WITH A HANDFUL OF ROSES.
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Every Valiant thing my heart would say Everything my heart would full say well.
roses shall declare. These brave roses know
Since my Ups, less hold than they. And they mean. In their sweet way.
Dread her frown, and do not dare. More than any words could tell.
They ahall nestle on her br<>ust, They shall be her bosom's guest; low,
They shall whisper, soft and low, They shall whisper, soft and
'He loves truly, he loves best, 'H>- loves truly, hr: loves best,
Who’s afraid to tell you so.’ Who's afraid to tell you so.’
—William Winter, In New York Thlbune.
t; The Siege of No. 16. 4 :o
The big suburban car, No. 16, was
running at a high rate of speed. 1 ne
girl looked up anxiously, The sturdy
motorman was bending a little for
ward, his eyes keenly watching the
track. provoked at
The girl had been much
the motorman. He had spoken in an
Inexcusable manner to her at the sta.
tion. He had come up to her and pull¬
ed off his cap and said: “I beg youi
pardon but is there any special i ea
son—any reason of an important char¬
acter—why you want to go to Rail
cliff?”
She had been quite annoyed at his
effrontery. She hesitated about reply¬
ing. She meant to turn away from hint
without a word.
“I considered my reasons sufficient
Iy imperative,” she replied, She said
this in a tone that was meant to be
chilly. shook
He looked at her finery and
his head.
“I suppose you are going to the wed
ding," lie said, "That’s sufficiently Im
perative, no doubt.”
The girl had drawn back and appar¬
ently was absorbed in an illustrated
weekly. The man’s voice was low but
penetrating. She could hear the sta
tion master’s muffled tones, but his
words were indistinct, By his gestures
she fancied he was warning the motor
man. But presently the latter turned
away and stepped into his vestibule.
Then he opened the door between the
vestibule and the body of the car,
and nodding at the girl with a quick
smile cried “All aboard,” and started
No. 16.
Anna Harman had just returned
from Europe, In New York she had
remained only long enough to see her
mother comfortably settled at a
friend’s home, where she could recover
from the effects of a stormy voyage.
Then Anna had come on alone to at¬
tend the wedding of her school friend,
Elaine Earle. And here it was two
o’clock in the afternoon with seventeen
miles to go and the wedding 1 set for
four o’clock. There had been a de¬
layed train and a wait at the town of
two hours, a period that Anna bad
Improved by going to a hotel with her
steamer trunk and putting on her wed¬
ding outfit and her big white hat.
Presently the stream that ran
through (he valley abruptly turned,
and the road curved sharply to the
right, At this curve the speed of the
car was greatly reduced and the girl
noticed that a man suddenly came
from behind a telephone signal booth
uml swung himself aboard the car.
The new passenger entered the car
very quietly, stopping a little as he ad¬
vanced. As he passed along lie gave
her a sharp glance. Then he went up
the aisle.
The girl noticed his face as he
passed. She watched him with a
in which curiosity was blended with
anxiety. When he was close to the
open door of (he motorman’s vestibule
he paused and quickly looked around.
But above the sheet that now trem¬
bled iu her hand she saw the dark man
produce a gleaming knife.
Instantly Anna's shrill scream rang
through the car. It startled the crouch¬
ing man, and it caused the motorman
to shut off the power and whirl him¬
self about with the controller In his
hand, seemingly with a single move¬
ment. So close was the crouching man
that the controller struck him sharp¬
ly in the face. And the next instant
the motorman’s clenched left hand sent
him sprawling.
The motorman came down the aisle
and paused near the girl.
“Thanks for the vociferation,” he
said, “It beats all the college yells I
ever heard. I couldn't have stopped
work more promptly if it had been the
five-thirty whistle."
His bantering tone jarred on the
girl’s sensibilities.
“Don’t you know that the man
meant to kill you?” she asked.
“It looks very much as if he meant
to hurt me,” the motorman replied.
"There’s no doubt about the knife. Ah,
there, he’s down!”
“I wish you would take one of the
front seats,” he said. "1 have a rea¬
son for asking this. It will be ex
plained later. 111
He stooped quickly and tpok her
handbag and paper and started up the
aisle.
Suddenly something rattled on the.
car roof. Almost instantly there was
the crash of glass. A window in the
vestibule was broken. A half dozen
missiles thudded against the wooden
sides of the car. There was a hoarse
shout ahead. A number of men sud¬
denly darted from behind the bushes.
The motorman had checked No. 16.
Now he was running it backwardss.
“Do you hear me?” said the motor
man in a quick, sharp way. “Get up
in the angle of the front seat,
from the window, and look out for fly¬
ing glass. I’m running the car back
from the ambush to the clearer field.
Don’t worry.”
He looked back toward the rear
the car. A sudden shout arose.
* > Just what I might have expected, > >
he said, “they’ve blockaded the track
both front and rear. Never mind,”
he quickly added, “the field is
open here. There’ll be less skulking
and no ammunition.” He brought the
car to a standstill.
The next moment he was on the
ground.
“Beppo,” he called, and his voice
was loud and clear.
A stout man came forward a little
ways from the pursuing group.
The motorman talked to this man in
Italian. He talked rapidly and forc¬
ibly. The other man answered briefly.
The motorman spoke in threatening
tones. The reply of the man called
Beppo had a surly sound. The other
man turned and addressed his fol¬
lowers. There was a hoarse shout of
disapproval.
Then the motorman suddenly drew
a revolver from an inner pocket and
holding it up where all could see it
tapped it significantly with his fore¬
head.
“That’s an obstinate gang, • - he told
Anna. it But I’ve given them some
thing to think about. They won’t
bother us for a while. At the same
time, It is quite evident that car No.
1 C is besieged and that we can’t get
away. You don’t mind so very much
do you?”
“I intend to make the best of it,”
Anna replied. “How long do you think
we must remain here?”
"That’s hard telling,” he answered.
“Those fellows want revenge, and they
will bo very reluctant to give up any
chance for receiving it. They don’t
believe me when I told them the con¬
ductor wasn’t aboard. They seem to
have lost all confidence in me.” His
tone suddenly changed. “I wanted to
get you there in ample time for the
wedding.
The girl suddenly smiled.
“Let me Improve this armistice,” she
saind, “by covering up that disagree¬
able cut.”
He flushed a little.
“I think that would be very pleas¬
ant,” he said. “Thank you.” And he
knelt by the seat.
The girl produced a square of court
plaster and a tiny pair of scissors from
her shopping bag', and deftly and. care¬
fully covered the Injured spot.
“He jests at scars,” the motorman
laughingly quoted, “who never felt a
sympathetic hand apply first aid to the
Injured. There, I’m ready now for
Beppo and all his bandit crew. »'
The girl frowned a little. This was
a very presumptuous young man. Just
then a stone crashed against the near¬
est window, sending the glass over the
seat in a shower, and Anna cried out
and suddenly clutched the motorman’s
arm. The motorman drew himself
away and leaped from the vestibule
door and the girl heard the sharp crack
of the revolver. Then his voice arose
in a fierce denunciation.
Presently he came back, smiling.
"It was a cub of a boy,” he said. “He
crawled up behind the bushes. But I
gave him a fine scare as he raced
away.”
The girl was still a little pale.
"And how long must we stay here?”
she asked again.
"That depends,” he answered. “Those
fellows can’t be counted on to raise the
siege, and we can’t get away until help
comes to us. Now I have an idea that
Jim Harrington—Jim is master of cere¬
monies up there at Earlcliffe—will be¬
gin to get a little anxious about the de¬
lay—they can’t go ahead without you,
I suppose—and he will climb the look¬
out perch with a good class, and he’ll
see us, stranded down here in the val¬
ley, and then he’ll call the boys to¬
gether—they’re quite a husky lot—and
they’ll get out a car and come after
us.”
A voice was hailing the car. The
motorman hurried out. A sharp and
quick conversation followed. The man
suddenly called to the girl. She step¬
ped into the vestibule.
“Miss Harmon,” he said, “this fool
of a Beppo has threatened to rush the
car. He has put some of his fellows
behind us at the barricade yonder, and
when he gives the word they will rush
from front and rear. Don’t he fright¬
ened. I’m telling you this because I
want you to understand what I am
going to do." He threw his coat and
hat into the vestibule. "I am going
to capture Beppo and bring him here
and hold him as a hostage. I’ll be on
him before he knows what I'm up to.”
She suddenly put her hand on his
shoulder.
"I—I’m afraid for you,” she stam¬
mered.
He flushed and reached up and
pressed her hand.
And just then a hoarse whistle was
heard up the gorge.
The motorman quickly reached for
his coat.
‘'That’s the relief train,” he said.
‘‘The siege is raised. »»
The besiegers wildly scattered as the
relief car came up and a score of young
men leaped from It and pulled away
the obstructions. One young man ran
forward.
‘‘All right, Hint?” he cried.
M All right, Jim.”
"Is Miss Marmon there?”
Then he whipped off his hat at sight
of Anna.
«• Don’t wait, Jim,” said the motor
man. “Get your car back as quickly as
you can. I’ll follow close behind. We
mustn’t keep them waiting.
“All right, Clint. Will you come
with us, Miss Harmon—we brought
some of the girls in the car—or will
you stay with the special? »
* • I’ll stay,” said Anna.
They were on the way through the
gorge before Anna spoke again.
“I want to tell you that your be¬
haviour was fine,” she said to the mot¬
orman. She was standing in the ves¬
tibule, quite in defiance of the rules.
"You didn’t once let me feel frighten¬
ed for myself.”
“You mustn’t praise me for protect¬
ing the company’s property,” he said.
“I’m the superintendent of the road. >>
She gave a little gasp at this. Then
she laughed.
“Do you know,” she said, "that I’ve
really enjoyed being late for this wed¬
ding, although I’m maid of honor. >»
“And I’ve enjoyed it, too,” he said
with a swift glance at her charming
face. “Although—”
“Although what?”
“Although, I’m the best man!”
THE IRISHNESS OF JAPAN.
Appearance of the Shamrock in the
Pacific Empire.
For the information of Phelim Tur
lough McFibb and his clansmen, re¬
garding the “McAdoos of Ireland” in
Japan, I beg to s f ate that the Japanese
“shamrock” mitza-aoie (three leaves
in a circle) forms the blazon of the
Tokugawa family, and i. said to have
been adopted by then, when Chiuami
retired to the provinces of Mikani,
where at the village of Sakaimura he
was presented with cakes laid upon
three similar leaves. In honor of this
event the family adopted it as their
cognizance. Maf-zudaira Tarozaiemon,
who adopted Chikuami, lived near the
village, and when his family and that
of Sakai were subsequently incorpor¬
ated as one, the name Tokugawa was
selected and Katubamikusa, the green
sorrel herb (Japanese shamrock), be¬
came the crest of their descendants.
This is the three-leaved clover (good
luck plant) of Japan and belongs not
to the Mikado’s family, but to the ple¬
beian Tokugawas, who reigned in tem¬
poral matters only 267 years down to
1867. It is now but a faded flower.
The Bushi (Samurai, or servant
class) of Japan had instituted the cus¬
tom of using crests, which they wore
on their clothing, or banner, or armor,
and other property as badge of servil¬
ity to distinguish them in their service
from some other family's servants, It
was deemed a high honor for a “re¬
tainer” (servant, cook, groom, garden¬
er, house boy) that he should be per¬
mitted to wear his master’s crest. He
thus could fight in his master’s cause,
with the sword which by the wearing
of a crest he was permitted to carry.
Only those vulgar servants of persons
who did not have crests were not per¬
mitted to carry a sword to fight in the
master’s quarrels with neighbors.
Therefore, these lower orders of ser¬
vant class instituted jiu-jitsu to offset
the sword when they fought with each
other. Jiu-jitsu was never practised
by a gentleman’s servants ‘Samurai)
excepting as defence. They preferred
the sword. Jiu-jitsu is the blackguard’s
game of fighting in Japan. No gentle¬
man ever practised it. Only the low¬
est ruffians make use of it. In course
of time, therefore, the wearing of a
crest (some flower) finally became
general.
The crest of the Japanese shamrock
hence is not very ancient, and never
belonged to the “McAdoos” in Japan.
The Klku (chrysanthemum repre¬
senting the sun) and a leaf named
“Kiri” (Paulonia) are appropriated by
the Mikado’s family.
Red is the imperial color of the Mi¬
kado, not green.
Prince imperial in Japanese is
“Mike” and he always remains Mike,
even when his father enters the priest
hood, and has “O” added to his name,
as suffix, but not as prefix. In this
case all the children excepting the
prince imperial add the suffix “O” to
their name and use it forever after.
O’ien O’Tenchi Ten ’O (which is Jap
I anese for Murphy the Shogun), in the
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A TEMPLE OF
On May 11 President Roosevelt,
the city of Washington, laid the
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Temple of Peace, Friendship
Commerce, the tangible evidence
the desire of the twenty-one
republics that war shall be no
in the Western world and that
rial prosperity promoted by interna¬
tional trade shall take Its place. Dis¬
tinguished men were present at
laying of the cornerstone and mess¬
ages were spoken or sent by represen¬
tatives from all of the twenty-one re¬
publics of America. The new build¬
ing is to be the joint property of all
the republics. The site provided by
the American Congress is within a
few hundred yards of the White
House and is adjacent to the State,
War and Navy buildings and the Cor¬
coran Art Gallery. Mr. Andrew Car¬
negie contributed three-fourths of a
million dollars to the erection of the
building, and each of the republics
has added an appropriation to the
fund. The building is to be the home
of the International Bureau, main¬
tained by the American republics,
and is to be made the centre of a
continuous campaign of education,
where one country may obtain accur¬
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every possible means the American
governments are to be brought to¬
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ship. The imposing building will
stand on a five-acre reservation. It
will be 169 feet square, the main por¬
tion standing two stories above a
huge studded basement and being in
turn surmounted by dignified balus¬
trades. The rear portion, in order to
cover a capacious assembly hall, will
rise still higher. The general archi¬
tecture will suggest Latin-American
treatment, out of respect to the fact
that twenty out of the twenty-one re¬
publics are of Latin origin. A large
reading room will be a feature, where
can be seen all the South as well as
North American publications, besides
important historical data. A beauti¬
ful assembly chamber that, for pres¬
ent purposes, may be called the “Hall
of the American Ambassadors,” will
provide the only room of its kind in
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the United States especially designed
for international conventions, recep¬
tions to distinguished foreigners and
for diplomatic and social events of a
kindred nature. The bureau is strict¬
ly an international and Independent
organization maintained by the joint
contributions, based on population, of
the twenty-one American govern¬
ments. We have not been without
our difficult problems cf solution in
the United States, but the republics
of South America have had a very
troublesome and disastrous time in
their national and international
struggles and revolutions. The suc¬
cess of the United States Government
has been a splendid example and in¬
spiration to the sister republics of the
South, and the foundation of this
Pan-American Palace of Peace,
Friendship and Commerce is an im¬
portant epoch.
Poverty of the Rich,
The butler to the millionaire occu¬
pant of a Newport villa has sued one
of his host’s guests to recover $500
money loaned. After the notices by
Newport grocers that they will no
longer give millionaires unlimited
credit this butler’s suit is another to¬
ken of the comparative poverty of
some of the newly rich. In many
households the butler, the chef, the
footmen and the maids have more
real money at the end of the month
than the occupants of the villa. They
get their board and lodging besides
wages. The master has an uncertain
income, without regular salary or
food and shelter provided by some
one else.—New York World.
One Great Bore.
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Gontran has a neat way of opening
oysters without a knife—he has only
to begin telling them a story and they
immediately yawn.—Le Rire.
