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4 I' if w CJWtWbnfrM THE GIRL ALFWAY T O R y OF HV R. IIOIG1I, Al'THOR Ul' Cat friehtid, 190 J, ty IS I A S Attltton fcxWJWafW CHAPTER XXIII. Continued. Now there came upon the face of Uhe country fnlnt senrs where wheels had cut Into the hard soli, those va grant indices of travel not pointing all one way, and not cut deep, a3 was the roal highway of the cattle, but cross ing, tangling, sometimes blending into main-traveled roads, though more Of ten straying aimlessly off over the lirairlo to end a the homestead of ome farmer. Those new houses were iark and low and brown, with the ex ception that oach few miles the travel er might seo a small frame hottso painted white. Here ami there over ihe country were broken rows of little yellow, faded trees struggling up out of tho hard earth. The untiring wheels of windmills could bo seen vverywhoro at their worts. In the town of Ellisvlllc tho great heap of buffalo bones was gone, from Ihe oido of the railroad track. There wore many wagons now, but none brought in bones to pile up the rall Avny , for even tho bones of the buffalo v-ero now gone forever. Tho Land Ofilco was yet at Ellis vllle, and the rush of settlers was con tinuous. Elllsville had thirty business , houses and two thousand inhabitants. It had large railway shops and the di vision offices of the road. It had two choolhouses (always tho schoolhouso grew quickly on tho "Western soil), six buildings of two stories, two build ings of three stories and built of brick. The stranger who asked for tho old, wild days of Elllsville tho Red was told that no such days had over been. Yet stay; perhnps there were half n lozen men who had lived at KllisvJIIe from the first who could, perhaps, take ono to the boarding house of Mrs. Daly; who could, perhaps, (ell something of the forgotten days or tho past, the lays of two years ago, before the pres ent population of Elllsville came West. Tliei'e was. perhaps, a graveyard, but the headstones had been so few that "And what and whe f& , , ftP r one could tell but little of It now. 3Iuch of this, no doubt, was exuggera- Hon. (his talk of a graveyard, of a doubled street, of murders, of tho legal killings which served as nrrcsts. fc jf the lynching, which once passed as justice. There was a crude story of tho first court over hold In Elllsville, but of conree it was mere libel to say that it was held In the livery barn. Rumor said that the trial Avas over the case of a negro, or Mexican, or Indian, who had been charged with "mm dor, and who was himself killed 1n an attempt at lynching, by whose hand it was never known. These things were remembered or talked about by but very few, these the old timers, "tho settlors of two years" ago. Soniowhoro to the north of the tow,; and in the center of what was de clared by. some persons, to be the old - cattle trail, there was reputed to be visible a granite boulder, or perhaps it was a granite shaft, supposed to have been orcctec with money contributed by cattlemen at the request of Mrs. Daly, who kept tho boarding hottso on a back street. Some ono bad seen this moruinent, .Mil brought back word that it had tut upon Its face a slr-piiiar inscription, namely: :' JUAN THE LOCO, : Tho End of the Trail. This mattor was, of course, not un derstood by all, nor did many con cern themselves therewith, men being now too busy working eight Injurs a day. It was generally supposed to re fer to something that had happened In the t'aya when Elllsville was wrong fully alleged to have been a cow town a day far back in the past, in the tl no of Two Yoars ago. CHAPTER XXIV. The Success of Batterslelgh. One morning when Franklin entered his office he found his friend Ratter sleigh there before him. in full pos session, and apparently at poace with all tho world. Ho did not hear Frank lin as ho apprached the door, and tho latter stood looking in or a momont, amused at Batterslelgh and his atti tude and Mekong. When quite happy RaUorsloigh always sang, and very ufton his song- was the one he was iingiiif now, done in a low nasal, oach AT THE HOUSE THE P L A I N S THU STORY OV THK COWIIOY tomtiiur, A't 'rk verso ending, nfter tho vocal fashion of his race, with u sudden uplift of a sheer cctnve, us thus: "I-I-I-'d iluiKf ll-l-l-ko u fn-it-n-lrpo-eo-cp, For to pee onlil DunWr-e-n-c-e-r! I-I-I-M think iv'-l-l-lcn e-e-o-r-r I-I-I-'d Invo It. For to bc-e-e-o-c- n drnK-o-n-n." Frnnklin stepped" in and said good morning. "You seem in fino fettle this morning, friend," said he. "Very fine, for an old man." Batterslelgh squared around and looked at him soberly. "Ned," said he, "ye're a dethractor of lnnycince.. Batty ould! Listen to me, boy! It's fifty years younger 1 am today than when 1 saw ye last. I'm younger than ye ivver saw me in all your life be fore." "And wlmt and where was the foun tain?" said Franklin, ns he seated him self at his desk. "The one fountain of all on earth, mo boy Succlss succlss! The two dearest things of life are Succlss and Rovinge. I'vo found thlm both. Shure, pfwhat Is that gives one man tho lofty air an the overlookin' eye, whero another full his old! In inches fears to draw tho samo breath o' life with him? Succlss, succlss, me boy!" "Well, I suppose you don't mind my congratulating you on your success, whatever it mny be," said Franklin, ns he began to busy himself about his work at tho desk. "You're just a trifle mysterious, you know." "There's none I'd llever have shako mo by tho hand than yoursllf, Ned," said TJatterslelgh, "tho more especial ly by this rayson, thnt yo've nlvver believed Jn ould Batty nt all, but thought him a visionary schnmer, an' no more. Didn't yo, now, Ned; on your honor?" "No," said Franklin stoutly. "I've always known you to bo the best fellow in tho world." "Tut, tut!" said Batterslelgh. "Ye're dodgln' the Issue, boy. But pfwhat wild ye say now. Nod, If I should till yo I'd made over tin thousand pounds xe was the fountain?" of good English money since I camo to this little town?" "I should say," said Franklin calmly as he opoued an envelope, "that you had been dreaming again." "That's It! That's U!" cried Bat terslelgh. "Slums ye wild, an I know It! But come with me to bank this mornin' an' I'll prove It all to ye." Something in his voice mado Frank lin wheel around and look at him. "Oh, do be serious, Batterslelgh," said he. "I'll till yo a secret, which" hereto fore I've always uegllcted to mlntion to anybody. Here I'm Henry Batter slelgh, agent of the British-American Colonization Society. On. t'other sido 1 might be Cuthbert Allen Wingate Hall. An' Etcetera, man; etcetera, to Rod knows what. Don't mlntion It, Ned. till I've gone away, for I've loved the life bore so I'vo so enjoyed boln just Batty, agent, and so forth! Belavo me, Ned. it's much comfortabler to be meroly a'- And-soforth thin It is to be an' Etcetera. An' I've loved yo so. Ned! Ye're the noblest nobleman I .Ivver know or Ivor explct to know." Franklin sat gazing nt him without speech, and presently Batterslelgh went on. "It's a bit of a story, lad," said ho kindly. "Ye see, I'vo beeu a poor man all me life, ye may say, though tho nephow of one of the richest women In the United Kingdom an' the stin giest. Instill of doin' her obvnyus juty an' supportin' her nephow In becomln station, she marries a poor-little lord let boy, forsakes me entirely. Wasn't it liljjus of her? There may have been raysons satlsfyin' to her own mind, but she nivvor convinced me that it was Christian conduct on her part. So I wint with the Itile Irish, and fought for the Wlddy. I've been In tho Rile Irish Ivver since whin not some where Use; though mostly, Ned me boy, stone broke, an' ownln no more than mo bod an' me arms. Yo know I this, Ned." After his fashion Franklin snt sllont, waiting for the other's speech, "Ned," said Rattorsloigh at length, "till me, who's the people of tho Intlre worrld that has the most sorane be lief in their own shupayrlonty?" "New-Yorkers," said Franklin calmly. "Wrong. Yo mustn't Joke, me boy. No. It's the English. Shure, they're the consatedost people in the whole worrld. An' now, thin, who's tho wisest pooplo'in tho worrld?" "The Americans," said Franklin promptly again. "Wrong ngln. It's thini snmo d d tlomlneerin' ldjits, -the ynlly-headcd subjecks o' tho Wlddy. An' pfwhy aro they wise?" "You'll have to tell," said Frank' llu. "Then I'll till ye. It's because thoy hao n s?ncrn fames for all the land on earth." "I infer, Batterslelgh." mild Frank Mn, "thct you .liuvo made a snle." "Well, yls, A smnll matter." "A quarter-section or so?" "A quarter-township or so wild ho much nearer," said Batterslelgh dryly. "You don't mean it?" "Shuro I do. It's a fool for luck; nllowln' Bntty's a fool, as yo've always thought, though I've donicd it. Now ye know tho railroad's crazy fur pop pylatlon. an It can't wait. The rnll road offers Batty the Fool fifteen hun dred acres o' land 'at three dollars tho acre. If Batty the Fool'll bring Retllers to it. So I slnds over to me ould Aunt's country not, yo may suppose, over the signayturo o' Cubberd Allen Wigglt-Galt, but as Henry Batterslelgh, Agent o the British American Coloni zation Society nn I says to tho prop er party there, says 1, 'I've fifteen hun dred acres o' tho loveliest land that ivver lay out of duros. an" ye may have it for tho trifle o' fifty dollars tho acre. Offer It to the Leddy Wig git,' says I to him; 'sho'B a philan thropist, an' is for Bottherln' tho I'oro ('savin' porn nephews,' says 1 to me sllf). 'The Lady Wigglt,' says 1. 'I'll he sendln' a ship load o pore tlnnints over here.' snys I, 'an' she'll buy this l.-yid. Offer It to her,' snys I. So he did. So she did. She title it. 1 11 be away before thiin plslnts o' hers comes over to settle hero, glory bo! Now, wasn't It uisy? There's no fools Ilka the English over land, me boy. An 'twas a simple Judgment on mo rev ered Aunt, the Leddy Wigglt." "But. BaUerslclgh, look here." said Frnnklin. "you talk of fifty dollars au acre. That's all nonsenso why, that's robbery. Land Is dear here at ttvo dollnrs an acre." "Shure It In Ned." said Batterslelgh cnlmlye "But it's chape in England at fifty dollars." "Well, but " "An' that's not nil. I wrote to thlm to snd me a mere matter of tin dol lars an acre, as evidence o' good faith. They did so' an It. was most convny nlent for settlln' the little bill o' three dollars an acre which the railroad had against me, Batty the Fool." "It's robbery!" reiterated Franklin. "It wud 'nvo been robbery," said Batterslelgh, "had they slnt no more than that, for I'd 'av' been defrauded of me just Jiiuh. But wlmt t.o you think? Tho niunlherln' ould fool, me revered Aunt, tho Leddy Wigglt, alio grows 'feared thero Is soma Intlnt to rob her of her bargain, so what does she do hut slnd tho entire amount at wance not knowin', bless mo heart an' soul, thut she's thus doin' n distin guished kindness to the mlssln' rela tive she's long ago forgot! Man, would ye call that robbery? It's Di vine Providence, no less! It's justice, .Man, man. It's happy I am to-day!" "It looks a good deal like tuklng advantage of another's Ignorance." said Franklin nrgumontallvely. "Sir." said Batterslelgh, "It's taklu' advantage o' their Wisdom. Tho land's worth It, no you'll seo yoursllf in time. Anyhow, the money's in the batik, an' it's proper dhrunk'll be Batty tho Fool this night, an' likowlso the Hon. Cub bord Allen Wiggit-Gnlt. Etcoiera. There's two of me no,w, an It's twlco the amount I must bo dhrlnkln". I swear, I feel a thirst rlsln' that minds mo o' Ingy in tho hills, an' tho mess o' tho Rllo Iristy wance again." "You'll bo going away," said Frank lin, sadly, as he rose and took Batter slelgh by tho hand. "You'll bo go ing away and leaving mo hero alone awfully alonc.x' (To bo continued.) HOW INDIANS ARE NAMED. Have Various Cognomens at Various Periods of Life. Mnjor Frank Terry, who Is In charge of tho Indian school on the Pnynllup Reservation, is thus quoted by tho Tacoma (Washington) Ledger: "Translations of Indian names, as a rule, have boon unsatisfactory, though thero are exceptions. The case Is re ported from the Pawnee Reservation, Oklahoma, of an Indian named Coo-rux-ruh-rah-ruk-koo. The literal in terpretation of his namo as given to me is 'Fearing-a-bear-that-Is-wlld.' With this interpretation the agent named him 'Fearing B. Wilde.' As the Indian grows he commits acts from time to time, each of which gives him a new name. For example, he may see a hear and run screaming to n topee. The folks laugh at him and call him 'Afrald-or-a-bear.' It ho braids in ills hair n yellow feather which he has plucked from the tall of an eagle, ho may be called 'Eagle-tall,' 'Eagle-feather.' 'Yellow-tall,' 'Yellow feather.' If lie gives it to his friend ho will bo known as 'Gives-feather,' but it ho keeps it, when asked for it, he becomes 'Keep-tlie-yeHow-feathcr,' if he has more than one feather. Tho plan resorted to in some quarters of discarding tho Indian names and fit ting the Indians out with names that nre purely English has not worked well, for those selected in many cases, are names illustrious in American his tory, and this has caused the Indians to become tho butt of many u Joke. William Ponn, Fitzhugli Lee, David B. Hill and William Shakespeare aro tho names of Indian policemen at tho Shoshono Agoncy, Wyoming. I my self havo seen George Washington, John Quincy Adams. Franklin pierce, Rip Van Winkle, Allon fl. Thurman and Hilary A. Herbert ongagod togeth er in a game," . London has ono licensed drinking place to every 430 inhabitants, NEWS IN NO JUNKET CLAIMS ALLOWED. Auditor Weston Puts a Stop to Un ' authorized Expenses. LINCOLN. In discussing .stnto af fairs Auditor Woston said ho did not intend to nllow any claims for junket trips thnt the legislature had not spo ol llcally provided for by appropriation. Tho auditor holds that If the legisla ture wanted nny state officer or em ploye or appointee to make n trip It would hnve made an appropriation to pay the expenses. Thero has been much controversy over the allowance of claims and the tnnd Auditor Weston took In turning down tho claims of three officers of tho Nallonnl Guard by reason of their trip to Florida, has been favorably commented upon over the state. Re cently the Stnto Board of Public Lands and Buildings sent o"t n com mittee, Incltiding Architect Tyler, to look up normal schobl buildings, mid ono of the members filed his claim for allowance. It was Intimated that Auditor Weston would refuse to nllow tills and the inombei' wlthdrow It. HANGS HIMSELF IN HIS KITCHEN. Body of Farmer Found Several Days After Death. GRAND ISLAND. Nicholas Trodo, a bachelor farmer, residing alone on his farm seven miles west of this city, wnH found dcud In the kitchen nt his home, he having hanged himself. Judg ing from tho condition of the Jiody, tho net must havo been committed Sattirdny tir possibly Friday. Tho last seen of him was in this city on Friday afternoon. A neighbor, not ing tho fact that thero had boon no signs of llfo at the place, called and upon looking through tho window saw the man suspended to a rope, with the knees almost touching the Moor. A brother, residing at some dis tance, tind neighbors were summoned nnd they decided to Immediately call tho coroner. Coroner Sutherland and Sheriff: Taylor returned from tho scene and found Hint no inquest was nec essary. Outbreak of Pneumonia. TEKAMAIL Tokaniah Is having quite a serious epidemic of pneumo nia, which has been raging lor several weeks. While there has been compar atively few deaths so far u number arc very seriously III at tho present time. Four or five trained nurses nre hero from Omaha now, and the physicians are said to bis the busies- persons in town nt'the present, time. Ono doe tor snld ho had eighteen calls in one dav that ho could not answor. Collapse of a Shaky Bridge. DUNBAR. A fifty-foot combination bridge across Wiison creek, uboul three miles south of Dunbar, went down Monday under tho weight of fifteen head of cattle belonging to John Mead. One was instant ly killed and a number of others were badly crippled. The bridge had for some time been In an unsafo condition, but up to the time of Its Collapse it had been In uso for all kinds of teaming. Poisoned by Kraut. NORFOLK. The family of Ernest Hnrtman was almost wiped out of ex istence because they had eaten saner kraut for supper. The kraut contained poison, which laid them all out short ly after they had eaten. A lew of tho children did not ent any of. the food nnd thoy summoned a doctor. Tho poisoning was accidental. Oil Inspection Payo. Chief Oil Inspector Edward Church filed his report for February with the governor, The total receipts wero $1,979.40; expenses. $911.51. He turn ed over to tho treasurer $1,0:17.80. Negligent About Report. A number of state institutions, though frequently warned and re quested to do so, have fulled and are continuing to fall to send a monthly report of tho doings of the institu tions to tho secretary of state. These institutions are requested to do this nnd unless tho various superintend ents conform to the requirements It Is not unlikely that drastic measures will bo taken to compel them to. Two Brothers Are Dead. LINCOLN. While attending tho Dewey trial at Norton, Kas., ex-Adjutant General L. W. Colby lecelved the news of the C g th of two of his broth ers. Dr. D. R. Colby was Injured In a runawny at Beatrice, and died Mon day morning. At the same hour Liv ingstone Colby died of heart trouble at Freeport, 111. Good Prospect for Fruit. TABLE ROCK, Tho rajn and snow of last week has thoroughly moistened the earth and tho warm sun since has mado the fields of winter wheat look green and promising. Examination o? tho fruit buds lndicato that tho pros pect for a crop of fruit. Is excellent. Prof. Bowen Is Retained. DAKOTA CITY. Prof. O. It. Bowen, present principal of our schools, has been netalnod by tho school board for the same position for uoxt year and tho presont grammar teacher, Miss Mary Easton, has also boon retained. Crusade Against Extract. LINCOLN. Impure lomon oxtract has aroused tho wrath of Food Com missioner Thompson. Ho is examin ing und testing cortaln brands ,aud will shortly mnko an oxtondod nnd detailed report of the ingredients. NEBRASKA m: THE STATE IN BRIEF. A company of surveyors was In Ed gar surveying and setting stakes for a north and south railroad, which they said was to be the Winnipeg. Yankton (lull rond. At Dnkota City, Dave Burton was sentonced by County Judge Elinors to twenty days in tho county Jail, hav ing pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing $2t In money lrom. his stop lather. Sheriff Flsk of l.nne county, Ore gon, left Fremont with William Jen nings, who Is wanted at Eugene, Ore., for a serious crime, u requisition for his return having been granted by Oovcrior .Mickey, It is expected thnt a now snvlngs bank will soon be organized In Fre mont. It will be tho third Institution or Its kind thero and will bq tho sev enth hnnk. Stockholders of tho First National bank aro behind the project, but the new concern will have Mb quarters elsewhere .than with tho par ent hnnk. The personnl property of William O'Dcll, thu Leigh mnn who loft his family, was sold on the streets by his father-ln-lnw, H. J, Whcolor. This property was assigned to Mr. Wheolor before O'Dell disappeared. Tho prop erty which wiib left amounted to nbout $350, while the amount owed Mr. Wheolor wns nbout $800. The mills at Arlington and Bcnnlng' ton have been compelled to shut down on account of the Bcnrclty of wheat. Tho railroad rate war has resulted in carrying off tho remainder of last yenr's crop, to Chicago, and thero la llttlo prospect that those mills will bo able to do much grinding beforo tho now crop is harvested. The board of secrotarloB of tho State Board or Health decided to hold two examinations to tost tho ability of the young men to practice medi cine, the first of which will occur on April 21 und 22 and the second on Juno 1 and 2. A resolution wns ndopt od, however, specifying thnt next year only ono examination would bo held. The officers of tho Firth bank, which wns entered by burglars the other night, who woro frlghtcnod awny be fore forcing open tho snfo, bolievo they havo a eluo to tho two men who did the. work. According to tho de scription of Ihe parties sent tho police, they occupied quarters In tho city Jnll tho night beforo thu raid on tho bank was made. Objectionable shows will bo barred at the coming state fair and Instead tho fair mnnngoment will conduct a first class show of Its owu. This wns decided at a mooting or tho board of managers, and Superintendent Mas sett was Instructed to correspond with tho boards of neighboring states with a view to forming n circuit for a good vaudeville cotupnny. Edwnrd Waugh, nt ono time a clerk In tho office of County Tronsurcr Mc Laughlin of Lancaster county, Is un der nrorst at Thebes, III,, and will ho brought back to Lincoln, charged with embezzling $3,000 from the calmly. Waugh is nccttsed of Issuing receipts tor money and falling to keep on file In the treasurer's ofilco duplicate re ceipts. By this means. It is ulleged. ho was able to collect a largo amount of monoy of which there Is no record In tho office of tho treasurer. Charles E. Holmes, who was sen tenced to serve II vo years at hard la bor In tho penitentiary by Judge Paul .lessen, has been taken toLlncoln by Sheriff J, 1). McUride. Tho prisoners general appearance has undergono a great change since he wns brought to Plattsmouth from Springfield, O., about four weeks ago, for trial on the charge of perjury. It is understood thnt his attorneys will inako another effort In Ills behalf by submitting tho caso to the supremo court. At n preliminary hearing before Jus tice Gladwihlt in Seward, Burt Mey .era was bound ovor to tho May term" of the district court in the sum or $1,000, on the charge of rape, prefer red by Miss Livonia Egoir or Cordova, Nob. Work on tho new buildings to be erected on tho burned space rrom tho fire or last October In Milford, has begun in earnest. Mr. Wortham or Seward, who has tlvi contract for the four new brick bulluings, arrived with a large force of men and began work. Triplets havo been born to Mrs. J J. Green at Plattsmouth nnd will go through life as Theodore Roosevelt, William Jonnlngs Bryan and Grovor Cleveland. Dr. P. .1. Flyun has brfan nppolnt'ed pension examining surgeon at O'Neill, Neb. Five carloads or boot seed Imported horn Germany was received by the Standard Sugar company at Leavitt.a row days ago for distribution among lit; growers. Tho old settlers or Pawnee county will hold their annual picnic July . 27 and 28. 1904. Mrs. .Maud Morris or Humboldt lias sued for divorce from Frank Morris, a barber, alleging that he had auoth er wife at the time br their mar riage. Charlos E. Holmos or Plattsmouth has been sentenced to fi yoars In the penitentiary for perjury. The l.nwrence Telephone compaii of Lawrence has Increased .its capital stork to $5,000. according to amended article filed with the secretary of state. ' Tho Law and Order league of Hast ings has endorsed the democratic can didate for mayor. ErP H!??9BHt H yNO Not His Usual Line. Mr. Sclph She thought I wns rather severe. She said she didn't think It wns llko mo to talk of others bo. Miss Bitter And It wasn't llko you. cither. Mr. Solph Think' not? Miss Blttor No; you generally talk about yourself. Philadelphia Longer. Too Early for Him. "Tho conditions seem to bo unfavor nble," admitted tho franco medium. ' I nm uunblo to get any communication from your Into husband." "Woll, I'm not nt nil surprised," re piled tho widow. "It's only 9 o'clock now nnd John never did show up till nbout 2 a. m." For Remembrance. Glbbs Hallo! You've got a knot in your handkerchief. What's that for? Tlbbs Oh, my wife's gone to her "mother's for n few days, and that knot Is to remind mo thnt she told mo to think of her in her absence. Plck-Me-Up. ' The Main Thing. lur. Nervey Miss Roxley, I adoro you. Will you be my wife? Miss Roxloy (haughtlly)The Idea of your proposing to a girl I if my sta tion! You should know better, Mr. Nervey 1 do" know better, but no richer. A Movable Feast. Boarder Why in eroatlon did you ring tho breakfast bell at 1 o'clock this morning? Cook Tho mistress hoard it thun dering nnd told inw to hurry up and serve brenkfnst before the millc soured. New York Weekly. How It Happened. Brownovlch Enpock's wife doesn't Ja'w him llko Hhe rormorly did. Smlthlnskl Tho -worm finally turned, oh? Brownovlch No, It wnsn't thnt; sho had some kind of throat trouble and lost hor voice. , His Point of View. "Out," protested the typowrlter bonder, "Adum wnsn't contented without a wife." "Porhnps not," rejoined tho old bachelor, "hut nt thnt stage of tho game he didn't know anything of good or evil." Tangles It All Up. Towno It's a fact that a person with u strong imagination has abso lutely no head for figures. Bowue Don't you beliovo IL When my wife gets her Imagination to work upon her ago she can make arithmetic look sick. Willing. "Why, my dear man," declared the hypnotist, "by making a few simple passes beiore your eyes I can make you forget that you are married." "Go ahead," said tho other. "I've been trying to forgot It for ten years." An Easy Matter. Giles Congress could settle this woman's suffrage business in short order If it was to go about it In the right way. Miles How? (lies By enacting a law compell ing women to vole. Then they would n't want to. A Cautious Youth. "Bobby, your father wants to sea yon." Tho boy looked dubious. "Do I want to see him?" ho naked. "How should I know?" "You ought to be able to tell by tho look in ills eye." The First Sufferer. Diogenes wns discovered with his tantoni. "I uso it," he explained, "to seo tho ;as after I havo lighted t." Hopuloisly he continued his quest 'or au honost man or gas company. Harper's Bazar. A Church Sleeper. Parks Do you know our minister at all? I,ano Oh, I havo a nodding ac quaintance with him. Exchange. SiUU
