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rCOK THE DUET OT A LAWYER AKD THB
KOXS BOOK OT A EEPOETKB.
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By BAEOLAT HOETET.
40opriirhted, 1888, by O. K Dunham. Published
by special arrangement through The American
IVess Association.)
CHAPTER Xm.
TBS INTEREST 13 CONSIDERABLY
. , HEIGHTENED. - . '
' OLI3BOOK s
11 i rT re,re,e however,
11 ! p I was soon dis
turbed. - -;- :
The messenger
came in with an
other card. He
read, "Mr. Geo.
Parker."
f "I iave an un
usual ran of call
ers today," said
Holbrook, "and
not a client
among them un
less this Is one.
"Show him in." ;
The door open
ed. rHoIbrook, was startled, and be
trayed his surprise. " ' " j
- Well he might It was his old gentle
man of the night previous, who was pot
less surprised than Holbrook.
He smiled as he advanced and said:
i "We'both of us seemed to have re
ceived a shock of surprise."
Holbrook assented, "I confess to the
shock on my aide." . -
"I hardly expected to see you so soon
again, or to find in Mr. Holbrook the
gentleman I met last night."
, Holbrook bowed courteously for an
swer and determined that he would hold
perfect control of himself.
"I followed you last evening, Mr. Hol
brook." "I was aware of that," replied Hol
brook with a smile. .
"I did not suppose you were," said the
old gentleman laughingly; "I must have
done my work badly. Let me say, how
ever, right here that I was mistaken In
the person. You resemble the one I sup
posed I was following bo much in build
and manner that not until I had resorted
to a Jjttle ruse to get a fair look at your
face was I aware of my mistake. I hope
you will accept my apologies for any an
noyance I may have given you."
-: "None are needed. - I became aware
of your mistake. We are all liable to
them." -, " ; .
The old man mused a while and Hol
brook studied his face. .The more he
studied it the less he liked it There
was blended weakness and strength in it
and the want of those strong, rugged
lines which 'gave character to old
age. The lines began strongly but
seemed to run into nothing, leaving an
Impression of shiftiness. The eyes were
cunning, not frank, though there was
unquestionably an assumption of frank
ness in his manner. ... . -
At length he spoke.
"In passing the Casino theatre I saw
yoniurn a corner with a gentleman, and
I leaped to the conclusion that you were
a person for whom I have been looking
these two years a man from Chicago
to find whom I would give half of all I
am worth or expect to be worth."
An angry look leaped into his eyes,
while vindictiveness was plainly ap
parent "Do yon not know hia name?" asked
Holbrook.
"I know what it was two years agb
Not what it is now. However, it is an
old story of'deep. wrong and injury, and
is not what I came to see you about I
believe, Mr. Holbrook, you were a part
ner of the late Judge Harkner?"
Holbrook could hardly repress a start
He wondered if this was also an inquiry
after Pierson's papers.
"Yes," he replied simply; firmly de
termined that he would bhow no emo
tion whatever questions might be asked
him. v
"May I ask when that partnership be
gan?" - "Yes, It was eight years ago the first
of last January." ;(
. 44 Ah, nearly nine years ago." The old
man pondered a short time.
' "Was Mr; Charles Pierson a client of
the judge's at that time?" -, - -?
t Holbrook was prepared for this ques
tion, yet it was with difficulty he could
repress his surprise. -:
He" replied promptly: "No, the con
nection ceased through a quarrel before
I came as a student to the judge three
years previous.
"Hum." Theold man pondered again.
"What lawyer succeeded the judge
with Mr. PiersonT .. ...v .
"I don't know. . The judge would say
little about the matter. 1 know of it
only through tradition in the office."
i. 'Were all the papers of Mr. Pierson
returned to him??
i ."Every one, religiously, scrupulously
so scrupulously as to remain, as I said,'
a tradition in the office. - It jwas much
talked of when I came in, because M?
Pierson had been a valued and profit
able client"
"Yes, I presume so."
"Pardon me," said Holbrook, "may I
ask the reason of this inquiry? Twice
before by different persons I have had
these inquiries made?" - ; -, '
'"By two different persons?" spoke up
the old man sharply. "How long ago?"
There was great eagerness In his man
ner and tone. , v ,
r " Within a month, I should imagine."
; "Two, you say? What were their
names?" this was demanded almost
fiercely. "Men or women?" -
"Paidon me," said Holbrook coldly,
"you demand the names and informa
tion as if I were compelled to give
them."
The old man glared at him savagely,
but Holbrook continued calmly:.
"However, as a matter of fact, I can
not . recollect the names. . The inquiries
made little or no impression on me, and
I answered them as I have answered
yon. It is onlynow when you come a
third with practically the same in
quiries, that my curiosity is excited.
They were both men," he added,
I "Both men," repeated the ojd man,
evidently puzzled and ' alarmed. ."They
were not the same person calling twice?"
T7pou my Word it would be hard for
me to recollect were it not for the fact
that they called the same day," and he
added under his breath, "May I be for
given for that He. I recollect it," he
continued, "because I was preparing a
brief for an -important cause and I was
annoyed at the interruptions. X presume
they had reference as I presume yours
Arm K gome apJipn before the courts to
relation to his unclaimed property."
"I presume so," said the old man, ris
ing. "I am employed by a client to es
tablish a claim against the property. I
am an attorney. I find it difficult to con
struct a chain of evidence. There is a
missing link, which must be among the
late Mr. Piereon's papers. I am annoyed
to find the possibility of a second con
testant, when 1 supposed there was but
one." t. - - -
: "May I ask who that one is?"
"You will pardon me if I maintain
that as a secret" - -
Holbrook could only assent gracefully.
The old man bade him good day and
passed out - -
"Your Btory may' be true, or it may
not be; I am inclined to believe the lat
ter," said Holbrook aloud when he was
tioae Z 'if-' - ' . ": :.' : i'
He picked up the card again and read
the name. He-touched the bell which
summoned his managing clerk. - -
When that person entered he said: -
"Clark, do you know a lawyer by the
name of George Parker?" &
"Yes, that was the man who just
passed out" -. r
"What do you know about him?"
"Not much, and what I do, not to his
advantage. A rather shady character.
Said to have heen disbarred many years
ago. But I imagine he has been restored.
Pd fight very shy of him."
"He came for information which I
couldn't, and therefore didn't, give
him."
"It was for no good, I'll bet," replied
the clerk as he left Holbrook. -
CHAPTER XIV.
TOM PURSUES A CLEW WITH SUCCESS.
HEN Tom Bry
ant left Hol
brook's office he
sauntered up
Broadway plan
ning his day's
work.
"By George P
he cried, slapping
his thigh and
stopping short,
much to the
amusement o f
passersby; "that
Is an idea, to be sure; I'll be hanged if
I don't try It"
Now the idea which . had struck Tom
with so much force grew out of the fact
that he had been bothered to know how
he could Identify his man, after he had
found where a suit of clothes of the kind
of cloth a sample of which he had in his
pocket had been purchased. While re
volving many schemes in his mind, he
had seen in the windows of a store a
number of photographic cameras for the
use of amateurs.
The thought flashed over his mind that
he could have a picture taken of FomV
tain, unknown to that gentleman.
Tom had a friend engaged as a leader
writer on the paper on which he was
employed, who had been greatly taken
by the amateur photographic craze, and
who had become quite proficient in mak
ing Instantaneous pictures.
Fired with this idea Tom pushed his
way rapidly to Printing House square;
and, dropping into a place which was at
once an eating house and a beer saloon,
and where he was in the habit pf meet
ing his Shadow, summoned a messenger
whom he sent to his friend requesting to
see him immediately.
He looked about for his Shadow. He
was there, deeply interested in the study
of the various advertisements of the rail
road lines hanging on the walls, with a
sandwich in one hand, a mug of beer in
the other, and one eye on Tom.
Seeing Tom nod to him, he walked
over.
'-i Well," said Tom, "what news?"
"Our man" it was one of the pecu
liarities of the Shadow that be never
mentioned a name unless directly asked
for it "Our man had a father once, but
he has been dead almost &a many years
as our man has lived."
"In other words," said Torn, "the
father died when the son was young."
"When he was a baby not two years
old."
"Who brought him up?"
"His mother. She lived with him up
in Putnam county, coming here into, the
city in the winter. She lived very quiet,
never went out anywhere, brought the
boy up well, 'eddicated' him and then
died, just after he' was of age. Ever
since he has lived as we know him. She
left him a little property. Guess from
all I can hear he has about lived it up."
"How did he get into this swell Bet?"
"Dont know, bat I guess through his
schoolmates.?
"Probably. Well, It Isnt much, and
what there is makes him oil the more
mysterious." ,
At this moment his friend came.
"Hello, old boy," cried Tom, have' a
beer? No? In a hurry, hey? How soon
will you be off?"
, "In about three hours," was the reply.
' "See here, old fellow, I want you to do
me a favor. I want the pictureof a man
taken on the sly." -rJ. I -
His friend was delighted to do it;
would do it that very day if he could
find the person. . . .--
Tom called the Shadow up and told
him to take the gentleman to the most
likely place where Fountain could be
found tod taken unobserved.
-. "If you don't take him today take him.
to-morrow."
He then hurried' off. As he turned
into Chatham street he thought that he
would not lose time by trying the stores
in that thoroughfare, for it would be
quite unlikely that his man would come
so far down town as Chatham street
"The Bowery, and the upper part of it
b my field," he said aloud, and with thesto
words he turned, crossed the street, and
climbed up to the elevated railroad sta-,
tion.
Arriving at the Houston Street station
he descended to the street Standing s
moment, he said: " Pll work up to
Cooper Institute on this side and 'then
down on the other."
He put his project into effect at once.
' It is no purpose of our story to tell in
detail his search. Suffice it to say, his
experiences were commonplace,' consist
ing of entering' a store, producing the
slip of cloth and asking if they had a suit
f clothes of that material. When urged
to buy others equally as good and of the
same quality as he invariably was bis
answer was that he wanted the suit as a
sort of uniform.
Wearily he traversed both sides of the
thoroughfare between Houston Street
and the Cooper institute, and, indeed all
that part of the Bowery on the east side
as far down as Chatham square.
About half way up pn the west side
he entered ft store and preferred his re
quest as usual. -
- The clerk waiting on him examined
the piece carefully. J ... '
"No," he said, "we have no cloth of
that kind, but," and he hesitated, much
to Tom's impatience. : "I think if you
will go down into Fulton street you Will
find it A dealer bought all there was in
the market of this kind. I have a brother
employed there, and If I 'am not mis
taken this Is the kind of cloth."
Tom took the address and the name of
the man's brother.
- Arriving at this store he- Inquired for
the clerk whose name he had obtained;
he produced his piece of cloth and asked
to look at the suits.. .
The clerk smiled and said: "Another
of the U. S. T.'b, heyT .
Tom did not know what the U. S. T.'B
were, but be assented.
The clerk was very chatty. J '?
As he laid out the suits he said:
"We laughed when the -'boss' bought
all there was of this cloth in the mavket,
and thought he would make a mess 'of
It; but he knew what he was about,
after alL"
"Evidently," said Tom, encouragingly.
"Let me get your waist measure. Yes,
these pants will fit you. The very first
day we got them on the counter your
committee came In, looked over the
stock and lit on this lot "They'll be
just the thing for our e3am bake,' said
they."-
"Oh, it's a clam bake I am going on,
Is it?" thought Tom.
"Let me take your chest measure.
Here's the coat You will have a fine
day to-morrow from the looks of today."
Tom assented.
"They gave an order for a hundred
suits right down. Since then twenty-eight
have come in. You make the twenty
ninth. . I suppose there'll be more in
before we close to-night that is, if you
have got more than one hundred and
twenty-nine members. We will work
the stock off pretty wefl." .
Tom now had a basis for proceeding
and tried to stop the flow of talk.
"Have you sold the same clothes to
any one else?"
"Just one suit that I know didn't be
long to the U. S. T.'b."
Tom brightened up.
" We ought to get on to him and make
him go with us."
"That's what you ought to do."
"Can you recollect the sort of fellow
he was?"
"Well, sir, thaf s pretty hard to do."
"By thunder! HI bet I know who it
is. Tall fellow, Blim, dark haired, dark
eyes, handsome, swellish kind o' a dud
ish fellow."
"Well, that does kind o answer to
him."
"Yes, by thunder! That's just like
his pranks. See here, did he get a suit a
size too large for him and didn't buy the
vest?"
"Well, no, I cant recollect that, and I
dont think I know wo sold a vest with
every suit You see It would cost the
same whether they took the vest or not"
"If he was up to the game I think he
was, it wouldn't make any difference
about the price. I say, would you rec
ollect his face if you saw a photograph
of him?"
"I think it likely, sir."
"What day did you sell it to him, can
you recollect?" .
"I can tell by looking at the sales
slips; I always keep the slips."
"0t please."
The clerk Went off and returned with
a handful of papers. - Looking them over
he finally extracted one.
"It was on the 19th, in the afternoon."
"Five days - before the murder,"
thought Tom.
Aloud he said: "Thank you. I am on
to him. Please Bend these clothes to No.
1,100 East Thirty-first street Pll pay
you for them now."
"This is such a good day's work," said
he. when out on the street, 4U tirink I
will dine well and at the expense of the
Daoer."
TO BE COimNTJED.
Loving Homes.
Nothing appears to us so beautiful
in human experience aa the reciprocal
affection of parents and children,
especially after the latter have at
tained maturity, and, it may be, form
new relations in life. We have Been
the loving and lovely daughter, after
she had become a wife and mother,'
seize every opportunity of visiting
the parental home, to lavish her
affectionate attention upon ' her pa
rents, and, by a thousand graceful
and tender kindnesses, assure them
that though 'she was an idolized wife
and a happy mother, her heart still
cleaved with -ever strengthening
fervor to father and mother, who
watched over her infancy and guided
her youth. :
It has been our privilege, to know
such; and as we have witnessed the
outpourings of love and happiness
between these devoted and glowing
hearts, we have felt that surely much
of heaven might be enjoyed here if
all families were equally attached.
And would that every daughter
knew what pure joy she might create
in the parental bosom by a constant
keeping alive of the spirit of filial
devotion, and seizing frequent oppor
tunities to make it manifest n little
acts of gentleness and love, notwith
standing the child may have become
a parent. The child never grows old
to a fond parent. It is always the
dear child, and never so dear as when
it keeps up the childish confidence
and love of its earliest years. Ex.
. Inherited Blood Poison. -
How many people there are whose distress
from sores, aches, pains and- eruptive ten-
Udencies are due to inherited blood poison.
caa mooa pauses irom parent tocmiu, ana it
therefore is the duty of husband and wife to
keep their blood pure. This is easily accom
plished by a timely use of B B B. (Botanic
Blood Balm). Send to the Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta, for book of most convincing proof.
James Hill, Atlanta, Ga.. writes: "My
two sons were afflicted with blood poison,
Twhich doctors said was hereditary. They
both broke out in sores and eruptions which
B B B. promptly controlled and finally cured
completely." ... .
Mrs. S. iL Williams, Sandf , Texas, writes:
"My three poor afilicted children, who in
herited blood poison, have improved rapidly
after a use of B. B. B. It is a Godsend."
- J. Bw "Wilson, Glen Alpine Station. N. C,
Feb. 13, 1S83, writes: "Bone and blood pois
on forced me to have my leg amputated, and
on the stump there came a large ulcer, which
grew worse every day until doctors gave me
up to die. I only weighed 130 pouuds when
I began- to take B. B. B. and 12 bottles in
creased my weight to ISO tounas fbid made
me sound and well. J never knew what good
fepaltU was before,"
MIGRATION OP ANIMALS.
By Prof. S. M. Way land. ,
The migration of certain animals,
at particular seasons, from one coun
try to another, in search of a climate
or district congenial .to their habits,
forms . one of the most remarkable
phenomena in natural history.
Migration takes places with quad
rupeds, fishes, birds and insects. As
to the first, It does not appear that
any ol them migrate periodically and
regularly, like many species of fish
and birds, for which a sufficient rea
son may be found in the almost un
interrupted passage which air and
water permit, whilst the land offers
mandy impediments to change of
place. . Yet some quadrupeds are
suddenly seized by the desire of mi
gration. The lemming rat, which is
found: in the northern part of Europe,
migrates at irregnlar periods, when
a severe winter is approaching, in
incredible numbers, and always in a
straight line, stopping not for rivers
or lakes. Some other quadrupeds,
also, occasionally move in large num.
bers, and for considerable distances;
but these expeditions do not take
place at regular periods, and seem to
be owing to accidental causes.
Some fishes .remove into warmer
situations during winter; thus the
salmon leaves the rivers and shores,
on the approach of winter, to seek
the warmer waters of the deep sea.
Other fishes do the same. The cod
fish move in great numbers, about
the month of. May, from the northern
seas towards Newfoundland. The
shoals of herrings, which periodically
traverse the ocean, are innumerable.
The same is the case with the mack
eraL pilchard, . anchovy, etc. That
insects migrate is well known for
instance, locusts, ants, etc. and
move with surprising obstinacy, in a
given direction.
The animals, however, with whose
migrations man is most familiar, and
which appear to migrate moat regu
larly, are some species of birds. The
facts which are known relative to
this point are very curious, and afford
a vast field for interesting observa
tion. Some regularly return, after a
certain absence, not only to the same
country, but to the same spot where
they built their nests before, or where
they were bred. Many storks, which
become half tame in Germany, have
been marked, and found to return
regularly to their old nests, built on
a wheel, which the peasants of that
country, particularly in the north,
place, for that purpose, on the corner
of the roof 3 of their houses. The
same is related of swallows, and other
birds of passage. Other birds do not
return to a particular country, but
travt-1, according to circumstances,
from one to another. Among the
former are some which remain in the
country of their nativity only as long
as is necessary to br.eed and bring up
their young; others are absent but
for a very ehort time.
Hunters, and other people living
much in the open air, know that cer
tain birds do not migrate, except on
the approach of a severe winter.
How are these birds led to migrate at
such seasons? The general and easy
answer is, by instinct. But what is
instinct! Certainly we cannot mean,
by this term, a constant direct inter
position of Providence, which drives
the birds away because a severe win
ter is coming on. Instinct, whatever
it may be, must be guided by general
laws. In what way, however, the
birds are led to guard against the se
verity of the approaching season,
whether by peculiar sensibility to the
cause from which its severity will
proceed, or in other ways, we know
not. It has been maintained that
much of the conduct cf animals nec
essarily implies reflection. The vicis
situdes of the atmosphere, on the ar
rival of the migrating time, have also
a great influence upon them.
Most birds perform their migration
during the night; some species, how
l-ever, by day. Others stop not, either
by day or night. To the class which
fly by day .belong the birds of prey
which obtain their food by day the
crow, pie, titmouse, wren, woodpeck
ert chaffinch, goldfinch, lark, swal
low, and some others. Those which
travel by night are the owl , black
bird, etc., and a great number of
aquatic birds. Those which stop not,
day or night, are the heron, wagtail,
yellow hammer, plover, stork, crane,
wildgoose, swan. It is very remark
able, that individuals of those species
which travel day and night, and
which, by some causa, are prevented
from migrating, remain, during all
the time of the migration of their
species, awake, and only ' occupy
themselves with taking food. These
birds like particularly to travel in
bright moonlight. '
Many birds obtain their foodTon
the wing. The swallows, traversing
the sea, catch injects, and fishing
birds catch fish, whilst they continue
their journey. If the titmouse, wren',
woodpecker and pie Test for some
time on the branches of trees, they
soon resume their flight, after having
fed. ' Those birds which habitually
alight on spots where they find nour
ishment in abundance, never remain
longer than two days in succession,
if nothing opposes the continuance of
their flight. It is a curious fact that
at these times many birds utter cries
such as they are never heard to make
at any other times. Unless obliged
by fogs to keep neax . the ground,
birds generally fly very high during
their migration. . -
Of all migrating birds the cranes
are perhaps the most remarkable.
They seem to bo most endowed with
foresight. They call each other by
certain cries several days before they
depart, assemble, and make a great
noise, aa if consulting; after which
they range themselves in two lines,
forming an angle, at the vertex of
which is the leader, who appears to
exercise authority and give orders,
for instance, to form a circle in a
temptest, or to be watchful if eagles
approach, etc. ; he also gives the sign
to descend and take food. If he is
tired, he places himself at the end of
the line, and the bird next behind
him takes his place. They utter,
during the uight, more piercing cries
than during the day, and it seems as
if orders and answers were given.
Wild geese and ducks travel in a sim
ilar way. To enable birds to fly with
ease, and to continue long on the
wing, they must fly against the wind,
in which respect flying is directly op
posite to sailing. N. Y. Ledger,
Our Worst People.
Youth's Companion.
There are people of all sorts in our
American cities, representatives of
every land on earth, and among
them are all degrees both of folly and
wickedness. .
Mr. Howeils, who is a close and
acute observer, thinks that the most
completely depraved specimens of
our species are not anarchists and
assassins from foreign countries, but
some of eur own untrained, undis
ciplined, indulged young men, cursed
with rich and foolish fathers.
Nor need a father be rich to ruin a
boy, The thing can be done for half
half a dollar a week, if the father ab
dicates his throne of authority and
the mother eupplies the requisite pet
ting and flattery. Half a dollar a
week, given to a boy of ten who if
left without guidance or restraint,
will "buy enough low pleasure to nour
ish aBimal desire and weaken self
control, until appetite rules and reigns
over him.
It is only necessary to increasaihe
weekly allowance a little as the years
go by, throw in a five-dollar bill now
and then on festive -days, and never
brio git home to the ill-starred child
that other people have rights which
boys are bound to respect.
A story was told in the newspapers
the other day of a young man who
stole and pawned his sister's seal
skin sacque, worth five hundred doh
lars. After squandering the money
left him by his father in the meanest
pleasures, the debauched youth began
to prey upon his sisters and his moth
er, and finally pawned the beautiful
garment just mentioned , for twenty
five dollars at a drinking-saloon.
His too fond mother prevailed upon
him at last to confess the shameful
crime, but in his very confession he
lied to her.
He told her that he had pawned it
for fifty dollars, and wou4d redeem
it if she would give him the money.
She went with him to the door of the
saloon, and there gave hfm the fifty
dollars. He went in, bought a drink,
sneaked away by the back door, and
returned to1 his accustomed haunts,
leaving his mother to wait for him
until she was tired. Finally, she
sent in a friend, who discovered the
facts, and redeemed the sacque for
her.
Such brutal indignities roused even
that indulgent mother to the point of
haying the young man arrested. The
arrest was made as quitely and pri
vately as possible, so as to reduce the
disgrace to the minimum, and induce
him to forsake his bad ways.
But the reporter added to his nar
rative, "No such result is likely to
happen, if his confident swagger in
court counts for aught."
Every one says, "How eruell How
base I" Yes, it was very cruel and
very base. There is only, one thing
more cruel.' It is to allow & child to
grow up with giant desires and the
fixed habit of indulging them.
Children are often injured by hard
ship, and occasionally by severity,
but nothing so blights and paralyzes
every good thing within them, and.
dooms them to such hopeless failure,
as indulgence and flattery.
Ants as Jewelers.
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Speaking of minerals, an expert
here in Washington the other day
told your correspondent that probably
the most laborious, as well as the
most regular mining for gems is done
by the ants in Arizona and Colorado.
Either - because the ants want the
pebbles as an outer coverying for
their hills or because they object to
them inside, they frequently make
about their dwellings a glittering
spread of stones of all sorts, amoag
them amethysts, topazes and other
valuable jewels. People in the neigh
borhood where such ant works are
carried on take the hint very often,
and collecting , the stone3, send them
to- the East, usually to New York
city, where they are often sold at
good prices. -
When nature falters and requires help, re
cruit her enfeebled energies with Dr. J. H.
McLean's Btrengtbening Cordial and Blood
runner. i.uu pr Dottle.
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biliousness, nausea, ara promptly and agree
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SPARTANS.
Youth's Companion.
War develops not only heroes but
heroines, as is well remarked by a
North Carolina woman wbo relates,
in "Our Living and Our Dead," the
story of one of her neighbors during
the late Civil War, a story which The
Companion is glad to reproduce.
This neighbor was a widow with four
sons, all of whom entered the Con
federate service. The mother took her
married son's wifeand little ones home
with her, and during the four years
of tha war she. ploughed and worked
the land, and thus made a good sup
port for the family with not a.man to
help her. .
She cut and hauled the 'wood, fed
the stock, and, in short, did all the
work usually performed by her sons.
The farm was five miles from the
postoffice, but every week she came
for letters, and I, being the postmas
ter's wife, was called upon to read
them to her and write the answers at
her .dictation.' She always urged her
sons never to shirk a duty, and to
feel perfectly easy about her.
She told them every little particu
lar about the horses and cattle, and
promised to break the "critler" as
soon as it was old enough. She often
walked to the postoffice, and at such
times always carried a basket of seed
cotton on her arms, picking as she
walked, so as not to lose a moment .
Her sons must have warm clothes,
she said, aiftl at night, when work
was over, she carded, spun and wove
the cloth with the assistance of her
daughter in-law who was too deli
cate to work in the field and made
them garments which she sent to
them in a box every few months.
Often the boxes did not reach them ;
then the carding, spinning and weav
ing must all be done over again and
another suit finished as soon as pos
sible. On one occasion she walked fifteen
miles to procure leather of which to
have boots made for them.
About the middle of the war she
received a letter saying that one of
her sons was very ill with typhoid
fever, at Richmond. Instinctively
she felt that a mother's care was
needed, and with a large basket of
live cnickens and a bottle of brandy
she set out to nurse him.
Arriving at liichmoud, she went'
from one hospital to another, but not
a word could she bear of her sick son.
In despair she finally turned her face
homeward, and on her arrival found
a letter giving the name of the hos
pital, and the ward in which her son.
could be found.
She stayed at home only three hours
for refreshment, and started on her
journey again, though it was twen
ty miles to the nearest railroad sta
tion. This time she found her son,
and not a minute too soon.
His fever bad left him, and he was
in a fainting condition. Now her
brandy and chickens came into play.
She prepared soup with her own
hands, and hers was not the only son
who was brought back to life under
her ministrations. As soon as her
boy was out of danger she returned
to her home duties and farm work,
for the little ones must be fed.
Thus during that whole stormy
time she stood bravely at her post,
encouraging her sons and never com
plaining of her own hardships. One
of the sons fell and three came back
to comfort their mother in her declin
ing years.
Early's Nigger Joe.
St Louis Republic "
'One' of the greatest instances of
devotion I ever saw,' said' an old
Virginian, 'outside of that of a dog
for his master, is that showned by
Early's 'Nigger Joe. Joe is an old
negro, about 70 years of age, was
born a slave in General Jubal Early's
family, brought up with 'Jube,' be
came his ooay servent, - served ai1
through the war with him, as watch
ful of his' master as a mother of her
babe. : After the war Joe was inform
ed he was free. Tze freer said Joe,
with a look of contempt. Tze not
free. I belongs to Mas Jube till I
dies.'
Early is very fond of his servant.
and has told every storekeeper in
Lynchburg to let Joe have anything
be wants and Bend the bill to him.
Joe follows his master around on cer
tain occasions like a dog. When Ear
ly lets the mountain dew of old Vir
ginny get the better of him, Joe wilj
say ' '
Mas Jube, you mus come home.
Why, you nigger, who are
you talkingto! Who'B boss, anyway!'
Well, Mas Jube, when you's sober
you's boss, but when you's drunk I's
boss.
'Well, Joe, you're right. TFhen
I'm drunk you're boss. -
And Early will resign himself to
the faithful old darkey's care.
The Palpit and the t3age.
Rev. F. M. Shrout. Pastor United Brethren
Chnrch, Bine Mound, Kan., says: "I feel it
my duty to tell what wonders Dr. King's
Kew Discovery has done for ma. My Luns
were badly diseased, and my parishionere
thought I could live only a few weeks. I
took five bottles of Dr. King's New Discov
ery and am sound and well, gaining 20 lhs.
ia weight."
Arthur Love, Manager Love's Funny
Folks Combination, writes.- ''After a thor
ough, trial and convincing evidence, I am
confident Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, beats 'em all, and cures wheu ev
erything else fails. The greatest kindness I
thum to trv it." Free trial bottl. at iTn.
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STRANGE FUNEKAU
A Minister Who Preached a Sermon
Over his Own Corpse Hjm Sang by
a Dead Wife The Oddest Service Ov
er the Dead Ever Held4n the World.
New Yoek, Feb. 25. Who ever be.
fore heard of a dead man preaching
bis funeral sermon over hia own re
mains. That occurred yesterday.
Fuftbermore, the dead wife of the
coprse sang hy ms over the coda.
For the past four years the Rev
Thos. Allen Home had resided at
Larchmont, and spending the declin- .
ing years of his life attending to a
little farm. In summer he watched
with pleasure the yacht sailing and
steaming about the Sound.
' Eight months ago his wife, the
partner of thirty-seven years of his
life, was carried tD the grave.
But to him she was still alive, and
often at evening the sweet sounds of
her beajitiful voice pealed forth, eiug
ing the hymn i
.We sha.n meet once more
On that beautiful shore."
Lately Mr. Home had been laid np
with pneumonia, and last Friday he
expired at the age of seventy-seven.
He bad left explicit instructions as
to bis burial and the services to be
held over his remains, and yesterday x
his dining room and parlor were filled
with mourners who had come to pay
respect to his memory.
THE 8TRAHGK CEREMONIES. ,
Shortly after I o'clock the cereme- '
ny commenced, and from the table
was heard the sound of an angelic
yoice singing that beautiful bymiu
"A few more years shall roU,.,
A few more seasons come, .
And we shall be with those we love
In the land beyond the sua."
For some time a feeling of super
stitious awe pervaded tho apartment,
as many distinctly recognized tho
voice of Mrs. Home, but When they ,
perceived that it came through a pho
nograph they grew more composed,
though many wept as they recalled
the owner of that sweet yoice. '
As soon as the hymn was over
Charles Home, a nephew of the de
ceased, made some alterations in the
machine and inserted a roll that con
tained the funeral sermon of his un
cle, uttered by himself.
Seldom has a more impressive one
been listened to. It sounded so weird
that two ladies fainted and had to bo '
carried out. ' . . '
The well remembered voice of the
deceased clergyman told of how at
the time that his audience would hear
him he would be in that land
" Where the wicked cease from trouble
And the weary are at rest."
He went on to say that he would .
have passed the portals of ignorance
and would have entered that exist
ence where there be no further mys
tery, but where all things would have
been made plain. -
It is usual -at a funeral to eulogise .
thevdead, and the pastor who preaches
the sermon seldom touches on tho
deceased man's faults, but faithfully
carries out the old precept: 'De
mortuis nil nisi bonum.
HIS VIRTUES LEFT ALONE.
On this occasion the virtues of the
dead man. , were left alone, and in
stead . there was a long list of faults
enumerated, for which the mourners
were asked to pray for God's pardon.
-There was a stop, and the nephew
put in another roll.
The voice took up the address where
it had left off. "
It enumerated the virtues of the de
ceased wife and prayed God that tho '
speaker might be considered worthy
to become a member of that portion
of God's kingdom where she might
be enthroned.
At this point of the address the
voice of the deceased had evidently
broken down, and from the instru
ment the terrible sounds of a strong
man weeping and unable to restrain
himself broke out with terrible real
istic force, and caused a shudder of
horror among those who were pres
ent at this extraordinary service.
The next few sentences were utter-
ed in a broken voice, and prayed God
that if it pleased Him to remove tha
speaker by a sudden death or to take
him away in some unusual manner,
he would consider prayers after death
as efficacious as those before.
At the close of hia address he called
upon his hearers to join him and his
wife in singing the hymn, "There is
a Better Land.". ,
THEY SASQ TOGETHER.
The nephew arranged two instru-
ments , on the table and at once tho
soprano of the wife and the baritone
of the husband joined together in,
singing. Several of the audience
tried to join in the hymn, but their
voices were choked with emotion and '
they were unable to proceed. .
. The interment took place in Wood
lawn cemetery. After tho coffin had
heen lowered into the grave the im
pressive burial service of the Episco
pal church was read over it, still ia
the voice of the deceased.
The end came without a hitch, the
fiual words being: "God grant that
in. the sweet by and by we may all
meet in that beautiful land.
The Rev. Thomas Home was a fa
miliar figure to the yachtmen of
Larchmont, and on any summer day
he might be seen with bis green spec
tacles, broad straw hat and uu um
brella sitting on the east cliif ia tha
vicuiily of the old club housareaiirs
hia book.