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TAMPED WITH RED CLAY.
Traveler Tells How Firecrackers Are
Made in China.
“I noticed a lot of fireworks in an'
East Water street window recently,”
said a Minneapolis man to the Milwau
kee News. “When I wras in China I
used to see them made. The fire
cracker has been in use there a few
thousand years. Few people outside of
China know the method of manufac
ture. The straw paper is first rolled
by hand around an iron rod, which
varies in size according to the size
of the cracker to be made. To com
plete the rolling a rude machine is
used. This consists of two uprights
supporting an axis, from which is
suspended by two arms a heavy piece
of wood slightly convex on the lower
side. There is just room between this
swinging block and the top of the
table to place the cracker. As each
layer of paper is put on by hand the
cracker is placed upon the table and
the suspended weight is drawn over
the roll, thus tightening it until no
more can be passed under the weight.
For the small ‘whip’ cracker the work
man uses for compression instead of
this machine a heavy piece of wood
fitted with a handle like that of a car
penter’s plane. In filling crackers 200
or 300 are tied together in a bunch.
Red clay is spread over the end of
each cracker with a punch. While
the clay is being tamped in a little
water is sprayed on it, which makes
it pack closer. The powder is pourecT
in the other end of the cracker. With
the aid of an awl the edge of the pa
per is turned in at the upper end of
the cracker and the fuse is inserted
through this. That is the way the
Chinese make them. In China they
can be purchased at a cost of sixty
two cents for 10,000, although the
best quality commands twice that
price.”
Painter Had Studied Subject.
Great vigilance has to be exercised
by the antiquarian painter. This was
demonstrated by Sir Lawrence Alma
Tadema's picture, “The Finding of
Moses.” Looking at the picture, a well
known botanist examined with admi
ration the painting of the lifelike
larkspurs which form the foreground,
and then turning toward the artist
and congratulating nim on the suc
cessful rendering, pointed out that the
larkspurs were of comparatively re
cent growth. The painter laughed as he
replied, “So I thought, until dried
specimens of them were discovered in
some of the recently explored royal
tombs of Egypt.”
How We “Get On.”
Getting on means, according to our
philosophy, getting a lot of money,
anyhow, by any means; living in a big
house chockful of furniture; eating
and drinking whht we call the best,
which doctors will tell you means
things very bad for the liver, leading
to dyspepsia, chronic headache, and
general distaste of life; dressing our
selves in expensive clothes, in w’hich
we fancy our stout persons look re
markably well; inviting hundreds of
people to our house, the majority of
whom we personally dislike; dressing
our daughters like peacocks, and pay
ing two or three hundred a year to
have our boys taught iootball.—J. K.
Jerome, in “To-day.”
Emerson Saluted by Swimmers.
The following story was told by the
Rev. Theodore Williams, late princi
pal of Hackley. Mass., who was ac
quainted with Ralph Waldo Emerson:
A number of boys were swimming in
Walden pond, when Emerson was seen
approaching.
“Oh. there is Emerson,” one said,
and all scrambled for their hats. When
he went by he had to pass a row of
naked boys, who were taking off their
hats to him.
Emerson returned the politeness, as
far as his hat went, but retained his
apparel.
SCIENCE OF THE GHOSTLY
Andrew Lang Tells of Mysterious Experiences for
Which He Is Unable to Find Any Explanation
Andrew Lang, relating mysterious
experiences of his own, says: “I did
once believe myself to have met the
late Prof. Conington in Oriel lane at
Oxford and said so to my frietds
next day. Mr. Conington was, in fact,
on his death bed at Boston and died
within two days. But people who
never saw him may think that mis
taken identity explains the case. He
was in cap and gown, close to his col
lege gate, and I could have sworn to
him; that is all I know. Bat on two
other- occasions I saw—once in the
hall of an old manor and once
through my study window at my door
—two friends,1 neither of whom was
bodily present. They are alive and
well.
“I have superintended experiments
in staring into a glass ball for the pur
pose of trying to detect the object of
the thought of a third person not in
contact with the gazer and the results
left no shadow of doubt in my mind
that something strange was occurring.
The gazer would describe not only the
person, never seen or heard of by her,
of whom the other party to the experi
ment was thinking, but would also
describe that person’s dress and what
he or she was doing or had recently
been doing.
“A series of such successes, tem
pered by three or four failures, per
suaded me that, whether you call the
process ‘telepathy’ or associate it with
the ‘N’ rays (which I reckon absurd),
there exists a faculty in human na
ture which demands attention. If
only the general public would under
stand the importance of recording in
stantly, with corroboration, all cases
of hallucinations of the sane, of co
incidental dreams and so forth that
occur, we might make swifter ad
vances.”
Unfortunate Selection.
“You say the prisoner was singing.
Did you notice the song?”
“Yes, your hohor. He repeated it so
many times that it impressed itself
upon my memory. It was something
about a daffydil.”
“A new song?”
“I had never heard it before, your
honor. It was a sentimental song—
something in the popular line. No
doubt your honor knows the sort.”
“Perhaps I do. Can you sing it, of
ficer?”
“I can make the attempt, your
honor. The air is simple, but the
words are a trifle hard. Do you want
me to sing it, sir?”
“Yes. Silence in the court.”
“One xr*ment, your honor. Will
your honor kindly recollect that the
prisoyr was intoxicated at the time,
and that it was not altogether easy to
catch the exact words?”
“Proceed witn the song.”
“Yes, your honor. It was like this:
‘By shaty noog an’ guggling rill I
sawed for thee, my Daffydil. I bat my
heart bees till, bees till, an’ criefl all
oaJ ior Daffydil. Oh, Daffydil, my
Daffydil, I love thee still an-never Poor Cookery in England,
will. The days zat go are all zo slow. “Of all the arts, that of cookery is
I miz see zo, my Daffydil!’” the least known in England.” So said
“You say the prisoner sang that?” tne hishop of Salford to the girls of
‘‘Yes, your honor.” the Manchester high school, says a
“Six months at hard labor. Next London correspondent. Out of the
case.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. fullness of the heart the mouth speak
- eth. The bishop has perhaps suffered
Bars Wedding Rehearsals. But this wail is not new. It was Vol
Rev. Charles E. Guthrie, pastor of taire who moaned that England had
Park Place Methodist Episcopal fifty religions and only one sauce
church, Baltimore, announces that in From time to time the brave men who
future he will refuse to read the mar- having found after labor and pain, o
riage service at rehearsing parties, good cook, have made sure of her by
Moreover, he discourages the idea of marrying her, have been regarded
fashionable weddings in churches, with envy by ladies and silent adwi
which make rehearsals necessary, ration by men. It is to be hoped that
holding that such affairs make too the girls of Manchester will invaria
much of the dramatic effect and dress bly digest the remarks of the bishop.
display and too little of the solemnity —___
of the obligation that is being as- Communion for Sir Knights,
sumed. Mr. Guthrie believes that an The communion was administered
Important contributing cause to the di- to the Knights of St. JohIT of Jerusa
vorce evil lies in the fading out of the lem on June 24 in the crypt chapel oi
religious idea regarding marriage. St. John’s, Clerkenwell, London. The
-last service was held there in 1640,
Keep Hats on Straight. just before the priory of the order
Policemen in Washington have# re- was dissolved by Henry VIII. The
ceived an order to see that their bel- crypt Is 700 years old, but is in ex
mets are on straight cellent preservation
LIMIT HAD BEEN REACHED.
Clergyman's Threat of Making Trou
ble Had Little Weight.
De Wolf Hopper, back in New York
and at the Lambs’ Club, is authority
for a story which contains rather a
fair amount of philosophy. “Often
when I have been having a run of
hard luck,” the comedian declares,
“this tale has made me see the hum
orous side of the proverbial ‘last
straw.’
“While we were traveling in the
Middle West one day last March my
attention was attracted to a sorrowful
looking man with a small boy whc
sat across the way from me. Oppo
site the pair was a lanky clergyman
of the sort who make’s every one’s
business his own. The man was be
rating the boy, and, judging by ap^
pearances, the clergyman didn’t like
it. Finally, goaded on by some par
ticularly violent rebuke, the ministei
leaned forward and said: ‘I can’i
permit you to talk that way to youi
son. If you persist 111 make trouble
for you.”
“Evidently this was too much foi
pater familias. He broke out violently
‘You'll make trouble for me!’ he ex
claimed with infinite scorn. ‘YouT
make trouble for me! My wife fell oil
the train at Des Moines, I lost my hat
out of the car window twenty minutes
ago, this kid has just sat on the lunch
and you’ll make trouble for me!’”
Precious Stones’ Rivals.
Talk about a yellow peril! Jewelers
face enemies that are green, brown
pink and blue, in the form of neck
laces of semi-precious stones, which
have become so popular they have
caused a- slump in the sale of dia
monds, says the New York Press
Many women who would scorn tc
wear imitation gems, no matter how
attractive they were, are ready tc
adorn themselves with chains of kun
zite, onyz and jade, for those mineral?
make no pretense of being other that
they are and are wonderfully effective
Mrs. George Gould has a necklace Ot
the water stones of Uruguay, which
she sometimes wears with white
gowns. They are semitransparent anc
every one holds a drop of water in it?
center which moves with every mo
tion. With simple attire such orna
ments are much more suitable thaz
pearls.
Making It Easy for Him.
“The most difficult part of a pas
tor’s duty," said a well-known preach
er, "is the pastoral calls. I have al
ways remembered one of the first 1
ever made, when I was a green youth
just out of theological seminary. I had
been called to the bedside of a mem
ber of my church, who was well known
for his peculiarities and crankiness
After talking with him a few minutes.
I said:
“ ‘Shall I offer a short prayer with
you?’
“ ‘Short or long, use your own judg
ment,’ he said.
“More and more embarrassed I hes
itated, and then said: ‘What shall J
pray for?’
“ ‘Exercise your own discretion as
to selection of topics,’ said he.”
— 1*111 *
American League Notes.
Lajoie thinks the “spit” ball should
be abolished.
Captain Collins looks about fifteen
pounds over weight.
Emmett Heidrick is playing occas
ionally with the Clarion (Pa.) team.
Harry Bay again is playing a re
markably speedy game for the Cleve
lands.
Hickman is back at Detroit’s first
base, Sam Crawford having returned
to the outfield.
It is rumored that Tri-State mana
gers are after the Chicago American
battery. Smith and McFarland.
The Washington Post thinks that
Lew Drill is a 50 per cent better play
er than he was when with Washing
ton.
Manager McAleer said that nothing
astonished him so much as that Hei
drick failed to report to him for uutv
this spring.
For a team minus two star outfield
ers, Barrett and McIntyre, the Detroit
bunch is running along in a manner
very much to the Japanese.
Clark Griffith has signed George
Duquette, a young left-hander of the
Paterson team, Hudson River league.
Griffith saw him pitch against Pough
keepsie on Sunday. He will give him
a month's chance to make good.
The suspension of Pitcher Joss and
Catcher Buelotv, of Cleveland, lasted
only three days. In consequence of
that punishment Manager Lajoie has
positively prohibited all wrangling
with the umpires for any cause what
ever.
National League News.
Selee’s new pitcher, Ruelbacb, is
certainly a wonder.
Clancy is of the opinion that Ames
has th« best curve he ever saw.
Cincinnati has taken an upward
slant since Jack Barry was placed on
the first bag.
“This year will about close inde
pendent baseball leagues,” says Presi
dent Harry Pulliam.
Johnny King of Chicago says bar
ring accidents he will catch one hun
dred games again this season.
Fred Odweli is playing 18-carat ball
in the Cincinnati sun field and slam
ming out the ball in the good old way.
The Cincinnati club has sold Catch
er Cliff Blankenship to Seattle, giv
——— r
ing the base runners with twenty Stol
en bases.
A.merican Association.
The St. Paul club has released
Catcher Elmer Pierce and Jack Za
lusky.
President Grillo goes on record with
the prediction that Toledo,will finish
in the first division.
Critics in the American Association
cities pick Milwaukee to win the pen
nant in that league.
They say that Jack Doyle is far from
being all in. He is banging the ball
at a stout clip for Toledo.
Catcher William Schriever of the
Louisville club has been given his un
conditional release by President Te
beau.
For three weeks Ed Grillo has been
trying to get Gessler, the Brooklyn
outfielder, but has just found out that
Hanlon has decided to keep “Brownie.”
Infielder Barbeau of Columbus has
now' shown himself in every tow-n and
i has pulled off plays which have forced
! the people to give him a bang-up
: rating.
For a man who is supposed to be all
in and his baseball days ended. In
fielder Jack O'Brien, of Watervliet, is
putting up a grand article for Mil
waukee.
New' York Americans won’t get Tate
Cromley and Frank Roth, the Indian
apolis battery. “We are trying to
strengthen our team instead of weak
ening it,” says Manager Barrow.
Outfielder Charley Hemphill, of the
St. Paul team, formerly of St. Louis,
has made a record for batting safely
in thirty-three successive games.
Pitcher Scott on June stopped him.
Three-I League.
Pitcher Harry Wallace of Richmond
has signed with Rock Island.
John Gertenreich, a Chicago out
fielder. has been signed by Decatur.
Dubuque has released and Bloom
irgton has signed Pitcher Guy Balliet.
The Springfield club has released
Pitchers Frank Dick and Clarence
Holmes.
Taft, released by Springfield, has
been signed by Decatur as change
catcher.
The Davenport club has signed Out
fielder Harry Reed, late of the Mis
i souri Valley league.
- JOHNNY EVERS.
Second Baseman of the Chicago (N. L.) Club.
ing him half of the purchase money,
about $500.
The Pittsburg club has yielded to
Otis Clymer. who demanded his re
lease or $150, which had been de
ducted as fines. He got the $150.
All Jack Barry needs is a frequent
change of scene. He is now going as
fast for Cincinnati as he did for the
Phillies and Chicago when he first
joined them.
The Boston club has decided to re
lease Outfielder Bayard F. Sharpe to
make room for “Cosy” Dolan. A re
port had it that Young, Wolverton,
Sharpe, Raymer and Delehanty had
decided to jump in a bunch to the out
law Tri-State league. Manager Ten
ney and Harry Wolverton denied the
report over their signatures.
Southern League.
Manager Otto Jordan of Atlanta
leads his team in batting with an av
erage of .300.
The Birmingham club has sold
Pitcher Sales to the Meridan club, of
the Cotton States league.
Just outside Atlanta, Ga., there is a
baseball team imposed of seven
brothers and two cousins, all the
members of the nine answering to the
name of Jenkins. All the members are
bricklayers in the off season.
Little Rock has loaned Montgomery
the services of Catcher Andy Ander
son. who was drafted by Detroit last
year, but reverted to Little Rock. He
recently refused to report to Little
Rock because that club refused to pay
him salary from the beginning of the
season.
Three prominent directors of the
Montgomery club have signified their
dissatisfaction, it is‘said, at the man
agement of Tom O'Brien by resigning.
The association has a year's contract
with O’Brien, and it is said that he
will be offered full pay for the rest of
the season if he will resign.
Big Bill Phillips, the New Orleans
twirler, is leading batters of the
Southern League. Eddie Hahn, a new
comer, who is receiving his first trial
in fast minor league company is a
close second and really leads, as he
has played in five times as many
games as Phillips participated in.
There are thirteen "three hundred”
hitters in the Southern league. Wei
kart is leading the home run batters
with five to his credit. Duffy is lead- .
The Peoria club has signed O'Leary
and Schafer of Chicago, and Dorsa oi
Dallas, Tex., all infielders.
The Springfield club has signed G.
J. Shea, a catcher, hailing from St.
Louis, and Pitcher J. A. Swan of Louis
ville.
Dubuque has signed Pitcher Kou
kalish of Chicago; Pitcher Mertens ot
St. Louis and Infielder Henry Reitz of
Milwaukee.
At Davenport, Iowa, June 11, all
Three-Eyes league records for long
inning games were broken when Da
venport and Decatur batted for. six
teen Innings before a man was senf
across the home plate. Davenport
won in the sixteenth on singles by
Harrod and Hughes and a wild throtf
from the field by Shea, Decatur's cen
ter fielder. Both Hughes and Barr?
pitched great ball.
Central League.
Pitclifer Teddy Corbett has been pur
chased by Portland from the St. Paul
club.
The Seattle club has purchased
Catcher Cliff Blankenship from the
Cincinnati club.
Catcher John B. McLean of the
Pqrtland team and Miss Rose M.
Knepper of St. Louis were married at
Los Angeles, June 10.
Gus Klopf has “yumped his yob” as
umpire in the Pacific Coast league.
The life was a bit too strenuous for
Gus, w'ho got the hammer good and
plenty in every town. W. B. Bray has
been appointed to succeed Klopf.
There has not been a .300 hitter in
this league to date this season. Not a
player, not even a fielder, has hit up
to this mark. No wonder Morlej
wants to do something for more bat
ting.
The Webfooters have at last taken
a brace and have risen from the cellar
to third place. The Portland boys are
bittiDg opportunely and although the
pitching_staff is not in the best of con
dition, the twirlers are all working
hard and playing good ball.
Pete Lobmaa. the veteran catcher
with the Oakland team, proposes that
the rules be changed so that the same
rule which applies to ninners at first
apply to the plate. This would dc
away with tie mixups which follow
sn effort to touch a runner sliding
home, in wh-*.h any number of catch
ers are knocked out every year. I
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Few Timepieces in Liberia
A young negro from Liberia, George
H. Northam, is now visiting this coun
try, from which his parents emigrated
to the negro republic many years ago,
spoke of an interesting phase of the
trade in Liberia.
“It is a curious fact that we buy
very few clocks. They are regarded,
I know, as an essential part of the
furnishings of the home in ail civilized
countries. The comparatively small
number of our people who have fairly
good incomes have clocks in their
houses. But most of the Liberians
are farmers and laborers, and they
never think of purchasing a clock.
The fact is, they have little use for
clocks, and I think the reason will
interest you.
“You know', our country is only a
few degrees north of the equator. The
result is that for a good part of the
year the sun rises at exactly 6 o'clock,
or within a few' minutes of it, and sets
at 6 o’clock. Here are two points of
time quite accurately fixed for us.
“Then when the sun is directly
overhead it is noon. Of course, the
sun in its apparent movements be
tween the tropics of Cancer and Capri
corn varies a little in these positions,
but only a little anywhere in the trop
ics, and the most ignorant of our peo
p!e soon become expert in determin
ing the time for all positions of the
sun.
“I do not suppose there is a man
or woman in Liberia who cannot tell
the time in any part of the clay with
in fifteen minutes of the true time,
and usually with a closer approxima
tion. When the farmer is in the field
he knows exactly when to go home to
dinner, and his wife has the meal
waiting for him as he reaches the
house.
“If he has an appointment at 3 * ^
p. m., and also has the habit of punc
tuality, he meets his engagement al
most on the minute. Our farmers say
they have not the slightest use for
clocks. I presume Liberia is the only
country with any claim to civilization
that does not regard clocks as neces
sary in the business o£ life.
“I am told that down in the Congo
Free State the missionaries teach the
natives to read the information that a
clock gives. This is very well as a
matter of information, but the natives
understand the relation of the sun to
the time of day as well as we do. and
I do not think a large number of
clocks will ever be sold to them.”—
, New York Sun.
Easy to Be Mathematicians
A certain representative in con
gress from a Brooklyn district used to
teach school. Yesterday he met a
former pupil in the person of a pros
perous young merchant of Manhattan,
who now has youngsters of his own
old enough for school. The merchant
is as mild-mannered a man as one
could hope to find.
“Congressman,” said the business
man, “do you remember telling my
father once what a remarkable mathe
matician I was developing into?”
“Very well,” said the representative.
“Have you retained your interest in
mathematics?”
“No. I never had any interest in
mathematics,” said the business man.
“Indeed!” said the representative;
“why you were the best mathemati
cian I ever had.”
The business man laughed.
“Say, do you remember what a re
markable class you thought ours was
for mathematics?” he asked.
“The best the school ever had,” the
legislator declared.
“And do you remember how often
‘Fat’ McGowan used to fall down
stairs?”
The representative had forgotten
“Fat’s” mishaps.
“Well,” said the business man, “for
the sake of speed in class work, you
used to list the names in the class, and
after each name put the answer to the
problem given out to that particular
pupil. I've forgotten who it was that
discovered that you kept this list on
your desk, but one of us did, and after
that we used to get you out of the
room in some way long enough to
copy that list. We had a good many
different contrivances, but the favorite
one was to have ‘Fat’ McGowan ask to
leave the room and then fall down
stairs. While you were out picking up
‘Fat’ we used to run to your desk and
get the answers to the problems.
“I will say, though,” he added, “that
you made me ashamed of myself once
during that performance. After you
told my father what a fine math#mati
cian I was becoming he gave me half
a dollar. I can remember even now
that I was a little ashamed to take the
old man’s 50 cents.”—New York Press.
An Old Kentucky Earthquake
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This vivid description of an earth
quake was written by Audobon, the
naturalist. It occurred in the year
1812: “Traveling through the bar
rens of Kentucky in the month of No
vember, I was jogging on one after
noon when I remarked a sudden and
strange darkness risiag from the west
ern horizon. I had proceeded about
a mile when I heard what I imagined
to be the distant rumbling of a violent
tornado, on which 1 spurred my steed,
with a wish to gallop as fast as possi
ble to a place of shelter; but it would
not do; the animal knew better than
I what was forthcoming, and instead
of going faster, so nearly stopped that
I remarked he placed one foot after
another on the ground with as much
precaution as if walking on a smooth
sheet of ice. I thought he had sud
denly foundered, and, speaking to him,
was on the point of dismounting and
leading him, when he all of a sudden
fell a-groaning piteously, hung his
head, spread out his four legs as if to
save himself from falling, and stood
stock still, continuing to groan.
“I thought my horse was about to
die, and would have sprung from his
back had a minute more elapsed, but
at that instant all the shrubs and
trees began to move from their very
roots, the ground rose and fcdl in suc
cessive furrows, like the ruffled wat
ers of a lake, and I became bewil
dered in my ideas, as I too plainly dis
covered that all this awful commotion
in nature was the result of an earth
quake. The fearful convulsion, how
ever, lasted only a few minutes, and
the heavens again brightened as quick
ly as they had become obscured; my
horse brought his feet to their natural
position, raised his head and galloped
off as if loose and frolicking without
a rider.
“Shock succeeded shock almost
every day or night for several weeks,
'diminishing, however, so gradually as
to dwindle away into mere vibrations
of the earth. Strange to say, I for
one became so accustomed to the feel
ing as rather to enjoy the fears mani
fested by others. The earthquake pro
duced more serious consequences in
other places.”
Tells of Japanese Traits
Traitors among the Japanese officers
are not treated pleasantly when their
miseonduct is discovered. Bennet
Burleigh in his new book on Japan
tells of an instance. Two Japanese
transports laden with men, stores and
heavy siege artillery had been sud
denly attacked by the Russian Vladi
vostok squadron; one was sunk, the
other escaped with difficulty. Who
had given the information of the sail
ing of these ships? “The Japanese
made search to find out who had
blabbed and ultimately traced it to a
high official in Tokyo, one holding sea
rank and engaged in the admiralty.
A Russian check for a large sum was
traced into his hands. He was con
fronted with it and his receipt signa
ture thereon. Then he was led into
a secluded room, where a number of
his fellow officers had gathered. They
stripped him naked, spat upon him
and kicked him to death.”
An odd practice of firing the same
shells two or even three times devel
oped during the siege of Port Arthur.
Mr. Burleigh says: “The Russians’
supply of big-gun shells completely
gave out, so continuous search was
made for unexploded Japanese mis
siles. These, when found, we fired
back from our guns and in some in
stances shells were found which had
been twice fired at us by the Japa
nese. The fact that such was the
case was shown by the copper gas
check bands, as our rifling is in the
opposite direction to that of the Japa
nese guns, the bands Oowmg two
marks of their twist and toe of ours.”
Concerning the curious Japanese
custom of carrying song birds when
out for a walk the same author com
ments: “Yes, it seems ridiculous to
see an oriental bearing a cage on
either hand when he goes out for a
ramble, with song birds for compan
ions; no stick and no dog. But our
grandfathers laughed consumediy
when they saw the first umbrella
opened in London. It seems but yes
terday that I saw a lovely blossoming
tree in a Tokyo junk shop, kept there
solely for the owner’s private delec
tation.”
A Cruelly Deceived Woman
If it wasn’t for the children the
woman would get a divorce. She has
been deceived for ten years. That is
the period of her married life. The
courtship leading up to that nuptial
contract covered two years. In that
time the man and woman wrote man}
letters. The woman wrote 746 and
the man 715. The day betore the wed
ding the woman said:
“Henry, have you kept all my let
ters?’’
“Every one,” u id H«nry.
“How sweet oi you,” murmured the
woman. '“Now, I’ll tell you what we
will do. I have made two sofa pillows,
one for you and one for me. Instead
of stuffing them with cotton or feath
ers or sweet balsam we will fill them
with our old love letters and keep
them forever and ever. Won’t that
be lovely?”
Henry said he thought it would be.
So the woman gave him his pillow
cover. It was very pretty, also it was J
appropriate. It was made of green '
satin, embroidered in gold. It said 1
“From one I love.” His pillow also
was an ornate affair. As soon as the
woman and her husband went to
housekeeping she placed the two pil
lows side by side on the sofa. When
they began to get dusty she packed
them away in scented tissue paper
and put them in a dark claset. Once
a week she took them out and patted
them and said. “Dear Henry.”
One day last week the woman re
membered a certain poetic effusion ^
she had one time written to Henry T
She wished to see just how she had
worded it, so she opened the soft pi.*
low and looked for the letter. It was
not*there. none of her letters were
there. Instead of stuffing his pillow
with her .loving epistles Henry, the
wretch, had used old bills and busi
ness letters and circulars, because, as
he shamelessly admitted when taxed
with his disloyalty, he didn’t want to /
take chances on being made to feel
like a fool by having “all that tommy
rot brought up against him when he ^
reached the age of gray hairs and dl»
cretion.” \
