UUIBOX,
HEBBASKA
The "dummy" director i the trul
jiiiiioler's tool.
The cause of lynching has been
glveu a great boost in Soutb Carolina.
The barber who committed suicide
with bay rum certain!? stuck to hi
last
The cork leg trust la going to raise
prices, and the man who neglected to
get bis cork leg la up a mump.
We insist that the firl who fails in
lore with a dcLtst whi U tl ir.g her
teeth Un't uieulally responsible.
In China eveiytbing goes by oppo
site, Hence, wbia "evacuation" is
mentioned oter there it means occupa
tion. ItiiFkin College now has a "profesor
of dres-unaking." and the inovation has
caused quito a bustle in certain edu
cational circle.
Football is too rough a game for
Pugilist r'ltzsimmons, but perfect'?
projier for tlie educat.onal development
of our college youth.
If some one will start a magazine
called "Failure" be' can obtain a num
ber of noted contributors who used to
write on "How to Succeed."
King I'eter of .ervia has promoted
the assassin who placed him on the
throne, but it isn't clear whether he
wan grateful or merely afraid
Bankers who are tempted to specu
late shou'd make it a point to begin
with speculating ou how they would
like to spend a few years In the peni
tentiary. It certainly is bard luck for a man
when his leg is cut off by accident or
design, but the hard luck becomes
cumulative when the price of cork leg
la Increased iO per cent without warn
ing. It appears that we are to lose two
Islands by the Alaskan boun'lary set
tlement A few years ago the Ions of
two islands might have come as a
hardship, but what does an Inland or
two more or less amount to now?
Germany Is said to be still sending
Hiles and cartridges to Turkey. Hush!
Don't let us say a word. Look at the
mules and things we sent to South Af
rica for the use of Great Britain In
choking the life out of two republics
down that way.
One of the best features of the mod
ern political machinery Is the operation
of party polls In getting out a full
vote. Whatever the result may be, a
fuil vote is always desirable, and the
voluntary polls of both party contrib
ute distinctly to this.
Scares from fear of rabies has in
duced a uhilautbroplc doe fancier to
volunteer the Information: "When you
ee a vicious dog approaching place
he thumb of the left hand in the palm
of the same hand and the canine will
uass you by." We will paste this In
our iiat And now seek some cabalistic
formula to escape the highbinder,
spellbinder and rabid political candi
date.
An English musician accused of
plagiarism alfirma that it la "almost
impossible to compose a piece of music
having no resemblance to any other;"
bnt his critics have retorted that the
serin tones and their semitones, twelve
notes in all, are. susceptible of nearly
half a billion combinations. Of course
it does not follow that it is perfectly
easy to be original, but such statistics
give the comforting assurance that a
youth who contemplates a work of
genius need never fail because of
poverty of material.
An interesting Illustration of rule
by a majority Is reported from a Lon
don hospital. The surgeon in charge
was uuakini his morning rounds, ac
companied by half a dozen students,
to whom be was giving clinical Instruc
tion. They came to a doubtful case.
"Now, gentlemen," said the surgeon,
"do you think this Is or Is not a case
fur operation?" Without exception the
students opposed the proposition to
iye.use. "You are all wrong," exclaim
ed the surgeon, "and I shall operate
to-morrow!" "No, you won't!" ex
claimed the patient, "Six to one Is a
srreat majority. Gimme my clothes!"
Tber are many ways besides rcad
lai aud traveliug In which the retired
pr.rfi'Kslot'.al or business man may get
njoymeut for himself and make blni
6 if useful to others. He may ad
vise and aid bis son and daughters
and other young people, who are start
ing along the thorny paths which be
has trod with bonor and uccess. tie
may also exert an Influence for de
cency and progress la politic. What
u bn,m It woul4 be to a nation if ifc
shouid become tha practlca for It
nccessfnl profsionJ and bnslnm
uk n to retire as soon as they acquired
competency and devota tbbr rtmaln
Ing energy and ability aa4 thair ax
Itutire experience to preatotlaf tke
public welfare. '
"; ' a.1, i 1 1 L 1 "V
Tbo preachers of tlM , aMhodM
:r:i who nave lalanai tMr jrawn
i 'tikWv work rt nm$ii tke at
nomination as superannuate. Tbe It
support ia provided for by the church
but as a benevolence, but as a doty
The superannuate are regarded - ai
pastor tameritus to all the chorchct
of the annual conference to wbtck
tbey belong, and each confervn? '!
expected to collect the funds that an
necessary tor Its own superannuate
"salaries." There la a movemeut now
being pressed is the church to mak
a more permanent provision for th
superannuates by raising a great n
dowmeut fund of $5,000,000 or 10, XW.
0)0, the Income of which will be ued
in lieu of or in addition to the confer
ence collections. The quadrennial gen
eral conference of the church to b
held next spring at Los Angeles will
doubtless be urgen'Jy asked to take
favorable action, and already many
of the supporters of the movement
are suggesting Bishop McOabe as tli
right man U intrust with the work ol
raising the prupjsed endowment
Does the higher education tend U
discourage matrimony? Are the
chances of marriage for both the
young man and the young wo
man lessened by a university
or college education? , Thee are old
and much discussed questions, but In
terest in tiicin ha been revived of late
by disclosures concerning the gradu
ate of Vale and Harvard. The records
revealed the fact that the percentage
of graduates who embraced matri-
monv was surprisingly small, much
sailer than was popularly believed.
Whereupon a discussion arose as te
the causes for the reluctance or slow
ness of college men to enter the mar
ried estate. It now appears that thU
backwardness about getting married
Is not peculiar to graduates of lrutitn
tions for men. According to the rec
ord cootalued In toe first "general
register" compiled for the Aluiuul As
sociation of the University of Chicago
81 per cent, of the young women who
have received bachelors' degrees at tbf
university during Its first ten yean
are still unmarried. Of the !3 women
graduates from the undergraduate col
leges listed In the register only 107
have married. In the ease of the grad
uale from Yale or Harvard It la not
sj difficult to account for bis disin
clination to seek the Joys and respon
ftibilities of the connubial estate. Tb
young schoolmate of his boyhood days
who did not go to college, but re
mained at home, tiecame a producer'
While he w-as digging around foi
Greek roots the sch xilmate at hm
was learning a business or a trade,
and at the end of four or five year
he was earning enough to get married.
The college graduate has lost all this
time. He must defer all notions of
matrimony until he has mastered a
business or profession that wiy yield
support for a family. Often this comet
so late In life that the college mau
finally abandons aJl matrimonial ambi
tion and settles down to confirmed
bachelorhood. In the case of the girl
graduate her "bachelorhood" Is not s
easy to explain. No one will deny
that she Is fitted hy her education for
fulfilling the higher Ideals of wife
hood, but It la doubtless true that slit
is also equipped for a larger IndeyeDd
ence and Individuality, and hence mat
rimony does not appeal to her s
strongly as It does to tue girl whose
education has b-en largelj received
In the home.
ICeatitted.
There is a time in a small boy's lift
when his unl.er-e holds one glodlou
central slar ar-utd wblcb paler start
tamely revolve. It Is of that time thai
a New York Tribune writer tells.
One of the financial magnates of tbe
country is so Immersed In business tbal
he cannot make tbe rounds of hit
show-places with any regularity. One
day, however, he had an hour of Id e
ness, and strolled through the great
stables of one of bis country estates
In a corner be came upon a little boy
tbe head coachman's son at play wits
a fox terrier. Tbey admired the terrlei
for a while together, aud then tbe
financier said, casually:
"Do you know who I am?"
"Yes, sir," said tbe t hild, "of coars
I do."
"Well, who emir
"Why, you're tbe man that ride it
my father's carriages."
Wanted to Get At It.
5h iV
Hardware Dealer What do yon want
with such a heavy saw?
Bllkens My wife baa mad a fruit
cake. '.
Exercise with the Asttomoblle.
Knlcker Jones says he finds th
automobile fine f r reducing flesh.
Bocker f didn't know be hsd one
Knlcker He hain't He dodge
other people'. New York Inn.
laa the Ceaaor.
New ap per from Dfamart to th
Ruaalan province most. In fator !
go to K. Petersburg to pas tbe can
Wka w hare tronblea' w tod that
tkt gywteat of ikaa to tk
Tsi tear gam a. v
ecrxxxesacsx
A Doctor's Mission
"Glekbot."
CIIAPTER XXIL iCont'.ifucd.)
My peerless darling, would 1 Deed no
leave you. But a very few weeks will
reunite ox, never again to be parted. As
woo as 1 return 1 shall want my wife.
Shall I have herf'
"Yes; Karle, ray Earl.' will you surely
tw back by October fifth V
"Yes; positively. This is but the last
af Aocust; 1 shall have plenty of time
to reach b're then. But what is to hap
pen on that dale?"
"It will be my twenty-first birthdiy,
and then, as I told you one. a package
I hold is to be opened, and I shall learn
my true name, and receive a small sum.
enough for my support. Had you forgot
ten this? Will tbe onortaitity of my re
lationships cause any change in your
feelings? My dear auut assured me there
was nothing to be ashamed of in my fam
ily record."
Ethel asked this question with a sud
den timidity of feeling, a dread she could
scarcely account for. This dread, how
ever, was ittatantly disper. ed by bis id
iwer. "Change In my feelings? Nothing but
oiy death can change my love for yon! I
only hope the news you will learn on that
date will increase yonr happiness, What
ever h may be, it shall not delay our
anion one hour, I promise you that; will
you promise me tjje iame7"
''I wii;," she murmured, "aince our
will be a marriage founded on the purest
love, no worldly expectations or disap
pointments shall sever us."
Happy in their reciprocated love, they
fondly embraced and parted. Little they
thought as they each passed from sight
what important changes would take place
In the fortunes of at least one of them
Wore tbey met again.
CHAITER XXIII.
After Dr. Eifensurin had left the cas
tle ha leaped into bit gig with a liht
step and lighter heart, and, touching bia
hor.-e with a whip, tarted off at s. rapid
pace for a village about lifteen moies
diatant On the way he pasw-d the p't
gfOce, and running la anked for bis letters
and papers.
Among the letters was one from .New
York, and the black envelope filled him
with di'may, as he felt sure it was the
forerunner of sorrowful news. Opening
It with a trembling band, he found bis
worst fear fulfilled. It contained the
dreadful news of bis mother's death, jut
two weeks before.
I'oor Elfensiein! tbe shock was to bim
s terrible one. He had loved bis mother
tenderly, and was anticipating the great
eat pleasure in soon seeing ber again,
and perhaps inducing ber to accompany
aim back to bis English home. Now all
was vain.
Controlling bis feelings a best be
could, the mourning son resumed his seat
and drove onward, resolved, although
dazed by the suddenness of tbia blow, to
attend to his duties to the living, even
though bis own heart bled.
We will not follow him upon that ride,
which proved succes.'ul a physician of
well-known capability being secured to
attend to his patients during his absence
nor will we paint the Incidents of his
voysge, which proved to be short and
propitious, bat will present him next to
ear readers when just entering Mr. Rap
pelye's bouse st Yonkers. His appear
ance w-as expected, st be had telegraph
ed of his arrival la New York, and
Intention of leaving far bis residence on
the early train.
bright smile greeted him, and tbe
Ins pressure of his hand told that he
was truly welcome. Tbe sick man cer
tainly had gained some strength sines be
had left, for now be sat beside a wln
iow, la s large easy chair, and it was
evident that he could carry on s conver
sation without tbe presence end aid of
Mr. Gray, his lawyer.
After a few polite and friendly re
Miics, Dr. Elfenstein drew a chair close
to bis side, and laying a finger upon bis
palae, smilingly said, as be did so: -
"I am going to see now, my dear sir,
bow much news yoa can bear to be told.
Do yoa feel strong enough to bear a good
large amount V"
Grasping bis bsnd Id one of bis thin
enes, the poor man anrwered. eagerly:
"Yes, indeed 1 do! If you have news
that I yearn to hear, it will be better
than all the medicines I have swallowed
In a lifetime. Doctor, tell me at once,
has the mystery been solved? Is my in
soceDce established?"
Terfectly established. Yonr brother
was not murdered, only terribly abuned.
He has been found, and died a natural
death in my own house."
Clasping his hands together, while
large tears rolled over bis pallid cheeks,
the Innocent brother raised bis eyes to
heaven, and murmured, reverently:
"For tills. Thy great mercy, I thank
Thee. O God!"
A long pause ensoed, Elfeneteln pur
posely refraining from saying more, until
bis first sgitation bad paased away.
Then, as discreetly as possible, pausing
every once in awhile to note tbe effect on
his feeble form, end to watch his varying
pulse, be slowly told him the whole story,
leaving tbe reading of tbe affecting Jour
ssl until another day,
"Oh, my brother, my poor, desr broth
er! how terrible mnst have been his feel
ings all those years of solitude and de
spair! Doctor, thus yoa see my own
troubles have been bnt a speck upon the
ores compared with his."
"Most true; and now, dear sir, yon
aaoA also be aware that, since both
brothers are dead, yon bare become pos
sessor of title and estate. Allow tne to
te the first to eonsra'slata Sir Fltaroy
aiendennlng." .
The old men received the kind pres
esrs ef hi band and tender words with
deaf eaterloa. then suddenly exclaimed:
"And te yoa I owe this speedy dawee
sry and this greet Joy"
Bewtag hi heed npea hi clasped
he ;rsswed tha silent ad
IT EMILY THORN TOW
Author of " Roy Rcssbll's Rcxb,"
"Tw Fashion asle Mothek," Etc.
be broke rhe spell with these strange
words:
"Since frod in his great g-wdnesa bat
the established my innocence. I am no
longer afraid to own, and claim my son,
and he need never be ahamed to call me
father!"
."Have yoa. Indeed, a son, my dear
friend? This, then, will be to bim also
a jny. I did not understand that you
hsd been inirried."
"I had been secretly married, and my
wife, 1'l.iri Mowbrey, who was rhe or
phan d-i.ichter of the late Presbyterian
minister in a srnail village, came ith me
to America, uiiknovm to any one, for she
had no near relatives, .'he embarked,
I say, wi.b me, briticing fur little boy,
aged two ye.irs. .V fever broke out on
the ship, during our long passage, and
my darling wife died, just two days be
fore vie arrived in port. It was after
she had been Ijin away to rest in Green
wood, that my sickness came upon me.
caused by great grief and trouble, and
Mr. E!fer,Rtein rsir.e to my relief. It
was to bim I solemniy gave my only
child, my lit ; l Earie. I then assumed
the name of Uappeiye, not even his wife
knowing of the change."
"Sir. what CAO you mean? Did I hear
aright?'' exclaimed Eif-uitein. starting
forward, pnle with surprise, as this siu
gul.ir aswrtion fell upon bis ear.
"Yoa did! My dir son. you did! You
are my own child dnd heir. Earle E'fpn
stein (ilendenniug. and to you will fall
at my death my title and my estates.
Come to my arms, my dear boy, for it is
twenty-five yeans since I have beid yoa
there!"
Clasped then tn a eloe, fond embrace,
fatner and son shed tears together tears
of thankfulness and joy.
Thus while E.iri Glendenning still
mourned for tbe only mother lie hsd ever
known, hia mother by adoption, the
wound, so suddenly inflicted, was par
tially healed by the sift of a fond fath
er, over whose feeble health and de
clining days he now bad a perfect aud
tender right to watch and guard.
Iy the time they reached Glenden
ning Hall Sir Kit.roy was able to walk
around with a cane, and really seemed
to have taken a new lease uim health
and life.
With joy Earle marked this change,
and when he saw bow intensely happy
he was thus to lie restored to bis own
home and rightful place, and bow prond
to boast an honorable name and right
eous life, he thanked heaven and prayed
that he might be spared long to Its en
joyment, fnr his lengthened dflys be
knew would add to his own pleasure, as
it waa so sweet to own a fa tier's love, a
father's blessing.
But In his heart he felt that no hope
of permanent change for the better could
be possible, as his maladies were in
numerable; therefore, he redoubled hia
watchfulnns over his beloved form.
standing ready to aid by skill and ad
vice, as far as I'rovidence would per
mit, to check the great weakness be
felt sure would ensue as soon as a reac
tion, after all this excitement, should
take place.
I need not describe the Intense delight
of the lovers when they were again unit
ed, or the rurprise Ethel felt on being
told that Earle bad found a father since
he left her, and a new, but rightful,
name and inheritance. This news be had
not written, preferring to tell it in per
son. Sir Fitzroy was delighted with bis fa
ture daughter-in-law, for Earle could not
rent until be had taken Ethel to the ball,
in order to make them acquainted.
His feeble health made this visit per
fectly proper, and certainly gave great
pleas are to the old gentleman. From that
time he, as well as Earle, looked for
ward to the wedding day, which was
finally decided to take place by the twen
tieth of October, with profound pleas
are. A few days after their arrival at the
hall. Sir Fitzroy told bla son that he felt
Futflciently recruited from his fatigue,
to visit the ruins, snd see the room so
long tbe prison of his unfortunate broth
er, and, leaning on Earle's arm, he pro
ceeded to tbe mournful place.
It was well a skilled physician attend
ed him on this sad visit, ss he wss great
ly overcome by si) be saw, that so vivid
ly told of the cruel suffering one he had
loved had endured for twenty-five loa.;
yeary. .
The tear; he shed over each symbol of
that long captivity were almost unnerv
ing, and Earle led bim away from the
spot, resolving that all these harrowing
remembrances should. If posle, be re
moved from the place. If not in bis fath
er's lifetime, at least as soon as be bad
passed away. But to bis. great surprise,
after be had rested and become calm,
Sir Fitzroy said voluntarily:
"I never, never wish to go there again!
I have seen It all once, let that suffice.
ow 1 wisn uie om ru.nea pan wiu. ids
coneealee room torn down as soon as it
ean be done."
Earle waited for no farther orders,
bat that very day engaged workmen to
at once demolish tl) evidences of that
sin-dyed spot, and soon an elegant gal
lery, for pictures and statuary, ttood
where had been hitherto but neglect and
decay.
CHAPTER XXIV.
The time for opening the package left
In Ethel's cbsrge by Mrs. Nevergail was
now fast approaching, it being tbe first
of October, snd consequently she began
to feel excedlngly anxious in regard to
the unknown pnrent. who was to pre
sent himself upon tbe fifth.
Wbst sort of a person abostd she find
In him, snd would he tie satisfied with
her attainment and fipcrsneef Thee
questions were continually presenting
themselves to the mind of the poor girl.
On the morning of the swrona, s letter
wss placed la her head by on of the
servants, ami a "private" wa writ tea
a lb eat Me she at aaet repslred to
Tb enon-ota. U her surprise.
rat
as follows:
"Very strange will it seem, my daugh
ter, to recive tbia. yonr first letter frora
an entirely unkaosra parent. Not from
any lack of paternal feling have I denied
mvfeif tbe pleasure of seeing say oniy
child, until she reaches ber twenty-first
birthday, but from s train of circum
stance which made this course the Wis
est. I, however, am now counting the
days when I shall at lait clasp ber is
my arms, and give to ber a father's
kisses and biasing- I presume yoa have
in yonr possession a package to be open
ed on that eventful day. I have seen Mr.
llorers. and he has told me of the death
of your foater mother, and that yon are
residing at Cantbj Cairn. 3ly cbiia. i
shall leave Liverpool on the morning
train, reaching the caatle at noon. Un
til my appearance on the scene, I prefer
mat you ao not open the package. To
gether we will break the seal. Until
then I will only sign myself yonr affec
tionate FATHER."
Noon of the long expected day at
b-npth arrived, and her grace, tht
Dncbeos of Westmoreland, who conde
scended to feel considerable interest in
the young governess of her granddaugh
ter, together with Lady Claire, were seat
ed ia tbe drawing room, striving to calm
the unusual agitation of anxious and ex
cited Ethel, who restlessly paced np and
down the elegant apartment, or flitted
from window to window, in order to
watch the drive, to catch tbe first glimpM
of her coming sire.
At length her weary watch w,ii re
warded by seeing a hansom dish up t
the entrance, and an elegant looking gen
tleman descend. One moment passed,
then tbe door opened, and the stranger
entered. ,
Tall, and f xquiile!y proportioned, with
an ir at once dictinguc and easy: hand
some features and large, dark eyes; halt
aud full beard a rich brown, in which
blendt-d a few gray threads. This was
the picture of the one who paused a mo
ment near the threshold to survey tha lit
tle gnwp of ladie?. Then, as Ethel ad
vani'ed a few steps to meet bim, be ex
claimed: "My drling daughter, I am rejoiced ro
see you. at tbe same time folding her
to bis bosom in a joyful embrace.
(To ba continued t
GEESE CATCH FISH FOR HIM.
Cannr War In Which a acotchmaa
Gets Ills Dinner.
"An old Scotchman and neighbor of
mine." says an enthusiastic angler
fmm RcM-kland county, "bus a method
of taking frch water fK'j which, to
uiy way of thinking, excels all others
for the case .repose and success with
which It Is conducted. The flshernum
living on the border off Rockland Ijflks
desires, we will say, a mens of pike,
perch or pickerel, with which the
waters are amply stocked. Well, b
simply goes out to his barn yard and
selects a big goose or a half dozen
geese as tbe case may be, snd tics
a bnlted line about five feet long to
tbelr feet.
"On reaching tbe edge of the lake
with a basket containing one or more
geese the fisherman turns tbe birds
In the water. The geese swim out and
the old Scotchmsn lights bis pipe and
sits down. In a few minutes a fish
sees the bait and seizes It, giving
the goose a good pull. The bird starts
for the shore at full speed, frightened
half to death, dragging tbe fish upon
the bank where It Is unbooked."
Taking IJfe Too m?rlooly.
Taking life too seriously Is t aid to b
an especially American failing. This
may lie tTue; but, judging from appear
ances, It would seem to be world-wide,
for, go where yotl may, you will find
the proportion of serious, not to say
anxious, faces ten to one as compared
with the merry or happy ones. If
"the outer Is always the form and
shadow of the Inner" and If "the pres
ent Is tbe fullness of tbe psst and the
herald of the future" (and bow can w
doubt it?), bow many sad histories
can be read In the faces of those w
meet every dayl Tbe pity of It is, too,
that the sadness Is a self-woren gar
ment, even as Is tbe Joy with which
It might be replaced. Raskin says:
"Girls should be sunbeams not only to
members of tbelr own circle, but lo
everybody with whom tbey come In
contact. Every room tbey enter should
be brighter for Ibilr presence." Wby
shouldn't all of be sunbeam-?, boys as
well as glrbs, all along the way from
twenty-five years and under to eighty
five years and over?
The Origin of Pyrog raphy.
About a century ago nn artist nnnud
Crancb was standing one day In frml
of a fire In bis home at Axtnlnster.
Over the fireplace was an oaken man
telpiece, and It occurred to Crancb
that this expanse of wood might be
Improved by a little ' ornamental Ion.
He picked tip tbe poker, heated It
red-hot and began to sketcb in a bold
design. Tbe result pleased bim sd
much that be laliorated his work and
began to attempt other fire pictures on
panels of wood. These met with a
readv sale, snd Crancb scon cave all
hu t)me ,0 hu ew nrt Thl)l w ,h
beglm.lng of what Is now known as py
rogmphy. TJ10 poker artist of to-day
1) yes many different shaped tools an3
bas a special furnace In which tbey
are kept bented. Tbe art bus been
elaborated greatly. Tbe knots, curl
snd fibers of tbe wood ere often
worked Into tbe design end dellcat
tinting produced by scorching the
p::n 1.
rope's ltlraalng and a Check.
Wll f ul Daughter Now, papa, we'ra
nu n U-d and you might as well give us
your blessing.
I'apa ireslgnedly. retching for bis
chi ki ooki W L If I must, I must
How much do yon want) Baltimore
A met lean,
Not Partlcalar.
"What kind of tobacco doe b
mofceT" v
"Well, ha never oblaeti to Bin."-
a! one.
LAW f ER WHO WAI A TIRItOR-
Itrtac Character of Jsha Tartar,
tha barlr Arkaaaea Bar.
At the lust meeting of tbe Arkansas
lar AsociJtion, says Law Note, the
reedent, George B. Rose, delivered
n interesting address on "The Bar of
iarly Arkansas." in which be set him
j-lf tbe tAk of reecuing from oblivion
j.nie memories of the early leaders of
be Bar aud reconstructlL tbe coodt
ions undi-r wblcb they worked. Among
hem I presented tbe curious figure
.f John Taylor, whose ' plcturequ
ind terrible b. acter might well fur-
iih a hint for a modern hir waiter
fc-ott, if we were fortunate enough to
sissess a eiitvessur to tbe great novel
et: "John Taylor was only a sojourner
u Arkansas from 1S.17 to 144, but he
-s so n-markanie a man mm
bould not be forgotten. Ev
erybody who binrd bim agreed that In
upacity for invective, for withering,
blistering, envenomed eloiien'-e he.
xcelled any human being that ever
:pke. and that be seemed po-wmcd
if a deiiH'iiliw power. He was a tall,
ank, red haired nmti, repulsively u!y.
nith little green eyes Hint glistened
iki those of a tainke, and with a fash
on of licking out bis tongue tlml was
strangely serpentine, lie talked b no
ili; nan" mi biixim s. W hen be MtJiil
n Little ItiH k. whither Ins had come
'rom Alabama after be bad tii-cti de
enti'il In bi i aiKlidai y for Hi" I'nited
Mates Ketite. all the Kur calL-d oh
lit!!, but he re.i-lved llicin Willi re
f!!iiik" co!!!!!ei. and returned no vis
U. He bud it wife. Lilt nolly ever
taw her wonderful thing considering
be small size of Little Kork nt the
ime. During tin; seven years of hi
ifijourn be uever crossed any man's
hreshold, and no man crossed bis. In
idlng the circuit lie always rode alone.
H-rtTiitting no companionship, and
hile In attendance on court he would
I the weather permitted, live in s
xnt pitched in the ncighWing wood.
here he might not have to look on
be lulled face of his fcllownniii. Yet
bis modern Tlinon. a t!iounnd times
uore embittered ami -malignant than
lo of Alliens, whs a devout Christian,
issIiIihmi In bis attendance nt church,
md always speaking with liitrii' rt
Igb.tis conviction. Hut bin strange, iu
Uible wife did tad nptcar even on
Jic Sabbath. A 9 a lawyer be wajS fc.
"rror. Ills knowledge of law wns pro--ligloti
and bis memory f nutli-nities
iltnost Hiiperbumnn. H could write
Mit any t the verbose, involved rom
jion law jilonding' word i't word n
bey appeared In ('bitty without look
ng at n book. He was a master of
very technicality by which bis ndver
iary t"l'l humiliated and over
Jirown. and when be arw to speak
lone could resist the fierce torrent of
lis fiery eloquence, lie sparml no one
ind feared on one; but while be never"
mggested a resort to vlolenei , he al
ways carried two pistols In tl i poek
ts' of his long black coat, in reiidl
aess to repeal any attack. In
IS.Vi he reappeured one day In our 811
ircme Court, much aged, but still
rect, proud, scornful and malignant.
tnd after looking around on such or
lis old opponents as survived, depnrt
!y without speaking to any one, and
went forth upon bis lonely way, wbltli
r no man knew."
FOOT OF THE MODERN GIRL.
tveraste Ms of hoe M To-dar la
Nuintier live.
"Athletic exercise Is undoubtedly
Hiding cubits lo the stature of tbe
nodcru girl, but,",, remarked an V
itreet shoe merchant, "It Is likewise
,ncreaslng tbe length of ber feet. In
creasing. Indeed, Into such wouderful
proportions tlmt tbe perfect mine Of
imn.ll Jokes we used to bear about tbe
pedal extremities of Britain's daugh
ters. Is entirely exploded.
"Having (iaid these young Indies tbe
compliment of Imitating tbelr train
ing, tbe humorist now finds that his
eountry women's feet have developed
the proportions be once found so ludi
crous, "Tbe time when to possess tiny feet
was a thing to b? desired Is past; tbe
athletic girl having changed nil that.
The proper and beautiful thing nowa
days Is to be of chfslcnl dimensions.
As It Is shape, not size, that makes or
tnnrs tbn bcauly of a foot, the seusl
5le woman hall this evolution witlii
jellgbt, proving that tne clirttue" i
jwini; to the wholnsmne outdoor life
if tie rclly lacdi-rn giiL And. I
aiay add," concluded the merchant,
'flint never bus footwear been prettier
limn now. It's really amusing to hear,
be athletic girl order the b!z-p of ber
foot. We sell number 5 and fl now
when only a few years back we rare
y bad a call for a shoe over number
l, that being considered a large shoe.
I ortcn pictured the daughters from
tlu Flowery Kingdom witnessing such
sale. Their sleepy, almond eyes,
would stand open In positive horror
-onld they see tbe heroic proportion
if their Westenydster's pedal extrem
ities, and In tbe shock fall to appre
ciate that tbe modern girl consults
inantlty as well as quality." Wash
ngton Post
TtMTrouble with Him.
"Well, suh," sold Brother Dickey,
'I 'frald Brer Jlnklns will never git
along In de worl!"
"Why what de matter wld hlmr
"Only dls be'skeered er thunder,
n he can't dodge llgbtnin'!" Atlanta
Constitution.
Itefloient ta xeaae or Vela.
Mrs. Knocker Ro your husband ha
11 Idea of the value of money T
Mrs. Bocker None wbaterar. He
ibsolutely doesn't realla what a lore
y Ixmuet 00 will boy. MW lark.
hi arasr 1st ran It wail , DrtUt Wrm Pre.
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