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A Head of flair
'"No, I suppose not," admitted Mr,;
Drano, rather dubiously. Even In his
wretohed situation he felt an extraor
dinary Interest in this yonn'g widow,
and be wondered again vaguely bow It
came that she was away from her em
ployment at daybreak. She was tapping
the ground with her foot thoughtfully,
evidently hesitating about continuing
her explanation. Mr. Drane was nat
urally curious. Circumstances bad
brought them strangely togother. What
could be better than to exohange oon
fldences? He began: .
"Ton have been so good, madam, aa
to admit the possibility of my having
seen better days. That is decidedly tho
cttse, and I mean to see better ones yet
if look in not wholly against me.". -
Then he stopped abruptly, for the
consciousness of his situation over
whelmed him, and he felt the absurdity
of confiding in a mere servant, Tho
young woman did not notice his manner.
It is you who have been good," she
said, "and you ought to know more fully
how you have befriended me. My story
Is a strange one; people do not oredlt it.
but I trust you will believe me. Let us
sit down, for I am fatigued with anxiety
and sleeplessness. .
Still this same Irritating condescen
sion from a lady's maidl Mr. Drane
thought ruefully of his bedraggled ap
pearance and admitted that appearances
justified it What becomes of the fine
"A man's a man for a' that,"
when every body estimates him by his
apparel? How can the rugamuflla main
tain his own pride when he knows that
the rest of the world is against him? Iti
Is folly to kiok against appearances, and '
what is folly is useless, and what is use-;
less should not be held; ergo, a man who
aDDcars to be a va?aboncrand disreputa
ble is a vagabond and disreputable, and
so much the worse if he stubbornly en
deavor to maintain the contrary. Such
was tho bitter train of reasoning in
dulged by Mr. Drane as he and the fair
young widow went to the bench from
which she had been driven, lor sne was
fair, notwithstanding sundry evidences
of a sleepless night, and interesting in
soito of her big oufla and lace frilL
"To begin, as a woman must, at
neither end of the story," she began
when they were seated, "you must know
that I possess immense wealth."
Mr. Drane rose quickly.
"I beg your pardon for the Interrupt
tion," he said, "but do you happen to
have any of that with you?"
"Alaet no," she replied, dismay y, -ana
that is not the worst of it"
It's as bad as it can be for the mo
ment,"" Mr. Drane insisted, as he re
sumed his soat "You see, f would have
been very glad to give you my note for
five hundred if you had it convenient".
The young woman ' looked at him
searohlngly. . .. - ,
I should be wioked if I did not de
sire to help yon, poor man," she said.
gravely, "and I trust the time may come
speedily when I shall be able to do so."
: Mr. Drane was stung, but not orushed.
' "You must understand, "he exclaimed,
"that 1 should repay It I've got plenty'
of money, that is, there's plenty be
longing to me, and I oan get it if I can
only prove my Identity." . , 1
The young woman's eyes were dilated
with wonder and donbt ', '
"Stranger she said, slowly, "for that
Is exactly my own ease. You shall tell
me your story presently. Listen to
mine. I beoame an orphan at an early
age, and until a little more than a year
ago I lived with my guardian, a warm.
friend of my father's, in iiusaio. - Afc
the time of which I am about to speak,
with some particularity I had Just at-,
tained my majority, so that I controlled .
what little property had been be-;
queathed to me. I still lived with myy
guardian, however, and had not thought-'
seriously of the fact that I was at last, !
absolutely a responsible being In the.
world. There had been some suitor i
for my hand, but to none had I shown
the le-t favor That ; they were a ,
was too slight to be a temptation.
Among them was a singular young man
of really Immense riohea. He was gen
erally credited with being the possessor
of thirteen minimis." I
"Deuoed unlucky figure,'' interposed
Mr. Drane. ,
"You shall see, said the fair nar- I
rator. "I could not bring myself to feet
towards this young man as I believe a, ;
woma ahonld towards a husband, al-t
though I had no reason to entertain any
thing but respect for his character. My
guardian pleaded with ma to make a
match so palpably desirable, but 1 eould
not consent It was while this matter
was pending that some of my associate
arranged to give an amateur theatrical
performance for the benefit of a charita
ble institution. As fortune, or perhaps
shrewd design, would have it this
wealthy young man and I were east for
opposite parts. I had plainly rejected
his proposals to me, but be would not
take no for aa answer, aad he persisted
is a quiet good-natured devotion tbat I
eould not resent, but which began to
grew irksome, until at last I feared that
I should nave to marry him la order to
be tree from Mm. I was In this half
tormented spirit when we met on algal
at a private nous for rehearsal,
"He was always Insisting that we
should go over our love scenes again
and again, and the others who under
stood tbe situation sided with him. At
the end of that evening; having teased
B as maeh as possible, no suggested
that mm oarrv the storv of our nlav to
its logical conclusion by rehearsing sly
marriage ceremony.
It s somethJlBg
illM VOW' :
- we must all oome to, he said, ' 'and I
' imagine that a fellow would feel much
better before the altar if he had learned
how to go through the motions.' The
others, silly young thlngsl were fired
with the idea and without further
thought arranged the furniture so as to
represent an altar, the chancel rail and
all that"
; "A very reprehensible proceeding, "
commented Mr. Drane. The young
woman was about to proceed when a
gray-coated officer, one of those, guardi
ans of publio parks ironically known
as "sparrow chasers," stepped up "and
addressed Mr. Drane:
"Say, yous, do you think nobody else
don't want to sit down? I let you sleep
off your jag here, see? an' it's "bout time
you moved on, see?"
Mr. Drane was about to resent tho in
terference when' the young woman
whispered:
"Say nothing and obey?"
So they rose, and followed for a mo
ment by the policeman's curious eyes,
walked along the winding path to an
other benoh, where they sat down again
"Officious impudence!" muttered Air.
Drane.
, "Never mind," said the young woman,
soothingly, "he has to do something to
earn his pay. Let me see, where was I
on the other bench?"
"At the mock ohanoel rail."
"Oh, yes; well, teased as I was I con
sented to the farce, saying that it should
be the last of my lover's nonsense that I
would endure. We went through an
absurd rigmarole, they made me say
lots of foolish things, and af the end
the young man who played the minister
insisted on kissing the bride. Then my
mock husband insisted, andoh! dear
met it was very mortifying, and until
that wretched performance was given I
had to enduro all sorts of banter and
jest Then cam o the tragedy.- A few
days after the performance my mock
husband was thrown from his carriage
and instantly killed. , Of course I was
shocked, together with his other friends,'
but yon may fmaglne my surprise when,
his will was unsealed to find that he
had left after a few minor bequests,!
all his thirteen, mill -o us to me, his;
wife!" I
"Whew!" exclaimed Mr. Drane,
softly, and ha looked hard at the
ground to conceal the' incredulity that
he knew must show itself in his eyes.
"I then learned," continued the
roung woman, "that the man who per
formed the mock ceremony was author
ized to do it in real earnest, and tbat
the - presence of witnesses and the
other features of New York law made
the marriage legal It was carried to
the courts and so decided. Behold me,
then, a widow with great wealth. The
situation was not wholly pleasant, for
people talked and suitors came in
troops. So I went abroad. Yesterday
I arrived in America again. I know
nothing of this city, and yielding to
my maid's advloe I went to the Adams
Hotel. That was In the early after
noon. ' My trunks were to follow me
this morning. Fatigued, with the
worry of landing and the waiting
for customs officers and feeling
the approach of a sick headache,
I retired. About six o'clock I awoke re
freshed to find that my maid had disap
peared with my clothing, my hand-baggage
and all my money. She had left
me what I now wear, which I was forced
to put on. The clerk of the hotel very
impudently discredited my story; said
tbat my mistress bad paid the bill and
gone, and that I was to follow her to tbe
St Cloud. He added, moreover, tbat
two games of the kind In -one day were
more than he could stand'. I was not
clear as to his moaning, but I under
stood him to refer to some man who had.
attempted to impose upon, the house
earlier in tbe day with 'a sirrilar story."
"Yes, that was me," groaned Mr.
Drane, ungrammatically.
. "Is sheer desperation," continued tbe
huurse. tVace of
napless widow, "1 went to the St
my maid. Since then I have, wandered
about most of tbe time in this park,
supperless, sleepless and, unttlxyou ln
I torposed, friendless." 1
' "Madam," said Mr. Drane, when she
had finished, "your tale Upmost in-
i teres ting.
. ever laruoi i supposes
be added, sadly " viWV
o madam, I do not say that," he
exclaimed. In confusion, tor be was
voggung oara to peueve it. 1 am not
a widower, and I have sot been robbed
by my valet, but otherwise I em la a
situation to trust your account of your
career imptlcitly. Somebody has taken
my clothing, my money, my credit, my
name, my identity from me, and"
"Hushr whispered tbe widow; "her
comes the offloer again. Let us be off
before be speaks to us."
As they walked into the street and so
out of the "sparrow-chaser's" territory,
Mr. Draae's feelings, which had been
somewhat stirred by bis companion's
recital, sank again to a level with. bis
condition. -
' "What in the world shall we dor he
asked. "I'm hungry."
"So sm I." said the widow. -I don't
know which way to turn."
At this moment hurried footsteps be
hind them caused them to face about. A I
young man in evening dress and a black
eye was coming sp with a policeman.
"That's the fellowr exclaimed the
young man, pointing at Mr. Drane. "I -
charge him with unprovoked assault"
r. Drane's heart went into bis boots
at t
tbe jrrospect of frgmb tumilitioa.
but before fie could' utter a word the
policeman bad snapped an, Iron ring
over his wrist and bad said, roughly i
"Come now, Step lively!"
' Dazed, mortified, crushed, Mr. Drane
could neither speak por move, and the
policeman drew . back his club to per
suade him into motion, but the blow
did not reach him. It raised a cruel
welt on the young, widow's wrist, and
bor voice trembled with pr.in and indig
nation as she said:'1'
. ; "Do not take this gentleman,' Mr. Of
floer! He was at fault only In defending
me against that man's' Insults. Please
let bim go." , .
"That's nonsense, of course, Tom,"
said he of the black eye. "The fellow
tried to rob me." 4-..
"Come ' now, get a move on," com
manded 1 the policeman, . giving , Mr.
Drane an uncomfortable poke in the
small of the back with his club. Mr.
Drane stumbled forward, trying to tell
his unhappy companion to pay no atten
tion to him, when she once more inter
posed, seizing the policeman by his olub
arm and imploring him to free the pris
oner. ' The policeman shook himself
free, prodded Mr.' Drane again, and said
to the young woman:
"IM Tint GRASP OF TDK LAW.
TO BE CONTINUED,
FOLLOWED THE ENEMY.
An
Incident of MacMahon's Csm
paign Against the Austrian.
A good deal has already been writ
ten around and about tho memoirs
which Marshal de MacMahon penned
for the perusal of his family. A few
unsatisfactory extracts from them
were published, here end there,
after tho marshal's doaib, and how a
military papcr.called the Sabretache,
gives a few more. They relate to
the battle of Magenta on the 4th of
June, 1859, and to tbo engagement
at Solferino, which took place the
24th of the same month. The
marshal evidently handled the sword
better than the pen, for the news ex
tracts read like tbe baldest and most
unpicturcsque ' of reports. Refer
ring to Magenta, the marshal con
scientiously enumerates the orders
which he gave to the generals of bis
command, and enlivens the narrat
ive a little by alluding to the nar
row escape ho had from fallingwith
his staff, into the hands of tbe
Austrians. He was looking for Gen.
Espinasse's division, and, while rid
ing along a plain, 'descried on his
left a line of Austrian light infantry.
Owing to the mist, tbe French leader
was taken by tbo Austrians for one ! potatoes growing therein, and others
of their own generals, and they pre- have received regular cultivation
sented arms to him. - MacMahon without being planted wilb any
and bis officers, seeing their danger, ! other crop.
galloped away as fast, as they could, I . Extensive as are these peach or
but on tbe road from Magenta to ; chords they are not the only fruit
Marcals met some of the enemy's ' trees that arc planted in large num
lancers, who were after- a piece of . bcrs. There are also orchards con
cannon leftby the Austrians la a tainfug 1,800 plums in variety, 1,000
ditch. The French general at once damsons, 4,700 apricots, 600 Japan
ordered his escort to charge tho persimmons, 7,000 quinces and cher
lancers, who retreated, thinking that ; ries, nectarines, English walnuts,
tbe attack was serious. The escort ' Italian chcstnuts and paper-shell al
was commanded by Lieut. Duboucb- j monds.
er, who was rewarded for his bravery The vineyards cover sixty acres,
in following the enemy by the deco-' which are to be extended to contain
ration of tbe Leglop of Honor. This ; 100 acres. They contain 60,000 vines,
officer was subsequently killed at 33,000 of which are in full bearing.
Solferino. The extracts published The grapes rrown on tbe Blue Widuo
with reference to tbe last-mcntionea mountains mature from ten to twen
battle only deal with a few cavalry 1 ty days earlier than those grown in
charges. Paris Cor. London Tele- the eastern stalcfc. Pittsburgh Tel-
graph.
MIUTABY BRUTALITY.
Th German Emptor's Attempts at
Suppressing It.
Tbe German army has long been
notorious lor the brutal manner In
which tbe private soldiers were
treated by tbe non-commissioned
and other officers. The system was
inaugurated by the Great Frederick,
and tbe military officers since his
day seemed unwilling to allow it to
die oat. Happily tbe present em
peror seems determined to bave none
of it His imperial rescript on the
subject forbidding any . officer to
strike bis men made some sensation
when it was issued, though it was
commonly said in army circles that
it would anon be a dead letter, . A
few recent case, proves tbe contrary. .;
A well-known offloer was recently
dismissed tbe service with ignominy
for tbe offense of striking a man in
the ranks, tbe emperor personally
indorsing tbe order for his dismissal
with a severe and cutting remark.
At Breslau a sergeant who was
charged with Ill-treating s soldier
was tried for the offense by a council
of war, was sentenced to two years'
imprisonment In a fortress, and
when bis sentence bas expired to re
join bis regiment as a soldier of the
second class. Scientific American.
A BIG FRUIT FAH1L
It Embraces 2,364 Acres on
Battle Ground.
it
Is Said to Be On of the Largest ta
the United State Forty-Five Tbon- ,
' lend Peaeb Tree la On
Orchard. , .
A dispatch from Mill ville, Va.,
says: Just across the line which di
vides Loudon county, Va., and Jef
ferson county, W. Va., and located
in the latter, is a fine fruit farm,
said to be one of the largest in the
United States east of the Rocky
mountains. This estate comprises
a little less than 2,400 acres, and is
situated on the far-famed Loudon
heights, noted for the many interest
ing events which occurred there dur
ing the late war, and rising about
1,000 feet above Harper's Ferry,
which was famous in history before
and during the war, and where there
is scenery of which President Thomas
Jefferson declared: "It i3 worth a
trip across tbe Atlantic ocean to
see." All along the Blue Ridge
mountains, to which range Loudon
heights belongs, are foothills on
which are fine flowing springs.
Tbe present owners of the estate
are 'Messrs. Charles and Louis
Becker, In the spring of 1887,
while looking for investments, tho
Messrs. Becker purchased a farm of
500 acres in this belt, and the first
season set out a peach orchard of
33,000 trees. Since then eight other
tracts have been added, and now the
Beckers' fruit farm comprises 2,304
acres in one continuous tract, and is
one of the largest fruit farms in the
world. The orchards contain 45,000
peach trees, 8,500 quince trees and
about 15,000 apricot, plum, damson
and pear trees. Of the peach trees
85,000 are in full bearing, ripening
from July to November.
Tbe method .adopted in these or
chards of "heading in" the peach
trees close to the ground is followed.
The strength that would go to main
tain three or four feet of branchless
trunk by other methods is thrown
into the very fruit producing
branches. This results in produc
ing a pyramidal-sbaped tree, with 1
strong, robust branches tbat are ca
pable of sustaining a largo yield of
fruit without bending or breaking,
os would be tho result of a like yield
on trees of ordinary growth. An
other important consideration is tho
fact that these trees are much less
affected by high winds, a feature of
much importance when the fruit
commences to get ripe enough to
pick. . .
It is a rare thing to find a peach
tree on this large farm with a trunk
six inches long from the ground to
the branches. The pruning is done
with the main object of letting in
sunlight to tbe center of tbe trees
' and to slightly check a too free
growth of some of the higher
1 branches. Tbe general plan has
; been to plow and harrow the or
' chards early in tho spring. Somo
orchards have crops of corn and
egraph.
Th Humbug of Ralnmaklng.
Now. as to the nnssihilitv of nro-
duciug nia b. artificial means. It
i is never safe to say what things are
possible and what thing are im
possible to man. What the future
may bring forth no one catcIL At
tbe present time there is no evidence
to show that even tbe smallest local
shower bas been produced artificial'
ly. Further than that, it is safe to
aay that no method of producing ar
tificial rain bas yet been publicly
proposed which suggests to one fa
miliar with the scientific principles
involved even a possibility of suc
cess. " That such attempts have re
ceived tbe official recognition and
financial support of congress is 00 ly
another evidence of the gross ignor
ance of scientific principles which is
prevalent among our so-called edu
cated men. Tbat some of the men
who advocate these wild schemes are
honest in their motives cannot be
questioned, but tbat all tbe profes
sional rainmakers are conscience
less fakirs is scarcely more question- i
able. Tbat many of them are able
to submit testimony as
to the cf-
ncacy 01 tneir system is equally true above. Lowest recorded natural
of every patent medicine fraud and I temperature ever noted, 88.6 below
electric-bealiog quack who bas ever I?ro, Fahrenheit, was taken at Wcr
swlndled an Ignorant public Pop-1 rbojansk on the nicht cf January 17,
ular Science Monthly. lS85.-St. Louis Republic ' -- .
J LONG. BOWS. '. ,',.
People Hsvs Bsen Drawing Thsm
- . from Tim Immemorial.
, The expression ''drawing a long
bow" does not of necessity mean the
telling of a falseboood. It some
times refers to a wonderful story
which may be true enough, but which
is so marvelous as to require a firm
trust in the veracity of the narrator
to enable the bearer to believe it
Some of the longest bows of this sort
have been drawn about bows and ar
rows, says the Youth's Companion.
These stories began long ago. Vir
gil.in the "iEneid," tells of four arch
ers who were shooting for a prize,
the mark being a pigeon tied by a
cord to the mast of a ship. Tbe first
man hit tbe mast, the second cut the
cord and the third shot the pigeon
as it flew away, The fourth archer,
having nothing left to shoot, drew
his bow and sent his arrow flying
toward Iho sky with such speed that
the friction of the air set the feath
ers on fire and it swept on like a
meteor, to disappear in the clouds.
That is a bow-and-arrow story
which it would be difficult for even
the most credulous to .believe.
Tho stories told of Robin Hood's
archery, Illustrated by his wonder
ful performance at Locksley in
Scott's "Ivanhoe," are also a de
cided strain upon a sensible person's
credulity. The famous story of Wil
liam Tell, doubted by many persons,
is believed by others to have a foun
dation of fact. There was a Dane
named Foke of whom the same story,
is told, and William of Cloudesley,
an Englishman, is said to have shot
an apple from his son's head merely
to show his expertness.
Most stories of bows and arrows
relate to the accurate aim of the
archers, but a Frenchman, Blaise de
Vlgenere, tells one which shows the
tremendous force with which an ar
row may be propelled if the bow is
strong and long enough. Accord
ing to his own account of tho mat
ter, he saw Barbarossa, a Turk, ad
miral of a ship called tbe Grand
Solyman, send an arrow from his
bow right through a cannon ball I
Whether the cannon ball had a
bole through it or not he neglects to
Inform us, probably not considering j
such a trifling matter worth men
tion. Perhaps the most astounding of
all stories about arrow shooting is
that of the Indians, who used to in
habit Florida. It is said that a
group of them would form
a circle.
Then one would throw an ear of In
dian corn Into the air; the rest
would shoot at it and shell it of
every grain b5fore it fell to tbe
ground. Sometimes tbe arrows
would strike so hard and fast that it
would remain suspended in the air
for several minutes and tbe cob
never fell until tbe last grain bad
been shot away.
It is such stories as this which
fully justify the use to which the
expression "drawing tho long bow"
is sometimes put.
Old Indian Mathematics,
It is remarkable to what extent
Indian mathematics enters into the
science of our time. Both tho form
and tbe spirit of the arithmetic and
algebra of modern times are essen
tially Indian and not Grecian. Think
of that most perfect of mathematical
symbolisms tho Hindoo notation;
think of tho Indian arithmetical op
orations nearly as perfect as our
own; think of their elegant algebra
ical methods, and then judgo
whether the ilrabmins on the banks
of tbe Ganges are not entitled to
some credit. '
Unfortunately, somo of the most
brilliant of Hindoo discoveries in in
determinate analysis reached Europe
too late to exercise the influence they
w6uld have exerted had they como
two or three centuries earlier. HU1
tory of Mathematics Cajori.
A Tall Company.
Six feet one and one-half inchesl
That is tbe average height of the
thirty new recruits who are now
seeking admission to Company A,
First regiment, O. N. G. The com
pany has always been noted for Its
tall men, having pow in its ranks
twenty whose heights average five
feet eleven and one-balf inches. With
tbe enlistment of these new giants
tbe ranks of Company A will be
much fuller than those of tbe aver
age company, and the average height
of its enlisted men will be six feet.
It will be, It Is claimed, tbo tallest
company in the United States.
Portland Orcgoniao. '
- .- A Cold 8pot
Werchojansk, Siberia, is tbe cold
est spot on the earth's surface. Be
low will be found a synopsis of the
report of tbe Royal Russian Weather
Service giving exact data from that
place of extreme frigidity: Mean
temperature for the year 1S93, 29 de
grees below tbe sero of Fahrenheit.
The mean for the two months of De
cember, 1892, and January, 1893, was
62 degrees below zero. Richest
ever noted. July 21, 1833, 60 degrees
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