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EC EMBER S f 1906.
THE SUNNY SOUTH
FIFTH <PAGE
atrimony Plays Strange Pole in
* Battle of World-Famous Beauties ^
A BELLE OTERO wills to I
wed. !
All Paris is belting tliat 1
Cleo do Merode must fol- '■
low suit.
Tho rivalry between
these two beauties of the '
Parisian stage is great !
that one never permits (lie:
oilier to enjoy an achieve- !
moot without immediately i
attempting to eclipse it.
It has long been a. fa- •
. vorite joke of Hie gav !
* J, 5on ; 11 that if K-’t a hat
500 f t a nes. Otero would imme-
. spon,i twice that sum for a hat 1
J ,Uar only maniiVstlv hi
»•' and more lux irions.
Jf’ !en> got a dress. Merode drew i
t her enormous profits in u„.
Wires oi King Leopold, of Belgium, j
■j’h money to enable her to east die !
■•ion of Otero's modiste into the
ft'
fie years’ ago an admirer of ott ro
fnted her with an automobile worth
®° t-'hon ly all,-. Me;
■ _ I ans h.v appearing with two a i_
Ohiles. The first
counterpart of
. nose w;
one Uteri
It was the identical
same and furnished
5 to he. a perfect re-
fitly acquired.
colored the
ft ery detail so ;
■notion.
| 111 is rode Merodo's maid and dog.
lew yarils back. In an infinitely tine
■ line, in lact, in what has been said
|e the costliest one Paris hail at tun:
I turned tint, rule Merode.
feio was so angered by this incident
t she sold her automobile for only
f what it cost, and with the proceed
(jtht a ih.ig of the same breed as -Mi
e . niilj a much linci
ZSfye PawKy Peddler
T is curious ito contemplate i according to his custom, although it
the various modes by j might lie to take his breakfast in the old
... . . I Tolbootii, which frowned upon iiim as
1 lie passed, lie had wandered a little way
obtain triumphs over each j jq the country, when lie thought he ob-
otlier in this bad world. | served two men slipping along behind a
that the] tIloni hedge, as if they wished to escape
lo nin I detection: and. impelled by curiosity, he
-• o pun | s |jp pe{ j a i, )U g the other side of tlie same
jsli their enemies, some, , p^dge n|K>n his hands and iiis feet, and,
tlie i "liristian j liuvin- seen the men deposit something
holding up ; in tlie side of a neighboring dike, sqmtit-
Some conceive
very best way
aga
take
doctrine <»i holding uj> j
"the other cileek," and !
i f route are of opinion that;
uch tiling at
! all as the luxury of a!
! real, bona-fide, lasting and unqualified!
triumph to he had by one man over an- i
i other.
] Let us see. We 'think that the ease j
of simple Waiter Wylie, who was for a
'longtime so well noun in the town of
; Invcrkelthing for his peculiar manner of
bringing out his sage philosophy of life
j after tlie pawky form of some packmen,,
who. when they are satisfied they have
a si m- ]
lauda-
tcl down as if he had been shot dead,
and lay them as slid as death until the
men went away.
Fp then rose Waller, and going cau
tiously. looking around him again and
again as he crept along, he came to the
hole in the dike, and having examined
it. found lying there a large bundle of
bank notes, amounting to no less than
£300. Putting the money into hi.s pocket,
lie. by one leap, got to the middle of the
road. when, having folded his hands be
hind Iiis back and struck up a very merry
tune, lie continued his walk, with a slow
and comfortable composure which was
pleasant to see.
Several people passed him; and. as he
thev was never heard to whistle before, they
Impose of their general j wondered mightily that simple Walter
j should whistle so merry a tune, and more
ami j so. on the morning of that day wlieti he
to be put. into prison.
opposite
•kunatiun
a real good artiel
plieiry and scare
lion, the very
and stately de
endeavor to
stock.
The quality of Walter's moral
political commodities was riearlv
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Wiien he went n little farther, still
whistling atai sauntering, with a very
easy ami pleasant carelessness, whom
does iio meet? Why, no other than AVil-
proportion to tlm esti-ilium Harrison, flying along tho road like
mg one) which lie liini-l a madman, calling out if any one had
seen two blackguard-looking men on tlie
way; for that his shop had been robbed
during the night and all tho money lie
Cose instances a.ro
bow the two beauties
specimen.
fair
bar
illustrations
t ied to out-
* not
j first
made
difficult tc
place the
the same
dam
understand ho
ontent ion 1 n—a i
hill for papuls
ind famous lyni
adi
lions
I- Otero was the first
Ilian, y, a.nd sho was
l Paris jeunesse doree lit
fo had quit tlie obscurity o
lot place in tiio Grand open
jut though Merode arrived n
I late, her activities soon aton
I time.
•er curious style of hair dressii
Jangeineni of lior lovely locks h>
(that they encircled her face, b i
I ears completely. covered. ;; .
pity. Some of her criti
It she had been born witiiout ears
fid need photographs to show that
13 111g "i 1
■ similarli
Hi in
Me-
minor
La Belle Otero Dancing.
to tlie full.] tune is grea
in no sense (of future po
Otero’s thatltlie prestige
senteil. ! ! lie king of
areal ■ t iiorn in tlie
Iiu k
t her
rity
of her
Belgium
side of
lure her i bailees
better. Moreover,
connection with
has ever been a
_)tcro.
Whil.
till st
I 'Oil
hispr
eonse
Men
■Iggiii
nail i
and
t lion;
i long
li famous, w
i Hut
I
s j gone
oniit
ill* 1
fill toilette
had a
; in ta ill
Jinin
her
lull
the
none 3\*iio
luxurious
tiii li (Men
me- until the king of Belgium!
ten. long befor<
going on tlie .<■
liiiiv in the sn
edit
•o. then
given ci
that the dost
ouiiger woinan
j the age
famed of
fssed her
fix.
jn He-llc Oie
lier giorj', is
f tlie report
esses of the \
ihorrible, deformity, winch, if reve
imid immediately dispel any el
tl the new (lamer had (o beauty,
his hit of criticism, whether tru
sc, naturally did not have tlie effci
learing Otero to Merode, and
it time an unceasing rivalry lias
ted.
great artist pictured Otero as
urit of “Terpsichore." It was a ;
ful piece of art, and immediately
lide monarch
tlie slender d
. and h> a
mt rest in
Paris had
ipport unity
• I! tlie s)u
quickly
of the
greater
abiding
visit to
died to Uu
. pay ha. k
. he had st
iier
now the situation lias under-1
sudden change.
lias made a new and unex
pected play that temporarily puts Me-
I rode in tlie shade.
! Tito older woman is going to have
I a husband.
: Moreover. lie is an enormously
; wealthy husband, one Bene Webb, an
i Englishman.
Otero was a long while making up
her mind to play her last card and give
her hand to this British suitor, for as
she frankly admits, tlie humdrum of
being an English matron does not ai-
traei her.
But Webli’s importunities won tim
day. and now Otero is scornfully ask
ing what man ever wanted to many
antum of simple naivi to
infused into his speech and countenance
while in tiio act of narration -his effort
at tlie more pure degrees of simplicity
being in exac
mate (never a t
sell made of the excellence of * l lie com
munication his peculiar inspiration en
abled him to produce.
His shop in the high street
verkeithing, in which lie sold a
of those commodities which an
sary for tiio sustenance of the
corporation, brought him more
huto public notice. Directly opposite
lion'-st Walter <as he was styled by ;
the peoplei holii in manners and locality
was William Harrison, yvlio carried on i
the same style of business-in a shop on 1
the other side of the street.
The ordinary rivalsliip existed between;
them, mid -they took their different
modes of recommending themselves to
their customers the one. Harrison. by
n. most verbose and figurative signboard
and a most loquacious speech, and tlm
other by his peculiar simplicity of
of In-
variety
neees-
luiinan
clearly
to
had in t'lie yvorld taken out of it and
carried away.
"I saw tlie blackguards.”
ter. "They’re uiva' doun
Loan yonder, as fast as if
y\.' a hornin' and caption
'plied \\ h 1 -
i) Gibson's
a messenger
was at their
publication of tiio qual-
Aini lie again whistled his tunc—a cir
cumstance that struck Harrison, who had
never heard him whistle before, with as
niucli surprise as hi.- annou/ici input: but
la had no time to y onder or reply, and
away lie shot like a pursuing messenger,
while Walter walked into tho town aril
opened
AtoOO, n
t Olliers
humor
Tile n<
op. wherein lie deposited
." •ceded to serve his c
is much simplicity and g
enunciation and
ities of his wai
The former was both a philosophical and every one wondere
risen went iiki
sustained by Ilnr-
' through the burg,
d that a man who
yv i 111 i nt <
life red at
Tile
tlSfll)
king r
s abiiil •
OSIS HI
in tlie
I'inam i:
value
where nea
own right.
( ieo lias
lier 1 i be
rubber
11 inter
. I'UtU'.'i'.
ia I
lint;
■e consummate
■y doubled in
d siie is some-
handled tlii
■ Merode, especially a man wlm was fit
ting' in every particular, a gentleman'
and a man of wealth and taste?
. ! Me. Webb has already spent a for-
itune on Otero in jewels, help for her
I family, contributions to charities in
, \.'11ii■ 11 siie is iuteresti-d. and in a niag-
inifieent palace yviiieli tile pair will, in- 1
; habit.
<>tero yviil not withdraw from tlie
footlights. Tliis miglit give Merode
a chance to say that the charms of
liie older woman have waned so tiifif
I (lie public no longer wants to see lier.
.She will coiit'ime to dance, hut in tlie
! future she will he known as Mrs.
Webb, tier husband having insisted on
this deference to his name.
Merode faces the most i ritical stage
of the long rivalry. Otero is giving,
out all details of tlie magnificence of
tlie new life into which she will pass,;
and insinuating that in tlie future she
will only appear in public when she i
pleases, and ihat the receipts of lier
performances she will give to charity.;
An act of generosity, which other,
dancers are either too poor or too sel
fish to perform," as siie puts it. think-!
ing meantime only of Merode.
Half a dozen suitors, who hove long'
vainly yvooed the beautiful t’leo, are
hoping that to get even siie yviil like-
| wise take a Hfo partner. Paris iliinks
I she will.
A North Carolina Fireside.
; (From The Charlotte, X. O.. Chronicle.
] Blum's Salem Almanac! The time i
I deal *
i lion.
I A fi
! liondet
i upon
•it his punishment in due propor-
urtli time too rogue wos aiqire-
, and ;i fifth arul sixth time, and
noli of tiiese ecensimis lie was .ii-
to remain for ns long a time as
thought .night produce
s it was his intention i
lier Harrison .had thus I
Months in prison.
1 its were mw a : pa <1.
lwi
| ea pped by : lie loss
| yvitiisSun.iing. lie
ami not infrequently
ltia gre;
sthlldiii:
leg. Ti’i.-
made a g
illl'Ci'Ssful
ight .'-trengtli
Iv notable
-I r<
lllell
liifll
lis skid i
s hammer
miik men 1
" issue a gen*
mt seldom lie
Nothing. ■■
vn
against
himself
C5C0
aga ms
HIS tO III”
gut plead
that demand l>
debts h
I'ompc
is iind
! himse
;ht peat
numb<
otherv
i in his own
punished a
ind comfort t
of deserving
1 would novel
and i
homes
yvlios*'
e been 1
Ken
piny
nit*
•■n |i igil;.-’
ms
uient
yy
tin
Otlll
rity
po a rids and
lis superior n tivity. In this,
iie was mistaken, for the lung !
ripple, which he was unable
pm him out of time after seven
fought rounds.
dinar
could
titled
skr.p!
tried
a.
tdinf:
wend
• pi'oe
unparalleled :
comprehend, t
to wonder at.
• . : catiiro mad
to interfere to
squandering of hi
I am surprised,
•rgw. a'i to him Oil'
•d liy tliis
hey wen
Some
. and
prevent
s means.
of Watt.. :
nobodyj
a,rely c:i-
niglit tin*.
( friends j
i reckless;
Kistoiy of
(From the Eas
.Vow yve are ill
uestion at the .
•Foreign Devil.’:
(»; A .< INlagaziii* .)
; no.'”' on lo answt
t lif
nngm
d*-\ ii
Otero in the Costume of Her Be loved Srai:
Wil S
an*l
lelov
»r;i. ii«*a I rugup. Tht^ latter, again, ,
honest as steol; ami his honesty |
mplo lumiov combined ma<if aim !
about iit
.ippearain
!1907;
: soil (
: tar-k
apply
> and
weather
when to
■: li
it
■i i'
maK(
all ;
It;
annual i rival, who
make
- to liv
ibout wlmt
ling to liave in
garden; what
lead off an at-
iat remedy to
sting; how to
.- that has lost
liens lay eggs,
I- at home aiiif
le tell a unghn;
urodueed.
"w<» famous ar
evin put her i:
• the wax work
tlie Opera.
Latest Photograph of tlie Beaut iful Merode.
to have her boa lies
of rheumatism
in ease of a
i tix ii all rigid for a
lier cud; how t
! and. in short, h
; enjoy life
i yvt-iodcut {for December, 'picturing the
j farmer and his family sitting around the
I blazing hearth—isn't there an air of per
fect contentment and comfort in it!
Blessed is the man yvlio, these winter
evenings, can draw
' coi ner .of the firepiai
I the almanac hanging
a turkey wing fan
wife in her corner
sewing, his children
lessons, the bird do
most inv«
for his
burgh.
Now, it
a. view t
fieation c
roguery;
least tiie
owed so much money shuuld i.av.- liad so
largo a sum as JC500 in the house at one
time, and it was suspected that he in
tended to fly the country yvith tiio money ^
i
I „
all that knew him, yrhilo iiis |
bore to his simple friend aj
p rate spite, fas mortally hated j as soon as he could wring
roguery throughout the whole | out "f simple Watty.
I livery inquiry yvas li'ade
happened that Harrison, avith! bets, but tin y could not
i two objects—first, the grati-| now Harrison, made sava
iiis never-sleeping si>irit of
md, secondly, tlie ruin, or at
inconvenience, or simple Wal-
Mr. Wylie.' sc id
• day in ihe pres ■
of a number of people who yvere i
iect”ti it: the simp -"I am surprised
this proceeding of yours. w!i*c!i
spread far and yvide throughout
country. if your motive he a secret
yviil not ask i: from tiiee; but, if ii
a. fair and legitimate question. I rvo
make bold to i'ut it to thee, as one
my flock and an elder in our cl.lire
“There is no secret s
plied Watty, yvith Iiis
plicity. "\A >• are told t
yy 1 ■ a * hate us. and pay
spitefully persecute us.
in-
>tesque
look
bout it. sir
accustomed
> do guid to
m them wh
' And he lef
mple cajolery
i ' xperience oi un
who became ma
From the Filin
the term justifi
not only did
j nisii one or trv
Europeans, but
did Kiiglaml ii, the yi ars
lowed.
re The *ina s( as. in addit
„ I own hands of native pirate;-
, ' t'ested in those early yen
• 1,11 '! more daring piratical spirit-
tliem tiirec nations. And, Si first
err ; tra uslated
itetall.v “ocean
•se term for a
“sea robber
ter ; Iiis ('limes. •
- foreign pir.ttes
Doint. yvas not
..y -pccimeiis
Holland, and
ears which f
' In
r* ‘ii
dually
the false
and i lie
tlie ni(’s:-
liurg'-i Ii
“1
tend. "Will
yvitii me?”
"If you'll i
after the job-
io traced; and
ge by his loss
lusion made by Watty about
gel', gm iiis caption from Edin-
i spi ial messenger, and sent
nd Walter for false debt,
a caption against you. Air.
id the messenger as ho eii-
pav the debt oi- go
"I f
look,
We ;■
replied Watty, with;
up iiis chair to a
ce. with a copy of
from one nail and
from another, iiis
with her book or
droning over their
blinking at the fire
l 11 I nllly
da;
m
s obliged. Alfred
sis group, arranged
"Behind the Scenes
■ompany yvith such
Felix
elebrities as Gounod, Bose
•'aure and other groat ones.
Tlie sensation this picture made was
nothing to what followed when a few
years later, the eminent sculptor. Fal-
itviterre, almost raised a, riot with hi;
life-sized nude of Merode, in pink mar
bte, which was "exhibited at the Parin
a Ion,
This yvas a notable triumph for Ale-j is young
and shoving a little further away as a
spark imps out from the back log and
bursts into a small shower of pyrotech
nics! Yes. we are thankful for the alma
nacs. tlie log fire and the winter nights.
They are great. The young people who
if around the modern coal grate that
ould be screened by a No. 7 shoe and
rival one better. But then some ad-1 "w’ 10 !ian S their mantels with drug store I J^er’l
miring masculine lias usually paid the j calendars know nothing of home coin-
bill. so cieo's fortune lias not suffered. ! fort and may think The Chronicle old- i «uin of
be admitted that Cleo, ufashioned, but let me tell you
first, had reached a feyv j youngster, old-fashioned people are the
a point whore she had I 'best. Giye us a nipping cold night, a
better of tlie battle. She | blazing fire, tlie almanac home as we
than Otero, and lier for- ] have pictured it—and heat it if y ou can.
•lliiii
dying dislik
loose from
cions joy sh
duplicate ovi
add ji
ienec. and lias refrained
ligality.
itters involving her un-
for Otero lias siie cut
aulion. and yvith mali-
-he has made it a point In,
very purchase of Otero, and,
nougii additional to go lier]
It must
worsted at
yveeks ago
clearly the
ter—brought up from a neighboring rogue
a debt alleged to be due by (Valter, but
which tlie latter had truly paid, though
And then, that old-fashioned 1 he had neglected to get it canceled or
discharged by a. probative receipt. It.
amounted to about £100; and Harrison
paid for it only about £5. with
tion of paying tlie cedent £5 more in thoi
event of the entire sum being wrung out
of tlie simple Walter hy the wrenching
wheel of a horning.
As soon as Walter heard that his rival
and enemy Harrison had bought up th
false debt, he knew, by an instinct which
had nothing wonderful about it. that he
yvas committed for a tough fight; but
he retained his equanimity, and even lfis ,
simple naivete hung about his mouth 1 .
and small twinkling eyes in the same j s hooks, and deposited in tiie old I Bulwell
manner as if no homing or any such | black building as a jailbird, where, if lie | '
thunderbolt of Jove bad been in the act f chose, lie might yvhistle ajs gaily as lie
of being forged against him. One day * ( **d in tlie morning wiien he went out to
his enemy came into his shop. j hear the larks singing in the clouds, to
"Air. Wylie. - ’ said he. With a most ] which celestial residence lie had so nn-
peut loquacity, and holding up the horn- I exp« tcdly accompanied them,
ing in his hand. “I have a piece of I The news soon spread far and wide
iere, oil which there is the name that - Walter Wylie was in prison, and
if Walter Wylie as debtor to me in tlie j many efforts were made to get him to
" £100. I think you had better
my I pay me at present, for I do not yvisli to
the g
thous
Wylie,
•keel to pray
not to pay for them.”
"Ay! ay!" ejaculate.!
prise. "fs it possible
letttr “Tl” should have
pie body £500?“
Tiie minister stared,
wondered: but. up to tl
know why simple Wult>
debts of hi.s enemy Jpi
lisquoted
ropl icii
tray for
ie I !.•
niiiii.-n
enemic
tiVatty n
that that s
cost a puir.
I nilied
; Euro|i(
• ; Then
. j “foreij
i
name
read into U
rum place t
\y dch doul
phi
used hy moth
l. much as l
ill L StlV[)
me and
n ki
nds'
d 11
Pc
nolle
c paid
uind i
latent
r-ondi- ! t [ ie greatest simplicity, "till ] yveigit tliis
pund o’ sugar to Jenny Gilchrist, I'll tak'
a step y\ i - ye as far as the jail."
And. proceeding to serve iiis customer.
Ii-- indulged in sonic of Iiis dry jokes in
the very same way lie used to do; and,
| yviien In
to serve
composure away witli tlie messenger tolnion,
that place of squalor and squalid misery.! unique,
lie was in due form entered in the! exist, i
no means 'Oni- i u jtb his’ littii
oher is probable i •iiinese exch
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let the debt ilo aud ruin you, by allow-
, ing a. larger sum of interest to run up
| against yon.
! “I thank ye." replied simple Walter,
j with an obsequious bow. and then pro-
! eeeded with the business in which lie was
'engaged, llavrison yvaited, expecting his
j debt; but. Walter .continued his opera
tions. "I wanna tak' tlie present o'
jour interest," again said Walter; “ye
need na. wait. And as for your horning,
it yvadna row np three punds o' my su
gar. You are as welcome to it as to tlie
interest."
This answer produced a laugh among
tlie customers against Harrison, who,
swearing lie would have a caption and
apprehend Walter the next day. walked
out to instruct Iiis agent to put hi.s
threat into execution. Ho had scarcely
gone, when several of his (Harrison's)
creditors—for lie himself was great as a
debtor—arrested in Walter's hand the
false debt due to Harrison, so as to se
cure it to themselves. The simple Wal
ter was astonished at all this parade
about a debt that lie had already paid: i
but he never lost his simple naivete or j
bis temper, and was determined io go to
jail as meekly as a lamb. Meanwhile,
tho inhabitants heard of the expected in-!
carceration of their favorite, and insisted!
upon his defeating tiie schemes of iiis;
enemy toy icsisting, according to law, his •
unjust demands; but Walter, wit;, a good- ]
natured smile, said that lie trusted all to j
tlie ways of Providence. i
Next, morning Walter, altogether un-1
concerned about his apprehension, went
One-Legged Athletes.
(From Tit-Bits. >
most of ns have seen, or at
nrd of, the one-legged cricketers
>f whom were often wont, in the
len the game was not so strictly
had finished, called up his wife 1 (hscipihn.H *-’c c f at pies.-st, to iq pn>c
, ,, . . , . in eleven of one-armed placers- one-
Ih" shop, and walked with great | 1P g Scd athletes are l,j
md a one-legged
Yet such a phenomenon do(
the person of n member of tlie
Artisans’ Club, who, it is said,
very sound game,
probability, however, aequir
moats of the science when
caddie in days previous to t!i
that necessitated the amputation of lii
lii'ili.
That such a handicap as tlie loss of
leg- does not incapacitate a man froi
excelling as a swimmer lias been con
clusivcly proven on more than one or
casion. One of the foremost exponent
of tiie natatory art at the present da,
labors under this disadvantage, and man
old frequenters of Brills baths a
Brighton will remember the head swim
who. d
ill A is
Mild t >:
the sixteenth
■ geiicr ;ion. a
isant instan -c
dmi;.
;nc. s.
■hi.
■Ur
it the fn
hen in ti
ail
11 the
acting
foreign devil
ice not lie
niter Smit;
'him se st i
s - sl:otjjtjt*!‘.
•Mil no;
smiling at
Tlie Water Cure.
in. j
iis I
.'M age
N < v.
pay tlie debt at once and gain his iiii-
erty; but Walter knew himself what lie.
was about, and. having thus ascertained
how far Harrison would go, lie sent for
pla
t:
strong ma
ago. A
would not
>P !>
di
a writer, and. having given him instruc-i ni!11 K master. ( amp. who. despite me
tions and a part of the £500 to pav his, fa V t °'} n 1 ‘! s - v ,ls '". l!
, , - . , onlv adept at trick swimming, hot m
expenses got out m a. lew days on wlmt . . ... , ,
. . ,, : mo matter oi pace could guc a -t.nt
the honest men of the law call a suspen- aUli a beaiing to many who had tiie
sion and liberation. j norma i number of limbs.
Some time afterward, Harrison him-' More than once lias a one-legged
seif, having lost all iiis money, was put ^ ;\vclist won a race, and n<»t
into jail at tlie instance of one of h's ■ since sucii a one. named A\ 1
creditors. wlu> was enraged at 1he |wil1 ' ;l hberal stavt ' to I,oI,!
had resorted to for defrauding
! laughed a! ti
: !•■- • mod' s of puais'.i-
the cidpi-it where a drop
i on his head for hours,
if lie can stand it tits'.
■ tliis inflicts is proved
ice fiiat Sandow. the
i:i Vienna several years
cactier bet him that he
i' to let a pint of water.
ii on iiis hand. Sandow
■ry idea of his not being
scheme
them; and there lie laj' in the very same,
room in which Watty had been deposit
ed. Harrison's creditor was a good and
godly man. and, like Walter, lie was an
elder of tlie church, and the people pitied
him greatly for tne loss lie was likely to
sustain through the rogue who had thus
cheated so many poor people. His debt
was £50, and. to the wonder and amaze
ment of all the inhabitants, lie got ful;
payment from Walter Wylie, whereupon
Harrison was immediately lot out of
prison.
No sooner was it known that Walter
| had paid one debt of Harrison than an-
j other creditor apprehended the rogue and
! lodged him again in jail. He was allow
ed to lie there for a considerable time.!
wiien Watty again came forward and I
paid this debt also, whereupon lie was
again allowed to escape. A third credi
tor followed the example of the two
others, and tiie rogue was again commit
ted to durance: hut tin's time AVattj- al
lowed him to remain for a longer time.
long
list'd.
own
K'l-
i with the speediest
I Patrick, too. must he endowed with as
! much [lower in his one leg .is most men
I have in their two, if we consider the
1 many daring feats he has aeeomplisiied
| on iiis cycle, foremost among which are
his standing with iiis machine on th”
summit of the 100-foot high I.axcv
wheel, in the Isle of Alan, and Iiis dc-
! spending at breakneck speed tlie cast
| steps of the capitol at Washington.
The annals of foot racing contains more
than one record in point. We read how
once Newmarket Ifeath was the scene of
a race between two cripples, each having
a wooden leg. n the presence of a goodlj
throng, among whom was tlie merry
monarch, “they started fair and hobbled
a good space which caused great admira
tion and laughter among beholders, but
the taliec of the two men won by two or
three yards." Again, over a hundred
years later, in ! 799. a certain one-legged
man named Carter backed himself n>
cover G miles within the hour, and per
formed the feat, ivitli six minutes to
spa re.
Some years since a wrestler name
Binet gained much kudos among th.
habitues of continental fairs, less by iiis
wrestling prowess—although that, was not
«> siaml it
. and
tho test
licgtin
Al-
t lioug
h the stro
ma
1 talked
and jested
gnyly
at tii
i: wa^
not
long unt
1 he
li . ga;
show
sign>
of
distress.
At
a* out
tlie two
liundr
?dt!i
dro
p—for
the
Sit’OO
tee ciier
keot
ally-
an
o\i>rc
<sion
of PH
ii fiossed
Ids la.
c. AVI 1C
1 the
third
liuml:
el had i)i
ea en
ored
his
hand
he -
mm
0 swell a
w rc
'd.
'Then
the
skin
>m*st
the Pi
fn g:
•» w
more
an I
more
oxcriieiat:
ig.
nalh
at
t lie
four
limidi
ed and
went i(
tii «.
.’(■op
Sandow
ii in> and acknowledged himself
.lor.es
don't lik*
daughter
Smith
AYliat of
Jones ,
I though
gently a
ignorant
Countrj.
(to next door neighbor)—“T
■ to mention it. but I fear your
is taking elocution lessons."
(hotly)—“Certainly she is.
it ?"
hurriedly)—“Oh nothing: only
t I would break the news as
s 'possible.* in case you were
of the fact."—Town and
forth to take his walk in the green fields, and then paid the debt, that he might j inconsiderable—than by his being handi-
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