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1 <Jeai<j ofc "Williamson.
VOLUME XXXIV.
Richmond & Danville Railroad.
Samuel Spencer,T. W. Huidekoper and Reuben
Foster, Receivers.
Atlanta & Charlotte Airline Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains.
In effect Dec. 24, 1893.
NORTHBOI ND * ' 1 N«. t 2
EAsn.RN iime. Daily. | Daily.
PMP M A M
Lv Atlanta (E. T.) 100 6 15 9 50
Chamblee 10 28
Norcross 6 55i 10 39
Dllllltll I 10 50
Suwanee.... ....*. 11 01
Buford 7 26: 11 13
Flowery Branch 7 37 11 26
Gainesville 2 22 7 54 11 46
p M
Lula 8 15 12 10
Bellton 12 12
Cornelia 12 35
Mt. Airy 8 42 1 00
Toccoa ' 9 08 1 28
Westminster. 9 43 2 09
Seneca...... 10 00 2 10
Central 10 28 3 40
Easleys 10 55 3 32
Greenville 5 30 11 16 4 10
Greers 1143 4 37
Wellford 4 45
A M
Spartanburg .... 6 22 12 15 5 21
Clifton 5 38
Cowpens 5 43
< ■ atl neys I 1 03 6 07
Blacksburg 7 11 1 19 6 26
Grover 6 38
Kings Mountain 1 45 6 55
Gastonia... . .... 2 07 7 21
Lowell 7 35
Bellemont 2 27 7 45
Ar. <lharlotte 8 29 2 50 8 10
Yes lim F’st m’l „ . .
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Daily. Daily. nally-
AMP M P M
Lv. Charlotte .....I 935 10 50 12 00
Bellemont 12 27
Lowell 12 37
Gastonia 11 26 12 50
King’s Mountain 1 19
Grover I 11 37
A M
Blacksburg... 10 48 12 05 1 47
Gaffneys ! i 2 07
< 'owpens . . I i 235
Clifton ' j 3 38
Spartanburg.. ... 11 37 12 57 300
Wellford 3 20
Greers 3 36
p M
Greenville 12 28 1 52: 4 05
Easleys ... 4 35
Central 2 40 5 15
Seneca 301 j 545
Westminster 6 03
Toccoa 3 49 6 36
Mount Airy 7 20
Cornelia .. ... [ 725
Bellton I 7 50
Lula 4 42 7 52
Gainesville 3 29 4 59 , 8 20
Flowery Branch i 840
Buford 8 54
Suwanee : 9 07
Duluth | 920
Norcross i 9 30
Chamblee 9 42
Ar. Atlanta (E. Tj I 55 6 20 10 15
Additional trains Nos. 17 and 18—Cornelia ac
commodation, daily except. Sunday, leaves At
lanta 4.00 p. m. (JU. T.), an i ves Cornelia 8.15 p. m.
Returning, leaves Cornelia6.ls a. m., arrives At
lanta 8.15 a. in.
Nos. 15 ami 16 (Sundays only) leave Atlanta
2.50 p. m. (C. T.), arrive Cornelia 6.50 p. m. Re
turning leave Cornelia 8.00 a. in., arrive Atlanta
9.50 a. m.
Between Toccoa and Elberton—Nos 63 and 9,
il.ily except. Sunday, leave Toccoa 7.00 a. 111. and
1.40 p. m., arrive Elberton 10.55 a. 111. and 4.20 p.
in. Returning, Nos. 62 and 12, daily except Sun
day, leave Elberton 1.15 p. in. and 7.30 a. in., ar
rive Toccoa 5.30 p. m. and 10.25 a. ill.
Cullman Car Service: Nos. 35 ami 66, Rich
mond ,A Danville Fast Mail. Pullman Sleeper
between Atlanta and New York.
Nos. 37 and 38- Washington and Southwestern
Aeslibuled Limited, between New York and
New Orleans. Through Pullman Sleepers be
tw< in New York and New Orleans, New York
and Augusta, ami Washington and Memphis,
via Atlanta and Birmingham.
Nos. 11 and 12, Pullman Sleeping Car between
Richmond. Danville and Greensboro, and be
-1 ween Greensboro and Portsmouth via Atlantic
<& Danville Railroad.
For detailed information as to local and
thiough time tables, rates, and Pullman 'Sleep
ing Car reservations, confer with local agents,
or address —
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Gen. Pass. Agt, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt,
Washington, 1). ('. Atlanta, Ga.
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THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE.
1894. greeting 1894,
With the Dawn of a Bright and Happy New Year,
J. E. MURPHY
Takes this opportunity to wish his customers many happy returns for
g Bright and Fr.sperous Season.
The year 1894 promises to be one of the brightest from a financial
standpoint. Congress will soon settle the money and tariff
question, and the confidence of a united nation will be restored.
Having Determined to Remain in Gainesville,
And cast my lot with the people of this and surrounding counties,
I Wish to Make the Announcement
That I can be found at my old Stand, in the Bailey Blook, south side
public square, Gainesville, Ga., with a full and complete stock of new
Dry Goods, Dress Gocds, Trimmings, Clothing, Shoes, Hats,
Caps and Notions. Also a full line of Staple and Fancy Groceries,
including the finest grade of Flour and Coffee. My stock is new and
direct from the New York market; I have paid cash for everything
purchased and propose giving my customers the
Rneft of Rew fert prices, for gasti.
I wish here to thank my friends and customers for the phenomenally
large trade of the past three months, and trust the mutual ben
efits derived will even mibre firmly cement the good feeling
which has grown up between us by eight years of honorable
business dealing.
Yours, Respectfully,
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A Tale With a Moral.
A dog, who had lost his tail, one day
Sat sighing under a tree;
The pleasure of living had passed away;
“ ’Tis a weary world,” said he.
“The loss of my caudal appendage dear
Has wrought me much annoy;
I have naught to droop to exhibit fear
Or to wag to show my joy.”
Just then another dog rushed past
| Down the road with the speed of the wind,
\\ ith an old tin can to his tail tied fast
And a dozen boys behind.
Said the tailless dog, “There’s a lesson here
That is worth consideration;
There is no evil in life, ’tis clear.
Without its compensation.”
—New York Press.
What is the boasted good
That wealth, that power can own?
Oh. better to be loved a slave
Than hated on a throne!
WooimtT
Mr. George Mansfield was good
looking, gentlemanly in appearance,
well bred, intelligent, the possessor
of SIO,OOO a year and a bachelor.
All these circumstances taken into
consideration, Mr. George Mansfield
Had a right to lead a happy, jolly
life and live very much at his ease.
Well, he did so. In fact, he did so
too much, for, having nothing par
icular to do but to take care of
himself, he did that so well that he
brought on an attack of some kind
us illness. The doctors advised change
of air and tried to persuade him to
go to Europe, but he had done that
once and was satisfied. Many things
were suggested, and at length a dis
ciple of the medical profession ven
tured at a hint to the country, for
which he was almost annihilated by
the indignant glances of the indig
nant eyes of his indignant fellow
medical disciple, indeed, he only sur
vived from the fact that Mr. Mans
i field, upon hearing this last prescrip
; tion given with great hesitancy and
: becoming modesty, jumped up in a
! way that seemed to say the mere
mention of it was revivifying and
exclaimed:
“Hurrah! Who said that? Well
done, sir. You may send in a smash
ing bill on the strength of that last
prescription. Why didn’t you give
. it sooner? To the country I go and
nowhere else.” So it was settled,
i and an agent being employed to find
I exactly such a place as would suit
I Mr. Mansfield three days later was
; en route for Harrowville, where he
! arrived just as the twilight was
I gathering down.
It was a pretty frame house, paint
ed straw color, where he was to take
up his abode, and when he entered
he found himself in a wide kitchen,
the floor of which was so clean and
white that his heart was completely
won by it. In the great, broad fire
place blazed and cracked such a fire
of maple and beech as can be seen
I. nowhere but in country fire] daces,
" and the ruddy glow was reflected
back by innumerable tin pans and
dishes of every description that
hung against the whitewashed walls
till the room seemed illuminated.
The farmer and his wife welcomed
him with old fashioned politeness,
the former entertaining him with a
history of all the sheep, horses and
cattle he had raised for the past 20
years, while his better half was care
ful and troubled about many things,
all tending to the one great thing
getting supper ready. Just before
the preparations for that fragrant
meal were completed the kitchen
door opened, and the farmer’s daugh
ter entered. Her mother introduced
her to the boarder’s notice by “This
is Sarah, my daughter, sir,” and left
Sarah to find out who her new ac
quaintance was at her leisure.
The farmer’s daughter was neither
shy nor embarrassed. She didn't
blush or look frightened; she neve”
knew how to do either, but bowing
in a manner that would not have dis
graced a duchess she stood upon the
hearth and warmed her feet, because
the evening was chilly, though it
was early autumn, and the grass in
the field where she had been milking
the cows was so laden with heavy
dew that her boots were soaked
through.
Her position on the hearth dis-
I played her form to the utmost ad
i vantage. She was tall, admirably
rounded from the sloping shoulders
and full bust to the tapering waist,
and the skirt of her dress worn short
i and raised a little in front to escape
j the scorching heat of the fire ex
i posed a pair of feet and ankles that
i would alone have made the fortune
of a danseuse.
Sarah knew she was handsome
bad often been told so and never de
nied it. She knew equally well that
, her feet and ankles were the most
j perfect she had ever seen, but don't
do her the injustice to suppose that
I she stood there to display them to
.Mr. Mansfield.
, When she had warmed her feet
C sufficiently, Sarah turned away, and
going over to the table assisted her
i mother in completing the prepara
l tions for supper.
’ This done, the farmer and Mr.
b Mansfield moved their chairs over to
I the table and prepared to do justice
i to the meal. Never had the man of
the world eaten a meal like that.
Mrs. Ford would have been insult
ed had her good, old fashioned cook
ing been compared to anything so
flimsy as the food of the gods.
After supper Mr. Mansfield retired
early. Sarah had gone to her room.
He found his apartment commodi
ous, neat, white floored, the bed
white curtained and the windows
ditto. So he could do nothing else
than pay the compliment of sleeping
so soundly that he forgot to dream
and did not once awake till the
warm morning sun had bathed the
room in a flood of golden glory.
j Then, when he arose in the morn
ing, how pleasant it was to have
clear, pure rainwater, just caught
as it fell from the clouds, instead of
Croton; a coarse towel that made
his face glow when he used it, and
above all a tract of country, rustling
forests, blue sky and golden patches
of sunlight to look out upon in
stead of the gables of tumbledown
houses or the everlasting fronts of
the gay shops, the paved sidewalks
and the never ceasing rumble of
innumerable carts, carriages and
cars.
After breakfast he went out to
walk about the farm and came in to
dinner as hungry as a bear. He re
peated the experiment in the after
noon and came into supper ditto.
Sarah had been occupied in her own
room nearly all day and had not
come to dinner, but when supper
time came she was down in the kitch
en, precisely as she had been the
evening previous, except that instead
of having her sleeves rolled up to her
elbows they were unbuttoned at the
wrist.
The bachelor spent an hour or more
admiring her as she sat after supper
knitting socks for her father, the
glittering needles glancing in and out
in the firelight and her long, shape
ly fingers looking like beautifully
molded wax tapers.
She did not speak much; it was im
possible to tell why. There was no
diffidence about her, and Mr. Mans
field was forced to the conclusion
that she didn't think him of suffi
cient importance to bestow a thought
or word upon him. The reflection
was not a pleasant one.
A couple of weeks passed in much
the same manner, his acquaintance
with Sarah progressing very slowly;
his appetite variable, and a fidgety
way of moving about and looking
out of the window that surprised
himself very much when he at length
observed it.
One morning he rose a couple of
hours earlier than usual, and animat
ed with the praiseworthy determina
tion of hunting up such an appetite
that he would no longer bo obliged
to mortify Mrs. Ford by continual
“Not - anything - more - thank-you's,”
when he had not eaten enough to
“keep a sparrow alive,” as the good
woman said, he went out for a morn
ing walk. In returning he met Sarah
coming from milking, a “can of strip
pings” carried in her right hand.
“Good morning,” said Sarah.
“Good morning. Will you not al
low me to assist you?”
“Oh, no. Thank you.”
“I am afraid you are taking too
much upon yourself. You will make
your hand ache. Do let me carry it.”
She allowed him to take the pail,
and then walked on erect and straight
as a young poplar before him.
When they reached the door, she
took it from him, and seeing the
broad red mark upon his hand, made
by the pail handle, she laughed mer
rily.
She entered, leaving him standing
there, thinking to himself that the
voices of all the nightingales whose
tongues had been stolen by’ the an
cients had come to her for consola-.
tion, and mingling together produced
the clearest and sweetest one he had
ever listened to. There he stood for
nearly five minutes in very earnest
thought, not only’ about the nightin
gale voices, but something else. Fin
ishing up by an emphatic “I'll do it,”
he entered the house, and for the
first time in a week ate a breakfast
that almost astonished Mrs. Ford.
The very first good opportunity
that offered he “did it” and asked
Sarah to marry him.
It was hard to tell whether she was
surprised, but certainly she was not
at all overcome and showed no evi
dence of feeling herself particularly
honored.
It was in the evening of the same
day that he had determined to “do
it. ” They were alono in the kitchen,
Sarah standing upon the hearth, her
elbow leaning on the mantel and hei
glowing cheek upon her hand. She
listened attentively in grave silence
till he finished, and then, raising her
glorious purplish blue eyes to his, she
looked at him for some seconds and
burst into a pleasant, musical laugh.
“A pretty wife I would make for
you, ” she said then, and turning away,
before he could utter a single word,
she passed from the room, and he
heard her singing “Old Hundred”
five minutes later, as she went about
her work up stairs.
“By Jove! I love her; there’s no
use in trying to hide it,” and the cap
tive taken bachelor sighed drearily
and wondered what he would do next,
and he could only keep his courage
up by 7 repeating “faint heart and
fair lady” adage till he wore it to
shreds. A splendid opportunity’ oc
curred the next evening for trying
again.
Sarah was standing out by 7 the gate
in the mellow moonlight looking up
at the sky in away that she didn't
often do. Mr. Mansfield had heard
somewhere that the moonlight was a
softener of a woman’s heart, so he
thought he would just prove the
truth of it, but when he came close
to Sarah she darted away like a fright
ened fawn and hurried into the house
by the back entrance,
He didn't see her again that night,
and so, being unable to do anything
better, he went to bed and dreamed
of her —dreamed of her glossy black
hair, of her glowing cheeks, of her
crimson lips, of her milk white teeth,
of her snowy brow and her purplish
blue eyes with their silken lashes.
She avoided him now; she gave
him no opportunity’ to see her alone,
and only 7 remained in the kitchen
when her father or mother were
there. Then she would sit knitting
industriously, her needles glancing,
her lips sometimes compressed, some
times half apart, and her cheeks
glowing; her lashes bent down over
her eyes, which she kept studiously
averted, while her bachelor lover sat
looking at her, trying to catch her
eye that he might tell her with his
how much he loved her, but failing
in that he had to content himself
with merely’ looking at her and think
ing what a beautiful picture she made.
Thus matters went on for a week.
He tried every conceivable way of
obtaining a private interview with
her, of finding her alone. He way
laid her when she went out to milk
in the morning and when she came
home from the same in the evening,
but she escaped him each time.
One evening Mr. Ford was from
home. Sarah, her mother and their
boarder were seated in the kitchen,
Sarah, as usual, knitting, and Mr.
Mansfield at some distance watching
SI.OO Per Annum in Advance.
ner ana comparing ner to Hem
brandt's most beautiful pictures, for
the glow from the crackling fire illu
minated one-half of her face, and
from the candle no£ yet being lit the
rest was in shade.
Fortune, as if tired of trying the
lover's patience any longer, sent Mrs.
Ford out of the room, and they were
left alone.
No time was to be lost. Such an
opportunity 7 might not occur again
for weeks, and the door was hardly
closed behind the retreating form of
the matron ere he crossed the room,
stood beside her, and putting his
hand gently upon her shoulder said:
“What have I done to you?”
“Nothing.” The knitting needles
flew as if the lives of the whole pres
ent generation depended upon their
rapidity.
“Why 7 do y’ou avoid me then?”
“Avoid you?”
“Yes, you know you do. Have I
offended you ?”
“No.”
“Then why do you run away from
mo whenever I approach you ?”
“I never have time to waste in stu
pid nonsense.” The needles flew with
alarming rapidity, as if reproaching
him for intruding upon her valuable
time.
“I was not going to ask y’ou to
waste it in stupid nonsense.”
“How do I know that?” the knit
ting needles glancing like sheet light
ning.
“Put away that knitting and I'll
tell you. • Do—you make my 7 eyes
ache.”
“You needn't look then.”
“As if I could help it.”
“What—why 7 not?”
“You know quite well that I must
look at everything you do.”
“I know quite well nothing of the
sort.”
“Will you put away that knitting?”
“No.”
“There, then.” He snatched it and
pulled two needles out.”
“How dare you! Now, I can’t lift
those stitches again till the candle
comes.”
“I know it. I’m glad of it.”
“I'm not —five minutes wasted.”
* ‘Don’t say so. Spend them upon
me. You will find me grateful.”
* ‘lndeed! You’re not worth them. ”
“True; but still, be generous. We
would none of us have much if we
only got oui- due in this world, but
you haven't answered my first ques
tion —why do you avoid me?”
“I did answer.”
“Ah, but I am not going to waste
your time in nonsense. I wanted to
tell you that I loved you.”
“You told me so once before.”
“May 7 l not repeat it?”
“I don’t happen to have the control
of your tongue, and therefore I can’t
prevent your using it as you please.”
‘ ‘Then I use iy thus • Sa rah, dearest,
I love you and want you to become
my wife. ”
“Do you?”
“Yes; will you?”
“Mr. Mansfield, you know well that
I am no wife for you.”
“I know well that yon are the only
wife in this world for me. There is
not another woman in existence upon
whom I can bestow the title.”
“How highly 7 honored I am!”
“Don’t mock me; I am too serious.
Don’t sneer; your lips are too beauti
ful.”
“Y’ou do well.”
“I am glad you are pleased.”
“I did not say so.”
“You are trying to quarrel with
me.”
“And if I am—l think it would be
capital fun.”
“To y 7 ou perhaps; not to me.”
“Ah! And suppose I choose to en
joy myself at the expense of your
royal highness?”
“Don't trifle, dearest, just now.
Answer me, and then do everything
you please afterward. ”
“Generous man!”
‘ ‘Sarah—Sarah! I hear footsteps—
your mother is returning—answer
me—a single word.”
She didn't unclose her crimson lips,
but she shot a single, quick glance at
him from the blue eyes, and he was
answered.
The bachelor's wooing was over,
the maiden was won.
Queer Pets.
An animal which makes a most
agreeable pet, but is rarely tamed on
account of its fur value, is the North
American beaver. A well known
Indian trader some years ago tamed
several of these hard working fellows
so that they answered .to their names
and followed like dogs. In col 1
weather t. ey were kept in the sit
ting room and were constant com
panions of the women and children.
When the Indians were absent for
any great time, the beavers showed
great uneasiness, and on their return
discovered equal signs of pleasure by
fondling them, (trawling into their
laps, lying on their backs like
squirrels and behaving like children
in the presence of parents who they
seldom see. In their wild state
beavers feed on bark and herbage
chiefly, but in their case they* were fed
for the most part on rice, plum pud
ding, partridge and venison, and
they 7 liked all of them extremely.—
Detroit Free Press.
“Breeding Bread.”
“Breeding bread” is the name
given to certain red stains, like
blotches of blood, which appear on
beef and on bread, boiled potatoes
and other f -* rinaceous substances. In
olden times it was regarded as a mira
cle or omen, but in 1819 it was found
by Dr. Settea of Venice to be a mi
croscopic plant. Other naturalists
have since studied it, and during the
past summer it has made its apjiear
ance on cooked potatoes in England.
It is variously identified as the “Bacil
lus prodigiosus” and the “Mocrococus
prodigiosus” and is of a brilliant car
mine.—London Globe.
Labor is fife! ’Tis the still water faileth.
Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth.
Keep the watch wound, or the dark rust Mb
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Han Looks at It Askance, While Woman
Applies It to Many Uses.
A hairpin is an object which pos
sesses a strange interest for the mas
culine mind. A woman regards a
hairpin with as little respect ordi
narily’ as a common pin. Indeed she
is even less careful of its acquisition,
for there is no adage offering a day's
good luck as a reward for picking up
' a hairpin.
But a man who comes across a stray’
hairpin on a street car seat, for in
( stance, regards it with an air of tim
id triumph, and perhaps offers it to
the nearest woman from whose back
, hair it could possibly have fallen.
And he is generally snubbed for his
, pains. But it is when be beholds a
woman putting a hairpin to other
than what he regaids as its legiti
mate purpose that ho is most im
pressed. The woman who reaches
around to her back hair, deftly ex
tracts a hairpin, bites it together and
then buttons her gloves as noncha
lantly 7 as if she were using simply’
the fingers with which nature pro
vided her is an object of resjiectful
but intense admiration to every* man
in sight.
But if a woman wants to rivet all
masculine eyes she has only’ to buy a
new magazine and cut the leaves with
a hairpin. Whole carloads of steady
business men, not easily 7 impressed
by the frivolities of women, have
been held spellbound by this little
act. Passengers on the elevated
trams have been unable to tear
themselves from the contemplation
of the process and have sat still with
troubled but watchful eyes as they 7
heard their station called. The other
day’ the writer saw at least 20 men
watching with breathless interest
the hairpin method of magazine cut
ting, as practiced by a very swell
young woman, who was apparently 7
unconscious of the scrutiny 7 which
followed her every movement.
When she finally 7 replaced the hair
i pin in her fluffy locks, every man of
1 the 20 gave a sigh and then looked
sheepishly 7 at his neighbor. As for
the young woman she tuiued to look
out of the window, but there was a
1 covert look of amused satisfaction in
her eye which intimated that her un
' consciousness of observation had
' been in appearance only.—New York
» Sun.
• A Naval OftleeYwKo Thinks He Has Alto-
get her Too Much to Do.
Every nation loves its navy, and
the heart of the landsman goes out
> to the poor fellows who are cooped
> up for life within the steel walls of a
man-of-war, and yet when one pays
a visit to such a ship as the cruiser
New York he is filled with envy 7 of
I the captain, the lieutenants and even
t i the ensigns. When he stands upon
’ ; the spar deck and gazes around, he
, I realizes that he has beneath his feet
) probably the finest warship in the
world and feels that he would like to
be part of her. He addresses him
self to a lieutenant enthusiastically:
t “I’d give everything I've got in
the world to be an officer on this ves-
T sei.”
’ “Take my 7 place and let me go
1 ashore,” was the reply, quick as a
flash.
“If it were possible, I would ex
change with y’ou today. What a
time you have! Pets of the govern
ment, pets of the women. Nothing
to do but feel proud of your ship and
yourselves. Wear the handsomest
uniform in the world, look spick and
1 span, ready 7 for business, whether in
love or war. Ah, what a life!”
! The lieutenant seemed sad.
“You know not what y’ou are say
ing,” he answered. “You can have
no idea how hard a life we lead.
Look at that and tell me if we lie on
i a bed of roses.”
Oj>ening a locker he flung out a
• pair of overalls, blue, greasy, paint
ed, oily, rusty’. At sight of them the
eyes of the landsman filled with
teare of sympathy. And he, that
beautiful officer, so spick and span,
actually 7 wore those nasty* things!
“Is it possible that you, too, have
’ to help scrub the decks? My con
-1 science! I should never have thought
it. I believed that was left for the
jack tars and the midshipmen. It
must take you a couple of hours
every morning, even with the assist
ance of your 500 seaman. I don’t be
lieve I'll exchange with you.”
“What makes you think I help
t scrub decks? I never said so.”
[ “Those filthy things. What do
j you do in them? Hub up the guns,
s maybe?”
“Oh, no. Once a week I have to
inspect the inside of the hull, and it
is necessary* to crawl through some
very small holes, so to save my uni-
• form I put on these overalls.”
I “Once a week? Is that all you
( have to do?”
r “Well, no. I drill some of the men
r in the morning—three mornings a
3 week. I have just finished drilling
i a squad and feel exceedingly tired.
T I was at it at least an hour and a
3 quarter.”
3 “Anything else disagreeable?”
] “I have to go on watch occasional-
- iy-”
1 “You don't tell me so? It is pretty
- rough, ain't it? I never dreamed
you fellows had such a terrible
amount of hard work to do. The
life of an officer is not a jolly one.
3 Do you ever have a holiday ?”
3 “Only two a week. The first, I
i am so tired that I lie around the
5 ship to get rested. The second, I
i have to make a few calls, and when
- they are over I hurry back to get
1 ready* for work the next day.”
“Well, old fellow, I sympathize
3 with you from the bottom of my*
3 heart. I’ll go ashore and stay there.
- Can 1 send you anything to make
life more pleasant?”
“Thank you, no. The city of New
5 York has given us everything we
need, silver service and all.”
“Are you ever allowed to take a
drink ?”
“Oh, yes. A little nip now and
> then."
“A mate's nip?”
“Any size y’ou like. Hop Wah,
take two glasses and a corkscrew in
my room.”
Poor fellows.—Now York Tribune.