ffKElJEWELLEDlTALISMANi
IPURITANaAKDWAVAUEi
CHAPTER XIII. ( Continued. )
"You must find it elsewhere , then. "
"You deny me ? "
"Yes , 1' deny you ? "
"Do yon reim'inhor that opal I > ent here
a few days ago ? "
"F do. "
"It has a Iris-lory which may cause you
to alter your mind. "
"What do you know about it ? "
"That is was sold to Lingard the gold
smith by a .lew , who , as he has since
had reason to believe , came by it dis
honestly. "
"And if one of my Hebrew brethren
lias been guilty of a dishonest deed , am
I to be anvworablf for it ? "
"You are answerable for your own mis
deeds. It was von who sold it to him. "
"I ? "
"Yes , as can be proved. "
"Nevertheless , I shall not let you have
'the hundred pounds. "
"Not if , in return. I will undertake to
procure the goldsmith's silence ? "
"Not even then. "
"If it can be pro veil that yon stole that
opal , not all the vile old riot lies yon have
coined into gold for the last twelve years
will s-ave you from the punishment which
is your due. "
"What if 1 have the means of disprov
ing it ? "
"I am not afraid of that. Yon will see
me again , within twenty-four hours ,
when yon may not be quite so resolute
in your denial. "
The Jew made no answer to this
though a .smile of contempt , in which
was mingled some bitterness , passed over
his countenance , as Falkland withdrew.
CHAPTER XFV.
Alice , according to the directions given
her by .Tedntlmn , knocked at the door at
the termination of the passage. After a
little delay , it was pushed open , and she
found herself in a closet , standing face
to face with one who , as the .lew had
told her , was as young and as fair as
herself.
"I was told to knock at this door , " said
Alice , "by an elderly man I saw in the
shop. "
"It was my grandfather who told you.
You are welcome. "
By means incomprehensible to Alice ,
what she had taken to be the back of a
very plainly constructed closet , was made
to swing slowly back , till there was an
opening sufficiently wide for ingress into
an apartment fitted up in a style of so
much splendor that it reminded her of
' a story she had once heard told of an
enchanted palace.
It was not till the massive door was
closed , and a drapery of Tyrian purple
embroidered with gold was drawn back
over it. that Alice had opportunity to do
more than note the general appearance
of her hostess. When she had seated
herself on a pile of cushions at her side ,
she found that her eyes , though shaded
by lashes intensely black , were gray ,
overflowing and with a soft and brilliant
light. Her hair , restrained from falling
over her forehead by a jeweled band , fell
in free and flowing masses over her shoul
ders , and descended to the cushions where
she sat.
Among the few ornaments she wore
there was one which drew the attention
of Alice from all others. It was the opal
she had lost , and when she recalled what
Silas Watkins had told her , it at once
occurred to her that it might have been
given her by Falkland. She observed that
the eye of Alice was fastened upon it.
"A birthday present , " said she , "and
one that I value very highly on account
of the donor. "
"Who must be a very dear friend ,
then. "
"The dearest 1 have in the world , " she
replied.
Alice watched her as she said this , but
there was no faltering of the voice , nor
deepening of the faint rose color which
tinged the pure white of her fair and
softly rounded cheeks. Unsuspicious of
what "was passing in the mind of Alice ,
she said :
"Will you not tell me your name ? "
"Alice Dale. "
"And mine is Abi. How glad I am that
you came here this evening ! You can
not think how lonely I am. "
"Have you no mother nor sister ? "
"None. "
"Neither have I. "
"Yet you cannot be so lonely as I am ,
with no one but Asenath to speak to , ex
cept my grandfather , and he has little
time Tviiich can be spared from his daily
toil to devote to me. "
"Can it be necessary for him in the
evening of his days to attend so strictly
to his daily task ? " said Alice.
"We are , as you doubtless know , of
an oppressed and despised people , and
obliged to bury our luxuries , and even
comforts , under a show of wretchedness ,
or the princes and nobles of the land
would speedily find some pretext to wrest
from us our wealth. I say we , for since
my father died a year ago , I have had no
one to look to for protection except my
grandfather. "
The eyes of Alice were often directed
to the opal , as they sat chatting together ,
for after what Abi had told her , she
thought she must be mistaken as to its
being the one which had been given her
by Harleigh. But the more she examined
it , the more convinced did she become
that it was the same. Several times
she was on the point of telling Abi what
she knew of it , but finally concluded to
suffer its history , as far as she herself
was concerned , to remain undisclosed ,
lest she might think that she wished it to
be restored to her. The fair Abi , ho\
ever , conld not help noticing with wh :
interest she regarded it , though she mis
took the cause. She imagined that it wa >
its rare beauty which attracted her atten
tion , and she unclasped the gold chain
to which it was appended , and handed i
to her.
"Take it , " said sue , "so that you cai. !
the better examine it. Those best skilled
in precious stones pronounce it to be
unique , no one of its kind they have ever
seen or heard of being equal to it in size
and purity , or comparing with it in fine
and brilliant play of colors. "
"A birthday present , you said ? " re
marked Alice , hoping that she would be
led to say something more of it.
"Yes , and what renders it more sacred
and doubly dear , it once belonged to my
mother. My father being absent the day
I was twelve years old , my grandfather
gave it to me , with his blessing. Judge ,
then , of my distress , when the very tirst
tiim1 I wore it from home I lost it. "
"Lost it ? "
"Yes , and I had long given up all hope
of ever recovering it , for we dared not
noise abroad the loss of so precious a
gem , when , a few evenings since , some
one came to the shop aud offered it for
sale. "
"Who offered it ? Did your grandfath
er know ? "
"I think he did. though he didn't tell
mo. He was glad to get it back again ,
for more than two-thirds of its full value ,
without asking any questions. "
* * * * * * *
Falkland , as he slowly returned to his
lodgings , felt at a loss what to do.
Scarcely a day passed , but that he reck
lessly contracted some debt , without the
men us of paying forit , and now that
Jediitliun , the Jew , had refused to ad
vance him the hundred pounds for which
he had applied , his last expedient for sat
isfying the most clamorous of his credit
ors , was cut off. A thought struck him
as he placed the key in the lock of the
door which opened into his room. He
stopped , reflected a moment , and then
retraced his steps.
There was a tract of land still in his
possession , belonging to the estate left
by his father , which yielded him only a
trifling income. He would offer the .lew
a mortgage of this land , if , instead of
the one hundred he had asked for , he
would give him two hundred. He found
the Jew preparing to close the shop. As
suming a more conciliatory air than when
he parted with him , he made known the
reason of his return. His proposal was
accepted , and the following morning was
appointed for the transaction of the busi
ness.
ness.When
When , at last , he found himself in his
own apartment , he saw a man sitting
near the table , who , as there was no
light , except what was afforded by a fire
nearly burnt out , he supposed to be his
valet.
"Why are you back so soon , Redding ? "
said he. "I gave you leave to stay away
till morning. "
"You mistook me for that rascally
valet of your , eh ? " said the man , rising
and coming forward.
"Is it you , Jem Corkle ? How did you
get in ? through the key hole ? "
"As the door wasn't locked , such an
expedient was unnecessary. "
"Then I must have forgotten to lock
the door when I returned an hour ago.
As Redding has a master key , I supposed
it was he. "
"You have great confidence in that
valet of yours , I suspect. "
"No. I don't trust him at all in any af
fair of importance , and that is why I
sent him away to-day. "
"There is little need of your trusting
him , for his curiosity is such that he
finds things out without being trusted. "
't'Wlmt do you mean ? "
"That lie overheard the whole of what
you told me , the other evening , about al
tering the date of the will old Burlington
made in favor of his niece. "
"How came you to know ? "
"No matter how , as long as what I
tell you is true. "
"I am lost , then. "
"Not so bad as that. As yet , he has
told only one person. "
"Who , of course , then , must be you. "
"Well , to confess the truth , it was. "
"I didn't suspect that you were on such
confidential terms. "
"He had little inclination to bestow
his confidence on me , you may be certain.
When , on the night in question I left you ,
I opened the door rather suddenly , when
some one darted away from behind it in
sucli haste as to make me suspect it was
some one who had been listening. I man
aged to overtake him , and by dint of per
suasion and threats , succeeded in making
him confess that he had heard all we
had said. I didn't part company with
him , however , till I had extorted a prom
ise from him not to mention what he had
heard to any person living. "
"A promise which he will be sure to
break , as he is as much given to talka
tiveness as curiosity. "
"Yes , and I've been thinking it will
need a sharp argument to keep his tongue
from wagging. "
"But where shall we find one who will
be willing to make use of such an argu
ment ? "
"Leave that to me. But then there
must be time and opportunity. "
"To-motvow evening I will find some
pretext fi/f sending him to the shop of
Jcduthun , the Jew. "
"At what hour ? "
"Nine. "
"Ten would be the better time. "
"Yes , but the shop will be closed before
then. "
"Nine let it be , then. I remember a
nice , snug place close by the Jew's tum
ble-down domicile , where he who is to be
employed can conceal himself. "
"And let him be sure not to part com
pany with him till he has lost all power
of telling tales. "
"You needn't caution me on that
score. "
"And tell him , if the affair occasion
noise or outcry , he will be in no danger
of being surprised , as the Jews , who are
the sole inhabitants of that quarter , are
much like the snail , which , at the inti
mation of danger , draws itself further
into its shell. Tell him , furthermore ,
that lie may count on .a good round sum
if all is performed with skill aud dex
terity. "
"That lies between him ami me. I wil
take care of it , aud shall look to you foi
the pay. "
Just then some one knocked at tb <
door. Both started , as guilty people will
' 'Go , Falkland , and open the door , 01
I will , " said Corkle.
He obeyed , though not without SOUK
misgivings. A lad of fourteen or fifteei
put a sealed note into his hand , anc
without speaking , withdrew. The twc
had been sitting by the dim. firelight , a ;
if they did not care to look each othei
in the face. To enable him to read his
note , Falkland was obliged to light i
lamp.
"From a lady or a courtier , " saic
Corkle , "as one may know by the odoi
of musk. Which is it ? "
"A lady Mildred Dacres. "
"A billet-doux , then , I suppose ? "
"Nothing of the kind , " said Falkland
rather sharply.
The note contained only the.following
briefly worded request , or rather com
in and :
"Come to me to-morrow morning al
ten , without fail. "
"It is getting late , " said Corkle. "II
is time for me to go. Nine o'clock to
morrow evening is the hour ? "
"You'll find me here then. "
"I'll speak to yon through the kej
hole , so that yon may be sure who'it is. ' :
"Well thought of. "
"And as I've already charged you , mind
that your door is fast. "
CHAPTER XV.
Soon after Falkland's departure tlu
second time , the Jew , casting aside his
coarse gaberdine , which concealed 11
rich and becoming dress , joined the fail
Abi and their equally fair and unexpect
ed guest. Alice had already communi
cated to Abi all that she herself knew ol
what she supposed to be a plan for hei
abduction , which she now related to him ,
"And have yon any suspicion who was
the employer of the rnlliauly fellows ? " lie
asked.
"I have , " she replied. "His name , as
I have reason to believe , is Falkland. "
"You are right ; there can be no doubt.
I have had dealings with him. "
"I have been thinking of my friends , "
said Alice , after a few moments' silence.
"They will suffer much anxiety on my
account , and I must let them know , as
early as possible , what kind hands I liave
fallen into. "
"I would fain relieve your anxiety to
night , " said the Jew , "but the lad in raj-
service is unfortunately absent , and it
would be hardly prudent for me to con
vey intelligence of your welfare myself.
Some one might be lurking near who
would recognize me , which would be like
ly to lead to a still stronger suspicion as
to your hiding place. As there will b
explanations- make and directions to
give , the message better be a written one ,
which Aseneth , our maid , shall carry to
your friends early in the morning. "
"And it must be written to-night , " said
Alice.
Early in the morning , as the Jew had
promised , he gave Aseneth the note , with
the necessary directions where to carry
it. But when she had left what was
called the Jews' quarter she became be
wildered , and lost her way. There were
as yet few people stirring , but those of
whom she inquired the way to the street
she was in pursuit of , answered her only
with gibes or a sneering laugh.
She was not aware that , during all this
time , a man was following her. At last ,
when the street passengers began to mul
tiply , and she , becoming still more per
plexed , ventured once more to inquire the
way , he stepped quickly forward.
"What place do you wish to find , my
good woman ? " said he.
"A house in Charles street , where
dwells the widow Elliston , " she replied.
"Fortunately , " said he , "I live in a
house near hers , and can show you the
way. Follow me and you will soon be
there. "
( To be continued. )
CHANGE IN LEADING MEN.
The Lady Settled the Question as to
Who Was the Cad.
They had been engaged for a whole
week , and met at the same social func
tion. After he had missed her for an
hour he explored the conservatory , and
was mean enough to listen to a conver
sation that she was having with a
young man whom she had rejected that
she might accept the eavesdropper.
"Believe me , " the discarded one was
saying , "I wish you every happiness.
I thought all the time that you were too
good for me , and I think that he will
make you the best of husbands. It is
everything to me that you are content.
It will probably never come ; but should
you ever need a loyal friend send for
me , wherever I may be. "
"Pardon me for interrupting so happy
an interchange of confidences , " sneered
the jealous claimant , who suddenly ap
peared in front of them , "but they are
waiting for you to sing , and naturally
wondered where you were hidden. "
He led her away , but it was into the
hall. "See here , " he began , "it is high
time that you and I understand each
other. I forbid you running after your
old flames , and particularly that cad
you have just left. We're the same as
married , and there was a ring In that
chap's tone that I don't like and won't
have. "
"And here's a ring that I don't like
and won't have. " One swift movement
and he was alone looking at the spark
ling solitaire in his hand. She called
at once on her "loyal friend" to see her
home , and there is not the slightest
chance that the real cad in the case
will be among the wedding guests just
after Easter. Detroit Free Press.
George Wyndham , who is now Chief
Secretary for Ireland in the British
Cabinet , is a direct descendant of Lord
Edward Fitzgerald , one of the leaders
of the Irish rebellion at the close of the
last century. Mr. Wyndham is one of
the most celebrated orators in the
House of Commons.
At the Paris Exposition Ontario as
a province captured 263 awards , In
cluding five grand prizes for education.
Ontario received the only first medaJ
for education.
DIED FOR ANOTHER.
UNPARALLELED SELF-SACRIFICE
OF THREE SONS.
They Voluntarily Submitted to Be
Devoured by a Pack of Hungry "Wolves
in Order to Save Their Old Father
from a Similar Fate.
"When Scaevola , in the days of ancient
Rome , to show his contempt for a ty
rant's power , thrust his right hand into
a fire and held it there until it was
consumed , he gave an example of sub
lime courage and daring which poets
and orators have since immortalized.
But the story is only a legend.
Infinitely greater than the legendary
deed of Scaevola , because of the sacri
fice , was the action of three young men
in Russia , according to a story which
has come from the far northern govern
ment of Archangel , along the borders
of the White sea , who voluntarily
faced death in its most awful form and
knowingly embraced it that they might
by the sacrifice ornhemselves save the
father whom they each loved and rev
erenced. The names of these heroic
young men are not revealed , but their
devotion is worthy a place at the head
of the highest deeds of self-sacrifice.
The young men and their father set
out to make a journey by sleigh from
Archangel to a village 100 miles dis
tant along the shores of the White sea.
tory oualities. Birds eat the berries ,
which to men are poisonous. Cattle may
eat the leaves when green auu fresh ,
but If perchance they should eat a
wilted leaf it would poison them. The
roots are deadly poison , yet the shoots
which grow up six inches high In the
spring are an excellent food for man
the rival of asparagus and equally
healthful. Science has at last paused
to inquire why this should be so , and
some day the chemical action which
can make a deadly poison by wilting a
leaf when the fresh one is harmless
will be discovered.
Similarly it has been observed of
American false hellebore or itchweed
that the seeds are poisonous to chick
ens , and that the leaves and roots are
poisonous to men and horses , but that
sheep and elk , which chew the cud.
seem to relish the plant. In all the poi
son , when in the system , acts alike ,
paralyzing the heart and spinal cord.
The poisonous element of corncockle
has not yet been explained , but its curi
ous action has already been observed.
When extracted it mixes freely with
water , froths like soap and , though
odorless , will when inhaled produce
violent sneezing. Caper spurge , the
common gopher plant or spring wort ,
is curious in that the mere handling of
it will poison to the extent of producing
pimples and often gangrene. It Is a
thing that cattle can eat without harm ,
and goats eat freely , but the milk of
the latter will then be deadly poision.
In men a moderate dose will produce
the world to come , knock at your door
this one.
little in
and ask for a
I do , " sighed
" friend ,
"Ah yes , my
" have felt and seen
the archbishop , "i
all I find that the
all that , but after
only way for the most of us to render
life supportable is to work without
reasoning. "
DRAGGING FOR FLOUNDERS.
I Contracted and
How the Net
Handled.
The scheme of our fishermen was to
scrape the bottom at a slow pace. The
feet IB length , a
net was a good sixty
that rose to a
sort of twine fence
height of thirty feet or so at the middle
part and tapered to six or seven feet
which were each bound
at the ends ,
with a stout piece of wood and bridled
on to the drag-lines that led to the
sloops.
On these drag-Hues were short wood- f
een slats , of about the stoutness of
fence palings , placed from six to eight
feet apart. Twisting and twirling and
ever moving forward , the slats were
calculated to create a panic among any
flounders that might be outlying and
scare them toward tbe center of the
line of advance.
The flounder is a slow swimmer , and
it Is a sedately moving arrangement
indeed , that does not overtake him. ' He
is not only a slow fish , but also one
of placid ways , and when overtaken by
the advancing line of netting , it is his
habit to seek a quiet spot. The quiest-
est spots that he can find in a hurried
UNPARALLELED SELF-SACRIFICE.
They had taken a supply of ammuni
tion so as to be provided against an at
tack by wolves , with which the region
is overrun. Unfortunately a storm so
dampened the powder that it was use
less , and before their stock could be
renewed the dreadful wolves to the
number of 200 appeared. Knowing that
if they remained together they would
all perish , the sons determined upon a
desperate scheme through which it was
hoped one or more of the party might
escape. The scheme was for one of
them to leave the conveyance and give
fight to the wolves , thereby delaying
the latter in their pursuit of the sleigh.
When he fell , as undoubtedly he would ,
the wolves would stop to devour him
and probably to fight among them
selves , for Injured wolves , especially
when stained with blood , are frequent
ly eaten by their stronger comrades.
The delay would give the occupants of
the sleigh a possible chance of escape.
But if the wolves again grew hot in
the trail another of the brothers was
to make a sacrifice of himself , and so
on until the father remained.
To determine who would be the first
victim the sons drew lots and the
choice fell upon the youngest. Grasp
ing his knife and with an affectionate
adieu to his father and brothers , he
wraited until the leaders of the wolves
were at the back of the sleigh and he
could almost feel their hot breath as
their red , hungry tongues shot out In
rage and their baleful eyes shone In
savage ferocity. And then with a com
mitting prayer to Heaven he jumped
to the ground , sheathing his knife in
the first brute that reached him. Again
and again the bloody knife was raised
and as often found a fleshy scabbard
until overpowered by numbers he was
dragged to the ground and torn to
pieces.
For the occupants of the sleigh , which
was speeding along as fast as the pow
erful horses could draw It , it seemed
but a few minutes before the cries of
the wolves again filled their ears , and
soon the leaders of the now thoroughly
maddened pack were up to the sleigh.
Lots were hastily drawn and the second
son , knife in hand , jumped out and
faced the infuriated beasts.
He did not die unavenged. For a lit
tle later , as the pack again took the
trail and came in sight there was not
over half a hundred of them.
As the leaders again came up to the
sleigh the remaining son , after implor
ing his father to drive to the utmost ,
and if necessary to turn two of the
horses back toward the pack and ride
the other to some possible place of
safety , jumped out of the conveyance
and faced the animals with his knife.
Only imagination can picture that
scene , for the third son perished as the
other two. But the father'was not
again pursued by the wolves. The de
lay saved his life , and he reached a
settlement in safety , to tell the horri
ble story of his escape and of the sub
lime deaths of his heroic children.
WEEDS THAT POISON MEN.
Animals Can Eat Them Without the
Slightest Injurious Effect. .
Out of weed study is certain to come
remarkable information , for the poison
ous plaats are the most strangely con
stituted and given to astounding varia
tions. For instance , the common poke
berry presents a spectacle of contradlc-
geueral collapse and death in a few-
hours. The poision of the sneeze weed
develops mostly in the showy yellow
flowers and is violent. The young
plants are comparatively harmless and
even in the mature ones the poison
varies greatly some having scarcely
any at all.
In the case of this plant and the
woolly and stemless loco weed some ef
fort has been made to find out where
they get their deadly poisons. That
of the loco weed is a most subtle
thing. The poison of the woolly loco
produces strange hallucinations in its
victims. It affects the eyesight and
silently reaches one after another of
the vital functions , killing the victim
In two years time.
Some animals after eating it refuse
every other kind of food and seek only
this. They endure a lingering period
of emaciation , characterized by sunken
eyeballs , lusterless hair and feeble
movements , and eventually die of star
vation. So mystic an element gather
ed from the earth and the air naturally
causes wonder and the desire to know
what such things may be and why
they are. Ainslee's Magazine.
Bashful Elijah.
There Isabel we Noah well
Woo'd by a bashful feller ,
For Theodora of this belle
Adored but dared not Ella.
At last one Eve upon the porch.
In Ernest tones he pleaded ,
He'd give up Paul to win her heart
Her love was Saul he needed.
"I wish that Ida heart to give , "
Unto herself she Seth
"If Phebe Levi am a flirt
His Si will close in death. "
He'd Caesar Randal little while
As Titus he was Abel
From his big Guy a tender Luke
Beamed Dora tresses sable.
No sooner Adelaide his arm
About her waist so clever ,
Than up she Rose Andrew away
She wouldn't have it never !
In vain did he for Mercy Sue
This foolish swain Elijah.
"Oh , Hugo 'Ira hall , " she jeered.
"I never could Abijah ! "
He ne'er came Mary time again
And never after seen 'er
And he's grown Grace since that sad day
While she's grown Evelina.
Eugene Field.
Work Without Reasoning.
The death of Archbishop Corrigan Is
bringing forth many stories of his kind
ness , his charity and his broad view
of living. The following Is a story
told illustrative of the latter point , says
the New York Times :
Last winter he delivered a series of
addresses on socialism , setting forth
not only his views on that subject , but
also his ideas of the art of living. One
Sunday morning after one of these ad
dresses he was approached by one of
his auditors , who asked to speak with
him a moment. The archbishop stopped
to listen.
"It seems to me , " began the person ,
"that you take quite a cheerful out
look upon life. The misery and mis
fortune of this world don't trouble you.
Hiding yourself In religion , you don't
see the masses of worklngmen who ,
tired of waiting for the happiness ol
search are the inviting pockets that
open out left and right on the net.
These pockets were sufficiently wide
and hospitable to enwrap a wine cask
at the entrance , but at the inner end ,
so rapidly do they taper , it would take
no infantile arm to wedge in a work-
ingman's dinner pail.
The crew of a flounder sloop are two
in number ; sometimes it Is two grown
men , sometimes a man and a Trell-
grown boy. In this case , Charlie , the
Minna's skipper , was a fair-headed fel
low of 26 or 28 , compact , muscular and
active. The boy , August , 16 years of
age. was a short and stock boy , rather
slow to grasp an idea , but a safe exec L >
utive once he understood what it was
that his captain ordered.
During this dragging operation , says
James B. Connolly , in Scribner's , with
the vessel sailing always across and
sometimes almost Into the wind , the
crews take things comfortably. Every
thing was working nicely by 8 o'clock ,
and then our two skippers had an easy
time of It to watch each other and sail
their parallel courses ; and , with drag
ging lines taut and with the net in the
right placewith everything working . i
properly , it became the boy's business
to boll the coffee for breakfast.
\
Thorough Paced Economy.
A young man living on Walnut Hills
is a close worker In money matters
that Is , he stays close to the shore with
his expenditures. He had the good
luck to marry a girl whose parents are
quite wealthy , and is at present living
with his wife in one of his father-in-
law's houses.
One day not long since , while discus
sing affairs with a friend , the latter
asked :
"Did the old gentleman give you that
house ? "
"Well-er-no , not exactly "
, was tbe an
swer. "He offered it to me , but I
wouldn't accept it. '
"How's that ? " asked the friend.
"Well , " answered the man who had
made the lucky matrimonial venture.
"You see , the house really belongs to
me. I'm living In It , rent free , and I'll
get It when the old man dies. If I ac
cept it now I'd have to pay the taxes. "
Cincinnati Enquirer.
He Followed Directions.
Murphy being sick and alone In his
cabin , Hogan volunteered to take care
of him. The patient had been getting
very little sleep , so the doctor left some
powders and told Hogan to give Mur
phy one about bed time.
About 7 o'clock In the
evening Ho-
? an went out for a few minutes and
when he returned Murphy
was fast
isleep. He slept soundly until 10
j'clock , when Hogan went to the bed
side , shook the sleeping man vigor
ously and shouted :
"Wa-ake up here , Moorphy , till Ol
ive yez these powdhers
? f ma-ake ye
sleep ! " Colorado Springe Gazette.
Too Cautious.
"I have the greatest confidence in Dr.
Slocum as a physician , " said one of the
lector's patients. "He never gives an
) pinion till he has waited and weighed
i case and looked at it from every side. "
"Urn-m ! " said the skeptical 'friend.
'That's all right if you don't carry it
: oo far. There have been times , you
mow , when he's been so cautious that
ils diagnosis has come near getting
nixed UD with the Dost-mortem "
