INTER NATION AC PRESS ASSOCIATION.
CHAPTER XIIX.
HE next morning
there was a most
unusual outcry In
the Doctor's house.
The last thing lie
fore going to beil.
the Doctor bail
locked up some
valuables in the
• lining-room clip
board ; and behold,
when he rose again,
ah he did about four o’clock, the cup
board had been broken open, and the
valuables In question had disappeared.
Madame and Jean-Marie were sum
moned from their rooms, and appeared
In hasty toilets; they found the Doctor
raving, calling the heavens to witness
and avenge his Injury, pacing the room
barefooted, with the tails of his night
shirt flirting as he turned.
’’Gone!" he said; “the things are
gone, the fortune gone! We are pau
pers once more! Boy! what do you
know of this? Speak up, sir, speak up!
Do you know of It? Where are they?”
He had him by the arm, shaking him
like a bag, and the boy’s words, If be
bad any, were Jolted forth In Inarticu
late murmurs. The Doctor, with a re
vulsion from bis own violence, spI him
down again. He observed Anastasle
In tears. “Anastasle," he said, In quite
Jf_ an altered voice, “compose yourself,
command your feelings. I would not
have you give way to passion like the
vulgar. This—this trifling accident
must be lived down. Jean-Marie, bring ;
me my smaller medicine chest. A gen
tle laxative is Indicated."
And he dosed the family all round,1
leading the way himself with a double
quantity. The wretched Anastasle, who
had never been HI In the whole course
of her existence, and whose soul re
coiled from remedies, wept floods of
tears as she sipped, and shuddered, and
protested, and then was bullied and
& shouted at until sho sipped again. As
for Jean-Marie, he took his portion
down with stoicism.
“I have given him a less amount,”
observed the Doctor, “his youth pro
tecting him against emotion. And now
that we have thus parried any morbid
consequences, let us reason.”
“I am so cold," walled Anastasle.
“Cold!” cried the Doctor. “I give
thanks to God that I am made of fierier
material. Why, madame, a blow like
this would set a frog into a transpira
has been minutely respected. Thi* I*
wily; It shows intelligence, a knowl
edge of the code, a dpsire to avoid legal
consequences. I argue front this fact
that the gang numbers persons of re
spectability outward, of course, and
merely outward, as the robbery proves.
But I argue, second, that we must have
been observed at Eranchard Itself by
some occult observer, and dogged
throughout the day with a skill and pa
tience that I venture to qualify as con
summate. No ordinary man, no occa
sional criminal, would have shown
himself capable of this combination.
We have In our neighborhood, It Is far
from Improbable, a retired bandit of
the highest order of Intelligence.”
"Good heaven!” cried the horrified
Anastasie. "Henri, how can you!”
■ My cherished one, this Is a process
of induction,” said the Doctor. ”if any
of my steps are unsound, correct me.
You are silent? Then do not. I lie seech
you, he so vulgarly Illogical as to re
volt from my conclusion. We have
now arrived,” he resumed, ”at some
Idea of the composition of the gang
for l Incline to Ihe hypothesis of more
than one and we now leave this room,
which can disclose no more, and turn
our attention to the court and garden.
(Jean-Marie, I trust you are observant
ly following my various steps; this Is
an excellent piece of education for you.)
Gome with me to the door. No steps
on the court; It Is unfortunate our
court should be paved. On what small
matters hang the destiny of these deli
cate investigations! Hey! What have
we here? 1 have led you to the very
spot,” he said, standing grandly back
ward and Indicating the green gate.
"An escalade, as you can now see for
yourselves, has taken place.”
CHAPTER XIV.
TIRE enough, the
green paint was In
several places
scratched and bro
ken; and one of the
panels preserved
Hie print of a nailed
shoe. The foot had
slipped, however,
and It was difficult
. to estimate the size
of the shoe, and
Impossible to distinguish the pattern
of the nails.
“The whole robbery,” concluded the
Doctor, “step by step, has been recon
In any particular exerrlse the moral J
seuse. And second, painting, in com- j
mon with all the other ans. implies the
dangerous quality of imagination. A
man of imagination is never moral; h<
out soars literal demarkations and re
views life under too many shifting
lights to rest content with the Invidious
distinctions of the law'!'*
"But you always say at least, so '
understood you”- said ruadame. "tha:
these lads display no Imagination
whatever.”
“My dear, they displayed imagina
tion, and of a very fantastic order, too,"
returned the Doctor, "when they em
braced their beggarly profession. Be
sides and this is an argument exactly
suited to your Intellectual level- many
of them are English aud American
"Where else should we expect to And
a thief? And now you had better get
your coffee. Because we have lost a
treasure, there Is no reason for starv
ing. For my part, i shall break my
fast with white wine. I feel unaccount
ably heated and thirsty to-day. I can
only attribute It to the shock of the
discovery. And yet, you will bear me
out, I supported the emotion nobly.”
The Doctor iiad now talked himsel:
back into an admirable humor; and as
lie sat in the arbor ami slowly imbibed
a large allowance of white wine and
picked a little bread and cheese with
no very impetuous appetite, If a third
of Ills meditations ran upon the missing
treasure, the other two-third* were
more pleasingly busied In the retro
spect ol his detective skill.
About eleven Casimlr arrived: he had
caught an early train to Fontaine
bleau. und driven over to save time;
and now his cab was stabled at Ten
talllons, and he remarked, studying
tils watch, that lie could spare an hour
and a half, lie was much tiie man of
business, decisively spoken, given to
frowning in an intellectual manner,
Anasiasie's born brother, he did not
waste much sentiment on the lady,
gave her an English family kiss, and
demanded a ineal without delay.
•'You can tell me your story while we
eat,” he observed. “Anything good to
day, Stasie?”
He was promised something good.
The (rio sat down to table In the arbor,
Jean-Marie waiting as well as eating,
and the Doctor recounted what had
happened in his richest narrative man
ner. Casimlr heard It with explosion*
of laughter.
ITO SB CO»TI*U«!>.»_
TWO CLASSES OF READERS.
Tho«e
Adore Thackeray.
“About fifteen years ago readers
used to be divided roughly into two
classes—those who ‘liked Dickens’ and
those who ‘adored Thackeray,’ ” says
the Ladies' Home Journal. "Each class
used to view the other with more or
lees contempt. Of the two the Thack
eray people felt themselves consider
ably superior to the Dickens people.
HEY! WHAT HAVE WE HERE?
tion. If you are cold, you can retire;
and, by the way, you might throw me
lown my trouaere. It la chilly for the
legs.”
"Oh. no!" protested Anaataate; "1 will
etay with you."
"Nay. uiadame. you ehall not miner
for your devotion “ said the Doctor
"I will myaa.f fetch you a shawl." And
he went upetalra and returned more
fully clad and with an armful of wraps
(or the shivering Anaataate. "And
now." he returned, “to investigate thla
crime ut «• proceed by Induction.
Anastasia, do you bnow anything that
can help oat" Anaetaal* knew noth
lag "Of you, Jean-Marl#!”
"Not I.' replied tba hoy atradlly.
"tlood," returned the Doctor, "We
•ball now turn uur at ten Mon to the
material evidence* It waa bum to be
a detective, I have Ike eye and the eye
it watt* spirit • PHrel. violence ha*
been employed tile doer waa broken
epen. and It may be abaerved. In paw
tag that the tor1' wav d*ar Indeed at
wbvi I pal * f,,f •* * •■»«* to plu< k with
Master Uogwe!*! (M«ond, here te Ike
iaatrumapt employed use «l ear own
iabl« huh owe wf uur bast, my d».»».
wb^'h meu to Indicate w*» pteparattoo
ew lb# part of the gang It gang it waa
fk i r< l ok c*v*t tkv guilt it 1 bo«
|v. . ,J .*•> t . IOI likes P’-an -.or-I
»* vkao sod ibc r -het aur nan i.Iim
i
stunted. Inductive science cr.u no fur
ther go."
"It Is wonderful," said bis wife "You
should Indeed have been a detective,
Henri. 1 hud nu Idea of your talents."
"My dear," replied Hesprea, rondo
acendtngly, "a man of scientific Imag
ination rombtnea the lesser faculties;
he la a detective Just as he Is a publi
cist or a general; these are but local
applications of hks special talent. But
now," he continued, "would you have
me go further? Would you bate me
lay my Anger on the eulprlta or rath
er. for I rannot promts* quite so much,
point out to you the very house where
they consort? It may he a satisfaction,
at least li la all ws are lihely to get.
since we are dented the remedy of law.
I tench the further stage In this way.
In order to All my outline of the rub
bery, 1 require a man lihely to he la
the forest Idling. I require a man of
education. I require a man superior M
tunstdsratiuna ml morality The three
requisite* all tenter in T«niattton's
hoarders They are palatere, therefore
they are continually toon ling in the
turret They are pa»ui*ce, therefore
they are not unlihely ta have some
smattering uf education, laitlf, be
<ausa they nr* painters they are prnb
tei< luw rat bud this t prove in two
a tye It*at. painting ta an art vkl b
wtnlf itHKtrii Un> eye it <hct nut
There were not so many of them, for
one thing, and that In Itself gave them
u feeling of exclusiveness. But Thack
eray's complete works for W.99 rapidly
abolished the aristocracy. Artificial
i>*irler» do not long couut for much
with s great writer. You no doubt
I very soon found out that In certain
moods there waa nothing more satis
fying to you than Tendennls.' and at
another time the best novel that you
i ever read was 'David Copporfleld.' I
have no doubt that In the long run deep
m your heart you will cherish a Oner
affection for the one than the other.
That Is a lustier of temperament sad
I tour surroundings. The one you like
treat Sts treat tutu your life as you srs
making It You will discover that a
: i ban«* of aret««< or occupation often
i brings you • sympathy with s
artier whom you never before appro*
dated \ greet sorrow will sometimes
: reveal tieorge KIM lo you, a little
Journey In tiagtaad will show you ns«
u tutt*<» In Trollope, a wavs of war
feeling in biurvtpe sad people begin re*
reading Tnfettd e War sad t*egir* *
V» >»4m«o
“I tugT see why they apeak of the
wisdom of the serpent.*
Will, yan never fcmrd of s aerpewi
getting Its t>’g pu ed. did |*gf‘
TALMAGE’S SERMON.
i
A TRIBUTE TO LAWYERS IN
LAST SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE. I*
| J
j t
Krnm the Text: ‘Tiring /rim. the Law- ! j
yer" Tltu* t ha|>ler a, I erne I a ]
Trial., Temptation* anil Triumph* of 1
the l*rnfe«*lnn.
_____ t
HE profession of j
the law is here in- j
traduced, and with- (
In two days In the
capital city :i03 j
young men Joined j
it, and at this sea- (
son in various .
parts of the land |
other hundreds are ,
taking their tllplo- ,
mas for an illtis- ]
trlous profession, and is it not appro- (
prlate that 1 address such young men ,
from a moral and religious standpoint,
aa upon them are now roiling the re
sponsibilities of that calling represent- ,
cd In the text by Zenas the lawyer.
We all admire the heroic and rigor
ous side of l>uill's nnture, as when he
stands coolly deliberate on the deck of
tlie corn ship while the Jack-lars of
the Mediterranean ure cowering in the
cyclone; as when he stands undaunted
amid Ihe marbles of the palace, before
thick-necked Nero, surrounded with
his twelve cruel llctors; ns when we
Musi min valuing IB iiwi.iiii* *4 **i *nin
his own needle, Mewing hnir-clotb, and
preaching the gospel in the Interstices;
as when wo find him able to take the
thirty-nine lashes, every stroke of
which fetched the hlood, yet continu
ing In his missionary work; as when
we find him, regardless of the conse
quence lo himself, delivering a tem
perance lecture to Felix, the govern
ment Inebriate. But sometimes we
catch u glimpse of the ni<ld and genial
side of Paul's nature. It seems that he
had a friend who was a barrister by
profession. His name was Zenas, and
be wanted to see him. Perhaps he had
formed the acqualnlanee of this lawyer
in the court-room. Perhaps, some
times. when he wanted to ask some
question In regard to Roman law, he
went to this Zenas, the lawyer. At
any rate, he had a warm attachment
for the man, and he provides for his
comfortable escort and entertainment
as he writes to Tltua; "Bring Zenas
the lawyer.”
This man of my text belonged to a
profession in which are many ardent
supporters of Christ and the Gospel.
Among them, Blackstone, the great
commentator on English law; and Wll
berforce, the emancipator; and Hie late
Benjamin F. Butler, attorney general
of New York; and the late Charles
Chauncey, the leador of the Philadel
phia bar; and Chief Justices Marshall,
and Tenterden, and Campbell, and Sir
Thomas More, who died for the truth
on the scaffold, saying to his aghast
executioner; "Pluck up courage, man,
and do your duty: my neck Is very
short; be careful, therefore, and do not
strike awry."
Among the mightiest pleas that ever
have been made by tongue of barrister,
have been pleas in behalf of the Bible
and Christianity—as when Daniel
Webster stood in the supreme court at
Washington, pleading in the famous
Girard will case, denouncing any at
tempt to educate the people without
giving them at the same time moral
sentiment, as "low, ribald and vulgar
deism and Infidelity;’’ as when Samuel
L. Southard, of New Jersey, the leader
of the forum In his day, stood on the
platform at Princeton College com
mencement, advocating the literary ex
cellence of the Scriptures; as when Ed
mund Burke, In the famous trial of
Warren Hastings, not only In behalf
of the English government, but In be
half of elevated morals, closed his
speech in the midst of thp most august
assemblage ever gathered in West
minster Hall, by saying; "I impeach
W a rron 14 a erf I w tra in fVixs nonin
house of commons, whose natlouul
character he has dishonored; I Impeach
lilm in the name of the people of In
dia. whose rights and liberties he has
subverted; I Impeach him In the nunu
of human nature, which he has dis
graced; in the name of both sexes, and
of every rank, and of every station,
and of every situation In the world, 1
impeach Warren Hastings.”
• e *
No other profession more needs the
grace of God to deliver them in their
temptations, to comfort them In their
trials, to sustain them In the discharge
of their duty. While I would have you j
bring the merchunt to Christ, and
while I would have you bring the farm- I
er to Christ, and while I would have I
you bring the mechanic to Chrlat, I ad- {
| dross you now In the words of Ban) j
to Titus: "Bring Zen as the lawyer."
I By so much as hts duties are delicate,
and great, by so much does he need
Christian stimulus and safeguard. We '
alt become clients. I do not supuse j
there Is s man lift) years of age. who
has been in active life, who has not
been afflicted with a lawsuit. Ymu
name is assaulted, sad you must have
legal protection. Your boundary line
is Invaded, and the courts must re- j
establish It. Your patent le Infringed
upon, and you must make the offend
ing manufacturer pay the penalty.
Yuur treasures are taken, and the thtef
must be apprehended You want ■»
make your will, and you do not want
to foiluw the etample of tbuue whu
fur the sake of saving libo from an at
torney, imperil and keep the
generation following for twenty years
quarreling about the estate, until it Is
all exhausted You are struck at hr »n
•Mswis, and you must invoke tor him
Ike penitentiary. All iIsmm .f p»r
gone In course of tune become clients,
and therefore they are all interea'ed in
Ike Morality »f the Christian int- gn t
of the legal pro tension, "Wring A* eat
: the law ret
Hut how te an attorney dntde as to
what are the principles by whisk Hr
should conduct hims«M In regard •*» Mr
eU.ntr’ us one esteems. I t rd t* «§•
hstn will spy or mBm * The nut
<ticp or guilt of your client Is noth- r
ng to you. You are to save your diem >
egardless of the torment, the suffer- e
ng. the destruction of others. You arc t
0 know hut one man in the world— l
our client. You are to save him l
hough you should bring your country '
nto confusion. At all hazzards yon j 1
mist save your client." So says Lord j l
Irougham. But no right-minded law- I
er could adopt that sentiment. On the i
ither extreme. Cicero will come to you <
,nd say: "You must never plead the <
ause of a bad man.” forgetful of the |
act that the greatest villain on earth I
mght to have a fair trial and that an 1
ittorney cannot he Judge and advocate l
it the same time. It was grand when I |
»rd Erskine sacrificed his attorney- (
;eneralshlp for the sake of defending |
rhomas Paine In his publication of hla ,
look called "The Rights of Man," t
vhlle, at the same time, he. the advo- i
ale, abhorred Thomas Paine's Irre
Iglous sentiments. Hot ween these two
ipposite theories of what Is right, what |
ihall the attorney do? God alone can
llrect him. To that chancery he must
ie appellant, and he will get an an
iwer In an hour. Blessed Is that at
orney between whoso office and the
hrone of God there Is perpetual, rev
■rentlal, and praycrfdl communication,
rhat attorney will never make an ir
reparable mistake. True to the habits
3f your profession, you say: "Cite us
tome authority on the subject." Well,
1 quote to you the decision of the su
preme court of heaven: "If any lack
wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth
to all men liberally, and upbraldeth
not, and It shall bo given him."
There are two or three forms of
lemptution to which tho legal profes
ilon Is especially subject. The first of
all Is scepticism. Controversy Is (he
lifetime business of that occupation.
Controversy muy he incidental or acci
dental with us; but with you It Is per
petual. You get so used to pushing the
sharp question "Why?" and making
unaided reason superior to the emo
tions, that the religion of Jesus Christ,
which Is a simple matter of faith, and
above human reason, although not con
trary to It, has hut little chance with
some of you. A brilliant orator wrote
a book, on the first page of which he
announced this sentiment: "An hon
est God Is the noblest work of man!"
D(,T|HU IHUI IH IUO IlliniHiVBl IV-II*|M.»uwii
of the legal profession, and that man
who can stand In that profession, re
sisting all solicitations to infidelity,
and can he as brave as George Briggs
of Massachusetts, who stepped from the
gubernatorial cbalr to the missionary
convention, to plead the cause of a dy
ing race; then on his way homo from
the convention, on a cold day, took off
his warm cloak and threw It over the
shoulders of a thinly clad missionary,
saying: "Take that and wear It, It will
do you more good than It will me;” or,
like Judge John McLean, who can step
from the supremo court room of the
United Slates on to the anniversary
platform of the American Sunday
School Union, its most powerful ora
tor—deserves congratulations and en
comium. Oh, men of the legal profes
sion, let me beg of you to quit asking
questions in regard to religion, and be
gin believing. The mighty men of your
profession. Story, and Kent, and Mans
field, became Christians, not through
their heads, but through their hearts.
"Except yo become as a little child, ye
shall in no wlso enter the kingdom of
God.” If you do not become a Chris
tian, Oh. man of the legal profession,
until you can reason this whole thing
out In regard to God and Christ and
the Immortality of the soul, you will
never become a Christian at all. Only
believe. "Bring Zenas the lawver.”
Another mighty temptation for the
legal profession is Sabbath breaking.
The trial has been going on for ten or
fifteen days. The evidence Is all in.
It Is Saturday night. Tho Judge's gav
el falls on the desk, and ho says:
"Crier, adjourn the court until ten
o'clock Monday morning." On Monday
morning the counsellor Is to sum up
the case. Thousands of dollars, yea,
the reputation and life of hts client
may depend upon tho success of his
plea. How will he spend the interven
ing Sunday? There is not one lawyer
out of a hundred that can withstand
the temptation to break the Lord's day
under Buch circumstances. And yet, If
he does, he hurts his own soul. What,
my brother, you cannot do before
twelve o'clock Saturday night, or after
twelve o'clock Sunday night. God does
not wuut you to do at all. Besides
that, you want the twenty-four hours
of Sabbath rest to give you that elec
trical and magnetic force which will ho
worth more to you before the Jury than
all the elaboration of your case on the
sacred day. My Intimate and lamented
friend, the late Judge Nctlson, In his
Interesting reminiscences of Rufus
Choate, says that during the last case j
that gentleman tried In New % rk. the j
court adjourned from Friday until j
Monday, on account of the Illness of j
Mr. Chaste; tut the chronicler tay»
that on the Intervening Hahuth he saw
Mr. Choate In the old "Brick Church," ,
listening to the Itev. Dr. Onrdlner
Spring I do not know whether, on
the following day, Bufua Choate won
hla cause or I oat It: but I do know that
hla KahIs*tic rest did not him any
harm Kvery lawyer le *t \u I to one
dsy'e rest out of seven. It \ surren
ders that, ha ruba three- Uo**:-his own
soul, and hla client, loud Caatlereagh
and Sir Thomas Homllly were the lead
ers of the bar In their day They both
died suicide* \\ liber force accounts for
their aberration of Intellect on the
ground that they were uniutenniUeiit
in their wo»h, and they never reeled on
Sunday "|*«**»e fellow'" raid Wilber.
tone, in regard to Caetlereagh "|h»r
fellow* It wae non-okaervanre of the
SabtatT *’ Chief Justice Hate say*
' When I i not properly h»ep thr
Unde day. eB the reel of the »•*!
I* an happy and unatucvsafnl in Mr
worldly employment I gum a ro d,* ■ ;
front the hiakeel atatnte booh in ih«;
universe IhMrM'er Ike danbath day
In beep it huly " The legal gentleman
wht« break* that itatnte may »e*m fnr !
guhils in k« advantaged, hut In th*
long tun. the Men who wtaearvs ihia law
nf U* 4 wilt have a t maitfiv. vae**
r Influence, greater professional sue
css than those men who break thm
tatute. Observance of the law of God
ays not only spiritually and eternally.
>ut it pays in hard dollars, or bank
ilia.
Another powerful temptation of the
pgal profession is to artificial stimu
li*. No one except those who havo
dtlressed audiences knows about tbo
icrvcus exhaustion that sometime*
omes afterward. The temptation tt»
trong drink approaches the legal pro
fusion at that very point. Then »
rial Is coming on. Through the Bl
ent Hated court room, the barrister's
icalth has been depressed for days and
or weeks. He wants to rally his ea
-gy. He Is tempted to resort to artl
Irlal stimulus It Is either to get him
elf up, or let himself down, that thin
emptatlon comes upon him. The
lower of the American bar, ruined in.
eputation and ruined In estate. sa..l
n his last moments: “This Is the end.
am dying on a borrowed bed, covered
vlth a borrowed sheet, In a house built
ty public charity. Bury me under
hit tree !r the middle of the field,
hat I may not be crowded; I always
:nve been crowded."
Another powerful temptation of th«
cgal profession Is to allow the absorto
ng duties of the profession to shut
.til thoughts (it the great future. To*
enow very v/ell that you who have so
pften tried others, will after a whife
lie nut on trial yourselves. Death aril
serve on you a writ of ejectment, and
you will be put off these earthly prem
ites. On that day, all the affairs «d
your life will be presented In a “hill ol
particulars." No certiornrl from *
l.lgher court, for this Is the highest
: ourt. The day when Ijonl Exeter was
tried for high treason; the day whet* .
the house of commons moved for the
Impeachment of Ixtrd I^ovat; the day*
when Charles I and Queen Caroline
were put upon trial; the day when
liobert Emmet wus arraigned as an In
surgent; the day when Ulennerhatsrt
was brought Into the court room be
cause he had tried to overthrow the
United States government, and all tlw
other great trials of the world arv
nothlng compared with the great trial
In which you and I shall appear sum
moned before the Judge of cjitlcK and
dead. There will bo no pleading their
"the statute of limitations;" no “turn
ing state’s evidence,” trying to get tjtt
yourselves, while others suffer; no
"moving (or a nonsuit. The case wiu
come on Inexorably, and wo shall be
tried. You, my brother, who have wo
often been advocate for others, vril*
then need an advocate for yourself
Have you selected him? The L*ir®'
chancellor of the universe. If any
man sin, we have an Advocate—Jess*?
Christ the righteous. It is uncertaii*
when your rase will be called on. "Be.
ye also ready.”
A THRILLING REMINISCENCE.
A Forty-Niner's Tslo of Escape froeiUa
A parlies.
From the Detroit Free Press: ” ’Boot
th’ closest call I ever had.” said the
long-legged man on a backless chair la
front of the grocery, “wus when I vrtw
emigratin' to Callforney In ’49. Thews
wus ’bout fifty of us started together,
but didn't agre,e very well, so ten of i»
sep'rated (rum th’ rest, an’ run a ex per
dition of our own. We got along alf
right till we got among them Apache*.
They was soon hangin’ on our trail
an’ one day they s’rounded us. They
wus fifty to our one an’ all wo could'
look for'ard to wus to die fighUn’
They kep' a circlin’ an’ a circlin’ an’ a
glttln’ nearer all th’ time, an’ ns stan’in
with our backs together waitin’ til! w«
mild shoot to kill. .list when we wus
a whisperin’ good-bye to each other
them red devils took to their heels
like th’ United States army was arter
them. It wus an airthquake done It,
an' we wasn’t troubled no more.’"
’’Wus they a volcaney there?” asked '
the little man with high shoulders and ?
a weazened face.
"Naw! What’er you talkin’ ’bout rol~
cancys? I said airthquake.”
“I heerd you. But I went through
that same deestrlck that year. Then*
Apaches got after us an’ we hustled
them tip Into th’ crater of a volcany so
as to stan’ ’em off. We built a kin’ of at
platform inside un’ they couldn’t a took
us in a thousand years If we’d hed
grub. One morntn’ when we wus jfst
about starved, that ole volcaney kim i
to life, cut loose like a dynermlte ex
plosion an’ we wus blowed ninety miles
to th’ west afare we landed in a san*
hill. Not a durn one of us had m
i cratch.” The long-legged man reached
tor his weazel skin, took on a sickly
grin aud said: "What'll you fellers
take?”
and (lie Ni.otrhiuaa.
Scott liuit u do not like to Ik> remind
cd of the saying that It requires a sur
gical operation to make them see m
Joke. and. as u matter of fact, they an*
a* susceptible to the Influence of moat
good stories as anybody else. Ur. U»
pvw, however, seems hardly to belles*
this, though he has many warm friends
among Hcotcbmeu, Including lau Mac
tarea himself. Once at a Scotch din
ner the doctor said that It the Joke*
uttered by him that evening were not
instantly appreciated Ikcv surely would
be by the lime the neat annual dinaew
was held,
”1 don l think that • a eery fuaay
eg* , in »ay, ’ was the grow hug eugn
total of g baud tome old Scot tlttlag
near by.
“Oh. ‘ said Uepear, "that’* all right.
You'll «e«* the luu ol It a yeai liana
now."- K*< hsuge.
| uIldHtll l*e»*lh*
"lie «a»« that h» igund* tu lay wjt.
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