CLAIR OR MAUD?
rv. -which of these shall be mv wife?
Ti hard to clst:s between them
bard A Mouietiiuei re lv wi&ii
lUi I had never 4-u t lie in.
ur the in first a rear ago,
tpoii ilifaimi Um to;
Xh&r voki L-haruml me Clair's so 8eet,
Aud Mavad'w ricti ccmndta.
-fceeyeB tf C'a'r r heavenly blue,
And Maud's are Lr.ma iii ttjnUt-r;
flieo-ae'a petit milt dimpled grace.
Ifae other tvt-1 and slender.
jthi here's a plan I'm sure 'twill work,
M him who w 11 dt-rnJe i;.
JH wed the oiie hoin fim 1 meet,
U1 ihua let l-'aie tiecide it.
With thontjhts like tbse. tho Triuce of Dudes
Wet Clair, petite aiid elevwr ;
w hi spew. "I him shall he my liride"
&bu answered bruKiucly, ".Neyor,"
Ua unit a trifle piqued,
He left the tody' pres-uco,
jLd drowned his thoughts ai vonng mea will
In ahooting wild-wood phodaanta.
f nt naeetiDg Maud itrithln a week,
Heaa'd, "lear girl, let'g lnury,"
Whr, that can's he," ihs in i t replied,
rim ei gaed to Harry."
--iHiLroit Free I reua.
A 15U11GLAL TRAP.
V . J. C1J VM1 EKS.
As a member or the '-special staff''
to vhom is entrusted the duty of
dealing with telegraph business at
race meetings and other events of ir
regular and itinerary occurence, 1 1 would certainly
have visited most towns of any im
portance in England, and have been
a spectator of. and in some cases a
participator hi. some curious inci
dents, one of which I propose to re
late here.
Many of the most successful meet
ings, from a racing man's point ot
view, are those held at places other
wise of very little size or importance.
As an example, it will be sufficient
to mention Epsom. It was a town in
the Midlands ordinarily containing
about fl.OUO inhabitants- that I, with
Ave colleagues, including a supervi
aor, was ordered in the autumn of
The event wa a two-day race meet
ing. The first day was fine, with oc
casional showers; the racing was
good; and as a largo company was
present, we had enough to do not
-only at the grand stand, but also
later in the evening at the town
office, whence we despatched a large
quantity of press-work by means of
a "Wbeatstone," which had been sent
for the purpose. It was 1 1 o'clock be
fore we finished, and we then had a
aood half-hour's walk to our lodgings.
The second day was awful. Rain
fell in torrents the whole afternoon.
Of course the program was carried
.out; but, beyond ollicial results and
"received" messages, we had very
little to dc. It is the only day I can
remember during which our boss did
not stir out of the office. He gener
erally contrived to have some business
to transact outside about the time
fjxed for each raci
This day, however, the persistent
downpour was too much for him. Af
ter the third race, he sent me to one
of the reporters on some business I
found my man in the weighing room,
a small temporary wooden shed at
the back of lattersall's ring.
When 1 entered, the jockeys were
being weighed in, and there was ap
parently some difficulty or dispute, as
the process was an unusually pro
tracted one. I waited, leaning against
the back wall of the shed, and as I
did so, became conscious of voices
whispering outside.
I caught the words, "A bloke with
a oig red nose and one ear," and my
attention was arrested at once, for
this was the description of our coun
tc -clerk. I listened attentively and
with increasing astonishment
Th voice were those of two men;
an the gist of their conversation ! Harper put in a place of safety,
was, that a plot jad been formed to
rob our office of the cash-box on the
previous day had failed, owing to the
fact that Harper, ou counter-cierK,
had taken the box into town early
in the afternoon, instead of, as was j
the practice, at the conclusion of the
racing.
Ie had, however, bjen closely ,
watched, and was seen to place the j
box in the local postmaster's safe .
at the town office. The safe was '
'You say they watched us leave
last night" he wont on, '-six of us.
What will they think if only three
leave to-night?'
I was nonplussed.
I rather like the idea," resumed
th boss: but I think we should have
help. Suppose we get a couple of
schinken's men?"
Sergeant Schinken was a kind of
semi-public, semi-private p diceofticer Imum
with a staff of men. who were largely
employed by nice committees in the
task of preserving order in the en
closures, and excluding bad and
doubtful characters. They traveled
about to meetings like ourselves, and
in this way a s jrt of intimacy sprang
up.
'Oh, they'd just be as bad as the
locals," I said. --They'd want to boss
the whole affair, and very likely spoil
it I'll tell you what; I'll ask three
young fellows I know to come and
have a game at cards at our diggings
to-night. I'll tell them to call for us
at the office half an hour or so before
we close At c!osing-time we can
make sour1 excuse, and send them oSf
with our own thiee men, whilst you.
Harper, and I remain.''
He stdl hesitated. I could sec he
was again more than half inclined to
let the police deal with the matt'T.
Of course hisresponsibility was heavy;
and should anything go wrong, he
be severely censured.
I had.however, the utmost confidence
in my p'an, and would or could sen
no possibility of failure; so that,
eventually, I suc ealcd iu gaining his
consent.
Tliis done, I was only anxious for
the racing to conclude, that we might
get down to the town and prepare
our surprise party. At o o'clock the
final race was run; and an uour later
we were hard at it in the town, wir
ing full account of the day's doings.
Only the threa of us already men
tioned" knew of the projected attempt
and our counter-plan; and we, con
vinced that we would be overlooked,
assumed to the best of our abilities
an ordinary manner and bearing.
Harper produced as usual his cash
box and sheets, counted and balanced
his account telling the money, which
amounted to about eighty pounds, out
on the counter before him. Finally,
he replaced it in the box, which he
handed to the boss, who placed it in
the safe, closing, but not locking, the
door.
Meanwhile, I had. quietly and un
observed, procured a Iwx very similar
to llapers's, and after partly filling
it with some odd pieces of metal, 1
fastened one end of a long wire to its
brass handle. I prepared another
similar piece of wire. Ostensibly for
working imrnoses, I had gathered all
the batteries at our command under
neath the counter, and when the
work was over, I quietly knelt down
and joined them altogether in series.
At the same time I fastened one
end of my spare wire to the negative
pole of this monster battery; and
then, standing up and leaning over
the counter, succeeded, unnoticed, in
attaching the other end of the wire
to a narrow brass rail which ran
along the top edge of the counter. 1
must explain, that in order to reach
the safe from the pantry door, as we
called it. it was necessary to pass al
most the entire length of this
counter, and of course'to repass it in
returning.
The hour for closing arrived: My
three friends had been waiting some
time. Everything being ready, the
boss sent our colleagues home, saying
we would follow shortly. The three
guests went with them.
It was still raining, and they hurried
off. The gas was immediately turned
off: and I at once opened the safe
I and removed the cash-box, which
and
substituted the one 1 had prepared
with the length of wire. There was
plenty of slack wire, which we
brought round the back of the safe,
over the other end of the counter,
fastening the free end to the positive
pole of the battery.
All was now ready. We hid behind
the counter and waited. Harper, who
was very bitter against the thieves,
on account of their unflattering de
scription of himself, took up his place
continually and all at once. We
could hear the cash-liox thump and
rattle against the flour or the counter
as the current jerked his arm spas
modically to and fro.
At til is po int Harper quietly turned
on the transmitter and pushed the
lever over to top-spec I. Any one
who has heard an instrument of this
description set in motion at its in ax-
reed knows what a sedation
MISS PRISCILLA PRUE.
I Kile Vl'l rrU iil Pra.
ith her ejet of c!ear bin,
Id i hr cheeks ol rov line.
Lived in Boalon. long ao;
And tb villa !'Pl'J ..
luat this rhioiug little
V enoi-nti to tu" oue .
lor she ainilei and dunj leJ
Misi Pricilla'& i!low gown
W. the wml- r oJ the town.
Whan, the b-auii'lS klia.le was brown.
in the sombre 1 ng a'o;
Ah uirdalutv tr n iii feet
With ih.irhiKb heeled ltrdl
Made the duh.-.l Lean a to be it,
Ihro they chid her dancius to.
coming di-asUT isgiveu by the rapidly
increasing revolutions or a sc.tre 01
wheels, which gather speed and torce,
and noise until it seems as if the
whole machine will burst up by ex
cess of velocity.
Imagine tlr; effect this had on the
nerves of the man already in the grip
of some mysterious, tin ligh table
agony. Of course he jumped to the
conclusion that the noise indicated
some fresh increase of his torments.
He be,',!! to scream for mercy.
"Oh-h-h! II-lp mo. Murder! Oh
gentleman, stop ill Don't kill me.
Help! llelpl" He writhed and strug
gle.l, fell on his knees, and by an
enormous effort, tore the rail from its
place: but the batt-ry wire still held
on. j '-I presume tint a
For a time his cries and struggles jeepticti mind and iron
redoubled: but, at last he lay ex- jreat contempt for i-op
hausted on the lloor. 1 then turned .-hf-sts or in other
off the curr 'lit. and we turned on the terrors?" T
gas. There lay our man. his face ; .-i un such a contempt once but 1
grav anil distorte.!, as t hough he had I waseoinnletely cured of it yeai ago.
a n't lie was ouite vouu . After In ..vui surmise me. May I ask
had s imewhat recovered, he begged ' w.p her you healed yourself
hard to be li t l'o. uasiiing out: 1 nloved the services of som
"You've done it hard enough on : physician?"
me." Dr. Weymouth caught the humor
After some hesitation, the boss de- j he remark of the young medical
cided to let him go. I fancy he was, t,i lent who wa- (jue-tKining him,
not quite at his ease as to how his laughed.
action would be regarded by the de-j - i was cured by some! lung worse
partment Another reason was that 1 ii);in a pliVMcian," be replied.
the second man had got clean away, j -vVliat was it'"
He had been waiting outside: but on human skull."
hearing the disturbance and his pal's j Your story must be a strange
cries, Had ilea anu ieio mm.
The man was grateful for his re
lease, and walked slowly and heavily
away. He was evidently severely
shaken, and 1 should scarcely think
would ever try to rob a telegraph of
fice again. Saturday Evening Tost
:.,,! ),nt nne offence. He
?pS h. and ottered the
liner that he had found in it but
J tl,.ien nothing. I he cnsU-ry
TJZXTelto b-mse for the ?peak of the occurrence
tote purpose of furnishing Mrs. (rod-
"I felt sheepish enr,Ue),
oeen iriguieneu nwe a chiM
anyttJ
thing that was as far
the supernatural as
could well lie Imagined.
Youns end ol 1 alike abe swayed.
This llur.lii!Uvlc maid. ,
. Though nl.e b not . run and staia
Like llieMk ot l.'UK a';
Kverv vouth from Ur ud wide.
J ,D'ed to win hi r f r hi bade,
but I riMTillannly- fit'lied
And diiuurelj answered .NO.
Pot at lost there c.Jne a div
Wlirn her heart win charmed J.
hen the coul-J i.i't aiisBi-r nay
lo a Bol.aer, lull:: i s; J ;
to her brave .-JOi. rU-ar and blue,
Ami bor red lip . t and true,
AnawereJ h:w w'.n " "l',0'
-or. LocuiSui I 1'JVL' voU SO.
-Household I i lulialiii'U.
ALL AlKHT A SKILL
man of your
nerve has a
e who believe
su'.crnaluial
or em-other
i-ith evidence tnat her
wa, untrue to her. His intu.n.y
with Godwin had enabled him todis-
,ver where bis friend kept the dis
putable love letters, and then hJ
.,..,..!,. ,,t the mean libit by which
effected the scattering of th.
..... th-it. Mrs. Godwin, for
liodwin he knew was away,
,.rtuin to discover them
.....mini Of course the
fright
Dut in
I1'
let
Mr. J
would le I
the next j
natural sup-
, i . .1... lu.iio, teld
position WOUM oe I'""- """" ' ;
been catered by a common burglar,
i ,i..,i u.' :-. lie had had time to '
an i I,,,..
......l ..nviliioL' lie had been
' ,.,vi !iw;iv bv s nii" noise,
i .,,. of his precautions, the photog
' tiher failed to conceal his guilt, and
i ily a part of what he desired Imp
lied. The divorce was orougui,
but Callahan's hope uiai oe
ulise iii"iit:y marry Mrs (hxi-
vin -mil i'ei'ive benellt from trie large
e.rtune which she held in h
,, ri,t was blasted. He had
vat. d Iht husband' ac.ualntauc : for
.eir-, forthj puiiose. of flrrdiiig an
opportunity for Hie gratification of
h s evil desires. The opportunity had
at last come, but in his att 'nipt to
use it, lie had been thoroughly
til wailed.
"Although he had stolen nothing,
the act of breaking into the hmi-e
constituted burglary and h" was sent
to prison fur a few years. It is here
ilterC'stlllg to note mat, Hie niaoon en
which brought ill lii' k
lest the story should reach
-t... .l .ftr.VJ nl 11,, .!, ,
lilt' u'ilivi-, uu uiu K.iiy nisf
cause uitiu iaj urerwneiu
rilicuie. lifiueiuuer your
for if you should reveal w
told vou, my reputation as
who has an iron nerve would
forever. nouscnom Lorur
out.
ht
The Stury ol the Kill,
The Feile-breacan, or belted plaid,
which was the plaid and kilt in one
piece, is the recognized upper gar
ment of the ordinary ancient High
lander, but it may lie news to some
that the Ficlebeag (philabcg)or little
plaid the kilt, in short, as it is
known at present owes its existence
to the ingenuity of an Knglish regi
mental tailor, and it is not over two
hundred years old.
Soon after the year 1715, attracted tint
by the profusion of fuel in Glengarry,
on Vnirlich rrimreinv nlil islied Mil
iron foundry in the. midst of the ex-, ended in a happy marriage, bad it not
,n.ii, wh .i,i,h n.nr tiw Ui-bKro 1 been that entirely unexpected dr
one.
"It is; but 1 will not tell it to you
unless you will solemnly promise not
to lepeat it."
'Why so much secrecy?''
"It is not necessary to s d.isfy your
curiosity now. My reason will be
plain to you when my narrative is
ended.'"
'Very well; I promise."
'To give you a thorough under
standing of my singularexpericiiee. it
is neces-ary for me to recall a series
of events which preceded the super
natural horror which I shall de-cnlie.
When I began to practice medicine
in a small inland city. I became ac
quaint d with a beautiful girl, who
so charmed me that I sought her so
ciety frequently. I have since learned
he thi n regarded mewitli favor.
and no doubt 1 would have eondiicled
a regular courtship which would have
in Mi mrm in which we worked in close to the v tieatstone transmitter,
the evening, and was an old-fashioned, a clock-work machine driven by heavy
almost obsolete contrivance. J weights, and capable of attaining a
AH our movements must have been very high speed,
eery diligently followed, ae the men An hour passed. It struck twelve,
knew not onlv the exact position of i The rain was still beating against the
th. elf with resnect to the doors and windows. I
windows, but also at what hour we
of Garry, and a small canal was cut.
from Loch Oich to Loch Lochy to
facilitate the conveyance of the metal
to the sea. The, manager of the
works was an Englishman named
Hawlinson, and as his residence was
a convenient, stroll between General
Wade's garrisons at Maryborough and
Inverness, he was frequently visited
by officers and men passing between
the two posts. One of these was
soldier and regimental tailor named
l'arkinson, to whom, having recently
come to the country, the novelty o
the dress was an object of curiosity.
While he sat by the lire, observing a,
Highlander who entered remaining
in his wet belted plaid, he inquired
why he did not put off his "cloak.''
His disapprob itioii on hearing it wa i
the only upper garment under thd
cota-gorrid was increased on being
told that it was plaited under thtj
belt every time that it was put on;
and, prompted by his trade, he sug,
gested the improvement of sewing
the folds in the required disposition
and separating them from the rest of
the plaid, by which the mantle partj
might be laid aside any time. The,
expedient being repeated to Rawlin-j
son, wno niinseu wore me, uigniawt
dress, he detainee the tailor to exe
cute his design; and two days after the,
manager appeared in the little kilt.
The new garment immediately at
tracted the notice of Ian Mac Alas,
dair Mhic Raonuiel of Glengarry whrj
caused a second to be made for hirui
self.
closed the office, and the whereabouts
f our lodgings. Thiy had also as
certained that no one remained dur
ing the night In or near the room
where the safe was.
The upshot of the conversation,
which occunied less time than it has
taken me to relate in,
tc.vo otlice was to be
was sun ana com ana
weary, ana was ocginuing w wish we
we had called in the police, when I
heard something a trifle louder than
the rain at the pantry window.
There was a quick scratching sound
like a nail drawn across a slate, and
immediately after we heard the win-rlnw-lntch
slinned back and the sash
was. tnat tne ' raiseu quieuy. ure u;u nwwe
entered that , tainly expert at their work
,irht a annn after we had cone as Had we not been aiert ana expcti,-
would be considered safe. Entrance
wa to be effected from the backyard,
through the window of a small room j
adjoining the larger one in which we J
worked.
Further details I failed to overhear,
s the dispute at the weighing-chair. (
which had been gradually growing ,
warmer, now waxed loud and furious.
Taking advantage of the noise, I .
lipped, out and hurried to the office, i
Taking the boss on the side, I told
la alL He was for informing the
police at once, and having the place
guarded and the thieves scared off;
bat after a lot of persuasion, 1 talked
Int over, convincing him how much
ore to bis credit it would redound
If be himself captured the robbers
ad-handed and unaided by the police.
I expounded to him a plan, the
win 'dea of which had struck me at
tb Int moment, to which he listened
attentively, and occasionally smiled
aoproTlBgly. When 1 ended, he said:
lt would do very well but tor one
felu It Involves three of us re
Mining concealed in the office?"
lNMOtk
ing them, we should not have heard
j their operations. In a few moments
i the pantry door opened with a gentle
' creak, and the marauder was in the
I room. Wc held our bream.
Confident in his knowledge, the
man had no light save what came
from the windows. He approached
tho safe, and could not altogether
express an exclamation of surprise
and delight at finding It open. He
wasdestined for more surprise and
less delight shortly.
Peeping carefully over the counter,
I could just disr-ern him in the dim
light, with the box in bis hand, turn
Inn to retrace his steps. As I had
anticipated, and indeed reckoned on,
he stretched out his empty left hand
to guide himself along the counter,
and seized the brass rail. As be did
so, the full force of the battery
atruek him: "Blazes!" he shouted,
or rather yelled out
He tried to let go the rail, but In
vain. Then he attempted to drop
the cash-box. but that stuck to him
too. He began to hop about and
I stamp and groan and swear and pray
Kxcavatlna; for HUtory In Tuiim,
It is announced from Tunis that,
excavations are now being made in
the famous two-headed hill men,
tionea by Virgil, which hill is situ,
ated about eight miles from Tunis,
Many interesting remains have al,
ready been unearthed, and it is condi
dently hoped that better will follow.
A temple of Baal Saturn, which has
been almost entirely laid bare, is aU
tracting particularly the attention of
the French archaologists because of
its peculiarly Interesting statues and
has reliefs. The building is situated
at an elevation of over l.tiOO feet ; and
this is another proof that the Cartha
ginians practiced their religious cere
monies on hills. On all the statues
of the gods to which the temple is
dedicated the names Baal and Saturn
are found together, which "would
seem to Indicate that to flatter their
Roman conquerors the Carthaginians
hiyl added to the name of their chier
god that of the highest Roman deity.
Chambers' Journal.
cuius! 'inces suddenly separate!! us.
My father was stri In n w.th a fatal
i!lie"ss, rjid mv presence was require 1
at bis home in Massachusetts until
his death, which took place after i
had been with him six months.
When I returned to the West and re
sumed my medical practice. I learned
to iny great i-Ugria that Mi.-s W ilk
ins, the girl to who:.i 1 had been so
attentive, was engiccd to be married
to a young lawyer named God win.
He bad been as rapid in his loveatlair
as I had been slow in mine, and 1
then learned the bitter lesson which
nrtny other young men who have Ik-cm
dilatory in courtship iiuvealso learned,
that if a prompt am! zealous rival ap
pears, and he is pretiv sure to do so
if the girl is highly t tractive, he will
wi.i tin: prbc (l!irii4 an absence of
even a few mouths on tin- part of the
dilatory suitor.
Of course there was nothing for
me to do except l accept the inevit
able. 1 bore my disappointment as
best 1 could and gave assiduous at
tention to the duties of my profes
sion. Meanwhile I learned that 1 was
not the only dlsapiiointed suitor. Mr.
Callahan, a handsome photographer,
had tried to win the, hand of Miss
Wiliiins during my absence in Massa
chusetts, but he soon found that God
win was preferred to himself. Calla
han was a moody and disagreeable
renow in spite of his good looks, and
I was decidedly glad that he had been
unsuccessful. Knowing what hisdis
position was, 1 wis surprised to ob
serve that after Mies Wilkins had be
come Mrs. Godwin he cultivated the
husband's acquaintance, and within a
few months became his intimate
menu, loiten
brought good luck to me. Soon after
he went to prison, 1 married Mrs.
Godwin and have since lived happily
wim her. During his imprisonment
the photographer brooded over his
troubles and when he was released
he was in a murderous mood. One
evening, while my wife and I were
walking in a thinly settled district
of the citv. we were startled by two
pistol shots tired in rapid
bv sonic one lehind us.
around and running a few feet back
grappled with our assailant. I threw
him u ion the ground, and succeitleil
in holding him there until two men
who hapiK-ned to bo in the vicinity
hurried to my assistance. The viliain
was Callahan, who had secretly fol
lowed me and my wife, until then
was a favorable opportunity for him
to attempt murder. He curs-d me
in a frightful manner when he found
that he was a prisoner. A second
time ho was punished by being incar
cerated. Three years later, knowing
that he had a disease that would soon
end his life, he bequeathed his re
mains for ariotomied! purposes to the
bysieian of the prison, to whom he
ad taken a trreat liking. I was well
i.cijuainted with this doctor, and as a
token of ids esteem he presented rue
ith Callahan's sku.l, he Udng well
aware that I was at that time en-
.aged In making a choice collection
of skulls of all si.es.
-The skull was placed in my col
lection, which was kept in a closet
connected with my office, and I
thought no more aimut it until one
day 1 was scied with the desire to
:e how the skulls would look when
arranged so that they could all be seen
at once. Accordingly 1 placed th -m.
n three rows on a broad table in my
office, Callahan's being in the centre
' the front row, b ing accorded, as
t. were, tho place of honor. t had
.list seated myself in a chair for the
purK)se of gazing at the array in an
admiring manner when a messenger
arrived and asked me to visit a patient
.' nose symptoms hue! suddenly become
-.arming.
"It was late at night when I re
turned to my office. I lighted a gas
jet, hut turned on so little gas that
that the (lame was small. 1 seated
.ivsclf In the chair which I had left
when disturlied by the visitor and
gazed at the skulls which were about
ten feet distant. They lookea un
canny, unearthly, iK-rhais, is a bet
ter word, in the dim light 1 had
always prided myself on not being
suiKTstitious, and had frequently
laughed at friends who stood In awe
of the supernatural. Hut somehow
as 1 gazed at that ghastly array of
grinning skulls, listened to the sol
emn tick of a great clock that rested
on top of a desk, felt that 1 wast alone
and that all of the people in the city
wept a few watchmen were sleep
ing, i relt a chill run down mv back
my heart lK-gan 'to thump as the
t auae.l a I wdne
t Is often noted by rail
that the friendship existing
Passenger Conductors John
loy, of the Pennsylvania v
aiid '-Willie liillie" Smith
, -.-l ..,! t .
bUC "I IC "O l "t'llTl, Isl!
moii anu ryirnas order,
cnaiige. ifii on one oera.
did almost come to t. lows ari
sjieak to each other for uear ,
'1-1... .,.,), ,. ,.rll,,,r f,. ..- '
i ii'iutii "'"i'iii uuii-rH
panics their trains ran oterij
track between inuianar.
Kokomo. )ne dark and su r J
,1 1 ... . si
r own ; siniiii jiuiieo out, - or this p
cuiti- had not gone far until it J
red that the engine wa r,,
iug, and could hardly ,uJ
A tun was n-acneo, and thJ
gme Htaiieu. Mnitn was;;
Hut his heart jumped with, ,,
the rays of the headlights
gine of Malloy's train wa?H
the roart. itie flagman sd
and tno trouiiio was explain
n in jou pusri me ovt-r ij
John?" I asked Smith irwaJ
certainly. v line," was j,J
. .......
to Callahan ply, ana his train s'owly pui:
it s ems that Malloy had
brakeman that night, ami!
do a thing but follow out
suggestion, to couple the a
get her. J he couplings we;t
order and they fastened
When the Lake Erie and
train was over the hill tbef.
vania train could not be
irom it. iMitri trams ran
succession oown tin; brae, look sunng'
I turned for rn-tgnt trains and -sawed"
for one hour and forty-fltfi
In-fore, they were separated.
was saiu oy ;ir. .uaiioy on ti
easion arid how he amioua
willingness and ability to tin
Mr. Smith and the unfortumw
man "Into tho clear in ok
has liecn withheld.
saw them totrcthor
and used to wonder whether Callahan
was sincere in his friendship. Several 1 and
nrVr .r a .'.ut l to me that those skulls
IHJUWIU, WHO
Southern Women.
Mr. Thomas Nelson l'agt
Ixiok. "The Old South,"' teal
say in praise of the wives aurt
of the old regime The ma.1!
plantation, he say, might sis
of his responsibility upon a
lent overseer. but the mistress
such means of relief, "She i
tresa, iiiaruitfcr. doctor, coil
sea in s t rcss, tfartwt ,mw.kie
all at once." Such a woman
by her husband that one of tin
was broken. "Well, my dear,
answer'.d, '-if 1 could sew it w
needle and thread. 1 would ti
for you. "
In another place Mr. Paueafl
sonic years ago be was shown a
and faded letter, written ohm
federate iiai.er "Adth mile 0.f
ate ink. It had x--n Liken
breast-iKK-ket ot a dead privati
of a Georgia regiment after oatl
battles around Kichtuond.
It was from his sweetheart
must havn been lilaill and ii4
people, for it was badly writi
bad )v spelled. In it she told M
she loved him: that she had 1
loved him since they hail
school together in the little
i,,,c, in n,o tvi,oiU- thai 91
sorry she had always treated a
baillv. and that now, if neww
a furlough arid come home, sbt
mnrrv him.
Then, as if fearful that its!.1
tatlon niltfht nrove too strnaj
resisted, she scrawled a litij
ier!r,r nerom the blue
Ktioel.1
"Don't come without a j
t,,r if ,,,n don't come huW
won't marry you."
What a llty;
The American Hebrew says that a
minister, while visiting a farmer In
the neighborhood of Glasgow, was in
vited to partake of some tine fruit.
' The good man not only declined the
proffered dainties, but announced the
remarkable fact that he had never
tasted an apple or any otl.br kind of
"green fruit"
The company looked much sur
prised, and an old Scotchman re
marked In a dry tone:
"It's a pecty, but had ye been In
Paradise there might na hac been
ony fa'."
mig it move against me. Might not
lallahan, who had tried to kill me,
who had hated me Intensely during
his second term of Imprisonment. 1
able to Introduce his troubled Kntrit.
Into his skull, marshal the spirits lie
longing v the other skulls, each
AV IllftK-ult lank-
For many years It lias
anhorlmn worn thrtWlharP,
lire lhrr.nd 111 at)hOnSl, that
i.-.ii i. vurw nnfertain'1 The q
U prnnhasittAliy tlic
of every companionship. H'
Illustrated in the last
thn newsnaoers In emu13"
spring offered CJOO to Ve
MIIIUIU II I nu fjiatu u" i
twelve League clubs It',
which they would finish w
tut. t.hA rifflcc ftatu
large prize brought out ttl
efforts, it took tne wu""'
sized force of clerk. '.erl
nvurnlnn the lUCSSCS
was a pleasant fellow, but was not a
man to heed the claims of morality
when theystrongly conflicted with his
inclinations, fell an easy victim to the
wiles of a fair adventuress, lc kept
his infatuation well concealed from
niS Wire lio vever -mil lI,. ,., . " l "wrel bkuiis, rani eiiiiuiiii: nn. ie.
tircly uns Mi ons nnl,,!.. . '! appropriate receptacle, and j in, ami of the entire
-....j, .TV,.,, ,11..., V.O.VV.,,.. If fftintV
HWrUlll IirHin MO tilul rniL.bl.. V.,.a. a t 1 ti.tt ftf- r
niy brains. It was a fantastic, an ut
terly absurd Idea, but it wasncverthc
the kind of Idea that disturbs a per-
son w.ii-n ino nerves are shaky. !
"I soon recovered myself, however,
nu Biiiiieu wnn contempt for my
momentary weakness. But the next
Instant a frlithtfiil fascination com-
lielled mo to sure at the akull of
Callahan. There was a slight noise
in it and It actually moved a little.
The lid less eyes appeared to glare and
uie jaws about the gasping mouth to
move up and down. I sprang to my
feet and grasping the back of the
chair with both hands, raised it In
readiness for an attack. The skull
moved again, more decidedly than
before, and 1 trembled all over.
There was a loud rattle, a biu move.
mcntoiinesKu.il, it crashed to the
inior and bounded to mv f... t
prisoner, his Jumicd so high that my head grazed
tne ceiling, and as 1 came down, the
skull shook violently, turned over.
uiomjvuh-u riis umaiitirulness lu a
most singular manner. One night
while Mr. Godwin was absent on a
long journey, his houc was entered
by a burglar who went to the library
-..v. a U(.SK in which Mr
Godwin kept private papers and let
ters and which was never left by the
owner unlocked. In the morning Mrs
Godwin found the contents of the
desk scattered on the l1oor,and among
them a package of lovo letters from
the adventuress. The cat was now
out of tho bag, and the wronged wife
Instituted proceedings for a divorce,
which was granted. Soon afir .h'n
had accomplished her object, the
community was startled by
tho news that Caliban had been ar
rested on the charge of having com
mitted the burgltry. At the trial,
during which the cotir'b-roo:n was
crowded, on account of tho high
social standing of tho
guilt was skillfully proved by
a chain of circumstantial evidence.
It seem that nd'cb
of the New ' ". ,1W (
tnousaoo : ,, m
twelve rtent, " ,
eighth, and his effort w a
to success of any um'
..... tank
However, vim
rlill.ii la nnt. SO CdKJ A
imagined at a rough estiy
are more possible combin i
' twelve '
uiidiiKeilieiiL v .at'
you have hairs o j ,
when we say "you, J
j..i nf the occui
nr.. .,Mt. the bai'Ck.
MIBi IVCV? M4" -
,tlie Louis
intervie
KgardiiiR 1
irrhase a'1
oli 116 f
pure an
Ktion. d
jicellwf0'
t people o
,iDgthe in
(torem
cms antl aci
, by Tirtu
.Vere the L
10 wc
.v n I. u 1 1 o w l . iiiuu,Ki jjjoer iou oui sprang a nig rat that scam
aft,r breaking into tho house had pcrcd across the floor and disappeared.
nr-Pr
An electric door-opc"
lnm ran b locked in
aware of the facl, ba J
for the use of opV
of a suspicious nai - v
part of the custonje'-
browrht up standing by
Is locaea imuiuw"-'.'
I tlally or wholly closed.
