A:
THE WRONG CUSTOMER.
A Confiding Young Man Kuns
. Rustic and a Cyclone.
- (New York Sun
Across a
He was the greenest old man you ever
; saw. He looked around the passenger
f dach in a way to prove that he had never
entered one be fora and he sat down so
softly, and seemed to be so afraid of dam-
aging something, that all the passengers
smiled. ' . ?
By and bye ayonng man want over and
sat down beside him. This' youn.5 man
might hav been directed by filial affec
tion, and ' he might not. "Which way,
runde?" he softly asked. ,
" "ile? Oh, I' m goin' to see my darter in
Connecticut.''
'.'Ever travel much?'
1'Thii is tha first time I wai ever on the
Jceers. I've ariv on seventeen miie . wilu
f,h oxan to sea mv other ' darter, but oxea
ff Vhaint no comparison to thase keers."
'" "I should say nob. It takes a lot of money
to go to Connecticut and back."
,' "Drefful lot, bub I jist sold the farm, you
r know." ' " '
VI presume you could cbaage a $100 bill
for me?"
"Oh, jist as well as not." V '
'I may want you ty by and by. This is
good weather, eh?"
"Strordinary waather fur fall. James
; , has been worried about his corn, bat I guess
it's all safa."
Nothing further waa said for some time,
the old man looking out of the window and
. the younor man reading a paper. The traia
made a few stops, and the car was so; warm
that aftar
awhile the old man began to
nod. He fought it off f or tan
yawn and
minutes, but at last his ha ad fell back, and
his gentle snores mingled with the roar of
the wheels. '
A slim white "hani, wih tapering fingers,
restad on his lej; then it was elevated to
his breast Its touch was that of a feather.
Its movement wa3 that of a serpent creep
ing forward to strike. The fingers touchei
an old-fashioned wallst. The young man
continued to read, and the oi l man slept
on. Inch by inch the wallet was lifted
from it3 snug resting place, and the hand
was almost ready to remove it entirely
when something happened. "With a sudden
movement of his right hand the old man
pinned the interloper fast, and his-voice
was heard calling: v
"You blamed skunk! But I knowed all
the time what you were after! Where's
the conductor!"
''Tow blamed skunkF
There was a rush of passengers, and
, they found a helpless, confused pickpocket
- and an indignant, but yet elated old man.
"Consarn his pictur, but he . took me fur
-. an "ode haystack from a back medderl
Work roots on me, will ye! Sat a trap fur
me and fall into it yersaif, eh?"
Even a professional pickpocket hadn't
cheek enough. to urge a single excuse. The
fellow hadn't one blessed word to say, and
i was walked off to the baggage car to be
kicked to the platform at the next station.
"Ye see," said the old man. as ho turned
to the inquiring passengers, "I hadn' t orter
done it. When a man has been cons table,
sheriff or drover all his days, travelin' all
over and meatm' with ail sorts of folks, ha
tadn't orter play off greenhorn and break
- a young man's heart like thisi but I felt sort
o' reckless this mornin'. I must put a curb
onny sperrits; I m ge tun.', too old to be
play in' jokes on confidin' young men!"
The Hoi-rid Predicament of a Dainty Dnde.
Louisville Courier-Journal, i
Alfonso was a dainty dude, a member of
w that clas3 we ; should from daily wear ex
xslude and pat it under glass. He could not
take a healthy breath, for like excess of
ssteam, so tightly was he squaezed beneath,
twould open every seam. He had his cane
'tied to his hand with dainty silken string;
if it should drop and he should bond 'twould
ruin everything. He reached a massive
garden wall, a foliage hid retreat; was just
about to give a call when, falling to his
feet, a silver dollar all he had went ring
ing to the street. I will not say the dude
was mad ; the word is incomplete. Hare
was a. pretty how to do; the" dude was as
perate. He dared not bend, for well he
knew what then would be his fate. He was
: no Vanderbdt, to lose a dollar in that way.
There wasn't much for him to choose, and
time for no delay. Thra was no Arab
'there to scoff at ; his sad misery, so he mu3t
take hi3 trousars off or let the dollar lie.
Now all wag dark; no one was naar. Ah,
' shield him, shades of night! He did the
deed in trembling fear, and got his tin
all right. Bow wow? What's , that? Al
fonso knew; he'd heard that sound before.
Just as he was, like wind he fle vv ; but
througa an open door old Towser leaped.
jnads a break and caught the trousers
,t 'A ''Alfonso didn't stop to ; shake his grip
' burried fast. .The gardener calne run-
. , then 'Hi, Towser, bring it here ! Ha.
- ''J7 That duda's been here ) agaia; but this
'$ i lighty queer. Ha must have jumped
lx r trom bis clothes,- I'll bet a dollar note.
' n ase tho trousers now, I guess, for sleeves
to fix my coat." -
"If You Don't Keer."
TAtlanta Constitution l
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..There are:soma good stories toll on soma
of -tha members of the legislature. When
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one or me new iuemuen arrived ana was
sworn in: he took his seat, and the next
doorkeepers, who were thereafter stationed
at the various doors. After remaining in
his seat - until his legs got crampad and be
; rnf a-rarmZA t.hn . Tnftm'hoi
; timidly approaching' a doorkeeper, said in
a whisper: .
. vi L l say, x a use o go out u ycu
don't keer. I I won't be gone but about
ta-n Tninntfts." -
The doorkeeper let him out. Before the
session waa over , toe member learned that
he could ride home on his free pas3 and stay
a week and nobody would miss him but the
clerks, when .vainly trying to maka- sixty
or seventy men count up a constitutional
quorum. ; - ; .
"Detroit FreePress: A little Delaware girl
was compell ed to don a dress to which she
' took exceptions. For a long time she sat
moping, never saying a word. "What's the
matter, dear?" " asked her mother. "Oh, 1
believe thu dress makes me bihouv'
. DAILY CHARLOTTE-OBSERVER :
.'551 The UnlTral Small TItrjr,
. v' - , 'Contemporary Review. J
NothiiiQ hurts him.
A far more divert-In t parsonage i3 your
"boy," the ir-.-n-r: .ra'ble, universal 'boy. ',.. 1
cffcen come upcii -im grazing : in the most
promiscuous manner ttpoa the heath. Ha
goes about with a stick whacking the bushes
and - carrying his juice-smudged face in
front of bim as if. he was within his righ's.
His brown hands are all cobwebbed with
fine scratches, and down his chaek runs a
centipede scrawl showing where the bram
ble had sprunj back. Nob that he cares
much for such accidears; they are alir'fn
the day's work, and so he strides along
marauding with a fine assertion of
natural rights, which is very divert
ing. He- is human, of coursa; but
all the same, .he move3 in a queer
little world of his own. Gown-up folk in
general he regards as a discipline, and not
friendly on the whole to hi3 personal in
terests. His parents are necessary ; so
much is obvious to him. But they have
extraordinary ' ideas of right and wrens;
theoriza preposterously on wet feet and
holes in trousers, and held unaccountabla
opinions abous school and ihe washing of
laces and hands. He fubmAs to all this as
far as ha must, and consoles himself with
the reflection that some da he will be old
enough to do without parents, and then he
will not wash his face oitener than he
chooser nor go to school. In the mean time-
he plays truant as frequently a3 he can. and
especially when autumn, with her mellow
ing finders, has been busy among: the wild
fruit, is he fouad afield. What a happy
little wretch ic is! Everything about him
excites him to activity; everything affords
him pleasure. Whistling, throwing stones,
chasing butterflies, eating - blackberries,
he wanders about, a thoroughly care-.
less, irresponsible, gladsome urchin.
in o tinner Hurts him. lie triumpns over
the miscellaneous . food he crams him
self with: comas ud smilin? after
every severe accident. His body is all
elastic and hinsces, and it does not matter
much how he tumbles. There is one catas
trophe, however, to which he seems par
ticularly liable, and that is the wasp.
Where ha finds so many it is difficult to say-
but tha fact ra mains that ha has a positive
genius for getting stung. This demoralizes
him altogether, and he has been known to
run prodigious distances to report the ca
lamity to tiie domestic cirela, roaring all the
way. .ber one thing, the wasp is, lik the j
boy, a rummager in hedgerows; for: an
other, it is very fond of blackberries.
Moreover, it-is givan to concealing itself.
especially in fruit, and as the urchin, with
sweet trustfulness m things in general,
seems to think it a reflection upon provi
dence tnas na snouia examine what he is
going to eat before ha put3 it in hi3 mouth.
ne dees not, as a rule, detact tha insect
upon the berry or insida tha plum till it is
too late, and the wasp has made its pro
test. The boy's confidence in nature is so
complete, so genarous, that ha disdains
anytnine: that lias the apt?aranca of cau
tion, and when one sees him in the middle
of a bramble bush, picking with both
hands, anl popping in the berries without
the leas; examination, it i3 perfectly'awful
to think of tha entomological od is and
ends that ha must consume in tha course of
a day 's debauch.
. The Hell Gate Explosion.
Life.
From a scientific point of .view, the blow
ing up of Flood rock was as great a success
as it3 engineers could have wished. Not
only was tha rock completely shattered, but
many curious phenomena as to the traveling
capacity of shakes were discovered. Gen
tlemen of undoubted veracity, and of so far
advanced a stage of scientific culture as to
be able to distinguish an earthquake from
the fall of a roller skater, were stationed at
various points along the road from this
city to Boston, with instrtictiom to report
tha exact time at which the vibration
ra'phaH thorn
At New Haven the shock was felt twelve
minute3 before the explosion took place, a
fact which is vouched for by a celebrated
shakeologisfc, notwithstanding the equally
positive declaration of others that a furni
ture van passed hi3 house at the same mo
ment. , .
At Hartford it wast felt at 11:23 by one
scientist, and at 11:20 by anotaer. The
phenomenon about this is that each observer
is prepared to take his solemn oath that his
watch was and is right. ;
At various other points on the road equally
astonishing phenomena were observed, A.t
Springfield a gentloman who had been
afflicted with theagua for twenty-five years
i3 prepared to affirm that the shake reached
r- A T . , 1 a 1
mm nve minutes Deiore meauvermsea uoux.
and hasa' t left him since.
The Economic Deacon.
. Boston Globe. ' , i . . ;
At a recent meeting in Boston to raise
funds for the support of Parnall the follow
ing anecdote was related of a pious deacon
at a church meeting. ;The deacon got up
on the platform to advocate repairing the
church and opening a subscription therefor.
A good many members wished to tear down
the church and bmii a new one. Je was
of an economic tarn of mind and ha said:
"No. let us repair tha old church instead of
sroinar to such a bisr expense, and I subscribe
5 for that nurpose." Just as he had said
thosa word3 the ceiling fell down and struck
hjm on the head. , Me -looKea up, saw ine
very damaged condition Jn which, "the . old
church was. and was gen ero Oily - struck,
and in a moment said i 'I:will subscribe
50." - Whereupon - a pious member said:
"Oh, good Lord, hit him again." ,. f
An Artless CUIId.
fArkansaw Traveler.
Town woman (to honest farmer) Are you
sure these chickens are iresni
Honest farmer Oh. yes, mum: 1 klued
'em this nwniinff.' i ' " - "
ArtlAS formnr hnv J-VnU didn' t Klil ttUS
old hen, pap, for she' died ' while we was
eatin' supper. .
Evans villa Argus: An exchange says that
a folded no wsnn rtnr nl ncfld under the coat
in the small of tha back i an excellent sub
stitute for an overcoat. Now 13 toe wme w
subscribe. s
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