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FRANCISCO.
From out of the sands of that aun
fatrcsed desert which stretches across
on southwestern country the Zilh Le
Jiai, Iadian named, rises abruptly. For
ssaaj miles the mountain lifts a, barrier
across the plain. Its precipitous sides,
scarred and broken by crevices, or
ragged with fallen bowlders, render pas
sage impossible to all but the naked sav
ages who have found there a home.
In these solitudes a fragment of the
Navajo Indian tribe, tinder the leader
ship of morose old Francisco, have for
.a loaf while indulged their savage in
stincts. And while the arm of the law
k too strong for them to make open war
fare, little provocation is needed to in
cite them to mischief unless detection
and punishment hang imminent.
Here and there In the tortuous f ast
iMases a spring bubbles from the rocks,
and aloag the water, before it sinks into
theaaad,is found luxuriant pasturage
for the Herds of Indian ponies.
Midway in its extent the mountain is
broken by a narrow pass through which
Menders an Indian trail. It was just
here that several months ago an after
noon sun was sccnching a party of young
surveyors. They had been riding all
--slay across the dusty plain and were
eagerly looking now for the water at the
foot of the mountain. A score of weary
pack animals, with drooping heads and
. knag ears flapping, were picking their
way carefully over the stony trail while
i rode old Hamlin, the Mormon
r, wkh hie two Mexican asaJstints;
followed in single file the
young aten of the corps.
TIm ringing crack of a driver's whip
now and then came echoing back from
taa cliffs along with the unintelligible
jargon of a Mexican urging on the tired
Hiss The tinkle-tinkle of the lead
nam's bell moved slowly on; the dust
rose in clouds from fourscore feet; the
sun poured down between the narrow
yet no sign of water had
A youth named Jim impatiently pushed
ahead in his eager search. He had not
gone far when he sighted an Indian boy
ridsng leisurely through the pass. Ah,
there was one who could tell of the cov
eted springs Pricking his horse he hur
ried to overtake the little savage. The
boy roused up at the sound of galloping
hoofs, and seeing a white man following
so fast, without pausing to question his
Jasarnt, lashed the shaggy pony to the
top of its speed.
"Hold on. there! Hold onl" Jim called
to him, but if his voice reached the
frightened youngster he gave it no heed,
unless to urge his pouy the faster. Then
a freakish thought crossed the young
natn'saalBd, and spurring his horse wild
ly along the trail he began to utter war
whoops and shrieks that might have
startled old Francisco himself, had he
been near.
The nimble pony was making good
speed, but the little savage, fearing to be
caught and scalped, thought the moun
tain safer than the saddle. Without
topping his pony he sprang lightly to
A ground, ran up the hillside and dis
appeared in the bowlders at the foot of
the cliff,
Jim could scarcely keep his saddle
with laughter for a few moments; then
he rode along the trail to where the little
fellow had disappeared and called to him
to come down, that he was a good white
Ban and wanted water. But be might
as well have hailed a wild jack rabbit.
The pony checked his speed when the
rider left him, but still eluded the young
' efforts to turn him back in the
ass. The pack train came up,
and the wild animal scurried ahead of it
mntfl the pass had widened into the val
ley. There he was turned and sent
prancing back toward the mountain.
But the perverse little animal instead
of returning Insisted now upon following
the train. Again and again the boys
. dashsd at him, and away he would go
for a aaoment; but presently his heels
would fly into the air and back he would
const, frisking impishly, and through
the rest of the afternoon followed at a
A spring was found before sunset, and
camp was pitched for the night by the
lie of the water. The animals were
turned loose to grass. The weary men
dropped upon the ground, while the
cook busied himself preparing supper.
rVesently a shadow fell across the ground
wa lay. and looking up we ob-
soutary Indian approaching, a
blanket thrown over his shoulders and a
rMUonhisarm. It was so usual an oc
.enrrence that little heed was given him;
far everywhere .they frequent our camps, '
hogging incessantly for whisky, tobacco
nil feed. But when be drew near and
inane ne request, nor even acknowledged
eur salutation of "How," we knew that
his was another object, and that be was
illdasposed.
Drawing Ids blanket round him, he
paused a little way off and stood assilent
as a specter. He was very tall and
straight, with flnely chiseled features in
stead of the brutal face so common to
the Indian. As he posed there in the
twUighMus picturesque garment draping
about hiss, with rifle in hand "and the
long shadows around, 1 could almost
fancy the spirit of Hiawatha had risen.
By this time supper wasready,anda
cup of coffee was poured and offered to
uss Indian. He neither accepted nor re
fussd,bnt remained as motionless 1 if
he had been cast in bronae. Tuning
nrassntly and walking a few steps away,
ha uttered the long, tremulous call of the
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thehOlsnesr by and soon other Indians
by ones and twos and joined
about the fire. They continued to
in untu thirty had gathered
ins, and all wen armed. Food
i offered them, but not one accepted;
hey were not disposed to be friendly.
Night had come and with it the cold
from the mountains. The camp
-cheerily, and around it tha
-gathered, squatting upon their
wtta
out their blankets
their baggage
Noother trouble was
if the stock
, for a body of troops Javat the
fart, three days journey from the aeons-
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sam lay down about them,
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on the ground-in the shadow, but against
the darkness the swarthy figures of the
Navajos were thrown in bold relief by
tha flralight, and they were not eo far
away but that their voices oasse to na. '
What a dreamy picture it seemed a
wa fell asleep! The coppery figures
drawn about the fire, half concealed by
their gaudy blankets, the gleam of rifles,
the sleeping men, the dusky animal forms
outlined in shadow, while off on the hills
a coyote barked at die moon, which was
tinting the east and the waste of desert.
The picture was soon forgotten by the
boys, but the Mormon, as was his duty,
lay watching.
Presently the Indians formed in a half
circle about him that had first come to
us, and made ready for a powwow.
Hamlin knew then that our visitor was
tha noted and dangerous Francisco. The
chief began to speak to his warriors in
Piute. It so happened that Hamlin had
been raised among the Piutes and un
derstood the language even better than
the Navajos. He heard Francisco re
counting the wrongs of his people; how
often their pastures had been wrested"
from them, their horses and cattle stolen.
And now they were being followed
into the desert. Only one moon before
two comrades had been murdered on the
plain, and by whom but these men? To
day a pony had been driven from the
mountains; to-morrow what outrage
might be expected? What should be
done? They were thirty braves, the
white men numbered seven. Horses
were here, food, rifles and powder; one
bold stroke and all would be theirs.
. The boys had been sleeping some hours,
when Hamlin wakened the nearest one
with a touch. "S-h-h-h!" he whispered.
"DangerP In an instant every nerve
was strung, and he would have risen
but the Mormon pressed him down. The
Mexicans were already whispering to
gether, and soon the entire party was
on the alert
We were still in the shadow, though
ton moon was shining now. My first
glance was toward the fire. All the In
dians had vanished but two. who were
squatting before the smoldering embers
as they had been earlier in the night
"The Navajos have gone behind the
ridge," we were presently told, "and
these two remain lest we should suspect
something wrong, and be on our guard
or get away." Then the Mormon told us
what he had overheard. Francisco had
planned to attack us just before day,
when most likely the entire party would
be sleeping. They had withdrawn the
more surely to take us unawares, and
had crossed the ridge in order to conceal
their fire.
He had heard more; news had most
probably reached the fort of the murder
of the two Indians, and a squad of sol
diers been dispatched to investigate the
matter, for a detachment was in camp at
the Chez-a-kla spring, only ten miles
away. It was then 11 o'clock; a man
must start off at once to notify the lieu
tenant Even if the troops did not arrive
before the Indians returned we might be
able to defend ourselves for awhile till
succor should come.
One of the boys was selected as mes
senger. None of us had yet risen from
the ground; the Navajos thought us sleep
ing. The lad began to slide off in- the
grass, and presently reached the edge of
a UtUo gulch undiscovered. There he
dropped over and under shelter of the
rocks made good his escape. It is need
less to say we did not sleep again. Every
eye and ear was on the alert and every
rule in hand. Now and then a coyote
slunk near, and the uncertain shadow
gave our nerves a thrill, or if his mate
called we fancied the Navajos were sig
naling. The suspense eo wrought upon
the nerves of the party that they would
gladly have followed Hamlin to surprise
the Indians in their camp; but the watch
ers were near. A suspicious movement
on our part, and they would have van
ished like phantoms; or the crack of a
rifle the whole band would be upon us.
Hamlin, too, grew restless as we lay
there, and presently crept near to us.
He had been considering the chances of
the troops arriving in time to be of serv
ice. The Chez-a-kla was ten miles away,
and even were the detachment still there
they could not reach us before 8 o'clock.
It was the day before when the Indiana
had seen them, but had they remained?
It was doubtful if the lad could follow
the trail aright, and, besides, the Nava
jos might attack us at any moment
Hamlin had nerves lute the rest of us;
perhaps he had more. He was a gaunt,
muscular man, who had been reared
among the Piutes, where his father had
been sent a Mormon missionary. Hav
ing enjoined us strictly to lie quiet, he
raised up and yawned, as though but
just wakened from sleep.
"Hello, there! If you are going to sit
by my fire, why dont you keep it burn
ing?' he called out to the pair who were
yet -iquatting about the embers. "Ton
trilling, lazy buck, now you keen that
ere up tin day , or 111 take my cowhide
and drive you off I
Tha blaze crackled and the sparks flew
up as he piled the fuel on, while the two
moved back somewhat Drawing his
blanket about his shoulders, Hamlin
squatted near them, shivering and pre
tending to be cold. Presently he spoke,
inquiring after some Mormon friends
who had been among the Navajos.
"Are you Mormon man?" one of them
asked. It was just the question he
wanted. Certainly he was a Mormon,
and knew so and so, and his father was
old Hamlin, whom all the Navajos knew.
Then you ought to be ashamed, a
Mormon man, to work for Pellicanoesr
aaid one. "Pellicanoes are thieves; they
steal IrMJIla" ponies.''
With this, conversation began in Na
vajo fashion, and as they talked, Hamlin
moved slowly nearer, untfl they were
face to face. Tha bright fire threw them
in high light, and beyond were the un
certain shadows. From the dsrVnw
came the long, wavering call of the coy
ote, and ever and anon we were startled
sa some browsing pony clinked the peb
bles in his way. The suspense grew in
tolerable as the moments slipped past
and the time drew near when the Navajos
would return. And what could Hamlin
mean? Was he seeking favor on his own
account? Was he about to desert us?
A comrade touched me, and pointed to
the place of the two drivers a little way
off in the shadow. Their blankets were
on the ground, but peering intently, I
saw them to be empty. TheMexkanshad
slipped off in the rtiTrnpas undiscovered.
Hamlin must be informed at once, and
I raised on my elbow to call Perhaps
he heard me move, for tha next moment
he sprang at a Navajo's throat like a
wildcat His companion uttered a single
"Yip!" and leaped to his feet, but before
his weapon could be used was pinioned
by the two Mexicans. Hamlin had
seized the larger, and as we ran up they
were clenched and struggling.
The two were quickly gagged and
bound. The Mexicans wished to dis
patch them at once, but Tiiilirr rriiiaanTi
availed,
.We were uncertain if the camp be
yond the ridge had heard the warning
note, and with all haste threw the sad
dles and mora valuable packs upon tha
animals, sprang to our places and hur
ried along the obscure and difficult trail.
We rode with whip and spur through
and ssiuls mii. over stones and
faOan tiamber; a saad,
wild race, aa fast beasts could lrag
gla. After tha intenae night of watch
ing action was relief ; we could nave
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On and on wa urged taaf train;
mile passed, two, then three; by that
time we were she ken with tha perilous
ride, the animals were paatfag.aBsdour
ILWM sawtwOaUBsaWski. AaKJtssBBaTeT aaWW waaWam SaV
call was heard. Wa psnssd to awaan.
Were the Navajos foatoriaav or wan St a
friend? AnMsnent and saMthi
came ringing, and there wi
galloping hoofs. Tha voice
and we sent an
the plain.
In a few minutes wa
The lad had reached the Chea-svkla and
roused the caasp, then laoaatsJ ahorse
and was guiding tha bhstcoats back to
our aid.
The next day Francisco was followed
into the naountains and shortly after
ward captured; but instead of taking
him to the fort for trial wa called his
people together and held a grand pow
wow. Hamlin explained how the pony
had followed us, and the lieutenant de
clared that ha had bean sent to seek and
punish the murderers of tha two Nava
jos. Then a present of tobacco was
given, we each whiffed from Francisco's
dirty pipe, and, as the story hooks say,
all lived happily together ever after, for
aa long aa we worked in that region they
were our friends. John Willis Hays in
Youth's Companion.
They Oat SB H
Speaking of the toll gate' near tha
'pool, which was the last on the old Bos
ton and Albany line to be torn down, re
calls to memory an amusing incident
which old Dr. Shaw, its keeper, used to
relate.
Shaw used to travel with an old van
truoquist by the name of Potter some
years before he began to tend the gate,
and he was a ptett tie vat magician, the
doctor was so the two hitched up well
together.
Well, the story goes that Potter and
Shaw were riding in 'Reub' Underwood's
coach over the Monson and Southbridga
line, and the vehicle was crowded with
psosongers who considered themselves
pretty high toned folks, and I guess they
really were.
Atany rate when the stage arrived
at Southbridge they all got out and went
into the tavern there to get dinner. The
parry sat down at the table and Potter,
the ventriloquist, who was a stranger to
all excepting Shaw, came in after taking
a sip of "toddy" and sat down also at the
same table. A roast pig was brought in
on a platter by the servant and set upon
the table, and just after one member of
the party had finished saying grace and
began carving the pig, it squealed ter
rifically, and the majority of the mem
bers of the party not knowing that
Potter was a ventriloquist, as I said,
thought for a moment that the pig was
alive, and after screeching and scream
ing, the carver simultaneously throwing
his knife and fork across the dining
room, got up and left the table, leaving
Potter and Shaw to finish the pig.
Boston Globe.
n sun uvea.
Ho stood on tha steps of the City Hall
yesterday and blew bis nose and wiped
his eyes and steadied himself by one of
the stone columns, and when he was
asked if he were ill he replied;
"You bet Tm ill! Taint in the body,
but right here right here in the heart!"
"Are you subject to heart trouble?'
"You bet! Heart's alius been troubled.
That's why I drink.'
"Have you been drinking?'
"'Course I have. Pm three drinks
high. That's why I cry. When 1 get
about half drunk I feel so sad and lone
some that I wouldn't give a frozen ba
nana to live another day."
"Do you feel .that way now?"
"I do. I don't care to live another
minute. I'd welcome death' with out
stretched arms!"
n'Poorman!"
Don't! Sympathy alius breaks me
down. Three drinks and a few kind
words make a child of me. Please go
away and let me stand here and freese to
death. Tm no good on earth. I want
to die."
The. policeman on duty in the lower
corridor was Informed of the case, and
he went out and gavelheman the col
lar. Presto change! He had scarcely
got hold of him when the sorrowful
hearted began to resist in the most vig
orous manner, and as he was finally
landed in the patrol wagon he called
out: "Old fel, I'.ve got my eye on you,
and I want to live a thousand years to
get even!" Detroit Free Press.
A "Falatar let O.
Every sailor has his story of the mis
takes which ''landlubbers" make over
the names of things at sea, which always
seem to be exactly tha opposite of what
they are on land. A sheet, for instance,
instead of being something broad, like a
sheet of cloth or a sheet of water, is noth
ing but a rope.
A new boy had come on board a West
India ship, upon which a painter had
aiso been empkyed to paint the shlp'sslde.
The painter was at work upon astaging
suspended under the ship's stern. The
captain, who had just got into a boat
alongside, called out to the new boy, who
stood leaning over the rail:
"Let go the painter!"
Everybody should know that a boat s
painter is the rope which makes it fast,
but this boy did not know it Ha ran
aft and let go the ropes by which tha
painter's stage was held.
Meantime the captain wearied with
waiting to be cast off.
"You rascal!" he called; "why don't
yon let go the painter?"
"He's gone, rir," said tha hoy, briskly;
"he's gone, pots, brushes and all!"
Youth's Companion.
TfcfeOaaaas
John Lewis, one of tha pioneers of
Calaveras county, CaL, tellsof aremark
able shot that be once made. Ifsatrue
story, too. For many months a fox had
been playing havoc with Mr. Lewis'
hens, and do what ha would ha could
not catch or shoot the fellow. There wsa
a big tree, about 100 feet long, that had
fallen just above bis cabin, and v hen he
tried to shoot the fox tha sly beast would
dodge around the upturned roots, sneak
along the further side of the tree until it
reached the top and then make a bolt
and escape. One nxtonlight night Lewis
heard a commotion among tha nans, and
running out with his gun aaw the fox,
as usual, slip around the root end of the
tree. He raised his gun and with tha
muzzle followed along the tree at about
tho rate he thought the fox would travel,
and when the muzzle cleared the upper
end of the tree he fired into the shadow.
Then he went back to bed. The next
morning he went out to the tree top, and
there lay the dead fox, riddled with
buckshot San Francisco Call
"Mr. Barker, do yoa thiak we will go
aakedthe power behind tha throne.es
tha family sat about the evening lamp.
"Mrs. a, answered her husband, "I
have not paid the bill for the Chifafaa
present you gave ma yet," and dull
Peace reigned. The Epoch.
Sam" Carpenter, the well known
railroadman, does not care for theatres
or social affairs, but be hBaweeiness
for studying up and inflicting upon- his
friends the queerest and most unexpect
ed jokes.
SHE KNEW.
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As I spoke cbbm a have
Tfteai tha unaitra tare;
I the hnai horas wan pat to tha
Ahl ao Boatoa cbi aha,
With her -talBnaar of -tho"
from tha tar
Oa tha mat ballet wad:
ThaTarasjanitlydwaaBd,Bo
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Bat thetww tar, far too anich of tha toot"
-Omaha WorM.
THE CHOICE.
awecaBed three kaJcoMDafbraherl
Ah: fair waaaha, I waaa.
And thara shore then stood aloaa
Tfaetr rightful Uegw aad qeeea;
Aadthaaqoothaha: "A caek-babold-.
To each a choice beloors;
One laada mj wars, oaa guards mj gold.
I aug my aoBga."
i forth there stepped the goodhaat kahtfct
That ever couched a iaaoa;
Dark waa hie ere, sad darkly bright
Thesoal wtthla hla glance;
Ha waa the bravest of the three.
The idol of the thraaga,
MOh,qaeear be cried, "thto choice to aa
That I but aug thy songs.'
THE JUGGLER.
During the first term of his oonsulsaips
when Napoleon was unlimited master of
the state which yet bore the name of
republic, Josephine lived at her Castle
faiTnatyHij where every evening Napo
leon came to visit her. '
One day she was dining quite alono at
Malmaisou, and while the dessert was
being served a man was admitted. He
was about 60 years old. While jugglers
and magicians have a lively appearance,
this man's features were deeply earnest.
He carried a little table, which he placed
before Josephine, and covered it with a
worn cloth. After these preparations
he drew out three tin cups, with which
he executed all kinds of jugglery. The
balls quadrupled themselves under, his
fingers and formed all kinds of figures
and grotesque forms, only to disappear
again in a twinkling. Like the musical
composers, the magician also has his
overture before he unfolds the panorama
to the eyes of the audience. After this
he touched the magic cups with a stick
of ebony and said: "Madame, you may
express any wish and it shall be fulfilled.
I regret very much that you have fin
ished your meal, else I could have
brought you dishes which were wanting
on your table today the red feather of
the Mediterranean, sardines of Royan or
the little silver fish caught in the vicinity
in which madam was borne for the great
welfare of France. Madame, you may
order whatever your heart wishes. Do
you wish a spotless diamond or a grass
fly on the heather, an Oriental ruby or a
nightingale?" This man, who placed all
the wealth of nature at Josephine's dis
posal, seemed to wish that she might de
cide upon the nightingale, for he put his
ear to the cup and it almost seemed as if
he heard the melting tones of the singer
of spring. Josephine, whose desires,
however, were modest, and who pre
ferred a bunch of flowers to a diamond,
selected neither a diamond nor a ruby
nor a nightingale, but a rose. She had
scarcely spoken tho word when the jug
gler upset the cup and showed theaston
ished lookers on a rose, which bent
gracefully on its stem and filled the room
with sweet fragrance.
"My goodness," said Josephine, "you
have cut the prettiest rose in our conser
vatory, the rose which I intended giving
Bonaparte to-morrow. It would have
unfolded during the night."
"Beg pardon, madaxne," replied the
juggler politely, "this rose belongs to
me and I have the honor to present it to
the wife of the first consul; I would
never dare to touch her flowers and 1
have never been in her conservatory."
Josephine sent a servant to investigate
the truth of this assertion and was told
that the rose which was destined for the
first consul was unhurt. Incredulous
as a Creole she could not hide her ad
miration, and, in fact, it was impossible
to embarrass the man who was so enter
taining and wonder creating. He mag
ically drew out of his pocket aswarmof
singing birds which picked up the
crumbs; then he filled a tumbler with
water and as quickly as he would upset
it numberless flowers flowed upon the
persons around, and Josephine imagined
herself in her conservatory.
When the wonders had reached their'
highest degree Josephine reached for the
pompadour, which was hanging on her
armchair, in order to give some gold
pieces to the juggler. When the juggler
noticed tlus he fell down at her feet, say
ing:N "Madame, you can reward me a
hundred times for this little pleasure that
I have given you, but not in money a
mercy, madame, a mercy."
"Which?" she asked.
The wonderful man begged her then
to eat one of the apples which were on
her table. Josephine stretched out her
hand for one and placed her knife on it
with the determination of a woman pre
pared for a surprise. Mother Eve surely
did not reach for the apple with such
longing which caused such misery to her
descendants as Josephine. She cut
through the apple and found inside a pe
tition to the first consuL
"Madame," said the juggler, "before
you is an unlucky one, who has mixed
in the quarrels of the kings, and has
taken part in the wars against the repub
lic. I have fought in the Vendee with a
Cocarde, which is no more that of my
country, and when the party which I
served was defeated I took flight; to live
in a strange land. My country drovo me
out as a traitor. Branded like Cain, I
wandered about; my name is crossed
from the list of citizens and put on the
emigrant roll A word from your lips,
madame, can make a Frenchman of me
again and give me back to my own.
You, tha adored wife of the first consul,
have the power to give me back to my
country and to my own."
"Sir," she said to the emigrant, "I will
do as you wish. The consul shall read
your petition and I assure you that I will
do everything I can in your favor."
Tha juggler arose, put his cups into his
pocket, his table under his arm, bowed
deeply and disappeared.
Josephine, inclined to be superstitious,
could not sse the enemy of her husband
inthfa juggler. She believed in his
Tnt power, which would be of use
to the emperor, and made up her mind
to use all influence in her power with
Napoleon to intercede for this man. The
following rjooniingatOo'cIock Bonaparte
brasTrfsatBd in the dining room of the
Palace Malmaison; they were getting his
carriage ready in the courtyard of the
palace when Josephine entered.
"What did you do yesterday, dear
Josephine?" asked Bonaparte. "Who has
visited you?"
"I have been well entertained; if you
wiE dine with me today I have a pleaa
ant surprise in store for you. Which re
ntmttt Baa, do have this name crossed
tha aatkraat list." With
words ana iiauoeu nun tne petition or tne
"A Chonan!" said Napoleon after he
had read the petition. "One of tha fanat
ical followers of Ch&rente'sand Larochc
Jaqualin's; one of the people who but a
slMifft time ago followed tho armies of th
republic to murder the scattered soldiers
aod finish the dying. Marec! Marecl
who comes from England, who .secretly
landed on our coast, probably to fulfill
Pitt's shameless plan, brandishing their
torch lights over the still weltering battle
fields of France. Fox, my friend, has
written me to be on my guard for this
evil one. And how do you know him?
Where havo you seen him?"
At this Josephine burst into tears.
"Oh, do not cry," he said, "but answer
me; your charity has been abused. The
traitors imagined a petition which you
should propose could not be denied, and
then they would in Paris, under my very
eyes, have begun their wretched play.
Fouche is right: these people are irre
deemable." -
"I do not know him," replied Jose
phine; "do not get angry. Tear up the
petition and we will speak no more of it:
if you knew how it came to me."
Josephine related how the petitioner
came to her and the wonders ho produced.
"And you open the door to such peo
ple? Jugglers and magicians, who try to
strew sand in the eyes of the first consul,
becausetheycouldnotdeceivehim! How
childish you are. Josephine, to be blinded
by msgiciansr
With these words he approached the
sideboard and took an apple from a bas
ket "See, in bucIi an apple I found the peti
tion. These are on my table every day
and accident led me to it."
s, Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders and
cut the apple. It concealed a similar pe
tition. Bonaparte showed Josephine the
ingenuity with which tho kernels were
taken out and the space filled out with a
rolled up paper,
"The man could not but succeed," he
said, "you may have wislied as you
would. He was in league with the fruit
erer, who shall serve you no longer. I
shall recommend your magician to
Fouche aad
At the mention of this name Josephine
trembled. The name of this blood
thirsty person sufficed to arouse horror
in an innocent person. Josephine knew
now that her charge was irrevocably lost.
"Ait! Bonaparte, I pray you, do not
have him taken here and do not soil the
innocence of my house."
"With you? He is here then?"
"No, but he will come again; I hoped
to entertain you with his artful tricks
this evening."
"Fouche will find him."
Without listening any more he tramp
ed on the apple and its contents, which
were on the floor, to hurry back to Paris.
Josephine's sorrow was indescribable.
For the first time she felt that there was
a place in Napoleon's heart to which she
had no access. She instituted search in
the vicinity of Malmaison and went to
all imaginable trouble to find him. She
wished to give him money and have him
taken over the boundary line by one of
her own people, but all her trouble was
fruitless. Dinner time arrived and Jo
sephine, worried with unpleasant
thoughts, left the victuals untouched.
But when dessert was served both fold
ing doors opened and George Marec ap
peared with his little table, his fine ebony
sticks and tin cups.
"Fly, sir, fly!" Josephino addressed
him, "or you are lost You have mur
dered French soldiers and deserve death.
I can protect you no longer iu my house.
The consul lias probably given you up to
Fouehe and you are helplessly lost"
The magician, on whose features were
cast such a dismal look yesterday, looked
quietly at Josephine and begged her to
give him a quarter of an hour of her
time. He 6et the table down and brought
forth the cup from Itis pocket. This
time he offered neither rubies nor dia
monds, and neither did ho let flowers
rain, but there tumbled out little soldiers,
footmen and riders.
- "These," said he, "are the Austrians,
these Prussians and these Russians, and
they all unfold on a level. Do you see
their battalions, their squadrons, divis
ions? Do you see Melas on a horse? He
is their leader, and the horse on which
he is mounted promised the holyNico
laus the guns of the French. There is
the French army. Do you see the gen
eral with a flying plume? He stretches
forth his hand and all the armies attack
each other. Do you hear the thunder of
the cannons and the sound of the trum
pets? Do you see the tri-colored flag?
Do you hear the enthusiastic shout of the
rejoicing multitude: "Long live the re
public! Long live Gen. Bonaparte!"
And all the soldiers seemed to tumble
out of the cups and go in order ready for
the battle on the table, where they per
formed the movements which George
Marec commanded. When the battle
was won victorious and defeated re
turned to his pocket and the magician
offered to show the wife of the first con
sul still more wonderful things, the
Egyptian expedition and the battle of
the pyramids.
Josephine could not enjoy the treat
Believing the man exposed to danger,
she said to him: "Take this money and
go away."
Marec, who was more quiet and col
lected than yesterday, said: "I would not
sell my art for gold yesterday, much less
will I today. Show me a favor; open
one of these apples."
Josephine did so and found tho follow
ing letter:
"MADAME: I have just delivered proof
unto the first consul that this Marec,
who has the honor to appear before you,
is not tho murderer who has deserved
the punishment of law. The one you
protect is an honest man, who has taken
part in the expedition of Amberon and
fought bravely, but emigrated after the
defeat of the Royalists. He did not,
however, go to England, but to Germany,
and from there has brought with him
the marionette plays, which will prob
ably amuse you very much. The other
Mareo fa not George, but Joes, and is in
TRngland, where his actions are watched.
I am glad to announce that your protege
is crossed from the list of emigrants.
"FOTJCHK."
A few days later Josephine again im
portuned the first consul, with the result
that the name of tha magician was ex
punged from the emigrant list Trane
Isted from the French for The Philadel
phia Times.
a OreaS Ceaai
George Frederick Handel, although a
native of Germany, being born in Haifa,
Saxony, on Feb. 24, J685, passed tha
greater part of his life in England. Evan
in childhood he sacrificed his hours of
play and his meals for tha study of
music, and at 10 years of age composed
a set of sonatas that were not without
value. As a composer, Handel was
great in every style. Inhis choral works,
ha throws at an immeasurable dfVrmf
all who preceded and followed him.
Verysoonafter his arrival in London,
in 1710, Handel attracted the attention
of Queen Anne. A Te Deum and Jubi
late, compceed to cekbrato the treaty of
Utrecht gained him a penrionof 200.
Handel died on Good Friday, April IS,
1759, and was buried in Westminster
Abbey. Tha composer gave a perform
ance of hfa own compositions in 1749,
by which 800 were realized for the
Foundling hospital, which institution re
ceived 7,000 from the annual repetition.
of tnai performance daring thetenfol-
jemej Very
Did I know Jeffrey? Onoof his quali
ties was to be always 'in love. S,duey
Smith used to talk about J..cs
seventy-two loves, and at that tixj put
ma at the top of the list. He was cer
tainly very adoring for a time,, bat ha
felloff-in consequence of my taste for
Germany aad German literature, which
(being completely ignorant of it) he
could not bear. He wrote absurd criti
cisms oa Goethe, whose betreetedas le
dernier des ahsurdes. But Jeffrey waa
kind, generous, an excellent friend and
bad great talents. Saray Austin to
Guizot.
Whea It rsaiaia (Xa.
"It is curious," remarks William Phil
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mous and outrageous we are apt to ac
count a piece of dishonesty if we our
selves are pinched by it I thought i;
sad, and a heinous thing in the land,
when, the other day, a man in my neigh
borhood was dishonest about an insur
ance business. But when I discovered,
afterwards, that thi3 same man had taken
a premium out of my own pocket and
not paid it over, my indignation knew
no bounds. Then 1 felt what a crime
dishonesty was!" St Louis Republic.
We Flac ' Trace.
A young man of Hawkinsville. Ga.,
and his "best girl" quarreled some days
ago, and remained "at outs" with each
other until the young man relented and
began to devise some plan to "makeup."
Ho finally decided to try the effects of a
flag of truce, and cutting a delicate piece
of wliite ribbon into the shape of a mini
ature flag, he sealed it in a sweetly per
fumed envelope and forwarded it to his
tair enemy. It had the desired effect
and she at once gave 'him permission to
cross tha line and be happy again. De
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