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f'llAITF.R XXXV.
Afte r u pause, Pratt continued.
"Having decided to ransom Ills Bon,
.Tolm n li I n in imliu'oil the soventy
eiglit thousand dollars of hli employer's
money, wliirli by chiiunn hi had brought
xvith liim, find plueing It, in my hands, lit;
t-nid.
" 'Tnko it. It is tho price ynu demand
for my b.m'b liberation. 'I his is my em
ployer's money, but I will replucn it
with my own mutiny, wtiirh is in my
Jitf o privuto tafe.' "
I 'Then Johu Oukburn's little safe was
robbed on 1 ho night of th i murJer!" ex
'Ja!med l'nxloii.
"After this o permitted Hold Oak
burn to go away with his lather. First,
.however, we gave him one thousand
toilers of tin; marked money to con
tinue, lila flight with.
; "In former days in Karisns City,
K reditu and Hold Oakham were groat
frii.'iids, as I happen to know, because
Ivredgo was then employed by me.
'Ivredgo objected to taking part in any
M-henie against, held, hut. his love of
money was gr. ater than his friendship,
iiml he consented litially when we prom
ised li t tn a share of the money w e wrung
from iiakbnrn. Now 1 have tol l you
the whole j.toiy, and every word of It is
th truth."
i 'I I. us l'rntt i on. luded.
Vaxton and Stanmore were both con
x inert from I'mtt's manner thai his
Hnry was not a fabrication, surprising
i- his slaleineiii was.
After tins I'ratt wrote out a docu
ment which was a ch ar and concise ex
planation of linw Slaninore hail been
mill- id- dupe of the prime swindlers,
ninl which proved his entire innocence
'f the swindle, at the head of which lie
I, .id been pl-ecd by I'ratt and Weeks.
When the paper hid been real and
eppri ed by S:an more, n m 'ssau'e was
sefll I i W eeks, who sooll l.llt in till nil.
pcarance. The situa'iou was explained !
to mm, iiiid. m iking a virtue ol neces
hitx.ho sign.d Siaiimore's vindication
with his pari tier.
tter tliis the two s onndlels Were per-iritt-d
to go
I'avton .11-1 Stanmore at "lice repaired
t" a police sta'ion, where the man who
1 1 li,nn;i d ov-rcoats with Smart Har
lan I had been bulged in a cell by the
sgrp! who hail arrested him.
'I Ills man was told of Pratt's ennfes
f 'on. and he continued the broker's story
perfectly. In conclusion he said;
' V. s. my ieal name is IJeid nakborn,
at;d I am .lolin HiiUIti n'sson."
' How eiiine the skeiclon keys in the
picket of 'he overcoat you ecli.iii-ed
w i'h llarland.'" asked I'axlon.
Kefore I wiis leco-nixeil and trapped
Is I'ratt. 1 hud been prowlini; about
iarrison's otllco. but I had not revealed
myself to my father. I knew that ho
tonnei Iv kept his money in the lit;n
Kite, w ith his cm ions weapons and coins.
and I meant In rob Ids private safe. !
'1 took the was impressions and had!
skeleton keys made for the outside an I
interior door. I also had n key made ,
for the bi safe. 1 meant to blow open i
the little one, for I couldn't (jet jhto th '
private cilice to take nu impression.
"1 was in league wi!h a band of burg- !
liirs, with whom 1 had recently forniod I
HU acquaintance, and an experienced
'siile-blouer was to help me do the job.
t "Well. I lied lrom tin' city the night 1
of my fa'licr's death. I uv relv did sol
to deceive I'tatt and We-ks. for I (lis
trusted them, and feared they mik'ht
seek to betray tne to the police, utter
all.
, "I iiK-ii:t to return, ami so I did, after
pom; to Albany, wli-iu I procured a
complete ilisuie, from a .lew, to whom
was recommended ,y ,,ne of the band
of I ui l;!hi s I had joined.
, "Cn the wav to Albany it oeeurred to
me that I'r ut ami Wc-ks might have i
had me shadowed to the deli d and tele
graphed my description ahead, so as to
secure my airest without seeming to
have instigat-d it. I felt the necessity
for an itcm-dialo change of costume,
ii 'd that w is why I appropriated Har
lanii's coal while he slept. I forgot to
take the k-vs (.ut of the pocket of the
coat 1 b-ft behind
' Later, after my return to the city, 1
met Levi Kre.lue, whoso complicity
with I'ra't and Weeks I did not suspect,
and one whom 1 thought no temptation
could induce to betray me, I revealed
myself to him. und he carried n note to
my half-sister. Marion, for me.
"She had always been kind to me, ami
Iliad always hoodwinked her as to my
t. al characl. r, and thus won her sym
pathy. She sincerely thought I was
more sinned against than sinning.
"After that Marion met me, but she
rad bet ii tracked, and tied to escape a
detective, due night not long ago, I
i hanccd to be at the house of Mother
Kitts, when I discovered, much t my
surprise, that Marion was a prisoner in
n rear room there. I'liknowii to Mother
Kitts, I had just liberated her, and I
was amiiit to lead her out of that house,
when you appeared. Mr. l'axtoii.
"I hi). I told Marion that I was a fugi
tive, acctmed of a cl ime which I had not
executed, and. :.s I took the most solemn
oath that 1 r nnocent, she implicitly
believed m.
"When she si.w you she whispered as
sic snatched revolver from my hand,
'Flee, I'll prevent his following you."
Then it was that she confrotcd you in
the door, with the revolver leveled,
V hil" I escaped tlnoiigh a rear exit.
Alter my escape, I tried in vain to
leal ii what had become of Marion.
I'efore I knew that the money paid
to 1'raM and Weeks bv my father was
lu.iiked. I gave Marioi.i r -dollar nolo
from the money I had ! ed from the
men who betrayed me.
' Uv Levi hrc.lge I had previously
frcnt Marion n photograph of myself,
1 ikvii while I was In disguise, so that
tdic would knew me when we met."
Wl h this Weid i lakbiirn was silent.
'I' nixsterv of Marion's connect ion
n..i, (i ,' -i.ppo.il a -sassin, an.1
1 . w . . , in,.- b lb- mi'ik '.I bank nolo
ii.nl changed at Uic Jittle j
tru-
nv ant sir TMHf
-1- r
shop where Taxtoo received it, was ex
plained. "Who do you suspect is your father's
murderer?" a.-kod l'axton.
"Levi Kredgrd" answered Held Oak
burn in a tone of conviction,
"Why so?"
"Beoauso ho was Mush of tnoney after
the murder, mid it was not marked
money he had. I think he robbed my
father'8 littlo private safe, after killing
the old gentleman."
Tim deluetivo questioned Held Oak
burn further, but iiothiun worthy of
record was elicited after that, and the
interview was cut short by the arrival of
one of 1'nxton's agents, w ith a note from
the villainous janitor, who reitiested
him to come to his ceil as soon as possi
ble, as he had decided to make a con
fession. "Will ho confess the murder? How
will tho mystery be explained'" won
dered l'axton.
He felt that the denouement was sure
ly near at hand, and ho hastened with
out the least delay to tho Tombs, whore
Levi Kredgo was conflux I
As soon as lie was in hredtje's i ell the
janitor began:
' I am going to make a clean breast of
(lie job. I don't want to be put on trial
for .lohn Oakburn's murder."
" You've como to your senses at Inst."
" Yes; now listen:"
"n the night ot .lohn Oakhurn's death.
I entered the olllce through the rear
window whom you found my tracks. I
hud found out that .lohn t lakbiirn kept
a large sum of money in his little safe,
and having a duplicate key to it, I
meant to rob it.
1 had entered the olllce, afler forcing
open the blinds and raising the window,
and had robbed the safe and locked it
up again just as I had found it after se
curing the money, nearly eighty thou
sand dollars, on my person, when sud
denly .lohn ( lakbiirn entered the outer
olliee.
I had only time to hide behind a desk
when he came into the interior olllce,
and hastily unlocked his little private
Sll to.
I shall necr forget the cry of agony
lie uttered when lie discovered thai the
sale had been robbed.
lie reeled into the outer olllce and fell
11
I'he old man had paid the peventv
: eight thousand dollars he drew from tho.
bank that afternoon, and which belonged
I to (iarrisoii. to save a scapegrace son of
I his from arrest. I'ratt and Weeks had
; captured that son, and to them .lohn
Oakhurn paid Harrison's money, imtend
; lug tii replace it vith the money which
' was in his little safe,
j I remember the way the old mam unit
1 tered as he sat there after he disimveie1
: the loss of his money.
! ! urn ruined, I am an embe-.zler, I
I have appropriated my employer's money
! to my own use, I have betrayed a suexed
1 trust, f have kept it a secret that 1 had
saved a large sum of money, and that
it was in my little safe. My stury will
not be credited 1 w-ll not live to sutler
i this awful disgrace. I wlnose on- wish
was to live an honest titan, ami dying
leave a spotless reputation. I w ilbdie by
i my own hand "
It was like that he wen.t on, 1 almost
! remember his exact woiils. Then he
seieil ,i pen ii 111 1 began to write, I
watched I ii ill breathlessly, an I bad as I
' am, I resolved to save his life, toprc
! vent his committing suicide.
; When he had written IVi some time,
he e iuie to his sale again, and took out
a pistol. He curried the weapon out
into the outer olllce, and 1 heaul him
say:
"I will kill myself In ten .minutes. ''
I stiw him sit down, pisjol in hand,
and watch the clock, 'i'lie time was al
most up, und I was ni unit to rush out
ami disarm him, when hn threw down
the pistol saving. "1 am afraid." 1 saw
that he trembled from lnuid to foot.
After that he paced th room for a mo
ment or so, but Dually Ik picked up tun
pen and wrote a few lines. Then as if
he had decided, he pickod up the pistol
again.
"1 cannot face the weapon. The sight
of the pistol unnerves me. If I could
nol sol, liKi have tins- nerve to pull
th- trigger
Then he took up the pistol once moro,
op-ned a drawer and took out a ball of
twine. Tying one end of tho twine to
the trlggeruf the pistol, after en. 'king it,
he placed the weapon in a bracket nt the
side of the do r. where there had In
rt t,lnip. , with tho oor.I in his hand
walked back to the table.
Hefore 1 could prevent It. and beforo I
fully comprehended what ho intended to
I do h" pulled the string attached to the
trigger, the weapon, which was no air
pistol, was discharged without report,
and Oakburn fell dead, sh'jt through the
back of the head. In his fall hn over
turned the table.
I sprung forward and soriired the pa-
i per which lie had written, for f surmised
it was a statement that, he hail com
mitted suicide.
Then 1 left the office n .1 had entered
it. taking care to close the window and
the blind behind me. I had an idea that
the suicide's last written wtords might!
be of value to me in case f wae sus
pected, ami the result proves .that I was
right, said Kredge.
('II AI'TKIC XIX VI.
At last the secret of .lohn Oakburn'
fate was revealed. The tinfortutifcte
man had not been murdered, but he bud
committed suicide.
"In proof of the truth of what I havo
tonl, I'll show you the imper Oakburn
wrote just before he shot himself. W ill
one of you gent lemon loan me a knife.'
I sewed the document up in tho lining
of my coat, so that I could not possibly
lose it," said Kredge.
1'axlon gave him a pocket-knife, and,
ripping the lining of his coat, he drew
forth a written paper and handed it to
the delecthe. who read it.
The contents of the paper read as fol
lows: To my beloved ilaiuhter Marlon and my
rc'..ecleit employer, .bnon loirrlson;
To sine in v only mhi fr ail u crusl f-ile. 1
ptilil tl e iniite- I drew from III.) hank ts- 1
.lay, f.aiiii, lo l'rntt & Week. Inteiidliii.' I
10 replace It with tlm montiy ulitcli I havo !
mm. -.1 o ii I Ktilcli I Imit locked up In my I
re . -it- Hiife. After tlm- appropriating th- j
in-nu v I h :i I .I'd no tielonil lo nie. 1 found I
11 if' I . I ' i i il'leit. a nt all my money I
iji
il'.e to face my dbgrc. j
Let no man b aceiued of my murder. To
the cere of the goud Lord I commend my
dnughtor. whom I love, end It ! my prayer
that ehe way believe that I urn unfortunate,
not dlahunored.
(Binned) Jon OxitnfHjf.
That this letter had been written hj
John Oakburn there could be no doubt.
"I was, Indeed, on a false trail, but
the fact that the shot which killed Oak
burn wae clearly lired from a dlutauco
caused eve.-y one to exclude the possi
bility of eulcide from tho case, ' eald
Puxton.
The detective began to think the mys
tery of Marion's conduct was clear
ing up.
"To shield her father's memory from
dishonor and disgrace, the hohio girl.
: who must havo first discovered her
j father when Htuart Harlund saw her
I stealthily leaving the olllce, removed
the pistol with which he killed liim-i If,
! and destroyed every evidence that might.
point to suicide, so that the impression
might bo given ttiHt he had been miir
j deled ninl robbed. She is a true heart
i She was, Indeed, Inspired by n noble
' purpose," said 1'nxton.
I "You have stated the truth, 1 firmly
; believe," said Rtaninore.
i " Yes, you have hil il nt last. Marion
I I hikburn is as Innocent as you are. s
i you snv, she wanted to save her father's
memory from dishonor," Raid Kredge.
I ' Hut what about the money you stole?
! You haven't told us where to lind that,"
j said the detective.
"I've spent about three thousand dol
lars of It, and tho rest Is hid. It s safe,
I y.ni can bet on that. lon't fret about j
I tt. I mean to make a bargain with you," j
' answered the sci nmlrel, with a cunning
! leer. I
"In what way?"
"J'romlse me I'll he discharged and
I'll give up the money." ;
"We'll see about that," said Puxton.
' Yes; Marlon must bo consulted,"
said Slanmore. i
"1 reckon the gi'd will be glad to con- '
sent) to let up on me w hen she knows of
the money," said Kredge. "Now you:
lMiderstaiid my remarks which puzzled ;
you heretofore, I take it," he replied.
"rerf.tcllv," replied l'axton, and ac-
companlod by Stanmore he soon left the j
prison. I
Afler this, some days elapsed, and
then to Stanmore's Inexpressible joy,
Marion s malady took a favorable turn.
The physician declared the erfsls passed, j
and he gave Ktaniiviro the assurance
that Marion would recover.
! As soon as she was sufficiently rceov- !
I i red to warrant it, Slanmore told Ma-j
i lion of th confession made by I'ratt '
I and Week;, and by Levi Kredge, the ;
janitor. !
"We understand the ystery of your
conduct now. You meant that your i
father's memory should be shielded. I
When you knew that he appropriated I
Garrison's money ami committed sul
eido. you determined t lint t In- world i
should believe he had been robbed and I
murdered." he said. '
" . es. that is the explanation, but M
mii-l loll you all. n Hie night of mv j
father's death, I became alarmed at
his absence, and without disl iirbinj; any i
one, I descended lo the oflice, thinking j
it possible he might be there. He some
Vine worked in the cilice in tho evening. !
hen J entered the oflice, I found my i
father dead. On the floor beside him j
w,is a sheet of paper upon which he had !
written a few lines. I remember Ihem
well. They were as follows-
'Heaven bear witness that I was in
intention innocent, but 1 have appropri
ated the seventv-eiglil thousand dollars
belonging to my employer, which I drew
from the hank to. day. to my own use, ,
I have decided 1 shall die by in) own
hand, but I cannot face the pistol. I i
shall place it in the bracket by the door
and discharge it by means of a string
attached to the trigger, while my back
Is turned. Farewell, Marion, my daugh
ter,' " said Marion.
" Ah, 1 understand. While Kredge se
cured the llrst message written by your
father, when he ha I decided to commit
suicide, ho did not find the message
which you have repeated," said Sta.ii
lllore. "When I read my dead father's mes
siiito. I resolved that h- should not be
branded as a thief, that his memory j
should be revered, that he should h ave '.
behind him the riputation he dearly
pried, that of nn hole st man.
" Then 1 remembered the pistol, sc- !
cured tho tell-tale letter, and stole from
the olllce. After concealing the weapon
In my trunk, 1 went to ludith's room, and j
then wo descended together to the olllce. -Wtmt
ensued you know.
"The paper, upon which I depended
; provo my innocence when I knew I j
was suspected as being concerned in :
my father's death, was his last message, i
I despuired, when 1 discovered 1 had (
lost it. !
"When, during tlie process of Stuart;
Tliirlaml'fl trial, 1 became convinced that
lie would be found guilty, 1 resolved lo '
tell all, but Judith must have discovered
my intentions, I think, for the night 1
made the resolution that on the follow- 1
fug day I would come forward with my
testimony and save Stuart Harland. 1
was abducted while unconscious from 1
some antesthetic which had been ad- !
ministered when I slept, and when 1 I
awoke I found myself a prisoner in the j
house of the old woman called Mother i
Kitts. When, after lieid's escape, I was :
dragged back to tho prisou-room from '
which he had liberated me, I secreted .
my father's last message, which was j
concealed in my bosom, in a hole in the
wall of the fire-place. Xext niornini;, I
after n troubled sleep, 1 looked for the 1
paper mid it w as gone." j
Thus Marion explained, and, further.
sd inlirnied lieid's statement that he
had deceived her us to his real charac- ,
ter. I
Now that she knew him sh despised j
mm, and a liereo desire that he should
be punished for having Indirectly been
the cause of her beloved father's death.
The lexers conversed tenderly for
some time, and at last Stuart left the
bedside of th fair invalid, and sought
l'axton the detective, and together they
proceeded to the house of Mother hitts. ,
The th e place in the room where Marion '
bad been imprisoned was demolished, I
and there where it had slipped down be- i
hind a brick from the aperture, in which
Marion had concealed it. -lohn akhtiru's
message was discovered. I
Kvervlhiiig was clear now. Of course j
the terrible letter which l'axton had re- j
eeived lrom tliidilh Kredge purporting
to be the confession of the murder made
by MarionVvas a forgery, and that it was
Mich Judith Kredge subsequent ly ac
knowledged. Stanmore now revealed himself in
1 Toper personality as lionald Waybiun.
mid since hi' had the proof that he was
nu honest man, his fiiemls of other day-,
welcomed him home again.
Marion would not consent that the
man w hose deed had driven her f.ith-r
to -ui-ide should be a Mowed to uo un -punish'-d
iu couslderatiou of hid ro-
turning tho money he lind stolen, ani
Kredge was sentenced to a long term ul
Imprisonment.
Held Oakburn dle l of oonmimptli n,
from v hlch he ho I long suffered while
!ie was held a prisoner awaiting the ac
tion of the Denver nuthoiities.
Judith Kredge was obliged toretipn
th ) money which she had extorted from
Marlon, and she left New Yo'k.
I'ratt and Weeks also disappeared.
Of course Stuart Harlotid's inninenee
was proclaimed, and soon afler he and
Edna (iarrlson were married
Marion entirely recovered and within
a year ehe became the b loved wife o:
him whom we have litljwn ns Hichaiil
Stall mote.
Jiis'in Garrison wa in-e more pros
perous, thanks to Sta'ini'ire's assi-tan-e.
but he never forgot the t'trible le. .ui
taught him by tho bt. gauds of Wall
street, and to Sunburn heir-h" panl
the amount of th- forge; i leek.
I'lixlott dec lar-d tint1 he would I'm I
the money stolen by hn Ig-. and at la -t.
aflei encountering maii peril-, he sii--eeecled
ill aecomplishiiig his purpo-c.
and Marion's futtiin" was i -si. u c. (..
her.
The detective rcceii"l ill.' I. Ward
Staiimnt'e had promised him. an I In- i.-fo-clny
the mo-t sn ee Inl deier ti.. in
America.
True and perfect happitn s- wa- tie
future lot of Minion and her I u dmi-l.
i. lid though her conduct had maiie he i
father's fat- a great defect ive n.y-lei v.
Marion's fie nds liotiore I the purp.-.-.
which liud a-tuate l 'i-r.
Itiif i m I
I he .'an-y Mute retch.
A story is told by Mrs. Kliabei li
Al.ers Allen. I he auilnir of -linck M
tn Sleep, Mother. " "'I'll'' Words i:t I
beell set t i titll-ie long I'l'l'ole I elei
lie, Mil lliein siltig," she s.'iv-. I P.ii
tl;iy oil I lie st reel I W as elect l i ll. il In
lie;n in:; ;i stn.ill giiniin wiirblinu iim-t
musically tin- words id mv p'lein. 1
st.ippi'd -hurt and looked al him. Me
wns In the midst of 'no oihcr wor
ship abides and ituliiii's.' but In
bruke bis tuneful notes dT short as li,
saw me ami gfowb d: -What iu
are you a-statin' atV "
He'. n Sirinier.
A .liiissian 'athlete. M abovsU,
having made a b-l that he would
i-niiT I he ili-lance bid ween !.uiean
itlul A iigoiili-ine. there and buck mi
l' id, a folal distance of I l; miles, in
I went v-foiir hiiiirs, starle I on a t
rent Sunday morning. He relumed
on the follow jug Monday liuu iiiiig.
Inning iii'i'oiiiplislicd i lie double jour
ney in lotiv lnjimies le-s than the
stiptilalel lime, thus winning lli
wager of L'.ooo train'-.
The S. mi ,i Inn Xl-rctclio,.
The rurilau fat Iters, wlm scttl-d
in America, were greatly ndillct'"! to
smoking: Indeed, I lie praci ice became
SO cointllojl I hat even these strut
laced oiu"?rvers nf lime and s-as-iu-iictii:iU''v.-miikcil
in clinrcli. This
i iisoiii sunn caused very considerable
annoyance, as the religions evercis -were
greatly disturbed bv the '-linking
of steels and Hint mid Pie clouds
of smoke in rlnirclt
ri.tllhi ttn nt Ii iiiic'.
The incicase of population in
Fiance din ing the la-! five yt-ais ha-aiiioiinl-il
to only oue-half of 1 per
rent. The population of (i- gnat
cities is iucfeasinu; sui'l Mi ll of Pi
rural di-t rlcts decreasing
I'm: two or three jejr eminent
archil eels hae claii 1 thai ihedc-
linitive type id' r imnicicial architect
ure, had been found in uliai i- known
;ts I he 't'lticago sysl-m." natiiely.
: rigid framework ol -t-el fnrmiug
the pillars, iloor joists, and pan it ions,
support ing the roof and upholding
the structure without ,ild (mm the
txienor walls, which are a lucre
veneer tif brick, stone, or terra rotla.
Now, however. routes licit. So y
smith, himself nu engineer of the,
highest scieniiiic att uiniu-iits, and
ih-claies that I he steel or irmi frame
work must be dl-catii-d and solid
slum pillars substituted if ab-oiiilo
safety againsl tire is sought. Il is
evident that the ado;. lion of lien.
Smith's suggestion would greatly non-ease
the available area in a build
ing, as (he size of the columns neces
sary to support a given wcighi will
be greater in stone than if iln-y arc
made of metal. And a- owm-is i ok
th- maximum nmouui of it n.--
pioihiciug space it in likely tii.it the
"I'hh ago -vstem' will he adhered to
despite this srielititlc i't it irisui of i
iiialilics as a llrepto type of con
st rud imi.
IUsii:ss methods have at la-t
been applied to the woik of raising
money for the Grant moiiiimetii in
New York. Had this been done
seven years ago the in uiuineht would
now be fltii-hed, and a pride to New
York iiisi-ad of a disgrace. That
city gave as freely lo the fund for
the relief of .loll list io II a s a tl o her
ill I he I'oiiii'iy. There was met hod
in I lie management of that fund
There Were i'i ill I til I tees to solicit -lib
sci ipt ions from all dep nt tnenis nt
trade, and a large amount of money
was raised in a very short time. The
same nu llm l is to be applied t-i P e
Grant monument subscription, and.
if it he 1 borough, the dilTeieut com
mittees ought to raise the money
necessary Incomplete the monument
in a few Weeks.
.Iosks of liinghatuton promises to
exhibit at the World's Fair a scale
made of mahogany and aluminum.
It will be gold-mounted and oilier
wise got up without regard lo ex
pense, and 'i u. body w ho kln.ws Jones
knows that he is able to pav the
freight on ii.
F.viky year a layer of the sea.
fourteen feet thick, is taken up into
tl bonis. The winds bear their
burden into the land and the water
comes down in rain upon the tP-ld-.
lo How back through rivers.
I!kv. .bisi-pti ('ihik has been si ruck
with a gleam of common sense, lie
-.-iv- I h it Suiiilav newspapers aie
published to make money
:.'fcXJfcTWA? walks ami rules. -cut
l '
HiMlie .Xi'tlslll-ein.'lllH.
sister me.'is'ir.'d mv urin en- day;
I 'ink the rul-r mcl in.';
' 1 1 1 1 1 I ii inches i tin. way,
line ami t i mi l llii-e.
"(Hi. you're a f li.-lilr cut." said nils.
I'aliier said " I'liat's no sin."
Then he iied, l-d aicl -inil-d at urn
Smile, t al my tlir-. -ui-li grin.
Hrelh-r siiL'i.'-st.'d I ought to begin
Trvlim to trim it doiru.
M tl'iers.ibl- - It tier n thr-e-hn'li grin
than a little hair-inch fr..wii."
--N-II M-r.!hone, la .st. Nlcl'oliis.
illliels In the Snow.
Troops of camels, brought from
Mom-'olie, in e oinploved iu winter b.
carry supplies iiml materials to and
from the gold placers of eastern
Siberia, iiml the spectacle presented
by a long line of these "ships of tlie
desert," tramping solemnly across the
snows id' a Siberian steppe, is de
scribed ns extremely singular. Camels
i-eipiire only about half us much daily
food as horses, but on the other hand
they have to be liberally supplied
w it'll salt. Where the country is so
wild that neither roads nor tracks
exist, reindeer are employed instead
of horses or camels, and the lind
their own livingeti route, by nnciuer
ing, beneath the snow, a kind of gray
lichen n w hich I h.-y lire able to sub
sisl. t'limot I on u 'I for a riHTO'lhov.
There is an article written by .lames
('issiilv iu St. Nicholas on the "(iirl
hood days of I'.iigbi lid's (.tileeii. " Mr
Cussidy says:
There were in the life of the prin
es-day-i when r-he longed for com
panions of her ow ti age. Her niolher.
guessing this longing, was very
tender and gentle w ith her. and con
siilcred often how best to u like up for
this lack. ( 'nee the duchess, it is
-aid. thiiiK'n- I" plea-e her daughter,
"sent for it noted cbthl pcrloriiier of
th. day. called 'Lyra,' that she might
amuse lirimi with some remarkable
performances on the harp. 'In one
occasion," writes the biographer,
"while the voting musician was play
ing one of her favorite airs, the
duchess, perceiving how deeply her
biitghter s ntleniioii was engrossed by
the music, left the room for fl few
minutes. When she returned she
found the harp deserted. Tin- heiress
of F.liglalnl had beguiled the juvenile
minstrel from her m-trument by the
'ii-pl.-iy ol siiitic of hei costly toys, am!
tho children were dicovei ed, seated
side by side on the hearth-rug. m a
state of high enjoyment, surrounded
by the princess' playthings, from
which she wa- making the most
ijhevi'l "elwi'tions for t he acceptance of
poor little Lyra."
Minlc tl l.i'nparil HU IVt.
Of all the cat tribe leopards are the
easiest t" tiiine if tliev in e ctipt tired
when young. Thirty year- ago a
curious and well known sight on the
streets ol Herliu was Yonder Mad
lierii with his tame leopard. Haton
von dcr Mndlicrn, w lien a young man,
was several year (ieritian consul m
Fgypt. While there an Arab pre
sented him w ith a young leopard. II
was only a few days old, it- eves not
open yet. The young baioii il.-t.-r
lnltie;l to make a pet of the leopard
an-1 train ami treat it like a dog. The
leopard was never confined in a cage
but was always allowed full liberty
and was well fed and petted. He
grew bv und by into a handsome
iu nt ure,
one of the largest of his
and was liiiely marked,
had been in Yon dcr Mad
session about two years the
species,
When he
horn's po:
baron was recalled to Herlin and took
the animal back with him. In Berlin
the leopard occupied the same place
In Ins uiil-ter's house Unit lie had
done before, and followed the billon
about Hie sheet- in the same way.
At first sight of the creature sta!
ing solemnly along beside tlie man
created ipllle a sensation in the city
and people crowded to see iheni pass.
Hut it gtew to be an every da y matter,
which only attracted ocea-i-mit! notice
from 'driiii-er or childien. The
annual liv.-d to be about fifteen year
old, and died lunch lamented bv all
who knew Inin. Out Animal Friends.
l.ielv.
It was while little Myrtle and In r
mot her wei e nt t he country hotel la d
summer that Myrtle one day caiin
into her mother's room flushed and
angry.
"You will have to buy me a new
hair brush, mamma," she said, "mine
is gone. "
" Chat beautiful carved ivory brush
that grandma gave you?" asked her
mother, "have you broken it'.' Prob
ably I can have it men, led and I ha 1
better give you a plainer or- 'o use."
l is all in tiny bits, mamma."
said Myrtle, "and I broke il on pur
pose. "
"You w ill have t explain, My rtle,"
1,111,1 mamma.
"Miiiiiina," said Myrtle, sitting
down upon a cushion at her motlici -feet,
"you know that you told nie to
brush my hair a great deal, and that
it w in nice to brush it sometimes in
the sunlight, and where the air could
blow thioii-h il. So todav, as there
wa.- rfi. one about Hie house, Hit
-entlci i ah Iivmiv end the Indies oh
f.ii- unllis and II
the little balcony lit the end' ct
oon. hull und began lo brush n
there. Am' 1 '""I i"Hl
again when tlmt i'iPI'' "trl they call
I'nnuie, who is here to help' !' l
tublt!, came inlo the balcony and sulo.
'oil, ilow your hair -hint-.-! Hon do
ion tiuike'if lonli III"' tlmt''' Well, at
firs' I though! I wnuhlii I aii.-wer hei,"
"Why, deiu'-?'' asked bet mothei
"Weil." said M'ttb . ' I '"o " voiing
lady and she is not. Sli
business to sjicnk to me first
"M vi tie. a true ladv
bn.l no
cr
liuilglit,," said iiiiiiioii.i, "but ymi
answered ?"
"Weill I - I opened my eve- nt
her llrst," Mvitle said, "like this,"
and she drew buck her head and
stared.
"1 should Imvc been ashiimva of ,V"U
if I had seen y.ni, dear, "said inaliimii.
' Hut I answered." said Myrtle. "I
said 1 give my hair fifty strokes every
day. And I don't think she noticed
anyhow. She in;" looking at the
brush. I had laid it down a -hail
Then she said. 'I'll give my hair
brush.' Well, mamma, bcl'on I could
speak; i! she wasn't brushing her hair
it is shop, like a boy's w ith my
brush. Could I help .slat nig at Ihtil .'"
"Well, I confess, there w hi ca use
for astonishment," said iniinitna.
"Well, she polished away for a
ihile, and then put the brush down.
'I guess my hair shines loo, tn,' she
said, and then I look-d scornful fl"
I could and picked up the hntsb iiiid
threw it haul into th. garden, and
hil on a st me und broke int.. pieces.
1 h! oh' oi- ihiil girl ' i n il, -you've
luoken the ptetly brush" 'I don'!
care. I sliotild nev.-i Imvc used it
again, after you hn-1 brushed your
liau- ill' i!.' I -at I. and she turned
led and began I" -i -I
call hear her ciy leg
"I'oor clill I ' said in
poor tne, I llii-il .
"Whv. I'Mimiia. y-c
and t an aw ay
i t .1, tist.-nr-. 1
OIlUl.l
-aid Myrtle
ihui I c en le
SI'let an
brushes, ii
hat'
.ker
! Inn i- mv In u
.1- Li
the - gi aiidliia's pi'-
spoiled '
"And time i
broken and In I cm
mamma. "Th-io i
and violet "i
course, peoplf
saute lulu- biish-s
have ii d that
nt
i. in Faii'in - heart
I,, it pulled." said
i,, ii,-. , ,, ( iiip' l
:i ii oeea - ton. ' 'f
...il l not it-e the
,.n in ed n. v er
in- .igiiin I ".'I t I
Id have pin die. I llo hri-tle
w tth
orange llower w ,, i. and yon Id
ii-i , kept it in ll if-" with your
other pretty thing-, but you need not
have insulted Hi. girl She knew no
better No iloiib! if she has sister
they all use th verv same brush."
"Hut she is a littl- wait -I girl."
said M vi tic.
And you are a HU- lady ." said
mamma ' "Thai obliges you to be
polite, and you in H-t explain to the
little go I and apoh.gii . "
' I npoloSi'..: She ought to, cried
Myrtle
" That true liiu-i-n ictmia always
made her I it t le princesses apologize to
any oliethey had oHelided because tiieV
vv e! c pr'iiccssi.s," said mamma. ''Now,
when you have jbought w hat to say,
tell mi' und 1 will go dow iisluirs with
Voll."
Myrtle looked rebellious awhile, but
pretty -ore w i-umi and said: "I'm
reiidv. mainnia, .'Mi. I I'd mother took
her by tin- hand and they went down
stairs' together. Fannie wa- tlielf
ci v ing and folding up some aprons.
' in sorry to go. Mr- Smith,'' she
was srtMUg to Hie landlady, "but if
that gl'i I think- no- -' doty thai I'd
poi-oii her liait biii-h, why I can't
st iv the lion 'c,gl.el as I am to earn
i lew ,l"l.ir-, and I'm going."
N , vv , d-ai," Hlo-pi'ie-l Myrtle's
mother, and the little girl walked into
th- kit. lieu and sl might up to l imine.
I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings,
l"n 1 1 il ir , ' slie said
'"Anvbodv would ,e mad to be told
they were so ditty they'd spoil a per
son's I mil' brush so they could not use
it again," said I 'an n n-
"Fannie," said Myrtle, "I think
you one of the cleanest little girls t
ever saw . "
' I siippo-e it's because I'm lured
help then," said l imine -City folks
lire so stuck up."
Tannic." s:1id Myrtle, "1111111111111
doesn't allow my si-ter and me to use
the sii'iic bi ll-he- t If course, voll
know it Isn't nice use another's
toot Ii In iish '"
"It's filthy to dotli.-H." said F inline.
"Well, doctors say 1 hat 11 is just au
wr.'ti- !,. us- ..tin ' - combs end
bru-hes," said My rile.
My land-''' cued l'annic.
And I did li"t think it wa- polite
of mhi w hen ymi used mine' and I -I
was not polite either, and please e
cu-e 111c. "
Fannie looked at lid and nodded.
"If it wa- like that ymi were ex
cusable." she said, "and I'll not bo
mad any re and stay with Mrs.
Smith the miiuiii.t out. "
Mvrtle nodded mid ran out of tho
room.
When nor mother came upstairs sho
w as lying on t he bed crying.
' I'oor child!" said iiiainina. "It
cost- something to be a lady." and she
kissed her. New York Ledger.
lull ri.iu-.'iiiiiii.
The City of Pnliith, Minn, has 11
policeman. Koyal McKenio by name,
wh..s. tual height is ii feet M li I
ii -In - ,in, w eight 'Jb." pounds. As ho
a) peats on the street he measures 7
feet A l-'J inches to the top of his hel
met He wm born iu Ontario, is
twenty si years old, and says lie lias
not yel stopped growing.
HtLPS FOR HOUSEWIVES
Tn l!etoi e Hr.in hil Linen.
i;o esfore scorcheil linen take twr.
minus, peel Km! slice tliem ami c
tract the juice by squeezing or pound
mg Then cut up half ' oiinee id
white so;p and add two ounces id In I -ler's
earth; mix with them the onion
juice and half a pint "f vinegar. Hit
this comj'osition well and spread it
w hen cool over the seorched part "I
the linen, leaving it to dry theieon.
AlterwiiriM wnsh out the linen.
linn- l. I'hi k lliitli-r.
butter iiieiclialit says to those
w In
kel:
e iiiicking for the wintci nun
a I
"Wonilell tubs or liox.es into Willi ii
butler is to be packed (ttliWs there is
;,. be a parchment paper lining should
be -learned for several minute-, then
lill.-i! ltll clean, cold wider and i' H
, Y;!1 wet t1"'.' should be'
iibbe.i inside willl h y. clean salt. and
mi- upside dow li oil a ' lean sui -
la-e until to be Use.!. Tin's
will tree thrill llotii extra salt it ' 1 I" " "
eiit th. il getting dusty.
"Puck the butter solid and cover
with new cloth cut to the sie of the
lop and wet in brine. Cover this with
i linn layer of dry salt and add the
package cover. " Thiliulelphiu Lclg'
IT.
Kerplluc tlie llniiHi- l icr I- rum I lies.
As (lies are very fruitful conveyers
f disease try very hard to keep 'hvin
ut of the house. Cover nil windov
n,l doors w ith netting If you nin
uoi iitloi-il frames tack the netting ov cr
111- windows outside. This is a verv
.il way. It allows one to lower
Ihe window from the top as will a-
it li-om the bottom, making beti. t
lentiliition. If door frame.' i
out
lull
In
f the ipicstion tack netting '
i ihe ton of the door easin
the blond hem at the bottom sew Mil
licielit good si.ed pebbles ( give
weight, that the netting mav hilt
piiekly in place. If by chance the
liildrcti hold the doors open for a nm
meiit. allow ing tiles to enter, place a
little sticky tly paper here and there,
ir when ymi darken the room leave n
rack of sunshine at any open window
or door; the Hies will in a moment
follow tlie light ami may then I"' e.-isi
Iv brushed out of the loom. Lie lies'
Home .loin nn!.
Hmv ! Wash Itbllilo'l".
Woolen blankets .seldom lo
same after they are washed.
1 11 -11 vellow- mid lose their ohce
k I he
Th.-y
dainty
Ibitlniess,
I Ii-i- is great diversity of ..; i- i -nnoiig
ex p. Ps as tn w belli ei t he w itsh
mg wali i sh-uild he cold, .van hot
Some prefer one, some iiuoih r tern
perpture. It makes but Li 1 le dilliT
slice, provided you do not change the
telnpeitihiie. for that will thi, ken liic
blunUct, milking it still" and hard. Hot
watel, however, washes them cieaiiei
Soft xvntei und the best id s..np slionid
be li-eil. If the water is hard, use n
litl le ammonia to soften it. then make
a g,.od suds with ivory ;np. soii-e
the blanket back and ioilh. tif e'"1
dow Ii. rub the soiled spot-. s.llce:'.e
but do pot vv ring hat .1 'linn p'ii it
into another -uds of the s.-i temper
attire, wii-h a- before, sipici c, then
rinse 111 the leiirest water hinted to
same temperature as the lirsl
Have a strong line, whi te the Lla'i
ket may catch all the sunshine pos-i
ble ami be well f hakeii by the wind
al-o. Throw just enough of the Llau
ki t over the line that it may be pinned
si i titely at the Upper edge. She'ili
it tiglilly and snap a few times lo -el
the wrinkles out, that il may di
st 1 nu hi.
All tins work should be d me rapi.l
Ix. lot-the blanket should not -oak
Slot.- tliiiu one blanket may be wa- be I
111 the same water. When di y th.-y
ill be 111-e ninl should be lol.b-d vel y
true and pa-ked away New laig
land Homestead
l;. , i,.e.
. - J ake one egg, one i up
f Sllgal , "lie .11 1 .1 n I ol
buttei milk, and -in t.-a
i.la , season with nut meg
Ft led ilk
and 11 hall
si-ir milk o
s I1I11I id
. nioii: u-e enough limn lo
cut nicely.
Sau-iige I'ie Line a pie-plate with.
rich putt paste, till with sail-age. nu-at
and cover with paste as for an ordinal y
pie
Hake and serve v 11 11 baked po-
tatoe
cold.
and fried apples. II 1
The sausage should not he
lean.
Sweet Apple P.elish Two gallons
nf sweet apples chopped. 1 J onions
chopped, two ipiarts ot vine-ai. one
.punt of sugar, two tablesp.., ,nf 11 Is ol
sail, two black peppers, f cloves.
two ot cinnamon, and grin,! all the
spices together. Mix and shoe two
In m is. stilling often lest they bum
Potato Cheese Put's Take 11 pint I
. -..', mashed potatoes. 1 wo table-pen
tills heaping' (d' glaled cheese ,-i! id a
beaten egg, with a ten-poonliii of but
ter. mix well, adding a -nit -pooulnl
of salt ami a dash ol peppei , put nil"
patty pans and bake ten minutes 1:1 a
.ptick oven. Turn out on a napkin
and serve hot.
Chicken Hash Chop bits of cold
boiled chicken rather tine. To ea-h
pint allow scant half pint of well
made, hot cream sauce; mix the two
together; add a tea-pooid'nl of salt, 11
tahlcspoonfill of chopped par-Icy and
11 ila-h of pepper; stand the whole
oxer hot water until well heated.
Serxe on sipnircs of nicely lna.-lcl
bread.
Kiee Until Cream four tablespoon
fills Ixxell rounded! of butter, a id
three-fourths of a cupful of castor sir
gar and four eggs well beaten. Mix
into three-fourths of a pint of limn,
two teitspooiifuls of baking powder
and six ounces of ground rice. Flavor
xv it li t he juice of a lemon; beat well,
I 1 1 1 into patty tins and bake limn ten
to fifteen minutes pi a Lri-k oven.