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THE NATIONAL GAME.
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF THE FAVORITE SPORT.
The HuhIp Ciikc Is Still Cnnnlnc: Trouble
In the Mior l.rngui- 'Kx-Muiiugrr
Urn Mutrle In Hnrd Lurk ltud
bournu' Widow Drnled,
KANIC DE HASS '
RODISON, presi
dent of tho Clove
land Club, la quot
ed as saying In a
recent Interview:
"Tho New York
Club wnB undoubt
edly right when It
disciplined Runic,
and any other club
would have acted
similarly under existing circumstances.
But we major league men do not want
to seo Ruslc kept out of the gnmo nny
longer, and arc also desirous of helping
tho New York Club In Its dilemma.
We do not earc, cither, to have the
reserve rule put to the test In court,
and believe that some compromise
should be arrived at. At the recent
major league meeting Wngner and 1
protested agninst allowing Ruslc's suit
for rcleaso from reservation to go to
trial, but ns the New York Club's rep
resentatives declared that they would
light tho caso to tho bitter end wo sus
tained them by a unanimous vote.
Shortly after that Wagner and I con
ceived tho Idea of compromising mat
ters with Rusle himself, and as a result
a number of magnates held a consul
tation in Washington. It was suggested
at that time that Rusle's back salary
might be made up by the various clubs
outside Now York, which would act as
n sort of balm for the player's feelings
and make it an easy matter tor him to
sign a Now York contract Somo of
the men present objected to this plan,
but they agreed In the point that some
thing should be done to prevent the
reserve rule from being put on the
rack. As tho matter stands now, it
looks as though some other agreement
might bo reached between some of the
major league clubs and the player,
providing one of the clubs will make
tho first move. As John T. Brush Is a
heavy stockholder in the New York
Club, it appears to many that he Is the
man to take tho initiative, rossioiy
we havo no right to interfere with the
affairs of tho New York Club in this
matter, for the club 1b undoubtedly
right in the stand originally taken
ngainstRusle. For the good of tho game
and the protection of the fundamental
rule which governs professional base
ball, we fool that something Bhould be
done. It Rusle remains Idle another
season bo will lose whatever effective
pitching strength he may have left,
which would be a blow to the New
York Club, without a doubt. President
Freed man cannot very well recedo from
the position ho has taken all atong,
as he Is In tho right, no doubtt; but
thero is no reason why we should not
Induce tho pitcher to give in, by one
means or another."
Tho llaltlmnrei Thl Tear.
All the regular men ot the old team
seem to justify the anticipation that
they have not depreciated, and some
of the younger ones will in the nature
of things be better. Nothing definite
can be told ot the youngsters until
they go through a season. Young
blood usually does wonderful things
in the privacy of the practice groundB,
but when they face tho big league
teams in the presence of assembled
thousands there is occasionally a dif
ferent story to tell. So, all that can
bo said of untried talent Is that it is
promising; and If you have noticed,
spring practice always makes every
ono ot them that.
There wero some heartaches in town
because the story was wired that Joe
Corbett bad become so despondent over
the defeat of his brother that he had
concluded to give up base ball entirely.
JOE CORBETT.
Joe Jb a very quiet, modest, sympathet
ic chap, and no doubt, In the bitter dis
appointment of the moment, hardly
thought life worth living, nnd talked
that -way. But he Is a young fellow
who" Is all wrapped up In the game, for
the sport's sake, and could hardly be
prevailed upon to abandon It for an
occupation with double tho salary.
' llenrtlt f'tr Mutrlr.
Whllo the Eastern League meeting
was In progress at tho Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York, recently tho crowd
ot base ball men In the corridor were
surprised to see Jim Mutrle, tho ex
manager of tho New York champions
of 1888 and 1889, enter tho hotel. Jim
hr.s been living on Stnten Island In re
tirement, and has taken such excellent
care of himself that he looks like a
new man. But he has It ml a run of
hard luck In the way of sickness in
iBiiiS
Om
his family and an Inability to get back
Into tho kuse ball business through lack
ot capital, bo that his friends feci that
something Bhould bo done to" put hlra
on his feet ngaln. Pat Powers and
George Floyd are therefore heading u
movoment to get up a big benefit for
Mutrle, to be hekl In ono ot tho New
York theaters some Sunday night In
the near future. Powers will call a
meeting of Mutrlo's former friends
soon and make definite arrangements.
" tne Notoran tnnringor was generous
;o a mini in tne neyuny 01 buccubb, u
Is believed that his legion of friends
will come forward to his assistance In
an hour of need. Mtitrlo had a talk ov
er old tlmeB with his former employer,
John D Dny. and the Bight brought up
memories of the Brotherhood war,
which practically put loth of them out
of the control of tho New York Club.
Pat Powers has been overwhelmed
with letters offering assistance and fl
nanclnl aid. Frank McKec and Nick
Engcl will havo chnrgo of tho artistic
part of the entertainment, which will
probably take place April 12. Memo
ries of tho days when tho exultant
shout, "Wo aro tho people," originated
by Mutrle, rang over tho Polo Grounds
havo awakened rosponslvo chords
among the bnso ball devotees of by
gone days. Tho benefit will probably
be one ot the most notable ever given
In New York.
A Veteran at Iteputntlon.
Catcher William Shrlver. who was
drafted by tho Cincinnati Club from
Minneapolis, Is a veteran of reputa
tion. Ho was born Juno 11, I860, at
Brooklyn, N. Y., and learned to play
ball with amateur teamB In his natlvo
city. Ho played with a number of
semi-professional teams at Brooklyn,
and gained considerable local renown
beforo ho was engaged by tho Brook
lyn Club for the season ot 1886. In
WILLIAM SCHRIVER.
1887 he played with 8c ran ton, from
which club he went In 1888 to tht
Philadelphia Club, with which he re
mained until 1891, when ho signed wltb
Milwaukee. In 1892-93-94 he played
with Chicago. In 1895 he was a mem
ber of the Now York team. During
the past season ho was connected with
tho Minneapolis team ot the Western
League, and greatly aided it not only
in winning the pennant of that league,
but also tho "Dotroft Free Press" cup,
Itadliourue'a Widow.
Two detectives arrived In Provldcnct
recently from Bloomlngton, III., the
homo of tho late Charles Radbourne,
the widely known league ball player,
and at once began an investigation to
determine if he was, fcgally married to
Mrs. Carrie Stanhope. It was fully
eleven yrurs ago that Mrs. Stanhope
and Radbourne left Providence and
went out to Bloomlngton, where the
latter's relatives live. Since then they
have been known as man and wife.
Since Itadbourne's death Mrs. Stan
hope has asked for letters of adminis
tration upon the estate. The Rad-
bourncs allege that Mrs. Stanhope has
no claims as a widow. The detectives
assert that no marriage ever took place
In the west. There is a hotel and con
siderable property at stake. The Prov
idence Evening Journal gives the fol
lowing additional details: "Hugh J,
Carroll has been retained in this state
to see what can be learned concerning
Radbourne's matrimonial experiences.
So far it has been Impossible to And
out a single fact that will throw light
on the question, and Mr. Carroll has
about concluded thai there Is no rec
ord extant In Rhode Island ot the cere-
raony that made Radbourne a benedict.
It is supposed here that the woman
who Is said to Have asserted her rights
to Radboiirne's property Is Carrie Stan
hopo, once a prominent figure in town.
Sho had a place at the corner of Union
and Washington streets in the Bowery,
and occupied tho upper part of the
building, which was tho old Col. Ross
mansion. She came from Newport.
She was the wife ot Charles Stanhope,
and had a son, Charles, by him. Her
maiden name was Clark. She bad a
sister, Julia, who lived In Providence,
nnd later went west. It Is reported
that Julia while on a visit to this city
somo years ago declared that Carrie
had been married to Radbourne in Il
linois or some other state out thai
way, and that pcoplo In this direction
knew nothing about the affair. It Is
said that Radbourne's parents think
they are entitled to what be left In the
world, while tho woman mentioned al
so lays claim to his belongings, so that
litigation is not unlikely over the mat
ten"
Billy Dahlen, beforo signing his
contract with tho Colts, did In cold
blood and with mallee aforethought In
form Uncle Anson that ho had no use
for Chicago, and that It wns a jay town,
and that ho was sick of It. He also
observed to Jim Hart that he would
leave the Windy City on the first train
if he could secure bis release. Dahlen
Is prejudiced In favor of New York and
would like to be a Giant.
wtttP off
BUST OF MRS STOWE.
THE FAMOUS AUTHORESS
DONE IN WHITE MARBLE".
Tho Clreunntnnccn tJnilcr Which It
Wtm Mutle Amrrlrn'H tlr"ttct Wiiiuiiiii
Say Dr. Woo. I Who I'muitl It In
l.onAvn.
(New York letter.)
HE Duraut bus) or
Mrs. Harriet
Ueechcr Stowe,
which Dr. Walloce
Wood of tho Uni
versity of tho City
of Now York found
by chance In ln
don nnd brought to
this country, wns
unveiled by him
tho other morning
In tho university building In Washing
ton Bquare. Tho occasion was tho
fourth lecturo In the series on tho "He
roic In Art," which Dr. Wood, who Is
professor of tho history of art In thu
university Is delivering this spring.
Tho bust Is of Cnrrnra mnrble, nnd is
larger thnn life size. Preparatory to
tho unveiling, Dr. Wood said that If
thero ever wns a heroic spirit, surely
It wns Mrs. Stowe's. She fought a
Rreat evil and Hhe won. "Tho only
two such evils Bho has left to us, I
think," Bald Dr. Wood, "nro Intcmpor-
nnco or passion, nnd darkness or Ori
ental superstition. Theso evils imiBt bo
fought by us, nnd these battles must be
won." Ho told ono incident of Mrs.
Stowe's life which ho said ho believed
had not been In print. It was of her
first meeting with President Lincoln.
"Is this tho llttlo woman," the presi
dent nBked, aa he took her hand, Dr.
Wood said, "who has mado this great
war?"
Dr. Wood told of his finding tho bust,
by tho merest accident of spending a
Sunday afternoon with a sick mnn In
London, nmong the effecta of Iord Sey
mour Fitzgerald, formerly governor of
Bombay, where It had lain for ten years
subject to the accumulation of London
soot. His friend, Dr. Wood said, hail
been a collector ot art objects of vari
ous sorts, and one day the Doctor
asked him if he had any heads. After
somo though ,he told that he hnd
among tho marbles a bust of a coun
trywoman of his visitor nnd brought
out tho Durnnt sculpture. Dr. Wood,
who Is of an enthusiastic nature, was
delighted beyond measure, bo enrap
tured that In the middle of that night
"the night that she become mine," he
said ho awoke and went down to tho
room where the bust was, "filling the
room with Its presence."
"In the stillness, the dead stillness,
of a London midnight," he said, "I was
alono with my countrywoman."
He brought the bust over here in n
stateroom adjoining his, refusing to
consign It to the hold.
"I have the honor of unveiling to
you, my countrymen, the bust of this
beautiful woman," he said, ns he with
drew the covering from the bust and
pedestal In tho middle of the platform
behind him. The revela'tlon of tho
statute was applauded. Miss Eliza,
Stowo, Mrs. H. B. Stowe's daughter."
was among tho 250 persons who filled
the lecturo ball. She was with her
mother when the buBt wns made. Dr.
Wood read a number of letters, among
them one from Senator Joseph R. Haw
ley, of. Connecticut, who was a friend
ot Mrs. Stowo, and some from ruem
bers of Mrs. Stowe's family. Misslll.
B. Stowe of Hartford wrote:
"I am glad that the bust of my moth
er has been brought to this country.
Please accept my thanks for having,
been tho meanB of Us getting here,
I was with my mother in Paris when
it was made, and remember all the
circumstances connected with It. It
was executed by an English lady, Miss
Sumn Durant, at the atelier of the
Baron de Trlquetl, of whom she was a
pupil. It was In November, 18C0, I
well remember going with my mother
for her sittings at the studio. The dim
light, the marble dust and chlppings
covering the floor, the clink, clink ot
the chisels, and Miss Durant, tall, an!-
THE DURANT BUST OF MRS.
mated, and handsome,before tho mound
of clay which day by day grew Into a
resemblance of my mother; and the
Baron de Trlquetl coming and going
with kindly, smiling face and friendly
words; and my gentle, little mother,
smiling and happy as unconscloun as
a child. Miss Durant, I am sorry to
say, is no longer living, and the Baron
de Trlquetl, I think, also, bub left our
world. The bust, after It wns finished,
wa taken to London, where I saw It,
and thought It very beautiful, and an
excellent likeness of my mother at 46,
her age when It wob taken. I never
knew, until you wrote me, who bought
It."
Dr. Wood spoke of Mrs, Stowe as
the greatest American woman, aa well
as one of the most beautiful, a woman
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"all honey nnd flowers." The lower
part of tho fnco showed, according to
him, n typo common to Sappho and
John Keats. The current daguerreo
types nnd photographs of Mrs. Stowo
could not, In Dr. Wood's opinion, be
regarded otherwise than as extremely
provincial and lmrerfcct attempts. Tho
two perfect likenesses of tho author of
"Undo Tom's Cabin" wero tho bust nnd
tho Richmond portrait, which was
made In London three years earlier,
In 1853, n copy of which ho also oxhlb.
Ited.
WHERE DICKENS LIVED.
The Not fit lloiun Where lie Turned thn
rinuiirliil Corner.
Tho homes of men ot place, power,
nnd position have nlwnyn had, ns Is
natural, boiiiu peculiar fascination tor
the world nt large. Lately the build
er hns been busy upon a house that
la situate Immediately to the south
east of Mnrylebono church, London, In
n singularly quiet llttlo street called
Devonshire terrace. That house was
the rcBldeuin of Charles Dickens, from
tho year 1M9 to tho year 1850. "Ho
cared for Devonshire terrace," says
Forster, "perhaps for tho bit of ground
attached to It; and It wns with regret
ho suddenly discovered, nt the close o!
1847, that ha should have to soon re
sign It.
Devonshire terrnco has tho unique
distinction of being tho place which
saw Dickens turn tho flnnnclal corner
of IiIb life, that occasion so fervently
desired ot nil, bo long In coming to
somo, and so vague an expectation to
many. In the autumn of 1845, after
his return to Knglnnd from abroad, a
birth and a dentil occurred at Devon
Bhlro terrace. On Oct. US his fourth
son wns born there, and shortly after
ward his eldrBt raven there also died.
"He kept his eye to tho last upon the
meat,' writes DlckenB, "ns It roasted,
-zrye-jfjgr?
DICKENS'
HOUSE AT
SHIRE.
DEVON-
and suddenly turned over on his back
with n sepulchral cry of 'Cuckoo.' "
He died of putty and paint!
llenln In 1820.
Civilization In Benin has clearly ret
rograded rather than advanced during
tho last seventy or eighty yeais.
Among tho few travelers who made
their way to Benin in tho earlier year:
of the century waB Mr. John King, c
lieutenant in the Royal Navy, whe
visited tho placo In 1820. Tho travelei
wns received In a singular, though
amicable, manner by tho King of Be
nin. During the Interview, ono of tlu
King's arms was "stretched out hoi l
zontally and supported by a great of
ficer, and the nail on one finger of each
hand had been suffered to grow to a
great length to indicate that his high
station placed him above tho necessity
of labor." The King had at that time
1,000 wives, but some of these he would
gtve,upon occuslon to any subject who
had performed exceptional service.
The practice of making human sacri
fices was uniformly denied by the na
tives, and Lieutenant King does not
seem to have witnessed any scenes of
bloodshed while he remained In the
country. The traveler was Introduced
also to the Queen-Mother, who lived
In a separate court Just outside tho city.
Tho Queen-Mother, like her son the
King, bad one of her arms supported
by an attendant. Sho entertained
Lieutenant King with kola-nut and
other refreshments, and asked him In
numerable questions. The Queen
Mother of Benin was dressed In clothes
of European silk, and sho woro n
broad-brimmed lace hat on her head.
Altogether, the city, with Its wide,
straight streets and "neat and hand
some houses," appears to havo mado a
very favorable impression upon tho
lieutenant, according to whom Euro
peans were at tho date of his visit
"still considered as gods by tho na
tlcs of Benin." Wo wonder what they
think now.
Thn I'anrtecti of Juktlnlan.
The pandects ot Justinian, tho most
complete body ot Roman laws ever
collected, wero supposed to be lost, bat
In 1137, when AmalU was taken and
plundered by the Plsans, a private sol
dier found a copy which he sold to as
officer for a few pence. The value of
tho discovery was soon apparent, antf
the precious volume was taken to Pis
and Rtored in tho city library. When
Pisa was stormed by the Florentines,
in 1415. the precious volume was cap
tured and taken to Florence, where It
wob placed In tho library of the Medici,
Exchange.
Thn Room of Cnresn Woman.
The rooms of a Coreau woman are as
sacred to her as a shrine is to lis Im
ageIndeed, tho rooms of a wife or
mother are the sanctuary of any man
who breaks the law. Unless for trea
son or for one other crime, ho cannot
be forced to leave those rooms; and so
long as he remains under the protec
tlon ot his wife and his wife's apart
ments, ho is socure from tho officers ol
the law and from the penal,'-:? Vr
misdemeanors.
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BIGAMY EASY HERE.
NOT HARD TO DE AN
CENT CRIMINAL.
INNO-
lllvorro l.n Differ In All Hlntrn Ono
Mrtjr Itcnmrry In Homo but Not In
OtlirrnlnnimuTiilile Itijtutlrei Mnj
lie I'riii'tlrril.
T IS the easiest
thing In tho world
to commit bigamy
In this country,
without knowing
you nro doing It,
snys tho Now York
Herald. In fact,
the wonderful com
plexity of tho InwB
of tho various
states nnd territor
g5
ies and their radical differences some
times make It a difficult matter, If one
remarries nftcr dlvoreo nnd doesn't
stick to his own Btnte, to avoid be
coming qulto Innocently n bigamist.
Tho fact that n person has more than
ono husband or wife living nt tho same
tlmo may or inny not constitute big
amy. Every state in tho union has
treated double marriage, contracted
under certain conditions, ns n crime
and attached to It penalties moro or
less severe. Double marriage nnd,
Incidentally, the charge of bigamy may
nrlsc In two classes of eases; first,
where one marries relying upon tho
bollcf that a former marriage has been
dissolved by death, which Is presumed
on account of tho prolonged absence
of one of tho party, and second, where
ono marries relying upon tho belief
that a prior marriage has been dis
solved by a judgment of divorce.
Where absence la the ground of Justi
fication for n double marriage tho law
declares how long such absence must
continue beforo n second marrlngo is
permitted. This period of tlmo vnrlcs
In different states. Where n Judgment
of divorce is tho ground of justifica
tion a charge of bigamy may be sus
tained either because tho divorce ts
old or because it Is valid. This prop
osition seems to Involvo n contradic
tion of terms, but In consequeuco of
tho peculiar provisions of laws which
exist upon the subject in n number
of neighboring nnd contiguous states
independent of each other and abso
lutely sovereign with regard to divorce
legislation, tho proposition Is literally
true. A single example will Illustrate
this apparent anomaly. In Maryland,
If a divorce Is granted, tho court mny,
In Its discretion, forbid tho guilty par
ty to marry during tho lifetime ot the
Innocent party and n violation of tho
prohibition constitutes bigamy. So
that a man or woman mny be divorced
and yet if the guilty party should wed
nnd yet u tne guilty party hiiouki weu
contrary to the judgment ot divorce
.... ' ..i.i i. -fLii it. ..m
lliu u. vuuii! uc uiiuiunit ilia uib
would bo established ns certainly as If
tho first marriage bad never been dis
solved, or as it the Judgment of divorce,
instead of being valid and binding,
were void and of no validity. Big
amous marriages, under the law, are.
void, or in a few cases, liable to be bo
declared. This is true In California
and Dakota. In California nnd Now
York, when the husband or wlfo of
the first marriage has been flvo years
nbsent and not known to be living in
that time, or Is generally reputed and
believed by tho party marrying again
to be dead, tho second mnrrlago will
be valid until its nullity Is adjudged
by a court of competent Jurisdiction.
In Iowa a bigamous marriage Is void,
but If the parties live together after
the death ot the former husband or
wife the second marrlngo will be val
id. The question of geography again
presents Itself. In some states, if the
party has been absent long enough the
second marriage will be valid and tho
returned wanderer will b'e debarred al
together of his conjugal rights and
privileges, while In other states the
prolonged absenco will protect the par
ties to the second marriage from the
penalties incident upon the charge ot
bigamy. The ease with which divorces
may be obtained In many states has
Induced persons to visit them and gain
a residence for the sole purpose of
dissolving tho marriage bond, and that
object accomplished they frequently
return to their place of domicile or
drift Into other parts ot the country
and again take upon themselves mar
ital obligations. Children born of
these subsequent marriages frequently
havo to suffer with the parents, by
reason of tho fact that tho states,
being Independent sovereignties, so far
as the law of marriage and divorce is
concerned, have chosen to adopt a va
riety of laws upon the BiibJect, differ
ing radically; and by reason of tho
haste or eagerness, and often secrecy,
with which divorces have"been ob
tained away from home, it frequently
happens that tho first marriage, which
was supposed to have been legally, dis
solved, was not dissolved at all. For
Instance, If a wlfo should succeed In
obtaining a divorce In New York for
the husband's wrong, and the husband
should again marry within the state
without waiting for bs divorced wife
to marry, and without receiving a cer
tificate of good behavior from the court
in which the divorce was obtained, af
ter a period ot five years, and procur
ing the decreo to be modified so as to
permit such guilty husband to marry
again, this second marriage In Now
York Is void. If, however, the guilty
husband went out of the state and
got married the legality of the second
marriage would depend upon the law
ot the state where it took place. If
tho ceremony wns performed In Kan
sas, in order to successfully defend tho
charge of bigamy the accused would
have to show that by tho New York
divorce he was not prohibited from
marrying again, or, if so' prohibited,
that the time of such disability had
expired. If tho second mnrrlngo hap
pened to bo In Kentucky n divorced
person so marrying would hnvn to
show thnt he hnd been permitted again
to mnrry. If I he second alliance wno
contracted In Massachusetts within
two yenrs after tho first divorce ho
would havo to show that ho was not
the guilty causo of the divorce. Tho
snnio result would follow if tho second
innrrlogo took place In Minnesota or
In Florldn. In Missouri a divorced
person marrying ngaln munt show thnt
tho decreo of dlvoreo first obtained'
contained no provision whereby ho war
forbidden to marry.
THE GREECE OF TO-DAY.
1'rtlrlntlim Thnt llrnkn thn Keller .f
Turk Uh Domination.
To understand tho phenomenal visa
of Grccco, snys tho Forum, wo i.iust
bear In mind thnt, though the Greeks
had been miserably downtrodden by
tho Turks for 400 years, tho best hope
of the people, borno by nn unholy trib
ute far nwny from their mothers' homes
nnd trained Into tho tools of nn Inhu
man tyranny, and though had It not
been for tho "untoward ovent" at Nav
nrlno, tho whole population of tho
Morea would havo bcon exterminated
beneath tho merciless tramp of Turkish,
hoofs, thero nevertheless lived behind
tho outward show of slavish debase
ment a heart of sturdy Independence
that cherished tho patriotic memories
of ages and seized eagerly on every
chanco thnt might enable It to stand
boforo tho world In tho attitude and
character that had given It tho most
prominent plnco In the history ot tho
human race. The two yenrs' struggle
which gave to Greece the right to look
Europe In tho face as u noblo people,
determined to die rather thnn live the
slaves of a hateful tyranny, nt tho same
tlmo gave to Europe tho OBsuranco thnt
Greece was living Grccco nguln; and
Chrlstlnn conscience and classic mem
ories combined, when once the yoke
was broken, to enable tho Greeks to
show to thn world that, In spite ot the
bombshells ot Venice nnd the sabers
of Turkey, not only should n Greek
mother bear sons to grow up frco from
tho rapine of Turkish hnnds, but deso
late Athens Bhould rlso to her old po
sition nnd along wth Edinburgh, Glas
gow una Aberdeen assert its place
among famous European cities that
comblno commercial enterprise with
cultivated Intelligence. It wan thin no
ble, patriotic pride that, In tho short
space ot half a century, turned tho llt
tlo ruined village into an Imposing
city.
MISJUDQED.
Charley Marshall was traveling un
to town. Ho was tho pride ot our vil
lage Ho wns but eighteen, nnd thl.
".,." . i TV i r i
?" h,8Ifflt extended trip nlone He
felt as It ho were going to Book his
fortune, nnd tho fact that ho wore a
new suit ot very correct clothes Inten
sified his enjoyment and his sense or
importance.
At one of tho midway stations then:'
entered an old mnn who looked the
honest farmer. He wore tho high
"dickey" and rusty stock of an elder
dny, and his clothes wero very evi
dently home-made.
Charley took to him at onco. Hi?
seemed to breathe from the hills; and
when tho old gentleman wandered In
to tho seat with him, It was u vivid'
pleasure to movo along'and make hos
pitable room.
Finally the two began to talk to
gcther, though the old gentleman kept'
a distinct air ot reserve, and seeing,
that, Charley redoubled his efforts tc
make tlmo pass pleaanntly.
They reached tho city, and made
preparations to leave the trafn.
"Well," satd the old gentleman,
grasping his carpet-bag and beginning
to move toward the door, 'Tl bid you
good evening."
Charley, very conscious of his new
clothes and the aplendor with which,
he was about to burst upon the great
world, was still loyal to his homely
friend.
"Where do you stop?" he Innocently
asked.
Tho other hesitated a moment before
answering coldly, "The Phoenix ho
tel." "Why, that's where I'm going!" said
Charley. "Let me bavo your bag; I'll
carry It for you."
Then at last the old gentleman turn
ed upon blm and transfixed him with
a cold blue eye, In. which there was yet.
a righteous indignation.
"Young man," said he, "I halnt Bald
nothln about It, but I know ye. I
live In the country, but I alnt qulto so
green as I may appear. I've read all
about you confidence men an' bunco
steerers; and as for yon, I don't mind:
tellln' ye I ain't liked your looks from
thefust!"
A Mure Sign'.'
Her Brother "Awfully bad news,
sister." The Sister "What?" Her
Brother "That count of yours is a
bogus one." The Slstorr-"How did you
find that out?" Her Brother "I, wa
telling him today how hard up I was,
and he actually offered to Und ma
$100." Syracuse Post
Her l'lac.
"I seo that scientists have figure
out there are 700.000,000 people In the
world who aro only partially dressed,'"
"Well, welll Then the society girl
is not one ot the 400, but oae of th.
700,000,000, isn't she?" Claclaaatl ;fa-Qiilrer.
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