l& * * " " " TT- : ]
Ut A SONG FROM ! HE SUDS.
• 8y Queen of ray tub , I morrily ninpr
(
igp " \Vliilo tlio white foutn risen hipli ,
i _ _ . r And wturdily wnHh and rinso nnd wring ,
ps . And teuton tlio clothes to dry ;
g And then out in the fresh nir Ihoy swing
al j Under tliu sunny sky. ,
g ! ' " - 5 with neroulilwnHufrora ourheartsand our
SjK nouIs
S Tlio Btnins of tho - ck nway ,
& Aud lot puro wuter and tu > y thoir magic
*
I make
jgr Onrnolvos ns puro as tht > yj
& ; - Then on tho earth there wouM be , indeed ,
1\ A ploriouH nushing-day )
_ [ l Alonp tho path of a UBofnl lifo
| f Will licurt'n cnao over bloom ;
f : The busy mind him no time to think
* \ Of Borrow , or care , or gloom ;
| s And onxiouH thoughts may be swept awa7
As we busily wield a broom
K J ftm slid a task to me is pirec
U To labor at day by day ;
f , T For it brinps mo health and strength and
hope ,
* . And I ehcerfully learn to say ,
5f' "llund , you muy think ; hanrt , you may feel ;
% But , hand , you shall noik alwayl" '
C Louisa M. ileott ( at fifteen ) .
f' HOW THE PLAN WOBKED.
J * "Your white roses aro just coming
v into bud , Lally , " said Archie Cone ,
as he enmo in irom the garden.
p "Blossom Hedge is at its prettiest
TIOW. "
The coffee exhaled a fragrant odor ,
the fresh baked biscuits were of the
most delicate brown , and the chickens
broiled to a turn , but Mrs. Cone's
face wore a most tragic expression ,
as she sat with an open letter in her
hand.
"Aldrich , * ' said she , hysterically ,
"what nm I to do ? Here's your
Aunt Effingham coming here next
week , with her six children and the
nurse ! They've had the measles , it
seems , and the doctor has prescribed
country air , so they ' ve decided to
inflict a four weeks visitation upon
me ! "
"Oh , " said Aldrich , jruiltilv , "I for-
got to tell you. Haidee Clair wants
to come here this summer. She re
quires perfect quiet to finish her new
novel , and says she retains such a
deliglitful impression of Blossom
Hedge from her last Summer's visit. ' '
"Oh does she indeed ? " said Mrs.
Cone , dashing the cream and
sugar recklessly into tho seagreen
china cups. "And we must remember
that your cousin Falkland has kind
ly volunteered to send Andromeda
here for the Summer , so that she
may forget that love affair of hers
with Jack Jocelyn. "
"I'm afraid we haven 't room for
'em all. " said Mr. Cone , reflectively.
"Oh , yes , you have , " said Lally
with tears and laughter struggling
in her voice. "They'll sleep on the
hall hat wwww"I'm
the cellar shelves , sooner than forego ;
the opportunity of getting good J
country board for nothing ! And I
shall do as I did last year getalong ]
without a new "Winter suit , and do
my own Winter housework , because (
the housekeeping bills were so heavy
during the Summer. All our rela- '
tions are very particular , you know , "
about their eating and drinking , and *
we had to get new hair mattresses
for the Johnson-Smythes , and recar- (
pet Haidee's room because she 'per
fectly abhorred' the old pattren. " J
"It's outrageous ! " said Cone , carv
ing the chickens. "But I don't know E
how we are to help ourselves without -
being dreadfully rude. " r
"Tell them plainly that they cani
not come. " *
"Our relations , Lally ? " remonstra- *
ted Cone. ;
"It's an imposition , " said Lally.l
j "It's only for a little while , my love.
; Let 'em come. " 6
j "It will beforallSummer , Aldrich. " *
\ "No , it won't. I'll see to that. " *
i " "What do you mean ? "
j "I've got a plan in mv head , my c
i love. " I
"A plan. " c ;
j "Yes. You'll see. Only don't ask p
any questions. " 1
j "But Aldrich , " pleaded the young a
housekeeper , with every hospitable ; ?
impulse rising in her heart , "you C
mustn't treat 'em rudely. " s
"I'll be as pleasant as Punch to fi
'em , my love , see if I'm not. " r
"Aldrich , what are you going to h
do ? "
"Don't I tell you , Lally , that it's a c :
j profound secret ? " h )
"But you'll tell me ? " a
"I'll . "
tell nobody. v
And to this platform Mr. Cone n
steadfastly adhered , in spite of c :
Lally's protestations and entreaties , t
The authoress arrived , with several i1
huge trunks . , a typewriter and a
hammock. a
Miss Andromeda Falkland came a
by the next train , "like Niobe , all fi
tears , " and Mrs. Effingham , her
nurse and her six noisy , troublesome
young convalescents brought up the C
lear. t ;
"Ten people ! said Mrs. Cone to c :
that trustworthy and reliabla con
fident , herself. "Oh dear ! oh , dear ! I o >
might as well have taken a situation
for general housework in a summer
boarding-house. " c :
"I don't see , " said Mrs. Pepper , p
theminister's wife , "what that young a
Cone is thinking of to allow his wife u
to be so overridden with relations , b
* Bhe weather is very hot , and she is
far from strong. And lam told they
sleep themselves on a sofa bedstead a
in the parlor , to make room for that C
"
swarm of parasites. n
" -My dear , " said the good parson , I
"are vou not expressing yourself
rather BtTOCgly ? " , ' '
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J * wwww * * * * * " * * * - " *
V fV&fVr * * * * " * * * * * * *
"I'm only speaking the truth , " said
Mrs. Pepper.
But it soon transpired that Sirs.
Cono's visitors , like Barnum's happy
happy family , could not agree.
Mies Haidee Clare could not write
without the accompaniments per
fect silence. The little Effinghams
could not divert themselves without
the hoots and shrieks peculiar to
their tender years , and both Mrs.
Clare and Mrs. Effingham took ex
ception to the mournful banjo notes
on which Andromeda. Falkland was
wont ol an evening to bewail her
blighted love.
"They are quarreling like cats and
dogs , " sighed Lally to her husband.
"Let 'em quarrel , " said Aldrich.
"What larks , ma ! " said Erskine
Effingham one afternoon as he
returned from a successful raid upon
the lien's nest in the barn. "We've
got to take our hammocks and cro
quet , out of the Maple lot. "
"What for ? " petulently inquired
his mother.
"Cousin Aldrich has sold it. "
" 'Sold it ? How very inconsiderate
of Aim ! " said Mrs Effingham. "Sold
it to whom ? "
"To the cemetery people.
"What ! "
"Tho cem-2-te-ry people , " enunciat
ed Master Erskine. "The railroad's
a-goin' right through the old grave
yard , and they've got to have a new
place. I heard Cousin Aldrich toll
the carpenter to brinjr that load of
fence post right off , and I heard him
say , too , that it didn't matter so
much , because there had already
been two or three interments there. "
"Interments ! " grasped Mrs. Effing
ham , "under our very windows"
Goodness gracious me ! I never
heard of such a thing ! "
"If you plase , ma'ma , " said Delia ,
the nurse , "that accounts for it. "
"Accounts for what ? "
"The ghost , mum , all in white ! "
uttered Delia , with chattering teeth.
"I seen it last night , mum , as the
church clock struck twelve ; an' I seen
it the night before. An' I don't won
der , ma'am , the poor dead bodies
beiu' dug up and scattered around "
this way. And if you plase , ma'am ,
you'll suit yourself at once , for not
another week will Delia O'PiOiirke
live next door to a churchyard. "
"Ma , ma , " whispered Florence
Effingham , who had eagerly devour
ed every word of the discussion , "I'm
afraid of ghosts. Delia sa3rs ghosts
come afterlittle girlsif they don 't. ' * j
"Will you hush ? " said Mrs. Effing- ]
ham , clasping her hands in despair.l l
"Aldrich , what is this ? Have vou 1
*
sold tho Maple lot ? " (
"Sold it ! Why shouldn't I ? " said 1
Mr. Crone , who just then came in
with a string ofspeckled brook trout.
"They offered me a capital price , and ! ]
I'm not a rich man. "
"But to a cemeterj'j !
"I don't know a quieter neighbor -
than a cemeterv , " said Aldrich.
"And I'm told , " said Mrs. Effingt
ham , with a shudder , "that some in- j
terments have already taken place ! "
"I didn't suppose you'd mind it ,
Aunt Effingham , " said the young ,
hose. |
"Mind it ! Why , it's a semi-bar
barous proceeding ! " cried the ladj * .
"Do we live in a civilized country , or g
do we not ? "
"Ma ! " screeched Rudolph Effing- \
ham , the second son , jerking at the v
maternal skirts , "here's a load of
lumber at the bars , a real big load , i
Do you suppose that's to make the i
coffins out of ? " •
r
Just then Miss Clare stalked , a la
Lady Macbeth , upon the scene. s
"I attach no importance to vulgar
superstition , " said she , glaring at
Mrs. Effingha m , with whom she was
no longer on speaking terms. "Of
bhe dead I entertain no fear. But
the living are quite a different thing ,
ind I certainly saw a man , Cousin
Aldrich , prowling about these premf ,
ises last night , with a dark lantern. " x
"The ghost ! " squeaked Delia. "I f
seen him , too ! I did , with these eyes , * &
jhe blissid saints betune me and all o
larm ! Oh ! oh ! oh ! " a
"Peace , foolish woman ! " said Hai- ' *
lee. "This was no shade ! If. was a * ;
jurJy thief , intent no doubt on misn
hief. I saw him try to open the back D
Darlor shutter , and then Neighbor s1
Foxley's wagon drove by , and hedisa
ippeared as if by magic. And I want a
rou to understand , Lally , " to Mrs.a
] one , "that I can't stand the nervous n
iliock of this sort of thing. My pro.v
ession requires that I should be sur- °
ounded by peaceful calm. I leave Si
lere to-morrow . a
"An'I'llgowidyez , " said Delia. "I * j
ant , sleep nights in a place where J
urglars is climbin'up the trellis work ,
md poor ghosts come sralkin' around S
vhen the church clock strikes mid-
iightand a whole wagon load more
omin' , tomorry or next day , from
he cimetery ! Och , hone ! the like of
t niver was heard before ! " P1
"Ma. ma ! can't we go , too ? We're ce
ifraid to stay at Blossom Hedge w
iny longer ! " pleaded the little Efa
inghams m chorus. r ;
And so there was a general exodus. e ,
"Aldrich , is this true ? " said Mrs. a
3one , when the last express load of ,
runks had disappeared around the j
urve of the road. , .
"Is what true ? " You'renot afraid
f ghosts , are you , Lally ? " rj
"No ; but " jt b
"Don't fret , my dear , " said Cone , j
omposedly. "The cemetery has
mrchased a lot , but it happens to be
klaple Hill , four miles to the east of
is. I'm not to blame , nm I , forEr-
ikine Effingham's blunder ? "
'But the load of lumber ? " t (
' "I've sold the place to Dr. Bassett "
md he's going to build a gem of a b
iueen Ann cottage. I can't imagine tl
my pleasanter neighbors than the cl
Sassetts will be ; can you ? " fc
"Y-ves , " said bewildered Lally ; n
• but the interment * that had P
/
ft * - . _ r * J , > * OJTf *
already taken place there ? You saf. 'l
yourself "
"My dearestgirl , don 'tyou remem
ber that we buried Minie , your pet
spaniel , under tho sweefc-bvier bush
there ? and the two ca _ ries , last
fall ? "
"Oh , Aldrich , aren't you ashamed
of vourself ? "
" Who I ? Not in the least. "
"But the ghosts , Aidrich ? the burg
lars ? "
"Here comes Andromeda , said Mr.
Cone , with a sudden assumption of
more than judicial gravity. "Come
here , you false damsel , and own up
at once what I've already been sharp
enough to discover for myself. "
"Oh , Cousin Aldrich , " stammered
poor Andromeda , blushing celestial
rosy red , and trying vainly to hide ,
her faco behind the blue-ribboned
banjo in her hand.
"I am neither Delia O'Eourke , nor
the Effingham children , nor yet Hai-
doo Clare , " mercilessly went on
Aldrich. "And I shrewdly suspect
that the ghost was Jack Jocelyn in a
white tennis suit , haunting the green
field beneath his sweetheart's win
dows , and the burglar no other than
Jack Jocelyn in black , climbing up
the trellis after a letter which he well
knew where to find.
Andromeda blushed redder than
ever.
"Now , I'll have no more of this , "
said Aldrich , with mock sternness.
"Confess , young woman , at once ,
that you and your love affair are at
the bottom of all this mystification.
Jack Jocelyn has owned up. "
"Oh , Aldrich ! " sobbed Andromeda.
"And will vou , too , turn against
me ? "
"Not a bit of it , " said Aldrich
Cone , cheerfully. "Don't fret , little
one , Jack has just told me that he
has been appointed to a thousand-
dollar berth in the general post-
office , and I've written to your moth
er that things are all right. He's
a jolly good fellow , and it isn't nec
essary ( to play ghost out in tho cold
any longer. "
Andromeda threw herself , weeping
with joy , into Lally Cone's arms , and
the two women rejoiced together.
Aldrich smiled.
"My plan hasn't worked so badly , "
said ' he. Saturday Night.
Bravely Done.
Quite recently , on a Belgian rail ,
way , a period of extreme cold so af
fected a switch-bar that when the
switchman attempted to move it it
broke in two. The accident prevent
ed the switching apparatus ' from
working.
Two passenger trains were ap
proaching and the switchman saw in-
stantty that if the switch was not
turned a dreadful collision would be
the result.
There was but one thing for hinvto
do. He must push the movable rail
into place with his hands. This in
volved getting between the two
tracks npon which the trains must
pass. He decidod what to do with
out hesitating a second.
Throwing himself flat on the '
ground between the two tracks the
switchman moved the rail to its
place with his hands and then drew j
bhem back just in time to escape the
wheels of the locomotive.
He had a narrow escape , too , from
jeimr thrown upon the other track
jy the rush of air caused by the ;
apidly moving train.
He escaped , however , and the pas
sengers whose lives his braverv and
jresence of mind had saved did not
sven know thatthey had been in
kmger. Youth's Companion.
H | i 0
Politeness in New York.
I heard the other day of a delight-
ul old country parson who carne to
few York as the guest of a son who
3 successful in business here. The I
Id gentleman did not go about alone 1
tfter the first time , because he said *
b wrung his heartstrings to hear the
ales of woe the beggars poured into
lis ears. He could no more wave a
leggar aside than you or I could
trikea child , and yet he only grieved
t the pain their stories gave him ,
md at his inability to solace them
ill with money. AVhen the rampant
lewsboys tugired at his sleeves and
elled , "Here Aer evening paper ! " he
entoverwith studied politeness and /
aid in his gentle voice : "I've got one S
.Ireody , thank you , Johnny. " How
he little ruffians stared at that !
ulian Pialph in Chatter.
Superstition of the Wedding
Ring.
"Many married women , " says one
rriter , "are so rigid , not to say su-
erstititious , in their notions con-
erning the wedding ring that neither
rhen they wash their hands nor at
ny other time will they take their
ing off their finger. " I believe , howT
ver , that it is considered to obviate '
,11 ill luck or bad omen if the ring be -
aken off by the one who put it on. r
lany a time I have seen a married I
'oman hold out her hand to her hus-
and fot him to remove the wedding
ing , when for any reason she wished
off for a moment. St. Louis Globe-
lemocrat.
.
a i
Forgot the Dog.
A. Nebraska man who founded a
own wanted the postoffice named
Myself Wife-Mary-Kitty-and-John. ' ' .
iut the postoffice department found
hat he owned a dog and hadn't in-
luded him in the name , and there-
are justly refused to be a party to
ny such chicanpry. Detroit Free 1
'ress. • I
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