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in the/orestwide, ".wp litJ~e d~linge ! espled~

leaves ~ ~ot begun to grow. ..t.hill wibds :~andered to ~ad"fr$. ;

he’de a gi~t tre~f~s could there be’

up timidly,¯ I "

tearclrgpe in theLr dpep blne eyeaI loo~vd down with glad surprise.

though~ of thews two children ~we~tlittle folks repeat---"

forlorn habee in the wood--I trpoke’in kindly motel :

oh, how fast,alone inthi~ cold ~ !

~e nighkmay bring us enow.and flx~, t :me, my pretties, are you ]~t ?"seemed to ~estle e~oeer then.

ad, though I gent2~ z-poke a4ga~,~ey gave ~’0 answer to my word~,

were as routs a~ aongl! bizfl~t.l~ m bomewmxl t~ndarly,

ad oalled, my little onw to mo~~o pretty dtxlinga I~ rotund.t how Erie merr5 ahonts r~ng round I

may have gne~ed my pets ?--aey ~ere the first ~rp~g violetm

Seeing Bettei" Da:)s.q[~ho widow ’~inton had ssczl better daym

;far back wasn’t exactly certified; but.~ had seen them. Betterdays h~mg mouldl’-about her, like "the ~Jefaecd shreds of t~n-uated, mubroidery. ¯ ~’

sturdy gossips of the seaside village,~o’-went about with their skirts tucked up

their bare brown arm~ ready and ablemay wor~ looke~ askance~t the widow

with her piiful meagreness of sa-her flidke.dng black eye, and her

old g0wn. They nhdged each othersa~d, "Better day~--Lord save us*."

the widow did not trouble the neigh-much, nor they her. A body who

do a heart~mb hand’s stirring wasleft alone to her brooding, and the

w~doW’s smoky littlq cabin, solitarily aparton the ~ashore, was left. pretty much to:

and her boy T~m- ° ¯a sturdy, brow, s-faced lad, who

a living.by,doing j 0bs for theboat-now and then taMnz a day for fish-Tom had probably never seen.betterThe widow shook her head over

stupidly content, poor Tom! so

Iring upon it clut, the edge of the !born,nearly u-l~setting it. i "

t A young, e~r. ’.face,. :with streaming[lmir, looked up from~tlm water, aridr~g, shu0dering, 3a~If (If.owned, and whollyIsear~d, the youlg, wat~r-hymph was pres-/antly aboard the ~)]d t~afL1 "Oh, how frightened I was:" she cried.

"~ "’I felt sure I was losing all my strength,and would go to the .bottom. Oh,.you;good. soul-! "you dear soul: how ever didyou get to me in-thi~ water-logged" emil ?"

’qt has seen its best" days, certain," Said’the Widow, tugging at the oars.

"You don’t look able lor ~eh work," saidthe girL

"] have seen better days," w~ the quiet~wer¯

And th~n---0h, sufficient reward of all~er efforts .t---this rsal lady, this fair younggift with th~ ~oft hands a.~d the prettybff~g dress, aettudljz replied, "I thoSght-~o ~’o

[ ~’::JE~Ire~ give me ~ oar," ~e added# ~i]]

[pantin]g. "But, my dear ~ul, we’ll never[be able to row" dowto t~.t point; where I|]eI-t my clothes, and I can’t walk to the"hotel ; I’m awful tired.. Can’t yon pu:t meashore at.your place, and send word for medown yonder ~ ....

"]’he httle dark cabin on the.shore bright-ened up with an unwonted histre as thew~d0w sheltered her young ~harge, andchanged her w~t g~9~en~ for some of herOWIL .

"If my Tom would only coma, I’d sendhim for your things"!

’~)h, no matter l ~I’ll wrap ..your shaw]about me and walk d~wn myself afteJ] I’vere~ted a bit. /’m not~urt, you k-now,.~nlyseared. " Dear me, how I was soared ! Myold nurse used to teach me not to scream ;bm ~f I hadn’t screamed,, where should Ihave.~becn now,.] wonder?". Mrs. Minton would gladly have parted

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Tom’s. Tom was: not a &god co r~e~pem- gronnd,Balt reeedent, bin. o~casionally.up at ihq little post- mother stating ~office a wandering {epistle...waited her "Spencer’stremlrling hand.

She was growing v~u’y 0]d and feebleflow, but Tom wasget "t~g up in th6wotld,Tom was first mate of-~his ahfp, ~Tom Was.asucce~ Tom was a .gont]em/n, and oh,above all things, Tom waM~ozn~, h0mel

:Not every lone watehem ~_m 7~ifi~~e may not always b~ ]oSl/ingi~.~he right"direction. It was,so with the widow. -A~she-sat one day, -with ~tr~L~mg.eyes gazing the late war. witho~ far-off.m~flit ~ and ~Ang how ~me ]’st Alabama Loyalo.I’ theni hoveredMvszer." ~d nearer, -and ztanceth~ followingsome, alas! took wiug fm-ther a~ad- occurr~ce: As~t{farther .away, thd" doorway darkened m~d-denly ; there came rush~.g upon her, asloradoctheas to ’whofrom. the-clouds, a*p]uml~ "~k-eyed, rosy- i ~,Qmmdary

l eheeked lacly, who flung herseH imto Lhe lie was~arn~s of the watcher ~witha l~ ofljoy. ;he’qJh, mother !" she exclaimS:I; half spb- the Weai~Sns,ing, half langhing~"oh, /nether! . d6n’t ahot, as also much

you.know me ? Why, l’m Toni’s wff% and ~mture. T. hm therye brought the captain with me 1" ¯ ;is fully prOven,. ~-~"SIother/’ said.Captain Tom, to-day has- the .will’"you’ve s~een betIer dave, per~pe, but I before the,duel

never have." ¢, e~ndifionsof"For didn’t I tell you~’~’ sald~z~. ~tand. tan feet

~tha0 ever, and the ~olitary "Woma~ Wed .a " a ~: ] ~t {~]. J l "

sort of a hermit’s life. ’, ’ " The tirincipals affair inNo cheery voice of.. gomiping neighbor Colorado were tedlightened thedrear~ cabin, no children Spencer,pratfl~l about her ; and "only Belle, the a~d C P. H~tl.bright, blithe hearted las~ie, seemed to re.- andmember to cheer her with a letter n6w ankl Spencert~eax B~lle was away: now visiting some !1859, w,h~re.distant friend& but in her kindly heart she t]he Slatekept a corner, it seemeO, for the poor o]d claims’to be ~hewoman who had saved her life." State., This,.as aThree ye~our--passed away,: mad cause of the-daily of a summer’ afternoon vou l]know namong the~ght have seeff the ~ido~ sittingS’her h~wkDuel.,, Thedoorway, eager and ho]low.-eyed, looking now is to/the effect-out for some possible "Eai~ that-might be "their seconds had" r’~sched the fighting

a letter from hismeeting with

~tl that then and therelethe’16 Spencer, andthe second pa~ed

!he 1we .combatautsq’his statement .~the facts. Hall’sneVeranet eachTexas, the. latterY. A gentleman hicity iSpencer in tlfim

then quite a stripling,ean strength

-from Texas.from I0wa

formerly

o~ sirver in thatfact, was the

duel,, which ,~asthe "Toma-the rounds

after’the men and

at varianceand

livedcoun~y~

Mobiland who w~ withas well as th~bugh

as an ~oRtcer. of thein sub-

the .mnguiarwas

~silver in Co:being-~znown then as

At ~. public males-and. .~ncer being

; choose hatchets as:.~n.t0 be a ~upcriOr-

mrength and;men w~e in earnest

Spenee~es f_riemlmade on the night

to take place. Thewere.that they atfould

and ~t the word"go as you

of the-.battle¯ ?’ hear Bre-

fixed upon wasthat the

ler~ was someraised the oh-

was a barbarousreplied tfiat the

barbarous’one at

archly, "that’/ was i~ ~ove with Tom ? begin the contest ~ff :And father owns half his "shi1% you know: plea~" way~. The 1so i/¯Tom’s captain, I’m second mate, "you was in the "Blue

¯ - ¯ i see. " A-vd we’re going totake you aw~y-to ckemidg~, and- the"They have seez bet~erdaya, Ihe ctoth.~ I where we found our better days." - ¯ s~ When Ha

mi~ ; and I’ll not deny that ilaey’ve bei~n [ ~ - . . ’~" "- " ~,qin,, ,,o~ +"in good company in: thlHr tlme~ .but theT.~e I I " ’ ’~ --: I’ " ;--~{n~g %~,bnot:fit for a lady now." { I-~ ] " Tomplt~bnd~D~.~ ’ ’4t,,,,;i,:,. ,~.’ ~,X ~..;

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l : ] ] ~7;;k ’:~’ ~"~ ".~evous rough, .Sh? rpdthe w,eok~e,~ ~ ! Tompits, a ge£tleman on relu~i~g from pr~i~ of-dueling,ner rescuer, ana ~remeo ~z.tenaerDr. " : I rncha with S f~un- ~n n~.,~,=~ ~... be~ ~nd h~ intended to mare ~his fight as¯ , . . f ,t - ~a~, r_~ AUAS. ~ ,~.a~t.c.t.j a~, y., . . ¯Whatever a h~dy has ~orn It fit for ~... . ,, -. ~’." . .... ~. t~va with Cis, a voung .alid handsomebarbarous as;possibl: ,-Sp~c~t"s practicelaay to wear, ~ne..sam,. aria z0nnw~tk I stewardess ",n board" a steam&, - Without -with "the hatchet had . an expertwrapped herself, srm]mg, m the old ’ m ]~use h~ bein~, gra~ [ ~liberation he proposedto Ci~;waaeccept- " " " .% " " ,, rank it.into ashawl; - . , . ., " " :ed and married her.’- T-hey set up house= sap "l~g of six ine diameter with tln-.

...~. sat t.hat m. oment T0.m, wi!h his red keepingin s~lendid style,and were soon errNgaim’at tan .Bis.plan.of battlbg~am{ng m. ,he se,~mg .~m:, .anq, a . surrounded by friends. From :having w~s ~.o await B~ and if the latter

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A tall, well-growntow, w~th bare feet,¯ a torn straw, hat,l a red shirt, Tom took the .world easily,

’ ~ith reverent eyes on his mother’s¯ but by no mean~ seem-

to cove~ it for m3self.. "~widow deemed it due toher past

to beseen at church of aevening, and you could ~e the twoat twilight along the ~and tqgether,

with her clean hand.kerchief foldedher old hymn book and a certain.

hesitancy of gait, as if Heaven it-’-might be looking; dow’~ critically on her

black grown and rusty bonneL AsTom, ]patient T~m, he went plodding

after her, with his smiling faceto himself as he weal. Always

eat, always plodding, poor T~n ! Pa-sly falling asleep during the ser:no.n~patiently ~list ening, open-mouthed, to theing hymn, ~is ~rele~, bright fac~,

so offdly wnh his mo~er:~sand tear-worn visage, wo~ for

the sobriquet of the window Minton’sarticles of appare~ the two were quietlysipping their tea tOgether at the old roundtable.

He.did not return alone, however. FeNlowing hnn came a tall graY-headed gantle-

~d the gift, ~pnnging,’this good lady has

bIinton wanted tolips that pronounced

minister of the parish, mistaken, deemed it ineambont to made a call~he wulow; ahd, on’char/ty’bent, it ishe unwarily offered to emp.’oy her

ices m his household for a season, lqe man.aed it his duty to rouse the old woman "~ere’s father!" cr

. forwmd, "Oh: ratherouse her; and it is averred that saved my, lff.~ !Iound time t.o call at the cabin .~y ! The wido~

Did he take l~er for a common kis~ the beautiful rosydrudge, or a low-field hand? She the words. " .

~ed God she had too much .spi;ri~ left "Well, my dear," ~ aid the old’ gentle-to put herself under anybody’s feet~ I man, good-humoredly pinching the plumphadn’t far to go to find score~, o~cheek, "she has dora it very thoroughly.

and diggers, b~at he might gb~’You certainly don’t ])ok very near deathbefore lae~ knew a lady when h e j just now. -. . ~ , ~

I Whereat the story, wit’h due e~flargementn~ght have been the afternoon after and variation, was told him with a pretty

man’s visit that the widow sat pout.at net cabin door. 1let eyt~, "T’ho fMher smiled, but also h~ fnrtiveiy

a wandering, far-away tooR, ~nd her wiped-away ~ tear."Well, .madam," said t~% courteously;"

gtthe bluff which sheltered her cab~a accept my cordial t]~nks for looking aftermy little madcap Helle. She’s my onlychild, you see, and as full of prank7 asany dozen,"

Belle p]ayhfl]y put her" hand over hismouth. ’q won’t have my character tFa-;du&~l where they’ve been so good to m%"she cried. "And oh, father, isn’t this abeahfifu] place--such a view of the watekI mean to came down here every day anddo my sketehifig.’.

’q am afraid," said the sire, shaking bishead, "that this good lady will have ~useto wish she had thrown you overboard."

"Oh, no, farther; she likes me, and Ilike her. And I’ve fallen in love With Tomlong ago, you know¯"

¯ -Tom blushed pMnfully. Somethingstrange and new stirred in his mind. Com-pliments did not sweeten his thoughts asth~ydid his mother’s, for Tom had neverseen better day~.and felt as if he was be-ing made a jest~nf. "¯ "A- week passed, during which the younggirl’ strolled almost, daily to the’ cabin.When she wag there Tom seldom entered:the house. ]~. had grown shy and sulky ;.he. set on th)~ ~ore darkly breeching, orwent off sile~ to.~is-flshing.

One mOrn~g Bel)b and her f~l~ d@m:t. ed.. Belle ~ssed: thewithered cheek Ofher frie~d,/~,nd that was ~11. " For when.mention h~di been made of helping hertmbstantial~,i the widow had drawn h~r-self sharpl~ up, all the lady ~g ih .he~

eY’~’I may" ave. seen my best days," she~aicl, "but : haven’t come to-that yet.And if I ne ded any. ~war/:l, I’ve had itnow," sheac ed, as she felt the soft blood’mantlingin heeheek that Bel~e’hadkimed.

Long aft~ ~e two had ]efb Tom wentabout wash cloud on ~ face, and in-!fisears were ~ink, ing those mocking word,r;

1 m in l~ ve with TOm." A disgust forhis flaking! life :, and for himself and for alltheir .misj~ble ~.rroundinge of provertyfjlted his ~h~’t: With an unwonted bi~ter-

’¢Moth~,’"a~d he one day aa he-satdarkly brooding over the heanh~ ’~’ou" saidyou wer~ a born lady; why didn’t younmke a gentleman of me I

"I hadn’J-an:y money left when you

was keener and thinner than ever.

a fair line of seacoast, the whitegleaming:silvery in thesun. Far off

of balher~ in bright dresses fro-d between shore mad water¯

came ~rom the great hotel downshe could almost catch the sound

voices as she sat slowly socking ini.t~r way. I~ was a quiet ~dternoon"

was soft and soothing, and the wi-s’) frill of bitterness, felt’itself

en and soften in the stillness. ’Thisof the ,here, sheltered by its over-ng rocks, was seldom disturbt 1 byler~ but presently the wztcher’s eye

sight of a young gdrl splashing andin the water just beyond the

It wa~ a pretty sight, the roundedth~ curving shoulders, the’swaying,

figure. And perhaps the "old we-with a sigh the time when she

young and blithe too, and had asa voice as that with which the fair

~hai.led her ocgnpanions in the

absently on the ~rm~ting scene, aie iell noon her, and when she looked

the y0ung water-nymph had chsap-She lind probably ~wzm ashore

id the reeks.. Th~ widow turnedhugged her thin, shawl over her

and thoughl that the sea windchilly. ]]ark ! Y~’hat "was that ?she heard a cry. ~No merry shout

laugh this; it migh~ be the cr~btrd on its way to its. mate.

couldn’t have got beyond her depth~cr~al.ure, ~urely!

of it .il she had? Dyinga b~dy gets quit of a deal ol troubla~

surdy, that was. a scremn. Thelooked sharpl T out. Woald Tom

’ come ~ The nde was ziamg, and--certaln3y was the matter~

she beckoned frantically to the:end; they ~emed both blind

not one so~, at hand, a~d thatIn peril-of )lfel A minute

listening --a feeble old wo-a haggard," tutoredface, to wh6m

have dreamed of ]~o-.lfing fort

d ministe_i’ed ta ahi~.~hcfahsof ladi~on the .threw his hatchet was to attempt to ":Ulbon th.e.fore:l~oorway. - ~ ¯ steamer,- Cis, b$ -imitation, was-able to dodge’i b and " ’ in On ttalll; Which are’armed wi~l=l_e stopped when he saw* the gust conduct, herself With t01erable propriety, butif " tthetaCticslaidom ibyTnetmso~ which the: an: mal

manding, upon th.e hearth ~tone, a b.ri.~t She dressed elegantly,, and as long~she by Sp~nceaj,.than r6uld rely. ul~nhi:s _rowe,wMle.theMnder_feeSare.~fire .behind her, and the .kettl v .bplli~,g held her tongue" in compan~ no ~fl~Vwa.s akin in tl~)wing the ’ea.P0n.. ?It’-was due ed wit~2 four toes, each!0~lwhi,ebee~y. She nodd .ed. to. him familiarly, to be round with, her intellectual aeoomp- tO the oW:}~’~tion m~d, )y .Hall,. on the score with -a".long andrather!I~,,a~om thought t~e mu~ oe are a~, "ng.~ liahmen~ ̄ Unfortunately, she cored" ~/~ot of the.hatahet being a bm:barotm weapon,, claw. " .... ~ . ~ : I. ::

,.~om and,l, me acquainte_d.’ smdshe. :, relinqui’~h her old habits. Hbrtastdlayin ’that-thbffluel was. abanaoned by Hall, , ....... " :J¯ .are youe responued the KsiOnisheu seruiJbin~, seourtn~ and other menial of- "who so&iflfter t from those pa~s. -. . W~ted a l~e.mdow. , ¯ fires. A~f[er a festivity she liked ~o sweep . o ¯ ."Yes,’ said the girt.. "I’ve ~atehed the earuets, w~ash the.glasses and l)urn~h " " " ’ " " " " ’ -------~

Tom many a time walking along shore in the ai]~zer" ~ns. ShOe west [w’hiskin~ -. " ~I~e a : A mint from ~)uth2krR~¯ " and ne ~*’~ ~ " : "|--"his red shirt, o e he too~ me and__ " " -- ] through the house with a d~ter~’~a:d .Was A nice yomak man,: LittleWag°n~]=~~ ~ ] m~ ~d0~] Oi I

and~ather out rowang Tom, your mother s -. ¯ . [ pas~i~zlate]y attache I tO towel%.of wMch York, was attempting to’make a mothe~-it~- undertaker’s estab~enl

f law of a certain lady: who did .not ~ ii .... Are you’the znan that ’.beea~a~e~er daughter all sorts asked as the-undertakerof house@ork "and .~ of him. " --:hieing. help, and the idate fbr son-in-laW,- being suminarily went under in for.athe window of the one Tlhe mconlight i r~kon.night and thzew at the window, un- LI~ ordexmaking acup of tea of her _protegee. It staff of domesties~ were wholly out of til the maiden in. a mo~. Juliet- , ’2fly Jwas wonderful how a tittle warmth of placer greatly disconcerted..Tompits.. ~e RRe manner, mad the

. fe]human feeling had roused this" woman to recommended Cis to occupy herself~itn Lug to have a ’good the muzzlelife an0 activity again, reading, or som2fl.fashmnable amusement. of a jt~k-~hop fi’om the gw’me .to die, as:haWhen Tom returned laden with various But Cis did not,. care /or reading; could, lower’winclow,enraged" parent at man and r forbarely sign her ~me, andh~ed io appear once seoope0 in the and had him’ ~ext beatthinzwasro

in fashionable society. ’The remklt "of the before the. police next ,mbrmng, .so he .Xlm~e"himse]f amiserable.mesalliance was open domestic ¯when the wasieh .agt6d tO it oak akantlim- :The.hostilities. Tompits---raged .in. :Engli~. delighted audience:Persian and ]:indi, CL% who had a violent" skid .the heroine, Went. At Slfilohhe gotneeded l~ cblEm :I’Vetelnper, mamped, scowled and rayed like a cuss has of my. the-w_agom.French tragedy-queen. To .the accusation wh6n. all the ~g0t a~ot~er "~%-o, sir,of Tomp~ts.that abe~ wasnot, than~ul for husbknd out in ’ "whathe haddone for her, Cis ~or~ul]y -’q ain’t,"’ from the"

": . .’. ’"You .seeth~:isagron~.," me.’ I-l~d intendedtoki~ep:tretorted-: "1 ¯wonder what 1 aholltd be- "You is," from the z ~ " ’ iny li~e, ’.b~~e ithc~l~.. :agthankf~forI You cruelly took meaway -"t mu’t carin’," he pr~.mer. theo]dman,-~nflw.c~..dnk.llmwfrom a situatmn in which Iwafi. mmfnl, "She’s my gal, and 1 ~,~ husband to. part with-it oulyf~ fl~

happy and rem)ected. "Yon have brought ain’t n gbin’ to fret :cept he can lick house barn6d, down. night herme.into a po~i~ion where, with all im fine- m% *which I’ll see that las-out eoffiry, I ~rn miserable, and expectedto sil like time:" _. " ’ ’:"" -to be over at-~ ~; ana painted doll among people who spend ..wasn’t burned. -’lq~.their lives in idlenes~ and folly.- 1 tell of himself thus:, that the coffin" held re, x:yon, I haie the whole concern, and should "’I~ appears, that the with the mus-- shelled -e0m, aridlike, to be,bac~k in thd t~ear old steamer." ket was ~ real ~e bo~wsii’. .~ow, :you[ Umially, after such a tirade, Cis bnrst into the prisoner is ~ my flddlt~ m-rai2aed; . I"tears, and fledto herow’~ apartment. " Thi~niee ycamg man.= his. giri went When my Wife; d~ed thatconsideration for the interests off toge.thev to. from the: .exppnse

!:is often the means of appeasi=g old lady, thus"forcibly": a got tb have sue.the, fiddle,se.tmions. In the present i~stance no such law, went home crying. , me .a fiddlel Irll.give you.:means were available. Cis had ’several " she’s a ~unner,’an d~ ffchildren, lint th’ey all died shortly after ten-. 8he’~ foi"birth. ,Denied parental consolation% un-

’, which ~mkes s put :~lownchastened by her losses, with no relatives .e.~e yes~ribut kept her:-unde~~o advise,or admonish her,.’shebrooded on dinner more dainty long time afterWarflk i .C0m~, wlher fancied wrongs, was the victim of her col~ day than.a ’E ¯ " , -: - - :.own warped f’eelings and- an imperJect ~°Wse by iLsbl/ among m~bstant, ml,: sav~" " " - "

sense of what was dutiful and proper. El- somewhat great. Winter ( an~ recalls ~’q don’t want.~’our co/Rim"timately a curious kind Of ;ruce Was effect- the;t0otl~ome grecn6r2:’~)f Let- -PI’ll bet you.]~tven’t g0t.a qo.6d. The pair lived separately in thesame tu~e comes flr~ of " ; ~ not lettuce, house t~t will Wea~ as ~1. ~.Ihouse. Roldlng no sor~ of intercourse, served with a ready-made " ~of mnstar~’ ,fiddle, and- take ]~er; -,Iron-]~0~they fretted, pined and died withi;a.a few and-’yine4~r and oil but lettuce the. , head, and, ,, tilde sp~.:a%,cantbreak~t.. ..- -months of each.other. It..was a distressing dred.~t by the" ~Ftess on’~ ,table or, ,,. t have: too" man~’ ......

oil t-,an! F noc~se of matrimonial infelicity, " but was the waiter at the;Mdeboardyour i~.d you’ll. $~wa~: hay ~" ’m

what might not unye~tsonab]y have been trait, vinegar a~d pep~r.expecle~. ~’hen gentlemen of f0rtun~ ~’e saladbowi enough del/cz leaves you get :the fight

pleased re mm’ry pretty bar nmads or 1mud- of lettuce f0i" four pe~ "PUt. inio a fidd.ld Will get her.

some stewardesses, thby .must.not be mr- salad-spoon a reasonable nothin~

pr.ised if they experience the .rate of the a dash of pepper ;. flll the lwanl: thecotRu?

luckless Tompit~ over with the be~d r~.oil--poor oil Do :you want her~."

, ~~ ruins a salad, a buckeL. Don’t le~in the ~poon .with the .pour it Got more-

s~ malalm.. about the salad. :- .Then ~ up the spoon ?,, . . ,

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."Stand straight, Josepl~" .~d Justice lemon iojt, era i" ’Murray to JOseph Yeagdr, who was. mak, -vi~negtir-and ]~ Then

hag vig6rous efforts to pi’esexve hi~ equ~- ~u~ the~c . ~ ~alad with’thebrium as he stood before the hat in ~_asex s~ and fork s g~ fly.3Iarl~et CourL ~t~d straight,. ’ ingisthoronghiy mixed with ItOfficer :Brenda here.’says he~run~k and incapable of taking cam

m~y seem absurd io hp. mmkeepers. that these p,arfic~t~r . shoum be

eelf in Grand s~reeL" - ’. " ’ given, but it tnust be sat not oneYour honor; I,’took the pledge man in a hun~ed in this

"W~t Y""I took the pledge, your honor, for one the simple ~re.t o~

year," andthen Joseph fell eveL, and whe~ ~ to make it available, i adding ahe hauled himself up hP. con~nu~d : somelittle coldsardinespiekledoarefullySalmon toi 1 t .and broken°r

"/kept.it for one year into bits b -you-trove a, t fish salad"~nd l~ew Year s’too~ . for luncheon ; itj dinnerwhich’‘yea sir, and. I just Wanted tosee how it has other com-ses. " For

tsstei~ again. Now, do let me gu. this ~m% said-,which is one of.and I won’t drink again." " ~ some good Irish and set notone"Can’t do it," said-his honor, ashe filled them on ice to get’eo!d, alsoOUt a eommitmenL " "’ -"Oh, 0% your ~o’nar, I’ll take the pledge[ celerYtqgetroot----~)tcold_ Cut the~.,celery sk~

’ho~. for snorer ysm:, and he made an at- ~elerv rootup’m small,’*istempt to get at the deaL. told "

¯ . "Joseph" said the mag~trat~, ’~’ou r~ nob as you prefer, withFrench ~dy itsmember the story, of the.mouse that fell d reas~g as above. ~l’m ~into the lL~’er vat. It is old, but the teason¯

" " dressed with .sauce. Theis alwsys ~ew. Joseph listened while the ~fl~opped .than - broken, should .be hismagiarato recited. _ . "

stand this," she said. ""Seems "~::xlmuse Tell into a .beer vat one day.pull that old scow myse]L Tonal" came," aaiO~.he widow, .briefly¯ A catAWas looking- °vex the vat, and tlae

a yell that.held the oon- ’q’hen it’~ money that makes .l~op]e struggling mouse-~id: "’If-you will Iakeenergy of ten years. But no gentlemen and~adies? . me o~tof herel’~lallow y0uto eatme."

And it was th~ widow ¯ Idontkno@, ~aid the widow puzzled, ’Good,-saldthecst, as she put mherpawwithered old hands that ~&ey somehow mostly have. . and l)ulled out the llnlemouse..:Feeling

minmter’s, kite]~en work---it One day Tom came and told her he ~ .it,ll i~}l’e on the flopr, the me tree simeon:it:self and ran away ~b~me ~aCK, cneerow herself, wh%- ~training, going to sea. There ~ been a nm, n d~wn .. < ,_ = ...... " __ ..

~er " ¯ " ¯ ¯ - - ¯ , the cab ~ou promme~ to ie~ me ea~ you.gr~y ha.L~, fluttenng an the looking for hands, and he had taken Tom , ,~, r ,, ~ .... ,, ....I pu~re~ you out, "~ ma, ~alm ~neunioo~ed the old dugout from its gladly, for Tom was a handy fellow at al- : , , ..... . .. ,, ~,

-- mad " "’" "" "" ....... " " ~= ~ would molLl~; "DUl Laan ~t Was mnquar. 21~Ix ernnnng, IlnsKIlIUI~ ax~ea mo~, any Klno OI I~a ~ anu ,-- :.i -’ " - -- . - .....tlaylg ~osepn, anQ 7,hen we ~ ~ aDoutrnde paddle, went ~pinaing out ~ ~oon make a good ~mkman.. . - [ .~ ~: , ,, " . .zer the water, ]t leaked, the old -’"Andyoumustju~t b]deh.e~ patiently[tnepeage" " ":.. " ". "at~eorn.edthebro, ke,n, paddle mid the till I ~)me back~ mother; for if, th,e,~’a~ i "-’--’~" ¯~ . "o~3-~ hilt Jin~l]y it PAtm~ ~h’Ifting out be~er ~ys anywher~ :I ~ ~g em I --For .every 210 of Ira Inhabltant~.

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