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VOL. XXI. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11), 18011.
NO. 21.
$foc I)atl)am Rtccrfc.
Ctettom
ft POKE 0"
How Willis Farsell Secured a Wife and
a Fortune.
BY FHANKIjIX FILE.
II AIM I K II.- roiiltiiiuiil.
' Tin v wish it to be published nt once,"
lie iwplti ned, lis the other finished the
cru-al, "so lis to send copies to their
n il ii. I ', '
"tireal si p, Hurblc erieil, lllng-
in.' up lil arms, nnd then hugging tho
nun ii rii! . "Talk about, the enter
prise of metro) olltan joiiruuls! Well,
i-ir, we v.ill ci.nip. 1 ihem oneo to quote
fio'ii the Clarion. Hero. Kb, up. there!
Copy copy opy!" And when the boy
hu I ilesecmled tho fourteen steps of
the stairs witli four ot his own, clutched
ire pa:er mid oluinbrod up again, his
joyous employer shouted ufter liim.
"T ell J. hnsoii to doiible-lenil Unit, and
set I he headlines big as a vendue
o-'c; l.ei.ve ovi r anything to get
:li 'I in anything but polities or live
a V."
Tuning to l'assell, he Flapped that
I. nul rio is gciitlcu nil on both shoul-
iei.t und exclaimed: " llnn't scowl!
t rl the scorpion across tlio way
tun.'.: .l-i I:' to denth with malignant
n win n ho sees our bent, but wo
should le as guy as red bullerllics
wing ng their way anions yellow but
r. ii; .. If Woe' Ion lay wasn't t
"oi'ie I dure our next Is-u , "W it is. pro-
! ma'" mo to hades it J woiilln I put j
u nosti r o: viemry right ov.r that
lo; o i lit lO'iicle:" i
Al. th::l Iiiiiiiii lit the dour opened, mid .
Captiin i' I ianetty and Miss illowhy I
iT'cliM.
' All' this is Miss Grace Wiilowby,"
mi id the eiiitur, beaming and lowing.
' mi have 1 cell described for the Clurii.n
as i ..' v. en I tli i Clarion ne, er lies. 1.
1 1 ii:.m.i uli.te ymi, Bir." An I lie shook ;
I. mid; ru'ln t inatleiith cly with tl'l lar
le.ty, inr h:s gu.'.e w.is nbsorbelly lived
u; on the lospootivo bride, "lie seated
- :. y 1... s,.1:,.,."
I n' i" was li s iissoclntu who phfod
th I'll ,irs, and who receive I a '"I'liaiik i
;.cu" ii- .ii! Miss iili.wby. I
S i. ii dear so;-," said O'l'lnil'o'.ly, i
"yi.ii have l r.iiited our requist an I will
pi.i. i' our marriage in tlio pnsliit ismio
of your ncwsi aprrr"
"It will be on the press in an hour,"
I'm b!e I' p.icil
"Hh, be ore it has happeno.!?" Miss
Vi i.i ,v.-..y exclaiincl. ' ll'it you i-nld the
I I iiinii iioviT- never "
' Never 1. lined a fatso note or blazons
a Ii. lien, lint It Is i rompt to n. degree,
inn n.ni ii,: niinetlines to iintiolpat on,
in telling t l.o truth. As 1 uuder.siaiul it,
ymi must b Married by 1.' o'clock to
nigh., and our pa, cr will not be read
i..is.i!o ti ls ollice liefi to morn ng.
Winn's In' in My now will then be nn a.
en. ii. i shed ia.'l."
" l ut yi' i will not publish anything
nlo.it tlie iliiui.onds? That would bo
iulo i'. ly praiiialuro.''
Hi., aril ee leiatcs only thai you and
?!i.; Willi. wi.y liave eloped from l.ue
I e.-.'' l as-. Ii r. plied. Willi a tone at
iiiu. .1 lo i. aiier which the spcaUcr
He me I depU.rabt ; "that you arrived hi
1 '! s villcg yes'.erilay that is, to-day;
t hat ye-.i were wedded lust evening
!u ii I I I Una evMiing; an I Unit, in
fie it ti-.! e o the llev. .losima I'eikins.
the ccicniony was crforinc I by his
assistant, " with which tho assistant'!
Miiee lopped by a despoil lent crescen
! . inlo a sigh so deep and intern il that
t'ne o li is di i not lu ur it.
' 1 'iauiunls! liiainollds!" cjacii'ated
i nn
So they t.d 1 him all about the twenty
Hnii.'S. ii'p ut yet set in legal dilll ulty;
tha' the Wi ilo k awaited tho advice of
."trigo i urry. n .d that the fornni" was
1 h a in t e lawyer's safi",
"In our sale,'' rcnmrke.l llurblo. ' for,
like this o.liee, il Is bharoil b the .ludge
tin ! nn'. See?" lie turned tho knob or
the lock mid opened the out r door,
"iliit cno'i of us lias a private compart
no lit. title I with its own lock, the com
li.n.it ion cf which is not known to the
tdiier. Not that wo are distrustful.
'I I e Judge and tho journalist uro bond
ed I rum heart t heart, llko tho Siamese
twins Silas Tuny and Hiram ilurble
mo si and Hi In intimacy, liven now,
u' tho very cliinux of n political cam
paign, when Si is a candidate on tho
I inhibition ticket mid boomed by tho
In. i. iid and vapory apology of an opposi
tion ournnl, while Hi sounds bugle
Musis, in tlio Clarion for his defeat ii-nl
freedom's victory, nevertheless our per
sonal relations are not strained." Col.
llurblo oin oiieii.'o was spoken to Mis
iilowby, regardless of tlio two other
listeners. "We bought theso things of
hu ag.iit. ) paid for them in ndvci-tis.
in', and gave tho Judge ono on his six- j
tioth birthday about a year ago. We'ro I
nigh tho same ago."
"i Ii. you'io not sixty?" was Miss
iliowbv's gentle protest. '
"It I'm not," was tho reply, "it's be-
cau-e I'm closer to sixty-one and a '
lachoior." i
(Her Unit hardly pertlnont or praiso
w.iithy assertion ho seenied positively
gleeful, as ho gn.ed in rapt admiration
at tho inir visitor.
"How can you have so dashed all the
hopes that you must havo ratted?" Aud
she said that without so much as a sug
i;ost Ion of roguery, "l'ld you never once
full in lovo?"
"Vis ouco. So did Judge Turry
VotU with tho eaino girl, bho couldn't
makp a choice between us. After trying
lor a docn year sho Rave it up gavo
us up and married a Massachusetts
in in. As it might havo been, SI and I
were sure to be enemies till denth. As
J; was, w. loennio sympathetic friends
! 'i-life, l ut I was tolling you about
t . so boxes. Tho locks art irado to be
het on four loiters. You couldn't hit on
tli con.binitii.n in thousands of thou
mnds of limes trying. The Judge says
Lo avouI 1 bo sure to forget his it.it
wasn't lied In His memory by a uiomor
nolo suiceet. So the diamonds aro quite
6.i'i in 'ho ludgo's box."
i.urbie shuf and locked the do ir of
tiie ale.
Ani vou're thinking, sor," iaid
(V riiiri-elly to l'assell, "that the Judge
v. i.'i not come in till evening' '
lie his polio to a mass meeting
vh eh v.i'l rot be over until nightfall.''
v. -s Ui" i. ply; "but 1 am sure ho will
V, i p i.ls . cuing appidntiiiettt lierc with
i I ,llk V'-U Then Mi-. s Willowbv
H al! 1.1!' .ill hour or so ot tohee,
1 riUirn ', miv, o'clock."
M00N8HN
E.
"I trust ho won't disappoint us," said '
Miss Willowhy demurely. "1 must be
niiirrlod before midnight, you know."
In the gardi n of Colonel liurblo's
In petal fancy many acorns of fortune '
ha i been planted, with never ono to '
gro v Into an onk of Wealth, liut tho
t it .yant man was ready to tako another ,
ciianco. ti this delicious heiress should j
fomohow liii'l t i'1'larro ty unavailable,
nn l yet should absolutely require a '.
bridegroom before midnight, well I
She interrupted his thoughts, but did
not at all disconcert Ids scheme, by i
asking: "And what was the name of tlio j
lady whom vou and tho Judge jointly
loved:"
"Oh, sho is only a memory "
" llul ber naiuo: '
"Doiolhea."
As Miss Willowbv bowed herself out
of the ollh o her last glance at liurble
was mischievous, an 1 lie took il for en- ;
i ouragcnieni; but v hat she was men-.
t,i ly saying to herself was this; "l.ih. It
is fun to Und out things on the sly.
Now. the 'memory' t which the Judge
i-et the combination lock was the woman ;
he loved. Her name was liorothoa. Ko I
the lour letters are in l-o-r-o-t-h-o-a. j
ot a ii an th nks ho can keep a secret. " I
s lor llurblo. he hastily climbed the j
stair, to the composing-room. I
"Johnson," In' said, "iiulocl; th.it Inst !
form. I wish to make an alteration!"
iiai n:i; in.
an issri: or t.ih i i.wims of i.iiiiiurv.
The coiiit hied offices of I'ditor Purblo
und Judge l urry remained as quiet as.
Miss Widowby had p acidly lelt them
lor the space of ten minutes, and then .
came turbulence in tlio person of tho
lawyer, who struck I lie ilooropen w.th a
blow that in" in enmity to somebody,
within. The editor bad not come down 1
from the composing room, cud it was .
Willis i'as-cll win iii tho .hi ige cncomi-
tcrc.l. The young iiinii had never seen j
anything like passion in t nisi member of j
tils tripaitdo chiefs, and ho was too;
uniii. oil to inquire nl out I'.; but not j
long was he left uninformed as to the !
object or subject of oholer. j
" Vou S' linii'lrel!" the Judge exclaim-
ed. "Vou hireling of the opposition!
Vou traitor in my camp! i h. don't
look surprised. You mu t know what
vou w'oto In the speech for old Sain
Hillings to deliv. r al the mass iiieot.ng.
lull w. io lii iut into that solid old
inrii.ei's ii.oulh a pb a for prohibition
a pauegyri" on my Illness for a return
t tho judicial l ench. Aware of all
that, .Mill c.n Imagine ihe effect when
oil Hillings ici l a p!o.i for personal
liberty in bev erages, and a virulent at
tack on me as an ei en.y of I In' inherent
rights of freemen. I could have killo 1
Sam Hillings, and I think I Wouhl have
slaughtered him on the spot if judicial
experience had not Inclined mo to mod
eration. Hut 1 secured the manuscript,
sir. and lo re It 1- in your own unde
niable linn Iwrighting."
"Hood Imaveus!" cried l'assell, in
stantly comprehending tho di-aster
which ha I arisen from his contused ;
i-tale of mind. "Why, that's an article j
I wrote lor tho clarion. 1 must have 1
mu lo a horriHo blunder." I
"llniriblc. indeed, but blunders are
crimes in a political campaign.''
"What can 1 do?''
"You can take your punishment, yo'ing i
gentletii.il, If this thing defeats me. I
Tho l enaltv happens to be mine to m-
diet, sir. and down you go if I do. You j
vroto the verses that a woman in tho .
Frolic Hurlcsquo Company Is going tj I
sing at the Opera House to-night; didn't
your "
"In my capacity as as-ociato editor of
the Clarion, yes; but w.lh a pledge of
profound secrecy from the inauii,'i-r. "
' Well, in my i apa ity as lawyer, tho
matiagor consulted me as to whether
those verses were libelous. They
touched upon the scandal in tho church
cli"ir. you know "
"Yes, 1 know with the refrain.
'That is what a naughty echo said
to me!' "
"The naughty echo says to mo that, if
I am not elected, the ussocialo pnstor
will tm exposed to all the awlul conse
quences ot that composition.
At this juncture Colonel llurblo camo
downstairs. His descent was noisier
than had bt en usual with even that tu
multuous Individual, and tho manner of
h.s entrance, before ho had spoken u
word, informed Fassoll that another third
of tho accident hud occurred. Hut it
was upon tlio agitated -ludge Purry thut
Hurblo bestowed ids lirst outburst of
rage.
"So you've attempted a trick on your
bosom friend, Si? " he tinned nnd snorted.
"You'vo bribe I my associate lo smuggle
a violent prohibition article into the
Clarion making me say editorially that
you're angelically right, and I'm demo
niacally wrong.''
"Slowly, Hi, and calmly. Hi," the now
steadied lawyer said. "How about my
associate supplying to one of my idiot
Ui'V .AJT .T
orators a liariingu
me? '
' Gentlemen," the culprit pleaded, "il
was a purely ueehh n'u! c.v hai.u'eof man- j
usenpts. i w is muddied I y this elnpe- j
nient by the arrival of a lady otue a ,
sweetheart of mine by tho duty of i
huv ing to perform th" ceremony making j
her i tie wile of inn. '.her ." 1
What is she to Vou.'" Hurblo eplo- I
sivoly demanded Nothing. Andoon't
A imik ox voin bosom ikilm. "
lo deliver against j
Jet mo seo you trying to make her nny-
thing to you. I will forgivo this ned-1
dent, though I hil l to stop the props and j
iiiuiii llw f.iriti. l..,t 1. win .....l.-.. l..i
open tho form; but if you make tlio
slightest overture or scuuiucui toward
Miss Villowl.y, I'll I'll "
ills salvation or destruction is in mv
hands," and i'urry drew from bis pocket 1
a paper, noro is mo variety snowsiing j was occupied by a struggle to ilevtso a
written by Kl lor Perkins' assocluti), way to subBtituto himself for o'l'Inr
ihyming tho scandal in tho choir, ami ret ty as tho bridegroom. No glimmer
each verse ending with 'lliat Is what a .
naughty echo said to mo! l.idcr Per
kins won't io there to say: 'We will omit,
if you please, tho first to tho lust stan
zas, inclusive.' They'll all be sung,
with pirouettes nnd pigeon wings. T his
original copy, In your penmanship, 'Wil
lis, will go into my safe box. Noxt day
after election you will know- your fate.
Now, you boo tho necessity or' getting
out and busti ng for tho ticket. Hi. I
exonerate you."
"Si, I hold you blameless," and tlio
editor grasped the willing hand of tho
lawyer.
But on tholr associato they frowned in
unison, while ho stood gloomily silent,
with one hand clasping a chair, as
though to snvo himself from being
6wept to utter destruction by his em
ployers' vengeance, and with the other
nervously clawing his beard.
"tilt, comb tho part.ng out of your
whiskers," said Vurry. "That's what
you do when you'ro going on duty for
Kl.lor Perkins."
"And it will put a ministerial aspect
on you," added I'.urble, "In readiness to
unite .Miss Wlllowby in wodloek with
this O'Flarretty or somebody.''
Tho arilelo which Kim Hillings had
spoken was ordered into hasty type lor
the delayed Clarion, and that delivered
the editor out of t ho predicament. T he
speech which Slin Jiill ngs had not
spoken was sent to tho liiinnor, to bo )
publishod therein, and that would help i
to undo tho damage w hich tho candidate j
had suffered, but tho manuscript of
the topical song was locked in 1 urry s
box. and so there wh- no rift for Willi
l'assell to see In the clouds that stornieil
over his cln.od head. He sidled out into
tlio street, and went home to a supper
u liicli he couldn't e.it.
Hurblo and Purry had no more than
watched the wreck of their i mployo
float out of sight when l'.benez. r, tho
devil, slowly descended the stairs step
by step. That unprecedented method
made tho men turn to look nt him. lie
carried carefully in his arms a small
Wooden box. Un discover ng that the
e liter was not alone, the boy turned to
reascond, being all the time particular
not to jolt the box.
"Whai'sthat, Lb?" Hurl le asko.l.
"I didn't know you wasn't alone," .- ml
F.b tried to hide tho mysterious thing
behind him.
" W hat have you there?"
"Nothing."
Hurblo caught him by tho shoulder
nnd whirled him around, whereupon he
crouched down to the floor, gingerly
holding fast to the box and saving it
from coiim-slon.
"You'll bo right sorry you made me
tell, Xlr. Hurblo afore the Jedge. You
know what I Miid? T hat there wasn't
no zlm in the paper. Tnin't my idee
that tho elopement helps out much,
nuther though it's bclter'n nothiu',
Hut here's tho zhu in this box, and
you're a si.critlcln' it." He set the box
softly on the table, and lifted the cover.
"Them's tho runniu' gear out of an old
clock. That tin cup in the corner is
full of gunpowder. "
"An infernal machine!" Hurblo ex
claimed. "l'crcxactly. Hut It ain't meant to
blow up nobody. It's jest zim for the
Clarion. It's sent in by a lolliieal
enemy. It goes off biff bang! when
not ody's here. Lots of smoke, but no
great shakes, and no particular damage.
H!g excitement though, and extra edi
tion. Immense boom for the paper.
That's what il is."
The boy was sternly commanded by
Hurblo to go I ack upstairs, and not to
say a word about his project.
"Now, Si," said P.urble, "I am going
lo prove my unimpaired affection and
never greater e-leem. That speech by
Hillings may hurt you. Hut to more
than make good for that mishap, you
shall have this infernal niie liin . Fiend
ish plot to kill a Prohibitionist! Kesent
ful sentiment aroused! Triumph at the
polls! Put it in the safe to-night, and I
have it delivered at your residence to- of curlo-lty, you know. 'Then' is tho
morrow." i open sesame."
"Hi, old man," said tho emotionally "And tho diamonds are there, dar
gralel'ul Purrv, "I thank you for this j ling?"
sacrifice. We will talk It over In tlio "They are quite safe, Sluinius."
morning. Hut could that boy be do- T ho editor and the lawyer were in a
ponded on? " . whispered dialogue, ti o. Hut Fb, the
"If he thinks a confession would send devil, no.sily interrupted tliein with a
liiiu before you, as judge, to bo sen- c. py of tho t larion, moist from th"
fenced, he won t dare to ever own up. -
All Is fair in love and war.
And political campaigning is war,
the Judge assented.
He opened the safe, and had locked
the explosive- apparatus in his private j
box along with tlio d. amends, when Miss
Y illow by slipped on a bit of snow in
entering. She was not saved by O'Flar- i
retty Ironi I'aliing, because that gentle-I
man had his eye on tho lawyer and li s
mind on tho diamonds. It was into
Hurblo' ready arms that she plunged, I
and they hugged her longer and harder :
than was absolutely needful In restor- :
lug her lithe, light person from an angle
of thirty degrees to tho perpendicular. '
Hut it was toward O'Flarretly, nnd for
his failing to grab her, that she showed j
a shale of resentment.
"oh, thank you, Mr. Hurblo." she
said; "and you. Shamus, ought to thank
him, too, for saving you the trouble of
catctinig inc."
"Me thoughts wor on tho diamonds.
darling," he said.
"It seems to me," she retorted, "that
they uro quite as dear to y u as I am.
That theory ns to In r companion's .
mixed desire to posse-s her nn 1 her
fortune was asserted Impulsively, but
it had been slowly lormcl in her
min I during the day In consequence of
his constant anxiety about the contents
ot the little leather bag. She was stir- ,
prised and nlnriued by her own words,
however, ami with tho appealing ges
ture of a wen; woman to the strong
man into whoso care sho ha I placed
herself, sho smiled feebly on her im
pending husband.
"Have .ion come to a decision, Mr
Purry'.-" ihat Individual said to the
lawyer, lulling utterly to discover the '
evidences of a revulsion Iu Miss W 11
iowby's feeing. "Is i bore, sor. any
rulson for further delay of the marriage
clremony."
".' really can discover nn," Judge
Purry replied, as the couplo took seats
wilh him inside his railing. ' "Ihe
terms of the be.,uesl. vou toil n o,
wer "
And tllt'lo be to peil, for, looking .
past his clients, he saw Hurb;.. making ;
gestures to him. The demenstratieu
was incomprehensible, however, and bo
continued "Whether or no Mist Wil
lowby is liable to prosecution on a con
structive elia.go of larceny, and vj i. I
also, cul tt''h" ns an ftid'-r and abeltoi of
her art, I con see very clearly Unit your '
case will bo hottoted bv tlio lady mar- I
rings to-day In accordance with tin; pio-
1 ill '
vision of tlio will.
llurblo could not overhear (he ndvieo
thut was being given, lie busied his
hands with opening bunch ut news
papers Just from the mail; but his mind
of a lensiblo idea Unshod from his
live Intel loci on the black prospect.
AVas this ticket in tho lottery of fortune
only nnnthcr blank? lie whs holding
TI1K COl.ONKI, nl.F.SSES TI1KM.
up a Ojiebeo journal, and making a pre- j
tense of perusal, when a headline ob
traded itself upon his comprehension. !
It belonged to a preliminary description !
of Miss Willowby's wedding, as it, had
been arranged to occur in the Canadian
capital. I
"Como here, you substituted bride-
iroom." liurblo vivaciously cried. lUnd ;
t,, interrupt the consultation. "Come
j,,.ro HU, rt.a,j how Mr. l ergus Ferguson
,ind Miss lirace Willowhy were, ere1
this, to havo stoo 1 ai. tho altar.
o'lTai rot tv went over to tho editor's 1
inclosure and was followed by Purry: j
but Miss Wiilowby r-'maiiicd seated by
the safe, l or an instant she sat ques
tioning herself who her sho had not
made a foolish exchange of bride
grooms. 'J hen she carelessly placed
her hand on the knob of th ' safe by
which sho sat. Tho door swung open,
for Purry ha I not locked it. and there,
within her roach, was the box contain
ing Uio diamonds.
Thereupon n surprising thing hap
pened. Mb-s Wil.owby thoughtfully,
curo.ully, yet with no iuih cision, tunic.
the knob of the Judge s private box
from ono loiter to another, until tie!
four loruiing the combination had been i
touched in the correct order. I he bag
of d.amoi.ds was exposed. A glance at 1
the three men c nvinced her Hint her I
act had not been soon, quickly ii'id j
noiselessly she emptied tho diamonds 1
into her pocket, replaced the bug, shut
the box, locked i', closed the door of the
safe, and remarked
"I suppose to-morrow's Issue of that
paper wilt contain tho llicht of tho
bride?"
"And the disappearance of the d a
uoiiils," laughed O' Flairetly. ex'iilant
IS'A "1 was to havo been only an oosber
at ihe weilding.
"So tuis anblo aiys," Hurblo ro
marko 1. "It alo mentionu tho oppor
tune arrival of some members of your
fandlv from Ireland. "
"In'linl.'!''
"Vou didn't expect them?" i
;)'l larrctty d.d not answer, but too
the paper out of ihe editor's hands und ;
put ii into hi - own pocket. Then ho ie- j
turueil lo Miss Wiilowby, who had seen
Ids sudden censorship of the press, ami
who now saw his suppressed ugilnti.m j
over tho published news of tho (I'Flnr-
ret ys i
"1 have been amusing myself, 'Shn-
lulls,' "she calmly whi-porcd, "by guess- j
ing a riddle. What makes you staro so?
Vou heard Colonel Hurblo tell of his:
and Judge Hurry's love of one girl.
1 hen ho said that the Judge's private '
box in this snfo was locked on four let-
tors, which tho Judge declared hu'd no
sure to forget if they were not asso- I
einted wlih a memory. I asked the
liaiiio of tho girl. It" was l orotln a.
My guess was Unit the name e. n niued
the lour letters of the combination. I
l.lkely T-h-e-a, that being pretty an I
pronounceable. 1 v just tried it nut
press, limine took it ami ran a critical
eye up and down its columns.
"l:d they spell my name correctly?"
Miss Wlllowby do imely inquired.
"They've so apt to uiako it o-u-g-li
instead of o-w-by."
"And mine?" O'Finrretty nsKed with
iirdii us gnyety.
"Well," Colonel Hurblo replied, "your
name isn't printed at n l. I made a
i hangc In tho types at the last moment.
This article says that Miss Grace Wil
lowhy. (On. bee's most beautiful and ac-eompli-hed
belle, camo to Liberty and
was married to a g. ntlein iu whom the
clitnr did not deem it advisable t
name, '
"Meaning ni". sir, of course," and
O' l lairet'y bowed in sincere gratitude.
Then, lis Wiliis Fas-ell entered, head I
ed: "Here Is the gintlo.naii who lias
kindly consulted to o'llciate. Let the
ceremony go on."
"Colonel Hurblo and I," said Judgo
Purry, vary blandly, "have had a mu-
iitiirv consultation, ami wo alviso
! delay
Thai's not to 1 e thought of, sor
"Tho fact is that the engagement Is
off altogether," said Col. Hurblo, in an
aathoiitative tone.
"Olf altogether!" Ml-s Wiilowby
faintly echoed.
'lor the reason that, if tho news
which the ciptain has i o.'keled Is cor
rect, ids wife and two children nrrtvt d
in t.'uebce yesterday."
O'Fliirretty was for a moment irreso
lute. W hen he had n. a ie un bis in. u. I
what to say. It was this: "To tho ihvU
wit "ti tho prying, meddling, cossiping
papers. i o d evening, gentlemen.
Good-by. M ss Wiilowby; aud I trust
you may be able to got a s.-iMsfnctory
inisl -and in my stead.
With th'ti he backed out of tho office,
bo A ill g.
Then Col. liurblo arose to the iim--ion.
"M .ss Willow by," he said, "i.l!
tho as, ts ot your situation po t.t to
the pos.tive necis-iiv of a hu-l an i
"Hush!" ll- be! whl-peri'd r.-sp .i-e.
'Tlou'l lool, toward the winnow or Ine
s fe-not ouo of you!" liaising to",
voice, sh-' went on "You do li"' honor,
sir, to oh. r our us-istance, hir linns'
beg at le -s: two i r i ie minuit -. d de
lay ; n' 1 mv imfo .unate ii'f.iii ,.li
Ci'i.iin ' .'I larit-tlv :s concluded. He
tool, mt' ' '"' s.ik-c of my diamonds.
He lias l .i I lo rel'uqtiisli me. l ut he
doesn't in. mi in give up the fortune If
In- can prev. nt It lv n desperate ox-
ph.it." Alter u furtive t;liin o ami
,1... .
tin- room she i out lined: I mid Inm
how lo open the Judge's dux. Ii can I
w.-he I to tost his In n sty. Ho has this
in-aunt gon out through that w.n.lo.v,
Into which he. ha 1 we nked, and is lio.v
escaping won my n i.
"(ill, we must cap
him?" Jin ilj' t
crb d.
" No, n ," sh coolly commanded. "1
am too luckily rid of him to ever wish to
have him brought bucU,"
' Hut tl.e diamonds?"
"Oh, they have 1 otlieiv. ) nc enough
alreii ly.
"Hut their loss loir, os you p nniles. "
And Ilurble was elo iienl ns his own
s.-heme began to dissolve inlo naught.
"If wo ran recover ti.ein a husband can
instantly be m.ileriuli.ed.'
"Without them!" And now It was
Willis l a-sell, suddenly resolute, who
spoko. "Miss i lowl.y is Ui" same
dear young lady wh on I wooed at Sew
Haven live years ago, and to whom !
now venture to offer myself ng.iin."
"And she accepis vol," washer reply.
"In lion, sty 1 must confess," l'assell
went on, "that a cloud ban :s over n o."
Ho meant Hi" topic 1 1 veis. s, which
were in tho Judges box. "Not until
after next Tue-day's ele t.oii shall I
know whether s nislune oi storm is to
follow the cloud, but ''
The cloud was disi oiled with an ex
plosion like a thunderbolt. The door
of the sale Hew around on its hinges,
II II' t HOI111I1.. -lunge s npi-i; u iwncu
tin) smoke and smell of biiint gun
powder. 'I he Interior was a mass of
clock-work and charred paper.
"Tho thief M t tho infernal tnnehino
O'Y," said the editor.
"And my dreadful doggerel la d"
Htroye I." said basse. 1.
"Whatever it was thai you've lost,"
said Miss Willowhy. blushing pret'.l.y
and lolling Inn: hold lo r slightly tremu
lous hand-, in winch were the twenty
diamonds, "lure is mv loitiuio. t. np-
tain Sliatniis i iThirretty d scovcr
that iio has st.l"i only a pol;
shine."
linu r.M 1
shaking II nnl
(icui'go Midklo Kemp, the .'iivlii
tect of I lie sent t monument ill Kdii.
liiirgli. was a man who raised him
self in .in obsciirit y by tin- slieer for. o
of talciii and ibd i miuai hm. lie had
a reining nit ure, ni.d a shy mul
siirinking luaiinef inward st range-.
The lialut of iiainl-sli.iUing '.'.o He I in
linu an cinba r.issineiit aiul si v. ii i.ii
which lie omul scniceh coiilti
i lie id' his Ifieinis give- an aaiiis iig
i Ic-ct'i j it b l, ol the in inm r in .wii'li
lie aci'.iiiiiiisiu'l the deed wi.ci. it bi
catne inevitable. T'ii" .'.m w"-c
walking along one n
Kiliiil.uigli, ill the f
llict streets 'ii
I! w of an ;iii"
I mated conversation, when Kemp slid
' deiily lioia ue awate of a lricin; ap
proaching them frolii I he nppnsi t o (It-
i I'CI'tKllI
j instantly the cni'i'ent of his thoiignt
! was arrested, h lost the thread of
I coiivoi'S il ion and ill n beanie silent
j alti'iret hci. A w hinisii'aily tf.uiblcil
i cxprc-siop crejit over his lac, an I a
I nervous coanno! Pdi novelii; ei' itself
in his manner.
! Kxtiaoiiliii iiT inoveiiients began in
! his ri 'lit hand and arm, wlih-li he
kept il.inglii.g ami jerking ba iiwanl
and lui wat'.l in a helpless way, as if
he ha I entirely lost eouiroi of Ihctn.
tlradually the haul a ;. care I to
slill'cii, and rne, with the cni. until
thev weie at right anuc-s :th th"
Inly. .
Willi a powerful effort In; shut out
his liaml. and grasped t hal of the
liiciul who had approai'licil. and th ii.
tho olileal pas-ed. MI li a sigh of le
licf, he br.si.ly n'siinu.' I his part of
the ciiiiveisal on, with the air of a
man who I. as pci lot mcd ati unp'cas
nut but ni'Titii! inn- ii.'t Ion.
Mis i iii! i il"'-i nee lo dress is aiiius
ingly illustrated Lv -in lucid. tit which
(ici'iiri'ed when he was called upon to
attend a committee in 'cting in order
to discuss the ''I'st ir.it imi of (ilasgow
Cathedral- Ho pi i f.e incd tho jour
ney from Kdiulid'gh in tilasg ,w on
foot, and on arriving at Ins destitu
tion it no iiirei' tn him that a fresh
shirt-front wmild frcsiien bistoiiei t i
a silllicient degree.
lie bought the article, put it on.
an I qtiile sat isilcd with hi iiuina -t.-late
ai pc Iran (. waited on tic coin.
I mil tee. and t ben. business dispat 'le I,
1 ,. ailed un .n a lelal lie.
"Wh, Go org-,
spoken" person.
," cried that
"what h ive y
"l'laiu
ti I c u
lining to your shirt -t
in the glass and
yo'.i arc!''
It does not inal t
"for. fright an I al.
lie ii am ng I lie giv.
He had 1 u gut ten
ill.irl- .las! look
wliat a fright
now." h
as I am,
I III"
11 fnli-.s."
Ill I'enillH'
traxcl-staii cd collar, and ihtav If ati-par-il.
rising ma i-ti..'i:;y ab .c the
new and spotless one.
Oilll:lt-s til el.ir l'.llll,lll-s..
While the number of .nlor-h'n.d
persons is not v n huge, only about
live iu every hun.lr. d siilh
any defect in tiii - ivsp. ci,
of those being affected on
lior degree. Vet the pi
s uiietiiues a-sutnes v r i
phases.
iii,.' tioai
and most
y in a m :
"iii in. non
mat kab !e
Captain Abnev i
he had found t w
itly stated that
i r-. :is w hn pos
v i-toii. that is
it- I mi hem to
g r ''
o '. :' ., pll'.tn
: ! 1 1. :. of a
sessod inoiui 'hroniaf ;e i
to say. ail colors app- a'
I." different shades o'' itr .
If the reader will in '
graph of ii landslip '. :
ganb ii tilled with I ii li
he will bo able f I'ova
I'.nv, r.
i idea of
lii'i-t
un th"
the
nl I
aranco which i
to eh" who si:T.
l :! ! io;! nioii i ll
picse.
iio'c 1
bm.
(in
m soiiielimc
Itn
li ss
the
ctTec's . -'
over fai :
Hivtt,. tile
members, i
s icjoty no
ii g a sea
iic: at it f.
q- li
li painter, t ..-.!
I royal Asir e ::,
That in
r.: iriiin. a ! 1 1 r u
r or oi an Imu;,
.v 'hi' it is s'
.'. . ii pa i'itng
art '
let
1' a
i d. '.
tiita.
a v.T, i.
and le -at
ccii
tin
n.oi
1 that
nil I-
1.1 lie."
NEWS? ;ERS IN THE COLONIES.
Spct-lllulioilN Alimit the J'flccH if (ha
I : i intiisioii I'niicv.
Now that the I'nitctl States lias col
onics all its ow n American people, who
never do anytuiing by halves, will ho
lushing over there in urent numbers
to the overdoing of everything in n
business ami industrial way, ami the
newspaper mail will hot he behind
others in this nudoinpr, for lliuloiugiu
variahly follows overdoing.
Tho population of Cuba and Porto
llico essentially Spanish, is composed
largely of illiterates, who are as indif
ferent to newspapers as they are lo
cleanliness. Those who can read ami
care to re a 1 am fairly well supplied
with very creditable newspapers pub
lished in their own language by men
of newspaper experience.
The Sandwich Islands lire made up
of a few thousand English speaking
people, fewer Portuguese, and some
(Tiiuamcn and Japanese, but tliogreat
body of the people is I ut half civilized
mid full blood and half breed Ha
waiian;'. Tho Filipinos will require many
years of education before tliey will be
gin to read newspapers. The Sand
wich and tho Filipinos groups have
newspapers adequate to prevent con
ditions. That additional newspapers will be
needed to meet tho exigencies of
cliiingel conditions on these islands
goes without saying. Much American
capital will go to these islands, and
much emigration of Americans will
follow thither. These will want news
papers in their tongue ami newspa
pers that represent American enter
prise. So, too, increased trade with theso
isiuiiis will invito advertisers to tlio i
columns of newspapers published ia
thoso several islands.
15 ii t. as said at tho beginning, tho
tiling is likely to be overdone. 11c
cauro there aro possibilities open,
more will wish to seize them tliau the
opportunities warrant, nnd it will bo
the duty of the current chroniclers to
write tho obituary of ninny a daring
newspaper, overcome of its rusUues.-.
Newspaper Maker.
Maine is In tlio FlrM.
There is some occult iiil'iicuco v hich
frequently causes well-bred and well
intentioned people to forget their
breeding and their manners directly
they have a gun iu hau l and lind them
selves on nuotliei' person's land look
ing for frame. Yet there is surely
nothing inheit ut in n taste for iiehl
sport.s which involves such disregard of
others. On the contrary, as is de
monstrated by shining examples in
great multitude, there aro sportsmen
who pliow themselves in the fit Id as
nt home and everywhere thoughtful of
their fellow-men, and whose pleasant
fellowship is sought not only by the
companion w ith whom they go shoot
in;.', but by the residents among whom
they shoot, and to whose courtesy
they nro indebted for thcr opportuni
ties of sport. Fvery shooter who thus
treats a landowner as he would be I
treated iu turn by him will liave no
difficulty in linding; in this country h
day an abundance of good sliootiu
F.ven if lie shall nt lirst bo w arned oil' i
and debarred by trespass notices lni
has to thank forthi", in all probability,
the gunners who have preceded him,
mi l who havo made their invasion of
tho fields fo intolerable that they have
put a brand and stigma upon all oi
the craft. Forest and Stream.
Itxlra I'ny For a Hprvant Who Thtulis.
A friend of mine had just hired a
general servant, when that respected
individual gravely inquired; "Docs
a eirl have to think hero?"
Tho employer gasped a terrified
"Wha-nt?"
"Do 1 havo to tliiuk?" was the
stolid rejoinder.
"Why, good heavens! of enirso you
havo to think!" exclaimed tlio now
thoroutjlily puzzled lady.
"Then I'll have t i have fifty cents
more a week. I aF' ays does iu places
where 1 thinks," said the girl deter
minedly. Then it camo about that, in her vo
cabulary tho verb "to think'' npplic.1
exclusively to meals. If a unstress
ordered breakfast, luncheon and din
ner, detail by detail, the mai l had n,
occasion to "think." It' sho were
oMigod to plan the meals herself, she
wanted fifty cents a week for the men
tal exertion!
Who could blame, her? Chicago
Times-Herald.
Hcrorit n( the IVn.
Tho intensity of application with
! which the mind follows whatever it I
j lays hold of in literary pursuits is ex- ,
cnipliiied in the case of Hubert Aius- ,
I worth, a celebrated writer aud r.uti- !
1 quai'iaa of the seventeenth centuiy. j
Ho had been for years engaged iu a I
' voluminous l atin dictionary, and j
while fascinated with this heroic work .
! gave so little, time and attention to his
wife that he incurred her bitterest- j
jealousy, nnd before the w irk was quite :
complete she oouiiiiii'.e.t the whole to :
the llames. Instead of nbaudoning !
hiiuseil.' to despair, Vinsworth si t to j
work aud rewivte it, acomplisbiug tho j
entire work in' tine. The same bitter i
disappointment wm endured with shoi- '
lar heroism l v Culyle when the MS. j
of his Frederick the tlvcaf was de
stroyed by lire. i
.Tapani1' in Mexico.
An investigation shows that the
Japancsg colony, which was estab
lished r.boai two years .150 ia the dis
trict of SoC.'ii'.u co, cu the Pacific
Slope, iu the Stale ot Chiapas, isprov
iag itself to be a perfect success.
Overlililiuore.lapaii.se tamilies are
now on their uy lioin their distant
native land to the ueft cohny, where
they expect to make their future home.
There n'-c uow lieaily 10. 1 tatuilics oi'
Japanese located there. They are em
ployed in raising colore aud tea. St.
Lou's Ol. be-Democrat.
ICE CREAM ON OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
i:mv II i- l'a:-!i. I ami I'lcusrvcd For
I'riivi'lri'. en t lit- lliuli Sen-.
i'i.c iveuti sl-.-niasliips all serve ico
e caui u ili.iii 'i aa I buy a supply for
tlio louii I trip ia New York. Tho
i a i.c is ii i- of ela ns and oysters.
'i'li.'V it tiie shelllish away in n tank
v l.i i i, hall lull of rocks and seu
v , I. They draw off the water every
i ceiling and refill the tank with a
I .,. .. from the sea, bo that it h por-i-ctly
easy I j keep them iu good con
dition for several weeks. They keep
lohsiois in the same way.
Ice ei can: more dillicult to handle.
It takes .'.'.out sail pounds for tho
round trio i.ir a passenger list of UoO,
II is out up in cubes of olio quart
i ac ' i , which mo packed in pasteboard
boxes alter being wrapped in oiled
paper. The boxes arc then stowed
av.r.y in tin cans or chests which hold
enough for a single dinner. Theso
aro sealed nn l piled up in tlio ro
fi igerntor. v. hero the temperature is
kept even Ihe whole year around.
What ice creani in left from ono voy
ng ii! is used on the next. It lias been
known to keep in good condition for
t wo or three months.
In Denmark some one has discov
ered a process by which milk can bo
preserved in a similar manner by
freezing ii into blocks, nnd the pro-c'-n
is sai l to be a great success.
Fresh mil!; in cans cannot bo kept
Ion.', r than forty-eis'lit hours w ithout
losing m, infilling of its flavor, but it
ii claimed ibid milk frozen by the now
process may not only be preserved an
i.'ulcliiiite length of time if kept iu an
even temperature, but i entirely free
from disease genus, as if it had been
boiled.
A company lias been formed at
Copenhagen with a capital of j?3n,0l)l)
to perfect this process and erect a
plant capable of turning out 110,000
pounds a day, which can bo shipped
to any part of the world in vessels
that have u refrigerator capacity.
l.i'tlfi-s ami the llltir.
To writo a letter when one is suffer
ing from a lit of tho blues, from tem
porary or chronic depression, thus
Minding forth one's melancholy lo be
come tho chilly wet blanket which cau
smother tuiolhei 's happirjess, is
equally short-sighted. Out eoir.es tho
bright sun. hiue, nn l your clouds van
ish; but your darkly and wretchedly
conceived h tier hns gone beyond your
reach, nnd you cannot recall it, nnd it
is busy about its baleful errand when
you arc in no frame of mind to own
theja-you sent it out. Years afterward,
it may fall into the hands of your
heir.'., and may lay at your door tho
charge oi a tendency to insanity, or
bo quoted in evidence of your spir
itual or mental weakness and in
felicity. Ucfiaiii from writing letters
when you are in c low mood.
Another point, and this has to do
with the loiters of well-known people.
What ri.;ht h is the public to the in
timate knowledge, the unveiling, the
' rivelatiou caused by tho publication
of letters when the helpless dead cau
lift no hand for their own defense or
protection. Much as v.o enjoy bi-
i ography, there often comes over lis u
creepy leclitrg, a sort ol shiver, at t no
th-uight that those who wrote theso
private pi : -onal letters never intend
ed them f. r I ho perusal of other eyes
i'uuii tho.-e of tho one to whom they
were addressed. Famous men aud
women si: -it;id take precautious dur
ing their lit'- time against this invasion
of their in h . i.liial rights when they
are no ion vr hi re.
Letters are endowed with a sort of
earthly immortality an indestructibil
ity which resists everything except
the llaincs.- Harper's Bazar.
Mean Man.
I hear 1 of a Louisville mmi who
was pretty clo-.e. There died a
preacher vh.i was perhaps tho most
popular man in Louisville. His friends
undertook to raise a neat sum of
money for hi- family, and did raise a
igoo.ily sum. Somehow they succeeded
a f. '.titie; a c nitrihiitiou from this
man I niu telling you ahont, but in
stead of giving cash ho save his nolo
a1, ii i ii ty days. Tho committee tried
le gel him to pay cash, but he refused,
nil I they left with tlio note. There
were two or three ether note, but.
when th committee explained to tho
givers that they would like to make it
a lump cash contribution, they all,
except l lib; one, took up tho notes
and paid tl'.c money. When all had
paid cadi except this one they went
t him a'i 1 explained the situation.
Ho ihvLiicd to make it a cash sub
soriptii a, but liually, in answer to tlio
cotiimit'ci s repci'tel aopeals, ho
n;r cl to pay it iu cadi if tho com -ni'iti
c v, oa'.d discount the note. This
tiny i
count
dcluctin
the time
; the bunk ilis
tbe note ha I to
V cloe man.
for
i un. 1!
Nashvill
was a vi
Pauuer.
One cm the Jtn!;r.
A celebrated Judge was once trying
a ease whero the accused could only
understand Irish, nnd an iuteipieter
v. as nceor lingly sworn. The prisoner
sai l something to tho interpreter, nu.l
the latter replied.
"What does hesav?" deuiaudcd tho
Judge.
"Nothing, mv Lord."
"How dare
all heard him
it?"
"My Lord
liogii!iii'i:r b.
to do wi.!: tl,
"Ii yoti
you say that when wo
'.' Come, sir, what was
" said the interpreter,
retiildo, "it had uothin;;
case."
".ft answer I'll commit
x, what did ho say?"
Lord, you'll excuso nic.
Who's thai oiild woman
bed curtain round her
.,.,.?' "
erybody present roared,
did you say?" said tho
:; a I ill ! '.iiicouifoitulde,
'list. y. spalpeen! That's
. that's going to haii
o
yon, sir.
'Well.
La' he .11
v :th ihe
sitting 11
At wbi
"Aud
lu.ig.'. 1
N
the
vez.
utld