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laerterkneaa flees; from cuMwsrt'. streama
A anflrneil ray of noldr n light,
tike slisrp vOirvit swords the morulas: Imm
Heat bsok (ho force of the nliilit,
Until across the arrhlnit sklos
lie shadow of tlm mlilnlitlit lion.
Hm llljr's shapely nip unfold,
Taa petals m strong wings outspread,
1 And Ilka a trow llic center I10I1U
A demlrop I lint tlm iilulii Iim nhctli
stal, m Mil tears 011 Kiwtnr day,
The drop reflects tlm dawn's bright rav.
The northbound IIihUb of no nit lilrtlt reel
A moment In thrlr itotttln nitflit.
With carol Joyful, tinrtirnMd,
They ureol IIiciUhii of kiiIiIoii HhIiII
Anil rromtftlit 011 uiiitf they start
Tbung fliutrt rclio In man's himrt.
From deslhllko sleep the world awakes
And throw a aside stern winter's chains)
From slavery nil Nature breaks
To arret tlm Day of Spring which reigns.
And Death's dark gates aro opened wide
f the eternal Kasterllde.
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LITT1.K mini nnd
h little woman
wore talking Id
low ton on one
Kaster avo In the
darkuncd sitting
room of n house
Ih'kIiIu whose front
door runty crnpe
streamers flut
tered. Thojr wore
brotherand sister.
TIm man hnd n commonplace face, with a
peasant look usually tiiou It, A sparse,
tabby bennl grow iironnd the lower part
af bin fnee mid under tho edge of his chin.
H atopped nt the ears, of counts, but was
Mtlnued Just IhiIiIikI tlioni by another
yaw, stubby fringe of hair, which
Hacked around the hack of hit head. The
aaMre top wan bald and shining.
The woman wan short nnd slender ami
Tiff trim la person and dress. Horfaoe
M Ret no round aa her brother's; bar
hatr, jnat turning gray, was parted careful
If and smoothed away orer the forehead
Mi behind the Mm Into a coll low in her
"You're real mean an graspln, Jot," the
woman wan saying somewhat shakily.
"Aa how you win be, with poor pa n-lyln
there In the parlor, I don't see. I wouldn't
feegretch him anything nice naow, I'm
UN It was all hla'n, and he aimed it by
warklR hard."
"Now, Dot, don't you take on no. Can't
P talk sensible 'thotit cryln, I wonder?
kaowed pa well enough. He wouldn't
BtT o' no sech outlay as you seem to
waat. We'll come to the poor'us yet If
fM'ra Imund to go on so,"
"Come to the poor'usl" she ejaculated,
bar eye Hashing. "1 ain't afeered o' that,
aarway. I wouldn't be mean enough to
tank o' sech things while poor pa Is
waltln to be burled. Mebbe you'll want to
a MB dig the grave yourself, to save payia
laraevuiltdone."
The brother made no reply to this. He
teas and walked cautiously to the door of
parlor awl opened It a trifle. "Come
la, Mr, Gregory," he whispered to the
watting undertaker.
"We've decided to hev the hearse, Mr.
wfstory," aald the brother; "an give us a
flata wood coffin with proper trimmins."
Mr. Gregory soon departed. He hail heard
thfxttftcusslou between the brother and sis
tsr, aad was not slow In telling of It.
The Tryniw had lived for years in one
af two frame houses built "double," the
air structure or the sort In Fairway.
ftople thought old Jacob Trynn eccen
tric when he built In that mnnncr. When
Mm bouses were done they went by the
awe of "The Twins," a time honored
Jake which was meant to be a puu on the
waer's last name.
Tbe family was also called "Tho Twins,"
aati finally every one forgot bow the name
wan spelled. There had been originally
At father awl mother, a son and a daugh
Mr curiously enough twins alson young
er mm. The mother faded out of life after
Ira rears in the little house. The father
Mtm long enough to see his twin children
aaNrraed In solitary ways of living. They
war about fifty when the old man, four
laara pant the allotted threescore and ten
af human strength, died. Their name
uoaaua and Dora, ramlllarly short
I to Jot awl Dot. The youniter son
I swae away after the mother died, to
-rawca it- in uworauo, ana una not been
heard from for several years.
The end came to Jacob Trynn suddenly
aad formed the chief topic of conversation
at the store. The tale told by Mr. Gregory
waa aet long In reaching there.
"Heerd anything abaout the trouble up
taTwtaa'r" asked HI Anderson, the stage
driver, who generally had the news before
Ik rest did.
"No; la there any? What abaout, Hit"
aaksd bis hearers.
" Wal, It'a al.aout how they shell put the
aid man under. Dot, she wanted him to
bar a doth covered casket an a hearse, but
Jet ae said 'twan't no use goln to sech
MA t . Jm . ... . - '
DOT HAD A GOOD CRT.
aKBMwe. He 'lows that a good coffin la
wall enough, an says 'taln't so fur to the
bmrria graouad but what the bearers kin
walk. Mr. Gregory says he gin In, though,
abaeatthe hearse."
The usual slow stream of talk and coa-
a are followed then statements, some
lag Dot's side, some Jot's. Some were
bawd to snake ill willed speeches about
bath, awl there was a great deal of free
"Jot, he's mighty close, you know," said
am "S'aose thar ain't never been a time
When Dot wouldn't give in, but 'pears ahe
wanted this pretty bad."
And so the aewalwaa dispersed.
NaeaeeveroHlte-daredto sneak to the
Til ana about their quarrel, aa reported b
Mr. Orsgorf. Had It bees a dlfer se on
tmf asher aaaieet, people would have
nVaped right In aad tried to settle ah
acSis
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mmmmimMwm
fairs, but this they let nlono. In n fun
weeks' time ovcrylwdy was surprised by
tho announcement that the Trynns liml
notified their tcmintJ in the other houxt
to vacate. No one could And out defi
nitely nt flrxt whut rciuton they had fot
giving up tli ut much of their income Jot
worked In the drum shops, Fairway's one
Industry aside from farming, nnd Dot
sewed drum strnw at homo. They had n
fine garden, ich funilfthcd their table
and left something to sell besides, so they
got along comfortably and could lay anlde
something for their declining years.
Presently tho village was electrified by
the news that Dot was going to live In the
ether house. The trouble began with the
different wishes about tho father's funeral.
Neither brother nor sister could let the
subject nlono, and the more words they
bad the more the trouble grew. At liuit
matters came to a crisis,
"'Pears like you don't want I should
stay with you any longer, Jot," snld his
sister after some dlstcusnlon one day.
"I don't know's 1 care," he replied. "Kt
I've got to lie hectored almoin all the rest of
my days, a pretty life I'll lead."
"It's ns much your fault as mine," she
declared. "You won't never let me alone
no more. P'mp we kin git on better noim
rate." "Jest so," wild Jot: "I'll tell the Makes
they'll hev to git out, an one o' us kin live
thar."
"I'll' go luto the other haouse," offered
Dot timidly, She felt very sorry shu hail
begun thu subject of a Hewiratlou. Sodld he,
at heart, but neither would say so. "You'd
never be able to get It clean, an 1'vo hail
my hands Into all sech work, you know."
"Jest as you like." was Jot's laconic ro-
piy.
When the Illakes had gone, the sister
went in to clean the house. It wax built
exactly like the other one, only everything
was "the other way nrouud." It was the
same and yet not the same, nnd sho felt
sorry she had offered to be the one to move.
Jot helped her carry In her part of the
things with which the old home was well
Riled. Each seemed to strive In little
ways to give in to the other during their
lant days together, the only difference
being about the possession of the tall old
olock. Jot Insisted on keeping it
"I hope It'll alien be u-tlckin out your
meanness," Dot said Indignantly. After
the change wan made she sat down and had
a good cry-
Sure enough, the little man grew uneasy.
Her wish came true at night when he was
busy about the house. "Mean man,"
"mean mau." he heard very distinctly.
Finally be stopped the clock and felt
meaner than ever to keep It useless.
After they had leen separated a week
Dot went Into the other house while Jot
wax a way at work. Kuch had always made
a point of leaving tbe back door key under
the rag mat on each back doonttep, "in
caxe o' suthlu happenln," they said. She
wouldn't go In before, but she did now,
Bud held up her hands in horror at hla un-
That la mt dscle."
idlneaa. She began to straighten It up,
healthily at first, as If she were afraid
ome one would overhear her. She discov
ered in the pantry some baker's bread, and
her heart reproached her, for she knew
Jot hated any but homemade. It took
but an Instant to run home and get a nice
loaf, to which she added n pie. These she
placed prominently on Jot's pantry shelves.
Then, as tbe whistles were sounding for
a o'clock, she went home.
On tbe next Sunday afternoon, while hla
sister was out, Jot went into her cellar
and brought up her tubs for Monday's
washing, setting them out on the bench.
Monday morning she went, injiwhen there
was nchaaee, gathering up his small wash,
and taking It home nicely laundried Tues
day afternoon. Then Jot began putting
ap her clotheslines for her. So, gradually,
thev slvlv exchanged work In a way that
&
would I) live oeen coniieiti u it imu not iktii
pathetic. They talked together casually
of course, but neither would show a par
tlcle of Interested fueling toward the other.
On the Saturday before Raster Hiram
drove up to the Trynn proierty with u
tiny passenger n little girl six years old.
There was a tag attached to her person
which had written on It. "Mr. Jacob
Trynn," and the proper address.
"Now, sit right still," he said Islnillyto
the little creature, as he reined In hi
horses. Then hu gob down and walked up
the path to the old Trynn bouse, .lot was
away, for It was not quite , and Dot. heal
ing the knock ut her brotlier's door, put
her head out of her own.
"What now, Hlramf" she asked. "Wlm
on alrth hev you got tliarf"
"The nicest luetic package you ever see,"
ho replied. "It's directed to jour fat her.
an naturally I come to the old door, foril
tin that you wa'n't thar. I reckon you uli
the ono to see to the leetle thing. Slit
come all the way from Colorayilo, an h!ii
says her name Is Mabel Trynn. Her imV
dead."
He turned away to get the child, an J
Dot fluttered ulsiut sorrowfully nnd ytt
Joyfully. "It must In-Jack's child." shu
whispered with tears In her eyes, '.lack's
leetle girl."
"Here she Is," shouted Hiram in the
front doorway, and Dot wiped her eyes
with her clean white apron and went for
ward with outstretched arms.
"You dear," she said, and kissed tbe
child again and again, taking her In her
lap and crying over her at intervals while
removing her wraps. "What's thlsV she
asked when she found an envulotie pinned
securely In the Inner pocket of tiie child's
light cloak.
"Papa's letter," said the little one. It
told how ho was ill and could not gut well;
how ho had not strength to bring his child
to the old homeund the father he supposed
wan still living, and deserlla'il in a few
words the various kinds of business In
which he had engaged since they heard
from him lost, lie hod lost his wife, who
was an orphan with no near relatives, not
long before the date of the letter. He
wrote of what little provrty he had In
Vested for the child, and how he had seen
to all the ilt't al Is of Its settlement by some
one who would forward proper papers, and
closed with a sad farewell.
11 1 rum met Jot as be drove up the village
atreet-
"I bruug you an express packuge tor
Easter Jest now. Jot," he said, stopping
his horses, "I loft It diinwiito your haouse.
Your sister she took It," and cracking his
whip Hiram drove on, leaving Jot standing
in the raid.
' "Wal, 1 vuml" he said aloud. "Wonder
what it is," and off he started again. "Thar
hain't no one as I know of to send me an
Easter package," he soliloquized. "He
says Dot took It. Why on alrth didn't he
leave it to my haouHcr He knows where
the key idlers Is as well as I do. Jest as
likely as not Dot took the wrappers off to
see what it Is. Women Is ho curus,"
Hunching bnnf lie entered his own door
first.
"Notlilu here," ))i) ejaculated, after
glancing fcnrrledly aMir.d. "I didn't think
she'd keej it. Goshihnt's that?" as the
sound of cl;ar chlMbja luuchtur was heard
jot company. 1 b'lieve I'll see who it In
afore I go in."
When the change of homes had been
made, In the process of a general cleaning,
Dot had removed the covering from a dis
used stovepipe holo between tho twohounoi
and it hod not been replaced. Perhaps she
had thought It would not be so lonesome
if she had some 'means of communication
between the two sitting rooms. Jot now
placed a chair under the hole nnd climbed
up. As the ceilings were low he could
easily see throuydi into the next room.
Yes, Dot had company, but only a tiny
little girl. "Who In Sam Hill is tbatf"
said he.- ("Sum II 111" was one of the
strongest ejaculations Jot ever used.) "I
never see u young 'tin arnound these parts
as putty as that. Wonder whar Its ma M"
After watting patiently a few minutes to
see or hear If she were anywhere near, he
clambered stiffly down.
"I'd better go an git my package, as long
aa lt only that leetle gal she's got fur
comp'ny."
Ho stepped carefully over to the other
house and entered without ceremony.
"Dot," he began In an aggrieved tone,
"whar'a my express packager I met HI
daown the road a piece, an he said he'd left
suthln here fur me an you took it. Why
didn't you let him leave it In my liaouser"
with a slight emphasis on the possessive
pronoun.
The little girl, sliding off from her aunt's
lap, stood looking at him with her great,
"Oh," she said suddenly, "that's my Un
cle Jotl My papa telleil me nltoitt him.
What's the matter wlv your head?" sin
asked in the next Instant. "Ain't you got
any Imlrf" shaking her own sunny curls.
"Who on alrth Is shuf" asked Jot, turn
ing a Itmvlldcred face toward his sister.
"That's thucxprusspnekngu you're lookln
fur, and her name Is Mabel Trynn. Head
that. It was pinned Inside her coat,"
handing him the letter "Shu's Jnck's
child. Poor Jack!"
"Poor Jack!" Jot repeated when tin had
finished, wiping away a few tears, r" Wal,
little gal, I don't know as I kin take very
good keur of you, but I'll try fur Jack's
sake."
"Why, good laud, Jmhitn Trynnl" ex
claimed Dot: "joii don't think o' takln
her In tother haouse, do you t You know
very well you can't take kecr of a little
girl like that."
"Wal," said her brother slowly, "sccln
as I'm Jacob Trynn" his middle name
was Jncnh "the leetle gal b'lungs to me."
"Ilaow air you golu to take proper keer
o' her when you're away all day, I'd like to
knowf" Dot asked triumphantly.
"Wal, media? you had liettcr keep her a
spell, ' said Jot slowly, "and then p'r'nB 1
kin hev her awhile when work gits slack."
Summer came with nil Its lovuli ness, and
Malxd, who was not particularly strong
when she arrived, gruiv the picture of
glowing health. She wai out of doors al
most all day long, but every evening she
went In for a romp with bur Uncle Jot.
Finally the shop was clocd to repair somo
machinery. Then .lot demanded thu child
for awhile. She staid with him willingly
enough until bedtime. Tiien she made
such an outcry that after trying in vain to
pacify bur he carried her in to his sister,
saying, "Slio'd In-tter stay with you nights,
but she must eat all her meals with mo."
Anil Dot, who had long ngo resolved that
come what might she would never differ
from hur brother again, did not object.
Hut the baby grew 111. Dot was awak
ened one night by her moaning. Shu saou
aroused her brother, nnd ho hurried off for
a doctor. Mnlwl's Illness was a short one
nnd not at all dangerous, but during It
neither brother nor sister left her except
when necessnry. While they were watch
ing ono night the night she was tho worst
Jot said suddenly:
"I do think, Dot, cf Mabel gits well, ai
hnow we'd orter"
"Jest what I was a-thlnkln. We'd bea
ter give up this here livln alouo an"
"Hnow dto you Know tnat was wdmi
wnsn-golntosnyr" Interrupted her brother.
"Wal, I s'plcioned you was glttln rather
tired o llvin nlono, an I know right well I
am. Then thar's Mabel. We Irath want
her; an besides, I don't know's wo'vo got
much time to spend In bkkcrin. Wo'ro
both glttln along in years."
"Yes," added Jot, "thar's no sense in
livln In both these (mouses when we kin
live jist as well In one, with room enough
nn to spare, an the rout from this one we
kin lay by fur Mabel If she gits well.
Please God she will!"
The child was better when morning
came, nnd ns soon as she could be moved
she wus carried into the next house, as
was all thu furniture her aunt bad been
using. In u few days a placard "To Let"
appeared In a window of thu dismantled
house, and tho village loungers had somo
thing more to talk about.
"That air leetle gal I brung them
Twins was a right proper Easter gift, for
e'ace and good will came with her," said
I ram when hu heard of tho reconciliation.
On tho first day Mabel was well enough
to play about the house she stood Inifore
the old clock, which was still silent.
"Why don't It gof" sho asked suddenly.
"I stopped It." said her uncle, a little
shamefacedly,
"What fur, Jotf" asked Dot.
"Oh, wal, It It bothered me," ho replied.
"I ortcr ha' let you hev It. Dot. I couldn't
a-bear to hear It."
"Never mind," she said softly; "we kin
bear it naow."
"Oh, yes, Uncle Jot, mako It go," cried
tho child.
Ho did so, and she stood dellirhtedlv lis
tening to It nt Intervals in her play. "I
know what it says," she called out after a
while; "your names."
They listened. Sure enough, they heard
it plainly, "Dot-Jot," "Dot Jot," nnd
looked happily at each other over the head
of the child who had Interpreted its sounds
for them.
"Wo'll all keep together naow," said Jot
slowly: "you an me and Malcl an tho old
clock. There shan't notlilu separate us
any more."
And It was so,
Annie Isabel Willis.
A Rondeau of Eaiter.
At Easter tlmo I fuel tho'thrlll
Responsive to a bonnet bill,
Which cometh In unasked, unsought
The aftermath of bonnets bought.
And other things which lightly (III
The wish of woman, and her will
To keep It up uutll-untll
I rip and swear, because I'm caught
At Easter time.
The holy rest, tho gladsomo still,
Which gently as a purling rill
Should soothe my soul and calm my
thought.
Are busted as thoy hadn't ought
To bo by this samo bonnet bill
At Easter time.
Will J. Lamptoh.
Mot a Competent Judge.
Mrs. Winterbloom-Dldn't yon think
Miss Plnkerley's Enstcr solo a remarkably
fine effortf
Mrs. Van Wicker Possibly so, but I urn
afraid I didn't appreciate it. You see I
live next door to her and have heard her
practice on It for the past month.
' Re Wanted to Know.
She (after the Easter service) Did you
tee me In the choir this morningf
He Why, no. I wondered who was
taking all that noise.
.IN IT AEONB.
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