Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1889, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, ‘Ateust 24, 1889-TWELVE PAGEs. Written for Tux Evawrxa Stan. delight an artist. The tops of the mountains} THE PROFESSOR’S PROBLEM. ae giances. Yes, he should miss HEALTH, PLEASURE AND PROFIT, | "ere covered with snow. Below that s dark r tei advanced into the range of firelight, and, as | it it to Jeave us? I you have not been ily; the house would be another place SS eee ee thinking of us at all in matter,” said the that = Sean sad hattin olson ome cottaneoed s Scubues tes Wishing, Mead = tes (aide: | Bakers tees soe er won Seite ae ae AREER | > green and yellow foliage cot “ » “T have , Hetty,” el's les were wel wa ” ani jetty, ly, “and | It was the mo-t amexing, the most aaa eee ee ae occ ne Hunting | frees, and when’ the rays of the setting sun PNapot oe unable to understand it,” said | 100.5 °and paused, embarrassed, at « low for | houschold to be infringed. nd everybody tells me that | thing; you will--you will setactie heeal p in the Rockies. rested on this mountain scenery it made a pic- | “¢ professor, sighing. words. “Your slippers,” said Hetty, with unusual is. xtremely rich, and his own family all] ‘Shall 1” returned Metty deme a aang ture never to be forgotten. If the professor found himself at fault most | Yes; that is what you generally are occu- | meekness of tone. “They're here, Mr. Roches- | speak well of bh had recovered her self. ve $HE OUTFIT NECESSARY AND WHAT IT cosTs— <<a sivan ict vis ath of his friends would have concluded that the | pied in ,” said Miss Hetty demurely, | ter, in the fender.” ud notwithstanding all these things,” | ment—it was an ostonishing thing. Indeed the THE GAME To BE FOUND—HOW TO DISPOSE OF ‘ok telope, coyote, bear and | Subject rust have been one remarkably Jiffi- | There was the little sparkle of mischief “Oh; indeed! | How could they have fallen in | asked her guardian with an oppressed sense of | He*ty of oj? childlike days had’ never looked THE MUNTING OUTFIT, SKINS, aND anTiERs | VC 6°F—elk, deer, antelope, coyote, It of A {some | BEF eves. there?” returned the professor in mild surprise, | bewilderment. “-you could not faney him?” quite #0 willful, so arch, so provoking, so adora> prconllpeneyes ah beaver—doing them up in salt and alum. We | cult of comprehension, for he had spent #01 “Well, perhaps s0; too much, I am afraid,” | as he stooped to pick them up. io; Leould not fancy him,” she answered | biy bewildering. as Hetty tow e* ‘ also took along with us elk and deer heads, of the best years of his life over problems 80} returned the professor, a trifle surprised. “I] “They didn’t fi. I put them there. I— ttle coldly. “It was so absurd.” said the poor professor, We didn’t stop to bunt much on the way back, | €xceedingly knotty that they were wont to| have forgotten a good’ many things, wrapped | thought you might like to have them warmed, “I am afraid that singular ideal lover of | looking apologetically at the clock. “It was (Copyright, 1889. and in a few days arrived at Rawlins safe and | speak of him as a “wonderfully clever man; all | Up in my books—my duty among others, and | Hetty returned, in unusually confused and | yours stands in the way. 1 fear you may wait i the one least likely to have A trip to th Pra es sound. the learned ‘ol: know, my. dear; dant wi Soe dE he Hetty, in particular. Rachel | apologetic tones. great many years and never find him after} any foundation reality that I have ever ip to the Rockical We had average Inck. Aside from the hides means, yon, enow, my: dons tells me you are two-and-twenty.” “Oh, indeed! Your intention was very kind, | all. Is there hing else you cou!d tell me | heard. My onty bi i ae “a d is that you will banish “That's all very nice,” you say, “but how | and heads which we desired to keep as trophies ask me to explain,” with that absence of defini “Twenty-two last month.” my dear,” said the professor absent-mindedly; | about this fancy of yours, my child? I might | it from your a te <hid, when ones I have sbout the expense,” for to most men the | there were eight fine elk heads and antlers, | tion which adds so much to fame. ‘Twenty-two! And you were a child only | “but you need not have taken somuch trouble; | find some one, even now, lixely to distinguish | told you about it and kept my word to Rachel, amouut of a bill is « matter of importance six deer and five antelope heads which we de-| And yet, after all, it was nothing so very re- | yesterday! Surely it was but the other day | the evening was not a cold one,” ~ | himself in Greek study. I will not forget that | Don't think of it again. Regard it as of abso- - termined to sell. In hides we had twelve elk, | markable o1 i: ver which he was | that you were running about the house in| There were no tears glistening on Hetty’s | you dislike Martin Archer.” utely no consequence.” beet need ena at Torry you, my friend; it's the | ¢oantelope, six beaver and five coyote. ‘The Maaling Kimmel Whe tech af man and the | SBOF frocks! It seems impossible!” ejaculated | eye-lashos now, a curve of righteous feminine have nothing more to add; Ihave told you| — “I will try to, Mr. Rochester, if you'll tell me st and the cheapest trip you could take. bear and mountain lion skins were kept by | P42 . — = < the pee professor . scorn was visible instead on her red lips. | all Ican tell you, Mr. Rochester.” said Hetty | what it was,” rejoined Hetty looking very hard The cost? their fortunate captors, We tied up the skins | ©4Ptice of woman would have summed it al “What seems impossible? That I should ever | Yes. he might wait many and many » day; | quietly. What use to say anything further to | at the fire. A score of little dimples were Nothing if you know how todo it—in fact, | and heads and shipped them to Denver, as that | UP; but the only ‘ology it had to do with hap- | grow ig of never should he, by any chance, after that | one so obtuse, so ignorant of hie own heart? | ing out in cheek and chin, but the you can make a profit if you are not above that | Was the best market at which to dispose of | pened to be the one the professor knew nothing “Tt seemed impoosible to me, I am | utterly obtuse remark, find his slippers com- | She took up the knitting lying in her lap. never looked her way to see them, sort of thi maak bat pimpin them. We sold our rifles to some parties in | about, afraid, while you have been growing up all the | fortably ensconced in the fender again. She “Nothing?” om eet professor anxiously, “You will not be surprised at my want of ing. How? me y Rawlins for just what we paid for them, throw- time. It was only that my eyes were dull, my | knew he was a miserable man; he dreaded the | “You cannot thin! “ , Ror of anything more? I should | courage when I tell you what it is. Y Last fall | met three friends who had just | ing in our cartridge belts and what little ammu- |, 4 *trange thing—an unaccountable thing!” | dear; you are not really a child—now.” thought of parting with her; well he deserved | 80 like to see you happy.” wonder if my books have turned my hata” y come from the east.in Rawlins, Wyo. They | nition we hadleft. Our bedding, camp utensils | he repeated emphatically. “That, because] “No,” Hetty rejoined gravely and i guictiy. It | to be miserable. ~Nothing.” repeated Hetty coldly, and even | shall not blame you, my dear; it will be the wanted to have some fun, but were not over- | and the few provisions left we lumped together | poor Phillimore fancied me, he should leave | smote her guardian with a pang. How much,| He was certain! trifle lacking in moral | « little bitterly; and so, having ended the mat-} most natural thought with you. I have been burdened with money and were anxious to in a job lot and sold tosome emigrants for $20. | me the care of a child! Dear, dear me, if he | ndeed, must he have neglected her when a courage; for, perceiving that Hetty showed no | ter, she raised her eyes for a moment and saw | mad and foolish enough to love you, Hetty, know exactly what a six weeks’ bunting trip | We sold our pelts tos hide dealer at Denver, | had only devoted only a little more time to the | Young girl could speak so seriously—alfhost | disposition to have the lamp brought in, and | her guardian's fac : but never mad enough to dream for would cost. the lot bringing at market prices $72. We | Greek particles! It wasasad mistake. Eight | Sadly. Well, he would not be neglectful any | the glimmering firelight hid her face and his _What was written there? A swift wave of | that you could even think of me. I told Rael I told them we could make the trip pay for | 80ld the heads and antlers to a taxidermist who | years! Has the child really lived with us eight | More. own alternately, and also observing that, by | Pity.as well as of love, swept over her; the tears | your confidence,” said the professor, with sud- el 7 - we find? | Procures large quantities of them for a museum, I suppose it must be so; and, as Rachel | “You are outgrowing us, my dear,” he said | sitting in the arm-chair to the right of the | Came into ber eyes as she met that gaze of in-| den @ ‘ation, “that you fancied a lover viet Dende a Mer rese eckven, foane, | WRMO tay “tie Dougtt toy ‘tours af large helo» womian BOW; snl ne hasfouta | eintly Mukitig bac: hand tn is inn tatbeely, if | beatih, be Gould eocapechenr-vation aibagelee, | Sipeesibia taoteraens aa mabetiety wal Leetaer ook wee wae distinguished in Greek badgers, beavers, ek, deer, entelope, mountain | Prices. We sold him ours at his own figures, | for some time, I fear, the house too dull for | Somewhat wistful, manner. ‘You need some- | he concluded that no time could be more ad-| longing. She clasped her hands tightly to-| study, who was bald-beaded. And she rec sheep. rabbits, squirrels, many kinds of geese | mounting in all to $250. her. I have not found it dull,” mused the pro- | thing brighter and younger in your life. There | mirable for introducing the subject he felt | gether in her lap and had no power amy longer | turned,” he added (Miss Rachel and Sucks, prairie chickens, quail, partridges, A SUMMARY. fessor, a tinge of sadness in his tone. ‘*The | is only one thing I have no cause to reproach | such difficulty in entering upon—for ing | to be cold. i mast have beet. a singularly incoberent one if egies, hawks and owls. Now let us summarize our expenses and sce | Ye#rs have been happy—the happiest and pleas- | myself with; Ihave never refused invitations | the child toleave the home nest empty. “I think,” she said, not daring to look up, | it in anywise resembled ber brother's now), Having this array of game to select from and | joy pig P antest Ihave known—since little Hetty came. | for you and you have had a good many oppor- | professor sighed. the color dooding her cheeks, her hands tremb- | “ ‘Why don't you ask her yourself, Job: look for it is unnecessary to say that the hearts Tam sure I never knew how much a young girl | tunities of seeing people of your own age.| Hetty’s hardening little heart relented at the | ling, **that I should like him bald-headed.” There was a dead silence. It was broken af Rifles, for four, at $15 each... has it in her i the’ place she | What you need is to live among them, to have | sound. “Is anything the matter?” she asked, | There was no response. Hetty clasped her | last by the falling of a coal out of the F my Seicuts best high. Ammunition, $25; bedding, 816 Hees in. War checetal ti foe oocn Mcbere bat companionship. I want to see you happy, | a little coldly, st might be, but it served for an | hands over her eyes. “Oh, Mr Rochester,” | and the professor charted ot the sound afin a ee ee 2 Cartridge belts, $ steps about the place! How we should miss | Hetty.” introduction. 3 ke Hetty that he | if he were a criminal dreading arrest, He But how could we make the proposed trip a] 83....... her—Kachel and I—if she were to leave! But| “Thank you,” she rejoined. The professor,| “I sighed, Hetty, to remember that the time e Y nything dreadful?” | stooped and hastily picked up the poker, ap success from a financial point of view? This is | Camp utensils, $15; pi ions, $100... 115 00 | T have been neglecting her. I have forgotten | listening anxigusly, felt a curious contraction | has come for you to leave us, You can forgive | ‘*No, my dear, not anything dreadful,” said | parently under the impression that it ware how we did it: From home we each brought | Services of cuok, &. serreeeeeeee 9000) that she needs something brighter than the | Of the heart. "It was all true, then; she ac- | me for that, my dear,” returned her guardian | the professor miidl: mly something very | pen. saa a few changes of thick underwear and hose, a Fail oo | Monotonous tenor of her life here. No, she is | cepted his statements as fact; she had long ago | gently, singular. “Pray banish it from your ” he said couple of flannel shirts, a neck handkerchief, Paton = Sacer gh oo eto $311 00! not happy; now that I come to think it I | recognized it in her own mind as such. “Do you mean—what you said about Fred —— agitetedly, ‘Don’t think of it; it’s not of the eceipts were as follows: an old suit of clothes (corduroys are best if have not heard her singing for some time. “{ have been thinking a great deal of yon, you have them), a broad-brii felt hat, a rubber coat and stout, long-legged boots. These articles we shall not add to the cost of the trip, as uearly everybody has sufficient cast- off clothing to cover this. Take your shot- aye 4 a Wilberforce—and Chas. Warrington?” asked v. meget 4 eee It < you say, the He fell into thought. “Lam to blame,” he | my dear, since Rachel pointed this out to me; | Hetty as the firelight sank a little. “ i most absurd thing you ever heard in your life, 20 00 | saidat last aloud: “the house is dull for her, | and as I feel myself to be very ignorant Lhave | _ “Yes,” returned the professor gravely; “you | ., 25 Ubave said to you over and over sxain, | T merely mentioned i 72 00 | and I'am dull, and Rachel is dull, I ought to | been reading as well as thinking. Shall I tell | detested them, you said, It was somewhat of | #™ Unable to account for it, Rachel, but these | Hetty had raised her head. She suddenly 250 00 | have thought’ of it before. 1am not fitted, | You the result of my studies?” & shock to me, as I had not been aware of it. | Were her words. It has occurred to me, at last, | turned, and the firelight shone upon her face, heaven knows, to. have the charge of a young | Hetty’s pretty lips were curved, Lam afraid I did not go the right way to work | that a woman might understand a woman. You | Upon a smile, and upon a tear. Four rifles, belts, &c., at $15 each..... Camp uteusils, bedding, &c. Hides and pelts... Heads and antlers. a : Gross receipts. $402 00} creature like that. lam afraid Phillimore| ‘Oh, certainly,” she returned curtly, with a| with my suggestions, but indeed I was think. | will respect the child's confidence, I know,even | _ “Why didn't you ‘merely mention’ it before, et oe ee Sette peek ud Gert nee Gross expenses 311 00| made asad mistake, so far as her happiness | Very slight pretence at interest. ing only of your welfare. I cannot let the | as [respect it,” said the professor anxiously; | John?” she said softly, stretching out her Bet to bring a rod and line, as trout are was concerned, when he left her to us. I won-| “It appears to be universally agreed that in| subject drop. my dear,” interposed ber guar- | “you will never let her know—unless she, her-~ bends, Net profit... der what are a young girl's anticipations—what | ll ages of the world, Hetty, woman finds her plentiful in the mountain streams. We made yi our purchases in Rawlins. We went down the | _ This is the actual fin street from the hotel and reached a pawn shop, | Weeks’ hunting trip, but there were other re- where we selected four ritles. Three were 40- | Sults no less important. Our health was im- caliber, 60 grains powder, the otner a ‘-44” | Proved; we brought home many fine ski Winchester. They had been pawned and not | ®Xtlers as trophies of the hunt; we had dian firmiy, the firelight suddenly biazing up | self, should mention the subject to youthat oe es A a proper sphere, the round of duty most con-|and showing an expression of protest on the | we have had this conversation,” “And £0,” said the professor in the tone of an can see that now—to be so constantly with | genial to her, the happiest, fullest life,” said | girl’s countenance. “{ will not mention any am not much of a talker,” said Miss Rachel | ®8tronomer or geologist who had just discov. Rachel. I have even found Rachel a little | the professor simply, dropping for the moment | one by name, but I want to urge upon you that She had been knitting socks, but her | ered an amazing scientific fact, monotonous myself. Yet, after all, I under- | the more bookish phrases, “in the home—in | you mnst not sacrifice your young life to us. y hands were idle for once; the knitting had | all the tim stand so little of ‘womankind!” ejaculated the | Married life, my dear.” - Itis right that you should have your freedom, | dropped into her lap. Her ‘face wore an ex- |, “And auy one but yourself would have found surroundings she requires? It must be dull—I ser. w ak | esaonk pastwreaqus mateniatt semiecy; 08 Wal | vectoescx sadty. He had uttered it now; he had suggested the | feel at perfect liberty to make your choice and | pression of mingled amazement and dawning | it out lovg ago,” Hetty supplemented, giving a pe specenad alee bare ebay her an aed enjoyed ajpantiog thas made eating # delight fe philosophers,” he uttered musingly at | Parting with her that would leave the house | leave us; we both acquiesce in it—Rachol and L | satisfaction; even a trifle of humor—a thing | button on Mr. Rochester's coat a disdainfal but lenty of it, for what we don't use we can sell. | farely experienced at home. ; ‘they had something to say about women, | empty. Yes, Clete empty; never to be young | And it has occurred to me as just possible that | there was but small stock of in Miss hel's tender twist, a tps, purchased 500 rounds each. ‘These cost |, Hunting in the Rockies is best during the | I believe.” and bright and sunshiny any more. He had | you might have some fancy of your own in the composition—might have been detected by any It is astounding!” ejaculated the professor lump $25. Cartridge belts for the four | /atter part of September, October and until] He stretched out his hand and partly tilted | begun to be well aware by this time that all the matter. Iam almost ashamed to ask you such | one of particularly observant 8. The pro- gravely, 2 cost #2; hunting knives and sheaths for four, | €atly in November. the back of a book, then let it reassume its posi- | Sunshine would go with her. But he had done | 2 question—but you are a growing woman now; | fessor’s were not of that quality, It is astounding. I don’t protess to under- #3. Now bedding must be procured. There = ou, and scanned his crowded shelves further. | his duty, and it might be that she did not care | have you ever formed any idea of the sort of | “Do you really mean to tell me, John, that | Stand it; I ieave the explanation to you,” re- woucss od at haunt Nonamaasin tee oosacl coe THE ENGINEER’S STORY. ireat thinkers have not disdained the sub- | 8° much for the lite he had alluded to as others | person—you could be happy with?” she said she should prefer him ‘rather old’y” | turned Hetty demurely. and mean-looking, but they would answer our a ct. Iam sorry little Hettie has given up her | Of her sex, : i : “Yes,” said Hetty. She was looking down at | she asked, after # long and reflective study of Inexplicabie indeed!” repeated the profess Purpose. So we took six pairs at 2a pair; | Which Cause Justice to be Done tothe | singing. Well, well,” he added as he took | “What do you think about it, my child?” he | alittle sapphire ring that adorned one of her | the fire. | - Sor once more, and as, with inexpressible ten- alee two large pleces of heexy canvas for bed Extent of Nine Dollars. down a ponderous tome, “we will hope for bet- | asked, for Hetty had notyet responded, anda | fingers, and she did not raise her eyes, “I| “She did,” returned her brother empbati- | derness he drew closer to him the little figure covers, 06 G2 each. IS having, previowly ter things, Lam anxious to do my duty by the | slight giddiness had come over the professor | have thought abont it. cally. “I am utterly unable to understand | #ready nestling so near nis countenance bee been decided to hire a cook, we looked | From the New York Sun. child.” a8 he told himself he was not used to changes. | “Oh, indeed! really,” ejaculated the profes- | it; Ido not profess to account for it in any | Came still more reffective, : . around for a man who could cook} In the smoking car, along with half adozen| An hour bad slipped away and the professor, | “I think,” said Hetty with a sudden lovely, | sor, somewhat staggered. He passed his hand | Way.” eid f ere is ouly one explanation,” he said and was familiar with the country. We found | others of us, was an engineer who was gomg | d¢ep in thought, had laid down his book for & overwhelming flush of color, and, after one | across his brow. *‘And what is ¢ like, Hetty?” ‘ever mind if you can account for it or not; emery i Heaven knows my child what you one who was highly recommended and who| down to Peoria, and after a time the judge | ime and was gazing, a certain vague sadness | sunny, Wilful glance at him with downcast | he asked in tones that had an unmistakable | 1 want to kuow once more what she said, And | Could have seen in me, But you are @ woman, also owned his own “outfit” (two wagons perceptible in his countenance, et the fair “that your philosophers for once are | tinge of melancholy in them. you tell me that she declared, really declared,” | Hetty, and ‘here appears to be a universal con- gt started to draw him out by saying: spring sky seen through the fast-shut window, | Tight.” “I should like him to be rather old; I think | reiterated Miss Rachel, looking sharply up into | 8°@8U8 Of « »y1>a of thinkers on the subject in Se Ga aete tae Lankan Geeaeee teal aa tha |. “Uibcdbtnay sou havo liad jaar dluaré of cloes') tis wor oo anacebed thet ha did nésheee writer? There was a short silence, “I am sorry, my | I told you so before,” said Hetty, with a little | the professor's melancholy and perplexed coun- | ll age*—voman is an enigma.” cooking. For this we were to give him his | shaves, along with other engineers?” step pass the door, nor did he even notice it | dear.” said the professor, patiently, breaking | tremor in her voice. It was really very con- | tenance, ‘she should like him particularly tond ) | * And snan,” said Hetty, in a supplementary board and $90 for the trip of six weeks. We| «] have sir,” was the repl when the step hesitated. ‘The door was gently | it as last, “that this kind of thing never oc- | siderate of the fire; it glimmered readily, but | of Gree 3 BS tone, ‘is sometimos—oocasionaily, you know, leaded the Wagons with flour. bacon, petites]. celine Len ae opened and the subject of his thoughts glanced | curred to me before. I did not know you were | it kept its flashes to itself. “And I should not| “She told me so with the utmost decision— | # donkey.” —Belgravia, coffee, suger, Laking powder. lard” fait end | ‘Been in many smash-upe? = not happy here, even mind if he liked things that [hated; he | @ strange, an inexplicable, an unaccountable id Pepper, crackers and canned vegetables of ‘A full dozen, I guess.” If he had observed it he would not have im- Tam jm apps! I have always been happy | might even have stupid obtuse ways at times— | thing.” SUPERSTITIONS OF THE MOUJIKS. Various kinds; the bill amounted to $100. Tin] “Any particular adventure that might be | agined for a moment that the action denoted | here!” cried Hetty indignantly; and tears, half | men so often are stupid and obtuse. ButI| “Unacountable, no. Strange, perhaps a Sore plates and cups, knives and forks, spoons, cof- | called wonderful?” any particular interest in himself. It was her | Of remorse, half of vexation, stood in her | should like him to have very nice dark eyes; | little,” rejoined Miss Rachel dryly. ~Andthere | Barbaric Beliefs that Still Hold Sway fee pot, frying pans anda “dutch oven” cost} «Why, yes, IMid h » replied the man, | “*Y—* Pretty, engaging way little Hetty had | brown eyes. “It was only that you said—that | and to be able to respect him. was something more; I want to hear it all over with Russian Peasants. Ge cean aa) cee tec an coomcte fait os ¥. yes, Tédid have one,” replied the man, | from q child—that saucy, depreciatory glance | YOU thought—that home life was a pleasant| “Very nicedark eyes! I know so few anawer- | once again, : pe sthorar pe “Sweet Water | “fer relighting his old cigar stump. “I didn't| at the philosophers on their shelves, The | thing in the abstract.” ing to that description,” said the professor, | The professor's eves met hers, reflective, sad, | prom the Nottingham Dally Express, Senge Wns te es See ol an | think Wbetyl peaad de inpaat Gk tha “bess philosopher in Oty chate iad’ grdwa wodtas | (72 hope you may find it a pleasant and | who, hopelessly perplexed by Hetty’s first sen- | utterly devoid of all consciousness of the mean~ | "The Hiussians were the Inst European race te town. We stopped at noon for dinner, close by | cracked it up as something extra.” ‘ook for it when she passed. happy thing, but not in the abstract,” returned | tences, seemed to eee some dawning clearness | ing of her increasingly mate matt, S22: | be converted to Christianity, and nm a little creek, and from here we had “| “Let us hear about it,” said the judge, as he | “Little Hettie” was a woman, a young woman | ber guardian, witha smile that was rather wist- | in her last words and revived to review them | “She said,” he answered mi idly, “the most | ©. - “many, end are off nei é : indge, certainly, and avery pretty and bright-eyed | ful. ‘You have made the house very happy, | conscientiously, “Must his eyes be so particu- | singular thing of all; she would like him bald- | Within a distance of heatheniam that is easily 4 SPLENDID VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS. _| passed him a havana. ut the fact that she had quite grown up | 82d I shall miss you wofully. Rachel will miss | larly fine, my child? Could you not place char- | headed.” measureable. It is, therefore, little to be wom- These mountains were our objective point | “Well, one day about three years ago I was id long ago have been apparent to-any eyes | YOU.” acter above looks?” Miss Rachel smiled—a smile, by this time, of | dered at that ft c pereti ad a charming,"| ‘It is all very much in the abstract at pres-| | “Oh. certainly. Iam not at all particular as | broad and perfect satisfaction. She paused a| tone should etna sora caret rounded figure; the prettiest little love locks, | ent, I think,” Hetty rejoined, her red lips tak- | to looks.” remarked Hetty, crimsoning. ‘I | moment or two and let her gaze rest on her | Hous #0" ; France and Eage prema and curling. framed the piquancy of | img @ scornful curve again. “Still I was glad | should like him to have a nice, kind, quiet way | brother's thinning hair; on his tall figure, a | Father like those prevailing in France and Eng- 0 and we surveyed them with much interest. By | Coming west with the lightning express, 8 but Mr, Rochester’s. She the aid of a glass we could see numerous bands | ** running to make up lost time. Down here =. | about twenty miles two roads cross, as you will of antelope feeding uear the foot hills of this | see, and there are a lot of switches and side her face; her eyes alone were childish, Inno- | YoU would miss me,” with him; the very reverse of Fred. Wilber- | trifle etooped; his grave, depressed coun-| land during the middle ages. The Russian feos Sormiegn nafey rare bormne — tracks. Ihad just whistled for the crossing | cont soft-fringed brown eyes they were, as| “MY child,” said Mr. Rochester simply—he | force's.” ; tenance; and then she observed, quietly and | journals are not much read in this country, but Copa Fo An uemad ont eae Ginn and put on — brakes when the omnning AL clear as a moorland pool, wilful enough at | Put out bis hand as he spoke and took her “Iam afraid,” said the professor very gently, camly, so calmly that it enbanced the effect of | if they were more within the linguistic re- when we halted close by « large spring. “Hob: | Sy'san"y ‘cost ane, we basenge cat broke.” | times when Hetty chose, and, as child, she | & close, protecting clasp—"sit would not be kind | and sighing as he spoke—he had been eafefaliy | the thunderbolt when it came: “Why don't o t d sighi ne hat r my : English readers eager after novel- - he ts ” had chosen tolerably often. And there was | ‘0 you to tell you how much I shall miss you!”| considering and reconsidering Hetty’s re- | You ask her yourself, Jobn?’ sources of Eng id Bing cur horace, we picked wp somo ‘chips’ | “As the satae moment something went wrong | Guite a womanly air of decision about one Gee, | ‘Then-I will never iesve;™ oth Done qui- | marks for the space of Tull ive minutes—“that | The room went round, At least, in the pro-| ties, they would be much astonished at not @ supper of fried potatoes and bacon, coffee, bis- | ith 01d No. 40, and I could not shut off steam. | considered she had arrived at years of discro- | efly. ‘The archness had left her face; little | know no one at all who answers to your | fessor's opinion it did so. The ‘chairs, ‘the | few items of news reported. Had newspapers oa been! Potatoes and bacon, coffee, bis- | She sprang away like a flash, and as she struck | tion ‘and she know her own mind. For the | 8 i peeapat her. t description.” table. Miss Rachel's angular form seated op-| been published im A.D. 1400 in London. they euit and canned tomatoes. the crossing she left the track and entered | matter of that she had known her own mind|_ “On the contrary I hope and trust you may.| “Perhaps I could tell you a little more of my | posite to him, all mingled in one inextricable would, we fancy, have frequently ebronicled meadow filled with stumps, for along time and she felt it to be a thous- | Life holds something brighter far for you than | fancies.” said the girl, suddenly raising her | Confusion, and the most singular part of it | “°™ + «op pate cles: ood heavens!” dad pities the peaterece didnot know hic this.” returned the professor; and he ‘released | eyes. Mr. Rochester did not see how tightly | was that, when at last he regained his seuses, | Similar events to those we find recorded in the he kept a straight course for about forty Hetty closed the door with a sigh and went | the little hand he held. her hands were clasped together; he only saw | his sister appeared te wear an expression of | columns of the Russian press today. Since the rods, smashing the stumps every second, and | slowly upstairs to her own room, sitting down, | _ “It was very kind of you to leave your booke | that charming, wilful glance again. "I should | calm satisfaction. time of Dwdalus, flying men have been objects then leaped a ditch, struck the rails of the D.| when she reached it, not far from the glass, | for the express purpose of making deprossing | not care a bit if he was wrapped up in| ‘You seid, Rachel? I think I must have | or suspicion, and we should certainly advise and R. road, and after a wable or two, settled | she had been accustomed to admire, being | Temarks, Mr. Rochester,” said Hetty, with sud | musty, tiresome, disagreeable things; he must | mistaken your words,” submitted the Pro- | wronauts to hesitate before making an ascent down and ran for two miles, ‘oung and pretty, her own pleusing reflection; | den, inexplicable coldness. What a very en-| be very—oh, very fond of Greek.” fessor. " in Russia. "Amazing! Amazing! at it had in some way lost its charms for her | 84ging child she was and how well her wilful| What @ heartless thing the firelight had T said,” repeated Miss Rachel distinctly,| Not many years ago a Bussian nobleman “Then, at a crossing, she left the metals, en-| jately. She had begun to object to her hair, | Wa¥8 became her! A child! no, a woman! He | turned into! How it flickered and brightened | “why don’t you ack her yourself? You arc tered cornfield, aud, bearing to the right, I ii k +t " made a bajloon ascent and had the misfortune which was curly and would not keep smooth, | must not forget that fact again, and obdurately persisted in revealing the hot | ‘Tether oid.’ or rather, she thinks you so, at | ty co: mew ¢ Baltic _ ploughed her way across the country until she | ajso to the youthful curve of her cheeks, with | _ “I had no thought of depressing you, heaven | color Hetty longed to hide with both her | her age; and if you are not exactly bald headed | {noc whese mat cxewe pone ote ballood had came to our own road again, She had a long | other smail details. knows! I came to talk over a few persons with | hands, And Mr. Rochester's eyes were fixed now, you soon will be if you epend so much penetrated. There was, of course, the chance jamp to make over a marsh, but she made it, “It will always be the same,” asserted Hetty | You. Rachel tells me that she believes that | upon her. What were his thoughts? time over those books. The child meaus | Of his be iug mistaken for & messenger o: the struck the rails, and away she went. at last aloud, for there was no one by to hear | almost all the young men of our acquaintance} ‘“Greek!” id, after the space of about a | You.” gods and honored in consequence, but the *-You—don’t—say—so!’ her, and she shook her head scornfully, con- | entertain more or less admiration for you, I | minute. ‘ou have occasioned “Absurd! absurd! You are utterly mistaken, peasants who inhabited the district where he “I was now behind my train, and afters run | temningly, at her pretty image in the mirror.| Was pot aware of it,1 am sur is ward | prise than I can tell you, my dea Rachel; it is preposterous, outrageous! alighted were apps tims of pessimism of 2 miles, I got control of the engine, ran up| «J know what he thinks, Because he is six.| Winced at this statement in. its implicity—| Well, it had been unconventional, un- | lated the professor almost wildl, ded h tlie devil descended from and coupled to the palace car, and went into | toon or seventeen years older than I am, and’] “though, at the same time f find nothing to | maidenly—indelicate, perhaps; but he never | also said, ‘distinguished in Greek.’ ” the sky to persecute them, They did not stay Achhan yusting the tevin ahead of ma." because he has thought and thought till he is | wonder at init. Can you not choose one of | Would have known his own heart without it—| “Well, what else would she say? She meant | to wonder what the evil one wes deine oo fer went Seotet And wae no cae hurt getting bald and his uice chestnut hair ig | them? I should rejoice to see you happy.” and if the firelight would ouly hide her cheeks! | everything of vour sort of course. I'm sure I| away from his usual habitat, which is supposed Not asouland nota thing broken. The | growing a little gray, and because he loves ou have come to recommend some one? It} | “‘L have often wished,” continued the pro- | thouzht you were distinguished in Greek and rom the clouds, but in a stat superintendent played @ mean trick om me, | those miserable philosophers—muaty, detest- ry kind,” said Hetty scornfully, fessor, ‘that I could have devoted more time | in Latin and Hebrew and Sanscrit and every- ic and scientific iguorance the though.” | able, stony-hearted old things!—that nothing jome thought of the kind was in my mind; | to,that language. But I little dreamt, mychild, | thing else i stricken mob tore the aeronaut to “How? oung, or bright, or cheerful can ever have | I have been reviewing our friends. Iam anx- | You shared my feeling regarding it,’ I should | | “No, Rachel,” said her brother, “I am not | {; » simular denont conld have bee [Why the farmer who owned the meadow | anything to do with him. Why can’t he see | ious, my dear, that your choice should fall on | hardly have looked for it in one so young; but | distinguished init; Iwould 1 were. And the pire four hundred years ago a {so the company $18 for the stumps I had | that he is oniy thirty-eight after all? He's not | some one in’ every way worthy of you, that 1 | it occupied many years of your father's atten. whole thing is utterly ridiculous; #0 ridicu-| might have met with @ __T¥ CAMP. nocked out for bim, while the cornfield man | pent in two yet in spite of his books, The | may feel I bave done my duty both by your | tion, Lremember, and I can understand it «| lous it makes me shriak to think what she ecarded ax a messenger announcing the The meal finished we made our beds by | charged $ for damages. The superintendent | jooking-glass might tell him a little; and he has | Door father and yourself. I think,” continued | little in that way. I must find your Greek scholar | Would say if she could overhear us. How could d th and the final dissol t spreading out the canvas on the ground, laying | Pocketed the balauce of the money. which the English people the nicest dark eyes Lever saw, and he is a | the professor, with an effort now, “that Fred- | for you, Hetty—it seems a strange thing, too, | she even dream of such a lover asI should be — E e . t ve panic to which the English ie the blankets on top; then we doubled the can: | , “Tbe scoundrel! And bow much are you paid | ning! He is miserable if Igo uway for a day-— | erick. Wilberforce is, ‘perhaps, worthy °of | Lucver crediled you, my dear, with taste Inte —s young creature like that?” has been peouliesty liable, ‘This eapessueitas vas back over on top of the blankets. This |" "Rintty dollars.” Miss Rachel always says so—and he follows | thought. these. john.” said the little old maid, rising and | terror eboc pailoons, however. is an amiable method brings the canvas next the ground and also makes it serve as a cover. excluding dampness from both top and bottom. We made two of these beds from our material, two men sleeping in each. The cook had his own bed. The first night spent in the open air is generally a sleepless one. The strange- ness that breeds unrest soon wears off however, i : me—about the room with his eyes; and he loves | | “And why Fred Wilberforce?” Hetty asked | “He is a promising young fellow,” said the | placing her hand on his arm—an unwonted act at's for running on the road?” me—I know he loves me—if he is as blind as a | disdainfully, with almost school-girl pertness, | Professor, almost to himsif, “and not, as you | With her—and the unwonted tears were in her es. ; bys bat! is tastes and habits seem quiet, his family | Say, too young. He must be thirty or there- | eyes now. “I am ten years older than you, and | newspapers related how a peasant bad. with od nothing for lying’ “And I am a woman grown,” murmured little | is good. Idon’t know that you would have| about. I am _ thinking of Martin Archer, | I know alittle of women, and I know that | th. approval of his neighbors, murdered his jot a red. Hetty softly, “and i have seen other people | much wealth, but I should like you to con Hetty; you don't know him at present, my | Hetty Phillimore would never be willfully un-| ayed aunt because he believed her to bes “That's an outrage. The superintendent is} now; and I know, what I have known for ever | character, my child, before money. He dear—I meet him often at college—but he | maidenly. The child has found out that you| y, an old friend of mine and I'll see that you get | so long, that there isnobody—nobody like him. | few years’ older than you—I have considered | answers, in.» great many respects, to your de- love her and that you will never discover it for | 4 still more revolting case of the $9 on the stumpage and a salary of $200 a] and he will never, never find it out. Ishatl | that you may not like that—butif you could | scription. I often wish, when ing with | Yourself, as you never would. Why,” said Miss wes recently reported in the Kadkaz,a Weakness wi’ compared with some others. It was only a week or two ago that the Russian month as long as youlive. Itis such men as | actually—have—to —propose— to— him — my-| overlook the disparity for the sake of other | him, that I had my youth back again, And so hel, with a little touch of feminine scorn, | Russian joi The story would be too hor- and ne watier Sew bedty que nters = from in- you who make a line popular.” self!” things Ishould like to see you ins home of | you will be leaving us; it is only a question of | “you hardly know it now! Do you love her, | rible for belief if the evi he sleeps soundly and wakes in the morning “The Boston Wi 1s wos weeiking 18 Gown staies; te qevdeme | Yoo Pepe te Morte od ns ant rte, fessor tested and feeling like a new man “a aia aa pushed his book away and gave a long heavy |\ “Thank you; yon are very kind, It is quite | And perhaps it may be Martin Archer.” “Yes,” said the professor suddenly and with ~y : Smash at the seems e Dew man. | From the Boston Herald. re sigh. ‘It appears evident,” he said musingly, | beside the subject to mention, I suppose, that “Nb. never!" said Hetty, The firelight, flick- | 8n inexpressible melancholy. “You have shown ities o' ear Ging, & wash st the ap ying we sat on the | Barber—"Clean shave, sit?” a tinge of sadness in his tone, ‘thet womnn | I detest Fred Wilberforce?” acid Hetty cartiy, | 6fing up, revealed her face, and to the pro- | mo my Resrt, Beobel?” ‘ . wesetch ne @ same as the night before. Harneas-|_ Customer—-Of course! You don't suppose | from time immemorial has always found her | | ‘-Detest him! Really, Iwas not aware. My | fessor’s smazement he saw it orimsoned| “Then,” said his sister pleadingly, “for your | PO"gsPeot,\i wouper, the unhappy wzeich was hon I wanted a dirty one, did you?” roper sphere und greatest happiness in the | dear cbild,say no more about it. Iam 60 and scornful. “I hate Mr. Archer! I detest | own sake, John, for my sake,will you give | “witchfinders” were, Her son died, and ime =i cone headed Sor the range abeed ofus. Barber (Cater on)-"Bay rum?” oper sen ot wife ant mother, must find a | in that case, I ever mentioned the young mas him! J know perfectly well he is a conceited | her the opportunity of saying ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to | mediately the rumor spread that she bed slai Giskasin ‘Thanks, X home for little Hetiy, It is right that I should He is a good deal older than you, cer- | prig; 1am sure, quite sure ofit! And the only | you?’ him, with the assistance of the evil er—**Thanl ever mind the bay, | do my duty by the child.” Let us consider Charles Warrington | thing I ask, Mr. Rochester,” she continue “It would be preposterous! I should blush | co-operation she had claimed. though. Make it Medford, Do you take me for in fact, I should have put him first if | rising suddenly and bursting into tears, ‘is | even to mention such athing to her. To couple | sat in judgment over her and decided & poet?” IL ithad not been for his scientific tastes; I | that you wil) wever, never, as long as I live, | her name with mine!” said the professor | should be submitted to “the rber—Shampoo?” “Frederick Wilberforce,” said the prof. thought that you had really had so much of | let me hear bis detestable name “a bitterly. “It would be an insult to the child!” | (hat is to say, she was to be burned c —“No, sir-ee! I’ ae errorce, said the professor | that kind of thing here that it must “I am utterly at fault,” said the professor | “Then for Hetty's sake?” urged Miss Rachel | tured i tha: ‘would conf areal poor” 7 Sree! Pm able topes for asingly, “would he do for Hotty? He is a | wi aceinet hier” te te eee mee oe | at acne TLD ple eee eee | ie eek ee Dae (ante ms osha morte poring sagt _ But She Didu’t Mean it. From the Chicago Liar. “And I want to say, ‘To my husband,’ in an appropriate place,” said the widow in conclu- little old—a good six years her senior, I dare le quiet, but your own and I| whatever. She grows more lovable than ever | knownin her. “Suppose, just think for | creature deprived her of say, but it is just possible that she might not | have never heard anything but good of him, | —more engaging. How we shall ever endure | minute, John, if there were the slightest | ‘This was assumed tobe a object to that disparity. He is a pleasaut young ED ES taco ie: Charles rpegered than ine mee = Sa But pacnpeet crelity in my supposition! | Just | She was seizedand tied to a ‘ ‘ ‘01 livi am ut at fault. Iam vfrai ere re ly sure ot BO, e i fellow and is, on the whole, I think, the | Prom us then; am seldsh you sec. It Socid | bo truth in what has certainly. been affitned | child her ity to say "No" even!” ee, amie aah a Hf sure most desirable of the young men of our | be phi ‘thi to be by thinkers of all ages—woman is an His lips became compressed. He sion to Slab, the grave stone man. s” | soquaintance. I bope he will make the child | pens ial thing 4 Joel poy Pigtrrebo| [ad ate ™ ™ | nand wearily across hit forehead. x4 a ammonia happy,” added, her guardian with lips a little | "i there is any one! could dislike more than TV. you are going to make yourself unhappy about and ee ‘ A . enetes D ‘ + re com presse: sho e make some | Fred Wilberforce it is Chas. W: n, = ‘The sutumn was waning; the 1 your @ rejoined, as one who these re- finds a subject too painful to discuss. t Best inquiries about him if I knew how to set to ty. “I'm glad you — Wh From the eee hectong aa Be wor k. - eel ae I fail = ot fate Bim were ripening in the hedges, and soon, the pro- | is utterly preposterous—the ae Mes, Dengeer—Theme ust tell “Charles Warrington—really, now I come to|" The professor's countenance became per- | fessor said to himself, looking with vague mel- | 2Otion that ever entered a woman's head.” sa — apg tem fhink of it, we know a good many young men. | plexed. ‘‘I seem very unfortunate in my choice | ancholy toward his study window, the gray | ,The twilight was deepening. Hetty was Willie not to spend ali his time looking st the | The child need not be without choice. fact | of suggestion,” he said mildly, “Perhaps Wm, the the chill of 'Y | alone. Mins Rachel had circus posters, It takes him all day to do an | it is rather a wonder, though I know so little of | Hooper or Thos. Hastings; you might mecaniags, Se lone opasinge he et ot eter errand.” the ways of women, that it has never occurred | of those better?” ‘© One| would be creeping on andthe fire would be Mr. Dumpsey—“Let him study ‘em, Mariar, | © ber to think of these things for herself. He | ° « ; hank you; I'm going into the garden. | light againom the hearth. Would sit and after he has seen the circus he will know | tkes some interest in science. Hetty may not | Don't onkle Fed 5 ee any more pons beside it or would it be left to Rachel set Rint ty be more about the deceits of life like him so well on that account. Poor young | gestions this morni: Mr. Rochester,” re-| self alone? He saw two ‘was just a8 well some one earn in ten years any other way?» ©? °°™4 | thing!” said her guardian rather sadly. “Tam } fered Hotty coldly: aelag ce ke eke, TA | and stooping, as be always ‘on the door thought bitterly ae he ANTELOPE re 51 — os — afraid she bas had more than enough of that | wave of ripe rose-red color swept sud into | head prematurely gray, and his sister sitting | way; they had no cure for S Ts sionr, F kind of thing here. No, young Warr: nm is | her cheeks; her e: met the professor's for te, her needles As we rode slong we knocked over a rabbit steady and intelligent, but he is not so to| one moment, childish, cohen mld from time to time or a prairie chicken. At bi wilful, be the subject. of a 's fancy as the other. | detest young men,” she said. ‘If 1 ever marry A shivering man was seen trying to climb | He is a little too rales, I take it, and would shall be rathe: » down into the crater of Mount Vesuvius, A | serve to remind hecer us, and I have alread; peda ge * ip ae Buide started forward with a cry of alarm. been careless enough of the poor child's happi “What's the matter with you?” the man iby oak Sabege aucabeh cack hanes ae Laake y He rose from the table and closed a book ms bound. the leader, a big buck, | | ‘Merciful heavens!” exclaimed the guide, | 17ing open before him, and for » moment Mr. started of and then fell to the ground, while | “you will be roasted.” aout g bag rg one Page ome he zyit of the herd seampered avay at ‘arrow | | “That's allright, podner. Don't you worry | cufenota Eivatunaty ovaderese ac. an elegan' i about m: roasted; I'm vt. Horas and we carefully peescrved tig Pa a se dull dining roots - song best _ of the meat. This our fame and we, of course, made | From the Chicago Tribune. fuuch of it, That night we had antelope steaks | Doctor to patient: “I have exhausted every | Mo" Now, in the game country we went on from | °™ nim Rep cucresezeh struck day to day, sometimes stopping for t mission I will now give youa hypodermic in- by Gaye i cus place. PENS Nee Swoee Gres | tion of De: Hewun Biguelti atte © At one of these camps many signs of be: Patient (Kansas : “Have | been seen, and « id Hank, our tonmsster, nian ons SP be guareine a bear” He cuactad: ds inten-| “Yes, I have used it with excellent results on ‘8 different direction, several persons. 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