The Secret Dispatch
I By JAMES GRANT j
CHAPTER XV.
The manner and voice of Bil Miero
wits were singularly soft and winning,
yet be u bold and reaolute; and though
young man. ha bad all the free and
Sly bearing of a courtly soklier. blended
with something of the calm severity of a
priest a manner that was very irnpres
ire.
The Polish and Cossack blood that
mingled in the veins of Apollo Uaakoff
gave a freer and bolder, perhaps a wild
er, bearing and style of language; hit
Boae was aquiline, and expressed fierce
ness of disposition; yet his features oth
erwise were essentially delicate and no
ble, and bis eyea were strangely beauti
ful in color and variety of expression.
He was a grandson of Herman Maxeppa
that Pole whose story Is so well
known, and who after being bonnd naked
n a wild and maddened horse, wsa car
ried by his Meed through woods and
wastes, and herds of wolves and bears.
Into the heart of the Vkarine. where he
lived to become the prince and leader of
those wild Cossacks who dwell upon the
banks of the Dnieper.
Sleeping In a csvern, among rough sol
diers, on a bed of dried leaves and moss,
had not improved either the costume or
the appearance of Natalie Mierowna.
With pain and sorrow almost with ag
ony Charlie Balgnnie conld perceive
how her once rich dress of yellow silk,
with Its trimmings of narrow ermine, was
faded and soiled even tattered and
worn; her laces and her soft hair alike
disheveled and ancared for; and that al
ready had a hunted and haggard ex
pression been imparted to ber beautiful
yea and soft, pale, delicate face. Anger
and pride alone remained; but both were
for a time subdued by the sudden pres
ence of Balgonie and the love she was
compelled to repress, outwardly at least
when before so many eyes. Katinka, the
turdy Polish attendant, who loved Na
talie dearly, alone seemed unimpaired
by the hardships of a forest life.
"Concerning the secret dispatch of the
woman, Catharine Christianowna, to the
Governor of Schlusselburg," said L'sa
koff, resuming the subject of conversa
tion, "you, Carl, are perhaps aware of
Its contents?"
"Yes," replied Ba'gonie, and then
paused.
"Say on, my friend," said Usakoff.
"We can henr anything now."
"They were to the effect that a scheme
bad been formed to free the Unknown
Person in Schlusselburg and that he was
not to be permitted to fall alive into the
hands of any one who came to seek him."
"Savage orders, which there can be
no mistaking."
"Orders which Bernikon is quite capa
ble of fulfilling," added Mierowitz in a
ad, stern voice, while their listening
followers burst into low and whimpered
but fierce imprecations against the Em
press. "Bernikoff is a man without one bn
man sympathy," said Basil.
"And no marvel is It!" exclaimed t'sa
koft", while the strange light already de
scribed gleamed in his dark gray eyes.
"His mother, like a true Tartar woman,
U said to have anointed her breast daily
with blood, as she suckled him, even as
Dion tells us the mother of Caligula did,
that her child might !n manhood be mer
ciless." "Carl," said Basil, taking the hand
of Balgonie, "Natalie has told me all."
"And you forgive me?" said Balgonie
earnestly.
"I do but on this condition that if
you do not join us yon will at least not
actively oppose our scheme."
"I scarcely know what it is."
"Know this, then," replied the other
emphatically, yet softly, "that on it suc
cess depends the success of your love, for
If it fails, then all our lives are lost'."
"You. say that you love my cousin, Na
talie?" said young Usakoff in a some
what loftier tone.
"With all my heart with all my soul.
I doT' replied Balgonie, pressing a hand
of Natalie between bis own.
"Yet, Carl, if you valued generosity
and loved piety if you loved glory and
honor as a soldier should, yon would risk
the loss even of her yea, give her up
If necessary and join us!"
"What would either life or glory be
fter snch a sacrifice? Ah, my friend,
yos scTir bvid as I do J" replied 0r'ie;
with some irritation of manner.
"Perhaps. But I have always thought
how grandly terrible a figure was made
by Mohammed the Great when, on a
tage before hi discontented army, he
truck off the head of a favorite sultana
to convince bis soldiers that he preferred
glory to love."
"Cousin, cousin !" said Natalie, who
felt all the peril and delicacy of her lov
er's position. "You talk thus to-day,
when last night you shed tears yes, bit
ter tear! for the loss of your sister.
W were all taken prisoners together,
Carl my poor father, Mariollsza, and I.
Bound with cords see the marks are on
noe still," she added, showing her white
' wrists, while her dark eyes filled with a
dusky fire "we were conveyed In a cov
ered wagon toward St. Petersburg, on
the way to which it broke down In a
wood near Paulovsk, not far from the
outer walls of the imperial gardens.
There in the confusion I was enabled to
scape by the aid of the gypsy girl Olga,
Who, hoping some such chance might
Occnr, bad followed us afoot from Louga;
and through her further knowledge and
assistance I was enabled to Join my
brother Basil here."
"My dear old father and my soft and
tender Mariolizia a blow must be rap
Idly track if we would save them from
greater horrors than those they now en-
dor!" exclaimed Basil. "The other die
has been cast now, and If I cannot save
them and oar legitimate Emperor, we
eaa at least all perish together.
"Dingers meuac you closely; the
reads aroud the fortress are petroled.
ad gaa boats watek the shores of the
mm of Ivaa found la a tea
' Twaa I, Carl, who dropped it thrr
Basil. "Wall, and tali coin?"
"Bm ate d aB ate splria of
4 he kaowa that yw and
your cousin have deserted from your
posts in IJvonia."
Then," replied Basil Mierowitz, with
growing sternness, "we bsve not an hour
to lose. Who informed him?"
"Lieut. Gen. Weymsrn, by a specisl
messenger, while I wss loitering at
Louga."
"8o, so! We must be prompt In ac
tion. I have cruised thrice round Schlus
selburg disguised ss a fisherman, and
know all the approaches"
"Basil, I'sakoff, I implore yoo by all
you bold dear on earth and sacred in
hesren to pause while there is yet time
to abandon your wild scheme, and make
your peace, if possible, with the Em
press. "
"You are right to add 'if possible," my
friend," replied the other calmly but bit
terly. "Already compromised by deser
tion, my father and betrothed wife chain
ed in a fortress by the Neva, what terms
would Catharine offer us? Carl Ivano
vitch," be added, with a lofty smile, "I
do not press you to join us, or seek to
lure you into the dangers of an enter
prise the enthusiasm of which you can
not share. I do not seek even to turn
your presence as a trusted staff officer
in Schlusselburg to account, though it
might further our objects, and be the
means, perhaps, by strategy, of saving
many a valuable life. Still less do 1 de
sire to turn to account your lutimacy
with the young Emperor Ivan, though I
envy you the great privilege. Even in
the love I bear my sister, I leave you
unquestioned snd free."
"I thank you, Basil," said Balgonie.
sadly, and with a heightened color, caus
ed by Irrepressible annoyance at the last
remark of Mierowitz.
"But we have all sworn before the
altar to devote our lives to the matter in
baud; so retreat Is impossible advice
and entreaty alike unavailing. The blow
once struck, we shall be joined by the
Cossacks of the Ukarine and the Don,
among whom we have many impatient
adherenta, and by all who hold of the
Houses of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, of
Holatein Gottorp, and of all wbo bate
Anhalt Zerbst; nil Russia will soon fol
low, from the shores of the Bla'k Sea
to those of the White from Bevel to the
Utal Mountain. We have not forgot
ten the reign of Elizabeth; how many
noses were slit, how many foreheads
were branded, how many ears cropped,
and tongues shortened, and how many
eyes were darkened forever during the
time of tyranny; how many backs flayed
by the knont; how many nobles banished
to Siberia or drowned in prison vaults
by the swollen waters of the Neva. Pure
nationality is dying now; but we must
revive Uussia not as it is ruled by a
woman, but Holy Hussia of Peter the
Great strong, invincible, and the terror
alike of the Eastern and Weslifn world.
Ix-t us save our country froui those who
oppress it, and replace upou its throne
the grand duke, the Czar the Emperor
Ivan: for the right given by God and by
inheritance can never be destroyed!"
"Without cannon, you can not mean
to assault a place so strong as Schlus
selburg, fortified as it has been by all
the skill of Todleben?" said Balgonie,
after a pause.
"Ask me not what we mean to do,
Carl; for your own sake, my dear friend,
the less you know of us, and of our
plans, the better. We shall come upon
you when you least expect us, and in that
hour take no heed of what yoo see or
hear. Mix yourself up with it little
as you can; if we fail, we perish in our
failure; if we triumph, and Ivan is re
placed upon his throne, be assured that
Basil Mierowitz will not forget the lover
of bia sister the comrade of many a
brave and happy day with the Regiment
of Smolensko. Now adieu and come
hither no more, lest your steps be watch
ed." Balgonie pressed the hands of his two
friends, whom he viewed as fated and
foredoomed men; he kissed Natalie with
a tenderness that was at once sorrowful
and despairing, for be trembled in his
heart lest he should never see ber more;
and, in another moment or so, like one In
a bewildering dream, he had descended
the rope ladder and was traversing the
forest the Wood of the Honey Tree
forgetful or oblivious of whether he was
watched or not.
He foresaw but woe and ruin now;
and proceeded slowly oack to Schlussel
burg. with his mind a prey to doubt,
anxiety and dread of what might be the
sequel to the impending catastrophe. He
felt assured of one thing only that a
deed, bold, reckless and desperate, would
be the result of his friends' desertion
from Livonia, their political rancor, and
personal desire for vengeance on the Em
press and her favorites.
In that deed, and its too probable fail
ure, he foreasw the destruction of his
love, and he telt bitterly that rather than
have known and lost Natalie, it would
have been better had fate drowped him
when the Palatine ship was burned, or
shot him when waning in Silesial
CHAPTER XVI.
On returning to Schlusselburg, Bal
gonie found the governor, Colonel Berni
koff, in a very bid humor indeed. The
Grand Chancellor had recently sent him
a prisoner, with a nots to the effect that
he wrote verses, and was otherwise a
dangerous fellow to keep him for a
weak or two, and then get rid of him.
He had thrice sent to the chancellor, to
learn under what mm the nun was to
be buried, for the fellow was dead now
so much had the damp atmosphere of
tli lower vsoiti dlssgrsed with his poet
ical temperament, but do answer had
leen returned, which was very annoying.
So Bernikoff, whose pstienc wis never
very extensive, wai furious; bat be
strove to sooth his ruffled feelings by sev
eral enonooni pinches of th sharp snuff
of Beresovskl. from th box which had
been found In the fob of tha Inter Peter
III.; and by beating with Bis cans tha
Cosssck, Jsgeoski.
"No tidings yet, Carl Iranerltch, of
tboaa traitors?" said Bernlkof ; "the
Captaia Vlatflef, aad my faithful frleod.
Tchekla, wits forty pieksd Cmacka, and
a aiSTsr
"N bolus Paulovit'-h. I presume."
"Tli saine," continued Benukoff. w ith
a fierce grimace on bia lips and a cruel
leer in his eyes, "the ssme, sir and what
then?"
"Nothing. eice!i-uey. We!L thee and
the forty Cvstacks "
"Are scouring all the roads between
this and St. Petersburg on one flank, and
bet era this and North Ladoga on the
other; so the cursed Asiatics cannot es
cape me."
"Who will betray them to you?" asked
Balgonie, making a terrible effort to ip
jrar raim and unconcerned, as he played
with his sword knot and the tassels of
bia sash.
"Who?" exclaimed Colonel Bernikoff.
grinding his teeth. "Their own friends
their on dear comrades adherents,
which you will. Russia ia full of people,
yea of many nations. The Empress csn
reckon ber faithful slsves by millions;
yet, when a Kussiaa bath bis hat on his
head, ita rim contains the only friend on
whom he can rely."
"This is a severe libel on your coun
try, surely, excellency."
"'Tis truth though; so Basil Miero
witz, Usakoff and the rest are all doomed
men. No one was ever lost on a straight
road; thus the soldier who diverges from
the straight line of duty must speedily
find himself fsce to fsce with degrada
tion and death. Punishment to those
traitors will be swift and sure! So, I
only fear that the Grand Chancellor wiii
never give me the pleasure of having
them under my judicious care at Schlus
selburg. We hsva certain old vaults,
built below tbe tide mark by Ivan the
Terrible, for some of those people of
Novgorod who leagued with tbe King of
Poland. They are always full of fog;
and I am curious to know bow long an
able-bodied prisoner might live there, or
rather how long he would be in dying."
Charlie gladly sought tbe solitude af
forded by tbe stockades and outworks
of the fortress on the side toward tbe
Lake of Ladoga. There, ai elsewhere,
was, of course, a cbsin of sent 'Dels; but
they did not Interrupt bis lonely com
muning with himself.
By his In te rent iu Natalie, by bis deep
lore for her, and more than all, perhaps,
by bis recent visit and rnterview, he al
ready felt himself "art and part" with
tbe rash adherents of Ivan. If one of
these deserted the cause in which they
had embarked, then would their lurking
place be at once discovered, and the story
of bis recent visit be revealed.
He dreaded lest Bernikoff and othen
suspected his friendly interest in the
family of Mierowitz, and that more might
yet be learned of it; thus he would have
experienced neither shock nor surprise,
had he, at any hour, in that laud of
treachery and espiomiKe, seen either Cap
tain Ylasfief, Lieutenant Tschekin, or
any other officer of the fortress, advanc
ing toward him, saber in hand, with an
armed rarty, to demand bis sword, to
make him a prisoner.
"If I love Natalie," he would say to
himself at times, "why should I chrink
from sharing all that she suffers now
all she may yet endure? Yet it would b
wiser to watch well for her sake, and
seek to save, or bear ber away; but bow
and where to?" was the next bewilder
ing thought.
This was, indeed, a miserable mood of
mind in which to pass the nights and
days of inactivity of suspense and anx
iety in which none could share in that
strong, guarded and somewhat lonely
fortress, which wss wsshed on one side
by the Neva and on the other by the
Lake of Ladoga, the very ripples of
whose waves sounded hstefully in the
ears of Balgonie.
"Oh," thought he, "to be with Natalie
on tbe side of a green and breezy Scot
tish mountain to be with her there in
peace and security, far, far from thil
land of suspicion and ferocious despot
ism, of state intrigues and savage pun
iahments, where every second man is the
spy and the betrayer of his fellow."
Home he might never see more; and
now he found himself vaguely speculating
on the probable comforts and public sen
timent afforded by Siberia, and thos
growing cities of the sorrowing and th
banished Tobolsk and Irkutsk on th
banks of the Lower Angara.
fTo be continued.)
How He Worked and What He Made,
A professor who was easily Irritated
conducted tbe clinic of nervous dis
eases at a medical college, Chicago.
Remarking about tbe Influence of oc
cupation upon nervous conditions, b
Illustrated by a patient, an awkward
Swede, requesting blm to be brief and
accurate in his replies, as both teach
er and students were tired out and
time limited.
"Now, ir, what do you do?" be com
menced. "Aw am not vera well
"No! I say, what do you do?"
"Oh, yas. Aw verk."
"Yes, I know; but what kind of
work?"
"Oh, eet ees hard verk."
"Yes, but do you shovel, drive a car,
work at a machine, or do"
"Oh, ys. Aw verk at a masbeen."
"Ah! What kind of a machine?"
"Ob, eet ees a big masbeen."
By this time the class was grinning
broadly, which caused the professor to
be angry, and he said:
"Now, look here, sir; I want no mora
of this. You answer the questions 1
ask you or go home. What do yoo
make on this machine?"
"Oh, now Aw understan' yoo. To'
rant to know rat Aw mak on tba ma
sheen. Aw mak seventeen cents an
hour." Philadelphia Public Ledger.
No Lot Lost.
Judge (sternly) Didn't I tell you
last week I never wanted to sec yoa
here again?
Prisoner Oh, yer honor, I hates tba
sight o' you wusser'n you bates tba
alght o' me. Detroit Free Press.
Taking; Time by tbe Forelock.
"Will yoa send a telegram to your
old man' If you 'fail In your examina
tion to-morrow?"
"Of coarse; I have It already In ray
pocket" Fllegende Blaetter.
Folas aff View.
Sh Tb society women of Boston
are going to start a magaslna.
He Tbaf a good Idea, Of course,
they bate plasty of powder (or tbo
1
doings orwonm
To the Tactleaa and Outspoken.
Whenever I hear s person make s
tart less Heeh it always reminds me
if an incident that happened when I
first went to keeping house. My moth
er in-law was a very enthusiastic
bouseketKr. ind had beard me ex
prvss a wish for a particular kind of
rake tin. so one day, having found one
on a (hopping expedition, she bought
It for me. It bapiened that my young
?r sister, s very quick spoken, unthink
ing girl, came to call on her that same
day, and my mother-tii-Iaw brought
forth tbe tlu, asking if she wouldn't
like to see my present
My sister, however, understood that
It was oil I bad given to her, instead
of the other way round, and looking
at it critically, blurted out, "Well. I
lou't think that is much of a present.
Couldn't she think of anything better
than that?"
Aa mother's face began to redden,
my busbaVl, wbo was present, could
uot resist the ludicrousness of it and
roared, manlike. When be recovered
himself and explained It was my sis
ter's turn to display a blush.
"Oh! I beg your pardon," she stam
aiered. "It It It's so different that
way you know, as Mary U Just begin
ning housekeeping." But the thing
was said, and my husband rejoiced in
It for many a day. it was a lesson to
my poor sister to sometimes think be
fore she spoke.
Then' ire so many of us that say
uch things unknowingly. I wonder
sometime If we are uot uearly is
much to be feared as is the woman
who prides herself on being so otlt
ilMiken. "always saying just what she
thinks." We are somewhat prepared
for It, however, when such a person
sympathetically says. "Poor dear, you
sre not feeling well to-day. I know.
You are looking so sallow," or in
peaking of our bonnet we have econ
omized s closely for. say. "That Is
pretty, but not nearly so becoming as
that little one you wore for so long
after you were married."
I find It safest to await develop
ments before giving my opinion of oth
ers" x:iy!ngs, doings and belongings. It
was such a shock to me n"i morning
when I was wearing a corn -colored
ribbon stock to have a man say to
me, "Have you a sore tlirout? I see
you have it wrapped up " It startled
me so that I replied, "Yes, it feels real
bod." I can laugh aliout it now, but
then I thought If that was tbo effect of
my new rlblMjn, I would wear It no
more. Mabel O. Flint in New Eng
land Homestead.
Spring Tailor-Made Gown.
Ethical Hide of Oood Cooker.
The lecturer at a household club
talked to her audience the other day
about the moral side of good cookery,
and told br hearers that she believed
tbe immoral side to be found In bak
ers' pies, bread and cake, In canned
meats, vegetables and preserves. The
woman who, to gain time for what she
calls the higher needs of her family or
for her own culture, habitually shifts
her cooking to the shoulders of tbe
grocer, is robbing her husband and
children of health and strength, and
using ber money for household ex
penses In tbe most extravagant way.
One may belong to a dozen clubs and
be a bright and shining light therein,
may paint china, sing divinely, and
feed and clothe the heathen; but the
duty that lies nearest ber, and tbe
foundation of all true advancement,
begins with nutritious and suitable
food daintily served.
Woman's Hiahta la Hassle.
While tbe woman's rights crusade
seema to be practically at a standstill
In tbe United States, It aeema to be
making considerable strides In un
looked-for portions of Europe. It baa
penetrated even Into Russia, and bids
fair to become one of the more import
ant agencies In ushering In tbe bright
er day, which la sorely, If yet alowly,
I ' ' P p'S f 9 1 1 -
mm .
dawning even upon that country. Al
ready the government has made im
portant concessions to tbe women. In
inauy parts of tbe country they have
been allowed to participate in the de
liberations of the city and county coon
cils. and the Influetx-e which they have
thus been enabled to wield has proved
beneficial to the country. In several
places, especially in tbe cities, schools
for young girls have of late years leen
established and have met with consid
erable suivess. Tbe movement for tbe
higher education of woman has been
especially successful. The society In
St. Petersburg for tbe Instruction of
women In the higher branches of edu
cation recently celebrated Its twenty
fifth anniversary.
The Kpanlsh women are also legln
nlng to awake to a consciousness of
their rights. Vnllke Russia, tbe move
ment In Spain Is mainly confined to
the humbler classes, and. like Ger
many, has largely fallen Into the
bands of tbe Socialists.
Mrs. Harali It. Hadden, a heroine of
the I tab Indian wars, has died near
Epbraim, I'tah. She was one of tbe
pioneers w ho crossed the plains with
tbe Mormon expedition from Nauvoo,
111.
Ex-Empress Eugenie has been
spending some time In Paris, tbe scene
of many glories In her past life. Her
stay in tbe French capital siHMiied to
benefit ber health, though "b" l in"8
feeble.
Miss Florence Ilnyward. special lady
commissioner of the St. Iiuls fair, Is
In New Orleans collecting material for
the historical exhibit, which will be
llmiti-d to matter pertaining solely to
the history of tbe IxiuIsiHiia Territory.
.Miss May W. Charles, of Iondon,
lias been admitted to membership In
tbe Royal Institute of British Archi
tects. She graduated from the schools
of the Royal Academy and after Icing
established In business six years now
has a Hue connection.
Miss K. L. Chamberlain, president
of the Ixindoti Women's (lardeiilng As
sociation, Is herself a jobbing gnrden
er, having been In business thirteen
years. She recommends women to
take up the work In this way Instead
of seeking regular situations.
Miss Nellie Burke, tbe only woman
machinist who ever applied for admis
sion to a lulor union, will be admitted
to the local organization of the Inter
national Machinists at Wllkesbarre,
Pa. Her application has been ap
proved by President O'Connell.
Character in Walking.
Tiptoe walking symbolizes surprise,
curiosity, discretion or mystery.
Tunied-ln toes are often found with
pre-oecupied, abMent-mlnded persons.
The miser's WHlk Is represented as
stooping and noiseless, with short ner
vous, anxious steps.
Slow steps, whether long or short
suggest a gentle or reflective state of
mind, as the case may be.
Where a revengeful purpose Is hid
den under a feigned smile, tbe step
will be slinking and noiseless.
The proud step is slow and meas
ured; the toes are conspicuously
turned out the legs straightened.
Tbe direction of the steps wavering
and following every changing Impulse
of the mind Inevitably betrays uneer
talntv. hesitation and Indecision.
Obstinate people, who in argument
rely more on muscularity than on in
tellectual power, rest the feet flatly
ond firmly on the ground, walk heavily
and slowly, and stand with the legs
firmly planted and far apart
Woman's I lest Years,
A woman should be at her best In
middle age. She should be more beau
tiful at 40 than at 18, if she Is not a
victim to the ravages of disease. Moil
of the world-famous beauties reached
their zenith at 40. Helen of Troy was
first beard of at that age. Cleopatra
was considerably more than 30 when
she first met Antony. Aspasla was 23
when she married Pericles, and was
still a brilliant figure twenty yeara
later. Anne of Austria was 38 when
pronounced the most beautiful woman
in Europe. Catherine of Russia as
cended the throne at 3 and reigned
thirty-uve years. Mile. Itecamler waa
at her zenith at 40. From 35 to 50
should be tbe richest and best years of
a woman's life.
For Qoilted Hanbonneta.
When making quilted sunbonneta,
bare a piece of strong, thin goods
(flour sacks are One) large enough for
three bead pieces; starch with well
cooked flour starch and when partially
dry fold to. tbe slie of tba bead piaco
and Iron until entirely dry. All of the
starch will naer get out of thla lining
no matter how many wettings the bon
net recelrea. Baste tba outalde over
thla tare bed place and quilt When
tha bonnet la made It la ready to wear
without a "doing up."
MIS FRENZV VANISHED THEN.
whrn the I idrrixd Near h w
Ilia Oppoucul Via.
A l.;-k g-ug of street bauds. r
MK.il on s pipc-boing job "
tVa.b.iitou, were niing tbem--lv.-
liiriiitf tbe noun hour a few days ag'
n a Jim ( row groggery to wbi. h tbcj
j.Ve-oed to be handy. One of then
- gigantic black, about 0 fct i
ix bes ill height, whose rolled U
iWve exhibited arms with uiuwlft
,u tbeui standing out like huge effu
oons of resia on tbe trunk of a pine
lie l.-ked as If it would have been u
:rl. k at all for blm to hold a baml ol
Sour out at anu s length.
He was eating his bucket-dlunei
sbeu an excited looking Uttl blacl
man. carrying bis coat on bia arm
is.uuded through the swinging doori
t tbe groggery. He was about 5 fe
inches short, and compared to tb
Nubian giant at tbe end of the bar. In
..,ked something as s Shetland uilgta
Alien ranged alongside a Pen-heron.
(Jut what be lacked In Inches he ap.
leared to make up In aggressiveness
l lainly be bad blood in bis eye and
hip on his shoulder.
He skated over to tbe center of tb
ar-ioom. tossed his out onto tbe floor
uinHd on it, and. then demand. tl il
I frenzied shriek:
"Ah, wants tub s.-e de coluh o' ili
liggtih wbut iM-at up mall brolbuh la
(light!"
Tbe loungers of the street gang turn,
d from tbe bur Mini regarded I'll
uii.iusly snd silently. Tbe silence will
sbi.il they rei-clvcd bis defiance seen
M to lend courage to the undersized
Ha. k. He jumped on tl- wadded til
out couple of more times, glareij
irotind him fiercely, and again yelled
sith all bis mlebt:
"Ati'm waitln' fo' tub bab a peek al
le oiuu-hy, blue-gummed coon wbul
ji.t up uuih bnitlmb at de publob so
;lal Ins' night!"
Then the gigantic Ethiopian strolled
ver to the middle of the gniggerj
1csir, where the little black was look
.rig deflnnt. Placing a vast paw o
als hip In an easy attitude, tbe glanl
ncllned himself forward mid leane
iown so that be could look Into lh
imall black's face, and be said In S
ow. Indifferent tone:
"Ab'lll de liiggur whllt beat liilil!"
Ail of the aggressiveness seemed t
)eriolale out of the undersized black
it the sls-'bt of the gigantic frame ol
lie 1 1 1 it II bend. tig over blm. His eje
oliinl ami his fe.-itures twitched. Then
le r.--ii. lie.l down and picked up h!
tamped on con! and Ih-kuii to niidg
oward the door. As be shuttled to
sard the dsr be stopped long enotigt
:o say to the grinning black giant:
"Well, man, yo' slio'ly come uli-nlgfe
)h kllliif blm!"
Then be shot through the swinging
loom and tisik down tbe strst as 11
111 the uniformed Horsey Foultz cbn
rs In the District of Columbia wen
ifter him. Washington Post
SIMPLICITY OF THE POPE.
How He (lure I'repured Coffee for a
(incut with Ills Own Hands.
One morning early a friend of mine
l Venetian nobleman, calliKl on him
Mgr. Sarto bad snld mass uml settled
Iown to work. Ills sister had gone
ut to mass, or for tbe hmisi-bold mar
tetlng, which they were d-ilng at tbe
tlnlto on August 4, '.'!, the day of
sonders In their simple life.
"Has the count taken coffee V ask d
he bishop.
"Well, to tell the truth, no, l.e.-ius
iho business was urgent and I have
:ome straight from the railway sto
lon," the guest replied.
No excuse availed, and Mgr. Sarlo
ose anil went Into the kitchen. So tha
ilsliop of ducal Mantua and his guest
night have been Hi-cn then; talking
itid laughing, w hile inoiislgnor coaxed
be charcoal with a black kitchen tan,
he cofTi-e fizzed In a tin pot on th
un-e, and the count got out cups and
lancers, In order to save bis dl-tln-culslied
host what mental service h
!ould. Then they had coffee together
it the kitchen table. Century.
The Otilly Press.
Tbe dally press, as I look ut It, Is a
Vonderful detective. It can run down
)ubllc opinion and reiiort It marvel-
Jmsly. In this respect It has an ever
vblenlng outlook. Asa news-gatherer
ts facilities perpetually ustoiisli me,
the weapon of publicity it oftea
s'lelds with undoubted power. But,
vhen all Is said. Is it much more tlinu
i gigantic reporter? Iio.-s It really in
itrtiet and guide? Or does It simply
unilsu by the myriad page the Mull
iiit of which the people construct iheli
iwn Independent Judgment? I cenfewt
hat newspapers seem to rue more nnij
nore to exemplify Gladstone's deflnl
Ion of the orator they receive from
be public as mUt what they give back
a shower." Century.
What Was Wrong.
A workmnn, on coming home In the
venlng, wns asked by his w ife to look
it the clock. She complained that the
;lock had been silent all day, and Hie
ould not tell the reason. Her huslmnd
ok it down and examined It can-ful-y.
Then he look off the hands and
"ace and looked at the works with the
tld of a magnifying glass. Next he
(lew Into It with the bellows, oiled
lie wheels, nt:d then put It back
igaln. Hut still It would not strike,
fired and puzsled he went off to bed.
Vext morning at breakfast bis wlfa
aid to blm:
"George, I think I csn tell what Is
tmlss with our clock."
"Well, what Is It?" be sharpb asked.
"It wants winding up." said hU part
ter. It la tbe law of self preservstlon that
nakea a man wearing a silk bat look
Irer his shoulder when h iIlua .
I fcnaJj boy with a snowball.