.' AILROAD DISASTER’
-unday Excursionists Hurled
to Destruction.
IVER FIFTY'KILLED AND MAIMEDW
ars Were Crowded W'ith Pleasure
, Seekers and Left the Truck While
Rounding :1 Curve at a. Rapid
Rate—Heartrending Scenes.
ROCHESTER, May 1.—The most dis-
strous railroad wreck that has hap—
ened on a Rochester railroad occurred '
t 2:48 o’clock yesterday afternoon on
he Rochester and Lake Ontario rail-
oad, better known as the Bay railroad,
t Resenbaur’s Corners, about half a.
ile 'north of the city line, when tWO'
ars on an excursion train filled with
assengers left the track while going
round a curve at full speed and were
ompletely wrecked. Over 50 persons
ere injured, three are dead and at
east a dozen are fatally injured. Be-
ides these there were at least 25 who
re out about the face and otherwise,
njured, but who went home without
iving their names.
The train, which was crowded with
-xcursionists bound for different points
-long the shores of Lake Ontario in the
rondequoit Bay district, left the Bay
uepot in this city at 2:41 o’clock Sun-
ay afternoon, about 15 minutes late.
I very seat in the coaches was filled,
nd a large number of persons were
tanding on the platforms. The train
'as made up of an engine, one closed
: nd two open coaches. There is a grade
bout 100 yards from the corner of
l Orth avenue and Ridge road, and
'hen this grade was reached the speed
f the train increased perceptibly.
hose standing on the platforms
lutched the railing and standards, and
the passengers in the open cars clung
. 0 their hats and capes.
Down the grade swept the train, its
peed increasing almost constantly.
hen the far curve was reached, the
-ngine rounded it with startling rapid-
ty. Next to the engine was the closed
carriage, divided into two compart-
ments, and when it reached the curve
it veered over to the north and rode
around the curve on the wheels on the
left side. It had negotiated but a part
of the bend in the track when it left
the rails and shot straight ahead. There
was a sudden crash as the couplings
between the engine and coach were sev-
ered, and then it again veered over and
plowed through the-earth .for several
feet before dropping on its side in front
of the Ridge Road hotel.
When the first coach left the track
the engine sped on dOWn the track and
the other coaches were forced off the
track. The second coach scraped along
the side of the one left on the track,
tearing away the platform and other-
wise injuring the car. These cars, im-
pelled by the force they had already re—
ceived, ran aheadofor about 100 feet.
The second car had been drawn off the
track by the first coach and, being toss-
ed to one side, poised in the air as
though it was ready to follow the other
and topple over in the road. But the
next instant it struck one of the trucks
of the coach already derailed and the
car was thrown back on the track,
where it came to a standstill. The en-
gine whirled on down the. track and
was not stopped until it had gone near-
ly a mile.
The scene which followed was heart-
rending in the extreme. The moans and
shrieks of the injured filled the air, and
a sickening sight met the eye. The
work of rescue was energetically car-
ried on, and as soon as each sufferer
was taken out he was sent to the hos—
pital ' "
Lightning Causes Three Fires.
NURTHVILLE, Mich., May 1.—While
a heavy electrical storm was raging
yesterday lightning struck the Globe
Furniture company’s plant, and the
four story factory building was com-
pletely destroyed. The American Bell
foundry and electric light plant adjoin-
ing were also completely destroyed. The
total loss is about $50,000. At Hastings
the Tyden Car Seal factory was struck
by lightning and burned to the ground.
‘ The loss was $40,000, partly covered by
insurance. ,
A Much Wanted Murderer.
ALFRED, Me., May 1.—The police are
making a search for a man who was
released yesterday from the county jail
after serving a 30 day sentence for va—
grancy and who is suspected of being
Paul A. Mueller, who, it is alleged, kill-
ed three members of the Newton family
at Brookfield, Mass, in the fall of 1896.
The suspected man answers in many
ways the description of the much want-
ed Mueller and when arrested four
weeks ago became violently agitated.
Altgeld’s End Near.
CHICAGO, May 1.—According to Dr.
Nicholas Senn, ex-Governor Altgeld has
closed his political career and may not
live much longer. Dr. Senn has been in
attendance upon Mr. Altgeld ever since
the latter’s family called him in, about
a fortnight ago, when the ex-governor
was ill with the grip. Dr. Senn diag-
nosed his patient’s present trouble as
locomotor ataxia, and, to use the doc-
tor’s own words, “Mr. Altgeld has
fought his last battle.” -
The French Displeased.
PARIS, May 1,.——The French papers
comment acidly upon the Anglo-Rus-
sian agreement. La. Liberte says,
“There are millions of French capital
embarked in commercial and industrial
undertakings in the Yangtse region, and
we refuse to believe that Russia has so
completely disregarded the interests of
her ally as to recognize Great Britain’s
sole right of commercial exploitation in
that valley."
Prominent Journalist Dead.
WASHINGTON, May 1.—Hon. Lewis
Baker, widely known and prominent in
journalism and politics for more than a
third of a. century, died at his home in
this city yesterday. During the past
seven months he had suffered from an
attack of pernicious anaemia, which
steadily grew worse. He was a native
of Ohio.
A New Blast Furnace.
PHILADELPHIA, May 1. -—Before_
daylight this morning a match was ap-
plied to- the Reading Iron company’s
new anthracite blast furnace. The fur-
nace is the largest in eastern Penney]-
vania, and two years were required to
build it. The capacity is 2,000 tons
weekly. ~ ,
, will make a statement covering all the
' official letter signed by Count Bonin
' requesting the latter to initiate some
. leading members of the chamber.
,King Humbert.
inducement to vote for Addicks,
‘ Leonard 'C0ur'tney, Unionist member for
ITALY'S FOREIGN POLICY.
An Excited Debate In the Chamber
of Deputies. '
ROME, May 3.—In the chamber of
deputies yesterday there was another
prolonged and animated discussion re-
garding the government’s foreign poli-
cy, growing out of various interpella-
tions. The debate was again adjourn-
ed until today, when the government
questions raised.
In the course of the discussion Ad-
miral Canevaro, minister for foreign af-
fairs, created a lively sensation by pro-
ducing, in response to the attacks upon
his policy at San-Mun bay, China, an
Long'are, undersecretary of state for
foreign affairs in the cabinet of Mar-
quis di Rudini, and addressed to the
then minister of marine, Signor Brin,
action that would secure for Italy a sta-
tion in China. The production of the
letter demonstrated that the leaders of
the present opposition really initiated
the policy they are now criticising.
Admiral Canevaro’s action in making
public a secret d ument evoked sharp
comment from Marquis di Rudini, Si-
gnor Crispi, former premier, and other
Finally General Pelloux, the premier,
asked that the debate be adjourned,
and the house rose amid considerable
excitement.
The cabinet will meet today, and it is
rumored that General Pelloux will ten-
der the resignation of the ministry to
DELAWARE BRIBERY CASE.
Ex-Representative Davis Declared
Not Guilty and Discharged.
DOVER, De1., May 3.—Dover was
crowded yesterday with politicians
from all parts of the state, who wished
to hear the trial of ex—Representative
Mark L. Davis on the charge of offer-
ing a bribe to ex-Representative Lat—
tomus to get him to vote for John Ed-
ward Addicks. The offer made, it is al-
leged, was to lift a $5,000 mortgage on
Lattomusj property.
The state was represented by Attor-
ney General White and Deputy Attor-
ney General Cooper. Messrs. Ward and
Hayes represented Davis. The jury was
composed of nine Democrats and three
Union Republicans.
Davis was indicted under three
counts. The first charges that on Feb.
28 Davis offered Lattomus $5,000 as an
the
second that he offered to “wipe out” the
mortgage, and the third that he made
a similar offer to Mrs. Lattomus if her
husband would vote for Addicks for
senator. Lattomus testified that the of-~
fers had been made. He denied that he
had had an interview with a Mr. Jones
about the Davis charges. Davis em-
phatically denied that he ever made an
offer. He did not see Lattomus on the
day named, he said; had no knowledge
of the existence of the mortgage and
never talked to Lattomus outside of the
house about the senatorship.
The jury was out but a short time and
returned with a verdict of not guilty.
Davis was then discharged.
Shot His Playmate.
NEW YORK, May 3.——-John A. Rose, j
11 years of age, of Thirteenth avenue, i
Bath Beach, was arrested last night on
a charge of causing the death of Fred-
erick Ryan, aged 12 years, who lived
with his parents on Sixty-third street,
Bath Beach. The Ryan boy was found
dead at his home Monday night. In his
hand was a 32 caliber revolver, un-z
loaded. The bullet wound in his breast E
was made by a bullet of smaller caliber. ,
The police suspected that the Rose boy,
who had been playing “Spaniards” with
the other, knew something of the kill— I
ing, but all questioning failed to shake 3
his story. Last night he confessed that l
he had shot the Ryan boy with a Flo— f
bert rifle during their play, but was
afraid of telling any one.
' w E E KL Y nonw A 1.1:
TWENTY MILLIONS PAID.
The Last Step In the Treaty of Pence
\Vith Spain. ,
WASHINGTON. May 2.—The last
move in the negotiations terminating
the war with Spain occurred yesterday
when Secretary Hay paid to the French
embassador,.M. Cambon, the $20,000,000
provided by the treaty of peace for the
cession of the Philippines. The pay-
ment was made in four treasury war- .
rants of $5,000,000 each and was re-
caipted for by M. Cambon as complete-
ly liquidating the obligation of the Unit-
ed States in this connection. The em-
bassador deposited the $20,000,000 in the
Riggs National bank of this city, and
the cashing of the warrants is expected
to be made later through the City Na-
tional bank of New York. The Spanish
government was notified by cable of the
payment, but nothing will be done as
to forwarding the funds to Europe un-
til Spain directs the exact course to be
pursued.
The form of receipt signed by the em—
bassador was as follows:
“Received from the secretary of state
of the United States the sum of $20,000,-
000~in four drafts upon the assistant
treasurer of the treasury at New York,
Nos. 4,509, 4,510, 4,511 and 4,512, of date
April 29, 1899, each draft being for $5,-
000,000, the same being in full payment
of the obligation of the government of
the United States to the government of
Spain as set forth in article 3 of the
treaty of peace between the United
States and Spain, signed at Paris,
France, On the 10th day of December,
1898, the ratifications of which were ex-
changed in the city of Washington on
the 11th day of April, 1899, the payment
being provided by the act of congress
approved March 2, 1899, entitled ‘An act
making an appropriation to carry out
the obligation of the treaty between the
United States and Spain concluded Dec.
10, 1898.’ "
THE IDAHO STRESS.
Regular. Trgops to Guard the Mines.
Marti‘ul Law Probable.
WARDNER, Ida., May 3.—-Yesterday
afternoon the first detachment of regu-
lars arrived from Spokane. They were
met at the depot by a crowd of business
men and citizens, who gave them a cor-
dial greeting. This detachment com-
prises 75 picked men of Company M.
Twentieth infantry, colored, Captain
Bachelor. They carry 15 days’ rations
and 2,000 rounds of ammunition. Many
of the soldiers are veterans who fought
at San Juan. More troops are expected
today, and by tomorrow night it is
hoped that the regulars will be camped
in and near the town. For the preSent
it is expected the troops will remain
here, serving as a. guard, and no ag-
gressive action is expected until the
coroner's inquest'has been completed.
Monday night Sheriff Young depu-
tized about 50 ~{strikers to guard the
Last Chance mine. A small party of
the Bunker Hill miners had already
been deputized as constables to guard
that property. As four of them were
returning home they were held up by
Young’s deputies, and their rifles were
taken away from them. State Auditor
Sinclair is urged by citizens to use his
influence to have martial law declared.
Five masked men were seen between
Wardner and Kellogg, but no further
disorder has occurred.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Two meteors fell at Vincennes, Ind.
Speaker Nixon of the New York state
‘ assembly is better.
A negro has been lynched at Osceola,
: Ark., for burning a barn.
The Chilkat Indians in Alaska were
reported on the warpath.
Secretary Gage has gone to Hot
Springs, Va., for a two weeks’ vacation.
A heavy snowstorm in Perthshire,
Scotland, killed many sheep and lambs.
Ground was broken for Dewey hall at
5 Northfield, Vt., by Captain Clark of the
‘ Oregon.
CONDENSED DI‘SP‘A'TCHES.
President McKinley and party arrived
safely at Washington.
A Protestant Episcopal church has
been established at San Juan.
The United States revenue cutter fleet
has left San Francisco for Alaska.
Mr. Choate attended a. banquet at
London with the lord chief justice. 1
The boundary dispute between Haiti «
and Santo Domingo has been referred
to the pope. ~
The first biennial convention of the
National Federation of Musical Clubs
opened in St. Louis.
Senator Kyle of South Dakota resign-
ed the chairmanship of the industrial
commission owing to ill health.
G0vernor Stephens of Missouri has
appealed for aid for the tornado strick-
en villages oflKirksville and Newtown.
In order to reduce the destruction of ‘
fish along the California coast many
seals from the San Francisco herd have
been killed.
'A warrant was drawn at Washington
for $191,372 in favor of the governor of
New York for expenses incurred by the
state in raising the volunteer army for
the war with Spain.
England’s Sharp Competitor.
LONDON, May 3.—In the house of
commons yesterday, during the debate;
on the budget and the finance bill, Mr. 2
the Bodmin division of Cornwall and
former speaker of the house, in a vig- .
orous speech opposing the reduction of
the sinking fund proposed by Sir Mi-
chael Hicks-Beach, chancellor of the
exchequer, declared that Great Britain
was now on the top wave of prosperity
and should reduce her liabilities to the
utmost possible. England, he said,
faced a graver danger than war in the !
existing industrial competition” in coalf
and iron. Already the United States:
produced both cheaper than England?
and were able to compete with England
in steel. How long, he asked, could Eng-
land stand this? He declared the ques—
tion a very grave one.
Extremes of Weather Abroad. . ,
. BERLIN, May 3.—Since Sunday there
has been a radical change in the weath-
er throughout Germany. Terrific' rains
and thunderstorms have been followed
by rain and snow. In many parts of
the Brocken' and Hartz mountains snow
has fallen to the depth of two inches,
and the temperature is below freezing.
A railway train between Thorn and
Insterburg was truck by lightning and
greatly damaged. Two of the passen—
gers were killed. The rivers are rapid-
1y rismg.
Sensational election returns in Spain
showed a clear majority of 40 for the
government. ,
At Wanda, N. Y., a barn in which
were 200 sheep was struck by lightning
f and burned with its contents.
Eighty acres of rich mineral land near
Aurora, Mo., including the Tuttle mine,
have been sold to a Boston syndicate.
The cause of the Rochester train
wreck is ascribed to the failure of air-
brokes and to the breaking of a wheel
flange. ‘
A Variety Strike.
TORONTO, May 2.——About 120 cigar
makers, 50 stonecutters, 275 bricklayers,
400 laborers and carpenters and a num-
ber of iron molders quit work yesterday
because the bosses w0uld not accede to
their demands for increased pay. As a
consequence the building trade of the
city is practically suspended. Six large
cigar making firms have capitulated
and the men expect the others to come
to terms~shortly. The bricklayers ask
for 40 cents an hour and in this are sup-
ported by the international uniOn.
Indiana Coal Miners Strike.
INDIANAPOLIS. May 2.—Between 600
and 700 coal miners struck in southern
Indiana coal mines yesterday. The
strike was precipitated by' the discharge
of 30 union men near Evansville last
week. The miners'now demand pay on
the same basis as in central and north-
ern Indiana—66 cents for screened and
40 cents for unscreened coal. Three of
the largest mines agreed to the con-
ference scale.
. A Rough Rider Buried.
WASHINGTON, May 2.———The remains
of the late Captain William O. O’Neill
of the Rough Riders were interred at
Arlington cemetery yesterday after im-
pressive funeral services. ‘He was
buried just in front of the grave of the
late Captain Allyn Capron, who, like
Captain O’Neill, lost his life in the San-
tiago campaign. Captain O’Neill was
Well known in the southwest.
Street Railway Employees Meet.
LOUISVILLE, May 2.——The sixth an-
nual convention of the Amalganiated
Association of Street RailwayEmploy-
ees of America has begun here behind
closed doors. The convention will last
five days. About 40 cities are repre—
sented.
Adirondack Hotel Burned.
. PLATTSB-URG, N. Y., May 2.-_—Hunt-
ers’ Home, near Loon lake, one of the
oldest hotels in the Adirondacks, was
burned yesterday. The origin of the fire
is not known. .
DEWEY HALL"
Captain Clark In Montpelier to An-
lilt In Breaking Ground.
MONTPELIER, Vt., May 1.-Captain
Charles E. Clark, the famous command-
er of the battleship Oregon in the late
war, has arrived here, accompanied by
his wife, and was given the freedom of
the city by Mayor Senter and a dele-
gation of prominent citizens. As his
father, J. Dayton Clark, formerly con-
ducted a book bindery in this city and
as his native town of Bradford is not
far distant, he had the pleasure of re-
ceiving many old acquaintances, among
them being Charles Dewey, a brother of
Admiral Dewey. Captain Clark will at-
tend the ceremony of breaking ground
for the new Dewey hall at Norwich
university and in the evening will be
given a large reception at the Golden
Fleece. He will visit his native town
of Bradford tomorrow and from there
will go to Boston, where he has a num-
ber of relatives in Cambridge and Dor-
chester. This is his first visit to Mont-
pelier since his father’s death, and after
the greeting of the mayor yesterday
morning he attended the Bethany
church and sat in his farther’s old pew.
He expects to return to Philadelphia
on May 9.
CONDENSED ‘ DISPATOH‘ES.
The Flour trust has been capitalized
at $40,000,000.
Speaker Nixon of the New York as-
sembly is again seriously ill.
Five men were killed by a powder ex-
plosion at Carney’s Point, N. J.
Nearly 4,000 immigrants arrived at the
port of New York in one day last week.
Alfred Dolge has bidden farewell to
Dolgeville, N. Y. He founded the town.
Traction stocks dropped in New York
because of the passage of the franchise
tax bill.
The Prince of Siam was wounded se-
verely in a duel at Berlin, where he is
attending school.
Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset.
eighth Duke of Beaufort, England, is
dead in his seventy—sixth year.
Silas L. Baker, 55 years old, a pros-
perous farmer of Scriba, N. Y., commit-
ted suicide by shooting himself with a
shotgun.
Masked strikers blew up mining prop-
erty valued at $250,000 at Wardner, Ida.,
killing one man and mortally wounding
another.
Transports From Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—The Unit-
ed States transport Sherman arrived
here from Manila and was followed into
port shortly afterward by the Grant.
*Both ships were ordered into quaran-
tine. On the way over one of the crew
of the Sherman died of smallpox. How
long the ship and passengers will be
obliged to remain in quarantine is a
problem, but it is probable that the ofii-
cers will be released at once. Among
those who made the trip across on the
Sherman and who are still on board the
transport are: Brigadier General Harri-
son Gray Otis, United States volunteers,
Los Angeles; Major W. 0. Owen, Citizen
Eastman, Lieutenant Estes and the
sons of United States Senator Hale,
Secretary of State Hay and Congress-
man Dalzell of Pennsylvania.
Professor Meyer 11 Suicide.
ALBANY, May 1.—Professor Carl A.
Meyer, professor of German language
at the Albany High school and assist—
ant teacher of that study at the Albany
Female academy, committed suicide
some time during Saturday night in a
lonely spot on the Kenwood road. His
dead body was found at 6 o’clock yes-
terday morning by Martin Knaff, a
farmer, as he was walking down the
road toward the Abbey hotel. The pro-
fessor was nearly 80 years of age.
Speaker Nixon’s Condition.
ALBANY, May 1.—Hon. S. Fred Nix-
on passed a fairly comfortable day yes-
terday. The attending. physician, Dr.
Macdonald, when seen last night, said
that the patient was holding his own
and though a very sick man the chances
for his ultimate recovery were quite
bright. Mr. Nixon’s mother and his
brother-in-law were in attendance at
the sick chamber.
Negro Chase In Pennsylvania.
DUBOIS, Pa., May 3.—Oflicer Frank
McClure of Lindsey, Jefferson county,
was fatally shot last night by a col-
ored man at Patton tunnel, on the ex-
tension of the Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg railway, three miles from
Punxsutawney. The colored man was
charged with having stolen goods from
a store at Lindsey. McClure had a
warrant and attempted to arrest him.
After the shooting the assassin fled.
The police of Punxsutawney were noti-
fied by telephone of the shooting, and in
company with a: large posse of 'citizens
armed with ’Winchesters started in pur-
suit. If the negro is captured, there is
a general belief that he will be lynched.
Ex—Governor Black's Papers.
ALBANY, May 3.—The public papers
of ex—Governor Black for 1897 and 1898
have been issued in book form. The
statistics show that the ex-governor
granted 92 pardons, 21 commutations
and one respite during his administra-
tion. Of those whose sentences were
commuted William Young’s was the
only one for murder in the first degree,
and he is now serving out a life sen-
tence. »
Prominent Philadelphinn Dead.
PHILADELPHIA, May 3.—Colonel
Alexander Biddle, one of.vthe oldest rep-
resentative's of the famous Biddle fam-
ily of this city and for 25 years a di-
rector of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, is dead at his home on Chest-
nut hill in his eighty-ninth year. His
death was hastened by a severe cold.
Shocked, but Not Killed.
NEWARK, N. Y., May 1.——Newark
was visited by a severe electrical storm
last night.‘ Mrs. Sanford Percey, while
walking along the street, was struck
and knocked to the ground. Her face
was torn open, and the fluid passed
from her body by way of the arm. It,
is thought she is not fatally hurt.
Severe Storm In Iowa.
DUBUQUE, 1a., May 1.—A terrific
electric storm yesterday, fOIIOWed by
excessive rain, did much damage
throughout this section. The total rain:
fall here was two inches. Creeks in the
surrounding country are overflowing,
and small bridges have been swept
awav
. Earthquake In Illinois.
DECATUR, Ills., Ma'y 1.—A distincl
shock of earthquake was felt here at !
o'clock Saturday night. lasting 15 sec-
onds. There was no damage. .
‘ RANNIGAN carried ice for the Syl-
vam Spring Ice company. He was
a goodly young fellow, standing
six feet. one in his stockings. with
a. countenance deeply bronzed by
weather, out. of which his wide
blue eyes laughed unceasingly. His
flannel shirt, open' a. little at. the
base of the strong, round throat, and
his broad felt hat, indented with a ver«
tical “Denver poke,” gave him a. cow-
bow efiect. Hewas perfectly cognizant
of this, and traded on it with the maids
at. the various houses on his beat, before
whom he swaggered not a little, drop-
ping hints of a western past, strewn
with Indian scalps.
“And was you ever there, now, Mr.
Brannigan?” one of them once asked
him, and he answered, ambiguously:
“Aw, an’ if I hadn’t a-been, how
would I get. the wownd on me crown ‘2”
“What. wownd on your crown? Go
on!"
“I’ll show it ye if ye’ll step over
here.”
Branm'gan bent his burnished curls,
and pretty Norah stretched on tiptoe
to meet them. But just asthe two
heads reached one level, the hero lifted
his own quickly and kissed the fresh-
colored face that looked so intently at
him. ‘
“Shure, the situation was that con-
vaynient, I cudden’t help it!” he urged,
fleeing to the door with a smart; cuff
ringing in his ears.
But he was to learn that there was a
type of womanhood demanding more
deferential approach. ~
The. first time he saw Alma. was on a
hot afternoon in August, when she had
just come down from Nova Scotia, and
was feeling the atmosphere of the South
end oppressive.
Her mother, who kept a. boarding
house, and had combined with that. re-
sponsibility the care of a shiftless sec-
ond husband and his two small boys,
had written to Halifax that. Alma. was
needed. Alma. was a. slender, dark-
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haired girl, with a delicate complexion,
and slim, ladylike hands.
Brannigan, swinging in with his huge
ice block, took a. swift, appreciative
look at her, dumped the ice in its re-
ceptacle, and stopped on the return
swing for conversation.
“ ’Tis a- warm day!”
“Dreadful!” said Alma, listlessly.
“I didn’t see you before ?”
“No. I’ve just. come.” ,
“Ye’ll not stay here! the old lady
can’t kape no gyurl' more than a week;
’tis a hole of a. place! "
“I’m Mrs. Brown’s daughter, from
Halifax.”
Brannigan went away at that, sud-
denly speechless.
He- saw her nearly every day after,
r
buthe did not seem to make much head-'
way. A packet of chewing gum, which
had appeared to him a. graceful atten-
tion suitable from any gentleman to
any lady, was received with disappoints
ing coldness.
“It’s very kind of you,” she said, “but.
I never use it. Mrs. Dalby, where I lived
in Halifax, thought it- was common.”
One day about a. month after her‘ar-
rival, he found Alina. alone in the
kitchen—and marked with concern that
her' eyes were red with crying. NOW.
Brannigan had a man’s philosophy re-
garding tears. .
"Aren’t ye "well at. all?" he asked,
coming up beside her.
“I’m all right!" said Alma, holding
her head down, and plunging her thin
little arms into a tub of soapsuds.
The next moment she was startled
and scandalized by the clasp of an arm
about- her waist, and the touch of a
brown mustache on her cheek. .
“Ah. cheer up!" whispered Branni-
gun. tenderly. “it don’t sthorm ivery
day!"
He stepped back to avoid the expected
slap; but the girl made no sort of dem-
onstration. She simply stood there with
a white face and looked unutterable re—
proach.
Tactics of so novel a. kind were dis-
composing. Brannigan's brouzed cheek
flamed. and the laugh died out of his
eyes. _ q
“Say. I‘m mighty sorry!" he mur~
mured; “I niver thought but ye’d like
it! The gyurls mostly does, an’ 'tis no
harm at all.”
“I‘m not. that kind.” said Alma,
sternly. '
“I'm mighty sorry,” be repeated, and
as Alma. showed no.5igns of relenting,
, went dejectcdly to the door.
_“ ‘Twas sweet, what I got of it." 116
mused. “an" ’t-is bad luck I‘ll get no
more. She’s not the kind, it’s true for
her.” ’
The next few times thathe carried to. .
to the, house he did not. 36311111.,
.when he did, on the fourth day,
manner was excessively dignified.
.Brannigan was hard to snub. Inst-inc .
ively, he reconstructed his too do
vocabulary, and altered some of his
‘ways. .
_ “She’s worth takin’ trouble for,” he
said to himself.
i His gentle persistence had its reward1 '
and- after awhile they had become so
for friends that. Braunigan hazardedo
new departure.
“Do you iver go out Sunday avenins ‘2”
be inquired one fine Saturday.
“Sunday afternoons I do.”
amended. .
“ ’Tis great out. in the park.”
“I’ve heard it was nice.”
- “I’d be proud" if ye’d ride out. there
with me tomorry ‘2‘”
Alma’s delicate color deepened. She
gazed fixedly at the handle of the door.
“Let’s say three o’clock.”
“I’m not through my work till four."
It was the same thing as an assent.
“I’ll call for ye at four! ” He went oil
beaming, but her voice made him turn
back in sudden panic.
“Don’t call for me," she said, in wlow,
Alma
.hesitating tone; “you—I’d rather you
wouldn’t. Maybe I'll be at the corner.
at. four.”
The ride out on the open car was very
pleasant. Alma. enjoyed every bit of it,
though she" asked herself frequently
what. was she about. ’
Brannigan was not. introspective; be-
sides, he knew what. he was about; per-
fectly. . He paid Alma’s fares with ¢
authority she dared not. gainsay, ail-E
'sat with his arm on the back of‘bhe
seat behind her.
His heart swelled; he almost Wished
some man would do something for
which he could knock him down. He
had the primitive instincts of the tribal
lover; he wanted to show his strength
to the woman he desired, and to have
her know that strength would alubys
stand between her and danger.
This feeling increased as time went
on, and he saw more and more clearly
that Alma was unhappy at. home. Her
eyes were often red. She compla' ed of
headache, and on being pressed con-
fessed that “the boys were tiresome.”
One afternoon a strange man came
with the ice.
“Tim Brannigan’s . hurt,” he ex-
plained. It. appeared that Brannigan
had been at a fire, and rushing out of.
the burning tenement with a forgotten
baby. had broken his leg. He was in the
city hospital.
The next. day Alma dressed herself
with care in the blue gown Brannigan
liked, and the Sunday hat withits soar-
ing plumes and outspreading ribbons,
and started for the hospital.
When Bran nigan saw Alma ententhe
ward his face was irradiated with joy.
And yet, when she reached the bedside,
he was lying very still, with closed eyes
——or, with eyes that seemed to be closed.
“Ah, an‘ is it. you ?” he asked, faintly,
feigning a languid awakening. “"I‘is
good of ye to come, but I’m that wake
I can scarcely take it. in!”
“0, but— you’ll soon be better, Mr.
Brannigan!” she said, struggling not
to cry. -
“All, an’ do ye think so?” he asked,
feebly.
Alma looked down at his splendid
porportions in perfect seriousness.
“Do you feel pain anywhere?” she
asked, fearfully.
“Ashful, just. here!” said Brannigan,
laying a. muscular hand upon the car-
diac region. ,
Not a. muscle of her face changed, as
he saw through his half-shut eyes. A
ripple of laughter passed over him, and
he bit his lips under the long, tawny
mustache. And while he laughed, he
could have fallen at her feet—she was
so adorably innocent!
Alma saw and wholly misinterpreted
the tremor which shook him.
“Are you cold?" she inquired, anx-
iously. She knew that it was a bad
sign to feel cold in serious illness.
’ “Froze out!” said Brannigan, in a.
choked voice, another and more violent
tremor convulsing him.
“Don’t they give you anything for a.
chill?” she asked.
“They can’t give me nothin’,” he
whispered,“ 'twouldn’tdo no good!"
Poor Alma began to cry. She did not
know people never died of a broken
leg; and with Brannigan’s young
strength and health itwas-inexplicayble.
'But, certainly, be was near his end.
Reckless of observation, she bent. her
face to his and kissed him. .
And then astrange thing happened,
for the helpless sufferer revived, re
turned her farewell salute with inter-
est, and held the girl close in a clasp of
astonishing vigor.
“0, my! Mr. Branm’gan, aren’t you
ashamed? And me thinking you that.
ill!“ gasped Alma. ’
“I niver told ye there was anything
wrong wid me arms!” he cried. “An’
I was just sufferin’ for a kiss, dear!
Ye’veniver let me have one till now! (he ,
repaid himself for the deprivation). All,
Alma, darlin’, say ye’ll go to the priest.
wid me when I’m out 0’ here! I’ve a
tidy bit in the bank, an’ niver a soul
dependin’ on me, an’ 'I’d make ye so
happy ye’d not know yerself—”
He became aware of the severely-dis-
approving regard of a. middle-aged
nurse on the other side of the bed, and.-
let Alma. go. Then he winked with glad
ei‘frontery at the intruder. »
“’Tis all right!” he assured her;
“kissin’ ain't agin the rules whin it’s a.
man’s own gyurl he’s goin’ to marry—
is it, now? An‘ ye're goin’ to marry me
the minute I’m out, aren’t ye, Alma, me
dear?”
Alma was torn with a. variety of emo-
tions; but she loved Branmigan.
“Yes." she said—Boston Globe.
The Good-Natuged Business Man.
Blessings on the head of the good-
natured business man. He does more
good than a. missionary. So many
business men are cross and unreason-
able that a good-natured one has a.
start that is very valuable.—Atchison
Globe.
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