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0. B. HALE, Publisher
WED CLOUD
NEBRASKA
Hot stovo baseball In n groat npor
and nobody guts honrso cheering It.
It will bo funny If tho huge cotton
crop doea not uniko Bilk Bklrts cheaper
A contemporary nays thoro nro 4.00C
poets In thlH country. Who BUpportfl
6m 7
An wiklaaod girl lias delivered n
Ircturo on the decllno of chivalry,
dec. Bho inunt bo hotncly.
Thoro Ih no question but what II
wns a tough who assaulted tho Chi
cago girl who hut two teeth In biting
him.
Love of niilmnlfl, snyH a Now York
specialist, In n ellL'easo. That New
port socloty clrclo miiHt bo an awfully
unhealthy net.
A Postonlnn Iihb donated $100,000 to
combat collogo athletlcH. Probably It
will bo used to start cIicbh, checkers
and plngpong tournamontn.
A KniiHftH city women's Jury return
ed a verdict In three hours In a case
In which n mnlo Jury previously had
dlflagrecd. They must have been
talked out.
An Idaho femlnlno Jury adjourned
court at noon to go homo and get din
ner. And Btlll thoro aro those who
eay Jury dutleB would Interfere with
woman's work.
Two Chicago detectives were obliged
to glvo up after chaBlng two merry
Iron workers up and down tho skele
ton of a Bkyscraper. They woro up
In tho air, all right.
A Pomoranlam dog got stuck In o
ralnspout In Philadelphia, and a pa
trolman used a can opener to rescue
It. That policeman knew how to got
tho lid off. all right.
A Chicago doctor snyB appendicitis
Is to bo treated without a surgical op
eration. Hut an anaesthetic will bo
needed to relievo tho patient of hlfl
bankroll aftorwards, Just the samo an
now.
Apparently Franco In getting ready
for the ten-cent vaudevlllo comedian.
Ono of Its savants has prepared n
dictionary of tho monkey language
and mado a collection of monkey
congB.
A ColumbuB woman, knocked down
by a Btrcet car, recovered to find that
her denfnesB of ton yearn was gono.
Quito likely tho (1th t thing she hoard
wnB an automobile houklng for her to
dodgo It.
Tho Bronx zoo Is tho proud posses
sor of a wild nan that kicks 72 timet
to the minute. Wouldn't It bo" a fine
thing to stand some of tho Now York
police officials back of it, and boo II
they'd get into action!
It is held by a Gotham Judge that a
man need not support his wKo whe
moves Into tho second fiat of theit
building and remains there. Must
have based his decision on tho theory
that she was too upplBh.
Ono featuro of such bets as that
which compels n man to push a pea
nut along tho sidewalk for four -city
blocks, with n suusngo. is tho proba
bility that tho winners will also got
JobH helping to run tho country.
It Is reported that a Milwaukee man
has invented a system whoro ho can
mako milk from timothy hay without
tho aid of tho cow. An improvement
over nomo milk dealors, who havo at
tempted to make it out of water.
A Parisian chomlsthas discovered
a dye for dresses that changes color
hourly. A tlmo saving device for soci
ety matrons who heretofore havo re
made their toilette each hour.
Somebody shifted lead Into the
place of (50.000 worth or British sov
ereigns in transit and England Is as
much amazed as tho boy seeing tho
rabbit come out of tho silk hat
8uffragottcs in New York, forbid
den to speak at a big exhibition, havo
invented tho "voiceless speech " This
rdea ought to tako them enthusias
tically in tho average domestic arena.
It is rumored that tho dog biscuit a
Paterson woman fed hor guontB wore
not dog biscuits at all. They were
simply her flrBt attempt, nnd nho hit
on that excuse to hido hor fallu
a biscuit maker.
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A contemporary reminds us that tho
English sparrow is largely responsible,
for tho disappearance of tho horsefly.
Bless you, we had innocently supposed
the disappearance of tho horso had
something to do with it
The starvation of tho fly. beginning
In the homes of tho nntlon, might
appropriately bo continued in the mar
kets, shops nnd other places where
the files naturally think themselves
Invited to a feast without restriction.
Alleging that ho wns pricked by a
rusty needle In his mattress, a New
Orleans resident has brought salt
against a local hotel keeper. Tho only
explanation as to how tho needle camo
thero 1b that It was tho much mooted
cne of haystk fame.
Ch'cago had 438,000 packages.
AS OTHERS SEE' HIM
Produced Wonderment, Chagrin,'
Anger, Pleasure, and All Other
Equine Emotions.
Pittsburgh, Pa. To see himself as
others boo him, probably for the first
tlmo In mi uneventful oxlstonco, pro
duced wonderment, chagrin, anger,
plenHiire, and all the equine emotions
combined, In a decrepit Hpecimen of
horseflesh which the other day wan
given Its flrat opportunity to gaze Into
tlit) limpid depths of n mirror. All of
which riuiHcd mighty merriment to
an admiring gathering of Peiin ave
nue folks and consequent nmnzctnent
(o nn astonished driver. It happened
when a huge moving van, Rtnllrd by a
street car blockade, In turn held up
behind it tho dilapidated outfit of a
Junk peddler,
Jauntily balanced on the rear of
the moving van wan a huge mirror,
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-T- -r jzumf
Nose to Note With a Brother.
and when tho mnth-enteii horse fol
lowing In Its wuko came to a halt thf
driver promptly dropped olT Into slum
ber. The siesta wan not for long. Sutl
denly there woro nervous tremors
from his Bleed Then agitated (ptlv
orn. Tho charger was noso to nose
with a brother. He nodded. Ho did
the blather. He twitched an ear in
unembarrassed comradeship A friend
ly ear twitched In sympathy. Then fol
lowed a varied and wlerd program ol
Joyous gyrations, hoiiio combative.
Bomo Bportlve, all with surprising
abandon. It took a frantic manipula
tion of tho lines to break up tho hap
py performance before) the mirror was
shattered. When the long lino of stall
ed vehicles and street cam again
movod on Its way, tho anlmntcd stood
was proudly prancing in tho wnko
of ills new found friend, who, Btrnnge
to say. waB proudly prancing in per
feet unison.
"BEWITCHED MULE" AMUCK
Breaks Down Front Door of a House
and Smashes Up the Fur
niture. Spartnnburg. S. C. Aroused from
their slumber at threo o'clock the
other morning by a furious battering
on' tho front door. Charles Chapman,
a farmer of near here, and the mem
bora of his family had no sooner aris
en from their beds than tho door foil
In with a crash. With a Btiort Mr.
Chapman's mulo plunged Into the
room and cavorted around. Tho mule
lunged nnd pitched about the house,
letting fly his heels and kicking fur
niture Into BmlthcreeiiB. Tho little
children of Mr. Chapman wero In con
fitant danger of being struck by tho,
iron-shod hoofs of tho rnbld beast.
After tho family were removed in
their night clothing Into tho frosty!
open, Chnptian made n desperato at
tempt to cupturo the autmnl. Falling
In overy attempt, ho got his shotgun.
At tho flrnt shot tho mule gave a bel
low and plunged nbout llko n whale
struck with n harpoon. Tho fifth Bhot
dispatched tho animal.
At daybreak neighbors were sum
moned and helped drag the carcass
out of thoHMinptnan parlor. Tho mule
Is Bald to have been bewltrhed by n
negro "cunjur doctor." who had n
grudgo against Mr. Chnpman.
CIGARS HOLD OFF WOLVES
Man, Unharmed, Frustrates Hungry
Pack of Animals With Lighted
Weeds Until Rescued.
Duluth, Minn. John nergman ol
Palmer, Minn., today told of nn attack
by wolves the other night. With only
four cigars as weapons, ho successful
ly held a wolf pack at bay until as
slstanco came from the camp where
he Is employed.
Ho went to Palmer on tho afternoon
train nnd was walking to tho camp
when tho pack began to cloao In.
Lighting nil four cigars, he Jabbed
the lighted ends at the wolves, only
stopping long enough to puff them to
keep them glowing. When ho llnallj
camo within hailing distance) of the
camp ho wns exhausted. .Men ran out
with guns and tlio wolves fled.
Sure Enough "Tightwad."
Chicago. .MIbs II. ' Flaherty haH
brought suit against Mrs, Fred Shnl
'ton for ton cents back rent. Rim also
'aukn thnt hor tenant bo ejected.
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THE. GARDEN FRONT
IU'I'.NT to Cllfden, that stupen
dous natural rock, wood and
pioapect, of the duke of Buck
Ingham's building of extrnor
ellnnry expanse. The grotts In
tho chalky rock are pretty It Is a ro
iniuitlc object, and the place alto
gether answers the most poetical de
scription that can bo made of solitude,
'precipice, prospect or whatever can
(contribute to a lhng so very like
Kholr Imaginations The stand Is
something like Frimcatl as to Its front,
find on the platform l a circular view
I o the utmost verge of the horion,
which, with the serpenllng of the
(Thames, In admirable. Tho staircase
(Is for Kb materials singular, and the
cloisters, descents, gardens and ave
nues through the wood august and
Wately, but the land nil about barren
;md producing nothing hut feme. In
deed, as I told hln majesty that eve
;iiug (asking mo how I liked Cllfden)
without (lattery, that It did not pleaso
'mo so well an Windsor for the pios
jpect and park, there being but only
one opening, and Unit narrow, which
Bed ono to any wir'ely"
John Evelyn made this entry in his
jilnry more than two centuries ago.
jhut tho Impression made on the mod
ern visitor is no less rich and strik
ling. Nothing of tho duke's house re
jinnlns except tho great under-building
(of tho magnificent terrace, 100 feet
Jong and 25 feet wide, but oven this
lias been much altered, especially In
tho disposition of tho stairways. The
gardens have been changed and the
prospect of tho neighboring country Is
;no longer bnre, but cultivated and
mmlllng.
Checkered History.
Although Evelyn was right in claim
ing for tho ronl castlo a great and
unconilned outlook, the view from tho
tcrraco at Windsor overlooking Eton
college nnd tho meadows scarcely Bur
pusses tho splendid picture which
meets the eyo from tho terrace; at
Cliveden, with tho Thames winding
like a Bllvor thread through the gapB
In a foreground of trees. Tho houso
has had an unusually checkered his
tory. Thero does not Beeni to havo
been any building on tho site until It
wns bought by George Vllllers, second
duke of Hucklngham, some tlmo nfter
the restoration. The architect was
Captain Wynne, or Wlnde. a nntive of
Holland and a pupil .of Kir Balthazar
Gorbler. Ho was a man of considera
ble ability, and Is, perhaps, best re
niombored now for his design of New
castle houso, Lincoln's Inn Fields,
which remains, though somewhat al
tered. Very little In known of
Wynne, lie muBt havo been a friend
of Samuol Popys, for he received) a
twenty-Bhllllng mourning ring nt his
funeral In 170H. but thero Is no men
tion of him In tho diary We have no
space hero to attempt a sketch of so
vivid and contradictory a character
an George Vllllers. Like Charles II.,
he cljbbled In the urtB nnd sciences,
and iih llryan Fairfax wrote of him.
spent much on building "in that noro
of architecture which Cicero calls In
Kiinno Bubstructloncs." Unfortunately,
Fairfax, the author of tho only con
temporary biography of the duke,
gives no details of his architectural
employments. The work nt Cliveden
wns begun nbout IGlifi, nnd among the
state papcts there is a slguillcant
warrant dated Juno 21, 1C77. Tho
duke wbb then a prisoner In the tow
er and hnd permission to go to Cllvo
don, "attended by Sir John Robinson,
to tnko order about carrying on some
buildings of his thoro, nnd to remain
till tho 2Hd nnd then return to tho
tower."
In 17.15 more building was clone nt
Cliveden, (llaeoda Leonl, the Itnllan,
who wan architect of Clandon park,
designed tho small octagonal temple
which Btnnds southwest of tho main
building. .
Stately Structure
The year 1795 proved disastrous for
Cliveden, for on May 20 It was almost
'wholly consumed by fire, with thu ex.
ceptlon, wo may well suppose, of the
"insane bubstructlones." In 1821
tho estato was bought by Sir Gcorgo
W'nrrendor, who rebuilt tho Iioubo. In
1810 It again chnngod hands, nnd be
came the property of tho duko of Suth.
erlaud. Within six months it was
again burnt down, but Btralghtwny
rebuilt In tho form in which wo see It
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LJULM
now, to the designs of Sir Charles
Harry
ills executed design Is reminiscent
of those stately structures, and ills ac
complished skill Is shown by thu lino
effect of the garden front, where per
fection of scale gives extraordinary
value to dimensions by no means
large Standing over tho great ter
race of -1 00 feet In length, bin pala.?o
Is only 150 feet in extent, reduced In
the main mnnB to 100 feet by C5 feet
In depth.
Parallel with the terrace front In a
superb stone bnlustradlug with a
filling of thin bricks between tho
piers nnd stone seats at regular Inter
vals. The ends are widened out nnd
treated nn fountains. This Is the orig
inal work which for a long time dec
orated the gardens of the Ilorghese
Villa at Home. The carving of the
stonework Is admirably done, and
represents the rich Itnllan work of
the seventeenth century nt Its best.
It is at once rich and rellned, showing
a brilliant fancy at yet unspoilt by
lococo extravagances. The masks
spouting freshness Into the curved
basins, the moldlngB of tho top of tho
parapet, and tho reliefs on the ped
estals are alike worthy of tho superb
gardens for which they were con
ceived. Itecent pictures of that great
garden still show the balustrades, but
they are copies. It should bo added
that tho statues which stand on the
piers nt Cliveden aro not tho orl,!nnl
figures. Cliveden wns given by Mr.
W. W. Astor to his Bon. Mr. Waldorf
Astor. on the mnrrlage of the lattor Ir
190G.
HERE'S CHAMPION FISH STORY
Nova Scotia Comes to the Front With
Tale That Bears the Marks of
Real Genius.
Not all tho llah provarlcators Hvo
In the United States, according to tho
Mariner's Advocate. An editor re
cently received tho following letter:
"I have read an Interesting account
of singing fish In your paper. Jt .re
called to mo tho memory of a rather
remarkable fish wo havo In Nova
Scotia. It Is known as, tho 'Frost
Flshr" because It' may be fro.en like
a lump of Ice, but, If placed In water
la thnt condition, it soon thawa out
nnd swims around an vigorously as
over. The' natives mako use of this
nropertv to mako Ice cream. Thu fish
la caught, frozen, nnd placed in thu
cream. In thawing out, it freezes the
cream, and Its movements at tho same
time bent the mixture, making it
smooth."
Taking them by nnd large, from
MooBchead lake to Paget Sound and
from tho uppur Mississippi to the gulf,
wo havo pome vory capablo and Indus
trious fish liars In this country. Hut
we hand the reel nnd rod over to Nova
Scotia. Wo have talent In this coun
try; hut Nova Scotlu Is tho abode of
genius.
Australia Gets Wireless.
The chnln of wireless stations
around AuatralaBla will In a very few
months be an accomplished fact, it Is
Bald, and Australia, New Zealand, nnd
tho lhlnnds will bo in constant touch
day nnd night. Tho station ut Awanul
Hay, North Auckland, Is practlcolly in
operation already, although not yet
oirielnlly taken over by the govern
ment. The Installation, n thirty kilo
watt one, compares very favorably
with that at Pennant Hills, "Sydney,
and with the high power Btation nt
Fremantle, will ennblo Auckland to
"spenk" to Sydney or Fiji at any time.
A similar installation is now In course
of erection at Tho Bluff in tho south
of New Zealand, nnd thoro nro throe
supplementary stations In the domin
ion. Puzzled Childish Mind.
Pauline and her papa nnd mamma
wore boarding.
Tho landlady had a little daughter
who was taking cooking lessons at
school, and each time sho baked any
thing sho would bring It homo In a lit
tle pnil and glvo It to Pauline.
Sometimes tho biscuits or cakes
were somowhat hard, and ono day
Paulino said:
"Mamma, why Is It that everything
Ruth makes Is frozen?"
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TURN GF THE PI6E
Pardoned Convict Breaks His
Good Resolutions, but Is
Saved by Dying Woman.
By FRANK F.ILSON.
"Come along, 752," said tho head
warder cheerfully, clapping an enorm
ous hand upon tho young man's shoul
der. "The chief wants to say good
byo to you."
The convict stepped out of bin coll
and followed the head warder obed
iently. Threo years of discipline had
taught him to ask no questions, to
demand no reasons He hardly dared
to hope that the pardon board had
granted his petition.
"'Tcntlon! Eyes front!" said the
head warder mechanically, and the
convict mechanically obeyed. But the
governor Btrctched out his hand nnd
took tho convict's In n hearty clasp.
"The board of pardons has granted
you your freedom, Grnves," he said.
"I Blrongly recommended It at the
last monthly meeting. I know thnt
you will run straight In future. If you
shouldn't, remember that the dishonor
and Bhnme will be mine, nnd It will
be Just s" niuch harder for the rest of
us. Ileies a letter from your mother
In Mapleton," he added, handing tho
mlsslvo to tho prisoner.
Craves road It and the governor
watched hlin curiously. The young
fellow had Impressed him favorably
ever since ho had entered the penlten
tlary threo yenrs before to serve a llrst
sentence for forgery. He had been n
model prisoner: but ho Boomed curi
ously hard. Even now ho Boomed
unaffected cither by tho letter or by
his release He folded the) missive
and put It In the handkerchief pocket
of his Bcrge tunic.
"Yon. sir, I'll run straight In future."
he nnswered.
"Good," answered tho governor.
"And my advice to you Is, go homo to
your mother. You have nbout thirty
Bevcn dollars coming to you. Go
homo, faco the world In your homo
town, be a mnn and begin your life
anew. You will And people kinder
than you Imagine. Good morning."
lie grasped tho prisoner's hand
again and dismissed him Graves
wont out. Subdued and deferential
though ho seemed, he remained total
ly unmoved. Tho governor shook his
head as he watched hint pass through
the doorway.
As a matter of fact, Philip GravcB
was deeply moved, but for all that he
had not the least intention of return
ing homo. During his period of Im
prisonment he had been thoroughly
Initiated Into the possibilities of
crime by his fellow convicts. He
woull hnve liked to re-establish him
self In the favor of his fellow citizens,
but the Idea seemed laughable. His
old mother In Mapleton was doubtless
able to exist without him; his Bisters
held good positions and could take
care of her. He took tho train to tho
capital and spent his loney In two
days' of riotous living.
Tho second evening found him pen
niless. It was cold and dismally wet,
and tho long tramp through tho dismal
suburbs had not raised his spirits. He
sat down on the sidewalk and burled
his head in his hands. That was tho
llrst time he had ever seriously consid
ered tho future
"Forglng's a mutt's game," one of
the other prisoners had told him Boon
nfter he was brought to tho jail.
"Take my tip, lad, cracking a crlb'B
the only thing worth while. Why. nil
you've got to do Is to walk In after
tho lights aro out, tako your pick, and
walk out ugaln. But nay, don't carry
a gun, for that don't pay. Just trust
to your legs If you have to get nway
quick." .
A middle-aged mnn In a well-made
suit, and bearing nil the marks of
prosperity, hurried by, not casting a
glance nt tho cx-convlct nt his feet.
Graves roso nnd followed him. At tho
end of the street was a long country
lane, with finely-built, scattered houses
lining it, ench In Its gnrden. Tho mnn
turned Into one nnd let himself Into
the homo with n key. Graves watched
him. Then he felt in his pockets. At
tho bottom of one, hitherto overlooked
by him, was a dime. Graves knew
where ho could got all tho whisky ho
wanted for a dime If he chose the
time when the bartender was not
looking his way. He went there.
"Take your fill, boy," said tho bar
tender good-nnturedly, looking round
Just nt tho least appropriate tlmo. "I
guess you need It on a night llko this.
'Jinvos tossed off tho flory liquid,
set down tho glaBB, and went out.
He walked the streets until his head
swam from tho liquor. It was very
dark and tho rain fell steadily. Graves
was wet to the skin. Ho walked nn
Immeasurable time, until nt last, look
ing up, ho saw tho house Into which
tho prosperous man had entered.
A llamo of nngcr burned In his
heart, hotter than the flro In his brains.
Good resolutions! What wero they
for such an he? They wero fpr the
rich, for those who could afford to
keep the laws! He was no fool to bo
bound by such a codo.
Ho crept up tho garden, f,elt a lower
window, and found that ho could raise
it. A minuto later ho waB groping In
side a dining room.
Cautiously ho struck and lit a
match. Then ho gnspod in astonish
ment. For on the buffet, carelessly
laid out, was a galnxy of silver plate.
That central piece that flat tray,
which ho could put undor his coat
nnd walk away with, must bo worth
a couplo of hundred dollars alone!
He would tnko It on his way out. He
opened the door and crept upstairs.
There wero two rooms at the bead
wn,, -loflPil- thi second door was onen
was cloned; the second door was open.
and inside, by the light of the lowered
gas Jet, Graves could seo a table
strown with rlngM. He crept In and
Btood staring at them. Thero were near
ly a dozen of them diamond, pearl,
sapphire, cat's eye, flashing emeralds
and rubles. It was tho dressing table
of some wealthy woman who. . . .
There wns somebody In tho bed!
An old, v.hltc-hnlrcd woman who lay1
there, hardly breathing, flat, with
white handa picking nt the bod coverBl
Graves snatched up n handful of tho
baubles and turned. Suddenly two
powerful arms caught him ns In n vlao
nnd ho looked up Into the face of the
middle-aged man.
"Come outside, you you dog!"
whispered the other. "Caught In the
net, yo.i dirty biieak-thlef! Ict mo
look at your faco! So you would rob
a djlng woman, would you? I'm go
ing to strip the hide off ou before I
call the police."
"I didn't know" Graves babbled.
A fecblo volco from tho sick bed
made both start.
"John!" whispered tho Blck woman.
"John! it's you, dear John! I knew
oti would como homo!"
Tho captor and tho captive stood
motlonloBs, thrilled by tho pity in tho
volco. ' ' ,
"John, won't you come hero and kiss
your old mother?" pleaded the voice.
"I knew thnt I should live to see you
again."
Tho middle-aged man whispered Into
the ear of tho thief.
"Her son was. killed In an automo
bile accident last week. Now's your
chance. I'll let you go if "
"You're coming to me, aren't you.
John?"
"Yes," muttered the thief, nnd with
unsteady footsteps ho staggered to
ward the bed, found It, nnd Bank down
upon n chair. He felt tho hand of
the old woman close upon his.
"Are you John? Aro you my boyt
1 cannot see. Tell me that you aro
John," tho old womnn whispered.
"Yes, I nm John," the convict whis
pered back.
Sho said no moro for a while but
seemed to doze. Gently, by nlmost
Imperceptible degrees, tho mnn In tho
room lowered the gns light till it was
only a little twinkling flamo In tho
darkness. And the thief sat motion
less, his hand held tightly In the light
clnsp of the dying woman.
After a long tlmo nhe roused her
self. "Johnny," alio whispered, "turn
mo bo that I can put my lips to :'our
ear" And the convict turned the
shrunken old body reverently, nnd
with n now and strange fearlessness.
Then tho old woman spoke ngnln, nnd
so low nnd weak were her tones that
ho could only grasp them by bending
his ear till her lips touched It.
"Johnny," she paid. "I want you to
bo a good boy after I am gono. 1
want you to bo good for your old
mother's sake, Johnny. There's no
body will ever love you as I have dono
nobody In tho wholo world. You'vo
been wild. Johnny, dear, and peoplo
havo sold hard things about you and
called you hard names, but I knew
that you wero my boy Johnny, my
good boy, nnd that you wero good at
heart. Promise mo you'll always run
Btralght, Johnny!"
Graven promised.
"Then I cnir go In peace, Johnny,
dear. Kiss me." Tho dying woman
half raised herself and Graven took
her In his arms and pressed his lips
reverently to her forehead. And not
daring to stir, ho remained thus hair
through tho night.
Then longer till tho gray light be
gan to Btenl through tho shutters,
vying with tho low glow of the gns.
Tho outlines of tho room became ap
parent, tho objects visible. GraveB
had almost fallen asleep when tho
man touched him on tho shoulder and
pointed
Tho vital fires had burned them
selves out; gently nnd Imperceptibly
the life had faded out of the old frame.
Tho dead woman's plncid bmllo
scorned like a benediction.
GraveB irose up. "I'm ready now,"
ho Bold to tho man.
"Go!" answered tho man, pointing
to the door; and the ex-convlct shuf
fled along the carpet, bis face work
ing, his checks stained with tears.
He halted at tho door, hesitated, and
shuffled back again. Ho wont up to
tho man.
"I don't want to go," ho muttered.
"I wnnt you to call tho police. Say,"
ho went on, in Impassioned accents,
"I've got nn old mother llko that In
Mapleton, nnd she's nlivo and wants
mo to como home. Do you think If I
went that I could over bocomo a man
again? I've been In prison threo
years."
Tho man's hand fell on his shoulder.
just na tno nead warder's had fallen.
He seemed sorry for him; It was odd,
to como to think of It, how kind men
wero to one another.
"My dear fellow, I bellovo that Pro
vldenco sent you hero Providence,
which Is only another namo for God,"
said tho man. "Go back and faco tho
world anew In your homo town."
Why, that was JubI whut tho gov
ernor had said!
Ho held his hand out nnd the other
took It and grnsped It wurmly. Sud
denly GraveBtremembered. Ho pulled
out from his rocket a handful of
shimmering rings. Ho placed thorn
upon tho dressing tablo nnd walked
lightly out of tho room. Ho did not
shuffle now, for his heart wns filled
with lightness and for tho first tlmo
In yenrB he wns at peace.
"I'm going homo!" ho murmured.
(Copyright. 1312. by W. p. Chapmun.)
Walkover.
Mother Now, do bo careful how
you act nbout that young man or
peoplo will think you nro running
after him. "
Daughter I don't havo to do that
mother; I can win In a walk.
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