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acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
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That is one of many reasons why
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the preference by the- Well-informed.
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She Seld to, Aarwtr,
The young man who was endeavor
ing to win the favor of Bobby's pretty
Bister met the boy on the street one
morning, and greeted him with much
cordiality.
"Er do you think your sister wan
pleased to know I had cnlled the other
day?" he was at lost forced to nsk,
bluntly, after several efforts to guide
Bobby's conversation In that direction.
"Sure'." said Bobby, with gratifying
promptness. "I know she wus. I
beard her say so.
"When she came home mother said.
Mr. Brown cnlled while yon were out,'
and she said, 'Ho did? Well, I'm glad
Df that!'"
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Rooettrr Manle,
They were like fairy helmets little
wire helmets no bigger than a walnut.
Tbey are rooster muzzles," said the
city farmer, as he led the way past the
pea beds on the window sills, the po
tato field on the back porch, and the
flourishing mushroom crop under the
' -outhouse.
"Rooster muzzles 1"
"Even so. Muzzles not to prevent
roosters from biting for even the
.guuiest fowl has never been known to
nsp but to prevent them from crow
ing. See here."
They had reached the tiny chicken
ran. The city farmer caught a rooster
and gently slipped a muzzle over' its
fierce head. "Now," said he, "it can't
crow, it can't wake the neighbors
with its crows at daybreak. Hence,
thanks to this muzzle, it Is at last
possible to keep chickens in the most
crowded city quarters. Harrison Weir
invented tha rooster muzzle. A rooster,
to crow, you see, stands erect, flaps
Ills wings, throws back bis head, and
opens his beak wide. If he can't open
bis beak no crow can come from his
little red throat" Chicago Inter
Ocean.
j Tha Eternal Feminine.
"Clara, dear," the young man began,
taking her little hand in bis, "at last I
am in a position to tell you how fondly
1 "
j Instantly She jumped to her foet and
clapped her hands wildly;
j "I got the moth that time!" she snld,
- rxultingly, as she resumed her seat. "Go
jhead, George." Chicago Tribune.
( Doeea't Always Follaw.
' Because some men get over a fenei
safely with a loaded gun It Is not al
ways aafa to assume that they won't
xamlae a mule's heels to settle a bet
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It was ferae riy the belief tnat to be
come strong, athletes must eat plenty
f meat
This la aH out of date now, and many
trainers feed athletes on the well
knowa food, Grpe Nuts, mad of wheat
.and barley, and cut the meat down to
a small portion, once a day.
"TSraa years ago," writes a Mich.
man, "having become Interested In ath
letics, I found I would have to stop
eating pastry and some other kinds of
food.
"I got soma Grape-Nuts and was soon
, eating the food at every awal, for I
found that wnen I went on the track I
felt more lively and active,
j "Later, I began alio to drink Postum
in place of coffee and the way I gained
'muscle and strength on this diet was
'certainly great On the day of a field
meet In June I weighed 124 lbs. Ou tbe
opening of the football season In Sept,
I weighed 140. I attributed my tine
condition and good work to the discon
tinuation of Improper food and coffee,
and fbe using of Grape-Nuts and 1W
tuin, my principal diet during training
'season being Grape-Nuts,
i "Before I used Grape-Nuts I never
felt right In the morning always kind
of 'out of sorts' with my stomach. But
now when I rise I feel good, and after
a breakfast largely of Grape-Nuts with
cream, and a cup of Postum, I feel like
a ii'W man." 'There's a Ileason."
Name gif3 by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well
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By HORATIO
, CIIAPTEn VIII.
The picnic came off on Saturday af
ternoon. The weather, which often
throws a wet blanket upon the festivi
ties of such occnslons, was highly pro
pitious, and several hundred persons,
young and middle-aged, turned out. The
place selected for the picnic was a field
of several acres, bordering upon a pond.
This had been fitted up by 'the proprietor
with swings, and a roofed building, with
out sides, under which were placed rough
board tables for the reception of provis
ions. A number of oak trees with their
broad branches furnished shelter.
Besides these arrangements for eajoy
mcnt, there were two boats confined by
Iron chains, which were thrown around
trees near the brink of the water. After
enjoying tha swing for a time, there was
a proposition to go out In the boats. The
boats could comfortably accommodate
sight persons each. This number had
been obtained, when Joshua came up.
"I'm going," he said, unceremoniously.
"You will have to wait till neit time,"
said Ralph Morse. "We've got the full
number."
"No, I'm going this time," said Joshua,
rudely, and clambered In and took his
place as steersman.
Ths other boat had already set oft,
And, as it happened, nnder the guidance
of Walter Conrad, who had long been so
Customed to managing a boat, having had
one of his own at home.
"They've got a great steerer on the
ether boat," said Joshua, sneering.
"Where are you steering, Joshua?"
Silked Ralph, suddenly, for the boat mar
ly half turned round. The fact was that
Joshua himself knew very little about
steering. In speaking of Walter's want
of skill, he had precisely described him
self. "I understand what I'm about," an
swered Joshua, suddenly reversing the
direction, and overdoing the matter, so
as to turn the boat halfway round the
other way.
"I hope you do," said Ralph, "but It
don't look much like it."
"I was looking at ths other boat,"
Joshua condescended to explain, "and the
rudder slipped.
Walter's boat kept the lead. His per
fect steering made the task easier for
the rowers, who got the full advantage
Of tbelr efforts. Joshua, however, by
his uncertain steering, hindered the pro
gress of his boat
"Can't we beat the other boat?" ask
ed Joseph Wheeler, who was rowing. "I
can row as well as either of those fid
lows."
"So can I" said Tom Barry; "lefs
try."
The boats were about five lengths
apart, the rowers in the foremost boat
bot having worked very hard, when Tom
and Joe began to exert themselves. The
Intention was soon manifest, and the
Spirit of rivalry was excited.
"Do your best boys!" said Walter,
"They're trying to catch us. Dont let
them do it"
The rowers of the two boats were about
evenly matched. If anything, however.
Tom and Joe were superior, and, other
things being equal, would sooner or later
bave won the race. But Joshua, by his
original style of steering, which became
under the influence of excitement ' even
more unreliable, caused them to lose per
ceptibly.
"Can't you steer straight by accident,
Joshua?" asked Tom, In a tone of vexa
tion. ,
"I know more about steering than you
Go, Tom Barry," growled Joshua, cvt
ting red in the face, for be could not
kelp seeing that ho was not appearing to
lOvantage.
"Show It then, if you do." was the
ply. "If we had your cousin to steer us,
we could soon get ahead."
This was very mortifying to Joshua, Fie
did not care to be outdone by any one, but
to be outdone by Walter was particular
ly disagreeable.
"It isn't the steering, it's the rowing,"
Be saia. j ou aon t row even."
"Won't you try it then," said Jse,
"ana snow us wnat you can do?"
"No: I'd rather steer."
Joshua considered that the steersman's
place was the place of honor, and he was
sot disposed to yield it. Meanwhile Wal
Mr, irom bis place in the first boat.
Watched tha efforts of his rivals. lie was
determined to keep the lead which he
bad secured, and had little fear ot los
ing It
"Give way, boys !" he cried ; "we'll dis
tance tnem, never tear I"
After making the turn, the Arrow met
the Pioneer after a little distance. There
was abundaut room for the boats to pass
och other, if they had been properly
managed, mere was no fuult in Wal
tsr's steering, but, by an awkward Mun
der of Joshua's, the Pioneer veered in
her course so that the Arrow struck her,
to use a nautical term, amidships. As
she was being impelled rapidly at the
time, the shock was considerable, and the
fright still greater. The girls Jumned to
their feet screaming, and Joshua himself
!uratd pale with fright, but recovered
tlmself sufficiently to call out angrily,
"What made you run Into us?"
"It's your own fuult, Joshua," said
Torn Barry, angrily. "You're the most
Stupid steerer 1 ever saw. What made
you turn the boat?"
"It's bis fault," said Joshua.
"Let somebody else steer," said Joe
Wheeler. "A baby could Bteer better than
be."
So a younger hoy was put in Joshua's
place, much to his mort Mention, and he
Was degraded, as lie considered it, to the
rank of a passenger.
"I'm going ashore," he said, sourly.
"It me out here."
"All right" said Tom Barry. "I guess
we can get along without you. Here, you
fellows on the Arrow, Just wait a min
ute, till we've landed Jokhua, and we'll
race you back."
True to his determination, Joshua
Jumped off at the head of the inlet, and
the Pioneer was turned by her new pilot.
Ths Arrow and the Pioneer took their
places side by side, and the race com
menced. The boats were similar, and thus
neither had the advautage on this score.
But the rowers on the l'ioneer were, on
ths whole, stronger, snd more skillful
than those on the Arrow. On the other
band, Walter steered perfectly, while
Joshua's successor, though he mads no
bad blunter, was a novice.
The result was that the race was
clear one. Finally the Arrow came la a
length ahead, and Walter felt with quiet
satisfaction that the victory had been
gained by bis efforts.
Us hoped that hi would be ss success
ful through life In paddling his own canoe,
Joshua went home sulkily, and was not
Steo sgalo 00 the picuic grounds.
AlGtR, JR.
CTIAFTER IX.
One morning, a few days later, Joshua
was walking moodily np the village road
1th his hands In his pockets. lis was
reflecting, In a spirit of great discontent
on the hardship of his situation.
"Here am I," hs said to himself, "eljh-
teen years old, snd father treats me like
boy of ten. I'm most a man, and ell
he gives me for pocket money is twenty-
five cents a week. There's Dick Storrs.
whose father Isn't a quarter ss rich ra
mine, gets a dollar a week. lie's only
xteen, too.
One important difference between him
self and Dick Storrs did not occur to
Joshua. Dick worked In a shocshop, and
wss out of his own wages that bis fath
allowed him a. dollar a week. Joshua
earned nothing at all.
"It's mean I" reflected Joshua. "There
ain't a boy of my age in Stapleton that's
so meanly treated, and yet my father s
the richest man in town. I wish I knew
what to do to get a little money."
At this moment he saw Sam Crawford
pprnaehlng him. Sam was perhaps a
year younger than Joshua, lis had for
merly lived in the village, but was now
a situation in New York, and was
only in Stapleton for a few days.
"How are you, Joshua?" said Sam.
I'm going round to the ice cream saloon.
Won't you come with me?"
"Yes, if you'll treat I haven t got any
money. i
You ought to have. The old man's
got plenty."
"That's so. But he's getting meaner
every dsy."
"Look herel" said Sam, suddenly; "I
have an Idea. Did you ever buy a lottery
ticket r
"No," answered Joshua.
"There's a fellow I know in New York
that drew a prize of a thousand dollars,
and how much do you think he paid for
ticket r
"I don't know."
"Five dollars. How's that for high?"
"How long ago Is that?" asked Joshua,
becoming Interested.
"Only two months ago."
"Do you know him?"
"Yea, I know him as well as I know
yon. lie is clerk in a store Just opposite
ours. When hs got the money he gave
half a dozen of us a big dinner. We had
a Jolly time,"
"A thousand dollars for five 1" repeat
ed Joshua. "lie was awfully lucky."
"The fellow I was speaking of gets
ottery papers regularly. I'll ask him
foi one, and send it to you as soon as I
got back to the city."
I wish you would," said Joshua.
'Wouldn't it be something great If I
could draw a prize of a thousand dul-
ars?"
I'll bet It would. It would make you
independent of the old man. You wouldn't
care much for his twenty-five cents a
week then."
Joshua and Sam went Into the ice
cream saloon, which was kept open dur
ing the summer only, in a small candy
store, by a maiden lany who made a
scanty Income from such limltod patron
age a the village could afford. Joshua
plied his companion with further ques
tions, to all of which be readily replied.
though It 1 doubtful if all the answers
were quite correct But Sam, having
been In the city a fow months, wished
to be thought to nave a very extensive
acquaintance with It and was unwilling
to admit ignorance on any point
Early the next week Sam returned to
his duties In the city, and Joshua await
ed. Impatiently the promised lottery pa
pers. Sam did not forget his promise.
On the third day after his departure a
paper came to ths village poetoffice, di
rected :
"Joshua Drummond, Esq.,
"Stapleton."
This was promptly taken irom tho of
fice by Joshua, who had cuied.on an av
erage twice a day for thin very paper. It
pioved to be printed on yellow paper,
and fairly bristled with figures, indicat
ing ths largo sums which were weekly
distributed all over the country by the
benevolent managers of the lottery. Here
was a scheme in which the principal prize
was but a thousand dollars. However,
the tickets were but a dollar each, and
a thousand dollars for one was certainly
a handsome return for a small outlay,
There were others, however, In which the
principal prise was fivo thousand dollars,
and the tickets were, In due proportion,
five dollars each.
The mors Joshua thonght it over, the
more convinced he was that a large sum
of money was likely to come to hiin
through tho lottery if he could only man
age to raise money enough to buy a
ticket. But the problem of how to get
the necessary five dollars he was as far
as ever from solving.
While in this state of mind he hap
pened one day to be in the store at noon,
and alone. Nichols, the head clerk, wish
ed to go to .dinner, and was only waiting
tor alter to get back from an errand.
"I wish Walter would hurry up," he
grumbled. "My dinner will get cold.'
"Ill take your place till he gets back,
Mr. Nichols," said Joshua, with extra
ordinary kindness for him.
"Much obliged, Joshua," said the sales
man. 1 U do as muca tor you another
time. I don't think you'll have long to
wait."
No sooner hsd be gone than Joshua,
after following aim to the door, and look
lug carefully up and down the street,
walked behind the counter with a haity
step and opened the money drawer.
There was a small pile of bills in one
compartment and in the other a collection
of currenry. He took the bills Into his
baud, and looked over them. His hands
trembled a little, for he coutemplatej a
dishonest act Unable to obtain the
money in any other way, he meant to bor
row that wss what he called it five
dollars from the money drswer and ex
pend it in a lottery ticket
Mugllng out a Gve-dollar bill from the
pile, he thrust it into his vest pocket.
He nad scarcely done so wuen tie wss
startled by hearing the door open. He
made a guilty Jump, but perceived, to his
relief, that It was a wotuau not living in
the village, but probably in soma adjoin
ing town.
"What can I show you, ma'am?" be
naked, in a flurried manner, for he could
not help thinking of what be had in his
vest pocket.
"I should like to look at some of your
shawls," said the woman.
Joshua knew very little about his fath
er's sum it. He did know, however, where
rae shawls were kept and going to that
portion of the shelves, pulled down half
a doaan and showed then to bis eus-
toman
-Are they an woo! 7" she askee. Crit
ically, sis mining one of them.
"Yes," answered Joshua, confidently,
though he hsd not ths slightest knowl
edge on the subject
"What Is the price of this oner asked
the customer, indicating ths one she had
In her hand.
"Five dollars," answered Joshua, with
some hesitation. Ds knew nothing of
the price, but guessed that this would be
about right
"And you say It Is ail wool?"
"Certainly, ma'am."
"I guess I'll taks It Will you wrap
it up for me?"
Tills Joshua did awkwardly enongh.
and the customer departed, much pleased
with her bargain, as she had a right to
l, for the real price of the shawl was
nine dollars, but, thanks to Joshua's ig
norance, she had been able to save four.
Joshua looked at the five-dollar bill
he bad Just received, and a new Idea oc
curred to him. He replaced In the draw
er the bill he bad originally taken from
it and substituted that just received.
"I won't say anything about having
sold a shawl," he said, "and father's
never know that one has been sold. At
any rate, till I get money enough to re
place the bill I have taken."
Just then a little girl came in and In
quired for a spool of cotton. Joshua
found the spools, and let her select one.
Then he hurriedly folded up the shawls
and replaced them on the shelves. He
had just finished the task when Walter
entered.
"Are you tending store?" he said, in
surprise.
"Yea," said Joshua. "Nichols got tired
waiting for you, so 1 told him I'd stay
till you got back."
"I had some distance to go and that
detained me. Did you have a&y custom
ers?" "Yes, I just sold a spool of cotton to a
little girl."
"I met her a little way up the road,
holding the spool In her band." 1
"Well," said Joshua, "I guess I'll go
now you've got bock."
IIo went across the street to his fath
er's house, and, going np Into bis room,
locked the door, not wishing to be Inter
rupted. Then, opening his desk, he took
out a sheet of paper, and wrote a note
to the address given In his lottery cir
cular, requesting the parties to send him
by return of mail a lottery ticket He
added, shrewdly, as he thought "If this
ticket draws a prize, I will keep on buy
big; but if It don't I shall get discour
aged and stop."
"I guess that'll fetch 'em," thought
Joshua.
He folded up the paper, and, Inclosing
the bill, directed it The next thing to
do was to mail It lie decided, though
unwillingly, on account of the trouble,
to walk to the next postoffice, a distance
of three miles, to post his letter there.
Joshua returned home, feeling tired
and provoked, but congratulating himself
that be had taken the first step toward
the grand prize which loomed In dazzling
prospect before his eyes.
(To be continued.)
IP SUIT ALWAYS SHOim
Development ot Sleep Appears to
Uare Been Artificial.
If the sua always shone we Ebould
never go to bed ; sleep would not have
been developed. It is true, nocturnal
animals sleep and wake Just aa nmcb
as diurnal ones; and a drowsy owl,
blinking and nodding In the light of
daytime, Is a familiar object But
then, all such animals are themselves
descendanta of creatures which were
once for many ages diurnal. The habit
Itself viewed abstractly, la one which
could never.bave arisen except from the
regular alternation of light and dark
ness. There hs no particular reason why
we or any other animals should rest on
an average of about eight or nine hours
out of every twenty-four, save for tho
fact that eight hours Is about the av
erage time during which there la an
absense of light In which the animal
might got about with comfort If
there are any animals in Mars, we
would naturally expect them to sleep
and . wake alternately for a period
which would be entirely determined by
the duration of day end night in their
own planet
Observe, too, that this most funda
mental distinction due to day and night
is wholly relative to the sense of sight
and can affect only those types of life
which are not sufficiently high to have
evolved for themselves eyes.
rianta, It Is true, being dependent for
their gTowth upon the chemical action
of rays-of sunlight that fall upou tbelr
surface, have an equally wide distinc
tion of day functions and night func
tions with the highest animals; they
eat and digest In the light and grow
or repair themselves through the hours
of darkness.
But the lowest of animals have no
such marked division of nocturnal and
diurnal habits ; with ceaseless industry
they roll througb the waters by day
and night alike, seeking by touch alono
whom or what they may devour In their
native element If they rest occasloa
ally for digestion and repair, It Is at
Irregular periods sometimes for a few
minutes, sometimes for hours or even
days together. If dried up, they re
main mummied for a year; If you
moisten them once more, tbey start at
once on their travels. In other words.
they have no distinct periodicity of
their own.
But as soon as eyes are evolved, and
In proportion to the perfection and
height of their development animals
begin to divide their lives markedly
Into two main portions, a waking and
a sleeving sue, a more and a less ac
tive. While light Is supplied them,
they perform all motive functions ; the
moment night comes on they retire to
ncHts or lairs and become torpid and
motionless.
Ills Only Fear.
"Of course, I love you, Jack," said
the wilful daughter of the wealthy
Mr. Fruilley, "but It's one sure bet that
papa will kick about you."
"Well," replied Juck Poorley, "he
run kick about me all he pleases If
he'll only not kick me about" Pbila
delphla Press.
Always Absent.
Qulusem To what religious denom
ination do you belong?
Stayaway I'm a Seventh Day Ad
ventlst Kansas City Times.
ltam fo Hieh Mora.
nis Hostess Don't you think you've
had snougb lee cream?
Freddie No, mum. I don't feel sick
i yet t Stray Stories.
WHEN YOU COME TO THINK. ABOUT IT. .
When you conio to think about it this old U rrestrinl ball,
Rimmed with roses In the springtime, heaped with fruitage In the fall
Though we nil were born a-growllu' though we're axle-deep In doubt.
There Is reully very little for the world to growl about.
When you come to think about It did your growlin' ever pay?
I)ld It ever bond a rnlubow chase a thunder cloud away?
Don't It deafen all the nngeis when they try to sing an' shout?
Don't they know that there's but little lu tho world to growl about?
When you come to think about it but tho best way's not to think!
There's a spring there, by the wayside stop, ye travelers, an' drlukl
There's a green tree Iu tho desert, 'iieath a firmajnent o' blue,
An' a hive that's dripping honey for the famished lips of you!
Frank L. Stanton.
He bad thought that with a year's
Imprisonment he could pay the penalty
of his wrong-doing. It was a relief
to him when his trial was finished.
and, with the verdict of guilty, came
his sentence to a year's Imprisonment.
It meant absolute release from strug
gle and responsibility for twelve
manths. He was tired of the struggle.
It was only because of his wife's be
lief In bis innocence that be had made
pretense of defense. He knew he
was guilty, and be know that others
Who were vitally interested, were in
possession of the same knowledge, but
for tbs sake of bis wife, whose faith
he would not disturb by a confession
of the truth, he made the most of bis
slight chance to evade punishment.
Ills resistance against the inevitable
brought nothing Bave a wearying de
lay, and an expense which his- wife's
relatives were obliged to meet. He
bad nothing. It was bis need of more
money than be had which made him
criminal. It had always been his
weakness to want more than he had
the means to pay for, and when he at
last faced difficulties which he fancied
were desperate, In his panic and alarm
he tried to right one wrong by com
mitting another. Not being versed In
the science of criminology, he follow
ed so crude a method of appropriating
funds not his own that bis detection
and arrest were almost Immediate.
He was glad when his trial was end
ed; when the painful parting from bis
Wife was over, and he was within pris
on walls, no seemed to bave entered
oblivion, and this was what be most de
sired. The true perception of his sin was
only forced upon bis realization when
he saw It reflected in others' faces. The
crime of which he had been guilty had
less weight with blm than his fall from
grace In public opinion. It was not
likely that he would have suffered much
If be bad not been detected, but to
feel that he was an object of s'orn
tortured bis pride, and above all else,
he wanted to be hidden.
The year did not seem long in pass
ing, lie was an expert accouutant and
was given congenial occupation soon
after be entered the prison, bo the un
eventful days came and went rapidly.
There was no thought of revolt In bis
tnlnd. He disliked the coarse food he
had to eat and the rough, uncouth gar
ments that covered his body. He bad
never been rich, but he was accustomed
to the smooth of life, still, the knowl
edge that the distasteful conditions
were only temporary helped blm to
pear bis discomfort At the end of the
year be would bave paid the price of
bis folly. He bad been given a hard
esson to learn, but he could begin agalu
and profit by its teachings. It was thus
be counseled himself to his own satis
faction, 'i
When he was released he went to the
far West with money be received from
his wife. They did not see each other
before his departure. The matter of
expense must le considered, and for
him to go to her, or for her to come to
him could not be afforded. Ttien, too,
be did not wish her to see him while
he bore the taint of the prison.
He felt Ughthearted when he was
on the train that carried him west
ward. He was leaving his discredit
able past behind. He had expatiated
bis sin within prison walls, aud the
future surely held a place for him
where he should find now opportuni
ties. He was golug where he was not
kuown; where there would be uo one
to tell his story. He would be able tu
send for his wlfevwlthin a short time,
bo wns certain, and ho might again be
come a citizen In good standing.
He went to a town where "a boom
wns on," and, though a stranger, he
soon succeeded in getting employment
There was, for the time, employment
ior ninny, and uo questions were asked
of men who chose to lie silent regarding
their history. He went Ids way undis
turbed, for several mouths, becoming
raore strongly confirmed in the belief
that his debt wns settled and paid by
his your of life In prison. During these
months he bud not sen anyone he had
known in the old days; then the unex
pected happened. He hud liecome so
accustonud to a feeling of safety that
he forgot to be on his guard n;?iillist
meetings with former acquaintances,
and It was a disagreeable surprise when
he enw, sitting opposite him at his
hotel table, ii man he had known iu
the past.
"Hello, Pehlo'i," the man culled out,
In a voice of surprise.
Iteiden nerved himself to returu the
greeting as though nothing had bni-
pened. lie talked unconcernedly with
the muu through the meal, telling him
of tho town and Its rapid developments.
Meanwhile he was wondering If he was
about to le betrayed. The other's man
ner was so friendly, that Belden dared
to hope ho would bo silent especially
as he was only making a short Interrup
tion of his Journoy to the coast.
Ills hope was futile. The man lost
no time in telling. He was without
malicious intention, but he could not
resist yie little excitement of giving
out a piece or sensational information.
Belden did not hear of It, or feel Its
effects, until the progress of the town
suddenly censed and the "boom" col
lapsed. There were many who were
thrown out of employment Belden
held his position at a reduced salary,
for a few weeks longer, and then he
was discharged.
"We must look after our old nnd
trusted employes," ho was told, In n
manner so significant he could not mis
take Ills employer's meaning.
He left without a word and began a
search for a new position. He could
find nothing Iu the way of work. He
was made to feel that his story was
public property, aud, resenting what he
thought was cruel Injustice, he left the
town, thinking to make a new begin
ning elsewhere.
After this. It seemed to blm that at
every turn he met people to whom he
was known. lie lost place after place.
Sometimes . because of Information
against him, and sometimes he went of
his own accord, because ho had seen
some one from out of his old life, aud
his experience had given him tho belief
that the appearance of an early ac
quaintance was the signal for him to
move on. He was bewildered and in
revolt against his fate. Occasionally,
In his enforced wanderings, he almost
longed for the security of the prison
walls. There, his physical necessities
would lie carod for without HClf-rtTort
He would be fed and sheltered, nnd
there would be no need to take thought
for the morrow. In spite of this think
ing, he had no Impulse to be other than
holiest. The sin for which he suffered
gradually became abhorrent in his
sight; and he began to understand that
serving a prison sentence was not all
the price he must pay.
He spent three years In a nomadic
existence, going frbm place to place in
the West wherever there was a chance
for employment and staying as long or
ns short a time as the employment last
ed. Wherever he went sooner or later
ho came In contact with some one who
knew his) story, until be grew tired of
trylug to bury his past by living among
strangers. It was a life filled with fear
of discovery, though he told himself
that fear was useless, since discovery
never failed. Ills wife, convinced at
last of his guilt yielded to the persun
slon of her relatives, and cast him
adrift. lie hud none but himself to
consider, arid yet he held back, even
when in great discouragement, from de
scending to depths lower thun those to
which he bad fallen.
Strong as his desire had been to lose
himself among strangers, equally strong
now was his desire to return where his
disgrace had come upon him. The
worst there was to know was common
knowledge there. He would, at least.
be freed from the torture of fear.
He mado his way back ; not to bis nn
tlve town, but to a nearby city where
there were a few people he knew, and
more opportunities to secure employ
ment There was one man In partlcu
lar to whom bis mind turned. Perhaps
he might help blm.
He reached his destination nearly
penniless, but greater hope was bis than
for many a day. Ho was almost home,
If he could by honest living atone for
the past, he should be close by those
who would be Interested in his efforts,
and perhaps, when he bad proved true,
would reinstate him in their good opin
ion. He counted It a sign of bettor
luck when he met a woman who had
been one of his friends before his life
was shamed. At first glance she did
not know him, his hair bad grown so
white and deep lines were marked In
his face, but when her recognition came
It was uccoinixinled with unmistakable
evidences of friendly welcome.
"Why, Fred!" she exclaimed, "I'm
very glad to see you."
It was so long since he bad heard
his first name sjiokeu in greeting that
lie drew a quick breath of emotion.
"Thank you," he said, when he could
command his voice.
Tbey talked a few moments together
and then parted. He wus grateful to
his old-time friend for not uklng him
any questions. Ills meeting with her
gave him courage to go at once to the
man he hoped might help blm. He was
fortunute enough to find hliu alone in
his ollii-e. The aiau looked at biiu
doubtfully when he first entered, as If
trjii;g to place liliu bi his memory.
"I'm Belden," his visitor explained,
seeing his doubt
"Ob. yes," returned the other. "Now
I reniemler."
He made a motion toward a chair.
"Sit down, won't you?" he Invited, care
lessly.
"Not 5't." refused Belden. "I've
come to ask you to help me. Not with
money," he put In quickly, lifting a pro
testing hand, "but with work. I've
come buck to stay. Here, where people
know me, I'm going to try to make
good, if I cuu bave the chance. I
thought perhaps, you might know of
something. 1" bis voice broke an4
trailed away into silence.
The mau looked at him closely for a
moment without speaking.
"What do you want to do?" be ques
tioned.
Anything It docsu't matter'what
only so I may earn my way honestly,"
Belden answered.
The other, again thoughtfully silent,
searched Belden's face with appraising;
eyes. "Well," he began slowly, "I know)
of a place where they would take you
on my recommendation, but " '
He did not finish his sentence. Bel-1
don understood what he hesitated toj
say.
"I know, I know," he broke In ; "yon
think you'd bo asking them to take a
risk by hiring me. I believe I know
I cau be trusted. Look here," he went
on, almost roughly, "I've learned to
hate the thing I did worse than what
cnino after. The punishment by law Is
nothing It's mnn-made. It's only when
you come to despise the thing you'va
done that you know tho price to be
paid. Man, man!" he cried, "before
'God I can be trusted. I know the
price !"
He stood with bowed head, once more
a prisoner before his judge, awaiting
sentence. ;
The other arose and went to bun
quickly. He laid bis band on Belden's
shoulder with a friendly pressure.
"I'll help you, old man," he said husk.
ily. "I'll help you." Toledo Blade.
.. 1
BEETLES FOLLOW A SHIP.
Hack Pest Undisiuaj-rd by Changes
ot Temperature.
The British steamer Ansehna dl Lar-
rlnaga, which arrived yesterday, con
signed to the sugar refineries in Long
Island City, had a peculiar pest to
deal with on her long Journey from
Prolndingo, Sourabaya, Tegal Dd Co
lombo, nccording to the New York Trlb
u'ie. She sailed from Sourabara on
.lime 20, after taking on a cirgo of
sugar and cnuo. Black booties, which
abound in the East Indies, are attrat
ed to all the ships that carry sugar car
poes, and make the lives of those on tha
sugar ships in port In the far East al
most unbearable. But they generally
dlsnppear from the ships after they
have put a few hundred miles between
them and their ports of departure.
Ou the Anselma dl Larrlnaga, how
ever, the big beetles, some of them al
most ns largo as a man's band, contin
ued passengers, and no amount of battle
on the part of the British steamer's
European crew seemed to do any good,
so far ns driving the Insects from the
ship was concerned.
Contrary to precedent, the black bee-
ties stood the changes of climate and
continued to hover about the Larrlnaga
until she was well up the Atlantic and
nearing Delaware breakwater, where
the steamer was to await orders. Even
then there were some survivors, and
when the steamer arrived at this port
yesterday .the olllcers and crew related
their experiences with the , "blacfe
plague" and showed some hnrdy spei-
mens of the East Indian bugs.
While the fight of the crew against
the black beetles was in progress the
latter part of last mouth and the steam
er was making her way through tho
Ited sea, the Larrlnaga was doubly af
flicted with a visitation of the locust
swarms that were reported by two far
East steamers last week. The locusts
and tho black beetles did not seem to
agree, and First Officer Rous of the
Larrlnaga gave a vivid description yes
terday of how the two bug armies
fought battles over the Larrlnaga's
decks and finally made the human be
ings on the steamer their common foe.
Shovels from the stoke hole were
brought In requisition on the Larrlnaga
to get the locusts and beetles over the
side, and even then the Insects, which
had crawled Into uooks and corners, re
mained on board to make occasional
forays In tho main cabin and the crew's
quarters.
Would Wed to Do Free.
"Talk about the freedom of the bach
elor," said, the man who is living alone
In a bachelor flat "I am beginning to
think seriously of marrying In order to
regain mine, for I havo reached a staffs
at home where I am the slave instead
of the master of the place. It's all due
to the stern-faced widow who looks
after It for me.
"There are few tyrants as unbending
us tho old family servant I have bad
her for more than two years and that
Is long enough to make her an Institu
tion and she has come to care for tbs
fiat to the entire exclusion of the wants
and needs of my bumble self. TTi
fact Is, she now regards It as nn organic
entity which exists for the purpose of
providing her with a regular weekly
stipend In return for such effort oa abe
sees fit to expend on it, while I am
merely a piece of furniture, objections
able because I am an articulate and, on
principle, make periodical protests
against the method or lack of mettad
of her rule.
"(Jet rid of her? I conld not if I
would and don't believe I would If I
could, but if I could meet a nice
who had been graduated from a Hoa
tanilng school I'd ask her to marry ma
Just for the sake of being my own man
again." Pittsburg Dispatch.
Dear Glrla.
"Yes," said Tess, "Mr. Goodley gave
me this ring. i aceepiea niin last
night."
"Did your' replied Je. "I'm ss
glad."
"Are you, really? He used to call on
you, dldu't he?"
"Yes, aud I was beginning to fesjr
I'd have to accept hliii." Philadelphia
Press.
The I'snal War.
"How do you expect to BperaJ'yqyr
vacation this year?"
"Judging from the number of people
my w lfe has invited to visit xm at Ocr
cottage, by sleeping on the fkxf ot.
usual." Detroit Free Pre,
When you pralso a woe am by sajrtng
she makes her own hats, the otlarf
women who are present will sayi
"Yes, they look like If
A man will get up In the night and
have to tumble all over the bouse be
fore be cau find anything. A burai
, sever has such trouble.