Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1891 — Page 12

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1891-TWELYE PAGES

EVERYBODY LOVED HER.

THE CHARM ABOUT MARGIE FITCH. Other Storlee For Young People The Poor Boy Yt ho llatl o Uood Clothe Ills Flnt Experience In Love Little Folk WlsJouo Problems. "What is it that makes everybody love Margie Fitch so?" paid Jennie Howard, half petuantly, as she turned uway from the window alter having peon tho elegant Mrs. Dayton, with he r little daughter by her tide, gracefully rein in her horse, take Margie in her handsomo carriage, and dash off again down the street, "Sdie isn't pretty nor fctyli?h. Now what i it do you suppose?" "1 think I know the charm, rcrhaps 3'ou had better set yosrself the task this week to discover it, answered her mother, busily putting the sitting-room to rights. The next day at school Jennie followed .'her like a detective. The first thing she noticed waa Mar'u's kindness to Alico 'I'oss, a shy new scholar, who stood quite alone, looking wintlully at the others at their pay sports. M.iiyio went over ami 'made her acquaintance, and alter a little urging the girl joined the merry croup and was soon running liko a deer und laughing with the rest. When school was called Margie laid n, rose on the teacher's det;k as sho piis.-cd, and smibni a cheery "Good morning," and received an appreciative ntnilo in return. About an hour later, w hile busily studying, a smothered sob caught her ear. Ixoking about, she raw the new scholar sitting with head bent forward regarding her &lato with a hopeless expression, t'p went Maririe'H hand for permission to leave her peat, which ax as granted, as was all like requests, for they were rare, and the teacher know they were never of a a trifling nature. "What m the matter, Ali -e?" akcd Marpie, kitting down beside her. "I can't d- r nine of thesn examples"," she replied, dahing away a tear. Maggie took the slate, "read over an example, and noon had it down correctly. AVilh a littlo help at the right place others were conquered, and the girl lifted a grateful face to hers Hsh thanked her. On the way home a troop of girls were, working otl th ir animal spirits in a wild game of tag. Margie, in whirling puddenly, came in colli ion Atith a gentleman", knocking his cane from his hand. "Oh, I bog your pardon, sir," paid Marpie, covered with conludon, as alio returned the enne to him. "I'm afraid I have hurt you, sir," and she looked up with frank solicitude in her eyes. ".Not at nil, my dear," he responded heartily, pleaded by her courteous manner. "Goon with your play and be happy. I am proud to doll" my hat to so polite a youn lady," whit h he did with a Stately bow. and passed n. "How did you dare' I should have been too much frightened to have said a thing," exclaimed one of the girl. "So should I," chorused the others. There wan a social in the church parlors that week. Jennie Mill hovered near Margie, learning a sweet lesson every day from her. Ah they fat turning the havca of a hymn book, "finding their favorite song- a lady paused to sneak to them. Margia instantly aroe and proffered her chair, w hich wus accepteil wit h a pleased emilo after Margie had insisted upon it. The two girls started for the other room w here the young people wero preparing for gam-'S. Just then Margie espie I si solitary figure Kitting in the corner. This was the deacon's wile, who was somewhat deaf. After a hand shake unt a sentence, through the ear trumpet people usually left her to herself, as ttio majority of pcojlc mumble or speak too rapidly to bo readily understood through the Irunipet. Margie crossed the room to her and taking the trumpet in her hand, being careful to articulate ho as not to make her aftlictioii moro conspicuous she sat and chatted half an hour away, and amusing the dear old lady by repeating tho pleasantries and jokes that were Hying from lip to lip of those around them. "You have been a great comfort to me, my bonnie lass," said the old lady, patting the hand that he.d the trumpet. "Now go and play w ith the rest. I thank you. my dear, for your thoughtfulness toauoM woman like me," and .Margie went away quite happy. As soon aa sho appeared feeveral voices exclaimed: "Oh, hern. comes Maririe Fitch! Let. h"r be, Puth. Come, Margie, and bo blindfolded." Margio laughingly submitted, and a moment later wan giving "Jacob" a lively chase around the ring. She always put her whole heart into everything she did. I think I have found out Margie's charm," taid Jennie to her mother next morning. "It is because bhu is so good to everybody." "Yes, that is it," answered her mother. "She is thoughtful, kind, polito and obliging. I think she must carry the golden rule very near to her heart." HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE. II Ljt1 Her Very Much, Hut She Abandon rd lluu. lie loved her very much. He thought ho had never loved" her ho much before. And ehe? Well, she may have loved him; that ho didn't know ho hadn't asked her. die was twenty. Sho was the l est beautiful creature he had ever seen. Her hair was black as ink; her skin was white as milk; and her eyes how brilliant they were! They eeemed to look into his soul, and he- wondered if she knew it. He had never seen anybody so ravishing to look at not even in fancy. He had never before left his food untasted on his plate not even at a country hotel. Ha had never before found it a task to closd his eyes at night not even when ho had been sick with fever. As for her, ehe looked upon him with favor: she would take his hand as they walked along the beach, and when tho water epread farther than eho expected on the sand she would cry: "Look out, Harry, dear !"' or the like. He presumed he ought to be happy there was no reason why ho should not be others in his poition would havo been. Ah, res: it was well enough until the J o'clock express from New York came in. Then she would be dressed in something wonderful in blue and gold, or in gray and black, or in pink and white; and she would eit upon the broad piazzas of tho hotel and that and gossip with the men. Of coarse when became up she treated him civily. decently, and he had no fault to find no fault, that is, in order. Yet he asked himself sometimes if she was treating him aa one individual or as a epecies. Eh bien I One day fourteen Saratoga trunks were loaded on the blue express wagon at the aide door. A good many of the trunks belonged to her. tho was going away. He fat idly in an L of the piazza with his patent-leathered feet on the railing. She came to him. She was dressed for travel in a tailor-cut eown with plaitings of Indian cloth on the front of the waist, and with a black veil that could not haze the sparkle of her eyes. She held out her hand, and then impulsively the took his head in her hands and kissed him. "What a thrill went through him ! Ho looici up 5u9 wm gone. Shortly

he heard the rumble of the stage. Then ho heard nothing except he imagined that he heard hLs heart beat. He was all alone, and he let his head drop forward on his breaat, and he cried a? though his heart wou'd break. For, after all, he was only six years old. THE POOR BOY.

lie Hid No Good Cutties, but lie Had a Onotl Heart. IIi fare was picture of boauty and health, And hit chit wore ai red a tUr rose; Hi ejes re a bright A lit atari ol the nitflit; But ba didn't wtar trT g clothes. Two iittli brown curl- iuod a tu Id la hit hat, Wh.le othr hid uu ler tt brim. Whi'e the - lo (n-ed by, J'fer turmtrK an y On apoorllttla fellow ilka Liui. tittle red hn,lt hun; i!wn br hia aide Aa he lix.kr.i in the wii.d'tw to e All ttie boatililul tott That r o i!d lraiMt little t'OTi More blest and mure li.ipPT tbn he. Hit father wu ii. i and hia motivr wa poor, And tli crowd keft on burryin by; llien he p i k.'d up (acK, Threw it oTr bit beck, Aa beleit with a t ar iu h a eye. lie tlmuifht of hl mother la b'd t home lick, AuJ his loolini bo tried ti control . U" itoppvd here and there 'n tb arrfot ercrjr wIi.to To r ick up a (tray lump of ctal. A H'-niletnan kto liim a qoi;- r to ga And Jarrhw Mtn blow I tiic ty : AdI the li-art tlit w a. 1 la thi hr- al of thst ia I Xetf r brat in a ha;piir toy. Me lifitxl the rlra of hla little t.rown bat And thanked hmi, the irotid t of bojt; Hut he ni-o r wtnt 1 a k Tu that aUire with hit nark To Inrent it io un liwunrf t,j . f! iw: on he went to the rtr ia haite, With a fo'lltiK of joy in It aoul; No t'y hail hf Ui'lKht. Knr that lutlj boy thought Of bis tuolber. and apent It for ens!. W ill s. IUy in ( otntaercUl fiieUe. atllo l'olk'e KitiUm. About Christinas time a little girl was told that "idie wm naught', and Santa Clans might not bring her a present." "U'ell," said she, "You need not say it so near the ihininev." Youth' ('omjintiion. Why He Was Whipoed-F.thel (to her yotmger brother, who had been whipped I "Pon't mind, bruzer, don't mind." brother (between his tears) "That's just what I was licked for, not minding." J'j -fxh . A Preventive Meauro Miss Prude "Kddie, you outrht to lie ashamed to meddle with grandma's spectacles. You'll havo to wear them sometime." Kddie "Well, I guess not, if I smash 'em. Jcuclen' H.r. A Very 111 Hoy. Anxious mother: "I am afraid Johnny is sick." Father: "Mv goodness! What does ho complain of?' Anxious mother: "He hann't begun to complain yet, but I forgot to lock the jamcloset todav. and there isu't a bit missing." A'. '. HVrJty. A Terriblo Disajpointntcnt. Mother : 'Why, my dear, what's tho matter? Something has happened at Mrs. le-Mu-jic'.s patty, I know. Tell mo all about it, my child." Daughter: "J'.oohoo! Mrs. Pe Music asked mo to play, und and when I told her I wan out of practice she sai l she was 'ko sorry,' and didn't ask me ugnin, hoo-hoo-hoo!" -Utrrrt A Smith' (! AV". A pretty fan was presented to a little girl tour years of ae, and she, wishing to show her new treasure, hung it on her linger and hung it out at arm's length. A lady on entering tho parlor was attracted by th peculiar "attitude of the littlo girl and finally said to her: "Isn't it very fatiguing to hold out your arm In that wav so Ion;'."' ,vuid little Klsic in return, with a deep sigh: "Isn't it always fatiguing to bo elegant?" '.. Jludjrt. Goo.1 old I'ncle Henry and four-year-old Tom, his nephew, wero in conference. Asked how he put in his timo the small boy hvtii witii breakfast, hurried over play time to dinner, then through more plnv to supper, and then paused in doubt. "Well, Tom, w hat cornea after supper?" asked his uncle. The boy's big eyes looked fixedly into space, but his lips never moved. 'Surely something comes after supper?" the elder repeated. "Y-e-e-s," said Tom, witha reluctant effort. "Well, what Mil?" "I got whipped mostly." l'ittl,urj.I)i.iith. Four littlo girls who live in a suburb of Po.iton wero p'aying together ono afternoon and at hi't one of them suggested: "I. L's play we're queens, and have a co ut." "I ll be Queen Klizubeth," sr id ono,"and have a big ruNT round my neck." "I'll he Mario Antoinette beforo it was time for her to bo killed." said another. "And I'll he Mary Queen of Scots, bocause she was Bo pretty' said tho third. "Who will you bo, F.faie?" asked Queen Fli.abeth of her 5-year-old sister. "I shall have to tell her "tho name of some oueen, of coiife," she remarked confidentially to Mary Queen of Scots. "Nobody 'If hive to tell me," said JOlsie, villi dignity, "I shall bo a Queen Anne cottai'e," Youth' ConijHiuion. KNOTTY PROBLMS. fOur r1eM are inrlt d turolaH orllnl ei!f. maji.otiara le, rid Ilea, rabueoa, an 1 other "Knott Problrruj," a.ldr?anlTg all eommunlcatlonsrelatlTeta thiadpartiuaut toL. U. Chlhoura. Lewlatoa. N. 3133-Two snjinjs Illustrated. n. m. u. Jto. 3151 Transposition. Jones was In want, hla means wets spent, llii pnre had no a paltry cent; Ilia family was d'ct'.tute And all hit credit gooe to boot. No finti he had, what could be do To kocpitarTatloa oulot iew? In such a plight aa this, thought ha, I will have last ti strategy From dth and want to set ms tree. He had insurance oa his life, And o he plotted with his wife In such a way to disappear That death by drowning would seem clear. Then to his willing; aponno be saldi "The company will think me dead, And when the policy they pay , You'll meet me up In Canada." The athi min project raine to naught for he waa by tieu-cOre oaufht. And then was placed by court's decree Where board and lodging both are free. IN'tLaoyuir. No. 3453 Decapitation. "It waa down In the meadow where th flowerets were blooming" That I noticed the ftr$t where it grewf And where the bright rosea were all the air per fuming It at there that I first met with my Ire. But when the summer glories that were so entrinring Ilad rauishej from the woodland and were Mrec, I walked by the river with dark waters glancing. And I posdered bow the faireat tUIods flee. AlDYL Jio. 3156 Double Acrostic. . words or six I. itt i a. 2. Taillns to. 2. A klaj cf fjur-Tist'.el cm

Tlig". a. A tin kind ot o.otn, made of wool and mixed wit it silk and cotton. 4. A metal. . Mruck

witti th fo-t. The initial name a color: the finals mean dfens, and the w hole is a person guilty or foul language. II. J. A. No. 3 157 Syuonotny. I. A crowd bad gathered in the street. I, cur euv wished to know What a the eve of a'l this row. Why l.al tliey cat here I so? I thought at first it wa a man, Who had faKun in a fit. For I heard one at "It hr alt to motif" lint nearer 1 eoul 1 mt yet. At last the crowd lc;an to more I forward at ot.ca did bound; There wastio sick man, cit y a vko't of tea Which had beon spill ujon the ground. II. The chi'd waisick, tin doctor came, and a diagnosis made; "A 1 1." otiKcrTcd thli nun of fame, and dowa the chid he laid. "What are you going to d for it,, sir?" a'ked the mother in feet do tones, Oh! 'I'hyti,- it' l eure," said be, whilst examiniiig U ume. The fluor wai ttoi.e "I see," sail he, you hare no earj et here." "Oh! no, ir, but a AoiV I Lave, that I hare made this year." She hift' cd out, but rooq catno ta?V, with cloth of eearae wool ni:td. h spread it down upon tho floor, "that looks wanner," tho doctor ai L II. J. A. No. 345S -Charade. If I culd but riprrst the thought That tn my at duth dwell. Then iirt' would he t h story old, That loin J nlll tvll. To Mrmen's a'.tar we would dan or, An 1 thi-re true loTe w.il 1 bin 1 us, In olllsii cords front Ciiptd't loom, So lii oue rould uo itid us. V'd jnnrney to the honeymoon. And there we'd lire on abacs 1 ill Old Jlity would eud All siii h eudaartog bllases. Then 0'iuiiJiontdaie would t e our lire, Wu'd deal no morj with (oily, And golden ducats I would cola To uiske our heir foci Jolly. COC.NT I.E8S, No. 3IM)-ll!Anks. To be fi led with words In the posltlte and com parative degree; i. oi iiio ruiiiiren are awrcat . out Muuir they are auiteendurahl. I. 1 could have lintcued until to hrar that man lni( . .t II the coin ran r w.ll him with a lsrae sularr h will try to the rritaiiom to w hiott he will be subjected In that uni'ivlllmd dare, 4. Jbeeoirinrer has ma le a or the local tv through hlch tho permits them to bulid the r.. I. 0. I lie man who apoko to when we met him. eacaped death a abort time ago, by what enid a chance. Iltut L. No. 3 IfiO-Sjrtoermtlon. A t A' I're often seen mcu drlte, Altheujth 'tit sumethliig not alive, And It la what they often draw I've teen them do it with a iltv. Of uuf, if I ahould tell you aught, I'd mrroly say that it is na irfht. lNCLHOXU!t. ' No. 3 1 01 A Transformation. Jack Sprat and wl.'o cmiid well agrae On (utfUu lonclilnt f'od; Ou othr thliiK txtli he and she Maintained a tiger in J. A friend told Jnck the proper way Of eurlu? ail hia e ires Waa juat to keep the wolf at hay, Andculliralo two bara. Hut Jack, mistaking what was meant, IMd ruminate a spt 11, How Mr. I'eter waseontent Wlt'ala a pumpkin shell. And ao he took his fretful spouse Aod put her in a bear, When, lo! a hearen was la Lit Loose, An an,ul dear wsa there. Medics. Answera. toil 0-9, whluh is atill 6-3 when read inverted, iiijj Y a a T IT L A I I. r. a I L r a b Siii' Ilum-bng. . ill 17-Mother, other. 3 1 H A pillow 4 CJ Hair (liare'l, arms, Miol-man'e burT, the needle's ere, cars (pair), orsuge. I m made (.leuoo aid i. lotic eim (I acrcim), hnuiui (lluliuoai. Bl ii-I.tlKiral-muiaua. :n.-. II tinadryad. Hl.'ij Tf-top. Krnet KineharL Indianapolis, supplied answers lotto. UK). A FRENCHMAN'S QUEER IDEA. II Fropoaea to Drop I'anpte Safely From the ElfTel Tower. A French inventor, bavins In mind peoplo who dote upon the particular sensation that one feeh on a hiiih iiiL, on the ed'e of fcteep declivities, or in any ptace whero there i.s a rapid descent, preposea to rivo to the public the feeling of a vertical fall ot ncveral hundred meters into apace. To him, a jump from tho top of the highest Kteenle i a moro baatelle; it requires tho height of tho Ki. lei tower to satisfy hia ambition. It ia, in ono word, a quest ion of lettiiu? amateurs fall a distance ot 15U0 metera and giving them back nafe to their families. At the end of 140 meters of fa 1 the rate of descent of this new species of tourist will be forty-five meters a second; at tho end of 200 meters it wiil bo Fixtyfive meters per second ; at tho end of ."00 metcrs it will bo ncventy-neven meters per second. The most rapid railroad trains make about thirty meters per second. Never, then, has tho human raco experienced so hirh a fpeed as that proposed. It is always eay enough to fall 300 meter?, but it is not so cany to pick one's self up safe and i-ound. Tais is the scheme of the inventor, lie builds n cage similar in shape to a shHl for a cannun. Jn the body of tho shell is a largo space, having a diameter of thrio meters and a height of four meters, with room to hold fifteen persons comfortably pcated in arm chairs. The Hoor is a mattress having fprings fifty te'itimeters hlch. !- ncath, and forming the point of the shell, is a series rf cones inclosed one within another. Tho total height of the cage is ten meters; its weight four tons. From the top of a tower one can let this gigantic shell fall with its load without injury to any of the occupants. Where it striken, tho inventor has hollowed out a large batin filled with water, fhaped liko tho bowl of a champagne glass. The shell is received in this soft cushion and dlsp'accs about thirty tons of water. Tho shock that the voyagers would otherwise feel is by this means entirely deadened. Tho buoyancy of tho shell causes it to riso to the surface and tho bold experimenters can then get out. The shedl is then to bo lifted up by an elevator to the top of tho tower, where everything is ready to begin again. The price for this venturesome journey is already fixed at "Of. a person. This might be recommended as a now idea to the directors of the Chicago exposition. Her Outraged Feelings. N. Y. Ledger. A Texan family has a colored servant, who, while very attentive to her duties, has never been known to give anybody a civil answer. Purely as an experiment, the lady of the bouse bought her a new calico dress and gavo it to her, saying: "I arn elad to hare the pleasure, Matildy, of giving you this dress' "Yer mout bab had dat pleasure longer go cfver had had any regard fo' my feelings, was tho gracious reply. lie Didn't Believe In Mixing Things. Judge. V Farmer Yoeman "Doc, that quinine and whisky don't do mo and ray wife no good. The ague has got ahold of both on us yt." Doctor "Do you tako it according to directions?" Farmer Yoerr.an "Yep. Mother takes the qainiae and I tako tho whisky."

THE STORY OF COSETTE

ADAPTED FROM HUGO. BY EMMA M. CO.t. CHAPTER VIII. The next morning, almost two hours before daybreak, Thenardier was seated at a table in the larye room, pen in hand ; be was making out the bill of the "yellow-coated" man. His wife, standing behind the chair was watching him; they di 1 not exchange a syllable. A noiso could be heard in the house; it wa3 "the Lark" swecping',the atairs. At the end of a quarter of an hour, Thenardier produced tho following: The gentleman 5n Room No. 1 Supper 3 francs IteJ 10 franca Candles 5 francs lire 4 francs Attendance 1 Irano Total 23 francs "Twenty-three francos!" the wife exclaimed in admiration and some doubt. "He certainly owes it;" ami thinking of the doll being given to Cosctto instead of her children, aho added, "it is nothing but fair that we should have something out of him for that, but the lull ia too niui h; ho will not pay it." Thenardier laughed and said, "lie will pay it ;" ho lit his pipo and continued between thrt putfa "You may hand that matt his bid. Then h went out, and had scarcely left the room when the traveler entered; Thenardier came up behind him and stood in tho half open door where only his wile could seo him. Th "yellow-coated" man carried his stick and bundle in his hand. "I'p no soon?" tho landlady said, "are you going to leave in already, Hlr?" Whi o saying this, she turned the bill in her hand, folding and unfolding it; it seemed dillieult to her to present such a bill to a man who looked m poor. Tho traveler seeim d ahsent-minded, as ho roT'lied : "Ye, madamo, I am going." "Then you had no business to transact in Mout ermeil, sir?" she continued. ".No, I am m-rely passing throiuh the town, that is all. What do I owe you, madame?" The landlady, without replying, handed him the folded paper; lie opened it and looked at it, but ho evidently was thinking ol other matters. "Poyotido st good business here?" he asked. " Miit only tolerable sir. Oh, fir, times ore very bad ; and then thero are so few reople in this part of tho country that have any wealth. It is lucky if we have, now nii'l then, generous and rich travelers like yourself, sir, for the expenses are very high. Whv, that little girl cots us marly half wo make." "What littlo girl?" "Why, you know! Cosette, 'tho lark,' as they" call her arouud here." "Oil!" sai l the man. Mio continued: "What fools these country people are with their nicknames! She looks more liko a bat than a lark. You see, sir, we don't osk for charity, but wo can't give it; our earnings arestnall and our expenses great. You know, sir, that the government claims a terrible lot of money. And, then, I havo my own laughters, and do not euro to support another person's child." The man replied, in a voice which he tried to make careless, but which slightly trembled, as he spoke: "And suppose you wero mado free of her?" "Of whom? Of Cosette?" The landlady's red face lighted up with a hideous smile. "Ah, my good sir, you may take her, keep her. carry her oil" and cat her and drink her it you went to, and mav all tho tuints in 1'uradise Mesa you for "it." "It is settled then." 'You really will tako her away at once?" "At once; call her." "Cosette!" tho landlady went to the door and shouted. "In the mcauwhi!e,"theman continued, "I will ay my bill ; how much is it?" Ho took a glance nt tho bill and could not restrain a start of surprise. He looked at the landlady and flaid slowly, "Twentythree francs?" Madame Thenardier renlicd with assurance, "Yes, sir; twenty-three francs." The stranger laid five fivc-hanc pieces on the table. "Well, bring tho girl," ho said. At thia moment Thenardier walked into the middle of the room and said: "This gentleman and I must have some talk about this girl Cosctto. lcavo me, my wife." As soon as they were alono Thenardier offered tho traveler a chair ; ho sat down, but Thenardier remained standing and his face assumed an expression of kindliness and simplicity. "I must tell you, sir," ho said, "that I adore the child." Tho stranger looked at him fixedly. "What child?" Thenardier continued, "How 6trango it is, but you do grow attached to them' What is the meaning of all that money? Tut it back in your pocket. I tell you I adoro tho child." "What child?" the stranger asked again. "Why, our littlo Cosctto! Don't you wish to take her from us? Well, I speak frankly, and, as true as you are an honest man. 1 cannot consent. I should miss tho child, . for I have known her ever since she was a baby. It Is true that she costs us money and that she hasher faults, too; wo nre not rich, but I paid more than four hundred franca for medicine for a spell of sickness that she had not long ago. She has neither father nor mother, and I havo brought her up, and I sti l have bread, both for her and for me. Look you, I am fond of the child ; she is like our own children, and I want to hear her prattle in tho house." The stranger still looked at him steadily ns he continued: "Kxcuse me, sir, but a child cannot be given liko that to the first passer-by. You will allow that I am right? I don't say that you aro not rich and look like a very worthy man, but I am bound to know ail that for certain. I should wish to know where she is and go and seo her now and then, that the child might know that I was still watchingover her. I don't even know your name." The stranger said in a grave, firm voice: "Monsieur Thenardier, a man does nut require a passport to go four leagues from Paris ; and if I take Cosette away, I take her away, that is all. You will not know my name, my residence, or whero she is, and it is my intention that she shall never see you again. I break the string which she has around her foot, and away she lhes. Doesn t that suit you? es or no.' ".Sir," he said, after thinking and study ing for some time, "I want 1,300 franca first." Tho stranger drew from his side pocket an old, black leather pocketdwok and took three bank notes from it which ho laid on tho table, and placed his large thumb on them and said to the landlord, "P.nng Cosette here." While this was taking place, what was Cosette about? We will see. On waking she ran to her shoe and found the gold coin in it. Cosette was dazed; she did not know what a gold pieco was, lor she had never seen one before, and she quickly hid it in her pocket as though she had stolen it. the felt that.it waa hen and cuecd

who had put it there. But she had a feeling of jov full of fear. i?ho was happy but ehe felt etupeued; thee magnificent things did not seem to her to be real, the doll half frightened her and so did the gold piece. The stranger alone did not frighten her. Through her amazement and even in her sleep she thought of this man. who looked en old. and poor and sa J; and who seemed to be so. rich and good. Ever since she met him in the wood, everything bad changed for her. Cosette had never known wnat it was to take refuge in a mother's anus; for live years the poor child had done nothing but shudder and tremble. Cosette no longer felt afraid of her mi.tress, for she was no longer alone; she knew the stranger was her friend, and now she felt she had somo one bv her side to take her part. She had set about her daily work very quickly and the gold pieee, which she had put in the same pocket from which she had lost the 15sous piece, caused her thoughts to wander. She did not dare touch it, but she looked ut it for five minutes at a time. While weeping the stairs, she stood quite still, forgetting her broom and the whole world while she was watching this star sparkle in her pocket. It waa at ono of these times tnut her mistress came to her; by her husband's orders she had come to get tho child, and, wonderful to Bay, fcho did not strike her. "Cosette," she said, almost gently, 'corno directly." A moment sifter Cosctto entered the lar;e room downstair. The stranger took his bundle and untied it. It contained si complete mourning; dress for a ehild about seven years old. "My dear," the man said, "take these and 0 tire yourself quickly." Day was breaking, and the people of Montfermcb w ho were up and hefrinnin? to open their doors saw si poorly dres.-ed man and a girl holding a arg doll going along the road to Paris. No one knew tho man and very few recognized Cosette in her new dress. Cosette was going away. With whom? Sho did not know. Whero to? she did not know. All she did know was that sho was leaving Thenardier's pot-house behind her und that was enough to satisfy her. No ono thought of baying good-bye to her, or she to anyone. Cosette walked very gravely, opening her larco eves to look at the sky. Mie had

placed the gold piece in the pocket of her new apron, and fro u time to time stooped down and iooked at it and then at her companion. CHAPTER IX. When tho man and Cosette had left. Thenardier let a good quarter of an hour go bv and then took his wife to one side aud let her see the fifteen hundred francs. "Is that all?" sho Kiid. "You are right." lie said, "and I am a fool. Ciive me my hat." Ho thrust tho three bank notes into his pocket and went out; ho walked along verv fust and ho thought to himself: "Tho man is evidently a millionaire; he gavo away first -0 sous, then 5 francs, then 50 francs, then l.oOO francs, and all with equal eae. There must be some mvstery in it for there was thu bundle of clothes bo had with him ; looks a though it was all prepared teforo hand. But I shall catch him vet." Anil he continued his walk, going rap idly ahead, and w hen he had passed the poods and cut across the old water-way, he saw under a bush the very people ho was after. 1 he child could not be seen, but tho doll's hea I was visible. Thenar dier was not miatakeu; the man had sat down thero to let tho child rest a little while, and tho tavern-keeper dodged around the bush and suddenly appeared before them. "Fxcuho ino, sir," ho said, panting, "but hero are your l,.r00 francs." Ihe man raised his eyes. "What is the moaning of this?" , Thenardier answered respectfully: "It means, s,r, that I am going to tako Cosette back." The child started, and clung to the man. Ho answered, looking btraight at Thenardier, and leaving a space between each word : "You tako Cosette hack?" "Yes, sir, I do; the truth is that I have no right to give her to you. The littlo ono does not betong to me, but to her mother, who entrusted her to me, and I can only give her back to her mother. 1 on will then say to rne, 'Her mother is dead.' Very well. In that case I can only surrender Cosotto to a personwho brings mo writ ten authority troiu her mot her. Isn't that clear enough?" Thu man, without answering, folt in his focket, aud Thenardier saw the old pocketook appear. Ho gavo a start of joy and thought to himself, "Good; ho is going to bnbo me. P.efore opening tho pocket-book tho traveler looked around him; the placo was utterly deserted. Tho man opened his pocket-book "d took out, not tho haudfull of bank notes that Thenardier expected, but a simple sheet of paper, w hich ho unfolded aud handed to the landlord, saying "You are right; read." Thenardier took tho paper and read: 'M. TiiEjf AiiDiKR You will hand over Colette to the bearer, who will pay up nil littlo matters. Y'ours, Faxtine." "Do vou know tho signature?" tho man continued. After a moment's silence during which Thenardier looked crest-fallen, the man added: "You can keep that paper aa your discharge. Come, Cosette." He took the child by his left hand and with tho right picked up his stick; and they walked on slowly. Winter had tripped tho trees and shrubs of all foliage and so Thenardier could seo them for some time. He could hardly make up his mind to the fact that ho had received all tho money that ho could extort from the good hearted stranger. On tho evening of tho same day our travelers entered Paris. Tho day had been a strange one for Cosette; they bail eaten their bread ami cheese behind hedges and had gone some distanco on foot, fche did not complain, but she was very tired and her companion soon noticed it. lie took her on his back, and Cosette, without onco letting go of Catherine, laid her head on his ehoulder and fell asleep. CHAPTER X. Now, you can guess the name of the "vcllow-coated" man that was so kind to Cosette. Yes, it was M. Madeline who had tried to be kind to Famine, only ho came too late to her to do much more than soothe tho last hours lajfore death, by promising protection to her child. For twenty-live years he had been alone in tho world; ho had never been father, lover or husband. For Fantine ho had felt great pity, but when ho saw Cosette, abused aud mistreated as she was, pity grew into love, and in her he saw something to protect and cherish and to bo a comfort to bim always. He carried her, still sleeping, to a room he had prepared the dav before and laid her on a littlo bed. Long after daybreak she was still asleep. A pale beam of the December sun filtered through the window aud made large stripes of light and shadow on the ceiling. Suddenly a heavily loaded wagon passing along the street shook the house and made it tremble from top to bottom. "Yes, madame," JCosette cried, waking w ith a start, "I am coming direct y." And she jumped out of bed, her eyelids still half closed by the weight of Fleep, and stretched out her arms to a corner of the wall. "Oh, goodness, where Is my broom?" ehe sail. She opened her eves thoroughly, and saw ner benefactor s gmi'dng face. "Ah. it ia all true, then." the child said.

"Good moring sir." Corette saw Catherine at the foot of her bed, caught her up and kissed her; while plavingshe asked a hundred questions: "Where was 6he? waa Paris large? was Madame Thenardier a I0112 way otl'? and would she never have to go back?" All at once she exclaimed, "How pretty it is here." "Must I sweep?" she at length continued. "Play, my dear; you must play." The liar passed in this way, and Cosette was very, very happy between her doll and this good man. Weeks passed away and these two being were very happy. With the dawn Cosette began laugiiing and singing. Once M. Madeline took her little red hand and kissed it; the poor child accustomed to being beaten instead of petted, did not know what it meant and went away quito ashamed. Cosette waa no longer dressed in rags but in a nice suit of mourniug, and M. Mad line would talk to her about her mother and then tell her to go play and be happy. He also commenced to teach her to read. She called him "father" and did not know him by any other name. He spnt hours in watching her dress and undress her doll and nothing interested him more than hearing her talk. In a short timo after this ho placed Cosette in a convent school, whilo ho lived in a cottage closo by. She had permission to spend an hour of each day with him, and the morn ehe saw of tier benefactor the more she loved him. And as for bim, he would watch her even at a distance, playing and running, and he always distinguished her laugh from the rest of the school children. When Cosette returned to her studies M. Madeline watched the windows of her school-room, and often at night ho would sit aud gazu at the light that camo from tho room where she slept. And now we must leave Cosette, happy and bright, and in ttie loving care which her benefactor gives her, her mind expands as an opening bud in the warm sunlight. Tho remembrance of her life nt. Mine. Thenardier's comes back now ami then, but only like an uglv dream that daylight has chased to its hiding-place. , TUB KNP.l PROCURERS OF CRIME.

OoTernmrnt nml I'rUate DetertUee Con. trusted by an fx-Convict. Government and private detective work were contrasted the other day by a reformed ex-convict, who has been a detective in both the government and private service. He is an old man now, and broken down. Many times ho has known what it is to stand up before a udgo and jury and to be behind prison ars. "A private detective makes It his bus!ness." he said, "to encourage crime, while the government delect ivo is not allowed to put any before a c inducements to commit crinio criminal. Years ago 1 was a counterfeiter and burglar in New York City. Then I reformed and fell into a company of private detectives, who had known my past career. They approached me upon the subject of earning moro money and g ttltig moro enjoyment out of life by entering their empfoy. I agreed. 1 knew many ex-convicts, aud I waa instructed by the private detectives to use every means to make them commit crime. "There was a clerk iu a jewelry store. I was instructed to get into his confidence and otler every inducement for him to steal. They furnished me with plenty of money, and I toon became his intimato friend. "Then I proposed that tho clerk steal from his employer aud I wotild tako tho goods and pass them into the hands of a receiver of stolen goods. The clerk was 1ersuaded, caught, and tried. I escaped y being backed up by tho agency, although 1 was tho real perpetrator of tho crime. "Some time after that I was told that I could earn moro monev by going into the government service. I went to the head of the government secret service and told him I had evidence which would convict a gang of counterfeiters. The government's agent told me to go ahead and get all the evidence I could. Put when I suggested that I could do better work if I waa furnished money to buy theso counterfeit coins front the gang, tho government's ollicor replied that 1 could do all I could to gain their confidence, and to try to buy counterfeit' money direct from them, but tho government would not allow its detectives to do anything to encourage crime or to induce criminals to commit crime." JAPANESE TORTURES. The Worst of Them All Was Death From I.ark of Sleep. Chicago Times. "Y'es. until recently they had exquisite methods of torturo and punishment in Japan," said Itobert Johnstone, of Tokio, who has lived in that country tho last twenty-seven years, and who was at tho Palmer house vesterday. Ho said this in connection with a conversation and discussion of tho proposed treaty extension throughout the Japanese empire. Tho Japanese, said Mr. Johnstonej were willing to grant Europeans and foreigners generally free access to all parts of the country, but they insisted that all oreigners should be atnenablo to Japaneso laws beforo a Japauese judge. "Aside from crucifixion, the beheading of maidens, and the Hogging of soles, they had, twelvo or fifteen years ago, what 1 have always considered the most refined and exquisite torturo possible. This was death by lack ot sleep. Cruel? Thero Is no word in the English language strong enough to denounce that bestial and outrageous treatment. It was done liko this. A regular box-like trap was prepared, say six feet high by two to two and a half feet wide. At the top was a wooden mould caugur it was called in the native tongue whero tho head of tho imprisoned man was lirmly held. It was so arranged that by assuming any other than an erect position the whole weight of the offender a body would rest on the chin. Tho man could neither lean backward nor forward, nor could he rest at any great length of time on his feet. The torture so endured is a thing impossible to conceive. There waa absolutely no chance for tho msn to sleep. "Another terrihl punishment devised was to take a wooden sliver, saturate it thoroughly with turpentine, then drive it beneath the big toe-nail of the culprit and set fire to it. Put these bat baric customs havo departed. The Code Napoleon haa been adopted, only it is one thin,; to formulate laws, but decidedly another to administer them." Hunting (or as Mom. X. Y. Weekly Mrs. Homeseeker "These apar.menta arc charming, and the price is certainly reasonable. Are you sure that there are no nuisances connected w ith tho building?" Honest Agent "Well, mum, it haa a janitor." Limiting Hie Choice. Mnntey Weekly. ' Clara "What do you think of the 'gill graduates,' Mr. Freshmanne?" Freshmanne "I don't believe in them. I shall never marry a woman who knows more than I. " Clara "Then you propose to remain single?" Mr a. Giuaui Retail the Paper. Judge. Gazzam "In ancient times men had no surnames." Mrs. Gazzam "Some don't now." ( iazzam "Indeed." Mrs. Gazzam "Yea; there's lienry George for instance."

FINER THAN SILK.

Four 31illlon Stranrie f Spider's Web to Equnl a Hair. ."ittsburg risj atch "As fine as silk" is a common phrase to typify extreme fineness or delicacy of texture. Put if you want a simile that will discount that one say, "As fine as a spider's web." There is nothing of textile kind so fine aa that. The strand spun by a spider is as much smaller than a thread of silk as the latter is smaller than a telegraph pole. This seems like exaggeration when you casually look at the pidcr's workmanship and then at the silk worm. Put you never saw a tingle strand in the spider's thread. The s' rands are so fine that you couldn't seo them with the naked eye. What you really see, w hen you lork at the spider's delicate thread is a cable composed of thousands of strands, and the way the litte animal makes this cable is quo of nature's greatest wonders. If you look closely at a spider during its business hours, y'oti will see that its thread comes from a circular spot near tho extremity. In this spot are from four to six knobs, th number depending upon the kind of spider. If you happen to have a particularly good pair of eyes you can distinguish these knobs. Each of the knobs is full of minute holes, no small that a good microscope is necessary iu order to see them. Through these holes tho delicate strands are spun. About an eisbth of an inch from the holes tho strands are joined together, and the result is the 6pider's thread with which allot us are eo familiar. And the little spinner attends to business as closely and as carefully as docs tho weaver of the finest si'.k fabric. It has on each foot three claws, ono of which is a sort of thumb, while the others are toothed like a comb. The claws arj constantly used to help keep the strands fro.n tangling before thev are joined in the thread. The material from which th'o thread is mado is secreted in the animal's body. It is a glutinous subs:ance, and" the strands dry whilo they are passing from the little apertures to the point where they are joined together. Ono authority on the subject, Peautnur, calculated that it would tako 1,000 spider ttranda to occupy a space equal to the point of a needle, while another, Leuwenweck, estimated that it w ould tako -4,t)t.K),(Hs) of them to make a thread as large as a hair, n Put while the spider's work is the moro delicate, that of the silk worm is the moro useful. Nearly half of all tho people in the world live'in China and India, and all of them, except the very poorest, wear silky goods as commonly as wo wear totton. Aa it takes the labor of nearly a thousand silkworms to make one pound of silk you can see what an enormous in diPtry results from this tiny thread spinning. Unlike the spider, whose spinning works are atthe lower extremity, the silkworm's factory is near its mouth. Tho crude material is seemingly much alike in the two classes of spinners a gummy or glutinous pulp. The spinning appurtenances, however, are entirely ditltrent, the silkworm making only two strands fur its thread, while the spider makes thousands. WHAT TRAINED SENSES CAN DO. A Perfumer'a Shllinl N..at rlla Th Chare cterietic tf It uk a. (N. Y. Trlnuns.i The talk drifted to tho education of the senses to a higher degree than common, and one man said: "It is remarkable how well a perfumer learns to recognize a scent. In testing a ewcct-srnclling liquid, ho wets tho base of his left thumb with a little of it. Then he rubs tho placo rapidly with the right hand. The alcohol ia which the eRetco is dissolved, bcintr the moro volatile, is at once evaporated, and the substance which emits tho odor re mainuig behind, ho can tmell it in its purity. "Of course, it Is an easy thing to recognize the principal odors that arc in use, but when several aro mixed, as Is common, his task becomes more dillieult. Yet a skilled man can not only tell you what three or four perfumes enter into tha composition of the ono he is testing, but also, roughly, tho relative proportions of each." "It is easy to tell tho relative amount of wool and cotton in a pieco of colored underwear when you know bow," said another man. "Men who have made tho subject a specialty can do this by holding tho cloth in the light and looking along it. The cotton and wool can be distinguished by the difference in their color, which exists, although the same dyo was usd for both. Tho untrained eve could hardly detect tho fact that tho cloth bad two shades, but the skill that comes from long practice makes the tiling Bim pie." Another of tho party, who has had a great deal to do with "book, told rd a way iu which he knew an English from an American book. "The books printed in England," be said, "in nearly every case havo a plcaanter odor than thoM) made here. Tho ditierence is said to be largely duo to the effect of the ea air, but the kind of paste, ink, paper, and binding insed probably has something to do with it. There is also a marked difference in tho smell of books printed iu this city. I would stake anything on my ability to recognizo any book published by a "certain house in thia city, merely by putting the volumo near my nose. "Thero aro other ways of telling who the publishers of a given book are besides looking at the title-page. Somehow every firm gives a certain characteristic look to every volume which it issues, and a skilled man can, in nine caes out ot ten, merely by looking at the binding find at one 01 tho pages, tell from whose presses and biuderv a work comes. This, of course, applies ouly to the larger firms and to books printed comparatively recently." The Meeaentrr Hot aa Nnrse. Buffalo Courier. I Oae of the district messenger boya undertook a novel task last Sunday afternoon. He was called to a Franklin-si. house, where he found a woman with a baby. "I am going to tako baby to tho park for an airing," she said. "My maid lias gone homo sick, and I want you to go with me to carry the baby. You can lo it well enough "if you only think so." The boy did not think so at all. but be had no wav out of it, and for threo hours he bore the infant, until bo feared that hia arms would come out of their pockets. "Don't you gimme no more calls to that house," he said, w hen he reported at headquarters. "I couldn't stan' two titnea o' that. Cliioago'a Hny of Doing IU , f Judge. "I think wo ought to have tho'Venut of Milo' on exhibition iu the art department," said a Chicago director of the world's fair. "I think so, too," replied another director; "if you'll give me his address I'll write to Mr. Milo about it." A lllaky Induatrr. IBingbaniton republican. Mr. Blank "How did your son lose hia monev?" Mrs. Dejones "In a pad manufactory. Ho wrote us he was running a bucket shop and the bottom fell out" An Lxueoeive EtperimenU Life. Husband "What are you so much interested in in that paper?" Vife "I was reading one of those arth cles on bow to get up a cheap dinner." Ilusbaud "Do you want lo ruia me?