Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1891, Page 7

a fel ‘ a . FN. ae ° : - THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, MARCH 14..1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. : 7 : -- ~ -— - bie had her fi it had been should! That's where I was last night | and she'd a good deal rather marry me than STARS, STRIPES AND ANCHORS POPPING THE QUESTION. ROCKETS TO PROTHCT TRANS. A RUSTIC COMEDY tloing st intervals for the last few weeks. “Mer [Bunting fora”. Miah | Sat old Joronse Bowles Gantt sher plense?® oe —— i « J ! + | mother had often asked her sharply what the| “I never heard of such carelessness in my} “Idon't know what you mean,” said Mrs} The Insignia That Denote the Kank of = How It is Done in Real Life and Mow It te | A Scheme for Making the Capture of Rete 2 matter was and Bessy had answered, “Noth-| life. If——” with sudden stiffness. ‘Naval Officer. i Done in Fiction. bers so Easy as to Deier Them. EKL, ing. Why?” and the ae ee “Just see if it ain't pretty!” +Cun't Bessy marry me instead of him?” —_— b thereon. ‘From the New York Herald. From the San Francia Chronicle Mary E. Wilkins in the Ladies’ Home Journal. rath wae Wass 06. pete nn. ae et acme Se ot, ee Phone —>p dasen oa hmes ad ‘You ain't in | xopopr Now WEARS THE ADMIRAL’s FOUR STARS, ‘There is perhaps nothing connected with the | A suggestion has been made by George W. "WHE BELL FOR SABBATH EVENING | 0 fet 80 aond be of her hands—it was nothing but a roll of white | “Well, I rather guess I am.” cyclamens ori Bag nantes war ‘ aritient institution of matrimony which men | Durorow to Wells, Pargo & Co.'s Express Com meeting was ringing, but it was still quite | “Well, said Mrs Lang, in an angry voice, “I| 24*¥ OFFICERS AND WHAT THEY WEAR—MANT cotton, light. The sun had scareely gone out of sight, “For goodness sake!” cried her mother, and of | PRETTY aND SUGGESTIVE DESIONs. i don't think it's best to bring up and women agree to believein more thoroughly | Pany relative to the prevention of trein rol j anything -ro- | than its first phase. beries, which is now roceiving cavetul conaid- Se dhy wens sites, pale yellow, and the tress CO, mothe! Td8a't know what it moans,” | anything ageiast you. bas dive ied ae eet OTHER DAY, SAYS THE NEW YORK ond |, Tbe aah Zoung man about to throw himeet | ewation. Mr. Dartrow's method ie simple a jeoked dark and distinct; it seemed as if one sobbed . Sach woth fat Pe sick of ibfor ea wei Td | 4 Sun, © United States naval officer in fall in | besdlong into the matrimonial sea spénds more | there is apparently no reason why it should could count the leaves. ‘f “Means? Well I know what it means. You | rather Bessy wouldn’ Paden ogg ot there | dress walked out of the main entrance to the 5 time upon the formula of popping the question | Pot be adopted. expecially ax it id ental The bell rang, and Bessy Lang came down | the perception awoke in her, have lost all that new brown silk, an’ I don’t ain't any need of it, got her father an’ navy yard in Boooklyn and sauntered down than upon the prospect of after felicity or the | little extraexpense. Hitherso the attempts street “ small | acutely, the sense of individuality. know where you ere get | mother, an’ she—" Mrs. began to ery. advisabili prevent trains being robbed have not been por arene reir g emapcrtcng, dae It was only a gentle, tender little girlish | Jerome is got| “Oh, ‘don't, mother,” said Bessy, erying too. | the street. A small crowd gathered to watch | boatewsin, gunner, ye ten Hpenmapfoateet Bemrd [Sete oad Si and round faced. She held up her rustling | , iv:t which begua to Me aware that it bad in | Yourself intos nice predicament, Well, ifeno| “Loan't belp ik, i've been Toki not ne | him. Across-eyed youngster who was playing restless days and sleepless nights are generally ee } ee eee the courage muslin skirts daintly out of the dust and moved, | {fe world its own proper direction which was | more than I ought to have expected. You was rF Jest the best I know how, an’ it | in the gutter yelled in awe-struck admiration i devoted to grinding out a host of happy | of their employees, the stoutness of their cape with a light toss, like a bird. Her mother, in | distinct from another's) and there was pro- algars jest oo eaten EME bere erm of, if there was any reason for such | to the butcher's boy with the white apron, who i phrases which when the time comes will induce | t wig ey epee entrance, ie cabana - 07 d ef | duce only a mild unrest. “Jerome won. mad when ows this.’ y i , | wards for apprebenuon of crimi cae en ae Baatig Renneh, S79 | erate coe toon gaa the | “I'dunno whether he will or not. "I don’t | Mra Lang’s voice had cadences in it. | 8004 in front of his master’s shop: , ; the fair one to be bis'n (provided her predilec- PP ala, ‘ silk, then at her white eatin bonnet ril know how you're goin’ to married, an; “Do you think your mother'll care?” Law- They passed presently » glossy white house = face brightened. She pictured to herself | how; rom won't have a ti “pape ee rence whispered to Bessy when she wont with set well up from the road, on a pile pf green | the effect of the rosebuds with the white satin | Hi ° 7 time.” him to the door. banks. Bessy's mother nudged her when they | loo sca tse ae again, eae Gon’ EHOW,” said she. ‘Then they kissed came to it ‘Pretty soon you'll — within a t ee g Saag heer ed abe ai ad Sise ter niche: . . . . . there, an’ I expect you'll feel protiy grand.” | osright sight of her he slackened his pace and | hobbled down the road andaided in the search. | ‘They rere married before very long: Beaty said she. “I declare, theze's Jerome at the | j.5¢ quite adistance between them. He was | wedding clothes were all rexdy, and Sirs. He's lookin’; look up an’ bow to hardly more than a boy. He had a good deal | Bese; of sh | did not oppose it. Marin Bowles’ tongue “Oh, Chimmy, luk at the gin’ral. A sneer of contempt passed over the butch- er's boy's face as he replied derisivel: tions ran in that direction) and he eagerly |€2Pret company has literally done nothing, cons book after book to discover how other | There have beer desperate baitlesbetween theas- heroes and lovers met the difficulty. When the | filntsand thesssasledand | but despite the killing of men on either side the “Gin'ral . ye know | Classes. The ‘ ordeal is all over be usually awakes to the | robbers have invariably escaped aud taken the nuthin’? They i 73 St no gin'ralsin the navy. highty pan ged truth ‘that he hasn't, | troasnre along with them. | th From the robberies wont at all. that haw taken place recently it as quite eve “Faith,” said an old Irishwoman who had Ane it appears to ‘n a mute and mutual | dont that train robbers have given up the ides Joined the crowd, “Oi don't b'lave inny wan av : : in and damsel in | of making their way in safety to the mountaing, ‘ no place and are en- | but on the contrary prefer to choose as ther : look up’ | of youthful height. face was pale, with | th not been idle, and people had heard a good | yex knows what he is. But shure he’ the | tirely superfinous. It is a very pleasant feel = . y whic! - ph ea Sepeatecvanlees ts pleasant look shout the mouth He eyed the —— = way whist dl em Fea 4 3 eet the; thes now that | dandy. e > dovice. | while the ison, but when rrr —_ - ape see y pe wed " ud y irl’s fluttering draperies and loops of | int .. Bessy, q Bessy ery ” said Mrs. q ‘master-ct-arme i wonders wi after all he met the emergency re face was dimly visible like « pale shadow at ome | 770 Oe raids and would have looded stern had | broken ont sobbing, entered the sitting room. | ‘The ‘brown, Gi’ wey mete ap, act’ the | _ Various Bia cr chee tne tae ead in the proper manner and whether that masterly | opuld return with their of the windows. i the youthful sweetness of his face allowed it, | Ina minute she gave a loud cry and ren into| bonnet trimmed with the white ribbon and | Were sugges y other bystanders, but they ter’ — silence of two souls wasr.'t a big blunder to be | widely know. “I guess he ain't quite ready.” remarked |“ Saddeuly he paused irresolutely. He had | the kitchen. “Mother, mother, here it ia!” Tosebuds, and one Sunday Bessy ‘came out a | were all so much gt variance that it was im-| ner has something that looks like an exploding regretted all his life. | “Ths tent attack ene Gente eno eeae Alte, Oe Mrs. “Mebbe he’s waitin’ for Maria. seen one of Bossy’s bundles slip from under | “What?” bride.” a, ES ible to distinguish the correct one.| bomb. The apo wears a stef similar to joumands of young married men aro going | the Sui Joaquin valley; when the messenger She and Bessy were already seated in the! jerarm. She kept straight onand did not| “Here it is! When the bridal pair went to church in the | Finally marine who had come along was that borne by Mercury The chief boatswain, | about the streets of New York today firmly A ta ij church vestry when the man emerged from the | notiee it. ‘The seung man quickened his pace, “I don't believe it! evening the bride saw the new moon over her ¥ x refused to open his car, a skirmish ensued, ; ‘over topped and questioned. "He looked at the fast | boatswain's mate, captain of top, captain of | convinced that their married lives weal have | 2. be Tight shonider with a thrill of satisfaction in ber | disppearing form of tho officer and said ine | afterguard or coxswains, wear. two anchors | been a deuced loc bunpiee if their courtship | sug. Szeman was killed. ‘The ecene of thie en ‘i rs ry 1 iT to the houses of seversi childish heart. Her mother had brought her | tone that expressed surprise at the display of | crossed. ‘The chiof gunner’s mate and armorer | hadn't been so and w tie. ee ee She looked older than he; her face was pale and | along, picked up the bundle and stood looking | it rustled down in shining folda. up to believe in the new moon. jofance: _ nar "" loeat Gis seca tena tee yeoman and — a Tanchmen, Arguing from the fact that thes fter 4 o 3 es Ps PPING. asmnits have been committed in self-contained and her bonnet strings were tied . He hada parcel of his own. He| “For the land sake don’t let it get onto tho | When they passed Jerome's house they did | ~ “Why, don't you see, he's a captain. Asil- | captain of the held cece tao kere eet The merencrm bachenepene . austerely. Maria Bowles inher young days bed | {504 g tsp forward, tho be gave bis fair hers | kitehen floor! Where daa ty cate soot potses him, but he was peoring at them from | ver spread eaglo in the center and a silver | chip's writer wears two quill pose. crossed ana | ,, BUt the fact is that there ien't nearly eo much experienced a disappointment in love. What-} 9 defiant sluake, set his boyish mouth hard and| “I don't know. It’s the silk.” behind a curtain, An unhappy mau, who held | fouled anchor on each side on the shoulder | the schoolmaster and printer have a book. The | “Popping” done as there used to be. A cen- ever change it might have worked in her | ,i¢ down one of the bundles on the ground. don't see what made you get such a light | ever his ear to life asifit were a shell, aud | knot of his dress coat show what eis. It’s | shi house and came down the steps between the | then slackened it: he even opened his mouth t is, it is! b green banks. There was a woman with him. | ¢ cai out to her. But he fi walked slowly | _ Bessy shook the silk out of the wrapper and i ship's cook has a life buoy. The carpenter's | tury or two ago the iovesick youth flung him- ~ nature, she had ticd her bonnet strings | Tho he kort ce, color. It'll spot.” heard in its mighty and universal murmur only | just as plain as rollin’ off a log. mate, blacksmith and. paisier bave two axes | eelf down upon his Laces declered bie tees ana | 3a why gy Ae ~ ceulghter ook, ploned Ber cheat semen evenly bon shed her gate she looked | “i thought it was real pretty. allusions to himsolf. Jerome, miserable, pos- zing ormicry! crossed. The snilmaker's mate has an eye;/ waited fremblingly for the lady's ament. "Now, that ee nt a RaTOMNMiO countey ever since. That may have been a onan = ee ps a as hae ca poh, orl He in- |. “Pretty! — wa'n't what you wanted. | sessed with his gigantic demon of ree a the machinists, boiler makersand water tenders | if we are to believe the iconoclests, Edw diste visheage. th age ol oe te ‘cally eS ee ee mee iffly. “Lawrence Bell has | This isa cream color. You ain't got any more | peered at the young pair passing emilingly hase propeller screw. The bandmaster and | throws away his cigaretio stump and observes | done, for, owing te the feanca ut “the es squaring of herself for «contrast to the crook- | clined is head stiffly. “Lawrence Bell hae | figment that down the street, but they did uot know it, ani § chief musician have a harp, and the apprentice | nonchalautly—we were going to eay almost | senger trains, cverybedy ‘Lecee oboe whan edness of the world, wherevy she ~ oabiad vetbeitlon: i“ “O, mother, where did it come from? There | over = on the right hung the silvery cres- id graduate have a coil of rope. The seaman’s | fippantly | time the different trains are ing through firey went down tho stepe she surveyed her | When she got into the sitting room her | it ar Ising right on the sitting room table.” | cent of the new moon. * ADMIRAL, clase is indicated by rows of, braid on the cu‘ the by, Angelina, what dye think of our | their country, aud, led on with the hopes of brother with pele, sharp eyes; then she picked | mother was not there. She heard her clinking | ,,)1!'* moron, 3 performance sSrpoeatisg mucuee: pn hy Soy ET read from his coat sleeve. dishes in the kitchen, where she was trying to SHiatr wondesinhepkcuidlanit aad Tows; second class, two rows; third, one row. pclngelina averring that the idea is not halt - - . ” tea. Es i the table, a ae ee m increased unti AEE the bargain is forthwith struck. nals as Mr. Durbrow projoses should pose you wot thehome tll Inte tonight. [oo pal ae a hast, oakley at thems the ait | & o'clock that afternoon, when Mrv. Bell, Law-| And the Impression it Made on Two Pious CE hes 5 In novel literature it has always been under- | "These signals shou Sian ae tan ae Sa Be: By roice, whieh had no accord | yas not there. “She could not believe ft at first. Funee’s__mother, came in. She was » pretty, Society Maidens. ADMIRAL stood that the strongest situation is that ‘in | rockets and blue lights, which ried ma of speak a ; 5 the proposes: qtuickly very 0 mse water. Semen She counted them over and over. She pried | ! Shan besaniitiag gti e tuiniens Scene: A Fashionable Boudoir, > 2A To proposes to the heroine. light they shed would quickly warn every ous “It yas 11 before you got home lest Sanday | into, them. There wes, no doubt about it the he remarked, with long-drawn piscidity,| Allce—Oh,mother,we've had auch » beautiful | thas there had been trouble ou the railroad or collar. A seaman of the first class has three | getting mar; bse maintain a keen lookout for such warning sig Inge upon love and the explo’ H : ¢ f i ay x here would be no difficulty in firing these ‘Well, it won't be many Sunday nights | minute fordeliberation. She hecrd her mother | "Yu had quite @ time gettin’ your silk, didn oem ch REAR ADMIRAL It popping ah neg megh wed jot ont, and it rockets, He would have mone,” subd Jerome, with eraberrasred plese: |°°CH°E. «soa, Dosey?” she called out peatbat!” eried Bossy and ber mother to-| E.'s afoat cloquent! : bea very great one who will niot thereby pol | euachos, tabes which ‘sould ‘be rum antry. od im smiles 2 “ ~ ‘Heeny, in a weak volos. r _ his or her story not insensibl 80 i of th These tub under stiff protest. He looked, like his sister, on herent fe in good season,” said her | “Yes; when Lawrence brought it in last night |. Mother—Iam the more sorry that this swol- in novels, why ehoulds't it be so in real life! ~ age anate a nek hae kesdense’, Me kek san mother, limping painfully in. “How did you | and undid it, an’ thore was all that brown silk |len face has kept me away from church. X i “i There are hundreds of ways of doing the busi- get along?” itead of the cotton cloth I'd sent him for, I | Who was the preacher? COMMODORE ness, however, besides flinging one's welt down 3 i chon ES couldn't believe my eyes. Is'poso he told yer| Alice—A stranger. The verger could not tell on one’s knees, after thefashion of Don Quixote pply e match 10 the — Tory until he commenced courting | Pre Tag: wank enue ta the table Gadi about it: he looked as if he thought he was out | ushis name raat a and the early romancers. A good novel ia | loading the tube as fast w he was to marry her in four weeks. | Undoing the bundles. ‘Why, where's the: of his head. Then he happened to think that egy hal es eas pretty safe rule or guide to go by if a love affair | this tor his he ith Marin asked she, he'd changed it with you—T s'pose he took your | Eva—But a most striking-looking man. > is to be brought ton real a.nd serious inuc. , wis eciat” Meena cas SeckrGarataek del” bundle to he didn’t say «0, but Is"pose | Kate—And his voice was heavenly. CAPTAIN, Awoman naturally ex at least a slight | utes after the discharges men negate quaeeil Gujeakey sam teem —_— rao {hat was the "then be gave you| Alice—And we shall never forget what he flavor of romance when whe i being ‘Fooed and | ing the country in every direction, snd tue d Xi 1e Wrong one. ia. SS BB won, marriages will 1 happier i t matter for the rulibers te ex poe spe joo ee Aas Bessy’s face was full of bewilderment. She par aR wan hin text? the lady feels that she has not been robbed of | cape, especially as the light made by tue rockets , rks kept looking at her mother. i that emotional gallantry and earnest persuasion | would show their movements {oa “Mra Lang hal expatinted a good deal to of Tie charged ase nOb to exy-tuythin’ about | Ere—His text! Lat me see. ‘Alice, where COKVMANDER which she has always been led to regard ae part | "y ab of any wonaietes ont “Them carpets is clegant, elogant’” enifl ai tit—tomorrow,” faltered Bessy, miser- | it,” went on Mrs. Bell, “an’ he said he'd bring | was his text? of ihe raptore of sccopting the man of ‘her ontain asmall parachute, to “I expect you'll feel fine enough when you're she was quaking with terror at her own = silk back an’ get the cloth. Isee he dik Alice—I—I think it was from 8t. Luke. (0 choice. In older. times and in the country dis- i i which could be attached som "1 livin’ on ‘em. They'll be dreadful hard to a ig the silk. It's real pretty, ain't it? Kate—Oh Alico! How can you say so” Why, tricts at the present day matches have been | combustible material that wou! : “I think it’s quite pretty,” murmured Mrs. | it was from Deuteronomy. broken up or prolonged for years because the | light for several mi rr | ey apne rr par pecan | at age ey ad Lang: Alice—That Lam sure it was not. Why, he LIEUTENANT lover could not nerve himself to make the fatal oases quukt bo wn Maria Bowles, sithough there was money Il go up an’ tell her not to, after supper;} ;"Vid Lawrence take the cotton cloth?” kept talking of the Evangelist. query. If he had read novels he would have | Gark night» enough to pay for one, would not keep a serv. | She'd as soon change with somebody else.” “No—1 re he didn't.” R Mother—Perhaps, my dear if you told me {I p been bound so find some case which almost Pre- | ployed, bombs ant; none could work to suit her. “Why didn’t you get it?” i, 1 thought mebbe be wouldn't till he ate a a net ~ vocal a cisely is Own, an: th wor we been | lights coui: i : 7 -_ I guess he thought he'd stop on relieved of that long agony of suspense. Taking the scene af robber Bank. “We con't beope bined pitches ee joday.” i Fil'take itwhen Igo, Yeurt| Eve-Nor L OUNIOR LIEUTENANT . car, making 1 think that silk is jess ¢| ‘Kate—-They don’t think atiaroe INGENUITY TO BE CULTIVATED. I ws of signaling ras adopted 1 ia he. Mack cham -a byae 7 jal ¢ is very handsome. You musi —They don’t think anything of mere “Let me call you my Edith?” says Harry that it would deter even Ye i little ». I don’t see whi - iz 10 ke to glean in- uy n ding up “ee ioe ‘sasonted sweetly and smilingly. Sire Lang, ‘fall of angry perplexity, discussed e a,” oak c F pt | formation of this very beautiful sermon. What way thousands of people in real life propose. | act would bring the whole neighborhood about She had never done any hard work; although | the matter atlength. She euspected something y ‘was it about? = ENSIGN . The liberty of using the young lady's Christian | his heels. ‘he comparative smn the Langs were too poor to keep a sérvant, her | Wrong, but she not know what. Once she | e ,Alice (after » pause)—Well, mother, it was name is tantamount toa declaration of love. | arrest which the train robber now en}. mother y eh yaon it all off from her. The older | came near it. ma ain't lostany of your | bessy. about—it was ubout—religion. _ There are probably very few men in civilian may call you Rachel, then?” asks one of | boldens him, and it is owing to this that woman regarded her daughter's little, soft, | money, have you?” asked she. she begai Mother—I prosume so, but that is rather »| life who can distinguish an admiral from a Mr. Teahope'slovers, “Oh, w Sea” | oor at ee ciate oe eae cue eae ide ead; white hands and tender arms with akind of | “No. I haven't lost a cent!” Bessie replied ‘was you | wide eal fierce protection; she would have worked her | with alacrity. She feared lost her mother might F gota pion tr ny ment. What partic ee ee ee ee own to the bone to save them. The sweeping | ask to see her purse, but she did not. = woes Ge yea two Kany sigh “ped (a ihsane Y oak ¢, the: py aay mah ts was all the drawback | "Soom after supper’ Bessy started octonsibly to | tM 80, mother! I haven't done a thing" ‘Eva—Oh, mother ! his action was so graceful— | that indicato rank in the navy, and there her delight over the prospective marriage, | notify the dreseraker, bet in eaten tees | _“l shouldn't think You had! How did you | not too violent, you know, but just sufficient to | probably is not a single naval demonstration and she was hopeful over that. Slie could not | for thesilk. As soon as she should find it she | CMe by your bundle’ enforce attention. where nine officers out of ten are not con- ct aud capable ‘of very varied treat- | lleutenant by the uniforms they wear. ph murimars the bashful girl. “What would peo- | proximity of lw towns. branch of it did he take | men who are well informed on the detai “¢ Pao” | Proximity of large ple think?” “Perhaps they would think the |” In order to give the widest publicity to these said he. “Perhaps they would imagine | signais, so that ranchmen and others should Tcalled you so because I liked you. But per-| understand them, the mode of signaling bags Gon might think also that’ you let_ me do | should be posted in all the cars and in all the 80 \ wee you liked me. People do make such | stations along the line of row believe that Maria Bowles could have theheart | would harry home and confers te her nae | _“I—don't know!” Mother—And, as it was sufficient to enforce | founded by the great majority of the specta- mistakes. these aouse i the wide dista Spb lew Gindinr Gtk ee qi Gun ehe; ony | ts carats Pe'choe bee eke RN, | Gis hie ner tan ne db ry. | attention, I'am waiting to hear a few particu- | tors. The same principles that underlie the GEP GUNNERS mare, An aspect of humility is sometimes effective. | For miles these skyrockets co Wushp dhe weak nat tes hee antic Goa is | had not found the silk. She was quite Her mother snatched the silk away. “Don’t | lars of what he said. army insignia are also present, however, ia GUNNERS MATE. * Forgive me!” say a number of Mr. Gesant’s | the bursting bombs be heard ‘Tonight, when Jerome came into the vestry, |when she cntered the sitting ‘roots know? I declare, she’s left that coiton cloth | Alico—Thore were some striking anecdotes. | those of the navy. The story of the way in ARMORER.”CUeF MUNCANE tora. ready said that on the desc Mra Lang gave Bessy a little nudge, and she | mother and Jerome were there: her mother Youll have to carry it over after | | Kate-es; that one about the bear, for in- | which these came into being is picturesqu rgive me!” exclaims Dabnron in Gabo- | rare, but even if a train were attacked in the cvlored, but did not look around. After meet- | looked wonderingly, Jerome suspiciously. Supper, This is more'n I can see through!” || stance.” A Laplander was once pursuing a | It is alleged that the choosing of the marks of Rouge Case.” “A word from your | desert these signals could be used to advan ing che took his arm and walked down tho| “Why, where have you been” esked —don't know any more than—you do,” | beer— Tank in army and navy was left to some of the will decide my future happiness or misery. | tage. On the descrt the fection houses are stsvet with childish deco ting her pace | IE % horas said Bessy, brokenly. “He was behind me| | Eva—Now, Kate! The bear was pursuing | leading ladies of the country after the revol ire, do not spurn me. I love you"—pro-| very seldom more than ten milos apart. The Seat. Mer mdierSileaad ater ince er h) omaee MAY: Selb spoe Ecce oing?” said | Wuen I came home from Wellsboro yesterday. | bim. tion, |sasthe Washington was, said) #0 have "APPRENTICE, nounced with the trembling acceuts of the | section mon should be supplied widh guns and the neighbors, Bessy. She tried to, take off her ‘hat uncom, | 1don't—know auother thing” Kate—Well, it was one way or the other. | been the criginator of some of the devices. At most devoted passion. j ammunition and when « signal was noticed Maria Bowles had stalked on alone faster thap | cernedly. “‘[t's the greatest piece of work Iever heard | And the Laplander had” a Bible in. his | all events the whole world was drawn upon for reomen, sain ee i oe any of the others. She entered her house, went | ‘Then Jerome spoke® His thin face looked | of!” . nes NerMeN" | breast pocket, which his mother bad given | suggestions and Reape aia terre ry iimaeconacd “Pride and Prejudice. unswervingly throagh the dark for a lamp, | hard and unpleasant. “You were not-in the |, After ten Bessy took the cloth and went over | him. Mecealceted fo contribute the devices for the | When a petty officer has been especially good which she lighted, then sat down to wait for | dresemaker’s when I came hour ‘ago,” | to the Bells’. It was dusky and she did not at| va—No; tis grandmother. * tern, mast coveted by men in artny and. ware | and has received three good-conduct badges he fev henthet.. We meatier how late ha dheakd-oe/lautaine inaeekt edie = in there | first see Lawrence leaning over the gate. Then | | Alice—It yas not « Laplander at all. You are | stars. most coveted by mon in army and navy, | SL Ow Tes wear a woll chevron: othersine it turn he would fiud her sitting there, bolt-up- | onan errand for my sister, and-"E mow ic" | abe started. Sern ee plich cane OeE specdote. Tt was o | fd descend ng to oe ace, cate’ becanee, Of | is always rod. Specialty masks and the eagle regi and unoccupied. rigid and remorseca, | ° Bpeay stood staring at hin. clutching her hat are crenata | Tone ee oes aa oh “Heing nobicin ‘proportions and em, | af in white on blue clgth, and blue when on ." says Darcy in | there ina few minutesa gaug of well-armed “It will not do. My | men could be ready to proceed to the place feelings will not be repressed. You mustallow | where the train was stopped. me to tell you how ardently I admire and love | On their aand car they could make at least you. ten milosan hour and #0 would be enabled te Tomola,” says Tito in George Eliot's mas-| take up afresh trail. The telegraph offices terpicee, “if you will only let me say I love | could alvo give the alarm. They are not more evening,” returned Lawrence, stiflly. white cloth. ‘The graddate’s apprentice mark | You—if you will only think te worth loving a | then twexty-four miles distant irom cach other fort which could sting another deeply because | ‘Where was you, Bessy?” asked her | Md opened the gute. Se Se ae fat tee he tae | eet ee etea Asticeiee oF | in worn on ‘the cuff of a warrant officer's coat | little. gad the news of the robbery could be tashed to ' it reflected upon hissclfishness. Maria was not | mother. {ds—your mother in? mere | | iva Nomad oeiosinae ont tas best oad onthe | due mary. was :ase’ $0 indicate i pecially, and | 89d on the breast of a seaman or petty officer. STOOPING TO CONQUER. each end of the lin pleased with this match; she did not wish her | ‘The younggirl said nothing. She kept draw- ve brought back hin lod eee” | tory: Dofore ho vlarted his grasdueikes ten | silvor waa solocted to rank above gold, because | The masteratarms wears e chevron of three | ‘Thoy nearly all go down on their knees, these ik. ci. seme came Erother to marry. ‘She had said ‘all slong that | ing her under lip in between her teeth. Pd boar oma eo aoe wikieie ——— dSuanally bas teacher Us auitace stripes and an arch = — — — i earnest lovers, and some that are notso|=ANSAS AND THE LIBERTY BELL it would come to naught. “‘She’saflighty little |“ Bessy!” rence started— pose you know how ee wear i cagle over a star on the latter. t pecdoreare ——— thing.” che aid often. “She won't have you, ¢ any harm, it wasn'ttruly, mother! | Mean I've pen,” he burst out. anne aja 4h, yess bat, if you remember, he had | , Whatever truth shore, may’be in this logend | potty oficer that wears an arched chevron. If | earnest x | Am Incident in Which Frank Racon, Jeffer Jerome, you mark my words.” 't tell you—tonight, but it wasn’t any| Bessy looked at him mutely. Nip-Aodarcauiaeatoa. & uphold our flag on the high | ¥oU see a petty officer with his device on his| ‘You'll take somebody else,” says Mr. Jingle, son Davis aud the Bell are Mixed, Jerome, past the first rush of youthful confi- i wae, Just starting to come over to your! icte Do let mp goon, At all events he and | TE" sens. ‘The person who thor | leftarm you must know that his is the port | in “Pick tothe Sir Rabe From the Chicago Mail dence, and thervby rendered more susceptible | | Jerome stood gtill with his black eyes fixed | house,” Lawrence went on, screwing his toe | y hate D2 1ct me go on. At all events he an oughly understands the | Wateh. If his device ison bis right arm that | “Yes. . ; . Speaking of the Kansas display at New toit, had caught the poison of his sister's | upon her. into the walk. “I was going to tell you—there |" 4E°S™ you forget, inte te ands marks of rank in the navy | indicates that he has a starboard watch. The on shall” We. Hinges RR on Die Rnene, | 0 Oe ats mn af to compe ene utils atare At times Ne Looked at Bessy with an | "You might belie] me!” anid’ Bos, Heqn't anybody at home, oo I just put the silk | a cthor was deal sad demb Thee oaks cun tell at a glance not only | seman’s watch is denoted by a white stripe on | remained thereupon for five minutes thereal- cog incredulous and suspicious air which bewil- | sobbing, looking at him ina frightened way. | in the window this morning. I'll own I did a tenebiig vact oF she abe, ser horse ta pg what place the tar holds, | the shoulder. If it is on his left shoulder he is | ter and rose the accepted lover of the spinster the Kansas coramissioner ere fell because of dered ber. He questioned her sharply about t got anything to say,” said Jerome, | mean thing. Bewy. I'll own I saw you drop | (pUChung part a3 polnted 10 | MEDICAL CORPS Hut even in many instances | ® Port watchman; if on the right shoulder he 2 his sunny and genial dixposit: Frank all her doings. She used to tell her mother When young woman goes off alone | that bundle and I picked it up and was going | YE 0)" oosonse, Alice. I thegrand what special work is assigned | #4 starboard watchman. If he wears a red raon 1" declares Mr. Guppy. the | Bacon of Chanute was Kunsas man to the but Mrs, Lang was rather pleased than oth eping and stays till after 9 o'clock, and | to give it to you, ‘Then mt Jaid it down again | asthe se, Alice. Iam sure the grand- to inh In the company of | stipe on his shoulder it indicate that be isin of 6 clash, to “teak: tiousn °T aihere | (OS nd, tharafere, Ib gous withent eaptng - “Ob, he’s kind of jealous, child,” she | says she’s going to a certain place and dcesn’t | and I suppose I swop; undles somehow i . i sach a walk throu a y « t “that’s all, he'll get over it.” go there, and then, wien the's found. out and | when Tdid tt. I dud? find it cut til the | Mother—f am afraid, dears, you will not agony nay a ’ eee v) to file a declaration—to make an | be was an uncompromising despiser of the re- make much of that anecdote. “But let me and, = tpg = nel eS Ria aay Se. Guppy then went down on his | bellion ahd its fomentors. But I don't believe Bessy was all ready to be married with the ex- | won't tell her own mother, and the one she’s|morning—I don't know what possessed me. i “ ception of the wedding six and the bonnet in | going to marry, where she’s been, of course | Mother saw you go by and she said she guessed | S20 the main drift and design of the sermon. 10 f é F PAY CORPS. tive iS ‘the Sut pees a e . that among all the host of northern men who Tauck, dike was to come out as a bride the Sun- | folks can draw their own conclusions.” Je- | you were going wo buy some—wedding things, | yii"* Mother, deur, you siilotietit seated 7. ‘tala you, there exe four The Rat, the Mouse and the Trap. Young Pendennis falls upon his knees before | snout the winter of 184-5 in New Orloans in an woe Serer marriage. She was to be married | rome’s voice had a rasping wound, his s's | and guess 1 felt kind of ugly. I didn't want to | You cannot expect ws to repeat the sony classes of offiversin the navy, | From the Detroit Free Press. ee ee ane ae ae Laer BP ae cigasy Game cies oom in « white muslin gown. She and her mother | sounded like whictles. speak to you and I didn't eare much if you did | MEME Of It g: enews and each is designated by a] o, Well-fed and Sagacions Rat Stel @ ketnod Sor Gon cout tat thereat had planned to go to Wellsboro to buy the silk | “I did go to the dressmeker’s,” said Bessy, | ose your things. I kuow I did a mean thing: SMailins ae selarenne to ekake special sot of devices. First me day a Well-fed am orga said Felix Holt, reproachfally. Sg feet gg Dagginearg sete Senta or ius next Monday: But im the morning Mfrs | gathering a ite resentment in the midst of her pi: tiewaiWaal |’ data Okireceroneions i ries: lard te SRUCTION como the comimisned off | Rerom an Object made of Stout Wires and Re reelpeniglte gale female vg | wae ty ge ge Fo ang was not well: she was subject to rheuma- | distress. i y. “U,” grouned he, alee ay ing | CONST ads cers of the line, then the | Sole Occupation Seem tako Care of a | hs ~ igh fool pm y its dead did the tisms and just at this critical moment had an at-|\ “You went somewhere clse, afterward,” Jerome Bowles, | More caletinted to do good. ‘The illustrations CORPS commissioned corps officers, | Liberal Piece of Cheese. Having had Several | *¥iit movement of a frightened child toward Pecihansle home nec anomentien iets oe een to bo done, | mid. Jeromes “Fou wam't there ‘when I was ? Fie whirl od pestle Shen the warvand -cflons | yesay Experience with Men onl ThekrMechi-jook cass ne ae Cad Gay Mand) Sometetene ieee se coca Re “I don't know what's goin’ to lone, | there. ce, you musin't do so! Stop!" ee cen SM and, finally, the petty om- | 7°0" P » i - came eased Bewy,” said she. She had contrived to hobble | Bessy flushed pinker and pinker. He looked] “fel! me you dow te - tig algae a ee tom ies ors, In the first two grades | Pations. the Rat Looked the Ground over with | "“cfore sce youT thoughtall worgen alike, Se a tie ne ee gut into the sitting room, and sat there help- | at her with the more. icy’ disapprobation. | “I yucse T do. ae ee ee pei bee erie nese Pea aime ght demenhay eaermary PPT I me Pea ay bene eo fpevveliew Banger dry ffemee tually plotting lew. “I couldn't walk to Wellsboro i ‘ atc “ : E . : 2 ad. not petually plo save my fo, ‘Te'pore we could gots toear ben | Een caro are eng roundnens, while | ‘I don't believe it Mother—Well, then, we will drop the illus reece ay TES Peete Lore ak en, Appescod. aud |S) [gp bean, for Gay sine obeay tie sen, | to svertanow ae Osteo eo enpaaaioar ie hat do you sy; mother a " istied wi o GINEER CORPS.nissioned by the President t . i Rould cost two dollars, and I don't knowhow | uneasiness and saspicion. ‘The light, curly| Don't!” the Mother borer! Se tence De setae with ine beads ot Lod! ‘and Seuato, "Tho third and —— ae) replied the Rat, “I have I could get im and out, then. I wonder if you | locks of hair which she had worn over ner fore- isn’t your mother, it's you! Bessy, tell = 4 re although I like you better than nothing at all.” | state continually did ery. zi ; ‘Alice—I don’t think it had any heads. nb Glawnd nareghin ag ee Civies here than Loni postly Bich ab] moomsieel Gotan meee chee Gee tee [hte aie Oe nae Oa couldn t get the. Bessy? head like Se othe 7 ae oe ae cog oan me te trath—wouldn’t you rather marry mo | Kate—How can yot say so? 1 am sure he listed men who have been mares Eee esis maT pare Airey fond ‘The Dock Sites Sk ince an porenttl “anerty bee ih sighie wes cent down uncomfortable. One 1c pushed them | than him?” spoke of coming to the last head, though I for- promoted. pee “lec Ame tere, ch varied declarations | to New Orleons upon special car, vigilantl, back with a hard hand. “I'd wear them that | ‘= r poke of coming ) thougi I for = : A pestarey leona! omar spear eens he . SS ee eee, “tes 4 5 how todo such things yourself. i wa'n't any | way if I were you,” said he, “it looks neater. Pe oh pe per cab al Se haters svelte wah whos come | of iove as the following: ' ‘hat made you Eva—We t the Tidfits ii if navy yard with your guide | along and Accept of a Portion.” elder than you when I was married, an’ I| So Bessy had obediertly brashed back : sake de Spree ae leer tar eae pe es t last, most perfect of women, I have an bought an’ earned everything I bad myself, my | hair, but exposing her round, blacveinelfon | .i8 ake me to. cbureh wnd they heartily agreed with us in our ¢ & gman comes before you who} «you are very, very Generous,” said the ° guarded by four stalwart policemen. The of United States commissioners went out onaspecial train to meet it. As luck would have it the siding upon which the epecial waited the arrival of the train bringing the bell was at ! ‘Asked you to! Is that th i i is evidently an ofticer of im- pportunity of saying what has so long hung wedelin’ silk an’ all, an‘ cut an’ made it, too. I| head only gave her « more childishly sweet | for geting married? Bessy’ you weee ys ined | Uamitution of the sermon. portance.” ‘You ean see thai | Mouse. Velo upon my heart | look yet, and Jerome's taind bad not been set | you.” ‘Ovy the dignity and gravity of] “Don't Mention it. Just Step inside dnd pass | | “I would 'y defer what I have to say, — Spree areas A QUEER EXPERIENCE. ° ae a fom Corinne, but I cannot, Ldare not. Llove you." | Beauvoir. Mies. The bell train was late, and as 7 3 ies bees) “gr io, I didn’t!” Bessy murmured faintly. CiVit ENGINEERShis demeanor the ‘re- | the Cheese out, will you?” “You ’ ” ben the commusmoners, with the p tof three guess [shouldn't have been afraid when I was| “I think you're real cruel, She was half crying. spectfulness of the salutes of | "The Mouse had n nibbled at the Bait | 200 S72, Rot like other women,” be mur. , iu the « girl I should have thought I was pret ‘ow'll * The — 4 A Noble Deer Stops » Train and Frightens ne louse 10 sooner at the mured. “From the drst night we met I have | hours’ waiting in piny cast about I wouldn't tell of it if I couldn't, if I | gun tocry. ha Te seers to me you might have known. I the Engineer, Se es an gaa , Here's the dressmaker comin’ to-| "But Jerome did not soften. He stalked out | 2GYct looked at another girl when we went 10 | rom the Charlotte News. r Hee, Sentinels on Suard: jaf | than there was a Crash and he found himself | been your suitor and your save!" them for some way of passing the time. some into the entry and got his hat off the table, | @h0ol together. Talways thought you and I M for lies dollars you couldn't tell his | Trapped. VARIETY IN SAMENESS. one suggested that the plantation on —— - = ont Jefferson Davis, the fallen leader of ‘ Who wouid think that a railroad engine that tank unless you wero a good | “Ah! that’s the Way it Works, is it?” queried | “Promise me, Agnes, you will not say no to 1 life wae . tin you & v 4 i this f life : ante satraid I shall get | “Walt a mintte.” whispered Mra. Lang, fol-| uyuing, for thought marty ities | rested in a round house hero yostecisy. wes Suesver. It is perfectly | the Hat. “I couldn't just make it out. Um! 1| what I have toask. I wish to call you mine—|chore'of the exif not belt a mile frome the peepee Lge Siem grote a oe ee = poe od ota T know: she'll | fair. You weren't much mare than a little girl | stopped on ite way to Charlotte to prevent it| SECRETARIES. pa aa eg nee that | see, Spring there somewhere. Very good | mine forever!’ track. little, limp morning calico. f “I know all I care to, now.” said Jerome. and T wasn't very old myself and wasn't enrnin’ | from running over two deer that, charmed by | thi# officer is a a" eres =. Boon & estes of came Rilsty- Give coments : lar is | itea. Seon ctoe. Soe went PRE & drom if T| | Mis face was very pale and had an expression | Well T ain't goitg to tall aout it. at ee | the big yellow glare of its headlight, atood on | decorated with two silver stare with esilver |" “hat Tm caught!” exclaimed the Mouso in Well, I ain’t going to talk fouled anchor between igns of w sioners was tr Ss sions Se wits pend, F ; ‘ , it 4 fouled anchor . estate. were You bade fast anock ohare ay have me. | of repellant misery. He wens out, shutting | meds up your miga to marte tied ai Ceres | tho track and waited unt the engine stopped | {ouannebor, betweas, thom. The slens, of OES Toeoree. = a act pon | pay comsbenl Guk weopcieaned GAs ie woohoo Gabo ren oot don't | the door wits solid décision, | » | to urge you to break it off. Iwon'tdoanything | within ten fect of them? Such s thing did oc- | full dress; if he were they would be on his nd what's to be done?” orship. yt | old man’s manner, for no more courtly gentle want . ig Ary a ry thing, I don't know what Pte done, Bessy, mean. I shouldn't have said this ‘romght if £ cur. It wason a Carolina Central railroad | shoulder knots, but shoulder knots are not af man than Jefferson Davis ever lived. Whea that. Saiked if all over. and’ you don't | said her mother, coming back: mad.’ could have helped it.” and Frank Lewis is the engineer who came | worn except in full dress. Were he to become is ‘Responsi- ” he learned the mission upon which they bad laue becne raed ge a bn a ae - a! —a with her face hidden ‘in Lawrence walked along by Bessy’s side with | Witain an ace of bringing a loud of venison to | an admiral he would wear four silver stars with ~ hie hat and goods anything. An’ you want to look out ‘Where in the world was you?" said her | ® defiant air when she # sepelrnigleecsn ott Charlotte-boand paseonger train, Capt. newest 3: a: cots an’ not get one rack. Some salis will | mother. ®;., | George Welsh, conductor, out of the a little grande ryt crack right out bet ; : | ptother, TH tell you tomorrow,” sobbed | mid Be, when they reached, the eS pe Med pores oh Wihntagton at thelusual ti ‘Tuesday center star. Experience acquired at the expense of Others 3 latte Kinned, aes po a corner of it and pinch it Bessy. 2 “t b take it all right when at et oS ane mets popes Y- ig, made the regular stop at Hilton| If it happens that your visit is on a day | is Soothing as well as Valuable. is it. tw m8 ee! - La coaxed and ded wi ne 5 ‘ ” Us ie ‘ Ruger and seo if it's made much of a crease. If | Bessy went off to bed and had not confessed a |, Mrs. Lang at Cape Fear and Yadkin | when mavy of the officersgypnayt OFFICERS nd wee " : | and men ard it has its likely to crack. You want to re-| word. She slept—she was #0 young that trou- a his Meares ee vies See: es wit ecnaeeee yy ae member all these little things, an’ take your | ble had no power to keep her awake longs but pat ‘object ahead on the track. He at | commodore, and your time an’ Iuk aroun’ aa’ not buy the first thing | she awoke in a panic of misery. This loetovers int, 798 bad 90 mush trouble | SY: thought lt wase mas, but ea it’ did not ee ee rae sal: you can do it jest as weli | shadowed eversthing ebve for her now; no one | Sbout that silk.” he began, impetuously. “I | Ast thought it wus a man, as anybody peony Stel : could know how stupendous and shocking a hago Pas Seah sagiacate tho: was Made for his money he Wept and lamented Bess was and . | thing it seemed to. her. loosen. i taze Besought the Robber to at least spare gol afier dinzer she started for ‘lisboro to wk drew in her ite % having one at all poppet per des eee her chase sa = jay her weddi 3 to buy in seemed to hei “ with Every comes wet, ton. ewes Gureceniio, walk AI tee | enti eee acutely ber parenta | “guess it's a good thing that “Come down Every Btiver or off Bad lost | ¥ oat en epee Hires Beg. i HP way she meditated upon the intended purchases; | hard toil to procure it. And now she that Jerome Bowles she had her little purse in the very bottom of | it. The thought of he: mother's distress was |. L@WFence and Beas her pocket, which she had pinned together for | harder for her to bear than her anger. “Poor farther safety. In the purse were $30. Her | mother,” she sobbed to herself over and over, | Ki Whother had serimped and saved with infi-| “what will abe do?™ nite toll over petty household financisring. | She stole her father had eiiminated what he could from | breakfast, hiding He was a small farmer, and | stipping out of the money was the searcest thing he had. If Bessy | up the Wells! : had « bridal gow woven of green ribbon grass, embroidered with daisies and clover, there would it: but to b: ii Hi li Bost | Py i if | ‘| If HF i i i E d i if i lit l ( [ i i i] i He Was Bound to Have a alet Meal. ‘From the New York “What's | i you ‘hate” side Boston man to find Ieara thes the oiler, who? how. now ae _ a 4 the News. . his right hand and bis overcoat lung es Fed woes 8 es emtennayonn : “How far we fall short of realizing our youth- loft arm, and She musie steal along | will cna ‘ful ambitions," remarked Shimgullet ine remin- “Pd like to know—" she eomeire an ae oT have scent mood. sbamefaced with smiles, her— Oh motes ve found it ist” hill Lang! What