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The Blyth Standard, 1907-12-05, Page 3The Rightful Heir Earle smiled slightly. "No one knows holler than yourself 1 that he is no fit subject for ,justice now, 1 nfin' will he n' a good while to come." That is so. He'll have ,t ,hard time of it before he gets through. The bone is shattered. There will be fever, and a eeveat deal of pilin, while if mo'tificatima nets in, he'll get justice int another world." Then please oblige ere by keeping the matter quiet, and do the best you can fon mint at my expense." "Surely you don't mean to keep the fellow here?" exclaimed the doctor in amazement, Certainly. What did you suppose I would do with him?" Earle asked quiet- ly. "Send him to the almshouse or lios- pital. It belongs to the authorities to take care of each scamps," "If n friend of yours had been injur- ed in this way, would you advocate Fending him" to the hospital? Would ,the. excitement and fatigue of ,,the re- moval be Beneficial?" Earle asl?'dd point- edly. "No; inflanunatinn sonld 1 tr41nab1yYol- low, and the patient would probably die," the phy siofat gooly adanftted. "That is the w y I'rcasolied, the ques- tion; therefore Told my scut, in a Incas - 1100, responsible fob?this man's•iife," was the grave reply. "The earth would be well rid of a vii• lain," answered the doctor, gruffly, "It was only the luck of the thing that pre- vented your being where he 1050, or perhaps a corpse." "Not `hiek,'^ lay friend but the hand of Providence" Earle interposed with his rare smile. "Your judgment and myconscience tell vie that the man will die unless he has the very hest of cure. IIe mast be kept quiet and free from anxi- ety also; so I have decided that he shall remain herd until he recovers" "But who will take care of him?" ask- ed the physician, his gruffness all gone, and a look the twas not disapprobation in his eye. "I will see that he lacks for no ease or attention; ns a wooded and suffer- ing ratan, ho trill be the same to me as as friend or guest un 111 110 gets well; and as such 1 shall expect you will also exer- cise your utmost skill, and do the very best you out for him," Earle said, quiet- ly. "Nell, well, well!" muttered the 05- totished disciple of Esenlapius; and then ho stood regarding his companion for a moment, with raised eyebrows, and his mouth puckered into the smallest possi- ble compass. "Unless you object to treating 051011 a patient," Earle added, with a little hau- teur. "No, no, no; bless you! nor" Dr. Ser- geant returned, quickly, "1 will do my very best for the Boor wretch; you are right—it would be soeriiicing his life to have him removed. and yon may rely 111,1,11 my discretion" And the noted doctor went away And lite noted doctor ;tenet away somewhat mystified ns to what manner of Than the young marquis might be, that he was willing to turn his magnificent home into a hospital for thieves and nub' bet's. qtr` Earle went back to his charge, whom l he found restless, feverish, and burning with intolerable thirst, Hesnvn eR wore as Earle made his 4 g Y appearance and defiantly demanded -.what he was going to do with "Take care of you until you get 60 your legs again," WW1 the calm reply, as he held some pleasant, cooling drink to the man's parched lips. IIe drank eagerly, and them fell bank among the snft pillows with a groan, ",lash that's' a likely story 1" he re- turned, after a minute, wills nn angry flash of his eyes; `out with it, and don't keep me in suspense; I've. enough t"h to bear with this pain." , s "So you have, poor 'fellow!" Earle 011 ocied, kindly; and it is past as T have ton$ yon—you are to stay here and ha nursed until 'you get well," "What, stay here?" and the man's eyes wandered around the luxerious iipartmeet ie 0 look of amazement. "Yes, ii tide 011.0 01,001. I)ou't you lutea' that you cause. 1,000 to be moved: "1 don't feel much lint it, that's a fact,' he said, euppressing another groan, "but" --with It keep loot: into the kind face above him -- 'w at right hove you to say it?" "The right of ownership -1 am mos' ter here," "You!" "Yes, you recognize me, then?" "Of couree I do; and you knew 010 in. stento', which isn't strange, counidering one isn't likely to 1oget a phiz ,like 1111110; but—buts—se" "BA you had no ideal that you were. y breaking into my leve when you saute here last night," interrupted Earle. 'No; I'll be -- if 1 did!" was the irreverent but energetic reply, "There has been a change in my cir• coinistaiee3 of late." "1 should think so. 'Then you are the :Marquis of Wycliffe?" "Yes. What did you expect to find here in the way of plunder." "I may its well own up, I suppose, since I'm where I can't help myself," the "man replied, recklessly. "I was af- ter tho family jewels, which I was told were kept hero," "They are not here. 1 had them de- posited in the treasure vault more than t a. month olds,ago. There waslitic a money in my safe, for 1 had paid off my help only yesterday; so yon see, my friend ,you have had our sin and risl•; 1,d life Incor nothing," Earle said, gravely Tom Drake swore savagely again et this information. "Do not be profne--indeed 1 mist re. 1 t quest you to drop•' that sett of talk while you are here," Earle said, with decision. "And you really don't mean to send me to the hospital?" "No, indeed. I do not. "wed to tell yon that you have a long, hard job before you from the wound my hall gave, yon, and that it will be a. good while before yon will get about again." Earle thought ho Might as well talk of thinlgs ,just as they acre Tom Drake nodded assent, a look of grin endurance on his ugly fico. "Anel;" continued Earle. "unless, you have good coo—the very best of 0000 -- it is doubtful whether you eve' have the use of your leg ngnin." "And what should that ,natter to yon,", Was the gruff query. accompanied by a< suspicions glance. "It matters this to me: One whom 1 profess to serve has bidden me to etre for the sick and needy," Earle said,, gently. "Humph! that's 011 cant. Yearn watch me as as cat does a moose, and just as soon as I begin to spruea,up,a tittle,', you'll hand me over to list llinjestyr11 minions, and I shal111aye.a nice. little area went attached to my leg, eltf" Ne tried to put it ,cold. front on, but it eves evident that he expe'ienced con- siderable on- siderlb e anxiety regarding his future, "There :1)111 he time enough to talk of that Mattter by and by, Earle ans• weed; ifddeel,lo.had not given though to tine subject, and had 00 idea what (manse he should pursue. Now, I hate to give you this quiet- ing powder" he added, taking up one from the table, "and the doctor wishes you to get all the rest and sleep you can before the inflammation increases." Ile mixed the powder in some hind of n tempting jelly. and watching him curi- ously ell the time. "Who is going to take care of me?" he asked, after -he had swallowed it and token a cooling draught. "1 shall take care of you for the pre- sent.' "Yee!" v'1t11 another ^mrinus look. 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AND 81.00.. 00004000000*0 4 0 0 4 0440.0430 Earle bent nearer and said, in a friend - 1y tone: "I shall not trust you to the care of servants until the doctor pronounces your wetted to he mending. If you - n 1 he neglected ever so little, there is nu telling 1httthe result might go. As for the room you nen] give yourself no uneasiness about it; you are to have just es 1(11mh attention as if you were ray friend or may brother. Now try to forget that you have been my enemy, as f 01111; for as you are sil.(111ted 1(050, 1 feel only sympathy for you. You must' not talk any more, but try to get some rest." Earle smoothed the tumbled bed- olnthes. cheesed the wet cloth upon the , sufferer's burning head, bosh' down the curtains to shade the light front his eyes, and was about.o e t seat himself at a dis- tance and leave Liam to sleep, when Iris , veiee again arrested him. "Say!" "1Vollt" he asked, again corning to his side to see if he wished anything. The nun hesitated a minute while he searched his face 1000ly,'and then burst fort!:: "I'm cussed if I can make not what kind of n chap yo1 nye, anyhow!" Earle smiled slightly nt his evident 1 perplexity, and the 11(0011(1 continued: "First, t, v;nn hit is fellow a swinger on the hack 1,f the head that knocks the life out of him, and makes one think that the fury of seven Jupitors is con- ee»lrated in von; noxi, yon shoot hint with a revolver, and then torn around and nurse him as tendo' as a w011100— I can't melee it trot' 1' diel giro you a.. heavy blow that night in tine hotel, I admit; the ease was adesperate 1010, and I knew 1011081 not faii � to lay v0a out the first time, If ?,44',q5111 not escaped, I should have 1 gii en you up to the authorities, and you would doubtless have been serving pot your ventenee non, instead of lying Jere. But you are wounded and stiffer. sing, yen will nrabahly he sir,: a lona; f ice. and howe00r much 1.111;1!,' think y011 deserve punishment for y0nr past mines, your condition appeals t0 my humanity, .1s ,a neighbor you are, instead of an 000. my and a robber. sly neighbor, my friend and as 51101 1 shall treat 3,01 v,l it ler, l'at'e sc!'1,unui:111d thee was no leisti ting the friendliness of kms tones. "lett neighbor! your friend!" Tom' Drake repeated in lou', suppressed toes, and fodinginlumost as.11.he led got into 0. new v w gold. "Yes, just that;' and now, to rase vont mind and, make yon 101st nae, I will tell you that 110 one 0(100 the (100101', my- self. and any servants, Imus what, trans- pired last night, ;and 110 0110 else will know of the affair while you are sick here, Nelly go 10 sleep. of you can. Earle rle moved away without 1 1g itiin n chance to repro, and mea uat..aiug his retreating £iguye in stnpul amazement. CH 1I 1 Ell SLIT, Tont Drake did have a hard (!mw, ns LBe physician predicted, and Earle fear- ed. Ile paid dearly for his one night's ael- t'onture within the walls of Wycliffe; and yet, perchance, the end will prove it to inave been a "blessing hi disguise," 100' three weeks he raved in the wild- est delirium of fever, unconscious alike of his own condition, that care he urns receiving„ or the trouble and weariness the caused; and It was tlo'ee weeks long• er before the skilled physician proneutle- ed 11in1 out of danger, or avould give then! hope that the wouiii,d limb 101)111 be saved, "Save it if yon cal, doctor; the poo' fellow has had a roegli time of it, and I should dislike to send him away from here n cripple,' lilerIo had pleaded, when the drr,tnr sp dee of au(putttion.' "Ile will lie a cripple ,anyway; so ninth of the bone is diseased and will have to 0om0 out, that the leg will al• ways be weak, and he will be lame, even if we save it. ]nut for your salve I wlil do my best, though it is more that the wretch deserves," grumbled tiie 1135351' 15(51), lie had not 011101, faith or patience in nursing the vusefnble wretch," x0.110 called hius. "Like auough he will turn round wind cut 11(111' throat, 501110 fire day, when he -els `µ'ell. Such people have no feel- ing. no gratitude; they are like the brutes, and have no souls, and should be treated accordingly.' "'Inasmuch as you have dote it unto one of the least of these,'" Earle gravely repented once, after onie,of the doctor's outbursts. "Ilumphl such high-toned philanthropy will doubtless he rewarded in a way you don't expect." • But with all his apparent gruffness and contempt for the kindness Earle was bestowing upon the unfortunate crinin• al, the young marquis could see that he was always very gentle with him, and war, sutisficd that he was bestowing the very best treatment that his knowl- edge and skill could sagest. When n it last the fever left him he Ivy' µcul (10 la baby, and only able to be lift- ed eeutly 111 tic 00015 et strong ,10011 when he wished to change his posmti(01 ile did not look nearly so repulsive to Earle as Le lay there so pale, 0(111 thin, and helpless, and a great pian 'opt inti 110 heest fey this 1,'e>Il. m 1. n whose lift had .been a1, ,teepee i 1 10 and infamy. Iic had scarcely left hint dnehig these sic long weeks when he ley ir. suet' dor ge^, catching what rest lie could while his patient slept, and lying uple r, c-'ach nes' his bed; and Earle himself !,>o1cd niaiost as if he had had a fit or e settees he was so worn and Weary with Pis watching, .IL was six weeks longer before 'loom Drake could be dressed and merle about his rooms, supported by n servant on one side and a crutch on the other: He had grown more quiet and gentle in his manner daring these weeks of con- valescence. After regaining conscionsne5s when his fever turned, his speech be- came more chaste, no oath left lits lips to offend Earle's ears, whin nov and then some expression of gratitude, rough thought it was, would escape him for the attention and kindness he was re000(0g. He became very thoughtful, even sad at times, and then Earle would bring some iitcrestiig book and rend to hint; but though - c lietetied attentively, mud appeared grateful for the attention, yet he could see that he did not really enjoy it, and often grew lle0yml5 ,at the intim otonous sound of his voice. One day he brought in a beautiful chess -table, and, after arranging tine em- ionsly carved mon upon it, asked hint if lie woodd like to learn the game. IIe was astonished to see his face light up with delight, as be exclaimed: "Alta! them are real beauties, end now I eau stand it" He already ,anew the gauze—was even a skillful player, and from that time un- til he was able to ride out, Earle was never at a loss to know how to nonuse him. But as ho grew stronger, Earle redid see that some heavy burden oppressed Trim, turd when act riding or playing chess, he would sit in moody silence, his lands folded. his 1100d bent aid a look of deep trouble or his face, and frequent Sighs escaped him. One clay Earle bud been reading the newspaper to him --the only thing of the literary kind in which he mau;te:sted any mterest..\ hail Cy sigh interrupted j him, and looking op, he found his cons - pinion's ey00 fixed sadly on his face, while apparently ire had not ,tear n 1000cd that lie bud 1e011 rending. "Well, Tom, are you feeling badly to- day?" Eerie asked, loy'iug down his pa- , "N-0," he returned, hesitatingly, and With 001110 embarrassment, Then, with an air of recklessness that Earle had rut noticed before during nil Isis sickness, he asked: "1 003', what kind of a. place is Botany Bay?" ti Ego, started, the question 5000 00en- tirely unexpected; but he understood at Mace now why he had been so sad and absent-minded. • of into. He had been thinking of his probable future, "It 10 supposed to be rather a d1100• late kind of place," he said. "Folks who are sent there nt the ex- pense of the Crown don't get rich very fest end it is smn0(0300t meant -"meat about getting away from there if one, clash d happen to w'isit to visit his native land, eh??" Ton Drake said, with a ghastly attempt to befncctions. "No," Earle replied, very gravely, .and with a searching glance at 1116 comp 1n- iol. '"there's 101IIe coufo•t in knowing a fellow hain't got to leave many behind Idol to grieve over him," Ise said, ab- sently, and as if speaking more to him- self than to Earle, "Where do your friends reside?" lie ".111 the friend Vac got in the world, sir, is my old mother, and her I haven't .seen for many a long year," Earle Bought'1lerc Was n euspiclous huskiness in his voice ns. he said this, and that a tear dropped on his bond as he turned quickly to look out of the window; hat he might, havebeen nus taken, and the num. wan still very weak after his long illness, and tea's came unbidden at such a time. "You' mother! Have you a mother livioq 1'' "Yes, sir; no good a, woman ns ever drew breath," Toni said, heartily, "Who was that woman you had at the hotel in New York?" Earle asked, "'That was one of—the, profession. She was nothing to me, and I paid her well MI that p1h. "Well." Earle said, en..oi,agingly, as he say Tom evidently had something on Ili; mind, and did not know ,just how to got rid of it. "1 ain't •ns0nllt very white -livered nor call c le,n'tcil, s,1. 1 neve:' thought I wns thin-skinned; but -1-1 want to tell ,yon that that rascally business about the young lady has laid heavily on my mind this many a. day, eShc was a—a particular friend o' yours, weren't sum?" "Yes," .said hlarle, with a heavy sigh. 'Iron Drake started at the sound, and shot an anxious glance at him, while he grew, if possible, paler than he was before, "1—i hope, sir, no harm came to her from the mesmerizing," he said, in a eta of ms le( tone. "No; she is quite well now." Tont looked intensely relieved, and he went on, speaking with 0 rough kind of earnestness and gratitude: "You've been wonderful good to ins altar it all; you've given me the best you have, 0011 treated me as if I were a gentleman' instead of a gallows -bird. That was a pesky jolt-tliat business with the girl. She was a pretty little thing, but plucky as the—I beg pardon, sir; but she was the most spirited little wo. ever set eyes on; and many a time it has given me the shavers, on wak- ing rap in the night, to think of her lying there, growing so pale and weak, dying by inches." It was ri cruel thing to do," Earle said, with a far -away look and a very pale face. He, too, often remembered that waxen face, witty its great mournful eyes, in the still hours of the night; but that now was not the saddest of his troubles. "Yon are right sir," Tons went on, with a sh Inge mixture of humility and defiance; bnt J had 'three or four fat jobs on hand just at that flue, and I keen' that it Jou Loker s confession got abroad, there'd be no more work for me in the United States. 1 was going to crack a safe that very nigh't, and had all my tools aboat me; 00, t,.5 soon as you took the young lady off, I set to work, picked the loci:, and we 0001: to our heels with all the speech we. had. You didn't undue much noise about the affair, so when madam. and I walked out of 1the private entrance togetlher,, ho one sus• petted us, ;Ind we go off scot-free. I knew 11 wouldn't be safe for nm to be seen around there after that,.. so I made for it steamer that Nag just ready to start out, and eamec,oyer here to try my luck. never di'eansing I'd fall into your clutches a see,ohd time." 11 DOES NOT PAY O DIE NOW. Five to Charge Fi�e Dollars in Future For tssuiug Burial Certificates. Pita, dollars for a burial certificate has been announced as to part of Lite programme for an all-round increase of doctors' Pecs, as proposed by the. Ontario Medical Council, Thousands I t'0 found it as very Ileac of people c hay Y tns out their reeourees to guy their dentes' bills at the old late, The increase would be a very serious mat- ter to many people woe 10 Dat for the fact that there is within the rea0!1 of all that wonderful rcn1edy that, aft,'' the most severe conditions, has prover that for all forms of rundown sys- tems from almost any disease 00 eause, especially from those diseases ;libeling the throat, lungs or stomach Pnyeiinc is n safer, surer and mote dependable deliverance than the untried and ex- perimental prescriptions of one out of ten of the present-day clot on: Pey- chine in addition i dio t1 oeee- rn t) being c .i tooted life work: of several of theworld's most eminent medical special- ists has 'x years' e f us - paralleled tyynrs'meu rd , era paralleled and unapproachable tri- umphs over disease aid death that lois brenght light and joy to tens ei 11 sands of homes every year. And it is steadily going or to still greaten triumphs, 1t does not pay to dol now. Take 1.'sychine and live and enjoy lift. It is are e - g at syAt.mbutider, Fifty cents and $1 per bottle at your Mugs gist's, or at Dr, T. A. Slocum's, 1111 King street west, Toronto, "Several years ago any -wife was so seriously ill of lung trouble as fort months to be unable to walk, at w'hieh time a noted physician told 100 that tine next dress that 1. would buy for her would be a shroud, She used I'syelti;e and is now reasonably well,"—liev. C. E. Durrell, forest, Ont. "have you been at this kind of thing ling Earle e sluab "Nigh on to twenty yews, 1 got ill with a gang when 1100 a youngster, learned all the tricks of the Wile and have lived by my- wits and a burglar's kit everanet.it ' ." "Have you, as a dile, found it 0 very satisfactory kind of business?" his lis- tener asked, pointedly. Tem Drake flushed a vivid crimson and for an instant a tierce gleam of an- ger shot from his 0y0; then he burst '.u( rel (To be eontinnsd.1 eas The Wrong Man. Professor 'Huxley was once surprised by 1,-m" asked to preside at a meeting 01 the Anti -Tobacco .Dengue. Ile accept- ed the invitation, toil 000 heartily greeted by a lau'ge. audience. In his speech he told an anecdote of a visit he poi,: to another scientist to discuss on all subjects except one. "My friend;' continued Mosley, "wax a great ,sucker, while 1 hated tobacco in any 1001n. ((Brent applause.) On one occasion, wI si nearly suffocated by my friend's cigar smoke, I expostulated with hint, but he pushed the, cigars towards me, saying, 'take one yourself, old roan; it's the beat remedy: Ilolnctantly I took one and smoked it. And since that time, ladies and gentlemen, nothing 011 earth would induce Inc --(frail' ie applanso)— to forego my after dinner smoke." The loareed gentleni.us was neier again ask• ed to preside at 0 .similar gatheringing, --Erma M. A. 1', 6-® A Bride's Little Scheme. "Nearly nil brides 000 getting sore 01. eat ghass for wedding presents, because they always get so much more than they can e0 . 1100, remarked a jeweller ye:. terday, "hut f never heard of one going so faas to block the cut glass as 0 lit- tl: bride that was in here the other clay, "She told me her name and asked me if I wouldn't keep my ears cocked for I unv customer who might come in to buy a. wedding present and mention her name. 1110 part of, the gone was to tell the customer that .she hacl dropped n re- mark about not raring for 001 glass. She said she had been to two other stores and fixed rap the same deal with them." —Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Wisdom of the Bee. We marvel at what we enll the µie. deem of the hive. bee, yet there is (mg she never locums from experience, writers John 'Burroughs, in the atlantic, and that is, that she is storing up honey for the 0go of man, She could not hau'u this, because such knowledge is trot ills eassary to her 05011 well-being. Neithr docs she ever know when site has enough to carry her through the winter. This knowledge, again is not important. (a- ther and store honey as long as there i3 wily to 'bo load is her "motto, and 111 that rule she i0 -;cafe. FELL WITH BOOMERANGS. Story of a Deadly Encounter Between Australian Aborigines. I was visiting at Port Augusta when the Chief Justice came to that Iowa to hold alae Lon- don 1,u 'r c rn is n writes n do t of .ht u 00S110,1 dun F'loht. Port Augusta is amnia an the border of the desert. In rho immediate neighborhood there was gtowtng In profusion the "salt bush," whica 00000 1,s 1„" ilio of the sheet, during drought, and the terapring "prickly Des," a weed good to look npoa but accursed to th,. farmer, as Its eelatetr spur works 110000 among the fleece,. Close by we 4.,.,w a prosperous ostrich farad and a number of uuaek„ will, their Afghan 0010 - ors, about to start on a journey still fur- aher north 'Pure stra.nge (tnprcaslon of this juxtaposl- Hun of old and new was deepened by :.rho nature el the principal t iso for trial, It was a charge 0gauust Jimmy N'ooyllta of rho murder of Billy Lie, both aborigines, 'rho •• no complicated. A stm',y 1,P the crime was tc I quarrel aecuhed to have orison through rho refusal of the deceased, though of mature years, to submit to Initiatory rites which technically made him a "young utamr ' Thu witnesses were careful to speak of him al- ways. en n "boy," though It was testified that ho had a few gray hairs. 'Phu actual conflict between the two mor was conducted with much of the punctilio of a duel. Bach of them was armed with what Is comonly called the "double boomerang strictly speaking, 1t should rather bo Holed n club in boomerang form. It is a large and somewhat heavy weap00, not Intended as a misslel at all, but used to inflict a blow which must he delivered only aga'oat the head. The Inviolable etiquette ul such entomnter.', de- mands that each combatant in turn shall bend his bend to the attack, not attempi'ng; ,., to May It until he has steadily sufferer) his ow's chastisement. Blow thus se'enmfy al- tercates blow, until the man with the strong- er norm and harder head to left the victor. 10 this ordeal Billy Lee suceun)000, 'like witnesses in this trial were at 000)10 mainly aborigines themselves, for the crime) was courmttted In ode of their camps. Their demeanor was extremely nervous. Again and again they had to be exhorted to hold up their heads and to speak Clearly. One 01 them, n strong inn with dents upon his head suggesting a long experience of boomerang duels, fainted In the manic of giving his eve-. �.. deuce, and another collapsed es soon as he had left iho box. Later witnesses were therefore allowed to sit, and were frequently refreshed by d glass of water, which they would empty at a single gulp. 'their evi- dence was given In pidgin English, Inter- preted by a police Inspector, who was Pro- ., teeter of Aborigines for that district. Tho come el for the defence had the ad- vantage of having lived for some time am- ong the blacks when a boy, and could con- sequently make himself easily uuderetoed by them. You yobbo longe me now," was his Intimation that they were new to speck to him Instead of to his learned brother. "You tell me strilght, u0 tell lies," was suil1:b,at to cnruhn.:(se 11.0 Importance of trath(ut ana- wers. Several peculiarities in linguistic ir- ony cane out during rhu examination. The alineses uteri the word "lose'. as it euphe- mism for "die," and "kill" in glue of "strike." It bad the oddest effect to r'ar how one man (5ogld kill the other, and the other would retaliate by killing am. Two peculiar charneteri.stles noted by the writers on aboriginal customs were 11105 - tinted In thls trial. Ono was the blacks' In- th(lity to count At one point It wars deshod •F1 ertaln what t1010 elapsed between the • of the victim and the..v!"g of in - tion to the magistrate. The man who a himself carried the news could give no answer when the question was put to him F( notes blank. Ili was next asked how many'e "stases" lie had during the journey. This Innulry was also Ineffectual Lastlythe lawyer proceeded h1 (his lash. ion:"Where you sleep same right Billy Loo killed?" "Me sleep se -and -se Creels," was the prompt answer. The place of sleep- Inr night otter night wns then elicited until it was easy to calculate the total interval. Si, t00 the tante of day at which any event 14 haopened was Indicated not by "mention of the hour, but by pointing to the quarter 4i} where the sun west, • Thr other ehnracterlstle especialli' illus- tra(ed, was ahe reluctance of the friends of the dead man to mention his name after he is ccee r;is slated by one of the latest slab-: 00(1(0 on abnriein•'( practices, N. W. Tho - mer'. that to mention the name 0t' n ,lend man Is 15,00,111 soul cairn; to summoninz 1,511 sho=t, and Heil to avoid such n enlomlty wm,ls On, familiar will even be allowed to 10' '0 mnnen+1y outof use. In this ease Billy I e's "labra" never once referred to )ser hashanrl by name ler the whole of her evidence, She spoke of him Invariably no "deed ma" " 1f It was uncanny to hoar of n man killing bis antagonist atter he had afh'0^0leen killed himself, it gave one n0 eroenv fooling when this woman told how 'dead man" ate his dinner or walk- ed outside his tent or took tip his boomer- :tr. Travels of n Picture Film. 'Ile life of n !dame film is limited. They conetnotly are around aid nmvnvu1 tin the machine; and this in time w•tnrs them so full of hales and scratches that they heeouce valueless, Only by the beet of cave can a string of (alms be made to last through one season. When the films are rented from the P8010 umun1lnetmcrs it costs the (0,5)1- (5300(0 in this country all the way from SI alto $.i0 a week to get them. The rental price depends 00 the quality of the films and the scenes which they por- tray. in the file rant theatres, where thele is a change of pictures every day, the sane films can he used only two or three tines at most. _After that they are sent to the next vandevilleor five cent theatre in the, circuit, thus going the rounds l01011 after the manner of the actors and utctresses themselves,—From the Chicago 'Tribune, A CHI MAN'S JOKE. Pr. Snaith and Dr. Jones were walking along, the street one (lay when suddenly Di. Smith sacggested their goin :011,(fl, getting eocno'nhop 'Huey.' Id ey a (iul, 1']ney had d kt1i1 of fare of chop i edoingut the oUu r (.1170:211°e°°1-11e' lfbiqu \"then Lhe lamb and duck came hi;,µ lt'y' ,baked very nuich alike, Dr, 1170: aid he tliougllt they were the sane, the ether said Ile could tell his was (heek. 11 young Chinaan'an was standing near, 1)r. Jones pointed to Dr. Smith'a chop suet' and ea!d, 0unek, quack?" The Citinat'na.n Shook itis heal and said "No, bice' wow —Short Stories), Historical Evidence. The •late Richard Mansfield was a patient sufferer in Isis last illness, and he retained his good cheer to 10 mark- ed degree, says Harper's Weekly. Ono day Iso told Isis physician that he believed he would not live ninny weeks longer. Hosh!" said the physician. "You are good for a long time yet. Why, man aline, did you ever hear of any- body near death with legs and feet as warm. 1 (s yours?" "Yea," replied Mr. Mansfield, "lots f then", For instance, there was Joan of Are and the Salem witches."