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A Possum Ridge Courtship
DY THOMAS P. MOU11TYURD 111 A111ab6R•a
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lien Br:uneh, twenty yearw of age, "You. =ought If you tried."
halt lend gawky, slemiched Ieleurely "Nut 1f L didn't try very hard,
ar,ong a path that led ucN
re,w Caleb 1 reckon"
.lartarr'x wood plrture. Ila wore a "Then 1'ta gone (e, retouch you."
LLP rlippwl his arm ebout her, drew
br„id brimmed. wcuUr r -orated etreaw her to lam, and. after if little
hut, n hickory shirt, and e► pair of Pi1 struggle tel her port, keyed ;ter.
Cotton overalls that hung on him by They tetra! fur a while, baking at.
one suspender. lie feet were here each other, hushed by the brine that
Art old shotgun lay un him ethuulder, had settled upon item.
ah bench 01 rabbit, hung tit this wide, }'really he said
,cud five or sit dogs tulIowad at Iib "Yung, Yum! 1 never. knowed thar
heels. was anything as good am that.
Llcsle Jackson stud Ironing :ignited ttateruelonr an' sweet 'tater. un'
n fence, silently watcldug Bene tip- Motile" haln' within' to It. "am,
lrv,urh. Her army were folded on the yunu ! Mdn't you like It ?"
top rail, and' one of her bare feet "Hush !" rho raid, it a woff Whin -
"cotes! in s creek. She was a year per. "Ibn't talk to me now. i want
oer two younger than lI •n, and, unlike to Jest he mill an' dream 'bout It,
hire, was short and ►dump. lie did an' think I'm dead an' dune gone to'.
rut ore her until he was quite More, heaven. Yuin, guru !"
then. looking up, he sued quietly: ''Le's do it ag'In."
Howdy, Lls ?" "Lehi do'----_"
"Howdy, Bent' she rationed, with "!'mph-ulrh! JLuln't that jest ttw-
eetuul hack of htere.L fol good?"
'• Ildw you et,min' oa 7" he naked. "seems Jest like a dream. Wish we
"Jest tol'able, I reekun," rile re- mild keep un it—duan' that all till.
plied. "flow you cumin' on 7" time."
"Jest toinmtp, tourer. Yu' folk. "We kin."
till Well?" "1'h, hull. Folks netught talk 'hoed
" L'ap'. grlint!n' some with hie back. IL"
Yoi folks right well 7" 'Nut if we was married, they
All able to git to the table a wemdn'tt"
Weal time. cher you been T' "But we hadn't nutrri'd, though."
" Iluntin' hh'ker'uuts. !Phar yOs* "No, het we can 011)11 gut uutr-
Ia'en 7" rietl, Square Becton can 11x us tip
Hontln' rablltte ('an't you seer in no time;"
" Ch, hull. Did yew ketch all them "Yes, but:, ho won't do It 'limit
rabbits you got thar 7" pay •• \
'('o'so, Them ain't ninny, though." "(0'se he Won't. Rut we'll isl,v
Lord! They hxoks to mr lack him."
tthey's a heap. )fust be 'shoat a half "You hahn't, got no money."dozen of 'em." "That ain't Delhi'''. 171 fix It
' They ht .1etet n half dozen of 'em, with him."
11elra(•rt.L(7. . n'. they /I tat 'nils, too. Jeri "flow can you?'
detect," "Dunn. I fl ns let ga ow,^ -
they -le heavy, ■htM. !._-lege( "Whar'd we are
yesmond 'cilu11. y0 can ketch- all "(Mown time ine that empty oaten
1 m rabbit., atu't you?'
"teeter. Reckon 141 be a hgap
putbutn.P. though, U 1 could kelrh
o„welhla' else."
"Would you?"
"Het I would-"
" What else? A tear ?"
t liar 'a'd be a right smart thine
In keteh, but their's m cuethlie rho.
with 'min that."
"Lord, I don't know wlwtt It kin
1 ,"
"I do," •
Pen atm was IPseheg *wettest the
fe•aee now, his bend within al foot of
hero. and his eyes fixed intently on
her face. Her eyes were bent on the
groom! and her cheeks were fished,
know wbat 1tarta-be," Ise mkt,
!n a hew voice
"I don't," Ohs replied, softly.
01 kin tell you, thea.".
"Wal ?"
"May. I tell your'
"You won't keer 7"
"What 'old I Imre for?"
"Dunn. You "nought sit mad."
'C ain't no call to git maul."
"Ton More u' that ?"
"t'o'ss f am. Don't matter neethio'
to me, 'bout what yen want to
ketch."
"ft rnonght•"
"tlnn't owe why." -
"It naught matter n hen p."
''Don't erre how it runld."
"R'pose It wru( you I wonted to
ketch ?"
"Me' yon wanted to ketch ?"
"1'11. huh."
"Lord, what ;, n'otien! Whet 'it'd
von went to kettle me fer 7"
"fret fer fun."
"Wouldn't be no fun in that."
"Would, too, !Memo( It."
•'tineas It wouldn't he deo fun to me
to bit chatted down told shot like u
rabbit."
"Don't want to ketch you that
"tt'nnt you tenet to do, then?"
-.feet want to ketch you an' keep
yeti."
'''What you went to du that Terr
'('sane I—moneht 1 tell yedlr'
"l'o're you mought."
••'t'nuse I love gun."
"lin, you tNUn' n ,tory," lint
'Hain'! nether."
"You don't love me."
• iko, too."
"1 bet yea heft 604111.."
"Ret 1 hala't."
"N'imt awe want to love me fer?"
"'Cause you'.—mought 1 tell you 7"
"('h, hat,"s •
"Iteckon you won't git mad 7"
"t:fse I won't, Mart mathia' to gut
Wad 'boat,"
'Come you's sweet, then."
"Heil You don't know I'm sweet."
..Ikx too.'.
"How you know ?"
".lest know.'
"Folk, don't iota know things."
"I lent krona oust, apytr'te" .
"You Jest (melt'."
"IL,hn't, nether. I can tell gown
..-mm e e jrwt .by lerrttw►•-M y,,vws..-..
• "Iloyou can't tell by hw,kln' let
-t4dngs w le•thet• iflcJ► i ilwieot Or Wier"
"Kin by tootle' atea. 1 ere
.t
ml,. o•t n.•„)•dtilsIn' out year flea."
'van J"af MAW' to hear ynu'self,
1 1a„yg,..-
"iL1In't. 1't tellin' the truth,”
"Yen got to taste things 'fore you
kin tell they'n nwee t."
I bet 7o Ilpa Is sweet, anyhow."
"1 het they hadn't,"
"1 bet they Is."
"I hrt they hsin'$,"
"Ibrw we Bgoole' to tell which in
right, t wonoier r'
"Dunn, t'm chore."
"You said I couldn't tell 'thout tate
the."
• Replete I'll Jest have to tate 'em,
\then, w.m't i1"
"i linnet mid vow meld, have 1?"
RiTrdon't yowl ,n't want mw to,. de
11
"i lirlln't amM i don't. have )tf"
•1{"tight 1 tatty 'em ?"
'Uonn'v Mrhhy read
nlnhhv y'eltmeti'"as
rrennghl n't '
l,fyon
'•1C'mldn t d noKit oo l did 7"
"Then I'm �,An g to git
"Helier no( '• g to .mooch yea."
'11'hy?,.
''ti'emrhrely mnnght Rep 7011."
"peel herr. Monght 1 .mouth yen
}ell
7
"Iterk..nIf y -on went Ip you kin.
Yoe, the hlggred. Ain't
huh."
'r;11 eRu i e.pektn't help my.el,
!lien''
gene 7"
0' help's."
"Hot we halalgot j thin' to go
to houtekeepla• 011," \
"Our mama '11 give yeti `p ted nn'
eine• diwhem un' thing,. Won't be uo
trouble 'Mout tint. Le's go nn' git
married."
"When 7"
"Right naw."
"Re•k,e, you cab fix It with •1 he
hellltIre 7"
"llu'se. lest be herrn' to fix
somehow. Le'o go right 1tuw."
"Duminn. Them mliosehda's is *wfst
good, though."
"Bet they W. Le'. go."
"Don't keer,"
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In a little log cabin on the edge
of n small clearing lived Squire.
Beeson. The ?iqulre was sitting in
the open door. Sawing a dlecurdaat
noise out of an old fiddle. file right
left wile thrown over hM left knee
Mid it couple of half-grown chickens_
were rusting on his bare right
foot.
Suede/0y n trrupte w•niketl hand.en•
lent up the path lending to the
ell hill 111. or. The Squire wow them
;Ohl et011es1 Ilia torture of the fid-
dle. Ae they drew near lien tailed
reit :
"howdy, Metro r _._....
"Howdy. Ben, howdy ?' the Squire
ret,1rned.
"You right, well, Square!"
"Mallin', Ben. Jest mhklllu'. You
well?"
"Tul'aMe. You right smart busy,
equate ?"
"Not. overly. Reckon then ain't
within' in the line n' Jestice you's
n-.thndin' In need of ?"
"Not nlsackly In the line o' Jeatfep,
i Knees, Hgmare. Still, I mought bet
a-wnntin' oomethln' la your line u'
twwlaese."
Jess mo. Wel, .77 thee. af7thIng
this (vert kin do far you she's at
yo' &orrice. kb jest speak out. an'
my what yon'uns sir a -wants;"
"1 hala't done undid 1 ter a-wantln
=thin'. I said 1 mought be wnntln
soaiethile."
' Wel what air It you =night he a-
vv:litt)n', Ben?"
' 1 dense, 'Square. I sorter lowed
webby me aa' Lls here nought took
n notion to gid married. fl 'lowed
met .y If 14 *a'n't goln' to be too
tomtit. we 'nought."
"Dl1sackly. Wal. that's proper nn'
as,ording to the Herlpturea, Ben.
The flood Book mays it hide'( gond fer
man to be alone. meauin' woamso. too,
( JPoige. H„ yea in' Liz flggered_to
Kit J Med, tda 7"
"We reckoned we 'nought.
"Lyn hadn't Pan (k'ut.l «1 on it,
though, Hganre, that we're goin' to
be willln' to ply no great hig price,"
".fMet no. Wal, what you'll me fig.
Bern reruns la wenn' to lily, Ben 7"
"(meet. hardly. Whet you 'low
yon one j'Ine un fer 7"
"Rreknn 704 000 Pasini .t no
ininiterTI
"Nary a tent, ggllare _.:_._
"Yau'uns got anything to trig -4T'
"Nothln' lett them dewy; an' these
herr rebMts,"
"No tobocker, nor a pig nor noth-
Ia ?"
"Nnry it. thing only what i ohms
tole) yon, an' ah ole fiddle nn' n
gum. CII gin you tow o' thew rab-
bit.
obbit. fer Jinin' its, figsire,"
"('tin't do It fer that, Ben. It's
wuth n hemp to many folks."
"It ortn't to her wuth much. It
don't trek hardly a minute, an' it
feller '11 weak like sixty all day
fer six Mts. Th,1t's gIttin' them
rabbits flow'tuI m«y, *mare."
"I knot►, but It hnln't the time
nor the work that count, in n crime
Ilk, tide, ilen. It's the /twilit ;In'
;solemn reepr.n.ilrllity. I enn 1. merry
poloist fer two rnhldts."
"Wal. 1 reckon kiehhy 1 Moneta
mike it three."
"(Mem we rant trade. Ren. it's
wnth n right smart to marry is
evimple. Tlunr's en natal much re
reversibility to It."
"H'finee we "ley four rabbit'',
Rriunre 7"
''Won't do"
'tt'al• how much yon wtilin' to Jine
us, ter. then 7"
"IOlmnn. lordly 1 want to he no
ens, (N1 ynu'ims no 1 kin. h,1 1 don't.
Incl te' tit, entry i reckon, now. I
mnegbt Jine you I an ler nil th• m
rnhhil, n n' t fiddle."
"('an't give yen lel) thr'm. Hofnnre.
"Can't make no trach-, then.'
•
"You'uns can throw off the fiddle
eery enough,"
"Iluu't reckuu 1 kin."
"VoAu'uuu can give tit u short well•
tin', a leavlm out wane, uu' Luskin'
It cheaper, can't you?"
"No, can't chi tlWa Get to gut all
of It lig yk,t to ba awful partic'lur
'bout (alt,"
"Wal, throw off the fiddle, Square.
Fiat' we'll call it a trade"
"Cig n't do It, lien."
"I'll gin you all rix of them here
rabbit,.'
"Can't do ft."
"Tbey'r pitterlful iig an' fat.
8gmare. Jest heft 'em onset-"
"Can't truide that erwsy, Ben,"
"Heap o' good eatite In 'them. tab
tett, though."
"Can't make no trade like ' that.
Have to throw In the fiddle."
"Ole them rabbits b fused up Mee
an bows thtey's men' to be luougb.
ty scrumptious', &years."
"Fiddle or tet, trade, Ilea."
"l'ow'ful Juicy an' rich, them rab-
bit. 1s. Yum, yum! 'Yost makes my
,111,,,a1 11 water to think 'tout 'Pm,"
"Feldle or no tresde."
"Tier's Lls, 74quare. She's pnw'fie
anxious fer the weldln'. You alu't
guest to staa' oat an break her heart
fer the sake o' that uhf fiddle, air
700'7"
"Iotkn to please, Lis, but I got to
Faye lite fiddle or no trade."
"Wel. I reckon we mought as well
be a•go(n'. If you bnln't wILlin' to
Jine us fer them els rabbits we Jest
won't git marred. Colne on, Lis. Wal
—er—fer'weII, equate."
"Give gee the rabbit', an' fling In
one n' your doge an' I'll marry you,
Ben."
"Can't do It, Square. 8.s rabblta
or arm weldlee "
'Fling in a slog an'--"
"(heel -•fay, Square. I gunsa we
wrin't---„
^Wad, give me the ralbltu an' jive
hands. Cnu't afford to break Lis's
heart like that, ell', anylenv; we're
kites o' Short o' meat at our house
jest now."
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A WARNING
FROM JONAH.
A aleULANu xi.N9 riR', Ul0C'Ol Nor TO •
TUC Tut uuIs lei.
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Act, pun, there's u lot of you tine
Engage' folk Dome here to hear nee
L.e.lay, and 1'11 fires speak n word
to you that'll pe a flee in your ear,
un' tittle' you fur a lung there to
,',due. You're up here enpoyitl4,yer-
sel' ea sh(utlu' an' finale, en Loll-
dnyiu', an' think you know a crag
teal more than we eau tell you. what.
iffer. But you don't, not one 0' you,
You hue people free to Soollt ; ask
mired what I'm telling' you, mxl, for
You are Pah great deflower uu' *nor.
tome. Jost lieten to me ' to- lay nit
earnestly a• you can ay 700 wilt
learn something you neftt•r heard pe•
fore nor again. My text is "Mouth
1u to whale's partly." Ile was a pro.
pact, and that war what happeneu,
to him for It; ,o don't you let pro•
}►heti' ler you'll mepe 1*e UN thillely
ronfinedf as ('hooch. wive wIl ithlfe•r.
Not, you fine people fear tit Stx,t11.
nand whet I'm Lenin' you. You, you
Ie...e your organic playing In church.
Not, what place is a chump for nn
organ at *11 murefor f Wiwi -ter heard
of the Apostle Paul (akin' hie organ
to church with him 7 Or whuefer
heard of Mouses *nth Aaron playls'
with. an organ 7 It is an unroll turn)
netrument, and that's what It 1s,
erecter. Ytr,. what couhl Cleonnh
e done with au organ in to w'hale's
7 Jnat- _fancy_.-.Camah . phaylu'
awn at tit' organ there. Wily, CO
rewire table whale wi'iFI have NtoNod
it fer wan minute at all, whatrfor.
Art'. them, yon fine peoples, you'must
hnf your prayers printed( tor you In it
Mt bookie, or Toy will not say them
at nal. No0, you, you fancy poor l'ho-
rush tryin' to read Ms prayers no' n'
a bookie In to whale's belly. Think
how ferry, !terry dark 1t moot hat
was ; nc matches in those days for
poor Chonah to Ilcht, whattffer !
Answer me that, you Inc.peoples free
In Rooth. An' that reminds ere thee,,
some among you that think yourself.
fenet
rry ltnewbelievelent hone swallow-
ed 1
the whales petty. But jest let me
teff yon tint you doesn't know no—
thing at anl, none of you, for it was
n phenomena, that's what It wnmp:
toed that reminds me some of yore
wetm* Hot 'swore what et phenonienn
Was.. Wee some of you have wen a
Hellnnt coo, whatefer. Neo, If you
was* to see that cot clhmhtri up a
pine tree wi' Its tall foremost, away
up to ferry top o' tit tree, ate lookia'
fru Mole' nets, you'•1 would clay tint
wen phenomena fer you. Noo, ma
freeing, it's well fur tar know these
things, fur you neffer know to tiny
err to nor that you'll "nicht chance
the fug' Iota to ferry pe!ly o' a whsle
>ene alts, or into some cotllemlhangir
or another. An' you would bit wuolIn'
you were as .you were pelore you
tonne. nn' you'd couldn't du it nn'
what was; yna'll pe Ito n' to eh, ib n
Wens ynn'll pe gein' to rend your
tornger book', when there whsn4 any?
No; repent ye, or ye nhnll notelet,
morel'. An' las collection will be takep
ho yo retire,—J, Fraser Matht,a,n.
flood Shoe Customers.
A ('nnndbtn shoe dealer r(.eeIvptl
the followlitg ureter from a enef.omer
in Quebec it shunt time ago:
Yea will put Num, ohne on my Lett I e
Mealiest like this anti send by the
.tnge of 8mm Jane -eon:
ONE MAN John $t. John
(me)... ... ... ... 4: years old
ONE WOMAN 8,phta
John (she) 4,1 years oil
HeriuIdnelaad Lenore footle years old
Honore... ... .., 18 years okl
Celina ...... ... ......17 years old
Na eleoe,,,,, )etnets and
Pi,I me •.. • ....... if yearn -OM
O;Nleo— .......o,. 14Year*ni'l
Phllllppeo... ...... .. .. .........13 yearn old
Ali xnndre " 12 yenrsnld
Rogan—. . ,",, ... 11 yen re old
Rrnnu..................... 10 years o1,1
Pkrer..... •-- ... •,- P years old
Fug& 1e .. ,.. ,,.We toms IsLn
Eden rd anti Edna... ... .,. 7 year. old
Adrian.., ,., ,,, 6 years oil
(!n mine... ,., .,. ... IS year. old
Tame! ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 yearn old
Melee
II .... ... ... ... ... . 8 yearn old
. 11 years old
Marcel... 1 year old
HUlnlre... .,, ...,"..,Iia go karefolrt
HOW MUCH?
Ton Hranl New.
The flannetnl reporter of 'fir New
York temper, ha '4 snot In 11111 reel,
was ushered into the preemie.* of the
!Western Railway Inngnritr.
"Colonel," he maid, "pardon me fer
troubling you. hit tho•re in n report
(•arrent herr In \\'aII etrret (brit yon'
aro In finnnelnl dlffleu,tlee. May 1
otk If yon have anything to ray
nb,fit It 7"
"Young mon." responded the meg-
nntr, "how long hnvr you been do -
Ing this kind of work?"
"Only it few weeks."
"1 thought si if yon, fan.! been nt
It any length of time you wnnkltin ve
known that i nm Always In finite -
Mel difficulties. flown -morning." —
t'lilrngor Tr(h,,ne.
1Shnt n womnn zany* gcee_If she
imps It Into the telephone.
IN BLOOMSBURY.
Some Stories of the Streets
of Old Loudon.
t YigRY NOTABLE DU
leeo*ut11 hl.. three-c-a•urreI hat.
le kir. J,ruur tel uwny, 11 1e0 heal
lent person. Inst 1..ulld('r of
Foundhllg Hospital and other 1.1
(.1.1' lnstituti,ws: he had JOWL r
'front a visit to the ie,w thurut
fare h•. h 1.,e1rtrut1*ig, which
bear, hie name. But, In the num
gootluers, what ttaa rush till hit l
rive-Iwoklng porton dune to exert,
much hostility 7 Thr little rtr
ragamuffins are yelling at his h
nett pelting him with mud lh:• Pare
ELblowt'ns of 8t. Mier' are .!wring
htughing at him; the mon h,r,l,
even reeplct,blllt,v peintr let
111e finger of contempt. .1 could,
mien carrying nn empty red:1II fill
dawn to swear at him,
it hackney ctwcitmnn, wi.
jest eh'pwllee1 a fare, w1t11
firgltful oath, Actually en Is
uerosr t he lack with his whip,
nu one Iter a word to say hr Ida
fent*. Hurely he Inure have el
votive very dlrgnIeeful act 10 h
rendered himself mu obuoxl"UN
everyone. Ihlt all the hortl
w•rnis dirreto 1 etgaitut something
carries beneath Pair arm—it 1s
white umbrella, it very large, bag
t vampish-epe('Imen of that useful
(tble, "Look al the oil fool! 1
afruhl of a drop of rain," crier
Ht. Mier' wench. "Kure, and 1
taking' the bread out o' the uauatl
the poor, the old lief," Cries
Irish chairman. n, "He'll do away w
emoted, and read Out all Mary
the old villain," snouts it hire
"lie aught to he put in the p111
for bringing his outlandish fav
tion into this country." ' Il'. 1171
In the face of the Lord," snuffles
Canting Methodist fresh from t
preueidug of 11'liltefleld; "Ile sen
the rain. and He .never tntendetl
rhoul•I resort to much devices
ah.•lter ourseives from what
sends." "1n eotrae not," chimes
the Irishman; "did'n' He rend chit
and hackney co whee 7 It's only t
hay them" that urea them thin
and we ,hall hare a Judgment 7
on us." Hniway has taken the Je
ttig and abuse very calmly; but n
on et et 1% leg the lush of the w11
his face fires tet: "You shall ply f
that, you ruffian,' he ways, tre
Ming with indignation. Ilurrvi
hock to where Pals beillders are
work, he return,, wide the, mob a
still lu full dl*ethadhon, with hea-
dmen etttlwurl brlckluyerr, a
point* to 1Lt. usetatlunt. 'Curry 111
off to the Round house!" he may
and in spite of his reslet:ince tt
drunken ruffian Ir soba made cap
(Inc. his ,frientle a eaklug oil Will,
it comer to Mimi+, and within a fe
:Manton he Is surely vagal with
the round !louse, which 14 only a fe
yard, off, just where High rtrer
Bloomsbury, 'ow hem; Oxfordrtree
And nil this disturbance Is nine
an uhf gentleghun carrying an un
brellu 1 Mr. Hu way hum been
Perrin, nod her brought a Persia
umbrella with "hl , and has there)
brought down u lin his head tit
wrath of Iles tette rountrymeh. liu
1te. swill -&survive heat- eauugk.._tu--ads
down this preJmlice.,Only a year (
two before General M'ulfe lute bee
greatly struck, 'luring, ft. visit to !h
rig, by this neve'Ity, enti welted
a film!—"The people \!sere use it
umbrella to hot wrath to Lytes
them from the cul. n amu tbhn
of the same kind to etre them fru,
Ilieknow and rain. I wonder At pract(c
su useful Is not Introduce! in Eng
land." Yearn nater this twiny\ n nen
town had but one umbrella. and the
woo kept 10 the church porch fo
delleatr, wnmety; -bet -few- inert 'wonh
have had the. courage to wntk wi
oar, no matter haw bad the wcathe
might bit, ns he certainly wnnld hely
twee Inrlteel or fur his effelnlnnry.
It Ir Sunday morning. Jest fib tit ah
stone epos -where we witatemeett--At
Hallway inchlent. but mawyear
nfterwartfs. Mark tint strangena
looking little man, who le sking hi
way up the road. What h curlersex
presektn of face! Ohl you ever
owl' n struggle upon a human coun
tenance between roguish humor, ant
rt superimposed • snnctlnloniousness
Everybody seeps to know IIIm ; Name
net, 1101)10re 1011ken
e stop ire after Id
rvt'ryb.(y beams with smiles no ht•
manes. and itt times it glance of In
finite drollery lights Up hie own fen
tur&w, but in, Instantly extingud.hed
by it puritanical air that 1e even
rrrteter: Thfrtle the fnmetts cometllith
of Drury Lane. Nei Shutter, one of
the grrnteot bonne geniuses of theage. at least, Garrick nays so, and
hp ought to know. ALM where '10 you
think he in going 7 To Whltfleld's
Tabernacle. The famous preacher has
tendert convert 07 him, anti five times
un Sunday rhes lee groan beneath
1,1N powerful oration. Not tint he
line given up his profession. Olt. dear,
no. And hoes no liberal to the Taber-
nacle that onto, on the occasion of 111s
benefit, Whitefield recommended his
congregntlon to attend "Juni
once." NMI b•ginn hin conventicle
haunting at six on Ntwwiny mornings,
an 1 liquors tip tiesld,tuusly during the
Jonore; the mare he drinks the mere
e
ammo- 1 he fee!, he hua call, an I onHemmer evening.' sometime. hold,
L.
forth in onpfflel,M apron orlalwnl win
an 1 regeneration. On 8indny night,
however, he pots hie religion nwny
with his Ban hey riothee, to rent in
!even ler mall the following' seta
night. fTenr Palm nt the tavern after
naltile play, nalyou will die of laughter
nt hlodmll enllira. Peter fellow ! What
with drink and *eying grace and
wreetllige► with 8ntfnn, he brings on
w atehing of the brain at Inst. He le
$,
n ,tent fivurlte with the ttlghest
p rSinagcs In the realm. One nighttwo mynt (harem come into 1114 clreas-
ing ,neem to hove a chnt with him ;
Mit Nebel wntits to study his port and
mww
k,1k4 how to get e11 of them.
'Your R.oynl High,Psees must *emote
men moment," he sees, ''the prompt-
er h:, e g ,t my b eek ; I must fetch It.
Wattle Tone Rnyal Highs/woo o mind
Iw,kldng my shall cep to the fire, and
prrhnps you wouldn't mind nlring my
breeches" white t nm MOM 7" "f er-
astialo litutar, omelainie-e4... la . _the
cheerful reply of frith. A. few minute•*
atter abider pomp* *it
.
s eel peeps
ens
through the keyho've not u berth
no
the srt-entnre•l primes asmbhwnu.ly
vvnrming the nfores eel 1 article's of at-
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In Which Two Brothers Died for a
Wom
CARRYING THE MST UMBRELLA
Was the Occasion of Many a
Fierce Riot,
WHITEFiELD'S OLD CHAPEL.
A wild etretcb of country, broken
by hedges, ditches, panda and banks,
overhung by great trees Hint
oast dense black shadows in the
clear =sunlight. Eiouthwurde there le
a dark line, out of which here and
there a twinkling Ilgltt le visible ;
that W Loftily*. A little more in the
foreground, but to the acme dlrec-
tluo, aro two extensile ranger of
buildings; those aro Srnithamplpa
and Montague house-•. Nearer still
le a solitary farm, with Its Ihaytlaeks
sal outhoutiee. Nut ti. round, not u
murmur, to wars me that London le
wales& u mile. We are in the fields
of the v111u a of Lumte11bury, wince
knuwo us illuomnbury, the district
new anertd by the groat central
equaree—Ituneell, hur,sw, ik'dford,
Euetue. The road to Tolson'C'ourt—
now Tottenham -court ruud—(m n
hedge Wendell, rutty by -way. E3utu-
uo Haid hag no exestenee ;- pasture
and corn land, rtrett:hing away to
,o thu wooded litigate of !tamp -
end and Highgate 'that holm dim -
ant cud misty in the silvery' rudi-
nee.
While wo stand amazed at the sud-
or transformation, we perceive
brew Uguroe advancing from the
Ire:tluo of Lama, ; their foo(iih yw
being muffled by 1110 trick summer
,stew; we aro not aware til their
pprwacJh untl they are eitese 1114011
r. All three are wrapped Pah d tak.•1
nil heavy brimmed, plumed hate.
hey' rot, Just beside a pond that
e been farmed in iv -broken- hotlovr
,y the druleiig of the land. Two of
ho trio now throw off their oloakr
led lulls and amour (trended as WM-
h'moa of the period, In full skIrtvd
rivet colts, meets un.l turbcluwe,
wise Ire'olue, milk Noe:kiuge ural
cklei slows; the coots and waist -
mot are next rentoted, tht'ir fine
wu shield opened at the toilers.
be curtly ruffles& aro rolled upnbove
le elbows; there is a flnd,l like
ghtniog and Ia eine' of etoel, hand
to two urn (acing one another,
Path facer white with hate. Thr
bird attire liiaid 0iwulrk down upon
bunk termed by the gnarled routs
t u wide epreetding bead
re ; but not b•lore we hate
ught a Umpra of a face
Int tells -lis ui—ii 'woman. As lin
ill .1,1 primitive days, there two
en are here to decide at the point
tlw aw•urd which i* to p4 sole
•r, Aad—slam, the pity of it—they
r brothers! At first they fence
ilh caution, each waiting fur his
grportuuity; but 110011 their dlsls,t-
:11 p►relono mentor their cunning,
d fast and furious clash Lb-
-orals in cut, thrust 'sod parry, cud
elm/tele end forwards trnmp the
enbattauts as they prem. on One
other, advancing, and receding,
d a, the ground b soft and motet
hey .4 erve--.keklasl..deey+..lmpre eteet
their, footsUep+. All this time uo
led hli�' 'escaped from between
lir firmly -pressed lips, their clure-
clench teeth; but, all of n
&den, a' sharp", rywful cry ring.
Al the n hl air, the sward of
Cf of the ratricadem ham petered
rough !him b others* body. Appell-
fer ap Lnstnut, he draws out bur
cel -stained tLttle, but too late to
we
off the dying man'. desperate
ire,- and then another Dry gwe.
to heaven, folluwett by a shriek
t more terrlblr, ea. road with nn-
ith end terror, the cause of thin
-tut rataatrophe rushes to the
II sir love,; but the mild mom -
ht 1n looking into his glassy ryes
1 Chown on hie afire -=ray fare
I the erltn,nn-.talned vestment.
glance tribe her it IR Ilfeteee, anti,
tit it shriek for vengennee, mite
rem upon his iieyer; but 110 is OA
removed from her wrath an the
ter b.b•yund her love; stark hod
girt, but still fierce and hateful,
dead fame in. turned, hemostat
Mare, For it moment mile gasses,
alycel with terror, then epringe
Iter feet and sprits away with
flewetneso of the wind, an .though
fern.* t hat purstteil Orestes weer
her heehs. .111 night long they
there, blaneheI 1u the mntrnllght,
1 the stn finds them salt lindie-
verMl. .
6� b the year in • which thin
Me rrtne Is rnmmllted: hut the
ter of ('alt iv on tit^ ap,t. The
mortals of title Mowely tragedy can
er he effnee,l, nn& from that time
pinto lm known let the F'leld of
y Ftmtetrp s ; tit, Keane never
ggnreln grows upon theme etr[[n or
fll'1(FN r -Ttr1• ar , 1 T.3 _m8-'w0-
.nt. Hoether poet n_ visit to the
t at the tent of tfle year 11410,
deeer(MA the fatal merle. nethe
,'..(.,nn of h large Minute foot,
it three Imhof deep, and the
.'u where the brothers are sup -
e1 to Imre fallen as toning Mill
e of vordnee. Not until brick., and
ler eureretl them In the gene tette
Uu'v :deadly hl Men from human
Somewhere oboist the site of
London f'tiher*Ity neem, to hove
the pincr. Those field. Nettled
teen Hou*,, now that Brhtlob
-tint, weer n termite resort of
Ihts, nm) ninny n Meet). Pombett
iter the one we hnvr deseTHIPIl ham
freight In the LongFteh4r, An
ret ern gathered rotted, the once ?mint
t of the place won hint, rind It
ale n herr, denointe waste, the
t et the worst chnrnetere : here
end remitter and main fighting
the regular Hash♦ mmnspment.
1 the flrwt year of the but t on -
when the or(00.1 wee taken
M he the header and enn-
ed Into *tenet. end ,gtsre*.
urn tate a wnik rkrwn Totten•
Court real nowt hnridete1 nm1
year'* eget. B-'yoaal Whltefleld's
psi. which 10 now 4�bnlhllng, there
4 n Mels.- till you corn.' to the
m and Five Tavern, at the earner
nmpetend read. Starting from
corner of ()viewed rine, we have
nrlrnnrc.l many *term when sur
nt ion I* olrnwn to nn ellerly gon-
na with n mike and Mork! hew,
tswd up in n *nit of .miff -rehired
est., and with n powdered Wig
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tittered from the tbtyie when It one
Most belt in Toth awl Wrantit Vieille,
nal when all the moot people of the
day, from elteptleal Hume up te the
pkm•.roontrou of Hentinselon, were
dome thither to hear thio wonder -
le the only &tort lying lawlmark of the
time* we write Meant. The Lone
Elehlor Are now the eentre Of the
great metropolle. nn I the onor grata
svrIwn road thot left only to 'Totten
(Inert. no the Adroit en,' Et'. wee
theft =gall, milled, he now otie ef the
greriteert highways of modern Lotelon
117e.—VIWIO A. Cooke. 16, Illneklmy
Ione. Wese Green, Ttatenhron, Len -
111 in. Engin
rout Tbmpenion: In enetnein
the (motor oil plant growing armind
11CPSAM le believed tn keep newsletter,*
Crowe to the mite nf rt trot. and Is
011 111101tUll It Retsina ft helUht of only
four Of five feet. But Crete.' etnten
Comm' Pintaneher. nt Mnrnenilto.
t the phint worth,. he Penn ily O -
of the pinnte in, n room, he nriys, the
petite nee driven away•
FRAGRANT
for the la a[3 and BREATH
Ira She SOZODOIT LIQYID . 261
Now Patent Box $OZ0D0IT POWDER . ▪ 211e 26
Large LIQUID and PONDER • 16D
At the Mores or by Mall, postpaid, for the Price.
A peIIt.iat'1q Q al c : " AS an antiseptic and hygienic
mouthwash, and for t o care and preservation of the teethand
gums,I cordially recommend Sozodont. I consider it the Wag
dentirice for children's use." [?fame of writer upon applicatknol
HALL & RUCKEL, MONTREAL.
HEROES YOU MAY NOT KNOW
BRAVE PEOPLE HONORED.
A BOOM drummer bay who woe
the Victoria Crows has had hit naw
Inscribed on the marble tablet pincer
In the shuttered Cashmere gate of
Delhi. India.
The newt Imprceelve memento of
the Indian mntlny le this gate, rt11
preserved lee it war left niter the
storming of the old Mogul enpitnl'N
fortifications on Inapt. 14, J$'t7. At
iL1ybrsak that morning rix na'n—tw
five sten find it boy—who hitt vol-
unteered for the desperate tank,
dashed at the gate to clear a way
for the attack by bktw*ng it up. There
were two lieutenants and tluree aer-
ge:nntn, with powder bags and fuses,
and a drummer to signal that the
with wear clear. Two 0f the num
were shot demi and one wits mortnity
wounded, huh they did their work,
and the drummer bo,: roundel 11,, ad-
vance—onto. twice, thrice, curefh,lly,
lest the din from the brua,he, should
drown I1, The Ltd, with OUP' other of
tin 111x hero.,, lived to wear the Vie-
toritt Crus.
The mooed gold medal for benvt.ey
bestowal by Queen Victoria was giv-
en to nu ingllah vicar. Oa n' meek -
bound oonnt of England raged a
storm, many. mutny years ago, whit•'
wreeketl a ship among the rocks. The
lifeboat put off, but was' glsk'kly dls-
nbled, and death appeared Inevitable
to the ember still ranging to the
unrest. At that vary then nervlce be-
gan In church, which was near the
ashore. Then the vicar announced
1 eel wan wept:keit off the eoatit
Amite/elm a few miler front tilie Ilas-
I sell bonne. The life -boat on board
the steamer was lowered, Nit it cap -
were drowned. Pet the rest of the
crew clung to the winking steemer•
, The "turf ran so wildly thot no one
' could dare to swim through it, and
there was net, a ionise er "wrote in
sight. Ihit help WW1 near. though
they knew it not. The girl of Id,
ifflul Waif II 61101,11d herwmewoman. was
tidies along with native Nervant.
Hhe caught eight of the vetoed in
dietress, nod terraria her teerne'e
head toward the emod mile ntarted
at a quick gallep. When sihe reach -
the twa she -urged her borne Into the
angry nurf.
She roJe Madly on tin etre re/felted
the With great difficult Mlle
took some of the children In her nrcan
anti put tJoon before 4wr on the pad-
dle; then with bigger children fuel
women clinging tit her dress dm
etarted for the telvrre, gave time.
she had rearmed to the ears of her
servant and returnetl affair to the
forWard for tour !went, till all were
safe nu land. the servant having rid-
den to bring mit the last man.
All will agree that Grace well de -
nerved the medal of the Royal
Humane Re -tatty, which was noon
after presented to her.
'To be nureed by ids nweetheart;
while suffering trom injuries received
while MATIng life, and then to go to
hbv wedding with Ms breast covered
with meelnle wits the fate of Piquet,
the Frond" plumber, who worked so
to.resete. fife nt the tmentng of
the ehnrIty bloater in Perin. lake
Destlemona, his lady love nelmired him
courage one pronassed her imm: null
Mort with a dot waved hy
handiwork, The reeti•Iminn, Georges,
who was the hero, first AIM fore -
Maga, of this own', fire, Mtn lind
honore without number heaped on
lain. The French Q.Ptet ttmerrt mot -
rented upeo hint the Croton of the
I.egion of Honor, and Ile wenn+ the
mole' end ribbon .even when on -the
boy of hie mutely Tit-. 'pint ene, w
fife he Keyed by earretng her from
the .burninir betiding. gave hint 111.20.-
000. nnd when Geoemor visited Ms
=live town fte wne nnt only pre -
motel with' a medal, hut be received
honor's usually given onlv
!opal funettnnnries met bint at the
nnd there wits a triumphal
procession, a concert and it baneptet.
HERE'S A JUMBLE.
tee Whet Vou Cita Ito Toward link
Imo It Out.
The following umusing jingle wools
are taken from a recent ihrItti. (lie
Mt. Louis filobeakentiton t. iv hich
1-1 asstr brit nuinscriber test
An old farmer of Arkansas. whom.
no= bad ail grown op tool left hlin•
hired a young man by the name of
Emu Buck to help hint tot him farms
On the evening of the fleet tiny tiwy
hauls.' up a MIAMI 10341 of poles for
wood anti unioudel them between the
garden anti the barnyerd. The next
morning the old emu sali to the hired
man: "Esau. 1 am meow to town to-
day anti while I UM gone you luny
NOW up tlint wood Wel keep the old
raM out of the gitolen. When the tail
man had a -tine, lemau went out to saw
the wood. but when he 013W tie' MAW
he WOUldlet SAW it. W11490 1.4441 PAW
tile ilAW he 11.1W Mitt he couldn't saw
it with that mw. Esau looked artmnd
for another mw. but that was the
only SAW he eaw, et he didn't 'law it.
When the °Moine tome home lie onyx
tit Esau : did you saw the
wood?" Flinn Nall: Haw the weed.
the nitro Leine Mott 1 eouldn't now
with that mw. so I didn't saw it."
The old man went out to PIPP the saw
anti When he maw the saw he sew
thot Elute couldn't "raw with (lint
save.—When Fonu saw that the obi
men mew thnt be erlinthet NIP/ with
the sew Eerie -picked op the axe nud
clomp's! up the wood and made a nee -
saw. The next day the old men went
to' town nnil bought. a, new buck maw
Ow Root Reek. and when he came
hinne lie hung the imek maw for
Ewen Reek oft the maw tatek tty the
nnw. Jitat nt this time Email
Rnek mew the old Nick in the ger-
(ten enting enleinge, and when
delving. him from -the .aarilea .tes. that
bn rna not Emit Beek saw the buck
sew on the mew heel' hy the pee -
maw, and P:11/01 RtOppeli TO exemine
the new truck Pew. Now, when the
the new Mirk saw ore the maw buck
ivy the ere mw, taride IIIPP for
Knvila named Emu. hit the rare -tot*,
knorked the Peoesaw nominal Fame
Hoek* who fell on the Work
*I w, on the ROW bible by
the Peresaw.Now, whet' the tild men
mew the old Mick invn at Ennio Buek
isinel kneel Penn and hit the nee-isnw
no^k the ere -saw rye/thud Emit
anti Ewen flunk fall no the buck new
on the sew buck hy the nee mew.
he pe•kial up the AV? to kill the old
tun*, but the Welt mw Min renting
nni dodged the blow anti toentered
on the mnn's stumacii;
the Mil reree the nee -mw, ergo
Ewan Ruck, who wee getting up with
the Mick mew off the saw Iniek hy
the pee -watt, and kneeked FILIU
ATOI the Park SAW elite the saw hnek
by the necmrtvr, cripple, Egan fillPk.
broke the buck tenw &fel the MAW
I ISA nee' the reeettaw. Now. when
the old buck enw onmpleteneew
of itt. victory tepee thr old man end
Fagan Beek tool the bilek 1,4AW and
the maw built :Ina the (44•onw. be
• tly turned nrovin,l, west !leek
nod Jumped Int.) no, gortloo nakin
and ate lip what war left of thy
fl poll+ Have yoe +me mach Took
DOC FORS BAFFLED
By the Case of Mrs. Harrison.
of 'Orangeville.
nide Was t'ompletely Men Down -
t Backed WIWI Pales he the Back,
' Head end 1.1mbs— Aerate Rejoicing
r.loott Health.
(Front the sun. Orangeville, Ont.)
Many 'ease* are constantly being
brought to light of persons tieing
mired by that wonderful remedy -
Or. Williams' l'irtk Pills—after doe -
UM; bate (Riled to be of benefit.
.tinong them may he noted the cam
known lady who verities in the neer
v entity Id Orangeville. Ont. A re-
moter of tile Mon hearing of Men.
Iffteritere'm wonderful cure celled at
her home inopuire Into the huge' of
the ease. Mrs. liorrimatilead aka trit*
lopatim tm 04., to testify to (Ito
great Punitive power@ of theme pills.
elle said: "For mime yettre I have
been a cometant mutterer. Just what
t..) con me disease I do not limey*
even the doctors were nimble, to
diagnose. It. I wee completely etin
down, I heel rforkine pal= In My
head, beak end limbo I was unable
to revere mend sleep, and on milking
In the morning weniti feel en tired
1111 better', going to bed. My ntomach
root in a had conditinn end the least
tate violently. lesetorie treatment
felled to be of benefit to eise fowl I - '
when a. friend 'obliged rue . try
Dr. WIlnittnie Pink Pilin. Thinking
that they might relieve me a little I
penenred n 'empty and heart* taking
them meeertilng dIrectione. From
the fleet 1 roll 14 Plre that they we.rn
'olivine me. and by the time I heti
taken hell dosen boom I was free
from the alimente that had ramie my
life 'Miserable. It le noir netern1
yeneR saner 1 took the Mile and not
the least Riga of nay old trouble lute
tom. the, 1111C of Dr, Williams'
Pilin for any portion wise has AI weak
nen down nyntem and sure they -
will tert fall to he henefli•inl."
To theme who are vvenk. smelly
tired, 'woolen, or whose himpft Is out
tonditInti, int. Williams' Pink
Nen tome rot it blebefte. enrifitit when
theme who give tilAll) A fair trial
to a iNin measure of health amd
strength. seed hy all dealers In med-
icine or emit by• melt, pont mkt. at
re) rents a box, or inx helve for $2. -
The Tramp's Ylew •
nesting Retort—Bee here, Tom,
thin paper we Immo ito
elem. In thin entintry, the( elf.TI .111
know what be In writing about We
•re the leisure VIA1111.
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