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Our Story CorNRr
TOM PERKIN’S WIFE.
Ogla I. Sturm in Cleveland Leader,
"How, I wouldn’t stand It Mrs. Forkins, I’d
x ) one thing or another. I’d make him stop it,
r I’d leave him and get a divorce.”
e . “Perhaps you wouldn't after all. You know
rr. Allen Is an old frioad o"f Mr. Pcrklos'
1 ho likes to go then because the if good
■ifmnpany."
.Thcso word* were uttered with quivering
■ and tears gathering in her hollow eyos, by
t slight, ptlefaced young woman In answer to
' ) above vehement spoeeb, mid o by cno of her*
■bow, whole friendliness, well meant
thooght It might have been, had
’.’YfompUd her to bring to tho young wlfo a hit
of unpleasant ccaaip i**iearning tbo lattor’s
husband.
“She is a heartless coquet!o,” she replied now,
"that’s what she la and always was, even when
herhubud lived. He wu a good, honest man,
but she worried the life out of him by the car.
lying on ai ahe did. I knew Sadie Allen whou
sho was a achool girl, and I never thought much
of hor at any tlmo, and I -don’t want anything
to do with her now."
Tho young woman replied to this with tears
only.
“I declare,” the othor went on by way of
consoling, ”1 don t sea what Mr. Perkins can
bo thinking abont. Horo he hae a nieo wife
and two children, es heantilnl as one wants to
see, and to think that . Well, 1 wouldn’t
utaud it, that’s all."
After her visitor had left, Mrs. Porklns tot
tered more than she walked to the crib where
her eight-months-old baby boy lay alaeplng
soundly, ell nnconaeinns of tbo ein and sorrow
of tho world into which he bad so lately enter
ed. Sinking into a chair beside the llttla bed,
she bust into inch a passion of tears as caused
bar little girl, sitting on tho floor, to drop her
playtblnga end came to hor knee. With a look
of surprise in her wide open eyes, she stared
at her mother. “Ari cu sick, mamma," she
f finally ntkede
The mothor bent down, and take the chili
‘ op into her arms, pressed it to her heart "No,
darling, I am not sick, but I wish Mamie, and
baby, aid mamma were dead, and in heaves,''
(be replied, and her tears flowed afresh.
The little one, half frightened, nestled close
to thet sheltering bosom and soon fell asleep.
And there, with no oth- r sound savo the left
breathing ef her infants to brotk tho stillness,
the young woman’s thoughts led her back to
the tlmo when she was pretty Emma Bonnet,
living with her uncle on a farm not many
. miles distant Orphaned young, she had
known no ether home hut bis. Welt she re
membered bow, on her wedding dsy.aaahe
wu momentarily expecting him with whom
ahe was ready to go hand in hand thcongh life,
the dear old man had come and placed hia
bard, biown hand on her blonde head. "Em
ma, my girl,” be said, "you were my brother’s
only child, Ood knows I lovo you u my own.
I hope yon will be happy with Tom Perkins.
1 have know him aiuoo bis birth, and I always
thought him a good, honeit boy. But soma,
how,siuco he hae lived In town, he seams
chengtd to me. I hope it is not for tho worse,"
he added, u ho braahed a tear from his oye.
And how cheerfully had aha looked up into
Us face, and replied, "Why, ancle, are you not
lid of your suapieioni yet? Why, only a little
whilo ago yon thought Tom had forgotton me.
and yet be had been true to me all the time, aad
came to claim me when yon least expected it.
Why, then, do yon miatrasl him now?"
It wu well for her that the did net know
then,or even now, that hia claiming her finally
wu cu account of tholUtlalohorltaucaleft hor
his wife's appearance, became awaro of a
change in her, A atrauge brightness seemed to
oversj read her thin face tonight. Perhaps, in.
itlnctively, because agreeably thereby im
pitrerd, he wished to retoiii It there, and wu
therefore prompted before making hie toilet, to
ray more kindly than wu his wont, “Emma,
I've an Important errand to do for Mr. Eliot,
traeted. It wu aiao well that elk* did net know
that, entirely unmindful of bis vows to her, he
had fallen desperately la leva with a young
lady In town, who, aware of tho tie that
Ah, how strong had boon her fistthfn hint
when ahe had placed her hand in his at tho
marriage altar! Bow ahe bad loved him then'
Bow proud aha had been of him! And ahe
wu ready to leave hist now.
"TIB death shall part you." Thou words
Which bad impreteed her as solemnly at that
time suddenly came to her mind now. “Till
death ihnll’partyou,” sho thought, 'and I sold,
•yea’ to thou words. Then I mart not shrink.
I must hold oat, and I wilt” she broke out
aloud, u the light of strong resolve suddenly
illumined her cars worn countenance. “I will
have frith,” the couti iBed. “Our minister
(aid last Sunday, 'By faith we may conquer
all things.' ”
And then and there with the breathing of
her pure babes to accompany it, than arose
from her 11 ps a prayer to the “Throes ofGrace”
for etnagth aad patience to eadore whatever
her Ho , only Father saw fit to lay npon her.
Eeta Tom Porklns, when he came home to
upper this evening, unapt u he wu to notice
and I may not be homo till late.”
Bhe smiled mdly in reply, bright tears glia
tening In her eyes. Bhe knew he had not told
hertbotruth. Sbeknow whore he wu going,
but ahe eald not a word, Bhe had prayed for
strength, end she had received it.
Truo. there followed many dreary days and
nights, of longing and waiting. Again, and
again, the fsint heart wu lifted heavenward,
but hot in vain. He, who hath aald, “My grace
is sufficient fur yea,” mnle those words glori
ously true to this weary soul. Uuo evening, sit
ting by an open window, with tho ahuttora
closed, Mia. Perkins nnintentlonally overboard
the following convolution between two of her
neighbor!.
"Bay,” raid one of them, “Frank Mills la go
ing with Sallle lately.”
“You don’t say,” was reply, "I wonder how
Tom Perkins will Uko that. Perhaps he won’t
run there so often, when he finds oat ehe cur
hare other friende beside him."
Frank Mills wu Tom Perkin' most Intimate
friend. Just to what extent he was to blame for
tho change in Tom since the latter had
live in town, of course Euima could not toll.
But the thought passed through her rfllud, u
she rat there mosing, that, perhaps had her hus
band never mot Frank Mills, he might still he
the Torn Perkins of old, trusting 'and trust
worthy.
Shortly after thto, early ona ’morning, the
Perkins were very unceremoniously awakoned
by loud knocking at their door. Upon opening,
both Tom and Emma were startled et seeing
two policemen who soon medo known their
errand, which wu to arrest Tom. .
"What have I done?” gasped the latter,
turning deadly pale.
“You uro amend for the murder of Frank
Mills,” wu tho answer.
“For murder)” cried Emma. “O. no, no.
There must be a mistake. It was not Tool He
could never commit a crime Uko that." And to
her dying day sho will never forgot tho grate
ful look her huiband cast upon her, a< pale and
agitated, he was being led away by the officers.
The indications of Tom Porklns’ guilt woro
strong. Public sentiment wm against him. He
felt this, nr.d it depressed him greatly. But,
when ho htaid that tbs woman, on account of
whom he had neglected his wlfo and ohUdrou,
had been the first to point him out u tho mur
derer, he wu quite overcome. The body of
Frank Mills, with his skull cruehod, had been
found but half a block away from tho residence
of Mrs. Allen. Thera had been a party at her
home on tho night of the murder. Frank
Mill* bad told hor that ou account of urgent
business, he would not bo ahia to bo there till
about half put 10 o'clock. Tom Parkins had
left her houie at a little after ten.
For several dey* previous to this ho had not
boon on good terms with Frank Mills, having
gecused both him and Mrs Allen of ridiculing
anflinaklngfan of him. On tho night in queo-
and had finally left tho boon in anger.
It wu finally surmised that, u the body of
Frank Mills had been feond to near the honso
which Tom Perkins had Just left, the latter
must have met him. end in iris excited state
dealt him the fatal blow.
In vain the secured man protested that he
had not seen Frank Hills at all that night, that.
after leaving the house of Mrs. Allen he had
gone in the opposite direction from when the
body lay, crossed the itreot and turned tho
next coiner.
Tho watch and pnrao of tho mnrdered man
had been found on tho body, therefore it waa
real on rd the murder could not hare boon com
mitted torrobbory. 802x20 other Incentive mart
had induced tbo crime. And, although tho dead
man had not enjoyed tho boat of reputation*,
ho waa not kuown to hare an enemy to whom
tho bloody deed could bo attributed.
All those circumatancoa aorved to make tho
guilt of tho prisoner evident. Instigatod by
jealousy, perhaps, after words of provocation,
ho had committed the act
Kven hia widowed mother, when he declared
his innoccnoo to her, said to him: ‘Torn, do not
make matter* worse by denying your guilt
Confess your sins, that you may obtain forgive
ness of God. I would gladly baliovo you in
nocent but a loan who is capable of ono crime
is capable of anotner. I cannot trust you siuco
I know what a life yon have been leading.”
A fooling of despair camo over tho accused
man under this weight of suspirjon.
“Have you come to condemn mo, too,” ho
accosted his wife, when sho camo to visit him
in bfs cell. “No, Tom, 1 ' she ana were 1 mildly,
I do not condemn you. Lot all tho world bo*
lievo you guilty. I know you are innocent.
You have your faulty but you aro incapable of
commuting the crime you are charged with.”
Thoso words overctmo him. Covering hia
face with his hands, ho burst into tears. O. Em
ma, I liavo not deterved it” ho criod. “Yon.
whom I have bctmvcdanddoceived,you stand
by mo, while everybody, even my mothor, for-
sake* me.”
That'a what I am pour wife for, Tour," ahe
replied consolingly. “It ii my place to stand
by von,ami Tom,” ahe continued, as she took
hie hand and pressed It to her heart, "I have
prayed that your Innocence may be proved,
am) I am confident that my prayer wilt be an
swered,"
One morning In,answer to a faint rap, Emma
opened tho door, when ahe beheld a man stand.
Ing there whose appearance caused liar to draw
hack In a (flight. He wu evidently a tramp,
ragged, dirty, and hird looking. "If yon
plcue," he began timidly, “Is thli the wife of
;be man who in accuaod of murdor?"
Emma nodded.
“May I come in?” he uked. "I have aome-
thing important to tell you.”
Emma looked at him, doubtfully ai to
whether she could trust him. He noticed this.
“You need not be afraid of me,” he laid. ”t
am tough-look lug, I dare say, and its a tough
Ufa I am leading. Hi drink thafa brought me
down. But I have not come down so low yet
that I would take the life of a fellow-being, or
I would not oome to tell yoo what I do."
At tfcli Emma vaatured to let him in,
Baattag himself near the door aad cougblag
slightly, by way of clearing hie throat, ha
began: "1 accidentally heard that roar hat.
land wu seemed of the murder which tree
committed a few dayi ago: aad that he plead*
‘not guilty’ to the charge. New, I behove I
can put them on the track of the guilty party,
and I thought ft beet to eoamttyoa first, u
you era natomHy the most Interested.”
Emma looked at Urn in surprise. “What
■ooft have you,"sho finallyaskod, “for think-
g that this party of whom you speak la
“Well, mum,” he resumed, “this man that I
have nforeec* to is a bad lot, like myself, only
worm, and I believe ha has committed more
murders than ona in hie lifts. Now, on the
night of tho murder, I wu eleeptng lu an old
•bed en the out outaklrte of tho city, and It
mutt bus boost considerable after midnight
when I heard some sms coming to join me
there. He did net notice me, however, but
threw blnuelf into an oppoetta corner, and I
heard him mattering several timet,aedby tint
I knaw who it wu. At daylight I get up and
found him asleep. Going up to him I tow
that Ue cost wu bespattered with blood.
‘Aba!’ thought I, ’ho'a been up to etme
ecrapc. Then, when I beard of tho murder
put thlngt together and I made np my mind
that what I had aeon might be worth telling
anysray.”
A ray ef hope lit np the face of the hardly
tried wife u the lietenened to the words of the
tramp. The lattor’s etatement led to the ar
rest of the real perpetrator, who, whenbrougtit
faco to face with convincing proofs, confused
all.
It seems that Frank Mills, exuperated by
tho insolent Importnnltleo of the wretch, had
kickod him from bispremlsua few daysbe-
foro tbe murder. Anil to revenge hlmsalf, the
trump had waylaid him that night, and with
a club, ss hlch had been found near the spot of
the crime, had beaten In hie brains.
The foot of tho sratch and pntso ef the mur
dered man having been found upon him wae
owing to tbe clrcuuutance of tho murderer's
having been disturbed by au officer nearing
juat u bo wu about to rob bla victim.
Tom Perkins wu released from custody.
Ho tottered home, and without uttelrag a
word fell upon hie wife’s neck and weptu If
his heart would break. The experience
ihsengh which he had paaaed had been too
terrible that he should again daily with thorn
aim which had iod him into it.
He nude a full eonfoailon of all hia wrong
doings to her who had proved herself so worthy
of blc confidence. But, even after he had told
her, she generously forgave him. And hence
forth, bis lovo forhUwtfoand children became
tohim the iter which pointed, for him, to
higher and nobler alms in life.
Tom and Emma Perkins are an old couple
now. Their childrenare alimented, and they
haves number of grandchildren, llot even
now, Tom, with hoary locks and wrinkled
fare, will look lovintly into the eyes of hie
Emma an if ho weald say “Thy love hath
tho greatest of the many blessings bestowed
on me by our Pesveoly Esther.”
A COlirSE rOKAIlEDFKLfeO W*
An Ovorfrito Talo of a Typo’* Grovrtomo
Experlenco In New Orloaus.
From tbo Ban Francisco Call.
“Talking about yellow fever,” said an old
sefcool printer to a Call roporter tho othor «luy, and
referring to a paragraph ho had Just read concern
log that fell scourge, "let me tcU yon a litUe of ex
pcricuco 1 had with ’Jack’ in the crescont city. It
was mmdc time between the yoars 18tO aad 1319 (I
(to not remember the oxact year), when I found
myself in tho city oi New Orlcaur, lu tho mldJlo of
Mimrocr, surrounded with tho doublo opiUemta of
rbolcra and yellow fevtr. I took up my qui
in a very respectable boarding and lodging h
kept by Bln. Montgomery, nt 217 Tcboupitonltl
street. Uu.Mnoss of every kind was pretty generally
Ktu-pended and the city wore a gloom that was any*
thing but encouraging to a person Uko myself who
had ventured there to mske his fortune. I waa a
young man at that time, a compositor by trade, and
ofcotine anxious to follow my calling. Rut tho
newspapers, mottly. had suspended. I could get
nothing to do. After welting some three or four
wcoks for the eptdcmlo to dlq out, I finally resolved
to leave tho city. A ateamsr waa advertised for
If ^l^mylau^
•learner dflsyed sailing, though all ihg white keep
ing up her steam. It wu ten o*olock at night be-,
fbte I could learn anything definite as to when she
would leave* and X was then told that her de
parture had been put off for an entlie week. So,
with my-grlpeack In hand, which I had carried
around with mo all day* I returned to my old
quarters. Everybody nearly hai retired, though
the hall door, which was always kopt open and
the light left burning, favored mo. I went direct'
ly to my room and had the happiness to find it un
locked and tbe door ajar. The room* though a
good ouo and well ftirnlsbed, was always dark.
Hu mclcnt light, however* entered to show me the
bed had not been made up. 1 thought nothing of
It, though, supposing It had been neglected be
cause I was absent. Hastily disrobing I scrambled
it, but waa surprised to find It Was warm. I was
Ured, however, and turning on my side was soon
wrapped tn the arms of Morpheus. Tho first break-
rail boll always rang a quarter to six. I got up and
in tho dim light commenced tho operation of dress
ing. Mhllc thpa engaged my eye* fell upon what
1 took to boa roll of carpet, lying clnee to tho wall
and near the foot of my bod. The longer I looked
nt It, as I continued puttlug on my clothes, tbe
moieitsuuinedtho shapo of a man. Thinking
ecxncpoor fellow, just a trifle ‘o’erfa’,' had per-
haps wnndercd In and lalu down there, I resolved
at onco to gently jog him with my foet and at the
rsme time bail him with ‘Hullo, old fellow, what
arc you doing here?' Croat heavens t tho momont
my foot touched that cadaver tfor *nch it war) I
felt, or imagined 1 did, a cold chill clear through
t ho tc ul or my boot. It did not take me long to put
r n tbe rc?.t of my harness and get out ot the room.
'l ho first perron I mot at the foot of tbe stairs was
tho landlady, alio, throwing np her hands,
tremblingly inquired,‘In t!icnxmoorii<uven,where
doyoticomo from? and where did you sleep last
night ?’ I explained tho circumstances under
which I had returned, and also told hor I had oc
cupied my old room and bed. ‘Oh, my God V sho
exclaimed, ‘what have I douo! Yesterday, soon
after you left a man applied for a room and took
pr»c»!onofKn.l& IIo was suddenly taken 111
ai d in six hours was dead. Ilo died of yellow
fever, and you have slept la the bed he occupied.'
7 bo coroner had been notified, but as the mortality
wts very great it was not an unnsual thing for his
Tbit to be deferred twentyTour hours, which ac-
(Vunted for the dead man being taken from tho
I (d and nlsced against tho wall. I must confess I
left little uneasy, and as soon as posilble took tho
mutation nreventtvc, I. o., a large tumbler of
, rs yon see."
dtktruj I
Looking for Ills Lily.
From the 8k rani Pioneer Proas.
Not so very many days ago a con pie—newly
married—stopped at the Ryan for the night. They
bailed from somewhere In tbe valley of the Red
river district, and had money enough to make a
imall tipple In the city. The brtde retired early,
but the groom, still feeling hts oats, went out to
tea tbo town. He vfsl ted a number of the promi
nent resorts, and about midnight fonnd himself In
tbe hotel elevator. Calmly transfixing the hoist*
bey with his eye, he addressed him:
"If y boyish, a where’s my hrideshf B where’s my
turtledove?”
The hoy, of coowe, could not answer him. But
finding the number of his room he attempted to
tike him there.
“KosMrt" said the I notariat*. 1 Isb-hlo—wiaab
■bray cooing dov*. She's tbe moeeh ot tbe valley,
she is."
Kvrrybody In tbe nan* atom tbe balll wu
Mrrkaby thlt lima, aad aoraral head, peeped ov*
•a~Me—hunbah, "hoeoeUnood, "a
awanotlho iho*. Whtre’nh ebe? Tbaubwbatl
want-talc—to know. Whoohototomy cuckootrom
mob?”
K, this time tbeywtiaet tbo donrofUa room.
It ruddenly opened, a band and arm clothed In
white » u tliruMt out. end the unfortunate yanked
lu with a terrific jeik and this remark:
"litre', your rrwe of Hbaron and Illy of the val
ley, you blamed old fooL go to bed. 1 ’
In a imall town oat west an ex-ooanty judge
liruhlerof the tank “Tbs check I, all right,
rir,' ha laid to a Mranger, ■ but tha erldecco you
ol'er in ldantMylng younelf u tha person to whos*
older It Is drawn is acarcely snfflcienL" ’Tre
known yon to hangs mu oo less evidence, jodgs/
wes the manger's responss. “Quite Ukety," re
plied the ex Judge, "but when It comes to letting
geofceM cash wo hava to be careful." %
The Panic at Perdido.
BY WALLACE r. BEEP,
Written tor The Constitution.
Juet how or when Perdido entered npon an
•ra of “flush times,” Is a matter of small Im,
portanca.
Tlic village was connected with the outside
world by a stage making dally trip* to a rlvt
landing, a distance of about a dozen mile*.
''Hero’s the Metropolitan!" shouted the etago
driver, as wo rolled up In front of a big two*
•tory wooden building, with a broad plassa
running all the way around it.
A* tho Metropolitan was Iho only hotel In
Perdido, I lot no time In securing a room,
Then I strolled out on the plana to taka a look
at things.
'Tow'fal pesrt town, ain’t It?"
Tbetptaker was my landlord, Mr. ZobDuko,
I saw nothing to distinguish tho place from
other villages In the cotton belt ot tho south
west, but at It wu unnecessary to mention
Ibis fact to Mr. Dube, 1 foil into hie mood, and
aueneicd accordingly,
“You ace hefo’ you, air, the cornin' matron-
erlleof tho southwest.'
“Well, yes,” I replied, 'then Is plenty of
room for your expansion.”
Mr. Duke regarded me doubtfully fora mo
ment.
But hi, dli,trust, If ho felt any, was only tom.
porery. He introduced the loungers on the
[■i.rrr vrllh Indiscriminate courtesy, but with
■ Ignlflrtint emphasis when ho pronounced the
name of COltuel Arper,
.Tho colonel would have impressed most peo
ple at a fine looking man, but 1 thought that
hit face had a rtekleat, wiokad expression. His
black moustache sod beard matohaa his hair,
and yet in tlio tuull ght each separate hair
looked like a quivering thread of fire, Hebad
bold black eyes, and a dark comp!
ing Ihe llush that result, from di
potations.
I did notlike this man, and yet it was pVtn
that h* was doing hia beat to be genial and
clover. Ilia abort round figure westbat of the
typical Jolly man, but although the Colonel
usdo jokes and laughed at them there was a
falie ring about hit mirth.
“Canulo,” said Mr. Duke, speaking up sud
denly, “How many bales do you count ou this
JIM?”
"About tight hundred," was the indifferent
answer.
“You'll push It to a thoumnd yet," suggested
one of tho crowd.
“Oh, yef," said tho Colonel, “when I got
more niggers. After aext year I am going to
ret oy stakes far a thonsanrt bales every sea-
A llttla more
that Arper hod
river, that ho ennod several hundred slaver,
end that he was from every point of view tho
,est man in all that region. As It was my
■So tlmo at I’ordldo, I
mpltolon wear-
doe^stroug
get it WaopMn
staltoen this lino Informed ms
id ths finest plantation on tho
lido, I
- U U tan that Won dis
ci roscip.,. s.raiothlnx
.tlou to the business out-
turned nve nation'
lock, when Mr. Duke volunteered a plccoof
information, f
‘Tedder hsusued Sexton and swears k* will
•oil him oul”
A bunt of profanity from Colonel Arper
•hooked ms out of my usual self peaseetlon.
"Sexton te n blankity blank fool to stand
It,” bo said in conclusion,
"But If he is Indebted to Fsddsr, how can ht
dp himself?” I asked.
There was a general smile all round tho cir
cle. Zeb Duke laughed heartily.
Colonel Arper did not smile. He frowned,
ends black cloud seemed to settle over hia
face.
'Tedder pick* his mss,” be ssid sternly.
'Do you think ho would re* ms?"
“No, indeed! Of ooureo not!" came in a
choree from the crowd.
“Tedder knows me," continued the Oolonol
and he knows my peculiarities. Oao of my
peculiarities, as you all know, la a fondness for
tbe shot gun. Tho shot gnu, gentlemen, Is a
great regulator. It will settle a difference of
opinion quicker than anything else. No, I
have never been sued, nor re fused credit, end
such a thing !• not likely to ocenr. r
Thin waa an appreciative alienee, broken
only by a few admiring ezpresstoni of approval.
The Colonel laid his hand In a friendly way on
my knro.
“I am worth, I suppose, folly two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars,” said ho, ‘but I
one something like three hr ‘ '
thousand dollars.
nobody thinks of It, and my _
What do you think of that?”
1 suggested that the people had confidence
in blu.
“That’s tbs secret.” replied tho Colonel.
'•Thst Is all there Is In It. They know my vlows,
my pccnlltrlllss, and they have oonlldenoo In
mo. Now, if credit la the llfo of trade, confi
dence is tho Ufa of eredit. Tho min who do-
stays confidence In mo ruins my credit, break!
me upjnrt tbe etme as kills ms, and, bj(l-d,
for such conduct I would kUl any man that
walka tho earth:”
arijth
unanimity of sentiment prevented die-
cutsion, and the colonel’s petit* Invitation to
accompany him to tho bar was acoopted with
alacrity.
''Thus are mine, Zeb,” he eald with * grace
ful wav# of hie hand,altar wo had imblbw our
various beverages.
' Dost mention it, sir. That's *11 right,”
wu Zeb’s ready response, aa we all filed oat of
tbo room.
“Yes,” remarked Mr. Daks to m» that night,
"Colonel Arper to the treat man I ever struck
Btrtckly honahblo, a puffiok gentleman, but n
had man, sir, from way hack.”
“Ho seams to hare vary little regard for ha
man Ufa,” I ventured to say.
"Well, that'a when he's Imposed npon,” ex
plained Mr. Duke- "He’a uatorauy kind-
■carted end Ub’ral, bat when ha thinks a man
to tryln* to crowd him, then look out far great
tnakas!"
“Tho shot gas,” I hinted.
"Jtmo. Tha shot gun, a
Ihe bowls knlfa. Why, sir, I'll betcher th*
Connie ■ got not lees than two revolvers and
two howto knives on him right now. Booh a
nun for secretin' concealed weeplns, and
a-hidln' of 'em In a various manner au over
hia perron I never did see. s’elp mo I"
“Killed many artund here ?* I uked.
"No. Chat uy ho has. But k* left a res'-
tor graveyard ont in Texas. Yoa see, he only
came here come five or six jure ago to taka
' n ptontatica, when hlsfathtr died aad left It
him. Bo he boa's! ban hare vary lung."
•Is It truo that lie to so deeply In aisbt?”
That’S nothin’,” snorted Mr. Duke. "It’s
Jest ea be lays. While the people have confi
dence It’s all right Th* Cannl* has bean un
lucky in his speculations, and ths beards al
ways go agin him, but what’s th* difference?
Hto word’s u good ash to bond?"
I went to had and dreamed that the Colonel
bsd been sued, and that ha hid shot the plain-
tiff dead In tha courtroom, and had then bean
usansdtd by hia enthulaatlo fallow eittoeas.
Tbs text morning I had not bean on tho
axes fire minatea before Oslaaal Arper mad*
la appearance with sereraleeiapsalou. They
were freeh frem the bar, and had all been
drinking heavily.
As they passed me the Colonel (poke In
angry tone to one oi the party, aitranger who
had evidently jnst arrived.
“If your remark wu personal,” ho mid, ‘TU
bo blanked If I don't—"
“Personal,” answered the other quietly.
“Tike It that way If it suits you. It to alt the
seme to me.”
Tbe ebook partially sobered Colonel Arper
lie straightened himself and threw hto hand
hack to Ids hip pocket.
“For GctVm rako ” whispered Mr. Duko to
tbo stranger, “toko keor. Tbo Connie's wild
thto mertfin’. He'll klU you If you don't apol
ogize.”
“I’ve slied him up,” said the stranger, “Lot
him clone. I can clean out a dozen like him.”
Everybody foil beck to give tho two men a
dear Hold.
t'olcmcl Arper drew hto pistol.
“You* hind to shaky,” sneered the other.
"Co and tako another drink.”
Arper'e face tamed pale. Tbo stranger looked
•t him with an air of cool contempt. Hut only
for a moment. Beforew o amid realize it, he
walked np to the Colonel, euatebod his ptotol
from him, and then, could wa bolloveour eyas
he deliberately stopped tho desperate man's
lace, not once, but twice!
Nor was this all. Tha cool stranger threw
tbe Colonel's pistol at hie feet, and walked off
with en elastic stop down the street, whistling
u he wont
“flenllemen,” said tho Oolonol, staring at
us, "thismeans blood!"
"No, It don’t,” said Zeb Dnke, 'lnt It
means business. I’ve nut up with your sire
long enough, yon triflin’, cowardly fraud. Yon
Jest plank down what yon owe mo and glU”
"Why, great ftoddlemlghty, Zeb! ’
“Will yon pay np, Cunnle?”
Arper muttered something about the lint of
theniontlr, end without another word snoaked
off, Itavlng Ms fallow-oltlsoni looking at ouh
otheg In rprechlcea estontohmeut.
I never saw a town so completely tom up u
Pordlde wu In tho next half hour.
One feature of tbe bnelnus enrprtoed me
beyond measure, l’edder brought six suite
•gainst Arper that very day. All the mer
chants followed. For n weak It fairly rained
drfelaratlour, bills In equity, attachments, enlto
for dsmaxce, garnishments, etc.
“ cflkcts were far-reaching.
^Hplaro appeared to be In the hands of the
Islerlff, hto deputies and the bailiffs. As the
■nfo spread, 1 accidentally detected Zeb Dnke
tbe act of running of most of hto liquor and
■baoco to bide them from his creditors. Every
stage brought merchants and lawyers to look
after tbelr claims. It was evident thst tbe
Colonel's fall had hopelessly ruined the entire
itown.
I 1 left before tho trouble Was over, and left
without seeing the Colonel. It wu rumored at
Itbotlmecf my departure that bo had slipped
(jfl'to Texas. At any rnteho disappeared. Af
ter tbe p,nle at l'ordtdo It wee not safe for
bms-lo iczuain.
IUS DREAM lirarKLLKD. •
BILL NYE.
Two rromlnent Tar-Utrel ;citlzcna Who
Mow Utilise Ono Monument-
AtbcrlUr, N. C., Correspondence to Boston (ilobe.
Living In North Carolina, u I have all ths
rest winter, my memory frequently brings
back two prominent men of this state who
have passed array, hut whose history wu re
markable In many ways.
There men, though together, almost con
stantly throoghut s long public life, differed
materially on many points. They lived In
each other's society for years, and now id death
they are still unlud.
Under one monument In a quiet littlse
tcry lu the great tar-heel stale they lie togeth
er awaiting tho day when ths sea shall giro up
III dead, and when tho gentleman with tho
coikhgwUlbe seen looking over the odds
and ends of aome old battle-Held or the back
yard ol some medical college for hto other
limb-
For more then half s century there men ate
at tbo same table and slopt on tho samo couch,
end yet they agreed In nothing. They were
bound togotber by a tie which death aloao
could dissolve.
The Indulgent reader hu already, no doubt,
discovered that I refer to tho lato gentlemen,
Chang and Eng, bettor known u the Stamen
twins
The men, like most Siamese people, had their
origin Siam, a foreign oountry of a bright red
color on the map of Alla.
Aa Siamese alone, or simply u twins, they
would liars attracted little attention, andevsn
by combining the two and fcceomtsg Biameas
twins tkoy would hav* died poor, perhaps but
with * connecting link wkloh united tho two
at tho base of th* breast-boae, they sacceedod
in acquiring a largo fortune.
They have proved beyond a doubt, I think;
that genius cannot bo aoqulred; it to n gift. It
cornea not with th* treking.
Bui
SMI ItaB.,
lilted them for the Ufe they afterward led, or
ranted them to attract tho attention of ths
whole world.
Nature does not lit every man tabes Stamens
twin. Science osunot aid him In becoming ona
In after yesn. C'loeo study and appUeatlom
cannot M*lst him#
To he a lueocufal twin Involves promptness.,
sire. It to * matter that cannot bo postponed.' •
AndtabearacoMsfal Siamese twin Involve*’
even greater difficulties
■“ were raised up to moot a eer
ie crisis came, and tboy were
taken there to meet It. They camo at a time
when tha world wu clamoring for a pair of
buff twins united at tbo slarnum by means of
MM|
American don.nr- M.ji. rIpnc. in tba
South Men Islands.
From Ihe Ben Itanckco Chronicle.
A consulship eonnds very Mg tilt you get
there. There aro Innumesahle Islands In the Bonth
I'selflc, and tribes who declare war, fight, proclaim
proclamations or deflanco and non altogether ex
traordinarily heroin. The Unltod Ht.tcs aant a con
lul to ona group lately wherein the ideal waa promt,
Immense. Karelins subjeetsln (be shops of Amor-
Iran citizens, suppliant cbtafa and Irombllag king*,
with all th* attendant gorsaouanesa and dignity,
llllod hts minds eyo. Ha "basted" himself on an
outfit, laid In an elegant diem suit, a pair ot patent
leather shore, while lies, white gloves and u anor
moils diamond pin for hto shirt faonL Thu equip
ped he sailed away with all the eonseime pride of
a ifprcaentaUvo of a grand repuhlio. From tha
port he landed et he wee conveyed lu a small sail
ing vessel to the point of ullletaldom. As tbs ship
entered tbo oiling, tho llag or Iho Unltod Btates
gayly flying at iho mulhead, the white restdonte
of tbo bland camo off lu a imall boot to wtitoom*
him. Th# now official reealrad them affably, wu
quit* amiable, and did not put ou too many airs,
Com* oo shore with us and we'll proreut you to
tho king," said tha walcomen.
The king) I can't go up to Uw palace lu thto
dress. Ify tranks are In the hold. 1 can’t present
my,ell to tho king Uko this.’’
Ob, come with 111; that'a ell rlghL You can
pul on all your finery and call on Mu again, lie's
walllns lor you.”
“Waning for mar'
“Yc»; wo told him Iho consul wu coming.'
“And he's walling for me? I don't know ivliat to
?. I can't keep his malrely walling, but I can
baldly go up In this dress.”
“Ob, that will do, IIo won't mind."
Ami Ihoy tumbled Mm Into th* boat and look
bloi on shore. It yon'r* ever tried to stop out of*
boat on a ahclvlng beach you know how It to you-
leir. He did It. Uo stopped clear into tbe water
ai d went rolling. Here wu afquandary, Tbe
nsldonto gathered the wet annul up, took Mm to
•loro and sot him Inlo a Ili hand mo down suit,
hlch oidn't fit him. It took a long time to argue
him Into going then. But they would have It, aud
on they went
“Look here! I don't feat eomktrtabl* at all go-
Ing up to thmpalscc to make my Hist appearance
as coninl lu Ibis miserable condiuou. Where to tho
palace? Are we near it?"
"Quito. There It to."
He looked ana lew a oonlral mod hut with two
luaro holes on opposllo sldsi. aud a goalie smoke
floated up through the point of tho roof, wMoh waa
•PI tieutly a rant hcle.
•Wbatr’
That'a tha palace. The Mug end queen ere In
there waiting for you.”
They entered, lu the cantor, lu what looked
like a kind of mire, rat a fat, black, dlgnldod fob
low, whose protection from tbe Inclemency ot the
weather wu a wisp of cotton Had around Ms
walsL By hto side att a small, dirk Isdy of aoqul.
escsol, contented mien, whose toilet had all fallen
around bar waist, too-at toast, sha hadn't any
anywhere tire.
"Hullo!" said tha new comer In the lengnege of
Ike country. “Ifullo, old chap, bo* aro you f
Then sure politely, ‘This to tho now consul from
Th* new consol, who had been precuelag hto
bow ever etnee Ms application bad been mod,
msde u obeisance, when a pig suddenly ran In by
one tntranco, skipped between Ms genuflections,
landsdblmbsadiritln tha retro and skipped out
by th* opposite bole lath# huL All dignity was
outraged, bat Ihe kins didn't mind It nor did th*
cumtTOM royal family who lay around promiscu
ously wltkont uy toilet at alL
“That's all right, old l
the tmbarrttK-d consul. _
you '“night, and you’li tee tbe Mug and queen to
style there.”
Ho the consul got his trank out, got hto draoi suit,
M. whilo lie, Ids white sieves end his patent leath
ern reedy end presented himself at the! ''hotel"
where the ban wu to bo. The hotel wu a wooden
tr*m* with s mod roof. The Mug and queen en
tered ingraodityto, with a Hula more toilet of a
loose kind, and the naw causal outs to with tha
king's itftet, a aobtaprincim, and they all bad a
royal ulght of 1l Before lb* new consul hid gona
to bed In the morning ths prtooaa royal returned
from the palace, paid him a special call and solic
ited his washing. u* dose not look for any dig
ued on nothin* It Is aald. ^ .« •
Ono wu aKnlghtof Tythlss, while thsotiior
was r Koval Arch Mason, and tbo ra—.-loge
wore on tho game evonlogs.
i'coplo who knew them said it wu painful
to sco Iho stronger of tho two pull the other
twin array to a Knights of I’ytiiirs mooting In
wbleh bo felt no Interest; or toko him to a
revival whan ho wanted to go to aoolorad hall.
A neighbor telle me that while Ohang wu n
baptist ud believed lnlmmualoo, Eogwua
doubter, but had to go In with hto brotkor and
bo lnunontd through a bole lu the ice.
Ono wanted to socedS at tho breaking out of
tho war, whilo the other wanted to uve tha
country Intact aad light uidor tho starry ban
ner ftao.
Thou who will read th* history of thto
Strange brace of coffsa-oolorad gontfomao will
gladness.
Chang aad Xng, though bound togothos
through Ufa, could not mans f
together tn tho •
could not melt* their wlvu lire
same bouse even, and oo they
were compelled to maintain separata establish
ment* ana go from on* to tbo Othor trying to al
lay discord.
Ono of the twins wu a good man, whlla It I*
mid that tho other wu a very successful sinner.
In csss of resurrection it to not yot fully so*.
1, and tha question
tied how It will bo aireagod,
hu frequently boon raised s
since tholr death
re tlmo of tho Massed and tbe snorting, squoal-
to of tbe d-d.
s there are man who hsvsprtsd lato
lbs futon aad know how thto la, bat I am traa
to confess that 1 am densely Ignorant In ro-
gird to U*
Ilowsvar It may ho one tblog It ooUMtahod,
nd that to that iho mantis of tho Stamm
Iwlno bunovor fallen upon thoso whoeoald
successfully tako tholr ploeu tor oo long a p*>
rlod of tlmo and hup out competitors u they
And yet than tre people who claim that Uris
la tho ora of piogreoal
SHERMAM'E NAltHOW ESCAPE.
While In Cabo Bandit* not to Kidnap ths
Ohio fionator.
Key Wist, Fla, April 23.—Frem private
to Hera from Havana, It to learned that a party
of kidnappers or outlaws, comprising much of
tho dangrrou clamant* of Cuban banditti, had
arrengtd to capture Senator John Shannon on
hto recant visit to Cuba. Th* predact only
faUod by a notice in Um*. Tho plot wu wall
at ranged, and th* banditti wore In sufficient
fares to capture Sherman's party, but, fortu
nately for tha distinguished gontfomon's safe
ty, they left lire plantation Intended u th*
arena of tho entrage jnst Are mltutos before
tbo outlaw* appeared. II to thought tha oww-
or of tbo plantation wu a pasty to tha aohaoom
Tbo foregoing appear* In n paper published to
day. Whlla Tn Havana, Mr. Bhsrmu toak ae
ration to congratulate th* captain go non! on
tbo peace prevailing throughout the Islands.
Whoa th* senator, however, sxpwod n desire
to visit tho sagar plantations in tho Interior,
tbo military gaud wu out u aa oocoit, and ■
tbo tnlira party barely aacapad an unpleasant
11 Iholcttcr referred to above, alter mention
ing •rural wealthy Spaniards gauntly exutor-
cd and hold far ransom, oayt: “l alio loam
that a few minutes after the vtrit of Sherman,
Macdrrsou, McCook andthaBpenUh officials to
thsjltontatfon of Pedro Lombsrt* Fernandas;
at Colon, the bandit Malagas, arrived in surds
of tho Americans. Upon bring told by tha
ounsar that tha party bad lsfi ho vru sovorly
beaten to mak* him divulge tholr hiding place.
Th* bandits mtllflod themselves by soarchlBg
tho plantation immediately, aad then retired.
Malagas wu In fall uniform, sad hto band wan
well mounted aad armed to racier* such dis
tinguished visitors.”
Guarding Against Future Mistakes,
From tbs Now York Ion.
Boston Yoosg Lady—I want to look an
pair of oyogiimos, rir, of sxtre magnifying
power.
Raaler-Ysa ma’am; •ossstMn* vary otroogt
Boston Young Lady—Y**, rir. White vMUoglri
the country last eammsr I mad* a very painful
Meador whtohl oarer want to rep sat.
IXator-Kay I ask what thao-er-Miindct was*
..BretonyoMsUdr-Qh, yes. la
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