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There are some curious people nt
and they entertain pe
culiar Ideas as to what In the safest
thing to do In a thunderstorm My ex
perience of their iiualutueHS In this re
upcct was a very brief one but my
reeollertlotiH of It are remarkably vivid
nd dlHtluct
I went down to neaping to spend a
fortnights vaeatlon with my Aunt
Bather and the thunderstorm took
place on the morning after my some
what sudden arrival Immediately
after breakfast the atmosphere be
came hushed and sullen while clouds
of n heavy bluish complexion gathered
overhead My aunt viewed these omens
with maulfcst uneasiness natural 1
thought In a nervoiiK old lady Pres
ently Bhe left me to myself and I re
tired to my own room to write a letter
or two This took me about an hour
and the storm was still gntherlug when
I had finished
The hush which prevailed without
neemed to have found Its way to the
Inmost quarters of my aunts house
hold for there was not a sound to be
heard anywhere After some trouble
1 discovered Aunt Ksther In the li
brary seated In an easy chair with
her eyes fast closed The expression
Bhe wore wits one of Intense pain
Good gracious aunt 1 cried
What on enrth Is the matter
She opened her eyes suddenly Dear
nie Harold she said mildly how
you startled me There Is nothing the
matter It Is the thunderstorm
The thunderstorm
Yes I am very nervous about
thunder and I have found that the
best thing to do is to try to forget It
I sit down with my eyes closed and try
to concentrate my thoughts upon some
thing else Indeed 1 have found this
plan most successful
neally I asked And are all
your servants dolug the same
Yes answered the old lady grave
ly I have ordered them to do so
This accounted for the prevailing si
lence The cook the housemaid and
probably the gardener were all sitting
down In the kitcheu with their eyes
closed trying hard to concentrate their
thoughts on anything but the storm
ltefore I had quite realized this Aunt
Esther went on
I am not so foolish as some people
about thunder I Icnow one person
who refuses to stay In the house at
eueh times because there are so many
steel articles about her Mine how
ever Is a good plan and 1 give my
nervants the full benellt of It I think
Harold
In another moment she might have
ordered me to follow the general ex
ample so I left the room hastily I sat
down In the ball for a few moments
to enjoy the vlsiou which her words
had suggested then I took my travel
ing cap from the stand and went into
the garden
Aunt Esthers garden which I had
not seen for some ten years was an
extensive and old fashioned one with
wide walks and the privacy secured
by high stone walls On reaching the
farther end I found that the house be
hind mo was quite hidden from view
by the abundance of foliage Before
rue was the wall covered by peach and
pear trees and against the wall stood
a light hand ladder The gardener
bad left It there when he had been call
ed In to concentrate his thoughts upon
something -else
I felt an Idle curiosity to know what
waa on the other side of the wall
Probably 1 should find a Held or per
haps another garden With cautious
steps I began to mount the ladder
Slowly my head rose above the wall
It was a large garden that came Into
view with a house half concealed
among the trees Everything was very
still and there seemed to be nobody
about I raised myself another step
to muke a clober scrutiny
Then I gave u start and for a mo
ment drew back It va only for a
moment for then with increasing
boldness I was peering dowu at the
eccno which had startled me
Just below built against the wall
was a kind of rustic summer house It
was a wooden erection covered with
the ornamental bark so frequently
used for flower boxes There was no
door but It was open at the end and
within I could see a couple of tall car
pet chairs and a wicker table On tho
table lay two books one of them open
and In one of the chairs sat a ludy
The first glance told me that she was
fast asleep the second that she was
youud and charming quite young and
decidedly charming
For some seconds I could only guue
helplessly She sat leaning back with
her face turned in my direction and a
Tarn OShanter cap set daintily upon
her head Her gloveless hands wero
delightfully white and small
When I had obberved all these points
I mounted n step higher
Let me say here that I am shocking
ly susceptible and exceedingly romnm
tic The sound of a girls voice tte
very rustle of her skirts can always
set my pulse In raflld motion while I
am prepared to read the opening of a
romance In u simple chance meeting
or in the commoncbt everyday remark
As a rule I am shy and reserved but
like some other men of this character
I can occasionally act In an absolutely
reckless and daredevil way These
facts must be taken lu explanation of
toy further conduct
I 1 gazed upon that plctur for another
minute Then I mounted nnother step
Again I gazed for a space and then I
found myself seated astride the wall
lly this time the spirit of adventuro
was In me and 1 was capable of any
madness A thousand foolish and ro
mantic faucles came rushing to my
bialn I was already in love
Who and what the sleeper was her
name nature and station all these
had nothing to do with the matter
Happy chance anil a providential thun
derstorm no doubt had sent her to
sleep with the hook open before her
1 looked the ground carefully over
but there was no sign of life While I
was doing this 1 thought 1 heard the
sleeper stir but when 1 glanced quick
ly dowu she was as still as ever With
perfect caution l lifted the ladder o el
and let it down on the other side A
moment Inter 1 was lu the entrance to
the summer house
Save for the breathing of the sleeper
tho stillness was almost painful It
occurred to me once to wonder what
she would say If she found me there
but I did not trouble to answer the
question I had read of similar cases
before and everything always came
out nicely Of course she would seo
at once the romance and beauty of the
situation I felt quite sure of thin
when 1 saw that the book before her
was a volumo of Tennyson open at
The Coming of Arthur My own
name Is Arthur Harold Arthur Simp
son
She was absolutely charming Be
neath the rakish cop stray curls of
dark glossy liatr wandered down to
the graceful little ears and about the
Ivory temples The cheeks were rather
pale and the lips were closed Just a
trifle too Irmly for perfect repose but
but all that only seeined to Increase
the charm I did not gaze too earnest-
ly fearing to disturb her and presently
took up the other itook which lay on
the table It was a morocco bound
autograph album with the majority of
the leaves empty I turned ihem si
lently to read a number of unfamiliar
names and commonplace quotations
While 1 was doing tills a bright Idea
came to me full of the spirit of ro
mance I would write something in
the album
As I searched for my pencil I de
cided what tills something should be
Finding a vacant page I quickly drew
upon It the outline of a heart Within
this I wrote the name Arthur When
she nwolto after I had gone she would
find this symbol and know that her
prince had been with her I would
leave the book open at that place
Prince As I laid the book dowu
nnother thought flashed to my mind
It made my heart beat madly and sent
the hot blood rushing to my cheeks
Here was the sleeping beauty here
was the prince There was one tiling
wanting to make the story whole one
thing
Somehow I felt that It would not
waken her otherwise perhaps I should
not have dared But her slumber wa
sound and I was strung to the highest
pitch of reckless excitement No It
would not waken her It would he but
a touch
With intense caution I drew nearer
There was no dlUlculty whatever for
her face was turned toward me I
trembled as I bent dowu the fragrance
of her breath was In my face and then
It was Just a touch and nothing more
Rut It sent a tremor through her
frame as from u shock For a breath
less moment 1 stood still behind her
chair and then I saw the madness the
utter folly of what I had done I had
a vague thought of police and turned
cold with fear
But she did not wake and I passed
out like a shadow Some Instinct Im
pelled me to close that awful album
as I turned away In another three
seconds It seemed 1 had climbed the
j waiting ladder drawn It up after nie
and placed it In its iirst position I
was back In Aunt Esthers garden
tremulous witli mingled dread and tri
umph
Jowl hea veils I said to myself
That was the maddest thing a man
ever did
I walked twice around the garden to
quiet my nerves and then went In
doors With the relief of my sudden
panic came the desire to know more
j about my sleeping beauty The ro
mance had begun well and now It
should move forward I had some VJ
days hi which to work It out
Naturally I had forgotten all about
the thunderstorm but now I found
that It had passed over without break
ing The skies were clearer and my
aunt hod gone to the kitcheu to muke
arrangement for luncheon As soon
as she came hack I opened the subject
Aunt Esther I said whose Is the
garden next to yours When I looked
over the wall I saw a young woman
sitting in a little summer house fast
sleep
My aunt seemed surprised Asleep
she said That is strange But it
must have been Mrs Iortingdale
Mrs Iortlngdule I gasped Mrs
Yes suld Aunt ISther quietly
She Is the person l was about to tell
you of thls morning When there Is
thunder about she dare not stay hi the
house because there are so many steel
articles In It She goes to that ridicu
lous little summer house until the
storm Is over But she could hurdly
have gone to sleep there She would
be too nervous
I felt a horrible sensation of bewil
derment
But but I cried helplessly this
was quite a young girl She was not
LO
Mrs Iortingdale said my aunt
nodding Is Just J She was married
six months ugo There Is no other
young woman there
These measured words struck me
with dumbness Aunt Esther looked
at my face with Increasing surprise
and seemed Just about to ask a men
tion when a noisy Interruption took
place The front door bell was rung
with an alarming clang clang clang
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eloquent of hnstc and urgency Wo
heard the housemaid running to the
door and then there was a sound of
voices Wc listened and waited my
aunt In surprise myself In growing
guilt ami fear
In a moment the housemaid knocked
and entered If you please ninam
she said excitedly Mr lortlngdales
compliments and can you runver to
see Mrs Iortlngdale7 She linn had a
fright lu the garden and fainted
My aunt rose In agitation but she
was not the one to delay a kindness
for the sake of asking questions
Dear mo dear me she bald lu dis
tress it must have been the thun
der Ask the girl to wait Mary and
Ill go back with her
The messenger was taken to the
kitchen to tell her story at greater
length while Aunt Esther hurried up
stairs for her bonnet and mantle Flvo
minutes later she came down again
and left the house with the girl Ar
soon as she had disappeared 1 went to
tlnd the housemaid
Mnry 1 said hastily what did
tho girl tell yon What Is wrong with
Mrs Iortingdale
And Mnry told me pleased to find nti
Interested listener The first part of tho
story was exactly as I expected to find
It Mrs Porttngdnle had gone to the
summer house becnusc of the thunder
storm and had taken a couple of bonks
with her The heaviness of tho air
had given her a headache and she had
closed her eyes for nwhllo to rest
them Presently a slight sound hud
distill bed hT and looking up she hnd
seen a most terrifying sight
It was a lunatic sir said Mary
sitting on the wall and looking around
the garden so enger and llercellke It
made the poor ladys blood run cold to
sec him She knew at once that he
must have escaped from the Bossing
nsyltim because his was a strange face
and such things are happening contin
ually So she shut her eyes fast
knowing that her only chance was to
pretend to he nsleep Then he got
down off the wall and came and stared
at her for out so long she almost dy
ing of fear It must have been awful
Then she peeped agaiu between her
eyelashes and there was the mad
man grinning sllljIiUe over her books
After that he was still so long that
she expected every second that he
would spring at her but lie didnt
What do you think he did sir
Who knows I gasped falsely and
painfully
Well sir he he kissed her Mary
blushed at that point even In her ex
citement Faucy being kissed by a
lunatic It tent cold shivers all through
the poor woman and Indeed It must
have been a horrible feeling but she
didnt stir a finger Then there was
quiet so long that she made bold to
peep agaiu and lo and behold he was
clean gone Then she fainted right
away and didnt come to until her hus
band found her aud after she had told
them all ubout it she had another faint
So Mr Iortingdale sent around for our
mistress to go there at once And
thats all I know about It sir
It was quite sufficient I dismissed
Mary and sat dowu In a state of mind
which it Is Impossible to describe A
married woman 1 pondered it hastily
I had been a lunatic Indeed Perhaps
at that very moment the poor woman
was giving a full and accurate descrip
tion of my person to an Inspector of
police and to my appalled Aunt Es
ther
I sprang from the chair and rushed
to my room I have packed quickly on
various occasions but never so quickly
as I did this time An omnibus pussed
the door once In every half hour and I
watched from my window for Its ap
pearance nt the head of the roail
When it came lu sight I run down
stairs with i iv bag In my hand
Mary was the only one to see me go
I left her wltli a confused Impression
that an urgent telegram iud come for
me and that a strike had taken place
In my department at the general post
office Before she could utter a ques
tion I had passed the outer gates and
hulled the omnibus Twenty minutes
later I was at the railway station
Ah I have already said there are peo
ple at who have curious
Ideas as to what Is the best thing to do
lua thunderstorm It Is to their quaint
nesH lu this respect that I owe the vivid
and painful experience related above
I had not the courage to write to my
aunt but in a few days received a note
from her The affair had not devel
oped to any great extent after all As
no patient had escaped from the local
asylum aud us Mrs Portlugdalu had
only very vague Ideas as to the stran
gers appearance people soou began to
believe that she had fallen asleep In
the summer house aud that her con
stant dread of lunntlcs had produced a
kind of nightmare lu a few days she
was persuaded to adopt the same Im
pression herself Curiously enough
Aunt Esther was able to set her last
doubt at rest by secondhand evidence
Her denr nephew Harold from Ion
don who had only arrived the previous
evening and who had been called back
to town almost Immediately had been
walking lu the garden that morulug
and had chanced to look over the
boundary wall There he hail seen
Mrs Iortingdale fubt asleep and prob
ably ut thul very moment lu the throes
of her awful dream
My aunt closed her letter with the
hope that the strike which she would
read up in the daily paper as soou nt
she could dud the place would soou
be over so that I might run down
again to complete my holiday
I have no Intention of going Though
I may object lo being called a night
mare I cannot help seeing that Mrs
Portlngdales last Impression of her
adventure Is a very satisfactory one
She may revise It when she comes to
examine her album but In the mean
time I have no wish to disturb It by
Introducing her lo the luuutlc lu per
son Chnmberb Journal
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THE SHIPPING BILL WILL NOT
GO OVER
rilltinMr m IllaKtiallnu Prlcnita of lie
Ami lllll lcllcro Heoclt tiySrn
ntor Itnnnn Iriiellonl mill Patriot
ic IlHItlKlllN
WANtitMiiON Jan 8 Congress has
recon cued n ft or the holiday recess and
the wink of getting legislation through
before March I Is under full pwlng
The senate Is up to Its ears In the con
sideration of the army reorganization
bill mid despite the statements to the
contrary It Is assured of an early vote
In the house the subject of reappor
tionment Is occupying attention ub 1
write and a hullabaloo Is being raised
by the repiesentntlves fiom certnln
sections of the south lest the disfran
chised voters be eliminated from con
sideration lu the tlxlug or the number
of mule Inhabitants over 1M years of
age actually entitled to vote as the
basis of lepreseiitatloii In future eon
gi esses Enough has already transpired
In tills connection to show that the
fon i h of the disfranchise ure thor
oughly aroused
The Impression has gone abroad that
the action of the senate In supplanting
the shipping bill as unfinished business
with the army reorganization bill
places the former lu the category of
bills that are likely to go over aud
which means to fall for the lack of
consideration The Impression Is quite
en uucous The IlllbUHtering that goes
on now Is and can only be directed
against the army bill and It will be
Impossible for any one to nsseit that
It is in order to defeat the shipping bill
that the filibustering tactics are being
resorted to In the senate By the time
the friends or the army reorganization
bill have hud u good full doso of llll
biisteilng they will be In no mood to
encourage a further display of It lu op
position to other Important legislation
Since Senator Ilanna bus blossomed
out as an orator and a contributor to
magazines lie has been overwhelmed
witli letters of congratulation of ad
vice and many contuln stray bits of
valuable iurormatlon It was my priv
ilege to be permitted to go over one
days hatch or letters he received bear
ing on the shipping subject and some
of them were very Interesting One
man for instance from Oregon writes
him as follows in part The press
seems to have gone daft on tho subject
of trump steamships ns though no
other class of vessels carried cargoes
You probably know but seemingly
many newspaper editors do not that
it Is the regular line ships which build
up trade not tramps the hitter merely
taking care of the ovorpluHUgen ut
times You are on the right track in
legislating so as to establish direct
lines of steamships to the ports of the
woild They are the vessels that build
up a mm t ions trade
Another a Democratic ex inemher of
congress from lioorgin writes him as
follows in part Aud It Is upon this
point that providing for the admission
of certain foreign built vessels owned
by Americans that I think the bill In
so liberal We in the south have be
lieved that If foreign built vessels were
placed tinder American registry we
could as a nation do much to solve the
shipping problem We have thought
too thut their admission would force
our home builders to reduce their
prices But I siiw veiy clearly In the
Fifty third congicss that no such bill
hud even a ghost of a show of passing
I hnppen to know that nearly as many
Democrats opposed it us Republicans
and I dont think this sentiment bus
changed But your bill lets in as I
understand 100000 or 400000 tons of
foreign built ships on condition that
their owners build new tonnage In
our home yards as gieut us that admit
ted This Is u stroke of genius and If
Democrats reject this chuncc to get a
partial free ship bill It seems to me
thoy will never gel another You may
run Ice such use of this letter as you care
to
Strangely lu the same mall and
from the north right lu New England
too comes u strong expression of hos
tility to letting any foreign built
ships under our flag much less to any
subsidy ho long as we have shipbuild
ing material and builders to put It
together in ships the equal of the best
the woild over But this writer fur
ther says What 1 hop most to see
result from a subsidy bill Is the con
struction of ships of the very highest
speed iiipuhle of otitsteumlng any
thing else afloat These ure the kind
of ships wo need and Just as ninny of
them us we cuu get Dont he Influ
enced by the clamor for tramps This
Is not u country wheie trumps ure
welcome We wunt something more re
spectuble nnd more useful One bus
but to go buck to the
war ami remember the Invaluable
services of the swift Htenmshlps of our
tnly Hue lu the Atlantic trade to be
able to realize the superior value of
the very swiftest ships
Senator nannas cbaraoteilstlo re
mark after rending over these sug
gestions was that they indicated thut
the object lessons of the Spanish
Aineilcan war were by no means lost
upon our Intelligent citizens and that
patriotism is still far above partisan
ship with a vast majority of our peo
ple J B Acuus
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