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Two NEQATIVES.
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Two negatives, I’ve heard. sweet maid,
Make an amrmatlvo.
Pray, is it true or is,“ not? ‘ -~
An answer quickly give. ‘
For you are teacher of a school \
And certainly should know
All that relates to grammar, and
She answered. “It is I0."
He pressed the tiny hand and gazed
U 00 the lovely miss, ‘
Ants-id. “I pray you let me take
From those sweetdips d.‘ kiss;
Those lips on which the rose you kissed
Has left Its crimson glow." >
She blushed, shesl'ghe’d, she hung her head,
And answered him: No, no!"
. . . . . --The South.
A LA TRILBY.
It was a glorious, balmy day in July
of a past summer, and the saucy little
Olga swung on her chain in the flood
tide of the Sound, tugging at it as if
she would be free, and dancing on the
wavelets, swinging her boom and rat--
tling the rigging. . '
The absent flag indicated that the
owner was ashore, and there was no '
visible indication that any one was
aboard. In the seclusion of the cabin,
reposing on the soft cushionsi of a couch,
lay a guest, reading “Trilby,” which
kept him awake, or he might have
yielded to the soothing influences and
fallen asleep.
He was disturbed in the perusal of
Du Maurier’s novel by the merry voices
of a party of girls on some rocks on the
. shore near by. There was a party of
young ladies from the hotel rambling on
the rocks, long the terror of yachts en-
tering the cove.
Satisfying themselves that there was
no one aboard, these merry girls had
decided to remove their shoes and
stockings and paddle in the cool, clear
water, with a frequent eye for the re-
turn of the yacht’s boat and crew, when
they would scamper back into the cepse
of scrub oak and resume their footgear,
gleeful to escape undiscovered.
Jack hastily raised himself upon his
elbow and peered out the porthole. and
, discovered the girls. His'first impulse
was to rush upon deck and surprise
them; but he decided he would remain
in hiding and watch them bathe their
white, shapely feet and ankles in the
- babbling waters, confident that they
would be more or less annoyed by dis-
covery.
He had gone far enough in “Trilby”
tobelieve he possessed an artistic appre-
ciation of pretty feet, and did not think
he was doing the girls an injustice in
thus taking advantage of their innocent
expose in the fancied security of the
solitude of an unfrequented shore. He.
indeed, flattered himself he was inspired
by a very lofty artistic sense in admir-
ing the feet of the girls. Tossing the
novel on the bunk, he found the yacht’s
glass and trained it on the scene, criti-
cally viewing the several pairs of feet
and ankles so plainly revealed to him.
One pair of small white, symmetrical
feet, worthy of the study of a sculptor,
whose work they indeed emulated, at-
tracted his attention more than all the
others, and through the powerful glass
he revelled in admiration of them.
Very mean in him, no doubt, and repre-
hensible, too—but he remembered the
old maxim, “enjoy the goods that the
gods send you, without question or has-
itation.”
The girls enjoyed themselves greatly, ‘
until the yacht’s boat was discovered
putting out from the long dock of the
hotel, and then they hastily gathered up
their shoes and stockings and retreated
like culprits into the bushes, where
they remained in hiding for a reason
that will appear, instead of hurrying
back to the hotel.
“Had a nap or finished ‘Trilby?’ ”
Charley asked, hurrying on deck with
the painter in hand, while his man
hoisted the ensign in place of the absent
flag.
“No, neither,” Jack responded, going
up into the cockpit; continuing, “Any
news?” ‘
“There will be a dance at the hotel
to-night,” said Charley, adding, “and
we will all go over. What say you?”
“With pleasure,” responded J ack,
with a glance toward the rocks, which
of course did not have any significance
to Charley, who busied himself about
the housekeeping details of the yacht.
“I think a little exercise will put me
up,” suddenly exclaimed Jack, pulling
in the small boat, into which he sprang,
and placing the cars, he started toward
the rocks, 'on a voyage of discovery
bent.
“Look out for these rocks I” exclaimed
Charley. adding, “They rise like shelves
and you’ll be on them before you know
it.”
“I know ’em,” called Jack, as the boat
under his vigorous pulls shot toward the
shore.
He carefully picked his way into a
safe landing place, and,jumping out, he
secured the painter to a large, loose
stone, and started into the underbrush
without discovering a trace of the girls,
as the soft white sand retained the im-
pression of their steps no longer than
water would have done. The girls were
fleeing down the road, in the shelter of
a cornfield, in great apprehension of dis-
covery and pursuit by the yachtsmen,
who are notoriously bold and sailorlike,
always alert for adventure.
They sought the seclusion of an old,
weatherbeaten, abandoned fisherman’s
shanty, where they remained in hiding,
their dear hearts beating as if to burst
all bounds in excitement over the adven-
ture, so entirely unpremeditated.
Jack, however. had no idea of intrud-
ing on them, and consequently did not
follow the girls, or he would certainly
have been amused at the predicament of
one of them, and have gladly availed
himself of the opportunity to render her
gallant service.
Returning to the rocks, he paused to
view the magnificent panorama of
shore, wood, water and field, embel-
lished by browsing cattle, handsome
cottages and sailing craft, with now and
then a resounding steamboat on the
Sound. when he was recalled from his
reverie by the stentorian voice of Char-
ley, shouting:
“Ship ahoy I. The claret cup is ready!
Come aboard l” .
His glance lowered to the water line.
he discovered in a shelf-like crevice of
the rocks a pair of small, neat russet
pumps, which undoubtedly had been
left by their fair owner in her flight on
the approach of the boat. ~
His first impulse was to capture as a
trephy this pair of pumps, and then
that he would mark them for the pur-
pose of future identification. He di-
vined‘he would never discover the fair
owner by taking them to ,the hotel and
enacting ~a Cinderella-like comedy of
having them tried on by all the girls
until he found the right one, and de-
cided to mark them, and for this pur-
pose he took them to the yacht, where
be interested his comrades by telling the
story. .
It chanced that the sailing mastei‘" was
something of a chemist, a Norwegian of
good education, and of the several plans
suggested for identifying the shoes his
was adopted.
He suggested that a daub of phos-
phorus be made on the rear of each
heel, which would not attract the at-
tention in the daylight, but which
would be luminous at night. Shrewder
than the rest of us, he suggested that
the shoes be returned to the rocks, to be
found there by the fair owner, who
would undoubtedly return for them if
we went 6n asail. We all agreed she
would never claim the shoes if we left
them at the hotel desk to be restored to
the owner.
_ In a few minutes the mainsail was
hoisted, and the jib flung out, and the
Olga glided away like a bird, before a
good breeze that put her starboard bow
in the water.
I took a station on the after deck,
glass in hand, and watched the shore,
and particularly the rocks. Sure enough,
as soon as Olga left the scene and the
coast was literally clear, I espied a bevy
of girls emerge from the cornfield and
hasten along the shore to the rocks to
recover the missing shoes. In the group
I could not discern which one , appro-
priated them, as they kept well together
for mutual protection, but I could
hear their merry shouts of success.
The day wore away all too slowly for
us, pleasant as was the scene and
weather, as all shared my curiosity to
discover the owner of those two small
shapely pumps. What if she did not
wear them at the hop? Perish the
thought, for the summer girl always
wears her cosey.‘ comfortable russets.
We went ashore after a delightful
little dinner on deck, that is, in the
cockpit under the awning. It seemed
that the shades of night would never
fall over the earth and enveIOp all in
the darkness necessary for the success of
our discovery. The sun, 3. large, red,
fiery orb, never sank so slowly. His ir-
ridescent rays never lingered longer in
the horizon. There was an illuminat-
ing glow in the. pink tinted and purple
sky longer than usual. I don’t believe
that the hotel manager ever indulged
before in such a general lighting of his
~ lamps and swaying Chinese lanterns.
But finally it .was dark, a fact pro-
claimed by the locusts and the frogs and
the katydids, and there was a general
assembling of promenaders on the grand
piazza, preparatory to the dance in the
dining room, that was being actively
cleared by the darky servants of its ta.-
bles and chairs, after a." very hasty
dinner.
Pretty girls, in charming white and
colored linen attire of the most fetching
designs, trooped down the broad cen-
tral stairs or across the spacious lawn
from 'the cottages. as gleesome and
noisy as more children. Oh, this joy-
ousness of innocent, unvexed youth!
I often fancied I detected a guilty
blush on several faces when I scanned
them inquiringly; but they bore up
bravely under my scrutiny, all passing
muster; and, perhaps, the rose in their
fair cheeks was a maidenly rebuke to
my impertinent glances.
Although all of us were on the qui
vive, the crowd was so close that for a
long time, and an anxious time, there
tell tale phosphorus. But perseverance
is always rewarded, and ours was after
the dancing began, and the only ones on
the piazza were premenaders who came
out between the numbers for a breath-
ing spell of the cool and refreshing
night air.
One of the prettiest little blondes I
had then ever seen—well, now I think
the prettiest, in the world—was discov-
ered by our trick to be . the owner of
those russets, which I am sure were as
small, if not smaller than Cinderella’s.
Such pretty little shoes could only be-
long to a perfect Venus, with her
roguish blue eyes, flowing golden
tresses, sweet musical mouth, saucy
dignity and girlish grace.
Of course Jack sought an introduc-
tion, but, of course, he did not tell his
secret until—well, until he was accepted
by her later in the fall.
They are married now, and the shoes
are preserved in a glass case on his bu-
reaugzwhioh bears the significant but in-
appropriate inscription, “A la Trilby.”
——Vanity.
A Great Ruby.
A 46 3 4 carat Burmah ruby, the
largest ruby. ever cut, so far as is
known, was bought in at a London jew-
eler’s sale recently for forty thousand
dollars. A one carat blue diamond
brought three thousand dollars, and a
l40-grain black pearl, once belonging to
Queen Isabella II. of Spain, brought
six thousand dollars.—New York Even~
ing Sun.
. Honored by the Kaiser.
- Kaiser Wilhelm has made the chief
kettledrum player of the Berlin Opera 3
“Royal Chamber Musician, ’ in honor of
his having filled the place for fifty
years. ’
A Little Mlsunderstanding.
The Foreigner—Did I understand you
to Say that your friend was Lord Baron
of Chicago? - -
The American—No; I said he was a
) lard baron—Indianapolis Journal.
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was no chance for a revelation of the
CAP’T. REARDON’S MEMORIES.
He Remembered Lincoln, Clay and Map:
other Notables. . :
Capt. J. E. Reardon, who has been on
the Ohio for sixty years, says that he
met Lincoln, Clay and many other
prominent men before the war, some of
them frequently. ’
“In the hard cider campaign of 1840.
Lincoln came down toour countrypn
horseback,” said the Captain. “He was
candidate for Elector on the Whig tick-
et, and traveled with a man named
Lambert. I heard him speak at Shaw-
neetown, New Haven and Carmi. The
meetings were held in log cabins, and
the hard cider and the coons were al-
ways there. Douglass I saw several
times in the 50’s. Clay was a frequent
visitor at Shawneetown,‘ and Zach Tay-
lor I met here also and at Louisville.
Clay I first met in Louisiana. He had
a cotton plantation down there and co-
casionaliy visited it.
On one of these trips the boat he was
on, the Andrew Jackson, stopped at
Shawneetown, and the whole town
went aboard to greet the popular states
man. Sam Marshall made a speech in
behalf of the Shawneetowners and Clay
reSponded in a manner which made
him still more popular in that part of
the country. , . ,
“When the time for separating came
he shook hands with a good many and
kissed some of the girls. Nearly all the
old ladies of that town to-day will tell
you that Henry Clay kissed them at
that reception over a half a century
ago.
“ ohn A. Logan married in Shawnee-
to .
“John did most of his courting at my
house,” said Reardon. “Miss Cunning-
ham lived near us, and was generally
there when Logan came down from
Benton, where he was reading law, to
See her. Bob Ingersoll spent four years
about town, reading law. In those days
Bob ad the most remarkable memory
I ever knew. After reading an article
in a newspaper he could repeat it al-
most word for word.”
The Captain is over 75 years old, and
looks good for ten years more of active
steamboating. He was born at Mount
Vernon, 111, about eighty miles from
St. Louis. He has owned several boats
since the war and made a good many
trips to St. Louis, as well as to points
on the Ohio and Lower Mississippi. The
boat he is now running was named in
honor of a daughter of Gen. Buford
Wilson of Springfield.i0ne of his sons is
General Superintendent of the Chicago,
Peoria & St. Louis Railroad—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. ’
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Her Thoughts.
Their first quarrel.
The young wife sat in the gathering
twilight, gazing absently out of the
window, thinking of the event, which
seemed so long ago—in reality that
very morning—which had come to mar
the happiness of their hitherto un-
clouded married life. It had all come
up so swiftly and was over so suddenly
mailman now she'could scarcely recall
how It had first begun. Oh, yes, she
remembered, and such a trivial matter,
too, that she was almost ashamed now
to acknowledge it to herself. To think
that a cup of coflz'ee should have come
between them, and a cup of bad coffee
at that!
Yes, she confessed to herself that it
was bad, and that he had a right to
complain. When he spoke of it in his
gentle way she had felt the. hot blood
mount to her cheeks, and almost before
she knew it she had told him that he
would better go to his club, where he
would doubtless be better served. This
had aroused him, and his reply was to
the effect that she was no doubt correct
in what she said, and that it would be a
pretty poo‘i‘ club, etc. Even now she
could hear the slam of the ,door}, as he
went out and recall the bitter rebellious
feelings that had come over her, and
yet how long ago it seemed.
Since then, during the long, anxious I
day, she had had time to reflect. All
this angry feeling had gone now, and
in place of it she was conscious of a
great sadness, a deep remorse. For in
the moments of calmness that had come
toher she felt that he was right. If she
had only been willing at the time to ac-
knowledge that he was right, and to
promise better in the future. How
many times, she reflected, had be ac-
knowledged himself- wrongl But her
absurd pride had stood in the way.
Never mind, she said to herself; she
would make it up to him. Dear boyl
No wonder that he had become angry
with her! ‘Would he forgive her now?
She wondered. Why, did he not come?
Oh, the passionate longing for him that
she had in heart! She wished she
might go up behind him softly and put.
her arms around his neck and ask his
pardon.
And yet, in the midst of her reverie,
when he came gently in and stood si-
lently in the centre of the room, she
could not, somehow, bring herself to
speak first. She continued to gaze out
of the window, while he said, as he
came up behind her, in just the way
‘ that she would come up behind him:
“Darling, will you forgive me?”
Then. she turned her head slowly
around, and looking at him with a su-
perior smile, replied:
“This time, you foolish boy, but you
must promise never to act so again.”—
Harper’s Bazar.
To Raise Bufl‘aloes.
A buffalo breeding park has been es.
tablished experimentally at Adrian,
Mich., by a big wire fence- making con-
cern. Five buflalces were bought from
the CommiSsioners of Lincoln Park,
Chicago, a few days ago to stock the
park. ‘
_ Information.
Travel (to native)-—Can you tell me
how far I am from Creamtown?
Native—About 24, 900 miles.
Traveler—Impossible. ,
Native—I mean if you keep on the
way you are going. If you turn around
and go back it’s only about a mile.—
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