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THE CHILD WITH EARNEST EYES. Ere the dawn grew red. beside my bed Came a child with earnest eye*. "What light have you shed through the world?" she said. "Now you are old and was*.*" •' 'Tis a weary while,” quoth T, with O smile, “Since I dreamed It had need of me. I found but guilt In Its fairest wile." ■‘Then its need was greater.” said she. “So the hungry you fed. and wanderers led. And smiled on the weary and sad?" "Scarce I even,” 1 said, "my own bitter bread. And I have no time to be glad.” She spoke not blame, nor again of fame; "But the love that 1 dreamed about?” "Bright burned that flame till gaunt Care came And blew the rushlight out." I “But still true friends kind heaven sends To cheer and comfort you?" “Nay; friendship bends to selfish ends, And loyal hearts arc few." She raised her head. “Woman." she said. And her voice came aobliingly. “If joy is dead, and your high hopes fled. You have broken faith with me." In the dawn, still gray, she stole away. With a grieving look at me. “I cannot stay,’ I heard her say. "I'm the Child You I’scd to Be!" —Katharine Pelton In Century. = The Sixth H^r\d ]= ~ fi ! "No. thanks," said the drummer; "I’m through with poker.” The men in the smoking rocm of the coastwise steamship howl?d in deri sion and incredulity. "No, boys,” said the drummer, sen ously, "I've sworn off on poker. I can’t play the game any more.” “Well, then." said the man who had Invited him to join the game, "I ;;n -ts it’s all off for to-night. I don’t care any thing about four-handed poker. Honest, now. Mac, this is the bigg st surprise I’ve had since Cocktail Jim climbed on the water wagon. What made you swear off?” “An experience ! had in a game I played about six months ago. down in Nova Scotia," said the drummer, "it broke my nerve. In my be1 in • trips I visited Halifax about twU ■ .1 year, and every time I went there 1 Fat in a poker pain > with the same crowd. There was a big. burly hotel keeper named Drake, a French Canadian named Onesime Eellefontair.e; his cousin, a barber, whose name was Nor eisse l.o iilanc, and an Irishmen named O'lteilly. The game v. as played in Eral e's hotel. "A year ago when i was there the game was on Saturday night, and De Iilanc did not butt in until well on toward morning. He was u nice, slen der, good-looking young tellow, -.other delicate and what you mi cut call pretty, and simply crazy on poker. The game wasn’t very high, but it served to paEs away tlie time. "Well, on this nlpht. Narcisse De Iilanc came hurrying into the stuffy little bark room, threw off his coat, drew out a ten-doilar hill and bought ids chips. The limit was 50 cents. “ ‘Who’s winniu' to-night—you, M'soo Drake?" he asked. “ ’No!’ growled the big hotel keeper, and the game went on. Narcisse won steadily, and as steadily drank nips of whisky and water and smoked cigar ettes. ID* hurried through his work that night and lie was hut and ex cited. ‘‘‘Phew!’ lie exclaimed, 'but It’s hot! Open de window dere, seme one! ’ " Better not. Narclss?,’ I said; ‘you have a cigarette cough already; you are silting with your back to the win dow, and you’ll catch a cold, aud cel ls bring on catanh. and catarrh bring* on consumption, and consumption in troduces the 1 can Fellow.' "‘De Dean Fellow! Who dat ?’ “‘Mr. Death.’ “‘Bah! Who's ’feared of him?’ “ ‘Well, I am, for one,’ l said. ‘I know a man in Boston,’ I went on. ‘who writes for the paper; mighty clever man, but he has a bad habit of joking with death; lie's too familiar with him. lie calls him by nicknames. The Lean Fellow is one of them. Quod Lord! The Lean Fellow! The uame The wind, blowing <n from Lie 3:a, puffea straight in his fas:, almost makes you see him. and the bare ribs, and to make you hear the ■wind whistling through the bare ribs! Yes, Narclsse, I fear the Lean Follow.’ “ ‘An’ do I love him—me? Not mooch,’ said Narclsse; ‘but I cau stand a breath of de fresh air.’ He got up and opened the window. Th» w nd. blowing in from the sea. puffed straight in hi3 face. The oil lamps flared. The I0030 cards jumped on the table. " 'It s blowing through the I.ean Fellow's ribs. B-r-r-r! Shut the win dow!’ gaid Drake. Just then a head appeared at the open window and the light fell upon a grotesque nose and a pair of little sharp eyes. The nose was long and fleshless and stuck out from the sunken cheeks like the beak of a bird. “ ‘The Lean Fellow himself! Look, Narclsse! laughed Drake. He went to I The cards of the extra sixth hand were visibly agitated. the man at the window. ‘VVhat’s the matter. Jake? Is the inspector around?’ "The man nodded. He had a police man's helmet bphind his back. ‘Lie low,’ he said, i'll let you know when the coast is clear. (Jive me a drink.’ He got his drink. The window was closed, the blinds drawn, the lights lowered, and we waited in the dark. “ ‘What's the matter, Narcisse?' I asked. I fancied I could hear Le Blanc’s teeth chattering. 'Oh. nod itig. noding,' said Narcisse. hastily. He admitted afterward, however, that the wind had chilled him. The lights were turned up and the game went on. Now and then Narcisse sneezed or hemmed in his throat. The tide of luck turned; he was beaten on an ace fully by four little ones, and after that he lost stead ily. Morning brought end to the game and to Le Blanc’s money. He bor rowed a couple of dollars front his j cousin and went miserably home. "Six months later I was sitting in (he same game. I was dealing. 'The game doesn't seem the same without Le Blanc,' I remarked, glancing at the new player, a clumsy fellow. 'How is he. Bellefontaine?' "’Pretty low,’ said the cousin, scan ning his cards. 'I'm tired, me, sitting up with hint. I should be there to night, 1 s’pose. I'll take two cards.’ “It was a Jack pot. and Drake had opened it. 'I'll take one card,’ he said. ‘I ll tell you what,’ he went on. 'Nar cisse wasn't built to stand the pace he went; it was too swift for him. 1 guess he's done for. I'll bet a dollar on my two little pairs, and look out for squalls, hoys.’ “I had caught a third queen, and I said: 'A dollar better. I guess raising the window that night fixed Le Blanc ! 1 was right; the Lean Fellow was there.’ "'Poor Narcisse.’ said Bellefontaire. Til raise you bofe just one little dollar more.’ " ‘Count me out,’ said the fifth play er. laying down his cards, as did O’Rrtlly. ‘1 hear that Narcisse is ex pected to cash in to-night.’ " Is that so?' said Drake, as he raked in the pot, having caught a full house, and he started to deal again. T guess he'd rather he here to-night and take a hand with us. He was dotty on poker.’ " 'That may bo so,’ said I, 'but yon needn't deal six hands. I don't think he’ll come to take it.’ Drake stared at the table. It was true. He had dealt six hands. He laughed. Misdeal.’ he said. 'I guess I must have meant it for Narcisse.’ "There was a uause as Drake reached for the cards, and then ‘“Sacre Dieu!' screamed Bellefon taine, failing with a scared, white face back from the table. ’Narcisse is—is cakin’ de hand!’ “And, by the Lord, the cards of the extra sixth hand were visibly agitated. They gathered together for all the world as though a hand arranged tnem; they seemed to be lifting. “ ’You chump!" cried Drake to Belle fonteine, ‘it's only the draught from tile chimney!’ " What did you think it was?' I managed to ask. "Bellefontaine sat down, wiping his forehead. And then on the hot sum mer air the stroke of a bell boomed, them another and another, solemnly and slowly; it was tolling. Bellefon- ' taine got lip and on legs that trembled left the room, crossing himself as ho went. The game was ended. “It was ended indepd for Narcisse Le Blanc. The church bell told us that. And then I quit poker for good." —C. Al. Williams in New York Press. HE HAD TO WAIT. Dog Stealer’s Naive Explanation of Lost Time. Sir Edwin Landseer, the animal painter, one time was about to put the finishing touches to the portrait of a dog belonging to a nobleman and was expecting a visit from his model when the owner arrived in a state of great perturbation without the dog— the animal had been stolen. After talking over the loss with Sir Edwin the owner decided to leave the matter in the painter’s hands, together with a £10 note as a reward for the re covery of the dog. Sir Edwin's ac quaintance with the dog fanciers was large and he summoned to his aid one Jem Smith, who he thought migat put him on the right track. He showed the man the picture and the bank note and promised that if the dog was restored no questions should be asked. Six weeks later Smith ar rived at the studio leading ttie miss ing dog by a piece of string. “Here is your £10.” said the artist, “and I suppose 1 must ask no questions. But now that the affair is done with you may just as well tell me all about it.” After a moment of hesita tion the man confessed that he him self was the thief. “You. you thundering rascal!” exclaimed Sir Edwin. "Then why on earth have you kept mo in suspense ail this time?” “Well, you see. gov’ner," was the answer, “1 stole the dorg. but the gen-leman I sold him to Uep' 'im so jolly close that I hadn't a chance of nicking him again till yesterday, and that's the truth’ s’elp me.” ONE ON THE PROFESSOR. Prank of College Students That Really Was Funny. In a college town two students werc passirg by a "painless" dentist’s office shortly after nightfall, when one of them, as if he had thought of some thing remarkably funny, suddenly rar, and took down the sign about a yard long that was hanging from two nails The next morning, when the Latin class was assembling, every student as lie took his seat and looked toward the teacher’s platform seemed to be un able to keep back a burst of laughter. The professor of Latin belonged to a type of which a specimen can be found In many a college faculty. He had no idea how to keep order in his class, and would fly into a rage at the small est interruption and launch forth into a tirade of abuse, forgetting all about the lesson. In this way he had won for himself the nickname of "Gasbag Tommy.” This morning the laughter of so many of the class seemed to in furiate him. and he began to apply all kinds of epithets to the offenders, with out diminishing the merriment, how ever. At last he noticed that every body was looking over his head; turn ing around, he discovered, with con tinually Increasing rage, the cause of the mirth, it was a dentist's sign, and the words on it were; “Gas Administered.” “Unto How Many.” t'nto how many men each hour „ Frail little fingers sepk to bring Some gentle Rift, some flower That is the soul's best offering' Some happiness which we despise, Some boon we toss aside forever— And only that our selfish eyes May smile one minute on the giver. How many of us count or treasure The little lives that perish thus To garner us a moment's pleasure. A moment's space to comfort us? Blind, ever blind, we front the sun Ami cannot see the angels near us. Forget the tender duties done By willing slaves to help and cheer ua Earth and Its fullness all the fair Creations of this heaven and air. All lives that die that we may live. All gifts of service we pass by: All blessings love hath power to give We scorn, O God. or we deny! — Robert Buchanan One Rooster Per Passenger. It takes Havana railroad compan ies for tine discrimination and regard for the comfort of passengers. Some of the rules and regulations govern ing these roads are tnus laid down, for the benefit of the ignorant, in the guide to Havana —a little, red-covered book, printed in Spanish and the quaintest possible English. “if trains are delayed and the pas senger desists from going, the ticket Is redimed; but if otherwise, the train is on time and ho desists, only half fare is returned, if the passen ger loses the train on his own fault no return whatever is made. “The company prohibits the carry ing of more than one rooster in a first-class car, if carried in a basket, and in the other cars dogs with mussgle and l,a dost. chickens, but no ice is allowed in the cars nor flsh or any ether article injurious to the comfort of Passenger?.”—Brooklyn | Eagle I DOAN’S CHANGE DOUBT TO GLAD SURPRISE Everett. 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Wo hail tried many * remedies with little benefit but found ► Doan's act promptly, and hitthecaso, • which was an unusual desire to urinate — hud to get up five anil six times of a night. I think Diabetes was well tinder way, the feet and ankles swelled. There was an intense pain in the back, the heat of which would fed like [Hitting one's hand up to a lamp chimney. I lmvo used the freo trial and two full boxes of Doan’s Pills with the satisfaction of feeling that I am cured. They are the remedy par excellence.— B. F. Ballard. GROWLS FROM THE TIGER. Most girls close their eyes when they are kissed; do you blame them? The poor ye have always with you —often so close that they touch you. Politeness is the salt of life; you hate to have it rubbed into you when you are cut up. It. does not make it right to do what you ought not to do when you don’t do what you ought to do. A lot of people who should be spending good time getting good money spend good money getting a good time. It is all very well to get a good start, but the start you get when some fool puts his cold hands down your neck may bo too good.—Prince ton Tiger. Bear Worshipers In Japan. The queerest and perhaps the old est people of the earth are the Ainos, the bear idolators, who are found in the Japanese islands of Kovriles, Sah L all no and chiefly iu Yezo or Hon ztaido. They number not more than iS.OOO souls in all and they are fast disappearing. They have the broad nose and the oblique eyes which char acterize tho Chinese and Asiatic races generally, but there the resemblance ends. The Ainos are a large and powerful people, straight as an arrow. All tho Ainos declare they sprang Irvm the Clreat White Dog—the bear — and a princess of tho south. The bear is their chief god. KNEW WHEN TO CUIT. Judge Promptly Saw the Point In Pol itician’s Advice. One of the most hospitable citizens of Sioux Falls was Judge Fuller of the Supreme Court. He was intro duced to the president's attention with the following incident of his career: The judges made a strong campaign to get tho legislature to raise their salaries. The bill met with great op position. Judge Fuller, who had no email political Influence, went up to Pierre to see about it. He was mat by one of the leaders of the party. "How about this thing?" said the Judge. “Judge," said the other politician, gravely, “you better drop this salary business. I tell you as a friend. You don't want it to go through. It is not In your interest.” “Why ain’t it?" “Don't you see. Judge.” explained the politician, “that if we put the sal aries of the judges up to the figure you want, the people will turn around and elect real lawyers to the bench.” The point of the story Is that the judge dropped the amendment at ouce.—New York Sun. IN CONVENTION. Teachers Learn Something Not In the Class Books. A number of young women attend ing a teachers' convention at Okla homa City some time ago learned a valuable lesson in hygiene through a sister teacher who says: “About a year ago I had my first attack of poor health and it seemed a terrible thing to me for l had always been so well and strong. My stomach distressed me terribly; it seemed like it was raw, especially after breakfast, and it would burn and hurt roe so l could not rest. I was soon convinced that It was caused by coffee drinking and at the request of a friend I gave up coffee and began to use Postum Cof fee. “The change in my condition was something marvelous. I had actually given up teaching because doctors were unable to help my stomach trou ble but since I quit coffee and used Postum my troubles have disappear ed and I have gone to teaching again. “Some time ago I attended a con vention at Oklahoma City and I de termined to have Postum at my boarding-house where there were eight other teachers, four of them Buffering from coffee sickness. My landlady did not make the Postum right, but I showed her how and we all found It delicious. We all drank It the rest of the time we were there and the young ladles in question felt much better and declared that their heads were much clearer for study and their general health much im proved. I have their names if you care for them." Names furnished by Foscum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Had Missed Him. When a shot was fired in the wings of au opera-house during the third ant of "Carmen” on Zelie do Lussan’s opening night in San Francisco a dis appointed spectator, who considered Tannery's Don Jose about "the limit," remarked with a sigh of relief, ; "Thank God.” Those about him, who snared his feelings, snickered sympa thetically. But their smiles were turned to peals of laughter when Don Jose presently bobbed up serenely, and the talkative wag exclaimed trag i ically: "Ye gods, her aim was bad. She missed him!” Senator Studies Meierology. Senator Dillingham of Vermont is a close student of meterology, finding much amusement in watching the changing temperature lines on the big weather mar) at the senate and of the capitol. “That pond fascinates m-s.” 3aid the senator pointing to the Gulf of Mexico. “It gives up most of the water that is carried overland and falls as rain in the Eastern and Middle states. What should we do were it not for the Gulf of Mexico?” he asked with the enthusiasm of a teacher in structing a geography class. The Young Critics’ Idea. Friends of E. J. Couse. the artist, •are laughing over a remark made by some seminary girls who attend ed an exhibition where his picture, "The Peace Pipe," took the Hallgar ten prize. “I like that Couse canvas better than anything I’ve looked at," said one, "and I want mamma to come and see it.” "Which one was that?” her friend Inquired. "Oh! That Peace-Pipe Dream,” was the re ply. Santos-Dumont Building Again. Reports from Paris state that San tos-Dumont is busy building a big bal loon shed which will house at least three of his airships. He has pur chased 12,000 square meters of land facing the Seine at Neuilly, just op posite the island of Putoaux, where is situated the famous summer club for Parisian sportsmen. M. Dumont lives in the Champs Elysees and goes about on a tiny electric American runabout. 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