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Show -offensive li i;t -- u.an In No York, must renounce (to honor f" nod plitaiure i'i of be.of tonne ;teil with him tor amrrlMe ao4 torblilymi to write or upeak 10 in; touurhier a lie I hive nude bar Uk her 01th tbit. he hilt never gurry you 1 did it reutly thoiifto tormly, bu iha know the value or m O Row i. r " mih K & kb hai barred me la permit bar to write you farewell letter of aintaaitioe 1 have yielded to pat e m el we atones and per muted Uu Yon wait ot reply 0 8" I love Psp toe told you lit ibe said you. and I never will marry any one else When he got out the family btblo f laid hi first, 'So. air. tf you plena 1 dob t wisb la be uuduliful but I will not When ha locked me up oh breed wad water. 1 UI1 refuted but when bo cot hit pi to la. both p( them lomted, and held eoe at each of my temple, and ai4hoehould curve me fl rat end shoot 01 afterward, ead mamma called through the key hole Ibal atm wafdytn of frlyfft. 1 kr ta Swear"eald pep, that you wilt not mar - OU cannot ry my daughter, -- young- Bergen, Mr. Rowley de- until clared, - ' "'i L.v Mi l : you are worth . 0,000. Twenty-thousan- d dollar in't a for I one,a but it permit man to tart in fife. "Yea, ir,aid e.r4bi. of t Ue XZZXISSI fice desk in Broad atreet. New fork. Very well, you 07 Bergen, go and hwesr It, C'arollo Elizabeth. It yon wish to erW Wiahe It, tfecHT1 Kowleyi ilva Oiharielsi yoj die. onb my ivm op bead infi for Caroline your and after that, 'It vaa aa awful setae but 1 put my hand ELzabeth. oa tbe btblerand said, after him, 1 will not -Yes, sir, aald I, seizing my hat in aurry my Henry as Iona aa I aa upon this or aall upoa the water thereof, but 1 a great burry, at if I were going to earth will tovo him ttotll 1 die ' cash a check for that amount Just aa you please about that,' aald paps for fear the bank would Then mamma bad nervouv prostration, and she la only fust enlist well, end I wish I were close, and thank you very much." Your broken hearted, Caooia I d id not potmen 30,000 cent I had dead I read the letterovera dcsen times; left my country home in Jefferson, N. that clause about tbe whtera of the Y., to makfi toy fortune, and 1 had earth seeinedto bar every way of hot made lb 1 could look forward to iid ak jnaUlng a decent ftalary and living on it, even putting I fsw hundredsin a saving bank for a rainy day; and 4 addie that ia what I called her aniline Elizabeth did not seem a bit lILeli eT t o me C add ie sa i d alie could keep house beautifully, and that she -- could be happy ia the very cheapest flat that we shared together. fsnddfcn.y, 1 ran violently into the artu of another man, who had stopped In the middle of the sidewalk to light a cigar, Hullo, old "tVhat the dickens boy, how d'ye do? cried this person, Millelt, bv all that' wonderful!" said I. 'T thought you were in South - - America. Gonzales A ho I w as, said he. Ha vello offered splendid term for a five-yecontract, but when I got down to I. a Gttayra, Venezuela, I found th Yellow fever in full blast Boat came out to take ua in; looked over the sole, saw something sewn up In a Sa k floating about V hat that?" saya 1, That senor, aavfi the fellow that its 1 cmne to fetch me, that senor, is the h nd clerk - of the respected Senor Gon.alea A Ravcllo. He itt des I of the yellow fever, and they no 'longer bury the dead, there are too -tunny. Ah, then yon can take me back to tlio steamer, bald I; and here I am. too, I Confoundedly disappointed, counted on making twenty thousand do 1 irs in the next five year. -- Have Gonzales A What's-hls-Xangot another head clerk yet? asked I. "Not they, aald Mlllett "There is a lot of commission aa well aa salary; a 1 said, a fellow might make ii'O.OfiO and perhaps $r.,000 more . on commission a fellow With some snap and go in him. But what did act star to hear tbe rest I rushed .With a brief "good-bye- , ar te use" 'staring after ivuv, leaving' Mlllett ofllce of Gonzales A me, sought the I! vello. in South atr eet and presented tny credential to the senior partner. "You may go at once, he aald, "We ueed a new head clerk; e for-- s&hia&sr f KIEXD 81Tf.tr fa is a little indispose; he vUh tore-tirMatters are confuse In consequence. Yon are nee Jed. I signed the agreement and proceeded to extra ct from Mr. Rowley a NT mer e. prom he that M I returned at the end of five year with tbe anm he insisted upon, 1 should wed his dangh-ter.- - Caddie wept bitterly, asked what use was anything at the end of five years She wondered if I knew we would be dreadfully old by that time. She was sure I should fall in love-- wth a black-eyeVenezuelan - lady, ia a high- - comb and lice mantilla, andTorget her. But she oht -- Ue weald he troa... She would be eld mod gly, hut she would be true as atecL -- Tereebed-my-' destination in safety, and found that I had secured a splendid position. The yellow fever was dying out; and at ail events, they were used to it there. 1 took every r precaution, and I did not take the fever. I beirse to mak money. 1 wrote to Caddie asoftan- - as circumstances would permit, and our course of true love uas running very well consider- ' ing, when T received a "most frightful 1 Idler from old Rowley,' d , -- 1 BssoSJl Merely hecau-Vl vo ata bewsislt-- r be well kaawa Sloe - d lrt escape, Even , -- Jntl'ii,sl!i bi I ne -l rred (1 ..b !leaurt See to (eatnUy ef Health dr I te feilrlct lit Vale Incentive te Murder. H to-th- e of Of- - ENGLISH. froneb andU Art C (mpr4 A frooUlo - forUlM. With iha real Krcnch-- t anadiait the slmou pure article Is wldom seen in Boston, but he ia very numerous up in Northern New EnglaudT Tbe use of tho pronoun they can never master not even wh-- n they get to sjieak Yankee oilier wise pretty well; and the moist jiersonal pronouns they can use tu bsKking of one person the lie tier satisfied they seem to be. One old fellow last summer fell Into a piood and talked of his courting day J. Why, ho said, moro'u fifty.. iuaqj-wJC; li a' iay , when 1 was goin. to see her. but(dim 1 tol Vm I wanted AlU)thw'.ai4 iLjruw,;i. fallow got Meted over by a lioisd ho was harnessing, fiettin to his feijt ha saa-tin- a of his' nuighhars laughin-- t him. "Huh!' ho exclaimed, did j jou ee him when she did it? But the third was even more mixed. His was sick, and some one "woman kej how she was. Oh, he replied, He work so hard "they very bad. ' she kill f. Four pronouns to describe one woman; no wonder "she kill itse'f. While the Fronch-Canadiais a queer nrungler of the English language he is of course frequently equaled by his brothers in Paris. Here is the Frenchmans version of the fall of Adum and Eve: Monsieur Adam, he rakes tip he scef uneballe denioiHelle asiip in re gardens Viola du la chance! Bon jour. Madame" Iv. Madame Iv, she vake, she hole her fan before toh er face. Adam put on his eyeglass to admire n lahleau. and zey make von Madame Iv. she feel promeiiaJo. 'hungry. M10 sees aiiple on ze arbre Serpent so promene suf l'abiv make one walk on o tree. Monsieur la Terpm,' say Iv. jvjll jou not have zo bonle to pick some appel? Jal faim. d Madame Iv, eliarme do veils voir. Tlola. mon ami. vo is!' says Adam stop stop j PUGILISTIC GHOST. THE STRANGE TALE OF MIKE OF THE CLONECALLA. Hit Advriftry la Lift, Jack of KiloaUaffc ftioeata Bli Cppoaoat After Doatb Iha (ombat la tbi CkurrhyrJ of Mlkoo Oa dt RCffrot second or two swayed with him to and fro; then the two .went down together with ft gret violence, but Mike Sheehan was uppermost, his knee on the dead man's breast When he came to himsejf in the moonlight all was calm and peaceful. It was close upon dawn, and the moon was very low. He looked about him in the quietness. Another man might huso thought he had dreamed It; not so Mike hheehau. He remembered with a fiercejoy how he had flung the ghoet and how Ellen had been on his You're mine now, Abthoreen," side. be said, in a passionate apostrophe to her, "and tis I could find it in my heart to pity him that' lying there and has lost you. He was Hie fair flghtefi- - vhr afia? ai ays.'wnd fibw ite'il!' acknowledge mo for the better man. And then he added, as if to himself: PoaFJackr" I wish TrTTung'Eira on the broken ground, and not on the slippery grass. Tis then Id feel my self that I was the better man. Mike Sheehan tossed awake in the moonlight. The gulls were quiet, and ihere was no noise in the night save tiie sound that had rooked his cradle foaming up tine wwjw ravine before his uoor and withdraw-!- g jv.louti .jumkMg noise. I he cebfn wav perched tm a bleached hillside. A stony, narrow path went J3y.lhftdQaEJt.nd cihnlmd tha raviaa to he world; abed of slaty dock slanted sheer below it to the a hits tossing water, Mike, with his six feet six of manhood, was welt in request at the ENCOURAGING FACTS. sesyw- - - country gatherings. A year ago a CMI of 1OpBlmtiOB wredjing match between him and Load os' DtcrMH at Criminal. Jack Tierney had gathered two counFull schools mean empty prisons. ties to see it. No man could say which was the champion. Now one Is the motto of the writer of an article was the victor, again the other. They in the current number of the Schoolkept steady pai'e in their victories. master, and it must be confessed, says the London News, that the array of Jack, too, was captain of the team of hurlers, Mike of tho facts and figures, with which he furnishes his readers, yields abundant Clonegalla. The country people scarcely gHeas"d support to this eminently encouraging at the time their two champions be- -' doctrine. ' Far and wide We can see, that priscame enemies. It only showed itself m a new fierceness and detrmiaation ons are, to a considerable extent, disin their encounters. Each had sworn appearing, their sites being for tiie to himself to conquer the other. Tiie most part taken for the erection of for the poorer soreness between them about model lodging-house- s The jails have failed, as when by some Bad mischam-- they fell class s. for want of in love with the same g.rl. Worse some one tersely- put it, luck, she wanted neither of them, for adequate support from the criminal she was vowed to the In classes, amkit is significant that they' Ihe long run one or the otli ir might began to bo in a bad way when the act came into active operhave tempted her to an earthly bridal, school-boar- d but she made no choiee between th-ation, and have gone on declining step and eaeh man's chunees seamed about, by step as the number of children Off song-voiis faire? Vat mudnes-- , is equal when tdie slipn d from them th- roll ot the primary schools ha-- . InYou must not pick upo app-1- ! loth into Kilbi'uld hurchy ar 1. IVhcn creased. In 1H70. with a population under Ze snake, he take one pinch of he lay there neither man eould say he Ah. .Monsieur Adam, do jou she had distinguished. Jiim in special 2S.H00.00J, wo had in England and - kindness fm.n the other. know liow yore is g Ani their Wales 12,0 U primary bcliools. Then j ror.vali-- waxod more furious w i h the the number of prisons reached 112. In Dyo the population had .increased woman in her grave. 1,10 t ofer you some of zees fruit s zee forbidden fruit. But six months later, and a'ter the to nearly 20,000,000, and the primary-schoolIv, she while to number of the make one co 2d, 00), o snake lill her battles still unJeeidel, Jack Tierney parasol w iz zo appel. lie says Fritls fell sick and follows 1 Ellen to Kil- prisons had fallen to loss than sixty. icut Ikon." Monsieur Adam, he will bride. Then Mike blieehan was with- Kouglily speaking, while the number eat ze appel, he will become line one out an equal for many miles. But of children in the primary schools had Dieu; know zo goo 1 and zedivel bat little comfort it was to him. w ith the increased in tho jeriod . referred to vou, Madame Iv. cannot liecomo more girl of his heart dead, and the one about threefold, the number of thieies of than you are now. An man he had desired to overthrow dead or suspected persons on the roll of zat feenish Madame Iv. and unconquored. Ha secluded him- the police records had diminished by and this in the face self from the sports of pastimes, and nearly To Klovato Journatlim lived lonely in his cabin among tho of a large increase in the population. A called the Institute of eating out his unsatisfied heart. Well may the writer ask, who in 1870 Journalists is being organized in Eng- gulls, Kilbride churchyard is high on the would not have looked on the man as land for the purpose of raising the mainland and lies dark within its four a dreamer who had ventured to prestandard of admission to their professtone walls. The road to it is by a dict that in the short space of a quarsion. The plan is to have two sets of tunnel of trees that make a shade ter of a century, within a radius of examinations, one for pupil associates black even when tho moon is little more than a mile from Westor apprentices, and tho other for mom-hu-- s. velvety all the sea silver. The church- minster palace, jails should be transFor the first class the examina- turningis formed into play places for the workold and has no monuyard very tion includes English history and liter- ments of children ; into art palaces for the ers' only green importance, ature, arithmetic and geography, headstones bent and sunk to improvement of the workers leisure; sideways composition, skill in condensing anl their neck and shoulders in the earth. or into schools for the workers little "general knowledge Th j candidate A postern gate, with a flight of stone ones. for the advanced degree is, examined steps, ppens from Kilbride lana Uomia Worker of tb booth. in subjects and also political and Here every night you may see the Thousands of Southern girls who natural or sc'ence general history, ghost of Tobin, the murderer, climb- never before attempted to earn a livmathematics, political economy, the ing those steps with a rigid burden ing are every year drawn into the canlaw of uewspapor libel and copyright, hanging from his shoalder. neries, shirt factories and the like, verbatim roporting, doscriptive writSheehan as ascended the But Mike newly established all over the South. ing and the conduct of legal and pubsteps out of the midnight dark he felt These enterprises have given a tone lic business. no fear. Ho clanged the gate of the ot hope and life to many a listless sacred, quiet place in a way that set Southern village and are paving the Tatirnea Rwsnld For hours, poor luck had attended the silence echoing. - Soma mad pas- way for a broader intellectual liie for the efforts of a colored lishermun on sion was on Mike Sheehan surely or Southern girls of no fortune and Meanwhile Flint river, near Alabama, Ga. Then he would not have desecrated the small social pretensions. of the dead. the characteristic Southern respect for his hook quiet resting-plac- e entangled in something and he hauled up a gold neck- There by the ruined gable of the old womanhood promises for these worklace, which had evidently been at the abbey, was a fresh mound unusually ing girls a consideration that would bottom of tho river for many years. great iu size. Mike bheehan paused astonish Europeans.No such awakby it. "Jack! he cried in a thunening has yet come to colored women. derous voice, hoarse with its passion. N. Y. Sun. ihlapte KuspQloa Bridget, The Chinese are known to have "Come! let us once for all settle II Bhowvd the Difference built several fine suspension bridges which is the better mam Come and Deacon Hums ted Then 1 sewed uj before tho opening of the Christian, fight me. Jack, and if you throw me the cut with waxed ends and covered . era. One In the province of Iunnan. let Ellen be yours now and forever. As he looked to right and left it with a coat of tar to keep off the built in the year 69 A. IX, is still in excellent condition. thing had vanished, but he flies, and the next day the old cow saw on either hand long rows of shad- was as good as ever, Dr. Cutter . JCHIEFLY CHAFF. owy facas watching him. Many of YoU don't mean to say she recovered? Deacon Hums'ted Como .out of it them he- - knew. They were the boy Sunday School Teacher What is and girls, the men and women of his straight as a string, sir! Dr. Cutter faith? Bright ltoy Takin an umWonderful! truly wonderful! Deaown village who had died iri Jnany is brella to church wea th preacher years. Others were strange, but he con II urns ted Yes; my son says that goio to pray for rain. them ghosts from Kilsallagh, shows the differencelJaetween ame Irofessor Longhair It has been beyond Roscarbery. the village where tour and professional surgery. Life. demonstrated beyond question that Jack used te live." He looked eagerly this continent is sinking. Miss De among the folk he remembered for ON THE OTHER SIDE. fetylo Oh, well, weve got a yacht Thera was one who Ellen's faed English letter carriers get $4.50 pes "Spillat is an awful mean man." might be she, the ghost of a woman "What did he do? "liis wife- - is a veiled in her shadowy hair, whose week, Tea drinking is rapidly becoming a political candidate and he gave his eyes he could net see. And then Jack vice among British workingmen. vote to her for a birthday prose nt -- was upon him! Two thousand frog were recently-importeScientist. at railroad restaurant There FftftA great wrestling In Kll into England by the duke Do you know, sir, that rapid eating is bride churchyard. man The dead alow suicide? Drummer It' may be; wound about the living with his clay-col- d of Bedford to, dear his ponds, of but on this road alow eating is starvalimbs, caught him In icy grips parasites . Zinc k being extracted in Sweden tion. J that froze the terrified blood from his " He How can I ever repay you for heart, and breathed upon him by a, new process, after the electrolytic-M 4t is claimed for it htly? pvggiy chtlt dreath x)f the graveth at manner, JeVig htf ul Oh. seemedj to- wither him. Yet .Mike that very poorbresTwhich. have been hua suffered whoseTrain She, don't rope me. Settle with my dress- - fought furiously, aa one whn fights not Considered worthless, are made equal . best maker. only to satisfy ft. hate, but aa one who to the tell-tale A milk jog has just been He had ft dim Vidgety Lady But what am I to do fights to win- ft bride I can't ride with my back to the knowledge- of the fight he was making. devised in England. It is s glass "Insolent Youth Better dim premonition that thq dead man measure, graduated at every quarter engine? speak to the guard. UeU turn the was more than his match. The ghost- pint Below- the pint and half pint tra'n round. ly spectators pressed forwardEhore marks tbree linea are etched showing Customer I wish yon wouldn't aleagerly, their shadowy faces peered, the thickness of cream which should ways tell such frightful stories! It their shadowy forms swayed in the appear in milk of average quality, in makes ones hair stand on end. Barmist. The ghoet hai Mike Sheehan good and in very good milk, thus I atrlotkai I aa Klat. ber Exactly! That's the idee, for in a deftih grip. His arms were im- measuring both quantity and' quality. A number of military officers in A patriotic young man In New York thee 1 can cut your hair better! prisoned. his breath failed, hie flesh city, while on his deathbed, left order Miss Wsnternesu Does th limit in crept, and kdft hair Btooi up. He felt Athens recently visited the office of a that he should be buriod' in a coffin a game of poker mean the length of himself the horro local newspaper that had been dedying of lined with red, whito'ani blue silk f time you ere going lo play? Jack of this unnatural combat, when manding military reforms, thereduc-tlo- a In gratification of another whim.-- the j Potts Yes, Mias of the army, etc., and, after brutV4nterneau-- , very there was m whisper at his ear. Dimly funeral took piaee at 9 oletoek at often the limit settle just how long- W seemed to hear Ellen's voi.ee ally heating the editor and reporters, in the game. night, tha mourner carrying torchee, you can-stadimly turning his failing eyes, he wrecked the place. In the absence and closing the ceremonies wilb s disLandsman Troat whst yon have seemod to recognize . her eyes master cl the king, at Copenhagen, his play of fireworks. observed or learned of the few naval tho veil of the' ashen fair hair. "Draw Prince George, at onoe dismissed in the grass, staid the disgrace the colonels ef the three regengagements of late years, what ia him to the left on him. 11 to His old love iments eoocernod Lwl Drat bar. la the attack, chief difference voice, and trip opinion, your A noise in his bedroom aroused between modern battleships and the and his old jealousy seemed to surge and the general ot tbe division, to Michael Dixon, of Pequonnoch, Conn old kind when it' comes to actual up in Mike Sheehan. With a t remend which they belonged, and, when the In a few momenta he was off those paralyi-in- g secretary ot war attempted to aide struggling fighting? Old Sailor So far ns I hev oua , effort ho threw with the intruder in the dark and soon observed, the chief difforenoa is this; arms. Forgetting hk horror he with thq disgraced officers, promptly vanquished him. The supposed burg j The old kind when hit went down furiously embraced the dead, drew gave him the alternative of resigning ' and the new kind gbes him to the left 6n the grass, slippery his portfolio or carrying ont lo Ur tvrncd out to be Michm-brother, thq. s gifts after the summer heats, for a letter the punishments decreed, whom he had not seen for years." , down ker-chue er Hlatr To such extremes has arsenic rating carried by the women of America that the health boards of thirty eiHes and nine states will shortly take measure to diseooras the, use of the At ug. The concerted action thus inaugurated will bo unprecedented in it nature and ft shite, of nurpri'se To many )ornon w ho have no idea of the loiipths in uh hill tha Jtfstinifl faahd haa ravaged the health of American wo-men and girls. The first intimation that anv evil existed, nayathe New York Advertiser, came In evidences of the enormous increase in the trade in arwnie during the past five years. Governmental statistics are always ' very-draffairs, but any one curious enough to compare the figures of the treasury interior departments will b-and at the revelations they make on the s.ibjm-- t of arsenic. Now, coms - with .the parisons of health ivniits cliow a dwline in the -s for which arsowlo Isa specific. Thus the health Tiourd of NewYoik fTrsf awai-that gTr-fi- t quantities of the drug wei-- being used without the mediation of a doctots But the inductive evidence that arsenic in tho sourcH of many a n man's irrefutable as It is becoming more time went on woand more n ident that Anic-ic.ilives which make men who i a desirable arc charactertA.di by a languor that is melting, by a fragility- - that, is more emblematic of the lily than con--tcw th good upjictitc, and by a nv. . uttrancc. clear and accompanied bv a n rv- of tiie lips. Added ous to tins is the growing rarity of a pair ; f cheeks and tiie frcqiun'-of that ptllor of countcuunco which im- purls a distinguished air to tho most n guiut Teat me Of course, it is tho effect upon the skin which tempts ho many women to Hcrvitud". their Arsenic, of all drugs, is worn! 'rful in ita.oDsmetie effects. After a few months dosing the cuticle acquires a pellucid dearness, free from sjot or blemish, bell a'h which the tina tra?ing of a vein or the unrestricted play of an emotion is exquisitely pictured. To lie sure there are some obstinate skins which will y lcld only to a prolonged dosing, but there Is a further compensation in the softensuch cast's through ing of harshnen in the visage and a general roun ling out of what. In this way, becomes a lovely eounten-anot- t. Now this pleasing state of tho ugliness of the sibyl, like things, external only. Tha woman who uses arsenic for any length of time draws drafts - upon the near future, which am only redeemed in the bank-o- f her health. The languor, which externally Is delicious prove That exqtiisito inwardly a torture. whiteness of brow, cheek, nose and neck is concomitant only with an organic agony in comparison with which tho path of virtue ia triumph of the flesh. - And when the repose of the pillow affords to an ugly girl the of dreams or sleep, her fair drugged sister tosses like a skiff in a storm, lighting vivid nightmares. It may not be known to many men. although it undoubtedly is to most women, that an Immen-s- j business has grow n up all over the country in the manufacture and Bala of whut are know n as arsenic complexion wafers. In New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston those goods are delivered In wagons to the retail druggist, so Tiie great has the trade become. wafers are white pellots, which must Is) taken morning and night itulofln- itely. Now, these goods contain very little arsenic, but wh6n a woman whose system does not yield readily becomes impatient for results she has another resource at command. This ts to persuade a medical friend To for tiie drug give tier a or to purchase it on some pretense at a store. Young girls are the most frepicnt victims of this sort. It is a curious fact that very few women over SO are arsenic fiends ip this country, which shows the habit to be comparatively recent here. But when tho woman once becomes the user-o-f the drug in this way-- there seems no eseajie for her. Fven a few weeks abandonment of the drug jvlll convert her languorous beauty into faded ugliness. Tbe skin assumes the tint of ahuientwhTtew ash The nose grows flabby, and the hue which sd adorns the cheek capriciously establishes itself at the tip of that olfactory organ. The head grows heavy, and the nervous system. like the heroine d of any romance, is torn with contending emotions. A single look in the mlrror makcs thiswretehed creature an arsenic consumer once more. te-c- di-is- her. At last, however, the New York Herald brought tiding which, while they were tragic, were hopefuL Mr. Rowley was dead. There was a glowing obituary potice of him in the paper, but I beard afterward that he died in a fit of rage, ca used by a dinner that did not please hi id. . As soon as it was possible to do so I asked for a vacation, and returned to Now York. Reaching the great cityr 1 flew at " once to Madison avenue, and was speedily ascending the stoop of the residence of tiie lain Mr. Ilowlcy. No one forbade mo to enter the door, and soon Caddie, her eyes red with weeping, came to me in a black dress, and threw herself into my arms. "i'oor, dear, darling papa was just getting the bibie to make me swear that I wouldn't ever speak to you, when the angels took him," she said. I looked a serious as possible, and shook my head. As he did not, you may take a little walk with 'me may you not? I asked, Site answered "Y'es, dear," and 1 went away and mad mother calL It was upon a youngclergyman. And when be learned my plans and heard my atory, he agreed to my request. It was the yesr lO. Coney island had but recently been transformed from a primitive summer resort to the land of hotels, booths, showmen, and concert halls that it has now be- come. It was to Coney island -- hat I took Caddie, and there met the Iter. Mr, Ytietley, - -- young clergyman,"' who bowed and blushed find introduced us to hk married sister and her hueband, and eister, who smiled and showed her .dimples, as though she knew a little secret , We walked about the island, visited Manhattan beach, had lunch together, returned to the more populous West end, and bought milk of the miTkmeids,who3re w it Iced from the monstrous effigy oft cow, In the kiosk. "There.le the captive balloon," said tny friend, the clergymen, just then; "let ue all go up in her. An ascent was about to be made. A short interview with the manager won ua permission to have it for ourselves for half an hour. We stepped in tt, ascended the ladder, screamed and elungto each other, and in a minute or two we sew the world far beneath ua We were no tofifar of It lf the rope should break!" gavjed Mr. Nutleva sister. Nobody tnadft any addltion ta thij re mark. Suddenly, I grasped Caddie's hand. "My dear letrathed wife, w are no longer upon earth, nor are we upon the waters thereof. Onr posi-Ttoabeolf eft yoilTrbm the-os- lh you You took upon the family bibie. pledged yourself to nothing concerning the air. It was only land and water, I bava consulted Mr. Nntley, who is an expert lu such matters. Being a clergyman he ie willing, to marry us while we ere In thk balloon, lie k&owa all the circnmsUincea "My dear Miss Rowley, said Mr. N utley, I feel that tt ia quite proper of you to take a literal view of an oath you took under eounpulsioq. Your excellent father, I am sure, would have it so if he could send message from hotter worliLZ lV e all have moments o f passion, in which we do thlpgsbf which we repent believe he bee repented of offering you that oath, end I believe, being what it was. you msy niarry in the air with all propriety. "Ye think so, too! chorused our friends. Then Caddie, blushing and weeping, drew off her little glove, and friend Nntley united aa ia the holy bonds of matrimony, in the presence of witnesses How the news got about I do not know, but we were saluted with cheers as we descended earth, and were mentioned In the World next day a a couple sought no in the cap toriety by being married ' " live balbioo, Katet-prisln- Deadly Dreg Tbat Beard these-figure- invalidate her tow to so conscientious a creature as my little Taddie. I wrote to Caddie, despite her fathers edict, but 0 answer eveeeeme-to-me- , and probably my letter never reached' nod a J.bt.1 that stn.lDalihi ioatraipimie. sow wJlr n entvmitworiby tneslt, your Cntr'e Tonia baa eel's mn eomeet tbe seam. 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