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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Harper's Round Table, January 26, 1897 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: October 16, 2019 [EBook #60509] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, JAN 26, 1897 *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: HARPER'S ROUND TABLE] - -Copyright, 1897, by HARPER & BROTHERS. All Rights Reserved. - - * * * * * - -PUBLISHED WEEKLY. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1897. FIVE CENTS A -COPY. - -VOL. XVIII.--NO. 900. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. - - * * * * * - - - - -[Illustration] - -BOYS AT SEA. - -BY W. CLARK RUSSELL. - - -Everybody will remember the exciting story of the ship _Aberfoyle_: how -her Captain drank himself into delirium-tremens and then poisoned -himself, how the crew mutinied, how the mate was washed overboard, and -how this ship was eventually safely navigated to Melbourne by her second -officer, who was little more than a boy. But perhaps the most memorable -example of a boy's heroism is that of young Shotten. He was an -apprentice on board a vessel called _Trafalgar_, which left Batavia -fever-stricken, with the result that the superior officers perished, and -young Shotten was left alone with the remains of a wicked ship's company -to navigate the vessel. He carried her to Sydney in safety. His story is -a true romance of the deep. This fine young fellow had not only to fight -the ocean and its tremendous perils, he had also to handle a set of -desperate, reckless men who refused to recognize his authority, and, -charged with the dreadful spirit of mutiny and murder, scarcely suffered -the boy commander to save their lives. Stories of this sort need the -pen of a Defoe; they should be submitted to the world by the hand of -genius, that, being in all senses things of beauty, they might be -immortal as inspirations in such hours of conflict as young Shotten -passed through. It is to be regretted that writers for boys do not -uniformly invent with some perception of the good taste, sound judgment, -and high aspirations and feelings of the young public they address. The -typical boy hero of the boy's book is, for the most part, impossible; -the lad as he reads grows disdainful, he may even detect blunders in -seamanship or in the employment of nautical words, and his confidence is -gravely shaken. No impression is left, no animating and lofty influence -exerted, because the tale is trash; it is not true; the boy knows it -never could have been true. I was once a boy myself, though I find this -hard to believe, and I remember that the sea-stories which influenced me -and which did me most good were tales founded on the facts of the ocean, -plain and sincere narratives of the stern realities of the deep, such as -this of Shotten. A young apprentice in Shotten's situation might, after -reading his story, take courage from it, find an example in it, and -achieve an end not less heroic than the model he imitated. - -Can it be imagined that any one of M. Jules Verne's boy heroes could -animate a lad by his impossible, albeit ingenious adventures, into the -rendering of such splendid services as the whole English-speaking world -was praising in young Shotten in 1895? It is a truth that boys at sea -have done daring and glorious things, and their stories should be told -by able hands for boys to read, because there is no calling that makes, -in times of disaster, such demands upon the stout heart and all that is -manly in the human qualities as the ocean life. One of the pluckiest -boys that ever rose to rank in the British royal navy, and to the -achievement of a great reputation for prudence, foresight, and gallantry -scarcely inferior to Nelson's, was Admiral Hopson, who was born in the -Isle of Wight, left an orphan when a child, and apprenticed by the -parish to a tailor. The tailor's board, however, soon grew hateful to -the little fellow; he yearned for quite another sort of board--I mean -shipboard. And being one day alone in the shop, looking across the sea, -he spied a squadron of men-of-war floating slowly around Dunnose. - -Acting upon the impulse of the instant, he rushed from the shop, sprang -into a boat, cast her painter loose, and contrived, by sculling with all -his might, to reach the Admiral's ship. He was received and entered as a -volunteer. Early next morning the British squadron fell in with a number -of Frenchmen, and a hot action began. Little Hopson obeyed orders with -wonderful alacrity and fearlessness; but when the fight had proceeded -for two hours he grew impatient, and, turning to a seaman, asked why the -ships were firing at one another. Jack answered that the action must -continue till the white rag at the enemy's mast-head was struck. The -ships were then engaged yard-arm to yard-arm. The air was thick with -smoke of gunpowder. Hopson sprang into the shrouds, ran out to the -main-yard-arm, gained the French Admiral's yard-arm, and running aloft, -cut away the French flag, and brought it safely on board his own ship. -The effect was amazing. The British yelled "Victory!" believing the -French had struck; and the Frenchmen fled below, not doubting, now that -their Admiral's flag had disappeared, that the battle was lost. For this -surprising act of heroism young Hopson was promoted to the quarter-deck. - -Every one must regret that more is not known of these gallant worthies -of past times. Why is not the story of their services written for boys? -Who amongst living authors who produce literature for the rising -generation could invent a more thrilling, romantic, and exciting tale -than this which I have only glanced at? Here is another example of the -courage of a boy and what the spirit of a lad may achieve in an hour of -grievous peril at sea: A famous frigate, _La Tribune_, was lost on the -Halifax coast one November towards the close of the last century. Four -men escaped in the jolly-boat, eight others clung to the main and fore -tops; the remainder of the large ship's company perished. The -inhabitants approached so close to the wreck as to be able to shout to -and hear the shouts of the poor fellows upon the masts. - -One of the first to attempt to succor them was a boy thirteen years old -belonging to Herring Cove; he jumped in a little skiff at about eleven -o'clock in the day, and with extraordinary labor and skill so -manoeuvred his tiny ark as to back her under the frigate's foretop, -and two of the shipwrecked men dropped into her. The boat was too small -to carry more. The boy conveyed them in safety ashore, and the record of -this inimitable piece of youthful heroism affirms that he "had them -instantly conveyed to a comfortable habitation." The 'longshore men, -spiritless and afraid, in spite of this glorious example, held back, and -six men remained to be saved. The undaunted boy at once put off again; -but the sea and the boat combined opposed too heavy a task to his -strength exhausted by his previous labors, and he failed to reach the -wreck. But his example was at last an animation; some boats were -launched, and after much trouble and in the face of grave peril, they -brought off in triumph the remaining survivors. - -It is a story that should be written in letters of gold. But what will -you think of the enthusiasm of the chroniclers of that lad's deed when I -tell you that I am unable to give his name? I have searched for it--to -no purpose. All we know is he was a Boy. But he was among the very -noblest, and with something of emotion after all these long years I -salute the darling little chap's memory. - -At the battle of Copenhagen a lad so distinguished himself as to excite -the admiration of the great Nelson. He was a Danish boy, about sixteen -years of age, by some called Welmoes, but others have given him a -different name. Be that as it may, this young fellow was in command of a -praam, a sort of raft armed with small cannon and manned by a company of -some twenty-four men. Nelson's flag was flying aboard the _Elephant_; -the heroic young Dane resolved to attack the famous Admiral, whose name -was a terror, and he forthwith shoved off in his raft from the shore, -and gained the stern of the line-of-battle ship, then thundering in -broadsides. The marines of the flag-ship promptly discharged their -muskets at the gallant little band, and the praam was rapidly converted -into a shambles. Twenty fine fellows lay dead and dying, but their boy -commander, who stood up to his waist amongst the bodies, stuck to his -post until the truce was proclaimed. Nelson had observed the splendid -behavior of this lad. He held him in memory, and when he was banqueted -at the palace, he begged the Prince to introduce young Welmoes to him. -When the boy was presented, the most famous of all sea chieftains put -his arm round his neck and kissed him, and, addressing the Prince, -exclaimed that the young fellow deserved to be made an Admiral. - -"If, my lord," was the answer, "I were to make all my brave officers -admirals, I should have no captains or lieutenants in my service." - -Twice were the wonderful battles in which Lord Nelson fought associated -with the heroism of boys. One of the French ships at the battle of the -Nile was _L'Orient_. She took fire, and hundreds of her people sprang -overboard. Amongst those who perished in her was Commander Casabianca. -All will remember Mrs. Hemans's moving verses beginning, - - The boy stood on the burning deck, - Whence all but him had fled. - -This boy was the Commodore's son; he was but ten years of age, yet -behaved with amazing intrepidity whilst the battle raged. When the ship -took fire his father bade him remain on deck, and he stuck to his post -until the huge ship blew up. Memories of this sort should stir the blood -of the young. They cannot be too often recited. They quicken the higher -impulse, shape fancies into ardent resolution, and all will believe that -they must be infinitely more valuable, even in an educational sense, -than narratives of impossible adventure and of fictitious achievements -which cannot serve as encouragements, because even the smallest boy -will perceive that they are impracticable. - -I have spoken of Lord Nelson, and of this great sailor many stories of -his spirit when a boy are told. Some of these tales must be viewed with -suspicion; one or two, perhaps, are worth recalling. The lad joined an -expedition to the frozen sea under the command of Captain Phipps, -afterwards Lord Musgrave. One night, when it was as bright as daylight, -the ship lying hard and fast amid the ice, young Nelson took his gun and -left the ship to shoot a bear which he had seen a long way off. -Something went wrong with the lock of his musket, whereupon he grasped -the weapon by the barrel, and gave chase to the beast, which went off on -a trot. Having killed the bear, the boy returned to his ship, the -Captain of which reprimanded him for going upon the ice without leave, -and with a stern countenance asked what motive could have induced him to -attack with a useless gun so formidable a beast as a polar-bear. The -young hero's reply was to the point. "I wished, sir," he said, "to get -the skin for my father." - -All boys who are acquainted with the life of Lord Nelson--and every boy, -be he American or English, who speaks the language in which this article -is written, ought to read it and gather the meaning of that wonderful -career--must have heard of Captain Trowbridge, one of the Admiral's -favorite officers. He was the son of a baker, and rose by his splendid -gallantry to be an Admiral and a baronet. One story of his fearlessness -when a lad recalls Hopson's feat. He was midshipman aboard the -_Seahorse_ when she chased and captured the French ship _Sartine_. Much -of the glory of that day was owing to young Trowbridge, who, watching -his chance and shouting for followers, boarded the enemy from the -forecastle, and with his own hands hauled down the French colors. -Perhaps not every commander of a victorious ship would have proved so -frankly honorable as was Captain Farmer of the _Seahorse_, for -afterwards, whilst dining with the commander-in-chief, Sir Edward -Hughes, he checked the congratulations he was being overwhelmed with by -saying that the victory was entirely owing to the heroism of a boy, a -midshipman named Trowbridge. Sir Edward was so struck and delighted that -he became the boy's fast friend, and was of signal help to him in the -earlier stages of his splendid career. These and the like are stories -which are true, and they should be made known to boys. My instances are -British; but scores of inspiriting examples may be culled from the -American records. - - - - -OWNEY, THE MAIL-DOG. - - -[Illustration: OWNEY.] - -Had that extremely humorous cur Crab, the property of one Launce, in -Shakespeare's _Two Gentlemen of Verona_, met with an accident -terminating his career, his master could have found a successor in -Owney, the railway mail-dog, a product of our own time, who would be -fully qualified to fill the shoes, or rather the place of the other. - -Owney is a terrier, now ten years old, and weighs about thirty-five -pounds. By his own exertions he has achieved a fame of which to be -proud, and as a traveller a distinction that few men can boast of. When -a pup he decided upon his vocation, and in accordance with his views he -entered the basement of the post-office at Albany and attached himself -to the regular mail service. His devotion to the self-appointed duty of -guarding mail-sacks interested the clerks, and as a reward he was -permitted to accompany them on trips in the mail-cars. - -Owney recognized this as an upward step in his career, and permitting -his independence to assert itself, he would disappear for weeks at a -time, returning at last to his adopted home at Albany. The numerous -railway tags attached to his collar upon his return showed that he had -been travelling with the mails. The route his dogship selected sometimes -embraced the four extreme points of the United States, and it was, and -is, no uncommon thing to find him wearing such tags as Seattle, -Washington, Galveston, Texas, and Tampa, Florida, after one of these -trips. - -One day, thinking that some mail-pouches for Washington from Albany -might contain state secrets to be zealously guarded, he assumed the -duty, and thus received his introduction to John Wanamaker, then -Postmaster-General. Mr. Wanamaker presented Owney with an elaborate -harness, and, proud of his present, the dog made an extended tour. The -weight of the tags gathered on this trip at last equalled his own, and, -unable to stand the strain, he was compelled to return home and be -relieved of his honors. - -There are few post-offices and railway lines in the United States and -Canada that have not entertained Owney. His Canadian experience was, -however, a lamentable one, as a railway collision deprived him of an eye -and part of one ear. The North German Lloyd steamers have carried him as -passenger a number of times, and the P. and O. steamers took him to the -far East during the Chino-Japanese war. During this trip he inspected -the mail service of India. - -Nothing will induce him to ride in any but the mail-cars, where, curled -up on the pouches, he will permit none but the mail-clerks to touch -them. These men are very fond of him, and he never lacks for attention. -He treats them all impartially, and comes and goes as he wills. As -another dog knows a bone, so Owney does a mail-sack, and he will leap -aboard the trains with them in the most unexpected places, to be always -received with delight. Duly recorded in the history of the United States -Post-office, he has its great army of employees, from the highest to the -lowest, for his firm friends. - - - - -THE CHILDREN'S HOUR. - -BY EMMA J. GRAY. - - -"Isn't it blind-man's holiday?" was John's question, as, "betwixt the -dark and the daylight," he put his head in his mother's lap, stretching -the rest of his long body meanwhile on the tiger-skin rug which lay at -her feet. - -"Yes;" and immediately Mrs. Colfax laid aside her mending-basket, -touching the top pair of socks as she did so, and then followed the -words: "I've been busy with those for the last hour. Do you know you are -more destructive on socks than your father and three brothers put -together?" - -"Am I, mother?" and the boy took one of her hands between his own, while -she at once ran the fingers of her other hand through his short thick -hair, remarking, "that she didn't know where it got its curly tendency -from, as none of her family could lay any claim to curls, nor the -Colfaxes either." - -But John had not come to discuss his kinky locks, nor to talk about his -school affairs; on the contrary, he had something peculiarly strange to -tell to-night. In fact, nothing less than that his great chum, Hiram -Scott, was to have an "out-and-out boss party to celebrate his sixteenth -birthday." - -"That means, my son would like a party on his sixteenth birthday." - -"That's about the size of it, mother." - -"All right. You may have one." - -"Hurrah!" and John sat upright, while he eagerly explained, "But, -mother, Hiram's going to have a regular gilt-edged affair. One of the -kind you read about." - -"And you wouldn't wish to be outdone by him; is that it?" - -"Well--no, I wouldn't." - -"Is his birthday before yours?" - -"Yes; ten days." - -"Has Hiram told you any particular plans about his party?" - -"Why, all there are to tell, I suppose. They are to have the biggest -orchestra--harp, horn, and all that sort of thing." Then, shaking his -head impressively: "And the supper will cost one hundred dollars--maybe -two hundred. And Hiram is to have a new pair of black silk socks and -patent-leather pumps, and an elegant new dinner jacket, for the -occasion; he's to be brand-new all over, indeed, for, with a real -whipper-snapper air, he informed me he was to have awfully swell black -trousers and waistcoat, and a new black satin tie. The whole thing is to -be mighty fine, I can tell you." - -"Well, it's quite impossible for you to give as costly a party as -Hiram's, for your father is a poor man in comparison to his, my son." - -"I know it," and John once more threw himself forward and laid his head -on his mother's lap. - -"So we must think of something fantastic and fanciful," Mrs. Colfax -resumed, "and hope that the unusualness of your party will compensate -for the expensive supper and orchestra of Hiram's." - -"What would you give, mother? For you know right off I could never plan -a new party any more than if I was a--" - -"A what, my son?" - -"A--barber's pole--or a wax figure, or any other know-nothing thing." - -"You're interested in Indians, aren't you?" - -"_Indians!_" and jumping to his feet John trod forcibly across the -floor, as if he was on his way to encounter a whole tribe of them. Then -he slowly stated: "I should remark that I am. But what have Indians to -do with my party?" - -"You'll see," and Mrs. Colfax, leaning back in her chair, inquired: "How -would you like to play that you are Hiawatha just for a night? In fact, -the invitations might read: - -"Hiawatha - -"Requests the pleasure of - -"Miss B---- B----'s - -"company on Monday evening, - -"March nineteenth, at eight o'clock. - -"Dancing, Games. Address." - -[Illustration] - -"Oh, go on, mother," were John's impatient words, as Mrs. Colfax -hesitated a second; "I can hardly wait," and giving a low whistle, he -shouted: "Excellent, fine, clever! Hiram is welcome to his new toggery -for aught I care; I'll appear in Indian array--eagle feathers, bead -necklaces, bracelets, moccasins, and all. What a jolly scheme!" and John -stood as erect as though his eagle plumes were already waving above his -head. - -"And perhaps, since Hiram is your most intimate friend, he would take -the character of Chibiabos, for - - "Very dear to Hiawatha - Was the gentle Chibiabos. - -"And then another of your friends should be the very strong man Kwasind, -and then, of course, there must be Laughing Water, Minnehaha, and the -old arrow-maker, her father." - -"Would it be a Hiawatha party or an Indian party?" - -"Neither, John, because all of Longfellow's people should come. The only -reason I have been talking about Hiawatha was because we might as well -fix your character at once." - -"Oh, that's the how of things. Are you sure there would be enough -characters to go around?" - -"Without a doubt, John;" and then, with an affectionate gesture on her -big boy, Mrs. Colfax added, "I guess somebody that I know would better -read Longfellow's poems over again." - -"I _am_ sort o' rusty. I suppose, too, that would be the only way to -advise a fellow as to his get-up." - -"It would be the best way; for example, in the _Tales of the Wayside -Inn_ we read - - "But first the Landlord will I trace; - Grave in his aspect and attire; - -"and - - "A youth was there of quiet ways, - A student of old books and days; - -"and a - - "Theologian from the school - Of Cambridge on the Charles was there. - -"And a Poet, and a Spanish Jew, a young Sicilian, and a Musician, all are -minutely described." - -"Will Minnehaha be the only girl, mother?" - -[Illustration] - -"Why, what a nonsensical question! Perhaps somebody would personate -Margaret, the Blind Girl of Castèl-Cuillè, only it would be pleasanter -to personate her before - - "The dread disease that none can stay, - The pestilence that walks by night, - Took the young bride's sight away. - -"And surely some mischievous girl would delight to make believe she was - - "A woman bent and gray with years, - -"and be the village seer. And I've just had an idea, John, that your -father can be the Master who builds the ship. You remember the way the -poem commences, - - "Build me straight, O worthy Master. - -[Illustration] - -"And I'll dress like a young girl and be the promised bride - - "Standing before - Her father's door." - -"Oh, capital! What fun!" and John excitedly once more jumped to his -feet, adding, "What a jolly mother I have!" - -"And, of course," Mrs. Colfax continued, "there will be a Priscilla and -an Evangeline. Indeed, you need not trouble about there not being enough -characters to go around." - -"Well, granted that they all come, mother, what then?" - -"Then we will give a tableau vivant, called The Children's Hour. Our -house is just the place for it." - -"In what way? I don't understand." - -[Illustration] - -"The library can be seen from any part of the parlors. And grandpa, who -bears such a close resemblance to Longfellow, can act his character. The -library must be dimly lighted, because - - "The night is beginning to lower, - -"and the parlors will have to be almost dark while the tableau is shown, -otherwise we cannot see into the library. There grandpa will sit in his -favorite high chair, in the attitude of listening to the patter of -little feet above him. Some unseen person, perhaps I, will read the poem -which describes the scene, and after a while three young girls, - - "Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, - And Edith with golden hair, - -[Illustration] - -"will be heard descending our long stairs, and they will make a rush from -the stairway through the hall and climb over the arms and back of his -chair. Trust me, John, the tableau will be very pretty. I know exactly -how to arrange it, and if I did not, there is a fine illustration in the -edition that your father gave me last Christmas. Besides, grandpa will -enjoy it so much. Indeed, it was only the other day that he told me that -his party days were over." - -"I'm so glad you thought of putting grandpa in, mother. But after the -tableau?" - -"After the tableau it will be a Children's Hour in very truth--games, -songs, dances, and supper. During the dance immediately preceding the -supper, paper hats will be given as favors, which everybody will don, -excepting when, like yourself, their eagle plumes would interfere. In -that case they can suspend them from the arm. The girls will wear -broad-brimmed hats, and the boys, turbans; and the boy must invite the -girl who has the same colored hat as himself to go to supper." - -"But where are all these hats to come from? I guess you're the one -that's forgetting that papa isn't rich." - -And Mrs. Colfax, throwing back her head, laughed merrily. When she -recovered herself she exclaimed: "Why, John, I'll make the hats. It will -only be a little bit of fun for me, and all the paper put together -wouldn't cost a dollar." - -"I know the fellows will just think you're a beaut--y." For it was very -difficult for John not to use slang. - -But Mrs. Colfax talked on regardless of her son's interruptions, and -therefore it was that John learned that both the Longfellow and birthday -schemes should unite in the supper-room. - -"For example, The Children's Hour would appear in large letters over the -mantel-piece. The letters could be cut out of card-board and covered -with asparagus, which should be tacked on with green silk. Then candy -could be twisted to represent a coil of rope, and a candy man to -represent the Skipper. Another candy man would be called the Village -Blacksmith, and a chocolate man the Black Knight, and so on. Tiny -papers, similar in size to motto papers, should be glued at one end to -these figures, thus introducing them. The large cakes should be iced -around with flowers, for Longfellow wrote, 'Everywhere about us are they -glowing,' and the ice-cream models should be as appropriate as the -caterer could arrange. A ship would be a fine example; so would a bell, -the Curfew Bell; an arrow, The Arrow and the Song; and a clock, The Old -Clock on the Stairs. - -"And the birthday feature, John, should be indicated by the flower for -your month; you were born in March, therefore your birthday flower is -violet. Violet-colored satin ribbon might be used to decorate the table, -and potted palms, etc., could stand in violet crépon paper pots, but, -nevertheless, real violets must show themselves as freely as we can -afford them." And Mrs. Colfax smoothed back the hair from her son's -forehead. - -"I never knew that before." - -"Never knew what?" - -"That everybody had a birthday flower. What are the flowers for the -other months?" - -"April, daisies; May, hawthorn; June, roses; August, poppies; September, -convolvulus; October, hops; November, chrysanthemums; December, holly; -January, snow-drops; February, primroses." - -"I like my flower best, don't you." - -"Yes, I think I do. But I must talk more about the party. At the supper -table each one in turn must tell his or her character." - -"Cannot people guess before?" - -"They can guess all they like, John, if they will whisper. Part of the -amusement at such a party is to discover your friends." - -"What about games, mother?" - -"Try the Cent Hunt. Say that a cent is wrapped in violet tissue-paper, -and is within sight. The discoverer quietly tells you, and if he is -correct, present him with a boutonnière of violets. Afterwards give a -cent, pencil, and paper to everybody, and state five minutes are allowed -to write what each side of the cent will tell. This game is called A -Penny for your Thoughts. - -"Find on one side: A beverage--T. A messenger--one c(s)ent. A piece of -armor--shield. A symbol of victory--wreath. A weapon--arrow. A mode of -punishment--stripes. A gallant--bow. A sheet of water--C. - -"Find on the other side: A portion of a hill--brow. A place of -worship--temple. An animal--hare. Youth and old age--18-96. One way of -expressing marriage--U. S. A cultivated flower--tulip. An emblem of -royalty--crown. Fruit--date. - -"And afterwards play Stage-Coach, but, John, you know that game." - -"Here comes father; shall we tell him?" - -"Wait until to-morrow." - - - - -THE MIDDLETON BOWL. - -BY ELLEN DOUGLAS DELAND. - - -CHAPTER III. - -"What did you tell them anything for? I knew you would. A girl can't -keep anything dark." - -"I didn't tell. They found it out themselves." - -"How could they? They would never have known it was broken if you hadn't -told, and they would never have known about the currant-bushes." - -"They found a little bit of the china that I never saw at all, and I had -to tell about the currant-bushes, because Aunt Tom said that I had -something under my apron, and saw us go to the currant-bushes. They -asked me, and I had to answer. They think I did it. They don't believe -me when I say I didn't. It isn't a bit nice not to be believed." - -"Then you didn't say anything about--about anybody else?" - -"Of _course_ not!" - -Theodora and Arthur were again in the garden. It was afternoon now of -the day upon which the bowl was broken, and Theodora, after spending -several hours in retirement, had been allowed to come out to get the -air. - -After their return to the house her aunts had tried in vain to extract -something from her in regard to the accident. "I did not break the -bowl," was all that she could be induced to say. Each aunt tried in turn -to vary this reply, but with no success. - -Finally, at the end of three-quarters of an hour, Miss Middleton said: - -"I think, sisters, that the best plan will be to send Theodora to her -own room to think over the wicked falsehood which I am afraid she is -telling. You will remember that when we were young our parents were of -the opinion that solitary confinement was the wisest mode of -punishment." - -"They occasionally used a slipper," remarked Miss Joanna. - -"But I scarcely like to use a slipper with Theodore's child." - -"No! no!" cried Miss Dorcas, Miss Melissa, and Miss Thomasine, with one -voice. - -"So, Theodora, you may go to your room," continued Miss Middleton. "I -hope that when you come out you will be ready to confess." - -Theodora stood for a moment looking from one to the other of the five -faces. - -"I sha'n't do any such thing," she said. "I can't confess what I didn't -do. If my mother were here she would believe me. If you were to keep me -shut up in the room for weeks and weeks, when I came out I should say -the same thing. Please excuse me for being disrespectful, but I think, -except Aunt Tom, you are very disagreeable aunts, especially Aunt -Joanna. I think I would rather live with people that were no relation to -me." - -So saying, she walked from their presence and went to her own room, and -again shut and bolted the door. At dinner-time a tray containing several -slices of dry bread and a glass of water was placed outside, and Mary -Ann's voice told her that her dinner was waiting. For some time Teddy -refused to open, but finally her hunger overcame her pride, and she took -the tray into her room, and just as she finished Miss Thomasine came to -the door and tapped gently. - -"Teddy, my dear," she said, in a low voice, at the key-hole, "let me -in--your aunt Tom." - -And Teddy again opened the door. - -"Oh, my dear, how you have been crying!" said gentle little Miss -Thomasine. "I am so grieved about it all. Teddy, if you will only tell -us the truth, even now we will forgive you. Tell me quietly how it -happened." - -"Aunt Tom, I can't make up a story. I didn't break the bowl. Why don't -you believe me? There are other people in the world besides me! Why -don't you think that some one else did it? Why am I the only person that -could have broken it?" - -"My dear, you forget that the evidence against you is very strong. When -I came down stairs to go with you to the garden you came out of the -parlor with the pieces of china in your hand, hidden under your apron. -Why did you take the trouble to hide them, or to touch them at all, if -you were not the one who broke the bowl?" - -Theodora was silent for a few minutes. She stood gazing at her aunt, -looking straight from her fearless brown eyes into Miss Thomasine's -gentle blue ones. - -"That is true," she said at last. "It does seem queer. But, for all -that, I didn't break the bowl, Aunt Tom." - -"Then can you not tell me who did?" - -"No, I can't tell you who did," she said. "But do you believe me now, -Aunt Tom?" - -"Yes, my dear, I do." - -And then Theodora burst into tears, and hid her face in her aunt's lap. - -[Illustration: "IT WAS SO TERRIBLE TO FEEL THAT NO ONE BELIEVED ME," SHE -SOBBED.] - -"Oh, I am so glad!" she sobbed. "It was so terrible to feel that no one -believed me in this whole house." - -After a while Miss Thomasine returned to her sisters, and told them of -her change of opinion. Needless to say no one agreed with her, and it -required some determination on her part to remain firm in her -conviction. It was not so easy to believe her niece guiltless when she -was confronted by four somewhat obstinate ladies, as it had been when -she was looking into Theodora's fearlessly truthful eyes. - -But Miss Thomasine did not falter, and she finally succeeded in -obtaining her sisters' consent to the proposition that their niece -should be released from solitary confinement, and allowed to go out into -the fresh air. - -"For she is not accustomed to it, and I am afraid it will make her ill," -urged Miss Thomasine, "and then what would Theodore and sister Gertrude -say?" - -At hearing which the others relented. - -Theodora, upon being liberated, went at once to the garden, and here she -found Arthur Hoyt awaiting her. He was leaning over the wall, looking -sullenly toward Teddy as she approached. - -"I thought you were never coming," he said. "What made you so long?" - -"I've been shut up," returned Teddy. "They won't believe I didn't do -it--except Aunt Tom. She believes me, but no one else will." - -"What did you tell them?" - -"That I didn't do it." - -"Nothing else?" - -"Of _course_ not." - -And then ensued the conversation with which this chapter opens. - -Arthur Hoyt was eleven years old. He was the fifth member of this large -family, Paul, Charlie, Clement, and Raymond being older than he. Paul -was nearly eighteen, and it had been an act of great condescension on -his part to join in the funeral festivities of the morning; but, in -spite of the fact that he was to enter Harvard this fall, he secretly -loved an old-fashioned romp with his four brethren, though he would not -have confessed it for the world. - -The boys were all lions of health and strength, with the exception of -Arthur. He had always been delicate, and in consequence had been greatly -indulged by his parents. His brothers were in the habit of treating him -with more consideration than they showed to one another, looking upon -him perhaps as they would have looked upon a sister. When Teddy came to -Alden and they first made her acquaintance, they fancied that "all she -would be good for," as they expressed it, would be to play quiet games -with Arthur, but they soon found out their mistake. - -Teddy was as much of a "jolly good fellow" as her name implied. She -could run, she could row, she could play ball with the best of them, and -the boys had not recovered even yet from their astonishment at this -state of affairs. The Misses Middletons' niece as much of a fellow as -any of them! And they accordingly received her into their midst on terms -of absolute equality. - -"I'm glad you didn't say anything about any one else," said Arthur, when -he had heard Teddy's assurance that she had told nothing. He looked -about apprehensively, as if he feared some one might be hidden in the -same currant-bushes which had sheltered the broken bowl. "I'll do -something nice for you, Teddy. Would you like to ride my wheel?" - -"Arthur! Do you really mean it?" - -"Of course I do," said he, magnanimously. "I've never let you before, -because I was afraid you'd bang it over the first thing and smash it; -but I guess you'll be careful." - -It was the dearest wish of Theodora's heart to learn to ride. She had -intended to ask her aunts' permission that very day; in fact, she had -gone back to the house with Miss Thomasine for that especial purpose; -and then had come the fatal discovery about the bowl, and everything -else had been forgotten. - -This was a fine opportunity to try it, for Arthur was not always in such -an amiable mood. Perhaps he never again would offer to lend her his -wheel and to teach her. The other boys owned bicycles, to be sure, but -it was always hard to find them at liberty. There was usually something -of importance to be done, and Theodora had noticed that neither of them -seemed anxious to lend his wheel to a beginner. Charlie had offered, -though, that morning, and she had lost the rare chance by going into the -house to ask permission. She concluded not to let another opportunity -slip; so, after giving the matter brief consideration, she joyfully -accepted Arthur's overture, with or without her aunts' approval. - -"Come over the wall, then," said he. "The best place for you to learn is -on our drive. I'll try and find one of the other fellows to help teach -you; for of course you'll go tumbling all over everywhere, and we might -as well try to save the wheel." - -Teddy wondered if no effort was to be made to save her as well as the -wheel; but she said nothing, and quickly climbed the wall. - -The Misses Middleton meanwhile were discussing the situation. - -"I know the child is speaking the truth," said Miss Thomasine, again and -again. "Some one else is responsible for the accident. Now let us -consider who it can have been." - -"Not one of the servants, I am sure," said Miss Middleton. "They have -lived with us too long for us not to know that they would confess if -they were guilty; and who else has been in the house to-day?" - -Miss Melissa suddenly started forward. - -"Sister Adaline, you forget! Some one--there have been others! Do you -not remember?" - -"Others? What others?" - -"Surely you remember!" - -"Melissa, do be more explicit, I beg of you!" cried Miss Joanna. "It is -so easy to say what you mean, if you would only try it. Who else has -been in the house?" - -"Dear Joanna, you are so abrupt! Dorcas, you remember?" - -But Miss Dorcas had discovered a mistake in her knitting, and was busy -counting. - -"Four, five, six, seven," she said aloud, to show them that she could -not speak. - -"I am astonished that you have the heart to knit, when the Middleton -bowl is broken, Dorcas!" exclaimed Miss Joanna. "Melissa, kindly tell us -what you mean." - -But her sister's manner was apt to frighten the faltering Melissa, and -she was now looking for her salts. - -"I think I know whom Melissa means," said Miss Thomasine, suddenly. "Two -or three of the Hoyt boys accompanied Theodora when she came with the -cat." - -Miss Melissa nodded. There was not a sound for a moment, the new idea -presented by this recollection was so astounding. - -"Do you think--" began Miss Joanna, and then stopped, for once unable to -finish her speech. - -"It might be," whispered Miss Middleton. - -"It seems really--but then--perhaps--" murmured Miss Melissa. - -"Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen. I should not be surprised," said Miss -Dorcas, laying down her needles at last. - -"I am sure that it was not Theodora," repeated Miss Thomasine, more -earnestly than ever. - -"There were several boys in the house," continued Miss Joanna, "and I -should not be at all surprised. Adaline, suppose we order the carriage -at once and drive to Mrs. Hoyt's. What do you think of it?" - -"Quite right, Joanna. You and I will go, and Thomasine." - -And they at once made ready for the call. - -Although it was but a short distance to their neighbor's house, it did -not occur to the ladies to walk. They took a certain amount of exercise -on their own place every morning and afternoon, but a call would have -been shorn of half of its formality did they not go in their carriage, -and the Misses Middleton were nothing if not formal. - -They had left their own domain, and were being driven slowly along the -bit of road which lay between their gates and those of their neighbor, -when, with a rapid whiz, a bicycle flew past them, followed by another -and another. - -"It is a custom which is very alarming," remarked Miss Middleton. - -"There seemed to be a girl on one of them," said Miss Joanna. "So very -unladylike!" - -Miss Thomasine said nothing, but she leaned out of the carriage and -looked after the rapidly receding figures. She was quite certain that -she recognized that short scarlet skirt and that flying brown hair, but -she dared not name her fears. - -Presently the carriage drew up at Mrs. Hoyt's front steps. There were no -boys to be seen but Arthur, who disconsolately leaned over the piazza -railing. Teddy had ridden away on his wheel, accompanied by two of his -brothers, and there was nothing for him to do but to await their return. -When he saw the approach of the Misses Middleton he turned and fled. - -"I wonder where Theodora is?" remarked Miss Middleton. "I hoped to find -her with Arthur--such a nice, quiet little boy. Where can she be?" - -And still Miss Thomasine held her peace. - -Mrs. Hoyt was at home, and the ladies were ushered into the parlor. - -"Sister, you must be the one to speak," said Miss Joanna to Miss -Middleton, "and I will help you when it is necessary." And neither of -her hearers doubted that she would. - -It was difficult to open the subject; for Mrs. Hoyt, filled with -trepidation at being caught unawares by her stately neighbors, talked -with nervous haste. The parlor was in sad confusion, having lately been -the scene of a bear-fight, carried on by several of her boys. She -herself had not yet dressed for the afternoon, and she was wondering if -the Misses Middleton would discover the fact. Fortunately her gingham -gown was well made and clean; still, it was a gingham, and it was -afternoon, and Mrs. Hoyt had lived long enough in Alden to know Alden -ideas. - -But the Misses Middleton did not notice. They were trying to find a -means of stemming the tide of Mrs. Hoyt's conversation. - -"We have come on a matter of importance," said Miss Middleton at last. -"I think, Joanna, we may call it important?" looking at her sister. - -"Very important," said she, with emphasis. - -"Very important," echoed Miss Thomasine, more mildly, plucking nervously -at the folds of her camel's-hair shawl. - -"Indeed!" said Mrs. Hoyt. "Is there anything I can do for you? You seem -troubled about something. I hope nothing has happened?" - -There was a slight noise at the back of the room at this juncture, and -Miss Middleton, who was about to speak, stopped abruptly. - -"It is only Arthur, probably," said his mother. "Arthur dear, come speak -to the Miss Middletons." - -But no Arthur was forth-coming, so Miss Middleton began again. - -"We have met with a great loss. You have heard of--in fact, I know you -have seen--the Middleton bowl." - -"I should think so! My dear Miss Middleton, you don't mean to say that -anything has happened to that? Oh, how shocking! Is it broken, or has it -been stolen?" - -"It is broken. It would almost have been better had it been stolen. Do -you not agree with me, Joanna?" - -"I do," said Miss Joanna. Miss Thomasine did not speak. - -"For there is a great mystery connected with it," continued the speaker. -"We cannot discover who broke it." - -"Could it have been one of the servants?" asked Mrs. Hoyt, eagerly. "Oh, -that beautiful bowl! so valuable! so exquisite! It must have been one of -the servants." - -"It was not," snapped Miss Joanna. "They have lived with us from fifteen -to thirty years, and they were all in another part of the house when it -happened. It was some one else." - -"We thought at first that it must have been our niece, Theodora," -continued Miss Middleton. "There were certain circumstances which led us -to suspect her very strongly; but she declares that she did not do it, -and our sister Thomasine is inclined to believe her." - -"I am quite sure that Theodora did not break the bowl," said Miss -Thomasine, quietly but firmly. - -"Then who could have done it?" asked Mrs. Hoyt. - -There was a profound silence in the room, while the three sisters looked -at one another. Twice Miss Middleton essayed to speak, but her voice -failed her, and she coughed instead. Miss Thomasine pulled off her -gloves, quite unconscious that she was committing such a breach of -etiquette. Miss Joanna at length recovered her usual courage. - -"We think, Mrs. Hoyt," said she, clearly, and with emphasis, nodding her -head in time to her words, and causing her spectacles to flash -ominously--"we think that it may have been one of your sons." - -Mrs. Hoyt was speechless, and she grew very pale. - -"What makes you think so?" she asked at length. Even Miss Joanna quailed -before the light that was in her eyes. - -"Because," she faltered--"because some of them were in our house this -morning." - -"Miss Middleton, I think I can safely say that if one of my boys were -responsible for such a misfortune, he would be enough of a gentleman to -acknowledge it and to apologize. However, I will question them in your -presence--that is, if they can be found. Ah, there they come now, up the -drive, and Teddy is with them. They have been teaching her to ride the -bicycle." - -She left the room as she spoke. The Misses Middleton looked at one -another. - -"Our niece on a bicycle!" murmured Miss Middleton. - -"I believe it was she whom we met," exclaimed Miss Joanna. "I believe -also that she, and she alone, broke the bowl. This only goes to prove -it." - -"How does it prove it, Joanna?" asked Miss Thomasine; but Miss Joanna -merely glared at her through the gleaming spectacles. - -Clement and Raymond came quickly into the house in response to their -mother's call, followed closely by Theodora, who was fully prepared to -find her aunts in the parlor, for she had seen the waiting carriage. The -boys took off their caps, and politely shook hands with each of the -ladies. Their manners were good, as even their natural enemies, the -Misses Middleton, had always been forced to admit. - -"Which of you were at Miss Middleton's house to-day?" asked Mrs. Hoyt. - -"Clem, and I, and Arthur," said Raymond. - -"Where is Arthur now?" - -"He's round here somewhere. We left him here when we went off with Ted. -She was on his wheel; and, mother, she rides as well as a fellow. She -went right straight off instanter." - -The three Misses Middleton groaned audibly, while their niece flushed -with pleasure at this hearty praise. Mrs. Hoyt did not pause, however. - -"I am afraid Arthur is hiding somewhere. I am quite sure he is in the -room. Please look for him, as he has not the civility to come when his -mother calls him." - -Raymond and Clem made a dash for the back of the room, where they at -once discovered the missing Arthur, and dragged him from his retreat. He -came forward, banging his head and looking the picture of misery. His -mother glanced at him reproachfully, upon seeing which Arthur looked -more miserable still. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -A LOYAL TRAITOR. - -A STORY OF THE WAR OF 1812 BETWEEN AMERICA AND ENGLAND. - -BY JAMES BARNES. - - -CHAPTER XIV. - -A BEGGAR A-HORSEBACK. - -I knew, however, that I was in Gloucestershire; and from a sign-post, -pointing the way I came the night gone, I learned that I had passed the -towns of Thornbery and Slimbridge. I was cogitating over how to get a -bit to eat when something happened that put even hunger out of my -head--I heard the tooting of a horn! Turning about, I saw the coach -coming up a little hill, swinging along at a good pace, with the leaders -in a gallop. - -The boldest course was the best, so I leaned against a stone post that -had cut in it "Eight miles to Hardwick," and waited for the mail to come -up. The driver, a ruddy-faced individual in a multitude of cloaks and a -wide beaver, caught my intention. - -"Are ye off to Gloucester, lad?" he cried, drawing up. - -"Ay," I answered. "Hold up there, and I'll take a passage." - -There were but three beside the guard on top, and I clambered over the -wheel up to the front seat before the coach had lost its headway. I -feared most dreadfully that the driver would begin to question me at -once, but, thank the powers, he did not. Keeping up a continuous -clicking sound against his teeth, and gracefully flourishing the -long-lashed whip, and catching the leaders now and again with the end of -it most cleverly, he drove ahead without speaking. - -Now all the time I was wondering how I was going to pay the fare, when -the red-faced man made this matter smooth sailing. - -"'E better get off before we get into the town, laad," he said, "then we -won't ask noo fare o' ye." - -"Thanks, very much," I said. - -"Not a bit, not a bit," he returned. "A soldier on a spree wants all 'e -can spend, eh?" - -I nodded, and for an hour we drove on in silence. For a long time there -had been visible a great square tower rising above the stretches of -vineyards, corn-lands, and gardens. The country was interspersed with -rich pastures in which fat, broad-backed sheep were grazing. How I drank -in all the sights and sounds, craning my neck and straining my eyes and -ears! Beautiful residences of the aristocracy, with wide-spreading -parks, were frequent on each side of the highway, and soon scattered -houses overgrowing with vines proclaimed that we were on the outskirts -of the town. That the tower that was in sight belonged to some great -church was very plain, but I feared to ask about it. The driver pulled -up his horses, and understanding him to mean that my ride was over, I -descended, after an expression of my gratitude. - -The coach was barely out of sight when I saw ahead of me the swinging -sign-board of an inn. My desire to feed was so strong that I fished out -the gold piece from my catch-all, and determined to purchase a breakfast -if it took the last penny. - -Walking up to the entrance to the "Moon and Starfish," I went inside the -tap-room, and found that the people of the inn were up and stirring. -Calling for the landlord, I seated myself at a table by the window, and -a flood of self-conceit came over me so that I almost gibbered with -delight. - -In a few minutes a bowl of coffee was at my elbow, a thick fat chop -decked in greens was putting strength into my blood and spirits as it -disappeared, my jaws worked to a little tune of my own composing, and I -cared little for the future--the present was good and given to enjoy! -But soon I was to be on a very different tack, for with a clatter and -clanking I recognized the approach of the people I most dreaded to -meet--the men who fight his Majesty's wars and eat his victuals. Five -soldiers entered from outside. They were petty officers, with stripes on -their arms, bright red coats with puffs at their shoulders, strings of -bright buttons, pipe-clayed cross-belts, and black gaiters. - -They may have been handsome to look at, but to me they were five living -horrors. With a chill feeling coming over my chest and shoulders, I -pretended closer attention to my meal. I knew they were looking at me, -but they entered the next compartment and called for ale and spirits. -When the landlord came I overheard the conversation. - -"I don't know who the young man is," said the host of the inn, as if in -reply to a question. "He came off the coach, I take it." - -"He's an officer," observed another. - -"You're wrong," said a third. "Where are his shoulder-knots?" - -"I observed him close," put in the second speaker, "and, ecod! it -strikes me he is part officer and part private. It's the uniform of the -Somersetshire Foot-guard. I know it." - -I was almost choking in my efforts to bolt a great bit of mutton, but -from the tail of my eye I saw that two heads were thrust about the -corner, and they were piping me off. So I turned my back and looked out -of the window. There came a laugh in a minute, and some whispering in -which I caught the words "curling-tongs and the barber," probably in -allusion to my great need of both. - - * * * * * - -Now I am honestly very sorry that I never paid the landlord for that -good meal of his, but I acted on an impulse that more than like saved me -from total discomforture. I was taken aback fore and aft, completely -staggered with the idea that their curiosity would pass bounds, and they -would begin to sift me. The window was wide open, and the sward on the -outside came to within two feet of the sill. Making no noise, I crawled -out of it headforemost, and walking quickly across the court-yard, I -dodged behind a row of stables, and crept along beneath a line of hedge; -and this time I did not take the big hat with me, but left it mounting -guard over the remains of my meal. - -Now I really should like to have heard what the redcoats said, and I -fear that the landlord could not have been complimentary. - -The hedge that I was following ran up to a high wall, on the other side -of which was evidently one of the parks of a nobleman or an aristocrat. -By dint of scratching and hauling and sheer strength, I struggled over -the top and came down on a level stretch of lawn, dotted about with -handsome beech-trees, and farther on edged by a noble line of oaks. No -one was in sight, and driven by a nameless dread, I started running. A -great pheasant scurried across my path and tore up into the air with a -whir, making me shy to one side, like a runaway horse. I kept up my -speed but a few hundred yards, however, when the idea came to me that -this would never do at all. So I threw myself down at the foot of a tree -and tried to compose my ideas. - -Off to the right, beyond a low hedge covered with wall-flowers, was a -field of springing corn (wheat we call it in our country), and lording -it over this green domain, with its arms outstretched, was a ragged -scarecrow. I think my next move was something that proves me far from -imbecile. Leaping the hedge, I tore off my bright red coat and white -breeches (the cloak, I had forgotten to say, I had left at the hedge -early in the morning), and then, with mighty little on, I crawled, -Indian fashion, towards the silent guardian of the fields. - -Oh, they were very ragged indeed were his majesty's habiliments, but -there were enough of them to cover me, even if I did show bare at the -knees and elbows, and hurriedly I hung them on, and taking the flapping -hat from off the straw-stuffed head, I was the scarecrow come to life! I -had hidden the uniform under some handfuls of leaves and grass; and now -to get out of the park and reach the road, where, by my appearance, I -rightfully belonged. - -The wall on the inside was so high and so well built that I could not -reach the top, but as I went along I came to a little gate that unlocked -by thrusting back a bolt. I opened it, and found myself in the -kitchen-garden of a neat white cottage. Disdaining to make reply to the -hail of a buxom young woman who thrust her head out of the window, and -who inquired my business in a peremptory tone, I hobbled out into the -road. - -I did not stop at the inn this time, but slid past it on the opposite -side, and five minutes' walk brought me nearer to the heart of the town. -Passing a number of people, who gave me a wide berth, and keeping -straight ahead, I came to a square, or better, the meeting-place of four -thoroughfares crossing at right angles. - -Not far away rose the great square tower that I had noticed early in the -morning. It was so high and so massive that I walked toward it to obtain -a better view, and stopped in astonishment before one of the greatest -cathedrals in England. - -There was a service of some kind going on, and the sound of a great -organ wafted out on the air. I stood there listening for some moments, -leaning against the iron railing. As the door was open, I was tempted to -go in and pass the gates, but here I halted in fear. A slight tall man, -with his white hair trimmed in a bygone fashion, and a black coat -buttoned up to his white stock, was walking up a side path; he raised -his eyes from the ground, and bending forward, stood there in an -expectant attitude looking at me. Whatever he took me for I do not know. - -"Repent, son, and return," he said, in a soothing tone. I had feared -that he was going to upbraid me for my presence, but his next movement -deprived me of that idea entirely. "Here, take this," he said; "and God -bless you and direct you." - -As he spoke he extended his hand, with a piece of silver in it, toward -me. A sense of pride in that, so far in my life, I had asked alms of no -one almost tempted me to refuse it, but fearing that he might put me to -questions, I took it, mumbled some thanks, and hurried out into the -sunshine. - -I am sure that if he had been an American I should never have escaped -without telling a story of some sort, but the English are of a less -curious temper than we are, and if they interfere in other people's -business on the outside world, they have a talent for minding their own -at home, and to this I testify readily. - -My clothes were so disreputable that I determined to spend part of the -shilling in procuring the means of mending them. So I entered a little -shop down the street, and purchased thread and needles. With these in my -pocket, I set out immediately looking for a place to hide whilst at -work. - -Taking the wide road that led to the north, I followed it, and passing -by a common on which some lads were playing cricket, I came to an inn, -much larger than the one I had stopped at in the morning, surrounded by -a court-yard with sheds and stables. A number of large carts and vans -were resting here, and crawling over the tail-board of one that had a -great canvas top, I took off my clothes and began my tailoring. - -When it was finished I was in less danger of coming to pieces, and -despite what I had eaten, my stomach told me it was past the midday-meal -hour. - -Now where I was to go I did not have the least idea, and my heart went -down like a lead. - -But, _en avant!_ There was no sense in tarrying. As I went to go out of -the court-yard to take up my aimless walking, a tall chaise in which -were two finely dressed gentlemen drove in at the entrance. I had to -jump from under the horse's feet. Some of the inn servants, who had paid -no attention to me, ran out from the stables at the sound of the wheels, -and in the doorway of the house appeared a slender man, with powdered -hair, who greeted the other two with a graceful salutation. There was a -trace of courtliness in it that was handsome, but my heart gave a bound -as I turned to watch them curiously. They were speaking French. Not the -French that I had heard lately in the prison, but the French that my -mother had taught me and that my uncle spoke. - -"Welcome, Monsieur de Brissac!" exclaimed the tall man in the doorway, -"and welcome, Monsieur le Marquis." - -"De Brissac!--Monsieur le Marquis!" How natural this name and the title -seemed to me; and then it all came back--"Gabriel Montclair de Brissac, -Marquis de Neuville, friend of my grandfather, le Marquis de Brienne." I -remembered that my uncle had made me learn this in the long list of -stupid names. There were two sons, Georges Lucien and Guy Léon de -Brissac. The latter and his father had both lost their heads on the -guillotine on the same day that my grandfather had lost his. Somehow -the idea that there might be some help come to me from a man who bore -the name of de Brissac crossed my brain, and I turned back into the -court-yard. - -The servants had led away the horse, and seated at a window were the -three fine-looking gentlemen. I watched them for a few minutes, not -knowing what to do. I could not hear the sound of their voices, although -the window was open, so I came nearer. The shortest of the three, who -had been addressed as "Monsieur le Marquis," was talking, and -gesticulating with his jewelled hand. - -"Yes, yes. We will see the lilies again, my friends," he said in French. -"Give this usurper time enough and the rope, and he will hang himself--a -trite but true saying, my friends." - -All at once one of them looked out of the window and saw me standing -close to. I felt as if I had to do something to account for my presence, -and an idea suggested to me by my meeting a singing beggar-woman on the -streets in the morning was put into immediate practice; why, except for -the connection of thought, I should have chosen the song I did I know -not, but it was a fortunate circumstance. I struck out into a little -chansonnette, something in the nature of a serenade, that I had heard my -uncle trill in his high-pitched voice--a song that may have been a -favorite with the gallants of King Louis's court. - -I did not look in at the window as I sang, but cast my eyes upward in -apparent oblivion to my surroundings. As I began the third stanza -(something about roses and hearts, I remember) I was interrupted by -approaching foot-steps. - -[Illustration: A COMMANDING VOICE EXCLAIMED FROM THE WINDOW, "BRING THAT -LAD IN HERE, SOME ONE."] - -My singing had attracted the attention of several people in the -court-yard, and a hostler was hurrying up with the evident intention of -sending me to the rightabout. But if that was what he meant to do, he -had to give it over, for a commanding voice in English, without the -trace of an accent, exclaimed from the window, - -"Bring that lad in here, some one." - -Before I knew it, I was following one of the servants through a -passageway, and was ushered into the presence of the three men seated at -the table. - -"Where could he have learned that song?" one of them was saying. The -short man was humming the air. - -"Who are you and what is your name?" questioned the large gentleman with -the powdered hair, who evidently was in authority, speaking in French. - -"Jean Amédée de Brienne," I said, taking the name by which I had been -known for the past few months, only giving it, of course, a -pronunciation somewhat different. - -"De Brienne!" exclaimed the youngest gentleman, starting. "Where do you -come from?" - -"From America, monsieur; but just now from the prison at Stapleton, -whence I have escaped by a good chance." - -I noticed that they were looking at one another in incredulity, so I -spoke on, led by I know not what: - -"Have I not the honor of addressing Monsieur George Lucien de Brissac, -son of the Marquis de Neuville?" - -"I am the Marquis de Neuville," exclaimed the youngest, starting to his -feet. "My father is dead." - -"And my grandfather perished on the scaffold with him and with your -brother Guy," I said, calmly. - -The effect of this speech was wonderful. The other two men sprang up, -and the taller shut the window suddenly and drew the curtain. - -Monsieur de Brissac was for hurrying toward me with both hands -outstretched, when he was restrained. - -"Hold! Hold!" said the eldest. "Let us ask more questions. What was your -grandfather's name, my young friend?" - -I gave it, and the whole of my family tree, so far as I could remember -it, on my mother's side. Then in a few words I told of my sailing on a -privateer, my capture and imprisonment. Before I had finished Monsieur -de Brissac had come close to me. - -"Embrassez-moi!" he said, and despite my rags he threw his arms around -my neck. - -In turn the other two did likewise, and the elder man kissed me on the -forehead, after the manner of my uncle. Tears were in his eyes, and -relieved from the great strain under which I had been laboring, I broke -down altogether, and sinking into a chair, I wept, rocking myself to and -fro. "Oh, God be thanked!" I cried over and over. - -As soon as I recovered myself I saw that they had placed before me wine -and meat, and were refraining from asking further questions until I -should have refreshed myself. But the words which were whispered in my -ear seemed to shut all fear behind me. "Courage; you are with friends. -We will not desert you," told me to trust. - -I looked up from my plate (truly I had been well fed for a vagabond this -day), and found my new friends in consultation. I caught the word -"clothes," and looking down at myself, I reddened. I was mad to tear the -horrid rags from me. Monsieur de Brissac, as I shall call him, as it was -he that afterwards became my patron, saw that I had finished the meal, -and giving me a smile and a bow, came nearer. He was a very handsome -man, of about seven-and-thirty, with a fine figure, and a well-turned -leg that showed to the best advantage in his black small-clothes, for he -also followed a fashion a little different from the English of that -time. But of this I shall speak at greater length farther on. - -"Monsieur de Brienne," he said, "I would like to ask you something of -your father." - -"He is dead," I answered. - -And at this, God forgive me, I saw that I had deceived them all into -thinking that I was my uncle's son, instead of his nephew. Now I -reasoned if I should tell them my remarkable story, and proclaim that I -did not know my father's name, and was all in a fog in regard to that of -my mother, even although I knew so much about the past family history, I -would put a sorry climax to a very good beginning. I regretted deeply -that I should have to let them keep on in the error; but I spoke the -truth, and I did not know it at the time. - -"Monsieur de Brienne is dead?" repeated Monsieur de Brissac. - -I sighed. "Alas!" - -"He was a strange man, and they say the best swordsman at court--_un -vrai galant_." - -"There could be no better," I answered. "He taught me all I know." - -The gentlemen smiled at this, but the next question that was asked me by -the Marquis de Senez caused me to start. - -"Your mother was--" - -"Named Hurdiss," I put in. "She was very beautiful, but died in America, -in the city of Baltimore, when I was but a child." - -"Did your uncle leave no property? They say he took with him to America -a large amount." - -"I have this," I replied, producing the last of the buttons that had -adorned the homespun coat that I wore at Marshwood. "All of my property -was consumed at a fire--everything," I concluded. "I am left without a -son, a relative, or a friend." - -The gentlemen handed the button around. - -"It is true. I remember that crest well," said the tall man. "And I -remember well, also, your grandfather's beautiful daughters--twins, they -were, and great favorites, as children, with the King." - -"Yes," put in M. de Brissac; "and they married, after taking refuge here -in England, one the Duke de B---- and the other the Comte de B----."[1] - -[1] I have purposely left out mentioning these names in this story for -reasons.--J. H. - -The short nobleman here spoke, musingly: - -"After their husbands' deaths they went to America, to seek their -brother, probably, but they met with sad misfortune. Now I remember -hearing something--" - -My heart gave a great bound! Was I on the point of finding out my real -name, and who I was by right and law? - -"Yes," I said, quickly; "tell me." - -"One of them was drowned in a shipwreck," Monsieur le Marquis continued. -"Sad, sad, alas! and the other married some nobody, and went to reside -in the wilderness." - -I rather resented this, for I yet cherished the memory of him who had -carried me on his shoulder, but I said nothing. - -"Hortense and Hélène, those were the names," said the tall man. - -"It was la belle Hélène who lost her life by drowning," said Monsieur le -Marquis. - -"Pardon me," put in Monsieur de Brissac; "it was Hortense, I am quite -certain." - -Here again arose the uncertainty. - -"Who was it, monsieur, that married the English sea-captain?" I asked. - -"Ah, was that it?" returned the tall man. "I did not know, nor have I -any recollection of having heard which one of the ladies made this -mésalliance." - -The other gentlemen had come to no conclusion, and thus I found out -nothing, after all. This was about the sum total of the talking we did -at our first meeting, although it gives no idea of the time we were at -it, and I was soon led away by the tall man, whose name, like the -others, had the "de" of nobility, and was called de la Remy. I had -caught the idea already that he was the landlord of the inn, and such -was the fact. Indeed, a great many of the _émigrés_ in England at this -time were engaged in far less remunerative employments, and some had all -they could do to put food into their mouths. Well, when I had taken a -bath I was much refreshed; indeed, I could scarcely imagine that I was -the same youth who had been halting along the road-side, ignorant of his -whereabouts and careless as to his destination a few hours before. - -As may be perceived (at least I should think the fact was evident -enough), I had ceased to think of myself as a boy. It was only at times -that my age would assert itself in a manner that led me to indulge in -prankishness and skylarking. Thus when the hair-dresser came to my room, -shown up by one of the inn servants, I pretended not to understand -English, and, in consequence, they spoke openly before me. So I found -out not a little. In the first place, I learned that Monsieur de Brissac -and the Marquis de Senez (a Spanish title, I judge), were supposed to be -very wealthy, and that I had been taken by the inn people for the -private servant of the former, who had lost his way when ill some time -previously, and had but now found his master. But of the more important -thing, that I learned more by guesswork than from what was told me, I -shall devote some space, but not now. - -That night as I lay in a comfortable bed, after bidding my friends a -good-night, I reasoned over the situation. I had been engaged as private -secretary to the Marquis de Neuville (M. de Brissac), and would start -for London with him on the morrow. There was but one regret, and that -was the deception in regard to my name. - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -THE FIGHTING SAVAGE. - -BY CYRUS C. ADAMS. - - -Within two years we have seen great nations waging four wars with -peoples who are above the savage state, though not fully civilized -according to our ideas. Two of these wars are now ended, and the results -in both have been surprising. - -It was thought that the Hova people of Madagascar would at least make an -effort, when a French army invaded their great island in 1895, to repel -the foreigners. They made a great show of resistance when the French -landed their troops. They had cannon, powder, and thousands of rifles, -collected an army of 30,000 men at their inland capital, and the Queen -said she would lead them to battle if they needed her in the field. A -nation of orators, they indulged in much brave and eloquent talk; but -when it came to the pinch, they did not fight. The French marched into -Antananarivo without any opposition worth mentioning, and are now the -masters of Madagascar. - -The brave mountaineers of Abyssinia have a different story to tell. For -the first time a native African state has beaten a European power in a -hard-fought war, driven the enemy out of her territory, and imposed her -own terms of peace, including reimbursement for the board of about 2500 -prisoners, at so much per week, during last summer. King Menelek has not -lost a foot of territory; and Italy, which sent her army among those -highlands to prove that the King was her vassal and his country her -protectorate, has acknowledged the complete independence of Abyssinia. -How did Menelek and his army win so signal a triumph? - -[Illustration: THE MAHDISTS FIGHTING THE ENGLISH IN EGYPT.] - -In the first place, no other half-civilized nation to-day is so well -armed as the Abyssinians. They fought the British once, and later, the -Mahdists, with spears and a few muzzle-loading rifles. None of the -soldiers now carries a spear or a muzzle-loading gun. All the small arms -are breech-loaders. King Menelek came to the throne nearly eight years -ago, and being an enterprising and an intelligent ruler, he has made -great changes. He imported, through French territory, large quantities -of excellent rifles. He induced French and Russian experts to come to -his court, and they taught him many things, such as how to make -gunpowder, and to build small bridges and frame houses. In fact, for -years he had been preparing for the possibility of a big war. His army -outnumbered the Italians four to one. He had 60,000 fairly well drilled -soldiers--all brave and hardy men, and he could depend upon their -fealty, and knew they would fight as unflinchingly as any men. - -[Illustration: THE WARRIORS OF KING MENELEK FIGHTING THE ITALIANS AT -ADUA.] - -When the Italians moved into Abyssinia, Menelek and two-thirds of his -army were in the southern province. The result was that the Italians -pushed south to the very heart of the country before Menelek was able to -confront them. After that, the Italians did not win a fight. In every -battle, except the last one, the natives were the aggressors. Menelek's -aim, with his larger force, was always to surround the enemy. He -completely succeeded only once, and then the Italian detachment, 1000 -strong, was killed almost to a man. Usually the Italians and their -native allies broke and fled before Menelek had them penned inside his -lines. The Abyssinians always tried to fight at close range, and were -perfectly reckless in their daring. Their officers invariably led the -charges and fought in the front rank, with the result that more of them -were killed in proportion than of the common soldiers. The King had -several thousand cavalry, but he made little use of them. Most of them -were kept in the rear with instructions, if the infantry were compelled -to retire, to impede the enemy's pursuit and guard the retreat. Under -the circumstances the cavalry had little to do, except in the last great -battle at Adua, where they pursued the routed Italians, and captured -many of the 2500 prisoners. - -While Menelek was forcing his enemies back north, the Italians paused -from time to time in places they had previously fortified. Menelek had -thirty cannon, but in no instance succeeded in destroying the walls. The -courage with which the Abyssinians charged up to the fortifications won -the admiration of their enemies, under whose galling fire many hundreds -of natives were killed. Menelek could not capture the strongholds, and -the Italians could not shake him off. In every case, till Adigrat was -reached, hostilities were suspended by mutual consent; the Italians -withdrew nearer to the northern boundary-line, and Menelek would then -advance and attack them again. - -Finally the Italians made a last desperate sally to retrieve their -fortunes; and their fate was sealed in the all-day battle of Adua, where -about 5000 of them were killed, wounded, or captured, and the rest fled -pell-mell out of Abyssinia. At all times the Italian troops and most of -their native allies fought well, but their leadership was shamefully -incompetent. Even with good generals, they could not have whipped the -Abyssinians without doubling or trebling their armed force. - -Spain's present trouble in the Philippines extends to several islands, -and includes the savages of Mindanao as well as the half-castes and -creoles who live in Luzon. The latter island is the scene of the -hostilities which are reported nearly every day. In a word, the trouble -is that there are in the colony, according to Spanish statistics, 3000 -Spanish priests and 5000 civil servants, and the people assert that they -have been bled for the church, for the state, and for private -peculators, until they can stand it no longer. In Luzon the inception -and the progress of the rebellion have been marked by wonderful skill. -Plans for the uprising, including the collection of arms and ammunition, -were so quietly carried out that Marshal Blanco did not know what was -going on until the very eve of the outbreak. In less than a week he was -confronted by thousands of well-armed men, who dared to attack even the -outskirts of Manila. At first they met the Spanish regulars in the open, -but the insurgents had few if any cannon, and were at a disadvantage. A -fortnight later they changed their tactics. - -It is now their general policy to fortify strong positions and await the -attacks of the enemy. When, however, they can bring against a Spanish -force a much superior number of fighters, they attack with the greatest -vigor. This plan of action seems wise, for the insurgents must bear in -mind that they have only a fixed number of fighters, while the Spanish -may fill up the gaps in their ranks with recruits from home. The -insurgents have occupied many towns in several provinces, and while they -show no mercy to Spanish priests and officials, they respect the lives -and property of other foreigners. Spain has sent about 15,000 soldiers -to the island, and the end is not yet in sight. - -A leading event this year is expected to be the reconquest of the -Egyptian Sudan by the British and Egyptian forces, which was really -begun in 1896. The step has been decided upon, and it is believed the -undertaking will not be extremely difficult; and yet if there is any -fighting the British will meet the very men who in 1885 showed that -half-civilized peoples can do all that any men can do on a battle-field. -Fiercer fighting was never seen than that the Mahdi's Arabs gave General -Wolseley's forces on those desert battle-fields; and no men could fight -as those Arabs did, with nothing but spears in their hands against -trained soldiers with the best of modern fire-arms, if they had not been -consumed with fanatical zeal. - -Their leaders had no guns to give them, and so the orders were; "You are -not to fight the enemies of God with ammunition, but with spears and -swords." The Mahdi sent them word that Mohammed had proclaimed to him -that on the day of battle thousands of angels would be with them to help -them vanquish the unbelievers. Wild with religious zeal these hordes -would rush across the sands, poising their spears, and fall upon the -square in which the British army was formed. They were not checked for -an instant by the withering fire or the wall of bayonets, and the very -force and fury of their onslaught at Abu-Klea, the greatest of these -battles, carried them through the line; and soldiers on the opposite -side, firing at the Arabs in the square, killed their own comrades on -the broken line. There are few things finer in the history of warfare -than the story of the old sheikh on horseback at Abu-Klea, his banner -aloft in one hand, his book of prayers in the other, advancing with his -men and chanting his prayers till he had planted his banner in the -centre of the British square, where he fell pierced with bullets. - -The Mahdi is gone. The Sudan has been half depopulated and ruined by his -successor. The people hate the Khalifa Abdullah, who has ground them to -earth. Fanaticism is dead. But if the flame the Mahdi kindled, which -consumed Hicks's large army, killed Gordon, and turned Wolseley's forces -back down the Nile, were burning yet, the British would think long and -seriously before undertaking the reconquest of the Sudan. - - - - -BRONISLAU HUBERMANN AND LEONORA JACKSON. - -BY W. J. HENDERSON. - - -Bronislau Hubermann is a boy who plays the violin very much like a grown -man. Now that means something more than merely sounding the tones -correctly and smoothly. It means to show an understanding of the music -and an artistic taste in its performance--two things which many adult -players fail to do. Young Hubermann is therefore a remarkable boy, and -it is not surprising that thousands of persons go to his concerts and -sit as if spellbound while the youngster plays, for amazement joins with -admiration to deepen the emotions caused by his fine performances. Just -how old Hubermann is it is difficult to tell. He looks like a lad of -sixteen; but his parents say that he was born in 1883 in Warsaw. They -ought to know; but sometimes people like to make a gifted child appear -younger than he really is, so as to increase the public wonder at his -achievements. It really is not necessary in the case of Hubermann, -because his playing would be sufficiently astonishing in a boy of -sixteen. - -He showed his musical ear when a mere child by singing the melodies -which he heard. When he was six years of age he began the serious study -of the violin, and in three months he had made such marvellous progress -that he was able to play Rode's Seventh Concerto, a very difficult -composition. This story sounds incredible, but we must remember that -Mozart actually played the second violin part in a quartet when he had -never had any instruction at all. He told his father it was not -necessary to study in order to play the violin. After his childish -appearances in public little Hubermann devoted a few years to further -study, and then left his native land to seek glory in the most musical -of all countries--Germany. He was enthusiastically praised there by the -critics, while the public applauded him wildly. He made his first -appearance in America at a concert in Carnegie Hall, New York, early in -November, and achieved an immediate success. - -He is a tall and rather awkward boy, but all his awkwardness disappears -as soon as he begins to play. He produces from his instrument a very -beautiful tone, and he always plays in tune, which shows that his ear is -correct, and that his left hand has been trained carefully. But what is -of more importance is that he plays with a great deal of feeling, and -with an insight into the emotional meaning of the music which is -altogether uncommon in so young a person. It is an interesting fact that -Hubermann comes from Poland, which has produced so many admirable -musicians. Among those who are familiar to living music-lovers are -Paderewski, the great pianist, Jean and Edouard de Reszké, the famous -singers, and young Josef Hofmann, who created so great a sensation when -he gave his piano concerts at the age of ten. - -Perhaps, however, we would do well to remember that all the musical -genius of the world does not belong to those who are born on the other -side of the Atlantic. To be sure, we are likely to incline to the -opinion that it does, when we read about Mozart and Hofmann and other -"wonderful children," as the Germans call them. But American boys and -girls are just as full of artistic possibilities as those born abroad. -And sometimes intelligence and hard work accomplish wonders even in -music. Pasta, the famous soprano, had a very poor voice to begin with, -and in our own time Lillian Norton, a Maine farmer's daughter, has made -herself one of the foremost singers of the world just by study, and she -is now famous everywhere as Madame Nordica. Now comes the story of -Leonora Jackson, a California girl, who has carried off one of the great -musical prizes of Germany. - -She is the daughter of a merchant and banker, Charles P. Jackson, who -lives in a very modest town with the unpoetic name of Mud Springs. When -the Californians dislike that name they call it El Dorado; but Mud -Springs is its real name. Miss Jackson's parents settled in this town in -1852, and she was born there in 1878, so that she is now eighteen years -old. Mrs. Jackson was an amateur musician of real ability, and early in -life Leonora showed that she had inherited her mother's inclinations. -After her birth her parents moved to Chicago, where Mrs. Jackson became -a successful music-teacher. The little girl began to study -violin-playing, and she soon showed such gifts that her parents decided -to place her under the most famous of teachers. At the age of fourteen -she was sent to Berlin, where she became a pupil in the great -Conservatorium. - -The world-renowned violinist Dr. Joseph Joachim, who is regarded as the -finest living player in the classic style, became her teacher, and took -the deepest interest in her progress. She was afforded opportunities to -appear in public, in order that she might acquire confidence in herself, -and everything was done to enable her to make progress in her art. About -two months ago she entered the competition for the Mendelssohn prize -medal, for which she had as rivals players from various parts of Europe. -It was a tremendous undertaking for a girl of eighteen, but Leonora won. -Dr. Joachim embraced her with tears in his eyes, and the Berlin -newspapers described her as a "girl wonder." It will be gratifying to -all patriotic boys and girls to know that this girl's greatest pride in -her triumph was that America had conquered. "I have held up the stars -and stripes," she wrote home, "and I am satisfied." - -After a time Leonora will undoubtedly set out as a concert performer, -and of course that means that she will come to America to play. Then -her countrymen will have an opportunity to enjoy the exhibition of her -gifts and accomplishments, and to applaud her not only for her -violin-playing, but for her courage, her perseverance, and her -patriotism. She will hardly be a great violinist at eighteen, but she is -young and talented, and the future is full of promise for her, while her -example ought to be an inspiration to all her young compatriots. - - - - -THE "WARSPITE'S" CAPTAIN. - - -In the old days captains of the English ships of the line were not -over-kind to their crews, but it is a well-established fact that shortly -before a battle their geniality uncovered, and poor Jack was in the -seventh heaven of delight. But, alas! if defeated, or through some order -the ship would not be in the engagement, poor Jack felt the woes of his -position more severely than ever. An example of this can be found in the -following historical story: - -The British seventy-four _Warspite_, in 1827, was sent from England to -re-enforce the fleet under Sir Edward Codrington, then acting in concert -with Russia and France to restrain the Turks in their brutalities -against the Greeks, who were fighting for independence. The _Warspite_ -was in command of a Captain who had seen service under Nelson. The -discipline under her previous Captain had been almost savage. The new -Captain, by his mildness, soon won the hearts of his men; they almost -worshipped him. One night in November, while carrying a press of sail, -she crossed the stern of the American clipper-bark _Rosiland_, bound -from Smyrna for Boston. "I suppose," hailed the Captain of the American, -"you have not heard the glorious news. Codrington has blown the Turks -and Egyptians sky-high!" The _Warspite_'s studding-sails vanished like a -dream, and she was rounded to, while her Captain hailed the _Rosiland_ -that he wished to board her. She at once hauled her mainsail up and -backed her main-topsail. The Captain of the _Warspite_ came on board -from his barge, and remained nearly an hour. The details of the great -battle of Navarino had reached Smyrna, and Captain Alden Gifford, who -commanded the _Rosiland_, showed that it had been fought October 20, -1827, and that the entire Turkish and Egyptian fleets had been destroyed -in a four hours' fight by the allied fleets, and that the independence -of Greece was sure to follow. The Captain of the _Warspite_ was -satisfied with the truth of the report, and thanked Captain Gifford for -heaving to and giving him the news. At parting he gave a deep sigh, and -said, gravely, "Captain, I have but one eye, and I would rather have -lost that than been out of it!" The next day, on board of the -_Warspite_, a lot of offenders were brought before her Captain, who -roared out in wrath, "Rig the gratings, call the boatswain and his -mates, and all hands witness punishment!" Some eight men received two -dozen lashes each, and from that day until the ship was paid off no -guilty man escaped the cat. The tyrant knew the power of kindness to -make men do their duty in battle, but when there was no prospect of -fighting, his savage nature asserted itself. There was a report current -in Portsmouth that when he commanded a frigate, his barge's crew dragged -him out of a carriage, from alongside of his wife and daughter, and -flogged him until he fainted from loss of blood. - - - - -STREET SOUNDS. - - - What curious sounds come from the street, - How many kinds of noise! - There's the tramp, tramp, tramp of busy feet, - And the shouts of girls and boys; - - The rambling of the wagon wheels, - The strolling peddler's cries, - And very often music steals - From the pavement toward the skies. - - ALBERT LEE. - - - - -THE REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF SANDBOYS. - -BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. - - -THE LOST RING. - -The boys had been discussing with Sandboys on the subject of fish and -their habits, and, as usual, the bell-boy was full of information in -that connection which he was willing to impart to his happy listeners. -They found it hard to believe that sometimes, at the breaking up of -winter, Sandboys had with his own eyes seen trout flop out of the lake -and climb the bank after a worm that had come out of winter-quarters to -rest for a little in the sun, but they did believe it, because he said -it was so. - -"I don't say that it's a reg'lar fixed habit of theirs, mind you," he -added, as if he had no wish to deceive the boys into thinking that trout -always behaved this way. "It's only occasionally you'll find a trout -that'll do it, and then it's because he's so fearful hungry that he -takes a risk. If it was a reg'lar fixed habit, catchin' trout'd be easy -work. With a few decoy worms set around the banks o' the lake you could -just sit down and wait till they came floppin' out after 'em, and then -club 'em over the head with a tennis-racket or a cane. But it ain't, and -you might wait a thousand years and never have the luck to see it." - -"I'm rather surprised to hear that even one of them has ever done it," -said Jack. "I always had an idea trout were shy, timid creatures." - -[Illustration] - -"That's all Tommy-moonshine," said Sandboys, scornfully. That's the sort -of stuff poets tell you about trout. Poetry trout are always shy and -timid. They are allers lurkin' in the cool blue depths of purkling -nooks. They spring past ye like a flash o' sunlight, an' are gone--the -poetry trout do; but real trout's different. The trouble ain't the -shyness of the trout, but the fact that the general run o' poets don't -know how to fish for 'em. Why, there was a poet up here last summer--a -feller with three names to his autygraph--and he got me to take him out -fishin' one mornin', and I said all right, bait or fly? 'I'll fish with -a fly, of course,' says he. 'I hate impalin' worms on hooks. Besides,' -says he, 'fly-fishin's more sportsmanlike.' So I got him a dandy pole, -lines, and some of the finest yeller sallies ye ever see. Down we went -to the lake, and the first thing he did was to ask for an anchor. -'Thought you was goin' to fish with flies?' says I. 'I be,' says he. -'Hurry up and get the anchor aboard and we'll start in.' I thought he -was crazy, but it ain't my place to tell guests they're crazy, so I got -him the anchor, and out we went. 'Where's a good place?' says he. I -showed him, and plump he let the anchor flop into the water with noise -enough to scare a whale, not to mention a trout. Well, thinks I, this is -goin' to be the fliest fly-fishin' I ever see. I never let on, though. -It was his picnic, not mine. I just watched to see what he was agoin' to -do next. He picked up the pole, an' let out about fifteen feet o' line, -an' then he looked at the fly. 'Where's the sinkers?' says he, lookin' -up, after a minute. 'The what?' says I. 'The sinkers,' says he, -impatient like. 'Seems to me you're a very careless boy to forget the -sinkers.' 'What do you want sinkers for?' says I. He looked at me for a -second, an' then he asked: 'What kind of a boy are you, anyhow? What do -I want with sinkers? Why, to sink the fly down to where the fish be, of -course.' - -"That," sniffed Sandboys, contemptuously, "is the kind of feller that -says trout is shy. I guess they be shy when a feller tries fly-fishin' -with sinkers." - -"Then," said Bob, "trout aren't shy?" - -"Not so shy as they try to make 'em out," said Sandboys. "Of course they -don't come walkin' up around the corridors of the hotel; an' you don't -often find 'em makin' themselves conspicuous in the ballroom; nor they -ain't bold like college boys, runnin' all around chuckin' their college -yells at the echo--in comparison with some folks we know they be shy; -but, judgin' 'em from the stand-point of plain fish, they're as -ordacious as any. They'd swim up to a shark if they met one, and sass -him right to his face if they wanted to, without any fear of -consequences or any idee of bashfulness. _Shy!_ Poh! It's all nonsense. -Why, the only bit of highway robbery that's ever been known outside of -the reg'lar business channels here was done by a trout--right down on -Mirror Lake, too. Takes nerve to steal a ring right off a young lady's -finger, I guess." - -"Stole a ring off a young lady's finger!" cried Bob. "A trout?" - -"Hyops!" assented Sandboys. "A trout, and right down there in the shadow -of the Old Man too. It came near breakin' the young lady's heart. The -ring didn't amount to much as a ring, but it had a lot o' sentimentals -connected with it because it had been given to her by the young man she -was engaged to, and she'd swore she'd never take it off. It was a little -gold band with blue 'namel letters in it. The letters spelt MIZPAH. I -don't know what Mizpah means, but I think it's Greek for George, because -that was the young man's name. - -"She'd only been here a week, and he was comin' up to spend Sunday. It -was a Saturday afternoon it happened, and he was expected to arrive on -the train that evening, and she was happy as could be over it. That -afternoon she went out rowin' on the lake with another young man she'd -met up here, and while they was out George arrived. He'd come up on an -earlier train, just to surprise her, and I tell you what he didn't like -it much when her ma said: 'Why, how do you do, George? This is -delightful. Emily will be so pleased. We didn't expect you until -to-night.' 'Well, I'm here,' said George. 'I thought I'd come some o' -the way by boat, and get here three or four hours earlier. Started last -night. Where is Emily?' 'She's down on the lake with Mr. Begum,' said -the young lady's ma. 'Oh, is she?' said George. 'I'm glad she's havin' -such a good time.' But he wasn't. You'd ought to seen his face fall when -he heard she was out rowin', and not pinin' away because he wasn't -there. - -[Illustration] - -"Meanwhile the young lady and Mr. Begum was rowin' quietly over the -lake, talkin' about literatoor and art and things like that. He was -doin' the rowin' and she was trailin' her hand in the water--the hand -with the Mizpah ring on it--when all of a sudden a trout gave a dart out -o' the shadder of the rocks, opened his mouth, caught holt of the ring, -pulled it right off, an' retired; an', worst of all, two minutes later -George appeared on the bank o' the lake and called out to her that he -was there. She was awfully cut up. The surprise at seein' him, an' the -grief at losin' his ring she'd said would never be took off her finger, -was a fearful combination, 'specially as George noticed, the minute she -came ashore, that the ring was gone. - -"'Where's the ring?' said he. An' she told him how the trout had -behaved, and it seemed to make him awful gloomy. Ye see, he didn't -believe it. He thought it was a fish story, and he said so. He had an' -idee she'd given the ring to Mr. Begum, and he was pretty mad about it." - -"It did sound like a fish story," put in Jack. "Seems to me I'd find it -hard to believe myself, if you hadn't told it to me." - -Sandboys smiled his appreciation of this compliment to his veracity, and -continued: - -"They didn't, either of 'em, say much after that, and all day Sunday -George sat around and read novels in the office, and the young lady -staid with her mother. They'd quarrelled, that was evident, and on -Monday George went back home again, and the young lady said they'd never -been engaged. The fact was they'd broke it off! - -[Illustration] - -"And now comes the funny part of it. All that summer, and the next, and -three more, went by, and nothin' more was ever heard of the ring. The -young lady kept a comin' back every year, but she didn't seem to care -anything about nobody. She just staid with her ma all the time, and -looked pale and unhappy. She'd never made it up with George, and he -never could be got to believe the story of how that dishonest little -trout had golluped down the ring he'd gave her. The fifth summer after, -he came through the mountains with a bicycle party, and they decided to -rest a couple of days here. She wasn't here that summer, so he could -stay without bein' embarrassed. The mornin' after he got here he asked -me to take him fishin', and we went down to the lake. He was a dandy -castin' a fly, an' I rowed him up and down, and up and down, for a -couple of hours, and he kept a-whippin' and a-whippin' without any luck. -Finally he says to me, 'Sandboys, I'll just try it once more, and if I -don't get nothin' we'll go back to the hotel and order our fish off the -bill of fare, instead of foolin' around here where _I don't believe -there ain't 'never been no trout.'_ I see in a minute what he was -thinkin' about, but I never said a word. 'All right, sir,' says I, and -he flicked the fly once more on the water, and, by hookey, up came a -beauty! It was a reg'lar out-and-out three-pounder. And, I tell you, he -had to work to get him into the boat; but as he wasn't no poet, an' knew -how it was done, he did land him finally. - -"'We'll have him for dinner to-night,' says he, with a proud look--and -he did. The fish was fried and served at supper; but when the head -waiter brought him in to the table, he hands George an envellup, with -the remark that it contained somethin' that had been found inside the -trout. George got white as a sheet, opened the envellup, and, by hookey, -there was the Mizpah ring!" - -"Goodness!" gasped Jack. "Wasn't that great!" - -"What did he do?" queried Bob. "Faint?" - -"Not he," said Sandboys. "He wasn't the faintin' kind. He jumped up from -the table, and rushed off to the telegraph office, and sent a telegram -to Miss Emily Harkaway at Narrowgansett Pier, sayin': 'Will arrive -to-morrow. George.' And he went. - -"The next summer he came back again, and he brought her with him. She'd -become Mrs. George, and, by hookey, she had the ring with her; but this -time she wore it on her neck, with a row o' diamonds set all about it -that would have made that trout blind just to look at it, it dazzled so. - -"So you just remember what I tell ye. When people give you that story -about trout bein' shy, you can contradict 'em, whether it's perlite for -small boys to contradict or not; an' if they take ye up, tell 'em about -the speckled highway robber of Mirror Lake. That'll take the starch -right out of their theories!" - - - - -[Illustration: INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT] - - -The skating races of the New York Interscholastic League, held a week -ago at the St. Nicholas Rink, proved exceedingly interesting, and all -the events were unexpectedly hotly contested. Morgan of De La Salle had -by no means so easy a time of it as his supporters had believed he -would, and Paulding of Berkeley, who last winter represented Black Hall -School in the pole vault at the Knickerbocker games, proved himself an -important factor in the competition. Last year De La Salle carried off -all the honors, but on this occasion Berkeley and De La Salle finished -with an equal number of points to their credit. - -[Illustration: THE DE LA SALLE INSTITUTE SKATING TEAM.] - -The only thing that occurred to mar the pleasantness of the proceedings -was the avalanche of protesting. At the time of writing no action has -been taken on these protests, and I doubt if they will affect the -results. The protest against Morgan, that he had worked for his living -at one time, seems to be invalid, for, so far as I am aware, there is -nothing in the constitution of the New York Interscholastic Association -which prevents a boy from earning an honest living. Of course, when it -comes to a question of a foul, that is a different matter; but I have it -on very good authority that Paulding of Berkeley himself denies that he -was in any way fouled by Morgan, and yet a protest against Morgan for -fouling Paulding was entered. - -[Illustration: Paulding. McClave. Morgan. - -THREE OF THE WINNERS AT THE N.Y.I.S.A.A. SKATING RACES.] - -The preliminary heats were held on Friday evening, January 15, and there -seemed to be more enthusiasm among the skaters in the trials than there -was in the finals. There were about seventy-five entries all told. The -events contested were 220-yard dash, 440-yard dash, 880-yard dash, and -one mile. Morgan won his heat in the 220, the 440, and the mile, -Paulding being second to him in the mile, third in the 220, and second -to McClave in the second heat of the 440. - -The 880-yard event was for "juniors," and the heats were taken by Inman -of Cutler's, Einstein of Harvard School, and Rock of Condon's. The last -heat would very probably have been won by Eddinger of Columbia -Institute, if he had not had the hard luck to fall on the final lap, -when he had a good lead, and was holding his own with the field. - -In the finals on Saturday evening the racers made invariably better time -than they had done in their trial heats. The 440 was won by Paulding, -with Morgan second. Morgan's defeat was undoubtedly due to the fact that -he made a false start, and was penalized three yards by the referee. -There was a pretty good field, and the De La Salle man found it -impossible, in the short distance, to pass through. The 880-yard event -was taken by Inman of Cutler's; Einstein of Harvard gave him a pretty -close race, but fell twice, and did not finish among the leaders. - -The 220-yard dash was a victory for Morgan, who jumped to the lead as -soon as the signal to start was given, and was never passed. He also won -the mile in fine fashion, leaving his nearest rival, Paulding, two laps -behind him, and Paulding headed the field by almost another full lap. - -The summary of events follows: - - Events. Winner. Second. Third. Time. - - 220 yards. Morgan. Paulding. Proctor. 24-3/5 sec. - 440 yards. Paulding. Morgan. McClave. 52 sec. - 880 yards. Inman. Coffin. Proctor. 1 m. 43-4/5 sec. - One mile. Morgan. Paulding. Ritman. 3 m. 7-2/5 sec. - -SUMMARY OF POINTS BY SCHOOLS. - - Firsts. Seconds. Thirds. Total. - De La Salle 2 1 0 13 - Berkeley 1 2 2 13 - Cutler 1 1 0 8 - Trinity 0 0 1 1 - Harvard 0 0 1 1 - -In-door baseball has not met with very much favor thus far among the -South Side schools of Chicago, and the reason alleged is that Englewood -and Hyde Park, the two schools which are leaders in almost every other -branch of athletics, have not yet succeeded in winning a game this year -at the in-door sport. Austin, the last year's champion, was defeated by -Lake View, 7-3. This victory has led to the opinion that Lake View would -probably take the championship this season. - -Hyde Park was badly defeated by North Division in its schedule game. The -score was 26-0. Englewood did better against Evanston, and besides -putting up a better game was only defeated 10-4. Englewood's next game -was lost to Lake View, 8-11. Hyde Park's next defeat was administered by -Austin. - -Austin's success is largely due to the excellence of its pitcher, -Pottwin. Decker, the short stop, has also been putting up an excellent -game, and in the match against Hyde Park he knocked out a home run, -besides playing an errorless game in the field. The Hyde Park players -seem to be fairly good at fielding, but they show a great lack of -practice. - -The matches in the ice-polo league of the Boston schools have developed -good sport during the recent cold weather, and the schedule has afforded -a number of close games. Dorchester played a tie game with Roxbury Latin -on Franklin Field Friday afternoon, January 15, the score being 1-1. -Only one twenty-minute period was played. Dorchester rather outclassed -Roxbury Latin in passing and driving, but was unable, nevertheless, to -get the ball into Roxbury's cage the second time. - -On the same afternoon, at Mystic Lake, Winchester met Cambridge High and -Latin, and was defeated 7-0. The Cambridge men developed some excellent -team-work, and showed some pretty combination plays. In a game between -Medford High and Everett High, Medford won 3-1. Especially good work was -done by Otis, Thompson, and Glidden. - -[Illustration: HOCKEY: SHOWING GOAL, CLUBS, AND PUCK.] - -A number of communications have been addressed to this Department -requesting that some description be given of the Canadian game of -hockey, of which we have heard more than usual this year. In fact, in -and about New York hockey is fast superseding ice polo; the latter, -purely American game, being played mostly in New England. Hockey is, of -course, akin to ice polo, but it has a number of points of difference, -and is considered by the Canadians a much better game than our ice polo. -Perhaps one of the chief advantages of hockey is that more players can -take part in the sport than in ice polo. - -The Yale Hockey Team is one of the few teams in this country, so far as -I know, that plays the straight Canadian game, although this winter -several of the athletic clubs in and about New York have taken up -hockey, and will, no doubt, eventually develop strong teams. The Yale -men have found the Canadian game so interesting, that they have devoted -all their energies to it, and it is said that they will meet some of the -Canadian teams during the winter. Space will not allow of a very -lengthy description of the game, but in a few words a rough idea of the -sport may be given, and a book of the rules with fuller information can -doubtless be obtained of any dealer in sporting goods. - -A Canadian Hockey team consists of seven players, who are known as Goal, -Point, Cover Point, Centre Forward, Centre, Left Wing, and Right Wing, -arranged on the field, or rather on the ice, in the following positions: - - L. W. C. R. W. - C. F. - C. P. - P. - G. - -Instead of the ball which we use in ice polo, the Canadians play with a -rubber disk about an inch thick and some three inches in diameter. This -is called a "puck." The sticks of the Canadians are also somewhat -differently shaped from those used in ice polo, the main difference -being that they are longer, and wider at the bottom, and usually -constructed of lighter wood. They do not strike the puck as polo-players -strike the ball, but rather aim to shove it along the ice, and more -often than not the Canadians use both hands, instead of wielding their -club with one hand only. - -In this way the Canadians are able to make a certain peculiar shove -which enables them to lift the rubber disk over the heads of their -opponents, and some of them become so skilful at this that they can -place the puck so that it will fall on edge and bound into the opposing -goal. Perhaps it is this quality of the disk over the ball which has -made it necessary in the Canadian game to allow the defensive players to -stop the puck in any way they choose, instead of as in ice polo, where -the ball may only be stopped by the sticks, the feet, or the body. - -The space demanded for Canadian hockey is 112 feet by 58 feet, although -the game is possible in a more restricted area. The goal is placed at -the middle point of the two shorter lines; it consists of two upright -posts four feet high placed six feet apart, and to score a goal the puck -has to be driven between the posts. The game is played in two halves of -twenty minutes each, and the opposing teams change sides after the -interimission, which is of ten minutes. - -The Canadians are very strict about off-side play, and the referees -invariably enforce the rule which declares that when a player hits the -puck any one of the same side who is nearer the opponent's goal-line is -off-side, and may therefore not touch the disk or prevent any other -player from doing so until the puck has been played by an opponent. A -penalty for off-side play is the surrender of the puck to the opposing -side; the other players must then stand at a distance of not less than -five yards from the puck; but if the offence has been committed within -ten yards of either goal the disk is faced in the ordinary way. There -are the usual restrictions against kicking and tripping and charging, -and against carrying the disk in the hand, and the goal-keeper is not -allowed during play to lie or kneel or to sit upon the ice, but must -maintain a standing position. - -In the United States the hockey-players have not yet developed the team -play which makes the Canadian game so interesting, our men, having been -brought up on ice polo, relying more on their own quickness and -individual skill. But the advantage of team-work is being more and more -understood by us, and Americans will no doubt soon equal the Canadians -at this feature of the sport. - -At the several in-door games of the New York schools this winter we -shall look for the development of much new material in track athletics, -for by graduation and other causes many of the best performers of the -Interscholastic League have made room for other stars. The New York -pole-vaulters will have their hands full to hold their own against -Paulding, the Black Hall vaulter, who is now at Berkeley, and I doubt if -there is any one who can surpass him. The change in the height of the -hurdles, too, will make that event more equal toward new and old -hurdlers, and the chance of the appearance of new material in this event -is excellent. - -In Boston the chief in-door event of the winter for the schools is -always the big B.A.A. meeting in March, and then we will get our first -line on the New-Englanders that will come down here to measure skill -with New York in the Madison Square Garden. Judging from the place-men -in the spring events of the New England league, the Boston schools will -turn out some strong performers this season. - -In Connecticut there have also been losses; but many of the best -athletes, especially of the Hartford High-School, are on hand, notably -Luce and Sturtevant. The latter will be the most dangerous man in the -high jump. I am told, too, that Hartford has a new man in the weights -who will make Boyce of Boston English High stretch himself to the -utmost. - -"TRACK ATHLETICS IN DETAIL."--ILLUSTRATED.--8VO, CLOTH, ORNAMENTAL, -$1.25. - - THE GRADUATE. - - * * * * * - -SALUTING A CAT. - -There is at least one place in the world where the cat was until -recently held in high honor, and received the attention due to one of so -high a station in life. That place is India, where in a fortress the -sentries invariably used to present arms to every cat that appeared on -the scene. - -The custom is accounted for by this singular anecdote, which comes from -what appears to be good authority. - -Some fifty years ago it happened that a very high English official died -in an Indian fortress, at a place that is one of the centres of -Brahminic religion, and at the moment when the news of his death met the -Sepoy guard at the main gate a black cat rushed out of it. - -The superstitious guard presented arms to the cat as a salute to the -dying spirit of the powerful Englishman, and the coincidence took a firm -hold upon the locality, that up to a few years ago neither exhortation -nor orders could prevent a Hindu sentry at that gate from presenting -arms to any cat that passed out at night. - - * * * * * - -The train was roaring along about forty miles an hour, and the conductor -was busily punching tickets full of holes, when a little thin old man -who sat in one of the corner seats plucked his sleeve. - -"Mister conductor, you be sure and let me off at Speers Station. You -see, this is the first time I ever rode on steam-cars, and I don't know -anything 'bout them. You won't forget it, eh?" - -"All right, sir; I won't forget." - -The old man brushed back a stray lock of hair and, straightening -himself, gazed with increasing wonder at the flying landscape, every now -and then exclaiming, "Gracious!" "By gum!" etc. - -Suddenly there was a crash, and after a number of gymnastic moves that -made him think of his school-days, he found himself sitting on the grass -of the embankment alongside the track. - -Seeing another passenger sitting a short distance away, patiently -supporting various parts of the splintered car across his legs, he -inquired, - -"Is this Speers Crossing?" - -The passenger, who was a drummer, and not altogether new to such -happenings, replied, with a smile, although in considerable pain, - -"No; this is catastrophe." - -"Is that so," he irritably exclaimed. "Now I knew that conductor would -put me off at the wrong place." - - - - -ADVERTISEMENTS. - - - - -[Illustration: ROYAL BAKING POWDER] - -Celebrated for its great leavening strength and healthfulness. Assures -the food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap -brands. - -ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. - - - - -[Illustration: PISO'S CURE FOR CONSUMPTION] - -CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. - -Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use - -in time. Sold by druggists. - - - - -QUESTIONS FOR YOUNG MEN. - - -ON MONEY. - -"What are you going to do when you get through college?" said one -schoolboy to the other a short time ago. - -"I'm going to make a lot of money, and then buy a seat in the United -States Senate," was the reply. - -"Why don't you go to work to get into the Senate direct?" - -"Because it's too hard work; and when you've got money you can get -anything else you want." - -That is a popular idea among young men, who have made "American" almost -synonymous with "money-maker." There seems to be an idea among not only -young but old men that if you make money in any way you will be fitted -for anything else. In a certain way this is true. For if you can buy -anything, you can buy men who know what you do not know, and hire them -to do certain things for you that take lifetimes to accomplish. The -truth is that if you start now and make up your mind to make money -first, you will not be able to do anything but money-making business, -and if you fail in this, there will be no other course open to you. This -does not mean that a money-making business is an unworthy one; that idea -is common among certain classes of short-sighted clergymen; but it does -mean that to start out with no idea but choosing a business only with -regard to money is wrong, and is likely to turn out to your -disadvantage. We have all seen in school, and will see in college, -fellows who have large allowances. They certainly can do things which -are beyond us. Such men can have a better time because they have money, -and they can give their friends a better time. But unless they have -other qualities their money is of no advantage; it may quite frequently -be a great disadvantage. The point is that a fellow at school must be a -good chap. He must have a certain amount of chivalry, of self-respect, -of generosity, and good-fellowship. If he has all these, he is a good -chap anyway, and sure to be a leader and a friend of all in the school. -If he has a lot of money also, and knows how to use it, he is all the -better chap. If he has the money and none of the qualities mentioned, -his money does him not the least good, and may very likely do him harm. -You will find the thing just the same at college, for college is only a -little larger school. There are many fellows at college who have money -and use it well, but the mere fact that a man has cash in his pocket -does not get him on to athletic teams, or into college clubs or -societies, or at the head of his class. It helps him on if he's a good -chap; it holds him back if he isn't. Then by-and-by, when you get -through college, you will find it just the same in businesses of all -kinds. Money seems to help a good man along, and seems to be the worst -enemy of a bad man. So that to think only of money first, and then of -doing fine things with it after it is gained, is putting the cart before -the horse. And if you want to be in the Senate, it's the wrong way to go -at it to go down to South America and work in a gold-mine for twenty -years simply and solely to "raise the cash" for the purpose of buying -the votes of a State, even if such a procedure were moral and right, -which is unquestionably not the case. Rather make up your mind what you -want to do, and then try to make a financial success of it, as well as -all other kinds of successes. If it is the hide and leather business, -try to make money each year, but try also to make money fairly, to learn -the trade thoroughly, and to keep pace with the literature, the -politics, the life of your own day. If it is the ministry or law or -literature, try to make both ends meet each year, and to make money just -the same, but don't forget that all these branches of work require -something besides cash to make them successes. In a certain way it is -just as wrong to try to believe that money is an evil as it is to let -yourself believe that money is the only thing worth having. It is a -great and good thing when you have learned how to use it, and a mighty -poor thing when it is abused. Decide therefore on what work you will set -out, without regard to money, and then try to make a financial as well -as an intellectual success of it. - - * * * * * - -SWIFT VESSELS OF PAST DECADES. - -There are but few spots of the ocean's surface that are not traversed by -steamships, and possibly no spot into which the tramp steamship has not -poked its nose. Years ago this could be claimed for the famous clippers -of the United States, but steam has crowded them out of use, and to-day -hardly a dozen sail under our flag. The States of Maine and New -Hampshire produced many magnificent clippers. The _Challenge_, the -_Sea-Witch_, the _Young America_, the _Swordfish_, the _Dreadnought_, -_Queen of Clippers_, _Witch of the Wave_, _Spitfire_, _Witchcraft_, and -over one hundred others that might be named, carried the American flag -triumphantly around the world, and obtained the highest rates of freight -even in British ports. The ship _Natchez_, of New York, 523 tons, though -not a clipper, made the passage from Hong-kong (China) to New York in 72 -days. She was originally a New Orleans and Havre packet, flat on the -floor, to enable her to cross the bar at the mouth of the Mississippi, -and had sharp ends. Probably one of the most pathetic endings of a -famous clipper-ship is that of the _Great Admiral_, built in 1869, and -owned by the heirs of William F. Weld & Co.; she is now lying idle, and -though in excellent order, will probably be dismantled and converted -into a coal-barge. She is the only famous clipper left of all the fine -fleet of nearly one hundred sail once owned by William T. Weld & Co. The -firm, like its shipping, is a thing of the past. The ship _Charger_, of -1378 tons, built in 1874 by Henry Hastings, though still afloat at last -accounts, was not making money for her owner. The splendid ships _North -American_ and _South American_, built by Mr. Hastings, and once -prominent in the California trade, were wrecked a few years ago. - -Since the disappearance of clippers we have built ships of 3000 and 4000 -tons for the Pacific grain trade, and though full modelled, they more -than hold their own against all nations. Our Atlantic coasting trade is -carried on in huge schooners, ranging from 500 to 1500 tons, with three, -four, and five masts. Many of these had centre-boards, but most of the -new vessels are built without them. - -Although Baltimore has the credit of first applying the term "clippers" -to fast vessels, all maritime nations have aimed to excel on the water. -The French ships were generally better sailers than the English, and -hence, when beaten in naval warfare, often escaped capture. At the -battle of St. Vincent, though they defeated more than twenty sail of -French and Spaniards, they captured only four, and two of these were -taken by Nelson. But whenever the English captured a fast sailing-vessel -they copied her lines. Emerson says, "the Frenchman invented the collar, -but the Englishman added the shirt." - - * * * * * - -THE DISADVANTAGES OF PLAGIARISM. - -A rather amusing story is told of a certain so-called "popular -preacher," the Rev. Dr. D----, whose marvellous powers of eloquence -invariably gathered him large audiences. People wondered at his sermons, -and proclaimed him an intellectual genius. Now the doctor was a -plagiarist who patched up his own exceedingly poor sermons by -introducing here and there passages from the sermons of celebrated -divines, but the ingenuous way in which he accomplished this prevented -discovery. Then, too, his audiences, he calculated, were not students of -theology, and therefore not likely to detect his appropriations. But in -this he made his mistake, and his exposure took place as follows: - -One day an elderly gentleman entered the church and took a seat in the -first row. As the doctor proceeded with his sermon the gentleman broke -in now and then with such remarks as, "That's Sherlock." "Ah, from -Tillotson." "Now it's Blair," etc. - -The doctor stood it for a little while, but at last, full of wrath, he -said: - -"My dear sir, if you do not restrain your impertinent remarks and hold -your tongue, I'll have you ejected." - -The elderly gentleman, looking the doctor calmly in the face, said, -"That's his own." - - - - -[Illustration: STAMPS] - - This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin - collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question - on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondents should address - Editor Stamp Department. - - -Practically all the 1897 catalogues are now on the market. The best -catalogue, containing a list of all varieties of stamps, envelopes, -postal cards, etc., can be had for 58c., postage prepaid, of any dealer; -but there are a number of smaller catalogues, adapted to the wants of -all except specialists and advanced collectors, which can be bought for -10c. each. These smaller catalogues are having a great sale, as the new -albums omit the scarce varieties in perforations, water-marks, etc., -which appeal to those specialists who are able to invest large sums in -stamps, all of whom keep their treasures in blank albums. The catalogues -and the albums conform to each other. - - C. E. STEELE.--The rare 6c. Proprietary is the orange. The 1823 - dime is worth 25c. - - S. G. RIPPEY.--You can buy a dime of 1837 for 35c. - - H. C. Z.--Tokens have no value. The coins can be bought for 5c. or - 10c. - - BEVERLEY S. KING, 31 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., and W. E. - SHREVE, Ridley Park, Pa., wish to exchange stamps. - - O. H. PURCELL.--The $1 Columbian is worth $5. The others may be - worth more in a few years than at present. - - A. KELLOGG.--The U. S. Revenues most in demand are the general - issues. As yet the private proprietary match and medicine stamps - can be bought, as a rule, as cheaply to-day as five years ago. - Probably their turn will come in a year or two. If they should - become fashionable, there will be some remarkable changes in - prices. - - F. X. SCHMIDT.--Die A, 1887, usually called the "rejected die," can - be easily identified. The bust points to the space between the - third and fourth teeth of the inside row. In the regular issue, Die - B, the bust points to space between the second and third teeth. - - R. BULKLEY.--You probably have the regular rose 1861 stamp, of - which there are many shades. The pink is excessively rare. A very - few copies are known. - - W. LEVERIDGE.--None of the coins are scarce, and several of them - are now uncurrent, and therefore worth bullion only, but they are - interesting aside from intrinsic value. - - THOMAS LAURIE.--Many pen and ink cancellations have been removed - from stamps, but the stamps present a "cleaned" appearance quite - different from the real unused. Most postage-stamps have been - printed in oil colors; and most cancellations have been made with - oily inks. Where this has been the case it is impossible to remove - cancellation without taking out the ink of the stamp itself. No - premium on the 1894 dollar. There were few made, but still plenty - to go around and leave some in dealers' hands. - - M. A. T.--The portraits used in the present U. S. stamps are as - follows: 1c., Franklin; 2c., Washington; 3c., Jackson; 4c., - Lincoln; 5c., Grant; 6c., Garfield; 8c., Sherman; 10c., Webster; - 15c., Taylor; 30c., Jefferson; 90c., Perry. - - C. RAWSON.--I cannot give you values on long lists of common - stamps. You can get this and much other information from a 10c. - catalogue. If the catalogue fails, I am glad to do what I can in - justice to all the readers of the stamp column. - - A. T. G.--Yes! Join the A.P.A. if you want to buy the new issues. - It will cost $1.80 per year for membership fees. - - JAMES MELLEN.--It is extremely difficult to distinguish originals - from reprints of the first Samoa issues. Counterfeits also abound, - but these can be distinguished. The early Heligoland stamps are - also difficult to identify. The government sold the original dies - and plates to a German dealer, who reprinted the stamps in the - correct colors. - - J. P. NELKER.--The early stamps of Lagos and Labnan are very - scarce, used or unused, although many thousands of the lower values - were used in making up packets in the '80s. It would not be worth - your while collecting them unless you are prepared to spend much - money. - - ALBERT GREEN.--Your plan of collecting one at least of all the - stamp-issuing countries is very good, as far as it goes, but you - will make it much better by collecting one stamp of each set where - the design is different or the color changed. Usually there are - several cheap stamps in every issue, and they illustrate the set - quite as well as if they were rare varieties or high values. - - PHILATUS. - - - - -[Illustration: IVORY SOAP] - - The price of good things oft is high, - But wise housekeepers tell - That Ivory Soap is cheap to buy - And best to use, as well. - -Copyright 1896, by The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti. - - - - -POPULAR BOOKS - -FOR YOUNG PEOPLE - - * * * * * - -By HOWARD PYLE - -_Illustrated by the Author_ - -=THE WONDER CLOCK.= Large 8vo, Half Leather, Ornamental, $3.00. - -=PEPPER AND SALT.= 4to, Cloth, Ornamental, $2.00. - -=THE ROSE OF PARADISE.= Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. - -=TWILIGHT LAND.= 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $2.50. - -=MEN OF IRON.= 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $2.00. - -=A MODERN ALADDIN.= Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. - - * * * * * - -By THOMAS W. KNOX - -The "Boy Travellers" Series - -ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN - - THE LEVANT - SOUTHERN EUROPE - CENTRAL EUROPE - NORTHERN EUROPE - GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND - MEXICO - AUSTRALASIA - ON THE CONGO - THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE - SOUTH AMERICA - CENTRAL AFRICA - EGYPT AND PALESTINE - CEYLON AND INDIA - SIAM AND JAVA - JAPAN AND CHINA - -Copiously Illustrated. Square 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental $3.00 per vol. - -_OTHER BOOKS BY COLONEL KNOX:_ - - THE YOUNG NIMRODS IN NORTH AMERICA - THE YOUNG NIMRODS AROUND THE WORLD - -2 vols., Copiously Illustrated. Square 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $2.50 -each. - - * * * * * - -HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York - - - - -How I "visited" Mashonaland. - -Older readers are always glad to hear from our entertaining -correspondent in South Africa, and we are sure that new readers will no -less enjoy her delightful morsels. She tells us this time how she -visited Mashonaland without leaving Cape Colony. She wonders if she is -too old, having just passed her eighteenth birthday. We beg to assure -her she is not, and that the Table will be pleased to hear from her for -many years yet. Here is her morsel. It is written from Roydon, -Queenstown, Cape Colony, South Africa: - - A few months before the rebellion in Mashonaland broke out, a young - gentleman of my acquaintance made up his mind to have a six months' - tour through this new country. He went beyond the great Zambesi - River, and had many strange adventures. I am afraid I will not have - space to tell you of more than two of them. - - While hunting near the Zambesi, Mr. H---- was told that a lion had - been creating a great disturbance in the neighborhood. He offered - to go and hunt it if the chief would lend him some of his men. But - on no account could they be induced to accompany him. Growing - impatient at last, he set off with a few of his own servants. They - followed the spoor of the animal for some little time, until they - came to a dense bush. Glancing back, Mr. H---- saw that his - followers were not far behind him, so he went on, looking carefully - about him. At last he saw before him two large trees; behind one of - them stood "King Leo." A rapid glance back sufficed to show that - his cowardly servants had deserted him, and he was quite alone. He - fired at the lion, which gave a fearful roar and sprang at him. - Fortunately, however, the shot had disabled it, and it sprang - short. Mr. H---- gave it another shot and killed it. On going in - search of his men, the hunter found them hidden among the branches - of the trees, too much terrified even to answer him. Mr. Selous - says it is the second largest lion he has seen. The skin is very - handsome, but as I examined it I felt very thankful that its owner - was not alive. - - The second adventure was rather a comical one. While camping out - one day Mr. H---- heard what he thought was the report of a gun. - Knowing elephants were about, he concluded that some one was - hunting them. Snatching up his gun, he hastily set off in the - direction of the sound, without taking a mouthful of food. On and - on he tramped, but never a sight of either elephants or hunters did - he catch. Still, every now and then he heard the report of guns, - sometimes near at hand, sometimes far off. He walked for thirty-six - hours, hoping to be rewarded by the sight of the elephants. At last - he saw below him a thickly wooded ravine, in which the animals - might be hidden. He scrambled down to it, and sat down under a huge - tree to rest. Suddenly he heard the report just above his head. - Springing to his feet, he looked up, and--the mystery was - explained. The tree was full of peculiar-looking pods, which every - now and then burst with a loud report. It was rather exasperating - to have walked all that way for nothing, was it not? - - I was very much delighted with his fine collection of horns. They - were all of different kinds, and of different sizes, some of them - being exceedingly handsome. Two very large python-skins next - attracted my attention. Imagine my surprise when Mr. H---- coolly - told me they were considered quite small in Mashonaland! "I'm never - going there until it is civilized, then," I said, very decidedly. - - "Did you notice any signs of rebellion during your travels?" I - asked one day. "No," was the answer. "It struck me that the natives - were a very subdued race, and I feel sure it is some under-handed - dealing which has caused the revolt. The natives were exceedingly - kind to me. As soon as I entered a new territory I would go to the - chief and say, 'I want to go hunting; can you give me a guide?' The - chief would answer, 'Yes, I will give you a guide to such and such - a place. That is as far as my territory extends.' They never asked - for pay, which was rather refreshing after being used to the - civilized (?) natives of Cape Colony. _Their_ first question is - always, 'What will you give me for doing it?'" The Mashonas have no - idea of money. - - On his return journey he wanted to buy some grain, and sent word to - the chief. Next day a number of natives came, each carrying a - basket of grain. "How much do you want for it?" asked Mr. H----. - They named their price--a high one--which he refused to give. There - was a big argument, and he was beginning to think he would not be - able to get the grain, when it struck him to offer salt for it. - Pulling out a handful of salt from a bag, he asked the natives what - they would give for it. "So much!" they cried, eagerly, indicating - the quantity of grain. So, at the end of the day, he got as much - grain as he wanted for a few handfuls of salt. Time and space fail - me, or I would tell you about some other curious things I saw--of - the queer little chair and table, both cut from a single piece of - wood, and which belonged to Lobenguela's brother, of the - cream-of-tartar trees, and many other funny things. But--I can - almost see the frown on Mr. Editor's face as he contemplates the - length of this so-called "morsel," and I daren't write more. - However, if he will kindly give me permission I will write again, - and tell you more of my interesting "visit to Mashonaland." In the - mean time I will bid you good-by. - - Your friend, - ISMA FINCHAM, R.T.F. - -The Editor gives his permission promptly. Please write again. - - * * * * * - -A Founder's Sad End. - -When one tries experiments one should be extremely careful of the tools -employed. The Table has to record a most distressing incident in this -connection. One of the original members of our Order was Vernon S. -White, a son of Mr. F. W. White, of Omaha, Nebraska. He was a Founder, -and preserved his Founder certificate because of the honor it stood for. -He was much given to trying experiments. He had sent some suggestions to -us concerning them, at least one of which we published. The others we -read with interest, but failed to find space for them. A few weeks since -Sir Vernon, while trying an experiment in his room, lost his balance, -fell, and met his death. He was thirteen years old, and an only child. -The Table expresses its deep sympathy, and begs its other friends of a -scientific and experimental mind to be careful. - - * * * * * - -Answers to Kinks. - -No. 59.--CIVIC. - - * * * * * - -No. 60.--The letter T. - - * * * * * - -No. 61. - - G L O B E S - L E V A N T - O V E R G O - B A R B E L - E N G E D I - S T O L I D - - * * * * * - -About Slang. - - Why is slang denounced by the best writers? We know that all slang - is not low, and we further know that slang expressions convey to - multitudes of people the thought of the speaker more clearly than - if his sentences were clothed in the finest possible manner. This - question arises from an argument. - - LESTER W. BELLOWS. - WATERLOO, N. Y. - -We do not quite agree that slang better conveys the thought of the -speaker than do other and more generally recognized words. That depends -upon the speaker and upon what he is trying to say. Slang does not -consist in the words themselves so much as in the way they are spoken, -the frequency of their utterance, etc. Words are harmless in themselves; -the manner of using them may not be equally so. Slang is denounced -because it tends toward the vulgar, the common--not always the words -perhaps, but that which lies beyond them. Some slang terms are very -expressive, and these generally come into reputable use, when needed, -and when the atmosphere surrounding the inception of them has drifted -away. - - * * * * * - -Corresponding Chapter. - -In Milwaukee there has always been not a few active and most creditable -members. Not long since some of them organized a Corresponding Chapter. -It wants members everywhere. The membership fee is ten cents; dues, -nothing; and members resident in foreign countries free. The Chapter has -a circulating library. It sends a membership certificate of its own, and -hopes to have some prize contests. The officers are Edward F. Daas, -secretary, 1717 Cherry Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The president is -Edward C. Wood, and vice-president Charles D. Turnbull. The president -lives in Philadelphia, and the Chapter is already organized on the -correspondence plan. - - * * * * * - -Questions and Answers. - -A Fort Wayne member asks what is the most expensive product in the -world. We cannot tell surely, but the most expensive one we ever read of -is a charcoal thread employed as filaments for incandescent electric -lamps. Filaments designed for thirty-candle-power lamps are worth -$12,000 a pound. It requires 1,500,000 of these filaments to make a -pound, and their total length would be 187 miles.--Harry M. Jones: The -first United States census was taken in 1790, and the next one will be -taken in June, 1900. The discussion whether the twentieth century begins -January 1, 1900, or January 1, 1901, is idle to enter into.--"Young -Politician": President-elect McKinley is free to select any persons he -pleases for places in his cabinet, the only restriction being that -Secretaries must be American citizens above certain ages. That which -prevents him from selecting unfit men is his desire to make his -administration successful. The President nominates his cabinet officials -to the United States Senate, but that body, while it holds a legal right -to confirm or reject such names, always, as a matter of courtesy, -confirms them, holding that a President ought to be permitted to have -such men in his official family as he desires. The talk in the -newspapers about cabinet-making is mere speculation. The final decision -rests with the President. - -John Hamill asks what tundra is. It is a long fibrous white moss -(_Cladonia rangiferina_) which is the natural food of the reindeer. It -grows to its greatest perfection in northern and central Alaska, but is -found in South Greenland and Lapland. In Alaska there is a vast tract of -land--400,000 square miles, it is said--covered with this moss. Why you -see it mentioned just now is because there is a project to grow great -herds of reindeer on this vast tract; it is good for nothing else. The -reindeer, slaughtered, frozen, and shipped to San Francisco and -Liverpool, command high prices as venison. The skins, tanned, are of a -soft texture and serviceable color, admirable for book-bindings and -furniture-covers, and the hair is the best possible filling for buoys to -be used in a life-saving apparatus, as it possesses a wonderful degree -of buoyancy. It is said, you know, of the hog slaughter at Chicago and -Kansas City that there is nothing wasted save the squeal. Everything -else being used to advantage, the horns of the reindeer make the best -glue of commerce. The project is to turn this moss to profit by feeding -it to reindeer, as corn is fed to hogs in the West, and marketed as -pork. - -"Liberia." Liberia is a republic modelled after our own. It was founded -by some enthusiastic philanthropists who thought the colored people of -our southern States could be induced to go back to Africa where their -ancestors, as slaves and against their wills, came from. Before our -civil war some went. Since then none have. The experiment was a failure, -and Liberia is not prospering greatly. Have we any readers living on the -Isle of Man? We fear not. Does any reader know any one living there? -Ralph Carr, living at 1041 Santa Fé Street, Atchison, Kansas, says his -father came from there, and he desires to hunt up, if possible, some -facts about the island and his father's birth-place. This is an -interesting and profitable thing to do. If any member can help him, -please do so. - - - - -[Illustration: THE CAMERA CLUB] - - Any questions in regard to photograph matters will be willingly - answered by the Editor of this column, and we should be glad to - hear from any of our club who can make helpful suggestions. - - -HANDY APPARATUS FOR THE DARK-ROOM. - -One of the latest conveniences for the dark-room is a developing-tray so -arranged that a plate may be examined during development without taking -it from the tray. The tray is made with a solid glass bottom and wooden -sides, with a reservoir at one end for holding the developer while -examining the plate. When the tray is lifted the solution runs down into -this reservoir. Another tray, made on the same principle, is of solid -glass, and a piece of glass extends about a third of the way across the -top of the tray, making a reservoir for the developing solution during -the examination of the plate. There are small knobs on the bottom of the -tray to prevent the plate adhering to the bottom by suction. A 5-by-8 -tray with glass bottom and wooden sides costs $1.20. The solid glass, -same size, costs $1.25. - -_Rubber Finger-Tips._--Rubber finger-tips are among the "must haves" of -the photographer. They are made specially for use in handling -photographic chemicals, are a perfect protection for the fingers, and -prevent the discoloration of the nails and ends of the fingers from the -various solutions used in photography. They are very thin, and fit -closely to the fingers, and do not impair the sense of touch in any -great degree. A set of three costs 15c., and their use prevents any -danger of poisoning when handling dangerous chemicals. - -_A Handy Plate-Lifter._--A most convenient plate-lifter is a metal -finger-shield, very much the shape of an open-top thimble. It has a -sharp piece of steel attached to one side, and extending about half an -inch beyond the end of the shield. To use, the shield is placed on the -first finger, the pointed piece of metal slipped under the negative, -raising it from the solution. It can then be taken out without having -put the fingers in the solution. This little lifter costs 15c. - -_Glass Rods._--For stirring solutions one should have a small glass rod, -especially when making solutions for sensitizing paper. The -nitrate-of-silver solution should never come in contact with any metal. -In sensitizing paper, where it is floated on the silver bath, it is -quite necessary to have a glass rod to lay across the top of the tray, -to draw the paper over when turning, or removing from the bath. This -helps to spread the solution evenly and removes the superfluous liquid. -A hollow glass tube designed for this purpose has one end flattened to -prevent its turning when laid on the tray. The price is 25c.; a glass -stirring-rod costs 8c. - -_Photographic Chemical Tablets._--One can buy, put up in the form of -compressed tablets, all or nearly all the chemicals used in developing -and printing. These tablets are warranted not to alter or change by age -or climate, all that is necessary to preserve them being to cork the -bottles immediately after taking out what is required for use. Each -bottle of tablets is labelled with full directions for use, and the -photographer who wishes to develop his pictures while away on an outing -will find them very convenient. They take up but little room, and all -that is necessary is the addition of a little water when needed. The -price of a complete outfit for developing and toning a large quantity of -pictures is $3. - - SIR KNIGHT ROBERT GUEST, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, asks if taking - money prizes in photographic contests makes one a professional - photographer, and if one can sell his pictures and still remain an - amateur. Taking prizes in competitions does not class one with the - professional photographers, nor does selling prints make one a - professional. By a professional is understood one who makes a - business of photography, either in opening a gallery for portraits - or in devoting himself to making pictures of all sorts of - commercial articles, photographs of buildings, interiors, etc. An - amateur is one who does this work for pastime, taking pay - occasionally for his work, but not making it a business. We should - like to have Sir Robert send us some views of Yarmouth and vicinity - for reproduction in our Camera Club column. - - SIR KNIGHT HERBERT H. PEASE asks where bromide and platinum paper - can be bought, and which is the best; the price, and if it can be - developed with eikonogen developer, and fixed with hypo the same as - plates; if it is best to mount damp or dry; if the answer to Sir - William Merritt that the contest closed December 15 was a mistake; - and if one stands a better chance of winning a prize if he does not - use the glossy papers for printing. Bromide or platinum paper may - be bought of any dealer in photographic supplies; both papers are - good, the bromide being the easiest for the experimenter; bromide - may be developed with eikonogen and fixed in the same way as a - plate, but before the print is fixed it must be flowed with a bath - made of acetic acid, 1 dr., and water, 32 oz., according to the - directions which accompany the paper; 4-by-5 bromide paper costs - 25c. a dozen. The date December 15 for close of contest was a - mistake. There is but one competition, and it closes February 15. - All pictures are judged according to their merits, without regard - to printing processes. The platinum and bromide pictures are the - more artistic, and mechanical finish is one of the points on which - pictures are marked. - - - - -ADVERTISEMENTS. - - - - -Postage Stamps, &c. - - - - -50% com. STAMPS on APPROVAL. 50% com. - -_Best sheets and lowest prices. 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FOUGERA & CO., NEW YORK. - - - - -HARPER & BROTHERS' - -Descriptive list of their publications, with _portraits of authors_, -will be sent by mail to any address on receipt of ten cents. - -HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York. - - - - -CARDS - -FOR 1897. 50 Sample Styles AND LIST OF 400 PREMIUM ARTICLES FREE. -HAVERFIELD PUB CO., CADIZ, OHIO - - - - -[Illustration] - -RAPHAEL UP TO DATE. - - "Yo' see dem chilluns a-leanin' on de fence? - Dey's putty near clean gone los' deir sense. - Some leddy done tell 'em dey look like cupids, - But I jes' 'low dey's two little stupids." - - * * * * * - -FOREIGN NEWS. - -In foreign lands the doings of royalty, the state of mind and body of -the reigning sovereigns and their families, form always an interesting -feature of the daily news for the public. It is no uncommon thing to see -in an English newspaper that "yesterday her Majesty the Queen walked out -accompanied by Princess This or That"; or that "in the afternoon her -Majesty drove from Windsor to Some-other-Place-on-the-Squeegee, attended -by Lady Somebody and the Duchess of Nothingmuch." All of this forms a -staple of news for the British, and it is a custom which prevails in all -lands where there are royal families. The height of absurdity in this -direction, however, is reached in Turkey, if the subjoined item, taken -from a French journal, is correct. It is as follows: "Turkish papers -take a deeper interest in the health of the Sultan than is to be found -in the periodical press of other countries. Quite recently a Turkish -organ gravely inserted the following lines: - -"'His Majesty slightly indisposed, having been bitten last night by a -gnat.'" - - * * * * * - -ONE GOOD REASON. - -MRS. WARMHEART. "My good man, why do you let your children go barefoot?" - -PAT O'HOOLIHAN. "For de raison, ma'am, dat I have in my family more feet -dan shoes." - - * * * * * - -THE CHILDREN'S MUSICAL. - -The children were discussing a possible musical entertainment for -charity. - -"We can't make it pay," said Jennie. "Why, I heard mamma say these -singers get five hundred dollars for an afternoon!" - -"Bosh! Nonsense!" said Polly. "I know a hand-organ man that'll play for -an hour for twenty-five cents, and _throw in a monkey_!" - - * * * * * - -"Bah!" sneered Willie. "You'll never amount to a hill of beans as a -man." - -"I know I won't," said Bobbie, meekly. "I ain't even a bean now; but -I'll tell you what I _am_ going to be." - -"What's that?" - -"A man," said Bobbie. - - * * * * * - -There are many geniuses and inventors hard at work to-day on devices for -saving time and money, and one might say that daily the product of their -thought is placed before the world in machines that seem almost human in -their workings. The chief essential in saving time is to acquire a -system, and operators placed before a new mechanical invention quickly -establish a systematic method of working it, and eventually find a way -of improving on it. These men seldom profit by such little improvements, -but their adopted systems suggest valuable ideas to the outsider, upon -which he realizes. This is evidenced by the following: - -Years ago, in the cotton-mills, the bobbins of the looms used to catch -the filaments of cotton and clog the machinery, necessitating a stoppage -of the works to clean up. This was a loss of both time and money. One -man, however, a seemingly dull fellow, found a way to keep his bobbin -free, and his loom never had to shut down. The owner of the mills, one -Mr. Peel, father of Sir Robert Peel, noticed this, and obtained from the -man his secret for an agreement which financially, amounted to next to -nothing. He simply chalked the bobbin, thus preventing the threads from -sticking. Peel adopted the idea, and invented machinery for the sole -purpose of chalking the bobbins, and patented it. He realized a fortune -from it, and gave the original inventor a handsome pension. - - * * * * * - -A HICKORY CLUB--POSSIBLY. - -"We're getting up a club at our school." - -"What for?" - -"To hit the janitor with!" - - * * * * * - -DONALD'S DRUM. - - The reason I like my small red drum - In snowy winter and rosy June, - Is because, no matter how I pound, - I never can hammer it out of tune. - - * * * * * - -POLLY GETS MAD. - -"Your pa don't make any money," said Wilbur, scornfully, to Polly. - -"No, he don't; but I tell you one thing, Wilbur Jones, he earns a lot!" - - * * * * * - -WHAT HE GOT. - -"What did your papa get on Christmas, Billy?" - -"Mad!" said Billy. - - * * * * * - -THE STRANGER'S MISTAKE. - -"Well, little chap," said the stranger in the family, picking up one of -the children, "what are you going to be when you're a man?" - -"Nuffin'," said the child. - -"Nothing? Why so?" asked the stranger. - -"Because," said the child, "I'm only a little girl." - - * * * * * - -HOW SHE KNEW. - -"Do you think your mamma loves you, Polly?" asked Polly's mother, -hugging the little girl up tight. - -"Yeth I do," said Polly. "I knows it." - -"I am so glad. And how do you know it, Polly?" - -"'Cause I'm your doll," said Polly. - - * * * * * - -HIS EXPLANATION. - -"Why do you behave so, Jimmie?" - -"It's all pa's fault," said Jimmie. "When I grow up I want to be able to -tell my boys what I did when I was little--the way papa does." - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Round Table, January 26, 1897, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, JAN 26, 1897 *** - -***** This file should be named 60509-8.txt or 60509-8.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/0/5/0/60509/ - -Produced by Annie R. 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McGuire - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#BOYS_AT_SEA">BOYS AT SEA.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#OWNEY_THE_MAIL-DOG">OWNEY, THE MAIL-DOG.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_CHILDRENS_HOUR">THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_MIDDLETON_BOWL">THE MIDDLETON BOWL.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#A_LOYAL_TRAITOR">A LOYAL TRAITOR.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_FIGHTING_SAVAGE">THE FIGHTING SAVAGE.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#BRONISLAU_HUBERMANN_AND_LEONORA_JACKSON">BRONISLAU HUBERMANN AND LEONORA JACKSON.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_WARSPITES_CAPTAIN">THE "WARSPITE'S" CAPTAIN.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#STREET_SOUNDS">STREET SOUNDS.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_REMARKABLE_ADVENTURES_OF_SANDBOYS">THE REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF SANDBOYS.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT">INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#QUESTIONS_FOR_YOUNG_MEN">QUESTIONS FOR YOUNG MEN.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#STAMPS">STAMPS.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_CAMERA_CLUB">THE CAMERA CLUB.</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_305" id="Page_305">[Pg 305]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;"> -<img src="images/ill_001.jpg" width="800" height="329" alt="HARPER'S ROUND TABLE" /> -</div> - -<p class="center">Copyright, 1897, by <span class="smcap">Harper & Brothers</span>. All Rights Reserved.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">published weekly</span>.</td><td align="center">NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1897.</td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">five cents a copy</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">vol. xviii.—no</span>. 900.</td><td align="center"></td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">two dollars a year.</span></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"><a name="BOYS_AT_SEA" id="BOYS_AT_SEA"></a> -<img src="images/ill_002.jpg" width="700" height="523" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2>BOYS AT SEA.</h2> - -<h3>BY W. CLARK RUSSELL.</h3> - -<p>Everybody will remember the exciting story of the ship <i>Aberfoyle</i>: how -her Captain drank himself into delirium-tremens and then poisoned -himself, how the crew mutinied, how the mate was washed overboard, and -how this ship was eventually safely navigated to Melbourne by her second -officer, who was little more than a boy. But perhaps the most memorable -example of a boy's heroism is that of young Shotten. He was an -apprentice on board a vessel called <i>Trafalgar</i>, which left Batavia -fever-stricken, with the result that the superior officers perished, and -young Shotten was left alone with the remains of a wicked ship's company -to navigate the vessel. He carried her to Sydney in safety. His story is -a true romance of the deep. This fine young fellow had not only to fight -the ocean and its tremendous perils, he had also to handle a set of -desperate, reckless men who refused to recognize his authority, and, -charged with the dreadful spirit of mutiny and murder, scarcely suffered -the boy<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_306" id="Page_306">[Pg 306]</a></span> commander to save their lives. Stories of this sort need the -pen of a Defoe; they should be submitted to the world by the hand of -genius, that, being in all senses things of beauty, they might be -immortal as inspirations in such hours of conflict as young Shotten -passed through. It is to be regretted that writers for boys do not -uniformly invent with some perception of the good taste, sound judgment, -and high aspirations and feelings of the young public they address. The -typical boy hero of the boy's book is, for the most part, impossible; -the lad as he reads grows disdainful, he may even detect blunders in -seamanship or in the employment of nautical words, and his confidence is -gravely shaken. No impression is left, no animating and lofty influence -exerted, because the tale is trash; it is not true; the boy knows it -never could have been true. I was once a boy myself, though I find this -hard to believe, and I remember that the sea-stories which influenced me -and which did me most good were tales founded on the facts of the ocean, -plain and sincere narratives of the stern realities of the deep, such as -this of Shotten. A young apprentice in Shotten's situation might, after -reading his story, take courage from it, find an example in it, and -achieve an end not less heroic than the model he imitated.</p> - -<p>Can it be imagined that any one of M. Jules Verne's boy heroes could -animate a lad by his impossible, albeit ingenious adventures, into the -rendering of such splendid services as the whole English-speaking world -was praising in young Shotten in 1895? It is a truth that boys at sea -have done daring and glorious things, and their stories should be told -by able hands for boys to read, because there is no calling that makes, -in times of disaster, such demands upon the stout heart and all that is -manly in the human qualities as the ocean life. One of the pluckiest -boys that ever rose to rank in the British royal navy, and to the -achievement of a great reputation for prudence, foresight, and gallantry -scarcely inferior to Nelson's, was Admiral Hopson, who was born in the -Isle of Wight, left an orphan when a child, and apprenticed by the -parish to a tailor. The tailor's board, however, soon grew hateful to -the little fellow; he yearned for quite another sort of board—I mean -shipboard. And being one day alone in the shop, looking across the sea, -he spied a squadron of men-of-war floating slowly around Dunnose.</p> - -<p>Acting upon the impulse of the instant, he rushed from the shop, sprang -into a boat, cast her painter loose, and contrived, by sculling with all -his might, to reach the Admiral's ship. He was received and entered as a -volunteer. Early next morning the British squadron fell in with a number -of Frenchmen, and a hot action began. Little Hopson obeyed orders with -wonderful alacrity and fearlessness; but when the fight had proceeded -for two hours he grew impatient, and, turning to a seaman, asked why the -ships were firing at one another. Jack answered that the action must -continue till the white rag at the enemy's mast-head was struck. The -ships were then engaged yard-arm to yard-arm. The air was thick with -smoke of gunpowder. Hopson sprang into the shrouds, ran out to the -main-yard-arm, gained the French Admiral's yard-arm, and running aloft, -cut away the French flag, and brought it safely on board his own ship. -The effect was amazing. The British yelled "Victory!" believing the -French had struck; and the Frenchmen fled below, not doubting, now that -their Admiral's flag had disappeared, that the battle was lost. For this -surprising act of heroism young Hopson was promoted to the quarter-deck.</p> - -<p>Every one must regret that more is not known of these gallant worthies -of past times. Why is not the story of their services written for boys? -Who amongst living authors who produce literature for the rising -generation could invent a more thrilling, romantic, and exciting tale -than this which I have only glanced at? Here is another example of the -courage of a boy and what the spirit of a lad may achieve in an hour of -grievous peril at sea: A famous frigate, <i>La Tribune</i>, was lost on the -Halifax coast one November towards the close of the last century. Four -men escaped in the jolly-boat, eight others clung to the main and fore -tops; the remainder of the large ship's company perished. The -inhabitants approached so close to the wreck as to be able to shout to -and hear the shouts of the poor fellows upon the masts.</p> - -<p>One of the first to attempt to succor them was a boy thirteen years old -belonging to Herring Cove; he jumped in a little skiff at about eleven -o'clock in the day, and with extraordinary labor and skill so -manœuvred his tiny ark as to back her under the frigate's foretop, -and two of the shipwrecked men dropped into her. The boat was too small -to carry more. The boy conveyed them in safety ashore, and the record of -this inimitable piece of youthful heroism affirms that he "had them -instantly conveyed to a comfortable habitation." The 'longshore men, -spiritless and afraid, in spite of this glorious example, held back, and -six men remained to be saved. The undaunted boy at once put off again; -but the sea and the boat combined opposed too heavy a task to his -strength exhausted by his previous labors, and he failed to reach the -wreck. But his example was at last an animation; some boats were -launched, and after much trouble and in the face of grave peril, they -brought off in triumph the remaining survivors.</p> - -<p>It is a story that should be written in letters of gold. But what will -you think of the enthusiasm of the chroniclers of that lad's deed when I -tell you that I am unable to give his name? I have searched for it—to -no purpose. All we know is he was a Boy. But he was among the very -noblest, and with something of emotion after all these long years I -salute the darling little chap's memory.</p> - -<p>At the battle of Copenhagen a lad so distinguished himself as to excite -the admiration of the great Nelson. He was a Danish boy, about sixteen -years of age, by some called Welmoes, but others have given him a -different name. Be that as it may, this young fellow was in command of a -praam, a sort of raft armed with small cannon and manned by a company of -some twenty-four men. Nelson's flag was flying aboard the <i>Elephant</i>; -the heroic young Dane resolved to attack the famous Admiral, whose name -was a terror, and he forthwith shoved off in his raft from the shore, -and gained the stern of the line-of-battle ship, then thundering in -broadsides. The marines of the flag-ship promptly discharged their -muskets at the gallant little band, and the praam was rapidly converted -into a shambles. Twenty fine fellows lay dead and dying, but their boy -commander, who stood up to his waist amongst the bodies, stuck to his -post until the truce was proclaimed. Nelson had observed the splendid -behavior of this lad. He held him in memory, and when he was banqueted -at the palace, he begged the Prince to introduce young Welmoes to him. -When the boy was presented, the most famous of all sea chieftains put -his arm round his neck and kissed him, and, addressing the Prince, -exclaimed that the young fellow deserved to be made an Admiral.</p> - -<p>"If, my lord," was the answer, "I were to make all my brave officers -admirals, I should have no captains or lieutenants in my service."</p> - -<p>Twice were the wonderful battles in which Lord Nelson fought associated -with the heroism of boys. One of the French ships at the battle of the -Nile was <i>L'Orient</i>. She took fire, and hundreds of her people sprang -overboard. Amongst those who perished in her was Commander Casabianca. -All will remember Mrs. Hemans's moving verses beginning,</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">The boy stood on the burning deck,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Whence all but him had fled.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>This boy was the Commodore's son; he was but ten years of age, yet -behaved with amazing intrepidity whilst the battle raged. When the ship -took fire his father bade him remain on deck, and he stuck to his post -until the huge ship blew up. Memories of this sort should stir the blood -of the young. They cannot be too often recited. They quicken the higher -impulse, shape fancies into ardent resolution, and all will believe that -they must be infinitely more valuable, even in an educational sense, -than narratives of impossible adventure and of fictitious achievements -which cannot serve as encouragements, because<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_307" id="Page_307">[Pg 307]</a></span> even the smallest boy -will perceive that they are impracticable.</p> - -<p>I have spoken of Lord Nelson, and of this great sailor many stories of -his spirit when a boy are told. Some of these tales must be viewed with -suspicion; one or two, perhaps, are worth recalling. The lad joined an -expedition to the frozen sea under the command of Captain Phipps, -afterwards Lord Musgrave. One night, when it was as bright as daylight, -the ship lying hard and fast amid the ice, young Nelson took his gun and -left the ship to shoot a bear which he had seen a long way off. -Something went wrong with the lock of his musket, whereupon he grasped -the weapon by the barrel, and gave chase to the beast, which went off on -a trot. Having killed the bear, the boy returned to his ship, the -Captain of which reprimanded him for going upon the ice without leave, -and with a stern countenance asked what motive could have induced him to -attack with a useless gun so formidable a beast as a polar-bear. The -young hero's reply was to the point. "I wished, sir," he said, "to get -the skin for my father."</p> - -<p>All boys who are acquainted with the life of Lord Nelson—and every boy, -be he American or English, who speaks the language in which this article -is written, ought to read it and gather the meaning of that wonderful -career—must have heard of Captain Trowbridge, one of the Admiral's -favorite officers. He was the son of a baker, and rose by his splendid -gallantry to be an Admiral and a baronet. One story of his fearlessness -when a lad recalls Hopson's feat. He was midshipman aboard the -<i>Seahorse</i> when she chased and captured the French ship <i>Sartine</i>. Much -of the glory of that day was owing to young Trowbridge, who, watching -his chance and shouting for followers, boarded the enemy from the -forecastle, and with his own hands hauled down the French colors. -Perhaps not every commander of a victorious ship would have proved so -frankly honorable as was Captain Farmer of the <i>Seahorse</i>, for -afterwards, whilst dining with the commander-in-chief, Sir Edward -Hughes, he checked the congratulations he was being overwhelmed with by -saying that the victory was entirely owing to the heroism of a boy, a -midshipman named Trowbridge. Sir Edward was so struck and delighted that -he became the boy's fast friend, and was of signal help to him in the -earlier stages of his splendid career. These and the like are stories -which are true, and they should be made known to boys. My instances are -British; but scores of inspiriting examples may be culled from the -American records.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="OWNEY_THE_MAIL-DOG" id="OWNEY_THE_MAIL-DOG">OWNEY, THE MAIL-DOG.</a></h2> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_003.jpg" width="400" height="376" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">OWNEY.</span> -</div> - -<p>Had that extremely humorous cur Crab, the property of one Launce, in -Shakespeare's <i>Two Gentlemen of Verona</i>, met with an accident -terminating his career, his master could have found a successor in -Owney, the railway mail-dog, a product of our own time, who would be -fully qualified to fill the shoes, or rather the place of the other.</p> - -<p>Owney is a terrier, now ten years old, and weighs about thirty-five -pounds. By his own exertions he has achieved a fame of which to be -proud, and as a traveller a distinction that few men can boast of. When -a pup he decided upon his vocation, and in accordance with his views he -entered the basement of the post-office at Albany and attached himself -to the regular mail service. His devotion to the self-appointed duty of -guarding mail-sacks interested the clerks, and as a reward he was -permitted to accompany them on trips in the mail-cars.</p> - -<p>Owney recognized this as an upward step in his career, and permitting -his independence to assert itself, he would disappear for weeks at a -time, returning at last to his adopted home at Albany. The numerous -railway tags attached to his collar upon his return showed that he had -been travelling with the mails. The route his dogship selected sometimes -embraced the four extreme points of the United States, and it was, and -is, no uncommon thing to find him wearing such tags as Seattle, -Washington, Galveston, Texas, and Tampa, Florida, after one of these -trips.</p> - -<p>One day, thinking that some mail-pouches for Washington from Albany -might contain state secrets to be zealously guarded, he assumed the -duty, and thus received his introduction to John Wanamaker, then -Postmaster-General. Mr. Wanamaker presented Owney with an elaborate -harness, and, proud of his present, the dog made an extended tour. The -weight of the tags gathered on this trip at last equalled his own, and, -unable to stand the strain, he was compelled to return home and be -relieved of his honors.</p> - -<p>There are few post-offices and railway lines in the United States and -Canada that have not entertained Owney. His Canadian experience was, -however, a lamentable one, as a railway collision deprived him of an eye -and part of one ear. The North German Lloyd steamers have carried him as -passenger a number of times, and the P. and O. steamers took him to the -far East during the Chino-Japanese war. During this trip he inspected -the mail service of India.</p> - -<p>Nothing will induce him to ride in any but the mail-cars, where, curled -up on the pouches, he will permit none but the mail-clerks to touch -them. These men are very fond of him, and he never lacks for attention. -He treats them all impartially, and comes and goes as he wills. As -another dog knows a bone, so Owney does a mail-sack, and he will leap -aboard the trains with them in the most unexpected places, to be always -received with delight. Duly recorded in the history of the United States -Post-office, he has its great army of employees, from the highest to the -lowest, for his firm friends.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="THE_CHILDRENS_HOUR" id="THE_CHILDRENS_HOUR">THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY EMMA J. GRAY.</h3> - -<p>"Isn't it blind-man's holiday?" was John's question, as, "betwixt the -dark and the daylight," he put his head in his mother's lap, stretching -the rest of his long body meanwhile on the tiger-skin rug which lay at -her feet.</p> - -<p>"Yes;" and immediately Mrs. Colfax laid aside her mending-basket, -touching the top pair of socks as she did so, and then followed the -words: "I've been busy with those for the last hour. Do you know you are -more destructive on socks than your father and three brothers put -together?"</p> - -<p>"Am I, mother?" and the boy took one of her hands between his own, while -she at once ran the fingers of her other hand through his short thick -hair, remarking, "that she didn't know where it got its curly tendency -from, as none of her family could lay any claim to curls, nor the -Colfaxes either."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_308" id="Page_308">[Pg 308]</a></span></p> - -<p>But John had not come to discuss his kinky locks, nor to talk about his -school affairs; on the contrary, he had something peculiarly strange to -tell to-night. In fact, nothing less than that his great chum, Hiram -Scott, was to have an "out-and-out boss party to celebrate his sixteenth -birthday."</p> - -<p>"That means, my son would like a party on his sixteenth birthday."</p> - -<p>"That's about the size of it, mother."</p> - -<p>"All right. You may have one."</p> - -<p>"Hurrah!" and John sat upright, while he eagerly explained, "But, -mother, Hiram's going to have a regular gilt-edged affair. One of the -kind you read about."</p> - -<p>"And you wouldn't wish to be outdone by him; is that it?"</p> - -<p>"Well—no, I wouldn't."</p> - -<p>"Is his birthday before yours?"</p> - -<p>"Yes; ten days."</p> - -<p>"Has Hiram told you any particular plans about his party?"</p> - -<p>"Why, all there are to tell, I suppose. They are to have the biggest -orchestra—harp, horn, and all that sort of thing." Then, shaking his -head impressively: "And the supper will cost one hundred dollars—maybe -two hundred. And Hiram is to have a new pair of black silk socks and -patent-leather pumps, and an elegant new dinner jacket, for the -occasion; he's to be brand-new all over, indeed, for, with a real -whipper-snapper air, he informed me he was to have awfully swell black -trousers and waistcoat, and a new black satin tie. The whole thing is to -be mighty fine, I can tell you."</p> - -<p>"Well, it's quite impossible for you to give as costly a party as -Hiram's, for your father is a poor man in comparison to his, my son."</p> - -<p>"I know it," and John once more threw himself forward and laid his head -on his mother's lap.</p> - -<p>"So we must think of something fantastic and fanciful," Mrs. Colfax -resumed, "and hope that the unusualness of your party will compensate -for the expensive supper and orchestra of Hiram's."</p> - -<p>"What would you give, mother? For you know right off I could never plan -a new party any more than if I was a—"</p> - -<p>"A what, my son?"</p> - -<p>"A—barber's pole—or a wax figure, or any other know-nothing thing."</p> - -<p>"You're interested in Indians, aren't you?"</p> - -<p>"<i>Indians!</i>" and jumping to his feet John trod forcibly across the -floor, as if he was on his way to encounter a whole tribe of them. Then -he slowly stated: "I should remark that I am. But what have Indians to -do with my party?"</p> - -<p>"You'll see," and Mrs. Colfax, leaning back in her chair, inquired: "How -would you like to play that you are Hiawatha just for a night? In fact, -the invitations might read:</p> - -<p class="center">"Hiawatha</p> - -<p class="center">"Requests the pleasure of</p> - -<p class="center">"Miss B—— B——'s</p> - -<p class="center">"company on Monday evening,</p> - -<p class="center">"March nineteenth, at eight o'clock.</p> - -<p class="center">"Dancing, Games. Address."</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 173px;"> -<img src="images/ill_004.jpg" width="173" height="300" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>"Oh, go on, mother," were John's impatient words, as Mrs. Colfax -hesitated a second; "I can hardly wait," and giving a low whistle, he -shouted: "Excellent, fine, clever! Hiram is welcome to his new toggery -for aught I care; I'll appear in Indian array—eagle feathers, bead -necklaces, bracelets, moccasins, and all. What a jolly scheme!" and John -stood as erect as though his eagle plumes were already waving above his -head.</p> - -<p>"And perhaps, since Hiram is your most intimate friend, he would take -the character of Chibiabos, for</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">"Very dear to Hiawatha</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Was the gentle Chibiabos.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>"And then another of your friends should be the very strong man Kwasind, -and then, of course, there must be Laughing Water, Minnehaha, and the -old arrow-maker, her father."</p> - -<p>"Would it be a Hiawatha party or an Indian party?"</p> - -<p>"Neither, John, because all of Longfellow's people should come. The only -reason I have been talking about Hiawatha was because we might as well -fix your character at once."</p> - -<p>"Oh, that's the how of things. Are you sure there would be enough -characters to go around?"</p> - -<p>"Without a doubt, John;" and then, with an affectionate gesture on her -big boy, Mrs. Colfax added, "I guess somebody that I know would better -read Longfellow's poems over again."</p> - -<p>"I <i>am</i> sort o' rusty. I suppose, too, that would be the only way to -advise a fellow as to his get-up."</p> - -<p>"It would be the best way; for example, in the <i>Tales of the Wayside -Inn</i> we read</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"But first the Landlord will I trace;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Grave in his aspect and attire;</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>"and</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"A youth was there of quiet ways,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">A student of old books and days;</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>"and a</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"Theologian from the school</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Of Cambridge on the Charles was there.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>"And a Poet, and a Spanish Jew, a young Sicilian, and a Musician, all are -minutely described."</p> - -<p>"Will Minnehaha be the only girl, mother?"</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 141px;"> -<img src="images/ill_005.jpg" width="141" height="300" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>"Why, what a nonsensical question! Perhaps somebody would personate -Margaret, the Blind Girl of Castèl-Cuillè, only it would be pleasanter -to personate her before</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"The dread disease that none can stay,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">The pestilence that walks by night,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Took the young bride's sight away.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>"And surely some mischievous girl would delight to make believe she was</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"A woman bent and gray with years,</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>"and be the village seer. And I've just had an idea, John, that your -father can be the Master who builds the ship. You remember the way the -poem commences,</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"Build me straight, O worthy Master.</span><br /> -</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 133px;"> -<img src="images/ill_006.jpg" width="133" height="300" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>"And I'll dress like a young girl and be the promised bride</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">"Standing before</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Her father's door."</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>"Oh, capital! What fun!" and John excitedly once more jumped to his -feet, adding, "What a jolly mother I have!"</p> - -<p>"And, of course," Mrs. Colfax continued, "there will be a Priscilla and -an Evangeline. Indeed, you need not trouble about there not being enough -characters to go around."</p> - -<p>"Well, granted that they all come, mother, what then?"</p> - -<p>"Then we will give a tableau vivant, called The Children's<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_309" id="Page_309">[Pg 309]</a></span> Hour. Our -house is just the place for it."</p> - -<p>"In what way? I don't understand."</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 165px;"> -<img src="images/ill_007.jpg" width="165" height="250" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>"The library can be seen from any part of the parlors. And grandpa, who -bears such a close resemblance to Longfellow, can act his character. The -library must be dimly lighted, because</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"The night is beginning to lower,</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>"and the parlors will have to be almost dark while the tableau is shown, -otherwise we cannot see into the library. There grandpa will sit in his -favorite high chair, in the attitude of listening to the patter of -little feet above him. Some unseen person, perhaps I, will read the poem -which describes the scene, and after a while three young girls,</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And Edith with golden hair,</span><br /> -</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 257px;"> -<img src="images/ill_008.jpg" width="257" height="350" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>"will be heard descending our long stairs, and they will make a rush from -the stairway through the hall and climb over the arms and back of his -chair. Trust me, John, the tableau will be very pretty. I know exactly -how to arrange it, and if I did not, there is a fine illustration in the -edition that your father gave me last Christmas. Besides, grandpa will -enjoy it so much. Indeed, it was only the other day that he told me that -his party days were over."</p> - -<p>"I'm so glad you thought of putting grandpa in, mother. But after the -tableau?"</p> - -<p>"After the tableau it will be a Children's Hour in very truth—games, -songs, dances, and supper. During the dance immediately preceding the -supper, paper hats will be given as favors, which everybody will don, -excepting when, like yourself, their eagle plumes would interfere. In -that case they can suspend them from the arm. The girls will wear -broad-brimmed hats, and the boys, turbans; and the boy must invite the -girl who has the same colored hat as himself to go to supper."</p> - -<p>"But where are all these hats to come from? I guess you're the one -that's forgetting that papa isn't rich."</p> - -<p>And Mrs. Colfax, throwing back her head, laughed merrily. When she -recovered herself she exclaimed: "Why, John, I'll make the hats. It will -only be a little bit of fun for me, and all the paper put together -wouldn't cost a dollar."</p> - -<p>"I know the fellows will just think you're a beaut—y." For it was very -difficult for John not to use slang.</p> - -<p>But Mrs. Colfax talked on regardless of her son's interruptions, and -therefore it was that John learned that both the Longfellow and birthday -schemes should unite in the supper-room.</p> - -<p>"For example, The Children's Hour would appear in large letters over the -mantel-piece. The letters could be cut out of card-board and covered -with asparagus, which should be tacked on with green silk. Then candy -could be twisted to represent a coil of rope, and a candy man to -represent the Skipper. Another candy man would be called the Village -Blacksmith, and a chocolate man the Black Knight, and so on. Tiny -papers, similar in size to motto papers, should be glued at one end to -these figures, thus introducing them. The large cakes should be iced -around with flowers, for Longfellow wrote, 'Everywhere about us are they -glowing,' and the ice-cream models should be as appropriate as the -caterer could arrange. A ship would be a fine example; so would a bell, -the Curfew Bell; an arrow, The Arrow and the Song; and a clock, The Old -Clock on the Stairs.</p> - -<p>"And the birthday feature, John, should be indicated by the flower for -your month; you were born in March, therefore your birthday flower is -violet. Violet-colored satin ribbon might be used to decorate the table, -and potted palms, etc., could stand in violet crépon paper pots, but, -nevertheless, real violets must show themselves as freely as we can -afford them." And Mrs. Colfax smoothed back the hair from her son's -forehead.</p> - -<p>"I never knew that before."</p> - -<p>"Never knew what?"</p> - -<p>"That everybody had a birthday flower. What are the flowers for the -other months?"</p> - -<p>"April, daisies; May, hawthorn; June, roses; August, poppies; September, -convolvulus; October, hops; November, chrysanthemums; December, holly; -January, snow-drops; February, primroses."</p> - -<p>"I like my flower best, don't you."</p> - -<p>"Yes, I think I do. But I must talk more about the party. At the supper -table each one in turn must tell his or her character."</p> - -<p>"Cannot people guess before?"</p> - -<p>"They can guess all they like, John, if they will whisper. Part of the -amusement at such a party is to discover your friends."</p> - -<p>"What about games, mother?"</p> - -<p>"Try the Cent Hunt. Say that a cent is wrapped in violet tissue-paper, -and is within sight. The discoverer quietly tells you, and if he is -correct, present him with a boutonnière of violets. Afterwards give a -cent, pencil, and paper to everybody, and state five minutes are allowed -to write what each side of the cent will tell. This game is called A -Penny for your Thoughts.</p> - -<p>"Find on one side: A beverage—T. A messenger—one c(s)ent. A piece of -armor—shield. A symbol of victory—wreath. A weapon—arrow. A mode of -punishment—stripes. A gallant—bow. A sheet of water—C.</p> - -<p>"Find on the other side: A portion of a hill—brow. A place of -worship—temple. An animal—hare. Youth and old age—18-96. One way of -expressing marriage—U. S. A cultivated flower—tulip. An emblem of -royalty—crown. Fruit—date.</p> - -<p>"And afterwards play Stage-Coach, but, John, you know that game."</p> - -<p>"Here comes father; shall we tell him?"</p> - -<p>"Wait until to-morrow."</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_310" id="Page_310">[Pg 310]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="THE_MIDDLETON_BOWL" id="THE_MIDDLETON_BOWL">THE MIDDLETON BOWL.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY ELLEN DOUGLAS DELAND.</h3> - -<h3>CHAPTER III.</h3> - -<p>"What did you tell them anything for? I knew you would. A girl can't -keep anything dark."</p> - -<p>"I didn't tell. They found it out themselves."</p> - -<p>"How could they? They would never have known it was broken if you hadn't -told, and they would never have known about the currant-bushes."</p> - -<p>"They found a little bit of the china that I never saw at all, and I had -to tell about the currant-bushes, because Aunt Tom said that I had -something under my apron, and saw us go to the currant-bushes. They -asked me, and I had to answer. They think I did it. They don't believe -me when I say I didn't. It isn't a bit nice not to be believed."</p> - -<p>"Then you didn't say anything about—about anybody else?"</p> - -<p>"Of <i>course</i> not!"</p> - -<p>Theodora and Arthur were again in the garden. It was afternoon now of -the day upon which the bowl was broken, and Theodora, after spending -several hours in retirement, had been allowed to come out to get the -air.</p> - -<p>After their return to the house her aunts had tried in vain to extract -something from her in regard to the accident. "I did not break the -bowl," was all that she could be induced to say. Each aunt tried in turn -to vary this reply, but with no success.</p> - -<p>Finally, at the end of three-quarters of an hour, Miss Middleton said:</p> - -<p>"I think, sisters, that the best plan will be to send Theodora to her -own room to think over the wicked falsehood which I am afraid she is -telling. You will remember that when we were young our parents were of -the opinion that solitary confinement was the wisest mode of -punishment."</p> - -<p>"They occasionally used a slipper," remarked Miss Joanna.</p> - -<p>"But I scarcely like to use a slipper with Theodore's child."</p> - -<p>"No! no!" cried Miss Dorcas, Miss Melissa, and Miss Thomasine, with one -voice.</p> - -<p>"So, Theodora, you may go to your room," continued Miss Middleton. "I -hope that when you come out you will be ready to confess."</p> - -<p>Theodora stood for a moment looking from one to the other of the five -faces.</p> - -<p>"I sha'n't do any such thing," she said. "I can't confess what I didn't -do. If my mother were here she would believe me. If you were to keep me -shut up in the room for weeks and weeks, when I came out I should say -the same thing. Please excuse me for being disrespectful, but I think, -except Aunt Tom, you are very disagreeable aunts, especially Aunt -Joanna. I think I would rather live with people that were no relation to -me."</p> - -<p>So saying, she walked from their presence and went to her own room, and -again shut and bolted the door. At dinner-time a tray containing several -slices of dry bread and a glass of water was placed outside, and Mary -Ann's voice told her that her dinner was waiting. For some time Teddy -refused to open, but finally her hunger overcame her pride, and she took -the tray into her room, and just as she finished Miss Thomasine came to -the door and tapped gently.</p> - -<p>"Teddy, my dear," she said, in a low voice, at the key-hole, "let me -in—your aunt Tom."</p> - -<p>And Teddy again opened the door.</p> - -<p>"Oh, my dear, how you have been crying!" said gentle little Miss -Thomasine. "I am so grieved about it all. Teddy, if you will only tell -us the truth, even now we will forgive you. Tell me quietly how it -happened."</p> - -<p>"Aunt Tom, I can't make up a story. I didn't break the bowl. Why don't -you believe me? There are other people in the world besides me! Why -don't you think that some one else did it? Why am I the only person that -could have broken it?"</p> - -<p>"My dear, you forget that the evidence against you is very strong. When -I came down stairs to go with you to the garden you came out of the -parlor with the pieces of china in your hand, hidden under your apron. -Why did you take the trouble to hide them, or to touch them at all, if -you were not the one who broke the bowl?"</p> - -<p>Theodora was silent for a few minutes. She stood gazing at her aunt, -looking straight from her fearless brown eyes into Miss Thomasine's -gentle blue ones.</p> - -<p>"That is true," she said at last. "It does seem queer. But, for all -that, I didn't break the bowl, Aunt Tom."</p> - -<p>"Then can you not tell me who did?"</p> - -<p>"No, I can't tell you who did," she said. "But do you believe me now, -Aunt Tom?"</p> - -<p>"Yes, my dear, I do."</p> - -<p>And then Theodora burst into tears, and hid her face in her aunt's lap.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 346px;"> -<img src="images/ill_009.jpg" width="346" height="450" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">"IT WAS SO TERRIBLE TO FEEL THAT NO ONE BELIEVED ME," SHE -SOBBED.</span> -</div> - -<p>"Oh, I am so glad!" she sobbed. "It was so terrible to feel that no one -believed me in this whole house."</p> - -<p>After a while Miss Thomasine returned to her sisters, and told them of -her change of opinion. Needless to say no one agreed with her, and it -required some determination on her part to remain firm in her -conviction. It was not so easy to believe her niece guiltless when she -was confronted by four somewhat obstinate ladies, as it had been when -she was looking into Theodora's fearlessly truthful eyes.</p> - -<p>But Miss Thomasine did not falter, and she finally succeeded in -obtaining her sisters' consent to the proposition that their niece -should be released from solitary confinement, and allowed to go out into -the fresh air.</p> - -<p>"For she is not accustomed to it, and I am afraid it will make her ill," -urged Miss Thomasine, "and then what would Theodore and sister Gertrude -say?"</p> - -<p>At hearing which the others relented.</p> - -<p>Theodora, upon being liberated, went at once to the garden, and here she -found Arthur Hoyt awaiting her. He was leaning over the wall, looking -sullenly toward Teddy as she approached.</p> - -<p>"I thought you were never coming," he said. "What made you so long?"</p> - -<p>"I've been shut up," returned Teddy. "They won't believe I didn't do -it—except Aunt Tom. She believes me, but no one else will."</p> - -<p>"What did you tell them?"</p> - -<p>"That I didn't do it."</p> - -<p>"Nothing else?"</p> - -<p>"Of <i>course</i> not."</p> - -<p>And then ensued the conversation with which this chapter opens.</p> - -<p>Arthur Hoyt was eleven years old. He was the fifth member of this large -family, Paul, Charlie, Clement, and Raymond being older than he. Paul -was nearly eighteen, and it had been an act of great condescension on -his part to join in the funeral festivities of the morning; but, in -spite of the fact that he was to enter Harvard this fall, he secretly -loved an old-fashioned romp with his four brethren, though he would not -have confessed it for the world.</p> - -<p>The boys were all lions of health and strength, with the exception of -Arthur. He had always been delicate, and in consequence had been greatly -indulged by his parents. His brothers were in the habit of treating him -with more consideration than they showed to one another, looking upon -him perhaps as they would have looked upon a sister. When Teddy came to -Alden and they first made her acquaintance, they fancied that "all she -would be good for," as they expressed it, would be to play quiet games -with Arthur, but they soon found out their mistake.</p> - -<p>Teddy was as much of a "jolly good fellow" as her name implied. She -could run, she could row, she could play ball with the best of them, and -the boys had not recovered even yet from their astonishment at this -state of affairs. The Misses Middletons' niece as much of a fellow as -any of them! And they accordingly received her into their midst on terms -of absolute equality.</p> - -<p>"I'm glad you didn't say anything about any one else," said Arthur, when -he had heard Teddy's assurance that she<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_311" id="Page_311">[Pg 311]</a></span> had told nothing. He looked -about apprehensively, as if he feared some one might be hidden in the -same currant-bushes which had sheltered the broken bowl. "I'll do -something nice for you, Teddy. Would you like to ride my wheel?"</p> - -<p>"Arthur! Do you really mean it?"</p> - -<p>"Of course I do," said he, magnanimously. "I've never let you before, -because I was afraid you'd bang it over the first thing and smash it; -but I guess you'll be careful."</p> - -<p>It was the dearest wish of Theodora's heart to learn to ride. She had -intended to ask her aunts' permission that very day; in fact, she had -gone back to the house with Miss Thomasine for that especial purpose; -and then had come the fatal discovery about the bowl, and everything -else had been forgotten.</p> - -<p>This was a fine opportunity to try it, for Arthur was not always in such -an amiable mood. Perhaps he never again would offer to lend her his -wheel and to teach her. The other boys owned bicycles, to be sure, but -it was always hard to find them at liberty. There was usually something -of importance to be done, and Theodora had noticed that neither of them -seemed anxious to lend his wheel to a beginner. Charlie had offered, -though, that morning, and she had lost the rare chance by going into the -house to ask permission. She concluded not to let another opportunity -slip; so, after giving the matter brief consideration, she joyfully -accepted Arthur's overture, with or without her aunts' approval.</p> - -<p>"Come over the wall, then," said he. "The best place for you to learn is -on our drive. I'll try and find one of the other fellows to help teach -you; for of course you'll go tumbling all over everywhere, and we might -as well try to save the wheel."</p> - -<p>Teddy wondered if no effort was to be made to save her as well as the -wheel; but she said nothing, and quickly climbed the wall.</p> - -<p>The Misses Middleton meanwhile were discussing the situation.</p> - -<p>"I know the child is speaking the truth," said Miss Thomasine, again and -again. "Some one else is responsible for the accident. Now let us -consider who it can have been."</p> - -<p>"Not one of the servants, I am sure," said Miss Middleton. "They have -lived with us too long for us not to know that they would confess if -they were guilty; and who else has been in the house to-day?"</p> - -<p>Miss Melissa suddenly started forward.</p> - -<p>"Sister Adaline, you forget! Some one—there have been others! Do you -not remember?"</p> - -<p>"Others? What others?"</p> - -<p>"Surely you remember!"</p> - -<p>"Melissa, do be more explicit, I beg of you!" cried Miss Joanna. "It is -so easy to say what you mean, if you would only try it. Who else has -been in the house?"</p> - -<p>"Dear Joanna, you are so abrupt! Dorcas, you remember?"</p> - -<p>But Miss Dorcas had discovered a mistake in her knitting, and was busy -counting.</p> - -<p>"Four, five, six, seven," she said aloud, to show them that she could -not speak.</p> - -<p>"I am astonished that you have the heart to knit, when the Middleton -bowl is broken, Dorcas!" exclaimed Miss Joanna. "Melissa, kindly tell us -what you mean."</p> - -<p>But her sister's manner was apt to frighten the faltering Melissa, and -she was now looking for her salts.</p> - -<p>"I think I know whom Melissa means," said Miss Thomasine, suddenly. "Two -or three of the Hoyt boys accompanied Theodora when she came with the -cat."</p> - -<p>Miss Melissa nodded. There was not a sound for a moment, the new idea -presented by this recollection was so astounding.</p> - -<p>"Do you think—" began Miss Joanna, and then stopped, for once unable to -finish her speech.</p> - -<p>"It might be," whispered Miss Middleton.</p> - -<p>"It seems really—but then—perhaps—" murmured Miss Melissa.</p> - -<p>"Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen. I should not be surprised," said Miss -Dorcas, laying down her needles at last.</p> - -<p>"I am sure that it was not Theodora," repeated Miss Thomasine, more -earnestly than ever.</p> - -<p>"There were several boys in the house," continued Miss Joanna, "and I -should not be at all surprised. Adaline, suppose we order the carriage -at once and drive to Mrs. Hoyt's. What do you think of it?"</p> - -<p>"Quite right, Joanna. You and I will go, and Thomasine."</p> - -<p>And they at once made ready for the call.</p> - -<p>Although it was but a short distance to their neighbor's house, it did -not occur to the ladies to walk. They took a certain amount of exercise -on their own place every morning and afternoon, but a call would have -been shorn of half of its formality did they not go in their carriage, -and the Misses Middleton were nothing if not formal.</p> - -<p>They had left their own domain, and were being driven slowly along the -bit of road which lay between their gates and those of their neighbor, -when, with a rapid whiz, a bicycle flew past them, followed by another -and another.</p> - -<p>"It is a custom which is very alarming," remarked Miss Middleton.</p> - -<p>"There seemed to be a girl on one of them," said Miss Joanna. "So very -unladylike!"</p> - -<p>Miss Thomasine said nothing, but she leaned out of the carriage and -looked after the rapidly receding figures. She was quite certain that -she recognized that short scarlet skirt and that flying brown hair, but -she dared not name her fears.</p> - -<p>Presently the carriage drew up at Mrs. Hoyt's front steps. There were no -boys to be seen but Arthur, who disconsolately leaned over the piazza -railing. Teddy had ridden away on his wheel, accompanied by two of his -brothers, and there was nothing for him to do but to await their return. -When he saw the approach of the Misses Middleton he turned and fled.</p> - -<p>"I wonder where Theodora is?" remarked Miss Middleton. "I hoped to find -her with Arthur—such a nice, quiet little boy. Where can she be?"</p> - -<p>And still Miss Thomasine held her peace.</p> - -<p>Mrs. Hoyt was at home, and the ladies were ushered into the parlor.</p> - -<p>"Sister, you must be the one to speak," said Miss Joanna to Miss -Middleton, "and I will help you when it is necessary." And neither of -her hearers doubted that she would.</p> - -<p>It was difficult to open the subject; for Mrs. Hoyt, filled with -trepidation at being caught unawares by her stately neighbors, talked -with nervous haste. The parlor was in sad confusion, having lately been -the scene of a bear-fight, carried on by several of her boys. She -herself had not yet dressed for the afternoon, and she was wondering if -the Misses Middleton would discover the fact. Fortunately her gingham -gown was well made and clean; still, it was a gingham, and it was -afternoon, and Mrs. Hoyt had lived long enough in Alden to know Alden -ideas.</p> - -<p>But the Misses Middleton did not notice. They were trying to find a -means of stemming the tide of Mrs. Hoyt's conversation.</p> - -<p>"We have come on a matter of importance," said Miss Middleton at last. -"I think, Joanna, we may call it important?" looking at her sister.</p> - -<p>"Very important," said she, with emphasis.</p> - -<p>"Very important," echoed Miss Thomasine, more mildly, plucking nervously -at the folds of her camel's-hair shawl.</p> - -<p>"Indeed!" said Mrs. Hoyt. "Is there anything I can do for you? You seem -troubled about something. I hope nothing has happened?"</p> - -<p>There was a slight noise at the back of the room at this juncture, and -Miss Middleton, who was about to speak, stopped abruptly.</p> - -<p>"It is only Arthur, probably," said his mother. "Arthur dear, come speak -to the Miss Middletons."</p> - -<p>But no Arthur was forth-coming, so Miss Middleton began again.</p> - -<p>"We have met with a great loss. You have heard of—in fact, I know you -have seen—the Middleton bowl."</p> - -<p>"I should think so! My dear Miss Middleton, you don't mean to say that -anything has happened to that? Oh, how shocking! Is it broken, or has it -been stolen?"</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_312" id="Page_312">[Pg 312]</a></span></p> - -<p>"It is broken. It would almost have been better had it been stolen. Do -you not agree with me, Joanna?"</p> - -<p>"I do," said Miss Joanna. Miss Thomasine did not speak.</p> - -<p>"For there is a great mystery connected with it," continued the speaker. -"We cannot discover who broke it."</p> - -<p>"Could it have been one of the servants?" asked Mrs. Hoyt, eagerly. "Oh, -that beautiful bowl! so valuable! so exquisite! It must have been one of -the servants."</p> - -<p>"It was not," snapped Miss Joanna. "They have lived with us from fifteen -to thirty years, and they were all in another part of the house when it -happened. It was some one else."</p> - -<p>"We thought at first that it must have been our niece, Theodora," -continued Miss Middleton. "There were certain circumstances which led us -to suspect her very strongly; but she declares that she did not do it, -and our sister Thomasine is inclined to believe her."</p> - -<p>"I am quite sure that Theodora did not break the bowl," said Miss -Thomasine, quietly but firmly.</p> - -<p>"Then who could have done it?" asked Mrs. Hoyt.</p> - -<p>There was a profound silence in the room, while the three sisters looked -at one another. Twice Miss Middleton essayed to speak, but her voice -failed her, and she coughed instead. Miss Thomasine pulled off her -gloves, quite unconscious that she was committing such a breach of -etiquette. Miss Joanna at length recovered her usual courage.</p> - -<p>"We think, Mrs. Hoyt," said she, clearly, and with emphasis, nodding her -head in time to her words, and causing her spectacles to flash -ominously—"we think that it may have been one of your sons."</p> - -<p>Mrs. Hoyt was speechless, and she grew very pale.</p> - -<p>"What makes you think so?" she asked at length. Even Miss Joanna quailed -before the light that was in her eyes.</p> - -<p>"Because," she faltered—"because some of them were in our house this -morning."</p> - -<p>"Miss Middleton, I think I can safely say that if one of my boys were -responsible for such a misfortune, he would be enough of a gentleman to -acknowledge it and to apologize. However, I will question them in your -presence—that is, if they can be found. Ah, there they come now, up the -drive, and Teddy is with them. They have been teaching her to ride the -bicycle."</p> - -<p>She left the room as she spoke. The Misses Middleton looked at one -another.</p> - -<p>"Our niece on a bicycle!" murmured Miss Middleton.</p> - -<p>"I believe it was she whom we met," exclaimed Miss Joanna. "I believe -also that she, and she alone, broke the bowl. This only goes to prove -it."</p> - -<p>"How does it prove it, Joanna?" asked Miss Thomasine; but Miss Joanna -merely glared at her through the gleaming spectacles.</p> - -<p>Clement and Raymond came quickly into the house in response to their -mother's call, followed closely by Theodora, who was fully prepared to -find her aunts in the parlor, for she had seen the waiting carriage. The -boys took off their caps, and politely shook hands with each of the -ladies. Their manners were good, as even their natural enemies, the -Misses Middleton, had always been forced to admit.</p> - -<p>"Which of you were at Miss Middleton's house to-day?" asked Mrs. Hoyt.</p> - -<p>"Clem, and I, and Arthur," said Raymond.</p> - -<p>"Where is Arthur now?"</p> - -<p>"He's round here somewhere. We left him here when we went off with Ted. -She was on his wheel; and, mother, she rides as well as a fellow. She -went right straight off instanter."</p> - -<p>The three Misses Middleton groaned audibly, while their niece flushed -with pleasure at this hearty praise. Mrs. Hoyt did not pause, however.</p> - -<p>"I am afraid Arthur is hiding somewhere. I am quite sure he is in the -room. Please look for him, as he has not the civility to come when his -mother calls him."</p> - -<p>Raymond and Clem made a dash for the back of the room, where they at -once discovered the missing Arthur, and dragged him from his retreat. He -came forward, banging his head and looking the picture of misery. His -mother glanced at him reproachfully, upon seeing which Arthur looked -more miserable still.</p> - -<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_313" id="Page_313">[Pg 313]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="A_LOYAL_TRAITOR" id="A_LOYAL_TRAITOR">A LOYAL TRAITOR.</a></h2> - -<h4>A STORY OF THE WAR OF 1812 BETWEEN AMERICA AND ENGLAND.</h4> - -<h3>BY JAMES BARNES.</h3> - -<h3>CHAPTER XIV.</h3> - -<h3>A BEGGAR A-HORSEBACK.</h3> - -<p>I knew, however, that I was in Gloucestershire; and from a sign-post, -pointing the way I came the night gone, I learned that I had passed the -towns of Thornbery and Slimbridge. I was cogitating over how to get a -bit to eat when something happened that put even hunger out of my -head—I heard the tooting of a horn! Turning about, I saw the coach -coming up a little hill, swinging along at a good pace, with the leaders -in a gallop.</p> - -<p>The boldest course was the best, so I leaned against a stone post that -had cut in it "Eight miles to Hardwick," and waited for the mail to come -up. The driver, a ruddy-faced individual in a multitude of cloaks and a -wide beaver, caught my intention.</p> - -<p>"Are ye off to Gloucester, lad?" he cried, drawing up.</p> - -<p>"Ay," I answered. "Hold up there, and I'll take a passage."</p> - -<p>There were but three beside the guard on top, and I clambered over the -wheel up to the front seat before the coach had lost its headway. I -feared most dreadfully that the driver would begin to question me at -once, but, thank the powers, he did not. Keeping up a continuous -clicking sound against his teeth, and gracefully flourishing the -long-lashed whip, and catching the leaders now and again with the end of -it most cleverly, he drove ahead without speaking.</p> - -<p>Now all the time I was wondering how I was going to pay the fare, when -the red-faced man made this matter smooth sailing.</p> - -<p>"'E better get off before we get into the town, laad," he said, "then we -won't ask noo fare o' ye."</p> - -<p>"Thanks, very much," I said.</p> - -<p>"Not a bit, not a bit," he returned. "A soldier on a spree wants all 'e -can spend, eh?"</p> - -<p>I nodded, and for an hour we drove on in silence. For a long time there -had been visible a great square tower rising above the stretches of -vineyards, corn-lands, and gardens. The country was interspersed with -rich pastures in which fat, broad-backed sheep were grazing. How I drank -in all the sights and sounds, craning my neck and straining my eyes and -ears! Beautiful residences of the aristocracy, with wide-spreading -parks, were frequent on each side of the highway, and soon scattered -houses overgrowing with vines proclaimed that we were on the outskirts -of the town. That the tower that was in sight belonged to some great -church was very plain, but I feared to ask about it. The driver pulled -up his horses, and understanding him to mean that my ride was over, I -descended, after an expression of my gratitude.</p> - -<p>The coach was barely out of sight when I saw ahead of me the swinging -sign-board of an inn. My desire to feed was so strong that I fished out -the gold piece from my catch-all, and determined to purchase a breakfast -if it took the last penny.</p> - -<p>Walking up to the entrance to the "Moon and Starfish," I went inside the -tap-room, and found that the people of the inn were up and stirring. -Calling for the landlord, I seated myself at a table by the window, and -a flood of self-conceit came over me so that I almost gibbered with -delight.</p> - -<p>In a few minutes a bowl of coffee was at my elbow, a thick fat chop -decked in greens was putting strength into my blood and spirits as it -disappeared, my jaws worked to a little tune of my own composing, and I -cared little for the future—the present was good and given to enjoy! -But soon I was to be on a very different tack, for with a clatter and -clanking I recognized the approach of the people I most dreaded to -meet—the men who fight his Majesty's wars and eat his victuals. Five -soldiers entered from outside. They were petty officers, with stripes on -their arms, bright red coats with puffs at their shoulders, strings of -bright buttons, pipe-clayed cross-belts, and black gaiters.</p> - -<p>They may have been handsome to look at, but to me they were five living -horrors. With a chill feeling coming over<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_314" id="Page_314">[Pg 314]</a></span> my chest and shoulders, I -pretended closer attention to my meal. I knew they were looking at me, -but they entered the next compartment and called for ale and spirits. -When the landlord came I overheard the conversation.</p> - -<p>"I don't know who the young man is," said the host of the inn, as if in -reply to a question. "He came off the coach, I take it."</p> - -<p>"He's an officer," observed another.</p> - -<p>"You're wrong," said a third. "Where are his shoulder-knots?"</p> - -<p>"I observed him close," put in the second speaker, "and, ecod! it -strikes me he is part officer and part private. It's the uniform of the -Somersetshire Foot-guard. I know it."</p> - -<p>I was almost choking in my efforts to bolt a great bit of mutton, but -from the tail of my eye I saw that two heads were thrust about the -corner, and they were piping me off. So I turned my back and looked out -of the window. There came a laugh in a minute, and some whispering in -which I caught the words "curling-tongs and the barber," probably in -allusion to my great need of both.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Now I am honestly very sorry that I never paid the landlord for that -good meal of his, but I acted on an impulse that more than like saved me -from total discomforture. I was taken aback fore and aft, completely -staggered with the idea that their curiosity would pass bounds, and they -would begin to sift me. The window was wide open, and the sward on the -outside came to within two feet of the sill. Making no noise, I crawled -out of it headforemost, and walking quickly across the court-yard, I -dodged behind a row of stables, and crept along beneath a line of hedge; -and this time I did not take the big hat with me, but left it mounting -guard over the remains of my meal.</p> - -<p>Now I really should like to have heard what the redcoats said, and I -fear that the landlord could not have been complimentary.</p> - -<p>The hedge that I was following ran up to a high wall, on the other side -of which was evidently one of the parks of a nobleman or an aristocrat. -By dint of scratching and hauling and sheer strength, I struggled over -the top and came down on a level stretch of lawn, dotted about with -handsome beech-trees, and farther on edged by a noble line of oaks. No -one was in sight, and driven by a nameless dread, I started running. A -great pheasant scurried across my path and tore up into the air with a -whir, making me shy to one side, like a runaway horse. I kept up my -speed but a few hundred yards, however, when the idea came to me that -this would never do at all. So I threw myself down at the foot of a tree -and tried to compose my ideas.</p> - -<p>Off to the right, beyond a low hedge covered with wall-flowers, was a -field of springing corn (wheat we call it in our country), and lording -it over this green domain, with its arms outstretched, was a ragged -scarecrow. I think my next move was something that proves me far from -imbecile. Leaping the hedge, I tore off my bright red coat and white -breeches (the cloak, I had forgotten to say, I had left at the hedge -early in the morning), and then, with mighty little on, I crawled, -Indian fashion, towards the silent guardian of the fields.</p> - -<p>Oh, they were very ragged indeed were his majesty's habiliments, but -there were enough of them to cover me, even if I did show bare at the -knees and elbows, and hurriedly I hung them on, and taking the flapping -hat from off the straw-stuffed head, I was the scarecrow come to life! I -had hidden the uniform under some handfuls of leaves and grass; and now -to get out of the park and reach the road, where, by my appearance, I -rightfully belonged.</p> - -<p>The wall on the inside was so high and so well built that I could not -reach the top, but as I went along I came to a little gate that unlocked -by thrusting back a bolt. I opened it, and found myself in the -kitchen-garden of a neat white cottage. Disdaining to make reply to the -hail of a buxom young woman who thrust her head out of the window, and -who inquired my business in a peremptory tone, I hobbled out into the -road.</p> - -<p>I did not stop at the inn this time, but slid past it on the opposite -side, and five minutes' walk brought me nearer to the heart of the town. -Passing a number of people, who gave me a wide berth, and keeping -straight ahead, I came to a square, or better, the meeting-place of four -thoroughfares crossing at right angles.</p> - -<p>Not far away rose the great square tower that I had noticed early in the -morning. It was so high and so massive that I walked toward it to obtain -a better view, and stopped in astonishment before one of the greatest -cathedrals in England.</p> - -<p>There was a service of some kind going on, and the sound of a great -organ wafted out on the air. I stood there listening for some moments, -leaning against the iron railing. As the door was open, I was tempted to -go in and pass the gates, but here I halted in fear. A slight tall man, -with his white hair trimmed in a bygone fashion, and a black coat -buttoned up to his white stock, was walking up a side path; he raised -his eyes from the ground, and bending forward, stood there in an -expectant attitude looking at me. Whatever he took me for I do not know.</p> - -<p>"Repent, son, and return," he said, in a soothing tone. I had feared -that he was going to upbraid me for my presence, but his next movement -deprived me of that idea entirely. "Here, take this," he said; "and God -bless you and direct you."</p> - -<p>As he spoke he extended his hand, with a piece of silver in it, toward -me. A sense of pride in that, so far in my life, I had asked alms of no -one almost tempted me to refuse it, but fearing that he might put me to -questions, I took it, mumbled some thanks, and hurried out into the -sunshine.</p> - -<p>I am sure that if he had been an American I should never have escaped -without telling a story of some sort, but the English are of a less -curious temper than we are, and if they interfere in other people's -business on the outside world, they have a talent for minding their own -at home, and to this I testify readily.</p> - -<p>My clothes were so disreputable that I determined to spend part of the -shilling in procuring the means of mending them. So I entered a little -shop down the street, and purchased thread and needles. With these in my -pocket, I set out immediately looking for a place to hide whilst at -work.</p> - -<p>Taking the wide road that led to the north, I followed it, and passing -by a common on which some lads were playing cricket, I came to an inn, -much larger than the one I had stopped at in the morning, surrounded by -a court-yard with sheds and stables. A number of large carts and vans -were resting here, and crawling over the tail-board of one that had a -great canvas top, I took off my clothes and began my tailoring.</p> - -<p>When it was finished I was in less danger of coming to pieces, and -despite what I had eaten, my stomach told me it was past the midday-meal -hour.</p> - -<p>Now where I was to go I did not have the least idea, and my heart went -down like a lead.</p> - -<p>But, <i>en avant!</i> There was no sense in tarrying. As I went to go out of -the court-yard to take up my aimless walking, a tall chaise in which -were two finely dressed gentlemen drove in at the entrance. I had to -jump from under the horse's feet. Some of the inn servants, who had paid -no attention to me, ran out from the stables at the sound of the wheels, -and in the doorway of the house appeared a slender man, with powdered -hair, who greeted the other two with a graceful salutation. There was a -trace of courtliness in it that was handsome, but my heart gave a bound -as I turned to watch them curiously. They were speaking French. Not the -French that I had heard lately in the prison, but the French that my -mother had taught me and that my uncle spoke.</p> - -<p>"Welcome, Monsieur de Brissac!" exclaimed the tall man in the doorway, -"and welcome, Monsieur le Marquis."</p> - -<p>"De Brissac!—Monsieur le Marquis!" How natural this name and the title -seemed to me; and then it all came back—"Gabriel Montclair de Brissac, -Marquis de Neuville, friend of my grandfather, le Marquis de Brienne." I -remembered that my uncle had made me learn this in the long list of -stupid names. There were two sons, Georges Lucien and Guy Léon de -Brissac. The latter and his father had both lost their heads on the -guillotine on the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_315" id="Page_315">[Pg 315]</a></span> same day that my grandfather had lost his. Somehow -the idea that there might be some help come to me from a man who bore -the name of de Brissac crossed my brain, and I turned back into the -court-yard.</p> - -<p>The servants had led away the horse, and seated at a window were the -three fine-looking gentlemen. I watched them for a few minutes, not -knowing what to do. I could not hear the sound of their voices, although -the window was open, so I came nearer. The shortest of the three, who -had been addressed as "Monsieur le Marquis," was talking, and -gesticulating with his jewelled hand.</p> - -<p>"Yes, yes. We will see the lilies again, my friends," he said in French. -"Give this usurper time enough and the rope, and he will hang himself—a -trite but true saying, my friends."</p> - -<p>All at once one of them looked out of the window and saw me standing -close to. I felt as if I had to do something to account for my presence, -and an idea suggested to me by my meeting a singing beggar-woman on the -streets in the morning was put into immediate practice; why, except for -the connection of thought, I should have chosen the song I did I know -not, but it was a fortunate circumstance. I struck out into a little -chansonnette, something in the nature of a serenade, that I had heard my -uncle trill in his high-pitched voice—a song that may have been a -favorite with the gallants of King Louis's court.</p> - -<p>I did not look in at the window as I sang, but cast my eyes upward in -apparent oblivion to my surroundings. As I began the third stanza -(something about roses and hearts, I remember) I was interrupted by -approaching foot-steps.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_010.jpg" width="600" height="587" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">A COMMANDING VOICE EXCLAIMED FROM THE WINDOW, "BRING THAT -LAD IN HERE, SOME ONE."</span> -</div> - -<p>My singing had attracted the attention of several people in the -court-yard, and a hostler was hurrying up with the evident intention of -sending me to the rightabout. But if that was what he meant to do, he -had to give it over, for a commanding voice in English, without the -trace of an accent, exclaimed from the window,</p> - -<p>"Bring that lad in here, some one."</p> - -<p>Before I knew it, I was following one of the servants through a -passageway, and was ushered into the presence of the three men seated at -the table.</p> - -<p>"Where could he have learned that song?" one of them was saying. The -short man was humming the air.</p> - -<p>"Who are you and what is your name?" questioned the large gentleman with -the powdered hair, who evidently was in authority, speaking in French.</p> - -<p>"Jean Amédée de Brienne," I said, taking the name by which I had been -known for the past few months, only giving it, of course, a -pronunciation somewhat different.</p> - -<p>"De Brienne!" exclaimed the youngest gentleman, starting. "Where do you -come from?"</p> - -<p>"From America, monsieur; but just now from the prison at Stapleton, -whence I have escaped by a good chance."</p> - -<p>I noticed that they were looking at one another in incredulity, so I -spoke on, led by I know not what:</p> - -<p>"Have I not the honor of addressing Monsieur George Lucien de Brissac, -son of the Marquis de Neuville?"</p> - -<p>"I am the Marquis de Neuville," exclaimed the youngest, starting to his -feet. "My father is dead."</p> - -<p>"And my grandfather perished on the scaffold with him and with your -brother Guy," I said, calmly.</p> - -<p>The effect of this speech was wonderful. The other two men sprang up, -and the taller shut the window suddenly and drew the curtain.</p> - -<p>Monsieur de Brissac was for hurrying toward me with both hands -outstretched, when he was restrained.</p> - -<p>"Hold! Hold!" said the eldest. "Let us ask more questions. What was your -grandfather's name, my young friend?"</p> - -<p>I gave it, and the whole of my family tree, so far as I could remember -it, on my mother's side. Then in a few words I told of my sailing on a -privateer, my capture and imprisonment. Before I had finished Monsieur -de Brissac had come close to me.</p> - -<p>"Embrassez-moi!" he said, and despite my rags he threw his arms around -my neck.</p> - -<p>In turn the other two did likewise, and the elder man kissed me on the -forehead, after the manner of my uncle. Tears were in his eyes, and -relieved from the great strain under which I had been laboring, I broke -down altogether, and sinking into a chair, I wept, rocking myself to and -fro. "Oh, God be thanked!" I cried over and over.</p> - -<p>As soon as I recovered myself I saw that they had placed before me wine -and meat, and were refraining from asking further questions until I -should have refreshed myself. But the words which were whispered in my -ear seemed to shut all fear behind me. "Courage; you are with friends. -We will not desert you," told me to trust.</p> - -<p>I looked up from my plate (truly I had been well fed for a vagabond this -day), and found my new friends in consultation. I caught the word -"clothes," and looking down at myself, I reddened. I was mad to tear the -horrid rags from me. Monsieur de Brissac, as I shall call him, as it was -he that afterwards became my patron, saw that I had finished the meal, -and giving me a smile and a bow, came nearer. He was a very handsome -man, of about seven-and-thirty, with a fine figure, and a well-turned -leg that showed to the best advantage in his black small-clothes, for he -also followed a fashion a little different from the English of that -time. But of this I shall speak at greater length farther on.</p> - -<p>"Monsieur de Brienne," he said, "I would like to ask you something of -your father."</p> - -<p>"He is dead," I answered.</p> - -<p>And at this, God forgive me, I saw that I had deceived them all into -thinking that I was my uncle's son, instead of his nephew. Now I -reasoned if I should tell them my remarkable story, and proclaim that I -did not know my father's name, and was all in a fog in regard to that of -my mother, even although I knew so much about the past family history, I -would put a sorry climax to a very good beginning. I regretted deeply -that I should have to let them keep on in the error; but I spoke the -truth, and I did not know it at the time.</p> - -<p>"Monsieur de Brienne is dead?" repeated Monsieur de Brissac.</p> - -<p>I sighed. "Alas!"</p> - -<p>"He was a strange man, and they say the best swordsman at court—<i>un -vrai galant</i>."</p> - -<p>"There could be no better," I answered. "He taught me all I know."</p> - -<p>The gentlemen smiled at this, but the next question that was asked me by -the Marquis de Senez caused me to start.</p> - -<p>"Your mother was—"</p> - -<p>"Named Hurdiss," I put in. "She was very beautiful, but died in America, -in the city of Baltimore, when I was but a child."</p> - -<p>"Did your uncle leave no property? They say he took with him to America -a large amount."</p> - -<p>"I have this," I replied, producing the last of the buttons that had -adorned the homespun coat that I wore at Marshwood. "All of my property -was consumed at a fire—everything," I concluded. "I am left without a -son, a relative, or a friend."</p> - -<p>The gentlemen handed the button around.</p> - -<p>"It is true. I remember that crest well," said the tall man. "And I -remember well, also, your grandfather's beautiful daughters—twins, they -were, and great favorites, as children, with the King."</p> - -<p>"Yes," put in M. de Brissac; "and they married, after taking refuge here -in England, one the Duke de B—— and the other the Comte de B——."<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></p> - -<p>The short nobleman here spoke, musingly:</p> - -<p>"After their husbands' deaths they went to America, to seek their -brother, probably, but they met with sad misfortune. Now I remember -hearing something—"</p> - -<p>My heart gave a great bound! Was I on the point of finding out my real -name, and who I was by right and law?</p> - -<p>"Yes," I said, quickly; "tell me."</p> - -<p>"One of them was drowned in a shipwreck," Monsieur le Marquis continued. -"Sad, sad, alas! and the other married some nobody, and went to reside -in the wilderness."</p> - -<p>I rather resented this, for I yet cherished the memory of him who had -carried me on his shoulder, but I said nothing.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_316" id="Page_316">[Pg 316]</a></span></p> - -<p>"Hortense and Hélène, those were the names," said the tall man.</p> - -<p>"It was la belle Hélène who lost her life by drowning," said Monsieur le -Marquis.</p> - -<p>"Pardon me," put in Monsieur de Brissac; "it was Hortense, I am quite -certain."</p> - -<p>Here again arose the uncertainty.</p> - -<p>"Who was it, monsieur, that married the English sea-captain?" I asked.</p> - -<p>"Ah, was that it?" returned the tall man. "I did not know, nor have I -any recollection of having heard which one of the ladies made this -mésalliance."</p> - -<p>The other gentlemen had come to no conclusion, and thus I found out -nothing, after all. This was about the sum total of the talking we did -at our first meeting, although it gives no idea of the time we were at -it, and I was soon led away by the tall man, whose name, like the -others, had the "de" of nobility, and was called de la Remy. I had -caught the idea already that he was the landlord of the inn, and such -was the fact. Indeed, a great many of the <i>émigrés</i> in England at this -time were engaged in far less remunerative employments, and some had all -they could do to put food into their mouths. Well, when I had taken a -bath I was much refreshed; indeed, I could scarcely imagine that I was -the same youth who had been halting along the road-side, ignorant of his -whereabouts and careless as to his destination a few hours before.</p> - -<p>As may be perceived (at least I should think the fact was evident -enough), I had ceased to think of myself as a boy. It was only at times -that my age would assert itself in a manner that led me to indulge in -prankishness and skylarking. Thus when the hair-dresser came to my room, -shown up by one of the inn servants, I pretended not to understand -English, and, in consequence, they spoke openly before me. So I found -out not a little. In the first place, I learned that Monsieur de Brissac -and the Marquis de Senez (a Spanish title, I judge), were supposed to be -very wealthy, and that I had been taken by the inn people for the -private servant of the former, who had lost his way when ill some time -previously, and had but now found his master. But of the more important -thing, that I learned more by guesswork than from what was told me, I -shall devote some space, but not now.</p> - -<p>That night as I lay in a comfortable bed, after bidding my friends a -good-night, I reasoned over the situation. I had been engaged as private -secretary to the Marquis de Neuville (M. de Brissac), and would start -for London with him on the morrow. There was but one regret, and that -was the deception in regard to my name.</p> - -<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="THE_FIGHTING_SAVAGE" id="THE_FIGHTING_SAVAGE">THE FIGHTING SAVAGE.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY CYRUS C. ADAMS.</h3> - -<p>Within two years we have seen great nations waging four wars with -peoples who are above the savage state, though not fully civilized -according to our ideas. Two of these wars are now ended, and the results -in both have been surprising.</p> - -<p>It was thought that the Hova people of Madagascar would at least make an -effort, when a French army invaded their great island in 1895, to repel -the foreigners. They made a great show of resistance when the French -landed their troops. They had cannon, powder, and thousands of rifles, -collected an army of 30,000 men at their inland capital, and the Queen -said she would lead them to battle if they needed her in the field. A -nation of orators, they indulged in much brave and eloquent talk; but -when it came to the pinch, they did not fight. The French marched into -Antananarivo without any opposition worth mentioning, and are now the -masters of Madagascar.</p> - -<p>The brave mountaineers of Abyssinia have a different story to tell. For -the first time a native African state has beaten a European power in a -hard-fought war, driven the enemy out of her territory, and imposed her -own terms of peace, including reimbursement for the board of about 2500 -prisoners, at so much per week, during last summer. King Menelek has not -lost a foot of territory; and Italy, which sent her army among those -highlands to prove that the King was her vassal and his country her -protectorate, has acknowledged the complete independence of Abyssinia. -How did Menelek and his army win so signal a triumph?</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_011.jpg" width="500" height="358" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE MAHDISTS FIGHTING THE ENGLISH IN EGYPT.</span> -</div> - -<p>In the first place, no other half-civilized nation to-day is so well -armed as the Abyssinians. They fought the British once, and later, the -Mahdists, with spears and a few muzzle-loading rifles. None of the -soldiers now carries a spear or a muzzle-loading gun. All the small arms -are breech-loaders. King Menelek came to the throne nearly eight years -ago, and being an enterprising and an intelligent ruler, he has made -great changes. He imported, through French territory, large quantities -of excellent rifles. He induced French and Russian experts to come to -his court, and they taught him many things, such as how to make -gunpowder,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_317" id="Page_317">[Pg 317]</a></span> and to build small bridges and frame houses. In fact, for -years he had been preparing for the possibility of a big war. His army -outnumbered the Italians four to one. He had 60,000 fairly well drilled -soldiers—all brave and hardy men, and he could depend upon their -fealty, and knew they would fight as unflinchingly as any men.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> -<img src="images/ill_012.jpg" width="700" height="490" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE WARRIORS OF KING MENELEK FIGHTING THE ITALIANS AT -ADUA.</span> -</div> - -<p>When the Italians moved into Abyssinia, Menelek and two-thirds of his -army were in the southern province. The result was that the Italians -pushed south to the very heart of the country before Menelek was able to -confront them. After that, the Italians did not win a fight. In every -battle, except the last one, the natives were the aggressors. Menelek's -aim, with his larger force, was always to surround the enemy. He -completely succeeded only once, and then the Italian detachment, 1000 -strong, was killed almost to a man. Usually the Italians and their -native allies broke and fled before Menelek had them penned inside his -lines. The Abyssinians always tried to fight at close range, and were -perfectly reckless in their daring. Their officers invariably led the -charges and fought in the front rank, with the result that more of them -were killed in proportion than of the common soldiers. The King had -several thousand cavalry, but he made little use of them. Most of them -were kept in the rear with instructions, if the infantry were compelled -to retire, to impede the enemy's pursuit and guard the retreat. Under -the circumstances the cavalry had little to do, except in the last great -battle at Adua, where they pursued the routed Italians, and captured -many of the 2500 prisoners.</p> - -<p>While Menelek was forcing his enemies back north, the Italians paused -from time to time in places they had previously fortified. Menelek had -thirty cannon, but in no instance succeeded in destroying the walls. The -courage with which the Abyssinians charged up to the fortifications won -the admiration of their enemies, under whose galling fire many hundreds -of natives were killed. Menelek could not capture the strongholds, and -the Italians could not shake him off. In every case, till Adigrat was -reached, hostilities were suspended by mutual consent; the Italians -withdrew nearer to the northern boundary-line, and Menelek would then -advance and attack them again.</p> - -<p>Finally the Italians made a last desperate sally to retrieve their -fortunes; and their fate was sealed in the all-day battle of Adua, where -about 5000 of them were killed, wounded, or captured, and the rest fled -pell-mell out of Abyssinia. At all times the Italian troops and most of -their native allies fought well, but their leadership was shamefully -incompetent. Even with good generals, they could not have whipped the -Abyssinians without doubling or trebling their armed force.</p> - -<p>Spain's present trouble in the Philippines extends to several islands, -and includes the savages of Mindanao as well as the half-castes and -creoles who live in Luzon. The latter island is the scene of the -hostilities which are reported nearly every day. In a word, the trouble -is that there are in the colony, according to Spanish statistics, 3000 -Spanish priests and 5000 civil servants, and the people assert that they -have been bled for the church, for the state, and for private -peculators, until they can stand it no longer. In Luzon the inception -and the progress of the rebellion have been marked by wonderful skill. -Plans for the uprising, including the collection of arms and ammunition, -were so quietly carried out that Marshal Blanco did not know what was -going on until the very eve of the outbreak. In less than a week he was -confronted by thousands of well-armed men, who dared to attack even the -outskirts of Manila. At first they met the Spanish regulars in the open, -but the insurgents had few if any cannon, and were at a disadvantage. A -fortnight later they changed their tactics.</p> - -<p>It is now their general policy to fortify strong positions and await the -attacks of the enemy. When, however, they can bring against a Spanish -force a much superior number of fighters, they attack with the greatest -vigor. This plan of action seems wise, for the insurgents must bear in -mind that they have only a fixed number of fighters, while the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_318" id="Page_318">[Pg 318]</a></span> Spanish -may fill up the gaps in their ranks with recruits from home. The -insurgents have occupied many towns in several provinces, and while they -show no mercy to Spanish priests and officials, they respect the lives -and property of other foreigners. Spain has sent about 15,000 soldiers -to the island, and the end is not yet in sight.</p> - -<p>A leading event this year is expected to be the reconquest of the -Egyptian Sudan by the British and Egyptian forces, which was really -begun in 1896. The step has been decided upon, and it is believed the -undertaking will not be extremely difficult; and yet if there is any -fighting the British will meet the very men who in 1885 showed that -half-civilized peoples can do all that any men can do on a battle-field. -Fiercer fighting was never seen than that the Mahdi's Arabs gave General -Wolseley's forces on those desert battle-fields; and no men could fight -as those Arabs did, with nothing but spears in their hands against -trained soldiers with the best of modern fire-arms, if they had not been -consumed with fanatical zeal.</p> - -<p>Their leaders had no guns to give them, and so the orders were; "You are -not to fight the enemies of God with ammunition, but with spears and -swords." The Mahdi sent them word that Mohammed had proclaimed to him -that on the day of battle thousands of angels would be with them to help -them vanquish the unbelievers. Wild with religious zeal these hordes -would rush across the sands, poising their spears, and fall upon the -square in which the British army was formed. They were not checked for -an instant by the withering fire or the wall of bayonets, and the very -force and fury of their onslaught at Abu-Klea, the greatest of these -battles, carried them through the line; and soldiers on the opposite -side, firing at the Arabs in the square, killed their own comrades on -the broken line. There are few things finer in the history of warfare -than the story of the old sheikh on horseback at Abu-Klea, his banner -aloft in one hand, his book of prayers in the other, advancing with his -men and chanting his prayers till he had planted his banner in the -centre of the British square, where he fell pierced with bullets.</p> - -<p>The Mahdi is gone. The Sudan has been half depopulated and ruined by his -successor. The people hate the Khalifa Abdullah, who has ground them to -earth. Fanaticism is dead. But if the flame the Mahdi kindled, which -consumed Hicks's large army, killed Gordon, and turned Wolseley's forces -back down the Nile, were burning yet, the British would think long and -seriously before undertaking the reconquest of the Sudan.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="BRONISLAU_HUBERMANN_AND_LEONORA_JACKSON" id="BRONISLAU_HUBERMANN_AND_LEONORA_JACKSON">BRONISLAU HUBERMANN AND LEONORA JACKSON.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY W. J. HENDERSON.</h3> - -<p>Bronislau Hubermann is a boy who plays the violin very much like a grown -man. Now that means something more than merely sounding the tones -correctly and smoothly. It means to show an understanding of the music -and an artistic taste in its performance—two things which many adult -players fail to do. Young Hubermann is therefore a remarkable boy, and -it is not surprising that thousands of persons go to his concerts and -sit as if spellbound while the youngster plays, for amazement joins with -admiration to deepen the emotions caused by his fine performances. Just -how old Hubermann is it is difficult to tell. He looks like a lad of -sixteen; but his parents say that he was born in 1883 in Warsaw. They -ought to know; but sometimes people like to make a gifted child appear -younger than he really is, so as to increase the public wonder at his -achievements. It really is not necessary in the case of Hubermann, -because his playing would be sufficiently astonishing in a boy of -sixteen.</p> - -<p>He showed his musical ear when a mere child by singing the melodies -which he heard. When he was six years of age he began the serious study -of the violin, and in three months he had made such marvellous progress -that he was able to play Rode's Seventh Concerto, a very difficult -composition. This story sounds incredible, but we must remember that -Mozart actually played the second violin part in a quartet when he had -never had any instruction at all. He told his father it was not -necessary to study in order to play the violin. After his childish -appearances in public little Hubermann devoted a few years to further -study, and then left his native land to seek glory in the most musical -of all countries—Germany. He was enthusiastically praised there by the -critics, while the public applauded him wildly. He made his first -appearance in America at a concert in Carnegie Hall, New York, early in -November, and achieved an immediate success.</p> - -<p>He is a tall and rather awkward boy, but all his awkwardness disappears -as soon as he begins to play. He produces from his instrument a very -beautiful tone, and he always plays in tune, which shows that his ear is -correct, and that his left hand has been trained carefully. But what is -of more importance is that he plays with a great deal of feeling, and -with an insight into the emotional meaning of the music which is -altogether uncommon in so young a person. It is an interesting fact that -Hubermann comes from Poland, which has produced so many admirable -musicians. Among those who are familiar to living music-lovers are -Paderewski, the great pianist, Jean and Edouard de Reszké, the famous -singers, and young Josef Hofmann, who created so great a sensation when -he gave his piano concerts at the age of ten.</p> - -<p>Perhaps, however, we would do well to remember that all the musical -genius of the world does not belong to those who are born on the other -side of the Atlantic. To be sure, we are likely to incline to the -opinion that it does, when we read about Mozart and Hofmann and other -"wonderful children," as the Germans call them. But American boys and -girls are just as full of artistic possibilities as those born abroad. -And sometimes intelligence and hard work accomplish wonders even in -music. Pasta, the famous soprano, had a very poor voice to begin with, -and in our own time Lillian Norton, a Maine farmer's daughter, has made -herself one of the foremost singers of the world just by study, and she -is now famous everywhere as Madame Nordica. Now comes the story of -Leonora Jackson, a California girl, who has carried off one of the great -musical prizes of Germany.</p> - -<p>She is the daughter of a merchant and banker, Charles P. Jackson, who -lives in a very modest town with the unpoetic name of Mud Springs. When -the Californians dislike that name they call it El Dorado; but Mud -Springs is its real name. Miss Jackson's parents settled in this town in -1852, and she was born there in 1878, so that she is now eighteen years -old. Mrs. Jackson was an amateur musician of real ability, and early in -life Leonora showed that she had inherited her mother's inclinations. -After her birth her parents moved to Chicago, where Mrs. Jackson became -a successful music-teacher. The little girl began to study -violin-playing, and she soon showed such gifts that her parents decided -to place her under the most famous of teachers. At the age of fourteen -she was sent to Berlin, where she became a pupil in the great -Conservatorium.</p> - -<p>The world-renowned violinist Dr. Joseph Joachim, who is regarded as the -finest living player in the classic style, became her teacher, and took -the deepest interest in her progress. She was afforded opportunities to -appear in public, in order that she might acquire confidence in herself, -and everything was done to enable her to make progress in her art. About -two months ago she entered the competition for the Mendelssohn prize -medal, for which she had as rivals players from various parts of Europe. -It was a tremendous undertaking for a girl of eighteen, but Leonora won. -Dr. Joachim embraced her with tears in his eyes, and the Berlin -newspapers described her as a "girl wonder." It will be gratifying to -all patriotic boys and girls to know that this girl's greatest pride in -her triumph was that America had conquered. "I have held up the stars -and stripes," she wrote home, "and I am satisfied."</p> - -<p>After a time Leonora will undoubtedly set out as a concert performer, -and of course that means that she will<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_319" id="Page_319">[Pg 319]</a></span> come to America to play. Then -her countrymen will have an opportunity to enjoy the exhibition of her -gifts and accomplishments, and to applaud her not only for her -violin-playing, but for her courage, her perseverance, and her -patriotism. She will hardly be a great violinist at eighteen, but she is -young and talented, and the future is full of promise for her, while her -example ought to be an inspiration to all her young compatriots.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="THE_WARSPITES_CAPTAIN" id="THE_WARSPITES_CAPTAIN">THE "WARSPITE'S" CAPTAIN.</a></h2> - -<p>In the old days captains of the English ships of the line were not -over-kind to their crews, but it is a well-established fact that shortly -before a battle their geniality uncovered, and poor Jack was in the -seventh heaven of delight. But, alas! if defeated, or through some order -the ship would not be in the engagement, poor Jack felt the woes of his -position more severely than ever. An example of this can be found in the -following historical story:</p> - -<p>The British seventy-four <i>Warspite</i>, in 1827, was sent from England to -re-enforce the fleet under Sir Edward Codrington, then acting in concert -with Russia and France to restrain the Turks in their brutalities -against the Greeks, who were fighting for independence. The <i>Warspite</i> -was in command of a Captain who had seen service under Nelson. The -discipline under her previous Captain had been almost savage. The new -Captain, by his mildness, soon won the hearts of his men; they almost -worshipped him. One night in November, while carrying a press of sail, -she crossed the stern of the American clipper-bark <i>Rosiland</i>, bound -from Smyrna for Boston. "I suppose," hailed the Captain of the American, -"you have not heard the glorious news. Codrington has blown the Turks -and Egyptians sky-high!" The <i>Warspite</i>'s studding-sails vanished like a -dream, and she was rounded to, while her Captain hailed the <i>Rosiland</i> -that he wished to board her. She at once hauled her mainsail up and -backed her main-topsail. The Captain of the <i>Warspite</i> came on board -from his barge, and remained nearly an hour. The details of the great -battle of Navarino had reached Smyrna, and Captain Alden Gifford, who -commanded the <i>Rosiland</i>, showed that it had been fought October 20, -1827, and that the entire Turkish and Egyptian fleets had been destroyed -in a four hours' fight by the allied fleets, and that the independence -of Greece was sure to follow. The Captain of the <i>Warspite</i> was -satisfied with the truth of the report, and thanked Captain Gifford for -heaving to and giving him the news. At parting he gave a deep sigh, and -said, gravely, "Captain, I have but one eye, and I would rather have -lost that than been out of it!" The next day, on board of the -<i>Warspite</i>, a lot of offenders were brought before her Captain, who -roared out in wrath, "Rig the gratings, call the boatswain and his -mates, and all hands witness punishment!" Some eight men received two -dozen lashes each, and from that day until the ship was paid off no -guilty man escaped the cat. The tyrant knew the power of kindness to -make men do their duty in battle, but when there was no prospect of -fighting, his savage nature asserted itself. There was a report current -in Portsmouth that when he commanded a frigate, his barge's crew dragged -him out of a carriage, from alongside of his wife and daughter, and -flogged him until he fainted from loss of blood.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="STREET_SOUNDS" id="STREET_SOUNDS">STREET SOUNDS.</a></h2> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">What curious sounds come from the street,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">How many kinds of noise!</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">There's the tramp, tramp, tramp of busy feet,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">And the shouts of girls and boys;</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">The rambling of the wagon wheels,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">The strolling peddler's cries,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And very often music steals</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">From the pavement toward the skies.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Albert Lee</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="THE_REMARKABLE_ADVENTURES_OF_SANDBOYS" id="THE_REMARKABLE_ADVENTURES_OF_SANDBOYS">THE REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF SANDBOYS.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.</h3> - -<h3>THE LOST RING.</h3> - -<p>The boys had been discussing with Sandboys on the subject of fish and -their habits, and, as usual, the bell-boy was full of information in -that connection which he was willing to impart to his happy listeners. -They found it hard to believe that sometimes, at the breaking up of -winter, Sandboys had with his own eyes seen trout flop out of the lake -and climb the bank after a worm that had come out of winter-quarters to -rest for a little in the sun, but they did believe it, because he said -it was so.</p> - -<p>"I don't say that it's a reg'lar fixed habit of theirs, mind you," he -added, as if he had no wish to deceive the boys into thinking that trout -always behaved this way. "It's only occasionally you'll find a trout -that'll do it, and then it's because he's so fearful hungry that he -takes a risk. If it was a reg'lar fixed habit, catchin' trout'd be easy -work. With a few decoy worms set around the banks o' the lake you could -just sit down and wait till they came floppin' out after 'em, and then -club 'em over the head with a tennis-racket or a cane. But it ain't, and -you might wait a thousand years and never have the luck to see it."</p> - -<p>"I'm rather surprised to hear that even one of them has ever done it," -said Jack. "I always had an idea trout were shy, timid creatures."</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 205px;"> -<img src="images/ill_013.jpg" width="205" height="300" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>"That's all Tommy-moonshine," said Sandboys, scornfully. That's the sort -of stuff poets tell you about trout. Poetry trout are always shy and -timid. They are allers lurkin' in the cool blue depths of purkling -nooks. They spring past ye like a flash o' sunlight, an' are gone—the -poetry trout do; but real trout's different. The trouble ain't the -shyness of the trout, but the fact that the general run o' poets don't -know how to fish for 'em. Why, there was a poet up here last summer—a -feller with three names to his autygraph—and he got me to take him out -fishin' one mornin', and I said all right, bait or fly? 'I'll fish with -a fly, of course,' says he. 'I hate impalin' worms on hooks. Besides,' -says he, 'fly-fishin's more sportsmanlike.' So I got him a dandy pole, -lines, and some of the finest yeller sallies ye ever see. Down we went -to the lake, and the first thing he did was to ask for an anchor. -'Thought you was goin' to fish with flies?' says I. 'I be,' says he. -'Hurry up and get the anchor aboard and we'll start in.' I thought he -was crazy, but it ain't my place to tell guests they're crazy, so I got -him the anchor, and out we went. 'Where's a good place?' says he. I -showed him, and plump he let the anchor flop into the water with noise -enough to scare a whale, not to mention a trout. Well, thinks I, this is -goin' to be the fliest fly-fishin' I ever see. I never let on, though. -It was his picnic, not mine. I just watched to see what he was agoin' to -do next. He picked up the pole, an' let out about fifteen feet o' line, -an' then he looked at the fly. 'Where's the sinkers?' says he, lookin' -up, after a minute. 'The what?' says I. 'The sinkers,' says he, -impatient like. 'Seems to me you're a very careless boy to forget the -sinkers.' 'What do you want sinkers for?' says I. He looked at me for a -second, an' then he asked: 'What kind of a boy are you, anyhow? What do -I want with sinkers? Why, to sink the fly down to where the fish be, of -course.'</p> - -<p>"That," sniffed Sandboys, contemptuously, "is the kind of feller that -says trout is shy. I guess they be shy when a feller tries fly-fishin' -with sinkers."</p> - -<p>"Then," said Bob, "trout aren't shy?"</p> - -<p>"Not so shy as they try to make 'em out," said Sandboys. "Of course they -don't come walkin' up around the corridors of the hotel; an' you don't -often find 'em makin' themselves conspicuous in the ballroom; nor they -ain't bold like college boys, runnin' all around chuckin' their college -yells at the echo—in comparison with some folks we know they be shy; -but, judgin' 'em from the stand-point of plain fish, they're as -ordacious as any. They'd swim up to a shark if they met one, and sass -him right to his face if they wanted to, without any fear of -consequences or any<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_320" id="Page_320">[Pg 320]</a></span> idee of bashfulness. <i>Shy!</i> Poh! It's all nonsense. -Why, the only bit of highway robbery that's ever been known outside of -the reg'lar business channels here was done by a trout—right down on -Mirror Lake, too. Takes nerve to steal a ring right off a young lady's -finger, I guess."</p> - -<p>"Stole a ring off a young lady's finger!" cried Bob. "A trout?"</p> - -<p>"Hyops!" assented Sandboys. "A trout, and right down there in the shadow -of the Old Man too. It came near breakin' the young lady's heart. The -ring didn't amount to much as a ring, but it had a lot o' sentimentals -connected with it because it had been given to her by the young man she -was engaged to, and she'd swore she'd never take it off. It was a little -gold band with blue 'namel letters in it. The letters spelt MIZPAH. I -don't know what Mizpah means, but I think it's Greek for George, because -that was the young man's name.</p> - -<p>"She'd only been here a week, and he was comin' up to spend Sunday. It -was a Saturday afternoon it happened, and he was expected to arrive on -the train that evening, and she was happy as could be over it. That -afternoon she went out rowin' on the lake with another young man she'd -met up here, and while they was out George arrived. He'd come up on an -earlier train, just to surprise her, and I tell you what he didn't like -it much when her ma said: 'Why, how do you do, George? This is -delightful. Emily will be so pleased. We didn't expect you until -to-night.' 'Well, I'm here,' said George. 'I thought I'd come some o' -the way by boat, and get here three or four hours earlier. Started last -night. Where is Emily?' 'She's down on the lake with Mr. Begum,' said -the young lady's ma. 'Oh, is she?' said George. 'I'm glad she's havin' -such a good time.' But he wasn't. You'd ought to seen his face fall when -he heard she was out rowin', and not pinin' away because he wasn't -there.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/ill_014.jpg" width="300" height="194" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>"Meanwhile the young lady and Mr. Begum was rowin' quietly over the -lake, talkin' about literatoor and art and things like that. He was -doin' the rowin' and she was trailin' her hand in the water—the hand -with the Mizpah ring on it—when all of a sudden a trout gave a dart out -o' the shadder of the rocks, opened his mouth, caught holt of the ring, -pulled it right off, an' retired; an', worst of all, two minutes later -George appeared on the bank o' the lake and called out to her that he -was there. She was awfully cut up. The surprise at seein' him, an' the -grief at losin' his ring she'd said would never be took off her finger, -was a fearful combination, 'specially as George noticed, the minute she -came ashore, that the ring was gone.</p> - -<p>"'Where's the ring?' said he. An' she told him how the trout had -behaved, and it seemed to make him awful gloomy. Ye see, he didn't -believe it. He thought it was a fish story, and he said so. He had an' -idee she'd given the ring to Mr. Begum, and he was pretty mad about it."</p> - -<p>"It did sound like a fish story," put in Jack. "Seems to me I'd find it -hard to believe myself, if you hadn't told it to me."</p> - -<p>Sandboys smiled his appreciation of this compliment to his veracity, and -continued:</p> - -<p>"They didn't, either of 'em, say much after that, and all day Sunday -George sat around and read novels in the office, and the young lady -staid with her mother. They'd quarrelled, that was evident, and on -Monday George went back home again, and the young lady said they'd never -been engaged. The fact was they'd broke it off!</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 350px;"> -<img src="images/ill_015.jpg" width="350" height="251" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>"And now comes the funny part of it. All that summer, and the next, and -three more, went by, and nothin' more was ever heard of the ring. The -young lady kept a comin' back every year, but she didn't seem to care -anything about nobody. She just staid with her ma all the time, and -looked pale and unhappy. She'd never made it up with George, and he -never could be got to believe the story of how that dishonest little -trout had golluped down the ring he'd gave her. The fifth summer after, -he came through the mountains with a bicycle party, and they decided to -rest a couple of days here. She wasn't here that summer, so he could -stay without bein' embarrassed. The mornin' after he got here he asked -me to take him fishin', and we went down to the lake. He was a dandy -castin' a fly, an' I rowed him up and down, and up and down, for a -couple of hours, and he kept a-whippin' and a-whippin' without any luck. -Finally he says to me, 'Sandboys, I'll just try it once more, and if I -don't get nothin' we'll go back to the hotel and order our fish off the -bill of fare, instead of foolin' around here where <i>I don't believe -there ain't 'never been no trout.'</i> I see in a minute what he was -thinkin' about, but I never said a word. 'All right, sir,' says I, and -he flicked the fly once more on the water, and, by hookey, up came a -beauty! It was a reg'lar out-and-out three-pounder. And, I tell you, he -had to work to get him into the boat; but as he wasn't no poet, an' knew -how it was done, he did land him finally.</p> - -<p>"'We'll have him for dinner to-night,' says he, with a proud look—and -he did. The fish was fried and served at supper; but when the head -waiter brought him in to the table, he hands George an envellup, with -the remark that it contained somethin' that had been found inside the -trout. George got white as a sheet, opened the envellup, and, by hookey, -there was the Mizpah ring!"</p> - -<p>"Goodness!" gasped Jack. "Wasn't that great!"</p> - -<p>"What did he do?" queried Bob. "Faint?"</p> - -<p>"Not he," said Sandboys. "He wasn't the faintin' kind. He jumped up from -the table, and rushed off to the telegraph office, and sent a telegram -to Miss Emily Harkaway at Narrowgansett Pier, sayin': 'Will arrive -to-morrow. George.' And he went.</p> - -<p>"The next summer he came back again, and he brought her with him. She'd -become Mrs. George, and, by hookey, she had the ring with her; but this -time she wore it on her neck, with a row o' diamonds set all about it -that would have made that trout blind just to look at it, it dazzled so.</p> - -<p>"So you just remember what I tell ye. When people give you that story -about trout bein' shy, you can contradict 'em, whether it's perlite for -small boys to contradict or not; an' if they take ye up, tell 'em about -the speckled highway robber of Mirror Lake. That'll take the starch -right out of their theories!"</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_321" id="Page_321">[Pg 321]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT" id="INTERSCHOLASTIC_SPORT"></a> -<img src="images/ill_016.jpg" width="600" height="119" alt="INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT" /> -</div> - -<p>The skating races of the New York Interscholastic League, held a week -ago at the St. Nicholas Rink, proved exceedingly interesting, and all -the events were unexpectedly hotly contested. Morgan of De La Salle had -by no means so easy a time of it as his supporters had believed he -would, and Paulding of Berkeley, who last winter represented Black Hall -School in the pole vault at the Knickerbocker games, proved himself an -important factor in the competition. Last year De La Salle carried off -all the honors, but on this occasion Berkeley and De La Salle finished -with an equal number of points to their credit.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_017.jpg" width="500" height="369" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">THE DE LA SALLE INSTITUTE SKATING TEAM.</span> -</div> - -<p>The only thing that occurred to mar the pleasantness of the proceedings -was the avalanche of protesting. At the time of writing no action has -been taken on these protests, and I doubt if they will affect the -results. The protest against Morgan, that he had worked for his living -at one time, seems to be invalid, for, so far as I am aware, there is -nothing in the constitution of the New York Interscholastic Association -which prevents a boy from earning an honest living. Of course, when it -comes to a question of a foul, that is a different matter; but I have it -on very good authority that Paulding of Berkeley himself denies that he -was in any way fouled by Morgan, and yet a protest against Morgan for -fouling Paulding was entered.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_018.jpg" width="500" height="327" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">Paulding. McClave. Morgan.<br /><br /> -THREE OF THE WINNERS AT THE N.Y.I.S.A.A. SKATING RACES.</span> -</div> - -<p>The preliminary heats were held on Friday evening, January 15, and there -seemed to be more enthusiasm among the skaters in the trials than there -was in the finals. There were about seventy-five<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_322" id="Page_322">[Pg 322]</a></span> entries all told. The -events contested were 220-yard dash, 440-yard dash, 880-yard dash, and -one mile. Morgan won his heat in the 220, the 440, and the mile, -Paulding being second to him in the mile, third in the 220, and second -to McClave in the second heat of the 440.</p> - -<p>The 880-yard event was for "juniors," and the heats were taken by Inman -of Cutler's, Einstein of Harvard School, and Rock of Condon's. The last -heat would very probably have been won by Eddinger of Columbia -Institute, if he had not had the hard luck to fall on the final lap, -when he had a good lead, and was holding his own with the field.</p> - -<p>In the finals on Saturday evening the racers made invariably better time -than they had done in their trial heats. The 440 was won by Paulding, -with Morgan second. Morgan's defeat was undoubtedly due to the fact that -he made a false start, and was penalized three yards by the referee. -There was a pretty good field, and the De La Salle man found it -impossible, in the short distance, to pass through. The 880-yard event -was taken by Inman of Cutler's; Einstein of Harvard gave him a pretty -close race, but fell twice, and did not finish among the leaders.</p> - -<p>The 220-yard dash was a victory for Morgan, who jumped to the lead as -soon as the signal to start was given, and was never passed. He also won -the mile in fine fashion, leaving his nearest rival, Paulding, two laps -behind him, and Paulding headed the field by almost another full lap.</p> - -<p>The summary of events follows:</p> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="center">Events.</td><td align="center">Winner.</td><td align="center">Second.</td><td align="center">Third.</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">Time.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">220 yards.</td><td align="left">Morgan.</td><td align="left">Paulding.</td><td align="left">Proctor.</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right">24-3/5 sec.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">440 yards.</td><td align="left">Paulding.</td><td align="left">Morgan.</td><td align="left">McClave.</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right">52 sec.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">880 yards.</td><td align="left">Inman.</td><td align="left">Coffin.</td><td align="left">Proctor.</td><td align="right">1 m.</td><td align="right">43-4/5 sec.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">One mile.</td><td align="left">Morgan.</td><td align="left">Paulding.</td><td align="left">Ritman.</td><td align="right">3 m.</td><td align="right">7-2/5 sec.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>SUMMARY OF POINTS BY SCHOOLS.</p> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="right"></td><td align="center">Firsts.</td><td align="center">Seconds.</td><td align="center">Thirds.</td><td align="center">Total.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">De La Salle</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">13</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Berkeley</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">13</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Cutler</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">8</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Trinity</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Harvard</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>In-door baseball has not met with very much favor thus far among the -South Side schools of Chicago, and the reason alleged is that Englewood -and Hyde Park, the two schools which are leaders in almost every other -branch of athletics, have not yet succeeded in winning a game this year -at the in-door sport. Austin, the last year's champion, was defeated by -Lake View, 7-3. This victory has led to the opinion that Lake View would -probably take the championship this season.</p> - -<p>Hyde Park was badly defeated by North Division in its schedule game. The -score was 26-0. Englewood did better against Evanston, and besides -putting up a better game was only defeated 10-4. Englewood's next game -was lost to Lake View, 8-11. Hyde Park's next defeat was administered by -Austin.</p> - -<p>Austin's success is largely due to the excellence of its pitcher, -Pottwin. Decker, the short stop, has also been putting up an excellent -game, and in the match against Hyde Park he knocked out a home run, -besides playing an errorless game in the field. The Hyde Park players -seem to be fairly good at fielding, but they show a great lack of -practice.</p> - -<p>The matches in the ice-polo league of the Boston schools have developed -good sport during the recent cold weather, and the schedule has afforded -a number of close games. Dorchester played a tie game with Roxbury Latin -on Franklin Field Friday afternoon, January 15, the score being 1-1. -Only one twenty-minute period was played. Dorchester rather outclassed -Roxbury Latin in passing and driving, but was unable, nevertheless, to -get the ball into Roxbury's cage the second time.</p> - -<p>On the same afternoon, at Mystic Lake, Winchester met Cambridge High and -Latin, and was defeated 7-0. The Cambridge men developed some excellent -team-work, and showed some pretty combination plays. In a game between -Medford High and Everett High, Medford won 3-1. Especially good work was -done by Otis, Thompson, and Glidden.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_019.jpg" width="500" height="300" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">HOCKEY: SHOWING GOAL, CLUBS, AND PUCK.</span> -</div> - -<p>A number of communications have been addressed to this Department -requesting that some description be given of the Canadian game of -hockey, of which we have heard more than usual this year. In fact, in -and about New York hockey is fast superseding ice polo; the latter, -purely American game, being played mostly in New England. Hockey is, of -course, akin to ice polo, but it has a number of points of difference, -and is considered by the Canadians a much better game than our ice polo. -Perhaps one of the chief advantages of hockey is that more players can -take part in the sport than in ice polo.</p> - -<p>The Yale Hockey Team is one of the few teams in this country, so far as -I know, that plays the straight Canadian game, although this winter -several of the athletic clubs in and about New York have taken up -hockey, and will, no doubt, eventually develop strong teams. The Yale -men have found the Canadian game so interesting, that they have devoted -all their energies to it, and it is said that they will meet some of the -Canadian teams during the winter. Space<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_323" id="Page_323">[Pg 323]</a></span> will not allow of a very -lengthy description of the game, but in a few words a rough idea of the -sport may be given, and a book of the rules with fuller information can -doubtless be obtained of any dealer in sporting goods.</p> - -<p>A Canadian Hockey team consists of seven players, who are known as Goal, -Point, Cover Point, Centre Forward, Centre, Left Wing, and Right Wing, -arranged on the field, or rather on the ice, in the following positions:</p> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="center">L.W.</td><td align="center">C.</td><td align="center">R.W.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center">C.F.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center">C.P.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center">P.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center">G.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>Instead of the ball which we use in ice polo, the Canadians play with a -rubber disk about an inch thick and some three inches in diameter. This -is called a "puck." The sticks of the Canadians are also somewhat -differently shaped from those used in ice polo, the main difference -being that they are longer, and wider at the bottom, and usually -constructed of lighter wood. They do not strike the puck as polo-players -strike the ball, but rather aim to shove it along the ice, and more -often than not the Canadians use both hands, instead of wielding their -club with one hand only.</p> - -<p>In this way the Canadians are able to make a certain peculiar shove -which enables them to lift the rubber disk over the heads of their -opponents, and some of them become so skilful at this that they can -place the puck so that it will fall on edge and bound into the opposing -goal. Perhaps it is this quality of the disk over the ball which has -made it necessary in the Canadian game to allow the defensive players to -stop the puck in any way they choose, instead of as in ice polo, where -the ball may only be stopped by the sticks, the feet, or the body.</p> - -<p>The space demanded for Canadian hockey is 112 feet by 58 feet, although -the game is possible in a more restricted area. The goal is placed at -the middle point of the two shorter lines; it consists of two upright -posts four feet high placed six feet apart, and to score a goal the puck -has to be driven between the posts. The game is played in two halves of -twenty minutes each, and the opposing teams change sides after the -interimission, which is of ten minutes.</p> - -<p>The Canadians are very strict about off-side play, and the referees -invariably enforce the rule which declares that when a player hits the -puck any one of the same side who is nearer the opponent's goal-line is -off-side, and may therefore not touch the disk or prevent any other -player from doing so until the puck has been played by an opponent. A -penalty for off-side play is the surrender of the puck to the opposing -side; the other players must then stand at a distance of not less than -five yards from the puck; but if the offence has been committed within -ten yards of either goal the disk is faced in the ordinary way. There -are the usual restrictions against kicking and tripping and charging, -and against carrying the disk in the hand, and the goal-keeper is not -allowed during play to lie or kneel or to sit upon the ice, but must -maintain a standing position.</p> - -<p>In the United States the hockey-players have not yet developed the team -play which makes the Canadian game so interesting, our men, having been -brought up on ice polo, relying more on their own quickness and -individual skill. But the advantage of team-work is being more and more -understood by us, and Americans will no doubt soon equal the Canadians -at this feature of the sport.</p> - -<p>At the several in-door games of the New York schools this winter we -shall look for the development of much new material in track athletics, -for by graduation and other causes many of the best performers of the -Interscholastic League have made room for other stars. The New York -pole-vaulters will have their hands full to hold their own against -Paulding, the Black Hall vaulter, who is now at Berkeley, and I doubt if -there is any one who can surpass him. The change in the height of the -hurdles, too, will make that event more equal toward new and old -hurdlers, and the chance of the appearance of new material in this event -is excellent.</p> - -<p>In Boston the chief in-door event of the winter for the schools is -always the big B.A.A. meeting in March, and then we will get our first -line on the New-Englanders that will come down here to measure skill -with New York in the Madison Square Garden. Judging from the place-men -in the spring events of the New England league, the Boston schools will -turn out some strong performers this season.</p> - -<p>In Connecticut there have also been losses; but many of the best -athletes, especially of the Hartford High-School, are on hand, notably -Luce and Sturtevant. The latter will be the most dangerous man in the -high jump. I am told, too, that Hartford has a new man in the weights -who will make Boyce of Boston English High stretch himself to the -utmost.</p> - -<h4>"TRACK ATHLETICS IN DETAIL."—<span class="smcap">Illustrated.—8vo, Cloth, Ornamental</span>, -$1.25.</h4> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">The Graduate</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>SALUTING A CAT.</h3> - -<p>There is at least one place in the world where the cat was until -recently held in high honor, and received the attention due to one of so -high a station in life. That place is India, where in a fortress the -sentries invariably used to present arms to every cat that appeared on -the scene.</p> - -<p>The custom is accounted for by this singular anecdote, which comes from -what appears to be good authority.</p> - -<p>Some fifty years ago it happened that a very high English official died -in an Indian fortress, at a place that is one of the centres of -Brahminic religion, and at the moment when the news of his death met the -Sepoy guard at the main gate a black cat rushed out of it.</p> - -<p>The superstitious guard presented arms to the cat as a salute to the -dying spirit of the powerful Englishman, and the coincidence took a firm -hold upon the locality, that up to a few years ago neither exhortation -nor orders could prevent a Hindu sentry at that gate from presenting -arms to any cat that passed out at night.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The train was roaring along about forty miles an hour, and the conductor -was busily punching tickets full of holes, when a little thin old man -who sat in one of the corner seats plucked his sleeve.</p> - -<p>"Mister conductor, you be sure and let me off at Speers Station. You -see, this is the first time I ever rode on steam-cars, and I don't know -anything 'bout them. You won't forget it, eh?"</p> - -<p>"All right, sir; I won't forget."</p> - -<p>The old man brushed back a stray lock of hair and, straightening -himself, gazed with increasing wonder at the flying landscape, every now -and then exclaiming, "Gracious!" "By gum!" etc.</p> - -<p>Suddenly there was a crash, and after a number of gymnastic moves that -made him think of his school-days, he found himself sitting on the grass -of the embankment alongside the track.</p> - -<p>Seeing another passenger sitting a short distance away, patiently -supporting various parts of the splintered car across his legs, he -inquired,</p> - -<p>"Is this Speers Crossing?"</p> - -<p>The passenger, who was a drummer, and not altogether new to such -happenings, replied, with a smile, although in considerable pain,</p> - -<p>"No; this is catastrophe."</p> - -<p>"Is that so," he irritably exclaimed. "Now I knew that conductor would -put me off at the wrong place."</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>ADVERTISEMENTS.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 233px;"> -<img src="images/ill_020.jpg" width="233" height="400" alt="ROYAL BAKING POWDER" /> -</div> - -<p>Celebrated for its great leavening strength and healthfulness. Assures -the food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap -brands.</p> - -<h4>ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_021.jpg" width="400" height="135" alt="PISO'S CURE FOR CONSUMPTION" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_324" id="Page_324">[Pg 324]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="QUESTIONS_FOR_YOUNG_MEN" id="QUESTIONS_FOR_YOUNG_MEN">QUESTIONS FOR YOUNG MEN.</a></h2> - -<h3>ON MONEY.</h3> - -<p>"What are you going to do when you get through college?" said one -schoolboy to the other a short time ago.</p> - -<p>"I'm going to make a lot of money, and then buy a seat in the United -States Senate," was the reply.</p> - -<p>"Why don't you go to work to get into the Senate direct?"</p> - -<p>"Because it's too hard work; and when you've got money you can get -anything else you want."</p> - -<p>That is a popular idea among young men, who have made "American" almost -synonymous with "money-maker." There seems to be an idea among not only -young but old men that if you make money in any way you will be fitted -for anything else. In a certain way this is true. For if you can buy -anything, you can buy men who know what you do not know, and hire them -to do certain things for you that take lifetimes to accomplish. The -truth is that if you start now and make up your mind to make money -first, you will not be able to do anything but money-making business, -and if you fail in this, there will be no other course open to you. This -does not mean that a money-making business is an unworthy one; that idea -is common among certain classes of short-sighted clergymen; but it does -mean that to start out with no idea but choosing a business only with -regard to money is wrong, and is likely to turn out to your -disadvantage. We have all seen in school, and will see in college, -fellows who have large allowances. They certainly can do things which -are beyond us. Such men can have a better time because they have money, -and they can give their friends a better time. But unless they have -other qualities their money is of no advantage; it may quite frequently -be a great disadvantage. The point is that a fellow at school must be a -good chap. He must have a certain amount of chivalry, of self-respect, -of generosity, and good-fellowship. If he has all these, he is a good -chap anyway, and sure to be a leader and a friend of all in the school. -If he has a lot of money also, and knows how to use it, he is all the -better chap. If he has the money and none of the qualities mentioned, -his money does him not the least good, and may very likely do him harm. -You will find the thing just the same at college, for college is only a -little larger school. There are many fellows at college who have money -and use it well, but the mere fact that a man has cash in his pocket -does not get him on to athletic teams, or into college clubs or -societies, or at the head of his class. It helps him on if he's a good -chap; it holds him back if he isn't. Then by-and-by, when you get -through college, you will find it just the same in businesses of all -kinds. Money seems to help a good man along, and seems to be the worst -enemy of a bad man. So that to think only of money first, and then of -doing fine things with it after it is gained, is putting the cart before -the horse. And if you want to be in the Senate, it's the wrong way to go -at it to go down to South America and work in a gold-mine for twenty -years simply and solely to "raise the cash" for the purpose of buying -the votes of a State, even if such a procedure were moral and right, -which is unquestionably not the case. Rather make up your mind what you -want to do, and then try to make a financial success of it, as well as -all other kinds of successes. If it is the hide and leather business, -try to make money each year, but try also to make money fairly, to learn -the trade thoroughly, and to keep pace with the literature, the -politics, the life of your own day. If it is the ministry or law or -literature, try to make both ends meet each year, and to make money just -the same, but don't forget that all these branches of work require -something besides cash to make them successes. In a certain way it is -just as wrong to try to believe that money is an evil as it is to let -yourself believe that money is the only thing worth having. It is a -great and good thing when you have learned how to use it, and a mighty -poor thing when it is abused. Decide therefore on what work you will set -out, without regard to money, and then try to make a financial as well -as an intellectual success of it.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>SWIFT VESSELS OF PAST DECADES.</h3> - -<p>There are but few spots of the ocean's surface that are not traversed by -steamships, and possibly no spot into which the tramp steamship has not -poked its nose. Years ago this could be claimed for the famous clippers -of the United States, but steam has crowded them out of use, and to-day -hardly a dozen sail under our flag. The States of Maine and New -Hampshire produced many magnificent clippers. The <i>Challenge</i>, the -<i>Sea-Witch</i>, the <i>Young America</i>, the <i>Swordfish</i>, the <i>Dreadnought</i>, -<i>Queen of Clippers</i>, <i>Witch of the Wave</i>, <i>Spitfire</i>, <i>Witchcraft</i>, and -over one hundred others that might be named, carried the American flag -triumphantly around the world, and obtained the highest rates of freight -even in British ports. The ship <i>Natchez</i>, of New York, 523 tons, though -not a clipper, made the passage from Hong-kong (China) to New York in 72 -days. She was originally a New Orleans and Havre packet, flat on the -floor, to enable her to cross the bar at the mouth of the Mississippi, -and had sharp ends. Probably one of the most pathetic endings of a -famous clipper-ship is that of the <i>Great Admiral</i>, built in 1869, and -owned by the heirs of William F. Weld & Co.; she is now lying idle, and -though in excellent order, will probably be dismantled and converted -into a coal-barge. She is the only famous clipper left of all the fine -fleet of nearly one hundred sail once owned by William T. Weld & Co. The -firm, like its shipping, is a thing of the past. The ship <i>Charger</i>, of -1378 tons, built in 1874 by Henry Hastings, though still afloat at last -accounts, was not making money for her owner. The splendid ships <i>North -American</i> and <i>South American</i>, built by Mr. Hastings, and once -prominent in the California trade, were wrecked a few years ago.</p> - -<p>Since the disappearance of clippers we have built ships of 3000 and 4000 -tons for the Pacific grain trade, and though full modelled, they more -than hold their own against all nations. Our Atlantic coasting trade is -carried on in huge schooners, ranging from 500 to 1500 tons, with three, -four, and five masts. Many of these had centre-boards, but most of the -new vessels are built without them.</p> - -<p>Although Baltimore has the credit of first applying the term "clippers" -to fast vessels, all maritime nations have aimed to excel on the water. -The French ships were generally better sailers than the English, and -hence, when beaten in naval warfare, often escaped capture. At the -battle of St. Vincent, though they defeated more than twenty sail of -French and Spaniards, they captured only four, and two of these were -taken by Nelson. But whenever the English captured a fast sailing-vessel -they copied her lines. Emerson says, "the Frenchman invented the collar, -but the Englishman added the shirt."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>THE DISADVANTAGES OF PLAGIARISM.</h3> - -<p>A rather amusing story is told of a certain so-called "popular -preacher," the Rev. Dr. D——, whose marvellous powers of eloquence -invariably gathered him large audiences. People wondered at his sermons, -and proclaimed him an intellectual genius. Now the doctor was a -plagiarist who patched up his own exceedingly poor sermons by -introducing here and there passages from the sermons of celebrated -divines, but the ingenuous way in which he accomplished this prevented -discovery. Then, too, his audiences, he calculated, were not students of -theology, and therefore not likely to detect his appropriations. But in -this he made his mistake, and his exposure took place as follows:</p> - -<p>One day an elderly gentleman entered the church and took a seat in the -first row. As the doctor proceeded with his sermon the gentleman broke -in now and then with such remarks as, "That's Sherlock." "Ah, from -Tillotson." "Now it's Blair," etc.</p> - -<p>The doctor stood it for a little while, but at last, full of wrath, he -said:</p> - -<p>"My dear sir, if you do not restrain your impertinent remarks and hold -your tongue, I'll have you ejected."</p> - -<p>The elderly gentleman, looking the doctor calmly in the face, said, -"That's his own."</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_325" id="Page_325">[Pg 325]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="STAMPS" id="STAMPS"></a> -<img src="images/ill_022.jpg" width="600" height="206" alt="STAMPS" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin -collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question -on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondents should address -Editor Stamp Department.</p></blockquote> - -<p>Practically all the 1897 catalogues are now on the market. The best -catalogue, containing a list of all varieties of stamps, envelopes, -postal cards, etc., can be had for 58c., postage prepaid, of any dealer; -but there are a number of smaller catalogues, adapted to the wants of -all except specialists and advanced collectors, which can be bought for -10c. each. These smaller catalogues are having a great sale, as the new -albums omit the scarce varieties in perforations, water-marks, etc., -which appeal to those specialists who are able to invest large sums in -stamps, all of whom keep their treasures in blank albums. The catalogues -and the albums conform to each other.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">C. E. Steele</span>.—The rare 6c. Proprietary is the orange. The 1823 -dime is worth 25c.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">S. G. Rippey</span>.—You can buy a dime of 1837 for 35c.</p> - -<p>H. C. Z.—Tokens have no value. The coins can be bought for 5c. or -10c.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Beverley S. King</span>, 31 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., and <span class="smcap">W. E. -Shreve</span>, Ridley Park, Pa., wish to exchange stamps.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">O. H. Purcell</span>.—The $1 Columbian is worth $5. The others may be -worth more in a few years than at present.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">A. Kellogg</span>.—The U. S. Revenues most in demand are the general -issues. As yet the private proprietary match and medicine stamps -can be bought, as a rule, as cheaply to-day as five years ago. -Probably their turn will come in a year or two. If they should -become fashionable, there will be some remarkable changes in -prices.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">F. X. Schmidt</span>.—Die A, 1887, usually called the "rejected die," can -be easily identified. The bust points to the space between the -third and fourth teeth of the inside row. In the regular issue, Die -B, the bust points to space between the second and third teeth.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">R. Bulkley</span>.—You probably have the regular rose 1861 stamp, of -which there are many shades. The pink is excessively rare. A very -few copies are known.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">W. Leveridge</span>.—None of the coins are scarce, and several of them -are now uncurrent, and therefore worth bullion only, but they are -interesting aside from intrinsic value.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Laurie</span>.—Many pen and ink cancellations have been removed -from stamps, but the stamps present a "cleaned" appearance quite -different from the real unused. Most postage-stamps have been -printed in oil colors; and most cancellations have been made with -oily inks. Where this has been the case it is impossible to remove -cancellation without taking out the ink of the stamp itself. No -premium on the 1894 dollar. There were few made, but still plenty -to go around and leave some in dealers' hands.</p> - -<p>M. A. T.—The portraits used in the present U. S. stamps are as -follows: 1c., Franklin; 2c., Washington; 3c., Jackson; 4c., -Lincoln; 5c., Grant; 6c., Garfield; 8c., Sherman; 10c., Webster; -15c., Taylor; 30c., Jefferson; 90c., Perry.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">C. Rawson</span>.—I cannot give you values on long lists of common -stamps. You can get this and much other information from a 10c. -catalogue. If the catalogue fails, I am glad to do what I can in -justice to all the readers of the stamp column.</p> - -<p>A. T. G.—Yes! Join the A.P.A. if you want to buy the new issues. -It will cost $1.80 per year for membership fees.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">James Mellen</span>.—It is extremely difficult to distinguish originals -from reprints of the first Samoa issues. Counterfeits also abound, -but these can be distinguished. The early Heligoland stamps are -also difficult to identify. The government sold the original dies -and plates to a German dealer, who reprinted the stamps in the -correct colors.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">J. P. Nelker</span>.—The early stamps of Lagos and Labnan are very -scarce, used or unused, although many thousands of the lower values -were used in making up packets in the '80s. It would not be worth -your while collecting them unless you are prepared to spend much -money.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Albert Green</span>.—Your plan of collecting one at least of all the -stamp-issuing countries is very good, as far as it goes, but you -will make it much better by collecting one stamp of each set where -the design is different or the color changed. Usually there are -several cheap stamps in every issue, and they illustrate the set -quite as well as if they were rare varieties or high values.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Philatus</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/ill_023.jpg" width="600" height="291" alt="IVORY SOAP" /> -</div> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">The price of good things oft is high,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">But wise housekeepers tell</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">That Ivory Soap is cheap to buy</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">And best to use, as well.</span><br /> -</p> - -<h4>Copyright 1896, by The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>POPULAR BOOKS</h2> - -<h3>FOR YOUNG PEOPLE</h3> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>By HOWARD PYLE</h3> - -<p class="center"><i>Illustrated by the Author</i></p> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left"><b>THE WONDER CLOCK.</b> Large 8vo, Half Leather, Ornamental, $3.00.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><b>PEPPER AND SALT.</b> 4to, Cloth, Ornamental, $2.00.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><b>THE ROSE OF PARADISE.</b> Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><b>TWILIGHT LAND.</b> 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $2.50.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><b>MEN OF IRON.</b> 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $2.00.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><b>A MODERN ALADDIN.</b> Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>By THOMAS W. KNOX</h3> - -<p class="center">The "Boy Travellers" Series</p> - -<h4>ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN</h4> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">THE LEVANT</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">SOUTHERN EUROPE</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">CENTRAL EUROPE</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">NORTHERN EUROPE</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">MEXICO</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">AUSTRALASIA</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">ON THE CONGO</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">SOUTH AMERICA</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">CENTRAL AFRICA</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">EGYPT AND PALESTINE</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">CEYLON AND INDIA</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">SIAM AND JAVA</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">JAPAN AND CHINA</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="center">Copiously Illustrated. Square 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental $3.00 per vol.</p> - -<p class="center"><i>OTHER BOOKS BY COLONEL KNOX:</i></p> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">THE YOUNG NIMRODS IN NORTH AMERICA</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">THE YOUNG NIMRODS AROUND THE WORLD</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="center">2 vols., Copiously Illustrated. Square 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $2.50 -each.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h4>HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_326" id="Page_326">[Pg 326]</a></span></p> - -<h3>How I "visited" Mashonaland.</h3> - -<p>Older readers are always glad to hear from our entertaining -correspondent in South Africa, and we are sure that new readers will no -less enjoy her delightful morsels. She tells us this time how she -visited Mashonaland without leaving Cape Colony. She wonders if she is -too old, having just passed her eighteenth birthday. We beg to assure -her she is not, and that the Table will be pleased to hear from her for -many years yet. Here is her morsel. It is written from Roydon, -Queenstown, Cape Colony, South Africa:</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>A few months before the rebellion in Mashonaland broke out, a young -gentleman of my acquaintance made up his mind to have a six months' -tour through this new country. He went beyond the great Zambesi -River, and had many strange adventures. I am afraid I will not have -space to tell you of more than two of them.</p> - -<p>While hunting near the Zambesi, Mr. H—— was told that a lion had -been creating a great disturbance in the neighborhood. He offered -to go and hunt it if the chief would lend him some of his men. But -on no account could they be induced to accompany him. Growing -impatient at last, he set off with a few of his own servants. They -followed the spoor of the animal for some little time, until they -came to a dense bush. Glancing back, Mr. H—— saw that his -followers were not far behind him, so he went on, looking carefully -about him. At last he saw before him two large trees; behind one of -them stood "King Leo." A rapid glance back sufficed to show that -his cowardly servants had deserted him, and he was quite alone. He -fired at the lion, which gave a fearful roar and sprang at him. -Fortunately, however, the shot had disabled it, and it sprang -short. Mr. H—— gave it another shot and killed it. On going in -search of his men, the hunter found them hidden among the branches -of the trees, too much terrified even to answer him. Mr. Selous -says it is the second largest lion he has seen. The skin is very -handsome, but as I examined it I felt very thankful that its owner -was not alive.</p> - -<p>The second adventure was rather a comical one. While camping out -one day Mr. H—— heard what he thought was the report of a gun. -Knowing elephants were about, he concluded that some one was -hunting them. Snatching up his gun, he hastily set off in the -direction of the sound, without taking a mouthful of food. On and -on he tramped, but never a sight of either elephants or hunters did -he catch. Still, every now and then he heard the report of guns, -sometimes near at hand, sometimes far off. He walked for thirty-six -hours, hoping to be rewarded by the sight of the elephants. At last -he saw below him a thickly wooded ravine, in which the animals -might be hidden. He scrambled down to it, and sat down under a huge -tree to rest. Suddenly he heard the report just above his head. -Springing to his feet, he looked up, and—the mystery was -explained. The tree was full of peculiar-looking pods, which every -now and then burst with a loud report. It was rather exasperating -to have walked all that way for nothing, was it not?</p> - -<p>I was very much delighted with his fine collection of horns. They -were all of different kinds, and of different sizes, some of them -being exceedingly handsome. Two very large python-skins next -attracted my attention. Imagine my surprise when Mr. H—— coolly -told me they were considered quite small in Mashonaland! "I'm never -going there until it is civilized, then," I said, very decidedly.</p> - -<p>"Did you notice any signs of rebellion during your travels?" I -asked one day. "No," was the answer. "It struck me that the natives -were a very subdued race, and I feel sure it is some under-handed -dealing which has caused the revolt. The natives were exceedingly -kind to me. As soon as I entered a new territory I would go to the -chief and say, 'I want to go hunting; can you give me a guide?' The -chief would answer, 'Yes, I will give you a guide to such and such -a place. That is as far as my territory extends.' They never asked -for pay, which was rather refreshing after being used to the -civilized (?) natives of Cape Colony. <i>Their</i> first question is -always, 'What will you give me for doing it?'" The Mashonas have no -idea of money.</p> - -<p>On his return journey he wanted to buy some grain, and sent word to -the chief. Next day a number of natives came, each carrying a -basket of grain. "How much do you want for it?" asked Mr. H——. -They named their price—a high one—which he refused to give. There -was a big argument, and he was beginning to think he would not be -able to get the grain, when it struck him to offer salt for it. -Pulling out a handful of salt from a bag, he asked the natives what -they would give for it. "So much!" they cried, eagerly, indicating -the quantity of grain. So, at the end of the day, he got as much -grain as he wanted for a few handfuls of salt. Time and space fail -me, or I would tell you about some other curious things I saw—of -the queer little chair and table, both cut from a single piece of -wood, and which belonged to Lobenguela's brother, of the -cream-of-tartar trees, and many other funny things. But—I can -almost see the frown on Mr. Editor's face as he contemplates the -length of this so-called "morsel," and I daren't write more. -However, if he will kindly give me permission I will write again, -and tell you more of my interesting "visit to Mashonaland." In the -mean time I will bid you good-by.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;">Your friend,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Isma Fincham</span>, R.T.F.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>The Editor gives his permission promptly. Please write again.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A Founder's Sad End.</h3> - -<p>When one tries experiments one should be extremely careful of the tools -employed. The Table has to record a most distressing incident in this -connection. One of the original members of our Order was Vernon S. -White, a son of Mr. F. W. White, of Omaha, Nebraska. He was a Founder, -and preserved his Founder certificate because of the honor it stood for. -He was much given to trying experiments. He had sent some suggestions to -us concerning them, at least one of which we published. The others we -read with interest, but failed to find space for them. A few weeks since -Sir Vernon, while trying an experiment in his room, lost his balance, -fell, and met his death. He was thirteen years old, and an only child. -The Table expresses its deep sympathy, and begs its other friends of a -scientific and experimental mind to be careful.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Answers to Kinks.</h3> - -<p class="center">No. 59.—CIVIC.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p class="center">No. 60.—The letter T.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>No. 61.</h3> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="center">G</td><td align="center">L</td><td align="center">O</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">S</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">L</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">V</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">N</td><td align="center">T</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">O</td><td align="center">V</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">R</td><td align="center">G</td><td align="center">O</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">R</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">L</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">N</td><td align="center">G</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">D</td><td align="center">I</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">S</td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">O</td><td align="center">L</td><td align="center">I</td><td align="center">D</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>About Slang.</h3> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Why is slang denounced by the best writers? We know that all slang -is not low, and we further know that slang expressions convey to -multitudes of people the thought of the speaker more clearly than -if his sentences were clothed in the finest possible manner. This -question arises from an argument.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Lester W. Bellows</span>.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Waterloo, N. Y</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>We do not quite agree that slang better conveys the thought of the -speaker than do other and more generally recognized words. That depends -upon the speaker and upon what he is trying to say. Slang does not -consist in the words themselves so much as in the way they are spoken, -the frequency of their utterance, etc. Words are harmless in themselves; -the manner of using them may not be equally so. Slang is denounced -because it tends toward the vulgar, the common—not always the words -perhaps, but that which lies beyond them. Some slang terms are very -expressive, and these generally come into reputable use, when needed, -and when the atmosphere surrounding the inception of them has drifted -away.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Corresponding Chapter.</h3> - -<p>In Milwaukee there has always been not a few active and most creditable -members. Not long since some of them organized a Corresponding Chapter. -It wants members everywhere. The membership fee is ten cents; dues, -nothing; and members resident in foreign countries free. The Chapter has -a circulating library. It sends a membership certificate of its own, and -hopes to have some prize contests. The officers are Edward F. Daas, -secretary, 1717 Cherry Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The president is -Edward C. Wood, and vice-president Charles D. Turnbull. The president -lives in Philadelphia, and the Chapter is already organized on the -correspondence plan.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>Questions and Answers.</h3> - -<p>A Fort Wayne member asks what is the most expensive product in the -world. We cannot tell surely, but the most expensive one we ever read of -is a charcoal thread employed as filaments for incandescent electric -lamps. Filaments designed for thirty-candle-power lamps are worth -$12,000 a pound. It requires 1,500,000 of these filaments to make a -pound, and their total length would be 187 miles.—Harry M. Jones: The -first United States census was taken in 1790, and the next one will be -taken in June, 1900. The discussion whether the twentieth century begins -January 1, 1900, or January 1, 1901, is idle to enter into.—"Young -Politician": President-elect McKinley is free to select any persons he -pleases for places in his cabinet, the only restriction being that -Secretaries must be American citizens above certain ages. That which -prevents him from selecting unfit men is his desire to make his -administration successful. The President nominates his cabinet officials -to the United States Senate, but that body, while it holds a legal right -to confirm or reject such names, always, as a matter of courtesy, -confirms them, holding that a President ought to be permitted to have -such men in his official family as he desires. The talk in the -newspapers about cabinet-making is mere speculation. The final decision -rests with the President.</p> - -<p>John Hamill asks what tundra is. It is a long fibrous white moss -(<i>Cladonia rangiferina</i>) which is the natural food of the reindeer. It -grows to its greatest perfection in northern and central Alaska, but is -found in South Greenland and Lapland. In Alaska there is a vast tract of -land—400,000 square miles, it is said—covered with this moss. Why you -see it mentioned just now is because there is a project to grow great -herds of reindeer on this vast tract; it is good for nothing else. The -reindeer, slaughtered, frozen, and shipped to San Francisco and -Liverpool, command high prices as venison. The skins, tanned, are of a -soft texture and serviceable color, admirable for book-bindings and -furniture-covers, and the hair is the best possible filling for buoys to -be used in a life-saving apparatus, as it possesses a wonderful degree -of buoyancy. It is said, you know, of the hog slaughter at Chicago and -Kansas City that there is nothing wasted save the squeal. Everything -else being used to advantage, the horns of the reindeer make the best -glue of commerce. The project is to turn this moss to profit by feeding -it to reindeer, as corn is fed to hogs in the West, and marketed as -pork.</p> - -<p>"Liberia." Liberia is a republic modelled after our own. It was founded -by some enthusiastic philanthropists who thought the colored people of -our southern States could be induced to go back to Africa where their -ancestors, as slaves and against their wills, came from. Before our -civil war some went. Since then none have. The experiment was a failure, -and Liberia is not prospering greatly. Have we any readers living on the -Isle of Man? We fear not. Does any reader know any one living there? -Ralph Carr, living at 1041 Santa Fé Street, Atchison, Kansas, says his -father came from there, and he desires to hunt up, if possible, some -facts about the island and his father's birth-place. This is an -interesting and profitable thing to do. If any member can help him, -please do so.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_327" id="Page_327">[Pg 327]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"><a name="THE_CAMERA_CLUB" id="THE_CAMERA_CLUB"></a> -<img src="images/ill_024.jpg" width="600" height="200" alt="THE CAMERA CLUB" /> -</div> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Any questions in regard to photograph matters will be willingly -answered by the Editor of this column, and we should be glad to -hear from any of our club who can make helpful suggestions.</p></blockquote> - -<h3>HANDY APPARATUS FOR THE DARK-ROOM.</h3> - -<p>One of the latest conveniences for the dark-room is a developing-tray so -arranged that a plate may be examined during development without taking -it from the tray. The tray is made with a solid glass bottom and wooden -sides, with a reservoir at one end for holding the developer while -examining the plate. When the tray is lifted the solution runs down into -this reservoir. Another tray, made on the same principle, is of solid -glass, and a piece of glass extends about a third of the way across the -top of the tray, making a reservoir for the developing solution during -the examination of the plate. There are small knobs on the bottom of the -tray to prevent the plate adhering to the bottom by suction. A 5-by-8 -tray with glass bottom and wooden sides costs $1.20. The solid glass, -same size, costs $1.25.</p> - -<p><i>Rubber Finger-Tips.</i>—Rubber finger-tips are among the "must haves" of -the photographer. They are made specially for use in handling -photographic chemicals, are a perfect protection for the fingers, and -prevent the discoloration of the nails and ends of the fingers from the -various solutions used in photography. They are very thin, and fit -closely to the fingers, and do not impair the sense of touch in any -great degree. A set of three costs 15c., and their use prevents any -danger of poisoning when handling dangerous chemicals.</p> - -<p><i>A Handy Plate-Lifter.</i>—A most convenient plate-lifter is a metal -finger-shield, very much the shape of an open-top thimble. It has a -sharp piece of steel attached to one side, and extending about half an -inch beyond the end of the shield. To use, the shield is placed on the -first finger, the pointed piece of metal slipped under the negative, -raising it from the solution. It can then be taken out without having -put the fingers in the solution. This little lifter costs 15c.</p> - -<p><i>Glass Rods.</i>—For stirring solutions one should have a small glass rod, -especially when making solutions for sensitizing paper. The -nitrate-of-silver solution should never come in contact with any metal. -In sensitizing paper, where it is floated on the silver bath, it is -quite necessary to have a glass rod to lay across the top of the tray, -to draw the paper over when turning, or removing from the bath. This -helps to spread the solution evenly and removes the superfluous liquid. -A hollow glass tube designed for this purpose has one end flattened to -prevent its turning when laid on the tray. The price is 25c.; a glass -stirring-rod costs 8c.</p> - -<p><i>Photographic Chemical Tablets.</i>—One can buy, put up in the form of -compressed tablets, all or nearly all the chemicals used in developing -and printing. These tablets are warranted not to alter or change by age -or climate, all that is necessary to preserve them being to cork the -bottles immediately after taking out what is required for use. Each -bottle of tablets is labelled with full directions for use, and the -photographer who wishes to develop his pictures while away on an outing -will find them very convenient. They take up but little room, and all -that is necessary is the addition of a little water when needed. The -price of a complete outfit for developing and toning a large quantity of -pictures is $3.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sir Knight Robert Guest</span>, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, asks if taking -money prizes in photographic contests makes one a professional -photographer, and if one can sell his pictures and still remain an -amateur. Taking prizes in competitions does not class one with the -professional photographers, nor does selling prints make one a -professional. By a professional is understood one who makes a -business of photography, either in opening a gallery for portraits -or in devoting himself to making pictures of all sorts of -commercial articles, photographs of buildings, interiors, etc. An -amateur is one who does this work for pastime, taking pay -occasionally for his work, but not making it a business. We should -like to have Sir Robert send us some views of Yarmouth and vicinity -for reproduction in our Camera Club column.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sir Knight Herbert H. Pease</span> asks where bromide and platinum paper -can be bought, and which is the best; the price, and if it can be -developed with eikonogen developer, and fixed with hypo the same as -plates; if it is best to mount damp or dry; if the answer to Sir -William Merritt that the contest closed December 15 was a mistake; -and if one stands a better chance of winning a prize if he does not -use the glossy papers for printing. Bromide or platinum paper may -be bought of any dealer in photographic supplies; both papers are -good, the bromide being the easiest for the experimenter; bromide -may be developed with eikonogen and fixed in the same way as a -plate, but before the print is fixed it must be flowed with a bath -made of acetic acid, 1 dr., and water, 32 oz., according to the -directions which accompany the paper; 4-by-5 bromide paper costs -25c. a dozen. The date December 15 for close of contest was a -mistake. There is but one competition, and it closes February 15. -All pictures are judged according to their merits, without regard -to printing processes. The platinum and bromide pictures are the -more artistic, and mechanical finish is one of the points on which -pictures are marked.</p></blockquote> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>ADVERTISEMENTS.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>Postage Stamps, &c.</h2> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>50% com. 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FOUGERA & CO., <span class="smcap">New York</span>.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>HARPER & BROTHERS'</h2> - -<p class="center">Descriptive list of their publications, with <i>portraits of authors</i>, -will be sent by mail to any address on receipt of ten cents.</p> - -<h4>HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York.</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2>CARDS</h2> - -<p class="center">FOR 1897. 50 Sample Styles AND LIST OF 400 PREMIUM ARTICLES FREE. -HAVERFIELD PUB CO., CADIZ, OHIO</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_328" id="Page_328">[Pg 328]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_029.jpg" width="500" height="244" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h3>RAPHAEL UP TO DATE.</h3> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"Yo' see dem chilluns a-leanin' on de fence?</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Dey's putty near clean gone los' deir sense.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Some leddy done tell 'em dey look like cupids,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">But I jes' 'low dey's two little stupids."</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>FOREIGN NEWS.</h3> - -<p>In foreign lands the doings of royalty, the state of mind and body of -the reigning sovereigns and their families, form always an interesting -feature of the daily news for the public. It is no uncommon thing to see -in an English newspaper that "yesterday her Majesty the Queen walked out -accompanied by Princess This or That"; or that "in the afternoon her -Majesty drove from Windsor to Some-other-Place-on-the-Squeegee, attended -by Lady Somebody and the Duchess of Nothingmuch." All of this forms a -staple of news for the British, and it is a custom which prevails in all -lands where there are royal families. The height of absurdity in this -direction, however, is reached in Turkey, if the subjoined item, taken -from a French journal, is correct. It is as follows: "Turkish papers -take a deeper interest in the health of the Sultan than is to be found -in the periodical press of other countries. Quite recently a Turkish -organ gravely inserted the following lines:</p> - -<p>"'His Majesty slightly indisposed, having been bitten last night by a -gnat.'"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>ONE GOOD REASON.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mrs. Warmheart</span>. "My good man, why do you let your children go barefoot?"</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Pat O'Hoolihan</span>. "For de raison, ma'am, dat I have in my family more feet -dan shoes."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>THE CHILDREN'S MUSICAL.</h3> - -<p>The children were discussing a possible musical entertainment for -charity.</p> - -<p>"We can't make it pay," said Jennie. "Why, I heard mamma say these -singers get five hundred dollars for an afternoon!"</p> - -<p>"Bosh! Nonsense!" said Polly. "I know a hand-organ man that'll play for -an hour for twenty-five cents, and <i>throw in a monkey</i>!"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>"Bah!" sneered Willie. "You'll never amount to a hill of beans as a -man."</p> - -<p>"I know I won't," said Bobbie, meekly. "I ain't even a bean now; but -I'll tell you what I <i>am</i> going to be."</p> - -<p>"What's that?"</p> - -<p>"A man," said Bobbie.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>There are many geniuses and inventors hard at work to-day on devices for -saving time and money, and one might say that daily the product of their -thought is placed before the world in machines that seem almost human in -their workings. The chief essential in saving time is to acquire a -system, and operators placed before a new mechanical invention quickly -establish a systematic method of working it, and eventually find a way -of improving on it. These men seldom profit by such little improvements, -but their adopted systems suggest valuable ideas to the outsider, upon -which he realizes. This is evidenced by the following:</p> - -<p>Years ago, in the cotton-mills, the bobbins of the looms used to catch -the filaments of cotton and clog the machinery, necessitating a stoppage -of the works to clean up. This was a loss of both time and money. One -man, however, a seemingly dull fellow, found a way to keep his bobbin -free, and his loom never had to shut down. The owner of the mills, one -Mr. Peel, father of Sir Robert Peel, noticed this, and obtained from the -man his secret for an agreement which financially, amounted to next to -nothing. He simply chalked the bobbin, thus preventing the threads from -sticking. Peel adopted the idea, and invented machinery for the sole -purpose of chalking the bobbins, and patented it. He realized a fortune -from it, and gave the original inventor a handsome pension.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>A HICKORY CLUB—POSSIBLY.</h3> - -<p>"We're getting up a club at our school."</p> - -<p>"What for?"</p> - -<p>"To hit the janitor with!"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>DONALD'S DRUM.</h3> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">The reason I like my small red drum</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">In snowy winter and rosy June,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Is because, no matter how I pound,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">I never can hammer it out of tune.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>POLLY GETS MAD.</h3> - -<p>"Your pa don't make any money," said Wilbur, scornfully, to Polly.</p> - -<p>"No, he don't; but I tell you one thing, Wilbur Jones, he earns a lot!"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>WHAT HE GOT.</h3> - -<p>"What did your papa get on Christmas, Billy?"</p> - -<p>"Mad!" said Billy.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>THE STRANGER'S MISTAKE.</h3> - -<p>"Well, little chap," said the stranger in the family, picking up one of -the children, "what are you going to be when you're a man?"</p> - -<p>"Nuffin'," said the child.</p> - -<p>"Nothing? Why so?" asked the stranger.</p> - -<p>"Because," said the child, "I'm only a little girl."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>HOW SHE KNEW.</h3> - -<p>"Do you think your mamma loves you, Polly?" asked Polly's mother, -hugging the little girl up tight.</p> - -<p>"Yeth I do," said Polly. "I knows it."</p> - -<p>"I am so glad. And how do you know it, Polly?"</p> - -<p>"'Cause I'm your doll," said Polly.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>HIS EXPLANATION.</h3> - -<p>"Why do you behave so, Jimmie?"</p> - -<p>"It's all pa's fault," said Jimmie. "When I grow up I want to be able to -tell my boys what I did when I was little—the way papa does."</p> - -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> I have purposely left out mentioning these names in this -story for reasons.—J. 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