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The melancholy tdays' have come, t se
tiaddest of th.e year, and now it is of fur
that we must talk, since wintee's almost
here. Who says that with a little help
from some one now forgotten I am not
poet? eI believe that my addition is
quite as good as the rest—that 1e, if it
were not that one part cif it needs a pair
of crutches for the lame foot. But never
mind, my will was good, and if I cannot
write poetry I eau tell about the thee
and other things seen this week in my
wanderings after the piettuesque. Ae.
cording to all authorities, this is to be a
regular pussy eat season for fur, and al-
most every woman will come as near to
covering herself with fee as she can.
Her shoes will have borders, and her
rery undergarments will be edged with a
narrow line of fur: of some kind. A nar-
row band encircles her corset, and as to
her cheeses almost every one will have
some fur somewhere. The coats, cloaks
and wraps of whatever kind will he deco-
rated with fur, and all that does not take
into account the germents made of fur.
Some of these surpass anything I have
rERateeT ETON JACKET.
encr seen for style, finish and heautY:
There are long wraps of sable and seal,
and these ftre'so far beyond the power of
ordinary people* that I shall not dwell on
thena, but pass;on to the etch and elegant
emal cape in military shape. These are
made 30 inches long for the nicest part
end have high, flaring collars, the most
of them having- the cornees square. The
shoulders are bell shape, and there is a
decided flare at the bottom. A mink tail
border cape is also bell shaped and is 30
inches loug aud has a high collar. Al]
kinds of outdoor garments have high col-
lars, aud that sets the hearts of all wom-
en at rest. Thee° is a fringe made 'of
mink tails all arouncl this style or cape.
Scene of the new fur jackets and' short
coats are more attractive than I have
ever seen before, and there is a style
about thorn impossible to describe, and
for that reason I have nut as many pie,
tures of them as possible. One, a far ey
tight fitting seal jacket, cannot be sur-
passed for style. The ameees are bell
shaped, and the collar agd revers ere
What= and finely Shaped. It is made to fit
the figere and is rounded on the heetelt.
A lima coat for you ife persoilki awidilly
swell and has the frent double' breasted
ottul fastens irivisib y. A. rolling square
collar fielehes this. It fits chiseler in the
back. Another style of box coat is con-
Iderahly longer and has a small calash
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in the back at the aide, 'Ike the aueome,
bile coat, while the collar aud reYers are
very huge. A. muff te match this seal
box coat, which is shown in the illusima.s
don, , is plain oat' aot too large. The
sleeves are snug and untrimmed. The
automobile coat is longer mid in regula,
lieu box hape, slashed in the batik.
Theie. are cults which eau be tuthedl
down over the halide if the weather is
cold. To this style of coat the eollar and
cuffs are not quite so large as the others.
But the ,whole Mfaie is enough to drive
any womau to tne 'verge o iasaniiy—
that is, if She ethanoi have one and the
automobile that goea with it. '
To the nitinber of email fur Pieeesa
like eollerettes and boas, ne ,one could
do juetice M a week, but I shall mention
a few of the most novel of them. In the
first place there are two novel things,
and they are in the form of reversible
neck pieces and are so devised that their
can he worn, up or down, The changed
position makes one side a very high etomn
collar and the other makes a sort of vic
'brine where the deepest part lies down
on the shoulders, and the other staudeui
for a collar, not so high, but quite high
SEAL JACKET AND 'BOX COAT.
showenau--loudly dressed, very shiny silk ) "And div not let Timmy be egg& in ad -
IT PAYS Tf.'s BE k-IAPPY.
•
She is so guy, so Very gay,
Anti not by his and shuts,
But ever through each livelong dAY
Stte's suitshine to all hearts.
A tonic is her merry taught
'So wondrous is her power
' That listening grief would stop and chaff
With ha from hour to hour,
Disease before that cheery smile
arOWS dim, begins to fade.. ,
A Christian Scientist, meanwhile,'
is: this 'delightful maid.
And who tvould not throw off dull hats
'Ana be unto" her
When happiness brings as her share
One hundred dollars per?
—Ton Masson in New Lippincott.
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6 A Story of a Doy•ery.
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6-0-0•0-0-teo,tecieeces-eiceneo.no.ncee.0...0...6 it After diiiner that night, to non sue-
, prise, Sie Aintree, returned to the sub -
I looked at lies in itenitzemene. Ent' jeet. eie•seies, girl be said laconically.
was tile loyeliest git.1 I had ever seen-- fiaayhase 1 inquired.
sbightly nbove rnediuni height, slender • "Tinimy alcerrion's daviglitee. You're a
itd eryteeful with a face beautillul in •eneoeo he said, geeing
smitten, are you
reaIllre and celoeing, but, aniree all, light- me a shrewd loole.
"The townspeople won't support him. 1
"He's in a bit Of a hole," 1 continued.
I
wish you \You'd drive over one aftethoeu
and look in foe half au hour. Invewebedy
would think it good enough to ge, too; it
you led the waY."
"What's the name Of tile man?" lie
asked.
"It's Jimmy Merrion, not a bad old
sort in bis way."
"Jimmy Alerrion!" lie said sharply and
with a midden interest. "I know him.
He was at Oxford with me. Rau
through his money and went to the bad.
The lean MIS raLltoai a bounder. But
there are tunny evorse."
The following day after luncheon the
old baronet suggested we should delve
into Noeford and see the exhibition. I
acquieeced eeadily, •• as I know what it
would mean to :Jimmy. Beeidee, 1 evaf
0'0• anxious o sec s au le again. believe,
,ii.,.,(3. ,tkii,,,,ini,,,,,(iwt•si evijiictl e litiald jititcu• lely7 i tie, t‘locirff (c!) it
I
i I ° *he told me itifterward that be got ou't of
6 it with ,a profit, But more illi port ant
i thingstolloe•ed that visit.
° \When the clears and whisky were go'
ea with iso exPreasion indescribably love- "'Well," I said evasively, "I don't know
ly. She WaS the ShQiVinah'S h about being smitten. She is very benuti-
and as much out 01 place in her Peeeent eel, and she seerns- to have a sv.-Cret dis•
surroundings as an ang'al would be at a peso:intim'
Peueh and T.,udy show. - ',you mean to say she's the beet giel
As 1 looked at her the-showninn him' you have ever seen ia your life and flint
self mune and stood hS" her side. He • .e heed over heels in loam with her
bookecl ti1115 lSS ghlintleheil9uti•ct,a1 tic-if(a)11121ea,eit)(:iicieic,ii trnlaciQu, 11101 neillitneitiori3i:Ity.like to own tip," salt' the, tild
ail air oe fric•ntlly vulgarity, in the ribs. I ivonclerecl for a niotnent if lie wore
Then / recogniaed It was old Jimmy jolting: but, curiously enough he was
1LOL'ri011, 31 instil with whom I had onee cluite in earnest. , The old e-elnie •was
touted, rnany years before, when was most' as inuell.sti•ticle be• her beauty and
a beginner, ready to snap at -aeything, manners as waseemyeele.
and lie was running a blood curdling "would -yori laer to have a part iu
the neWe Play?" he asItetl.
1 I -
wo(fr olt1 Jimme•l• He Was a typical ; oyesw, r should 7.1 ansteieredpeemptiy.
hat, slightly tilted, ,clean shaved, might, vanee? We shall never get a bette
twinkling little eYes and e nose which man:, _
illustrated its Own story in • colors. 1 , Sir Andrew agreed and then added
think he had managed 'every
kthineCi1eolfeen- ' eareleSslY, "I can't underet•and a man
teinitinmene in every part of
Plays, circuses, lectures (religious7-sCieen---
title and comic), freaks- "Port -a -Wes," dis-• , "Ali! I guessed as Anaela," he said
solving views and performing' .dogs. Ete helping himself to senee soda, . What
had, all the itinerant shownian's bounce was the name of her elother?"
aud swagger; he was by trade•sednething ''Acia Sinclair," I answered.. "I believe
of a fraud; lie knew'all the Idsusi dodges she was fairly kelt known in her day."
of his business and had one or twofavor- og remember her harne,"' he said, and
ite Wrieleles of -dais Own, and at the bot-
tom of his heart: he was a geed hearted, noticed that as he tieldbis tumblr to thE
e
sit)hni
plueley old boy, Who had made •fortunes Th%etihslla
eeoielcel-ewasrsahtisotaad.idriti•Igied to goner-
.,
for others and ruined hinaself. al subjects: I reenembeh in partieniai
"You bounder!" he roared, boistei•ously. ' thee discussing old English eatnetdy he
"gehaaieteyaer6San
goingine,etlingeroha
otti! Fiver fin
ciw,are you? mentioned arvaif ,,The000d Nna
tieoeiled,tehaivtdosayottngman
W ,
We shook hands, and 'I glanced ques- Man" tit the Queen's and that it had -a
tioningly at the young lady by his side.
"Y,on know her!" he shouted. very satisfactory little rill] and then went
you remember the little girl you, used to loinketnialilins6eB-IfiAthaStirevA'onncilill'ge'sv, 10w;aassciv.v.ueitewleill'e
gine s-webts to and tell -fairy tales?" saying good night he suddenly returnee,
"Why, bless My -Soul!". I exclaimed. to the subject of thenalerrioris. .
"Surely it 'isn't little -Maidie?" "Now look here, I3erestoid," he Said,
) -"Aro you IVLr. Beresford?" ,she said fixing his ' keen eyes on miue—and„ Ids
eagerly, with a flash of ,recognition. , And face was curiausly gray aud stern -"you
Imemembernthat she colored withpleas- are a young 1111111, and I am an old one.,
ure, and a small, firm hand eatight mine illy life lies behind me, and it's nmetly a
with a wenaanly grip which I have never bmadle of regrets. ,You have a futnre. I
forgotten. ..to ask you a straight question.
She had been a little 3 -year-old when Suppose this 11Ierrion girl comes on tour,
I was about 20, and we had been insep- • with us and you continue to like her,
arable chums during the six months I what is the game going to be?"
worked with old Jimniy. That alibtabould et`I should marryther," I said•sharplyee
have developed int� Alais radient ,ceem: He ioolced at me for aernement in SI
time, with perfect manners and style, in 'mice, with a queer, hard smile ,wrinkling
the teeth of such a rough ,and tumble his old face. "Are, you quiteeertain o'
life, was little less than a 'miracle. But that?" be said. •
I learned': afterward' that old Jimmy,' in "Absolutely certain," I replied.
spite of innumerable reverses of fortune, "Although shd has neither position not
had contrived to keep her at a firet Class money?"
lioardine school and seine- inborn .good 'Although she has neither position nor
.
money, I said warmly, for I rather re-
sented this questioning. I thought - he
was going to make seine ferther remark,
but all he said .was: •
• "Well, good night." , ,
Sixniontlielater en the morning that
. •
Mrs. Meereen's professional name .was MAidie. and I were ,married, firm, of
Ada Sinclair, but there -appeared t� be solicitors , ferwarded to us a, banker's
some mystery concerning her first bus- draft for a layge amount ,fis a wedding
band, and beyond the fact that he was present. The note which ,accompanied
a Sir. Draughts nothing was Itnown -of it merely said that they -acted• tiedee the,
him. Airs. a.lerrion had .boon dead some inetimations of a ' client who, had been a
15 years, and old jininay had been 'n' fa- friend -of Miss Ada Sinclair,' and wished
,thor to his wife's little orpitangiver since. us Well. I had my suspicion's' and show -
We liad a long talk. • Poor old Jimmy; ed it to Sir Andrew-. He appeared to be
to -090 his oWn expression, -was • uoarly surprised, but enly said, with'a shrug 01
"on his iepperst" He was running •a his shoulders, "It's a good thing for. some
tereth rate trades and cycle exhilaition Of us that .there are plenty of, fools in
without sufficient capital, and the sleepy. the world." •
town of Noreord not responded to his A short time ago I came across an. old
call. programme of the Queen's theater, dated
"I've tried all the -wheezes, dear boy," 30 yeare ago. It annotmeed a revival of
he. said dolefully. "But it's no good. "The• Good Natueed Man," , and Miss
They won't come in." • Ada Sinclair was included in the` cast. I
"When does the exhibition close?" I remembered. ,that ,Sir Andrew had told
. ,
asked. - • • me. that he Was the manager, but, • cu -
At the end of netweek. We are not riellsha enough, the name•or-Stillingfleet
taking 40 shillings a' day, , including side 010 not appear on the Progeamme, g1.
shows, andtite expenses 1100 130 a week." simply said, "Sole lessee and manager,
"What are you' going to do?" Mr. DouglaS."—Modern Society. '
."I shall hang on here until the last
possible minute," he whispered, •"and
then we must make a bolt for it. can't
pay .up, beestuse I haven't a fiver left."
There was a inonaent's• uncoutfoqable
silence, and noticed the look of pain on.
Maidie's ,face. It was easy to see hew
the: poor girl detested the life and how
old Jimmy's, smigaritio.s grated on her,
and yet she was too good a little woman
to reproach tbe elfin , who, with all his
faults, had lump so good to het..
"Yes, ,laddie." said the old man, speale-
ing• ter once quite natut.ally, "I've bad' a
good rriany struggles to keep on my feet,
bet I've alsveys managed to pay 1115 way.
It'll lie the first time I've hack to bolt.
I've had my day. .We all 001110 to the
sarne thing in the show lansinese---we get
swamped
. at last. I sho 1 3 "t- '• •
much 1f., it, ween't for " he said.
Then, termite te tee girl with tears twin-
kling in lliS 9:1 10: "Why don't
.you leave, me? You'd• soon make your
evay ou the stage. ' afraid 'Eve got to
the end of my tether "
e
la 11e0e0 Gait „ . , sm.
• •
Aleadie quietly, "so don't talk 111.te that.
Wre'll go to London together, and inalee o
time statt.
• It] the meantime an idea had stguele
'me. was staying with Sir Andrew ti -
!
ling -fleet, at the tittle, whose 'place was
Only a few ethos out Nomlord. Ile,
too, was sonsething of- an old SllOWlilan,
) hut an aristocratic one, and he and 1 and
enough. Ono style has the ccalar .n
poiuts, and the rest is straight, and so it
can be 110011 like a sailor collar or stand-
ing up like nay storm collar, and there
are two pretty tails at the ends. Those
reach just to the waist line. The other
style has the shape so that in one way
it conies up above the ears, and there are
two film brushes of four tails at the ends.
The collar is rounded off in this elaape,
and thus it fits the shouldere and the
neck perfectly. no matter which way it
is ovaru This plane is a good elm, for
there are times \n one kind is snore
-useful or more suiteble thou smother.
They Inc intended tu he wove with the
Newm aeket aud- redingote.
There are as nanny storm collars RS' last
year, only now they are for prettier, and
few of them are made of one kind 011 stuff
alone, for seal; Persian, chinchilla, mink,
biaele marten and pointed sable fox are
al1 used combination. Tbis makes
them appear much richer than they a.ne.
Some of them are expensive enough, to
he sure, but what 1- mean is that they
are not beyond the most of us. These col-
lars are in various shapes, some being in
stole shape and others like yictorines,
with the smooth fur tor the insidesof the
collar and the fluffy fur for the borders.
Tails there are until one wonders where
they all came:from. And some of them,
but not soamany as last year, have heads
also. One prettys, thing is a black lynx
stole with a lot of tails asea fioish in
front. A sable fax straight scarf 'is made
rounding so that it comes up quite hig•li
enough without any collar, and at the
bust line is a pair of tails and two heads
and four paws? This is a taking shape
fora young- 'girl. Blue le-ux is another
pretty affair, as it encircles the neck, and
the head fastens to one side so that the
tail hangs down to below the'waist. A breeding of her own had done the rest.
muff of medium size goes with this, and A.nm, ,
nouga site was naes known as
,
Maidie Merrion, she was not Jimmy's
daughter. 1 -le had meeried her mother,
who had once been a prominent London
actress, when Maidie was an infant.
AUTOMOBILE AND 330X COATS.
this also has a head and a tail on it: A
becoming scarf is meth, in all furs, and
it has a cluster of all kinds of tails be-
longing to that particular animal of
which the scarf is naade. The tab scarf
is another pretty design, And it is partic-
ularly so in black marten. One style has
a cluster of eight tails „ill front, and .at
the back there is a little head. But noth-
ing in. the ray of small fun wear is pret-
tier or mote becoming than a sable fox
boa. One speciel de.sign. bad a large
brush at each -mach end there was,a fancy
sable fol muff veitleelt head, tail awl claw
finish. This kind of fur and I believe
some others have what is called peints or
pointed sable fox. This means that by
some processlong, white hairs are inero-
duced .in among the regular fee, and this
is really yery handsome. Pointed -beaver
used to be considered the height of all
things ha fur save seal, otter and sable.
But that event out, and 110W. it iS 110W tO
11119 1.he mutts, inay add,
are neither laege nor small, but just
right.
Among the things which -will be exceed -
mole/ admived; especially by the young
wonaan, 31 the new short Eton , and
Tuxedo jackets. l'hey aee ste-lish, and
nobody' can deny the fact. They are made
of seal or Persian. 'The Eton has long
serilloped sleeves and tabs in from, with
the usual shoet back, and the collar and
revers ere of chinchilla. Just how hand-
some this is a glance at the picture
show. Some would prefer t•lie Tuxedo
rolled collar, and SO bete ie one, and the
sleeves tore shaped for them. This
style has the back sloped gracefully an
inch t,elow the belt at the middle or tilt?
back.
It goes withciut saying that these furs
can be worn with any kind of materiel
suiteble for the setteon whether it be
wool, eine or velvet. 'Very many ladies
arrange to have hats rie least borders
tor the trimming on their millinery of
fur to match wheitever leind they have
chosen. I might mention in connection
with furs that I Shii, such, a lovely morn-
ing robe of pink eiderdown, and all
around 111IS fl wide Math] of soft
ereatn colored mouflon. It was'exquisite.
Added to this 'were a how and long ends
of rich satin ribbon abont three inches
Wi
a few more evere eyinlicatilig a DUNN' piece
we were about to send on tour.
11 occurred to me filet if I could ilidue.e
lune, ()lit of good nattn•e, to .pay a visit to
old .1-11rimy's exhibition the local aristoc-
eacy would be certain to follow snit, Be-
sides, I might menage to get Maidie en-
gaged for 000 limy pieee. I broached the
subject to him when', eve evert) haying an
after diroter smolt() ."The lean, who io
1'1111311114 N°11°Iii is an
old pa) of inine." said •b,e- way of, intro-
duction. 1-1
i4F1
Ate •e's ,110yee woreht seeing
Norforta," said Sir Andre'w shortly.
in the Sulallest
I a 11 f g 1' t liae
that employers demand horior 111 those
whom they einploy, in the small things
connected with theit- work. as well as
great ones. 'Dile following„ told by a
firibed, ie illustrative of this: "
1. WilS ill a fi-iend's office one day
ev-hen he sees sm.ting out a lot of letters
received in ansever to an advertisement
for a shipping ,elerle. noticed nhat he
threw several aside wit mere y a g „ince
at,their contents.
"Will you tell me," I asked, "why you
toss those aside in that svey?"
'T'1l tell . Ple •
,
"though you'll coneider Inc overparticu-
lar. letters which I have thrown
aide are evritteli on tbe business paper,
of tl e hr ns be whole (lie men aro a
Present employed. One man lies even
gone so far as to inclose in leis letter a
stamped envelope of) the firm for ide
private reply. I have my business paper,
meant for Div business and I would net
like my cleeks vise it, for their private
correspondence. It shows to rim a little
blnnting f the senee of honor, end
prefer not to have that feeling in regard
to one of my employees " eeltly
•
Itonquet.
Tate 0111y aileag.
Parlte---Titere's only one way to man-
age about money reatter,s, Whenever 1
see a thing I want invariably fiSis
ny-
hcbl this question: "Can I afford ir
raltle--13tit do you filivays stick to this?
I'arke—Always, If I find I can't fit -
ford it, I buy it.—Brooklyn Life.
Well Supplied,
"Jiihu," she .siiid, "I must have a cerelo-
"TliniideratiotiI" excilairnecl !Ma I-'ar7
VelIll, got, a tricycle 111 1] et inotor-
cycle nosy. 1-Vliat do you' Avant of any
in;00iirte of theee, cycle thillgsYl'e-gelfieellga
GOOD NIGHT SWEETHEART.
In the dusk, of the shadowed garden
TIr listening flowers are still.;
Tile 'wind is asleep in the meadows,
And softly croons the rilL
aug• Of love and longing,
Of a dreamland ittir,mul bright,
And it seems to sigh, as it ripples by,
Good night, sweetheart,, good night!
Wherever you faro tontorroW,
Whether by, land or sea,
The stars Nyatoll over you, love,
Ao tltey !milt (101.`ili Oil me,
Tliey will shine in'the uohbsiglit Ileav
lVith the same unchanging light
We used to knotv in the 15115, ago;
(Mod night, sweetheart, good nigh':
'the clover scout i1 . the' grassas
is sweet as tho breath of Iday;
In tho hush of the silver starlight
All pain is lulled aw;ly,
And into the world's great silence,
Like a dove in airy night,
This Message truo sakes wing to you,
Good night, Swecihw,Irt, good night! .
--Washington Capital.
The Devil's llousel
• How Billy Daniel Outwitted ,
the Arch Fiend.
,
Nearly every 'coarse fisher Wile has
leeen .cliewer to the Noefolls ee-aters • te
ledger fee bream knows the Red Mete@
at ,ClantleY, on the yare,, Present
building is modern, but there was a Rod
'House on the same spot many years be-
fore the existing licensing laws , were
heard.of.--when the landlord need to brew
his ewe boor and a cask aoo twoof sPirits
that bad never' paid duty could be smue- •
At the beerinuing of the centtiver
'Daniel earned a• precarious livelihood by
eel fishing. His home eves an old Yee- •
naohth yawl tarred over, with a shedlike
edifice over the stern that made a' suffi-
cient cabin for the old man when he was
sober enough 'of nights to scull down to
it in his punt from the.Red House. This
elementary houseboat always thy in the:
dike against the Denil's Uouse that 11010
iS, bnt then'was not, and Billy had flash-
icned a large eel taillg beneath it and kept
his. slimy riches therein. He pent up, a -
toed to Norwich, when he had one, by en
up bound wherry and disposed ell his
small catches at the'Red House or at the
village inland. ,
Billy was getting old and began to be
dissatisfied with his houseboat as a dwell-
ing oil the thisty atitnum nights and in
the biting east wind§ and frost and snow
of winter. Hie desire was toward 'a brick
cottage, and he grumbled to himeelf
aleant it. He was a lonely man and did
much self communing aloud. I -le did uot
live in the StiVer Of sanctity. EEc drank:
he swore, he smuggled, and he poached.
and was a thorough paced rageal. This .
did not influence Pill7S01) SPRTIT)1Y agfliaSt •
him. The worthy divin.e was one of the
hard drinking Norfolk parsons of the old
school and ceidd drink and swear, with
Billy himself. Indeed the two were good
friends, each loffleing on the other as a
sportsman. Many a good day's 'pike fish-
irig did they have together, and many a
tree pound .eels did Billy take up to the
parsonage V> be stewed in sound port.
Before the nets wen-t•down for the au-
tumn "run' Billy got most of his eels by
bobbing, at which he ,wasaia expert.'
One summer Billyhad not been doing
as well as usual.- Whether' it Was that
his hand- waS" getting shaky or his luck
bad does, not appear, • but it is certain
that his prospects of getting a•-eottage
seemed to him poorer than ever.
On a hot night in June he was out bob-
bing half a' mile below his •houseboat;
The night waadarle. There Was no moon,
g•••••ia•-,••••••••••aa•ataaeseeeereeerlielereeteiga
"At midnight," the 'stranger went on,
"ou tne, third night •of the third nitnitli in
every third year from -tonight you Must
kneel in it corner of the 'house you willbuiid end ,
the dy:''
"111 join isvil On St).‘Mripshire 1.111,
P11 dance with the devil round &rump:Miro mill,
When my ereath•le out end lily heart is still,
My eoul to the. devil with all good will..
,"Neu meet then follow what conies t
you. Sweeel."
, "All right, beet I swear," said Billy;
'Tut that 'ucl lie a utasterpleeo• to see
me aelanoin round Struunpelliee 'lain, dcv-
il
Btrumi)shire
and etal stands on the top or, the • only' •
decent hill in the' neig•libonliood. Yae-
mouth roads cilia be 'seen teom it on a
clear day. Evidently it wee a Nottollt
broeleen at the beginning Of the, century, '
and Billy was in for a local Walptiegia-
imeht. •
bPhe stranger said no nrire, but backed
out tied in.helf a dozen steeltes had diaap-
peered, leaving the old man flail dazed,
but -jubilant. When -his punt 'wile full,
he paddled 1)001: to his houseboat and
adept.
,The nmet inorniiag he pielted out ,a fine
brace of• emo and went 01) to see .1ne
friend, Paeson Sparrow. e He told hie
adventure Of the previous night and held
tip the.two cele as coreoborative e.videnee.
D "
r etWor'Ia
tled
"Do ,ye,v come an look at toe m
"W'ell: well," said Sparro-w, ."Yon'cl bet-
ter ti•y 1110 eledge, and it it is eneCeseful,
eyhy, you must build 0,1011310 house with -
Out a collier in il mid cheat the devil.
Ha, lia 1 Eh?"
"That I will, bet," Sfifal Billy, delight-
ed, -"I'll. (20Zell Old Niel: yet. , Illutedon't
yew tell nobody on it, sir, will •e-eev?"
leltth
h)etemserscoletelnitikled and. py191101111000 'to
ko
The dodge 'was suifeessful. Night aft-
er night did the well get filled, 'mail 111111
fine eels. Iffilly grew 1:1000 of imbhing
and made a large, fine meshedsceoP not, .
and after reeeating the 39103 '111 sieoply
shoyeled out, as mazy fish as he es -anted.
I -Ie 90115 ill'1111IG' all (lily, but sobered up at
night, wlien 1e evanted 11(319, 101 bo 100110
the ineantation too much 1,0 get hie
tongue around whim, he wfis liquor, anti -
the eels evonla not come for misqueta-,
bons. • . • ,
,He -soon saved enough to build a cot-
tage. tiff leased a few aeree :against his
boat from the lord of the manor at a rent
of four stone of- eels 'per aithein, planted
his eviller:ye and engaged a local in:deter. •
A remit, thatchod bonse NifIS 00911 run
up under Billy's , supervision, without a
corner in it.. The old Man, got the parson ,
to ecene to the honsevearming, atal Under
the influence of Red House olcl ale and
smuggled brancleothe Rev. John Sparrow
concocted a halting screed to be cut in
stone weer the door. He said, "Hic, a,
s,heriant a' the alsord c'n rhyme 's weB-
's the elev'l.". This yeas it: .
"The devil may,edme! and the devil may go;
The deyifiligy rtrite,'Mul the 'devil May swear;
, I Won't care a,eurse for the old hoodie crow, „
my house stands round as it is, not
„ square."
The screed was duly cut, .and Billy set-
tled down in his gottage, to •many
much drink and nreat content.
he third melte i the tlurd men -11.011
the third year came iti the course of tnthe,
and Billy went to sleep drunk and 'pie-
'co°trti-gflehelebi-111-tghn,ei gr i uscv'ilntaFT' ilicinloleidesrlttimeiinr1 "1.110e, corn teor'r
ht
bot
March, and, what was still inciemuYtisual,
shortly ,atiter midnight a heavy flatee
storm broke, over Cantley. The petml
the Red" Housesaid afterward that e
lightning played all abound Billy's house
and the-c,rash of the thunder was terrific,
and the storm •inade alt to the ottheast,
Strumpshire,way, without disturbing the
drunleen man. Ile woke in the morning
in the. sunshine with a great thil.ftt and ,
'out of
for a 5111011 beer, Ho, st•agg•ered
e.
out et bedeatieigass to his cupboard, where
the efale was and suddenly -stopped.
,
"Wile, blame my old heart alive," he
"
said, "hare's A coaenehl11 , , He looked
" 'triagedlike". about . him. Everything
was as usual save that his • house was
square, not round. • ,
'' -As quickly as he 'could lie went out.
The set:met] over the door was gone. , A
•black lilee an oel was in its place,
He lost no time in getting to the parson,
age, where he. found 'Parson ,Sparrnw
breakfasting off home lirewed ale and
, roast beet. The parson looked a bit se-
rious at first after hearing of ,thee trans-
fol'nlation, but after a mighty pull at the
•ale be eheeyed up. "Why, Daniel, Man,
you must sell your hrease new; that's .all,
You °ply swore to kneel to the devil in
the•liouse you were to build:" •
"Right ycisy be, boil" said Billy, roar-
illg'.1;lasltpharisaounglilltoetrig. ht the house for a fish-
ing box, and there the tale ends: Whetle
er the =tele of the indantation continued
history sayeth not. That is all that is' - •
known of, the Way Billy Daniel cheated
the deri1.
,1 do not vouch for the veracity, of all•
the details of the logeml, bet I know the
cottage is non' squaye,, and theee isina
screed over the door. The whole house
is so dirty that the mark •of the sealele
fish has meyged in the general
htactl-
The probability • is Butt the dey,
both,Billy and the parson, after all, .
may have got his o ,wn beetle in the eeda--
Black- and White.
and the stars were clouded over. There
was scarce a breath of air. It was near
midnight, aud the silence was only bro-
ken by a white owl and the ceaseless
whisper of the reeds on the road—a per-
fect night for bobbing, but Billy -fared
badly and cursed as be sat with a pole
in each hand waiting for the tugs that
were few and far between.
"Dorn it!" he said. "The devil's in the
eels. I wish I had the":old varmint here
along o' me. Perhaps he'd give us a bit
o' luck—house an all." -•
As he spoke he heard a muffled sound
of sculls coining up the river. "Now, I
wunner," he continued, "whew that be
a-cornin up hare this time o' night ells-
tarbin the eels blame him)"
A. punt came quickly and very quietly
up. A gaunt figure clad in dark f.emnan's
clothes was sculling backward. He eased
against Billy's punt and "held", up till
the way was stopped. •
"Wheer be yew b-comin tew?" said
the old man. "Yew sling your hook."
"What's the matter, William?" said the
stranger. "I've come to do you a good
turn if you'll, help me,"
"I'll help yew out o' this sharp enow
it yew doan't sheer off," growled Billy.
"Don't Inc a fool, 'William," said the
stranger. "Listen and sec."
Pointing to the four quarters in turn
the stranger spoke again.
'By the rmilnur of the rond,
By the whi,per of the reed,
Hail, from river, broad, and pond'
ye goodly tribe of Eels
Me the dawn upon ye steals!
Here is that on which to feed.",
Billy declaim(' to P310500 Sparrow aft-
erward that the poles were almost
chi -el -eel out of his bands and lie "worn't
sartein RS how 1)e WOL'IlIt In be the fewd. ' FlyJna Power o ie umin
Fie hauled' iip and 1011000 \That Ile called_ ndlie 'humming bird 'flies as the Trish-
a c‘seteprul." mho eishete water around 111011 plaied the ficIdle--liy maiii stitength
was ahive with eols. ' • the •frigete, bird • r,elieS 1011 Iii•A' stall in
"'flier° 3011 are,. Williftm," said the taking a veil tpeso,wo eeete vete inn .c.in -
stranger. "Don't be frightened." - '-teg-eineerit „tat air, etlentltilt',.0,:t',1'"1-en'.'•n51-"--")'-g-eie oem
It 'ucl tette all Uglier' fdee than, yeevrn inill'eat,eta",:griet • .*,,:cd,' "iir .powere •e•riiii
f
to frighten lee," said Billy, -wile knew thilt, of the, otl‘.,, . Its , ,
li'1
kt,,,,
' ot _fear. "But na
whew be yew, ttester?," , No other biiel . eg ' e proportien'litel•Y
he continued, smitten suddenly civil.great niuscle.s.as then -',aping bird" Th.e,"
"Never mind that. Would you lilee to keel. of the sternum, ie, Angthone: 1100ITI"
always eget as niany eels as yoti want— wlsbch tistos ill 7ISCitS , ,i,ii5 ,1100one4.1
enough to build e -o -your cottage 15110setend Af -the b 11
body to --ci
i, at.'
m, ' wiell!l ,ndt,,
you 01) for life?" • - ' the.• same', time it prolectlektmvun'iir ,m,
"Wile ilatursilligh," • said Billy, and all like the- lend of a ' Modern eatinSn' e"nelett'
tile time 'Ids pant • I d 'II themotion These Muscles' drige fit the rirt°1 s'v-
of h 1 - ' eyal hundred stroites a minute e "
02
i 7 ••
Yi ili you swear, any oath I may clic- small, rigid ,,wings; the onternu'ist 1,'',illess--
' t
tate to do what 'I conittanel?" said the of whieh are very long 'while t n
n
stranger, , • nelmost are very short, a featuyc'e
"Aye, •lior; 1 -hat se -ill I," said I3111y, for toted to 'give the greatest ainoillitiot
whom fancy swearing had no terror, tion at lite tip of the wing ivittiftlle
The le -Integer baid a bobworni, an cel moyeineut of thd bones 02 the ppet'
and a piece of i•ibbon in Billy's hand. towhich tile 'driving muscles arklit
"Repeat itfter ,me." lie said, and in the ed:` '
niaymer of the beidegroom in the mar- 1 Another peculiar feature k;that
service tiny .3'svore3 oittel•inest feathers, the flif:411
I y the worm of the dewy night by or pruner es lire bong end strong'
the scaleless fish 'of the ;toed and by the' the innermost, those attached t
-
snnky i•ibbon of the river, I swear to forearm, are few and weak. .30 *far' a
OheY." [light is Coileerned, the, bird could dis-
"Very good, William, tad the strein- pense with these secondaries and not feel
ger. Noxy, all you 'have to do is this: their loss, henall • the heart which we
Whenever :Yoe waht cel, cotne here alone may blots, upornms that.euppiei
and call them near midnight as I did. steatn for this machinery is large and:I
They w111 come. ,I e 'ope'mtcd his in- powerful, tis itt necesstley for such ft 11g:
esetatioe 1011'11 13illy tette*. it, +tail ,Ihe pressure engiue as the little htlinin*Ii
river boiled with etils, bird.—Popular S,cience Aleuthly.'
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