Lucknow Sentinel, 1889-01-04, Page 7'
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11 flentO Not Happen Now.,
.111ni country tie4)*it bid turned tttitreste
And long ere we were born, • .
A led and leas would chance to pleat,
'And. Often She'd ntgletit her task
'The wiliows bowed to hedge tliebrook,
The cOrnalinancidled gay, • tt, . •
, And he,Wouldlook and she would look,
' ." And both.weuldiook aWay.
Tet each -413d thie Is So ahiturd-4 • 0
• Would dream about the other, .
And she. Would never breathe a Word.
$ TiO•thet geed dame, her mother,
• -.our girls are wiser now. ,
'.Twas very quaint. 'twee very strange, •
•.. • 'Extremely strange, you 10%414 i
• Deer mei how modes, and cuettens change; .•
• • It coird net happen.now
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*et r 00 dreary. 4 is micl.vgnter,;, ills;
Nene ' Is M4440014 on .the tItIdOty *
Northwestern; thetinie it quarter ti) 11. ;
just after, the . night mail ' had fiathed
through withontStopping-bennd/Or Liver-
pool and the: north, The • railway officials
are, collecting preparatory 40 going off duty
for the night.. ' • . . .. , s
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Where's Dont "aekedone. of the otOwd
upon the platform. ' • ..'
"1 elm him in the hot: juet after tie quar-
ter to. 11 Went. through. •: (limit.have • come
to any harm,. surely?." . " .. •,]
• " No ; he said he'd.. seen pontething.00P
. from the train, andhe went down the line
topick it up.". .. . • . . ' •
And Din had picked:1P something:. It
was ta haeliet„: 0 common • White wtoker
baiket, with a. lid, fastened , down by a
eking.' Whet,' did it ocintain 2 Dirty
clothes? What?
' A beby-i-,ochild. hell A dozen vveehe.o14
no more. 4. , • . , . . . . ..
• 44 Whem.did you.Minie ecreee it?" asked.
5" Lying onthe line, just where it fell. Per-
haps it didn't fall, perhepeit was chinked
out. Whet matter? I've got it,, . and got'
to look after it, that's enough for me I"
The Intl° znite'e linen was white and of
fine Janitorial, but lay. upon ..an ,old thew'
and a few hits of 'dirty. fiennel. 411 'they
found wes a dilapidated puree,e common
enoebeg purse of faded' bretvii. leather.
Ineide wee a bran thimble, 'a pawn ticket.
iiiidthehelf Of a Bank Of England mite Of
£100. • • ' •
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A new ,parson -Harrold 'Tref:fry-hid
come lately to larklington. ' ' • •
, He in new paying a round of .pathaldel,
visite; accompanied by co college Ohunr,
who ittspendnig Christmas with'hini: •
," Yonder." said Treffry, pointing 'to it
thin thread of einek6 which rate from some
gaunt trees into the :. selleo wintry . eir,
" yonderhithe bowie-- it ' indeed; it de,
servet no grand a noare7+the hotel,rather,
of one *hese case lathe hardest' of all the
lisird ,eneslh. my. perith: 'nit man ' it e
mere. hedger and ditcher, One Who worke
for anytometer, moet often for the railway,
butwho in never 'certain .of a. job all the
year around. He han.. a swarm of yeeing
-chiltlien,! addlie,s just ltiit-hitivi;Tife. life in
labedritely prostrated; ,. aghast probahlY at
his utter incapacity 10 do hie duty by hie,
m erleselittle one. 1 'wonder Whether
y indroutie him. If you . could • Only.
go hi o mike I eign, or cry; or laugh, or
tetake the mango . interest in common
iffeirs. Jack, l... believe ..you're the very:
trion.---.7YOn-might get athilethrough the
thildien,---thet mai-Valens' hanky pinky cif
yours, thine surprising Witte ; a' child.
taken to . you naturally at once. . Try : and
teethe Mende with ithese. :', peahens when
the lather -see°. thein ititikested indaiiineed
ho may warm a little, .speak! perhaps • op-
prore,,perhape.I.eriiile.-:ankintheendgive
in. Jack; Willyou try ?" • ', t , . • .
• Jack Newbiggin, was by pp:dash:in .a. (ion..
veyaocer,. but noire had intended • him for
a new Houdin, or a wizard of ' the ' -north;
Heivas more than hell it professional -by
the time he wasfull grown.. In addition to
theqniok eye and faoile Wrist, he hid the
rarer gifte of the •suave =inner and the
face of brass. He .htid even studied Mee,
merisin. and .clairvoyeame;and • could, upon
occasion wink*, hisandience cOnsidekably.
by his power. ' . ' .' t..,,..„0,.: • , '
They enteted". the 'hikeifible dwelling
together. '.The children -eight of them.
were :all eldrinishiog over the floor, 'exoept.
one, a child (4'6 or 7, a brightseyed,exceed,
ingly.beatitiful boy, the least -were not
nature'svagerieswell known--4ikely tobe
horn among andbelong to eueli.surzenint;
hies, who stood betweenthe. lege of the
an-Thitatelt;-iftvlie-halrlikrbink to • the
visitors, and .was eronehing low, • over the
scanty 'fite: ' - ' '• • • t' : • ' .. ,
The min turned, hit heed for s moment,
'gtiva a blank etere; then an imnemeptifile
hod, and oOde Morehe glowered down npontho fire..
"Here, "little ,ones; de you see this gen-
tleman ? .•'He' hie cenjurer.. Knott* what is
conjurer is, Tommy ,21 catching up a, mite
of 4 or 5 from •:the. floor. "No, net you;:
nor yon, Sarah; nor you, Jakey, "----and he.
ran'thrOugh all:their aminee,
' They had,now ceased their pinhole and.
Were ..stering hard at their Yieiteiri--4he
moment wan propitiOne ; . ',Jack Newhigen
began, . no. - had • fortimately• filled his
pockets with mite, oranges end: cakes bo -
fore leaving the parsonage, so he had half
hie apparathe ready in hand.. „ *
. The pretty boy • had. Very fi0On left the
.father . at the :fire and: had come over io
join ' in the fun, .going beck, however, to
exhibit his theta of the spoil and describe:
Yolunithenely :what • had 'occurred.' Thie
and the repeated elientii Of lei:lighter gamed
to produce Wineimpression on him: • Pre-
sently he looked Over hisehoOlderendletid
,-but without animation:
.. " It Is very goad Of you; sir; eurely.; Way
good for yon to tithe GO kindly to the little
Oink& : it dope them good to • laugh,•11 bit,
but it ain't Meth. as they've had to
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'ern lately:" : • '• • . ' • , ' , ,
"It it good for all of .ne now andegein,
I take it," odd 'Jack, desisting. and going
toward • hire; the children gradually col -
looting . in a , far 'off corner And ooniparing
notes.
'. "Yon. can't laugh, sir, if your heart'S
heavy; if you do it, can be only a shim."
. While'he WO speakinghe had taken. the
Bible from the elielf, and resuming his seat
began to turn the lenees over. , • •
:" I'M an untaught, rough- conetrynian,
sit, but I hive heard tell that these strange
thingei you do iro.ouly'tricka ; ain't it so?"
'Here Was indeed a hopetel symptom. He
was tensed then to take borno. interest in
what had occurred.. ' -5-77- •
' "All . trielie,..of course; it all entries of
preetioe,"'intid jeek, as he proomidectto et.
plain eome.Of the simple premiums.; hoping
to enchain the motile attention: ' .. „• .
"That's What I thought; sir, or Fd, have
given, you a. job to do.' I've been in went
of a real conjurer formally a long air, and
:nothing Welt do.', See here, sire' he tend,
as beta* a sole% carefully folded 'paper
from between thelettee Of 'the pih10,. "do
yetutee this ?" ' • . '. . - , -
'it Was half a Bank of England note for
&ea . ;,, , ....• - • ,
", How, sit, tiOnla any.eotijiirer /24 Me
to the Other half ?s" ' ': • ; tt, -14'
"How did you tioine by it?" hiked litik
at onoe.
,...rii till yOtt, nit; Short ai resit Make lt.
Next day that idle, naughty lass
• Would rearrange her hair.
..And imuder long before the glass •
; Which bow she ought to wear.: •
, "Why do you blushlike that?"
Ad seldom care to chat.,
And make her mothertfrown and ask:
"Why do 'you blush like theta"' ,
' And now she'd haunt with footsteps slow.
' That mead with cowslips yellow, ,
Down which she'cl met n week ago „
That stupid, staring fellow. • •
tOur girls are wiser now..
• "Biras very 'cpittiet,-,twas yery etrange.,
'Extremely strange,, you mustallOw.
'Dear; mel how inode4 and 01113tOnle cthetlge I
, •, • It could not happen now. •
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. And as for him, that foolish lad,
He'd hardly close an eye., •
• And loos no woe -begone and sad.
He'd Make his mother cry,
"He goes," she'd say, " from bad to worse, ,
, My boy, so blithe and brave. .
Last night 1 found him writing verse
bout a lonely gravel" .
, lo next day her nerves he'd shock,
With laugh and song and caper;
And therel-sue'd dud a gtilden loo k
Wrapped up in tissue paper. '
Our boys are wiser now. ,
'Two very quart, 'twos very strenge,_
Extremely strange, you must allow. •
Dear me! how modes•and customs change!
' It could not happen now.
,-F. Lonfibridgs in Good Words.
' Her Christmas Gift"
A woman stood on weary feet,
Bitting an ash -barrel in the street,
And to her Pkirts clung, ehattering,
A little,ttousled,tmerry thing.
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" To -morrow Christmas gifts will come ;
'I know, dear Granny. we'll have some,"
flh; answered not. Heart sick and sofa,
bh picked the refuse o'or and o'er:
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Elbe would not speak the bitter thought -
"To such is us Christ cometh not I
She paused to wipe her lashes free;
• It gave her eyes new youth to see.
1-e; black; discarded thing,'
But yet a doll 1 • With band trembling,
The-eagsr
• And hid it from the baby's eyes.
" To-morro* Christmas gifts will come;
I know, dear-Oranny;-we'lrhave some."
:" Ah1 darling, may you never doubt;
Christ will not let you do without."
Dear Little Alice. *
Dear little Alice -may her joys3nereage-
Awoke ole night, and near the mantel piece'
Beheld Old pante Clam with bag and box,'
Quito busily engaged in fllIiug seeks.,
Delightedly she lifted upher '
That childish treble made his heart rejoice -
And said " Dear pante.; rhaye visited Iong-=--
,Totaik to you;,and have I then done wrong?"
l• Not so," the saint of Christmas said and smiled.
-While a soft radiance fell uponthechild—-
"Not so ; for thoskalone my face may see • .
Who very good and noble strive to be. •
Speak thl,p,, •trny 'child; whet is thy guest with
mo?' , • ' •
Then aeserered.Alice, " I cannot forget, • .
Dear Sante. Clans, a little girl I met, '
Bagged and.homelestrand with eyes so sad ,
That my poor bearthas never Fence been glad. '
Take then t to her, dear Santa Claus, I Pray; •
All the rare things you brought for me to.day;
, Take tiu m to her brighten her eyes of blue, .
And Say thet-e presents came,from me and you."
Then sleep quite overcame the little maid ; • '
Beck on the pillow her round cheek was laid,
' Old Santa vat tithed ; but an angel fair „
Bent manly down and kissed her golden 13air. '
•,The•Christmais Tree. .
.0, .
. the •
Christ,
mas tree'
se bright '
and green,
awaits Old
. Seine Clatis
and''the '
ney place all swePt
and clean gapes wide
it ponderous jaws: • .
The. little snicking° are .
all hung up. and baby's -
just makes four. 'Won't
0 ci Santa Claus be surprised.,
when he finds tb,ere is oue mere!
...There's an elegant place up in tho.
trot, to haegJohnny'agun,and apiece
for May and one. for Ka o tot.lee,ve)
their d- 11a upon! ' But felt little baby
bl ue eyes a lower branch he must choose' ' •
Where she, may Teach and_find,the place. •
he'cr Ilene her first new shoes. Turn down
the light 'a • 'little; now,' so, Old Santa t
• ; claps can see. Arnd baby and all • ,
' roust go to bed and be as good as..
'Can be,o.ndto-morrow morn get ,
up earl y, after e. long n ight's
' sleep,' ' • •
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Coma,
softly, •
do* 11 •
to the
. Xines' s
• 'tree
,and
"Who will get the first peep.
Dolly', Isn't Chrisimati JuflyP.
,Dolly, isn't Christmas lolly , • '
, Don't you wish 'twould stay's!' year ? •
It is always' CI' ristn3as, Dolly,
Where you came from ? Toll me, dear!
Did yon live 'with good Kris Kringle
t In his home so far away ?
Aro yoirtgl d or sorry, 1.)oIIy,'
That you're here with me to -day?
,
ktiollyfsn't Christmas jolly ? •
Oh, it you touid only talk-
It Hoeing too ftinny.that you caul, •
.M.hen..,you can ittugif and cry and walk
try awful hArd to teach you "
It you'll .ouly fellow ,ine ; •
:•"1think you could learn it littl
Conio'now, just say A 13 (3 /
Dolly, isn't Christmas jolly'?
# Oh, if you c uld only eat
I have lots of nuts and candy
, And plum -pudding awful sweet
I think you conld 'ea; a little -
.ins, little -:if you'd try
Would yon like Mane candy. Dolly,
And some fruit cake and sbnie pie?
Dolly, isn't Christman jolly
'Ain't you glad that Santa Clans
Put yon in my stocking ? I am,
•' Audi think that you are, cause
You do Seem so awful happy, ,
Do yo i love me Doily dear ?
011 a obristinas awfully jolly?
you wish 'twould stay all year?
• Juicing.) Joy. • ' 6
BenOVOI6nt Okl Gent-" How my heart
bounds when I see the happy•facce of child -
hoed at this joyous Chrietinee season: Note
' the bearning smile of the little , boy -now
approaching. Heaved itself teems to have
Muminated those little features. 1 will
*Peak to him. One moment, little hby..
Why are you so happy'?." • *L
Little iloy (grinning)-" Ma got mad and
pinked me with her new four dollar hair
. brush and' -she broke '
Conjurer orn0 conjurers YPIOI Pit
heart, and I'M main sure „that you'll help
11.70n OM" • • .
Dan then desorthed,.„ how 'he had picked
up the badret from the 10.45 Liverpool ex-
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V.There was the linen; I've kept it. See
here; all Marked. quite 'Pretty and propoi,
with lice lotted the edge*, as 'though its
mother loved to, mike the little ine
smart."
Jade exentintiV the linen; It bete et
monogram- and !keit. The got he made.
out to mean H. LI M., and thecrest was
Plainly two hemmers 0e0iiedi and the
motto, "1 'strike" -not A Ogillin011 Orekt--:"
ond he never remembered to have seen it
before.
And that was all .
1' 'Cept the bank note. That was in .a
poor old purse with a pswn ticket and
thimble. X kept theme AB."
Like a true detective Zack examined
ivory article Minutely. Thermo borethe:
name Hester Corrigan, in ride letters' In.
Bide, and the pawn tioket . was out in the
same /IMO.
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t• . TUB SECOND
When Jai* Newbiggin 'get back to the
personage he found that his hoot had ao,
°opted OD invitation for them both to dine
at the "big house," as it wee called, the
country seat ot the squire of . the Puha-
A' 1 hive ' been fighting your battles all
day," began Mrs. Sitwell; the hostess,
when seated at dinner next to Jack.
"Was it necessary? 1 should have
thought myself too insignificant." •
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"They were- talking-" at -lunch- of. • your
wonderful tricks in conjuring, and One said
that the skill might pion • inoonyenient-
when yon played cards for histenot." '
• A icharitable imputation; with Whom
did, it originate ?"
"Sir Lewis Mallaby.", ' •
"Please point him eut to me." •
He was shown e grave, 'scowling .face
upon the right of the • hosteth-a face like
a. mask surface rough andwrinkled
through which the eyes shone with a bale-
ful light, like,00rpse, candles hie eepulthre,
• Jack let his companion chatter on. It
was' his habit to get; allthe information
possible &bent any company in whioh he
found biome% for, hip .own purpose' as a
clairvoyant, ' and when Alta. Sitwell 'flagged
he plied her wlth tittles -9 questions, and
led-her-mi-from---onW--person-7-to--anethe ,
making inental notes to, serve him here-
after. It is thus by (Amid and laborious
preparations that many of the strange'end
seemingly mysterious/facts of the *clair-
voyant conjurer are performed:
When the wholt/party were assembled
in the drawing -room after dinner a cherub
..• veicei, headed by thati_a_the-kostees,
e ummoned Jack to his work. . There ap-
peared to be only one dissentient, Sir Lewis
Mallaby, who not only did not troublehim-
pelf to back up the invitation but when
the perfOrmance was actuelly-begun.-wasat
no pains theinuniel his contempt, and die,
gust: •
t The conjurer made the . conventional
idum pudding, in a hat, fired wedding rings
into qtnittern loaves, did all . Manner of
card tritike, knife tricks, pistol *Aoki, and
juggled on conscientionely• right through
hie repertory. , There was never a smile on
Sir Lewis' face; he sneered unmistebably.
Finally, with an ostentation thatsilvered.
of rudeness,' he took ant; his Watch, a great
gold repeater, looked It it and unmistakably
yawned. , • •
Jack hungered for that watch directly
he sawit. Perhaps thrimgh it he might
make its owner uncomfortable, if only for
itmoment. But how to get it into hie
hands?: He asked for a • watch -a dozen
were offered. No, none of these would do.
It Most be a good witth-ra repeater.
Sir Lewis.Mallaby's was the only, one in
the room,
and he at first distinctly refused
tolenctit.-IlutoOLinanyearneekentreaties
were .addreesed tohim, the hottest') leading
the attaek, that he could not in corinnon
tioneteey echidna° to.refuse. •
With semethinglike a growl he took his
Watch off the ohainand handed it to Jack
Newbiggiii. ,
A .curious, old-fashioned wateh it Was,
which would have gladdened the heart of a
watoh colleihor7-all jewelled and enameled,
adorned with crest and iineoriptionan
heirloom, Which had piobithly ,betin in the
Mallaby family for years. Jack, locked
over it curiously, meditatively;then, end-
denlY raising his •eyes, -he attired intently;
into Sit Lewis liallaby's fade. and ' almost
as quiokly dropped them again, ., ' •
." This is far too valuable?". he esicl
courteously, "100 much of n treasure; to
*risked in any conjuring trick. An ordin-
ary modern watch I might replace,•but not
work of art likethie.!? ; • •
And he headed it back to Sir Lewis, who
recieived it with 114conoeilea satisfaction.
He was is much pleased, probably;' as•
Jack's eXpreseion possible -failure in the
proposed trick as at the recovery ofhis
property. •• .
Another' watch, lOWever, Was pounded
into a jelly and brought Mit whole:froth a
cabinet in an adjoining room.
"Oh, but it ie too 'preposterougi," .Sir
Lewie*Mallaby was heard ,to. say, quite
angrily. The • Continued applause, pro-
foundly diegneted hire. "This is the
merest charlatanism. 'It must be put an
end to. It it the. mininionest. impostrire,
These ore things which he has coached no
in advance.. It him be tried with mime -
thing whieh upon the .face of it he cannot
have learned beforehand by artifloid
insane."
Try him, Sir Lewis; try third your-
self," cried several voioes. • ' • •
"1 acutely like' to lend myself to such
folly Or encourage tio pitiable an exhibf-
• But ho eemned to be Oonscions "that far-
ther protest would be in Jack's favor, so
lie said "Can you tell what I have in
this pocket ?" He touched the left breast
of his coat ' •
"A pocketbook:" .
• " Bali! Every One carries ." a, pocket:
book in hie pocket." • • • *
But do you ?". asked several of the
by-standere, all of whom were growing
fleetly interested:in this titrange duel.
13ir Lewis MaIlby confessed that he did,
and Produced it=tiii ordinary morceieo
leather puree and pocket -book, all in one
*" Are yen prepared to go Oh• 7" °aid the
baronet, hanglitily, to Jack.
",Certdrily." ' •
" What ilose)hitt pocket -book' contein ?"
" Evidence." '
" Evidetice�f what ?"
• "01 facto that Mtn* 'wooer Or later,
,00ine,t0
'
% "What ridiculoculnonsense t I, give yen
my rad. that .thie, pocket -book tiontliiii,
nothing-itbsollitlelY, nothing -but' I Bank
of England note for 4100.4 _ _ •' ,
"Stay 1" odd Jeak NeWhigfilip kednil
him abruptly, and speaking in a voice of
thunder. "11 it net so -you know it -it
10 Oniy.the hill i' -
And as he spoke he took the pocketbook
from the 'hinds of ,the really stupified
baronet, and exhibited for inspection -the
hen of a Bank of England note for 4160; '
There was Mneh applause at this harm -
leas and 'thooesefed denouement of whit:
threatened at onestage to leed-te. alterca-
tion, perhape to a quarrel, Bat Jack New
biggin was not satisfied. ' • • 4
" A.eyeu have dared me to do myworst,"
iiia he, "listen now to whet, I have tosay.
Not only did I know that was only the
half of e note, but I know where the other
half is to be found." ,
' "So. nInekthe. better for ine," eoici the
baronet, with an Offort,to'inpear homer-.
say".Tshicatitkowthisetrhalf 7ii ,,,,vii,to-shall'i
Bit Lewitt nodded indifferently. '
"It was given to MO Hester Corrigan, an
old name, six years ago."
"Silence! Say no more," cried Sir Lewis
in horror. . .
• Sit Lewis had been i younger non; the
eldest *horned the family title, but died
early, leaving hie widow to give him s
posthumous heir, the title remaining in
abeyance until time showed whether the
infant .wes a boy or a girl. It proved to be
a boy, wherenpon Lewis liallaby, who had
the first information of the faot, putitton
execution a nefatione project whiclt he had
carefully co/meted in schism*. A. girl
was obtained in a foundling hospital
and subiltitnted by Ledy. MallabY's nurse',
who was in Latins pay, for the newly -born
son and heir. This son and heir was
handed over to another accomplice, Hester
Corrigan, who was bribed. with, £100, half
down, in the shape of a half note, the other
half to be paid when she 'announced her
Isafe arrival in Texas with the stolen child.
It occurred to Mrs. Corrigan. in her transit
between London and Liverpool that though
£100 would be acceptable on her atikeithe
child would only he an hicumbrance. She
therefore threw the basket 'containinghim
out of the window, forgetting that in it she
had ¬ated her Puree. - ..-
-It--was the -t -witch borrowed from Sir
Lewis Malliby which first aroused Jack's'
enspiokins. It bore the •sarne crest -two
hammers' ifirossed;"' with: the Motto; "1
strike," Which Wes nroirked Open the linen
of the child that Dan Blookiti picked up at
Kirklingtim citation, ' The initial of the
name Mallaby coincided with the mono-
gram' R.L. M.-- From--theseAacts-and
what We have been told by hire. Sitwell,
Jack rapidly drew' his conclinione and
made e bold shot, which hit the mark, as
we hate seen. • , , • t . .
-Lewis- Mallaby's-confessionr'ccimbined
with that of Mrs. Corrigan, who was found
.1iy-thop.oliee,..sowreiniitate_d• the rightful
heir, and Dan Blookitt in lifter years had
no reason to regret the generosity Which
hid prompted him to give the : little
foundlingthe shelter of hie rude home. ,
The Way Ghia zoo It.
"Oh, Kitty! rite something the beet to
tell yon 1" • •,
se No re
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" Oh, but I have, though 1" '
,
'Do tell me; quick 1"
" You'll never lisp it to any one ?" .
"NO, indeed I"'', •
.
" I wouldn't have you breathe it for the
world '!" • • . ' .
" Oh, I won't"
"Not to any One; remember."
"No -hope to die if I do." .'
'Well, then -oh, it Boerne eo funn
"Oh, do burry up andiell me."
--'7"TiOraiiii0- - ylliel•PV. '
. " Oh; indeed, indeed-,-.1tWon't." • .
"Id never forgive yon if you did."
"Well, but I won't 1" ' • ,
" He might net like it, you know." -
." Who's he'?" ," '-'.- , •
"Oh, I forgot! How foOlieh I am!" •
" Are you ever going to tell me?" '
. " Yes •I , yesi-I fetid to myself right &Way
that I'cltell you anyhow." , 0.
"'Well, do, then." , ' • . s
"Well,then-oh "you will be awfully
sorprised 1 " • t
"Oh, do hurry and Wt."; •
.4' Well -I -I'm engaged!"
• 4. Year)! •
111 No? et
"Well, who to ?:"
, "To Charlie Lawton.' '
"Why -Lod -Brigham .1 "
"1 emir
"Tee, hee,•liee 1 " "
" Isn't.41 fanny? ". ., ,
"Why, Yon old 'darling t " •
"Don't yon oongritulate mo?!' . •
' "01 • course, I do. • Charlie's' perfectly
'direly. I'M awfully ,g1tid for you beth'.'" •-•
' "Oh, thanks! "t --Detroit ,t7re Press.
pis
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"an Episodical Beauty. '
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Mabel-" I didn't see ' you at Edith's
party last night, Mand."
Maud-" Dear, no-;' teouldn't gait- And
heard somebody fitly you were just too
Pretty for anything, dear. I do wish I
could have been there to see how . you
looked. . Were you at ell natural ?"
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A Trusted ?Friend.
IcAiinjay-1. see Bigthy hangs, around
your stem a good shire of the time.. I
suppose he it; getting to be your tried and
trusted friend? • • • • , •
• Blobson - Yes, he iti:my trusted friend
and by and by, if he doesn't pay up, he ,will
be my tried friend. • ' •
• "Inagua' Warfare.
She fir; feet, eleven) -4 :can't listen to
another word 1 • '
Ho (five feet, five) -Do, do hear me 1 I
may not be large, but I have it iit-g6 heart'
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yourownate
She-Oh,
hld? and
love ei"b9IY'of
' Sir Edward Clarke, the preseneAttorney-
Generel of England, began life as. a clerk
in his father's grocery attire in London'. 116
then entered the civilaervice, but left it to
(Andy taw. • ,
A St. Leda eportimian recently procured
in Oregon ft trophy' thitie one ef the greet.
Mit chtiositieti of ite kind in the World. It
eoneiets Of a largo and perfect pair Of mkt.
bon antlere which are entirely coveredwith
a fine, "doge growth Of hair, '
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THE DOLLPHONP,"
M. Edisoien WOntierfal Toy for' 1140
4it1e Ghia.
pdlle That Sing " Boeic-a,py-Babym..-They
,
Can Talk in Any Language -Mega That "
' • Bark and Ceti Ehnt, tAilli for ,eithdr-
Repeating. a, A" elMete Sentence."'
Children an over the world will • :before
long.have reason to blessthe name og Thoi.
A. Edison, for that wizard • bee juet per.
hated a toy the like of 'whielt Will DOVER
dreamed of. by them even on Christmas •
Eve. In Mr, Edison'i laboratory it Orange,
N. j., therearenumbers of dolls which ,
speakas. naturally as any human being.
They are not like the old ' ineohanieal toYii
which' by ODD'S limping their dilPhriftni
squeak ,forth " niamnia" :and "papa," but
they; talk naturally.. and well, and repeat
long eentenoee. ., . .5
They are called. the Allmon talking dolls;
'although Mr. Edison coined 'e; new name
for thein yesterday, in speaking of them to .•
the Evening Sun rep,resentative. He tidied .
them '" Dollphones. ' .The talking dolls
have engaged the inventor'S • attention oft '
and on for the last two years, but it it only.
within a . fewweeks that they have been
'perfected. Now nothing Marano] but .10 .
manufacture themin large quantitied And
ship them to all civilized countries, so theft:
at the proper time children, not only in
America,. but also in Europe, and even in •
.far•"eff Ralleht, Will' be able topmost denim'
that in thek owners! native lengnege tan .
talk to there. • . .
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MLUIBITI" 0P THEIR rowin.s.' ' •
In a little room in4ie second Story fil the .c. ..
greet lebetatury at Oringe- were a dozen or ... ,,
80 Of the dollsi yesterday n various dips.; 4.. •
of manufacture. Some of thein were :4, .
dreamed and riodyto: entertain company,
while °there.. While ' they could speak, dui,. ..
so, strange to gay; without .the Use of their
heads. Mr. Edition picked • up one of the
4011e, whose'. golden, curly heir, and pink
.cheeks were lovely in their perfection; and
whole) light blue. eye!, stated . in mild sur-
prise et the reporter,Aincil.winding.berup
0Y•iiisertinga °look kg in the•ernall el her .
bath,. handed her to the reporter. He then .
pteneed a spring, and the doll, •still looking
it Nadia a ' plaintive '.-tenet -.
-"-Iloveyouvinitertnia-r I:love-yen dearly,
months, but I am tired 'mid sleepy new.
_Plane pot me in my little bed.". • . . 1,
. -Another-doll-baby;who-wairmiferWly,
inclined; Sang in a eweet,•,tihildish treble, • ,
'a Roctra-bY baby on the tree top" all the .
tvty . through with good "expressiori, and '.
without a fake . note. , She sang it quite ' .
londly,s •too, so that ' anyone could hive
heard her across a .. moderate-sized room.
Still another sang a. pretty: little, German ...
song, but an the rerxterdid not ••iinder.
stand German, he is Unable to tell whit
_the_song_WeeiboutAk ' . •" ' , ' ..-.
"1 have only lately succeeded in bringing .
this toy to a state of .perfection," timid the' .'
inventor,se-he4ovingly- stroked the curlY• .
pate Of one of hip.little talkers: .. ' - . . •
Mr, Edition permitted the Eivniag Sun
Man tOtalk to one of the don phonographic,'
TO thew:Melly telt it the reporter .repeated
thio steeple sentenoe ;', • ' • • •
•
"Eliminate epede which hi ascription et,
a perfect mathematical •reinien • for • a co- •
existing phirelitY, and all thought ha
resolved into a .:pynthetic 'milt, which fled.' .
for ito. ultimate habitat the bestiro Of tag
great Logos." , • 0 tzt•,j,
Contrary to hie exPeotations, the phen0- :
graph, didn't break nor leiVe' the room 'or .
its own accord,, but indeed repeated t.htt '
sentence econiately: • • . •
' ... . DOW THEY 13/4.11E. DO(BTDUCTED. t. . . .
"Tho phonographs," said the inveotor,
"which. are used in these dens ire mai-.
°ally as perfect in their, articidatioli and '
londriese-of-tonsearthelovger:intes., They .
are on the lame principle att toy original
phonograph, but whereas that . weighed
about 75 pounds, and cost from 676 to 661), .
these Weigh only ithont a pound . and e halZ
apiece, and .willbe retailed at free:L..63. to
57. includieg 1 hindeome dell. ' The great ,
difficulty has been to train girleto talk t
with sufficient distinctness Ed- the phono-
graphs, but thet we are now oVetooming."! ,
The: little . phonograph which, with its
eiceompanying clockwork, ie placed in midi' '.
of the toys is :the Perfection of delicath ..1-
meehenism, but at . the same t'inie is set
strongly Made and so durable that A. will . •
last as long if not longerthan the 'del/ ...
heel!. .' The cylinder which receives phono-
graphic impressions is made of tin, and ,ig , •
ooneequently verydrirable. With ordinarily .... ' :
'careful handling it will repeat_ 'a el.:Item:a ' •
thorteende of theca, 'and.the ' kat • repetition,.
will be he perfect as the'. first. ' The main .
difficulty has been in -inventing 'Machinery
to make the doll phonograph so exact in ita.
working that the cylinders may be inter-
changeable, and new cylinders With new
sentence° bnsethstitoted for the Old ones at •
any !hue." So if 'a child should get tired of' .
baiting itel7doll repeating over and: over:.
&gat the samehentenee, for a trifling enni., .
probably less than 61..we otinsupply a new
yliiider With itkr epiAtence and inany yokes ;
hat the pnichaser,miiydesire. ' ' •,. . •
...:The. oylindert -"were in reality bands of
metal about • two and • a ...hill inches in
itimeter, about One-eighth. of an 'inch
in thicknes ,e And halt, lin' inch 'Wide.
The • surface before it* 'received Abe 0 t
mprecision of the phonographic needle .
was perfectly emeotli, but After being
diced to was full of Minute depressions,
ome of them eo light and delicate as to. be 0
°steely . Visible to the naked eye. ' • The •
mechanieni of the clockwork to which. they • s
re attached for tee in the tipesking dolls is '
oti delicate and intriOate for examination. /
ere, Attached hilt is a governor like thati .1 .
ri A steam engine, which prevents the doll
roin tedium too fast, and ' so running the.
Ode into each other. So loudly ending- .
inotly dO these wonderful dolls talk that •
lir,•Ldisen infortried the reporter he had •
ity. a. doll, telked with the
tjh
*tailed one talking over a long distance
ephone - from Boston to New York '
lephone in. Boston and .was ' •heard
uite plainly in this city. Indeed, the tele-
hhe.o6noettr:626.th, rather dr:nit:71i: ..011:fmtepan aonyd•voyiMiptomeova,
But.Mr. Editton has not confined hiniself
*neat:tura, dogs that hark and itik plaint. .
vely for Meat ; cats that Mew Mad call in
mintskible tenet for milk ; home that
sigh and ezpiess a wish to be fed Upon
U.; cows that inoo .ana' boitt of their
k giving •qtfialitiee, and mestere that'
row it naturally at, the real, live. article.
Evening .0zo. . .
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