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CHAPTER III.—(Co«TUro«n.)
So soon as our first hearty greetings
were over, I proceeded to ascertain how
the last year had treated Car rl# ton. I
was both delighted and astonished at
the great change for the better which
had taken place In his manner, no less
than his appearance. He looked far
more robust; he seemed happier,bright
er—altogether more like ordinary hu
manity. Not only had he greeted me
with almost boisterous glee, but dur
ing our drive through the wonderful
scenery he was In the gayest spirits
and full of fun and anecdote. I con
gratulated him heartily upon the
marked Improvement in his health,
both mentally and physically.
‘■yes, I am much better,” he said.
"I followed a part of your advice gave
up moping, tried constant change of
scene, interested myself in many more
things. I am quite a different man.”
“No supernatural visitations?” I
asked, anxious to learn that his cure In !
that direction was complete.
His face fell. He hesitated a second
before answering.
“No—not now,” he said. “I fought
against the strange feeling, and be
lieve have got rid of It—at least I hope
so."
I said no more on the subject. Car
rlston plunged Into a series of vivid
and mimetic descriptions of the vari
eties of Scotch character which he had
met with during his stay. He depicted
his experiences so amusingly that I
laughed heartily for many a mile.
mui wny me cuange in your iiuuie
I asked, when he paused for a moment j
In bis merry talk.
He blushed, and looked rather
ashamed, “1 scarcely like to tell you;
you will think my reason so absurd.”
“Never mind. I don't Judge you by
the ordinary standard.”
"Well, the fact Is, my cousin Is also
In Scotland. I feared If I gave my true
name at the hotel at which I stayed on
my way here, he might by chance see
It, and look me up in these wild
regions.”
“Well, und what If he did?”
“I can't tell you. I hate to know l |
feel like It. But I have always, per- |
haps without cause, been afraid of him
—and this place is horribly lonely.”
Now that I understood the meaning
of his words 1 thought the boy must
be Joking; but the grave look on his
face showed me he was never further
from merriment.
"Why, Carriston,” I cried, “you are
positively ridiculous about your cousin.
You can’t think the man wants to mur
der you."
“I don't know what I think. I am
saying things to you which I ought not
to say; but every time I meet him I
feel he hates me, and wishes me out of
the world.”
"Between wishing and doing, there is
a great difference. I dare say all this
is fancy on your part.”
“Perhaps so. Anyway, Cecil Carr 1s
as good a name up here as Charles Car
riston, so please humor my whim and
say no more about It.”
Ah it made no difference to me by
what name he chose to call himself
I dropped the subject. I knew of old
that some of his strange prejudices
were proof against anything I could do
to remove them. At last we reached
our temporary abode. It was a sub
stantial, low-built house, owned and
inhabited by a thrifty middle-aged
widow, who, although well-to-do so far
as the simple ideas of her neighbors
went, was nevertheless always willing
to add to her resources by accommo
dating such stray tourists as wished to
bury themselves for a day or two in
solttudf, or artists who, like our
selves, preferred to enjoy the beauties
of nature undisturbed by the usual eb
v. i___.1 <1_1_
As C'arrlston agserted, the accommo
datlon, if homely, wan good enough for
two single men; the fare was plentiful
and our rooms were the picture of
cleanliness. After a cursory Inspection
1 felt sure that I could for a few weeks
make myself very happy In these cjtmr
teia.
I had not been twenty-four hours In
the Louse before I found out one reason
for the great change In the better In
t'harles t'arrlston’s demeanor; knew
why hts step was lighter, hta eye
brighter, his voice gsyer, and his
whole bearing altered. Whether the
reason wss a subject for congratula
tion or not I could not as yet say.
The boy was In love; In love as only
a passionate, romantic, imaginative
nature can be; and even then only
unco In a lifetime. II red less, head
slicing, impulsive, and entirely hla own
mailer, he had given his very h<art
and «»ul Into the keeping of a woman
IV
HAT a man ef c’*r»
J * I • t g u'a rail
“y7 breeding and re
Atlement. should
Jgl ' meet hi* fait, «i h
^ In Ike walla of ,*
* h-nel* farm -ho >•
beyond ike Tree
tec b*. seem* In
credible tine
• «uld eifrvh eg
p*« t to And among
•ml bumul* surroundings a wife aatt>
able to n mao ef bia scamp Amt jet
when t sow the woman who had wen
him 1 net the* wondered at Ike «an.
gueo* AAA Aid I blame him for aval •
I mmfr Iks (feat discovery on ike
morning *f«*r my arrival linger to
tnat* the frenhneaa of the morning air
I PtMA betimes and •eat for g short
stroll. I returned, and whilst standing
at the door of the house, was positively
startled by the beauty of a girl who
passed me and entered, as If she were
a regular inhabitant of the place. Not
a rosy Scotch lassie, such us one would
expect to And Indigenous to the roil:
but a slim graceful girl with delicate
classical features. A girl with a mass
of knotted light hair, yet with the ap
parent anomaly, dark eyes, eye-lushes
und eyebrows a combination which, to
my mind, makes a style of beauty rare,
irresistible, and dangerous above all
others. The features which Ailed the
exquisite oval of her face were refined
and faultless. Her complexion was
pale, but Its pallor In no way suggested
anything suve perfect health. To cut
my enthusiastic description short. I
may at once say It has never been my
good fortune to cast tny eyes m a
lovelier creature than thiH young girl.
Although her dress was of the
plainest and simplest description, no
one could have mistaken her for a ser
vant; and much as I admire the bonny,
healthy Scotch country lassies, I felt
sure that the mountain air had never
reared a being of this ethereal type.
As she passed me, I raised my hut In
stinctively. she gracefully bent her
golden head, und bade me a quiet but
unembarrassed good-morning. My eyes
followed her until she vanished at the
end of the dark passage which led to
the back of the house.
Kven during the brief glimpse I en
joyed of this fair unknown, a strange
idea occurred to me. There was a re
markable likeness between her deli
cate features and those, scarcely less
delicate, of Carrlston. This resent
the girl's appearance awoke In my
mind. Anyway, I entered our sitting
room, and, a prey to curiosity and per
haps hunger, awaited with much Im
patience the appearance of Carrlaton
and breakfast.
The former arrived first. Generally
speaking, he was afoot long be fore I
was, but this morning we bad reversed
the usual order of things. Ah soon as
I saw him I cried:
"Carrlaton, tell me at once who Is ihe
lovely girl I met outside. An angel,
with dark eyes and golden hair. Is
she staying here like ourselves?”
A look of pleasure flashed Into his
eyes a look which pretty well told me
everything. Nevertheless, he answered
as carelessly as If such lovely women
were as common to the mountain side
as rocks and branches:
“I expect you mean Miss Rowan; a
niece of our worthy landlady. She lives
with her.”
"She cannot be Scotch with such a
face and eyes."
“Half and half. Her father wan
called an Englishman; but was, 1 be
lieve, of French extraction. They say
the name was originally Rohan.”
Carrlston seemed to have made close
Inquiries as to Miss Rowan's parent
age.
"Hut what brings her here?" I asked.
"She has nowhere else to go. Rowan
was an artist. He married a sister of
our hostess, and bore her away from
her native land. Some years ago she
died, leaving this one (laughter. I.ast
year the father died, penniless, they
tell me, so the girl has since then lived
with her only relative, her aunt.”
"Well,” I said, "as you seem to know
all about her, you can Introduce me by
and bye.”
“With the greatest pleasure, if Miss
Rowan permits," said Carrlston. 1 was
glad to hear him give the conditional
promise with as much respect to the
lady's wishes as if she had been a
duchess.
Then, with the liberty a close friend
may take, l drew toward me a portfolio,
full, I presumed, of sketches of sur
rounding scenery. To my surprise Car
rlston jumped up hastily and snatched
It from me. "They are too bad to look
ut.” he said. As I struggled to regain
possession, sundry strings broke, and.
lo uml behold’ the floor was littered,
not with delineations of rock, lake,
and torrent, but with Images of the
fair young girl I had seen a few min
ut*w before. Full face, profile, three
quarter fuce. live, even seven-eighth
face, all were there each study per
fectly executed by Carrlston's clever
pencil, I threw myself Into a chair end
laughed aloud, whilst the young man
blushing and discomfited, quickly hud
dled the portraits between the voters.
Just as a geuutne Healt h lassie bore In
i a plentiful and. to me, very welcome
breakfast
Carrlston did favor me with his com
psny during the whole of that tlay,
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made a rash step only himself to blame
for the consequences. And why should
I have dissuaded?--1, who in two days
envied the boy's good fortune.
V.
SAW a great deal
of Madeline Rowan.
How strange end
out-of-pluce her
name and face
seemed amid our
surroundings. If at
first somewhat shy
and retiring, she
soon, If only for
Currlston's sake,
consented to look
upon me us a friend, and talked to me
freely and unreservedly. Then I found
that her nature was as sweet as her
face. Such a conquest did she make of
me that, save for one chimerical reason,
I should have felt quite certain that
Currlston had chosen well, and would
be happy in wedding the girl of ills
choice; heedless of her humble position
in the world, and absence of befitting
wealth. When once his wife, I felt sure
that If he cared for her to win social
success, her looks and henritig would
insure It, and from the great Improve
ment which, as I have already said, I
noticed in his health and spirits. I be
lieved that his marriage would make
Ills life longer and happier.
Now for my objection, which seems
almost a laughable one. I objected on
the score of the extraordinary resem
blance, which, so far as a man may re
semble a woman, existed between
Charles Carriston and Madeline Row
an. The more I saw them together,
the more I was struck by It. A strang
er might well have taken them for twin
brother and sister. The same delicate
features, drawn in the same lines; the
same soft, dark, dreamy eyes; even the
same shaped head*. Comparing the
two, It needed no phrenologist, or phy
siognomist to tell you that where one
excelled the other excelled; wh*re
AlUt fu i loti Ihn /il Hoi iiuu umi n I I n
Now, could I have selected a wife
for my friend, I would have chosen
one with habits and constitution
entirely different from his own,
She should have been a bright, bustling
woman, with lots of energy and com
mon sense- one who would have rattled
him about and kept, him going—not a
lovely, dark-eyed, dreamy girl, who
could for hours at a stretch make her
self supremely happy If only sitting at
her lover's feet and speaking no word.
Yet they were a handsome couple, and
never have I seen two people so utterly
| devoted to each other as those two
seemed to be during those autumn days
which 1 spent with them.
I soon had a clear proof of the close
ness of their mental resemblance. One
evening Carrlston, Madeline, and I
were sitting out of doom, watching the
gray mist deepening In the valley at
our feet. Two of the party were, of
course, hand in bund, the third seated
at a discreet distance—not so far away
as to preclude conversation,’ but. far
enough olf to be able to pretend that
he saw and heard only what was In
tended for his eyes and ears.
How certain topics, which I would
have avoided discussing with Carrlston,
were started, I hardly remember. Prob
ably some strange tale had been passed
down from wilder and even more soli
tary regions than ours - some ridicu
lous tale of Highland superstition, no
doubt embellished and augmented by
each one who repeated it to his fellows.
Prom her awed look, I soon found that
Madeline Rowan, perhaps by reason of
the Scotch blood in her veins, was as
firm a believer In things visionary and
beyond nature, us ever Charles Carris
ton, in his slliest moments, could be.
As soon as 1 could. 1 stopped the talk,
I and the next day. linding the girl for a
! few minutes alone, told her plainly that
j subjects of this kind should be kept
| as fur as possible from her future hus
i hand's thoughts. She promised obedl
| en«e, with dreamy eyes which looked
j as far away and full of visions as Car
riston's.
“By the bye,” I said, “has he over
spoken to you of seeing strauge
things?"
"Yes; he lias hinted at It.”
I “And you believe him?”
"Of course I do; he told me so.”
This was unanswerable. "A pretty
' pair they will make,” 1 muttered, as
Madeline slipped from me to welcome
her lover, who woe approaching "They
will see ghosts in every turner, and
! goblins behind ever curtain."
to us tutrivui tt
I sir U441 NettIttU* \t*»nti-e of vtuol.
Sir Isaac Newton, too, frequently tor
got whether he had dined or not It
la reported that on one occasion his
friend. hr. Mtukely, bring announced,
Mir Isaac asked him lit be sealed, and
he would join him shortly The phi
losopher repaired Im h;» laboratory,
j and as lime a*ui on. It became evident
j that ibe i tail of hi* friend had enilreh
! escaped him The doctor was left alt
1 tins in the dining room until the din*
j ner *«• served This coaalated of a
i loasl fowl The host not even now
> putting In nn appearance. hr Mmhaty
netted himself at the table and demo I
Itshed the fowl When Mir taanv entered
the room and saw the remnants of tha
a.-si he apologised and said Iteliet#
i m# I had gulls forgot ten I had dined.’*
% airthotg llktiHH
1*i i* r ..an la an e»*#*dt«gty reined
young lad*, aha has a*»e» sum* Its
sumnoia Mhe I* full nf alia and of
; grace* reserved aetf contained and d#
• ridedly uppish Mb* «nt her an. I*
, dead in the sheet on* day, and «h#g
j he reproached her fur her riitrn*
| hauteur, ah* said, with her »-.* pro
uuoared sswleiy manner
iMi I m« MW urrte hut I thought
| it aae snail*' Harper * Mound table
i*v Imp I* MMe* togg »|
I pb pel her. lues »>#»» pggp
DISTINGUISHED LIFE.
THE LATE HENRY D. WELSH A
SELF-MADE MAN.
One of the Director* of the IViin*yl%Hiiii*
Kail rout I and One of the Wenlthlent
>len In I'ennuyIvania A Mhort Story
of If la Career.
- ENRY D. WELSH,
a director In the
Pennsylvania Rail
road Company and
for many years
prominently Identi
fied with the busi
ness Interests of
Philadelphia, died
recently at his resi
dence on Chestnut
Hill. Mr. Welsh,
for many years one of the most ac
tive railroad men of the country, was
born in Han.iver, York county, Pa., In
1824. HD ancestors were of the strong
race of O'ernnn Lutherans, who came
from the Palatinate In 1737 and settled
In York county. His grandfather
served during the revolutionary war,
holding a commission Issued by John
Morton as speaker of the Pennsylvania
assembly, seven days after he hod
signed the Declaration of Independ
ence. Henry D. Welsh attended school
at Hanover academy until he was 16
years of age, subsequently finding em
ploment in a dry goods store In York
to learn the business, where he re
mained until 1845. At the age of 20
he moved to Philadelphia and found a
position as salesman in the wholesale
dry goods house of Rank, Brooke &
Reppller. remaining with them until
1852, when he became a salesman for
James, Kent & Santee, afterwards
James, Kent, Hantee & Co. Mr. Welsh
was admitted as a partner in the firm
in 1856, continuing with the firm until
January 1, 1881, when he retired from
business.
After the civil war he became inter
HENRY D. WELSH.
.4stad in railroad enterprises. He was
one of the organizers and one of the
original directors of the American
Steamship Company, and has been the
president of that company since 1874.
He was elected a director of the Penn
sylvania railroad in 1878, which office
he held to his death. Mr. Welsh was
chairman of the purchasing committee
and also the president of the follow
ing railroad companies: Philadelphia,
Germantown and Chestnut Hill, Han
' over and York. Downingtown and Lan
caster. Pennsylvania and New Jersey
railroad bridge, and of the Manor real
Estate and Trust Company, Cresson
Springs Company and of the Philadel
phia Board of Prison Inspectors.
Mr. Welsh was also vice-president
I and director of the American Surety
Company of New York, director of the
! Pennsylvania institute for the Deaf and
Dumb, trustee of the Church of the
Holy Communion, Broad and Arch
streets; director of the Northern Sav
ings Fund and Safe Deposit Company,
Market Street National Bank, Pennsyl
vania Canal Company and of about one
hundred other railroad, ferry, coal,
bridge and kindred companies, most
of which are tributary to the Pennsyl
■ vania Railroad Company.
Mr. Welsh was one of the incorpo
rators of the Centennial exposition, ap
pointed by congress In 1878, and he was
especially active In its earlier finan
cial enterprises. For several years he
was a director of the Commercial Ex
change and was one of the gentlemen
appointed under Secretary of the
Treasury Sherman In 1877 to examine
into the conduct of the custom house
it Philadelphia.
Into I hr I'rtH •'••ttiu.
**I ~ M
Tht* I stilly look •*«! do* ii along
(hr line
—••you have added a Tat I oe<l Man to
the attraction
• Yea that •"
The rauaeum manager gated proud*
ly down the platform where the party
prlchad la pink and purple eat
"la our t'oloretl Supplement."
Overhearing the remark, the imp
faced Hoy anarled rnvlottaly New
York World
WmU<I|'i ttuaaueeait
An entire railroad train fur wkua
.pe.tal earn are no* being built will
MM>a be run all tke way front Harre.
Vt to New Ofteana t«*r the purpoae of
tarty lag I* that «U) tut* of tko moat
remarkable toatbatoa** eter cua
•trotted Tkt* atoauawat twill he Tu
tool la ketgat ••igking ITS ium and
It Will wot tHtnm It U being erected
hi | by Biel Mortally to tke memory of
hta wife Tke kaae yltute I* tke large* t
iter uuartted ta tke aiai ’ of Vermont
U«ht»a May to II letter
It aao ta tkat pait of I'alata. Maine.
«ao*a a* Med Homrk tkat a wan waa
•eea tael aeek la a a* >1 moo tag nay
• Ilk atltteaa oa and elopping eyety
to* minute* to ikroek kty band* ta
beep them norm
GOD S THREE ACENCIES.
Through I'onulnirp, the Holy '>|ilrll
and I In- Scriptures, Says Moody.
God emplovg three agencies in bring
ing conviction to a human soul: Con
1 science, the holy spirit and the scrip*
! tures. Their work is usually so united
I that it is impossible to say that one
I power has been used to the exclusion
| of another. The holy spirit is always
1 present when there Is conviction work
i ing with man's conscience or through
scripture, or with both. The woman
who was brought to Christ for con
demnation had few necusers when He
said: "He that Is without sin among
you. let him first cast a stone," The
gospel writer relates that they, "being
convicted by their own conscience,
went out. one by one, beginning at the
eldest, even unto the last.” It Is the
special work of the holy spirit to con
vict of sin. In Christ’s last address to
His apostles before His crucifixion He
explained how the comforter should
come, and Ills first work would lie to
"reprove the world of sin." And when
a few weeks later thecomforter came to
abide with that small body of disciples
His power was manifested in Peter's
sermon, which brought conviction to
three thousand of his hearers. The
third agency for the conviction of sin
Paul brings out most clearly In his let
ter to the Romans, when tie says:
"Therefore by the deeds of the law
there shall no flesh he justified in His
sight; for by the law Is the knowledge
of sin." Through this agency the holy
spirit most frequently brings conviction
to us. Some one passage or even a few
words of scripture He usually employs
In bringing conviction to those who
have a knowledge of It. Dwight L.
Moody In Ladies' Home Journal.
LADIES ARE FOND OF HIM.
IrrHtloiiMl Conduct on llic Oci-anlon ol
I lie I’rlnce of H itlen' Visit.
"During the tour through Canada i
had attributed the strange conduct of
the ladles to an excess of loyalty. Ac
would rush Into Ills rooms, seize all
sorts of articles, from a furniture but
ton to a soiled towel, as souvenirs, and
even bottle up the water with which
he had Just washed his face,” writes
Stephen Flske In the Ladles' Home
Journal. "But In the United States the
women were equally curious and syco
phantic. The luggage of the royal party
was carried In small leather trunks
a trunk for every suit of clothes and
whenever the train stopped the crowds
would beg that some of these trunks
might he handed out, and women would
fondle and kiss them. I need not say
that the trainmen were never loo par
ticular as to whose luggage was sub
jected lo their adoration, and I have
had the pleasure of seeing my own
portmanteau kissed by mistake. Be
fore the Prince arrived at Richmond
his room at the Ballard House was en
tered by the ladles, and the pillowslips
and white, coverlet were so soiled by
the pressure of hundreds of fingers
that they had to be twice changed by
the chambermaids. When he attended
church on Sunday the whole congrega
tion rose as he departed, and climbed
upon the seals to get a better view- ol
him.”
Aii A«*coin|illulled China man.
Lo Feng Luh, the new Chinese min
ister to England, is very popular In
London, where as a youth he resided
for a number of years while a student
at King's college. He is an accom
plished linguist and speaks English
with an accuracy and a fluency quite
rare among the men of the Mongol race.
He is likewise a keen student of west
ern polities and civilization, in both of
which he takes a deep interest. For
eighteen years Lo Feng Luh has been
the first secretary of LI Hung Chang,
and enjoys that minister's confidence
fully. He has occupied other import
ant posts In the service of Ills govern
ment. notably when he was assistant
governor of Peh-Chlll. He accompa
nied LI on his foreign tour, and won
special favor lu England because of
Ills thorough understanding of the
language and his familiarity with the
ways of the English people. In the
conversations at Ha warden between
inn minisii r aim Mr. liludatom
I A) Feng Luh acted a« Interpreter for
the two grand old satin," and wan re
warded for hi* Intelligent *ervlee by
the warm thank* of Mr. (3lad*ione
III* unfailing taet and courtesy toward
all with whom he came In contact dur
ing hi* stay in Kllglaml made a most
favorable Impression, and he will
without doubt tie received In lanidon a*
the mlnlater of the Chinese emperor
with good feeling and personal regard
manifested on all aide*.
I lain runlebiorul.
Christian Christlaiiseii ha* been an
tented at Clarke, it. IF. to life tmprlw
oument for hanging hi* wife. It wa>
supposed that she had itunmlited sin
tide, as she was found hanging tu a
tier, hut It was proved that he had
hanged her to the tree front his wagon
| and than driven out from umter hot
| Kschange.
...—.
VVuwdff tS» |II4»I lal|tl Mssssll.
A hi Albans gtrt lust her pm bet bout
I and advertised a teward for II Ths
I psat hetuwuh waa relumed tu the oNttt
; g| i he r*t VI bah* Meeaehger Th*
; young woman ratted, paid for the ad
| vertlsrinent and reword amt wathed
| talmly out leaving tha poehethsmb
i ami her mud
Mttdge Ptve VUss lss«
the latotMl bridge, hutlt aver an atm
of the China sea. Is ttv* mile* tang,
i with mt art he* of stun#, to f*ot high
' and to taet br<uvd *a>h pillar support
' tag a marble lion 31 feet In length
th« ,o*t nf the bridge u onhnoag
PROF. F. J. CHILD.
Kindly Chivalry of a Ureal Mau to a
l.lttlr Child. • I
Twenty years ago the writer, wltji
her 3-year-old child, watt on her way
to Washington in midwinter, says the
Atlantic Contributors' Club. Instead of
reaching that beautiful city early In
the morning, as was expected, the train
wns stalled In the night by a terrible
blizzard. After the height of the storm
was over It took hours to dig away the
heavy snotv that buried not only the
train but the whole world apparently.
Slowly and laboriously the locomotive
crept on and we wore still 200 miles
from Washington when the church
clock struck 8 In a village where we
halted. Men*jumped up to see If there
were time to get a cup of coffee; ner
vous and anxious women clamored for
tea nnd I cried with the rest; "Oh. If
I could only gpt a glass of milk for my
little girl!” "Impossible,” said the
brakeman, who was passing through
the cars; "we sha'n't be here but a
minute.”
Paying no heed to hi-* words, a gen
tleman of striking appearance, whose
fine face and head 1 had been silently
studying, hurriedly left th" car and dis
appeared upon the snowy platform.
"He'll get left," sneered the brakeman.
The train moved on, feeling Its wHy
through the huge white banks on both
sides. The gentleman had evidently
been traveling alone, for no one seemed
anxious because he did not come hack.
The cars were hardly In full swing,
however, when he Jumped aboard, a
little out of breath, dusted with snow,
but self-possessed and calm, holding
carefully a tall glass of milk, which he
gave to the wee girl beside me. My
stammered thanks for such unexpected
kindness from an unknown traveler he
brushed away with a wave of his band. 4
' But the glass?" 1 Insisted, knowing
It could not be returned, as we were
now thundering onward. “Is yours,
madam,” he replied, settling himself
into his seat, paying no more attention
to us. But later In the course of the
dreary forenoon he motioned to the lit
tle lass to come to him, which she will
ingly did. He lifted her to his side
and, with his arnt round Iter, she cud
dled up against him, and for two houre
he whispered stories into her ear, sc
low that no one else could hear, but
the delight of which was reflected In
her dancing eyes and smiling face. At
Baltimore the stranger disappeared
and a gentleman aero the passage
from uk leaned over and .■'aid: "Do you
know who ha« been entertaining your
child so charmingly, a. indeed only
hp could?” ”1 haven't the faintest
idea.” "Prof. Francis .1. Child.”
So many years have down since then
that the little lass herself writes stories
now - perhaps far-away echoes of those
she heard that wintry dhy when Prof.
Child made summer In her heart. But
the tall thick depot tumbler still stands
on the high shelf of the cupboard, too
sacred for any use. save a.-: a memento
of the kindly chivalry of a great mar
to a little child.
LICHT WAS KEPT BURNING.
I'iinky lloy Who Wan \(on«* in the
Tower for Three W«*«*k«.
This Is one of the wildest and bleak
est of light stations of that savage re
gion, and, according to a story told
there it was once the scene of a remark
ably plucky adherence to duty on the
part of a 15-year-old boy. says Scrib
ner’s. He was the son of the keeper,
snd on this occasion was left alone in
the tower while his father went ashore
for provisions in their only boat. Be
fore the latter could return a violent
storm arose and for the next three
weeks there was no time in which the
keeper's boat could have lived for a
moment in wild seas that raged about
the lonely rock. Still the light was
kept burning by that 15-year-old bov.
who had little to eat and but Meant time
to sleep. Night after night, for three
weeks. itR steady gleam shone through
the blackness of the pitiless storm and
gladdened the futher's straining eyes.
When the ordeal was ended the boy
was so weak from exhaustion as to be
barely able to speak. At the same time
there was no prouder father, nor hap
pier young lightkeeper on the Maine
roast than those who met on the
storm-swept hedge of Saddleback thut
day.
(•uutl rime* i out a* .%*; tin.
A grand a glorious victory! ^
The gent In the loud-checked suit
breathed hard and rolled his eyes en
thusiastically.
The man with the pule face and the
studious-looking whiskers Im-iiI toward
him interestedly.
"You refer—*'
The geuI grasped the other's baud.
"I refer, air, lu the triumph of gold
In the late election Yes."
Mis utanner was exceptionally hear
' U
the studious whiskers heal toward
him tittrc more.
"I presume sir. that yuo are one of
< Jot hum s prosperous business men
.multiIrs you are stilus sell known met -
> hsm whose name, were I m near It,
soul I sound familiar to mv ewra
The gent in the laud h«k suit
o naked
No, you ain’t never hoard of me
I m telling mice as hmti> gold bra h*
•» I used to but my nano uni m m«
Hr. «r? New York Journal.
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•ug a public «ebl. I- a pi< ( ,u pss
wager will generally pi. k M| of
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haying ordinalyr iron tires fl» mo,
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