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Show That the power to detect this internal man with a conciliating air. do not surprise me. altera year, converse, resumed; soon as my business was ended certainly niter eighteen months, the BV AUTA licit the AJuscovit snows and prooil needs renewing. No! retorted the Englishman ceeded to Egypt. You say to Egypt, interrupted In veyal p1nlor fruitful An. umn rora. I bring it bm ktoleuveit. brusquely. with poM. Ail earth a ea of purpl tmx-M. I'n.lial with vivacity. is worth nothing. watch Tin's nitm oh!, AJujpit.! with white and i hnnp deYou astonish me very much. Exactly; 1 say to Egypt. I had U da v ti.e wiki bum. round the wlio from a crop of ramie to visit. I even reoml iiw in iian clared the The Iron t prap' tiark-uYou mained until the harvest, which was plum smiling had grown serious. chill: kw witli a rahr hue in as it excellent. Then, instead of taking a but me much, aston.sh very kill: A smoky haze oh''urtH tht d'tant will I sale w ioua eondit uiuiii Uiii UfW as a the repay steamer. I returned to Mamhester grow at eve, isut the cold; by the Euiebneii. one of my sailing thousand trams. the Suwt flowers that dvorate the wunmpyear, AIv csels. fori am a himself Mr. had Barker prepared I. hito purple aaterw ptidn ro laden with was vessel a valuable his features to for a cherish we contest, giving Lle all thmpe bright and lair and his voice the maximum British cargo of ramie, that interesting texthe frozen '!. Soon tmtxt you ret tile plant which I was the first to inrigidity, but seeing that the honest To jou death Urines io pang, no mortal dealer for tiirniture materials. troduce offered noobjeetion, lie sotfen-efear; and gradually relaxed his still- Then, as I hr. need of recreation, I iSswetlj you deep, aafe in the rare of God. returned to Switzerland, where, for a ness. When I said your watch is worth month. I have been making various with some . of AU'OA'DERI-TUYATCIInothing, I spoke too strongly. The ascensions Club. And companions here I am. Alpine truth is that it has not fiiitilied the theThe waswitlml honest condition. It has varied ten minutes, Trandatcd from the French. a shrewd dealer, and had call ulated come for s can uu as yourself by of the It was the shop of the leading paring with the regulator by which, his profit on theHisinformation conscience did not Englishman. watchmaker of Geneva. I will not you set it eighteen months ago. "You are right, sir, said the mak- require him to impart his design. mention Lis name out of regard to He acted within his right. His reply er; "there is a variation ot ten minhis every on a of utes, verily, he proceeded, as if was simple: All .you have told me, sir, of your of whom is a lending It does astonspeaking to himself. travels has an intense interest: late it. look us of let at CJeneva. For clearness recital, ish me; however, He oneiied the watch, whose cases intense is not too strong a word. I without treading on any ones toes, had not been touched. Thu resist- must now repurchase the watch at he may lie called M. 1'iizalil, which ance which they opposed his practic- the thousand francs. Only I ask one dignities Legion. ed nail lett no doubt on this score. condition. A condition? broke in the One cold morning in February, M. Fnzahl examined the works in delike a London of the darkening out distail. way his Seeing nothing ollice, 1SS3, M. I'n7.ald sat in What condiwith a mag- sky in November. heinsiieetedthewat.il exman. a when his mail, easing of nifier. Lverythingwasinor ler. Then tion?' amt in deportment and attire, opened he submitted it you will give, in the receipt" tojhe eye of his prin- for That the thousand Francs, the reason thedoor of the store and accosted a cipal assistant. This was nn old craftsman whose lor returning the watch. State that clerk: had grown while in the trade. after having carrried it to Lahore, hair M. Fnzahl, if you pleri'? He not only knew all the parts of a into the Himalayas, to Moscow, l)o you wish to speak to him per- watch by the card, but could indicate to Egypt, to Manchester and buck to This Switzerland.it has varied, in eightits peculiar temperament. sonally? impiired theilerk. een months, ten minutes. This embis li.l sometimes to s, he so. one, Precisely is indispensable for my proM. Fnzald is occupied just at this ployer, is a little nervous and will writing a tendency to gain time; that tection in dealing with my silent moment. If it is for a purchase, have on is lymphatic, partners. the one, there is the chief assistant who will and we mustcontrary, Willingly, since that is the case, not be surprised if it After you have signed the paper should run slow; the other yonder give you all desired information. have the signature verified '"it is indeed for n purchase, but has a capricious disposition; it will you will Consul at Geneva. on special conditions, nnd I wish to gain or lose time, or stop, without by your No objection to that. I have busia (parent cause. treat only with M. Fnzahl. The temperament of this watch ness at the Consulate, where I am Shall I take your card, sir? seemed to belong to the last category, well known, and you shall have the Thu stranger hnuded to the clerk n for the old workman did not succeed, document in half an hour. Thirty minutes later the Englishsmall Bristol curd of the dimensions eitherwith the naked eye or with his man appeared with the legal attestadamin of n railway ticket, bearing the in- glass, detecting the slightest tions bearing the Consular seal. The age. r handed him in scription: Theeinployer, equally dumfomniod, a thousand francs in bank exchange W J. D.HkCR, TNl)., notes, and a took and forbore further smmity Uruimih plow, having bidden him farewell wasnbout Fortmtm Hpmro, W. package of bank notes from his cash-bo- to retire to his office when Air. Barkto reimburse Mr Barker when M. Fnzahl soon appeared and ader stopped him. mind. on idea his an (lashed What can I dressed Mr. Harken I do not wish that our business .Exi use me, sir; I do not know for you, sir? whether mv question will appear ad- relations should end with this cheer-cs- s transaction, which may be called Fxcuse mo for having disturbed missible, but I would like to ask is it laisser a pour compte.tf Sell me or on the Continent that you, said the stranger, a perfect at London her watch. allot watch? have this carried you gentleman, clad in one of those Never in my life, said the tradesThere is no impropriety in your I have given you ulsters having squares of differman, int decidedly. inquiry, and hough it may not ent colors, which the French have terest you much, can give exactly the )".arl of mv manufacture. Any I could now offer would not adopted after having long made fun the employment of my time since wo that so satisfy, of them. I wish to buy a good separated. Then adieu, said the EnglishI do not ask that much; only Oh! watch; the price is not the paraman, and without ill will. locality in general. mount consideration; what I insist the But Oh, without ill will, repeated the 1 can give the whole story. smiling, far from it. is on perfect regularity. There is no secret about it. In FebThe Englishman did not underwatclithe after this Then, suggested ruary. 188(5, purchasing stand this tar from it, and took maker, you need a chronometer; watch, I embarked lor the Indies. his leave. Ah! breathed the here is om in silver at only 1301) Enis III wonderful not for an That francs. No, rejoined pie Englishman, glishman. "With me it is an old cusThe third day after, about 3 oclock although 1 am something of a tom. Every year I visit Lahore in in the afternoon, Air. Barker, on remanufacsilk the to lunjab inspect traveler, I am not a marine otlieer; a from a short mountain extories which I own in the neighbor- turning with two ot his confreres of cursion good wnteh will answer. of the city. Try this one, said the watch- hood the Alpine Club, saw before the shop Ah! ah! repeated the dealer. Y'ou r maker, offering a Fnzahl an unof the could remained not have there long, usual double ease watch. For a year it of who in tourists, gathering i presume. The heat is so fatal to has not varied a second. as is well known, are nuAugust, I remarked V. J. Barker, Europeans. , mleed, merous in thegood city of Geneva. He this watch lms a good look. No, I remained there only five halted with his friends, and when the It bus more than a good look, months, and when the heat, became first ranks of the curious had dispersresponded M. Fnzahl, with profes- intolerable I retired to n little cot- ed lie was able to discover what hud sional dignity; it is almost a per- tage which I lmx'ein the Himalayas. attracted their attention. It was a In the Himalayas,'' exclaimed the large panel similar to those which fect piece of mechanism, approaching the chronometer, though without astonished Whv, exhibitors use for framing their medsir, our Mount Blanc is only 4810 als, and in the panel was a placard equalling it. The price? meters high, nnd vat no one lias ever in distinct characters written in EnA thousand francs be it, but on ventured to install himself there for glish, French and German, as folon one condition, audit is because of a summer residence. lows; this condition that I tooktho liberty I do not say that I dwelt on the For Extraordinary bargain. to disturb you. Gaurisanker, which is 8800 meters sale The best watch ever made is condition? What the high, and which no human foot has in Genera. In eighteen months, That, against this check on the trod, or ever will tread, not even the after been having exposed Hank of (leneva, you deliver to me a foot of the highest climber to the torrid heat of India, to the among enbv terms of which the the descendants ot your Joseph receipt you temperate climate of the middle regage to take back the watch at the the first victor of Mount Blanc. gions ot the Himalayas, to the rigsame price of a thousand francs it No! my house is situated merely on ors of the Russian winter to the burnwhen I present it to you again in one of the branches of the great ing sunof Egypt, to the atmosphere eighteen months you tin j that it lms chain, not far from Lahore, where of Alancliester, charged with fog nnd varied. On mv part, I engage to take the English colony haveereeted comnnd lastly to the sudden due care ol it. without touching the fortable villages, well sheltered changes of temperature in our own works, without even opening the against the sun and refreshed lv con- mountains, this watch, truly a woncases, I will merely wind it up every tinual mountain breeze. There, com- der, has varied but ten minutes in day at the same hour. parative coolness is enjoyod, which eighteen months. See liclow the cerYour proposition is acceptable. is delightful after the furnace of the tificate of our customer, whose sig1 am sure of my work and have noth- plain. nature is verified by the English Coning to fear. It isa bnrgaiu. Here is sul. Ah! oh! all! the ejaculated the watch. At the foot of this announcement, watchmaker, who multiplied his ex"Here's the cheek fori 000 francs. clamations in proportion as the quits American in form, hut strictly ''Anil here is the receipt, added words of the Englishman seemed to exact, the watcli was exposed in an the maker, after lie had prepared a with a preconceived idea. elegant casket, with the alluring incorrespond receipted bill, coupled with the conAh! ah! ah! how much time did you scription, Exceptional price 1300 dition executed by the purchaser. francs. puss in that charming climate? Eli! exclaimed the amazed EnII. Oh! scarcely a month. A letter my watch has risen 300 Eighteen months later, in August from my Moscow correspondent glishman, r 1887, M. Fnzahl was superintend called me from my desired repose. I francs in price. This lie is about. I understands what nn could hesitate. not It announced to ing shipment ' important .South when who the auction sale of an important now fully comprehend the scope ot America, should enter but Mr. Barker, whom stock of sables, which 1 laid the sure his sly questioning. Why did I not he recognized immediately, for the opportunity of placing in England divine it sooner? Well, no matter Englishman had not grown old or nnd France. I left the lunjab lor for at 1300 francs he will certainly not find a buyer, and whenever 1 wish changed in any way save that, in Busia. I can take the watcli agaii at his Ah! of said the the ulster of the fine, charming. place with nn exuberance of original price. winter of 1883, whose great orange The next day Air. Barker returned and maroon squares called to mind satisfaction which Mr. Barker did t used in not comprehend. 11c merely sup- alone to the display window. The the stables, Mr. Barker wore a full check- posed that M. Fnzahl, like all seden- crowd was greater than the day and he was obliged to wait ten ered suit under a short brown over- tary persons, took pleasure in hearcoat, which, by the skill of his Lon- ing of travels, and that he admired minutes before being able to apdon tailor, or perhaps by the use ol the extent and variety of his own. proach the placard. The reading stiffening material, kept itself in He continued with his habitual cool- had not changed, but the price ot the watch had been raised to 2,000 position, twining around the waist ness: francs. I paseed only two wtcks at Mosand dinging to the chest, although cow. below was buttoned. not Oh!oh! said be. at the rate at it Thirty degrees freezing Good day, M. Barker, said the point, you understand, for one re- which the r bids on himself I had better hasten to the aucwatchmaker in a familiar tone, tem-- . turning from India. pored by the respect due to a sedate ' Yes, yes, said the tradesman, tion. Then, whispering customer; you come to compliment I understand. (n entering the shop Air. Barker to himself, I quite understand, too, has not a lit tie surprised to find one me about my watch? No, answered the Englishman why the Englishman's watch lias of his companions of the Alpine Club varied ten minutes." wcaflering lor the watch. Now, laconically, I bring it back. Air. Barker, not having acquired thought he, it will For cleaning? queried the trades escapi oie and I ilTl watch-make- , r, i ship-owne- r. daiM-s- . d 1 wath-mak- fellow-craftsme- watch-make- r Eng-lish-ma- n, watch-make- x long-cap- e 1 watch-make- watch-make- watch-make- watch-make- r. Bui-m- I regn-- t it, AL Fnzald was right when he said he could not find a ter watch. The truth had penetrat- ed my skull a little too late. As usual I shall have to pay for m v exiierience after ail. M he overheard from the Then, member of the Alpine Club, you will not let me have it for 1,300 francs? No. sir, it is lmpireMhle. That was the price yesterday. To-da- y it is worth 2.000 lrancs. it will be worth tressed the Alpinist, I ofWell, fer you l,.sou francs. It is a bar- gain? Two thousand the certificate. at coal-dus- t, watch-make- or nothing. horse-covering- s lie-fo- re watch-make- e, dealer Well, M. ker. AL Well, Fnzahl, said the corner. Ye see, she had old Squire Spreck-le- s fora guardian after her folks d ed, and he wouldn't hear of nn marry in her: not him. He had a mighty poor opinion o me had the squire. YNell, of cour.-we wanted the old mans consent to the match, but we wasnt goiu to separate if we couldnt get it. One day I was walkin through the woods to the next settlement when I heard an almighty loud By fullerin the sound I cum to a gulch with a roarin stream run-ni- n through it. On the other side was a tree with Speckles astraddle of the limb and a bear lickin his chops at the foot. Why don't you come over an help me, lie roars out? for I thought I should just die of biffin. I straightened out my face an says: What kin Ido for you, Squire? Yon see I,ve got no gun. " 'There's a young tree over there, says lie, lennin over the gulch from your side. Y'ou kin cliiub up into it, an' let yourself drap over here. Aly gun's but a little ways back yonder, an I kin throw you my powder-horan you kin load up in m shoot the bear with no trouble it all. An whatll the bear be doin all the while? says 1. lies a lookin at me from the tail of his eye this minnit, an I'm nfeared ef I drap over rliere itll plump into his jaws. There's on'v one thing to do, says J, an that's to gon letch my rifle an shoot the varment from over here. 'I guess thats so, says he; but lon't be gone long. The desprit mate's made two or three attemps to shin up here a'readv, an there's io knowin how soon he may sucin fellow-countrym- Air. Bar- hol-leri- Barker!" returned the Y't-s- n bullet-pouc- ' This is aiuMTor for J nines Bui mat. n guiU who discovered the route, nnd made the first ascent ol Wont Rhino with Dr. Feccurd of s The family o Gtnva in August, have been noted ever bince ns guides of A meter is skill and courmn. nnd feet the height of (iuuriMiukar 21U504 feet. tttanne. which is allied to the Fhina or is, on account oftle toughness delicacy of its fihei, now used with great and ad- vantage bv Fnghsli anl Fieneh rannu'actur-erf- i. in combination with other textile mateii-n!sAttempts were made to introduce its cultivation into the Southern States, but discontinued for lack of a home market, tit'ommcrciul term; liteially, a leaving on account. Regularity Of Habit. of the most difficult of all minor habits to acqiure, says an able It writer, is that of regularity. ranks with that ol order. The natural inclination of most persons is to defer until the last possible moOne ment, or put off to another time where this can possibly be done. Yet habits of regularity contribute largely to the ease and comfort of life. A person can multiply his efficiency by it. We know persons who have a multitude of duties, and who preform a vast deal of work daily, who set apart certain hours for given duties, nnd are there at the moment, nail attend rigidly to what is in hand. This done, and other engagements are met. each In order, and a vast deal accomplished, not by strained exertion, but by regularity. The mind can he so trained to this that at eertian hours in the day it will turn toa particular line of duty, and at other hours to The other and different labors. very diversity is restful, when atBut let tended to in regular order. 'these run together, and the duties mixed, and what was easy is now annoying and oppressive, nnd the exact difference between many is at this point. There are those who confuse and rush, and attempt todo several things at once and accomplish little, while another will quietly proceed from one duty to another, and easily aeeomplish iv vast amount ot work. The difference is not in the capacity of the two, blit in the regular methods oj the one, ns compared with the irregular and contused habits of the other. Scientific American. Turtle and Bear. man at Covington, I'a., who was fattening a twenty pound snapping1 turtle, was aroused early one morning by thenoise of a scufiie in hisyard. Repaing there he found the turtle hanging to the nose of a 300 pound bear. Bruin was near the fence, endeavoring to got over, but his efforts were interfered with by the turtle. Eventually the bear reached the next yard, but the man followed and shot him dead. Tho turtle all A the time retained liis hold, nnd refused to let go until the dead beast's nose was cut off. Then it crawled off, carrying the niece of flesh ia its mouth. Boston Budget, So 't turn-- J out that fgot Pegr-- r an' Peggy got her money, an iilM'or the help of our faithful friend the bear. of Bounciii" a Tailor, bad debts all up and down, and had recour-et- o everv conceivable dodge for giving his creditors the slip. To ilisi ovorliis address insoluble problem. On day, however, a tailor, endowed with the fine scent of a profcs-iondetective. found tiie way to on the fifth floor of a house in Lae Lepie. lie rang the bell. Alarkoft'ski incautiously opened the door in person, ami the tailor stopped in, his eyes in a fine frenzy riU- New YYay Alarkofikki al n. watchmaker. It seems to mo that my watch behaves very well in your shop a rise in value of 1,000 francs rather quickly. It is worth that, insisted the tradesman. I believe it now, nnd to prove it I am going to take it again. "At 2,000 francs? , at 2,000 francs. You shall not have it at that price, said Mr. Fnzahl, whom the adventure had put in good humor, With your permission," responded the Englishman, who began to be impatient, I will remark that thero are hounds to the best peasantry. I am not in sport, sir, and I have no intention to offend you. If I do! not accept your 2000 francs, it is he- cause having refused 1800 francs from one of your countrymen, I am happy to give you the preference at that price for a watch which was once yours. Oh! you are acting honorably, said Mr. Barker, completely pacified, And with a courteous movement hegrapsed the hand of the shop- maker. Passing to him a check for 1NU0 francs, he quickly replaced the watch in his waistcoat. No matter,'' he communed with ceed. Theres one thinsr Id like to mem-tio- n himself on the street. Here is an afore goin, Squire, says I. Ive lias me 800 cost experience that francs. It will teach me to be more had it on my mind for some time. Wliau's that? says he. just to all my servitors, whether Your ward, Peggy White watches or employes. One does not Well? says he, cockin up one takesutlicient account oftlie services, because of a few imperfections. They ;ar. I want your consent to liern are ten minutesslow, or perhaps they come to a stop. But some work me gittin muiried, says I, speakin under the sun of India ami others aquar out. He giv a look at me'n then one amid the trusts ot Russia. That disturbs the wheel work. Here isSOO it the bear. It was moren a nainit francs lost usefully. The lesson has afore he spoke. I seed there was a powerful in'ard struggle goin on. not cost me too much. , well-kep- vtraaire Harries. eeged to a b'ar. said old me mv wife Ben Hunter, -- for Ins old wife to Ieggy here, pointing A Im ob 13-a- long-eap- o watch-maker- LOVE AND BEAKS. The went out in a miff, without looking at Mr. Barker, or ottering Lis courtesies to the r, r. stem-windin- g . shall M Ev'rybody knowed Josh' way Speck-(e'sot his heart on Foggy marry in a nephew of his'n. sos to keep her d money in the family; an Ive no doubt he was debatin just then, whether to tell me to go to old Scratch, talcin his own chances of tirin out the bears patience, or to buy my help with fair promises. Now Joshwav was a prudent mail, an a strict believer in the doctrine of Sot last says he; Air. Hunter, Ive long lmd my aye on you as a suitable match for Peggy.. Then Ive your consent, says I, darin to believe my ears. harly Y'ou hev. says he. And no takin back? says I. Honor bright! says he. I waited to see.no more, but sot iff, at full speed, hopin an prayin that my friend, the bear, might not be tempted to desart his post. As I aurried along Id time to think how ittle dependence was to be placed on loshwny Spreckless word. Once lut o danger he could easy nough to back on his promise, an Id no proof agin him. All at wunst a thought flashed ipon me. Youll see what twas presently. In a couple of hours I was back with my rifle an Feggv White besides; m there sat the bear bless his aonest heart an Josh way fcqpreck-ejest as Id left em. s, ( f course the Pole tried to put him oft' with a speech. Hut the tailor took a scat and declared his intention to stay there a week if lie was not mid. All right! said Alarkoffski with a gloomy air. And sitting down to his desk, he Itegnn to cut long strips of paper, which lie afterwards lasted on the chinks of the door and windows. The tailor looked on in stupefacAlarkoffski then stopped up the tion. a bundle of rag's the chimney with tailor uneasily watching him all the while, but without saying anything. The man knew how to maintain the dignity of his emit. Having finished all these preliminaries, Alarkoft'ski dipped a match into the ink nnd traced in gigantic characters the following inscription on a sheet of paper: : : LET Nil ONE HE A'VCSED OE OCR MCIiDf.il' : ! I AM TIUEI) OF MY LI F L: find, like two brothers. PERISH TOGETHER! ; WE i pasted the placard and lighted a mutch to Alarkoffski the wall tire to a brazier lull Heavens! ! of charcoal. was the ! only thntescnped from the lips of horrified open the tailor. Then, bursting? door, he bounced out of the! room, glad to get away from a cus- tomer who had such a strange fash-- f ion of paying his debts. Alarkoffski never heard of him! again. Stunned by an Editors Ger.crositt, f I once had another experience,', the old editor continued, not far from the snmeloealitv, between 2 and 3 o'clock of the morning, after I had got out from my nights work at tho editorial desk. In a solitary and dimly lighted part of Frankfort street through which I was trudging I became aware, unexpectedly, that somebodv stood in the shadow ofnn old' building. I was suddenly coat fronted by three clmrr acters, one of whom brought his t'acf close up to mine, and said in a low, harsh voice: Got any money, mis ter? Money! I replied, whilestanding as cool as a cucumber, Money! rough-lookin- g Ive cot a pocketful; and I jinsilver in the pocket of mjr trousers. IIow much do you w ant 5 I asked. Got a quarter about ye?' lie gruffly said, os he- stood beside his two pals. ,A quarter, you too!!' I replied; a quarter! take a r anil go away. And you.I said to each of the two others, here's half for you, and go away from me!' The men were astounded, took the money, cried Hurrah for you! Thank you, and decamped alonr a side street. 1 suppose that if J had not done as I did I would ha?e been knocked down and robbed; but ns it happened, I saved myself fros that fate, and am waiting for other adventures after midnight. Nev. Yes, gled some half-dolla- York 8un. A Florida Story f From tlie Starke Telegram. A farmer while eow hunting nopii Whats themea.iinothis? says Sampson Lake saw a big flock if Josh way, as soons he seed Peggy. buzzards, among which, judging Youre a Jestice o the Peace, from the birds strange behavior,! I. lays Well? something of interest must be goiC says he. on. The buzzards were gathere I, An Kin marry folks, says I. around a Ihrge ded alligator, nr What o that? says he. got his foot (astern I want you marry men Peggy.' oneofthemhad in the carcass in some way and Wi lays I. unable to free himself. Finally t ,When? says he. comrades bit tile foot off, whf s: I. savs Right off, caused owner to scream fit lie got so mad he fairly turned ously, butitsreleased him. Upon exa? j jreen. a ination the farmer found that t Go straight home! lie roared at stomach of the carcass contained j4 c Peggy. which Ip 1 Im nfeared to go alone, she huge alligator turtle, t whimpered for fear o the bears. was alive. A hole just big eiiopi h Ill go with you, darlin, says I, for the turtles head had been m8 j turnin to lead her away. in the hide by the birds, Come buck! bellowed Josh'way. which gator's hail been able the turtle Surely youre not goin to leave a capture its unsuspecting victim. F 3 nan in this fix. though crushed out of nlL shape ji 4 Alarry us, then. says I thems the J teeth, the turtle gators oftlie ny farms. Come to em or not, as lost nothing pecuT pugnacity rou like. Im a one price man. I f Jine your right bauds,' he to its kintL rrowled through his teeth. Au in TeoMuch Nap. ess'n five minuets Peggy an' me was fled hard an fast. But whether understandsthedisadva" Nobody twas by savin let no man put em ages of a habit of goiatg to sleep thun-leor us tellin to tsunder, go to the place so well as lie f lie wound up the eermony, I has wrong unsuceeessfull tried to bold i oulilu't quite hear. However. the Peggy says twas right words he eyes opn through a sermon, thee w ho has ised. fought drowsiness thro Then I tuck up my rifle an pinted the prolonged call of a tedious e t at the bear. 1 hadn't the heart to ing caller, or a certain Alaine woi till the noble beast to which I owed who went to Boston recently. ech a debt o' gratitude. Accord in woman didn't intend to go to I I aimed so's to graze the tip of lu3 ton; a voyage from Bangor eft ear. The hint was enough, for Northport was all she had in a vhen I fired he give his head a quick when she started. But in an erk, nn' turnin on me a reproachful lucky moment she asked permit ! ooC, scampered off. to take a short nap in a berth, Josh way slid down from his next thing sue knew somebody i oost. picked up his gun an loudened shouting: All ready to land. atn sulked off alone. t, ton. j Lewiston Journal. 1 1 W 1 r, . |