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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1897)
in ! is THE SIODX COUNTY JOURNAL. L J. IIMMOM. Flu. BABRISOX, : 5EBBASKA. People mho aim to keep others hum ble by efposing their weaknesses are apt to become proud of their Ignoble taak. The ouly way for a rich wan to be healthy is liy exercise aud abstinence, to live as if he was poor; which are es temed the worst parts of poverty. No oue ever acquired skill In any oc cupation liy a struggle of the will, but by continual hard and earnest work, eoniiuerlng difficulties one after an other by daily toil. It is rcx.riHd that tlie battleship Tex as I nearly rend' to spring a wither leak on tile public. It would Is' less expensne to put this Ixiut on wheels. Having dune everything else it might even develop au ability to liy. A chemist who recently analyzed a glass of beer in New York fouud in It picric acid, glucose, glycerin, corn meal, resin and aloes. His analysis isn't to be relied upon if It didn't also show a fair percentage of headache. At a tuetiug of mothers in Chicago the other day the chief topic of discus sion was a paper on "The Hoy Shall We Whip Him?" It depends on the boy; if be is playing full back on tbe university foot-ball team we should say not. The Hudson-Kimberly Printing Com pany, In the persons of Its president, treasurer and secretary, lias been In dicted at Kansas City for distributing advertising cards on which bad been stamped the Imprint of a $20 gold piece. The Jury held that this constituted a se rious offense against the Federal regulating counterfeiting. E. L. GiHlkin tells the New York schoolmasters that the Chinimie Fad den vernacular Is making altogether too great a havoc in the language of the day. He deplores It. but be allows that It Is catching and frequently impres sive. He mentions the fact that there are lawyers who punsely use bad grammar and bad rhetoric for their greater effect on juries. A leading French paper sees IiIcmmI on the moon in tbe fancied investment of the United Suites with "the right to In terfere in all territorial quarrels of Ku ropean powers with the New World States." The vision is mistaken. Tbe United States claims no such right. Nor, indeed, is there likely to be any further occasion for the claiming of it. European holdings in America are few. and their boundaries are now so well defined thut no further disputes of s serious nature are to In; apprehended. It has been the habit of the holders of upper ami lower sleeping car berths in the same section to amicably settle who shall occupy the seat facing the engine in the daytime, and usually it in "first come, first served." but recently a dispute arose over this alleged privi lege, and the company was appealed to. It was decided that there was no choice In the matter and that the holder of the upper berth was entitled to the coveted place quite as much as he who bought the lower. It would seem that if there la any advantage In facing the engine daring the day the npier berth' occu pant in entitled to it In couqwnsation .for his dtcmifort at uighl. Chicago Tribune; An oci-upaut of the Jail at Brazil. I mi., has spread conster nation among tbe officials by proving bis ability to get out of any cell on live minutes' notice. He does not appear to wish to escape and seems to be en joying the sensation he is canning. He Instated on being left alone when the tests were made, and will not reveal the secret of his unique power. In the estimation of the correspondent the ease Is enveloped in absolute mystery. The chief value of the Incident is that it marks tbe first appearance of Brazil as a rival of Winamae and other fam ous Indiana towns. It is a somewhat mild beginning, but K shows signs of a latent ability to furnish something real ly admirable. It Is gratifying to the sense of jus tice to note that a certain railroad con ductor who was discharged because he removed the foot of the Governor of Kentucky rom a seat In the car la to bn reinstated. The conductor. It ap pears, told tbe Governor lo obey the rules and keep his feat off tbe seats. The Governor retorted that be didn't five some trivial thing for the rales and pnabnd his root farther forward on the seat. Then the conducts grab bed the offending member of tM Gov ernor and placed It gently on tbe floor and awbseqoently lost hit aeaition for tbto Spartan-like deration ta doty. It to not stated who hi iwpaasttte far the raiastatesBcnt of the conductor, bat tot a bat It wm the GorarMr kinaaelf, and that tha iChmi to K ilftfty wm WsBl Ca4aW PC fa einart-,ii eOctol. tW ytoJ of Montana pat MM to C CcSad to fiwat sixty to aato. U tow totoad af Jar C3M Htatt totood af flast cwwa itoM of tkw toctor to S3 aura. wfc liawweaa awt faw atf ytoMa a4 C3I to O IsaaaMto to the mm. Cff bmbb. f&a asBBi af toad to aanaH hi Mm- the mmti , rpt wwato id d fawtolna fct . v. a Bscnst rna mmm mt 'ip ' C:3CO, atof Atruw art ?rjr aruX, I many of brm containing three a'-re,l or ints and tbe largest ban nut forty I aire. This makes tbe most Intensive farming uecesaary. bcnce tbe yield of potatoes uoted. Such result and sucbj condition prove ""at large farms are not neeevsxary, and that, In fact, they mar be of tbe greatest disadvantage. particularly where not thoroughly cul-j uvaiea. ten acres enougu is nor mi absurd a proposition as Is generally Supposed. At last tbe name of one of New York's greatest citizens is to have a fitting me morial. Workmen are busy in that small oval park In the rear of Cooper Union, laying the foundations of An Rust us St. Gaudens' statue of Peter Cooper. It is more than thirteen years since the great pbllautbmpist died. A few days after his death, April 4. 1SK.1, the Hoard of Aldermen passed a reso lution to erect a monument. Boxe. were placed in public places, at the ferrim. in tbe public buildings. ant the poor who had benefitted by the dead; mau'a charities showered their pennies into them, till thousands of dollars hadj been raisd. The committee selected to take charge of the work decided upon a sculptor. He was several years in fin ishing tbe statue, and then ex-Mayor Edward Cooper, the son of the philan thropist, who was one of the commit tee, did not like the sculptor's coiicep. tlon of his father, and the committee refused to accept it. Tbe work then was placed In the hands of St. Gaudens. He finished the statue several months ago. It i now In his workshop In West Thirty-sixth street. The sculptor re fuses to let auy one but the committee see It iiurll the time comes for Its un veiling. Presence of mind is a quality much talked of. much honored, and little cul tivated, yet, like most other good things In this world. It requires cultivation to briug it to any degree of perfection, for in very few eases is it a natural gift Some Ieople "'ere are, doubtless, to whom It comes naturally and by In stinct to do t he right thing at the right time and place; but they are few In number. Then, again, some people are by nature cooler-headed than their neighliors. and do not shout or other wise become useless just when their services are required. But this quiet composure, though very valuable, Is not quite the same thing as presence of mind. The latter consists not only In bviug your wits ready for use, but In knowing bow to use thern, and lieing sufficiently calm and steady in mind to remember ami turn to account that knowledge. From the earliest possible age children should be taught self-control and the Instinct of trying to rem edy any mistake or accident they may encounter. John Hardcastle Hall, of Mankalo and (Jsbkh, has forgotten who he is and wants somebody to tell him. One man knows, because be trusted him with several thousand dollars, with which John Ilardcastle Hall was to run a mill. He falsified the books, ran in debt and then went away and for got. It seems easy, almost idyllic, and auy man with an over-developed and chronic memory may well envy him. Hardcastle Hall went to Minneapolis aud called on a clergyman, telling hlui he had forgotten who he was and ask ing the reverend gentleman to help him in the identification. It seemed hardly worth wbile, all things considered, but as the business of the clergyman is largely to concern himself with human refuse he endeavored to help the man to a label. Physicians and psychics and newspaper men called on him and flattered bis already diseased vanity with Investigating him. They tunneled in his mentality, so to speak, burrowed In bis brain, made excavations In his memory and, no doubt, got up a lot of unsightly material. One day Hall re membered tbe name of the man he had wronged and sent him this note: "I am in Mankato and have lost my memory. Your name came to my mind to-day. It seems as If we had been associated together In some way and I have ven tured to write to yon and see if you cannot establish my Identity." Tbe man could establish It all right enough and Hall seemed grateful to And out his name again, but when it came to tbe depredations committed against the man wbo trusted him he forgot again forgot all. Ah, the perfect pulchritude of stu b a memory! What envy doea it not awaken In those who have merely the common, everyday memories which so afflict suffering mankind! The du ality of (he mind Is a recognhted phe nomenon, but It la rare as a white blackbird. There U a good deal more nonsense than marvel about sncb for gettlngs and to one sufferer win be found a doaen malingerers. Cat old Msau The art of telling a He by telling the truth, bnt leas than the whole of It, Is cultivated by some people; and when their trick of caocealment Is by some chance found oat, they arc never jnlt believed afterward. A person of this type was once r toting certain ircu instances to an ac quaintance, who appeared, perhaps, a arise lacrednlooa. "What!" exclaimed Utc narrator; "d you naapact what 1 tell your "Oh. no," answered the other; "but I suspect what you don't ten sje!" Tba remark waa an apt asm. and asjffet to hare bean a warhtojr to tM Bnt inasmuch awlta jtiton grown to yearn af daKftCt-1 tit atffl tart back a put af tM tKt 4t aWajbtfal If any .lyarUn. s mtU'i ataa ta a realty mmm, Thar to grant daal of iwli aftMsjasaa tatanl sum w a are la bunaf fcam, and an toaa sm to "hron rt tail UM max" ana taught tof a Jm ta ab- tar Ito in any taprJfJw to vary Mttla Mpe that awh a psrsoa will hs onisnokca and candid W- UJ J B mm l X S 1 W . A V V. 1 S I lsV.I B K 111 - If US B I 'I f I 1 lit 'Zt fwA, H7s.Y J fY Oj CHAPTER XII. The company havt a fortnight's en (aement to fulfill in West Hartlepool, and it seems a long time to Susie before the morning comes to start for H-arlxjro'. She is already prepared to make a mys terious hero of this man, and it would seem like sacrilege to hear bis name or in tentions openly canvassed in th stage dressing-room. So she is mute thinking all the more of him and their impending interview tbun if she gabbled the news to every one she met. For Greshain has secured apart ments for his daughter aud himself In a rwiecttle houe over-looking the Kpi, where space and cleanliness afford thun all they can possibly want during a tem porary sojourn at the seaside. Only of one thing she is sore, that she wants Captain Philip to come that very afternoon; ami that, as if in answer lo her wish, he comes! But he does not make love to the girl not on that occasion. He appears bear ing a bunr-b of luscious ruses, that fill the bouse with their jcrfuinc, and he grwts Susie with a little eongratnlutiuu that Mr. Greshain will allow them to enjoy the pleasure of each other's com pany while at Kcarboro'; but without any insinuation whatever that he i there lu any other character than thut of a friend. When they have talked together for an hour or two, he proposes a walk upon th Spa, during which be is all gsyety and badinage, e perfect contrast to the man who talked so sadly and earnestly of the disapiKjintiuents of the world. Vet when Susie finds hersi-lf ui'nin alone it is to the memory of this saddened man she turns, and his saddest words she dwells upon, while she woaders if he will ever tell her the story of his grief, and if he loved the wife he hist too much to jiermil any other woman to till the place she has left va cant. One day be brings her a present a wonderful bracelet tin Susie's estimation) of euaireled lilies on a golden ground. "But may I take it?" she Inquires' doubtfully. "Will my father let lue?" "It rests in your own hands, now, Susie," says Captain Philip, not eagerly, but with some degree of earnestness; "1 Kke to Mr. Greshato of it only this morning, snd be leaves the choice entire ly to you." "Whether I shall take this bracelet or not?" she says, wistfully. "Whether you will take tbe bract-let and whether you will take me Me!" re plies Captain Philip, more slowly. She starts and looks at him. His mean ing is written still more clearly in his face than It was expressed by his words. Tbe girl lay hers hand upon h-r In-art to stay Its rapid besting. "But are yon sure " she commence. "Sure that 1 love you? Sure as 1 am that yon are alive aud lovabh beside uie now. How can you doubt it? I think 1 loved you from the first moment we nx't, and I em-OQBtered the glance of your child-like, frightened eyp. Huaie! my home is sn empty one! Come, and be tny wife and fill it. Can't you love me, dar ling r "Yes! yes; hut can you love me after after what baa passed," say Susie, fal tering, "your trouble your sorrow (you know what I mean)? Can I ever make up to yon for that?" "Ifou allude to uiy Isle wif-," he say, with knitted brows. "Yen. Yoo are not angry with me for mentioning her? But you have poken to me of the great sorrow ber loss ha caused you. Can you hive me after that? I should not like to have only the second place." Captain Philip releases his bold of the girl' wslst and sinks back upon the sofa. There Is alienee between them for a min ute; and when be speak again hi voi.n seems altered less firm aud clear. "Husle," he says, very quietly too quiet ly to be calmly"! love you, and I want you for my wife; is not that sufficient? Of the misfortune you allude to 1 would rather that you never spoke again. It cannot be remedied, and I want to forget it, sad everything that waa coonerled with it. You are a dear, Innocent child, who baa the power to win ma to a fresher, purer life, without in any wsy reminding me of a past 1 am earnestly striving to ignore. Won't yoo help me, darling? Musle's answer I conveyed by falling on her knees beside him, and burying her face In his arm a, which are opened to re ceive her. Before the evening's performance is euacloded Captain Philip has aa inter view with Mr. Greshani, which proves ssatnentljr satisfactory to that gentleman. - After having told him of his engagement to Ma daagbter. Ca stain Philip proceeds senchsleatly: "By the way, Mr. Uresbam. I do not appose It will make much difference to you, but I ought to let you know that niilV UXMt my real name. Uteshia); does not like this speech at the cotisiieaceiaeat. . "1 trust yon have aot been humbugging aa aa tayoar poaKton, sir 1 hope you are la the seal" . "No, I am not'in the army." replies Can- tain PhIMp coolly. "If yoa hare deceived me resnscting ynr profsastoa. yoa may consider It an of with Saata. I won't tot my daagbtar marry any om bnt a psntlstnan. sad I tell yon that flat" "Bat I am a geaUsmaa," replies Can tain Philip as canity aa before, "sad I aha Id hare honed you coale" hare guess ed that wfcbsM Isssg taM. Mr. Cresbas. I am not in any profi-ssi.m. Isisnse I have on ued of une. I am, in fnct, Iird Lutixi. of LutoiiKtowe. ami mr iiu-oine U etjrbt tliiitisand a year." CHAPTKK Mil. Grculiain stare at the quondam Cap tain Philip, a if he thought he bad taken U-uve of his 4'ih- "Are you mad?" he a. st last. "I have only told you the truth. 1 should not have dreamt of courting Miss l!re.hui under a higher title than my own." "But if this is true, sir if you re rt-ally Lord Iutnn what made you think of tak ing my little girl for a wife?" At this question the other bet-oine earnest. "Ah, Mr. Greshani, there you toui-b me on a tender point! What made me think of her? How can I auswer you? All I can say is, that she seems to me so fresh and pure that 1 have done nothing but itiink of her from the first moment o met. My first marriage was u unfor tunate one, Mr. Gresbam-very unfortu nate; I don't wish to deny it: but that is over now, and I would forget (if I cotildt that It ever existed. Give uie your inno cent daughter, and I hail forget it, and promise you that no womau that bore the name of Lady Luton wa ever more hon ored, lovsl and reHpecii'd ill 111 she shall Is-." For a few minutes Greshsm Mimot tiud tongue to answer him, but when he does, bis satisfaction it unbounded. "My daughter i all that you sar- g.ssi, innocent and loving (as her mother wa before her), and worthy !n my eyes to it upon a throne," he declares. "But it isn't everyone that would see her wi!h my eyes, and o I accept your lordship's offer with all the more gratitude. She will never disgrace you. I,.oH Luton, in word or deed, ami as for ni, why, I 11 not worry you more than is absolutely 11c esssrry." "My gisid friend!" exclaims Iyrd Luton, as he wrings the managers hand; "1 should be a cad, and uot tt rihy to le Susie's husband, if I were ashamed at the .aiiie time to ac know ledge her fa'her. But don't misunderstand me, Oreliin. 1 nave money and position, but 1 have led a reckless life for some years cast. ;md quarreled, In eoneiueiire, wi'li most of my high-boru relative. They consider me a Bohemian, and shudder with be coming propriety when thev n-ar n.y name -In fact, they have cut me. You must not imagine, therefore, 'hat I shall at once introduce her Into thi highest circles of society. I tell yn candidly I hate such circles, and I Itclievo them to cover more vice, liyscriy .tud malice, than I to b found among tin lowtr or aVrs. Susie shall have evsry comfort and luxury befitting her condition- she shall uevur receive a single insult while under my protection but u.y family will not receive ber with open anus, and thst is the long and abort of it." "SusIb, my dear! exclaim Itresbam abruptly, as he follow 1ord Luton mto the lighted parlor, "you'll never Iw a Mr. Sidduns, nor a Madame (tai'hel. You'v seen your last of the boards to night, and by this time next month, Ixr 1 Luton ay I am to see the latl of you. 'Father! what do you mean?" cries the girl, half laughing and half frighicucd. 'It means, my darling," says her lovi r, taking her In hi arms, "that 1 have been courting you under an assumed name, and that I beg your pardon for It. My baptismal name is Philip, Susi, but luy real name is Philip Lutou lord Luton and your father ha giveii his .-omen: to your liearlng it with me." Poor Susie doe uot know what to say. Between astonishment, bewilderment aud modesty, she ha only one resource -to burst out i-rying; which she di"i most effectually In Inl Luton's arm. Finally the two man stroll off together. and Susie peeps furtively from behind her blind, and watches ber lover's graceful figure ssiintering indolently beside that of her thick-set father. How she wor ship the iusu who has just promised to raise her ! u eminence of which she never dreamed. Not that tbe discovery thst be is a peer can have any power to Increase bur love for him; bnt it baa fired her ambition, and increased ber idea of hi love for ber. Mhe ha been sitting on the side of her bed as slia think thus, with only a linen blind flapping between h-i and a window thrown open to lbs hrocxe from the sea. But sow she rise with a thlver, for what was her atonib ment and alarm to see, standing facing ber, on the opposite side of the room a figure. The stranger Is s young woman like herself older thaa herself, though, by several years, with an appearance that hi more picturesque than beautiful,, more original than charming. Hh I standing quit passive, fronting Husle, and with her eye fixed upon her. Her figure Is small and slight; the white, soft dree be wear seems to cling like a furled Hag about her mignonne form. Her dark hair ia curly rough, and tangled, falling over ber face and niakiog a pent-houae for tbe large dark eyes fixed so steadily upon Susie, wbo stares back in amase- meat, wondering why sho baa entered her bedroom, and what she can possibly want with ber. Sbs la about to put her won dormant into words; she has even com ateaeod to say: "You bars made a mis take; this room Is mine!" when the stranger stops ber by opening her own mouth. No sessss Issue from her Ism, hat Susie caa read the yllsbles-"He Is minerdumb syllables, that are aceom paaled by a look of defiance snd hatred, which makes ber blood curdle. "What do yoa meaaT' she cries, angri ly. "How dare yoa coe lata my room?" flaa crosses to the oVwr aa saw speaks aad fltaga It open, aa much with a view ta aratsettoa aa ta Intimate lo her uola rlted visitor that aha desire her to lesve. Then aha calls iowKf lo (fee laadlsdy. wfce gomes bust II sg ap the stairs. . "Mrs. Davidson! who Is this lady taut has entered my mom? Tell her she has no business here." "A lady. Miss Greshasi? I aoa'l know uf ao lady! There ain't ut lady here," re plies lira, lis videos, waddling into tbe room. And then ska look all around it, cooviauing, "Aad where be she. Miss Greshsm V Susie returns to ber former position. Tbe stranger Is gone! All s round the lit tle room they search, even to the hang ing wardrobe, and behind the bed -curtains, but there i no trace of ber. Tbe apartment is simply empty. Susie looks bewildered, sud the landlady amused. "You must have dreamed it, MisGreb am," she say. "You csn see there ain't on one here." "But she was there." says the girl; "she stood between the bed sud the wall. I saw her as plainly as I do yoo. Besides, he spoke to me or she wss goiug to speak. Indeed, it isn't fancy! I csn tell you what she was like, and what she wore. She had on t white dress." "Well, she siu't hi re now, is she?" de msnds the Isiidlady. "No; she certainly is not here now." "Well, then, if you're satisfied of thst, I'll just go hack to my supis-r, aud you can lock the door after me, aud then you'll be sure uot t lie disturbed agaiu. But, Mis Gresham. my dear, it" all your fancy; ami so you'll be the first to say tomorrow." CHAPTEIt XIV. Susie doe not say anything to her fath er or Isird Luton about the apparition the faucied she had seen in her liedroom. For she is quite ready by the ueit morn ing, as the landlady prognosticated, to laugh at herself for being so silly, and to feel ashamed for having been led into such an act of mitotan terror, iw-siucs wun n she has other matter with which to occu py her mind. !srd Lutou is to leave them as soon a the company move on from Scarlsim', nd return to Umdon until their wedding day, tbe tenth of September. Aud since his daughter is not to apiear again upon lie stage, Gresham has determined to end her to Cheltenham, to the care of hi old friend, Henrietta Jarnsi, who ba been for some time settled in that t. wn. Susie i very cntimcutelly despairing at the brief parting from her lover, aud think that it i quite Impossible she can irvive a whole fortnight without him, but Isinl Luton aud Greshani ridicule her fears, until she is thankful to take refuge from them in the Cheltenham train. Mrs. Jnrrod has uiovewver written her a most cordial note of invitation, and ln-r father has placed a larger sutu to her credit for the wedding trousseau thau she lielieved it possible he could afford, so that he I starting on her new career under the pleasantest auspice. Henrietta Jarrod receives her a cordially a she ha Is-en led to believe she would. She reignies her from her llkem-s to her neither di rectly she see her. and transfers all the Interest sheoin-e felt for Hir Bi-ie Bou verie to her child. "I should have known you anywhere," be says, as she meet the girl at the railway station; "it seems almost a if issir Bessie had come to life sgniii. And so yon are come down to Cheltenham to make a grand marriage, and Imx-oiiic the wife of a lord. Bless me! little llcsnie Bouverie's daughter! Who'd have thought It! Kxcept me, iudeed! I read it for you in the curd years and years ago, aud it won't come to you without trouble, either, more' the pity." "We must all have trouble In this world," replies Susie, philosophically. "I think my worst will be parting with tny father." "I laid the cards for you when you were a mouth old, and they've come pret ty true up to the present. I saw what wss before you then, and I see w hat a before you now, and you'll have hard work to steer through lift) safely and well. But we won't talk of that. What a fun ny-looking little thing you were the day your poor mother brought you to rehearsal with her. It was your first aiearance on the boards, and her last, pretty creature. But It wasn't your last, my ib-ar, and you haven't seen your last yet, you may lake my word for that." "Oh, ye I have!" cries Susie eagerly. "Iord Luton made it a condition with father that I wa not to apicar In pub lic again, and, of couse, I shouldn't think of such a thing after I am msrriod to him." Henrietta Jarrod look at the girl oracu larly with closed lips, and asy nothing. A few minutes' walk bring tbeui to her house. It is a pretty little cottage on tbe outskirts of Cheltenham, In which she has taken refuge for about five years past, ever since the death of the worthies young husband who had drained her purse of every penny so long a she wss tnsrrle.l to him. In the lmHirtaut business of chooaiug the wedding outfit the next few day Hy all too rapidly, and the tonth uf Septem ber Is divided from them by four ami twenty hour only; before they csn be lieve it possible it I so nesr. Husie, linger ing over ber ribbon and dresses, and dreaming of the life Is-fore her, i almost tempted to run swsy snd hide herself be fore lord Ioton sppear to claim ber aa hi wife. Marriage is seldom a happy state al tbe beginning, especially for tbe woman. Kven if she loves the man to whom she has pledged herself she takes the leap with closed eye aud clenched teeth, d-erately resolved to take it since he is to leap with ber. but quite uncertain ss to what will happen before she is land ed at the bottom. The man. too, is gen erally nervous and depressed beforehand, feeling that be has reached a point from which he cannot turn back, but which nay culminate in the wrecking of bis life. Marriage is only s time of promise, and the promise of thi world are oftener broken than fulfilled. lord Luton fee.1 ouietMng of thi a he prepares to go down to Cheltenham on the ninth of September. He loves Musie very fervently at that moment, but he ha made oue unlucky venture, aad it Is quite possible that ha may make a second, lis cannot help. recalling tbe morning uf his first marriage, and bow happy snd hopeful ha wss oo tbst occasion, aud how soon he found he had been leaning on a brokep reed. Ilia ssd remembrances pre, os him -to such an extent that he turns into his club on hit wsy to the station. Here he encounters -ue of bis most intimate friends, George Ijambert. "Hullo, Lutou!" asy luibert, a be espies the portmanteau on the haasom at the dob door; "where are you off to bow?" Paris or the moors?" "Neither, my dear fellow. My groute ahootisg Is over for tbe season. What would you say, George, if I told yea 1 wss thinking of being 'turned off sgsinf It's true, though. I'rs let myself in for It. Do you thlak me a great fool?" "My dear boy, I thlak every nso a great font wbo goes la for marriage, though I've dona It syWf," says m- bert. "But I can hsrdly hl" u-L...f I.. Krlvhl!" BOW. SMI- "Honor bright r echoes lMom. . 1 wss tviug ap la im ii'i -- - - -v.- York last July, with A.kers. I met tba prettiest creature you ever saw In yoar life-fresh and fair as a lily. George, and as innocent as a kitten. Well, if I hada t been aa idiot, yoo know. I should bare let it alone there; but the deuce was ia It that I must follow her op to West Hartle pool and 8carU.ro', and at the latter place I uccumbed! And so I'm off to Chelten ham to meet ber father and herself, and we're to be married toniorrow. "Tbe young lady s." sr to be fond of traveling. What did she give you such a chase for?" "Oh, I forgot to tell you she wa aa actress, traveling with c company, hut sho had only Is-eu on the board a few months She isu'l much more 1)111 seven teen. She will Is- the fairest I-aJy Luton that has ever borne the name." "I hare no doubt of it," says Lambert seriously. "And you will make Mrs. Crorge loine to see her as wsui a I bring her home, won't you. I,auibert'f" "I wish you joy of your honeymoon, old fellow." says ijimlsrt, "and a sis-edy re turn, ifc.n't forget how we shall mis you st the Hub when the long evening come." So the friends part; sud the same after noon lrd Luton is standing in tbe tiny psrlor of Mr. Jarrod' cottage, with Susie's cool, soft cheek pressed against his own. And when the morrow comes, and he receives ber Is-fore the altar of the quietest liule church in Cheltenham, from the baud of her father. Isird Inton is still iu the most sublime state of con tentment. A couple of hour fter, be i enroute for Dover, with hi newly-made wife; aud Henrietta Jarrml and Mr, Gresham are left behind to eonnole each other a best they may. (To be continued.) AN INTERESTING WEDDING. A tine. I Who Displaced the Would He Groom, "1 attended a tnoun'aln wedding In McDowell Oiunty, In West Virginia," sit d a postoftlce Inspector. "Every thing went along smoothly at first. The cabin was brilliantly lighted with caudles and one of the Is-st tiddler In the county was preseul to furnish the music for Ihe dance to follow the wed ding ceremony. No'hing occurred to mar the pr feedings uutil lhe minister came to the point vhcre he Invited anyone who bad anything to sny why the couple should not enter Ihe bonds of matrtmouy to speak or thereafter hold his in-nee, when a rough moun-tu'tiei-r arose and said: ' ' "Anything ler tny, pntsou? Waul, 1 re koti I hev. 1 hev allu Intended ler marry the gal myself, an' ihet feller knowiil It, so he Jess kept otlten my w v. 1 sent Mm word ter prepare for Ib klu', au be left Uie country, bnt kep wrlllu' to the g i). Now, I'm here to make tny word good, an' 'fore that hear event goes nay fardcr tho taller faied coward Jess has me ter fight.' "lu vain the preacher tried to restore order A ring was soon squared In the center of the room and the men went at 1' lu ulsiut ten ui'.uutes tbe groom announced that he had enough, aud the vlctcr, taking the arm of the blushing bride, deliberately changed tbe Broom's uatiK lu (be marriage license to Ms own. while the vanquished lover mads his senpe. Kverylssly Appeared-to lie satisfied aud the marriage took place as llioiigit nothing had occurred to mar ,oe solemnity of tbe occasion." His Father Played the Organ. A very simple and natural misunder standing lately created a bit of amuse ment In New York, mid was thought worth reKrtliig In the Hernld: At oue of the newsboys' homes on the cast side application wa received for the admission of a newsboy. The ap plicant presented himself In persou. and he wn the kind of a boy that filled tue womanly heart of the matron with delight bright, manly and as pretty as a picture, fie was subjected to tbe usual cross-examination. One of the questions was. "Who Is your father'" "Me faddcr plnys de organ at de Broadway Tabernacle," wa his quick reply. Here was new. The son of tho or ganist In a large aud wealthy church applying for eutrnm-e lo a charitable institution! The matron side-tracked the hoy and ordered au Investigation. The bright boy was right. Ills father played and still plays the organ at th Broadway Tabernacle. But It la the barrel organ In front of the cbnrch on the Sixth avenue curb. Kverybody who passes the corner has seen blm an.; bis legend; "I sm blind." Great 1 ensvlty of Life. The vital statistics of London are the authority for tbe statement that on an average tbe life of a Jew In that city Is twice that of a Gentile. Dr. B. W. Rlcbardtou says that tbe Jews of that city are exceptionally free from disease, and Vlrshow says that tba race "hat al all times been distinguish ed by great tenacity of life. Conaump tloo la scarcely known among tbe Jews and suicide Is three-fourths leas fre quent among them than It Is among Gentiles." Origin of Chess. The origin of the game of chess dates back to antiquity. A game eaaen dally tba modern chess waa played 6,000 yeara ago. Franklin and anotooai were famous players of chaaa. The great American cboas player, Pan! Mar pby, vtsj ad Rurope In Hrjfl and dafant ed one sfter a not bar all the Dotad play ers of the day. His phenomenal faal was paying, bliadfoidsd, all gamea at once wl.b as many different players and winning tbem all. Moaning of Th- Utile afflr "ao" -too." af by printers In tba ttse of bonka, imo. mum, etc., manna flnnflsclBji. octodeslmo, etc. thaa It, a boat taftsf Its t beets folded in twetra lam rlfbteen leaves, ate. utoo. V. i a.