V
1 $lh)ijftss
I gaits of Chopping.
"I'vo Just lost a thousand dollars,"
said tho girl with tho pensive face,
casually.
"Well, It's hard to keep truck of such
a Bmall sum In one's purse," was tho
rejoinder tho sarcastic young woman
In tho Morris chair made.
Tho pciiEstvo girl's nose wrinkled In
disdain. "It was this way," she ox
plained. "I waa coming homo with
one of tho latest
novels my friend
on the north sldo
had lent me. Tho
hook I carried was
brand new and I
was going through
a department storo
and happened to
stop and look at
some books in the
book department.
It was then I
thought of It. They
aro always on tho
lookout for shop
lifters, you know,
Irand it suddenly
occurred to mo that
it was quite likely
I would feel tho
heavy hand of a houso detective
on my shoulder, and I walked
out of tho store. In fact, I
didn't qulto see how a detec
tive who was doing his duty could
avoid nabbing me. There I was loiter
ing around tho books and intending to
wnlk away with a brand-now, un
wrapped novel under my arm. What
grounds would the detective havo for
believing I hadn't stolen It? I do
elded to remonstrate gently but firmly
with him. Ho would scoff. Thereupon
I would consent to bo led away. 1
would demand being taken to tho man
ager. I would otuto my case to him
in a quiet, ladylike, haughty manner
which would cow him, so different
would it bo from the usual hysterical
threats of tho real shop-lifters. He
would bo convinced and apologize and
hope it was all right. Then I would
snillo frostily and make no movo to
ward going. 'Oh, no,' I would say, 'It
Is not all right. You know perfectly
well what n box you nnd your bright
detective havo got yourselves Into. I
havo a good damago caso against this
storo and I Intend to put It in tho
hands of my lawyer. Either that and
the annoying publicity for you or you
sit down and sign a check for a thou
sand dollars and hand it to mo.' Of
course ho would bo glad to get out of
It for a paltry thousand and then I
would depart, planning a summer trip
to Europe."
Tho fascinated audience was listen
ing breathlessly.
Tho pensivo girl drew a long, long
sigh. "But tho horrid house detec
tive let mo walk out right under his
nose and I flashed tho book in his very
face. I could have hit him I was so
mad."
"It was a shame!" sympathized tho
listening chorus.
"I did shoplift once," the young
woman with tho reputation for pain
ful honestly broke tho silence. Every
body said, "What!" and sat up.
Sho shuddered. "It was this way.
It gives mo cold creeps yet when I
think what might havo happened to
me. I was buying some cheap stick-
pins at tho Jewelry counter in a de
partment store nnd had laid down on
tho card-filled trnys on tho counter a
package I carried which was fustoned
with two crosswlso rubber bunds.
When my pins and chango camo I
picked up my package and sauntered
out. I walked a block and was wait
ing on tho corner for my street car
WW
"Dressing a Girl.
Dress for a girl ot 12 or II, the matc
rial a soft white
silk with a llttlo
sprigged dcsl g n,
while for trimming
palest green velvet
ribbon Is threaded
In and out of bands
ot lace Insertion,
both on the bodlco
and skirt, the llttlo
squaro cut yoke of
transparent laco
being finished off
at each corner with
a rosotto of velvet
caught In with a
diamond buckle.
Wnntcd to Hhakti llnnil.
The week of prayer has hud one fun
ny Incident so fur at Union City, says
tho Philadelphia Times. Jess, a pug
dog pet of T. R. Smoot, is responsible
for it. .less frequently goes to church
with her mistress and ninong other
accomplishments she has been taught
the trick of sitting tin and shaking
hands. Jess and her mistress were lu
church, and the dog promptly curled
up and went to "lceP- S,1C wua tiwilk
ened by the minister, who was Just
closing his sermon with a beautiful
peroration, and besought thoso who
would flee from the wrath to come up
flf fjftfe in (Stoat $itn.
when my hand chanced to rub tho un
der side of tho parcel. I felt some
thing strange. I looked. There, slip
ped under the rubber bands were two
cards, each holding n set of cuff links
nnd shirtwaist buttons. Thoy were ex
pensive ones, too. When I got my
breath I started and Just ran back to
that Jewelry counter and almost threw
tho cards at tho clerk, as I explained
how I had accidentally walked off with
thorn. I had chills all tho way home.
If a floorwalker or
detective had no
ticed them as I was
leaving tho flint
time ho'd havo put
mo In tho police
station sure as
fate. Thero would
havo been abso
lutely no 'way of
proving I hadn't
Intentionally taken
them. At the best,
tho firm would
havo let ine go with n solemn warning
never to do It again. And I know I'd
have been a thief from that day in
spite of myself, Just to carry out their
set idea of me. Sort of hypnotic ef
fect, you know."
"Il'm!" commented the sarcastic
girl. "Tho moral wo draw from theso
harrowing experiences, young women,
In regard to shopping, Is don't. Bc-
sides, think of all tho things you can
buy with tho money you save!" Chi
cago News.
OUR SWEAT SYSTEM.
Mile of inlands Contained hi the
llu
man llorijr.
It may bo Interesting to kuow that
ono perspires more on the right sldo
ot tho body than on tho left, nnd that
tho skin of tho palm of tho hand cX'
cretes four and a half times as much
proportionately to tho surfaco as tho
skin of tho back. Tho pores In tho
ridges of the palm number as many
as 3,000 to tho square Inch. Thoy aro
scarcest on tho back, where there aro
only 400 to tho square inch. These
pores aro not simple holes or perfora
tions in tho hide, us 3ome Imagine, but
aro llttlo pockets lined with tho samo
epithelium or pavement stuff that cov
crs tho external of tho 'body. Thoy
run straight down Into the deepest
structure of tho skin, and thero thoy
kink up nnd coll around till thoy look
like a fishing lino that has been thrown
down wet. Inclosed in this knot aro
little veins that leak tho perspiration
through the walls of tho tube, and it
wells up to tho surfaco of tho skin.
It -Is estimated that tho average-sized
man has 7,000,000 of these Bweat
glands, aggregating twcnty-olght miles
of tubing. Think of it! Twenty-eight
miles if all thoso tiny tubes could be
straightened out and put end to end!
Theso figures, wonderful though they
may seem4 aro on tho very best medi
cal authority, says a writer in Ains
leo's. They nro the figures of men
who have given their lives to the study
of this subject. But still, If they seem
too largo for you, thero is Just as good
medical authority for tho statement
that thero aro 2,400,000 sweat glands
on the human body, each one-fifteenth
of an Inch long, nnd that their aggre
gate length Is two miles nnd a half I
Think of It! Two miles nnd a half!
If you object to that, too, I havo tho
very best authority for tho statement
that they aro ono-qunrtor of an Inch
long nnd aggregate moro than nine
miles, or I can llguro it for you at
seven miles or twclvo miles. Take your
pick. Our motto Is: "Wo ulm to
please. If one figure suits you moro
thnn another, It's yours. Wo can sub
stantiate It by the very best medical
authority." I find only one figure,
however, for the amount, of liquid
secreted by tho skin of an avorugo
person In a year, though It Is evident
that tho quantity must vary greatly,
according as tho person works In an
icehouse or rldos a bicycle up-hill.
From the averagi? poison In a year's
tlmo there oozes through the pores of
the skin l,!i00 pounds of water
Tho exnet length of our year Is 3G."
days, ( hours, 13 minutes and IS.ii sec
onds
and glvo him their hand. No ono re
sponded, ho repented the Invitation.
"Come along," ho pleaded. "Come up
and glvo mo your hand." Thinking
tho Invitation was intended for her,
Jess Jumped off tho bench on which
sho was sitting, trotted down tho aislo
and, reaching tho minister, stopped In
front of him, raised herself on her
haunches and extended her paw. Tho
man of God took no notice of tho dog
but nearly every other person In the
house did, and tho solmcn and stibliniu
gavo placo to tho laughable and ridicu
lous. Seeing that nobody was going
to shako bunds with her, Jess, vory
much disgusted, trotted buck to her
seat.
Ituln Mniln to Order.
There Is hardly anything lu the way
of altering the face of the earth that
tho landbcupo gardener cannot curry
out successfully, and any one who
cares for a section of the Alps in his
buck garden has only to order it. The
much-adinlrcd ruins at Virginia Wa
ter, which many people think aro genu
I ne, were all carefully placed in posi
tion by a firm of landscape gardener,
and thoro Is in Shropshire a model of
tho world-renowned falls of Gelsbuoh.
water and all, which owe Its presence
to the sanii) art, while in Hertford-
-I.,-. !.. .. K..n.r... ...... II.. I.. ..
bliue I" a iiijiuiuii utiaiiu iii u mum ur
thoilox state of ruin, but built by a
Sukscx Hrm. Cliffs can be and havo
(
gttNtott'u (Srntmm gventi.
r5
Tho Bests aro vory fond of graham
bread. Mrs. Best la a New Knglandcr,
and natural 1 y
knows good bak
ing. She knew or
thought sho know
what it tasted like,
also; hut slnco tho
advent of a new,
green girl her opin
ion has changed,
says writer in Chi
cago News Record.
When Huldah, tho
new girl, camo Mrs.
Best labored Indus
triously tenchlng
her the family ways,
and on Friday, tho
regular baking
day, set her to
mnklng a graham
batch. All went
well until the
doorbell rang und callers were an
nounced. Mrs. Best went In to roccivo
them and left Huldah to finish mix
ing the bread according to minute in
structions. After the guests' departure Mrs. Best
returned anxiously to tho kitchen, but
Huldah had tho mixing all dona and
set away to rise. Iite In tho after
noon Mrs. Best went to sco how tho
loaves looked before they went into
tho oven. Huldah removed tho cloth
nnd revealed four oblong pieces of
spongo that resembled half-worked
putty. Mrs. Best frowned in a dubious
fashion and remnrked that they looked
queer. Hulduh looked Innocent nnd
replied that she "haf done yust wot
missus tacl her." Mrs. Best told her
to set them nearer the heat In enso
they should take a notion to rise fur
ther, but at tho end ot another hour
they still had a discouraged look, and
Huldah put them into tho oven
With the cheerful perversity of
things inanlmnto they camo out look
ing beautifully crips nnd light and
Mrs. Best began to think hcrsolf de
eclved. Tho bread was served and
heartily partaken of, though every one
ugrecd it had an odd taste, nnd
occasionally a gritty section would
startle them into a firmer suspicion
that something wns really amiss. Nov
ortheless Huldah stoutly declared sho
had followed tho reclpo to tho letter,
As tho bread grow
older tho gritty
substances became
moro pronounced
und Mrs. Best be
gan investigating
in earnest.
"Huldah, what
did you put Into
that bread?" sho
asked.
"Ay poot sugar
butter, salt, yeast
and Hour."
"Is that all?"
"Waol, ay poot
In two klnes flour."
"What kinds?"
"u r a ii a m an
whalto Hour."
"Why did you do that?"
"Ay not hnf nuff graham, so poot lu
lectio whuite."
'Show me tho Hour you put !i ."
f t . . i .1.. t. t. i .
iiiiiuuii urniigut out ine Hour In a
yellow paper suck. Mrs. Best gavo a
gasp nnd hurried Huldah out to tin
guriiugo nox witn Her apron full of
bread. The flour Huldah hud used wus
whiting, a substance used for polishing
silver.
been nuulo, aiuLu kii(. with
lands or a babbling stream
eaby tasks.
a few is
are quit
Altni milling.
In Canada aro a number
where asbestos is produced
of iu:p
and dii
oi uie largest or Uicho Is near Slier
I. . 1 . .. !. - . .
iiruuM-, in uiuaiio. Tho serpentine
jock is mined in open quarries an
after It has been curried to tho surface
unit hearing this asbestos Is separate
iioiii tuo naiTon material by lmnd
picking. At a cobbing house the long
iiuercu auuesiOH is Knocked otf from
me serpentlno by hand If tho vein
aro moro than three-quarters nf
inch thick, but in the smaller piece!
this separation is made by machinery
Tiiniml ITiiiltir Itnyul I'hIh
Within a few weeks the tunnel im
dor tho royal paluce of the qnliinul at
uonie win ue completed. It will puo
tlio older part or the eternal city
uireci aim icvei communication wit
thut now quniter of Home erected sine
1870 beyond the quirinul. It is to
i. ..mi. . ir..i.n.i i i. .
uriumiiu , iru vy uicrirtriiy an
...hi i . ... iii.
win on curuiiiuy wiucneu ny tne po
lice, who are In dread lent It inisl
erve sonio anarchlm plot. to blow u
i he palace above,
'
Tho largest mosquitoes In tho world
are found lu the ttrctlc regions.
I w A - eKt- r i
lU- -I
IPX
Si
TO HUDSON BAY.
rtallroatt I.lnn from Sault Sto. Marl
Turoaich Urn Wllilernn.
For years thero has been much talk
ot building a railroad between Mani
toba and Hudson Bay as a now outlet
for tho wheat ot tho Canadian North
west. It seems likely that this project
will nover bo carried out, but tho now
scheme, announced only a few months
ago, of connecting the foot of Lako Su
perior at Suult Sto. Mario with tho
southwestern shores of Hudson Bay
now advancing at tho rato of half
a mile a day. This la tho Algoma Cen
tral rnllroad, building mostly with
United States capital, but assisted by
the Canadian government, which has
mndo invaluablo concessions to tho
ompany. About soventy miles ot tho
road nro now completed. Some years
nso Mr. n. Boll and other Canadian
explorers first revealed tho region to
the southeast of Hudson Bay. They
declared that it contained a great
nbundnnco of spruco and other valu
able timbers nnd aleo much flne, arable
land. It was thought that the corres
ponding region to tho southwest of
the bay must bo equally valuable, but
very little was known of It until early
Inst summer when a number of min
eral and timber experts wero sent
out on tho proposed route to ascertain
tho possibilities of tho country. Thero
was reason to bellcvo that spruco
abounded and the main purpose of
building tho road wns to secure lnrge
supplies of wood pulp for tho paper
mills at SnultSte. Murk'. But it waa
thought that investigation would re
veal other important resources nnd
this bollof Is Justified by tho reports
now coming In. Tho prospectors say
that vast forests of spruce, pine, hard
woods and other cedar Ho all along the
route. Thero aro also great beds ot
pottery clay, iron ore, copper, gypsum
and other minerals besides millions ol
ncrcs timbered with muplo, beach and
oak that will make line, farming lands
when onco cleared. Tho Ontario gov
ernment has mado a contract with the
company to locato on theso lands sev
eral hundred families a year for the
next ten years. An emigration olllcc
has been established In England und it
is expected to send out tho first party
In tho coining spring. It is said there
Is spruco enough along tho lino of tho
road to supply pulp for large paper
Interests for many years. Consul Har
lan W. Brush has reported from Ni
agara FnllB, Ontario, Unit It Is tho In
toutlon to establish a "seaside hotel"
nt the terminus ot the railroad on Hud
son bay. Gamo Is plentiful thero,
scores of lakes nnd rivers teeming with
llsli may bo easily reached, and tho
scenery, tho bracing cllmnte and tho
hunting and Ashing are expected to at
tract thousands of tourists. New York
Sun.
SOME QUEER NAMES
Sodom,
Now Mexico anil Virtue,
Ten'
n'9, Kztroma Kxamulra.
To any ono who frequently consults
tho United States oHlcinl postal guldo,
which Is a dictionary of post ottlccs,
the number of peculiar and mirth-pro
yoking names UBed to deslgnnto places
whero mall Is handled Is an unending
source of astonishment. Many of theso
names nro plainly suggestlvo of their
origin. "Mud," Texas; "Mule," Ore
gon; "Sodom," New Mexico; "Yellow
Jacket," Iduho, and "Loyalsock." Penn
sylvania, aro among them, but tho do
slrablllty of their selection is a matter
of serious doubt. "Panther" Is enough
to depopulate most any town, out six
states havo used It to designate post of
llccs. Iowa has mnde n post ofllco of
'Wax," Florida of "Sawdust," Ken
tucky of "Seven Guns," Texas ot "Twin
Sisters," Tennessee of "Virtue," North
Carolina of "Wit," Mississippi ot "Ze
ro," Colorado of "Ixivo," Pennsylvania
of "Mountain Sunset," South Carolina
of "Oats," Virginia of "Pluck," Mis
sour! ot "Puro Air," and Maryland of
"Sassafras." Mult Is loft at "Option'
In Pennsylvania. Tho only "Pious'
post ofllco is in Ohio. If "Quality" is
what you want, go to Butler county
Kentucky, for it. "Rolling Stono" Is
In Minnesota. "Rockycumfort" Is tho
contradictory nnnio of a Missouri vll
lage. If Uncle Sam'B employes catch
tho spirit of tho place, mail Is handled
with moro than ordinary promptness
at "RiiHhmore," Florida to Alabama
"Yours Is not tho supposed to bo a hot
place. Says MlnneKota. "Pepportown,
Indiana, Is only "Pebble" on th
beach."
A MKiimrliil Cliurrli (lift.
Mrs. Augustus J. Smith Weoks, o
Putchogue, N. V., recently mude a not
ablo gift to the Congregational church
of that town. Sho presented it wit)
tho property known as tho Ocean Ave
nuc Chapel, valued at $10,000. Th
chapel was built by her sister, Obnr
lotto G. Smith Kecch, In 1870, lu mem
ory of her father nnd mother, Mieah
und Betsey Nowey-Snilth. She died In
18S7 und left It to Mrs. WeckB aa a
sacred trust, and the latter has now
given it In tho sumo way. It can never
bo sold or mortgaged, and Is to bo al
ways used us a houso of prayer, kept
Insured, and, In case ot firo, to bo re
built. Mrs. Weeks' great-grandfather
was ono of tho charter members and
helped to 1ulld the llrst Congregational
church of Patchoguo In 1701!.
Diii'k Iiiloxlcitril.
Wild excitement and consternation
wero introduced last week by u practi
cal Joker in a poultry show at Wllkes
barro, Pa. During the absonco of tho
attendants tho ducks were fed with
com soaked lu whisky. They wore
soon intoxicated, and promptly began
a furious combat. All the fowls lu the
neighborhood of tho drunken ducks
were excited by I be uproar and It
seemed that the show would havo to
end. Hromo neltzor was mixed with
the ducks' drinking water and they
Dually became peaceable.
11
TW1JL1GHT g
Tho day n cone, and from the east, nfar,
Night's shadow comes apace! tho loao
IlrcathCM out htr vesper fragrance, ero
It clone:
And yonder, godlike, clenm.i the rvenlilK
tit nr.
Bllcnco Ik here; rnv Jimt enough of
round
To innko llu prrprnro felt; there In no
stir
A robln'n lullaby, a cricket' chirr
No moving nlr lu all tho tree around.
ThtiB would I
end.
havo life's buy Journey
With shadows sweeter thnn
of day.
tho Rluro
With imislo Hoft, and lu the dappled
say
Btnr after star, an hero nnd thero n
friend
Strides forth to blenx tho pilgrim old
and ftrny,
That, tlko the twilight, puts hi bur
den by. C. O. H.
A Forgiveness,
BY DABNI3Y MARBHALU
(Copyrljtht. 1901: Uy Dally Htory Pub. Co.)
Ostensibly 81 wns a farmer and
blacksmith, and occasionally a cattlo
drover, but as tho agricultural region
about him wus poor, und tho pasturage
though extensive wns Inferior, being
covered chiefly with pine straw, a diet
to which tho sheep and cows did not
take kindly and upon which with tho
perversity of dumb "critters" thoy re
fused to fatten, the Income from oven
triple employment llko .thU would
eem to bo necessarily' limited.
But genius Is nlwnys superior to cir
cumstances, so Emerson says, and Si
exemplified tho saying by always hav
ing an abundance of the comforts ot
llfo and a plenty ot money. His wife
ulwuys appeared In a now dress at
each annual protracted meeting, his
beys wore storo shoes, and always had
powdr in their gourds nnd shot In
their pouches. As for 81 himself, ho
owned a breach-loading gun a drum
mer might not disdain, nnd used
real smokeless powdor cartridges. His
neighbors told visiting friends from
across tho river in Amito county, that
SI actually paid two and a halt cunts
a piece for these, and the neighbors
Heard tho stntomeut with unbounded
wonder at such evidences of wealth.
When collections wore takon up for
what iho prencher called "tho spread
ing ot tho gospol ot tho sweet Savior
among the heathen in China nnd tho
pore Catholics In Now Orleans," Si al
ways put a dollar In tho hat. Mrs.
Hnrdsook fifty cents, tho boyB a dlmo
each, and llttlo Lodolla, the only girl
of tho family, a silver qunrter. In con
sequence SI passed for a deeply re
ligious mnn, and the parson always
called him Brother Hnrdsook.
Nor was Si's generosity purely ec
clesiastical. Ho had been frequently
known to leave tho railroad with as
many us two one-gallon Jugs full of
"llcker" and arrive homo with tho
Jugs, owing to a liberal sampling of
their contents on hla own part, and a
generous distribution of tho Bamo to
all ho mot, who universally at first ro
tused to drink, but finally conoontcd
being na how it waa Si as otterod tho
Hckor, and they would "moist a llttlo,
not as they wero wlno-blbbers and
gluttonous, but would tako a swig for
"tho good of their innards."
Moat of his neighbors drank what
was offered them and asked no ques
tions and mado no remarks. But some
of them were deeply and audibly per
plexed us to whero SI got all this
money. Cortuin circumstances con
nected with 81 would linger In their
minds and whut was worse break out
on their tongues. They would com
ment how tho cuttle of neighbors noar
SI had a way of disappearing Just
when they were "moat fltten" for mar
ket. But in that great unfencod coun
try what wns there to prevent cattlo
from struylng? "Dumb critters." said
SI, "wo mighty blggity and roaming
somo any how, and will some times
Just rush to their ruin."
Somo times nhio In tho fall country
stores near him wero robbed und their
safes blown open Just after tho money
hud been received from tho town bnnkB
to pay for tho Incoming cotton. It waB
a strange coincidence that after Hiich
robberies SI had moro money and dis
tributed moro "Hckor" than ubuuI. But
SI said "llfo is full of coincidences and
a mystery according to tho scriptures,
"Leastwise," udded he, "that Is what
tho parson miyn the Word nays, and I
ain't tho man to dispute a licensed
minister of the gorsepcll, nor is you
nuthor, neighbor?" he would auk of his
listener as ho lovingly toyed with the
trigger of his fumous guu.
"No, Indeed," replied the neighbor
with alacrity, edging olt a little. "I
don't dispute the parson uuthcr you
ion air both right ub for us 1 knows
on."
Still somo folks would prove "too
leaky of tongue" In regard to Sl'a at
fairs, and It wua strnngo how tho corn
cribs und cotton houses ot these
"measly back-cnppors," us SI called
them, hud a habit of taking tiro lu the
dead bourn of tho night.
But one day tho grand Jury actually
indicted SI for grand larceny. Ho wan
accused of stealing ten head of cattlo
from Mart Smlggles. The chief wlt-
nens against SI was Dune Swarrlngton,
a good-natured fnrmer too stupid to
bo dishonest, whoso farm adjoined tho
roud over which SI had to drlvo tho
cattle to New Orleans. Tho testimony
waa ntroug for the state. SI could al
most hear tho doors ot the penitentiary
opening upon blni. "It was an awful
oxperlcnce for a Christian," he used to
say In after years, but then ho would
add, "them the Lord lovcth ho causes."
SI want upon the stand und testified
in his own behalf. He acknowledged
thut ho sold tho cattle, it was truu
ho wns a fanner, ho said looking at
tho farmer Jurors, a stockman If they
would. He was uneducated too, no
hanger around of lawyers and court
rooms, for ho thought an honest farm
ur'n placo was lu the Held, and not
loultng around umoug them Hint rep
resented corporations and xuurcbuuU,
and so he did not know much law, but
ho was n Christian and an nlllanco
man end ho hoped ho did know what
was right, it ho did not know what waa
lawful, "two mighty different things,"
he sntd, "as somo nmongst you know,
what has had homes closed out under
deoda of trust for debts you nover
mndo nnd things you nover bought."
Tho calo of tho cattlo, ho went on,
had como about this way. Ho waa go
ing to New Orleans with a flno herd.
Among thorn was a most likely male.
"I wish you could havo seen him,
Jcdgc," ho said deferentially to that
magnate. "Ho had grent ahlncy horns
samo as it they was polished up fer
powder horns, nnd curls llko a city gall
right down botween thorn horns. Anil
was hlgh-stoppln as a preacher or u
railroad conductor."
As ho was driving this innio by
Mart'n pasture, Mart's helforo hart
loped out and mixed with hla cattle.
Ho had called for Mart, but ho could
not make Mart hoar. Ho himself had
driven tho heifers out ot tho cattlo tour
times at least, but thoy Jtmt would
como buck, Tho attractions of that
initio wore simply terrible, no prencher
wan moro powerful among tho ulstcro.
It looked llko witchcraft or hoodoo or
something to him what wnrn't natural.
Finally ho tired out driving uucli con-trary-mlndcd
brutes. "A man can't bo
expected oven by tho law to spend hla
wholo tlmo fooling with a passcll of
cows when he's got an honest living
to make. So ho was forced to lot
Mart's old holfors go to thunder; but,
would they believe It thoy hadctual-,
ly followed him plumb to Now Orleans.
What was ho to do with them? Leave
them In tho streets to bo takon up and
appropriated by the city folks? Not
much! They already got a ulcnty ot
country folks' stuff any way by clos
ing out mortgagea nnd deeds of trust
without Just making them a present of
tho flneat cattlo In Marlon county. So
ho had been compelled to sell Uioh
heifers along with his own. Moreover
he wus tender ot heart and could not
"Don't shoot tho kids, 81."
bear to part thorn from that likely
male. It wa3 truo ho had never of
fered Mart tho monoy, hut he hat! not
hud tlmo to do so. With hlu wlfo
sick, nnd Lodolla punlng around all
tho tlmo and grass Just n whooping In
his cotton, ho had not boon ablo to go
over to Mart's and tako tho monoy.
Ho was going to do ho. on tho very
next day, when tho oherlff hud como
and Jailed him." "To show you gen
tlemen," ho concluded, "Hint 1 ain't
got no hard feeling agin Mart, though
ain't saying ho isn't treated mo
wrongful, I will glvo him tho vally of
them heifers hero . nnd now." WJUh.
that ho flung the money on tho table
In tho court room. Tho Jury votlreil
nnd soon brought In a verdict ot not
guilty.
As the crowd was pouring out ot Hid
court room SI nudged Dune on tho
arm and said:
"So, you aworo agin mo, did you.
Dune?"
"I had to, SI; I wnr on oath to tell
the truth." ,
"That'B all right about the truth,"
said SI sarcastically. "Wo ull knows
you Just loves tho truth. Just fattenu
on it. And I nln't denying that tho
truth is a good thing in its placo. but
I want to leave with you that tho
truth don't stop no lead."
An bo walked homoward Dune con
cluded thut a change ot air would bo
good for his wife's lungs. So ho sold
out his llttlo property at a sacrifice
and moved to Louisiana.
Ono night after family prayers SI'h
oldest boy said: "Pap, when nro yo.i
golu' to kill that hound of a Dune
Swarrlngton?"
"When tho crop In laid by, Sontile.
I am too tinny now to indulge In pleas
ure. Business fust, my boy,"
Ono morning when tho last furrow
had boon plowed, and thero waa no
blacksmith work to bo done. HI uaiiv
to his wlfo: ' aiaimny, hand mo iny
gun, 1 guess I'vo got tlmo to kill Dtino
now."
A two days' ride brought him in
Dunc'B place. Ho slipped through tho
plno brush to tho edgo of tho Held
whero Dune wns plowing, llo slowly
trudged bare-f,ooted behind a stcor that
dragged a worn out plow. Hlu whlto
wool hat, full of holes, Happed ovnr his
face, bronzed and drawn, hunger nml
over-work written all over It. Not far
off Dune's largest boys woro hoeing,
followed by their Hlstor, all baro-footcd
and rugged. Further und near tho
woods was a six yew old ypmujulor.
Dune's buby chap, with a long slender
polo minding tho gap In tho fence Dune
had not yet had tlmo to mend.
Si maidenly confronted him with his
gun. Taken by surprlso Dune started
and trembled a llttlo at llrst, but soon
recovering faced his cnomy without
blanching.
"Don't shoot the kids, SI," woh all
ho said.
But SI replied: "Don't bo nowise qn
easy, Dune. I havo rodo a liuiiijicd
miles to kill you, but 1 guess you nto
worse off hero than you'd bp ln .h,ell
So I forglvo you, Fully und freely
forgives you."
SI then started off, but wheeling sud
denly pitched, a sliver dcllnr over In
tho Held to tho amazed Dune, saying:
"Here, buy thut air poaked-fnceil
young uu' a square meal. He )oofan
hougry."
