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That moment Cni^net. a,way, as
It must have told yat>, that eonfnitngrace,
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Of Oncould not blip�lota you to tea I a
And had you Ilenrd her voice you must hen
she11tt1etalked end softly all that day,
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To her a utd not but tore yee aye and aye,,
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'gen did not see her, and you slid not hear;
She saw not, heard not, you as by she passed,
A -m.1 it was once more car sten, "Yon to y.a1
`ywu shall ge. ercking, s4°l¢iu1'to the last."
—John Vance Cheney in liarper's e &
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ForJohn 1 o cltcit
L seven years old �
T'o
tad been paying teller of the First re Na-
tional bine. inn, western town. t Pre.
vows to his taking the place he bad
been a private banker and merchant
^. Re had
and had played in hard Itt�t I
securedthe place through having the
friendship of the president, but there
had been a "ring" against him in the
place bad promised to
bank.. Thep p
a relative of the cashier's, and old
a n Intruder
as
;John ryas looked ,edupon1
1Vith0t,t the president behind' him,
even after he had held the place for
three or .four years, he wo i1ld have
been fired bythose in authority. Hoc t•c
tlittle and
was a wan -wlio said but'
rendered faithful service. As
he
grew
old they tried to make his age a point
agaSrzsthlm. and, not succeeding ding in that,
n'if
it was hoped he might getsnug.
BY • M.
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rf•
to
��N
\fP/
4.s
b
"HANDS 111. AND MONEY .OUT!".
up on a forged check or some other'
act of carelessness. He went his way
without fighting back. ' If he lost his
place, it meant poverty to himself and
wife in their old age. He was prompt,
callexul and systematic; and the, plans
of -'ryas enemies were defeated.
The seventh year was drawing to a
c.ose when,,olcl ,John was caught up.
;loving about- Over 100 of the Ln0111
Living iio town lead' gone over to the
hewtown of Prairie Flower at an aue
tion of real estate. T Betio hadn't been
a ihatter-ophortunity for years to hake
a clash at the bank. It ryas a civilized
young city, but within striping dlsa
tench of No Man's' hall and a hun-
dred
def;palate onth1WS, 01 sudden
old aelin Fosdick, bareheaded azul his
gray hale flying, burst into the bank.
seoehless with his-
Ire was lirunning,
but he did not try to use his voice. Ile
dashed oeen the gate and seized the•
heavy Joors of the safe and closed
then' with a hang Several employees
tried to " seize him, thinking he - lu:ttl
gone crazy, but he shook them off,
mad just as, firing sad yelling' were
heard en tit) street' lie slammed the
doors of the vault, ale had' only 01111-
ec1 fruity it when tour border ruffians
dashed into the batik, ea01i with a pis-
tol in hand, while iree others re-
melee('
r -na!u d outside
and fired atevery z
Y P
e•
lesttian
in sight
"'lauds up and money out!" shouted
one of the three who entered the bank,
and in an instant every otlicial and
employee was covered.
others
The cashier wilted, and the oth e
followed suit, but old John. Fosdick
stood up gamely under the deadly re
volvers u_id quietly said:
"Gonnumen,: this bank is closed for
111e. day."
"Opeu and v33ults or
the I'Il
blow your brains out!"
"I have a keykeyto tacither.z,
. that!"
"Jell liar.! `!'arse t
The old man�sank u
i1
z with a bullet
c
his brain. anti the 'white faced cashier,
would have opened safe and vault
with his own hands but for the arrival
of assistance. A. few citizens bad gath-
ered and killed one of the watchers
and wounded another. This caused a
stampede on the part of the <despera
does. They did not even grab- the
money paoloages in sight, but hastened
to get away as fast as possible. ,Ioliu
Posdiet had not drew -lied himself, but
he lay dead. Ile had been discharged
on account of old age and carelessness,
but his speed rand acumen Had saved
e
nsr
• •bank from being
National Jat
the First
t then
h.
L
what cleaned out. He wondered n�
would' say of him atter death. "Tiley
ll rd ho led
Re hero.
said � was a 1
_std he
men would have pity on his aged
widow, When he had been laid away,
the
bank voted her a life pension, the
citizens and the railroad company
made uP it public purse, and stie want-
ed for nothing the rest of ;her life.
Chan,^'eel Their l'ir0 nod.
"A number of years ago," said a
temperance advocate, "the Rev. Thom-
as Colson was out west. He stopped
Off at a. town which : \vas the loafing
apace of a large number of cowboys
tr'lien they wereoffduty. These rot.gb:
looking fellows, with revolvers strap-
ped to their s ales and wearing bolt
filled with cartridges, met lair. Colson
ane asked him to 1ahe a drink, . He
declined at first, battle -
he went nlnnr'.
wt1.l'ETHORN WOOD..
00, icing ,Arthur's. court. went n-Qng¢ing to the
I+Ttyiing,
'Neath the epri0g•'s 1160 sky, mid the spring's
•neiv k>lossoli$ straying;
Light laugh'; lenghed they, and sweet words they
were say lag
In a rvhiaetlauru; wood in the Aleyticnel
elo and thequeen from the /daytime
Sir Launcelot 1. t y
11315ed apart; .
In itis eyes 2210 dark Love's passion; in her precast.
was daub Love's smart.
Ole Latinselot and the queen theyy were clasped
In a 0hiteLho0n wood in the ?)laytime!
00, Love's pain wakes with the wakening 9f tite
spring,
And it crowns n hiss 1 queen, though she no'er be
15'i Fe of king!
Best :stay at Benue and spin, for, oh, Love's a
perilous thing
r rix wood in the !daytime!
I11 a y huctlla
—Evelyn 0r1e01e0f Sutheriantl in Smart Set,
819-g
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
IN HIS LIFE.
eras thought for a monlezlt .she was go-
ing to give Iter usual laughing fare-,
a•
well end digslppeali forever fromlts
er e n1' 1st make his
sight.Now41' ne't h, 1,..
i 11 ' it what be
Let Guy think � o
proposal. t, t
might. In two boards lie was by bot
sloe. Site coolly d3?aantled:
"What, yeti are 1101 +_ It of breath?"
Whether , little to Nether he was os had t tl .
do with the hatter. He .murmured
• ,.
through hislnust.Lctae ie a voice which
�
ig
siblltly trembled:
"
his"e I have. somethingto say to
t n J -
yon -very serious.,,
shook her head n
in tender r`il11el'
Sheho a t c e Y•
"Let us have a gallop, , Serioueuess
isso fatiguing,"
Never had, she looked so beau'tifal;
never was Guy farther from the gen,
oral's thoughts.
They were now going along a well
kept avenue. The chestnut of the little
baroness neighed, She touched him
lightly with her whip—a flash—the gen-
eral was alone.
A sudden turn t
1 the avenue brought
him in front of a large square, and he
wasjust in time to see u. glimpse of a
riding habit disappearingthrough a
door.
u u i� �- iii o Furious, he knocked as if to break
D O �iipi D D IIE�pp ppe5rr,`
31l la��UQ1t1� �ISLc,�u u o dowzi the house. There was no nt,ces
k9 ®^QA G 0 -as
A light touch from the ald-te-cau
p, a
T
Away
she isin the �~. do lc
spring, and � 1C< Na
she goes. "W'ho loves me follows me,"
They invariably followher. One should
see her as site passed through the town,
flew over the roads and . pained the
country. Nothing seemed to stop her,
neither wood nor field nor flood. Then
came the sudden waive of tier panel, a
gay "Goodby!" to the general, an "Au
revoiri" to the young officers, and she
was out of sight, leaving never a trace.
behind.
"Thunder and lightning!" grumbled
the general. "Row does she clo it? We
have once again been outwitted."
The next morning found her again
at the commandant's saucy as ever.
She gave the sentinels a merry little
military salute with her dainty rifling
whip, delivered up tier horse to be tak
ell cure of and moved straight
toward
the dining hall, where covers were set
for the gen 1
t15 breakfast
They
-quietly, bl~t to-
ward' s c her
breakfasted ted t0 t
seemed to get
1 the general
he enc t
.
t
somewhat resiletea Re could not re-
strain three or lour formidable "hems;
and he sent the attendants flying about
in all directions.
"We are not here for amusement,"
she rertial'ked. "Drink your coffee."
He drank it, mentally feeling any -
'thing but unused. Certainly be had
met women of many kinds,' but never
anything like her. Was be afraid of
the little creature, he wondered? He
recalled their meeting just a month
before in Paris. Re remembers
how the moment the tr .•
she had climb
a litt
sity for such violence. The door was
quickly opened, and it 50010ed as it he
were expected, for the valet de pied
without asking' hien hie name showed
him 121110 13 luxuriously furnished apa
rt-
il nt a boudoir draped with choicest
tapestries and laden with delicious
odors.
Letting his eyes roam over the vari-
ous as articles of virtu with which the
room cutis adorned, he felt.. spellbound
as his gaze rested on the' mantelpiece.
1
S e' n0
Surrounded b ' a frame of flowers, o ,.
,3
miniature stood out in bold relief, a
portrait of himself, tile one rr'hich had
been painted after the :African cam-
paign. It ir;as almost a masterpiece
(113(1 1111(1 the signature of this clear sis-
ter, Guy's mother.
"Here I am. What is the matter,
general?">
_ The little baroness had come quite
close to liim,'silently as a fairy.
"There is— The devil fly away with
me! L don't know ghat to say? . I have
come to tell you—explain to you. What
."
thatmantelpiece?"
am I doing where on, p
"Does that displease you?"
. � But I :cannot quite
I dui not say so
understand."
`l:t is a present I bad from my sweet-
heart."
"Your sweetheart! You are going to
be married?"
A joyous voice answered from be-
hind: -
"If yct are willing; n
i
"Guy ^s'1Iy no
The
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THE TROTTING RECORD,
o
i
lei'fe2...•. Is saki to
>JTnertri T7 ct l 1. /f, sa d
weigh only 700 pounds when in racingn
form,
Alonzo McDonald at _the front.
anloi'lg the drivers for 1900. I10 won
27 races.
race ,the ttce Yn
stest mile trotted 1n a 1,
California this year t'V'as that of hazel
Tanney In 2. �•OJ13
y
It is reported that Frank Starr won:'
11011113'. 15,000 at tile Moscow (Russia)
summer neer( (0.'
,.- 2:2 ,..
Grace Alcliilul.y, 2,.,G/;, is another
new one for McKinney, 2:111/4, making
his tenth for 1(00. R
There isa promising 3 -year-old atl
Galesburg, iris., by Allerton, 2:011,4, out
of the dam of c rattan Boy, 2;(1S.
Lilly Young. 2:10X, has set the
mat -
Mee va eu record of the Belmont ark
track, Philadelphia, at 2:1511, driven'
her
lit 1 .
owners lti�hnc] u r u
b
-o �
Y , 4
The bay mare Rose, by I)Ltitt L Prince,
t!t
ce,
has worked miles as fast ae 2:12z%z.
l
She is in the string of Drive �AIcG sly
and will be wintered at Charter Oak.
The peeing native Anuie Rue, 2:1714,
ti 's "
out of six starts got five a t5 � and wee
once third and closed till, SeaSOn in Cine
shape, her last race being the fastest,
When 'IJetty G. 2:051/,x, paced her
third heat' in 2:06 at Los Angeles, she
went to the quarter in 0:31 ala, Ball` in
1:01x%, Three-quarters in 1:33% and fin-
ished
in-ished pulled up.
.100 Thayer''s new yearling colt by
Y +�
Baron Wilkes has shown e vaster in
301 seconds. The youngster is out of
[fanny .Swope, 2:191/2, 1tru1 was pur-
chased from the:111apleheu'st farm.
The first five imile troitiug mice re
posted in many moons came 00 at Le -
pine Park, 1Iontreal, Oct. 21. , It was
won by'31ia1 '1', 2:191/2,' by Elia! 0, in
18:211%. The record for the distance is
13:16, trade by Fillmore in 1803.
THE GLASS OF FASHION.
Gold cloth made with a design in the
weaving is one of the latest novelties.
White satin seems to be the popular
fans coats
lining for both shoat 00
coat y
and long garments for evening or day
wear.
'The ribbons this season are-charm-
ingly
recharm-
Ingty varied in dowered,1, striped andd
spotted designs, the pannette ribbons
being especially soft, and rich.
Cloth lace or an applique trimming
of cream cloth, finished around the
edges with ,a wii
one, of
(3rrxx)porn tive L ssg'eY1*5.
It hits, 011011 been rcn7111'1(0(1 that.
ti'hilc� lagtllin;; Is su nnc.t,ltaialn as the do -
ratio t of any given lattli<xn life nothing
Is morecertlbin than the aggregate of
which may e. assigned to a
years1 Y ,q 5
group of 100 persons 01' more at any
p ' 1011111 age. Tile expectation of life
pall age. h 1
'
tit a given ven age, � to ttse the actuarial
a
Pial.
1
i! ',rs c isi �lea•abl' as nirht
i)�n#1St;, t fl.t- . o> t �, �
be expected,
la different countries, and
Illnedlshin li 'may surtnisetl to learn
?tilt they are iaot the longest tiring
among the white races.
At the age of 20 fin Englishmlln In
average health: tiny expect to live 42
years, and any 111'0 (>ilice will grant htin
policy based on that probability. The
a io cy 1
Q c'al! ''
m ri expectation is for a slightly
ati !
longer period. On the otherbaud, a
German lad of 20 can eouut 111.011 little
more than :39 years :ul(,1 a half.
It would soon, therefore, theft -the'
restlessness- attributed to the Atmerican
'
tcuiperi>.zut.nt docs (101 uL.Ct,S..tiari1 y co-
n
clues' Co the :shortening of life orthe
composure of the German to its pro
1 feeding
hingtition, l osSilily the , better c 'din
g
and clothing:of Amt'rieans in tine lower
classes of the population are the Prins
+i •'1011'�eVit.
al c€Tnses of their thein {,tultel .�..r, 9
P t
"rinds"rindsposition is, at any rate,
e main-
tained 111 later as� well as
in earlier`
_
yeti
�acbed fU
The American carte, has rc .,
ltuty ,look to complete 14 7'e01S more,
while 170 ' t isb r's ex p
eetation ison-
ly
about 13 years and 10 mouths and
(, •nearly" a5
the (,1 c a tai fu's fix Possible 12
months less. P>otb at 20 and at CO the
1+'renc'hlnan's pro pegt is a little better
> • t and. a little tr'gtse
than thelac ! ulrl t 5
1 e,,
than tbeI7ug1lsliulam's.-London
Eetattcanteal Trakeiing of GunnebA.
'5iate8
The l,ictiiod;tsl'd in the United
navy ter the economical training of the
gunners is very interesting. It is a.:
well known fact that the cost of tiring
one of the large guns used in 'the navy
is V01'3' great, 'amounting sometiwes to
$1,000 or more,, '.1'o save this expense
a very simple method Is employed. In
the case of the large gums an: ordinary
Remington rifle is secured in the breech
enter
ther.'1 theinc
gun and directly of Y
i filecl'it5
5 that. 0122n t i`s i
of the bore., .0 t
bullettakes the same direction as that
of the regular projectile. ile 1h
largeee
gun is sighted in the usual manner.
of the
h
Ou account oft c lesser velocity
small bullet the target Is placed close
to the ship and is made corresponding-
ly small.
'Ube method used for the fi pounder;,
ns slightly differ,
rail rifle a
the same
e is em-
i' :of this
Ile -barrel
tt -