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A TENNIS ROMANCE.
Frances Itobinson bad fallen in Me.
"So one besides himself suspected it, not
ven liitt mother, who knew totter than
anyone else bow much her sun as ca
llable of feeling. No one, you Be
thought of love in connection with
Francis. He was "nice,' of course.
How he. wished sometimes be wasn't
Tben at least people would bare some
definite fceliug about him. He wasn't
stupid at a!l. Indeed, he had always
learned easily and been near the top of
His classes both in schools and at his
university. AH bis comrades liked
him well enough no one ever thought
of detesting biin. He had a very cW r
mind, approaching brilliancy, and he
could talk fairly well as well as most
of the men he knew ! He was just or
dinarily well looking, but who cures if
a man is handsome or not? And of all
things deliver us from a pretty man!
Hut Francis I'.obinsou wasn't naturally
a person von would '"take to.,' as the
phrase goes. He couldn't help it, and
you certainly couldn't either.
He bad fallen in love, I said, lie had
shown Sfd taste in bi3 choice- far
more taste than sense, most jcopk
would have said For who wants to
) nourish or encourage a boneless affec
tion ? The girl was pretty and s'.ie was
: bright, very attractive in everyway.
Why shouldn't be fall in love with her
if he wnntedto.pray? Hut why should
he? Do you think be could hope fur a
: return of his regard?
He sat down determinedly one day in
the privacy of his own room to decide
the matter. He put it before himself
:as impartially as lie could, lie was
used to communing with and consult
ing himself, for ie had never had a
friend dear enough to open bin heart
:to. This is the way he put the case
:he was studying for the bar, so the ex
pression lits:
"I am youngf I nm not handsome,
"but I don't thing that need count. 1
liave money enough now to support a
wifttonell and hope to earn more soon.
I am In sound health, mentally as well
as physically. J am not dull 1 can
and will make a mark in the world. I
love Alice Stair. Why should 1 not
make her care for me? 1 am certain
he cares for no one else. Very well, I
am not worthy of her, but no man is or
t-ver will be, and if she will marry mo I
y.'IU make my life such that si c need
never be asliareed of any' act in it.
How r.m'1 to convince her of this? If
J should tell her now she would think
j?o mad, and justly. First I must do
rxnuething worthy of notice, that is sure.
I can't write. I never could excell that
way. It will be some time yet before I
can hope to distinguish myself in court.
Wat can I da
'tore bo hid to leave the problem,
ami far some time it remained unsolved.
"What uld he do ? He asked himself
again nnl. again. This thought of the
law court most naturally recurred to
him, since that was his avocation in life.
Suddenly, one day, as he was riding soli
.larily aloiB a by stret-t in Harwinton,
his nalivcKown, be saw something that
;avo him his great idea. He reined in
bis lwrse so quickly that that peaceful
i.nimal was profoundly surprised, and
doubtless pondered, with equine gravity,
tto why and wherefore of it in bis
stable afterward.
"ily Jove!" thought and almost said
Frnncia Robinson, "I have it. I'll win
iny laurels in one kind of a court, any
way. She is just devoted to tennis, and
if 1 can't get to be champion of this
town in that, with such an aim, I am
more of an idiot than 1 think 1 am."
"Which shows that at least ho had
some self confidence. He went to work
immediately. He played tennis a little,
. of course, but had never devoted much
rlimc or thought to it Perhaps this
. was partly due lately to the fact that he
was not a member of Alice Starr's club.
"Alice Starr's club" I say advisedly, for
iSbe was the leading spirit as well as the
.best player in it. Francis knew be
could get into the club, otherwise known
as the 'Special' if he tried, but first be
rnii"t play well. For over a month he
devoted hours each day to practice with
. Jds racket and ball, at lirst in a tete-a-tete
with the side of the house and then
with any one he could lure into his toils.
He had a ilne court made on his own
Jawn, the better to entice people to
practice.
With his determination he succeeded
jlncly, and when be applied for admit
tance to the Sjiecial he knew he was up
to any memlier in H unless it were Alice
Klnrr. lie might have waited a little,
longer, but he was getting impatient,
and people were getting tired of being
- lieaten. He was admitted to the club
easily enough. I have said that no one
disliked him, and if members didn't
want to play with him they needn't. It
is a fact worthy of notice that every
individual who had been practiced on
and of late badly beaten bad forgotten
to mention the fact It was just beast
ly luck anyway, and on his own court,
too. Ho there was no general impression
of his good playing, asthere might have
torn if his partners hnd been more
generous in giving to the world their
cores. ...
A day or two after he had been en
' rolled h a member Francis walked into
the grounds one afternoon just as play
was at its height. The five court were
all occupied just then, but soon, one
being left, a man who thought it was
rather asuame Itobinson shouldn'thave
a gsrae til) first ay, you knttv, ask
him to play. lUMtomt gltd'y tat'
sent fed, though to knew rav.f did rM
An much at it At any rriUi 2t ws a
start, mid be beat his adversary' a
straight set with provoking coolueis.
Craves bad waked up a littie by this
time, and calling to a passing friend he
said:
I say, Fairfield, don't you want to
play ? I am no use today and Ilobiirsou s
been knocking me all out"
Fairfield assented: "Well, yes, he
would Lave a try" with a smile that
plainly said, "We'll see bow small fry
like Itobinson will show up on my play
ing," for he was one of the best men in
the club. To lus surprise, however, he
found himself unaccountably beaten at
every game. He got aroused, then an
gry, but it was only the worse for him.
liobinsou simply played better than
ever. At Kwt, after two sets, one Rob
inson's straight and the other 0-2, he
became disgusted and said:
"WelL I'm down on mv luck, too.- I
think I won't play any more. That
serve of yours is very clever, Itobinson.'"
15y the time they Htopjied almost '.
every one was getting tired, and a group
in which Alice Starr was standing had
been watching them for some time.
Itobinson turned to her and said: "Won't
you try one, Miss Starr? Itseemeapity
to stop so soon. Single or double, us
you prefer."
Alice was by no means averse to dis
playing her excellent work and she was
never weary, so they chose a court. To
the satisfaction of both, no one else
c;ired to play. Every one watched them,
as theirs was the only court occupied.
To every one's surprise especially to
Fairlield's - llobinson's good luck
seemed to stand by him. How provok
ing it was! Alice would get vantage so
easily, llici. lose the game. She grew
more and more astonished as time went
on. If Mr. Itobinson had ouly seemed
to try to play! llut he didn't, lie stood
around as easily as possible and didn't
even seem to exert himself nt all, but
just reached out lazily and returned the
most difficult balls.
"Jupiter!" said Jamie Wright, whose
chief occupation in life was to make
supposedly witty" comments on other
people's actions; "Jupiter! I never saw
a fellow play like that. It looks as if
he stood in one place and reached out in
a'l directions regular octopu3, don't
you know!" And that is. the way Fran
cis pretty soon became known as Octo
Itobinson.
All the young people walked up town
together. Francii felt to walk with
Alice would seem rather triumphant to
her, so he contented himself with talk
ing to her dearest friend Janet Gray.
At some complimentary remark of hers
he answered:
"You mustn't forgot, Miss Janet, that
all my life almost I have practiced in
bull nlavimr. There's nothing in the
world bke that eMScially amateur with
all its tricks to make a man's wrist as
limber as an col forgive the compari
son. Miss Starr has not h U the advan
tage of Unit practice, but slio plays
magnificently totter than I should
have ever thought possible without
early training."
When Janet, ns in duty bound, re
peated this conversation to her friend
Alice laughhed and said:
"Mr. Itobinson is sluewder than I
thought. Little bo knows of the hours
and hours (Jeorge and 1 have practiced
curves in the back yard If it hadn't
been for that I never could have played
so well."
All the rest of tho summer Francis
had chances for games with his star.
Harwinton Was in the transition state
from borough to city, and was not yet
so large that every one left it in the
pleasantest sen son of the year. There
were lovely drives around it, too, and
the young pcojiie of the Special often
took them together. Of course, when
Alice saw Francis so much at the
courts she thought of him, naturally
as her narticnlar escort on such occa
sions, to
carry fill) untl lippit, RloYr Mid Unwl.
And yet she did not think of love.
One always stands up for one's heroes,
however unpretending they may be, but
surely I am justified in saying that
mine showed mat self restraint and
wisdom in keeping so long from telling
Alice, even by a look, bis secret See
ing her almost every day, and often be
ing alone with her, it was hard indeed
to keep silent respecting his love for
her. I!ut be was succeeding in gaining
at least her unconscious assent to his
constant attention, and that seemed to
him a long stride toward bis goal
He had convinced her of his physical
ability, but how to do so of his mental?
The chance came w4th the October
.vmrla The tennis courts must be
abandoned, but must the pleasant in
tercourse of the Swcial be dropped
too? Certainly not! The club had a
verv nretty house on the grounds, and
this could easily be made suitable for
winter. It was soon in order. Alice
Starr was interested: "When AlissStarr
!. lake hold of a thing it's got to go!
Once a week tho rooms were to be
opened in the evening aud twice for
reading and billtards-they had a par-
i ii iilarlv irood table In the afternoon
A club of older people was started for
the benefit of the chaperons and one
norinr uss clven uo to them. One was
km for daneinir for the younger ones,
t.(i nn stairs, besides the billiard
room, two dressing rooms were utilized
Mr r rria ot br gUfcrs. I H e ottn.
lk-n witbffcis, at Alio Starr's upfi
tion,, detaih g club wig formed. .Uiy
menhir ef tl club Was entitle4to
ineiatordp, and two of the lirst names
on the list vw those of Alice Starr
and Janet dray. This ojened the way
for other girls, and pretty soon it was
discovered that the list IM an almost
equal number of men's and girl's names.
The debates took place once in two
weeks aud each time the speakers were
apjiointed for the next.
Francis Itobinson waited eagerly for
his chance. A man and a girl supported
each side, and after this an informal
discussion by all the members fol
lowed, anil from Octo Robinson's swift,
brillii'iit little speeches then, much was
expected w hen he should take a lead
ing part The night came at last when
he heard his name. He was to lead the
negative with Mary Graves against
Alice Starr and Henry Fairfield. The
subject of debate was the following:
KwoItmI, That womn should beaUo-winl equal
!)rmli'g witb inuu at the polls aud in public
Francis bad one great advantage in
this a sincere conviction against it;
that counts for a deal everywhere aud
most of all when one is unused to mak
ing any given point of view one's own.
Francis put his whole heart in the work.
iVll the first week be thought about it,
racking bis brains for novel and con
vincing argument, and at the beginning
of the second commenced to write. It
was perfectly' allowable and very gen
eral to have a written stiecch, but be
i ad no such idea as that How could
he impress everyone by his brilliancy
if he constantly referred to an inglori
ous copy? Just as if he weren't sure
what lie did think!
Alice Starr worked hard, too. She
had never given much thought to the
subject before, not thinking it practical,
but as she studied it she warmed to it
more and more, and by the fatal
Wednesday night wa3 at a white beat-
She herself had taken a different phase
of the idea than she had thought her
opponents likely to choose and given
the more usual view of it to Fairfield
He, partly through devotion to her and
partly through dislike of Octo Itobin
son, had done bis best
There was an unusually full meeting
on that Wednesday evening, and even
Francis felt a little shy. Fairlield
ojiencd the debate with a really bright
speech, and the applause was warm at
his eloquent peroration. Then Mary
Graves. She was very quick, and,
catching at one or two defective points
in Fairlield's argument, turned the tide
in her favor. After a pause Alice rose.
She, too, had decided to speak without
notes, and her eloquence and lire fairly
carried away her little audience. Fran
cis was naturally quick himself, but she
fairly dazzled him tonight, and when
she snt down he feit that he had noth
ing to say in answer to her unique
brilliancy. Hut tben, the great oration
that he had 'prepared with so much
care! Surely that, with its'flash of con
viction, would eclipse the fire of Alice
Starr's words.
So he arose and, with an earnestness
that surprised every one, began. His
lirst few sentences impressed everybody,
but suddenly he looked at Alice Starr,
Her eyes were fixed on him with a look
almost of fear fear lest ho should
snatch away the laurel she so longed
for. At that look he stopped. After a
hioment's silence he went on for a sen
tence or two, but it seemed that every
idea had fled from him. He looked at
Alico Starr again, paused a moment
and then said slowly:
"I hope every one will pardon me.
The unexpected turn of my opponent's
argument has just put me all out 1
leave the field with the hope that some
one here may fill the place I cannot."
He turned and left the room, and for
a moment dead silence reigned. Then
a murmur Of comment arose and half a
dozen sprang up at once to give their
support to the negative,
Francis Itobinson walked slowly out
of the bui'ding, mechanically putting
on his coat and hat as he went through
the hall, and went on to tho broad
veranda. He stopped a moment, and
then bethinking himself of a peculiar
corner o' the veranda, where he would
lie secure from intrusion, he went there
and sat down on one of the benches
He took off his hat and let the cool air
strike his forehead and sat gazing
blankly at the courts. He tried to
think, hut it seemed almost impossible.
His last chance was gone, Alice would
even despise him now. How long he
sat there he did not know, but at length
he heard the applause that he knew
must be for the announcement of the
judges' decision, and he wondered if
Alice were happy now. He sat with
his face In his hands and did not hear a
step approaching. Another person had
thought of this retired spot and had
come here to think. Hut she stopped
as she turned the comer and looked in
silence at the dejected figure a moment.
Then she said softly:
"1 hope I do not disturb you, Mr.
Robinson."
Ifo started to his feet and his face
showed still more the pain he was suf
fering. I tog your pardon," he said, "I did
not hear you. Certainly not you do
not disturb me, 1 mean."
An awkward pause ensued. She broke
it1 "You must not feel like that 1
don't know what to tay, but It wasn't
ytrar t&uit Xo one thinks of it a ;a:nrt
you"
"Can't you see it Isn't that? lie an
swered almost fiercely. "It was my
great chance. I though if I could make
you see I really wasn't stupid, common--place,
I might win your love. And now
now you despise me, or at least you
think nie a fooL What do I care what
others think ? It was you I worked
for."
There was another pause, and then
she said slowly in an almost inaudible
tone:
"15ut how do you know till you ask
me, Francis ?"
He seized her hands and his happi
ness. Jlis defeat bad done what Ins
success jierhaps iitver would have, A
moment later she added, with a happy
little laugh:
"And you needn't feel so badly
There were lots ready to help you, and
it didn't take the judges long to decide
in favor of the negative. So you see
you won your point and your fiancee,
too." Isabel Dyrol in Springfield
Homestead.
Tricks in All Trades.
"Oh, yes, we all have our faults," said
a wealthy retirea grocer or tins
city, as he sat with a groupe of old
friends on the veranda of his west side
home. "I'll admit even that the par
agraphed have some foundation for
the sandy-sugar, cocoanut-pepper and
clay-coffee bean jokes they keep Hing
ing at grocers with almanac regularity.
15ut we can console our selves with the
true, if not exactly mor-d, reflection
that there are lots of folks worse than
i.
"Out of the fullness of my half cen
tury's experience I should say that
the servant girl trade or buisncss or
whatever you like to call it has more
sharp and tricky members than any
other one I know of. For example,
twenty-live years ago I had a splendid
customer in a high class boarding house
near my store. I always gave the
servant who attended the purchases,
the waitress' and the head cook their
'little dividend' every week. Mess you
yes, we had to do it then and we have
to do it now. If we didn't well you'll
see as I get along with the story). And
every thing went as merrily as a mar
riage bell for three years. Then my
rival in the neighborhood, a crusty old
bachlor, concocted a fine scheme to get
that boarding house trade from my
store to his. ITo went to the landlady
and offered to take an expensive room
of her if she would agree to buy her
supplies from him in the future. The
landlady liked me, and w3 well satisfied
with the goods 1 furished her, but the
room had been unlet for some time,
and 'business is buisness' anyway, so
she agreed to his proposal.
"Old Smith' that wasn't his name,
but it will do for the story grinned
from ear to ear every time he passed
my place for the next few days and
told every tradesman in the place of
his feat But ho made one big mistake
in his own course of action. He re
fused to tip the servants when Saturday
came around, saying that they would
have to buy from him any how, and he
was unnecessarily gruff and rash in
telling them so. The. girls said nothing
but thought a heap, and when Sunday's
supplys came home that evening they
divined a plan to (ix the new boarder, as
he broke the shell of his eggs, was
assailed by an oder that was simply
terrific. Everybody knew that Smith
had furnished tho eggs, and the glance
cast at him by the breakfastcrs, from
the landhidy to the attic boarder, were
the nearest things to basilisk stares
imaginable.
"Another batch of eggs was cooked,
but they were opened with the same
result, and although poor Smith pro
tested that the eggs he had sent around
were only a day old nobody believed
him, and he went up stain feeling like
a social outcast. At dinner the toma
toes plainly tasted of tin, the potatoes
were hard and specked, the cheese
burned a hole in one's tongue' and the
butter--well, I don't care to repeat
what the star boarder said about the
butter. The boarders held an indigna
tion meeting in the parlor that after
noon, and at its close the landlady went
up stairs and told Mr. Smith that he
had better move Monday morning and
shut down. at once on the grocery sup
plies also. Smith vowed the goods he
had sent in were of the very best, but
it was no use, tha next day I had my
old customer back again.
"Where do I suppose the girls got
that stock of bad eatables ? Well, I
can't say exactly, but 1 know that
there was less rubbish carted away
from my cellar that week than usual.
The girls may have formed a combina
tion with my porter in the matter, but
there is no use casting suspicions on
peoplo who may have been innocent
As the landlady remarked, 'business is
business,' and as 1 said before, servants
are tricky. Let's have a fresh cigar."
New York Times.
Types and I'oetry.
Managing Editor What was it that
young fellow wanted?
Oflice lloy lie says that he wrote a
sonnet entitled "Dolly's Dimples," and
it got into the paper headed "Dolly's
Pimples," and that he wants it ex
plained, as it got him into trouble
with something he called his feeansay.
Unoinnati Commercial Gazette,
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ACADEMY AND SELECT SCHOOL OF THE
Holy - Child - Jbsus,
Tilnooln, BTobraalLa.
This institution is conducted by the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesi
horn Sharon Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., will open as a Boarding and Select
Day School for young ladies,
Monday, September Otlx, 1QOO.
P&renU will find in thie Academy all the feBturwe of a secluded and refined borne fur tbeir
daoirhtere. A Utoruugi useful and accompliehed education in imparted, and particular care is
beeUiwed on the moral improvement of tne pupila.
Difference of religion no obstacle to the bdmirteinn of pupils. For particulars addreaa,
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Ifoiling; Lakci.
About one hundred miles north of
Oroville, at the foot of old Lassen, there
is a boiling lake covering several acres.
The depth of the lake is unknown, but
its entire surface constantly boils like
a huge kettle. The degree of beat we
do not know, but we were there about
ten years ago, and remember distinctly
that it would scald the skin from the
fingers in a very few seconds. Our
party agreed that it would boil an egg
in four seconds.
The smell of sulphur pervaded the
atmosphere about the lake, and around
its borders somet hing like sulphur could
to scrajied up in handfuls. This lake
is near Hot Spring Valley, at the base
of Mount l.ausen. lletween it and the
mountain there are, ierhaps, a thousand
boiling, bubbling hot springs, and in
tramping about these springs the soles
of persons' shoes become uncomfortably
warm. The Jsorth Feather river, at
the base of I assen, in its trickling
flows and springs, and in a clear, cold
and beautiful stream, flows through
this community of hot springs.
Some of these springs bubble up boil
ing water within a span of the river.
Standing in the midst of these springs
a peculiar sensation is experienced. At
a thousand places the earth emits a
vapor smoke, while under the surface
there is a jarring, roaring noise, as if
hundreds of steam engines were i
operation, and the ominous trembling
of the earth produces a feeling of un
certainly. Ited UluH (Cai.) Cause.
How the Sly Crawfish Catches
Flies.
A correspondent writes that he re
cently observed a very cunning and in
genious trick of a crawfish (or crayfish)
for catching flies. "Sitting on the bank
of a muddy pond, or 'borrow pit,' over
the surface of which many small Hies
were swarming about, I observed that
the crawfish came lo the surface near
the water's edge, and, turning over on
the side, the tail probably touching
bottom, with claws and legs 'spindling'
about in the water, he assumed the ex
act semblance of dead creatures float
ing on the water. In a few seconds
flies would alight on the apparently
dead crawfish, and as soon as one got
into the proper position there was a
sudden and instantaneous Hip, when
fish and fly would disappear together
under the water. In a few seconds
more he would appear on the surfaoc
and go through the same maneuver,
with the same result. There were, per
haps, two or throe dozen of them in
sight at the same time, and all indus
triously engaged in the fly catching
game." Forest and Stream. -
Better Than Gold.
It was in Essex street the other day
that a gamin of twelve found a young
ster of six or seven crying on the curb
stone, and when he asked what was the
matter the latter replied, Says the New
York Sun:
"I I lost a cent!"
"Lost a cent, eh! Well that's bad.
Hev ye hunted all over?"
"Y-yes."
"I'd give you a cent If I had one, but
I'm broke. I hain't got no gum, fish
hooks, marbles, or string, either."
The youngster began weeping afresh.
"Say, I'll promise to take ye to tho
museum next year "
The tears increased.
"I'll conte around here with an apple
tomorrow."
Louder howls.
"Say, I've got it! If ye'll stop crying
I'll let ye lick me."
"You are too big," sobbed the other.
"Xo, I hain't I'm bigger'n you, but
1 hain't got no grit. Any boy kiu lick
me. Come now."
"May I lick you?"
"Yes. Now 111 get down on my
stomach, and you jist pile onto me aud
hammer till I holler."
lie took position, the little one piled
on and pounced him about the shoul
ders till he cried "enough!" And when
they got up the small boy was radiant
and excited and exclaimed :
"Didnt I make you holler, though!
Now I'll go home and lick my two sis
ters!" .
Ups and Downs in the Yeast
Market.
Yeast ia naturally a most unstable
sort of commodity, but its main char
acteristic la that upon the very slightest
Good Farms in Virginia
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provocation it will rise. During the
past week, however, it contradicted ita
usual methods and shrunk in a most
amazing way. Saturday last it sold
for 20 cents a pound. Monday it was
selling for 5 cents a pound, and yester
day the price rose again to 20 cents.
Investigation into the causes of this
extraordinary fluctuation in price re
veals the existence of a hide bound,
eopier bottomed, double riveted trust
which absolutely controls the price of
yeast, and holds it at a figure which
pays the members of the trust a hand
some profit.
A pound of yeast cut into squares
and wrapped in tin foil will make forty
cakes, which are sold by the manufact
urers at 1 cent each, and retailed for 2.
The consumer of this yeast then pays
SO cents per pound. The profit is 68
cents, of which the retailer makes 40
and the manufacturer 28 cents. Com
pressed yeast is made from whiskies,
vinegars, and "low wines," and could
be retailed at 15 cents a pound, with a
fair margin of profit for manufacturer
and retailer. Chicago Inter Ocean.
A Good Hot Weather Diet.
Here is a good hot wheather diet pre
scribed by a $25 a visit doctor of Sara
toga: Fish, clear soups, sea food, eggs,
brown bread a day old, fresh milk,
green peas, lettuce and tomatoes in pref
erence to all other vegetables, ripe mel
ons and fresh berries, rice pudding!:,
lemonade and iced tea in preference to
ice cups, and half the usual quantity of
coffee. 1 le advises contempt for butte'-,
dumplings, pie, roasts, cabbage, pota
toes, hot bread and animal foods as tor,
heating for the blood. Heaisoprescrilxii
a two hour siesta after dining, as littl
exposure to the sun as possible and
glass of ale or porter at night for peoplu
who do not rest well. Hot baths he con
siders better than the cold plunge for
cooling purposes, to be taken an ho:i;
before eating or three hours after.
Violence is done to perfect health by
indiscriminate use of mineral water, es
pecially mixing them, and prolonged
stay in the surf. ' Only an ignoramus
will drink from two different mineral
springs and only the foolishly athletic
overexert themselves. The lounger and
summer tourist will get the best rest on
his back either in a hammock, steamer
chair or bed. Unless tbe system is regu
lated nothing will improve it, and then)
is no better way to keep the portals
open and stimulate perspiration than
by frequent use of water applied in
ternally and externally. ' It is hardly
possible to drink too much good, clean
cool water, and habitual sponging will
remove the excretions from the body
which facilitate the growth of germs
that are fidgety and numerous as the
dust particles in the air we breathe.
New York World.
Saved by a Bullfrog.
There are at least four newspaper re
porters in New York who are stanch
friends of the bullfrog family. They
are engaged on morning papers, aud
they were plowing their way at a trc
mendoua pace through the sand mid
wire gross of the meadows skirting
Newark bay back of Greenville, N. J.,
to investigate a story of a yacht that
had been missing, with eleven men on'
board, for several days. The hour was
late, the story promised to to a long
one and much valuable time had toon
wasted in discovering the name of
the place from which the boat had
sailed, so the young men were pushing
on in the dark toward the shore with
out stopping to search for footpaths.
All at once, from just beneath their
feet, a voice that was almost human
croaked "H'loukkout," and as the trav
elers stopped short to take advice a big
frog jumped with a plunk into the
canal. One more step would havo
taken the young men into ita muddy
depths, where they would have certain
ly received a most unpleasant ducking,
and possibly have last their Uvea, as it
would have been no easy matter to
have climbed up the yielding clay wall
of the waterway. Philadelphia Ledger,
