The Conshohocken Recorder, March 19, 1881

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KaTAULlailED DECIMBEH 1B89.
VOL. V. NO. :i.
WEEKLY RECORDER.
UOKI PIBST-TKZ WOULD APTEHWABD8.
COXSHOHOCKEN, PA., SATURDAY, MARCH 1!>. 1HN1.
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Ami win II I kl--,il >oui rtp*-r*d 111'.*—
Hanoi Tin milk lug love!
Mi. nun'. UM style of lori i-' talk
r.,'!i,\iiii tht- ■MOB'I pal<
If 1 It-niCllils'l, 'tWM ill,' -.one
loom old eoartlag BSJ-'
nut BOD Hi,- young i,,ik- linger
DOWH Hi llic or, Imi'l gate,
i • on fi.iin.i ii: win in- newgo?
That girl I. mil too lull- !)
Thoy whisper where the lilacs
In drowsy eliisler grow,
MI.i VM- -ii talking in tka pnrab,
Where ning-glorlcs blow.
I'.;il. N,l I ir, I'm \otir lover allll;
M> love i- I'oli.I tui.l ,l,.,|,
\ | ,\ lien—Why, goodness gruclon*!
If-ho Isn't rifilllul asleep!
wai »«Ml on i oii.c'i- |U i„.r i,,.,,,,',. ■Hkluka Preiulngha
1 < in. IIIIIII ISIIKIIV a || I, old-fn.lt. Ibr life Hi Ivy Glen.
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HE-ESTABLISHED MARCH 10, 1877.
8i.()o PER YI:AI, i\ ADVANCE.
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IVY GLEN.
"Heady
Really,
"To Ii I "" said the nielli.
furnished'.' Kur a mouthf
ladh-, I'm M iv much afraid 1 haven't
any property in iiij hands-not nl
j.r..-~.ilt at least—that will meet )our
txpeotatloua I've plent, of unfur-nished
houses, ami plenty to rent fur
i year, Hut fur a month '.' Thar* Inn'l
»ny such real estate III the inarktt—
there Isn't, ludeed."
"We ihin't want an unl'iimi-hcd
h,ui-c," salil Angela Frost.
"And we have no occasion to use a
house fur a year," aihled Josi•phiiic.hcr
tall, blooming young sister,
The agent hit the end of his quiil-
|ien, and looked at them dubiously,
from behind the ink-splashed rails of
his desk.
"We arc scluM.ltcacl'cra," Miss An-gela
explained, "and we have just a
month's Vacation ; and we want to
►pen,I It in a healthful country resort,
where I ean botanize, and where my
sister can sketch in water-colors from
nature."
"Ah !" said the agent—"ah I" In-deed,
I'm very sorry, ladles, hut I
don't think there's any property in
the market hereabouts that will meet
your ideas."
"What time does the evening stage
leave the hotel V" Josephine asked,
rather despondently.
"At live, I believe," the agent re-plied.
t tile two motB w~*w* iim ...
of Hie stuffy little room with its high
desk, Its floor covered with cheap oil-cloth,
and Its general atmosphere of
stale tobacco smoke.
"I'm no sorry, Augel," said the
younger. "The air of these pine
wooded glens Is the very thing for
your asthma."
"And the little river in the deep
gorge is such an exquisite study for
your paintings, Jo." said Miss Frost,
fondly.
"Couldn't we live in a baru ?" sug-gested
Jo. with a comieal arch of her
.eyebrows.
"I'm afraid nut," sighed Angela.
The real estate agent, In the mean-while,
had hardly smoked a pipe and
read the local paper before the door
burst iii-in ami a short, stout lady in a
pink hat ami feathers came in.
"Mr. Muggeridgc,'-aid she, hand-ing
him a key, "you may lei Ivy Stan
or you may -ell it-ready-furnished,
with a row, a poultry house and the
pony chaise thrown in."
"Madam," laid hfuggerldge, bewil-dered.
"I'm tired of It," said the lady. "Su-sii
anil .leuine are homesick to get
l.aek to the city, and so am I. I've
been without n servant since Monday,
and now I'm going to take the even-ing
stage to town and meet my hus-band
before ha siarts for Ivytilen. I
dare say he'll be vexed, but 1 •BUM
help it. And I've left word at the
dairy farmhouse for my brother Duke
to follow us."
"You couldn't let it lor a month '."'
experimentally hazarded Mr. Mugge-ridge.
"I'd let it for three daj
lady.
"I could llnd you tenants for a
month," said the agent. "And per-haps
at the end of thai lime something
else iniglil oiler."
"Vary well," said the holy. "Them
is Ihe key."
And away she went; and Mr.
Muggerhlge chipped his baton the
baek of his head and set oil', in hot
haste, to the hotel, lor an Interview
with the tWO yOUUg ladle* who had so
recently left his offlo*.
And so it happened thai Jo and :
Angel Frost took triumphant p.,--.—
-i >f Ivy (lien, a nimiiiilie Cottage,
half cov-rcd with the dark green,
V'Vissy leaves of the vine from which
It derived Its name, with a buodolr,
piano, all the pictures garlanded with
pressed ferns and dried autumn bav, -.
and a library of novel*.
"Mrs Filch must have been a very
literary person," said Jo.
"And musical," added Angel.
"As for a si'i'vanl. ODC WOUld only be
a nuisance," said Jo.
"I'll groom the pony myself," said
Angel. "Ha'a DO bigger than a New-foundland
dog—the darling."
"And I'll milk the cow and feed the
dear little ohlokena," declared pretty
Jo.
"It's really an earthly paiaili-.-,"
Mill lh( Btdev sister.
"So it is," assented Jo.
i.
"I lo» -laowVl'l-lsl-suld Jo, Marl-ing
un Cfti.iu hi bonk, a. Hie twilight
■A;.,low., i i. id : dtarkeraiid dark.i in
the loom ' l.cr t"'!own t„ U,e bam,
and talk to lib- and Frizzle, poor
deal.-'.' ihey inn-' '"' ••* lonesome as
WC are."
i Now Dick w>- H'"' pony, and Friz-zle
was tlie cov:""'' Jo and Angel
were already u| u 'be most affection-alt
terms of intimacy with them.)
It was quite drl;, when Marmaduke
Framingham offi'ed the hall door
and strode In, *|>klnK Ihe raiu IIIO]M
from his shoulih*. as if he hml been e.
huge Newfoundli"d dog, and flinging
bis llshlng-croel«nd tackle on the
table.
"Lou!" he nlled, all over the
house, In a chBY.v, stentorian volei—
"I.ouisa !"
"Hut, as lulgk.l'c exiiected, no au-
•wer was returdwl and he went up lo
a certain pretty '"><' circular walled
room, where lie bad been wont to
keep Ills slipper, guu-caae, and sun-dry
other maiK.lliie appurtenances,
when sojournint»'"h his sister, Mrs.
Fitch at Ivy (Jin-
"It's as quiet here," he muttered,
under his brca". "as an unchanted
castle. Where'hour—where are the
children'."'
think II i- t
world."
sani her yonntr nn-i-.u
H II I HI HI IIIAKI'. IIOItNE i Mil I .
1 said the
Hut he paB*i<l on the threshold.
Even by the losing twilight he could
perceive that a funeral transformation
had taken pluoi
A pretty ea*«. stood near the win-dow,
the lull slt-i'lanls of the old-fash-ioned
ilresslng-ureau were knotted
witli blue liuVus. ihe chairs were
freshly draped with chintz, and a
fairy work-basH stood beside the
sofa, while upon'Jie table lay a flower-twined
gipsy-bit, a bunch of wild
flowers, and a pair of the tiniest
gauntlet-gloves bat Mr. Fruminglmm
had ever set eye upou.
"Hello!" said Marmaduke; "Lou's
got girl e.iiiipan . And she's put 'em
in here, by Joyt!"
He struck a imtch, lighted the pret-tily-
painted eii.'lles in the brass
sconces, and tared blankly around
him. At the sane moment, a clear,
flute-like vole* Bunded below stairs.
"Come in, Anrel, quick ! (ioodneas,
how the rain dnves In at the door!
WliHt'sthls inilie hal!? A-man'a
coat!"
"Burglars !'' auieked Miss Angela,
who was not stftng-minded in practice
as she was in tbory.
"And theroVa light up stairs!"
cried Jo.
"Preserve us!' said Angela, begin-ning
to tremble; "the house is on Are!
you shall not goip stairs!"
Hut Miss Joatihlne deftly evaded
her sister's gra«] and rushed directly
up to the little ipartment which she
had confiscated B her own use.
"Who are y«i, sir?" she sternly
demanded, as, sunding In the door-way,
her gaze ft.l upon Mr. Marma-duke
Fratuinglum.
"I—I beg your pardon," began that
gentleman.
"Leave the btuse!" suld Jo, In the
Imperial accent, of Queen Elizabeth
coudeuiiMiig on. of her courtiers to
death.
"Jo.Jo.dou'i," pleaded Angela,who
had crept up In her sister's shadow
and was now weakly tugging nt her
dress. "Pcrbipn he's got a band of
accomplices outside—perhap* he's a
ernzy man!"
"Ladles," siid Mr. Krainlngham,
"if you will ouly penult me to ex-plain—"
".Nothing can explain an Intrusion
like this!" declared Josephine.
"My sister, Mrs. Kitch, the ocou|utnt
of tills house—"
"We are the occupants of this
house," iuexorably Interposed Mis*
frost. "Mrs. Kltoh has left the pre-mises
the-e three days ago."
"I assure ynti," said Marmaduke.
"thut I wasipiitelgtioraut of any such
change of arrangements. I have been
on a ashing -icuralop up the MIL *I1U
supposed, of course, that my sister
was here—"
l "I 'in quite -a re he Is a crazy man !"
interposed Angel, sotto voee.)
"And as it is such a stormy night. I
l.eg only to be allowed to pas* the
night in the tarn," concluded the sup-pliant.
"Your sister left word for you at the
Dairy farm," said Jo, severely.
"Kutlcanie around by the other
road," said Mr. Krainlnghani, abject-ly
•
The humor of the thing was too
much for Jo 9|,e burst out laughing.
"Angel, ,|„ nop twitching, my
dear," mid she. "Ves, you may sleep
■aMN Of ins Ai|\ i:.\ nit::s AS K
l.II ti\ ll l M l:I.I .
lie is a crabbed old stick In ins waj.
Perhaps his long eonfliiemeiil in
Monlgomeiycoiiniv prison for- ,n;.
years has broken his temper and made
him a sour, melancholv man, With
qiieerqiiips and crank- in his brain on
the score of religion, lie has h, en
fairly educated, as i, shown by the
style of the letters ho ha- Occasionally
addressed lo the different (Jrand Ju-ries
and other public authorities. The
language is good, but is Badly abused
by the queer aberration* of his mind,
especially upon religious subjects.
Sometime.- he i- a I'liivoi-alisl, or an
Atheist, or a Tnitarhu,, or a Msleiial-
1st, or a Trull-eel ,|,'litali-l, a- the In,
mor strikes. Ill has several ycai-yo!
tn -i i vo of his tentenoe, wblel was tor
twenty years, hut Bl he has conducted
hiin-eif properly aud submitted to the
rubs of the prison without II demur,
the commutation of Ids sentence Will
be liberal. Hut llt'te.n year- i- a laTgl
slice oil'a man's llfelimeafter he reaeb-forty-
fl\c years, and Mutliart Is now
an old man, with all his ambition
gone, and all hope of retrieving his re-putation
gone with it. Some yean
since His Honor Judge, HOBS in ae.-i i I
am e with his well known humanity.
visited Muthart in prison, ami pitying
the unfortunate man offered to Inter-est
himself in onmining a more liberal
commutation than the prison rulst
permitted. Hut the veteran horse
lover was in one of his black moods,
met the merciful advances of the judge and hud been for years the terror of
bad to !-■ p np appearances, however,
ami i teal; 1 eould and a deal nuu'i'Mian
I wi-hi!. All this time I he eoiir..lllid-ed
old (Juaker kepi eyeing me, snd s<
- "- I ell Ihe lahle be -enroll,,! my
p.,, Pels aelu.dly "went tbrollgh me,"
ISRK llully as ii detective Foriuiiate-ly
I had jusi fifteen eellt* in a v«*l
pocket, which corrohoruted a part of
Illy -lory, bill 1 had nearly MOO In my
p..-. -slon ami mortally dreadisl that
he should llml It, hut he didn't. 111-
next operation was to product- from
some dark corner a rusty old blunder
bii- Into the muzzle of whieh a mini
might llirusi his list.and :a'inni d down
a handful of powder, ami half a turn
hlei lull of small bullets, or slugs, Hie
vei.v sight of which gave me the
shakes. I begun to suspect the old
man was no (}uakcrat all, but be was
He took me ton room, Hie family
were all lu bad, and |uiiiitlug to a
lounge be tapped the barrel ol toe
banal Of the piece and retired, merely
saying, "If thee lias any regard for
thj safety Hue will not stir during the
nigbl. I sleep in the r i aero-s tin-hall
way and our big dog is Just beneath
Ihe window." The advice wa*Whole-some
and agreed with me. Next morn-ing
the old gentleman came into the
room, and good Lord! didn't be give
me a lecture. He told me paint blank
that I had come to steal his horse, ami
that if he did Ids duty be would hand
me over to the polios. He wound up
by giving me a two-dollar hill and
sending me out of the bouse the buck
way. I make double time to the near-est
railway station badly scared, and
did not feel myself safe until I bad put
good live hundred miles between me
and Hie old Chester county Quaker."
At the time of his arrest Muthart
wus a strong, burly, resolute fellow
THE FRUIT PAID TUB BENT.
. HUMS tmuitlrul lands,"
i ..i.i -:ii.i. riii.i.iiig hi Sands,
Tl,.- Hull. -Ii. will |,a\
I 'I'll.' renl tin v il.iy —
I h ..I ,,-,. |a * urn a- |i slan,Is."
I Ii* 1,-uiuit in,,v.-.1 In wklli n shoul
.I there A year or aliouti
When iiilaa- the real
Hid landlord lament
A1.1 a ,.i iik,. a tenant put sat
•■nit landlord, now. didn't ros as]
Th|feiiii forth, renting wonld pay :
Your o« n words 1 suit—
1 li-nve >OII I ho tniit—
>'IIU - I iii«> Die Imluu,,- ,. .. I d*
BRAVELY WON.
in anything but u proper spirit, and
the offer was never renewed. II,ill
very changeable in his disposition. At
times he is silent, reticent, and speaks
to no one; at others lie is chatty, com-municative
and Inclined to yarn about
his adventures, and from what little
be has told wo feel sutislicd that Mul-hart's
autobiography, could lie be in-duced
to write it, would be well worth
reading. In one of bis conversational
moods he stated in answer to Bques-lion,
that he began his career as a
horse thief when he win eighteen
year* of age, and up to the time of his
capture hail stolen one hundred ami
tbree horse. Every one of these ex-ploits
would furnish subject matter for
a sketch of peril and adventure itich us
rarely falls to the lot of one nn.ii.
Twice he swum the Busquahanna at
night on horses he bad stolen,with his
pursuers so close on bis tracks that lie
had to take to the water like a hunted
stag-county
which proved a failuie, how-ever,
but whieh he told some years
ago with great glee, and enjoyed the
reminiscence with the merry humor
of a school hoy relating a frolic. We
will let him tell the story himself:
"I had been dealing in horses in the
Eastern section of the State, and it
became necessary to change my plucc
of abode and hang out at some place
where I was not well known, where
I might keep shady for a time, and
think over some plan of future action.
I had been very successful in my las,
two or three operations, and the day I
took up my quarters in that Chester
oounty hotel, (the locality I shall not
stale,) I had WOtl in my belt and plenty
ofloosc change for current uses. I
had been nt the hotel about a wee1;,
w Inn, one evening while standing on
the porch, a young gentleman flew by
In a falling top buggy, driving the
prettiest bit of horseflesh that I had
seen for many n month. A bright
bay mare, 1'iJ hands high, clean
limbed a-a deer, with line eyes ami
wild nostrils, small head well carried,
and action betokening good blood and
gentle temper My old Impulse rushed
strung upon me and I made Dp my
mind at once to have that mare, t'art-lessly
Inquiring to whom she belonged
I discovered that she wus owned by a
fanner who liyod about nine miles
from the hotol. Three days after I
found out that this wa- true for I vis-ited
the place and I saw the inare
grazing in a Held close to the house.
It would not do, however, to touch
the animal at that time for obviou-reasons,
so I left the locality and staid
away for seven months, until the fact
of my being around there became u
thing of tin past and forgotten. I fi-nally
laid my plum well ahead and
prepared a way to dispose of the ani-mal,
and one dark night approached
the house, passed around It ami went
luto the stable, and hud I followed my
tlrst impulse 1 would have sprung
on her buck und been off like a shot.
Hut us the devil would have It, my
eve fell on ii biiiidsonie saddle ami bri-ttle
fanner.- and other horse owners of
t'luster, Montgomery, Bucks and
Philadelphia counties, not only for bis
skill and success in running off their
Mrs. Sylvester and her daughter
Mail lived in a pretty semi-detached
in the in iwhhorhiiod of the pret-t\
English village of Clspham. I be
nld lady was what nioal people
would eoiislder e imfortably off; but
she, \|rhn hml once known all the lux
.lint wealth i-nii bestow, regarded
If as one of the unfortunates who
njerlted as mu.-h pity a- (he wretched
I HI per who crawls into the workhouse
f*j a night's shelter.
Poor Maud Sylvester's life was ren-dered
a perfect misery to her. Lord
Wal drill's sou almost lived at thequiet
little villa, and worst of all, Mrs. Syl-vester
encouraged him.
Lord Waistrill had told falsehoods
Hiilllrient about his precious ne'er-do-well
to raise Mrs. Sylvester's hopes of
i iBl aggrandiztsnent for herself and
her daughter to the skies, and Mrs.
Sylvester had sufficiently exaggerated
her daughter'- prospects to insure my
lord's persistence in his soli's behalf.
Hut his son needed no urging on.
He was madly in love with Ma id.
The more she showed her dislike the
more afltctlotinte he was. In vain she
assured him she could not care for
him.
To make matters worse, her mother
entirely changed In her demeanor to-ller.
•With all her
ter, "that men In hh | Ovltloil in li:'.
are 11:i::; i... I> exposed to many tcnip-taliiilia,
-iieh a- hate hours, and j i
My a II OVI I ;.' i- Of Wille On oee.i
ml "
"Mother," Interrupted Maul, "do
not attempt to close my ryea la the
truth j I >im not to be blinded by any
hollow . \i-ii-. -1.r pereuaalnua. I t«-JI
you again, notblngon earth shall in-duce
in-- to marry him You may
drag me lo Hie alter, and there I will
decline to utter the necceaaary rows! '
"Foolish giti." commenced lira,
Sylvester, when she was interrupted
by a long pull at th* bell, end Imme-diately
inter wards the II,u oral,!,.
Augustus Waistrill was announce'.
Maud had quitted Ihe apart ni> nl In-fore
he had entered It.
■Irs Sylvester, as usual, made her.
self as iigicca le a- poaslbl* She did
A BELATED VALENTINl
8" to your buiclu-r—air. Skewers.
semi i,a- u aatra iii-ad.
Truly yours."
-un your ah '-inn ii-"Mcarn. Ili.-w.i..
A , ,-k ot pule u|e,
Truly your-. '
so in your lima,tress—"Mr*. Hluera,
Hou't lion my battooa off,
Truly yours."
un- plumbers "at—r*. sorowers,
notdtapsirol conquering her daugh- rs.t r's tasking,
ter In spit.- of the determined
strange .ueha dllerenss then -hom.i in.,
TWIM t w... .ii, ,iun, ami twasdsassM l
Bat Kieiil.-rUlirci-eiii-,- -nil > .mil fln.l.
Ac know l.'Ugnl by eneli cuiiillil iiiln.l,
KadortBf while the world en.luroa,
TwlXI "Truly I In..." nail "Tiuly youi-:"
Yes, lulling long us "tin** sliall shin...
TWIM "Truly your." und "Truly tlilne
. in enemy, your worst,
^ ..i simply sign that innllesi BrM :
so I., \OIII in 11 k.tlllll or your tinker.
Mo In your tailor <*r shoemaker.
prime horses, but for bis daring und I
desperate character. That ho was a ^""• ** ,™ " her vanity, sel
man of mark and note among the I ""''"Tu.'.'u *b*»r'iM'»'Mr»- *>,v'>~
horse thieves of the State wa. evident »»r had hitherto been affectionate to-
., in I he efforts made to get him out of ward ,IW ,lnuK''ter.
the meshes of th* law, not only by.- Hut now a change had taken place
In her demeanor. She threatened that
she would leave her penniless when
-he died, snd let her make her own
living ks. best she could, If she did not
consent to the murri.gc.
It grieved Maud deeply to see her
mother stoop to a falsehood in her
wild desire to bring about this marri-age.
Now Arthur Chambers und Maud
Sylvester bad so far kept their engage-mentna
secret from every one except-ing
her friend Lucy.
Of course poor Maud took every op-
■portunlty to visit her friends In Hays-water
as frequently as she could, and
,^!li^.*- i-.oj, ahtt revealed
tie JV J» most come as often as you can
of toV.'lapham," pleaded Maud, "and
save in.- from the persecutions of the
objectionable creature to whom mam-ma
would have me sacrifice myself."
Of course Lucy did come as often as
she eould ; hut ere long her visits were
put tn a stop by the positive rudeness
of Mrs, Sylvester, who, for the sake of
Ue'r own wishes, desired to sever
legal means but by force If possible.
His comrades prepared a plau for his
rescue, which had it not leaked out
was very likely to succeed by reason
of its siieer audacity.
On the morning of the day he was
brought before A. 8. Hallmau, Esq.,
of Norristown, for a hearing It was
whispered about that a plan was afoot
by part of u Philadelphia gang to takf^
Muthart from the constables who had
him in charge, either while In the of.-
lice of the magistrate, or ou his way
from thence to the prison. They were
to have on hand a two horse team,
make a suddeu dash, throw him ,'..u?
tho wagon, and, defying the orowd,
carry him off before their eye*. Th
writer was ouo of a hand of twelve
the citizens of the borough who were
determined to stand by the committing
magistrate and oppose a rescue. They
quietly mingled with the crowd in
the othce, and closed around the mag-istrate,
with the exception of three
who remained outside for a special
purpose. Sure enough, at the hour
appointed three men drove up Swede! Maud's connections with her Bays-street
in a largo and roomy wagon with
two flue-spirited, fiery animals, who
Water-friends.
Lucy, dearly as she loved Maud,
...,. I as fresh and as lively a* when ; could not continue to visit at a house
they left Philadelphia. One of the', where she w.is openly snubbed and In-meu
jumped off and entered thB mag- suited.
islrate's olllcc, the others drove slowly
forward towards the prison and drew
up at the corner of Swede and Airy
streets. When the wagon stopped the
three men before mentioned stopped
also close beside It. Had a rescue
been attempted, and especially if pis-tols
bud been used in the attempt, the
horses would have been seised, even
if the drivers had to lie riddled with
Not satisfied with having driven her
daughter's dearest friend from her
doors, Mrs. Sylvester at lost objected
to Maud's going to Uayswater.
Maud rebelled iudignantly against
this.
"Why," she justly asked, "was she
to give up her dearest friend? What
hud she, Lucy, or uny member of her
fumlh- ever done to merit any such
re-cue and William
to his fute.
shot. Hut the crowd was top large junhebrdof treatment?"
and the risk too great to attempt sT "Never mind what they have done,"
Muthart was left lanswered Mrs. Sylvester ; "that has
nothing to do wli.li the matter. It is
my desire that you should not visit
His STOMACH —A Detroit surgeon them, lor'the present at least, and you
whose reputation Is first class wus must submit to my orders."
I in his ufQee the other day when "I am sorry," answered Maud, '
in walked a stranger who was follow'punnot hi lids instance obey you."
In 'be ban,, Mr.-Mr. ,^^ luk|ngo„ ,,„ ,,„„, hM,.r , ,ml
"Framingham, ladies, at your_Bat-1 ^ ^ bmw tiKlltulM,,, ,,„. Killh of
vice," said the disciple of IzauK Wat- | (||p mm> |ook „le mll|.e ,,v th<! i.a-,,.1,
'""• j turned DM around in her stall and
"Mr. I'liuninghi.m. then," said Jo.
"* 1 tut youinuil have some lea with us
ed by a dog. Without any fooling
around he began :
"Doctor, I have the dyspepsia."
•'Yes, sir."
"Had ittwc||ty-slx years,"
"Yes, sir."
'•YOU can't cure It."
"No, sir."
"Hut you can make tin exchange of
stomach between me and my dog,"
Hut ran must and shall," cried her
mot her, furiously.
Maud did not wiswer her.
"Do you hear ine ?" cried Mis Syl-
. ester.
"I bear you," answered Maud.
"Anil you must obey, or—
"Or what'."' questioned Maud.
•Or I will turn you out of the
t," cried Mrs. Sylvester.
resist-unco
-he wa- evincing.
"A very pretty escritoire, thai." said
Ihe Honoiabl* Augustus, who looked
paler Hum usual OU Ibis particular af-terniKin,
and -eciucd nervous and rest
less.
"It is, is it inn ."' -aid Mrs. gyle**.
ter, rising. "It is so well fitted up.
Come and see."
It was a splendid opportunity for
Mrs. ByWastar. Bill further propagat-ing
the idea of her substantial means,
she, inadvert-iitlv as it were, but In
reality on purpose, opened a small
drawer in which were deposited notes
and gold to the amount of | hundred
pounds,
"You keep your riches here, 1 see.
Truly yunrs."
Hot ornll men of niany mlmls.
Of,liver- iui in-ami varying iiiln,Is,
Toono alone I'll choose to sign
That inciting |iliiuselet,
Traly thine."
So now yon ..s-, my word uaiuroa,
Ifyon're my friend, I'm Iruly yours;
Hut If you'll he my videntlii..,
Why then I'll -uy I'm
Truly, thine." _
a.a
MARGERY'S SECRET.
The squire
of time ; he
Henry Fleet, the blacksmith, had a
co/.v little house In Newburg, which
be called his bird's liest. It, with ten
good acres attached, had been iu the
Elect family for three generations. Tho
one son had always followed the occu-pation
of the sire, as though they were
born to the business. Harry had a
"Only a trifle," said Mr-. Sylveaterj i pride ill his work, aud those friends
said the Honorable Augustus with u
smile.
first I in,i g„|ng t" cut some cold
tongue,Slid Angel Will make fritters,
and we have M. Hiot'" recipe for
ehoiolnte [',„ realty sorry that I
mistook yi,|| f,ir a burglar."
"Or a ,.azy man," said Angel,
apologetically,
"And we will entertain you as hos-pitably
as in u, lies," added Jo, with
a miaohlevoui sparkle In her eyes.
Mr. Mnriimduke Kramiiigliaru was
afterward beard to say tlmt he jiever
-pent so delightful an evening ill his
life. He engaged hoard at the Dairy
Farm the i
lowing hi- sister to the city stayed
down among ||)U glens aud braes.
And when Josephine Frost's month
was leading licr out, when right in
the doorway, filling |t well, s| I ihe
old farmer, lantern in hand, by no-ught
Of Which I noticed the cut of his,
clothes. Be was a Quaker, [was In-stantly
U lullle, footsore, brokell-dow u,
tired hungry man. ' inly w aided ihe ,
loan of his horse to help u:< 113" ,
way : was starving With hunger and
hud hut fifteen eenl- lo pay railway
fare, and in short told a pitiful story.
Imping to touch the well known char-itable
sensibilities of hi- I.
"Put thai saddle and bridle where
lliee got them," said the farmer; "put
that mum win-re thee took her from '
fday, and instead of foi- and come with inc." The old fanner i
" was stout and strong, and my knees I
were beating the devil's tattoo from
sheer frigid, so iheie was nothing for ,
1 believe Itooiild be done,aud both I /You need not do that," answered
stand, with i-onsiibruble emotion—"I
e*n go very eas.ly, without being
tsrncd out."
She rose us she concluded speaking.
Mr-. ByWester looked up at her.
Hardened though she bad of late be-come
with this one hideous nightmare
of sis-lal aggrandizement engrossing
her whole consideration, she still had
II spark of better feeling left, when Ihe
pathetic tone of her daughter's voice
reached her ears
"Of course," she said, pettishly. "I
don't mean that exactly; hut lt'» your
duty toohey me, Mnud.in all things.'J
In all reasonable things," answered
Maud,
"You go against pa* lu everything,"
uiM-d Mrs. Sylve-lcr. "What other
dsafhtM '" lllu world would hesitate
to marry as you now have the oppor-tunity
of mai rying '.' You can restore
live."
"Will you guarantee that I won't
have a hankering fur old bones If I
trade stomachs?"
"No, sir."
"Will I want to chase cat*?"
"\Vry likely.'"
V^nd spap at tramps?"
"(juite probable*."
"Doctor, this Is busluesb."
"yes, sir."
"Ami Ihe exchange of stomach* is
i declared off."
' \ cry well.'1
"Ami I bid you gissl t|ay,"
"Hood day, sir I"
\nd the man whistled to his dog
,1 out, without looking I" the
right or let.
"I don't like to be without anything
In the house; but I never keep much
at home in MM of accidents, such us
fire, cr-"
"Or thieves," suggested Augustus
Waistrill.
The truth was, Mrs. Sylvester had
only that morning cashed a check for
a quarter's income.
The Honorable Augustus left curlier
than usual that afternoon ; but on that
night he was once more an inmate of
the little villa at Claplium.
He was terribly hard up, and since
his return to England hud contrived
to contract debts. There were scverul
debts of honor that he knew he must
pay, or be would be scouted out of the
society of one or two people through
wi.oui there was a chance of partially
retrieving his position. Mrs. Sylves-ter's
store, which she hud brought
under his notice, was just the thing.
II, resolved to steal it.
Soon after midnight lie made his
way to the French window of the
drawing-room at the villa, and dex-terously
removing a pane of glass,
pushed buck the bolt ami entered. A
' .... r _-- -- I. .". I '... .-. ..
room, Mrs. Sylvester laboring under
the Impression that It would keep
thieves away if they saw n light,
The titled thief proceeded to forco
the lock of the escritoire. He managed
it so cleverly one would have thought
lie wns accustomed to it. As he was
placing the gold and notes in his
pockets, Mrs. Sylvester, who hud come
downstairs for a book, being unablo to
sleep, entered the room.
In a moment she saw what Lord
WaistrlU's son was at. Now she was
not by any means a coward, and she
dearly loved money. She rushed to-ward
him without a moment's hesita-tion.
"You thief!" she cried—"how dare
you?"
The Honorable > •■»-••"• naistrlll
turn,' l "i""1 '" '" '■"e u "g"''1". ■'"' cn"
deavored to hurl her to the ground. A
terrible struggle ensued, und, doubt-less,
the thief would huve conquered
had not timely aid presented itself in
the shape of Arthur Chambers, who
soon disabled the cowardly rufllali.
Chambers hud been dining in the
neighborhood with a friend, and pass-ing
the home of her whom be loved,
had not unnaturally lingered about
the spot, looking up id the darkened
win,lows,and wondering If she dreamt
ot him. While thus occupied he* had
seen the Honorable Augustus slip
through thegate.and wondering what
his object could be at that hour of the
night bad followed an watched him.
"And this," said Chambers, bitter-ly,
addressing, lira. Bylw«ter, "is the
thing to whom you would,had it been
111 your power, have married your
noble-hearted daughter. Alas, alas,
madam I your thirst for social distinc-tion
has mad* a very fool of you. And
now. sir," turning to Ids prisoner,
"you must oome alth me—and you,
mudum, must accompany us—to your
father'* bouse."
••You hove DO rigid to tuke me any-where,"
suld August us, doggedly.
"Would you prefer going to the
lockup?" aakedChambers—"for that
is your only alternative."
So tin- thief was taken into the pres-ence
of hjs I'ntbiT.aipl thus saved I'loui
public exposur. ami penal servitude,
much to his father's delight.
A yoai later Arthur Chambers was
nulled to Maud,
who had a larger ambition for him he
wus wont to say, "I was born a black-smith
; I like It, and will remain one."
In his bird's nest nestled his wife
Margery aud his little son. They
were tho joy and light of his work-day-
lile.
For a number of years Harry had
been a very happy man, but a cloud
hud gathered in the sky and at lust It
moved along just over bis cottage, and
there it obstinately stood. He had
stood as ball for an old friend who was
in danger of losing his liberty In con-sideration
of certain liabilities. The
friend had lurched him.
Margery knew something bad gone
wrong. He tried to keep the whole
trouble to himself, but the shrewd lit-tle
woman managed to uncertain his
secret trouble.
"You sec, Margery, I don't mind. I
can work for you and the boy well
enough, but the homestead,there is no
help for it; thut must go; and it has
been lu the Fleet family ever since it
was a wilderness." , „
Hurry told Der the responsibility.
Said he, "Old Squire Mitchell has
' ■. .u«
place. He has given me several
mouths in which to redeem It, but he
might as well take it now, Margery; I
shall be no better prepared to pay It
then."
Hurry went to work, and Margtry
In ruminating Site had always been
able to adapt means to ends, and sup-ply
the means, too, If necessary ; for a
wise little thinking cap she was in
possession of. Hut this time she was
sorely puzzled. She spent the after-noon
in endeavoring to plan a method
of relief, but It crept away, and she
felt tired and defeated.
It was supper lime. She heard her
husband's foot strike V>" _ ,.
,, . ,. . ..uie she was struck
walk, uttl'" — _. ...
..a an idea. She put his supper on
the table without a word, and instead
of sitting down with him as usual,
said : "Do you mind looking after the
baby awhile? I want to run out."
A neighbor came in soon after and
inquired for Mrs. Fleet.
"She has gone out,'1 he replied.
"It must have been her I saw going
into Lawyer Knowles'officeamomont
ago," said the neighbor.
Harry did not reply, but he did not
like it. Young Knowles had once
been a suitor of Margery's. A little
wavering ul first lu Ids attentions, for
he was a shrewd young fellow, acute
lu. And Margery did have a
seer, i, and Ui pi it th,. old adage to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Finally the day arrived on which
th,- date of ii,,- mortgage expired,
Hurry's face had a set look. Always
In the way, lie thought, when around
the bOUas, watching Margery while
deftly clearing up things. Every-thing
she louche,! yielded like I,
This morning ihe was unusually
skillful, ami not a truce of regret was
therein thai sparkling face or in,
Harry wa- •Totally OBSt down. His
clouded la,,- -Mined a reproach to
her. He had iml raised the money,
and eould not he said
ottered him un extension
would not have it.
"It is of no use," he suld, "and we
may us well be oeet with it at enee.
Thclittlc place is not worth more than
the money you loaned me I will
make you a deed of it, and you may
write that the mortgage is satisfied."
Reproduced pen and ink. looking
all the time like a man about to sign
his own death-warrant Then buby
was bustled unceremoniously hack
Into his cradle, and Margaret unlocked
a Mill,- drawer ill her husband's desk,
producing n package, and placing it
before the squire, asked hlui to count
its contents. It was found to cover
the whole amount for which her hus-band
hud given the mortgage.
"Itwaslelt me by my Inch lleth,'
explained Margaret. "Mr. Knowles
was in need of all his shrewduess to
straighten the mutter out, but I paid
him a round sum for his services.,,
I lurry called himself u slow man,
and it did take him some lime to get
the better of hi* amazement. He had
barely succeeded In comprehending
the whole, ns his wife turned from the
disir from whence the squire had made
Ids exit. Then, for the first time, the
woman broke down. She threw her-self
Into the strong arms that were
ready to receive her.
"Oh, Harry ; how could you—how
could you be jealous of me?"
He answered not at all but held her
as In one of his own iron vises. Pre-sently
he fell to kissing her hair, fore-head,
checks, lips, and looking iip.shc
saw what the had never seen before—
on the cheeks of her Vulcan were two
round, big tears.
Harry did not go to the shop that
day, and baby got sadly ueglected.
It was several years ago that this
event occurred, and Harry's bird's
nest Is now called "The Dove-cot" by
the observing neighbors.
Oil BOOK MAS.—The other day
six men sat around a stove In a De-troit
tobacco store. There had lieen a
mem runted his "leg and remarked :
"That old wound feels as if it was
going to open again. I shiiW at"-.. —
remember the battle of Rich A?*"
i-.-.. „
There wus a slight stir an,und the
stove, and a secoud man put his hand
to Ids shoulder and observed :
"And 1 shall not soon forget Hrandy
Stalhin. Feels to-day as If the lead
was going to work out."
The iuterest was now considerably
increased, and the third man knock-ed
the ashes off his cigar and said :
"Yes, those were two hard lights,
but you ought have been with Nelson
ut Frauklin. Lor', but wasn't I ex-cited
that day ! When these two Ang-ers
went with a grane-
"'Pifciourth man growled nut some-thing
about Second Hull Kun and a
siibie-eut on the head, und the fifth
man felt of his left side und said he
b*should always remember the lay-er
Hit-ground at Ihe Yellow Tavern.
The sixth man was silent. The other
live looked at him und waited for him
to speak, but it was a long time be-fore
lie pointed to his empty sleeve
and asked ;
"Gentlemen do you know where I
got that?"
Some meutioned one battle and
some another, but he shook his head
sudly and continued :
"Hoys, let's be honest and own
right up I lest my arm by a buzz-saw,
and now we will begin on the
n is profession, and In personal mut- i ,I'..II '...ol, in. c.. eVel'V Olle a .,'ihu„ll.C..C^ itO„
Punch says that "The wind Is III-tempered
to the shorn lamb.'
A disturbing clement: Nltro-glyccr- ouf family to Its proper place In Met-
The two sisters passed three days of to the city to neslujn her |iositlon in the
unmitigated happiness in Ihe deep grammai school.
ol vacation luul expired she went back It but to obey. He took me Into the
house and set me down lo u tublc,
brought incut, bread, pies, milk and
ravines and cool, flower-enniueled
wood- that surrounded try Qlen
Angela made various valuable ad-ditions
to her herbarium, and Jo
-ketehed leafy nooks, bits of falling
"I am gohr/tobe married," she con-fessed,
blushing very prettily, when
the mislressLked the reason why.
So Miss Angela Frost went on alone
wilb her carder in life, and Mrs. Mar-coffee.
"If thee is Inn g.y, friend, till
thy stomach as much us thee pba-e- "
I had taken a hetiily ineal ahout two
hours before and for this as well M foi
inc.
Hi u buttle of the cleinenU, they
generally get the drop on us.
No strict vegetarian will eat kid.
nev beans or uiarrowhil pcua,
Turn about Is fair play in a uirous,
Is a mushroom city buildei with
toads' tools'.'"
An ice education can be had lit a
hcezc school.
Although there Is only one second
city in the I'nh.n, there are many
minute ones
etjl; you ciin—
•Mother," cried Muud, "for mercy's
sake do not approach that baleful top|fl
again I repent now what I have told
yO| dozen of times before; I will
never consent to become the wife of
I.ord Walsiilll's dissipated son."
"Dissipated ;" shrieked Mrs. Sylves-ter.
■•,'e*-dlssipateiL; you know It as
IT WAS AI.I, Knurr.—Several | eo-plc
were making pnrcha-e- in a Wood-ward
avenue grocery ycstenlay when
an old man with a cane In one hand
und a bundle In the other stood in the
door and asked :
"Did any of you diive up here in a
sleigh '.'"
-Ye-, I did," replied one.
"Was it an old white ho-
"Yc, '
"And uu old woman In the cutter?"
"Yes."
"And can -he manage the ho—V '
"I guc-s the ( an."
"Then It's all right," ,-ald the l'lan
of the cane und bundle. "The old
boss has run away and the old wc in
i-, banging to the da-h-bourd and veil.
tcrs looking always to the main
chance, and Margery had no fortune |
but her face; though there wus a
rumor about the time of her marriage
that an uncle in a distant part of the
country had left her property, more
or less, aud her relatives there hud
made it to appear that she died In
childhood, aud had tafeeD possession
of It themselves. Hut Knowles had
lost his heart to her so effectually, be-fore
this report, thut he had proposed,
and hud been uuhesitatlngly rejected,
greatly lo the astonishment of blnaatlf
ai.,1 Barry Fleet
Margery was an orphan, and hud
|„ en reared by Hurry's kind parent,
und from continued association with
him bad learned In read his big heart
so well thut she knew who reigned
i|ii, en in II long before be hud cournge
to tell her. He really mver could see
why she bud pielcircil u plain man
like himself to one whom he consider-ed
-,, finished ill wonllj graces a-young
Knowles. So Hurry did not
like What irunsplred, und though tisi
sensibles man logetjMlou* ats trifle,
be wns not u little perplexed when his
wife made no mention of her hu-lncss
out on returning As the weeks went
by be cnine to know of her calling
there at other times, ami once, ou
left anil give every one a
elenr his conscience. Now, then, show
you wounds."
Tin- five men leaned back In their
chulrs und smoked fast and chewed
hard und looked at each other, and
each oue wished he was in Texas
when a runaway horse flejv by and
gave them a chance to rush out and
get clear of the one-armed mill. It
was a narrower escape than anyone
of them had during the war.
If Prof. Swift ever discovers n baby
comet he is u<.vised tn let the sky-rocket.
A boy's drum is had enough, but a
fellow that IB always asking you con-undrum-
i- wone.
'Judges,' said a lawyer, "have nl-waysagreat
advantage over us issir
follows, for they guess la»t."
The archery season is about U>
open, and the girls are all bent on
having a beau.
The chap that puts the meat into
the brine is Hie real comer in heel.
Puck says Hazel Kirke is no longer
a drama; it is an Institution thai
ought to go under the head ot'oi.c-liskB,
He couldn't raise the inortrag* on
his building Hit, and so, poor man,
coming home MtHel than HBU.II. iiff willn.ul becoming blind, he lost his
veil a- I. mother. Dissipation is writ- |„g Ir,|,rder! with all i.e. might, hut
ten on hi" countcuancc, and betray
iUclf c,in !ii his ooinciwith.ii when
other reason- my appetite wa- gone. I ' shown in Faster bonnets.
A pretty face is Hie sweetest thing in i.ic pu.ciicc of ladies.'
i
You forgot," retorted Mrs. Sylvcs-
|f she can manage him there's no use
of anybody getting cyclic,I over It.
let me inquire what the price of
oranberrles is 11 day."
net Kipiwles u| Ids gale coming out.
At heart be had perfect faith In Ids
wife, but fortune bad begun to rack
him on her wheel, and a matter that
he would huve thought little of u few
Week* before, now hud the power to
torture him.
lb was grieved to sec that hi- w Ifo'a
manner toward him was changed. It
WM not trouble; she never s|«ike of
their upproaeblng loss, and he often
found her singing, merry us a lark,
bat them WM no longer perfect con-fidence
between them. There was
something she was keeping hid, he
site.
Mr. llowclls will no; go abroad .,-
Minister to Switzerland, lie seeks a
tnii'i r climb.
"Jacob, Is there much dlSbrailM las"
In ecu a sea ami u saw."' ' Yc-, the
difference between sea and saw is iu
tense.
"Mabel. Why,'you dear lill'e girl,"
exelulmed her grandpa, seeing hi- lit-tle
granddaughter with her head tied
up, "huve yon got the headache'.'"
"No," the ail-wen ,i sweetly, "I'Mdo!
ii spit tori."