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Paul and Philip Payson were cousins
as dissimilar in character as they were
alike in appearance. In features,
coloring and physique they were al
most identical. It was only when side
by side that the difference between
them became noticeable. Apart it.
would have taken the closest scrutiny
to tell which was which, save for the
strict clerical grab of the one and the
ultra fashionable habiliments of the
other. The —th Regiment was the
only tie they had in common, both be
ing on Colonel Howgate’s staff, the
one was as chaplain and the other as
paymaster.
Paul was rector of a west-end church
and among his small flock was Alice
Southcote, a devout girl, of sterling
qualities, the only daughter of a
wealthy shipowner. Paul had always
admired this beautiful creature at a
distance, but now church work brought
them frequently together and Paul’s
attentions grew more and more pro
nounced until on a glorious June
night a year later he plead for and ob
tained her hand.
During the month following their
engagement the Maryland Brigade was
ordered into camp near Frederick.
Upon arriving at the grounds it was
found that an insufficient number of
tents had been provided for the staff,
and the Rev. Paul, hoping to exert a
beneficial influence over his wayward
cousin, insisted upon Philip sharing
his tent.
Philip showed himself respectfully
indifferent to the interest displayed in
his spiritual welfare and pursued his
old course with unswerving though
polite persistency. Paul soon became
convinced that as an instrument for
his cousin’s salvation he was a dis
mal failure. After a futile struggle he
sorrowfully resigned himself to defeat
and then they got along swimmingly.
Late in the afternoon on the day be
fore camp was struck Rev. IJaul went
to his tent to exchange his white duck
uniform for the warmer blue one. In
the uncertain twilight he inadvertent
ly nut on hit, cousin’s blouse and sal
lied forth to dine with a parishoner
who had rented a country residence
near by. Fifteen minutes later Cap
tain Payson, perspiring and dusty
from regimental parade, came in and
throwing off his hot dress coat and
heavy boots hastily refreshed himself
with a sponge-bath and slipped on his
fatigue uniform. Not waiting for
mess, he hurried to the station in or
der to reach Frederick in time for an
engagement, blissfully ignorant that
on each shoulder reposed an embroid
ered shepherd's crook, the insignia of
an army chaplain.
Arriving in the city Captain Payson
repaired to a hotel and ordered sup
per. His friends disappointing him,
he walked over to the - Club, hop
ing to meet them there. He sauntered
through the various rooms without
meeting any one he knew, winding up
at the bar, where he called for whisky,
tossing it down in the most approved
style, while several officers from an
other regiment stood by.
The officers seemed highly amused
over something. Philip heard their
suppressed laughter, little dreaming
that he was the victim, and heartily
tired of his own society he approached
them.
“Gentlemen, will you not join me?
My name is Payson,” he said, adress
ing them; and reaching into his
blouse, he passed a card to each:
•.*
: Rev. Paul Payson. :
: Chaplain, :
: —th I.,M. N. G. Balto., Md. :
*.•
“Now, gentlemen, what will you
have?” he added, after warmly shak
ing hands all around.
That in some way he was a source
of merriment became apparent, but the
discomfiting thought soon gave place
to more congenial ones under the
cheerful influence of convivial com
panionship.
“There is no fun in a three-handed
game," said Capt. Sauer, impatiently.
“I wish we could get some one to take
Audrey's place, confound him!”
“I will help you out, if you wili
allow me,” Payson rejoined.
"But—er—your calling will scarcely
—er—permit that,” said Lieutenant
Southcote, glancing keenly at the
Shepard's crooks.
“Calling! What has that to do with
It? I'm no religious prude,” replied
the surprised officer.
The three eyed him a moment lr
astonishment, but made no audibit
comment.
The chaplain having passed the
evening with friends, little versed in
military technicalities, returned with
out being apprised of his irregularity
in uniform.
“Well, boys, this beats my record,”
said Capt. Sauer, with a laugh, after
leaving Philip at his tent. "Rev. Pay
son is the sportiest individual I ever
ran across in the preaching line. Why,
he out-drank, out-swore and out
played us from the very start and,
dear knows, we are no infants.
The discussion following was any
thing but complimentary to the chap
lain of the —th, nor did its' rehash at
their mess tend to help matters. Un
fortunately the story did not reach
Colonel Howgate. He would have
sifted the affair at once and beyond
a good joke on the parson it would
have gone no farther.
Upon arriving home Southcote lost
no time questioning his sister about
the Rev. Payson. He suspected that
Alice cared for the new pastor, but
when she blushingly acknowledged her
engagement he was dismayed.
The same evening, Paul received the
following note:
"Mr. Paul Payson:
“Your behavior during camp is
known to me and ns a matter of
course our engagement, is at an end.
"Alice Southcote.”
“The ring 13 enclosed.”
The distracted lover read and re
read this several times. Naturally he
could not realize what had occasioned
I II n
such an action on her part. That
there was a horrible mistake some
where he was confident, but his pride
forbade him asking for an explana
tion.
Two days later, on Howard street,
Captain Payson accidentally encoun
tered Bert Southcote, who failed to
recognize him.
“I say there! Don’t you intend to
shake hands with a fellow?” Payson
called.
“Perhaps a nip of Wangeman’s
whisky will aid your memory,” con
tinued Phil, as he literally pushed the
perplexed Southcote Into a convenient
restaurant. “When do you and your
friends want revenge for the drubbing
I gave you the other night? Ah! I
Bee you remember now.”
"Then you are the Reverend Paul
Payson, after all,” Bert replied stern
ly
“Reverend fiddlesticks! What are
you talking about, anyway? Did my
saintly conduct at the club give you
that impression?" Phil answered,
laughingly.
“Most decidedly not, but the uni
form you wore and the cards you
handed around certainly stated that
fact;” and his temper rising, he add
ed, “and for two pins I’d wipe up the
floor with you.”
“You arc laboring under some de
lusion,” said Payson, calmly, “and be
for you try to use me for a floor-mop
I wish to state that I am Philip Pay
son, Captain and Paymaster of the
—th, and a lawyer by profession. I
have had the pleasure of meeting you
but once and outside of winning a few
dollars from you, can't imagine what
you have against me.”
“If what you say is true,” and his
unenviable position began to dawn
upon him, “why did you wear a chap
lain’s blouse? And moreover whv did
you give me this card?”
Captain Payson looked at the bit ot
pasteboard doubtfully, then at the
speaker, and after puzzling a moment
burst out laughing.
“Oh, what a joke! How the boys
will roar when they hear of this. 1
see It all. I must have worn my
cousin’s coat. You know, we tented
together. That accounts for my
strange reception that night.”
Lieutenant Southcote did not laugh
—far from it. He waited until Phil
calmed down somewhat.
“I fail to see anything to laug% at
Whether you purposely masqueraded
or not makes but little difference. By
that night’s work you have done your
cousin and my sister, who was his
betrothed, probably an irreparable in
jury. I expect you as a man to help
me right, this wrong.”
Phil’s face grew serious and he put
down his glass untouched. ”1 will dc
so most willingly,” he said gravely
"if you will give me your word ol
honor that I really wore a chaplain's
blouse that, night, for believe me, 1
was unconscious of it. Paul mils'
necessarily have worn mine, for he
b“d dressed and left camp before 1 re
turned from parade; yet strange tc
say he has never referred to it.”
That same night a rejected rinj
played a loading P"*1!
RUSSIAN POLICE METHOD?.
Torture AbollMliml by Alexander I. Prae
tlrcd Under McIioIaa II.
The centenary of the abolition in
Russia of the torture as an organized
system of legal inquiry has provided
the Russian press with a text for nu
merous articles on the humanity and
progress of their country. No doubt
It was a great step to take, but it ban
stiil to be ratified In practice before
Russia has any particular occasion to
rejoice. In the old days the torture
was applied to all suspects as a first
means of inquiry, and when the un
happy wretch had been compelled to
confess something—usually, as the
Empress Catherine expressed it, any
thing which was put into his mouth
—he was subjected to a second "in
quiry'’ by the same or more severe
means, in order to secure confirma
tion of his first confession. Occa
sionally the whole process was re
peated twlee more, with a view to
extorting the names of accomplices.
The tortures applied were much the
same as in other countries, but could1
be added to by the ingenuity of indi
vidual officials.
Thus, during the reign of Anne,
when the ex-table boy and favorite of
tiie empress, Biron, was In power, it
was a favorite form of torture to stanli
a culprit naked in the snow during the
severe northern fi03ts of midwinter,
either Ice-cold or cold and hot alter
nately, a form of “Inquiry" which had
the disadvantage of too often killing
the poor wretch before he had time
to confess nnything. Thumbscrews,
the clog and every form of whipping
ami beating, with almost as many
names for the various processes as a &
to be found in the dialogues of the
slaves of Roman comedy, were every
day attributes nf tbe ribl Russian balls
of justice.
Just 100 years ago the Emperor Al
exander I. abolished the torture as
being a "shame and a reproaih to all
mankind." But he forgot to ordsr the
legal Instruments of torture to be des
troyed. and these lingered on and were
undoubtedly used for another quarter
of a century. Officially the torture
has, of course, actually disappeared—
at any rate, those forms of it which
require elaborate instruments for their
application are no more to be found.
It* actual fact, however, says the Lon
don Standard's Moscow correspondent,
and in secret, there is a great deal of
torture going on in the most enlight
ened centers of the Russian empire
at the present day. and it is exercised
by the police intrusted with the dis
covery of crime, the "detective polici."
TOLD ON MILWAUKEE.
Social I’roceHA of Getting Acquainted In
That City llliintrated.
The teacher of an intermediate grade
in a Milwaukee school the other day
was “showing off” her pupils before a
number of visitors.
The spelling class was on the floor
and one small, red-headed boy was
given the word "introduction.”
He paused, twisted his lips, stared
and then, in a faltering way, spelled it
correctly, and then seemed rather sur
prised that he had done it.
"Do you know what the word
means?” asked the teacher.
“N'm.”
“What? You don’t know what ‘in
troduction’ means? Well, now, I’ll ex
plain it to you. Does your mother ever
have callers?”
"Yes’m.”
“Well, now, suppose that two women
came to call on your mother. Your
mother knows one of the women, but
doesn’t know the other. She has never
seen the woman and doesn't even know
her name. Now, how would she be
come acquainted with this woman anil
find out her name?”
“She'd send me out for a can of
beer.”
As that was the correct answer, says
the New York Tribune, the teacher had
nothing further to say.
Couldn’t Recognise Him.
“Yes, I have a pretty big mouth, for
a fact,” admitted the candid man, “but
1 have learned to keep it shut, and that
counts for something when you take
your levels. I received a lesson when I
was a small boy that 1 have never for
gotten. I was born and brought up on
a farm and I had the country-boy habit
of going around with my mouth wide
open, especially if there was anything
unusual going on. One day an uncle,
whom I had not seen for a year, paid
us a visit.
“ ’Hullo, uncle,’ said I, looking up at
him with my mouth opened like a barn,
door.
He looked at me for a moment with
out answering, and then said:
“ 'Close your mouth, sonny, so I caa
see who you are.'
“I took the lesson to my heart,” said)
the candid man, according to the De
troit Free Press, "and resolved that)
from that day 1 would not allow my
mouth to conceal my identity.”
No Carpet Heating In New York.
The health board has sent out or
ders to all citizens of this and other
boroughs that no rugs shall be beat
en in the yard or on the roof. The
reason therefor is that, germs and mi
crobes are set loose in the operation
of beating, much to the detriment of
the general health. There are vacant
lots in the city, wherein rugs and car
pets may be beaten until they weep.
It must he far more detrimental to the
general health to beat them in vacant
lots than on the housetops, for on the
housetops there is a chance for the
wind to carry off the gprms and drop
them into the sea.—New York Press.
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A lady never swears—and the man
who steps on the hem of her skirt and
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that she doesn't have to.—Cbicagc
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