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Show V strode doera the aisle, aad touching Hnsesy on the shoulder said tale- . ty: "Before this matter goes any farther I" must have a word with you." The priest was so startled that he dropped hla book. People In the pew started to their feet la wild excitement; Hennessy turned with a snarl upon th yoing man, choking with rage at the unseemly interruption. The rtde threw one swift glance into the eyea of tha stranger, and a flush swept over her facq and she clutched tha altar rail to ateady herself. McFarland was the only cool one in the house "Im sorry to Interrupt th proceed- Inga, Mr. Hennessy ," he continued, Wills vast fortunes are being piled "hut wises you wish the people her to hear what I have to say youd better gp I oil peculations in Texas not all That plenty hot reproach me "Away with you, fool!" roared th Success Is reached In this way, writes Which leave my brother bare. old man. "Take the madman away. He correspondent from Beaumont, th Not wholly glad my heart can be has nothing I want to hear. Take him uuutsr of the oil region. Business enWhile hi 1 bowed with care. terprises of all kinds are paying well. wy." If I go free, and sound and (tout I have nothing you wish to hear I wel In a restaurant the other day "If While his poor fetter clank, I have something that will interest my a plaid looking affair that didnt seem Untated still. Ill still cry out. old neighbors. Listen friends. I am to b worth fSOO and the owner sat 1 And plead with Whom thank. Teddy McFarland. You have all knewn by a desk oa which was spread out me since I was a child. Two yean ago 9 11,0(0 la email bills and coin. I asked Almighty: Thou who Father be I went away to seek for gold In the bim what he kept eo much money la Of him, of me, of all. Draw us togther, him and me. Klondike. While there I worked wttk his Hca for, and hla answer was: That whichsoever fall, a man who once lived In New York. In "Hs-- to do It stranger. Everybody arouid here Is nslng $500 and 11, 000 The others hand may fail him not, telling him of the people here 1 menThe others strength decline bills' I hare a, doten or so of them He asked man. tioned this Hennessy. No task of succor that his lot (hrvit at me every day, and I must more him for aad recogconcerning May claim from son of Thine. j nised him as a former acquaintance. He told me that Hennessy had a wife I would be fed. I would be clad. and children in New York, that he I would be housed and dry, deserted them to come west; left them But if so be my heart it tad, What benefit have I? to starve. I can prove what I say. You Best he whose shoulders best endure know It Is true. Look at th oil rasThe load that brings relief. cal. He shows hla guilt in hla looks, And best shall be his joy secure you dont deny It, do you Hennessy Who shares that joy with grief. "They are nil dead, long ago, E. S. Martin in Scribners Magazine. stammered the old man groping blindly around for bis cane. "Oh no theyre not Hennessy. Theres time enough yet for yon to make amends 'Let me help you to your carriage. You seem rather feeble." Hennessy pushed aside the preferred assistance and staggered out of. the chureh. The young miner turned and held out hla arms and Mollle Westcott. whis71 pered her thanks from tbe safe retreat of hla enfolding. "The saints forgive me for lying la "What? So It Is; ao It la Back Too Many. from your wild goose chase after gold and poorer than when you toft, Ill warrant," replied the old man gruffly. BY CHARLES EUGENE BANKS. "Fve seen something of the world, (Copyright, isoi, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) Teddy McFarland left the train at at least," laughingly responded Mcthe little station of Limerick, so named Farland, "and that is better than havfrom the fact that tha country for ing nothing and seeing nothing which Bailee around had been aettlad by peowould have been the case had I stayed ple from that district In Ireland. After at home." two years In ths Klondike the little "Well, youre back In good time, village seemed quiet as fi graveyard. chuckled the old man. "Theres going It was Sunday morning and the vil- to be a pretty wedding hers this mornlage, solemn, in its stillness,' was in ing end lf your civil you may get the Strong contrast to Dawson city, where chance to salute the bride," Good luck tq be sura And who Sundays were unknown, but all days Were alike polsy with wild sports or may be the happy man?" The' old man - straightened himself. serious adventure. The young man turned Into a cross "I am, air. Th ceremony will be perstreet and walked alowly along nndr formed at the. close of the morning have tbe change handy," At night he locks th desk and goea horn feeling secure In hla wealth. Before th boom this man was deeply tn debt Now his receipts are from 11.700 and 91,000 a day, and hea got all kinds of money. A barber bad a two yes re lease on a building that Is worth probably 91,000. On of the oil speculators, wanted It for an office, and gave him 91.000 to move out Men who cam her with great suma of money cannot keep doubling it in lees time than It takes to tell 1C Men who came here with a little amount of money to Invest la any kind of business cannot easily go broke and stand for more than an even ehow of making ' " . fortunes. Women art eomlig in from all sections dally and are Investing In hoarding houses, laundries, etc., while not a tew are Investing In th oil. No town ever enjoyed such a boom and what to to be permanent A , better promts curious feature about it all to that tboee already here are endeavoring to keep dark the possibilities ao that there will be fewer to divide th vast wealth with. But this effort baa aot succeeded at all and every train brings tn Its load of prosperous looking men and women who have tbe dough and are looking tor chances to make more. V r flcHlorf the shad. Is trees. A block farther on tha bell In th little Catholic church rang out the ' morning service hour. McFarland stopped by the gate to iwatch the arrival of the country peoot-tbo- i., ple, every one of whom he knew but rho failed to recognize In this tanned and bearded mra the. smooth-face- d Youngster who had left them two fear before to seek hie fortune la the (cold lands of Alaska. There was a touch of mystery about tha situation that quickened his Irish blood. A word from - him and the scene would . Instantly change and he would become the center of an excited, questioning group; for few ever traveled far from thli settlement and a man who had paen the frozen mountains of th far Northwest would be more than n novelty In the eyes of this simple people. But all McFarlands coolness vanished end his face flushed crimson as n tall, fair girl sprang lightly out of an old earryall and came toward him. Then he leaned back against the gate poet and waited, his eyea dancing with the anticipation of a speedy recognl "Mollis Westcott! Impossible!" Bnt the girl passed him without the least show of recognition and hurriedly entered the church. saw that aha was pale, had St aad, hopeless look that went straight to hU heart. H wondered U she was grieving because of hla abeence a thought If this was so how soon hs should bring th oolor back to her ohseks and ths light of happiness to her eyes. While he was speculating oa this oomlng happiness two eld men drove up In a carriage, and one, hand-la- g the reins to the other with the air ef proprietorship, climbed down from his seat and came up the path toward the gate. ' It was old Jam Bsnnessy. McFarland knsw him wall us u character generally disliked lor ft da hard, grinding practices, so differnaent from the free, turae of the people of the settlement Cut the novelty of being a stranger la hla native village was wearing away aad McFarland called out pjeasantly enough: "Good morning; Mr. Hennessy. Have forgotten the son of your jbon. open-hand- i (- - K ed neigh-McFarlan- d? glad I am for you, Mr. but who la thi bride?" "You saw her go la a moment ago "Its Hen-ness- y, Mollle Weacott." i Mollle Weacott! Impossible. Why not?" snorted Hennessy. "I there anything strange about tf fine a man with a young woman-fancy- in thousand acres of land and a good bank account? Especially," be added with a leer, "when her father la bankrupt. - "Do you mean that Weacott has lost his torn?" "Yes, or would have lost It If a good friend had not stood by him." "You Jld devil," cried McFarland, advancfng'dpon the other with clenched got Wescott In a banajkSo youve tight place and are forcing him to give you his pretty dsughter to save him from ruin. "Travel doesnt seem to have Improved your manners, young man. I should advise you to be more civil or you may not get a chance to taate tbs wedding cake." Tbe old man went chuckling up the church step leaving hla young rival sweating with Impotent rage. Could it be that this fair young girl who had been the hope of hla life ever since they were playchlldren together was willingly sacrificing herself to this misers gold? No; he would not believe It It must be for her fathers sake. If only he was aura bt this hs would go Into the church aad forbid back empty-hande- d It- - H had not com and could easily help Mr. Wee-eo- tt out of .hla difficulties. But supposing she had thrown him over for Hennessy. He paced back and forth before the church door listening to the priest droning out the service, unable to. settle oa any definite plan of action. - "Wud ye like to know something that wad atop tbe weddla, sort" whispered a hoars vole Tn hie ear. Turning, he aaw th old man Hennessy had left in the wagon pulling at hla sleeve. Tv been wld him since before he left New York." continued th shriveled little fellow. "He's been a hard master to me all along, but this man-i- n he best me like n dog because I told him he ought not to ruin this young girls Ilfs. If you would save bar, tor, go In and aak him what has become of th wife and children he left hack there In ths eity. H cant deny it, aor. ' "Glorious old fellow! Gad, I could hug you." All I ask ov you, sor, ls that you dont let him know It wut me' that told y. Hed km m If he knew. "Never fear. Ill take car of you all right Climb back in tbs carriage and look dumb. Ill attend to th rest of th church, but itll save the old man a beating," thought McFarland as ha bent to kiss the gold of Mollles hair. ColUee, Jamea Hogg, the Ettrick shepherd, has many anecdotes of the breed of dogs known as , the collies. Hs had one named "Sirrah," of which he relates the following : '"Upon one occasion, about seven hundred , lambs, which were under hi care at weaning tlms, broke up at midnight and scampered off. In three divisions, across the neighboring hills, in spite of all that he and an assistant could do to keep them together. . The night was so dark that he could not see Sirrah; bli the faithful animal heard his mas-tlament their absence In words which, of all others, were sure to set him most on the alert, and withojt more ado, he silently set off In quest of ths recreant flock. Meanwhile tbe shepherd and his companion did not fall to do all In their power to recover their lost charge; they spent the whole night In seouring the hills for miles around, but of neither the lambs nor Sirrah oould they obtain the slightest trace. It was the most extraordinary circumstance that had ever occurred In the annals of pastoral Ufa They had nothing for It, day having dawned, but to return to their master, and inform him that they had lost his whole flock of lambs, and knew not what was to become of one of them. On tbelr way home however, they discovered a lot of lambs at the bottom of a deep ravine called the Flesh Clench, and th indefatigable Sirrah standing In front of them looking round for some relief, but still true to his charga Th sun was then up, and when they flrnt came In view they concluded that it was oa of th division which Sirrah had beam unable to manage until he came to that commanding situation. But what was their astonishment when they discovered that not (me lamb of the whole flock was wanting. How he had got all th divisions collected In the dark to beyond comprehension. The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight until the rising sun; and If all tha ahephard la tha forest had been there to have assisted him they could not have effected it with greater propriety. The Humane Leaflet ef -- Where the PehUe If the congressman who declares that tha West Point cadets must or th academy will be closed, McFarland threw hla hat Into the air for very Joy of hla feelings and then, wiU hold hla ear to the ground, hs will smoothing the smiles out of hi face, hear a rumbling of applause from th walked solemnly Into the church. The American people. Baltimore Herald. couple were already at the altar' aad Of th 1,600 convicts In' Tennessee the priest was preparing to say the claim to .be college gradfinal words that should make them twenty-tw- o man and wife when th young miner uates. be-hs- -- W Mia Sybil Sanderson reappeared St the death of her husband, Antonio the Opera Comlqu In Paris th other Terry. The house waa filled with an In "Phryne," It being her first appreciative audience, which gave appearance 1 the French capital alncb reception to a former fa- . on -- Common Cktitiiy Judges ar supposed to know the law better than laymen. When a New Jwrsey vice chancellor say a from the beach that "common civility is the tow f the land" common people, unlearned la the will not venture law, to take Issue with him. but they will enprme thelr. that th tow of the land to not enforced. There la often a painful lack of the cheapest kind of dvllity la public office, at bargain ret oooMUn, aad on street car. The vle-tlido not seem to have that legal redress which they expect where the law of th land has been violated. The vice chancellor went on to define "common civility, that w saying "ea person ha no right to speak to another person nnless he first get hla consent People who r bubbling over with questions or views and who wish to open conversation with stran-ga- rs will pleas bear this In mind. TiT should begin operations' not by wmarktog that it to a pleasant day, hut by saying, Have I "your consent t talk to your , At this point "organized labor" and the vice chtneelior part company. Thee remark of his were mads apropos of s Strike to a Paterson silk mill. have taken th place of union worker end th latter have been lessoning with the former, sometime quit violently, to Induce them to quit work. la such a ease th vice Non-unioni- vorite. All th Paris papers pronounced her return a success Miss Sandersons sdmlrers la the United States will b glad of ber new suocesa. Thera la a good deal of truth and philosophy In th observation. America has stepped to leadership on its crap heaps. Th other day, in New York, four million dollars worth of cable equipment went to the Junk shop because electricity was better. Down at League Island there waa a scrap heap of old monitors which were' hardly valuable even as objects of Interest, and if ths recent work of th sew projectile In smashing ths strongest armor plats to cos tinned there will be other scrap heaps of larger vessels, which have cost the government millions of dollars. It has not been many years since the newspapers had to make scrap heaps of their old presses. In fact In every department of effort the scrap heap has been th sign of progress and success. It would be fortunate It men could deal as promptly In their ideas and prejudice as they do In their machinery. Tha spoils system in politics would make too. a Scrap Tbt Value The excessive tariff Th enterprising Mr. Yerkes, of Chi- good Junk. would look well aa a second-cla- ss a tear to to about up large who cago, ruin. Some 4 the preeent navipart of London la hie rapid transit laws might be sacrificed with schemes, intimates In the latest Inter- gation And there are other things, A view that th English need a rum- profit needs scrap heaps as mack government some of their of present mage sale as a corporation. belonging. "I tell you what," he declares with choice Chicago directness, In Turkey when the present saltan "th trouble with ths English conchess even business of stats know ths plays cerns to that they dont . mast wait vslus of a scrap heap." chancellor deems It only civil for th man who wishes to do the reasoning to get the consent of the other party. The lawyer for the strikers asked th court how this consent was to be obtained and was told that his clients could writ a letter to the mill-hanasking for leave to argue with them tbe question of stopping work. This Is a delightful suggestion. Nothing could be more dignified than for striker to write polite notes to those wba have to them. taken their Jobs, sarin "Come, let us reason togetSsr." "Ornot ganised labor" however, doe on thi question the Judge with agree of "common civility $ It all walking delegate and pickets thought about this matter aa he does, controversies labor between union, and non-uniwould be conduced with a degree of politeness and decorum not always found la courts and congresses. on ef It pro-tacti- on |