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And Just as sheep they bad huddled
together, ho as sheep she swept them
out before her. They trooped away
through the kitchen and paHt the lit
tle English maid, but their eyes were
.down and they did not see her.
"Did ye give her that crown piece?"
asked Thurstan, looking Inio Jacob s
eyes. But Jacob said nothing he on
ly swore a little.
"The numskull!" muttered Thurs
tan. "The tomfool! The booby! The
mooncalf! The Jobbernow! I was a
fool to Join bis crackbralned scheme."
"I always said it would come to
nothing," said Asher, "and we've
thrown away five and thirty pound
apiece, and fourteen per ceni for the
honor of doing it."
'It's his money, though the grind
ing young miser and may ae whistle
till he gets It," said Thurstan.
"Oh, yes, you're a pretty pack of
wise asses, you are," said Jacob, bit
terly. "Money thrown away, Is It?
You've never been so near to your
fortune in your life,"
"How !s that?" asked the other five
at once.
"How is It that Red Jason has gone
to prison? For threatening Michael
Sunlocks? Very likely," said Jacob,
with a curl of the lip.
, "What then?" said John.
"For threatening herself," said Ja
cob. "She has lied about It."
"And what If she has? Wnere's our
account In that?" said Asher.
"Where? Why, with her husband,"
said Jacob, and four distinct whistles
answered him.
"You go bail Michael Sunlocks
knows less than we know," Jacob
added, "and maybe we might tell him
something that would be worth a
trifle."
"What's that?" asked John.
"That she loved Ked Jason, and
ought to have married him," said Ja
cob; "but threw him up after thyc
had been sweethcartlng together, be
cause he was poor, and then came to
Iceland and married Michael Sunlocks
because he was rich."
. "Chut! Numskull again! He'd nev
er believe you," said Thurstan.
"Would he not?" said Jacob, "then
maybe he would believe his own eyes.
Look here," and he drew a letter out
of his pocket.-
It was the abandoned letter that.
Grecba wrote to Jason.
"Isn't he a boy!" chuckled Gentle
man John.
Two days longer they stayed at
Reykjavik, and rambled Idly about
the town, much observed by the Ice
landers and Danes for their monkey
Jackets of blue Manx cloth, and groat
ea boots up to their thighs. Early
on the afternoon of the second day
they sighted, from the new embank
ment where they stood and watched
the masons, a ship coming up the fiord
from the Smoky Point. It was a brig,
with square set sails, and .as she
neared the port she ran up a flag -to
the masthead. The flu was the Ice
landic flag, the banner of the Vikings,
the white falcon on the blue ground,
and the Falrbrothers noticed that nt
the next moment It wan answered by
a like flag on the flag-staff of Govern
ment House.
"He's coming, he's yonder," said
Jacob, flapping his hands under his
armpits to warm them.
In a few minutes they saw that
there was a flutter over the smooth
surface of the life of the town, and
that small groups of people were
trooping down to the Jetty. Half an
hour later the brig ran into harbor,
dropped anchor below the lava reef,
and sent Its small boats ashore, Thre
men sat In the boat; the two sailors
who rowed, and a gentleman who sat
on the seat between them. The gen
tleman was young, flaxen-haired, tall,
light, with a strong yet winsome face
and clad in a squirrel-skin coat and
close-fitting squirrel-skin cap. When
the boat grounded by the Jetty he
leaped ashore with a light spring,
smiled and nodded to the many who
touched their hats to him, hailed oth
ers with a hearty word, and then
swung Into the saddle of a horse that
stood waiting for him, and rode away
at an eager trot In the direction of
Government House.
U was Michael Sunlocks.
CHAPTER XI.
THE PAKDOM.
When the men whom Michael Sun
locks had sent Into the Interior after
Adam Fairbrother and his shipwrecked
company returned to him empty-handed,
he percelvod that they hud gone
astray by crossing a great fiord lying
far eat of Helka when they should
have followed the course of It down
to the sea. So, counting the time that
had been wasted, he concluded to take
ship to a point of the southern coast
In the latitude of the Weslraann Is
land, thlnklug to meet old Adam
eomewhere by the fiord's mouth. The
atorm delayed him, and he reached the
fiord too late; but he came upon some
good news of Adam there: that, all
-well, though wire beset by the hard
weather, and enfeebled by the misfor
tune that had befallen them, the lit
tle band of ship-broken men had,
three days before his own comln?,
passed up the western bank of (no
fiord on foot, going slowly and heavily
ltiden, but under the safe charge of a
guide from Stappeu,
Greatly cheered In heart nt these
good tidings Michael Sunlocks had or
dered a quick return, for It was (in
flate, and pern a pn Impossible, to fol
low up through- the narrow chasms
of the fiord In a ship under sail. On
gutting back to Reykjavik be Intended
to take ponies across country In the
direction of Tbingvelllr, hoping to
come upon old Adam and his people
before they ha4 reached the lake or
the great cbaa on tbt western side
c f the valley, known a the Chum of
All Men.
And thinking, amid the flutter of
" joyful emotions, that on the overland
Journey vouli sarely Uk Grasba
Con'lnaed
Story.
CAINE.
with him, for he could never bear to
be so long parted from hor again, all
bis heart went back to her In sweet
visions as his ship sped over the sea.
Her beauty, her gentleness, her bold
nees, her playful spirits, and all her
simple loving ways. came flowing over
him wave after wave,, and then In
one great swelling flood. Ami In the
night watches, looking over the dark
waters, and hearing nothing but their
deep moan, he could scarce believe
his fortune, being s-o far away from
the sight of her light figure, and from
the hearing of her sweet voice, that she
was his his love, his wife, his darling.
A hundred tender names he would call
her then, having no ear to hear him
but the melancholy waves, no tongue
to echo him but the wailing wind, and
no eye to look upon him but tbo eye
of night.
And many a time on that homeward
voyage, while the sails bellowed out
to the fair breeze that wrs carrying
him to her, he asked himself however
he had been able to live so long with
out hr, and whether he could live with
out her and whether he could live wlth
hls great happiness Into greater grief.
Thinking so, ho recalled the day of her
coming, and the message he got from
the ship in the harbor saying she had
ccme before time, and how he had
hastened down, and Into the boat, and
across the bay, and aboard, with a
secret trembling lest the years might
have so changed her as to take some
thing from her beauty, or her sweet
ness, or her goodness, or yet the
loundIng playfulnegs that was half
the true girl's charm, but, oh, the
dtiicious undeceiving of that day,
when, coming face to face with her
again, he say the rosy tint In her
check and the delicate dimple sucked
Into It when she smiled, and the light
footstep, and the grace of motion, and
the swelling throat, and the heaving
bosom and tho quivering lids over the
most glorious eyes that ever shone
upon this earth! So, at least, it had
seemed to him then, and still it
seemed so m his ship sailed home.
At Smoky Point they lay off an
hour or two to take in letters for the
ci-pltal, and there Intelligence had
como aboard of the arrest, trial, and
condemnation of Jason for his design
and attempt upon the life of the Pres
ident. Michael Sunlocks had been
greatly startled and deeply moved by
the news, and called on the master to
weigh the anchor without more delay
than was necessary, because be had
now a double reason for wishing to be
back in Reykjavik.
And being at length landed there he
galloped up to the Government House,
bounded Indoors with the thought of
his soul speaking out of bis eyes, and
found Greeba there and every one
of his sweetest visions realized. All
hu- hundred tender, foolish, delicious
names he called her over again, but
with better ears to hear them, while
he enfolded her in his arms, with both
her own about his neck, and her beau
tiful head nestling close over his heart,
and her fluttering breast against his
breast.
"Dearest," he whispered, "my dar
ling, love of my life, however could I
have you so long?"
"Michael," she whispered back, "If
you say any more I shall be crying."
But the words were haif smothered by
sobs, for she was crying already. See
ing this, he sheered off on another
tack, telling her of his mission In
hearch of her father, and that if he
had not brought the good man back,
at least he had brought good news of
Mm, and saying that they were both
to start to morrow for Tbingvelllr
witn the certainty of meeting him anu
bringing him home with great rejoic
ings.
"And now, my love, I have a world of
things to attend to before I can go,"
said Michael Sunlocks, "and you have
to prepare for two days In the saddle
ever the snow."
Greeba had been smiling through the
U,' drops that floated In her eyes, but
she grew solemn again, and said
"Ah, Michael, you cannot think what
trouble we have all had while you
ha.vo been away."
"I know it 1 know all," said Mi
chael Sunlocks, "so stay no more about
If, but away to your room, my dar
ling." With that he rang a hand-bell that
stood on the table, and Oscar, bis ser
vant, answered the call.
"Go across to the Jail," he said,
"and tell Jon that his, prisoner is not
to bo removed until he has had orders
horn me."
"What prisoner, your Excellency?"
Kaid Oscar.
"The prisonor known as Jason," said
Michael Sunlocks.
"He's gone, your Excellency," cried
Oscar.
"Gone?"
"I mean to the Sulphur Mines, your
Excellency."
"When was he sent?"
"Yesterday morning at daybreak,
your Excellency."
Michael Sunlocks sat at a table and
wrote a few lines and handed them to
hu? man, saying, "Then take this to
the Langmann, and say 1 shall wait
here until he comes."
While this was going forward Gree
ba had been standing by the door with
a troubled look, and when Oscar was
gono from the room she returned to
her husband's side, and eald, with
great gravity, "Michael, what are you
going to do with that man?"
Hut Michael Sunlocks only waved
his hand, and said, "Nay, now, dar
ling, you shall not trouble about this
mutter any more. It Is my affair, and
It Is for mo to see to It,"
"But he has threatened your life,"
crbd Greeba.
"Now, love, what did I say," ga.tl
Michael Sunlocks, with uplifted finger
and a pretence at reproof. "You've
fretted over this foolish thing too
long; bo think no mora about It, and
go to your room."
lot Unwtf to vbar.
"And darling," he cried In another
voice, as she was &i-t.'.y going, "that
I may seem to have you with me all
the same, just sing something, ana
i shall hear you while I work. Will
yod? There!" he cried, and laughed
be-fore she had time to answer. "See
what a goose you have made of me!"
She came back, and for reply she
kissed bis forehead, and he put his
1'ps to ?ier lovely hand. Then, with
a great lump in her throat, and the
b!g drops rolling from her eyes to her
cheeks, she left him to the work she
sorely feared.
And being alone, and the candles
lighted and the blinds drawn down,
for night had now fallen In, he sat
at the table to read the mass of let
ters that had gathered In his absence.
There was no communication of any
kind from the Government at Copen
hagen, and satisfying himself on this
point, and thinking for the fiftieth
time that surely Denmark intended, as
she ought, to leave the people of
world-old Iceland to govern them
sdves, he turned with a sigh of relief
to the strange, bewildering, humorous,
pathetic hodge-podge of petitions, com
plaints, requests, demands and threats
that came from every quarter of the
Island itself. And while he laughed
and looked grave, and muttered, and
made louder exclamations over these,
as one by one they passed under hla
eye, suddenly the notes of a harpsi
chord, followed shortly by the sweeter
r.otes of a sweet voice, came to him
fiom another room, and with the tip
of his pen to his lips, he dropped back
in his chair to listen.
"My own song," he thought, and
his eyelids quivered.
"Drink to me only with thine eyes
And I will pledge with mine.
On, leave a kiss within the cup,
And I'll not aak for wine;
The thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine;
Hut mitcht l of Jove's nectar sup
1 would not change for thine."
It was Greeba singing to him as he
bad bidden her.
"God bless her," he thought again
In the silence that followed.
Ah, little did he think as he listened
to her song that the eyes of the singer
were wet, and that her heart was eat
ing itself out with fears.
(To be continued.)
Railing Lncomotlve from Canal.
A locomotive recently ran off a
bridge over the St. Quentine canal,
near Paris, and fell into the water. It
was found impoBslble to raise the loco
motive, as the space was so confined,
so divers passed chains around It, and
these were attached to beams. The
load was then raised by means of
screw supports, blocking being intro
duced as the work proceeded to guard
against a possible breakdown. The lo
comotive was lifted fourteen feet, so
that a sand-laden barge could be run
underneath. The engine was then
lowered and taken away. Five days
were consumed in doing the work.
Graat Catalogue of Honks.
The Index of books at the British
Museum is at last complete, after
twenty years of hard work. When the
printing of the great catalogue began
In 1881, the manuscript catalogue then
used contained three million refer
ences to about half as many books
cross titles accounting for the differ
ence between the figures. In all there
are over 600 volumes of the catalogue,
containing the titles of two million
books. The subject index is to be com
menced at once, but will not be ready
for fifteen years at least.
Activity of Kanni Whltcrapa.
Billy Holly of Poosey, Livingston
county, Kan., who had agreed to haul
s'x cords of wood to his aged grand
mother and had failed to keep hla
promise found a bunch of switches at
his door the other morning with a note
from the "White Cp"" stating that he
"had better haul that wood before the
roads got bad." Ho was very indig-
I nant, but has delivered one load of
wood to his grandmother since re
ceiving the note and It is the opinion
of the Pooseyltes that the other loads
will be hauled If the roads keep good
for a few davs.
EpUode of Algrrlan Inanrrertlnn.
M. Hughes Le Roux, who will be
the 1902 lecturer of the Ccrcle Fraa
cals of Harvard university, Is the ori
ginator of a play which hag just been
put on the stage at the Ambigu thea
ter In Paris. It wag adapted by Pierre
Decourselle from Le lioux's "Ias Mal
tre do l'Heure," tho tltlo being changed
to "L'Tutre France," as better adapted
to the stage. It Is an episode of tho
Algerian insurrection of IS 70. M. Le
Roux recently started for the court of
Mcnellk, king of Abyssinia, where he
was gent by the French government oa
an official mission.
Boyi Trained for Foreign Trade,
In Berlin, Lelpslc, Cologne and a
few other large business centers there
are special schools for boys intending
to enter commercial life, where they
are taught. In addition to all ordinary
school subjects, those which they will
In after life require, such as business
corresepondence In English, French
and German, reckoning with money of
different nations, bookkeeping, type
writing, shorthand and so-called office
wo:-k, consisting of writing out checks,
bills of exchange. Invoices. itc.
In Una Word.
It Is by no means necessary for a
man always to enter Into an elaborato
explanation of his feelings In order' to
make thorn clear. "What's the name
of the fellow who wrote tho tune of
that coon song we've Just benn favor
ed with?" asked one man of another
at a meeting of the Amateur Compos
ers' Club. "Jones," returned the other
man. ".ames Jones, 1 believe. Frank
WalW -rrote the words." "Ah, I was
about to ask tho name of Jonas' ac
complice," was tho rejoinder.
Thua far thirty -one cages of bu
bonic plague have been reported at
Capetown, including tlx Buropaau.
HE DREW THE LINE
"Recently I visilwi a small town in
the southern part of Kentucky," says
a correspondent of the Denver News,
"and called on the only merchant of
the place. I found him opening a case
of axle grease. He took off the lid of
one of the small boxes of yellow grease
and left It uncovered.
"Soon an old colored man came In,
and noticing the axle grease, said:
"'Good morning, Massa Johnson!
What am dem little cheeses worf?'
" 'About 15 cents, I reckon, Sam,'
Raid the merchant.
" 'S'pose if I buys one you will frow
In de crackers."
" 'Yes, sam.'
J "Sam put his hand Into his pocket
and fished out 15 cents and Mr. John
son took his scoop and dipped up some
crackers.
: "Sam picked up the uncovered box
and the crackers and went to the back
part of the store. Then he took out his
knife and fell to eating.
"Another customer came In, and Mr.
Johnson lost sight of his colored friend
for a moment. Presently Mr. John
son went to the back part of the store
and said:
! " WeII, Sam, how goe3 It?'
; " 'Say, Massa Johnson, dem crackers
is all right, but dat am de ransomest
cheese I ebber eat!'"
IX LOVE, BUT WAS TnBIFTf.
From the London Telegraph: The
late Professor Shuttleworth of London
was particularly fond of telling how,
when he once acted as locum tenens in
Devonshire, he had to proclaim the
banns of marriage of a young yokel
and a village maid. A fortnight later
the young frjvaln called at the profes
sor's lodgings.
"You put up the banns for me?" he
said.
"Yes, I remember," replied Mr. Shut
tleworth. "Well," Inquired the yokel, "has It
got to go on?"
"What do you mean?" asked tho
professor. "Are you tired of the girl?"
"No," was the unexpected answer,
"but I like her sister better."
"Oh, If the original girl doesn't
mind, you can marry her sister."
"But should I have to be 'called'
again?"
"Certainly, that's necessary," an
swered Mr. Shuttleworth.
"But should I have to pay again?"
"Yes, It would cost you three and
sixpence.
"Oh, would It?" rejoined the yokel
after reflection. "Then I'll let It re
main as it Is." and he did.
HE REVERSED.
"Why, what's the matter, daughter?
Been married but a brief month and
weeping so bitterly! Tell me what is
the trouble. Surely you and Jack have
n't quarreled already, have you?"
"No, mamma."
"And he hasn't gone away and left
you, I'm sure."
"Oh, no, mamma! Jack wouldn't be
quite as mean as that."
"Then what In the world can have
happened to make you so miserable?
Is Jack In trouble I mean, has be met
with any reverses?"
"Yes, mamma, that's It! His re
verses. When he was courting me he
never left the house till 12 o'clock or
after and now he's reversed that rulo
and never comes home till about that
Ume.'; Richmond Dispatch.
J IT BLEW IT,
Meeting his chief In the companion
way, the ordinary pirate, although la
boring under the Intensest excitement,
saluted:
"I have the honor to Inform you,
sir," said he, "that the magazine has
gone up!"
"The powder magazine, you doubt
less mean?" said the captain.
"No. The magazine In which the
story of our adventures Is running!"
The captain paled. For a moment he
thought of shouting hoarsely to his
men to clear away the boats, but this
would obviously avail nothing. They
must all perish Detroit Journal.
A THRIFT DOCTOR.
Friend But, doctor, why do you car
ry two umbrellas?
Doctor One Is brand-new and I
wanted U spare it as long as possible.
IT RF.Tt RNEI.
Mr. Le Jecks Well, Miss Coldcash, I
suppose you received a good many
birthday cards?
. Miss Coldcash (sweetly) Oh, yes;
and there was one particularly dainty
and artistic. I am sure It came from
you.
Mr. Le Jeck (delighted) What
makes you think so?
Mlrn Coldcash Because I sent It to
you on your last birthday. Tit-Bits,
FICKLE CLIMATE. -
"I got my cutter down yesterday."
"Did you ride?" Nop dusted It, and
pot It back. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wiry WILLIE WiNDERED.
Lady Why are you wandering
around the country, I should like to
know, instead of staying at home and
taking care of your family?
Tramp You see, mum, my wife bad
a very good servant girl, a regular
jewel, mum.
"That doesn't seem possible."
"There never was but one perfect
girl, and my wife had her, mum."
"Mercy! What a lucky woman!"
"Yes, mum, so my wife often said.
But you see, mum, the girl didn't like
me."
"She didn't?"
"No, mum. She said my wife would
have to discharge her or me, and she
discharged me."
"Oh. I see. Here's some money."
New York Weekly.
LOVE IN A KITCHEN,
She Here we have been married
nearly three months and I have not
shown you what I can cook.
He For heaven's sake, are you tired
of me already?
FIRM AS ADAMANT.
It was before the fall..
"Adam," said our first mother In a
serious tone, "we certainly are living
beyond our means."
"That's exactly my own opinion,
little woman," said the father of his
kind. "And what do you propose to
do about it?"
"We must economize," said the uni
versal mother.
"Yes," said Adam, "we must, and I
am ready to second anything you sug
gest. But wait. There Is one item of
expenditure that positively must be
excepted from the pruning shears."
"And what is that?"
"I will not," said Adam, with a
strong emphasis, "I will not have our
laundry bills cut down!" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
LITTLE JOKELET&,
A Feline Slap.
Teas It's quite likely that my uncle
will leave me quite a fortune. He'a dy
ing, you know.
Jess Oh, Isn't that distressing?
TesB Er yes, I do feel sorry for the
poor old
Jess Nonsense! I was sympathiz
ing with you, dear. To think that all
this wealth' should come to you when
it's almost too late to do you any good.
Philadelphia Press.
It Wa Too Long.
"I think I'll have to read that new
novel; they eay It's fine. Have you
read It?"
"No; I am afraid it's too long. My
wife bought a copy yesterday and she
only got half way through it while
waiting for her change." Philadelphia
Held Her Tight.
Gunner Finery and fortune and
beauty! She is your opportunity. I
notice that you hold her very tight
when skating,
Geyer Yes, experience has taught
me never to let an opportunity slip.
Philadelphia Record.
After the Comallatlon.
Patient Now, doctor, what'a the
matter with me anything?
Head consulting physician My dear
sir, do you suppose that If we know
what was the matter with you we
would have decided to hold a postmor
tem? Harper's Bazar,
aha Worried.
Nipp My wife worried all last week
for fear I should die.
Tuck Were you sick?
Nipp No, but my life Insurance pol
icy ran out and it was several days be
fore I got It renewed. Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin.
Thmtrlral Light
Mcrcutlo Hammond considers him
self a great theatrical light.
Damon That's right, About a light
as I ever eaw on the stage, Boston
Transcript
At Large,
Mm. Wiggles Does your husband
hare a "den?"
Mrs. Waggles No ha roars all otst
the house. Somervllle Journal.
A CASE OF LAW.
Banto Decision aires Reward Baffe-f
tag- Dofa Owner. j
Law Is a complicated thing, and some!
of its decisions secsn not to be founded
in equity. Probably most readers wllf
pass that criticism npon the case re-'
corded below. Basutoland, being bro
ken and mountainous, was until re
cently the resort of lions, leopards and
other wild animals. Now, however, the
hillsides which were once the resort
of these savage creatures are the pas--ture-grounds
of tens of thousands of
cattle. Nearly all dangerous animals
have been driven away from Basuto
land, but not long ago a leopard ap
peared on the outskirts of a village.
The animal soon became badly fright
ened 'as the villagers, and sought safe-1
ty in flight. The next morning the In
habitants turned out for a hunt. One'
of the hunters was climbing a steep
rock when he suddenly found himself
retreat was cut off by the roe itself.
Neither the animal nor the man could
escape the encounter. The dilemma
was an awkward one, for the climber
was unarmed. Recognizing bis danger,
be put forth his hands and in despera
tion caught hold of the leopard on each
side of its jaws, holding It at arm's
length and calling for help. The
leopard clawed and tore his captor,
but the man held on till help arrived
and the beast was speared. Now came
a question of law. By Basuto law the
skin belonged to the chief who must
reward one of three claimants either
the man who speared the leopard, or
the man who held it so that it was
possible to spear it, or the man who,
being warned by the barking of his
dog, first discovered the animal la the
village. The Basuto Solomon decided
the case as f clows: The man who
speared it could not have done so but
for the man who held it, and the man
who held it could not have known of
Its existence if the dog had not first
warned the village; therefore the cred
it for the killing belonged to the dog,
whose owner was entitled to the re
ward. WHERE AMERICA LEADS,
Oar College Are Mora Available for
. Wtmen than England.
A writer in the London Daily Mail
states that popular sentiment ia Ameri
ca has done Its greatest work in giv
ing the poor girl a desire to go to col
lege and in giving her a college where
she can go. The girl who wants to go
on 50 a year can do it Unless she
lives in a secluded village or a very
small town she can go on half that
sum. There are few towns of any size
without a college of some kind, pri
vately endowed and publicly maintain
ed. Next to this almost universality ot
opportunity, the American college girl
values most the social trust given her
in It all and the knowledge of mea
which she receives. The typical Am
erican girl studied side by side- with
her brother in the lower grades; she
went to college naturally with him.
It never occurred to her that she could
not. It never occurred to him that she
should not. Every American girl Is
trusted socially and the typical Ameri
can college girl the co-educational
girl receives this trust to the great
est degree. She thinks the English
college girl as capable, even more so.
of having this same social trust "Does
not England need now the American
type of the college woman?" asks the
American. "And, in making higher
education so popular that most girls,
whether rich or poor, would want It,
and so cheap that most girls could get
it; in raising the intellectual standard
of English womanhood in general, as
would be done by the former; in giv
ing discipline of mind to hundreds who
need it in the fight for bread, as would
be done by the latter in these Is there
not a mission as great and as vital as
woman's education need have?"
Army Surgeon. Wag a Woman.
"Murray Hall's" case has brought
to mind the case of "Dr. James Barry,"
once inspector general of hospitals in
the British army and a "C. B." This
Individual presented the appearance of
a slightly built, dark-complexioned
man, 'beardless and with abrupt man
ners. The doctor had a marked Impa-.
tience with anything like contradic
tion, and his temper led to several
duels, in which he came off best. The
courage of the person was ' beyond
question, but the voice Was thin and
feminine in tone. When "James Bar
ry" died "he" left explicit directions '
that he should be burled "all standing"
as he was when death came. These
directions were disregarded, and it
was learned that the medical schools
bad duly qualified and the British gov
ernment had decorated and pensioned
a distinguished medical officer who
was a woman. New York Press.
metering Dead Bodies. '
The fear of being buried alive has
always been strong in Germany, and
many precautions are usually taken to
ascertain that death has occurred be
fore resorting to burial. Germans are,!
consequently, much Interested in the
experiments being made by Parisian'
doctors to determine the absence of
life. It Is said the raising of a blister
on the cuticle of a corpse by means of
a candle speedily shows the presence or
absence of the vital spark. In living
bodies the blister Is full of serum: in
nead Doaies it contains only steam.
Emll Hentel In Chicago Record.
Aatl-Tlee Cnuade In Japta.
Through missionary lnfluemna i.
Japan new police regulations nowl
make It possible for Inmates of houses
tt legalised vice, hitherto hopeless
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