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v ’whllntili ' ””eysssrswat.
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. ,_ ’ I i ‘
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. i g s e p s I I “an In 'W- M”
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, “t r ' ’ " a Orthotdesrspotwhcuarstwsmet. . ,
Complete with til 10a will forget. Then I was initiated into the mysteries
. " ‘ ‘ , of the thing and saw how, by pushing a
i . , . , ign'fimmgfigg, mall attachment downsothatitrulibed
“maneuver me new ‘1' ' . onthsfrontwiwel,tbc mscliihismofths
mm P 30 ”ml the is M and we
phonograph was made. to revolve, and it
shouted out whatever was in it until the
clamp was released. Barker said he had
talked into it half a day, and it was evi-
dently well supplied with a vocabulary. v ‘
‘By the time we got to the club—MM we
belong to aclub, both of us—Barkar was
in a state of hilarious delight, and half of
the dogs, children and old italics in town
were on the verge of frenzy. Of course all
Like some he colder Milly.
Into» imoa, topay mydsbt—
You will forget.
, ~Psii Mall Gazette.
BARKER’S BICYCLE.
Barker is an old friend of mine, and this
in add, filter. 3am. (hays and Worcester. Our leader-Gem
. cine Rochester Cnpigljldflflcil bouquet. who this lamp is offer-
. ., - .2 V3, ,, . J. N. elaswiurefoy tree. Handsonw line of Water one Shades at . .
“BANQilgwaLAM Ps
public.
lir. Abominable is napkin:
. - $H.2!3
wet!"sllecried. “Have you been
to get wmliilss for Miss Vernon?
,hsaidhsr-yshswantsdsoms."
“-At anyrate, myasamh has been vain,"
‘ said Abererombie‘eoldly, for new.» nn~
noyed n heinxfoundoutandvenadsttha
allusion to bliss Vernon.
Abel-crumble vouch-sled no
lofthocauseol hiswettinl, and even the
the lively’hcstesshadsufllcienttscttonot
saninreferto the mishap when heroturnsd
to the company in dry attire» .
It is curious how these things get about,
Flower Pot Stands,
with I. 8 and «i shelvaa. Juliane stands in oak. ash and cherry. Fain-y
mantle clock; in onyx, mdrble. iron and wood. Fine line of fading whlst
tables, all sine. Latsu style umbrella stands, ”‘l’ohansbi", only
Webmalsrgerlineof'l'oys. Dollsand Gama than all
tbs honsssin
this turn combined. "Wedding and Birthday Precious n specialty. Open
--lBIJ5C)
Each.
story is not told with any malicious inton-
sion. 1Not for the world would I do any-
thing to rupture the bond of fi-icndship
which has existed between us for many
years. .
I hate had a tall: with Barker about it
anyway. and he says he doesn't mind,
provided I handle the thing in a neat and
intelligent way and do not dagger-ate.
which I shall wrininly be very mreiul not
to do.
Barker is employed innbank during the
the other follows in the club had to learn.
all about it, and Barker pushed his ma-
chine around on the sidewalk and made
the phonograph curse them and all their
relatives to the tenth generation, which
seemed to aflord them the most unbounded
pleasure.
As a fitting conclusion to the evening's
entertainment we all went up stairs, and
1 mgret to say that Barker, after placing
the phonograph carefully on u. table beside
him, got usdrunk us a lord and talked and
‘ = day. He has never outdo it very clear to
my mmm' .rt“ MW”. me just what the nature of his occupation
is in that institution, but he can liesecn
at any time Domain the hours of 10 and ii
seated on a high stud and waving a long
black ruler. I um informed thnt he uses
the ruler once in awhile to draw lines with,
and oven puts them an tx-msiomsi figure in
is large book that is always open in front
of him, but this is only hmrsav, and us I
have promised to routine this narrative
strictly to foot-s I would mther not make
any positive statement about it.
But while it may be well to give some
sung and shouted in a very scandalous and
disgraceful way.
After it was allover I tookmliim home
and put him to bed, and while doing this
he informed me in a maudlin and discon-
nected way that he was going out riding
the next evening with the two Cutter girls,
daughters of old man (Joupon Cutter, one
of the directors in the bank, and hewlshed
I would happen to drop around and ride
with the big one, so he could talk to the
little one. He said that I was his only
friend, and that he loved the little one.
He did not love her in an ordinary way,
‘ ibut the next morning nearly all Henley
owrmdugsmmw
‘ - . ' ’n ‘ ore. purveyor eggs
fimfitmmg 5 toll the Skimpleys' man, and, he told in.
. u“. once ”I'M, her~ i master, and much speculation was ln~
W new“ “manipulate as to tbeldemitynfthehorolo
. _ é unfit), whose modesty seemed on a par
. ~w courage.
., m 30%;? m After breakfast a stroll along the banks
, Morningbadbroughtalet- waspropoecd, sndAhercrombiatook we
I. M: “like that of histwo i to secure hills Vernon for a companion,
W 5:5W‘MTEMW "am and in" Strut-i-
Carriages, '
Whgons, Bicycles and Horse, Goods
.: a“ “M“, until Thurs» 3 awhile, and then Mile Vernon referred to
vi” to bet- spouse over the
a “Is hethe blues man or
some letter That’ll
. her husband, lighting his pipe
antic look at the weather.
”will but it was not to befound;
. begun toarrlve.
my; thinned: any special mention
"' . l Vernon,‘who was ntull, well
with bnlr of golden brown, is
I «33W as a poor rehttlon.
When“ approaching. in the
» “lit a gentleman in a very
tproved to be.
”tipped aboard Mrs. Skimpley
particularly that his trousers were
that his shirt was of white silk,
, in the buttonholo of his college
sees a beautiful blush rose.
, the elegance of Mr. Abercmm-
,, psi up, coupled with the foot that his
was decidedly‘ chagrin
for Frederick would have a Q “HOW I shouidllkc to meet "I! man that
his to ”talk about‘his [”551“, ‘did it!” (Abercrombie felt a thrill at the
hoversity, while doubtless the ; words.) “It would have been a brave deed
MI Well” have been able to y‘ in daylight, but at night, when the river
‘ .. hat to the W enjoyv , looks so terribly dark and deep and myste-
m WI! Still there was , rious. towns a_splcudid act indeed. Don’t
you think so, Mr. Abercrcmbiel”
- “0W ,5 Crumbs?" ejaculated f “I think the gentleman probably caught
the rescue.
“Whata noble thing to do!" she said.
a bad cold, " responded Aberorombio, “and.
after all, it’s only a question of being able
l to swim. and there’s not much in that."
“Swim, indeed!" retorted Miss Vernon.
; “And do you snppossthat every person that
feould swim would have done wlnt that
‘m‘pley looked everywhere for‘m“ did?" ‘ ‘
“Quite a subject fornpcem,” ejaculated
mam in doubt whether Mr, Ab- , Ahemromble sententioosly, but looking
mm, M or an, athlete when y with admiration at the flushed cheeks and
glistening eyes of his fair companion.
“Well, Mr. Abercrombie," she said,
. “you may not mennall you say, and I hope
you nre not so—so puerlle as you choose to
n and good teeth. She was 1 appear. I don’t suppose that my opinion
ploy'sniecesud could now very { is anythins to you. and 0! course poetry ls
l all very well in its Way, but if it were a—
. m um chatting under the v, a brother of mine I would rather that he
the m of the houiieboat , did one suchdeedus thatof last night than
write 50 prize poems. ”
The color hndsfaded from hes-cheeks, and
boating costume. Something ; her eyes flashed as she spoke. As Aber-
M. up, w“ Mr. Abel-crumble, crumble looked -into the? depths his own
ordinarily impossible face showed signs of
emotion. He uttered a happy little laugh
and straightened himself up with an un-
cousolous gesture.
They had walked on and on, while the
others had turned back and were nowquite
near the scene of the previous night‘s cpl-
sodc. As they approached it they row a
or nytnv DESCRIPTION
Willi in: sold for the
Next
Ten
Days
~at
Your
Own:
Price.
The cause of it, “Hard Times."
Cure for them, “Gold Cure" cost.
Come and sec at.
LUTHER M. 'WRIGHT’S
Factory and Repository,
short insight into the nature of Barker’s
daily pursuits and the general tenor of his
, existence. it is by no menus osmntial to the
4 full comprehension of the events with
2 which this suiry bus to deal, as the scene is ‘
l laid entirely after the set of sun, at which
time Barker 6011903 to be on culinary in-
dividual and hemnwsa bicycle fiend of the
most desperate description. As a nutter
of fact it is entirely probable that such
would have been his habitual condition at
all hours if he bud not found it- necessary
i'or financial memos to waste. his talents
port of the time in a bunk.
Barker‘s bicycle is a izuwhine of the most
approved pattern and equipped with all
the latest- upplianeea for securing speed,
safety and Will. There was one point,
however, on which be exwrionoed gloat
annoyance. He could never find a device
which Would exercise a sufficiently star-
tling effect on pidostrinus and make them
jump out of his way in us lively a manner
on he would like.
“A bell ain‘t. worth a (rent. you know."
he would my to me. “l’eopii’! nro getting
so used to hearing them thut they don‘t
poy any attention to them. I run over
three boys, A; dog and an old lady last
week, and it's getting to be a nuisance. "
I sold I thought it was. and that I had
no doubt the three, little boys, the dog and
the old lady also thought so.
"It's an autumn." said Barker, “when a
man mn't go along the street without be—
ing tipped over by pmple who don't look
where they are going. There ought to be a
law against it. Now, what I want on my
bicycle is some sort of u thing that will
streets outright that they don't own the
either, but in a way in which no one ever
had loved lxal’ore.
Now I like Barker, and he is a friend of
. mine, and as n mutterof course it wneonly
mmmmn charity to help him out in a case
like. that. So i gave him a lot of gmd ud‘
vice about how to doctor his haul in the
morning, which he received with u very
bod grace, and promised to beln the neigh—
borhood of old flutter‘s the next evening
without fail. ,_
I Was a little into getting off, and had
homily not within sight of the house on
the following night: when I met the two
girls and Barker coming toward me. He
embed to be in high spirits and was pur-
tloulnrly jolly when they met me. I wane
ed to ask him about the phonograph, but
hesitated to do so. He immediately mon-
tioued the matter himself, however, and
explained that the youngest Miss Cutter
was infatuated with the thing and had in—
sisted on huving it put on her bicycle, and
that they oil were anxiously waiting for
something to not in the way so they 01 id
give it 11 trial. 1 ufteru'nnl discovered iii
Borkoriuid represented to them that tho“. '
whole thing was his own idem, and they
had “(30le that he was wonderfully in-
genious
We had gone about three blocks. Barker
and "the little one" being in front and
theeldt-r Miss Cutter und myself in the
rear, when a man tried tocrws the street in
front of us.
"Emmy! Gimme another drink!" said
the phonograph in a ghastly counterfeit of
Barker's voice.
The man gazed at us in astonishment
and foil into the gutter, Barker‘s mat-him:
wobbled violently, and I could son that his
Franklin .“¢ Indian stTCGtS, . . . . 890th Ior'a'k': show people who go rushing uround tho
whole town. norm bod crumbled, while I felt. a shiver
along my own spine as I took in the situa—
tion '
" Her golden hair was hanging down her
~h~h~hio~—buckf" song the wretched in-
strument in llnrkor's well known treble.
Evidently “the little one" couldn’t loosen
the clump.
Drops of sweat stood on Barker‘s brow,
and Lo tried to turn it oil as u joke.
" Funny. ain't it?” said he. “Never can
tell what it will my. ”
" You're n liar: ' screamed tho phonm
graph. "(,‘zinm ’long now and pass the
whisk.”
I could see “the little one” turn pale,
and i no older Miss Cutter was looking dog-
gone at ilurkor.
“In; in in, ms in la, wow, wow, wow,
whmpa-Y” sold the phonograph.
"filthy," it combined in omnildcntini
whisper, “l‘m struck on tho—hio—prcttL
ost~hio-girl ' '-—
«cum... .
in largo variety («mi L'MLllclll value :16.
extremely, Mic, Was quite suill- 81'0“!) 0“ "3" mm“ eagerly tullsing. , ~ . » " " "“” ‘ . -- ‘ ' v ”
. to convince her that it mm the poet l Among the Ciillriouistswvrenmm will; . l ‘ admiridl'li:ke:ua‘:lnttnittngil’lnglkgl grotl’ty
Mthenthlute timt stood before them- women, holillugru “m" “‘7! “NW N" “x" - I ; smnrt man to invent nunething that will
sodellghm you have come, Mr. Abercrombio l‘cifillitlllm‘ti til“§il ll: ii i r:- 1 r w e a r “u tllll lllll. ‘3)“ see. lt hill-l R“: who some-
nibie," she said, ”but we are so ment. “"3 child 100““ MD enough, i: .r » It ' thing out of tin» onlinury run. The only
RN that neither ME WedBOWOOIl “11” man “PM. none “1" “1"” “W 1“" 1 war I mu make them move now is to yell
‘ .m can come with you. Let narrow escape. A” Abormauhio ”“1 m” f ‘ at them and there‘s too much work about
‘ uesyou'H-n And 'the introdue- 23mm“? 9:011? 13?“?‘5 “:19“ “‘1‘“ “’31" i . that “ ’
Wmade, lllr.Abercromble bowing ear-nos l‘ 11 H“ one on thenran 0" , ‘ “\"t‘oll, Barker." sold I. “I am not on
W! WM‘ B W Will‘lh Mrs. "“1“ mid animal his um. i extmordinuriiy smart man, but if yelling
" “mm “W was We“! to gongyggmgwlngkfimn32;. will! my i at them makes them move I can fix you”
a a o it, see . " now; 5-;- P: .. n .
you We, m to Henley before?" you are, for I sitwuyon plain in the mom ; F0 R G E N T Q , LA ‘3' ‘- 5 A N D C H ' L D R E N ‘ flit; afihillilggz." said I.
the hm . n . “illit- lTolm' T01“ "' Audimi-‘c “033° ‘ \ Barker stunl for a few moments in pro-
“.mnny timed, replied Abercrom- 1133‘“? col y - ; found malitutiou. Then he slapped me on
alight look of surprise passing over '1 he man stepped forward and “00“ 0“ . the hook with every uppeurunoe of enthusi-
. ii a h ri i “as his ($1), lmd the“??? gutiZeretii prestige, , ' as”
Wynn n t 6 var nsp : “ as t you. ’ l0 so i , so 2 in; - I "Per-"i " ll be, “vo ‘reo. i vontive
”“7033 WOW" 0011‘de “it! 311031 ' CmeWB “Rent-WK“! ”and “"1 looking l “point-1..h Rawmllgro I've b‘tlion 1.322112.ng
W161)” your power to write lovely him earnestly in. the face. “Yes, lain sure 5 pump {or a month about, this thing mill
. You 1111181”- compose something for l lamifl- 0h. 1811'. lllliil‘il [Mllmltfltl’lmslim ‘ muldn’t hit on a simple little scheme like
ritual (rayon ." s e‘sour on y one, s r, on ' ‘u' = . ' .
, Ml! at raid," hebegnn. ,, that you 1 our km to lose her." l tint. I ll go and get u phonograph right
tnomueh honor. *I oouldn‘t“--
] . you mustn’t say that,” broke in
,_ W willy. “A little bird has
till; me about your Ncwsntc poem;
p. you no, you are found out. " ._
mm laughed. A light had sud-
upon his mind. He was being
for the absent Woduowood.
,” he doughy-1'11 try to play the
It will be more amusing than figur-
annexe muscular animal. ”
, I) he forthwith accepted the poet»
mightily placed upon his brow
. -. '- to tulk'seutiment with al-
snvit . ‘
all! quite a discussion with Miss
on the subject of tlicsuporlority of
over muscle and lamented thntso
"young men should think more of
' arseetlmncmnposingamnmt.
w Vanna, who thought that if
.- m c were not quite so poetic»
m. he would not at all be a
. . . of young nmnhmd, was
, ‘oyen wrath by his lackadslsical
weary of post
and his hostess’ gushing admi-
. or, slipped quietly away for a
. . I along tliabsnit
' were not together happy,
they were mainly occupied with
_ "Whit a tool 1 am snaking
K’ lie m “Ben's a the
, , when I should like to phase,
no deiilmptely ring hum
‘m :3: ,wttvlzieh is
BM“. my own. I per.
. seem: so into an sen-lent
"on... ...m. “2:. M
n w 1
MM by s stunting inside?!
[1‘leth time lead stream
on the sir. followed by eminent
‘W
instant the dumb-cameras:
» . lie inn mm antennas
flooding on the with verge,
~ lief bonds in ifl’rlllsl'l grief. l'ibe
fly m‘onl mil tint but ohilll laid
into the mm and that her imitated
‘ in reasons it boil also molt.
“is. :mmwe
Abomrombie swod the picture of em
bar-rusmneut. Had he rmlly been a root
‘llD would doubtless have been charmed
with the situation, but being a more ath-
lete it was mthcr too much for him.
"Don't say another Word," be nuanced I
to remark. “ I'm as happy as you am to ,
have then able to help you. After nll"——
and he sxnllod at the milection the wards
coiled lip-“it's only a matter of being?
able to swim. And how are you, my dear, l
alter your ducking" And be bent down 1
to kiss the child's pole forehand
Tory relurtuutly let him go with a for-
vent "(kid bins you, air," and m be and
his (Mlmnloll lngan to retrace their stops
an excited member of the family group
calla! for a cheer for him. end its «shoes
followed the pair as they wulksd away.
As for buss Vernon, rho was in a pitta—
blo sinus. Silo bud soon nnd hit-ml all.
and her mind won filled with nothing but .
the tlmnuln oi the ghostly, egregious W
who she iuul mode.
“ hir. Ahmrromhio,” she said in a chok-
ing voice. “you have muted me shame-
fully, nnd I’ll never forgive you. "
”Do not my tint, ” he rejoined, with an
earnestness that moral to nuke it quite
right and Wire him to tote her head.
”I more you it‘s not my fault. It is just
on nbsurd mlsunshnltondlng from begin-
tlm to end Mrs. Shimpioy mixed up
Wulmswoui .«ml me, and Iwnsllflyenonfl
lo hunsor her mistake. "
"' lint you leave deceived mo." mid Nib
\‘w‘mm.
“if you o iii forgive me, I swear to you
that i will neuri- do it mln.”pia&l
Alon'mmblo, mill widening the hull tit“
delight to ho trim. , .
\i no Hum :I t‘ml’ has flown “MM
.m. on...» (A two. but ifyoil'leballeed
,.. :.. m n m: : lye: July and happened to
NM We ‘3) up {3}- ‘o hoilmbmhltmwful
tint.“ in green and field, with B MM
awning and n Mission of flowers. you
my how mill-ed on it a Ill and m
imrioc girl with a delicate complexion
riiul labial! n lmnvo l‘mlf'.
ii :in‘ ow llilifl‘?" 9"1. 3‘!“ will MN III“
H'ml ‘lll lilo lllll‘ll ‘ll‘iri-l‘ ml” lu'l' In“ band it
illnmwml rimz. mu! in oil prolasllility you
from new lower at band tho rumor distort—w
. W his Wet and up?
w
e fellow in hunt tom «and.
noble flea ' . *
A. Dickerman & Son’s,
84 Washington Street, . . .
South iiorwalk, Connecticut.
JAM ES GOLDEN.
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Editor and Proprietor.
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" 'l here's one thing about it, Barker,”
sold i, “ulul that is that phonographs cost
a good donl of money. "
“ant do I cure for that?” shill be. “I'll
rather my 8100 than be constantly in dun-
gul‘ from t use reckless people.”
fine or wo owning» utter this I was
(missing Howard avenue when i heard u
voimk—Bnrkor's voim, but with on no-
fumilinr misc] twang almut it—hnllooing
at me, “link out tiuvrc!"
Involuuturily l sun-ted. There was an
unmuninuss uliout it—u weird mni unnut‘
um] emphasis. it was as voice program!
with the ring of authority. and us I step
pod quickly to one side tlwm shot by men
vision of gray golf suicklngs, sweater and
cyrllng cup with which i was pretty Well
m‘qunininl. l-io he bud actually rigged up
his wheel with aphonogmphi hurting in»
to is nearby bicycle agency, 1 hired n wheel
in feverish haste and sped up tlleuvonue in
pursuit of the fleeting figure in urny. in
the dim distance I could hour the bowl of
the fiendish thing as it sped on through
the night, and as I spun over the asplmlt
with the sum of the wind the smart ho-
twcen us loomnod, end I began to catch the
medley of shoots that were [marina forth
from the vicinity of Barker's handle lure.
No bad evidently loaded it with a variety
of expressions suitable for all sorts of
emergencies, and the thing was spitting
them out with an intelligence that border-
ed on tho nmrvolous.
“Would you he unkind, miss," it said
with the accent of o Chesterfield, us avioni-
air of the fat and forty permmsion step-
ped in the way, ”as to turn to the right a
little? Aw, thanks!”
And the woman smiled at Barker and
thought he was such a polite young man.
A few mos further on a small boy darted
scum the street beneath the flickering rays
of the electric light.
"Hi, more!" yelled the phonograph.
"Get a more on you now—yil yii ytl"
Wiles-import the Mywasconvineed he was
Mug pursued by a lunatic and fled down
a side strict. “
"Barker." said I mlemniy, pushing my
wheel up alongside of him by a tremendous ;
effort. “yum had better take that thin off. ”.
“Whyflmv do you do!" said he. "rate
it all Whyi”
,‘Inunselmnwrsllrectsin."ssidl.
“Take it oil‘ 2" growled Barker, making
at hinge ut the instrument, but his oquilil»
rium was gone, and he fell into on igno-
miuions hoop on the mvomont,
"Ho! ho! you're drunk!" shriekml the
maritime dorisiveiy us we stumxl on and
lcit him.
“ Mr. Perkins, " said the older Miss Cut»
tor, dismouutinguml lifllilfilllg iluporlously
in the direction of her sister’swheel, "take:
that thing oil!"
loboyod ln-r with the utmost niacrity
mul cost it at the dark spot where its own-
or was remixing.
“Sow," said the elder Miss Cutta’.
"into us homo, sir." ’
And so i llld, end when old mun Cutim
lnuki‘il ut mo in on inquiring way over the
top of his gums I felt as guilty as us than
who had robbed a bank und strangled the
Janitor.
They didn't ask me to come in. and sol
mm of! to hunt up lint-liar. I fonmlhlm
Hlttliig on the curbswuo poundingat some
thing with u brick.
“ \Vlutt's tluitl" said I.
"i never saw a man who could ask so
many fmlish qtrcstions," sold he suikily,
and than he climbed up on his bicycle and
rode away. and now I understand that the
boon! of (limos have become economical
and out down his salary-New Orleans
Times-Democrat. "
Nan-lag nu Now-nu.
When Manning, in 1807, wanted to M
into reintions with Newman (using that
the simulate separation was «loosening to
the Catholic muse as imlimting division
in the church). Newman wrote him frank~
iy that he distrusted him and mold not
not over his distmst. flesuld pointedly
tlmt tin-re was noshortcut to a mmttlon
of confidence, but tlmt new deeds only
muld towns: the old. Manning answered
with a to quoque, quoting Newman's
words to him, "I hove felt you diflicuit
to understand and that your words have
not preptmxl mo for your nuts. ” The no
shot of the csmyumdenoe wonni‘inal brief
note from Newman saying to Manning:
“i do not know whether I am on my hand
or my insole when I have active relations
with you. In spite of my, friendly findings
this is the Judgment of my intellect. "
'l'hiis mounted all intercom for years.
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