The Gastonia
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Vol. XV1I1. Gastonia, N. CM August 12, 1897.
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LETTER PROM BILL ARP,
AUTHORSHIP OP A POEM STARTS
A D180U8BI0H.
tf Bartow RmdUhsIm Ovm
Mmmj TVilnjpi TBai Art •«•»! Olhrni
▼Bal Wirht It.
lull Arv In Atkiota OontHintton.
The lest letter I bad about lh« poem
waa anonymous. Of ooursa. It wns,
for It read:
"Man want* but lltUa btra Wow.
tt© Yoarw and Uakliihiui mj,
flut woman wants It all. rou know.
And wmma II rt*til an my”
Mr*. Arp was sewing on some lafau
tU* garments at I quietly laid the mis
sive on her lap. tth* neither smiled
nor frowned nor stopped the play of
her needle as she remarked; “Maybe
they do, bnt tliey don’t get It nor ex
peel,*’
"T reckon," said I, "I.bat some stin
gy Old benedict wrote Ural; soma fel
low wbo would spend more money on
hla horse ttisn uo Ills wife."
’’No,’’ aatd Mrs. Arp; "It was some
old bachelor whose rejected sddressei
liase made him eynlcal, and like Byron
be rents his rayanga In doggers).
When you go down town I wish you
would see Mr. Uicka about that din
ing-room ohalr. Maybe he oao put a
new cane bottom in IL We nerd It
sometimes when we hare company;
and that old sideboard ougbt to be
iwvarnlshed and hare new knobs. Do
you know how uid that sideboard It
"Tea," said I; '‘Jim Sumter mads
It In llUi. Uu was one of the best
men and bolt workman I t-rer knew.
I paid him SJu for the sideboard. Be
was a well rend, well bred man, s good
neighbor aud a good oil!sen, and I
hart respect for the sideboard. It la
like so epitaph on Ills tombstone and
seems to read: ‘Sacred to the memory
of—’ Tee, 1 will *e« Mr. Ulcki about
the sideboard. U tbrro anything else
In hie Una that you want T"
“No," sbe said, "but you know we
are obliged to have another extension
table. We gsv« outs to Jessie when
aha was married anJ have been using
ono that was left liete three ye-trs ago
and now the owner lui aatlled down
and wants It. You had butter atlrcd
to this right away."
■ uaiH away, ngat imaj , ■ numu,
*'Mui vuutn jmniM It ail, rou kitvw,
And vinu it rtiriil mj/
Mra. Arp looked at ms and remarked
“1 want these thing* for you and the
children. It’s precious little* that 1
want for myself now.
I don't thick (tie admire* the tong
or the santlment.
I know It, I know it, my dear,”
said L "Tt»er* was a time when you
wanted a good deal for yourself aud It
pleased me to gratify yonr every with
and more than you asked lor. Noth
ing was too good for you when 1 bad
the money, .Silks and tablee. lawn*
*M muailut, carriage* aud horses.
Wilton carpel* end damask ouclsics,
and so fotth, and so on. et cetera e
pUrlbus ucum. Hut Anno Domini
kept rolling cm and the war cams sad
I discovered that you ware gradually
losing your concern for yourself,
and aU your cure was for
your children. 1 was ruminating
about this while you ware stitching
away so earnestly upon that little gar
ment for cow your love und earn have
Ispped over lo another generation.
The HtU* grandchildren have come In
for a share of yonr maternal love, and
your personal ifnnt* have come down
to a minimum. Of course, you must be
clothed as beeomrs the maternal head
of numerous mid lovely offspring, for
if you are not a quern yon have
reigned fo your bouM nearly as tong
a» Queen Victoria has lu England
and—”
” «»», vunw wim uu uuw, ft iu ubj
Wit*. "You had butter go to U>wo,
Aunt Ana says the rice is out and the
cowfeed too.
I wm rumluatiog, mid I, "bow for
tunate It was tbat yoor ambition sur
rendered about the time my money
did. Yon oeaesd to crave flue things
as I used to get you. You xdanted
yoor wants t» our misfortune;. Why,
40 years ego I would not have let you
go abont In tbat grimly gray maalin.
1 bad a contempt (or obeap things, es
pecially for you; didn’t I, my dear 1
You certainly did, said tbs, with u
kind of tad, reminiscent smile lo bar
ton* of yolor, “but this muslin Is
good eoongli now. Bat you better go
to town. There ere four little grand
ohildren hero lo dinner, and Aunt Aon
wants Urn nee right away.
And want* It right away, 1 hummed
to the Cun* of "Auld Lang Syne."
somehow I can't get that refrain oot
of my mind—“And wanta It right
away.
Sometimes 1 Iblok that men don't
underaiaud nor appreciate woman’*
nature. Sbe was created wllh a love
for the beautiful, for ornament, for
Bowen and gems sod Jewels aod gold
aod silverware snd dautaak and flee
linen. She can't help her Mature, and
Ibis very naimr proves tbat aba la
nearer Heaven than w# art. What do
1 earu for diamond* t Not a coot.
1 wouldn’t giv* a dollar for a liualitl
or thorn. An old fashioned tin waiter
with Bowers painted nn It Is a* good ae
a sliver on* lo am. I wouldn’t wash
the window glee* more than once a
year, and a wsthpan suits mass well
as a obioa basin. But I recognise the
fact tbat I am it man with an unre
Bned Datura. The 13 gates of Urn
New Jtrod*turn that an made of pre
eknm ttonea are no attraction to me;
neither are tin gold-paved streets that
8». John ■« In his vision. Bat slid
I have hop* of getting there and bt
eomlng mere rvBned, for I do leva
Bower* and pretty birds end nrange
treat aad luacloes fruits aad beautiful
eSeaery and meintalna aod the great
vmtere of U>e mighty at*. My wife
and my daaglrtert can spaed half a
day In looking at tbe beautiful Ibiaga
In the shew, window* in Atlanta, hot
I never step to gas* or edmlre, eg
eept, perhaps, lo look at the piano
graph's display nr the life-like models
of levutv women lltat teem amIIlag at
my three-eeon and tee. Reading and
otesrvatlen teach as* that all good
I
id on have reverence (or womankind
ui are conscious of bar boiler nature
tier belter morals and emotion*.
Shakespsnrs and Scott writ* of women
ss minitiering angoU. Wadsworth
says of b«r creation:
•A pCTteot wuaan eoWy piano**,
To wmm, to comfort •ml oomin*»dT
No great poet esve such a rake as
Uyron would have written:
"Atwell bsUove e woaan. or en eplisoh.
Ur nnjr other thin* tlwt'afabc."
Evtn Solomon lu oil bit glory wilb
hi* wives and ooncubluee, said:
Young man. tejoloe witb the wife
of thy youth, and be thou always rav
ished with tier love.
Edward W. Bok lays in the Ladies'
Homo Journal. “No economy It so
felee and misguided as that whieh
seeks to withhold one pleasure from
tho Ilfs of s good woman, a true wife
or a loving toolbar. The best borne a
man «aa give her becomes tiresome if
slit Is asked to live In it and stay In
it 300 days in • year. The Lord knows
that woman's life I* hard enough,
bhe travels a nath of sudurancs sod
suffering to which the average man Is
so entire Stranger. Then 1st ua make
that path a* pleasant as cosy sod as
bright as possible. Every dollar that
a mao spend* on bit boom for lb* hap.
pines* and oomfort of hie wife will
oome back to him four fold.
That is true—all true. Better mend
the broken pane or that cord or that
gala latch and sometime lake an boar
off from business and lake her to ride.
The Odd Fellows and Masons und
Knight* of Pythias are gnoj Instltu
liot.t, but tlHiuld not come In between
a man and his wifa. Tb» mother
went* help with the children, for I tell
you, tny brethren, there la no care nor
anxiety Ilka nursing aud caring for a
little ohlld. ami nobody but a mother
will dn it willingly. A mother who
has reared eight or ten children from
infancy to maturity and four year* of
the lime dutlog a pitiless war, when
she bad to gee from the foul Invader
with her little ones and hide them,
half clad and always hungry, can say
with Paul; “t have faughl a .good
Ozht; 1 have Hulahed my course."
see, Paul said that, but lie was no old
bachelor, and knew nothing of what a
mother suffers Th* emt paUwlic
lioe In all poetry Is that of Pill-Green*
llaJIrck, where he apoatroobltes death:
to tor iao<i»r «hM »t*o (MM
Ter the Lr*i Uiaer her Ir^bvra't brcoih.**
Tbe death of a young mother In
childbirth la tbo aaditoH of all nature's
calinltlea.
Maternal lova—maternal Interest. I
What It la that ao inspire* a woman to
bear bar fate—to aaffrr aod be at.roof V
A M.ra In* u Travel.
Kb* VorU Tlan.
That rough and t*v*gu wood If nan*
led by terrifying wild beast* that Dante
found at the eutrunca of tba Inferno
waa a gratefuland Inviting bower com
pared to the asperltlea that tweet the
traveler to the Klondike. Dante
didn't have to carry a year's provli
ions, but found very little enow, and
be had Vllgll to aboo the beasts away
aod show him lbs place. Bet wean the
rigors of the climate, the tad urn of
tbe made, and the high price of pro
visions the Klondike argonaut* have a
much harder time of It.
There appears to be a conspiracy be
tween the Cbllkat Indiana aod the
Northwestern police to keep American
mluera out of lbs gold regtoo. Tbe
police, nppreheadlng that starvation
will be the fashionable ailment on the
Klondike this winter, announce that
they will refoae to allow any miner to
enter British territory unlesa he brloge
a year’s supply of provision*. There
upon the Indians promulgate a new
tariff of rates for transporting miners'
pack* over the Chllkoot Puss, putting
the charge up to DO cents a pound.
Now, a veer’s supply or provisions fur
a man in a cold climate welsh* 1.100
pounds— three pounds a day. Cloth
ing, mining Implement*. oarpeolars’
tools for building rafts, huts, and
now, and other necessary supplies
added to this bring the weight to be
transported up to fully 1,200 pounds.
If the miners haven’t 1340 to pay the
Indians for "packing ” they will be
turned beck at the Uhlltoot Pass, un
ieae they are handy enough to carry
their own packs If they are not pro
vided with 1,100 pounds of food, the
police will turn them book.
It seems that the mails wars carried
over the pass regularly once u month
last winter which indicates that the
dangsra of the trip liave been exagger
ated. Hut It Is hard enough at bast,
*»d lb* requirement a* to provisions
must exclude many Improvident gold
hunters now on Uielr way.
But th* beartaobea and the disap
pointments will not be con lined to
thus* who have set out for the Klon
dike. We observe that thure Is a
magleat growth at gold-mining com
■antes, with shares sr» cheep a* to
bring litem within the purchasing pow
er of the humblest pure*. Some of their
companies have been honestly formed
end will be managed with Integrity.
Oll-tre ere mere trap* for th* enwary.
Mining share* area risky Investment
for anybody. Poor folks ought not to
toocb them. Investment* In tli* es
tablished industries of their own oouu
try furnish a safer use for money end
» surer return than mining share*. An
ken mine In Mm ground with « com
Btld atop of It is a mart valuable
•atlonal asset than a bed of gold-bear
ing gravel.
Th* Charlotte Jfawt says' A mar
ring* Keen*« was Issued Thursday
afternoon far lb* anarrlegii of Mr.
W. T. Johneton, of Oeston
oouoty to Mis* M. Bella Ulnrr, of
Hew Verb. They were married In
tbts city at See o'clock the same after
none.
Base Sea's * raise IUUW.
Tub Beer msi.vb In the world foe
Cute, Bruises, Bor*#, Ulcers, Baft
Rheum, Fever Boras. Tetter, Chapped
Hand*, Chilblain*, Gome, and til ftln
Eruptions, and |«wllively cares Pllse,
OC no pay required, ft l* gusrsnked
to give perfect aatlefeotloa, or gaenss
refunded. Pries 30 cart* per bee. For
sale by l. H. (harry k Oj
THE LAND OF THE SAY.
SOME OF m BEAUTIE8 PAOTTED
H WORDS.
lta« laiul Hair w>r In ikn
**w—Wa list-Wennltlna al ikf Ilnur
wh*a Mir akvliix niiyM-tsi
A(Mia Wtiew UH. Hun (v«n In Min
Marnlnnl—A Stairway tin Uktlt
Aaaaat at StU Heart a at) Me|te
aatl liltl ana ua Hit. Mta«t»
ware It lilya.
Ur. I.T. Treasons, Stv'r of iho IWpiur Kntae
MMoaMms*.
Some year* ago for Die Orel time I
croeaed the leuxl of Hie Sky from Mor
ristown, Thud., tn Salisbury. N. U.
Tlve greater pert of lbs railway had
been recently oonslracted. sod the
tralos ran cautiously and slowly oyer
the newly opened line.
Iwavtng Morristown about U a. m..
we reached Paint Book on the North
Carolina line about 19 m , sad began
our drllgtilfsl trip up the French
Broad river. It was su October day
with the nlr full of warm sunshine,
end with scarcely a cloud to east a
shadow upon mouulelu or river. Tbe
delay for dinner at the Warm Springs
Shortened the remaining hours of lbs
nsrer-lo-b* forgotten day. Willi de
liberate speed tbe train followed every
eurvalor* of the French Broad ns It
turned from aide to side ervkjng,
through that channel It ht* chiseled
In tbe everlasting rocks. Its pathway
to Ih* see.
This noted river finds Its birthplace
Htong His cliffs of tbs Blue Bhlge not
far from Caesar’* Head In South Caro
lina. Calling together Us tributaries
from every side It unite* them Into a
bi\Md Boo-1 that northeastward flows
down the Wiry slop* of tlm beautiful
Silky end metis nt Asheville tbe
sparkling hwaunaooa that comes leap
Ing like a fawn down the western
slope* of the living wall which sepa
rates the depressed mooutsin plateaus
from the Piedmont vutleysof Ike east.
Thus reinforced, the two tutu their
faces tn the west and prepare to break
through the mountain ranges, chain
after chain, until at last their Im
prisoned waters flow out into tbe great
valley llut from Pennsylvania to Ala
usraa atnoes tbo Mine Bulge from the
Allegl««ny. Ttili oonfltct of the ages
le not ret ended. Tbe mighty river
h*e Indeed out Ha way through the
aounuln bnrrlt re and galoed Die wide
Talley down which it flows to Hit gra-<t
Father of Waters, hut everywhere the
mountain ranges rising close on sillier
aids llaa broken batUe lines still hold
ing I hair position, seek to throw across
the opening a new f.umatloa to Im
prison throe flowing waters forever.
Nothing oouM »xce«d the varied
beanty of the eiiaugfng am-m-ry as lbs
Wain slowly followed every wmdlug of
tbs river, olloglog closely to Ike water
aide. Here Hie atrvum witb arrowy
swiftness poured through tbe deep and
aarrow channel It had worn by the
Wbor of ages Into tbe lucloalng rucks.
Here, as though wearied with its
efforts, It dell led In alow running ed
dlea under lutaki of fern* and wild
roaea, wiiile the over-arching tree* with
Uleir long willowy branches stooped
over and kissad tbs sleeping waters
And here brawling over n rooky bed
It broke Into a wide sheet of foam,
and hurried by as though It bad heard
and was answering tbe call for halp
from IU far distant mot tier—the
moaning sea.
Am uan I I _a_ a .
tM shadow* on the mnunlaloa deepened
the grei-ti of tbe forest verdure und
there the fl-ioda of sunshine mellowed
it Into tints of gold. Here lt>* bah)
and blackened eliflf net unimpeded
to the clouds, end tlisre clothed to
tbelr very wimmitK witti l*.fy cover
ing of close wove., forests, they seemed
like sentinels guarding tbs Inuer shrine
Of lilts sanctuary of the mountain
world. At lest tbs parting beams of
the dying day, like Mosee, ollssbed to
the mountain tops to bid the world
farewell, and tbo silent shadows were
lifted from the vales to cover the
steeping world.
We reached Asheville Just ‘ as ths
•entinel.Ure eet thttr watch lo ths
•ky. Tl»e train would resume its
journey to Salisbury with the morning
light, So I sought tbe Mwaunanoe
•‘‘del nnd retired »o rest at the usual
liour. I could out sleep. Ths reool
ot th* lings red In my son).
“»d Itaw permitted to walk through
Man before sin bad stained lUglorlee.
and seen what, since its ueopenlng
gatee have Wan forevsr barred, no hu
man eye can aae. I she old scarce have
Weo more enraptured by lie renin n
Waoce Uiau 1 was l hat night.
Before tbe dawn I liad descended
from my chamber to the olBee where,
fortunately for me, (be proprietor waj
®" y°u sre awake early,” said
‘t ie more »hen an hour before
n. ,Hh’* t"u *r*r t**” I"
Asheville before? Would you like to
sea the sun rise from Ute top of tlie
bolel y Vou have plenty of tins*.”
la h few minutes an > perilog In the
.oof lot as ont into the cool air of tbe
■•T"*"*' . A1 Bm ■•' "*• derfc except
a ttreek of gray down ufhi the eaeterp
boelAie. Then aa nut eye* grew more
accustomed to th* dark, and Die light
slowly Increased, there oases out ibe
dim and ghostly outlines of ths giant
mountains emerging from Uis floods of
darkoese.
■■ '*’* ,ul ike narrow
Ice of glowing eriowor. was broaden
Ing on the upward arching sky. Thire
:,btru,’w® i*01"*“*• glowing
l«hk Tbe arrowy beams of the erne
ing day were transforming tbs mists
of morning luto the light of heaven.
Jn»t In front of os old 1‘lsgah's bald
nn« oreggy sommit smitten by tbs
eomlsg sea looks na though the morrv
•?***£?£
vesfed her with Its molten glorias
Far away wsetward peak after peak
U meeting the rising day. Balaam and
«nd Jam leeks
" ■?*T**,r «««rds bed been hlndlsd
*• •■•emits. A hundred more
ere joining !e the Hue ef glory. Stead
tog on these heights so oesr to hcAVea,
angsts' Imoda s*«m to be dlaangaglng
ths curtain* nf tb« night, and down
thsir ragged aides and deep ravins*
Uts loosened draperies of dartnsae fall.
Swiftly eastward acroes tbs broken
plain tha hosts or morning are driving
Dm shadow* of Ilia night, and Held nod
forest and mountain crag and ths wide
reach nf Rowing river are celled hy tha
ootiqcnriiig light until dwannmma'*
forest-tangled fountain* yield to the
dominion of the day. and <n token r-f
her loyally she (end* lank from her
oveiy winding the morning's glowing
beam. Tlieae old roresta, covering the
hills to their very sammlt*. clad In
their autumnal ?oi«i nf crlmtoti. green
and void, look like high priests of tbs
world ministering at natara's altars,
and lifting their rid, ftalt offering*
In WietrGnd.
Overwhelmed with tha splendor* of
that oew day btealbed la beamy upon
till* fallen earth, I lifted up my tear
filed eye and said: "O. »J Father,
how con heaven be mors beautiful
Ilian chin V
Lend of tlia Hhj thou art to rtw
what the patriarch atv when sleeping
on his stony pillow- a stairway on
whose aacrot of gold, heart »sd hope
and faith and llfa rise bewvcowiid *o
high, tint at times ay soot catches
the aogatt's minstrelsy sad the sheen
of that dealing tliron* when radi
ance kindlea Into life entry eun and
•tor whose cycling march measures
alike the saint’s Immortality and the
eternity of God.
DRXAT1DX I* WARS WSUT
Rev. Dr. Sglaser I'aalrlpatea lo tha
Mpisawia 1.1 ■n-ary ,1 Wabn rarest CM
iag* Ills UnwaaS IXsIll Library,
U*Mrt news and ustarrer,
i nerw are tew Institution* «r learn
ing lu lbe South Una bin se large end
erell select*! * library aaUat posai mtil
by Wakn P'inut College. and the use
to which Diet library la pat la readily
appreciated when the graduate* of that
Institution taka llislr place.' In the
warfare of life. Bey. Jlr. Thoai«a E.
Skinner, of this chy. Iu»s donated to
this eollege Ills large and car fully *e- '
bo ted library, consisting of stout
4,000 ▼oloraui. I).-. Skinner bad de
teriuiDed a good while sinew to leave
bla library to Wake Forest at ht* death
but concluded to be hll own rxrcotor
In Uilx Instance and prreeot the asms
whila ba was able to mjoy seeing tlm
good that Ills generous gift would
confer on l lie young man whose nolnds
arc being developed and shapeord for
Uvea of usefulness. Dr. Skinner has
spent a largn amount In eolleeUng
those books. Ten Uiooaand dollars
would out oover tlx expenditure, end
raany of the books an ram and espe
cially valuable, belug out of print.
Hlu retire library, except h few books
presented to Ids two children anti a
wry few retained for liia owu u*e, la
given to Wake Forest.
Silas's XMiulg
Kins'* MuuMsln Itoforuww.
After Oiling soother osu's pises In
the depot at Gustnnla for two or three
weeks. Leslie McGinnis has returned
to Ills home In tin oily.
W* see that lbs flying jenny la In
Gail unlit and we suppose U will strike
this town next. There way be lota of
fun in riding it. but it la a hurt to »
town urn) community It cannot get
over soon.
Tbs in any friends In this section of
n. F. High, formerly with The 1U
fnrmrr, will be pained to learn of hia
death which occurred last Thursday at
Uaroleec, netr Usorlstta, X. 0. Ha
lesree a wifs and a llmuntha <4d boy
to mourn his death.
From a private letter received hy
Dr. Dixon from Capt. C. B. Denson,
of Raleigh, who was recently elected
principal of nur High Hehool, we learn
that he kaa accepted the position and
will open tiie school about the last of
August or first of Prptember.
Ths line of telephone between this
place and Gastonia Is nearly com
pleted. and then we will be eonneoted
with Ctierlotts and severs! other Im
portant cities sod we can alt In onr
olllce nod have a long distance chat
with our sister eltles for a small out
1«7-__
A Kekte Yaoag »«.
Oxford UWiir.
Roy Frrgrrson, wo of Mr. and Jfr».
J. L. FVrgcraon, I* really a model
young mao. being <«l7 17 yearn of age.
At an early age he found it neccreeary
lo get right down U> work, and he did
it like a man, alwar* at hie poet of
duly. He worked Mllhfklly and dili
gently at a email wtlary. raving np
avery crnt lie could. and a few weeka
ago found out be had money enough
to buy a good lwuaa on Broad it reel
which he pun: I ward and bad the deed
made out In hlo doar mother'! name
We put him down a» a noble young
man, and tell Ilia boy* to go and do
hkrwlar, Inrtaad of throwing their
money away on clgarcltoa and other
thing! I hat wreck thrlr young man
hood.
«MMMuhav nmk.
HnnlolUt* Our. laaWweiUii LanA^a.k.
Mr. Jama* Millar. Jf..huain fait
poaoeaaloo a plot# of furniture la tbe
way of a clock whlofc l! noted for ite
peculiarity a! well aa lla age. 1c haa
Wen la nan for 181 yearn end Mill keep*
good time. Tha eloek alia upright on
the floor nnd Ik 7 fart and 4 tnotwa
high. Tho wurka art very at rung,
moat of then being mode of Iron. The
Indication! arr vary good for the
clock‘e betag bare at leant a half a cen
tury yet. Mr. Millar *kya It hat boon
handed down from kit aaaeatore and
bo haa ao knowledge at to where It waa
purehaaad, but probably It It one «f
the otdwt In nnenUel nee to bo beard
of for ml lea aroond.
W# k(U Xeat*. Ike /rent Mood rvena
dy. A tore aura far fallbtg manhood.
Troat Terre not A IX. aktoala, V. O.
RVRVBB IIKB MOXMV.
t ——....
, Bat Mm Aakaa Or.,: Iltmliwt Ya-twr to
■Itmum toy ItotTiMMU/iaiurt
MMM an! in* ran t aortal Beta raw#.
i Mow To** llnua.
On that day Mm. O’Kellly, aim live*
at <47 KtM Oun Hundred and See-n.
! UrnUi St mot, «nu tint/ houMOlaanlMg.
I and llllla Tommy, who was on a flail
to Iter, way playing in Ui.t kitchen.
Seeing iliat hla aunt tool engaged, and
tiring «'f Uim usual forms of enj .yiesjit.
: Tummy k*t hImuI upon nu «K)n iriag
: expedition. Us started In at tlw bo*
I tea drawers, and soon d I scorned h fat
pockstbuok. His infantile fancy con
I cel yeti Uial It would !*■ capital run tn
throw tlw pookethook Into Ui« kltcbeu
tang* aud WtotcU It burn, lu an Io
nian t Im liad th* lid of l ho range off,
aud Ih a moment lie was clapping hla
| hand* and gleefully laughing at tha
Hama* ao they danosd about the laather
I pocketbook.
In tlio rear room lit* aunt dtlsctarl
tha smell of bamlitg leather, and, har
rying Into tha kitchen, asked Tommy
•hat ha had boon doing, but llw artful
lad bad he*>d Iter appnioebtag foot
step*, and hastily replaced the ltd oo
the stove. Ht declared that Iw "was
doing nothin1.' But Uw smell was
there, and Mrs. O’Knilly opened the
•love and sew the ol)*ct smoldering.
Sho hurried to the bureau drawer, and
mimed the porfceiuook. Sbe accost'd
Tommy. II* denied. She pUysd a
tattoo on Tummy, and be confessed
that Iw Imd Uirrwn tlw poekathook
Into the «tovw
Mrs O’Kellly quickly ttshed llw
smoldering leather from tlw Q uses nnd
oa ref ally opened It. Only a mam of
bnn.ad paper eoafronlad. her. She
wus liic-'Utolable, for lu Uw pocket
book had been ooa ten dollar Mil. w-vt a
(We*, flea one*, aodooe two duller (•III,
Uw sselogs of many mouih*.
one mm ultra no max* something
out uf lha aalrfM, but all that was visi
ble was a corner of tba ten Hollar bill
She look llie burned packetbnok sad
Ks contents to Uia agent of tba house
In which site reside*, John Ntearer,
Wl sss eg>OS Is at 147 Bast Due Hun
dred and Taeatr Uftli bLresl, rad i-a
plained ilia matter in bins. O i July
if he draw up au H«idavlt, whlab she
Sigurd. Selling forth tliw oontruts of
the pocket hook nad tbe manner of Ua
drat motion, and Ilia foil.•win* day Ilia
pocket book and aalirs were delivered
at tint Sub-Treasury, lo WsU Street,
together wltli tb* kfldsvlt.
Mrs. O’UaUly was still bemaoalng
bet loss Saturday morning, whan the
postman whistled in tbe ball and called
out: "Mr*. Kate O’Ktllly.'• Mrs.
O'Betlly hurried down su'ra and was
banded ao official looking document,
bearing tba stamp t.f tb* United Bute*
Treasury Department. She tore It
<ipan, and was almost orarcome on
aralug a check for (80 hoarlbg tha
oama of the Treasury Department nod
several sisnaturoa. Along with It was
a letter, stating tlust tha Hahn In lha
pocke’.book bad been examined under
a glass, and all that could be mad* out
weie sections ef a tea. fly* Bva^oltar
bills, and of a ona-doibr bill.
Tm Julp'. Busftwr,
TM judge looked serious. lud the
Judge's daughter was properly demure,
ssya the Chicago rort. If there la
anyone who knows when to )o>*k r«j
quiet sud demure it Is the Judge's
daughter.
“Young litlklns vu here hurt even
ing." said the Judge, and the jodse’*
•cow) was something awful to behold
as lie Mid It.
“ Wss hr, papa?" asked the lodge's
daughter.
“Was Ire!" roared the Judge. “Don’t
you know that lie was?"
“Oh, of crane, I know Hurt be
was," bet you were Making a state
ment, tod not asking A question, and
1 liave often heard you any that In a
trill It wasn’t policy to admit any
thing. *It is lima enough In admit a
tiling. ’ 1 liava heard you say, ‘afltr
the other side has proved It.’ 1 hare
ewlrrrd no denial, you know."
The judge mumbled somelhlug about
the new woman taring a llttls too
MBflitat times, but Dually waived tins
point and suggested t Fiat be I tad p-r
ronaily seen young Ullklos on the front
porch t>m previous evening.
“Yury likely.” admitted the Judge’s
daughter, calmly. “I am prepared to
oouaeda the fact that ha eras there, v>
that It Is unnecessary for yoe to Intro
duce the evidence."
Tim Judge himself admits Ural un
one can l« mors provoking than Ills
dneghtcr Is st llmce
"I not «u)y mw him thsra," eontln
uvd the Judge with soma Imprawlvo
«■», “but I aetnslly M« him kiss
you.’*
“Tes," Mid the fudge's daughter
pleasantly. “Oeorgete an awful trsae."
“A lease!" erh-d Ilia Judos.
“Oh, lie just delight* In bothering
me," explained the jndee's daagliter.
“Oh. lie rluoa, dors he?" Inqelred the
jsdge sarcastically. “Well, It ao hap
pens that I saw you return hla hiss."
The jsdge’e laughter laughed mer
rily.
“The idea of a map. who I ms devoted
bis life to law not knowing say letter
than that.'’ she said. “Why, I wasn’t
rsturulog the kiss he gsva me. I was
•Imply replavlnfng the one he had
atari ee.”
Then U waa that the judge gave up
the unequal strife and retired to hla
library, talking to lilmsvlf In italics.
Knur hundred miners want on a
•trike st Chicago last week.
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