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ey x . SO AR, rIASY 1 A ".D% Nd\ o ; 5 AP ' / oMI o g e i L Ry : ’ ' =5 COPYRIGHT 195 - . CHAPTER XIIL—CONTINUED . Weeks passed. Elsie was still with Mrs. Wilders. The pleasant harmony of the pretty home had brought the - color back to her cheeks and elasticity to her steps, but Millie was in trouble about her young friend for all that. Thée fact was she was mystified, and as she could not read the puzzle jumped like a woman to a wrong conclusion. Elsie Whitford was receiving letters—letters from a distance, which she read in her chamber and never discussed ‘even with her bosom friend; ergo, this young woman argued, she is corresponding surreptitiously with some man, and who could that man be but Frank Grey? And thegood little creature was considerably harassed by the discovery. - , ; : Yet that very night Elsie spoke. ‘“‘Millie,” she said, ‘I want to tell you B secret.” ‘ Mrs. Wilders' eyea flashed suspicion at once. . “A secret, Elsie?” shq asked, coldly. ~ ‘“Yes, dear; and I want you to prom/ise that you'll never breathe it to a living soul.” 2 “Well—er—that sounds very mysterious.” , “Wi}l you promise?” : “NOI” . “What! I cannot understand you rightly.” Elsie’s big eyes 111¢oked won-, ideringly as though she cotfid ot have caught the meaning of the emphatic gmonosyllable. L ' “Now, Elsie, may I ask you a question?” Mrs. Wilders gravely asked. “Why certainly—of course.” . “You were great friends with Mr, Grey?” . ‘““Ah, yes, indeed, but those happy days are passed.” ' “You thought a great deal of him?” . “How could I help it? So good, so generous, so self-denying. Millie, I owe him more than words can tell. He found me a crude, ignorant girl, with no appreciation of the good and beautiful, no taste for books, no care for selfimprovement, no ambition. He left me_” 1 : " ‘“Head over heels in love with him,” laughed Millie. -*That’s the worst of handsome young men with a taste for literature.” ‘ Elsie’s head drooped and a crimson blush suffused her cheeks. ' i ¢ think I did love him,” she sighed. ¢ 4pidl o : “Well, then, I do love him—to me he is a king, a prince, a demigod.” , , %My gracious goodness! Whata piece of inflammable tow the child is.” . ‘*“And what is your question, Millie?” ‘“ls a very simple omne. :Have you ‘heard from Mr. Grey since he left Oretown?” ' : ‘I heard from him! No, indeed, he has long ago forgotten me. What could such & man as heseein a girl like me to keep me in his memory, much less totrouble himself to write—"

“If he were not as stupid as an owl he would have seen one of the sweetest girls that'man’s eyes ever rested on. 8o you have never heard from him?” . “Not a word.” - o

. “Then, dearest Elsie, the clouds are cleared away, and I can keep your secret, that is,if I may share it with Jack.”? ;

*‘That is of course. Do you think, you stupid, that I ever fancied you could keep a secret from Jack?” : | ‘“Well, now for the mystery—l do like mysteries.” ,

“Do you remember, Millie. the two ladies who stayed a week at our house a year ago—the strangers. from New York, who owned so many shares in the ‘Buffalo mine?” '

“Oh, yes; they captivated Jack, and he gave them a lot of mineral specimens.” :

“Well, they took quite a fancy to me, and, if mother had not made so strong an objection, would have taken 'me back to New York with them then.”

‘“Ah, and you have been corresponding with them—ll see it all.” . “I have. I have asked them to offer me a temporary home.” . . *““Elsie Whitford!” “What else could I do? Misunderstood by father and mother, persecuted by ascoundrel with whomtheytare infatuated, what resource have I left?” “This is very serious, Elsie. Have you thie means to go—but that is a secondary consideration, for, of course, Jack—" ” o

“Thanks, dear friend, but I have no designson Jack’s generosity. To-day I received from Mrs. Baxter a draft for the expense of the journey and a loving renewal of her offers.” ;

*‘Surely, ' Elsie, this great New York lady cannot be conniving at your leaving your home surreptitiously?” \ “There’s the trouble. You sece I sald in my letter that I was suddenly deprived of the care of my natural protectors, and I sadly fear she labors under the delusion that they are dead.”’ “Naturally.” : : ““What must I do? I will not remain at home.”

There was stern resolution in the young voice. : o : A‘f}’j’hx,fitgy with us, of course.”

*No, Millie, it cannot be. A yearning for a change of life and scene burns in me like a fever. I have longings, aspirations—ah, you cannot understand.” J o ““Well, youll at least consult Jack.” A Eeedil? , !

And Jack promptly decided that whatever Elsie said or did was right, and that the Whitfords, who had made her miserable for ‘‘that lop-eared scalawag, Dodd,” deserved no consideration from sensible people; however, Elsie was spared the humiliation of surreptitious flight, for she chanced to meet her befe noir in the street and said to him, boldly and abruptly: “Mrs. Baxter, of New York—my mother will know who I mean-—has invited me to pay her a long visit and bhas 'sent me a bank draft for my expenses. Ilook to you to get me permission to go.” And the coveted home-sanction came, and Elsie Whitford set out for New York, exultant at freeing herself from the wretchedness of her surroundings, - and with her young heart beating with - hope for the future, ; . MR, mfigz’f FRIEND, _**Missus! Missus!” Corporal Whitford “liouted one sunshiny morning, as he lmmflt ‘'his face, soldier-fashion,

with soap and waler, over a big tub in his back yard. ‘Missus! 7There’s some one a-hammerin’ away at the front door —can’t you hear 'un?” ; ' “Some dratted book agent,Oi reckon,” remarked the angry dame, as she put aside her irons and hurried to answer the summons. ot » But the good woman had no sooner drawn back the door, with:mouth already open to give the intruder an impatientreception, than she gave a little shriek of astonishment that startled the corporal in the back kitchen. - “Why Jacob Gregson!” she gasped, when breath would eomae. Yes, it was he. ' *“Your dearly beloved cousin sure ‘enough,” the irrepressible visitor ejaculated, seizing her hand.and wringing it effusively. ‘‘Do you take me for a spook, Bess?” “Oi'm welly addled . wi’ wonder at seein’ yer.” L “Then I'll invite myself in, as you don’t seem to have wits enough left to be polite.” ; ‘‘Aye, coom in, do.” “Ah, this is comfortable. Well, where’s the gallant corporal an’ how’s Elsie?” he cried, as he flung himself without ceremony into an arm-chair. ‘‘He’s a cleanin’ hisself, he be.” Then running out she broke the extraordinary tidings of the new arrival to her husband. : ““Who dost thou think be a-settin’{’ our house-room?” “Elsie come back?”

“No, indeed. There, thou’lt never guess. It be none other than Jacob Gregson.” @ : ' T

“Then all I can say,” remarked the corporal slowly, as he dried his face on the huckaback towel, *is that another scoundrel is added to the eriminal population of this much-suffering country.” ] “Oh, hush, Oi dunnot loike to treat moi own flesh-an’-blood thatta way—asoides, he looks weil-fettled, an’ Oi shouldna wonder but he be coom to pay ye all the gowd he’s owed thee this mony a year.” j - “Well, if the pill’s gilded I had better swallow it, though it goes against the grain to welcome such a dog into the house.” . . ’

With this inhospitable speech the corporal donned his coat and stumped into the presence of his visitor, who little knew how warm a reception he was escaping. _ ‘‘Here he is!” laughed Jacob jovially extending both hands to his impassive kinsman. © ‘“‘Large as. life an’twice as natural. Tip us your flipper, old chap, forit does me good to see you.” ‘ ~ But the corporal’s right hand was behind his back and his features wore no smile. :

“Why have you left Elsie’s boardbill unpaid all these years? Have you brought the money in your hand now you have come?” - ‘ a 4 “I didn’t pay it because I couldn’t,” was the dogged reply. ‘l've brought a hundred pounds now for you, if that will satisfy you.” . . ‘“And that is ninety-nine pounds nineteen shillings and twelve pence more than I ever expected to get, so I think—yes, I think I may shake hands with you.” - It is astonishing what a change in the aspect of affairs a .little ready

LI g ) i i M \fl‘!. i ,"{”5" ‘_ NG AL i lée' s .x;\\,,_;_:{“ “ ”{’ Al ”u“'r/”/_\h! : ok / I’-0 0/ g g ; /m myl B Wi E ’ 7 Gh 11 /// ’;' . 423/;// @:‘ 71/ R A W Il V¥ ///{{ ‘ { @”i/ '."\43;s.‘&\\ 17 i| i & i =~ 1 g WO\ *I HAVE BROUGHT A HUNDRED POUNDS ' FOR YOU.” money produces in a pinched household. Hardly had Gregson handed over to the corporal twenty fivé-pound notes than a genial atmosphere prevaded the room. Whitford’s broad face beamed with smiles,while his wife with true Derbyshire instinct set about spreading the table for dinner. The day passed pleasantly. Jacob was 'quite satisfied with the explanation of Elsie’s’ absence in New York—nay, was even glad, for it suited his interests better. But towards evening the guest grew a little inguisitive. - ‘““You’ve a boarding-house sign outside. Have you any boarders?” he asked. . L “Only omne,” replied the -corporal; ‘“‘but he’s an eye-opener—the smartest man in this country. He knows all about ores an’ minerals—" - *‘An’ the salvation o’ souls,” his wife burst forth, in loud corroboration. “Oh!” Gregson said, unguardedly, “that’s not my man, after all.” “Your man? How? What do yom mean?” i ' *“Oh, nothing—merely that I don’t know him.” : ‘“Well, he’s a preacher; gone to Marquette to-day to hold a meetin’. Guess he’ll soon be home, for he rode Cap Wixon’s black mare, an’ she steps lively.” o ‘ “An’ that humble,” continued the dame, dwelling with loving accents on the preacher’s virtues, “that he sot eyes on our Elsie, an’ wonuld ha’ married her, only the foolish wench fought shy.”

“Ahl” Jacob Gregson’s interesf was all alive now. ‘How old is he?—what does he look like?” he asked, eagerly. . “‘Short, squat ‘man, broad shoulders, stoops, lobe of left ear gone, owns up to forty-two,” the corporal replied, with military accuracy. . - Jacob was greatly disturbed.

‘““‘Has he a slight halt in the left foot? Has he a habit of snifing with the nostril?” he asked.

“That’s him toa T. Have you ever met him?” S

. %1? No. That is, yes! Tell yom what, if he’s the man I mean, I'd rather meet him alone first. We’ve an old account toscttle, and—" “Why not put your hat on an’ stroll up the road? He won’t be long.” *“The very thing. I'll do it.” . When Mr. Gregson found himself half-a-mile away from the house he burst intoa string of execrations, which aeted as a safety-valve to his pent-up feelings; then, being relieved, he lit & big cigar and sat on a fallen tree to await Dodd's coming. = . . . -..His meditations were soon broken by the cheerful tramp of a horse's hoofa

In an Kistazt he was arect, and, with his hand, gazing at a distant, yet approaching figure—an ungainly rider, bobbing: about like a sack of meal in the saddle.

“It’s him}” Gregson muttered, with an oath as he drew behind the shelter of a pine. . S Just as the luckless horseman approached the tree, Grégson, with a dramatic sweep of his hand, rushed forward and yelled at the top of his voice: ; ““Stop!” : v The .result was disastrous. The horse, which was moving at a rapid canter, stopped, plunged, and the unhappy rider was pitched like a bolt from a caterpult over his head, his huge, squat figure striking the earth with a dull thud; while the lively steed kicked up its heels in delighted freedom and galloped off to Oretown. “The lubberly fool!” Gregson graoned, aghast at his friend’s equestrian somersault, but humanely helping Dodd to his feet, who stood gazing with blanched face at his unwonted appearance. ' ‘‘Heavens! Gregson, is it you?” he stuttered at last, in faltering tones. *“Yes, Mr. Tony Savage, it’s me, sure enough! So I've run you to earth . : > ’7‘/2 % //% . ‘ Y 7, : ZJ/%\ . [ //////‘ / /y//}))}, & S e G »M‘{‘ .'.i‘? :‘{‘% -I!V///g ; 1’? h”"i'////’ el W///""“' e A A e 2 «(HHW%{%// = .Wh% )J'“‘\} fi (N& ‘lv:”"':-"y*“\ I \ 7 G~ g AN\ TS s NDN 0~ o / NWNET Y g SRR ”k /; /(W “';, 7 2&:«; s, . , W= /) / o e T ,le . "].‘Flfl‘ . .."W""’:‘; — = l o ibdhian -’.&,\,-—b ’ THE UNHAPPY RIDER WAS PITCHED. at last, have I? Yah! you white-liv-ered cur, you treacherous rogue, that hasn’t even pluck to be honest with brother thieves.” _ ‘ ‘I can explain—" *“Of courseyou can. Wardsrun slick enough from your oily tongue.” ‘I meant no harm, Jacob—at 'east none to you.” ‘“Oh, mno; of course you didn't, You acved all along for my good, like a guardian angel, didn’t yer? But you an’ I've got an account to settle. When Ilay on that bed of sickness in London you wormed my secret about the girl out of me an’ then you skipped across the herring-pond to take advaztage of it. I knew where you’d gone the moment I missed you, an’, as soon as the cursed fever left me, pulled up sticks an’ followed yer.” ! _ He paused for areply. None came. “Let me,” he said mockingly, “Mr. Johnson, Thompson, Robinson, Hobbs or Dodd, or whichever of your aliases you are sailing under, Tony Savage, ask what you are doing ia this out-of-the-way region, so far from the pleasant slums.of White Chapel?” .

But an inspiration had flashed across Dodd’s fertile brain. When, during that illness to which his old acquaintance alluded, he had tended Gregson through a sharp attack of delirum tremens, he had caught some of the wild words of the poor wretch’s delirium and stored them in his memory for future use, feeling pretty sure the sick man’s phantasies were based on actual events —anyhow, his own case was desperate, and he would fire a shot with the chance of hitting a mark. ‘ *ls your life blameless, Jacob Gregson?” he asked. ‘Man, have you forgotten the rotten bridge of Newton lock? Do you never hear the screams of the poor girl you flung into the dark waters? Do you never—” Lo *“‘Hold!” cried .Gregson, quivering with terror. “In mercy hold. I cannot bear it. You will drive me mad.” “Ah!l” Dodd gave a sigh of intense satisfaction. ‘I think this little bit of an exchange of confidence will cement our friendship. We have both a past tg conceal. So, like wise men, we will l;ilp each other. Is it so, my friend?” \ “But you will not come between me anyd the girl?” cGregson asked, with waiite lips. : i - \Not I. That game’s been played out between her and me, and she won hands down. No. I only want to stay in the place long enough to mature a few little mining speculations—innocent little schemes which may pan out pretty profitable.” . “That’s no business of mine,” Gregson said, generously. ‘“You may swindle the whole blooming population for what I care. So let’s shake hands an’ start fair.” , ‘*With pleasure.” 5 - *“And whatlayare Fou on now,Tony?” *l'm Rev. Archibald Dodd, Hopkinsite minister; Do you twig, Jake?” “Tony, you are a clipper!” Mr. Gregson rejoined enthusiastically. ‘‘However did you pick upa parson’s palter?” - “In jail. It wastheonly useful thing I ever learned from the chaplain’s ministrations.” Thus in pleasant converse they reached Oretown. The party was a grand success. Mr. Gregson shone asa bright particular star, rendering with a gobcf deal of natural talent music hall melodies, which were new to his listeners. The the corporal roared “The British Grenadiers,” and even the hostess quavered through ‘an endless ballad which only loss of breath brought to a conclusion at last. : ~ But hark! The sharp, metallic clang of a church bell rang out in the night' air, S .+ The whole company was alert in a moment, the men rushing out of doors. bate headed, gazing anxiously into the valley beneath them, where lay the city of Oretown. vl Something very unusual was astir, Lights flitted to and fro, and the hum of many voices could:be distinctly heard. “It’'s not a fire,” the corporal said; “there’s no glow in the sky.” ‘ « Btill the bell went on with itsimpatient cry for help—clang! clangl clang! wakening the echoes of the distant hills. *There’s some men coming up the steep,” said one. “They’re going to Murphy’s.” : : ; ‘‘After his bloodhounds, I shouldn’t wonder,” hazarded another. _ The deep, ferocious baying of the hounds was now added tothe confusion ‘of the night. . ol *Jack was rignt,” said the eorporal. “They’ve fetched the dogs.” = ~ **What is it?” cried a dozen voices ag #man ran up at racing speed. . - Gb;mglgagwfiw;gegwhwm —@chyour hats, boys, quick!” | 'ffifi?’figgp the_poor mother!” sighed the corporal soft] L e being lost in that” wild region mesnt. “Whose s it Piove siwE Gy Yl « M¥uox WILDERS' LITTLE ROYI™ .

THAT NEW BOND ISSUE.

Republican Rottenness in the Present ; : Congress. I

Congress has been in session but a short time, yet a brief reyview is necessary to a fair and intelligent understandirg of the present situation. When Spea’cer Reed accepted his present position he said among other things, that “We must, above all things, avoid crude and hasty legislation.” No one has ever credited Mr. Reed with the breadth and depth of a great statesman. His previous record has made him notorious as a man who would compass his ends at almost any cost, but there was a belief that he would appreciate the opportunities opened to him as an avowed presidential candidate and pursue that course of conduct which would merit the approval of all who are without selfish interests to serve. But despite his pronouncement against crude and hasty legislation and the dictates of policy as affecting his political prospects, he has promoted a most disastrous course of legislative proceeding. An obsequious committee on ways and means whipped through the house, after a discussion of three hours and forty minutes, a tariff bill covering more than 3,000 articles of import. With a like want of consideration there was rushed through a financial measure providing for large government loans and purporting to relieve the treasury of grave embarrassments. The tariff measure is an arrant imposture, intended not to raise $40,000,000 of revenue as pretended, but to gain firmer hold upon the element of wealth within the party for which its sinews of war are derived. So far as can be gathered from' the evidence obtainable, the financial bill, instead of affording any permanent relief to the treasury by its issue of “coin” bonds at three per cent. interest and for the prevention of the retirement of the greenbacks, was intended chiefly to conciliate the bonanza miners and the champions of fiat money. : In view jof these facts as well as of the further fact that the measures referred to are to be the subject of long

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discussion in the senate, where every financial heresy has an advocate among the republicans or their populist allies, the expected happened when Secretary Carlisle made his latest issue of bonds. Time and gime again President Cleveland has given the country the most positive assurance that he would-under any and all circumstances maintain the public credit by maintaining the gold reserve. When impending financial disaster became sufficiently probable to make delay hazardous, the promise was made good. A four per cent. bond alone couid be issued under existing law. Iverything that would tend to popularize it has been done and provision is made for the issuance of bonds under a new law should it be provided in time to make such a step practicable. The pledge of the administration has been carried out as a matter of safety. The course of the republican party W’ith the radical difference of sentiment that has asserted itself in the senate, has not becn such as to create faith at home or in the financial world. The people, whose most vital interests are at stake, will not consent that partisanship shall prevail to jeopardize public and private credit. Thus far the majority in congress has impressed the country with a conviction that there are divided councils and greater efforts for factional advantage than for the geneéral good. It is a matter for the heartiest congratulation that there is a strong administration to meet the dangers with which congress is showing itself incompetent to cope.—Detroit I'ree Press.

POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

——Several republican members of congress have shown that it is not in them to be patrioti¢ for more than three days at a stretch.—-Detroit Free Press. !

.. ——The 47 republicans who voted against Czar Reed’s bond bill will see that Mr. Reed-gets no vetes from the parts of the country which they represent.—St. Paul Globe. : —lf Mr. Foraker and Mr. McKinley will settle their difficulties in Ohio. we will go .on with the presidential aspirations of the various ecandidates. We pause for a reply.—lowa State Legister. (Rep.). | o .ii=——\With a man like Sherman going wrong on ‘the financial question, a suspicion is aroused that the g. o. p.is getting ready for another national platform that will mean just what anybody wants it to.—Detroit Free Press. :

—'Phe republicans are again in control in congress, but the tenure of their power will depeud on the character of their stewardship. 1f they fail to meet the just requirenients of all intelligent and patriotic people the next election ‘will ‘result in their overwhelming ‘defeat and condemnation. The claims that b'nd voters to party are no longer steel or iroty, and the first exhibition of ‘seMfishness in legislation will provoke ‘such a destruction of links and strands ‘s will fhake the future party contests problematical.—Kansas City Star,

ITS EFFECT ON WOOLENS.!

The Republican Tariff Policy Is Fatal to

Business.

We have shown how the tariff policy of the republican party, as expressed by the bill recently passed, would increase the cost of woolen goods, both foreign and domestic, to consumers. The bill cails for an addition of about 30 per cent. to the cost of foreign woolens until August 1, 1898, and the party leaders openly promise to make a further increase at that time if they shall have the power to make it. On the other hand, they would increase the cost of domestic woolens now by adding 421, per cent. to the cost of the raw material, with the understanding that they intend to add about 30 per cent. more by and by. - :

We invite the attention of American manufacturers of woolens to the effect of such a policy. They have been using great quantities of wool, both foreign and domestic, during the last 11 months. They have been able to use the best wools of the world free of tariff tax. They have imported more than 125,000,000 pounds of clothing wools. Having set out to adapt their industry to the new conditions and to take advantage of them, they are now threatened by the republican party with the imposition in the near future (if the house bill should or could become a law) of a duty which would inerease the cost of such wool by 421, per cent., or from an average of 15, cents to about 22 cents a pound, and with ‘“compensation” amounting to about 30 per cent. of the value of foreign woolens.

. It is openly proclaimed, moreover, by the republican leaders that they would prefer now to impose a duty which would increase the cost price of such wool from 151, cents to 261, cents a pound, and the promise is clearly made that they will impose this additional tax in 1898 if they shall then control the governiment. . That is to say, the republican policy, as affecting the American manufacturers of woolens, is to take the manufacturers’ raw material from the free list now and tax it for 421, per cent. for two years, and at the end of the two

years to increase the tax to more than 70 per cent. What must be the effect of such repeated disturbance upon any great industry? What would be the effect of it upon the domestic manufacture of woolen goods? (Can such a policy be regarded by American woolen manufacturers with complacency? We urge them to give the matter thoughtful consideration.—N. Y. Times. - TINKERING THE _TARIFF.? Trust Agents Manipulating the Republican Statesmen. Czar Reed’'s party in congress is about to treat the country to one of the most unique specimens of tariff tinkering ever witnessed. Lobbyists of various interests are gathering at the federal capital, like vultures at the odor of carrion. They come from near and far to give counsel to the lawmakers about what industry should be protected by higher duties, and to show cause why the ones they are retained to look after are the most important and deserving in the land. The wool man, the sugar man, the iron man, the tin man, the coal mag—will all shout themselves hoarse trying to prove their rights to thrust their arnis into the people’s pockets and rob them right and left. L The national lawmakers, under this incitement, if not naturally, will begin at once to “root” for. home interests, They will not care a ‘“rap” for increasing the revenues of Uncle Sam $40,000,000 a year. Each congressman will try to tickle his own constituency, to fix up his ferices for reelection. ‘ : L And this tariff tinkering will go on, engineered by Mr. Reed’s party for the benefit of plutocratic monopolists, until the “Dingley .robber tariff? restores the bandit tribute levied upon the people by the McKinley robber tariff, or until the people again Tepudiate that party at the polls.—lllinois State Register. e ——After a great trininph at the poiis Ohio republicans are preparing for a dangerous conflict over the patronage. The Foraker element is on top, and that leader is a consistent advocate of the spoils system. 1t is the Foraker men who are now opposed to third termism for the men who have held the oflices during McKinley's two administrations. They will earry the day, too, and the rotation will begin soon. Then will follow the inevitable dissatisfaction accompanying a distribution of the spoils, and to this will be added the disturbance of the public service, due to putting it in inexpérienced hands. Ohio republicans will be fortunate if all this does not lead to disaster for the party.— Pittsburgh Dispatch, b - ——A piece offone of Abraham Lin coln’s rails is preserved asffl relie by & | man living in Abilene, Kah. That is about thé only remnant of the oldfashioned, simon-pure republican party left in the grént sunflower state.—KanS Chtg gl OAL B

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. THREE P’S, ! Ho, boys! T'd like to say to you, ’ As if T were your father, . With earnest mind and goodintent, '/ - - A word—or three words, rather, | Pluck, Purpose, Perseverance, they; . I call them simply glorious; ~ For they who have and use them well, Shall surely be victorious. . Purpose sees something to be done For our own good or neighbor’s; Pluck dares to do it, and in faith For the great object labors. ° But Pluck and Purpose both are vain, As_teaches many a story; - : 'Tis Perseverance wins the day, . . ' - And leads the boy to glory.. .- ) —Rev. William Cowan, in Golden Days. ACCIDENTS TO BIRDS. Some Commit Suicide Accidentally by Hanging or Choking. Many strange accidents have occurred to birds while feeding, says the Cornhill Magazine. An Irish naturalist once observed a dunlin behaving very curiously on the seashore. The bird rose in the air and flew for a short distance, then alighted and shook its head violently, in a vain endeavor to detach a round lump observable upon its bill. The incumbrance proved to be a cockle which the dunlin had found open and, in innocently attemting to negotiate, had been trapped by it. This kind of bivalve accomplishment no less an authority than Mr. Tegetmier declares to be not at all uncommon on our shores. A white stable cockle recently bore testimony to the veteran naturalist’s assertion by capturing a green linnet by one of its toes. A poor little chaffinch was> found dead in the neighborhood of Epsom a short time ago with its lower mandible firmly embedded in the shell of a beach nut, that had become so inextricably fixed that the bird had died from starvation. A hen pheasant jvas not long since observed by a sportsman flying round and round in the most unaccountable fashion, and on being hot was. discovered to have a large oak leaf impaled upon %ts beak so as to completely obscure its vision. Herons sometimes choke themselves by attempting to swallow large trout, how large may be judged to some extent from the fact that I recently discovered a bird of this species in whose maw was a large water-rat in a perfcet

I, # ‘\i \ | :3} ""z-u.l .";u ’ /. : NS A | g e =\ \\x@\ AR A Q\M\f | AR \\\f o —— I\ "\\i\\\\‘\\Q ; S " N. N . NN = | COILED ROUND. ITS NECK. state of preservation. An eider duck has been killed through attempting to swallow a toad, and a bullhead or “miller’s thumb” has proved too much for a water rail, a little grebe, and a kingfisher. A member of the last-named species was discovered a season or two back in a Cambridgeshire ditch by some sportsmen, unable to fly except for a short distance, and upen being caught and examined it was found that the bird had a young pike protruding from its gullet. As soon as the fish, which measured no less than 43/ inches, was removed, the kingfisher flew away apparently none the waorse for its experience. ‘ Rirds that employ hair in the building of their nests sometimes come to grief by hanging, but I should say very seidom indeed in the following singular manner. A gentleman who had a number of colts upon his farm one day noticed a small bird entangled in the long hair of the tail of gne of them. The little creature had evidently been in search of material wherewith toline its nest and by some unaccountable accident, had become entangled in the unkempt hair of the colt’s tail. Cases of birds getting their feet entangled in bits of yarn or string are not at all uncommon, especially in the breeding season, and whenever the:victim of this kind of mishap happens to get the impediment fastened in a tree or among. stones, death is pretty sure to be the result, unless prompt human aid, is forthcoming. lln thespring of the year, as everybody knows, the dead leaves of pampas grass fall to the ground and curl up like the shavings from a carpenter’s bench. A correspondent meéntions. finding a poor robin which had accidentally got one of these pieces coiled round its neck so tightly that it was unable to feed and djed of starvation. . . Ship Pierced by a Swordfish,

When the barkentine “City of Papeete” was within a few hundred miles of Tahiti, she fell into-a dead calm. The men were dreaming on the deck and the captain was sleeping in his bunk when there came a severe shock under the starboard bow. The captain scrambled out of his bunk and on deck as fast as he could, supposing that the vessel had struck on a reef, although he knew of none on the chart within a hundred miles. - 'The lead was thrown over the side and the line run out to its full length without touching bottom, and for the rest of the watch the soundings were continued with the same result. . So the shock was a mystery, and the sailors were inclined to get superstitious about it, until the vessel got into port, and then six inches of the sword of a swordfish 'was found stic}:ing in the planking.. The force of the blow must have been tremendous; and probably killed the assailant; as well as broke his nose. . ooy o i i Dog én(l Twist. : 4 In a Maine household the other day a pug dog swallowed a spool of twist, and the small boy of the family discovered him pawing at the end which hung from his mouth. According 1o the boy’s own statement, he then had the “racket” of his life. He unwound 50 spools of silk fram the pug and lett the spool inside, and the astonishiient of the dog was as great as the sport of the boy.—Golden Days:' ~ —Leon, aged six, hearing his parents speak of laying aside money for his education, impetuously broke in with: “You needn’t plan to send -me to college; I'm going to be a civilized nigger!” He had in mind a %»\m'\;il:&;;;e;gg‘i”ggém&»} Youth's Companion; ~ - ¢ b L R e e

\ - DOG THAT REASONED. IHe Knew When It Was Safe to Sleep on 1 : His Master’s Bed, — | No one who knew Bombshell ever houbted that he reasoned and thought, but occasionally I would find astranger who was not inclined to belicve it, and then I would tell him the following story: My pa»lor was a ftont casemate which opened by an arch into my bedroom, a back casemate. A casemate may be described as a room in the wall of a fort, generally intended, :n war time, to hold a gun or powder, while in time: of peace many cf them, lixe

. ! 7 d i i ‘ . 111 T AR\ . 'lt“ .".q-s-i}\:\‘\i\\“f"\v r\\\ = | ‘b\\\\\\,,' R l\‘:,“;"‘}t‘}‘\; \\\\ | T AN Sy Sy, == g \\\ e ‘SUPPOSE MY MASTER HASN'T GONE?” mine, are fitted up for use as quarters for officers and soldiers. | Bombshell had his own bed in the back casemate; but he preferred my bed and would use it whenever he could. I had tried to break him of the habit, but had not been successful. - One day-he came in wet and muddy, and, as usual, curled up on my white counterpane. The vesult was awful. As much as I hated to do so, 1 felt obliged to give him a thrashing., I never caught him on my bed again. He would still get on it; but, no matter how quietly U came in, I would always find him on the floor, though 1 could see from the rumpled condition of the bed that he had been on it, and often the spot where he had slept would siill be warm. )

One evening I went out, leaviug Bombshell lying by the parlor stove. Out of curiosity I peeked through the half-turned slats of my shutters and watched him. From my position I was able to, see the whole of both of my TOOIMS. :

For awhile Bombshell did not move; then he raised his head and looked .at the door; finally he got up, stretched himself, yawned sleepily, walked to the bed, jumped up, and put his fore paws on it. Standing in this position, a thought struck him, and he said to himself: ) o

) ‘Suppose that my master hasn't gone? -He will catch me and then I |§will get” a licking. T'll go and make lcertain that he is not coming back.” I know that he said this because he gtook his paws oft the bed. walked. cauitiously back to the front door, aad, 'with his ear close to the crack, he hs’gtened. At last, satisfied .that I had “really gone, he trotted back to the 'bed, jumped on it, curled ‘up, and went 'to sleep. x ' | After such a clever act L thought that he had earned his sleep, so I wentaway and left him.—Lieut.John C.\V. Brooks, in St. Nicholas. _ L LITTLE GIRL'S TRAVELS." ‘§wm Journey, All Alone, from San Fran- ;, cisco to Australia. | ' ~ On the steamer Dora, that recently entered San Francisco bay on its return from Alaska, was one wee passenJger who. has quite a history for a small girl. . ; ’ [ Her father, Richard DBeasley, was iship’s clerk on the warship Pinta, and some years ago sailed from New York to Alaska. He left his wife and child behind, expecting to send for them. After he had been gone some time Mrs. Beasley. died, leaving Jennie, then a baby of four years, alone. : The wee mite was tagged, put on a train and started for Yukatu, Alaska, where her father had taken charge of a trading store. She arrived safely and for four years was the only white child in the village, but was perfectly happy with her native playmates. - Her father has now decided to send her to Brisbane, Australia, to live with an uncle and to go to school, as the missions in Alaska are not very advanced, und this child, not more than nine, has started ‘on her long journey.- If she reaches her destination in safety she will be the greatest traveled person of her uge now living, having journeyed kalf around the world in a westerly di-rectionandone-third of the way around in a southely course. . Cat Frightened by a Parrot. '~ When a parrot in a large cage arrived in a passenger’s baggage at a small i‘nilroad station, the cage was set on the floor, and there the bird reinained for two hours in dead silence. No amount of coaxing could arouse its speech. Then a large, sleek cat appeared on the scene, and sat down in front of the cage in abontempl:stive attitude.. He sat.thus for fully five minutes, and then concluded to investigate further. Ie poked histhose against the Lars, and just then Poll uttered an unearthly screech, and cried: *lda! hal Come on, boys!” The cat sprang two feet in the air, and with its tail like a feather duster streaked out of the station, while the parrot gave a ‘hoarse chuckle, and then relapsed into its tormer state of grim silence. ' - :

: -*Curioys Growth of Trees. Mr, E. H. Thompson, the government enlomologist in Tasmania, reports, as the result of a series of measurements of growing apple ahd pear treeé and rcse and geranium bushes and other piants, that 85 per cent. of tthevgrowth of trees takes place between‘midnig‘ht and six o’clock in the morning. The growth continues at a much diminished’ late until nine o’clock. After that it is very slight until moon, when the tree {ulls into a condition of complete rest, Jasting until six o’clock. Then there is a gradual renewal of the growth, which, fln()\ve\'er, does not become rapid until tlie middle of the night. ' e ‘ His Conundrum. | His name is Louis. He 1s only nina years old. The other day he was washing his hands when he asked hismother: “What is it that is large when it’s new and small when it’s old?” His mother could not give the answer. Then it was propounded to the whole family at the table, and hobody could give the right ‘answer. “We give up.. What s W they mdd.. . o oao i j - onke ol soapy. Lavis pamereg e (‘fin’fl""k S aias dotav i Gah _ Beryllium, which resembles lead, is Yonh S 0 per omo Bouie BA D AG e