THEY MET BY CHACHE.
They met by chance , the usual way ,
Down in the meadow near the lane ,
Where thrive the ferns and flovr'rete gay ,
And wild birds Join in sweet refrain :
A most enrapturing 'retreat
A calm , secluded tryating place
A spot' whore lovers lore to meet
And blend their souls in love's embrace.
The dew caressed the tiny flow're ,
T lemoon rolled silently above ,
And all throughout the hazy hours "
The'rilgntingale sangf * his love.
There was the very deuce to pay
Down in the meadow near the lane
They-mef by-chance , the usual way
The cow and that 'ere railway train.
[ Eugene Field.
FECK'S BAD BOY AITD HIS FA.
Tha Boy Bans a Fnnerai and Shown That
. Ho la Not Half as Mean aa Folks
Thinks He Is.
Focfc'4 Bun.
"Well , you don't look very kitteny
this morning , " said the grocery man to
the bad boy , as lie stood up behind the
stove to get warm , and looked as
though life was not one continued picnic -
'
nic , as he'retoforo. "What's the matter -
tor with you ? Your father has not been
tampering with you with a boot , has
he ? "
"No , sir ? " said the boy , as he bright
ened up. "Pa and me are good friends
now. He says ho has discovered that
my heart is in the right place , and that
I am going to amount to something ,
and he his : forgiven every foolish thing
I ever did to him , and says for me to
come ; o him any time when I want ad
vice or money to do good with. Why ,
when pa found I had pawned my watch
to get money to buy medicine for the
old-woman , he went and redeemed it ,
and offered to whip the pawnbroker for
charging me too much for the money.
Opa is a darling now. . He went to
the'funeral with us. "
"What funeral ? " said the grocery
.man , with a look of surprise. { 'You
Are crazy. I haven't heard of any fu
neral at your house. Don't you come
no ioke on me. "
" 0 , there is no joke about it , " said
the boy. "You see , the little apple
.girl's grandma lost her grip on this
earth , soon * after she got the medicine
arid the doctor , and died. I was down
there ard it was the solemnest scene I
ever witnessed. I looked around , and
see that somebody had got to act , and I ?
braced up and told the girl I was all di
wool , a yard wide , and for her to just
let me run things. She was going to m
the poor master , and have the city bury
the old lady , but I couldn't bear to see we
that little girl play solitaire as mourner grs
and ride in an express wagon with the to
remains , and not have any minister , ke
ho
and go to the pauper burying ground
' thi
'where they don't say grace over the
coffin , but two shovclers smoke black nei
pipes and shovel the earth in. too quick toe
and talk Bohemian all the time ; It thz
didn't seem right for a poor little girl
that never committed a crime except to )
be poor and sell wormy apples , to have fac
no style about her grandma's funeral , as
so I told her to brace up and wipe her UP
tier
eyes on one of my handkerchiefs , and
wait for . Well ' sea
Hennery. , sir , I didn't
know as I had so much gall. You have mu
got to be put in a tight place before you stu
dri
know the kind of baled hay
there is in you. I rushed out gu
and found but
a motherly old
lady that used to do our washing , and dot
give me bread and butter with brown cer
sugar on it , when I went after the ing
'
clothes. I knew Hf
a woman that would
give a bad boy bread and butter with ifl
brown sugar on it , and cut the slices
thick , had a warm heart , and I got her
t.jjY to go down the alloy , and . . stay with . the NOT
little girl , and be a sort of mother to her
for a couple of days. Then I got my of
bicycle and took it down to the pawn ten
shop and g t twenty dollars on it , and vas
with that money in my pocket I felt assi
as though I owned a brewery , and I poj
went to a feller that runs an excursion the
hearse and told him I wanted a hearse rae
and one good carriage , at two o'clock edi
sharp , and the mourners would be bus >
ready. He thought I was fooling ; but nar
I showed my roll of bills and that set gen
tled him. He would have turned out knc
six horses for me , when he seen I had to
the wealth to put up. I went down our
and told the little girl how I had ar hat
ranged things , and she said she wasn't tot
fixed for no such turnout as that. She gen ;
.hadn't any clothes , and'the toes of one six
foot were all out of the shoe , and the thei
heel was off the other one , so she ulai
walked sort of italic like. I told her gen
not to borrow any trouble , and I would
rig her out so she would do credit to a n.
regular avenue funeral , with plumes ixty
on the hearse , and I went list
homo and hunted through the the
closets and got a lot of clothes thrc
ma wore years ago , when my little unk
brother died , and a pair of her shoes < witl
and a long veil , ana everything com chu
plete. I was going to jump over , the COIE
tiack fence with tlie bundle' when pa mde
got sight of me and called me back. I ious
felt guilty , and didn't want to explain , sent
and pa opened the bundle , and when he reli
. .saw the mourning ; clothes that he had posi
notseen before since we buried our lit- the
little baby , great tears came to pa's ties
* eyes , , and he broke down and wept like It ;
a child , and'it made me weaken some , shoi
too. Then a wanted to know whatit tha
all-meant , why I was , stealing them inch
vclothes out the , back way , and I told forl
Mmall , , how J-had pawned things to pros
see that little girl through her- trouble , sion
and had taken the black clothes 'cause
I thought pa would go back on it , and Sc
tell me to let people run their own inch
funerals. I expected pa would thump , inly
me , but ho said he would go his bottom whiTi
dollar on me , and , do yon know , the old Ti
daisy went with me to the house , and d'oa
patted the girl on the head , and said
for her to keep a stiff upper lip , and
when the funeral came off pa and.three
other old duffers that are'pa's chums ,
they acted as bearers. I nad tried a
couple of ministers to get tliem to go
along and say grace , but I guess they
couldn't see any more money or glory
in it , for they turned me away with a
poft answer , and I had about closed a
contract with a sort of amateur preacher
that goes around to country school houses
preaching for his b&ard , but pa he
kicked on that , and said we should have
the best there waa , and he sent word to
our minister that he had got use for
him , and he was on deck , and did his
duty just as well as though a million
aire was dead. Well , I , rode with the
little girl as assistant mourner , and
tried to keep her from crying , but when
we passed the house of correction ,
where her father is working out a sen
tence for being drunk and disorderly ,
she broke down , and I told her I would
be her father and mother , and grand
mother , and the whole family , and she
put her h.and on mine and said how
food I was , and that broke mo up , and
had to beller. I don't want to be
called good. If people will keep on
considering xno bad , and lot me do
what good I want to on the sly , it is all
right. But when she put that little
hand on mine , and it was so clean'and
something went all over mo
[ ike when you step on a carpet tack , or
hit your funny bone against a gas
bracket , and I felt as * though I would
'
stay by that girl 'till qho got
big enough to wear long
dresses. Everything passed off splen
did , and as a pauper funeral passed us
on ! the road , the driver smoking a clay
pipe , and the coffin jumping around , I
couldn't help noticing the difference.
I was proud that I pawned my bicycle
and got up a funeral that ? n"o person
need be ashamed of , and when I
niai
arranged with the washwoman to take
the girl home with her and be her
mother till I could make different
arrangements , I felt what a great responsibility -
sponsibility rests on a family Boy , and
when I dismissed the hearse and car
riages ; and went nome , and pa took me
in his arms and said he wouldn't take a
inm
million dollars for me , and that this
day's experience had shown him that I
was ! worth my weight in solid gold , and
th he had stopped at the pawn shop
an got my watch aud bicycle , I never
felt so happy in my life. Say , don't
YOU tliink there is a heap o'f solid com
fort in doing something kind of unex
pected . , to make other people happy , or
didn't you ever try it ? "
"Of course thereis , " said the grocery th
man , as he passed the boy a glass of
cider. "I remember once I'gave a poor jac
woman a mackerel , and the look of of
gratitude she gave me , as she asked me th
trust her for half a peck of potatoes ,
kept , me awake two nights just thinking
how much happiness a man can cause cai
through one rusty mackerel. But she
never came oackto pay for the pota the
toes. I suppose ytm will be marrying In [
that apple peddler , won't you ? " bei
"Well , , t hadn't .thougnt of that , 11 sta
aid the boy , as he looked red in the
face , "but if it would make her feel half poi
contented ' as it did for me to fix her ire
for the funeral , and go along with
, I would marry her quicker than the ;
scat , when we get big enough. But I bus
nust go and pay the undertaker. He ree
itucR me for two dollars extra on the stri
Iriver's wearing a black suit , but I
juess I can stand it , " and the boy went a
ut whistling. As he passed out the fuf
leer without taking any fruit , the gro- cai
ery man said to a man who was shav- an
off some plug tobacco to smoke , sail
'That boy is going to turn out all right , cle
he doesn't have any pull back. " spii
Sai
SaiI
Is the Old Faith Dying ?
fovembor Century. . > f
'
It is often said specifically that men
affairs , as a class , have lost their in- wai
erest in the churches , and an attempt wit
lately made to test the truth of this vay
issertion. In an eastern city , with a ing
opulation of a little less than forty the
housand , the president and cashier of as
of the national banks were request- the
to furnish a list of the fifty strongest a
usiness firms in the city , with the stai
iame of the head of each firm. The boy
gentlemen furnishing the list had no "Tl
aiowledge whatever of the use thatwas S.I
be made of it. In classifying fifty- ber
names thus given , it was found
there were seven whose relation T
the churches was unknown to the B
entleman who had obtained the list ; >
who were not identified with any of eye-
hem ; and forty-one who were all reg- den
attendants upon the churches and venn
onerous supporters of their wort the n
Teat majority of them communicants , one
a western city of a little more than enei
thousand inhabitants , a similar the
of fifty-two names was obtained in Col !
same way ; and the analysis showed poir
whose ecclesiastical standing was doe
nknown ; one Jew ; six not connected witl
churches , and forty-two regular one
liurch-goers : , of-whom thirty-one were com
ommunicants. These lists were both ring
up by well-informed and saga- repl
business men ; the cities repre- bold
3nted by them are not conspicuously cree
jligious communities ; and the com- tand
ositionof them gives small color to left
notion that the business men of our by
are estranged from the churches. Dav
is i astonishing that such a notion have
lould ever have gained currency , in Priti
face of the palpable fact that so tree
money is contributed' every year wag
the support of the churches and the sami
irosecution of jiheir charitable and'mis- ' OCCB
onary enterprises. stan
j . i i - fcf / , * Isai
Some people can't get along without sonii
work , but the butter-makers cer- perc
] belong to one of the classes I ap
churn a living. [ The Judge. thei
The horse prefers to dine at the table mov
. [ Boston Bulletin. the
One Hundred Years Ago.
It was the 2 th of November , 1783 -
a brilliant day , that an excited crowd
surged and shouted about Mr. Djy's
tavern in Murray street , near the road
to Greenwich. Cunningham , the cruel
and vindictive British provost-marshal ,
stood at the foot of the flag-polo , from
which floated the stars and stripes , the
flag of the new republic. "Come , you
rebel cur , " he said to Mr. Day , "I give
you'two minutes to haul down that rag
I'll have no such striped clout as that
flying in the faces of his majesty's
forces ! "
"There it is , and there it shall stay , "
said Day , quietly but firmly. Cunning
ham turned to his guard.
"Arrest .that man , " he ordered.
"And as for this thing ; here , I'll haul it
down myself , " andseizing the halyards ,
he began to lower the flag The crowd
broke out into fierce murmurs , uncer
tain what to do. Bnt , in the midst of
the tumult , tho'door of the tavern flew
open , and forth sallied Mrs. Day , armed
with her trusty broom.
"Hands off that flag , you villain , and
drop my husband ! " sne cried ; and be
fore the astonished Cunningham could
realize the situation , the broom came
down thwack ! thwack ! upon his pow
dered wig. Old men still lived , not
twenty years ago , who were boys in that
excited crowd , and remembered how
the powder flew from the stiff white
wig , and how , amidst jeers and laugh
ter , the defeated provost-marshal with
drew from the unequal contest , and fled
before the resistless sweep of Mrs. Day's
all-conquering broom.
Sir Guy Carleton , K. C. B. , comman-
der-in-chief of all his majesty's forces
in the colonies , stood at the foot of the
flag-staff on the northern bastion of
Fort George. Before him filed the departing -
parting . ! troops of his king , evacuating
the pleasant little city they had occu
pied for over seven years. The waves
ofw the bay sparkled in the sunlight ,
while the whale-boats , barges , gigs and
launches sped over the water , bearing
troops and refugees to the transports ,
or to the temporary camp on
Staten Island. The last act of
the evacuation was almost completed ;
and , as to the strains of appropriate mu
sic the commander-in-chief and his staff
passed down to the boats , the red cross
of St. George , England's royal flag ,
came fluttering down from its high staff
on the north bastion , and the last of the
rear-guard : wheeled toward the slip.
But Cunningham , the provost-marshal , [
still angerea by the thought of his dis !
comfiture : at Day's tavern , declared
roundly that no rebel flag should go up
that ; staff in sight of King George's
men. "Come , lively now , you blue
jackets , " he shouted , turning to some
the sailors from the fleet. "Unreeve
the halyards , quick ; slush down the
pole- ; knock off the stepping cleats !
Then let them run their rag if they
can. "
His orders were quickly obeyed , and
marshal left the now liberated city.
n a fewinoments Col. Jackson , halting
before the flag-staff , ordered up the fei
itars and stripes.
"The halyards are cut , Colonel , " re ca
ported the color-sergeant ; "the cleats bu
gone , and the pole is slushed. " an
"A mean trick , indeed , " exclaimed a
he indignant colonel. "A gold jaco- vis
3us to him who will climb the staff and th
reeve the halyards for the stars and
stripes ! " wl
"I want no money for the job , " said frc
young sailor-lad as he tried it man- toi
'ully : once , twice , thrice , and each time ski
ame slipping down covered with slush vie
md shame. "I'll fix'em yet , " he toi
said. "If yc'll but saw me up some COl
jleats , I'll run that flag to the Wp in fin
ipite of all the lories from 'Sopus to
sandy Hook ! " thi
Ready hands came to the assistance eat
the plucky lad. tei
Then , tying the halyards around his de
vaist , and filling his jacket-pockets on
vith cleats and nails , he worked his her
; up the flag-pole , nailing and climb- rel
as ho went And now lie reaches coi
top , now the halyards are rove , and Ben
the t beautiful flag goes fluttering up So
staff a mighty cheer is heard , and wa
round of tairteen guns salutes the she
tars and stripes and the -brave sailor- km
who did the gallant deed. From
lThe Little Lord of the Manor , " by E. chr
Brooks , in St. Nicholas for Novem- bef
ing
UU
The Capture of Jefferson Davis. vas
Burton N. Harrison , Esq. , Jefferson full :
avis' private secretarv , who was an wa
yc-witness of the confederate presi- put
ent's capture , describes it in the No- ing
ember Century , as follows. doI
"We were taken by surprise , and not
of us exchanged a shot with the ant
neiny. Col. Johnston tells me he was fire
first prisoner taken. In a moment att
. Pritchard rode elirectly to me , and neg
ointing across the creek , said , 'What '
; that mean ? Have you any men she
you ? ' Supposing the firing was to
by our teamsters , I replied , 'Of bpti
aurse we have don't you hear the giv ;
? ' He seemed to be nettled at the cat
, gave the order 'Charge , ' and CS
oldly led the way himself across the as
eek , nearly every man in his com- r
following. Our camp vras thus cult
deserted for a few minutes , except cultQ
one mounted soldier near Mrs. trus
avis' tent ( who was afterward said to Mis
been stationed there by Col. Ii
ritchard in passing ) and by a few like
oopers who stopped to plunder our All
agons. I had been sleeping upon the moil
side of the road with the tent
scupied by Mrs. Davis , and was then ' [ rp
anding , very near it. Looking there , ing
"
saw'her couie out and heard her say lyA
imothing to the soldier mentioned ; A
Jrceiving she wanted him to move off , ' mat
approached and actually persuaded witlL
fellow to ride away. As the soldier L
oved into the road , and I walked by the
side of his horse , the president well
emerged for the first time from the
tent , at the side farther from us , and
walked away into the woods to the
eastward , and at right-angles with the
road.
"Presently , looking around and ob
serving sombody had come out of the
tent , the soldier turned his horse's head
and , reaching the spot he had first oc
cupied , was again approached by Mrs.
Davis , who engaged him in conversa
tion. In * a minutes this trooper was
joined lj one or perhaps two of his
comrades , who either had lagged be
hind the column and were just coming
up the road , or had at that moment
crossed over from the other ( the west )
side , where a few of them had fallen to
plundering , as Ihave stated , instead of
charging over the creek. They re
mained on horseback , and soon be
came violent in their language with
Mrs. Davis. The order to 'halt' was
called out by one of them to the presi
dent. It was not obeyed , and was quick
ly repeated in a loud voice several
times. At last one of the men threati
ened to.fire , and _ pointed a carbine at
the president. Thereupon , Mrs. Davis ,
overcome with terror , cried out in apprehension -
prehension , and the president ( who had
now walked sixty or eighty paces away
into the unobstructed woods ) turned
around and came back rapidly to his
wife near the tent. At least one of the
soldiers continued his violent language
to Mrs. Davis , and the president reproached
preached him for such conduct to her ,
when one of'them , seeing the face of
the president , as he stopcf near and was
talking , said , 'Mr. Davissurrender ! I
recognize you , sir. ' Pictures of the
presfdent were so common that nearly
or quite every man in both armies '
knew his face.
"It was , as yet , scarcely daylight.
"The president had on a water-proof
cloak. Ho had used it , when riding , . as
o'.1"
' i
a protection against the rain during'the
night and morning preceding that last
halt ; and he had probably been sleeping
in that cloak at , the moment when the i
camp was attacked.
"While all these things were happen
ing , Miss Howell and the children re
mained within the tent. The gentle
men of our party had , with the single
exception of Captain Moody , all slept
on the west side of che road and in or
near the wagons. They were , so far as
I .know , paying no attention to what
was going on at the tents. I have since
talked with Johnston , Wood and Lubbock -
bock , and with others , about these
matters ; and I have not found there
was any one except Mrs. Davis , Jtlie
single trooper at her tent , and myself ,
who saw all that occurred and heard all
that was said at .the time. Any one
else who gives an account of it has had
to rely upon hearsay or his imagination i
for his story. "
Our Cat "With the Scarlet Fever.
The of our cat ' - "
ways catBecky" are
always winning , and sometimes re
markable , but the feat which ha made
her famous is catching thu hcarlet
fever. i
Many persons do not believe that a cat
can take disease from a human being ,
but this cat did it most undoubtedly ,
and was very seriously ill for more than
week. It begun by her insisting on
visiting the patient , her young mistress , sow
though < the latter was too ill to notice w
the little animal lying on the bed , and
when at last Becky was forcibly driven sie
from her post , it was too late , for cus tei
tomary symptoms of the disease plainly E
showed themselves. She was taken ch
violently sick , and her throat and co
became inflamed that thi
tongue so she
could not swallow ; ( no one thought to trt
find out whether there was a rasn "n- thi
dei her fur ) , but at all events she grew eel
thinner every day , as she could neither Ln
nor drink and the eu
, physician in at
tendance prescribed for her tin [ easy bo
wi
ilealiiby ; ciuoiuforru. However , some
one < hot err
suggested putting poultices on
tfiroat , as this treatment gave great mr
relief to tho" human wl
patient , and ac-
sordingly flax seed meal was- applied , be
cla
Becky Submitting without a struggle
Sometimes ; it seemed as if the poultice sa
was hot enough to scald her , out He
bore the heat bravely , evidently Sa
mowing what it was for. de
One the who coi
morning , person took
shargo of the poultices , was awakened tes
jefore light who after " Ca
by puss , , "clew-
ng" her vigorously , went to .the table cai
mder the gas-burner where the linseed rec
heated , and sat looking-up wist- chi
ully. It was very evident that she Kit
vanted : a hot poultice , for the one last hei
on was quite cold , and after obtain- rer
what she had for Beck- an
come , Beckwent , ,
lown stairs again contented. '
In a few days she was convalescent , she
spent most of her time before the wo
in the invalid's suf
room , making weak
ittempts to lick her coat , which through ino
leglect had lost all its gloss. of '
The first sign of reluming appelite Sa
hewed itself when she endeavored to ow
oat the cork of the cod-liver oil con
lottle. She woi
probably thought it would
( her strength , she being a reflective imj
, anel particularly fond of fish. This rig
( of searlet fever is an absolute fact , her
can bo certified by several witnesses. sub
Isabel Sniithson in American Agri- pay >
ulturist for "November. he
Bei
Queen Victoria is said to have en- cau
rusted the task of writing her life to han
Keddie , a Scotch woman. tob
China corpulence is the symbol thii
of social and spiritual distinction. civi
their gods are represented'as enor- oral
fat.
lously in n
Trimmings of silk or satin upon trav- M.
dresses are n'ow considered whol- lore
"bad form. " '
"
thousand million dollars is the esti-
as t
latod < shrinkage of Wall street values his.
fain two years. to
Lady : Campbell , of London , wears 80 ? '
divided i .skirt , and is said to look and.
in it. bunu
IF
rp'
The Folar Hare.
Fur away to the north of us stretches
a land white -with snow during most of
the year , where bleak winds in unob
structed fury sweep over deserted
wastes ; where night hangs like a som
ber cloud for months and months un
broken , and whore those crystal motin-
.tains called icebergs are born. There
is the home of the polar hare. There ,
where man aimlessly wanders in a vain
search for food or sbelter , this dainty
creature thrives.
Strangely enough , however , it some
times happens that men are overtaken
by starvation in the midst of numbers
of polar hares. This is because the
little creature has a peculiarity which
makes it difficult for the inexperienced
hunter to shoot it.
. When approached , " it seems to have (
no fear at all , but sits up , apparently
waiting for the coming hunter. Just ,
however 1 , as the probably hungry man
begins I to finger the trigger of his gun ,
and to eat in anticipation the savory
stew , the hare turns about and bounds
| actively away to a safe distance , and ,
. once more rising upon its haunches , sits
with ft provoking air of seeming uncon
sciousness until the hunter is again
Er nearly within gun-shot , when it once
more jumps away.
This must be tantalizing enough to a
well-fed sportsman , but how heart
breaking to the man-who knows that
not only his own life , but the lives of
all his comrades as well , depends upon
the capture of the pretty creature.
Notwithstanding , however , the appar
ent impossibility of approaching near
enough to the hare to shoot it , there is
fin reality a very 'simple way to accomplish -
plish it. This plan is practiced by the
natives , who no doubt have learned it
after many a hungry failure. It con
sists in walking in a circle around the
animal , gradually narrowing the circle
until within the proper distance. Sim
ple as this plan is , it is so effective that ,
with care , the hunter may get within
fifty yards of the bare , which seems
completely bewilderedby his circular
course.
Perhaps the sad story of the heroic
suffering and final loss of Captain De
Long and his brave comrades might nev
er have had to be told had it not been for
their probable ignorance of a matter of
no more importance than this of how to
shoot j a polar hare. When they left
their ship , the "Jeannette , " they took
with them only rifles , thinking , no
doubt , that they would fall in with only
such large game as bears , reindeer , and
wolves.
As a matter of fact , such large ani
mals were very scarce , while ptarmi
gan , a spenius of grouse , were plenti-
lul , and would have supplied food in
abundance j . to the. whole brave band
had there ' been shot guns with which
to shoot'them. As it was , the rifles
brought down but a few of the birds ,
and thus , in the midst of comparative
plenty , the brave fellows starved From
"Snow-Shoes and No Shoes , " by John
R. Coryell , in St. Nicholas for Novem
ber.
Preachers and Women.
St. James * Goicttc.
Luther liked preachera to be hand
some , "so as to please the eyes of
women. " Toward the sex his tone is
always that of kindness , tinged occa
sionally with the good-humored con
tempt of a superior for an inferior being.
Evcii in regard to his Catherine he de
clares that Tie had married her out of
compassion. He thought her ? o pretty J.
that he vowed he would send her per .
trait to a council of Cr tholic divines
then sitting , as an argument against
celibacy. The portrait in question , by
Lucas 'Cranach , scarcely bears out the
eulogium. Tfte lady's face is large and
bony , with round , unmeaning eyes , and
wide , open nostrils. But she was preeminently - "
eminently a good woman ; and one re
mark of hers , made in the family circle ,
will bear repetition. "What must have
been < the feelings of Abraham "
, ex
claimed Luther , "when he consented to
sacrifice his only son and to slay him ?
would never have spoken of it to
Sarah. : It would have cost him too
dear. ! Truly , had God imposed such a
command upon me , I should have con
tested the point with Hun. " Here
Catherine interposed , saying , "I
sannot believe that God would
require any one to kill his
ihild. " Dominus Kethn "My Lord
Kitty" appears to have had a will of
own. "If I were to "
marry again ,
remarked her husband , "I would canre
obedient wife for myself out of a
slock of marble ; for unless I did so , I
should despair of finding one. " Luther
vould scarcely have approved of female
suffrage ; but he was probably ahead of
nest of his contemporaries in his ideas
the rights of women. Thus the
j'axon law , which assigned 03 the wid-
'
w's portion a chair and a distaff , he
tondems aa "too severe. " And he
vould have it
interpreled "
largely , "as
mplying by the first gift the widow's
ight ] of remaining in the dwelling of
husband ; and by the second ner
ubsistence , her maintenance. A man
ays his servant
more
liberally
; nay ,
gives j more than this to a b'eggar. "
Jeing asked to advise on a matrimonial
ause , he refrained from giving more
: a general opinion as to the method
be followed , in such cases. "These
hings , " he concluded , "concern the
authority ; for marriage is a tein-
matter , whici interests the church
no way except as to the conscience. "
Naquet : could hardly use language
anti-clerical.
"Do you ever gamble ? " she asked ,
they sat together , her hand held in
He replied , "No ; but if I wanted
now i would be my time. " "How
" "Because I hold a beriutiful
. " The
engagement is announced.
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