Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1892 — Page 12

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1892 TWELVE PAGJ S:

UNDER THE MAPLES;

Or, the Test of Character. J Story of Village Life BY WALTER N . H I N MAN.

ciiAPTi:i: xi. H M IX MAN P. It was ft Mark, rainy, dreary nisht. Mr. Loraine eat alone in the homtlike sittingro'un. Nancy ha 1 tone to htr uncle's a week before to tnke care of ISam, who waa Bick, and early that evening Ir. Ilerron, with Squire Warren in the carriage, had Calle! for I'.abe. am wan very low, and the old dfK'tor'd fac vrore a look of importance when he eaiJ that the sick man had aoked to eee Babe and the EQSistrato At onco, but ho inavle uo explanation?. When the clock struck 10 Mr. Loraine wound up his watch, lit his lamp and etarted f.r his own room. There was a light tap at the door. He opened it and Ira walke 1 in. The old gentleman saw that he was pale and nervous and that his eyed glittered with suppressed excitement. Ilia hat was soaked with rain and hia clcthea were drip; in?. In his hand he carried a f juare packno well wrapped. He phook han'ls hastily with Mr. I.oraine. "Where are I'.abe and Nancy?" he asked. "lloth away," said tho old gentleman, and lie looked at the younj; man inquiringly. "I 6aw through tho window that you were a!one;can wo go to your room or lomcwhtro where no one will peo me?" '"Ye?, but come and bans: your overcoat and hat bv the kitchen lire " "No, never mind them, 1 want to pee you." Without reply Mr. Loraine led the w ay to his room. 'Talk low and no one will hear you Lere," he said. "How is phe? Habe, I mean when will they bebsck?" Irappoke fctumblinly, and nnder mental restraint. 'Sh-3 is well. Ir. iierron has driven her ever to se Sm Reddes, who ia sirk; anev hv.s been pone a week, nursing him." Ira hunx up hia overcoot and hat, and pat for fiomo time silent and abstracted. Mr. Loraine quietly remove 1 the wet and dripping parmonts to tho kitchen. The yountr man hardly knew how to Vepin. " lube's unexpected absence disarranged the carefully planned manner in which he had expected to tell his important news, and the familiar objects that Eiirrounded him on every hand almost unnerved him. This waa his old Lome Babe's home too, 3 yet, and he must et-alinacd out of it like a thief in thenihtt like any common criminal. He thought that he had schooled himself to face these thing-j for this probably the last time, but the cheerless niLrht, the cozy hoire, the evidence of l'.r.be'f late presence overcame him. lie nearly broke down. Mr. 1 .online watched with hia piercing eyes the ta J and troubled face, but kept lilent. Ira shade 1 hia eyea and aekod fa'terInlv: "When will the murriase take place, Mr. I.oraine? "llh? oh, v-rr poon 1 understand." And ha thought, poor iYl'ow he has heard J ci u g r.iewav i i n outriu xo cave naa B' lise tnouzh to have give: up Laura Warren l' r.g iwo. Fr scra; titt,e ntdilier of them epoke. Ira was f i ri ttip..' the object of his coming but he was brought back to it by a fjue-i n. "W hut can I do for you?" asked Mr. Loraine. Ira roused hintpelf. "I want to ask you a .picstion and I want a straight answ er," Le Paid bluntly. "I am in t in the habit of answering r,ue.-tio::a t herwL-i-," ta:d tho p.-ntletnan a litt'e stliliy, "what do vou want to know?" "How much ('o yc;: think of Habe?" Mr. Lcraine etared at him. "I mpposo you have a reason h r asking and I will answer you. There is r.o one I care eo mm h (or ; jerhn;,s there is no one else I really do caro fi r. Now I want to know whv you ask mo thia." . "Hecause," said Ira, Eolemnly. "she is Tour gr:nidaughter." Mr. l.oraii.e turned a iittl. pule; for an iu.-tant he was Btr.rtled and h:s ey a blazed, but he had a strong will and cood tense. This young doctor certainly ':.! have mental aberrations ; he was underoin one now. He Bmiled compassionately. "I should be pladtohave ycu prove that," he said In a soothinz voice. Ira knew the meaning of the 6iui e and tho calm reply. Ho said: "You think I'm crazy but I am not and never wg ouo moment. You want proof." He aroao and took the wrappings irom the tin box and standing by it, entiuufed : "When you were clerk of the boat running bet .reen I'anama and Fan Francisco, ycu married an actress; your wife ran away to AustraliataUingyour child, and died on the passage. The child lived find was brought up by a family of ehow people. Mio married very younij aad became I'ora Loraine Fielding. Do ycu recnjjnizo the.s letters?" Mr. Loraine seized the letters and glanced them over. "My üod!" he exClaimed, "this may be true!" and etrongwiiled man aa he waa, he aank Lack helplessly into Lia chair. "There are other papers here to prove what I have aaiil, and you can learn more by writing or visiting this woman," said Ira, and he w rote out the address of Mra. La Grange. I thought the child lied w iMi her mother," exclaimed the excited old gentleman, "but do you know, I was lirst attracted to Habe because her mother's name was Lora, the pamu as that of my lost child. " For eoiuo time ha nervously examined the box of r aper. Many of thera were discolored with age and hia mind becft'r.e absorbed in the remembrance of that pa-t thct had also grown dim tnd (a led witli ti e long yenra. Ira recalled Mr. Loraine'a answer to his question of a chert time before. So they were to be nrarrisd noon. He pished deepi. No. he h id riot the fortitude he had thought. Tno old loved home; the myriads o famii.r'.r things that reminded him ci her wherever be looked it wan too rnr.ch to b ar. He .vas en out.tand a wanilerer and it wou d l e l etter to leave at once, before he bro"':e down comp etely, f.-r h must tro b.uk to his lonely, dreary life. He b bitihI hi i!f fnr not having trusted the box to the etpres-4 company. H-i üu:m::oned 11 hia f ortiLude it was Lent not to m-et Habe at all. He w.-nt and not h s co.it and hat and CP.me b;' k. "(jrcod-by, Mr. loraine," he ?aiL Absorbed in tno p.in-:r Mr. Loraiuo had been oblivions to hi move.iients. He l.xiked up. "No, no, Ira, you inu.t not eo not out Into this ptorml" he tsaid, anxfoua'iy. "You forget fi at I am a fugitive; it w ill not do to rifak arrest." he eaid uietly but sadly. "True; I had forgotten it, but you must at least stay and Pee Iiabe my granddaughter," and as he softly pronounced that word for the iirt time the steru liuts

of tho lonely old rnan'a faco relaxed and the sharp look of his oyes melted into a more tender expression than Ira had ever B-.en there before. "No, Mr. Loraine." he eaid resolutely, "I leave her in hands that will provide for her far better than I ever did or ever can "You must not go likethia; we lon't know your address; she will never forgive me!" exclaimed the gentleman, grasping Ira's arm and detaining him. For a moment he wavered ; then ho shook himself tree and looking appealinglyat tho grandfather, he said: ."Don't urpeme; I may never see you or F.abe again, but if you only knew how wildly I lovo her, yon would not aak me to stay." And he was gone out into the night. "How he lovca Tabe!" said Mr. Loraine in amazement. "Why, doos he love two girla?" For pome moments he was confused, but the truth cradually dawned npen his keen mind. Ho ran to the outpide loor and out into the Storni. Tne young man had disappeared. Scon alter midnight Babe returned and ran into the house in creat excitement. To her surpriao Mr. Loraine wns up and wailing tor her, and as phe entered caught he in his aris and fondly kised her. She saw how cgitated he was and that his eyes were wet with tears. She was amazed and cratif.ed by his unusual emotion. "Why, Mr. Loraine, how did you hear of it?" phe exclaimed. "Hear of wbat, my child?" he asked, looking down at the radiant but puzzled face that ho t-iiil held fast. "Why, Sani Speckels has confessed that he fell r.sleep. and that Nancy got out of tiio room and lired the ntore juat as 6he thought she dreamed it!" cried the girl. ''Habe, come here!" Lo cried, and he led the wondering pirl to his room. "There is your mother's marriago certificate, and there is her mother's marriage certificate ; be cairn and strong, my child, and read them." I'.abe read them through and looked at him speechless. Yes, Babe, it ia true! Your mother was my daughter!" "Oh, Mr. Loraine " ecrcamed the ßirl. "Mr. Loraine no more," he interrupted, "(irandpa now!" and he folded her again in his arms. After the excitement of this added curpriso had in a measure passed away, phe paid : "Why, grandpa, where did you find the papers?" Mr. Loraine had forgotten Ira. He Etarted. "Why, then Ira did not fire the store!" he exclaimed. "No. no, he was innocent all tho f.me -" "(ireat heavens, Babe! he told me so that night he was at my house when he escaped. Habe," he slowly continued, as the w hole truth Hashed upon liim, "Ira has never been crazy ; he thinks you set that tire, and ho has auliered to shield you!" "Why should he do that?" cried the girl, eagerly. "i'.ecause he loved you so " "No. grandpa, he loves Laura," she sobbed. "My child, that is where we are all mistaken. It is not Laura that he loves, it is you ; he told me so tonight." "Tonight! has he been here? where is ho?" she asked, springing away from him. "He wae here, he brought these papers. He could not bear to se you. I think ho imagines you are to marry Arthur." Sue stared iixediy at her grandfather. The wild light in her eyes changed. One by ouo bho went over the circumstances, lie must have known of Arthur's me.iitited proposal to her. Shntoosaw it all nnw, clearer than did her grandfather. She began putting on her hat and cloak. "Labe. dear, you must not go out in this ftorra," he pleaded. "You don't know where he is. I will send a personal to the Herald." Imt the girl did not heed him. She got the lantern and lit it. "lirandpa," eho said firmly, "I am going to lind him; you must not come, I can tind him best alone," and phe kissed him and passed out, and there was something in her manner that warned Mr. Loraine that he muit not try to stop her. Ira sat on the low, rude bench in Fitter's cave; his elbows rested on his knees and his troubled faco was clasped in his hand", as was his habit in childhood. "Am I at last really growing crazy?" he exclaimed; "I never used to have such fancies. I thought I heard Babo's voice callinz mo it would be strange if after all I ended my days in a mad house!" He siirhed wearily. "From this night I must try and forget Babe. I am glad I found those papers, her lifo will be a j'leaaant one now." Apain he sighed, and, as if to throw oil' his mournful thoughts, arose and walked restlessly about tho B!one-llooretl chamber. He stopped at tho tunnel and peered out into tho blackness. "How the rain pours. I wonder if it won't stop at daybreak, I must go before then," and he Etarted out to tho entrance. He stood outside and srazed up into the sky. Tho night was still overhung with black inass'-'H of clouds, but tho storm was breaking. The rain still fell heavily but the wind had died down. "stubby. O, Stubby 1 Where are you?" came a wailing call from down the ravine. It was not imagination it waa her

voice Here! Babe, here!" he shouted loudly and clambered recklessly down the dangerous place. "Babe, how came you hero?" he asked the drenched and almost fainting girl. "Oh, Stubby! my lantern blew out and I couldn't find the cave. I knew you wcul l be there, but I rot by it." " We must go there to the lire, child, out of the storm. Ycu mu-d be wet through." And, partly carrying her, they reached the cave with great exertion. Ira took o.'t her hat and cloak and unbuttoned her soaking ehoes, and put theta by the blazing heat. Her hand was bruised and hleedinsand her sleeve torn by a fall. He tore up his handkerchief a:id tenderly band.sged the wound. "Are you faint?" ho asked. "No, 1 will be all right niter I am rested a little. I guess I w:'s more frightened than hurt, because I thought I waa lost," nr. i the smiled and blushed. I'reaentiy tho looked up, and there was a gleam of trndeniess and uection in thoso usually daacingeyes that made Ira's heart swtdf. He rouid not bear it. Ho walked over to w her the shoes lay and nervou3ly changed them around. "Stubbv !" she called, "don't walk away from me." and she held out her hand in the old coaxing; way. "You need never so aay from us again. Sain Speckles confes.sed tonight that Nancy was the inccndhrr." "What! Ia it true, Babe?" And he gazed at her jtupefied. "Yes. yos. He told us ali about it, and swore to a statement to Mr. Warren." Ira'g head sank lowu upon his hands. "God forgive mo." he groaned, "for im

peding poor Babe but patience, pa

tience, jmnur nor stie rmut never know it, nor how I love her." Again Babe ppoka. There was somethin? of the old times in ths merrv rinc - J F" of her voice and in her nrrh lnrlr ''Imi you must etay," phe said, "for Arthur and jaura win want us to eiana up wttu them when thev are married." "Arthur nil Tjiura lnnt?a.", IT could not comprehend v hat she meant. Mie movea more closely to htm. Her evea ulionn n Drrn (hv n cwmv Via.) Kafr . " - w--.j IV- 1 y 1 ' I She paid, almost in a w hisper, "Stubby, grandpa told me ail you to.d hira tonight. r.veryining. liaoe. "Yes. everything, and, O Stubby!" ehe cried, wildly, "if you do lovo me. tell me so now !" and the impulsive, sobbing girl threw her arms about Iiis neck and kissed hi in again and again. Ira trembled. He clashed her close to him and looked down imo thone trlorious eyes strangely gleaming with lovo love for him; and his joy was so great that at first he could not n:ik At lau ho coi.4 and his voice thrilled her through and through : "). Babe. I do 1 every moment so much that I cannot tell yon of it. ' "And. Stubbr. I love seeu.a as though my heart would burst," phe said nestüng still closer to him, and smiling, though a tear rolled down her cheek. lie bent back her head so that he could look into those wonderful eyes. "And I thought you loved Arthur." "Yes. vou bad Stnbbv he.t I thnncht you loved Laura," and at the recollection of that she kissed him again, passionate!, and put her fair, smooth chees against hLs. "How long have you loved me. Babo?" "Oil. I can't think. Khe said, üiftin dow n on his knee and smoothing back his hair, but I never knew how much until the night grandma died. lo you reinemher she aaeJ to ece me alone. "Yes." "Well, she Pi:esped that T lrvor? mn T don't know how, hut I know now that sho aid, lor eho toJd mo that she did not think that you and Laura" and she stopped at that word, as she had before, and kissed him "would ever marry, and she asked ma not to marrv anv one I didn't love. and when I thougnt about it afterward I Knew "Knew wha, Babe?" ". mv darbrikr! I knew T rmdd nATPr marry anv one but you, and sometimes since I havo wanted to die." "Because you thought I loved Laura?" '"Yeti," and again she smotherel him with her embraces and kisse. Ira had already found out that the mere mention of one name injured him a Wis and he used that talisman so perbistently that Babe susnected him at la3t. though the did not deny him tho kiss. The storm had passed awav at daybreak. The autumn leaves of the maples were falling fast, and over this carpet of gorpeous coiors iney walked home, hand in hand, while hi.i and val'.ev And nM tho features of the beautiful hndHcapo of tho Maple Patent rose clean and clear, glittsrinz and elisteninir in the rloudlps mm. riee, out of their night's bath. Mapleville ia n re.ihtv. It soes bv mnv names for there aro dozens of thein nestling among tho hüls of the middle and eastern states, and whenever the reader cans to mind a quiet, beautiful village nith an air of peaceful prosperity, with long lines of masniricent shade tree, tidv door yards and neatly-paintvd homes, there he may know that Babe and Ira. Laura and Arthur are walking happil hand in hand through life, under the mapics. the end. Th Mactunti and CU veland. flirooUlyn EhrIs. The Eagle expects all tho machines in this state to promise to eupport (irover Cleveland faithfully in case of hia nomination at Chicago, ami even now almost apparent. It expects that the pledge of the machine will be carried out by square work in the canvass and straight voting at the pol's. These expectations are based on the belief that the machines would have more to lose than to gain by the defeat of Cleveland and far more" to gain than to lose by hia election. Not that his election will especially bolster them up or at all ndnister to their expectations, but be auso democratic national success is dependent on democratic state success, and democratic stat'j success is dependent on democratic local success and the success of "tho organizations," as they are called, must take the for.n of local successes for the state and national tickets at the polls. It is the argument of self interest and its application all round tho circle which lead tho Eagle to regard the expectations referred to as pretty certain to bo realized. Iflalnrjr Il-pottta Itsolf. I Portland Ortgonlaa. Should Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland be the opposing candidates for president thia year, as now seems altonether hke'y, it would be the first instance in fifty-two years and the third in the history of the government of a second race for tho presidency between tho same competitors. Thomas Jeh'ereon and John Adams were tho opponimr candidates in 17(,t(3 and 1 SO J, and Martin Yan Bureu and William Henry Harrison in 1S:J and 1840. In both these caaes th man beaten the first time was successful the second. Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were indeed candidate for president both in lb''4 and 1S2S, but in the former contest there were bo many candidates and it waa eo much of a scrub race that no two could properly be called competitors. And then thero was no choice by the people. 3Xr. C'iYelfnl'a Slmndh. I Altoona (Pa.) Timei loni.J We bare no causa to suppose that tho ex-president is weaker in th Lmpire ptato than is any other candidate whom the democracy could name. lie is particularly stronger throughout the Union than any other leading member of the party, and thia being taken for granted should oflset, to a great extent, any fancied lack of strength in the stato of New York, such weakness as stated being not at all assured. Mr. Cleveland's great strength with the masses of his party should not be set asih simply because so:tio of New York's democratic politicians are not pleased with him. A 'Tlc in Clmrge. Trow Li fa J Levi, Jr. Faddcr, do ehentlemans rat puyp te tiamond engagement ring yesterday conies bv te store today ant paw ned it. Levi, Sr. How vos ho lock? Levi. Jr. All proke up. Levi, Sr. Yill you nfer learn to take Interest in to biznss? Vy didn't you try to sell te shentlemana a pistol? IIrl Hrir.C'ntitrnl, fStroet A fmith' (iood Kw. Little Miss (breathlessly) "Oh, sir, papa hit h:s finger-nail with a hammer, and I'm ?fraid he's going to have at apoplectic tit." Minister "Dear me! He's one of my latest cod verts. What can I do?" Little Miss "He wants you to givo him permission to swear." No Capital. IX. Y. Veckly.l Mr. Grompps "The Ladift' Journal pays a woman should make herself as attractive to her husband after marriage as she did before." Mrs. Orutnpps "Huh! My father always gave me plenty of money to make niytiilf attractive with. You üjuV

' TAD" LINCOLN.

Th Old Comediwn'n lltn'nUcnp of That Fatal Night In Wahlnton. A veteran and well-known comedian recently related a strange sort of a Btory to a small circlo of friends w ho had gathered around him in the corridor of an upBroadway hotel. The New York rld "violates no confidence" in repeating the substance of it, withholding lue name of tho narrator. "I knew the Lincolns, and well remember that night of the 14th of April when the president was phot. I was tho leading comedian of a combination that wa9 playing a burlesque on 'Aladdin and Iiis Lamp' at one of the Washington theaters during the fatal week. Little 'Tad' Liucrln waa a privileged character around the stage, and every one connected with it, from manager to call-boy, liked him and felt lonesome if he missed an evening. The property man and scene-painter had made for him a miniature staee in the white house, w ith a correct small edition of the stock sets of scenery and properties. "The prepidont did not try to discourage tha boy's real for the drama, and if our national history had ben destined to tell of brighter days than It does for the Lincoins, perhaps Ta t' would have been today upon our stage doubtless plavini? comedy, for that was his delight. In him the stao might have had n recruit from the rani-.s of genuine heart-and-brain royalty. "Tnere was a scene in our burlesque vrhere a property balloon made an ascenfhn, and the comio servant my own character got caught accidentally in this b-dloou and carried into the flies, suddenly becoming looseuc-d r.vA faliingor tumbling headlong upon the stacc. So you peo athletic comedians were not originated at our Casino. "Well, 'Tad' thought this act very amusing, and he furnished much diversion between acts and during waits for the company and stage hands by rehearsing it himself behind the scenes. "He was on the stage tho night his father was shot, nnd was watcuing me lo this very act, when a messenger ruf.hcd upon the scene with pallid face and trembling with terror. The boy did not look at him, but was intent upon tho p'ay. The messenger spoke to hnn in a frightened whisper, askir.g him to follow hira instantly, that a carnage was iu waiting to take him to his father, who was waiting for him. "'But father is at the theater, to see Miss Keene.' returned Tad.' We were all listening ihea, for we felt that something serious had happened. The scene stopped. "'But, my poor boy, Mr. Lincoln has been shot,' gasped the misarable messenger. "The young fellow glanced around at us all for a mute instant, to see if he had heard aright, then dashed off like lightning, and in a moment more the carriage w ent thunderiug away to the president's improvised quarters. Mor then one honest tear waa shed on that dismal stage and the he?.rtaches wore ffenuine and as much for little 'Tad' ns for the great loss to the nation. "Some one had whiepered the news to our audience and the performance, of course, was not finished. A panic could not have cleared the house more prompt"Wo did not open again for many weary weeks. Nobody had lime or inclination for the theater in these high-tension days. Washington was one great, prolonged trzgedy every phase of its life waa dramatic and tense." The nctor was wrought to a tension, too, in relating his story, and after some sighs and cigar pulls concluded: "Yes, 1 knew John Booth knew him for years; warmest-hearted friend a man ever had, but a fanatic. "I met him a few days before the shooting on the street and we smoked a cigar together and had a beer. He was the same genial, hearty fellow that I had known lor years wished everybody well, but iidn't liko thoso who crossed him ia political opinions. "My friend was leader of the orchestra at Ford's. He had been under the eta;;e, and, hearing shots, started up stairs to see what was wrong, (ioing upon tho stage he bumped against Booth, who was running away, after his crime. He recognized him, and said : 'Hello, John, wha'.'s the matter?' 'Out of my way, you,' returned Booth, slashing at him with an ugly knife, cutting his coat and vest almost olf him with the stroke, and indicting an ugly tk-sh cut." Luit on th Lsdr läcin. ". Y. Kecorder.J A ith reference to the recent marriage of the eeventy-three-year old L'ngliah railroad magnate. Sir Edward Watkin, to ths eighty-live-year-old Mrs. Ingram, who is the principal proprietress of tho IlluttraUd London An., It may interest American readers to know that the aged bride lost her first husband as well as her eldest eon in this country. Both father and son perished on Lake Michigan while traveling on board the Lady Klgin, which foundered with GJO people immediately after tho collision with the schooner Augusta. Only about fifty people managed to escape, and neither Mr. Herbert Ingram, M. 1, nor his sou w as among this number. Nor were her first husband and eldest pon the only members of the new Lady Watkin's family who met with violent deaths. Her youngest sor, Walter, was kil'ed about four years ago by an infuliatod bull elephant while shooting big game on the east coast of Africa. llkcnifring tt OIWc. From tho I.uther&n. Religion is always on trial in tho person of btlievcrB, or of those who profess belief and are permitted to retain church membership. Othcers are always a mora attractive mark than tiie prhate soldier; and tho higher tho olhce, or tho more gorgeous und peculiar the uniform, tho greater tho likelihood of becoming a target. F.very one who is in earnest nö to his spiritual calling should magnify hia olTico not himself. He should rather havo no piety to talk about, but pienty of it as a workinar force. He should bo jealous for tho Lord, and not zealous for his ow n ease, popularity, emolument or preferment. He should guard fig'iinst tfie raaladminstration of othco as well as consider the desires and petitions of those w ho seek it. Above all. ho should lock to himself that eulf may decrease ia him, and Christ increase evermore. Ha V m n fx intpla. Atlanta Cor.MittitloD.l "I don't believe all this emu" about 'there being always room at the top,'" growled Fitzgoober, as he leaned weakly against the sunny side of Jacob's irug storo. "Why, old man, you ought to," replied Bullett, who was near him, "for you are a living corroboration of it." Fitz gazed sadly at him and wondered what ho meant. A Uoolul JI;rrr. rßtrott A Pmlth'a Good Nmu.J Little Nell "What does the organist at our church have a lookin'-plass fixed over Lis head on the organ for?" Little Pick "I guess that's so he can tell the choir when the minister is lookin'." I.Utl Ilk'a Vt ''floattnn. N. T. WKklr.J Littlo Dick "Mamma, did God write the blbU?" Mrs. De Style "Of course, my dear." Little Dick "He calls Eve a woman 'dead of a lady."

KNOTTY PROBLEMS.

fOnr r W r tarlt-d t f irnU'i I r'i' olmii.cVral, rlAlla), r-?ViMi, aal other "Knotty Problem," adlroai'.nir aUooiamualcwt'.oniiroiattrtto tint dpar liueol Int. h. Cti.ltoura.U'rutoa,'U. Nu. 4,05l-Au Old rlr. a 1 0 J ; r. u. n. It wraps rou roun.1, all nf'ft nnj warm. Yet xvtj far frm plea-ant; It h no bulk. n wolahl, no form, Kit everywhere norm Tent ; It mounts. It flle, it uvks tho kl.; I a ra'n you wouli '.Main H, Whi ny one enn hM it rl, Thra'a noons can restrain It. atject of many a wotdr fight, S.j rariouly nn-n rata it; fcoroe bold it as the!r chiof delight, And some as "poison" hat It; It ir.eet your eye with treacherous wile,. All lltnila OTerh apinp, For though you erect it with a imile, 'Twill oita set you wciiog. SpriuRtield, 111. M. C. S. 'o. 4,030 C!mrnl0. Lntered for prize. T i t. '. s. What does tho to'nl poser du To whilo away hia i lie time He "iornis" aad "flau," and "solres" with you, And up the veteran's ladder climbs, lie works fur fame and (aires thta, And Derer weariesof the trife That competitions bring in line. For they're the battles of his l fe. He will not f.rsi tb.it he cn't win, Ha'il Ina in trying. Ter-, yon h t; On ptizz'odoru bis fanh he'll pin, 1 houth he's noYr won a pri?? a yet. EloomiDijhur-, led. IMt.v Miiietu N". 4.0'7-Malf S.ir. Entered for prize.l 1. One who superiiitf-n tnts a postntTW. 2. Action. 3 Hall a tone. t. Anypi.ice occupied by a public orator. 5. I". p. ".. j esi'iaio. 7. The hiiKth of a pt-rpcndieuUr drawn from oiie extremity of an arc of a circle to the 1i?inolT draw n through the olh.r extremity. K One of tho eat re niti of the foot. 9. A lueasure of ty pe. 1:. hi .iiro. II. (JCUiLEY. 3i. 4t0." Aiicraii. Kiitered for prize While riding in a raiiro.id train Across Nebraska's it rtilo plain, I met a aiur.ly srn of toil Whoearnei his bread from wetern soil; 1 talked with him of all his crou, or eiiar-bccta and hemp and hops, Then turned otir chat to politic And wily politicians' tricks; And, as the talk grew rather hot, !Ie mi alliance, i was n-t), I put to him tha question plain: "What do you fellows wish to aiu?" The answer ciuio with reaily wit, "We want a law 'fir jm-merfir.' " 1!. C. l.Air.iiu.v. No. 4,030 -Ii-citrHtin. Miicb training does tho solüb r need, I'ef-ire the raw r-'cruit Comroautis aat siguals learns to heed And wears ni h case bis sua. He learns to i- AoV, at the command; Start, at a given word. With t ii o to tn o, like tlatue etar.d ; Do aile as a if. irJ. TiTTE SwtT. r. 4,0;0 q.i.ire. I Entered for prize. 1. r.af, or unwiUmit to hour. "J. Facies. X To search a place nsrrowiy. 4. A friar licensed to bej within c rta.u üotiuü. a. aunvor; t en. i. na'ij, d. Kassian ruoasurcs of about teren Eiilisli f.et T. A prophet ss. I'ai Kior. Colgate, N. I. '. 4,OGl riurh Tallied About. The coachman to the whee'rij,ht went, Ami told him lio cou'.i! sfl Tho folio'? r:r.is were t;rowir.j; thin, And so they needed hi-: Sometimes, perchance, a soldier braa JWors tat foe will lk-e; The dailies, telling of tha fact, Will likely ( oak of me. The farmer had a toils .me day, And so, coou after tea, II said, with weary, smothere.t yawn, 'Twould sooa be iiu:e lor me. Cu ilL. 4.03 J Nu in eric I. Entered for priz?. Wbfn ray lover came to woo I referred bim to 1-2; He beins my dear 1 to 6, He rouid all each business fix; Also being my 7 to 1", Tor he was the bet of men. Money bein at A fine dowry mine must be; And 1. would not 1 to 4 It away, but giie in mora, As his 3 to C was great, Having such a large estate; And th- fortune would Le mine, I should hare it 7-5-!); 1 to 10 my welfare be Guards so very carefully. AlDTL. Walto, Me. Not. Keplor promi-es something soon, and be hopes to "tcet there in tno pri.e race. "M. C. S. wrotu me," aays Miy Masker, "that she would not be so enthusiastic in tlia new con petition, but 1 adv;sei her to do bsr best her level Ixi-t. Tis all (sir lot tue best one win. We should all try to lirst." With only two months ahead the puzzlc-nmUi rs should 1m prove every :nomui:t. 1 here iriil lu Isrn-tv-!lve winners in this competition, for no person ill be given a seo .ni a ard. These are the prizes: (1 and 2) au international typewriter (price, tlOil), aud '10 ior that best at. d next tei iota of tour original "flats;" (Sand 4) S' and "Hrewer'a dictionary of Phrase and l ahle" for the best and n?xi best io:.s t-f four original "lorms;" (raii l() 'I.:ppineott'a Gazetteer ot the World" and au opra-iais lor the brstatrl next bo?t lots of loi'.r oni; nal p:ctur ptiz'.es; (7io 2") nlii-;eeu pnzej Wor;u ;1 tach Kr other work of especial iu. riu Answer. 4,o?S 1. Q nail (Q U. aloi. 2. U ruber (U M. burr). 3. E ephaat .-'lew (hll, E I' II, act. two. 4. Kjirn Mandrakes (t'a't, urn. m in, dr.ic.-. 5. Nut. t'. OIItcs (Oli, lives). 7. Follow Uier (Fall. , deer). . hyrian Gaat (Sir. eye, A N (r, fat). U, lUro (hair). 1. Kuyolian Hread (l nypi, eye. A N. l red). 11. IVans (Bse, A X S). 12. Almond (Awl, Mud. I ). Mehes hide the name Ixloiuou. luitia;a spall Q leen of Shrba. 4.03S Lever, revel, Eve. 4.UIU P OUR V M I. E S V L A N t. E S O It A T U I ( S r It i; N M I N A T L 11 1. G It I M E II b K 1 N i: K si S OA 116 S T S E 4,041 Sole, dolphtn, aucker, dab, perch, pike, wlilrt", topknot, skipper. 4,42 (Jripe, rip'N K'i'. rip. E 4,0i M A E A ' II I A B A S II i; 1 I. A : X E A E A S T A C T K C H E it M K S H K A T E It M 1 1) L E t ö 4S 4,rnt F'ock, lock. 4,013 Honey, one. Th 31 n W Sl.nvea tlinieatf. Harper's rtaar. Browne (in barber's chair) "Now look bere barber, be careful. The last man who shaved rag rtenrly killed mo, and I won't be as ca.-sy on you as I was on him." Barber (anxiously) ''No one in this shop who shaved vou. was it, eir?" Browno "No. "l did it myself." The Juuriisllstlr llrnt h Im.xl la Ttsnttiss, Chattanooga Times. The Knoxvilie Journal acerta that "honesty in politics in the end always wins." We wonder how the Journal found that i out cot bj experience.

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