DIDN’T WANT TO WASTE TIME. Colored fisherman Most Satisfied When the Bites Were Few. k Riding across the country one day, * Dr. Blank noticed an oIH negro whc had been for quite a while perched motionless upon a little bridge, fish ing silently from the stream beneath. For some time he watched him from a distance, but finally, overcome by the old fellow's unmoved patience, he rode up and accosted him. "Hello. Wash! What are you doing up there?” "Fishin”. sah.” came the reply, ft "Not getting many, are you?” "No, sah.” "Well, it seems to me you'd get tired fishing so long without a bite.” "I doesn’t want no bite, cap’n.” "Well, that’s funny. Why don’t you want a bite, Wash?” "Hit’s this a-way. cap’n: when I gits a lots o' bites, hit takes all meh time to git the fish off'n meh line, an' I doesn’t have no time foh flshin’.”— Success Masaziue. AT ATLANTIC CITY. Silas—I jes’ tel! yer, Manav, this ride makes me feel 50 years younger. 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Xo man among them all had worked as hard as he had worked. Month by month his flesh had dropped away, his cheek tanned darker, as he fought bis way from ocean to inland sea. The st are. square frame and the seamed face had changed him. aged him sad *>'. He had paid in heart and body on this tremendous project. And to his anxious wife, praying for this con flict to end, no less than to the ex hausted men. his cry came like a glad clarion. "It's ten miles, boys! Ten miles in one day! There's their camp! We'll touch Fnion Pacific rails to-morrow at Promontory!" "Hooray! Another stride of the Cen tral Pacific's seven-league boots to ward Brigham's drove of tender ewes! " cried some inpertinent voice. Hammers dropped. Backs unbent, no: rec ked of pain. Cheer after cheer rent the still night. Ten miles! Ten mi!-. s! The greatest day s work in the world's railroad history! Gregory went to his car happy, ki.-:s< J his w ife, joined his guests in a joliy supper, and slept—slept as he had not for months. CHAPTER XXXIV. Freedom at Last. From all America, from Europe and from the north, they came to join that monster excursion to the front. San Francisco was awake at last. New York and Chicago had invaded her domain, into her home preserves, to her very doors, they carried their audacious fight for business; cut her territory clean away with their broad sword of low prices. Like other lag gards. she exulted over the victory she had tried to make defeat; and called aloud; ‘Come all good Ameri cans. come ai! the world, help us cele brate. Even the Sacramento “Clar ion" in “a burst of justice resented this, and announced to the world the names of the men. the city, and the two or three counties that, not only without San Francisco, but in spite of her, had accomplished the achievement of the age. Now began to arrive forerunners of the event; the polished laurel tie and its silver plate, with an inscrip tion that is to-da\ historic; the four hundred-doliar golden spike, topped with a nugget as long as itself; the heavy silver hammer, the gold, silver and iron spikes from Arizona. Gregory rushed from one task to another, sending back to California the greater part of his forces and ap paratus. that they might pierce othei mountains, conquer other deserts with new iron highways. Mr. Crocker was no less busy, flying back and forth between the Front and Sait Lake City, where the horde of visitors increased each day. Governor Stanford and his fellow-directors were there also, sleep lesslv planning, organizing, making capital and influence with the lead ers of the great inland hierarchy. Alfred, quite recovered, was indis pensable in many ways, hastening the tremendous cleaning, polishing, pre paring, that proceeded steadily among all concerned, from stoker to presi dent. They were counting the time be fore the event by hours, when Alfred, carrying a telegram and an open let ter. hurried up to Mr. Crocker. “I'm called suddenly east, to my father, Mr. Crcoker. 1 wish to be re leased, to go immediately.” “What? What, boy? Is your father dead?” “No, sir; it's—it's a business mat ter.” "Business! A business matter?" the superintendent repeated incredulously “We can’t spare you, Vincent—nr* [Ur a month, at least. Settle ye a busi ness by telegr; ' ' Writ - ..our tele gram—never n. _J length—and 1L frank it for you.' “It's a matter ifca* I edn’t send over the wire, sir.” ‘■Jove! Put it off. then! It'll keep. I’ll let you go the first of June." Alfred burst the bonds of years. "I can’t wait. Mr. Crocker! Not a day! For nearly eight years I've been an outcast from home and name. sir. As I've hoped for reinstatement at home, with hand and foot, heart and [train. I've served this railroad. The girl 1 wished to marry, but could not. has suffered incredibly for my sake. Now it is all cleared up. My father tele graphs me to come, waits for me in Saint Louis. And you ask me to de lay, Mr. Crocker! To send messages! I can't do it. Not an hour beyond the first all-by-rail train east!"’ Mr. Crocker's heart warmed. The end of the long struggle had already wiped years from his face. Now the careworn man fled altogether, and left a joyous boy. "By George. Vincent! You shall go.—go day after to-morrow on the overland special. And joy go with you. But come back soon to us. We'h have a good job for you.” "Thank you, Mr. Crocker,” Alfred said earnestly, wringing the offered hand, and hastening off to find Esther. She was coming down the steps of Gregory's car. •Read that!" He thrust the letter into her hand, and stood by her side while she looked it over. It was dated at Boston. "Dear Alfred: M> Aunt Almira is dead, and has left me three thousand She smiled at his impetuosity, as tonished at this unwonted vehemence. This was a new, a free Alfred. He was coming into his own, taking pos session; and of her with the rest. All her being yielded gladly to his im portuning; yielded with that deep gratitude for strength and support that only a large, strong woman can feel, upon whom many have leaned, and whom none have considered. “Yes, Alfred. At once, and any where with you!” She walked in a dream up the car steps; he shot off blithely to execute his plans. They carried successfully; and that night in Sally B.’s rude home, on the mountain-top and under desert stars, the simple marriage was celebrated. Uncle Billy gave the bride away, and mourned because he had no wedding bonuet for his darling. If his old heart was heavy, and the sun had dropped out of his sky, he dissembled so gallantly that even Esther was de ceived. Mrs. Harmon rejoiced, though "two of her dear children had become one.” Judge Harmon blustered a little incoherently about the theft of “his dear girl;" but deluded no one. But Sally B.. happy in Esther's hap piness, was yet bereft. Later she sobbed out her loneliness against her husband's breast. That was his mo ment of illumination. "Pore little crit ter! Y'e've got Bill left, ye know. We'll prospect the rest of life on the same lead, won't we. honey? Git bright! It'll be sun-up soon, honey!” CHAPTER XXXV. The Wedding of the Rails. A glorious, cloudless day! The tenth of May, 1SG9. Beside the majestic inland sea, gath ered there from near and from half the world away, men and women had come to celebrate the culmination of two tremendous enterprises. Against calumny, against plot and counterplot, acainst the power of money and bribery, against old Time liimseif, had the Central Pacific rail road come to completion. On pork. I ■‘I Want You to Marry Me! To-Night! To Start Home—” dollars. With this I've been able to pa}- the last dollar; and my statement is to be forwarded to your father to night. He is traveling in the west; hut his Saint Louis address is the same as formerly. I am now released from my promise of secrecy, and bv the time you receive this your father will know how unjust he has been to you, how kind to the real criminal. At last I have vindicated you! But for you I should be in prison, or worse; my father dead of sorrow, my family disgraced. I shall waste no words in thanking you. God alone knows what you have been to me; I cannot tell it. "Ever your humble, grateful, "Max." “Mr. Alfred Vincent Osborn.” ‘ Now this!" Alfred thrust the tele gram into her hand before she could speak. It was sent from Saint Louis, I and signed. "George Osborn.” "Have just learned all from Max ! If you can forgive your father, come ! at once. I will await you here.” Esther looked up, but her eyes were j too misty for seeing. "Poor Max! i Poor A1—no, no! Noble Alfred!” He was too overwrought for atten- \ tion. even for gentleness. He caught both her hands, heedless of passing ; eyes. "1 want you to marry me! To night! To start home—home w-ith me on the first train after the jubilee. No. don't speak yet!” he added quick ly as she opened her lips. "Let me tell you! I'll telegraph for the Epis copalian missionary at Ogden—there'll be time. If he can't come, I'll wire Billy Dodge to pick up a minister somewhere on his trip to-day. We'll take the Harmons, Mrs. Gregory, if she'll go. and be at Sally B.'s in four hours. While I run down to Elko for the license,—Mr. Crocker'll let me have the engine. I know —you can be packing. I'll follow Uncle Billy in an 1 we'll he married! It won't be much of a wedding, but—do wTe care for dry-goods and ceremony?” He looked eagerly into her face. ”0h. Alfred, how—” she began tremulously. "Don't, dearest! Don’t speak yet! If you'll only think just a minute I know it will be 'Yes'!” beaus, "iicey," and pluck had it been budded, teaching the world its great est lesson in iron. Surmounting similar obstacles the Union Pacific had come westward to meet it. And here, in the heart of the continent, amidst cheers, speech es, and the screaming of whistles, the final blow was struck, the day made historic. Early in the morning magnificent trains came from each way bearing officials and dignitaries. Following them thronged the sightseers. Esther and Alfred were there, standing near the Central Pacific of ficers, both radiant, unmasked of re serve, young, beautiful with happiness. Close at hand were Uncle Billy, the Ilarmons. and Amabel Hamilton, deli cate, flower-like, bravely carrying a heartache that Alfred least of all sus pected. And Sally B.! No pen could paint the vividness of her cardinal plush Sown, the sweep of the forty-dollar plume above her red Gainsborough hat. the gleam of her jewels, or the Pride in the uplift of 1 er dark head, le gal, brilliant, as gE 1 of the great triumph as if it were her own. she drew every eye, domir. ed the scene, clamorously red again? the surround ing gray. Not the least striking among that re markable assemblage was George Gregory. Erect as he had not been for months, well groomed and hand some in his faultless clothes, jubilant, he waa yet restless from the very lifting of his burden, and tacked from shore tc shore in the human sea, com ing te anchor at intervals beside his wife. But the eye of the vast throng, shift ing from notable to notable, came of tones', to rest upon the "Valiant Four,’ a quartette of keen, comple menting minds, the power that had driven to completion the most difficult enterprise of the era. Vark Hopkins, the treasurer, looked small beside the others; yet his body was vigorous, his eye vigilant, his lip firm. A fine, penetrating exactness, a ttgid carefulness, enveloped him as a garment. A stem man. a just, em ployees and foster-children yet testi fied to bis kindness, his consideration. Muff, hearty Charles Crocker, the superintendent, irascible, obstinate, yet reasonable, was also the daring the generous, the pioneer! Next stood Collis P. Huntington, the vice president, tall, stately, elegant, the keen financier, the astute business man, the subtle politician, the keeper of secrets; a tireless worker, a courtly gentleman. Leland Stanford, the president, ex governor of California, beloved by the people, this man was the cynosure; imperial head powerfully set on a mas sive body; eyes of the seer, brows of the conqueror; mind of steel and heart of gold; brother of men and respecter of man; orator, friend, patriot. Talleyrand once declared to the Em peror Napoleon, “The great republic is a giant without bones." These four men had put into the giant a spine of iron. Vnder the desert sky the spreading multitude was called to order. There followed a solemn prayer of thanks giving. The laurel tie was placed, amidst ringing cheers. The golden spike was set. The trans-American j telegraph wire was adjusted. Amid breathless silence the silver hammer was lifted, poised, dropped, giving the ! gentle tap that ticked the news to all the world! Then, blow on blow. Gov ernor Stanford sen-, the spike to place! A storm of wild huzzas burst forth; desert rock and sand, plain and moun tain. echoed the conquest of their terrors. The two engines moved up, “touched noses,” and each in turn crossed the magic tie. America was belted! The great Iron Way was finished. THE END. POINT HE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND. Purchaser of Windmill Really Was Not Badly "Jeeted.” "Dev jeeted rue on der vindmill," complained Big George in the booze bazar at the Fairmont. "What's the matter now, George?” inquired a new arrival, slapping 50 j cents in real money down on the ma hogany. "O. no-ding," smiled George. "But you were saying when I came in that some one cheated you on a windmill.” "Veil, dev did. Every Sunday I go up to my ranch by Sonoma county to see der new machine if it vork, and dree Sundays I go up dere alreaty and it don't vork. and I von't bay for it; it ain't goot.” “But how do you know it isn't a good one?" “Veil, didn't I sday dere two hours dree Sundays in der hot sun and fan myself all der time and vatch it and it nefer moved?" "Maybe there was no breeze. George." "Of course der vas no breeze. Vould I fan myself if dere vas a vind?"—San Francisco Chronicle. WHEN SMALLPOX WAS COMMON. A Century or So Ago Every One Ex pected to Have Disease. "All our ancestors,” said a physician. | "were pock-marked, and smallpox was a recommendation if you were looking I for work. "What I mean is that you couldn't i get a job if you had not had smallpox. No one wanted a servant who was li able at any moment to be stricken I down with the loathsome disease. I Hence—” He opened a newspaper volume of i 1774. Hence help wanted' ads read like I this: " 'Wanted, a man between 2b and | 30 years of age, to be footman and ! under-butler in a great family. He nust have had smallpox in the natural way. Also a woman, middle-aged, to wait upon a young lad} of great for tune and fashion. The woman must have had the smallpox in the natural way.’ ” Japanese Hotels. j Barring the bath, and perhaps the ! beds, Japanese hotels are delightful. | All during your stay in their spot | less precincts you are made to feel | that you are an honored guest. Japan ; ese etiquette is lavished upon you, 1 and when you depart you are always I given a token to remember your visit, I usually a white, coarse cotton towel I with blue pictures printed on it. You must thank the little maid for | this with an elaborate bow when you i and the chorus of ' Sayo Nara” ! front all the hotel force gathered in ! the doorway will seem to have in it, ' not only the regret of good-bv, as we | interpret the words, but the deeper feeling which they really mean: "If it must be that we must part."—Trav el Magazine. Must Charge to Get Crowd. The Ladies' guild of a certain New York church had planned an evening entertainment and reception, and asked the rector to make announce ment of it on the Sunday preceding. "This is all right," he said, "but you j must charge admission." I A hy this is just a social evening," I they protested. "We are inviting peo ! Pie.” I "They won’t come," said the rector. | “because they will think it is not | worth while. But charge a small ad I mission and you will have a good ■ crowd.” So the women gave in. and i subsequent events proved the rector was right. But Yet a Man! "I suppose I have about the most thoughtful, kind and considerate hus band in the world, ’ she was saying, sadiy. “When he comes home at about two of the morning, turns all the lights on and wakes me out of a sound sleep, he always says in the most polite way imaginable: “ Don’t let me disturb you, dear, but will you please help me to un fasten this collar button?’” Knew How to Treat a Lady. The woman had been accused of murder, the evidence sustaining the charge, but the jury brought in a veidict of “not guilty.” "Hew did you reach such a mon strous conclusion?” asked the judge, severely. 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