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Show "WOOED AM' When Saturday arrived, and Stella found herself on the box seat side Standish Mrs. Grey having de, lined I1C looked the post of honor her debglit knew Standi-h- s stern face so young, so no hounds. was illumined by pride and pleasure t, happy, every look into those eyes that seemed like a draught smiling from some ho was conHe was pure spring of happiness. scious of a beginning already to love tier intensehe had made up his mind abchord some- ly. and that she should be liis. solutely where about Standish seldom thought it worth hi9 hCart while to exert liis will on trithathadnot fling matters, hut when he felt a WON? coin-uot-en- i desire to attain a purpose mbrated for many a long: day. lie 6trong would move heaven or hell to comri Graham Ftandish, was making an pass it. afternoon call, and she, iSteliu 15 rev, Ile had taken it for granted that My Stella was free and heart whole, so ith 4had just tripped into the room. when at dinner he saw Leo look jealsingiunt begs you to excuse her for a ously at her and intercepted the lovWe have Stella id saiil. just ing, reasuring smile she sent back, he experienced a sudden and violating pang. But he had sufficient self control to conceal it, and Ix'fore dinner light, Standish made a polite and appro-l- t was over more parties had been planlie muriate rejoinder. In his Heart ned for the following week. In Wedmoment the I' wished devoutly that nesday they were to go to the dunce I at the New dub, and the admiral bJ1jiight be indefinitely prolonged. felt the least they could do was to dance the ask leed not if scnc you enjoyed ast night, he said, looking with in- ask their host to dine with them on rDII:ome in, and she is creasing pleasure taking her bon-of- r at the lair andcan-P- . ailid face. ime Oh. so much, so much! she re-- 1 wiolied. with' a pretty enthusiasm that .v a vas absolutely unaffected. Her eyes lS o:laneed in the sunlight thatstreained indo'v " evidently darken ideatn d rooms and running blinds and rosy '"'nought were not in vogue in this house, to bitella's skin was like a blush rose ami unit-- , ithough she was not regularly I- 'jieautitul, there wassomethinggraee-lotbr11- ! and bright about her which made i and or more attractive than many girls hoard,, greater claims to positive I love dancing, do not eauty. 0j alarm ou? s!le asked, smiling radiantly If heaven were to be one Criest him. ng dance, I would be good all the ?st of my life. I am sure you are good enough ive hr heaven, whatever it may be, relied Standish; and he spoke with a soofleh gravity and even intensity that tella felt a li tie confused and had queno walk rather fast to conceal her it witJibarrassnieiit. rushe.I am not at nil good; quite the Ask Aunt Marian, she said, e looked at her with smiling even-Htiedulitv. She was like a wnite lily s, anii him; like the down fallen on some s. ountain summit. And yet Stnnd-- ; stooih was a thorough man of the world ittnct, skeptical about friendship, love tothe.ml women in general. But, though to be had lived and had known almost .pry phase of society, he never said usolutely to himself or to any one se, os many younger and less ed of his fellows do. There dinnm not such a thing as a good On the contrary, he had i bar,. onmn. aintained that this rara avis does p, ,, gist, but that the specimens are ,v.1 urw, and, when found, to be valued wmg t, pearls of great, price. He was lie w.,rd and stern, with an iron will; mil, fcjt j10 ,,,, .t conviction that a good, usual'qre, loving woman could change day t!q the worst, part ofhim, and inspire nge with deep love and tenderness, wn a l;e had met Stella for the first time vure (a the previous night, and he felt she approached to his hardaeal. ifterfcX am sure you like dancing, too, ing tUcause you dance so well, said hii gWlla, and then she blushed a little ,ee wh having paid him a compliment. ishmeL'It was yon who inspired me, that! replied, and then, deeply to to sot s chagrin, Aunt Marian came in. e seciiie had to control liis eyes now, mailt, id to talk all sort of platitudes; in-d- ex-mie- n . to-da- it he went away lmppy, hav-The- 'g won from Mrs. Grey a promise int she, her husband, her son and ella would dine with him at the following Saturday, and low him to drive 1 hem down in his . le'Siw'iach. When the door closed upon ying i'tn, Stella waltzed madly round the jcaseii'om. and finished by embracing her openi'Jnt with an ardor which made that II. lady smile and ask if she foot 3s going out of her senses. How utterly delightful! What a inds tch thee, dear man! Stella cried, and reHurl-py.gh.a- m her gyrations. new ,ttenticI believe lie is rich and very well ier, froHneeted, observed Mrs. Grey, who itinua. as. what they say every good wom-jso match maker. She was quite mi t hat her son Leo and Stella themselves in love with each t of motidleri but that was, of course, ridicu-,- t neither had any money. 7e ven'. e tolerated the idea with perfect r waiT'0l humor, but aiways had tier open for a good match, for VO wa p s, 1 gone-1- . . it ele dinner, the admiral, Stella's and Leo was informed of the ritntion, and received it with satis-dio- n gp Jjs father and I served together, it to '"narked tiie admiral, He was a ah. Tb'od ileal my senior. A bit of a dove! he was r frtifirt'i not , but, by tno l at home, ile was frightened p of it Ho T of his soui bv liis wife, who was a t, tartar, with a will like Her son looks as if he had e t who'll. btri'ited some' of it. iw of tow. I'ncle George, von are not i' cried jt.v a word against liiml up in ?l!a. We are to eat his going md and salt on Saturday, and Iau"hl1 delightedly. (1t1 (l0 1 suppose it is you. iny dear, we ;ies,fi'iy thank for his hospitality, said Tlis' admiral, jocularly. Leo frowned, n the evening, when the lie 0tljate'r bezique, mr ?r8 were playing ispered to Stella, I am not going Kn,. have you flirt with that chap. ' member, miss. ! srniled at him with her inno- blue eyes. Is it likely? she lie and they squeezed each others Pd, arc ids in a token of confidence. in-n- Io - Monday. How heavenly it would have been. said Leo when they got home, if the mater had gone in front ami you and I had sat behind together: And Stella concurred. Standish did not sleep well that night, lie had conceived a violent passion for Stella, and he meant ami willed that she should lie his. But the thought of the cousin, who was a good looking lad, chafed and irritated him. It was ridiculous to think there could be anything between them more than a boy and girl fauev. The Greys were not well off. Leo was only a clerk in the foreign office; he could not marry her. But Standish could not endure to think that anyone had so much ns breathed upon his lily. His? Yes. Whenever liis will had been roused he had never yet failed to obtain liis object. Instinct told him that he must not betray his passion toS'elia. He knew that it would frighten and repel her. It was a hard task when liis arm was around her in a waltz and his heart beat so near hers, but he exercised immense self command, and when liis eyes would have betrayed him he averted them resolutly lrotn her face. He soon became the friend of the house. Leo, no longer jealous, conceived the strong liking for him that an enthusiastic and frank natured lad often feels for a man considerably his senior. Standish gave him constant dinners, lent him horses to ride or drive, supplied him with choice cigars and took him about. The end of the season was drawing on. Standish began to find liis position unbearable. It was the first time in Ids life that he had played a double part, and he hated it. lie had always lxxui a man of honor; now he was going to descend to base means. And yet he swore to himself that his love, as he called it, was the purest and best part of him, and he vowed to love and cherish this fair creature ns the apple ol his eye, nndtodevelop every good and generous quality for her sake once lie possessed her! So Standish set himselfto serve two masters, hell first and heaven after. lie found out Leos weakest spot, which, poor lad, was a tendency to gamble. Standish led him slowly and surely on racing, card playing, even a little flutter on the Stock Exchange. For the first time in his life Leos pockets were full of money. He was intoxicated with the unwonted sensation. He bought a diamond heart for Stella, which she dared not wear but treasured fondly, for he had sworn her to secrecy about his money making. Wlmt delicious whisperings they had together! When hehad made 4110,000 they would be married. Stella was more charming than ever to Standish. Was he not their guardian angel? The day of reckoning came quickly and surely. Leo lost all his winnings in Goodwood week, and He was horribly 412,000 besides. vexed, but by no means iu despair, with a friend I.ke Standish at his hack. But suddenly Standish made a bold face, looked and spoke sternly, and nbsolutly deelinecd to advance the money. Stunned nnd stupefied, for one mad hour Leo dreamed of suicide; but he wasyoung, the love of life was strong in him, and he thought of his parents and Stella with a deeper affection than he lmd ever felt before. But w hat could he do? It would be impossible for his Tatlier to raise the money in so short a time, even if he consented, but Leo (till not believe he would consent, and he felt it would he easier to die than to ask him. But to be a defaulter? What high spirited young fellow could bear such a thought? That night lie took Stella into thegardens in front of the house, and t.iere he told her everything, with burning, miserable shame and anguish. She wept and w rung her hands. Was there justice in heaven if this awful calamity could fall on one soloved, so guileless! in her eyes las Leo; on those dear people who have been as father and mother to her. Sin1 railed against Standish and vowed she had always mistrusted that stern face of liis. She lay awake at night, her golden hair tossed on the pillow, her white face rosy with feverish anxiety. She would see Standish, would plead with him; yes, on her knees. He had always seemed so glad to do her smallest behest; surely in a matter of life and death he would not refuse her. She contrived to see him, nnd alone. With blushes that scorched her fair white face she pleaded to him ns in the watches of the night she had Then schooled herself to plead. Standish unmasked. He kept the pasrdon of his heart andeves in leash, Put lie told her without disguise the only terms on which lie was prepared to accede to her prayers. She was the price of Leo's delix crain e. He waxed eloquent; his voice and manner were tender as a woman's ns he poured out his love to her the love w ith which lie had loved, nay, worshiped her from almost the first moment when his eyes liehehi her. Stellv recoiled from him in horror; then recovering herself she appealed passionately to his generosity; to liis pitv ever. He had no more pity than the tiger whose prey is within his grasp; desire know smut her mercy nor pity. Her tears, her distress, kindled still more the violent and crued side of his nature. Yet his voiie was tender nnd persuasive. He would make her the happiest woman alive. She would not have a single wish ungratifled; nay, Leo himself should lie the first to benefit by her sacrifice. He ventured, even under the burning scorn of tier eyes, love to compare the boys with liis. Once more she implored him, with a very ngony of entreaty, but he was inexorable; there was only one condition. And so ho left her, bidding her think it ever. When she told Leo his rage for the He moment overcame his despair. called standish by every name with which a nmn enn brand a villinn. Would he have his darling sacrificed to save himself ten thousand times deeper disgrace? But after the first passionate excitement, despair came crawling back. Disgraced, dishon ored, was he nearer to liis love? Again he thought of making a clean breast to his father. But that very night at dinner the admiral had seemed out of sorts, anil had darkly hinted at an unlucky speculation into which he had been betrayed. Leo thought of his young brothers and sisters. Were they to be sacrificed to his criminal folly? Ah! he could call it by its right name now. He could call it by its right nrme now. He and Stella sat with clasped hands nnd sorrowful eyes. They had never loved each other ns they did now. Then, in the night, ns she la v half distraught with her trouble and Leos the instinct of self sacrifice which was in every good womans nature, which had made heroines nnd martyrs of them so often, inspired her; and, with shudderings and tremblings, she resolved to save Leo at the cost other own misery and despair. Without a word or hint to Leo she wrote to Standisli that if he would not have pity on her, knowing how she felt toward him, she must needs accept his cruel terms, since she loved her cousin more than might else in the world. Would he, she wondered, want to marry her after that? He took her at her word with joy and triumph. He would know how to guard her against Leo against every man in Christendom; and he had all the fatuity common to lovers who believe they can make a woman love them. Even then Stella had hope that she would he able to creep out of her promise through some loophole, but Standish was far too clever for that. Leo had obtained a weeks delay for the payment of his Goodwood loses. Before Standish handed over the purchase money she must be his. She must go through the form of marriage with him at the registry office. He would then leave her free for two months, during which he wns to appear to her family to woo and win her. He knew she wns not of age, but, he would hardly stick to such a trifle ns a lie now. And Stella without a word to Leo or any living soul with death in her heart, went out one morning and married Standish, nnd received from him her price, 412,000 in Bank of England notes. Her trembling hands placed tlmm that night in Leo's and lie went half mad with delight, nnd vowed that, alter all, Standish was a prince of good fellows, nnd perhaps had only meant to give him a fl ight forhisown good. Stella held her peace. Shecould not, dared not tell him not, at all events, until he had paid away the money. She knew well enough how lie would fling it back in Standishs face, perhaps with blows and violence, did lie but halt guess the truth. When Ieo sought his deliverer, nnd grasping liis hand, poured forth all his gratitude with heartfelt emotion. Standish experienced a sensation that was not pleasurable. her own lips. Oh! what a terrible telling it was on the evening when heiame ha. k joyous ami radiant from the. raise. TliequiveringMspi.il leaves which had list. me I to their former confidences, had a sad t.de to tcllattcrth.it night of wild sobs, and imprecations and agony. Stel- A Poor Lone Widow. woman of melanmcia sat ia choly and front of a druinumr on a railroad train. Six1 was clad in rusty mourning, anil her appearance indicated . When near la, his J'tellu. tli wife of Standish! that lu r loss w as tree oniv at this moment b- his sh turned the to drummer Chicago and asked: The rue da vs kept on, Ieo, ami What place are we coming to Stella trying hard to hide their next? wretchedness Chicago, madam. within their own I.etiinie see; that's iu Blinov, aint breasts. Lea never met Standish; lie was not to i,e at the marriage, it? Yes cert a ini i liis parents understood that lie felt a little sore, but thought with I'd ort to know, but Id forgot I light hearts that he would soon get ben in lllinoy. I buried my tirst husover it. The night be'.ore the wed- band tlieie 'bout twenty veurs ding came, it was supposed Leo had ago Indeed? left London, but again the rustling leaves sighed over the sorrows of Yes, and from lllinoy I went to those two poor breaking young low ay. I buried my second man out hearts. Their lips were pressed to- in Iowav. ami I ain't been there gether in an agony of farewell; it since. That was eighteen Tears ago. was an agony in which no joy ming- Went down to South Cnrliny from Iowav." led, because there was no hope. Oh! did you? I've been there. Swear! whispered Leo with wild You hcv? Ever been to a place intensity. Swear! And she answered in a Toice called Black Snake Forks? No? Well, lien Dodson lays there. strangely like his, 1 swear! Who was Mr. Dodson? Never was bridegroom more triMy third man, and a right smart umphantly glad than Standish, as he put liis wife into the carriage that feller lie was. lie had a cousin was to take them away for their named Hi Dngget. Ever run across honejmoon. A friend had lent him Hi?I think not. a lovely place in Surrey lor a fortYou'd know if you had. Evcri-bod- y night. Stella had borne up during liked Hi. Him and me were the ceremony, had smiled, hud accepted and returned the embraces married in Georgy, and he is buried of family and friends. But no sooner nine miles from Atlanty. Oh! ind.x'd! And do you live in wns she in the carriage than the reaction came, nnd sliesank buck white Georgia now? nnd exhausted, Standish was Land, no! Ain't set foot there, ranee itself. He made everj- al- for more'n a dozen years. I wont lowance lor her- As he was strong from Georgv away uj) to Minnesoty, lie was merciful. She scarcely said a and I met Tom Ilixon up there. Tom ilixon? dozen words during the long drive, Yes; him and me lived most, a nnd when they reached their destination she complained of fatigue and .fear there after we were married; then n blame old white mule ive had went to her room. Dinner had been waiting half nn kicked Tom so fatally that I lmricd hour, Standish felt a delicacy in dis- him one cold day under the snow up St. Iaul and sold off nnd went turbing his wife. At last he i,ent for near her maid. The woman said she had out to Kansas, near At i bison, nnd tuk knocked several times without re- tip a quarter section o land jiniu a ceiving an answer. Standish ran up- real smart mini's named Dill. And you stairs, knocked loudly, and after a Yes, I married Dill, and he took moment broke open the door. chills and fever fore three months Stella lay asleep on the yes. forever. She had kept her nnd left mo a widder 'fore the vow to Ieo in a wav that lie, poor was out. I tell j'ou I've had mighty lad, lmd never dreamed of. London badI luck. should think so. World. That's what I have. There was Ben Barber, after me nnd him was The Shepherd and the Jogie. married out in Californy ive got In the old eastern legends it is re along splendid, and was making bated that during the reign of King monei last, when all of a sudden Ben t a Cutch. named Lnheh a Jogie lived goes head first down nnd of course, 1 was a widder shaft, who was a wise man and won lrfnlly fore the poor mau ever struck skilled in the preparation of herbs. Then you left California? For years he had been occupied in Yes; 1 stayed there eight or nine searching for a pecular kind of grass, the roots of which should lie burned months, and thou Bob lie wanted to nnd a man thrown into th1 flames. Bob who? The body so burned would become Oh! Boh Whil d lie was Bril's gold, and any of tin1 members might be removed without the body sus- partner, mid lie never gave me no pence till I married him. lie is buried taining any loss, as the parts so ta- in the Black Hills. ken could nl wax's lx' Great Ca,snr!( ried the drummer, It so oecured that this .Jogie, while following a flock of goats, observed do j'ou make a business of going one among them eating ol the grass around the country burying hushe was so anxious to procure. He bands? The widder put her handkerchief immediately rooted it. up and desired the shepherd, who was near, to as- to her eves and said in keen rebuki That's a purty way to talk ton sist him in procuring firewood. When he had collected the wood nnd kind- lone widder, that's got her husbands ahead, and led flume, into which the grass was cawpse in a hnggagc-cn- r thrown the Joirie, wishing to render takin him out to Dakoly to lay him the shepherd the victim of his avari- aside of his other kin folks. Youd ce, desired him under some pretense ort to be shamed to be so onfeeliuI to make a leweircuitsnronnd the tire. Judge. The man, however, suspecting foul play, watched his opportunity, nnd. The Dinner Didnt Change it. seizing the Jogie himself, ho threw A good dinner is said to be a powerhim into the fire and left him to lie consumed. Next day, on returning ful factor in changing a melancholy to the spot, grpnt was his surprise to mood into a cheerful one. That one behold the golden figure of a man lj man linr.ly believed in this theory ing among the embers. lie immediately chopped off one of was proven hj- Turner, the artist, the limbs and hid it. The next day when, on being taken dangerously he rot timed to take another, when ill, he sent for an eminent phj'iii imi. liis astonishment was vet greater to doctor, said Turner, you seethut a fresh limb had replaced can Well, if anybody can. What's cure me, the one already taken. In short, the shepherd soon bcanie the verdict? Toll me the truth. I mu afraid I must beg von to wealthy and revealed the secret of his riches to the king, Lnlieli, who by lose no time in any worldly arrangethe same means accumulated so ments you desire to make. much gold that every day he was in Wait a bit. said Turner you thehabitof givingone lac and 2r,000 have had nothing to eat nnd drink yet. have you? rupees in alms to the poor. No. but that's of noconsequcnce. Yes, it is. Go downstairs, and Sudden Forgetfulness yon will find some refreshment; don't then come up and six; Sudden forgetfulness is not an un- spare it, and me again. usual thing ia the pulpit. Aubrey, The doctor refreshed himself, nnd the antiquary, saj-- that when lie soon returned to his patient. Now then, said the latter, what was a freshman at college he heard Dr. Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln, is it? DoOH j ou still think as badly of niv ns(. for his work, Nine Gases of I grieve to say I cannot alter my midill the Conscience, break down opinion. dle of the Lord's Braver. Even the The artist turned his face to the great French preacher wall, ami never spoke again. Later once stopped in the middle of a ser- in the day he died. mon from a defect, of memory; ami n himself recorded that the same thing happened through excess A Slight Break in tho Sentence , of apprehension to two other piench-er- St boms I!cpiili!ii. whom lie went to hear ia different It was seven years ago, said Mr. parts of the same day. Another C. K. II Davis, that I saw just ice t urn French preacher stopped in the midto farce in a twinkling. dle of a sermon and was unable to from tragedy one of those pine board in was proceed. The pause was, however, It ol over the mining regions courthouses 'FiiemK ingi niously. got said he, I lmd forgot to say that a Hint I, as foreman of a jury led my person much afflicted is n com- colleagues out, and w it h a long face mended to vour immcilial pruyeis. lie meant himself. He fill on his! pronounced the verdict of guilty of knees, nnd before lie rose be had dis- - murder in the first degree upon the omen'd the thread of Ids discourse, prisoner. Then Isat down, my chair which lie concluded without his want lilted against the window and listenof memory being pen cived. ed to the stern decree of the court 'to hang hj' the neck until d Just then three pals of the conThe Idea; Mrs. Lovetaik So Mr. demned man walked in with loaded Mrs. Boor Grn.v tipples on the sly? and tin sentence was never finirmix, Grill! Well, well, eierv famii.v has a ished. I dropped hack through the skeleton in the closet, ff he I'm tor's window, tin court followed, and Wehaven't. the Son (in for theevi ning prisoner has never been seen to My papa k( eps his in the otlh e down this da . A iveatherlienten r.s-eii- f - ( tore-be- a - - sofa-asl- eep, t00-foo- hot-to- i ? : - A few days later Stellas husband made a formal demand for her hand of her uncle nnd mint. The good people weredelighted. Mercifully for Stella, Leo had goueyncliting with a friend for three weeks. .Mrs. Grey could not make out why the girl was not overjoyed at her wonderful fortune. Standish was a lover, in ten thousand: liis settlements, his gifts were princely. lie did not trouble lmr with muchlovemuking he could afford to bide his time; but no woman could have had more tender thought nnd consideration shown her. He was so kind that a wild hope flashed across her that perhaps after nil, lie would set her free, for of late the fond affection she had formerly felt for Leo had grown into a madness of love that wns eating her heart out. Suddenly one evening she turned to Standish, and in an ngonv of tears implored him to release her. Ue bit liis lip; a dark red flush came into his face. What you ask is impossible, even if I were willing, he said, and then, in a tone which was quite low, ami yet which terrified her, he added, Do you know that jou are mine now, and that I could take you a way with me this moment if I chose? As jet Ieo was ignorant of Stella's engagement; she had made it a point that he was only to be told by town. s well-know- n Mas-dllio- M.is-illio- s . ! j-- A Terrible Tropical Snake. Ilxrixr' Magazine. There are eight varieties of him the moxt common being the grnj spei hied viith bla;, prei isely the color flint enables ti monster to hide Limsclf among the roots of the trees by simply coiling about them and concealing his triangular head. Sometimes lie is a beautiful flower yelloiv; then he inn never j Is distinguished from the bunch of bright bananas among which lie hangs coiled: or lie ma v be a dark jellow, or a jcllowish brown, or the color of wine lees speckled with pink and Mack, or a ash tint, or black wit li a vcllow bell y, or black with a rose belly all hues of tropical mould, of old bark, of putrefying t ecs, of forest defrit us. The iris of tln eye is orange, with red flushes; at night i glows like incandescent charcoal. And the reigns absolute king mer the mountains and the ravines; he is lord of the forest and tho solitudes hv dav, and by night lie extends his dominion over the public roads, the familiar paths, the parks, the pleasure resorts. People must remain at home after dark unless they dwell in the city itself; if you happen tohe out visiting after sunset, only a mile from town, your friend will caution you anxiously not to follow the boulevard as you go back, and to keep ns closely as possible to the very center of the path. Even in rlie brightest noon j'ou cannot venture to enter the woods you cannot trust jour to detect danger; nt any moment a seeming branch, n knot of lianas, a pink or gray root, a dump of pendent yellow fruit, may suddenly take life, writhe, swell, stretch, spring, strike.Thcn jou will need aid indeed, nnd most quickly, for within the the strickspace of a few en flesh chills, tumefies, softens, changes color, spots violaceouslj, nnd an icy coldness crawls through all tho blood. If the jilij'sician or the pa usour arrives in time, and no artery or vein has boon directly pierced, horte is hope; but the danger is not passed when the life has been saved. Necrosis of the tissues begins; the flesh corrupts, tatters, tumbles from tlx1 bone; and the colors of its putrefaction arc frightful mockeries of tho hv.es of vegetable death, of forest decomposition, tho ghastly pinks nml grays nnd j'ellmvs of rotting trunks and roots melting hack into the thick fetid clay ilmt gave them birth. You moulder ns the trees mould. r; you crumble nnd dissolve, as dissolves the suhstarn'e of tho halatas nnd the palms and tho the has ej-e- s heart-bent- s neo-mut- x: seiz 'd upon jam! And this pestilence Hint wakclh :n darkness, tliis destruction that w;. still; nt noonday. may nut be oi Each female produces vivipa-riousl- y from forty to sixty young nt a birth. Tin1 haunfs of tlie creature an in many cases iinneeessible, its multiplication is prodig-ous- ; it is oniv th surplus of i;g swarming that ovcrpotirs into the cane fields, and makes the highroads perilous after sunset, yet to destroy three or four hundred thanatojihidia on a single small plantation during the lapse of twelve months lias not been uncommon. Tho introduction of the mangouste (tho ichneumon mnj, it is hoped, do much toward protecting the workers in tho cane fields nnd on the cocoa and coffee plantations; but tho mangoustes powers are limited nnd tho ocean of death is illimitable. inex-plorabl- e; In a Hollow Tree. miles east About two nnd one-hal- f of this city is a large redwood treo feet in diameter, which twenty-fou- r is hollow, tho inside having been burned out, many years ago. The tree is in a lone place, and is seldom visited by nnj- - one mve an occasional hunter who mav stop there lor shelter from the storm. A few days agon hunter was attracted to the spot by the sound of voices. Mliat was his surprise to find snugly ensconced in this novel place a famiV consisting of a man nml his wife and three children. To close the opening in the tree a rude door laid beed constructed of deerskins. Inside the tree benches and tables had bixm constructed of redwood bark fastened together by wooden pins. The head of tlm family stated that he came from Oregon last fall, and not being able to pay rent fora house laid moved his family into this living home. He lmd tlius far made a living by odd jobs on farms near by, beingcurelul to never state where his home was. One ol liis children, a liul about lo years of age, stated that he laid caught about seven coons and fort v foxes in a s' eel and lmd disposed of t lie skins trap, fin1 enough to clothe the fa mil j. Tin1 boy himself wai dressej in a The mother hole suit, of coonskins. the anpearetire of a once bcnutiirl woman, ami her speech showed she had been cultured. They were all very reticent about their former li'.e and how t hej- - had been reduced to such straits. They expect to sj) uni tlie remainder of the wilder in tins svivan home. llealdsburg (Gal.) Cor. Gan rrancisco Chronicle. tj-fi- Quibble; Aw. Grotius, how are you getting on with the case of ou Ahhntoir, who chopped his wife's Boorl.v. poorlil I lie.al ofi'. Coke: had oiilvfinisnednrguingthe seventh appeal when theliews readied met h 't, hehad died a natural death in jail Its useless for legal talent to corGeint a gainst thoeccentrirfi rcosof Nature |
