it
f tance own was the made, it three is claimed, miles, which m about dis
Bix minutes. Every once in a while the
wheels would strike a rut and take a
bound, and not touch the ground again
for fifteen or twenty feet. The Duke
and the General were kept rather busy
in holding when their positions on the seats,
but they saw that Bill was keep¬
ing the horses straight in the road they
seemed to en joy the dash. Bill was un
?We into , i the to . stop . tho ,, where , horses they until ... they ,, to obtain ran
camp were
a fresb relay. The Grand Duke said he
didn’t want any more of that kind of
driving, as he preferred to go a little
slower. Gen. Sheridan laughed and
Baid: “That is nothing unusual in this
western country. We do everything out
here with a grand rush .”—Omaha Herald
It YYent, All the Same.
I They were seated as usual. I believe
do not need to explain. They had
reached that confidential state, when,
after months of p.nxiety and doubts and
fears as to whether she loved him or not,
having found out that she was only ‘ too
willing, he felt iike backing out.
“M ed, you see I am poor, dearest.”
“I don’t care. It does not cost much
to “No, keep a wife.”
I suppose not.”
“Not when one loves, George.”
“No, I suppose not.”
“Ab, you think I am extravagant. I
am not. It’s all well when pa pays, you
know. That’s nil right. But if I were
your wife—”
“Dearest!”
“Yes, I can be so economical. It
doesn’t really cost any more to keep two
than one.”
“Yes, I snppose so; yes. But it de
pends “0,1 upon which house.” one.”
can keep
..yes, dearest, but can I?”
‘‘lean cook.”
„^ Iv ]ove> j wou ](j no t -^gh you to do
any hard work. I would not wish you
to soil your dainty hands. Don’t you
think, dear, we might live at the
tauraut until-uutU-”
“Until wnen?
what “Until cook* I could d. ” brace myself to eat
you help She
Even tl at d:d not him. said
“All right,” and laughed, and Chronicle. the wed
ding goes.— San Francisco
--
F “the : r.o d^with Weitlrar
He ram . a 4J-ca!,bre
a r 0 ^V-“k'e tarfis.ake < T-d*, i.nEr k: “^ las a.^., h **d aad Vx ex
h.s class: become proTerbiafS'ctlilera of
“Which do you prefer for the first
cour-e, stiootin or h imm -rra’?
. he ed.tor rnaae no rep,v. but reached
your’n loaded?” asked the visitor,
‘A L "V'l a
v bavin Good-day. » And a h he went down
■
thesteps ina naanerwhih kept the
^ Li/* h ° * * P *** t L ^ 2u r J ^
hi t.
BUDGET OF FUX.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
He Had a Job A’ready—A Sndden
Turn—File It Away for Fu¬
ture Use—Will Want
More Later On.
Airs. Pompano—“Mary Ann, just run
across the street and ask that man with
a whitewash brush if he i- engaged.”
Alary Ann (returning after animated
conversation with Julius Plumbob)—
“Please, mum, he says he’s been mar¬
ried for twelve years.— Drake's Magazine.
A Sudden Turn.
iness?” Brown—“Well, old man, how’s bus¬
Robinson—“Fine. I’ve got so much
to do I don't know which way to turn.
Dum’ey (Lowering his voice). There comes
up the street, and I owe him
five dollars. Let’s turn this way .—Nw
York Dispatch.
File It Away for Future Use.
“1 apa.”sa d a beautiful girl, “young
Mr. Tui-tle has written ma note in which
he asks me to be his wife.”
“Written you a note? Why in thun¬
der didn’t he come himself?”
“It would have been pleasanter that
ay no doubt, papa, but I suppose he
feels a little timid, and besides, papa,
think how much more binding the note
is ."—Philip U. Welch.
"Will Want More Later On.
Passenger (in crowded car)—“Aren’t
you a Chicago drummer, sin”
Drummer—“Yes.”
Passenger—“Your first trip, isn’t it?”
Drummer—“Yes, its a new business
tome; but I’m selling more goods in
my line than any two men on the road.
Why do you think it’s my first trip?”
Passenger—“Because you only occupy
two seats .—New York Sun.
A Handsome Profit.
Aunt Emily—“Why do you think
you will he a doctor, Bobby, when you
grow up;”
Bobby—“Because I swallowed a ten
charged cent piece the other day and the doctor
pa two dollara for curing me.
That’s a good business.”— Epoch.
Reserved Seats.
Head "Waiter (Ch'cago Hotel—“Ex¬
cuse me, sir; do you eat pie with a knife
or a fork?”
Stranger—“With a knife of course.
Do I look like a mau what would jab
himself?”
Head Waiter—“To the right, if you
plea-e; seats on the left reserved for
Eastern dudes.”— Time.
Not a Good Judge as to Price.
Mi«s Br'cabrai (in Philadelphia de¬
corative art store 1 —“What an exquisite
Japanese fan! So deco ati e, so rich,
yet del ca e! The verv thrag I’ve been
wanting. I mu^t have that for the draw
ing room and shall ust tease pap t until
he gives me a check. JIow much s it?”
1 ealer—“Ten cents, miss.”
“Horrors !”—P ilalelphia Record.
The Traveler and the Robber,
lie was traveling West with $7000 in
his inside pocket. He encountered a
highwayman who held the cold muzzle
of his ?evo ver close to his left temple.
“Hold up!” he cried.
“I will ” replied the obliging robber,
and he held him up.
These is no moral to this tale .—New
York Sun.
She Didn’t Understand.
“Now, Cicely,” he said, as they seated
themselves on the grand stand. “If
there is anything you don’t understand,
jud ask me and I’ll tell you a 1 about it.”
“Thank you George.” repl ed Cicely.
“Who is that young man going about
with the gla-ses? Is he the umpire?”
“No; he’s the soda water man. Here,
young man, bring us two glasses of
lemon.” —Drak'e Magazine.
A I.cgal Thrust.
“My young friend, Necessity, who
rep*e ents the other side,” began the
gri/.7.1ed legal luminary, when the young
practitioner interrupted him.
“ Your honor, I desire to ask why my
learned friend alludes to me as ‘Neces
sity.’”
“ Y T our honor,” answered the elder
fox, “Necessity knows no law, as you
and I well know.”— Judge.
Very Suggestive.
Mary—“The butcher is here, ma’am;
what shall I order?”
Mrs. Morris Parke-"Dear me, I
haven’t thought. What can we have for
dinner Vf,! Jr Marv?” Lu ‘
“
-a y^thoughtfully) Uf 11 \ r.T i don , s^t tknow,
8- itr • -n arke i tmi. Oh, cant , you
ma , " e a su o?eshon :
- I ar 7 (cheerfully)-— I can try. What ^
r ‘° } ou make it ot s
T phca „ y,
<<Tt wnn umeignea sorrow and x a
,, bleecnng heart Mr. bampson,” sa:d the
girl, gently, “that I am compelled to
tuee nay; but I lo e another,” and
tears of sympathy welled into her eyes,
be 80 evercome, Miss
r c ., lara he said earnestly, “it is really
>
of great _consequence; 111 be as chip
bird - .
per per as as a a bird, m in . a a day day or or two, two, and and it it
rtamc pains me tn to see — — you thus ^**° distressed. „
J nen she dried her eyes and became
« UI te herself again.— Epoch.
a , T l ce ^ „--^ ot to be Trifled With, .
A, Mr. ampson asked me to be his wife
..
last night, papa.”
,«t I ? told him ? he ld must y0U say? give me a little
and he said I coula have the usual
thirtv days, or o per cent, off for cash,
and then be stopped and appologized.
b ^ t aia I ^ think oi hun, papa?”
“TW That young vimnl^n fellow sh is * 0ut full f ed th of « business, ? la man ‘
*nd jou can t say yes too quick. — Grip?,
The Man Was No “——. Fr .end of Boggs,
Boy 1 to editor)— ‘There s a^man out
side what wants to know who wrote
t bat ar t'do on Jim Boggs, who
'wLf1 6 ° ^ “ 4 a 1 **" n n
lre ‘" r, “° g)_ “' n “ at ’ S a ° iCe ma °*
Do ' s
, . ... . he when ,
to d him?" say you
Boy—He said that „ the best
piece we’ve had in the paper m a year,
and he gave me a tea-doilar bill .—Mer
chant Traveler.
This is the
various quarters a of f tv! thec<*ui e ru ™2 ty r the .i_ .t. “ report Frnca
T™* d° ^ thdt °J g&D haS
° make the u race for Coro
ner, but will leave the held.’ I de-ire to
say that there is not a vord of truth in
1 for the war
^Jeclion oa election °d deC Tfi There ^ will h be C "° ample n ng
time to write my obituary after the
funeral, should you, mv fel ow citizens,
! see tbe proper to shroud cover my defeat—then, corporosity with
som cr of and
not till then, let my epitaph be written. ' 1
—Augusta ( Ga.) Chronicle.
A 'Frentice Hand.
“Did Charles propose last night?”
“Yes, the darling fellow.”
“Tell me all about it—do. He was
just as graceful, I suppose, and dramatic
“Indeed, he was nothing of the kind.
It w.03 almost farcial, he made such a
ninny of himself. I could have laughed
only I was afraid he’d get angry and es¬
cape before I landed him.”
“What a shame he should have made
such a mess of it.”
“By no means. If he’d been dead
letter perfect I should have had a sus¬
picion he'd been rehearsing with some
other girl.” ,
“Oh !”—San Fra7icisco Examiner ,
A Reporter's Vacation.
need Metropolitan change editor—“Think you
and rest, eh? Well, I
shouldn’t wonder; city life ia a hard
one, believe taking it all the year round, and I
it is several years since you had
a vacation. "Which do you most enjoy
seashore, mountains or pastoral scenes?”
siasm!—“Oh. Hard-working reporter (with enthu¬
the mountains, always.”
Editor—“Well, the M nd and Matter
Association will hold their sixteen-liour
a-day metaphysical sessions at the Bleak
Top this year, and you can go there and
report them. Don’t miss anything, and
keep each day’s session down to six or
eight columns. The paper has a bill
against the hotel at Bleak Top for ad¬
vertising. and I will charge to your account
let you take it along. Just before
leaving hand him the bill in payment for
your board, but be careful to do it po¬
litely, because lie’s a retired athlete, and
the merriest mau east of ban Francisco.”
— Omaha World.
Ho Knew One Good Man.
An English General, in reviewing a
corps fore of cavalry, suddenly stopped be¬
asked a splendid looking fellow and
“Which abruptly:
is the best horse in the regi¬
ment?”
“No. 40, sir.”
“What makes you think he is the best
horse?”
“He walks, trots and gallops well; is
a good jumper; has no vice, no blemish;
cair es his head well; is in his prime.”
“And who is the best soldier in that
regiment?”
“Tom Jones, sir.”
“Why.”
“Because he is an honorable man, is
obedient, is tidy, takes good care of his
duty equipment and his horse, and does his
well.”
“And who is the rider of the best
horse?”
“Tom Jones, sir.”
“And who is Tom Jones.”
“I am, sir.”
The General could not help laughing,
but he gave a sovereign to his informant,
who received it without movin fr a mus*
cle .—Liverpool Poet.
Proposed by Callg-raph.
but Young Thubs is a good business man,
outs.de of business he is not such a
good manager. He had a beauti ul type¬
writer, one of the perfected kind, aged
mneieen years, better than new, with
love laughing b ue eyes. Having fallen in
with it, he one day sat down beside
it ancl told i't that he wanted to dictate
a letter of love to his sweetheart. It
went to work mechanically.
“My dearest angel, I love you deeply,
devotedly, no oth r being could e. er
inspile in my heart such a fervent and
lasting affeclion, and I take this method
of laying at your feet my life, my love,
my honor and my fortune. Wtllyouac
cept these? An wer immediately,
“Your sincere lover,
“B. Tiruns.”
“There it is,” said the typewriter,
<4 T° whom is it addressed?”
“To your own dear iralf,” said Thubs,
with a voice that would make a lemon*
adc shaker.
“And you want a reph
“Tbs, my precious one.”
“Well, you shall have it in the same
manner; take this seat at ihe instrument.
Heady.
“Mu Tuttbs:—
“Dear Sru—Yours of tins instant re
ce > v ed; contents noted. In reply I beg
to state that your offer is exceedingly
kind and worthy, but ther3 is a bar
wb i cb would prevent its acceptance.”
there “Stop,” said Thubs. “Why should
be a bar bet veeu us!”
‘‘Well, you write on-”
.“ M y orarriage last Thursday night
with Mr. J. Thh's"dista„t Squiggs renders—”
But Mr. footsteps were
“ l,0,n K ? 0 ”™ corr dors of no time at
all, and in next morning’s fitv paper was—
^ ijfAXTPn-A * vriTTNe > i - Tvi.p,vmTrtj b/thuhs. ^
- -
—Detroit Free Press.
--——— -----
Girls of the Engraving Bureau.
The girls in the Government Engrav
ing Bureau are chiefly from every part of the
country, but from the district
surrounding Washington, says the (hi
cago Herald. Most of them are poor.
Some of them have had the advantages
of wealth and social position, but have
been overtaken by misfortune and com
pelled them to earn their own and living. Many
of are studious work hard to
educate themselves. I am told that sev
eral ----- of ------ them are are excellent excellent musicians, musicians,
while while others others are are proficient proficient in in elocution. elocution
There There are are al al-o , Q several sev - era l artists, artists, and and one
who is a fine botanist.
“But are they never tempted to take
some of the millions of money that they
handle?” I hear some one ask.”
“We look upon it only as so much
paper,” said one of the girls to whom I
had P ut the same question in a different
form. “It becomes of value to us only
when we receive it in payment for our
work. We never think of it here as
money.”
Even if they did look to'fill upon it as
money, and were templed their
pockets with it. they could not get out
of the building with it. 80 perfect is
the system of checks and balances in the
bureau of engraving and printing that a
piece of blank paper, such as is used to
print securities on. could not be taken
wnhout being missed inside of ten min
utes, and if it were not found no one
11 *»>
again. Of course, where such vigilance
»l exerc^ed there is no temptation to
---
France’s Umbrella Trade.
In A. D., 1830, there dwelt in the citv
of Paris 115 umbrella makers, and the
__ and^turn ’out
umbiellas era P 1,, y 1508 workmen, 1
” to the * value of - $2
Th \] lias, iDClude3 near! - v ° 00 - 0 ^ttoJ «00 000 urn- 1
bre mo,t of which are export d to !
Turkey; so the stream of commerce has
turned, and instead of Persia sending
s iken umbrellas to France, France now
f ndS ‘‘^mp 8 ’.’. to tb « Ottoman
hmpue.—Rrooklgn Citium,
f IOJITURES IN JAPAN.
METHODS OF EXTORTING CON.
FESSIONS FROM CRIMINALS.
A Dark Page in the History of the
Mikado’s Kingdom—Cunning
Devices of the Japan¬
ese Inquisitors.
Since the fall of the dual government
and restoration of the Alikado as re
sponsible ruler, in IS* Japan has so
completely seeking entertained the broad the sunlight idea ot pro
gress, of
civilization, that one must turn to any
dark or cruel page of her history with
a feeling of the of lingering reluctance. relics Until of barbarism recently
one
was the torture of persons arraigned in
the courts of justice. In 18Is it was
freely reported that torture was applied
to some of the soldiers of the Pakebashi
barracks, but it may fairty be under
stood that the mutineers ot 1 ake basin
were the last to sulet the repulsive pun
ishments; and the very decided
sion of opinion on the part of foreign
officials in Japan hastened the abolition
of the hateful practice at once and for
ever. But the purpose now in view is
to glance at the old criminal law of
Japan, and to briefly describe some of
the forms of torture employed during ex
amination of prisoners to provoke them
into a confession of their crimes.
The most extreme of revolt ng cruel
ties were the various applications of the
lire torture, but for the victims some of
them had the one advantage of more
speedily terminating his terrible suffer
nigs. I he accused, with hands and feet
secured, wai suspended, head down
ward, m a cage made of g'-een bamboo.
The cage was contr.ved to slowly re¬
volve, the culprit being exposed to the
fierce heat of a charcoal fire, which was
frequently replenished by the e.xecu
tiouers.
Oftentimes, happily for the wretched
sufferer, the fumes of the charcoal pro
dueed suffocation. Another tire torture
was heated to compel the prisoner to stand up ('ii
a giating or grid, beneath which
a fire was constantly kept burning. He
was unable to leave the small enclosure,
being ing. quite surrounded by a strong rail
Lighted charcoal placed in the in¬
terior of a metal funnel was another
description of i re torture. The tube,
containing the lighted charcoal, was so
curely bound in the grasp of the pns
onei, and lie was forced by the atten
dan s to walk quickly about exposing
he broad end ot the tube to the wind,
theieby acceleiating ihe heat and in
creasing his own sufferings. Another
application agonizing torture was produced by the
ol boiling oil to the body ot
tne victim, and it was a torture applied
in so many ways that only sickening de
tans or devices to intensify human
suffering could picture, if that were pos¬
sible, its extent and variety.
4 he sto-e torture was usually tlic first
cruelty practiced upon a prisoner, lie
was lorced to prostrate himself, face
downward, upon ihe apexes of five
triangular-shaped the blocks of hard wood,
front of his legs being exposed to
the sharp edges. While securely held
in this position heavy stones were placed
on the vi tun’s thighs and others were
slowly added—to increase the terrible
we gilt—until he became unconscious or
signified his intention to < onfess.
The box torture was a still more
atrocious contrivance. Bound hand and
foot, the culprit was forced iuto a strong
box, aoout two feet square, having a
covering made to fit the iu-ide, and
capable of being lowered or lapsed at
will. Heavy weights were placed upon
it, and as these were increased in num¬
ber, depressing the lid, the poor wretch
within the box was slowly crushed to
death.
? T , , , ., . 1»
, le.ed that the torment of thint would
en’ee'o’r. f? It
diet, without rice and wa.c the accused
was ‘hut m a room where lie .could see
Si ides, but W out r oi M h.s Pi>mg reach, k mf rheeiavings tCr 0,1 a11
and sufferings became fearful under the
g° n >, often aprioaclnng the bounds of
iisani }•
placing Deprivation of sleep was effected <riii by
the criminal upon a bed, or mat,
o er which a small stream of water was
continua ly flowing Attendants were
n readiness, and at the slightest indica
turn of slumber they woul l rouse their
vicrim by ringing bells, beating drums,
ovthe application of fire to his body,
The treatment rendered sleep impossible,
the poor wretch’s mind became dis
, - , ,
un(}er the tort ure and oftentimes .
T^ldTtyle^^T^Tral r ue oiu siyie . or ti.ai . in in Japan japan in- in
jS J ;^ ,le s'eeX HUcir t^torfuraranlSe Ikon
accu.eu d The ine latter was was taken into into t the o
examination room securely bound, and
was forced to kneel during the invedi
gation of his case. Ifhepersistcdinrc
maining mute,or appeared to equivocate
in his reply to the questions addressed
to him, the “investigation whip” was
used smartly—an instrument capable of 1
inflicting three great punishment, made of
Should long strips of bamboo cane,
he continue stubborn a mu h
heavier whip was applied, the torturer
repeating the blows until the prisoner
either yielded or fainted under the terri
ble infliction. But no fatal in 'p ries were
permitted to be inflicted during the-e
preliminary investigations, and a iucUra
causing the application of torture to in
nocent persons or to those of very ad
vanced or tender years, was himself li
able to severe punishment.
Such were some of the inhuman meth
ods of torturing prisons in Japan lirac
ticed certainly within a score of years—
and less—and not a few of the death
sentences described, excepting the most
atrocious tortures, the present writer has
actually dian. witnessed. —Manchester Guar
- —-
A Freak of Lightning.
The Vicar of Midghara, fo?a Reading,
England, is voucher story about^
man recently in his emplov. “ The man
was mowing grass when a rain storm
came up, and he took refuge under an
elm tree. There was not the Vicar af
Arms, any sign of either thunder or
his lightning, but as the m in was whettino
scythe he heard a hissing sound, and
m an instant he was knocked against
doabied ^ *>«’?»* „p,“
hi. scythe nd ,
hole the size of a florin made in the brim
of his( Mt hat All this without any
^eepttble ’ no.se, except the hiss, or any
—--———-
Edtmated Beggar.
- 'Earis has an educated beggar in the
the self terrace to the of acafe intelligent-looking and address ng*him"
inrites^him most Vo an/hiitoril man al
present «k __
question he can think of, any date date of of
French history, from th • earliest to the
once.” present time, He fulfill?his saying: “. will answer at
markable alacrity, and promise with re
with equ»l alac
rity passes around the hat. t
WORDS OF WISDOM.
A fool is always beginning.
Dearth foreseen never came.
Never try to outshine but to please.
When two quarrel, both aro in the
wrong.
The liar is sooner caught than tha
cripple.
When the head is sick the whole body
is sick.
A man’s own business does not defile
his fingers.
„ e who hM m0 h ia ri( . her thnn u „
„. ho has raoro a|ld is discontcutcd .
Appearances w 11 go a good ways but
reabt y keep going right along,
• ife " ill soon be done. Be not weary
or disheartened. What are a few years
of to 1 in prospect of the eternal life?
Remember that good manners are
__
thoughts filled with kindness and refiuo
meut and theu translated into behavior,
p e no t ostentatious in dress or deport
men t costumed ; nothing can be more vulgar, hee
that the time and occasion,
... " ‘dure . is . uplie.d , , >y antagonists. Pas*
. resistance, danger, educators,
^!’ ^ e nS| aC( l uire t bo strength are we have over*
come ‘
Be rude to none; rudeness harms not
even the humblest and poorest to whom
it is directed, but it injures the ex¬
hibitors.
There are no conditions that can sue
cessfully compete with earnestness ot
purpose backed up by character and per*
sistent industry
We are hanging up pictures every day
abont the chamber walls of our hearts
that W e shall have to look at when we
8it iu the siiadowa .
There are two ways of being happy;
we may either diminish our wants or
au £ iaeat ” ur means cither will do—tlio
re?u b' 18 ,ae same,
Few mortals arc so insensible that
their affectious cannot be gamed by
mildness, their confidence by sincerity,
their hatred by scorn or neglect,
A man should never be ashamed to
own that he has been in the wrong,
which is but saying in other words, that
ho is wiser to-day than be was yester
day.
A Chinese Headsman at Work.
On one occasion wo were ashore in
Canton. China, writes a naval officer in
the Mail and Expre-ix, seeing everything
cur i 0 us thatwas to be seen, when through
the streets came a large body of troops
guarding five men carried in fiat baskets
suspended oil bamboo rods from tho
shoulders of coolies,
"Bam, what are thy going to do with
those men?” we asked of one guide,
-oh,” said he, they are pmites, and
tlic troops are going to cut off their
heads ”
We followed, and in a short time came
soldiers Xrou^hhir^ of^the^cUy. “V’lm
filed m one each side, and tho
Mandarin, who wore the blue button,
seated himself in a chair.
The five prisoners were made to kneel on
the ground 3 coiled in Indian tile, their “queues”
wore up siighrin'ciinatkmTho on the backs of their
heads, and with a
backs of their necks were made perfectly
bare. An officer was sent ior theexecu
tioucr, and he appeared, making ihe
salute to the Mandarin. A look iu his
face revealed nothing save the same
stolid exp, c-sion ill it is seen in all
Chinamen, But he can ed him elf with
a swagger, niost observetTof that plainly said that ho was
that'it Uie was^ ' easy‘task all “ 1 * hlT’ w^
im that
about to
The prisoners were kneeling, their
hands tied behind their backs, and
heavy bamuoo rods weighed at each end
were laid across the calves of their le^s
The Mandar.n rose and reed ihe war™ t
„ r execution. (>n the loco, of the peon e
IS
executioner walked to the side of the
man > and drawing a long, narrow
knife from under his robe awaited the
order . j he suprome momcat ]ja(1
j; vc Jives were to be taken. The men in
* be rear cou ^ sce every movement of
the executioner and of the man in front
of ftim . To the .. olltsido barbarian”
was u fearful moment . A command was
given, f and in an i.istant the knife ln-Id was in
he aip aud in thenext moment a lay J
on tho gIoaml . A great fountain of bloo
ted from the neck, and the execu
tioner was beside the next man. Amiin
the command, andm’less and a headless body he
result; to write this line than tho the time it takes
live men were be¬
headed .
We ran to the bodies in our curiosity
t.o see if any muscular action was taking
pia e, but there was none beyond the
slowly closing eyelids. The law line: was
vindicated. The troops formed in
the heads were put in the baskets that
Lately carried trie bodies of the pirates,
and the march was resumed through the
city.
Ben. Butler and the Cripple.
There was a boy in Lowell, Mass., the
son of a poor man, who, a number of
yea rs U S°» was rua over by a railroad
train . Both legs had
‘ to be amputated
£ i0S ® U P to the hip. The company told
b 8 blt h r they would give him $1 dO 0
tbe ba y n practical education. The
bltiler accepted the lafter alternative,and
tba railroad company made a telegraph
operator of tho crippled boy. When he
became of age he found he was notget
ting as good pay as other operators. He
wrote lo General Butler and asked if
an Y tbin . g could be done. General Butler
seut for the boy. The whole story was
S one o er -
“I’ll take your case,” said the noted
, lawyer Then he sent the
oftb - railroad solicitor
solicitor f arrived at company. the General’s When office the
the legless boy was in a chair on the top
of a long table. General Butler ex
P'amed that he proposed to begin suit
for the boy to get damages.
But,” said the solicitor, “we agreed
with his father to give him a practical
ed, mation. We made a telegrapher out
of him, and there is no law for getting
any further damages.”
“You can’t, tell me anything about the
law,” was General Butler’s reply; “but
how much damages do you think that
«<“
railroad lawyer caught the point
at once - “I do not Know,” he said.
“How much do you think he would
$1000 P
Butler.
“I’ll compromise with you,” hurriedly
returned the lawyer, aud by his shrewd
make web it cost good the deal company that muehfas
as a of troub’e and he
was gl a( I enough to compromise.—
Chicago Tribune.
The demand in the London market for
lilies has become so great that lily
growing has become a great industry 3 in
Bermuda.