Richmond Palladium (Daily), 28 November 1901 — Page 2

RICIlMOyT) DAILY PALLADIUM, Til U Tt S DAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1901

I WHY WILKINS I HIRED MAN RAN AWAY i J" By JOHN H. RAFTEKY. J Sunday morning, while Mrs. Wiik!n was at eliurcli with Tommy. Mr. V- ! kins. In detiance of ttie social t-tU.c of Lake II ill. put on bis overalls, and. rake In band, attacked tiie carjift o! dead leaves that covered his lawn. lit knew that his wife would make a scene if (she caught him. and he knew that bis Sabbath breaking would fur nin another argument against subur ban life, and he anticipated considera ble guying from his male neighbors, and yet. in spite of all these misgiv logs, be raked the leaves into rustling piles and watched with dogged satisfaction the columns of blue smoke that rose among the oaks from his unholy fires. Wilkins had employed seven different

"hired men" since spring. None had stayed more than a mouth and none had carried away either the esteem or good will of Mrs. Wilkins. Most of them were worthless, some dishonest, some lazy and some lacked that regard for the proprieties which the woman of the house insisted upon. So It came to pass that Wilkins had a bard time getting, to say nothing of keeping, a serviceable hired man. and when the leaves began to fall his law us. gardens, vines and orchard were in sad case, his chicken bouse needed repairs, his coal cellar was empty, his winter kindling was unchopped and his loyalty to suburban life was tottering. Therefore he had defied all precedent and on Sunday morning attacked the work with his own hand. While he was bending over a russet mound of leaves he heard a voice: "Mister, I'll clean up that lawn for a meal." It was a low, strong voice, musical of tone and so opportune that Wilkins let his rake fall and looked about. The stranger was a tall, lean young man, dusty from a long walk, but clean and trim as to clothes and person. Til Just go you," said Wilkins. opening the gate. The big fellow walked In. dropped bis coat on the ground and fell to work without a word. After getting back Into his Sunday garments the man of the house watched his res cuer. The latter had laid aside his round felt hat. disclosing a bullet bead closely shaved. The worker's clothes, new. cheap and coarse, ill fit the wearer, and as Wilkins watched him swiftly and silently cleariug away the dead grass, weeds and leaves bis heart misgave him. and be murmured to himself: - -Mfc, "An ex-con vlct. I ll bet." Mrs. Wilkins soon came home with Tommy and eyed the stranger askance. When she had noticed him eating heartily, but decorously, and had observed that be knew the purposes of knife, fork and spoon, she darkly hinted to her husband that there was "something mysterious" about the newcomer. When Wilkins felt sure that his wife hadn't guessed the probable truth, he resolved to offer the man a Job, and as the latter passed out the walk toward the road the suburbanite stopped him with: "My friend, I like the way you work, and I like your looks, and if you'll stay fl'll give you $4 a week and your board just to keep up the place, tend the chickens and the furnace." "Thank you. sir. I'll try It." was -the auswer. "You don't keep a horse, and I won't have to go to town?" "No. Just stay here on the place and do whatever you see necessary." explained Wilkins. fully understanding the man's dislike to going into town. "All right, sir. My name Is James Green." v- .Welkins showed the tall, gaunt fellow over the place and pointed out the room over the carriage house where he was to sleep. Tommy, who was ten years old. trotted after them, deeply Interested in the stranger. Of course Mrs. Wilkins didn't approve of her husband s choice. Sbe felt sur- that there was something wrong about tlreen. aud as the days, went by aud he proved a splendid gardener and a most useful person in divers unexpected ways she was griev- j ously disappointed. What enraged her i most was Jreen's taciturnity. Kvery effort of the cook and the house girl, j prompted aud encouraged by Mrs. Wil j kins, failed to elicit a bint about him j self. At meals he was as silent as the ! tomb. During the day he kept busy at the back of the two acre tot: at night he sat In the barn doorway telling stories to Tommy and smoking his i pipe. Between him and the boy there sprang up an extraordinary coin pa u lonship. The man. silent with al! others, began to tell his little comrade the rarest and most extraordinary stories of shipwreck, of battle, of wild beasts, birds and adventures of all kinds. Ue knew the habits of birds and Insects, of reptiles and fishes, and these he explained to Tommy with Infinite care until the boy came to dog bis footsteps and sit beside him at ail boors. The carved wooden toys, plaited whips of horsehair and leather and deftly fashioned bows and arrows that Green made for Tommy were the wonder and envy of the boys of the neighborhood, but they convinced Wilkins that his model hired man had spent mnch time In some penitentiary. Meanwhile, as day by day she failed to penetrate the atmosphere of mysterj which surrounded him. Mrs, Wilkins grew more suspicious. When she found out that he didn't want to go to the village during the day. sbe contrived errands that would take him there. At last he quietly but positive

ly refuseu lo ou urr wiu.a. ?As. ing that Sir. V;lkiu bad abol him from aoy duty but such as ucould find on the p:af. lie had been two months on thi piace before be spoke more than a doz en words to bis employer. He iid'i worked well, asked no ravors. made m. mistakes. Under his assiduous effort the Will. ins place bad taken on new signs of prosperity and leaiity. Then he came to Wilk,;:s one evening and said that he'd like to spnd one dcy it. Chicago. He wanted to buy some clothes, be said, and would like to have his pay. There was $12 due him. and Wilkins had only a twenty dollar bill. "All right. Green." said the big hearted suburbanite. "Here's a twenty You can bring me back the chauge And. let's see. here's my commutation ticket. It'll save you paying railroad fares." Mrs. Wilkins overheard this talk and

j when Green was out of bearing pro- ! claimed her husband a fool a waste ful, gullible, stupid fooL "That man Green will never come back." she snapped. "See him!" pointing across the lawn. "He's not even i going toward the depot. He's a tramp, j maybe a murderer, and he's gone off with your money and your ticket. Wil kins. you're a simpleton!" Wilkins was a little doubtful when he noticed the course taken by bis "model hired man." The next evening added to bis misgiving, for at sundown Green had not returned. Mrs. Wilkins began to gloat when the 8 o'clock train had passed and there was no sign of the missing gardener. Then the doorbell rang, and the girl announced "a lady to see Mr. Wilkins." He found a youngish woman, with much jewelry and very pink cheeks, smirking at him as he entered the parlor. "Mr. Wilkins." she began, "a lady fren' o' mine what lives out here tells me theys a man workln" for youse. an If I ain't much mistaken he's my husband. He's a tall. slim, sandy feller, don't talk much, and he's done time at Joliet. and" Mrs. Wilkins entered here. "What do you want with him?" asked the lady of the house. The visitor was beginning to explain when Wilkins heard footsteps falling faintly on the walk outside. lie slipped quietly out of the room and Into the yard. Green was coming up the back steps into the kitchen wbeu Wilkins stopped him with. "Well. I see you're back all right." "Yes, sir." said the gardener, pulling out the railway ticket and $8. "There's your change and the ticket." Wilkins noticed that the latter wasn't punched. "I walked." explained the man. "I don't like trains." Wilkins led him across the lawn and told him that there was a woman in the parlor claiming to be his wife. "A blond, vulgar looking woman?" said Green. "Yes. She's In there now talking to my wife." - - "Well. sir. if you'll Just let on that you didn't see me this evening. I'll be grateful. I'm tired now. and I don't want to see that woman, at least not tonight, riease say that I'm not here and won't be back till tomorrow." So Green slunk off to bed. and the blond woman was sent away, promis ing to call again. In the morning Mr. Wilkins found Green's bed unrumpletl. On the coverlet was a new leather whip, with a card inscribed: "For Tom my. Goodby." The Wilkinses never saw or beard of bim again, and Mrs. Wilkins never knew that he bad come home that night with the change and the ticket. "1 always knew he was a scamp." she said proudly. "1 knew bed run away, and he did." "Well. I don't blame bim." roused Wilkins. lighting his pipe and smiling at the memory of the blond woman with the brummagem jewelry. "I'd run away myself under tiie same circumstances." Chicago Record-Herald. A Unrlng Horseman. The famous John My t ton once pal loped full speed over a rabbit warren "to try whether or not bis tiorse would tall." The horse did fall and rolled over Mytton. who. with good luck, got up unhurt. Shortly after he attained his majority Mytton gave a dealer an order for some carriage horses and went to see what the man bad got for hinx He put one of tbe lot in as tandem leader to "try" it and. with tho dtaler at his side, drove out on the highroad. As they drove Mytton inquired if the horse were a good timber jumper, and. the dealer giving a doubtful answer to a query he did not expect in respevt of a harness horse. Mytton Instantly said he must "try" him. Forthwith be drove at the turnpike gate which bar red the way before him. The horse cleverly cleared it. leaving the wheeler, the gig and Its occupanta on the takeoff side. Wonderful to relate, ael ther the horse nor the maa was hurt. The gig. however, stood In urgent need of repairs. London Stock Journal. Warka Both Ways. To honor woe's ancestors Is a a ex cellent and praiseworthy thing, but i pride of ancestry is a very pow basis j upon which to build one's whole life, j A man who bad never done anything for himself was boasting one day in j the presence of a self made man of the -distinction of bis ancestors. ! There is nothing." he said, "like ' baring respect for one's ancestors to keep one out of degenerate ways." "It Is a very good motive." said the aelf made man. "and you do well to be proud of your ancestors, but I think that my respect for my descendants Is about as good a motive." "Respect for your descendants! What do you mean?" "Why. you see. I want them to be proud of their ancestor!"

FATHER'S WHISKERS. When raid win U bearin to Mow, Father iis bis -hii,tr grow; Ail around his rhee ks and chta Bristle tiS and straight brgia Stir Lin' Uiily out in apace, Leavia' just a little (ace t around iiit nse to arrow. When cold winds bfsm lo blow. Father leu hi srhikera arrow So he won't t-auh r-ol'J. you know; I wandc-r how tl.at lot of hair Can be all stored up in there? Fitter's face must kind of be Likii a v-ushion. ieem to me. 'Kure the cold atiiit starts to Ulow And he leu hi wb;i.-rs grow. I'm jrtad mother doesn't go Favin' whiskers to let arrow i hen the wind's as coS.i as ice,' Mnt iter's i heeks are soft ami niJ Father's proud, but yesteriiay 1 heard mother sigh and say, 'He looks tike a monkey, though. When Lis whiakera strt to grow." Chicago Record-Herald.

Aafthlag lo Obi lire. Angry Tenant There is something wrong with the beating arrangements of this flat. We simply can't keep warm at alL Look at the thermometer, will you? It indicates a temperature only 10 or 15 degrees above the freezing point. I'd like to know what you Intend to do about it. Accommodating Agent Well. I'm willing to furnish you a L.ter thermometer. Chicago Tribune. Fnlthfal Girl. Mistress Why, Jane! What are you doing with that satchel? Jaue I 'lease, mum. Mr. John told me to keep my eye on it while be went up stairs. Chicago News. A Man of Caution. "Colonel." said the fair grass widow, "let us suppose for a moment that you and I had been Adam and Eve In the garden of Kden and I had effered you the apple. Would you - "Wait a moment." be Interrupted, getting out where he would have a chance to run If necessary. "Now go ahead and suppose." But sbe changed the subject. Chicago Record-Herald. Trusting, bat Impatient. "Into thy keeping. O gracious Heaven." exclaimed the eminent tragedian at the close of tiie third act. "I commit my destinies!" Then he closed his bands on his breast, cast his eyes upward and wondered why in the blue blazes the blank dash curtaiu was so long in coming down. Chicago Tribune. A Bit of a Philosopher Hlmaell. "Why do some of the philosophers af feet to despise money?" "For the reason." answered the man who Is hot ashamed of being rh. "that it is human nature to regard with either fear or -ontenipt the things with which we are unfamiliar."Washington Star. Similar Oeenpallons. Miss Gotrox What is be principal amusement of your aristocracy? Lord Ix)vus (of l.oudoui Fullowinu the hounds, doutoher know. Miss Gotros Why. that's a business in this country, and the men who follow it are called dog catchers. New York World. The Flatteres. "Lady." said Meandering Mike, "have you any coffee or mince pie or" "Haven't you been here twice before?" "Lady. I have. I'm too good a judge of cooking to let such erformances as yonrs go wit'out ao encore." Washington Star. Appropriate. Cassidy Oi want a wreath of flowers an put on it "He Rests In Pieces." Florist LKn't yon mean. "He Rests In Teace?" ! Oassidv Oi mane nhwst fti ...t Tia t fur Casey, thot was blowed ap in the quarry. Philadelphia Press. Vaaqalshedl Sleeplessness. Ioctor Did yon follow my advice and count until yoa fell asleep? Patient I counted up vo IS. WOO. Doctor And then you fell asleep? Patient No: then it was time ta t a. Baltimore Warld. nilnaakee Klrls. When people wouder why It is that UilvsiiL-M ri-ielM ..-....... t. . . '- nurs marry rei ; in..:, out or town, let them remember the Ktattstica! situation, says The Kveuiug Wiseoiwin. The census show that ru Milwaukee there am 7.143 more women u,au Uie-n. while to the state ai lare therv aie Ui.UK more IQeH than -...- Tonight Just before retiring, if your tlrer !s sluesish, out of tune and you feel dull bilious, constipated, take a dose of Hood'a PHIo And youll be ail right in the morning.

NEW MODEL RACING YACHT Cap rhalleager Ssggested With a. Thirl-lHo fool Ml I neb Beans. Sir Thomas Lipt n since his return to England has said that uow is the time to win the America' cup if it is to be won. and he has ta.kcd ;f the ad visability of another challenger tn-iug made for the cup at ouce. That yachtsmen across the Atlantic are noxious to win the cup is shown by tiie nuuiter of meu who have been reported as ready to challenge, but the trouble seems to be to hud a designer to design the challenger. The Yachtsman in its latest Issue publishes the plaus of a yacht which it suggests might lie successful in a cup race. It is a boat with great beam and great sail area and comparatively small displacement. This boat has been uamed Diver's Joy. anil The Yachtsman has this to say ulout It: "The diuieusions of Diver's Joy are: Load water liue. Sii feet; beam extreme. 32 feet U Inches: draft. 'Jl feet t inches. The displacement Is 13'J tons, and as we have not built many cup challengers we are unable to say what iioikii tiuu of this would be lead ballast, probably about seventy tons, allowing for a large quantity of live ballast. The name given to the boat has reference to the criticism certain to be passed upon her after a su'erticlal Inspection, but would, we hope, iu reality prove apt on the lucus a non lucendo principle. It refers, of course, to the way in which the topsides forward of the greatest licain are gradually cut down and rounded ofl in a circular curve inboard. The object of this is to get rid of a very large area which on the weather side is flat aback when the vessel is turuing to windward. Sufficient, we Iwlieve. of the boat Is left here to throw off ntiythiug but the steepest sea to leeward, and such water as would find its way on to the foredeek would be spray. "The beam, though 3-l,s feet sounds enormous, is really nothing out of the way. The best small cruiser in the world. Captain Slocum's famous Spray, is. we believe, a much more beamy boat in proportion. Great beam will only prove disadvantageous for racing iu moderate aud light weather when it involves great displacement. Here the displacement does not seem at all large for the enormous sail plan. This contains some 14.000 square feet (Y. R. A. measurement), and whether it could be made to stay In the boat is a little doubtful. That the vessel could carry It well we have no doubt whatever." The plana of the Diver's Joy show a boat with only five feet draft of hull, with a fin about sixteen feet deep. The bottom of the lead is flat, and at the forward end it rises in a straight line to the rabbit liue. Then there Is an easy curve to the water line. The sail plan is a lofty one, and It is extremely short on the base. Load Telephones For Ships. One of the most important Instruments on modern vessels is the so called loud talking telephone. Experiments have recently been made with It in the German navy and have proved so satisfactory that instruments are now being placed on most of the large seagoing ships. The special value of this telephone lies in the fact that a captain standing on the bridge can easily bear any words that may be spoken to him from the Interior of the vessel, even though a violent storm may be raging at the time, and can in turn transmit without straining bis voice his own orders to officers or men In any part of the vessel. Bad accidents have occurred through a misunderstanding of orders given at a critical moment, due to the fact that the words were not distinctly heard, and it is only reasonable to assume that casualties of this kind can be avoided in the future through the use of this loud talking telephone. Electricity. Qaeer Anstrnllnn Birds Nests. The discovery of the uests and eggs of the magnificent rifle bird of paradise iD New South Wales was the chief event in the world of Australian uaturalists a few years ago. The bird inhabits the dense scrubs and has been known to science about seventy years. Both eggs and nest are peculiarly handsome. The eggs look for all the world as though an artist had been trying his color brushes on them. They are beautifully streaked with red and violet markings on a ground color of delicate flesh tint. The wonderful Dests are always decorated with castoff snakeskins for the purpose of scaring away by their terrible appearance nest robbing reptiles. Pearson's Magazine. Irish laraorawee of Irish. It was pointed out la a recent address at Dublin on the Irish language moreaient that not oae-flfth of the population of Ireland are able to speak tbeir naUve language, whereas In 1SS0 three of the foar millions of Irishmen could do so. Tbe other da-r in a Dublin police court the defendant In an assault case pleaded the excuse that the complainant had used profane language to him. whereupon be knocked him dowa. The complainant explained that he had greeted his assailant in the most friendly way in Irish. Presidents and Kls(a. The coronation of King Edward VII. will be memorable for various things, not the least of them being bis decision that in point of precedence and all honors the presidents of republics shall be regarded as the -quab of kings and emperors. That is a fine recognition of popular sovereignty, which not all monarchs have been willing even in our day to make. New Xork Tribune, . .

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