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He put it into his Two Steamer Loads ofc? that it was nut intentional in the back, and theyoung directorsbuggy pocket, nnd in a moment was out From the Saturday Review. side direction of tie1 school holle. the door again. whirled away in a i loud of dust. nntru8t The Egyptians mummify whpn wive. nt you pat1 I might as well go in and see she fiew to the handle As noble women jm,init' must home Steve Instantly Tenney's takingMolly hulls, TIE school directors about alligators, nnd m.ima!s:.' with liquor, our lonJe have in his buggy, said Mr. Larkin, that broom and water and milled it with all hermight again A Dpi v to them this terrain test. 1 t eral, of District No 19, he said to himself, when he partly because they Wtra and again. hen, ana not nil lien, Anil from their tongues the secret wrest. joining his wife in tlm kitchen and she and overcame her her, I rule, slicker. be Lure the a little were into chair. gods, fright toulJ partly to supply, For sinking dazedly notijing looking lerry township, jiosite sank hack on to her seat. nic of Amenti'tli the fauna guess the world's coming to an suine, holding a meeting. fleet Firnt let them in a manner The convict had acted with the of And lie went in accordingly. end! AnJ oft ami hurne-ilNot long dead. the repeat Xolioilv would c The little teacher looked consideraSteve Tenney aint a fool, his Tlienetfto word. Trulr rural; sagacity and daring which had made fellah fell into an have thought it. The bly startled when she ancient The sun IoUoav with successful. his Then so man of this, I up knew wile oat'g the enterprises responded practically. hlmiHS on shop ami in each run ' S chairman was lean- door to him. She dropp'd the spell- he'd get over that He had' calculated that the victim tery by accident, nnd found b ridiculous notion &e that they imrnl each plural. would give the alarm directly lie left among the rather ghastly after hed seen ing asainst his front ing hook she held, and her voice was ol his and ' mi mummies of 2,000 years these a nv without If This was what he wanted. her. she as they her expressed Molly. gate, with his hecked hardly steadyat Then mahethem put their tongues to this would have been madness for awoke the modern' spirit. from a sense of It him. he's it o gratification doing "Says see if them. And twill detert shirt sleeves turned lan k and an ax him to go on to the next town. He steamers, and carried ts Lvidejitly. Steve re (listed, some duty, said Larkin, chuckling slowly If he cadis sen ithclU they cun say in his hand, surveying the other two idiot had pointed him out to her at as the humor of thesitui tioudawneii knew that men were watching for tons of You can ronholeyourselves that they off to Live-- 1 Aren't drinking to u fleet them. hese cats had been divine He had mounted him at Wonder how far his members of the board, who stood church the other evening. He sat upon him. Chicago Herald. down in a front seat feeling unpleas- sense of duty will take hun? the train at the risk of his life as it them ehidren of Iasht. outside the fence. the neighbors cried, theV I shouldn't lie surprised at anyantly ogerish. passed slowly through one of the It was a meeting nevertheless; and She was hearing the last spelling thing! said Mrs. Larkin mysterioustunnels in the north of London, be- shaved itself, and went into nr A YANKEE'S TRICK. fore it was free from t lie network of ing. At a fire the main its object was nothing less important class. How pretty she looked stand- ly. was not to put q. The Larkins and, perhaps, Lyme than the s lit timi of a teacher for the ing there in her dark blue calico dress interesting lilies. He must escajie and win out. hut to keep the cats onto; T was a cold, somehow before it reached a apron. What a sweet Doty were the only people who were full term. voice sL had, though putting out not surprised when the new teach r The cats lie covertly jQ j" bright night in Lyman Ioty spoke to me about inti, men, pen, to a lot of fighting gave up the school at the end of the from the limited mail says the old translator J:' Herod to but leap the early part was almost certain death. having t lie school, said the chair, youngsters could hardly show it to term and was quietly married to the If, howngd Bodenly coursing toward of Fehruury best the nd director. antage. ever, tile train could be stopped he place, mount nnd skip quite ovct young dubiously. hen the class was dismissed and The chairman of the school board nnd the limited could make his escape with a fair heads of the people, into the fiiy Lyman Doty! exclaimed Steve the last student, had rushed is wondering over it yet. which chaunce, whenever it con, whoopmail was speed chance of success. Tenny, a stalwart young fellow, with ing down the street, t lie teacher and is not usual, however to stop a pass, the Egyptains are extre, It its way train on a thick brown hair, white teeth nml a the young director stood looking at signal by the communica- sorrowful. A cat dying is The Sound of Light. inorth. Th tor. The hell aroused t lie attention of to the temple, whore h square chin to make lip for his lack each other with some awkwardness. I I'd comein, said Steve One of the most wonderful discovof downright good looks. passengers had the guard, but all he did was to lean well powdered .with sodte, sliei8r Why, at thought and see if eries in science that have been made last, settled down to out of the window to see if there were buried in the city ofbubnstis. Lyman Doty couldn't teach a lmby. anything apologetically, is needed. He quit school before I did, long ft long ride, nnd nii3 sign that it was necessary to do ancient Egyptain met a friend y He did not mention the fact of his within the last year or two is the He was on the point of draw- no eyebrows, he knew that neats made them more. fact that a beam ol light produces enough, anil he hasnt studied any- being some six weeks late in the ing in his head when he saw a white dead in the house, and behaved of his duty. sound. A beam of sunlight is thrown selves as comtortable as cireunv shawl being waved from a. window. sympathetic solemnity. Andnoi thing hut potatoes and winter wheat The girl dropped her eyes timidly. since, that I know of. Letter stick through a lens on a glass vessel that stances permitted. Those within The lady had recovered sufficiently of these hundreds of thousand, I don't think so, she murmured. to his farm eh, Larkin? colored silk or range of the light had pulled out to drag herself to the side of the car- cats, which had been waiting contains AA'hat n hruteshe must think me, and open the sah. This was full.v till Osiris came again, arete Guess youre right, worsted, or other substances. A there evening papers and begun to riage responded Steve reflected, with some enough. The guard put on his brake made useful. Every one of themi the third member of the hoard, a litHe turned carelessly to the corner disc having slits or openings cut in peruse the rechauffe of the mornings and signalled the driver to slacken. separately nnd neatly laid out it tle man with a cheerful face and a where the broom stood. it is made to revolve swiftly in this news, which they had already de- In half a minutes the pace was per- tight little shroud 2,000 years Isn't this pretty far gone? he beam of ceptibly slower. tuft of hair sticking straight they are manuare, light, so ns to cut it up, voured. with a conscience-strickesaid, AA'hat s up now? exclaimed Mr. glance thus in scattered over Br: Not much bodies, out from his chin. the flashes of alternate papers making at its stubby end. barker, springing to his feet. The fields, may effect a saving in And thechuirinan nodded his agreeAnd tlie teacher nodded. light and shadow. On putting the remarked Mr. barker to the com- others followed him to the window. fetch 3 13s. 9d. a ton, t Your water pail seems to leak, ment. ear to the glass vessel, strange pany in general. He was a stout litThey had not hitherto noticed the there go to the tons about 9, On; the director went on, indicating the sounds are heard so longasthe flash- tle gentleman, evidently communica- fourth occupant of the Well, continued little' M r. Larkin, i apartment. these minor divinities. He was a tall, ing beam is falling on the vessel. tive. hut apparwith an air of importance, Ive had empty bucket and the yyet floor. cs, the girl assented. a more wonderful discovery Decently A stranger here joined in the con- ently very uncommunicative man. an application that I guess will suit. I'll see that vou have new ones, has been made. A beam of sunlight Concerning Hunchbacks, lie pushed his way forward and looked It's a sort of relalive of my wife's, Steve concluded. is made to pass through a prism, so versation. He was tall and spare; out. He uttered an Ten years ago a remarkable exclamation, And lie was rewarded by a grate- as to produce what is called the solar he looked the and just ns nice a girl as ever was. Yankee. and to the surprise of his companions acter died in Paris. He was km, ful glunee from the teachers soft spectrum, or rainbow. The disc is Have 3ou the last edition? he flung opeu the door, and began mak- all over France anil the Smart, too. Shes got a certificate she greater took her hut from its turned, nnd the colored light of the yes, as for two years, last examination. nail. asked. If so, 3'oull find as pretty a ing his way along the footboard. of nil Europe as The learned kp rainbow is made to break through it. The others him in started at wonder. He hack. was very wealthy Shed mnkea splendid teacher, Molly lie took her lunch basket from Now, place the ear to the vessel con- little story as youll meet with in AA'hat did it mean? a mint of money in the las: : her hand as they started away to- taining the silk, wool cr other mate- months reading. Sanborn would. He had seen the shawl hanging spent of his life, traveling in all years The escape of that convict? in from the window, and he knew to rections Sanborn! said SfeveTerry, short- gether, and, having taken it, could rial. As the colored lights of the researches coup surrender it short of Mr. spectrum fall upon it sounds will be making hardly whom it belonged. He was traveling Mr. barker. ly; any connection with the San- Larkins ing hishumpbaeked brethren. In; different parts of the spec- quired gate. given by selnorth his with " sister, and, rather borns over on the river? Yes; hes a plucky fellow. in the milder portion of Europe tt He yvas a little reluctant to surrentrum, nnd there will be silence in othfishly, though with her full consent,' he found the misfortune I lint's where she's from, said Mr. der it even them. For their first er parts. For instance, if the vessel Hes a eonsumate scoundrel, nt hwd the most;; her into a ladies compart- valent. Larkin. She's old John Sanborn's awkwardness had quite yvorn off; contains red worsted, and the green all events, remarked Mr. Smithson; ment,put Spain supplied the while he wrent to smoke a citheir walk had been far from unpleas- light Hashes upon it. loud sounds will a and in a circumscribed girl him that died last winter. burglar, and more gar in another carriage. He had in- oality at the loot of the Sierra Momj and they ere feeling very well be given. Only feeble sounds will be ant, tended rejoining herat the first Steve frowned, for ho didnt have a he found acquainted. heard when the red and blue parts of than suspected of being a murderer. No wonder, therefore, backed that there was one hr He walked home in an agreeable the rainbow full Im afraid very high regard for the Sanborn he's a bad to every 13 in!, les, lot, that he was anxious upon the vessel, and when he found itants. person are also found to I If he gets away the train family. They absorption, repeating to himself other colors make no sound at all. said the Anieriean. and saw his sisGreen silk give sound best in red he saves himslf ten years penal ser- ters shawl.stopping, quite numerous in the valley f There dont st'ein to be any mercy the things slie had said, and recallher way of saying them. light. Every kind of material gives vitude. in you, said Mr. Larkin, almost ingHediJpretty The pace grew slower. The con- the Loire in France. The not pause to consider that more or less sound in different colors, How did he manage it? asked vict bided his time. AA'hat was the humpbacked statistician came j tearfully, ns Steve was preparing to it was old John Sanborns daughter and utters no sound in others. The Mr. barker. I havent read the use the conclusion that there wass of hunting? No one would follow humpback in each 1,000 inha turn in nt his gate. If theyd been of whom he yvas thinking; he yvas discovery is a strange one, nnd it, is particulars. him in the dark. left well off it would lie different, but only conscious that she was a bright thought more wonderful things will an aggregate of 1,000 broke out of the van, rebut he reckoned without his host. tants, orthe whom it was charming to comelromit. American Art Journal plied Mr. Smithson. prison young girl estimated 1,000, 000, AVatched his against as In a few words Miss Morton (for that they're poor poverty, and Molly look at and listen to. of the entire earth. After the deaf and stunned the police- was the opportunity needs the place the worst way. her told brothname) His pleasant mood was rudely inman inside, got the keys, let himself er what ladys eccentric individual his had happened. He looked of this in He Knows Eetter Now. lou hadn't mentioned that, said terrupted by little Mr. Larkin,' who out and bolted. place of a will a voluminq round as she spoke, and distinctly the young man, turning hack. II drooped in that evening. AAill they catch him? It is well lor one to be careful in saw a man drop on the rails, and manuscript of 2,000 pages, all ej Lyme Doty couldn't have the That remains to be seen; the make off from the other end thats the case humps. The last page with strangers. Iliad a cuof the cerning school, he observed, yvith a chuckle, talking are on his track, replied he train. police it said nothing about the though Mr. Larkin walked away triumphbut it looks as though he yvas go- rious experience on a train coming from over the herring-pond- . of property, expressed'! I position In an he instant ant live minutes later. the to New from leaped York a few days ago, wish to have a hump of marble ing to have the teacher!" should like to have a try at him myground and followed him. The Yan- over his But Steve Tenney had surrendered AAhat? said Steve, with a sudden said a gentleman to the buffalo Ex- self. grave with this inscript f soon followed kee suit, and the exwith bad grace. Here lies a humpback who ha.' unexplainable sinking of the heart. pressionist. I got into conversaNothing could have been further citement of the chase siezing him, he taste for lies hanging around consider- tion with a from his Mr. Larkin made Steve a cull later the possibil- was soon at the heels humps, and who knewnj of Mr. young man, and, when ity of his thoughtstothan Mr. Larkin. said able, anyhow, about them than auv other hr; in take the having in the season. part Went to visit the school last week, he learned that I was from buffalo capture himself. The three men setback. St Louis Itepublic. could have Guess you'll have to own up to and he was asking me he asked me if I knew a Nothing the surprised tled down to their papers again in convict more than the fact that he I answered silence. being in the wrong, Steve, he began. whether Molly's got any way wus He One on the Parson, soon in him the affirmative, and he asked saw, however, hat's that? suddenly exclaim- that pursued. 'Ale haint had a teacher for years of getting home Friday night. He me whether he was. Still having the weap- From the New York Tribune. I knew him intimately, ed Mr. barker. said he'd just as lie! take her in his that's given the satisfaction that on with he had stunned the n This is one of the latest stories! buggy ns not. Molly- generally walks; I told the stranger that the hat is there? inquired the oth lolicemanwhich he determined to put it to alluded to had beaten me at ers. Molly does. The children rave about hut I guess shell he glad of a lift. her all of em. further use as he saw Fairburn gaz-in- by Itev. Joseph II. Twitched, ofH? You don't mean to tell me, said poker, nnd that probably he was the Pm certain I saw face a outside There is an old hv Hut Steve was unimpressed. ford, Conn.: on him. r in the city. Then the w indow, ho Steve, warmly, that shed have best The replied. I was asked My opinion has yet to healtered, too in man conthe for country open Hartford, a friend ofm i inquisitive young man if anything to do with him? The reflection of one of us, sughe said rather still! y. cealment, and the morning was be- for whom I Mr. Larkin stared. AA'hat could he knew the insurance man, and he his friend. gested justly entertain a And Mr. Larkin looked discouragto brighten the horizon. The Steve care yvith w hom old John Sun- staggered me when he answered, Perhaps twas the guard coin" ginning esteem, whose humble but liono-ed. convict AA'ell, I ought to, his for he is my faburn's daughter had to do? and grasped weapon presaid the Yankee. She Rpoke about needing a new ther. I nearly fainted, but I smoothed by, If so, the But he only said, deprecntingly: pared to receive his pursurer. AAhat hie calling is to collect the debri-isnt guard a wearing broom and water pail, lie said ns he would have been the result it is use- the kitchens of our neighborhood j the matter over ns best I could. AAell, Lyme's a good steady felcap, said Mr. barker, moving to- less to rose. I told her she had bet ter come low. Now when I meet that guess. At an3 rate, Fairburn the fattening of swine. I liare-- i man wards the window. young to you about it. would not have stopped, but the quent communication with him. Humph! was the scornful rejoin- on the street he always laughs nt nie Got it blown off perhaps, said American That school house had a new der. in the most amusing mariner. up to him, and put the close of one of which lately h It Mr. Smithson. Pray don't open his hand oncaught broom last term, and water pail his arm. The young man mused long and taught me a lessen, and now 1 never the pressed to him the hope that 'bo we shall window; frozen to P?11'? ou term before last! said the 3oung seriously lien his visitor was talk to people unless I know who death. or hm he iiaid. might live a good while yet, andjr gone, director emphatically. and yvent to lied yyith a lighter heart, they are. while your getting pare many afineporker for the m.i. but Mr. Barker let down the strap Tisnt worth And Mr. Larkin took a discomfited having come to a firm conclusion. damaged. I think I can persuade et. Thank ye, Mr. Twiti hell, and out into the peered darkness. leave. hen the new teacher closed school replied; thank ye, but I tliinkr The engine was throwing up a him. Husband andAVife. The next Sunday evening theyoung the next hen a mans rising seventy ty she yvas feeling Fairburn to Friday tried night shower shake his of adviser The Photographic Society of Genesparks, nnd the blaze from off, but in man, sitting in the pew of a small rather yvorn out. as she yvas apt to its not many more pigs I years The vain. convict, seeing fat. O'm wooden church with his mother, and feel at the end of the week; nor did va, Switzerland, has just made an in. the fire illuminated the tender. Those that it was in no hurry to go; foq a case of two which windows to was had no one, blinds drawn about to allowing his eyes to rove about, dur- the prospect of the four miles wulk foresting experiment. It has been threw a dim do didnt make fresh a anything very bad ar bolt for light on the hedges, hut hut ing the rather long sermon, suddenly home serve to cheer her. way I didnt mane to. butOmco-tin- t a strong voioe called to liberty, observed in the case of mature mar- otherwise there was nothin) him to discovered a new face, and sat studyShe looked the door and started ried to stay because, Mr. n stop. couples who have lived together darkness. ing it fortheroniaindiTof theevpning. down the path with a sigh. where;' If are know here, ye a dont of Ill you ye he long harmofire, years that, Anything there? queried cried, are. It was that of a young girl not a A neat little buggy yvas coming nious inperiod ( and the click of his revolver showed thought and feeling, and Smithson. remarkable pretty girl, hut fair and briskly up the road. a, his that threat was by no means a I fancy I saw something. fresh and innocent, with a bright in- start as the driver Molly gavethe subject to the same conditions of iifo, pulled up one. There was no ell, do settle about it one way meaningless they acquire a strong facial resemLuck Turned for the Widow telligence in her dark eyes and a horse and sprang to the ground. blance. The society took the photo- or the other, and shut the window. choice; the runaway had to sweetness in her full lips. It yvas tiie young director, and ho Its an ill wind that blows nobh of Mr. barker withdrew. seventy-eigh- t obey. graphs AA'ho is she?" was the first couples, to yvas coming toward her. questhrow see to what extent tin's facial resemdown Im I that certain saw was good, a says the Boston Courier. the mans head tion after the services wereconeluded, thing, "I won't make any excuses, Miss addressed ns it happened, to little Sanborn, he said, with a humorous blance prevails. The result, sn vs a he asservnted, nnd Im nearly sure I next order, and the short iron bar farmer living in a village near Rot.' was droDDod. London paper, is that in twenty-fou- r caught sight of ester Ims been struggling for yearj Larkin, who had come in late. something niovin0 solemnity. 1 won't say I'm going Now march back to the I looked out. cases when the in resemblance the frain, and to pay the premiums on his life u; perThat? tlie latter asked in aston- over the river on business, and hapno sonal appearance of the husband games, or 'twill he worse for you. Iindn t rou better call the I ishment. suranee of $15,000: AA'hy, thats our teacher pened to think you might like to ride. guard A .few minutes later the wile was greater than that of and stop the lie asked Mr. was m fugitive thats only Molly Sanborn. Thats The truth is that it's a carefully laid nnd few months the last train; During a luggage van, securly bound. suffered brother and sister; in thirty cases it Smithson, ironically. a series of misfortunes tfc my wife she's with dont you sis. I plot. AY ill you he an aider and was At the next Mr. he in station and was barker twenty-equally great: did handed only am waiting to take them 'home. not replv, but over to abettor? have crippled his resources. He the authorities for was there a total nbseence o' looked uneasily into the darkness. The little teacher laughed appreciat'teve Tenny found himself wishing had to sell off piece after piece ol h to London. resemblance. He The ietures had inwere not f been A mistaken. he as new the that and on Christmas day he man teacher tively quite frequently farm, helped her iuto the Needless to say the American was bin teresting. both ns illustrating this hntless and eoatless, had passed I would come to him about the broom buggy. cow. last welcomed effusively by his curious iact nnd as proving that not along the footboard of the carrine-1 must insuran5' and water pail. companThe his stop at Mr. Larkin's and on premium Not that he should furnish them if leave my dinner pail, she said, de- ever3 couple is separated within a and seeing that compartment occu- ions, who congratulated him warmly fell due February 1. Daring the?1-year or so of marriage by that pop- pied by four men, lmd passed on. on his success. he found that they were not needed, murely. as he was crossing his barnyard, AA'ell 1 he next Air. Lai kin was standing at the ular institution, the divorce court but. lie felt that he should not object perhaps it was not so much hoard blown from his house strKs compartment hut one was labelled Ladies, and was tenanted I as this little toy, he said, com- him to an interview with the school teach- - trout gate. 11c stood staring at the on the head and killed him. ; a bad habit I got Its by one lady. The convict, for it was placent y. Is What as This the director, A Animal? latter young assisted short time after his rejok He even mentioned the subject to the teacher he, stopped in front of this. AVith a into when I used to live among a widow to the ground and sat An amateur trapper at Mr. Larkin carelessly when he met doyvu wild bought back the coff.Sp lot out AAcst. dexterous movement he opened the oil the horse block waiting for will hereafter live in affluence onth, Center, him one day. Is Conn., it loaded? asked Mr. Barker income recently caught in his door, and before the lady knew what her. of the $15,000. f AA'ell you see was the response, Dotv was here after Mollv squat traps the funniest looking had happened she saw a despernte-lookin- nervously. "Lyme she sort of hates to come to you. iust The American ruffian now, he said gaspingly. I sent animal ever seen in Connecticut; nosmiled, and there standing before her. The wav you felt about her having the him down to the school Allow me to congratulate yon, house. VJ)oi:;t body seems to know what he is' or frightened, miss, he was a merry twinkle in his eye that school lias got all around town, and nin We met him," said Steve. t more said, was intended suggested lie. to to than his words. your engagement! Tell mehowites? harm The beast ha" You going I suppose she heard of it. She cant see, he added, Well now that time. I want money. Tti the feet and tail of a skunk, but intended e bold ata you come to the life or death making tion fr, sir, I really dont believe men abont. I thought you help what her fat her was, Mollycari't, tempt nt carelessness, to of him cannot he even approxi-materest me, nnd I but must have that maining single? Yes, certainly K speaking, ! and shes real sensitive." it is. London Tid Bits v classified. nevertheless; in a shame-faceThe most curimis it. lour purse, quick. wav,' The young man looked disturbed. I met the other day at a ball She glanced at the little handle and avoiding the little man's eve. thing is that there iv. not a hair on That afternoon he left his work nt You see I feel as though its and pretty girl, with whom I got11 which was the means of communicahim. He is Minnie: I about as heard my large as a you were goin to an early hour not, however, admit- bounden duty to keep I.vnie Dotv and only think, shew conversation, skunk, and looks as if he might be tion with the guard; the convict was enter the lecture to fessed what between ting to himself his purpose in do- away from her. Pure impudence, his one that had been scalded. "lie that she, too, had decidedimo? her and it. There a a idea! standing AVhy Im was to to main be ing so and strolled dow n the street. e.augiug around her that yvuy.' dead. Hartford Courant. going marriedsingle. Impossible nothing to be done. She drew her nurse from her hnnrl-hngreater harmony of dispositionnnd iUnroK'ua'i.OUS,'tit''9'0m'r FROM A SENSE OF DUTY. heper-uude- . l. str-qdo- j d- Tt; i To nL-o- a An ojs-ne- A esjH-ciall- i Fo nn-- 'eha-tw- sis-in- An tail-wagge- Th evert-statio- When-die- To AA th W i m to sa -- ur fii fc lamp-blac- t. 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