" - "" - !., t mm 1t - 1 THE RED CT.OUD CHIEF' 4. n 0. 2 Pirt "i REH CLnrn. NKI'.V K Or, JUST A CAMPIN'. BY C. C. P08T. ciiusiif.ii nv l'r.nMifimo.v or J. E. Downet & CO., I'UISLl.Slll.lO-, CHICAOO. CH.MTKtt XV.-Co.vtim;kii. The work of cutting through the hill ..ilo the neighboring gorge wan begun at once. A large number of workmen were employed, and everybody who j was directly interested turned out and T4,rkeu- with a will, rain or shine. A r i , . . ., . , , , II.IH1..1 was driven mto the ! of Ui ; hill, and whole kegs of powder ex- ploded therein, rending the earth and niding greatly in the work of excava tion, and at la.st the work was so far completed that a portion of the water and Hunting debris was turned a.-ide into the new channel. J he rains, too. had now ceased, ami b. . ,1. 1. .:.!...! ,l... . ... r .1 I mr ,...- .u.-, ,,-..,.. ,. n,,oi ui.: amage done could be positively de- Jn plaees banks of sand and gravel many feet deep extembd across held, , regarded by heir owners as the mo-t , yards and orchards, the vines and tn-e-Hru u ks being thickly coated with the line day which the water had held in solution. Onlhew.ole the damagevas less . (ban many had feared, and with the ev pectation of preventing any further in jury by the erection of the dam. hop revived iu the breasts of all. and they .egan repairing as fast as possible the u jury already done, and the eultna-' a! I t-li r -1 ion oi their vme3'aids and held for the oiiiing erop. a inou-aim :oiiars or more, in pro pef.tive, lull not seriously alVecting th- ' immediate income of the familv oceu- , pvmg me wmie collage uuiP-rtue luull. . an.un.l who-e open porch -till dam- bereil ro-e bu-l,es heavy vv i ,,-ir . pymg the white cottage under the blull weight of cllow, ami led, and criin-oii blooms. As soon as po-sible after .lohnnv had ticcn brought home trom the shanty iu lhe hills where he lav so mauv week-. .Jenni-and Lucy had returned to school in Mm I ranci-c.i. .Mrs. Parsons being now . ... more than e.er determined that tliev should no! tail to obtain an cduca'ou. If we leave them nothing el-e, Iohn, let il- at least give them an cdu- ....i i... 1....1 i i.: : ,t i. at on, sue nail -am to ncr nu-oami. If viwtyki Sccurl. ah i:iu-iU lUscrrrriJW1-"11 was -'rokcn :tl Era-tit--' desertion , Lucy had dropped it; and .Jennie, anv Ionian pureiv because of His boundless v . -. n i. f of her for Julia Enni-: but when .she ions not to reach home in such a ,,;lv f0-n,.ui DriYPn rVfllfl SPH 10 SPIV hafl rdvl !" y o..U SI..J did notjfro,,;n;i!.-nce : touttract the notice ' l J-Aud'ih"li CM M. it . no: ceo tb.t Ml 1 Vl 1 1 XJllL UVixL 11 vJLU. worry greatly about, it. but began pict- ' of their mother, nl.-o chimed in, tnus J the man sbouM i: uiutie; I will utuku htaiaa !ir,:i' to herself the life she would lead ' giving her sister time to nillv a:ain; j &-W meet fur UJni." viiiuiuiie in uii-ir po-se-sion. inoineri ..c.iv i ,... r,,, ,r;.l(r , ...n i, i """"".i w'""" ' bu mi ,"""1" """ lJ,m ! crrawii mr nr.iacii. rue is pnucuiiv i up me jou n u hhj an -minuet .uu : places the channel of ll-Httl Mr.n I , (almost al way) awaiting his coining, the Ian cent he had. Incle Hill ( Urn- had been entirely choked up. and a new hii ' to" the "blu-he w-lneli ' a-' '''' t',,,rc.a'n't " '':iv,in vr n" , I'erhajis she i painting -creens for him: ste.l was around excavating for the j -one cut by the walen through pasture-. ; ., "n(.(i .r ,.i,i,.rs f.iru und neck she Hell; an' no right and no wrong that r making hay for him. or turning foundation of hi mammoth new ele- and grain lands and iu yet others ' r",(,.,'i on 'With airthe' sneed which her we're just put here like the wild bea-is ', xxiilR maul for h"im; or -hunting that she pliant, and for that reason had ju-t had where little of the coar-.er 'debris had j ' , , , ' ,,..' .i.1 ..iiwM vou to light fer what we rd, and that them , w:iIIls to vote fur him! she i-, erving, all h s picks newiv pointed. John re-, been depoMtrd, the long standing of t J! ".",,. "., , ir vtV fellers. iike Kachael. "and will not be com- placed his cold-ehi.'cl with one of the-e. 1he water had greatly injured vine- ',..... "."i.. ' i i. ........ !i:'i..-, .. .i ' "Jf a man or a child i- hungry and . forlcd" till she has him. and when about liiiohing up broke it , in- i .u.-oii- i .men nan r-uucicn vviiu ., i.,..,. Vou wullld be eiMra',ed to l"1-',n " I'eiieous to in; in- luiiuiini nig waiK oeniuii me oar-, never ipuei, i uiieii vviiu nans aim .-piive- .ui ' i i the rest, but not more than many j jj too Vou krmw you wmTM-if it d to sjak for Him as is alway- cud- j never sati-lied? All thing- have their ! wplit to pieces. Sick of the pile the ca - j other-. A hundred grape vines stand- ..J, ,jiaj , ),as',rUt nothinr to ro to dlin' to the rich, a knowiu', too. that ( own element, and are happy there, and j penter tmaliy agreed to turniah the j ing upon ground near the creek were ,.je;;,.,.,m, Wll7 i-o there "low, ,m m:,M C':U1 "ol :l "'"" of dollars ; there only. " i whole bu-ine-s for $7. .John linally j killed or badly injured. Several banks j,. ,.", w7w all about us --irls ami ' w'ithout gettin' .-ome that bt long-to; Did you ever know a widow who was ! agreed to hi.s terms and then hired a; f gravel, mingled with larger stones ''' j.OIIf,s rii Vou are "'oil!.-' to other folks. not more willin' than Harkis to marry man to cut up the wood for "?. When extended acio.ss soim; of the mos" fer- ,',,.,. inirKnnic if viiii'w'inriii witli "Wall. Annelsev's rich, an' Lucy U again? Did you ever -e a widower it was all neatly cut, and his respect c I ! i i i . i . . i - . . "I I'm .iuii. i I. mns n vou tv.itii iu uu ... . r , . ., , ! .... . e ... , . 1 tile lieM- lhe total iiniirv amoiintmr to i ..... .. " be Ins wife an die-s :n silk- and satin, who did not wine one eve carefiiilv ' wife filled the -love with it a lew time-. I ;iui in- ii. ui iu. me uu iiiiji-riiwii.i, iiioiiii the house seemed doubly lonely with-."'out ...in (). on ... . . s. .. .. ., i .. . ' 10 ueip .vir-. 1 ar-ons vv 1111 me ii-.ucr Avork thev seemed the assi-tanc- of a .. . . tiling girl who-e parents Iiad moved into lhe neii'hiioihooit mil the vear nc- t t ..I 1 JII()F till 141 ii i'WI-.j.ri ti t ia f fore, and who. having but little'to begin ui, were not unwilling mat tneir uaugn ler shoiihl tind a home where she would be k'udlv treated and paid for washing lhe dishe- and such tit her chores as her .a re and experience titled her for. A- thev had mi-sed a portion of one term the g.r'.s did not go home for the short spring vacation, but short spring vaeation. Hut remained in thecitv and studied. , 1, order to keep up with their elassvs; and when they , . - 1 at school a year longer, w lien 1 ne weie to be married and lie would take l;er to .New York to reside. , . . I In.? .. ,i.it lnille Mii.iviieeiei I li- lhe family. They knew that Mr. An nelsey had followed the young ladies to San Francisco, and that he had been a frequent caller upon them while there. Jennie had even intimated iu one of her letters to her mother that she thought Lucy and lie would bo married some "in ....- . .......... ............ ... ... . u-v- . ,. . , , one s.un iu.-- 01 i.uniKi " "-- -allUO-t as IrClIlient a VlSUOr as AYIhOI- l 'V t ,.!-. , .r , . I....I m. i -t in fact tlr two young men had made ,, t,eiv i;.rl,t dmerences :.nd fremient- ly called upon the girls in company, or " mmt : : . together arranged with them tor attend Jennie, however, was not formally engaged to Mr. Ensign. He had his own way to make in the world, ami had pas.-ed the age when men are apt to act hastily in such af fairs. He meant Jennie to understand that he preferred her to all others, yet lie did not think it well to bind her 'in formal engagement until he had tin rc.urn .1. nii.isuiniuer ...cv .vase,- no. , nines, ,,,, , suui.e m .- fof j.j,,,,,, k ,,,,, ,,e 5,l the iinine-g-..gcd to be married to James Annel- j come enamored of some new admirer. , (H:it(. ,,,.5 rhborlllKMl f lh,.ir own hoMU . . ,. . . , , 1 ' forfc,'rtalMl.;' "h h:u altt:,-VS frhoW" a ! if, indeed, he did not marrv one of t.ie -J he wedding was not to take jdace preleience for Krx-tus over the other . .in tvm;iin :l,wjiv wi-h (,um for at least a .war yet she told her young men ot the neighborhood. , Th(v n.sulUv t.onci;!od hU ri!rhl to mother m announcing the cngagi'iucnt. Still the thought clung to Lucy that ,ro however and as there was" now 31 1 Aiinelsey had desired an iintne- SIU.h ,,,5 ,t. the case, and that in- fiu'lo prospcct that thev wouldsoon be diate union, but to this she had inter- ste.,d of feeling bad became of her own .llllt. to ,V ,hn :l j,.,. t!u.v ,litl ot po-e.l a decided negative, and he luu.at engagement to another, his silence was womlor that hl. ui.sheil to leave them last consented that she should remain caused bv pain at being reminded of his ..,,.1 ,.1F., .. i,... ,,f .w mm ing upon places of amusement: and it n ..i...... .kjo niMirhlmr bow mir thev I t. i .i . i 1 1 n .i i i,i i,.., ; ,UI ,UH,,U mis ntignoor, now near uu. rinallv it was agreed that he should Jennie had chosen sl e could h" J.,were to tlmoir wn home; how their tako H ;lllr of throyear-old colt- and formed her mother of he probabilili ranch lookoiK aml how 5l had bt.en in. , w tocher with pro of another marriage, almost as certain . i,v ,,.. w-Lshinc-s from the mines - i w,-ou" " .".,, , trU t. ,. , ',, , t i ...... ., i iJurotl " me w.is.nngs irom int. mines, visions and money suthcient to last him of taking place as that of 1-uev to .ir. , ii.,r ,.,,,. enme to t sml.len ston ,-i i i i i : i . --i - iiere sue tame 10 a suiuitn siop. until he co.ild ixach his destmaton. wrniai engagement until he had some- . xU)US of tho hv,lrauiic mining compa ring more ahead upon which tHey ,lios at Gr;lvel hjh. Times for laboring men, and especial ly for skilled mechanics like Enign. were good just then, but the standard of living for alt classes was also high, and the art of saving large fortunes out of salaries of thirty or forty dollars a week in private life is even vet not well mituTMoou ccoiu nv :i low r:inroiui ot- .. - .. . - nciai- ami presidents of savinr MnU .- t - -ur. Atmclsey, infatuated with Lucv. . . . - . . r- ------ - -" and havin"- no neei.-s'tv fnr .t.d.n- .... -account of pecuniary matters, had pro- po.-ed the moment he found bieonr.ir.i neisey, accepted him. liut when he . . .. .. . urged :n immediate marriage, her j heart fiiileu her, and she begged for time, giving as her reason a "desire to , Teiuaiu at school another vear, and so tit herself the better to till the position which she should occupy as the wife of one who had the entrance of polite so ciety in the first city of the country. In this Lucy was partially sincere. She did not greatly love the man. to whom i-lie had engaged herself. As an escort to places of amusement, or a companion upon days of merry-mak-Q, she would perhaps nave chosen sutncient lor the ordeal: and she. al- ""-. " "- "y au ei i- tho .,art.uls: ,. niwav- a hope that the would u-or tor tacui cany and late,; -" though knowing in her heart that she J'rately chosen to desert them m '- ' i,ome m?Hit be s-wed' ami the though: j a"1 W-- ltlt' oportunitv. Are thev too ; A contributor to CWi-. 5avsR1.11 loved Krastus beUer. vet thinking he honr of their gieatest Ios- and "-"' th-t oveif if worst cmie to worst Tho ' timid? c w.ll meet them more'than -" there re cut out of black paper two ' cared nothing for her. and that herpar- gone over to their enemies in order to f.u'",jiv could be kept toe her had en- naif wav. Are thev too old? it is never similar figure-, two cros-es for eam 1 wits desired her union with Mr. An- ?ye herself from j-hanng in the hard- j V- ,-,, .,, llln.i .... 1- .."". , n' u.,.rf i too late to mend. Hut thev are .-tonv- . I'e. aad placed, their extremtie- al-' "V. ttk ..-...,..-......,. . ..i- w.tl,.t.i.,l, i I Vflijiuiliit:inc and "was not verv K f - J . . .. . ? . yth.it she had promised to be his k She cried a little when she wa- l wu alone after having done -o. and , t'Jeii tohl hen-eif that .s'.e was doing it . l save her father and the n.st o! the , kihiiulv from povrtv. an 1 because her when she was the wife of one who could supplv c.verv want, without hav- iny to ston to consider whether .-ome- tliiiir .Ue would not do :ls well, and be ' than ever, hoping therein to accom- pli.,h it- Ami so it had been agreed between them that Annel-ey should go at once l, -V"' '"- here hi j.re-ence was le-,ircd bv his !areiit.s, and tliat Lucy fclloH,tl n.-iailI .r.,lfol anotl1(.r vear. w. ). W!ls t n-iiirn. ami their mar- riage be consummated. CHAlTEIt XVI. UK IHSAI'COINTKIl I.OVr.It. Of course. Kra-itus wa- told of I ucys engagement to Mr. Anneliey. In taut, he learned it from Jennie in advance of anv other member of the familv. ""-""-""'-'- ------ ? , ; Uj(v W(.ro fIrivif ,,r ,OIlu froill th,. ;,,,,,,., ,; ....-ir n-LuriTfioin San Kran-1 ' cisco ami chatting of those thing-which ! f iIlt.Tre,t to voting people. .,., ol,H.r vou - aUl,(Il.nlv brok. OIIt j,,. ILllliVf V.4t .llOI.I.I IllttMll. .. i:i .. i.: il l.... ......Mil ... Hi iit.i' nun i-i vn-ii, iiul u ii ii. in; n , . J , . , , now. for Lucv ami he ai-eeuraired. and are going to be married when he comes 1. ....I. f....... NT..... ..lr ,! itn.nt .i ... T,i(.nj jo L ifs ollt JU1IJ WlU won't h.ive to be carrying the awful load of having to tell it any longer." "I think you are ju-t :u mean as you can be,' retorted Lucy, half angry and ' ""' '' , ' , ' ,,',' ', i'.,,!, ,.' r '.., i ..,.,., .-, ., ...,, ..i,,.,. i,. i,ic; ' IlilUIl L IH1 l UMl tUKMIl ll. 111 A J' II a i !jim i;ig ,j(.(M ammsl :l; fon.stant as ' viuir shadow ever since we met him uu ' viuir shadow ever since we met him on ' I'.ut Lr.-Lstu- made no such confession, ami instead of blushing hi- taee became , -T , , .. , , c " !,,;a,, a",11 "l t speak for some sec- ( '.' ,!"'n S:,U,1' m a "I1 V,'hwU VI IV Willi), .1111. III. I M kl.lintii. , oiiniII hoaiNi' a. id unnatural. I an. not going to marry Julia Ln- I i in -in nit- j. ii. ni- or anybody cl-i ' After that little j some time. more was said for Once oi twice Jennie, who felt that she wa- the innocent cause of the sud- i :i ... . ...i.: .1. i. ...i r..ll '"" siieuce wim-n nan laiiuu upon thein. attimnt)'d to start the conversa tion aga'ii by asking ipiestions about neighbor- or affairs on tin; ranch, but Kra-lils only replied ill the fewe-t words no-si.ile and still looked si raii'ht ini.i j - --- -, of him. ' Jennie was half inclined to be ollend- ...l ..) ll.,..- l... tli, .11. .1,1 I. mm .imrn- I.... . .. ...... . -..v ......... .... ..- ; :"- l."s' l,!lfl ,aj:,, "r-elt to a 1. ... 1. . .i:.i . 1:1 .. .'....1.1 man wnoin uc um uoi uki. v omu r I1.1 loil'ii I'.l.lli III.' Illll.k 'lllt VeOIMII IIMCll -" "- -" - - -" - known that some feeling deeper than '. . mere dislike tor Auuelfcv was u woik within his breast. Was it po.-sible after all that he loved her? The thought sent all the blood rush ing back upon her heart, and for a moment she felt that she should -ulTo- cate. I hen came another I '''t- i 1 cr hap- Lrastns had p.opo-e.l o Julia and been rejected. I his .she felt could ite. I hen came another thought. 1 1 . . . 1..1:. . 1.. ..1 ...1.1. ...1.. 1... ii'fu-al bv . Julia, and her whole mood changed, ami she became as cold and 1 bar. I a- he himself appeared. . . . . iiikv m.rireii inline sue neirfin i-iii.-- 1 ... ,,.t .11 1 . - -- i.v.i.v -' --. a .& ing glibly of anything and everything she could think of -the presents they had brought for each incmlier of the family toys for Johnnv. a dress for mother, a neck-tie for Kra-tus himself. , and a silver tobacco-box tor father all ; lioiiiit with money saved out of that . r- . . sent them for their own u-e: going on . from this to tell ot their seliool ami Ot .. .....,, ,I ,,f ,r',r who enme on the ImviT I a toupie oi gins vvno tamt on me uo.u with them as far as Sacramento, where f, ,...-,.. ;ved- and how these o- r s ' " " L 7. , l "V i "T . " ..' . .!? ..,. ' Averu rriui-uu n urn: in uinruu iiuiu" ij0r. and how. in answer to their in- . .she had unintentionally ran upon that winch they were an irying to avow me mention ot. and there came to her not only a knowledge of her blunder, but an entirely new feeling-a teelmg thai sue was soiucuow respousiuie lur inu losses and sutlerings of thi- family and everv other familv-" in the valley who-e , : t :i.i.. e . .1.. homes were endangered by the opera- At least she had arrayed herself on the side of the companies: was engaged to be married to one who was inerested 111 the continuance of the work which wa- certain to bring more loss and suf fering to the-e people. Mie was no longer of them or with thitfti tnr timn f hii tnrtn.Mt iM. ?i !! -" .v... .., ...v... . . -wv th.i ictf.t nt T . k Attn.il.'i.i- h.i iivtiil. mi- ..m, l. .i.h...j .iiime.; -u -- ..-.. ...I. 1 i. .--....- . . l . 1. .,.- . . . ,u" """,'" " "-"-". l tti- ' ..... 111.. . i . . . 1 . e . one sue nan Known stneo tney nan sot- t"0li m ",e V:l"-tJ.v- Kvcn ner father and mother. and ....;.. . ...i.r..i. -. 1.. 1. . - ,,,I, wmen luigui uu coming upon ":t!u- All this passed through her mind in an iustaut. and she sank down in her seat with a feeling of shame, and a uaireu m nerseu wnicu made it impos sible to sav a word more. "No wonder Erastus is silent." she UioughL "He can not bear even to speak to one who seems so utterlv sellish. Oh! why did I never think of it in that ligfit before? It b that which has made him so cold to me ever since Mr. An neisey first came. He has thought all the time that I was trying more economical. mowirni mey ir.m uever nth w:ii ., .... , ,, .., , ,-... ,.,,... :...! t,.. r:-;.... .K...,,,? She hone-tly w,-hed to fit herself as daughters m a ay..r mood, and aitnl.- ,)own al, ,,. a ,.nc, Htf j fa , fc, . , , far a possible U, appear well m the ,o- . ,t.,l it to joy at being home aga,u after , louiiml(:tl to Inak, Atm aml liUo 1 ,d from our old -nnd he ciety into which her husband would bueh a Ion-ab-ence. , ! Kves. but the do not, unfortitaaU-lr, , a,-r.n UO7 from VJ , . . , take her. and intended to studv harder U hen Mr.-. I'arson told her husband - ... ,-, t, ,. .,.iH.P ' r, .IIr..!v .. t',.. ' cauirht s-jrht of some old -heds we let: . . - - iuii i.iiiniiur - -...----..-- .-- - ,. . ..... ., . . --...-, -,.. ,.. ..............- ...... ..v .- -- - ' WIIL lllillll. ... . ... I ..... . . i r and I Hope she ll lie uappv oiiirie .lennie and she had tnld them ...... t. cn. .......If fr. m i nv cm l'l'-irt'r t t ' mav conic upon the ieat u: them. On. . m' - n I cou.u only uie. IJv this time, however. Era-tus had partially recovered iron: the Mow which hud fallen so sm'de ilv. If not unexpectedly, and was ah.e to take up the thread of the eon verbal ion unero and when they topped m front of the cot la,rc and Mr. and Mrs. Parsons liit j MnTr i..,iT- in" F.ilirm" iii his irms rner c.ur.in .loimiij in ms arm.,, ( form came out to welcome them, they of Lucv's enirairetneut he remained silent for a lime and then .-aid: ' "I a' pose it natural. Marty, an' what's natural i- ginerally riirht, but t....ii.T-- . Im tfcMnl l.ijv will )u -rrrv UUi' ..... . ... ..v... .-.. ..... wv w.. fer it -ome dav. i I ain't got nothin' inarticulnr agin the young man. but I'd a heap ruther she'd a married It.i-tu-, an' I feel cer tain he'il :t a.-iked her ef Mr. Annel-ev t huilu't got in his way and he seen that j Lucv kind o1 took "to him; though I ', never rouid make out that hhe loeu him f-o very much while he was a; comin' hen- to .-e- her. j -May be it-all right as it is." he , j . continued, after a moment's pau-e. "At h;:i,-,t .-he won't want fer .-omethin' to eat . mak wear. An' may be it don't , my odiis now u 3 got, ouiy so , w w it- -I u-ed ter think." he went on, -that take.- a loaf of bread, they ictid him to i . ., , ,!... tail, becaiiMj that J, , . , , .... . i vi'lation of the law; but ef he has moue to tart on an' bribe- onirria to i.-i-. a law -o he km rob a lot of poor folks of everything they have, a- fa-l :ts they can get any- thing together, why. they're makin' , money beeau-c they vegot more talent- , than other fellers have: and everybody , money beeau-c they vegot more talent- , than other fellers have: and everybody , is entitled to all they can make in tlu countiv. i ! a fa. "I don t believe Christ ever taught :iui' s'cn doctrine es that, but there is :in3' slcn doctrine es that, but there is and I hopt Mav i.e j ...I .-..' 1 1 ....' .r.,i.. Ii..ll l..t l...r- I v f1 (l1IV ,.f e bov ollliv,.s , 'I'll..,.,, .iii.rli! Ui he -ome irooil eiillle u-. I here ought to uc some gt om of jmh Min-...1n; ., tlirafll be the vvav it'll eome. ...... r"- r- - may bo t i f , u s ;i Jv , )f ,, ,,. t.f ;. j ...... - . .....' I wouldn't take a cent of it nivself time .lohnnv should need their help it ; won't be a gift exactly, tor the company 1 that's putltu dollars into Anind-ey's ' pocket is a lai.iii "em out of otirn an' j though they ain't the same dollars e- ' actly.it aniouiiLs to the same thing ' it s a robbm ot us to get rich llicin- selves." i A few dav- rifler this Kt'a-tlls inform- '. ,.,! Mr Parsons, and. latr in the dav. I .i... i ...-.u :i.. .i".- ' uu: ouiei iiieiuueis in irn- i.iiutij.. hiul j when the Iiiiitv of the sca.-oti was over i. ,...111i...i T,. l.-.v.. tln.m -in, I ..iriLo ! . , ... ' " ! out 101 ii'iu-eii He hop il that, thev wouldn't b el that .- . . . j. wa ,, s,.,ti.r ii.,M, fur or he would ' ....,.,. .1,, , ,.,,. i,t i. was now two ' vears pa-i his majority, and ought to j j for i,;H,.if :ind a iniiuber of rmt . - . young men tit his acquaintance were j going down to tin' .Muss e Mough ' couiitrv to take up land, ami he had decided to go with them. I This decision of Kra-tus was tho cau-e of much regret on the pan of ,ohn aml Martha pa,,on.. Thev loved hjm . lm.r mvn ol :m(l h:u , , :llm p.,,,,. ti,at wiu:n j1(. should start "" 4.liiJ,kVkiJ.-'' l'crhaps they divined some of his feel ings for Lucy: at least thev- realize 1 that thev could oiler no objections to . . . ... .. nit viia-' a k&a& a k. Lirir.Li 1..- ........r nn iwniiii ... oiuhkii purely selfish. At Vnst they insisted that he take the few hundred 'dollar- remaining in bauk, ntnl a pair of hor-es and a wagon, Tjie monov i,0 positively refused to tom.u except n few dollars neecs-arv ... ......i.i i.:. ... ...i O' Vll.o'iu tlltit 0 tit.n lake the journey to Slough, although both the girls 'joined the.r parents in begging him to . 111 i.i ii ,jn a,i declared thev would reina.n home from school, or even teach school. .., ,. :. , ..... ., . "lvl "'" 1V " "V JMl u?uo o much to aid in accuimihitine- what .i..,.. ,,o-sess.d to leave without anv- ,...-i. ,.w.- ....-., J jook aboul ,:,,, a httle and decide ju-t wnat iic would da D . t,HJ limc 5ntorven5n? Morc lhe jav -et for llt artun. iItTworkoil ..., .-. n t.n ... f.. ,, ,:.,,,. -" .......v.. ....... ..-....., .... ......... leave the fall work in good shape ami ; so relieve Mr. Parsons as much as po siblc The colts, too. were harnessed every day and made to do some light work that they might be hardened a little before starting upon the journey. which, although not such a very long one. would yet be a hard one on am- mals of the.r age. It was a very- sad household, that of John and Martha r.irsons, during these few weeks of work and preparation: 1 weeks of work and preparation: perhaps the ad.le.-t tha .. 1 .1 . t v 1 crew .uxjiu ineir ooarci. . v .., .n.tuu- was hmmrit mm ----. ........... .. - w. v.... .....w cr mded for life, and when it was ,,. .,.. .., ...- 1 , . ,.., .... itioii-tib ill. l. itie.t iiuuiu w .1- iu m- mv- st roved bv the overflow, verv dark in- 1 deed had seemed the dav-. iliv to p up appearance. And young hearts arc ever buoyant; so loug as they have no very grave sorrows of their own. "Jie sorrow-s of others, even those they love best, can not prevent the occasional overflow of youthful spirits in merry laughter, and the young folks of the Parsons household hail always expected that in some way the clouds that ov er liadowed them" for a time would be lifted, and that the warm sun of love and prosperity would be found to bava a permanent abiding place in their fioo anient. fTO BE CONTIXVKD. n .- MATRIMONY. rn i:io-il Kotstt- from tin- I'nmarrlnl Woman' -tJtnljrItit. I have never don? ' d the -tat-vneai in Ciencsi.- regarding the crenion of the 'r.-t man and wotnau. I am there ' aught that an infinite God created ; Ami Milton describes the two: For eonteuiiaiKii hejt aior tormM. For ftne'iennl -wcet nttntctieKTace: ,. Jor f;Hl only ,.,, ror (j0., ln hllll (lod .-aw that it wa- not well for man tirst pair did. I propo-- at once to come to my joint. and it is this: Marriage is an institution as old a humanity: it wn-divinely ordamed; it is the tiin-i plete. the perfect life. Kvery man who roes through life unmarried is violating the lir.-t jrreat law of his being. Who ' does not .-corn ... . j;ucj, a man, o fiilnt. s pi ritt -.. Fo lull. so deul in look. k woi-ti)!!'' " The wi-dom of the world is inclined to find rlnlhiii" for iL-elf in mri.vim. So ,, . ... We have the wi-,e old saying: Kvory Jacw m-iiis .Mi." lnt there i-, nowhere aujrht said about his beimr at libertv to take her or leave ncr 'j'h0 whole 'force (,f the maxim i-. m Tle Word-: "has her." I'.ut if he turns his back on her he no longer has j,er, :ind he then Uie-. in the face of an i almost divine law. I ,d what of Jill? She has been ' Hut are the joys .tf matrimony such that -he needs mitil mourn if liecom- eth not?" 1 1 low can a poor jrirl an-wer except i l)V j,:irable? When vou take a hh out tMU water doe- it not'wriegle and twi-t ' to ,., KU.. again? Win? I'.ecau-e tj,.. wat. it- elemeii'. and it i- hap- .... n,.w.-.ere cl-e. When vou atch a arable? When vou take a li-Ji out tj,.. wat. it- elemeii'. and it i- hap- v now.-.ere el-e. When vou mlcha ! i,jrd in a cigu how it stru'girles to be i .free! Whv? H.cau-e its home is in " tt - it the tree-top and the air. Have vou j watched a bear or tiger keep its weary- , watched a bear or tiger keep its weary- , while he looked abroad to replace hi-j .1...... .1 t...l'J ..i:.... .......I- l.....l..r ,., wonU W,,.u ,.:ill ,. ,, , lU llt J tlilc -in.l tli.it tn,..l l.r -in. I !... 1-ir.. ti. ........... ...... ...,...... her-elt that marriage mii-t be bliss, ' when thev who have once tried it are , -ure to wed again. .,., , . , . of . , , -.i j i superior airs ' our married -ister-a nine to us who are unmarried. We are compelled to endure this but we hate it with all our -ouis We .-ee them fondle their ehil- ; dreii: we -ee them eare-s their bus- band-: we hear the tender partings and ; the joyful welcomes; we -taud outside i ami realize that a wide world has oneneil to llwm in wbieli We have no , nart. W. erv out in an.misli. but we i .t.: . i. .. ' :...i.. : f . i.. . v.. no uu ni-i i ei'iiv in our eio-eis. .u iliig can be made at u- so bitter a that -. ..,... . i.i,...,.ic- .......... ,. .,,..0 , ,. iii" nuiiiK riiiiiu-ii 1 a- that we are angling tor husbands;, Hiirniiurriititii-.ti.fiin oih ""..'. .' . " .' and no contempt c ptal to that iu which , .. ...-..-. . .1 we are caiieit '-oiu mauls. .re we 10 lilatne.-' Unite olten we are the -11- perior- of our niarr.ed -i-ter-; .-oine- times it is liecause of this that men pass 1 11 t ... .1 -..i . 1 us nv. e kuow an uie nine arts ami devices our si-ters practiceH to -ecure their nls; we helped them in many a deception, and with myriads of pretty compliments, we were willing ti be their foils that they tn.ght -how 111 bet j relief, but when they are -iire of j their game they turn upon u- w th con- 'tuiaelv. and ca-t it 111 our teeth that we ter relief, but when thev are ure of wyre not sought ny anv- men. e go tii rough life amusing their children, ) ntertaining their company, nur-ing their s ek. while all the time our hearts are hungry over our own incomplete , lives. I 1 often listen to diatribes uiion matri-1 niony from wives who have happy j 1. ......... I....;.... 1... I......I . .....I ' homes, loving husband- and nonny t too place children, and they seem to be mocking i .....'. ,,,. me. or they are mocking t hem-elves. l-"av. bin. y I know not which it is. Hut down in " - - iit." mv heart I am saying to iny-elf: "What have vou done that thi- life is not for you?'1 Hut no answer ever comes to me;. " I fuel like one who trv.uN aloni 'Moiiirt tmiKjiU't hn.l-tK erlt-1 " I crv out in the night to him whom God placed me hereto comfort: Where nrll thou, mv beloved?" but the night wind I brings back only the cry of the whip-poor-will. Man and woman are incomplete with- c,,rre tt hini. and he returned to tL ' out the other. I he woman who loves, ; :lttack with: i is loved, and. weiUed. hits leeu born J "Ton vour honor3"' ' apiin. blie has found the new world. Oh." said the "other, "now w-j althoueliit is as Jcnnyson says, the touch me honor, take vour dancd'olil ame old world. And when she ta.es ' knife." and he hamled'tl.e article over, her children in her arms, when baov ' .. Well done. Hill," said his chum; "1 -lips call her "mother, she has passed . alus knWetl Vou Was Louorabic oul in t-oiiiiiion inu.g.s ami waik wun her brad anion"' the irotls. And nn I death can take this joy away from her. Love is eternal. Iyive is the connect ing link between Heaven and earth; the ladder upon which we climb among the angels. 0. wives! O. mother-! hear the voice of one crying in the night. r- ------ .--v How 1 ttle vou realize ali that God has done for you. I. who am as one iu a j far country, envy you your opportun-- j t-es. your hnppiue-s. and am -urpnsed 1 tha you seem so little thankful for all you have. ' Hut if I envy wonieu how can I find I words to express my scorn of tho-c . poor, m -set-able lieing. men in name, j but unworthy the high name of man. 1 who shtrk their responsibilities, and defy the.r d-stiny. Tiny sho Id be 1 driven out-idc the pa7e ot soc.ety: tnev should not be allowed to enter any ""- "Uiita.t. viii.iitvtt -liuiuu w ' i:" ' - i'" -""" .. .. I... T..v .-. -- 1. .... . men should m ... - " v - - - " - ue-pi.-e uieni. t.ur law niaiiers -noitw change the laws so as to disfranchise. Paupers. JilKit- mkiI bachHors. re thev too poor to marrv? Wei hearted. Our cries do not reach them, Thev have cars and hear not. But a day will come when thev shall suffer. In sickness no tender band will cool their brow. On the contrary, a modem &irv damp will drop snuff into their eyes. And when the last hour comes, when their miscrab-e existence draws to Cspeciauv io ' -- v.' v" j'-"-.. . ........ . .. , ami enu. uo joving oreasi snail rest . successively wim one eye. The exper their head: no tender words follow them 1 iment becomes still more intera-tino across the dark stream. "tjv the wori fonrot.- Ana when thev a ar bcfoK the recording angel I h tad desolaic" J ills the deserted be there to te-tifv against them, and eaci tear these" women -bed .-hnll turn to bli-ters when the.-e miserable men are ca-t in'o .-heol! In conclusion I beg that ' mv calm. unMa.-d view- muv s.nk into vour .-ouls. and on behalf of all un- maned women I otlor you tnw toas.: ".Matrimony Tbu art p-o rwnr azi-1 ye: o lar. II. . JaAer. m Toledo 11sL A HEAVY CONTRACT. An Affair that IM '! In Out ?tU f.rtoritr. Kureka jmsse'S more contractor to the acre than anv town in the world. tandinsr. and feeling the necil of a sUle- walk in front of hi- palat.al resilience conclude! to save a few bit anil buy .... r,i,i ilimi.r i,.f. .,t-mi; if.. ,tnul Heck man for a trade, and got the old ' uu 'ng- lor pacuin up to -iicck .h hou-e what wok1 wjls laying arounti t loose. He hired a team at 1..V a loud. J ami the team-ter t in six loaiL on him j amounting to .y. Wihmir to have a I nic sidewalk, he concluded to have a 1 cold-chi-el made v cut the u.tils. for which he paid "-'. After he got even thing out of the way he tackled tie buildings and ripped them apart, uhteh took him two day-. He then tarted in to evttin.r the thine to nieces, and ehi- eled awav for two d.ts more when he broke his -' chisel. Hy this time tie beLtn to realize what a darn fool he wa. but his nr.de w:i to creat to '! oil" .-cjuarc at the handle. Alter -nort- i inir around for a few moment.- tie coi- ' eluded to go thr.niirh. and therefore ', told the teamster to haul it home, and ' then went down to cool off. When ho then went returned 1 piled up in macarpen -idewalk. : home he found it all there. ' lront of the irate, ami called in a carpenter to contract lor building the sid-walk. a- he wa- heartily -.ek of tho "contracting" bu-inc . imag.ne his .-urnri-e when the carpenter told him t a r r llll.l there wa-u t a fool of the old rubb..-h he could u.-e ou account of it being he could u.-e ou account ot it being it became -o tilled with old iron that -he l.n.l ... .w. .,..-....-. .....t;...r .li.iti.tr lltlfil .,,, n.lnrMl.,i. Vht-:i he did. and saw I lw. . n 1 ,....!.. of lii iiivi.lnui' lie VV!I4 , , slightly wild. lie -cied a sl.o can of coal oil and rushed out in the van!. pouted it upon the pile of wood and -et it oil". When he lound it was all burned he siient nearlv a dav in rn'. ing the ashes up and separating the oid , iron, which was near'y a ton. He hired J a man to haul the iron to the ink- i -hop. where he .-old the outlit tor ?-1.7i. ' Helow is ju-t what the 7 worth of, IuiiiImt .lohii put m his sidewalk co-t ; him: llunlltif- ..-...,! t. ll.u.v mini f ' ui ' (i p; O' 4 t) . V' 0) M .- (. I rti I l Z 'St ?.s-. si 1 :: roM ctn-el .'. l-nrht iliiy-nun! lutior nele lllll - pick llMiiluiir miiliisii Imiiiu 'uiln. oil ('iittiiiir rul.Iil-ti nioimlf Uhvh l.iin.r rukmif up. llinilliiL' in 11111k. stiiri " I.e.SsoM Iron Net ci)t J.'i to If any man wants to -ee a circus free , of charge, ju-t tell John he has some ', old buildings he "can have for hauling 1 a little wood." Eureka (Oil.) Tea-' I'lunt. AN "HONORABLE" LAD. lie I Ire iv tlir Line t I'eronnal lliinor A Willi Wetlrrn liii-iitent. I It is extremely refre-hing to notice ; the line .-en-e of honor po--.-e-5-.ei1 bv ' so,,M of the ris5n- K'neration in Vir- j ginia City. La-t evening two youths.' each agctl about fourteen, met on (' street, when the followin-' dialoraio o It rou got 1113- knife.'' Ton vour word?" " Ton me word." "Ton your -onl?" Ton me soulr'' ' Hope you may die if you have?" ' Hope 1 may d'te if I have." " You ain't got my knife?" " I ain't got yourknifc." The querist seemed to b still incrcd ulous but was on the point of t-ivinir it ' 1111 in ib .-n.iir. when ?i liri.rl.t i.l.-. "..is- 1 chau." Viraima ( 'hranirt. British Clerical Incomes. 1 rtH interesting report has just been 1 Issued by a committee of convocat.on on the subject of the decrease of cler ical income- from and in Great Hrtain. i The fall has l-en worst in the eastern . countie-; those in the west have been ! least atlected by the agricultural de- j pre.-s.nn. t.li-b.." lands appear to have; ' deprecated in value from '-Jo to .VJ p-r : cent- Kighl cases are mentioned bv j the committee, one from each arcn- deaconry. the tigurcs of which a-.v really verv -tattling. Income-nomiuai ly ot"i.V-i and i.'3J.i have fallen to ml. i"70 his fallen to 2P. jL'Ci to ''VM) i.G-0 to JlSi". 1Vj to T:X "1.-ji u &. and T70 to 0. 'Hie annua. niar'V? on mo.t i.t hii. mmmiv- it- 1 further reduce them. Th.. i. ,v....n.n ! , uoncd income of igi'i has to !e:n a charge of i.g;7. and arother income of J nil has a charge of JL'sl. most toucuing. at ab ut three inch 1 cs from the ere- before a -heer nf ', wh"te paper, there will be seen three j crosses, the middle one being dark anc I completely ?eparate- This phenome- ! ntm is explained bv the simultaneou ! vision of the two eyes, and it is easy ic show this by. looking at the obfect- r ! when instead of black fipnrr- w. ..ttT. J ploy complementary colors red and ' green, for example. In this case we must use a dark background, and ther will appear a white cros in the middla. TEMPETuLXCE BEADING. THE DECANTER'S SONG. Thrr wa aa ol ilr-Antcr. xnO it tsf-uth wn cspa. !. thf rwjr ! hJ rt'ttO kry a-t Stt iu cryii"al tle; C th nl w r n t UumtniAf. buiamw;, up aal iloirn tfcc Je U tow, J t!niict th re ed-l I k c, bollo neck itc w 1 1 il c t not l: blew 1 placed It In the window. where the Uitt wi tow- la? trtf, anil lu- drO tht 1 1 p a 1 f mouth tiQk lbi qurrft t r a l n w mc. Thcr tell me ;unj- c o n i u e r or I th J' I r u i b a lata iu t-n. tmi Wat It hundred tiouud ot Uj: vrrjr N-l of inn ; tut I'" twa.5 thu lb boi'Je jiXp ' tut I have cunqucn-d more than all your Inraou oaoucren. o frart-d md famed of yore. Ttcn cvnic ye v u u t h and tnaulftiv cvtnc ilnnt from out my cuji, the l rrae that iuU the t.rn:E WhI l-urn. th- ;:rU up. that jut to lifiint- the ixo.ju-rui tht Uy tfteir H'orc Wan, tor I have drurid mUtums with tn Iuva U1- f w TniHjfh x in the joth vt liattK- arkrt u of bltH.l hi ay rvil, et h le I l t-l the todj, I lae dnmrwd ih rrry hu.. n' .'hoH'nu th" wurd, such ruin nt'ver wrt.ujrht. a I, In m rtft r ma ic. iti thr In noc.tit titvvt tn..jht- AiwJ Uil I trxaihe uimii thrm. and thej hrnW Lefore in trfath. and rar t' )rr y t-Mj.lTi titiul the tlwrjmil ru! I-itrn'fi." my I t-ichiny. CHILDREN AND TEMPERANCE. ' JjrlrntUlc ln.triirtloit lit tl" ur.rrj i K-rly I'oiniirrlirti.Ioo til riij.lr.l l-w j Itclatlns to llrallh and llrtrltipuirut. 'Temperance is (kkI's law for the bmly." Accepting this broad definition, we can not overe-limate the value of Temperance teaching in the ehools." Hut tin- part of the chtld'.- education -hould not be commuted entirely to the public school. The be though per- luin daogenm-ly drwuk o-leiw.r him Iv-hap.-? not the mo?t imiiiediate. result of in- m-en-.b!. tt tho 'tilf.r or ou tio the Scientilic Iu-triictioii bill w.ll In-the pavement. Hut a lv vhola au after- education of mother-. '1 he agitation and dicu ion nece--ar to place thti law upon the .statute book of fourteen State- must prove educative, and in tho-e States where the movement has failed the labor i- not lost. '1 he eed bown -hall soon spring up. Whatever the child learns grow.- into hi- mind, becoming part of it, ami forming the giant of hi- eharacter. The learningof latter ears i- adveutit.oiis -it bes upon the .-urface. It in the dif ference between veneer mid "renl wood." 'lhe same current of blood that stamps an imp:c-s.on upon tint voiithful memory earue- bui'd ng ma- terial t)i the growing brain, ainl ih.-e early impress .on- enter into the solid ina.-onry upon vvhnh mane o I is buiit. while the know J dge aoiuiri d in main- ntv is but paint or wlnti-wa-h. If our prein.ses be mte. we should te:i"h lir-t taat which is mo-t impor tant in the realm of the child's com-iireheii-ion. I 'an anything be moie iiiinortant than knowl dge of the habit- uiion which dd'Ctul liealth ami vigorous phv-.c.il life? 1'ortunat'dv the young min l can undi-r-tand the phy-ical law it a v en early ae. Teach the child the true value of the body that i.- not him. but lis the hou-e built of (ioi. which he is to oc upy during his earthly life. He will see while very young that a line hou-e is d-wira -hs "and. too. that people are judged soiii) what bv the houses in which they live, and by the vvav they keep their lioil-e.-. Don't let lit til think you send lum to led catlv to get riil ot hi- no e, but tell htm of the tin v (ell-woiknien who are building his house, how the do most of their work where vou have n good mother or m--when he is a-lcep. ami the very best iu ter. brmg a neat lunch in vour jMn-kut the tir.-t part of the night. He can and keep out of the eating am' drtitk-under-tand that we need le-- sb-en be- ing s'up-i altogether, -cc Altct 7'uy-cau-e our hou-es are tu -bed. ami tcey . lor, m Chritnm at U'ori. hav ) only to keep up repair- for in. - while for him they are re:illy building i CUSTOM. up lle-h and bone. Hi- imagination , ,,,., . f i i..,i I. i ,. wil make the-e wonderful little Ialxir- , , , , crs more teal to lum than the in.ero- ; pcone niake- them to us. Tell lum how they have to g-t biultl ng material from the blood, ju-t as the mason has to ii-e brick and mortar for a wall, l-'ach si't of cell-, or woikuieii. select lhe material for their -pedal u-e- The bone builders u.-e lime and the biain builder- pho-phoru anil many other substances, hut all mut g)-t -iipplie from the blood. All u-- a great ileal of water. Alcohol take, the water supply as a great thir-ty beast might drink the water from tho mason's tank, b-aving none to mix the inortar'with; then the work stop-. Then it -aps the water from tihsue already formed, b-av.ng it tcnd'T and brittle, just a- a wall begun to crumble after lire ha burned the water out of the cement. Do tor.- call that "fatty tlegeneration." A great tleal of oxygen is nece-sary. Ux. I here isn't much oxygen in tobacco Mnoke Before tliis your little philosopher vvtlt ask. "what i.t blooil made of ' When h; hears it is made from what we cat. he will have interest as well a- pleas- ure in hit food, and you will have now- er over hi appetite. He will begin to exercise self-control, that thvinet force in human nature. Kxplain that the tooth builder must have lime phosphate for the enamel of & tooth, as surelv as a ma-on must have plastcr-of-pan to hard-lini-h a wall The chief source of lime pho-phate is the grain, but only a very liule is found in the white part of anv gmin. lie will soon Icurn to like brown bread, com bread and the grit, esjx- C'ally if hi- mother cult. vates her la:: a well as hi. Tell him the meat make -o much wast: the buihlers have Ji stop wor-c to clear awav the rubbih. Milk does not h nder tl.em -o. Kvcn pups and little wolves and I.on whelp, who eat lle.sh entirely when g'nvvn. -at only milk when they arc -mali and their mother take care of them. Ur yon may ave bun from forming that un naturally carni'.erou- appetite which leads to the crav ng for -urnulant-. and of it.-T-!f caues -ome knd of fatal d- ease. Four of our teeth are "fb-.-h-lar- n;rn.h-s ri-ally gootl liquor oalv n cu. ing." From tin- w mav get a hint of tooT.- who can tell what tnv get. th prox-er proportion of meat in our dietarv. Tell him coffee and tea hurry and worry the nerve builder s thnt th -y can "not no. Mv do therr work well, while 1 eer antl whi-ky maxe them so dizy that everything ttev do - crooked. Thus cvt-rv fact antl L-.tr'i-- idcalizeii. or rather ' mattT.al.7ed and phyKlogj- to the imaginat-ve child and mother, too is a f.tirv tale. To do tht the mother mu-i acpi.re the hanl ckn:iric fact, eluded, and the frank opn'-n of a itua and let her imagination play with y fci- attitude toward Temf-rrJince U them till she can give them to the child Dot runout -jignificACc: for tl reform in plea-ing form. Every woman ha a cr4 wj, jj know how the rrd of touch of Mother Goo in her nature, intemperance mav l abated. To!td The trouble Is. mothers neither learn jjiadc nnr- tJi.nt of tbs thinr. Thev mav 1 - - ocderitand the moremesU o'f the heavenly bodies, but thev know Tery little of 'human bodie. l"do not under- rat "hi-'ber educaiioa" for vomtn, but I do atfirm that the highest educa- tion for woman w that Which makes her the best mother. And if 1 were talking to men instead of women. I would sav: that U the best culture for vou which fiu vou for thi priestly, kingly function of fitherhil. ' at! i tti UMv b it Ihl tipoa tn He ruayt cvorv ncl tra.i:etl ul bet anl al mean M"nl all. he ml m & tor II do-"n in taf Teach by phyological trngrt,A''ioa C-usJi'nan, i no , A ranjcf Wi Now. tj I want dr.nk Well gooJ uuti Iu !i ianv tnivc dr T! tit r ni-Htn.lav ti:nt)u rVa. rrn I ? an I Uv ntTSTe earn n th r l. r in vsrum USvml 'Ihev n!i' mi n ilr rk ; l.Hr. and .-o tl.t "n.tvto t. e nu-. hether th ev th ta-U of the l-r r not I tlott t know Hut Uicy th nk u looks maul), and ou know li. wtll put thm-Mve- to a great deal of trouble ami mcouvenietn e u d. whit men v Vu oe thi- in the trouble l takit Hi learning how to Mnoke and chew tu ba ceo 1 want to whimper in the ear of ovory b-y vho take.i a sla of Urr at h. lunch that he i in danger. 1 do ihiI -v tlntl iini' eln.- tit !. r v ill mittn in !' work to do i- very likely to I! untitled fur it b ne jf!.vs of Ur. 'I h In-vernjie inuke- lum -tutud tvn.1 thn-k nn-1 .sbepv. It in ivy not put him artu.iJIv to sieep. nor aflit hi-, tongue mi that hi- speech -oitmN bke that of an ol 1 toper, but it becloud- hU brRln j u.-t emiugh to make loin a ibd-rent 1m iy from what he ought to !-, eitK.tr for lit- own advantage or for thnt of kl-t einplover. 'I hen think what the beer lnN t. There are a great mauv .sr;er drtnkt -ld xt the lunch counter, and iu knvv bo.- are fond of Irving ep.rt- mnts A tifteeu-ve.ir old Uv stiea some eighteen) ear old who is tomr him Irving a gin of --hcirv nr a mv of brandy He think- thnt what the bigger lv i- doing is mnttlv. and thiTefore h)' will do it, too. The liovid feeling of the atronger drink i- a imw revi'lntimi to him. Hit -nunnch warmed, ami prcvntlv hii lu-ad ha a curious ft chug of hghtne--, and he womb r- if the-e ilrinks aiwnvi make a ftllovv feel that vvav He tries and tries and trie again, ami llnds jut how thev make a fellow feel. It t- .t-.y to e- that the lnl l- in danger of walk- ing iu crooked wav- It i-a iily that a bov should have to jret his lunch at a place where strong dr. nk- are told. There ttre o many of the.e plnre-t in our bi citii-, anil few fit the diiirie.-" itnd Mieh plnrim whore lipior are not to 1 hal 'lhe boy who eatj among dnnker. ! In tlanger. He i- bkeiv to fall into their ways. Hetter g to n place where strong ilrnk- are not -old if vou jtn-!il-Iv can Or if vou are living at hme. .V l.t'rl-,'!i"',l IVrmn t.lr UU Itea.nll f"r luniklug ll tli litinkliic llal.lt f MB 1 u rrniu Ai I took m ike.it in the .temper lluf faloM 1 found ni.el,' by the md- of a man if aUmt thirty-live j)Kvr. who would itii'loubtetlly re'nt cluo-itlratbin aiming the dude, but who-ea?.prnnr. a well as the adi!rei on hw gripsack, indicated an nntocratie jxi'ition in H.V. His j-o .al initmct.. were irrepre-ublf. however, ami before we had "x In thu smni .eat five 111 nut- he hid drawn nio ,,, ;l couri-r-titt.ou in which In et- prcs-cd Jiis opnion ujKin varinn. intti(t jjal and commercial tqi . krewdly miggetmg that the prrvail ng lHiinit dej-r- ion s- quite a, uuieh the riult tf tj. aonv. f,f t,.. creilit y-tem a of the overproduction ab'iut wich m much U hc.inl. Wfll vou not drink with nv?" he pol tdy inquired after a half hour- ride, drawing from hi bag a flk which he said contained a r:rr choice nrticle of wnLikv. Now, i have obcrvetI that drinker usually nent the refu-ml of -uch an in- vital on. an if ab-dainT have not a gcod a right to nltain a titer Ui tn b be. and I reolved to aniu- mv lf with nn experiment. anl I replied that I am "one of th-w teetotal fellow I mm! do hm tho credit Ui av tlint ),e txik no ofTenur. but replaced b? n-jst ,n hii bar. remarking that In- ia accustomed to dnnk vhn w ti th 1kv." but when with men who do not drink he doe not drink him.eif. and tnt.n tw. WA4 nearly a torttial a f bad K.rn before. I told hun thai I arc no bigot, but hart, no ta-it for .ntonc-vting tlr nk. th.nk it -tafer to aciu re not.'. have -cen too much -utTerng from drinic to b.' willing to even in-ilrectly n c -urage drinking cu.-tom. ami if ln cliuetl to drink would ! afraid of mIuJ-terat-on. He replictl that there: ix much t b said on both sitJe of th- T-mj-"ranc que4jon. and confiA--ed that h knovr that th: proprietor of on? of thr roo: jkiI; Jatial dnnkmg riort la NVw York keeping i infervrart-eif; for tho--- ho will -.wallow jt wjti.oui complaint Why do men driak when they knov-r that the chance arc that they mat jkl!ow adnlt'rsled Injeor5" I ai.cL 1 can not spa3; for trfher. he r5- !lieI, "but I my-lf dr-nk only b-cau- msrt men wbo tlrink. W hen aioac i rldorn touch liquor. C utom pr- x.ap- tay tau 01 the format m o: tn dnjiL.n'r hatet-i of nvt men." h cia : To tiixxk of peopl calling thniilv intelligent, at th time of dj-r teliiajr. their fellow to drink beer aad wuxs is order to be healthy. hppr ana otJcr. It too Unrd for anythfng. I dxa t k qoestiott the honcty of thoe who do o; but. in that cac al! for U ' wucdneof Jieir judgmnu. aad ler knowledge of what beer aad J , dnnkinj hm rtailj doa- Ivrvmm I OWc