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noun-mm Wann-
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lurngadmandwrlnkled
Sltkneeto knee in life's mmafterxlow.
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u sweetstcry s uauut
'l‘e Karl.tha whflafu dream lit-mind do
Ami-otmemldhsdmahcat.
lamalovecndledtnthsartthlneeyas
oraahymaldamaadhbownpowdha
Mflhahmlugmmfanqlh
Baektothedaywhentiretchencslnetohhn
Andthancoonwlsttnlwlushia‘m'r)
sweeps
Orerthemrsthataeemaalnmartedplaln.
Butwherehkaoul withlneachfurrowllupa
Andev’ryfootmarkspeahadjoyorpatn.
Thatcradle—thereare many arch; theearth
' Baa many littlecroeaeeonherhreart:
‘l’hepeasantstarresand huhlehouraolrulrth.
0n manyfleldsare soldieraonsatrut.
Though Karl may sigh. hia gentle sorrow dies
Stillboru upon the threshold of hie cot.
Andso. ashunzertosweet food,hlscyee
Turn tothelittlemafd whosharndhlsht.
ltiathevoloele-loveofyearsthatspeah
lnouelunslooh ”Gretchen feels him lay
A handon hers. and what his spirit seeks
She gives. though “Knrirla all ahe tindsto
"’ -John Reid in Good Words.
AN ACCUBSED HOUSE.
Tim Vicente de B——-—, an amiable and
charming ycamg man,'waa peacefully en-
joying an income of N.” lirru yearly
when unfortunately for him bk uncle, a
miner of the worst species, died, leaving
him all his wealth amounting to 9.1mm).
ln running t‘ a: the ’ no!
mmiondhe Vicomte do B— learned
thathowastheproprietorofahonaein the
Rue de la Victoirie. He learned also that
the unfurnished building,bought in 18-19
flor 300,000 trance, now brought in. clear of
taxes. rentals amounting to 82,000 frnnoi a
year.
"Too much. too much entirely," thought
*thegeneroue vicomte. “My uncle was too
hard. Torent at this price isusury, one
cannot deny it. When one hears a
1mm like mine one should not lend him-
ielfto such plundering. [will begin to
marrow to lower my rente.and my tenants
will blem me."
With thiaexeellent purpose in viowthe
Violante do B--— aent Immediately for the
concierge of the building. who presented
himself as promptly. with back bent like a
how.
“Bernard. my friend,” said the vicornte,
“so at once from meaud notify all your
tenants that l lower their route by one
third."
That unheard of word “lower” fell like a
trick on Bernard's hood. Buthequickly
recovervd himself; he had heard badly; h:
had not linden-stood.
“Low-1r the rents!" stamrnered he.
"Monsieur lo vicomto deigns to jut.
Lower! Monsieur of course meonato raise
the rents.”
“l was never more serious in my life, my
friend.” the Yimlnto returned: “I said, and
I repeat it, lower the rents.”
This time the concierge wm nurprioed to
thepoint of bewilderment—so thrown oil
his balance that he forgot himself and ion.
all rentraint.
“Momdeur has not inflated.” penistul
he. “Noneieur will regret this evening,
Lower the tennnls' rents! Never wan such
athing known, mousienr! If the lmlgern
should Icon: of it, what would they think
ofmouuieur? What would people say in
the horhoodf Truly"—
“ . ruard, my friend," dryly inter
ruptcd the vieornte, ”I prefer when I give
an «dot to he obeyed without reply. You
hear rue—go!"
Staggering liheadruoken roan, It. Bee
nordwentoutfroan the houaeof his pro
pristor
All his Hens were upset. overthrown.
confounded. Wasbeorwaslhginotthe
playthlng of a dreams ridlcu night-
mare? Was he himself. Pierre Bernard, or
Bernard somebody else!
“Lower his rental lower his rental" re-
peated he. "ltlanottohabelieved. "in-
deed the ledger» had complained! lint they
havanot complained; on the contrary, all
are good “were. Ah. ll lab uneleeould only
know of this. he would rise frrwn thetanb!
Ilia nephew baa gone mad. ’tia certain!
lower the amt»! They timid have upthla
young man before a tamily council; he will
finish badly: Who knows-after thir-
wbat he will do out? He lonelier! too
well, . pa, thinnornlng."
the worthy Item-rd was no pal-with
caution when he roamed his hint.»
pale and mot. that on saying him enteritis
wife and daughtrrAmaada m as
l'
withouevoice
”Goodml what hit? What has
be with altasd
”Youan dunking me,”inalsted Mme.
' 3a are Want-thing
hum-s: MW“. 3 tan
m Whatdld theaawproprirtortdt
you! Dorahethtahoftnmin‘ueoll"
"lflt wweooly that! But first think,
hetotdrnewith his own lipsuhetoldine
to-ahlyuwinmhelkvewm—
“.mmlrfloenm”
"You will have it than! Vanuatu
told unordered he awry-n the
than M lowered their rent-m
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yourttmetodryusandyou will mar row calllngat
*. H. Harvey’s,
70 North Matti Street.
ltd Bernard. him
roundsoflhethrwandtwantylodu-toan
aouncshts new
gloat s.
Teaminntra afurwsrdthe hone lntht
BuedelaVietolrie was in a stated comv
Isa tipof the hat now «instead What
and W eagerly.
“Do you know, mood-on"
“It is very ext ”
"Simply unheard of!"
“The proprietor's lowaed my rut!"
“Ouothlrd. it it not! Mlnealso."
“Astounding! It must he a mistake!"
And duplts theatlrmatlonaof the 30
hard‘ family,d-pttervsn ths‘fltcfwritr
lug” “under cover." there were found
among thetenantsdoubting Thomas-who
doubted still in the face “muting.
Three of than actually to the pro
prietortotellhimwhat hadpamcdandto
charitahly worn him that his concierge had
wholly lost hbmind. Theproprletor to
sponded to than ca. confirming what
Renard had mid. bt thereafter wot
out o! the question.
Then begaurufiaeticusand commentaries.
“Why had the proprietor lowered his
rents?"
MY“. 'b’l"
“What motives," said they all, "actum
this strange man? Forcertainly he laud
have grave means for a step like this! An
intelligent moo. a man with good sense.
would never deprive himselt at mid fat
revenues, well secured. for the simple
pleasure of depriving himself. One would
not conduct himself thus without being
forced, constrained by powerful or terrible
circumstances.”
And each said to himself:
”There is something under all this!"
"But what?" -
And from the first fioorto the sixth they
mghi and conjectured and delved in Mr
brains Every lodgerhad the preoccupied
air of a man that strives with all his will
to solve an impossible cipher, and every-
where there began to be a rogue disquiet.
asit happens when one finds himselt in the
, of a ' ‘ mystery. _
Some one went so far at to hazard:
"This man intuit have committed a great
and still hidden crinm; remorse pushes him
to philanthropy.”
“It won not a pleasant idea either, the
thought 0! thus living side by side with a
rascal—no, by no means; he might be re
pentant and all that, but romaine he yield-
ed to temptation once more?"
"The house perhaps was badly built!"
questioner! another anxiously.
“Hum-m, 80—301 no one could tell, but
all knew one thing—it Wan very. very old!"
“True, and it haul been man?! to prop
it when they dug the drain last year in the
month of March."
”Maybe it was the roof then, and the
house is top heavy 2” suggested a tenant on
the fifth floor.
”Or perhaps." said u lodgvrln the glad.
"there is a press for coining counterfeit
money in the cellar; l have often hmrd at
night a sound like thellull, mulled thud“
acoin stomper.”
The opinion of another wnathat llumian,
maybe l’rueeian, epic haul gained a lodg-
ment in the houae, while the gentleman of
the first utory was incline-ml to la‘liri’e that
the proprietor purpoeul to not fire to his
house and furniture with the solo object of
drawing great aunts train the insurance
corupaniee.
Theo began to happen, as they all de-
clared, extraordinary, and even frightful
thingy. On the sixth and manmnl noon it
appeared that strange and alnoluiely inex-
plicable noises were heard. Thou the nurse
of the old lady on the fourth story, going
one night to steal wine from the cellar, to
Multrml the ghost of the defunct pmprt
etch-he even held in his hand a receipt for
rent, by which the know him.
And the refrain from loft tocellar was:
“There is smoothing under all this!"
From disquictude it had crane to fright;
from fright it quickly [used totaror. so
that the gentleman of the first floor, who
had raluables in his moms, made up his
mind togoand sent in notice by hiaclerh.
Bernard went to inform the woprietor.
who upended:
”an right. let the tool 9):"
But ncrtday thechlropodirtof the-mad
”.mhhehadnauxht tofearforh‘uu
valuables, imitated the gentleman lwneath
him. Then thv bachelors and the little
households 0‘ the fifth storyquieklyfol
lowed this example.
hour that moment It wasapnrral rout.
By the all of thewrek everybody had given
notice livery oneawalted some frightful
eatastropbe. They Ila/pt no more. They
mulled patrols. The terrified climatic-
swzne that tiny. too, would quit the ac-
cursed honor. and remained temlionrily
only on tripled warm.
llernnrrlwnanommthan the shout of
him": the femof fear had worn him to
ahadow
a .
”So." W his wife mounfully, at
0:3!“ “MM"M Ills not-at
a
mebtletbrsa and tweaty”tor mat"
the facade of thv
appliesthai
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A ‘ “Am" y
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l ”luau-(hill!!!-
own
ltlssalrlanonghmluumthatltixo-
nlmueheata' ' hat‘
Alb
gzwasallarlmsn.
new painaud so quieted his eon-dance.
'l'henhewenttoashounakefatutheatreet
olAthens.
”stntapairofshoeshyllondaymoru—
§tohtmeexaetlymithmnd toes."etc.
Wmtbffllfitm
y. air You shall have then
shall be out to your
hounatIOonllonday ”
TheBari man left his addre. and do-
parted.
1n the street of loin- heerduud anoth-
er shoemaker} shop and orderdl a prod-to
lyeimilsrpairof shoeson the-material.
“Have I made myself understood?"
”Perfectly. let me have the addreot,
and on Monday at. 10"—
"I shall not he in at 10. Don’t aeml them
before It.”
“At It you may count on having them
without fail."
On Monday at to the first victim ap—
peared. 'flie gentleman tried on the shoes.
Thari tweanperfect tit,theleftwas
f y tight over the inatep. It wanted
stretching a little.
“All right." said the abusing tradesmen.
“I will take it awaytull bring it back to
you tomorrow."
“Very well, and Irwilluettle your account
then.”
The shoemaker bowed; himself outwith
the leftahoe.
At It. punctual as a crrllitor, arrived the
around predestined victim. Themeseene
wasrepeated.hut thla'time ltw-theright
shoe that did not fit.
“You will have to put it over the lat
again, my frierul."
"We’ll norm art that right, air.” And
this shoemaker, more knowing than the
other, you about to take both ohms away
with him.
“Leave the other.” said the Bari man.
“It’s a fancy of mine. If youtnkothern
both. aome one may come in and find that
they lit him. and you will soil thorn to ln'rn,
and l shall bare to wait min-rm ."
"But. I assure you, sir”—-——
"No, no, my friend: I know larw things
go. lwant this pair of shoes and no other.
and I insist on keeping the one.”
The shoemaker bowed his head. with a
:ifh, and went away to stretch the right
or.
An hourlater the Bart man audits-hon
wenalreadyonboardthol’irreus steamer.
and on the following day the two victims
met on his dmmep, each with a Min his
hand. and looked into each other’s rapidly
lengthening face—Spare Moments.
Before and After.
“Next Monday evening." wrotethe editor
of the Pigeonville Cyclone, "our people
will he favored with a treat melt as we sel-
dom enjoy in our little city. The world
lamoua i’ellerlry Dramatic combination,
pnmting the sparkling comedy, ‘Woord
and “'on; or. The Loot Latchhey.’ will
armour at llecker’n hall. on the north side
of thepuhlic square. with a wmpany of
artists whom it is a plum-mm inconmn-ml
to the favorable notiac of all intent of pure
and refined comedy.
“Wherefor- the Yellerhy Dramatic com‘
bination has played this tearsm it hashern
greeted with packed homes, and therma-
pr'lsing proprietor“ Hacker's hall is enti-
tled to the thanks of the «manually for
giving us the oppmturity of welcoming!)
eminent aeompany of star-a and specialty
artist.» to our midst. " '
About a week laterthrmditur of The 0y-
eloae sat down auto and wrote. follows:
"Last Monday night. tenth rate gang of
harnatormen ailing themselves the Yel~
lerby Dramatic combination held forth to
a slim and stunning andleneaat Rachel’s
hall. They performed. or rather murdered,
what theycallrd the sparklitgeouredyof
'Wooed and \t'm,‘ a dreary new of
old and moldy chestnut; baldbndad so
nundrnma, all up M worn whlahua
when Noah wmtintotl-erh. Thar-wasn’t
a 'noarhtinx' feature to the entire perform-
ance. it was a nightmre all through, and
the ‘actiog' was worse than the ‘play.’
”it therein memlmif the 'roothinatiou'
wboeould earn one dolbr a week drowning
out wordehuchs or numerac- enough drw
matte ability to turn a grind-tone without
theairlofa . Mdidu't appear!“
Monday in . he only wonder in that
when to palpable a fraud as this cheap au-
W“ at Itlklt: aetora comes to town
anybody can be found who earssto waste
half a dollar to help the room hub-p
aatotbeaasttowa."stc.—~M‘htbnsa
Insist-ad ”heath-d
Mums-bath. ldsa’tthiatthat
“all”.
lam-Why. blurs life.
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raa «me with it array-w
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mhawnldn'thtndertrytoyanh
lliaselfoutdoorssnsflm'm
'l’omahherhltclwnhregood,
Boshec'dbataherbaauaanples.
He‘d uy,“l've'ouerfh-arflu."
Anthaahe’daetandtlosaerflaa
anltll’flllhfl-
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calhhte long
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Be'd my. ”I‘ve gutter Ila-aerate."
An I: he‘d set an mun
About the yard- an are an shin.
Anacratehhbbeadanuh thee-au-
Of w'at there was before time our.
An w'at the unit-rue ‘ud do
Bimaby w‘en time but all not through!
Ankrthmv furn’dhevto climb
lit we sh‘ll travel out or time.
A not we‘d need w'en we not than
1., keep our watchta in rupalr.
Then. at his wife ah'd ash the out
‘11! he wouldn't hinder try to walk
'To where do haul the table IBM
'ydtdn'tmspeatafovar'
Anw‘eorheldlothlstupperrt.
lie'dsetansetansrtanaet.
Anfohlhlaarruanahethiaeyes.
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mmammwm» seat.
Al‘htidhltalfl’thelflahs'd .
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With ma a rose upon his hreastl
Ah! roomy cruel words they ted
When Jim was dead.
“Joe' killed hlesclf.” “Too mean tor tin."
They didn‘t by one word tardy-
Of comma-they hovered near
An rand ca Jim plying there!
”than ain‘t no nae to lath." they and.
"lla's bound-ad!"
But suddenly the rot-aground still.
“’hiie God's white sunshine seemed ter Ill
The duh place with aelsara dllfr.
.An o'er the dead the butt—Jill's wile:
an withhar lipsclora.¢loastehla.
Asthouh he how a felt the In
the robbed-a lanolin «ht terres—
‘Ah. Jim wasalwaylnod ter one!"
I tellyoawheathatmtolkht
lthinderutthdead-aarlaht.
{I faw—~
‘I'hruuh veins with human frailty lited
Adowdlrhehfouflm
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