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VOL. XIX.
P1TTSBOKO, CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAKCH 4, 1897
NO. 27.
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Ml
THE TOSS OF
Story of My Experience with Two Lovers.
BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS, JR.
t.F.ITFR NO. .- (Continued.)
There was a tinge of respect In that
"my" of lils by which I was strangely
giatiiied. Well, na si)on as they were
i o.nfortaMv fixe 1. there followed strolls
in the park, reminiscences of our ehild
I .nod days, talcs of fighting, encomiums
upon tho land of thu sun, of the desert,
of tlio oasis, horses fleet os tho wind
mid supple us tho waves, days robed In
Minding sunlight, nights clad In bluo
mi immediate friendship, complete and
TIIEHE FOLLOWED FTBOIXS IN THE PARK.
IruMful. Not a shadow of any raontnl
trickery, neithoron his part nor on mine.
We wero cousins, we were brother and
sister. Of his fother, left behind and
watching over his extensive vineyards,
Reno spoke with tho tenderness of a
rhild, and littlo by little I came upon
the? gentleness and sweetness of o young
girl hidden uwsy In the character of this
I'.edouln. Shall 1 tell vcu exactly what
1 discovered? It Is this: lit all the
glimpse of his life, whieh up to the pres
ent lias ben that of a true soldier de
voted to his profession, 1 don't Pen any
p'aee for a .woman. He has never been
in love, that's certain. I fee it, 1 foel
it. Tor ten years he's thirty now it's
teen his custom to keep a journal. I
naked him to let me see it. Ho promised
to do so without the slightest hesitation.
Think of II, dear Blanche, a man of
thirty, nn oflloer being able to hand tho
daily record of his life to a young girl to
read! He only had his diary of the cur
rent year with him.
'It's fortuuatn," i-oid he. "for you'd be
lord to death if you attempted lo read
many of these books. FiHed as they are
with a constant recurrence of the amo
subject, you'd find them insufferably
monotonous," J
1 was anxious to look the book
through at inee. Would there be a
mention of mo? Why this curiosity on
my part? Ho sets down everything, so
there must be something about bin com
ing lo sco us. How would he express
himself?
1'nder date of .Tune 13 I found this:
"Yesterday mother received a letter
frnni Madame de-Marias. Her daugh
ter niu -t bo a very pretty girl if she lias
fulfilled the pronil.-o she gave ten years
ago. "
Farther along, under the date of his
arrival, June 21, 1 found this:
"Adiienno is a very pretty girl, and
very intellectual, too, and very kind."
That's all I fo1 nd, Blanche. 1 wish
there had been more. I had told Casi
mir of my cousin's expected arrival. Ii
hud talked about lilm as if he were a' big i
boy, not very bright, in fact, a mere
nobody. You would have lauirhcd if vou
could have seen his loo'.i of ustonish
ment, of disappointment, when tho two
no n iame face to face. I hadn't told
him of tho transformation which had
surpiised mo. Why didn't I tell him? I
CHti't say; possibly I didu't want him to
know that 1 had seen any change. 1
didn't want to seem to have taken any
particular notice of Rove.
"Tho pn fession of arms has benefited
your cousin very much," remarked Casi
mir. "He has become a very handsome
fellow, and bears very littleresembliiueo
to yi ur description. "
"He has been very 111," I stammered.
"That makes him the more Interest
ing." he made answer slowly, and as ho
uttered these words Casimir looked
steadily into my eyes. His tilled with
CA'Inc.s. 1 had almost said tears. I
yearned to throw my arms around his
neck, so thankful was I to him for this
involuntaiy display of jealousy. I
wanted to say to him:
"Are you out of your wits? Can you
suppose that liene seemed to mo any
more than a playmate of my childhood,
a relative seen after long absence?"
Hut I held my peace. Something told
m? tha that was the best. I even ap
peared a little nettled by his remark,
but In manner only. After all. I was
not engaged U Casimir; ho had no
right to make such a remark. The
more so or the less so, as Rene himself,
after tho presentation, had shown the
keenest discernment and the greatest
delicacy.
"Cousin," he had said to mo, "there's
no need of seeing you and M. do Ville
long together for any length of time
without being able to prodict a mar
riage. I must say he Impresses me as a
most thorough gentleman."
"You are in error!"
"He is not a thorough gontleman?"
"dh, yes; t ut there is no question of
any marriage."
Why diil 1 tell this falsehood? What
Impulse lei mo to utter it? I was under
n obligation to make Reno my confi
dant, but 1 felt that tho moment h
guessed the truth I would Iks in honor
bound not to deny it to Casimir. 1 was
ashamed of myself. I turned abruptly
away from Rene. 1 hurried to my room.
I burst into tears. I can writo no more
now. (iol help me! Would that you
were here, Blanche!
LETTER. NO.
SAME TO samp;
When I left my room the next, morn
ing, dear Blanche, I had made up my
mind to one thing It was to say to
mamma that she might authorize Casi
mir t ask for my hand. It was tho only '
thln I could do to make atonement to
my own conscience for the rowanily
B,.t yes, there's no other word for it f
which I had committed. It was neccs- i
eary for mo to punish myself at once.
A COPPER.
Why punish myself? Would my becom
ing Casimir's wlfo be a puiilHlinient'J
V.'nat Juggling with words wus this? I
was deeply agitated, dissatisfied with
Casimir, with Iteno, witli myself abovo
all, for tho two others were quite Inno
cent. Casimir loved rao and was jealous.
He was afraid ho was going to loso me.
Ho let mo see it; it was very natural
he should. Reno had guossed our lovo,
divined our Intentious. Ho had told rao
so frankly. He praised tho man that I
was In love with. Why shouldn't ho,
since ho wasn't In love with mo him
self? Why should he lovo me? Ho
hud other things to do. Ho was to re
turn to Africa to light, to stop some bit
of murderous lead, while Casimir and I
were amusing ourselves at tho opera.
I must confess somo men really do
deserve credit. Look at this young man
of thirty, a handsome, Intelligent fel
low, lighting out there in No Man's
Land, just escaping death in a hospital
ward, and perfectly satisfied to come
and spend his sick leave with his mother
like a simple college boy at our country
home! No woman is in his llfo. No,
not one! Ho receives no letters, ho
writes nono. Ho will eoon join his regi
ment to begin anew a llfo of fatigue,
obedience, toll, devotion, renunciation,
to ond in Rotting shot in some out-of-t no
way corner, and dying like an animal,
without careful attention, without tender
nursing. Isn't it admirable?
1 could not bring mysolf to ask mamma
to authorizo Casimir to propose. Hut I
did the next best thing. As ho only
came out to the country twice a week,
I found out a way to have him thoro
all the time. I told Bene freely and
frankly everything in regard to my in
tention of marrying Casimir, and by
so doing 1 made It possible for me to
talk about him at any and all times, just
as If he wero present, I know 1 cou'.d
trust Reno, that he wouldn't mention it
either to m a rum a. or to his mother.
Wasn't I right In doing so? Suppose my
ninrrlngo shouldn't take place an ab
surd supposition, hut everything is pos
sible, Hone's lips would be pealed for
ever. In thus making a confidant of my
cousin I would have tho satisfaction of
seeing how ho took It what effect it
had upon him for whilo out walking
tho day beforo with his mother, who
was absolutely ignorant of my intent,
she had let drop certain words, from
which I conclu led that sho was feeling
how the land lay, as the expression is.
I reignort not to understand. Could sho
have had, thought I, somo scheme in
"a,B ll n- ulouP 11 BOt
VI?PW u, h",s vls,,ln
'"I"" I'o'vorythin
ith her son?
thing would bo to
noP T, n ' ,, ',,,,
it not be more loyal' Hut all tills tlmo
Hi,s uuw "r "n'" "
Keep an eye mi nun, 10 ouscrve now no
acted. If I was ever in his thoughts he
must have had splendid control over
himself. Ho tlidn t draw a muscle. Ho
thanked mo for my eonfidoneo in him,
and asko.l me to preserve it. always ami
under all circumstances, Under all cir
cumstances? Did ho foresee something
which I did not? Did lm have a differ
ent opinion from mo in regard to Casi
mir? I made up my mind to observe him
very closely when they wero together,
to see if ho ninnifestod any spite, auy
coolno-s.
He grasped hi hand with genuine
cordiality, and from tho moment ho
learned of my affection for Casimir be
appeared to take tho greatest interest in
him. It's quite likely that he has never
1,1 th,"8h' "Ul1 'I"1' ,,nc..iHt"ot
in his mother's scheme at all; that ho
looks upon mo as his littlo cousin, as a
little girl, in fa-t.
Meanwhile I'm delighted with the
effect of my frankness. Casimir has
completely gotten over his alarm and is
perfectly at ease with Rene. They've
becomo the I est of friends, and take
TAKE HEAL I'l.EASlnK IN BEING TOOLTUEH,
real pleasure in being together. And
so we three pass our time walking, talk
ing and riding. Rene is a fine artist,
and Casimir Is a good musician. Now
that Rene Is with us thero was no rea
son why Casimir should keep up his
fixed ana official visits, and so mamma
invited him to come and spend a fort
night with us. "And. in the mean
time," said she, "I shall, as occasion
offers, let our friends know the truth of
tho matter."
But, dear Blanche, I have asked for a
delay. My soul is so deeply and mys
teriously enraptured as 1 am, that is,
when I don't get terror-stricken at my
position. I protest to you that Reno
has not made Casimir lose in my eyes,
but still Casimir's rights have not
blinded me as to Rene's qualities.
When one of them Is away I lack some
thing. How shall I express myself?
They are complementary to one an
other. One is light, the other is dark;
one is a Parisian full of wit, tho other
is nn Oriental full of melancholy; both
aro handsome, brave, intelligent, re
flued. Need I assure you. Blanche,
that if I had been Casimir's wife be
fore Rene arrived I should not have
glanced at my cousin, for I'm quite
sure of my own honesty; or had I been
Renc'a wlfo I shouldn't have noted
Cusimir. To sum up. dearest. Incred
ible as it may seem, I'm as happy with
one as with the other, but when they
are both with me my happiness is much
greater. es, it is perfect.
When I am alone at night I Interro-
gate myself. I prove myself; I attempt
to compare those two beings. I see
them In no uncertain light, but Just as
they are, completely different, but
equally full of tenderness and sym
pathy. I resolved last night to fall
asleep whilo all my thoughts wore with
Casimir, ami I succeeded, but I dreamt
of Reno all night long. In a word, dear
lilunclie, give ear but keep my secret:
I lovo two men, and say it I must, I
lovo one as well as the other. It's
monstrous! At times 1 wish that somo
deadly ailment might come upon me to
get me out of this tangle. Have pity
on me, dearest, and tell me what to dn
You know.
LETTER NO. S,
pt.ANrrtc to AuniENNfc (Unturn mall.)
Since yon lovo one as well a you do
the other, toss up a copper! Marry the
MAPHV THE ONE CUAN1B SELECTS.
one chance selects for you. You will
probably regret tho other up to tho
morning of your marriage. You won't
think of him alter that. Kisses and
consolation from your old school friend,
BlANCUE.
LETTISH KO. fl.
AiililKSNK 10 HLAM.'ltS.
Now I know what I've always sus
pected, that you never loved M. do
Gressan. I'm as suro of it now as if
your heart wero open before me and I
could look into its very depths. It all
dawns upon me now tho expression of
your cold, steel-gray eyes when he
showorod pet names upon you or cov
ered your hands with kisses, that terri
ble look of indiffornnco when he encir
cled you with his arm, that calmness at
his coming and his going, that marble
composure the day the news came that
he had been challenged and must,
fight. All, al'., It all breaks upon
mo with tho hard, harsh glare
of reality after somo delicious dream is
ended. No, you never loved M. do
(Iressnn, you havo never loved any man,
or you would not have written mo such
words. No one can jest at love who
has ever felt its terrible dignity, its aw
ful seriousness, its dread solemnity. I
can well Imagine a person smiling at
the news of tiie loss of a fortune, 1 can
even conceive of a dying person being
so frivolous as to push the holy sacra
ment aside with ribald epithet, but I
cannot imagine n woman who has ever
truly loved a man as jesting over the
pang of a sister. No, Blanche, like the
eyeless fish of tho black waters of somo
subterranean lake, tho glory of tho sun
shine is lost upon you! I love you still,
dear Blanche. I always shall love you,
but you're not tho woman I stand in
need of just at present. Many thanks
for tho suggestion, but I never carry
copper coin in my portenionnaio.
I.ETLEK NO. 7.
SAME to son:.
Well, dear Blanche, it's nil settled,
and settled, I believe, by a gracious and
ail-wiso 1'rovidt.neo, which takes far
more intorest in tho affairs of this world
than sueh scoffers as you are would fain
admit. Now that It Is all history. I'll
play the historian and give you a plain
recital without word or comment. You
no doubt remember my telling you of
tho genuine friendship which spraug up
between Casimir and Rene. The more
they saw of each other the more they
liked each other, and would you believe
it, 1 was often obliged to send a servant
the second time to call them when I was
waiting for their escort, so fond did they
becomo of each other's society. Duo
morning, to my great surprise, Casimir
didn't make his appearance, although
thu post brought both of us letters.
When I say both of us I mean that thero
was a letter for Rem, too, as ho and
Casimir wero to go hunting that after
noon. Tho day was chilly, and there was a
firo burning on the hearth. Reno was
standing leaning on tho mantel when
tho servant handed him Casimir's let
ter. I took no note of him I was so
eagerly deciphering my letter from
Casimir, who, by tho way, wiites awful
scrawls. The letter was very tender.
A sudden business engagement had
interfered to prevent his coming. It
was full of those sweet nothings which
a woman so loves to get from the man
who is dear to her. I wanted to press
It to my lips, but I was ashamed no,
unwilling to hurt Reno's feelings so
needlessly. But suddenly, as I glanced
at him, 1 was startled by tho change
that had taken place in his face. It was
as if his ohl ailment had come back
upon him, and I thought it bad. He
was deathly pale, and his hands trem
bled as ho toie up Casimir's letter and
threw it into the lire.
"Rene!'' I exclaimed, springing to
ward him, "you'ro ill. Let me call ono
of tho servants."
"No, no, e 'tisln," ho stammered; "it's
absolutely nothing. I'll bo better in a
moment. Como to think, I'll go anil
take somo of my medicine and join you
later."
Tho moment tho door dosed behind
him a sirango chill camo over me. I
steppod toward tho fire. There lay
Casimir's note, only half burned. An
irresistiblo impulse prompted mo to
stoop and pick it up. What romainod
uncharred read ns follows:
"Old Chappie; You and cruel indeed
intended to sweetheart, but can't re
fuse you keep seat beside tho divino
tioija."
As I read the words the cold perspira
tion started out on my brow, my limbs
bent under me; I came near falling.
"Great heavens," I whispered, "can It
lie possible that Casimir is decoying
Rene to Paris? Oh, no, that would be
too terrible; it must be that in his hasto
he has put th wrong letter in tho en
velope addressed to Rene."
Rene now made his appearance qulto
himself again. I thrust tho remnants
of tho letter into my pocket and we
went out for a ride. Once in the open
air his gayety and good humor came
back to him. Once or twice I turned
the conversation to Casimir's failure t'o
keep his engagomont.
"Oh, cousin," said he, "It's ol no im
portance; wo bhnll havo him (o mor
row. '
After dinner wo all strolled out on
tho terrace, but after half an hour or so
mamma ami a int complained of the dew
and went in. Reno pnd 1 were left
alone. Tho night was wonderously
beautiful. Wo talkod of many things.
In stooping to pick up my fan his face
came so close to initio that 1 felt tho
warmth of his breath on my check. Our
hands touched. It seemed as if the
world was slipping away beneath me;
that terrible letter burned upon my in
ward sijdit in letters of fire. J clung to
Reno's hand as if I wero drowning and
It wero hold out to mo.
"Rene," I whispored, "Rone, you re
join your regiment next week; we may
never see each other again. Have you
nothing to say to me?"
"Yes, yes, cousin," ho replied, speak
ing with' great difficulty. "Casimir will
make you very happy, fled bli ss you
both!" And springing up, ho seized mo
by tho hand and dragged me toward tho
house.
Tho next morning mamma came to
my room beforo I was dressed. Sho
was greally agitated.
"My darling," she fairly gasped, "I
have sent a messenger to M. do Yille
lung requesting him to discontinue his
visits."
"Discontinue his visits?" I exclaimed
in mock surprise.
"Yes, my child,'' she continued, I
have positive evidence that he attended
a dinner given at Hie Cafe Anglais last
night to Hint infamous Oioja."
LK.TTKK NO. 8.
CAPiMin to hkne. (Three months Inter, i
lH:An Rhni:: It was the best thing
for me to do. I felt that Adrienne loved
you better than me, and 1 knew that you
wero moro worthy of her. God bless
you. dear boy. I shall get well of tho
hurt when I hoar how happy you both
ore
the f.mv
Cnpyrtjdit. lsfl.
A 'os'ly Mistake.
Queen Victoria is s;iirl to have a
(rrcat fondness for pearls. Sho has
taken care that all her daughters
shall have fine pearl necklaces. One
of her llrst purchases, after the birth
of each, has been two or three pearls,
and every year, tinlil their marriage,
she has added a pearl or two to her
stock until the necklace she roiuired
was ready. In tills quiet, economical
way she had been enabled to make
up alums! a complete rope of pearls
for each of the princesses, and those,
who have seen t he necklaces at court,
say that the daughters are, so far as
pearls go, well supplied with jewelry.
Some years ago her Majesty boughl
from a well-known London jeweler
three very valuable pearls, the united
enst of which was not far short of live
hundred pounds. A little while after
the purchase had been made, the
merchant was surprised to receive a
letter from a lady at court, which
read: "The Queen wishes very much
to know whether pearls will burn."
The reply to this somewhat tartly
soii-n t i lie inquiry was an assurance
that if her Majesty wished to oxy
genize pearls for her amusement she
would llnd that they would burn in
an ordinary lire. The rejoinder
brought the secret to light. The
(juoen had placed the pearls nn her
writ in,; desk, wrapped in a piece of
tissue-paper. As she wus writing one
morning she used the tissue-paper to
wipe her pen, and then threw it into
the lire. The pearls, all unobserved,
went with it. The ashes of the grate
were, searched for them in vain.
They had been destroyed so utterly
as to leave no trace. The Queen
with her own hands had cast, three
splendid jewels, worth inure than the
average income of her middle-class
subjects, into the blaze.
I r is easy to get a medical opinion
of any sort; but it is likely that those,
doctors wlin assert that hydrophobia
is ;m imaginary disorder are correct.
Man is an imaginative creature, and
the dog, being so intelligent a beast,
is doubtless equally imaginative,
lit it li man and dog imagine them
selves into hydrophobia; not to men
tion the horse, which knows so much
that it, too, is liable to imaginary
disorders. The cow, however, is stu
pid, and it is impossible to say how
hydrophobia develops in her. No
doubt science will sometime lift the
veil as to Sukey's tendency to the
terrible disease. Popular education
as to hydrophobia has been greatly
neglected. If some eminent phys
ician would seat himself on the route
of a rabid dog, and take a few bites,
just to show how much the imagina
tion misleads men. he would do a
great deal toward educating the
people.
Canada is childish. The Imagina
tion which could bring forth such a
ridiculous scheme as that of drying
up the Detroit Hiver and the Ameri
can side of Niagara Falls, as revenge
for our Retaliation bill, needs a
mental mustard plaster ujion it right
olT. If Canada thinks that Uncle
Sam will allow her to undertake de
liberately any measures for what she
calls "handicapping American ship
ping," let her try to put them into
effect She may then be enlightened
as to the relative strength of the two
countries in such a practical fashion
that she will need no further teach
ings. The United States is in no
humor for joking or Impertinence in
refetence to this retaliation matter.
Fkom Kastern tracks como plaints
of crooked racing. Doubtless this
sort of racing is not unknown, and
yet it may be noted as a peculiar co
incidence that the plaints emanate
always from those who bet on the
horse that tlidnt win. The only
sure way to prevent the spiritual
shock accompanying financial collapse
is to refrain from betting, or in
augurate an endless series of dead
heats.
A New Yokk editor has been writ
ing an article on "The Newspaper of
the Future." lie ought to know all
about tills subject, as he lives in a
town where all the 5 o'clock editions
are on the street at 1 p. m., sharp.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Somrihing that W iU Interest the Ju
venile Members of Kver.v Household
Uuuiut Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cute ami Cunuiug Children.
Where' Mother?
Bursting in from school or play.
This is what the children bay.
Trooping, ernwding, big aud small,
Ou the threshold, ill the hall -.biiuing
in the constant cry,
l'vcr ns the days go by,
"Where's mother?"
From the weary bid of pain
This same question comes again,
Fmm the hoy wit li sparkling eyes,
Hearing homo his earliest prist;
From the bronzed and bearded son,
Perils past mid honors won
"Where's mother?"
Hardened with a lonely task,
One day we may vainly ask
For the comfort of her face,
For the rest i.f her embrace;
Let us love In r while we may;
Well for us that we can say,
"Where's niu! her?"
Mother, vltli untiriiig hands,
At the post of duty stands.
Patient, seeking not her own,
Anxious for the nod alone
Of Ihe children as they cry,
1'ver as tiie days go by,
"Where's mother?"
A Hi (title for Grandma.
''(iraudina, papa has seut you a riddle
to guess." cried two liiUo girls, bound
ing up to the porch where their grand
ma sat knitting in tne sunshine.
"A riddle. lieyV paid she. "It can't
ho a very big one If you two can carry
It. What Is it, then?"
"Ho says, 'How can Maud and I be
his sons when we are bis daughters?' "
"Well, the answer to that, riddle vi
that you cannot he hitt pons, and I'm
glad of It. I think that little daughters
are the sweetest things on earth."
"No: but. grandma, he says that we
are his sen." instated Clam.
"Well, perhaps you can make as much
noise ns sons."
"That's not the n newer, grandma,"
said Maud; "give if up?"
i;r,imlii!n made a few more gue-sso.fi,
and then gave it up.
"He nays that we are bis s-u-u-s.'
cried Clara, gleefully, "because we
make siiiishino for him. See, grand
ma V"
"Yes, 1 see," said the old lady, emiling
down at two bright little faces; "make
sons of his daughters by spoiling them
w ith a 'it." "
A Multiform Vehicle.
The accompanying cut shows what
the inventor calls a "composite vehi
cle," whlcji may be used in three or
four different ways to give children or
invalids exercise or amusement. For
example, It may readily be converted
into n wagou, a perambulator, n rock
inghorse or a swing. It is thus do
scribed in Hie Scienlilie American:
Figure .1 id a side view, as it ap
pears when used its a rocking horse,
figures 2 and .'I representing the device
with the rockers and tongue removed,
for use as a perambulator or swing. On
the main frame, as shown in figure 4,
'3
.AM;
FOR AMVH1XO CHILDREN'.
a ring-like guard piece is supported
on posts, a curved table being secured
ou the front edge of the guard piece,
while at the junction of the members
of tho frame is a seat Iniard, n detach
able foot rest being formed by hanger
ba iu.
A block simulating the head and
neck of a horse is held on the curved
table by means of a thumb screw, and
at the front of the frame Is hinged a
tongue. In depending brackets are
held caster wheels adapted to swing
and revolve as required, and the caster
wheels are adapted to be imbedded in
platen provided therefor in the frame
bars of o detachable rocker frame, thus
adapting the wheeled vehicle for use
a.s n rocking horse or chair.
To enable the device to be used ns a
swing. It is supported by cords con
nected to the main frame hy hooks and
eyes, as tdiown In figure 1.
Tin No Dead Yet."
Over a door In a house nt Kdinburgh,
Scotland, there stands the bust of a boy,
with the words, "Heave nwa, lads; I'm
no dead yet," carved in the stone alxive
It.
It tells part of the story of John
CJoddos, whose wonderful pluck, cour
age and hopefulness saved his life more
than thirty-tlve yearn ago.
In the year 1W1 n huge, rickety old
building In the Scotch city suddenly
crashed downward like the nholl of an
egg, and a number of families, among
them tin- (ieildes family, were car
ried with it and buried deep in the
waste of fallen timbers. It was it
night, and the wildest confusion reign
ed in the itroet. but above even the
cries of the people came a clear voice
from the ruins calling for help. It wns
little John (Joddes, then only 10 years
old, who had been caught between two
timbers in such a way that he was not
killed.
All uighi the rescuers worked to reach
him, and he with wonderful rluck kept
calling to them to guide and encourage
them. Finully they were almost at the
point where they had heard him call,
but his voice was stilled, and they -stopped,
asking themselves if il were too
late to save the brave little fellow after
all. John heard them, and, gathering
up all his waning strength, cried back
to them:
"Ileavo awa, lads; I'm no dead yet."
They sprang to their work with re
newed energy, and soon had him out,
not very badly hurt, but almost ex
hausted from his long imprisonment.
And the people of the city were .so
proud of the boy's bravery that the bust
was set up over the door of the now
building, which replaced the old one.
It was a brave act, but we believe
that there are many American boys
who would have equal grit under cir
cumstances just as trying.
The Kings of England.
Those who have once learned this
jingle which gives the names ot Ku
gland's kings mid queens since the
Conquest have, no doubt, found it very
iiseful. We suggest to leacliers espe
cially the helpfulness of such aids to
memory ns this old rhyme:
First William the Norman, then William
his son.
Henry. Stephen, aud Henry, then Itiuh-
nrd and John ;
Next, Henry the Thiol. Ud wards one,
two and three:
And again, after Hichnrd, ihree Henrys
we see.
Two F.dwaids, third likh.ivd, if rightly
I guess;
Two Henrys, sixth Edward, Queen Mary,
Queen Bess:
Then Jamie the Scotchman, tlieu Charles
whom they Mew,
Y'et received, nftfr Cromwell, another
Charles too.
Next, Jamie the Second ascended the
throne;
And good William and Mary together
came on.
Then Anne, (b-orges four, and fourth
William all passed:
Uod gave us Victoria nl.'iy sh" long he
the hist!
An Knemj-'M (Service.
One of the stories of the Crimean
War told by the novelist Turgenieff.
and well authenticated by existing let
ters, is peculiarly toucliing. Sergius
Ivanovitcli, a young Russian lieutenant,
was one of an attacking party which
was ordered out on a cold night to drive
a body of French from u position in
front of the Russian lines. In order to
be as free as possible iu bis movements,
the young lieutenant left, his military
cloak behind.
The French were found well posted
in the edge of a wood. A desperate
light followed nt. the end of which the
Russians were compelled to wltndraw,
leaving their dead and wounded behind
them. Among the grievously whunded
wa Sergius Ivanovitcli, and nil about
him were French wnuuded.
Sergius sutTewd worse even from the
cold than he did from his wound; and
though a bullet had penetrated his leg,
he was suro that the exposure of the
night, ratber than the wound, would
lw the end of him. tiroaulng nnd shiv
ering, he was about to examine as best
he could the wound in his leg. when
some one said in French:
"You had best let your wound alone.
Suffer, and disturb It as little ii possi
ble." Tiie Russian found that the man who
had spoken was a veteran French cap
tain, who, even worse wounded tliau
himself, lay close by.
"No doubt you are right." said Ser
vius, "but I shall perish of cold before
morning, anyway."
Then the Frenchman reproved him
for coming out in the snow without his
cloak. "Experience ha.s taught me,"
he said, "never to go out without, my
capote. Hut this time it in not likely to
save me. 1 am mortally wvumibsl."
"Oh, they will come and get you."
"No, my dear enemy. It is nil up
with me. The shot has gone deep I
shall not. last till help comes. Here,
take my cloak and wrap yourself in it
aud sleep. At your age one can sleep
anywhere."
Despite his protests the young Itus
sian felt the Frenchman's clonk laid
upou him. Exhausted, he fell asleep
under its warming Influence. Waking
in the morning, he found the French
captain dead at his side.
A Safer IMaire.
An old man was breakJng stones one
day on a country road in Wales, when
a gentleman came riding along.
"Bother these stones! Take them
out of my way." he said.
"Where can I take them to, your
honor?"
"I don't care where; take them to
hades. If you like."
"Don't you Uilnk. your honor," said
the old niau, "that I'd better take them
to heaven? They'll be less lu your
honor's way there."
Purpose of Ltfo Preservers.
It is said that ou account of their
depth and coldness the waters of Lnk"
Superior do not give up their dead. A
recent traveler there asked the captain
of n Lake Superior steamer why he
carried life-preservers, the water being
so cold that one could not long -survive
Immersion. "Oh," was the nonchalant
reply, "we carry the corks so that it
will be easier to recover our Itodies."
Superior officer Yon are accused of
sleeping on your watch. Sentinel Im
possible, sir. "Impossible? What do
you mean?" "My watch his been at
the pawnbroker's for six mouths."
Washington Times.
"Otto, you have a bad report. What
does that mean?" "Yes, iwpa; teacher
must have something ngaimt you!"
ITiegeude Blaetter.
A 'OOUISU D0U AMD HEN.
fowl und St. Bernard Frolic lAhrt
' Two CHd Chums.
WLiteslono Village, says tho Now
York World, contains tome r marlui
bio nuiiDuls.'but tho most intelligent
ono is a huge St. Hcrnnrd dog thai bo
longs to William Iliggiimon, tho archi
tect, of Fulton street. Muuy ttrau;',o
tales aro told of tho intelligence of this
dog, who nnswersto tho imuic of Duke.
Duke is beloved by the children of
tbo viljago. He escorts them to school
every '.j-orvang, and waits patiently nt
the school door until recess time, when
ho joins in with tho children iu thoir
games. No play is pleasure vu'.usa
Duko is n participant iu it.
Among Mr. Iligginsou'a possession.,
is a largo flock of fancy chickens.
Tlicso arc tho product of ono chicken
uud her mute, a hwgo bud' Cochin
rooster. Tho oD'cclion Duke has for
this hen is almost filia'. lie allows tho
hon to perch on his head and thcu
canters around tho ym-J with her.
BIIID AND DOO An CnPMS.
Whenever tho hen strays off with ber
progeny Duko corrals her from tho
rest of tho flock and drives her back
to the yard. When night comer, tho
lieu roosts upon the dog's head aud tho
two sleep together.
Tho rnos-t remarkable thing abouis
Puke and the hen is that they necni to
perfectly nnilcrstftiul ench other.
When the lieu begius to cncklo just,
previous to laying, Duko never leaves
her. Lie squills down and with his
four feet forms a neM, iu which tho
hen lays her egg. Mr. IIiggin-on hus
refused a large sum for both tbo do 3
and the but.
Now York's Coiupasltu rersonalily,
Mrs. Schuyler Van llunssoliur eon
tributes to tho Century a paper enti
tled "Places in Nov York," iu which
tho gives a picture of iutero.tiufi
phases of life in tho New World metro
polis. Mrs. Van Hcnsselacr cays :
Mora than seventy-six. per cent. nJ
those who people New York to day
wero born of foreign mothers ; mora
than forty per cent, were born ou
foreign soil themselves; and many o"
these alien-", brought from muuy dif
ferent lands, oontinue hero to live in
(lusters with their own kin utter their
inkind. Yet while each of theso
.lusters, and eueh of tbeir wamlcrin-
)ff shoots, mo.liiics the new world
(at'tropolis, ail of them together
lot destroy its cohesion, they simply
eteusil'v its curious composite sort 01
personality. They make it multifar
iously diverse, but they leave it an en
tity. They touch every portion of it
with pungent exotic flavors, but ns
flavoring aa American whole. They
p'ay their several puts in a civic liio
that is eo.-mornmic beyond tho belief
of those who have not studied it we!',
but they do not turn New York into
a cosmopolitan town ; for this menus
a town which, overwhelmed by its
etrangers, has lost, or has novtr pos
sessed, a character of its own.
Diamonds Worn on Finger-Sail.
Millionaire women, says Ilia New
York Journal, have u new eccentricity
which they arc quite su:e tiiey cau re-
T'lAMONT.S IN rrNOEr.-NAlr.fT.
servo for the r own exclusive use.
This new millionaire fad is to wear
diamonds on the tingcr-naila. Tho
new fashion, which has all tho glory
and prestiga of au invention along
more scicutitio lines, demands that
women with bank accounts long
enough to permit of this costly trifling
shall have a tiny gold cap made for
each of their lingers. From tho eap
is suspended on tho outer sido a big
diamond drop, which sparkles moit
satisfactorily, there being ono larg
sparkle for each finger-nail. Of courst
tho Bporkles are not so conspicuous as
they would be if a large number of
rings were not worn at the same time,
but society is as yet hardly ready for
tho great sacrifice which the laying ofT
ringa would entail. Some day, per
haps, the finger-nail adornments may
be allowed to rhino in undiminished
glory.
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