THE NORFOLK NEWS : FIUOAY , AUCH'ST ' 21) ) , 1002. . . . I THE SAVING I ! OF PETER % By EUGENIE UHUUCH o o - o o tf1 Copyright , 11)01 ) , l > y EiiRCnlo Uhlrlch ito 'lira. Mltitm Schmltt stood nt the kitchen door of Mcrrlniu'a big house nnd looked at the changing west. Ev ery moment the light was growing fainter nnd duller , nnd still Peter Burns did not couie In to the supper that had been waiting for him over two hours. This was strange of Peter , nnd It would have been not only etrange but suspicious of anybody clso after having been " Mcctlonecrlng" all afternoon with the old judge , Mrs. Mer- flam's husband , Mrs. Schmltt did not like the Judge. The worst men In her eyes are those vrho always seem so nice and pleasant to everybody nnd between times get drunk and abuse their wives. If such men were only mean all the time , people ple would not blame their wives for everything that goes wrong , as the village did Mrs. Mcrrlain when she had the old judge bound over to keep the peace. Since that time the judge had been obliged to live at the village ho tel , and Mrs. Morrlnm was left In the big house. Now when the judge want ed to see Mrs. Mcrrlum he drove up to the gate and whistled for her. Then Mrs. Mcrrlam put on her best dress and went driving with him , for the Judge was really very pleasant when he was In a "good ti'tiipor , " as Mrs. Merrlam herself would have p ut It. Every evening she made Peter drive down to the hotel to see that the Judge got to bed without his boots. The judge paid those of his bills that he could out of his practice , and Mrs. Men-lain paid her own out of the plicu and the "summer quests. " Sometimes she paid an odd one of the judge's. Minna could not see but what It was much better so , though whenever bhc went to the village she had to hear Bomethlng about women who wear the "pants" and like remarks , which passed for wit thereabout. Hut Minna , who had had a sharp and happily short married experience of her own , loftily Ignored thcbe supposed jokes , for her German tongue was too slow to risk answers. The delectable Peter himself , who made possible the harmony of the present conditions , was Irish. lie drove the judge home one day when the Judge's driving was a bit uncertain , even for a horscr that could llnd the way home alone. Peter put up the horse and looked after things that evening , and hoJmd been doing so ever since. Now ho was the one person who was able to travel cheerfully the some times slippery path between the inn and the house at all times. And still ho did not come In. Minna bethought herself that she ought to go over to the stables. Tomorrow would be Sunday , and Peter often needed a Btltch put in somewhere. It was not In Minna's quick fingers to see any one untidy on Sunday If she could help It. So she went over to the stables not that she was curious or , oven worse , worried. Things did look queer. The road wagon was standing In the drive- iway , the cushion left shiftlessly on the seat , and Pctfr's best coat lying across ' it. After a moment Minna's sharp car heard deep breathing , and there on a bench Inside the door lay Peter , fast asleep. Now Minna could not believe that any man would go fast asleep without his supper unless there were Bomethlng wrong. But she was used to doing things , not standing and looking at them. She took the cushion off the Beat and , along with the coat , carried It into the carriage shedi Something hard In one of Peter's pockets struck her hand , and she knew It at once for a bottle. It was almost empty , and the contents were not to be mistaken. Then she tried the other pocket. Be hold , another bottle ! "That camel of a Judge , " she mut tered , "lie has flve stomachs , and he does not rest until everybody is like him. " The zeal to save woke in her , nnd she did not ask herself whether she had that flue zeal for every waver ing soul,0r only for Peter's. She took the bottles and hurried to the kitchen with them. Mrs. Merrlam met her at the kitchen door. "Where is Peter ? " she asked. Minna marched past her and tragically held up the two bottles in front of her. "Minna , " gasped that lady , "what Svhat have you been doing ? " "I ? " screamed Minna. "Deter , you ineanl" "Peter ! Oh , Peter , Peter , you , too , Peter ! " walled Mrs. Merrlam as she Sank down in a chair. "But wait ; this is the flrst time , and there is still hope for him. I have it" And she hurried to her medicine shelf and came back with a bottle with some brown stuff in it "This will make him wish he'd never touched any election whisky in his life. Bun and slip them back , Min na. " Minna obeyed and then milked the complaining cows , grown restless wait ing for Peter , nnd when everything was well dor > she went up to her room and cried n bit. In the morning she was up eaincr than usual. There Becmed no UHO in waiting for Peter to drive her to early mass this morning. She trudged along the damp "road from which the late August sun had not yet drawn the dew , and her feet somehow felt very heavy. "It Is a damp morning , " she said , looking against the shining inl&t. Hero nnd there a dead leaf fluttered in front of her. The sun was soft and warm nnd the green of the trees deep nnd dark in the glistening moisture , and yet It all kept her thinking that win ter was near nnd thnt she herself was thirty-five. As she passed n little house on the road where old Anne , the chore- man , lived with about a dozen grand children , tJie heard a child's fretful cry. "Must be It's sick. I'll have to ask A use. " When Minna came out of the church , elio had a start that must surely have given her a nervous shock bad she been of less hardy flbcr , for there was Peter waiting as usual. "An1 why didn't you wait for me , Mrs. Schmltt ? " ho asked. "It was a good morning to walk , " Bald Minna most quietly. lie helped her Into the cart , and then he said slowly after they were started , "It was a very hot day yesterday. " And lie switched the lines to chase the flics off the backs of the horses. "A very hot day. " But Minna was silent. After n little Peter went on : "Wo went over a turri- bio lot of country yesterday , the Judge an' 1. I'm thankful wo had a right good supper over at llarncck's , so , beln' tired an' restln' me n minute , 1 fell asleep. It's too bad you milked the cows an' did that work. " "Oh , that didn't make much differ ence , " said Minna. But there seemed to bo something that did , BO after n bit Peter went on again : "The Judge Is a turrible man to drink an' treat all roun' when ho goes Mec- tloneerln' . He gimme n couple o' bottles tles to treat the boys for him , but I met old Anse In the road this mornln' , an' he told me one of the children was sick an' he didn't feel very well him self , nn' so I gave him the rest. " Peter had the flattering sense that he was clearing himself without ad mitting the suspicion , which Is really n very delicate thing to do. So he was the more surprised to see Minna Jump nround in her seat and fairly scream at him : "You did what ? " "Gave it to old Anse for the child. " "Oh , " she moaned , "for the sick child ! It'll kill it. " "But it was good stuff , " said Peter blandly. "The judge paid a dollar a bottle for the bit of a bottle. " . "But it's bad ; I know It's bad. Hur ry up and tell Anse it's bad. " Peter only stared at her and nlmost held the horses nt a standstill. "Hurry up , " she said and rattled the whip in its socket. At this ominous nnd unaccustomed sound the horses plunged forward so suddenly that Peter had to pull them to their haunches to keep them out of the ditch. "I'll not drive n step , I'll tell you , " he said , "until I know what for , " for Pe ter could not stand bothering the horses when he was driving. Then Minna began to cry , nnd Peter as well as the horses was bothered. "But , Mrs. Schmltt , " he said , "sure an' you're always such a sensible wo ' " man" "What's the use to be a sensible wo man when a man's so foolish ? It's al ! your fault" And Minna cried more. "Well , then , if it Is I'll be drivin' ' on , " said Peter."An * you'll be tellln' ' mo how it Is that it's my fault. " Then he lifted the , reins , but he did not starl the horses. Minna looked over the fields , while the tears rolled down her cheeks. Then she stole a glance at Pe ter's face , calm and mascullnely unre lenting. There came a trot behind her , McGolrlck's mules were coming up the road behind them , and she and Petei standing still like that ! So she began hurriedly : "I was afraid you'd get like the judge , too , so wo thought if you got good and sick you'd never do it again , and wo put some ipecac in it , a whole ounce" "In what ? " asked the hyperinnoceut Peter. "In the bottles of whisky , " gnlpctl Minna. Peter whistled , and the horses flow , "Ipecac's bitter , isn't it ? " But Minna did not notice , she was crying so hard , "Guess I better tell Anse that it's cheap Mectloneerln' whisky nn' the missus will send him somethln' better. " Min na smiled so gratefully that Peter fell to wondering what ho could do next to please her. When ho came out of Anbe's , he was chuckling. "The baby's all right , but Anso is bavin' n time. " Whereupon Minna giggled hysterically. To make sure Minna herself took the basket and the port wine which Mrs. Merrlam sent. When she came back , she walked rather slowly up the drive way , trying to decide whether she should stop and tell Peter. When she came to the stable door , Peter was pitching straw for bedding. He did not seem to bo getting much on his fork , and presently ho looked up as if seeing her there were the most unex pected happening. Ho pulled his hat down and came toward her. Loaning against the doorpost , ho regarded the prongs of his pitchfork Intently. About that time Minna found her basket han dle very interesting , and she began to rub her forefinger thoughtfully up and down its strands. "Tho baby's nil right , Peter , " she said trfter nwhlle. Peter looked nt her meditatively as if somehow she were saying something else. "Mrs. Schmitt , " ho said then , "I've been thlnkln' about how worried you got nbout them bottles. It's kind o' nice to think people care enough to worry about you. Now , I've been thlnkln' there might bo nicer things to take than ipecac , an' sometimes it's the nice things that are the best for a man , don't you think BO ? " Peter stopped and dug his pitchfork Into the ground. Minna's literal Ger man mind had become unwary. "What would you take , then , Peter ? " "Well , now , Minna , if 'twere left tc mo I'd take you. " In splto of Mra. Merrlam , who point ed out precedent nnd cvldenc'o to prove that Minna had strangely inverted her opinion , Minna agreed with Peter Just to save him , to bo sure. The Loner nna Short of It. "Ho may win the race. " "Yes ; he's short legged , but long winded. " Detroit Free Press. THE "SANKERO. " Lot of n I'eetitlur riuurp ol ( he IrrlKiitlciii Country. An caetern farmer coming to an irri gated valley llndu everything IIH dif ferent from hlH ammtomcd life IIH hu can well Imagine. He must learn an entirely new language of farming and n new set of farming rules , Ills neigh bor greets him , not with the remark , "It looks llko rain , " but "Have you heard when the water Is coming in ? " or "Tho ditches are low today. " lie learns to speak of miners' Inchon and aero feet of water , and ho can BOOH tell at n glance whether n ditch IB car rying 50 or 100 miners' inches of wa ter. Ho hears wise discussions of headgntcB , weirs , laterals nnd znnjcs. Ho finds that he is "under" n certain canal , which by and by will come to seem to him llko an inexorable fnte. Ho will very promptly make the ac quaintance of the king of the irrigated land , the zunjcro , In Arizona called "saukero , " In California sometlmt'B shortened to "sanky , " the water master or ditch rider , n bronzed man In over alls and sombrero , who drives about in a two wheeled cart , with n nhovt'1 nnd a long crooked tlncd fork by his Bldp and precious keys In his pockets. Ho is the yea and nay of the arid land , the arbiter of fnto , the dlHpenscr of good and evil , to bo blotmcd by turns and cursed by turns nnd to receive both with the utter unconcern of n small god , for it Is the znnjero who distrib utes the water. He opens the head- gate of each farmer's canal , and whou the water has run the necessary tlmo ho shuts It down again nnd again lock ; It securely. If the water is short , ho BCOS that It Is divided properly between Smith and Jones and Brown , usually with Smith nnd Jones and Brown watching him like cats. It is a hard place , that of znnjero In the valleys , Bubjcct to accusations , temptations , heartburnings ; but , be It paid to the credit of the American , there Is many a zaujcro who Is universally respected In his community as an honest niau.- Ray Stannard Baker In Century. IVnt Qnlte Coiniillmcntnrjr. A very ordinary looking nurse was exhibiting the new born sister to six- year-old Bertie. "Look nt the sweet little baby , my dear ! IB she not pretty ? " But Bertie , who has been made pain fully aware from the servants of the household that the new arrival will usurp his past privileges as nn only child , exclaimed with secret exulta tion : "Auntie says that pretty babies grow up ugly. " "Maybe they do , " assented the nurse , unable * to forbear a smile. But the smllo was lost upon Bertie. Ho stood for a moment In meditative mood , and then , glancing up from hi a contemplation of baby's features to those of thfc nurse , he said with child ish confidence : "Nurse , you must have been a very pretty baby ! " A DroM-nlnu Anecdote. In the Cornhlll Magazine , in an inter esting paper entitled "On a Few Con versationalists , " the writer tells nn amusing story of Browning and how he received certain flowers from a lady , who , on being pressed to give their English names , shyly confessed they were called "bloody noses , " I hap pened many years ago to bo staying in a country house when Browning told this story In his inimitable way , and he ended with the following lines , which I then and there committed to memory , and which will , I think , Inter est your readers : I'll deck my love with posies , I'll cover her with roses ; Should she protest I'll do my best To give her bloody noses. London Spectator. For Inprro'wInB Toe Nntla. By far worse than corns , the ingrow ing toe nail makes life miserable for the man or woman , and no relief seems to come from paring the nail or in wad ding it with cotton. To give instant re lief to such pain a mixture used by the best physicians can be made as fol lows : Procure of the druggist ono dram of muriatic acid and ono dram of nitric acid and ono ounce of chloride of zinc. Have these mixed thoroughly by the druggist or perform the operation your self and apply one drop to the affected part once a day. It will not only glvo relief nt once , but it will Inst nil day. The OraiiKC In Spain. It is considered a very healthful thing to eat an orange before breakfast But who can eat an orange well ? Ono must go to Spain to see that done. The scnorita cuts off-the rind with her silver knife , then , putting her fork into the peeled fruit she detaches every morsel with her pearly teeth and con tinues to eat the orange without losing n drop of the Juice and lays down the core with the fork still in it. AlbumeiiUca MIIIc. Albumenized milk is a most nourish ing drink for an invalid , and in hot weather , tnken nt Intervals of three hours between breakfast and a 0 o'clock dinner , would bo all the nourish ment required by a person in health. Drop the white of ono egg in a glues , add two-thirds of n cupful of milk , cover and shako until thoroughly mixed. Strain into another glass and serve. A Grent Dnrirnln. Mro. Winks A peddler was here to day , and I got the greatest bargain a whole pound of insect powder for only 10 cents. It looks just like dirt , but it's awfully effective. I tried It. Mr. Winks-Worked , eh ? Mrs. Winks-Yes , indeed. The pod- dlqr said I should put n little In wnter and apply It boiling hot , and I did , and It killed every insect It touched. New Sork Weekly. Ill * "Illnncr Kucl. " An nngllHh clergyman and a lowland Scotsman entered ono of the tii'Ht uohoolu In Aberdeen. T o master to- edvod them kindly and Inquired : "Would yon prefer that I should upper ( question ) tlu-Ho boyo or that you Bhotild Hpcer them ? " The IhiKlish clergyman di'Hlrod the master to proceed , lie did HO with great mieei'fw , and the boyw answered iintlHfnctorlly numerous Interrogatlona us to the exodus of the iRraelltcH from Egypt. The clergyman then mild ho woulfl bp glad to "Bpecr the boys" and nt once began : "How did Pharaoh dip ? " There wnu a dead Hllenco. In his , dilemma the lowland gcntlo- man IntorpoHcd : "I think , sir , the lioyn nrc not nccno- toniod to your English accent. Let mo ( ry what 1 can make of them. " And ho Inquired In broad Scottish : "Hoo did Phnwrnoh dee ? " Again there was n dead flllence , upon which the master Bald : "Noo , boys , fat cam * to Phawrnoh at his hlnncr end ? " "Tho boys with ono voice answered : "Ho was drooned. " And n smart llttlo fellow added : "Ony luHRle could hao tcll't yo that" London Tit-Bits. The Mnn He Wanted. Senator Clark of Montana had occa sion once out In Helena to hire n car riage driver. The roads were moun tainous , and n skillful man was need ed. On the appointed day the can ill. dates for the position appeared. "You know where the road runs along the mountain , with t'.ie hill on one side and n gorge on the other , llvo miles from here ? " asked Senator Clark , and all the men nodded adlnnatlvely. "How near can you go to the edge of the road , " was asked , "without upsetting my carriage ? " The flrst man said , "Kour feet ; " the next man answered , "Two feet ; " the third man Bald that he would drive close to the edge , and the fourth man allowed that If one wheel was over the brink he could still turn the horses in tlmo to save the carriage. At last Mr. Clark turned to n brawny Irishman. "What would you do ? " ho asked. "Begorra , Mr. Clark , " said the Irish man , "I would keep as close to the side of the hill as I could without pullIng - Ing off a wheel. " "You nre the man I want , " replied Mr. Clark , and the Irishman got the Job. The HOT Tnrtolnc. Though the tortoise Is slow of foot , It is quick to make the best of all its available modes of defense. The box tortoise possesses a singular defensive apparatus. The plastron or shell cov ering the under part of the body Is BO formed that its front segment can bo drawn upward to protect the animal's head' the head meanwhile being drawn back under the carapace or shell on the back of the tortoise. The upper and under shells then meet in front , forming a kind of box in which the creature la unassailable. When the danger Is passed , the reptile relaxes a muscle , and the raised part of the plabtron falls , allowing the head and fore feet to come forth. This mov able plate is fastened to the plastron by a strong hinge of elastic ligament. Jelcyll find Hyde Indluim. It is Bald that the Scri Indians are a tribe of Jekylls and Ilydcs. They spend n portion of the year in the neighborhood of the boundary line be tween northern and Lower California , when they dedicate themselves to peaceful pursuits and evidently adopt civilized customs , frequently working as farm hands on the haciendas. When the crops arc in , however , they experi ence a remarkable change , like any of the lower animals with a change of season. It Is then that they have a wild longing for a savage life and emi grate to Tlburon island , where they lead a barbarous existence , even in dulging in cannibalism , it is averred. One Better. Mike It's mesllf that wishes every day was Saturday. Pat And for whey , Mike ? "Shure , and shouldn't I Just take mo wages Ivcry day ? " "Begorra , I wish every day was Sun day ! " "Yo do ? And for what rnlson ? " "Shure , nnd shouldn't I get n holi day Ivcry day and draw mo wages the day before ? " Exchange. Unit Mournlnir. "Tlrnt's Mrs. Glltedgc-Bonds , the prominent society leader , " said the man In the crowd who knew. "What's she In half mourning for ? " Inquired several voices , "Three of her six former husbands are dead , " said the man , whereupon the crowd expressed great admiration for her delicacy of feeling. Philadel phia Record. Not Quito Sure Which. "After all , " ho remarked , "It is youth alone that has renl courage. " "I don't know , " returned the elderly spinster , with acerbity , "whether It should be called courage or foolhardl- ness , but it is unquestionably true that the girls who marry at all usually mar ry quite young. " Chicago Post Hurled In Africa. lu certain parts of Africa It is con sidered n mark of disrespect to bury out of doors at all. Only slaves are treated In such unceremonious fash- Ion. The honored dead arc burled un der the floor of the house. Mutual Admiration. Miss Budd ( to famous pianist ) That music was truly divine , monsieur. 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Hint all watditiK diH- oacoa In adiilte , < Infn-nmln rlnh-fnut ciirvit' mro of tin ) fln , dUoiiBue of the brain , iinraly HB. ! heart dleeatu , dropsy , HwnHliiir o' tlin llmliH Btrlctnn ) , npou eoreH , pain lu tlio bound , k'num- lar ouliirKomoiitti mill all louff-etiuullng dip eases proimrly troato 1. Illood mid hkln OUnnHUN. 1'imiilcB , blotches , eruption ) . , Ihor epote. fall- iiiK of thu hnlr , Imd complexion ocznmu , tliront iilcan , houe pnlue , blitddur tioublen , uoak linck , nnriiiDK nrino , IIH BUK ! urine too oftnn The effects of constitutional elcknuii ) or the taking of too much lujurlouti medicine receives tenrch'DR treatment , prompt relief nud a euro ( or life. 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