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ipoken of this ntu.
pretty girl.
Jtck was not In the s
bat he came In after are,. t mA
slipped into his place beslu. Ron,
“Who is that?” be asked in a* trader-
THESUNflYSOUTH, ATLANTA, GA.,
“New Major,” replied Carlton.
Jack’s eyebrows went np and tbeoor
at rs of his month went down—that Ethel
Mordannt’s husband, that coarse-month
ad, hard faced, loud roloed brute-now
he understood the old nurse’s reticence,
now he knew the meaning of the Mrsere
hues about her mouth; that Ethels kne
lt was Incredible to hun, lncred-
iSK. I hVbtMrtill had violet flowers were
“By Jove,” his thoughts run, “how she
must have altered after I left Blankhamp
ton. 1 suppose she has grown the rue
sssstsrpsnof her mother by this time. 1
“What d'you think of htasf 1 ’
j altered after I left Blankhamp-
1 suppose she has grown the vary
■ — I em a# te„ as MAthae h* ftklfl tlMB.”
sued
Carlton la his ear, at that
“I don’t think anyth!
swsred Jack a share sharp'
side of a naan stakes twi
i one way or the other.
I at all,” an
|y, “the oot
ItUe differ-1
Wiyandthanha
[how la the world ■
marriage eoud by any poesiblUty hare
eoase about or even been brought about
bstwssn such a asaa as Major Dennis
and his old Mead and fiist lore, Ethel
Molds unt.
Immediately after lunch he wont round
and asked the Colonel to introduce him
to Major Dennis. “I believe, Sir,” he
said in his pleasant voice, “that I have
the pleasure of knowing Mrs. Dennis.”
“Indeed,” returned toe Major without
In tDT waj helping him.”
“If she was Miss Mordaunt of the Cliffs,
Blankhampton,” Jack went on.
* Yes, my wife was Miss Mordaunt,”
said the Major.
“My father was the Bishop of Blank
hampton,” said Jack—“and the CUffe is
next to the Palace. Miss Mordhhnt and
i- .wore children together and great
-trads.”
“Ah', — flrst love I suppose and
its vlrttd tbe Major with a harsh
is now r
The v-o.-nel loosed surprised and not a
little disgusted; J<ck drew his head up
rather s'.ffly and answered In scarcely
such a pleasant voice as he had spoken
In before. “1 have not seen her for over
twelve j ears, Sir—1 cannot even say if
she remembers me.”
As the C Lionel maintained a dead si
lence and Jack has not so much as the
ghost of a smile on bis face, it must have
occurred to Major Dennis that he had
said something which would have been
tetter left unsaid. At ail events, he
burst into a somewhat unmirthful laugh
and patted Jack lightly on the shoulder.
“Aht well, joking apart, I daresay Mrs.
Dennis will rememoer you well enough.
Come down to the hotel and see her. She
hated leaving the o:d regiment though
the didn’t u ant to go to India—but sue
doesn’t think muon of Cherisey, from
what she has seen so far, and I fancy an
eld friend’s face will be a perfect god
send to her.”
Jack’s isce cleared Instantly. “Thank
you \ ery much, Sir. I should like to see
Mrs. Dennis again Immensely. Will she
be at home th.tfaf.t noon?’’
“Uhl I sbould mink so. I shall not bs
able to get back till after fi re, but you can
look in when you like, iou know.”
“Thank you very much, Sir,”said Jack
gratefully.
It happened to be a clear afternoon for
him, and when he had finished his clga
rette Jack strolled into Carlton’s hut.
“Monty,” he said carelessly—“I’m
going aown to call on Mrs, Dennis. Will
you come? ’
“No,” said Carlton promptly, “you’ll
get on very well without me.”
‘ Obt don’t be rusty, old chap, come
alone,” Jack urged.
“Not to day, my friend.”
“But you’ll have to go some time or
ather.”
“I daresay I shall,”
“Then why not do it now as well as to
morrow or next week.”
‘ On! I mayn’t be alive next week, then
I shall get off it altogether.”
“Monty, what an aes you are.”
“I know, I know. But I'm not going to
call on anyone to day.”
So Jack, finding bis friend Inflexible,
went and changed what he called bis
“togs” and went off to the town to call
su his old love, Ethel.
Yes, sbe wss at home, the waiter said.
So Jack wa taken upstairs feeling quite
lervous at the prospect of seeing her
again. The waiter opened the door of a
room on tUc first fl. or and ushered him
In with an antcunctmi nt, “Mr. Trevor.”
Mrs. Dennis was bluing in a laige
lounging chair with h■ r back to the door
and was reading a bock. She rore when
the mau spoke and came to meet her
■'‘■^ny’jtc-fl 1 j£', oaoe ’ sUe uttered a
As It youY’ ""
She held out both hands in hor joy at
feeing him, and Jack took luem aim held
them ‘ast.
do go law sometimes, row kaow, hot
that's net tto saaro at aiL”
“Bntyon’ro happy yoo hovo a good
timeF ha aakad imxteroly.
“Oh so so, “aha replied.
“Bot 700*10 hot no-happy ewaiy? ha
cried la dismay.
“Yoo mists A aw,” retoned Mra. Dan-
■is, pallia* becaaif together with no af-
fort—“I Jeot wood pants
■’Whatshould change
««mr, Ethel you knew at home .
* you are grown up, and married,
he said, smi'-lug at her. .
“And what d.fferer.c idooBtbatJ?*in
the demanded. “1 ceu.dn t help it in
1 “AtidThope you didn’t want to help
either,” s? id ne, t; j’ing now to show what
je felt about her liusbana.
“OhI well—well,” and she gave a soft
little sigh. “1 was so very young to be
Jack ard Major Dennis is so
“ueb older th’an I am, you know. You’ve
se^-n him, of course
'0.1 yes
4 Mrs. Dennis began to laugh “How
funny it is for y< n to call cu me!
Isn't it funr.j ?'’
*Whnt U W.i, I cannot explain it, but
aays athome. Do joureme ha , f
I*’“ What a g P .uch_y JttJhwsttJ
he gave me permission to
that lam nnhappp—sod 1 suppose I gat
a very gos4 lima, if yoo call going oot
In aoetelf having a good tea. But—hot
I thlak I was over ednroted. and they
did not begin a they meant to goon,
which wao pity- They begin with my
tether’s idea of oduoauon—outdoor exar
else - riding—hunting—fishing- olimbing
trees—a rsgolar term-yard aort of life;
and than aftsr you want away from tbs
Palace, they changed all that. I had two
governssaee and they taught me how to
be ladylike, I wsa not allowed to ride
much for tear of making me crooked; I
waa not allowed to walk without a para
sol for fear of spoiling my complexion;
and I had to take care of my hands, and
to do tbia,that and the other, until I ha
ted my lire and wished many a time that
I had never been born. Perhaps if had
married a man who would have encour
aged me to ride and drive and play ten
ms, I might have forgotten all the hor
rible process of my education. But Ma
jor Dennis batts masculine women and
never lets me get on a hoiks or have tie
reins In my hands.
“My poi-r Utile friend,” said Jack, tak
ing the hand nearest to him in his own
and holding it tenderly. All this must be
so bad for yon.”
“Yes.” hopelessly. “I might hare got
my nerve back and been quite my old
self again ny this time. But as it Is—
well, among them they have killed my
nerve and —and—I think they have
broken my heait too.”
“My poor little Mend,” repeated Jack
softly.
She snatched her hand away. “No,
don’t pity me,” she cried, with a half
hysterical laugh. “I cannot bear that,
anything but that. I ought not to have
told you. I assure you, Jack, 1 nev, r tell
anybody. We were four years with the
old regiment and not one of them knew
I had ever been on a horse In my life,
* You don t mean it?”
“Oh! yes—but there, don’t let us talk of
It again—it’s not worth It. It all comes
of overeducating me. I think I had not
brains enough to stand It.”
“And your husband Ethel, is he—is
he—You a:e happy in your marriage!”
“On!—we get along very well. My
mother thinks it a great pity now that I
married so young. You see, when ws
were married, Major Dennis was next to
the Frothingham title—and two years
and a half ago old Lady Frothingham
died and the old lord married again at
once, within three months or somtthlng
like that. It wouldn’t have mattered so
much only they’ve got twin boys a year
old now, so the chaucea of my husband
ever being Lord Frothingham are ex-
oeedingly small.”
“Bat yon don t care.”
“Not In the least. I think I prefer to
be as 1 am—but my mother took the mar
riage as a great trouble and the twins al
most proved her death. Major Dennis
disappointed, you see ne had looked
upon hlmselt so long and had been
looked upon by others as the next Lord
Frothingham, and he feels dreadfully ag
grieved about it.”
“1 can understand that.”
“A- d Lora Frothingham added insult
to injury by asking him to be godfather
to the neir ’just to show there waa no Ill-
feeling.’ And he waa so angry, I dared
not laugh.”
“Ana ne was angrj ?’’
“OhI—honlbly—awfully angry.”
“And I don't wonder,” laughed Jack.
“It seems to me that it can’t really make
much difference, bat I can understand
his being angry aoont it. By the bye, I
wonder If we couldn’t talk the Major
over Into letting yon ride again.”
Ethel started np in positive alarm.
“Oh! no, don t try, don t think of it for
an^icstant. Hu never would—and—and
lse ,ne you won’t suggest anything off
JbS.iiiVfineJasa.ert.a-JseiSSr'abn'rOOklifat
her c osely. “I say, Ethel,” he said slow
ly, “are you afraid of your husbano?
She looktd from side to side and tried
to laugh the question off.
“It’s not exactly that J» ck ». a! J® Ba,< *’
“only he la a great deal older than ns,
yon know, and has an immense Idea of
his rank and all that. And I know he
wouldn’t like It and—aud It s so awfully
j Ally for me to have you ‘“la soagaio,
i shouldn't like yon to do anything to
V6 “And*when did yon say ‘awfully jolly’
last, I wondei? ’ sail Jack smiling.
Never since you went away from the
- the Msjor s wife
TSS^JSatmmmm
wroodln the Ji
light, and the breesa
stirred the laovro of the
tones In the front yam
throwing roil, green
Note living
seen, end the dog, to all
king of the realm. He dosed an while
the pigeons flew away, end
broke the etillneae rove the ter off tinkle
of noowbaU.
At last there wee heard * light footstep
along the wide hall, end n slender, girlish
figure appeared in the open doorway. It
was of s girl of eighteen summers
straight end slim, yet willowy end gram
tal. Here waa not e strikingly beautiful
face, but one that possessed an Irreetsti
charm, with its shadowy gray eyes and
clouds of dark hair.
She was plainly dressed, end over her
arm hang the ribbons of a large white
hat.
St\e looked out at the golden snnehlne
and then glanced at the dog.
“Why, Brunet 1 ’ she exclaimed; “you
lszy fellow! To be lying here asleep, and
all tnla delicious afternoon slipping away
from nel Get np this Instant, sir, and
come with me for a walk.”
Brnno rose, wagged his tall, and, after
shaking himself, somewhat reluctantly
followed his mistress down the braid
stone steps, through the dim, shady
front yard, and out into the level road—
a country road in summer time—its way
side flowers, the green trees whispering,
nodding and clasping hands aloft and
tnrowing a shimmer of scattered sun
beams upon the heads cf passers, like a
shower of gold! Sach a scene lives in the
heart, and oomes back to the memory
like the sweetness of a dear dead Mend.
Leah walked on and on, enjoying the
quiet beauty of the scene, until she be
gan to ascend a hill over which the road
wound wltn a gentle carve. Suddenly
there was the sound of horse’s hco's, and
In a moment a horse man appeared on the
brow, and rapidly advanced.
Lsah raised her head and glanced ear
erly at the stranger as he cane onward.
Then she paused, with a look of expec
tancy In her eyes. As she stood the
droot ing vines touched her dark hair
lovingly, and her face grew bright with
the light that rarely Illumines a human
face on this side the weary river—the
light of perfect happiness and unselfish
love.
He reined In his horse, and looked
down upon her, but alas! with quiet,
friendly eyes which were blind to the
light in her face and diaf to the story
her radiant eyes would have whisp red
to his heart.
Ah, Lsah, is it youT I was harrying,
so that I could stop and speak to you;
and behold! the intensity of my wish
brought yon to meet mel Did yon feel
no mysterious Inclination to walk in
this direction.”
L:ah laughed. He had dismounted
and was walking beside her. “Well, it
la hard to say whether I did or not, con
sidering that I almost invariably take
my afternoon walk this way. However
that may be, here I am, and yon may tell
me why yon so much wished to see me.”
Vane Howard did not immediately re
ply bat walked on in silence. At last he
pat oat bis hands and took hers. “Leah,
little friend,” he said, “yon have been
like a sister to me so long that I mast
tell yon a Utile secret and ask yon to
sympathize with me.”
Leah listened, like one in a dream,
while he went on talking rapidly, telling
her of bis love—not for ner, Heaven
help her)—but for another! She walked
mechanically on, stunned and sick,
listening to his words in silence. She
noted everything in a listless way, even
the chirp of the crickets In the long grass
by the roadside and the fantastic snad-
ows thrown by the setting son. Taen
everything seemed to
liTtT
yon lilt What Is the L—
y g Qe rallied, released herself from his
Above that fire bbu wm
asSEwsfiggst 8TOT,ES EES®!®
book in the corner of the twpii* opti ur - -* - —
times. OhI Jack, what a pity itW^'.S
we ever grow up."
Jaeklfcevor rooked aside ether end
twisted himself ronod a little ne he eat.
“Why, Ethel, yen don’t mm to say i
you'd like to go back to the CUffe
Blsekhempton again ” he cried.
“Ahl would I nott” she answered. “I
MORNING. DECEMBER 13,1890.
Congress in ftrifcgaESBBBFty * Pak “ #ut
tools* to
apaj.1 waroitel
iHeevenl—not I
8 he started ■■
and rushed from]
stain, into the ha
Her sort met
■What to the
“Are von Ult
Leek Bang
AS4.poiBtiBt
“FIrel” andeJB
“How her feet
teamed rtietehtoJ
mile, while in the
sggSgaESgyc
geaL A enroll gronptfj lone, eweetoeek
spvhtetc—, In thair eke wanton in
white wringing her bar ■ and shrieking
eland, wee eU she sen- ‘My daughter to
la that hones, end ne°» wUloavo hart”
■Leah, turned ■MBHlaMH
to the
a brighter light on
the power of any
theie. “Have no few,
“I wlU aave her P
A horror-etrlcken e
“Not not yon
tain death!”
Leah called for a ro
•tent had disappear*
The crowd lookt
with
_ _ jOtld
fire have thrown
said, oalmly.
broke out:
t will be car
and the next in
i the smoke.
>n wltn hashed
breath. The mother,1|U on her knees,
and, with her eye^tegl on the windows
above, prayed tor both
At last the window—bat window from
which the light had tunkled warningly
at Leah—burst open, end she appeared
with a limp, white btden in her arms.
Beckoning thoss betw to approach,
Leah sUently and wihffMtrange, super
bu nan strength, lowerd the white form
into the arms ontstiethed to receive it.
And then the terriff
np at the bra-w
‘ — 1-aTT
For the StncKY Booth. - *>
OUT CHARITY has
been in a great deal of
trouble lately. A tew
nights ago, aa 1 rot
alone writing, she en
tered. There wore
signs in the air. Her
Meek eyee snapped
portentonaly; her
wrinkled tees
Into n
mighty effort of self-
control, and she waa
plying her anaff-bmah
in a vigorously resent-
tel manner, which I know from long ex
perience was typical of dire vengeanoe
jetoec
rifl| |
' Tflcu
people looked
ner. Merciful
heaven! Too late! .’he flamus al
ready wreathed the vindow at which
she stood, forming a trilUant, immortal
frame for the picture hat wonld Uve for
ever in the memory, oj-hoso who saw Itl
Leah stood re-.ignedly .gainst the flam
ing background, a gloified martyr. Her
white face, in lie ntte netfalnees and
t eace, was turned upw rd, and her won
erftal gray eyes filled vlth I he mystery of
life and death, looket away past the
crowd, psst the n^lpi hi* zing hell be
neath, ont into the (Wst summer night
ard up to the etef where He
whose name is love loks forth on the
wrongs of this life!
And the white-hairs! minister, with
trembling voice, said “..nt ns pray.” And
he prayed “that the wiite soul of the
maiden might to its haven of
rest; that this grandest if all hnman sac
rifices might be acceptable.”
And the hearts of all were moved as
the closing words fell frtni his lips: “And
greater love hath no mm than tbie—that
he lay down his life forhis friend!”
Luma Davib.
AUNT SA1UE.
Slie MaajfiLHetiuat Love Af-
ter Full Eighteen Years.
ar n. aud smiled Into his face.
Oh! the courage of these women! Call
them weak, and ascribe aU robust quali
SStoS brother—man—but they pos
sess a silent, a deadly courage, c *“
endure even unto death, and make no
"‘“It is nothing,” she said. cMmly-
“rnerely a little faintness—only a throb.
Goon. Yon were saying— ..
That you know her welLj^WM ^with
OhI
jou were then
aaUahooknowT ’ - dn - t ,, wit h a
‘No, lm B “£e 1 r eat fun all the
lame icd doyou remember Crummies.
Ji $o be sure I do. What got him!”
'-Nothing. I have him still, she an
‘*w£*t is Crummies alive Jack
tried. “Why he must be as old as the
^“Scarcely so old as that. Stay. PU
Ti “ wiv he knows you.” Ethel cried.
‘ h® cannot pcsslbly remember
you—not after*all tlfroe yroro he
wc" a baby when jougave him to me.
“You forget
I wonder if you could
Annt Sallie was at old maid. She
lived in a cottage kepi bright with new
paint, and sweet with the odor of flow
ers,
When I war. achiil I loved to stay
there and listen to tht'clear, sweet note
of the robin, mingled w.th the inimitable
lingo of the bobolink in the orchard. It
seemed to me that on no other trees did
snoh pink and white wreaths of apple
blossoms gleam from among seagreen
leaves. Delicious bird music came with
these flowers in the glad springtime; bat
in autumn, golden fruitage hang over
the old stone wall,
Her garden, too, was a marvel of
thrift and neatness. The climbing peas
were in rank row*;: the red lined leaves
of the bents revealed a world of sweet
ness; the beans grew fast and think; the
spreading cabbages stood empearled
with morning dew.
Why a woman with auih thrifty, in
dustrions habits married, was
a mystery to me. aq f
rlends. It was am
bat never satisfacto.;
One golden Ootoi
thf
slipping away j oouid b8 heard . m
music with wlH^, I- j
filled. l
a buggy came’’
as to all of her
cion often asked,
(answered,
day, when nuts
from their
I verse seemed
|g down the ave-
Palace,” answered — ..
promptly and laughDg quite gaily..
Just tuen the door opened and the
Mf jor entered the room. Tue langh. died
awav from Ethel’s lace. Crummies lifted
hto lip and showed his teeth in a dumb
snarl, and Jr.ck Trevor at once got on to
^“Then you found your way . do ^ a
TrevoiT ’ said the burly Major in a very
af ^I b dld° n sir—as soon as you were gm^
enough to give me leave to come, I lost
n *‘And how*do you think my wife’s look-
^“Mrs. Dennis has grown “P *.*!!
her last, but I should have known her
107^6761” JilCk MBWCWd. _
“rimt’s all right. Well, you must come
down and see her when you Uke. Come
and dine tomorrow night-—eight®
“I shall be delighted, Sir,” t
Bat as he walked away Jong the quiet
little street, the question came to tom
‘•Why did he ask me and why was sne so
surprised that he did sot”
(To be Continued.)
least alartned. I have walked rapidly,
and anutired. I think I will turn back
D< ‘‘Verv well. I wlU go with you, as my
wavisyours! L?an upon my arm, and
J^wtS not find the walk so tiresome.
SS ,ffiie^h»he“rse^
e?“Md that other—oh, the bitter mock with no slight
6r kto vto^roundtdtei away as he told | V “It was_Herb<t 8t,J»_manto whom
her " *"*™
was
the
nue, in the dlr*^4^ Aunt SaUie’s
house. I pnshea " l >y tangled yeUow
carls away from n " f yea, and psered
curiously ont at th»- *fU, elderly mm
who seemed Intent on Us own thoughts
and did not notice me.
Aunt SaUle, attracte- by the noise of
the wheels, came to thaloor. She looked
aeratin'zlngly at the sttngir for a mo
ment. then came slowlput to meet him.
I could not distinctly ear what either
said, but 1 noticed an uasnal excite ment
in my aunt’s manner, 1 she led the way
into the house.
The visitor remaineun hour or two,
then departed in_the me stately man -
Ee /‘ snDDOsed hetme on busiocss con
nected with therm, and did not go i a
Immediately, ^en 1 rettaned, I was
snrarised at thdessMful blush which
had crept into 1 * l ®t s cheek and the
soft happy Hght'blci beamed from her
ieman?” I asked,
of cariosity in myr
I saw him four years
•Four yeais sgo.
M “At the Cliffe,
Of fatei—neruu~^----- be M d "nmvi Herbft»»•, » man to whom
Lis vol<* sounded fro away ro s h*ll—God wlUnjioon be married,”
Kng^mi“tolpplnese- sh*eanswerod, ***** more to herself
rfnttoe in whifh.be was to have no | tlmn to m^^
’^‘sssgvsai m sa *^ssssksss w »
thr.«to3.inkWWndthe hUU, and
^ntoe l-t Sngerlng tints of amber
almost
. . >w a lit
tle while ago Is tbe'man I ever truly
engage tom when I was
its old
even tneia« ’ loved. I was engtoje nun when 1 was
-u,..,
said, aa he °g wl ?? a U, ®5^2d f gently. auntT Where has ton through aU
.aaBCJWg&PSIagSMaay “
SfJKfilS fiv<"l
Beautiful Dreams
’■aid, “and Mr,
jww 11 ■ —f gf euu— _ • —
tor your happiness- u to his Steel to forty-four, rod many y<
He pressed bwhane’ UTtod r “ l# “ way ^Tremain for ns yfou ask why
Mpff* t y. d ,«i°°°ht^wlth not a backward | did not marry Ma ’, 1 , w “ young,
at the quiet figure to
*sfi^«aaaasfS:
WhenT Where?” she
.... _ of course. Just before
But how
was it I never saw you?
• You were away. 1 on.,
“?Ohi-?»ee.””tt ea after a moment’s
pmnse, “Nurse never told me that yon
*^•1 wonder whyt’’ said he, with some
sstonishment In his tone. .
Mrs Dennis made a vague future • s
if tooonvey to him that she »Ibciimte-
ISsBs
si £s°ba
SgaSSiSSSSB
Ethri,after her rfSZtton,
SThtotorttower of Blankhampton
C q*Jlftaew now thnt N owe Sommer* had
^ only to be kind, only that
XitoSwhto^fbSdear old playleUow
J^SiriSe^to tort.WtoS
Well!vroU.it waa all over now, a* 1 here
DenaiM looked up at hto
** '^'heleht. at his good fair tooe and
r nounshim.
For the Sunny Bouth.
When quite n smaU chUd I was left an I _
orphan. My brothers sold the old borne darknees, toto tnraea wwa~^“
and bade me good by. Leaving me to house, where thoughts twramou u»
live with a married sister, they went J ly.
West.
baokward J did not marry tom - - --
nto sne sw»i lM _i n ~ on the I We tort a quarrel inn I see now I
iHnoe at the quiet figure lea g I was greatly to btoro* left and went
to China, where hi me he has made
a fortune. I am out with him
I when he returns tc Flowery King-
dOI Oh. Auntie!” I .breathless with
3Ste5£S5'a?Ss
that window, stood by my bod aiao aim | wotttwdt o u j w-tod
me to
Heaven. Then
pointing to Heaven, said:
&weU. Uke a shrimp beside Urn.
“Would yon have known me, Jackf,
* touStod # oto alord-“Wby. Ethel,
./Smne 1 should have known yon—any •
* Mt M*ered n exoept
« »•«
dot”
(l Perhaps so,” “there’s no
telling what maj J*’
One month fron®*y Aunt Salllo
scams Mrs. Stee«led away to
she told me good by, and | m t. When one is tired, tnat V(U .— ^
I^nially escaped to
..waA harMif In# She walked ww ^ I j have reconciled to
her marriage wi^**^ yellowish
open winnow.
looked on^iS^^oror^wtoroUro | ^“KSoulJe P«>yed_to be
I trembled inwardly, for I did not
know bat that I was the innocent
c bject of her wrath.
tubs Mt my mind nt rest by asking, in
n voice bosky with suppressed emotion:
“Whar’sde JedgeT Iwantde Jed gel
1 said I was gunter teU de Jedge, an’ I is!
He’ll see me git justioe. He’U he’p me
pdneh em (pnnleh). Whar is hef ”
I fold her he was absent, bnt assured
her that he would “punch” anybody she
said punch, and then I went on in a pa-
c.fic, soothing way to find ont her
trouble.
She set her round black arms akimbo
and began with a bewilderli g confusion
of “yon knows,” “you stes,” and “de
chiroh.”
When I finally got my mind aboard
her train of thought it was running at
the rate of sixty miles an hoar, the
throttle wide open and enough steam In
reeerve to explcde the boiler.
“Yon see, dey been tamed me ont de
church; me dat alnt never done nuthin.
Your Annt Charity, honey, none tnrn me
ont lak a dog, without no offer, neber
ebon had no ’mittee to set on me! Ho w d
yon like to be driv ont and not be sot ont
And I wanter kno w if I can pnnoh em for
ralnln my character, totln false ’ports.
I gnnter take em tode cote hous<! ’
“Why, of coarse,” I told her, “yon can
sne them for slander if they have rained
your good name. What were the charges
against you!”
“De charges wcz f3.t0; dat’s whnt de
charges wuz. I thought I could pay
what 1 exposed and I paid three dollars,
and dey go and say I didn’t pay nnthicl
Yee dat’s de onliest offer dey makes.
Yon didn’t know dey turned yon out for
not payinT Well, honey, you don’t know
bow much. Cose! You see, dey axes yon
first foryonr sees ment mighty perlite; an
If yon don’t'spon dey axes yon again,
like yon gotter; and den if you don’t, d; y
sands a ’rniltee to sat on yoo; aid if cat
don’t fetch yon, dey nps and cuts yon
loose. Now, dat ar ’mittee dt y ’pinted to
wait on me—dere was my ciass leader
and Brndder Nolan and Sis Tempo. Now,
yon know yourself, honey, dat Bis Tempo
is too bnsy gassin aroun totln other peo
ple’s business, to set on nothin.”
“Why, I thought you and Tempo were
great friends,” 1 interrupted
“ Who, me, 81s TjmpleT Why, she’s de
ole bell cow of de whole gang! It’s
nothin but dat ar piece er red flannin
’twlxt her teeth dat started de whole
cohobblety. Yon know I been hatter
spend a heap er money for dls here
misery in my shoulder and sendln’ de
chiUnn to schoo'; an yon know, tong boat
Christmas, I give myself a collation to git
money to go to sc e my folks what I ain’t
seen since slavery time, an jest case I
don't give it dem an takes a trip. Sis
Temple Is j salons. It’s money! money I
money I
*•1 ’clare to grrclous! dey can’t have
nothin ceptin dey have a co-llcctlon. Yon
goes to church and hears a good sermant
an boot de time de spirit gits to movin’
in yon strong, dey go to tryin to m»ke
your pockets happy. How kin anybody
git happy when dey’s spectin ev’ry minlt
to have de contibution box plated at em!
’Pears lak dey say ‘I done made yon
happy—now pay for III’ Does dsy pint
de contib ition box at you every San
dayt”
I was oblighed to admit that they did.
“ Pears to me lak dey medge: your
’ligtne by de empiness of your pocket
book. Look at de love feast. Dere is
Bruddcr Ishmael wha!.V'j'j’i?i ta „^or de
has dJ
my brndder?’ And der’s Sib ter Jane Dun
can, what's so rich she can ’ford to have
a sep’ate pa for every one of her six chil
dren. When she gits np dey all shouts
and he’ps her. Bnt when your Aunt
Charily, or any de poor ones gits up to
late deir speriunce, dey twisses and
squirms aroun’ in deir seats lak dey
mighty tired. Dat’s what make me nay
what I say.”
“Why, 1 thought Jane was a pillar in the
church,” I s ld.
‘ Wei',, if she is, she’s a plller sham!”
she jerked- ont, Indignantly.
I forgave the fnn, and she went on: “It
was at de love feast dey tuck en read me
ont; and if it hadn’t er been dat I voml-
nates a foss, I’d er had it ont right dere.
I ain’t no gronin’ to be walked onl
“Den jest about dat time sisier Malissa
■no *i®ter Tildy got in a rampage ’boat
Si TUdy’s hankcher what sis Liesy done
tuck en snatch while sis Tildy was hol-
dln’ her hands ober front her eyes, takin’
de love feast!
x “Me takes de love feast? Who—me? No,
I didn’t have none in my heart, and what
my stomache gnnter do with it? Not dat
I is hanker after dishyer church! Plenty
more ohnrehes glad to git my little dime.
Dishyer ohnreh make me think ’boot two
oxee goln’ down de road, one of’em wan’t
to go gael till he see de odder want to go
get! den he’s bleeged to go haw I
. "Bot what gits me; when I gin myae’f
de collation and put de money in my
poc^e*, <ie preacher, he say I oughtn’t er
he studying ’tout tomorrow, bnt jest look
ter de Lord. Hukhnm Us children wears
noroeco shoes and mine wears de white
folks worn ont onee? Hukhnm his wife’s
“•“ff to? in her lap, when mine is
My ffynewtfcer.
Whene’er I see her pretty f»c«,
Low o’er the keyboard bending.
And watch her winning, girlish I
To this old office lending
A brighter gleam or sun and light,
I can’t think, I declare.
That she’s the girl with whom I light
About my work and sweer.
And is I watch her fingers pink
Fast flying o’er the keys,
Half tenderly I sit and think
Of what my fancy secs.
And at the end of every day,
When she, with whom I’ve list tied.
Ha. gone, to her machine I say,
“No wonder you get rattled!”
—Janies G. Burnett in St. Fan! Globe.
Foredoomed to Failure.
Johnson—f have a new scheme on band.
I’m organizing a combine of literary men
in the country, to protect their business
interests.
Bronson—It won’t work. Many of our
most prominent litterateurs could never
bo harmonized together. For instance,
George Francis Train, E’Xa Wheeler Wil
cox, John ij. Sullivan and Nellie Bly.—
Light.
A Gentle Mint.
Dry Goods Prince—tones won’t give ns
any more orders, eh?
Drummer—Well, he didn’t say so In so
many words, but that’s what he gave me
to understand.
Drj-G oo<ls Prince—IIow so?
Drummer—He had me bounced.—West
Shore.
A Lesson Illustr:it«’<l.
The maid, with a smile that enhanced her
Observed to her beau one day.
“There aro many men with bi£, strong arms
Who never need work for pay!"
He replied, as he gazed in her eyes' deep blue
Ancl iier slender form embraced:
“ ’Tis true, and mine having no work to do
Of course must go to waist. 11
—Cape Cod Item
It* peculiar efficacy !• ffa#
a* much to the proce** and
NOTHING s kUi in compounding a* to
the Ingredients themselves.
LIKE IT Take it in time. It check*
di*ea*e* in the outseLor ir
they be advanced will prove a potent cure.
No Iwe
It
yog WHOSE
benefit
Biliousness,
It takes the place of a
doctor and cosily pre
scriptions. All who lead
sedentary lives will And
it the best preventive or
and cure lor Indigestion,
Nt t ««•
of thne, no interference with business
while taking. For children it is most ln-
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1 exposure after taking, f are* ColIc. IM
au-rhu-a. Bowel Complaint*. Fovorta*^
ness and Feverish Colds. Invalids and
delicate persons will find it the mildest
A nerient and Tonic they can use. A little
taSen at night Insures refreshing sleep
and a natural evacuation or the bowels.
A little taken in the morning sharpens
the appetite, cleanses the stomach and
sweetens the breath.
A PHYSICIAN’S OPINION.
“I have been practicing medicine for
twenty years and have never been able to
put np a vegetable compound that would,
like Simmons Liver Regulator, promptly
and effectively move the Liver to anion,
and at the same tune aid (instead nt D’e.uc-
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? powers of the system-
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To Kill Time.
Blase Buttercukes—Couldn't yer lemmo
two cents to get over to Brooklyn? I’m
broke.
Mr. Scadila— What do you want to do In
Brooklyn?
Blase Butterciikes—Oh, borrer enough to
come track on, I guess.—Puck.
Harbaugh's Skin Lotion.
Rringing Up tlie Past.
Head of the Firm—That’s a pretty tough
looking office coat you are wearing around,
Mr. Travers.
Travers—Yes, sir. I got this with the
last raise hi my salary.—Puck.
Altogether Gratuitous.
**Oh, liavo yoo been to the fair ?” she asked.
“Oh, yes, I‘ve been to tlie fair,” said L
•Then please go-again, and take me, t-
The beautiful maiden made reply
“Nay, naj*, what folly that w
My radiant Rose, to take
Twere carrying coals to N<
To take you, fairest, to tli
uld be,
rou there
wcastle,
e fair.”
Boston Courier
—- ,.... .vw.vu w uo peo *
pie and a hundred people lookin to de
wok pot and de hoe handle. “Tooby
sha! Lillies McChbee.
Afraid of a Splurge.
One of the slickest games ever worked
by confidence men is that of buying a
term. One of the pair looks over the coun
try until he finds the man lie is after, and
he then buys the farm at the farmer’s own
price paying from $50 to $”00 down to bind
the bargain. Before the papers can b«
made out a confederate comes along, falla
to love with the same farm, and offers the
termer $2,000 more than the ot her did. The
Ilis Suspicions Yerifil'd.
“Isay, Mr. Hodge, your dog bit me la
the leg last. Monday.’’
“Thar! That ackcounts fur it. i knowed
that thar dog didn’t git sick on nothink.”
—Harper's Bazar
Education at Fault.
But one fine day along there came
A man ol handsome, noble carriage^
And she, aJasJ when he proposed
Could not decline that short word “marriage.*
—Boston Traveller.
Movement in tlie Land Market.
In order to boom the town an enterpris
ing western reporter scheduled, some local
earthquakes under the bead of “Great Ac- *
tivifcy in Ileal Estate.” — Philadelphia, *
Times.
A Tragedy.
Oh, she
llad a name
That with music wassivc-cft.
And her beauty was that
While lie
(What a shame)
Whom she married hail feet
Like two shovels, and answered* to “Smithr*
— Washington Post.
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1 — tions. Price, $1.00 a quart,
60 cents a pint.
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Any of the remedle*
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A Great Truth.
“Economy is wealth, my son.”
“! know, dad," replied tiie prodigal,
“but you’ve got to have money to save it
—New York Evening Sun.
Tt> Her.
It has been said
That only opposites sbould wed.
If that be so
Thy future can be only woe;
For, such thy fate.
The worst of men must be thy mata
George Birdseye in Judga
Turn About.
Guest at Hotel—How did you persuada
your waiter to feed the baby f
Fond Mother—Oh, I feed tho waiter —
New York Herald.
big
^sssaasi^SjggsaEI^
. Bo MoCoy.
memory of th*t
through every c
“Si.-SE'SU..tey* * I I Haw an El* *• Moved.
oarwoftto day had bron jjanyy,
u " anntnflll tO ffO VTODCt *
Uabmtttowtthartll
the correal
wire
the poles of force which
the coil frod from the eo-
The currePro» over the
down the » surmounts
Mehcar. to asm TUs motor has
w yrr<.r7l,« said: h I5IIHI« miniMt hide It. "MWIUMi .... :— toasm. Thu motor Mas
pointing to gg wronght by ns, rrtth, I aha noaaad ®«* “j* ow I Uarmatnre cou« oU,of wire tro-
S?nT2«^Cta-W". S^Niror.toVrthimroHKct." ?£* by which la
H you meet with trial, and trouble, on
Jut CM*your cares on Jesu*.
And don’t forget to piay.
thaangrtevartshto, and I room.
*Vtoamtelo»B» the honac dted ajtw,
And.attU MMJWttrtrowhUato# thmgh
Tto",U»aannaU yanlatod, and i *w^» \ ro^jy.^S^Bie,. .to watohad it I
comforted and chosrod boyoad niaaanro. thwtobtng Waa It the moo
SS^&OhSlW^ M.A.FOBxnn. g-J*gjU o^r iU
Bnatcr’k Storo, Ga» totohtcr and brightoc, danood
mat by an einnvwt, which la
attracted In su«*to poles of the
■tattenary eoila-
which it also flows, files
sod (ftm motion, by
of cog wffiaxle of the car.
The driver oW the use of a
later, turns ‘hoi® **i motor bor
um .w the car of ta the rails at
erilL In the a Die current
nroes along tt i which oonnro
Santemadein on the car,and
thro ont thron h to the rail^
rod then bad I«1 dynamo.—
Maw York Cot
i win-1
half
B la one of
i of the
through Congressman Ooloman.prowm.- firet ”
numerously algnod fotitAouSh.
asking thnt a creacent-ahapcd | with borrow. Were, * I afwearingas d the pma
first lea rn scarf.
dollars aO
, w , a speculation lm
he buys the first purchaser off with „
tonus. Then both meu drop out of sight
and the farmer learns something new.
I was stopping overnight with a Con-
neeticut farmer who had sold out and
taken $200 to bind the bargain. I was then
when the second man called with his
tempting offer. He waited at the barn,
antruncle Jerry came in and said to Anal
“ See,n f like » chance to make a dean
thousand .loUars. The first buyer san
toTl take a thousand, and that’ll leave ne
UM same.
“Did we ever have a
^ meef” slie askffd.
“Never."
“D’ye think we’d do It If we had the
wiTal 1 ,1 was thtokto’ ot a new watto
■4 • broadcloth suit, 0 *
“And I was thinkta’ otadk di
Uod * J iJ. we dasn’t da
Ih^Wed splurge to Wa twenty-tow
“Gness we would. Anal Sally, and aa ru
dl rot to the fustmaa!”
He sternly refused tto
wa when a thousand ae
aa inflexible. Tto a~t
stowed up again, and to
arople are holding toa
|^a papers ready foe that
Simmons Liver Becnlator. bear to
rt^itoS^ 1116 ^ 1 - dtetSSJt
Advertise.
This planet is much Jike a clam bank, I guess,
Where we u!I go a clamming with varied succero;
You must get the best clams, bo no shirk aH j
sham,
And then toot your horn, or you won’t sell aclai
- Cape Cod Item.
What It Was.
Mrs. De Flat—What is that horrid smell?
Mr. De Flat—1 judge from the odor that
it’s one of those odorless oil stoves.—New
York Weekly.
Unforgivable.
I wrote her a sonnet which said how I prised he*
And spoke in soft praise of her honny blue .ys-
rv ” I ve wondered since then how it mint h«i
surprised her,
For I find thnt her orbs are a different dye,
-Judge,
Diversity.
“All men don’t think alike.”
“Why, of course not; some 'gums
others ‘reckon,’ and still others 'fancyF 1
—Puck.
Saved B. ne If.
"I'll be a sist— hold on!" she cried,
As be took aim Co have her Ufe;
“Put up your pistol; don't be
I simply was about to add,
“I’ll be a systematic wife.”
-Philadelphia Frost
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