The Sioux County Journal,
VOLUME IX.
UARKISOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 18X.
X UMBER J 7.
WATERLOO.
The Final Caariei in the Momentous
Battle.
Before the combined armies of WeD
lngton ami Blucher the French could
not stand, Imii, In spite of Inferior nuin
niers, aud the manifest signs of defeat,
General Bonaparte might have conduct
ed an orderly retreat. The case was
different with Naisdeon, the Emperor,
even though he were now a Liberator;
to rHreat would have lieen merely a
postponement of the day of reckoning.
Against thin army Xapoli-ou despatched
what wat left of that force which was
the peculiar product of his life and
genius, the old and middle guard. Mont
of lU iiieuilHTH wen- the children of
peasants, ami hud been horn in ante
revolntlou days. Neither intelligent in
appearance nor graceful In U-aring.
they nevertheless had the look of per
fect fighting machines. Their huge
liearskln caps and long mustaches did
Hot diminish the fierceness of their as
pect. They had lioeii selected fur size,
docility, and strength: they had lieen
well paid, -well fed. and well drilled;
they had. therefore, no ties but those.
to their emperor, no home hut their
barracks, and no enthusiasm hut their
passion for imperial France. They
w uld have followed no lender unless
he were distinguished In their nysteni
of life; accordingly. Ney was selected
for that honor, and. a they came in
proud eonlldeiice up the Charlcroi road,
their cmiMTor passeI them In review.
I.Ike every other division, they had
ts-cn told thai the distant rosr was
from Hrouchy's guns; when Informed
that all vnis ready for the finishing
stroke, that there was to he a general
advance along the whole line, aud that
no man was to Is- denied his share in
certain victory, even the sick. It is said.
rose up. and hurried Into the ranks
The air seemed rent with their hoars
cheers as their columns swung In meas
ured tread diagonally across the north
ern spur of the cross-line elevation
which cut the surface of the valley.
Wellington, Informed of the French
movement, as It Is thought, ty a de
serter. Issued hurried orders to the cen
ter, ordered Maltland's . brigade to
where the charge must be met, and
jiosled himself, with Napier's Imttery,
somewhat to lis right. While yit his
words of warning were scarcely tit
tered, the head of the Freucli column
appeared. The English twitterics iwlch--d
forth a welcome, but, although Key's
horse, the fifth that day. was shot, the
men he led suffered little, ami, with
him on foot at their Hide, they came
steadily onward. The British guards
were lying behind tin) hill-crest, ami
the French could discern no fis only
a few mounted officers, of whom Wel
lington was one. Astonished and In
credulous, the assailants pressed stead
ily on until within twenty yards of the
Knglish line. "I'p, guards! make
ready!" rang out the Puke's well
known call. The British Jumped, and
fired; about .'IliO of Ney's gallant sol
diers fell. Hut there wan no confusion;
on Isith nidi's volley sw"eeded volley,
and thin lasted until the British charg
Then, and then only, the French
withdrew. Simultaneously Donmiot
had fallen upon Alien's division; but
he was leading a forlorn hope, and
making no Impression. As N'ey fell
bark, a liody of French cuirassiers ad
vanced upon the Knglish bntterles.
Their success was jmrtial, and behind
them a second column of the guard was
formed. Again the assault was re
newed; but the second attempt fared
worse than the first. To the right of
Maltland, Adam's brigade, w-lth the
Fifty-second Regiment, had taken
eta nil; wheeling now, these poured a
deadly flank Are Into the advancing
French, while the other mured In a
devastating hall of bullets from the
from. The front ranks of the French
replied with spirit, but when the British
had completed their manoenver. CJol
borne gave the order, his men cheered
In response, and the countercharge le
gan. "Vive 1'Empereurr came the re
sponsive cheer from the thinning ranks
of the assailants, and still they came
on. But in the awful crash they reeled,
confnsion followed, and almost In the
twinkling of an eye the rout Itegan.
Two battalion of the old guard, under
'amlronne, retreated In fair order to
the center of the Talley, where they
made tbelr laat gallant stand against
the overwhelming numbers of Hnlketl's
German brigade. They fought until
but lflO survived. From all aide the
deMilrti)g cry of "Hauve qui peutr
rang on their ears. To the final wi pi
nion of surrender the leader assented,
and they filed In dejection to the rear.
This wcurrelice has passed Into tradi
tion h an epic event; what Cnnibronne
might well have said, 'The guard die,
but never surrenders," was not uttered,
but It epllotnlr.es their character and in
the phrase (hey and their lender hsv
found linmortallly.--('cntnry. ,
Cansea a Great Deal of Trouble.
There are not many nations In Ktiroe
rich enough to treat themselves to a
traitor like Captain Dreyfus, who Is
assuredly the dearest object in (hat
line that has ever existed. We might,
jierhapa. hare four heroes for the same
price. The government machine, with
Its usual genius, haa so skillfully ar
ranged matters that It coats ua $12,000
a year to maintain m a distant Ulet
a man who has been jdegraded public.
1y for trenat-n. If he ivea only twenty
year, which wenM not be eitraordl-
nary, he will have cost his country
men, reckoning in the interest,-a llnla
more than ftOO.000. Never did any
man who saved hi country cost tis
much as that.
It is also the first time on record that
any human being inspires a great
enough interest for jicople to spend
MM) francs a year merely to leurn
the condition of his health. If a min
ister hapH-ns to dream some night
that Dreyfus has es-spcd that costs
J.fjfiO francs in telegrams the next
morning. If Dreyfus catches cold It
takes l.i Kit) francs to announce the
event to the proper authorities, while
If a German or Knglish vessel Is sight
ed sailing past the He an Diahk' we
have to pay .(XiO fin lies.
Besides tills the keepers and watch
men on the island are subjected to the
most cruel discipline, tine lias gone
mad in account of the weight of ro
sMiisibility, two men have been de
voured by sharks in going from the hl
aud where the governor lives to the
lie an Dlable to find out how Captain
Dreyfus had slept at night, and pale,
nervous, restless beings are seen walk
ing about anxiously, with a frightened
leok. siartled and driven out of their
wits at the slightest sound, having
hardly time to eat and sleep; they
never take their eyes off a very trnn
(piil person, who walks his hundred
paces after breakfast, smoking his
pipe, with his hands behind his hack.
They are people with a clear con
science, who watch a man who has
committed a crime. Paris Figaro.
Mental Kpideiriics fast and Present.
In hsiking back to the medieval ages,
we find tin-ill to be times In which ab
normal social phenomena were dis
played on a grand scale times teeming
with mobs, riots, revolts; with blind
movement of vast human masses:
with terrible epidemics that ravpd
Kuropc from end to end. They were
apu peculiar for the strange, striking
fact that whole cities, extensive prov
inces, groat counirii's, were stricken by
one disease. Men went mad In packs,
by the thousands. An obscure indi
vidual In some remote country place
had fits of hysterics, and soon all Ku
ropc was wriggling and struggling in
convulsions of hysterical Insanity. The
dark ages were strange, peculiar ho.
at least, do they appear to us, who con
sider otisorselves vastly superior to the
poor, ignorant medieval peasants,
burgher, knight, with their supersti
tious, religions fervor, and recurrent
epidemic insanities. I am afraid, how
ever, that a similar fate may overtake
us. May not a future historian lsk
back to our own times with dismay,
and perhaps with horror? He will rep
resent our age as dark and cruel an
age of the blind, senseless Napoleonic
wars, of great, commercial panics. In
dustrial crises, Black Fridays, Coxey
armies, and mot and crazes of all
sorts and descriptions. Century.
Dismal Swamp Canal,
Ah engineering work which may
have considerable effect on coastwise
freights is the reconstruction of the
Dismal Swamp canal, which Is design
ed to afford a waterway between the
north and south sea coasts, avoiding
the dangers of lint terns. This canal Is
a historic one, having been begun In
17H" and constructed in ten years,
largely by slave lalsir, to the depth of
four feet and a width of thirty-two
feet. It extends from Elizabeth City,
near Norfolk, Vs.. to the headwaters
of the Pasquotank river, a dlslance of
twenty-two miles, there connecting
with navigable streams which reach
the ocean south of Hatters. In Its
early years It paid dividends of (50 per
cent, per annum, and a share, of Its
stock was reckoned tw be worth one
hearty male slave. The present fn
tract calls for a uniform depth of ten
feet and a width of sixty feet, and the
venture Is backed by $!HK,000 of Balti
more capHal. The work Is to be com
menced by Dec. 31, 1S!7.
Not Good st Arithmetic.
Mr. Frederick Ixs-ker-Ijimpson, an
Knglish poet, in a volume of reminis
cences entitled "My Confidence," tells
a curious siory of Dean Stanley, an II-1
lustration of the (lean's dlfflfiltlc with ''
numbers. Mr. 1-ocker-I.amiKson,. who i
was a connection of Dean Stanley's by
marriage, once told him how the coin-1
poser Halle's cook had bought a lottery
ticket with the number twenty-three.
"1 had a droit m, sir," mid the cook. '
"that made nie buy that niiinlsr. I
dreamed the number seven, I dreamed
It three times, and as three times seven
makes twenty-three, I bought that
ntunlKT."
When Mr. Kocker-Kampson mid con
cluded this story, the dean did not
laugh, as he was expected to; instead
of a In ugh a wistful look was observed
on his face, as If he would like lo
know where the Joke lay.
' "Then, suddenly, for he w". very
quick," says the nnrraor, 'bin face
brightened and he said, but not with
out a shadow of dejection: 'A!:, yes,
I see; yes, I suppose tnree time seven
are not twenty-three!'"
Bingo How Is the new cook doing?
Mrs. Bingo Splendidly. Why, she ha
only lieen here three days, and she can
already ride my wheel quite nicely.
New York Herald.
After a man has consented to take
the ta6uSir3 k -v.ir.is thinks h needs,
she feels ths.t be Is good as landed.
SELFISHNESS OF ONE MAN.
After All Her Planning Phe Failed
to Get a New Wrap.
"Where is that lovely wrap you were
selecting when I sa w you the other
day? asked the young woman hi Marie
Antoinette hat.
"Oh, dou't sH-ak of It," groaned the
young woman In the brown turban. 'It
makes me ill to think of it."
"What on earth In the matter with it?
"Didn't It til. after all? Or "
"It fitted so well that I might have
known something would hapis-n so I
couldn't get it. Oh, dear, I know I
shall be perfectly healthy this year, too.
I always am when I have to wear an
old wrap; nothing will give me even a
old in my betid. Just let uie get a
lovely new one, though, aud "
"The mere leaving of the front gate
open is enough to give you pneumonia.
Yes, I know just how It Is myself. But
you said that you had a plan by which
you could get that darling jacket,
a ml "
"Teach my husband a lesson at the
same time! I know, bill somehow It
failed to work, and It wasn't my fault
In the least, either. It was tills way:
Henry makes such a fuss over my bills
that "
"Already? What will he be after you
have ls-eu married twenty years?"
"I shan't mind it. then, dear. -It. is
only while you are becoming accustom
ed to a thing that it hurts. Well, to get
even with him, I make a great outcry
over his carelessness where his own
garments are concerned. Now, last w in
ter I got a new wrap anil he a new over
coat. When the warm weather came I
got a lot of imrtu balls and put my wrap
carefully away, not that I meant to
wear It this year, but only to call atten
tion to my carefulness. lie Just left
his coat hanging In the closet, and I
wus so angry with him Just then that
I wouldn't remind him of It. I saw
that I could point a moral this fall, so
he'd be ashamed to refuse me a new
wrap for taking such good care of the
old one."
"Oh! I begin to see."
"Do you? In the first place, I asked
him for a new jacket, and he said he
really couldn't afford one. Of course, I
knew that was only talk."
"Of course It was. 'Can't afford it' to
a husband Is the 'Pretty Polly' to a par
rot, earliest learned, and " ,
"Offcnost repeated, I know. Well, 1
cried a good ileal, but he Was firm, so
I knew I'd have to play my trump card.
Next day I went and selected the Jacket
I wanted. That evening I said: 'Don't
you want your overcoat, dear?' lie said
h9 believed he would go up and get It,
and oh, Kama, the moths had made a
perfect wrts-k of it!"
"Nerves him right. He "
"Yes, b but It didn't s serve nm
right, nt nil! He he had felt badly lie
cause I cried, aud had succeeded In
getting the money I had asked for, and
now now It will all have to go for a
new overcoat forfilmself! Oh, did you
hear of anything so selfish?" Chicago
Times-Herald.
Getting Kven with Him.
It is always gratifying to one's sense
of Justice to see the tables turned upon
a would-be swindler. Mrs. J. (. Jebb
tells the story of a young Knglislimau
who was travelling in Mexico. One
Ion Manuel represented to him the Im
mense value of certain silver mine,
with which circumstances compelled
him to part. But his friend should see
and Judge for himself!
The two men were accordingly low
ered a short distance Into the shaft and
the Englishman was so pleased with
the appearance of the ore that, he gave
his check for half the purchase price,
tester he felt moved to explore his in
vestment farther, and going alone to
the mine, hired an Indian In the vicinity
to lower the cage. He speedily discov
ered that the mine was full of water!
Putting Into luihiediate action a ,.lan
of reprisal, he sought Don Manuel and
exnressed his desire to visit the shaft
again, lo which the Mexican reluctant
ly yielded. The Indian was again hired
lo lower the cage, Don Manuel, at the
Knglislinian's Instance, giving the re
quisite Instructions. The Knglisliinan
then polilcly motioned the older man
to Is- seated.
Hardly had he done so, when the In
dian, In obedience to a gesture from his
secret patron, iH'gan turning the wind
lass. In vain Don Manuel entreated
nnd threatened, till his voice arose
faintly from far below.
Then tlie cage was drawn up lo with
in a few feet of the surface and the
Englishman demanded of Its drenched
occupant the surrender of his check.
Evidently I he young man meant busi
ness, and without a word, Don Manuel
yielded.
"Now you can ronw out. I hope you
have not taken a chill V" inquired tint
Englishman, courtcimnly.
furiously Composed.
"Your honor." said a lawyer lu a re
cent trial In England, "the argument
of my learned friend Is lighter thsn
vanity. It Is air; it Is smoke. From
top to I sit torn It is absolutely nothing.
And therefore, your honor, It falls to
the ground by Its own weight." Kx
change. If we had to wait until a woman
lifted her veil In order to kiss her, w
would lose all appetite, nnd wouldn't
kiss her at ail.
THE COMING MAN,
A pair of very chubby legs,
Incased in scarlei hoBe;
A pair of little stuhhy boots,
With rather doubtful toes;
A little kilt, a little coat
Cut as a mother can
And lo! bcfure us Ktaud in state
The future's "coming man."
Hii eyes, pereliam e, will read the stara.
And scan-ii their unknow n ways;
Pi reliance the human heart and soul
Will open to their gaze;
Percliatiee tlieir ki eu aud flashing glance
Will be a nation' light
Those eyes that now are wistful bent
On some "bis fellow's "kite.
Thorn; band-those little, busy bands
So sticky, small and brown:
Tlume hand whose only mission seems
To pull all order down;
Who known what hidden strength may he
Hidden in their clup,
Though now 'tis but a taffy stick
lu Kturily hold they grasp?
Ah, hlcKMiiK on those little hands,
( Whose work is yet undone,
And blessing on those little feet,
Whose race is yet imriin!
And blessings on the little brain
That has nut yet learned to plan!
Whate'vr the future holds in store,
(iod bless the "coming man."
Sotnerville Journal.
TRYING FOR HIMSELF
"That's the rock, sir," said the weath
er bea ten old tar.
Ted Itivers hsiked up and laughed a
little bitterly.
"A nice place to propose to a. lady,"
said he. "It seems to me that it would
not be so easy as you think to get her
there."
The old fisherman hsiked shrewdly at
Ted and winked to hlnmelf.
"Well, sir, if you'd like to iry for
yourself "
"I'm not thinking aliout myself at
nil," burst out Ted, with so much indig
nation that his companion immediately
drew lus conclusion. v
"I never thought as you were, sir;
'twas only my little bit of a joke. But
yon's the risk, and the gal as Is asked
there i.s had for the. asking. It's gospel
truth, what's more, and It's there as
1 got my old woman, which wouldn't
so much as look st me until I caught
her a-Mittlu' on the rim of that there
rock.
"Says I, "Betsy, I've come lo n.k you
to marry me,' and she looked round
sorter scared like, anil I says. 'You'iu
a-slttin' on the love rock. Betsy, and It's
here as I've fullered you. for you're the
only gal what I wants: I've set my
heart on marryin' you.' says 1, 'and
you're on Hie love rock.'
"Then she looks up as meek as a lainb
and she says, 'Yes,' and falls a-cryln'
ns If her heart would break, for Betsy,
she always did admire that young
scamp Pete, but site knew as well as me
that she'd got to marry me, because I'd
asked on the rock.
"We was so took up with what had
happened that we was all but caught
by the tide, but we got off In time. The
rock's niver quite covered, but 'twould
lie fltt ugly place to pass a night, and
next to impossible to be got off; there's
nasty breakers in the lst weather, and
some sharp bits of rock around, so as
no boat can get near."
Ted had fixed his eyes on the love
rock. He was not listening to the gar
rulous old man and he certainly did not
believe the superstition nlout It, but,
all the same, he felt inclined to com
pass the difficulties lu the way, snd get
Millie Lloyd there It would be ns good
a place us any he knew for telling the
Secret which had been his torment for
months, and which he now felt was Im
possible to keep to himself, even If the
telling of It meant the ruin of his hopes.
He could not endure to see her chat
ting by the hour with okl Fielding, who
evidently admired her and was quite
equal to asking her to marry him, old
villain that he was! And Millie who
could guess what she would do?
"It's time to be going back," said Ted.
pulling his wntch out. "Oood morning.
I've an Idea that this would lie rather
a nice sMt for a picnic not half bad."
Old .luck firlce Is-nl nearly double
with laughter the moment Ted's figure
d!sapH'ared around the cliffs, and then
be went home to tell Betsy the Joke.
She was n shrewd old woman snd gave
It as her opinion that Ted was In love.
Meantime Ted hurried back to the ho
lel In a sort of inlc; be felt uneasy
suddenly because lie had Imm-u alwent
for several hours, and Fielding might
be taking the opportunity!
A set of tennis was lsing ployed on
the asphalt court; Millie was not there.
He went and leaned on the fence that
guarded the cliff and gave sweeping
glance from right lo left, tsiklng In the
long walk from the top of the cliff and
(he shore Isdow, both visible from this
Hilnit. Neither Millie nor Fielding was
In view.
So he went lu and looked for them
all lu the public silting rooms. There
was not a sign of either. I'ntil (he
gong summoned all the visitors down
lo table d'hote he was nimble to find
her, ami thin he heard casually thai
she had Wn out for a drive with her
mother.
It was Ted who projKwed a picnic and
Ted who suggested tine beat spot for
one.
"That's close to the love ruck, asu't
It?" asked someone.
"The love rock?" said Ted with the
utmost innocence. "What's that?"
With the impatience of young folk,
the picnic was fixed for the next day,
weather permitting or not. A storm
had been predicted, but the objections
of the elders were talked down with
many arguments as unanswerable as
they were illogical.
it's not at all the weather for pic
nics," growbil Mr. Fielding, following
the group of enthusiasts, and looking
souriyaou 'IVd aud Millie, who happen
ed to be talking together.
"We don't mind the weather." said
Millie. Iier face wa.s radiant, and she
entered into the plans with all her
heart. Tod saw her smile anil stepped
back aghast.
"I should much prefer a quiet day
on the shore," said Mr. Fielding in a
lower tone.
Millie glam-eil at Ted, and then she
slipped away. Somehow she now felt
out of heart with the picnic. As for
Ted. there was nothing he would have
liked Is'iti-r than to take Mr. Fielding
by the throat ami throttle him.
The next morning broke bright and
sunny. A brirtk wind that afterward
became boisterous was blowing from
the sea. Willi baskets of provisions
and long sticks, which they called their
alpenstocks--the party sunned for the
love ris k.
They tsk tlieir lunch in the shelter of
the cliffs. The tide was out. and the
love rock stood up gaunt and jagged In
full view. They Intended to explore it
than afternoon.
The tide had turned before the party
reached the rock, and now the wind
was so strong that a few hfw daring
spirits turned back. Ted kept close to
Millie, who refused to give up the ob
ject of the picnic, though Mr. Fielding
advised and almost commanded her to
desist.
The rest were Phi Intent upon the
difficulties of their way to notice that
Ted and Millie had struggled round to
the other side, and the return lirty
were already well on their way home.
Clouds were gathering in the horizon,
and every moment the wind was rising.
Ted was right iu thinking tliut the fur
ther wide was more sheltered; in fact,
so well sheltered was it. that he and
Millie were easily able to ascend,
though it. was much steeper here
Half way up they stopped, and as
they sat In a nook to rest they heard
how fierce the wind was now.
"How the wind is blowing!" saJd
Millie. "And what is that boom? Don't
you hear it?"
"I expect it's the breakers some
where further along the shore."
"It makes me nervous. Are you cer
tain that we shall gel off all right lic
fore the ilde surround us?"
"If we don't," answered Ted, "we
shall all have a rather interesting ad
venture. At least ten of us are on this
rock. The sea never covers it."
"It would lie rather good fun," said
the girl, a little doubtfully.
When she was rested they started
once more on the ascent Ted did not
want to get to the fop. He had not yet
told her his secret, and he was deter
mined to speak ls'fore they left.
But a fellow does not like to shout
that sort of thing at the top of his
voice. Moment by moment he put off
the sentence and, as so often happens,
he lost bis opiHirtunity, and they reach
ed the top before be had said the words.
Millie had to cower down, because
she could not staud against the wind,
and It was all he could do to keep his
footing. His hat blew off and was car
ried he knew not where in a moment.
Millie's distress amused him until she
lost her hat, ts, when hJs distress
amused her.
"How splendidly stupid we are!" "ried
.Millie, laughing gnyly. "Can't you see
the others, Mr. Bivers?"
"No, they're in : up yet." Ted shad
ed his eyes with Ms hand. It seemed
to lie raining iu gusts, for he was quite
wet. "There's s shower coming on,"
he shout imI, "we niuwt find shelter."
He found a nook for her and they
crouched down Just as a furious
shower of rain drove down uisin them.
Ted got wet. for there was rsm to
shelter only one.
When the shower was over be went
to look for the rest again, entreating
Millie not to follow, as Che rook was
so slippery It was hardly safe for her.
But she Insisted on following, and the
result was that she slipped and fell,
with a cry of anguish.
"No, no, it's nothing." panted Millie,
"and II serves tne right."
But when she fried to staud she
found It Inqsisslble, atid then she look
ed up at Ted lu terror.
"How am I to get down this wretch
ed nick?" she asked, on the verge of
tears.
"When the others come we'll mnn
age somehow," lie answered, reassur
ingly, and In his distress aliout her he
actually forgot the object that had
drawn hiin here.
"I wonder why they aren't here
now?" lie lidded. He stood upon a
Iki wider and looked shoreward, aiul
then he gasjsxl.
Putting hla hand to hla mouth be
uttered a loud a nil piercing call, and
then he whistled tbrUlj, but the noise
of the wind waa lonnder than his Totce,
and the sea gulls', shrieking drowned
his whistle. i
"What is it?" asked Millie, taking
fright. "Why are you calling?"
"It's no good, I'm afraid," he an
swered: "they've given it up, aixl It
isn't likely they'll trouble about us.
Most likely they think we went horn
wilh the others."
"That means " exclaimed Millie.
"That we must manage to get down
as best we can alone. Miss Lloyd."
Millie grew pale, but she set her lips
resolutely and said she was ready.
With Ted's help she managed to stand,
but a slusit of pain brought an involun
tary cry from her lips and when she
attempted to take a step forward,
though he supported her, she could not
bear it, and she sank down with a
short sob.
"I must go for help," said Ted.
"What! And leave me! Oh, I dare
not stay here alone."
"Now you must let me lie your doc
tor." In- said, taking her foot in his
hand and cutting the shoe laces. He
made a bandage with his handkerchief,
soaked it in a jsiol and bandaged the
injured ankle capitally.
"Thank you very much," she said;
"that is wo nice."
The tide advanced steadily and now
it had completely surrounded them. A
curious thrill of joy ran through him.
lie glanced buck to where Millie sat
bearing her pain patiently. She mo
tioned him to come to her.
"What ilo you see?" she asked.
"We ai-e surrounded and will have
to stay here until the next ebb. Old
t J rice told me that no iHint could ap
proach iu the finest weather, and now
there's a high sea running."
"An" we safe?" she asked, looking at
him iu terror.
"Perfectly. But it will be cold and
wet and you are suffering."
"Not milch," she replied, bravely,
"and it is all my stupidity. Do you
think you can ever forgive me?"
'IVd was not able to answer, except
with a look that brought a rush of color
to her pale cheeks.
They sat in silence for a long time,
listening to the roar of the breakers. A
solitary figured apjieaned on the shore,
but neither of them saw it. It was an
old man who stood looking toward the
rock through a pocket telescope. Then
he shut it up and chuckled.
"Blamed if I don't believe they're
there. I'll go and tell missus to make
some soup for 'em, the young lcddy'U
maybe feci a bit chilly, and doubtless
he'll come off that air rock fcelin' In
clined to reward everybody all round,
and me in piu-tic'lor."
In order to be before anyone elsa
Jack returned to the shore and got
ready his Ismt, and several ropes. Then
he sat down and smoked, keeping a
lookout for any of the hotel folk who
might te coming. When he saw men
running panic-stricken toward him he
pts-keted his pipe and pretended to be
desjierately busy with his lKMit.
"They're as safe as if they was in
their own beds," cried the old man,
"but. I'm a-goin' to get 'ein off at the
risk of my life. I'm an old man and
ain't of much account. If I get drown
ed all I ask is as someone'll look after
my missus."
Millie's fs)t was better It had not
Ix-eu much strained after all, and the
perfect rest she had given it made it a
very slight matter. With help she was
able to descend the rock, old Jack
eagerly guiding by the easiest way.
When they got down he received a
tip so large that he had not the slight
est, doubt that the virtue of the rock
had been proved once more; and, In
deed, not one of the party who had
come to welcome the adventurers was
deceived by Ted and Millie's Innocent
mnnner, and Mr. Fielding took his de
parture the next day, which no one re
gretted. Household Words.
A Merciless Test.
"What a dreadful cold you have!"
exclaimed one Capitol Hill girl.
"It is rather severe," replied the
other. "But I don't mind it. I caught
it In a good cause."
"Did you have to go out in the rain
after a doctor?"
"No. it was a selfish experiment;
but It is assisting me in a manlier so
important that I don't mind It."
"What is it helping yon to do?"
"Decide a question on which my fu
ture happiness depends."
"Ooodness me!"
"Yes. Father said that ns soon as
I lie weather got cool enough to have
the furnace going Herbert would be
gin coming to the house three or four
times a week Instead of only once. He
said that he didn't think there was
any heat in Herbert's hall bedroom
and that he came here because It la a
nice warm place to sit. So last night
when he called I had the heat turned
off from the parlor. I got very chilly,
but I stood it better than Herbert did,'
for 1 knew what to expect, and dreaaed
accordingly. I told him that wc didn't
expect to have that room heated all
winter, because we used It so little.
It was a dreadful ordeal, but I shall
not regret it, for it will silence my
doubts forever. If Hcrliert comes
back now I will know that be. really
and truly loves me." Washington
Star.
Asian Brick.
The best bricks in the world ire
made by the tribes of Central Asia.
Alcohol fills even a modest man wltto
a boastful spirit.
