* ‘ ‘ her an a '
Rushmore bright with all:
‘Mmodeetuownotusvy blue ‘
, fits all the admiration due ‘
'lb o women‘s crestut wealth.
lie! flesh is firm and her muscles strong.
Her rounded limbs might well belong.
the sudden of olden time.
A! she llidee along on her silent wheel
All men admire, for all men feel
.. That her vigor ls sublime.
Millet! to the bicycle girl. and lions
Who‘ll“ and new more sirens.
u no women ought to do,
'llll her weaker sisters also try
”With her in her health and her strength to
. vie
And not them bicycles too.
~Toronto Mall.
7 TRANSFORMATION.
Put’s”l’og tavern, near the ford
Little Snake creek, was the central
t of, a wild region thinly peopled
_, ranchmen and miners and. thickly
by coyotes. Bones of departed bison
lay bleaching on the bleak plains
' und about.
"Pat‘s" consisted of a store, a bar,
bunkroom and a kitchen. It was
9 base of supplies for the scattered
population and the scene of their
somewhat violent festivities. There
was no other regular stopping place
Ween the mining camps far off
under the snow capped Silver Bow
range and the “city" of Dowling, 70
miles away across the Little Snake.
“Shorty” was one of the chief at
tractions at Pat’s. Diminutiveness
had been his profession foryears, but
confinement in dime museums and
dds shows had not awed with him.
The coldly curious eyes that stared
at him all day had seemed to follow
him through the darkness and into
his dreams. 80, grown restless, he
had given up the proud title of "em-
1 -.. r of Lilliput," and taken his turn
as a spectator in the world.
Glad to escape from crowded
; . '- ts, he had traveled in wild places
till his savings were spent and then
v ed up “broke” at Pat‘s. When
he had been there a week, Put, who
I oved what he called “phenomenons, "
I- ad invited him to stay forever. and
hen a month had passed it was
our to the worthy host that Shorty
"as not a mere “phenomenon," but
i every way a man after his own
heart.
The men of the Little Snake region
t first accorded him the compns
donate respect that strength yields
to weakness. then the honor due to
.upcrior ability. for Shorty took his
. ew lift- with such a liver zoest that
it- sevmed as if the little frame that
Ield his spirit had served to concern
me rather than restrain its powers.
Constant exercise made him tough
;- wiry as a bobcat. His steady
hand and quick eye soon became
. nosoof a dead shot. He could ap-
proach game when other men could
of come Within range. He learned
. ride boldly,.and bronchus obeyed
In im easily, for he had that rich, gen-
. voice a horse loves, and he was
ttorly fearless.
Moreover, he was ingenious and
itidy with tools, while his social
.ualities, his banjo, songs, 1 wer of
mimicry, inimitable dancing and
; fling good nature made him
'ends everywhere.
All the bubitucs of I’ut‘s were
: 1 - u that, “burl-in looks, there
ain’t nothin small about Shorty.“
0 6 man, hoWever, less through un-
1 Id intent than from coarse stupid—
ty, persistently hurt the little man's
eelings.
“Ain't you skeered tor hev such
1 big, savage lookin critter around?"
9 said to Put, with a roar of laugh
or, on first seeing Shorty.
"Look a-here, kid,” he went on,
ddressing the dwarf, ”my littlo gal
p the crick's ben ’lowin I‘d ortcr
‘ t her a dorl tor play with. Would
.' 9 like the sitcrvntion i"
“To judge from the looks of your
arse, friend,“ said Shorty, “flu-re.-
. n’t not to say over much to cut
2 en for a doll up the creek, and I
1 .essI‘ll be obliged to refuse your
. (1 offer on them grounds."
After this Tuckcrson net'cr saw
warty without mocking him for his
= r of inches till the time (nine when
9 little man won a singular victory
. -er his mmwutor.
Tuckerson, though one oil the first
~. tiers on the Little Snake, was not
”all known there. llo sought no
u ”puny, and his claim Was too far
. tof overyluuly's way to be visited
-‘ in more curiosity. Yet there was
. oe curiosity as to what he hoped
i do with that claim. It llilMl nopas
. -;e nor any minerals so fill as
. e miners knew.
Here 'I‘ucltcrson, a widow's-r, lived
th his only child, a girl about 12
ears of age, whom be generally left
one in thecnbin when hotvas hunt
‘g orwhen be came down to l’ut's
. exchange hides, furs or game for
.t- sound cloth. In thoicabin she
safe enough, for wild bouts will
.». attack a cabin, and they were
. . only “tenors" native to there-
. I i.
Shorty learned to dread the sight
w Tuckerson, whose imagination had
‘ . -. one especial joke1 which he
‘ M. repeated.
‘1 “Wad, Shorty.“ he would say, “did
‘ make out ter beat thet jiack rabbit
yo yo wrestliu of under the sage
f. .. day? lseehe wasgivinyea
’ - tassel."
yrs-hurt. lytl
was near years
wmhmi vidblein
Bowling city became more and more
frequent. and when he come there
was an excited air about him, some
times wildly gay, sometimes tense
and stern. He drank more deeply
than had been his wont, and it was
observed by Put that he seldom
brought hides and furs, but paid in
gold dust. ,
"I‘hem dust an nuggets may be the
lavin's of a long life of frugal in
due ," said Put one day, “but it
du seem es of our friend up the Click
hed struck a placer. Wha‘s your
idea, Shorty i"
“ ’Tain’t no business of ours, Put.
Let‘s not give Tuckerson away if
he‘s working a claim on the quiet. "
Nevertheless the rumor got abroad,
and the only persons who did not
hear it were Tuekerson himself and
the lonely little girl in his remote,
inhospitable cabin.
One day 'l‘uckerson came galloping
up, his face wild with excitement,
his speech breathless and not very
coherent, his manner full of a tri~
umphant insolence, as if he had just
acquired an ad vantage over the rest
of mankind. ,
He ordered liquor, drank far too
much, took more with him to cheer
his lonely way to Dowling and left
the bar laughing at Put‘s remon-
stranccs.
"See that galootl“ the host re.
marked as Tuckerson went out.
“Know what's the matter of him,
Shorty?"
“He‘s struck it rich," said the little
man.
“Rich? You bet! I know what
them eyes 0’ his'n an all thet impor-
tance means. Ef he gits down t‘
Dowlin in that state, he'll give away
his secret, sure, an first thing he
knows that claim 0’ hisn‘ll git
jumped l“
Shorty went out.
son !" he shouted.
“Why, hello, Shorty I” said Tucker-
son, who was already in the snddh.-.
“I seed that jack rabbit on the trail.
He‘s powerful sore whar ye kicked
him last time yo fit. Haw! haw!"
“All right!“ said the little man,
cheerily. "But sayv—going to Dow-
ling, Tuckerson?”
“Tha’s what I bc--—goin tor Dow-
lin fer hev a little Chris‘mus time all
ter myself. (Jhris'mus hain't come
yit, Sliorty—v-not fer most-4nd mine
showed up yestidy en are come 1‘
stay too."
“It's true. then," thought Shorty.
“He has struck ‘pny dirt,‘ and [in
mistake." Then he said, “Are you
leaving your little girl all by herself
up the creek 5"
"Now, look here, kid," said the “ill
or, lunghin. “I lied itpluuib inmind
all ther way down to arsk ye if yo'd
be so kind on condcsccndin oz for go
up tcr my shanty en perfect things.
Only the gopbcrs on jlli'kri on cotton
tails on mice on small birds up there.
is terrible Force on sassy. But you
oh go of you ain't scared of ‘cm. So
long, Shorty. Bo kcerflo on not fall
inter no dog holes on git lost!"
Shorty watched bun till all that
could be seen of him was a cloud of
red dust far away toward Dowling
and then went into the tavern.
"l’urtl,"s:ud Put, who had ovc-i'
heard the conversation, "of l was
you, I’d be tempted to plunk a hole
lll that tongue flourishin galoot."
“If you was me, l’ut, you'd be
tempted to do no such thing. You'd
take out your banjo and do your
‘plunkin’ on that, just as I'm doing:
now. You wouldn't cure any lnnro'
for his Words than if they were so
many bonu-oputhic pills.“
Nevertheless Shorty haul been hurt,
and when he turned in that night he
said to himself sadly. “I wish I could
do that man agood turn someway,
so that he could understand that I‘m
ahumun being and quit picking at
me.”
(in the next day but one two strain
gcrs camoovcr the ford very early
in the morning. I’m attended to
their wants and loft tin-m. While he
wont to aid a cowboy who had shot
an elk and wanted help to bring it ill.
The landlord I'oulildcpcnll on Hhorty
to "mu" the liotl'l In his absence.
At this hour tin-ox king of Lilliput
was asleep in u snuggcry under the
counter in the large room that served
as bar and stow. 110 was awakened
by the voices of the two strangers.
and looking through a knothob- saw
them for the first time.
lie l-wnnnml them closely, for they
Were it rufliunly looking pair, not of
tho frontier type, but with “city
tough" and “manual juilbird" mark
ed all over flu-m.
“Suooxers from Dowhng," said
Shorty to himself as be listened.
“We run up ugin a good t‘ing wen
we hit. (lat chump'l'nckcrson, lu-y.
Jim i" said one.
“Yer right we did. Mind how do
cully talked w'cn he got full! You
bet I pumped him gmd an dry ”fore
l was done wid him."
"Yer did so. An now we're right.
ontm' his chum on his little kcgcr
gold, an I guess we can make do lit—
tle gurrl let on where he kccpsdcr
stuff» are?"
The men dismissed their plan, which
was to hide about Tuckerson‘s till
nightfall~sinoe “do gurrl" might rea-
sonably be expected to shoot at sue
picions strangers-then to call out for
help. pretending to have lost their
way and that one of them was dis-
abled by an accident.
They rose logo and called for their
host, but no one homered.
“He made no pay in advsmae,”uid
one, “anhein'tlotuomueem
"Oh, Tucker—
rlght berg
"No. no! Don't touch nothin here,
sully; don‘t git no one uterus. We'll
make a haul up on Tuckerson‘s claim
that’ll last on half our lives if all that
fool told us was true." ‘
As soon as their way, bending
round a blufl, took them out of sight,
Shorty was out and in a few minutes
more was spurring his little broncho
to its best speed. By riding fast over
ashort out, with the hills between
himself and the robbers, he meant to
reach Tuckerson’s first.
“Who be you?" asked Tuckerson‘s
girl as Shorty rode up to the door of
the little cabin about 5 o’clock in the
afternoon. “Oh, I know! You‘re
the little feller down to Pat‘s that
paw alwus used ter say I’d orfer boy
for a dor ."
”Never mind that now. I‘ve hur-
ried here to tell you of some danger
you‘re in."
“Danger !” slid the girl. “G’way,
child. There ain‘t no danger round
here—except it‘s dyin of loneliness."
“You just listen to me," said
Shorty, and told her all about the
coming strangers.
He disclosul his plan to her, too,
succeeded in convincing her that he
was man enough to carry it out and
finally induced her to promise to he
still in the attic with her father‘s
small pailful of gold dust and his gun
beside her.
“if I don't fix ”em down stairs, you
can if they try to get up the ladder,"
said Shorty. “You'll have the dust
and your Weapon anyhow, and at
worst you‘ll be just as safe to let me
figger in the first act. I’ll let on
you've cleared oukl guess lcan do
that without no lyin."
After the girl had put some cata-
bles and a black bottle on the table,
she took her place in the rude attic,
which was floored with boards so
loosely set that she would be able to
see the promised proceedings below.
Shorty then went to a bit of looking
glass, and standing before it muffled
his head in escarf that she had given
him. Next he took off his boots.
Finally he lay down on some hay in
a box about four feet long, covered
himself with blankets and waited till
the (Timon!) sunset faded into twi.
light. Then he put a light in the
window and Went comfortably to bed
again.
“You‘re fool'ui me,"said the girl
in a loud whisper.
"They‘re a little longcrou the road
than I expel-ml," said Shorty, “but
they'll get here all the same. Best
not move anyhow."
“( )b, I hear something now," urn-d
the girl.
“Yul-i» that‘s them." said Shorty.
“Now, mind, not a move, nota laugh,
not a whisper. You ain‘t scared. are
you?"
“I guess- I would be if you wasn‘t
here," silo said.
The two thieves had hidden in the
cottonwuxls till nightfag. Now they
were yelling forlwlp. /" nving called
in vain for ten minutes, one of them
went to the cnbin.
“Say, my mate‘s out here Wlll his
leg broke. Will ye come out an help
him ("
No answer. llc knmked.
“Tum in,“ hillll u childish voice.
i..'omingin, tho ruffiun saw a lull“
much muffled figure in a little bed
in a corner.
“Hello, hubby." said he. "Where‘s
your folks!"
“Popper ain‘t home.” said the sup
run-uni infant, “an Sally she's gone,
and I so 'fraid. oo! oo!"
“Well, no use you cryin. Shut
your mouth right off," said fbothiof,
going to the door. "Hi! Como m
hero, Jimmy I" he called. “Thar
ain‘t no one here but a 4-year-old brat
in its bed."
Jim came in and gloutcd over the
food on the! table.
"(iliI‘NH wo c'n Work better with
grub in us," he said. "We dmervc
it after our long ride. Soc!"
They sat down and full to, dim-
gnrding fbn "-fvyunr old“ till their
hunger was new“ y satisfies].
“Say, bubby, whore (1008 popper
kcop his gold {“ said Jim.
"Some in his fools unsomo in a tin
pail," whimporcd ”hubby.“
“Now, we don’t take no foolin,“
stud one. "W‘cn we git. t'rongh hero,
you're goin to show us where that
gold is kcp'. See: If you don‘t .
grrr- wu'll out you alive."
“l~l'll show you, sir. (lb, [wish
my popper was home '."
"Your popper sent us up.
make it all right Will him."
They laughed and went on eating
and drinking till Jim chanced to
look over at the little bed. He gave
a startled exclamation and threw
his arm over his comrade's shoulder.
“book i" said he in a whisper. “Do
you 84‘!) what 1 ml"
There emailing by the box was~ not
a child, but a little man with a big
revolver, cocked and aimed, in each
hand. His head was craned for-
ward. his face was twisted into an
expression of terrible malignity, his
eyes flashed, his stubby red beam
literally bristled and his v ' . rolled
out deep and strong:
”When you play tricks on a drunk-
en man and learn his secret; when
you go tomb a defenseless girl in a
lonely place; when you threaten a
little child in his bed, it's well to think
who’s watching you through it all z"
The solemnity with which these
words were spoken, the evident
knowledge of their doings and plans,
the tiny stature and distorted fees of
the speaker, thrilled them
We‘ll
a, .
canbear audtheysstasifpnralyzed.
“Throw down your knives and
guns. Offwith‘em!"
They obeyed. :‘Now we’ll sit here
till some one comes. If you move,‘1
plunk you!"
“An I’ll plunk ye. too i" cried Tuck-
erson's daughter, unable to conceal
her excitement longer, and now up-
pearing at the head of the ladder with
a double barmled gun.
Sally was sleeping comfortably
next morning when her father came
home. The thieves were not. for
their arms were tightly bound behind
them with pieces of clothesline, their
legs were tied tightly together, and
the clothesline, passing back of the
bench on which they sat, held their
heels up and their hands down. They
could keep their balance only by lean.
ing forward against the table, and the
position was anything but comfort-
able.
The ex-cmperor of Lilliput had
deftly done this job while Sally stood
over the pair with her gun and an
eye that showed she would use it if
they resisted. And now, in the early
morning, Shorty was still on guard,
alert and watchful. He had not
thought it would be judicious to
trust the rogues to cords alone.
That afternoon they were taken to
Dowling to be delivered to the au-
thorities. But before they went
Tnckerson was moved to speak his
admiration for the cxcmperor of
Lilliput.
“Shorty," said he, “you'realong
way bigger man than I be. I begin
to ketoh the ideo thet the real bigness
of amen don't depend on his heft!"
~—-Francis Dana in Youth‘s Compan-
ion.
Habits of a Wounded Boar.
“()ne of the peculiar characteris-
tics of bears," said D. M. Bronson of
Leadville, (3010., “is that when
wounded their first impulse is to bite
something. Ihave spent a good deal
of time hunting in the mountains
and have seen this fact illustrated
more than once. I remember once
shooting at an old she bear, and the
ball striking her in tho foreleg. In‘
stantly she seized the other leg be-
tween hcr jaws and bit it fiercely.
At another timoI fired at a bear
whose cub was asleep close by. ()n
receiving the shot the old bout, with
a ferocious roar, rushed upon the
cub and cuffed and bit it several
times.
”On still another micasion I came
across txvo beam, a male and a te-
inulc, feeding on the slope of a long
hill. Iwmitaround the hill to get
above them, and on looking over the
crest saw the male boar not 40 yards
away. 1 at once fired and wounded
it. The animal jumped into the air.
bit the wound and then with a growl
of pain rushed furiously at its com»
panion She, like a spirited female,
resented the assault. The two clinch-
ed. rolled our and over, biting and
clawing each other for a few min‘
utes. and then bolted away into the
forest." Hr. Louis (ilolwihimocrat.
l‘umvmforlisbic Kort-an "nuns.
’l‘bo “kilns,“ the Korean house fur»
nave, rendwrs the ntmosplwreof the
inns whore ii'lth'li'l‘Pi take their rest
almost insufferable. It is pictured as
a primitive though effective means
of heating flu» housesthmughout the
kingdom. A small fire of bmslnwxxl
is lighted lll tln-smnll furnace at oin-
sub-of llll‘ house, thence nuinerolis
fines under the mud floor conduct
the smoki- and hot air to an upright
chimney or hob-m tlwivull at the
opposite end or side, and it little fin-
suilicvs in thoroughly heat a large-
boumu (‘aptuin i'nvendbali says he
is not suniriml to find coughs and
colds coinmon, for an indoor temper
More of 7!! degrees or so degree-s and
on outdoor one of Zorn form fry
lug extrcnws. Moreover, tho coll-
stunt warmth serum to keep alive the
mum-mus flit-s. fleas, bugs and cock
l‘lMll'llt‘H with which most of flu-
bouscs swarm. l’lnludc-lpliin l’rcss.
I'Irin line No Wash "II,-
l’aris sends all her washing out in
llll‘ vomilryw-lbnt is, the bonton
l’urisiun. The city luundrim that do
up tholiueu of the forcigxwrs from
England. Asia and Ann-rim. wash by
machine and dry by strum bent un-
der the pnw-nu-nt or near lb:- sown
arteries. If is against the law to
hang onto wash. if a tenant. put a
pocket lmndlwrcbiof or a towel in
the window to dry. the concierge
Would lmvoniit. and if ho couldn‘t
lxirsundi- lH-r in l'i-lliovc flu! nuisanco
the gondurim- Would. large and
small vonm‘rns smul delivery wagons
about for work, which is expressed
to the muntry and returned in a
week or in days. The work is or
quisito and prices are rcamnable,
but the strain on the garments in
lroblo llli‘ ‘\'iiiir."”NUw York ‘Vorld.
Flowers Which Huh Ms thunk.
Professor lnwmn Tait says there
are vermin orchids that secumthe
fertilization of their stimnas by mak-
ing ism drunk. In no other way
muld they get these insects to cut
up the necessary antics to carry the
pollen to the proper place. Every
such flower is a veritable public
home. Iwcnml by nature. The boy-
eruge summed is distinctly alcoholic.
In Musical Circles.
Bharp-r Was it grand opera you
heard?
Newman-d if I know whether
it was ad, square or upright.“
Detroit Press.
1894
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