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.i. REIGN OF TERROR,
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in the beginning etNovember, 1S0—,
New Yuri: wee startled by a terrible crime—
the murder of an eccentric and solitary old
lady. She was known to keep it largo sum
of money in her bedroom, and ns every penny
had disnpp aced, the motive wits plain
enough, .\o regards: the criminal, a Hunt
had been seen leaving the house about mid-
right, ,tad it devc,iptiou of him had been
handed to the police, who, of coarse, worn
sold to have a ciao, though the public doubt -
cd, Tit,, papers being full of the tragedy, it
formed the ,Iiof t ,pit; of conversation.
In Mrs. Vote's s ho;u•ding-house we talked
of very little ise ut dinner that evening,
Theeo of us who hal re,,ently returned from
down town:w,i were therefore supposed to
have heard the latest news, were simply in-
undated with ,luestions. I should think the
story must have been told at least a dozen
tunes, for each had a different version, and
insisted upon its aceuraey. Mrs. Yate, a
stout and dressy woman who sat at the head
of the table awl carved, giving to each nu.
cording as she rallied him, had often to
pause in her task, so ghastly were the de-
tails that passed front mouth to mouth ; and
Mise Dunne, an elderly spinister with a long
and red•tipped nose, anunnnerd her inten-
tions of examining her room thoroughly be-
fore she went to bed. 'poem Panay whisper-
ed to me that she would first book in het•
whisky bottle ; a piece of ectwit 1 which I
should set down here were it not .:o - my de-
termination to tell the whole truth.
in the midst of this dizeussion a cab stop-
ped at the door, and shortly afterwards Airs.
Yate was summoned to receive a, visitor; an.
inyident that always gave rise to many eon-
' Pictures. Presently we heard the noise of
baggage being brought into the hall, from
which we inferred that our circle had been
increased by another boarder. Mrs. Yate
was generally prepared for emergencies of
this sort, Hating a large house to fill, she
was not very particular about references,
but trusted more to her eyes and ears after
she had safely caged her bird.
When the returned, smiling most gracious-
ly she announced the new arrival to be aMr.
Jackson, "Such a gentlemanly man, with
plenty of money ; a confirmed invalid ; going
to have his meals in his room at present. '
N, 13.—All Mrs. Yate's boarders
were swans
at first, but their plumage soon took a differ.
" Mat is Mr. Jaokson like 1" asked red-
headed Miss Hatch, " Oh, do tell me !
1 .n simply dying to know."
" Well," replied Mrs. Yate, beaming over
folded hands, "he is short and slight; his
face is handsome, smooth -shaven, and wrin-
kled a little ; his hair is light, turniug gray ;
eyebrows arched like my friend General
—'s ; he stoops rather, and has a bad
cough, poor man ; his manners are affable
though nervous. I think that's all I noticed
about him.-
" Dear me, how interesting 1" said Miss
Hatch with enthitsiasn,, " And his baggage
"Though small in quantity is good in
quality. Not that that matters much," add-
ed Mrs. Yate complacently, "for he has
paid me a month in advanco,"
"And his cough ?" anxiously inquired old
Mr. Parrot.
Oh, you needn't be afraid. You won't
hear it." She turned towards ole to say :
" Mr Jackson has taken the big room at the
end of your passage, so—why goodness gra-
thous, there's another cab stopping I Not an-
other boarder surely."
As we sat listening there came such a spare
knock at tits floor that several ladies actual-
ly screamed, no doubt because their nerves
had been overstung by the accounts of the
murder. Mre. Yate was again summoned
from the table and upon her return told us
a Mr. Luscombe had taken the vacant room
next Mr. Jackson's.
" Oh, ltow very odd," exclaimed Miss
Hatch. "Luscombe is quits an aristocratic
name. Is be nice ?"
"He has paid oto a week in adtmnce, nt
any rate," replied Mrs. Yate, looking severe-
ly at poor old Mr. Parrot, who was, I fear,
considerably in her debt.
Dinner concluded site had led her troop
from her room, while we others remained to
smoke as was the custom of the establish-
noent. A few minutes later the were joined
by Air. Lusoenbe, a wiry little man with
sharp features, fair hair, black beard and
keen, gray oyes, which seemed to include us
all at one glance. The diiloreteo in color
between his hair and beard gave him rather
a pecular appearance, and but for the latter
ho might have passed for a soldier. He in-
troduced himself to the room generally, took
a chair at the table, brought out a cigar -case,
and made himself quite at home, talking
freely of everything except ]timsetf, and es-
pecially of the recent murder, though ho
seemed to know leas about it that the did.
" The fellow will never be caught," said
Tom Benny, " for the police are only a set
of noodles."
" That's your opinion, is it?" observed
Mr. Luscombe with a smile.
"It is."
"Then, my dear sir, I don't agree with
you. You young fellow are too impatient,
You must give the police time.
"While be runs away 1 Perhaps dodges
into another house to mu, der seine one else 1 '
Afy advice to everybody is to loop after
themselves and I intend to set the example
by buying a revolver."
" And shooting one of your friends 1"
added Mr. Luscombe, apparently absorbed i
in watching the smoke Boat up to the coil. ,
Ing.
c Not at ,dI," cried Torn, piqued at our
laughter. "I am not such a fool as—as—
some people."
Its not a question of folly, my good
sir," said Air. Luscombe, gootl•homoredly.
"1Chentliehnuse is in darkness, it's not easy
to distinguish between a friend and a foe,
and a startled man with a revolver in Itis
hand is apt (*blew away at the one in the
hope of hutting the other. If you'll take any
advice, and excuse a stranger for giving it,
you'll leave revolvers alone,"
"As to that I shall ploaee myself," said
Ton, walking towards the door. " (Mod
night, Jack," ha called out to me, " I'mgoing
out,"
I followed him into time hall in order to ex•
postulate with him, for ho had latterly do.
veloped an alarming fondness for billiards, o
most expensive taste for a junior clerk fn a
broker's office, Belonging to a good but
poor family, he told me he had to make his
omen way in the world, and this I felt was a
sorry beginning. Though our acquaintance
dated only from his arrmvall at Mrs. Yiytc's
a few menthe before, I had taken a great
liking to the tall, powerful, lmandsonoyoung
follow, whose many excellentquelitioe wets
undeniable, and whose faults were chiefly
those of youth. Always exceedingly head.
strong, he laughed at the remonstrances
Which I now addressed to him, and playfully
calling me an old grandmother, le loft the
house.
When we wont np.stairs to joint the ladies
in the drawing-romtl, tiro found ass ]fiatch
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t`n114vo11the itto
maul, cunt the mimeo; silt -dozen talking
mind the lu 't; utsnco the scene
elatu:sod alt iota, immediately beton
irg We c uU d rt ;r .t. ' the picture. Not
tr+tbstun hug cher ihcreu;,h knowledge u
the art o i putnpi'tt, they got leSg informates,
out of luta than "int i n+ e ote ss ,,,,,s,1ly,
iDley tempted hitt with pic'tur'es 111 ;daces
photographe of celebrated peeptc, and hook
marked at certain passages, which were a
the nature of leading questions ;• but witl
provoking skill he slipped throu;;h all thea
fences withontleaving n shred of evideue
behind. One thing along was vicar ; h
could talk bettor of current events than o
the historical past,
There was a good tleol of m }•citomcat when
WO separated for the night. Ails. Yate,
whose late husband had been in the militia,
thanked her stars that site had in her mon
a rifle and abayonet. Miss Dunne organized
parties to settrch for Wren concealed under
bade with intent to commit murder and
robbery ; and finally there was r. great
locking of bows, followed by the silence of
midnight.
As Tom Renny often paid a visit to my
room before going to his awn, 1 lay awake
with the gats turned down but not out. My
thoughts naturally reverted to the new ar-
rivals ; for if the invalid recluse was inter-
esting, so also was the reticent 11r. Its.
combo. l''ur many reneons I was inclined
to think that the latter had rfaen from the
ranks, and had not yet learnt to adapt him-
self to his altered ciretunstanees. Kith
regard to the former, the fact that lie was
to remain invisible invested him with an air
of mystery. I had heard his cough very
frequently while we were all on the move,
and a very peculiar cough it seemed to be.
13ut when all was quiet it ceased, so it did
not apparently interfere with Mr. Jackson's
tlro11,
It must have been about half -an -hour
later, when, feeling sure that ectisibody was
moving swiftly and steadily along the pas-
sage, I sat np iu bed to listen. The sound
died away, but was almost immediately fol -
Lowed by that of another footstep hurrying
in the same direction. The second person
stumbled over what I tookto be my boots
and with a half -muttered exclamation ran
on again. Throwing book the bed -clothes,
I sprang to the floor, rushed to the door and
opened it, just in time to see, as I thought, a
figure disappear in a room at the end of the
passage. About the reality of the sounds
there could he no doubt. Miss Dunne had
already begun to scream, and a night -capped
head appeared close by, but at the sight of
me withdrew shrieking. In lees time than
it takes to write the words, the whole house
was in commotion. Doors opened and
slammed; terrified queetions were hurled
from room to Croom ; white faces, lighted by
candles held in trembling bands, peeped
over the balustrades ; and a group of figures
in dressing -gowns gathered on the stairs.
"There's a man in the house," Miss Dunne
was crying from the safety of her room.
"There is—there is; I know there is, for I
heard him. Oh, murder! Olt, thieves 1
Police ! Oh, oh 1"
"A man in the house 1" repeated a voice
at my elbow, I turned round and saw Mr.
Luscombe, scantily clad, but quite 000l and
self-possessed, "Where is he?"
"Ah, where is he?" demanded old Mr.
Parrot coming forward undauntedly with
a poker. Having forgotten to remove his
yellow night-cap, be looked a most absurd
object.
And now a chorus of screams announced a
new cause of alarm, which turned out to be
merely the appearance of Tom Remy. In
order not to disturb anybody, he had left
his boots in the hall, and came upstairs in
his stockings, a needless precaution in this
instance,
"What's the matter ?" he asked, in sur-
prise.
That's just what we are trying to find
out, Tom,' I replied.
"I expect," said Air, Luscombe, "it's only
this gentleman's entrance that has alarmed
rho ladies."
"Nothing of the sort," cried Mrs, late
from the top of a bureau. "The noise was
made on this floor, and not in bis hall, I
insist upon having the house searched from
attic to basement. If you gentlemen are
afraid to do it, I'll call in the police.' Here,
who'll take this?" Sholow•ered a rifle with
a bayonet on the end of it.
Mt'. Luscombe, being the nearest, took it
from hoe and led the way. Some of us
went found the different rooms with him,
the ladies following in a flock, all ready to
scream and run at the slightest provocation.
A noire ridiculous scene I have never as.
sista at. The bayonet was poked under
every bed in turn, but nobody was skewer-
ed, n providential circumstance which I
cannot account for.
"If I had had that revolver," said Tom
Benny afterwards in my room, "I would
soon have settled the fellow's hash."
"'Whose hash, though? There were two
of them beyond all doubt. Tom, I'm moral-
ly certain they went into either or both
of the rooms. at the end of the passage," Why, hy, that man Luscomhe is in
one and an old invalid in the other."
"I know that."
Toni looked at fie very queerly. I saw
that two ideas had jumped together in his
mind, as they had already dorso in mine.
But after all they amounted to Very little
and led to nothing, so the concurrence was
not actually mentioned by either of us.
Nast morning I was tea of rho Inst to
enter the breakfast room. There was no
excited discussion going on as I had expeot-
acl ; on the contrary, a strange gloom pre-
vailed the whole party, with the solitary
exception of Mr. Luscombe, who was un-
concernedly sipping his coffee. More that
one lady started at the sound of my ap.
preach, and looked round in evident terror,
J'ho conversation was confined entirely to
whispers.
"(rood morning," I said, looking round in
perplexity. "You all seen to be suffering t
from the effects of your fright last night, or
has anything also happened ?" r
13y way of answer Toto thrust into my
hand a newspaper, and pointed to, u para- s
graph on the last page. It was at adve'- 1
tisoment emanating feon Lite police, and t
offering 81,000 reward for such information bl
as would lend to the capture ,if the nmcisea
nom timed at the beginning of this narrative
And now for the eensational part of the I t
affair ; the description giver by the pollee e
corresponded exactly with Airs. fate's I a
description of Mr. Jtultsmn ! Ib was an
astonishing and merciful thing, commented M
Miss Hatch, that we Intl not found our t
throats out this morning, th
There had been rather a worm dispute se a
to what should be dome. Airs. Yate, back- !
e, by the whole of her sex there present,
was for the Institut delivery of thomalefao•
tor, the sham invalid, into tie hands of jus-
tice. But Mr, Luscombe declared that atoll
action bowl n
s l m nth
more late 911
a UW'Uf
d a
suspicion, would p l
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1?t ltst Ant
r, I SSE�I t ),, r MAY 17, 1889,
O ' t 11 111 c'nnran, tt luta carate to notnln{,
tn•plitd 1,t.i. , They acre ed tan wren
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I10 hitch, a lltlllt oho was ttuttiilntg one
Si house, Whether Uy aetalent or design,lila
bark Was turned towards a limp -pug, .t, so
that his (solar,' were obsctucd, l,uddenly
- he a orad and moved to n little distance,
when he tits juiced by Alr. Luecoudte,
greatly to my sarpriee, for I hail trot heard
loin* pore my door. lie win wearing the
Iambi beard ugai n, mint curled a par sol and
a letter, both or which be gave the stranger.
After' a short conversation they parted, Mr.
Luscombe retaining t, the house. The plot
was tuts udy thickening.
Net huswing what to do, 1 dial nothing.
When the time arrived for going to nut' eu•u
roams the oxen/uncut of the previous ni,;ht.
w as repeated, 11iss Duma and her catch
parties tlieplu;, lig wonderful heroism. Ilio i
11,1,h tonic loutt- ut us in a most mlie,•tiug
manner 1 with Wars in her eyes she soh:Inlay
as..urt,d
no she was going to have her tltrt,at
cut tt itht.ut tail. iltuee 1 saw by evading
one ,t,'i,,,mihility 1 I,.,d only teemed en.
other ; :o:,1 c„unequ'nttly decided not to go
to 1„,1, .s„ ass to Is, co.,'y ill c.cae any cuter.
••cit) find alt t.
ou the prevu i, ni ht 1 . el, en's
• c.•ssetl as st, a n.,the bun .c• nrt•.w e
quiet and after that not a sound was heard. i
had turned toy gas out, but on the table
' Mood at email lamp tvitli a shade which con -
ailed the light to the space immediately
arrnuul it, In au impedutfr by the side of
the table 1 sat reading. What aimed to he
an almost Interminable time elapsed without :
invideot of any sort. At len th thinking
that :Com 'tight have returned without n
knotting it, I looked at my watch std faun
it to be nearly ono o'clock, linmediatel
afterwards there occurred a euoossion
startling sounds. Somebody ran rapid]
along the passage ; one heavy fall was otos
ly followed by another ; then vamp a scufli
a sharp crack of a pistol, a cry of pain, an
lastly a confusion of shouts and scream
The suddouness of the whole thing glued in
to my chair, but as soon as I could colle
my anergies I rushed into the passage.
No words of nine could describe the pant
Miss Dunne had thrown her angular bod
half -way out of the window, and was im
ploring the police to save her, and the res
were shrieking inside their rooms. A
cording to her own account, however, Mis
Hatch did not utter a sound ; burying he
head in the bed.clothes she olemly awaite
Icor fate. I had an indistinct vision of
t
yellow night-cap and poker as I ran pas
atdfurthee along Mrs. Yate was frenticall
shouting through the keyhole that she wa
armed with a rifle end bayonet, and that i
would be instant death to attempt to entc
But the interest centred in a confused h u
on the ground and a tall figura standing ova
it.
" If either of you stir a muscle," said' a
excited yoke, which I recognized as To
Renny's, " I'll put a bullet into his rascal'
head. Is that you, Jack 2"
" Yes," I replied,
"Then fetch a policeman, will you, whil
I keep guard over this thieving couple."
" But who are they ?"
"That's more than I can say as yet. On
of them bolted out of my room as I came
the stairs, and the other sprang out fro,
somewhere olse. I fancy I have lanced on
of them. Perhaps we had better have
Light. Hero are matches ; the gas is jus
above you head."
By the time I had completed my task cot'
oral hastily clad figures had come stoalin
out of their rooms and grouped tltemselve
at a safe distance, r\ simultaneous cry o
surprise made me turn quickly, and lookin
at one of the figures on the ground, I per
ceived it to be Air. Luscombo. It's after
wards discovered tho other to be Mr. Jack
son, the olcl invalid with the bol cough.
" Allow me to rise, sir," said Air. Lu
combo, the uppermost of the two, but pinna
down by Tone's foot which was upon hi
chest.
" Cool to the last 1" cried Tont, scornful
ly. "Yon shall rise when a policeman come
but not before,"
"You young fool, I'll a policeman myself,
I'm employed by a firm of private detectives
This man hero is the murderer of Mrs. —.
I've captured him, remember, and the re.
ward is ours."
"Let him up, Tom," I said, " Whether
his story is true or false, I'll take care he
doesn't bolt,"
When Air, Luscombe rose to his fent, we
observed a small pool of blood on time carpet.
It had preceded from a wound in Air. Jack •
son's shoulder ; he had boon struck by Tom's
bullet, but, as it proved, the injury was
only slight. Ho was lying faro downwards,
quite silent and umtionleas ; we turned him
over, and found him to be insensible. But
our attention was diverted from him to
Tom, who now saw his face for the first
time. Tom staggered, and almost fell ; all
WO could get from lnim wore the words, "My
poor brother."
man yesterday fool let liar ;:o again. 1111
you c'vt'r bear o t Ash h dialers1 11r. Lan
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vomit, who defended theta yesterday," add
• cul )te, spitefully, will perhaps defeat them
f agatin,"
Alistakes oceur in the beat regtinted
families," a id that gentleman, smiling, as
he helped himself to the last egg, upon
s iitielt \lies Batch had evidently set her
f heart. " Do you uovar err, sir :"
1 " \\'hut a rude 1111111?" sand Miss Ilatolt in
n n loud whispet, and stared angrily at the
o tmptydish,
a The servant entered with a tray for the
f purpose of ca'^ying up Mr, Jackson's break.
feat,
Don't let her go, Mrs. Yate," esiod Mies
Dunne, frantically It ;wing a satnny nano at
the girl. " If site enters that room she will
1 never conte out alive, His blood will be
upon your head,"
"lots see how I stall be situated," said
Mrs. Yate, looking frigidly at 11r, bus -
combo, a swat no longer, "if I attempt to
follow your advise."
" If you'll allow me, madam," said lie,
rising, "I'll take up alto poor old gentle-
man's breakfast myself."
" \Chat, and be murdered 1" shrieked
Alias Dunne.
Though .11r, Lusemnbo smiled his right
hand iustinetively moven towards his book,
only to Ito withdrawn in haste, Slight as
the gesture was, it attracted any notice and
curiosity. He was leaufng forward sit the
time with his back turned towards me, so I
had every opportunity of observing him at-
tentively ; and I coati see in his hip pocket
a pertubet'ance which seemed to be caused
by the handle of a revolver. This, if cor-
rect, was certainly a strange discovery.
Marc was a teat who had protested against
anothor's carrying a revolver, going about
with one concealed on his own person. What
on earth did it mean ?
However, I had n ' time for conjectures.
I bad to be in the city at ten, and it was
already half -past nine, soI hurried away to
catch an omnibus. Tom Benny, who accom-
panied me, was very lout to leave the house.
Ho, of course, was for acting on the spur of
the moment, and, like Airs. Yato, wanted
to ;Worst our mysterious boarder over to tho
police at once. Indeed, he was burning to
make the capture single-handed.
On my return in the evening I found but
little change in the situation, the reign of
terror still continuhtg. Had it not been for
want of means --a prevalent footers, in our
establishment—the house would have been
deserted—at any rate by the ladies, who
kept up an inoessant twittering, and sat in
gr'bups facing the doors, with bells, rattles
and other noisy instruments close at hand.
No actual case of fainting occurred to my
knowledge—to do that would have been to
place ones self unreservedly at the murder.
er's disposal—but all carried salts bottles
and used them freely.
By repeatedly declaring his belief in Mr.
Jackson's innocence, Mr. Luscombe did his
utmost to bring them to a calmer frame
of mind. No doubt, he said, there was
some faint resemblance between the two
descriptions, but what of that ? lie would
guarantee to fetch half.s.dozen men out of
the street to whom they would apply quite
as well. Ho was certain that Mr. Jackson
was what he represented himself to be—a
feeble invalid. But, talk as he might, his
words had very little effect ; his deeds, per-
haps, had rather more. I was told that he
had not been out of the house all day; he
had taken up Mr. Jackson's meals, and had
sat with him for some hours. That be had
done this without receiving any bodily in-
jury was felt to be somewhat reassuring.
The conversation at dinner was most am-
inated, our party being divided into two
factions, one for calling in the police and
the other for letting matters drift. As for
myself, I was far more suspicious of lir.
Luscombe than of the mysterious boarder
upstairs.
By the way', Tom," I said, when the
ladies had retired, "have you bought the
revolver you were speaking about ?"
" Bothe' it, no. I haven't bad a moment
to myself all day. But when I go out this
evening, I think I can borrow ono.'
"You won't take my advice, then?" said
Mr. Luscombe, cigar in hand,
" Yonr advice strikes me as being very
eingalar," I interposed, watching him close-
ly. " Unless I'nn greatly mistaken, sir, you
carry a revolver habitually."
His face was scarlet as lie turned in his
chair to stare at too. It was tie first time
he had shown tho least sign of discomposure,
But quickly recovering, he burst out laugh.
ing and with consummate coolness, brought
out his revolver, which, es you may imagine,
created no small sensation.
" Two courses were open to me," be said,
" either to require you to produce your evi-
dence or to admit your assertion. I have
chosen the latter, you see, beoause—well,
because it doesn't make a rap of difference."
" I call you a strange sort of person,"
broke out Tom indi, pantly.
"Perhaps I am."M The impudent fellow
aotually winked at old Air. Parrot,
" You would have us defenceless lest we
should shoot you, but as to your shooting
us, that is a horse of quits another color. Is
that your game, sir !"
" Well,' was the oe,lnt response, " tools in
tho hand of skilled worknien—"
"Nonsense," cried Tom.
"I have a letter to write," said Mr, Lus•
combe, rising. "'When I oma back, young
flan, I hope your temper will have pooled a
bit,"
A clash of tongues followed his departure
but very littlo was said to the point. Pre- do
sently, in spite of the usual remonstrances at'
from me, Tom left the house to play billiards, pl
and I went upstairs to fetch a book from my th
own roonn. The passage was lighted with to
gas, though only vary dimly, and the carpet an
tvas thick enough to render my foot innudi- di
blo. Hoping to find something connected W
with the events of the previous night, I do- d y
ermined to explore. c
Arriving at the Moor of Air. Lusa/mho a alt
oom I notioed it was ajar, and, notthinkingg fee
of wheat I was doing, looked in. What I
ate tens startling onongh ; nothing more or Int
ass than Mr. Luscoulbits beard resting on lea
ho ltd. Ho himself was writing, at the to- mg,
o beyond. I retired ea speedily as was
coneistett with prudence. This, then, ea, to
eouute1 for the difference in color between Iva
bo hair anti beard, but who was the wear.
r? Strange if, while suspicion was direct. aft
d toward Mr. Jackson, the real murderer
should actually bo among us in the person of Lt
Ir. Luscombe 1 This theory offered a ra- to
tonal explanation of Inc Anxiety not to have
a polies called in, and also of his carrying
revolver, the very weapon with which the 1'
unfortunate old lady was supposed to have g
been murdered. Moreover, due allowflake
being made for disguisa the alvertised de. y
seription might very well apply to Mr. Lus. fi
combbe, a
While those thoughts
tvero passing th
, p g rough
my mind, Y was standing at the window of
my room, the curtain being up and the gait
not yet lighted. Looki$g out aimlessly
apponed to no'tieg on, the opposite side .of
taarmotasecanstraismilearasereessamxismasioaxames
Beyond Words.
Little maul in homespun gown
Simple as the daisies,
Loving lips. anti ayea of brown ---
Lot ono sing your praises.
Shall I call my lova a flower,
(Authored to illy bosom?
No) they fade from hour to hour,
.And I want my blossom.
Shall I call her precious pearl?
Sot not jewels nigh her 1
Only just avountrygirl,
Yet not a king could buy her.
Shall call e
S t I a n 111 t angel blest,
Whitest soul of woman 1
Stacy 1--1 think I like her host
Laughing, weeping, human,
Ie she, then, a sparkling star
Sent to guide and ehoer me?
Ali 1 tlto skins zero cold and far,
And I like her near me.
Not a name is there au earth
Of a pot's giving,
1111 to bell ono -half Icor worth,
Real, true and living,
Rhymes and words of mystery
Only would amaze her;
lror her own street self is she,
And all my deeds shall praise her.
—Chambers' Journal.
iy
d Dove] opnnentorcoal in Canada.
y Itis well known to geologists that in
of many parts of western Canada there aro ex -
y tensive coal deposits, the successful working
11- of which must bo of great importance in the
0, development of the imperial traflio through
1 the Dominion and on the Pacific. A large
s, block of land, in which are think and ex -
e tonsive seams of authraeite coal, has lately
at been worked by a Canadian company (the
' Canadian Anthracite Coal Company, Limit.
c. ed), in the Cascada district of the Bow
y River Pass, and with excellent results.
This land covers the cropping' of the veins,
whioh dip from 32' to 00° in tho side of
0- the mountains, which rise from 500 feet or
e 600 feet, to 2,000 feet above the croppings.
✓ A tunnel 209 feet long has been driven, and
d this is 45 feet above the water level and cuts
a ' through 22 seams coal. Throe of those
t, seamen are being worked. The overlying
y seam measures about 9 feet, of which 7 feet
s aro coal; the middle seam has from 3 feet to
t 3 feet 8 inches of clean hard coal ; aid the
r. underlying seam is about 5 feet S inches,
p with 10 inches of slate near the centre of
✓ the seam. These aro the only seams as yet
praotically tested, but front them about
ti 15,000 tons of coal have boon taken and
m shipped to tho Pacific cmtst. The coal has
y . been taken to San Francisco, where it has
been graded as No. 1 free -burning white -
ash anthracite. As yet the work which the
e local Canadian company have been able to
do has boon more of a prospecting character
j than mining for rho market, and so an
e . endeavor is being made to open up tate
up whole of this extensive coalfield by the cm -
n ploymont of British capital.—London Times.
s
a , _1 Kentucky suicide.
b i Andy Lolling was it bad citizen of Jack-
son County, and hal killed half a dozen of
- his fellow citizens. One ea -ening Bolling
g killed his seventh num in Clover Bottom.
B The next day a ooroncr'ejurywasimpanelecl
f to inquire into the affair. The testimony
5 was that the diseased luta called Dolling " u
liar," and that Bolling immediately
drew his pistol and find, killing the man
who had insulted him at the first shot.
The jury went out to deliberate, and after
LIS i a short time returned thefollowing verdict ;
" We find that the decease, Henry Jones,
s ! committed suicide."
The Coroner was amazed. " I shall not
- I receive the verdict," he staid. "The testi-
s, many was positive that Andy Bolling did
the killing."
"Yes," replied the foreman, " and the
• testimony was equally positive and unequi-
vocal that the diseased 4,•as of sound mind
and in full possession of all his faoultios just
previous to his death, and that, while in this
condition, he called Andy Bolling 'a—
liar.' It stands to reason that if he hacl not
meditated calf destruction he would not
have been so rash. He know whatthe conse-
quences would be, and he evidently wanted
to die."
So the t-erdict of suicide stood. --Louis.
villa Courier -Journal.
In an earlier part of this narrative I have
stated my intention to tell the whole truth,
and with regard to Miss Dunne, about whom
I was than speaking, I have nothing to re-
tract. But Tom Ronny is my friend and in
his case I am bound to be more reticent.
Certain statements about his proceedings
having been made to his elder brother, the
owner of considerable property and a timid
realise, he had determined to investigate
thein without Tom's knowledge, Iota limpp1y
to state that they were found to bo grossly
exaggerated and in many instances false, but
even to attention then would be to do my
friend a oi'uel.injustico,
That Mr. Ronny answered the advertised
description of the murderer there can be no
ubt, for he was rho man who had been
rested and afterwards released, Tbis tools
ace on his arrival in New York. Once in
o same house with his brother, lie hoped
bo able to get c1nietly into Tom's room,
d—Bub there, I cannot toll you without
sclosing too much. You see, ebony rate
by he was afraid to leave the house in the
atnno when Tom was out of the way; std
an understand how the detectives, °agar for
e reward which they know would be of -
ed, come to set tIt(ir agent on his track.
Mr, Luscombe, through defeated concealed
s Vexation very well. .As a detective he
d failed, but as a prophet bo had scored a
nal success, and claimed it,
Shot your own bn'btlter, hey 1" he said
Tom on leaving. " Didn't I say you
old be doing sonlothingof the sort?t'
"Ah, some people aro wonderfully wise
or tho event."
"And others aro nevot wise,"returuodMr.
ueoombe. And putting a cirgar in his
oath ho walked off smiling.
The girl who carried orf the "Beatty
rim" at Vienna has married ail American
ymnast,
Walker Blaine is ono of alto most popular
oung muton in Washington soLty. Ho has
ufailed and polishemanners and fs a
harming conversationalist.
koro is no truth in the story that Mary
Anderson is to be mnar'niel. to her itlent, M.
Abad. Miss Anderson 18, nti leas dorm, on-
agecl to it young man' in the stmt business,
n Wood throat, Cleapsitlo, London.
with ]tiro the mon generally eondltreed.
" What alma the clue the police wore
-.imposed to have 17 T i'tep*ired, 1
chocolate intoe - rannitc.
One quart of mills, one-half a box of gala.
time soaked in one cupful of water, four
tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate mado
smooth in a little null ; throe eggs and a
little extract of vanilla; heat the milk until
boiling, then add the other ingredients and
boil five minutes ; pour into mould and serve
with cream, and sugar or custard.
The child Was mime.
Young Mother—"Horrors, Jane, the baby
is trying to swallow a pin 1"
Nurse—" It's all right, mum, ft's a safety.
piw "—Philclolphia Record.
Stark's was Winn'.
" Young foam," he began, as he caught
him at the hall door, " you aro coming here
quite often of late,"
"Yes, sir."
"whioh one is it ?"
"Maud, sir."
"Maud, ell ? Well, Maud is a good girl;
and a great favorite. I have no objections;
sir. I used to go to school with your father;
and I know all about you,"
"Thanks." •
"Just Janke yourself at home, sir. De
you happen to have $25 or $30 in your vest
ppocket? 1'11 hand it back next week. Yes,
Maud is a nice, girl, and if I should forget
this loan just speak about it, will you? -y
Detroit Tree Proes,
The teu'nly Member.
A New Yorker collad for a sandwich at
the Pensylvania depot, and being bandel
ono wrapped in paper narked "H, said;
"What is the "II" for, Sam ?"
"Date for imam, boss,"
"What other kinds have yon, Sam 2" '
inure have Chicken, boss; dab is market
"And do you hove any other kind otf
sandwiches '1" 7
Oh, yes, boss, the hab'tongue, too."
"And what do yon matlt that ?"
"We don't mark dot nptin', we lamb de
tongue to speak for itself."
Whorls Ire Tirotlglkt nod lit.
Iiettuolcy Constituent—How d'yo do;
Senator. il,n't you get lee a clerkship un
(ler the new Administration?
Senator—Pin aftaf
d not, - MOW.
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