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wW more Jle wu both truculent and suspl-

clous sad the latter quality he was

v Much himself In the former1 It WU that he had trusted not wisely but

fhad become warped Mr Enlls-

hi first mate cave It an his private opinion thatalthough Jimmy Breexe had been through many

fracas on bin ships main deck hi courage waa

notJust what he based this conclusion upon he

did not say A former second officer one Oarf aett thorough disreputable tailor who

of court In duty hound sawexplanation was duly aft to the

captain This some bickering and event-

ually to a In the second officers cabin

Brace then the meaning of Mr Enllas encon

teawasleftto work Itaelf out among those who

i wire unfortunate mouth to have It

I dont want no more deed beatIdea this here ship an

Mid the morning

Northern IJght had finished loading and waa

bout to pull out of tho Illver Plate

jre aye sir said Mr who sat at the

and of the cabin tableAn I dont want no remarks made forrada-

onoerntn the running of this vessel

Continued the captain If I heweonoernln ma or my therll be some

whanging atakln take me forfoclMrEnlla

No sir you aint no fool an thats a fact

said theDy I cant size up a woman

either for that matter because Ive trusted In

ene or two male or female raakllt hey

1 never could say any Mob thing capnreplied the mate penitently

1 didnt auk ye what ye nod say roared Jlm-

EsyBrsss Tin talilno v lmty might say

on If ye do he look straight at Mr

Knlh end eet Jaw tiM uulll liln large-

mouth drew Into a line Mr Enlls looked meekly

the salt Junk on his plate and enld nothing

There was very little left to be he wasMtlsfled to leave that little was

Ill tare a teoond aboard before noon

thatll be a to ship continuethe be on the watoh for himHes a gentleman thats what he Is an a man

I stat ashamed of at the table like some I know

or on the poop that he dont talktoo much I got him up at Jacksons an hesbeen oaptmin o one o bone vessels before

I once went out In vessel sold Enlls-

by way of turning the subject I call tohow the scorpions and centipedes tookThey was toorsn a million In the bones anvery one was bit Hell be all right If he evertailed In a bone hlp I hell do

Yon reckon he willI do sirWefl youre got reckon Reckon

slain Dont go for grantedboard hive see

Bf you mean for me to take him In hand

Mr soI mean to have you do Ton duty or whang

vet hide loose Thats said JimmyBreeze As Mr Enllss was perfectlyplain the was nothing more worth discuss-

ing The meal ended In silenceAt four bells In the the crew had

ill been mustered andhid arrived He was a toll

His face was shaven and thebeard angular

Saw with many lines and creases themouth His eyes looked outbrow and tied a peculiar shifting motionfocussing for a moment upon the skipper

to small glinting points toand resume their apparent rest1

ISM search for something His voice hadharsh drawl but he evidently had It wellhand for In spite of Its grating sound the

words were gentle and the tone conciliatoryMy forte Is the running of a ship the wayshould go sold Jimmy Breeze after

lag him at the gangway If you knowyoull soon see the lay o that My

running a ship without any extra ad-

vice from forrads I know a thing or twomen when I am them an Ill just make

It known now that Im the whole thinghere ThU II Mr Enlls first matethe men an the sooner you get down on thatmain the bettor You say you haventany paper or a discharge

newcomer looked sharply at him withWi1 glinting eyes shifting them from tokipper while he spoke

No I havent no mates certificate norDischarge Ill have to go on tick he drawledslowly When you get tired of me put meashore bey Aint that It Any passengers

Well Ill trust you I know somethinghandling men an I reckon I know adue when I see him Theres some passengersowning along an the rules Is politeness atall times They enemies of the company-an I wont treated that way soe

The new mat glanced quickly aftno one on dock hn the skipper

and was the way he liked to

And now said the skipper you turn toan an set to

bending them fore an wnlllit to sea forte Is gettinaway while the breeze holds an on time A

iooa start an quick pasage says Inoon were sent bon

passengers all aboard There wereseveral were coast tradersbound to Rio the barks destination and they

wiry men

man with a cleanshaved clericallookhis wife were evld ntl-

j or American by theirbut long residence

had both theair and accent of lassitude to talk

away of everygoldrimmed spectacles

when Breece smiledand upon him

Now said the skipperyou are the finest ship on

your letter and check passagek

an1 If same to you we 11 t

running a ship an I donts reduced onohnlf fen

him I never Interfere with those incharge

said Mrs Goodman It would be veryUnjust

afternoon the bark pulled out andstarted down the River VlateMason was at hand and thn heavy banksof rose In the western sky sun sankbehind them Tho was vivid and In-

cessant and Mr Knlls had tier down toher topsails trifling like n through the

current By midnight how-ever the had the first

Of the struck her The windtame from due west and alongbefore It through a comparatively smoothsea In the river mouth she hadcleared the land was hnadlmr morn to the

Mr Ooodman came nn deck tohave a look around The heavy masses of

vapor flying before the thetight gray even nt in In the morning

quick run o following sea mauls barkbadly hut she wan too cloxn under

land to althoiish onen a while a comber would start over the t Billant abaft the main rigging nnd go roarng along over on to the main deck tilling It full

of waterRut tho Northern Mglit wa not deep She

vat high nnd buoyant end with hrr forn nndmain topsail e reefed and n foresail withits sheets slacked oil to let It lift over the gale

went to the northward at III Mte o 12nn hourOoodman his slaoww to clear them

of the drift and then hn adjusted themnd the

nnd roared on bothastern

weather acomln ald Jimmy Itrwreout from the

hls Were makln the run of ouran as safe ana house Th rndagoels

sick when the rtoward gets them fliedwe below out of th wet

monotonous aboard In dirtyweather I a man whonever Win lonesome thnueh You ald Inyour letter hut your ln with

What kind of mulo do you rmik-ev0h I play meet Mr flood

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pnees would spot the string of any fiddlee

I see said Jimmy Breeze looking somewhat

was alwaysu

bonks of tb lookthe wind fell good breezeto a

It Mr Enltas watch on deck and the

the breeze on deck wasIt was a day with a dripping sky end arolling ship running before a

disconsolate

ettes and Mr Goodman chatted pleasantlywith Mr

When the skipper had taken his ob-

servation It a great show

chucked aside and all In a game

loodman assented to this Propositionsaying that cards were what heon days

to join theonly four and five was considered

the at a tablenew mate

saw noreason not play

To be sure Ooodman

the steward produced a of cardsDreete ran them through his

carelessly to see If certain

condition for discernmentj i cards known to

DV

and pleasant person as Mr Illslightly for they were

always dangerous losers

comprehensively at

and his restlessflashed other In rapid

successionI suppose you know sir that

any sech as miracles among sech asus heyJ-

Mr

newHreetes Why a

iir houd come aboard ills ship a

sawwhat would tli fithirs sbuw

I reckon well It a dollar saidha pulling out his pocketbook producingsome

Mr Sllvelo objected on of pov-

erty but was silenced by theMr who offered to hs

note for any reasonable amounthe Insisted on the a crisp 100

taking his written promlse In return

The two passengers however objectedto plunging

that I forgot to get changed beforeaboard I have to a

hundred worth of chips from you to start

Jimmyout the

said that gentleman

skipperstwo he added to and

the second mate They took the

If theres any one got any objection my

cards glancing In a menacing

was

I It would be wrong me not tolimit he passing the

Jimmy Breeze raised rest droppedout

WeU Captain skid I donswant to I this hand to

If there was one ng mmy Bream hatedIt was Instructions

I want no Information Play cards

winger warning upon him over

Sure Breeze had feltrtn hole distinctly and knew his opponent held

TO make It MOO to play saidMr Goodman

An I at that said Breeze completelyaback atGoodman

was about to the when a hoarseguffaw from the him desist

laid down a straight flush1 too saiddeclare that

out and producing fivebills of 100 each That comescareless at the beginning

there was noplunging Nothing the skipper could do would

for the evening meal tho skipper had five tlOObills to put To offset second matehad IIBO smaller notes and Mr Goodman

Vfi In coin The were slightlyInter The skipper was easily 300thn game

In evening they went about the deckthe green of the shore water

and the loom land to the wetMr stood his watch

poop quietly attending to thn ship andJimmy no fault to find

second and third day passed withoutextraordinary events tho

Jimmy Ilreoze did not want to strike too sr onfourth day the was made with abreeze the southward and the skip

per knew he would niokn harborfailed He played with discretion

that thrw more lino each remained tohis credit Mr Goodman had lostand had about n hundredIn formerly owned by the

mate was unfortunate andrrtalnivl only whit notes Mr Hernandez

1 lost In1 want to say Capt freeze ss the

ended thst you played a mightycards You

plays man who knows the game Youhave played nften before

Yes benign passenger Ive

u ed to b forteIm glad to hear ye say so roared the

skipper me If to hearye say ye were used to the when lostso Blest I wouldnt

the were my anIf a chanceret yer money back WeU harbor be-

fore excuse you

well tow up and He by a week atone

Thank ye sir twasa mighty good game-

s second mateGoodman quietly the cards Into

his and pleasantly with MrSllvelo followed the

The setting sun shone red over the distanthills end through the red haze to the north-ward rose the spars Rio lay diced

the first the voyagehad made In record tUneran his vessel Into the anchorage and prepared

to Breezo to the floodmons as they entered the small boat with thedoco passengers an good luckMr you o along shore bontwith them passengers end see them landedsafely

sir drawled the second mate andhe dived below Then he cams on

took his the stern sheetswith the while two stout seamenbent to the oars

The shot away for the Isndlrur and MrEnlU hnnd to work rolling up the can

Vlaht fell and rapt Hreezn cams docknnd peered through gloom for his boatHe to go

It quite late nnd the lights that hadflickered water front of the hogantn disappear Finally sound of oars was

the boat came alongslclw It contnlnen the two sailors

Wheres the second mate demandedJimmy Breeze

uptown an said not to wait liesnot cumin again tonight answered onoof the men

He aint nlnt he roared the skipperWhich wny did he co ns hn

Jumped Into the email her aroundrtn give

They were coon heading for the landingIt was midnight when apt Breeo reached

town and he wo thlrstvWalt here at the landing for me he ordered

as h started for the nearest saloonSee of a tall fellow around here

he asked theThe proprietor hW shoulders and

smiled men were plentyI mean a tall eyes what aint

mates an a drawlln oThe mans fare brightened He smiled hope-

fully as hn handed the skipper a bottle rumand a pitcher of cool water had seensuch n In company with a floridfared man who with him

ThatV them said Jimmy Breezefind two further on

Big saloon hn owns Plenty of light said thekeontr

Jimmy Breeze felt In his pocket for mor y topay score There bills Us

he most lovea orhis

At noonad

new out onto the wu ad

la-The

about a

out wItof hehandot

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the ofto In for a

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noteot money did notaP to Imp lie

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sky showed In PW thtOUclouds

wassecond mate came the atmr hate

get air It warm and muggy

dMoee were for time dat

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cards

Mr flernandea were induceeven these

Theeze suggestedwarn gentlemanly that

11 via called five sat wbfl

had made ace wereThen he inspected

All bemd the skipper was consequently in good

He played like theMbefore 50

skipper ad-

dressing the second mat aremen hehis passengers

e

under-stand ye Whats the

And roil brandlaZge denominatIon

himWU Now

bill fairlyeklppers

playing game p kernothing noard

and atit very unfortunate said Goodman

notein lie

chips carefully and passedhis passengermanY he asked Ailvelo

a1i ttng change

thearound table

c the pasteboard the gameft perfect

ill stand said Mr Goodmanmate off three cards

followed the sliand moistened h

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It shaking his bead

Jimmy Breeze e owere not hot him he

officerIn o few minutes he reached a cUyfj

house from which n

captain He tookand led him to do so but

but offering no opposition contra-diction to counterfeitbills when the skipper grew

benevolent tonesforte Is running a ship and knowing

he Mine r Playagainst a mans forte Youre sure toSee those cards of yours No man who makesa forte of playing so

nothing M simple as

An I told you playing was myYou are a an a

your roared thecontinued Goodman still

smiling a came Into my place hereTMT and wanted to bet 100 to 1 he

bet he offered loo to I he could flysir 200 to 1 he could fly and be t

have any more wings than got But I

Breeze no longer Be went outinto the nht and bauk to

1 aint well tonight wakeinn In the morning Its the feverTaller Jack Is ashore and I wouldntlet the corns aboard again

went to get your stuff out andont a foot on beach see Dontyou go ashore for no reason

aye sir answered the mate lookingpuzzled

went below

RURAL FREIt DBLirXBT-

IU Recent Establishment and Rapid GrowthIn the pot Offlce Department

As recently as IROS thereported to Congressof any system of rural tree delivery of lettersand papers would be Impracticable as IrrvohNlog an expenditure of 120000000 a year with-

out any commensurate revenue In Ms an-

nual report for ISM PostmasterOeneral Histen declined to spend the appropriation of110000 made by Congress to test the feasi-

bility of rural free delivery When Oqngroaathe appropriation for a test to tto000

PostmasterOeneral Wilson adoptedthe opinion of his predecessor and of the HouseCommittee on the Post Office and Post Roadsthat the plan of establishing rural freetry was wholly Impracticable liethat he had assumed control of the Depart-ment too late In the fiscal year to take anyaction under the appropriation but shouldCongress see fit to make It available for thecurrent year he would carry out the expert

ordered by best he could

40000 available for the purISM Postm storO n ral Wilson

put the Idea to Its first test The experime-nts entirely successful and since then thesystem of rural tree delivery has been so gen-

erally extended that It now Includes tS3 dis-

tributing points In fortyone of the fortyflTo-

fltates the exception being IdahoMlsslsstopl end Wyoming Byappropriation has been Increased from 130000

to 1160000 and It Is 800000 for this yearAt the head of the States served by rural

free delivery is Ohio the most favored Statewith Indiana havingfour and Iowament of the system has torn

reasons very Irregular Thusin Texas there are two

In South Carolina there are twenty

while In ore sevenIn the opinion of Post authorities

however only tn Itsand the plansextension Is one for free de-

livery of mall electric cars Some farmersresidents of part

of Massachusetts and the adjoiningshire territory have this matterthe having occurred to them asilo when they first an electric carservice In of the stags coach whichformerly ran between Exeter Amesbury

delivery of letters wasInaugurated Post Oftlce DepartmentIn 1841 when the whole number car-riers In the United States now 16000 was

than TOO It did not Increase materiallyuntil 1R80 when the number of dtlns

tree delivery of letters had rlsnnTen years later iSlet there were

610 and the number Is now 741 Therethe lost Federal census 71S cities or

In the United aexcess of and practically alt theseand a few others now freeof letters carriers

Ono remarkable and of theextension the rural free deliveryhas been the great Improvement broughtabout In country extension ofthn system with the Governmentthe plan been adopted of favoring those

In which are bet as-a consequence there has a general Im-provement condition of roads traversed

This been especiallythe case In the West and It accountstho apparent preference accorded to Ohioand tjtaten the con

expense or 13600to grade and road to obtainfreo

The traditional policy of the Post Office

Thus where rural

and the number of letters have Increasedand In some cases to an extent sufficiently

to up for thecaused A Pennsylvania farmermadn recently a otherfanners approved and the PostOfllcn Department of publi

that on onfarmer not served by rural free delivery goesat least once a week nearest

Office for his moll and occupiesof a working day on tho the voliin-of the time thus lost In tho busy tanning seasonat 10 conts a head tie total Iocs

to million dollars It has been foundgenerally that while Congress Is reluctantto somepopularity of rural free delivery amongIs sucli ns to make aIn the appropriation next year

Wedding Reform and a RomanceProm the Chiengo Infer Ocean

FAHOO N D May 50 Indians of the Stand-Ing hook Reservation preparing for a greatcelebration at the agency on Memorial Daywhen the first Indian wedding to beIn American fashion will occur The parties 10the wedding fullblooded Indians SamuelFartheater a young Indian Is tomarry Emma Veaftelbenr herother and mother sixty miles fromCards have been Issued this event and there

b a grand reception end followingthe wedding

Is a ronmnllt story In connection withthn union Bainiinl was betrothedtn Emma Weastlhear when both nf them werechllren and they grew up with ld thathey Knmn to as man and wife

fell In love with a white school-master a blonde of Norwegian extrac-tion who did tot know the estimation In whichhe was held hi pupil Samuel went to thnschoolmaster and how matters stoodasking him whether theThe fair man replied that he certainly

not Then If am agood man you will leave this for when

sees her are blind to me Theschoolmaster took the hint histhings and went tn Minneapolis while MuseWoaselbear after a shortcluded that the blonde type of manmuch good after all and consented to

IK soon as he could arrange thepreliminaries

e

he mutteredWhat Cuthe

Toe felldew forth a lon he to a

or were at a tablebake

then went In anhad dte

found In a rom witlon at men Ut

At aa d Alern-dn

the malout In eatMr hi new

nod to hIm but r m ne

7WhAt d b nota mat

lea coat

Rome ot the theloed

bred cane the

ate tIedJimmy shooklet ror

Fly I tI e

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no Itfound that the

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for

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want

a moment and then asked for cbangiz to U

light tactN

NoIts blazln fool

mans face lie scowled sourly anthenplaying dice

backed into thattest and

nolselaced the door and

which drinkingthe further sad the room

satGoodman turning wheel

him dealing CUbsecond mates The

both pleasantly

mean showin demended the skipper his WhItdY

me rascal am

players around tade tunneland itt Others

Mr Goodman rose andann

BreezeGoodman him swear and

some minutee benignly upon him

his

NeYg

will with man

gallon rumYes even 100 to I

wouldnthis EVIet im he surely

have Thats dead certain wouldadvice and nevsv bet

said over the s1d

the

forty

coo

thorn isonoCalifornia there are fourteen and

sna and

ass

cEO place

1y

of hastim

free delivery eervloe one county of Indiana

extend itsirrespective

backward andu been generally as elnensea-ncreaae the revenues

free deliveryetabiehed the number

received

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TIlE 50000 WALL PAPER

Mlserllaess and Eatravagaae Tlot-

btai Enright Tell an

Expensive Dot

1000 by C B Loomis

did not believe n talklnbout mover before children Ms grand-

father had been a miser and his older brotherhad been spendthrift and early In life ha

the conclusion that the less said money

the betterIn course of time be end had two

sons twins whom he andVirgil alhough he ought to have known bet-

tor When they were U years old they did not

know by sight Of course they hadheard their reading but so had therbeard of aluminum and supposed In

vague It was a product or manuand as they both hated suoh dry thing

and manufactures they let all ref-

erence to money go In at one ear sad out of thother

It may be wondered how Mr Enwtight man-

aged to keep house without money but as hishome was miles In the country from any storeand a all his marketin g was done by letter andall his bills paid by checks It was comparatively-

easy to ItOne Mrs Enright away to

wedding end the twins were charge ofthe housekeeper Mrs Derby The day afterthe Enrl bta left a for Mr Earlghtand as Pygmalion authorized to openthe mail ha read this letter Itwaa from an old

friend of Mr Enwricht lawyer In the city andIt announced that Mr Thaddeus Enright theirfathers uncle had left his nephew 160000 andthat the amount would reach Mm by special

next daysaid Pygmalion coming Into

the sitting room where Virgil was sandpaperinghickory bar with which he wes going totrapene Theres a package of money

lag tomorrow for fatherlike coral Isnt It said Virgil in

differently-No I dont think so said Pygmalion snap

ping his handkerchief at a logy wasp that hadjust coins out of winter quarters think Itssomething people give Dont you remem-ber that story we read In the TA yovMs Pricedwhere some one gave money to a poor womanand she was very much insulted She saidI dont want your money Im no beggar

Well neither ls papa a beggar BO hewant It

Heres what the letter says said Pygma-lion reading By the the late Thaddeus Enrlghfs will the Is to be delivered-to you by special messenger In a box and winreach you It Is In greenbacks alsoby order of uncle

Remember and to thosewhom I havent since they were

babies I suppose that with your aboutgive greenbacks to3

you upon your good fortunelam

Money must be pictures If Its somethingthat we can In

dandy and smooth Bottern thatold we had 1 wonder what makeshickory heavy

No not finished sandpapering thisa no wind

Pygmalion the letter In his fathers desksod wont out by himself to raise the kite and In

It living to the full langtwu a born kits flyer

The boys united on a theirbut neither one the

legacy Importance to speak of Itor both of

Jut at of next day a Concorddriven door ana a roan alightedBoth the boys were out putting up

Yes but away said Pygmalion Werehis sons

Well I have a bos for him Who can signreceipt for It

of us can Did you think we oouldntwrite

This was not said Insolently but In tone thatdisarmed offence-

I didnt know Andrew Johnson was ll be

President-lie might have become President sooner If

learned to write sooner said PygmalionWhaLe In the box

Oh something for father said theyoung man It ought to be put tn a safe

Well It In papas bedroom Hell beback In a day or two

The young man lifted the box out of theand put In the front hall Pygmalion

far as he knew the box butlaw papers

I carried th box totheir fathers bedroom and then satto

Is the box Mr Ssltonstall wroteThe It was from him

Diets open it and see whatmoney like

right You go end get the hammer andchiselNo you get It said Pygmalion

Lets both It said Pygmalion whowas able to avert acompromise and In a few minutes they lied

the box There twentyfivepackages of twenty dollar bills as

as

And such pictures Whatwould hed want alot of llttln pictures like that

And theyre the same sold Pygmalionwho had broken a package and ox

each package has a differentture suggested no they

Well of all the things I ever hesof

thembullyl said his brother

The boys bedroom was papered withhires one sire cut from Illustratedweeklies

Mammn sold our room was to be repapered thisPygmalion as If excusing

because we can a halfan

In the torn one who valid reasons for

w ask Mrs Derby If we can saidPygmalion

use She sWell make a of paste and

use that whitewash brush to put and thenwell have a green room mammas

v different sold Pygmalion who was notcolorblind

Mrs was a cheery old soul who neverInterfered with the as as they didnt

with her and when theywere going to do some she mode noobjection

The paste was soon made and the hove set

was a tedious Job and long before theywere through with the worn sorryhad undertaken It hut Virgil never gaveany project and as Pygmalion had the easiest

to hn that he could com-plain

At last after several hours hard work theroom was done and there were nine picturesoft over

Thorn said Virgil standing off and contemplating his work do you thinkof that

Pygmalion looked at It critically for a fewmoments then hn 1 dont like ItIt thn room too dark theres too

muchness to It If were dirferent colors or differentbo different finished Virgil Well

Im not on It myself Say we scrapeIt off I always did scrape paper

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the house but nottoken them off

a bonfire of tbssaid Pygmalion It

While the were eating up

Caroline said he what do you suppose

lie held the lawyers letter Inspoke

dated a week tha

outdid a box come to roe from my lawyer

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MAX am MST tit rag BILLS

Bow It Feels Be for am How or Underthe Eye of nap Wit Oia

One upon Urns said Colorado miningexpert I went rummaging around ay Statelooking for coil that was supposed to

after a long trip tn wagon I wasthe railroad station where I wu to resumeonce more a faster mode of sod oneless disagreeable and I drove

the side of hill from which Icatch of the rail-

road three or four miles across Uw valley andwas thanking my good for so soon de-

livering me I was up with around turn by a man stepping out of the bushesand sticking an ugly looking gun straight atme I up my horses great prompt-

itude man told throw up myThe only thing to do under such cir

Is to do as you are bid andIs what I did The man did not offerthrough my clothes for what I possessed which

would have hardly paid him for the effort

but he told me to rooTs up put him till he toldme to stop This I also did his gun coveringme nfl the time Then he climbed Into thewagon and sat on box of mineral specimensI was taking back to Denver with me Ha

never said a word after he told me to driveon when he had seated himself and I didntsay anything at first but It wasnt long untilI couldnt stand it with him sitting there eo

dead still behind me so I ventured to speakExcuse me partner said I as pleasantly

as I could but I would like to say to you Iam getting mighty uncomfortablewith gun of yours pointing into my heeland all the same to you I wish you would

sit hero on the seat with me The d gunmay go off and while I dont think you wantto hurt me Intentionally you know that wouldnt

It any pleasanter for me to get bulletsmall of the bock

Huh he grunted are you armed1 told him I was not and he moved up and

sat me keeping his gun fortalked some after was

not overly communicative and I some

in the road from which we seehalt a mite away he looked at me

down there with fellowhe nald business and If nay any-thing me to anybody or speak of me at

up shoo youoff Do understand-

I did I up mymind positively that I to do prom-

ised was silent of wayand when weme to remember and I nodded strolledover onto the platform and I went tothe stable my and came back toact station the telegraph operator

that thn matter with mo endasked mn what It was I lied straight assur-ing him that I never felt letter In

companion was standing outside thedoor looking In now then and thethought of ho might bo thinking I meant

to thn operator me nervousIhat I on the platform

moved down to far and1 concluded that 1 move off In the otherdirection toward a I noticed acouple of the ItFtruck If anything though Ihadnt the fatntnet It wus going to bI would dodge In behind thn timbers of tankand possibly escape the bullet that was Intendedto mans account with lila Aboutthn time I my a handcar came

six on It whodrive up to the station with the man

and gun had seen him loafing aboutthus platform arid night away wanted to knowwho was I them I didntknow anything about him except that I hadpicked on the road and him a

Informed mo that to their notionhn was a train robber and they proposed torun him In They werehowever and knew what It meant totackln a fellow with a spin so they txwui tocalculate among themselves how to get theirnan for myself got away from asfast as I could such a way thatof their suspicion could see that I WM not Intheir

All this hnsln s made me more nervousthan ever and tl report that the WOK

two hours late only matters Inight be shot of holes In that oftlmo could strain gravel through me andI didnt know what kind of see

hands were negotiating for themselvesmorn for me had had

notification of what would when theAnd I was Innocent as a

too and as faithful to my trust as If theban the best roan on earth

The section to the

heir dinner buckets and looking aroundfor a good place to spread their lunch I hadootne bark after thenan they were after had a hun-dred to an old was walkinground there as If that was all he had to

the section suggested that they mightget dead

bnnn hiding In the hills wasto to Join them Thn proposition

was accepted at once the went overand up their bucket askedto go along but I wasnt a bit hungry though I

thn circumstances I couldnt eaten am-brosia out of a gold spoon My friend how-ever wasnt feeling way for as soon as he

the out temptingly lw himhn went right and If rbite With the traditional hospitality of the

the entire of section Insistedon his sharing dinner and hn set to with n

nod lie was soon so absorbed In It thathn forgot his caution and let go of gun Innminute hand had It ant In another min

nf and while some

him on started him over to plat-form to wait for the train which was reported at

station below I wax a easierIn my mind when I saw the ugly rUM fixed

train his gun on me but It did not addto my comfort to hove to listen to the fearfulwax In which hn cursed me for vlln

him I had not and nIl the others did the samebut ho would not listen and It addingall kinds nf frightful threats until trainems and they him In thn baggage car and

got a seat ss to the far train asI could Who 1m was or what hn

then and I never did find nut but I BUCKShn was a train robber all right and got his dosofor I never saw or heard of him attain and I wason the lookout for a Rood many because Iknew If we ever met there was going to bn shootIng to kill

lovers Plant tpnetItirlinMjnK Sun

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but sold when I asked to takeaway from him I was asking to the

of his life that the home without youwould bn a prison cell

Well say that you big tenderhearted fellow

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BOLDTltfrORT FLAO

Now Deposited Among War Relics Aftertplrtag the Famou Hymn

lUimisBcno June 2 The signal floe usedto send the message of len Sherman Inspired the famous hymn Hold the IAm Coming has beep deposited In the flag

In the Executive building here with otherof the Civil War The original mnsago

was sent at Kennesaw Mountain on Oct i 18M

to commanding officer at Allatoona who wasbesieged by a Confederate force to whose aidOens Sherman and Vnndever were hastening

The Importance of the message resulted fromthe fact that ell the rations and stores of Shermans army were at Allatoona and if the Con-

federates had them the Union solwould off from their sup

It would have ben long time beforeSherman have marched to the sea TIn

by Private Allen D FrankCompany K Fifteenth Pennsylvania

Cavalry better known as the AndersonAt the close of the war he retained thetook It to his home at Point Marion Fayettacounty Capt John II Campbell a draughtsman In the Internal Affairs Deportment hasfrequently urged Frankenberry to deposit thaflag In the flag room In this city and he has atlost The meaaaxn In the original signal

Is on the flag and there also beerdeposited with It a historical statement from

Mr enlisted In Company Kon Aug and was on atquarters of the Department of the Cumberland

U 18 4 when he wasfeared to the heuntil discharged from the Army In June 1889

accompanied army In Its marchfrom during summerreaching Atlanta Oa on Sept IS Threedays be was ordered to Moun

thus large force between Shermanand cutting off all means

of communication theSeveral with this

flag from Gen Vand ver beforearrival of Gen Sherman who then sent

his message Hold are comingGen Allatoona on the morningof Oct i and soon after daybreak a Confeder-ate division under Oen himA hard resulted In a the Unionarmy saving of stores

Sherman on Nor 12 1 M began hisfamous march to the sea his army being

with these same stores heatwhen It appeared Impossible tot

len holdfrom the signal ofllcer with the Unionsoldiers that Jon Cons hadwounded Then In answer to an Inquiry from Oen-Shnrman as to tho condition of the com-mander came this famous answer

I am short a cheek hone one ear but able

me whereJOHN M HrigO

The losses to which Gen Core refers were142 klllnd 312 wounded and 31 Hehad 1M4 men all told while the Confederateforces attacking Allatoona numbered T COO

one of their commandersAbout this time and Prance were

both to recognize the Confederacy on theconditionall slaves Duncan P Kennel a wealthy slave-holder and member of the Con

from lxiilsl na was In Europe trying toinduce these onions to take

reach the sea He went to Parts and had an Interview with the Emperor who sold he woulddo whatever Then hn went from

to Lord Polmerston In London to reportthe position of France had

Shermans successful march endPalmerstons answer to Kenner was i It Is too

Had the Union forces lost the stores atAllatoona weeks would hive to

flag In the communicationwhich accompanies It that All messages sentto a 4 and S sent

I teen during the Civil War

I O REAT CIllSSTtiVT FAUX nURKXD

Detraction of Harringtons Interesting Moun-tain Land Experiment by Forest Pines

WILKKSBARBB Pa June 3 An experimentIn chestnut farming on large scale has foiledhere owing to the destruction of a tract tenmiles long and the burning of 30000 trees bythe forest fires which recently devastated themountains near here The projector of theexperiment a new one In this country la MrThomas Harrington of New York city Someyears ago he conceived the Idea of convertinga tract of wild land Into a chestnut farm andwhlln travelling through this country In HOT sawland which suited him and purchased BOO acresThe land Is about fifteen miles from this cityon top of the mountain between Bear Creekand Stoddardsvllle The timber was strippedfrom It years ago and when Mr Harringtonmade the purchase It was covered with a wildand rank growth of young chestnut trees Inthe spring of 1807 ho cleared a space all aroundthe land to protect It from forest fires andsubdivided the big tract into smaller ones

Then he grafted lOono European scions uponthe native chestnuts They did well surviveda hard winter and tills encouraged him so thathe continued the grafting until he tied 30000trees Italian French and Japanese They

and grow splendidly and heexpected to reap a During nn bought more land to devoteto tha culture of trees to make fence

Made of this wood are of greatvalue and last fully sixty years There are someon the near which are 100years old and still sound

tire which Harringtons bigfarm wat the most serious of many years Itextended from the mouth ofCreek near Htoddardsville to Boar Creekaboutten miles and the district thoroughly

residents am few In thathad all they could do to save their farms sonicof them suffering heavy losses the

of would otherwise havedone their beet to save tract hadtheir hands full In fighting the flames whichthreatened their

Mr In of his loss saidWhile I undertook the cultivation of the

as a I also expected a profitas improved chestnuts aIn I also wanted to demonstratethat the lands In this sectionconsidered worthless after the timber strippedfrom them can be utilized with profit10000 European scions and 20000 moreIn 1898 1897 trees bore fruit last fall

this yearit a

tific success and It was a question ofa few years before It would a success finan-cially as

found a great deal of pleasure on thismountain On my first I was delighted with the country and much InterestedIn the I was pity when Isaw their homes morn wretched the tenwould willingly work ten a day for tlonce saw how I could themwithout lies tn myself and so devised the planof It was a If the scionswould withstand hnrd winters of the altitude Two varieties I not

I purposed however to continuethe work sedn It would finallyremunerative ns the nuts wholesalelion n ton with ever Increasing asthe sin dn notpreciate the value of this product and they

Kiirpriwd to learn tint chestnutsold In New York nt JO conts n pound yet

it Is grown cheaper then cornwhen the trees grew Jargn I

expected to have them so far apart as to bntree and to have

ami I felt certain that the production woulda value to cool or mineral lands

I do not know whether I shall continuethe effort for It lias been andIt will be two before I have alull whnt hits been lone demonstrates that

Is a silences and can be made to pay If betterprotection from flrr can be

Dr WUe flogOutlook

The Dr Intnes Freeman Clarke used totell this amusing story nf his dog

At one tune my dog fond of going tothn railway station to son Urn people and Ialways ordered him tn en home fearing hn

bn hurl by the ram He imderboil that If went there It was contrary tn-my So whenever he was near the stainn If be me coming hn would look thtother way and not to know runhe met run anywhere else he always boundedto meet me delight at the etaInn It was quite different He would pity noattention to my whistle or my call even

to another and would lookme right In the face without apparently recognizing me He me the themost Impertinent nmnnerthn reason evidentlybeing ho was doing was

his manoeuvre

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Their were setimeted at 2OIXI by uen

assur-ing them that Shermans would novel

been requiredreplace them and in the meantime

might have recognized the ConfederacyMr fixes the

signal

bythis on the morning f Oct e-

i564 ho took the fia torn the staff and retainedDoesutuilon of It unul a few days ago when heturned It over to Stewartfor safe keeping In th fle room amnnn the battle4orn borne volun

tree

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NOOT CITY FAMILIES

BSMARKAfLX 8TORT Of BABJUS-COHJCV

Cohen the Only Original Started In a Cellarsad Med Nearly a Million Hit Neighbors

i Bald The flays of Hit Splendor Then UsWon 110000 on Hors Rae and theResult Is That He Is Itrok Today

Harris Cohen the Original the Prince ofBaxter Street the admired and envied of his

Old Clo contemporaries Is broke Ills lifewas spent In accumulating a forums whichhas slipped through his fingers arid when sum-

mer comes bo will be acting manager of a hotelt Rockaway BeachCohen la the youngest son of Hebrew farm

er In Germany He left his fathers hemtn the early 60s and coming to New Yorkstarted his business career In Baxter street In

cellar At that time Baxter street was knowsas Orange street Cohen hung out n shingleInviting the public to come In and hays theirclothes repaired As a repairer of old clotheshe became well known atnoo the sailors endlongshoremen on the river front Soon hedrifted into the business of buying old clothesrepairing and altering them and then offering

them for sale He prospered and took largerquarters hiring n store on the ground floorSome of his customers suggested that hn mightIncrease his profits by putting In a stock ofnew clothes He did so and his business In

creased To every person who made apurchase he presented a cigar and sometimeswet the sale by Inviting the customer to navesomething In the corner saloon He walleduntil he had saved 11000 and then he tookunto himself wile Betsy as he called her

him In his work storeShe la a business woman the neighbors

said told her husband toblue sign reading This la the Cohenbecause rival on the street hadput up signs over their This

When the old clothes merchantsfollowed Harris Cohens example sod added theword to their signs Harris Coheiraised a new Mgn that read Is the OnlyOriginal Cohen

children were horn to them endspared no expense to educate new

Cohen Harris Cohen

Inha branched out and took another store Envy

malice leagued against Hewas popular arid he had to pay penaltyThe of hailer streetHarris was making money by furnishing strawbonds In the downtown courts ThenIt was that Harris decided to BO IntoHe had young In his employ end heorganized a political soon

a power In the the Sixth wardIlls until hn had aship of about 400 Each member swore allegianceto Cohen and his Influencepolitical strength became greater when hn

any candidate In the district who ran for local

showered favors him and this helped toIncrease his clothing businesswas needed two more stores were hiredFinally he purchased all the real estate on

Walker and Whitestreets Ills enemies charged him with worshipping at the shrine of They were even

when learned heaccumulated almost a million dollars

Ills friends say that hn was charitable thatha was very In his contributions tothe synagogues of the East Side and that ha

advancing todesired to launch on a business career His ene-mies said that ha lent the money with but oneobject In view to Interest However he

hn had accumulated f nough money-to live comfortably fordays and so to take things

work so hard To each of childrenhe gave enough money to enter Into businesslife sons all the points hahad learned In politics one of wasnever accept

town Is full of hosaid and the has exAldermen toburn and some over

He his four to Interest them

felt as a In Three of theLouis Alexander and Hyman took theirfathers advice and organized clubson the East These clubs control

The eldest son George studied medicineand after graduating a stable on

street Alexander continued theclothing business Iouls aEsther the eldest daughter married JacobCohen her uncle Annie the second daughtermarried Jon Itosenberg a Molt street Intailors trimmings

And such a wedding It was the talk oftown because of the amount ofspent for presents and diamonds and cham-pagne of Annie occurred In

synagogue Beth Israel Rokorstreet and the wedding feast

was eaten In Webster lieU on Eaststreet where the roses for the decorations cost13 a dozen and the rents a dozen Onthe occasion of Annies wedding Harris Cohen

her a check for 125000The third daughter of the original Cohen was

married to Bomnt the East crackerbaker In fact she was married to himOn July 12 1884 the got Into a ChathamSquare cab and rode down to the Hall

were married Sojer FlynnAlderman Harris Cohen did not of thamarriage until two months later Then he Inulsted a So Barney ai-hn was called and Delia were againon 10 of the same This time themarriage ceremony was performed EshblSiegel at OriginalCohen had a cottage On this occasion Mguests from city went to by

train I a band of East Side mu-sicians the wedding guests formed In line andparaded mom cottage over cardsto the Hotel the ceremonywas performed

Sadie married a PostOffice clerk and died a year later The menshe married was The fifthdaughter Nellie Is engaged now

When Harris was at the tenlth of hisprosperity n new class of customers appeared

were men employed on racetracksat his store One day a locker entered thestore to get an outfit He told Harris Cohenthe name of a horse that hn was to onthe following day Hn explained that the horse

and the bookmakerswould lay big odds against him If the OriginalCohen the Brighton Beach race trackon the following dayhave of lila life to win a fortune

I got plenty said Cohenand see how easy It Is to get

more said the jockeySThe next day was warm and business tn Baxtar street was dull so the Original Cohen de

Beach never seen a rare bofore Accompanied by his son Alnxanderhe

with I2SO In his pocketFrench suction were atand Invested IISO on the jockeys tip

How nervous I tech Maybe the horse wontwin

We better go home now said AlexanderWalt a minute said tie Original

Is the that onn near the beginningThe starting place corrected son

went to rail end shouted to theJockey to drive the horse In front of the hunch

crowd near him told him to keep quietThe a minute laterTheyre off The one I leton Ohhhl

lint the colic old man Inquired n by-stander

He Is yelled Cohen OhhhlAlexander what will wn do OhbhlFather come home pleaded Alexanderbut the father placed his over his heartrod sighed

distance was a mile The on thegray hore pulled his whip and proceeded touse passed one racermother until he had position goingdown the stretch

He Is now shouted ruben In ahusky voice Seal Seed He wins Alecklhock My sonl

The race was over The horse Cohen l et-on won by half a nose Fatter embracedson and M n embraced father weretrembling when they went over to collect the

Ten thousand dollars Ten thousand soldthe bookmaker

all mine shouted Cohen s hn pro-ceeded to thumb the tank notes will-go home anil treat Baxter utroet to

That night the affair was celebrated n Bax-ter street at a cml to Cohen of llono Everyonn In the street he hint won aSome said It was only half a millionOthers put the amount at lv0f i

Ill tho racetrack tomorrow sailCohen and a hn went He learneda great deal about horses and leonine so muchInterested In racing that he purchased a rarIngtable of Ms own Ills ran on thetenbtirg track He named them after hisfriends hn Pat Dtwer another

a fourth as Pat Oakley Whenever the Jockeyor trainer to make a heavyhn hacked his but he soon

d that he more about the rlolhlnirbusiness than hn kr ew about racehorses Atthe end of two months he had lo t

The remainder of his he InM In tryingto recover the

It was a for mo when I won thatCohen sold often to his friends

of his sons Alexander Is still In thisclothing business But Harris the origins Is

Now he will make an effort tosecond fortune

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