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FRIDAY, OOTO1iER, 3. 1890.
'SA.T BOX,
'Wfio worries his sisters
And team* the cat,
r ! this, and for thends all Ws at]? len
Who .alwalta. is huuarY
-For tam and for cake,
And, wonders at tim.ee
That hie stomach dcea ache?
That boy.
Who never is willing to go off to bed.
Audis troubled at sohcol-tiara
With pains ]it the need—
Who wears oat his stockings,
Iiiasltoes awl his jacket,.
,,tta always is happy
When unakin4 a raolcet P
That boy.
.Whose pockets are wonderful
t4ights to behold,
Full of stotres.atrings and knickknacks
ttnre precious than .gold?
But with all his odd wage,
Aud his hammers so queer,
What on earth should we do
Ito That boy" were not here?
.,. p n rolled down
us know kisses and hraudiah?nentS are too often Dope of ere+ irtatie
moment the inn, an artful cloak to conceal base designs, :his body, and hie limbss the trembledevin.
I irr sglined at that m t; et 1 eo
keeper's face bore rather a singular ex. i was cozened. aud beguiled
cerement. 'contest had told lei4t>Sully Urn hits,
cession. I understood better before honeyed wotds and flattering
awhile n was elan the was by nomtafs aa i xbatact»d Mini p I dreamt 'tot all the whi p
two hours had passed,
, mysu er, I .ing a viper to my bosam—•you are not ! myself.. Bili eyes glittered With latent When 1 despatch d supper, 1 !ferocity as he shrieked, y e b
was. shown into the sick matt 's chant.
bet; and I3ouiface,after a few instruc-
tions to me, bade me good night and
left me there.
The apartment was of ordinary size
and situated in a H big of the buildiug
where the noise and bustle would not
molest the invalid The furniture was
in the usual style;. but there was
something very Familiar in a portrait
that attracted my attention, for, after
casting a glance at the sick man, who
lay muffled up in bed and breathing
heavily, my eye involuntarily turned
to the picture.
Is was the portrait of a young and
1. beautiful female that .had barely reach
ed her sixteenth year, the face, beam.
ling with the innocent vivacity of girl-
hood, and the eyes sparkled with a
wouderful degree of light and intellie
genre.
Riveted there by an unaccountable
and ir,ysterions fascination, `I stood
gazing at the lovely embodiment, al-
moet expecting the face to glow with
animation, the lips to part and speak,
when T was startled, as a clearenusical
voice, ohsetved : A. beautiful piotttre,
that.
1 turned round to. discover. with no
small degree of astoniehtueut, that the
sick man bad partially raised himself
.cheerful blaze, and:'related to me the to a sitting posture. and was also con•
adventure : temptating the lovely portrait with as
following exciting a ass as myself.
much earls stn -
The invalid. despite the ravages of
disease, whiiih showed itself in his hol-
low eyes and attenuated fratne,
was an uncommonly hanthnme yuan.
His features bore the impress of aris
tooratio lineage,and his finely chiselled
nose and mouth expressed strong pas•
Mon and uitoontrolable will.
You. feel. better, I said,,recovering
from my surprise.
'rhe waved his baud impatiently.
You have not answered my question.
The picture—the picture, what do you
think of it's
Pardon me, sir. It is beautiful l
You have re) idea of the orginal !
None, Sir. -
t is the portrait, replied the sick
roan, speaking slowly and deliberately,
and faste,. ing upou me his black, glits
tering eye—it is the portrait of my
dearest wife.
Your wife ? T repeated,
My wife, Evelyn St. Croix, pur-
sued the sick man ; do you notice her
eye 1
I do.
A strange, unearthly ekpressitin,the
artist wai true to nature. She was
mad when he painted iter; she died
ravine mad.
What a dreadful fate for one so
young.
Listen ; site deserved it. Evelyn
St. Croix was beautiful, hut she Was
weak and vain ; she was graceful as a
nymph, but false—false as hell.
The sick mau fell hack op his pillow
exhausted by the violence of his , xer•
tions ; then, after a few ' moments, be
raised himself again and muttered
hoarsely: It affects nit, the reiuema
hranee of her perfidy. it sometimes
makes the wild and delirious. Stop't.
you shall hear about it—the story of
my wrungs aud sufferings.
You .are too weak ; it excites yeti. 1
will listen to the story some other
time.
No; you shall hear it now, viten..
ed the sick man, almost fiercely, 1
loved her --met her—loved her in a
motnent before I had any time to ask
her if etie had any affection to bestow
upon hie. She was disappointed and
married me, when she could not wed
bu7i whom she adored.•1 worshipped
iy frieir I•t ate aced of watching her and deemed her as pure as the
A. BEAUTIFUL PICTURE t
I was visiting en old uncle of mine
' lio lives in Bambridgeport, in a four•
story brick aiansion,which I am likely
to inherit. Uncle Claiborne was for-
merly an settee, enterprising peddler,
fond of adventure, and never slow to
relate events in his personal eaperi•
price. I remember oue stormy De-
cember evening, when the wind was
bowling dismally outside,and the snow
driving fiercely against the. window
panes, be stirred the log fire into u
latent to sae ! but i shall win; you are deotaed al-
I ant. will tear you
MY fatuity phyisieiau was young ready a 1 can see it ; I
and fascrnating. He had free access ' limb front lamb I
to toy wife's society. He availed him i I had no oppurtnuityto reply, for,
sal,
f of it and made her love for him a almost itntnedietely, be resumed his
vehicle to his own selfish passions I savage attach. taut the momenat try
The world guessed the truth. 1 knew respite ttad saved we ; and as I w y
nothing of my dtshonor,for 1 had faith 1 husbanded my strength, I was over
,toyed to perceive that ' he begait to
show evident signs of exhaustion. ; but
no—he suddenly recuperated with
my eyes—made ,
wonderful power. Agetu hlews thun-
laid a snare for my faithless wife and dered on my stout stick I am grad -
her paramour,and slew him before her ually losing strength. I ciutnot hold
eyes. She went raving mad. Siuce out much longer; and the madman
that fearful hour h. have sworn a vow sees it, and he redoubles his exertions
which 1 have ever kept. My weapon is struck at last from my
The invalid paused and glared at me weak grasp ; 1 hear the exultant shout.
with a ferocity which caused a feeling of the maniac its my ear, and clinch
of uneasiness to creep over ine, my fist in one feed.e despairing effort
You cannot guess? to defend from the impending stroke,
1' o. when suddenly a trausfortnation takes
I will tell you. ,Every • year I have place in the in'idea►sit• Ike pauses and
offered up a sacrifice on the attar of my drops his weapon , his tierce eyes re.
vengeance. You .must be my victim aurae a dull, filthy aspect,and in a Btu-
pid air of idiocy he reel and frills to the
Btu -
now. floor in a deathel"Ake stupor; his tre-
mendous vitality vtanisl►edas quickly as
suddenly raising himself upon his feet it cants.
while his eyes flashed like two balls of At the same instant, I heard a
hurried tread of feet outaile and lond
fire, You think me weak—you are
mistaken, I have the strength of Sam- knocking. 'pile door was burst open,
son. Yon shall see. and, with the consciousness of safety,
As he said this with one bound he the reaction conte. With a faint ejac-
vaulted to the floor, and deliberately elation of joy and gratitude,' fell insets•
locked and holtedthe door. And now Bible on the floor.
the terrible truth flashed upon me that When was restored to conscions-
I was with a radman,and that he had nese, Moses, I found a crowd' of curious
faces around me, eager to hear frons
hie completely and absolutely in his lips the particulars of, my de per-
power. Oonfounded,as I *as ey this my p
•
startling discovery, I eedeavered to ate encounter with the madman.
preserve my composure. It appears that I had literally battled
with him all night. and the wormer
I and your victim 1dinar exhibition of endurance on my
Yes:• you cannot t escape mel he part rued for me the. reputstion of a
hissed. You are n coward„ I know young; hero : but I never told anyone
it in your eye 1 Call and shout to the that ,I (teed my victory over the mad -
walls ; they bane ears, and will listen; man chiefly to that portrait of the
every one is, asleep: no human ear can
catch your cries, you aro doomed ; he! pretty girl ;mor, whenever 1 felt my -f
self growing weak, a glance at the
hal hal
itt J ve lyn. My friends wondered at
toy blindness an'i,pitted ate But fin
ally a cote fell in my hands; it opened
de me feel wretched. • I
ewe the plain between the f3ritielj
and l+reneli lin, s, His coiairades fol.
lowed him with their glasses, matt.
speekina a word.
The Frenchmen opposite seamed;
puzzled, Believing that the English,
man's horse had- bolted, and that Otte
rider had lost central of him, they
opened their ranks to let the runavveyt
through.
Helkett steered. his, steed so as `to'
graze the mnntjted "' gteneral on tins
right side, At•'ihat instant he putt
his arm around the French uaales wsibt
lifted 1]im hiidily out of bis sa'Hi', and,
throwing hint over his own horse's
neck, turned shop and made for
the English lines.
When the genera -11e stall rea'.ized the,
meaning of the hold rider, they dashed
after him. But he had a good start,,
and net a Frenchman dared to fire, fee
fear of hitting the general. Half a,
squad of English dratoons,seeing llrcl+
kett chased by a dozen French ofi'icers,
charged them. They opened their
ranks to let Halkett through, closed
them up again the moment he was in.
the rear, end forced rhe French..
men to turn and seek ahe'ter ' under.
their own guns,
Amidst the maddest cheering., Hal -
!tett stopped in front of the British
lines, with the general half dead, but.
securely clasped in his strong arms.
He jumped from his hprse, apologised;
to his prisoner for the uncereinonioust
way in which he had been handled,
and in reply to the congratulations of
his comrades, said simply,, Praise nib
horse, not me. .
The captured general was treated
with utmost courtesy,' Horses and
servants wore placed at his disposal,.
and he was sent under eseort.to Brus-
sels.
When I was about your age, Moses,.
I was reckoned the stoutest lad and
the inost active young peddler in the
country, ready for a tight or frolic ;
but while a constant padestrain, meet.
'ing with no accident worthy of test-
ing my courage and endurance, iuitil
an event occurred which, though not
of the character 'anticipated, was
sufficiently novel to satisfy for some
-trate-my Tove for personal advon.
tare.
I started off, one week in November
with my pack ou my back, cheerfully
whistling as I trudged through the
lonely by -roads, where, many a travel'
ler has been waylaid, ever and, anon
gitarting .at some jagged stump or
gnarled oak assumed the fierce guise
of a lurking robber.
'rewards the evening of a raw,clnlly
day I reached the outskirts of a small
viila A, rejoiced to recognize a tavern
,sign.. with a fulrlength figure of La-
ayett a swinging in the breeze ; so 1
..starched inside and quite independent
Ty ordered a hot supper and bed for
tite tight. -
T►te landlord—a burly, red-faeed in.
ttividual—cocked his Bead ou tie one
.side and considerately infortiied me
Mats . while the but supper .;night . be
'furnished, not a bed a as to be 'lead in
the house for love or money, as it was
assize week, and every spare room and
closet occupied.
You can't accommodate me then 1
said I, much disappointed.
No, replied be, decidedly. I am
_sorry, y
outfit' man. I can't; lent seeing
gal: is .a prerty cold ntght,and no chance
.of finding' gnarters elsewhere, 1'11
tike you itt, provided yon keep. watch
,aver a sick man upstairs, and you
have your mapper gratisiu the bars.
ilei n.
stow ftr is it to the next tavern*?
•f asked- after A short pause, ut leeided
tM to the offer.
Ten long ]Hiles.
11!^rvkerl tip the road, thought of the
'mid' whet end inlogritable farm -houses
nay route, and//rather hastily con -
laded to itceept//tile strange propost
lets of mine host.
no neo, •observed ire, as he ltd me
•the supper -room, we've a man
*toting lawyer, hick of a fever.
Long and Loud the maniac: laughed.
I felt the perilious,situation I was its
yet I quailed not; everything depend-
ed on my courage and srl1 possession'
Quick as lightning I darted forward
and eaugl.it up my wanting -stick --a
stout aud knotty weapon of defense,
nearly hard as iron.
Come on 4 1 cried d,•fiaritly, If
you wish to have a bout with me, you
see I am ready. '
The maniac seized a chair and struck
at me with all the supethutnan epergy
of his nature, endeavoring to force me
into n corner.
I wisely kept in the ;middle of the
room] and parried his tierce blow; with
my trusty stick, blit my stubborn de-
fense seemed to inspire the maniac
with tenfold fury, The chair finally
was shattered to pieces ; but the mad-
ame quickly seized another, aud fairly
rained on nye a torrent of desperate
blows,whieh required flee utmost vigil.
once
i il-
ence on my part to ward off. 1+ailittg
in overpowering me, the madman,with
diabolical cunning suddenly rushed to
the Hearth and scattered the burning
Wangle on the floor and, while cloudy
of smoke rose from the burning em-
bers, he attacked inn ,with renewed
ferocity,
I had hoped that by limy continual
shouting end the din of, battle would;
have aroused the household; but no oma
came. A new danger inetiaced me
several times the bedding took fire,but
was 'promptly extinguished by the
most tremendous exertions on my part.
My antagonist seemed endowed with
the strength of ten, thousand devils,
.4. Terrible Vengeance.
Hark. Cyrus ! What was that 1
Nothing, Entity. .Let we go ta.
sleep, will you 1
' For a few minnteg silence t;ttignediii
the sleeping -chamber.
Cyrus Winterbottom, there"s, mel e -
body in the house ! I hear= a, noise. in
tbe kitchen 1
Cyrus sat up in bed and listened.
picture would inspire me with tenfold ( Its the cat, be grumbled dtrowsily...
strength. You smile but the portrait A. cat doesn't wear hoots,. and go
was, after all, the landlord's dtteghter, round opening doers. Hark 1
and the story only romantic fiction of The baby stirred and Mrs. Whiter,
the. diseased brain of the madman, !bottom soothed it to rest again.
I don't see what anybody wants to
get in our kiteleg for, Browned Cyrus,.
with a yawn. There's nothing 10 --
The picture was not, thea, the pot-
trait of Evelyn St. Croix ? I asked.
No, my dear boy. It was your
aunt's picture, as it afterwards preyed. I heigh-ho I—to steal in that part of
So you can now understand the inept' the house, is there?
ration that grave me strength •to go
through that fearful night in a strug-
gle for life.—N. Y. World.
Capturing a .tieaeral.
The only prisoner made by the Eng-
gliish Reserve at Waterloo was a
French General, whose capture was
due to the cool head and stout heart
of a young brigade -major, anxious for
an adventure. Baron Malortie tells
the story in his bork,T'wixt Old Times
and New. During the battle sevetal
regiments of uasalry attd infantry were
kept in reserve, under a heavy fire
from the French guns. Great was the
havoc, and neither men nor horses re,
listed the passive tattittide to which
they were condemned
'While a group of young officers in
(rout of tate left wing of the reserve
were discussing) the situation their at
tention was attracted to a French
general and his staff all on horseback,
who were looking through their glasses
at the Englishmen.
One of the group was Captain Halve
kett, a young brigade -major, mounted
on a thoroughbred. S eldenly he ex-
claimed : I'll lay any 'one 25 that I
will bring that Trench general over
here dead or alive. 'Who'll take my
I don't like to leave the poor driven snow. She whispered its. my.
rslotna, for 1. hardly expect hell ear that, she loved me,; and ',fool like,
eight through. All you've believed- it, and adopted her carree'sed
Ro ls toe keep an eye on him and protestations, never dreaming that
ye 4,,et elms be dies just lettwoman loves silently tlj+3 beat, and
Nothing to steal 1 There's a plateful
of tarts, a pan cif doughnuts• tted.a
sponge cake. •
Some of your-• heigh ho—your ogre
concoction Emily 1
Yes, some of my own making.
Then there's all the silverware, and -
He'll never get the silverware•%
Emily, if he tackles the doughnuts
:first. You will find his horribly die
torted body in the morning—
Hush 1 Bark 1
lie listened again. All was Quiet.
But presently en unmistakable sounds
as of somebody moving about on the
fl 'ar below, aroused even Cyrus' dull,
ed;senses. Steps seemed tone approach-
ing the stairway. Cyrus molt his
revolver out front under his pillow,
climbed softly out of bed, went to the
door of the room attd got behind it.
first having captioned his wife in a
whisper to leave matters entirely in bis
hands.
Softly and stealthily clime the steps,
up the stairway, and in a few ntoments
the dim light of the night lamp on the,
dressing case fell upon tbe stalwart
form of tt luau whose Thee wits conceal.,
ed by a maslc.
Mrs. Winterbottom.screemed at the
sight of him,, lilts' baby woke nnct,
howled, and before the bnri;lar could
recover from then►omentary confueiota
into which tuts unexpected reception
had thrown him, •Cyrus confronted hint
,
while I, was cornpttYratively growing bet `1
weaker attd Weaker.. 'My arta seethed, voite—Dents--•bane, shouted sever.
palsied and my eiwam z. 'It► ,ul officers.
a moment 1: tiittsht gitdvesltp- ndiiyi zilystrength The cttptalit exam;pert tris` saddle
was meawly exitausteci, when, to my girds and lits pietolr,. "'+beta er]atit;ngr
at f
ieareat ret is , You inf'etnril wounder y., he Biased%
gar 'aortahe dashed it atless I]aoe
f the madmen gtlddenly Goodbye I and potting spurs to lea Iwith the revolver.
NCB. CC
Co<' psr'iiiay.w.
IC a*antt Ciaarett
An ooulis!t its New Yo,
unswerit►g inquiries, saki tl
4ye glasses, as malty du, i
think it adds to their pert
Alice, is very hurtful, as t)
of.spectttc es, when, neeclec
not properly selected. lit
'The greutest enemy to 11,
'youutt .u.an is the eigarett
tit disease has appeared ata(
which is, dangerous, and ,a
inveetigatiuu the beat autl
for a loug tittle were at is
steed The pallier malady
it to tthe small, paper -coo,
sticks, It ii now km
( cigarette eye, t.iud can be
eei by long treatment. Its s
dimness and filen-like g i
the eyes, which appears a
•at Intervale. 11 young t
to Smoke ciggitret.e exec
inlay expect .to be afflict(
troublcrume disease ; a
erelieved by spectacles.
A Saloon and the
One of the priucipa
saloon is the uucutuf(
We do not fail in
who imagine that w
itt abolished vice will a
1t a are not sure that tit
classes do not yroduce a
urds tnn ;proportion as'thi
although it is natural tl
should often graduate
to penury;and so make
worse than they are.
bo'denied that there ar(
winch are not horses at
thi3re are as uianylYoun
find eueial life end
• itytiui?itig place no wile.]
%,veru. Tne mbre,•cro
itition y ou are not se
four grog shops at
'ghat is the remedy 1
/ply Suittable lounging p
drink. In winter thei
doors and the duty of
pulitieiV pfaiii.'` lever;
see to it that. the so(
peairer people is diol;
Butt there is an impor
the community must
and that is to supply
• playgrounds within tit
+t "b`utrelring aud sufficien
to:'permit of their bi
the*.people, and sufc
light to prevent
'•used as the night ad
city grows it should b
'tion with those who
kin what spaces shout(
this purpose, and th
apart before the gree
•makes the cost of pu
»great.—Montreal .YY
Qir`Tan TIMFS tb r
:31st December, 1890;
end of 1891—Cash.
- - All test:mum
m
Otte of the must
A'.
from. tiuconsciousoeF
treatment, occurred
Pennsylvania Host
was Williani Brazen
old, who had been 1
rot wagon from vtlu
trict. }le had°bees
street drunk, turd'e
cell he complained
erten lapsed intoent,
*hen received,*
'cot in the •receivitigg
amination showed
pulse and restirat
'Seen. after Dr. Ilei
• covery that the peat
• him out of the cors
i ;)own came in sIl
.,gave him a quiet ti
-ttrltinary tone, gave
•Yla►se,,
it's ti very aerie
',requires ittiwediatt
llf dwell.
Willa do yiiu tip
think it't''eon
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