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come to the end jot his
tether and he knpvv it He
made no fuss about the
matter andany of his
frelnds who met bim that
eveningcould not have
told fporn his manner that
anything was wrong
Grant had taken big
chances to increase his
fortune and now be real
ized that the jig was up
exposure might come in
a week or it might be de
lated for a month but it was sure to
ynie unless he had 1000 in hard cash
and that amount he knew he could not
get Of course if exposure could have
been staved off for some years every
thing might come out all right old
Monckton might die and young Monck
ton come into the business
Old Monckton Grants employer was
a hard hearted skinflint who would
have no mercy when investigation
showed that his assistant was a de
faulter He was hard even to his own
son and it wasnt likely that he would
show mercy to one who was no relative
of his
On the other hand Stillman Grant
who was a calculating young fellow
had many times helped young Monck
ton when in trouble of a monetary na
ture He did this not because he liked
the young man particularly but be
cause he was his employers son and
would some time come into the
Young Moncktou owed Grant money
but even if he paid it all that night it
was not enougli to cover the defalca
tion and so was useless
Grant had taken the money not in
any momentary weakness but because
he calculated he could make himself a
rich man by the use of it These cal
culations turned out to be erroneous
and for months Grant had been exercis
ing his ingenuity to stave off exposure
He had not deluded himself with any
false views as to what would happen
-when exposure came He had made
Tip his mind There should be no trial
with imprisonment at the end of It He
knew an easier way out of the difficulty
than that He had bought a quantity
of morphine which he knew when the
time came to take it would insure him
a swift and tolerably easy death He
knew that six or seven or perhaps ten
years imprisonment was the penalty
for his offense and he had no desire or
intention of facing such a punishment
He walked that night to his rooms
everlooking the Thames embankment
He went to a cupboard and spent some
time in choosing with particular care a
bottle of wine he intended to drink He
poured out a small draught of the bev
erage and taking the paper of morphine
he opened it carefully and sprinkled
the white contents on the surface of
the wine He watched it as it slowly
settled and finally disappeared in the
liquid then he poured another glass of
wine and drank it off There was no
hurry about drinking the poisoned cup
he had all the night before him so he
drew his comfortable arm chair up to
the fire and sat down wondering who
would find his dead body in the morn
ing At last taking up the poisoned
glass he paused for a moment with it
in his hand thinking he heard a step
on the stair The next minute his sur
prise was a certainty as someone
rapped at his door Hastily putting
down the glass he shouted Come in
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he rose hurriedly drew the bolt back
and opened the door
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lie saw who it was The son of his em
ployer entered with a radiant look on
his face
Well Stillman I have come to se
cure my debt to you I have made up
my mind that you shall not suffer by
my having borrowed money from you
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Monckton but it struck me that if
anything happened to me my father
would never acknowledge the debt and
you would be out of just that much
It doesnt really matter you know
said Stillman Grant in the same uncon
cerned voice I shall always be happy
to lend you money when you need it
and I have it
Thanks old fellow I know that
said Young Monckton You are as
generous as the old man is stingy Nev
ertheless I got a windfall the other day
and the minute I received the money I
thought of you
Ah said Grant with his eyes
brightening somewhat How much
was it
Five hundred pounds in one lump
answered the other
Oh said Grant in a disappointed
tone
You dont congratulate me cried
young Monckton Five hundred
pounds are not to be scoffed at
No replied Grant still 500 isnt
a fortune you know
It isnt but it might be turned into
a tidy sum of money Now let me tell
you what I have done Grant I know
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of money if I became a partner in the
business it might be different so I took
part of the 500 and insured my life
for 2000 making it payable to you at
my deafih If I live I will evenutally
come into the business and then you
will get back the money you have lent
me with handsome interest but if I
am cut off in one of my sprees which
is more than likely then you will get
back all your money with interest at
several thousand per cent
As the young man said this he drew
from an inner pocket what Grant saw
was evidently an insurance policy
There yon are my boy with the first
years premium paid said Monckton
as he threw the policy on the table
Ill leave it with you because you are
a steady sober fellow If I cant pay
the next premium when it falls due
youll pay it for me and charge it up to
the account I already owe you You
see my friend you are quite safe as
far as your money is concerned wheth
er I become a staid respectable and
rich man of business or whether I am
cut off in the flower of my youth
Grant lay back in his chair with his
eyes partially closed as he picked up
and examined the document He saw
it was all right and perfectly legal At
last he said in a low tone and with de
liberation I think you might have
spent your money much more profit
ably Monckton than in paying a years
premium on your life Bless me you
will live till you are 90
I hope so said the young man
but meanwhile you take care of that
document and if the time ever comes
that there is money collectable on it
you are the man who is to have it As
you see I have made the policy solely
to you
Thanks old man said Grant as he
placed the policy on the table
Well said Monckton I must be
off Wont you come out and take a
drink
I think not said Grant Im busy
to night but if you wish a drink have
a glass of wine with me
I dont mind if I do said young
Monckton
Grant pushed towards his the glass
of wine in which he had sprinkled the
morphine then he poured out wine for
himself in another glass Heres to
you he said drinking
Young Monckton drank off the wine
and smacked his lips after That has
a curious taste Grant he said what
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Good night to you Monckton and
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Oh Im not going to dreams yet
awhile said Monckton A few of us
are to have some games at the Raquet
Club
Ah said Grant thats a long dis
tance from here Better have a han
som Come Ill see you out
They walked down the stair together
and at the door young Monckton said
Yes I think I will have a hansom I
feel rather drowsy
Oh youll be all right when you get
into the fresh air rejoined Grant The
young man staggered slightly as if he
were intoxicated The other watched
him go down the street and hail a cab
Poor devil said Grant to himself
as he turned away He was an un
lucky chap to come in at that moment
on that particular errand There is a
time for everything and that was not
the time for insurance policies I sup
pose that not having premeditated the
murder I have left some loose clew
that will enable the police to trace the
thing to me Still I shall be no worse
off than I was an hour ago and after
all nothing matters very much Bet a
fiver Ill be caught
But he wasnt The medical men
said the young fellow had died of a dis
ease with a long name and then the
insurance company claimed it had been
defrauded by the fact of his having the
malady concealed from them Thus
was the honest man defrauded out of
his insurance money and he was
nabbed by the police for his defalca
tions before he could purchase more
poison In one of her Majestys pris
ons he now regrets the fate of his
friend Detroit Free Press
TAMED HER UNRULY PUPIL
Thrashed Him and His Sister and Ex
pelled Them Both
There is one young school teacher un
Long Island who need never be out of
a job So completely did she succeed
in quelling a rebellion last week that
offers from other places have already
been received but the school directors
will not hear of her departure Her
name is Ella Hart and here Is how she
came to establish herself so firmly in
her present position
John Coleman who is a boy of tender
years but tough tendencies has for
several days been living under the
shadow of the rod Miss Hart has an
official whip and Friday her experi
enced observation told her that John
Coleman was ripe f or castigation and
she called him up to receive his due
The operation proceeded with com
plete success for a few moments John
nie Coleman gave all the evidences of
mortal anguish customary to such occa
sions He squirmed and twisted and
rended the air with lamentations pro
testations and ejaculations of peni
tence
Stella Coleman a stout girl of 16
years sister of Johnnie heard the
wails of her brother and appeared as
a rescue and punitive force She dash
ed into the room like a young whirl
wind and attacked the teacher with a
rush The boy took advantage of the
diversion to rub himself a few times
where he felt that rubbing was neces
sary and salutary and then joined in
the attack Miss Coleman scratched
vindictively and reached for her teach
ers hair Miss Hart proceeded meth
odically and according to the most ap
proved principles of pedagogics She
first captured the girls hands and then
tripped her up threw her and sat on
her Then she reached for her whip
and thrashed Miss Coleman until all
the fight and most of the family affec
tion were thrashed out of her After
that she caught Johnnie Coleman and
began on him all over again
Having completed her work conscien
tiously and thoroughly she expelled
both the offenders and appeared before
the trustees scratched and somewhat
battered and disheveled but triumph
ant and reported her action She was
sustained and the school will probably
continue its exercises peacefully
Fog and Gas
Prof Lewes of London states that
London fog deprives coal gas of 111
per cent of its illuminating power and
an incandescent burner loses 208 per
cent of its efficacy The reason given
is that the spectrum of these lights ap
proaches very nearly that of the solar
spectrum being rich in violet and ul
tra violet rays These are the rays
which cannot penetrate a London fog
This is thought to be the reason why
the sun looks red on a foggy day The
solid particles floating in the aqueous
vapor of the atmosphere absorb the
violet rays and only the red rays of the
spectrum pass through It is further
stated that the old argand burner more
successfully resists a London fog than
any of its later rivals
An Unfortunate Offer
Adolphus Dudington pleadingly
Dont be cruel and hard hearted col
onel Give me your daughters hand
and I promise she shall never be sep
arated from her family
Col Bluntly Thats precisely why I
object to the marriage Detroit Free
Press
Might Be True
Doctor Tiiere is one thing in tne
scriptures that puzzles me and that is
to what the longevity of the ancients
can be attributed Have you any the
ory to offer
Minister It may have been owing to
the fact that there were no physicians
in those days
The hotel clerk who puts on a brill
iant front is not the only pebble A
great many newspaper men use paste
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The idea that a costly ice house is
requisite for the profitable storage of
Ice is not borne out by those who have
improvised storage at comparatively
trifling expense says the Journal of
Agriculture A corner in the barn can
be adapted by any farmer at all handy
with tools at a cost exceedingly small
when compared with the advantages
which a liberal supply of ice during the
heated season will confer
The accompanying illustration gives
an idea for an ice house in a barn and
a few hints on points necessary to be
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observed in its construction etc will
be useful A supply of eighteen tons
of ice can be stored in a space of twelve
feet square and ten feet high In build
ing an ice house the chief points to be
considered are the exclusion of air from
under or around the body of ice proper
ventilation over the ice and proper sur
face draining around the ice house
Any little crack that admits of the in
flow of warm air will play havoc with
a body of ice Hence waterproof paper
should interline the walls so as to ex
clude every possible chance for the ad
mission of a current of air If there be
too much sawdust placed around ice it
is liable to ferment and develop heat to
such an extent as to melt the ice Four
inches of sawdust or chaff is sufficient
to place under the ice and eight inches
is sufficient on the sides of a house
with a single wall and four inches in
case of a twin wall A twin wall is
made by boxing the studding on both
plates and sills so that they shall alter
nate with each other Two by six may
be used and they may be placed two
feet apart twelve inch boards will an
swer for plates and sills This permits
each studding to project two Inches
past the center of the wall and pre
vents the air current from setting The
studding must be papered with water
proof paper and then ceiled
Cutting Clover for Fowls
Cut clover has come to be recognized
as one of the best of bulky winter
foods for poultry A clover cutter is
exceedingly convenient but where
such a machine is not at hand a home
made cutter can be devised Take a
stout block of wood with smooth top
and build a box about it using the
block for the bottom of the box as
HOME MADE CLOVER CUTTEK
shown in the cut The cutter is a
pestle shaped affair square at the
lower end To this are attached three
sharpened steel plates as suggested
Set them into the wood and bolt se
curely Any blacksmith can make
the plates and they can be sharpened
on the grindstone With this one can
cut up clover as the housewife chops
meat in her tray but a few moments
being required to cut sufficient for a
large flock Orange Jndd Farmer
Some Donts for Fathers
Dont lean down too hard when the
boy is turning the grindstone this is
one of the causes of boys leaving the
farm
Dont expect the boy to keep up with
you and the hired men and run er
rands or carry water at the same time
Dont expect a boy to maintain an
angelic disposition if after working
hard all day he is expected to eat at
the second table
Dont give the boy a lamb or calf to
raise which would have died if he had
not attended to it and let it grow up to
be dads sheep or cow
Dont continue to treat the boy as if
he had no sense but consult with him
ccasionally he may possibly know
more than you do
Dont rave and storm because the
boy wants some time to tinker he
may astonish you with some of his
work
Dont tell the boy he can go hunting
or fishing Saturday and then hitch on
a days work before he goes It is not
fair
Grafting Seedling Apple Trees
On every farm there are apt to be
more br less apple seedlings which
come on in corners of the fence or other
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out of the way place and often attain
a height of six to eight feet before they
are noticed The best use that can be
made of such trees is to graft them
without transplanting into some va
riety that is productive and profitable
in the neighborhood A bearing apple
tree that has salable fruit is a profit
able investment It is likely to be all
the more productive if the tree is isola
ted insted of being in an orchard If
the seeding is left to grow up without
being grafted its fruit stands just about
one chance in a hundred of being worth
gathering
Farm Telephones
There is no reason why farmers gen
erally should longer delay to avail
themselves of the advantage of tele
phones The plan is to form mutual
telephone companies to buy the im
proved appliances and construct a
farm telephone system that will put
each subscriber in connection wrth his
neighborhood and with the outside
world In Gibson County Indiana
they have already caught on and the
enterprising farmers of that section
have many lines connecting town and
farms
In another farming locality we know
of there is a central exchange which
connects fourteen lines running into
the country and to other towns A doz
en phones or more are connected with
each line One farmer in that county
can talk to five hundred farmers in
that and adjoining counties These ex
changes are all on the mutual principle
The central station is conducted by a
young lady who receives 1 a year
from farmers who have phones and
collects from persons who have no in
struments but want to use them A
cheaper system of constructing switch
boards has been discovered The
switchboard for the use of the commu
nity above mentioned accommodates
fifteen lines and costs less than 20 be
ing made by local mechanics Up to
Date
Crate for Moving Animals
It is often desirable to move a small
animal from one building to another
or from one pasture enclosure to an
other Leading or driving a calf sheep
or pig is attended with difficulties
They will go in company with others
CONVENIENT ANIMAT CRATE
but decidedly object to going alone
The cut shows a crate on wheels with
handles peranitting it to be used as a
wheelbarrow Into this the small ani
mal can be driven the door closed and
the crate wheeled away It will also
be found a very useful contrivance in
bringing in calves that have been drop
ped by their dams in the pasture
American Agriculturist
Feed -vs Pasture
The amount of green food that can be
grown upon an acre of land and fed
to cattle from the first appearance of
rye or crimson clover in early spring
until late in the fall is many times more
than that which can be obtained on the
same area used as pasture While on
the pasture the cattle are subjected to
storms many insects and during dry
seasons they must perform consider
able work to secure as much food as
they desire As green crops may be
cut at any time and several cuttings
can be made in a season the flow of
milk will be greater than when the
cows are on pasture While less labor
is required in pasturing the cows a
smaller proportion of land can be used
under the soiling or green food system
Vines and Trellises
Many people are prevented from
planting grape vines under the idea
that the putting up of the trellis is a
difficult and expensive thing to do
But the first year a light stake will be
all that is required to train the single
shoot to and even the second year
when two or three bunches of grapes
may be grown the stake will be all
that is required A trellis made by
setting posts six feet apart and five
feet high above the surface of the
groud will accommodate a single vine
For supports wires should be stretched
between the posts but these wires must
not be left tight when cold weather
comes on as the contraction of the
wire by cold will surely break them
The Growing of Parsnips
The parsnip naturally puts its roots
down more deeply than any other o
the esculent roots It needs a rich soil
If the subsoil has not been enriched it
should be pulverized with a subsoL
plow and not brought to the surface
We have seen parsnips that were fully
16 inches long of which all the growtl
except two or three inches was belov
the ground In harvesting parsnip
a furrow should be thrown from tlu
rows leaving the side of the furrow al
dose as possible to the roots No roo
is better than the parsnip for mile
cows
Trim the Grapevines
If the grapevines have not beei
trimmed and the old wood cut out o
the blackberry and raspberry fields i
should be done before the season open
warmer Such work is best done whet
the ground is frozen Grapes are pro
duced on the new wood and the ole
vines can stand cutting back severely
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In School
The word for you to day is toward
I write it here upon the board J
Now try if you can with it make
A sentence clear without mistake
Then Freddys lips pressed tightly dowi
His brow wastied up in a frown
And thought spread over all his face
As dots and crosses found their place
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With cncitals and all the rest
He strove to do his very best
So slowly carefully he wrote
Last night I toward my Sunday coatt
Youths Companion
Warning to School Maams
The course of a teacher in some rural
schools is not unmarked by pitfalls
One young lady thus engaged tells an
amusing story of the anxiety her con
duct unwittingly caused the mother of
one of her pupils The pupil in ques
tion was an overgrown and stupid but
well behaved boy of nineteen named
Tobias Hodge He was older by sever
al years and far bigger than any oth
er pupil in the school but he was not so
well advanced in his studies as some of
the younger ones He seemed so anx
ious to learn that the teacher often
got him to remain after school for the
purpose of assisting him in his studies
Their homeward way lay over the
same road and they would walk home
together after the hard places in the
lesson had been made easy for Tobias
Often in the morning when she left
home to go to the schoolhouse the
eacher would find the boy waiting tot
ner and she tactfully gave him several
lessons in politeness such as lifting
his hat to her and other ladies and as
sisting her over bad places in the road
She was beginning to feel that she
might really make something out of To
bias when her efforts on his behalf re-
ceived a sudden check by the receipt
of the following note from his widowed
mother
Madam I justVant to say that I have4
heerd how you are carryin on with my
son Tobe and all I got to say is that hd
aint of marryin age an I am his gar
deen A word to the wise ought to ba
sufficient
Weekly Telegraph
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Things a Pupil Should Know
The practical value of an education
does not depend on the ability to give
text book answers to questions but on
the ability to do that is to make use
of the information gained from books
In grammar and language if our pupils
can diagram and give definitions we
are apt to feel a considerable degree
of self satisfaction which we possibly
would not feel if we would stop to con
sider that they need facility in putting
words and sentences together rather
than in tearing them apart
That this snbject may be perfectly
plain to old and young alike we take
the liberty of giving a suggestive list
of questions which may be used for a
monthly or term examination and
which every pupil should be able to an
swer satisfactorily before he graduates
from the public school
Write a letter ordering six different
books
Write a receipt for money on accounts
Write a notice of cattle strayed
Illustrate by sentences the use of
that whom and which
Functuate the following Milton the
English poet was blind
Give sentences using correctly a
lie lb sit c shall d will e saw
Give principal parts of the following
verbs lay ride sing sit spare
Illustrate by sentences five different
uses of capital letters
Write a short application for a posi
tion as a clerk in a store
Write a one page letter to a friend
Ex
A Nebraska lchooImaam
A Nebraska editor visited the village
school and was greatly impressed with
the schoolmaam On reaching his
sanctum he penned the following of
her She is the pride of the townee
star of the west the mother of inven
tion and a jewel of rare brilliancy She
drew a picture of an iceberg on the
blackboard It was so natural that the
thermometer froze up solid With rare
presence of mind she seized a crayon
and drew a fire place on the opposite
wall The prompt action saved the
school but they all caught cold from
the sudden change Fond du Lac
iWis Reporter
Common Sense Education
The man who told the teachers that
the public school system should be ad
justed to the needs of the masses rath
er than to fitting individuals for higher
institutions of learning deserves credit
for announcing his discovery He
should not copyright his discovery
since it would be a great thing for the
state if it could be adopted Indianan
Jlis Journal
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