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Show I Insisted that Kit Smith, with my assistance. could operate the iiiili; and In a few days Mr. SiLith ami I had the Job. Mr. Buchanan waa a homely old feU' low. bia profile at a distance reminding mo of the picture of some great old loan I had seen in history, and i hardly saw how be could be the father of a slrl so pretty and sweet as Miss Fannie. In r. month I was also assistant man-- I ager of the Llg farm, for Mr. Bucban- an had decided that the greasy scum on a wet weather spring back In the field was signs of an underground stream of coal oil and was figuring on organizing a stock company to drill. The smiles and kind words of Miss Fannie gave me a feeling a delightful thrill I had never before experienced. A young fellow accompanied her to church one Sunday, and v.'hen she returned that night I knew that I loved her. How lonesome I had been that day without her. The next night she Invited me to the parlor to engage her in a game of al "seven-up.- " We had a pleasant time, and hardly before the hour to go to n:y room. I stopped the game, grasped her pretty hand and told her my feel lugs. I bowed my head to kiss her hand, hut she pulled It back, said No, no." and bade me good night I said to her the next morning, Miss Fannie, excuse me last night I couldn't help It, though. Let It pass and think no more of It, but I do " lo "Mr. Cobb, wont you leave? Go off and think no more of it, and let me forget you. It will be better, as nothing else ran come of It Leave and let ine forget you. Badly I told her farewell Sunday morning and walked off down the road, again In my aimless wandering. When a half mile away I heard aomeone coming up behind me on a horse. I went to the side of the road to let it pass. But when the horee came up it stopped and as I looked around. Miss Fannie ran Into my arms. "Come on back! You must not leave me! You cannot! The future looka empty without you." Tears of Joy came to my eyes, and I bent my head over on here. I kissed her, said, "God bless my angel," and kissed her again. The horse she rode, seeing It was forgotten, turned and followed ua home. liist BggaitagiSttfeaasaenatjSBsaMatM j TIwoukIi the i sin aul liui.li of liie xtarry nlglil liuriiH tin- - lif ul a iruiili' clime, t i.r his khaki blouse And under the the licurt i.f the luil txal time. ini I,. Hummer an In a land wlp-ireigns, he dreams ul a June gum: hy And a wandering wind eOals into his tent and cuirltx away a sigh! br.-as- sc'-'.ion- , eo-cl- At the open flap of Ida narrow tent hones a atrip of the midnight skits, Pricked through by a myriad point of light, that flaNh in hla tired eyes; Ha has waked from a dream of a aummer day, and, now, with a throb of pain, 1 1 plliowa Ida head on his young right arm, and aumnionam the dream again. pathway barred by shadow and ahlne, a glow in the golden went; A aong In the rustling louvea o'erhead, aa a bluebird huxliea lie neat; A altp of a girl in a muslin gown, a cadet In a coat uf gruy put the allra lit tie hand he claape In hla ia a half of the world away I A Under Cogwood Blossoms. BY GEORGE BINGIIAM. (Copyright, 1901, by Dally Story Tub. Co.) Not far from Cadiz, on the crooked iold Kentncky pike, an ox wagon cov-jerwith a dingy sheet overtook me. A tall man, who looked lazy, gat on a (broken chair In front and drove, while 'back under the cover five .were stuck out to watch the slowly .changing scenery. Under the ehackly, rattling vehicle .walked a lazy old brtndle dog he jcould walk nowhere else, being tied to the axle with a rope. A scrub milch cow wag tied to the back end of the wagon; the gklllcta and pans, fastenrated to the eldes of the wagon-betled and bumped; and buckets and pots swung from the axlee beneath, aa the wagon slowly passed along the pike. I dropped from the splotch of shade on a rail fence corner where I had eat for some time, and spoke to the man. If "Good morning," he answered. you are going our way. bop up and ride." He reached buck, got a handy .bucket, turned it over, and I sat down beside him. When I told him my name he said he knew a person in Arkansas by tlio name of Andy Cobb, but that he was A negro. Then he laughed. He asked me which way 1 was going, and when I told him I was not parlleular which Ive been livin way, ho said to mo: In Arkansaw for a good while, and am on my way to South Carolina to Uit my wifes folks." Noticing the gait o' his team, I asked him how long lie had been en route, and In an easy manner he replied: "Oh, little the rise of nine weeks. "When do yon expect to get there?" "Kalnt tell. Aint no uiorn baf boys! Sally you way yet. Who-a-- u and the brats hold tight back there, for heres another creek. You know whut fools these rattle are about water." Then he addressed me. Ever creek we come to they break In a ruu for It." The steers struck a brisk para and when to the bank made a lunge which nearly upset the wagon. After riding an hour with him In which time we traveled abou. three miles I wished them good luck and took the other fork of the road. True, I was not very patlcular which way I went, for I ha I nothing ito do. Two months previous I had heard the little town of Snortsvllle wanted a newspaper, and that being the favorite one of rar several vocations, I went to the place and put ed tow-hea- d, by the man going to visit his wifes folks. After leaving Mr. Botts I came to a crock. The banks were pretty with fragrant elder and dogwood blossoms, and birds fluttered over the clear, g water, and chattered and chirped In the undergrowth. I heard the sound of rippling water, found a cool, and going clear, blue spring which rippled and tumbled over reck on Its way to the creek. I brushed the old acorns and sticks from a soft mossy slant and stretched out to rest Git up her now, Pud! You derned old fool! Makln like you sir skeered o this place when you come here ever day. Quit that snortin' and git In there and drink befo' I larrup you with a hickory." I raised to my elbows and saw a lowly-movin- m razor-bac- k sow A hungry-lookln- g with thirteen young pigs, rooting in the dirt and rocks nearby made an unusual lot of noise, and I raised up and found myself atlll lying on the mosey place by the spring. I had Iain there and Imagined I would figure In a romance something like the above. If the hogs had allowed me to finish the plot I Imagine It would have wound up by me becoming owner of the farm and mill, and several oil wells. I washed my face In the cool blue water, smoothed over my hair and went with some anxiety to the Buchanan home on the ridge. There waa no sweet girl Fannie, nor even a Mrs. Buchanan the old d man kept "bach on a small farm. But I went In, ate a dinner of beans and bacon, and went on oil down the pike, very seriously In the course of the rendering of the citizen of Indianapolis. This man was various lte..:j un the programme the acting as a trustee during the panic of prince evinced great interest and 1893 and had the trust fund on deposit clapped his hands enthusiastically at in the Indianapolis National bank. A the end of each piece. At the end of day or two before the bank closed Its the last "Indian song and dance" his doors the man received a warning that highness arose to take his departure, the institution was doomed. He achaving bhakeu hands with Mr. Keefer cordingly hastened over to the bank and made his salaam" to the audiand drew out the money which he held ence, and retlied to his stateroom, pre- In trust for another. When he receivceded by the ship's surgeon and fol- ed the money, which was In bills, he lowed by the dancing girl and hla ret- rolled It up and placed It in bis coat inue. pocket, where he carried it for several As In London and Liverpool, there days. One day Harry C. Adams came was much speculation on board as to Into his place of business and said: who the prince really was, where he "Have you such a thing aa a hundred came from, whither his destination and dollar bill about you? 1 need one right The man reached la his pocket why he wished to visit Canada and the away. United States. As to his Identity, pulled out the roll of bills, and taking this entry appears in the list of pas- off the top bill handed It to Mr. Great heavens!" ejaculated Adams. sengers: Mr. Adams when he observed that the "His Highness Prince Ranjlt of and retinue. bill called for $1 000, you surely dont It is now said that the mysterious carry thousand dollar bills around in traveler's real name and title are your pocket, do you?" "I have no Prince Joe Runjut, prince of Kurachl. thousand dollar bill, retorted the and that he Is the son and heir of the man. "Id like to know what you call rajah of Beloochlstau. He Is of aver- that," said Mr. Adams, holding up the age height and 24 years old. His com- .bill so as to show plainly the figures plexion is swarthy and his hair, beard 1,000 on Its face. and mustache perfectly uisek. He has The scene .changes to the Indianapobeautiful teeth and small, sparkling, lis National Bank. The man enters sympathetic eyes. He betrays consid- carrying the thousand dollar bill In hla erable nervousness and physical weak- hand. "Did you find any shortage In ness and Is evidently anxious to avoid your cash the other day?" he asked public observation. i SHADOWLESS LIGHT. l I 1 In an Improved form of arc lamp for street and other lighting purposes designed by an Inventor of Washington, D. C., the carbons are so placed as to throw no shadow underneath the lamp. One of the objections to the are light heretofore haa been the shadow cast by the mechanism necessary to support the lower carbon, but the new lamp overcomes this by suspending both carbons In an oblique position from the top of the lamp as Illustrated. It Is understood that the light in an are lamp ia produced by the passage of the electric current between the slightly separated points of Cashier Rexford. "Did I?" exclaimed Mr. Rexford. "Well, I should say I did. I was short $900 and have lost hours of sleep ever since trying to locate that shortage. "Well, you can take a little rest now, answered the man, "for here Is your money. You paid me a thousand dollar bill for a hundred dollar bill the other day." The cashier suddenly found that he had "business outside," and It is said that money waa put into circulation at a neighboring refreshment stand, although this part of the story Is not clearly substantiated Utica Globe. CARNIVOROUS PLANTS. Vegitnbl Which Caleb Ogrna Devour Various I assets. and The most remarkable of all carnivorous plants grows In the state of Maryland. It la commonly known In that gully-washe- thinking. HELEN KELLER'S HAND. Master Cut of It micr "Come on back barefoot man trying ta persuade a mule to drink at the stream. The contrary animal pranced around and went behind a bank, leaving only the rider's head visible to me. Of a sudden it began bobbing up and down, and 1 heard him urging the mule to behave, In language unsuitable to reproduce. Hie head disappeared, his feet came up In the air, and something hit the earth with a dull sound. When I got to the bank he was brushing the dirt end gravel from hla shoulder, and when I asked him tho trouble, he replied: Nothin. Blasted old mule just tosMil me off over her head. Tuck Buchanan Uvea right up there on the ridge. he answered when I asked him where I might find some dinner. He spurred the mule In the flanki with hie bare heels, and I watched the spry little animal pick her wny up n rough path, sometimes leading under low branches, which etiused the rider to duck hie head or puah them back. Again I lay down on the moil. Scents of peach and apple blossoms came to me on the soft, lazy air. A farm-be- ll clanged somewhere up the creek bottom and waa followed hy another end another. Plow-mulbrayed and hurried toward their rows end, for ten ears of corn and an hour's rest was coming. es In Collertloa of Law Hul ton Mr. Lawrence Hutton is making a collection of plaster casts of hands, says a Trenton special in the New York Sun. He already has about fifteen sped mens. He brought back with him from Europe recently the original cast of the band of Thomas Carlyle, which he picked up in a London shop for a trifling turn. Among others In the collection are likenesses of the hands of Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lincoln and Thackeray, and the mummified hands of an Egyptian princess of the time of Moses. These Mr. Hutton has hanging on the walls of his library. He also has a cast of the hand of Helen Keller, the wonderful blind mute, which he regards very highly on account of Its artistic finish. All the lines In the skin, end even the little nerve cushions on the tips of her fingers, with which she feels so accurately, are plainly discernible In the plaster. Beneath each case Mr. Hutton has written some appropriate lines. Beneath that of Mlsa Keller's hand is the following: "She Is deaf to sounds all about ua; What she sees we cannot understand; But her eight's at the tip of her flngera And she hears through the touch of her hands. After Meeting. Bishop." said the young preacher, "I know you were hitting at me when you denounced fine apparel and Jewelry. for I wear a velvet vest and a watch and chain. "No, brother," replied the bishop, with a twinkle In his eye, for I half suspect your vest is cotton velvet, and as for the watch, I never gave you credit for more than a Waterbury! Atlanta Constitution. A lngsMtlon.1 "Dont you went to wslx down to Mrs. Hannkeep The dishes you have the mill? I don't hear It running. I guess that trlfln' fellow Ive got at- put on the table of late, Bridget, have tendin to It Is piled up In the corn-bo- x been positively dirty. Now.eomething'e asleep as ho usually Is. said Mr. got to he done about It Bridget Buchanan to me the day after I went Yin. mum; av ye only had to hie house. wans, mum, they wouldn't show We went to the mill and, aa he ex- the dirt at alL Philadelphia Press. pected, we found the miller doting In the Wen Leaking Than He Ml. "I'd let him go If I had another man. Baboon y Ms boy, you look as if Kit Smith wants the job, but be aint you had Just stepped out of a fashion got any education and couldnt buy plate. Crlnkleton That so? I knew wheat or calculate on tolls." 1 had rheumatism, bnt I didnt supBalng well satisfied with As sur- pose I was as stiff as that! Harlem roundings and desiring in remain la life. dark-color- "Something hit the earth. forth the Weekly Poet, with a dusty putflt that bad been abandoned some weeks before. In n few issues I found that the people did not want a local paper as bad as they thought they did. So I wound up my business, which took but n few minutes, and walked put of town, and It was only a few mornings later that I was overtaken One of the cleverest deceptions practiced In recent years is the world tour of a cook for one of the native dignitaries of India, who haa been posing as Prince Ranjtt. He deceived even the elect of London and the European continent and It was not until he arrived on this side of the Atlantic that his Identity waa discovered and bis deception exposed. But as far as his wealth waa concerned there waa no deception. He has plenty of money and spends It with a lavish hand wherever he goes. The arrival of the putative prince in London was unannounced and for this reason his pretensions awakened suspicion. But although he had a retinue of a score of attendants aud personal baggage au flic lent for a regiment of ordinary mortals, society looked askance. It was not regarded as possible that so distinguished a personage ahould leave his native land and travel half way around the globe without ending in advance rome intelligence of his coming. At first his claims to noble birth were looked upon with suspicion and his display of wealth was spoken of as the assuming of an adventurer. But tnere was enough In bis presence at the English capital to set the tongues of the gossips going and it was not long ere inquiries revealed the fact that not only were his had claims genuine, but that one-ha- lf not been told. He was a man of far greater Importance than be assumed to be, while the wealth his retainers declared he possessed was not a figment of the Imagination. This bogus Indian prince has Just been dazzling the natives of Canada by ths magnificence of his entourage, and, what is more, he proposes a tour o( the United States. He has been at Quebec and Montreal, where be waa received with high honors, although he did not seek them. Indeed, he expressed regret that his coming was made the occasion for a display on the Canadians, depart of the llon-lovlclaring he would have greatly preferred going hla own way unnoticed by the society people of the towns through which his Journey lay. This seeming medesty was, however, like bis title, merely a pretense, for it is manifest that the honors showered upon him corn-bo- x. ed PSEUDO RAJAH GIVES AN ENTERTAINMENT were of his own seeking and a part of a plan to gratify an Inordinate love of flattery with which he la possessed. Sailing from England on Oct 24 the alleged prince arrived In Canada In due season. News of hie coming had preceded him and large crowds assembled on the landing to give him His departure from Liverwelcome. Slm-co- e pool on board the steamer Lake well-devis- ed s a notable event were to was announced, It passengers, embark from the landing stage at noon.. It was only when the ships bugle was sounded, the gangway cleared and the last hawser thown off that the throng realized its disappointment The prince had embarked early in the morning, unobserved except by a few officials. In consequence of a very boisterous passage the prince and his suite, In common with a majority of the other passengers, were kept in their cabins for two days. It was not until three days out tnat the prince appeared In public by attending a concert given in aid of the Liverpool Seamens orphan- waa First-clas- age. He allowed his dancing girl. Miss Bahar Bux, and a couple of musicians to contribute an Indian song and dance to the programme. In the absence of Captain Carey, who could not leave the bridge, the chair was taken by C. H. Keefer of Ottawa, who said he felt sure he echoed the sentiment of all present In thanking his highness for honoring them with his presence. The prince, he added, eras a loyal British subject, and as ueb he would receive every welcome and hospitality both from hla brother subjects In Canada and from their Mends and neighbors In the states. The prince waa evidently pleased and emphasised hla appreciation by a polite bow and pleasant smile. AT SEA. of the lower carbons and to maintain these points In a proper relation the Inventor haa provided a clamping mechanism actuated by the expansion and contraction of the central rod of the governor. The first action aa the rod expands is the clamping of the region aa the "buicner plant," though science calls It Dionea musclpula, and. Its business Is the catching of Insects chiefly files. At this It is so clever that an unwary fly that ventures to alight upon It has practically no chance to escape Immediate death. The leaves of this vegetable curiosity, which creeps along the ground In boggy places, are so modified as to take the form of jaws, armed with aw-liteeth. Under ordinary conditions the Java are held wide open, and the whole plant Is a veritable bench of traps, waiting for prey. The traps are baited, too, each one of them having on Its Inside a sweetish substance which is attractive to flies and other such creatures. When a fly comes along It Is obliged, in order to get at the sweetish stuff, to enter between the Jaws of one of the leaves. Each Jaw has three almost microscopic hairs, so arranged that a visitor cannot help coming in contact with them a contact which notifies the Intelligent plant that a victim la at hand. Instantly the hairs acting aa feelers the Jaws snap together, Imprisoning untu'tunste insect, which is held fast until digested and absorbed by the IMPROVED ELECTRIC ARC LAMP, vegetable ogre. New York Pres. downward movement, and the second la the spreading of the points until Appeal ta Haaasty. the are Is formed between them. Aa Customer By the way, Mr. Yolket. soon aa tha points are consumed par- there waa a chicken In one of those tially tha rod la again drawn upward, eggs." Dealer "So? Chickens are allowing tha points of the carbons to two shillings a pound, you know, X fall together once more, which feed la suppose you are willing to do the right assisted by tha coll springs attached thing?" Boston Transcript at the upper enda of the carbons. Lou "I declare, etaee I came hack BILL A THOUSAND-DOLLA- R rm quite another woman. Biddy "Oh, wont yor husband be pleased. It Hawes la a Stery Coaeorslag Indianapolis Bosk. When Satan employs Idle hands the A story la which a thousand dollar is always well done. work bill figures prominently iivolves a ke |