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OUR OWN, -
111- had- knoivn in.thetnorthflg
liovr wearily-all:the day-
The*ords unkind
. Would trouhle my mrnd.--
said:When went swap,-
' had ifeen„rdore direful, darling;
NorgiVett /011: rteedlessait';
But; wevet Oar' QW31 -
With look and tone - _ -
We may never -take baCkagaia: -
tho ma- qinet. everking
Yoa_Matgive its the kis of peace,
-
Yetitn'lgbtbe 1• ' •
That.never for mt.'
• The pain of the heart should Cease.:
- How nianY -go forth in the morning -
- That never Come hack atnig,ht.
Arid -hearts_ have broken: :
, ?del -harsh. Words spOken.
That So.rrow-c.an ne'er set right.
" Nkfe- litvecareful. thanghts for rthe stfanger,
-And--smiiea for the some:tin:le guest ;
BUtkoft for Our own - :
-The-bitter-tone,. .•
Thotigh welove our Own. tlioliest:
-Ah}:lios, with curse impatient. t
Ah't brow with -that -look: of scorn" t
'Twere a, cruel fate,_.- 1. • -
Were the nightttoo late.
To, nndo the work -of the infirm,
.TRAPEZE.
er 1 Ninety-nine stood, puffing_ and.
14.0..w. fug off steam: at the wate4tank of a lit:
tie- wayside station7-a beauty and: marvel of
brass and iron and steel .7. strong beyond si-
mile-, Making play of the Ileiricifed coal ears
it drew swiftly with.: eye piercing :
the darkness AS. w)onc14::Sr sun, - with its -
breath Of fleecy-Bteani and heart of v:oldanic -
fire, and,John Lathrop stood withhand liPon
• .
whistle- and. throttle t waiting the --signal to
It Waat4idnight, and the. dead, of winter.:
-
The musio_ of the:_ehristrois- bells- had died
_ aWay,•theglacl that had. welcomed.
the New 'Year -had been -1-intihed; and. the :
holy sons of Love, Chsrity,,. and. Good- --
• that had been preached and -snug were
-fast being forgotten in the rush and roar of
nr running the Mid rade for wealth
_
and. TfollOwing the Spendthrift dictum ' Of
•ever -Changing fashion, -
'i.e. spasmodic chatity that. -breaks put at
sue t#6.08 hact rith its course The poor had.
been *armed and fo& and Made happy for- A _
_ -day, and Would be scarcely thought of _until
the. ye*, had, -comPleted dycte;- -and. the
holly ihd,ixty and; evergreens were twined
atafe‘tOoned again- in parlor ,and' -hall,. --and
,
wreathed about thenicittOth Of Christian re---
Membrance hung "upon the Walls., Plenty-
- • .
had. giorifted itself inthe giving, and -.poyer,
ty and vice sad„orime must -live upon. the re-
collection of what they had received. until
the: eoraing of „attOtb,er Christruasr!and.: the
dawning of another year, Aye,- wealth had
given -and- plumed itself npen its liberality; .
- In aliaihouse and prison-, a -hearty- feasthad
heen spread. - The:duty of-ithe rich -had been
_done - and -,Well -nothing More could. be
ex-
pected. thew! Fashion had' held hark.
and, giVen.halls,-and made itself Merry while
indulging in- ostentatiouaalinggiving;lecause.
"the- proper thing "to do- "-and sub-
sided. The sensation pf,the 164_ over-,:.
all ;its--.;:sattractiveness lost-, and now Mrs.
Grundy and Fle,raiMeFliniseyj and the rest
of the crone Vi erem(innst think of them:
selves.: Strange, low suddenly forg_etfUlnees
of -zothers .sUfferings.-.cornes±hOw ;aoca -the-
spa-in of yearly Chaiity paSeee-74.fovi- speecii;
ly. the. heart. of, humanity . again turns into
stone: 1 But" the yo'ile*ealWayS with
you," ancl.carr_ they not he- • heified -at. any
' ,time That may not be sound philosophy
in thi--eyes- _of-Ileoiven,. 110 it ia thn:. eyes,
of fashion. ,7 1 -7
John. Lathrop, 'engineer Of - No. was
'Oinking of these things in a- 'somewhat cyik.
` Zeal Manner -as he peered out of -the cab win-
;-dOxv- into .the -biting told ancteleet.-burdened
of the hard Winter -the aimed
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starvation prices lb. whieli Wages had. been
reduced, and, More than of his humhle
_home and ,bright-eYed little boy Of •lialra
_dolen.years, Who Was then: dreamingthat
• - 4 papa"would be ,hoine, IC,. breakfast. ancr-
spend the next day (Sunday) with them.
hard'to be pOor,'?".he Said, brushing
the icY hest fromi his' -liebavy- beard. and
Moustache; ," doee seem- as if---3he
`go. ahead'. ,
"Cnlly .1" repeated jolin,1 eyeing hith still
more sharply: "You area showman?" , •
."' Was, and anotherifeik -days like the -last
and I could. play walking skeleton to perfec-
tion," and he glanced up at he engineer with
a -pair of the blackest. eyes, and a. face -
Marked with resolution ahd•bravery.
"What biz -.?" queriedrJehn Lathrop. .
"Bar and. trapeze -' 1--- ..•.
- He did not appear to -have timito epare to
Make lengthy replies-i!---:bily , uttered the
-briefest posaihlebetweeMineuthfuls ; and_no-.
tieing this, his questioner 1-panised until..he.
had.• finished his almost Wolf -like meal, and
Olen resumed - ; -
Timed to kick_inY hee s and' strut over
- I
the sawchist onCeniyselfi"
.1•!` You:.
-"Yes, but gave it tit. rare age --,had a.
little set-to With. a :tiger, and. got nearly .
-chawed: up.' Auct•you, don't_ look..6.6 :if you
had fared much better. H4e's a- pipe, smoke-
' and spin, your _
--" Well, I did the flYingtrapeze and. all that
sort of thing in the Gradd -Tranicontinen-
tat- aaa Ever so many -other -things • CircUs
.„. • , - .
lintabug were a bettef„na6e,_ ai it. turned.
out for us; - -Yet I reckon -ifre might have
our pay if it had been aeticcess. But we had
a devil of a, hard The public ;didn't
-
appreciate -horses gave. out, :wagons' broke
diiivn; the '`-prerniere eqiiestiienne ran away
'Bones -of the eideshoW, .funds ran loW,
the great Polar bear wanted his ice, _became
disgusted and turned'uphis* toes; the zebra
passed in his -theoks,..and. the result was we
beep -Me -flat -broke; 'and had to leave our bag7
gage aria take the traniP -in order to get
. -home."
"Been. there mYself,"' :said. Jan .Lathrop,
becoming deeply interested. --:: - • - -
" Then I 'needn't. tell' -you what Bert Of- a
. time I- have had fOoting. it; stealingrides and-
ai.l.d begging"for so_methingito, eat.' - . -
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'Bad. enough in summer," growled John.
"But 1noNV't Talk' -bf I the North' -Pole.
Whew' 'I thought I ghenld -freeze to death
-iii that old tank with-theivaterdiipping and
freezing around. me ; and if you hadn't taken
care of me, - guess I'd.•haVe- thrown' nikeelf
under the cars and put anima- to the thing
• Whit's:Vie use of fighting hard times and bad
• luck forkVer I' "_
"Welg---cheer 'lip. Itinlre all right now-
-that is;':, to the end of -my inn. _ Then you -
shall go home with me aii-d.- recruit a bit,_ and
-It'll go hard if I can't dia age. to get you a
aim
free ride with -same of theboys to the end* of
the read. -It's against_ ' orders, hilt John
Lathrop's got a heart in - ' . - and won't i see
.any one suffer if he can help it-not.much.
His presence attested the truth of his
words.-He_Wastall; broad houldered and
it
- deep -chested, andhis fade told_ , "-goodness"
in every feature, and :hie. nia, er, if bluff;
was hearty In the physical .the : stranger
. was his opposite. Yovhisitanie was strong -
V knit and hisumeeleetrained by severe and
long continued exercise Until they stood out .
.- as whip cords; strictly. obeyed. his Ncill and.
were firm as steel,„ and:daring flashed. fibril
: hiehlack eyes and were revealed by every
line about mouth.
"1 don't know" he Said looking at the en-
gineer ti-cilliftilly "hot, I am ever- to pay
- you.. ' My life yon :Certainly Saved, and it
: may be I can do. -you a good. turn sonie- day.
If the Chance come yeik can depend Upon my
doing it,, for I'm not one to forget alavor.'!,
"1 believe it:. But don't think of my-giv,-
- ing yon a iideand a bite: It's no more than
_any man that wasn't...a - bride
`
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Th passeriger said, nothing, but a .
. .
; determination tlashedi from his eves -as:
• a
arose . nbect. out, alOng. the tide of the-.. errt ,
mon4er .engine ----a 1Juggernaut - imm—ense- , Paradla-e-
enbagh to have crushed hundreds at, a time vsehrieee_ ipte-lYwaigild Hunthi
orses,
beneath its 'ponderous wheels . Then the
mid -day -like - sunbeams' of the headlight; mels-Chaeing the Ante
'streamed Out and made all -plain to him, de-, - - ' 1 - 1 :-•:_ 4-7:-+-::, _-
1 : - ' - ' -I --' ' - _a.
H saw land a shiver other than thatpro-, ,itli -tile rapid-, leX„ =tic), ok 'the. large .
duce by the. cold passed through him), a_. . game of our great West i - and:- the searb'ely:,
boy standing ailed:1y 'ahead in the deep cut, less rapid-dhappearance of t -_, once, _mimer:
waving a lantern whose blood -red -glebe. r_01113 herds Of South Africa., there reniainsibat
shone like an evil eye: --Though still at a lit-- one donntrly with; virgin -eit 1 diens for the
- tle distance; .he seemed directly. under foot, - ' modern Nimrod, That is - o. the highest,
i - , .
and. beat to be dragged..down 'and devour-. - and in ma,n' ya,:reip6cts- east known, -
e4t
. 1 ' - . . . - - - -- - --, [ : - ' -region. on the globel-the -pl.iiiit of Thi:
"He saved: my lite," muttered the, tramp I bet; _ - , 1 - , -., - - . IT -
from between his ..tightly - set teeth, r " and- l' The -firet 'scientific tr vel ri,,to' penetrate
Pll o as inuoh for hi* if I can. Anyway', that country is the =Russian thcer, CoL re -
I'll y, and I haVen't, anybody to mourn for ievalsky, who, in -the triple- •-aPacity of 1.-x-
1 . - - ' - - - -- - 1 ! -- - - : - -- - ,
nip if. I go s under.' ' . - . --- , lamer, zoologist, land sp rtsinan, spent -
His resolution was 'a desperate onej-must three . years - m the 1 hithe o .iunexplo, ed. -
be carried out without the delay of a • single - wastes,. Of _ Mongolia and .L. orthern. :Thibet `..
.ineatent, if at all. He swung himself down . crossing the desert lof: GObi Wiee,..-- andL.-tr- ,
upod the Piloii, twisted.. his feet within the, veling- in all upward Of 17,00 miles: -
iron bars,, .and extented his hodiah,ead as Chief. among the wild :)e ts of Norttern
3.
'rigi as if carved.--frord oak, stretching Thibet s the ya ,. w i - o . reje-
* • his - ' i ' - wild. ' k 6r4 C I: P ' ii
a
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spite the thick sleet and darkness. 1 .: rcia`th,'e sOeiltc eri6u-1
e14
han .s still in advanee-1. SILY'deSer'ihes.--aS.alliaUira • ': f:-.extraot ' y'
-1 , -
..1-4. was". a :rtrying :' situation, one requirP1' g :- -beanty. Wh_ en.._ -fu' -11._ , -gr Nrvii_.- ,,_ the, .,,male..- . Y lt,
1
thegreatest courage ---'7.a position - no one ,nn- . measures, ele*.en feet in len h, excinsive:ot
usel• tO feats of - etrength *Within the arena - his- . bn shy; tail, VFW:eh:is hit feet lona'-:- '
.: hra ply,' and the engine 'rolled On nearerandi and - weighs - fro*. ten - . O - . -teen -hundred
cOurrhaVe elistained at all But he did„, and. r„Eitands 'six.;feet ihigh,Aat th shoulder 1)- p -
,1 - _ . 1 . , . , .. ,
nearer, and the . boy Suddenly ._ beepining Weight - :}11=1..lioacliis afIrn- • _-'. with 'pender--:.
aware Of his danger and the imppssibility of . Ou.slipinej• from tWo :to - hr o..feet.,:long i'aud..
•eseape,. sanli- down upon :the ties, and his sixteen - ifiches'zhi- eireumfer nee. at.therOot: -
Seratil'Of mortal agOnyrang Out louder _than:: .The bodylis covered With! t *ck. black. lit,ir, -
. _ ,
jar ' f wheels and. hiseing Of the stearn., - , •: --i-deep.b1 ck fringei lian --4d from the flanks •
. " Father l father', . save Me. :.0h,i sive almost to the -.ground; he: females are
l''' • - --- . ' ; : • . . ' . i- - smaller- and 'less' hairy,- 'i .:01' shorter.' and -
kneeli • -1 - . - , . •• i. . ,. ., . . , , 17 .
' S ve him ? John Lathrop was , , ng. on. hg ter horne. , 'The yak is - enormo sly
the fiaor orthe caila,„With. his hands raised:in - ..and comp ra,--
LC
_mei-Par:14n; * Ir -,1 0
ng
0 e r Affaid;t:
verticallyng above- P.Tela 2
he
kfle-0-4".111.11:iir9- oPs,0.3=-1383pasturag,17e:7,...-wil.'n-
.water
boundshey
where_.:.
bh trotting, the le -CIA eseIW*An
efitt infinalimidie-so me at r
i e ee_theY: 0-4'P...t--s.".ev,is_ie_
-gilt ,.!ii."-Filitlaea_kaf;.Ilao.suly,r,
t ren
lead. .; -They are quite fearless;an
approached,1 though, likeall ante
:Are hard t� kill, -and, will rid elm
after receiving g 'worn- Thee -1m' la
sacre dliy: the Mongele and,Vanjatatie,
,e herns-aremUch prized ,by pilgrims an
conjurers. !Col. Preieveliky_ mentiOnsjas _
prevalent ,a4perstitiOn, the belief that SOVii!
limes Alm Orongo,ii =veritable unicorn-, vith
A, single horn growing :vertically from the
centre. of the head. It is :iinite Possible,,
-
liawever, that single horned orongos May
not be infrequent . as these pretty creatures -
ire very pugnacious, _ may occasionally
lose m their fierce batttles.,1 -
The smaller -antelope- is the. swiftest and
.most graceful of the antelopes of high Asia.'
It prefers mountain *alleys - where water is
plentiful. It goes id small herds, anclis. „
ieteebtiligly .d411' along like Brtiblediesball,s is laannidazillwhgt1
_
startled seems _ absolutely to fly.- Both this
and. the .orongo are swift runners over sm.00th
*
Among the mountains Of in-tdian, CoI. Pre.
jeValeky had some fine sport? hunting, A little-,
mountain antelope which inhabits the . • .
. est and. most 1,na- ccessibIeera,gs Of the, alpine
zones. ", Its favorite and almost exclusive
grazing places are the alpine meadows an
small.grassy spots between the rocks.
_extremely -timid and wary, and When
startled seeks Safety in. rapid flight, sealing
:the, 'heights with chamois -like skill and
speed.' Col. PrejeValsky declares that one
which he had startled suddenly sprang from
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a rock - a hundred feet hight; -and. got away -
apparently unbaimed. The thick, fine abets
of :their winter skins are much prized for
clothing - .
•
e
Are
strong, but has- a _smalllibra
is keen,' but his sight
tively intelligelceli
Calveg:assemb
*defeetiVe.- . The . feniale ,
prayer, his face white as snow, and. working - s sense of .sniell
in the most terrible 'torture. The firemanand hearing I are -
h I- taken his placeatthe lever,--throttle,•and °ling- bulls, and:
w stle, .and the engine plunged- with in--- I, , like our own
ereased- speea upon' a down grade to grind.
. . . . .
American bison, to pro, ect
-wolves. The herds Make 1
and when d
pasturage, a
phalanx, With the 'payee in the centre, some
pf the -full grown Males ancmg to recon-
noitre. The old liults_ ot, journey. With__,
the herds, but haire tat. ir fixed i abi g
places, always seleeting the coldest S OtS
they can find fcir resting, nd preferrin to
the, yoUng from
into atoms all. that dared oppose its. way. - ngjourney'for-
4 was upon -over rthe boy 1- No, heavenger they-.fo - a
he:praised ; the arms of the tramp had. grasp-,
ed, - lifted; and dragged hita•upon the pilot,
an to safety before touched. by the fire- -
14. -., thing - monster, : -and when it. paused, -,-.
Lqu .ering upbn the Very brink of- the clip-.
. pled culvert, John Lathrop was :holding- his
brie boy in- his .ardts hugging him. to his
heart; :ancl.crying over !him as -a woman., -. -
: In• •• the morn_ of,..'a clear Sabbath, No.
Nirolled. into the etatiaiv-; and when John
Lathrop told his Wife of how their boy., had
becniia.i-ed, she sprang to the: stranger and
'Sect him from.the impulse of her mother's -
heart;there vies. no. jeaknis frown upon :hie
_. .
--
eMan of Business and the Business
Man.
would. have-
he man of -business ancl the -business man
h have business to do, but the business
man is the one Whol does it The, business
man thinks,- ineveS, acts, and nia,kes himself:
:felt in- the world. . If a. thought . conies into
his head, it is one of breadthandCOMpaSS-
' it does not center len , and its narrow
'World; -- It reaches away and embraces others.
RI has a wide range; and does not till it
:touches and, affects fer good the interests' of
all. Nor are the -thoughts bf such men ini-
mbbile. They became active,- living rein-
done,- and 'who -_knows -but either. I or my --
ties in tile:wide and. -busy world, 1 The au-
thors of them _Make of these ' busMes' s
. .
• .
-.eleep on -snow iii - the .'isha ewlefsenier lifE
=Wild -yak :shooting is exciti &and.:dangerons-
'sport; --asl: the-7hulls,***Cli,arg when Woun_4ed,
:and are i,rery- hardiite lll-;:i thi-en.e. odd Sion
i
-. Cel.:1.'rejlevaleky_fired. .1-1411 y after --Voll - at 7
an old.1411; Who -late -eel- hi . _grbund MI ,* it ...
. was too dark for thehUntei a Id Centiime the::
- Vit. .- theineXt mornijag:1 e watifQuad_ eadf*-.
With -thirteen halts:in-Ins* - h dy. and .thr - *in
-
- his head.0 :_ - --- - It '* ,s1'. ' • -
. . , _ . _,
..- Ahether'.dharacteristic irdal 4 the.: g
-.Janda :of Asia: 181 ::the ; ar ah, or mountain--
sheep...i. - The, white;breast d ..argali..i.Sfound
boy, when he grows up, may want a _lift of thoughts actualitik give them -" local halm. -
the same:kind:" - - tttian and a iiarne." 'and *steamboats are
YoUr'boy ?-
•a dist t
- b ilt, and oceans are navigated, an an
ever*. saw. show him to you to -morrow. Vinies` and nation brought together,
Yes, the brightestk cutest lit-tle chap you an
lectric telegraph sPrings into being as if by -
dearest tittle worha,n'that ever walked in two
Yes, and my wife, too -just the (prettiest, -
a us and volUble land thought out -travels
lchintment, and 4ghtning becomes garru-
-
--shoes.' -
. _ .
' _Number Ninety-nine.was running smoothly i
the. Winged winds ;!. and -in 4 ttvinkling the
b nds and:shackle's 'of. trade are, loesened,
' and steadily along: It was Sunday morning P' . •
, . S ch are the workings produced by the bum-
. , ,
and there Was nothing- m the way -not even ;a man.., 40 awakens the: drowsy and
an tip -train to pass until John Lathrop would . helpless inultitildeS, puts 'life • and thought,
- uncouple his iron steed. and - put him in the: energy -and action into them,. and makes the
great round 'stable, to rest and be cleaned, - World leapiejoicing'aldng thepath .of. agps.
for trienty-fourhourEQ..:, So, white the fire- - Whl , -ere its step before was but ksirigl year, -
. Man kept his eyes ahead, John Lathrop seat- tt w it strides by sores and fifties,
ed himself, an, 'while keeling 'Watch of the -icken of ihnnint men of action,
„death gauge and his eyes open;.- told, of his es ern _Ts dam)
„ -
• -early. life- under cantas,- . his - present - home 1 - Clear the way."
only in _Northern Tbibet.- It ifrequen the.
moreele*ate& plateau's, oiding steep and
.rugged 4ciountaine, d y jofWn-he seen.
feeding Wi.th the ivild lasae and antelopes in
the ravines. It is an le-Xd (tingly' wiry am --
mal; thoughtseare,e1YeVer unted. The
common mountain sheep 0 the highlands of
Central Asia ordinarily prefer the -Most
. .1
rocky places; only: descen g to the valleys
in early spring tolgraie- or the young grass.
They will -junip, ;.e siderable helahts.,
a,lways alighting brilheir
a,beut, their throwingilthe
precipices, and: '414 ting
:hems, c Ol. , PrejeValsky
fiction. 1 . ' F.- .1i . - --1
- ---t - 1 -
. :. A far more.attractiVe g port;-
loving-:naturaliett i-0:- 60, Wild.cathel :which
abounds in northWea ern ' saidaM, Where -the- -
li
‘country 's so harkeIi' .and so destitute of Wa:
ter -that the -camels h ve. go seventy -miles
. to..drink._ . Reports ;IA - t eSe rare creatures
, 1 - .
have reached tlieonter* ridtimeandlagain,
• , .
but European•na ur lists. i ave always doubt-
-delicate '..flesli an.d ffne.: ool, and are de-
ed thel truth, ..1' T •ek 6 --e Minted: fori -their ,
-scribed 6,s snialler ' nl., re slendeo than the
domestic -_ camel,1 ii h --e, aller ' humps --and-'
more pointed. Th y are long-sighted
andieen-scented,-13 t at unable to se well
1 1 i
at shert range: .: I -
' - In the - same region
troOps -kf -wild harses. a
but. ar4 more..diirnerou
140-140 ii. They generall
are very ,sliy;-anii When-,
1
eetil•-. The. a °ries
eves down :Ateep •
ontheire sive
.proninniceS Inire
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raelfor the
Beethoven and Welier-
The followmg is from Kate Field El "Morn.,
ing _with. St Julius Benedict" in -gcribner for-'
February
"Did' you ever Meet Beethoven, Sir u--
lius - .
V. s • at Viemla. Everything had been
done to iost.er a -hostile feeling: betWeen Iini
and. Weber, but the Mighty Ludwig :was
aboVe goasip,- had. heard,
from Wilhelmine Sclarc,leder--afferward the
'icelebrated. ISchroecler:Devrient;Withi, 11:40,*
. _
'much :zake;tlevotion, and energy .Weber had-
prodnde& Fidel& in the: .of .
and 1how deep and lasting the Jpipression.o ;
his &nasterpiece-wAs' on the .1:),4en pubh.tc.1 He had been itt active :
'datiende:4ts:-wihSr.
great joy and surprise! when.i met him one-
' morning at -the publisher's, Beethoveactu-
allyeondescencled to speak 'with me on the
before me. no*, with.
him
hair en-
nd. brow _
hieet. and thickdisor, 4 a,
iron -gray der with '• -
his -gra -t ins_most ,,that broa.ks, amed
-uare n:-.Tver cheeks, oturesque 4- chin an,
--a oft inedth- .; there sPrieselY
noble, t! -11
'th sears 0i-sin:leer the luislip3raire of -Pieretoml
jaiuga
From u -flashed. a - figure •
e3-7013.,iothwieek.i.et_ CyryoloPa;anpro
_Tres, na Ins _flt hi. an ,-,
11
a they do clear - 'the way=their thanghts -
company mig13.t 1)e a httle more hberal after Qd Otte§ tb,4 Were waiting there to welceme ,-that 'break doNvii anckertisli all:oppos g 1)* large herds;:
V
e_oceagiono,11
• •
happmesk and the bright-eyek blithe heart,
1the .vmunty, of..
become -tangible, 'tribving, demohshuitorces, -
een aPeNieTfel.. frame.
-
with his inseparable tablet -10,
began speaking. with his usual brusq4eness..
are Weber's !pupil ? I gave an .affir,:'
aaeutteiveirtneeodll m. toWpoymdeo.etosnB'tahdee,i;coviirtetf.rio esuet
Ilaelinger,' pointing to his Publisher'S part-
ner -
‘‘. Asking for the master's tablet I wrote
in it,- gay -col-J[14 too.?' ' -
‘i Beethoven rePlied, smiling, 'Yes, little -
Mow '
-1 -
ightened continue ,
durmg the Col:4=11W,
a " e more slu ish and timid ortion- of hu-
- riers opening a pathway of progress, in. which
their flight fori,datis, a, d do °not return; 'to t,
- the waTtheY worked. -us and 'Piled -11P stamPli him. - - , -
" The life .of an. engineer,. he said, as
ups and_ downs the Same any other, and
iSful.1 of -danger, and requiree- a sharp look-
' 'out and strong„and qnick decision. - I know
one is neVer safe, and,.my jeinu*e often Ital.ks
Of.what narrow eaciapes I've hadlaucl shivers
as.she thinles how others' haue been ,killed
• running oVer this Telt road!'
" .Why don't you, give. it up r
Arell; therea int excitenlefit'ibbiit
here's a.tranip, "1' - sang:out the fire- 141aati mayigeo- ureit P the same plaee for A y,e. or two: = T,. are),
what -the nettle indicates: ..His t)11SiAeSB
- Mall from the interior -of the.water tank.
" That'S nothing new,"" Was the -answer.
" 41,,kt the -poor fellow's haf starved, and 4e doe% not know 1110W to go to work br the
--
But-the Ins^ :pf wiliness is empbatteally never-hill:11401k; the -31 ,ngdhl ‘and, 'Opanese.
berri.dt"i . ' alwaya on his hands. -He acids cl.o it._
•
frozen: gita begs so harctfor ride,' rig,. ay.
"'They were as-plentyall Summer as black --
w His thoughts' are meaeured
-bi i of the road d bef oe 1"
"‘R'ide-? And get- sent up- for anct slow. He weighs self-ma,de doubts and
thirty clays. if any a v- ,g gun .
Their eolOr is .unifb
and lmig manes:1
Another intereeti
w ilsa t4Pcie a .13- erall itkhcoehl 1k-191: 1
supposed. contingencies, an ore moves
ne • - - he busineis man i gets up and runs rw • TneY eeP meg* i'n't .
f i
orri him land wins the race. the man _of ' • Tile fEoilsochv41:t4oi eanted,!:on his age; strenoh,
business-. won't go ahead, he only eddies round
Fid round -ho lobs not. progress -7 -his path and courage. heir -si ht and hearing- e2re''
,
s a circle. He ddes,not find himself at night . exeellent$ aha '014 are erY hard le kill on
is''Whilethe'y are ariiiii as. They:are. hunt,.
he hour hand of a -clock, just where
ay, with, 1)1?
mal is the killan, or
t -abundant mi the*:
n size ,and-ext,ernal--.
retembles :the :mtile.
Opsibf- frOM.1 .ten to,
is led by asta,llion,
find '-t.outr ' 1--.., . - J-- ,.! . - _ - - like , and the pay is certain, though it aren't
_ . . , . .
,
I
T At from the openintnace -door shone ' wha't it might to be; considering- therisks we
- ever carry. Our lives .in. dur_-_hancle, as one
cin the face Of the trarep, as he steppe
fro the desolate, ioy tank, where he 'had -
paused. t� gain something of shelter; even -if
• little of :warmth.- A. rapid; sign passect be-
tween. laird and the: en€,rin-eer,_ ancl,the -latter
contiMied : •
dl
""Vtime aboard. -.Ill fake the &ail' Os.
tiw-wgiauct9g-vian give:pw aWay,
andraidhty clear of the brakesnied shb*ing
their faces twee- than thy ban possibly hep
ik•ucha night as this. Anyhow, I'm ii9t go-
ing. to leave 03,. felloWbeing: stare and
„- freeze,to for! all the rai-ii.ead compa-
-nieS this side of Canada. BleSsed. it I db
genie. aboard,- cid
. The trail* obeyecl. 'the tammona, and his
scanty dlothifig-and: numbedhands and feet
and pinched -up face tOld.110W- sadly he was
in. need. of Warmth and. food. The roaring.
furnace epeedily, supplied. the Me, , aro; the
'dinner pails of the engineer and firemaik the
other, 'though they would have to: fast Until
morning and would" sadly Mies theirhot cof-
.-.4 0
•
vo shrieks Ofthe Whiatlei a tat the-
might Say. -Keep-a:Sharp lookout; Jack.:
- (To the fireman): 41 rtniember Well run,.
nina over this '*e4 ;Sanie Section ch A
• night as _this,,:thred -years ago, :and- going
smash through the culvert, over the. Big
-Stony, 'AncIbreakingAhings. generally.- . En-
gine; tender and half :a dozen cars were
,-stove Land - piled 'lip,: together, ray,_fireraan.
'killed;- and.. I was &egged. out from _Under
'the wreck, pretty badly scalded-andused up,
Put: my time_ hadn't come -yet, ,and: I .*ost
soon on theroad-agaid,and-r-r." t
" SOmething .On - the- -track ! Looks like
Some body: .waving &lantern, but ;the sleet is
so thidk I can't rightly make out,"- shouted
'the fireman
1.*
- john Lathrop sprang. to his post, Made the-
*histie shriek like -an :itaprigoned and.. tor-
tured fiend, ieVersecl-the engine; and. whistl-
• -ed On:brakes.. Bullis trained eye instantly_
_saw that -it would. he .of use -.--that he.:
eaukt not cheek the -headway of the heav-
train in tiine,to avert running e-Nter the o -
ject; be it what it Might, for the track was s41
narrow and_walled‘in:by-high embankments.
that escape Was Besides they
were upon_ the " sontething.np-mi. the track,"•,'
before _they were aware: Of :it, having :just;
reunded a fihitip curve. .
‘..0 There, is ray -home," gasPed john :Lath:
-le• ver, and Ninety-nine 'started_. and shot-
. -`away with the long train following behind.
likeSni immense -*black serpent, over air line •
andnround buena, and through tunnel and
across bridge.. Then Jain Lathrop had tune
'to More clogely- seratin.ite talkto- his un- -
*-zpaying passenger; The mystic sign_ that had
..passed_ -between themlold bf brotherhood,
and -,paved thewayto hie tbirilring well of.
_
"I'Yon,arei-i't • 4sed to tramping,. and haint
been long at it," said John, laughing quietly
at the rapid. main er in'whieli the slipper of
himeelf andfiremen, were disappearing.
"Not muck •Cul.V,," replied- the tramp,
musing, - with_a in. onehand, and. the
half -picked leg of tarkey.inthe other, to
answer.
rop-,, pointing out.intO the glemn,
Stony is just ahead,' ancli•-•,,,-Oh, my 0:0d .1 if
the culvert shotild -.have-given way, itiid in:
boYhate. come to give me warning'1"
- 4f*:Your home---iyour edlioed the
-tramp: • -
Great Heaven! yes," are)*
:man beeameAnifie0ed.-andFrtibbe&of-
_
" --i-hbuted 'the firematt,
" And -May C4_-44 have. rkie-ieptiou,-bini,•49..
lieve it is .yeur:Jolity'r.
'-So,-having..duly announced his-
•
Weber, lIaslinger, and myself, drove out on
%the: 5th of Octobler-te Baden-. near Viennai'-
Where the-bld'lion was wont, An the -
Yautumii,* havel his We all felt',
'strangely nioy'oszt dii-entering the great man's -
4)ar, desOlate-loOking.. room. Everythint,
--..waa in -appalling!:disorder,7-mu_sic, !money,.
clothing on the floor„:;_the -unmakio;-
-bnike0 coffee -cups :upon the table, the open
,piaonforte-IvitksearcelY any stitings and.
scoveredWith ma,ny coats of 'dust, while =Beei:
theven -himself Was -wrapped in. shabby old„
dressing -gown. :recognized -Weber at 11 -
lade, and On embracing him energetically,:
shentedi'f-There--3T011 are, '3,00. devil of -a lelo..*--r
'IOW Handing Weber the tablet; BeethoVen,
phshed a -heap ---et --range 'fro*the, .-
'.•thiew. himself Upon it; and, during the ben% -. •
versatioli, dorainenced dressmetoge-ontwith.
usL- He -began With -complaidt$
-abbut his position, -the 'public; -the theatres,:
the Italians, and" especially alient '-, his
un-
gratefu] nephew:4- - : -
Ti" Touched, 13y1 We tale:- of woo;, -Weber:.
advised -him to leave Viennaand go to Ger.
-
Many and England, where his works were so
niuch:.appreciated: -.- `too -late'? :-ciied.--Bee...!..;
ilioven; .pointing -to his ear, and...shaking his '-
head sadly then he seized.,-Weber'S.arm.and
. dragged': away - to the hotel 'Where he
_'-used to take his . After .a and:.
most intetestingtconVereation.referringtothe
highest question of art; the came for* '
departhre. . Again and. again Beethoven
braced: Weber, and. it Was long before the - •
-`lifrettr;th'wegrilladS1Plo115e lus thin, delic'te handf
a mighty flst.. Success 'to
-. your. new opera! If I .cana 00*0.04-th0 =
fIrst night,"_ Were :his last '
he
level $ronticli he bea, time-- to stalk th-ein.-
;i.any miles on hist jolirney's way, but, lik:e
started. He is not Clear and. decided in what e€1.1`ertheir flesh; 1 _Pm:U*1w - a great
he does, but Oftenl stands hesitating And. puz- delleacY.i. 1 1lcd -
Ile vontuies and falls baek .; has a The antelope g of MO golia and T 'bet are
toutlieart fanCy, bUt.'none fad. -• • but-n-m4-rtiusa± attra,etiYT.e.
-allycharaeteristic of th 0:_eatetern-r-Part. of the"-
.- 4 C•• -.110se.it . the swift footed. __dzeren•-•
- - •
- The- clteren Are mostft quently seeninsina
----- and Lemons,
,herds ; hilt -where the asturage is, good they
A fulligrovin orange -tree yields from five collect in. droves l .of, , theusiand'or more.
nndred.to two thousand. fruit annually, and. They belong exclusive to the plains, .avoid
arrives at the bearing state in --three or hilly c�untry, and. sh- n _thicketg', and:high,'
years, as does -the letabn. tree ,; P both grow grass, except MI May When thel. ops- seek'.
luxuriantly- in. moist soils. The plantations the cdvert to conceal tl eii i
young. , '-- They are
in. the MecliterOneali , countries - are - called. -about' the Aiie of eats ; they have great in -
gardens,. and 'Vary in Si.ZO, the smallest eon- :telligenee and keen s nses,- and prijoi: .mariel-,-
taining only a .sniall .number of trees, .and louslY swift.-' ,- E en_ * -, a by ken Jog,
the largest many thousands- The. fruit is they can run fast r tli, ahoree dvfn gallop.1
gathered -in baskets similar to peach -baskets, Another speoies ball a by theMongols the:
ed-with'-'eanvas, thebasket eing held by kara-sulta or black d, inhibits--Ordos
, .
'elied aitcl: passed around the neck and the desert of
-orTshodders----- _ o _ efrint goes 1 it avoids rich as'
to the repackeitis--i.eme-
i ". I
ed. fr'oin the boxes in Which -it was packed in
the gardens,-andlrepacked for shipment by
eXpenencecfetailepackers, after having been
carefully 'assorted by women and wrapped in
separate papers ljy y�ang girls. As many as
'five hundred,- persons mostly women: -' and
claildienare.eraploYed by some of the fruit -
growers,
- •
groWers,.in their i garde* and magazines, in
'gathering; sorting; and repaoking for ship-
ment In sorting, every _ -fruit . that 'wants
stem is rejected. 1 'aThe boxes arethen secure-
ly Covered; •stra;pped; and marked- with: the
brand Of theigrewer, - when they 'ire ready.
for shipment.„. -1 Twenty years -: agO this -
trade was nothing in -its coraniercialeharac-
teristics now is a Considerable soiree. Of
revenue:,
,
4444
4
•:*4
re; e and selects its
t of
• , i
OS
of the desert, 0 oaseS,M
sanclidrifts.. •:_Thii_ ' - er,' '*-0 e *rye
to:fiiia them in.. -ii, es vitkliO waterVIS'-. ---o6
beloYmd.for 13'' ' or, Oren
generally go in couple iir7snin.:...0 tow"; m
sometimes in' *winter-
ty
-i .-- , , .
be Seen- together. -*:*.Color is . _
bt
of the sand an „. 0.. Ow' clay;:t
scarcely be ti#g* - -4.,‘„1--eto
... .
bal.f.--. -. . ..:•__ .7
motion or when - etu finow the SU
beautiful antelopes ere
:the Thi :
-1.1161 Orongo;:itIO: re:::
'cliiren.;',,t47.*:0th' ii 0/ 0: , d'.`e
lepealtney.0i.-6- ,
ly 2
* - iii• ::.*e-- 0: a
11
01111
4A.1.
gk.
"444
'AAR'
omen's_ right vita
h .47
of S'amuel Kieffer, residing - near
tb mill, .thisoombmanor township,
_about one'lnileirom.
about 65
rs of age,
the
near. the
'- -k4,1.k:e-•leave, hut.
x Slarn; and upon discovered
s.
The olcli
e4ala'W
and
"-l%IM_atopeter;;Veig Abehit
fivepannde 5and:tryingto carry
chanti-
cleerinto the K. ran,
Kieffer, -
a noise
14tebandhut :i4:e.the rooster
:
4::pa.
/
:1;T6ettiTbe;:
titt :t7
e
e63fon.r tip1700W.: .
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