IHt DESERTER.
Bltnief and munt frantic prayer,
Clutching at a sensplesa boon,
ilia that beg. In mad despair.
Death to come he cornea too soonj
IJke a reveler that strains
Up and throat to drink It up
The last red ruby that remain.
One red droplet In the cup.
Like a child that, aullen, mute.
Sulking spurns, with chin on breast,
Of the Tree of Life a fruit.
Hia gift of whom he Is the guest.
Outf-asl on the thither shore,
Open scorn to him shiill give
Souls that heavier burden bore
"Se"e the wretch that dared not live."
Edward Rowland SilL
felonious instruments. Yet not a sign I The recorder summed up at oonaio
01 a niue aiamono, or any other Jewel erable length a careful, equipoised
nor valuable, was found upon him.
Hia clothes, hi boots, his hat, his per
son, even to the Inside of his mouth,
were again and again examined. Not
a trace of the missing stones! And
SPANISH JOKER THHA9HED.
at the time, balanced, like the sen
tences In a Greek dialogue, wit! per
petuaj "on the one hand" and "on the
other hand
this was the more remarkable because colorless, and affording no assistance
he had been collared red-handed, and whatever to the Jury. The latter, after
from that moment no chance whatever considering their verdict for an hour or
was allawed him of throwing away or so, at length brought the prisoner in
DIAMOND ROBBERY
otherwise disposing of the stones.
"I tell you I haven't got them," he
kept persisting. "I'd have prigged "era
if I'd the chance, I don't deny, and
It would be no use if I did. But I was
forestalled, I tell you. Some other
chap must have got it Just before me J penal servitude.
ummlng up, as I remember thinking American Girl's Big Brother Arrived
In Time to Punish Him.
It was the lady In the pink morning
gown who told the storv at th hrenv.
Impartial, no doubt, but fa,t table in an uptown boarding house.
Somebody at the other table had spo
ken of the Spaniards as a courteous
people, at which an Impulsive gentle
man had exclaimed: 'Damn the Span
ish!" Then he apologized to the board-
era generall yfor his remark.
"Don't trouble yourself to apologize,"
aid the one in pink. "You have ex
pressed my sentimentg precisely, In
language that I may not venture to use.
x reaiiy ieei Obliged to vou. As a
FIVE CARDS TOLD THE STORY
"not guilty" on this Indictment He
was then sentenced to twenty months'
hard labor, the recorder observing that
if anything previous had been known
against him, which apparently there
was not, he should have sent him into
and lifted 'em You're only wasting Such Is a brief a very brkf-recaplt- specimen of the courtesy of th
time and trouble
You are, Indeed."
In
p Dons
Those who pay attention to the
records of criminal cases, as reported
by the newspapers, and who have
good memory for such matters, will
recollect the Interest aroused, now
several years ago, by the trial of on
Robert Morris for what was known a
"The Blue-diamond Robbery." In the
minds of some, perhaps, the details of
this crime may be still fresh. But for
the benefit of that Infinitely greate
number of persons whose memorial fac
ulty is only a nine days' affair. It will
be as well to recapitulate all the fact
of the case before proceeding to the
elucidation of one very mysterious
point, which at the time of the rob
' bery bafllpd the cleverest detectives In
London.
First, then, for the recapitulation of
the facts, as disclosed before the righ
honorable, the Lord Mayor at the Man
8ion house, and subsequently before
the Recorder of London at the Old
Bailey. The victim of the robbery was
one Jacob Blumefeeld, an Anglo-Ger
man Jew, and a well known diamond
merchant In Hatton Garden. This gen
tleman, In the coupe of a visit to the
Dutch East Indies, with a view to the
purchase of pearls (in which he also
dealt), had picked up from a native
Sumatran, for a song, six stones, which
the vender supposed to be small, pale,
and therefore comparatively valueless,
sapphirps, but which Blumefeelds eye
told him at once were those rarest and
costliest stones In the market viz.,
blue diamonds. It was stated In court,
I recollect, by expert witnesses, that
there were not more than thirty blue
Jlamonds known to exist, and that the
ratia of their value to ordinary dia
monds of the same size and water was
it least 100 to 1. On this basis the
tlx stones referred to, despite their in
!lgnfleant size, were worth fully J100,
XX); Indeed, at the time when they were
stolen Blumefeeld was negotiating a
ale of them to Messrs. Rostron, the
Bond street Jewelers, fur a sum several
thousand dollars In excess of that. It
may be readily Imagined, therefore,
that the theft of such gems excited no
mall sensation.
The circumstances of the theft were,
r appeared to be, sufficiently common
place. On the day of the robbery
Blumefeeld had carefully locked the
olue diamonds In his safe when he
jultled his office at 6 o'clock. At
ibout 8 or 9 the watchman who was
n duty, and who had received particu
lar Instructions to keep an eye on
Blumefeeld's office, happened to catch
the flash of a light through the key
hole, and pushing open the door,
which he found unfastened, made his
way Inside and actually caught the
thief red handed in Blumefeeld's room
He at once collared the fellow a small
weak man, who made little resistance
to his stalwart captor and raised the
ilarm. In a minute or two several con
tables were on the scene, and a little
later an Inspector arrived, who lost no
time In dispatching a special messenger
to Blumefeeld's private residence In
Pembrldge square.
On the diamond merchant's arrival
a thorough examination of the prem
ises was made, disclosing the fact that
his safe had been opened with a dupli
cate key, which, In fact, was still in
the lock, and that, while everything
slse had been left untouched, the most
valuable contents, namely, the blue
alamonds, had been abstracted. The
thief, of course, was theh conveyed,
w i i nu u L u r I ti ' . to thS SiC&tSt pcllCC
station, and duly charged by Ulume
feeld, who now recognised him as a
man who had called upon him at his
office a few days previously In refer
ence to a proposed purchase of gems
which had fallen through. He recol
lected, also, that he had had occasion
to leave the stranger alone In his
office for a minute or two; when, prob
ably, the latter had managed to get
an Impression of the lock of his safe.
.The prisoner did not deny this. Nor,
In spite of the usual caution, did he
make' any secret of the fact that he
had broken Into the office for the pur
pose of stealing the blue diamonds.
But that he had stolen them he stub
bornly denied.
"Some one elae had forestalled me,"
he said. "I found the safe open and a
key already In the lock. I'd got my
own duplicate, but I didn't have to use
1L If you search me you'll And It In
my waistcoat pocket."
In confessing he had entered the of
fice with felonious Intent, he was. of
course, only sdmltllng as much as the
circumstances of his capture rendered
obvious and Incontrovertible, and, so
far as that went, was doing himself
neither harm nor good. But his state
ment that he had been forestalled was
o clearly of the cock and bull type
that no credence whatever was natur
ally attached to it He was subjected
to the usual rlrous search. The du
plicate key, as he said, was In his
waistcoat pocket, and In his coat
pockets there were one or two other
searching me. ulatlon of Robert Morris' sentence in I to "ladies let me tell you of an incident
connection with the t.neft of the I saw at Montres) lHt .nmmor v
Of course, no attention was paid to blue diamonds. Any one who is inter- know the Soanish minister t to
this ridiculous assertion, and after the ested to go more fully Into the details of Canada after he got his passports from
process of search had been repeated the matter can turn up the case in the Washington nnri thro a nu
asam ..u s-u, oiumeieem re.urueu oacK volumes of the newspaper, which crowd of Spaniards there I was tak
with two of the police to his office in he can put his hands upon at any of Ing my breakfast at the hotel on the
Hatton Garden, where it was thought the public libraries. If he does so, he morning of mv denartnre h
.,,,,. .: W1U nna i oeneve, that much as I have me, at the same table, sat a very pretty
managed to drop the stones. But the pruned and condensed the reports, I American girl. Nest her on the left
most care.ui scrutiny ol every nooa, have not omitted any material item, were two Soanlardx hoth well rtrpBH
cIttnny a.m corner xaiieu vj u.-ovcr And, indeed (to say nothing of the re- with the appearance of gentlemen The
them. Blumefeeld very naturally fell qulrements of space In these columns) further one who wm- hi hfL-.
into a nne male oi mmu. jt wou d be wearisome to retell the r-.,t lit. w..i. ... t.
.kt j. , . . .. . . .. -- -"" "tj.no, .M MSBJ) per
',tre' ,u l"n """- w"-y at any jengtn, since, tor tne one fectly: the other was m the first .1 ,
tor. "Were bound to flndl them, mystery in the matter-the disposi- of the 8trureIe to ,,,,. lan.
you know." tion of the blue diamonds by Morris (as- Tn i uv,,.. i
"Do-do you think that there's any suming him to have been the thief, as understood SnmBh ,h. -m .!,',.
..ntinlt-ol'a tn-r kAlnn I .... - - , ' ' '
t,...LC Ul v,u, n,,, everyoooy sun aiaj-me rest oi me made some comment on th Am.,in
true." exciaimea ciumeieeia anxious- features are commonplace enough.
y- I I now come to the important point
Not much," laughed the inspector. in my story; the only part of it which
'I'll give a hundred to the first man is not mere recapitulation, namely-
l"" Uln v" ""' """ l"e eiuciaauon or tne mystery as mi- the e-i,-i tmpd tn hlo f a ..i,
uihiiiuiiu iiitiiiiuii. Dartea to me on v a rew weeks asn dv i iu
i - - - - I ... oiaiunn
TirkLk AVn- i.n.. v.n.r .n a., -A m n A a I . . . . . . .....
. nun , ou.c, ...auc Moms nimseir. t may lane mis oppor- what u tv,i v,i, t
the inspector try his very hardest In tunlty of saying that I am the doctoi tnp v,m lBrtv , . . . , '
-"j v-.v. wno aneiiuea me ex-convict in nis mm
make the discovery of the missing Jew- uiness. of which the fatal termination
Tale of the Young Man who Opened
the Jack Pot.
"I was dealing a game out of the
box In Kansas City back in '84 when
a man killed himself in the upstairs
part of the establishment," said a man
with short gray hair and piercing eyes
"I was the first man upstairs after the
shot was fired, and when r looked the
man over I remembered him as a young
chap of rather dissolute habits who hid
struck Kansas City with apparently
plenty of money only a few weeks be
fore. There were five or six four
handed poker games running in, the
room. I asked the three men cattle-
mcn from-Ka nsas they were whi
ailed their table mate. They passed
HOOSIER LADIES IN TOWN.
girl In hts own tongue which were too
free to suit my fancy, but as she did not
understand what he was saying I said
nothing. Presently the man nearest
els an accomplished fact.
Next morning Morris was charged at
the Mansion House before the Lord
Mayor. He admitted, as he had done j
overnight, his felonious intention In
breaking into Blumefeeld's office, but
he still strenuously denied that he had
stolen anything.
came so recently as a fortnight since.
"Doctor, he said to me one day,
about a week before he died, "I shan't
leave any effects behind me to pay
the salt?'
" 'My charming miss, will you give
me a kiss?' his friend answered in a
low tone, and the trustful Don turned
to the beside him.
" 'My charming mees,' he said polite-
your bill. But I can leave you a little ,y wth a bow an(J ghowlns hs wnite
secret which youi might turn Into a
nice sum of ready money, if you set
about It right away. Ah! what a fool
"I meant to steal the blue dia- I was to go and make ducks and drakes
monds," he persisted. "But I'd been
forestalled by some other man. I've no I
more to say, and shouldn't have if
you was to question me till the day of
Judgment"
of all that oof. Do you know, doctor,
after I came out of shop I was worth
8,000?"
"Eight thousand!" I exclaimed
"Then you did steal the blue diamonds?
teeth in a smile, 'will you give me a
kiss?'
'The girl looked at him in astonish
ment, hardly comprehending his words
at first; then, her face reddened up to
her hair and her blue eyes blazed with
anger as she turned from him. Real
izing that some mistake had been
made, the Spaniard plainly wished to
He was remanded for a week to give How the devil did you manace to hide explain and apologize, but such Eng-
jwt.v. a., uiwi vuiiuj ui imuiji i them
the missing stones; and when brought
up again at the end of that time, the
diamonds still being undiscovered, and
there being no Immediate prospect of
their discovery, Morris was duly com
mltted to the Old Bailey.
In the Interval between that event
and his trial. Blumefeeld obtained
leave to see the prisoner in Newgate,
"Look here," he said to him (I am
"That's the secret I'm olng to tell
you. Ah, doctor (he chuckled glee
fully: I am not writing a moral tale; I
will tell the truth; and the truth Is that
Robert Morris was not in the least pen-
lent,). I had the diamonds on me when
I was caught; I had them on me when 1
was searched at the station, I had them
on me when I went before the Lord
Mayor; I had them on me when I was
condensing the evidence subsequently tried at the Old Bailey; had them on
given by a warder at the trial). "I'll
make you an offer. If you'll tell me
what you've done with those dia
monds, and enable me to recover them.
I'll pay 2,000 to any representative of
yours you like to name. The money
hall be paid to him In cash here. In
your presence; and then you can have
It when you come out. You're not
making matters a bit better for your-
me all the twenty months when I wa:
In the stone Jug aye, all the blessed
time."
"Impossible!" I cried. "You could
not have concealed them."
Couldn't I, though? Ah, doctor, I'll
show you. Bring me that cup off the
washstand, now. Do you see what's
in it?"
'Your grinders," I said, looking down
self by sticking to that absurd story. If at the double set of fase teeth Iylng
nythlng, rather worse, for you'll get
dropped on more heavily by taking that
line than if you do your best to restore
me my stolen property. Now, then, you
will be a fool If you refuse; you will,
upon my word."
If I had stolen the diamonds, or
know where they were, I'd close with
you like a shot, Mr. Blumefeeled. For
I know very well that I'm In for five
years, anyhow. But I didn't steal
them, and I don't know where they
are any more than you do," answered
llsh as he knew forsook him at the
moment, and his companion waa en-
Joying his joke too much to help him
even if he would. I spoke to the girl.
'He thought he was asking you for
the salt,' I said. 'It was his companion
who told him to say the words that he
did.'
' 'I beg your pardon, mees. I was
mlseenform,' the Spaniard said, taking
his cue from my words. 'It was for
the sal the salt I wished to speak.'
"The girl bowed stiffly In acknowl
edgment of his apology and resumed
her breakfast, though she was almost
crying and could make only a pretence
eating. The situation was very un
comfortable all around except for the
Joker, who still seemed to think that
the affair was funny. The Spaniards
had left the table when a big, broad-
shouldered young fellow, who looked
like an undergraduate on vacation,
came Into the room. He was the girl's
brother, Just arrived. He saw hia sis
ter and came and kissed her; then, ob
serving the traces of tears on her
cheeks:
" 'What Is the matter?' he asked.'
'You've been crying.'
Oh, It's nothing It waa the man's
mistake in English. He asked me'
and at this point she reddened again
and began crying outright. The young
man's mouth straightened, and the
glint In his eyes meant trouble, as he
lifted his head and looked round.
What waB It? Who was It?' he de
manded, but his sister could rtot com
mand her voice to speak. 'Was it either
of the men that left the table Just as
I came in? The two over by the cash
ler's desk?'
"Still the girl did not answer, shrink
Ing perhaps from what she saw would
follow if she told him what had oc
it up.
" 'He Just hauls out his gun sudden
ana does the Dutch act,' s'aid one of
them. "Maybe he was a hard loser. I
believe we're into him for a few hun
dreds.'
" 'Didn't he say anything at all be
fore plugging himself?' I asked.
'Nary a say,' was the reply. 'Just
scanned his hand pretty fairish-sized
Jackpot, which he had opened himself
and then he reaches behind and
brings up that silver-mounted popgun,
which don't look like it's built to kill a
full-grown man at that. Then he puts
It behind his right ear we Just looking
at him, thinking he's fooling and off
It goes, and there he is, too dead to
skin. It's a queer enough game to get
me going.'
" 'A Jack pot, you say?' I Inquired.
'Who won?'
"The men looked at one another. They
didn't know. The young fellow had put
the ball In his head before the pot was
decided. They looked at their hands
that they had thrown face down when
the young man had shot himself. One
of then had tens up on nines, that he
had had on the go-In, and the other
had a pair of queens, also on the go-in,
while the last of the three had drawn
to an ace and failed to connect. Then I
turned over the suicide's cards, that
he had laid down neatly before reach
ing for his gun. There were a pair
of sixes, an eight, a tray and a king.
I showed the cards to the three men.
They understood.
" 'The ombrey need't have killed him
self over it,' said one of them. 'He
might have got thrown out of the win
dow and his pile confiscated, but he
wouldn't ha' got killed.'
"The young fellow had taken a big
win-out chance in a moment of des
peration by opening a Jack pot with
out holding the openers, and when it
failed to go through he was afraid of
the consequences or crazy or some
thing, and so he Just let gaslight Into
his head, which, for all the men who
had been playing with him said, would
unquestionably have happened to him
when they discovered that he had open
the Jack without openers."
In the cup, "what about 'em?"
"Nice ones, eh?" ha said with a leer
and a wink. yr
"Very," I answered. .j'.. i '
Made 'em myself," he said, with an
other chuckle, "The p'leece knew 1
was a dentist's assistant, too. Wonder
they never guessed." g
'Guessed what?" i
"Take 'em out of the cup, he said.
I did so.
"There's a little mark at the Bide of
Morris. "My story sounds unlikely the plate," he went on. "It's a spring.
enough, I am well aware. Maybe the Press It with your thumb nail."
Judge and Jury won't believe It, either; . . . h, ,.,,.,.. Tn ln.
but It's true, and that's all about It." I . ... , . ,
revealing to me the fact that each of
nothing could Induce him to budge. them wae simply a small hollow re-
The day of his trial arrived. The case ceptacle, contrived, as I saw on closer
excited very great Interest and the examination, with the most artful skill
recorder's court was packed. There and workmanship.
i. iiiuii. v jiiciil . liiv I nie sick man broke into a yet more Uurrwl T saw the whiskered Snan
one u ... not a lawyer, ana on.y quo.e rIepfu, cnuck,e, as he watched the .,d ,rlnnlna as he glanced over to
from memory, ana therefore l will arnaIea wonder with which I was rai- U-rrt the tahle and made un mv mind
crave muuitrence .n c my lega. nf. at this, marvellously clever effort what to do
i - s- i 1 1 was ti.s mistake cf wc younger
"There!" he said, chuckling until he man, who does not understand Eng
coughed himself speechless. "Not s llsh,' I said to the brother. "He wished
Impossible after all eh. doctor?" to ask your sister to pass the salt, and
HiihniiPnf innnirip. which T Artrirp-.. the other man the one with the whls-
ed to Morris himself elicited the follow
Ing facts: That, recognizing the ex
treme risk he ran of being caught, he
had had two duplicate keys of the safe
i 1 ,. .1 . , . . i i I . 1 V. I -a,AH .1 ....... Vn
was a difficult matter to prove. Every I ue "ruer lnHl leaving one w ii ...
bodv of course was convinced thatitnem ln tne ,0CK' m color might be cnair ana started aner tne cpaniarns,
Morris had stolen the diamonds, but to Ient t0 th assertion that he had been who were Just leaving the room. He
establish It by the technical rules of anticipated by another thief. The ex- lolowed mem into tne omce, ana mere
evidence was quite another affair. 1 em' ' c,ever contrivance oi nis iaise was me .mine u. a m.ume mere, win.
Against the fact that he was caught on teeth' wai- nowever, of course, his a running ot me waiters ana aining
the nremises admittedly with the Inten. cher-fl oeuvre, and he had put the dia- room guests nearest ine aoor to see
Hon of stealing the diamonds, had to monds into these marvellously con- what was going on. rresentiy tne
be set the fact that no slsrn of. a dia- trlved receptacles the moment he took young man came back, looking placid
mond or any other stolen article was them. Hardly were the teeth safely with his collar burst open as if he had
found tinon him when raurht. Further. Daca in nis mouu) rx-rore me TISK ne Deen exercising, anu tai uuwii uy ins
more the circumstance of his having reared eventuated, and he was pounced sister,
refused Blumefeeld's offer of 2,000, on by the watchman. ' 'There's nothing to tell,' he laughed
which was elicited by his counsel In tv- "But It was worth It," this Impent- In answer to her anxious look. 'I re
idenco went i some slight extent In his ' tent sinner told me. "Aye, If I'd got I monstrated mildly with your bewhls-
'fc'.or.lously breaking !ntc"B!umcfccld's j
premises In Hatton Garden; the other!
of "stealing therefrom diamonds to the
value of 20,000." To the former the
prisoner pleaded guilty, and to the lat
ter not guilty, and the prosecution,
fn th? hopes of procuring a mnrn exem
plary sentence proceeded with the
charge of stealing the Jewels. But this
kers told him to say, "Give me a kiss."
It is that which has disturbed your
sister.'
"Without a word the young man
favor. But this the prosecution tried
to discount by advancing the theory
that he must have had an accomplice
who had made off with the Jewels and
that the prisoner was hardly likely to
give away 20,000 for 2,000. On the oth.
er hand the defense urged that there
waa absolutely no evidence of the ex
istence of an accomplice; and, besides,
after the manner In which the theft had
been bruited abroad and advertised, It
would be Impossible for the thief or
thieves to dispose of them for a quar
ter of their value, If, Indeed, at all; In
which contention, of course there waa
some truth. - .v. .
five years. It would have been worth kered Spanish friend for his misuse
It. They had my teeth out, too, so at of the English tongue. That's all.'
to examine my mouth morecarefully. 'They've picked the dago up and
I felt nervous Just then, I can tell you. got him Into the lift. He'll need towels
But It waa O. K. For, sharp as these nd water when he gets to his room.
fellows were, they never thought ol Hooray for America!' said one waiter
lookln Inside the teeth." Truth. to another as he passed our table with
a broad grin. He was an Irish lad
The sensation of taste produced by from New York, and I am sure he
an electric current passing through meant for us to hear.
the tongue Is found by Zeynek, a Ger
man electrician, to depend on voltage.
Sudden changes of current and voltagt
produced changes of taste sensation,
seeming to prove that the phenomenot
of electric taste is an electrolytic one.
"The young man was ordering his
breakfast when a porter came to tell
me that my trunks had gone to the sta
tion, ant the hack was waiting, and I
went away, leaving the proudest girl
In America sitting with her brother
at the table."
Even at Last.
A man who lives above 100th street,
New York, thought he had the grip
and hastened to the nearest apothecary
shop. It was late, and the druggist
was routed from bed by the night bell,
which went off like an alarm clock.
When he admitted the customer the
druggist said:
"I suppose you want some stamps?"
The customer denied this and said,
with some vehemence, that he was in
no condition to appreciate a joke. He
was ill and wanted a remedy.
"There's the city directory," said the
druggist, pointing out a demoralized
book.
"Thank you," replied the customer.
"I thought it was a canal boat. Now
will you be good enpugh to wait on
me?"
"That's the telephone ln the corner,"
and the druggist pointed out the lung
tester and annihilator.
"And this Is my prescription," said
the customer, producing a bit of paper.
"Did the butcher send you?" asked
the drugst, and before the customer
could Interfere he added, " 'cause he
sends women over here for change, and
for everything he doesn't keep and that
I never have. And that undertaker In
this block maybe he sent you? He
went downtown the ether day, and as
he hud fin on to ptny fn ' pi'? he
stuck up a sign In his window: 'Call
at the Drug Store.' Got a great laugh
on me. People came In here all day
andsked me when I went Into part
nership with the undertaker. I know
the sign out there Indicates that this Is
a drug store. I pay an apothecary's
license. But tomorrow I will have that
elgn painted over, and the words 'In
telligence shop painted cn. Here's
your prescription. Drug store two
blocks above."
Bang went the door. One apothecary
was even.
Experience That Came Very Nmi
Being1 Embarrasflig.
Two Indianapolis ladies had an ex
citing experience last fall, and one
which has taught them to look before
they leap. They were In New Torn
on a shopping expedition, having sev
eral hours to wait between trains, and
they had gone about until they each
had a large stock of bundles. Both!
were hungry, and decided it was time
to find a good cafe and eat. Now, net
their of these women was at all brill
iant. They were simply good, honest
little women who read the woman's
department and the recipes in the pa
per, and who-sfiip all the editorials)-
and other exciting things.
'I have heard my husband speak ot
a place here called Delmonlco's," said
one. "I believe that must be a good
restaurant, for I frequently read about!
soups and other things prepared by
Delmonlco's cooks."
Her friend had heard of it, too. and:
so they hunted up that famous cafe.
They entered unsuspectingly, and the
head waiter showed them to a table.
while another waiter took their bun
dles. They were so hungry that they
smiled with delight over the goodf
things on the bill of fare and never
thought of looking at the prices. They
ordered a good dinner lavishly. It
included soup, fish, a roast, a saladj
and several entrees, to say nothing
of dessert. The waiter bowed to the
ground and disappeared. Then one oC
them took the card in her hand once;
more.
"What's this?" she said. "Here arei
the prices." .
They began to add up what they had
ordered. It was $27 worth. They gasp
ed and took out their purses. They
had hardly 27 cents between them.
"What are you going to do?" asked)
one.
The other looked at her bundles.
"I am going to cut and run, as the)
boys say," she said. "We can never pay
for It and they may arrest us."
With that she got up, sneaked her
bundles out of the rack and went very
swiftly and silently past the head waU
ter, who fortunately did not notice herj
The other woman turned all colors.:
What should she do? No one was look
ing. The awful head waiter had hist
back turned. She reached for her bun-'
dies and sneaked out also. Outside she
was so afraid they would come after
her and call her back that she actually
ran as fast as she dared up Fifth ave
nue. Ahead of her she saw a second)
woman also on a run. It was her frlendV
and they never stopped until they were)
safe from that awful place.
Duok Hunting In the Northwest,
From the Portland Oregonlan: Two
Jovial skippers of German ships now ln
port were anxious to enjoy the sport
of wild duck shooting. Bo a German
doctor and a man who doctors ships
made up a party and took the skippers
out to a place on Columbia slough,
where they were promised a good time.
The party left here In the afternoon,
and spent the night with a hospitable
farmer. Besides the solid ammuni
tion they took along plenty of liquid
ammunition and they passed a very
Jolly evening playing cards and telling
tales of adventures at sea. Before go
ing to bed a lot of wheat was thrown
out to attract the ducks for shooting
In the morning, but they slept so sound
ly that they did not wake, up till the
ducks had eaten all the wheat and
were hammering on the door with their
bills for more. The whole party rushed
out and banged away at the ducks, and
succeeded In bringing down one, ,
Women of the Philippines.
A correspondent of Collier's Weekly
says of the Philippine women: "For all
their dark faces, they have figures the
grace of which Is accentuated by the
very garments they wear. They have
lustrous dark eyes and luxuriant black
hair, ln which they take great pride;
it is long, thick and glossy, anointed
with cocoanut oil, cleaned and washed
with lime Juice and usually worn 4i at
coil or knot held by a golden comb or1
ornamented pins. Hats and bonnets
are unknown among the Filipinos, SO
no doubht many an American hus
band wishes he lived here. The native
women have fine shaped feet that never
knew a stocking; they wear low slip
pers of an oriental pattern, sometimes
wooden shoes. The dress of a Filipino.
woman usualy consists of a single gar
ment with wide sleeves; a Plna cloth .
handkerchief Is generally worn around)
the neck, and every one wears a rosary
or a crucifix. Housekeeping in the na
tive section is quite primitive ln Its de
tails. Love making, courtship and mar
riage are here conducted in the manner
common ln oriental lands, the lover
serving the father of his future wife
Fifteen years is the customary age for
marriage here In the Philippines."
Friday Events.
Washington was married on Friday.
Queen Victoria was married on Fri
day. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on
Friday.
Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on
Friday.
America was discovered on Friday.
Mayflower landed on Friday.
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake
on' Friday.
Battle of Waterloo was fought on
Friday.
Bastlle destroyed on Friday.
Declaration of Independence signed
on Friday.
Julius Caesar assassinated on Friday.
Moscow burned on Friday.
Shakespeare born on Friday.
King Charles beheaded on Friday.
Battle of New Orleans fought on FrU
day.
Lincoln assassinated on Friday,
Iron Collar Buttons.
"Ever hear of, Iron collar buttons?"
said a man who was opening- his laun
dry bundle. "In the last two or three
years I've had lots of wooden ones.
I don't know how they are made, but
they are all lacquered black for a fin
ish. They must be amaslngly cheap,
because they are used to fasten the
laundered shirts together at the neck
when they are sent home; given away.
I've had scores, and I guess hundreds
of them. Now I get sometimes Iron
collar buttons. These are apparently
cast, for all have a burr on them, It
seems like a pretty small thins; to cast
a collar button, but I suppose they
must make moulds In which they can
cast hundreds, maybe thousands, at a
time, and so make 'em tremendously
cheap."
The dowager empress of China Is stilt
engaged in giving her representation of
"How One Woman Has Her Own Way.)
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