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THE FATAL REQUEST
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Copyright 1002 bystreet tfc Smith
- CHAPTER VII Continued
For seme reason Ted Burritt re
mained behind Ill let them go
first ho said to himself
In the meantime those who had
been to view the bcdy in the vestry re
turned It wast ovident from their
manner end the short time they had
been absent that no identification
had taken place
Ted Burritt with his heart beating
wildly now turned in the same direc
tion On the extemporized bier a body
lay the lower limbs of which were
covered with a cloth leaving the face
and tho upper part of the body ex
posed to view Ted Burritt saw that
It was tho face of a man of about
fifty years of age with features that
must have been handsome in their day
but which in death wore an expression
of agonized expectancy the ex
pression of one who recognized the
full horrcr of the fate that awaited
him
It was the face of his own father
CHAPTER VIII
Dr Jeremiah Cartwrlght
A few moments elapsed at the end
of which time the door of the vestry
opecad again This time to admit a
small middle aged gentleman whose
somewhat imposing Roman nose was
surmounted by a pair of gold rimmed
spectacles and whose civil garb had
an almost military cut and preciseness
about it
He cleared his throat and gave a
sharp little cough liko a double knock
I beg your pardon my dear sir I
nope Im not disturbing you but
Ted Burritt rose to his feet and
seemed all at once to wake from
the apathy of grief which had over
come him when he realized that his
worst fears had been surpassed and
tnat his beloved parent had met with
a horrible death such as the most
abandoned criminal might have shud
dered at His eyes were bloodshot
of dust or how many of tho ashes
they may claim as their own Com
pare your case with theirs and I think
you will agree with me that you have
a great deal to be thankful for You
can have your dead decently in
terred with his namo upon his head
stone
Ted Burritt raised his head which
was sunken between his shoulders
You are right he said iirmly I have
a great deal to bs thankful for even
yet
Thats right said the doctor re
suming his brisk every day tone
thats the way to look at the matter
By-the-by lowering his voice again
I may as well tell you that I was
one of tho party who helped to find
the poor gentleman and he motioned
with his head toward the corpse
Yes as the other made a suc Ien
step toward him he was in the
fourth carriage from the engine a
first class carriage it was and he was
the only occupant This carriage was
thought to be empty as no cries were
heard and it was generally believed
that whatever passengers it might
have contained had made their escape
before the flames reached it Of
course the supposition is that he was
disabled perhaps killed outright by
the effects of the collision for the car
riage was much damaged and we had
some considerable difficulty in extri
cating him
The young man nodded his head
and fin expression of relief spread
itself over his countenance
I should like to think that he said
it would be a grciat alleviation if I
could believe he perished like that
instead of enduring the agony of that
other hideous death and as he spoke
he shuddered and set his teeth to
gether
Depend upon it that was the truth
of the matter rejoined the little doc
tor He might have been struck
senseless by a blow upon the head At
any rate I shall find out that when I
It was the face of his own father
his hair tossed and tumbled as though
it had been clutched at and dishevel
ed by muscular fingers His dress
was dusty and disordered and he
bore a haggard unwashed appear
ance
But in spite of these drawbacks
the other ejaculated under his breath
Humph A fine fellow Seems
uncommonly cut up too rather un
usual thing in these days Seems to
be something like genuine feeling
here And I like to see it I like to
see it
Having arrived at the conclusion of
these remarks some of which might
have been distinctly audible had tho
listener chosen to lend an ear in their
direction he continued out loud
By-the-by let me introduce my
self My names Cartwright Jere
miah Cartwright surgeon etc late of
the 47th
Ted Burritt turned toward him with
something liko an appearance of in
terest and the doctor seeing this
went on
Yes Ive been on the spot ever
since the accident took place Youve
heard how it was of course It was
an awful sight and what made it
more so was the fact that little or
nothing could be done to help The
groans and shrieks were something
awful and what was more the front
of the train was completely enveloped
in a black pitch like smoke from the
burning oil which as you know had
exploded from the concussion
through which the flames leaped and
hissed It was quite an hour -core
they had burnt themselves out and
even then the heat was so intense
that there was no opportunity of ap
proaching the carriages for some
hours after that And when we did
he paused impressively and threw
out Ls hands when we did there
was notLing left but smoking skele
tons of men women and children
yes sir children and in some in
stances as you may have seen for
yourself -not even f at
Ted Burritt uttered a groan as the
doctor wound up in a breathless con
dition
Terrible wasnt it said the latter
recovering himself in no time But
you laying his hand on the young
mans shoulder you mustnt give
way jou know Just consider these
other poor folks the church is full
of them They many of them have
nothing left of their dead but a few
ashes a handful of black dust What
is more in most cases they do not
even know which particular handful
make my examination of the remains
I dont know whether you care to stop
while I No in answer to a vio
lent shake of the head Well per
haps its better not
And you think Ted Burritt in
quired that the examination will
show you how my father died
The doctor nodded his head You
remain for the inquest I suppose
When began tho young man
But the garrulc us little gentleman
did not allow him to finish Mon
day morning twelve oclock he
jerked out Youll find the place very
full but very likely youll be able to
get a bed somewhere If not come
to me and Ill put you up
Tod Burritt moved by this generous
offer on the part of a stranger thank
ed him in a few broken but heartfelt
words
He made his way back to the sta
tion and found that another train
had just arrived bearing a still fur
ther load of anxious grief stricken in
quirers
He wrote out a telegraphic message
and consigned it to one of the clerks
not one of whom had had his hand off
the instrument all night
On the line groups of men under
proper superintendence were still
busily engaged in searching among
the heaps of debris
As Ted Burritt stood and watched
them at their work suddenly the
thought flashed across his mind again
his fathers friend What had be
come of him
CHAPTER IX
A Startling Discovery
The telegram which Ted Burritt
sent to his sister was as follows
Have found my father Am re
maining until after the inquest Break
the news gently
Having disposed of this duty it
occurred to him that he would be the
better for a wash and a meal There
was an unassuming little inn not far
from where he stood It looked clean
and inviting to the weary young fel
low and thither he bent his steps
only to find that the modest little
hostelry was already besieged by
those whose errand had been the same
as his own He was told by the land
lord himself almost before he had
time to frame the Inquiry that they
were full up to the hay loft but it
was just possible that he might find
someone in the village who might be
able totake Mm in Mine host stroag
ly recozumeDfed the gentleman to go
and secure old Mother Jlnmans room
A small urchin who was hanging
about the doer was Induced by the
prospect of twopence to show the way
to the old dames cottage
Having seen the room a funny little
place up under the roof in which he
could barely stand upright but which
spotlessly clean as it was seemed
a very haven of rest to the worn out
young man and having expressed -himself
as satisfied and paid five shill
ings in advance as a token of rrood
faith the old dame departed in search
of new laid egg3 from her own hens
to serve up for her new lodgers break
fast
In the meantime the young man
threw himself into a chair with a
heavy sigh which the good old soul
hoard as she shut the door upon him
She returned to tho room in about
half an hours time with a tray which
contained the homely but excellent
country fare she had prepared and
finding no notice taken of the knock
with which she announced the arrival
of breakfast pushed open the door
and entered
She found the new lodger fast
asleep on hi3 chair with his head
resting on the table and depositing
her tray thereon also stood regarding
him with motherly solicitude
Poor dear young gentleman she
murmured to herself if e dont look
dead beat Ill jest put the breakfast
by im so as e can see it when e
wakes
She left the room closing the door
behind her and still the young man
slept on In spite of his constrained at
titude and the hardness of his pillow
Another half hour passed at the
end of which time another step was
heard ascending the crazy little wood
en staircase a firmer step but at the
same time lighter than the other and
another voice this time a masculine
one might have been heard to say
All right Mrs Jinman dont you
trouble will announce myself
Which the speaker proceeded to do
first of all by the application of his
knuckles which proving Ineffectual
was followed by the lifting of the
latch and the appearance of the figure
of Dr Jeremiah Cartwright upon the
threshold
He too contemplated the sleeping
figure doubtfully Humph he re
marked half aloud Asleep eh
Good thing too gone through a lot
worn himself out Hullo Whats
this Breakfast eh All got cold
too Better wake him up after all
This he did very gently and Ted
Burritt started up rubbing his eyes
Then recognizing the bituation as
well as the personality of the indi
vidual who confronted him
Oh JLord he cried with a groan
Id forgotten all about it But tell me
what the exam
The doctor interrupted him with a
gesture Whats that I see look
ing at the viands through his gold
rimmed spectacles Tea eggs but
ter cream brown bread My
news will keep your breakfast wont
or rather has been kept too long al
ready Sit down at once and dispose
of the contents of that tray or you
dont get another word out of me
Ted was astonished to find how hun
gry he was and had soon cleared the
board though at the same time he
found it rather embarrassing to feel
that he was an object of interest to
an individual in gold rimmed spec
tacles who stared at him persistently
through them and kept up a running
commentary under his breath all the
time Some of the ejaculations too
which caught his ear were decidedly
of a nature to arouse curiosity on the
part of the hearer who now and then
could not avoid overhearing such frag
ments as these Mysterious affair
should like to get at the bottom of it
Talk about sensational incidents
Wonder how hell take it etc
And now said the younjr man
turning round upon him tell me
what is the result you have arrived
at
To be continued
HOW TO MANAGE A WIFE
Some Suggestions Which Are Cad to
Be of Value
A great many methods have neen
suggested as to the best way to man
age a husband but up to date no one
has thought it best to guide the poor
husband The following will there
fore be found the best way to man
age a wife It has never been known
to fail
Never contradict her You are right
of course nine times out of ten and
she knows it but to tell her so makes
her always unmanageable
Never oppose her When she sug
gests that in the absence of the cook
you get up and light the fire do so at
once willingly and cheerfully If she
wishes you to walk the floor with the
baby obey with alacrity
Never deny her Possibly she will
exceed her allowance but this is al
ways your fault because you are not
man enough to support her
Never be cross When you come
home at night having failed once or
twice during the day or been insulted
by a total stranger or with a large
powerful pain in your stomach laugh
it off and conceal your real feelings
Never tell her the truth When
she asks how you like hep new hat
swear that it is the greatest thing
for the money you ever saw When
she shows you her new gown be lost
in admiration When she is cross and
irritable tell her she is an angel
Never disagree with her When
she suggests that you have a cold and
need a hot mustard plaster grin and
bear it When she tells you she needs
a change tell her you are glad she
mention I it
Never interrupt her
This is the only way to manage a
wife Tom Masson in New York Her
aid
My dear marriage has its humor
ous side writes a cheerful young
matron who is visiting in New Eng
land Not only that but It Is also
useful as a means of discipline
I -think you never know in fact
for some years 1 took particular pains
that nobody should know about what
happened the first time George and I
came east together It was practically
our wedding trip because we hadnt
gone away anywhere just at first and
I really hadnt had time yet to get
accustomed to Georges little ways
Oh it was nothing only on the first
night we spent at the hotel in New
York he dreamed that the horses were
running away and that hed got to
save my life and so what did the dear
boy do but seize me bodily and throw
me out of bed You know how strong
he is
Well thats in the past I can
speak of it with perfect calm but this
thing Im going to tell you now hap
pened only six weeks ago I wonder
if its funny See what you think
You remember we came up here
to Portland from New York by water
We thought it was going to be such a
nice little sea voyage but it turned
out cold as Greenland and then just
as we got off Point Judith there was
a fog that made it dangerous to move
in any direction so there we lay for
eleven hours waiting for it to clear
Waiting Thats a passive restful
word What we did was to stay there
and be churned
Talk about seas Did you ever
know a sea that came from all direc
tions at once and bumped up in the
middle at the same time Words
couldnt tell you The boat Avas full
of people who had crowded on for
a short trip without dreaming that
they would be out long enough to need
The peasants of Ireland are not the
only people who wake a corpse
The practice is as common among the
negroes of Jamaica in the West In
dies but they are more generous than
the Irish they give the deceased two
wakes instead of one
The first wake is held on the first
night after death the second on the
ninth night when tne ghost is sup
posed to hover around the house and
require propitiation
The wake starts with a procession
of the mourners to the grave where a
white cock is sacrificed to make Uie
perturbed spirit rest Then they re
turn to the house light a number of
candles and fortify themselves with
immense quantities of rum and food
One after another the mourners yell
at the top of their voices to the ghost
they imagine to be present telling
him how much they loved him and
what an excellent man he was Hymns
are sung and then the spirit is sup
posed to be placated and the mourn
ers are free to have a good time
A feast or eating match follows
and most of the guests get drunk on
strong estate rum which is practi
cally proof spirit Boisterous games
are played and favorite native songs
such as the following are sung
rtaterooms and they were simply
strewn nil over the cabin floor
Well we just went straight to bed
Of course we had no notion of sleep
ing but we thought discretion was tho
better part of valor George managed
to get Into the upper bertn and I
tumbled into the lower You see I
didnt dare take my hands off a little
box of hand painted teacups that I
was carrying to Aunt Maria and every
time I was tossed back and forth In
my berth I tried to keep that from
striking anything which made it a
busy season
Oh how sick I was And cold
and such a headache and frightened
to death every minute for fear some
thing would crash into us and not
a second of rest just one everlasting
motion from all ways at once Well
In the midst of it all George went to
aleep How he could do it is beyond
me Maybe being so heavy he wasnt
thrown around quite so much Any
way I heard him snore
The next minute the end of every
thing seemed to come Our suit cases
that we had been foolish enough to
leave unlatched on the bench at the
side of the room gave a mighty
jump and the water pitcher rose up
out of its rack and I was lifted up off
the bed at the same instant I
remember first being pounded against
the wall at the back of the berth
and then bouncing forward away over
the edge and down down on the
floor in the midst of hard things with
sharp corners brushes combs bot
tles a broken pitcher ice water and
goodness knows what
And George Please try to im
agine my feelings when instead of
leaping to my rescue on the Instant
George poked his sleepy head over the
edge of the berth and growled out
Mary what on earth are you getting
up for
II H Jamaican Wake
Chorus
Me len him me canoe
Him tief me paddle
John Joe widdle waddle
Me len him me fish pot
Him tief me net
John Joe widdle waddle
Me len him me harpoon
Him tief me line
John Joe widdle waddle
John Joe no hab
None hat pon him head
John Jce widdle waddle
John Joe no hab
None shirt pon him back
John Joe widdle waddle
If I catch John Joe
I will break him back
John Jcc widdiu waddle
The corpse is not usually present at
a Jamaican wake as it is at an Irish
one because in a tropical country
burial almost immediately follows
deatn At the nine night as the
negroes call the second wake four
men take up the sheet on which the
dead man expired Holding it by the
corners they shake it violently call
ing out
Bredder Dead Man Bredder Dead
Man Am you dere Heres you olo
Mens den come fe talk wid you If
you love we don come out
There follows a few minutes of ter
rified silence Will the ghost appear
and cause trouble If he does not
the mourners heave a sigh of relief
and conclude that their efforts have
quieted the restless spirit forever
Then they start in to enjoy themselves
again
IfTfie HntediluYian Man j
He lived when lie could on the land
His grub roots and berries and sich
Hence as men of all paths understand
He was always immune from the itch
This proves that he knowed which was
which
From the date when to think he began
And he lived whether poor as Jobs
turkey or rich
As an antediluvian man
lie was fathered we know not by whom
Mayhap a jawjugular toad
And hadnt no mother 1 dare to pre
sume
But like Topsy he jest only growed
Yet I hint in the teeth of the code
As only a truthteller can
That none more high tonedcr high
mindeders knowed
Than the antediluvian man
He was honest though keen as a knife
Never burgled a national bank
Never ran off with his neighbors best
wife
Never swore with a cuss that was
blank
Most idiots would call him a crank
Thats the style from Bearsheba to
Dan
To which hed remark Though Im
bold to be frank
Tm an antediluvian man
When he couldnt draw rations on shore
Requisition hed make on the sea
And of shell fish unselfishly scoop in a
store
For breakfast and dinner and tea
lie gorged when he hungered but he
Never guzzled from schooner or can
Like modern Berlin night and day on
a spree
This antediluvian man
He turned in out under the sky
In a shakedown of leaves from above
And heard the stars hymning their sweet
lullaby
The music of spheres when in love
He wore neither collar nor glove
Carried neither umbrella nor fan
And in uniform undress he dressed so3
to move
Like an antediluvian man
No matter if aged or young
When he spoke he meant just what he
said
And said what he meant in his own
mother tongue
A language we schedule as dead
Though a bed of its word roots i3
spread
From Tamaqua clear out to Japan
Philoiogues cannot quote a word writ
ten or read
By the antediluvian man
R W McAlpine Soldiers Home Dan
ville Til
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HI
ong Lifes Way
Along lifes way our hearts will feel
Sweet thrills of ecstasy
When love seems filling all the sonl
With calm serenity
And life seems strewn with flowers sweet
To brighten every day
Then how much happiness the soul
Will find along lifes way
Sweet roses bloom and all around
The merry birds will sing
As if they to the hearts of all
Lifes joyousness would bring
All nature opens her full heart
For glory of mankind
And teaches him in every way
To all her beauties find
Such beauty everywhere revealed
Js manifest to him
Who travels with soul opened eye
Which neer seem growing dim
But see the beautiful without
Within and everywhere
And do not look for darker sides
ff life which holds despair
Martha
Ah love will light lifes pathway up
With radiance so bright
And all the blessings of the world
Reveal with its kind light
Till earth will seem like paradise
So full of bliss twill be
When all shall live by Gods blest laws
In sweet serenity
But when the light of love goes out
What darkness will appear
For then the reign of terror comes
When men are ruled by fear
And oh what sorrows fill their hearts
What wretchedness each day
Csafronts the heart3 whirh fear to tread
Along lifes dreary way
All lone for evil to depart
And love come back again
To glorify the FatherV world
And soften hearts of men
Loves reign alone can satisfy
And fill the heart with peace
j And may it e er rule supreme
Shepard Lippincott in New York Herald
She Merely Feigned Insanity
I feigned Insanity to tost tho lovo
of my people for mo and In an effort
to get money which my husband left
for my llttlo daughter I
am not insano and I nover was I acC
od all the time and now a jury having
found mo insano lvo got to go to tho
asylum I won c stay there for tho
doctors wont keep a sane porson In a
madhouse Such was tho statomont
of Mrs Edna Bcllew of Atlanta Ga
mado In a seemingly rational manner
while preparing to be taken to thi
state asylum for tho Insano at Mill
edgevllle where sho was ordered sent
by Judge Wilkinson In the court of or
dinary
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tubo la Inflamed you have a rumbling south ov ic
perfect hearing and when It Is entirely closed Deaf
ness Is tho result and nnles tho Inflammation can bo
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Halls Family Pills are tho best
As the kleptomaniac thought In tho
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Are prisoners on a ship put In tho
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It never pays to warp tho character
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For children teething nortens tho gums reduces to
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There are always lots of theatrical
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All is not gold that glitters but lot3
of people dont know the difference
In a street car a mans sclflshne33
is often deep seated
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As the surveyor said
draw the line somewhere
I have to
No blood money is not necessar
ily composed of red rents
Defiance Starch i3 put up 1G ounces
in a package 10 cents One third
more starch for the same money
Girls kiss each other in tLo riost
lcvmg way when there are men
around
Some women are attractive
when they are laugning
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Use Red Cross Ball Ultie and make tham
white again Large 2 oz package 5 cents
Sometimes the cobbler cant tap so
well as the doctor
Talking in a whisper is a bad habit
No man is honest who pilferc
a good name
from
The acrobat doesnt understand hi3
business until he tumbles
If Defiance Starch does not
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If it does you get one third more for
the same money It will give you
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Chicagos Murderous Cars
An appalling list of dead and injured
from the operation of the antiquated
street car systems of Chicago exists
in the police and coroners records for
the month of October Twelve per
sons appear as having been killed by
cable trains or trolley cars and 155
were reported injured from the same
cause Many cases of slight injury it
is said are never reported Defec
tive equipment seems to have been tho
cause of many of the accidents care
lessness by motormen or gripmen ap
parently wan another prolific
The killed average nearly one every
two days and the injured more than
five per day
The Cook and the Pope
Bishop Potter is telling a story for
after dinner purposes on an Irish cook
who once served in his family One
day I heard the cook swearing at a
great rate at an Italian gardener wo
had and I rebuked him for it But
yer rivennce she said he is nothin
but an ole dago anyway You should
not speak that way of an Italian I
protested You know that your popo
is a dago as you call them and you
consider him infallible Yis I know
that she answered And as a dago
he is infallible but if he was an Irish
man he would be twice as infallible
There are men who insist upon be
ing looked upon as born to ill luck
A Western Woolgrower
Newcastle Wyo Dec 21 There is
a man in this place who claims that no
one need suffer with backache as he
has proven in his own case that it can
be completely and permanently cured
His name is S C Hoist and he is
a stock raiser and woolgrower
I was shearing sheep at the time
the first pain came on says Mr Hoist
I was so bad for two years after
wards that I could hardiy sit down
md when once down it was almost im
possible for me to get up again
I tried all the medicine I could hear
of and several doctors without help
not even for a moment I used Dodds
Kidney Pills and they made a new
man out of me I felt as if there was
new blood in my veins I am as stout
in the back as a mule and can lift and
work as hard as I please without an
ache or pain in any part of my body
It is now over a year since they
cured me and I can say there is not a
healthier man in Wyoming than I am
aa before using Dodds Kidney Pills
there was not a more complete physi
cal wreck in the whole country than I
was
A man rarely regards a woman as
strong enough to be left entirely on
her own resources