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18GS Anyone of the name of Ains
worth born on Jan 27 in the year 18GS
is invited to communicate either personal
ly or by letter with A Z postoffice Ha
zelwortti They must be able to produce
certificate of birth and other references
whentthey may hear of something to their
advantage
AINSWORTH read
the paragraph over again at
tentively by the not too brilliant
light of a tallow candle fixed in a beer
bottle
It is probably a hoax Most things
are but once again why not
Heads L go tails I dont solilo
quized Ainsworth tossing up a coin
Tails Umph bad toss Try again
Tails again The fates are against
my having a day in the country evi
dently Well oncembre for luck
The sovereign turned and twisted In
the air and bounced on the table
Heads That decides it said Ains
wortn pocketing the coin I shall go
The next day found him seated in a
third class smoking carriage of the
1235 to Hazelworth
In his pocket his birth certificate his
mothers marriage certificate some
odd-and-end letters of reference and
the paragraph in question torn from
the agony column of the Times
Arrived at his destination he in
quired for A Z at the local postof
fice and was referred to Mr Battye
No 1 Aston villas Mr Battye proved
to be a country solicitor of the old
school
Your name you say is Richard
Ainsworth queried Mr Battye
Ainsworth answered in the affirma
tive and handed over Ills certificate of
birth and other documents The law
yer perused them carefully
These of course can be verified
later on he said Now tell me have
you any living relations or connections
of any sort
Ive got a sort of cousin somewhere
said Ainsworth but he never asks me
to dine and so Ive cut him
I mean said Mr Battye you have
no jfcies of any sort No one who takes
an interest in you
Onjyniy landlady said Ainsworth
cheerfully I owe her 250
Dont be so flippant young man
This may be a serious matter for you
An eccentric client of mine wishes to
adopt some one of your age
If said Ainsworth any one is
yearning for my youthful affections
they are to be had in exchange for a
comfortable home Please go on sir
I am all attention
Well the case stands like this said
Mr Battye clearing his throat I have
a very eccentric client of the same
name as yourself an old man and a
bachelor
For a long time a nephew of his of
thejsame nam Ainsworth and of ex
actly your age lived with him He had
the boy educated and treated him as if
he -was his own son Much to poor old
Mr Ainsworths disappointment how
ever the boy turned out badly The
climax came when one fine day young
Arthur that was the boys name forg
ed his uncles signature on a check for
a fairly large amount
The forgery was detected and the
bank sent the check down to my client
He authorized them to pay the money
Save the forger a further check for
500 and turned him out of the house
the same day
My client who is now an old man
and in a very feeble state of health is
fanciful as all invalids are and took it
into his head that he wanted to adopt
somej one of the same name and age as
his nephew He said he was lonely
and wanted somebody to talk to and
cheer him up
The upshot of it all is that he insist
ed upon putting that advertisement in
the papers against my advice As a re
sult I have been plagued with some
hundreds of letters and visits from
Ainsworths real and imaginary
You may be able to fill the situation
of course that is not for me to decide
I strongly disapprove of the whole idea
and I know no reason why I shouldnt
disapprove of you You seem to be able
to fulfill the conditions -however You
-are educated and apparently a gentle
man
The discussion was long Richard
Ainsworth difficile and Battye sus
picious But the old gentleman seemed
to take a great liking to Dick as he
called him and in spite of Mr Batty es
grumbling persuaded him to stay for
three months to see how he liked it
Dick tried it liked it and finally ac
cepted the post permanently He got
genuinely attached to old Uncle Ains
worth and after a time managed the
estate for him and made himself gen
erally useful So it came about that
Dick clothed himself in purple and fine
linen and called himself a lucky dog
It was about two years after Dick
became a nephew by adoption that
walking home one evening with a gun
over his arm he was aware of an in-
dividual sitting on a stile and glaring
at him As he wanted to get on quick
ly he asked the man if he had bought
the whole stile or only a part of it
How do you like nursing eh My
respectable uncle is not yet dead I
Ihear
VO said Dick your name is Arthur
Charles Hardman Ainsworth I sup
pose
It used to be said the individual
on the stile its Henry Miles now
The other was er too long I found
it inconvenient
Yes said Dick its a long name
Are you coming up to the house
No curse you said the man sav
agely
As you please said Dick Only I
thought your uncle might be glad to see
you thats all
Well kindly attend to your nursing
and leave my business alone see And
dont tell my uncle youve seen me
Mr Miles thereupon let loose a choice
and varied assortment of oaths ending
with a wish that he Dick would Im
mediately depart for a warmer climate
Weird specimen thought Dick to
himself as he strode homewards
Rather unwashed nasty shifty eyes
no not at all a nice ornament in any
house Glad he didnt come along af
ter all it would have upset the old
man dreadfully Curious his turning up
here when every one thought he was
some 4000 miles away Now I wonder
what hes after and why hes so keen
Uncle Joe shouldnt know that he Is in
England
Dick strode along for the next quar
ter of a mile with a thoughtful frown
on his usually placid face
Ive half a mind to go and see old
Battye he muttered to himself I
think I will go and see Battye
Well Dick what Is it said Mr
Battye bustling into the room Have
a glass of sherry
Thanks said Dick I will my
nerves are disordered Ive been try
ing to think
Umph growled the little lawyer
When youve quite finished your non
sense perhaps youll condescend to tell
me what youve come for
Can you keep a secret asked Dick
Suppose I can Its my trade
Well I just met an Individual call
ing himself Arthur Charles Hardman
Ainsworth sitting on a stile about three
quarters of a mile from here thats
all
Absurd said the elder man prompt
ly The sinner owning that name is
somewhere at the back of Lagos
Officially speaking your informa
tion is accurate said Dick but he is
visiting this particular district under
the pleasing pseudonym of Henry
Miles O hes the real original right
enough I recognized him from his
picture
Whew What a mess exclaimed
the lawyer What did you do
I advised him to come up to the
house and try and patch things up
Did you now said Mr Battye
looking at Dick curiously
Yes said Dick and he refused the
invitation with much unnecessary
cursing He made me promise not to
mention that I had seen him to Uncle
Joe and I am puzzled to think why he
has come here
Prom what I know of dear Arthur
I should say he had come after the
family plate responded Mr Battye
Quite so but what is to be done
My dear boy you must just sit still
and await developments said Mr
Battye laying his hand on Dicks shoul
der There are not many people in
your position who would have tried to
induce him to patch matters up Not
that I think old Mr Ainsworth would
have consented
Well you see said Dick the fel
low is an awful scamp but I feel that
I am playing it rather low down on
him all the same Now I must hurry
off or I shall be late for dinner
Dick said old Mr Ainsworth later
in the evening
Yes said Dick without looking up
Ive seen Mr Battye to day my
boy
O Whats up
Ive made a new will Dick Im get
ting old and shaky and Ive got a lot
of money you know
Yes said Dick candidly youre
disgustingly rich
So will you be before very long
Dick Ive left you everything I signed
the will to day
You mustnt do that answered
Dick very quietly Its awfully good
of you and dont think Im not grate
ful but its not fair Uncle Joe Im
no relation to you and Ive not the
slightest claim on you Youve been
far too kind to me as it is There is
some one else who has a right to be
your heir
Its no use discussing the matter
said Mr Ainsworth abruptly I
would rather leave my money to to
provide England with an endless sup
ply of German bands than leave a
farthing of it to the person you refer
to
It was on the fifth evening after the
day that Dick first saw Arthur Ains
worth that he came across him again
for the second and last time
Old Mr Ainsworth who had com
plained of feeling seedy went to bed
directly after dinner and Dick who
was tired after a long days shooting
went to his room soon afterward about
He undressed leisurely smoking a
cigarette and prepared for a quiet
hour or so of reading in bed The book
proved interesting and he had finished
the first volume about 1230 Not feel
ing sleepy he determined to get the
second volume from the library
He had already reached the bottom
flight of stairs when a slight grating
sound made him pause He listened
again and realized that it came fron
the side door leading into the garden
Blowing out his candlej he slipped into
the hall and flung a large dark cloab
over his light colored pajamas Stand
ing close up against the wall he listen
ed and watched
The fumbling with the latch lasted
two or three minutes longer then the
bolt shot back with a sharp click and
the door was cautiously opened A man
closed the door again and stole noise
lessly past him along the passage
The only Arthur muttered Dick
Humph Its not the plate hes after
be reflected as the figure turned aside
from the passage leading to the kitchen
and pantry t
The house was perfectly silent so
silent that Dick could distinctly hear
the quick nervous breathing of the
man in front of him
Noiselessly the two men crept up the
stairs The intruder had removed his
boots and Dick was In his bare feet
Atthetop the man turned to the right
and Dicks face grew stern Hitherto
be had made up his mind that the visit
was intended for himself or the plate
chest But now the man was moving
toward Mr Ainsworths room
All of a sudden Dick darted back
Into the shadow of a recess The man
had turned on his lantern He had a
wire Instrument in his hand and was
evidently prepared for the door being
locked He was saved the trouble
however as it yielded easily to his
pressure
He crossed quickly to the bedside
and Dick caught the glitter of a small
wicked looking knife in his hand and
stood ready
Up went the hand and at the same
instant Dick caught it scientifically in
a grip like iron and seizing him by the
throat with the other hand effectually
prevented any unseemly noise
As he did so he caught sight of Unclp
Joes face and dropped his prisoner
with an oath
Good God muttered the latter also
looking at the bed Hes dead
Dick reverently covered up the face
with the sheet and turned to the would
be murderer who by a sudden revul
sion of feeling was standing white and
limp with horror plucking nervously
at the bed curtains Come he said
briefly and the man followed him out
of the room
Dick led the way to the library light
ed a candle and motioned to the man
to stand before him
Give me tht iknife said Dick
locking the door
The knife was handed over
You caine here intending to murder
your uncle to night
Dont said the map shivering
I saw you come in and followed
you I watched you tile whole time
I thought at first youjnAht have come
to try and cut my throat that would
have been excusafeie seeing that your
uncle disinherited you in my favor just
before he died
If you hadnt come here to night to
try and murder your uncle I might
eventually have handed the property
back to you as it Is Im hanged if I
will By the way I suppose yotf meant
to try and fasten the crime on me if
things had been otherwise Have you
got any money
The man shook his head
Dick unlocked the drawer and took
out 250 in notes
Now he said Ill give you twenty
four hours to get out of England
Write me an address in New York that
will find you on that slip of paper In
a fortnights time I will arrange to
send you a check to the address for
5000 The share in the property
which I should have otherwise restored
to you shall go to a hospital instead
Now clear out and be thankful
So Arthur Charles Hardman Ains
worth vanished into the night And
Richard Ainsworth the interloper
reigned in his stead Tit Bits
Yawning for Exercise
Children used to be taught that
yawning was a breach of good beha
vior but now if certain medical testi
mony may be credited it is incum
bent upon parents to see that the
youthful members of their flock not
only yawn when nature so disposes
them but even practice what may be
called the art of yawning According
to the results of late investigations
yawning is the most natural form of
respiratory exercise bringing into ac
tion all the respiratory muscles of the
chest and neck
It is recommended that every one
should have a good yawn with stretch-
ing of the limbs morning and even-
ing for the purpose of ventilating the
lungs and strengthening the muscles
of respiration An eminent authority
asserts that this form of gymnastics i
has a remarkable effect in relievingi
throat and ear complaints
This being the case the revival of an
old English pastime indulged in as
a kind of Christmas gambol in the early
part of the eighteenth century might
not be out of place The game was a
yawning match and was played for a
prize which in one instance on record
consisted of a Cheshire cheese
The sport began about midnighr
when the members of the company
were disposed to be drowsy and yawn
ing was not altogether a forced act He
who yawned the widest and at the
same time in the most natural manner
so as to produce the greatest number
of sympathetic yawns from the specta
tors was the winner of the cheese
How grown people love a boy whose
eyes get heavy and whose head tKin
to nod as early as S oclock
SOLDIERS AT HOME
fHEY TELL SOME INTERESTING
ANECDOTES OF THE WAR
How the Boys of Both Armies Whiled
Away Life in Camp Foraging Ex
periences Tiresome Marches Thril
ling Scenes on the Battlefield
A Confederate Exile
During the closing days of the civil
war a detachment of Federal cavalry
rode into the picturesque town of
Washington Ga and within a few mo
ments after the arrival of the new
comers their commander stood at the
front door of a large old fashioned
mansion
The visitors mission was soon made
known He desired to see General Rob
ert Toombs and in fact was so anx
ious to see him that he was willing to
put himself to no end of trouble to
meet him
The cavalry captain went in found
that the owner of the house was not at
home which statement was half way
true because at that very instant Gen
eral Toombs was making his way to
the garden gate where he had a swift
horse in readiness for him
The Confederate leader lost no time
in mounting his steed and before an
other hour he was many miles away in
a part of the county which had not then
been visited by the invaders
For days the gray coated fugitive
traveled exercising the utmost vigi
lance and spending his nights with the
most trustworthy friends of the lost
cause
Finally when the coast was clear he
made his way to Cuba and spent a few
weeks with the sympathizers of the
Confederacy in Havana
There were reasons however why
the general should not return at that
time and he was not long in making
his arrangements to take an outgoing
steamer for Europe
When he had landed at Liverpool
General Toombs was short of funds
He had sent a message to his wife from
Cuba but did not know whether she
would receive It or whether she would
be able to raise any money for him
He was in an embarrassing fix A
stranger in a strange land with only a
few dollars he did not know which way
to turn
With his royal disregard of money
he Invested in a first class ticket to Lon
don and boarded the train with less
than five dollars in his pocket What
to do when he reached the metropolis
wTas the question The Confederacy
had collapsed and its few friends in
England were not likely to be in a con
dition to aid the refugee even if they
should feel so disposed
The solitary passenger was studying
the situation when a new fellow trav
eler came into his compartment at one
of the way stations
The new arrival was a London law
yer of distinction and a glance satis
fled him that the man sitting opposite
was Robert Toombs an ex member of
the Confederate cabinet an ex-Confederate
general and a famous American
lawyer
The Londoner had seen the others
picture in the illustrated papers and he
had heard something of him on one of
his visits to the United States
Excuse me he said but isnt this
General Toombs of Georgia
The American responded with some
surprise but in a few moments the two
were conversing with the freedom of
old friends The Englishman was a
man of tact and there were many
things in common between him and
the Georgian In the course of the con
versation he brought up a subject in
which he was greatly interested a case
for some British claimants involving
the title to large landed interests in the
southwestern part of the United States
The penniless ex Confederate little
knew of the good fortune awaiting him
He simplj knew that he had met a
bright brother lawyer and out of the
abundance of his intellectual and pro
fessional resources he entertained him
as he would a guest at his own fireside
Perhaps an hour had been spent in
talking over the case when the Lon
doner came down to business
General Toombs he said how
long will you stop in London and
where can I see you
I expect to stay several weeks was
the answer and my address will be
the Langham
Would you mind coming into this
case as consulting counsel
Not at all I am familiar with the
facts and the law
I am sure of that answered the
Britisher Just wait a moment
He drew writing materials from his
hand satchel filled out a check and
handed it to the general
This is a retainer he said It is
the way we do things in England Day
after to morrow I will call on you
The Georgian glanced at the check
It was for 5000
If he felt any surprise he did not
show it He carelessly pocketed the
slip of paper and remarked that he
would be ready when needed
The big London lawyer got out at the
next station after again promising to
see the American in the city two days
later
Toombs stopped at the Langham and
during the week gave his attention to
the case which had come in the very
nick of time Then he received another
check for 5000 and ran o er to France
for a visit
In Paris the famous Confederate
statesman soldier and lawyer was the
lion of the hour Louis Napoleon sent
for him and consulted him upon vari
ous matters
Among other things the emperor ask
ed him what effect the establishment of
Maximilians empire would have upon
the American republic
It will never be established was
the Georgians blunt reply
What nut with Confederate sympa
thy asked the emperor
There are no Confederates in such a
case was the answer We are all
Americans
The talk drifted to the question of re
foresting the south of France and Na
poleon asked General Toombs to visit
that region and make suggestions in
regard to tho proposed work
The request was complied with and a
report was furnished of so elaborate
and complete a nature that the French
minister of the interior offered to pay
a handsome sum for It This was re
fused as the general said that the work
was not in his line but he was prevail
ed upon to accept a souvenir of consid
erable value from the emperor him
self
Shortly after this the exile yielded to
the many urgent requests of his friends
at home and returned to Georgia Per
haps no other Confederate who visited
Europe made a more brilliant reputa
tion in so short a time Wallace Put
nam Reed In Chicago Times Herald
Cnshinjrs Bravery
One of the replies of history which
but for its anti Scriptural emphasis
would have long since found Its way
into the school readers was that of
young Lieut Cushing just as fie was
pushing the deadly torpedo over the
log boom against th Confederate iron
clad Albemarle
Who are you had been demanded
by the startled outlook as the little Fed
eral boat shot into siht from the dark
ness
Youll d d soon find out was
Cushings cheery answer as he shoved
and exploded the torpedo against the
Albemarle Then crash came the can
nons blast from the now hopelessly
disabled ironclad and Into the water
and the night went Cushing happily
to be finally rescued and find his way
back to his ship again
A more gallant deed the world never
saw said the frank captain of the Al
bemarle ever afterwards
I was recently told by a commander
in the navy a little story of Cushing
which I do not remember to have seen
in print showing the doughty stuff he
was made of even before that wonder
ful attack upon the Albemarle writes
W S Walker The ship with which
he had been connected was earlier in
the war briefly detailed In Egyptian
waters watching for a wandering Con
federate cruiser One evening young
Cushing was ashore at a table dhote
dinner in a hotel at Alexandria Sev
eral officers of English warships then
in the harbor were also at the table
One of them a cockney young lieuten
ant sat directly opposite Cushing and
was marked in his impudent treatment
of the latter
A Yankee naval officer was to our
Englishman who plainl hadnt read
up much on the war of 1812 something
uncommonly funny After several nudg
ings of his fellows who were inclined
to at least be unobtrusive and decent
and after a number of grimaces and
other pantomimic evidences of curios
ity our gay Briton dropped his elbows
on the table his chin upon his hands
and leaning his face with a monocle in
one eye and the necessary squint in the
other toward Cushing proceeded to
give the latter a wantonly insulting
specimen of the Bx itish stare
Cushing quietly took out his card
case and holding a card by diagonal
corners between his thumb and finger
until it bent sufficiently to give it full
projectile force let it fly plump into
the astonished lordlings face
I presume you understand what that
means said Cushing
But before the wrathy young Eng
lishman could reply his senior a digni
fied captain who had seen the whole
performance said to Cushing Yes sir
he does understand and the young
puppy asks your pardon for his imper
tinence
Then the whole English party after
shaking hands with Cushing withdrew
The matter was reported to the admiral
of their fleet a private but official repri
mand given the gold mounted snob who
had caused the scene and a written
order was promulgated drawing the
fleets attention to the fact -that United
States officers and sailors were to be
treated in all social and official Inter
course exactly like those of other na
tions This was something In those
days when we hadnt much of a navy
and the biggest kind of a war develop
ing swiftly on our hands When this
young Englishman a year or two later
read of Cushings marvelous feat In
sinking the Albemarle he must have
realized more than ever that he had
been fooling with something which wa
loaded clear to the muzzle
Grants Narrow Escape from Capture
A few days before an occurrence had
happened which came very near depriv
ing the armies of the services of Gen
Grant in the Virginia campaign On
his return to headquarters after his
last visit to the President in Washing
ton when his special train reached
Warrentown Junction he saw a large
cloud of dust to the east of the road
Upon making inquiries of the station
master as to its cause he learned that
Col Mosby who commanded a partisan
Confederate force called by his own
people Mosbys conglomerates and
who had become famous for his cavalry
raids had just passed driving a de
tachment of our cavalry before him
If the train had been a few minute3
earlier Mosby like Christopher Colum
bus upon his voyage to this country
would have discovered something
which he was not looking for As the
train carried no guard it would not
have been possible to make any de-
fense In such case the Union com
mander would have reached Richmond
a year sooner than he nnally arrived
there but not at the head of an axmy
Century
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EDUCATIONALCOLUMN I
NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS ANDA
THEIR MANAGEMENT
Harvard Faculty Will Make aVicor
ous Effort to Discourage the Offense
Known as Cribbinc No Comfort
in tho Schools of Lone Ago
Cribbintr at Harvard
The faculty of Harvard University
has announced its Intention to separate
from the college students handing In
written work not their own and to posr
their names on the college bulletin
boards The offense thus to be dealt
with Is familiarly known as cribbing
The Harvard faculty has determined
and announced that It Is dishonorable
and merits public expulsion The con
clusion thus reached is somewhat revo
lutionary and the action has only been
taken with reluctance and after sol
emn thought and full discussion
In old times at Harvard as In most
other -colleges where what is known as
the honor system in examination
does not prevail cribbing was not re
garded as dishonorable though Its ex
pediency has always been freely ques
tioned even by the patrons of the prac
tice It used to be the custom when
written examinations were held to gar
rison the examination rooms with proc
tors who patrolled the aisles and made
it their business to restrain as far as
possible the propensity of the examitiefi
to cheat The result was that it was
regarded as a fair game to beat the ex
aminers and students- of honorable
character often used what furtive aids
they might to eke out their halting
scholarship Only when the examina
tions were in some degree competitive
as where students were trying for high
rank or for scholarships was cribbing
felt to involve dishonor But condi
tions are declared to have changed at
Harvard The relations betewen in
structors and students are more famil
iar than they used to be and the ma
jority of the students are believed to
take their work more seriously than
they once did and to look upon their
instructors more as fountains of infor
mation and less as hindrances to ease
The faculty feels that there are certain
childish things that ought to be put
away from Harvard penalty for an of
fense which it seems is still very prev
alent among the more frivolous under
graduates
It will be interesting to know how
this new rule works The faculty may
expel students caught cribbing but it
cannot make an act dishonorable by
proclaiming it to be so The body that
settles what is deemed honorable and
what is not in a college is the under
graduates A faculty may dismiss but
it cannot disgrace a man His appeal
is to his fellows and unless they concur
in the judgment the man is not dis
graced Nevertheless cribbing is a
malodorous practice and expulsion is
a grave penalty and a lad expelled from
college for cribbing will have to mae
many more explanations than he cares
to if he would demonstrate that he is
not unfit to be trusted Even if he can
convince his friends that in general con
cerns he is not a cheat he will still find
it difficult to disperse the suspicion that
he is lacking in sound sense If the
penalty for cribbing at Harvard is to be
so severe it would seem that cribbing
would not pay If the jury trial system
prevailed at Harvard it might turn out
that the punishment was so dispropor
tionate to the crime that the law could
not be enforced but since the faculty
is judge jury and sheriff the new rule
may be expected to work and ought to
help the situation Harpers Weekly
Speak Correctly
The American girl is rich as far as
ideas are concerned is quick witted
and ought to be sufficiently eager be
cause she is an American girl to speak
correctly writes Ruth Ashmore in
the Ladies Home Journal in an article
to girls on speaking correctly and avoids
ing the use of slang She need not be
a prig she need not suggest the school
room but she should speak intelligent
ly and correctly There are two books
to which my girls may always turn for
English undefiled first the Bible sec
ond the works of Shakspeare Vulgar
language suggests a vulgar mind there
fore my Dorothy be careful about your
speech Let your words mirror beauti
ful thoughts and when Prince Charm
ing is strolling through that wood In
which the grammar tree grows he will
know that you surely are the princess
for in your answer to him there will
be diamonds and pearls in the form of
pure English coming from your lips
and he will learn to reverence all wom
en for your sweet sake
Jo Comforts LongAfO
Only sixty years have passed since
the boys of Eton ventured to beg that
pipes might be laid in some of the
school buildings so that they need not
fetch water from the pumps in the
freezing winter weather and the peti
tion was promptly rejected with the
scornful comment that they would be
wanting gas and Turkish carpets next
At Winchester another big school all
the lads had to wash in an open yard
called Moab where half-a-dozen
tubs were ranged around the wall and
it was the duty of one of the juniors
to go from tub to tub on frosty morn
ings and thaw the ice with a candle
Comfort was deemed a bad thing for
boys lest they should grow up dainty
and unmanly Cold said Dr Keate
a famous head master of Eton to a
poor little bit of humanity whom he
met shivering and shaking in the hall
Dont talk to me of being cold I Youi
must learn to bear it sir You are not
at a girls school St Nicholas
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