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Show TRiri'S MRS. its owner. nr. door-- , darkem-- CHINA. wont fiave I 1 good 11 lie! w va.-- I old Mr. Mis. Tripp i th'T ran. t to mv, an immediate at among t'a ir heirs over til pn leit, by tin uM I. dl.- -, hi nf w .1 h i tl iii, i tLr .p.-ri- ad-mil- ms.' ',i'i!je:its nr Sis it ho a slmim-eori.i.io- li'" .bn foaled!" of tie- teen had stepp.sl off C lit ;Ie ;.:.ii th in the other, sooic-t Inis tilling i la v. i.'ili'ot 'or ward and s. adiiig every pe-cvi tie i lima down with a era di on thei i hrii k walk efori. th door. The several heirs looked at each! ot her in sileti'-- fora moment. Then llovcy suddenly cried out with an hysterical httlelaugh: Well, I! Ci h- - i 1 nun-folic that this one might not hawev-iti,.ny particular interest had it not been for the some' what nature of tin crliile over which the cupidity of tint various heirs h id ii'.-- i ted i'xi'it. Few, indeel, were tin possessions Hr. and Mrs. Tripp left hehiml them. They did not own even lie lnnnhle little brown house in which they had lived for the past ten years, and when funeral expenses had lioen paid, there was not a dollar left of the sum found in an old pewter teapot on the top sle lf of the red euphoard in the till len. Frugal as they had bton. it was e identthat thissum represented l,e mini tot'il of their sa mgs of lanny eais. Fait Mr. and Mrs. Tripp had not nlw.ixs be. n so poor as they were at he ho.:, a nd there was one of Mrs. ''hieii she had al. Tripp's wax iuiii!ed n i! li pride as a relie b ; : r da s, and as undeniable of 'i of (he f,i it. (hat t iiei-- hail neeii used, and Mis. Ma-- t ci'sou (gathered up her skirts w hn she m t Mrs lov" a ii.li she had had a plenty. ev oil the street, lest t lie should idI h. r r relat ves now disputed Milk r contamination by 1 i , w uiuhs-tnrbe- d i 1 next-doo- 1 1 I. 1 i.- 1 . - V i -, niy a while hina t' i !, cadi piece of which had a broad gold hand around the rim. It's purechnny, Mrs. Tripp would alii n say, with a thrill of pride, as die In Id a saucer ora plate before See how firs eyes of her visitors. thin it is; you kin look right through if. Solomon give it to me on our tent h wedding day. He was in the grocery biasness then, an doin well, Hfi' hed gone to New York to buy goods; an when he route home, lie lining this nil peeked so carefully in straw, that the wan't a piece broke; bd one of tin sass dishes w as crack-m- i a little, i'.u I never used it none, .oil aint iieverbroke. either. 1 think hi v. a Id an all id my chatty. ho dearly prized chary had for ea a graced an old fashioned "w hat-fi).nncoritcr of Mr. Tripp's best e- in There was nothing else on be-'whatnot hut two big chain bi s, one a reddish brown, and the ntin-:dart; him, which looked as Vib,. iv,. s it 7 coiit.u t with Mrs. Ezra Simmons returned a ertuin basque pattei a she had borrowed of Selina Sharpe with a note stating that in consequence of the course you have seen fit to pitrsoo in relations to my husband's own dear which dead cuzzen's cliiny now rightfully Indongs to Me. I return the inclosed bask pattern and would thank you for my cup cake resect and my polynay pattern, not desiring that any tiling of yours should remain in mv possession and visa, versy, and that we do not speak from this date. So if. was that there was discord and enmity where there had once been peace ami harmony. Not one ot the contending claimants condescended t o spea to any d her rivals to the inhi ritarice. A month had passed, and the had feeling was at its height, when Mr. mid Mrs. l.'.m Simmons one evening tea-thing- s, 1, 1' i 1 ' I. ( M' and .Mis. Temp hud nocliildren, h.i' they had some relat tves cousins imi a s eoiid cousins and iliore re' mote i oinui lions. Theso relativis w ii u in reus, however, .lust how numerous they were was made mani-- ! et v, hen it came to dividing the few belongings ot the old people. jieThelinn hells, met at tlm house on tl 'ir wav home from the hmeral. li. r !!y wern they assembled, when Vitiry .Johnson, own cousiu to Mrs. '1 Vi; e i, said: f course you nil know that my 'Flier and i.etly Tripp's mot her was own brother find sister, and that made me nnd lletty owneousius. So it H'vms only fair that I should at feast have my choice other things, speshly when I might claim em nil; Hut 1 flint one to net selfish, and Fin vidlin you should all have your shter of whats left after Ive parked np Met tvs chnny tea set mid J kitoweil that was what you was groin tosny, interrupted Mrs. Cephas King, and I can toll you that Solomon Tripp was my own cousin, and t he ten things was as much his as Mu y was Hettys, and Ive ns much rig lit to em as you have! A bin. sharp voice came from a uru r of the room. n r tire-bel- . who was indy a. took move care of her endurin' her last .sickness that anybody else! Heulah t.ti rrupt d Jlovey. and one day we was talkin' bout the chnny, an' Hetty says, says sh . Heulah, says she, bout that . h says she, Fd as leave iuy yen had it as anv one, an a little leaver. l'iieiu's the very words Rhe said ,o my wife! pat in Mr. Ezra a, little tdd man with a t.ue and voice, nu Hetty was a onisticrs and a ham! and hose. Tlie enure population ol the village was ia tin stre. t iu less then live minutes after the lirst sounding of hell, and it was soon known that the hi e was ia the little brown house lately occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Tripp, Hut now ia the possession of third-cousin- 1 Heeoml-oousi- t, s. mill cousin oi mine. said a tall woman on it rusty black near the whatnot which the coveted china stood. So tie strife continued, until there nd-pj- mcnr of the claims of vnrioivs claimants. They, finally ltt. the houi-and tlu china in the possession of Mii Solum, , SharH, a lady ot nb'.nt lift v ypu'-s- who, although an of Mr. Tripp, had put tor-xiw a eon,-.;- , or nobaiiu to the china, declaring that site had no wish to puss, ss Fat t hero's one thing certain, - Cel Miss Sharp,, as she closed the Eve t ne descriptions ol District. Attorney Fellows ot New York i ity holds that the provi. h.u s unconstitutional. lie savs Vmoeg t hose whom the sheriff ha x a right under the la v to invite to wit ness the cm i u( ion, tin re is no rr lVhy reporlers umv not 1 'nxited. lata T. thy proba'iD, v.ci be present, lttl. v wem n,,t invb d what is there to pie writ my-ei'vnv one pr - : 1 to ivclte the t.''ts in eomerxution alter the execution is aver? Lo forbid timr 1.should the 'acts would he to forbid free speech. And furthermore, wlmt does a report-- r do but recite the tacts to half a million readers, instemlof toa groan of friends. Ufeottrse, if an indictment should be found against, an odi'or or n reporter for printing and reporting the execution, I should lie compelled to prosecute, but in my opinion the judge would hold the law to he ot ' Selina Sharpe. The tirst comers found the present tenant of the cottage flying wildly around, throxving her few belongings into the street and sereamingFire!' at the top of her voice. When the occupants of Mr, Drewes parlor reached the cottage they found the roof in flames and smoke touring from the windows while the tire .company was still in the distance. or at rate the Has my clmny been got out vet? trial would not result any in a convicshrieked Nancy Johnson. tion. "Your clmny! said Cyrilla Mills, who was only a It is a mistaken notion to believe "Fd say my cliany, said Heulah that Hovev. nothing can le done towardpre-veniina big crop of weeds next "It wont be anybodys if it nint got out o there right off! shrieked rear; now that the weeds are dead, a Ezra Simmons. great deal can be accomplished in At that, ir.stant the men appeared spite of thosewhothinktlieeontrarv. m the smoking doorway trving to By examining the wit lien tlowvr balance the whaDmt ami its content s treads ol many weeds at this saso.t between them. toppled .,fi. year it'xvould be found that over and tell to pieces on the stone much ot the crop of seeds is step as they reached tlu door. The iaturaily, then, if sudi brown one hna toned todo thesanio, weeds are urned a meat deal o seed and the cups mil other dishes were is genuiuating next sway: g uuslt mrly from aid ) side. spring. 1 'i'i,i,i,i,. iluer hehiml the last ot the "heirs, i l;.n shant om. of em step their touch! liot into this house again to lie hunyor anything else, until it's settled bv law who has a right to :m. e g it. :n self of d fourth-cousi- x N Taper Hunger ileiiitMesohl Pa. per. Early in the morning the paper hanger and three assistants tame in. 'aeh with a whitewash brush and a This is the bucket of boiling water. first move, he said, as they sat dow a their buckets and began going over walls with the brush and hot water, is though they were whitewashing, la a very short time the four dirty walls were very wet; then the ceiling went through the same course, and when it was thoroughly wet they be. off the ;an peeling paper where they first begun to wet it. It ."time like strips of bark from an log. When a spotseem--not to come off easily it was again wet, and left while they worked at another part. They soon had it all 'iff. In making the pasto he put a quarter of a pound of cornstarch into a porcelain kettl mixed it with a small portion of cold water, then added a lump ot alum as large as a .berry, then enough boiling wafer to make a thin paste, boiled it a few asked moments and removed it. ' To what the alum was for. mil e or moths from destroying tie pap, r around the edges. lie sir 1. i'ke was put on with a whitewash brush. The first width (alter lie paste was put, on and the lower nd folded hack so that it was lightly stuck to the edges, with both wrong sid"R togetler, so that its weight, in biting it would not ter it wns lifted up am! the top edge held in place, wh.lea dry w hitewush hi imh was Missed down the cciffie ofit.and when the fold d nnderpart wnsreach-it was unfolded and fastened down in this same way. Overhead the only cliang was that an attendant held one end of the pa per whih'thehanger nit it on with the brush. The wall and (idling were marked with a tape measure and chalk, the depth to lx left for bordering, and an accurate measure of length of paper to hr mtxvns made, making it impossible to have it either too long or too short. Ohio Farmer. How a 1 Miss femi-n'm- o . 1 Youth's Companion. lbmt l.ilto Electric Execution. The Western Electrician dOinesthe position ot most liewpapera when it mys: The daily press, ms a whole, has taken a decided stand against that clause of the law providing for the substitution of electricity for the Imlter in New York State, winch i was no potability of nn.alnienblo n i l rn ng tlyTiipp told mo agin and con versa t ion. he illag u in " it said, "that she wanted me for t lie tirst time in many mouths. i. have th'uu dishes, when she was The tire company consisted of those who could he tir-- t m getting to a bee with cm' Che said insmall von lit ill the rear of t he posl- mi told inn the same thing! who otiice, w here t here w re six i' pos'd .Mrs. Cyrus Musterson, . "Atnl of mine! i comfortable rocking-chaiand composedly rot urned Mrs. Nancy Johnson's stare. While Mr. and Mrs. Hrewe were executions. vainly emleuvuring to start a general t Sitn-ision- e pn.-d- r I tea-se- 1 ke-q- i Mas-terso- So we air, Beuly, so we air, 1 I'd nevet 1ra Simmons. have made any fu-- s about the old i hany only for Fmmehne making me do it! This frank confession of the ascend-eiiev of Mrs. Sinimonscteatedalaugh, in which ever-onjoined, There were several waggish fellows in the crowd who tin ned the occasion into one of such merriment, that even grim .Mrs. Johnson was found chuckwhile Thyrzti Master-soling lialf-alouand Mrs. Simmons, being at tired and keenly susheart good-na- t ceptible to even poor wit, laughed louder than anv one els., and walked home together side by sid most amicable manner. That was the end ol all the china us well as 1c end of t he china itself. 1 I abended being fail hull lotlieir trust. we he! , I tir lJt le i.i.s Ivs respon-- u a .he safety oi t he dishes, ami t hat asy-peelin- g concluded to speudanhourwiilitheir friends, Mr, and Mrs. 1rewe. The deai on and his wife were nor at home when Mr. and Mrs. Simtuoasarrived, luff Sally, tl?inai servant, said that she u. is expecting thorn every moment, ami invi'od lie callers to wait mail their re! urn. They hn.l waded in the parlor a lew a min at s u hen t he hell i nng and Sally wa heard to tel other callers that hi r am-teainl mislress would he in very soon and to in itod them uKotoiumein and wait. Directly afterward Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus were ushered in. Seeing the Simmonses, t he new comers haughtily w it Inlrow to a corner of the parlor and sat dow n in silence. A third ring of I lie bell and Mrs. Heulah llovcy appeared at the parlor door. She gave the previous occupants of the pallor a stony stare and then went to sit stitllv erect in the cent re of a sofa, where she seemed to be engaged in stalling intently the pattern of the paper on tin wall. 1erfect silence ensued for a moment when the 1m1I again rang and Nancy Johnsons voice was heard at the door. When Mr. and Mrs. Urewo followed all these callers iatothe parlor, strunge as it ma y seem, they had with them Mrs. Cephas King, who wns too courageous a woman to be in the least daunted by what she beheld. Sli calmly seated herself in a - v b ( 1 . hose her bor, 5 t! t 1 - i j nr-he- 1 , A FORTUNATE FAX. The b'J door of the Academy of during the reDesign w as act exhii.ition Loan stn! Fed. Fund cent tin to t.peaiiig. Ihe prefuraTory at t la il or narrowly every (Hie who departed, C.ud led name or card. odhi.il afterwards reniein that an exceed inglv marked man uitered, n;!)nrently with no bundle about him. He was handsome, with black eyes and prematurely gray hair, which he wore long. "Your name, sir, said tin policeman, stopping him and eyeing him 1. ! keenly. "My name, eh! said the stranger eh! Col. Beauclere. At this moment a lady came downstairs. She was well known to the rather angrily, policeman as one of the managers, and as she met the gentleman, she said cordially: "Oh, Col. Beauclere, I am soliappy to meet you! I am tired to death! Such a scene of confusion upstairs, anil we open tonight! Would you carry this fan for me, nnd give it to Miss Lomax? It is quite invaluable, Leluiigs to Mrs. McLlrov, and I hope it will be put in a choice place; but I have absolutely brought it down with me; how careless! It arrived too late to he judged and catalogued, but I am determined to get it in. Would you take it up for me? Fertainly, Miss Mirabcau; delighted! To whom shall I give it? said the colonel, restored to the policemans confidence. "To Miss Lomax; and for worlds do not fail, for Mrs. McElroy is already dreadfully offended because some of her exhibits were refused a place. Indeed, I believe she and Mr. Smith have bad some words, and she has loaned such beautiful things that I would not have her feelings hurt for the world. "But I do not know Miss Lomax. said tho handsome colonel, admiring the flue face before him, and thinking that a workaday rig was rather becoming to Miss Mirabcau. "Oh, you w ill easily find Miss Losaid Miss .Mirabcau; any max, Ho she passed on, fine will tell you. leaving Col, HotUi lerc with the fan in charge. He the stairs and was met t v a big dog at the door of an inner room. Ladies wore standing at the glass eases arranging missals, others were busy hanging fans, otheis putl'iig away priceless boxes, chatelaines, watches, jewelry of every age. front the mummy necklace down to the earrinu's of Eugenie. The artists were hanging pictures. Airs. Wheeler was superintending the and the miniatures embroideries, from their .iaf-e- looked at him with their sentimental, la st, century smiles, it was a confusing melange. As soon ns he found the lady who seemed to he responsible for the fans, he asked for Miss Lomax. ".Miss Lomax! said she, I think she has just gone in to see those famous swords of Mr. Brayton Ives. Perhaps we can s find I think I would like to look ntthe fans," said lie. So he stopped a ml chatted over (lie "Yernis Martins, the Spanish fans, the carved bone, and admired Mrs. Astors collection. Then he wandered off to examine the Jade, and finally rendered up to the lady in charge his own exhibit, a small but very beautiful pieee of antique jewelry. Then he felt in his pocket and discovered the tan, the little, long, black package, which he had been instructed to leave with Miss Lomax. Hut wli.-rwas Miss Lomax? She had become invisible. Old there she is now! said the lady with whom lie had spoken; that young lady with tho light hair. And here the colonel's memory heroines hazy'. He thinks now that he laid the fan down on the glass case whil" he wont forAliss I.onmx. lie that ignis fatuus Enough all the rooms, lie found her in the jeet are gallery, ami told her thestory of tie fan. "( h, yes! said she, we have saved a place forthat fan of Mrs. MoElrov's. Do give it to me, for she is furious. The colonel, suddenly frightened, felt for the fan, but could not find it in his pocket; then he remembered, that he left it on the glass case. He and Miss Lomax wandered back to the case, but the fan was gone. Just at that moment Mrs. Alujoribanks came flitting by, pale and nervous. "We hnve lost a Helm, said she, "worth ever so many thousand dollars! Oh, what shall I do! Miss Lomax looked at the colonel and the colonel looked at MissLomax. "Stolen! stolen! said Miss Lomax rn "I ah:, "alii! if I Hi,! ! h'-r- , 1 cried III V Mrs. Mills. Vonr ou!' xdu-tion- "H i itr.ful In anv of tliin.' . Mi-- s rltar,'i adi.erad to t his p pok;. ly but firmly rani-in- g .tie t to s.- .r lot tli" il.iinmnls Iti 1'' g t !. fo! Ion lug week, wlio in.!. n ;.d, posto t ill. it over ' w ,i li sibly, to i ,t: ry tli hitin Loin" in triumph. hina, t here vn s nothing fi'W Mr. a Trii i.e.gin'is tl.at tie r'!a i ves .all of tir furniture ot any valm ha iug his n sold or given in ayiaei.t ot ,i tew lulls that came in the funeral. As orilingly, after Miss Sharpe was soon left in possession of what was left, and t lie china, guardel bv the faithful dogs, still rested on t Iieold walnut whatnot thre weeks ntti-r- t hecouplt, to whom it laid given pleasure, had lieen laid nwnv in thehttli cemetery behind the villageelmreh. Mrs. Cephas King and Nancy r Johnson Inal been neighbors and very warm Iriemls up to the time the dispute over the china arose: but now, alas! they .scornfully passed by without a word or smileof of recognition when they met, and the King children were forbidden to hiivcan.v thing at all to do with the Johnson children. Mr. Cvrus Master-oi- l lived directly across the st leet from Hculn h Io ev, and so hc.jiii'iif had been the friend ly, pleasant little calls t he idics had each oilier that a mad' upon smoothly worn path led from one house to till other. Now all wilt g! " . The path was wholly dis 1'V t si: he, colonel avl Emily a .1 Airs. banks, all ia a Invar R. yean pay for th..4 ae n, mean ti .t .'Vinixh 1 f. m I w.ii uav . for it. I don't know, ..idM sj IajTuj. f ho hud evident Iv not been in t ) h excite, or r.iov hr rule4 Elroy's fail, w L eh ll id ft f 1 t laoe tw o J 'CO j le; only kn si mre had it, and was tchiiigilieusu;dat,.ry t! about is being an and tt ver dis'juistion which followed jd,c . w "Hat s' said that si o.m )0 would not iv lor that fan. said a n. e who of the insurance .as. d. it is an h adooni. The colonel groancl. At that moment one of the executive comm'tt'e passed and caution. If there were a pi. hpnekot in the building great care must be observed, nnd undoubtedly both the lace fichu and fan would be found. So the colonel in no cm iahle frame of miml, departed to meetAliss Mira beau, and to communicate to liertht To liis surdreadful intelligence. prise she was remarkably sweet, and bore her full share of the guilt. 1 had no right, colonel to ask yon to tnke charge of that valuable fan. It was not stolen from you. it was stolen from me, and she looked ai him very kindly. An electric telegraph shot through the colonel from head to heel. By Jove! said he to himself, n woman with a sense of justice, and a pretty woman too! But although they had a very r bewailing their agreeable woes, Aliss Mirabcau turned pak when shesaid: "Who is to tell Airs. McElroy? W e must wait a lew days to sec the result ot Air. Smith's scmv!i,' hi, id tin colonel. "Then, if it is re i! ly irrevocably lost, 1 will pay for it i 1 can. "(th, yon can't! said Miss Mira Lnn. "It is an lieirhiom. The colonel thought there went some looms on wh ieh nothing hut despair was woven, but lie looked at . b-- M Mujo-;- . r d half-hou- i 1 ' hu-!ooiii- Watteau, and the a H; he; don't you remember? ami she si.iq show iug it to Fount, ile Fois, Justp! ta think, this fan was not considn. good enough to Is exhibited! i j,tol Now Emily iwid t lie colonel were k new dilemma. Had Airs. McElroy ie advertised for her fan, and had recovered it through the olice? f blad so, they were still guilty, and ought Mi to find out what reward she had pmj wt, and what expenses she had in urrtd for which they, the careless anil non 10! a happy couple, were undoubtedly res-ponsible. The colonel breathed frr to s; and deeper as he reflected that be had not to pity the 10,000. Mrs. Maj- Inst, i a, r - oribanks promised to make it, djpiy. e matic visit, to ascertain, if possible "at how Airs. McElroy recovered the fun and It was fortunate for all partis, thin that this lady liked to talk, and that she told her story without mud hr 1 cross-ques- t ion iug. said she, yes a ou were ven successful. 1 did not think you tool very good care of your Uiiiic. though, on that- first Monday. AVhr I came along and saw my Ian top of a gla-- s case, just as l'haz given it to Emily Mira In nu, the can tess thing, and 1 put it in my poet,.; and curried it home, ns 1 have heaid that a mail, and I suppose a wonnii has a right to her own propwti whenever she finds it. Although j Aliss Aliraheau. lmd loaned it to Hie exposition, "Let us take it calmly, and go to they did not take better care of it the opening than that, why, well. 1 have nothing "Oh, no! said the careless Emily, to say. Nobody ever inquired for shivering, "I can never fare Airs. .M- the fan afterwards, so nobody missed cElroy until I learn the very worst.. it, I suppose. So long ns the fan got back to The lace fichu was found, but the fan was not; nnd the colonel and you, all right, my dear Mrs. Me Emily walked about like two sus- Elroy, said vhe diplomate, onh pected murderers. Their visit to t he the exposition is a loser. I consider exhibition were made furtively, nnd it a very fortunate fan. like undetected criminals they shunned Mrs. McElroy. Strangely enough, that irate lady did not make any in- Alulton Suet as a Household Eemedi, It is very vexing and annoying, ij quiries for her fan, and it was observed that she did not come to the deed says Herald of Health, to exhibition, all of wliii h was omins lip break out with ous. like but the is Letter far muit sweet measles, than a Nothing is more tual joy. Col. Beauelorc would never to strike out than to strike in. have found cut how charming Emily drop of warm mutton suet applies Mirabcau could be had it not been to the sores at night just D for the anxious and mysterious s cret which now bound them together. fore retiring, will soon cause then They grew intimate w ith policemen, to disappear. This is also aa excel employed detectives, and were to ba lent remedy for parched lips aw seen together ia pawnshops. Wherever a stolen fan could go, there to- chapped hands. It should te applb. V gether. did this handsome and un- at night in the liquid state and usual couple go. That fan must be well rubbed and heated in before found. brisk fire, which often causesa emaiHowever, this was not the worst ling sensation, but llte roughest c of it. Tho colonel came one day with a paper in his hand, llis martial hands by this treatment will often b restored to their natural conditio: brow was clouded. "Head that, said lie to Aliss Alira by one application. If every beau, almost assuming an know the healing pro ' martial air. "Head that, parities of so simple a thin: ns a little "Emily until this minute. mutton suet It was a low paper, one she had honsekeepi r would ever be wither never seen before, still it was print, it. Gee a little from your buti-hthat was the terrible fact. Tiie iron try it out yourself, run it into snu machinery of the latent printing cakes, and put away ready for ns press had caught up thnir trouble, For cuts and bruises it is almost it ami was to blazon it to an dispensalJe, nnd where there ai world. The paragraph children there are always plenty c rend thus: cuts and brubes. Alany a deep gas Those conversant with a certain that would have frightened mo sending for a physick gay set in this city cannot have failed women into to hear that losses have occurred, at once, 1 have healed Avith no otli. quite unaccountably, in the most ar- remedies than a little muttc istocratic circles, nnd, indeed, we fear suet and plenty of good castvle soar that some of the deposits at the A wound should always Ik kept cleat noted exposition have not all found and the bandageschuBgeil every d. their way to the glass cases. A or every other day. A drenching striking looking individual, with pre- warm soap suds from the pure' soap that can he obtained is n maturely gray hair nnd certain beauty, a great favorite with only cleansing but healing: tir the ladies, and the possessor of a cover the surface of the wound wf foreign name and title, is more than a bit of old white muslin dipped int suspected of being little betffer than melted suet. Ilenew the suet amlti a tliief. drenching every time the lmn dag "Oh, dear, said poor Emily, quite are cliAitged, and yon will he to see how rapidly the rglie crushed, so we have got to that! Dear, did you say? asked the wound w ill heal. colonel, and we ? and he looked Yes, lviu-o- il j! to-nig- Lav-one- blit, as whi still the A in h wot big intc t "Of curl dm is li wit! ticii cold-sore- 1 after-breakfa- m unsyrn-pnthizin- g i T fern she offe him iu t ehn T ver. I'O.-- 1 gov the T ga; lox voi iixi tim Ii do wh to 1 her era an mu I! Jell of A acci d asto-islio- volumes. At any rate, said she, "I can prove your innocence. Let me write to this papi r and tell the whole story, nnd she moved toward le r desk. "No, said he, "that would do. light them too much, that would be Hitting on the cap," 1 he great exposition came to an end, and everything was sent safely home to its owner. Not a lo.--s of anv kind occurred, excepting that of Mrs. AlcEroy's fan. The colonel had spent no cml of money to find it. but the thief remained concealed. Both he and Emily had lost flesh and color, but their faces looked as if they had found something else of great nei; all, aln libi lite I! mo line an. wid Through Sheer Gasscdsc-SB-. New York Tribune says: lie I.(x t seps would have been a marvel if had persuaded tho government France to see him through with t Panama Canal. A cont.rac.for L recently returned from the Ifitlira" says that more money has Lien Rein tlie ditch than is required to con plete it. I inquired liow the money had D .' wasted. Through sheer ness, he replied. Ill give yon instance. The best make of A mem locomotives, Baldwins, I think, a' used for hauling away the earth it is excavated. They pull the ca" from the cuts out on to the dnmr where the unloading is done. "The tracks are down grade, if a train gets loose, nine times it dozen it goes over the dump. I e0'; ted no less than twenty engines lying at the haw these dumps. It 'was impossible get them back on the rails with' taking them to pieces or lit ting up with derricks. "There were no derricks bigcnOj-thandle them, and taking apart was too much trouble, or' men didnt know how to go abo consequently they were left they fell, to be covered up bj inei F wit her and had It into act plei etui an ch.-- o & value. They sat, hand in hand, and eye to eye, in Airs. Majoribanks parlor. Mrs. Majoribanks was their mutual friend, and the repository ot their two secrets. I have found a wife, if I have lost a fan, said the colonel, tenderly looking down at Emily. Just then Aliss Lomax was announced. Ah, well, said she, we are hysterically. An hour was passed in inquiries through with tlie great work aren't and in agitated search, complicated you glad, Mrs. Majoribanks? How bv the feverish whisper of .Miss Lomax do you do. Emily? Good morning, that the irate Airs. McElroy was colonel. AVhy, how happv you all walking through the rooms looking look! Mrs. AfajoribanDs told her of the daggers at everybody. "What if she should iiear that we engagement, and congratulations have lost her fan! said two or three followed freely. ladies, surrounding the colonel, and "Hut, said Kmil v, we shall not amiably dividing the guilt with him. announce it until that dreadful fan is They were all in ready to excuse him found. and blame Emily Miraheau. She Ian found! said Aliss Loinax, should not have asked him to take why it is found. I saw Airs. Mccharge of the fan and so on. Elroy at the party last evening and The colonel the responsi- sh had it in her ham! "What? Where. IIow? sajj the bility at mu e. qui deli voii el or S and the pin ii f of Mr. dim brand-n-Baldwi- waste a snu he 11 tore put H lear witi he s Id ' vd 611 A La 1 WOT earth. "These twenty locomotives have cost, delivered at the Isthc 40,000 francs apiece. Fo hem5 item of MOO, OUO francs literacy ied out of sight and nothing w li AA, r - ! |