A SUCCESSFUL LIAR.
Wilson was out of health and out of
spirits, and a physician advised him to
go away. "When he asked where, the
physician wared his nana, meaning
anywhere. So Wilson went into tue or
chard region of the southwest country,
riding an easy going horse that he
night loll along the way and breathe
the icent of the apple bloom.
Inquiry brought him to a restful
place among the hills, a small, home
like tavern, an ancient house, moss
covered on the north side. Here he sat
down to rest and it was restful the
soft air, the mysterious wooes, and a
great spring of white water that burst
with passion from under a rock.
This was all charming enough, but
to one of Wilson's sensitiveness the
people were annoying. The fewness of
strangers rendered the natives inquisi
tive, and immediately upon the arrival
of a visitor they at once set about to
discover his business and the source
of his income. Had this been dono
with bluntness it would not have been
so annoying to Wilson. He detested
insinuation.
Shortly after his arrival be was sit
ting in the "best room," in the pres
ence of several local men, who hem
med and hawed at him, and glanced at
one another. Presently a tall, gaunt
fellow, with beard streaked with sun
light and shadow, looked up and said:
"Don't reckon it's much use to ask If
you are a stranger in these here
parts?"
"Not much," replied Wilson..
"Mout have come from a putty good
iistance?"
"Yes."
"Well, about how fur?"
"Bee that hill off yonder?"
"Yes; it's plain enough."
"Well, I came from further than
that"
A silence fell, and the men smoked
their tobacco and spat into the great
fireplace, and after a time another one,
holding the Importance of a reserve
force, spoke up: "I take It that you
aiat a farmer?'
"Whatever you feel like taking Help
yourself," said Wilson, and the reserve
forte cleared his throat. But he knew
the duties of his position, and was not
ready to retire.
"Of course," he said, "It :s necessary
or, leastwise, we think so for a
saan to hare some sort of business.
Doa't you think so?"
"Either that or he ought to be a
pretty skillful thief," said Wilson.
"Yes; that's what we think. And
you have some sort of business, eh?"
"YeB; .a very flourishing business."
"May I ask what it is?"
"Certainly, I am am traveling for a
factory that makes cork legs and
arms."
They smoked on, and glanced at one
aaother, and Wilson, looking round,
saw a girl standing near the door. He
had caught sight of her once before, as
she swept like, a vision from the dairy
across the yard. She did not shrink
a he looked at her now; her brown
tree met his, and he felt that his starv
ing nerves were feasting as he gazed
upon her.
"I reckon you have come hare to take
orders," said the reserve force.
"Yes, that's my business."
The men filed out, leaving Wilaon
with the girl, who still stood near the
doer; and when they were gone she
same forward timidly, but with a
weep, and stood at his elbow.
"My father lives over on the hill,"
he said, and then halted to gaze into
his eyes. He owns this place, but lets
mother and meVun It, becaune Tie can't
get about very well, and don't want to
he In anybody's way. He lost a leg In
the army, and I want you to have nun
one made and brought up here."
She was so earnest that Wilson had
not the heart to tell her that he was a
liar, that he had never seen a cork leg,
so he replied: "YeB, I will go over and
see him with you."
They went over, and talked with the
Id fellow, and while they were there
p stumped the owner of an orchan1
whose fruit brought a good income
aad said that he wanted a leg; and bo
fere long a man named Hicks ordered
a right arm for himself and a left arm
for his brother. A regiment from
his community had led one of thr
most desperate charges upon Bullc
during the South African war, and had
returned those who returned at all
ta a crippled condition.
Wilson had now gone too ru? to re
treat. The girl got Into a cart with
him, and drove him Into another
eighborhood, where he took orders
for six legs aad four arms; and then
trove down the valley and took more
.And he found nn interest in the
ork. Sometimes his conscience would
w
reproach him, but the sweetness of the
girl s face and the brightness of her
eyes made him forget his perfidy; and
so the time grew, like the mellowing
of an apple, and at last he found that
he must return to the great wilderness
called a city. He bid her good-bye, at
night, the moon in her eyes, and he
kissed her, and, without a word, hast
ened away, with a sweet sadness In his
heart.
Tho weeks passed, and he sat in an
ofiice a miserable employment, ob
tained for him by influential friends
and his hands were at work; but his
mind waB'in Devon, and tiown In his
heart he Baw a girl with Hie moon in
her eyes. But he could not return to
tho hills he had deceived tnose simple
people. Was there no way to put him
self right?
Ho sprang out of his chair. Why
couldn't he execute those orders?
There must be a cork-leg factory some
where in the city He would investi
gate. He found a place quite a large
establishment and told the manager
whnt he had done. He had the orders
with him.
A libenvl commission was allowed
him, and o litter was sent with him to
try on the arms and legs. The girl's
father stepped proudly down to the
little inn, and a fellow who had Just
tried on an arm swore, In his delight,
that he could throw stones.
And again Wilson and the girl stood
in the moonlight, and her Hps, mur
muring sweetness, were turned up
ward. He thought of the weary hours
in his office and the dullness of life
without her. she inspired him with
rest; she was the spirit of the wooded
hills.
"And will you be gone so long this
time?" she innocently asked. And
with all her innocence and frankness
-she sometimes touched him gently with
embarrassment.
"Not if 1 knew I could sell any more
of my goods about here," he replied;
and she sighed softly.
"Uncle Matt has begun work at a
sawmill in Newton Abbott," she said,
and he murmured "yes" to relieve the
growing embarrassment, wondering
what Uncle Matt had to do with his
early return. She sighed again and con
tinued: "Uncle Matt isn't a careful man, and
a sawmill is a dangerous place to
work, and after a while a short while
knowing him as well as I do, he
might need an arm. Don't you think
you might come up and see.
That was enough, and the smiling
moon veiled her face for a moment
with a floating fleece.
This all took place more than severe
al years ago. Wilson is now one of
the principal owners of the establish
ment, and he told me the other day
that he wbb just about to leave home
for a time, to establish a cork leg fac
tory In South Africa. O. It., in Illus
trated Bits.
Easy Work.
Kind Old Man Hero is a quarter if
.hat will holp you any. But why don't
you learn a trade?
Begger Say, boss, dis In do beat
rade I know of.
Senator Tillman probably earns
noro money every year on the lecture
ilatform than any other American who
lalks to the public for pay. From an
uthorltatlvo source the statement
omes that the South Carolinian's net
iroceeds thus far this year from tho
fcture tour are $25,000. Senator Till
'nn is paid from $250 to $500 a lecture
id he Is constantly in demand.
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This Is more true of the excessive
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Whether it be a cold or a cough, ca
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Divorces arc practically unknown In
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Princess Victoria Nellta of Great Brit
ain," who was formerly the consort of
the Grand Duko of Hesse; while
Grand Duke Paul Is wedded to the ex
wife of his former aide-de-camp, Gen.
Baron Plstolkors. But I can not re
call any case since the days of Peter
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Romanoff obtaining a release from tho
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Russian church Is terribly strict nbout
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which included slaves.
By 1900, and after slave values had
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khan $76,000,000,000 in forty years.
' By 1904 the total property value of
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$107,004,211,917, which was moro than
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So that In four years, from 1900 to
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United States Increased by ono and a
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