THE NORFOLK. NEWS : FRIDAY , FKIHUJARY ! , Jim I The Follower A Welnl Story of Ono Wrnppeil In n Hl ck Clonk. * Two men , John niul Dnvitlwalked ehlo by side along n ( Uisty rond. They were returning from the great town In the valley to tholr homos In the Camlet hanging high above them 'ogalnst the mountain. ' As they walked they chatted of the elghtH In the town , of the good wives nnd little ones to whom they were 'coming ' after three days' absence , JokIng - Ing , joyotiH , happy In remembrance of their town jollity and In the anticipa tion of their welcome home. Occasion- 'nlly they stopped under the overhangIng - Ing branches of an orchard and-ate ap ples , or they kneeled by a spring , mak ing a cup of their hands to drink from , then passed on again. 1 The 'Biiri struck down fiercely upon their backs and shimmered on the dust of the 'rond. ' ' 'Ah , 'the ' hefltl ' Let us go move slow ly , John , " "No , " replied the other ; "It will bo cooler higher up. Ilet us make haste rind roach the shado'df ' 'the ' woods , and leyond there will be a brcczo blow ing. " ' Suddenly as tH6y' walked David felt that they were not alone and , turning bis head , saw a third person following n.few paces behind them , an extremely thll man , wrapped In a black cloak. AH David turned the man's eyes looked Into his with a steady , unflinching gaze. The black robed ilguro was only n short distance behind him , walking with a long , even stride , without Bound , his cloak drawn tip to his ears , covering his mouth and chin. As David looked he shivered ; then , turning his head quickly , ho walked rapidly on , urging his Companion to hasten. "But just now you were calling to mete to go slower , and now you want to hurry. " "Yes ; let us hurry the heat ! " And they passed on , the ardent sun beating on their bucks. As they went forward David turned over In his thoughts the strange sight he had seen behind him , that' was be hind them now , ho felt certain , though not daring to look again , a shiver cours ing the length of his spine at the thought of the mufllcd figure in that fierce heat. And John had he also seen It ? Did he know what came ewlftly , without sound , at their heels ? 'Ho looked cautiously from the corner of his eye at his friend without turnIng - Ing his head even slightly. John plod ded on , his eyes on the ground nnd his big shoes white with the dust , grum bling at the heat , his face dull and ex- jircsslonless. At length they reached the cooler air where the road climbed between the nrchlng trees of the forest , and John halted to rest In the shadow. He was 'older than his friend and tired more 'easily. "Now , " thought David , "he will lool : back and see. " And he watched the other's face narrowly. They sat on the edge of the road , their legs hanging down the bank. John's gaze wandered back down the long stretch over which they had come , and David waited. But the old man only looked out from the shadow with a half smile of satis faction that so much of the long Jour ney > was over , his simple countenance jtlacld with the thought. "How white the road Is ! " he said. "And not many travelers on It , " said David in half question , still looking earnestly at his comrade's face. . -"Not a creature In sight , " answered John quietly. "We have the road to ourselves. Others are not such fools to come out In this sun ! " David , reassured by this , turned slowly and looked back. Just below , by the flrst tree , In full view , silent , motionless , stood the tall figure , a lit tle nearer than before. David leaped to his feet and ran along the steep road , stumbling , tcrrl- fled. John saw nothing , and this crea- rturc so close , In plain view. "Hurry , hurry ! " he called back and ran on. "What has come to you ? Are -you crazy ? " cried the old man. "One can't pause to rest but you jump nnd run ! " V"I I am not well. I want to get home , " panted DavW. "Wo have yet far to go. We must not waste time resting. " , ,1'You are sick. Yes , you are pale. Your teeth chatter. We will stop at old Andrew's and get you' something. It is this scorching day. " "Yes , yes , we will stop at old An drew's. Ho will cure me. It Is not far ; only. beyond thfc next turn where the trees 'end. " "And we can take the short way home from there , the path from the back of his house up 'The Rocks. ' " Again they walked rapidly onward , the old man full of concern for his friend , the young man looking straight ahead. At the border of the forest the small brown house stood on the edge of old Andrew's scanty farmland , the poor , half barren land of these mountain farms. Beyond the few Holds that stretched up gradually from the back of the house rose abruptly "The Jlocks , " a high cliff , reaching far along the side of the mountain , sheer , for bidding , Its bald face crossed by a rpugh , narrow pathway. By using this steep way the Journey to the cluster of houses above the cliff was made much shorter than by following the gradual , winding ascent of the road. . The two friends turned In at old An drew's little gate. At the door they were met by the farmer's wife , her sleeves rolled up to the elbows. "Ah , John Martin and Dave ! Back from the fair ? Come In. " "Yea , Mary , oh the way home. Where IB .Andrew ? David her * bad a torn on the rend coming along below , and.wrt want Andrew to mix him something. The sun was too strong for him , I think. " "Yes , yes. Andrew ! Andrew ! " She raised "her voice and called Into the house over her shoulder. "Como In , both of you ! He Is somewhere about. It Is cool In the house at the shudy side , and Dave can lie down there. " David cast one brief glancu back ward as he followed the others Into the j house. In the road Just beyond the gate and looking over It stood the one that followed. Old Andrew was held In high esteem among the mountain people as half doctor , half wizard , with his knowl edge of the use of roots and herbs. Ho brewed a muddy , pungent tea , which David drank , and Mary , the wife , placed extra plates at the table and In sisted on the travelers taking supper. "Let David rest , " she said , "and If he is better after supper you can go home In the evening by the short cut. There will bo n moon , or he may stay the night If not strong enough to go home. " So It was arranged. Old Andrew and John talked together of the simple , worn subjects of their rude lives the poverty of the soil , the long season without rain , the many hardships that befall the farmer. The wife plied DaVld with questions about the town. "Was there a big crowd at the fair ? And the weather- was It fine every day ? Did you sec the cows from the Duncan farm ? " and so on. David answered absently , think ing of the waiting stranger outside the gate. gate.When When the twilight fell , the young man felt able to go on and was anxious to reach his family , so the two men set out along the path through the rocky fields. As they reached the base of "Tho Hocks" and began the steep ascent the moon rose. John led the way , stepping cautious ly , calling back to the other to avoid the uncertain footholds. But David , climbing after , thought of nothing but the somber shape that had waited outside and had followed close across the fields after them and which he felt climbed up and up be hind him , step for step. There was no sound except when at Intervals a loose stone rolled down , dis lodged by their feet. The night was beautiful. The broad face of the cliff shone In the moonlight. Here and there along the edge of the path , where there was danger , rude railings had been placed to protect the traveler. These were silvered by the moon. At some places a rock Jutting out cast be low it a dense shadow amid the sur- sounding whiteness. As they climbed David tried to force himself to turn and face the man In the black cloak and question him , his name , his mission , why he followed , gaining steadily step by step , but he lacked courage. Once he had met that cold , steady gaze. lie could not brave It again. He watched his comrade climb above him slowly. Slowly he climbed after and , glancing down , saw the edge of the black cloak blown up ward against his legs. He stopped and put his hands over his eyes. "Who are you ? " he said In a low , broken voice. "Why do you fol low , pressing nearer and nearer ? " And a voice answered nt his ear , while the folds of the cloak , blown up ward , flapped about him , "You shall know my name when you are at the end of your Journey. " "No , now ! " whispered David hoarse ly. "Now , your name ! " "Farther on ! " came the voice. "When you reach the next railing. " And they climbed on again In the moonlight. John had gone round n turn of the path out of sight. David advanced feebly , rising laboriotiilj from step to step , pausing often. lie could feel the other pressing up be hind him , ever nearer. When they reached the railing above , David stopped , with his hand upon it. "Now , your name ? " "Do you not know ? " The moonlight fell with tender beau ty over the broad valley below , upon the white road , upon the forest trees , upon the small brown house at the foot of the cliff. The black cloak float ed about his head , before his eyes , com ing between them and the fair picture. A hand fell upon bis , grasping the rail ing. ing."Your "Your name ! Your name ! " David's hand closed firmly on the wooden rail , nnd ho leaned heavily against It for support. An arm closed round him. " 1 am so near BO near. Do you not know ? " There was n sharp sound of breaking wood as the rotten timber parted In two , and David fell outward , his strug gling feet'scraping along the rock * As he fell the folds of black swept round him , the arm embraced him more close ly , and they went down together. And David knew that the one that followed was Death. nebulclnnr a Greedy Client. A Philadelphia lawyer , long dead , who had a national reputation , having been honored with high positions of trust both at Washington nnd Harrisburg - burg , was famous for his tremendous charges. One day a client for whom he had collected $1,500 called nt his of fice to receive the money , nnd the law yer handed him a check for $100. The client looked at it nnd remarked that the lawyer must have made ti mistake and had given him the check which he meant to keep for his fee. "Let me look nt the check , " said the attorney , nnd , glancing over It , he declared that It was nil right and no mistake had been made , i'lio client kleked against a fee of $1.-100 for collecting $1,500. "Oh , well , If you want to be n hog about It take that , " said the man of laws Impatiently , and he wrote out an other check. It was for $150 , and with that the client had to be content , the lawyer pocketing ? 1,360. SOME LEGAL F.REAKS CURIOUS TWISTS THAT OBTAIN IN ENGLISH CRIMINAL LAW. A I'crnon Miiy Hi * ( JnlHy of I'orjiiry Ttionuli lit * Sm > nr * to tinTriilli Jin Stioti ( HTcimo UN Trt'KlMINn I'olnl * About In no branch of the law as It Is dis pensed In Great Britain are such curi ous points to be found or a greater number of anomalies to bo met with than In the criminal branch thereof. It may be news to some people , for Instance , to know that there are a num ber of things In existence which can not be stolen , such as a corpse , animals fenu tmturu' I. e. , animals wild In n state of nature ( with certain excep tions created by statute ) soil of the earth , etc. To attempt to steal nothing would appear on the face of It to bean an Impossibility , much less a crime , but n man Indicted for attempting to pick a lady'H pocket which was subse quently found to be empty was found Rullly of an "attempt to commit theft , " though , In fact , there was nothing In the 'pocket ' to steal. Any one lucky enough to pick tip a sovereign lying In the road will be glad to hear that , If at the time of finding It he had no reasonable means of dis covering the owner of It , nnd also If he did not at the same time conceive the Idea of appropriating It to himself , ho will not he guilty of Mealing If ho keeps his lucky find , even If the right- Cul owner discovers nnd claims it. Most pcoplo walking In the country must have noticed on numerous occa sions boards or placards posted up In woods , fluids , etc. , notifying In largo IcttTS that "trespassers will be prose cuted , " but few ate aware that such notices are utterly useless and no one need feel the least alarm thereat , thci" being no such offense known In crimi nal law as such a trespass , and a per son could never be prosecuted for such on offense. They are , In fact , In the words of that eminent jurist , Sir Krwl- crick Pollock , In his well known work , "Pollock on Torts , " a "wooden false hood. " It is n common fallacy to Imaglno that the crime of forgery consists In signing another's name , though In fact committing forgery consists In making and uttering any false instrument in writing with attempt to defraud ; thus it may bo a forgery to omit n word from n document , and It will be n mat ter of considerable surprise to ir.nny to learn that It Is possible for a person to forgo his or her own name. A person , however , whp fraudulently Inserts an other's name on a picture , thereby sell ing It as the work of some other artist , Is not guilty of forgery , as a picture is not an "Instrument in writing. " The crime of perjury also does not quite "fit In" with the generally ac cepted Idea , which Is that If a person , after being sworn on oath to speak the truth , swears falsely , he is guilty of such offense. This Is correct with the Important qualification that the fact the witness has sworn to must be ma terial to the case. Thus , If a witness on being duly sworn gave a false ad dress on being asked where he lived , this , though untrue , would not amount to perjury , as the place where the wit ness lived would bo quite Immaterial. That a person may be guilty of per jury though speaking the truth may Beem n curious anomaly , but such nev ertheless is the fact , as the test of per jury Is not whether a person Is speak ing what ho believes to be the truth ; BO , If a witness , for Instance , on being asked , "What colored tie was the prls- r.er wearing when you met him ? " ro lled "red , " when in fact he did not really notice , he would be guilty of perjury , even though the prisoner was In reality wearing a red tie when the witness met him. Numerous other instances of crimes which present similar curious points to the above might be given , and. in passIng - Ing , persons taking out Insurances against burglary might note that this crime can only be committed between the hours of 0 p. in. nnd 0 n. in. ; that breaking into n house by means of nn open door or window Is not burglary , although entering a house by sliding down the chimney is. We must not conclude this article without a short reference to a compar atively recent case In which a man not possessing the means to pay entered a restaurant , where he ordered and ate a good dinner. AH , however , he was un able to pay for the same ho was given In charge and subsequently indicted for "obtaining goods by false pre tenses. " The case resulted In the pris oner's acquittal on the ground that he had not been guilty of any false pre tenses. This Individual therefore had a good meal on the cheap , but we should not advise any enterprising reader to emu late his example , as. although ho could not indeed be prosecuted for obtaining goods by false pretenses , It seems that he will still be criminally liable under the bankruptcy act for obtaining credit by fraudulent means. London T It-Bits. Averting n Panic , On one occasion John Philip Sousa by bin promptness was the -direct means of stopping a panic which might have had the most disastrous results. While his band was playing before 12,000 pco plo In St Louis the electric lights In the hall went out suddenly. People began to move uneasily In their scats , and some even began to make u rush for the doors. Coolly tapping with bis baton , Sousa gave a signal , and Imme diately his band began playing , "Oh , Dear , What Can the Matter BeA tiny ripple of laughter that went round the audlenco showed that confidence had partially been restored. When the band began to play "Walt Till the Clouds Roll By , " the laughter deep ened into n roar of merriment that only ended when the lights wcro turn ed on again. of ( li-ntun , A writer In the London Klandard dc- the Idea that genliiH IH usually wodt'Ht to bo a popular delusion. On the contrary , ln alleges egotism lo bo the very OHHUWO of trim gonhm and quotes many amusing fxamplcH , When Wordmvorth , Southcy and Coleridge were walking together and Colorldgu remarked that the day was HO line "It might have been ordered for thri'o pootH , " the gentle Wordsworth promptly exclaimed ; "Three poetwt Who are the other two ? " Dlsrapll , then a mcro youth , wrote to his sister that he had heard Macaulay , Shell and ( Irani nprak , "but bctwoon ourselves I could -floor them all. " And again ho said , "When I want to read a good book , I write oni > . " Our own Joaiuln | Miller wrote to Walt Whitman : "You and 1 nro over the head of the rabble. We know we are great , and If other pcoplo don't know It It Is their own fault. " It was President ( "Irani who , being told that a certain senator , an admit ted genius who was very hostile to him , did not hcllcvn the Bible , ex pressed his oHtlmnlo of the Hoimtor'fl egotism by rejoining : "Why should bo ? lie didn't write It , you know. " Now York World. n Ilninr. "I need a new razor , " said the man who shaves himself. "Bettor let me get It for you , " sug gested the reformed barber , who , now , that he Is a trolley car conductor , regards himself as a distinguished member of society. "All cutlery stores are filled with razors of tllo class known HH 'dond ones. ' When a barber buys a razor , ho takes It with the un derstanding that ho Is to try It out , and If It doesn't work well ho taken It back and gets another one , keeping this up until lie gets one that suits him. BuyIng - Ing a razor , you know , Is a lottery In which the prizes lire few and far be tween. When the ordinary citizen goes to a cutlery store , ho picks out what he thinks Is a good razor , pays for It and taken his chances. He picks one out , too , from the hunch of 'dead ones' that barbers have tried and found wanting. That's why I advise you to let mo get It for you. Then If you don't llko It I ran keep exchanging It until you get a good one. They needn't know I've quit the business. " Philadelphia Ilecord. Rome EnKllxIi Ail . A general servant advertised In a Bristol paper for a place the other day , but required "no Inquiries , no caps or aprons , every evening out , good wages , " and a Journalist advertised himself as of "no particular ability" an a recommendation. A clerk recently sought u place "where great strength , personal appearance or ability nro not required. " "Good butter , sixpence a pound. Nobody can touch It , " was am biguous and may have been wrongly In terpreted by the public , and a Glouces tershire paper which Inserted the advertisement , "Our one and nine pen ny dinner at 0:80 : p. m. Kunerals promptly attended to , " apologized next day for mixing up two separate nnd distinct announcements. Hut It Is a fact that n church paper appealed lately for "Old man , lame , deaf , epileptic. Will any Christian take him for a gardener ? " and that In a leading Scotch journal an advertiser asked for " 05 to pay debts Incurred through losses at betting. " London Standard. Tlic Wooldnek. Back during the time of Queen Kllza- both mi act of parliament wan passed prohibiting the exportation of wool. This product was one of the great sources of the natural wealth of Eng land at that time , and In accordance with the economic notions of the age the authorities attempted to keep It In the country , Imagining that if It wont abroad , even though something more valuable or desirable were exchanged for It , the country would be the poorer. In order to hold the Importance of this commodity before ; the minds of the national legislators woolsacks worn placed In the house of lords , where the judges sat. Hence the lord chancellor , who presides over the house of lords , "sits on the woolsack. " The woolsack , according to n printed description , Is n "large square bag of wool without back or arms and covered with red cloth. " Unexpected Erudition. "An absentmlnded professor of lan guages dropped i Into u restaurant ouo day for a luncheon. "What will you have , sir ? " asked the waiter. "Fried eggs , " replied the professor. "Over ? " said the waiter , meaning , of course , to nsk whether bo wanted them cooked on both Bides or only one. "Ova ? " echoed the professor , sur prised at his apparent familiarity with Latin. "Certainly. That Is what I or dered Ova galllmc. " This the waiter Interpreted as mean ing "extra well done , " and that Is the way they came to the table. Youth's Companion. A Story of Hnnnen. Sir Henry Roscoe In a privately print ed book of lectures tells a story of Bunsen - sen , remembered from the time when he and the German scientist were trav eling together In England. They met a lady who mistook Bunscn for his cousin , the-Chevaller Bunsen. "Have you finished your book , 'God In History. ' yet ? " she asked him. "No. tuadnme. " he replied. "I regret that my untimely death has prevented my doing so. " Differ. Dealer Here , madam , Is a horse I can recommend sound , kind- Old Lady-Ob , 1 don't wont that sort of a horso. Ho holds his head high , DealerEh ? 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