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You sang a little 'Kong to -day,
1 t was not sae. it was net gay. •
Tho very teem° was elite ontltePil
• "Fim levels met, al levers may,
•
boy bad bid not met-sineeyeiterdiy,
•! Thei Must net meet•Stlei*,--till,mere i •
•• •And die thu Meet again. inx dear , •
Did Morning oomo and enamel:Ft her..
To see each other'ety.iifiligeM.,?•' • '
' Alas!., thet yon are not clear.- •
. For hearts:will Shin as:wincio will veer, •
And love can veer like any vane t
Al?, not 1 think:tone§ auditorazo
,` Some: bitter Spite het ,en th days. •
• ! what was that Plaintive minor, for 2.
more together he their ways.'
Remote perbelis therOVei strays..
PerhaPs tlittb4v oomes no more I
!So strange the numbers Sob.and sWeh,; • •
there's no guessing whet befell
4.fil ',les the Meetest Song yeti eh* 1- '
—
Not sad; aneyetr-I cannot toll -
Nor glad._apityet,--41s very wen--
. -Oise leltst; liko life;.1ike 'anything
., . .
/
• bole" said the, squatter. " Theonly water
for ten mace mind. It mug* be a. opting,:
it doeingt seem to g9 49w9at alli".
"119, it r altere,"
"1 wonder ' .. • • '
.7
it it's400p,"• said one of the
Men, ' .. . •
"Deep? • It is so," answered ,Scotty. "1
04 a Opting 20. •feet long, but I Couldn't
bottom With it." < -. . . •• .. ..- ' ' '
4 Tioft- thirst. ,iietieiled; the, men made
•tlitOtAtey along. the, gully Ota 04 .$0,•tbe,
641114..*4041 Of rook that commanded, the
AO 440, ' T.110, velit.,,eaPalige stletcliecT
`away baler° Wei* eye!) netiolate and lifelese,•
and the three Yieitere. Wised at itfor a 10efi
time in silence, .. •
' "It's a strange place;" saidthe squatter
at length;" speakingeoftly, as tImegh loth to
break the curlew! stillness, "It's enongh.
to give one the horreke." ... • . "
“ Horrorel" exclaimed Eleetty; With sed,
den .vehemence, "you're right • It .do • give,
the horrors. It'd always the same summer
and Winter, _weighing dottrce and crushing
the : heart ont .cit A Mart. • It's a:dreffnl
place. .There's a muse, hanging to,it, :and
those who live nigh it get' •tliO Muse in
them, too. I know it. Nightand day for
four years I've .been-watching-itr erid it's
blighted Me the game as it is itself.' There'e
no,Illyin"• thing goes near it but me and the
elieep,: It's Only me knows Oat a cursed
thingAtis," ..:,. ., : ., ,, ., ... - . .•••
Tho squatter and, his "Men "eielfaiiged a
quicklook.of eurprike. The old ahepherd'e
mariner had .suddenly changed, He had
been dull, impassive idia Silent.. "Their AM-,
expected: arrival Mid arousedin him: no
eurptise, • had • given rise to no sign of wel-
come orpleasnre. 'Bit whenhe spoke. Of
the Salt Lake, his manner was whoilly,'
&tinged. ' 'Ms sunken eyes. gleamed with
excitement, his voice was muted; his hands
and arms moved restlessly. . • . . •
• ' "1 know it," . he continued, with 'still
greater. vehemence, .peinting toward 'the
lake: with Shaking ..finger. "I'M. watched
it for days and days together,feeling it
weighing Me down More and more.' This
is what itte clone." . He 'motioned with one
comprehendiegestureloward hisfurrowed
face/hie sunken eyes and trembling linibe.
" It's-broke:paw down. • It's made melike
this. - IVO : blighted •-ine the same as it
blights -everything :that goes neer ' it.
There's no.emaping from it when Mice it's
kgot lioltiotyou, -.J1I1L-lbethe4oeth,,,,,et ..,..*,
ailAike,ntia. AllicirelesiotelthigitzeuriArom
it now—not or ane;" .: •',% • '. ;f_„1
•
His arm sank • tehleeide, ilio light. died .
away from hie eye, and he relapsed into
silence, etanding there gazing Vacently. at
00,,bui*eawastee$1,-.-•• • • '•*: .. ,,,,- .4,...--!,•'.. .
111i.thipeconiptinions eicohartgedastitiond
lookof:Meaning, and One of ,theMen Whig' -
" ' ' tq..his . mate; "He's &yin off his
, • „. stit's nak, fie, : bik4 .#8 that, Pijot.tir,"
tibia the squatter, soothingly. "It's adult
place.. to_. live , in, and it's terribly lonely,
too.' 111 you like,' I'll Move . you to another
partof the 'rap." .. ' : .• ;.
: • But theold shepherd shook his head.,.. :
"No," he answered listlessly, ."•:rin not
Wanting to, go , away. • , I've been here for
,fotir years, and ."'.11 leave my bones here.
' can't got aweyfrom it. • It's got hold of
nie;-body:and'iouliendIlletanaby it til
.it finishes me. • I ,don't want to go ifWay."
:
"There ,tieenis to be a bit of .feed on it;"
Continned the:Other, anxions. to thange the
current: of the old man's thoughts.-
".4.yer, he . answered 'dully. .: "The
eheep'a fond of pig Weed; and I let 'em run.
along the -sage • sometimes. " Butit tarn
over tide in the Middle."' , .;•.' . . ,
". HOW: r ' • .
. "'In summer it's ell fine sand and. drift;
but in winter, after the rain, it's nothing
but aloe ' .. : .. • ' -. ,.. , • a. :
• • "It's e • fearful place, . • •altegether," ....Mild
the other,Livith n:.slight , shudder.. But
let's get backandhobble the iiiiiii ow,: .
. : The three visitors spread ;their blankets
under •the slielter•of old Scotty's hut -.that
night, and on the next day get themselves
to the duty Of driving in pegs . and . blazing
the trees along die, projected lineof.fencing.
4 . oompaaa placed on a. stake driven in the
ground was the sole instrument noted; by
itetticithe long line; tunning•Citio, east - and
West, Was roeghly marked out; With • sufff,.
„dent adminey, for the ,.purpose ' Of guiding
Vie fenders in theik. subsequent 'wink.: For
three days tho. marking out. Of the line was
'continned;and for three nightethe workers
camped ' with the old' : man; then they
took their departure, and the solitary
'eliepherdief theSalt ,Lake :wee left •once
again to his Wonted isolation. .• I , . . . . . • .
- • But the visit of the squatter and his men
was but the hertild'of a greater changeA.
month passed; and the old. shepherd "'er-
ecting his weary round of . duties, had4holly
forgotten the oiretinrittanee, when on return,'
ing With his flock one *clay toward sundown,
the white gleam Of a tent ohm by his hut
•Oanght his eye. So broken was he by his
long enforced •solitude, SO •apathetic, se in-
sensible to eery outward influence:„ that
even that unusual sight failed to smile°in
him the slightest interest: . He followed his
theeptewerd the brtidtWOod yerds; and it
'wee .nottontil two Men, emerging, from ' the
tent, accosted -him,. that • he seemea to be
Wive to thefeekOf there being intruders on
his
his solitude: , • , • . • ' • , . .
"Good evening, mate,". said one of the
newcomers.' ; • . ' : ... • .
, "Good eyefting,": Scotty answered.
" We've crone here . on • that Job of few-
ing,"' continued ',the Min, 'Seeing that tho.
other asked no questions. • : . •
" Have, Yciu? " ..•
„ ..,"t•Aye... 'Me •and Larry here .have taken
thecentraot for it. • rye .got ., the miesus
inside, .end a youngster .r 'Ole camped here
for the water. We finind tho. sheep tricks
.goin" dowirhto..the.iipiing." . , . ,• 2 . * .
, " Yes," , answered .Scotty. " You'll get
'plenty' of Water at the gibbera hole" • .
. . He aid not ,ttpetik as though lie .resented
•the intrusion -of -the fencers, Only asthough
11.1..k"IT' 1118Liertin4,-vji:!Iedrriffy,e"r"6 snatofitit-17"tithti.ye' .1711oelgi•clas.a-te'dall°40'i
listletaily, and then stood '1 nlan
the twe men; • ' ' '
A.! IVS4PrettY lonely 'here," Observed the
one referred to as Larry..! " That's, e.f.runi
Woking plaCei thatLth.era,sweMp-"----'---!.
• 1'
Aye • it's got•acurso -• II
B
• ' oth• the foie re-koked enl
curiously • at the
tila p-ia.n,,4ut ic:,Oftered no •further••• :x -
• . ...
I: 4"nllatornWncl'yo mean ?" . asked brie of theta
a't`irellethi'a' alal 'ilo BY* : thing.- 011 it. ' lt'e
gotlf Ciffic-rdilillY .'•
. The hien looked ..itt., ober another ineari.,
ingly, and then again at Omni/4'121am 'TheY
,
•
•SHEPHERD OF THE SALT IME.
Story in Three Chapters,
Ho was lin-OWn to hoe() :been a:
'enti tolieve.norved. 'Ont. his • time 94,111tid,„
qintri.e Haibor, thongh in his Old age flier°
was little or nothing , in his manner, of
tipPeomi
ece to ndicate anything ammo*
Office Midi. disposition. :
•-'11Werity years of his life had been, 'spent
in profitleas labor with *lc and Shovel and
oindle on the diggings,thet broke out in
• ..eadiecil,nilmbers throughout the length and
breadth ' of ,A.ustralia, 'after the gold 'die-
• 42Overiett of 1851. During the "fifties" he
ifi in Viotoria filet. at. Pendigo,' . then at
•Ballerat MoIvor, Meld& the • Climes and
other placos of promise. The "sixties"
felEnd hi* in.bleit'gibtith"Waltet; still lead-
• ing, the. koniantiO :life of a• digger. The
". seventies " tiaw, him shepherd,: stockman,
. station cook, timber -feller and hittkeeper,
,ited in 1.880 -ren 'old broken down .man—ho
'wag shenherdiligsheep in Queensland. . •
.!-No-lifecould-httvebeen-niore-forlornand•
desolate than then Ina during those latter days:
• of his travelling. His hutwas distant some
' •
20 miles fromihe primitive head station on
bitietaploycslteed. rrOIXVIRPk encl.
saW 416in
. • the black hey. who brought bimhiu rations,
and, at inre *tot -vale, the eheepovereeerni
• :Manager; whe rade otit to count his
• His doliteryberk hut Was erected -on the
• edged vie.basiniifila, dried:•npalE lake;
. sueltee,00.friund frequently h1:09. interior,
Of Australia. ItiviStititithinglintndepiressed
.hollow, treeleeetatid firaciiicac,PArerA*rith.
salty iinfrnattititin;AMd att*Taclitntlif •With
• 'a!'iiiisteekiciAfth.O•ereePiefi.,:.Ww•eii•dlaiti,
•'`. dwarf ti -tree. • :There was ' , something
unutterably melancholy • 'in. this vast
ezjeense.; gleaming with dirty white lustre
•'•: 'tinder . the sun's lifeless and
:
desolate. • It was the 'bathe. of no living
thing;• even its.•MailtY coverin of vegeta-
tion. Only extended.' its 'straggling growth
,elong.the•edged,,dieked....litiok:12Y the salty,
.• duet -like soil; The very -birds seemed to
avoid it, and flY•lit-othee--direotione"r•the
•;,.•ohirp •• of •.the orickete and grasshoppers,
, • Mending incessantly, • from the green, all
•.about,,zieter broke the Mournful stilling&
• ' :that ' brooded: weer the salt lake. 'It Might
• . , •
have been blighted by some
! ee lugubrious a thingwas it It
lay in the heart of.midge ridge., rising in
• : gentle .010peti all !wound, green. where
• tethered. with. Oise dirty' red *here the
. friable. earth uLhidden. • Toward :the
vet where the, 'oldshepherd's het Was
erected a law &Moap. of rook .formed the
:northern boundary of the. lake; : behind
this was .11 clump .of - gidiea trees, and
'fitrotolfing." hatikletiniTir
• wattle and wild hop vines: . ' •• • , :
• In this raeltuichely retreat old Scotty
passed' many a long . and :weary year.... lEict
. iodated, was•it,ond. so deeplyclidlieneture.
bedtime imbued With the cseheusness of his
•,'
,enrroundinge that tinie.4assed over his
head alniost, Unheeded. The days brought'
nothing to htlinbet.„•the-dell-roiitineOfhie•
• .duties :'•••the *Mks • fled ::, the menthe,.
' slipped by; ; end he. neither 'noticed nor
: oared to: mark ' their' flight: His • dog and
his quiet flock Were his only companions.
He had no.theught for anything else.; they
inadethe sum total of his. existence. • He
almost knew' every individual sheep by
•:.;•
sight, and they, in tern,eihibited no fear
:of him, se tioonetomed were they to his
Yoke and.prepence. • Every. Morning,. when
• he let them out Of -the ".yarOe," they would
'slowly Wander atirotis the ridges., feeding as
they went ; _every„ evening. theyWould, as
•-•
slowly Make:their tritY,.hatikegain, Withetit,
effort or direction On his part.. ' • • '
Tho months came and went, and brought
ritichaege in the lonely life Of•the old shop -
herd ' Thestony, graeg-noVered '.'slopes of
the.inulga ridges surrounded him, cutting
....hire off from the outer, World by *motion,.
' leas billowy Sea Of green ;• the Salk,Lejie,
gleaming • With , saline incrustations, Was :
.• • •e•ver before his.. ,gaze, ••bentinibing his mind
' ,With the myetery of -its lifelesssolemnity.
One evening, at the dosed a.,..long 'sum-
aner ‘. day; When. the Wattle blossom and the.
Wild hopsmado. the langeOrotte4 sir heavy
. with •their subtle perfume; three'horsenten
suddenly appeared."before the :lonely shoji,
herd: It Wee the,,oWner of the . station,
neoctlanied tWo htiehhands. ,
• ", G 'sheen all righty"
data he farmer; rehung tip anddismount-
• ..
ang.
I e , bose;"
aVrtlat'ii right,. ottinp here to -night,
and I'll 02 and have a look at them.. I'm
. going to start fencing in, this end .ofthertin..
. • , We'VO tome to. Mark but the lie°. I gun,
jthe ftd1?"' •
• • • • bridles,' 'Cvalkcd to Wherh.rine dawn and
end
White lirotaltoile! reek &lined a natural Ser;
• , , llier to the Salt -Lake. A broad sheep traek
'led. theindovm to a narrow gully that split.
• the rock almost at its Centre'. '• Hidden in
this ambush, tuthesh, and everhiiiig by an imnienie
1210elt of limestone, Wes a small, dark -look.
ing pool, net more than three to four feet:
' in Width: 'Some troughing, rudely • con-
• ' structed from the hollowed:Mit, trunks
• •treett, lay on the' ground near'by. The
horses clrankirein the' troughs, whilst the
•
Men dipped their pat.:milting in the peal: ,
' ".The•Watere cold as ice," said: Scotty's•
nidetar, ." It Meketi your tooth tingle." '
"1ts aliVeye. the. 'seiner"' answered -the
• steliherd„ even On the hettast day."
." s a regular Clod,ectid, this gibbora
:
forebore to make any 'terater allusion to
the Salt Lake, however, and the one who had
!Token first, whom the Other addressed as
Duke, knocking the &shell out of his pipe,
said':
-,1 Well, I expeet we'll be peeved here
mine time, seem' that, this is *the only
water for ten miles round. I hope . we'll
hit it right. • We won't, interfere with the,
eheep 1 tuther than getting one new and
again for rations. Thein were the arrange-
ments with the boss. We'll kill to -night if
yen% put us on to a good fat 'um"
"Alt right," answered Scotty, slowly.
Take what one you've a mind to."
He watched the men' while they clam-
bered over the_ hurdle gates of the yard and
secured, one of the sheep. Then, when
they'had carried it away•to kill,. he retired
to his hut to preparehis poor evening meal.
Entering,he seated himself on the edge of
the bunk, gazing through the ependoor-
way at the Salt Lake,. viable ell ita
hideous desolation. ' Then he rose and pro-
ceeded to busy hinieelf in a dull, spiritless
way
'way with the wood ashes on the hearth.
He fanned the still smouldering embers
into a flame, and, filling a billy with water,
put iton to boil. That done he reseated
himself on the bunk and gazed 'Out: once
again atthe desolate, landscape spread out.
in front Of him. He sat . here for , some
time,..silent-and :•ineditative,-whenaglight:
ridge caused him to lower his gaze. -
A litjle ,gir" I was peeping through hie
open doorway. -Scotty looked at ber
outspeaking, and thechild returned his
gaze with grave scrutiny. Atlast, em-
boldened by his silence; she stepped into
the hut, and, piing up to him laid her hand
fearlessly on his.
"What's your name?" she asked.
Scotty recovered himself with a start at
the sound. of her voice. The dreary •eit.
pantie of the Salt Lake was before his eyes,'
the thought of it in his mind, and the little
figure, coming before him se suddenly,
seemed in Some way to have a mysterious
connection witkit. • •
, Ha'gtized other with a liudden,---newly
awakened intermit: She was a thin, delicate
looking oliiM, with a pale, clear complexion,
and a pair„Of deep, -large, dark brown eyes.
She was dressed in a dirty white frock, and
her legs and feet were bare. • •
"What's your name?" ihe risked again„
eftor4tpauseriftsilentobeetwetiqn.• ' --
- ""lilotitty:" • ' '•
nearly 6. DO you think that's being quite:
Yeti„"be aneweredMechanicallY,
So de 1. MotherLiion't,..,nolk father:
But' ao. wait to be 0.1.1.". ' •
"Do you? he said in the sante way:
• • • - . . •
, "YeL.. Of course. • I don't getiiny-girlif
and boy e to Pley with, so 1 want to be old'
Mother., Have you Seen mother -2
She s here, you know, with father and
Lame. They've opine . to do the fenoing„
and I'm going to help them. ' Do you live
he'!7;pe contiened,'Iookin_.gioniid;,
• "It's a nice place,. but like n tent bet
ter. Don't yen? ! There's so mit& Mont
in abill„..tent...' • •
Her °yeti :Wandered slowly,' round :, the
humble dwelling Place. It was poor
enough, the whole structure being of bark
and wood. • The , framework of saplings
was•visible,from•inside, the sheets Of bark
that did for Wells and roof •being fastened.
on the Outside. • The floor was simply the
earth•beaten hard, the open,fireplace anrce•''
Metier* of bark and clay. A rude tame::
made out of roughly adzed slabs,stood
against one ; opposite it was the bunk
on Which the '91d man was seated.
block of wood near the 'fireplace was the
only substitute for :chair or form; while
overthe-bed-witeleiteitedItlitelfien which
ley e few, tattered' volumes, ' ,a couple
Of tin.pannikins and a few odds and elide;
Hanging from the roof: was a clean flour
bag, tiedtightly at the ne0c.' • It contained
the shepherd's mtierte of 4tea, flour and
sugar, and was placed therefor protection
from the ants. The hat was miserable
enough, and hideous in the dingy brown of
bark and wood and earthen flOor,-the only .
gleam.of 'color being in the blue blankets
that covered the bunk. • , •
think I like.a tent better " repeated
' • t
the child, gazing .a oScotty gravely.
It's lighter; and there's more Mom. Don't
you think So ?" • • ' • , • •
But the old man did Mit Seem" to ; hear
the queitiOn. 'He was gazing . out through
the open doorway on the,darkening face of
the Salt Lake. Almost wholly hidden by;
the crepuscular shadows, its. saline
incrustations still dully gleaming, it looked
more grotesque;"inore solemn than 36 the
daylight. • •
o What is that /" said the 'child, follow -
Mg his glance. . . •
• . • .• •
It's the Salt Lake."
" Whet a funny place ! • It's 'all flat, and
there aren't any trees On it.: Why is it like
that ?" • • • • •
"-Bootineethere'S a blight on it that
etroys everything .that .goeti near it," he
answered, almost uneenscioul. of ' whom lie
was•addreseing.
" A blight? What's that?"
"A couse„thet Withers/2nd Chokes' and
sucks the life out Of every living thing."
The child uttered ntiey, of fear.
Oh, it's wicked to say that," she cried,
"" and I'm gettingfrightenea. '•Why do you
say such naughty things? They can't be
• "Aye, but it's true enough," heanswered,
wagging his heed solemnly. doneit
to me, and, if you st9p•,,here,••it'll be Ifthe
481116 With yon. • • „ • ' •
No, it Won't," she answered,:. breaking
Out into a fit of childish weeping,'" and.
yon're a bad,reah to frighten Me so. :1,911.01
tell mother." • . ,
The old shepherd gazed at her in
pr ' eTears
were .s.e new.„,to him,tithiat t,h.e
igitOtenmat.hini7tzyttnb1
onLiirfi4afilit21
,
thrilled hire. A onnoes trembling took
hold of him as he laid highend tenderly on
the giri s head'and drew her to him, and in
his ewe, eyes glistened a Moisture that tho.
long, callous years had not seen•before.
A 'Weeping child had:reopened the-epringfi
of hinnen sympathy so long dried up.
Then half tin hour later the mother cern°
to look for her little &Molitor. She found
the child in the old shepherd's het. The
billy had boiled itsclfout, the, fire was; low,
the pled) wee dark ;t(1.Scotty, With little
ilt peated, motioillerse.
,ort. the • bank :wee 6
Liziie sound asleep in arms; '
. '
, eoptinned.) •
DitoLiAgitilog OF TUX 8011004
4N;tileg hildrowelYTIPO ta,. Beech the
Top of theTree.
,
Here are some. 'notes made.by a teacher,
who has kindly placed them, in our hands.
They &ow that instruction .in the pnblio
sphools must he made to oonforni to gen-
exnjoerasen seer; x. are RAMO of children's
There WAIrepioe Tires who Oeald tell
whether any one was ping to die. One of
them married'. It was not, right for virgils
to niarrY, So they put them in a basketon
the Tiber. When .they grew -up they built
Awe and restored the throne to their
grandfather, Alba Longa." -
Christ - was Antioch,.'in
Christ was erimiiied in.the 19th Yea; of
his age. ,
Christ was =deer' nineteen years B. C.
- Christ was hem at David (Luke ii. -11).
Ohrlet was crucified in the reign of the
Roman Emperor Pharaoh. • ,!.
, He (Julius Comer) conquered all the
known world—There Was mere known than
when • Augustus .reigned—He crosset1 the
-Rubicen--te.-Alexandria—He -made a- con-
spireoyagehist Rome, but was successful
—He 010.110 into Spain- and to Rome—At
theSenatetheyptaled their cloaks- around
him and, he said, What Brutus I than too
Cliefeel"- -Analn-theyeat•27: B. 0. in the
44th year of his reign and the 76th of his
life he left a wife. •
Tho fable ritthe'" Tom enkthe zGrapett"t
was read, with the exception of the moral.
The pupils were asked to write the story
and supply the moral.: • •
A horse passing along saw sonic luoioions
grapes hanging. He picked tWo then threw
them down andwent away' saying "The
firePee are sour." The•moral is—ho got the
• • 0 eopatra•was avery wicked Woman. She
was persecuted by Antony and died 6f the
bight of an asp, or the prick of
ons needle, and then she found she had to
go to Rome in chains. •
,Moore's "Sound the lend timbrel o'er
.Egyet's dark see" was read, .and the Mime
of rejoioino explained; and the: pupils were
requested to write :the' substance of the
stanza., • • • ,-.
Moore has beautifully pictured in Norse
how Jehovah and his peopleescaped from
.v.',alrath-aai
Varrilerczniersead•E.rifEernariath
sound atthe'lou ehei
escaped from - he army of Ferro by
crossing the Sea . thus separating them-
selves from Ferro and his amity by the sea;
bath Men, horses andcharitits of Ferro went
down. ',When the tempest sounded . over
'the sea the peOple cried Jehovah is free.
the
lesson." •• ' • ' •
•_
,e What is themetter ?". .
'" I have letiked out the word c-eil-i-12-a-e-y
in the dictionary, and 1, don't understand
the lesson,. It pays the monks made a vow
Of'celibtolorthat • means 'they'. =snit get
Married—but 1 don't elle how that could
be, for it'says they were. of great' value to
the land for (reading from . the book) they
raised nurseries and became excellent' hns-•
bandmen.' "—Harper's Weekly. '
%)
• San' "Jeneli :diisvrera ,9d, tions. '
• A• gentleman who recently • met Sam
Jones on a railway train repeats art Of the
conversation as follows:
Said 1: "Adam and Eve Were the •first
two people on • earth.., According to the
Bible they had two sans—Cain and Abel.
Quin Slew Abel and then fled to the land of
Ned and took unto hintsidtir*ife: ' . Adam
and Eve, the first Cain and Abel, next Cain
fled. We understand from ! fled': that he
ran and got away from hie awful crime,ap
quickly as his legs would carry him,
Then; '-'1-Continnek-eireitedly, "right in,
the earile seritence•the Bible says he tOok
unto himself a Wife. Where did she come
from?" I sank beck, thinking.' had given
him a. poser. - ,. . • ...."
His eyes twinkled, his lips parted in a
"An' nary one of them preachers could
could
fell you?" he asked. • , . ' .
. "No, di; not one." ... ' ' •.• • '
"Well, he contintied,„'" that's funny, for
that's n mighty easy-question."ge sinned
again, and said: "Why, Cain get his wife
from his father:in:law.", • : • . ,,,.. .." ......, _
I was doneop. • ' ' ' . '
"Where iihell, thats-Yonpreeolieretelk
So inneli about?" I asked..-: ,.
"1 ammo," he said. ".I don't. Want to
know. • I ain't headin" that way; . I'in going
to let thenifellers as are goin'ther firia out,
• "'What's Your idea of blaoksiders ? " •
".-Well.," be said,. " thar' was a. man
welkin' along a Country lane in .AIrkartstis
Once with a pitchfork on his shedder; and
a very vicious ..deg juinned ' Over the fence
and made at him. 'He jabbed the pito'.
'fork through the dog' and impaled -it toythe
earth, Tho dog's owner Mune rennin'. out:
A What . d'ye mean, ' sir'' ' he shouted, .. by
stiokin' yo' pitcliftiwk through my dog?'
'He was goin' to bite Me,' said the Other;
'Why didn't you' bit Win • with the other,
end then?' - 'Why didn't he coitie at inc
with the other end?' , was the answer.", '
, 'After, I had ceased laughing the Rev. Mr.
Jones said: .• • . „;
. . Just like the dog, backsliders aro gem
wrong end to and consequently get.. into
trouble.",-Kansatt•Ottg TOW.
This ts Called Business:, •
• • ,
--Bank 'President : Berry, but ',I
accommodate You; your paper isnot good. •
Indignant customer reraeinlidr,hen
you were a poor man, twenty years ago, I
lent'you $1,000 Without security.
Bank President (pleasantly): I remember
the circumstances, and 1 • also remember
how 1 wondered at • your greenness. You
Probably have noire sense now, and so have
1., Good morning.—Philadelphia'
Agoeiety Carrot Summer Outfit.
N sticiety showed the other day her slim -
to niatch, and tTell•denriernsw"eill.. Etc taki,6siltoinckkiantigl
with lace frills. The lattei are e9iikerietTa:
ing on a ,hot summer night that One iglad
to spend a superfluous 616 on each jive% to
lteOp COol. Theother iets Were of fine
linen cambric and neinsook with a iiiirrew
edge of lege on the neck, but a ilounee on
the bottom by • Order of the extravagant
weartm.--•-•Kriv role Ateiter.
One of Ella ,Wheeler Virilecric's-whinati is
tO Wear .46thipg .hilt white in the howle.-
She its initially seeii" inn:white satin Rater
Greenaway robe high -peeked rata long,
Sleeved+ A -
=FARTS WITILOUMEOFORX0,4
tilWell ,OriMinete who Allmlnister Asses, '
• The chithoreeitioerma 71itt431312:VV811, 1•16tinilitec. e in h' ie .
recently Published „hook on the police de-
gartment of Paris,may be justlycond-
re-
e the aristooraey of the criminal glass.
kr
They mostly recruited iron], the ranks
of p beet and mod' highly educated
Chivies of society, and thew favorite fields •
of operation are the railway carriages and '
the hotels. Their method of procedure in
capeof the fernier is as follows: They go
to the railway terminus of one of , the 'Pug
lines, and wait near the ticket office until
they oat& sight of some traveller Who, on
opening- hinpooketbook•-to -pay- •hiti---farei '
shows that it is well stocked,' • The ohloro-
forraist buye a ticket for the same destine -
thin, tikes a: seat in ' the' Same compart-
ment,' and, after getting into conversation, .
)
'eithee .esks his victim ' to ,join him -in a*
lunch, which he produces, from a well -W
basket, or offers him an excellent xi r.
liotlithe lunch aecleigar have been caret y
" prepared " with a strong narcotio, and if -
either are accepted the unlucky traveller is
soon -plunged -into- a---heavy-titupor,---The - ••------
ohloroformist then opens a ' little'phial.
which he generally keeps hidden insiae his
heti and placesit-for Wiewinomenttrunder-=-
the nostrils of the sleeper, .gently applying "'
tothe mouth at the same tune Ceheek•of • .
fine pin:hi:tient, having the shape of a cart
nivel mask, for thepurimee of risoluding
. The victim ie thus quickly _ rendered
wholly insensible,land the thief is able to ••• •
commence his operations in perfect safety.
,E0 takes possession of the pocket -book and
empties it of all its,dontents except a few
notes of knell value, and then replaces it
in thepooket from which he. has token it,
leaving the victim's •jewellery and coined .
money untouched.Having removed
the parchment mask from ,.. the face
of ' the deeper, .he then leaves the
train at the ' ''next big 'station.
The • traveller on awakening and AO& •
ing himself alone in the compartment, in-'
titinotively looks to see if his watch , and
chain ancleoinedmOney are ell ••-right; and
On finding them se, floes -not usually . take
the trouble of investigating his pocket-
book, so that the tlieft:haS a .chance of re-
maining. nndiecoveredfor several .clays. • __,,
uttlyteit-Silie4kitira '431stf3tril5X-"'? '•••1/4....,,,
taw etatod1„4:12.04leelreriztheeifeet of tlie t'. :. .1"
antesthetio. The authorities, finding them- ..•
selVes in the presenceof a corpse which •'- •
does not present the slightest trims of
videnotiand with: the money, ' papers and ' /
jewellery apparently undisturbed, can only
attribute the•death to natural causes, and
as a role do not insist on an autopsy.'
It is a very startling fad that isases of sud-... --
den deeth in railway compartments have ,
becomeexceedingly numerous the past two .:.:
years, • and M. Mace • is convinced that
crimes .of this . nature will, owing to the .
very impunity by which they are attended, '
go on increasing from•;year. to yeen.
Brllllant Befinitiene.
Gema of
, oonr,ition.from aspimng Lon -,L.
donschooLtese era
e
_undergoing-examma.„----=
'Criaket.—This • game consitili of six
stumps, two ,bate and -a ball. Nor Shedd '
we omit the bails, which are four in ' num-
Walking =My favorite walk is when I do -
not have far to go to it.
The Beautiful.—It is beautiful to sit upon
.a stone in the Middle Of hoary ocean.
Joan of Aro —She was rather pions and
very glinted. . •
• Samson •Agonistes.—Semson' in agony. ' •
Ile dealt doles with •the jawbone of a dead. '
'Maiiiistery.-;A' place for monitors..
:In the line from "Lady Of the Lake "—
"Fierce:Roderick felt the fatal drain "—
the _last word, Wes defined "a pewer,or con-
COmmenti are unnecessary.—St. James'
Garette.
•
The Sweetest Girl in delionl.
•"She'it the sweetest girl in sChool "en- •
thishisticahy emlaimedbne yciniig.ntieS to
another as they Possed down the : etreet.
together; "Edith , is so,: kind. ana,gentle •
and unselfish, every One likee,her. And ,
she has lovely golden heir and pretty eYes.:
Isn't it a pity her complexion is'so.bad ; it
spline her -looks.' And then . she has such
dreadful heichiehes !" The girls' tikipped '
along,. but it ha,ppened Edith's inetherted
heard Whatthey said. • It her thinking.
What could be• done for -.these headaches
and the rough, middy complexion that was :
such a 'brie.' to. her gentle daughter.
'recalled what she had read of pr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and on the, spur •••
of the Mordent the slipped into a drug store
and bought a supply. Edith tea it. faith- .1.
fully, with the'result that it cleared: er •
disordered blood; relieved the' heide.e
made -her, skin soft, fair and rosy; and now
elle is not onlY ...the • "sweetest girl in:
school,".• but the most beautiful. •
The Range of Abbott's
I asked Wats Abbott to tlmte raeelehng
of her voice. • • .
" I can Si 1,three'notes higher than any , •
Hiring prima onna,•exceit Sembridi," she!'
. • ••
And hew high is that ?" I asked her;
AA To F, altissono. :Listen," she &tided,
and raising her head slightly; she sounded
thenote "a" abevii the • staff lines, ran • • •
easily up the Scale to C, and then with no -
apparent exertion struck (3 sharp, 1), D ..b
fitharp;'R, and finally ' P, holding the la
'note lorig 'enough for me to turn to a pia 6,...
and; striking the same note, test the co
reetnees of her voice. .
I .expressed delight .ather performance,
when she laughed and' said : " You may be"
surprised when 1 add that 1 havetrans-
posed the score of II TrOvatore', up in -..
order that I May sing it With greater 'eagle."
---WashirnptOn' Post.. '
Watt Willing%
V.n.•••••• Ad's,nitin'ffi'reasiirer
Of Am
lebae, was bron•ght been nu atplainea
that he began the downward career which
ended in his stealing $212,000 by gambling*
no lost and lost, but kept on in 11.01)°,0'''
7161:111DInidgli.''t 'S/04 LOLOSW' •aidtwed on, " that
you only had about ton clomeeti in it hun,,
dred of 'Vvinnina?"' •.•
"Oh, eortainlY," 'wee the reply " but
being as howtte some one elses .inoriey,
was perfeetlytWilling to take the chance." •
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