The diamond River
BY DAVID
nn a niMr.Ti TV frVinMniind.!
The doctor's fat bulk began to shiver
tinder IiIh hniid. and be released him. on
Monboddo slunk Into an armchair, and
Mat there cowerlnir and pitiable. Jethroo
nlnntrd himself with his back to the
fire. There was silence for a spaco of to
two or three minutes.
"Of course." said Jethroo, at length,
"I could make it extremely unplcasnnt;
but yon dismiss nny such Idea from your
mind. I never played the sneak yet, and
I'm not going to begin n'ow. I mention
these little things just, to show my knowl
edges of tho fact that the man I want
to serve me bus not always been over-
Hcrumilous."
"I,ook at hip now," said Monboddo,
nuddenly, "and 1 began life ns a gentle
man." "Not you!" said Jethroe, with a laugh.
"you fuddled yourself with wine when
you were a HChoolboy. You loafed your
student days nwr.y In billiard rooms
Don't meet me with that kind of rot,
Monboddo, Name your price." Ho wait
ed, and no answer coming, be Hpoko
ngaln. "I'll name it for you, and I'll
waive your conscience Into the bargain.
Head that." He took from a pocketbook
a scrap of newspaper and handed It to
Monboddo, who after a while mado shift
to master Its contents. "Now read that."
lie passed over another scrap of news
paper, and waited until ills companion
returned It. "That fellow Edgoeouie for
his own nurnoses was personating me,
and he was murdered In mistake for me.
Tho men who killed liliu mean to mark
me down. I don't mean to let 'em do It.
So lomr as they believe me to bo above
ground the hunt will go on. That is why
1 mean to disappear."
"It's a dangorous game," said Mon
boddo tremulously. "The law doesn't
inouiro into motive In these matters."
'pjl )ny " fiald Jethroe. Then he
paused, looking down at the doctor, wso
gradually straightened himself to look at
him. "I'll nay " he repeated, and
then paused again "five thousand dol-
lnrs."
"Mitkn If. make t ten. and It's a
bargain!" Monboddo gasped.
"I'ivo," said Jethroe, coolly; "and It's
n bargain, and a better bargain than you
looked for. Tom Monboddo. l have my
iplnn laid out already, and will talk It
over comfortably after dinner."
"I suppose," Monboddo ventured "I
suppose you couldn't innko It convenient
to obllKo me with a trlllc on account?
I'm a little pressed, us It happens. 1'ift
I'm a trltlo in arrears with tho land-
lord here, for example, and tin ah!
tho village tradesmen arc exigent at
limes. They're ill-bred brutes, these peo
nle. Boeotians, sir boors."
"You can take that for handsel," Bald
Jethroe,
"One hundred!" exclaimed Monboddo.
"You are irenorous Indeed! you are In
deed generous, my denr sir!" Ho folded
the notes which Jethroe had contoniptu
ously let fall before htm and thrust them
into a pocket.
Thcro was a knock at the door, and
,n rosy old woman camo in with a tray
land began to nrrango tho table. Jethroe
ifcll into talk with her, and she became
- ... . .i. ... i . it. ......t .i
voluble about tno imsiuesH ui mu iumm
season, and the contrasting quiet of tin:
winter. Tho doctor slipped back to the
kitchen and. having astonished tho lnnd-
'lord by asking for chango for a ten-dollar
note, amazed him still further by paying
'.!,( 1,111.
"I have reason to believe," Dr. Mon
Jioddo whispered to him mysteriously,
"that my clrcumstnnces are about to un
dergo a change a change of no small
nVagnltudt of no small magnitude, my
friend."
When dinner had been served and
cleared away, Jethroo expounded his
cheme. The doctor was firm upon his
'feet by this time, being one of that mel
ancholy contingent who drink themselves
day by day Into possession of their sod
den senses, nnd wnko to the bemused
helplessness of intoxication in tho morn
'ins. "You will find mo entirely loyal to your
purpose, Mr. J one?," ho said, ns ho pre
'pared to face the stormy night in his
own ramshackle trap. "I huvo all your
'instructions in mind, and they shnll be
obeyed to the letter."
CHAPTER X.
Jethroe senior, once more heavily clad
against the weather, found himself alone
in a section of a stateroom passenger
coach, with an unbroken run of live-and-twenty
miles bofore hlin. Tho wheels
,hnd barely mado their first revolution,
when Jethroe opened a Binall traveling
tins which lay on tho seat before him,
and drew from it a brand new pair of
.scissors and a hand toilet glass. Ho laid
these down while ho unburdened himself
of the overcoat, tho tall collar ot which
had been so turned up ns to leave visi
ble littlo but tho bridge of his noso nnd
h keen irray eyes which glowed below
his shaggy oyebrowB. Ho gathered his
trrent flowing benrd in his left hand.nd
cit It away close to tho chin, und
fhrust the severed hair into n paper bag.
Theu ho took n look at himself in the
toilet glass, and laughed.
"I think I shall make a little differ
ence," ho paid, and so went on with his
nlc. which began to bo more than a
little difficult and even In a small way
rtnneerouB. by reason or lao uneven joit
ing of tho carriage. Ho dlscurded the
glass after ono experimental minute, and,
'impMlntr on Jno seat before him nnd
'making uue of tho mirror below thAcar
rlare rack, roughly trimmed away
tho
I i. -i- 1 n't, lulrara nn flnKO ns tin
dare venture. "There's a ennnga j
MURRAY
ready." ho sa d. cork lie his chin at Ins
own rcflHctlon nnd scrutinizing himself,
this side and on that. "Now for the
patent razor. I wonder if I shall leave
myself in ribbons.''
lie returned the glass and the scissors
tholr places, and after a little swift
rummaging, found a Hask, a shaving
bowl and brush, und a safety razor. He
made a great lather, thrust a hnndker-
chief between his collar and his throat,
nnd, with much wincing and grimacing,
begnn to shave. He mado n tolernble
picco of work of It, but shook his head
In grave disapproval of the general re
sult. "I hadn't reckoned on that," he said.
"Thirty years of wind and sun. Cheek
bones, noso and brow, nil tunned to
leather. Everything colorless under the
beard. It's a change. It's a big change,
but It gives Itself away."
He opened a window and sifted the
contents of tho paper bug Into the outer
air a little at a time. Then he got rid
of his soapy fragments of paper, packed
his bag, resumed his overcoat and but
toned himself up once more. He had
still 11 vo minutes before tho train nrrlV'
ed ut its first stopping plnce, and twlco
or thrlco he arose to Inspect himself in
the glass.
"It's a beginning," ho muttered, "but
it's only a beginning."
Then the engine shrieked at the signal,
and tho train gnvo a first slgu of relent-
lug in Its pace. He rose for another look
"It'll take a lot more than that," bo
stud, "a lot more than that."
He had traveled by crooked ways for
days past, making apparently purpose-
less Journeys across country, and chnng-
lug ono rallwny systom for another, and
ho was now In a city to which he was
an entire stranger. Ho left a porter In
charge of his belongings and walked from
tho station platform into tho hotel.
"I sent a telegram from Burton yes
terday Jones reserving bed nnd sitting
room."
"Quito right, Bir. Roberts, H3 and .'14
for this gentlemnn."
"This way, sir."
Jethroo followed the waiter and stood
by while ho lighted the fire, tho materials
of which were already arranged.
"Any orders, sir?"
"linrber in the hotel?"
"Yes, sir." ' f
"Send htm here."
Tho waitord incited sclf-deprecntlngly
away, and in a few minutes returned to
usher In tho barber. Jethroe stood by
the window with his collar Btlll turned
nbovo his cars ami tho ribbons of his
flapped traveling cap tied beneath his
chin. He reflected that he had been bare
Iy glancod at, and that ho could make
whut chango ho would without exciting
observation.
"Just trim me up, will you?" he said
carelessly, as ho threw his cap and coat
upon a chair.
The man bustled about, spread a cloth
upon tho floor, set. a chair in the midst
of It, smothered his seated client in a
wrapper, and toolc a professional look at
him.
"Much off, sir?"
"Make mo as smart as you can, my
lad," Jethroo answered, with a laugh.
"
B J:
, ami
t0"
"I ve been abroad this twenty years,
I'm going to an old pal's wedding
morrow.
"I can take them twenty years oft you
in twenty minutes."
"Take it," Jothroo answered.
The barber beamed, and set to work
nt once. lie cut tho grizzled wiry hair
away by tho handful, and then fell to n
moro delicate manipulation. Ho trim
med the bristling eyebrows close, and
shaped tho straggling mustache.
"A touch of cosmatcek, sir?" hc said,
almost ploadlugly.
Anything you like." said Jethroe.
laughing ngaln. "Mako a Job of it."
The man fell to work once moro with
a dark, viscous mixture and a miniature
brush and comb. Then he produced a
hand glass with a triumphant flourish,
and Jethroe, looking into it, saw a wholly
unfamiliar face.
''They won't know me," he said.
Tho neat dark eyebrow, the trim dark
mustache, tho military crop of the griz
zled hair, tho absence of the heard, had
mado nnother man of him. When he
had paid and dismissed tho artist who
had wrought this change, hc strolled Into
tho bedroom, nnd, finding there a full
length ehovnl glass, surveyed himself In
a sort of wonder. Tho metamorphosis of
the head seemed to havo changed his
whole personality. His figuro whb still
lltho nnd upright, and the well-cut, dark
tweed suit ho woro sat smartly ou him.
"Tho neck gear won't do," ho said, smil
ingly. "Tho vanished benrd has left me
a throat like a vulture's. And the boots!
Tho hat will be nnother. I'fl mend all
that Btraightway."
Ho rang his bell, gave his orders, and
in less" than nn hour was equipped to
his liking.
"Upon my word!" he declared, as hc
examined himself anew, "I'm a very pas
sable looking fellow. 1 wns never much
addicted to persounl vnnlty, and I
haven't given my attractions much of n
chanco of Into years. You're very well
preserved, Martin, and you'd pass for a
hard-bitten forty anywhere."
CHAPTER XI.
With tho rejuvonatlon ot his aspect,
Jethroo,. Sr. took a smarter gait and n
moro upright carriage of tho bend. He
l'olt a sort of rebound from his lato
middle nge. A life spent largely In tho
saddlo, In free air nnd wild places, a life
of risk and adventure, hnd kept him phy
doallr young, H was pUyinc for his
life now, nnd for a groat stake Into tho
bargain; but bis spirits wero joutbful
In tholr buoyancy, and ho chuckled to
think of the deception bo was preparing
lor his pursuers.
1I had Bottled himself cosily Dosidc tno
firo with o novel when there camo a tap
nt the dpor, ami a waiter, in answer to
his bidding, camo in with a visiting card
on n salver.
"Show the gentleman this way," said
Jethroe, and slipped Into the bed cham
ber the nstunt the man Had disappeared
He eft the door hall open, and stood
silently laughing behind it until the vis-
Itor was ushered into the adjoining room.
Hint you. Harvey," ho sang out
then, In a big, cheery voice.
"Yes, sir," said Harvey; "it is l."
Jethroe listened until bo heard tho
closlnc door and tho waiter's retreating
footsteps inn tiled on the carpet of the cor
ridor. Then he strolled nonclininnuy
back to the sitting room with a smooth
face, nnd with a nod of greeting such
ns n stranger offered, seated himself be
side the fire and took up tho book he had
laid down a minute earlier. Harvey Jeth
roe junior, hat in band, stood at the ta
ble nnd returned the greeting.
"Sold!" shouted his uncle, springing
to bis feet. "Own up. Say you're sold.
lie laughed boisterously at bis neph-
pw'k u-nnilerlne face, nnd clipping him
by the shoulders by both hands, rocked
him to nnd fro.
"SoldV" the younger man answered,
like a belated echo. "I never saw such
a transformation in my life."
"You wouldn't have known mcr nsK-
cd his uncle in high glee. "Confess It.
You wouldn't hnve known mo 7"
"I hardly know you now," said liar-
vnv. "if I nadil't come exiirenBij j
your own orders to find you here I should
scarcely belli ve you."
That's eminently satisfactory," re
turned Jethroe, with a return to his cus
tomary mnnner. "I've sent for you, Mar
tin," ho added very seriously, "becauso
I want your help at a grave crisis, and
I'm going to give you my entire confi-
deuce. Make yourself comfortable, ami
I'll lalk to you. In the first place, I
take It for granted that you have kept
vour eves onen. and that you wouldn't
have come here unless you were suro that
you were not being watched or follow
ed."
'1 did as you instructed me," sold
VlUa$?Z MniJ mo!"
IVIM-F till II - " "
'Harcraves!" said Jethroe. "Ah, yes,
the lawyer who served you in that littla
affair at Central station."
'Exactly." Harvey answered. "I brok
tho journey twice, and there has been
no attempt to follow me."
"Good!" said Jethroe. "Now listen.
I am going to put my life and fortune Id
your hands. I can trust my brother I
only son, eh?
"You can trust me entirely, sir."
"I'm going to prove that 1 believe you
I'm worth a million of money, Harvey,
there or thereabouts, nnd if you nsl
mo what I propose to do in the way o
spending it, 1 couldn't tell you. I've lived
handsomely since 1 mado my pue, nnn
nev ent n nfih part of what I coulJ
afford to spend to-day. I don't know
how to do It. And now I'm risking mj
life for more. Why? I'll tell you. U
Isn't because I want It for myself, but
becauso I'm determined, at nny nsu, ni
any Cost, to prevent it iroin minus mw
tno nanus ol ti.e ,1" "b.,
rnnrnla n the world. Sco here. now.
He unbuttoned ids waistcont, and from
n pocket on tho Inside drew a flat, thin
case of leather, which he laid upon tin
tablo. . .
"What that is worm, no ui u
an impressive hand stretch ed ilntly upon
-j. (ino 0I1C knows. It Isn t split ui
among a Herd of capitalists. It isn't go
"What that is worth, ho said, will
among a herd oi capunnsis. u mu
Ing to feed an army of shareholders. It')
ono man's property, and it's miles nnd
miles away the richest single property in
tho world. It belongs to me."
Ho drew from one pocket ot tno ensi
a thin sheet of limp parchment.
"Here." he continued, "ls the pattcri
of a chessboard, with its sixty-foui
,.,,n.na .f nltrnnto hlnnk nnd white
-
You observo that rather moro than nain
tho squares are marked with a letter oi
n figuro. ThoyTo nil scattered Higgled
nlirL'ledy. but the wholo alphabet is mere,
and nil tho figures are there, from on)
to nought.
He folded the parciiment to its origino,
form, and replnoed t in the Batcnou
J. lion, irom lu IJUUKci. uu iuv umui aiu
he drew some dozen or more sheets oj
thin vellum, each sheet no larger tha
n pago of ordinary noto paper. Tin
paces were all numbered, aim ou caci
sldo were six exquisitely delicato lltth,
drawings in pen and ink, each drawln
representing a chess problem.
"You play chess?" he asked.
"Fairly well," Hurvey answered.
"Look at this first problem. You hnvi
to mate in two. Queen takes knight-
check."
"Black has only oue move king U
bishop's third."
'Quite so. Aim roon to knigiit's sixti
Ik unite." Jethroe once more drew ouj
:: . i i i ..!... i
tno cnequereii imui.u.uiu, mm i'"
to the souare to which the black kln
OL 1 1115 JIT Will Vlii net 1 1 uvi u i-n-tw
. il.. hail I wtnti f Arnnil MMii
Tin
square bore the letter A. "The wholi
thing, you see, Is a cipher. Tho squan
on which tho black king stands nt tin
close of each problem gives you a lettei
on the key. Every problem advance)
you one letter toward the whole message
I've solved a hundred or more, and
shall get through the rest as soon ns
i lf month tn mvc f. Then 1
IHHU . I -- -
shall lie "
want?" said mirvey. seeinir mat m
naused.
"The wealthiest man In the world,'
said Jethroe.
(To be continued.)
An Edgo on It.
"It must bo awfully dull out here li
the country."
"Dull, nothln'i I've been a-turnin
th' grlndstono nil day, by guml"-
Clayalaud LtiJidir.
GOOD
Short Q lories
4.H--r-H-r-l--r-r-r-$-4
A Onnndlan teacher fell licir lust
year to an English estate of 20,000.
In tho Inwyers office the clerks made
bete ns to how she would tnko it.
One thought alio would Bcream, two
wore of opinion that she would burst
Into tears, two others favored hyster
ics. Hex roply to the messenger was
disconcerting: "I shall finish my
monthly report, hear these spelling er
rors, whip two boys, nnd ho at your
olllco in forty minutes."
It was Jonnlo'e duty to rend out
during hrcukfast time all the most in
teresting items of the day. Ono morn
ing, after wading through the latest
intelligence from tho front, sho turned
to another pago of the paper and said:
"Heroic, It says here that another
rfctogennrlan is dead" "What's an
octogenarian?" "Well, I don't quite
know what they are, but they must be
very sickly creatures. You never hear
of them but they're dying."
Ono day as a train from tho Bast
pulled up at a dinky littlo station of
a moat depressing town in the fevcr-and-aguo
district of Arkansas, a pas
senger, thrusting his head out of a
car window, demanded In bitter tones
of a dejected-looking citizen who was
leaning against the station door: "Tell
me, what do you call this drled-up,
dreary, Godforsuken pluco?" "That's
near enough, stranger," replied tho
native, In n melancholy voice; "lot it
Q ftt that"
"I chanced to be In Chicago," said a
gentleman at a dinner board to a com
pany of fellow New Rnglanders, "two
or throe days after tho great fire of
1871. As I walked among tho smok
ing ruins, if I Baw n man with a
cheerful nir, I knew he was a resi-
kt of Ohio,; if I saw a man with
a long face, I knew that ho represent
ed a Hartford insurance company.
Really, the cheerful resignation with
which the Chicago people endured the
losses of New England did honor to
human nature."
A. story Is told of John Fiskc which
Illustrates his frankness. Ono day bis
wife had to report to him that their
son had been guilty of calling Mrs,
Jones, a neighbor, a fool, and Mr,
Jones a much worse fool. Prof. Fisko
sent for the youngster, and when he
appeared in the library said to him,
sternly: "My son, is it true that you
Mrs. Jones was a fool?" Hang-
"Is hend, tho boy replied: "les,
father, I did." "And did you call Mr.
Jones n worse fool?" "Yes, father."
After a moment's reflection tho fa
,U0UH i,Htortnn said, slowly: "Well,
my H0Ili thnt ls jUHt al)0Ut tno dlstlnc.
tlon 1 should make."
Fatrlck Gleason, tho well-known
shoe manufacturer of Brockton, one
day hired a laster who was a very
poor workman. The llrst shoo the
mu took oft. hlg lnst WftJJ &Q bJ(U
nmu took off hla lnst WftJJ &Q
hc
. , , ,, ,,,,,,,
k for Inspect on, but hid it
on his
under
- - - -- --
bench, intending to make a bettor
joo oi it (luring tno noon Hour. The
second shoe was not much better, but
he thought It would pnsB, and started
on tho third. Mr. Gleason, coming
along Just then, picked up the shoo
that lay on the rack nud exoralned it.
Then, turning to tho laster, ho said,
ll,.. II1MI Kl- -J..
"&".' " j"" i uuuurs you
can t snow me a shoe In this factory
ns unilly lasted ns this,." "I'll take
you on that bet" said tho luster, nml.
roachimr down, ho took tho flint w
from under his honnh nml lmnflofl if
to Mr. Gleason. Mr. Gleason nnld.
but tho lujter jost h, g job
TEA IN THE TABLOID FORM.
Good Quality of It Used by RuhhIhu
OuicerB la Mnncharli.
Compressed ten ls common enough
In Siberia, but so far as I know, an
unknown commodity in thlB country.
it ls an ordinary black tea, which is
very widely used by the Burlats of
tho trans-Baikal region, by whom the
""h thus prepared is drunk, flavored
with salt and sour cream. Sugar
would be preferred, of course but it
hH either unnttslnnhlo tnn i,i..i..
.. "-
priced, costing, ns it does from 75
tn 1 t, '
I '
Tho compressed tea 1b of a very
good quality. Just now it ls of Inter
est becauso it is usod by tho Russian
ofllcers in Manchuria. Tho tea is corn-
nressod bv sunorb modem mnnhtnnrr
ovlrtonce of wnlch ls Rff0rded by the'
BDjendld BUecimen of dic-aluklmr mi
Si iUTiS
"""" uiu
, 1 it.l i. m
inuDouiu uuinujvu uuui uiu luniieny
soft and yielding leaves assume tho
appearauco of a hard tile which can
with dlrtlculty be cut with a knlfo. As
a general amlo, a mallet or hammer ls
used to break off a piece, ror' much
as If tho tablot wero of stono.
Tho tea employed is a straight
Suchong, wmcn nceas no croam bo
cause nature has given It a slightly
creamy taste and also ono that is fee
bly saccharlno, bo that it requires less
uugar than other tens, In flavor thts
conipresecd tea can not bo compared
with the natural herb. It is much
flatter in taste, but possesses the sumo
stimulating properties. A piece tho
size of a thimble is eulllclent ror a
large, strong cup. No teapot Is neces
sary. Scalding water is poured on tho
nugget In a cup and in a few mln
utes the ten ls ready.
No cementing agent whatever In
used in compressing high-grade teas
not even sugared water nor nrtmciai
heat Tho littlo heat that Is gener
starts tho tannic
acid in the leaves, which is all tho ad
hesive required to hold tho uloclio
gothcr. A tablet thus compressed flr
bo exposed to Boaklng rains with lltuo
danger of injury. As a general rule,
however, compressed tea is kept in
worsted, bags,
Tho official Russian compressed tea
Is not obtainablo in Europe outsldo oC
Russia. Sclentlflc American.
ATTACK ON VICIOUS BOOKS.
The Pennylvnnia Br Traahy Lltera
tnre fioni Libraries.
The action of tho Pennsylvania Rail
road Company prohibiting tho sale o
lurid novels and detective Morlcs on
Its trains will be heartily approved by
the public as being a step in tho way
of true reform. Cheap fituff that wo
call literature is turned out by tho
wholesale, says tho Toledo Bladi-.
Years ago, when the dime novol first
made its appearance, tho authorities
undortook to put a ban on its sale, and
did accomplish much in tills direction.
The yellow back was thereupon dis
carded and was succeeded by moro
protontlous publications, clothed in bet
ter languugo, but every bit as vicious
in influence. The popular appetite was
so strong that it overruled nil protests
and the circulation has grown apace.
How to check the current hns long
been a problem for the moralists. Min
isters huve thundered their denuncia
tion from tho pulpits. Social purity
leagues and other organizations Reviv
ing to elevato the human mind, havo
waged Incessant warfare, and yot lit
tle progress has been made. The great
nowspapcrs, havo deprecated the ten
dency and have pointed out the dan
ger ahead, but their advlco has appar
ently accomplished little in the way
of reform.
But the Pennsylvania is applying a
practical remedy, and if it enforces the
new rule it will have accomplished a
great good. It is hoped that other rail
roads will follow its example and that
the movement j'ast begun will spread
to every book shop in the country. But
to accomnllsh tiilB there must bo a
public awakening. The demand for
trashy literature muBt be killed. VJw
ents must guard their children aganKit
its pernicious influence and keep tho
stuff out of their homes.
Comfort in a Unld (load.
' There are advantages accruing oven
from bald heads, It ls pointed out by
a writer in a medical journal, that
bald-headed men never suffer from
consumption and that a tendency to
baldness is an assurance that tho
dreaded scourge will pass over lilni
whose thatch grows thin. At first
glance it would seem nbaurd to argue
that a man's hair is indlcntivo of his
immunity from disease, but tho writer
who advances this novel theory de
clares that In the five years during
which he seriously added a record of
his patients' hair or lack of it his
caso cards have failed to Bhow n sin-,
gle instanco of "bald" being entered
upon tho card of a consumptive.
Ho had under treatment moro than
700 cases, and ho makes the further
statement that in n census of moro
than r,000 tuberculosis cases ho failed
to discover a single sufferer who was
bald. He makes no effort to explain
his theory upon medical grounds, but
simply offers the results of his ob
servation for the benellt of the profes
sion.
Story of Adolph and Anna.
Adolf, an Austrian artisan, adored
Anno, nn aristocrat. And Anna
adored Adolf. Another aristocrat,
Alfred, an ambassador, ndored Anna. ,
Anna abhorred Alfred. Alfred ad
dressed Anna, admitting admiration.
Anna assumed amazement. Alfred ab
jured Anna. Anna admonished Al
fred. Alfred adopted aggressiveness.
Alfred's audacity olnrmed Anna. Al
fred attempted abducting Anniv An
na, afraid and agitated, acquainted
Adolf. Adolf accused Alfred. Al
fred, angorcd, abused Adolf awfully.
Adolf answered Alfred. Alfred at
tacked Adolf. Anna, aghnst, aided
Adolf. Adolf' and Anna almost nut
bllnted Alfred. Alfred abdicated al"
solutely. Anna accepted Adolf. Adolf
nnd Anna abruptly absconded and
abandoned Austria nltogethor, arriv
ing nt Antwerp, and always abiding
abroad afterward. Town Topics.
Bronkfast Tablo Repartee.
"Will somebody please chase Iho
cow down this way?" said tho funny
boarder who wonted some milk for
his coffee. "Here; Jane," said tho
landlady ironically, "take tho cow
down whero the calf 1h bawling,."
Kansas City Journal.
Some men do well by doing Uioli
best friends.