Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 29 September 1893 — Page 3

■M IDYL OF HONOLULU. A Bold Stroke for a Husband. Written for This Paper. M BY LEON LEWIS. JU ► , ,

CHAPTER VII- Continued. The following day Ralph male a long visit to Honolulu, but returned Unusually serious and dejected, having failed again to find any clew to the wj MkretH by which ho was continually haunted—his real place in the world, his name, his kindred and his history. *1 may as well make up my mind to remain contentedly in my present situation, ’’ he said to Alma Bullet, after he had briefly sketched the day's pilgrimage. “It seems that lam never to , learn anything alxmt myself, and that Ton and your father are the only friends I am likely to encounter.” ■ “Well, what other friends do you want'?* demanded Bullet, smilingly, he having drawn near the couple in time to hear Ralph's gloomy observation. “In doing what we could for you have we not made you a pleasant home, and provided you with every necessary of existence, just as you in return have filled our hearts with happiness we • never should have experienced without you? It to me— —" The snapping of a dry twig ■in some bushes near the cottage announced an intruder in that quarter, and Bullet suddenly “paused and listened. “Caution!” he whispered. “Some one is hidden there. Probably Keeri. ” He bounded in the direction indicated, but soon returned flushed and panting. “It was Keeri," he reported. “Alma will never lie rid of the danger and annoyance of that fellow until she is married. I must look after him further.* And he again vanished. “Your father is right," said Ralph, with a sigh. “In marriage is your only frotection from Keeri’s persecutions. owe you a great debt, Alma, and the least lean do is to become your protector. Will you marry me?" The abruptness of the long wished for proposal prevented Alma from replying verbally, but it was with a visible delight that she crept into Ralph’s arms and nestled her head in his bosom. CHAPTER VIII. ' ROBBATB VIEWS Or THE rl’Ttlltt The silence was soon broken by Ralph. “You will name an early day?" he queried, in the same voice with which he would have asked the price of a bushel of potatoes. “Yes—of course,” simpered Alma as she raised herself up and looked sharply around to see if her father were snaring her joyous triumph, or if the prowling Kanaka were threatening to disturb it. “We island girls, you know, are simple in our tastes, and I shall not want a great deal of time to get ready. My wardrobe will be simplicity itself, of course, although I shall endeavor to make it worthy of us. Suppose," and she dropped her head upon Ralph’s breast, ana inserted one of her forefingers into her mouth, “suppose we say to weeks from to-morrow?” “Just as you choose, love.” “Then it is settled,” breathed Alma, more simperingly than before, “that we will be married two weeks from tomorrow. Would you prefer to be married in the morning or in the evening?" “I shall leave you to arrange all that just as you please, love.” “Then we’ll say in the evening; no, in the morning: at eight o'clock—no, at ten o'clock in the morning. Had I better be married at home, or shall I say at the missionary rooms or the church at Honolulu? “It’s all for you to decide, dearest.” “Then perhaps the church is the liest place,” mused Alma aloud. “It’s too public on some accounts, to be sure; nut then no girl of spirit likes to be married in an out-of-the-way corner. I think we may decide upon being married at our church in Honolulu, and that father will approve of our decision. 1 want all the girls to envy me, you see, and being; married at home is out of the question. But you don’t seem to be interested—delighted?" “Oh, yes, I am—perfectly charmed,* returned Ralph, with a sigh like that of a force-pump. “I was merely think-ing-taking leave of my bachelorship, you know,” and he smiled gloomily and distractedly. “As to all the details of otA wedding, it is your privilege to arrange them to suit yourself, and in case of any doubt upon any point you can refer to your father.” “It is all settled, then,'' cried Alma, joyfully; “two weeks from to-morrow, in our church at Honolulu, at 10 o'clock in the morning.” Here Bullet popped upon the scene assuddenlyashehadleftit. A glance at the flushed and jubilant features of his daughter thrilled him, as he caught her observation. “What is settled?” he demanded, looking searchingly around. “Why, my marriage with Ashley,” “Marriage? Ashley?” repeated Bullet, simulating the greatest astonishment. “I don't comprehend you.” “No, of course not—it's all so sudden, so unexpected,” returned Alma. “But the fact is, Ashley and I have just betrothed ourselves to each other —subject, of course, to your approval.” The idea seemed at last to get through Bullet s head, and ho lost no time in i> entering upon an elaborate display of his approval and blessing. “This is as it should be," ho declared, after he had signified the genera^tenor of his sentiments. “Ashley is good and noble, and has long been to me as a son. You arc the sweetest and most charming of girls, Alma, and have always been the most affectionatb of daughters. lam sure that you Will both be happy. But let us go into the house and talk over the matter at our leisure. I saw nothing of Keeri.” he ** added with a final sweeping glance into the adjacent bushes. “Ho has certainly v just been hero, but he seems to have i gone." /-’v ■ The old man led the way into the home.tahd tne couple followed him, Bhuttifflz them elves in. They had scareell vacated the door-yard when the Kanaka entered it, advancing from the bu hes nearest the entrance. His face would have been a study for a painte •, it was so full of hopeless love, revenge, regret, and rage, all hustling together in one mighty convulsion. Keeri could indeed realize now what a mistake he had made by re orting to violence. It seemed to him. as ho glared after the couple, that he himself was directly resposible for their betrothal. “I should have knocked hiin on the head and let the girl alone!” he said, to himself, as he halted a momont and tried to peer into one of the windows of the little sitting-room. “But even now there is away of sotting things to rights, if I can only get at it. There are two weeks, if I hoard aright, in which to think and act. and I must be a poor fool, indeed, if in two weeks I

cannot invent a plan of separating them forever.” Unable to see or hoar anything further, the envenomed rival took his departure. In the meantime the old sailor had given a general review of the situation. “We are all of us poor enough,” said he, byway of conclusion, “but we are also rich enough to go through the world with every necessary comfort. Our little homestead here will not only afford us a good home but a good living. Ashley can assist me in its management during the remainer of my days, and afterwards work it upon his own account. The program is simple, you see, but it is enough for a reasonable ambition. And, after all, it is not wealth that makes our happiness, but affection and contentment.” “By the way," said Ralph abruptly, “is Mr. Benning dead—Mr. Ashley Benning, after whom you have named me?” “Why, of course,” replied Bullet. “Then I can at Mast count upon keeping this name permanently," commented Ralph. “It will matter little, in fact, if I sljould never discover the name to which I am really entitled.” “Os course not. If you marry Alma under the name of Ashley Benning, you will be just as legally her husband as if you had married her under your former name—the name you have forgotton and lost, whatever it may be. Even if your real name should be discovered after your marriage—and it is to be hoped, of course, that it will be, sooner or later—why, even then there would not be the least flaw in your marriage with Alma—not the least.” The conversation was prolonged to a sufficiently late hour, but Ralph at last withdrew to his own room, and the father and daughter then drew their chairs close together. ' “Caution!” breathed the ex-sailor. “I must have a few words with you privately. You have really caught him.” “Yes, thanks to Keeri.“ “He seems cold, however.” “He is cold —just like a stone. He offered himself to me merely from a sense of duty, or gratitude, or something of the kind, and not from -affection. But what do I care for the why or the how of his proposal? It is enough for me Ahat he is engaged tq me.” “Os course it's enough,” assented Bullet. ’The whole situation is lovely. We must take good care that there's ‘no slip betwixt the cup and the lip,’ and that's all there is about it. As soon as you are duly married to him—that is, within a few days thereafter— I shall suddenly discover that his real name is Ralph Kemplin, that he is the only son of the great merchant of Chicago, that he is the heir of untold wealth—in short, that the facts of the case are just what you and I have known them to be ever since he was thrown into our keeping. And then, all you and he will have to do is to take' your true places in the world as the son and daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Kemplin." The glow that suffused Alma’s cheeks at this blissful prospect was almost hectic in its coloring. "How lovely it all is!" she breathed. “Lovely! Lovely’s no name for it. You’ve caught a prize that the richest girl in the world might envy." It was with this rosy view of the situation that the couple finally separated for the night. CHAPTER IX. « The two weeks of busy preparation that followed passed like a dream to both Bullet ana his daughter, and it was as the culmination of a long gladness that they arrived in due course at the auspicious hour so ardently longed for—the hour chosen for the marriage. It had seemed essential to the old sailor to keep the matter quiet, even as it had seem essential to Alma to give the affair a certain publicity. Through the union of their counsels a happy medium had been chosen —quite a large circle of friends and neighbors being invited, while mere acquaintances were entirely ignored and left in ignorance of what was transpiring. The occasion was well attended, therefore, without being crowded. The friends of Alma's school-girl days were especially numerous, and she had the satisfaction of feeling that she was their particular envy. The parties took their places at the foot of the altar just as the hour named for the ceremony sounded. The priest opened his book and proceeded with the ceremony which was to make the twain one flesh, paying little heed to the contented joy of the bride, the gloomy abstraction of the bridegroom, or the*beaming yet anxious delight of Bullet. The ceremony had advahced to that point where the minister demands of any one having objections to instantly offer them, or thereafter hold his peace forever, when a hurried tramping of, feet resounded along an inner corridor of the church, und a man came swiftly into the midst of the assemblage. This man was Keeri. “I am sorry to disturb you, reverend sir,” he said, proceeding directly to business, “but I am called here by an imperative duty.” The priest repeated tne word with a stammer and a look of astonishment. “Yes, sir—duty,” repeated Keeri, even more emphatically than before. “I am here to forbid this marriage.” “And why forbid it?” “Because the young lady, Miss Bullet, is now engaged to be my wife and has long been promised to mo.” “It is false'" cried the ex-whaler fiercely as he advanced in the attitude of throwing a harpoon. “The rascal is lying!” The priest closed his book abruptly. | “Let there be ho violence in the 1 house of God,” he said, placing him- I self between Keeri and Bullet. “The ■ whole ceremony is adjourned until this [ hour to-morrow. In the meantime, you had all better settle your differences in a seemly and Christian manner—without violence and without scandal. ” And with this he beat a retreat into the little apartment at the rear of the i altar, whither Bullet at once followed 1 him. “Are you going to abandon us?” demanded the old sailor, with ill-con-concealed surprise. “Are you going to suspend the ceremony upon the mere verbal statements of such a person as Keeri?" The clergyman nodded assent. ’ “Will it hot be enough if my daughter and I expressly declare tha* there is not the least oasis for the pretensions of this man?” “No, that will net be enough,” was the quiet reply. “Let me be frank with you, Mr. Bullet. It is out of conI

sidoratfon for you and your daughter that I have suspended proceedings so I promptly. My object is to check a ' largo scandal at its very coinmeuoo- ' meht.” I “What do you moan, sir? Scandal? | What scandal can there be in those I promises?” ] “A groat one, if lam rightly informed," said the priest. “In ordinary clrcumstuncos', I should pay little hoed to an intruder of this kind, beyond demanding of him the instant declaration of all his charges and the equally prompt production of all his proofs. But Keeri is here, as I am reliably informed, not merely to accuse you and your daughter of a want of faith to--1 ward himself, but also to accuse you of a want of faith toward Mr. Benning. | In a word, Keeri says that you and your ■ daughter know who this young straqgor ■ ! really is, how he came here, who his j friends are and where they are, and . ■ that it is a conspiracy betweep you and i Miss Bullet to inveigle this unfortunate i young man into this marriage." | The consternation of the old sailor at 1 this exposition of affairs was so great i that ho could neither move nor speak, i “Now let those charges be true or I false,” resumed the clergyman, “Keeri i has come here, as I have been warned i beforehand, to throw them in your face, and as this denunciation 1 would necessarily provoke a great scandal and tumult, it has seemed to me the part of a Christian pastor and a man of sense (as well as of a true friend) to nip the whole project of the Kanaka in the bud .by the course I hive taken.” The old sailor had never seen lightning clearer than he now saw that the priest’s action had been dictated by the best of good judgment and friendship. “I approve entirely of your action, sir,” he said, hurriedly, as he seized and pressed the pastor’s hand fervently. “I will return home immediately with my daughter, and the ■ whole project of her marriage with Mr. Benning is suspended and dismissed until you hear from me further ' on tho subject.” [TO BE CONTINUED. | Shakspeare in India. The Anglomania with which the educated Hindoo is afflicted has extended even to Shakspeare. They have translated him into Hindoostance and have begun to give repre- , sentations of his plays on the boards. The only character in Shakspeare which the Hindoo is fitted to play by nature is Othello, but they get over the difficulty by flouring their faces. Not long ago, I learn, one of these native companies put on “Macbeth. ” All went well till the duel scene between Macbeth and Macduff, which was producing in a gingerly mind-you-don’t-hurt-me way. when suddenly Macbeth dropped his sword and began to buckjump all over the stage, shrieking, “Wah! Wah! Bapri Bap, what for you hit me on the finger nail, you black baboo? Ram ram sita ram, kya kurega, I am entirely destroyed, damnations take you!” This naturally rather upset the gravity of the audience, who applauded Macbeth’s impromptu skirt dance to the echo. After the injured finger had been bound up, and the actor consoled with a. large mouthful of betel nut, lie came on and deputed a su ordinate to finish the fight, while he sat and explained the business between the uffs of his hookah. , “Thus is the immortal bard ruthlessly mutilated by an, enlightened race!” exclaims an eye-witness.— London Figaro. Scriptural Sanction. Speaking of pipes recalls a story of Bishop S_aburv, the first bishop of Connecticut, lie was a great smoker, and when traveling always carried with him a good supply of his finest tobacco, and a wooden case made to hold three long clay pipes. He would no more have forgotten these than his books and vestments. An old lady of the diocese was an ardent admirer of the bishop, but the clouds of tobacco smoke surrounding his head like u halo troubled her. At last she mustered up courage and said: “Bishop, how can you smoke? Don’t you think it an ungodly habit and unbecoming to a minister?”. “Well, my good woman, I thought you read your bible,” said the bishop. “I do,” she replied, “but I never saw anything in it to countenance smoking.” , “Whht,” said the bishop, “did you you never read the passage which exhorts us to praise God on the pipe? Impossible!” The old lady was satisfied, and afterwards told people who criticised tho bishop for smoking that they didn't rightly understand the Scriptures. They “Considered That P’int.” In Illinois there is an old law on the statute books to the effect that in criminal cases the jury is the “judge of the law as well as the facts.” Though not often quoted, once in a while a lawyer with a desperate case makes use of it. In this case, says the Green Bag, the judge instructed the jury that it was to judge of the law as well as the facts, but added that it was not to judge of the law unless it was fully satisfied that it knew more law than tho judge. An outrageous verdict was brought In, contrary to all instructions of tbo court, who felt called upon to rebuko the jury. At last one old farmer arose—“Jedge,” said he, “weren’t we to jedge the law as well as the facts?” “Certainly,” was the response; “but I told you not to judge the law unless you were clearly satisfied that you knew the law better than I did.” “Well, jedge,” answered the farmer, as he shifted his quid, “we considered that p'int.” Remarkable Indeed. A young woman was recently introduced to Mrs. Croly (says the Now York Times) as “sister of So-and-so, the 'I artist." Instantly tho exclamation followed: “I Should have known the toI lationship, my dear, by tho rosomI blance. Why,' it is positively startling. ; I never saw two faces more exactly I alike in contour and- —” “But Mrs. Croly,” interrupted the girl in a meek, small voice, “I am only his sister-in-law.” “Which makes it alt the more remarkable,” continued the other, without the least embarrassment or hesitation. x, • They Never Die. Mr. Mink# (out for a walk) —’What a fearful lot of ugly people there are in the world." Mrs. Minks — “Well, no wonder. These patent medicine doctors ‘ are always curing’em. "—New York Weekly. UnderaraliiK. When you make underdrains lie sore also to make a map locating perfectly so that they can be found for repairing without too much digging. Charity suffereth long and is kind. Love is never quick to .get its back up.

A MEAN TRICK. Changing tha Hook Mark ,Ix»as a Lawyer Hie Caaa. A lawyer defending a promissory note went to lunch, leaving his books and citations on the table in the courtroom. The oppos ng counsel sneaked back into the room and changed the places of all his book marks la the afternoon the lawyer, Caking up his books, referred the court to his authorities. His lordship nyted every volume irtd page carefully and took the case under consideration.* In rendering bis opinion, he said: “I was inclined after hearing the argument of counsel for defendant to nonsuit plaintiff, but I find after referring to the authorities quoted by counsel none of them bear on this case, and lam led to think that the gentleman has willfully been trying to Insult the court. “He has referred me to an action of an Irishman who sued the proprietor of a monkey for damages for bitting him. to a case of arson, one of burglary, two of petty larceny and three divorce cases, none of which bear on an action to recover on a promissory nefte. ‘•Perhaps the grossest insult to the court is referring to ‘Duckworth vs. Boozyman,’ an action charging defendant with breach of promise. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs.” The lawyer never knew what the matter was, and to this day tbinlcs the judge was out of his mind.— Pearson’s Weekly. A Straight Shot. The Congressman was telling stories: “It was on me once,” he said; “I had a friend who was dry as a humorest, but not always dry as a humorest, but not always dry as a drinker, and when he was full he did foolish things One of these was to buy a jackass for SSOO and when he sobered up and knew what be had done he sold him back to the seller for S4OO. Naturally the loss of a hundred made him sore and he did ( not like to be twitted abuot it. One ' day 1 saw him on a mule waiting in 1 front of a store and 1 spoke to him. ' He was just full enough to be seri- i ous." •• ‘Hello,’ I said, and he responded with a nod. “ ‘You are a judge of that sort of I animal you are riding, arn’t you?’ “‘I don’t, know that lam particularly so,’ be said earnestly. “‘I thought you were in the business.’ “ ‘No, I ain’t.’ “‘Didn’tyou buy a jack for SSOO not long ago?’ ‘•The crowd that had gathered, giggled, and he looked more serious I than ever. “•Yes, I did,’ be answered sol-; emnly. “‘What did you do with him?’ 1' asked with a wink at the crowd to be i ready. “He looked at me solemnly. “‘I helped elect him to Congress,’ j he said, without a smile, and the howl that went up made me seek i shelter in the nearest place that could be found.—Free Press. Scotland's Banking System. Probably in no other country in the world are hanking facilities so extensive as they are in Scotland. In every town, large or small, there is a branch of one or more of the great city banks, and even every village I with the least pretension to size can : boast of one. While in England there is a banK, or branch bank, to every 10,000 population, in Scotland there is one to about every 4,000. It is obvious that this extensive system of branches is well calculated to gather to one center the savings of the community. The banks are not proud, and they accept at interest deposits of sums as small as £5 and allow current accounts to be opened sometimes with trifling balances which in England, as a rule, would ' be looked at askance and probably : turned over to the sa' ings banks, j The depositors in Scotch banks who ’ have, not more than £IOO to their I credit, on deposit receipt or on cur-: rent account, comprise about threefourths of the whole number. The esult is that the aggregate banking. deposits of a comparatively poor country, with few sources of natural 1 wealth, and with a population of lit-j tie more than 4,000,000, exceed £93,000,000. And it may be observed that a sum equal to perhaps one-third i or one-half as much again has been | placed on fixed deposit by Scotch de-i positors with the banks doing busi-; ness in the colonies of the empire.—l The Forum. How They Make Insect-Powder. There are few people who have any idea to what extent the flowers of I Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium are ' cultivated in Dalmatia, for the sole purpose of making the powder i wbicn has such a reputation as an iu-1 sect-destroyer. The whole of the supply of these flbwers has hitherto been derived from the Austrian province of Dal-1 matia and the neighboring State, | Montenegro. Trieste is the market • to-which these flowers are brought, I and from whence they are distributed \ to the average annual value of $200,-; 000 to $250,000. The plant is one that is easily cul- ■ tiwated in qny kind of soil, and al-j mo.it in any climate. Within quite recent years it is said to have been introduced into Australia, California, j and South Africa, in eacp of which its cultivation on an extended scale, for commercial purposes, is contemplated- In the neighborhood of Berlin it is also stated that the plant is grown largely, but up to the present time Dalmatia is the chief source from whence Europe and America draw their principal supplies. The ’ harvest commences at the beginning ; of June, and in fa e of the re-1 port that the plauts had suffered 1 much from the severity of the past winter, the crops are looked forward to with some anxiety.—Gardener’s Chronicle. A Word lor the Scissors. Some people, ijjnorantof what good editing is, imagine the getting up of selected matter the easiest work in the world to do, wlioreais it is the nicest work done on a newspaper. It they see the editor with scissors in his hand, they an sure to say: “Eh, that's the way you are getting up i H ? oriUual **attor, eh?** aocom-] i. ! A

I panying their new, question | with an idiotic wink or suil.e. The facte are, the Interest, the variety I and the usefulness ot a paper depend in no small degree upon the selected matter, and few men are capable for the position who would not themselves lie able to write many of the articles they select A sensible editor desires considerable select matter, because he knows that one mind cannot make so good a paper as five or six. ' They Most Have Had Object lieesona. The Listener does not know whether or not to believe this story, wbich comes to bim from the country, about some city children. It sets forth that old Mrs. Hayrick, who lives on a farm, was receiving a visit from her little nephew and niece, Johnny and Mary Peters, from Boston. They played merrily enough out of doors, but presently there came a very stormy day when they were j not permitted to play even in the ' barn. Mrs. Hayrick thought the children would be very hard to amuse, , but they announced at once their in- ' tention to play “papa and mamma" in the dining-room, and seemed to I enjoy the anticipation of it very much. Their aunt watched them through the kitchen door. They arranged themselves on opposite sides ,of a small work-table, whereon Mary ; had placed some dishes, and ts play that they were eating their dinner. “These jxitatoes are a little raw,” said Johnny, presently. “I don’t think so,” answered Mary, archly. “And now that I’ve mentioned it, the beefsteak is pretty badly overdone,” Johnny went on, in a cross tone. “William! howcan you?"exclaimed Mary. “I suppose you think its good enough for me, anyway," said Johnny. “It’s too good—that’s what I think —for such a brute!” “And what put it into your head ! to mix the bread with vinegar?” ••I didn’t!” I “Who did, then?” “You mean—mean thing!” And Mary setting down with sc | much violence that her aunt feared : it would break, rose and rushed out ' of the room. Poth children seemed to regard the ; game. %f “papa and mamma” as a very good pastime: but their aunt 1 found it rather tragical. Imaginary Conversation. A social philosopher, writing in the . Chicago News-Record, seeks to main- ■ tain the superiority of men over i women by some rather novel considj erations. He is tar from making out : his case, but one portion of his argui ment is more or less ingenious. If a man wants a suit of clothes, ! it never occurs to him to get samples | of the goods and then run around to , all the other tailor shops to see if he • cannot find a better bargain, or some I cheaper material that will “look just ias well.” It never occurs to him to [ “talk the subject over” with his friends. He relies on his tailor, the same tailor whotp he has patronized for years. Imagine a man meeting two male friends in a street-car and producing a lot of samples, saying: “O Charley, I want to show you some samples I got of my new coat. Now, don’t you think I’m too dark to ! wear that color? But it’s so cheap!” Then Imagine Charley and Frank inspecting the samples and giving their opinion! “Yes,” Charley would say, “but that’s old. Why, they wore goods like that all last year. John Jerome had some trousers just like that. ” At School. Henry Fawcett, the blind Postmaster General of England, a studious boy at school, preferring rather ■ to steal into a grove with his books i than to spend his spare time in the I playground. Yet he was no prig. ; Some of the letters written from the i dame school where he was sent when a little boy prove that he did not add to the general tranquility of the place. He wrote to his mother: “Mrs. Harris says that if we go on, we shall kill her; and we do go on. ! and yet she doesn't die!” i At the age of 8 years he was sent to another school, near Salisbury, and here he was not especially pleased I with the place or his occupations. “I have begun ‘Ovid,’” he writes. |“I hate it. This is a beastly school. ; Milk and water —no milk! Bread and I butter—no butter!" Years atter he used to tell how he asked at dinner, soon after for “more meat, well done, no tat ; and plenty of gravy!” ! Neither master nor pupils needed to be told that this was a “mother’s i boy,” accustomed to having his wishes j gratified. An Elizabethan Mariner. Martin Frobisher, a Yorkshire mat and an English navigator of Queen ■ Elizabeth's day, greatly desired to ; distinguish himseli. The only thing iu the world that ; was left yet undone whereby a notable mind might be made famous and ' fortunate, he thought, was to find a northwest passage‘to India—a fa- ; vorite 4jjam of his time. i For years he sought means. At last he obtained command of two small barks, sailed westward, anddisi covered the bay in Baffin’s Land, ; near Hudson Strait, which we call ! Frobisher Bay. He thought it was , the desired passage. Some black earth he brought back was called gold,, and excited all England. people, including Queen Elizabeth, hastened to furnish him a fleet; and he sailed a second time, and returned , with shiploads of the supposed ore. ; But it proved to be worthless. I Again he was equipped. This last I time a colony went with him. The Queen threw “a chain of faire gold” , about the neck ot Frobisher, as he set sail jupon his third voyage, in 1578. —St Nicholas. IS a cemetery adjoining a small town in the State of Vermont there is a tombstone bearing this legend: “Sacred to the memory of thre« twins." OCR idea of a man to be envied is one who can laugh heartily over ! something funny that happened three. ] or four yean age. *

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