.[11 the Cuirass.
I.
Little Will Gledstanes (the ancient
form of the family name of the ex-
Premier of England) was very anx—
ious to go forth by his father’s side
and fight in the Scottish army; but, as
the boy was of small size and slender
stature, the old laird of Manitowe
decided that it was lfar better for him
to wait awhile before exposing him-
self to the English spears. Battle to
a knight’s son in those days meant
very much the same as a successful
entry into co'lege does to a boy in our
own time. So Will Gledstanes was
bitterly disappointed when his rough
but loving parent said that it was bet-
ter for him to postpone his entry into
the ranks of war.
But little Will, like his illustrious
descendant, was not of the kind that
can easily be timed aside. In his
lonely little room, high up in one of
the turrets of Manitowe Peel, he set
about thinking of some way in which
he could elude his father’s vigilance
and go to the wars in spite of all. But
for a long time no idea Occurred to
him, and it seemed as though he must
remain behind after all, when the
Gledstane forces marched across the
border
II.
Now it happened that King David
II. of Scotland, desiring to concilliate
Earl Douglas, had commissioned
Gledstane of Manitowe to present to
that famous warrior 3. superb cuirass
of polished‘Milanese armor. This gor-
geous piece of ironwork arrived at
Manitowe on the- day before Glad-
stones’ troop began its march.
Little Will Gladstones was eager to
examine this cuirass, and during the
night preceding the departure of his
father he Ciept down the winding stait
of the castle and stole on tiptoe into
the armory. There in the moonlight lay
the armor. It was an enormous cui-
rass—for the Douglass was a giant in]
size; so large indeed that a small boy
like Will Gledstanes would have no
difficuty in bestowing himself com-
fortly in its leather-lined interior.
Hearing ,his father’s step on the
stairs, Will hastily crawled into the
cuirass to escape the parental dis-
pleasure. Hardy was he ensconced in
this novel hiding place when the old
laird sounded his bugle, and bade his
merry men make ready. ,Warned by
a dream, he resolved to set out under
cover of darkness instead of waiting
until morning. '
Afraid to stir, Will Gladstones heard
the men-at-arms hustling abotu the
armory, and presently a horse hide
was Wrapped about the cuirass in-
tended for Earl Douglas, and the
King’s gift ( with the boy still crouched
inside) was lifted from its place and
deposited in one of the Wagons which
were to accompany the forces. Lit-
tle Will, finding himself thus trapped,
felt rather pleased than otherwise. To
cry out at that juncture would brand
him as a coward, and (So he argued)
his father, while he might pardon him
for disobedience in going to the wars
would never forgive him for crying
craven.
Drawing his dagger from his belt,
the boy succeeded in cutting a deep
gash in the horsehide. By this means
he admitted sufficient air into the in-
terior of the cuirass to save himself
from sufiocation.
III.
When the laird of Manitowe reached
his over-lord’s camp, near Hawick, he
ordered the horsehide removed from
King David’s splendid present. What
was the astonishment of Earl Doug- .
las, the entire army, and of the laird
in particular, when there stepped out
of the armor a small boy—no other,
indeed, than young Will Giedstanes.
“My lord,” cried Will’s father to the
Douglas, who . stood smiling at this
strange scene, “in this graceless brat
you behold my own son. For weeks
he has pestered me for leave to come
to the wars, but I have ever said him
nay."
“And now,” put in the Earl, “he
hath cleverly outwitted you and came
In spite of your prohibition.M
“But he shall instantly be sent
back—
"‘Nay, nay, old friend. You cannot
send him back. Surely you forget this
cuiruss and all its contents have just
been presented to me in the King's
name. I claim this lad as I claim
the cuirass. Let him be my page and
fight by my s1de "
The laird threw up his mailed hands
in mock despair.
“Have your way, my lord,” he ex-
claimed. “Let the ,voung scamp fight
the English, since he came in Doug-
las’ cuirass to do so.”
So Will Gledstancs fought at Nev-
ill’s Cross after all, and a stout lit-
tle warrior he proved.
People who know the stout-hearted
“grand old man” of England will find
it easy to trace in this historic episode.
the feature of the strength of character
and purpose which has made William
Ewart Gladstone a leader among men
and :1. (11211911123112 power in the great
nation \\':'II(II I10 IS So influential a
mom! or (' 1111 111,11 inn. r Ocean.
‘31NGIN”CAM’S" SALVA‘I IONg
The Church Needed Him and Couldn't
Spare Him to the Eenitentiary.
The Southern negro possesses ex-
tremely hazy notions of right and
wrong. For example, . following
incident, which came under my obse1-
vation in a‘ Southern town, writes
Jeanette R. Murphy: A negro known
5 “Singin’ Sam” had often been em-
ployed in doing odd jobs by the towns.
people, and was considered one of the
leading lights of the “Primity Baptis‘ "
church. When it "came .to “singin"’
and “moanin’ ” he ‘was without rival.
I was away from the town for a year.
and when I returned recently I was
told that “Singin’ Sam” had been turn-
ed from‘ the church in deep disgrace.
and was then in the. penitentiary for
horsestealing. Horse stealing and
miscellaneous thievery were confirmed
habits, but, as Sam had never been
caught or convicted the church had
taken no action.
Not long after I visited the “Primity
Baptis’” Church, to witness the cere
mony of _ “feet washing”, a To my
amazement there was my old friend.
whom I supposed to be safe for some
years behind prison walls, up in the
amen corner, leading the shouting and
patting and singing. After a prolonged
service, :iSing-in’ Sam” came up grin
ning. ~
“Why, honey,” he began, “I’se pow‘.
ful glad to see yo’ back!”
“Why, Sam,”.I said,
you were turned out of the church.
and sent to prison.”
“I was; dat am a fac’,” he replied
with the most doleful expression. ‘int
wan’t my white folks fren’s put me in
dar; just lyin’ niggar, wnatdone tole
on me, and got me sent up; but I’se
done glad now. Sense I broke-de jail
and crime home, de elders and de
body held a meetin’, ’pletely
’zonerated me an’ ’dorse what
dey .call de’ resolution 0’ re-
spec’ for de widder an’ de ‘mudder
0b de church.’ I’se mighty proud 0'
d-ese mos’ sagacious testimonial. .
‘fWant to see ’em, honey? Jest read
’em,” and he pulled out a roll of paper,
thumlbed and soiled as though it had
been handled by hundreds of dirtv
fingers. “It done say- dat dey s’arch
de whole town aroun’ an’ dey couldn’t
find-nary ’nobher nigger what could
run de ‘Primity Baptis’ ’ Church in de
same style w’at I did, ma honey. Dey
couldn’t fin’ anoder membah so filled
wid dve spirit in singin’ ’n’ leadin’ as
'11:
A...
.‘Singin’ Sam,’ ’n’ so dey done ast me~
if I wouldn’t oberlook dc past ’n’ come
back in de bussom of de church.”—
New Orleans Picaynue.
A CURIOUS MAINE STORY.
French-Canadian’s Predictions Came True
~ After His Death. ‘
Every French Canadian resident of
Maine believes that a miracle has
been performed over the grave of Paul
Beaupre, ,who died in 1894 and was
buried in the woods above Grindstone
Falls. Bea‘upre, or Bo Peep, as 11c
was called by his acquaintances, was
a fortune teller and peddler of snake-
skin charms, who travelled from camp
to camp in winter, selling his amulets.
and preying upon the credulity of his
fellow countrymen by pretending to
reveal future events.
Before his death he expressed a
wish to have his body taken to Mon-
treal for burial, pronouncing a fearful
curse upon , those who neglected to
obey his last request.'- Among other
catastrophes which were to follow a
Cdenial of his wish were the sudden
death of the camp foreman, the loss of
the year’s cut of logs, and the burning
of the camp. He also said that if he
were buried in the woods :1 living
cross would grow up from the grave,
which should serve as a perpetual
warning to all unbelievers.
When Beupre died his body was
sewed up in new blankets and carried
to a rocky point above Grindstone,
where the bearers placed it under the
root-s of a great yellow birch tree
which had lately been overturned in a
gale. When the remains had been duly
disposed of in the stony opening, one
of the men chopped OK the fallen tree
trunk with an ax, allowing the stump
to fly back, thus filling the hole and
burying the body under tons of earth.
Two weeks later the camp boss was
killed by a falling limb. The follow-
ing spring the logs were hung up for
want of water, and while they were
lying on the shore, waiting for rains
a forest fire swept through the woods.
burning the logs and the camp where
the men had worked. This fall a par-
ty of Frenchm‘én who had been hunt-
ag deer stopped at B0 Peep’s grave,
1nd were surprised to find that the
yellow birch that covered his remains
had sprouted from the stump, sending
up three shoots, which had interlaced
so as to form a cross about ten feet
tall. When they saw that” the last
of the dead man’s predictions had
been fulfilled they came out and cir-
culated the story over Eastern
Maine, since which time the grave has
been visited by scores of French Ca-
nadians, all of whom believe that a,
miracle has'been wrought above the
dead—Montreal Herald.
1D1-11mmond used to tell some amus-
ing stories about the penalties of his-
American fame. Extraordinary let
tors used to be wafted to him across
the Atlantic. One of them ran as
follows: ‘Dear Sir: I am" a widow.
with one boy of twelve years of age.
He promises well, and, I think, could
be secured for me kingdom if yox.
would send him an autograph copy 0!
your sweet hymn, {Are They San
With I'Iivmi ”——-New York Bvenin;
t’ost. . . ,9
“they told me»
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Fascinating Lingerie. ,
The latest petticoats of silk or ha
tistc are cut to fit the hips like the
gowns which cover them, and short
petticoats as well have (this same
shape. Miles of ruffling and lace are
used in the frou-frou around the feet.
but the top _must be as scant'and plain
as possible. The upper skirt is van-
dyked or scalloped as the case may be.
and finished with a ruffle of'lace, 01‘
the wide ‘flounce 'is scalloped and trim—
med below. Chiffon flounces with tiny
ruches on the edge trim some of the
Silk skirts of light colors. Bows of
’colored ribbon adorn the heading of
the white flounces on the white silk
skirts, and anything _which makes
them attractive and expensive seems
to cast a spell over all womankind.
The season’s corset cover is a most
fascinating little trifle made of thin
sheer batiste or nainsook, with nar-
row lace insertion encircling the waist
line in a narrow belt of heading e111-
broidery, through which ribbon is run
and adjusted to the figure around the
shoulders in the same way, except
that the heading is lace and very nar-
row. It is made, too, after the French
1 model, with no sea-ms except under the
arm. The bolero-shaped corset cover
is very much liked, since it, too, does
away with any superfluous material
at the waist.
The bolero is used very prettily on
the nightgowns like the one in the il-
lustration and also in the Empire
chemise. Dainty tucks and insertions
of lace form these little jackets. A1
pretty model for a nightgown has an
Empire waist, made by gathering the
material in a sort of scant puff be-
tween two rows of embroidered inse1-
iion. A lace- edged frill forms a col-
1131‘.
One article in the lingerie depart-
ment which is every woman‘s delight
is the matinee tea .jacket, or dressing
jacket, whichever you choose to call it.
These garments range in style from
the plain Geisha, with the large
sleeves, up to the possible limit of ex-
travagance in material and trimming.
The Geisha is usually made of flannel
and possibly cashmere, but there is a
tempting (11 ‘play among the other
jackets of Llherty silk trimmed with
lace and frills of ribbon and the pret-
tiest confections of silk and chiffon.‘
besides no end of pretty designs car-
ried out in fine white batiste made
with fancy yokes. Jackets and petti-
coats to match in both silk and fine
~iona-ble fads. and it" your comets match
your pctticoet you are indeed up 11‘.
date in the matter of underwear.—N.
Y. Sun.
A FASHION ABLE NECK FINISH.
M--<
Bright Colors In Bad T‘e'.
Woman should not be tempted by
the display of fancy kid gloves to be
seen in many shops.
lessly bad form. What woman of ex
quisite taste would dream of donning
“bright red blue 01 31131311 kids, (1'.
would be aug 1t \\ .1'1111'-r a pair of,
while suc'ths cmbroidmcd elaborately
in pink or blue. or black. in yellow 1112:”
while? 'l‘h- i". 1_1i.;i:' 12: .- me the lies
gmvd 111:: .1'!: in 1111: um',1d and 1'
styh' of 11 .: Suede dimes in u 111
,r:~~,;I 1:1 "1. 3:111: 5' 1.11. Lills. {21' RES .‘l‘
(”I . ‘.'- ‘ . ”'1 .IILIuiIg
them 1'1"}.
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. 1t generally involves.
A-NOBLE CHARITY.
Sisters Who Attend to the Care ofafiliouse
as Well as Nurse the Sick. ”
An order of sisters has been es-tabv
lished in New York, .Whose work im-
Dl'esses one at first sight as being the
truest charity. It is called the Little
Sisters of the . Assumption, instituted
originally in England, and its object is
to care for the sick poor in their
homes. The sisters work not only as
nurses in the limited sense of the
word, devotin a themselves exclusively
to the sick room, but more especially
1001611: after the care of the house
and the needs of the little children in
the case, forzinstance, when a mother
is obliged to star in bed and leave
everything to the working husband .
and the three or four little ones w-hb
may be about. The sisters go early in
the morning to such a home, and, aftei
giving the sick one whltever care and
medicine she needs, thefiput the house
in order, wash and dress the children
if necessary, cook for them and for
the mother, stay as nurses through the
day when they are needed, and be
fore they go they have the father’s
dinner or supper cooked and ready
for :him, put the children to bed and
arrange everything for the sick
mether during the night. The
novices, besides being trained ‘as
competent home nuuses, are thor-
oughly taught every detail of house-
work, and as their services are free to
all who need them, they must be a real
blessing to the afflicted poor, for whom
sickness is a dreadful thing, not only
in itself, but even more, perhaps, on
account of the absolute neglect of the
necessary duties of decent living that
_ The Sisters are
supported by voluntary contributions,
and these they are not permitted to
receive individually, but the offerings
must be presented at the convent as a
free gift. Many of those wlhom‘ they
care for give whatever small sum
they are able to in gratitude for their
services, but it is wholly unlocked for,
and is a matter always of their own
personal feeling of indebtedness. The
support of ithe order must depend
naturally on the ch'aritably disposed
among those who are blessed with
this world’s goods, but undoubtedly
manv of these, to whom the care of
the sick poor has been a very real and
heartbreaking problem, are glad to en-
trust their means to these good Sis-
ters, who have solved it so welt-St.
Mary's Hospital News.
Diplomatic. _
Mrs. Naborly—So your name is the
same as your Papa’s, Harry?
Harry—Yes’m.
Mrs. Naborly—How do you know
when your Mamma calls whom she
means?
Harry—Db, she always calls me
kind of coaxing—Brooklyn Life.
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They are hone ’
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