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TIME TABLE NO 3
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Between Athens and Lula,
PM 11 9 D'.y STATIONS. Dfy 11 10
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the v.-stibuled passengers at Lula, on the
Southern Kadroad. This trains leaves Lula
at 3 20 and arrives at Athens at 4 S’; leaves
Ataem at 1 *25 pm, and gets to Lula at 2 40
pm. R. W. Sizeb. Auditor.
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oughtn’t to be excitin’ of vour' mother' sr
much. She’s that flashed and feverish. !
and not a wink has she slept these two
nights, and this blessed infant a-wantin’ i
all the attention it can get." I
“Oh, for goodness' sake, nurse, shut up.
and don’t bother!” \
It was I who said that~I, Joan, the eld-
est of that family of six of whom Nurso
Crotty had been discoursing. I lay thers
on the bed beside that quiet figure "eyes-lay with ; |
the flushed face and feverish
there with an aebin" heart and passion- i
rMentfnl thofor 1 hated th«
interloper whose fretful cries sounded
ever and anon in the quiet of the (ire-lit
room—hated her with jealous, resentful
pain for breaking circlf-for in upon the complete- ul i
ness of the disturbing ks
ages and arrangements, for being of the
same sex as myself, the eldest and the
spoilt darling of this gentle, fragile tooth-
er, whom I had at once loved, and idol-
(zed and tyrannized over for fourteen
yenrs.
“I don’t disturb you, do I?” I asked
my mother softly, laying my cheek beside
ft j dear changed face, that for mouths
at 1 months had been growing so pale
and wan.
“No, my darling,” she answered tender-
!y. “But 1 am so sorry you are not pleas-
ed about it, Joan.” she went on presently,
“I thought you would have liked a little
lister—something to pet, and protect, and
play with.”
“I had the boys, and I had you,” I an-
Bwered rebellion sly. -That wa. <> uitt '
enough.”
—lu.-iis God's will mr child—poa sbould
try and remember that.’
But 1 was silent. I could not and would
not remember anything except that the
interk per was an interloper; that none of
us had wanted her; that none of us cared
for her; that my mother was ill. my father
more stern and aggressive than his wont;
that Nurse Crotty was a nuisance; that
the whom arrangements of the house were
upset and disorganized; that 1 was in a
Vile temper, and altogether an ill-used and
suffering individual.
“Don't talk about it,” I said at length.
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everyone else s, as part and pared of the
Here were thev tney svtre etre, the the whole whole four tour, making innkin->
noise enough for eight.
-thos?* fering^eces'of noteh eT VndTnkf/Td^ ^niVte, Sat ‘wf
had
dubbed “seats of learning ’—and Alfred
the eldest of the four, was kneeling Waiting on the
rug. n book in one hand and a
fork in the other.
“Enter the tragic muse!” cried Ted
pausing in the act of accepting to’wanls Toddy’s
“back “ and waving his hand me
as I entered. “Doesn’t she Iook like it?
What's the news Jo and how's the kid 0 ”
“Jo’s nose “ is out of joint ” instead cried Himhie of’X
Ta „Uin on to the taWe b?oad
forms, and facing meats me with a natufalfy grki
which br no beautified a
wide mouth, “or she’s had a tussle with
the nurse. Did you get the best of it,
Jo? Have you seen the mater?”
“Yes” I answered curtly; -Tve just
left her. Is the tea ready? It's five
o’cloek.”
“King Alfred is doing his best to burn
the toast as per usual,” said Ted. “And
Trotter brought in the teapot some time
ago, so I suppose it’s ready. I know I'm
jollv I*walked huncrv, and quite ready for it.’*
to the fireplace.
“Here. I’ll help with the toast,” I said
taking up another fork and quietly dis-
lodging the book from the student’s hand.
#fc Alf>\ 1 do wish you'd give up trying to do
two things at once.”
‘*Does nurse say it's ‘the beautifulest
child as ever she missed*:’ ” asked King
Alfred: “you know she’s told each of us
that in turn.”
“I don't know,” I said, rising from my
knees and carrying the huge pile of toast
to the table, “and don't care,” I added, ill-
temperediy.
“Our sweet sister’s usually placid na-
ture is ruffled,” remarked King Alfred,
following me and taking his sent at the
well-spread board. “Don’t you mind.” he
added, patting me on the back, a process
I hated; “we’ll stand by you to a man. The
Intruder shall be relegated to tliq nursery,
her musical voice will not penetrate these
sacred regions, and we’ll promise yon to
forget we ever had another sister.”
“It doesn’t matter to me.” I said; “I
*hall be grown up while she's still a baby
In the nursery.”
“And married and settled. Who
knows?” chimed in King Alfred.
“Pass the toast to Toddy,” I said with
dignity, waving aside these kindly sup-
ge sttons. “ The child hasn’t had half
toougS. How greedy yon and Hug^ile
ore!”
"He’t younger and smaller; he ought not
to eat as much as we do,” said Teddy
loftily. “We’re only acting for his diges-
tire welfare.”
“Hush!” cried King Alfred warningly.
“I hear the tramp of feet. Listen! They
come nearer. It is—it is-”
“Be quiet!” I cried, raising a white.
scared face from the tea rray. and soring-
mg involuntarily to my feet us the door
opf ‘ ,u<
t ' i'atht-r!" pame in a muttered chorus
as th- four laughing boyish faces followed
the uir«Krf*r>» ■* mv own. j
“I Know Not Wbat the Truth May Be, I Tell the Tele as ’Twas Told to Me.”
TOCCOA, GA., DKCEMBER 9,18*38.
“Joan!” said the parental voice, which
had never been over and above- welcome to
our ears ia that upward passage from
childhood to indiscretion—“Joan, nurse
says your mother ia asking for you, and—
and—the boys.”
“Asking for us?"
There was no mirth novr on the young
white faces.
There was nothing In my heart save one
sharp pang of agonized dread, as, without
another word or look. I rushed from the
room, and up the stairs to the dear loved
presence, which, alas—alas, dear heaven!
—would soon be a presence no longer-
only a memory!
CHAPTER II.
It is three years since my dear mother’s
death. How well I remember when father
called us out of the school room to her
bedside, wbete she lay so still, so pallid.
Only once d * d sbe s Peak, and then her
were addres8ed t0 me ln a fainT
whl8per -
‘‘For my sake, Joan!”
1 Kaew what she meant. I was to be
£° od t0 t} ie babe whom I bad determined
t0 hate . "'hose coming was costing her her
hfe. I pressed her hand in token that I
had heard and understood her-that was
a!1 1 could do - Th en came her death, my
swooning followed by an illness which
P rev cntod me from attending the funeral
P f my bel ov*ed dead mother and kept me
m my room for nearl y three months.
"'^n I was well enough to join the boys
in their play they recalled to my mind the
babe - "'b 08 * very existence I had almost
^gotten. I had, in fact, not seen her
since the occasion I mentioned in my pre-
chapter.
T went to the nursery to fetch her, and
ns I looked upon her little white face, and
saw her golden hair and dark eyes so like
my mother’s, all the resentment and jeal-
ousy I had felt against the child passed
away, and then and there there came Into
my heart a deep, abiding love which noth-
ing could replace. I took the tender mite
from Nurse Grotty’s arms and carried her
In triumph to my brothers, followed by
the nurse, and then and there, at Teddy’s
suggestion, we named her Darby, al-
though father had had her christened Dor-
othea, his mother’s name.
“You are Joan,” said Teddy. “Let her
be Darby; then if will be Darby and
Joan.”
And Darby and Joan it has been ever
aTma'S'.ataad T S
stare, which did not change when brouubt
into the brightest light or near the flame
of a candle, and Nurse Crotty finally con-
fessed that she had had for some time a
blind. suspicion that the babe had been born
And such it proved to be. The
motherless little mite had come into the
world wanting the sense of sight.
As I made this discovery the memory
of my dying mother’s dying words, “For
my sake, Joan,” rushed over me, and I
unconsciously repeated them as I hugged
the little one to my breast.
“I am gfed mother did not know,” mur-
" for how -
“* *? el^^othardia not know.” Thoao
wmm
aa«r!
uever developed Itself. The child herself
seemed quite unconscious of her loss, and
"i on she began to wal.r, would toddle
about, and feel her way from place to
place in a staid little fashion of her own
hfS t^^I^ave saidHttie about my
ntul 4 n-n-p rm-oiv ^Tnd him thTt^
1 formal dinner L at duTv which bLod
elder ft J bovs 8 were I % !? d Yi/ 2 “ tn fm P f ear
u e °- tlin f A f ^ ed and Ted and
Vi‘ .r-p!? T‘ 8 f 0 ? 1 v° a - b c ardln school,
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„ n r1 T n ^omeirh^t *
^vemess of Miss Crav a S ^
t however, I was in-
icr my limited stock of accomplish-
fT*'* *1 ‘t never seemed to enter my
f ath S? 8 he ^ 4 ^° re Varied
eachms ’ The misfortune of his youngest
nn^nnTro^him^ f n^ 1 .?*. ^ c ^ lled ln &nd S 131 111613 - C ° m : *
T fe ^ B ’*f ad , hea ^ d
dS. .Alwl'KhShifSh"* • «ii * *u 1 !
u® .»™ m 6 8e ji in no wa y aboat
’ f _ \? d rar@ l- v ■>, J°°kcd a t her even when he
-fm . Eet my arms ’ °* Cti nglng to my
“ A*
s2ept ln my an fl*> aoJ was minis-
tered to by me a l° n e; and now, as I take
ap thread of my story again, she was
tbree ^ears old—a little sunny haired,
fairy like who seemed to me the
*'”5' embodiment of infantine loveliness.
11 was Christmas again, the
?novr thick upon the moors, and in
glow of the firelight^ I and Darby
uere sitting waiting for the boys. They
u ere coming home for the holidays, and
Toddy had gone in the dog cart to meet
them, for tbe station was four miles off
!ron ? our ho«se—the old, grim, battered-
tookin S building that had come to us from
f, ome [ e “cte ancestor in the reign of Wil-
bam the Conqueror, and lay amidst moors
: \ nd forests - in 6 w ild district of Hamp-
t ^ ire -
The child was sitting quietly on mr m
listening for the first sound’ of wheels'.
Long before I heard tfleru the little voic»
ralmly announced, “They’s tummin’!” and
she was quite right. A few moments.
and there was a rush of feet, a shout of
eager voices, and the schoolroom kiss'- doc-
burst open to admit the troop. They
ed and hugged me first, then lifted the
little one on to the table and began to
criticise her. “
“How she’s grown! And how much
prettier! Isn’t she a ducksey?” and then
they fondled her gentlv and tenderlv and
King Alfred lifted her on to his sho’ulder.
; md marched about the room in that fash-
ion, in order, so he said, to exhibit — her to ,
the best advantage.
“Isn’t she a swell?” asked Toddv, ad-
tuiringly, as the firelight danced on the
bright crimson frock, with its knots and
r ash of black velvet, that I had made for
her. ‘
“She is so”’agreed that! Ted “Who d-eased “*
' TOU up Hk e little Darbv"'”
‘ Jo made mv pittr fock.”’answered the
; ttle one . » and dot a eoat and
-niff—me has.”
‘‘How much plainer she speaks!” said
Hughfc. “Does she still say ‘Yes, I do
t-ss I will,’ like she used to* 43
“Yes, I do!” answered the child, with
in emphatic nod.
Tbere was a shont of laughter from the
joys. Then they brought the child back.
ind placed her on my knee, and grouped
ihemselves around the fire, and for full
ten minutes there was a babel of ques-
tioning, chaffing and nonsense that was
well-nigh deafening.
“I suppose you know Monk's Hall is oc-
rupied at last.” said King Alfred, rising
and ringing the bell for tea. “I noticed
the blinds were up and smoke coming
out of the chimneys as we passed, and
Croft told me the people had been back
a week.”
“I didn't know.” I answered carelessly,
“I haven’t been out at all since the snow
f e jj »
W onderif both uncle and „ nephew , are
there.' went on ied the loquacious. “I
sa>, what a sell for the young chap,
wasn t it-the uncle turning up after ev-
° nebad S™ hl * UP f ° r dead ^ 1
8 k«vv Y\ ho-the rblD . k be uncle or ratberBava nephew?” f e ; I asked
Nephew, of * course. ♦ I wonder a what . . ,, the
ou ,,rJ ll be 8 able hke * „ to see . him f on ^ Sunday .
1 .. you to church, I remarked, smooth-
go
,n « th ® l0 ° Se ° U 8 fr0m Darbj 8
pPetty brov? *
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CHAPTER III
Four days had passed, and Sunday had
come, and this Sunday was Christmas
day. It was a dear, bright, frosty day,
with brilliant sunshine that sparkled on
trees and hedges, and the diamond icicles
that beautified their bareness.
Darby was standing by the window,
ready equipped for church in crimson pe-
iisse and furs, out of which her golden
head and sweet white-rose face lifted
themselves like a flower. The child knew
perfectly well when I was dressed and
ready for her. At times really it seem-
ed to me as It she must be able to see, so
teen were her instincts and so infallibly
correct.
I was settled in the family pew. where
generations and generations of Temple-
ton. had worshiped in their time, and
Darby had nestled close to me, and with
awe-struck face, was listening to the deep
rolling tones of the organ. As the clergy-
man entered and took his place I saw two
figures appear in the great square pew
opposite midge from our Ted own. and At the whisper same Instant of “The a
a
Rover" sent the color flying to my face
and overwhelmed me with a sudden fit of
shyness.
I could not for worlds nave investigated
the newcomers with the cool, critical stare
of m.v brothers. It was not, in fact, until
the service was half over that I summon-
ed up courage to look in their direction.
Then I saw a bright, handsome face, with
laughing eyes, that met my own as if
dating acquaintance with me and in
S"! “
S’ Jv nDUe * h j" at t Gl1 , h ,'j nepiew -” Ilja ' 1 Dot se<,1!
A ^ , ter : filed , out . of the
service we pen
am ma rched tae aisle—a family
procession, headed oy father and brought
ap by Darby and myself. Close upon our
s c ai ?. e * be i nmates of 8 Hail.
Aa , lef ^ church porch and emerged
” lto tbe br^kt, frosty air, I saw a tab
b ^V re I>u Jl b papidl y and come up with
?atI ] er ' He, m turn, stopped, then a pleas-
look of xveI C0 m e bro k e ove J bls j ace -
Tfler ^ w f s a . b pisk . . 8hak , i°S . or haads : «
cr ^ d of qae8tl + oas * ?. hen my f / thep
. . .
lateodSfa/a. *ea«any
“ >Ir elde ’ t aad
Pilfer e’°ea «.‘“oSag S^wfa/m!
ttnd at the tiny hand drawn slowly out of
the little muff, and held towards him.
“Ynd what is rour name mv dear?” h?s
ft8 ked holffine the wee hand in ereat
keen gray 1 ^yes af’the 5 iovdy
^
" el so
“ X is she ln Pretty,
? laintive Toice; “ and dis 5s JoaD ’” takin ^
acr hand away and putting it in mine.
gj r R a ]ph looked astonished,
“Darby and Joan!” he echoed. “Anew
'■c r8 i» a of tbe old stor y. Mi88 Temple-
- onr
- 7 t ’ s on ]y a nickname the boys gave
her,” I said hurriedly, for I saw the gath-
, ring cioud on fathe r’s face; “her real
tame is Dorothea.”
^ « No> it not ,” affirmed the child, shaking
ier golden head: “ ifs Dart) y. and “e’s
lo’s little husband.”
Sir R al P h laughed outright, and as I
toer his kind, frank eyes, I ianghed too,
feeling as if his genial face put me ou
good terms with him directly.
<.B ut j am forgetting myself,” he re-
turned quickly; “I must introduce my
nephew to you all. Here, Yorke, my boy,
-;ome forward and show yourself!”
I did not need to look at the face, I
knew it so well. I could have told to a
»hade the color of hair and eyes; the
’sweep *hape of the laughing mouth, with its
of fair mustache; the beautifully
| molded, if somewhat weak*looking chin;
j j the lithe, careless grace of figure. There
were more bows and hand-clasps, and
j < then we moved on, aur numbers augment-
jd by two. and I heard father warmly in-
| sisting upon these new acquaintances
! ! coming to take their Christmas dinner
with us.
| We all walked on together, father and
! Sir Ralph chatting in a friendly and fa-
i aiiliar fashion that amazed us, Yorke Fer-
I i rers and King Alfred just behind them,
snd Ted clinging to my arm, schoolboy
‘ fashion, as I walked along with Darby.
| i around Presently and join Y'orke Ferrers and Alfy turn
us.
“Alfred,” I ask. “did you notice that
o1d Mrs. Bazebrook was in church? I
wonder who that pretty girl was with
^ er - Do you know?”
“That," says Y'orke. quietly, “is her
granddaughter, Miss Croft—Nettie Croft.
[ know her very well. What a horrid old
woman the grandmother is! Do you—at
least, I suppose you do know her?”
“She is one of our oldest and dearest
friends,” says Ted calmly and menda-
clously, and with a rebuking gravity of
▼oice that would not misbecome father,
j g i ance a t Yorke Ferrers’ disconcerted
face > and tben at m * p brothers’ surprised
ones. I feel indignant,
“Fo n( >t believe him, Mr. Ferrers,” I
s*y hurriedly. “She is nothing of the
sort. We detest he*—a mean, backbiting.
spiteful old woman. I am sorry for her
granddaughter.”
“So am I,” he says, looking at me grate-
fully-
CHAPTER IV.
The Christmas dinner is over. We have
eaten of turkey and plum pudding; we
have been astonished at father’s genial
appearance and conversation: we have
taken notes of our visitors, and are rath-
er inclined to be pleased with Sir Ralph,
The you ok ones have gone off to bed.
and Alfred and I and Yorke Ferrers are
sitting with father and his friend in the
lining room, and there partake of "a last
stirrup cup.”
“How jolly you must all be together’."
remarks Yorke Ferrers, who is at my
rib¬
“Jolly!” I say dubiously. ‘ Well, yes, 1
suppose we are. But I should think you
must find Your uncle excellent company."
A black look I have before noticed
comes into the sunny eyes.
“ A man years older than my-
se2f can 8< i R rcely be esceI,ent company,
qc says with a sneer.
“Twenty years!” 1 exclaim involuntar-
tI y. “Is be really twenty years older? 1
sbould never have thought it . But then
gome people are young for their years,
just ag others are old/ .
And m I say it 1 sigh, remembering
how heavily my seventeen years seem
sometimes to weigh upon me.
‘‘I suppose you think 1 am old for
mine? - sajs my companion huffily.
“You don’t look twenty years younger
than your uncle, certainly," I answer
frankly “But. then, no one would ever
Trenm he was forty!”
“Y'ou have not had much experience in
fudging of age. I should think." Is my
companion’s reply. “Your brother tells
? e - V0l l ha J p H ! ed here all your life, and
Jr veal a ? utter * 1 doxvnv th ^ht 1 stagnation d y undeviat give -
ag routine.
}}. **5!? yoa not PS exactl P e ^cnced _ ^° it. T I ask 1 , coolly, bean „
• > T - u see * va
** : at , ”* f r herr^-hen* hi^hrow 1 whrn dSrl ^ hesf
^on 1had^ e^nectaVions?” ens
’
u 11 D you uaa expectations, I l so¬ su 0
tie * °.^ s a hlneHv oiataiy, aimo. almost t saraee savag.
. <*\ Ev.dently , I have hit
upon a sore
,.y 011 know or course every one knows,
r . . common talk, no doubt. That is nn-
atll ® r advan ^ e ot country life; every
»»« “ « »“■ ne ‘« h :
1°;!>?l!!!is 08 J seized a ™. upon and discussed
.
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when hi. me ’
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a
,
a ST « a - !n fe me as “ yon
^whed T °4ly'LothTseems . to take me for a hav^toS model. I ( know
to rou a
«”«**' “ b »V‘ ■».” 1 j»P. W, »
tow "Perhap° n i”asked'h'm!” 'ho* says In'a
voice, and looking at me as never
buman being has looked vet.
“That is so shouhl' iikelv ” I s^v in sudden an-
*; “Whv J you interest usV vourself
bm)t me abou j aI3 v of Whv to-dnV” rou
DGver knew ™ of ° our ° existence ? till that’ex-
« Perh h eu did know of
(atence the interest followed week’ ” he answers
„j f ^ and with-S^ had not
i iv ns soul t0 exchange idew
cept of course (Soft my uncle ”
“And Nettte siart " I m quickly
He gives a little k.
1 ^ ^ kn^w' ^ you*
« »■* told
or some-
^ 6to -
“You harC quite cheered Yorke up
among you all,” here says Sir Ralph,
beaming in most kindly fashion and com¬
ing towards us. “I have not heard him
laugh for many a long day. I dare say,”
he adds, with compunction, “it is dull
enough for him, shut up with an old fogy
like myself. I hope, if it is not asking too
much, that you will let him drop in now
and then; the society of the young is for
the young—eh, Templeton?”
“Yes—ah!—decidedly,” says father, with
unwonted cordiality “Sr>nd him here
whenever you like—whenever he likes.
And—and you must come yourself, you
k E ° W * 1 ehoa d ba gl ad to explain to yon
taa - t work I have been engaged
new on,
and whose discussion we postponed to-
night.”
Presently I hear plans being laid for a
visit to Monk’s Hall. We are all to go-
he insists upon father and all; and for
the first time in memory I hear father ac-
ceptmg an invitation almost as heartily
ns it is given,
-tken there is a vast deal of hand-shak-
< Q g aod speechifying, and finally our
guests are off, and we watch them driving
away in the frosty December starlight,
aud I go up to my room with Sir Ralph’s
hearty voice ringing in my ears:
fkanks ior a most happy Christmas!
The next day we all paid a visit to
Monk’s Hall. We passed into the hall,
Sir Ralph leading the way with father. I
following them, with Yorke Ferrers on
0De side and Darby clinging to my hand
on *he other.
Monk’s Hall was very, very old—I am
afraid to say how old. I know there was
a general air of gloom and moldiness
about it that would have enraptured an
archaeologist. Father naturally was in
ecstasies over it. and peered into moldings
aad carvings, and gave dates of the archi-
tecture and medieval decorations, that
somehow seemed to interest the possessor
f 0r ! ess than the informant.
“Come with me,” whispered Yorke ^ Fer-
rers hurriedly, “I want to show you the
picture gallery. Leave the old fogies to
prose to themselves.”
“You are not very polite to your uncle.”
I said, following him as he dived through
a curtained archway, and glancing back
as I spoke to give a sign of invitation to
the boys, which they promptly followed.
I found myself at last at the farthest
eod of the gallery, and standing before
the portraits of one of the bygone genera-
tion of Ferrers. The face struck me at
jnce by its extraordinary likeness to that
of Yorke. Ii was a young face, too, and
handsomer even than that living one by
my side, but marred, as his often was,
by the look of gloomy discontent tha>
darkened the eyes and brows.
“Do you see the likeness?" asked Y'orkf
abruptly, as my eyes turned from the por¬
trait to himself. “Of course you do. I”—
with an uneasy little laugh—“I can see it
myself. He was a bad lot, that Ferrers
—my great uncle—and came to a bad end.
I often think they ought to have painted
a black veil over the portrait, as they
have done over that one of Marino Faliero
in the Doge's palace in Venice.”
“That would have been cruel,” I said
indignantly; “for in time his evil deeds
might be forgotten, and fade away with
h!s memory. There is no nerd to put up
a perpetual tablet to revive them.”
“I should not have thought you would
be merciful to evil-doers," ho said, look¬
ing curiously at me. “Most wo* n are
hard on men’s errors. 1 fancy—at least,
their errors against themselves."
“Ah,” I said lightly, "but you see I
have had no experience in that line yet.”
“Have your brothers always been s,j
good to yon?” he asked. “You sec, it is
a novel experience to me, meeting with
a family party like yours. I never had
any brothers or sisters.”
“Had you not?” I exclaimed, compas¬
sionately. “What a pity! 1 think you
would not be so-”
“So what?” he questioned as I came to
an abrupt stop.
“Well.” I stammered, growing some¬
what confused at my own plain speaking.
“I was going to say so hasty, Y'ou
know,” 1 added, apologetically, “you do
take umbrage very quickly.”
“Do I?” he said, reddening. “I did not
know. I suppose I do. They always said
at school I had a heastly temper.”
“I have not asked you for that ances¬
tor's history.” I said, with sudden irrele¬
vance. “But I wish you would tell it me,
some day.”
“Certainly,” he said, a little surprised.
“But I warn you it is not a pleasant one.”
“No matter.” I answered, curtly. “It
may be—prophetic.”
(To hp f-nntinnpd.Y
ONE'DOLLAR OR ONE DAY.
Punishment that No Van Need Fear
in tiic Police Court.
If any respectable person should hap-
pen to get into the hands of the police
and be lined bv a city magistrate, when
he had no money and didn’t want to
make known his plight W to friends, he
be benefited —n, g that
some thieatened terms of imprisonment
are not so awful ns they seem to be.
This is due to the fact that the day of
commitment and the day of discharge
always count in law as full days, and
that it is the custom not to put a per-
son to serving out a sentence until the
on, of tba clay of Co,n,nil,non, an, ,o
veloase lnm on the morning of the day
of discharge.
A curious instance of how this works
was witnessed the other day at the
Charles street police station. A Sun te-
porter had gone there upon some news
errand, and while he talked to the ser¬
geant at the desk he noticed that the
main room was nearly filled with push
carts.
“We hare had to make a raid upon a
lot »f the poor fellows,” explained the
sergeant.
Just then a policeman came in with
two venders and reported at the desk.
“They were all fined $1 each or one
day,” he said, referring to the batch of
push-cart men that he had taken to
court. “These two men paid their fines
and hare come back with me to get
their carts.”
“All right,” said the sergeant; “get
some men from the back room and help
them out with the carts.”
While the carts were got out the ser¬
geant glanced up at the clock.
“It’s after 4,” he said. “All the rest
of them will be here in a minute or
two. You’d better stay and be ready to
help them out with the rest of the
carts.”
“You see,” continued the sergeant to
the reporter, “these two men who paid
their fines have saved only a few min¬
utes, and if they had not been green¬
horns they would have kept their
money. Tbe others, I guess, have been
there before. The official day in court
ends at 4 o’clock, when the court ad¬
journs, and all the prisoners who have
been fined $1 or committed for one day
are released. It’s time for the others to
be here now.”
Sure enough, as he spoke they came
trooping in. They wre smiling, and
they glanced with quizzical looks at the
men who had paid their fines and were
going down the street.—New York Sun.
The Worst of It.
President Lincoln’s reputation as a
humorist rests largely upon the good
stories he could tell, or invent, to il¬
lustrate a point. Sometimes, never¬
theless, he exhibits himself as a Joker
In another way, as In this anecdote
narrated by Harper’s Round Table:
One day Lincoln and a certain judge,
an intimate friend, were bantering
each other about horses, a favorite*
topic. Finally, Lincoln said:
“Well, look here, judge, I’ll tell you
what I’ll do. I’ll make a horse-trade
with you, only It must be upon these
stipulations: Neither party shall see
the other’s horse until It !s produced
here in the courtyard of the hotel, and
both parties must trade horse?. If
either party backs out of the agree¬
ment he does so under a forfeiture of
twenty-five dollars.”
“Agreed,” cried the judge, and both
he and Lincoln went in search of their
’respective animals.
A crowd gathered, antfeipatins so Tie
fun. and when the judge returned first
j the laugh was uproarious. He led, or
i Yather dragged, at the end of a halter
S the mea ne«=t. boniest rib-starir^ ouad-
ruT3ed ^lind ' in both eves ’ *hat L "t. ever
nrf . t
. ^ ^
j J ‘‘ ' L '
ca ie a oa? cai r ' > in ^ °ver ^ nis snouldor
: a carpenters > borse. Then the mirth
t of the crowd was furious. Lincoln
solemnly set his horse dov. a, and si¬
lently surveyed the judge's animal
with a comical look of infinite disgust.
“Well, judge,” he finally said, “this
is the first time I ever got the worst of
It in a horse-trade.”
Since the death of Baron Hirsch hie
widow has been making lavish gifts to
various charities In France, England
and Austria. Besides the 2.000,000
francs which she has given for the
building of & laboratory for the
teur Institute, she has recently given
2.000,000 francs for the pension fund
of the Oriental railroads, in building
which Baron Hirsch laid tbe founda-
tion of his collossal fortune. Besides
this, she has given 1,000.000 franes for
the foundation of a hospital in London.
and several beneficent institutions In
Paris have just received large sums
from her. It is estimated that within
the last two months Baroness Hirsch
has 0 f~ n '-“nes in
5 8 CO! S 5«. 30 *. i *
\
Royal mokes tbe food pare,
wholesome and delicious.
,OY>
m
^MuN0
POWDER Pure
Absolutely
ftQVM, IWCIMQ PO^vetP SO., NtWVOWK.
THE ^ATI0^’S LAW-HAkERS.
Proceeding* of the Senate and Houie Day
by Day.
SENATE.
Tuesday. —Tbe first note of the anti*
expansionists was sjunded in the Sen¬
ate by 6euator Vest, of Missouri, wno
introduced u joint resolution declaring
that, uuder the constitution, tne Fed-
ctaI government had no authority to
acquire colonial possessions, to be gov-
erued as such; but that all territory ac-
quired by the government, except suolj
as may be necessary for use coaling
8tatl ous . correction of boundaries and
1
suitable ultimatelv for admission into
Union as states. Mr. Vest an-
nounced his purpose to address th®
Seuate on the resolution at an early
date. A brief discussiou of the naviga-
was precipitated by the
consideration of a bill amending
?%J* V™o!”d
in tte United Slate, by citizeas of tbia
country and repaired to the extent of
three-fourths of the value, shall be sub¬
ject tc forfeiture if they engage subse¬
quently United States. in the coastwise trade Hale of the
Senator intro¬
duced a joint resolution authorizing
the Secretary of tbe Navy to erect a
monument in Havana, t uba, to tbe
memory of the sailors and marines who
lost their lives by the explosion of the
Maine. The bill is recommended by
the Navy Department. Senator Hale,
of Maine, chairman of the Daval affairs
committee, introduced a bill to revive
the grades of admiral aud vice-admiral
of the navy.
HOUSE.
Tuesday— The House was in session
Jess than half an hour when the
deaths of Ilej j eseutatives North¬
way, of announced, Ohio, aud and (Jove,of adjournment .Mississippi,
were uu
was taken until Wednesday, out of
respect to their memory. The custom¬
ary resolution for thu distribution of
the President’s measatre to the several
committees having jurisdiction wa*
adopted, and the deficiency bill carry¬
ing the appropriations for the extra¬
ordinary expenses of the army and
navy frqp January I to July 1, 1899.
The report of the Hawaiian commission
transmitted to the President was ia d
before the House and referred to the
committee on Territories, together with
a bill offered by Mr. Hitt to carry out
the recommeudations of the com¬
mission. Among the bills introduced
in the House were tbe follow¬
ing: By Mr. Otey, of Virginia,
to amend the war revenue act by
directing the {Secretary of the Treasury
to redeem at their lace value all reve¬
nue stamps sold and not cai.celled; by
Mr. Bkinner, of North Carolina, to es¬
tablish a term of the circuit court for
New Berne and Elizabeth City, N. C.
Abandonment of the Teresa.
The findings of the court of inquiry
concerning the abandonment of the In¬
fanta Maria Teresa during the storm
of October 29 Las beeu made public.
The findings are summed up in the
statement that tbe court finds that the
abandonment was uot due to any fault
or negligence on the part of any officers
of the navy, and that the court does
not think any farther proceedings
should be instituted.
Evacuated by Spanish Troops.
The following towns in tbe province
of Havana, Cuba, have been evacuated
by the Spanish troops aud have been
occupied by Cuban troops at therequest
of, and under the direct supervision of
the respective mayors: J.bacua, banta
Crnz del Monte, rselba de Ague, ban
Antonio de Los Banos, Guira de Mele-
na, ban Antonio de Kion Blanco and
ban Pablo Bano, aud Lasiguas, on the
Isle of Pines.
Given an Orderly Trial and Then Hanged
After an orderly tria : , lasting several’
hours, by the committee of citizens of
Benton, La., it was deeded that two
negroes, Hearn and Richardson, who
were uuder arrest there, were guilty of
the mur ier of Larry Vance, aud they
were at ouce taken to the piace of exa-
cation, half a mile nortnof town, where
the Y were banged by citizens. Both
d,etl S ame - ^be crowd was very or-
derly.
Rumor «:>ys it a o>: t a ns in this
0 , i’rd I'rr^a
—
imnii fails 11 conns!.
TIME TABLE NO. 4.
In Effect Saturday, Sept. 10, "98, 8 AM.
No. 11 Diy No. 12 Dly
Ex Sun’y. Ex Sun’y
P.M. Lv. Stations. Ar. M
Taimiab Falls
5 50 .......Turner >1*6 .12 45
6 10 ..... .12 25
6 30...... .12 05
6 45... . ..Dun .1; 50
7 0( >rn 11 35
P.M Ar. Lv. A.M.
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