Show I 1 A CLOUD I 1 was WILS stopping topping at lakeside when I 1 met dr leonard ird and in response to his invitations L spent pent 11 many pleasant hours in his cozy bachelor apartments one ono evening after returning from a patient and beating seating himself before the fire to thu the enjoyment of a last cigar before retiring for the night he be told me the following story A few years ago I 1 left the care of my ray patients in the hands of a brother physician and went down to my old home in the western part of new york to settle up the remainder of the business connected with my fathers estate it proved much more troublesome than I 1 expected and detained me in the old place for several nv weeks c e ka during that time I 1 was a guest at a f farmhouse a rm at the edge of the village where an old friend of the family resided according to the good custom of f the people in that section of the country coun t ry all the attaches of the farm were counted as in members embers of of the household and dined together at the same large table it was early harvest time and the family faintly was increased by a number of temporary farm help who were hired for the busy part of the season among these was a young fellow about twenty of fair completion complexion broad intelligent brow bu of a cast of countenance expressive of deep melancholy the men were a jovial set and filled in the bits of ofle leisure tsure at mealtime and an after dafter the days work was over in recounting their numerous experiences this man however never shared in their hilarity but sat silently apart in a dark lark portion of the room until time for retiring I 1 inquired who he was wits and was told that his ills name was dave they had never learned ills surname in fact they bad never asked about it dave had come early in may and had engaged forthe tor the season lie he was an excellent worker they testified but very reticent never speaking except in answer to a question or when it was an abdol absolute ut on necessity to ask one he ile was kind to the animals clever in taking bold hold of any new kind of work and very industrious often perform i ing more than two good men they did not understand him but hoped loped that ha le could be hired for another season mason I 1 became deeply interested in this dave and resolved to make it study of his character and if possible win him over to a more cheerful view of life I 1 began to address him whenever we met on various topics concerning his works but although I 1 received courteous answers was wholly unable to get in into conversation he ile seemed to bo be brooding over some painful idea that refused him a moments respite I 1 noticed estive nervous energy with which be he worked as it if only the most ia laborious effort could keep down an inward demon of thought he ile continually wore a look of depression and sometimes in the dim light of the corner where he sat after the days work was done I 1 fancied I 1 perceived tears in his eyes and a look took of agony on his face but be he said nothing I 1 began to think that he was one ono of those enigmatic beings upon whose spirit some hidden disease bad had shed an eternal melancholy and that perhaps there was no concrete ca up tor for his reticence and gloom one day the sun arose wanner warmer than usual and by noon the air had bad become so charged with heat and moisture as to reft render physical exertion almost impossible after dinner the men lay down in the bade of the cool maples and declared their nem to do anything further until late in the afternoon they would make up for lost sinio after sundown dave dat e I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t g i I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 however oo wever fork as aland started for the field and when H ben the old farmer called and urged him to wait until the worst of the tile midday heat had worn away ho he only shook hla lis lead head and answered that he mind the heat beat jitter when the men went back to their work they found dave lying in the burning bun sun as though dead they brought h him im to the houba and placed him under I 1 my n y care for many days afterward his life hung in a balance alance h and only the most careful nursing prevented the shock from proving fatal much of the time he was dell delirious rions and in the ravings of his ills disordered and I 1 learned something of his past hib history tory lie ile often cried out elsie I 1 do the deed but they will bans jiang me yes they will hang bang me tor for they heard me say that I 1 would kill him I 1 mean what I 1 said and I 1 do it elsie dont you believe met me come back aisie come back come bacal and in bis ills frantic eagerness I 1 bad had to hold him down by force his voice became almost p 41 lw iii gioi oi niale aim orarn to burn away with that look of horror on her face it is not the hanging banging elsie he often cried out 1 I could easily die it if it were not that you believe me guilty oh that thit wretched threat and that quarrel but I 1 tell you elsie that I 1 am innocent sometimes ho he would grow quiet and murmur softly 1 I knew dear elsie that you would believe me innocent one morning lie opened his eye eyes and I 1 saw by liis his look that reason had bad returned ho ito asked what had happened and I 1 told him that he bad had been very ill arc are you the doctor he asked and whose who ae house is this I 1 waa was never in this room before I 1 evaded the simple question by telling him that lie wa was s with friends and that he must keep quiet and talk and think or ar little aa as possible until he lie grew stronger ger iio ire prom promised to obey and lay back on his pillow I 1 looked in a few minutes later and found him sleeping calmly with a emile smile on his face he ile began to convalesce after this but the old look returned and checked somewhat the progress pro cresa of returning health one afternoon I 1 said dave I 1 want to be your friend you are in trouble I 1 knew that something M waa aa making you unhappy before you became ill but during your illness I 1 heard you refer to the cause do not be afraid but tell me all and I 1 may bo be able to help you he ile opened his honest bonest blue ayea wilh a fok look lo 10 eo sad bilat that I 1 pitied pitted him aa as I 1 had bad never done before dr leonard said he be did you learn that I 1 am suspected of murdering an old friend and that if I 1 should be discovered disco vereil here there is circumstantial evidence enough to convict me although I 1 really committed no crime I 1 had an intimate friend of the name of iveson and his sister had promised to be my wife my parents were dead and I 1 lived with my un uncle cle not tar far from the iveson mansion everything went well with george iveson and me until after my engagement with elsie 1 I Iwa was poor spoor the were wealthy my father had betrayed a trust and the blow killed my mother father died while berving gerving his time and I 1 was left to the care afan of an uncle whose reputation was bad my life bad been very unhappy until I 1 met george iveson he lie did not treat me like the rest but invited me to his home and there I 1 met elsie she was a beautiful girl and her sympathy Bym pathy tor for my lonell loneliness nesa grew to love and we were very happy it was some time before george learned about it but we thought he lie ought to know and it was decided that I 1 should tell him george waa was feeling moody tho the day I 1 ell chose ose to disclose our secret and at the newe news flew into a fearful rage taunted me with the ill name of my parents and eald said that no such blot should ever bo be cast on bis his family he ile said that I 1 had be brayed the friendship he bad given me from pity and because ho he believed I 1 waa was trying to do right but he lie was mistaken and we were friends no longer at first I 1 tried to be reasonable but when be he spoke of my parents I 1 lost all restraint and we exchanged many bitter worda words he ile swore that he would fix it eo so that I 1 should never mary elsie and I 1 said it if you do I 1 will kill coill you I 1 was in a threatening attitude when I 1 spoke these words and frenzied with rage they were beard heard by boine porno passers by and among them by joe wll wil kinson a man who bore mo me an old family grudge 1 I went to bed early that evening evenin ff but was unable to sleep and about midnight I 1 arose and left the house my head bead throbbed violently as I 1 picked diny my way along the stony road leading to the river where there Is a deep gorge and a waterfall Ifo I 1 found unda n resting place on the edge of the precipice and tried to descry the bottom through the dim light the clouds were scudding studding scud ding across the sky driven by a raw damp wind which swept through tho the gorge and kat EPS 41 to 11 ra As if be I 1 I 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 nixing wailing nii ing wun me the loss ot of tr tenus I 1 I 1 1 I re mai in tho place until daylight broke and the BUU sun dissipated the tile chilly gray of the east then their I 1 started back toward my uncles louse house 1 I turned through a neighbors field the came ut t that hat had bad heard my threat but before I 1 reached the road on the other side a eav age voice called for me to halt I 1 stopped and turned back in surprise what IV was my y honor horror when I 1 reached tho spot where the man was to seo pee george iveson lying on the stony ground dead there was an tin ugly wound on ills head bead as it if struck a heavy blow with a blunt instrument I 1 forgot my resentment in a moment and was overcome with grief I 1 stooped to lift the body into an easier position but was knocked completely off my feet by a club which the roan man had in his hand you young murderer he ile cried your sni sniveling velin will not help you out of this you will hang as high as its ba human t man or my name is no joe wilkinson we heard your threat yesterday and I 1 have caught you today you will go a it step higher than your dad I 1 reckon 1 I was thunderstruck but suddenly the hopelessness of my condition dawned upon me wilkinsons Wilkin sona sons fierce taunt rouse roused d me to action I 1 leaped upon him struck him to the tle ground and turned back among the roc rocks I 1 found a hiding biding place and the next night got away from the countr country y I 1 wandered about like a beast for a few weeks until at last growing bolder I 1 came hero here and obtained work it proved some relaxation to the misery I 1 buffered suffered but I 1 am innocent do you believe me ine doctor I 1 told him that I 1 did and would make efforts to learn all the subsequent circumstances and advise him accordingly in tho meantime he should be patient and try to get well faster A few days after this occurrence a car ariage containing a lady and gentleman stopped at the old farmhouse and the gentleman requested the privilege of resting his horses hones and ob obtaining t aaning dinner the farmer took the horses and I 1 led tho the way to the house the young lady was beautiful but there was a tinge of sadness in her manner she spoke softly to lier her brother and called him george I 1 thought nothing of this bat but a few moments later when he ile addressed her as elsie I 1 was so startled that I 1 leaped to my feet pray what is your name I 1 exclaimed excitedly the gentleman appeared surprised but answered quietly my name la is george iveson and this is my sister elsie have you ft a scar car on your h bool boo l 1 I ox claimed to hardly I 1 al ly knowing what I 1 was wits saying I 1 was so excited yes said mr iveson looking at me in wonderment but my hair lair covers it u up R and I 1 wonder at your noticing it I 1 fell I 1 he went vent on and was nearly killed a f few w months ago but ic it healed rapidly and I 1 am perfectly well now A neighbor accused an of mine of doing the deed tor for ho he had overheard us in a quarrel my ily friend disappeared and has never been heard of since although I 1 have done my utmost to find him 11 elsie was wits crying cry ing I 1 arose and going over to bolier her said providence sends ua us stra strange n ge experiences some bring sorrow and some 8 0 11 1 a happiness was your friends name da dave v e 1 11 george f prang sprang tobis to his feet Canyo can you tell us where lie is he cried I 1 explained explain eAl everything and shortly a afterward f ter ward when I 1 opened the door to daves room I 1 felt that lif life ewas was a very dear gift when used in behalf of others dave 11 I 1 said what would you consider th the best news I 1 could bring you that the past five fire months of my life has been only a di dream cam said sald dave sadly it sult you as its well to know that george recovered from lit his hural hurt said 1 I he ife looked up and answered slowly tb that fit la IS impossible for lie was dead 11 it is possible said 1 I and I 1 really believe 11 eve th thit I 1 lie may hae have recovered 10 grad gradually ally I 1 told him all and there came over his ills tired face a look of tranquil b happiness pa A few years later when a square envelope appeared in my mall mail one morning I 1 was so interested that I 1 forsook my patients and went to the wedding george W was as the beet satis Qed brother ln in law in the world and joo joe wilk swore that dave was the brightest young lawyer in that sec tion of the country and it if I 1 he deserve success no one did chicago news season of Dr arriage in china the chinese believe there is i a season for everything and in accordance afi with ill this i belief they think the opening year the fason when the peach petal budts from the alix calix ia la the most auspicious for farming matrimonial alliances philadelphia ledger A curious australian rig pig A mr le living at seriana creek Queens queensland laud has lately shot an animal which ho he describes as a sort of tree free climbing pig for a number of years wild pigs have been numerous in that locality and his ills theory is that the original or common pig baa has been changed partly by the necessities of his hit wild life into the variety he lias has discovered the captured animal weighs about a hundredweight and la Is pretty fat with briefly brown fur small black spots snout and care ears like a pig but the tile jaw is furnished with front teeth like a rodent and has also large canines and powerful back grinders the fore feet are furnished with claws but the hind ones with only two hooks books upon each hoot the tail tall la Is thick about a foot long and h highly ehly p prehensile re and in a state of rest it I 1 is usually carried by the animal in what I 1 is known an a flemish coll coil A flemish coil somewhat resembles the figure 8 this last item about tho the new now australian pig la Is impressive it shows that this pigs ideas about the proper management for a tall are novel and striking and that he must hare have devoted some attention to the subject this australian animal has other peculiarities liari ties it Is furnished with a pouch which it appears to use for carry carrying ing ft A sup slip ply of food while traveling 0 or r migrating to fresh pastures in drought the animal climbs trees and hangs by ita its tail tall while it gathers its food by ita its hook book claws IJ piera I 1 young K people pj e I 1 11 1 il L I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 jacw 1 4 SS I 1 f A I 1 |