3ft
(
I knvr t mm who thought be knew It all.
Ho knew how Garth became a rolling balL
Ha knew the souxco and secret of all life,
no also knew how Adam came to fall.
HI knowledge was of such stupendous girth,
It took In everything upon the onrth
And In the heaven ; but moBt stranga to say,
5Io didn't know a thing of real worth.
He knew where people bo when they are (lend.
He knew all wonders erer sung or said.
Ho know the past and futuro ; but for all
He didn't know enough to earn tils bread.
He was a marrel of omniscience.
Ho know the secret of tho whoneo and henen,
fie was a bundle of great theories;
Tho only thing ho lacked wn common sense.
-Denver News.
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LOVE'S SACRAFICE
ILBBIIT RAWSON was chief ac
countant to tho Ann of Jasper
Denman & Bro. Peoplo called
Jasper a hard dealing man, but two
loves were woven Into the warp and
weft of his life his daughter Mabel
and his younger brother and partner,
Horace.
There was Indeed soraothlug almost
fatherly about Jasper's love for his
brother, no Imd nover forgotten his
promise to tho mother who bore them
both. After long years, tho mean little
room up an all but endless flight of
stairs was still vlslonod for him as
the placo where he had looked Into her
dying eyes, and kissed and fondled her
frail Angers, growing colder ns ho held
them lu his own. He still heard her
.voice as he heard It on the day ho bent
over her for the last time "Take care
of Horace, Jaspor, don't desert tho
boy."
As ho had given his bond, so ho kept
It. From that day Jasper shared every
thing with his brother. In tho days of
his poverty ho hungered that the lad
might eat. In tho days of his pros
perity he hod raised him up, cdncutcd
him, taken him Into partnership. But
.Horace did not care for business. lie
drank early und gambled late. And
Jasper's love was blind.
In these circumstances, It was Inev
itable that the neglected work of the
Junior partner should full uikmi Gilbert
Rawson. Horace Duiunun worked, when
he worked at all, by fits and starts.
What he left unfinished Kawson had to
complete, and the difllcultlcs of seeing
a straight path through tho muddle and
confusion of accounts and correspond
rive thus mude him many a sleepless
rVX'M.
But there was another side to Raw
Eon's resK)iisll)illty which pnld for all.
It often happened that Rawson had to
go to Jasper Denmun's home to talk
over business, and going over business
led to his going over as a guest, for
Jasper had begun to make a friend o
this keen und able young man for
whose shoulders no responsibility seem
ed too heavy.
After awhile Jasper's daughter Mabel
crept Into his life almost Impercepti
bly, Almost before he whs aware of It
ner big, deep eyes seemed always
brighter for his coming, and by and
by he took courage to hold her bund
a little longer than a formnl greeting
warranted, and to press the white flu
gers gently, und to look Into her fucc
till her eyes seemed to melt boforo his
gaze. At last ho had to confess the
truth to himself and speak.
".Mabel," ho said, "I have come to tell
you Just one thing I love you. Will
you bo my wife?"
She was happy at the words, and her
happiness shone In her face.
"I I seem to have loved you since
first I saw you," she Bald, with a cour
age which surprised herself. "I will
be to you all all you wish."
And the next moment she was trem
bling In his' arms.
That night Rawson returned to his
rooms treading on air. Business was
baulshed from his mind. lie drew
up his chair by the lire, lit his pipe,
and weaved his romunco Into the cir
cles of smoke ho blew from his mouth.
It was a splendid thing, was love. How
It heartened a man for his life's work !
The bell of the outer door clanged
through tho hall. Rawson awakened
from his ecstatic reverie with a start.
He turned round In his chair to hear
the maid's knock at tho door, to seo
tho next Instant tho llguro of Horace
Denman moving unsteadily towards
him. His face wus white, like tho hue
of chalk.
"It's all up!" Horace greeted without
'preliminaries. "I know I can't hldo It
any longer. But It's only a thousand
or two. Jasper won't mlsa 'em. He's
rich. Ho can afford to lose a bit, Raw
eon." "You've tho advantage ow me, Blr,"
aald Rawson, fixing the pitiful figure
with hi keen eyes. "Perhaps you will
bo more more explicit."
"Thunder and lightning, man," came
tho reply In a truculent tone, "am I
not plain enough? I'vo been Juggling
my Recount I That's English, anyhow."
Rawson gasped and stared.
"Juggling your the firm's accounts
robbing your brother? Is that your
meaning?"
"That's more brutal than tho way I
put It," said Horaco, "but It'll serve."
For a whllo Rawson stood staring at
Uio creature like a man hypnotized.
Then his feature set hard, and from
under his brows there enmo flashes as
of glinting steel.
"Your brother has succored you from
boyhood," ho sutd slowly. "He's been
blind to what's bad In you In manhood.
He's trusted you because ho loved you.
What you'vo douo will cut Into his
heart like a knlfo. And then there's
there's Mabel Miss Denman. You'll
shame them to tho dust."
Tho man now began to whine.
"Yes, I've seen that. But don't tell
them, Rawson. Don't let them know
they needn't know. You can cover It
all up. Jasper will never know If you
make it right on paper. That's why
I came!"
RAWSON WENT INTO
Rawson did not remove his eyes from
tho man's face.
"In plain English, once again, Hor
ace Denman, If you please V" he said.
"You're a clever chap, Kuwsoit," Den
man answered, nhulillng and hesitant.
"und It wouldn't be dllllcult for you to
make to make things balance."
Rawson strode to tho door mid open
Gil It.
"Get out!" he said, with wrath in his
face.
Denman heard tho words dazedly.
He stared at Rawson open mouthed.
"Get out!" rang Ruwson's voice
ugulu.
"I'll repent, believe mo," whined Don
man. "I'll turn over a new leaf.
I'll "
"You'll get out, now at once or by
all that's holy I'll throw you out, 3'ou
you blackguard!"
Denman saw the flash of the steel lu
Ruwson's eyes, steel which seemed to
pierce him through and through. Then,
affecting a aunty air, he passed through
the open door.
The next and two following days and
nights Rawson spent In going through
Horace Denman's defalcations, which
ran well Into nearly $20,000. It was
quite tho usual thing for him to take
over tho Junior partner's uncompleted
work and entor up tho partner's bal
ances, but he had much else to do, and
after covering several pages he had to
break off and leuvo tho final balancing
to a more convenient time. Ono thing
seemed clear to him. To save the love
of Jasper from shock and shame the
man who had honored him with confi
dence and friendship, and thoucrht him
worthy of the hand of his only child
Horace- muse somehow be shielded.
Rawson bad less than tho necessary
amount of his own, and tho problem to
him was how to get the rest
At 4 o'clock lu tho afternoon he left
un uiaui uruuui. mil
the quiet of his owu rooms. H locked
ths books and accounts lu tho safe,
Intending to return later In tho ovon
tng, whon all tho clerks hnd gone. Ills
brain wan lu a whirl, his heart torn
with conflict. As he walked through
the streets, with his head bent down,
his light body seemed weighted with
lead.
Jasper Denman entered the otllce a
few ml mites after Rawson had left
Ho found among his letters an Invoice
from a Ann with whom he had done
business for many yours. It was mark
ed "To account rendered." Now Jasper
always paid account when they foil
due, to tho day. To hhn "account ren
dered" was an engagement unfulfilled,
and nu engagement unfulfilled was mi
thlnkabln to him. Moreover, ho whs
certain this particular account had been
paid, and ho wan Irritated and annoyed.
Ho went to Ruwson's otllce, opened
tho wife, and taking out tho books and
accounts, begun to examine them.
There was tho payment entered, clearly
enough, and yes, hero was tho receipt
Ho turned from tho books to look tho
door, then turned to tho books ugnln.
Ho was engaged upon them when the
chief clerk knocked. Unable to enter,
the clerk called from tho outside.
"Are you staying, sir?"
The honrwo voice of Jasper answered
him.
"Yes, for awhllu! Good-night!"
"Good-night, sir."
Jasper heard the retreating footstep
with a sigh of relief.
How wolrdly ullent everything seem
ed now! Alone with these records of
shumo and guilt In that great oince,
every breath ho took si-orched him llko
a flume. Tho mnn he had trusted, who
wus enguged to marry his du lighter,
wlxm ho hud decided to tuko Into tho
business, was an unscrupulous thief.
At about 0 o'clock Jasper heard tho
key turned lu tho outer door, and then
the Bound of footsteps In tho corridor.
Ho drew back the crimson curtuln from
the glass In tho door, and the light
from tho room flashed on Ruwson'a
white face. Jasper unlocked tho door
quickly. Rawson staggered lu -staggered
In to see the open books and ac
counts before his startled eyes.
"Well, Rawson," was Jasper's greet
ing, "do you often work as Into at
nights?"
"It sometimes happens, sir," said
Rnwsoti, pale to the Hps.
Jasper took up the receipt which hud
THE DARKNESS.
excited his curiosity when lie first en
tered tho room. One thing, he thought,
in his swift Judgment, will prove the
rest.
"Did you write that?" lie asked,
and he held out tho sheet.
Rawson did not offer to take the re
ceipt In his lmnd. The thought of the
old man's prido lu his name, how ho
would be broken on the wheel If ho
wus told that tho culprit was tho broth
er lio loved und tho partner lit his busi
ness, rushed through Ruwson's mind,
und he stood silent
Agulu came tho Insistent voice. It
seemed like a chip from ice.
"Did you write that?"
Rowson had made up his mind to the
lie, though he could have crushed his
questioner to the dust with a word.
"Yes," he said.
Jasper's hand went to his brow us he
reeled up against the table. He recov
ered himself In an Instant.
"You'vo destroyed my faith In men:"
he said, lu a hoarso voice. "Go, and
nover let mo seo your face ugaln '."
Without another word Rawson went
out Into tho darkness of the night
Tho days passed, and Mubel heard
nothing of Rawson. A leaden silence
settled on the house, weighting all bo
ncath It In vain she questioned her
father; all he could say was that Ruw
son hud gone away. And presently,
Jasper looked Into the eyes of his child
and bow them red with weeping, and
Into her face, and saw that tho bloom
was passing from her cheeks.
"Don't fret, my child !" ho would say
to hor, with Ids arms about her neck,
"I daro say ho Is not worth It!"
In her longlug and despair Mabel
went ono day to Rawson'a rooms.
Thinking she might call knowing that
sho would, Indeed he had left her a
message. It was short
live COB I FM1V
hnps It Is better sot"
She returned to And a man at tho
door.
"Mobbe you're MIm Denman?" ho
questioned.
"Yes," she suld. "Huv you a mes
sage?" "Well, miss, I hnvo, but It Isn't a
pleasant one, and I ain't much of a
hand at breaking things gently. But
there's been a raltwuj accident, and
the gout ut the hospital says another
gent what got hurt wauts yr!"
"I'll come at once!" replied Mabel.
81m felt she dare uot ask who the
man was. But hr thought told her It
was her lover!
But when Uk; doctors kd her to the
bed another sight was for hor eyes.
Horace Denman lay there, a life flick
ering out lu pain!
"They they suld I couldn't last
long?" he whispered hoarsely. "I
daren't seud for for your father! But
I want to tell you that that I was tlw
tho cause of Ruwson's going away!
I robbed tho Ann and forged receipts,
and and he took It took It upon him
self to save your father my brother,
from the disgrace andand tho shame,
nnd "
Even while ho was shaking, with
tho truth out at lust, her anger and
contempt flushed tip for a moment In
hor eyes.
"Say you'll forgive mo!" ho pleaded.
With her own Hfo In duat and ashos.
for she knew not whether tho Injury he
had done herself and her lover would
bo repaired In this world, she bout
down her head, and laid her Hps
against his forehead.
"I forgive you, Horace!" sho suld
And with his hand lu hors, she sat
by tlM bed till tho hand beckoned, and
tho voice called to tho Judgment afar
off.
Rawson had been In New York a
fortnight wlien ho read the account of
the accident and the list of killed
Wondering If by any chnneo death had
laid tho secret bit re, he wired to Jnsper
his message of sympathy.
"Please accopt all regrets for terrl
bio news!" And he meant what he
said.
A few hours afterwards cunie back
u message to the address he cave :
"Forgive me, and return. Jasper !
Come buck, Gilbert, I am waiting und
longing. Mabol !"
When ho returned It was to seo Jas
per a changed man--a man bent and
bowed, with whitened hair, with un un
spoken sorrow stamped In suffering on
his face.
"I've lost a brother and and found
a son!" he said In greeting. "I'll make
amends!"
And presently Mubel was throbblmr
In happiness close to lilin.
"1 have nover wronged you In u
thought, Gilbert!" she quavered. "If
they hud told me you you hnd done
It, I would not havo believed till you
had spoken !"
"To hear you say tlmt pays for all I"
he answered ns he pressed his lips to
hers. Chicago Tribune.
FEW AUSTRALIANS HERE.
Oik- Purl of ht World Which Docnn't
Sonil tin Sou to Amri-li'ii.
There lire only a few Australians dis
tributed throughout the United States,
and their number is so small that lu
most of the olllclul bulletins they como
under the head of "unclassified."
There are lu New York City less than
SCO Australians, nnd tho majority of
these are such "In name only," having
liooit born In Australia during tho tem
IMirary residence of their parents. One
such ease Is that of Mine. Melhu, the
prima donna, v1k was born In Mel
bourne, Australia, in 1805, though her
home Is in England.
Tho only city In the country In which
there is any considerable number of
Australians Is San Francisco, In which
there are about a thousund. Chicago
has some 'AQQ, and Oakland, a suburb
of Sun Francisco, 1!50. Once every year
the Australians In New York City as
semble for fraternal mooting, and It Is
found usually thut the larger number
of those present aro traveling Austral
ians. VolciiiKX'N mill Iurliiimk;n,
AprojMw of tho recent earthquake
shocks lu Calabria and the simulta
neous eruption of Vesuvius and Strom
boll, u remurkable example of tho closo
connection of volcanoes and earth
quakes wttB observed by tho early Span
ish settlers In Sun Salvador. When the
water In the crater lake of Ilopango
rose above n certain level eurthquuko
shocks always followed. Si) they cut Ti
channel to allow of the escape of tho
water and prevent It rising in tho cra
ter. And for a hundred years tlioro
wus no earthquake In that district
Then the precaution was neglected, the
water rose In tho crater, and presently
a violent earthquake shook tho coun
try. At tho same time, tho lake was
blown out by a volcanic eruption.
Cburatcturlntiu.
Stellu What Is Cholly's auto llko?
Bella Just llko him; It doesn't know
when to go. New York Sun.
When you spoak of hearing the op-
proving volco of yonr conscience, your
neighbors are apt to think It doesn't
know what he Is talking about
AtOUT JUMPINQ OFF CARS.
Snfo Method VntA hy Son Vemmt
nt Hntlroad Mn.
Millions or dollars aro paid In dam
ages an Dually to fools who havo nuvor
practiced tho art of alighting from
a moving car, sayn the New York Press.
If tho railroad malingers had the cour
age of their convictions or the foresight
of a John D. Rockefeller, thoy would
establish schools lu all parts of tho
world to educate patrotw In this Im
portant matter.
Watch, for Instance, vouio of tho
noted railroad men. Ist us tuko big,
Jolly, aorlous, hopeful, restless Presi
dent Underwood of tho Erie. He Is a
strapping big man, um strong as I'rosl-.
dent Roosovolt's bull moose, und camo
up from tho cross ties. No ono I it tho
entire rollrond world Is his superior
In hard and practical experience. Does
President Underwood wait on tho plat
form until tho train Is under way bo-'
fore ho decides to get on? Nover! No
fancy work with him. Whon tho engi
neer pulls open tho throttle you can hot
all you own on eurth and imrt of your
salvation that F, D. Underwood Is com
fortubly ensconced In his corner of tho
president's prlvato car.
Underwood Is said to be tho strongest
of till railroad presidents. Ho Is a
Sandow, without liolng muscle bound.
In early youth ho wus u scrapper from
way back, could lick thrloo his weight
lu wlldcuts and looks as If ho could
do It now. Tom Iahs Is a blggor mun.
Tom Is 0 foot 4 Inches. Did anybody
ever seo him run for a truln or Jump
otr when his car was lu motion? No.
Ho loaves tlioso feats for fool passen
gers. Did George II. Daniels, dean
emeritus of passenger agents, ever try
to cutch a train? Nover. Or leap off
boforo a dead stop. Not on your life.
What of Charlie Lambert? A train
would huvo to get off the truck to pass
over him, yet he Is ever careful.
President Baer of tho Reading ays.
torn lifts up his volco to heaven boforo
entering a train and Is sure to bo In
his seat ere tho bellropo Is pulled. His
ablo and accomplished vlco president
and general manager, W. 0. Palmer, Is
a handsome, stocky man, about 5 feet 8
Inches In height and has the shoulders
of AJux. Rosier could llo on tho track
and let one of his 040,000-iiound en
gines run over him without fear of evil,
but whoever saw him Jump off a mov
ing trnln or try to catch one? President,
Cassatt, tho most Interesting of all
railroad presidents, has not tried to
Jump off a train In motion since ho ran'
a level lu the construction department!
of tho Pennsylvania system.
FEED-WATER HEATER.
I n vriitcil by it Juiiiiiik a nil l'uloiit
oil III h- U n Hod Nliile.
A feed-water heater, invented by a
Japanese and patented lu tho United
States, should provo of Interest. It wis
tho object of tho Inventor to devlso a
heater In which tho products of com
bustion utilized for heating tho witter
lire brought Into contact with 'tho lur-
gest possible area of heating surface,
and full and complete utilization of tho
heat unit of combustion effected. Tho
outer shell, or casing, of this heater Is
divided by partitions, top and bottom,
into tho witter, smoko and draft cham
bers. Tho water chamber Is nrovldod
with n number of combustion tubes, tcr-
mliuitlng at tho partitions and bring
ing the smoko and draft chambers Into
commun ca on. In the center nf iim
heater Is tho flume trunk, broken away
IMI'ltOVKI) WATKU 1IKATKII.
ut Its lower end to receive the products'
of combustion from the furnace. The
llamo trunk delivers into the smoke
chamber at tho top of the henter, the
bent combustion then being directed
downwardly through tho tubes Into
tho draft chamber. Tho flnmo trunk
Is relatively largo In diameter, but In
order that the products of combustion
which do not como directly In contact
with tho wall aro utilized, an auxil
iary boating coll Is employed. This
heating coil Is placed within the flume
trunk and communicates with the
water chamber. A groat advantage Is
obtained In providing tho products of
combustion with a circuitous or dou
ble path of travol, and bringing them
lu contact with all of the heating urea
of the water chamber. By this means
the heating properties are fully ex
pended and tho greatest economy and
tho highest clllciency are obtained.
Along about meal time it man be-.
gins to attach loss Importance to curia
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