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THE FIELD OF BATTLE CIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. the Vrtrrana of tlte llcbrllloa Tell of Whittling nolle, nrlht Uayo nl, Iterating Domlit, llloodr n- l-, Camp J'lre, t'eattra Bngi, Etc. Dave Jenkins wiis Just past 10 years j ld when he enlisted In n Federal regl i ment In hh native State, Missouri, a a volunteer nt the commencement of . the Civil Vfar. Dave was a bright hoy, strong as a horse, quick ns a cat, ami " had not an ounce of suiterfluous flesh on his bones. He passed unhurt ; through n number of the severest bnt Uen of tho war, among them Pittsburg canning, Mit at Inst lie was raptured by the Confederates mid taken to An dersorivllk', Gb. When raptured he had aliout one hundred dollars In United States :nioney greenbacks on his person, and some trinkets of different kinds, all of which he was allowed to keep ; he also had a big knife with a blade about uvo Inches long. The handle of this knife was so made that it could be separated Into two parts, and when so separated, the big blade wus In one part and in the other part worn u fork which could be opened mid rhut like a knife blade, and u German sliver spoon -A-hose bowl was as largo as that of a:i ordinary tablespoon, and which opened aud closed along the side of the handle with tho hollow part of the spoon next the knife handle. Many old soldiers .yet living will remember this kind of knife ami will tell you what a very useful Implement It was. Tho Confederate soldiers, many Of them, wanted to buy this knife from .a ye, bot lie refused all offers to pur chase It, though he gold off many other articles. Davo reached Audcrsonvtlle and was turned lenso In the stockade ; here he spent many long mouths, saw niuob. misery among his fellow prisoners, aid ed ninny of them with his money, no ticed that attempts nt escape were usu ally frustrated in come way, and ut length came lo the conclusion that at torn pi& I ceipes failed because too many 1ijso.s were concerned In them. Ills hut t4ood not Tar from one cor ner of the stockade, and he had looked over the ground many times without eemlng (a do so, and had concluded that escape was possible by means of n tmitin YM,., iii-irim.r4 iii A Milm-aiio- villo used to dream of tunnels, see them in their waking hours, have vl Ions of them In delirium, and instead of babblings of green fields, aud absent friends, and far away Northern homes, Tthclr words were of tunnels as tho tireath left their bodies. Ilenee there was nothing unnatural in the determi nation af Davo Jenkins that he woul 1 make a tnnnel and that ho would cs cape. Accordingly he set to work and using the fork and spoon part of his big knife as spade and mattock, ho "Worked night alter nlrlit, for days aud weeks and months. The most embar rassing part of the undertaking to him -was tho disposal of the earth that e excavuted; some of It he placed In and under tho wretched collection of rags, bru-h and straw that served him for n I -,!. :: ;)o lie carried away In his ppek ... . ., V(. t,.. iii ;1t:out his hut, always ' : . ij . rm-rm do nothing to ex- ".-i-'fi'iti among his captors ns ii v:.ii! Ir- wrs- iloin.;. and on the 10th of Aii:,iisi. lt.i;-l, liis tunnel was com pleted and all that remained was for him to enter It and break his way out at the end of It, and then find his way to the Federal lines; this was all, but when yen reflect that ho was a boy reared In the country, without any knowledge of geography. In n strange State, surrounded by vigilant and re lentless eiuiinie-!. von will M!n-,n thit jtc undertaking was enough to bring misgivings to tho stoutest heart. He measured his tunnel Internally with the greatest care, and ho was satisfied Mint its length was sulllclent. lie determined to make his attempt that very aisht. ns he did not want to t the tfinnel lie unused for any length or time lost it might be discovered. lie waited nntil Just niter midnight, when he onterod his tunnel, wormed his way to the enj of the passage and very cautiously opened n small hole. To his horror a guard passed within less than . ten feet or him. While the guard's back was toward him he pushed his way out. making no noise aH ho did bo, and stenned behind a smill i.i.u, the guard pawed, going in ths opposite direction to that which ho had been walking before. Dare clutched ti:g knife tight In his hand and buried the keen blade between tho guard's shoul ders ; he wink down, a shudder passed over hi body and he died without a sourd. Dave was about to take thj guard's gun and cartridges, hut aban doned them when he found he had a revolver belted around his waist. lie took this and the belt, dragged tho body a short distance away, and hur ried from the scene, lie knew that es cape was an absolute necessity. He Lad killed a guard, and should bo be recaptured he would lie summarily ex ecuted. For n;re than two hours he had walked, when suddenly he heard the loom of a cannon In his rear and knew It had been fired to notify the surrounding country that a prlsonojr had escaped from Andersonvllle. He pushed on carefully, husbanding his strength as best he could, and ever on the .okout fur pursuers, nt the same tin watching lest ho should meet a party coming toward him, but Just lieforo sunrise, he reached n little oibln and saw It bad hut one occupant, an old uegrcss, lie did not hesitate, but entered and said: "Aunty, Vt: ese:iiel from Andcrso.n Tlllo. I'm a Union soldier; I want you to bide in i until idght, at least; I'll pay you well tor It." Tho old woman took hlin Into n low, dark loft, Rolng through a very small trapdoor, and covered him with some refuse cotton which Mm had st.nvil there, and us she doing this she said : "Hiiiey, l'-.e t ikin a pmvahful risk fo' you ; ef dey finds you dey'U JU initi ally laui da life outeu yo olu aunty; tut yoa?e de Lawu la age of my young nmssa dat died when 1 was a gyrnl, yon talks jis' lak hlin. nn I'm bouu' to he'p you out ef It's In de wood to do It Now ' Jis lay low an' keep quiet; no niattah what, yo' heahs, don't yo eorne out ontll youse onklvered, an' If yo does come out, yo' come nshootln', be kalse yous Hi' to lio killed ef dey kotches yo' and yo' might Jls as well take a few of Vin wld you as to go over de river by yo' lone se'f. Don't yo ferglt It, honey, come a-sheotln'." All that day Dave lay In his nnrrow quarters, suffering Intensely from tho heat." He saw and heard parties pass, and heard some of them question the old negress, but none of them entered the cabin. It seemed to him all of them knew her, and Done had a suspi cion she would shelter nn eseniied pris oner. This last party he saw, through the thinks In the clapboards, was re turning toward Andersonvllle; he could bear the soldiers talking as they pnssed, and ho heard some of them Bay they believed they were on the wroug track, and that he had gone In a differ ent direction. About 10 o'clock, the okl liegress whose name, she told him, was Phyllis, came tip nnd told hlin he had better get out, as If the search should be re newed the next day ho might be dis covered, to his destruction and to her ruin. When he came down she told him to wash his face, neck, hands and arms In it basin of some fluid which she set before him, cautioning him at the same time not to allow It to get Into his eyes, nnd telling him It would make his skin darker in color. She also gave liini other clothes nnd a dif ferent hat, nnd nt last handed him a small bottle, saying: "Honey, dis yer bottle am full o red repper ; keep It dry, nn' ef yo fine ,dnt de bloodhoun's am attrr you, before dey comes In sight of yo', sprinkle some of It In yo' tracks, an' when dey sniffs dat ar' stuff Into der noses It am nil up wld dein noun's fo' dat day. Don't yo' fergit to remember what yo' olo aunty am a-tellln' yo." " She gaxe him the first full meal he had had for months, nnd another tied up In a red handkerchief, and direc tions to n certain negro living about twenty miles awny. Dave gave her one hundred dollars in Confederate money ; she refused greenbacks, saying if she were seen with Yankee currency In her possession she would be compelled to explain how she got It, nnd It would cause her much trouble to do so. Dave left the cabin nnd walked all the rest of the night, nt length reach ing the cabin of the negro to whom Aunt Phyllis had sent him. Here he was treated kindly, remained two days and nights, and the negro went with him during a part of the dnj on which he resumed his journey, at length turn ing him over to an old negro with In structions where he should bo taken ; but before he left the cabin of the for mer negro he was again directed to wash In a fluid of similar appearance to that which he had used In Aunt Phyllis' cabin. Without entering Into a circumstan tial detail of his journey, It will be sufficient to say that, with the help of the negroes, who everywhere were kind, reliable and trustworthy, rendy to share their humble cabins and their food with him, Dave nt last reached the lines of the Federal army, and he has beeft heard to say that never in his life did he feel so thankful ns he did when he saw the Stars and Stripes floating In the heavons, found his own regiment, reported himself as a pris oner escaped from Andersonvllle, and received a furlough of sixty days and transportation to his homo in Missouri. At the end of the period of his fur lough he returnfd to his regiment nnd served out his time of enlistment, and when the war was over a year or more he went back to Andorsonvlile nnd found old Aunt Phyllis, whom hn per suaded to return with hlin to his own home, where he provided for her as though she had been his mother, and when she died lu she had a flood of tears wept over her by Dave'H whole family, and he himself, strong man as lie was, wept as though she had been his nearest relative; nnd there in a little graveyard they don't call thmi cemeteries out there she rests beneath a beautiful little granite shaft on whose base Is inscribed ''Sacred to the Memory of Aunt Phyllis," and Dave's grandchildren go every Sunday and scatter flowers on the grave and talk of how old aunty paved grandpa's life nway off In Georgia during the war. Pennsylvania Grit Kxtru ICallona. An amusing incident of a Confeder ate camp during the early days of the war Is given In "The Story of u Can noneer Under Stonewall Jackson." There belonged to one mess n man not very desirable ns a companion, who tried to take too good care of himself. We had halted one morning to cook several days' rations, says tho author, and a large pile of bread was placed near the tire, of which we were to eat our breakfast, and the rest was to be divided among us. This man came, we thought, too often to the pile, and helped himself bountifully, lie would return ta his si -at on lils blanket, and one or two of us saw, or thought we saw, that he concealed pieces of bread under It Nothing was said ut the time, but utter he bad goue away, Polling, Packard and I concluded to examine hli haversack, which looked very fat. In It we found about half a gallon of rye for coffee, a slab of bacon, a number of home-made buttered bis cuits, it hen's egg nnd n gocuo cjsp, be sides more than bis share of camp rations. Here was our clmnee to teach a Christian m.iu la an agreeable way Unit h should not appropriate more than his uiiare of the rations without thi consent of the mess. We set to nnd ate heartily of bis good stores, aud la their place put, for a ballast, a river Jack that weighed .about two poands. He carried the stono for two days before he ate down to It, and when ho did, was mad enough to eat that, too. We then told him what we had done and why, and tidied that we thought be had hidden enough under hit blanket to carry him through the can raigu. "I'm going to have a look nt Mason's tew baby this evening" said the com muter In the rrash coat. "Say, If ever you saw a proud parent It's Mason." "Man who lives next door to you?" asked the week-ender with the golf bag. "Yes. The kld'a nearly two weeks old now and the madam nnd I have an -Invite to Inspect It." "Hoy or girl?" asked the week-ender. "Girl.' "First bnbyr "Yep. Why?" "Oh, nothing," said the week-ender. "Only I notice you don't seem nt all rfcrvous." "I don't see why I should." "Well, suppose it's a homely baby and you're asked to express yourself. What are you going to do then? You say It's a girl baby." "What If It Is? I can say It's Just too cunning and sweet for anything, can't I?" "No, sir. Your wife will say that. You've got to think up something else If you want to be popular. I'm glad you mentioned the subject now. Just as likely as not you'd have made some break and queered yourself." "'Well. Isn't she a bright little thing?' flow's that?" "It may be all right, old man, If she Is awake and If she Isn't undersized. If she's small, tho word 'little will be construed ns an underhanded fling at the darling." "What are you talking about?" "You wait and see. Yon may get through with It all right, but yon want to think It over beforehand. You've got to speak up quick. If you tako more than ten seconds to consider be fore you explode Into ndnilratlon your remarks will be thought to lack spou tanelty. Do your considering before hand. If she Is absolutely and unde niably homely you don't wnnt to com mit yourself as to whom she resem bles." WOULD DREAM OF WATEtt II .11 ? t TJATtVEY'S WATER FUEL MACHINE AND ENGINE RUN BY GASES FROM WATER. Water as a fuel hns been a worl(-dream for centuries. Now comes the perfected water-fuel, and a machine that evolves Its own fuel while driving the wheel nnd the plane, Edward D. Harvey, chemistry student and recluse, long acquainted with the ease that water can be separated Into Its two gases In the ratio of ono part of oxygen to two parts of hydrogen, has Invented a machine which can be operated by water gases burned ns fuel. Water Is composed of two gases, one being hydrogen, which burns readily with a fierce yellowish white flame, while oxygen burns with a pale blue name, truly as hot as "blue blazes." The separation of water Into Its two gases Is done by electricity. The narvey machine contnlns n most powerful little battery which easily decom poses water that Is treated with Iodine and sa!t. As the two gases are ob tained they are piped Into storage reservoirs ready for use. P.urners nnd. pipes are so made as to be readily carried to any convenient point for action. Further developments nre being worked out wherein tho machine becomes a practical 6tcam engine, water being constantly dcomposed, and tho two gases are directed as flames upon a boiler to generate steam. Experiment shows ' thnt a machine representing a one-horsepower force can be run a day at the cost of 1 cent an hour. The Inventor Is claiming that water as fuel gives the world as near per petual motion as tho world can ever hope to have, and a fuel that no trust can ever corner, for It will even rain on the Just nnd unjust alike. TYPES OF WOMEN IN EGYPT. The Arlitocrade Male EcjrptUn In Cairo Marrr Turkluli Wo mm. I There are seemingly more types of women In Cairo, all of them natives of Egypt, than In any oilier city of like population In the world, says Leslie's Weekly. Their variety Is duo largely to the difference In costume, which Is regulated by religious beliefs. All the , women of Mohammedan faith wear I veils. Some wear queer little spools of brass or gold, which are attached to I the headpiece nnd which hang down to cover the nose. This signifies that the. wearers are married. Others wear veils without either headpiece or nose covering. The veils of the Turkish women nre handsomest and they are also the most coquettish, for occasion ally they nre thin enough to show tho outline of tho features beneath. Nearly all of the aristocratic male Egyptians of Cairo nro married to Turkish women, who nre supiosed to be superior to the natives lu both beauty and Intelligence. The majority of Turkish girls of wealthy families nre educated as are their European sis ters and many of them are talented In music and painting. This enlighten ment which allows the daughters to be educated applies only to those fami lies which have had the advantages of English association. Put tills class Is very rarely seen by the tourist, unless he gets Just a Hash of their veiled faces showing through the cloned win dows of n carriage In which they en joy their daily outing on the fashion able Gazera drive of Cairo. It Is the middle class which one will see on the streets and lu the bazaars In the native quarter. Occasionally tho aristocrat visits the Jeweler, but when she does she Is usjjered Into a private reception room, and Is so hedged In by ceremony nnd fcrvants that the Eu ropean customer In the same shop cranes bis ueck In vain to get a glimpse of her. Striking (' of Accuracy. "I had often beard of the literal quality of the Chinese mind, and bad a personally delivered sample of it one morning," say a writer In "The Trav el Magazlue." I went Into n Je,velr's shop to buy a souvenir spoon, Tlu se lection made, I wrote ujxin a piece of paper the Inscription, 'Hong Koug, "Why not put it onto her father?" "The father Is generally less blind to a lack of beauty. If the Infant has Its face twisted up Into knots nnd has turned purple a man Isn't apt to feel flattered when he's told It looks like hlin. Mason Isn't any prize beauty either and the fond mother wouldn't like It If you any tho bnby's like her that might Imply that you consider the baby beautiful, but on the other hand It might be an Insinuation that the lady hns nn Insignificant nose, a defl clcney of eyebrow and a vacant ex pression. I'm only saying this to warn you. I got Into all kinds of trouble with a neighbor In Just that way once. To this day If the child runs up to me her mother says: 'Come awny. dearest! You mustn't bother Mr. Hillings; 1 don't think he likes to have little girls climbing up on htm.' Y'ou've heard the tone, haven't you?" "I think you alarm yourself unnec essarily," declared tho commuter In the crash Jacket. "I dou't care how home ly the kid Is, I shall say that It's a peacherlno. If It's yelling I shall say. 'There's lungs for you I There's a con stitution. If It's small I shnll say It s Just exactly tho right size and that I could never understand why people wanted Infants to weigh from eleven to fourteen pounds. I shnll nsk to see Its little feet. You're always safe call ing Its feet little. Put I'd say thnt It was pretty anyway, and I'd say It with nn earnestness thnt would carry In stant conviction of my sincerity." "Whether It wns true or not?" "Why, certainly," snld the commuter. In the crash coat. "Did you tell lb? truth with regard to tho child you are talking about?" "Of course I did," said the week ender. "It's no wonder you got yourself dis liked, then," snld the man In the crash coat. "Say, you certainly have your nerve, undertaking to give nn Intelli gent man advice." Chicago Dally News. A3 FUEL AT LAST TRUE. 11XX5,' to have tho same engraved on the bowl. As I started to leave the store the Chinaman called mo back and asked for a deposit I gave him 75 cents ,nnd made a uote of the fact on the pnper on which I had written the Intended Inscription. When I called for my spoon tho next day It was In scribed lu the bowl : 'Hong Kong, lout;, Paid 73 cents.' " Womrn Tire of Miirrlniro. Feminine emancipation, extravagance and athleticism are all blamed for the decline of marriage, but all of them in one won't tell the whole story, though each contribute a trifle to this desolation of love. You remember what Uyrnn wrote on the subject: "Man's love Is of man's life a thing apart; 'tis woman's wholp existence." Yes, but we have changed all that, and now that woman Is com ing nearer to man, marriage is becom ing of her life u thing apart nUo. and so she Is not so keen and eager to snap up the tirst man that conns her way as those who went before her certainly were. Woman Is being educated; she Is learning to read and write in the school of Life. She Is tired of being dubbed Mrs. Grundy, of posdng as an objection able niother-ln-law, ns a painted doll, a toy. a plaything. She is tired of be ing always a mere dependent nlll) ;v. Juuct of man, and tired of being a mere household drudge, a general ser vant without wages, only doles; or, ns a great writer put It, "the white uluve who wears a wedding ring." I nciiiKfl.Hu Crlclc'lktti. Dr. Whipple, long bMiop of Minne sota, was about to hold religions serv ices near an Indian village in one -if the Western Mute, and l.cforo gniii to the place of meeting asla d the chief! who was bis host, whether it was safe !o- bim to leave his effects unguaid'd in I lie I l.;e. -Plenty safe," grunted the rej man. "No white man in hundred miles from here." Woman's Home Compan ion. All the people will not love you, uo matter what you do, fo you might ns well inako up your ud id to be pitched Into. Any boy can make u hit by being attentive to his mother lu coinpauy. love. Love Is the sliortit, safest, surest road to heaven. Cardinal Olb Ihuis, Roman Catholic, Ilaltluioe. Vision-Seeing. To fall to Vfic our visionary powers Is to limit our human nature and make an Incomplete man. Rev. I. J. VunNcss, Paptlst, Nashville, Twin. Morality. Our present problem Is to hold t.h moral mastery over ourselves while the world la slili false and evil. Rev. .1. W. CooMr, Congregntlonallst, New York City. Weak ami Unstable. Wealth Is weak Itself, in that It Is unstable. It hns bcwi said that nil of the wealth of this tuition passe through the probate i-ourts In each P.5 years. Rev. B. A. Dames, Methodist, Ioulsvllle. The Saloon. I believe we can win In the teiniH'ranee cause If we go about It wisely and In earnest. The saloon han dles matters in polities with shrewd ness. So must tJie c.hurvh. Rev. John Thompson, Methodist, Chicago. Proof. Men talk much of proof; but It Is a cheap thing; you can only provo hard, dead things, like mathematics. Tho warm, live things can only have de grees of probability. Rev. Frank Crane, Independent, Worcester, Mass. Material Welfare. The bodily anil material welfare of men and women ond children everywhere Is fundament al to all the higher Interests of the moral and spiritual life. Rev. Horace lrtcr, Congregatlonallst, Montclalr, N. J. . Anger. It Is wrong for a teacher to whip, first, because It cannot lie dono without developing nnger, both In the teacher and the pupil, nnd nnger Is a curse physically, mentally nnd spiritu ally. Rev. G. F. Hall, Independent, Chicago. God and Mammon. Because we serve both God nnd mammon we find an equal amount In our surroundings. The devil Is still nllve with us so long ns we act him, nnd the Christ nature Is repudiated. Rev. F. E. Mason, Sci entist, Brooklyn. Cruelty. There hns never been n pe riod In human history when anhnnls have been so abused, so maltreated, so neglected, treated so Inhumanly, ns they have Ik'cu In Christendom for the last 1,!H1() years. Rev. M. J. Savage, Uni tarian, New York City. Tho Great Healer. How often does the lord lead a soul away from tho crowd and the world by placing It In the solitude of a sick chamber, or In lowliness of spirit. In order that Ho may speak to It nnd heal It?-Rev, U. S. Bertolet, Lutheran, Philadelphia. Discipline. Difficulties nre only an other name for discipline. Tho best men have started life with what appeared like handicaps which afterward proved to be real helps. The only handicapped boy In America to-day is the son of tho rich man. Rev. C. B. Mitchell, Meth odist Cleveland, Ohio. Marringo Laws. Many a man has married without finding a wife. You will only secure a good wife by being a good husband, and It were well for two souls If you consider carefully before tho proiosal Is made whether It will mean profit or 1of& Rev. R. II. Saw yer, Disciple, Missoula, Mont Womanhood. Organization Is tho watchword, and If tho womanhood of the country would do this, the salva tion of the world Is assured. Tho wom en of to-dny do not realize that theirs Is a God-given mission, but upon the womanhood and motherhood depend the destinies of tho nations. Rev. W. W. Kevins, Baptist. Washington. A War of Greod. A lesson we have to learn is that a selfish war, a war of greed, a war to satisfy tho prldo and H-rsoiKiI ambition of a politician or ruler, nn unnerssnry nnd 111 or dered war Is a great crime in tho sight of God. Our great duly is to put good will nbovo Jealousy nnd greed. Rev. J. H. Perclval, Episcopalian, Boston, Mass. Church Tramps. Behold nn ever growing lot of church tramps who wait to see w hl. h church will run after them the hardest, offer the biggest social In ducements nnd honor them with the most conspicuous position 1 When these ecclesiastical catches have finally locat ed somewhere, aud liegin to fjnd them pelves less ardently besought, they eoin inenee a flirtation with another church. Rev. S. E. Young, Presbyterian, Pitts burg. Evil. If strike you. smile you. you strike evil, evil will If you rebuke sin, sin will Many a preacher has found that out to his sorrow. Many a reform er has suffered because he dared to ex pose tin works of sinful men In tdgb plaivs. But If you have the friendship o tiie world you cannot have the friend thip o! God. Ileal klugliness ii:ncs only along the pathway of loy alty to the white life. Rev. P. II. Swift. Mel'aodist, Austin. 111. Tin' Negro (iiiestlou. The negro que. ii ni shouid be faced squarely , It Is one of the great questions of the country. Attenuated thiorles of ab K.ract jus!.'o or drasilo resolutions adopted by northern philanthropic tigcnci.H will not solve the problem. Tho ne;:-o Is in ti.e Smith. If he will prove himself uiilleil to ri'spe -t, the oportu ii i t is Letter for him there than lu any oilier section of tiie country. If he l( to be a Ix ai'.r I here Is no hope for hlin anywhere. Rev. J. B. Kirbye, Congro Rationalist, Atlanta. On.- Vlxlt I'lciily. All wish Jack Frits' would como once "J'woiilJ slioly bo n treat To drive do pesky ski-eterit out An' innkit n iiiianuoiiH sweet. Kuiih.h City Ti;nes. jua The first dui're that enters every woman's head every Sunday morning Is to get tho broonn and begin sweeping the hi tot where her husband is sitting. THE DREAM-SHLT. A bluo and gol.len ocean, a blue and golden sky, A ship with white sails filling as the summer breeza blows by, A ship that Is laden with pleasures, with hopes thnt are foollsu and fond, Thnt sails from the port of Nowhera and Is bound for tho great Beyond, On bonrd are lovely women and noble and clever men, Who never before were together r.nd never will meet again. Their faces fade and alter with the thoughts of him who beholds, As the jiennon at the mnst head Is shifting Its airy folds; . But in the midst, more distinctly, nre ever Thdble two A nan who, for once, Is happy a woman, for once, who Is true. An afternoon stolen from Lotus Land this radiant voyage might seew, But the ship and the man and tho woman aro but part of a waking dream. 1 1 He Retired !: i i One of the oldest residents of Bibber ley Heights Is Samuel Crlspell, who lives In the hip-roof house with the white portico, the third block from the station down Aspen avenue. Crlspell retired from active business llfo early last w inter. lie bad been with Welst 'Kingston In the title, mortgage and bond guar antee line for about twenty years and be got tired, ills only son was out In Tacoma doing a flourishing business In real estate and be himself had enough money saved and Invested to keep him comfortably the rest of his life. What was the use of working any longer? Ho asked hlmselr and his wife that question a great many times, and he re plied and she replied, "No uso In the world." "Why not seltle down to enjoy life a little now? Is there any sense In a man of my age kllllug himself, Jumping out of bed on the stroke of tho clock as If the fate of nations depended on It, choking down breakfast, sprinting for the train, fussing around all day In a dingy office and nine times out of ten having to run to catch the 5:30 back? Why not Ho abed and get my natural rest, eat my meals leisurely, putter around In tho garden, road some books In the library, loaf and enjoy my soul?" "And 'we could travel a little, you know, my dear," suggested Mrs. Crls- "WB NEED TO ENLARGE OUR HORIZONS." pell. "We need, to enlarge our horl Eons." "I'm sixty-four," snld Crlspell, strok ing a gray Bldo whisker. "When a man has worked steadily and Industri ously till he's sixty-four he's entitled to a rest." "It would be so lovely to have you at home all the time," said his wife. So In December Crlspell resigned. The firm was sorry to lose blm. He hud been a valuable man, but the firm acknowledged that he was right and entitled to a rest. On the morning of Dec. 11, at 0:30 o'clock, the clatter of tho alarm awoke Crlspell troin a light slumber. Before the alarm bad ceased ringing his feet were on the rug by tho side of the bci aud the next Instant ho was In his dressing gown with a big bath towel over his shoulder, starting for the door. As h's hand touched the knob be sto ped and, turning back, looked at the clock again. "Sugar!" ho exclaimed, petulantly. "Now, what did I wnnt to set that for last night?" Then he threw off his dressing gown nnd got back Into bed. It wasn't the least bit of use, of course. He couldn't go to sleep again, and so after about fifteen minutes he dressed himself nnd went downstairs. Breakfast was not ready. There had been an understanding thut It sliould be at 8 o'clock for the future. Tho pnper bad arrived, though, and Crlspell took It Into the library aud turned to the financial page. The first thing he noticed was that the closing quotation on the Ixtndoii exchange on W. et P. D. stocks was only 31, nnd he gave a gasp of dismay. His mind became In stantly busy with the situation and tho likelihood that Weist would take too pessimistic n view of It. in which case be would suggest . Theu It sud denly occurred to him that he had not the slightest Interest In tiie matter Nevertheless he finished the page be fore turning to the commonplace ne.vs of the world. At that moment he heard hurried footsteps on the sidewalk outside, nnd, looking out of the window, saw Blau cbum skating for the station nt a lively rate with Wyncoop ami Merrick close behind him. For a second the Impulse to dash through the hall, seizing his hat and coat froai the bat rack ns an express train catches a mall sack, was strong upon him. But nirnlii h re membered and began to chuckle ut the i ke. As he stood at the window the chuckle died In his throat, for the 7:30 traiu was pul'lng out. Puff! puff! puff There was no catching It now, sprinted be never sj lively. It gave blm a hor rible sinking sensation, tho sight ol that train leaving tho station. Leavluj Wlf'llt hi" ' Ha ate his breakfast hurriedly In spite of his wife's laughing reinou strauce. It seemed Impossible to wait for the coffee to cool. Mechanically bo poured It Into his saucer, as wus his bad Uublt. aud raised the suueer to his ,.-.T . ! lips. Even before he had flalfdted hat rose from the table, taking Ida emaln- Ing half slice of toast In kia band. Hilda, the maid, giggled and be frown-) ed at her and sat down, lie went back to the library with bis paper, but he did not enjoy It m suaL Pretty soon he felt the seed at same- thing close-fitting on his feet and kick-! ed off his slippers and laced oa his shoes. Occasionally he would look at the clock and think: "Now the train would be auftlng Into the station. Now I wauld be getting! out I would be crossing T&a Buren now. And now I would fce shooting up In the elevator to the sSlae." For an hour he Imagined tao dally routine, Including a talk wltk Wetot on tho W. & P. D. business, rhen ha' yawned and going to ono af Ms hook' cases pulled down the first voIubm of his hn If -morocco bound set at Balzac, i He nnd had the set for five yean and' bad always Intended to read tt. Now, was his chance. In a little while he put the tost vol ume back and tried tho second. When Mrs. Crlspell called htm to luoeh he had switched to his Thackeray la art buckram and was yawning aver "The; Newcomes." i After luncheon he took a waMc Ifc wns surprising to him how desttato Blb-l berley Heights looked. J At the end of tho week, when bis' wife asked hlin if he wasut enjoying himself, be told her that he was "get tlug the Jim-jams," by which as aieant that he found existence slightly monot-j onous. "Then we ought to go seme-4 where," declared Mrs. Crlspell. "I, thought it was rather a mlataka drop ping right from business' lota koma life." . . j Well, they went to Florida' aad camaj back at the end of May. Felteo Smith and Corny Benhnm met thea at tho' LaSalle street station. - Crlsaail waa fairly radlaut , "You look as if you'd baoo enjoying! yourself," said Smith. heaven Just to see things uiovtna," j "But you bad a good Uiae, didn't you?" asked Benham. Crlspell raised his band and wrin kled his face Into a look ef disgust. "Don't speak of It," he said. "I'm cruzy to get back to the Heights and have solid comfort and something to eat; no more travel for me. Fin going' to have the prize garden this year, boys, I want to tell you." He pottered about quite a little with tho garden through Jane, bat y the middle of July he hud a man la to at-! teud to It and. pronounced the awful) heresy that having a garden was fool-t lshness and didn't pay. Shortly after thnt the Crispells clos ed the house and Crlspell said ko was going to mako his sou Egbert a' long visit. "We'll stay till lata In, taa fall,! anyway," he said. "Thuro's Be needi of hurrying back." j On Aug. 3 they returned. On Ang.j S Mrs. Crlspell remarked to a friend at a reception tho club gave lu ber honor1 that having a man In the house all tu time bad certain little drawbuck. - On Ang. 20 Crlspell went up to town' on the 7:30 and saw Welst. . "1 want my old Job back." he raldj "I made a mistake, I find, in retlrlag. I'm not old 'enough. There's twenty good years of work lu me yet" "Do you mean to s.iy you waat tot work till you'ro 81?" asked Welst, smil ing. "lionger than that If I'm aet para lyzed." "lPm!" said Welst. "What salary would you expo -t now, Mr. CrNpell?" ".Salary!" said Crlspell almost shouted It "you Just let mo work, and If It's necessary I'll work lor nothiag." Chicago Dally News. . A Slud la o ulnar. Dressed in the late.-t and mest ap proved motor cycling costumo, with gog. glee all complete, the motor cyclist gai ly toot-tooled his way toward the ceo, Suddenly be slackened, dismounted, and said to a small grubby urchin: "I say, tuy boy, am I right for the soot"' The boy gaRiu-d at so strange a sight, and thought It must be some new ani mal for the gardeus. "You may he all right for the gardens. "You may be all right if they have a spare cage," lie snld, when bo could find bhi tongue Answers,