teeters the rooms
nwthssketehandliksd
I‘M ills broomand
time kicking at it. Then
We tacks out. fastened the
m at angels, granted
swcopl
, miuafmrful state, and
,'sbsdtempen The foot that
, who to a baby only
wrest, tor sin was. use
The lieutenant himself
mu. Heutenahtsrare-
v’c’ so much. tidiuess forced
West Point that it takes
end! their captaincy to get
of hi. Yet no one man—-
~00uld hmredueed cream
of chaos. It had tokens
that child the Woods' baby. to
theperfeeti‘on of confusion.
baby Was popular and much
’ "It was commonly called the
,. and was considered interest-
' usiwhy Sin could not see. Nor
, - 2 - Scott’s motive in let.
_ his books and desk and
W Even thqlnk was spilled.
' fih'flopped short in the middle
once again and swore many
, which would have discouraged
W which maid only have been
mining'camp.
Chinaman had cooked for
' for 15 years. He coupled the name
, Y with imprecations the
' and tell]: his revenge at last
two boxes of prettily colored
tho waste basket. He knew
would not dare to say anything,
lieutenant was aware that the
aware that B-yea‘r- old ha.
not be fed on French candy
‘ "ileum theYoungstct-‘s mother
_ the internal the attraction that
‘ son to Scott’ 5 room she would
{top to his frequent and protracted
Once Mrs. Wood had asked him
' baby always called lustily the
1.3 Word “more” whenever be up
Scott pleaded ignorance. Only
‘53 rumour knew the “more”
anonymous With -,“esnsy " and they
own counsel
, it was not Sin’s business to
lieutenairt's mom a cleaning, but
.Wout ata theater party. He went
‘ thahall to Intimer’ squarters Lat
too, was out. Then he betook him-
lib Mnitlimd’s house. Maitland was
was studiousiy inclined, and had
and his blouse, put on a smoking
‘ lighted a pipe and settled himself
.lill hobk.’ He sat and looked at
tion in tin) doorway, for the Co-
(mined the civilised proceeding of
before he entered. “Well, Sin?”
Mina Maitlan, you gimmee fiivo
” _ “Give you to! What for?” “Me
”' “Why, you only got paid last
" “Me bloke ullce sumac. ” “Been
: factual" "Yes.” “I can’t help
time I’m broke too. "
know this was not trae~that until
Wt the fifth of the month even a sec-
j lieutenant has some pay left. “0h,
1 mt. Yougot mmescads." ‘ lfIbave,
‘ « aren’t going to get any. So clear
, Bin assumed a toothless but win-
smlle. “Not one little flivo doilni"
' heavens, what a homely thing you
‘ . N0. not one little ‘filve dolia'”
resumed his reading and Sin
, at him for a moment with an un-
‘ ‘ bleexpression in his cyas. Then
out and shut the door.
uthe hunted up Brooks. Brooks was
raisin subject. Even Sin, who
know t at an heiress was the first
t's one aim in file, realized this.
a man whose opinion of himself
Munroe proportion to his size. His
smooth and pointed, his mouth
his glasses sat securely on a nose
oughz to have pleased even Napo-
hs great believer in big noses
midst dressing for a dance at
. . of one of the helresscs. lie was
whistle and had his gimme on. lie
~ and looked at and through Sin
tiresome expression he always were
1 without money appeared
, horizon. “What do you
it asked. "Misha Blocks, me
mam dolln.” “I haven't get
m be returned to his tie. “Me
' said Bin plaintively. “i ain't
" “Mega: yes you tomollow. ”
won't. ou’ii play lumen and
than you've get." “You no
stub flirt doilai’" “No, I won't.
' am from here"
u _ telltbis experience, which had
‘ ‘Sin's trust in human nature, that
L Scott was tilted back in a
his honor? in his mk‘etsJaok h
,, urn nquoeny oud,wo
’ ,em tho Chlounian opened“I
chin eyes look in the situation
and he anmmdnzhc ghcung
= shutout-cod em I one
good humor. “Hanoi
client this imurof the night
Ghiucmsa should be p
”“Whfidi“$b~
" ire on
n (isn‘t I accommodate you
ya i? whilc‘wo‘re about it!"
“ ’ _. a: want out or
' liveu
_ lest 8host's oiled”
_ .85 til i." “ VI
” Wm its sick." “Drop
Wimm”: “
, .spe’clsl bargsiu'w: tables and will sci the
M n pads sited cells. Thus sea We “id for from .15 to .35 each, and comprise 50ml: of the
i
i see
been
was: decanted we we import. but we will offer as. peiees lot is. than you can buy the comm mess “hue
andecl and use
filming which
conidnotde,if beware semi
bsdycttoliod
Badltuethoeuforbil albinism-
tranche
gnaw.“
ities Stu would have been a riclvuisnst
the and of six months and vgguld have
becnable togobaoktoChinh alifodf
luxury. Besides his pay, the sums ob-
tained‘ from Scott and occasional tile
from the others, he had another means of
livelihood. He had not been lathe past
two weeks before he had gotten
from the commanding unicor- comp all
suehwild annuals ulnfmtcdthehcavily
wooded reservation It was an exclusive
privilege. He caught foxes and wildcats
and rabbitb, but these paid poorly in com
parison with pciecats. The rabbits he dls~
posed of in the garrison, the fuses and
,wildoats he inclowd in the back yard,
where they served to keep out intruders
better than as many bulldogs. But the
polemic—sold for their flesh and
medicinal, properties in Chinatown——
brought many a dollar to Sin’s exchcquer.
It was because he found the post such s
mine of wealth that he staid on in the,
mess. A large part of the time he wa's
quite umdurable, but whenever the dis.‘
satisfaction of .the bachelors began to
manifest itself too plainly then Sin would
mend his ways, cook his best-which was
only half bath—grin his most amiable and
have his meals on time for several days in
succession. This line of conduct would
lull the officers and put them in a frame
of mind to endure yer another month.
But at last there came a time when the
mess rebelled. “See here, Scott, that
blooming Celestial of yours isreducing me
to a dyspeptic old age,” complained hiat-
thcws on the morning of Feb. 27. “We
haven’t had a meal on time in a week,”
added Warner. “The dishes are abcml.
nobly dirty," said Brooks. “What on earth
makes you hang on to him so, Scott?"
Matthewsaskcd. “He does jobs for him,”
answered Brooks. Scott turned and looked
at Brooks with fire in his eye. “For
which I pay him," he retorted with dan-
quiet. Maitland interposed: “We
all know you pay him, of course. But
you must admit we are being slowly re-
duced mum: and bones and. saliowncss,
and three times in the last week i haven’t
had any luncheon.” “I know. I’ve spo-
ken to him about it,” Scott answered rue—
fuily. “it's your duty to your fellow men.
If you don't like the job, I’ll do it.”
“We've monkeyed with him about long
enough. Come, get rid of him tonight;
do." In the end Scott promised. He liked
Sin, and then—he was long suffering by
nature. Moreover, he knew that Sin liked
him.
Scott amused himself with the Young
star most of the morning and refused to
think of the, task before him. He left the
boy screaming “more” iustily from his
mother's arms and went off to drill. Aft-
er drill he went first to his room for a few
moments and thence to the mess hall. He
was the first to arrive, and there was not a
sign of luncheon. The breakfast dishes
were still on the table, and Sin was asleep
on the bunk in his room. Scott caught
him by the shoulder, shook him roughly
and inquired forcibly what he meant by
being asleep at 12 o'clock when they were
all waiting for luncheon. The Chinuumn
looked at him daily. “Get up, why don't
you?” Sin rose to a sitting posture, raised
his narrow black eyes to Scott’s face and
answered, smiling coaxingly, “hie no can
laisee do debil alien night and workeo alloe
next day too." “Get up!" commanded
Scott.
That night, at the behest of the rest of
the mess, he- gave the cook notice! Sin
protested and begged, but Scott was firm.
The breakfast next morning v; is a tri-
umph of the culinary art—us Sin under—
stood it—and the Chinamau’s face was
wreathcd in deprecatory smiles. But his
employers continued obdursto. He reflect-y
ed that he had still two days in which to
soften their hearts and regain the right to
capture polecats on the reservation. He
washed the breakfast dishes in many and
exceeding hot waters, put them away neat-
ly, and, having finished his tasks by half
past 9, he went down to watch muster.
There was a large crowd of the pest and
city people standing along the edge of the
drill ground following the maneuvers
with much interest, and the fates willed it
that the Chinaman should hop 1: to take
up his position beside the You gator and .
his nurse. The Youngstar. as has been
before stated, did not appeal to Sin. Nev—
ertheless he realized that the surest way to
melt Scott was to be kind to this silky
haired child. As for the Youngstor, he
found Sin most engaging.
But Scott on his big horse, gorgeous in
his yellow plume, outweighed the attrac-
tion of even the Celestial’b one. As he
gnlloped by the Youngster watched him
with open mouth, and when he had gone
some distance the baby, whose round blue
eyes saw nothing else—uttered a piercing
“more" and toddled forward at the top of
his speed. It was done so quickly that
everyone in the crowd could onlygup
and recoil, and the negro nurseiumpod back
with ascrecm. Sin alone kept his head
and thought faster than be but ever
thought before. He disliked the child,
butSoottiikeditsndScotthsldthcrcins
of the mess in his hands. Therefore, Sin
waited no longer. He, too, darted fen-
ardmssohcd as: a’b‘lisflthii’imyeiiotvhand
and caught on r, throwing
thokwmgos hook with a fearful lock.
and then went down himself under the
horses’ hoofs, than the wheels of the
charging light batteriss’gm
Wheng Slam was well enough to 1.5“. the
post mammism,wlm
hissmwssoutof thesii sndtbom
onhis beadwsloulysw “in,“
Weedmttohlm-adoffmdtotakshim
ferhermcoohutbsmsshsddis-
chargedblm.
Trenton were.
m iii. Wen Wally for these who wish odd pieces of decorate i we re,
platters, pitchers, bowls, sauce turcaus, one-half dozen cups and sauc rs. plane. or
. so decorated covered dishes, from age up.
zoo “
60 u
4'” It
35 'a
And lots of sugar bowls, butter dishes, butter pads, bowls,
cake plates, fruit dishes, fancy mugs, etc.
cups and room, from to a piece up.
plotters, from too up.
plates, from go up.
pitchers from 7c up.
sum as covered dukes,
sailor: dishes.
sauce boats, spoons”, bone piatcs,cbeesc dishes,
The prices on tbesegoods will remain as they are now marked until they are all sold, but we would ad
vise an early inspection to insure a good variety.
N BW—We have so large size bread raisers, made of the best quality of tin, and usually sol
we offer this week for 49:: each.
i .
w. $.STURTEVANT. North Main andhna Streets
OPEN EVERY EVENING.
\l for 90¢;
i
rues DELIVERY.
Cariages, .. Wagons Bicycles and Horse Gods
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
k.115“
:30 ~. '- i
«girl-‘-
3;" “
""Ki \-
Wiill be sold for the
Next 1
tTen
Days
at
Your
Dunn
_Pfico.
The cause of it, “Hard Times."
Cure for them, “Gold Cure" cost.
Come and see at.
LUTHER M."WRIGHT’$
, Factory and Repository,
frsnkbn and ladiscn Streets, - ',
. ‘ Seuth lorwalk.
Winter Underwear!
M , Washington Street, -
FOR GENTS, LADIES AND CHILDREN.
In large variety and excellent value at
A. Dickermah 8. Son’s,
summarise
ii
Work Dbno
Promptiy.
South lorwaik, Connecticut.
JAMES GOLDEN,
' Edliorsmi Proprlsitr.
in mm owns
it t gems»: ~,
i looked spend some
mews
CAP’N TOM WOOLLEY
wen, yes, sir, the your: lady was a
tile! swimmer. Never ages a yummy
as could swim out like she could. “Gap-
taln Tom ’Qollcy. " she’d used to saytc
me, “I just love the water. " She cams
hsrcevcryycar. Should the mermaid
take to anywheres like the coast of Com-
wall. But after that last year she never
come again. Seems asif Bill-0' pry-soul
must have give heradistssteoitheCora
ish folk like.
Well, that’struewhat yoacay, sir. There
ain’t no sea anywheres like the am here in
Cornwall. It breaks, as you may put it,
, all so green as an emerald, round the stacks
an skcrries of! Land's Find an the Heard.
See it breaking yonder, sometimes in fine
white foam. t as high as a lighthouse,
round they its peaks, on you wouldn’t
find nothing more beautiful, not if it was
painted in oils by they artist gents at New
lyn. The channel—well what’s the chan-
nel, come to think of it, butnmuddy river,
in the manner of speaking, with the Seine
and the Avon flooding it all with dirt on
refused, The North sea—no, nor the North
sea aiu’ t much better neither, through be-
ing filled with yellow clay by the months
I of Thames an Rhino In Bomber. I know
em all, bless your 'oart, as have sailed
in coasting craft, man an boy, this fifty
year an more, on being bred myself at.
Lyme Eagle in Dorset, an a muddier sea
. ,you wouldn’t want nowheres than that,
. though it’ s me that says it as oughtn’t to
say it, beiyiug my own home, if 1 make
bold to put it so, which is as tidy a little
town as any in the country. But the open
Atlantic, where it rolls right'in, all blue
on green nu clear as crystal on they
Cornish rocks—u by, there ain‘ t no water
like it for pleasure of swimming in the
British isles, not till a man comes round
again to Caithncss an Sutherland
Our Joe—him as thy calls the fisher-
man poet—~he says it reminds him of a
good w’ouiau 3 heart,“ .. does. You look
right down into the depths, as far as you
can see, an it's all tr nspareut, an it‘s
all pure an innocent. That’ s the sea in
Cornwall.
'1 be young lady’ 5 name I was speaking of
was Noe. She wasa Miss Pryceof London,
but through knowing of her sointimate
like we always called her by her git on
name, bliss Van. She was at home with the
children, you see, an my missus was
leader of her than of any other folks as
ever took our lodgings, same as she might
be with yourb "cod lady, sir, begging your
pardon. She was a fine built young wom-
an, too, was Miss Noe. See her clamber
up the rocks, you 'd say she was a goat; St‘l
her swim agin the waves, you 'd say she
was a seal; see her tell the little ones sic
rice by tho rm. ks at nights, you'd say she
was one of these book writers, as it might
be yourself, sir. Fine upstanding young
lad), too, with a color in her check on a
spring in her stop, walking free across
lilullyon moors the same as if they belonged
to her.
W,eli it wasn‘t long bcfo we perceived
Miss Nee was pretty good riends with a
gentleman up to Brown’s—Mr. Moore
from Exeicr. ”He was a' nice young doctor,
come toliynauce for his holiday, an when
them two went out walking together, with
her father an mother hanging about like
for company, as is the way with paricnts. a
finer young couple you'd never set eyes on.
At the end of a fortnight my wife says to
me "Tom, " says she, "it ain't ‘ Mr. Moore’
no more with our young lady; it’ 5 plain
Alex this morning. " His‘ name being
Alexander, it was Alex for short as is the
new fashion now, though when I was
young ’twns all Ailck or else Sandy.
“An :1 good thing, too," says i. “For a
young lady like Miss Noe had ought m
marry one as is her natural equal." says
I, not meaning in birthaiouc, us is a thing
I don't hold with, nor yet i annoy, as
flu-re ain't no counting upon, but a fine
upstanding young lady, to my mind, do
Nerves in be married in a fine upstanding
young follow. Ur where'd the country get
its toddlers and sailors from?
“All a handsome couple they'll make,‘
says my misses, being fond of Miss Noe.
Well, one of they days Mr. Moore—that's
Alex—be went out swimming of! the rocks
by the cove, an Miss Noe, she was ashore
sitting high on the cliff reading a book or
something. But every now an again my
wife SBi‘S her raise her hcadun looks out to
sea anxious like after the beads bobbing
about like buoys in the water. At last up
she jumps on runs down to the cottage,
all linsathless. I could see in a minute her
in“ ut was in her mouth. "0b, Cup a
Tolli." she say 3, ”Cap' a Tom, do look out
at Alexi “0' a swimming over there, an
it seems to me he's in some sun of trou-
ble“-love having eyes as can see bettor’n
a blue: ular.
“all, I gets down my wicscope, an I
fixes it upon him. lid was a mile out to
soil—a black speck on the water I gets
him Well find. Sure enough, there he
“as, ihrmvlnghls arms up wild on trying
to main: signs to the share for help.
“is it mnip " says the young lady.
“Don' tyoulsdieveit ,"snys l. “’i"heve s
a deal more masseuse talked about cramp
in swimming nor there need be. A man
can't swim forever,” says I, “let him be
so «tunig as you like,’isays i. "Tired out,
that‘s w but 1 calls it," sayci. An tired
out Mr. Alex was, sure enough, by the
look of him. '
“Ob, (lap' in Tom, " hys the youngiady,
“will you save him!" wringing her hands
in a way that might moita stone, let alone
I Christian.
l was: half way down to my boat by that
tlnlc.
”Savehlml" says I. ”is it saving of
him? Bless your heart, if he wara't no
friend of yearn at ail—as man cerium—-
l'd save him. illihokmy- soul," can i,
seeing am on the shore, ”come and help
me," says I. “'l‘here’ s a gentleman
dreaming.“
“Drowmhagf” says Bill running sewn
on putting ,out. "(ionic on, " says Bill.
“I'm with you.” ills n'ae bring Bill-o «-
ray-soul, along of his having from such s
Memo when he was young with all the
your: women.
it” i, cropland an mwed,Iiill
one of the swarm-us is our name for
long airs-sh inc Weather. After win
it struck life we wasn't in!
in Was must
share sgin. l'd puiitd the
but mates 31“»:th lilidn't me-
sons, kt his. then s W has so!
. ‘ memo-redo. “lists:
an in ”quiet up. “I'm .
““Bill-ob -my-snu1,”scys
finfiham thm :‘nmmm
language hora—m2? sarcasmypcme is
Cap’ 11 Tom ’Ool’ey l'li wring your ugly
neck for you." '
He holds up his mean so can be:
"0b. is that your game?" scythe. “An
do you propose to complicate me?"
it flashed right across me what he
meant. “ Bill, you blackguard, ” ms 1.,
“do you mean to tell me~sn a about there
a-drowndiagi Have you communism
maulty, " says I. bristling up, ”that you'd
think of live pound store a followers»!
tum?”
“Five pounds in good bit battens?
’lhhi‘to. bob, " says Bui. looking at me cal
on
Well, sir. I'll say it to your face,
your own father is a county counclior, 11
always thought that one as bad a law as
the county could make. But law it is, alli
the same, an there ain’pino helping it;
It’s live pound reward for bringing in a
dead corpse, on it’s only thirty bob for,
bringing in a man alive as you save from.
drownding.
”Bill-o’so-my- so,m " says 1, raising my:
sweep, being that angry with the man
that I’d have knocked him over the headi
as soon as I would a rat, “will you row or.
shall I brain you?”
dust at that minute my eyes went to-:
ward. the share, an if there wasn’t Miss:
Noe, not wringing her hands. now, but
plunging into the sea. clothes and all,1
though a lady with skirts. an swimming.
for dear life out to the boat to help me.
I up with my voice an shouts: “Come.
along, Miss Noel You puts the men to;
shame! Blessings on you fora brave girl!"
She was swimming that splendid.
Well, 1 rows toward her on helps her
aboard into the boat, an in she jumps,
all dripping, but taking no more notice of
it, bless you, than if water was a feather
bed to her. . Au she seizes the our Billé
o’-my-soul wouldn’t work, an she cries
out to me, agonized like: “Row on, Cap’n'
’Oollcy, for heaven's sake, row on! Alex
is avdrowudingi”
Well, I wasu’ is going tocarry a super-
cargo,us you may say, to weigh the boat,
not yet a passenger for nothing, so, to
lighten the burden, I just ups with Bill-
o’-my-soul an I clasps all round the waist,
being a older man nor him; but, heaven
bepraiscd, astrong one. He was took by son
prise—too much to struggle—4m I heaven
an over afore he knowcd where he was an
makes a Jonah of him. He comes up
splunering, being the worst swimmer for
a seafaring man as ever I met with.
“There,” says i, hitting out at him with
the blade of my sweep, “see how you likes
it yourself,” says 1. “There‘s live pound
ageing begging for whoever pulls out your
ugly corpse, for nobody ain't going to trou-
ble about you living.” An off we two
rows, Miss Noe in her dripping clothes,
on leaves Bill there to sink orswim, ac-
cording as he was minded.
A quarter of a mile out we comes up to
a mixing boat. Wind was her ',east or
might have been a p 'int uearhr east may-
hap. an a sail before the wind could bear
straight down upon where Mr. Alex was
drowudiug. Miss Noe, she stood up and
calls out to the men: “Over yonder,” she
cries, showing the way with her hand.
"Quick, quick! He’s drownding.”
In a second they slurs, an without one
word of! they goes, luilin that suddent I
wouldn’t ’a believed it if I hadn‘t seen it,
an they files before half a gale over in
the direction of the gentleman. Well, he
was done up for swimming through not
having another kick in him, as you may
say. But he was able to float on his back
an might have floated an hour more, may—
hap, if so be as therhill of the waterdidn't
numb him an send him to the bottom.
They come up to him an pulled him in. I
could see them a-pulling of him, but
whether it was thirty bob or £5 worth, I
couldn't rightly make out for certain.
"is it alive or dead?” says the young
lady.
“Well," says I, “he do look rather
limp," says I, “as is natural when you've
been lying so long in the water. But I
think t's alive. Anyhow, we’d better row
back a get your things dried, miss. "
l, “micsp’a
“you! Bonnier-
“pr 0," says she, crying. “ I can't go
back till know. Cup’n jOolioy," says
she, “we ust row on an meet them."
Well, i didn't quite like it, owing to the
gentleman, perhaps, having nothing on.
which Miss Noe hadn't thought of. Still,
this being a matter of life an death,
where such things ain't be allowed to
count. 1 rows on to Inuit them.
About a hundred yards off I stands up
an shouts so as she shouldn't understand,
“is it a £5 job, mate. or a thirty bobbin-i"
An the young gentleman himself lifts
himself up in reply, with one of the fisher-
meu‘s Jerseys on, an a sail wrapped round
an, an be slmuts at the top of his voice,
waving his hand, “Alive, alive, Noel"
i Wanted in turn, then; but, bless you,
there wasn't no keeping back that young
lady. Alum l knuwed where I was, at the
sound of his value, she'd shied up in the
boat an Juuuxsl all the sent an was
swimming for dear life again to the sail-
ing lmut where her young gentleman was
u-aittlng. ‘
lie was crest dead when she got there.
He'd Just had strength ofimind to hold up
till he maid shout to her, an linen he falls
back, numbllko an as white as dwth,
till they gets him ashore again. There
lliii-e'-my-mui was standing, splatterlng
an shivering, hooking blue with acid an
saying as how i d dune him out of £5,01-
anyways 80 shillings, through throwing of
him overboard. They took the young
gentleman up to his lodgings an gave
him the regular thing~hot blankets an
such an bmndy, an by the end of the
day he was pretty well right again. not
the young lady, she didn’t as much as
catch a cold with it, an More they left
this place him on her was married. do
when llillunhmyasoul come to liter that
her fatim an mother wound to give all)
apiece to the men in the boat an me, he
was just that mad you could 'u’ heard his
language lite houses off, on not choice
language helium-«Exchange.
”-MW
in We Explained.
ifs-Jr you did not love nit, ivhydid you
encourage ms?
she~Eooaarege you?
lie-miter two stoma! you have accepted
any one of In: invitations to the theater.
fibummnflmlwm
it no
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