\ My Debut as a Viliam. t
The company *U hilled to piny
my new tragedy, “The Dripping Dag
ger, or the Maiden Martyr of Tank
ville,’’ at Wlllowtown, on Tueaday
night, when aaddeidv <air heavy vil
lain abeeonded, taking with him
$5.50, the entire amount in the
treaanry of the concern 1 What waa
to l*» done about It.' It waa too late
to advert iaefor uiiot her heavy villain;
and beaidea, there were very few of
them in the atatea at that time, la
f cauM the amnll-pox waa not raging
in Montreal. We had aconaiiltation,
and decided that eomething miiat la
done. I anggi-ated that aa a Inal re
Hort, the part of the villain might
la- left, out, and the heroine might
make away with lieraelfnt the pro|a-r i
time; but, aa there really did not uet-in
to la; any reaaon wh,v aheahotild com
mit Niticide in the rirciimatnncen, we
concluded that it might tJelrin • from
the itnpreaaiveneaa and < lea troy the
unity of the play, ami that on the
whole my atiggeatloii wua not, jttai
t he t hlng. rinally t he heroine aak<-il
me if I wouldn't play tie- part of the
villain! I remitaled her that my eon
tract, with the eompnay <xpri-aly
provided that I ahonhl la- exempt
from hiefronh-tint tea, and, fin t her
more, f hat, I knew I had no talent
whatever for net lag, ami might la
conic ernbnraeaed and forget my
part, or do aotm-t hing elae equally an
unfortunate, lint ahe peraiated t hat
I waajnat the man for a villain —cut
out, for the part. unit were, by tint ar<
A a mi aa for get ting at tick In my lima;
f ahe anal that ahe would guarantee
l/t lii-lii ine nut of 1 liiit ditfi-'illt - her- ,
rclf, a* *1** knew every word of tin
play by heart, mui could euril.v
prompt me in n lone t Imt would not
tie heard by fh« audience. Well, ihe
reaull wa* that the fair licromc lo
whoneeliuimr I wan not uilogether
blind—prevailed upon me, and
nynianf lay ladder judgment I con
wntcd t o t ake t he part, of t he villain, j
I devoted lour day* t o coiandtt iag
file part to memory. I then re
hearm'd for the Ural time with the
company, in coni nine, and nucreeded
ill get ting n* fur a* the nlnbbiug
aceae without hiring my eue, Her# I
could not. rememher whether the \ie- i
tim rhrieked flrnt or I. in dwp ba -.n .
tone*, exclaimed: "Alia! dimJainl’ul
fep one, prepare to die!" The r<<*ulf tva *
tbat we both gave utterance to our
emotion* at lie* name time, creating
a very undraumtie bubbtib. Thccn
lire company broke down and
laughed lor Kevernl minu'e*. Hut v.e
got through the rent rf the tragedy
all right,, and the necoiid rcheawnl
went off lietteratill, We had time
forjiiMt one more rehear*al Ird'ore
our nppcurariceat Willowtown; bn'
thi* rehear*al *f range to ray, wan
not a* good (n* far an I wan eon-1
cernedl an theneeond.
On Tueadav we took the aftermion !
train for Willowtown. I wa* rather]
nervoua nil the way down, but, the j
if*at, of the company chccretl me up
and matured me t hat, the innpiratioti
fifappearing lieforean audience would
take all my trepidation away. Thun
encouraged, I made up my mind not
to worry, but to do the bent 1 could
when the time rume.
We arrived in Willowtown junf in
time for Clipper, ami, after refrenhing
ournelvea, we went immediately to In
given,ami got ourlimitedncenerynmi
propcrtic* in rhupc. Hv K oVIoek v.e
were nil on deck, In contunie, and,
UIMII IJJH (II MM'! JUKI » JI |r> I,- |
ling among I he audience warned tin
that it win* time for the curtain to go
up, we gave I he Higiml to the idiiftcr,
ami burnt upon the luweiuhied nopu
laee in nil our aplendor. I eliotthl
at ate, however, that lietore our uplen
dor lieeame fully revealed, there wax
home levity among the audience,;
owing to the fact that the curtain
row nt flint, only nt one corner, re
vealing a large brown jugatanding b.v
n painted haycock—which, taken in
connection with the luirvom wene. i
of which it formed ii part, win* well
eiiougli, of coiin*e. hut win* rut her in
coiigrtioiia, appearing, iim it did.
without tliem-i-xxnry wi-nic Hiiiiport.
The lirxt xeene pnewd on very i
Miioot lily, m* neither of the priueipul
y ilmrncterx, neither niywll nor tin*
heroine, iip|n*iii*i**l. In the xecond
wene 1 wax to collie upon the id age
in a Hurt of dark lantern fiadiion,
wrapped in myidery and along him k
cloak, introduce niyaelf totheuudi
ellec ill II few half lllldihle alld iH'i'ldt
reinarka to one of the net re***-* and j
then diaap|M<4tr aa abruptly in Iliad
• tane, by a well egeeuted and rapid
Iwickward movement, na though I
had laeltcd iiiyntwioiinlv Into the
gathering twilight. I had |a*rfi>rHied
tin* feat very mN<i*|w>liill>v til all the,
reheaiMila, am) thotiglil I wax liiw
lor it on the preM-iit iMeavioa. In
in< I, it waa the only thing in the role 1
which I tell toiiildciil ot (a tloruiiag i
to |ielleetitiU.
\* I came him m the at age, dark .
«nt tilaillc, lol bidding, Wtlll olie Hit j
le i ot iii* rloak thrown user a>* hit |
nlioiihler a hindt ol awe all ll|r I
oil tin* HMM'labldl nudletiec J
Mv la art Mwelte*| with triuiaph. j
lid | a lt (be llo-OilUtloll of **hl> il la* j
i,'How arlora hint »|token limiting to I
•n* Yet * Hager tin* Tli* lad* in j
* whom I waa to adore** m* m*»tnP j
oita reauttka alarletl ami >imt**l a* |
| appeared ■addelil* twhile her l'h» I
■rjii.h l,t .it Mllleli Well *|»*k>u l|
n*Mml m* Imad w timing! t and I* !
gaa to melt a*'ay in tk* twilight, but
ntna! I had mtarak lllutril the be >i I
lion of the o|aadllg through whMil
aa* to n*a|»orale Thatm wna a
■u bh n < i tialt I tail rawaiad ‘thniin'li '
every part of the building, nnd the
next instant I wax Hat on my back,
wrestling with tla* foreground of the
twilight wene, which had topped
over upon me. while roarwoflaughter
pealed trom the delighted audienee.
To add to t lie ridiculouxncflx of t lie jht
lormnncex the nceoeahifter tried to let
the curtain down with dispatch, but
only t lie end opposite to mdwonlil
deni-end and in doing xo very unex
pectedly it left one of our farm la
riorerx on the outside, near t he foot
lights Till* (teemed to increase the
umuweirient of ♦ lie* audience.
My the time the xbifter got my end
ol the curtain down I wax xo >•*
hatixted with my emotion* that I
had to be carried bodily into the
drexxing room. Mrandy and other
seductive restoratives were adminix
tered, and I tlnally < -a in* to xnttl* iciit
ly to wi|x-1he [xu-xpiration from my
brow and groan. Meanwhile the un
fccling nildfcm-e wax clamoring for
the play to proceed. AIM he mcin
licrx of the compaiiygathered around
and Ix-xoughf me tearfully not to
give up at t hix important juncture.
They assured me that the accident
war by no tiieanxan uncommon om-;
that th<- play need not Ite spoiled by
it ifaljclxc wi-nt well; mid they sug
gested tlmt the audience would be
more than willing to pardon an
episode w hich laid furnixhed xo nilicli
innocent merriment not down on the
l.illx I mallv, when the heroine, the
lovely heroine. Innlcaxt herxelf at my
|cci and claxpcd her dummy hand*
in my own. pleading with irresistible
c|o<|Uc||cc of eve and lip, I eoiixentcd
to struggle through the reumimler
of t li>* play and t In n and t here clowe
my histrionic career forever,
if Ince more t he curtain roxe nnd I he
pln v went on. lake a mini in u
dr<inn I emiie mid went, mumbling
my lines ami going through my part
in a wooden innnner which fairly
made lie-audience frantic. Put hiss
ing mid groans moved me not; I wax
nasi cci intr for crit jcixm etl Iter favor*
able or ikIvi-i'mi*. Only mice did I par
tially wake up. when ii miiiiiII boy ia
11n- audience *t nek laa on t lie Hide of
the bead wltliu lien jianr of tha via
tag** of 1K1 f. At ln*t aatiia lhe*tnh
mi'lie in tha lonely dell, I think I
never prepared to kill a pci'Mon with
mo nu!' ii '1' liriollM pla/iMlira iim I pl'a
par <1 to put that heroine Ollf of III"
way. and tIiiim hiiMt"U tin* rotiwuni
niatjon ot the play. The audience
',• '1 . 'I o ii" ' lightly JillpI'evMeil oliee
more ,i - I ■ nine oil ill lay Alible elonk
ami Moliloipiizcil before t he dreadful
deed.
The fatal laomerif arrived. The
heroin** approaching through the
for* -i blue'I in tin* nwcel thought*
of ini" ■ "ii enadlove. I hid liehiml
the :,,ommv trunk of a tree and
awaited her coming. Suddenly my
h'-ad whirled and my mind became a
total blank! I eotild not for the lit'*
of me recall the tragic word a with
which to preface the bloody deed.
The heroine Approached, pnHMcd the
t ree. Miopped tor a moment, in hiii
priee. ami then kept on. J did not
etep forward# 1 Ht ill erollelied be
himl tie* tree. She pained me again,
and ic “he did mo gave h Alight ahem
to wake up her ilelimjuent
aMHaMMin. Then I wprang out and
grae|ied her by the hair. I ought to
have known better, but I whm not in
it condition to know anything or
cure for anything. The Mtuge direc
tion ivie: "The villain gruHpH the
lady by th<* throat.” To In*
grm-p'-d tiy th<* hair waa evidently an
tin- from lliei \peetniion of the hero
ine • ' anything could poMHilily In*,
for. with tin moMt natural feminine
gent lire in ili<* world. mIih threw hack
both her hand*, uttered a little
Keren in of horror and grimped at the
departing wig! There I stood with
lay Hboiih1 ;#c gory hand filled w ith
MM! • . i l . lll#> I Ijylll IKMIM
• lotoliiuyr the hri'dit knife, liuny
*ieeveleK« at my Hide. 'I'here wii.h a
inone ntV awfid IiuhIi. and then the
pathowof the Hcene liUrHt U|ion the
audience and the Inirn wan tilled with
thunder-; of applatlHc and deiniilliae
veil.:. I aid nut wait; for the eurtain
to fall: ill fad . it did not full, iih the
xeene «!dfter wan not in a condition
to perform hie areijHiomed function*.
1 fuelled for the drenwiny room uml
hid in.yw'lf under a pile of coKtumcM.
Siiieeihnf dreadful niyht I have
never li-iii iu*ide a ilirntiw, and tin*
very ejeIn ol i tiarn ninkeM me turn
pale.—Itnvke'e Maya/ine.
I'he Miokraf hi It lnwure.
The niu»krnt n» natumlly it v ary
auiinal, hut when panned hy liuuyer
j*ipnte venturesome and often vi*
idoiie when diet url»Hl. They wldom
exceed a poUlld* ill Weiyilt ill t llie*
Mute. They live iii burrown or liol
low hn,» on i !.e uairyiiiH of MtreaniM,
■•-Idoiit ventartoy tint for loml until
nightfall. * Ml the taal»hi'H their
town* fi ni mble tile lillllotl* "doy
tow ||*' o! tb»" Western pl'rtlfie lliev
are found i».th mar »alt ami frewh
water rile v *iil»i»t i hie ft v on water
liiotln*k* I ta v are ituuit uunieroiia
K i ’ • • m v M , a v |. i »oiih li v itiy
laal e ai»l » l.oideilay oil l*e|iwaie
Ihiv bijv l. y«- ijll. lit itie* o| la,ir>h
land and ilevtde their time «oh*iy to
mu*tun* liilmlng lie* wale of the
bun* w l.< n i an d t* ijtiile t* inoiietii- ,
live, *■ hih t lie lb 'ti Had* a ready ».ile
ill the tore) n .ifio I*
A Kl.*» b rmef Wan !•« elill l tilt' |
l<lthl a let ’ **'lull W hell he Miaile ||
break lor a drag ***•»»■ whete lie it mo !
|H*a ed tii pi at down whi*kv lie
Wilt VII V a el ntmiil it lint r V|imhh|
III* regret it.at hi* w lie laid lint tteii
lilt tell in**eiid ot tidii** it, *|IW*\ nw It 1
Mil* the I l*V *’ nWoll hi* • ollhi Mill )»i
mil ti iiol In in the | >ra» while la* 1
r
The 1'nlted State* Supreme Court.
York (traptur,
Tin* opening of the Supreme Court
* one of tile stage accessories to of
leinl life at Washington. An.v one
vho lias ever Ih**ii present w ill never
'orget the scene. The room is II st Ilf
y one ut Ik's! nmiis rat her nil owlish*
ookiug place. One plneid-fueed ne
(i<> sits ut the door with a string in
iis hand to help him open it without
trouble. Another but u white-haired
ion of Africa sits inside to aid him.
Neither one of them would ilemenn
liitnself b.v pulling the string for uny
aie less limn a Senator or a member
nf tlie House. Ordinary eitjjsen*must
[nidi their wa.v inwide unaided. No
•tie must earry it newspn|w*r o|wnly
within thewaered p reel nets for the
rule iw alisolute that no rending of
journal* i* allowed in the coart. Nor
must uni notes of t he prm-nedings !*•
taken -1 lie official reporter in to do
ill that.
Once inside suppose tbecloek over
llie door is striking noon. If it is
striking at ftll that is lie- liour one
hears, for it never sounds save to call
the court together. Behind the long
•urtains that bang lathe rear of the
bench t be .1 udge* are formed, dressed
in their silken robes. The grave faced
old crier stands at one end of the
oiirl and then looks sternly around
lo note if all are in proper state to
receive 1 heir honor*. Then, with nil
•levated chin and n loud voice. In*
niiiioiiiices, ‘'The Honorable t bet liiet
,|ustice and t lie Associated .Iasiice*
nfthe Supreme <‘oiirl of lliel'nited
States!" The audience raw*, the cur
tain parts, tlic-fudges step forward
mid, bowing low, stand an instant
facing tlioA" present, who return the
salutation. "Ovez’ oyer.,'’ snvs the
modulated Voice of the erier; "all
persons having any business with the
Colorable | lie Supreme Court oft lie
I nited States are admonished to
draw near'for tiie court is now in
' M i t ...‘.A I.I... ....
. * I “ " ' , 1 I * I« »*ll II II • J l» . ’ll" I'
trlf* »»»'!• around to -'■<» tlmt no unre
gcncrn te i'll Izeii Iiiim ,vet dul’*'i|f to lie
-i'ii toil, 11 i»o III' in I hiIiIm, ini|)l'i"ini '■ ely,
"(Jo»l i vc (lie I ii it i" I Stilt* Mini I lie
liononilil*' court. I'ln* I>iipIiii"« Imx
In-gun.
*t Wii-III lift ton fc.*-inati«nal I'rcarlirr.
The tuition * *'ii|*ii;.l Inn* »youug
fiii'iK'lier who in trying to hlor-om
oil* ii;* the ino:*l Kcn-m ioniil |>ttl|»t
orator in tlii- par* of tin-country.
Il*> 11* .i i'M I he peculiar inline of J.d Ii*/.
Sivi-1,1. mnl m nt |»n •< et in clnirg<*ol
one off In- Ihijitiikf ciiurclii-M. Ilcgnve
notice n fi*W wed: * ago that hr Would
* oiiiiin-in e n Mi-riep of Snndny evening
• ‘•rinouM on WiiMliington wirkedru-HP.
Hi- opening -liotM were ncattering. in*
if lie" want*-* I to In* certain tlmt hi*
new pt.vlc of jiri'iii'hing would ink**
with (In* |*|-e r•»nd tin- jwojde. In n
gi-ni-r:il nor! of wn.v In- told hi** In-nr
i-i-M in i-lfcct Hint that a pit ill city wan
woi-e I linn nni'ii-nt liulivlon. mid
proiniwil dctnilM lati-r. Only one pn
i»*-r noticed liin Mcrrnoii. Tin- pm-Mon
i-young, mid Jutn n dudinh nppear
nnee. A few dnyMiifti-r hie tli-Mt effort
In- win* nround on V-WHpnper How
leaving liiMi'iird, andirii'iileiiiully try
ing to diMcover if any of tin- outaide
Uiei'M Imd referred to hie w-nnon.
ei-d, In* Milid t lint In' hail In en told
tlmt one of tin- Loudon pnpei-M hud
an nci-oiint of In** tii-Mt Mertnon. lie
win* told 1 hut no Loudon pnhliHhcr
h id hecoiiie crazy enough to orderl»y
telegrnphn WuidiiligtoiiMerinon. Tin*
1*1 Hi effort of Hev. Kd lie/. Hwelll Wile
niiin-d direct ly nt cditorM, rorreMpoud
enfM midrejiorter.-. 11« pictured tln-m
;ip ,i horriiile chiMH of ritiwiiM. mid
Maid Hint tin- reportern would gladly
lie for 1 heir editors mnl that they got
t heir ordeip from theirMUperiorM. Tin*
]*OMt Iiiim taken hold of thin clerical
Ktri|>11n«r. yeurmu# tor notoriety,ami
Ims published out* of his letters iiink
iiiir ii reipmst that a reporter lie writ
without fail to write up his wrinon.
Siii li a man ns t his can't last Ioiik as
a preacher, and when he natures
\\ usliiiij'tou us beiujf worse t lint any
other i'ity ofits size he simplydosen't
know whut la* is tulkiii(c uhout: and
iiccordinu to the common expression
so often heard, lie ollji'ht "to take in
i lie town” and tind out somethin);.
A t'oiispleiioiiN Arrival.
Pruin tin* Holton Couritfr.
The brutality with which newly
nturrled people are treated by their
jest in); friends is roust unity receiving
I'resb illustration. At a recent Itos.
loll Wedding II couple of sportive
ushers dlscoveri-d the train on wltieh
I lie liridal eotiple were to leave town
mil what Iniuna^e they laid. I»riv
inu swiftly to the station they mu
ililcl i lid, plan to tlie iMijCixatf'* uius*
ler, and. with his eimidvaine. they
ittlvsl to cue It haadie of the i ranks
if the bride ami mi enormous Istw ol
slate satin rildsai If tie- trrootn
lid not blaspheme when h* saw lie
(•sail alcil trtlllk* ilels«sit<s| ia I lie
ladl ot I lie hotel to which Id' went,lie
nay take I lie rank of Jol* (or patience..
I out) l.irs the Mi aid.
A * hoi'oiiwlih wcIhiiiitlM in a uted
Ohs dote lllmdlatilltf III* tfrent tint,!
tia ttdd ot INwruHi soon after
lfitte«t bal l ot |k‘Mi otisHehl
It np|e*nra ihat not lontl after hi*
irua*|dautatton to the House ot
IrfiiiU I list itcfi met tt hroltter |s*r in
he st r*»*t, w ho n*k**t hint how he
ikisl the t halm*
"bike I!" 'eVihttmed fttsra* It Ini'
(ft I tun himself hit it iMOttetll, end
■Ittieietlim tail with the truth. like
t* I M a* d I were ifead and bnrt*d
title * Tie'll, Mcttm tie' ftliniuliiti
it tlMs olaltl tire tat the |«et « fine lie
tda.-d hastily, with a courtly ntal|
rtesisltlde smile Ami in tie* fund til!
he tdewsedf”
i
Riirtrlai j by Telephone.
Dili’fiKO It.-rn;.!,
“It, is a well known fm t that no i
other section of the poplllnt ioli avail
themselves more readily and sjs-edily
of the In test triumphs of science I
limn the criminal class." said Inspec
tor Konlield recently. "Tilt* educa
tional criminal," lie continued,
“skims the cream from every new
Invention, if he can innke use of it. |
No sale lias yet been constructed
that keep* out the shrewd ami de
termined burglar, and (lint's theway
in everything. Hut i don't recall .
disc in which the truth was more
brilliantly demonstrated than the
Maxwell case.”
“What eas<» was thflt?” queried an
old newspa|s-r man present. “1
don't recollect of ever hearing of it
before."
“No, I suppose, yon don't, said Mr.
I lot t Held, musingly. ‘The fmt, of the
matter is it never writ* it case that
projtcrly belongs to the department,
but I can speak of it now. You see
it was at the time when t lie telephone
laid just lieen int roduced into I ttsi
itess and private use. (Icorge Max
well - that's not Ins real name, but it
will do as well was at t tin 1 tilin'
one of the most successful specula
tors on I he board of trade, and was
currently reported to have some
time ago tipped the scale which
marked the million ib* was a
young and handsome mini, and lie
had just married a charming woman.
It wiis mi out-and-out love nmteh.
A score or so of messages were dis
patched every day during business
liottrs. They contained such impor
tant queries: “2:10 p. Ill, Mow arc
you now. lovey?" And rcplhw like
this: I,"» p. m. I sigh for you.
How is my sweetest,?’ Well, to save
• J/» lIn* n <111*1 l*» ill'Ti'iirM* MU' HU m
..if communication, Mr. Maxwell
connected liia oftiee wit li 1mm home on
Aahlnm! <i venue by private telephone
wire. lb* wna one of the Heat men in
t'hicago to do ao, About live uni of
aix biiaineaa lioura were now apciit by
him nt I he ‘hello.’
••One ilnyjnat la*fore the cjoac of
biiaineea there wna a ring lit tie* tele
phone. Tin* devoteil huabainl. with
n jump, wna there, ‘Wlmt. dqea my
awii‘1 |«'t wiah?' he murmured.
“ ‘I'm no pet, You iniatuke me,
air!' rami' I lie reply, in tilt uumiatnke
iibly muaijiline voice, u voice graft
ulel reaping, hut very diatim I.
” ‘Who are vou, then?’ naked the
nalouiahed millionaire.
•• Till Tliomua JelTeraon Odell, the
iii ' oinpliahed burglar, if you w ant to
know/
•• 'llepeut, pleaae/ gnapcd 1 lie
ot her.
“ 'Odell, the burglar, eame the an
awer over l he wire.
“’The devil!'exclaimed Mr, Mux
well.
‘No, only om*of Ida fnitliful aer
vanta. Hut, now, liaten. 1 have no
time to fool away. I and two of my
pida have gained aeccaa to your
houae. The cook, the eiiamberiniiid
and your wife me lying here bound
nnd gagged. The nigger coachman
line M'cii diamiaed ot. Home lnimllea
of oily ruga nave been judiriomdy dia
tributed ulioiit the houae, ready to
be ignited,’
“ ‘You bloody acoundrel?’ about ed
tin* agonised huaband, whoao eyea
were bulging during the recital.
“ ‘Don't excite youraelf. Now, air,
here ia my propoan). If you aliould
diaap)ienr Irom the telephone* witli
out acceding to it, I almll act, tire to
the houae. It'ano uae applying to
t he police for we'd be too quick for
them. You will nee, Mr. Maxwell,
that you are completely in my power.
Tl.tt itiilv' uotiuililo tliintr roil i-iin iln iw
to listen ti> my prop* mu I and to agree
to it
"(tli. I w ish I had my hand at your
throat, you infernal villain!’ shouted
i In- millionaire, mad with rage.
••‘•|5nt you know you haven't, so
wluit's ;he line of talking that way!
Is-t us t alk Imuiness instead. 1 need
a loan of $20,000 cash. I need it ai
once. It' you are inelimi to lend me
that sum without giuiriiate*-I shall
leave your house with my jials in ex
actly the same eondition in wliieh l
t«>und it
“Yon are ruining me," groaned
Maxwell. “And I don't think I have
that ninth money in cash in the
oftiee safe.”
“You’ll force me to commit an
ntrtM'hiiis deed,” eauie tlie remorse
lies reply,
“All right then—yes, I'll pay, hat
tow hom'.'"
“It is now o'to exactly. At this
very iitotiieat my nnl has entered
isiur otltce to receive the money, .
Vou will pay him and lie will tell you ;
the watchword agreed to lictwerll il», j
wtindi you will telephone to me at
ones."
Hr. X|e\w**|l turned aroiiti I A
stranger of pleasant meta, ilhswil in j
the height ol'fashion, stood l*4oic I
lam, •'sod tlie visitor "1 have called j
tucollect a little matter of fjlt.iMNi!
tor a 11 tend oi mils', Tins. Jefferson |
tsMI ’
form t!" replhsl Mr M m well, i
alio Heat to the ante, tisih from it two <
lamdies containing $|tt,tHNl each,
wad Iminlal the m«*tt*t to tie* strati
g< i I’he latter aweriaimal tit.it its*
amount was ttiriwl, then pla*e,| the
uamey inode lit* two Iswal
\ml the *«,»!• !•«oid* lim ited Mi
Maxwell
“Ixi tight toal tnirvS'O not' re I
pied |Im> tairghu s confederal** with
a great deal oi •hgna % ami slush
• •at oi lie1 oltt*e with all the gtaU
<!•*»** of a H|ma>sh hnhdgo
" lH* right a ail iateifcre not' toy*
tully shoi|f*d Mr Maxwell through
i la (depict,,' fad now tiHl'hletVi*
my premises, Afr. Odell, won't you? ‘
AmJ f, for my w ile-’
“ ‘HAve no fear. Mr. Maxwell,’ re
plied the man nt the otiier end. ’A’ou
tmve to deal w ith a burglar and uj
gent ieman.’
"Mr. Maxwell locked hi* oftiee, got
into liis Imgg.v and drove to his house
at a Maud H. pave. The moreelnsely
lie approached the keener hi* fear of
a catastrophe became. Itut as he
stop|s*d at the gate lie noticed noth
iag out of the wuy. He sprang up
the stairs, two at a time,arid entered
the pretty boudoir of bis prettier
wile. She was quietly reading.
“ ‘How you must have suffered, my
ungel!' lie cried, mid u soil shook hi*
voice.
‘Theyoung wile looked up aston
ished. suffered? I?’
*‘ ‘Thnt burglar, you know—it
mast imve ls-eu awful. < iii, you poor
darling!'
" ‘Why, (Seorge, dear, wlmt is the
mutter? A'oli speak in riddle*.'
“ ‘Itut didn't la* gugyou?’heusked.
“ ‘Now, seehere. tieorgi . I wish you
would talk sense. Wlmt do you
menu?'
‘‘After Mi' Maxwell hud finished the
recital of his adventure lie asked:
‘Wasn't there somebody here nsiiij:
my telephone?'
“ ‘Why, yes there was,’replied Mr,«.
Maxwell. ‘A young and welJ-drc-sed
young limn, looking lik* a sm i <-sful
luisiiiess mail, earn**, introducing
himself 1o m<> as "Mr. Thomas Jeff
erson Odell. a speculator, and re
quested permission to make use ot
your private telephone to -<nd you
a message, Of course, I gave him
permission, lie used the telephone
lad a. couple of minutes and then
eaiae hnek into the parlor, i hanked
me for tli*' favor I laid done him and
went nw ny, saying t he telephone was
a very useful invention it facilitated
business so niueli,’
"‘And llnil was all?' asked Mr
Max well, ‘lie didn't gugyou and the
servants? lie was alone' He didn't
otter violence I o you?
*‘ ‘Why. no! He was very polite
11II" gl'll I H'lllll III \ 11111 ♦' Ilf llllll II lir |
you uri’nt this moment, (icorge!'
** 'Oil, t lie devil!' exi Ininieil <ieorge.
with n, wild out lull's!. 'Wlmt an ia
li'i'iml mts I've mini' of myself! )!>,
ellse me. [let, lillt I can't liejp it. I'll
ill'i V e ovcl' ullil tell t lie poll‘1- about
it.'
‘‘Tlail's vvluil lie did," conchaled
Itoidleld, “and that's the way I came
to know about it. Hutnitir talking
the thing over with me, mid alter
eoiisulfiug with t lie smartest detect
ives we laid at the time, we came to
the I'onelusion that there was no
ijinncc of reri ivering the money. Ttic
|miit* were loo slick. And in spite of
all we've done since t hen we've heard
nothing more of the #20.000. nor < l
Mr. Thomas-lefferson Odell and his
Flowers in flic list.
It is I he custom in the Tyrol for a
man. when he is engaged to be mar
ried, to wear a bouquet in bis lint.
TlieduniHcl gives him, every day or
two, a fresh bouquet, [deked from
the dower-pots in her window.
.Should she prove fickle, mill jilt the
swain, t he ot her young' nan of th<*
village assemble auder la r window
and throw down the Haver-pots. A
stranger wonders, on seeing so many
men with bouquets stuck it. their
hats, why t hey do not marry, esjiec
i.illy as not a few of them are what
we call “old bachelors." The ex
planation is that the village com
mune will not allow any person to
marry unless he can show that he
has laid by a sum of money sutlivivu l
to support a family.
A hiil.v, 1 raveling through Tyrol
in a stell-wngon, a cross between a
dilligence mid an omnibus, over
heard the driver talkimr to a nimi at
Iiix side on I lie box, mid f‘om}ilmiiinjr
ofliix oecii jin lion, lb* bad worked
laird formally yearn. Im miid to p*t
lllomy ellOUjjll to fiiorry: but the
hiiiii wax lur Imlowwlmt it liilixt be
iH-fore the eoiniimin* would jjivn iiiiu
lieriiiisxion to niuiry the woman to
whom lie wax en^agt'd. 1* im reneed
ho slowly tlmt lie did not know if lie
should ever jfel the eoveted |>erniis
xiou. Souiet iiiu'H ii dozen or more of
eiiffaned youne nu'ii mid women, de
n|iiiifinjur of ever y«*t irtff money
enoujfli ftumeiuv I lie eommuiie x jier
iiiixxlon, "i i on a iiilffrinintfeto Home,
Iwepinj; their way on loot. W hen
there, they mi* married; tail, on their
return to the native village, they
are lined axa |iiinixhim'iit for br»*uk
injf ttie law.
I'riilix'lloll fuiHi IiixtI lilies.
The l.olldoli l.aniel says; Many
|ieo|ile do not know how eti*Uy limy
i'll ii |iiiit*s t iheuumlvew mat their
ehiltlreii ait'uiiixt tie* Idle** of trmit"
and other IlimilM. Weak iiirleilii'
m id »|Hiutred oil lie' "kill and hair,
lllld III Millie I'llNMI the i lot llill|f, wilt
drive uwtt.t I Im w hole 11 il*»* A uroit
liiiill.t • hildrvii and not a tew adult*
art* tormented i liiiiiiuhnit ilm whole
tniiiimei l»y iiitiiiiteeimiiim*. tt' kiim'
Ih’I'miin* who are itffotitl ol|iu ltl< »iiml
even ol tIwir own tfurilvliM mt thin a« - J
i omit. I lot ham i" all mi|«ili t nr*i
It* lion, for we have M* ii a tluhl
will we tieil and ankle lllld hill it IIIIU
through the «lie kliixi »o *ertovi"lv
that for dav* »lie , ould not wear n
teat lea *hoe Ml llii* i nh t*<n ver Int.
at * in ilintf to oure\|iei mm • ami that
We l« Ii eve oftnnti,v oilier" Ifv inrtmiii' I
Hrel jndit Mni*lt *e*e,| I tw mI"I
III*III U to kee|i a tola! lull IM 1 he it III
The wilatioa "hi ink I not tin, tain
mine than nv in' neven |mr trkt„ amt
it mat la* aihli"l to water antii the
hitler *||M If" "tttmtflv. Tht* Imiv
fvmhlv ami with t anietv l» a(t
,1* »l With a »|xie* * We late* In*
doubt thwl httrt*** ami entile v«mitt
lie |iu*lt" tut tit the "nine way Itvim
tile lima util'll e ilm i in *•" marly
m in hi* a them
r
fHE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON I. APRIL 8—SIN'S WARN
ING—LUKE 13:22-30.
iiolden Ten: “Ctrl*# to Kater lo at tha
at rail I fate"—Lake 19:94—.Imu* the
Indefatigable Worker for spirit u*>
and Temporal (food.
OPATK tha l«MOa
In the life of Chriat.
reviewing the dia
gram given In the
Review. Lesson
XIII., of ls*t ijwa -
ter.
Itead the whoi
chapter und aNo Ihu
paaeugee referred to
under “Light from
Otlter Scripture*,”
m u* to gum ah!
give the deep lm
picMelon which they
produce by reiterat
ing the one truth In many wuvs, an I
riorn muny aource*. When on. wi*h*« l .
break a alone h. «irlke* many * e«i.
liloWH upon the mine spot. When a bit
lery would hr.uk down u eltj wall, ahot
after eliot In fired ugulii*l the euui" pi i -
The iihi h of ihi* leM*ou should make a
leep Impression on the tnlrul* of the
voung. Mhould help them to onte lo a
determination to *. . k the kingdom of Hod
now.
Time Decemtxr, A. t), I’la • ■
komewheie in Pen a. Jem- Thirty
•hre. pur old, n lit tin more ihue. ttne-i
month* lx fore hi* eruclflxlon.
The full text of lo-doy'M le.son If u* fol
low*:
And he w.ni through ill* cltlm and
village*, leaching, uml Journeying Inward
Jeru*a lent.
Tin n 'aid one unto him, lord are
there f, W ihul he raved? And he raid
unto them,
J4 Strive to enter In ul the -uiaH /.a'
for many, I my milo you, will »vk to
> m«r In, und ►null nol l»- aide,
>. When once the mauler of the houmi
I* rl*en up. und hath shut to the iJo.p uni
ye begin lo niuml wlihout, and to kr.ic-k
ul the door, ►uylng, Lord, Lord. op*n unto
ii*. and lie ehull aiiHWer and ■ uy unto you,
I know you nol whence yc ure;
.'it. Then ahull ye begin to *uy, VTa have
.iil<n und drunk In thy presence, and thou
hast taught them In our street*.
you not whence ye me, depart Ire:., mu,
all ye workers of lbl<|ij|iy.
Tin !• shall he weeping and UN., th
in/ ul ti l th, when ye shall hc» Abruhun
anil I suae, and Jaeoh, and all the prophets,
in the kingdom «jf Hod, arm you your- -U s
thrust out,
to. And they shall come from the east,
arid from the west, und from the north,
mid from the south, und shall rut down t:.
I hr kingdom ct god.
Ji. Ami, I < hold, there are lust wbl r
shall he ilrsl; wml there ate first whi ,
► hall he lust.
Humi' > vplanatlnns to most ambiguous
pm "tv*'s ,irr- a follows:
-I, laud, art l hr re few Hint be suv-d'.'
laterally, that sn being a . ■ i ' from
sin and everlasting denim It does n ,
M em to ini that (Ids uuesllon v, us asked
out ill Idle curiosity, of which there ,* no
hint, hut llmt It I'unie trout m. earn**’,
soul In vlt w of wlml ho hud ohser . *• I an l
heard, and felt. As a Jew. lie bat be, u
taught tliut only the few were saved, for
lew le rami Jews where alone salvation
eould he found. In Hie second book of
Ksdras of the Apocrypha, which belong*
between the Old Testament und the New,
und with which he doubtless was familiar,
this <|uestlon is discussed, und It I* u»
Mimed that few only will he saved. ' Pic
most high hutli mad* this world to muny,
but the world to come tot lew' n li
"There are many more of them which
perish tliun of them which shall he ovr.i
like us a wav* Is greater limit a drop"
(W: 15, Vi).
24. Strive to enter Irt at the strait gate,
or narrow door of u palace or a city
"Prom the < astern custom of receiving
petitions at the gale, 'the gute* of the
king' became a phrase, us we now say The
Hnhllme l'orle, for the Turkish govern*
merit, uiul Is used of the Persian court.''
Moot! anil Liddell. The picture I- of
the gun ot the city or pulaee of Hod, the
kingdom of Hod, und hence the gate to
eternal life. On the other hand, th--'e Is
given In Matthew the picture ot another
city, the i Ity of destruction, with Its wide
gate, and a broad avenue leading thereto.
Hi!. We have eaten und drunk In thy
presence. Thi y hud been guests wtth him,
when then was "the feust of reason and
the flow of soul.” They hud been Id* com
panion" tl n/gli not Intimate, for they had
listened r •spectfully wtdle lie tuught in
and their duly.
Z7. And yet he ahall say, I tell you. I
know you not whenc ye are. 1 Jo not
recognize you a* my dl*dple*. or a* chil
dr»n of God. 1 see Into your heart* and
know ihut you have riot the heavenly
spirit, till IIU and spirit of (Jo.t. You do
not helony 10 ihut khiKdom, for you are
work* re of Iniquity. Depart from me. fur
you do not belong with me. Go to yo-r
own place.
There, where the worker* of iniquity
are, rhuli In weeping and gnu-lung of
Keili, sign* reapedIvely of augut*h and
ruRe/'—Gambiidge Itibh*. "White mOe' of
1 he description* of thla uwful future -tat*
are ttgurative, all the llkure* point to u,
reality which i* beyond description Sin »•
the merciful Savior teuches non' a:■ >ut
this mutter, we ure riot merciful If n
emit it."—Hevisloit i'oiii When k -hail
-#e Abraham. etc., I heir ancestor- *!; i u*
they refused to imitate, and yet expected
to 1« with them In glory, because they
wer. their children tl.uke 3:31. So the
rich man In the putable, being in tor
ment*. now luixaiua In Anrubum* Ikiwin
tl.uke l< lk-sij.
30. And, behold, implying, "strange a* It
may went," there are lu»t which •hall be
time, etc. These words are *a!d by the
t.urd. on at least three different ocesrtor*
there and in Matt 19: 39. and SO: ID "
nadir r. Soim who were Hr»t called idail
be lad in power and usefulnes* In the
kingdom, as Was true among the spy•(!*»,
and still more true of the Jews and th.i
ibIItiles home who were llrst m (iml*
leges, iqioi luniMes, hiesatiigs, shall to latt
In Dm geial that should reeult from them.
There «n nisi in Seal Who glow coil.
While eifa<is no ream from small iwfHc
mugs to burning and shining lights There
are yhtldreu oi drunkard# that go ahead
of son** of the i htldren of the best pa
rent*
The Meson la that no one own -I*c * t on
lit* paioMag*. •ducalMu. wealth uoi or
latoM without > hsurlej end wttiing that
w hh l- M good end oa the eths nandlh se*
who ha<* been moat -aimtotal* la a*r*>
•oi touttding* and indocniee tea rise and
• land among tg* nret tl lit*) with
NkUUIUN ANU HKIUNM
tlmhop Hail iKirtmopwij, gf V«rftM»'H
she wgg reveal If take* til (ft ttibUg
» rtvoy«r iftg fgih
tl (% Mid Ikat Ilf Ik* hU.ODd IlkJlgg*
Itelonglgg lo th« died* UlftW. 4 'M ft*'
egg (e lie fc'pM»opal, HwftfUnrft gftl
l-pgregalh agl iftwfiftgg.
Tiler* •»* I? dltvfwftl ft«*». »*« wf
d. hcdi.m i* this looairt. mk ft* >«
i 4t*uhiUt« oawt*. us wwft chat**
, i after If II* *WII Of gftftigftttWft, (H WWft
****** if worvilft. *ad It* own hoi wt
h« 0»4*»l(il|h
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