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Show 1 " 4 r - THE WORLD YOL. VI. 1TAUGHT A AMERICAN FORK. UTAH, SATURDAY, MAY 13, LESSON. WAIF WAS COLD MOST OF THE TIME. PkltoMpby tha Baal Ona Why tha Mas BoiU tha Black Yaaagatar a appar aad Oara Him Hla Laat Uold Place A MadaL Bla Mr, Letson, who had just ceased to represent a large manufacturing firm, had always considered himself a great deal of a philosopher, says the Washington Star. The years which he had known were sufficient In number, so be thought, to have justified him In expecting some more tangible memento than the tinge of gray over his hair. The letter In which the firm explained the conditions which rendered It no longer desirable to keep a man In the territory he had been covering lay open on the table. It was the same firm In which he had, ten years before, hoped to attain a partnership. It was not an unreasonable hope at that time, but the careless, liberal temperament which made him so popular with his trade failed to commend him as a proprietary figure. And unless his partnership had enabled him to exercise influence which would have averted the present condition of the firms affairs such a partnership would have been of little value. Everything seems on Its last legs, he mused after an ugly spell of coughing, its a great pity I couldn't have gotten that position I applied for In Chicago last month. I suppose they thought I was too old to learn the business. He picked up a magazine which he had bought at tha news stand as he came Into the hotel and glanced carelessly over its pages. A portrait attracted his attention. It ' was a picture of an actress. I'll bet that picture doesnt look much like Its subject," he said as he brushed aside the clothes which were lying on a chair and sat down. It looks more like Hannah. I never realized rhai a ' pretty name Hannah is till I knew her. That's the way she used to wear her hair. Lucky girl, Hannah. She came very near marrying me. I wonder if that fellow Heats her right? He picked up a small roll of bills which had fallen out of his vest pocket, and counted them over, together with some coin which he took from his trousers' pocket A $20 gold piece shone among the silver. "Enough to pay hotel bills for a week or two yet he remarked. "But what's a week or two? This world Isnt scattering wel- -. comes Indiscriminately. Ive shown care about and it doesnt my goods, ' them, and thats all there Is to it When youve made the best showing you can to a customer and you cant transact any more business, whats the thing to do? Get out of course. He took a revolver from his traveling bag and examined It carefully. Then he thought of the excitement which a shot woujd create and considerately laid It aside. He dressed himself and started for a drug store. It was cheering to reflect that It was not whisky he desired, but plain poison; he would not require a doctor's prescription. A very small black boy stood In the front of the hotel. As Mr. Letson passed the youngster turned up a face upon whose nose and cheek bones the electric lamp made such striking high lights that his artistic sense was appealed to and he paused. Look here, son. why dovt you go home ?' u. aimed. answer. "I makes Is merse'f to home right hyah. De city pervldes me wlf lectrlc lights, an when I wants ter git wahm, I goes to de depot" Where do you sleep Oh, one place or nuthuh. "Are you hungry? Yasslr. A good deal o' de time. "What are you laughing at, you young rascal? I didnt know I wus laughin'. "Where are your parents? Aint got none. Dey moved out o town las week an fohgot to ax me long wlf em. Miss Marla Simpson lemme sleep on the flo. Shes 'bout a hundred yahs ol an shes gwlneter git put out foh de rent Monday. What are you going to do then? "I doesn't know. Talnt then ylt nohow. I reckons sumpln's gwlneter happen. Ef it aint gwlneter, why, den It ain't But Is boun ter see It froo. I didnt know whah I was gwlneter keep wahm till I thought 'bout de depot, nor whah I was gwlne to sleep tell Miss Simpson happen past. An I reckon dar's mo luck whar dat come dfnros tuitlvely perceived Its value. Das a Chris-ma- s gif, ain't it, boss? he exclaimed In delight "No, answered Mr. Letson very "Its a thoughtfully, meaaL life-savi-ng LONO LIVES. Statisticians Bar That Womaa J Oetllve Mas. It ibTAinge but true that the most delicanvJud often outlives his strong- er brother or sister. Many Instances are on record of the long survival of those who seemed destined to die early. It is said of Voltaire, who lived to be 84 years old, that he was so dellcatV at birth he could not be baptised several months. Sir Isaac Newton, doctors said, would not live a week, birthbut he celebrated his eighty-fift- h day. Fontanelle lived to be 100, although he was so frail at birth that the priest had to go to his home to baptize him. Even more Interesting than this Is the statement by Prof. Buchner that It is possible for a woman to preserve her youthful beauty even to old age, or, in some Instances, to regain It The Marquise of Mira-bea-u died at 86 with all the marks of youth In her face. Margaret Verdun at 65 smoothed out the wrinkles, her hair grew again and her third set of teeth appeared. Cases of this third dentition are not rare. The professor has still further hope for the fair sex in the announcement that women live longer than men. One French woman, Marie Prloux, who died In 1838, was said to be 158 years old. Statistics of the various countries on this point are remarkable. In Germany only 413 of 1,000 males reach the age of 50, while more than 500 of 1,000 females each that age. In the United States there are 2,583 female to 1,398 male centenfum. arians. In France, of ten centena"Arent you discouraged about your rians seven were women and only three future?" men. In the rest of Europe, of twenty-on- e Does you mean 'bout breakfast? centenarians sixteen were women. Case If you does I might as well let The oldest person g Is held you know I hasnt got done bein hon-gr- y to be Annie Armstrong, who is 117 foh supper ylt rid, and Jives .to little town in The hint was taken. It was a pleas- years County Clare; Ireland. ure to discover how palatable a supper in a small, cheap restaurant could be. A flat FanaraL It cheered Mr. Letson to watch the Md., they held a queer In waif as he waited for another course, funeralElkton, week. A cat last belonging to grinning like some lucky god in exile a wealthy man died, and he had made from his oriental fane. And Mr. Let-so-n a beautiful black coffin, covered with thought Presently he wrote his cloth, studded with nails home address on the hack of an en- and finished with four silver handles. velope and gave It to the boy. Then he dressed poor kitty In a black "Get some one to write there for you shroud and put her In the coffin, where In a couple of months from now, he she for two days for all her friends lay said, and maybe I can arrange to get to see and meow over. Then he had you an education that will keep you four boys act as pallbearers, and they out of all this color line rubbish when had a regular cat funeral, and planted you grow up. flowers over pussy's grave. When the When he went to pay the cashier he cat was young, which was 13 years drew from his pocket with other coin, ago. It was a great friend of Its masthe gold piece. ters little daughter, who died, and that He handed It to the boy, who as Is why he thought so much of pussy women and children do with gold. In- - and gave It such an expensive funeraL r now-llvln- f gold-head- ed NELSONS FLAGSHIP NOW GOT UP Nelsons old flagship, the Foudroy-an- t, The company which bought the rehas met a kindly fate, after alL mains of the ship have established a When she was wrecked in a storm at factory at Blackpool and are now conBlackpool two years ago she came verting the oak of which the Foudroy-awas built into all sorts of things, near falling Into the hands of a German company, which wanted to break from collar buttons to sideboards. Lady Abercromby, anxious to posher up for the wood and metal in her. She was saved from the Germans by sess something made from the old ship Sir a man who bought her for exhibition upon which her was a has had old Ralph died, flagship Abercromby, the poor purposes but too far gone to furnish even a fair exhibit, for not long after she had been v nt great-grandfath- INTO RELICS. secretary to the prince of Wales, ant many other people of prominence ant of official life have, ordered souvenirs Altogether It was a happy thought oi the part of the Blackpool company t convert the Foudroyant into relics How King Menellk of Abyssinia be came interested in the Foudroyant Is i curious story. Last year that descen dant of Solomon entertained at hli there wrecked came along a great gale and finished her. go a company was formed which has bought the wood and metal of the once majestic ship, into it made and acThe souvenirs. pictcompanying ure shows the Fouapdroyant as she her peared before .wreck, when she was lying a sheer hulk at Blackpool, no more to shake the ocean billows with the roar of her broadsides. The tons of copper bolts and sheath-.jn- g from the ship have been sent to 'Birmingham, where they are being turned into medals, cup:, cigar-case- s, : watch charms and chains, flower stands, fire Irons and even penholders. liae-oi-batt- , le cabinet, an arm chair and a pedestal made from the wood. Even Emperor Menellk has had a handsome memorial plaque made for him. King Umberto of Italy Is also to have some articles made from the old ships remains. The Army and Navy Club will have some card tables, and Sir Francis Knollys, 18IM. capital a famous lion tamer, Herr Seeth by name. Now, Herr Seeth was performing at Blackpool when the Foudroyant was wrecked, and from Seeth Menellk learned for the first time the story of the wonderful ship, a history in which he became at once intensely interested. Qne morning I was called to the study to see several foreigners with whom Randall was talking. One was a Swede, who knew a little German and less English. With my assistance we managed to understand that the couple he had brought In were recent Immigrants and that the conversationalist of the party wanted a place In some ones household for the girl. The couple stood modestly waiting, side by side. It was already cold weather, and the woman had a cheap plaid shawl over her head, a bright ribbon tied around It to form a hood. I spoke to her In a kind voice and she looked me full In the face with the bluest pair of eyes I had ever seen. The man beside her appeared stupid and heavy to me. I wondered If he was her brother and asked our Interpreter. He managed to tell a story which afterward proved true In every detail. The two were lovers from the extreme northern part of Sweden. They were the children of fisher folk, very poor. They had despaired of marriage at home, but one day walked away together, reached a seaport town, and there both, with hard labor,had earned enough money to come across the ocean and to Kansas City. The interpreter was her cousin, lie was also poor and had a family. Magnus has a place in the railroad yards, explained the cousin; he live NO. 25. me? asked Christina one day In thef springtime. "Is all the work finished well? X believe I am just I tola her I had no reason to complain about It "I see that Mria, she at the next door, the girl went on, gravely, goes out in the evenings. What would beloved pastor say If I go sometimes?" With Magnus, you mean? asked, rather startled. "Yes, maam. He got me job; carcleaning at night He carry all the water-h- elp I get money. These two people meant to work all night or a great part of it after days of toil. I thought It my duty to Interfere and expostulate. even had beloved pastor talk to Christina. When she understood that we were afraid for her health she put back her head and laughed. You folks too careful. I never know 'bout being tired. At home X work all night, two, three times a week. Carry boats, big baskets fish. Oh, such fish you never did see. All Magnus said to the beloved pastor was, It Is very long to walL After that their hoard grew, and, as It did, the spirits of the two rose. When Magnus sat at the copybooks Christina sewed swiftly on all things necessary to their Not once did she lose her head. All she bought was sensible, good, necessary for a neat home. Christina was Indeed good and beautiful. When she came to church, as she often did with Magnus, I saw that people observed her. I told her story to one of our church societies and I heard that they Intended to add to her modest outfitting by a present I must confess that at times, I felt that Christina might do better than to wed such a stupid man as Magnus Uefssen. But suddenly the man I thought stupid rose to the height of a hero. It was all in the morning papers. Randall ate the breakfast Christina had prepared and unfolded his Journal while I sipped my coffee. He jumped ' to his feti. - "Where is Christina? he asked. In a low tone, his mouth twitching. She was singing somewhere. She had a voice like a lark. "What la It, Randall? I cried, running around to him. He pointed to the great, black headlines. I read, breathless, of the attempted robbery of a railroad pay car preparing to set out In the gray dawn. The car had been drawn up In the switch yards, and guarded by the policeman and several section men. It had been a foggy night and the attack on the car was made so suddenly and quickly there was not a second of time to give a whistle of alarm. Two section men were knocked down, one fled, and the car door was defended alone by a brawny Swede, who fought steadily, doggedly, stubbornly, his eyes filled with blood, his wounds Incredible. No shot had been fired. The policeman was In the roundhouse, not fifty feet away, telephoning to headquarters, when the fleeing Irishman burst In upon him with the news. Help arrived in time to save the car from being looted, but Llefssen was picked up for dead. He had been taken to the hospital and was the city hero. There was little hope for his life. Beloved pastor and I took Christina In a carriage to the hospital. Her face had been like marble since we told her. He had not regained consciousness. He was only a poor, bandaged mummy when we stood at his bedside. Christina said not a word. She stooped, and. In spite of the nurses protests, took him into her two strong arms. There was a percejlble shudder In his frame. Speak to him! cried the surgeon, coming up. He may rouse. From Christina's lips burst forth a terrible tenderness. She called him endearing names In her strange language, she showered kisses upon his cheek, she laid hers upon his unhurt hand. At last he opened his eyes and gazed stupidly at her, then smiled and muttered a word. Christina laid him down and stood erect She looked full at Randall. Beloved pastor," she said. In her splendid voice, we have done wrong. We have served too long for money. He have called me wife. It Is now the right time. And In the afternoon their serious apprenticeship to prudence was at an end. They were made man and wife. X X house-fittin- g. - WE STOOD AT HIS BEDSIDE, with me. She live with you. After while they have money and they get married. It was finally decided that Christina Erd should come to us. The lover was to bring her chest from the railroad station at once. It arrived In an hour, a huge affair, and carried by the man, Magnus Llefssen, without apparent effort. She helped him take It 'p the stairs, then the two said farewell in my presence. Christina had removed her shawl and rough cloak. Her head was crowned with heavy braids of flaxen hair. Her skin whs white as milk, and on each cheek burned aspot that was Mke a pink rose, as clear and fine. She wore her best dress, a heavy blue skirt, a white waist, an old girdle. About her white neck were heavy silver beads, curiously engraved. When she saw that her lover must go she went to him. They took each others hands and stood silent for a few moments. Then his lips moved; be dropped her hands and she turned sway to me, a haunting look of pain In her dark eyes. I was, therefore, left with a maid who could not understand a word said or reply to me. I pass over the trials of the next few days. I grew patient because of the girl's extreme willingness and real Intelligence, and I began to realize what dumb faithfulness meant At first she was very timid, but in a few days she began to repeat names of articles, address us and grew more cheerful. At the end of a month we got along quite well. Three times a week her lover came to see her for two hours. It was not long before I happened to go Into the kitchen one evening and found both laboring over copy books. They ware learning to write English, with the cousin's small son to guide them. Our household settled down Into Fact. Foatry peace and comfort Christina was so Mabel (full of poetry) Why should strong, so determined, so cheery and became so full of resources as time I not love Jack? He Is one of the salt of the earth. Ethel (full of facts) passed that we wondered we had manPossibly, my dear; but one cant live aged to live without her. "Have you any fault to find with on salt Rival. n |