Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1894 — Page 11

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY CORNING, JANTTAUT 21, ISOl-TW'ELYE PAGES.

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"Sixty today! These birthdays will be th death of me yet," said Col. Ezra Freston with a humorous sigh, as he stood at his back porch shaking crumbs out of the morning newspaper, to the deiifiht of l brood of doves gathered about his feet. The crumbs were the remains of a late breakfast, and the Sn IM-;; Union had 5ercd the colonel as a Tt of literary tablecloth." lie enjryet his oatmeal and e?cs all the It-tter when well seasoned with the news of th day. II mltrht have spread his feast on fine, frinsrd linen, which lay yellowing In his bureau at the rihthand of the third drawer from the top; but hf had sentimental seruples against uwni; it. an'!, besides, linen requires l-tiind-nnr, and eeenomy was an object to the colonel. A thoughtful smile lingered about his mouth an he folded the . newspaper . and laid It on th porch step ready for little Josie Alden, who would call for It presently and take it to her grandfather. The pmile, though full of kindness, had no referenece to little Josie or the bedridden old man on whom Col. Preston bestowed so many favors; It wa merely a reminiscent smile, and beamed equally on the flower-sard en. the cat and dofj, and tho beehives under the lime trees. "There's not another parden in Pan Dipo f-o fine as mine for the size. Perhaps It's heeause I've "put so much feelinp into it.' a.s the arti?ts say of a picture. How ofu n 1 think of that little Bpeec h f Marcarft's, 'Cive me neither poverty nor riches, but jrive me flowers. Pear pirl, she would he well pleased if she could l'k around here now and see what a. spread I've made! And who knows but she does?" The reminiscent smile softened. The past wa not dead; it was alive and youn. He was thinking of the wife of his youth, of the JlowcrUds bordered with forpet-me-nots that once Mnomed lefore a neat brick hoi:.-- ia the pod old state of Maine. "What she'd notice fii"st would be thes marguerites that 1 set out because I like the nam", and because the blossom's the sin: they have back Kast that fch 1 -ved and called daisies. What would she say t picUinjr daisies otT a little tr with a trunk as Litf around as her wrisi? Sh" used to roam th' l.elds for them a -id 'me home with h?r apron full when we lived in our n w bri'-k h How f u- oft", how hu iitrn it seeM1. d! That house was still standing. He had ridden pnt it ten years ago come te-xt .Iu;. just a few davs htf"i' he packed l is i-w bejonyinir anil fai-d forth to i 'alii ' rriia i tie san e house with Uarkpre n blinds and "e . .);one of iol!in p.-n:te: h.;r the Iv-rished cedar ht-cl.ne h;:.'. Jegejiorated six tall pl.lni.m r tre-j. ;n,d tlie birds of the air lo.ls.--d In the hrao.h-s thereof. "Mr. Mcli'th-e i,..oiv ;t d-al if pains to Kpoii our holt.'." tr-.r.-.-ht Od. lYeslon. "And tlie pieKet feme we in ant to pull down be had to save that and paint il i"d, wh'fe and blue to --Imw his patriotism. "'h:t would Margiret have said to that?" What Margaret wou'd have said it was useless to inquire. She had been lying t--r thirtv-five years uiei-r the grass and I snows of th" hiii-v:;,Kr ground on Wood- j sid hill. Tl- litt! daughter who might have b-H-ome h solace to the bereaxed J husband was in;-r th--re, too, on her J mother's boso'.a. "Mavl? I could have In.rne- it b-tter if the baby had lived: hut to lose them both within ten days! Well, it broke me tip. there's no denying it. I ought to have had more courage, so my brother, the judge, always said. He had the courage himself t marry three times. The third time it was probably from the fnn e of habit, and I never wondered so very much at that. I'-ut the second marriage did surprise me; I couldn't understand it, perhaps on account of my limited nature." As the colonel said that with benign humility h" glanced toward an elegant mansion on a le-isrhb-ring hill, where Juda-e Preston lived in a kind of treblesingleness, two gentle oi l lady relatives waiting on his nod and ministering to his ease and comfort. "It's worth a mine of diamonds t him having the aunts there. Hut anyway he's made of tetter stuff than I am. and 7: knowa it. thoucli he never sterns to be ashamed of me for all that, bless, him!" .After a wistful, lingering gaze at the mansion and at the southern horizon, w-here the Cuyamaca mountains touch the sky with misty blue, the rok-nel turned and entered his own premises by the back door. The cottage was large enough for his i-mall wants; he never wished it larger; four good-sized roonis nnd two porches; what more could be required for four occupants bhmelf, the cat, dog and canary? Still It was ouite unworthy of the land It stood on, whleh was a penerous doubl? lot on bi-zh tableland, one of the finest sites in town. And the house sepmed to shrink in size as the tree3 kept growing from year to year. There was quite a flourishing lemon g-ove at the north, where the- distant view could be cut off with the slightest sacrifice. The colonel cared hist for scenery, next for horticulture and last of all for that Insignificant Item, a building made for shelter. "This porch is pretty well littered with my traps, said he. stepping over a pair of overalls, a coil of rope and a broken pitcher on his way to the kitchen. "I hope Aunt Pupe won't happen In before I tidy up a bit." Aunt I'op? was the lndy paramount of Ms brother's home, with an appalling sense of neatness and ordr. Taking out a tiny pan from under the taM, the masculine hous- keeper proceeded to wash his dishes. Sometimes be washed them in the yellow mixinsrbowl, but that chanced just now to be pre-empted by some milk. He usually wiped them on a pi--ce of blue and w hite gingham or the remains of a Hour bap, nd always put them away wherever most convenient, often on 1he cupard shelves, oftener in a basket under the gasoline stove. There is a pleasant discipline in yielding to circumstances, e oharm In having to hunt for things. Life n-eds variety, jf what you set-k Is always in one siot, where, pray. Is the interest or excitement in dolr.gyour work? The colonel's housekeeping was full of experiments and surprises and kept him well entertained. Before the oatmeal kettl had been disposed of there was a playful knock at the? op?n porch door, and without waStir? for an answer In rolled the excellent Mrs. Louisa " Sill, the Judo-'s aunt-in-law, with a kindly, sympathetic old face, and a ligure like a bag of ban. Miss Pussy-l'o, the (it, suspended her frolic with Spark, the d.,p, to gaze at her, and hpark mad a friendly grab at the visitor's skirts. "Good morning, colonel. O, I'm sorry you were so quick with your breakfast. Hut maybe you can warm over these rolls for your dinner. I hate China cookinp. and when I get up in season I lik to make the rolls myself." Th-y lay in a dainty white napkin, looking light and toothsome, though slightly scorched. Mrs. Sill's baking being rather subjert to aeidents. The colonel dropped them Into an empty pitcher with profuse thanks. If there was a cardinal virtie lacking in him It was not that of gratitude. "How la my brother, the Judge, Aunt Loi isa,?" "His cold is better, ever so much bettor." "Can h come over for dinner, do you think? You and Aunt P'pe. x, of course? I have some tomallls, and I'll make turtle soup and roast a jair of duck. Let's eee, you all' like caramel custards?" "O, colonel, I wish we might come. Tou are the prince of cooks and we enJoy your dinners o! But the Judge isn't

9 3 quite well enough to fro out. He asks if j-ou'll drop in this morning for a game of cribbage. There, you poor thing." went on the old lady, with a rueful frown at the gingham rag he had washed carefully and was about to hang on a line of string behind the stove, "I'll give you a cup-towel .before I'm a day older; don't let me forget it. There's no creature so helpless in some ways as an old bachelor, now don't you agree with me, colonel?" "I was married once," was the quiet reply. "Heg your pardon. Qf course you were, and that's why you seem so much like oth,er folks. But I entirely forgot. You see, we're all In the habit of thinking and speaking of you as an old bachelor." "1 dare say." The tone was still quiet. "Tell the Judge I'll be round soon, and beat him tremendously at cribbage." "I believe I'll carry him a handful of violets," said the old lady, tripping out to the back garden, followed by the colonel, anxious to pick them for her and save her rheumatic old knees. "You and Aunt Pope are always tryine to give him a pleasure. My brother is certainly well cared for in his old age," remarked the colonel, sighing quite unconsciously. "I'm glad you can. say so, Col. Ezra. He de.erves it for giving us such a home. Queer, isn't it, to think of two womn, his first wife's aunt and his third wife's aunt, joggling on there together? Xo kin to him, dar man, and no kin to each other. But then I hope we're welcome." "You're more than welcome, you're indispensable. A man in the judge's state of health needs women friends, needs good nursing and cheerful companionship, and that's what you aunties have given him for the past eight years." "Dear me, colonel, I try to fit in where I'm wanted: but Aunt Pope being younger and with less flesh to carry about What beautiful tea roses! I must have a few! And then we do feel the expense, two of us, so'." Here her voice broke. "Kxpense. auntie? That's absurd! I don't know just how the judge's affairs stand, but he's quite a capitalist. It would distress him if he thought you didn't feel entirely at home in his house." "W ould it?" Ky.ru spoke from his own standpoint, forgetting or ignoring a fact that his brother, the judge, was something of an autocrat. Kzra hail always wished he were "a little difi'erent" in some respects. "His pain is goii I hope. aunti?" "Yes. mostly; it has shifted now to th" light side." "Strange how it moves about," said the col-.nol meditatively. "That's the way it gets the n?mo of 'traveliivr rheumatism." you know. To say nothing f the travels folks have to make to lid themselves of it," added Aunt Tyouis-? with an attempt at wit. " "Twas what brought Sam to California in the hi'Pl place; wasn't it?" "Certainly. He never would hnve left his excellent law ,vaetie back Kast if the rhet'niatisin hadn't got such a hold of him." "Hut what brought you here, Kzra? You weren't sick?" "Xo. I came to make a fool of myself. That is. to be an app ndix to the judge." "Yes, and t" 1h a blessing to him and ! to ill concerned." thought the old lady. dri pping a bek.t'd tear upon a tearoso petal as she passed out through the back gate weighttd with her lloral spoils. The comfort and reassurance her trembling heart had received again and again fro iii E.ra the world would never know; nor had she ever known the half of it herself. 11 is the l,.t of ui. obtrusive, unschish" souls like Kzra to go through life without appreciation. "Aunt Pope thinks he influenced Sam to leave her and me a small si m in his wi!i. Kzra is so thoughtful! But may be he didn't do it. Besides, the judge will outlive us tnith most likely. I'm surf I hope so." Meanwhile Kzra. as he swept his small kitchen, was thinking. "Pitiful the aunts should be so destitute in their old age one of them seventy, the other seventy-five. My brother, the judge, has put them down in his will for a tiny sum. but not enough in view "f what they've been to him. I ought to call his attention to it and ask him to treble the amount. He dotsn't consider. I'll do it this very day." And so he did. When it concerned a kind word or act for others Col. Kzra'.? memory could always be relied upon. The judee listened to the suggestion w ith a rather thin smile. He had stepped out upon his flower-wreathed veranda to greet his brother, but turned now and led the way to the hous. "Treble the amount? You're a strange fellow, Kzra. It's just like you, and 1 11 think it over. And now are you ready for a game?" He seemed In some haste. The truth was. he had made lately an investment rather against his brother's wishes thoue-h Involving a trifle of his brother' money, and it would he particularly awkward if Ezra should chance to inquire about it in th presence of the aunts But Kzra was not likelv to do this He was of easy faith in business matters and habitually yielded to his brother'" judgment. "A fine day for March," said the judge, wheeling his chair toward the sunny bay-window, where stood the carved redwood table and crlbbage-l..ard, and hastening to deal the cards. i ' ecnoea Kzra, with true fornian Indifference. CaliAne Mil Dieiran la' a smiüncr skv foeiTr.Ivill,eriKhtanJ ive thanks Tor It. It Is only when the wonderful spell 1 l.l . , --Pel ' a downpour of rain that ou will hear them discuss th,, weather at an. and then, ungrateful souls, to anathematize it. "Your crib. Kzra." The two brothers Wete little alike in appearance. Th judge.- with a hkh narrow head, hollow temples, heavv' mohj e eyebrows, searching eyes, firm! t dearly cut. rather thin lips, was born to win recognition and command success The colonel, on the other hand, was just as sure to imiss comparatively unnoticed. His thoughtful, unobservant, kindly eyes, sensitive mouth, and a certain meek expression in repose marked him as one who expects little of life and regards that little as quite 1-yond his d-serts. He wore today a carnation pink on th lfft lail of his coat, and now and then bent his gray head sidewise to inhale its fragrance, in some things he would always l a boy. "Not so fast. Kzra, it's inv first count " called out the judge. The gallic was going in his favor and lie w-hs exultant. The aunts exchanged freemason glances over their reading and sewing. Dear Sam was evidently having a good time. That they felt him on their minds t( ntinuallv was plain enough to every one i,ut tj,"e object of the'r loving devotion. With the obtiiHeness of hi Hex. "dear Nam" was bound to 8up'Mse it was himself who cared for the elderly aunts, while they were too much absorbed in their own employments to cast more than casual thoughts upon him. Aunt Louisa looked at Aunt Pope and began to wave her foretinger. "Sball I Iat up an eggnog?" she meant. And the latter, slighter, more authoritative Mjss Pope, nodded htr latal sanction. They both knew to a crumb what Sam had eaten for breakfast and opined that by this time he needed refreshment. Kzra, not deep In cribbage, saw and understood the motion of the fat, inquiring finger. It was a well-known pantomime. Aunt Louisa rose cumbrously, set dcrwn her lok. first marking the place with a geranium leaf and waddled out to the kitchen. When she re-turm-d. bearing a glass-or her own famous eggnog. winking with a thousand eyes. the. Judge was too busy with his count to say, "Thank you;" but Kzra smiled and laid his liand affectionately on the old lady's comfortable shoulders, blessing her in his heart for her unre

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mitting attentions to his brother, the Judge. When Aunt Louisa took away the empty glass she was followed to the kitchen by Aunt Pope, who shared her dislike to "China cooking," and wished to discuss with her a new kind of pudding, to the wrath of Gar, the Chinese servant. "Well, they're both gone." said the judge, suddenly laying down his cards, "and I suppos I ought to make a clean breast of it. zra. Y'ou know I put in a small sum of your money with mine in a loan to Bändln! and took a mortgage deed on that lemon ranch out to Sweetwater?" "Yes, oh, yes. Y'ou know how to placw money and I don't. I can beat you on economy, but as for finance "' Kzra had often said this before and the judge had never disputed him. Certainly the statement had some truth in it. for whether Sam understood finance or not Ezra did understand economy. He knew exactly how' much or rather how little he had to spend, and never risked running in debt. The judge was in the habit of laughing good-naturedly at such caution and humility, not wishing to wound him, but assuming always the air of a polite teac her. Today, however, it did not occur to him to laugh or even smile. "l'e kept it from you as long as I oould. Ezra, hating to worry you. But the truth is that lemon land has jumped over the moon! It never belonged to Bandini.. Xo; and as soon as he got our money he skipped. Business in Denver, he said; but I heard of him yesterday in Canada. Can't touch hfm there. I doubt if we ever recover a cent." The judge spoke with embarrassment, eve-y word an effort. How hard he had been on Ezra for. tying up money In that struggling little railroad back East for the good of their native town! How he had derided his gullibility in helping sundry "poor sticks" too lazy to help themselves! Eor his own part he had vast knowledge of human nature and never tried to conceal it. But now the tables were turned. It was E;:ra, the childlike Ezra, who had called Bandini "'that treacherous Spaniard," while the wary, discreet Sam had actually trusted the wretch for lemon land in the moon! Ezra had a right to retort on the judge with a vengeance. Would he do so? Sam did not know him if he thought him capable of it. Xo, the lirst thing Ezra did was to hold his breath in amazement, it seemed so incredible that a man like his brother could be put in the wrong. And then, seeing his mortification, the next thing for Ezra to do was to pity him from the depths of his soul. "That rascal!" he cried. "Why, Randini v.-if plausible enough to deceive the ery elect. How much did you loan him ?" Xo regret as yet for his own loss, a mere mite compared with Sam's. He would only have to economize more closely; and what was th.it t Kzra. who knew tb sweet uses of adversity? There were still a few luxuries he could forego and he bone the worse for it, thank heaven. It w::s a distinct re'ief to his brother to see him so philosophical, though it was to have hton expected. When he refused an invitation t- dinner not alluding to the fact that this was his birthdayand went away with a smile, albeit a forced one. the judge watched htm out of Ficht with e l.x.k of r.nusu&.! tenderness in Ids quick, dark eyes. "There goes a man who make nie ashamed of myself, i ought to refund him his share of Hint Baialini lnn; but how can I, involed as I am. I wouldn't have him know how my property has dwindled. And as for that codicil " He turned away from the window abruptly. "Can't do it. 'Twould be an injustice to Ezra. Well. well. I'll straighten things out after a while, gi-e me time enough." Next morning as Col. Ezra was washing his breakfast dishes somewhat later than usu-.l, owing to domestic Interruptions, there was a l-md double stroke

on the lien's heal knocker, the lion's head in the citv. only "Please go round to the other door," besought the colonel through the keyhol.., "the kitten's in the entry having a tit." In bad five seconds the calbr was at th i" e Ii, ms oiacK cue uancinc franticaily up and down h's blue blouse, It was Car, Judge Preston's Chinaman Judge-ee heap sickce. Wakee I" "Wh.it. the judge ski:? for the doetr r ."' "Dock-re come. fetch Without another word Xo talkee, no Have you been doekee." for somehow he lacked the c fright"ned Mong' urage to question the !i;m, Kzra was on his way to his brother's with rapid strides What this meant he would not allow himself even to conjecture. He tried to stide thought. All kinds of grotesoue fancies flitted through his brain. The desty road, thickly printed with chicken-tracks, rec-albd the sanded lloors his grandnioth'T used to tell of. with their rod" tracery of flowers. "Yes, but Car, what did Gar mean?" Anon a few tall slender cypresses nodding their curved tops reminded him of Aunt Louisa's forefinger gning Aunt Poie the countersign! ;-r egg nog. And then he said again: "What did Car mean? One of his 'Celestial' blunders. Sam can't be really sick." It was seldom he called him Sam even in his thoughts. They were ncv.ring the judge's mansion. The roof laid oi'f in squares of cream color and ehocolate, had always looked to Ezra like a huge chess-board, but now the notion came to him, "What if Satan is up there playing a game of checkers with one of his imps?" "Aunt Pope, O Aunt Pope, what is it?" She was a woman who seldom gave way, but ns she met him at the door, her face wan and white, worked convulsively, she was wringing her hands under her apron. 'Tp flairs, " she said. "In his room. We thought he was taking a morning nap." Dr. Camber was coming down the stairs, looking very grave. The colonel saw Aunt Pope grasp Ids arm, heard him say: "Yes, all of two hours ago." "He can't be worse." muttered Ezra, proceeding to Ids brother's room; "he can't ' worse." He was not. The wholesome color In th- judge's cheeks refuted that idea. Xor was he even asleep. He did not take the trouble to op. mi his eyes as his brother ftpproached the bed. but there w as a hum "irons w rinkle alvait the eyelids which seemed to say. "Ah. Ezra, you really thought you'd caught me napping this time, d'dn't you?" The colonel touched the hand which lay outside the coverlet. It was enough, he understood. His brother, the judge, never once having spokm of a Journey, had quietly left California that morning and made venture of still another country. "Oh, Ezra, how can we have it so?" moaned Aunt Louisa, who sat rocking to and fro near the beo. The colonel looked at her . aguely, without response. "This rheumatism has been traveling all this time toward the heart. O Ezra! if the doc tor kne w it, whv didn't he tell us?" . The colonel Jid not turn toward her. He stood smoothing the judge's white hair. There were no tears in his eyes or any hint of feeling. "Strange," he said to himself, "how his face has caught that happy, piquant look like lather's. Sam has always been said to resemble mother." "Speak, Ezra! Oh. don't you mean to speak? Are you stunned?" Aunt Ixiuisa shook him wildly by the arm, while Aunt Pope gasped plaintively; "You know, Ezra, we always look to you f or aid and counsel. You won't fail us now in our terrible affliction?" "Our affliction?" Had they then th monopoly of it? Did they tacitly deny to Ezra the slightest share? Almost any man in his ixsition, mourning an onlybrother, would have so-n the absurdity of this. Not nit, Col. Preston. He had so long been used, to setting others before himself thut it hardly occurred to him to dispute the prior claims of thene aunts-lndaw. When he sjoke at last It was calmly and to the purpose. "Dear auntkd, no wonder you are over-

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arrangements to me." It was the old. reassuring voice. And with restful confidence, the pious souls fell back into their usual dependence upon Ezra, allowing him to manage everything, even to the minutest sad detail. Strange he could be so cool, so deliberate! Extremely convenient for them certainly; still such self-control is so unusual that they were constrained to say to various people: "The colonel is peculiar, but you mustn't think he lacks feeling. O no. though it isn't as if he had lost his home as we have. In that case he couldn't be so philosophical, of course. But he has really great depth of feeling." After the funeral Lawyer Magee asked the little family of mourners, consisting of three, to assemble In the parlors and hear the reading of the wll'.. The aunts in deepest black sat together upon the sofa, truly sorrowful, though by no means insensible to the Importance of what was to follow. Col. Ezra, by the window, folded his hands and looked attentively at the lawyer. He theught he knew well enough the words of the document written two years since at Lo.s Angeles. But to his surprise, Mr. Mage,? produced a new will bearing date only a month ago. It declared that the testator, having lost the greater part of his propertv, had destroyed all former wills, and now, after small bequests to his friends. Miss Pope and Mrs. Sill, he bequeathed all his existing fortune, a meager one. Indeed, to his only and well-beloved brother, Ezra Preston. As these words fell slowly from the attorney's lips Col. Ezra's face clouded perceptibly. It was evident that he was astonished by the ehrinkage in the estate, and he took no pnlns to conceal his surprise. "There are actually tears in his eyes," thought Aunt Pope, who was watching him. "I wouldn't have thought it of him, when he never shed a tear at the funeral." But Ezra was not thinking of his own disappointment. "Poor Sam." he was saying to himself, "not even his house left to him! And he has been fretting over It all these weeks and never told me! Dear old brother, I should have been tenderer to him if I had known." Ah. Ezra, could you have been tenderer? His next thought was quite as characteristic of his "limited nature." The moment it came to him he could have no rest till he had given it utterance. Springing up he exclaimed in clear, ringing tones: "Mr. Ma gee, my brother, the judge, had it in his mind to make a codicil. If he had lived a few days long r these ladies, in all probability, would have received each of them some thousands more. I that is. we talked of it only last Mondav. He knew thcy ri'hlv cieserved it." "Oh, you dear sou!." sobbed Aunt Lou isa hysterically. Aunt Pope's voice trembled as she struck in penitently: "You're too unselfish, Ezra." "Allow me to ask." said the lawyer diily, "are you aware, t'ol. Preston, thai there is really nothing further it for thes- ladies? That i-" be added, wiih a slight toii"h of sarcasm, "unless you make over your own shr.re?" "I am aware of il." returned the colonel, who was still standirg. "And as you have lost by your brother already " "I cannot hav that alluded to," interrupted the ei .lim I. "My brother, the judg lik" all men, was liable to mistakes. I wi-h it distinctly understood here and now that I relinquish all my claims to the estate in favor of Mrs. Sill and Mi?s Pope. I say this because I think it would be my brother's wish if he could speak today." "He doej not say It was his wih." thought the lawye- with a keen glane" at the colonel. "Ye?, yes, I see. lbthinks lie miht have talked the judg ir.to this schein if there had been time enough. But he makes a slight mistake there: the judge coudn't have been talked into It; he wasn't that kind of a man; he was too level-headed." If Ezra's speech really had a doublemeaning, as Mr. Magee suspected, the . Aunt Louisa aunts did not perceie it. threw back her crepe v dl from her flushed face, exclaiming: "Oh, Ezra, you're too good to live! But we can't accept it." And Aunt Tope, weighed down with remorse for her momentary doubt of him. echoed brokenly: "No, no. Ezra, we can't have It so." The colonel listened to these demurrers in respectful silence, measural.'y su?-e that the aunts could be persuaded in time. Th lawyer himself had no doubt of it. Xot that they wer In any degree avaricious or designing women, hut some men are? neyer so eloquent a when they plead against themselves, and the cojonel was precisely one of this sort. A few days later the aunts were saying tentatively: "Then If you are absolutely sure. Ezra, that it wtll not be defrauding yourself? If you reahy think this would have been dear Sari's wish? Aral would it make your conscience any easier, you blessed man ?" They went to live in Ohio, In Aunt Pope's native village, which had been always their ideal of a sublunary paradise. Th'dr last days were their happiest ones, "thanks to dear Sam." so they said to their friends. People laughed at Ezra, and he. knew it. Xo excue could .be made for him save that which pity makes for the weak and unworldly. But he smiled as h cultivated his little ranch, whi-'h was already e-jual to the 1 st in Chula Vista, and remarked in an undertone to his lemon trees: "What signifies the speech of p.oph-? Is it wort!i while to vindicate mys If at the expense of my brother, the judg..j? 'Tvvas only my duty to make up i"or hi shortcomings, and I believe he thanks me for it now. "And you. Margaret, T think you saw the sorrowful faces of the old aunts and have never blauud nv Sophie Mav in the X. Y. Post. Noting and (irenl. Washington was a major at nineteen, a distinguished eoloti.-l oi the ..l iiiv a i twenty-two. early in public affairs, commander of the forces at foi,y-four and president at fifty-seven. Xaxdeon at twenty-seven commanded the army of Italy. At thirty he was not only one of the most illustrious generals ef all time, but on- of the greatest lawgivers of the world. At forty-six he saw Waterloo. The great Leo X was rIe at thirtyeight. Having finished his academic training, he took the ofiee of cardinal at eighteen. Cladstone was In parliament at twentythree, and at twenty-live was lord of tjie treasury. IIImii of Word. Do not say she is a superior woman, but say she is superior to most women. Avoid using unmeaning or vulvar phrase in speaking, as "You don't say so," "Don't you know?" "Don't you see?" "Von know," "You fv," "So. you see," etc. Uemember that as the words cherubim and seraphim are plurals, the terms cherubims and seraphlnis, as expressing the plural, are Irnpi-uper. Remember that a general rule has exceptions, a universal rule lias none. Tin Value of ioll. Edison is quoted thus: "Gold is only valuable because jt is rare. It is not nearly so useful as lon, which is the real precious metal. Aluminum is too sort. It is light, but it lacks strength. The metal of the future is nickel steel, which combines strength with pliability. Cold is not worth as much as lead in commerce, and brass is more than worth its weight in gold." In Mrniorr of I,ue' I.ueroni. The Appalachian mountain club has recommended that a White mountain peak .near Mt. Whlttler should be named Mr. Larooni. in perpetual memory of Lucy Larcom, the nature loing poet.

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Tnr State Sevtin el, which ever aim to keep abreitst of the times and to promote the intrsts of its f.bo.-riber, Joi! Completed an arranoemcnt with the leading watch manufacturers of the country by which it is enabled to o:!cr the be-t witch-i dado, to its subscribers only, at the same prices which jewelers and watch dealers in the cities and towns have to pay for tLeirgcocii In potne cases wo can Beil watches to our subscribers for even lesa tbaa dealers have to pay for th ?ia.

I Every man or woman, youn? or old, who reads The Statu .Sentinel ouht to owu a watch. ! Kvery or.oouht to have a poo l watch a watch that wid not only keep lime.but i hand.-oxe nr. r'.owy. i If you take Tin: State Sentixkl you can, for a limited time only, ret a firgt-clas, handsome c i wa'.ch, v. ith tJ.e very bcsl 1 rorks manufactured, for much Ies than poor watches with silver or brass cases are commonly sold ior.

tmr ptock ot watches will not last always, and efter tho present stock is exhausled vd cannot prom to iii: or :rr. ihoü who order first, therefore, will bo first served. The American Standard Watches the beat timekeepers in the world are praded as eeven, eleven an! thirteen weled, full rweled and adjnftei. Very lew men not one in a thousand carry either an adjusted or even a full-jeweled w.i;-h. Tue State p-j.TiNEi. uses only the celebrated cold-ü!led cass made by Joseph Fahys, unle.- Jitin -t y f.pvil:-d in pci.al offers. They are the best m-uie, and selected for that reason. His !en-carat cases, callc-l Mor.tauks, are jr innt -1 for S:teea years. His fourtea-carat filled casus, called Monareh, are gusraoteed for twenty year. Wttu isu f--urt6va-carit cases art Ipoken of they refer to only Montauks aud lonarch. OUR SPECIAL OFFERS! The cuts represent Joseph Fahye' celebrated Montau and Monarch cases as above. Cases will be furnished either plain (engine-turned) or beautifully engraved as the subscriber prefers. No. 13, size for centlemen, are Klpin, Waitham or New York Standard movements, and will be put in such cases as dsirt Note carefully the descriptions and prices below. GENTLEMEN'S WRTCHSS.

...11'- : No. 17. G'7.e No. f3. I Ho. 17. Si.Te No. IS Walthsm r.r J-V'n n-.oven ent, seven jewel, beatitit'jlly entrraved Mont.rtk case, SSG. This j watch weeJd cot irom to ?j at jew- : elry store 9. The above r: '-V. V;Y:, ''U'-i:fc';5'.':'' ''". v .' ' S"J':',;ili' ;l-V i " .. - .. . ' :" . '. ;. tri'-,.','.'.'. '' : - A - - -.. -,. . c No. IS, SIzo No. 13. No. 18. ie No. IS Monnrch cac ' trenty-one years jfuarar.tce, 14 carnt, V. ulj Lhatn raoTtmetit (tugino-turad ),20.25 No. ?3. SIjo No. 13. Np. 23. ize No. IS Montnuk cim (engine turned). New York Standard movement, eevon jewels, SIC25.

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.The watch will reach vou within a week aftrr you send the order. ' Remember that the INDIANAPOLIS sr.MINKL COMTANY (ruarantees these watches to be precisely as theT are repreented. We ran assure our renders that every watch will Rive complete and enttro satisfaction. It iU be both useiul aad orualaantal. a thin i of beauty and a joy forever. Ä INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL GO.

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t . . ...c--v Mo. 14. Izo No. 13. No. 14. Size No. IS r.ix case, Lon!j XIV. style, Waitham or T'in movement f-even jewels, SI 9.75. 'Ue-se watches art sold by retail dealerd at from jJü to $35. fifteen year i'T1r -" " -'"V-'..;''' Ho. 20. Cizo No. 13. No. 20. Hze No. l.S Morarch efu with wiie Vermicelli bcrd-r and enjrravej center, vTaltiiam n:cjvenier.t, teven jewel. 63. This is thelinost watcit we oiler ed4 ir4 well worth S l; aceordii'i to the price! charged in jewelry t-torr ?. The caaea art warranted for twenty-cue yc-re. Tiie readers cf Tun Sh-ctinkl ncTer haj an opportunity to c t t'rrt-cli3 watchei at any such prices as the above, and aftef this stock is sold they will probably cot coon have er.ch a chp.nee arain. This oiTer op-en op!y to subacribers t4 The Indian S'iAir Stminfu Ore of thet watcher; will make a b and Fome birthday or l.'hr.i'ttnfts present foi yonr wife, your e' !; r, jour u.iugbter, 01 your sweetheart; f'T your hr-band, yoci fattier, your brother or your son. In order to avo'd cori :;on rnd mistakei toe watch. should le ordered only by their muni rs. Tnus it oniy ceceesary to sty: "Send wf.tch No. S or whatevel number is desired 'i to the f. ,'lowinjf addre.." Write the na:.ie, to'vn, c ounty and Htate vv plainly. Tlie raii Ti;ti5t accoTipnny every order. Wo ph on LI prefer to h;ivt o ir subscribers use tie t'oilov, irjL f"i,:'ii, which caa be cut ci:t, lil; fd up au nt to Tjik Iniian M-mi: Sr. 1 1 wit;: r. draft oa fhicajro, New York, li: luin.-ipo'.in or Cincinnati or a pito:iice t.'.oi.ey orcer for the amount. 189 one watch No. . . to the follow