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Show cn In front of him I had no ide, except from the remarks of the people, BORROWED- BUBBLES. who were not complimentary to the cause of justice. KISDS OK IIUMOlt FRESH Shame! exclaimed one man, sturd- ALL FROM THE JOKE SHOP. ily. If she did do it, what harm? said Idle Moanother. If Yon Want to Kill theThese You ments Try a Dose of Shes a mere child to look at, reMotherYonr to Them Can Head marked a third. Without Offending. Silence in the court! was shrieked out by the clerk in office. His friends were surprised to find What is it all about? demanded and there Ruthven, pushing his way to the front him getting his dinner here among the restaurants, just as he rank. . to do. There in the dock was a pitiable used Wife out of town? Y sight. Held up between two policemen, no; not exactly, though It because she trembled so she could not would be pretty hard to tell where stand, was a young girl, whose age was she is. For Whats the matter, old man? susas thirput down in the charge-shemore the a was than little there teen, but who, by reason of her attenuated appearance, did not look more picion of a sigh in hisat tone. all. Nothing, nothing than ten or eleven. Her small, white, You ought to take your wheel pinched face, from which two immense again. Exercise more in the open air, blue eyes stared tearfully at the mag- and Confound the wheel! My wife Is istrate, was filled with terror; her rough on my wheel now, somewhere. out and tangled hair, which should have You know I married a bicycle girl. I been flaxen, but was so begrimed with courted my wife on a wheel. We took dirt as to appear what artists would lovely long through the romanterm a neutral tint, hung down upon tic environs spins of New York. We did her half naked, bony shoulders; and her Central Park in the early mornings ragged cotton gown was scarcely suf- and spend many happy evenings along drive. ficient! for decency. . She looked like a Riverside now Well, hunted fawn, with those Now it is you know. I wild, pitiful, entreating eyes, and her havent time todifferent, about the go mooning whole appearance filled Ruthvens country forever, and she dotes on the breast with so much compassion that wheel. We have two wheels, and one he listened with interest to hear what is in the shop most of the time and charge was brought against her. He she is on the other. And I am browsconcluded it would be theft, and so it ing around again for my meals thats was of what other crime could such a alL child be guilty? But the evidence given Deceiving? Her. against her by one of the policemen was certainly of an aggravated character. Please your worship, he combeen after sworn, I menced, having was on my beat last evening along Little Peccadillo Street Spak out, said the magistrate, testily. The policeman grew red, cleared his throat, and recommenced. I was on my beat in Little Peccadillo Street Youve said that before, interrupted the magistrate. When I see this young gal, your worship, stooping by some palings outside a house; and when I came, up with her she had got er ands full of onions, which she had stole inside the palings, and The Waiter I didnt always do this. Only three, articulated the pale lips Sympathetic Guest Ah no of the child in the dock. Waiter My folks dont know where What does she say? interrupted the I am. Sympathetic Guest (with a tear in magistrate. mother--Wait- er She said it was only three onions as his eye) Ah, your mother thinks I am a Yes, shed got, your worship. , Truth. burglar. Only three! Three Is as bad as One on the Teacher. thirty. What more, constable? 'A certain schoolmaster occasionally Nothing in particular, your worship. She was thieving the onions not the compares the achievements of his pufirst time by many, I know and I took pils with the work of noted men in her in the hact. their boyhood days, much to the schowiiats the prisoner got to say for lars disadvantage. ' Now, John have you solved the herseif? asked the teacher the othproblem? to What ave you got say for your- er day. self? You can speak to his worship, if No sir, replied the boy, I cant. you will, repeated one of the constaHow old are you, John? bles to the criminal. Sixteen, was the answer. Please, sir, I was so hungry! Sixteen! repeated the instructor. Hungry! nonsense.' Hunger Is no Sixteen, and cant solve a simple probexcuse for crime. Where does this girl lem like that! Why, sir, at your age Whats her name? George Washington was surveying live, constable? the estate of Lord Fairfax. Has she got no parents? The pupil looked thoughful, but Her name is Peg OReilly, your wor- made no reply. ship, and shes got no parents as she the class was dismissed a After knows of; and she aint got any friends, classmate inquired of him if Washnor any home in particular, neither; ington ever did anythirg else remarkshe gets her living about the streets. able when he was sixteen. I dont know, responded the boy. The magistrate frowned visibly. was a surveyor wben he was as He Ruthven was watching every phase of I am, and when he was as old as old the farce through his double eyeglasses. our teacher he was president of as Ha! very bad! very bad indeed! States. Philadelphia United the Hoes sbe attend the School-BoarCall. No, your worship. Been vaccinated? ms Investment. debeen Ave you waccinated? Mister, said the man with the manded' the policeman in charge. suspicious side glance, can you tell me where the nearest trolley railroad Whacked, said the prisoner, misis? taking the word; oh, yes, sir, often. Certainly, was the reply. The mournful tones went through a dollar and a half I ought to For Ruthvens toughened heart. be able to ride about three dozen times, oughtnt I? (TO BE CONTINUED.! An OH.e1,, that a great rcace n.l tal.ra ,' - i a r r 1 ajL Ma.o it soul. possesion of her G 'Dm v,ivIov Deit. That t chocolate, with lots of criaia. v V P oc tal ItL cr:.'3 troit Tribune. knev7. r u q h:i r rrrb 1 Outclassed. three hulandr, him on a fare ry a fourth. Patrick Ragan Lad himself, Mirs Withers (radly) yt. once remarked that, as he had old story, mydcor; to the same landscape. was an othncho his poverty homeliness succeeds like succro. Next to his was the most conpicious part of him. The other morning a neighbor met eni' In-La- w, JQ 00$ O0O 000 r0' CHAPTER I. R. RUTHVEN was his what lady friends ter m e d eccentric." "very In their eyes the chief part of his eccentricity lay in the fact of his bein a bachelor and percontented fectly with the position. But that was not all. suchawful things He and cypic. dramatist His plays were the most successful of the time, but he would never allow any one to mention them to him, far less compliment him upon their popularity. They were all full of the most sentK mental love scenes, and airy, graceful humor, yet Mr, Ruthven, if everj he mentioned the tender passion personally, sneered at it as a chimera of the poets and novelists" brain a monstrous impossibility, not to be found in j - this world. t husbands did pot .Quiet, like Ruthven to associate with their wives. They were not .in the least of his upsetting their morality; afraid far from it; he had never been known to flirt in his life; but they were afraid of his destroying their faith in the existence of. truth and virtue. If his own word were to be belieyed, he did not credit . mankind with pny feelings beyond those' 6f and aggrandizement. He ignored love and laughed at matrimony, except as a convenient contract for such parties as desired to benefit by their mutual possessions a temptation hei always ended by saying he thanked (the Lord he had been1 preserved against. But if Mr. Ruthven did not care for . marriage, neither did he set much s ore by riches. He was very liberal with what he earned no ihconsiderhble amount and openly pitied those it incumbent upon them to save. He could not see the fun of plantfor the next generation to ing sit under. Yet he did not spend his money on his own home, which was a very modest one, situated in an purlieu of Kensington. There he lived, in a tiny house, waited on by an ancient purblind housekeeper -- one of those inconvenient legacies which a man sometimes finds himseH compelled .to accept against his will, and daesjnot .know how to get rid of afterward without being called a brute, t Mrs. Garrett had not much trouble, however, with her master, who always spent his eveningsat his club. There he might be "found, night after night, the center of a circle of admiring friends, for Ruthven, though so unpopular with the women in consequence of an unpleasant habit he had contracted by saying what he meant was an immense favorite with the men. Who heard no such caustic, witty, stinging remarks from any other member of .Cannibal Club. With the other Ruthven became harcl, philosophical, sometimes almost uncomplimentary, but his own knew him as he really was thoroughly honest, and true; hating vice, and with a very tender spot somewhere, waiting for1 the right hand to probe and reveal. An other great cause for offense with the ladies against Ruthven was, that he never went to their dinner parties, and, worse still, he never answered their ' letters. Many and many a fair woman had angled for that tough old heart of his in vain, for a poular dramatist, and one of the cleverest men in town, was not a parti to be let slip without an effort. Yet the coveted, cunning fish swam by them, flashing his cold, glittering scales in the sun, uncaptured and unlikely to be so. The married women said h was a bear, the unmarried ones that he was a fool; but Ruthven cared not what they said. In appearance he was decidedly His earnest, d were set a in face eyes whose features betokened three grand qualities decision, perspicuity, and humor; but as his short sight compelled him always to wear a pair of double glasses, few. people knew how much tenderness beamed in his glance and was mixed with the rest of his disposition. His but his ago was about was hair already plentifully sprinkled with gray. He gave strangers more the idea of being a disappointed and soured man than anything else, and the Indies v, ere not slow to attribute bis misanthropic temperament to his having bcn they jilted by one of themselves; but be.-n were wrong. Ruthven had neve jilted. His cynicism was due to the fact that he did not believe in that which he had never experienced, and s which issued from his the love I "u were drawn, as we draw pictures of Inn. cn, from his imagination only. If a lidy, by any chance, induced to opprir at an evening party, duflntn " ' r - eb.av? more elated at her sue- steady-goin- g self-gratificati- on Who-considere- fig-tre- es old-fashion- t good-hearte- d, good-lookin- g. deep-soule- five-and-thir- ty, -- pas-age- t -- a th I at w w me 1 a rally either 1 hi, t t. ic, hr ' If t .nil to warrant; bru-qu- e or inn arir.bly in hi: L Iovd ed i him. ; He was a fine, handsome lad, tall and upright, with wide-ope- n blue eyes, and fair, curly hair bearing no resemblance whatever to his uncle. On rare occasions he appeared by Ruthvens side In the stalls of the theater, and he always attracted much attention from the friends of the latter when he did so; but his uncle did not encourage the practice.. Like most men. who have passed through the crucible of the world, he did not see the necessity of being scorched by its flames, and wished to save Hamilton from too early an acquaintance with its evil. He had been burned himself too often not to dread the fire for his nephew. So young Shore was still considered and treated as a mere child, at which he was sometimes more than disposed to grumble. Ruthven, who usually sat up writing half the night, seldom left his bed till eleven or twelve oclock in the day, when, after a desultory breakfast, he would saunter down to the Strand and spend his afternoon among the theatrical world of London, being as well known in every lobby and greenroom as the manager himself. It was on one particular day in spring when, having passed some hours in the way described, he was walking quietly down a street In the city In which one of our principal police courts is situated. There was an amused smile upon his face, the smile of a man who has heard something which excites his ridicule either by its absurdity or its un- -- 1 1 Y i X- L, i , Cannibals as soon as it ever4 was possible to do so. And his hostess, could she have looked In upon him afterward, would have been surprised and disgusted to find how agreeable and talkative he could become directly, he entered his proper element and felt himself to be at home, Just as those of his acquaintances, who thought him so terribly sarcastic that they hardly dare open their mouths in his presence, 'would have been amazed to hear Mrs. Garrett scold him for letting his breakfast grow cold whilst he lay in bed, or for remaining in damp boots with his feet upon one of the best chairs whilst he discoursed eloquently on all the cardinal virtues for the benefit of his nephew,1 young Hamilton Shore. That young Hamilton Shore was Mr. Ruth-ven- s nephew every one had been told, some and believed; hut no one knew how he came to be so Ruthvens antecedents and family history being alike unknown in the world of London. The majority of his acquaintances according to the usual charity displayed by those who benefit by all we have to give them, and make the worst of everything we do in return were bold enough' to hint there was a closer connection between Ruthven and his protege than he chose to confess; and he never took the trouble to contradict them.1 He had said that Hamilton Shore was his nephew, and what society chose to believe on the subject was a matter of supreme indifference to ; him. The lad was now sixteen, and, having shown a1 disposition to enter the law, had been removed from the public school and was working under a tutor somewhere to the vicinity of his uncles house he Except at breakfast-tim- e and Ruthven saw but little of each other; but he was under the special charge of Mrs. Garrett, who gave him his supper when he returned home of an evening, and generally looked after 1 e corned ' him, when the following colloquy sued: An how are ye, Pat? shtar-vatio- n Moighty bad, intoirely. It s face. in the thats shtarin me it cant an so? Sure, Is that of k bo -- arttS w man. Hoods Pills ft ro the afttr-oiny lath in 1 C( n Li mi lie , lo -- l) ar v ft -- ludiioyPilk rr g Kidney g Troubles and blood troubles, Bright , ease, inflammation of kid--- ' It Clear, hi 1 w Modern Realism. said the mother, pointing to rheumatism, gout, neur.-4- backache, headache, ness, anaemia, dizziness, sleep etc curing the kidneys. h '?( l ' S will f) v 1 of j i t, Dr. Hobbs Little Liver Pills DICYCLING WITHOUT LEGS. The fact is. Lord Lupton had just met and congratulated him on his supposed Illinois Lad Fedals with His Stamps engagement to Cissy Vanilla, the preta Mile Under Fire Minutes. tiest and most popular burlesquer on Ever since wheeling became a craze the boards. His lordship had appeared the human race, big and little, high and to imagine that it was the most natural low, powerful and weak, has thought it n no dishonor to be found in scanty atthing in the world that the dramatist should be about to contract tire, pushing pedals. There seems to n an alliance with the act- be no limit to the fad, and the result ress and that he was a very lucky fel- has been no end of freaks and freaking. low to get her. Ruthven had acknowl- Now, however, the greatest of all freaks edged the possible luck, while he de- makes its appearance. It Is a bicycle nied the fact, but his lip curled inward- whose rider has no legs and only one ly the while. He and Cissy Vanilla! arm. The rider is Arthur Roadhouse, a Where would the worlds folly stop? boy resident of De Kalb, 111. He is thirLast month he had been accused of teen years old, bright and as active as losing his heart to Mrs. Flutterley. his physical imperfections, which came Next "week, in all probability, he should from birth, will allow. Like most criphear his name linked with that of Sig- ples, his mind is precocious. The binora Scandalati, or some other promi- cycling craze left him in body more nent female. Why could they not leave hopeless and helpless than ever. A him alone he who troubled his head neighboring manufacturer bicycle so little about paying attention to any to a wheel which make the hoy agreed of them? If his detractors could only could ride, and he did so. His one have looked into Ruthvens heart at hand guides the handle bar and bars of that moment they certainly would not steel lead up from the pedals to the have put themselves out of the way to short stumps which he has known as invent a destiny for him any longer. legs. Strange to say, he experienced As Ruthven arrived at the police very little trouble in balancing the macourt he perceived there was a' large chine He began riding about three crowd at its entrance so unusually weeks ago, and after three or four large a one, in fact, that it induced him hours instruction and practice he made to ask the policeman in attendance the a half mile on a track in less than three reason of it. minutes. He can now do a mile in less Its one of them spiiitual cases com- than five minutes, and expects to reduce ing on, sir; a doctor to be tried for h im- this time to four minutes. He has alposition, and the hevidence against ready made 'a half mile in 2m. 10s. He him given by a member of parliament. has learned to dismount, and can Ilutlrvoi immediately decided upon handle his wheel readily and without going in to hear the trial. It was a assistance. He has to be assisted, common habit of his to attend the po- though, when he mounts, but he exlice and law courts v,imn anything of pects soon to be able to do this alone. interest took place. His riofeenan w?s I)- - Kal b seems to have more than the study of mankind, and he know of! her share of bicycle riding cripples. A no better arena for the pursuit of it. 3 ear ar o one of the young women of Co 1m turned short roun 1 and entered the i I g taken off by the cars. the court. It uas cry cio.vded in an- i he a bicycle very' creditably, s is it of the fer and case, uJ. ticipation coming some minutes he could hardly get One pint of butt- r yrils cno standing room, and cf wtat was going pound. well-know- well-know- tnnt'i n, - Yes. Weil, I guess thatll to happen within that .bound is thing space of time. What do you mean? d man, You Look like a confidence. Into take my and Ill you All IvO got Is an accident insurance policy and this dollar and a half. My one chance is to cash that policy and of as there hasnt been a smash-u-p feel I purty any kind for several days, sure that Im due to draw a dividend. Washington Star. do. Some- kind-hearte- Easily- Satisfied. t n cure !c heartburn, I" rtc - constipation, indigesbad breath, palpi- J tion, flatulence, X loss ii no eti Tie kctcxycKxvc ua 1 IMPERIAL i f Is uSt Nw Tie , Gel 'arc ate ;nr ;rh: .ie ;rt ire i vD Pick-Me-U- ii The FISH BRAKD SLICKER Is warranted be prooL and will keep you dry in the hardest storm. new rOMMtlj SLK'KEJt Is a perfect riding coat, t covers the enUre saddle. Beware of imitations buy a coat if the Fish Brand Is not on it. Iji Qtatriimo free. A. J. TOWF-R- j Poston Master (dispatching a note) On the way you pass a public house. Man (eagerly) Yessir. Master Well, pass it. 1 L0IB PQISOI An Assurance. Youre not going to publish every-thinI say, are you? said Senatoi g A SPECIALTY Sorghum anxiously. BLOOU l'OISON permw' tiary No, replied the reporter; I would cured in 16 to 35 days. V on can be trea not think of it. If I were to let some home for aarue price under aamefo to come here we'11 If you ty. of that grammarless English get Into bio tract to payprefer railroad 1 areand hotel f we fall to cure. f you have taken?'m the paper Id lose my position before nocharge, atilt have cury, iodide potash., and sunset Washington Star. pain Mucous Vatehes In mouth, f 1 1 w. A nenry! Restless Spirit. Yes, your excellency. Gold reminds me at times of dians. In- May I ask when, sir? When the gold reserve threatens to leave its reservation. Harrisburg Telegraph. , i Fair Companion. Photographer Did you want a sitDasha way 7 ting Not on your life. I had Dashaway one last night that will do me for a to-da- y, Fin pies. Copper Colored Spots U'u any partef the body, llairor EyebrowsPOJ' ItLOOD It la this out. we guarantee Secondary to cure. We eoltcit the most o'' J' Date case md challenge the world we cannot cure. This disease has s p' babied the a kill of the most eminent onr Clan a. capital behind sort 500,000 tional guaranty. Absolute proofs rnpUention. Address COOK KUMfcDY L3 Maeonio Temple, CHICAGO, 1Lb Cut out and send this advertlseuicio PIUEOLA GOUGH is excellent for all throat r BALSj asthma. f0DS' will inj1? derive benefit its use, m it co abates the tires renders e!'"1 tion nature in p 4 easy,' wasted j I aW There Is tlif centapeoftho: tbeirf suppose to DC who are ... only - or deep seated cou-h- , often aper ?v catarrh. For catarrh u se Flys Cream Bahn J , remedies are pleasant to use. Cream BatoM bottle ; Imeola 25c. at Druggists. Lties of $2.60 will deiner on receipt of m0T!c.,v, FLY BKOTULFS, 5o Warren t,Ke10' cold month. Cincinnati Enquirer. Travels of tlie Puff. Oldboy I wonder where these big puffed sleeves are going to end? CURE for PlU Guffy I dont know; the bicycle girls just now seem to wear them be- in, fit mh os tumors cine c m uur f tween the waist and the knees! Har- 5l. prupfciate or mail. . JtOAAKO I pers Bazar. SURE Oh; just plain bread Decision. Could I only read the future. She nervously plajed with the fragile fan, while the color alternately deepened nrd faded upon her cheek. The future. For an infant Imr eyes met the eyes of the man who stood waiting for her to rpenk. I Lave d tided. she said, and it -- p. A Q,nlet Game. Trainji (eagerly) will do. Truth. t r3 Dicks What did Parkhurst go to Europe for? Hicks To find out which was the worst the morality of Paris or the immorality of New York. narrisburg Telegraph. Tramp (at dentists door) Id like Dentist What with gold or silver? e :rc icate, nourishing diet!! 5oId by DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE! John Carle Sons, New York. ; n SrRANUM A my teeth filled. t ; the door. of appetite, etc. by tations, on the liver and The daughter of Mulberry Bend gently acting bowels. Purely vegetable and the cowered in terror. only liver pills that dont gripe. And if you are not back In ten Iruiry!U eli than. Writ for fru book. minutes Ill break' every bone in your HOBB'S , MEDICINE CO., body! A San Franc Chicago. evan was It a not wa.s It tragedy; eryday occurrence. The young girl departed for the saloon around the corner, with the family growjer on S Worlds Fair H1QHEST AWAkD. her arm. Truth. In Sight. Ha, ha! ha, ha! laughed the great detective, I have them now. For five days he had been on the trail, and had neither eaten nor slept. unquestionably amos! He had done nothing but drink. Under the circumstances his joyous valuable FOOD &sid assertion that he had em bore the similtude of verity. Indianapolis room, where either litO: Journal, Disillusion. one or adult needs del- - Ill c ar I Stomach Troubles V l ir 3 -- T) If TAKEAPILL. hs tfte bvr Fils IH't gryw. t , f d? truth. cT rr will cure Chicago Tribune. to misunderstand my meaning; I have tried to make it plain enough. I want to marry your daughter; thats all there is to it. Do you follow me- But theFe was no need of this question, for, as the young man turned to leave he had tangible evidence that was folhis prospective father-in-lalowing him. Truth. Go! s Mfobbs Father What are you driving at? Suitor I dont see wThy you continue ',!t In ra The One True Blood Purifier. d, Making? ( Li Awkward Mistake. It was a bad break the Rev. Mr. Fourthly made when he married that couple the other day. What was it? He performed the ceremony all right, but he never had mafried any-a body in bloomers before, and hes little you know, and when he came to saluting the bride, according to bis custom, he became a little flurried and kissed the young near-sighte- JF1 -- a r dGGC?G C r.o si p a r i lie You know that man proposes She No, I dont, Mr. Softly; Ive only heard so. (Then business was be gun.) Boston Globe. half-starve- d, - Are Inseparably connectel. mer cbpeud simply, sole!- - , . upon the latter. If it is p properly fed and thtie is no If it is impure they j. 3 ness. and the horrors of V refuse result. Feel r. ? prostration on pure blood. Make pure p keep it pure by taking l ftNu r Cl nil r et -- V V i ycz, very pleasant for aythcr Ahem! V i A Training His Voice. pamkehT BALSA ; HAIR Clean" Promote Mamma, Jimmie Watts is learning to be a brakeman. Learning to be a brakeman? Yes; he can holler Mooresville and and beautifies a Inxunanl F" Junctiouburg now so you cant understand him. A Specific Success. Is marriage a failure? No; not as a means of grace. Er v. hat? It Rads to repentance. Truth, AY. . U. Denver. Vol. XII X ( 3 I 1 4 |