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OITICIAK I'APKIt OF TUH fOUA'TI
SOONER OR LATEU.
Sooner or later the Bttnn shall lent
i Ivor my slumber from heart to feet ;
Sooner or Inter the wind shall ravi
In tho Ioiik Krusso ubovu my ruu.
I ahull not hecrt them where they lie
N'nthinif their sounds shall slKiilty;
Nothing tho hemlstone's fret of rain;
Nothing to mo the ilaic day's pain.
'Sooner or Inter tho nun shnll shine
, Ith tender warmth on that mound of m no:
Sooner or later In summer's air
(lover and Inlets blossom there.
I shall not leel In that rtuep-lalrt rest
The wheeled lljtht tall over my bruiKt:
Nor ever noto In those hidden hours
The wind-blown breath of tlietnssitiirllowois
Sooner or later the stainless snows
Shall add their hush to mj mute repose;
Sooner or later shall slant and shut
And heap my buC with their du.lltifr drift.
Chill though that fioen pall shall seem,
Its touch no colder ean ninko the dream
That rcel;s not the saered dread
Shrouding the city ot the dead.
Sooner or later tho bee shall come
And till the noon with Its golden hum;
Sooner or later, on halt poised wing.
The bluebird above my grave shall slug,
Sing and ehlrp and whistle with glee;
Nothing hlsnuislo fan mean to me;
None ot those beautiful things shall know
How soundly their lover sit ops below.
Sooner or later, far out In the nliilit,
Tho stars shall over me wing their Might;
Sooner or latT tho darkling dews
Catch tho white spaik In their silent ooze.
Never a ray shall part the gloom
That wiaps me 'lound in the silent tomb;
l'eaee shall bo pet feet to Up and brow
Sooner or later; oh, why not now?
TOUR OF T& WOULD
IN
EIGHTY DAYS.
JVLES VEItXE'S Hit EAT STOitY.
CHAI'THK XIX.-C()NTiNfi:i).
Passepartout folt himself moro and
more overcome, by intoxication. Fix,
understanding that lie must at all haz
ards separate him from his master,
wanted to linish him. On the table
wore a fow pipes filled with opium.
Fix slipped one into Passepartout's
hand, who took it, lifted it to his lips,
lighted it, took a fow pull's and fell
over, his head stupefied under tho iullu
eneo of tho narcotic.
"At least," said Fix, seeing Passe
partout out of the way, "Mr. l'ogg will
not be informed in time of the depart
ure of tho Curnalic, and, if ho leaves,
ho will at least be without this cursed
Frenchman!"
Then ho left, after paying his bill.
A.
IS WHICH
ClIAl'TKIt XX.
FIX COMIN IN Mltnrr CONTACT
WITH I'MItiKAs RHHl.
During this scene, which might per
haps seriously interfere with his futuro,
JMr. Fogg, accompanying Mrs. Aouda,
was taking a walk through tho streets
of tho English town. Sinco Mrs. Aouda
accepted his oiler to take her to Eu
rope, he had to think of all tho details
necessary for so long a journey. That
an Englishman like him should make
the tour of the world with a carpet-bag
in his hand, might pass; but a lady
could not undertake such a journey
under the same conditions. Hence, tho
necessity of buying clothing and arti
cles necessary " for the voyage. Mr.
Fogg acquitted himself of his task with
the quiet characteristic of him, and he
invariably replied to all tho excuses and
objections of tho young woman, con
fused by so much kindness:
It is the interest of my journey; it is
in my programme."
Tho purchases made, Mr. Fog" and
tho young woman returned to theliotol,
and "dined at tho tabic d'hote, which was
sumptuously served. Thou Mrs. Aouda,
a little tired, went up into her room,
after having shaken hands, English
fashion, with her imperturbable deliv
erer. He, Fogg, was absorbed all the even
ing in reading the Times and tho Jllus
trutcd London News.
If ho had been a man to bo astonished
at any thing it would have boon not to
have seen his servant at the hour for
retiring. IJut, knowing that tho Yoko
hama steamer was not to leave Hong
Kong before tho next morning, ho did
not otherwise bother himself about it.
The next morning Passopartout did not
come at Mr. Fogg's ring.
What tho honorable gentleman
thought on lcarning'that his servant had
not returned to tho hotel, no one could
have said. Mr. Fogg contented himself
with taking his carpet-bag, calling for
Mrs. Aoudaand sending forapalannuin.
It was then eight o'clock, and high
tide, of which tho Carnntio was to take
advantage to go out through tho passes,
was put down at half-past nine.
When the palanquin arrived at the door
of the hotel, Mr. Fogg and Mrs. Aouda
got into the comfortable vehicle, ami
thoir baggage followed them on a wheel
barrow. Half an hour later tho travelers dis
mounted on tho wharf, and there Mr.
Fogg learned that tho Carnatie had left
the evening before.
Mr. Fogg, who counted on finding at
tho samo time both tho steamer andnis
servant, was compelled to do without
both. IJut not a sign of disappoint
ment appeared upon his face; and,
when Mrs. Aouda looked at him with
uneasiness, ho contented himself with
replying:
"It is an incident, Madame, nothing
more."
At this moment a person who had
boor watching him elosoly came up to
him. It was tho detective, Fix, who
turned to him, and said:
" Are you nlikc myself, gir, ono of
tho passengers of tho Rangoon, who ar
rived yesterday?"
"Yes, sir," replied Mr. Fogg, coldlv,
" but I have not tho honor
"Pardon mo, but 1 thought I would
lino your servant here."
"Do you know whero he is, air?"
asked life young woman, quickly.
" What!""' replied Fix, feigning sur
prise, "is ho not with you?"
"No," replied Mrs. Aouda. "He has
not returned sinco yesterday. Has ho
perhaps embarked without us aboard
the Carnatie?"
"Without you, madamoP" replied
Fix, "IJut, excuse my question, you
expected then to leave by that steam
er?" Yes, sir."
" I, too, madamo, and I am much di.
unpointed. The Carnatie, having com
pleted her repairs, left Hong Kong
twelve hours sooner without warning
any one, and we must now wait a week
for another sloatnerl"
Fix felt his heart jump for joy in pro
nouncing these words, "a week." A
week! Fogg detained a week at Hong
Kong! There would bo timo to receive
tho warrant of arrest. Chance would
at last declare for tho representative of
tho law.
It may bo judged then what a stun
ning blow ho received, when ho heard
Phileas Fogg say, in his calm voice:
" IJut there are other vessels than tho
Carnatie, it seems to me, in tho port of
Hong Kong."
And Mr. Fogg, offering his arm to
Mrs. Aouda, turned towards tho docks
in search of a vessel leaving.
Fix, stupefied, followed. It might
have been said that a thread attached
him to this man.
However, chance seemed really to
abandon him whom it had served so
well up to that time. Phileas Fogg, for
threo liours, traversed tho port in every
direction, decided, if it was necessary,
to charter a vessel to take him to Yoko
hama; but lie saw only vessels loading
or unloading, and which consequently
could not sot sail. Fix began to hope
again.
IJut Mr. Fogg was not disconcerted,
and ho was going to continue his search
if he had to go as far as Macao, when
ho was accosted by a sailor on tho end
of tho pier.
"Your honor is looking for a boat?"
said the sailor to him, taking oil his hat.
"You have a boat ready to sail?"
asked Mr. F'ogg.
"Yes, your honor, a pilot-boat, No.
13, tho best in tho llotilla."
"She goes fast?"
"Uetwcen eight and nine knots an
hour, nearly the latter. "Will you look
at her?"
"Yes."
"Your honor will be satisfied. Is it
for an excursion?"
"No; for a voyngo."
"A voyage?"
"You will undertake to convey mo
to Yokohama?"
The sailor, at these words, stood
with anus extended and eyes starting
from his head.
Yiur honor is joking?" ho said.
"No, I have missed tho sailing of
tho Carnatie, and I must bo at 1 oko
hama on tho 1 Ith, at tho latest, to take
the steamer for San Francisco."
" I regret it," replied the pilot, "but
it is impossible."
"I oiler you ono hundred pounds
per day, and a reward of two hundred
pounds if I arrivo in time."
"You arc in earnest?" asked tho
pilot.
"Very much in earnest," replied
Mr. Fogg.
The pilot withdrew to one side. Ho
looked at the sea, evidently struggling
between tho desire to gain an enor
mous sum and the fear of venturing so
far. Fix was in mental suspense.
During this timo, Mr. Fogg had re
turned to Mrs. Aouda.
" Yoif will not bo afraid, madamo?"
he asked.
"With you no, Mr. Fogg," replied
tho young woman.
Tho pilot had come toward tho gen
tleman again, and was twisting his hat
in his hands.
"Well, pilot?" said Mr. Fogg.
"Well, your honor," replied tho
pilot, "1 ean risk neither my men, nor
myself, nor yourself, in so long a voy
age on a boat of scarcely twenty tons,
at this time of tho year. Uesides, wo
would not arrive in time, for it is six
teen hundred and fifty milosfronillono
Kong to Yokohama."
"Only sixteen hundred," said Mr.
I'ogg.
"It is tho same tiling."
Fix took a good long breath.
"IJut.' added tho pilot, "there
might, perhaps, bo a means to arrange
it otherwise.'"
Fix did not breatho any more.
"How?" asked Phileas Fogg.
"By going to Nagasaki, the southern
otromity of Japan, eleven hundred
miles, or only to Shanghai, eight hun
dred miles from Hong Kong. In this
last journoy, wo would not be at any
great distance from tho Chinese coast,
which would be a great advantage, all
the moro so that thocurrenta run to tho
north."
"Pilot," replied Phileas Fogg, "I
must take the American mail steamer
at Yokohama, and not at Shanghai or
Nagasaki."
"Why not?" replied tho pilot. "Tho
San Francisco steamer does not start
from Yokohama. Sho stops there ami
at Nagasaki, but her port of departure
is Shanghai."
"Von are oertain of what you are
sayingP"
"Certain."
" And when does the steamer leave
Shanghai?"
"On tho 11th, at seven o'clock in the
evening, Wo havo then four days bo
fore us. Four days, that is ninety-six
hours, and, with an avorago of eight
knots an hour, if we havo good luck, if
tho wind keeps to tho southeast, if tho
sea is calm, we can make the eight hun
dred miles which separato tis from
Shanghai."
" And you can leave--"
"In an hour, time enough to buy my
provisions and hoist sail."
" It is a bargain you are the master
of the boat'.'"
"Yes, John Uunsby, master of tho
Tankadero."
"Do you wish some earnest money?"
" If it does not inconvenience your
honor."
"Hero are two hundred pounds on
account Sir," added Phileas Fogg,
turning toward Fix, "if you wish to
take advantage "
"Sir," answered Fix. resolutely, "1
was going to ask this favor of you."
"Well. In half an hour wo will be
on board."
" IJut this poor fellow " said Mrs.
Aouda, whom Passepartout's disappear
ance worried very much.
"I am going to do all I can to find
him," replied Phileas logg.
And while Fix. nervous, feverish,
angry, repaired to the pilot-boat, tho
two others went to the police station at
Hong Kong. Phileas Fogg gave there
Passepartout's description and left a
sufficient sum to find liini. The samo
formality was carried out at the French
Consular Agent's, and the palanquin,
having stopned at tho hotel where the
baggage hnu been taken, took the trav
elers back to tho outer pier.
Threo o'clock struck. The pilot-boat,
No. Ill, her crow on board and her pro
visions stowed away, was ready to sot
sail.
Sho was a charming little schooner of
twenty tons this Tankadere with a
sharp cut-water, very graceful shape
and long water lines. She might havo
been called a racing yacht. Her shining
copper sheathing, nor galvanized irOn
work, her deck white as ivory, showed
that Master John Uunsby knew how to
keep hor in good condition. Her two
masts leaned a little to the rear. Sho
carried brigantino-foresail, storm-jib
and standing-jib, and could rig up
splendidly for a rear wind. She ought
to sail wonderfully well, and in fact sho
had won several prizes in pilot-boat
matches.
Tho crew of the Tankadero was com
posed of the master. John Uunsby, and
four men. Thoy were ot that class of
hardy sailors who, in all weathers,
venture out in search of vessels, anil
are thoroughly acquainted with these
.seasons. John Uunsby, a man about
forty-live years, vigorous, well sun
burnt, of a lively expression, of an ener
getic face, self-reliant, well posted in
uis business, would have inspired confi
dence in tho most timorous.
Phileas Fogg and Mrs. Aouda went
on board. Mx was already there. Thoy
went down by stops in Iho rear of the
schooner into a squaio cabin, whose
walls bulged out in the form of cots,
above a circular divan. In the middle,
there was a table lighted by a hanging
laui). It was small, but neat.
"1 regret having nothing bettor to
oft'or you," said Mr. Fogg to Fix, who
bowed without replying.
The detective felt somewhat humili
ated by thus taking advantage of Mr.
Fogg's kindnesses.
"Surely," he thought, "he is a very
polite rogue, but he is a rogue!"
At ten minutes alter three the Kails
were hoisted. Tho English Hag was fly
ing at the gall' of tho schooner. The
passengers woro seated on deck. Mr.
Fogg and Mrs. Aouda cast a last look
at tho wharf, in hopes of seeing Passe
partout .
Fix was not without apprehension,
for chance might have brought to this
place tho unfortunate young nian whom
iio had so indignantly treated, and then
an explanation would havo taken place,
from which tho detective would not
have got out to advantage. IJut the
Frenchman did not show Tiimsolf, and
doubtless tho stupefying narcotic still
hold him under its intiuence.
Finally, Master John Uunsby ordered
to start," and tho Tankadero. taking the
wind under hor brigantino, foiesail
and standing jib, How out in the sea
bounding.
ClIAl'TKIt XXI.
IN WHICH 'I III". MASTKII Of Till: TA.NK.VIir.lll'
itc.Ns (iitr.AT itisK or mi-i.n'o v ui:waki ok
two ni'M)iti:ii por.Nii-.
This voyage of eight hundred miles,
undertaken in a craft of twenty tons,
and especially in that season of the
year, was venturesome. The Chinese
seas are generally rough, exposed to
terrible blows, principally during the
equinoxes, and this was in tho iirst day s
ot November.
It would have very evidently been to
the advantage of the pilot to take his
passengers so far us Yokohama, as he
was paid so much per day. IJut it
would havo been great imprudence on
his part to attempt such a voyage under
such conditions, ami it was a bold act,
if not a rash one, to go as far as Shang
hai. IJut John Uunsby had confidence
in his Tankadere, which rode tho waves
like a gull, and, perhaps, he was not
wrong.
During the later hours of this day the
Tankadero sailed through tho capri
cious channels of Hong Kong, and, in
all her movements, Horn whatever
quarter tho wind came, sho behaved
handsomely.
"I do not need, pilot," said Phileas
Fogg, the moment the .schooner touched
tho open sea, "to recommend to you all
possible diligence."
"You honor mav depend upon mo,"
replied John Uunsby. "In the matter
of sails, we are carrying all that the
wind will allow us to carry. Our polos
would add nothing, and would only in
terfere with the sailing of our craft."
" It is your trade, and not mine, pilot,
and I trust to you."
Phileas Fogg, his body erect and
legs wide apart, standing straight as a
sailor, looked at tho surging sea with
out-staggering. The young woman
seatetl aft felt quite all'eeted looking at
the ocean, already darkened by the
twilight, which she was braving upon
so frail a craft. Above hor head were
unfurled the white sails, looking in
space like immense wings. The schoon
er, impelled by the wind, seemed to lly
through the air.
Night set in. The moon was enter
ing lier Iirst quarter, and hor scanty
light was soon extinguished in the ha.o
ot the horizon. Clouds were rising from
tho east, and already covered a portion
of tho heavens.
Tho pilot had put his lights in posi
tionan indispensable precaution to
take in these seas, so much frequented
by vessels bound landward. Collisions
were not rare, and at the rate she was
going, tli schooner would be shattered
by tho least shock.
Fix was dreaming forward on the ves
sel. He kept himself apart, knowing
Fogg naturally to be not much of a
talker. Uesides, ho hated to speak to
ll'is man, whose accommodations ho
h.d accepted. Ho was thinking thus
of tho luture. It appeared certain to
him that Mr. Fogg would not stop at
Yokohama, that lie would immediately
take tho San Francisco steamer to roach
America, whose vast extent would as
sure him impunity with security. It
seemed to him that Phileas Fogg's plan
could not be simpler.
Instead of embarking in Knglaud for
tho United Stales, likeacoiuinon rogue,
this Fogg had made the grand rounds,
and traversed three-quarters ol thu
globe, in order to gain more surely the
American continent, where he would
quietly consume tho large sum stolon
from the bank, after having thrown the
police oil his track. Hut, once upon
tho soil of tho United Slates, what
would .Fix do? Abandon this man?
No. a hundred times no! And until ho
had obtained an extradition order he
would not leave him lor an instant. It
was his duty, and he would fulfill it to
t?e end. In any event one happy re
sult had been obtamcd. Passepartout
vas no longer with his master; and,
especially after the confidence Fix had
reposed in him, it was important that
the master and servant should never see
each other again.
Phileas Fogg was constantly thinking
of his servant, who had disappeared so
singularly. After having thought ovoi
everything, it seemed not impossible tc
him, that, in consequence of a misuu
durtuuding, the poor fellow had sot
sail upon tne Carnatie at the last mo
men',. It was the opinion of Mrs.
Aouda, also, who regretted very much
this good servant, to whom sho owed
so much, it might be that thoy would
find him again at Yokohama, and, if the
Carnatie had taken him thither, it would
be easy to find him out.
Towards ten o'clock the breeze began
to freshen. Perhaps it would have been
prudent to take in a reef, but tho pilot,
having carefully examined the state of
the heavens, lelt the rigging as it was.
Uesides tho Tankadere carried sail ad
mirably, having a deep draft of water,
and everything was prepared to go rap
idly in case of' a gale.
At midnight Phileas Fogg and Mrs.
Aouda descended into the cabin. Fix
had preceded them, and was stretched
on one of the cots. As for the pilot
and his men, thoy remained on deck all
night.
The next day, tfio 8th of November,
at .sunrise, the schooner had made more
than one hundred miles. Her course,
frequently tried, showed that tho aver
ago of hor speed was between eight and
nine knots an hour. The Tankadere
carried full sail, and in this rig sho ob
tained the maximum of rapidity. If the
wind kept tho same, tho chances were
in her favor.
Tho Tankadere, during the whole
day, did not go far from the coast,
whoso currents were favorable to her,
and which was live milesoll, at the most,
from her larboard quarter, and. irregu
larly outlined, appeared NomolimcH
across tho clearings. The wind coming
from the land was, on that account, not
quite so strong, a fortunate oireuni
stiuico for the schooner, for vessels of a
small tonnage sutler above all from tho
roll of the sea. which interferes with
thoir speed, "killing" them, to use the
sailors' expression.
Toward noon the breeze abated a lit
tle and set in from the Tsoutheast. The
pilot put up his poles; but at the end ol
two hours it was necessary to take them
down, as tho wind freshened up again.
Mr. Fogg and the yoiingwoman, very
fortunately, unall'ceted by seasickness,
ate wiili a good appetite the preserves
and ship biscuit. l-i.x was invited to
share thoir repast, and was compelled
to accopt, knowing very well that il is
as nooossarv to ballast stomachs as ves
sols, but it voxed him! To travel at
this man's expense, to be fed from his
provisions, was rather against his grain,
lie ate, daintily, it is true, but finally
ho ate.
However this repast finished, he took
Mr. Fogg aside and said to him:
Sir "
This "sir" scorched his lipB. and ho
controlled himself so as not to collar
this "gentleman!"
Sir. you have been very kind to
oiler mo a passage on your vessel. IJut,
although my resources do not permit
me to expend as freely as you, I intend
to pay my share "
" Lot us not speak of that, sir," re
plied Mr. Fogg.
IJut, if I insist "
"No, sir," repeated Fogg, in a toiio
which did not admit of reply. "That
will enter into tho general expenses."
Fix bowed: ho had a stilling feeling,
and going forward, ho lay down, and
did not suy a word moro during the
lay.
'io in: conti.nm;i;i).
A spoon An article that meets a
lady's lips without kissing thorn.
FACTS AND FHJUKKH.
Tho immigration to Georgia this
year exceeds that of any provious yoar.
Tlioro is more nourishment in one
pound of bananas than in throe pounds
of meat.
-The aggregate length of tho onion
rows on a ploklo farm near Chicago Is
JJUO miles.
Sinco 1871 tho Virginia peanut crop
has grown from 225,000 bushels to
1, GOO, 000 bushels.
K. S. Cobb, of Cobb's Mountain.
Georgia, will make '20,000 quart bottles
of lino elarot wino from eleven acres
this season, which will bring him
8.000.
llerr Krupp, tho groat Gorman
guninakor, is so much pressed with or
ders that ho has engaged 8,000 more
workmen, making tho total force of
workmen UJ.000.
There are now in tho United Stntos
about fifty-six eotton-sood mills, of
which nine are in Mississippi, eight each
In Tennessee and Texas, nine in Ken
tucky (all in Louisville), four in Arkan
sas, two each in Missouri and Alabama,
and ono in Augusta, Ga.
It is probable that vorv soon tho
southern part of thu Territory of Utah
will supply enough of antimony for this
country and render unnecessary any
importations of that substance. Tho
ore mined about 1 10 milos from Salt
Lake City yields from sixty to sixty-live
per cent, of authnony.
At tho gasworks of Jaypool, India,
illuminating gas is made chiolly from
castor oil--poppy, til or rape seed bo
ing used when tho supply of castor
beans is short. Ono mound (eighty-two
pounds) of castor oil produces about 7f0
cubic foot of UOJ-candlo gas, or 1,000
cubic foot of lBJ-oandlo gas.
Tlioro seems no longer to bo any
doubt that there are Southern cotton
mills that can sell cloth below tho ICast
eru mills and make better dividends.
Mr. Francis Cogin, manager of the
Augusta (Ga.) Cotton Factory, says:
"Southern mills can sell cloth one-half
cent loss nor yard than tho Now En
gland mills and still mako more money
than thoy do. Mr. Uussoy, of tho
Fagle anil Phicnix Mills, of 'Columbia,
Ga., says tho Southorn manufacturer
has onoandnino-touths cents per pound
advantage over tho Northern."
It is interesting, says the Jlttildcr,
to compare tho cost of some of tho
most recent buildings of tho present
day. Tho Now Grand Opera House at
Paris cost $8,000,000; thu now Hotel
do Villo, 88,000,000; tho new Paris
Post Olllco, $0,000,000; extension of
tho Conservatoire of Music, $1,(100,
000; tho Palais dos Ueaux-Arts at Urus
sols, $8,000,000. Tho Houso of Parlia
ment at Westminster cost $I7,fi00,000;
thu now Foreign Olllco, Whitehall,
$L7.0O,OOO; and the Law Courts are es
timated, exclusive of special fittings, at
nearly $ f,. 000, 000.
WIT AiNII WISDOM.
A Loadvillo journalist has shot so
many mou'that ho is now spoken of as
"tho local loaditor." Detroit Free
Press.
Tho editor of a Clovoland paper
paid a visit to Chicago and was told on
retiring for tho night to bo careful and
not blow his gas "out. That was throe
weeks ago, and he's mad yot. Detroit
Free 1'resH.
It is now said that early rising is
the cause of many nervous diseases.
Our rising young men should mako a
noto of this, and temper thoir aspira
tions accordingly. Jloslon Transcript.
-A woman may ofTor in excuse for
Jior rod noso that sho laces toe tightly,
but what shall a man say? Exchange.
Oh, ho can oiler tho samo excuso. Ho
also gets too "tightly" by so-lacing
himself. Norrisloum Herald.
The historians of tho Northwest
havo just decided that the word "Mil
waukee" is Pottawattamie for "council
ground." Historians and many others
in the East havo all along thought that
tho word mount a pretty good kind of
beer.
Tho Chicago papers aro protty
rough on tho Louisville girls, but tho
miiuner in which thoy toll stories on tho
St. Louis damsels is something awful.
Here is the latest from tho 'lHmcs: A
St. Louis girl at Long Urancii slopped
on a shark tho other day, and no sharks
havo been soon in tho vicinity sinco. A
sight of their crushed auil mangled
comrade seared them away."
Two Irishmen were poring over tho
news of one of our city papivs, and
coming to tho heading "Latest," anil
immediately following it " Vory Lat
est," ono said to tho other: "All, sure,
Tim, will ye bo after oxplainin' what
this moans?" "Arrah, bedad," said
Tim, "an' its moself that can explain
that to ye. Sure thu latest is what
comes in timo to bo printed, and tho
vory latest is what comes after tho
paper is out."
Tho Austin Colored Invincible
drill in thoir hall once a week. Captain
Skidmore, who has been recently elect
ed, is determined that discipline shall
bo maintained. After drill was over,
ho made a brief speech to the Inviuci
bles about tho necessity of thoir attend
ing drill regularly. Ho said: " I wants
do members ob (lis command to under
stand, onct for all, dat wo meets for
drill roglar obory Friday obonhi" at
eight o'clock, in dis hoah hall, and do
mombor what fails tor put in an appoar
auce, will bo" "Shot to doll'?' in
terrupted Corporal Jim Webster.
" Drappod from do ranks for a desert
er?" asked Lieutenant Sam Johnsiug.
"Wussor don dat ar" continued the
Captain, amid a solemn silence that was
almost painful, "do member what fails
to appear, will be looked upon as habin'
boon absent from do drill." Texas
Sif tings.
