Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 12, 1886, Page 12

1t 12 AMONG THE WITS AND WAGS. Stray Ga THE YESNESS An Togenious Domestic Dem « "Twas at “ITs very wi I'he st 1 told her At Jeas! For there was much I did not k Of the About the When she v Was that In the She smiled, ‘I'hose pretty themes to touch And ask®d me if the rul Of the gt and Giggles Gathered Here and There. OF THE NO. Fire Escape olisher of Wifely Wrath— austic Paragraphs and Raw Jokes, e and Philosophy. ", J. Henderson in Puck, 1 the Concord sages’ school, shie would say, m*—this with a i that shines from then, 1. and pointed to, the sky, ng towardthe Whence.” must be s 50 thes that tit see Whatness of the Whe e only thing I Kney as standing near, the sky was much 1mo Nowness of the Here. blue s nd said perhaps 't 1°d tell Smallness of ihe Mueh, I told her that L did not know That ru A rule that The On ile, but then 1 knew. ‘just as well would do— neness of the Two. v, She blushed and looked down on the ground, can’t And said: “lte And ther d my heart w e 8 arth turned around, s fuil of woe. wss of My End,” shall go.” “Don’t you comprehiend wlhol ) the ss of my No. His Ingenious Explanation. Paul Globa: “This looks suspic- of her h Sure *“You kn in the st oxclaimed Mrs, Suspicion, ing attention to a long, golden which she had ¢ direc hair overed on the shoulder usband he took 1t up efully and, tw t about her fin- . examined it carefully. my dear?” he sad. it ain’t yours. 5 a golden tinge now your hair ha inlight.” My hair is black," responded the wife in that flattery wonld not quiet her. is yellew-red it “wet o manner that indicated too plainly “This Imay say. Now, how did on your coat? That’s what I'd like to know. wonh," you of a ered seve ing for rape, As I was coming along the on responded he. I forgot to tell Iittle episode that occurred to- street nd, looking up, ales looking out story and appes assistance. I went up t and soon had all the girls 3 the sidewalk. One of them been red-headed.” ening paper did not have a line al for the window of the fifth about a fire, : ; *‘Ot course not,”’ continued he. ‘‘The fire did not amount to anything, 1 went around name be left out, in fact no mention netially tion if any publicity was given to m The reporter had my “'duct. as a like to but'you, *4ho ‘ordered way, 1 sacqne down town to-day that I half way to the oflice and asked that my demanded that of the ir be made, and threatened to stop my subserip- con- written up 0, and I knew you would not Me in print as saving anyone so Lkept 1t out of print. By W a very pretty sealskin for you. 1 wishi you would go down to:morrow and sce how you like The Wa Washington C; {of a Kentucky Town. itic: Joe Blackburn, of terwork: Kentucky, hves in the pleasant country “town of »a member of the came ovi Versailles, and on one occasion the Lexington city couneil er to inspect some improvement .w-or.other and the senator showed him around. Have vou gas in town?®' asked the tor or, “Not yet; but we are going to have.” “No sti pet cars?’ *Oh, no.” “‘Waterworks?” . "No, but we've got one of the finest distilleries in the country handy, and that's good enough for us. Kentu do you Jones?” L Better Than a Stove. cky State Journ: “And how like your coual oil stove, Mrs. “‘Why, bless your soul, Miss Hale, I couldn’t get along without it. et alon than without “Oh, have a T e Waiter There's in I could \e without my busband better dear! I hushand than the w Iderly Mi conlan’t. T'd rather all the coal oil responded the rgirl to commery traveler— roast beef and ronst duck. traveler—Cunvas-back rl—Yes. Commereinl traveler (facetiously)—Is it shirre: d down the front with lace cufls turned back over the sleeyes, Mary? Waite Commer r-girl—The same. al traveler—l1 will try some of it, I guess, Waiter-gir ~Very well, sir. Will you haye it with or without? Commercial traveler—With or without what? Waite r-girl—Buttons. A Thesplan Ditty. Boston Cowrier, Ile went out to star On a gay Pullman car, But when he came b Tle walked on the track. Buried Under Able Management, San manago Margaret Mather announce that sho was under the Il agemen tisene tent in sou the Francisco Post: it has been carrie tte of Palmer’s compuny = set J. M. Hill, the r, while building up the fame of has never forgotten to man- tof J. M. Hill, This sclf-adver- to such an ex- ccome a standing joke sion, and last week a pert the has L pro| green-room in a roar by remarking: “Matl thought sho said ler was sick yesterday and she was going to die. “‘Papa,’ —you know sho ealls Hill papa-— ‘when die what will you put on my monument?’ Hill studied & minute, and answered, softly: ‘Murgaret N the greatest queen of tragedy, li haore, UNDER THE MANAG Ju HILL What Expericn “Che Ji said the Kéeping is in operati Doy © Teaches, udge: *'Can any of you tell me," tegcher, “what sysotm of book- i \ it our banks?' lo entry, sir,” said the bright boy of the class. *Correct; and now can definition of double ent ,8ir; the one ent W and the Chelse: .. Charlestown Enterprise: engaged digging up the pavement on Jou give me a is for the bank other for the eashier.” All for the Bost. They were street when one, wiping the persviration from his brow, observed: “‘Hegorra, an’' it's hot, then. Citbea the war, We oo weather in the summer whin Fopsun’Y X Ay, it wud that,” replied Jemmie, sol- Y emnly, best as Charl Wouldn't foine thing, Jemmie, if we had rum weatber in the winter when d it so much, and the cowld we're “but mabbe, Mike, it's all fur the itist The Grand Bounce. estown Enterprise: **What is the THE OMAHA DAILY occupation of your beau?! one Boston girl asked of another. “'He was employed in a bank until re cently, but he is doing nothing at pres- Resigneds” No; he was conflagrated Conflagrated or, as 1t is vulgarly termed, fired, 1t Didn't Come OfT. San Francisco Chronicle: “W'y how yer do, Nancy?” said old Hester, ad- dressing old Sandersonts daughter last Saddy “Didn’t yer get married night?” “No; the weddin® dat come off didn't take i ke 1 “Whatfo' didn’'t it, gal “Well, 'ease der warn't but thirteen present,’! ‘Ali foolishness, You onghtenter b'lebe in no sich foolish dat I 'clar ter goodness, yer makes me er shanied o' yer, puttin’ of weddin® jos' bekase der want but thirteen dar. W'y n't yer sen' outan’ inguce de fo'teenf pusgon ter come?" “Well, daddy did go out ter comc “Well, w'y n't yer goahead an' let him spicion ez an’ beg him cerlone Couldn't."” “Why?" “OCase de fo'teenf man was de pusson what had promised ter marry me. I tells yer, Aunt Carisy, thirteen is bad luck.” H Honest. e wmbns Dispatch. On, ( Equipped and adent. he started in life, Aud, flinging himself amid the strife And cutting his wav as with a keen knife, Tle tried to get on. mad Luck having been kind, he made a bold dash For politi Of parties and cash e tried to get honor. power, and in a wild clash wethods and” other men's T'his glory attained, he venturcd no less Another sharp strnggle and dared to confess, A final awbition to'crown his success, And tried to get honest. Two Good Workers. elline (D. T\) Bell: “Oh, there's no use of talking to said n Dakota man to a political friend from another ce, *'I know we had an abler man in ast legistature than you did.” *‘Don’t know about that, now. much did your man get out of the road companies for his vote?" “Two tnousand dollars.” ““Phat’s it—just as I told you. Our man struck them for $3,000 and got it.”’ “Oh, that may afl be, but besides the $2,000 ours also made over $1,500 on poker, and sneaked around in the hotel and overheard a_little private caucus some other members were holding and blackmailed $500 out of them. I tell you, when it comes right down to hard and eflicient work in_the territorial legislu- ture Coionel McBribe of this distriet is hard to beat. We are going to clect him again this fall.” Badly Hurt, but Still Had His Scnses. Texas Siftings: During an aflray in a Texas town a man_was shot d’ very badly wounded. Sympathizing friends raised up the faintmg man. e him to the drug store,”’ sug- gested somebody. Slowly the wounded How rail- man opened his eyes and whispered faintly: What's—-the—matter—with-- the—sa- loon?" A Quiet Game. New York Sun: Gentleman (outside the polo grounds)--Sonny, is the Zano roing on ir Small Boy—Ye: Gentloman—Are hear any howls, or Small Boy—Dat's pirin’ de game. An Octave Higher. Texas Siftings: She wasa crank on the subject of music. A gentleman knocked at her door and asked: ‘‘Does Mr. Smith live heret” ‘“No, sir; his room is an octave lngher—in the next Nat,” she re- P ‘can in a piamssimo andante tone of A Love for Truth. ‘“‘Just throw me half t of those trout,” h d 1 Neow York Times a dozen of the bigg suid a citizen to the them?" queried the dealer then I'll go home and tell my caught 'em. but I'm no lia Throw , and vife that 1 L'may be a poor fisherman, e A Confeaerate Clergyman's Dilemma, San Francisco Chronicle: While Geng eral Sherman was chatting with our re- porter the other day the conversation turned upon the religious element of the south during the w The old general smiled grimly and said: *“That reminds ne of an interestng interview I had with a clergyman when 1 entered Memphi I found business entirely suspended. stores were closed, the were shut up, and no church ovenad on Sunday. Istood it afew days, and then I issued a general order re- quiring all stores to be opened, the pub- nded. The public_schools lic sehools to be resumed, and the usual religious excreises to be held in the churches on Sunday. ““The day after the order was promul- gated 1 was waited upon at my head. quarters by a olergyman, who announced himself as the Rev. Mr. , of the Emscopal chureh of that cit; He was got up in the highest style” of clerical garb, and his face wore the expression of a predetermined martyr. I said: ‘Sit down; 1 am \'or{ {:lxul to see you. What do yon want? What can I do for you?' He'answered: ‘General, I have seen’ your order about opening the churches on Sunday, and 1 am a good deal embar- rassed to know how to obey it, or how to state my objections.’ 1 repli There is no ombarrassment in ol and as for objections, hear them, (ou obe the order, and pever mind your objections.” He re- plied: ‘But, gencral, you are aware that sinco our unhappy civil war commenced the ritual of the Episcopal Church south has undergone a material change.’ ‘Has it? said 1; *have not noted i’ He said: ‘We ave directed by our church to pray for the Hon. Jefferson Davis, pres- ident of the confe tes states, and of course I am ecclesiastically compelled to obey the directions of the chureh,’ and he looked ut me with the expression of a martyr about to be taken to the stake and buried alive. 1 regarded him a mo- ment and then said: “Oh, never nund; pray for Davis—pray for him just as hard as youcan. He neods every prayer you can get off. But, my friend, [ am dréaa- fully afeaid vraying won't do him uny good; he has gone up.’ He looked curi- ously at me and then said: ‘Wil you re- quire me to pray for Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States?” ‘By no meuns, by dear fellow,” smd 1. "‘Let him alone. He don't noed uny prayprs, Abrabam Lancoln 15 just us sure of sal- vation as any man who has ever died or ever will die.” “‘Next Sunday morning it occurred to me T would go to this church of his and see how he got on. Services had just be- gun when ©'went in, but 1 took my seat where I could have a good view of him and he me. He saw me before I got half way down the aisle. He went on with the services, and when he arrived at the point of conflict between the Episco- pal church soutk and the order of Sher- man, with one eye on the prayer-book and the other eye on me, he prayed for ‘all in authority over us,’ left out” Davis, and let Lincoln alone.” :ying an order, 1 don’t care to e e Sick headaoe is the bane of many lives. tocure and prevent this annoying com- Rluhu use Dr. J. H, McLean’s” Liver and idney Pillets, they are agreeable to take aud gontle in their action. [ the year. STRANGE ~ DISAPPEARANCES. The Remarkable Oase of Edward Myers, of Wisconsin, HIS SEVEN YEARS' WANDERINGS Mrs, Morgan's Insane Freak -Queer Things Done While Laboring Under Temporary Insanity. New York Sun. The case of Mr. Con- anf, editor of Harper's Weekly. who lcft home, friends and business long months ago and has not yet been found by those paralleled every week in One of the many strange cases was that of a citizen of Wisconsin named d Myers. He resided in a village and owned a and other osts. He whs, wef, the leading man of the town, and at the time of his 1 looked upon as a and I-headed One October evening just at dusk und started to cross the rehing, man he took a pitcher street to the house of a neighbor who had | that brought homea barrel of new cider, and when he passed through the door his wife and children had seen him for the last time 1n seven years. After a couple of hours had passed one of the fannly erossed the street to look tor him, and found that he had not been at the house. Next day search was mad v for the first month probably 2,000 people were on the lookout for some trace of the missing man. It was a case to puzile everybody. He aman doing n good busi years old, and in good he: having a happy home and owing no man a dollar, with no_enemies, who dis- appeared as completely as if a cvelone 1 blown him out to sea. It wasnat- 1to conclude that he had been mur- dered, but his wife could “tigure that he did not ve more than $10 on his per- Besides, how could the murderers spirited the body -away so that no of it could be found? Late in the a deteetive advanced the theory that ers had been killed in the street and hi§ body placed in a vehicle and driven off to be shipped to some medical college. Some people were satistied with this ex- planation, and others made themselves believs that he had committed some cret erime and had fled for fear of expla nation. In a few months the mysterions ppearance had become an old story Wl except the fami There was one son twenty-one ysars of age, another past eighteen. The older took up the management of the business, and the younger, accompanied by a de’ tective, set out to search the whole if need be, to find the father, li dead. By the advice of a physician they abandoned all other theories and began to search for a demented person. The first clue was struck at Baraboo. forty miles from home. The pitcher that Myers had taken had been made to order and bore the family imitial. It was found in a beer saloon, where he had sold it for thirty cents. The buyer did notremember muck about the man, ten months now having clapsed. An oldish man, who had evidently travelled a good ice by s0n. high had entered the ace one evening and offered the picture for sale, pu ed at his offer. Come to think of it he did act rather queerly, stating that his family had driy- en him from home, and seeming greatly affected, but the saloon keeper was busy ) much attention. bafore another It was n found that & man answering his de- seription and looked upon us light headed had worked in a sawmill at Galena, Jil. for n couple of months und then departed, without & word to anybody. This was the last heard of him untili he had been missing three years. He was then heard of at Nashville, Tenn., where he had worked in a livery stable for several months. He called himself John Thomas, the same as_at Gualena, and threw out hints that his wife had driven him from home by threats to poison him. He had been gone a month when the son reached Nashville, and although five or six men were enlisted in tbe search not another trace of him could be discoye! for two years. Then he turned up in Sedalia, Mo., as a farm hand. The owner of the farm believed the John Thomas to be none other than the missing Myers, and wrote to the family, but before the son arrived the father had walked away again. There was something unfatbomable in his go- rch as they would and did for around, no one could be found en him on railroads, steam- highways, It 1s likely that he uit, and therefore “traveled ight,'and by unfrequented routes. 0 years more passed away without but this was accounted for later had gone up into Iowa, some tramps who bur a barn and all were sentenced to prison. Thomas got two and about two weeks before his sentence expired he told the warden some points in his his- tory which led the officer to suspect his identity. The son arrived and fully recogmzed the father, but the latter had no remembrance of n. When taki home he called his wife by name, nized all the old friends but persi being a stranger in his own house. He was sent to an asylum and in a year re- turned perfectly restored to reason, He rickmi all things from the point where he had left them seven years before, and could not be induced to believe that more than a foewjweeks had elapsed. - He died at the age of 58, perfectly sane and in the full tide of business success. His sanity was a matter of controversy with the doctors and no one was ever quite satistied as to the cause. From the time hisreason was restored to the time of his death he dated all his letters eight years back, refusing to believe as has been re- Iated that such a term of years had dropped out of his life. and it had been ngs. fifty miles who o MRS, MORGAN'S INSANE FREAK. A still more curious case perhaps was that of o Canadian woman na Mrs, Heury Morgan,living in or near Toronto, ten or twelve I'l!xms 4go. Her husband had wis a well-to-do mechanie, nnd the livedn happy married life for 1 y years, though having no She was noted for her quiet, " disposition, and seldom paid visits or reccived ealls, One afternoon & couple of ~fomale acquainiunces dropped in on her, and found her cheer- ful and busy about her household duti It was remembered that she spoke praise of her husband and home, and was planning matters for wecks ahead. The women left at 5 o'clock, at which time Mrs, Morgan was ready to begin ]:rupurulimm for tea. Her husband came \ome at half-past 6 and she was not at Lome. After midoight search was made, and not the slightest trace could be found. It was found that she had put on her Sunday gown and bonnet, but she had not taken a shilling in money, and in leaving the house she had not locked any of the doors or disturbed any article of furniture, When the search had been extended for a week, the general verdict was that the woman hi drowned herself. The argument u,;ninat this was that nobod had seen her after she left home, It seemed utterly impossible that & person s0 well known could have walked & mile or more to the water without being no- ticed, or, in fact, that she could have gone-in any direction. The financial cir- cumstances of the husband prevented him from going into an extended search, but the police sent descrivtions of the woman all over the country, and stood ready to follow up any clue which might BEE: SUNDAY . To call it be found e was the easiesi way out of the difficulty, but this did not satisfy the husband. “They had lived so so happily and in such | perfect peace that he could not entertain any such jdea, though his poverty pre vented him from taking up other clues. Thirty-five months from the day she disappoared the husband rece from hi d at Lawr asking him if he had yet disposed of the cow and household furniturd id how long befare she could expect his arvival He took the train at once for the west, and upon reaching Lawrence found her safe and in good health, though consid ably “ofi™ in her talk, She upbraided him for sending her on ahead among strangers, and could not be made to be lieve that they had been separated over three weeks he story she told was a singular one. After the ladies left the house the idea suddenly seized her that their home had been sold and they were going to remove to Kansas She was to go on ahead and find loca tion, and her husband was toremain long enough to dispose of their goods and chattels and then foliow: after. She donned her things and set out for the depot, and there boarded n train for the west. Why she was not put off, having neither noney nor ticket, she could not remember, but was certain that she rode nearly all night. In the morning she was i a strange city, and the idea struck her that she must w arn moncy to go on. Si goin work in a family which owned a white dog, and that dog bit her on the wrist Sho had a sear to v this, The next thing she remembered Was being in a big building with a lot of quee i ple. She was doubtless sent sane asylum, and was there more. ~ She could remember from this place by night and w long way, and working in anoth where the people ealled her Sally. From the hour of leaving home Mr Morgan forgot the name_of the ety it wasin and the name of her husband. She conld not even remember her given name, but the idea was ever present in her mind that she mus. go to Kansas, and that her hu s 1o join her there. She must ha servantin Chicago, for she remembered the names of grocers and butchers and streets in that city. At i too, she must have been ill, he remembered the name of the doc- tor and how often his medicines were to be administered. How she ¢ to reacn Lawrence was perhaps the traveling p terested in her case aright. No doubt she her destination, and if s queer it was nothing more than one every day on the great lines of tr When she reached Lawrence she we a hotel, and there she mus a nervous shoek which partially restore her to reason. She would give no name to be registered, and the landlord soon saw that he had an undesirable guest in his house. The authorities were call in, and it was _decided tosend her to an asylum. She over- heard them planning this and the idea came to her that she must_remember her name and all about herself or she wonld again be shut up, Ail of a sudden she remembered that her name was Mo she told such a straight story of being sent on in advance that it was ac by the authorities. The woman s was the happiest day of her life when she recalled who she was. Although the name returned to memory she still he- lieved that she had been sent ahead, and therefore wrote and upbraided her hus- band for nis delay. She was joined by her husband on Sept. 17. She heli she left Toronto on the 8d. Nearly th Jear a half had dropped out of her ife, never to be restored. Upon return- ing home she went about the house as usual, glad that nothing had neen sold, and in an hour knew where every arti was kept, Shesgreeted the neighbots as though only a fortnight had passed, and by the advice of physicians she was indulged in her belief.” During the next three or four years nothing 1i a sus picion of insinity was observed in her conduct, and she” then diud of typhoid fever. — Are the United States Becoming an Earthquake Centre? New York Mercury: The Sunday Mer- cury was not wrong when it predicted that seismic disturbance would follow the te rific convulsions of the earth in New Zs land. It is curious to sce how the pr dicted effects on human beings were also fulfilled. Yet there are required only a little sharp reasoning from cause to ef- fect to perceive that the great structive upheaving in the far off indicated a widespread alte; structure within the interior of the and, of course, & new lobe, cetion of the in® ternal forces, and that such conditions would continue for some time. Inci- dentally the human mind was affected, and itis not wonderful to find that in’ sanity increased. The apvaling ealam- ity at Charleston and the shocks of Tues- diy and Friday night may not be the last; for such disturbances cease only tion is found. Nor need that those widespre vibrations,and in some cases hard shocks, which seemed to come from Charleston as a focal point will help further to fill the lunatie asylums and increase vastly the number ot nervous disorders. ~ The United States may become an important earthquake center. It is best to look upon the matter philosophically and re- solve to make the best of it. The vibra- tions and shocks which extended from the valley of the Mississippi to Massachu- setts and from the Gulf to the lakes, and even into Canada, evince a vast seismic area within the enrthand are liable to be- come at any time more violent. The hi den forces are the agents of progress, and, strange as it may seem, are the beautifiers of the face of natu Out of the convulsive anguish below us come ex- ternal grandeur of proportions and that sylvan beauty 1 which man delights. 'l’hu scientists have a new field before them, A recent writer who dwells in New Zealand tells usthat the gre arl quake in that island comme; clear moonlight night with shoe the thud of falling roci followed by flashes of sheet h'mnin' and lurid streaks after eneh fll\hl. :m(hhvn me a great and frightful erackling and roaring of forked lightmang, But what is most astonishing, that exhibition was suc- ceeded by a gigantic column of white fire, whieli gave birth to balls of white and blue five, which shot from the cen of it, and thes in turn wi followed by a flaming mass of forked lightning, deafening crashes of thunder and the odor of ignited sulphur and dense darkness. These displays of elec- tricity show that earthquakes sre electri- cal in their nature instead of being due only, as fo rly thought and as many ientists still contend, to calorical com- bustions and wave surgings of molten sens. I'he fact seems to be that the whole earth is a heavily charged battery and that man is buta little electrical mack on its surface, with the power of thought and volition, The little battery is yery brave until the big battery begins its operations, and then a great scare comes on him. Storms, hurricanes, tor- nadoes and cyelones are increasing in number and in frequency, and it is rea- sonable to er that earthquakes will follow the same course. Since the Java earthguake it should have been evident to scientists that the internal forces were changing and secking new ficlds, and that owing to_the tremendous inflnence of so many planets in conjunction dur- ing the past few vears, these for would be moved to more general and destructive action. The indications certainly point o this country a8 & probable new earth- quake centre, PTEMBER 1 ) 4 “~ 1886~TWELVE PAGES. THE LOCK OUT Of the clothing cutters by the Eastern Clothiers Protective Associas tion, has advanced pricesin clothing on account of its scarcity, but theé NEBRASKA CLOTHING COMPANY, who were fortunate in having their clothing all shipped before the lockout, will continue disposing of their immense stock of clothing and furnishing goods at their LOWEST ES- TABLISHED PRICES. We would suggest to those desiring winter clothing, that it is to their interest to call at once before the present large stock is disposed otf.as it will be impossible to duplicate the prices on these goods. figures at All goods at strictly ONE PRICE and marked in plain THE NEBRASKA CLOTHING COMPANY Cor. Douglas and 14th sts., Omaha. A TRAGEDY OF EVIDENCE. in the Youth's A Story Told by Wilkic Cotling Companion. At that memorable period in the early history of the United States when Ameri- can citizens resented the tyranny of George the third and his parliament by destroying a cargo of taxed tea, a Bristol trader arrived in the harbor ot Boston, having one passenger on board. Tl person was a young English woman, named Esther Calvy of a shopkeeper at Cheltenl the captain of the ship. Some years before her departure from England Esther had suffered from the aflliction iated with a deplorable public event—which 1 shaken her at- hment to her native land. Free, at later period, to choose for herself, she re- solved on leaving England as soon as employment could be found for her in another country. After a weary interval of expectation, the sea- i ad ob- tamed a situation for his mece as house- keeper in the family of Mrs. Anderkin—a widow lady living in Boston. Esther had been well practised in do- mestic duties during the long illness of her mother. Intelligent, modest and weet-tempered, she soon became as favorite with Mrs. Anderkin and the members of her young family. The chil- dren founa but one fault with the new housekeepery she dre: invatiably in dismal black; and it was impo prevail upon lier to give the was known that she was an orph; E she had acknowl t no relations of hers had recently 1 yet she persisted in wearing mourning. Some great grief had evidently overshadowed the life of ; gentle” English house- keeper. 3 On the day before he homeward voynge the sew to take of hisniel if he could also pay his respects to Mrs. Anderkin, He w: informed that the lady of the house had gone out, but that the governess would bo happy to_reccive him, At the interview which followed y talked of Esther, and agreed so w 11 in their good opinion of her that the cap- win paid a long visit. The governes had persuaded him to tell the story of his niece's wasted life. - But he insisted on one condition. “If we had been in England,” he said, “T should hav pt the matter seeret for the sake of the family. H Esther is a stranger-—h and no slur will be cast on the family name at home. But mind one thing! I trust to your nonor to take no_onc into youi confidence—excepting only the mis- tress of the house,"” More than one hundred years have passed since these words were spoken, Zsther’s sad story may be harmlessly told 0w, i year 1762 & young man named John Jennings, employed as a waiter at astonished his master by announcing that he was engaged to be married, and that he purposed retir. ing from service on next quarterd: Further inquiry showed that the young { ther Calvert, and tly her inferior father's consent to o depended on her lover's .s8 in rising in the world, Friends h money were inclined to trust Jen- nings and to help him to start a business of liis own, if Miss Calvert’s father would do young people on I ailed on his aptain called and then usked ometh side. rringe engagement v cordingly. 1o objection and_ tl us sanctioned g when the lasi days of Jenning were drawing (o an end, a gentleman on horseback stopped at the inn, 1 astate of great agitation he informed the landlady that he was on his way to Hull, but that he had been so frightened as to make it 1mpossible for him to continue his journey. A highway- man had robbed him of a purse contain- ing twenty guineas. The thief's face (as usual 1 those days) was conc by a mask, and ther as but one chance of bringing him to justice. It was the place a private piece that he 1-.1!r» d traveller's custom to mark on every goid ried with him on a journey; and stolen guineas might possibly be tra in that way. The landiord (one Mr. Brunel) attended on his guest at supper. His wife had only that moment told kim of the rob- bery; and he had a winstanee Lo men- tion which might lead to the discovery of the thief. In the first place, however, he wished to ask at what time the had been committed. he tra ¥ swered that he had been robbed late in the eveming, Ellal a8 ¥ was beginning to et dark. On hearing this Mr. Brunell ooked very much distressed. “I have got a waiter here named Jen- nings,” he said, “'a man superior to his station of life—good manners and u fair of | education—in fact, a general fa But for some little time past I have served that he has been rather fre his money in be abits drinking have grown on bmm. I & afraid ho is not worthy of the good opin ion enter! other persons. v out to get some small silver for m ing him a guinea to change. as not to be had, and then fortunately I away with ment of u t nnings is, of course, possible I have been a mark ( notice) on the guin my purse when I sent for chs “Or,” the traveller suggested, *‘it may uineas of my stolen have been o orite. ob- with of 1 ained of him by mysclf and by This evening I sent him giv- | me ck intoxicated, telling me that change I'ordered him to bed g happened to look at the guinea which he had brought back. Un- i guinea ome other money in settle- But this k on the to me. t there might hich escaped my ' Esther never even suspected that they v which 1 took out of given back bv mistake by this drunken waiter of yours, instead of the guinen han dition.” “Do you object,Mr. Brunell, after what you have told me, to setting this matte utlrusu, by searching the man’s The i d, clothes? landlord hesit " he said, cause. Can you s The travel declared that room. Jennings was fast asleep. outset of the s bag of money in his pocket. The guineas —nineteen in number—had a mark on cach one of them, the identified. vais but one eourse The waiter's protestations of innocence when woke him and accused him of the fatly contradicted He was charged -before a with the theft of the money as a matter of course, was com- od for trial. The circumstances wer against him that his own mended Jennings to pl peal to the me: of the court. He fused to follow their advice and he was ly encourged to persist in that ision by the poor girl, who believad in nnocence with her whole heart. At at dreadful erisis m her life she sceured the best legal assistance, and took from her little dowry the money that paid the pxpense At the ne: so strongly nds recom- 4 guilty and ap- 2 assizes the case ‘was tr The proceedings beforo the judge wer repetition (at great length and w solemnity) of the proceedings by magistrate. No skill nation could shake the di of the witne T in cros was made absolutely complete by the ap- pearance of the 1 to whom Mr., Sruncll had paid the marked guine The coin (so marked) was n curiosity; th man had kept it, and he now produced itin court. 1The judge summed up, find ing lit z that he could say, as an h fivor of the prison Thy sturned « verdict of guilt, after amere matte 1est man, in wy a consultation wh of form. Clearer circumstantial dence of guilt had never been produ in the opinion of every person—but one who was present at the “trial. The son- tence on Jennings for highway robbery was, by the law of those s, death on the seaflold. Friends were found to help Esther mn the Jast effort t the futhful ature could now make—the attempt a commutation of the sentence admitted to an interview with the Secretary, and her petition was presented to the king. Here, again, the indisput forbade the exercise of ther's betrothed husband His fist we are with the xope around Lis merey. E langed at Hull his innocence neck, Before a year had passed the one poor consolation that she could hope for in this world found Esther in her” mi The proof that Jennings had die martyr to the fallibility of human justice sion of was made public by the o the guilty man. Another eriminal took place at the 78 of aninn was found guilty of stolen the property of & person staying in his house. It was stated in evidence that this was not hisirstoffence. He had been habitually a robler on the highway, and his nume was Brunell 'he wretch confessed that he was the masked highwayman who had stolen the bug of guineas. Riding by & nearer way than wus known to the traveler, he had reached the inn first, There found a person in trade waiting by ‘ylmlnlulf'ul or the settlement of a bill. Not having cnough money of his own about him to by the whole amount, Bruncll liad made usc of one of the stolem guineas, and had sir—in his con- r t seems At the very arch they found the stolen After this discovery <lml|m him by yourself. Do you think | , “if we prove | tne New York Herald say sicious of him without a ak positively, sir, to the mark which you put on your money?’ | young man named ~Lev! 0! he could | n swear to his mark. Mr. Brunell yielded. ! I'he two went up together to the waiter's | | death. H ' fered, w but he said bis appetite w: | | | | only heard the traveler deelare that his money was marked after the tradesman had left the hou To ask for the return of the fatal guinea was more than he dared to attempt. But one other alter- native presented itself. The merciless villian insured his own safety by the sacrifice of an innocent man, After the time when the sea-captain had paid his at Mrs Anderkin's house, Estker's position beeame subjeo to certain changes. One little domestic ed another, so gradu ly that the housckeey found herself a loved and honored mem- ber of the family, without being able to uccession ot events she place that she oceu- d to the two strictly preserved; what seere l:ulit's been knew the deplorable story of her lover's v life, after what she had suf- not prolonged to o great age. She died—peacefully unconsecious of the terrors of death. Her Inst words were spoken with a smile. She looked at the loving_friends assembled round her bed, and said to them, My dear one is wait- ing for me. Good-bv.” i DEATH ON A BRIDAL TOUR The Excited Groom Leaps From a Moving Train. A Reading, Pa., dispatch of Sep. 4 to ““This train's roing straight into the ri Y ights dancing out yonde| xclaimed a M. Brobst, aged 30, on the midnight_express last night, which was fast speeding toward Reading atthe rate of thirty-five miles per hour, He had suddenly jumped from his seat, his_ terri young bride hastily seized him by the” coat and piteously aded with fi‘im to be seated, “‘that all s going on well, and that he was near his old home once more .’ let me go! I'm tired of riding. the train!™ > young wife maintamed her hold on her now desperate husband, and begged assistance from Mrs, High, an_elderly lady of the wedding party, seated behmd them, Mrs, High also toc hold of Mr. Brobst and_tried to soothe and restr him, unavailingly, however. The powe fuly built youngman made n mad ]vlun{:u from the women, but onl) e, frightened wife's hold wus med. Mrs. High held on to his cout tightly, but Brobst literally dragged long until his garments tore, and Mrs. High fell vi- olently to tne ear floor. Realizing that he was free, and before any of the now startled and amazed pas- sengers, many of whom had been aroused from slumber, could interfere, young Brobst shricked at the top of his voice, “Good-by, Gussie!” jerked open the door, a { the piatform) and in the next see ond leaped into the darkness as the trai thundered ahead. Down a steep bank of rocks near An- nanville young Brobst rolled, while his wite swooned and fainted on the car seat. and The train’ was quickly ~ stopped und backed, Brakemen lamps found the mangled and body down was frightfully among the boulders. | wling dic hurt and when brought to R without having mutterced a wor art had held an inquest the antington, Pa., nts had beon joyfully ex” wedding pa , who 15 a &l overcon name was Gussie 1esday they were marri Point, Neb., and th wiis to visit Mr. Brobst's pa i t The young widow s S noticed « stiange ahout my hushand until we reacned Chicago, The excitement of our wedding and his comng home after ten ye: absence made him nervons. He neted strangely and lost his appetite. Coming east on the Chicago limited he hecame worse. I tried to have him eat, s gone. Mo pule and then his mind wandered left Harrisburg for Reading ) beeame w s0 suddenty that [ alarmed, but I never dreamed he w end his young life i so frightful a man- Hé was out of lns mindl, poor boy,” beesm After ner. and the widow could sy no uior Brobst’s wallet, contaiming $3)0, was lost in his t leap, #nd Tias pot yet heen recovered. The tragic affuir created most intense excitement and sympathy here, e He Had Him. Drake's Travelers' Magazine: Of cou it was in J¢ “lickef, pl “Aint gut enn “Then your fare picase. ™ “Nary a red.” “Plign what did you get_on this train for?” *“To rid vou bot,” “1'l1b “For how mucl up!” “H stake what I ¢ to pull = guine. tyou don’t,” “Tuke ye ' HEyen ten. Show you are. Whe'll hold the T will?? “8ayl Kernel, its 1l playin’ it blanked low down hop on'r gentlemanin a square Ouly the brave eollect tir fure!™” And the conductor handed- §840 in "y change and a cheek to the passenger who had “nary a red,"