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as I've told you , in the Rue Poulet , just
off the Boulevard Oraano , and to reach
her house , ns madam gave me perinis
Biou , I toclc the 8:80 : tramway thatpasse
below and demanded a * transfer. A
the Gare do 1'Est I got out , ran for the
St. Ouen tramway , just that minute
about to start , got on and gave the trans
f er to the conductor. But the conductoi
refused it. I was no good , he said , ani
I must pay over again.
" What1 said I. 'Why , it isn't thrct ,
minutes since they gave it to me ! See
yonder's the car on which I cume ! '
" 'Yes I know ' said the
, yes , , coiiduc
tor , 'it's no good , I tell you ; you inu.
pay , I say , or foot it , my dear. '
" 'But I tell you , ' I cried , 'I tell you
sir'
" 'A lie , young woman ; pay upatom-u
or off you go ! '
" 'I tell you a lie , sir I ? '
"This was too much ! Bang ! and sue !
a thump as I gave him ! The conductoi
was going to slap me in return , when th.
gentleman here , who had seen it all , in
terposed. The car was all in a com in o
tion. A policeman came and pulled in-
outside. I begged monsieur , who hi ; <
seen it all , to come along too , and then 1
demanded that the agents bring me lu-r
first , to the house of my master , wh-
would tell them that I am an honest g" . i
and did not seek to cheat the compin }
as that fool conductor said ! "
"Maybe , miss , " suggested an agent
smoothly , "you had another ticket ii :
your pockety
"No , sir , onlj * this , " answered Toinett \
beginning to rummage vigorously ; "inn :
could I ? 1 had just got off the ci'
and"
She stopped suddenly , drew out hei
hand , and there in the palm lay thu
duplicate of transfer number one.
"Well ! " said she staring stupidly ,
"where did i get the bad one that I gave
the conductor ? "
Mme. Marjeval meanwhile had been
examining the two bits of pasteboard
that Toinette held in her hand.
"See , " said she suddenly , "where did
you get this one ? "
"How should I know , mad" vie ah ,
yes , now I see it all. "
"Well , well , quick , go on where ? "
"I am , madame , I am going on.
Madame recalls that before going out 1
put the dining room to rights , and as
this transfer ticket was thrown upon the
mantel I brushed it into my apron in
tending later to put it into the fire"
"That same transfer again ! " the eyes
of M. and Mme. Marjeval said plainly
as thejr glanced at each other.
At tlie same instant there was a swift
rush in the corridor and the apartment
bell pealed furiously. Every one jumped.
Toinette flew to open the door ; a gentle
man whom she had never seen before
pushed by her hastily , darted through
the anteroom like a meteor and fell
breathlessly into a chair.
"You , Proudine ! " cried Marjeval ,
amazed.
"Yes , yes I , " stammered the new
comer , more breathlessly still. "Phil
lipe , quick , tell me , did you find in your
pocket an omnibus transfer ticket ? "
"This one , perhaps , " Marjeval re
turned wonderingly , pointing to the ons
in Toinette's hand.
"Exactly ! " shouted Proudine , seizing
it eagerly. "Heavens ! I'm glad to find
it ! Such a chase as I've had ! "
"But look here , Proudine , what does
all this mean , and how the dickens did
that ticket get into my pocket ? "
"The easiest thing in the world. It
comes from that devilish mania of mine
for practical joking ! I put the ticket in
your pocket at the cafe , without reflect
ing that I had written on the back of it
the address of a friend a friend who
expected me to dinner this evening , and
whom I must find to explain. "
"Well , " said Marjeval grimly , "if it-
were not for our old friendship , Proud
ine However , let it go this time ; only
all I have to say is that when you next
try your jokes on any one ifc had better
not be on me ! "
"What makes you look so serious ,
Phillipe ? "
"No matter what ; as I say , let it go ;
it's too long to tell , but , thanks to your
charming pleasantry , I've had a quarrel
with my wife and Toinette has come
within an ace of spending the night in a
police station. "
Proudine was desolate , heart broken ,
iut forced to go ; to go at once , too , on
the jump. He was booked for 7 ; 'twas
now 9. "Madame , Messieur , Phillipe ,
old boy , au revoir , au revoir ! "
"Monsieur , " said a policeman , to the
lemedaled and'patient old party , "it's
imeve were moving. Come , please.
As for you , my girl , another time no
more slaps , remember. "
And the door closed upon the repre
aentative of the law.
"Phillipel"
"Jeannette ! "
"Will you take back the the bath ? "
"With all my heart , dearest. "
"Very well , then , I'll withdraw Mme.
A.delberg. "
And the transfer ticket being safe
now in Proudine's pocket , they fell into
each other's arms. Translated from the
Trench of Galipaux by E. C. Waggoner
for Short Stories.
Blood Red Snow.
At the head of Holy Cross creek near
jeadville , Colo. , and at another place in
he almost inaccessible defiles of Mount
Shasta , Cal. , there are hundreds of
quare feet of ground continually cov
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These two places are the only ones in
he United States where red snow is
mown. The phenomenon is due to the
presence of minute animalculse in the
snow. How the little midgets manage
o get into such high altitudes is not
mown. Boston Globe.
The Monocle Is Harmful.
No sensible person will ever wear a
ingle eyeglass unless he is blind of one
ye. Its nse means that one eye is
neither employed nor unemployed , but
is engaged in ceaseless , though no doubt
unconscious , efforts to see as much as its
more favored fellow. This straining is
as harmful as anything could well be ,
nnd cannot fail to lead to the gravest
results. Yankee Blade.
Something was wrong with it ; it refuse. !
to draw , clogged and went out. Phillipa
rose impatiently for .another match , and
groping on the mantel for tlio box his
eye alighte'd on the 'transfer ticket.
"Halloo ! " he exclaimed , "Jeannetto's
Veen out today. The Bon Marche again ,
of course , though she says she never
goes there" Jeannette just then re
turned , embroidery in hand , and Phillipe
said carelessly :
"You have been out I see , dearest , to
day in all this bad weather. "
"I ? No , indeed ! Such weather as this
would give a cat cold to venture out in. "
"You have staid at home , then , all
day long ? "
"Of course , and it isn't the first time
either ! "
"No-o"eaid Phillipe , "not the first
time and to finish the subject , let us
read again. "
But if Phillipe demanded silence of
his wife in order to return to his book it
was not to enjoy more at his ease the
prose of the romancer , but simply to be
undisturbed while thinking over this
discovery of llis wife's untruthfulness.
"Something is hidden from me here , "
ho told himself. "I haven't been in an
omnibus today ; Toinette never goes out
except on Sunday ; this transfer ticket
didn't come here alone , and no one but
my wife could have brought it. 'She has
been out , and she wouldn't admit it to
me because she had been somewhere that
she didn't want mo to know. Yes , it's
plain as a pipe stem Jeannette deceives
me : that much , at least , i know ! "
And resuming his book Phillipe
sought to take up the interrupted thread
of his story. Pains thrown away. His
eyes were firmly fixed upon the printed
text , but his thoughts were flying else
where ; he simply could not read ; he
closed the covers brusquely and slammed
the book on the table.
Jeannette jumped with a little scream.
"Heavens ! " she cried , "have you lost
your senses , Phillipe , to startle me like
that ? "
"Tell me the truth , then , Jeannette
you did go out today , did you not ? "
"Go out to-day ? Look here , Phil
lipe , " returned Jeannette angrily , "this
is a little too much ? Why , here for ten
minutes past I've been sending the needle
into my finger instead of my work , ab
sorbed by the thought that you had
taken a 'bus to-day and would not tell
me ! "
"Yes , yes ; 1 know ; that may be , bnt
you sa } ' this now only to turn me from
the matter in hand. I beg of you , Jean-
uette , to answer my question you did
go out today , did you not ? "
* "No , 1 did not ; and as it was I thaA
asked you a question first I demand to bo
answered first. " And both of them cried
out at one and the same time :
"Did you , or did you not , take an om
nibus today ? "
With this there was an ominous pause.
Mme. Marjeval , desirous of ridding her
self of an unnecessary witness to con
jugal discussions , and whom the serv
ant's coming and going in the salle-
a-manger greatly annoyed , turned sharp
ly and touched the bell.
"Toinette , " said she , "put the wood
and coal in the corner and then you are
free to go to see your sister. "
The door had scarcely closed upon her
when Phillipe , who had restrained his
rage only by drumming upon the table ,
burst out furiously :
"There is no use denying it longer.
Jeannette ; you've told me a story , and
told it to me because you were afraid to
tell me the truth ! The fact is , and you
know it well , all these comings and go
ings to the shops the Louvre , Bon
Marche , etc. are pretexts pure and sim
pie , just as the bath every three days a
bath I see it all now is a pretext lik
all the rest ! Fool that I've been to have
suspected nothing ! To have seen how
strange these bathing excuses were ! It
is always so when one has confidence ! "
"Eh ? What's that you are saying ? "
cried Mme. Marjeval , whom very nat
urally , we must admit , this suspicion
deeply wounded. "If either of us has
aught with which to reproach one's self ,
that one is not I ! These constant de
lays , these flimsy excuses sometimes
one thing , sometimes another a friend
at the cafe , overwork at the office in
plain words are tales sewed with white
thread ! It is not the first time either
that I've thought the same. Mme. Adel-
berg , your sous-chef's wife"
"There ! 1 knew it ! I knew that name
would come up before you were done.
Now look you , Jeannette , and mind
what I say. If ever you speak that
name to me again"
"Threats , monsieur , threats to me !
Well , this is perfect ! I'll go , sir go at
once back to my mother , poor soul !
She'll not be surprised"
"Go ; go by all means , and if you stay
till 1 come for you , you'll stay a long
while ! "
And one word brought on another in
; his bitter sweet dialogue which , from
the expressive pantomime that accom
panied it , was rapidly approaching u
crisis when suddenly a turbulent stir
on the staircase was heard , the passage
door flew back , and Toinette , red as an
overripe tomato , her eyes bloodshot , her
dress disordered , and followed by two
sergents-de-ville and a much bernedaled
ittle old man , burst breathlessly into
; he salle-a-manger.
"Ah , mon Dieu ! mon Dieu ! What's
the matter , what's happened ? Toinette ,
Toinette , " criedMme. Marjeval alarmed ,
quick , tell us what's happened ? "
Toinette , the old gentleman and both
sergents-de-ville all responded , and kept
on responding in excited chorus ; in the
avalanche of sound only the words
"tramway , " "prison , " "conductor , "
"ticket" and "honest girl" made them
selves heard. Marjeval threw up his
hands to heaven.
"If you all talk at once , like this , "
cried he desperately , "no one can under
stand. Stop , be quiet ; you speak , mon
sieur , please , " addressing the bemedaled
old party.
"No , monsieur , no , " Toinette cried.
"I'm the one that should tell it , since the
business concerns me ! "
"Very well , " said Marjeval ; "but first
calm yourself. "
"Then , monsieur and madame , it was
just this vray , you see. My sister lives ,
WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT IT.
Lyrics to Inez and Jane ,
Dolores and Ethel and May ;
Scnorltas distant as Spain ,
And damsels just over the way !
It Is not that I'm jealous , not that ,
Of cither Dolores or Jane.
Of some girl in an opposite Hat ,
Or in one of bis castles in Spain ,
But it is that , salable prose
Put aside for this profitless strain ,
I sit tbe day darning bis base.
And bo sings ot Dolores and Jano.
Though tbe winged Lorso wo know must be
free
To "spurn ( for tbo pretty ) the plain , "
Sbouid tbo team work fall wholly on me
\Ybilo bo soars witb Dolores and Jane ?
I am neither IJelorca nor Jane ,
But to llgbten a little my life.
Might the poet not spare mo a strain
Although 1 am only bis wife ?
Cbarle * II. Webb in Century.
A TEANSFEE TICKET.
It was 7 o'clock and Marjoval hadn't
come iu yet. .Naturally inadame , his
wife , a spirited little blond of six and
twenty years , was in a very bad humor ,
as was also Toinette , the benne , who had
looked in three times already to an
nounce that the dinner would be done tea
a chip.
What in the world had happened to
him ? Some accident of course , for , ac
customed to leave the office at an estab
lished hour , Phillipo's arrival could
usually bo foretold to the minute. Real
ly it was frightful ! Phillipe had surely
been run over ! That Montmartre cross
ing doubtless ! He was so reckless al
ways , with an absolute mania for cross
ing a street when it was filled with a
pack of vehicles ! Hark ! no , a key grates
in the lock !
"Toinette ! monsieur comes ; quick ,
bring in dinner ! "
The door opened : Marjeval entered :
his wife flew to him.
"There was an accident then , Phillipe ?
You are hurt , crushed at last ! 1 knew
it ; 1 told you so ! It doesn't astonish me
the least in the world ! "
"Hurt ? Crushed ? What the deuce.
Jeannette , are you talking about ? How
could 1 be 'crushed , ' I'd like to know1
"But such a late return ! "
"Oh , 1 see ; but come , let us have din
ner ; I'm dying of hunger. I'll tell you
about it at table. "
"As you please , but everything's dried
up now. No matter , though , since you've
no bones broken. "
And while his wife placed the screen ,
turned up the gas and ran her eye over
the silver to see that nothing was lack
ing , .Marjeval drew off his topcoat and
mopped his brow for he had clearly
been on the run to reach home.
Unfortunately , as he drew out his
handkerchief ho pulled out with it an
omnibus transfer ticket , which fell on
the floor unseen.
The edge of his hunger blunted , and
while attacking the remains of a pate de
foie gras Phillipe became communica
tive , and told his wife that passing the
bourse coming home some one had
clapped him on the shoulder , and that
"some one" was no other than Proudine.
Madame tiptilted her nose with an air
that said plainly :
"And who , pray , is Proudine ? "
"Proudine , you know , " continued
her husband , "whom I've told you of a
thousand times , and whom I met at
Viucennes. A regular character , that
fellow a journalist , practical joker and
out and out Bohemian ! it's five years
since 1 saw him ; judge then of my
amazement and pleasure , for Proudine
and I were always great chums. Brief
ly , we entered Beron's to take an ab
sinthe together ; Proudine was joking
and talking and time passed befbre I
knew it. "
And dinner finished Marjeval got up ,
whistling cheerfully , and passed to his
room to don his slippers and smoking
jacket.
Meanwhile his wife assisted Toinette
to clear the table ; they sat inthesalle-a-
manger instead of the salon because it
was warmer and made it necessary to
keep but one fire going. In stooping to
pick up a napkin , she suddenly per
ceived the "transfer" on the carpet , and
mentally asked herself , "How did that
scrap of pasteboard come there ? " add
ing , naturally enough , "Phillipe dropped
it of course. "
Marjeval just then returned with the
last new novel.
"You walked home , I think you told
me , Phillipe , did you not ? " Jeannette
asked carelessly , as he came in. "Or
did you take an omnibus ? "
"No , 1 walked , as I said. "
"You are sure you walked ? Think
well ! "
"Certainly , I'm sure ; and what should
1 think about ? The office is only some
twenty minutes from here ! "
'You are positive then , Phillipe , yon
did not"
"See here , Jeannette , this is a bore !
Why should I say I'd walked if I'd
taken a bus ? And why do you ask this ? "
"Why ? Oh , only to know whether
you are fatigued. "
"What an idea ! "
And Marjeval installed himself in an
easy chair by the fire , book on his knee
and paper knife in hand , while Jean
nette took her seat opposite. Mme.
Marjeval , however , closely watching
him , was mentally discoursing with her
self.
self."There's
"There's something under all this , "
thought she. "I haven't been out of the
house today ; no more has Toinette.
This transfer couldn't have got here
alone , therefore my husband brought it.
Ho has taken an omnibus today and did
not wish me to know it ; therefore he
has been in some place that he seeks to
conceal from me. His delay at dinner ,
too ahrhl .1 begin to see that tale of
an old friend at the cafe was pure inven
tion. Phillipe is deceiving me , and 1
am determined to know why. "
And rising quietly she thrust the
famous ticket behind a candelabra on
the mantelpiece , Phillipe , absorbed in
his book , seeing nothing.
"I am going for my work , " said she ,
and left the room.
Five minutes passed and Phillipe , still
reading , took , long polls at his pip .
FARMER LEADERS MEET ;
The Xntloiinl Alliance Will Ilnvo Con-
liloruhlo Important Work to Do.
MEMPHIS , Tenn. , Nov. 18. The
Farmers' Alliance and Industrial union
began their national convention to-day
without any definite plan of work.
Some changes and modification in the
plan of organization will bo made.
For instance there will bti an attempt
to amend that part of the organization
providing for a national lecturer. The
idea that there should be what would
be known as assistant lecturer in cash
state in the union has gained a hold
and some of the members will'support
the movement henrti ly.
Probably the most important mat
ter incident.tl to the meeting will bu
nn attempt to amalgamate three
orders which now luivy representatives
in the city. An effort to bring about
a union of the Farmers' Alliance and
the Farmers' mutual benefit associa
tion was made in Indianapolis in
November , IS'Jl , but failed. Prom
inent members of the separate organ
ization : } think now that the scheme .
will go 'through , and that finally
there will bu an amalgamation of all
of the fanners' ami laborers' unions in
the country.
The ICillrondN .I'-.MiiNn Ancoptoil.
CI.KVKI.AND. 0. . .N'yv. 10. The differences
V
ences between thu telegraph operators
on the New York , Pennsylvania and
Ohio and the company have been set
tled. Some time ago the operators de
manded higher wages and submitted a
scale of salaries which made the
monthly stipend § . " 0 instead of $10.
The company declined to agree to the
demand , but issued a circular ad
vancing wages to a certain extent.
After a long conference with ( icncrnl \ \
Superintendent Moore-head , Chief
Itumsey advised the men to accept thu
scale and this has been done.
Knights of I.iilmr In Conference.
ST. Lours , .Mo. , Nov. 1 < j After los
ing a couple of hours this morning' in
search of a suitable place to hold their
national convention , the Knights of
Labor secured Walhalla halland about
noon the sixteenth annual general as
sembly went into session , being railed
to order by Grand Master L'owderly
ami the committee on credentials im
mediately presented its report. The
consideration of this consumed all the
Illinois Miiiurrf Miy Walk Out.
Si'p.iN'GFiKU ) , 111. , Nov. 1(5. ( The coal
miners of the Springfield district met
to-day and formulated a scale of 45
cents per ton gross weight and § 2.-5
per Ices' f ° l" powder , coupled with a de
mand for weekly pay. If this scale is
not accepted within a week the miners
will all strike.
NOT A BINDING CO RENCE.
Tiio International Monetary I > cluito.s
Will Have Mttlu ICeul 1'oiver.
LOXDON , Nov. 1C. When the Inter
national Monetary conference meets
at I'rnssuls November 2'J the proceed
ings will be opened by one of the
IJelgian representatives inviting- the
American delegates to state the
proposals they desire to . have
discussed. Then a committee
will be appointed to prepare
definite agenda. The instructions of
Sir William Vernon Ilarcourt , chancel
lor of the exchequer , to the English
delegates are that they are to treat
the conference as without power to
commit the governments represented
to anything.
The Indian currency committee is
debating a motion which is supported
by three members , including1 liarpn
Ilerschel , the lord chancellor , wlio '
presides over the committee , to estab
lish gold coinage in India. The pro
posal has no chance of approval. It is
doubtful whether IJaron Ilerschel is
really in earnest in his support
of the motion , as he has been
warned even by single standard ex
perts that a change would convulse
India politically , besides causing tre
mendous trade and financial panics
there and in the Indian markets in
Great Britain. There is reason to state
that Uaron Ilerschel i-ather designs to
check by a means of bravado a pro
posal to influence the bi-metalists at.
the monetary conference.
MISTAKEN FOR A STRIKE.R.
A. Homestead Workmen Killed In it Koom
Still Another Small Kiot.
PiTTSBuno , Pa. , Nov. 10. Early this
morning the occupants of a bunk house
of the Carnegie Homestead works were
aroused by two shotr , followed by a
cry of agony and the police began a
search when Max Newman , a non
union workman , walked into the
watch box of the mill police with a
revolver in his hand and said he
wanted to give himself up as he had
shot a man. He conducted the officers
to his lodging house , where the in
animate form of a man was lying on
the floor. "There he is ; I think he is
a striker , " said Newman.
A physician was hastily sent for , but
when he arrived the man was dead.
A mill pass and check for his pay on
"
his person indicated that the dead" man
had been a mill worker , but no one
knew him except one non-unionist ,
who said he had seen him working in
the yard gang.
Newman says he wasass-uilted when
asleep and fired and killed the man.
He was locked up.
KILLED AT A RATIFICATION.
A Clay County Farmer JL'ourul tlead in > Ix-
celsior Springs Ills Slayer D.vinjr-
EXCKI.SIOR SPRINGS , Mo. , Nov. 10.
Just after the Democratic ratifcation
ended last night William Jeffries , a
farmer who lived near Missouri CiJy ,
was found dead and covered wii1 *
blood on the sidewalk on East Broai *
way. He had been shot in the hej.-l.
About noon the coroner received a
message from Albert Kearne } " , who
recently came from Tennessee and
engaged with a farmer east of the
city for the winter , that he did the
shooting in self defense , Jeffries hav
ing attacked him with a knife. Kear
ney is badly wounded and is not ex
pected to recover. The two men had
never previously met.
To Hold Uo n French Editors.
PAKIS , Nov. 16. A ministerial coun
cil was held at the palace of tke Ely-
see to-dav at which it was decided to
make the bill rendering the press laws
more strinsrent a cabinet au stion.